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First-year Writing Seminars undergo curriculum overhaul to improve student experience

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First-year Writing Seminars undergo curriculum overhaul to improve student experience

Cynthia Torres and Caitlyn Tablada

The First-year Writing Seminar Program, a core requirement for first-year students, has undergone changes to its curriculum for the 2024–25 school year. This new curriculum will feature two main essays as opposed to the standard three and two other assignments to make writing seminars more varied and manageable for first-year students.

NEWS | 09/18/2024

Campus Grounds repairs damage to lawns from start of the fall semester

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Campus Grounds repairs damage to lawns from start of the fall semester

Hallie Graham and Mary Balid

Events like Move In Day, Lawnparties, Freshman Orientation, and the First Day of Classes take a toll on campus grounds and lawns require mending. The Daily Princetonian spoke to the Grounds team to learn more about the strategies and technologies integral in maintaining campus aesthetics.

Events like Move-in, Lawnparties, Freshman Orientation, and the First Day of Classes take a toll on campus grounds and lawns require mending. The Daily Princetonian spoke to the Grounds team to learn more about the strategies and technologies integral in maintaining campus aesthetics.

NEWS | 09/18/2024

University released final exam schedule early, allowing earlier travel booking

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University released final exam schedule early, allowing earlier travel booking

Sena Chang and Eojin Park

The Registrar’s office released the final exam schedule a month earlier than in previous years. International students shared that they supported the early release by allowing them to book travel earlier, and domestic students also backed the change.

NEWS | 09/18/2024

ECE chair responds to ‘Princeton’s Genocide Incubator’ article targeting professors’ research

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ECE chair responds to ‘Princeton’s Genocide Incubator’ article targeting professors’ research

Olivia Sanchez

Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair James Sturm defended the research programs targeted in a published to a Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest-affiliated website named “Popular University Wire” in an email sent to the department Monday. The article names several University-sponsored research projects, accusing them of having “deep linkages, both direct and non, with Israel’s systems of apartheid.”

Electrical and Chemical Engineering Chair James Sturm defended the research programs targeted in a published to a Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest-affiliated website named “Popular University Wire” in an email sent to the department Monday. The article names several University-sponsored research projects, accusing them of having “deep linkages, both direct and non, with Israel’s systems of apartheid.”

NEWS | 09/18/2024

Labyrinth Books sees friction between employees and owners as union discussions stall

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Labyrinth Books sees friction between employees and owners as union discussions stall

Isabella Dail

At Labyrinth Books, contract negotiations between the employees and owners continue to stall, with the upcoming discussion being canceled just one day before it was slated to occur.

NEWS | 09/17/2024

Fall bicker sees significantly lower acceptance rates to first-choice clubs

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Fall bicker sees significantly lower acceptance rates to first-choice clubs

Justus Wilhoit and Justin Tam

157 students were offered spots in sign-in eating clubs during Fall 2024 Street Week, with just 46 receiving spots in bicker clubs. This comes as 80 percent of the Class of 2026 participated in Spring 2024 Street Week.

NEWS | 09/16/2024

Top administrators reflect on protests at first USG meeting, Calhoun makes rare appearance

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Top administrators reflect on protests at first USG meeting, Calhoun makes rare appearance

Alena Zhang

Dean of Undergraduate Students Regan Crotty and Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun discussed new free expression and protest policies at the first Undergraduate Student Government (USG) meeting of the semester.

NEWS | 09/16/2024

Frist Campus Center Print and Mail commits to 48-hour processing time for packages

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Frist Campus Center Print and Mail commits to 48-hour processing time for packages

Isabel Connolly

After delays in package processing in previous years, the Print and Mail Department has been committed this semester to providing students their mail and packages within 48 hours of delivery to Forrestral receiving and sorting facility, including on weekends and holidays. This commitment will continue throughout what the department deems the peak “move-in” period, one week before first-year move-in to mid-September.

NEWS | 09/16/2024

The years-long fight for mental health copay reduction, and the students behind it

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The years-long fight for mental health copay reduction, and the students behind it

Ava Fonss

After a years-long fight to lower the cost of mental health care on campus, the University Health Services reduced the copay cost from $20 to $10. The Daily Princetonian spoke to the advocates to get their take on the sudden change in policy.

