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EcoReps Move-In Resale diverts 15 tons of waste

Over 500 students attended the EcoReps Move-In Resale, producing $11,400 to go towards next year’s EcoReps program.
Photo Courtesy of Lisa Nicolaison / Office of Sustainability

EcoReps Move-In Resale diverts 15 tons of waste

Naomi Hess

“We take those prices and reduce the price to anywhere between 20-50% depending on the quality of the item – how new it is, the condition of the item, the uniqueness of the item based on our inventory,” Lisa Nicolaison, who is the Engagement and Communication Coordinator at the Office of Sustainability, wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

Burglary and motor vehicle theft increase, Public Safety reports

The entrance to the Department of Public Safety.
Jon Ort / The Daily Princetonian

Burglary and motor vehicle theft increase, Public Safety reports

Benjamin Ball

Also included in the report were statistics regarding fires for the 2018 year, listing five incidents on campus: one in Blair Hall, one in 1901 Hall, one in Dodge-Osborne, one in Yoseloff Hall, and one in the Lawrence Graduate apartments.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

Peer representatives seek to increase transparency, counsel students earlier on in Honor Committee Process

Photo Credit: Jon Ort / The Daily Princetonian

Peer representatives seek to increase transparency, counsel students earlier on in Honor Committee Process

Rebecca Han

Every student accused of an Honor Code violation is entitled to a Peer Representative to guide them through the process. Prior to this semester, few on campus knew of this right. Peer Representatives are aiming to change that.

NEWS | 09/24/2019

One of over 4,000 global Climate Strikes to be held in Hinds Plaza

Zachary Shevin

On the evening of Sept. 19, around 20 students gathered in the basement of Murray-Dodge Hall to prepare for the Princeton Climate Strike on Sept. 20, turning used cardboard boxes into sustainable protest signs.

NEWS | 09/20/2019

Tiger Tea Room opens in Firestone Library

The newly-opened Tiger Tea Room in Firestone Library.
Photo Credit: Ben Ball/The Daily Princetonian

Tiger Tea Room opens in Firestone Library

Benjamin Ball

The Tiger Tea Room, the newest café on campus, has opened in Firestone Library.

NEWS | 09/18/2019

Menstrual Products Task Force provides free products to campus bathrooms

Yael Marans

Free menstrual products are now supplied in campus bathrooms, marking the implementation of the Menstrual Products Task Force’s initiative, which was approved by University administrators last semester.

NEWS | 09/17/2019

USG hosts Lawnparties on Prospect Avenue

3OH!3 preforms in front of gathered students at Quadrangle Club.
Photo Credit: Zack Shevin / The Daily Princetonian

USG hosts Lawnparties on Prospect Avenue

Benjamin Ball

Alongside the previously announced headliners, other artists who were featured included Acid Dad and Kalbelles at Terrace Club, DJ CTE at Cottage Club, Emily Vaughn at Tower Club, Concept at Cannon Dial Elm Club, Avante at Ivy Club, Sage the Gemini at Colonial Club, and Cedric Gervais at Tiger Inn.

NEWS | 09/15/2019

Tigerbook removes information on students’ campus residence, hometown

Tigerbook removes information on students’ campus residence, hometown

Naomi Hess

In the past, Tigerbook showed every student’s name, picture, email, residential college, dorm building, room number, hometown, state, country, roommates, and major.

NEWS | 09/12/2019

Class of 2023 kicks off the year with opening exercises, Pre-Rade

The Class of 2023 enters en masse through FitzRandolph gates.

Zack Shevin / The Daily Princetonian

Class of 2023 kicks off the year with opening exercises, Pre-Rade

Benjamin Ball

Opening exercises, held this past Sunday, marked the beginning of the academic careers of members of the Class of 2023.

NEWS | 09/10/2019

Fresh out of frosh: Interclub Council to enforce eating club ban on first-years through frosh week

Eating clubs line Prospect Avenue.
Jon Ort / The Daily Princetonian

Fresh out of frosh: Interclub Council to enforce eating club ban on first-years through frosh week

Linh Nguyen and Zachary Shevin

This restriction follows last year’s frosh ban, which prohibited first-year students from entering eating club parties on the final night of frosh week. In the days prior to the 2018 ban, University Public Safety had evacuated 28 students to either Princeton Medical Center (PMC) or McCosh Health Center for alcohol-related emergencies.

