Alternatives
For upperclassmen who choose not to join the eating clubs, there are alternative social/eating options. These include:
- University dining facilities, usually by drawing back into an underclass residential college. Residential Advisors in the colleges can be eating club members, but are required by the University to take some of their meals in their college. Starting in the 2007–2008 Academic year, upperclassmen have the option of joining one of the new four year residential colleges instead of an eating club. The four year colleges are Whitman College, Mathey College and Butler College as of fall 2009. All three colleges have new dining halls that are more competitive with the food offered in the clubs.
- The Center for Jewish Life, a Kosher dining hall.
- Independent life. Students who cook for themselves are referred to as "independents." While kitchens are located in many dormitories on campus, the most favorable option of independents are the Spelman Halls. These dorms are composed mostly of four-person suites (but there are some doubles) with private baths and kitchens.
- Student Co-ops: student co-ops are becoming an increasingly popular option on campus. Students rotate cooking once a week, and manage the co-ops themselves. They often have their own social events, including the Co-op Hop, a semi-formal in which all three co-ops showcase their best dishes and desserts.
- The Two Dickinson Street Co-op, a 40-member vegetarian co-op located immediately off campus in a university-owned house.
- The Brown Co-op, a non-vegetarian co-op located in Brown Hall, an on-campus dormitory building.
- The International Food Co-op (IFC), a co-op that features international cuisine and members from around the world. The IFC is located in Laughlin Hall.
- Fraternities and sororities are a complementary social option to the eating clubs, but their organizations are not recognized by the University. Most fraternity/sorority members also join eating clubs.
- Class societies (analogous to Yale's secret societies) such as Phi /fē/
Read more about this topic: Eating Clubs At Princeton University
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