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The successful Dual Language Immersion Program at Community Park School will be an ongoing initiative in the district, after last month’s unanimous affirmation by the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. Started as a pilot initiative at the beginning of the 2015-16 year for sections in kindergarten and first grade, the program expanded to second grade, with 43 kindergarteners, 41 first graders, and 38 second graders. It is scheduled to include K-3 in 2017-18, K-4 in 2018-19, and K-5 with full implementation in 2019-20. “Dual Language Immersion has made us a better school,” said Community Park principal Dineen Gruchacz. “Our teachers are finding new ways to collaborate, and Spanish has become part of our school’s fabric, woven into our school meetings, morning announcements, and student-led conferences.” Students in the program, all voluntarily enrolled by their parents, learn half the day in Spanish and half the day in English. Similar to other DLI plans that are becoming increasingly popular throughout the country, the Community Park program has demonstrated advantages for both native and non-native speakers. In this 50/50 DLI model the students learn Spanish language arts, math, and science in Spanish and social studies and language arts in English. By alternating between the two languages, students develop flexibility and resiliency in thinking and problem solving, as well as gaining fluency in both languages. “Research supports that the DLI program raises the level of performance for all students across all subjects,” observed superintendent Steve Cochrane. “It is a remarkable program with significant potential to help us close the achievement gap.” PPS world languages and ESL supervisor Priscilla Russel, who proposed the immersion program after investigating research on the cognitive benefits of bilingualism, noted, “We see a higher level of proficiency in the second language; and there is also evidence of enhanced cognitive skills and improved academic performance.” School board member Betsy Baglio, who has a child in the DLI program, stated that the program gives students a

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Princeton Charter School has applied to the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) to expand its enrollment by 76 students next year, a proposal that Princeton Public Schools (PPS) superintendent Steve Cochrane has claimed would drain funds from PPS and ”compromise the quality of our students’ education.” Noting that the PCS plan was “a complete shock to all of us,” PPS board president Andrea Spalla stated, “The unvarnished, undeniable truth is that the proposal, if approved by the state Commissioner of Education, would be financially devastating to our six public schools.” PCS, in disputing Mr. Cochrane’s contention that the PCS expansion would result in an annual loss of $1.38M to the district, argued that their plan would help to address PPS overcrowding and educate those 76 students for less money, $15,300 per student as opposed to the district’s expenditure of $24,000 per student. “With the town of Princeton experiencing a significant spike in enrollment due to new residential developments coming online,” the PCS response to Mr. Cochrane stated, “the PPS district has already acknowledged the need to expand its facilities to accommodate many new students in the community. This proposal, if approved, will allow PCS to absorb a significant number of the new students and

give them a great educational option.” In addition to its proposal to expand from one class to two classes in kindergarten, first grade and second grade and to add two spots in each of grades three through eight, the PCS application also requests an amendment to the PCS charter to allow it to implement a weighted lottery that would give an advantage in admissions to economically disadvantaged students.

Mr. Cochrane disputed the financial figures set forth in the PCS proposal. ”Contrary to what some have claimed,” he stated, ”under no scenario would the PCS trustees’ proposed expansion save our taxpayers money. While the district would have to pay PCS an additional $1.16 million in tuition annually for the additional 76 students who transfer there, the district will not realize any cost savings. Why? Continued on Page 8

Former Location of SAVE To Be Site of Office Building At a meeting of Princeton’s Planning Board last week, developer Charles Yedlin received approval to put an office building on the site of the former headquarters of a longtime animal shelter. The Herrontown Road location was home to SAVE, a Friend to Homeless Animals, for 74 years before the organization moved to a 10-acre expanse in Skillman in August, 2015. The board’s unanimous vote came at a hearing continued from one held at a meeting on October 20. Mr. Yedlin has proposed a 25,000-square-foot building for the site at 900 Herrontown Road, which he bought from SAVE last August.

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Elections for the Executive Board of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization will be held at the annual reorganization meeting on January 29. Offices to be filled are: president, 1st vice president, 2nd vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, and 12 at-large members. The term of office for each position is one year. Details about eligibility to serve on the executive board as well as the responsibilities of each position can be found in the PCDO bylaws, specifically articles IV, V, and VI. Information on the nominating and election process can be found in article X. Affiliate members (those living outside of Princeton) are not eligible to serve on the executive board or vote at the January meeting.

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A Community Bulletin Donate Toys: New toys, gift cards, clothing, diapers, and wipes for at-risk babies are being collected by Petrone Associates on Research Way, for The Children’s Home Society through December 16. Gifts are for newborns to 15-year-olds. To participate, contact Sophia Kastanis at sophia_kastanis@glic.com. Food Drive: Donate non-perishable food at the office of Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker, 23 Orchard Road, Suite 170 in Skillman, through December 13. (609) 454-3147. Red Cross Holiday Giving Campaign: Donors to this cause can give symbolic gifts in a wide range of budgets, helping to provide hot meals, blankets, vaccinations, and more to those in need, in honor of a loved one or colleague. Visit www.redcross.org/gifts. Gingerbread House Decorating: At McCaffrey’s Market in Princeton Shopping Center on Friday, December 9, 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. www.mccaffreys.com. PCDO Meeting: Sunday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m., the Princeton Community Democratic Organization meets at Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street. The focus will be a commitment to action. Messiah Sing: Monday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m., all are welcome to sing Handel’s “Messiah” at Princeton University Chapel. Admission is $5 (students free). Penna Rose conducts and Eric Plutz accompanies on organ, with additional accompaniment from strings and trumpet. prose@princeton.edu. Candlelight Vigil for Peace on Earth: The Coalition for Peace Action holds this annual event Tuesday, December 13 from 5-6 p.m. at Palmer Square, followed by a potluck party at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, and a program including a talk and music. www.peacecoalition.org. Winter Farmers Market: Thursday, December 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Community Room at Princeton Public Library, 20 vendors sell local organic produce and holiday items. Family Art Festival: Sunday, December 18 from 12:30-2:30 p.m., West Windsor Arts Council presents “Winter Warm Up With a STEAM Flair” at MarketFair Mall on Route 1. Music, face-painting, science projects, and refreshments.

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help of a freelance archivist. He met Mr. Filin at a Kremlin gala in Moscow. (Mr. Filin is back at the Bolshoi, but no longer as artistic director. He leads a workshop for young choreographers.) Mr. Morrison also spent time with 90-year-old Yuriy Grigorovich, famed dancer, choreographer and ballet master of the Khrushchev-Brehznev era into the 1990s. “I went to his home,” Mr. Morrison enthused. “And I yakked my way into a rehearsal. There he was, still hectoring these beautiful young dancers. He even accepted me as an American. At the rehearsal he was tough and stern, and completely with it. He’s a small person but a very imposing

presence. I guess if you survive Stalinism, you survive anything.” A chapter of the book is devoted to ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, known for her dramatic presence, technical brilliance, and long career despite political repression — in part because she was Jewish. A major cultural figure, she died in May 2015 at the age of 89. Along with its counterpart in St. Petersburg, the less flamboyant Maryinsky (Kirov) Ballet, the Bolshoi is considered a national treasure. It is from these two powerhouse companies that Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and other classic ballets were born. The Bolshoi theater itself, renovated to the tune of $680 million and now only accessible to those who can

afford sky-high ticket prices, was the scene of many Communist party meetings during Soviet years. The theater has survived being bombed, rigged with explosives, and reinforced with cement during its storied history. The man convicted of organizing the attack on Mr. Filin, Pavel Dmitrichenko, a dancer with the Bolshoi, was released from prison after nearly three years. “He’s out, back in Moscow, living not far from Filin,” Mr. Morrison said. “He wants to rejoin the theater and that could well happen. He still has a lot of supporters in the theater.” The Bolshoi continues to turn out spectacular dancers, but some choose to pursue their options elsewhere. Alexei Ratmansky, Mr. Filin’s predecessor as artistic director and today the resident

choreographer with American Ballet Theater, left in 2008. Mr. Morrison quotes him in the book as having written on Facebook, “Many of the illnesses of the Bolshoi are one snowball — that disgusting claque which is friendly with artists, ticket speculators, and scalpers, half-crazy fans who are ready to slit the throats of their idol’s competitors, cynical hackers, lies in the press, and scandalous interviews of people working there.” Still, the organization endures and thrives. “There are horrible, terrible things that happen at that theater, but nothing undermines the accomplishments that happen there,” Mr. Morrison said. “Great art actually arises from some terrible pressures. Maybe it requires terrible pressures.” —Anne Levin

