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The newly elected, illustrious USG president, Bruce enjoys making movies of himself talking about his job and posting these videos where everyone can see them. Besides that, he likes long walks on the beach and helping improve the quality of student life on campus! Drop him a line--he's always willing to talk.
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Stephen is a German major and member of the Class of 2013 from Morgantown, WV. He enjoys getting to know people and making ideas happen. He is a member of the Triangle Club, Tiger Magazine, and Ivy Council. As Vice President, Stephen helps other members of the USG to accomplish their projects, runs Senate meetings, and assists the President in any way needed. He hopes to improve internal processes of the USG and increase transparency, while ensuring that the USG continues to improve life on campus.
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A member of the Class of 2014 from Annapolis, Maryland, Lillie is a prospective economics major with a certificate in finance. In her free time, she enjoys singing and playing tennis. She is also an active member of Smart Woman Securities and Black Student Union. As the newly elected USG Treasurer, she looks forward to becoming as knowledgeable as possible in order to allocate our funds resCponsibly and conscientiously. She also strives to increase the transparency of the USG budget.
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Steven is a junior from Allentown, PA. In his free time he enjoys playing tennis, reading and traveling. This year, Steven hopes to make positive changes to undergraduate academic life with a focus on grade deflation and the academic calendar. He looks forward to working with the new Dean of the College this fall.
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Greg is a freshmen from Bellevue, WA, right outside of Seattle. He is looking forward to a great new year working with the USG as projects manager. He hopes that by renovating the project planning system and making it more comprehensive the USG can increase the planning that goes into projects and ensure that they result in the best possible outcome for the students. He hopes to major in the Woodrow Wilson School for Public Policy or in the Politics Department.
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 Adi Rajagopalan
Undergraduate Life Committee Chair
Adi is a junior economics major who currently lives in Glastonbury, Connecticut. In his free time, Adi enjoys playing for the men's club volleyball team, organizing his room obsessively, and defending Cap's intramurals title. As ULC Chair, Adi hopes to focus on broadening fitness resources for students, exploring the expansion the gender-neutral housing system, and generally making Princeton a happier place. His focus is on the fitness and wellness of students at Princeton.
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Benedict Wagstaff (aka Benny), the USG Social Chair, hails from many distant lands including his native Italia + Britannia. After mysterious journeys through the realms of reality and fantasy, and after having acquired a plethora of half-baked alter ego's, he found himself on the steps of Old Nassau. After instantly falling in love with the place, he decided to hang out around the admissions office, causing havoc, until Dean Rapelye caved in and made the mistake of admitting him to the great class of '14.
Benny hopes to repay the Universities faith in him by working with the Social Committee to add to existing events, design new opportunities and construct an even more effective infrastructure for social activities of the future. He aims to continue to learn how the Social Committee can best serve the community and hopes to ensure an extremely memorable Princeton experience for all. Don't hesitate to contact him, day or night, with any suggestions, concerns or questions regarding anything USG or Social related!
Campus Issues
- Lawnparties
- Battle of the Bands
- Social functions
- Social events map
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John is a member of the class of 2014 and a prospective economics major from the town of Berkeley Heights, NJ. Aside from his role on the USG, he is involved in Project ALTA and the Alcohol Initiative. Outside of class and organizations, he enjoys baseball, apple pie, and many other great American traditions. As executive secretary, he hopes to better facilitate communication within the USG, better publicize USG documents to the public, and work on academic policy related projects.
Campus issues
- Academic policy
- Improving feedback to both students and professors
- Improving overall quality of instruction
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Madhu Ramankutty is a freshman from Vienna, Virginia (right outside Washington, D.C.) She is prospective Woody Woo or Econ major, and outside of USG, is involved with the Human Values Forum and Students for Education Reform. She's excited to be the Senate secretary, and she looks forward to helping the USG achieve its goals effectively and efficiently by maintaining proper organization and management!
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Carmina Mancenon
 Campus and Community Affairs Chair
A member of the great class of 2014, Carmina is a Filipino from Japan studying Operations Research & Financial Engineering with certificates in Environmental Studies and IT&Society. She's always had trouble figuring out where 'home' really is, but since last year, she's caught herself calling Princeton 'home' and so she is excited to be part of the USG, working with a brilliant committee and Senate. Outside of USG, Carmina sits on the Pace Council for Civic Values, is co-founder of the Sustainable Fashion Initiative, and is a Keller Center Entrepreneurship Fellow. During her term as CCA Chair together with her committee, she is looking forward to bring better services and opportunities to the student body that connect Princetonians to the world outside of the Orange Bubble (which can be a little too comfy sometimes!).
