Student Life

USG Senate announces budget, goals for the semester

USG Senate announces budget, goals for the semester

Corinne Lowe

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate announced its budget and goals for the year in Sunday afternoon’s senate meeting immediately following the town hall meeting on sexual assault policy. The meeting was not held at its usual time or location and the change was not communicated to the student body, which funds the USG, nor to The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

Cannon accepts nine as a result of fall Bicker

Ruby Shao

Cannon Dial Elm Club took nine of 17 bickerees this fall for an acceptance rate of 52.9 percent, according to sources within the club. This figure is comparable to last year’s, when 18 of 32 students, or 56.3 percent, were accepted. Cannon was the only club to hold fall Bicker last weekend.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

MCAT changes impact students' testing timelines

Charles Kyungchan Min

Expected revisions to the Medical College Admission Test have caused some premedical students to take the test at a different time and may have effects on the preparatory courses and classes premedical students choose to enroll in. The MCAT is the standard examination for prospective medical students in Canada and the United States.

NEWS | 09/17/2014

CPS extends service hours, plans partnerships with campus organizations

Do-Hyeong Myeong

The service hours for Counseling and Psychological Services have been extended for Mondays and Wednesdays as of Sept.

NEWS | 09/14/2014

Career Services launches new website to replace TigerTracks

Do-Hyeong Myeong

]]>The Office of Career Services launched HireTigers, a new career management website, to replace the former TigerTracks system on September 1.

NEWS | 09/10/2014

TI elects new officers post 21 Club scandal

TI elects new officers post 21 Club scandal

Lorenzo Quiogue

Tiger Inn elected four new officers on March 31 after all but two officers resigned earlier that month following a party, deemed unauthorized, of the heavy-drinking group called the 21 Club. The elections came after what was officially called a “security breach” at the club on March 9, according to an email obtained by The Daily Princetonian that was sent to members by the club’s graduate board president Robert “Hap” Cooper ’82. Former president Ryan Cash ’15, house manager Dror Liebenthal ’15, treasurer Will Siroky ’15 and safety czar Victoria Majchrzak ’15 offered their resignations to the club’s graduate board of governors after the incident. Oliver Bennett ’15, the vice president prior to the incident, was elected president.

NEWS | 05/28/2014

Breaking: On eve of Dean's Date, Princeton police responds to alleged toy gun incident

Anna Mazarakis

Officers from the Department of Public Safety and the Princeton Police Department responded to a call about a student holding what appeared to be a toy gun in Butler College shortly after 9 p.m.

NEWS | 05/12/2014

Pace Center feels budgetary limitations

Lorenzo Quiogue

While USG has not gone over its budget for the past two years, some Pace Center for Civic Engagement projects have had to operate with a more limited budget. USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 explained that USG has operated within its budget during his terms as president, noting that money has sometimes been left over.

NEWS | 05/08/2014

Alpha Delta Phi establishes local affiliate at U.

Lorenzo Quiogue

The Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, a nationally chartered organization, has established a local affiliate at the University and has 13 members, according to the ADPhi national fraternity website. Jake Scinto ’16, the president of the fraternity's Princeton affiliate, explained he got the idea to form the organization from visiting his brother, who is a member of the fraternity's chapter at the University of Connecticut. “I went down and visited him, and I met a lot of different people from all over the country and the whole national organization, and I had always wanted to be a part of it, but I couldn't think of a way to contribute to it,” he explained. Scinto and his roommate, Henry Pease ’16, whose brother is a member of ADPhi at Dartmouth, then decided to get in touch with the national charter of the organization in late October to look into establishing a local chapter. Bill Bronson, the director of ADPhi, explained that the fraternity had been at the University in the 19th century, so the creation of the local affiliate was actually a “restart” for the organization. “[The national organization's board] seemed really excited about the whole thing, and they were really a huge help to us.

NEWS | 04/30/2014

USG discusses mental health policy in light of recent debate

Jacob Donnelly

Members of the USG discussed University mental health policy in light of recent wider public discussion of the subjectat their weekly senate meeting on Sunday.U-Councilor Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15 noted that the Mental Health Initiative board was hoping to write an editorial to publish in The Daily Princetonian within the next week to express the USG’s position on mental health policy.

NEWS | 04/28/2014

USG announces class council presidents

Durva Trivedi

Jonathan Ma ’15, Justin Ziegler ’16 and CJ Harris ’17 have been elected presidents of their respective class councils, and Benedict Wagstaff ’14 was elected president of the Class of 2014 Alumni Council officers, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 announced in an email to students Friday evening. “It was a good election, and we had good voter turnout overall, I believe,” chief elections manager Amara Nnaeto ’17 said. Additionally, the referendum to separate the class governments from the senate passed with 1661 votes in favor and 277 opposed. "I'm pleased that [the referendum] passed," Jackson said.