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Because the school district operates on an economy of scale and most of its costs are fixed, not variable.” Mr. Cochrane pointed out that, for example, sending 21 of 220 kindergarten students in the district to PCS next year would not alleviate any space or staffing needs. “If 21 of those students go to PCS next year as proposed, the districts’s class sizes in kindergarten may drop by one or two students, but we will not reduce grade populations to the point where we need fewer teachers or staff or less building space,” he said. The PCS proposal seeks NJDOE permission “to make kindergarten the main point of entrance at PCS as it is in most schools.” According to its current charter, there is a staggered admissions structure with about half of the graduating class entering in kindergarten and the second half entering in third grade and two additional students entering in fourth grade. The new proposal seeks to “bring everyone on board as soon as possible to benefit from our curriculum. We believe that these structural enrollment changes will serve the academic and social and emotional needs of our students better than our existing admissions structure.” Approval of the PCS petition would mean construction, beginning next summer, of three new classrooms, a larger cafeteria, additional spaces for special education, and possibly two extra “flex classrooms.” The weighted lottery aspect of the proposal would allow PCS to give an extra chance for admission to students

who qualify as economically disadvantaged. PCS typically faces a high demand of about 70 applicants for 10-12 seats available for new families for kindergarten admission. The PCS application cited further evidence of the school’s success in the 20 years since its inception in its widespread parental support, its students’ success after graduating from eighth grade and moving on to Princeton High School, and in its designation by The NJDOE as a “Blue Ribbon School” and a “Tier One” school, and its students’ strong showing on NJASK, PARCC, and ERB test scores. Citing an urgency to meet the state’s December 1 application deadline, PCS, in its response to Mr. Cochrane, echoed his plea for the two entities to work together. “Now that PCS has filed that application, we can engage in discussions and work with the district to figure out how PCS can be part of the solution … to continue providing great public education options for all Princeton children at the lowest cost to taxpayers,” the statement said. PCS Board of Trustees chair Paul Josephson emphasized the need for constructive collaboration. “Parents are not interested in us versus them,” he said. “We’ve been here 20 years, and Steve has been a great partner. We’re part of this system. We are part of the community.” Citing controversy on the question of expense for the school district, Mr. Josephson added, “This is a battle over limited resources, and when there are limited resources, people defend their turf.” Disagreements on cost implications of the PCS plan,

resentments over the unexpected timing of the proposal, and concerns over depleted resources for the overcrowded Princeton High School in particular, present significant barriers to cooperative collaboration in addressing the PCS-PPS conflict. Ms. Spalla pointed out that the state’s system of funding charter schools “pits host districts against the schools. Their funding comes straight off the top of our budget each year. It’s unfair to all of the students in the district.” Mr. Cochrane added, “The Trustees’ proposal puts the Princeton Public Schools and the Princeton Charter School at cross purposes. It takes from one to enhance the other.” But he went on to articulate a more positive prospect for moving forward. “In a town that truly values cutting-edge public schools, we should be working with PCS to consolidate our two separate districts. This would actually save money and serve all students far better. It would also, in one move, help to alleviate the district’s space needs for years to come. We would welcome creative thinking about ways to combine our resources with those of Princeton Charter School to increase our collective economy of scale and to enhance the learning for all the children in this community.” A decision on the PCS application lies with the state commissioner and the NJDOE. The PPS district has an opportunity to weigh in with a response to the application, but “it’s premature to say” at this point, according to Ms. Spalla, what PPS’s next step will be. —Donald Gilpin

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Tim Charleston, K-8 social studies supervisor for the Princeton Public Schools, described Connie Escher and Justin Mathews, sixth grade ancient world cultures teachers: “As a team they complement each ot her phenomenally. They both have significant individual strengths. They’re at the top of their game professionally. They take pride and pleasure in providing learning experiences for their students. They approach social studies in a hands-on way, and they care deeply about their students and about history.” M s . E s c h e r a n d M r. Mathews were right at the front door of John Witherspoon Middle School, waiting for me, early for our interview. They had a lot to tell me, and didn’t want me to miss any of it. “We knew you’d be excited to hear,” Ms. Escher said. She was right. As they led me to their classrooms, they continued non-stop — sometimes interrupting each other, sometimes finishing each other’s sentences, sometimes both speaking at once, sometimes digressing to pursue interesting related topics, but always articulate, intelligent, fascinating, so well informed, and informative. M s . E s c h e r a n d M r. Mathews make a formidable team, and every minute in their company confirmed their supervisor’s assessment of those often intangible qualities that identify great teachers. “The textbook does not define our course,” Mr. Mathews said. “We use current archeology. We give children an experience that’s worth talking about. That’s what makes our work together truly meaningful.” Both teachers repeatedly emphasized the importance of teamwork. “You get this multi-level experience,” Mr. Mathews pointed out, “half the period with me, half the period with Ms. Escher.” “One and one is more than two,” Ms. Escher said. “It’s like five.” She went on to discuss some of her priorities in teaching her five sections, about 110 students. (Mr. Mathews also teaches five 20-25-student

classes of sixth graders each day.) “It’s not just one aspect of history,” she said. “We emphasize the skill of writing certain kinds of essays where students read a primary source, take quotations from that source and use them in their essays. They work through the processes of reading, writing, drawing, and thinking. We’re teaching this ethos of research, where they understand the material. We’re teaching them the history of medicine, the history of art, the history of how people thought.” Magic Describing his hope of fostering a love of history in his students, Mr. Mathews explained, ”It’s one of those things where it’s our goal that at the end of the period you should want to come back tomorrow. That’s something that Connie and I are effective in doing. Kids say to me, ‘you’re going to let us go without telling us the end?’ so they want to come back tomorrow. That’s what makes social studies in sixth grade magic.” “It really is magic,” Ms. Escher said. “We’ve never lost our passion. We reinforce each other. We love it.” Mr. Mathews described the unique qualities of sixth grade students and “why I can’t picture myself anywhere else t han middle school.” He reflected, ”What makes 6th grade special is that the children still have the desire for exploration combined with the subtle maturity elements that you see in middle school. So we really get the best of both worlds. They have the willingness to explore still and the readiness to think about issues on a higher level. Later, as they get older that desire for exploration fades. The pressures increase. High school becomes more about getting the work done by a certain date.” “ We’re plow ing v irg in fields,” Ms. Escher stated, “especially in the art of teaching writing, because at the end of this exploratory lesson, called the history mystery, they are going to be writing something. They’ve done the research. They’ve done the reading. They’ll be

EGYPTIAN EXPLORATIONS: Justin Mathews and Connie Escher team up to investigate the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and many other wonders of the ancient world with their sixth grade social studies students at John Witherspoon Middle School. (Photo by Donald Gilpin)

the experts, writing something brand new as expert historians on this history mystery. This is the place where a lot of kids learn to write.” Opening Students’ Eyes Reflecting on the long-term effects of their work in the classroom, Ms. Escher recounted, “Parents stop us on the street or in the supermarket and they say, ‘thank you for teaching my children how to write and how to think. It has stood them in good stead in college and beyond.’ This is the start of very serious academic work for them in many many cases. By the time they leave our hands, they have the tools of inquiry, of writing, of visualizing, the kinds of tools that historians use. “Once you open that door of learning, open students’ eyes, scales fall off the eyes. T hey’re s eeing. T hey’re understanding. They’re in charge of their own learning to a great extent. Then you’re not worried about those other concerns because you’ve empowered students in a way that is very exciting, and it lasts.” Mr. Mathews chimed in to point out, “We foster curiosity, a want to know more, a want to learn about the world around them. And hopefully that goes into their adult lives.” He went on to recall some of his favorite moments when students came back to say hello. “It is their way of saying, ’Look, I made it!’ Many years ago I had a student who struggled to find success in school and was often in trouble. I must have made an impact on him because last year he came back wearing his full marine uniform. I was so surprised and impressed. His picture now hangs proudly in my classroom.” Team Matters Ms. Escher, who has been teaching for 25 years, and Mr. Mathews, who is in his 11th year of teaching, have worked together as the ancient world cultures team for more than 10 years. “The reason I was successful was that Connie was ready to accept and nurture me as a teacher when I was new,” Mr. Mathews said. “I was 22 years old. She was my mentor, and now she’s a friend that I love. We started off as partners and it’s grown into a life-long friendship.” Ms. Escher echoed, “Lifelong friendship. We inform each other, and we’re always updating each other, adding different parts to what we’re doing.” Mr. Mathews concluded, “What we do together embodies the whole district goal of partnership. You are a life-long learner. It’s live to learn and learn to live. It’s the life-long love of learning that sets you up for success on every level.” —Donald Gilpin

