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Princeton Triangle Club Presents ONCE UPONZI TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Panel Discussion Tackles Hunger and Homelessness . . . . . . . 12 Forum Explores “Journalism in a Time of Doubt and Disinformation" . . . . . . . 7 Westminster Choir Begins 100th Anniversary Celebration . . . . . . . . . 21 PU Women’s Hoops Starts Berube Era 2-0 as Littlefield Stars . . . . . . . 32 Girls’ Soccer Legend Sarnak Entering PHS Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Princeton is Prominent In First Central Jersey Restaurant Week A few decades ago, Princeton might have been considered a culinary wasteland. That description could hardly apply today. Food has become a key attraction in the downtown and surrounding area, so much so that Princeton Restaurant Week was launched last March. An expanded version, Central Jersey Restaurant Week, is currently underway through Sunday, offering special fixed price menus at several local eateries and others in locations including New Brunswick, Hamilton, Pennington, and Lawrenceville. Lunches are $20; dinners $35. “The restaurants that took part in the first Princeton Restaurant Week were really happy with it, and some said they had their best week ever,” said Michelle Pirone Lambros, whose Princeton Promotions company is behind the effort. “Peter Crowley [president and CEO of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce] asked me to do something broader than just Princeton, which is how the Central Jersey week came to be.” The Chamber and the MacLean Agency are partnering with Princeton Promotions on Central Jersey Restaurant Week. Lambros, who was recently elected to Princeton Council, said plans are for the local event to continue each March, while the Central Jersey week will be an annual event each November. “We didn’t want them to conflict with each other,” she said. “Right now is a little bit of a lull before the holidays, which we thought would work well for the Central Jersey week.” Local restaurants participating in the current promotion include The Alchemist & Barrister, Blue Point Grill, Despana, Elite 5 Sushi & Grill, Iron & Ivy, La Mezzaluna, Lan Ramen, Local Greek, Metro North, PJ’s Pancakes (Kingston), Salt Creek Grille, Springdale Golf Club, Yankee Doodle Tap Room, Tortuga’s Mexican Village, Trattoria Procaccini, Winberie’s, and Witherspoon Grill. Recent restaurant openings in Princeton include Kristine’s, a French bistro on Hinds Plaza; Elite 5 Sushi & Grill, next to Avalon Princeton on Witherspoon Street; Spice Grill, an Indian restaurant at 182 Nassau Street; KBG Korean Barbecue & Grill next door at 180 Nassau Street; Thai Pin, which shares the 180 Nassau Street address; Roots Ocean Prime, in Continued on Page 10

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BOE Election Results Offer Mixed Messages Four highly qualified candidates competed in last week’s election for three seats on the Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Board of Education (BOE), as the PPS faces the challenges of education in the 21st century, along with overcrowding, rising enrollments, and budget shortfalls that last year necessitated laying off teachers. Princeton residents were asked to vote for three of the four, and they divided their 11,627 votes closely among the candidates, with all four finishing within four percentage points: Susan Kanter at 27.15 percent (3,157 votes), Dafna Kendal at 25.35 percent (2,948 votes), Debbie Bronfeld at 24.04 percent (2,795 votes), and Greg Stankiewicz at 23.07 percent (2,682 votes). These results are still unofficial, with provisional ballots remaining to be counted, but the Mercer County Clerk’s Office is expected to certify the final votes today. As in last year’s election, when two newcomers won seats and Kendal lost her post after her first term on the BOE, the outsiders fared better than the incumbents, with new candidate Kanter and former BOE member Kendal out-polling incumbents Bronfeld, who held onto her post with the third-most votes, and incum-

bent BOE Vice President Stankiewicz, who finished fourth and will be stepping down when his term ends at the end of the year. Is there a message here for the Princeton schools, or for the planning firm recently hired to help address challenges of growing student populations and aging schools? Do BOE members and school officials have a mandate of some sort from the people of Princeton? Three of the candidates and the president of the BOE shared their thoughts on those questions in response to email requests for comment.

Emphasizing the importance of transparency and community involvement in decision-making, Stankiewicz nonetheless doubted that a particular message had emerged from the elections. “I think it is impossible to draw conclusions about an election where three of the four candidates are incumbents or former incumbents,” he said. “It is also hard to do so when turnout is low, and where four percentage points separate the highest and lowest vote recipients.” Stankiewicz went on to note, “Throughout the campaign, I heard strong community support for the current Board’s Continued on Page 8

Forum Seeks End to Gerrymandering, “To Make Democracy Work Better” in NJ

With gerrymandering threatening to undermine the goal of fair elections in New Jersey and throughout the country, the League of Women Voters (LWV) of New Jersey, along with the Fair Districts New Jersey Coalition and the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, will be hosting a town hall, “Ending Gerrymandering with People-Powered Reforms,” on Thursday, November 14 at 4 p.m. in Princeton University’s McCosh Hall, Room 28.

Three members — one a Republican, one a Democrat, one unaffiliated — of California’s first independent, citizen-led Redistricting Commission will be featured speakers, with Princeton University Neuroscience Professor and Princeton Gerrymandering Project (PGP) Director Sam Wang moderating. “One person, one vote is essential to our democracy,” said PGP National Continued on Page 11

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS: Princeton faced Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium as part of the 150th anniversary of the first college football game, played between Princeton and Rutgers on November 6, 1869 . Attendees share their favorite Princeton football memories in this week’s Town Talk on page 6 . For more on the game, see page 31 . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

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Rider Presents Inventor From “Game of Thrones”

The main language used in the Game of Thrones series was English. But the Dothraki and Valyrian languages were featured prominently throughout the eight-season series based on George R.R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels. The inventor of them was David J. Peterson, who will appear at Rider University on Thursday, November 14 from 5-8 p.m. Peterson will present “The Art of Language Invention” in the Theater in the Bart Lu-

edeke Center. The event is free and open to the public. During his presentation, Peterson will offer an overview of language creation, covering its history from Tol k i e n’s c re at ion s a n d Klingon to today’s global com m u n it y of la ng uage constructors, who are sometimes called conlangers. He will present the essential tools necessary for inventing and evolving new languages, using examples from a variety of languages including his creations, punctuated with references to everything from Star Wars to Michael Jackson. “Peterson’s presentation shines a light on the creative and transformative power

of language learning,” said Maria Villalobos-Buehner, chair of Rider’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and an associate professor of Spanish. Peterson will tell behindthe-scenes stories how he built languages like Dothraki and Valyrian for Game of Thrones and Shivaisith for Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World. He has also worked as a language creator on numerous other television shows and films. In 2014, he published Living Language Dothraki, a guide to the Dothraki language. His newest nonfiction work is The Art of Language Invention from Penguin Books.

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she stumbles upon a lesst han -legal fam ily s ecret that just might finance her new ambitions. Featuring duplicitous derivative dealings, Wall Street wackiness, and an introduction to hedge fund phone etiquette, ONCE UPONZI TIME is a hilar ious evening at the theater for anyone operating under the paradigm of late-stage capitalism!“ The Triangle Club takes the show on a national tour each year, and is the oldest co-educational touring colle“We have students who giate musical comedy in the are earning certificates in country. The affiliation with theater or dance, or major- McCarter Theatre goes back ing in music. But a lot of Continued on Next Page cast members and people working on the show who are majoring in things like finance, astrophysics, and economics,” said Kirsten Traudt ’20, who is president of the Triangle Club. “They have no affiliation with the arts, but they come here and do something creative, and that’s one of the beautiful things about it.” The curtain will rise on ONCE UPONZI TIME, the 129th annual Triangle Club Show, at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre on Friday, November 15 at 8 p.m., with additional shows Saturday, November 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 17 at 2 p.m. As always, it is an original musical written and performed by students but led by professionals. “We’re the only student group that hires a professional director, choreographer, and musical director,” said Traudt. “But the students do everything else — writing, acting, designing, promotion, playing in the pit orchestra. I’m working behind the scenes building the set, and we get to work alongside the McCarter staff. It’s really fun to see how they work.” Traudt describes ONCE UPONZI TIME as a cross between Aladdin, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and The Wolf of Wall Street. “It’s all about the world of Wall Street and finance, which is obviously close to a lot of Princeton people’s hearts,” she said. A press release about the show reads: “When plucky young capitalist Chloe O’Ponzi leaves her family’s hot dog stand to work for Goldfish Snacks, the biggest bank on Wall Street,

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JAIL TIME: BT Hayes ‘22 (left) as Chloe O’Ponzi and Calvin Rusley ‘20 (center) as Charles Ponzi with a crowd of white collar criminals in the Princeton Triangle Club’s production of “ONCE UPONZI TIME.” (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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to 1930, when the theater was built to house the club after a fire destroyed its original home, known as the Casino. Roots of the club go back to 1883 and the Princeton College Dramatic Association. The club has presented shows since the late 19th century, beginning with collaborations with the Glee Club, the orchestra, and the Banjo and Mandolin Club, according to the University website. Males played females in the shows before women were admitted to Princeton in 1969. But the traditional all-male kickline, which dates back at least to the 1907 production of The Mummy Monarch, continues as a signature of every performance. “The shows are always brand new, reflecting a sense of humor and the times,” said Traudt. “We see ourselves as a kind of breeding ground for the future of comedy and musical theater, and several alumni have gone on to professional careers. But its really about providing students the opportunity to express themselves creatively at the highest possible level.” ONCE UPONZI TIME is for audiences age 12 and up. Tickets are $10 for students, and start at $25 for others. Visit www.triangleshow.com/ tickets. —Anne Levin

Question of the Week:

“What is your favorite Princeton football memory?”

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“My favorite memory was against Cornell, when their defense tried to stop Charlie Gogolak’s field goal by putting their safeties on the shoulders of their tackles. Our guys on the line were too smart, and as soon as the ball was snapped they shot out and doubled them over, and that was the day that Charlie set the NCAA record with a 54-yard field goal.” —Bob Bedell, PU Class of 1966, Hilton Head, S.C.

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The Institute for Advanced Study appointed economist Ann-Kristin Achleitner to its board of trustees on October 26, effective immediately. Achleitner is a professor of entrepreneurial finance in the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich. A leading exper t in financing innovation, venture capital, private equity, and family businesses, with additional work in the financing of social enterprise, Achleitner brings to the IAS board a strong commitment to academia and the advancement of enterprising ideas. Achleitner serves on various corporate boards and has served as a policy advisor in numerous capacities to the European Union and to the German and Bavarian governments. She is a former member of the government commission responsible for overseeing and shaping the German Corporate Governance Code. She currently serves on the Munich Re Supervisory Board, the Linde board of directors, and the Investcorp International advisory board. She is a former member of the boards of Deutsche Börse, Engie, Vontobel, Metro, and Depfa Bank. She is also a member of the European Group of the Trilateral Commission, a member of the executive board of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech), and a member of the European Policy Group of the World Economic Forum. She previously served on the senate of the Fraunhofer Society and as a trustee of the Rationalization and Innovation Center of German Business (RKW). Achleitner holds doctorates in law (1992) and business administration (1991) from the University of St. Gallen. She also holds an honorary doctorate from Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Thaddeus: “It’s kind of the duality of my freshman year, when we went 5-5 due to injuries, and then in 2018 going on to just steamroll teams and go undefeated. Today’s game, win or lose, will be my most memorable to date though. Playing in Yankee Stadium in front of this crowd is an absolutely insane moment.” Emma: “Last year when we went undefeated and had the bonfire. And at the Yale game, it was snowing and it was freezing and just a very memorable victory.” —Thaddeus Whelan, PU Class of 2021, Seattle, Wash., with Emma Moriarty, PU Class of 2022, Tempe, Ariz.

“In the next to last game of my career against Yale in the fall of 1965, playing in front of a packed Palmer Stadium. I scored three touchdowns that day, and that was the final win of our 17-game winning streak. We had been ranked 11th in the nation at that point, and it was a culmination of an incredible run for Princeton football. Our class went 24-3 over our period as varsity players.” —Ron Landeck, PU Class of 1966, Moscow, Idaho

“For me personally, it was the first game of the 1966 season. I had been a running back as a freshman and was not going to play that position for the varsity, but I was asked to put on some weight and play offensive line. The man I was going to be lined up directly against was projected to be a first team All-American. Three things came out of that game for me: I got to play in it, I played OK, and I was immortalized on the cover of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.” —John Morin, PU Class of 1967, New York City

“How trustworthy is the media? ” was the central question as a distinguished panel of four experts discussed “Jour nalism in a Time of Doubt and Disinformation” on November 11, before an overflow audience of about 200 in Princeton Un i ve r s it y’s M c C or m i ck Hall. In an era of intense partisanship, rampant “fake news,” and the unruly challenges of the world of the internet, the field of journalism increasingly suffers from lack of trust. At the discussion sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton University Sociolog y Depar tment, the Humanities Council, and the Program in Journalism, the panelists included Princeton University Professor of Religion, Philosophy, and the University Center for Human Values Andrew Chignell; Visiting Professor of Writing, Former Executive Editor of the New York Times, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project Bill Keller; Princeton University History Professor Kevin M. Kruse; and National Public Radio Fo r e i g n C o r r e s p o n d e n t Deborah Amos. Princeton Journalism Professor and Journalism Program Director Joe Stephens moderated the proceedings. The speakers were unanimous in lamenting the long slide of public trust in media. In 2014 for the first time a majority of Americans stated that they did not trust the media, according to a Gallup poll, and in other recent polls the only institution trusted less than the news media is the U.S. Congress. Young people trust the media less than older people, nine of 10 Republicans say they have lost trust in the news media in the last decade, and 75 percent of independents, 65 percent of moderates, and half of the liberals polled say they have lost trust in media in the past 10 years. “One of the most critical issues of our time is trying to figure out how we can deliver verified facts to citizens in a democracy in order to keep democracy healthy and functioning,” said Stephens in his introduction to the panel. “The news media rates lower than anyone would wish in a healthy democracy,” he added, “at a time when citizens need verifiable and trustworthy facts more than ever.” The panelists did not hold back in describing the current state of distrust and disinfor mation, but they also shared a wide range of suggestions for combating this dearth of truth and trust. Noting that “we are having this conversation in a post-truth world” as well as possibly ”a post-trust world,” Amos said, “Really what we’re asking is ‘Is democracy in trouble?’” An award-winning foreign correspondent, she noted that the elimination of the fairness doctrine in journalism in 1987, followed by “other thunderbolts” in the arrival of the digital era that “upended journalists’ busi-

ness model, cost local and national newspapers, and invited a whole new distrust of media.” She went on to criticize “the fractured media landscape and cur rent state of hyper-partisanship,” in which media has become “more subjective in its reporting and in the way it is consumed.” Amos closed her remarks with an appeal for greater med ia literacy, cit ing a study of Iraqis, whose media sources are all hyperpartisan, but, as a matter of life or death, they need to see the news, so they watch five or six different broadcasts every day. “They don’t cocoon their viewing the way Americans do. They don’t watch only the outlets that make them comfor table. Perhaps that would be the best outcome for Americans.” Emphasizing the need to combat the lies that prevail in the media, Kruse presented a brief history of the conservative case against the news media, from a Spiro Agnew speech in 1969 to Kellyanne Conway’s recent pitch for “alternative facts.” Kruse pointed out,“It’s not just conservative spin now, but an entirely different set of facts.” Kruse mentioned a recent statement by legendary journalist Bill Moyers, where he said that he fears for democracy for the first time in his life. Kruse quoted Moyers, who said, “A democracy can die from too many lies, and we’re getting close to that ter minal moment unless we reverse the obsession with lies that are being fed around the country.” “That’s the challenge for the news media today and for all of us as well,” Kruse concluded. “The most consequential chapters are being written as we speak.” Keller echoed the other panelists’ concerns over “an enormous partisan divide” and a “crisis in trust,” and admitted that it is difficult in the current climate for consumers to know what to believe. He described “polarization and paralysis, as democracy corrodes from within.” He noted, however, that “the best antidote to bad journalism is good journalism.” He cited The New York T im e s, T he Wash ing ton Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio in pointing out that “the best news outlets are enjoying a boom in readers or listeners” as “one unanticipated benefit of the Trump presidency.” Keller called for more investment of time and money in thorough investigative reporting, with embedded reporters who spend time really listening. “You get what you pay for,” he said, emphasizing that the best journalism is expensive. Keller went on to urge that social media be held responsible for the news they distribute, that schools and colleges develop more courses in media literacy, and that universities take on the responsibility for fostering responsible journalists and audiences. —Donald Gilpin

Chamber Awards Grants To Regional Nonprofits

O n N o v e m b e r 7, t h e Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Development Fund (PMRC-CDF) awarded $35,000 in grants to local nonprofits including UrbanPromise Trenton, Community Action Service Center d / b/a/ Rise, The Rescue Mission of Trenton, and Best Buddies New Jersey. Work i ng to ge t her, t he Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber and the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation estab lished the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Development Fund in July of 2013. Starting with a $500,000 gift from the Chamber of Commerce Foundation to the Princeton Area Comm u n it y Fou n d at ion, t h e goal was to provide support to nonprofits located throughout the Chamber’s Central New Jersey footprint. Grants are given annually to the most promising programs that address one or more of the Fund’s focus areas: education, leadership, economic opportunity and development, and self-sufficiency. “We are proud to continue to provide these annual Community Development Grants to nonprofit organizations in our region,” said John Goedecke, chairman of the Pr inceton Mercer Regional Chamber. “This is the seventh consecutive ye ar t hat t he Cha mb er, i n par t ner sh ip w it h t he Princeton Area Community Foundation, has awarded development grants pro viding financial support for the vital work of these outstanding community-based organizations.” As a result of the cont inuing par t nership, t he Community Development Fund has provided over a quarter of a million dollars in grants to large and small regional nonprofit organizations. “We continue to be the only Chamber Foundation in New Jersey with an established grant gif ting program suppor ting notfor-profit organizations in our region,” said Melissa Tenzer, president of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation. “This year we had our largest pool of organizations requesting funding,” said Kristin Appelget, chairwoman of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber’s Community Development Fund. “Every year our commit tee is challenged to select recipients from among a deep and deserving pool of grant applications. We are fortunate to have many well-run organizations working hard each day to make our region a better place to live and to serve those who have challenges in their lives.”

