Princeton USG

Welcome to the official page of Princeton's Undergraduate Student Government! We'd love to hear from you!

The Undergraduate Student Government is divided into two main areas: the USG Senate, which is the main body of the USG that represents the entire student body, and class government. The USG Senate is divided into three areas: the executive committee, the U-Council, and class senators. The USG executive committee is made up of the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Executive Secretary, Communica

tions Director, and the chairs of the core committees. The core committees are Academics, Social, Undergraduate Life (ULC), and Campus and Community Affairs, and the IT Committee. In addition, the U-Council chair and another U-Councilor designated to serve as a representative are part of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee sets the agenda for the weekly senate meetings, has the power to approve or reject appointments made by any member of the USG Senate, and has the power to establish ad-hoc committees. U-Councilors sit on the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC), the most comprehensive group of administrators, faculty, and students, and serve as liaisons to various administrative departments. Class Senators are representatives to the USG Senate from their respective classes and work on the USG's primary projects. The USG Senate also funds the Projects Board and the Undergraduate Film Organization (UFO). The Projects Board provides funding for the over 300 student organizations on campus, and UFO provides Princeton Students with low cost tickets to recently released movies. Class Government is responsible for fostering class pride and unity and throws events to achieve these goals. Each class has 5 officers: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Social Chair, and Secretary.

01/08/2022

Professor Perry’s conversation with Sarah Broom will be live-streamed for anyone unable to join us in person. For those eligible to join us in person at Chancellor Green Rotunda, we ask that you pre-register at bit.ly/BroomPerry using the MyPrinceton.Edu portal. For this and other exciting events this@month, please check 🐯❄️

04/03/2021

On Tuesday, April 6, the USG Senate will be hosting a Town Hall with Dean Dolan, VP Calhoun, VP Klaus, EHS Director Izzo, and other campus administrators. This event is a great opportunity to ask questions, share your opinions, and express concerns regarding move-out, room draw, and other topics relating to the summer and fall.

The Town Hall will be held from 7:00- 8:30 PM ET. The event is open to all students, and we highly encourage you to complete the form that has been sent to all student inboxes ([USG] Spring 2021 Town Hall) if you plan to attend. If you are unable to attend the Town Hall, we encourage you to submit your question through this form regardless. USG will also be sharing detailed notes after the event.

The Zoom link has been made available on the form.

10/24/2020

We’ve had an exciting week of Voting Power Hours and they continue today! Tonight, stop by and text with Selena to make sure your friends & family are vote-ready! We hope to see you there!

10/18/2020

The USG Senate is excited to partner with Vote100 and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) on the upcoming "Voting Power Hours" which are one-hour "text banking" events featuring different hosts each day from 10/19 to 10/24 (Vote Early Day). We feel strongly that the voice of our generation must be heard. One of the most powerful ways to get the vote out is a text from a friend, which is what inspired these Voting Power Hours. Like all other projects with Vote100, this effort is non-partisan and open to everyone regardless of voter eligibility status.

What is a Voting Power Hour?

As of 2018, 75 percent of college students were registered to vote, yet only ~40 percent eligible actually voted. In 2016, 28.5 percent of registered Princeton undergraduates did not vote. This year - more than ever - we recognize the importance of getting the vote out. Recent studies find that friend-to-friend texting may be the most effective voter mobilization tactic, increasing the likelihood of voting by more than 8 percent.

We believe more voices of the next generation should be heard. We believe friends don't let friends 'ghost the vote'!

That is the inspiration for the "Voting Power Hours" -- each day during the week leading up to Vote Early Day (10/19-10/24), we are inviting Princetonians everywhere to join us for a dedicated hour to text friends/family to commit to a voting plan.

1. Each hour will be "hosted" by a different surprise celebrity 'emcee' and DJ. Students will get to interact directly with the celebrity volunteers.

2. We've partnered with OutVote, Vote.org and ALL IN to help get the word out (via their texting platforms).

3. Each participant has 60 minutes to get as many texts to friends out, and to help them confirm their voting plans… Let's make them count!

We hope you can join us starting on Monday. There has been great momentum with civic engagement thus far, and we are looking forward to finishing strong! Feel free to reach out to the Vote100 group at [email protected] or a USG representative at any time.

Yours in voting,
USG Senate, Vote100 and ODUS

09/23/2020

Hey, Tigers! Let’s win this Ivy Challenge (and get a chance to chat with Damien Chazelle) by participating in this awesome voter engagement campaign! Using the Outvote app, join TEAM PRINCETON by using the code 020333. The school that reaches the most people via text wins! We got this!

08/17/2020

This week, students will be able to participate in the annual Academic Expo virtually through Canvas.

This Expo is an excellent opportunity for students, most especially first-years, to explore Princeton's academic offerings.

Click the link below to start exploring!

https://princeton.instructure.com/enroll/DKDAG4

Also, special shoutout to the USG Academics Chair, Christian Potter, whose collaboration with administration helped make this event possible.

08/13/2020

The following announcement is on behalf of Labyrinth Books:

Dear Students,

Whether you are studying on campus or from home or elsewhere, please read this note carefully for all the information you’ll need to get your course books from Labyrinth at your usual 30% discount. We have new deadlines and procedures you will need to follow. These are in place to allow you to get the books you need in time for the start of classes and in a safe and efficient way. We ask for your cooperation. Savings under the buyback program still come to 55% off new books and 62.5% off used books.

Shipping for students studying remotely:

Shipping to out-of-town addresses via UPS will be free for up to two orders. Please note that international shipping times will vary greatly due to Covid-19 restrictions and timely arrival cannot be guaranteed.

