Volume LXX, Number 2 Discussion of Land Parcels Dominates Council Meeting . . . . . . 9 Martin Luther King Events Begin with Trinity’s Prayer Vigil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Robert H .B . Baldwin, 95, Former Chairman and President of Morgan Stanley and Under Secretary of the Navy, Dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Producing Dramatic Comeback From 11-Point Deficit, PU Men’s Hoops Edges Penn in OT to Start Ivy Play . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sparked by Pettoni’s Flair for Scoring Clutch Goals, Hun Boys’ Hockey Primed for Big Stretch Drive . . 26
Humans of New York Photographer Brandon Stanton is Subject of This Week’s Book Review . . 11 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 20 Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Classified Ads . . . . . . . 31 Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Music/Theater . . . . . . 15 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 29 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 31 Service Directory . . . . 30 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Topics of the Town . . . . 7 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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PBS Threatens Suit Under Clean Water Act; Institute Responds As the Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) set forth its latest plan to halt the Institute for Advanced Study’s (IAS) faculty housing project last week, the Institute, claiming that “our right to build is not in doubt,” announced that it has received all necessary permits and addressed all reasonable concerns and that the project “is essential if [the Institute] is to be able to sustain its mission for future generations of scholars.” PBS last Thursday filed notice to sue IAS and its partnering construction and engineering firms in federal court under the Clean Water Act, unless, within 60 days, federal (Environmental Protection Agency) or state (Department of Environmental Protection) authorities stop the 15unit housing project. PBS cited violations of federal law in the IAS site preparations “for unpermitted discharges into wetlands that are navigable waters” and called for the removal of all fill material, restoration of the wetlands, and fines of $37,500 per day for discharges of dirt and sand onto each of two designated wetlands on the building site. The Battlefield Society further suggested that the IAS had obtained permits by fraudulent means and claimed that “since the Institute appears to have obtained Letters of Interpretation concerning the site from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection by withholding information and/or providing misleading information, the court would be justified in assessing the full penalty amount for each day of violation.” A hearing on the controversy in the State Senate Environment and Energy Committee on December 21, 2015, resulted in a letter signed by Senators Bob Smith (D17), Linda Greenstein (D-14), and Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-16), requesting that the state DEP issue a stay on the Institute’s construction project “to prevent irreparable harm to the historic site where the Battle of Princeton occurred as well as damage to the existing wetlands.” The IAS and the DEP were not represented at the hearing. “We were not informed of the hearing by legislative officials and were not asked to attend.” IAS director Robbert Dijkgraaf stated in a letter last Thursday to Institute trustees, faculty, staff, and friends. Continued on Page 6
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Immigrant Community to Hear of Risks and Rights
In response to recent U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across the nation, an information session will take place in the Community Room at St. Paul’s Church at 7 p.m. Thursday. Sponsored by Princeton Human Services, Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF), and Unidad Latina en Accion NJ (ULA), the workshop will cover the following topics: who is at risk of being deported? what to do during a raid? your rights in this country, and organizations that can assist you in the event of a raid. An immigration lawyer will be present to answer general questions, and Human Services will provide additional helpful information and resources to residents who may be fearful about how to respond if ICE agents come to their home. For example, ICE agents must show a court order signed by a judge to enter someone’s home. Otherwise the resident is not obligated to open the door. In a January 4 statement, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh C. Johnson announced that ICE over the previous weekend had “engaged in concerted, nationwide enforcement operations to take into custody and return at
a greater rate adults who entered this country illegally with children.” The focus of the recent operations, primarily in Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina, where 121 individuals were apprehended and are being held in federal detention centers before being deported to their home countries in Central America, “were adults and their children who 1) were apprehended after May 1, 2014 crossing the southern border illegally, 2) have been issued final orders of removal by an immigration court, and 3) have ex-
hausted appropriate legal remedies, and have no outstanding appeal or claim for asylum or other humanitarian relief under our laws.” “Our borders are not open to illegal migration,” Mr. Johnson said. “If you come here illegally, we will send you back consistent with our laws and values.” Elisa Neira, executive director of Human Services in Princeton, expressed concern over the recent ICE actions and their effects on local immigrants, “We want our Continued on Page 10
Howard Speaks Out on Gun Control, Backs Strong Measures to Counter Violence Aurora, Newtown, Fort Hood, Charleston, San Bernardino, and so many other place names resonate with the shock waves of gun violence in America. “We are the only advanced country on earth that sees this kind of mass violence erupt with this kind of frequency,” President Barack Obama stated last week from his podium in the East Room of the White House. “It doesn’t happen in other countries. It’s not even close.” As Mr. Obama pressed new executive
actions to reduce gun violence, and presidential candidates debated gun control issues, Princeton Council member Heather Howard, director of the State Health Assistance Network and lecturer in public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, saw the epidemic of gun violence as a public health issue, with the “need for a multifaceted response.” “I’m glad he took those steps,” Ms. Continued on Page 2
AS IT HAPPENS: A mid-point perspective on the evolution of Princeton University’s Arts and Transit Project . The buildings are designed by architect Steven Holl . The full project is expected to open in the fall of 2017 . (Photo by Emily Reeves)