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emphasis on making its decisions openly and transparently, relying on data, and actively engaging with all voices in our community.” Kanter supported Stankiewicz’s assertion on the importance of keeping in touch with the community. “The BOE must continue to improve communication to the taxpayers, so we can foster community-based, data-driven decisions that support all of our students,” she said. “As I campaigned,” Kanter continued, “I believe the voters connected with a message that encouraged the BOE to truly listen to our whole community and make decisions through a lens of equity, inclusion, and wellness for our students as we act as stewards of taxpayer funds.” Contending that Princeton voters opted for experience on the School Board, Kendal echoed some of her colleagues’ themes, stating that voters want Board members who “think independently, promote transparency, and work resourcefully and prudently with taxpayer dollars.” She fur ther noted that Princeton residents “strongly support equity and inclusion” and want Board members to “ensure that every student is getting what they need to meet their full potential.” Kendal claimed that last spring’s staff cuts, approved 6-4 by the Board, “reduced services for all students, but especially minority students, struggling learners, and special education students. This decision went against the

values of our community, which prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of our schools.” She claimed that other options could have been considered and that “voters were surprised and angered by the consequences of this decision.” BOE President Beth Behrend stressed that “Princeton is fortunate to have com mu n it y members s o passionate about public education that they are willing to campaign tirelessly in order to have the privilege of devoting countless unpaid hours in service of our students.” She called for an emphasis on the road ahead and the shared mission of BOE, administrators, teachers, staff, students, and community. “I’m looking forward to getting beyond the election now,” she said. “We need all 10 Board members fully focused on the challenging work of overseeing the Princeton Public Schools.” She continued, “Our focus remains on priority issues we have identified related to equity and student well-being. We also have significant financial and facilities issues we have to pay attention to.” —Donald Gilpin

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The California commissioners have been traveling around the country to discuss the importance of community-centric redistricting reform and share their experiences in redrawing California’s district maps. Considered a model for the country, the CRC won a grant from the Harvard School of Government for its ability to make a government more representative, expand public participation in electoral politics, and involve citizens in governance in new, creative ways. “The California Commission’s visit will allow New Jerseyans to learn more about what’s needed to ensure fair maps are in place for the next decade and beyond,” said LWV Program Associate Helen Kioukis, who is organizer for the Fair Districts New Jersey campaign. She went on, “As we continue advocating for statelevel redistricting reform and fair maps for New Jersey residents, we are excited for the opportunity to highlight the accomplishments of the California commissioners and encourage public engagement in the redistricting process.”

Emphasizing that districting rules need to be stronger to prevent partisan, racial, and incumbent-protecting gerrymandering, she added, “This is a top priority for our organization, to make democracy work better in New Jersey. If districts aren’t drawn fairly, it’s impossible to hold fair elections.” The v isiting California commissioners will include Gil Ontai, an architect and urban planer; M. Andre Parvenu, a planning consultant for Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils; and Jeanne Raya, a small business owner who works as an insurance agency principal. “The California example shows what’s possible when voters are empowered to control the process,” Kioukis noted. “Things improved in California after their maps were put in place.” —Donald Gilpin

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Panel Discussion at Labyrinth Tackles Hunger and Homelessness

When representatives from HomeFront approached Dorothea von Moltke of Labyrinth Books about holding a panel discussion on homelessness and hunger at the store, von Moltke didn’t hesitate. “From our end, it was simply a no-brainer,” she said of the event being held Thursday, November 21 at 6 p.m. “It is so important, and such an interesting mix of voices. And we have the space.” Panelists for “Hunger and Homelessness in our Community: An Expert Panel” are Princeton University professor and poverty researcher Kathryn Edin; Shakira Abdul-Ali, Trenton’s director of Health and Human Services; Mary Gay Abbott-Young, CEO of the Rescue Mission of Trenton; Sarah Steward, COO of HomeFront; and Talitha-Koumi “TK” Oluwafemi, YMCA’s manager of the Greenwood Avenue Farmers Market in Trenton. Oluwafemi will provide a personal perspective on the climb out of poverty. The discussion is the first in a series of events being presented by HomeFront as part of National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. Providing housing for vulnerable families in what was a decommissioned Navy training station across from Trenton / Mercer A ir por t, HomeFront strives to end homelessness in Central New Jersey by giving clients skills and opportunities to support themselves and their families. Additional events are tours of the organization’s Family Campus on Friday and Sat-

urday, November 22 and 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and the annual ArtSpace Holiday market, being held at the Family Campus on those same days and times. For the discussion, HomeFront has assembled a panel of seasoned experts on the issues. Abbott-Young has headed Trenton’s Rescue Mission for decades, where housing assistance, shelter, addiction treatment education, and other services are provided to local individuals in need. In addition to running the Rescue Mission, Abbott-Young serves on several boards including the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness, Mercer County Workforce Investment Board, New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, and the Trenton Health Team. Edin is known as one of the nation’s leading poverty researchers working in the domains of welfare, low wage work, and family life. Among her eight books are $2 Per Day: The Art of Living on Virtually Nothing in America, co-authored with Luke Shaefer. She is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. In addition to her work as COO of HomeFront, Steward serves on the Ewing Township Council. She was deputy chief of staff and district director for Congressman Rush Holt prior to coming to HomeFront. Before becoming director of Trenton’s Department of Health and Human Services, Abdul-Ali served as an eco-

nomic development planner for the City of Newark, assistant director for the New Jersey Governor’s Study Commission on Discrimination in Public Contracts, and chief of the Office of Minority Business Enterprise for the New Jersey Department of Commerce and Economic Development. Oluwafemi was homeless for four months in 2016, living at HomeFront and Womanspace. Since then, she has completed her studies in theology, advocates for social justice, and gives back to HomeFront by sharing her perspectives. The panel discussion is free. Labyrinth is at 122 Nassau Street. For more information on that and other events during the week, call HomeFront at (609) 989-9417 ext. 103. —Anne Levin

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RESTORING A RUIN: Mercer County has preserved the historic brick walls of the Rogers House in Mercer County Park as an “open-air” constructed ruin adapted for interpretation.

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The Mercer County Park Commission has completed work on the John Rogers House Constructed Ruin in Mercer County Park. Built in 1761, the Rogers House is believed to be the oldest existing structure in West Windsor Township. The Rogers House was listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places in 1976; it is significant as a good example of the 18th century pattern brick architecture. The structure was deeded to Mercer County in 1970 when the lands around the house became Mercer County Park. Based on park planning and

as an “open-air” constructed ruin adapted for interpretation. Three walls were stabilized to preserve the historic brick of the house and integrate the structure into the Park’s programming. The renovated Rogers House site includes adjacent landscape with porous paved walking paths, vehicle access roads, parking, and outdoor interpretive signage. The interpretive signage tells the story of the Rogers’ farmstead and house within the local and regional history of the area. The renovated site will serve as a public gathering space and a point of interest along the walking paths and trails.

The Lambertville Historic Society will host an exhibit and talk November 16 at 3 p.m. in the Marshall House Museum, 60 Bridge Street, Lambertville. In “From Saigon to Lambertville,” local resident and author Sandy Hanna will exhibit artifacts from Vietnam collected when she and her family lived in Saigon in the early 1960s, along with her paintings inspired by her father, the Colonel’s, photography of that time. Her talk will mirror her comingof-age memoir, The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon. Focusing on the historical aspects of the time before American involvement in the Vietnam War, her true story covers the move of her military family to Saigon, where the Colonel served as a military advisor to the South Vietnamese Army. Her coming-of-age story takes place in a turbulent country striving for nationalism, giving the reader a look into the life of military dependents living abroad and the underlying ignorance that surrounds a little understood time in history. Historical documents given to Hanna by her father from his Vietnamese military counterpart, Colonel Le Van Sam, expose unknown facts about the regime that the American government was supporting. These documents are what inspired the author to write her book. RSVP to (609) 397-0770 or info@lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org. The event is free with a $5 suggested donation. The exhibit will be open for browsing on November 17 from 1-4 p.m.

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The Washington Crossing (New Jersey) Park Association holds the latest in its series of History Talks, “John Honeyman, Washington’s Patriot Spy: The Legend,” by filmmaker Tim Stollery on Saturday, November 16, from 1-3 p.m. at the Washington’s Crossing State Park Visitor Center, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville. According to legend, John Honeyman, a Griggstown businessman, became a spy for General George Washington. His home still stands near the D&R Canal. Stollery is an Emmy-award winning filmmaker who researched the two-part TV feature series for NJN News in 2000 called The General and the Spy. Through his research, Stollery has discovered new pr imar y documentation that reveals how Honeyman was able to criss-cross enemy lines into British-held New York, apparently without suffering any consequences. At the conclusion of the one-hour presentation, park visitors will watch The Secret Rebel, a 1961 NBC network broadcast special based on the Honeyman legend, starring Hugh O’Brian as John Honeyman. Admission is free. For more information and to reserve a seat, visit www.WCPA-NJ.com.

Resident Calls Solar Array Financial Rout for Taxpayers

To the Editor: After several false starts, the 3 Megawatt (MW) Princeton Solar Array was inaugurated on October 11, 2017. For the Array owner, NJR Energy Ventures (NJR), this project is a both a technical success and a stunning financial bonanza. For Princeton taxpayers, it is a fiscal debacle. Incentive payments and electricity sales worth nearly one million dollars per year, or more than 14 million dollars over the 15-year life of the NJR contract, will be collected by the array owner, NJR, instead of going to Princeton taxpayers. The attempt to install a solar array on Princeton’s former municipal landfill off River Road began in 2011. Shortly after discussions started, Princeton officials hesitated and stopped the effort. The project restarted in 2015, but once again was paused due uncertainty, it was said, in the SREC market (a Solar Renewable Energy Certificate certifies generation of one million watt hours (MWh) of solar electricity). Finally, when Princeton officials felt that the price of SRECs had stabilized, the project went ahead. It is clear from this history that the Princeton staff involved in the project planning must have understood the central role of SRECs in project financing. Princeton also hired an independent consulting firm for project support. Given these factors it is curious that Princeton agreed to a 15-year contract with such grossly unfavorable terms.

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The contrast with how Princeton University financed its much more complex and expensive array is striking. In 2011 the University signed an eight-year contract with an installer who kept array ownership and collected revenue from SREC and power sales. After eight years the array was expected to be fully paid for with a reasonable profit for the installer. At the end of the contract the University took full ownership of the array without having risked any of its own funds at any time. Evidently neither Princeton municipal employees nor its consultant spoke with the University about these arrangements. Nor did they look at the University website where the array financial engineering is explained. Any and all means should be used to reclaim some of the huge tax-free profits being made from the Princeton array to benefit Princeton taxpayers. The consultant’s report and the contract signed by NJR and Princeton should be made publicly available and thoroughly examined. For example, some residential contracts allow the homeowner to purchase their array before the end of the contract. If this is the case for this contract then the possibility of an early buyout should be explored. There is a strong element of environmental justice in this issue. The SRECs are funded by a surcharge on all electricity sold. Princeton owes it to ratepayers in Newark, Camden, and other cities that cannot benefit financially from this incentive program to be sure to extract maximum environmental benefit from these funds. Array revenues should be dedicated exclusively to projects to fight climate change, such as: converting municipal heating and cooling systems to geothermal systems, installing EV chargers for municipal employees and the public, buying EV vehicles for the municipality, and converting school buses from diesel to electric power. Finally, the reasons for this extraordinary blunder should be determined and made public so that a repetition in future projects might be avoided. AL CAVALLO Western Way

To the Editor: The staff and Board of Trustees of the Princeton Nursery School( PNS) wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Jim Levine and all the staff of the Arts Council of Princeton for opening their doors to the children of PNS last week. After losing heat in the school and faced with the need to close our program for the rest of the week for the boiler to be replaced, Mr. Levine welcomed our students and staff to the Arts Council. Due to last minute shuffling of their schedule, our teachers were given access to two large spaces to set up our supplies so we were able to seamlessly continue the preschool program for our students, including our daily hunger prevention program, in the warmth of the beautiful Arts Council building. Thank you for your patience and for helping us relocate our program so that our working families were not inconvenienced. The Arts Council has been a long time supporter of our mission at PNS, providing affordable quality preschool education and support services for economically disadvantaged students and their working parents. We are so thankful for this partnership and your willingness to help a neighbor in need. ROSANDA WONG Executive Director of PNS DANIELLE BENTSEN M.D. President, PNS Board of Trustees Continued on Next Page

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Why Couldn’t Work on Alexander Road Have Been Completed During Summer?

