USG is ordering 645 total copies of each title at about $11 per book — anticipating a total cost of over $14,000. Students will be able to read a book by either Professor Imani Perry or AAS Chair Eddie Glaude.
USG is ordering 645 total copies of each title at about $11 per book — anticipating a total cost of over $14,000. Students will be able to read a book by either Professor Imani Perry or AAS Chair Eddie Glaude.
This year saw one the highest turnouts ever for first-year voting, with 62 percent of the Class of 2023 voting for Class President, the single contested election for their class, according to Chief Elections Manager Lehman Montgomery ’22. All other classes had a voter turnout above 50 percent.
It was also announced that the single referendum to “call on Princeton University to limit the widespread printing and distribution of the physical copy of the ‘Rights, Rules, [and] Responsibilities’” passed with 88% of voters and 2,055 votes in support.
According to USG president Chitra Parikh ’21, the three-page letter asks recipient institutions to keep the challenges resulting from the pandemic in mind when evaluating the academic performance of spring 2020 applicants.
USG has announced this year’s U-Council and Class Government candidates. There are 29 students running for offices, with 17 of them doing so unopposed.
The election is for Class Officers and U-Councilors. Voting will begin Monday, April 13 at noon and will now run until Thursday, April 16.
USG was able to get back almost all of the money spent on Lawnparties, including a refund for the headliner, on the condition that the artist remains hired as Fall 2020’s lead act. The identity of the artist will not be revealed until the fall.
Social Chair Sophie Torres ’21 announced that although spring Lawnparties was cancelled, the fall Lawnparties budget will not be doubled. Instead, part of the spring Lawnparties’ allocated budget will be used in the fall, and the rest will potentially be used this semester. Torres also said that the same headliner who was booked for spring will perform in the fall.
Currently showing at the Princeton Garden Theatre, Céline Sciamma’s latest film “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu” (translated as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) explores the dialectics of artist/subject, love/beloved, and viewer/viewed, presenting them as fluid and reciprocal. In the act of viewing, the film posits, oneself is viewed.
At this week’s meeting, the USG discussed the Ideas Incubator, heard budget updates, and confirmed five new members to the Movies Committee.
The Senate suggested new features and improvements they would like to see at the gym, including better ventilation and lighting throughout the building, larger spaces for rock climbing, revamped squash courts, more prox-accessible entryways, and bigger rooms for fitness classes, yoga, and strength and conditioning exercises.
Today, I have aspirations of being a screenwriter — and Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Network’ is precisely the reason why.
Possible policies regarding regulation of scooter usage may address speed limits, off-limits pathways, and appropriate parking locations.
USG discussed using data to improve communication and outreach. Specifically, USG Vice President Andres Larrieu ’22 examined the role that data collection could play in optimizing USG services.
Zarnab Virk ’20 is the outgoing president of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG). The Daily Princetonian sat down with Virk for an exit interview to reflect on her tenure.