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55-Plus Club Meeting On Perception, Vision

“Perception — The Visual Art of the Brain,” will be the topic of a presentation by Sabine Kastner, professor of neuroscience and psychology in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, scientific director of Princeton’s neuroimaging facility. The meeting of 55-Plus at 10 a.m. will be on Thursday, December 15, at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. Everyone is welcome and admission is free, with a $3 donation suggested. What is perception? Intuition suggests that what meets our eyes reflects the physical properties of the world. Whenever we look at the world around us, these physical properties are reliably transformed into brain signals and read out into what we call “perception of the visual world.” We typically think about the process of perception as a passive one: we take the information in without actively participating in the process. Professor Kastner will discuss how the brain processes visual information, and give many examples to show that the process of visual perception is not passive at all. Perception is a highly active and

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Your Honor: Thanks for allowing our mean-spirited university to increase my suffering. I am 72 years old with congestive heart failure. Before the heartless decision to move the station, I could walk there. That is no longer possible. Because of a recent procedure, I am forbidden to drive for the next two weeks. My surgeon is in New Brunswick, and I am happy to take New Jersey Transit there for my follow-up appointment on December 8. But getting to the train will be a major inconvenience. Respectfully, To the Editor: DavID ZINkIN The board and staff of arm In arm would like to thank Humbert Lane everyone who came out to celebrate with us at our November 3 benefit at Frick Laboratory on the Princeton University campus. We celebrated our mission of 36 years Dear David, The decision to move the station was made between to provide food, housing and job support for our neighbors New Jersey Transit and the University. There are options in need. and we concluded the fall 2016 rollout of our to help you get to the new station. For example, you may name transition from the Crisis Ministry of Mercer County want to avail yourself of the Crosstown service, which is to arm in arm. run through the Senior Resource Center. Here is a link for Mayor Lempert of Princeton, Mayor Jackson of Trenton, more information: www.princetonsenior.org/crosstown. and Billy Shore, Founder and CEO of Share Our Strength, cfm In addition, the free Tiger Transit shuttle runs from offered inspiring remarks that made the evening very Palmer Square to the Dinky station. Here is a link to the special. We thank everyone in the community who has schedule: www.princeton.edu/transportation/ttroutes/For- supported our mission over the years — congregations, restalF2016.pdf. schools, businesses, corporations, local government and There is another Tiger Transit line that runs from the civic groups — and we look forward to our continued partFriend Center on Olden and Williams to the Dinky Sta- nership serving our neighbors in need. tion: www.princeton.edu/transportation/ttroutes/EQuadCaROLYN BIONDI LineF2016.pdf. Executive Director I hope your recovery goes well. LIZ LEMPERT Mayor of Princeton, Witherspoon Street

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Board of Not in Our Town Applauds Re-establishing Civil Rights Commission

To the Editor: as members of the board of Not in Our Town, Princeton’s racial justice organization, we applaud the mayor and Council for re-establishing a Civil Rights Commission for Princeton. We also recognize the dedicated work of the members of the Civil Rights Subcommittee of the Human Services Commission, Leticia Fraga, Elizabeth Bidwell Bates, John Heilner, Thomas Parker, and Larry Spruill, who spent years researching and creating a plan for the new Commission. We hope that members of the Commission will have sufficient access to reports and information about any civil rights complaints that are received — whether from private residents, visitors, or employees of businesses, the

Urging Princeton Democrats to Consider Getting More Involved in Local Government

To the Editor: as chair of the Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee (PDMC) and as president of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO), respectively, we are writing to encourage all Princeton Democrats to consider serving their community by getting more involved in the local Democratic Party or the local government. We invite you to join us at an open house meeting on Sunday, December 11, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Suzanne Patterson Center (behind Monument Hall), just before the PCDO meeting, to learn more about the different ways that you can get involved. This is an informal opportunity for Democrats to learn about the local political process and municipal elections. Topics to be covered include how candidates get on the ballot, the local Democratic Party endorsement process, and the different Democratic organizations in Princeton. Membership in the PCDO is open to all registered Democrats, and members who reside in Princeton may vote on candidates and resolutions. There is an associate category for Democrats who do not reside in Princeton. The PCDO works to elect progressive candidates and has free monthly public programs to discuss issues affecting all of us on local, state, and national levels.

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“A True Paul Bunyan Moment”: A Rake Digs In Against Army of Leaf Blowers

To the Editor: One recent afternoon, I walked into my front yard with a rake in my hands. at the same moment, a crew of three yardmen drove up to my neighbor’s house across the street, armed with massive leaf-blowers — the kind that require a shoulder harness to handle — and one large riding mower. It was a true Paul Bunyan moment — me and Babe, my rake, against a small army of 2-cycle engines. The lawnmower and two of the leaf blowers attacked the neighbor’s yard just as I dug in with my rake. The lawnmower kicked up a tremendous cloud of dust in addition to the 100+ decibels of noise that the three machines contributed to the otherwise quiet air around us. When the guy on the mower had finished his work, he started up the third leaf blower and began blowing. The men finished the yard, put away their equipment, got into the truck and pulled away from the curb … just as I raked the last rake-full of leaves onto the curb. One silent man vs. three internal combustion machines — a dead tie. But I still think I won the contest. MaRk CENSITS Moore Street

HomeFront in Mercer County Distributed Donations of Food Items to 2,200 Families

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An Invitation from the Friends of the Princeton University Library As the holidays approach, please consider becoming a member of the Friends of the Princeton University Library, or giving the gift of membership to another. As an added incentive, we are offering this season a choice of two Princeton University Library publications as premiums for new members. Founded in 1930, the Friends of the Princeton University Library is an association of individuals whose interest in books, manuscripts, and graphic arts serves to enhance the resources of the Library while promoting awareness of its special holdings. The Friends secure gifts and bequests and provide funds for the purchase of rare books, manuscripts, and other materials that could not otherwise be acquired by the Library. The Friends also award grants to scholars conducting research or writing on topics for which the resources of Princeton’s libraries are essential. In addition to the satisfaction of supporting one of the world’s finest research libraries, the Friends enjoy an ongoing program of exhibitions, lectures, receptions, and other activities. In September, Yasmine el Rashidi gave members a firsthand account of political and economic developments in Egypt during the last two decades. On October 16th, the Friends participated in Wild Lives, an afternoon of illuminating lectures on naturalists, including Edward Lear and J. J. Audubon. In late October, visiting economist Ashoka Mody and University of Pennsylvania political science professor Brendan O’Leary discussed Brexit and the future of the European Union in an event moderated by former Friends Chair Scott Clemons. On Sunday, November 13th, members participated in a Student

Friends event at the New-York Historical Society, viewing recent additions to Leonard Milberg’s collections in the exhibition Early Jews in America. Plans have begun for a number of exciting spring semester events. As well as invitations to our many activities, members receive the Princeton University Library Newsletter, which contains news about the Library’s collections, acquisitions, and events, and articles by Library curators, scholars around the University, and members of the Friends, many of whom are scholars, collectors, and bibliophiles. Members will also receive the Princeton University Library Chronicle, which is being revived under our new publications editor, Douglas Bauer. The Chronicle contains in-depth articles based upon the collections of the Princeton University Library, and has a reputation among libraries and institutions worldwide for the quality of academic research and scholarly writing it offers. We heartily welcome all of those who would like to support the Library by joining us.