To the Editor: The traffic in and around Princeton has become nearly unbearable and it could have been avoided had our municipal officials thoroughly considered the implications of the broad plans and put themselves in the average resident’s shoes by negotiating harder with the NJ DOT and Mercer County who are leading the Alexander Road project. But, in reality, it began with the municipal gas station/First Aid Squad building and the closing of the Terhune/206 intersection, which has created a permanent, monstrous traffic jam. And, the latest “restriping/ resigning” of Cherry Hill Road at 206 has made little difference without also creating dedicated left-turn signals. Another half-baked initiative. Nevertheless, the Alexander Road bridge closure has made travel in and out of Princeton nearly impossible by creating long lines of traffic on Route 1 and surrounding roads. Why couldn’t the majority of this project been completed during the summer, when schools are closed, Princeton University is in recess, and many people are away on vacation? While it would have still been an inconvenience, it would have been less so and the work would have likely gone more quickly at that time of year. And, to schedule the voluminous local street work/paving for fall is also foolhardy. Add to all this, PSE&G’s initiatives throughout the region. Again, why couldn’t this work have been completed during the summer? These combined projects have resulted in Princeton gridlock with no sense of normalcy expected until at least late spring/early summer 2020. The excuse can’t be lack of personnel as it requires the same number of workers to accomplish the work during the school year as it would have during the summer. Clearly, our elected Princeton officials are out-of-touch with reality and have let the residents down by not negotiating harder with the DOT, Mercer County, and PSE&G to schedule their work with the least amount of disruption. BARRY GOLDBLATT Andrews Lane Mayor Lempert’s response follows: No one likes the inconvenience and traffic caused by road work, but it is often necessary to keep our community safe. The state and county bridges on Alexander Street were structurally deficient and desperately needed replacing. Construction schedules were largely driven by timing restrictions associated with environmental permitting. Work within streams or the banks of streams is prohibited between May 1 and July 31. Clearing of trees is prohibited between April 1 and September 30, and other Department of Environmental Protection restrictions prevented work from beginning before November. The municipality and Princeton University pressed the state and county to coordinate work schedules and these separate agencies agreed to a coordinated and accelerated construction phase to minimize impacts to the environment and the community. This successful coordination reflects the municipality’s desire to minimize the impact of these necessary improvements on our residents and those who work in and visit Princeton. Since spring, PSEG has been doing extensive work throughout Princeton to replace aging gas mains and services. It is especially inconvenient when this occurs on a busy street like Nassau Street, but as we’ve witnessed tragedies across the country caused by aging gas lines, we know it’s imperative that this infrastructure be kept in good repair. Finally, Princeton is long overdue in having an adequate facility for our volunteer First Aid and Rescue Squad to provide vital services to our growing community. The new road striping is one part of a multi-phased response to improve circulation

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November is Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, a In 2019/20 Westminster will perform more than 60 concerts time to focus on the impact of Alzheimer’s in New Jersey on campus, mostly free and on weekends. Many Princetonians and help family caregivers get the help that they need. With bring their children to these free concerts to absorb an early music over 600,000 people in New Jersey touched by Alzheimer’s, this disease impacts us all! In New Jersey, 2 in 3 people (68 appreciation. There will be no Westminster concerts in Princeton after 2019/20. percent) now say they know someone with Alzheimer’s. Law suits against Rider will keep many buyers on the sidelines, • Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly impacts memory thinking skills and be- and may force Rider to agree to leave an independent Westminster havior so severely that it eventually interferes with a person’s in Princeton. Any Princeton public or any private organization willing to buy the empty Westminster campus will only aid and daily life and ability to complete even the “simplest” tasks. abet in Rider’s destructive move of one of the jewels of Princeton. • Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. There Questions to the Princeton Board of Education regarding their is currently no cure or way to slow down its progression. interest in the 23 acre property Rider wants to sell, are answered • Aging is the greatest risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s with “I can’t talk about it.” disease with most people showing signs and symptoms at age Yes, the Princeton Public Schools need space to expand, but 65 or later. that should not come at the cost of letting Westminster die. • Alzheimer’s is currently ranked as the sixth leading cause It is not a pipe dream to save Westminster. It can be done. of death in the United States, but recent estimates indicate Citizens of Princeton wake up and become proactive: that the disease may now rank third behind heart disease 1. Write letters to the newspapers in support of retaining Westand cancer. • In New Jersey, over 180,000 people have Alzheimer’s minster in Princeton. 2. Call or email all elected officials, in Princeton, in Mercer disease and they are supported by over 448,000 caregivers. As your local Alzheimer’s nonprofit organization serving County, and in Trenton, tell them to support retaining Westminster statewide, Alzheimer’s New Jersey is here to help. Last year, in Princeton. RALPH PERRY our programs and services benefited 14,000 New Jersey resiRandom Road dents. To learn more, call our Helpline at (888) 280-6055 or visit www.alznj.org. Local families can count on Alzheimer’s New Jersey to help them navigate the challenges of the disease the best way possible. KENNETH C. ZAENTZ, CFRE To the Editor: I wish to say a quick thanks to those who supported me and our President & CEO Alzheimer’s New Jersey shared vision of being a vibrant and affordable Princeton for all. I will continue to be a community advocate. We are neighbors with the same basic interests that go beyond partisanship. We all want Princeton to be livable through enhancing the quality of life, affordability, and the maintenance of excellent public schools at a reasonable cost. I will always take a position on town matters, To the Editor: Princeton is the leading academic center in the state with Princ- and speak out if and when there is less than optimal decision eton University, the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theo- making. I will be striving for independence, competency, transparency, and fiscal prudence. logical Seminary, and Westminster Choir College. In every corner of Princeton I met with people, looked them in Westminster, one of the four jewels of Princeton, is being forced the eye, shook their hands, and shared my thoughts on issues. I out of Princeton by Rider University. didn’t worry about their party affiliation, and many didn’t worry For two years Rider attempted to sell Westminster to a Chiabout mine. It was simply shared conviction that brought us all nese commercial company for $40 million; the Chinese recently together. I enjoyed canvassing all streets of Princeton and many cancelled further negotiations. Then Rider announced that Westminster will be moved out of Princeton to Lawrenceville at the times instead of talking I listened, with my critical thinking cap end of the 2019/2020 academic year, and that it is negotiating on, always keeping my mind open and willing to change it. Of course I am disappointed, but in this great American tradifor the sale of the property but refusing to identify the new buyer. Princetonians need to come to the rescue of this jewel of Princ- tion I concede defeat and accept the verdict of the people. We eton and raise their voices, “keep an independent Westminster must never forget how special this peaceful transfer of power is, even at the local level. I have lived in and visited countries where in Princeton.” the opposite is true, and it is not a pretty sight. Westminster is one of the best music colleges in the U.S.; the This is my opponents’ Mia Sacks and Michelle Lambros’ day. Westminster Symphonic Choir is probably the best in the world. I respect their passion, commitment to making our town a better Their repeated appearances with the top orchestras is legendry. Leonard Bernstein said “Westminster supplies a measure of beauty place to live, play, and work in. Heartfelt congratulations and to a world that needs it badly.” His family invited the choir to sing good luck! ADAM BIERMAN Bach’s Mass at his memorial service. Grover Avenue

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The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing continues its yearlong 80th anniversary celebration on November 20 with a reading by Kiev-based novelist, screenwriter and journalist Andrey Kurkov and fiction writer, poet and essayist Sapphire. The reading is the next event in the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series and begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Donald G. Drapkin Studio in the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus. The reading is free and open to the public. Andrey Kurkov was born in St. Petersburg in 1961 and now lives in Kiev. He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and a number of documentary, fiction, and television movie scripts. His work is currently translated into 37 languages and published in 65 countries. He worked for some time as a journalist and is a recognized commentator on Ukraine for the international media, notably in Europe and the United States. He served in the military as a prison warden at Odessa and worked as a film cameraman before becoming a writer. Sapphire is the author of two bestselling novels, Push

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Finding Shelter in Shakespeare with Harold Bloom and Ginger Baker When I was very young, I read poems incessantly because I was lonely and somehow must have believed they could become people for me. —Harold Bloom (1930-2019), from Possessed by Memory trange and yet unexpectedly gratifying, to open the Times one midOctober morning, ready to read the day’s news at arm’s length, or else to sling the paper angrily aside, only to hesitate, startled by the image of Harold Bloom’s all-the-sorrow-and-wonder-of-the-ages face on the front page with the fact of his death at 89. Even so, Bloom’s presence at the top of the news lends it a touch of literary grace, bringing his “people” Hamlet and Falstaff into the fire and fury of the present. In May of this year Bloom told an interviewer, “I teach Shakespeare as scripture,” his bible being The Invention of the Human (1998), in which he envisions the “pervasive presence” of Shakespeare “here, there, and everywhere at once,” as of “a system of northern lights, an aurora borealis visible where most of us will never go.” He grounds his devotion in Falstaff: Give Me Life (2017): “The true and perfect image of life abides with him: robustly, unforgettably, forever....Disreputable and joyous, he speaks to a world that goes from violence to violence.” On another October morning a week earlier, same kitchen setting, same hour, same newspaper, the heavy weather of a world going “from violence to violence” gives way for the death of drummer Ginger Baker at 80. While Bloom’s passing recalled the quiet, thoughtful moments I sought him out as a teacher between covers, the news about Baker made me smile remembering the night in March 1968 when I saw a man whose his hair appeared to be on fire driving a set of drums like a team of wild horses, so deep in the “torrent, tempest, and whirlwind of passion,” that if someone with prophetic knowledge had assured me that the demon flailing away as if each moment might be his last would not only live through the night but for another 51 years, I’d have thought they were mad. The Notorious Mr. Bloom My reply to the small voice in my head insisting “you can’t put Bloom and Baker in the same column” is the framing of the Times obit with its ringside panache (“Champion of the West in Literature’s Pantheon”) and its repeated stigmatizing of “Mr. Bloom” with the term “notorious,” first directly under the headline (“Called the most notorious literary critic in America”), then under the photo (“frequently called ...”), and again in the third paragraph (“frequently called ...”). Meanwhile “Mr.

Baker” is formally introduced as the man who “helped redefine the role of the drums in rock” with “an approach as sophisticated as it was forceful.” You have to read some 10 paragraphs farther before you get to the sublime understatement, “He was also, by all accounts, not a very likable man,” followed by a reference to the documentary, Beware of Mr.Baker, which opens with the infuriated subject hammering the filmmaker on the head with a blunt instrument. Jay Bulger had been warned: “I’d heard he was manic, dangerous, unapproachable. He sounded like Grendel from Beowulf.” Baker’s vow to hit anyone who has a problem with him (“come see me and punch me on the nose, ... I ain’t going to sue you; I’m going to hit you back”)

reminds me of the line from Moby Dick quoted via Captain Ahab in Bloom’s The Daemon Knows (2015): “I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.” In his poetry-garnished autobiography Hellraiser (2010), Baker admits to being fascinated as a boy by the firey visuals of the London bombings and V-2 rockets, claiming “at no time was I afraid. I loved the explosions.” “Strange Bedfellows” Some might say Mr. Bloom would banish the “manic, dangerous” Mr. Baker from his classroom, not to mention his books, but a critic who writes about “the leathery authenticity and baked-in Americana” of The Band while teaching the Bard as scripture knows that “Shakespearean” is a world of a word cap acious enough to cover the symbolic extremes of the “goodly, portly” Falstaffian humanist and the poetry-writing hellraiser with the sepulchral Cockney accent that Bloom would surely savor if he heard the drummer reciting “Pressed Rat and Warthog” — who “closed down their shop, they didn’t want to, ‘twas all they had got, selling atonal apples, ampli-

dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery and delectable shapes, which, delivered o’er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit.” The Best Teacher In the May interview with William Girardi, Bloom says, “These days, whenever I read, teach, or write, I am haunted by friends who educated me:.... They seem to be in the room with me. They also appear in my dreams. I have never written a poem. My only gift, as I understand it, is to have learned to listen: to students and to ghosts.... I would like to be remembered as a teacher. Essentially I am a schoolteacher.” Andrew Solomon, the author of Far From The Tree and one of Bloom’s former students at Yale, remembers and defends “the best teacher I ever knew” in a recent Washington Post opinion piece taking issue with the Times for “trumpeting that Bloom had failed to win the culture wars,” and with the Post itself for publishing one criticizing him “for being part of a white, straight, patriarchal system that did not defer to identity politics.” (Thus the emphasis on the word “notorious” in the Times obituary.) Against the naysayers’ claims that the canon “excluded marginalized voices,” Solomon cites Bloom’s admiration for the work of Toni Morrison, Chinua Achebe and other writers of color” while adding: “to say that someone who lionized Hart Crane, Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Bishop, and Tony Kushner was ignoring LGBT voices seems at best perilously naive.” himself forced to take cover with Caliban On the occasion of newspaper break(“What have we here? a man or a fish? fasts, it’s worth repeating something .... Legged like a man and his fins like Bloom says in his May conversation arms! Warm o’ my troth! .... my best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there is no with Girardi: “As I discovered again this To: shelter ___________________________ other hereabouts: misery acquaints morning, I no longer can read The New York Times, once I have glanced at all a From: man with strange bed-fellows”). _________________________ Date & Time: __________________ the dreadful events. Cultural coverage is The shade of Bloom’s Falstaff enters so remote from my aesthetic experience Here is a proof of your ad, scheduled to run ___________________. the scene with Trinculo’s singing shipmate that clearly I will go on provoking tired Stephano, a bottle of sack in his Please check it thoroughly andhand. pay special attention toreading the following: readers....Without Dante, ShakeBeholding Caliban, he sees “some monster speare, Montaigne, Cervantes, and their (Your check mark will tell us it’s okay) of the isle with four legs, who hath got, as few peers, we cannot learn how to think. I take it, an ague .... He shall taste of my And if we cannot think, then the future � Phone � Fax Address � Expiration Date bottle: if he number have never drunk wine number afore belongs � to the Trumps of the world — that will go near to remove his fit.... Come on is to say, to the apocalyptic beasts from your ways; open your mouth; here is that the sea.” which will give language to you, cat: open hether the misery of the hour is your mouth; this will shake your shaking, coming from Washington or WestI can tell you, and that soundly: you canminster, any excuse for finding not tell who’s your friend: open your chaps shelter in Shakespeare is not to be missed, again.” especially when there are ample helpings As Bloom the teacher would remind his of what Bloom calls by way of W.B. Yeats students, the notion that wine bestows the “abundant, resonant, beautiful, laughing, gift of language is the essence of Falstaff: living speech.” “A good sherris sack hath a two-fold op— Stuart Mitchner eration in it. It ascends me into the brain; fied heat, and Pressed Rat’s collection of dog legs and feet.” Imagine Bloom seated with his idols Melville and Whitman at a Cream concert in close proximity to all that amplified heat as Baker intones over the mounting thunder of his drums and the approaching wailing electric whirlwind of Eric Clapton’s coda, “The bad captain madman had ordered their fate. He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gait.” Listen to Baker tell his tale and you could be hearing the voice of Falstaff’s Eastcheap, or of shipwrecked Trinculo in Act 2, scene 2 of The Tempest as the storm unloads (“yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor”), and he finds

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Westminster Choir Begins 100th Anniversary Celebration with At-Home Concert

n the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Westminster Choir, the renowned ensemble took the opportunity this past weekend to remind the Princeton community of its raison d’etre. Taking a line from the poetry of W.H. Auden, the 40-voice elite chorus of Westminster Choir College presented a concert of music to “Appear and Inspire” in Bristol Chapel on Sunday afternoon, reaffirming the Choir’s rich history and its connection to American musical culture. The cornerstone piece of the concert was Benjamin Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, composed to commemorate the patron saint of music and from whose text the title of the concert was derived. Setting poetry by Auden, Britten composed the three-movement work while living in America as war was breaking out throughout Europe. Westminster Choir conductor Joe Miller took the three movements of Britten’s tribute to music and interspersed them throughout the first part of the concert, surrounding Britten’s music with standard works from the Westminster Choir repertory, in many cases featured on Westminster Choir recordings or composed by individuals connected to the Choir College. The first “set” of pieces, five a cappella choral works comingled with movements of the Britten Hymn, were sung without interruption, seamlessly flowing one into another. The Choir began the concert at the back of the Chapel with a dissonant setting of the medieval “Responsoria Tenebrae” text, showing vocal warmth from the lower voices and a laser-like sound from the sopranos. Throughout the concert, conductor Miller had no trouble building intensity in dynamics in the space of the Chapel, with the well-focused and blended sound of the Choir almost overwhelming the audience in volume at times. The Choir explored unusual tonalities and musical effects in German composer Michael Ostrzyga’s setting of “Canticum novum,” which incorporated tubular bells and overtone singing — a manipulation of vocal resonance, producing melodies within the range of harmonic overtones. All expertly trained singers, the members of Westminster Choir had no trouble producing vocal overtones, which helped create tremendous volume. The Choir presented the first movement of Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia singing with full vocal color in a circle around Miller. In this piece, Britten paid his own tribute to tonality with the refrain, which is detached from the rich harmonies of the piece with unison chantlike singing. The second movement contained short sizzling choral passages which the Choir sang lightly and precisely, with Miller always finding phrase direction despite the speed of the text. Using the refrain to rearrange themselves onstage, the singers of Westminster Choir continually reminded the audience of the overriding theme

of the concert — inspiration through music. The third movement contained several difficult solos well sung by sopranos Christina Han and Betsy Podsiadlo, alto Madison Bowling, and tenor Kevin Schneider. Bowling handled a short but particularly difficult and low alto solo well, and Podsiadlo performed an extended passage with rich vibrato and vocal color, accompanied by the rest of the Choir. Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg composed the a cappella motet “Friede auf Erden” in 1907 on the edge of World War I in Europe. Setting the text of an 1886 poem by the Swiss poet Conrad Ferdinand Meyer describing the angelic proclamation of the first Christmas, Schoenberg created an endless stream of tonality and chordal shifts which the Choir complemented with powerful dynamics and solid tuning. Miller wrote in the program notes that he programmed this piece to demonstrate the essence of Westminster Choir’s mission — embodied in the technical vocal skills required to perform Schoenberg’s chromatic work. Westminster Choir’s longtime commitment to contemporary American choral works was also demonstrated by the inclusion on the program of two pieces rooted in American history. Marshall Bartholomew’s arrangement of the spiritual “Little Innocent Lamb” contained great interplay among the voices, with a bit of bounce in the Choir and consistent phrase direction. The Choir presented J. David Moore’s arrangement of the traditional Appalachian Christian hymn “Will the Circle be Unbroken” with a trio of women (soprano Yiran Zhao and altos Madison Bowling and Chelsea Warner) singing in the open, straight-tone shape note style of early American country music, followed by spirited gospel-style singing from the full ensemble. For its 100th anniversary season, the Choir commissioned Westminster Choir College professor Christian Carey for a new work; his setting of Psalm 96 (“Sing to the Lord a new song”) was fitting for the occasion both in text and music. Receiving its second performance in this concert, Carey’s piece pays tribute to Westminster Choir’s rich tradition of church music and showed off well the Choir’s well-blended sound and ability to shift harmonies smoothly. eamwork among the members of Westminster Choir was evident in all the works on this program; touring can create a sense of camaraderie not unlike a sports team, and the singers in this ensemble continually demonstrated their respect and collaboration with one another through their singing. Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia calls on the patron saint of music to “appear in visions to all musicians, appear and inspire” — not bad advice to anyone in this day and age. —Nancy Plum