Campus Issues:
- TigerDeals + Restaurant Week
- PrincetonLunch
- Communiversity
- Freshman Community Orientation Event
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Brett Diehl
Community Service Co-Chair
Brett, a prospective history major and member of the Class of 2015, was born andraised in Charlottesville, Virginia. He plays on the Club Volleyball Team, works in theLatin American Special Collections in Firestone Library, and is a proud Bridge Yearalumnus. As Co-Chair of the Community Service Committee, Brett hopes to help allPrinceton undergrads become more civically engaged in both short and long-termservice projects.
Campus Issues
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Community Service Co-Chair
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Josh is a sophomore COS major and happy Californian, and enjoys a wide variety of activities including music, volleyball, ping pong, running, and snowboarding, as well as life's pleasures of eating, drinking, and sleeping. On campus, Josh is involved with several club sports, various web and mobile development projects, and Engineers without Borders, and generally loves using technology and innovation to make the impossible... possible. As the USG IT Chair, he's interested in prioritizing the following:
- Increasing access to the Web apps on tigerapps.com by integrating them through an iGoogle-like dashboard of widgets
- Working to ensure that the Web apps reflect updated information, especially the SCG and Events Calendar
- Developing new apps in the theme of greater access and usage, like the Social Map
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Head Webmaster
Linda comes from Somerset, NJ and is majoring in economics (but how much does a freshman know about economics). She hopes to revamp the USG website to make it more visually appealing and user-friendly.
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Student Engagement Chair
Carla is a freshman from Knoxville, TN, interested in studying either English or psychology. On campus, she writes and takes photos for the Daily Princetonian, and serves on Whitman College Council. She is excited to join USG in serving the student body as the new Student Engagement Chair. Her job is to hear what you, the students, want from your USG, so feel free to email her or approach her at any time with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! |
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Andy hails from sunny Orange County, CA, and is currently a senior in the Politics department. He plays guitar and watches re-runs of Arrested Development in what little spare time he has left. He's looking forward to bringing the USG closer to the student body over the next year.
Campus Issues
- Athletic publicity
- USG accessibility
- Social events map
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Andrew Blumenfeld is a sophomore from Los Angeles, California and hopes to explore new roles the USG can play in improving the University. Addressing LGBT issues, student services, and community-wide communication will be a priority. |
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Erin Byrne
Class of 2013 Senator/ Chief Designer
Erin Byrne is a junior from the distant town of Princeton, New Jersey, and is considering a major in French & Italian. As a member of the Student Design Agency, she has developed a keen interest in typography, photography and graphic design over the past couple of years. In addition to SDA, Erin is involved with the Princeton (Après) Ski Team, Circle of Women, and Mathey College Council and enjoys playing squash, lacrosse, the piano and Monopoly. She plans to keep the USG looking sharp.
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Hailing from Northern Jersey, Charissa is on the pre-med track and majoring in Anthropology. She is a co-leader for Princeton Faith and Action's weekly Encounter meeting, the VP of the Bioethics Forum, and a member of SHAB. She would love to see every Princeton home athletics event as crazy as the Harvard game this year, so she'll be working closely with Tiger Universe to transform the culture and bring tiger pride to our athletics.
Campus Issues
- Athletics publicity
- Tiger Universe
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Dillon is a sophomore from downtown Chicago. He is a prospective Molecular Biology major with a certificate in Neuroscience. His goals for the coming year include working with the academics chair to address academic issues, furthering the dialogue between the student body and the administration, and working on many other projects – such as more UBikes and better wifi. Dillon enjoys soccer, volleyball and dodgeball. He is a member of the Fuzzy Dice Improv group on campus.
Campus Issues
- On-campus transportation
- Social events map
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 Shawon Jackson
Class of 2015 Senator
Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Shawon is now one of the two 2015 USG Class Senators, looking to study education policy in the Woodrow Wilson School. He has a strong passion for creating educational opportunities for all students, which led him to also become a part of Students for Education Reform (SFER) on campus. Outside of those two groups, Shawon is also a part of Princeton's Mock Trial Team. As a USG member, Shawon's core goals are to enhance academic policy, promote community service, and make the progress and goals of USG transparent to the class of 2015. He absolutely loves meeting new people, talking, and having meals with people, so e-mail him if you'd like to chat or hang out! And he's always open to new ideas, so let him know! :)
Class of 2015 Senator
A member of the Class of 2015 from Long Island, New York, Deana is very excited to serve her classmates in her role in USG. In her free time she enjoys playing tennis, cheering on the Tigers at Princeton athletic events, and going to as many talks, performances, and events as she can at Princeton! Deana loves meeting new people and starting random conversations so please e-mail her with ideas for the USG or anything in general! :)
Campus issues:
- Promoting school spirit through working with the Athletics Committee to expand Tiger Universe
- Increasing civic engagement on campus
- Promoting the centralization of the information on all of the wonderful events on campus
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Lily is a member of the Class of 2013, studying Economics and Urban Studies. While she loves her hometown of Nashville, TN, Princeton has become home and is very happy and grateful to be serving on USG. On campus she is involved with Greening Dining, The Center for Jewish Life, and The Daily Princetonian.