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Dinan, isAtdesigned for students to become more involved each of the elementary schools, students have been learning about in their community, perhaps predator and preywhile relationships within adiscovering garden ecosystem.something They have also been studying and animal interactions; for instance, they are passionate aboutplant along the way. Students can parweevils might bore holes into acorns or voles might eat sweet potaticipate intoes. school-based projects, led byabout Juniors As the garden educators having generally been teaching students growing and harvesting food, the students have been reaping the and Seniors, with new projects being added every year. Opbenefits of tasty treats. A few of the highlights from the gardens this portunities range from tutoring in the PHS Ideas Center, to fall include: raising funds for UNICEF, to cleaning up the environment •Community Park Elementary School: Using growing in commuwith Enspiration. There are roughly 20 plants school-run the Community Park garden, students learned how to create dyes. nity service projects, and students can even choose Students mashed raspberries, bark, goldenrod, green onion skins,to make andOne sage onto wooden boards until each material became a paste. their own. of the most exciting and inclusive parts students then experimented with cotton strings to discover what about theThe community service program is getting to know colors would be left by each of the different plants. people in your grade who have similar interests. •Littlebrook Elementary School: The harvest from the Littlebrook garden is still underway, but already students have been treated to salsa, potato and roasted pumpkin asked aboutpancakes, the program, seniorseeds. Jenifer Miller

When said “I love being involved in community PHS! It is •Johnson Park Elementary School: Studentsservice have been at comparing various typesto of give composts and looking the moisture levelsEspecially in each really rewarding back to theat community. type. The different composts include worm bins, purchased compost, as a 101 leaf alumni and leader, it helped compost, and current tumbler compost. Students have alsome spentundertime learning about milkweed, which and attracts monarch butterflies. Numerstand how fundraising works, how much a little work ous chrysalises and butterflies have been spotted in the garden. can help the greater community!” IDEAS Center Board Elementary StudentsChauhan, at Riverside have also about member •Riverside and PHS junior,School: Devansh spoke enjoyed the many monarchs feasting on the milkweed plants in their how grateful he is to have been able to tutor, saying “The garden. They tagged over 20 monarchs and saw many more. Fourth [PHS IDEAS Center] isharvest a place forfrom thethediverse community grade students helped popcorn garden and the Garden Club pickled radish pods wrapped in lettuce. of Princeton to made come together and support each other by providingJohn a service that every can use.” Witherspoon Middle Schoolsingle students student have been enjoying their garden as well. This year, the middle school cooking class is using fresh produce from the garden in the dishes they prepare. Recently, While many of the community service groups are focused the students made fritters using chard, garlic, and herbs that all came on improving PHS Schoolafter Community, other groups from thethe garden. Additionally, a heavy rainfall this fall, students used soil probes that were by NRCS and the Rutgers Coopera- comwork outside the school tolent help the greater Princeton tive Extension to measure how deeply the rain had soaked into the munity assoil.a The whole. Acompared popular Enspiration, ledtheby students the group, results from compacted soil with looser soil in the garden beds. Talen Sehgal and James Kim, works to clean up the local

community. Sehgal and Kim first joined as sophomores The gardens are one of the many ways students in the Princeton with an interest in the environment. However, through Public Schools experience learning in a hands-on style, interact with science and nature, and discover new interests and skills. many cleanups around Princeton, they both realized how much they were impacted by the group. They were both elected leaders during their junior years, and again for their senior year. This is a common trend among the students. Though the project is initially done to check off the community service requirement on the high school transcript, it ends up being something that students continue throughout high school, taking on leadership roles and working to inspire the next year of volunteers. While many students are attracted to larger groups such as UNICEF or the 101 Fund, Enspiration draws on kids to learn more about how their daily actions can really make a difference in the local community. They currently meet during break on Tuesdays and Thursdays to discuss local matters, plan cleanups, and brainstorm new ways to help teach the PHS community about the value of recycling. After students graduate, many of them continue to be involved in similar projects in college. For many students at PHS, the community service program is an important part of their development and teaches them essential skills that they will need later in life. Program head Ms. Dinan knows just how sought after these skills are and how “universities today are looking for students that demonstrate ethical engagement within their school and surrounding community, and our program provides an important opportunity for all students to give back.”

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Area Exhibits Art Times Two, Princeton Brain and Spine, 731 Alexander Road, has “Mandala, Locating Self” through March. Works are by Marsha Levin-Rojer, Pamela Turczyn, Cathy Watkins, Phyllis Wright. (609) 203-4622. Arts Council of P r i nc e ton, 102 Wit h erspoon Street, has the Neighborhood Por t rait Quilt on permanent exhibit. Sculptures by Patrick Strzelec are on the Graves Terrace through June 30. www.artscouncil ofprinceton.org. A r t works, Everett

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“WEDDING GUESTS”: Photographer Katie Orlinsky took this photo in Timbuktu, Mali on October 13, 2013, when an international coalition pushed out the jihadist militants who overtook the city. More of Orlinksky’s photographs of women’s lives in central Mali and their resistance to jihadist efforts will be on display at the Princeton University’s Bernstein Gallery in Robertson Hall from December 16, 2016 to January 26, 2017. Columbia University and “A Quiet Defiance: Women Resisting Jihad in Mali” attending The Skowhegan

A photography exhibit conveying women’s lives in central Mali and their resistance to jihadist efforts to impose despotic law will open at Princeton University’s Bernstein Gallery in Robertson Hall on Friday, December 16, 2016, with a reception at 6 p.m. The exhibit, “A Quiet Defiance: Women Resisting Jihad in Mali,” will be open to the public from December 16, 2016, through January 26, 2017. The exhibit and reception are sponsored by Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. This photographic exploration of women’s lives in central Mali shows the vibrant culture that resisted jihadist efforts to impose despotic law in 2012. Twenty-five large, bright photographs reveal the spirit of the strong women as they car r ied on w it h school, work, sports, and weddings despite the abuse they suffered. “A Quiet Defiance” captures the resilience as well as the dignity and beauty of women in Mali. Mali, a country of 14 million people in West Africa long known for its ancient Islamic history and modern culture, was threatened with destruction when jihadist militants took over cities in 2012. With the imposition of retrograde law, women were severely punished, forced to wear hijabs and burkas and were banished from school and work. When an international coalition pushed out the jihadists in 2013, a fragile peace ensued. That is when photographer Katie Orlinsky travelled to Bamako (the capital) and to Timbuktu (500 miles away on the edge of the Sahara) to meet the women of Mali and share their stories. Katie Orlinsky is a photographer and journalist who works regularly for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal. She studied political science at Colorado College before earning a master’s degree in journalism from

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More Essential Than Ever: Leonard Cohen Stands Before “The Lord of Song” There’s a crack in everything — that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) famous singer songwriter dies, someone you never found time to appreciate, so you go back and start listening and recognize the distant music you heard long ago walking through the fairgrounds of rock, a snatch of song coming from over there, not far, just a whisper away if you’d taken another turn somewhere between Van Morrison and David Bowie. There was a time when my idea of the expanding rock universe was based on the early issues of Rolling Stone, FM radio, and anthologies like Greil Marcus’s Rock and Roll Will Stand (1969), in which Marcus, a Berkeley graduate student at the time, imagined “an effortless metaphorical consciousness” shared by a world of listeners who believed, hoped, lived for the idea that “if we could only hear enough and remember all we hear, the answers would be there on the thousands of rock’n’roll records that have brought us to the present.” Assuming the “answers” relate to various hypothetical human issues, from the need for a mate or a religion to life after death or how to survive catastrophic elections, what did I miss by missing out on Leonard Cohen? Easy to say not so much, life goes on, but here we are in another century and look what just happened in the second week of November when Cohen’s death at 82 was followed by an event that left much of the nation in shock. Three days later, “live from New York,” Hillary Clinton sang “Hallelujah.” It didn’t matter that the person singing her heart out was actually a 32-year-old Saturday Night Live comedienne named Kate McKinnon. Until that moment, for me, Leonard Cohen had been somewhere on the other side of the room at a long noisy party, drifting in and out of reach just when you thought he was coming over to whisper an important message in your ear, and now here he was doing just that as the undaunted losing candidate sang, “I did my best … it wasn’t much …. I couldn’t feel so I tried to touch …. I didn’t come to fool you … and even though it all went wrong, I stand before the lord of song with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.” A Song To Live In Given Cohen’s account of his epic fiveyear struggle to write “Hallelujah,” living and dying through 80 verses while “banging his head against the floor,” he must have sensed that he was putting in play a piece of music that would take on a life of its own, to be covered many times over by other musicians who would sometimes be inspired to add their own verses, or words, or interpretations. Quoted in David Remnick’s recent New Yorker profile only weeks before Cohen died, Bob Dylan, who was among the first to cover “Hallelujah,” refers to “a beautifully constructed melody that steps up, evolves, and slips back, all in quick time,” with “a connective chorus, which when it comes in has a power all of its own. The ‘secret chord’ and the point-blank I-know-you-better-thanyou-know-yourself aspect of the song has plenty of resonance for me.” Town Topics Not to mention a nation of listeners still