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Music and Theater

BAH HUMBUG!: “Scrooge,” a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” comes to Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor November 22-December 1. This classic tale of the rich, stingy Ebenezer Scrooge closely follows the 1970 musical film starring Albert Finney, which won an Academy Award for music score. Tickets are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and students. Visit www.kelseytheatre.org. substance are hard to find. brought to life as a young Princeton Youth Ballet The Nutcracker’s princi- girl. The result satisfies my Presents “The Nutcracker”

Princeton Youth Ballet (PYB) opens its 2019-2020 season with The Nutcracker December 7 at 4 p.m. and December 8 at 12 p.m., at Princeton High School Performing Arts Center on Walnut Lane. The December 8 show is a relaxed/sensory-friendly performance featuring an abbreviated running time, m o der ate d l ig ht i ng a n d sound, and flexible seating arrangements for those with sensor y sensitivities and families with very young children. The Nutcracker is an icon of classical repertory with many different productions based on the century-old ballet by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and the original story by E.T.A. Hoffman. Most of the ballet’s choreographers have been men, and most story ballets present fragile and demure fairytale characters. Ballets featuring young women with more

pal character, Marie, upsets the norm as a “girl hero” who courageously saves the Nutcracker Prince from a villainous Mouse King, and by doing so breaks the curse of his imprisonment. She saves him, not the other way around. Risa Kaplowitz’s version stays true to the original story with a few revisions. The Nutcracker will feature a cast of 75 dancers, projection backdrops created by Raymond DeVoe, and costumes designed or constructed by Beverly MacDonald, Barbara Osburn, Cathy Hazard, and Rhode Island School of Design’s apparel major, Elizabeth Shevelev. “PYB audiences can expect to see exceptionally skilled and passionate young dancers in our productions,” said Kaplowitz. “In choreographing The Nutcracker, I kept asking myself what I would have liked to see

yearning for mystery, magic, courage, and romance, and I think our audiences will feel the same.” Tickets are $18-$35. Visit princetonyouthballet.org.

Piano Recital Series Continues at Westminster

Westminster Choir College alumna AnnaLotte Smith will return to the Westminster campus to present the second recital in the inaugural season of the Rinaldi Steinway Westminster Piano Alumni Series on Sunday, November 17 at 3 p.m. Her performance will be in Bristol Chapel in the Westminster campus in Princeton. Admission is free.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB Friday, November 15th, 7:30pm|Richardson Auditorium

Yale and Rutgers @ Princeton, The Football Concert Join us as we share the stage with the phenomenal Glee Clubs of Yale and Rutgers! Tickets $15 / $5 students

Monday, November 18th, 7:30pm|Princeton University Chapel Glee Club Presents: Basiani

The Georgian State Vocal Ensemble, Basiani, preserves the world’s oldest polyphonic choral tradition, which has shaped the very spirit of the country of Georgia. Don’t miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience this music right here in Princeton! Co-presented by Princeton University Concerts; Tickets $40 / $10 students

Sunday, December 8th, 5:00pm|Richardson Auditorium Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

The extraordinary musical legacy of the 150 psalms, featuring Stravinsky’s masterpiece in the version created by his son for two pianos. Also featuring music by Gregorio Allegri, James MacMillan, Arvo Pärt and Caroline Shaw. Tickets $15 / $5 students

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AnnaLotte Smith Smith will perform J. S. Bach’s Toccata in E Minor BWV 914; Mendelssohn’s Leider Ohne Worte op. 30 no. 1- 6, Schumann’s Abegg Variations op. 1 in F Major; Fauré’s Nocturnes op. 30 no. 1 in E-Flat Minor and op. 30 no. 2 in B Major; Rachmaninoff’s Moment Musicaux op. 16 no. 3 in B Minor and op. 16 no. 4 in E Minor. A 2 017 g r a d u a t e o f We s t m ins ter Choir Col lege, Smith has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has successfully competed in multiple international competitions, most notably winning the Grand Prix at the 2012 Baden Württemberg International Piano Competition, Germany. In 2014 and 2015 she presented solo concert tours in England, and she frequently participates in international piano festivals. In July she was featured on a national radio through iheart media. She currently serves on the fac-

ulty and is assistant director sic to lift spirits and hopes for president of the group’s board of the Pre-College Division’s peace in the world. of directors. “We are especially Honors Music Program. The concert will feature two excited to present a premiere compositions by Assistant by a young local composer Eclectic Lineup of Events Conductor Laurel Christensen: who, as assistant conductor, At Hopewell Theater Before the Paling of the Stars, has also been benefiting from Live music, comedy, and stage a world premiere commis- our educational residency for performances are on the winter sioned by Voices Chorale NJ emerging professionals.” schedule at Hopewell Theater, 5 for the 2019–20 season, and Among the other musical South Greenwood Avenue. I Saw a Star, a choral piece selections are Kyle Pederson’s The season begins December originally commissioned by the Can We Sing the Darkness to 6 with “Stand-Up for Some- Virginia Chorale of Norfolk, Light?, A Lullaby by Ryan Murthing: Autism Speaks with Dan Virginia, the text drawn from phy, and Z. Randall Stroope’s Marquez, Erik Terrell, Mollie The Waves by Virginia Woolf. And Sure Stars Shining. The Sperduto, and Geoff Colella. The Christensen will conduct both Princeton Girlchoir will be joincomedy show begins at 8 p.m. pieces as well as other selec- ing for the five-part Christmas cantata And Peace on Earth, and supports Autism Speaks. On tions on the program. Saturday, December 7 at 8 p.m., “Now in our second year by Bob Chilcott. Martha Redbone Roots Project since reimagining and transA reception will follow each (trio) performs. “The Art of Liv- forming the original Voices, concert. Tickets are available ing Well: Pecha Kucha Night: we are thriving under Dr. Mc- at www.voiceschoralenj.org. Hopewell for the Holidays” is Connell’s leadership, preparing Advance ticket prices are Thursday, December 12 at 7:30 fresh and unique repertoire, $20 general admission; $10 p.m. This is an informal gather- collaborating with community students and children. At the ing of sharing stories, ideas, and groups, and presenting new door, tickets will be $25 for more in a special format. works,” said Ken Guilmartin, general admission. “Paul Muldoon and Rogue Oliphant: An Evening of Poetry and Song” is Saturday December 14 at 8 p.m. This is a loose affiliation of musicians and composers who work on songs and spoken word pieces written by Muldoon, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Princeton University professor. Additional events include the Pyrenesia Holiday Show and special dinner offer on December 21; The Slambovian Circus of Dreams: A Very Slambovian Christmas and special dinner offer on December 22; NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet) on December 28; and Georgian State Vocal Ensemble acoustic musician Susan Werner with members of the Princeton on January 3. University Glee Club For more information and tickets, visit Hopewell-Theater.com.

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Rarely Performed Music From Mendel Library

“Library Music Live: Rarely Performed Music from our Special Collections” is the title of a concert taking place Wednesday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Fine Hall, Taplin Auditorium, at Princeton University. The Mendel Music Library will present a live performance of music from its Locked Collection and Princeton University Library’s Special Collections. Repertoire includes the “Magnificat primi toni (first setting)” from Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis (1568) by Renaissance composer Giovanni Animuccia and other early vocal music, a solo harpsichord suite from Couperin’s Pièces de clavecin (1713), a Sammartini trio sonata, and selections from Mendel’s 19th-Century Sheet Music Collection. Performers include a vocal ensemble led by graduate musicology student John Ahern; Joyce Chen, harpsichord; John Burkhalter, recorder; Charlie Hankin, violin; Megan Ormsbee, mezzo soprano; Marley Jacobson, soprano; Mariana Corichi Gomez, soprano; and other Princeton singers and instrumentalists. The performance is free and open to the public.

Voices Chorale Concerts In Princeton and Pennington

Voices Chorale NJ will perform Out of Darkness Into Light, under the direction of David McConnell, at concerts in Pennington on December 20, and in Princeton on December 21. The December 20 concert is at 8 p.m. at Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 South Main Street. On December 21, the ensemble performs at 4 p.m. at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street in Princeton. The concerts of choral works celebrate the light of the season and bring the joy of mu-

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Mon, Nov 18, 2019 / 7:30PM Princeton University Chapel

CONCERT PROGRAM A capella sacred and folk songs from Eastern Europe TICKETS: princetonuniversityconcerts.org 609-258-9220 | $40 General | $10 Students

Jazz at Princeton University Presents

JAZZ SMALL GROUPS by Rudresh Mahanthappa I AND A Directed A CONCERT FEATURING THE MUSIC OF Charlie Parker Lee Konitz Rudresh Mahanthappa Jack DeJohnette Eric Dolphy and more.

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SOUL-FILLED CERAMICS: The Arts Council of Princeton’s ceramics community is hosting its fourth annual Soul-Filled Ceramics on Friday, November 29, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Taplin Gallery. With the purchase of a handmade mug for $20, shoppers can enjoy a complimentary cup of hot chocolate. “DISCOVERY”: This illustration for the book “Discovery” by Vladimir Radunsky is part of “A Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Arts Council of Princeton kiln fund and Meals on Wheels of Celebration of the Children’s Books of Vladimir Radunsky,” on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum Mercer County. For more information, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org. at Rutgers in New Brunswick through March 8, 2020. The exhibit features more than 50 original Zimmerli Art Museum at Arts Council of Princeton professional teaching artists gouache, photo collage, and paper collage illustrations on public view for the first time. Rutgers. It is located at 71 continues to expand its and specially tailored arts Hamilton Street (at George commitment to inspire and programming to people of Children’s Book Illustrations Nicole Simpson, the Zimmerli’s and drew upon favorites from Street) on the College Avenue enable older adults to learn, all ages and abilities. assistant curator of prints and his childhood. The Mighty As- Campus of Rutgers University make, and share the arts in At Zimmerli Art Museum “We are grateful to partFor more than 30 years, art- drawings, who organized the paragus (2004) is a reimagin- in New Brunswick. For more a meaningful and engaging ner with the Arts Council of ist Vladimir Radunsky created exhibition with Julia Tulovsky, ing of a famous Russian folk- information, visit www.zim- way,” said Jim Levine, inter- Princeton and to support the children’s books, combining curator of Russian and Soviet tale, combined with the culture merlimuseum.rutgers.edu or im executive director of the incredible work they do in creative narration, innovative Nonconformist Art. “His work of his adopted homeland, Italy, call (848) 932-7237. Arts Council of Princeton. the community enhancing design, and pervasive wit. enriches and complements not where he moved in 2001. In “We recognize the invalu- the lives and well-being of The Zimmerli Art Museum at only our existing collection of this retelling of a story about ACP Creative Aging able connection between older adults who might not Rutgers now spotlights his ca- illustrations for children’s lit- finding help from unexpected Program Receives Grant creat ive expression and otherwise have access to reer in “A Celebration of the erature, but also the George partners, Radunsky mischieThe Arts Council of Prince- healthy aging.” enriching artistic programChildren’s Books of Vladimir Riabov Collection of Russian vously adapted famous Italian ton (ACP) has received a Arts in Healthcare, one ming,” said Sarah Luck of Art and the Norton and Nancy paintings. He transformed hisRadunsky,” on view through $10,000 grant from the Dodge Collection of Noncon- torical figures into humorous Church & Dwight Employee comp on e nt of t h e A r t s Church & Dwight’s EmployMarch 8, 2020. formist Art from the Soviet characters to amuse children, Giving Fund in support of Council of Princeton’s out- ee Giving Fund. With support from the AveThe grant will support 20 Union.” while introducing them to the lifelong learning in the arts reach program, provides nir Foundation Endowment specialized, high- qualit y weeks of the Creative Agwonders of Renaissance art. Raised in Moscow, where he through its Creative Aging artistic experiences to seFund, the exhibition features For two of his collaborations, program, part of the ACP’s niors, caregivers, and indi- ing program, which serves recently acquired artwork for attended the Moscow School low-income seniors at Elm two of the books, Because . of Architecture and also stud- he joined with friends who also Arts in Healthcare Initiative. viduals with special needs. Court, a Princeton Commu. . and Discovery; while il- ied art and design, Vladimir had left the Soviet Union to “Thanks to the generos- ACP works on-site and at nity Housing center. lustrations from The Mighty Radunsky (1954–2018) moved pursue creative interests and ity of the Church & Dwight residential facilities in the Continued on Next Page Asparagus and Mother to New York in 1982 and be- became major figures in the Employee Giving Fund, the Pr inceton area to br ing Goose of Pudding Lane are gan his career as a book de- Russian expatriate community. on loan from the collection of signer. He soon discovered the An ode to the United States, Eugenia Radunsky, the artist’s world of children’s publishing Discovery (1999) features Rawife. More than 50 original and launched his career as an dunsky’s expressionist forms, gouache, photo collage, and illustrator for books both self- which allow for a sense of vipaper collage illustrations are authored and in collaboration sual discovery, complementon public view for the first time with notable figures, designing ing Nobel Prize-winning poet and include bilingual labels, in every visual detail from cover Joseph Brodsky’s text that to cover. The four books on encourages young readers to English and Spanish. view demonstrate the breadth seek out their own American On November 23, Chris of Radunsky’s talents, which experience. In Because . . . Raschka reads from and includes more than 30 publi- (2007), world-renowned dancer discusses the creation of cations, with inspiring stories Mikhail Baryshnikov tells a story Mother Goose of Pudding that encourage readers to re- of self-acceptance that encourLane, which he authored and flect on the past, while imag- ages everyone to share their Radunsky illustrated. ining the possibilities of their unique talents with the world. “Radunsky’s work provides a own futures. Zimmerli Director Thomas bridge that connects the ZimWith his own writings, Ra- Sokolowski said, “Radunsky’s merli’s diverse holdings,” said dunsky invented new stories joyful portraits show us how people and animals dance, soar, and glide effortlessly across the pages.” Radunsky’s longest creative partnership was with two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka. Their final book, Mother Goose of Pudding Lane, published in September of 2019 (a year after RaA warm, cozy fireplace in a home-like dusnky’s passing), is a testament to their shared devotion atmosphere greets you at our elegant to children’s literature through Colonial Inn. Established in 1750 and a unique look into the life of steeped in local history, The Cranbury this beloved figure. Raschka the story of Elizabeth Inn brings families and friends together to reveals Foster, whose nursery rhymes celebrate Thanksgiving Day. and riddles were first published during the 17th century “For your dining pleasure, we’ve added at Pudding Lane in Boston. In conjunction with the exhibition States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing, several specialties to our traditional Radunsky’s portraits of Foster, the Princeton Chamber Music Society explores the multifaceted intersection her husband Isaac Goose, and exquisitely prepared Thanksgiving Dinner of music and medicine. The program, which spans six centuries of chamber music, their many children, as well as Buffet including; Prime Rib, Seared Mother Goose characters, are ranges from a musical parody of an eighteenth-century surgery to contemporary placed against brightly colSalmon, and Roast Pork Loin. works used in clinical music therapy. A reception in the Museum will follow. ored backgrounds, bringing We hope you’ll join us for a memorable the whimsical personalities of Thanksgiving!” these figures to life for readers. In addition to the exhibition, always free and open to the public -Tom & Gay Ingegneri,Innkeepers copies of his books are availartmuseum.princeton.edu able in the family-oriented Duvoisin Gallery for visitors Leonora Carrington, Crookhey Hall (detail), 1987. Color lithograph. to read, along with hands-on Late Thursdays are made possible by the generous support of Heather and Paul G. Gift of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958. © Leonora Carrington / activities. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970. Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Admission is free to the