NEWS | 09/13/2024

Murray-Dodge Café access hindered as construction closes pathways across campus

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Murray-Dodge Café access hindered as construction closes pathways across campus

Vitus Larrieu

As the University progresses toward its 2026 Capital Plan, the facilities construction web page has provided students with various resources for remaining up-to-date with campus projects.

NEWS | 09/13/2024

University reduces frequency of residential trash pickup

Two notices pinned to a corkboard. The first notice titled "How to Handle Your Trash" includes instructions for dorm residents: keep trash bins inside during the day, place them outside at night for morning pickup, and return them inside once emptied. The second notice, titled "Guide to Dormitory Waste Pickup," provides a weekly schedule for trash and recycling collection in both dorm rooms and public areas. A visual checklist marks collection from Monday and Thursday for dorm rooms and Monday to Friday for public areas. A QR code is at the bottom for more info.

University reduces frequency of residential trash pickup

Christopher Bao

Trash disposal pickup in residential halls has changed from Monday through Friday to just Monday and Thursday. According to University Spokesperson Jennifer Morrill, the goal of the new policy is to allow custodial staff to “dedicate more time to servicing other areas.”

NEWS | 09/12/2024

In controversial move, Princeton Town Council moves to acquire former home of Westminster Choir College

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In controversial move, Princeton Town Council moves to acquire former home of Westminster Choir College

Abby Leibowitz

Despite years of lawsuits aiming to return Westminster Choir College to its original property, two ordinances proposed at the Princeton Town Council meeting on Sept. 9 reveal the town’s plan to buy the space from Rider University for public use.

NEWS | 09/12/2024

TigerTransit changes routes for the new school year

Michelle Miao

While locations remain similar to the 2023 routes, the updated Route 1 will make all-day stops at Friend Center on the way to Stadium Drive Garage, and Route 4 will connect the Meadows Neighborhood to Princeton Junction via Princeton Station.

NEWS | 09/12/2024

Presidential candidates debate, Princetonians watch

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Presidential candidates debate, Princetonians watch

Vitus Larrieu

Hundreds of students packed into three floors of Whig Hall Tuesday night to watch the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, marking the first major political event of the election season.

NEWS | 09/11/2024

Judge declines motion to dismiss charges against pro-Palestine protesters

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Judge declines motion to dismiss charges against pro-Palestine protesters

Miriam Waldvogel

The protesters’ case could eventually head to trial, although attorneys on both sides have indicated that a plea deal could be on the table.

NEWS | 09/11/2024

CJL undergoes dining hall renovations

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CJL undergoes dining hall renovations

Caitlyn Tablada

Princeton's Center for Jewish Life is undergoing renovations to expand their servery and enhance their meat and dairy kitchens. The project is expected to be completed in Jan. 2025.

NEWS | 09/10/2024

Town Council holds lengthy construction discussion at meeting

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Town Council holds lengthy construction discussion at meeting

Meghana Veldhuis

Meeting topics included granite paver discoloration, the perfect balance of backed to non-backed benches, and the aesthetic implications of bicycle racks.

NEWS | 09/09/2024

Inflammatory flyers against Palestinians surface, PSAFE opens bias investigation

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Inflammatory flyers against Palestinians surface, PSAFE opens bias investigation

Miriam Waldvogel

On Friday, small flyers reading “Nuke Gaza” and “Kill Roaches” were found outside of Spelman Hall. The Department of Public Safety (PSafe) is investigating it as a bias incident.

NEWS | 09/09/2024

B(l)ack Together promotes belonging at annual community barbecue

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B(l)ack Together promotes belonging at annual community barbecue

Justus Wilhoit

On Thursday, Sept. 5, the BSU, CAF, and ODUS hosted the annual B(l)ack Together event, which is held during the first week of classes in the fall semester each year and serves as a networking event for Black undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff.

NEWS | 09/09/2024

Daya and NLE Choppa take center stage at sunny Lawnparties

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Daya and NLE Choppa take center stage at sunny Lawnparties

Megan Cameron

In a day filled with bright sun and blue skies, Daya and NLE Choppa both took to the main stage, though a student opener was absent due to last-minute changes.

NEWS | 09/09/2024

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