Town Topics Newspaper, August 30, 2023

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Students Give Back to Schools, Community 9

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Vegan Chef Challenge Coming to Princeton Eateries Starting Sept. 1

Two dedicated vegans intent on promoting the benefits of a plant-based diet have chosen Princeton as the inaugural location for a competition that involves local chefs and local diners.

The Vegan Chef Challenge starts Saturday, September 1 and runs through the end of the month. During that time, chefs from more than 17 restaurants — including Mediterra, Nomad Pizza, Planted Plate, Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor, and Jammin’ Crepes — will vie for diners’ votes on favorite plant-based menu options created for the competition. The winners will be announced in October.

In the process, organizers Steve Fenster and Cherise Daly hope, local diners might decide that veganism is the way to go.

“We find a lot of college towns that have restaurants offering vegan, but Princeton is severely lacking,” said Daly, who lives in the Asbury Park area. “Some restaurants do offer vegan options, but Princeton only got the first [all-vegan] one a year or so ago — Planted Plate.”

Daly and Fenster took their inspiration for the Vegan Challenge from the nonprofit Vegan Outreach, which has been promoting veganism since 1993. Vegan Challenge events are held in locations across the country.

“Cherise and I both run local vegan organizations, and we decided to try it in New Jersey,” said Fenster, who lives in Pemberton. “We selected Princeton as the area for our first challenge because it is fairly centrally located. And there are several restaurants in Princeton, where we can hopefully encourage chefs to offer more vegan dishes.”

Daly and Fenster have each followed vegan diets for years. “The biggest thing to me is eliminating the unnecessary horrors that face animals raised for food,” said Fenster. “The killing of animals is key. There is also environmental degradation, pollution, and health. It has become evident over the past number of decades that eating a plant-based diet is much healthier.”

Along with the eateries named above, additional restaurants in Princeton, Lawrence, and Skillman are participating in the Vegan Challenge. As of this week, they include Lady and the Shallot, The Perch at the Peacock Inn, The Mint,

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Bomb Threat Displaces Rustin Center Event

A bomb threat on Saturday morning, August 26, at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice (BRCSJ) on Stockton Street forced about 50 participants at the Drag Queen Story Hour gathering to evacuate the building.

Police searched the building as event headliner Carrie Dragshaw (Dan Clay) moved down the street to a nearby stoop, and the performance and dialogue took place in shortened form with children and adults sitting and standing on the sidewalk and grass alongside Mercer Street.

The Princeton Police Department (PPD) reported, “A canine sweep of the building and surrounding area was completed, and no explosive devices were found.” The Detective Bureau is conducting a follow-up investigation into the case.

A PPD press release noted that at 10:49 a.m. on Saturday they received an email communication from an unknown author containing “derogatory remarks aimed at LGBTQIA members and those affiliated with the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice.” The email also stated that numerous explosive devices had been placed in and around the BRCSJ headquarters.

BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt SedaSchreiber expressed gratitude to the Princeton Police Department, “who were kind and considerate as they did their due diligence to keep us all safe.”

He described the scene shortly before the 11 a.m. scheduled start of the event. “There was a bunch of families on the back porch and there were folks in the parking lot,” he said. “That’s when the police officer showed up. Dan [Carrie Dragshaw] was putting his wig on, and I was

making sure that everything was ready for this wonderful Drag Queen Story Hour. That’s when they said we have to leave. So we took a stroll down the street to a neighboring stoop — a fabulous field trip with kids, adults, and families that were with us.” He added, “We will never give in to any sort of threat from folks who want to try to not allow us to gather in our beloved community as we deserve, as we need to, as we always will. And whatever we need to do we will.”

Following Recent Supreme Court Ruling, PU is Considering Admissions Changes

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling two months ago that prohibited colleges from considering race, ethnicity, and national origin when considering candidates for admission, Princeton University has announced changes in its admissions procedure and has established an ad hoc committee to examine its admissions policies.

The committee’s recommendations are expected by the end of the 2023-24 academic year, according to a University press release. In effect for the current 202324 admissions cycle will be new essay prompts in the undergraduate application

and new procedures to make the race, ethnicity, and national origin of the applicants unavailable to University personnel.

“The University will be in full compliance with the Supreme Court ruling for the 2023-24 admissions cycle,” said Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber. “But this ruling also comes after a global pandemic and amid a significant expansion of the undergraduate student body. It is a good time to take a broader look and ensure our admissions policies in general are optimally serving the University’s mission.”

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WELCOME TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: A student is greeted at the check-in for Class of 2027 students at the Lewis Center for the Arts Forum on Friday. Fall term classes begin on September 5. Newcomers share what they look forward to studying in this week’s Town Talk on page 6.

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BLUE MOON: If the weather cooperates, Kingston Greenways Association hosts a blue moon watch in Heathcote Park on Wednesday, August 30 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, a snack, and bug spray as you join neighbors in watching the moon rise, listening for wildlife, and looking for fireflies. All are welcome to this free event. Visit Kingstongreenways. org for details.

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The Mercer County AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program is seeking volunteers to prepare federal and state tax returns in 2023. Mercer Tax-Aide volunteers prepare tax returns in Princeton, West Windsor, Hopewell Township, Pennington, Lawrence,

Hamilton, Robbinsville, and Plainsboro. New volunteers attend training classes in November, December, and January. IRS certification is part of the training program. Tax preparation begins in February.

All levels and types of experience are welcome. AARP membership is not required. New volunteers will work

with a small group of welltrained veteran volunteers. AARP Foundation TaxAide volunteers prepare millions of tax returns across the country each year. Taxpayers of any age can take advantage this free service.

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Topics In Brief A Community Bulletin

Commemorative Bricks at Community Park Pool: To raise funds for its endowment fund and ongoing support to the Recreation Department Scholarship Program, the community can have a brick paver engraved to honor a loved one or share a positive message. The deadline is September 1. Visit princetonnj.gov or call (609) 921-9480.

Washington Road Closure: Until October, the road is closed at the D&R Canal while the bridge over the canal is removed and rebuilt. A detour using Nassau Street, Harrison Street, and Route 1 is in place. The towpath will largely be available during the closure.

Call for Land Stewards: Join Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) in September, October, and November for morning or afternoon Saturday volunteer sessions under the guidance of FOPOS’ director of natural resources and stewardship to assist with various conservation projects at Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. More at fopos.org/getinvolved.

Volunteer for Womanspace: The organization, which provides emergency and follow-up services to those impacted by domestic and sexual violence, seeks community members to be trainees for the Womanspace Response Teams of Mercer County. Visit womanspace.org.

Volunteer for “Chop and Stop” Invasive Species Removal: Join Friends of Princeton Open Space at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Preserve for one or both of its next two-hour volunteer sessions on Saturday, September 9 at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. to remove invasive species as the season starts to change. Find out more at fopos.org/getinvolved.

Princeton Fire Department Drill Night: On Tuesday, September 5 from 7-9 p.m., meet firefighters, and learn about equipment and joining as a volunteer. At 363 Witherspoon Street.

Princeton Flu Vaccine Clinics: From September through December, Princeton is hosting clinics for those age 3 and older. Upcoming dates are September 7, 4-6 p.m. at Princeton United Methodist Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue; September 11, 1-3 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 30 Green Street; September 21, 4-6 p.m. at La Mexicana, 150 Witherspoon Street; and September 28, 3-5 p.m. at Princeton Senior Resource Center, 45 Stockton Street. There is no charge, but bring insurance information if you have coverage. Visit princetonnj.gov for more details.

A New Exhibit is Open for Visitors At the Historic Thomas Clarke House

The 250th anniversary of the American Revolution is more than two years away, but the Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) is well into preparation mode. A major focus has been the upgrading of the museum inside

the historic Thomas Clarke House.

While an invitation-only grand opening is scheduled for Friday, September 8, the Clarke House is currently open to the public and the exhibit is on view.

“The Thomas Clarke House is the only surviving structure from the era of the Battle of Princeton,” said Todd Quackenbush, a board member of PBS. “It is historically important not only because it was a field hospital, and the place where General Hugh Mercer passed away. Over the years, it has been a place where we’ve displayed things to inform people about the battle. It has been many, many years since we’ve had a major upgrade to the displays and materials.”

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The improvement project was started in 2018, but was derailed by the pandemic. Finally completed, it includes a new display, “a much more panoramic illustrated view of the battle and the campaign leading up to it,” said Quackenbush. “Additionally, there is period and military hardware from that era.”

Built in 1772, in the middle of what was then a 200acre farm, the Clarke House appears to be a simple, white clapboard farmhouse. But the modest building was central to the Battle of Princeton, which was fought on January 3, 1777 between the Continental Army under General George Washington, and British Crown forces.

The Clarkes were a thirdgeneration Quaker family of the Stony Brook Quaker Settlement. They transformed the house into a field hospital after the battle, taking in both British and American wounded.

“Despite being cared for by Dr. Benjamin Rush (signer of the Declaration of Independence), American General Hugh Mercer died here nine days after the battle from being shot and bayoneted,” reads the PBS website. “Mercer County in New Jersey, site of the battle, is named in his honor.”

Preserving the house is a high priority for Quackenbush and other members of the PBS. “This is one of many things we’re trying to do in the overall theme of presenting the history of the battle, leading up to the 250th anniversary,” he said. “The excitement is clearly building. We had a much bigger turnout at the reenactment last year, and much more participation.” With help from the American Battlefield Trust, the park will have new signage, a map, and re-landscaping in parts of the park to make it look as it was at the time of the battle.

Thanks to a recent upgrade of its museum, the Thomas Clarke House, central to the Battle of Princeton, covers more information about the pivotal victory that set the American Revolution on the road to success.

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“The Clarke House is part of the overall process,” said Quackenbush. “We expect to have a lot more visitors, and this will enrich what they take away from their visit. It all ties in with the fact that the State of New Jersey is putting more funding and attention toward commemorations statewide. This is part of elevating the whole effort of the region.”

The Thomas Clarke House, in Princeton Battlefield State Park at 500 Mercer Road, is currently open to the public Wednesday through Friday for tours by appointment (609) 9210074; Saturday from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.; and Sunday from 1-4 p.m.

—Anne Levin

W-J Development Corp. to Present Real Estate Updates

The Witherspoon-Jackson Development Corporation (WJDC) will be updating the community on the organization’s activities and on home ownership information and opportunities at a meeting on Saturday, September 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Arts Council of Princeton on Paul Robeson Place.

WJDC President Nina Moore and the WJDC board of directors will lead off the Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood Association’s (WJNA) September 9 meeting in discussing possibilities for investments, property tax relief, capital improvements, grants, and loan offerings.

There will be a questionand-answer period following the WJDC presentation.

The nonprofit WJDC’s mission is “to preserve, restore, and sustain the WitherspoonJackson neighborhood’s historic character, diversity, and quality of life,” as noted in a recent WJNA press release. The WJDC offers a variety of loan and grant-making programs and works to preserve homeownership for long-standing homeowners in Princeton’s 20th Historic District.

Also on the agenda for the September 9 WJNA meeting is an update on the Witherspoon Street Corridor improvements, followed by a discussion of potential neighborhood improvement projects, as well as a presentation by the League of Women Voters of the Greater Princeton Area, who will share voter information and assist residents, if needed, with voter registration and vote-by-mail forms.

The WJNA press release notes that all interested parties are encouraged to attend this and all subsequent meeting on topics of interest to all neighborhoods and the community at large.

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Question of the Week: “What do you look forward to studying?”

(Asked Friday at check-in for Princeton University Class of ’27 students at the Lewis Center for the Arts Forum) (Photos by Sarah Teo)

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“To be honest, I’m not really certain what I’m going to do — I’m just going to take whatever classes interest me the most. I think what I’m looking for the most is just to become wellrounded. I want to become a functioning citizen of the world — that’s my only goal.”

Siena: “I’m looking forward to taking chemistry and economics classes primarily — I haven’t decided [on a major] between the two.”

—Don, Siena, and Anna Puglisi, Alexandria, Va.

Fatiha: “I want to study computer science and then take a minor in maybe business, finance, or visual arts.”

—Mir, Fatiha, and Farishta Haider with Khaleda Malek, Dallas, Texas

Aurora: “I’m an incoming grad student studying molecular biology, so I’m in the MOL program. I’m excited to do some research; I did RNA research for my undergrad at Yale.”

—Donatella Gagliano with Richard and Aurora Joblon, Ridgefield, Conn.

—Ian Liu, Morris County

Council Votes on Several Issues At Brief Monday Night Meeting

At a meeting on Monday, August 28, Princeton Council passed resolutions related to possible improvements to Hinds Plaza, Princeton’s deer management program, and parking in the Westminster lot, among other topics. Council also introduced an ordinance related to floodplain management, which will be given a public hearing at the next meeting on September 11.

The resolution authorizing a professional services agreement for conceptual design development of improvements at Hinds Plaza is for the consultants Arterial LLC, not to exceed $32,500. The company has previously provided expertise for the Witherspoon Street Improvement Project in 2020.

Opened in 2004, Hinds Plaza now requires maintenance in its concrete and brick surfacing, among other areas, Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton wrote in a memo to the governing body. She praised Arterial’s practice of soliciting comments from the public as part of their process. Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros expressed similar praise before the unanimous vote was taken.

A resolution changing the speed limit on Washington Road from 40 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour was also unanimously approved. Lambros and Councilwoman Eve Niedergang expressed their support for the resolution, especially as it could relate to the promotion of bicycling

on and around the Princeton University campus.

There was extensive discussion about three resolutions related to Princeton’s deer management program.