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“NATURE IN BLACK AND WHITE”: Linocuts by eighth-grade students at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart are now at the Olivia Rainbow Gallery, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Princeton through December 20. (Photograph by Tasha O’Neill) free. For more information, dition to being home to rare D&R Greenway Features “Nature in Black and White” visit www.drgreenway.org or plant and animal species,

the Reserve also contains archeological sites and a “Preserving the Pinelands” vibrant cultural history of At NJ State Museum craftspeople, industry, and On view through June 28 at agriculture. the New Jersey State Museum The New Jersey State Muin Trenton, “Preserving the seum is located at 205 West Pinelands: Albert Horner’s State Street, Trenton. For Portraits of a National Trea- more information, visit www. PUBLIC ART ON SPRINGDALE ROAD: This eco relief mural by eco artist Mary Waltham portrays sure” features images which state.nj.us/state/museum. “Life along Springdale Road, Princeton.” The installation is made entirely of found natural capture the quiet beauty and materials from the woods nearby. Bark and wood, with lichen and moss encrusting them, give intimate landscapes of New Last Call For Artists: form and texture to active figures. The installation is on a garden fence next to the sidewalk on Jersey’s Pinelands National Sauce for the Goose Reserve, along with artifacts The deadline is approach- the west side of Springdale Road, just before the Institute for Advanced Study housing. from the New Jersey State ing for artists to particiMuseum’s collections which pate in the Arts Council of ton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Museum, 138 South Pine er’s Portraits of a National tell just some of the stories Princeton’s annual Holiday has “Your Inner Space” and Street, Doylestown, Pa., has Treasure” through June 28. of the land, animals, people, Art & Craft Sale, Sauce for “Trilogy: This, That, and “Impressionism to Modern- www.statemuseum.nj.gov. and industries that make the the Goose. The application the Other” through Novem- ism: The Lenfest Collection of Pr inceton Universit y Reserve a state and national deadline is this Saturday, ber 16. www.artscouncilof American Art” through JanuArt Museum has “States treasure. November 16. princeton.org. ary 5 and “Harry Leith-Ross: of Health: Visualizing IllThe 40th anniversary of This annual pop-up market Cotsen Children’s Li- Scenes from Country Life” ness and Healing” through the Pinelands Preservation of artworks by local and re- brary, Firestone Library, through February 9. www.mi- February 2 and “The Eternal Act, considered by former gional artists has established Princeton University, has chenerartmuseum.org. Feast: Banqueting in ChiGovernor Brendan Byrne itself as a resource for ceram- “First Impres sions : T he Morven Museum & Gar- nese Art from the 10th to to be the most important ics, glassware, ornaments, Print Trade in Children’s den, 55 Stockton Street, the 14th Century” through accomplishment of his ad- and additional forms of fine Books” through January 3. has “Dreaming of Utopia: February 16. www.artmuministration, and the issue art and craft for friends and D& R Greenway Land Roosevelt, New Jersey” No- seum.princeton.edu. most central to his legacy family. Sauce for the Goose Princeton Public Library, Trust, 1 Preservation Place, vember 15 through May 10. as governor, is being com- is held at the Princeton Shop65 Witherspoon Street, has has “Souls of the Soil: Global www.morven.org. memorated in 2019. ping Center, 301 North Har- Roots in Nature” through Nassau Club, 6 Mercer “The Power of Faces” through Horner, a self-taught pho- rison Street, from December November 22 and “Nature Street, has “The Shapes of November 30. www.princetontographer from Medford 13 through December 15. in Black and White” through Water: Photography by Tasha library.org. L a kes, br ings cur iosit y, For artist/vendor appli- December 20. www.drgreen- O’Neill” through January 5. West Windsor Arts Cenreverence, and a practiced cation, visit artscouncilof- way.org. www.nassauclub.org. ter, 952 Alexander Road, eye to his craft, recording princeton.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City New Jersey State Muse- has “Off the Wall 2019: the forests, cedar swamps, Museum in Cadwalader Park, um, 205 West State Street, An Affordable Art Exhibit” meandering waterways, and Parkside Avenue, Trenton, Trenton, has “Preserving through December 20. www. native wildflowers that make has “The Story of Trenton’s the Pinelands: Albert Horn- westwindsorarts.org. the Pinelands unique. In adTrolleys” through November 17. www.ellarslie.org. LESSONS • RENTALS • INSTRUMENTS & MORE Firestone Library, Milberg Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Gallery, Princeton University, Street, Lambertville, has “Qui- has “Gutenberg & After: Euetude” through December 1. rope’s First Printers 14501470” through December 15. www.lambertvillearts.com. Montgomery Center • Rte 206 • 609-924-8282 • www.farringtonsmusic.com Exhibition talks are November Next to ShopRite • 5 miles from Downtown • Free Parking Arts Council of PrinceGive Your Child the Music Advantage 16 and December 14, 15 at Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater presents 1 p.m. and November 26 and December 10 at 12:30 p.m. http://bit.ly/2kFBLLW. Fr i s t C a m p u s C e n •• piano piano •• guitar guitar •• drums drums ter, Princeton University, •• violin •• voice has “Unique Minds: Voices violin voice •• flute flute • cello Through Art” through Novem• clarinet • sax • trumpet •• flute • trombone clarinet ••sax sax • trumpet ber 29. www.mentalhealth. PRINCETON: 609-924-8282• violin princeton.edu. • clarinet • trumpet ★ NEW LOCATION ★ Gourgaud Gallery, 23 North Main Street, Cran947 RT. 206, Suite 204 97-0032 bury, has “Autumn Splendor” (next to Audi dealer) 609-387-9631 through November 29. www. 609-448-7170 ETON JCT 609-924-8282 5 Minutes from Downtown cranburyartscouncil.com. BURLINGTON PRINCETON ons Only FREE HIGHTSTOWN PARKING Grounds For Sculpture, www.farringtonsmusic.com 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Interference Fringe | Tallur L.N.” through January, “Reby Bertolt Brecht birth: Kang Muxiang” through adapted by May, and other exhibits. www. Tony Kushner groundsforsculpture.org. November 2019 Historical Society of 15, 16 + 21-23 / 8 p.m. Princeton, Updike FarmBerlind Theatre at stead, 354 Quaker Road, McCarter Theatre Center has “Einstein Salon and InTickets required / arts.princeton.edu novators Gallery,” “Princeton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. $4 admission Wednesday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Thursday extended hours till 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www. princetonhistory.org. James A. Michener Art “Mother Courage and her Children ” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company D & R G r e e nw ay L a n d Trust’s Olivia Rainbow Gallery presents “Nature in Black and White,” an exhibit of works by eighth-grade students of Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, on view through December 20. Art teacher Phyllis Wright supervised the girls’ en plein air pencil sketching sessions of spring on the Stuart campus. “Students transferred their images to linoleum blocks, working as teams with the flatbed press,” said Wright, to print this art celebrating nature and rebirth. “The objective of this project was to use nature as a catalyst for exploring new kinds of mark-making. Students enjoyed freedom to draw whatever they wished, outdoors. T hey relished learning to simplify their sketches in order to create effective linocuts and prints. This project reflects the girls’ very individual responses to the wild nature in which we at Stuart study, work, and play.” The Olivia Rainbow Gallery is located at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place, off Rosedale Road, Pr inceton. Adm ission is

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Wednesday, November 13 4:30 p.m.: A Conversation with Andrew Gillum, chair of Forward Florida Action and former mayor of Tallahassee, at the Friend Center, Olden Street, Princeton University. Free. 6:30 p.m.: “An Evening with Barbara Oberg, Martha King, and Annis Stockton: Women in the American Revolution: Gender, Politics, and the Domestic World,” at Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street. $10. www.morven.org. 7:30 p.m.: “The Toni Morrison Conversations: Artists Reflect on Toni Morrison’s Gifts to Life, Art and Culture” at Richardson Auditorium. With choreographer Bill T. Jones, photographer Deanna Lawson, and poet Tracy K. Smith; performance by Mahanthappa Tiger Quartet. Free but tickets required. tickets. princeton.edu. Thursday, November 14 5 p.m.: David Peterson, inventor of languages used in Game of Thrones, speaks at Rider University in Lawrenceville. Free and open to the public. 6:45 p.m.: Mercer’s Best Toastmasters meet at Lawrence Community Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrenceville. mercersbest. toastmastersclubs.org. 7 p.m.: At Hopewell Train Stat ion, “L ocal Climate Change” with environmental scientist Mike Aucott. http:// tiny.cc/SCClimateChange. Friday, November 15 7-10 p.m.: Princeton Jazz Cafe, Princeton High School Cafeteria, Houghton Road. Jazz bands from the high school perform. Dancing, international food tasting. Benefits PHS Band Pro gram. $5-$10 (students free with paying adult). 7:30 p.m.: The Black Maria Film Festival screens eight new shor t films of fiction-based stor ytelling through live-action and animation. At James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. arts.princeton.edu/ events/black-maria-film-festival-screening-fa-19/. 8 p.m.: Princeton Triangle Club show, ONCE UPONZI TIME, at McCarter Theatre, University Place. $10-$35. www.triangleshow.com. 8 p.m.: Scottish singer Archie Fisher performs at Christ Congregation, 50 Wa l nut L a ne. $10 - $ 25. www.princetonfolk.org. 8 p.m.: Pianist Conrad Tao performs Schumann’s Kreisleriana at the Institute for Advanced Study. Free. Saturday, November 16 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers Market at Vaughn Drive lot, Princeton Junction train station. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Artisan Market at West Windsor Ar ts Council, 952 A lexander Road. Original and handcrafted textiles, leather goods, paper crafts, woodworking, and more. $2 for individuals, $5 for families. westwindsorarts.org/ events/. 1-4 p.m.: Mercer Master Gardeners presents “Attracting Birds to Your Garden,” at Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 1440 Parkside Avenue, Ewing. Free. Register at programs@mgofmc.org. 1:30 p.m.: “Every Button

health and resources. mentalhealth.princeton.edu. Wednesday, November 20 4:30 p.m.: Andrew Winston speaks on “Global Megatrends and their Impact on Business and Sustainable Investing,” at the Rabinowitz building, Princeton University, 20 Washington Road, Room A17. Free. To register, visit andrewwinston. eventbrite.com. 6 :30 p.m.: An Evening with Dr. Yusef Salaam of the exonerated “Central Park Five.” At Princeton University McCosh Hall, Room 10. Free. 7:30 p.m.: Library Music Live: Rarely performed music from Princeton University’s Mendel Music Library, at Fine Hall, Taplin Auditorium. Thursday, November 21 10 a.m. : T he 55 - Plus Club meets at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street. Princeton University Professor Rory Truex presents “Xi for Life? Exploring a Critical Moment in Chinese Politics.” Free and open to all, $4 donation suggested. 6 p.m.: Panel discussion on hunger and homelessness in the community, at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. Panelists from Princeton University, The Rescue Mission of Trenton, HomeFront, and elsewhere. Free. 7 p.m.: At Hopewell Train Station, William Zipse of NJ Forest Service outlines the current state of our forests and what they might look like in the future. http:// tiny.cc/SCTrees. 7:30 p.m.: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine w it h pia n is t Olga Ker n comes to McCar ter Theatre, 91 University Place. mccarter.org. 7:30 p.m.: John U. Rees lectures on African American Soldiers in the American Revolution at the David Librar y of the American Re volut ion, 1201 R iver Road, Washington Crossing, Pa. Free, reservations required at (215) 493-6775 ext. 100 or rsvp@dlar.org. Friday, November 22 8 p.m.: “The Moth Mainstage” storytelling program comes to McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. mccarter.org. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. “Shop for a Cause” at HomeFront ArtSpace Holiday market, 101 Celia Way, Ewing. Artisan works and one-of-akind pieces for holiday gifts. homefrontnj.org. Saturday, November 23 9 a.m.-4 p.m. “Shop for a Cause” at HomeFront ArtSpace Holiday market, 101 Celia Way, Ewing. Artisan works and one-of-akind pieces for holiday gifts. homefrontnj.org. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market at Vaughn Drive lot, Princeton Junction train station. Final outdoor market of the season. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.: The Salzburg Marionette Theatre presents Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. mccarter.org. 5 p.m.: Vivaldi Gloria is presented at a choral evening service at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, by combined youth and adult choirs, soloists, and orchestra. A free-will offering will support Housing Initiatives of Princeton, and a reception will follow. NassauChurch.org.

Sunday, November 24 3 p.m.: R ichardson Chamber Players performs “T he A mer ican Connection: Dvorak & Burleigh” at Richardson Auditorium. $5-$15. princetonuniversity concerts.org. Monday, November 25 Recycling 1 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music at Monroe Township Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe. Free. Wednesday, November 27 6:45 p.m.: Mercer’s Best Toastmasters meet at Lawrence Community Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrenceville. mercersbest. toastmastersclubs.org. Thursday, November 28 11 a.m.: Annual Princeton Community Thanksgiving Day Service at Princeton University Chapel. Friday, November 29 2-4 p.m. OptOutside at Mountain Lakes instead of Black Friday shopping. Nature-themed activities, music, snacks, nature walks, sponsored by Friends of Princeton Open Space. Free. fopos.org. Monday, December 2 7:30 p.m.: The Coryell’s Ferr y Stamp Club meets at the Deats Building, 124 Main Street, Flemington. Philatelic show on the American Revolution, followed by an auction. (215) 598-7534 or (908) 806-7883. Saturday, December 7 12-2 p.m.: Cookies with Santa at Princeton Shopping Center. Parade, music, raff le, photo ops, more. Free, rain or shine. Register at eventbrite.com (search

“Cook ies w it h S anta in Princeton.”) 12-5 p.m.: Annual Mill Hill Holiday House Tour in Trenton. “Secret City” opens 15-20 homes in this historic district, decorated for the holidays. Begin at Artworks, 19 Everett Alley. $20 in advance; $25 the day of the tour. Visit trentonmillhill.org. 4 p.m.: Princeton Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, Walnut Lane. $18-$35. princetonyouthballet.org. Sunday, December 8 12 p.m.: Princeton Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, Walnut Lane. $18-$35. princetonyouthballet.org. 4 p.m.: The Capital Singers of Trenton perform “Win-

ter Songs XIII: Moods of Christmas,” at Sacred Heart Church, 343 South Broad Street, Trenton. www.capitalsingers.org or (609) 434-2781. Friday, December 20 8 p.m.: Voices Chorale performs “Out of Darkness into Light,” at Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 Main Street, Pennington. Visit www.voiceschoralenj.org. Saturday, December 21 2 p.m.: Rhythm ’N Sound perform oldies, classic rock, Motown, and more in a holiday concert at the Lawrence branch of Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Free. Register at lawprogs@ mcl.org. or www.mcl.org. 4 p.m.: Voices Chorale per for ms “Out of Darkness into Light” at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.voiceschoralenj.org.

