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ICC presidents are combating declining membership at sign-in eating clubs

According to the Interclub Council, the percentage of people choosing to join non-selective, “sign-in” eating clubs has been declining. This year, 325 sophomores participated in the first round of the sign-in process, a 14 percent decline from the spring of 2017.

Workers' testimonies reveal mistreatment, sexual misconduct

On Wednesday, May 9, campus staff members shared testimony of job uncertainty, low wages, and sexual harassment with a crowd of community members gathered for a town hall organized by the Young Democratic Socialists and Service Employees International Union, Local 175 in light of the upcoming contract negotiations in June. 

Faculty-Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct releases fourth annual report

The Faculty-Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct released its fourth annual set of University policy recommendations on Thursday morning. This year’s 22-page report is larger and more extensive than reports from past years — reflecting the committee’s new tactics to gather more widespread sources of input — and touches on sexual misconduct policies including training, transparency, penalties, and power differentials. 

Naked man exposes himself to female student on towpath

On Monday, May 7, an naked man exposed himself to a female student while she was running on the towpath between Harrison Street and Washington Road.

Students gather at town hall to ‘Ban the Box’

On Tuesday, student organizations hosted the “Ban the Box” town hall to encourage student discussion and awareness about the University’s inquiry about applicants’ conviction history in the undergraduate application process. 

University workers’ rights to be discussed at YDS town hall

After having private conversations with University employees and the labor union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 175, Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) organized a town hall for campus workers to share their concerns about low wages, temporary work status, and job uncertainty with the student body. 

Potowski debunks myths surrounding Spanish in US

Presenting five statements about Spanish in the U.S., Kim Potowski, professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Hispanic and Italian studies department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, asked the audience: “¿chisme o verdad?” True or false?

CPUC discusses divestment process, renaming campus spaces, graduate student life

During the final Council of the Princeton University Committee meeting of the academic year, representatives from the Resources Committee, the Committee on Naming, the Campus Iconography Committee, and the Graduate Student Government addressed University divestment from private prisons, initiatives to honor diverse individuals from the University’s history, and plans to improve graduate student life on campus.

U. commissions 8 new portraits to honor diversity in notable alumni and professors

Last Thursday, the University announced plans to commission eight new portraits of notable alumni and faculty in an effort to diversify the art and iconography on campus. These portraits are an addition to two portraits, of professor Toni Morrison and the late professor Sir Arthur Lewis, already commissioned last year.

Liz Fuller-Wright takes circuitous path to science writing at the U.

Science writer Liz Fuller-Wright pinpoints her interest in science writing to her freshman year in college. Confused by a concept in her environmental chemistry course, she went door to door looking for someone who could help her. She was stunned by the number of people who said they couldn’t do science or didn’t want to do science. 

Spring 2018 headliner really Staples Lawnparties together

On this surprisingly rainless Sunday, May 6, the Undergraduate Student Government hosted the spring 2018 Lawnparties on Prospect Avenue.

Co-ops, independent students host second Yardparties at Two Dickinson Street Co-op

The first Yardparties took place two years ago. However, according to Gottlieb, independents and co-op members were unable to get funding for Yardparties last year. This year, with the help of funding from USG, they were able to hold the event for a second time.

One year of committees, nearly 50 years of women

In the spring of 1967, University President Robert Goheen ’40 thought he was off-the-record in an interview with Bob Durkee ’69 for The Daily Princetonian. He was wrong.

When Bob Durkee ’69 broke the news about going co-ed, it was a ‘bombshell’ story

Robert K. Durkee ’69 is the Vice President and Secretary of the University, but in May of 1967, he was the news writer for The Daily Princetonian who broke the story that President Robert Goheen thought “coeducation was inevitable” at the all-male University. Durkee said that while student opinion steadily shifted in favor of coeducation, President Goheen’s claim about the inevitability of coeducation was a “bombshell.” 

USG president Rachel Yee ’19, Myesha Jemison ’18 talk women’s leadership at the University

USG president Rachel Yee ’19 and former president Myesha Jemison ’18 sat down with the ‘Prince’ to talk about women’s leadership at the University and their roles as female presidents of color.

20 years of female leadership on Prospect Avenue

Some of the first female eating club presidents were elected in 2000, and this year, nine of the 11 presidents are female. Students on campus are taking note and are thrilled to see strong leaders working hard to promote the eating clubs at the University. Former and current club presidents feel that female leadership is a self-reinforcing cycle and will strengthen opportunities for women across all of campus.

Sally Frank ’80 describes the Tiger Inn of 1979, a club she sued for not accepting women

When Sally Frank ’80 filed a lawsuit in 1979 against Ivy Club, Tiger Inn, and Cottage Club because they did not accept women, her goal was clear: Get women past the threshold of men-only clubs. Now, in 2018, nine of the 11 eating club presidents are female, which means Prospect Avenue is a much different street than when Frank studied at the University.

Notice to our readers

Raphael Rosen, science communications writer, talks about his craft

“My favorite thing is the act of translating jargon into everyday prose. I find it very, very satisfying. It’s like working on a puzzle. Which words do you use to transmit the information in a way that is accurate but is readable?” said Rosen.

Committee recommends against prison divestment, PPPD reacts

Students for Prison Education and Reform and Princeton Private Prison Divest have repeatedly called for the University to divest from private prisons, submitting a petition to the University Board of Trustees in June 2017 with over 3,000 signatures. Earlier last year, PPPD held a walkout and rally during a Council of the Princeton University Community meeting.