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USG discusses bathroom code and calendar survey

Jason Fu

At their last senate meeting of the semester, the Undergraduate Student Government discussed the results of the bathroom code survey and the menstrual products pilot program among other issues on January 15. At the end of the meeting, outgoing USG members, USG president Aleksandra Czulak '18 and vice president Jeremy Burton '18 celebrated their terms.

NEWS | 01/15/2017

In Runoff election, Bore elected as Student Life Committee Chair

Marcia Brown

In the only runoff election held after the 2016 Winter Elections, Tania Bore '20 won election as University Student Life Committee Chair.

NEWS | 12/17/2016

USG pilots free menstrual products program

Katie Petersen

The Undergraduate Student Government launched a free menstrual product pilot program on Dec. 4 in Frist Campus Center. The program will run until Dec. 16 and aims to address issues of accessibility and financial hardships associated with menstrual products. The program has involved placing one basket of courtesy tampons and pads in each of the nine bathrooms in Frist: four women’s, four men’s, and one gender-neutral.

NEWS | 12/14/2016

The referendum passed, now what?

Allie Spensley

“Since the clubs are private, USG carries no authority over ICC. Information would only be released on a voluntary basis that would require the consent of each individual clubs' membership, officers, management, and graduate board,” Christopher Yu '17 wrote an email. Yu is Colonial Club and Interclub Council (ICC) President.

NEWS | 12/13/2016

Myesha Jemison '18 brings life of leadership experience to USG Presidency

Maya Wesby

Last Friday, Dec. 9, Myesha Jemison ’18 secured the majority of votes to become the Undergraduate Student Government president-elect. When she begins her term in February, Jemison will be the University’s first black female USG president.

NEWS | 12/12/2016

USG Senate discusses incoming student groups, elections, Women's Leadership Task Force

Samuel Oh

Student leaders discussed the recognition of new, incoming student groups, updates on the student election, as well as the selection of the new members of the Women’s Leadership Task Force.

NEWS | 12/11/2016

USLC, VP for Campus Life pilot program deactivating bathroom locks

Kirsten Traudt

USG has widely solicited student feedback as they prepare to institute the program, disseminating a survey and hosting two forums for students to ask questions. While Johnson says he believes that “most students. . .will recognize the positives” of the program, Czulak recognizes that the survey results have not been unanimously in favor of the policy, and hopes that the University will be able to follow the consensus of many diverse viewpoints.

NEWS | 12/11/2016

USG discusses undocumented students, Winter Social

Jason Fu

The Undergraduate Student Government discussed and the upcoming Winter Social in their meeting this Sunday.

NEWS | 12/05/2016

USG presidential candidates debate platforms, vision

Samuel Oh

USG Presidential Candidates Myesha Jamison ’18 and Rachel Yee ’19 debated their platforms and visions for the University student community in the Whig Senate chamber on Sunday.

NEWS | 12/05/2016

USG candidates discuss respective platforms

Katie Petersen

Undergraduate Student Government announced the candidates for next year's offices last Sunday. Dan Qian ’19 is running for vice president of the student body. As vice president, Qian hopes to make USG projects more transparent by surveying student opinion on Senate projects before priorities are set and relaying results of weekly administrator meetings to the student body. With experience on the Senate, Executive Committee, and Core Committee, he has worked with the Vice President, President, and the rest of the Senate.

NEWS | 11/29/2016

Jemison '18, Yee '19 vie for USG president

USG Presidential Candidates Rachel Yee and Myesha Jemison

Jemison '18, Yee '19 vie for USG president

Jason Fu

Class of 2018 Senator Myesha Jemison ’18 and former Class of 2018 vice president Rachel Yee ’19 have entered the race for USG president.

NEWS | 11/27/2016

Referendum calls for public demographic numbers of eating clubs, meets objections from club officers

Ruby Shao

Leila Clark '18 started gathering petition signatures on Nov. 21 for a referendum to publicize the demographics of eating club members and bickerees.

NEWS | 11/26/2016

USG discusses gender-neutral housing, building names in CPUC meeting

Jason Fu

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NEWS | 11/20/2016

USG discusses potential academic calendar updates, USG Labs

Jason Fu

The Undergraduate Student Government met with Deputy Dean of the College Elizabeth Colagiuri to discuss potential changes to the academic calendar and required coursework in their meeting on Sunday. Colagiuri is a member of the Task Force on General Education, which recently released a report outlining various recommendations that the report describes as being designed to provide students an education that “reflects both breadth and depth of study.” Among the recommended changes to current coursework are identifying tags that will exist in conjunction with current distribution areas.

NEWS | 11/13/2016

Q&A: USG President Ella Cheng ’16

Harrison Blackman

Street sat down with Undergraduate Student Government (USG) president Ella Cheng ’16, one of the many new female leaders on campus.

NEWS | 03/04/2015

Introducing: Wintersession

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Introducing: Wintersession

Nina Wade

This Intersession, Princeton students had a third option beyond going home or staying on campus and hibernating for a week.

FEATURES | 02/05/2014

In final meeting, USG passes measure requiring class governments to report their budgets

Anna Mazarakis

In its final meeting of the year Sunday night, the USG Senate unanimously passed a series of constitutional amendments that require the class governments to report their budgets and hold monthly meetings.

NEWS | 01/12/2014

USG approves amendments requiring class governments to publish budgets, tables amendments to separate Senate and class governments

Anna Mazarakis

At its weekly meeting on Sunday evening, the USG unanimously approved amendments requiring each of the four class governments to hold its own monthly public meetings and to publish and report its own budget each semester. The remaining amendments, which proposed to fully separate the Senate and the class governments, were tabled indefinitely. In a vote of 17 in favor and four against, the USG decided not to continue its own Summer Storage Initiative and not to collaborate with Princeton Student Agencies.

NEWS | 12/08/2013

Jackson ’15: “Moving forward”

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Jackson ’15: “Moving forward”

Anna Mazarakis

For incumbent USG president Shawon Jackson ’15, reelection would mean “moving forward” and building on his current term. “Essentially, the message that I want to get across is that now that I’ve been on USG for about a year as president,” Jackson said, “I don’t just want to stay stagnant, but I want to learn from the mistakes that I made this past year and learn from the successes and then carry that forward into the next year.” Headded that he is running for president because he has enjoyed this past year and would like to continue working on projects in the future now that he has an understanding of what the USG can do. Originally unopposed, Jackson faces a challenge from Class of 2015 senator Zach Ogle, whowon his appealto run in the election Sunday evening. “Even though I’ve been president this past year, if I am reelected, it doesn’t mean that I would do my term the same exact way as I did the past year.

NEWS | 11/21/2013

Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

Anna Mazarakis

Despite a late start to campaigning, Zach Ogle ’15 said he will rely on his perspectives as a student in USG and in other campus groups to win the campus vote, emphasizing the importance of increased outreach to student groups. “I’m running for USG president because I feel like USG can do a much better job of reaching out to non-USG students,” Ogle said.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

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