Niedergang said a resident suggested adding the word “humanely” to a contract proposed for bow hunting services, with which she agreed. Among the other issues raised was one questioning whether hunters would refrain from killing doe with faun that were still nursing.

Voting five to one, Council approved a second extension to the license agreement with Rider University for public parking on the Westminster Choir College campus. Stockton explained that this extension allows the program for business permits to continue. It reduces the number of spaces for businesses from 193 to 107, and reduces the municipality’s payment to Rider from $2,000 to $1,000.

Stockton said the resolution also includes a provision allowing Princeton High School students to park at the lot.

Niedergang was the one Council member to vote against the resolution. “I just have to say that I’m fundamentally opposed to providing parking for high school students,” she said.

Council voted unanimously to reject bids for a highwater rescue truck, directing substantial revisions to be made to the specifications.

Niedergang said she appreciated the municipal staff’s

report on the issue, and their arguments for redoing the contract.

Council President Mia Sacks added, “For the members of the public that think things just come before the Council and get rubber stamped, there are seven people here minding the store. If there is something that doesn’t look right, we ask for more clarification and wait until it comes back in a form that makes sense for the people we represent.”

The next meeting of Council is at Witherspoon Hall on Monday, September 11 at 7 p.m. Visit princetonnj.gov for details.

—Anne Levin

THE SHOW GOES ON: When a bomb threat forced evacuation of the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice on Saturday morning, the Drag Queen Story Hour moved down Mercer Street to a nearby stoop, where Carrie Dragshaw (in foreground on steps at right) carried on her reading as children and families listened. The Princeton Police Department scoured the BRCSJ headquarters and surrounding area. No explosives were found. (Photo by Robert Zurfluh)

Dragshaw presented her reading and talk without her wig, which was replaced by a baseball cap, but she did wear her tutu and was also sporting colorful orange Crocs.

“I think the voices of negativity can be loud, but I believe the voices of positivity are greater,” said Dragshaw. “A kid today was wearing a shirt that said ‘We’re stronger together,’ and I really believe that. I’m a firm believer in not letting the negativity take over the narrative. There’s so much love and joy in the community.”

Dragshaw added, “I just love kids. I love stories and books. I love drag. I love everything that the Bayard Rustin Center does, and it’s a privilege to be able to do anything I can to support the Center and spread a little love and sunshine.”

BRCSJ Community Organizer Sara Wasserman emphasized that this incident is dramatic proof of the need for organizations like the BRCSJ and events like the Drag Queen Story Hour.

“Drag Queen Story Hours across the country are being attacked and banned and harassed, and unfortunately this has made its way here to us, which is exactly why we have the center, exactly why we need community support,” she said. “But I hope the message isn’t about hate and fear, because that’s not the story that matters.”

She went on, “The story that matters is that we have a community here of people who banded together to show solidarity and are supported by the rest of Princeton and who came out to celebrate community and to support LGBTQIA operations regardless of what the hate-mongers want. It’s so important that we celebrate the people and their uplifting instead of trying to diminish.”

Paula Alekson, in attendance at the event, also emphasized the national context of this incident. “This is a really important moment, in the midst of the resurgence of homophobia and transphobia, to support these types of events and to let kids know that love is the answer.”

Alekson, who is McCarter Theatre’s artistic engagement manager, continued, “As one of the folks working in community partnerships, I am a partner and McCarter is a partner with the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice. I believe

in the work that they’re doing. I needed the work that they’re doing when I was in my own youth, and so whenever I can I want to support their programming.”

BRCSJ Librarian-in-Residence Martha Hickson said of the event, “The bomb threat turned out to be a dud, defused by the creativity and solidarity of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. In the spirit of its namesake Bayard Rustin, the center engaged in some truly angelic troublemaking. Like a pretty pied piper, Carrie Dragshaw led the crowd to a nearby stoop and held the Drag Queen Story

Hour as planned. The center’s quick, calm, and caring approach was impressive; the kids thought the walk down the block was all part of the fun. I was proud to stand openly in support of love and inclusivity while hate hid in the shadows.”

On Friday, September 1 from 8 to 10 a.m., the BRCSJ will be hosting their First Friday Welcomin’ the Community Breakfast, urging community members to join them “to show significant support at this tender time and to stand together in strength and solidarity in the face of adversity.”

—Donald Gilpin

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Students Give Back to Schools, Community With Variety of Organizations and Projects

Princeton area students — 11 recognized by Not In Our Town Princeton (NIOT) for promoting racial justice and building inclusivity and two sisters who ran a Biomedical Immersion Camp for middle schoolers this summer — have been making a difference in their communities.

At their 26th annual awards ceremony in June, attended by more than 100 people at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, NIOT celebrated the eight students and their accomplishments, ranging from lobbying for recognition of the Lunar New Year to the creation of the Diversity Council at Princeton High School (PHS), according to a NIOT press release.

“I want to thank Not In Our Town for highlighting how creative and compassionate our students are,” said Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Superintendent Carol Kelley, who attended the event. “I have been so inspired, not just this evening but in seeing their work. Please continue to support our students because they are absolutely remarkable.”

The following Unity Award winners represent only a fraction of the local young people who are committed to helping to lift up their world:

Sofia Alvarez Garcia, a PHS graduate, was a student leader involved in several organizations at PHS working towards diversity, equity, and inclusion. She was one of the first-ever PHS peer group leaders for a group of English Language Learners (ELL) students.

Catarina Elizondo Arevelo, another PHS graduate, was a leader of the Latinos Unidos Club, helping to initiate the planning for Festival Latino at PHS, and she also served as a member of the Generation 1 Club.

Helena Betru, a Princeton Charter School (PCS) graduate, was a peer leader at PCS who stood up personally against racist behaviors and challenged students who used racist words, according to the NIOT press release.

Kailani Harrison, a rising senior at PHS, became leader of the Bollywood Club this year, which promotes understanding of Indian culture. Harrison worked to recruit dancers from diverse backgrounds and chose themes from various nationalities. She also mentored younger dancers at Princeton Dance Theater.

PHS graduate Alex Kopaliani helped to create the Diversity Council, a coalition of 13 cultural clubs at PHS, and is co-founder of the PHS Bike Club, which

provides bicycles to people who can’t afford new bikes.

PHS rising senior Melanie Lamos is a member of a group of students and teachers that identifies issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion at PHS. She also works with children at a Corner House program called Growing Up as an Accepted Individual in America and is in charge of a tuition-free music mentoring program for Princeton elementary school students where she teaches clarinet.

Scarlett Yue Chen Liu, a Princeton Middle School graduate, personally petitioned the PPS Board of Education to recognize the Lunar New Year as an official holiday. The PPS has declared that it will be a holiday whenever it falls on a weekday.

Gabe Silverstein, a PHS graduate, was president of the Jewish Club and also active in the Advisory Committee for Diversity and the Jewish Studies Group, working to foster understanding and combat antisemitism on several fronts. As an intern with the national organization Stand With Us, he spoke at their international conference to an audience of about 400 people.

The NIOT Unity Awards also honored three NIOT youth fellows — Sheena Ash, Rachel Guhathakurta,

and Adrian Serieyssol — for their racial justice projects. The three were mentored by NIOT board members. Also recognized were four NIOT board members — Joanne Parker, Fern and Larry Spruill, and Shirley Satterfield — and community member Tommy Parker for their racial justice work in the community, particularly with youth.

Biomedical Immersion Camp

Last April two PHS sophomores, twin sisters, listened to their friends talking about working in the summer as local camp counselors, and they decided to do some of their own research.

“We noticed that none of the science camps in the area went past general biology and into specialty fields such as medicine,” Viviana Cristofanilli, now a PHS junior, wrote in an email. “This made us think that it could be a good opportunity to share what we’ve learned about medicine with middle school students who might be interested.”

She continued, “We thought about what we would’ve enjoyed back when we were in middle school, and we wanted to make sure the camp was a very hands-on, low stress environment where interested students would be able to collaborate and learn with their friends and peers. Also we were both looking to continue our science studies and pursue careers in the medical field.”

Viviana wants to become a reconstructive plastic surgeon, her twin sister Angelica a neurosurgeon. They quickly went to work securing a location, recruiting

students, and preparing lectures, labs, and projects. The result was a two-week long Biomedical Immersion Camp attended by 12 middle school campers for two weeks and three additional campers for one week in July from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. five days a week at the All Saints’ Church in Princeton.

Campers were immersed in lectures on medical issues and topics such as embryonic stem cells, general surgery, bioengineering, reconstructive surgery, and current innovations in medicine. They participated in two interactive labs each day, which included titrations, frog and owl pellet dissections, deriving bismuth metal from Pepto Bismol, and making ice cream using colligative properties.

As a final project campers were divided into groups to prepare presentations that proposed innovative treatments or solutions to address unmet scientific needs. Among the topics addressed by the students were Botox injections for Raynaud’s Syndrome, gravity batteries for homes, lanosterol eye drops for patients with cataracts, and bioprinting organs to address the limited donor availability for transplant surgeries.

“The best thing about this venture was watching the students develop a genuine passion for what they were learning and grow both as scientists and leaders,” said Viviana.

The girls’ parents helped with signing the final rental agreement with All Saints’ Church and with transportation. Otherwise, Angelica and Viviana ran the whole operation.

“We wanted to make the camp affordable enough so that students from all socioeconomic backgrounds would be able to attend,” Viviana wrote. The camp was priced at $300 for the two weeks, which covered the price of rental space and lab materials. Lunch was provided on Fridays, and financial aid was available.

“It was very exciting to see that many girls were interested and enrolled in the camp, given how medicine and STEM in general have traditionally been male dominated,” Viviana added.

“Everything was great!” one camper wrote. “Angelica and Viviana are more than caring and welcoming. They gave out important information about surgery and medicine, and we even dissected frogs. They also let us make slideshows in groups on topics that interested us, which was really enjoyable. I truly recommend this camp for kids who are interested in science and/or want to grow closer to it.”

Viviana and Angelica are already planning for next summer, definitely continuing the final research project “since that was a great learning opportunity for the campers,” according to Viviana, and including lots of hands-on experiments, which were very popular. Since many of the campers said they want to return next summer, Viviana and Angelica are creating new lecture and lab ideas, and if, as they hope, there are many more sign-ups for next year, they will enlist some of their friends who are also interested in science to join them as counselors.

—Donald Gilpin

BUDDING SCIENTISTS: Princeton High School students Viviana Cristofanilli, standing left, and her twin sister Angelica, standing beside her, ran a Biomedical Immersion Camp for middle schoolers at All Saints’ Church this summer. (Photo courtesy of Viviana Cristofanilli)

STUDENTS GIVING BACK:  Not In Our Town Princeton recently honored local teens for promoting racial justice and building inclusivity. The honorees include, back row from left, Catarina Elizondo Arevalo, Sofia Alvarez Garcia, Scarlett Yue Chen Liu, Sheena Ash, Kailani Harrison, and Melanie Lamos. In the front row, from left, are Gabe Silverstein, Helena Betru, Rachel Guhathakurta, Cassie Mitova (for Adrian Serieyssol), and Alex Kopaliani (Photo by Charles Phox).

Books

Author Talk to Shed Light on Long Biden-Obama Relationship

The long relationship between two presidents, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, is the topic of the book The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama, by Gabriel Debenedetti, a New Jersey native and Princeton University graduate. Debenedetti will build on a discussion of The Long Alliance (Henry Holt & Co. $29.99) to include today’s politics, the White House, and 2024 election at the Princeton Public Library on Thursday, September 14 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Community Room.

This event will be held in person and also via livestream on YouTube. The livestream link is on the library events page at princetonlibrary.libnet.info.

According to the publisher, the book delves deeper than the “bromance” narrative that’s been popular, revealing “the past, present, and future of the unusual partnership, detailing its development, its twists and turns, its ruptures and reunions and its path to this pivotal moment for each man’s legacy.” The story of

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the relationship, from 2003 into 2022, between the veteran Washington traditionalist and the once-in-a-generation outsider has evolved in ways that have molded four presidential campaigns but also the history of the last 20 years.

Publisher’s Weekly has called The Long Alliance an “engrossing study of the political and personal relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama.… Doggedly reported and clear-eyed about its subjects’ strengths and weaknesses, this is an illuminating portrait of a consequential political partnership.”

Debenedetti is the national correspondent at New York Magazine, where he writes about politics and national affairs. Previously, he covered politics for Politico and Reuters. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Economist, and The New Republic.

The Community Room is wheelchair accessible and offers listening assistance. For more information, visit princetonlibrary.org.

Author and mindfulness expert Harriet Stein will discuss her book, Perfect Attendance: Being Present for Life,” on Tuesday, September 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Princeton Public Library Community Room. The talk and workshop on the benefits of leading a more mindful life are part of the Princeton Mayor’s Wellness Campaign health initiative.

Perfect Attendance: Being Present for Life (Big Toe in the Water, $14.99 paperback) is a guide for stress management, clearing brain fog, and being counted present every day of your life. The workshop will help attendees discover how to practice what the author calls one of the nine attitudes needed to create a more mindful life. Stein teaches mindfulness tools

to minimize the effects of stress and increase the ability to focus.

Stein, a registered nurse and professional presenter, has more than 30 years’ experience in the global health care industry, including 20 years conducting research and teaching mindfulness within the pharmaceutical field.

The Community Room is wheelchair accessible and offers listening assistance. For more information, visit princetonlibrary.org.

