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  • Dec. 7 , 12:10 a.m.: The steroid hypocrisy

    All of us — not just players — are culpible for the steroid mess in Major League Baseball. By: Hank Kalet    From Ray Ratto on ESPN.com, offering perhaps the most sanguine of responses to the steroid controversy raging around Major League Baseball:    "(W)hile it is certainly fair game to decry Bonds’ feeble explanation for allowing…

  • Princeton library director wins national award from New York Times

    Leslie Burger is seeking the presidency of the American Library Association. By: Jennifer Potash    Leslie Burger, the director of the Princeton Public Library, is a recipient of a New York Times Librarian Award.    In addition to that honor, Ms. Burger is in the running for the presidency of the American Library Association. The election will…

  • Author terms Islam in need of openness

    An effort to make "ijtihad" more well known than "jihad." By: Jennifer Potash    Calling for reformation in Islam may not be easy but Canadian author Irshad Manji is determined to seek it.    In her book "The Trouble With Islam: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith," Ms. Manji argues that the battle for Islam’s…

  • PDS girls’ hockey keeps Lefebvre busy

    Freshman defenseman helps Panthers open with pair of wins By: Bob Nuse    Leah Lefebvre has found herself a nice niche with the Princeton Day School girls’ ice hockey team.    "It’s great that PDS had a girls’ team," said Lefebvre, a freshman who plays defense for the Panthers. "I was originally going to go to Hopewell…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Runner of the Year

    Ennis’s return lifted WW-P South By: Justin Feil    After a record-breaking freshman year, Joe Ennis tried to step up his training for his sophomore season of cross country but went a bit overboard.    "When I was a freshman, I would run nine miles in morning," Ennis said. "My sophomore year, I did preseason. I burned…

  • Veteran Weiss new to North hockey

    Former Nottingham head coach named second coach in Knights’ program By: Bob Nuse    Bob Weiss may be new to coaching ice hockey at West Windsor-Plainsboro High North, but he’s certainly not new to coaching ice hockey.    Weiss, who takes over for the departed Tim Grable, spent five seasons as the head coach at Nottingham High.…

  • Two Princeton University seniors awarded Marshall Scholarships

    Pair to study at Oxford University. By: David Campbell    Princeton University seniors Patrick Cunningham and Joshua Geltzer have been awarded 2005 Marshall Scholarships, which cover the cost of living and studying at a British university of the recipient’s choice for two to three years.    Mr. Cunningham is an English major and recipient of several creative-writing…

  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 7, 2004

    Julius Koppelman, Drew M. Dinardi, Sarah M. Santowasso, Robert J. Carson, Bernardino M. Toto. Julius Koppelman Benefactor of Rider center     Julius Koppelman of Princeton, who was instrumental in the founding of Rider University’s Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center, died Friday.    Mr. Koppelman rose from junior accountant executive to executive vice president and member of the board…

  • Burger King about to abdicate downtown throne

    Lone fast food chain restaurant on Nassau Street to make way for Saladworks Cafe. By: Jennifer Potash    Burger King, the lone fast food chain on Nassau Street, will leave its downtown Princeton location at the end of the month.    Saladworks Cafe, a national casual dining chain, expects to open in February, pending approvals from Princeton…