The goal of the University's financial aid policy should be to provide equality of opportunity for all Princeton students. All students should have the same social and dining costs factored into their aid package regardless of their choice of social and dining option. Students could then afford to join an eating club if they wished but could also choose to spend their aid dollars elsewhere.
Covering eating club costs is not equivalent to covering food costs. In effect, subsidizing eating clubs subsidizes both a student's meals and social life. By paying more for those who join clubs than those who choose other options, the University would be offering additional incentives to join a club. More disturbingly, however, the University would also be placing different values on individuals' social choices.
Eating clubs are intimately tied to undergraduate life, but they remain private organizations. The University should not give different amounts of aid based on an individual's membership in any organization. Are we ready to say that those in bicker clubs are worth more money than those in less expensive sign-in clubs?
The University should, within reason, cover the combined social and dining costs of the most expensive dining option for every student on financial aid. This would allow all students to decide what social and dining combination is best for them. Cooking your own food and getting your beers at Triumph should be valued the same as getting both from a club, and each option should be available to all. This is equality of opportunity.
- Arthur Ewenczyk '09, Ben Herzberg '10, Oliver Palmer '11, Will Pickering '11, Amanda Tuninetti '11
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