Student Life

Shabbat controversy divides Jewish community over attitudes toward Israel

Shabbat controversy divides Jewish community over attitudes toward Israel

Zachary Shevin

The Center for Jewish Life’s Israel Shabbat generated controversy because leaders of the Alliance of Jewish Progressives felt it failed to acknowledge Israel’s occupation of the West Bank or mention Palestinians.

NEWS | 04/07/2019

Alliance of Jewish Progressives to host alternative Shabbat in response to CJL’s “Israel Shabbat”

Zachary Shevin

In response to Tigers for Israel (TFI) hosting Shabbat dinner at the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) this week, the Alliance of Jewish Progressives (AJP) will be hosting an alternative event entitled “#NotOurShabbat” from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in Campus Club.

NEWS | 04/04/2019

U. Dining hosts annual Tiger Chef Challenge

Talha Iqbal

Campus Dining Services hosted its fourth annual Tiger Chef Challenge competition on Wednesday, April 3, featuring students from each of the six undergraduate residential colleges.

NEWS | 04/04/2019

Association of Black Seminarians’s petition demanding reparations gathers 572 signatures

Association of Black Seminarians’s petition demanding reparations gathers 572 signatures

Karolen Eid

The Association of Black Seminarians of Princeton Theological Seminary has released a petition for the institution to annually set aside 15 percent of the portion of the endowment used on operating expenses to fund tuition grants for black students. This would amount to $5.3 million a year, based on an estimate derived from the seminary’s expenses in the 2017–2018 school year. The petition also asks for the establishment of a Black Church Studies program.

NEWS | 04/03/2019

Housing hosts dorm furniture fair in Frist

Photo Caption: Housing and Real Estate Services (HRES) is hosting a bedroom dormitory furniture fair in Frist Campus Center between April 1 and April 12.
Photo Credit: Zoya Gauhar / The Daily Princetonian

Housing hosts dorm furniture fair in Frist

Zoya Gauhar

In an effort to encourage students to take part in the voting process, associate director for housing facilities and planning Michael Stillwagon wrote, “we also paid a great deal of attention to the process used in selecting this final list of vendors … [and] sought out opportunities to include minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses.”

NEWS | 04/02/2019

Coffee club to open student-run coffee shop on campus

Coffee club to open student-run coffee shop on campus

Mina Lee

Many University students are more than willing to hike uphill to Small World Coffee or Starbucks and cough up as much as four or five dollars for a cup of joe. Starting April 14, however, an alternative option will be celebrating its grand opening. A coffee shop named The Coffee Club, run and staffed entirely by University students, will be taking over the taproom in Campus Club.

NEWS | 03/28/2019

TPUSA president alleges assault at Democratic Socialists of America meeting in Frist

Photo Credit: Ans Nawaz / The Daily Princetonian

TPUSA president alleges assault at Democratic Socialists of America meeting in Frist

Benjamin Ball

The president of the University chapter of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a youth right-wing non-profit organization, has alleged assault at a meeting of the Central New Jersey chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in Frist Campus Center.

NEWS | 03/26/2019

Students organize first international TigerTrek

Courtesy of Ron Miasnik ’22. Designed by Wendi Yan ’22.

Students organize first international TigerTrek

Naomi Hess

Ron Miasnik ’22 and Daniella Cohen ’22 planned the first international TigerTrek. Over Intersession 2020, 15 students will travel to Israel, the nation with the most venture capitalist funding per capita of any country in the world. Participants will spend a week exploring both the entrepreneurial and cultural aspects of Israeli life. Program participants will be selected at the beginning of next school year.

FEATURES | 03/12/2019

Cannady ’19 enters plea deal, receives conditional discharge

Cannady ’19 enters plea deal, receives conditional discharge

Emily Spalding

Standout men’s basketball player Devin Cannady ’19 entered a plea agreement on Mar. 11 for the four charges brought against him after he allegedly threw a punch at a Department of Public Safety Officer in Wawa on Jan. 18. Three of his four charges were dismissed. For the fourth charge, Cannady received a conditional discharge, and he will serve 20 hours of community service as part of the agreement. According to his attorney, Cannady has plans to return to the University in the fall and will be preparing for the NBA draft while on leave.