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Has a Story,” lecture demonstration celebrating National Button Day at Hopewell branch of Mercer County Library, 245 Pennington Titusville Road. Free. Register at hopeprogrs@mcl.org. 4 p.m.: “Symptomatic Relief of Adolescent Depression,” at American College of Orgonomy, 4419 Route 27. Free. Call (732) 821-1146 or visit www.adifferentkindofpsychiatry.com. 6-11 p.m. Dining by Design at D&R Greenway and host homes. Cocktail party, silent auction, dinner; benefits the Arts Council of Princeton’s scholarship fund. Visit artscouncilofprinceton.org for tickets. 7:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society presents the No-Name Dance at the Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street. California Mix dance music with DJ Alan Saperstein. Lesson at 7:30 ; then open dancing 8:30-11:30 p.m. centraljerseydance.org. 8 p.m.: Princeton Triangle Club show, ONCE UPONZI TIME, at McCarter Theatre, University Place. $10-$35. www.triangleshow.com. 8 p.m.: Pianist Conrad Tao performs Schumann’s Kreisleriana at the Institute for Advanced Study. Free. Sunday, November 17 12-5 p.m.: Artisan Market at West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road. Original and handcrafted textiles, leather goods, paper crafts, woodworking, and more. $2 for individuals, $5 for families. westwindsorarts.org/events/. 1 p.m.: At The Sarnoff Collection, The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, “The TVs of Tomorrow: How RCA’s Flat Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs.” Talk by historian Benjamin Gross. Free. 2 p.m.: Princeton Triangle Club show, ONCE UPONZI TIME, at McCarter Theatre, University Place. $10-$35. www.triangleshow.com. 2 p.m.: The Roosevelt String Band presents The Pete Seeger Songbook at Morven, 55 Stockton Street. $10 (free for Friends of Morven). Register at eventbrite. com. Monday, November 18 1 p.m. : T he Wom en’s College Club of Princeton meets at All Saints Episcopal Church, Terhune Road. Maureen Reid will present “A Debut Author’s Journey from Concept to Cover.” Free. www.wccpnj.org. 7:30 p.m.: Meeting of the Coryell’s Ferry Stamp Club at T he Crossing United Methodist Church, 1895 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa. Jim Walker will speak; stamp auction follows. (215) 5987534 or (908) 806-7883. Tuesday, November 19 8 :30 -10 :30 a.m.: “E s tate Planning Strategies to Prevent Litigation,” at Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs, 303A College Road East. Presented by Fox Rothschild, with complimentary breakfast. Register by November 17 at events @ foxrothschild.com. 6:30 p.m. Movies for Mental Health in Neuroscience A32, Princeton University. Film program focused on empowering young adults, educators, and health professionals to gain a better understanding of mental

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Variety of Sushi Choices — And Much More — Are Featured at New Elite Five Sushi & Grill

ust opened October 16, Elite Five Sushi & Grill has already attracted a gathering of customers intrigued by its variety of sushi, sashimi, and rolls; its grilled steaks, lamb, and chicken dishes; and also by its unusual name.

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“It is named for the five senses,” reports chef/owner Tony Yu. “First, food is visual. You look at it, and then, there is the aroma, the taste, the texture — and you even listen to it! All of these elements must be appealing to the diner.” Located at 277 Witherspoon Street, the restaurant is open for lunch, dinner, and takeout. It will also available for private parties. Its contemporar y decor offers classic lines within a comfortable, uncrowded setting. Its attractive decor is enhanced by its natural look, with inviting Asian nuances. Favorite Spot Tables offer settings for two and four diners, and the popular sushi bar is always a favorite spot. Formerly the owner of a Chinese restaurant in Ewing, Chef Yu has a long history in the food industry. Arriving in the U.S. in 1986, he and his parents joined his grandfather who had a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan. “My father also had a restaurant, and I grew up in the business,” says Yu. “We later moved to Mt. Laurel, where we had another

restaurant.” He believed his concept of the Elite Five Sushi & Grill combination of dishes would be a good match in Princeton, as he points out, “People in Princeton really like sushi. Many have traveled, and they are willing to try new tastes and dishes. It is also an international community, with people from all over. They also like the variety of choices.” Many customers have commented on Yu’s skill in creating extremely appealing presentations. As he reports, “In addition to the wide variety of our sushi choices and the inclusion of other types of cuisine, we are set apart by our presentation. This is so important. It’s the first thing you see, and it must be attractive.” “Also,” he continues, “our selection is unique, with a very interesting variety of choices, and we always have fresh ingredients and special recipes. Sushi’s origin is Japanese, but its popularity is growing all over all the time, and it has become a favorite in the U.S. It is healthy, and more people are enjoying it. “We offer different types of sushi, including rolls with fish, rice, and seaweed, also sushi including a piece of fish on top of rice, and sashimi, which is a single piece of raw fish.” Popular Choices Popular sushi choices include regular rolls, such as California, spicy salmon, spicy tuna, salmon and avocado, and shrimp tempura, among others. Sushi/sashimi a la carte choices include tuna, salmon, scallops, striped bass, eel, and others, with varying numbers of pieces. Sushi /sashimi sets offer

choices such as sushi premium with 10 sushi pieces and one tuna roll; sushi supreme with three pieces each of tuna, salmon, and yellowtail; sashimi premium with 18 pieces, or sashimi supreme, offering 18 pieces of tuna, salmon, and yellowtail. In addition to the sushi favorites, Elite Five features appetizers such as Cured Cold S moke Yellow tail ; Cure d Salmon with pickled onions, mango, apples, and cucumber salad; and Crab Roulade including lump crab, green apple, basil, and mayonnaise wrapped with avocado, and served with cucumber sauce and yuzo. A special dish is Hawaiian Chicken, including grilled chicken, pineapple, pickled purple onions, and jalapeño with sweet chili sauce, served on flat bread, with green salad. Honey Crisp Apple Salad, Baby Spinach Salad, and Asian salads are all available, along with a variety of soups. Skewer Sets In addition, Yakitori (similar to skewered kebabs) include chicken, beef, salmon, and duck, among others, with five skewer sets featuring three meats and two vegetables, and eight skewer sets with five meats and three vegetables. There is also a variety of vegetarian Yakitori selections. Entrees include ribeye steak, duck, oxtail, king salmon, scallops, and shrimp dishes. Pasta choices feature Spaghetti alla Carbonara, Aglio e Olio, and Shrimp Scampi. The lunch menu offers rice bowls, with choices of meat, pasta, or fish served over rice, and with miso soup. Ramen (noodles) and Yakitori are also

PLEASING THE PALATE: “Sushi is our specialty, but we also offer other traditional choices, including steak, lamb, chicken, and pasta dishes,” says Tony Yu, chef/owner of the new Elite Five Sushi & Grill. Pictured is an assortment of his special creations. Clockwise from upper right: Pickled Spanish Mackerel, Grilled Chilean Sea Bass, Fire and Ice Sushi Roll, and a Mango Medley dessert. available. Prices cover a wide range from $7 to $34. Sushi/sashimi set are $25 and up; lunch choices from $12, Yakitori $18 and up, and dinner entrees from $28. Elite Five is BYO, and many patrons bring wine to enjoy with dinner. Coffee, tea, sodas, and water are all available, as is a selection of desserts. Quality “We are proud to offer very high quality food,” says Yu. “We have very healthy choices, including chicken with no antibiotics. We are also very environmentally friendly. We don’t have plastic containers,

and we have paper straws.” The ability to earn his living doing something he loves is a special opportunity for him, says Yu. “I love being a chef. I am happy with my cooking and being able to create dishes for people to enjoy, including for those with special dietary needs. We try to have appealing dishes for everyone, and we plan to change the menu seasonally.” “Customer service is number one,” he continues, “and we always want people to feel welcome and enjoy their dining experience. And, if there is ever anything that doesn’t

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Princeton Football on Wrong Side of History, Falling 27-10 to Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium

or lifelong New York Yankees fan Bob Surace, making the pilgrimage to the Bronx is always special. So when Surace brought his undefeated and ninth-ranked Princeton University football team to Yankee Stadium last Saturday for a clash against undefeated and No. 13 Dartmouth to help commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first game which pitted the Tigers against Rutgers on November 6, 1869, the trip was destined to leave a slew of memories. “The entire week was great, with the celebration of the first game we played in, the Empire State Building being lit up the orange and red for us and Rutgers, and the number of alumni who flew in, who drove in,” said Princeton head coach Surace, a star center for the Tiger football program in the late 1980s. “It was really incredible to see the support from everybody who has been a part of Princeton football for such a long time and then have the Yankee Stadium experience.” Soaking in the scene, Princeton was primed to excel on the big stage. “We went up Friday to practice and did a walk through and got a chance to be on the field and see all of that,” said Surace. “It was a great setting for us and everyone involved in terms of that. You want to be in these games that are truly nationally recognized. You want to win them, but to have a game that is on such a big stage and then to put it in such a great venue, I think that was terrific for everybody.” The Tigers, though, left the Bronx Saturday evening with some less than terrific memories as Dartmouth jumped out to a 17-0 first half lead and held off a Princeton rally to prevail 27-10 before a crowd of 21,506 and snap the Tigers’ 17-game winning streak. The Big Green

improved to 8-0 overall and 5-0 Ivy League while Princeton dropped to 7-1 overall and 4-1 Ivy. Digging an early hole, Princeton fell behind 7-0 when Dartmouth defensive lineman Niko Lalos picked off a Kevin Davidson pass and rumbled 22 yards for a touchdown. “We just made some uncharacteristic turnovers; for a long time we have been good with protecting the football and not making mistakes,” said Surace. “I thought we had a great week of practice. Unfortunately, you are going up against a really good opponent. It is not practice any more. We missed a block on that defender on what should be an 8-10 yard pick up and he is right in the throwing lane. Right off the bat, we make a mistake.” The Tigers responded by marching down the field to the Dartmouth 20-yard line, only to have the drive end on a fumble recovery by the Big Green. “When we move the ball against that defense, we go about 75 yards and a play goes to review,” said Surace. “I actually thought they were reviewing targeting because of the length of the review and we ended up losing the ball on a fumble. You got a chance right there to get a scores and we get a fumble. They did a good job of controlling field position.” Late in the second quarter, Princeton forced a turnover as linebacker Ike Hall recovered a fumble on the Dartmouth 39. The Tigers responded with scoring march which culminated on a three-yard TD pass from Davidson to tight end Graham Adomitis. “We score right before the half to make it 17-7,” said Surace. “We weren’t great in third down but we were moving the ball. We had only

four turnovers coming into the game and then we have three in the first half, which was really challenging.” The foes began the third quarter by trading field goals, but Princeton needed more to put the Big Green on their heels. “They come out in the second half and have a really good drive and kick a field goal,” said Surace. “We march right down and it looks like we are about to score and then there is the only holding call of the game, which goes against us when we have the ball inside the five. It was just one of those days where you are going up against a good team where those little things matter. Kicking a field goal when you needed to get that back to a one score game there made it really hard.” Over the rest of the contest, Dartmouth wore the Tigers down with its ground attack, as it totaled 225 yards rushing on 52 carries in the game. “They ran the ball really well,” said Surace. “They put you in a lot of tough situations with an athletic quarterback in [Jared] Gerbino. He is either keeping it with a fake or handing it off to [Drew] Estrada or a running back. They really put you in these one-on-one situations and a few times we made a mistake. They didn’t even have 300 yards (293) on us on offense. The few times we made mistakes, they got 20-yard plays. What was hard is when we didn’t make mistakes, they were generating three and four yards a pop and getting a manageable third down which they converted over 50 percent (7-of-12).” Meanwhile the Tiger offense failed to gain a rhythm against the rugged Big Green front seven. “They are the top-ranked defense in the country and in the top two or three in every category,” said Surace, as

Davidson passed for 210 yards but Princeton could only muster 36 yards rushing on 20 carries. “They make it really challenging to move the ball, they don’t give up 30-yard plays. We had one (a 30-yard pass play from Davidson to Jacob Birmelin in the second quarter) and it was one of the longest plays of the year against them. They don’t give up big plays, so you have to execute one play after another. Whether it was a sack or a drop, it was just the little things that were a tiny bit off. In a game where we only have 10 drives, those little thing like penalties put us in some tough situations that kept us from converting. You just have to be so exact. A dozen straight plays to score against them and we didn’t do that enough.” With a high-powered Yale (7-1 overall, 4-1 Ivy) squad coming to Princeton Stadium this Saturday, Princeton can’t afford to be off. “Yale is terrific in their players and coach [Tony Reno]; they have always been an incredible challenge,” said Surace. “They have an experienced group, a talented group, and a well coached group. That hasn’t changed over the years with them. They return just about everybody. It was really the one offense that scored on us last year (in a 59-43 Princeton win), we struggled against them. They return the quarterback [Kurt Rawlings], they return the receivers [JP Shohfi, Reed Klubnik], and the majority of the offensive line. The running backs, Zane Dudek and Alan Lamar, are great players in the this league. It is certainly going to be challenging. It is really what our league is.” Vowing that the Tigers won’t dwell on the loss to Dartmouth, Surace believes his players will be up to the challenge. “You are proud of the effort, there are things that we have to correct,” said Surace.

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BRONX BOMBER: Princeton University quarterback Kevin Davidson fires a pass a game earlier this fall. Last Saturday, senior Davidson threw for 210 yards and a touchdown in a losing cause as Princeton fell 27-10 to Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium. The loss to the undefeated Big Green snapped a 17-game winning streak for the Tigers, who dropped to 7-1 overall and 4-1 Ivy League. Princeton will look to get back in the win column when it hosts Yale (7-1 overall, 4-1 Ivy) on November 16. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

“If the character of this team is what I think it is, we will have great attitudes this week. The issue wasn’t our effort or our fight.” While the Tigers displayed a great attitude last Saturday, Surace acknowledges that Princeton needs to clean up some things. “I would like to see us play less sloppy; I would like to see some things on my end as a coach and get them in better position,” said Surace.

“The most disappointing thing is that I thought our practice week was our best practice week. We looked so sharp on Tuesday and we were exact on Friday with everything. For whatever reason, and Dartmouth forces some of those things on you, we made some mistakes that you just can’t have. It is hard to overcome that against a team that is legitimately one of the better teams in the country.” —Bill Alden

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Tiger Women’s Hoops Starts Berube Era 2-0 As Junior Point Guard Littlefield Doing it All As the Princeton University women’s basketball team took the court for its season opener last week against Rider at Jadwin Gyn, it was more than just the start of another season. With Carla Berube taking the helm of squad after Courtney Banghart having headed south to guide the University of North Carolina, the November 5 contest marked a new chapter in the history of the Princeton program. Tiger junior guard Carlie Littlefield and her teammates were ready to turn the page as they faced the Broncs. “We were all just super excited for this new era and this new season to kick off,” said Littlefield. “It was just get t ing a chance to all be wearing the same colors; not going against each other in practice and getting a chance to play together. We were all super amped up about it, so it was just settling in and doing what we do.” It took a while for the Tigers to settle in as they trailed 8-6 in the early going and were clinging to a 16-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. But breaking the game open by outscoring Rider 27-11 in the third quarter, Princeton pulled away to an 80-47 win before a crowd of 650. “Coach always says to use our defense to fuel our offense and we really did that, especially in the third quarter,” said Littlefield. “We kind of stomped on them, that is when we made our big run because of our defense.” Littlefield is on the same page with Berube, who has emphasized tough play at the defensive end. “I wanted to get after it on defense because personally I know I don’t like pressure,” said Littlefield. “I know how annoying it can be so I think I just try

to be as annoying as possible and try to get into their heads so they can’t do what they want to do.” On t he of fensive end, Littlefield did a lot, scoring 10 points with a career-high seven assists. “I was focused on trying to get us settled down and get everybody involved,” said Littlefield, a 5’9 native of Waukee, Iowa. “We kind of had a slow offensive start, so then I was trying to move the ball around. Neenah [Young] did get hot, and it was finding her for threes. I was just trying to get everybody confident in this first game and get everyone involved.” Berube, for her part, was excited for her first game at Jadwin. “I really enjoyed it; I thought the energy in Jadwin was great,” said Berube. “It was a great first game and a great way to kick off the season. That is a very experienced Rider team. It was back and forth and they were making some big shots and making plays. I just think we needed to settle in. We were really excited for the first game and just wanted to play the way we are capable of playing and play smart basketball.” Berube liked the energy the Tigers displayed on defense. “I thought they did a really good job, knowing the scout and their personnel and know what they are good at and trying to take those things away,” said Berube. “I was really pleased with the rebounding effort. Rider is a very good offensive rebounding team; they have some real athletes who get on the board. They got one offensive rebound the whole game so I thought that was key, limiting them to one shot. They got to the rim a few times so we are definitely going to watch some film. But the overall effort and the rotations and the com mu n ic at ion a nd t he things that we have been

