Category: archives

  • Smart and rich remains the image of PU student

    Panel at university examines the stereotypes and the reality. By: Jeff Milgram    What do people think of Princeton University students?    They think Princeton men are jocks, rich, smart or their parents are connected. They think Princeton women are white, thin and easy.    That’s what Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis, director of the University Health Service’s SHARE sexual…

  • Chinese students’ visa delays bring protests but little help

    University president sees threat to important asset for American universities and research institutions. By: Amy Sennett    When Bo Xu, a Chinese engineering student, applied for a U.S. visa in early July 2002, he was eager to begin his research in the Princeton University mechanical and aerospace engineering department. Little did he know he would not…

  • War may subside, but not worry for son

    Even a homeward journey from Baghdad remains perilous. By: David Campbell    For Maurice Harding, whose son, Justin, is a Marine sergeant serving in Iraq, worries linger despite the end of hostilities.    This week, President Bush declared that major combat in Iraq is over, but was careful to avoid declaring victory or an end to the…

  • Library renaming room to honor Tom Gambino

    Cranbury library gives a nod to resident supporter. By: Matt Kirdahy    The Cranbury library wants to honor one of its greatest supporters — Tom Gambino.    Mr. Gambino was an avid supporter of the Cranbury Public Library, and his spirit will immortalized when a public meeting room is dedicated in his memory.    He died Oct. 8…

  • Poritz deserves reappointment as chief justice

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 2 By: Packet Editorial    Tempting though it may have been for Gov. James E. McGreevey, a Democrat, to break with tradition and choose someone from his own political party to be chief justice of the state Supreme Court, the governor did the right thing in reappointing Republican Deborah Poritz.    Chief Justice Poritz,…

  • A matter of ‘Taste’

    People enjoy fine food and fine drink for fine cause. By: Jillian Kalonick    A sampling of creations by the region’s finest chefs can merely whet the appetite for more fine cuisine, as guests discovered at the 12th annual Taste of the Nation benefit, held Monday at the Doral Forrestal Hotel & Spa in Plainsboro.    New…

  • Falcon golf team back in the hunt

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Who said the Monroe High School golf team is a one-man show.    True, the Falcons possess one of the top golfers in the GMC in senior Justin Rohrig, but when they faced a must-win situation last week vs. Middlesex without their ace who was on a visit to Campbell College in…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Hun’s Giordano saves close wins By: Justin Feil    Chris Giordano has not had many relaxing days this spring. Such is life as goalie for the Hun School boys’ lacrosse team, which carries a new look this year.    Gone are stars from when Giordano was a freshman back-up goalie, like his brother Brian, who left as…

  • Baldino makes most of at bats

    MHS softball sophomore happy with chance to play By: Justin Feil    Alyssa Baldino can always say that she was on the Montgomery High softball team as a freshman. She can’t really say that she played.    "I was just there," Baldino recalled. "I was never going to go in. I think I got up to hit…