Did you hear about the University’s recording policy? Probably not.

November 11, 2025 1 min read

Isaac Barsoum
Daily Princetonian

Excerpt: At the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting on Monday, Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun unveiled a new policy on recording events that prohibits the recording of public events or meetings “when it has been explicitly stated that recording is prohibited,” and prohibits disseminating any such recordings.

With this policy, the University retreats even further from the democratization of its decision-making processes.

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