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and always looking for answers. A Rare Writer In his 1998 poem “Sleeve Notes,” Paul Muldoon places Cohen’s “I’m Your Man” in a listener’s present: “When I turn up the rickety old gramophone/the wow and flutter from a scratched LP/summons up white walls, the table, the single bed.” In a postmortem tribute, Muldoon locates Cohen in “a rare category of writer insofar as his collected songs and his poems were indivisible. I have no hesitation in saying he was one of the great poets of the era …. Songs From a Room was a constant when I was young. It was on repeat, as they say. He was brilliant then and ever since. And that voice. People say that he couldn’t sing, but I never

copies!” Years later, after shooting McCabe and Mrs. Miller, he was looking for the right score; one day he heard the album playing and thought “that’s my movie!” Back in the cutting room “we put those songs on the picture and they fitted like a glove. I think the reason they worked was because those lyrics were etched in my subconscious, so when I shot the scenes I fitted them to the songs, as if they were written for them.” “Curling Up Like Smoke” The other night I watched McCabe and Mrs. Miller again. I’d forgotten the plot, such as it was, the acting, the visuals, everything but Warren Beatty and Julie Christie and the music. The first hour was pure cinema, with Cohen’s songs creating the mood

know what that means. He wasn’t Plácido Domingo and he wasn’t trying to be. The voice serves the lyrics wonderfully.” “That’s My Movie” When I saw Robert Altman’s McCabe and Mrs. Miller in the early seventies, all I knew of Leonard Cohen was his novel Beautiful Losers and “Suzanne,” a song that had been played to death on FM radio. Because of my aversion to one off-puttingly precious line (“For you’ve touched her perfect body with your mind”), I figured his first album would be more of the same. I should have known better after finding myself deeply mindlessly responsive to songs from the record whose music was giving Altman’s quirky western its mood, its spirit, its ambience, its everything. “That first Leonard Cohen album had come out,” Robert Altman told an interviewer, “and I was just crazy about it … we’d put that record on so often we wore out two

for the rough jaunty ambience of the mining town; the interplay of forms and movement and voices achieved a kind of melodic balance, like a combination of extended music video and tone poem featuring “The Stranger Song,” “Winter Lady,” and “Sisters of Mercy.” Then came the second hour, as three hitmen are dispatched to kill McCabe after he whimsically rejects an offer from the corporate enterprise looking to buy him out. From that point on there was little room for the music. Yet that was what I remembered, not the standard western’s deadly denouement. What amazes me is how I could have forgotten the last shot of Julie Christie bedded down with her opium pipe, Cohen singing “Winter Lady” on the soundtrack, as if a fire and six killings had never happened, all reduced to a dream “curling up like smoke” above the Stranger’s shoulder. Aglow in the haze, Christie’s lovely, mellow, sublimely opium-radiant face becomes all

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Carols of Many Nations A service of readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols led by the Princeton Seminary Chapel Choir and international students and staff of the Seminary.

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that matters, the camera moving us closer, closer, until we disappear with the film into the pupil of her eye. What strikes me now, after a much too superficial tour of Cohen’s music, is the way that last moment of union, audience and image, listener and song, illuminates that shared “effortless metaphorical consciousness.” By the time of You Want It Darker, the album released shortly before Cohen’s death, something no less intimate happens. Particularly when listening to the title song, we move closer and closer to “that voice,” until we seem to disappear into the depths of it. This bigger deeper voice that becomes more pronounced in songs like “I’m Your Man,” and the amazing “Tower of Song” evokes at the same time the sort of sinister, existential, last-gasp, noir-rich mood characteristic of the various cable series my wife and I have been becoming addicted to, like The Fall, the Belfast noir we’re watching now, fascinated by the intimacy evolving between Gillian Anderson’s D.I. supervisor and Jamie Doran’s inventive serial killer. Cohen’s goodbye voice was made for these darker and darker television films that catch the mood of the time much as McCabe and Mrs. Miller caught the mood of the early seventies. So it was no surprise, really, that the voice accompanying one of the most lurid scenes in BBC 2’s Birmingham crime drama Peaky Blinders belongs to Leonard Cohen singing “You Want It Darker.” The Essentials Since I had only days to make up for decades of unheard melodies, my only recourse was to check out the new music online while keeping the 2-CD set The Essential Leonard Cohen “on repeat.” I find I can’t get enough of “Sisters of Mercy,” one of the most beguiling melodies this side of Schubert. Listening to tracks like “First We Take Manhattan,” “Dance Me to the End of Love,” and “Take This Waltz,” I’m aware of a range of associations evoking cabaret, decadent Berlin, Euro pop, even big-voiced singers like Johnny Cash and Frankie Laine, not to mention You Want It Darker’s resemblance to the Bob Dylan of Modern Times and Love and Theft, and David Bowie’s Blackstar. Listening to his songs from the 1990s, you can almost believe Cohen was foreshadowing election day 2016. It’s not just the “Hallelujah” moment on Saturday Night Live but the post-election unrest reflected in “Democracy,” which is “coming to the U.S.A.” where “the lonely say/that the heart has got to open in a fundamental way,” and in “Everybody Knows,” where “the war is over … the good guys lost … the fight was fixed … the poor stay poor … the rich get rich … that’s how it goes.” Darkest of all is “The Future” from 1992 with all too fitting lines like, “Things are going to slide, slide in all directions” “the world has crossed the threshold,” “the breaking of the ancient western code,” “the nations rise and fall,” “the devil’s riding crop,” and the chorus, “Get ready for the future: It is murder.” he good news is that while Leonard Cohen may be gone, his songs are with us and always will be. “That’s how the light gets in.” We need him now more than ever. —Stuart Mitchner

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Writer Richard Kearney and artist Sheila Gallagher will perform their celebrated multimedia talk “Twinsome Minds: Recovering 1916 in Images and Stories” at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 9 in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Part of the 2016-17 Fund for Irish Studies series at Princeton University, this event is free and open to the public. “Twinsome Minds: Recovering 1916 in Images and Stories” is a transformative multimedia per for mance that reimagines the narratives of “twinned” pairs of people who ended up on different sides in 1916. Focusing on Dublin’s Easter Rising and the Belgium front in World War I, the talk combines history, legend, imagination, and memory to present a reinterpreted portrait of an integral period in Irish history. “Twinsome Minds” features text by Kearney, screen projections by Gal-

Kearney is a writer, professor, and cultural organizer of several international projects, most recently “Exchanging Stories, Changing History” (Guestbookproject. org). He has written two novels, Sam’s Fall and Walking at Sea Level, which have been translated into several languages, and a volume of poetry, Angel of Patrick’s Hill. He has also written several books on the role of imagination and narrative in Irish culture, literature, and the arts, most notably The Irish Mind (1984), Transitions: Narratives in Modern Irish Culture (1988), Post Nationalist Ireland: Culture, Philosophy, Politics (1998), and Navigations : C olle c te d Ir i s h E s s ay s (1976-2006). As a member of the Irish Arts Council, chair of the University College Dublin Film School, and public intellectual and broadcaster, he is actively involved in organizing many national and international cultural projects.

professor of art at Boston College. She works in many m e d i a i n c l u d i n g v i d e o, smoke, draw ing, animation, live flowers, and light projections. She has had numerous solo exhibitions and has exhibited widely at commercial galleries, museums, and universities in the U.S. and internationally, including the Moving Image Festival in London, The Institute of Contemporary Art, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas, and the Dodge Gallery in New York City. The presentation is supported in part by Culture Ireland, which promotes Irish arts worldwide. The Fund for Irish Studies, chaired by Princeton Professor Clair Wills, provides all Princeton students, and the community at large, with a wider and deeper sense of the languages, literatures, drama, visual arts, history, politics, and economics not only of Ireland but of “Ireland in the world.” ———

Free Holiday Sing-Along At Westminster College

by Igor Stravinsky, performed by the Princeton University Glee Club & So Percussion Sunday, December 11 at 3:00 pm Richardson Auditorium

The Westminster Community Orchestra, conducted by Ruth Ochs, will present a holiday program and singalong that is free and open to the public. Free-will monetary and non-perishable food donations to benefit area food pantries will be accepted at the door. The program will feature holiday favorites such as “The Christmas Song,” “Let it Snow!,” selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and holiday carols. The evening will conclude with Leroy Anderson’s A Christmas Festival and Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” Texts and choral parts will be provided. T he hour-long p er formance will take place on Wednesday, December 14 at 7:30 p.m. in The Robert Annis Playhouse on the campus of Westminster Choir College; no tickets required. For more information, call (609) 921-7104.

