Volume LXXIII, Number 45
Leigh Avenue Mural Nears Completion . . . . . 5 Seminary Cancels Plans to Build Student Apartments . . . . . . . . . 11 The Meeting House Restaurant to Open This Month . . . . . . . . . 16 Princeton Pro Musica Presents All-Mozart Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PU Football Primed for Showdown with Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium . . . . 34 Tiger Men’s Hoops Tipping Off 2019-20 Campaign This Week . . . . . . . . . . 35
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PU Releases Reports On Sexual Misconduct, Plans Path Forward Princeton University released two new reports last month regarding policies, resources, and communications for combating sexual misconduct on campus. Generated in response to protests last spring organized by Princeton IX Now (formerly Princeton Students for Title IX Reform), the reports, one external and one internal, offer recommendations on the University’s Title IX process. The protests culminated in a nine-day, roundthe-clock sit-in outside Nassau Hall from May 7 to 11. Describing Princeton’s Title IX system in their list of 11 demands as “opaque, victim-blaming, and traumatizing,” the protesters last spring wrote on their website, “We demand the reform of Title IX procedures at Princeton to protect survivors. Individually, we have tried to pursue reform through bureaucratic processes and meetings with various administrators. This has not reformed the system. We demand more.” The website also included accounts from more than 30 anonymous students and University employees about their personal experiences with Title IX. Princeton IX Now’s list of demands included a call for the external review of the Title IX system, along with a number of other items addressed in the two new reports and on the University’s agenda for further consideration and action in the coming months. Following up on last month’s internal and external reports in a letter to the Princeton University community, Provost Deborah Prentiss noted that “the reports converge on four key areas in which the University could and should do more.” She has asked the administration to focus promptly on addressing those areas. As controversy over issues of sexual harassment, assault, and other acts of sexual misconduct take place at universities and throughout the larger society, Princeton has asserted its commitment to “ensuring that all of its community members can learn, work, and thrive in a safe, supportive, and fair environment, free from sexual misconduct and all forms of discrimination to the community.” The external review team of three professionals from Emory University, Duke University, and Virginia Commonwealth Continued on Page 8
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Sacks, Lambros Win Princeton Council Seats Democrats Mia Sacks with 4,283 votes (44.99 percent) and Michelle Pirone Lambros with 4,111 votes (43.18 percent) won seats on the Princeton Council in yesterday’s election, defeating Independent Adam Bierman (1,092 votes, 11.47 percent), while three candidates were elected to the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education (BOE), all for threeyear terms. The results are unofficial and do not include provisional and mailin ballots.
In the closely contested BOE vote, the challengers out-polled the incumbents, as newcomer Susan Kanter led the pack with 3,157 votes (27.16 percent), former Board member Dafna Kendal received 2,948 votes (25.35 percent), and incumbent Debbie Bronfeld won the third seat with 2,795 votes (24.04 percent). Greg Stankiewicz’s bid for reelection fell just short with 2,682 votes (23.07 percent). In the race for New Jersey Assembly for the 16th Legislative District, incumbent
Democrats Andrew Zwicker and Roy Freiman were leading over their Republican challengers Mark Caliguire and Christine Madrid at press time. In Princeton the tally was 3,491 for Zwicker, 3,331 for Freiman, 653 for Madrid, and 643 for Caliguire. With 98 percent of Mercer County districts reporting, Democrat Brian Hughes was on his way to winning his fifth fouryear term as Mercer County Executive with 35,729 votes (68.83 percent), handily overcoming his Republican opponent Lishian “Lisa” Wu, who had received 16,161 votes (31.13 percent). Princeton voters supported Hughes by 3,264 to 762. In the only other countywide election, incumbent Democrats Andrew Koontz and Nina D. Melker, running unopposed, regained their positions for another twoyear term on the Board of Chosen Freeholders. —Donald Gilpin
20 Nassau Street Sold to Company That Develops Hotels
SIX SHOOTERS: Princeton Day School girls’ soccer player Kelly Beal jumps for joy after scoring a first half goal to help PDS defeat Newark Academy 2-1 in the state Prep B title game last Friday . It marked the sixth straight Prep B crown for the Panthers, who finished the fall with a 16-3-1 record . See page 39 for more details on the game . (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
The five-story building at 20 Nassau Street, home to numerous offices, health care professionals, and retail businesses, has been purchased by a company that develops hotels in university towns. According to management of the building, the sale to the Chicago-based Graduate Hotels closed on October 31. Tenants were able to meet on Monday, November 4 with representatives of the hotel firm, who told them their existing leases would be honored, according to the owner of one of the building’s ground floor retail businesses.The retail owner, who has operated his business for 20 years, declined to be identified, but said there were no assurances by the new owners that leases would be renewed. The red brick building dates from 1918 and once served as a dormitory for Princeton University students, according to the 20 Nassau website. The site advertises more than 70,000 square feet of space, with 112 office suites ranging in size from 150 to 450 square feet, and a few larger spaces over 1,500 square feet. It is the largest office building in Princeton and has traditionally been the most affordable. Among the ground-level Continued on Page 10
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