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Monday november 9, 2015 vol. cxxxix no. 99
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STUDENT LIFE
Trick-or-Feed raises $7,601 on Princetoween By Drew Brazer contributor
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One fire truck and four ambulances were outside Scully Hall on Oct. 30 in response to a medical emergency.
U. student involved in Scully Hall incident By Do-Hyeong Myeong associate news editor
A person was taken by ambulance to the hospital due to a medical emergency in Scully Hall on Oct. 30, according to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua. Planet Princeton reported
that the person allegedly hanged themselves on the roof of Scully Hall. Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun confirmed that the emergency involved a University student in an email to the undergraduate student body on Nov. 5. She added that a stu-
dent bystander who reached out to campus resources was critical in having them quickly respond to the emergency. Mbugua declined to comment on the nature of the incident and the condition of the person, noting Calhoun’s See SCULLY page 5
The Trick-or-Feed charity drive organized by the Interclub Council and Community Service Interclub Council on Oct. 29 raised approximately $9,500 compared to an expected amount of $5,000, CSICC co-chair Rachel Margulies ’16 said. As part of the drive, students were required to have a Trick-orFeed sticker on their PUID in order to gain admission to eating clubs on Oct. 29. Students could obtain stickers at Frist Campus Center or outside the Bendheim Center for Finance, and although donations were optional students were strongly encouraged to donate money, non-perishable food items or hygienic products. All donations went to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Manager of Finance and Administration Xiumei Chen did not respond to multiple requests for comment. CSICC co-chair Jennifer Liu ’16 said that the Interclub Council and CSICC gave out 2,695 stickers. The drive amassed a total of $7,601 and 760 non-perishable items for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, she said. She noted, citing the number of stickers that were given out, that
over half of the undergraduate students participated in the fundraiser. Liu added that the estimated value of the 760 non-perishable items was roughly $1,900, bringing the total to $9,500. Given the approximate value of $9,500 collected and 2,695 stickers given out, on average each person who received a sticker donated around $3.20 to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. The most widely donated nonperishable items were toiletries — shampoos, soaps and deodorants — of which 221 items were collected, Liu said. One hundred forty-four canned goods, 81 dry pasta items, 204 toothbrushes and toothpaste items, 26 cereal/snack items, 63 peanut butter and Nutella items, five boxed food items and 16 miscellaneous items were also collected. Margulies said that the Interclub Council and CSICC had organized Trick-or-Feed with modest expectations, not expecting to raise more than 5,000 dollars. That they ended up raising almost double that was a huge success, she said. The results of Trick-or-Feed demonstrated how much the call to help others resonated with the campus community, CCICC co-chair Carson Crane ’17 See CHARITY page 5
LOCAL NEWS
Zwicker predicted to be in lead for 16th District seat in State Assembly By Andie Ayala contributor
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Physicist Andrew Zwicker is predicted to be in the lead for becoming the first Democratic representative of the 16th District under the New Jersey State Assembly following a recount. The elections were held on Nov. 3. Republican incumbents Jack Ciattarelli and Donna Simon and Democrats Zwicker and Maureen Vella were the four candidates that ran for the two positions representing the 16th district. On Election Day, Ciattarelli was said to have won 16,526 votes
in the election, the highest of the four candidates, while Vella was said to have received 15,953, the lowest of the candidates, according to unofficial election results published by State of New Jersey Division of Elections on Nov. 4. Zwicker had conceded the election on election night, thinking he had lost. However, because of the close results, the election went into a recount in which the provisional ballots within the 16th District counties will be factored into the total vote to determine a winner. Zwicker was predicted to be leading Simon by 60 votes as of Friday, Planet Princeton reported. His lead had been predicted to be 29 votes on Nov. 4 before
provisional votes were counted. While the results of the recount won’t be announced until Monday’s certification, it is predicted that Zwicker will have a 70-vote lead over Simon, which would be a substantial amount considering the few number of voters who participated in elections, PolitickerNJ reported. “I have watched Andrew learn to navigate the political landscape exceptionally well through the campaign process, and I am certain he will make a meaningful contribution,” Vella said after the election. Ciattarelli did not respond to requests for comment, and Simon declined to comment. See ZWICKER page 4
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Andrew Zwicker ran for the 16th District seat in the State Assembly.
STUDENT LIFE
U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S
Emergency funds available USG discusses elections issues, mental to students in many forms health concerns during senate meeting staff writer
Every year, approximately 15 to 25 students utilize the Dean’s emergency fund, which is reserved for emergencies in which a student’s family would be burdened financially, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Michael Olin said. Olin explained that the fund could be used in all kinds of situations, noting that the fund could provide financial assistance for a student to travel home in the event of a health or family emergency, or assist a
student in paying medical bills for a health emergency. “There’s really no one type of situation; it runs the gamut,” Olin added. Olin noted that the emergency fund has previously been able to provide some students with coats in the event of urgent situations, such as a lost or stolen coat in the middle of the winter. The Dean’s fund has received several more requests for coats in the past couple of years, Olin said. He noted that the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate See FUNDS page 3
By Katherine Oh staff writer
The Undergraduate Student Government senate discussed the upcoming elections timeline during its weekly meeting on Sunday. Chief elections manager Sung Won Chang ’18 announced in an email on Thursday that the USG president, vice president, treasurer, class senators and committee chairs are among the positions to be elected at this time. Chang said that while for-
mer chief elections manager Grant Golub ’17 had been working on revising the elections handbook, the existing rules will continue to apply for this election cycle. Chang said that he wants to increase candidate participation as well as voter turnout, noting that the traditional turnout has been around 40 to 50 percent. He noted that he would be in touch with the Women’s Center, the LGBT center and the Davis International Center to encourage students in those organizations to con-
In Opinion
Today on Campus
Guest columnist Trevor Klee ‘15 argues that Princeton is not really as undergraduate-focused as people say, and columnist Reva Abrol ‘18 reflects upon the divide between university and community support of athletes on campus. PAGE 6
4:30 p.m.: Visiting researcher Donald W. Light will be addressing global systemic risk in pharmaceuticals in a talk sponsored by Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. 219 Aaron Burr Hall.
sider running for office. “There are traditionally underrepresented groups, we can definitely encourage them to run,” Chang said. U-Councilor Ethan Marcus ’18 said that having someone tabling in Frist Campus Center is probably the best way to get people to vote, because Frist is easily accessible. Chang also said he might plan an elections speaker series in which current or past members of USG could talk about what kind of See USG page 2
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