Volume LXXII, Number 46
Instagram Star to Appear at JFCS Benefit . . . . . . 5 Princeton Eating Clubs Open Houses . . . . . . . 8 DCJ Issues Report on Fatal Shooting at Panera . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Visions of New York City in Fact and Fiction . . . 19 Richardson Chamber Players’ “From Buenos Aires to Brooklyn” . . . 23 Theatre Intime Presents Iphigenia and Other Daughters . . . . . . . . 26 PU Field Hockey Advances to NCAA Semis . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 PHS Boys’ Cross Country Makes Meet of Champions . . . . . . . . 38
Izzy Kasdin Shares Her Love of History with the Community . . . . . . . . 16 All in a Day's Work . . . 16 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtor . . .24, 25 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 30 Classified Ads . . . . . . 41 Dining & Entertainment. . . 28 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Music/Theater . . . . . . 27 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 40 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Gov. Murphy Urges New Technologies In PU Andlinger Speech
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Jesse Jackson Sees “Light in the Darkness”
Delivering the keynote address in a daylong conference on clean energy technologies that brought together leaders from the worlds of business and academics, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy presented his vision for making the state a global leader in innovation and clean energy. He claimed that New Jersey, with Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Bell Labs, Sarnoff, and others, “was the Silicon Valley before it was the Silicon Valley,” and promised that the state can reclaim its place in global innovation. In an event at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment focusing on environmental and economic progress in the state, Murphy emphasized the importance of Princeton as “an internationally-renowned center for research and development. He noted the value of taking academic ideas and research and “shaping them into real-world solutions.” Murphy pointed out New Jersey’s plans to expand energy storage and the use of solar power, to increase energy efficiency for the state’s utilities, and to use wind energy to power 1.5 million homes and businesses by 2030. “But, more universally, we want to make New Jersey the home base for any innovative company, in particular, obviously, in the energy sector,” he continued. “We are committed to not just making New Jersey a state that runs on clean energy, but the place where vital research and development, and even the manufacturing of component parts, happens.” As evidence of his administration’s commitment to bringing groups together to support the environment and the economy, Murphy noted the New Jersey Wind Institute, which will develop the state’s potential for wind technology, and the proposed Innovation Evergreen Fund, which would provide $100 million annually, a combination of state resources and venture capital, to develop new businesses. “We want new technologies designed, built, tested, and eventually Continued on Page 9
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Preaching to a congregation of about 800 in the Princeton University Chapel on Sunday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, iconic civil rights, religious, and political leader, called for hope and perseverance in the current troubled political climate. “Is it dusk moving toward midnight or dawn moving toward noon time?” he questioned in his sermon leading off the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) annual Multifaith Service and Conference for Peace. Joining Jackson at the afternoon conference attended by about 250 at the Nassau Presbyterian Church, speakers included Ambassador Wendy Sherman, head of the U.S. team that negotiated the Iran nuclear agreement; Ray Acheson, a leader of the International Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons; Leon Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York; and Bill Hartung, an internationally recognized expert on Pentagon spending and the global arms trade. Noting that working for peace and justice is a journey through darkness, a process without a rapid payoff, Jackson said, ”There is a certain darkness in our nation today — elections based upon who has the most money, the most deceptive ads, the
real capacity to suppress votes without any conscious restraints.” Enumerating injustices and abuses of power in recent events, he asked repeatedly, “What time is it?” and questioned, “How does one navigate in the darkness?” Jackson went on to point out lights of hope in the dark: W.E.B. DuBois, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela from history, and from current events, “during this dark season, the refugees from Central America, Beto in Texas, Gillum in Florida, Abrams in Georgia.” He continued, “In the darkness, you must imagine globally, not just personally or nationally. There are no
more foreigners in the world in light of social media. Everyone is everyone’s neighbor in the world house.” Concluding on an optimistic note, Jackson asserted, ”People of faith know that darkness is not permanent. It’s dark but the morning comes.” In the afternoon sessions, Jackson emphasized the importance of diversity in improving American life and working towards social justice. Urging organizations and individuals to embrace diversity, he cited examples of striking improvements achieved through diversity from Jackie Robinson and his effect on the quality of Continued on Page 7
University Launches Architecture Program For Trenton Central HS Sophomores
Trenton high school students are plunging into the world of architectural studies, under the direction of the Princeton University School of Architecture’s Princeton ArcPrep, a program featuring an immersive semester-long course on architecture, urbanism, and integrated design studio practices. “Princeton ArcPrep is introducing some of our region’s most promising students to architecture, a field that has historically lacked diversity,” said Princeton University School of Architecture Dean and Program Director Monica Ponce de Leon. “I
am deeply committed to providing these students — all of whom have an aptitude for architecture but lack access to formal training and support — an opportunity to develop the skills that will propel them into a successful career.” The inaugural class of 15 Trenton Central High School (TCHS) sophomores, selected for their academic standing and interest in architecture, spend three hours a day, four days a week in studio at TCHS, studying architecture through a project-based learning curriculum. The Continued on Page 10
HONORING OUR VETERANS: Spirit of Princeton held its annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Monday at the All Wars Monument. The keynote speaker was Lt. Col. Peter L. Gilbert, fourth from left, who currently serves as the U.S. Army War College fellow at Princeton University. Gilbert is shown with local veterans and members of the Princeton Police Department. Participants share how we should thank and honor veterans for their service in today’s Town Talk on page 6. (Photo by Erica M. Cardenas)
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