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Whole Earth Center Deli, Le Bon Gout, Say Cheez Café, Amazing Thai, Savory Leaf Café, LiLLiPiES Bakery, Blue Bears Special Meals, and Sahara Restaurant.

Each restaurant has been asked to add three special vegan options to their menu. The offerings can be entrees, desserts, appetizers, or even a drink.

Most of the eateries approached about the challenge were immediately interested. “Some of them said, ‘Absolutely. Sign us up right now.’ One put up a poster,” said Fenster. “We hadn’t even talked to them about it, so that was great. A few were a bit hesitant but ended up signing on anyway. It’s increasing in crazy numbers, day by day.”

During the month, Fenster and Daly plan on organizing meetups at some of the restaurants, where people can get together in small groups to share a meal. They will also offer a free “10 Weeks to Vegan” program, which helps people transition to a vegan diet. Each week, participants learn to replace one animal product with a vegan version, while getting tips, recipes, and product recommendations.

For instructions on voting and additional information, visit veganchefchallenge. org/Princeton.

“There is a lot less suffering that needs to happen,” said Daly. “We’ve developed as a human race. We really don’t need to be eating animals anymore for survival.”

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The press release went on to note that “the committee’s work will be guided by the two key principles that undergird Princeton’s admissions process: meritdriven admissions and the imperative to attract and support talented students from all sectors of society, including underrepresented groups.”

Immediately after the June 29 Supreme Court ruling, Eisgruber reaffirmed the University’s determination to “preserve — and, indeed, grow — the diversity of our community while fully respecting the law.” He added, “Talent exists in every sector of American society, and we have an obligation to attract exceptional people of every background and enable them to flourish on our campus.”

A number of possible admissions reforms are expected to be on the table for discussion as the committee, led by University trustee and 1985 graduate Jose Alvarez, deliberates during the next eight or nine months.

Most controversial perhaps, at Princeton as well as other selective universities, is the elimination of legacy admissions, but consideration will most likely also be given to expanding Princeton’s efforts to pursue class-based affirmative action; reaching out to schools that are outside of Princeton’s usual applicant pool; working more closely with community colleges; recruiting non-traditional students, including veterans, more vigorously; and other efforts to increase diversity.

In addition to Alvarez, the members of the committee are all also Princeton University degree (either undergraduate or graduate) holders and members of the University’s board of trustees.

—Donald Gilpin

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Visions of Jerusalem’s Berenice on Mary Shelley’s Birthday

To muse for long unwearied hours with my attention riveted to some frivolous device upon the margin, or in the typography of a book...

—Edgar Allan Poe, from “Berenice”

Ilove Poe. He’s always there, the shadowy Kilroy of American literature. Last week my attention was “riveted” by the chapter subheaded “Berenice the Barefoot Queen: Revolution” in Jerusalem: The Biography (Knopf 2011). Holding Simon Sebag Montefiore’s 650-page historical epic open in both hands like a gigantic hymnal, I read the first two sentences of the chapter on the Death of Jerusalem AD 66-70, in which barefoot Berenice walked “the same route Jesus would have taken from Herod Antipas back to Pilate thirty years earlier. The beautiful Berenice — daughter and sister of kings and twice a queen — was on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, to thank God for her recovery from an illness, fasting for thirty days and shaving her head.” In the next chapter, she’s become the “Jewish Cleopatra,” of whom it was said that Titus “had a general murdered for flirting with her.”

According to an online National Library of Israel article titled “The Queen Who Loved the Destroyer of the Second Temple,” Berenice’s pilgrimage had a nobler goal, which was to plead with Florus, the procurator of Judea, for “the lives of the city’s residents.” The article about “a Jewish woman, a queen” whose “dramatic life story might resemble something out of Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon” is accompanied by Queen Berenice, a painting by Charles Landelle (1821-1908).

Berenice Up Close

For several days now I’ve had an enlarged image of Landelle’s sublime Berenice on my computer screen. Best known as an Orientalist who made yearly trips to Algeria, Landelle was 16 when he was admitted to the École des Beaux - Arts in Paris, where he had his first exhibit in 1841. Although I’ve been unable to establish the exact date, Queen Berenice was presumably painted in the 1840s when Balzac was writing his Scènes de la vie parisienne. With Landelle’s haunting portrait close at hand, I’ve been speculating on which of Balzac’s heroines the nameless model might have posed for. I can see her as the Jewish courtesan Esther Gobseck, whose eyes “could drive a painter to despair.”

My guess is that Landelle was undespairingly in love with his Berenice. There’s something wistfully, humanly, benignly indeterminate about her expression; she seems unsure whether to pray or weep,

save or be saved, love or be loved. She looks at once wise, spiritual, caring, lonely, and vulnerable, and I’m beginning to feel neurotically protective of her since I’ve been reading the hideous tale of Poe’s doomed Berenice (“Oh gorgeous yet fantastic beauty! Oh, sylph amid the shrubberies of Arnheim! Oh, naiad amid its fountains!”). Just now I pulled the shade in my study to make room for Poe even though I’m wary of being in close proximity to the monomania he describes as that “nervous intensity of interest” in which “the powers of meditation busied and buried themselves in the contemplation of even the most ordinary objects of the universe.”

Posing for George Eliot

Poe’s “Berenice” was nowhere to be found under “Berenice in the Arts” on her Wikipedia page. But I did find George Eliot among the Berenice-related operas (Mozart, Gluck), plays (Racine, Corneille, Masefield), ballets (Franchi, Angiolini), nov els (Maurine Baring, Lion Feuchtwanger, Howard Fast), and films (Raoul Ruiz). The listing that caught my eye refers to Eliot’s final novel Daniel Deronda (1876), “in which a set of drawings of Berenice’s story is an important symbolic element.”

The model employed by the artist Hans Meyrick in the novel is an impover ished Jewish girl he’s fallen in love with. The first drawing of the series shows Mirah as Berenice clasping the knees of the procurator Gessius Florus “beseeching him to spare her people.” In another drawing she’s entreating the Jews of Jerusalem “not to injure themselves by resistance.” When Daniel Deronda tells Meyrick he hopes that the girl “knows nothing about Berenice’s history,” the painter says that in fact Mirah thinks of her as “a fervid patriot” who was “beguiled by love and ambition into attaching herself to the arch-enemy of her people ... Mirah takes it as a tragic parable, and cries to think what the penitent Berenice suffered as she wandered back to Jerusalem and sat desolate amidst desolation.”

With the shades still drawn for Poe, the Berenice on my computer screen appears all the more humanly appealing, although there’s a hint of Eliot’s “desolate amidst desolation” attitude as well as the

quality in Meyrick’s drawings that made one viewer tell him, “your Jewess is pretty — there’s no denying that. But where is her Jewish impudence? She looks as demure as a nun. I suppose she learned that on the stage.”

Raise the Shades!

I just raised the shades after finishing Poe’s “Berenice.” Yes, by all means let in some light, for Poe has outdone himself in cringe-inducing outrageousness with this tale. No wonder readers of The Southern Literary Messenger complained to the publisher so vigorously that four paragraphs had to be removed. And how typical that the scholar of darkness begins with a perversely misleading Latin epigraph, “Dicebant mihi sodales si sepulchrum amicae visitarem, curas meas aliquantulum fore levatas” — translated online as “My companions said to me, if I would visit the grave of my friend, I might somewhat alleviate my worries” — “alleviating his worries” as in grotesquely violating his wife’s corpse.

Melville’s Ahab sacrifices everything to his obsession with the white whale. Poe’s narrator is driven mad by “the white and ghastly spectrum” of his wife’s teeth. “Not a speck on their surface — not a shade on their enamel! .... The teeth! — the teeth! — they were here, and there, and everywhere, and visibly and palpably before me.... In the multiplied objects of the external world I had no thoughts but for the teeth. For these I longed with a frenzied desire.” And what does his monomania come down to? Ideas! But of course Poe can’t put it in plain English. “Of Berenice I more seriously believed que tous ses dents etaient des idées Des idées! — ah, here was the idiotic thought that destroyed me!” Now comes the last twist, as the monomaniac drops a box “and from it, with a rattling sound, there rolled out some instruments of dental surgery, intermingled with thirty-two small, white, and ivory-looking substances that were scattered to and fro about the floor.”

Confronted with toxic ideas scattered here, there, and everywhere and to and fro in a polluted universe, the reader is taken back to the first sentence of the story: “Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform.” However

grossly, Poe seems more in tune with the multiple mug shot, dying planet news of the day than George Eliot, Balzac, and Simon Sebag Montefiore. But so then seems Mary Shelley, who at the age of 18 would write a tale that encompassed all of Poe.

Time for Mary

I’m reluctantly removing the beauteous Berenice from my computer screen to make room for flame-haired Mary (shown here), who was born August 30, 1797, on the cusp of a new century, the same year the poem that haunted her childhood was being talked to life by Wordsworth and Coleridge on the rocky beach at Watchet. She was 13, hiding with her siblings under the parlor sofa the night Coleridge read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner aloud to her parents William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft.

Although Mary is remembered by friends for “her large hazel eyes and the crowning glory of her astonishing hair,” the standard image is Richard Rothwell’s stately and severely formal portrait, which was shown at the Royal Academy a little over 10 years before her death in February 1851. The only portrait of the author of Frankenstein comparable to Charles Landelle’s Berenice is the miniature said to be drawn from her death mask, a circumstance Poe would appreciate. I’ve enlarged it and put it on my screen where she looms, maned like a lioness, radiant in the red-gold splendor of her hair.

Farewell Beauty Queen

What originally sent me to the history section of the Princeton Public Library and Montefiore’s Jerusalem was an interest in the place awakened by the Netflix series The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, which is based on the novel of the same name by Sarit Yishai-Levi. However often the melodramatic events of each episode evoked high-class, brilliantly directed soap opera, the place and the people were not easy to leave behind for, say, the modern-day Los Angeles of The Lincoln Lawyer. From what I can tell after glancing at the novel, the series takes a quite different course, ending as the title character bids her family goodbye to embark on a new life as a fashion designer in London. It tells you a lot about Beauty Queen that the performance you remember is not Swell Ariel Or’s spirited Luna Armoza or Michael Aloni’s remarkably rich depiction of her father Gabriel, but Irit Kaplan’s monstrous and magnificent matriarch Mercada Armoza, a creation Edgar Allan Poe himself would have admired.

—Stuart Mitchner

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Watershed Institute, said, “The Watershed Institute is thrilled to work with The Pennington Studio on this project. Seeing these dancers interact with our local streams and rivers to tell this story allows everyone to find a way to connect with their water and remember where they water comes from. There are so many important and simple actions that can be taken to protect water such as reducing the amount of fertilizer and pesticides they use to increasing the use of native plants in their garden.”

Singing mostly in Bambara, the national language of Mali, Diawara sings about migration, African identity, motherhood, and the struggle of African women.

A veteran of the screen and stage, she debuted as an actress in the’90s, appearing in films such as Cheick Oumar Sissoko’s La Genèse and the Oscar-nominated Timbuktu Since her 2011 debut LP Fatou , she’s collaborated with Herbie Hancock, Bobby Womack, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Damon Albarn, who co-produced her latest album London Ko. In 2019 she became the first Malian artist to perform at the Grammys, where she was nominated for Best World Music Album for her 2018 record Fenfo (Something to Say)

continent at the traditional and urban level because Africa is contemporary.”

McCarter and the Department of Music at Princeton are partnering for a second year, after a performance with the Jazz Vocal Collective featuring Camille Thurman last February.

Once the Dust Settles Flowers Bloom is at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, on Friday, September 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15-$25 at Mccarter.org. University stu dents can access free tickets at Mccarter.org/tigertix. The concert by Fatoumata Di awara is Saturday, Septem ber 30 at 8 p.m. at McCarter. Tickets start at $35, available at Mccarter.org.

you long after you’ve seen it.”

Bulrusher transports audiences to the predominantly white town of Boonville, nestled in the redwoods of 1955 Calif. Orphaned as an infant and possessing the mystical gift of clairvoyance, Bulrusher feels her small-town world closing in around her, until a mysterious Black girl from Alabama arrives harboring a secret, awakening new discoveries and uncovering old truths.

AN INSPIRATONAL PROGRAM: Award-winning

Steven Banks is the soloist for the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season September 9 and 10.

PSO Returns to Richardson To Perform Season Opener

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO’s) 20232024 Season opens September 9-10 with Princeton-based composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Forward Into Light , inspired by women suffragists, and Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, performed by saxophonist Steven Banks. William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, one of the first full-length works by a Black composer to be performed by a major U.S. orchestra, completes the program.

Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov conducts the performances which take place Saturday, September 9 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, September 10 at 4 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium. Sunday’s concert includes a pre-concert talk by Milanov at 3 p.m.

Banks was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2022, and was a chosen artist for WQXR’s Artist Propulsion Lab. He was the first saxophonist to be awarded First Prize at the Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. Banks has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Utah Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and Aspen Festival Orchestra, and has worked with conductors Franz Welser-Most, Xian Zhang, Nicholas McGegan, Rafael Payare, John Adams, Peter Oundjian, Jahja Ling, Matthias Pintscher, Alain Altinoglu, and Roderick Cox. In 2023 and 2024 Banks will premiere and tour with a commissioned concerto from Grammy-winning composer Billy Childs.

Snider’s Forward Into Light was inspired by the American women suffragists Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Frances E.W. Harper, Ida B. Wells, Zitkála-Šá, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, and others who believed in equal rights for women. Tomasi’s two-movement saxophone concerto offers a dialogue between soloist and orchestra as well as a soundscape integrating diverse influences and musical styles. Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony recalls orally transmitted African American folk songs, and is an important work of African American classical music.

