Category: archives

  • Tigers not at best in Ivy playoff loss

    PU women hope for NIT berth By: Justin Feil    For seven games, the entire second half of the Ivy League schedule, the Princeton University women’s basketball team was the very best team. No one could beat them. No one did during the run.    It’s part of what made Sunday’s 63-48 Ivy playoff championship game loss…

  • Princeton High opens doors to tuition-paying students

    Five slots to be available for each of four grades, bringing in about $15,000 per pupil By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional School District has begun accepting applications from out-of-district students who want to attend Princeton High School on a tuition-paying basis beginning in the fall, district officials said.    The district enrolled such students in…

  • In their own write

    Memorabilia dealers share their fascination with a life of letters By: Scotia W. MacRae    "Everything we know about human history is usually derived from some sort of document," says James Camner of La Scala Autographs. "All the great libraries have came from collectors. The British Library began as a collection of books from the last…

  • University defends use of Robertson Foundation funds

    Two more pretrial motions filed in ongoing legal dispute By: David Campbell    Attorneys for Princeton University filed two more pretrial motions Monday in the school’s ongoing defense against the Robertson family’s lawsuit seeking control of a $650 million endowed foundation for Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.    The briefs are in…

  • PU professor wins medal in physics

    By: David Campbell    Princeton University physical chemist Giacinto Scoles has been awarded the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, The Franklin Institute has announced.    Professor Scoles, the Donner Professor of Science and professor of chemistry at Princeton, shares the prize with J. Peter Toennies, associate professor of physics at the University of Goettingen in Germany.…

  • OBITUARIES, March 14, 2006

    Mary R. Sweeney, Donald A. Nelson, John S. Bechtel, Robert E. Holmes, Jane LiCausi, Ines Sepulveda, John Kurie, William L. Bauhan Mary R. Sweeney Former pediatric nurse     Mary Regina "Jeanne" Sweeney of Princeton died Thursday after a 10-year battle with cancer. She was 69.    Born in Darby, Pa., she grew up in Philadelphia and,…

  • Norwich heads home for PU’s first NCAA

    Tiger women gain hockey berth By: Justin Feil    After losing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference semifinals Saturday, the Princeton University women’s ice hockey team figured they might be headed home for good.    Instead, they’re heading to Chrissie Norwich’s backyard as an at-large selection to their first NCAA Tournament. Princeton will play at Minnesota 7…

  • WW-P fights error in scoring competition

    A first place in ‘We the People’ contest is suddenly withdrawn By: Emily Craighead    Students in Brett Charleston’s Institute for Political and Legal Experiences team have gotten a first-hand lesson in civics — but it wasn’t one they bargained for.    Since the team was unseated as state champions in the "We the People" contest by…

  • ‘Sparkle’ coming to Witherspoon Street

    New upscale gift store represents a dream fulfilled for owner By: Marjorie Censer    Although Wendy Hersh had long been considering opening a gift shop, she can credit her dog with bringing the idea to fruition in Princeton Borough.    It was on a visit with her dog to Hazel and Hannah’s Pawtisserie on Witherspoon Street that…