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working on and harping on were there. I thought we really did a good job.” The Tigers also showed depth as 11 players scored in the win with senior star Bella Alarie tallying 22 points and sophomore Julia Cunningham contributing 14 and sophomore Neenah Young chipping in 11 off the bench in 18 minutes. “It was a total team effort, we saw that we go pretty deep,” said Berube, “I am really confident in everybody that gets in there. I thought we got some really great contributions off the bench. It sparked us in a lot of ways throughout the whole game.” Young definitely gave the Tigers a spark as she hit on 3-of-5 three-pointers and grabbed five rebounds. “Neenah can really shoot the ball and did some great things defensively and overall,” added Berube. “She runs the floor really rally hard. She is a really good athlete.” Berube credited Littlefield with making big contributions at both ends of the court. “She had seven assists and no turnovers; that is what you want out of your point guard,” said Berube of Littlefield, who scored 22 points with 10 steals and eight rebounds in a 75-50 win at George Washington last Sunday and was later named the Ivy League Player of the Week. “The way she just settled us down. In the second quarter, we had some trouble scoring and she was making some pull up jumpers and finding her teammates. I think the way she makes the most contribution is defensively. She is that first line of defense, picking up that point guard, wreaking havoc and being annoying. While Alarie didn’t wreak havoc offensively, she came on strong in the second half, scoring 15 of her 22 points on the evening in the last two quarters. “She had a quiet first half; it was something coming out of halftime, we wanted to get her the ball,” said Berube. “She worked at it and her teammates found her really well. She made some big shots, she went to the free throw line and hit her free throws. It was a little quiet but we know how important she is to our success.” With Princeton playing at Seton Hall on November 15 before hosting Florida Gulf Coast on November 17, Berube knows her team has plenty of work to do. “I think the execution of our offense needs to be better; we missed some easy knock-down threes as well,” said Berube. “It is just us working on execution and getting in the gym and getting shots up and feeling good about our shots. The goal is to just keep getting better every single day. So we just said let’s get back to work on Thursday and we will work on ourselves.” Littlefield, for her part, will be looking to sharpen her execution in feeding Alarie. “Any time we can play a two-man game, good things happen,” said Littlefield of her on- cour t connection with Alarie. “She is a great player so I love any chance I can to get the ball to her.” —Bill Alden

ON POINT: Princeton University women’s basketball player Carlie Littlefield looks to pass the ball last week as Princeton hosted Rider in its season opener. Junior point guard Littlefield scored 10 points and had a career-high seven assists in the November 5 contest to help the Tigers prevail 80-47. Last Sunday in a 75-50 win at George Washington, Littlefield nearly recorded a triple-double, scoring 22 points with 10 steals and eight rebounds. Littlefield was later named the Ivy League Player of the Week. In upcoming action, Princeton, now 2-0, plays at Seton Hall on November 15 before hosting Florida Gulf Coast on November 17. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Although the Princeton Universit y men’s hockey team opened its ECAC Hockey campaign last weekend by falling at Harvard and Dartmouth, Ron Fogarty is far from discouraged. “I like where this team is at; we have four lines that are doing well,” said Princeton head coach Fogarty, whose team is now 1-2-1 overall and 0-2 ECACH. “All of the guys, to a man, are playing hard and smart.” Despite playing hard in New England, Princeton fell 3-0 to Harvard on Friday and 3-1 to Dartmouth a day later. “L as t we e ke n d w as a tough two games score-wise but I liked how we played,” said Fogarty. “The team is very similar to the team that we had in our third year; the team that beat Colgate on overtime in the playoffs and then lost to Union. We are doing a lot of great things in the game. We just weren’t rewarded this past weekend. I really like the direction we are going.” Princeton’s top line of sophomore Corey Andonovski (4 goals, 1 assist in 2019-20) senior Jackson Cressey (2 goals, 4 assists) and sophomore Christian

O’Neill (3 assists) has done some good things in the early going. “Corey is playing well; that line is getting a lot of opportunities,” said Fogarty. “They went a little quiet this weekend. They still had a lot of great chances and great opportunities to score. If you are getting the opportunities, eventually they will go in. It was a great start ( going 1- 0 -1 against St. Cloud State) and a little bit of a slow weekend for them.” As for the Tiger defense, Fogarty has seen flashes of great play. “There were a couple of lapses, we just have to keep playing tough,” said Fogarty. “I like where our gapping has been. We are playing tighter in the neutral zone than in years past where we have been a little more lackadaisical in the neutral zone. For the most part, probably 10 of the 12 periods so far, I have been really happy with how we have played defensively.” In goal, junior Ryan Ferland (3.05 goals against average, .906 save percentage in 2019-20) and freshman Aidan Porter (3.91 GA A, .877 save pct.) had been solid as they have shared the

duties between the pipes. “They have been good. They have given us a good chance,” said Fogarty. “The games have been close because of some pretty good saves. You will probably see [Jeremie] Forget soon. We are going to give all three goalies an opportunity here. It is unique situation. We have three goalies that are very capable and unique in style.” With the Tigers seeing their first action this season at Hobey Baker Rink when they host RPI on November 15 and Union on November 16, Fogarty is looking for his team to put away their chances. “We just have to keep building on what we have been doing - playing hard between the dots and gapping without the puck,” said Fogarty. “Our go-to this year is to create options and take away options. We want to create options with the puck and if we don’t have it, to take away the opposition’s options quicker so we can get the puck back and be a possession team.” —Bill Alden

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PU Sports Roundup PU Women’s Hockey Edges Dartmouth 2-1

Bouncing back from a disappointing 6-2 loss to Harvard on Friday, the seventhranked Princeton University women’s hockey team edged Dartmouth 2-1 on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Maggie Connors scored the winning goal in the third period for the Tigers, who didn’t have the services of Sarah Fillier and Claire Thompson as they were competing for Team Canada in a pair of exhibition games against Team USA at the Pittsburgh Penguins' practice facility on Friday and Sunday.

The Tigers, now 5-2 overall Tiger Men’s Soccer and 3-2 ECAC Hockey, play Ties 0-0 at Penn at Union on November 15 Jacob Schachner came up and at RPI on November 16. big as the Princeton UniverPrinceton Women’s Soccer sity men’s soccer team tied Blanks Penn 1-0 in Finale Penn 0-0 last Saturday night Seniors Abby Givens and in Philadelphia. Senior goalie Schachner Natalie Grossi ended their college careers on a high note as made four saves to earn the the Princeton University wom- shutout as Princeton exen’s soccer team edged Penn tended its unbeaten streak 1-0 last Saturday in Philadel- to eight (5-0-3). phia in its season finale. The Tigers, now 10-3-3 Senior for ward Givens overall and 2-1-3 Ivy League, scored the lone goal of the wrap up regular season play contest while senior goalie on November 16 by hosting Grossi earned the shutout, No. 22 Yale (12-2-2 overall, the 31st of her career as she 5-1 Ivy), who clinched the extended her Ivy League all- league title last Saturday. time record. Grossi was later PU Women’s Volleyball named the Ivy League Player Defeats Harvard of the Week. Claire Lenihan starred The Tigers finished 2019 as the Princeton University with a final record of 8-6-3 women’s volleyball defeated overall and 3-3-1 Ivy. Harvard 3-0 last Saturday. Junior Lenihan contributed 12 kills, two blocks, and two aces as Princeton prevailed 25-22, 25-11, 25-22. T he Tigers, now 15 - 6 overall and 11-1 Ivy League, remained in first place in the Ivy standings and will wrap up regular season action by playing at Brown (13-9 overall, 5-7 Ivy) on November 15 and at Yale (14-7 overall, 10-2 Ivy) on November 16.

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Mitchell Cooper led the offense as the Princeton University men’s water pool team ended regular season play by defeating Iona 19-12 and St. Francis-Brooklyn 13-10 in action last Saturday. Sophomore Cooper had two goals in the win over Iona and then fired in six goals against St. FrancisBrooklyn. The Tigers improved to 15-14 overall and 7-3 NWPC (Northeast Water Polo Conference) and earned the No. 2 seed for the upcoming NWPC tournament which will take place at top-seeded Harvard J-TRAIN: Princeton University men’s basketball player Jaelin from November 22-24. Llewellyn brings the ball up the floor in a game last season. This past Saturday, sophomore guard Llewellyn tallied a game-high PU Women’s Lax Coach Cook 24 points in a losing cause as Princeton fell 82-72 to the Univer- Gets IWLCA National Award Jenn Cook, the associate sity of San Francisco at the Chase Center in San Francisco. The head coach for the Princeton Tigers, now 0-2, will look to get on the winning track when they University women’s lacrosse host Lafayette on November 13 at Jadwin Gym. program, has been named (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

the 2019 Outstanding Assistant Coach for Division I by the IWLCA (Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association). The award “recognizes an assistant coach from each Division who has made a distinct impact on the success of their program through hard work, commitment, dedication, and sportsmanship.” Cook works primarily with the midfield and defensive units and coached the 2019 Ivy League Goalkeeper and Defensive Player of the Year, as well as four All-Ivy League defenders. She acts as the defensive coordinator and works with the center draw unit. She also has input into every phase of the game and operation, including recruiting, scouting, player development, film breakdown, and program management. “Jenn takes full responsibility for the defensive end of the field for Princeton, implementing systems, coaching the schemes and the details of defensive play, preparing the defensive scouting reports, and making the key strategic calls on her end on game day,” said Princeton head coach Chris Sailer. “She has a steadfast belief in the players we have and in our team's ability to get the job done. She knows what it takes to win and she makes sure our players are doing the little things that add up to greatness.” Joining the Tiger program for the 2013 season as an assistant coach, Cook was promoted to associate head coach in 2017. Since Cook joined the coaching staff, Princeton has been in the NCAA Tournament every single year, reaching the quarterfinals three times. Princeton has won the last six Ivy League titles and four Ivy League tournament championships. As a player, she was a t wo -t ime f irst-team A ll America and Tewaaraton Award nominee as a defender at the University of North Carolina. “I would like to thank the IWLCA for this huge honor, particularly given the number

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STREET SMART: Princeton University field hockey player Emma Street races up the field in recent action. Last Saturday, junior Street scored a goal to help Princeton defeat Penn 3-1 to post its 10th straight win and clinch the outright Ivy League title. The eighth-ranked Tigers, now 13-4 overall and 7-0 Ivy, will face No. 12 Syracuse (12-6 overall) in the first round of the NCAA tournament on November 15 in Storrs, Conn., with the winner advancing to a second round contest on November 17 at the same site. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) of fantastic coaches that work within the college lacrosse community,” said Cook reflecting on the honor. “My coaching career has been defined by the people around me, and their mentorship and guidance in my career has meant the world to me. Outside of my coaching family, I also want to recognize my actual family, and particularly my parents,

whose unwavering support has no bounds and who still to this day come to all my games.” C o ok, Kel ly Ha m i lton from Division II ( Queens Universit y of Charlotte ), and Ashley Fitzhugh from Division III (York College of PA) will be recognized at the IWLCA Annual Meeting on November 20 for their achievements.

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even thought we were the newbies. I was lucky I got to dive in and start my freshman year.” As Sarnak went through her PHS career, she refined her skills and started to dictate tempo for the Tigers. “In my freshman year, I was contributing in flashes of goal scoring and assists and things like that but I wasn’t controlling the pace of the game in the same way as I got better,” said Sarnak, who went on to Harvard University and played two seasons for its women’s soccer team. “I was seeing the field and got a little bit stronger. I hope that as I got older, I got to be more of a leader and function the way that those captains did for me.” While taking a lead role, Sarnak’s most vivid high school soccer memor ies center on the squad’s accomplishments and unity. “We had a really great team my freshman, sophomore, and junior years,” said Sarnak, who also starred for some high-powered club programs and was part of the Olympic Development Program with U.S. Youth Soccer. “We were in various championship games, so you get used to playing in those situations. There were night games with big crowds; I fell in love with it. I have played on a lot of teams during my career and played Division I soccer in college but I think with PHS soccer, there was something about our team. The chemistry and the family feeling was the strongest I ever had. It was really special.” Along the way, Sarnak developed a strong bond with PHS head coach Greg Hand. “He is the best; he is probably the biggest mentor I had at PHS,” said Sarnak, who also played four seasons of basketball in high school and did track in the spring of her senior year. “I had him as a teacher and a coach. One of the reasons I did track my senior spring season is that we realized I was pretty decent at throwing javelin. Who knew? I wanted to do one more season with him.” Hand, for his part, realized that he had something special in the midfield with the skilled Sarnak. “Zoe had an incredible ability to receive difficult balls, what Bob Bradley used to call the ugly balls, and play them with one touch,” said Hand. “She could just not handle

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it, but play that first touch into a space away from a defender and see what is going on, near or far from her, to keep us moving dynamically. She was incredible at changing speed and direction.” In addition, Sarnak demonstrated a knack for making her teammates better. “She had this remarkable ability to have her head up and to not only see who is open in space but to anticipate where a person might be going and put the ball into that spot,” recalled Hand, noting that the Tigers posted records of 17-2-1, 16-3-1, 13-6, and 7-9 during Sarnak’s career. “The whole team learned what to expect from her; things they might not normally expect playing with other center midfielders. In those years, there was a strength of team from front to back. Zoe was the glue that was keeping the team functioning as a unit from freshman year forward because she had this central position. She was executing that from the start, but constantly growing in an environment where we had terrific upperclass leadership. I think she grew into that.” In Hand’s view, Sarnak was a clear choice to be selected for the PHS Hall of Fame. “She is no doubt deserving of this honor and being recognized as somebody who was the complete package,” said Hand of Sarnak, who tallied 37 goals and 26 assists during her PHS career. “She was extremely talented with a character to match.” W h ile S ar na k focus e d on soccer at PHS, she also started cultivating her musical talent. “I started writing music when I was 11 or 12 and I took piano and guitar lessons,” said Sarnak. “At PHS I sang in choir and I was in the studio band. I played jazz guitar. At the time, I think I

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Multi-Talented Girls’ Soccer Midfielder Sarnak Entering PHS Athletic Hall of Fame’s 14th Class

MIDFIELD MAESTRO: Zoe Sarnak displays two of her many talents, recently performing on stage, left, and playing soccer for the Harvard women’s soccer team in 2006. Sarnak, a stellar midfielder for the Princeton High girls’ soccer team from 2001-04, will be inducted in the PHS Athletic Hall of Fame this Saturday. (Photos provided by Zoe Sarnak and Harvard Athletic Communications) probably spent more time playing soccer than anything else. Music was something I did more for me. I didn’t have the same sort of sense that I am going to try to get into Berklee or Juilliard or something like that. It was just something I loved and did for myself.” Sarnak’s love of soccer resulted in her playing for the Harvard women’s soccer team. “My role was different every year; in my freshman year, I came off the bench and played as a sub in the end of the first half and then again in the second half,” said Sarnak. “I was playing more of an outside mid position. In my sophomore year because I was playing center back, I was starting and playing the whole game or I wasn’t playing. It was more binary my sophomore year. It was all good. It was an interesting experience. I am really deeply glad that I did it; it was a dream for me to play college soccer.” In her junior year at Harvard, Sarnak got on the path to making music a career.

“I started working on a musical and then one got produced while I was at school,” said Sarnak. “Some people came to see it and said you could do this professionally. I think that was the first time I was like ‘oh wow.’ It is amazing I could do this thing that I love and have that be my job.” Currently, Sarnak, 32, is engrossed in a number of songwriting projects. “I am doing the writing thing full time, which is great,” said Sarnak, who went on to get a masters in performance studies from NYU and has taught some college courses. “I do a variety of things. The majority of my work is in musical theater, so I write music and lyrics for musicals but I also write songs that get placed on TV shows. I actually am developing a musical TV show.” Applying lessons she learned from fine-tuning her soccer skills has helped Sarnak better handle the demands of creating her music.