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DECEMBER 9

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A REIMAGINED CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: Community ensemble members are in rehearsal for McCarter Theatre’s production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” The exciting new production will run from December 9 through 31. For tickets, visit www.mccarter.org or call (609) 258-2787. (Photo Credit: Matt Pilsner)

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Just two years ago, The Playhouse, located on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, was on the brink of becoming unusable. The historic building, originally built as a storage space for the United States military prior to World War II, has been the site of rehearsals for such legendary artists as Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Muti, and Kurt Masur, but was in need of an upgrade. Thanks in part to $20,000 in grants from Investors Foundation, the charitable organization created when Investors Bank went public, and the Roma Community Bank Foundation, The Playhouse’s renovations were completed and it was dedicated as the Robert L. Annis Playhouse in October 2015. “This complex has changed the face of the campus in so many ways and it’s connected so closely to our history. The Westminster Symphonic Choir started rehearsing in this space because the acoustic is so special, and every major conductor in the world has rehearsed here,” said Matthew Shaftel, Dean of the Westminster College of the Arts. “We couldn’t have

the help from Investors.” The funds from the Investors and Roma Community Bank Foundations — the foundations each recently donated $5,000, bringing the total amount donated to $20,000 — supported the interior renovations of the center, which included a nearly 3,000-square-foot addition housing an expanded stage and backstage, two dressing rooms, two restrooms, storage space, and improvements to make the facility handicapped-accessible. Westminster Choir College applied for the grants from the Investors and Roma Community Bank Foundations, which support nonprofit organizations that enrich the diverse communities served by Investors Bank. Roma Bank became part of Investors Bank in December 2013. At Westminster’s core is a four-year music college and graduate school that prepares men and women for careers as performers and as music leaders in schools, universities, churches, and professional and community organizations. Find out more at www.rider.edu/wcc.

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Since its debut last Winter, Princetonions have not only experienced the Orange Effect, but also the “Alla Borzillo Effect.” As the owner and operator of Orangetheory Fitness Princeton, Alla Borzillo ensures that her clients will feel motivated, confident, and cared for while sweating away their calories. After all, Borzillo can’t help but be nurturing toward her clients as a clinically trained social worker, fitness-loving wife, and caring mother of two. Below, Borzillo shares her What memberships do you offer? enthusiasm for the OrangeTheory Fitness Princeton studio located at 640 Nassau We offer a Basic, Elite or Premier membership which provide members access to Park Boulevard. either 4, 8 or unlimited classes per month. We also offer the ability to purchase class packs of 10, 20, or 30 sessions. The memberships are month to month with What is Orangetheory Fitness all about? Orangetheory fitness is a 1 hour total body workout. Half endurance, half power no long term commitments. Orange theory provides nationwide reciprocity which and strength. Midway through we switch to provide variety and challenge. means members at our studio can use any other Orangetheory Fitness studio in the Everyone in the class wears a heart rate monitor that is strapped around the chest nation. Members use an OTF app to schedule classes right from a smart phone or one that is worn on the wrist. Hear rate, calories burned and progress are at any studio in the country. displayed live on large led screens in the studio. We train in 5 different heart rate zones with a goal of working 12 - 20 minutes at 84% or greater of your target heart rate. Each class is led by an experienced fitness coach to make sure you are not over or under training. On average members burn as much 900 calories including the after burn. After each workout your results are emailed to you or downloaded to your personalized OTBeat app on your phone.

How can I learn more about Orangetheory Fitness Princeton?

The best way is to try a class! The first class is always free. So call us at 609-4740090 to schedule a complementary class. You will be asked to arrive 20 minutes early so you can be fitted with a heart rate monitor and spend 1 on 1 time with a coach to orient you to the equipment and the flow of the class. You can also visit Orangetheory Fitness Princeton on Facebook where you can click “see inside” to take a virtual tour of the studio. You can also read our “Listen 360” testimonials What kind of equipment is used for the workout? from members. Visit Orange Theory Fitness on Yelp for more reviews. You can Are their lockers, showers? Participants use a variety of equipment including 12 treadmills, 12 rowing also visit our website at www.orangetheoryfitness.com/princeton. If I machines and 12 work out stations with TRX suspension training and free weights. am fortunate enough to earn your fitness business, you have my word that my staff We also have 2 spinning bikes and an elliptical machine for added flexibility. and I will make your time with us the most productive time of your day! We offer lockers to secure items and have mens and woman’s showers and What do your members have bathrooms.

What are you most excited about as you approach the 1 year anniversary of your grand opening?

The wonderful people of Princeton and the surrounding areas who have become our beloved members. To see the difference we make in people’s lives is so rewarding. We have members that range from elite athletes to people who have never worked out. Members as young as 14 to as seasoned as 65 years young. Its exciting to see people transform their health and fitness level. For example, we had 50 members participate in our weight loss challenge and lost just over 800 pounds by working out with us at least 3x a week during the 6 week program.

What makes you different from all of the other studios and gyms in the area?

The small group setting, motivating coaches, direct instantaneous feedback of the OTBeat heart rate monitors and the total body nature of the workouts are highly effective and results focused. However, what separates us the most is the personal touch and our attention to detail. We strive to delight our members by anticipating their needs and exceeding their expectations. From providing fresh fruit to the unique toiletries to the nurturing and friendly front staff, we pride ourselves on making our studio a respite from the hectic lives we all lead. Your stress will melt

to say about the workout?

“No two days are the same, going at own pace, being shown modifications, fabulous trainers who make sure you do exercise correctly and to your full potential. Last but not least people of all different shapes and sizes attend and everyone feels comfortable doing the workouts at their own pace and ability.” “Super intense, encouraging instructors, awesome atmosphere!” “The workout flies by! Between the music, variety of exercises and classes, enjoying endorphins and looking at my heart rate, I am delighted with how efficient my workout at OTF is. I’m a puddle of sweat and have burned a ton of calories in a short amount of time.” “I love that orange theory is intense, but you can also take it at your own pace. The trainers always encouraged me to push myself, and I always left the studio feeling accomplished and like I worked my hardest. In addition to this, the entire staff always knew my name which made me feel incredibly welcomed and comfortable” “The workout at Orange Theory pushes me out of my comfort zone and to a place I could never get to on my own without the motivation from the coaches. I leave class everyday dripping in sweat and feeling like I just conquered the day!” “It’s a complete and EFFECTIVE workout, coached by knowledgeable trainers who offer both encouragement and corrections. The latter is something lacking in most exercise classes and is part of the OTF difference. But most of all, I like the results!”

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and dance, we’re introduced to the lead actors. We learn that jazz pianist Sebastian is a purist who plays for tips in dingy dives while trying to save enough cash to open his own nightclub. Mia is an aspiring actress who divides her time between auditions and a job as a barista at a coffee shop on the Warner Brothers lot. Sebastian and Mia are strangers who initially annoy each other whenever their paths cross. Eventually, however, sparks do fly which inspires them to sing mellifluous and melancholy tunes. They also fall in love and encourage each other to pursue their dreams. Since it would be unfair to spoil any of the ensuing plot developments, suffice it to say that Gosling and Stone are delightful, whether singing or generating screen chemistry. The movie is a charming pleaser that deserves all the superlatives it’s about to receive in the upcoming awards season. Excellent (HHHH). Rated PG-13 for profanity. Running time: 128 minutes. Distributor: Summit Entertainment/ Lionsgate Films. —Kam Williams

