Maya Prakash ’26 is an Economics and Comparative Literature major from Singapore and India. She is the Executive Editor for Opinions and previously served as Opinions section editor. She can be reached via email at [email protected].
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jews for Justice (J4J) have continued their encampment on Sawyer Quad into its second week. The encampment, which began at 4 a.m. last Wednesday, joined a wave of campus protests across the nation in which students have set up encampments.
Last Thursday, the third and final installment of the on-campus speaker roundtable “The War in Gaza and the International Context” was interrupted by student protestors affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), some of whom may face disciplinary action from the College.
Beginning with the next admissions cycle, Princeton will target a student body in which 70 percent of students are eligible for financial aid and at least 22 percent are Pell Grant-eligible, the university announced on March 26. Princeton’s board of trustees set the new enrollment goals for low- and middle-income students following a review by The Ad Hoc Committee on Undergraduate Admission Policy, which the board of trustees established to examine undergraduate admissions in July 2023.
The College’s comprehensive fee for the 2024-25 academic year will be an all-time high of $85,820 — a figure that includes tuition, housing, and personal expenses — marking a 5-percent increase from the 2023-24 fee.
“If I can get annoyingly ‘Williams’ about it, I think my experience of the Williams Anti-Apartheid Coalition [(WAAC)] has shaped my whole life,” said Andy Levin ’83, who was a U.S. Rep. from Michigan’s 9th Congressional district from 2019 to 2023, in an interview with the Record.
“Turning 21 is fun, turning 22 is fine, and then you end up at 25,” Bill Cotter ’21 reflected in an interview with the Record. Cotter — better known online as Barstool Sports’ “Billy Football” — saw his 25th birthday less as a tempus fugit reality and more of an opportunity: Having just hit the age threshold to be elected to Congress, Cotter saw himself as a fresh face to represent New York’s 3rd district in the House of Representatives.
Unionized employees at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Mass. went on strike indefinitely beginning on March 6, following the museum’s refusal to meet demands for increased wages.
The College’s Ad Hoc Transportation Working Group is currently working on a Transportation Hub document, a version of which was published in February. The document is composed of over 15 pages of...
Approximately 200 community members participated in a walkout and rally outside of Hopkins Hall on Dec. 1 at 1:30 p.m. to protest the College’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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