Campus Issues
- Academic/peer advising
- Sustainability
- Fiscal accountability
- USG internal operations
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Merik Mulcahy is a Junior Politics major and Urban Studies certificate from Napa, California. At home he enjoys skiing and going to the beach - in the same weekend. And on campus Merik serves as the chair of the USG U-Council and as Treasurer of Shere F. Khan a cappella. In the USG, Merik has worked on projects like the Student Groups HUB, the COMBO III survey, getting student discounts on Nassau street and cable TV in residential college lounges. He is primarily concerned with expanding channels of collaboration between the USG, student groups and administrators, and improving USG organization. Feel free to contact him with any feedback or ideas.
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Elektra is a member of the Class of 2014 from Princeton, NJ. She is undecided about her major but is interested in public health, anthropology, and politics. On campus she is also involved in the Princeton Equality Project, Greening Princeton, and is an LGBT Peer Educator. She has also been dancing flamenco for eleven years. She looks forward to making the Princeton undergraduate experience even better.
Campus Issues
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Alexander D. Pretko, a senior from scenic Kingston, PA, is an Economics concentrator with certificates in Finance and Chinese Language and Culture. Outside of USG, his on campus interests include Global China Connection, Corporate Finance Club, and the always true-blue Princeton Tower Club. He also enjoys learning foreign languages and singing in Princeton’s Glee Club. His goals as a U-Councilor include reforming access to student group activity on campus and improving relations between upperclassmen and the residential colleges.
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Katlin Poladian ’12 is a Sociology major hailing from a little beach town in Orange County, California. Having grown up in the coastal community of San Clemente, Katlin loves the water and plays Women's Water Polo for the Tigers. Her summer travels over the last two years have taken her to Cambridge to study the history of Darwin and to Bordeaux to study modern human origins with ANT 315. She is also thrilled to be an RCA in New Butler for the upcoming 2010-2011 year. As a USG U-Councilor, Katlin looks forward to championing late meal reformation in order to include upperclassmen, as well as advocating for more allergen friendly foods around campus. She looks forward to improving her fellow Princeton undergrad’s experience on campus and is open to any of your suggestions!
Campus Issues
- COMBO III
- Anything food-related
- Athletic publicity
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Haebin Kim
U-Council Executive Committee Representative
Haebin is an Economics major from Seoul, Korea. She enjoys traveling, doing ceramics and running to the Carnegie Lake with her friends. She has previously served as the Executive Secretary of the USG, and is actively involved with the International Student Association, the Pace Council and the President’s Advisory Committee on Architecture. This year, she looks forward to further improving USG’s communication and effectively addressing issues concerning campus life.
Campus Issues
- Summer storage
- Student services
- Language class policy
- Shopping period policy
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Cameron, a sophomore from Los Angeles, is a pre-med anthropology major planning on obtaining certificates in creative writing and global health. He enjoys giving Orange Key tours, training for and running marathons, working for the Princeton Equality Project, making chocolate covered strawberries, and playing loads and loads and loads of badminton. Cameron is excited to work with the rest of the USG to plan health-related events and to help actualize the equal treatment of all people on campus.
Campus Issues
- Health and wellness
- LGBT Activism
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Amy – a senior in the Religion Department – is from Norman, Oklahoma. You will often find her working at the Information Desk at Firestone Library, watching Glee and How I Met Your Mother or working on grad school applications. Outside of USG, she is also an LGBT Peer Educator and member of the Princeton Equality Project. Amy is excited about working on new projects this year and hopes to strengthen the relationship between students and alumni.
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Sarah Wiley '13, is from St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA (no one is really sure where that is, but we know that it is somewhere between Niagara Falls and Toronto). Sarah is a prospective Politics major, and is also interested in pursuing a certificate in European Cultural Studies. She is a varsity member of the women's openweight crew team, and a member of Interact, a campus group that teaches students at Trenton's Daylight Twilight High School about important global current events. Sarah hopes to make the USG more accessible to the student body at large, in order to ensure that student government can more appropriately reflect the wants and needs of Princeton's undergraduates. One of her current goals is to promote the Student Textbook Exchange, so that this very useful tool is more widely utilized by Princeton students.
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A member of the class of 2012 from Wayne, New Jersey, Michael is a prospective Operations Research & Financial Engineering major. He enjoys working with other people, learning about technology, and playing tennis. He has been making websites since 2001 and serves as president of MikeYaroSoft, Inc, his website design firm. This year, Michael hopes to improve the way the USG uses technology to communicate and to achieve its goals.
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