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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Eisgruber Talks to Council About Town/Gown Priorities
At a meeting between Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber and Princeton Council, Mr. Eisgruber touched on a host of issues ranging from expansion of the student body to sexual assaults on campus. The meeting was held at the former Borough Hall on Monday evening. This is the third time in three years that the governing body has invited Mr. Eisgruber to speak about issues pertinent to “town and gown.” “Maintaining an open channel is important,” Mr. Eisgruber said in his opening remarks, adding, “Three years is sufficient to call it a tradition at this point.” The University is still in the early stages of its new campus plan but will release a document providing a framework for the process in early spring of next year, Mr. Eisgruber said. While that document won’t list exactly what plans the University has, it will include “a set of priorities and a set of projects that might be evaluated,” he said. Reports from various task forces will be included. “There are many that matter to the town.” Prominent among key issues are the robustness of the school’s liberal arts model, expansion of the student
body, a continued commitment to affordability, a focus on public service, the impact of technology on education, and the increase of interest among students in engineering. “Last year, we graduated 30 percent more engineers than in the previous year,” Mr. Eisgruber said. The recently completed Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment on Olden Street is an example of the University’s commitment to engineering. “I’m very proud of the new Andlinger Cen-
ter and I hope the town is proud.” Mr. Eisgruber said he hopes to change the fact that the University now turns down a higher number of qualified students than ever before. He said that the last time the school expanded the student body was in 2001, when 125 students were added to each class year for a total of 500. That is akin to the addition of one residential college. The recent opening of the school’s Entrepreneurial Hub on Chambers Street
It’s the same battlefield, but 238 years later another Battle of Princeton is heatHallisey Making Up for ing up. The Institute for Advanced Study Lost Time in Sophomore (IAS) announced last week that it is movSeason As Princeton ing ahead with its 15-unit faculty housing Men’s Hockey Continues project on approximately seven acres of to Show Progress . . . . 28 a 21-acre site, while the Princeton Battlefield Society and other opposition forces Stuart Hoops Improves marshal resistance on political, historical, to 5-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Continued on Page 11 and environmental grounds. State Senator Bob Smith (D-17), chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment, announced Tuesday that hearings on the IAS construction project and the Princeton Battlefield will be held Princeton University, as promised in posting on the website, and it hopes to on December 21 from 10 a.m. to noon in response to last month’s demands of begin publishing some of these scholarly the Environmental Committee Room of Black Justice League (BJL) students, opinions in January. the statehouse in Trenton. Representahas formed a special trustee committee Trustees vice-chair Brett Henry, tives of the Department of Environmento consider the legacy of Woodrow Wil- a Princeton 1969 graduate and vice tal Protection, the Princeton Battlefield son, and has created a website to collect president and general counsel of PartSociety and the IAS have been invited to information and opinions about Wilson ners Healthcare System, will chair the attend, according to Mr. Smith. Others are and his legacy (http://wilsonlegacy. 10-member committee. welcome to participate. “Hopefully,” Mr. princeton.edu/). In soliciting views from faculty, staff, unSmith said, ”we’ll get a little more informaThe committee has also invited schol- dergraduates, graduate students, alumni, tion on the issue.” Remembering John ars and biographers to share their un- and others, the committee asks participants In a December 9 statement, the InstiLennon (1940-1980), derstanding of Wilson and his legacy for Continued on Page 12 tute stated that it “has received all necCelebrating Linden and essary approvals and permissions from Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 the relevant agencies,” and that “the Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 project meets a critical need for the Institute, which has taken great care to adBooks . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 dress all reasonable concerns relative to preservation issues, in consultation with Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 18 historians James McPherson and David Hackett Fischer.” Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . 26 But The Battlefield Society has been working to reinstate a temporary restrainClassified Ads . . . . . . . 40 ing order to prevent construction on the site while they continue with their appeals. Music/Theater . . . . . . 16 The Battlefield Society has also joined with the Civil War Trust to circulate a peMailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 10 tition online at www.change.org, so far signed by more than 9,000 people. New to Us . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Also, Assembly Deputy Majority Leader Reed Gusciora (D-15) has written to the Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 37 state’s Department of Environmental ProReal Estate . . . . . . . . 40 tection Commissioner Bob Martin requesting a stay on wetlands permits necessary Religion . . . . . . . . . . . 37 for IAS to pursue the housing project. “Construction on the battlefield is unService Directory . . . . 39 necessary and would damage the historic value of the location, historic prestige Learn to Fly at thethePrinceton Flying School LAST CHANCE: Today, December 16, is the last chance to see the beautiful holiday decorations by garden clubs Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 of the town, and the delicate ecosystem from across New Jersey at Drumthwacket, the New Jersey governor’s mansion on Stockton Street . For more than which supports the area,” Mr. Gusciora 25 years, decorating for the holidays on the mansion’s first floor has been a tradition . The Drumthwacket FoundaTopics of the Town . . . . 5 said. “A stay will allow the courts to resolve tion continues this year with a nostalgic look back, partnering with The Garden Club of New Jersey and Garden this matter without the threat of imminent Club of America . Other participating clubs in this festive display include clubs from Bay Head, Keyport, Mountain Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . . 6 destruction of the historic landmark and Lakes, Warren, Morristown and Somerset Hills . Hours are 11 a .m . to 1:30 p .m . and reservations are necessary . o Fly at the Princeton Flying School
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