SPORTS | 03/12/2019

USG discusses alternative polls, new UHS building, community affairs

Zoya Gauhar

Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun stated that the initiative toward building a new UHS building is an “exciting moment … [and] really makes us think about where health care is headed.”

NEWS | 03/11/2019

Alumni speak on the Black Justice League’s fight against the University’s racist legacies

Protesters after the sit-in in the President's office. Courtesy of Joanna Anyanwu '15 GS.

Alumni speak on the Black Justice League’s fight against the University’s racist legacies

Rebecca Han

At the forefront of calls for a name change to the Wilson School was the Black Justice League (BJL), a student activist organization that coordinated one of the biggest protests in Princeton history — a demonstration on the steps of Nassau Hall in 2015 followed by a 33-hour sit-in.

NEWS | 03/08/2019

Graduate students protest Student Health Plan changes

David Veldran

At noon on Thursday, the Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU) and the Young Democratic Socialists of Princeton (YDS) held a protest on the South Lawn of Frist Campus Center over recent changes to the University Student Health Plan (SHP).

NEWS | 03/08/2019

Liberating New South: How black student activists inspired change through protest

A sign on the doors to New South reads “This bldg has been liberated by ABC.” Source: The Daily Princetonian Larry Dupraz Digital Archives.

Liberating New South: How black student activists inspired change through protest

Ivy Truong and Benjamin Ball

At 7 a.m. on March 11, 1969, four students lurked in the weeds in front of the New South Building. Shortly afterwards, over 40 black students from the Association of Black Collegians (ABC) rushed the building, according to a log from the Department of Public Information. The students then chained the north doors of the building shut and secured the east doors with a mop.

NEWS | 03/07/2019

Members discuss BSU, hopes for the organization’s future

The Carl A. Fields Center.
Photo Credit: Jon Ort / The Daily Princetonian

Members discuss BSU, hopes for the organization’s future

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

Several Black Student Union (BSU) members discuss their experiences with the organization. The group organizes multiple events each year, but BSU leaders hope to increase funding in order to give back to black communities near Princeton, bring more speakers and alumni to campus, and build up a BSU alumni network, among other initiatives.

NEWS | 03/07/2019

1vyG organizers upset over removed U. Instagram story post

1vyG organizers upset over removed U. Instagram story post

Rebecca Han

1vyG organizers posted to the University’s Instagram story in a planned “takeover” on Sunday, Feb. 17. The post was later taken down by the University, to the chagrin of the conference organizers.

NEWS | 03/06/2019

U. places restrictions on pickup times, affecting sign-in clubs

Source: Zack Shevin / The Daily Princetonian

U. places restrictions on pickup times, affecting sign-in clubs

Ivy Truong and Benjamin Ball

This year, the University prohibited sign-in clubs from participating in on-campus pickups. In emails obtained by The Daily Princetonian, the University claimed they could not accommodate on-campus pickups after 5 p.m., which was when sign-in clubs scheduled their pickups.

NEWS | 03/05/2019

Men's basketball standout Cannady ’19 to miss rest of season

Jack Graham and Ivy Truong

Cannady was a team captain and Princeton’s leader in points per game this season with an 18.2 average. He is fifth on Princeton’s all-time scoring list with 1515 points and third in three-pointers with 268.

SPORTS | 03/01/2019

Students discuss mental health on Tiger Confessions

Students discuss mental health on Tiger Confessions

Marissa Michaels

Though conversation around mental health on Tiger Confessions includes a variety of topics, including self-harm, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and others, The Daily Princetonian examined the increase in posts that specifically mention suicide as an examination of the rise of posts related to mental health.

NEWS | 02/28/2019

Princeton Mental Health Initiative hosts ‘Mental Health Week’

The University’s McCosh Health Center houses Counseling and Psychological Services.

Princeton Mental Health Initiative hosts ‘Mental Health Week’

Haleigh Gundy

According to Princeton Mental Health Initiative board member Richard Yang ’22, Mental Health Week was created in an effort to “promote awareness about mental health issues.”

NEWS | 02/26/2019

Court adjourns hearing in Cannady ’19 case to March 4

Emily Spalding

Originally charged with aggravated assault — an indictable charge — the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office had downgraded it to a disorderly persons offense and remanded the case to the Princeton Municipal Court.

SPORTS | 02/25/2019

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