A group of self-proclaimed Christian protesters displayed posters on campus on Monday afternoon telling various minority groups to “obey Jesus” or face “hellfire.”
Dudamel is Princeton University Concerts’ first-ever Artist-in-Residence. Marna Seltzer, Director of Princeton University Concerts, helped bring him to the University in celebration of the 125th season of Princeton’s concert series.
Amid the students, campus tour groups, and community members strolling about the Firestone Library Plaza on Tuesday afternoon, a student wearing only his underwear lay sprawled out on the concrete. A black bag covered his face and the words “Title IX Protects Rapists” were emblazoned on his torso with black ink.
Every chair was filled, with students waiting outside, as the community came together to pray and reflect on the bombings in Sri Lanka.
In an email to members, Tower Club president Aliya Somani ’20 said that the club will be implementing new safety measures, including adding code locks on other commonly used doors and additional officer protocols to secure the club after dark. In another email, she said that staff will check that the kitchen exit and other exits are locked as they leave the club.
A total of 2,246 students voted in the 2019–2020 USG elections.
On April 12 and 13, over 200 people joined the Students for Prison Education and Reform (SPEAR) for their sixth annual conference, entitled “Tracing the Violence.” According to the program, the conference was centered around understanding the origins of violence and recognizing “that policies and prisons are themselves sources of violence.”
AJ Sibley ’19 proposed a referendum calling for the University administration to begin an annual awareness initiative on health threats of computer screens and to install campus computers with blue light protection software. The referendum will be voted on this week.
An entirely student-run coffee shop opened to large and eager crowds of students on Sunday, April 14, in the Campus Club Tap Room.
Sustainability will be on the ballot in the University Student Government (USG) Spring Elections next week. The Princeton Student Climate Initiative (PSCI) has placed a referendum on the USG ballot calling for the University to reduce carbon emissions. The University has already set a goal for carbon neutrality by 2046, but the PSCI sees the current goal as unclear and incomprehensive.
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) announced on April 12 that A Boogie wit da Hoodie will be headlining Lawnparties this spring. A Boogie is best known for his hit single titled “Drowning” and his latest album entitled “Hoodie SZN,” which retained the top spot on Billboard’s Top 200 for three weeks.
On Tuesday, April 9, the first day of Princeton Preview 2019, graffiti was found in Prospect Gardens. Three statements — “Title IX protects rapists” in two places and “Fuck Title IX” in one — were written in dark red ink on the ground of the Class of 1975 Walk. As of Wednesday night, the University was aware of the incident and working to remove the marks.
Diana Chao ’21 founded a global nonprofit called Letters to Strangers when she was just a sophomore in high school. Now there are over 20 chapters of the organization in over 10 countries, with one chapter here at the University.
According to members of University housing, the student body experienced an increase in animal-dorm invasions in recent days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