NEWS | 08/30/2019

Fall Lawnparties to feature "Deepthroat" rapper CupcakKe

Fall Lawnparties to feature "Deepthroat" rapper CupcakKe

Zachary Shevin

University Student Government Social Chair Heavyn Jennings ’20 has confirmed that Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally as CupcakKe, will perform at Lawnparties on Sep. 15.

NEWS | 08/21/2019

Students, alumni walk out of #MeToo panel, protest at P-Rade for Title IX reform

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

On June 1, the group of students seeking to reform policies relating to the Title IX office at the University staged a walk-out of a #MeToo panel and held signs and donned purple in lieu of orange and black during the P-Rade.

NEWS | 06/03/2019

In Class Day Speech, Kemper ’02 encourages graduates to pursue kindness

Danielle Alio / Office of Communications

In Class Day Speech, Kemper ’02 encourages graduates to pursue kindness

Benjamin Ball

Others who spoke at the event included President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, class president Chris Umanzor ’19, Maya Rita Aronoff ’19, and Chris Kellogg-Peeler ’19.

NEWS | 06/03/2019

No way in: a look into accessibility on campus

Isabel Ting

University students with physical disabilities face a number of unique challenges as they navigate campus and academic and social life.

FEATURES | 05/31/2019

Title IX office protests come to a close, will return for the P-rade

Ivy Truong

For over a week, these student activists had weathered through thunderstorms and cold nights during reading period.

NEWS | 05/16/2019

PIXR protesters update demands, call for U. statement signed by Eisgruber

Zachary Shevin

After over 100 hours of protest in front of Nassau Hall, Princeton Students for Title IX Reform (PIXR) updated their list of demands. Additionally, PIXR has called for a public statement from the University, signed by President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, “in order to demonstrate the University’s commitment to addressing students’ persistent suffering.”

NEWS | 05/12/2019

Free menstrual products to be implemented in 56 bathrooms next fall

(left-to-right): Mike Asparrin '19, Katherine Fleming '19, Preeti Iyer '20, Wendy Zhao '19, Kevin Zheng '21

Courtesy of Preeti Iyer '20

Free menstrual products to be implemented in 56 bathrooms next fall

Yael Marans

According to the task force’s official project proposal, their aim is to help students live a healthier, more dignified lifestyle and keep students from sacrificing other material needs, or missing class, to be able to obtain menstrual products.

NEWS | 05/12/2019

Day 3: Title IX office protesters meet outside Nassau Hall; Eisgruber and Calhoun do not

Students protesting the University’s Title IX policy in May 2019 form a circle around Nassau Hall.
Claire Silberman / The Daily Princetonian

Day 3: Title IX office protesters meet outside Nassau Hall; Eisgruber and Calhoun do not

Benjamin Ball and Zachary Shevin

The assembly outside of Nassau Hall marks the third day of the student protest against the University Title IX office, as students have remained on the lawn overnight between demonstrations. Students have been on Nassau lawn since Monday at 10 a.m.

NEWS | 05/09/2019

Day 2: U. Title IX office protesters left dissatisfied after U. response, send letter to administration

Day 2: U. Title IX office protesters left dissatisfied after U. response, send letter to administration

Ivy Truong, Zachary Shevin, and Claire Silberman

Over 70 students have gathered on the front lawn for the past two days to protest the Title IX’s office handling of sexual misconduct cases. This sit-in follows several months of protests and graffiti on campus that aim to demonstrate their misgivings against the Title IX process.

NEWS | 05/08/2019

Day 1: Student activists demonstrate in protest of Title IX office for over 15 hours

Photo Credit: Benjamin Ball / The Daily Princetonian

Day 1: Student activists demonstrate in protest of Title IX office for over 15 hours

Benjamin Ball, Zachary Shevin, and Claire Silberman

Dozens of University students are participating in a sit-in to push forward a list of at least eleven demands crowdsourced from the student body detailing specific ways in which the University could improve upon its Title IX policies.

NEWS | 05/08/2019

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