NEWS | 04/25/2014

USG discusses expansion of counseling services, Lawnparties

Durva Trivedi

Guests from the Graduate Student Government and Counseling and Psychological Services spoke at Sunday night’s USG Senate meeting. Dr. Calvin Chin, the director of CPS, addressed ways that CPS and USG can collaborate to spread the message that it's important to “not be afraid to acknowledge vulnerability, and to not be afraid to reach out and get resources.” Chin said that on their end, CPS is expanding counseling services' availability hours in the fall, developing their new initiative which places a CPS wellness outpost in the EQuad for drop-ins, working on a bystander intervention program in partnership with SHARE, putting together training so that students, faculty and staff can be trained to act as allies and working on destigmatizing mental illness. Chin said he wants students to know that “it’s okay to have stress, it’s okay to feel displaced, it’s okay sometimes to feel not okay, it’s okay to feel overwhelmed.” Chin said he hopes to communicate that message through a variety of video projects, including a Princeton Speaks Up initiative of short student, faculty and staff testimonial videos.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

Students to vote on separation of Senate, Class Governments

Ray Mennin

Students will vote on a referendum to separate the Senate and Class Governments in addition to voting for Class Council and U-Council positions.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

Panels detached, reinstalled in campus art project

Panels detached, reinstalled in campus art project

Carla Javier

The creators of a class art project that seeks responses to the question, "What can you not say at Princeton?” have reported two incidents against their project. Known as The Surface, the creators reported one incident of "aggressive intervention” and a second incident where the University removed part of their project due to "graphic content." Both incidents allegedly happened on April 15. The University has denied any involvement in the first incident and said the second incident was in response to a complaint it had received. The Surface is a literal white surface where people can write and express their answers to the overarching question.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

Recurring bed bug infestations displace Holder residents

Jacob Donnelly

Bed bugs continue to be a problem in Holder Hall and Forbes College. Following two reports of bed bugs last September, at least four reports were confirmed this March. The students have been temporarily moved to graduate housing, a move different from last year, when four students were moved to single rooms in 1915 hall, in Butler College. Only the infestation in Holder Hall was disclosed to students.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

Discussions ongoing on development of electronic meal exchange system

Ruby Shao

The USG is in discussions with the Interclub Council and Dining Services to develop an electronic meal exchange system for upperclassmen in eating clubs and dining halls. By digitizing the system, the USG is aiming to streamline the meal exchange process, University Student Life Committee chair Ella Cheng ’16 said.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

Class Council and U-Council candidates announced

Anna Mazarakis

Thirty-four students are running for class council or U-Council positions this year, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 announced in an email to the undergraduate student body on Monday. Of the 15 class council positions, nine are uncontested.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

Lawnparties charity has ties with USG

Durva Trivedi

The charity that will be featured at Lawnparties this year, TEAM Charter Schools, was selected because several people on the USG social committee liked the organization and had worked with it before, social committee chairLogan Roth ’15 said. He also said the social committee’s decision to contribute to a charity through Lawnparties had been floating around for several years, and he really wanted to move forward with it this year. TEAM Charter Schools, a region of schools in Newark and Camden, N.J., will benefit with proceeds from the sales of raffle tickets and merchandise, while no money originally budgeted for Lawnparties will be handed to the charity.

NEWS | 04/10/2014

Class of 2014 only allowed two guests for Reunions

Jeron Fenton

The University has reduced the number of guests that graduating seniors are allowed to bring to the 2014 Reunions in an attempt to slow down the growing Reunions attendance numbers. Graduating seniors were allowed to purchase tickets for up to five guests for Reunions in previous years.

NEWS | 04/10/2014

Shortened Preview disappoints admitted students

Jasmine Wang

Seven hundred and twentyadmitted students attended the first session of Princeton Preview on Thursday, compared to 700 admitted students in attendance at the first session of Princeton Preview last year. However, both students at the University and prospective studentshave expressed disappointment at the University’s decision to change Princeton Preview from a weekend visit to a one-day event. Cynthia Cherrey, vice president of campus life, announced in an email to the student body last week that the Princeton Preview program would be shortened in order to minimize the chances that prospective students not vaccinated for meningitis would contract the disease. Crystal Wang, 17, a prospective student and native of East Brunswick, N.J., said she was disappointed that the program had been cut short.

NEWS | 04/10/2014

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