Author: cannonclubblog
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Get to Know Your Officers! Part 1
Hi All! This will be the first post in a two part series so you can get to know your new officers! Without further ado, here we go. Nnenna Ibe – Bicker Chair Hey! My name is Nnenna Ibe, I’m a member of the class of 2019. I hail from Burlington, New Jersey and am
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New Officers and Club Updates
Greetings! There has a been a lot of excitement around the club in the past few weeks beginning with Bicker. We admitted 110 new members to the club from a variety of different backgrounds. Nearly 75 of them are on varsity athletics teams and many are also involved in other extracurricular activities on campus such
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Cannon Welcomes New Members
After a hectic but exceptionally fun week Cannon opens its doors to 110 new members. These members come from a range of communities on campus, including arts programs, athletic programs, engineers, singers, dancers and much more. The new group will no doubt add to the creative, kind and happy vibes that make Cannon. As always
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Back from Intercession
Whats up Gunner followers!!! We are back from intercession. For some break was amazing, unfortunately for many seniors it marked the beginning of the final thesis grind. Many of our members remained on campus working in thesis bootcamps from 9-4pm. It is truly the beginning of the end. Other members crushed it in the sporting
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Former Dial Member to be recognized at the Ivy Basketball Tournament
Maggie Meier Benchich ’78 a former Dial member, has been recognized as a Princeton legend and will be honored on March 10th at the Ivy League men’s and women’s basketball tournament semifinals. The game will take place at the Palestra. Maggie was a two season captain and remains the only one female player to have
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Cannon takes Japan
This weeks post was written by our treasurer, Goodies. It covers her another Cannon members exciting winter break! Jack Springer (Cannon ’18) and I went to Japan for New Years. Our very good friend, and my sophomore and junior year roommate, lives in Tokyo so we went to visit her with 3 of our other
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Welcome Back
After a long 3 week break gunners are slowly starting to filter back on to campus. As usual break does not exactly mean break for most Cannon members. Many of our members were only home for a short period of time before they hastily returned to their sports season. Although, we don’t feel too bad
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Cannon Alumnus injured in Afghanistan
Victor Prato, a 2015 graduate of Princeton University and a Cannon alumnus was seriously injured while on patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan on November 13th. His injury was sustained during his first week in Afghanistan where he was serving is an engineering officer and lead of his platoon. A suicide bomber attacked his envoy leaving him
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Semis and Sports
This past weekend was another exciting weekend for the Cannon Dial Elm Club. Formals went off without a hitch. The theme was “Winter is Coming” the slogan for a popular T.V show Game of Thrones. People sat down to enjoy an incredible dinner of delicious mac n Cheese, followed by either steak, fish or pasta.
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Back from Break
This past week was an active and exciting few days for gunners. Thursday night, we had a Cannon Members night. Rock Band was set up in the basement projected onto a big screen screen, while a bonfire blazed out back. Needless to say it was a great night. The next day followed with Holiday spirit.