For tickets, visit princetonsymphony.org or call (609) 497-0020.

Dance Studio Partners With Watershed Institute

The Pennington Studio for Dance and The Watershed Institute have collaborated on an initiative called the Global Waters Dances project. The goal is to merge artistry and environmental consciousness by utilizing dance to shed light on the issue of clean, safe, and healthy water.

A dance performance, which is available to watch on both institutions’ YouTube channels, took place in and around the Stony Brook that runs through The Watershed Institute’s property before joining with the Millstone River. The natural beauty of the surroundings provided the perfect backdrop for the dancers to convey a message about the significance of safeguarding water resources.

“We are excited to partner with The Watershed Institute for this extraordinary initiative,” said Dawn Cargiulo Berman, director and owner of The Pennington Studio for Dance. “Art has the power to transcend boundaries and touch hearts, and when combined with a cause as crucial as clean water, its impact becomes immeasurable.”

Sophie Glovier, chief operating officer at The

The video will be shown at the Outlet Dance Project film festival, Dance on Film, at Grounds For Sculpture on October 5.

“Timbuktu Grooves” Festival

At McCarter and Richardson Princeton University’s Music Department presents the Timbuktu Grooves Festival from September 29 – October 1, led by Olivier Tarpaga, a Lester Horton Awardwinning choreographer and director of the African Music Ensembles at Princeton since 2017.

The multi-disciplinary festival kicks off with Tarpaga’s humanist piece Once the Dust Settles Flowers Bloom on Friday, September 29, in partnership with McCarter Theatre Center and Seuls en Scène, Princeton French Theater Festival. The piece sheds light on refugees of Burkina Faso and the Sahel region, who were displaced after fleeing from the shadow of jihadists. Seven dancers and five musicians from Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Benin, Morocco, and France will participate.

On Saturday, September 30, McCarter Theatre Center presents a concert highlighting Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara, playing her electric guitar to accompany her songs that blend Wassoulou folk music, spiritually-centered Afropop, and desert blues.

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Sundays at 11am

The final event of the festival on Sunday, October 1, titled Djandjoba: The Big Gathering, transports listeners spiritually to West Africa by the calming sound of the kora, an ancient 21-string African harp, with a duet performed by master griots Wassa Kouyate from Mali, and Flatie Dembele from Burkina Faso. The program will also highlight contemporary African music played by Sō Percussion, Dafra Kura band from Burkina Faso, and the Princeton University Afrobeats Ensemble.

“Timbuktu was historically an intellectual and spiritual center in the Mali empire. It’s a city of resilience which echoes the resilience of Princetonians. Our first mission is to promote the beauty, positivity, and creativity of the continent of Africa throughout the performing arts,” said Tarpaga. “It is crucial for me to represent this vast, diverse, fascinating, and sometimes misunderstood

The Big Gathering October 1 at 4 p.m., at Rich ardson Auditorium. Tickets are $5-$15. University stu dents can access free tickets at Mccarter.org/tigertix.

McCarter Season Opens With Davis’ “Bulrusher”

McCarter Theatre Center opens the 2023-2024 theatre series with Eisa Davis’ Bulrusher, a coming-of-age story, in the Berlind Theatre September 13 through October 7. It is a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where the production will move after its run in Princeton.

“I’m so thrilled for Bulrusher to be opening our season and to have Nicole A. Watson back in the director’s chair after leading the much-loved Blues for an Alabama Sky to great success,” said Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen. “We couldn’t be more excited to produce this heartfelt and poetic play. The world of this play and its characters will stay with

“Any story that enlivens and expands our understanding of the variety of history and our shared past is a story worth telling,” said Watson. “Bulrusher is a gift of a play in that is a story about finding love, home, and a sense of belonging in a variety of ways. It’s complex, poetic, and rooted in this history of Northern California.”

Tickets start at $25 and are on sale at McCarter.org, or can be purchased by calling (609) 258-2787. Groups of 10 or more can save 20 percent (zone restrictions apply.) Princeton University students can access free tickets with Passport to the Arts using code PUTIGER. More information on PU student tickets for events is at McCarter: McCarter.org/TigerTix.

Preaching Sunday, September 3, 2023 is Rev. Alison L. Boden, Ph.D., Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel.

Music for the service performed by Eric Plutz

saxophonist

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Modern Landscape Paintings

Now At Green Building Center

Located in Lambertville, Green Building Center is a firm specializing in environmentally-responsible materials and methods of building and design. Their space at 67 Bridge Street shares an array of these products and the showroom also displays the work of local artists. The current exhibit, “Cupcake Houses,” features contemporary landscape paintings by artist Michelle Farro. Owner and designer Lia

Nielsen selected the works for the show and said, “I was drawn to Michelle’s work first due to the subject matter, and then her use of color. Many of her paintings, particularly those of homes and landmarks, are local to me, and I love teasing out which roofline might be found where. Secondly, her palette, while often muted and gentle, is lovely and evocative of the small town charm she so effortlessly captures. I have been delighted to host Michelle’s

work at our showroom. Good art and good design go hand in hand.

“Supporting the local arts community is very important to us, and having quality art that melds so beautifully with our space and design aesthetic is a treat. We hope to incorporate Michelle’s artwork into our designs for many years to come, and encourage our clients to do the same.”

The paintings in the exhibition are a mix of canvases and works on paper,

mostly smaller in scale and painted en plein air. Many of the scenes are familiar to the Lambertville area, ranging from landmarks like the shad fishery and the pink Kalmia Club building, to groupings of houses one may walk by and never notice. A few paintings in the show share moments from the artist’s time living in Nashville, Tenn. With a painterly application and a specific lighting in each scene, the paintings work together to create a sense of place that feels familiar and dreamy.

The gallery at Green Building Center is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m. The exhibition is on view through the end of September.

Artist Gwen Toma to Appear

At Cranbury Public Library

Cranbury Artist Gwen Toma will appear at the Swanagan Gallery at the Cranbury Public Library in Cranbury on Thursday, August 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Toma’s solo multimedia art exhibit, “Plein Air Perspectives,” has been extended through the end of September and will feature a refreshed selection of local, autumnal plein air paintings.

“Plein Air Perspectives” is the artist’s visual travelogue of transatlantic crossings, coastal connections, and island greetings. “The exhibit reflects my coastal and island plein air paintings from Bermuda to Key West to the Hawaiian Islands and Ireland; to the river banks and shorelines from Philadelphia to Bucks County to the Jersey Shore and more,” said Toma. “Whether I am painting plein air (outdoors) at an easel or from a beach chair seaside, my hope is that my art transcends the viewer into a moment in time and space.”

The artist will share insight into her work in acrylic, pastel, colored pencil, and oil-based ink. She will also share a preview of her first children’s book, Lake Girl Chronicles , available this holiday season.

The Cranbury Public

Library is at 30 Park Place West, Cranbury. Toma will donate 15 percent of art sales to the Cranbury Public Library Foundation. For more information, visit gwentomaart.com.

“Summer Sleep” Dual Exhibit

At PDS’ Anne Reid ’72 Gallery

Anne Reid ’72 Gallery at Princeton Day School presents “Summer Sleep,” an exhibition by Amorelle Jacox and Shauna Steinbach, on view September 6 through December 1. A public reception is on Friday, September 29 from 3:30-5 p.m.

Jacox and Steinbach met in the fall of 2019 during their first semester at Hunter College where they were both pursuing their Master of Fine Arts degrees. Working in distinctly different mediums, the two artists were immediately drawn to each other — Steinbach feeling they “instinctively spoke the same language” recalling a painting by Jacox that felt “metaphysical and gave (them) a sense of knowing through feeling rather than words.” Jacox recalls being “drawn to the simplicity of the forms in (Steinbach’s) work. She describes their sculpture as “elegant and bodily, funny and sexy and grungy and sleek all in one — paired down to their sweetest spot, buzzing on the edge of (object) familiarity and material and phenomenon and body.”

Both artists create from a place of curiosity and question asking. They share an interest in the ambiguous nature of time, transitional cycles of knowing and unknowing, a sense of calm within precarity and in Jacox’s words, “the often flimsy delineation of body and object and space.”

The show’s title, “Summer Sleep,” was suggested by the artists in the creation of this exhibition. The phrase comes from the term estivation, which is a period of hibernation that some animals, often reptiles and amphibians, go into when conditions are particularly hot and dry. The artists were drawn to the phrase and its indication towards a primal reaction to heat. The title suggests a conservation of

energy, a period of transition and the inevitability of seasons coming and going.

In Jacox’s words, “I think of sleep’s ability to distort time and hibernation as a sort of bowing to time and its ability to pass quickly or thickly or not at all.” Steinbach adds that “though change is constant and inevitable, we do have some control over how we receive and move through it.”

For both artists time and transition are mediums as much as paint, plaster or found objects. Jacox builds thin layers of color onto her surfaces, waiting lengthy periods of time for each layer to dry before adding another thus allowing the spaces in her paintings to be formed through the waiting. Steinbach often finds objects that other people have discarded on the streets of New York. They are interested in the histories that these objects hold from their functional lives with previous owners and how they can shift into another state through alterations like bending, cutting, disassembling, molding, and recasting etc.

Both artists constantly step outside of their comfort zones through play with color — Jacox often starting a base layer with an unfamiliar color and then following her intuition as the surface builds, and Steinbach changing the color of a found object to further displace it from functionality even if the initial color is exciting or beautiful. Negative space, portals, and holes play big roles in the work, offering opportunities for slippage between body, object, and space and suggesting expansiveness beyond the actual canvas or sculpture that can feel both seductive and frightening. For both Steinbach and Jacox, art-making offers an opportunity to problemsolve and to experiment. In their parallel dedication to the studio both makers are able to get lost in worlds of their own and to find inspiration everywhere.

Princeton Day School is located at 650 Great Road. For more information, email annereid72gallery@pds.org.

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MEET THE ARTIST: This work by Gwen Toma is featured in “Plein Air Perspectives,” on view at the Cranbury Public Library through the end of September. Toma will speak at the library on Thursday, August 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

“CUPCAKE HOUSES”: Landscape paintings by Michele Farro are on view through the end of September at the Green Building Center in Lambertville.

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“Here and There” Exhibit

Coming to Artists’ Gallery

“Here and There, an exhibit of paintings by Claudia Fouse Fountaine and Michael Schweigart, will be on view at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville September 7 thorough October 1. An opening reception is on Saturday, September 9 from 4 to 7 p.m.

In this exhibit, you can visit Tuscany, the coast of Maine, and other special places as the artists take you on a visual voyage. You’re invited to explore each painting that holds a wealth of experience and memories re-lived throughout the painting process.

Fouse Fountaine has been painting local subjects for years now; the farms, gardens, and animals she’s surrounded by in Bucks County, Pa. Lately traveling has given her the chance to depict a wider range of images, whether it’s the rolling hills of Tuscany or a Manhattan Street scene. Either way, ultimately it’s the vibrant light and energy she brings to her work that draws viewers in, whatever the subject.

Fouse Fountaine graduated from Carnegie Mellon

University and Pratt Institute, subsequently working as an illustrator and graphic designer in New York. But she never stopped painting — exhibiting in California, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and winning awards in local exhibitions such as Phillips’ Mill in New Hope, Pa. She was also a docent at the Princeton Art Museum and participated in the Art Goes to School program for over 20 years.

Schweigart can find inspiration just about anywhere he goes and relishes taking the road less traveled whenever possible with a focus on what characterizes a region. Like many, he has a deep appreciation for nature. It provides a constant source of ideas to explore.

Scenes of coastal Maine and parts of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey make up the bulk of his work. Schweigart’s studio work is often a composite of memory, plein air sketches, and photographic images to paint specific places, naturalistically. Much of his work is inspired by trips to Maine, a favorite place to paint. When in Maine, he usually follows the coastal routes from place to place, which provide him with a variety of subjects of both land and sea.

Most of Schweigart’s paintings are done using acrylic paint on 300-pound, hot-pressed watercolor paper. He also works in other media with various supports. From the beginning, it’s important to him to develop and maintain detail. His finished works display rich texture and atmosphere, with a presence of man and a sense of place. Schweigart’s work is included in both public and private collections.

Artists’ Gallery, located at 18 Bridge Street in Lambertville, features two artists every month, with all 16 artists contributing on a continuous basis. For more information, visit lambertvillearts.com, call (609) 3974588, or email contact@ lambertvillearts.com.

Area Exhibits

Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage” through October 8. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “The Stories We Tell” through September

3. “Here and There” is on view September 7 through

October 1. An opening reception is on September 9 from 4-7 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com.

Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, has “Art About Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings” through November 5. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

D&R Greenway Land Trust Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place, has “Migration: Movement for Survival” through September 24. drgreenway.org.

Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, has “Nature Revisited” through August 31. cranburyartscouncil.org.

Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits” and “Spiral Q: The Parade” through January 7 and “That’s Worth Celebrating: The Life and Work of the Johnson Family” through the end of 2024, among other exhibits. groundsforsculpture.org.

Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Einstein Salon and Innovator’s Gallery,” “Princeton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m., Thursday to 7 p.m. princetonhistory.org.

Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Alan Goldstein: Elemental” through September 4, “Sarah Kaizar: Rare Air” through November 5, and “Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories” September 9 through January 14. michenerartmuseum.org

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Striking Beauty” through February 18 and the online exhibits “Slavery at Morven,” “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898,” and others. morven.org.

Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, has “Everything’s Fine: Surreal Paintings About Mental

Health” through October 15 in the second floor Reading Room. princetonlibrary.org.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University, has “Nobody Turn Us Around: The Freedom Rides and Selma to Montgomery Marches: Selections from the John Doar Papers” through March 31. Library. princeton.edu.

Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, has art by Jahnavi Zondervan through September 5. Works by Nicky Belletier are at the 254 Nassau Street location through September 5. smallworldcoffee.com.

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Cadwalader Park, Trenton, has “Ellarslie Open 40” through September 30. ellarslie.org.

West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, has “Ode to New Jersey Art Show” through October 28. An opening reception is on September 8 from 7-8:30 p.m. westwindsorarts.org.

“INDIAN ISLAND LIGHT”: This work by Michael Schweigart is featured in “Here and There,” his dual exhibit with Claudia Fouse Fountaine, on view September 7 thorough October 1 at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville. An opening reception is on September 9 from 4 to 7 p.m.

“MONTEPULCIANO AT DUSK”: This painting by Claudia Fouse Fountaine is part of “Here and There,” her joint exhibit with Michael Schweigart, on view September 7 thorough October 1 at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville.

Mark Your Calendar Town Topics

Thursday, August 31

10 a.m.-3 p.m . : Princeton Farmers’ Market is at Hinds Plaza. Organic produce, pasture-raised meat and eggs, bread, empanadas, pickles, flowers, and more. SNAP/EBT accepted on eligible purchases. Free parking for one hour in Spring Street Garage. Princetonfarmersmarket.com.

Friday, September 1

5-8 p.m.: Sunset Sips and Sounds at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery, 330 Cold Soil Road. Music by Kindred Spirit Duo. Terhuneorchards.com.

Saturday, September 2

9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn lot of the Princeton Junction train station, 877 Alexander Road. Fresh produce, seafood, poultry, pastured eggs, cheese, baked goods, and more.

Entertainment by Magnolias. Westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.

10 a.m.-4 p.m : The 40th Annual Howell Farm Plowing Match, Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Children’s craft: Horse patootie ribbon (11 a.m.-3 p.m.). Howellfarm.org.

12-2 p.m.: Summer Music Series on the Palmer Square Green with David Alastre and Latineo. Palm ersquare.com.

12-5 p.m.: Winery Week end Music Series at Ter hune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. The Barbara Lin Band performs; wine and light fare available. Groups over 8 require reservations. Terhuneorchards.com.

Sunday, September 3

12-5 p.m.: Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Jerry Steele performs; wine and light fare available. Groups over 8 require reservations. Terhuneorchards.com.

1 p.m.: Robin Austin plays the Princeton Univer sity carillon at the Graduate School, 88 College Road West. Listen from outside, rain or shine. Free. Arts. princeton.edu.

Wednesday, September 6 7-8:30 p.m : “Memories of the Hopewell Quarry: Stones to Swimming,” with Doug Dixon, at Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 80 West Broad Street, Hopewell. Talk illustrated with historical photos, vid eos, newspaper clippings. Redlibrary.org.

Thursday, September 7

10 a.m.-3 p.m eton Farmers’ Market is at Hinds Plaza. Organic pro duce, pasture-raised meat and eggs, bread, empana das, pickles, flowers, and more. SNAP/EBT accepted on eligible purchases. Free parking for one hour in Spring Street Garage. Princ etonfarmersmarket.com.

10 a.m The 55-Plus Club meets at The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. Allen C. Guelzo, Princeton University professor, speaks on “Lincoln and the Economics of Democracy.” In person and online. Free. Visit Princetonol.com/groups/55plus.

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m : The Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber holds its monthly membership luncheon at Princeton Marriott at Forrestal, 100 College Road East. Guest speaker is Landon Jones, author and former managing editor of People magazine. Princetonmercer.org.

5-8 p.m Nassau Street Sampler, at Dillon Gym, Art on Hulfish, and Art@Bainbridge, sponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum. Art-making, raffles, music, food, and more. Artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Back to School

6:30 p.m .: “Princeton, The Nation’s Capital: 1783,” illustrated talk by Barry Singer at Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road. Princetonhistory.org.

Friday, September 8

5-8 p.m.: Sunset Sips and Sounds at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery, 330 Cold Soil Road. Music by Laundrymen. Terhuneorchards.com.

8 p.m .: Evening Moth Survey at Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, Mountain Avenue. Led by Patrick Natale, assistant professor of biology at Mercer County Community College. Presented by Friends of Princeton Open Space. Fopos.org.

Saturday, September 9

7 a.m.-2 p.m : Sourland Spectacular, at The Watershed Institute, Titus Mill Road, Pennington. Bike ride to raise funds for saving the Sourlands, with preevent coffee and breakfast, lunch, sundaes, and more. Sourlandspectacular.com.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.: The Witherspoon-Jackson Development Corporation will update the community on the organization’s activities and on homeownership information and opportunities at the Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood Association Meeting at the Arts Council of Princeton, Paul Robeson Place.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn lot of the Princeton Junction train station, 877 Alexander Road. Fresh produce, seafood, poultry, pastured eggs, cheese, baked goods, and more. Entertainment by Roohaniyat Bollywood. Westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.

9 a.m.-3 p.m : New Jersey State Button Society Fall Show and Competition, Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad fire hall, 1396 River Road, Titusville. Free. Newjerseystatebuttonsociety.com.

9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m : “Stop & Chop” volunteer session sponsored by Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) at Billy Johnson Nature Preserve, Mountain Avenue. Volunteers work with FOPOS stewards to help remove invasive species. Fopos.org.

11 a.m. and 2 p.m : Afternoon Tea Service with The Secret Tea Room at Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street. Tea, scones, pastries, sandwiches, and complementary docent-led tours of the first floor. For ages 13 and up. $85 ($75 for members). Morven.org.

12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Mark Miklos performs; wine and light fare available. Groups over 8 require reservations. Also, Barn Art Show and Sale at 12 p.m. Terhuneorchards.com.

12-2:30 p.m : “Discover India,” on Palmer Square. Photo booths, performances, dance workshop, and more. Rain date September 16. Srmosaic.org or (609) 433-8343.

Sunday, September 10

8 a.m.: Bird walk with Winnie Hughes Spar at Mountain Lakes Preserve, presented by Friends of Princeton Open Space. Fopos.org.

12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Audio Pilot duo performs; wine and light fare available. Groups over 8 require reservations. Terhuneorchards.com.

2 p.m.: Love Your Leaves, at Morven, 55 Stockton Street. Free interactive workshop including a talk with horticulturist Louise Senior on managing fall cleanup. Sponsored by Morven and Sustainable Princeton. Morven.org.

4 p.m .: The Professors perform classic rock at Hinds Plaza. Princetonlibrary.org.

Monday, September 11 Recycling

7 p.m.: “Meet the Future: Your Introduction to ChatGPT,” online discussion of the artificial intelligencepowered chatbot with Rutgers professor Jim Brown. Presented by Mercer County Libraries. Register at mcl.org.

Tuesday, September 12

9:30 and 11 a.m.: Read & Pick Program: Tractors, at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, For kids from preschool to 8 years; handson activity with a story. $12. Terhuneorchards.com.

Wednesday, September 13 7:30-10 a.m.: Central Jersey Healthcare Symposium, sponsored by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber, with keynote speaker Justin Guarini. At the Boathouse at Mercer Lake, Mercer County Park, 334 South Post Road, West Windsor. Princetonmercer.org.

1:15-3:30 p.m.: Foraging Forest Tour and Talk, at the Hopewell Park Gazebo, Hopewell. Led by Sourland Conservancy stewardship coordinator Eric Williams and volunteer Sari Pehnke. Redlibrary.org.

4 p.m .: Meeting of the Princeton Special Improvement District (Experience Princeton) Board of Directors, at the Nassau Inn, Palmer Square.

7-8 p.m : Meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Princeton Area, at West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, Princeton Junction. Lwvprinceton.org.

Thursday, September 14

8:30-9:30 a.m.: September Business Before Business Virtual Speed Networking, held by Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber. Free for members, $15 non-members. Princetonmercer.org .

10 a.m.-3 p.m : Princeton Farmers’ Market is at Hinds Plaza. Organic produce, pasture-raised meat and eggs, bread, empanadas, pickles, flowers, and more. SNAP/EBT accepted on eligible purchases. Free parking for one hour in Spring Street Garage. Princetonfarmersmarket.com.

Friday, September 15

7 p.m.: “Soil & Light: A Poetry Event at The Farminary,” 4200 Princeton Pike. Readings by Camille T. Dungy and Tess Taylor. Register at bit.ly/poetsonthefarm.

Saturday, September 16

8:30-11:30 a.m.: New Jersey Clean Communities 6th Annual Delaware River Cleanup, at sites in Mercer and Hunterdon counties. Visit delawarerivergp.org .

9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn lot of the Princeton Junction train station, 877 Alexander Road. Fresh produce, seafood, poultry, pastured eggs, cheese, baked goods, and more. Entertainment by Carmen Maranco. Westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Fall Family Fun Weekend at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Pony rides, pedal and play tractors, kids’ games, animals, stories, food, live music, and more. Terhuneorchards.com.

12-2 p.m.: Summer Music Series on the Palmer Square Green with the Erik Daab Trio. Palmersquare.com.

Sunday, September 17

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Fall Family Fun Weekend at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Pony rides, pedal and play tractors, kids’ games, animals, stories, food, live music, and more. Terhuneorchards.com.

2 p.m.: “Annis Boudinot Stockton: The Poet and the General,” illustrated talk by Joseph Wroblewski at Morven, 55 Stockton Street. $5 (free for members), includes an optional tour at 12:30 p.m. of Morven’s first floor exhibition. Morven.org.

Monday, September 18

1-3 p.m .: The Women’s College Club of Princeton meets at Morven Education Center, 55 Stockton Street. Joyce Felsenfeld speaks about artists Gabriele Munter and Vassily Kandinsky. Free. Wccpnj.org.

Wednesday, September 20

6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, in the Community Room unless otherwise noted. Princetonlibrary.org.

6:30 p.m.: “Keeping Time: New Jersey Musical Clocks,” featuring popular music of the 18th and 19th century, at Morven, 55 Stockton Street. With the Practitioners of Musick and members of the vocal ensemble Mostly Motets. $25-$35. Morven.org.

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Tigers Women’s Soccer Starts Season with 2-0 Weekend As Forward Tordin Ignites Offense with 3 Goals, 2 Assists

Coming off a superb debut season for the Princeton University women’s soccer team which saw her win the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Pietra Tordin is feeling a heightened comfort level on the field this year.

“I already know a lot of the girls very well so I think the chemistry is starting to click in,” said forward Tordin, a 5’6 native of Doral, Fla. “It is just getting to know the personnel of the team and knowing how to work with them and work around their skill sets as much as possible.”

Last weekend, Tordin clicked as Princeton opened its 2023 campaign by topping Monmouth 3-0 last Friday and then defeated La Salle 5-0 on Sunday. Tordin scored two goals in the opener and added a goal and two assists in the win over the Explorers.

“We are always trying to build on the last game and now we are trying to move forward to the next game,” said Tordin, who was later named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week for her heroics. Tordin got things moving against La Salle, opening the scoring by slotting in a goal 25 minutes into the contest.

“I saw Kayla [Wong] with the ball. so I thought I am going to take off,” recalled Tordin. “When she played me the ball, I saw a defender coming on my right, so I just cut inside and shot it on the right corner.”

Early in the second half, Tordin assisted on goals by Lily Bryant and Kate Toomey as the Tigers doubled their 2-0 halftime lead and put the game out of reach for the Explorers.

“The one with Lily, she played it to me and I saw her sprint right after she passed it to me. I was like, ‘she is going in behind,’ so I played her in,” said Tordin. “On Kate’s goal, I saw her in the corner of my eye, and it kind of worked out.”

With one college season under her belt, Tordin is working from a different area of the field this fall.

“Last year I was playing the nine, now I am playing a little out wide,” said Tordin, who tallied eight goals and three assists in 2022. “It is cutting in and getting the ball on the inside, trying to get as many assists and goals as possible and just trying to keep that going.”

Tordin enjoys playing with precocious freshmen Wong, who had a goal and an assist in each of Princeton’s wins over the weekend.

“Kayla is a big addition. Coming in as a freshman

for her, it is huge what she is doing so far,” said Tordin.

“I am so proud of her, I feel like I have been clicking really well with her recently. Even at practices we have been doing really well.”

Princeton head coach Sean Driscoll was proud of the way the Tigers played offensively against La Salle as Lexi Hiltunen also found the back of the net along with Tordin, Bryant, Toomey, and Wong.

“It was five different goal scorers, we moved the ball well, we created some good chances,” said Driscoll. “A lot of people got an opportunity on the weekend, which is what you want. Everybody got a chance to play, just to be able to see them in action was important for chemistry. It was important for confidence.”

The play of Tordin gives Princeton confidence every time they step on the field.

“Pietra is a special player, there are very few players that I have ever seen who can finish like her,” asserted Driscoll. “She is very fun to watch, she has the gift of not knowing what she is going to do with the ball. We are lucky as spectators to have a kid that when she gets the ball, you don’t know what is going to come out and it is always something spectacular. You are holding your breath. She is a team player, she scores goals, she gets assists. She is fantastic.”

Wong had made a fantastic debut for the Tigers. “It is amazing, what more can you ask of a player,” said Driscoll of Wong. “She worked on both sides of the ball, she gave us a spark on offense Friday night and then she came back today and earned a PK and got an assist. She had the courage to get up and take a PK on a team that is a bunch of upperclassmen on the field. She had the strength and the willingness to go up there and do it. It was a fantastic start for her.”

