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Terrace takes 13 students in second-round sign-ins

Terrace takes 13 students in second-round sign-ins

Chitra Marti

Terrace Club accepted 13 new members during second-round sign-ins, club president Christopher St John '15 wrote in a statement. While Terrace took members in the second round of sign-ins, it did not offer membership to everyone who listed it as a second-round choice, The Daily Princetonian independently confirmed.

NEWS | 02/24/2014

Club Nom hosts first dialogue at Cloister

Chitra Marti

Club Nom, an initiative started by Hannah Rosenthal ’15 to facilitate dialogue between upperclassmen in eating clubs and those in other eating options, held its first event at Cloister Inn on Wednesday. The initiative will hold 10 dialogues in each of the participating clubs this semester.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

Students petition for a new vegetarian co-op

Do-Hyeong Myeong

An online petition for a new vegetarian co-op has been circulating on campus since Feb.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

Weldon ’16 named Class of 2016 Social Chair

Anna Mazarakis

James Weldon ’16 will serve as the new Class of 2016 social chair, the 2016 class council announced in an email to the sophomore class on Tuesday. Molly Stoneman ’16 vacated the position after she won her bid for USG vice president in the November elections. Weldon was chosen out of approximately 20 applicants, Class of 2016 president Justin Ziegler ’16 said.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Confusion surrounding vaccination and blood drives resolved

Charles Kyungchan Min

Individuals who received the meningococcal disease vaccine were not originally eligible to donate blood because of the vaccine's unlicensed status in the United States.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Forbes, Whitman Students to participate in pilot exchange program

Corinne Lowe

Both Forbes College and Whitman College will be participating in a pilot exchange program, Global Exchange, with schools in Hong Kong and Cambridge, United Kingdom this upcoming spring break. Five students from Forbes will spend the break at St.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

53 percent of sophomores participate in Bicker

Ruby Shao

Despite an increase in the number of bickerees, the overall acceptance rate for selective clubs was higher than last year's with 63.7 percent, or 563 of 884 students, accepted.

NEWS | 02/10/2014

Student charged with possession of marijuana, prescription drugs

Lorenzo Quiogue

An undergraduate student was arrested by the University's Department of Public Safety and charged with drug possession on Sunday night. Thomas Fellowes ’14 was arrested by DPS after officers allegedly found marijuana and prescription drugs in his dorm room, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said Thursday.

NEWS | 02/06/2014

Originality of Luminate formula questioned

Joseph Sheehan Joe

Hafiz Dhanani ’16, the creator of Luminate, has been accused of borrowing formulas developed by the founders of a supplement company called Natural Stacks without giving due credit.

NEWS | 02/04/2014

Terrace takes 130 sophomores in first round of sign-ins

Terrace takes 130 sophomores in first round of sign-ins

Anna Mazarakis

Members of Terrace F. Club picked up 130 new members Sunday night after the first round of sign-ins, president Christopher St.

NEWS | 02/02/2014

Terrace moves forward with plans for renovation, goes to Planning Board Thursday

Konadu Amoakuh

Terrace Club is developing plans, still in their early stages, to renovate its clubhouse.

NEWS | 01/12/2014

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

Pilot SHARE course aims to educate eating club members through avatar games

Paul Phillips

Eating club members now have the opportunity to complete "Agent of Change," a pilot online Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education course on power-based personal violence. The course wasdesigned to build on the knowledge gained through the course“Unless There’s Consent,”a new program required for all members of the Class of 2017 prior to their arrival on campus.While “Unless There’s Consent” was intended to lay an informational foundation for incoming freshmen prior to orientation week, “Agent of Change” is more interactive, providing education on bystander intervention skills, SHARE director Jacqueline Deitch-Stackhouse said. The hour-long course touches on sexual assault, stalking, domestic violence and degrading language, Jackie Cremos '14, aSHARE Peer Advisor and member of Quadrangle Club, explained.

NEWS | 01/12/2014

Dhanani ’16 creates Luminate supplement to increase focus

Joseph Sheehan Joe

Hafiz Dhanani ’16 has created a supplement called Luminate that he says helps increase focus, which he hopes to sell to Princeton students. “Luminate is a natural supplement,” Dhanani said.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

Wintersession offers students classes in many subjects

Anna Mazarakis

Three hundred and fifty-six students have registered for the pilot Wintersession program as of Sunday, USG U-Councilor Laura Du ’14 told The Daily Princetonian. According to Du, 35 classes were registered when the website first launched on Dec.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

Second dose of meningitis vaccine to be administered Feb. 17-20

Daily Princetonian Staff

The second dose of the meningitis vaccine will be available fromFeb. 17 through Feb. 20, the University announcedMondayin an email to the University community. More than 5,200 individuals, or approximately 91 percent of the individuals eligible for the vaccine — including 93 percent of all undergraduate students — chose to receive the first dose.

NEWS | 12/23/2013

Faculty, staff and grad students have mixed reactions to not getting the vaccine

Charles Kyungchan Min

As students receive the vaccine against meningitis B this week, its availability only to certain members of the community has evoked mixed feelings from those excluded.

NEWS | 12/10/2013

Almost 2000 receive vaccination in first day of campaign

Almost 2000 receive vaccination in first day of campaign

Jacqueline Gufford

1,959 students were vaccinated against meningococcal-B on the first day of the vaccination campaign, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 12/09/2013

Anatomy of an outbreak

Charles Kyungchan Min and Desi Howry

Since the first case of meningitis at Princeton was reported in March 2013,the University has faced seven additional cases of meningococcal disease.

NEWS | 12/08/2013

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

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