“T he daily practice of it teaches you to be disciplined,” said Sarnak, who also occasionally performs on stage at New York City establishments and events, singing her work. “Writing is the kind of thing where you have a draft due in a few months and you have to work at it every day or else you are going to end up a week before your deadline thinking ‘oh no.’ That kind of daily discipline is definitely from sports.” Getting selected for the PHS Hall of Fame allowed Sarnak to revisit her sporting exploits. “It was so unexpected, once I was reading about it I was so excited,” said Sarnak, who has played in soccer leagues in New York and still kicks the ball around for fun. “You just don’t think about it. When I was playing, if you had said to me this is going to happen, I would have been over whelmed. It brought me back to how much playing PHS soccer meant to me and how much it still means to me.” —Bill Alden

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With Senior Dobler Stepping Into Libero Role, PHS Girls’ Volleyball Makes 2nd Round of States Coming into the fall, the Princeton High girls’ volleyball team was looking for someone to fill the critical libero role. “The libero serves as a defensive specialist and playmaker, wearing a different color jersey than her teammates to signify her unique responsibilities. While PHS senior Emily Dobler had never played that position before, she reluctantly agreed to give it a shot. “This is my first year paying libero, I used to be a hitter on the front row,” said Dobler. “I wasn’t t hat excited about it at the beginning of the year, but it is really fun to work on getting the passes there and getting them up. I am improving on that because I never thought of myself as a passer.” L ast T hursday, Dobler displayed her improvement, coming up with 10 digs and nine service points in a losing cause as seventh-seeded PHS fell 2-1 to 10th-seeded East Brunswick in the second round of the state Group 4 tournament.

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Dobler’s play helped the Tigers rally to force a third set, but East Brunswick responded to pull out a 25-22, 18-25, 25-18 win. “I think that we just needed to stay positive,” said Dobler. “The mental game is the most important part of the game, so if you get down it completely influences how you play.” In the second set, Dobler’s serving sparked PHS to a 5-1 lead as it started the comeback. “Going on runs really boosts your mentally,” added Dobler. “It just helps you soar.” In the end, it was East Brunswick who soared to the win as they held off the Tigers. “I think they were better at staying positive throughout; even if they got down on our serve runs, they still stayed positive,” said Dobler. W h i le t h e d efe at w as disappointing, Dobler saw plent y of posit ive s t h is fall as PHS went 19-8 and won the BCSL (Burlington County Scholastic League) tournament. “We did really well this season,” said Dobler. “I think our team dynamic was really good, everyone is super close on the team.” PHS head coach Patty Manhart liked the way her team adjusted after losing the first set to East Brunswick. “It was more about changing our rotation, we got stuck in a weak rotation with a strong server,” said Manhart.

“We made a change so we would not be in that rotation. It made a difference in the second set but it wasn’t enough in the third. We went into this game confident and prepared, but momentum is in the moment so you can never say.” Manhart believed that her veteran squad was prepared to make a deeper run in the state tournament. “This was a year that our seniors wanted to go further in states than we have ever gone before,” said Manhart. “That was one goal that is unticked, so that kind of clouds things. Getting the league championship again was good; we are going to hold onto that and the memories.” Coaching her senior group is leav ing Manhar t w ith some special memories. “I am sad that I am losing them, they have contributed so much,” said Manhart of her Class of 2020 which includes Gwen Matsukawa, Raina Williamson, Cosette Hansen, Kim Cheng, Nina B erg man, G illian Haus child, Anna Birge, and Winnie Naggar in addition to Dobler. “Four years ago was the start of our streak of being a good team, so they have been here for that. They are a very special group.” Colgate University-bound star and co-captain Hauschild has been a special player for the program. “Gillian has given us ever y thing,” said Manhar t. “She gives it her all. She

helps her teammates during games to figure it out. People can trust her to get the job done. She is that rock. When you have her in the front row, that is nice.” Manhart credited Dobler with thriving in her new job. “Emily is such an athletic, quick kid so that position is really made for her,” said Manhart. “She is so aggressive and her serving is great. After we graduated Natalia [Drobnjak] last year, there was a question mark in preseason as to who would fill that spot, so it was nice having her in that position.” Having built PHS from a club team into a formidable varsity program, Manhart is looking for the sport to have an even greater presence on the local scene. “The foundation is there but I want feeder programs,” said Manhar t. “I want a freshman team, I want a middle school team, I want rec programs. If you look at teams like North Hunterdon, those girls are playing at a very early age. I would love to get more of a foundation than we already have.” Dobler, who took up the sport in her freshman year and played two seasons on JV before moving up to varsity, loved her PHS volleyball experience. “We are all really close friends in school so that really helps with the dynamics and everything on the court,” said Dobler. “We have such a close bond and Coach Manhart is so great. She is just a really good coach and we are always there for each other.” —Bill Alden

SERVE AND PROTECT: Princeton High girls’ volleyball player Emily Dobler blasts a serve in a match last season. Last Thursday, senior libero Dobler contributed 10 digs and nine service points in a losing cause as seventh-seeded PHS fell 2-1 to 10th-seeded East Brunswick in the second round of the state Group 4 tournament. The defeat left the Tigers with a final record of 19-8. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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race to my best. This is my senior year and it made me want to train well and race well. It helped that my teammates are in the same mindset as me even though they’re not seniors.” There are four juniors who learned from last year’s experience, and PHS added Kreipke and Roth, who have enjoyed tremendous freshman years. The duo has helped to replace the graduated Siena Moran, and Hare came back to boost the top seven. “We ran on average 1:25 faster than last year,” said PHS head coach Jim Smirk of sectionals. “That’s incredible. It speaks to their hard work, their commitment to what they’ve done since last year, and not being satisfied that we didn’t get out for the first time for my girls team. That stuck in our craw a little bit. That focused them for the year. All that hard work paid off.” Hare has enjoyed seeing the program return to its successful ways in her final year. The senior has tried to be a leader for the team. It’s been interesting,” said Hare, “but the juniors – Charlotte, Emma, Yana and Sofia – they’ve stepped up this year and took on leadership roles on the team to help and mentor the freshmen, Lucy and Robin.” Kreipke produced another strong showing at sectionals for a top-10 finish while Roth had a breakout race for 15th. Roth ran almost 50 seconds better than any previous race. Medvedeva recovered from a worrisome ankle injury just to be able to compete, and Hare helped the season continue with her best race of the year. “In L izz y’s sophomore year she was top seven,” said Smirk. “Last year she missed the majority of the year because of some health challenges. It’s impressive what she’s done this year. She has taken every moment of her senior year and taken advantage of it. It’s pretty awesome.” Hare came out for the team as a freshman, just as her older brother Will was starting to make a name for himself in cross country before eventually continuing on in college. “I think that definitely influenced me a bit to see my brother have success on the team,” recalled Hare. “It was mostly the friendships that I saw him making, rather than the success, that made me want to run. Most of his success was his junior and senior year, and I was a freshman when he was a junior. So it was much more the friends.” The PHS boys runners, for their part, continue to try to rebuild from the graduation of Will Hare and his class two years ago. The Tigers placed eight in the sectional as their season came to an end. Junior Jacob Bornstein was 24th in 16:52 and senior Nick Trenholm was 31st in 16:59 to pace the PHS boys. Sophomore Kento Nakaya had a breakout race for 40th in 17:13. “We’ve had to scratch our way and fight our way through the successes we’ve had,” said Smirk. “Today wasn’t our day

for it. It was a really good learning experience for our underclassmen. Looking forward, we have a lot of really good building blocks. Jacob as our No. 1 returner, he’s the kind of guy who looks like he’ll continue to improve. Our goal is for him is to be good enough to qualify out as an individual and on top of that have a team that’s strong enough to support him. It’s been a while since we missed. You have to have those every once in a while to really understand what it takes to be successful. We’ll keep doing that work and get ready for next year.” The girls’ squad came back plenty motivated this year and were able to advance from sectionals, though they did have to come back from a hiccup two weeks ago. The team was in the midst of a promising season when they took fourth at the Mercer County Championships. The result was a disappointment, but the Tigers rebounded strongly. “I t hink we had some workouts that made us feel a little more confident between counties and sectionals,” said Hare. “They pushed us to run together more and work off each other and with each other more. I think we were a little nervous going into sectionals after counties, but we felt prepared. We felt if we don’t race well today, it’s not the end of the world. We took a little pressure off ourselves that we had in counties, and that made us have a better race and perform our best.” Hare improved 30 seconds over any other top -level race she had this year. She and Medvedeva were close enough that they could have held hands crossing the finish line, said Smirk. “I was very happy with my race today,” said Hare. “I ran with Yana. We really worked together well. During parts when I was struggling, she pushed me and was there to help me keep going. And when she was struggling, I was there for her. Running with a teammate really helped. That’s something we missed at counties.” PHS made goal posters for the season and one of them was to get to groups. But bigger than that is getting to Meet of Champions. The top two finishers at groups, plus the next eight fastest teams from all groups will qualify. “We’re not done yet,” said Smirk. “We can race better. We know we can race better. Our six-seven have both been as high as 3 at one point. We know that they’re that level of talent and doing work to get back there. I think if we can run as a pack, and I think we can get our one-to-five spread down under 30 seconds at Holmdel, we can take a run at making Meet of Champions.” Being a qualifier out of the sectional meet is a confidence builder; the Tigers had to run well to place third. They finished ahead of WW/P South which placed ahead of them at counties. “Consistently Group 4 Central Jersey is a minefield,” said Smirk. “It’s incredibly competitive. You

FAST COMPANY: Members of the Princeton High girls’ cross country team take off at the start of the Mercer County Championships last month. This past Saturday, PHS took third in the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet. As a result of making the top five, the Tigers qualified to compete in the state Group 4 meet this Saturday. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) make a little mistake and you can give up 30 spots in a blink. If you watch the other races today, the top 15-20 is really competitive and then it gets strung out time-wise with five-second and 10-second gaps. Group 4, the biggest time gap between runners came between one-five. Then the next 50 come flying through the chute. Little mistakes hurt you bad. You can’t really make a mistake and survive it. You have to run mistake-free and be aggressive, and that’s what we’re going to try to do at

groups. If we do that well, I think we’ll be in position to advance to the next week.” The Tigers understand the challenge ahead and they are still hungry to achieve more after knocking off one goal. “I think the next step is to have a smaller one-five spre ad, even one - s even spread,” said Hare. “We need to run more as a group next week. Everyone was working off each other, but we can be closer. If we pull Sofia and Emma up with me

and Yana, and even Robin up with Lucy and Charlotte, that would give us a good chance.” A good chance to advance, and a reason to get more apples for the next step. Hare regularly consumes 15 apples in a week. “It might seem excessive but they’re quite tasty,” said Hare. “There’s nothing like a good apple after a race.” Especially after a personal record and accomplishing a team goal of a group berth. —Justin Feil

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Three apples a day keeps the Princeton High girls’ cross country season going. “We’ve all been eating apples all year,” said PHS veteran stalwart Lizzy Hare with a laugh. “That’s the key.” Last Saturday at the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional at Thompson Park in Jamesburg, Hare, the lone senior in the Tiger top seven, posted a personal record of 20:37 over the 5,000-meter course to come in fourth out PHS’s scoring five runners and help the squad place third in the meet. “I think it’s very inspiring,” said Hare. “It’s really pushing us. We want to hopefully make it to Meet of Champs this year. It’s a big goal. We’ll have another hard week of training to hopefully make it out next week.” The Tigers will compete in the Group 4 state championship at Holmdel Park on Saturday after their top-five finish at sectionals. They did not earn a berth in groups last year. “We kind of missed last year, but we’re back on track,” said Hare. “Last year we did not have enough apples. That situation was fixed.” Leading the way for the T ig e r s i n t h e s e c t ion a l meet was junior Charlotte Gilmore, who placed fifth in 19:28. Freshmen Lucy Kreipke and Robin Roth were eighth and 15th in 19:34 and 19:50, respectively, with Hare taking 40th and junior Yana Medvedeva coming in 41st at the same time of 20:37. Junior Sofia Dacruz was 52nd in 21:16 and junior Emma Lips took 59th in 21:28. In the team standings, the Tigers scored 109 points, eight points behind secondplace Hunterdon Central. South Brunswick won with 65 point s. PHS topp e d fourth-place WW/P-South by 17 points. PHS’s top-three finish had Hare out picking up more apples for the week ahead. “I think they’re quite delicious any day,” said Hare. “We’re all very excited after we had good races at sectionals and made it to groups. I think the apples would have tasted good even if they were bad apples.” Apples were part of a new attitude for the Little Tigers. They trained harder, lived healthier, invested themselves more, and the results were better. “Honestly, I think the team really changed,” said Hare. “We’re almost like a different team this year. Almost everyone is the same person, but we’ve come together as a group and we decided we wanted to work hard and do our best. I think that’s something we didn’t have last year. We worked hard, but it wasn’t working. This year we put the pieces together to work hard.” Advancing to the group meet was especially meaningful to Hare, who missed the end of last year. She wasn’t back to full strength until part way through the indoor track season last year. “Last year wasn’t my best season,” said Hare. “I wasn’t really healthy and I couldn’t

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Hun Boys’ Cross Country: Harry Carter set the pace as Hun took fifth at the state Prep A championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Sophomore Carter placed third individually, covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of 16:28. Sophomore Gabe Huang was next for the Raiders, taking 18th in a time of 17: 48, while sophomore Xavier Silverio finished 29th

in 18:05. Seton Hall had a score of 44 to win the team title with Hun totaling 114 in taking fifth. Girls’ Cross Country: Sophia Burton provided a highlight as Hun competed in the state Prep A championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Freshman Burton placed 11th individually, clocking a time of 20:48 over the 5,000-meter course. Boys’ Soccer : Gibson Campbell scored the lone goal for Hun as it fell 6-1 at Lawrenceville last week in its season finale. The defeat in the November 5 contest

left the Raiders at 5-8-4 this fall. Girls’ Soccer: Digging a 4-0 hole in the first half, Hun lost 5-1 at Lawrenceville on November 5 to wrap up its 2019 campaign. The Raiders ended the fall with a 4-11 record.

Hun 6-1 last week to wrap up the fall. The win gave the Big Red a final record of 6-12-1. G irls’ Soccer : Marcia Ojo had a huge game to help Lawrenceville defeat Hun 5-1 last week, Ojo tallied four goals in the November 5 contest as the Big Red ended the fall at 11-7-1. Boys’ Cross Country: Wit h Vashu R ajakannan le ad i ng t he pack, L aw renceville placed second at the state Prep A championship meet last Wednesday at Boys’ Soccer: Exploding the Blair Academy. Senior for four goals in the second Rajakannan placed eighth half, Lawrenceville defeated individually, covering the 5,000 -meter course in a time of 17:04. He was followed closely by a quartet of teammates as senior Alex Pesendorfer placed 10th in 17:17, senior Theo Bammi placed 11th in 17:19, junior Matek Cacik came in 12th in 17:29, and junior Chris Crane finished 13th in 17:35. Seton Hall Prep placed first in the team standings with a score of 44 as the runner-up Big Red were just behind at 54.

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Pennington Boys’ Cross Country: Tyler Kingsbury and Vince Colalillo starred as Pennington placed fifth at the state Prep B championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Junior K ings bury took 10th individually, covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of 17:59 while classmate Colalillo was just behind in 11th at 18:02. Girls’ Cross Country: Harper Usiskin performed well as Pennington came in sixth at the state Prep B championship meet last Wednes day at t he Blair Academy. Senior Usiskin finished 17th individually, clocking a time of 22:54 ove r t h e 5,0 0 0 - m e te r course.

TRIPLE CROWN: Princeton resident Charlotte Bednar heads to the finish line in a race earlier this fall. Last Wednesday, sophomore Bednar placed first in the state Prep A championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Bednar covered the 5,000-meter course in a time of 17:29. The win gave her a triple crown of victories in postseason meets as she had previously placed first at the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) championships and the county meet. Bednar’s heroics helped Lawrenceville place third in the Prep A team standings at the meet won by Kent Place. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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