Junior midfielder Bryant gave the Tigers some great work on Sunday, picking up two assists to go along with her goal.

“Lily is just a tireless worker, she is very athletic,” said Driscoll. “She can get forward and she can create chances. She scored a great goal. She works hard on both sides of the ball; she is a two-way player and that is what you want. We need players who are good with the ball, players that are hungry to score goals, and players that value defending — and she does.”

The Tiger back line de fended well all weekend,

picking up two clean sheets with goalie Tyler McCamey only needing to make one save in the two wins. Driscoll utilized Madison Curry, Morgan Wiese, Zoe Markesini, Caroline Kane, Pia Beaulieu, and Kiley Hamou, among others, in his defensive unit.

“We played a lot of kids back there; Maddie [Curry] played today but not Friday, she is a special player too,” said Driscoll. “Morgan did great. Morgan is the glue in the back. She keeps the game very simple. She is a very good passer. She was organizing things and is physical when she needs to be. She got a lot of balls in the air. She really did well, all of them did. They were good because they have an attitude about them defensively on the backline. Tyler was also great.”

With the Tigers playing so well at both ends of the field to open the season, Driscoll was able to catch his breath and relax on Sunday evening.

“I just said to them, I am going home, I am going to have a date night with my wife and hang out with my kids,” said Driscoll. “You guys don’t bother me because everybody played. It was one of the great days.”

The Tigers will be facing a great challenge as it hosts a powerhouse Rutgers (2-1-1) squad on August 31.

“I can’t wait to play them, they are stylistically different than both of the teams we played,” said Driscoll. “They have some dangerous weapons in Riley Tiernan and others. They are very good. They are good in attacking. They keep the ball really well. They do a lot of the things that we like to do. It will be like a chess match. We have struggled with Rutgers over the years. We had

that. They are predicted to be a winner in their league if not top two. They are always in that conversation.”

Tordin, for her part, is confident that the Tigers will pass the test presented by the Scarlet Knights.

“It was tough, we lost to

them last year,” said Tordin. “This year we are definitely going to bring the heat, that is for sure. They can definitely expect a challenge. With the confidence that this team has, I think we will definitely come out strong.”

—Bill Alden

TORRID START: Princeton University women’s soccer player Pietra Tordin prepares to unload the ball last Sunday against La Salle. Sophomore forward Tordin tallied a goal and two assists in the contest to help the Tigers win 5-0 and improve to 2-0. Tordin, who scored two goals in a 3-0 win over Monmouth in the season opener on Friday, was later named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week. In upcoming action, Princeton hosts Rutgers on August 31 and Army West Point on September 2. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) that one win in ’21 but they smashed us last year (a 3-0 loss). It is a very good litmus test to see where we need to improve and what we need to do when you play the teams in our league as well as the really top teams. They are a very good example of

Tiger Men’s Soccer Facing Stern Tests from the Start, Aiming to Steel Itself for the Ivy League Battles Ahead

As the Princeton University men’s soccer team heads into the 2023 season, it is facing some stern tests from the getgo.

“I think we have the hardest schedule we have ever had — we have six teams in the preseason Top 20 on our schedule,” said Princeton head coach Jim Barlow, whose team hosts Rutgers on September 1 and Duke on September 4 to get the season underway. “We start off with the defending Big 10 champs and the No 4 team in the country on Monday.”

With the Ivy League holding its inaugural postseason tournament this year that will include the top four finishers in the league standings with victor earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Barlow is hoping that the gauntlet of tough foes will steel his squad for the Ivy League battles ahead.

“The guys enjoy playing against the best teams that we can find, it makes you better,” said Barlow. “Now with the conference tournament, if we can get six or seven games in against the best teams in the country we should be battletested for the Ivy games.”

Coming off a 2022 season which saw the Tigers go 6-64 overall and 1-3-3 Ivy, Barlow views the tournament as a potential game changer in a league known for its parity.

“The ties never really helped you in our league because it is three points for a win and one point for a tie; it will be interesting to see how or if that changes now that there is a conference tournament,” said Barlow. “The fact that the team goes to the NCAA tournament is the team that wins the tournament, it does add the potential to change the mentality for teams that might

know or think that they are out of the NCAA at-large picture. They can put all of their energy into just making the top four and then get into the tournament with two wins or two ties that go to shootouts. It will be really interesting to see how it plays out.”

Barlow believes that Princeton has the firepower at forward to make things interesting. The options up top for the Tigers include senior Walker Gillespie (6 goals, 1 assist in 2022), junior Nico Nee (1 assist), sophomore Danny Ittycheria (1 goal, 3 assists), sophomore Will Francis, senior Spencer Fleurant, senior Logan Oyama (1 assist), junior Harry Roberts (1 assist), senior Ryan Winkler (1 assist), and a pair of freshmen, Kevin Kelley and Ian Nunez.

“We have maybe seven or eight guys who could play one of the three frontrunner spots right now,” said Barlow.

“There is not a lot of separation and on any given day — some of them are stepping up and doing better than others. Walker is one of the guys that we are hoping can get us goals. He is doing well. Nico has emerged as a really talented player in our league. Danny has improved a tremendous amount since last year and is a fast, athletic forward. Will missed just about all of last fall, he had injuries and mono. He was a really effective attacking player for us in the spring.

Spencer has some potential to get us some goals. Logan has had moments where he has looked really dangerous. Harry has played well. Ryan is finally back to full health — he is a guy who can score goals.

Kevin and Ian are both dangerous attacking players. It is really early for me to have a sense of how it is all going to

pan out.”

At midfield, the Tigers will be featuring sophomore Jack Jasinski (4 assists), sophomore Gabriel Duchovny (1 goal), sophomore Jack Hunt, and freshman Liam Beckwith.

“It is going to be a challenge to get our midfield as mobile and effective and connected and contribute to the attack,” said Barlow, noting that James Wangsness is rebounding from injury and could return late in the season and that Malik Pinto bypassed his senior season to play for FC Cincinnati in the MLS.

“The way that we play, the midfield is huge so we will see. Jack Jasinski has done well so far, he is probably going to be in there. Of the attacking guys, Nico might find himself in the midfield. Gabriel has had a good preseason. Jack Hunt has had a good preseason. Both of these guys played some last year, Gabriel more than Jack but they are both solid midfielders. Liam has done well and can play in the middle also. Then there is also the possibility of some of the other guys up the field moving to the midfield, and some guys moving from the back to the midfield.”

Along the backline, sophomore Gi uliano Whitchurch, sophomore Stephen Duncan, junior Issa Mudashiru, senior Francis Akomeah (1 goal, 1 assist), senior Whit Gamblin, and sophomore Sam Vigilante will be holding the fort for the Tigers.

“Giuliano is going to be a really important player for us, he had a great first year for us last year,” said Barlow. “Stephen is back after not playing last fall. Issa, who was great for us two years ago and was injured most of last year, is back. Francis is back — he has played a lot for us also. Whit

is a center back. Sam played right back a decent amount in the spring. I think we are going to be tough, competitive, and organized in the back and will be hard to score on.”

The Tigers boast a pair of veteran goalies in juniors William Watson (a 1.57 goals against average and .685 save percentage in 12 games last year) and Khamari Hadaway (1.55 goals against average, .692 save percentage in 7 games).

“Watson had a pretty good year and Khamari had a great spring so it is neck and neck,”

said Barlow. “We split them in our scrimmage against Penn last night and they were both very good. I would think that last night and for parts of preseason, it is maybe our strongest position. They are both doing very well.”

While Barlow is still mixing and matching his players, he believes the Tigers possess the talent to develop into a strong team.

“I do think we have a lot of very good pieces; it is just in one week’s time there hasn’t been much separation to be able to say here is the first

11,” said Barlow. “We have to grind our games against really, really difficult opponents. To do that, we have got to be really, really hard to score on. We have to be disciplined and capable of capitalizing on transitions, on counter attacks as a result of our good defending up the field. We have to put good plays together with some urgency to use our speed and pace out wide. It is a really hard-working, focused group. They are eager to get back into the mix to win an Ivy title.”

—Bill Alden

HARRY SITUATION: Princeton University men’s soccer player Harry Roberts heads upfield in a game last season. Junior Roberts brings versatility to the Tigers as he can play both forward and defender. Princeton opens its 2023 season by hosting Rutgers on September 1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

PU Field Hockey Featuring a Bevy of New Faces, But Confident it Can Maintain Winning Tradition

The Princeton University field hockey team will feature a new look when they take on Louisville on Friday in Philadelphia.

The Tigers have to replace nine starters led by a group of seniors, including 2022 third-leading scorer Sammy Popper (9 goals, 2 assists), that graduated after helping Princeton go 13-5, win the Ivy League and reach the NCAA tournament. Princeton will also be without last year’s top scorer Beth Yeager (12 goals, 8 assists), the 2022 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-American, who is playing with the United States team that is working toward Olympic qualification.

“I think we’re very young,” said Princeton head coach Carla Tagliente, whose team was ranked 10th in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) preseason poll. “We’ve got a lot of new faces trying to fill in big shoes that have left. There’s a different vibe to the group.”

Princeton will spend the first few weeks of the season sorting out its most effective lineup. They will take on a ninth-ranked Louisville team (2-0) that will be in its third game and then a top-ranked North Carolina team (1-1) that will be on its fourth game Sunday, also in Philadelphia. Princeton saw some of the swings it expects early when it had a final scrimmage.

“It was good in parts, and frustrating in others,” said Tagliente. “I think that’s where we’re at. We’re still trying to figure out who we are.”

The Tigers will need leadership with such a young club. They have two returning starters in goalie Robyn Thompson (1.72 goals against average, .713 save percentage in 2022) and forward Grace Schulze (6 goals, 10 assists in 2022). The seniors are captains along with classmate Sam Davidson (7 goals).

“Robyn and Sam have been the two biggest vocal leaders,” said Tagliente. “Grace Schulze is right up there with them. They’re the three captains. Grace is more of a lead by example type of kid. Those three have done a great job. Liz Agatucci (2 goals) and Bridget Murphy, they are also in that senior class, and they work so hard. Their fitness level, Bridget is one of fittest players I’ve ever had play for me. They set this example of work rate and consistency and competitiveness that you really need on a young team like this.”

Tagliente is confident that everything will come together. The Tigers were picked to win the Ivy League, and the times when they have looked good show promise.

“I think the potential is high,” said Tagliente. “Having so many new players having to take on roles, you’re still at the point where we have a little bit of inconsistency and a little lack of connection on the field at times. The feeling is high. It’s just getting them to buy in and putting the work in to go through some of these growing pains is going

to be the challenge.”

The significant graduation losses have opened opportunities for others. Princeton has a mix of returning players and freshmen that are vying for playing time. Several of the returning players recognized and responded to the chance.

“Liz Agatucci, I don’t know where she’s going to play, but her fitness level is at a point where she put herself in a great position to be versatile and play anywhere,” said Tagliente. “Same with Bridget Murphy. Sam Davidson has really stepped up. She was primarily in the back. She could share time in the midfield in a defensive midfield role. She’s proved she can play that position which is great.”

Aimee Jungfer (1 goal) and Clare Brennan are juniors that have worked themselves into consideration for more playing time. They both figure to get chances during the regular season to cement a role.

“They have come from not really having much of a role to seeing themselves having bigger roles,” said Tagliente. “I think we’re still in the infant stages of seeing what they can do, but they’ve really stepped up and stepped into roles. They’ve done well to put themselves in position to be on the field.”

With so much turnover, there is also early opportunities for Princeton’s Class of 2027. The Tigers have a group that will be able to help at every level of the field.

“We’ve got some impactful freshmen this year with Ottilie Sykes, who can play center back, and Ella Cashman will play one of the center midfield roles,” said Tagliente. “Hope Delaney will probably come off the bench the first couple weekends, but then I think her ceiling is high and she could find her way into the starting lineup midway through the season if she keeps growing.”

Princeton anticipates growing plenty as a team. Its lineup may change as they adjust to playing together and find the top lineup to produce goals. They will be doing so with a young group unlike a lot of non-Ivy League Division I programs that can retool their teams with experienced transfers.

“We have lots of potential,” said Tagliente. “We’re definitely going to play a different style a little bit.

Ottilie is a big-time player coming out of England who can really outlet and hit big balls out of the back so we can open teams up more. But to put nine new players on the field and expect continuity right away is tough.”

How the Tigers will score is a big question mark as they enter the season. Princeton lost two of last year’s top three scorers. Scrimmaging and practicing have emphasized how important finding more scorers will be.

“We get a lot of play inside the attacking 30 zone, but not a lot of outcome,” said Tagliente. “We really need to draw corners because Ottilie is kid in on corners that can score. If we draw corners like we did last year — I think we led the

nation — we’ll be in good shape because I think our conversion will be higher this year, even losing Beth. We replace her with someone that can score equally well, just in a different way.”

Schulze is the Tigers’ leading returning scorer with her six goals and 10 assists last fall. Davidson is the leading returning goal scorer after she notched seven goals a year ago. Grace Anne McCooey is a sophomore who has impressed early and started at points in the preseason. But the scoring will fall on multiple people.

“I think we have talent,” said Tagliente. “I don’t think we have someone that’s going to have to bear the burden of scoring. We just need to play our system.”

Connecting the defense to the offense will be a midfield that is still a work in progress. The Tigers’ staff has been working on how they will transition the ball out of the defensive end through the midfield to the offense. They have some pieces that they expect to be able to rely on in these major roles.