How and when to order books:

On August 15th, the classes of ‘21, ’22, and ’23 & all graduate students can start ordering assigned books via your Blackboard course sites or via the book icon on the Registrar’s listing for your courses. Please order all the books you know you will need in a single order and place this order as early as you can to allow maximum time for processing and shipping.

The ordering schedule is as follows:

August 15 – 24: open ordering.

August 25 – 27: reserved for first-year student order processing as these students can only complete their registration at this point.

August 28 – September 18: open ordering.

September 18: last day of order shipment for fall course books.

In-town Order Delivery & Pickup:

If you are an undergraduate student coming to campus, you will be able to pick up your books at check-in on campus so long as you order them at least 24 hours before your check-in.

If you are a graduate student, an undergraduate living locally, or an undergrad on campus who was not able get your books at check-in, you must make an appointment for socially distanced pickup in the store after you get your ‘order ready’ email by visiting labyrinthbooks.setmore.com. This is how we will ensure that you can be helped safely and efficiently. Pick-up appointments start August 20th. Please do not come to the store for course book pickup without an appointment.

If you are a graduate student needing to quarantine on arrival, we ask that you pick up your books after you have completed your quarantine by making a pickup appointment.

There will be no in-store counter service this term.

**Important: We recommend that you order all the books as you know you will need in a single order early in your class’s order-window.**

If you still have a question, please write to [email protected].

07/10/2020

The USG Senate has planned four focus groups for you to provide feedback on the policies and plans that were announced in regards to reopening. These themed focus groups will take place over the course of two weekends at the following dates and times:

Academics: Saturday, July 11th @ 1 PM ET

Housing and Dining (for Students on Campus): Sunday, July 12th @ 1 PM ET

Virtual Programming: Saturday, July 18th @ 1 PM ET

Student Life and Student Groups: Sunday, July 19th @ 1 PM ET

We encourage you to RSVP at the Fall 2020 Focus Groups form sent to all student inboxes on July 6. In addition to sharing notes from these focus groups with the student body, we will be sending notes from each of the focus groups to the Office of the Dean of the College as well as the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life as well as any other relevant administrative offices (i.e. the Office of Wintersession and Campus Engagement for the focus group on virtual programming).

If you are unable to attend a focus group or if you prefer to share your concern or question anonymously and/or outside of a group setting, we’ve created a section on the RSVP form for you to do so. All concerns expressed on this form will be shared directly with Dean Dolan (Dean of the College), Vice President Calhoun (Vice President for Campus Life), and Dean Dunne (Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students).

06/26/2020

The USG Senate has planned an initiative to make two texts of professors in the African American Studies department available to the student body.

We are able to provide each undergraduate a free digital copy of either Breathe by Professor Imani Perry or Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Professor Eddie Glaude; in order to request a book, please fill out the form linked below by Sunday, June 28th at 11:59pm ET.

Both Professors Perry and Glaude have generously agreed to host a book talk on each of their respective works in August, and we will be announcing the dates later this summer.

For more information about this initiative, please read the Anti-Racism Book Initiative Announcement that was delivered to all student inboxes.

Book Form:
https://tinyurl.com/USGBook

06/01/2020

Princeton’s Undergraduate Student Government stands in solidarity with Princeton’s Black community. In these times of senseless tragedy, it is imperative that we support and advocate for one another.

As student leaders, and more importantly, your peers, we firmly believe in the vision to bring about positive change within the Princeton community and the world. We contend that it should not be tragedy that facilitates change, but rather, relentless unity — bound by the belief that each and every one of us is a worthy, deserving, and integral member of our community. We condemn all acts of hatred and oppression towards Black communities; these acts are emblematic of the systemic racism insidiously built into virtually every element of our society.

USG shares in your grief, your frustration, and your refusal to be complicit in unjustifiable systemic racism and oppression.

We are looking for ways to partner with you and empower all students to work towards a more just society. Thus, we have committed funds to support projects and events that will engage the University community in this important work. If you are an individual or student group with an idea, please reach out to the USG Treasurer Rachel Hazan ‘21 at [email protected] to determine next steps. Both USG and ODUS are committing funds, and we will do our very best to support ideas as they come in.

In solidarity,
USG Senate

04/24/2020

We hope that this message finds you safe and healthy wherever you are right now. Because of the toll that online classes, life on or off-campus, and uncertainty about this situation can take on mental health, the USG’s Mental Health Task Force has worked with Dr. Calvin Chin, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS), to compile important information about resources that are available to you, included below in question-and-answer format. We want to emphasize that CPS continues to offer counseling and many of its on-campus services remotely, and we encourage you to use these to support your psychological well-being.

The FAQ can be accessed with the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hl3g_LOY9hNHdHOLrh1eBI0tS_dEfM5D/view

04/22/2020

Tomorrow, on April 23, USG will be continuing its weekly office hours! These sessions are your opportunity to speak with your student representatives, learn about the work of USG, ask questions, and raise concerns.

In light of current circumstances, this transparency initiative will take on a different format. Sessions will be held weekly on Thursdays via Zoom at 9:00 PM EST. Questions submitted through this form will be answered live during the session. Additional questions and comments are also welcome during the sessions themselves, however, it is highly encouraged that this form is completed in advance to ensure that a USG member who can answer your question will be present.

In consideration of time differences, this form permits students to participate in office hours even if they are unable to attend the live sessions themselves. The decision to hold office hours at 9 PM was an effort to include students from all different time zones, however, if you are unable to attend the session, USG members will schedule a Zoom meeting to meet with you at a time of your convenience.

Should you have any questions about this initiative, or would like to arrange an alternative meeting with one of your USG representatives, please contact USG's Director of Communications, Hannah Kapoor, at [email protected]

Link to form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6sRSPFf8FvbKYeBnbWnkM7994Wz_1oxvyXFKV1oG7OWANhw/viewform

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