Volume LXXIII, Number 21
Walking Tours Highlight Hopewell’s Architectural Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Protesters Continue to Seek Title IX Reforms at PU . . . . . . . . .9 N .J .’s Agricultural History Could Be Tourism Magnet . . . . . . .11 1690 Meets 2019 in NJSO Concert . . . . . . . .17 PU Women’s Open Crew Wins Ivy Regatta . . . . . 29 Hun Baseball Rolls to 4th Straight Prep A Title . . . . . . . . 32 PHS Track Junior Linko Finds Confidence, Success in Leadership Role . . . . 33
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First Pride Parade In Princeton Planned For Saturday, June 22 Princeton’s first-ever Pride Parade will take place on Saturday, June 22, with participants starting at 11 a.m. at the Municipal Building and marching up Witherspoon Street before turning right on Paul Robeson Place and ending at the Family YMCA. “We invite all to join us as our LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual or allied) community and their friends, family, and allies march through the historic Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood and end up at a fabulous after-party at the Princeton YMCA,” said Chief Activist Robt Seda Schreiber of the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, which is organizing the event. “What better way to walk the walk (both literally and figuratively) of inclusivity and intersectionality than to bring together all of our beautifully diverse communities,” he continued. [Intersectionality refers to a person, group, or social problem affected by more than one discrimination or disadvantage.] Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (16th legislative district) emphasized the historical context and significance of this event. “Born from the Stonewall riots of 1969, the Pride March was first held in 1970 and has evolved year to year as a way for the LGBTQIA community to move in solidarity and fight for civil rights while celebrating love and community,” he said. “This year, that same spirit will pour through the streets of Princeton,” he continued. “Each step taken will be a memorial to those who came before, a celebration of our LGBTQIA community today, and a promise of a future where every person can live freely as their true self. I am both humbled and honored to be a part of this inaugural march as we walk together with a common message that hate has no place in New Jersey or anywhere else in our great country.” Princeton was host to the first samesex marriage ceremony in Mercer County, officiated by Mayor Liz Lempert, and the town has implemented a number of LGBTQIA-friendly policies in recent years, including trans-inclusive health benefits and job advertising to promote diversity in the workplace. The Princeton Council is currently Continued on Page 10
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LALDEF To Feature Speakers on Immigration The Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) will be holding its Third Annual Stakeholders Meeting on May 29, 5-7 p.m., at the Nassau Presbyterian Church on Nassau Street. “LALDEF has been the key advocate for immigrants in Mercer County and Central New Jersey for one and a half decades,” said immigration lawyer and LALDEF advisory council member Ryan Lilienthal, one of the featured speakers at the May 29 event. “It’s invaluable and irreplaceable. LALDEF is advocating for people who otherwise would go unrepresented.” Four times the size it was only two years ago, LALDEF serves 3,000 people from its headquarters Casa de Bienvenida/Welcome House in Trenton’s Chambersburg District. In her invitation to the May 29 gathering, Board Chair Patricia Fernandez-Kelly emphasized the
organization’s contributions to the immigrant community in Princeton and Trenton. “Are you experiencing compassion fatigue?” she wrote. “This is not the time for you to lose heart. On behalf of justice, LALDEF fights the good fight.” Mentoring students in transition to college through the FUTURO program; offering citizenship class for green card holders; providing tax preparation assistance, ESL training, and referrals to legal advocates; and supplying ID cards for people to safely interact with schools, banks, clinics, and stores are among the services LALDEF provides. In addition to Lilienthal, featured speakers at the stakeholders’ meeting will include Denise Brennan from the Institute for Advanced Study, LALDEF’s Supervising Attorney Aleksandra
CELEBRATING WITHERSPOON-JACKSON: The Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, Princeton’s 20th historic district, hosted a Welcome Weekend celebration last Saturday and Sunday . Events included the ceremonial planting of a native tree at Mary Moss Playground, assisted by, from left, a young helper; former Councilman Lance Liverman; Antoine Newlin; Dr . Anthony Vasselli, who donated the tree; and Councilman Tim Quinn . Participants share what makes the neighborhood unique in this week’s Town Talk on page 6 . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)
Gontaryuk, and former immigration judge and LALDEF board member Susan Roy. Also speaking will be several young men and women talking about LALDEF’s FUTURO Program and the experience of being a DREAMER or being under DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) protection. LALDEF Executive Director Adriana Abizadeh noted the lineup of speakers, which includes three immigration attorneys, all closely tied to LALDEF. “The speakers will provide firsthand insight into the realities of the immigration system and changes they’ve seen. The entire Continued on Page 7
NJ Institute of Technology Names School for Architects The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has named its College of Architecture and Design for Princeton architects J. Robert and Barbara Hillier. Announced Tuesday, May 21, following the Newark school’s undergraduate commencement ceremony, the naming is in recognition of a gift from the Hilliers that represents the largest donation in the school’s history. J. Robert Hillier, a Town Topics shareholder, declined to reveal the amount of the gift. But he praised the Newark-based NJIT, for which the couple’s firm has built all three versions of its architecture school since 1974. “They are the top architecture school in the country in terms of return on investment for tuition,” he said Monday. “They are kind of an unknown, but they do a really good job.” The gift will provide support for student scholarships, faculty development, stateof-the-art technology, physical space improvements, and curricular innovation. Most significantly, Hillier said, the donation will be focused on research into the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in architecture. The use of technology and AI in architecture has soared in recent years, now spanning all aspects of practice. But there is concern that those who don’t incorporate emerging technologies into practice will get left behind. “The gift will allow NJIT to do research on how architects can embrace artificial intelligence instead of getting put out of business by it,” Hillier said. “What I’m fearful about is that with AI, you lose the Continued on Page 8