“We’re still building,” said Tagliente. “Ella Cashman and Bridget have been playing a lot in the middle together. I think Sam Davidson may end up in the middle with Cashman a lot. You’ll see Cashman on the field a lot. That kid is going to log a ton of minutes. Liz has been doing a great job at outside left and outside right. Aimee Jungfer has been playing a lot of left midfield. And Hope Delaney has been playing a lot in the midfield.”

Local product Talia Schenck (2 goals, 2 assists) could also see more time in the midfield after slotting mostly as a forward in her first year. The Lawrence High graduate is poised to make a bigger impact in her second season with the Tigers.

“Talia is one who could have a breakout year,” said Tagliente. “This kid can score goals. If you ask me up front where goals can come from, definitely from her. Skillwise, she has the best skill on the team, and she’s the best goal scorer on team. She’s at the phase in her development where she’s just trying to transfer her play in practice to a bigger field and get the ball more, and be more effective on the ball.”

The defense also is still developing. The Tigers have a rock-solid goalie in Thompson, who started all but one game a year ago. She will have some new parts around her, starting with Sykes in the middle.

“We’re not quite set on what that’s going to be,” said Tagliente. “We’re going to have to do a little trial and error the first couple games.”

The first couple games will pose significant challenges, but Tagliente is determined to see her team give a sharp effort. She doesn’t expect flawless execution yet, but the effort Princeton plays with will hopefully be enough.

“My challenge is to focus this week,” said Tagliente. “This next weekend is game on. It’s not like it’s opening weekend, but it’s their third game and our first. There are no ‘buts.’ We’re going and we’re going in to win. I think we’re a little over this moral

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The non-conference schedule was put together to help prepare Princeton to defend its Ivy crown. The Ivy League has grown more competitive, said Tagliente, with Cornell and Yale also looking to vie with Harvard to threaten Princeton. In addition, the league will be holding its inaugural postseason tournament which will include the top four teams in the regular season standings with the victor earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Tigers’ non-conference schedule that includes Louisville, North Carolina, Maryland, Rutgers, Northwestern, and Syracuse is among the toughest in the country.

“It’s very good; it’ll definitely prepare us down the stretch,” said Tagliente,

referring to the gauntlet of tough contests. “We’ll be pushed and challenged. If we’re not on our game, we’re going to pay the price. But I’d rather that than us play teams that aren’t going to push and challenge us. Ivy play is so important. We have the tournament, but we still have to get to the Ivy tournament and to run the table is another challenge in front of us. All of these games are just a build-up in helping us prepare as we go through the season. Win or lose each game, we still have to have a takeaway from each game and get better each day.”

It begins this weekend with two challenging games. It’s the first step in a long process for a young Princeton team that hopes to compete with the best from start to finish this season.

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AMAZING GRACE: Princeton University field hockey player Grace Schulze, left, controls the ball in a game last fall. Senior forward Schulze, who tallied six goals and 10 assists in 2022, figures to be a key offensive catalyst for the Tigers this fall. Princeton, ranked No. 10 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) preseason poll, opens its 2023 campaign by facing Louisville on September 1 and the University of North Carolina on September 3, with both games to be played at Ellen Vagelos Field in Philadelphia. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) victory first weekend situation. I really want to go at both of these teams. They’re both very good. I still think we can play with them and I still think we can win.”

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PU Women’s Hockey Star Monihan Skates at U.S. Camp, Plans to Utilize Experience to Help Tigers This Winter

For Kate Monihan, playing for the U.S. U18 women’s team in the 2019 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Championship in Japan was a critical step in her hockey development.

“The things I learned there I came home and immediately brought to my high school team (Lawrenceville School),” said Monihan, who helped the U.S. win a silver medal at the competition. “It was things like moving the puck more quickly in the defensive zone from our defenders to our forwards and different strategies.

When you are the U18 team, you are coached by college coaches. I had the opportunity to bring college level knowledge and experience to my high school team and that actually ended up being one of our best seasons at Lawrenceville.”

This summer, Monihan, now a Princeton University women’s hockey senior defender and team co-captain, got another chance to be involved with the U.S. program. She skated for the U.S. Collegiate Women’s Select Team, previously known as the U22 Select Team, at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y., as part of the USA Hockey Women’s National Festival and is hoping to use that experience to help the Tigers this winter.

“At a U.S. camp, you always need some time to adjust because you are now playing with the top 40 collegiate players in the country,” said Monihan, a 5’5 native of Moorestown. “Everyone is as fast as you are, thinks as fast as you, and hones in on all of the little details the same way that you do, so there is an adjustment. You need to adjust to the speed and it is also adjusting to how other people play. There are differences between how the WCHA (Western Collegiate Hockey Association) players

play and how ECAC players play. I think a big piece of it is going to be sharing the knowledge I learned from this camp with some of our younger players.”

Looking back on Princeton’s 2022-23 season that saw the Tigers go 15-15-1, Monihan credited the young squad with getting better and better as the winter unfolded. The Tigers went 5-2 in their last seven regular season games and then pushed No. 3 Colgate in an ECAC Hockey best-of-three quarterfinal series, winning the opener 3-2 before falling 4-3 and 2-1 to the Raiders to get eliminated.

“We were a team that was trying to find a way to click,” said Monihan. “Our team was young, both of our starting goaltenders were underclassmen. Everyone was just trying to catch their stride. We really started to come together at the end of the season. We challenged Colgate in that last series. It was a tough timing on that end when we started to get our mojo as a team.”

Monihan made strides last winter at both ends of the ice. “I took on a different role than I had the previous season, I was a bit more defensively minded,” said Monihan, who tallied 10 points on one goal and nine assists last winter. “In the past, I had usually spent more time on the power play than the penalty kill. This year, I spent more time on the penalty kill than the power play. It was a good way for me to grow as a player and expand my skill set to be more versatile and to be a strong defender and also contribute on the offensive end with my assists.”

Growing as a leader, Monihan has been named as a team co-captain for the upcoming 2023-24 campaign along with fellow Sarah Fillier and junior Mia Coene.

“It is an honor and a

privilege to be a captain,” said Monihan. “It means even more to me to get to wear the ‘C’ on my jersey at Princeton because of the legacy and hockey history that comes with both the men’s and women’s programs. I feel like a stewardship almost, I want to honor those who came before me.”

In serving as a captain, Monihan will looking to be a positive force.

“I am big into building strong relationships off the ice, I tend to lead by connecting with everyone,” said Monihan. “It is empathydriven leadership by being everyone’s No. 1 supporter and ensuring that they feel confident on and the off the ice and supported on and off the ice. I think that channels into the team culture. If we all feel like our buckets are filled, we will be able to give more to the team as a whole. At our games, I think I expend more energy cheering on our teammates than playing.”

This summer, Monihan expended a lot of energy as she juggled an internship with Major League Baseball while training for the U.S. camp.

“This summer they called me up and invited me to come to the camp so suddenly my training went into overdrive,” said Monihan. “No one plays hockey in New York City, so I was skating at Chelsea Piers. The biggest part of my routine was getting up at 5:30 before work every morning to train. I tried my best to get myself in the shape needed to compete at camp. My job ended in the first week in August and the next day, I turned around and went to camp in Lake Placid.”

Once at Lake Placid for the camp which took place from August 7-13, Monihan and her fellow collegiate stars kept busy all day long.

“Every day we would have

SUMMER CAMP: Princeton University women’s hockey player Kate Monihan controls the puck in a 2022 game. Earlier this month, senior defender and team co-captain Monihan skated at the Team USA camp for the U.S. Collegiate Women’s Select Team at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y., as part of the USA Hockey Women’s National

some sort of on-ice activity; we would have either a team practice in the morning and then in the afternoon we would have some sort of meeting,” said Monihan. “We had a nutrition meeting, a meeting on sports psychology, and a U.S. anti-doping agency came to speak to us. The college team skated separately, but all of the meetings we had were with the senior national team. I would be walking down the hallway and there would be Hilary Knight or Abby Roque, all of these players I looked up to.”

On the ice, Monihan looked to hold her own. “Once I got settled in, I just tried to showcase the things that make me strong as a player,” said Monihan, who ended up not making the final squad of 23 U.S. college players which went 3-0 against Canada in a Rivalry Series that took place from August 16-19.

“It was trying to be quick on the blue line, moving the

puck, honing in on little details, my corner battles, and my stick placement.”

Training at the Herb Brooks Arena where the U.S. men’s hockey team produced its historic run to the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics meant a lot to Monihan.

“I grew up going to some hockey tournaments there. I have been there a lot, but every time I go, you feel the magic in the air,” said Monihan.

“The speed skating oval is right in front of the high school, right outside the hockey rink. Every time I am there, there is such an appreciation. I love history and you feel it now. Every time I got on the ice at camp, I tried to just take a moment and think about what a

privilege it is to be here, representing and training for my country but also honoring the moment that happened there before.”

Looking ahead to this winter, Monihan believes the Tigers can enjoy a magical campaign.

“Our talented young kids had the chance to really mature last year, they will start off stronger,” said Monihan.

“The big theme is channeling that energy from last year and going in knowing that this is a new team. We have two new assistant coaches and a lot of new ideas. So it is just embracing every opportunity we have and channeling the competitive spirit that we ended with. I feel very strong going into the season.”

—Bill Alden

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PU Women’s Golfer Liu Plays in LPGA Event

Princeton University women’s golfer Victoria Liu competed in her first LPGA Tour event last weekend as she played in the CPKC Women’s Open at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Senior Liu, a Vancouver native and member at Shaughnessy, competed as an amateur in Canada’s National Open Championship.

Liu ended up carding an 11over 155 in two rounds on the Par 72 layout as she missed the cut. Megan Khang and Jin Young Ko ended up tying for first at 9-under with Khang winning the tournament in a playoff.

Heading into the tournament, Liu was fired up for the opportunity to test her skills against a professional field.

“I am super excited to be playing in a field of top professionals,” said Liu. “It will be a great learning experience. I am looking forward to seeing what I can do out there against such a strong field in front of a lot of people who have helped me reach this point in my career.”

The 2023 Ivy League Player of the Year and 2022 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Liu was an at-large selection to the 2023 NCAA Regionals. Through her first two seasons as a Tiger, she has won five collegiate tournaments including medalist honors at the 2022 Ivy League Championship.

Princeton women’s golf head coach Erika Desanty was also excited to see the Tiger star compete in the event.

“We are eager to follow along as Victoria competes alongside the very best women in the game,” said Desanty. “She finds a way to be at her best when her best is needed, and we are all looking forward to an exciting week of golf ahead.”

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Named to Senior Bowl Watchlist

Princeton University football star offensive lineman Jalen Travis has been named to the 2024 Senior Bowl Watchlist, the organization announced last week.

Travis, who was also recently added to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 list, is the second Tiger in the last two years to be named to the list (Andrei Iosivas, 2023).

The senior tackle, a 6’9, 315-pound native of Minneapolis, Minn., was a secondteam All-Ivy League selection in 2022 while also adding Phil Steele and Blue Bloods second-team All-Ivy. He was a starter on the offensive line that helped Princeton post the Ivy’s No. 1 passing offense and No. 2 scoring offense last year as the squad went 8-2 overall and 5-2 Ivy.

The Tigers kick off their 2023 campaign by playing at the University of San Diego on September 16.

FIRED UP, READY TO GO: Princeton University women’s volleyball player Lucia Scalamandre gets fired up in a match last season. Sophomore middle blocker Scalamandre, the 2022 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a first-team All-Ivy selection, will be looking to build on her debut campaign this fall. Scalamandre, a 6’2 native of Topanga, Calif., led the Ivy League in blocks (104) and blocks per set (1.27) as a freshman. The Tigers, who went 21-4 overall and 13-1 Ivy to tie for the league regular season title last season, were picked second in the Ivy Preseason Media Poll released last week. The Tigers open their 2023 season by competing in the Bucknell Tournament on September 2 in Lewisburg, Pa. (Photo provided courtesy off Princeton Athletics)

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With Quarterback Petrone Triggering the Offense, PHS Football Tops Lawrence 20-0 in Season Opener

With the Princeton High football team knotted in a scoreless tie at Lawrence High midway through the second quarter last Friday night in the season opener, PHS quarterback Travis Petrone lofted a pass that wobbled towards the end zone.

As the duck fluttered down, Tiger receiver Wyatt Arshan swooped in, snatched the ball out of the air and raced in for a 41-yard touchdown to give PHS a 6-0 lead.

The Petrone to Arshan TD connection turned out to be a harbinger of things to come as the Tigers continued to seize opportunity on the way to a comprehensive 20-0 victory over the Cardinals. PHS went ahead 13-0 in the third quarter when sophomore Ellington Hinds gathered in a punt and sprinted 15 yards down the sideline for a TD. Senior running back Evan Pease put the finishing touch on the triumph, sprinting 41 yards for a score late in the fourth quarter.

It marked the first opening day win for PHS since 2014 (10-7 over Hamilton West) and the program’s first shutout since a 33-0 win over Hightstown in 2016.

Afterward, Petrone saw his TD pass as a thing of beauty, given the result.

“It wasn’t the prettiest ball but it got down there,” said a smiling Petrone, who ended up connecting on 4 of 8 passes for 59 yards and rushed for 19 yards. “He broke a few tackles and got in the end zone. It was nice to celebrate with my guys — there is nothing better than that.”

After losing 35-12 at Lawrence to start its 2022 campaign, Petrone and his teammates had last Friday circled on the calendar.

