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Communal apartments, visa troubles, and becoming nocturnal: International students try to ‘make it work’

Communal apartments, visa troubles, and becoming nocturnal: International students try to ‘make it work’

Emiri Morita

This semester, international students continue to take classes with their American peers, now crossing oceans and time zones just to call into a Tuesday lecture. The Daily Princetonian sat down with seven of these students to learn more about their sleep schedules, visa concerns, and hopes for the spring.

FEATURES | 11/23/2020

Outdoor lectures, themed suits, and the ecology of egg rolls: Professor Pringle gets inventive with online teaching

Outdoor lectures, themed suits, and the ecology of egg rolls: Professor Pringle gets inventive with online teaching

Julie Levey

EEB students face the challenge of engaging in outdoor exploration during this online semester. But Associate Professor Rob Pringle is determined to bring the outdoors to his students. He delivers every EEB 321 lecture outside — rain or shine.

FEATURES | 11/22/2020

Amid ‘increased mental health distress,’ virtual CPS learns to adjust

Amid ‘increased mental health distress,’ virtual CPS learns to adjust

Mirabella Smith

As students adjust to situations that have been deemed, again and again, “unprecedented,” demand for mental health resources has become ever more acute.

FEATURES | 11/18/2020

Academic support programs grapple with ‘barriers to entry’ in a virtual semester

Academic support programs grapple with ‘barriers to entry’ in a virtual semester

Anna Chung and Kalena Blake

The University’s first entirely virtual semester has produced a whole new set of academic challenges.

FEATURES | 11/15/2020

Single students are losing faith in virtual romance. Enter TigerCrush.

Sydney Eck

TigerCrush seeks to bridge the gap between missed connections and budding relationships, offering students a virtual outlet to confess their feelings, even when unrequited.

FEATURES | 11/12/2020

‘Talking to myself in my basement’: First-years share stories of making friends online

‘Talking to myself in my basement’: First-years share stories of making friends online

Anika Buch

In a virtual semester, first-year students have had to get creative to make friends. Some jumped in headfirst and lived with people they’d never met before, some visited Princeton, and all are striving to recreate campus.

FEATURES | 11/08/2020

Election Day has arrived. 469 students told us how they were voting.

Election Day has arrived. 469 students told us how they were voting.

Paige Cromley

On the eve of the 2020 Presidential Election, The Daily Princetonian shares data gathered from a survey of the undergraduate student body, asking about voting plans, registration status, and views on the presidential candidates. The 469 respondents painted a picture of unenthusiastic support, passionate disapproval, and wholehearted civic engagement.

FEATURES | 11/03/2020

The most influential Princeton alumni in politics 2020

Daily Princetonian Staff, Ananya Grover, and Brian Tieu

We’ve named 29 Princeton alumni who profoundly shaped politics this year. See who made our list.

FEATURES | 11/02/2020

‘A wake up call’: Princeton students recall the wildfires that seared California

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‘A wake up call’: Princeton students recall the wildfires that seared California

Rachel Sturley and Reva Singh

As the fires begin to cool, The Daily Princetonian caught up with students living in California about their wildfire experiences, the intersection between pandemic and climate disaster, and what comes next.

FEATURES | 11/01/2020

The Poll Hero Project: Princeton students bring Gen Z to the polls

Sofia Alvarado

A pandemic-stricken election has left states without enough personnel to facilitate poll sites. Eleven Princeton students are tackling this problem head-on.

FEATURES | 10/29/2020

‘No better time’: Princeton gap year students commit to campaign work

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‘No better time’: Princeton gap year students commit to campaign work

Claire Schultz

Seven gap year students reflect on their decision to work for political campaigns, the ups and downs of the job, and the importance of voting. “There’s no better way to learn about politics and how it works than to be on a campaign,” said Ben Bograd ’23.

FEATURES | 10/28/2020

‘A sobering experience’: Students who contracted COVID-19 look back

Julie Levey

As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, three students sat down with The Daily Princetonian to share their experiences with the disease, as well as a few words of advice for their peers. “All I can really hope for is that people take it more seriously across the nation,” one sophomore said.

FEATURES | 10/22/2020

Tiger Tots: Marshall Barnes

Jacqueline Lydon

In the third installment of Tiger Tots, The Daily Princetonian interviews Marshall Barnes, the nine-but-almost-10-year-old son of Dr. Stacey Sinclair, Head of Mathey College and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs.

FEATURES | 10/19/2020

How the eating clubs went virtual

Ben Angarone

Eating club officers are striving to prove to current and future members that their institutions still hold value, even in an indefinitely quarantined world.

FEATURES | 10/08/2020

‘Committee, committee, committee’: After five years, Princeton’s approach to institutional reform hasn’t changed

Ellen Li and Alex Gjaja

On Sept. 2, President Eisgruber laid out how his administration would “combat systemic racism” — announcing plans that resemble the University’s response to the Black Justice League in 2015. With insight from the students, alumni, and stakeholders who sat on the previous iteration of committees, The Daily Princetonian unravels a convoluted story of college governance, layers upon layers of committees, and the difficulties that impede institutional change.

FEATURES | 09/24/2020

As humanities flounder, the HUM sequence faces a reckoning

As humanities flounder, the HUM sequence faces a reckoning

Rachel Sturley and Annabelle Duval

The Humanities Sequence is a University staple. How is it adapting to become more critical of the Western canon it teaches? HUM students and professors share their perspectives on how the course has changed direction and where it still needs to go.

FEATURES | 08/16/2020

Two Princeton teams, one mission: the fight to create fairer election outcomes

Two Princeton teams, one mission: the fight to create fairer election outcomes

Anne Wen

As data collection for this year’s census draws to a close, focus is shifting towards the use of that data in determining electoral representation. Two Princeton-based groups, the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and Representable, are working to stop the threat of partisan redistricting, a practice commonly known as gerrymandering.

FEATURES | 08/13/2020

‘Because voting should be simple’: group of first-years compile resources for student civic engagement

‘Because voting should be simple’: group of first-years compile resources for student civic engagement

Francesca Block

At the core of their work lies one clear idea: regardless of political views or background, Hope Perry ’24 said, “citizens of the United States deserve to have access to the ballot.”

FEATURES | 08/12/2020

Princeton businesses received over $200M in PPP loans. Some are still struggling.

Princeton businesses received over $200M in PPP loans. Some are still struggling.

Albert Jiang and Edward Tian

The U-Store, Tower Club, McCarter Theatre, Princeton Theological Seminary, Small World Coffee, Labyrinth Books, Jammin’ Crepes, and the Princeton Record Exchange all received loans of over $150,000. Several small business owners told the ‘Prince’ that this lifeline, while helpful, wasn’t enough.

FEATURES | 08/06/2020

Visit our first-ever frosh issue website!

Daily Princetonian Staff

Each year, we mail a “frosh issue” to all incoming students. This exclusive website accompanies our print edition.

FEATURES | 07/29/2020

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