AMENDMENT (7) TO THE  CONSTITUTION OF THE HOUSE OF THE GRADUATE COLLEGE

 

Presented December 10, 2001, to the Committee

Written by Jim Vere (Secretary) and Eric Adelizzi (former Secretary).

Ratified February 20, 2002.

 

CLARIFICATION OF THE NATURE OF ANNEXES

 

Description.  This amendment has been written to address the recent creation of temporary Annexes by the University.  It is designed to create a flexible structure by which Annexes may be added and removed without requiring further constitutional amendment.  Also, the responsibilities of the Social Activities Officers are clarified to include social events involving Annex residents.

 

Text of the Amendment.  It is proposed that the following portions of the Constitution be amended.

 

(1) Article III, Paragraph A, which currently reads

 

A.  All Princeton University graduate students (including students classified as "Enrollment Terminated; Degree Candidacy Continues" students, hereinafter known as "post-enrolled") residing at the Graduate College or the Graduate Annexes at 11 Dickinson Street, 15 Dickinson Street, 16 Dickinson Street, 24 Dickinson Street, 31 Edwards Street, 35 University Place, and 45 University Place are members of the House and shall henceforth be referred to as "resident members".

 

shall be amended to read:

 

A.  All Princeton University graduate students (including students classified as "Enrollment Terminated; Degree Candidacy Continues" students, hereinafter known as "post-enrolled") are members of the House and shall henceforth be termed "resident members", provided that they reside:

1.      in the Graduate College or on associated buildings on the grounds of the Graduate College;

2.      in the Graduate Annexes at 11 Dickinson Street, 15 Dickinson Street, 16 Dickinson Street, 24 Dickinson Street, 31 Edwards Street, 35 University Place, and 45 University Place; or

3.      in other designated Graduate Annexes fulfilling the following criteria:

a.       residents of the Annex must pay residential dues to the House;

b.      the Annex must be substantially composed of graduate student housing;

c.       the Annex must be recognized as part of the House by the University, which shall signify its recognition by:

                                                i. the inclusion of the Annex in the Graduate College Room Draw,

                                                ii. the collection of dues for the Committee, and

                                                iii. consent to Annex status; and

d.      the Annex must be recognized as part of the  House by the Committee, which may grant or remove such recognition by a two-thirds majority, except that Annexes which have been part of the House for fewer than 10 years may be removed by a simple majority of the Committee;

and provided that the Committee may waive, on an annual basis and by a two-thirds majority, either condition (b) or condition (c)(i), but not both during the same year for a given Annex.

 

 

(2) To Article VI, Paragraph B, Clause 5, a new Section G shall be added, and the existing Section G shall be renamed H.  The new Section G shall read:

 

g. organize social activities for Annex residents, either encouraging the participation of Annex residents at Graduate College social events or holding social events at the Annexes, as permitted by the existence of social or common spaces;