“Since June, since July, oh my gosh, we have just been tallying up the days till this date, waiting every single moment for this,” said Petrone. “We got here and we did what was supposed to be done. We took care of business.”

Getting a big turnout of players for this season, Petrone believed the Tigers had the depth to take care of business.

“We have been expecting this ever since coach [Charlie] Gallagher said there are 60 guys coming out this year for Princeton football,” said Petrone. “I couldn’t tell you the last time that happened. When we heard that, it is ‘all right, it is time to bring it to them and get that win.’”

The Tiger rushing attack brought it Friday night as senior Tyler Goldberg ran for 48 yards in 13 carries with classmate Pease galloping for 77 yards on seven carries.

“Our O-line is a lot better this year, that has helped them out,” said Petrone. “Those two are just complete muscle. They are always in the weight room working out, getting built. They are good friends and they just showed off tonight. They had a bunch of runs for first downs and Evan broke one for that big touchdown.”

Goldberg, for his part, credited Petrone with showing his mettle in the victory.

“This kid is the hardest worker I know,” said Goldberg of Petrone. “He comes

to the practice, he is leader. He comes from a good family. He really kept us in the game. He is a smart player. He throws a great ball and has good fakes. I love TP.”

Having been thrown into the fire last year as a sophomore as he took over the QB role after starting the season as a receiver, Petrone has worked hard to improve.

“I would say this year I am much better with my smarter plays tucking and running when there is nobody open,” said Petrone, a three-sport athlete who also plays basketball and baseball for PHS. “I feel like I have bonded a lot with my guys and that I am becoming a real leader.”

Against Lawrence, Petrone showed a bond with senior receiver Remmick Granozio, who was playing his first varsity game and came through with three receptions for 18 yards.

“Remmick is new to football but he has been working really hard all offseason,” said Petrone. “I had him on a lot of off routes, short patterns. He likes to break tackles and get upfield. He has good hands.”

In addition to his QB duties, Petrone helped the Tiger defense, putting in some good work at safety.

“We usually say hats to the ball, get as many guys to the ball,” said Petrone. “But tonight guys were making one-on-one tackles. The secondary was doing really well. We had two picks today, both from young sophomores Carmine Carusone and Ellington Hinds.”

PHS head coach Charlie Gallagher sensed that his squad was ready to make an opening statement against Lawrence.

“There was a big emphasis on the first game of the season, it just happens that it is Lawrence,” said Gallagher, who is in his 11th season guiding the Tigers.

“We just talk about how sweet it is to be 1-0 — they did a really great job with that. That was the focus in the weight room. They had a poster made up crossing off dates to the first game. This is about game one. Many, many years ago, that is what we did and we were pretty successful. We just focused on game one and the rest of them will just follow.”

The Tigers displayed great focus on the defensive side of the ball.

“It was the first shutout in seven years, I am just real happy for the defense,” said Gallagher. “Our defense should be a strong suit for us this year. I think we are pretty well balanced. They have some weapons, we are a little bit faster to the ball this year. There is no doubt about that. We wanted a lot of hats to the ball and they did just that. Our defensive line was swatting balls down. We are just trying to create some havoc in the backfield and I think we did that for the most part.”

The defense bent but didn’t beak as the Cardinals started several drives deep in PHS territory in the first half.

“We put ourselves in some bad spots early in the game, we had some really bad field

position,” said Gallagher, whose team stopped the Cardinals at the 9-yard line in the waning moments of the second quarter. “They had some great field position and we did not give up any points in that first quarter so hats off to the defense and coach [Brandon] Williams. Right before the half, that was a big stand because it was 7-0 and the next thing you are going in and it is tied up if they score. They are riding the momentum and you are not. We are riding the momentum because we stop them.”

Petrone’s solid play at quarterback helped give the Tigers momentum.

“They don’t always have to look pretty; you watch a lot of college and the NFL and they all look pretty,” said Gallagher of Petrone’s TD pass. “He is a savvy football player, he is really just a savvy athlete. He is a point guard. Those guys handle the rock and they distribute it. That is what a quarterback does, you distribute the ball. He is also a pitcher so he is the center of attention there. He is in the spotlight all of the time so hopefully this isn’t too big for him.”

The one-two running punch of Goldberg and Pease was another big factor in the triumph.

“It is nice because you can keep them a little healthy, they come in and out,” said Gallagher.

“Evan had that TD last year here, straight up the middle, so that looked really nice. He has got that breakaway speed. Tyler is a grinder, he has got that speed too. He gets a lot of carries. We are happy for both of those guys. We are going to lean on those guys and we are going to lean on the line. We are going to lean on a lot of fellas. but especially a couple of guys like that.”

Two sophomores, Hinds and Carusone, showed that they can be guys to lean on. Hinds came up with an interception and the punt return for the TD while Carusone contributed an interception and handled the kicking duties.

“Ellington played a lot as a freshman and he has definitely turned a corner,” said Gallagher. “I saw the ball bounce real high on the punt return. I saw Ellington take a little giddy-up and I said, “You know what, if that ball takes another bounce, he is picking it right up and running with it.’ He is a super athlete. Carmine played lacrosse last year and is a great soccer player but he said I am switching gears. We are so happy to have him, he is a hard runner, he is great cornerback. He is real athletic.”

Gallagher pointed to the pipeline provided by the Princeton Junior Football League, a popular flag football organization, as helping to stock the program with talent.

“The PJFL, our feeder program, has done a great job, their numbers are outstanding,” said Gallagher. “We just have a lot of kids playing football. We are trying to promote football but we are also trying to promote the safety of the game and the quality of the coaching that we have. It is, ‘Hey listen, give us a shot’ and we had 26 freshmen come out this

year. We have seven kids as seniors came out who had never played before.”

In Gallagher’s view, the win over Lawrence shows that the Tigers could enjoy an outstanding season this fall.

“It feels good, it is something that you want to build off of,” said Gallagher. “We can win games. We just have to put a good 48 minutes together, and that is what we did.”

With PHS hosting Riverside on September 2, Gallagher is looking for his squad to put together another superb performance.

“We lost to them by over 30 points (35-0) last year,” said Gallagher. “It is a small Group 1 school. I am sure they are here scouting and they present some challenges for us. They have a very unique offense. We are going to have to play a lot better defense than we did tonight to keep those guys in check.”

Petrone, for his part, believes that the Tigers will be up to that challenge.

“That shutout meant a lot,” said Petrone. “It definitely building on it, bring this energy next week.”

—Bill Alden

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Helene Cody 5K Race Set for September 9

The 15th annual Helene Cody 5-kilometer race and 1-mile fun run is taking place on September 9 with the start and finish line at Heritage Park in Cranbury.

The fun run begins at 8:15 a.m. and the 5K starts at 9 a.m. The 5K is chip-timed and USATF-certified with water stations throughout the course.

Trophies will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers overall and in each age group for the 5K. Every fun run finisher will receive a medal and trophies will be awarded to the top three boys and girls. The Cranbury Day celebration will begin immediately after the race on Main Street.

Additional race information and online registration is available at helenecody. com/5k-and-1-mile-runwalk. html.

This event is the main fundraiser for the Helene Cody Foundation, whose mission is to inspire youth to volunteer, to better their communities and themselves. Prior to her death in 2008, Helene Cody, a Princeton High student, planned to revive the Cranbury Day 5K, a community event that had been discontinued in 2006, as a way to combine her love of distance running and community service for her Girl Scout gold award project.

When she passed away, a classmate organized the first Helene Cody Cranbury 5K in memory of Helene for his Eagle Scout project. Every year since, the Helene Cody Foundation has used the event to bring the community together and use the proceeds to sponsor youth service projects and provide scholarships. All proceeds go directly to the Helene Cody Foundation, a 501(c) (3) charity.

Carnegie Lake Rowing Club Holding Learn to Row Program

The Carnegie Lake Rowing Association (CLRA) is holding its annual Learn To Row (LTR) program starting in September.

The program, now in approximately its 30th year, is designed to introduce individuals with little to no prior experience to the art of rowing. Participants in CLRA’s LTR program will have the opportunity to transform from novices into skilled sweep rowers.

The LTR program aims to teach the sport of rowing to adults without any prior rowing experience. As in previous years, the program will run from midSeptember to Thanksgiving, followed by the opportunity to join the rest of the club for their indoor training until the end of December. LTR participants also are invited to participate in the club’s annual Turkey Row on Thanksgiving morning.

The program starts with a weekend course on September 9-10 (full day Saturday, half day on Sunday) which is mandatory to get everybody on the same page at the beginning.

Throughout the program duration, practice sessions will be on Tuesday (5:30 a.m.), Thursday (5:30 a.m.), and Sunday (2 p.m.), all lasting approximately 90 minutes. In order to graduate from the program, participation in a minimum of 10 of these On-The-Water (OTW) sessions is required.

“We will start with a weekend intensive on September 9 and 10 and will then continue with up to 40 onthe-water sessions through Thanksgiving, followed by indoor erg sessions through the end of the calendar year,” said Shelley Krause, a 2016 LTR graduate who is now a member of CLRA’s LTR organizing committee.

“Whether you’re looking to embrace a new hobby, improve your fitness, join a welcoming new community, or simply relish starting your day on the water, rowing offers an unparalleled opportunity.”

As participants progress through the LTR program, they will receive expert instruction from experienced coaches, enabling them to master the essentials of sweep rowing. The program’s comprehensive curriculum covers water safety, rowing technique, and teamwork — fundamental skills that form the bedrock of the sport.

Enrollment in CLRA’s Learn To Row program will remain open until the end of August, or until the program fills, whichever comes first. To register or learn more about the program, log onto https://clra.com.

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OPENING STATEMENT: Princeton High quarterback Travis Petrone fires a pass last Friday night as PHS played at Lawrence High in the season opener for both teams. Junior Petrone connected on 4 of 8 passes for 59 yards and a touchdown in the contest to help the Tigers prevail 20-0. PHS will look to keep on the winning track when it hosts Riverside on September 2.

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later earned a master’s degree in engineering from NJ Institute of Technology. Sam’s dedicated service to his undergraduate alma mater was recognized when he was named a Loyal Son of Rutgers, the highest award for service conferred by the Rutgers Alumni Organization

Samuel Goldfarb

Samuel Goldfarb, a longtime resident of Princeton, NJ, and a loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 21, 2023 at the age of 98 years.

Sam (also known as Stan) will be remembered for his devotion and generosity to the causes and people who mattered most to him, including his surviving wife of 72 years Irene (Dale) Goldfarb; his children Ruth Koizim, David A. Goldfarb, Sally Goldfarb (Joseph Straus), and Judy Goldfarb; his three grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family. Sam was predeceased by his parents Max and Fannie Sams Goldfarb; his siblings Ruth Goldfarb, Jean Goldfarb Sherres, and Fred Goldfarb; and his son-in-law Harvey Koizim.

Born and raised in Jersey City, NJ, Sam was a proud graduate of Rutgers University. There, in addition to meeting Irene, the love of his life, on a blind date, he earned two bachelor’s degrees in engineering. He

After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, Sam held a variety of engineering positions at RCA, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and other companies. His expertise and professional experience were wide-ranging, and he was sought after as a consultant into his 80s. From the days when he built model airplanes and ham radios as a boy, through his years working on innovative projects ranging from communication satellites to heart pacemakers to fusion energy, he remained fascinated by engineering, science, and technology for his entire life.

Since their arrival in Princeton in 1963, The Jewish Center of Princeton held a special place in Sam and Irene’s lives. For decades, they faithfully attended weekly Shabbat services together, always sitting in their favorite seats. Sam also served in multiple volunteer leadership positions at The Jewish Center.

Sam’s talents and passions were not limited to engineering. Whether piloting a single-engine plane with his future wife as a passenger on their second date, bodysurfing at the Jersey Shore, carrying a kid fireman-style upstairs to bed, or telling a funny story, Sam lived every day to the fullest. He had a

vivid personality and leaves an unforgettable legacy.

Funeral services were held August 23 at The Jewish Center of Princeton with burial at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, NJ.

Contributions in memory of Samuel Goldfarb may be made to The Jewish Center of Princeton, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County, or a charity of your choice.

Funeral arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel. For condolences, please visit the obituary page at OrlandsMemorialChapel.com.

her Ph.D. to become a fulltime mother.

She later went back to school at Trenton State to become a certified teacher of American Sign Language (ASL) and taught until her retirement at the Marie Katzebach School for the Deaf in Trenton.

She loved playing tennis and swimming, cheered for the Yankees, was a voracious reader and major patron of the arts. When she wasn’t traveling across the globe exploring different cultures, she enjoyed working as a docent at the Princeton Art Museum.

Harriet was committed to serving those in need and was dedicated to numerous causes and organizations, including local groups the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, Greenwood House, and HomeFront.

Mother of the late Jenny Rebecca Teweles, she is survived by her sons Joshua Teweles and Benjamin Teweles, and their families including grandchildren Tosh Teweles, Jacob Teweles, Genevieve Teweles, Eleanor Teweles, and Michaela Teweles.

Princeton, NJ, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023 at the age of 84. Harriet — “Hatch” to her close friends — was born on February 8, 1939 in New York City. After spending the war years on a chicken farm in Connecticut, she grew up in Queens where she attended Forrest Hills High and Queens College. She studied for her postgraduate degree in U.S. History at the University of Wisconsin and stopped short of

Funeral services and burial were held on August 25 at Floral Park Cemetery in South Brunswick, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are respectfully requested to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.

Funeral arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel. For condolences, please visit the obituary page at OrlandsMemorialChapel.com.

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