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Thursday April 1, 2021 vol. CXLV no. 28
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FEATURES
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‘Eyes on Eisgruber’: Art exhibition draws attention to activists’ demands By Diya Kraybill Staff Writer
CREDIT: PHOTOS OF HADRIANA LOWENKRON, EMMA TREADWAY, KAYLA GUO, AMANDA Y. SU, MARYAM ZAKAR, AND RACHEL PAKIANATHAN COURTESY OF THE SUBJECT. PHOTO OF SARAH BRAKA COURTESY OF BEATRICE SHLANSKY.
Top row, from left to right: Hadriana Lowenkron of The Daily Pennsylvanian, Emma Treadway of The Daily Princetonian, and Sarah Braka of The Columbia Daily Spectator. Bottom row, from left to right: Kayla Guo of The Brown Daily Herald, Amanda Y. Su of The Harvard Crimson, Maryam Zafar of The Cornell Daily Sun, and Rachel Pakianathan of The Dartmouth. The ‘Prince’ was unable to obtain a photo of Mackenzie Hawkins of The Yale Daily News.
Through an art exhibition displayed outside of Nassau Hall earlier this month, several student activist groups pressured the University administration to act on previously-submitted demands. “Eyes on Eisgruber,” referring to President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, consisted of 60 black-and-white portraits of student and alumni activists as well as a banner with a message from the groups spearheading the demonstration: Divest Princeton; Natives at Princeton; the Princeton In-
digenous Advocacy Coalition (PIAC); Students for Prison Education, Abolition, and Reform (SPEAR); and Change Princeton Now. The exhibition was initially installed on March 21, though it has been taken down to avoid weather damage. “For years, we have made demands of the University to be more inclusive, equitable, and promote justice and decolonization,” the banner read. “Our collective faces of current and past activists reflects our collective call to President Eisgruber and the University that we are watchSee NEWS for more
Eight papers, eight women: Ivy League editors-in-chief reflect on historic milestone By Liana Slomka and Nhuquynh Nguyen Features Contributor and Features Staff Reporter
For the first time, femalepresenting editors-in-chief (EICs) are leading all eight Ivy League papers. The path to becoming EIC, and the development of a love for journalism, began well before these women arrived on their respective college cam-
puses. Hadriana Lowenkron and Sarah Braka, editors-inchief of The Daily Pennsylvanian and the Columbia Daily Spectator, respectively, actually began this journey together. “I was the co-editor-in-chief of my high school paper with Sarah Braka,” Lowenkron said. “We had a great time and I was very excited to join The Daily Pennsylvanian, which I did in my freshmen fall.” “It was the highlight of my
senior year of high school,” Braka added. “So when I got into Columbia, I started reading Spec articles, and I knew immediately that I wanted to join even before I stepped foot on campus.” Amanda Su, president of The Harvard Crimson, can also credit her high school days with her journalistic start. She said her journalism teacher Rachel Decker, in particular,
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An installation by Divest Princeton and other student groups arose next to Whig Hall on March 21 as CPUC discussed divestment from fossil fuels in a general assembly.
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U. AFFAIRS
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No Lawnparties this semester; USG to focus on small-group programming By Andrew Somerville Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) will not be hosting a Lawnparties concert this semester — virtually or otherwise — according to a report released on Wednesday. Last semester, USG received backlash from students for spending $80,000 on a virtual Jason Derulo performance. This semester, after surveying students about social programming, USG determined that the student body would not be interested in a similar event.
The report released today details the findings of the recent Spring Social Engagement Survey, which received 635 complete student responses over 11 days in March. The results showed a clear lack of enthusiasm for any event similar to Lawnparties, with a total of 69 percent of respondents indicating that they were disinterested in “a larger virtual social event with an external performer and/or artist,” and an additional 21 percent indicating that they were indifferent. Additionally, the survey showed that of all social engagement
types, “a larger virtual social event” consistently ranked the lowest in student priority. “Small group activities” were ranked as the highest priority engagement type, on average, indicating the desire of the student body to participate in socially distant events on or around campus. Consequently, the report indicates that further programming for the spring semester will include an increase in the number of events offered under the Tigers in Town initiative. Tigers in Town allows for student groups, including
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The Carl A. Fields Center.
Princeton to continue cultural graduation ceremonies virtually By Sai Rachumalla
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In Opinion
In the latest installment of their ethics column, “Thus Spoke the Undergrads,” columnists Andi Grene, Claudia Frykberg, and Ethan Magistro advise a student on how to confront a *noisy* neighbor.
Six virtual graduation ceremonies for students of various ethnic and socioeconomic communities are scheduled to take place this May. These cultural ceremonies, some of which have been conducted for more than 20 years, are optional and supplementary to the main Commencement day ceremonies. Five of the ceremonies will be run by the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding and are scheduled to take place on May 22. These include the Latinx, Pan-Afri-
In Prospect
can, Middle Eastern and North African, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American, and Native American graduation ceremonies. The sixth ceremony, for firstgeneration, low-income (FLI) students, is run by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) and will take place on May 14. Recently, a misleading Fox News article about Columbia University’s affinity-based graduation ceremonies caused major backlash on Twitter, with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) likening them to “segregation.” Victoria Yu, Program CoorSee NEWS for more
To end Women’s History Month, Aditi Desai and Sydney Eck speak with four female professors about their writing and how their identities as women have impacted their careers.