Category: archives
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Presidential scholar gives Bush high marks
Political scientist Fred Greenstein says the president has come a long way from his frat boy days. By: Jeff Milgram President George W. Bush has come a long way from his frat boy days at Yale, presidential scholar Fred Greenstein told a Princeton University audience Thursday. While he didn’t show much promise in his youth,…
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Cougars welcome Morrison aboard
Junior newcomers breaks records in first two meets By: Justin Feil Katie Morrison didn’t really know how her first year with the Montgomery High girls’ swimming team would go. By the end of preseason, the Cougar junior had already found it rewarding after establishing some unlikely friendships. By the end of her first regular-season week,…
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Legislators refine the art of avoidance
PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 9 By: Packet Editorial Did you ever notice how often an entire body of politicians like, oh, say, the Legislature readily agrees that something needs to be done about a severe problem like, oh, say, ethics, or, oh, say, the Transportation Trust Fund yet somehow manages to construct…
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Taxpayers foot the bill for pay-to-play
GUEST OPINION, Dec. 9 By: Harry Pozycki Fueled by pay-to-play, the practice in which large campaign contributions are traded for lucrative government contracts, nearly $50 million were raised for the recently concluded legislative races. This is an astonishing amount even by New Jersey standards. Unfortunately, the people who really pay are not the contractors who…
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Hats off to Pintchouk
Stuart senior will continue gymnastics career at Stanford By: Mike Newman After throwing their caps in the air and saying good-bye to their respective high schools, many graduating seniors will begin to look towards life after graduation with a sense of nervous anticipation. While that moment is still months away for this year’s graduating class,…
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Letters to the Editor, Dec. 9
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 9 By: Arts Council issue is all about size To the editor: This is a shortened version of a letter I plan to send to the Princeton Regional Planning Board and copy to the Princeton Borough Council regarding The Arts Council application. I have difficulty understanding why the concerns…
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Voters support school plan
BREAKING NEWS: Overwhelming support despite small turnout. By: Rebecca Tokarz South Brunswick voters overwhelmingly approved a plan to renovate and expand five elementary schools and the district’s two middle schools tonight. The $46.42 million plan was OK’d by a 1,488-809 vote. The plan carries an estimated tax rate increase of 4.8 cents per $100 of…
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‘Shakespeare’s Kitchen’
Fie on the snow! Princeton Rep supporters dine on the Bard’s bill of fare. By: Pat Tanner About 75 intrepid supporters of the Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival, which performs the Bard’s works each summer in Princeton’s Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater, braved last weekend’s snows to gather for an evening of Elizabethan delights, the centerpiece of which…
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University VP Charles Kalmbach to leave post
Charles F. Kalmbach, the first person to hold the position of senior vice president for administration at Princeton University, has announced his intention to leave in January. "This has been a wonderful opportunity for me to serve a university I love, to help strengthen its staff and administration and to initiate change in many of…
