Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Colbert tells PU grads: ‘Leave the world alone’
Mel Evans Stephen Colbert admires a mirror-mounted award given to him. It was inscribed: "The Great Princeton Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity Award." Photo courtesy Mel Evans of Associated Press
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Colbert tells PU grads: ‘Leave the world alone’
By Katie Wagner/Staff Writer Class Day for Princeton University graduates, which was held on Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall on Monday morning, brought its usual motivational and congratulatory words from administrators and classmates. The final speaker, however, didn’t include even a hint of encouragement for the pursuit of intellectual endeavors such as the graduates had…
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Princeton Environmental Commission to present inventory at picnic
The Princeton Environmental Commission will present a draft environmental resource inventory and its Sustainable Princeton Leadership Awards at a picnic event. The event will begin 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at Mountain Lakes House off Mountain Avenue. The indoor-outdoor picnic will be held on the patio and lawn overlooking the lakes. Children are welcome.…
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First Amendment litigator named a ‘Library Champion’
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer The New Jersey Library Association recently honored First Amendment litigator Grayson Barber with one of its 2008 Library Champion awards. Leslie Burger, director of the Princeton Public Library nominated the Princeton Township resident for the award, calling Ms. Grayson “a passionate supporter of intellectual freedom and First Amendment rights” in…
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Princeton vocal instructor named Fulbright scholar
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Sarah Khatcherian’s studied voice performance as an undergraduate at Westminster Choir College, worked in investment management in New York City, started a business in Paris and earned a master’s degree in voice performance and pedagogy at Westminster. While engaging in all these different experiences, Ms. Khatcherian’s involvement in teaching is…
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Graphics drive latest Goldin presentation for WW train station area
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Developer and InterCap Holdings CEO Steve Goldin filled in some of the last remaining pieces to his own redevelopment puzzle at the Hyatt hotel Saturday, at the third in a series of redevelopment meetings focused on redevelopment. Mr. Goldin — a West Windsor resident — and a…
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A Princeton premium for regular gasoline
An attendant pumps gas at the Sunoco station on Nassau Street, where the price of regular was still under $4 on Monday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowsk
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U.S. orders shutdown of fusion energy project at Forrestal
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — A Princeton University plasma experiment related to the search for fusion energy, which has encountered budget and schedule overruns has been ordered to be shut down by the U.S. Department of Energy. The National Compact Stellarator Experiment was an attempt to develop ways to hold hot plasma, necessary…
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A Princeton premium for regular gasoline
A gas pump at the Amoco station in the Princeton Shopping Center, with the help of some hand-written numerals, features prices over $4 per gallon on Monday morning. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
