With spring USG elections set to begin today, the USG had not yet complied as of midnight with the terms of a referendum passed last year requiring candidates to announce, “as a part of the official process of formally declaring one’s candidacy,” whether they will sign a pledge stating that they will not ask University administrators for recommendation letters.

In the summer before her freshman year, Rachel Blum ’11 received an envelope from the University. Buried among papers discussing health insurance and the Honor Code was the housing request form, which poses the first among many choices that students face about how they want to structure their social lives — whether or not they want to live in a substance-free dorm room.

It was a perfect ending to a perfect Ivy League season. The women’s tennis team completed an undefeated Ivy run this weekend on a historic note, winning its first back-to-back league titles since 1993 and 1994. The No. 32 Tigers (20-5 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) defeated Cornell (11-10, 1-5) 6-1 in Ithaca, N.Y., on Friday, clinching at least a share of their second Ivy League title in as many years. Princeton continued to make history as it swept Columbia (10-13, 1-6) 7-0 at the Lenz Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon, ensuring a perfect Ivy finish and an outright league championship. This is the first time since 2000 that the Tigers have swept the Ivy League and won an outright title. Princeton shared the crown with Harvard last year.

After two tight games that called into question its offensive ability and willingness to win, the men’s lacrosse team knew that it needed to earn a strong and decisive victory to regain its confidence and get back on track.