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  • SEPT. 15-21

    Fall Previews A special section to save for a season of theater, music, film, dance, art, opera, festivals, family fare and more. SEPT. 15-21 STAGE Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, Honk, through Sept. 17 , $16, $12 seniors, $10 students/children;    www.kelseytheatre.net

  • Achoo! Yawn! Hiccup!

    The peculiar little things our bodies do By: Suzanna Molino Singleton    The human body is an amazing machine. Parts of it are fairly user-friendly — with very little thought we can direct our eyeballs to look at something, reach an arm to scratch an itch, or cross our legs.    Yet sometimes our bodies act involuntarily…

  • Leland to deliver 2006 Princeton finance lectures

    Berkeley professor to present research on predicting company defaults and how corporate debt should be valued By: Lauren Otis    Back in 1973 a groundbreaking model was developed by economists Fisher Black and Myron Scholes for the pricing of options. Incorporating work by a third economist, Robert Merton, the Black-Scholes Model is still the basis for…

  • OBITUARIES, Sept. 19, 2006

    Daniel A. Bitetti, Sylvia Maisel Stolzar, Joseph McGrath Daniel A. Bitetti Daughter lives in West Windsor     WHITING — Daniel Anthony Bitetti died Friday at home. He was 75.    Born in Trenton, he was a Cranbury resident for more than 33 years.    Mr. Bitetti was employed by Anheuser-Busch Inc. for 39 years and was a…

  • University announces plan for African American studies center

    The Ivy League school with the highest percentage of black students in the Class of 2009 makes a bigger commitment By: Hilary Parker    Princeton University — the Ivy League school with the highest percentage of black students in the Class of 2009, according to the September issue of "Black Enterprise" magazine — has announced the…

  • Montgomery synagogue decides on new name to reflect mission

    From Jewish Community Center of Belle Mead to Congregation Kehilat Shalom By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — After several months of discussion, the Jewish Community Center of Belle Mead, a 25-year-old congregation located on Belle-Mead Griggstown Road, decided in May to change its name to Congregation Kehilat Shalom — Hebrew for "Community of Peace."    The name…

  • ‘Freakonomics’ author kicks off PU community lecture series

       The students are already back on campus, and the public is invited to return as well when the 2006-2007 Princeton University Public Lectures Series kicks off Sept. 27.    "The goal (of the series) is to bring to campus speakers who can inform, inspire or entertain the larger Princeton community," said Public Lecture Series Director of…

  • OCT. 27-NOV. 2

    STAGE conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts Council of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Café Improv, Oct. 28 , 9 p.m., $1, televised on Channel 30, sign-up to perform at    www.cafeimprov.com

  • Eating club reborn as student meeting spot

    Closed Campus Club to serve as a social gathering place for all By: Hilary Parker    While Campus Club was an eating club itself not long ago, as of spring 2008 it will provide an alternative for Princeton University students to the 10 remaining eating clubs that line Prospect Avenue.    "The eating clubs have dances and…