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  • More of Moore good for PU

    Tiger football team, senior center wrap up spring practices By: Justin Feil    When the Princeton University football team wrapped up its spring practice with an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday, Jeremy Moore was pretty happy with the way things turned out.    "I look at it definitely as the culmination of the spring," said the Tiger junior.…

  • Borough residents to weigh-in on tax hike at forum

    Meeting tonight gives council opportunity to hear public concerns. By: Jennifer Potash    With a double-digit hike in the local property tax rate looming, the Princeton Borough Council will host a community forum tonight for residents who want to weigh in on the proposed 2004 municipal budget.    The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.…

  • Fair-weather fun

    Sunny skies promote Communiversity merrymaking. By: Shanay Cadette    Communiversity 2004 was a feast for the eyes, the ears and the stomach.    There was a little bit of something — arts and crafts, music and food — for everybody at the annual town-and-gown street festival held on Nassau and Witherspoon streets and at Princeton University Saturday.…

  • OBITUARIES, April 27, 2004

    George R. Bird, Joseph C. Scasserra, Freddie Lee Williams Sr. George R. Bird Retired Rutgers professor     George R. Bird of Princeton died April 1. He was 79.    Born in Bismarck, N.D., he was a Massachusetts resident before moving to New Jersey in 1969.    He was professor of chemistry at Rutgers University, serving as director…

  • La Tonnara of Camogli, a look at history

    Each spring in Italy, fishermen repeat a centuries-old tradition by lowering large "rooms" made of nets into the ocean to trap bluefin tuna By: Faith Bahadurian Photo by Lilla Mariotti A particularly large tuna caught in Italy during Camogli’s "tonnara" netting.    Each spring in Italy, fishermen repeat a centuries-old tradition by lowering large "rooms" made…

  • Survivors of Bhopal to speak on PU campus

    Women part of campaign seeking compensation for victims. By: Jeff Milgram    On the night of Dec. 3,1984, about 40 tons of methyl isocyanate and other poisonous gases leaked from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.    Thousands died immediately, and many were condemned to a slow, painful death. The toll so far is 20,000 dead.…

  • Paul Newman objects to PU beer binge in his ‘honor’

    In the end, this year’s Newman’s Day turned out to be a bust. By: Jessica Stahl    A Princeton University tradition garnered national media attention Friday after actor Paul Newman objected to "Newman’s Day" on campus.    On Newman’s Day, which occurs on April 24, students attempt to drink 24 beers in 24 hours. The name of…

  • Scott at home for introduction

    New PU coach cites mutual desire in return to men’s basketball team By: Justin Feil    Joe Scott still had a trace of an Air Force look in him with a blue shirt and tan tie, but there was no doubting that under that shirt his heart was pumping Orange-and-Black at his official naming as the…

  • WW-PN’s first doubles benefits from familiarity

    Robl-Hopkins duo is unbeaten for Knights By: Bob Nuse    For most high school doubles players, getting to play just four matches in three weeks might make it tough to find any consistency.    But for West Windsor-Plainsboro High North’s Doug Robl and Chris Hopkins, playing so infrequently hasn’t messed with their play together.    "Our freshman year…