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Saturday, December 10 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Trinity Church of Rocky Hill’s Annual Holiday Craft Fair and Bake Sale. The Church is located at the corner of River Road and Crescent Avenue in Rocky Hill. Shop lovingly handmade holiday gifts and baked goods. Ample free parking is available. 10:30 a.m.: Screening of A Town Called Panic: Double Fun (2016) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Sample McCaffrey’s holiday offerings in every department throughout the store (located at the Princeton Shopping Center). Noon to 3 p.m.: Seasonal sounds and strolling holiday enter tainment in Palmer Square (every Saturday and Sunday through December 18). 1 p.m.: Opening celebration for the new w iner y production barn at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road in Princeton. Guided tours of the facility will be held during the afternoon. Also, free wine tastings and light refreshments will be served. 2 p.m.: Seminary Holiday Handbell Concert entitled, “On This Day Earth Shall Sing” at Miller Chapel on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary. Free. 4 p.m.: Advent Candlelight Restorative Yoga at Trinity Church of Princeton. For more information and to register email Holly at hwestyoga@gmail.com. Sunday, December 11 9 a.m.: Meeting, Adult Conversational Hebrew with Edna Noiman at The Jewish Center of Princeton. Learn more at www.thejewishcen ter.org. 11 a.m. to noon: Free, Stories in French for children ages 2 and older at the Princeton Public Library. 12:30 p.m.: Screening of the Royal Ballet’s Anastasia at Princeton Garden Theatre. 3 p.m.: An Interfaith Concert: Christmas and Chanukah performed by Sharim v’Sharot and an ecumenical Christian choir at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 140 North Warren Street, Trenton. 3 p.m.: GPYO Symphonic and Concer t Orchestras Winter Concert at Montgomery High School in Skillman, NJ. Free admission. 4 p.m.: Pr inceton Pro Musica and Orchestra

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Thursday, December 8 6 p.m.: Simon Morrison and Marina Harss discuss Bolshoi Confidential: The Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today at Labyrinth Books of Princeton. 7 p.m.: The Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI ) welcomes Robin Lovin for a lecture entitled, “Political Virtues.” Free; CTI’s Luce Hall, 50 Stockton Street, Princeton. 7 p.m.: BodyHype Dance Company performs at McCarter Theatre (also at 10 p.m. and December 9 at 7 and 10 p.m.). 7:30 p.m.: Screening of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Friday, December 9 9:45 a.m.: Free, Job Seekers Session on “Beating the Applicant Tracking System” with Lynne M. Williams at Princeton Public Library. 4:30 p.m.: The Fund for Irish Studies at Princeton University welcomes philosopher Richard Kearney and artist Sheila Gallagher on “Twinsome Minds – Recovering 1916 in Images and Stories” at James M. Stewart ’32 Theater. Free and open to the public. 5 to 9 p.m.: Opening Reception for the Arts Council of Princeton’s Sauce for the Goose Market. Shop fine art and crafts by local and area ar tists ( through Sunday, December 11); 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. 6 p.m.: Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop at McCaffrey’s Princeton’s 2nd Floor Bistro at the Princeton Shopping Center. The cost to attend is $16.99 (includes a gingerbread house, candy, apron, and decorations ). The event will reoccur on Saturday, December 10 at 10 a.m. 7 p.m.: Boheme Opera performs selections from Mozar t, Verdi, and Puccini at the East Gallery at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton Township. Free with park admission. 7 p.m.: The Nutcracker presented by the Central NJ Ballet Theatre at Villa Victoria Theatre. For more information, visit www.cnj ballet.com. 8 p.m.: MCCC Theatre students preset “The Secretaries,” a satire of female stereotypes at Mercer’s Studio Theatre (through December 11); 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.

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Year-End Tax Planning Tips & Investment Strategies for 2017 The end of the year is a critical time when it comes to financial planning. For both individuals and businesses, there are a number of strategies to perform a year-end financial checkup by evaluating investments, as well as looking at income tax options. Peter Altman, Founder and President of Altman Investment Management, and Laura Pronesti, Senior Supervisor at Lear & Pannepacker, LLP, both businesses in Princeton, joined together to provide recommendations for you as the end of the year approaches. Following are Altman’s investment tips for looking ahead to 2017: Consider These Steadfast Investment Strategies: 1. Revisit your asset allocation, given the relative changes between stock and bond prices over the past six months. Does your portfolio still reflect your risk profile? Are you too biased towards equity or fixed income markets and need to make adjustments? Keep in mind that if you don’t rebalance the winners and losers, you effectively make bigger bets on larger positions – not a good idea long term. 2. Be sure to diversify within the economic sectors, based on where you think we are in the business cycle. Make sure that no one investment, or industry group, is too great a portion of your portfolio. T h is can impact your portfolio and potentially hinder long term objectives. Remember it’s the compounding with “singles and doubles” that achieves reasonable goals. 3. It might make sense to take advantage of historically low interest rates, if you haven’t already, by fixing rather than floating a larger portion of your debt. The housing market has recovered in many cities this year, and refinancing your primary residence (if you plan to stay in your home) may stabilize or lower your living expenses. 4. If your fixed income investments are heavily geared towards high-yield or longdated maturities stretching for income, reduce your portfolio sensitivity to the possibility of higher interest rates in the future. Focus on two strategies: shorten the maturity of your bond exposure and reduce the percentage of your portfolio that invests in high-yielding equity. 5. Try to defer capital gains into the New Year. Once you make the decision to take profits, be prepared to put that money back to work for you. Reinvest that capital into new and more attractive alternatives quickly, to avoid the negative effects of market timing. Maintain a Proac tive Mindset: 6. Be proactive. Reflect upon 2016 and be sure not to react to short-term disappointments or negative results.

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Certain itemized deductions including medical expenses, state and property taxes, and miscellaneous deductions are disallowed once your income tax goes below the AMT. Investment Income 6. Review your prior year’s tax return for capital loss carryovers and inform an investment advisor when making year-end portfolio decisions. It always helpful for your advisor and accountant to calibrate your investment planning and tax implications. 7. Beware of the Net Investment Income Tax of 3.8% that applies for taxpayers with Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $200,000, if filing single, or $250,000, if filing married filing jointly. Investment earnings include interest, dividends, income from rental properties, royalties and the taxable gainfrom trading stocks. Retirement and Tax Planning 8. Consider contributing more to your 401(k). The maximum amount you can contribute in 2016 is $18,000, plus an additional $6,000 if over age 50. The sooner you put money away, the more money you will have at retirement. 9. Fully funded your 401(k) and looking for more ways to save for retirement? Consider funding an IRA. There may be a deduction if your Modified AGI is less than $71,000, if single, and $118,000, if married filing jointly. Contribution is allowed through April 15, 2017 so you can also fund the IRA in early 2017 for 2016 tax savings. Business Tax Savings 10. Acquiring office equipment and other capital expenditures? Purchase and place in service by Dec. 31 to fully write-off the cost in 2016. Year-end investment and tax planning can be effective, but it also takes time. Consider contacting Laura or Peter to assist in effective planning for your situation. The sooner you get started, the more opportunities you will have to reduce what you owe to the government, and to grow and preserve your assets. For more information or to schedule an appointment call Peter Altman at (609) 252-0048, or Laura Pronesti, CPA at (609) 452-2200.

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ax Veronneau was feeling snakebitten in the first nine games of the season for the Princeton University men’s hockey team. Despite playing well enough to tie for the team lead in assists with five, sophomore forward Veronneau hadn’t found the back of the net heading into last weekend. On Friday night against visiting Union, Veronneau broke through with two goals and an assist. Although Princeton fell 7-3 to the 18th-ranked Dutchmen, Veronneau was relieved to notch his first goals of the season. “I just kept shooting and was hoping and praying that one of them would go in eventually,” said Veronneau. “It is an added boost of confidence that I can actually score again. It is pretty nice.” A night later against visiting Rensselaer, Veronneau kept firing away, tallying two goals and two assists as Princeton rallied for a dramatic 6-5 win in overtime, rallying from deficits of 2-0 in the first period, 4-1 in the second, and 5-3 in the third on the way to earning their first victory in ECAC Hockey play this season. In reflecting on the win

which improved Princeton to 3-6-1 overall and 1-61 ECACH, Veronneau acknowledged that it didn’t come easy. “It is tough when you start with the penalty kill the whole time, especially a 5-on-3 at the beginning,” said Veronneau. “We are just glad that we came back and got the the win.” Veronneau started the comeback with a power play goal late in the first period. “I was trying to pass it across the ice actually and then it just got tipped by one of their d-men so I was just lucky,” said a smiling Veronneau. Midway through the second period, Princeton fell behind 4-1 and it looked like the game might be getting away from the Tigers. But with David Hallisey and Veronneau coming with two extra-man tallies, Princeton narrowed the gap to 4-3 entering the third. “We got a couple of good breaks on the power play; the power play was clicking tonight so that was pretty good,” said Veronneau, a 6’0, 180-pound native of Ottawa, Ontario. “It has been tough throughout the year with it but tonight; it was good for us.” The Tigers showed more toughness in the third, overcoming a 5-3 deficit with

