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Cloister Inn
Cloister Inn is one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University. Founded in 1912, Cloister occupies a neo-Gothic building on Prospect Avenue, between Cap and Gown Club and Charter Club. Cloister closed temporarily in 1972, becoming open to all Princeton alumni, before reopening as an undergraduate club in 1977. The club is "sign-in," meaning that it selects its members from a lottery process rather than the bicker process used by several of the eating clubs. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1473 KB) A picture of Cloister Inn taken by Inn member Alex Haislip in May, 2003. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1473 KB) A picture of Cloister Inn taken by Inn member Alex Haislip in May, 2003. ... The majority of upperclassmen at Princeton University take their meals in one of eleven eating clubs, which are an amalgamation of dining halls and Greek-letter fraternities. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States of America. ... Neo-gothic architecture is an American branch of the Gothic revival style that was imported from England in the 1830s. ... Cap and Gown Club, founded in 1891, is an eating club at Princeton University. ... Charter Club The Princeton Charter Club is one of Princeton Universitys ten active undergraduate eating clubs located on or near Prospect Avenue. ... Unique to the eating clubs at Princeton University, the Bicker process somewhat resembles fraternity rushing, though without the overt hazing. ...
Notable alumni include Ian Caldwell, author of the bestselling novel The Rule of Four, which was set at Princeton and includes several scenes that take place at Cloister; as well as Chris Ahrens, gold medalist in Rowing at the Summer Olympics in 2004. Both were members of the class of 1998. Ian Caldwell was a Phi Beta Kappa in history at Princeton University. ... The Rule of Four is a novel written by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason, and published in 2004. ... Rowing at the Summer Olympics has occurred since 1896. ...
CloisterInn, Princeton's 16th eating club, was founded in 1912.
Cloister's public elevation squarely places it in the tradition of the later clubs, which took their inspiration from the University itself rather than the earlier clubs.
Cloister experienced major changes in the 1980s with the addition of a game room and outdoor deck on the main floor, and expanded space in the lower-level dining room.
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