Category: archives

  • PHS ends historic season in B state swim final

    Little Tigers boys lose to powerful Cherry Hill East By: Bob Nuse    EWING — Now the Princeton High boys’ swim team knows what the opposition felt like all season long.    In winning their first 14 meets of the season, only once did the Little Tigers score less than 100 points. The Princeton buzzsaw rolled through…

  • Hightstown frustrates Knights in MCT hockey final

    WW-PN drops 6-5 overtime decision two nights before state opener By: Justin Feil The Mercer County Tournament final against Hightstown wasn’t the tune-up that the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North ice hockey team hoped it would be. The Knights found themselves caught up in the rough stuff and in the end frustrated by a 6-5 loss…

  • WW-P to decide on redistricting

    Elementary school plan leans on closeness of school to home. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education is expected to vote on a proposed elementary redistricting plan at its meeting tonight.    The proposed plan, developed by the Elementary Attendance Area Committee, a subcommittee of the school board, uses proximity — closeness of…

  • Take stock of needs when choosing online broker

    What’s the best online trading site? That depends on your goals. By: Jon Steele    What’s the best online trading site? "Best," in this context is subjective. With more than 100 available — even more, if you count investment clubs and sites serving particular populations — the choice will come down to how the contenders measure…

  • Afghan leaders’ plea: Don’t abandon us again

    A warning of chaos if country is abandoned by international community. Task: undoing Taliban’s cultural damage By: Jeff Milgram    American troops should stay in Afghanistan "until the last terrorist is gone," Abdul Wahid, an official of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Planning, said Monday following a three-day workshop at Princeton University.    "You have to give the people…

  • Task: undoing Taliban’s cultural damage

    A call to restore world’s largest Buddhist sculptures. By: Jordan Paul Amadio    For Paul Bucherer, director of the Afghanistan Institute and Museum in Bubendorf, Switzerland, undoing the Taliban’s destruction of non-Muslim art is a critical priority in rebuilding Afghanistan’s rich cultural heritage.    "Afghanistan has been a crossroads of civilizations throughout history," he said during a…

  • PU women lose to No. 5 Dartmouth

    Hockey squad still has shot at hosting ECAC playoff series By: Justin Feil    The first time that the Princeton University women’s ice hockey team met No. 5 Dartmouth, the Tigers were in the midst of a three-game losing streak. That streak ended when Princeton upset Dartmouth, 3-1, on Jan. 5 with an outstanding defensive effort.…

  • Don’t bypass Go

    ‘A Beautiful Mind’ game suddenly popular. By: David Campbell    Early in the Academy Award-nominated film "A Beautiful Mind," there is a scene in which actor Russell Crowe portrays Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. being challenged to — and losing — a game of WeiQi.    When Mr. Crowe’s Nash claims the game, rather than…

  • PU men back in control of destiny

    Seniors go out in style in final Jadwin Gym regular-season contests By: Justin Feil    Four years ago at Chartiers Valley High, Ahmed El-Nokali was ready to move on to Princeton University as he stood for Senior Night in Pittsburgh, Pa. Saturday, he didn’t want to see it end as the second straight huge Jadwin Gym…