two goals in the last 5:39 to force overtime. “We just kept shooting on the kid, luckily a couple of them went in,” said Veronneau, who assisted on both of the third period goals. “The more shots we got, the better chances we got.” Heading into the five-minute OT, Veronneau and his teammates believed they had a great chance to pull out the victory. “I felt like we had most of the momentum at the end of the third period and then I thought it was a matter of time before we scored,” asserted Veronneau. Sure enough, a blast from the point by Tiger sophomore star Josh Teves was tipped in by freshman Jackson Cressey with 3:03 into the extra session to give the Tigers the win. “It was a good look by Kuffner who passed it across to Josh,” recalled Veronneau. “It was a nice shot through the five with two good screens by Dave and Cressey up front.” In Veronneau’s view, the win was a good confidence builder for Princeton. “It means a lot, last night was a tough game for us, we got scored against a lot,” said Veronneau. “To come back and get a win is nice, it is our first conference win.”

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Playing on an all-sophomore line with Kuffner and Alex Riche has helped Veronneau develop his scoring touch. “Ryan, Riche, and I have been playing together for the last two years so it has been nice,” said Veronneau who now has 12 points this season on four goals and eight assists, tying him with junior David Hallisey for the team lead. “We know where each other are on the ice a lot so it is pretty easy to play when everyone is on the same page.” Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty liked the way his team stuck together in the win over Rensselaer. “It is a great come-frombehind win, the first time we have seen it in a long time with this staff being here,” said Fogarty, noting that the Tigers have won three of their last four games, having swept No. 10 Bemidji State in a two-game set on the final weekend of November. “We didn’t deviate, last night we deviated from stuff and it became an onslaught. You just have to be patient. It is a 60-minute game for a reason and we played 64.” The Tigers showed patience in a wild game that saw the first seven goals come on the power play. “It was a battle of special teams and our penalty kill struggled for the first time all year,” said Fogarty. “The percentages don’t tell the story, it is when you score or when you give them up and we gave up a lot tonight but we got the one that counted at the end on the power play.” While Princeton struggled with the penalty kill, it ended up with four power play goals in the evening, including the overtime tally. “It was good, we created scoring chances and opportunities by going hard to the net,” said Fogarty. “We were a little on the perimeter and we were driving through looking for draw passes in the first period and even into the second. We just shifted to the drive and got back to the smart things of the game that made us successful.” Seeing Veronneau break the ice with his first goals of the season was a key to Princeton’s success. “You have got to find that

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BREAKING THE ICE: Princeton University men’s hockey player Max Veronneau heads up the ice in recent action. Last Saturday, sophomore forward Veronneau tallied two goals and two assists to help Princeton rally to a 6-5 win over Rensselaer in overtime as it earned its first ECAC Hockey victory of the season. Princeton, now 3-6-1 overall and 1-6-1 ECACH, faces Quinnipiac this week in a home-and-home set, hosting the Bobcats on December 9 before playing them at Hamden, Conn. a day later. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) first one, subconsciously that wears on you as a forward, you want to get the one and then you open the floodgates,” said Fogarty. “He was doing a lot of things right, it was just unlucky bounces. As a sophomore, he is a driving force. He makes players and people better around him.” Hallisey and junior forward Max Becker helped drive the Tigers in the win over RPI. “David is good, he is supposed to score goals,” said Fogarty of Hallisey, who tallied two goals and an assist. “He is on one of the top two lines and the power play; that is what he is on the ice to do and he is cashing in. I thought Becker played a great game too; he was a little rat dog out there and drew the penalty at the end there too.” Looking ahead, Fogarty acknowledged that Princeton needs to do a better job of limiting goals against.

“You give up 12 goals against in a weekend and you are not going to win many games,” said Fogarty, whose team faces Quinnipiac this week in a home-and-home set, hosting the Bobcats on December 9 before playing them at Hamden, Conn, a day later. “We were fortunate enough that we scored one more goal than RPI tonight. We are going to work on it. We strayed from systems yesterday in the second period. Today the focus was playing a 60-minute game, no matter what the score was and we played 64.” In Veronneau’s view, the Tigers will continue to display that focus. “We want to just keep on winning; we have a tough matchup here next weekend against Quinnipiac,” said Veronneau. “Hopefully we can win a couple of games next weekend and just keep going from there.” —Bill Alden

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Craig Robinson enjoyed a legendary career with the Princeton University men’s basketball team, scoring 1,441 points and getting named the Iv y Player of the Year in both 1982 and 1983. Inspired by her father, Leslie Robinson is looking to make her mark on the Princeton women’s hoops program. “When I came in, it was in the back of my mind to wear my dad’s number,” said Tiger junior forward Robinson. “He has been a coach for me in my life. He has taught me a lot of the things; my court vision, I almost inherited that. It is definitely something I have been proud of, to be able to follow in his footsteps.” Last Wednesday against visiting Seton Hall with her father in the stands, the junior forward did the Robinson name proud, scoring 17 points with five rebounds and five assists as the Tigers pulled away to a 94-67 victory over the Pirates before 656 at Jadwin Gym, winning its third straight game and improving to 3-4. “I definitely felt like I was in a good groove, finding what was good for me and then finding what was good for my teammates as well and being able to assist them,” said Robinson, reflecting on a strong first half effort which saw her score 11 points with three rebounds and two assists. The Tigers found a groove right away against Seton Hall, jumping out to an 11-0 lead on the way to building a 45-37 halftime advantage. “We set a tone right from the beginning, it was something that we came into the game wanting to do,” said Robinson. “We were moving together and working together really well. I think it is just a product of us working well on defense and transitioning into the offense.” In the second half, Princeton broke the game open by outscoring the Pirates 29-13 in the third quarter. “We definitely had a little chip on our shoulder, coming off of their making the 3 at the end of the first half,” said Robinson. “We came out knowing that we had to come back and throw the first punch of the second half and that is what we did.” Getting the chance to start this year after riding the bench in the first two years of her Princeton career, Robinson is looking to add some inside punch. “I think my shot has gotten a lot better and I have gotten better at being able to rebound and look for shots for other people,” said the 6’0 Robinson, who is averaging 9.1 points and 7.3 rebounds a game and leads the Tigers with 20 assists. It has always been something that I have had my court vision. To have people who can knock down 3s like we do helps a lot.” Robinson also helps the Tigers with her outgoing personality. “I have been able to use my voice and my competitive edge to get this team going on defense and offense,” added

Robinson, the niece of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (nee Robinson). “I definitely see myself as a motivator, a key competitor and someone who is always looking to bring along the rest of my teammates.” P r i nce ton h e ad coach Courtney Banghart is thrilled with the contributions she is getting from Robinson on and off the court. “Leslie is the best; she is our team’s heart and soul,” said Banghart. “As a basketball player, she is a kid who everyone wants to play with. She can find you. She makes you look good as a coach. She gets the ball in the right place. She is a coach’s dream and off the court, even more so.” Freshman standout Bella Alarie is establishing herself as one of Princeton’s best newcomers in years, posting

her second career doubledouble with a season-high 26 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Seton Hall. “It is special when you have a freshman who is able to contribute so early,” said Banghart of Alarie, who was later named the Ivy League Co-Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week in the wake of her performance against the Pirates. “I give a lot of that credit to the seniors and Leslie in terms of really elevating her, celebrating her, encouraging her, and making sure that she keeps getting better. They are taking care of everything else so what she has to do is play the game she knows how to play. Bella is allowed to be Bella and everybody else is making sure that she knows that they want her to shoot. They want her to rebound, they want her to run.”

After a slow start, senior point guard and co-captain Taylor Brown has gone on a shooting tear, scoring a career-high 13 points in a 69-58 win over UMBC on November 27 and then exceeding that with 18 points against Seton Hall. “I think she so wants our team to win that in the first few games, she was trying to set other people up,” said Banghart. “For three years, she was on a team where we didn’t want her to shoot. We had all the great shooters around her. Now she is on a team where we need her to contribute offensively and I think she is obviously doing that. It is helping us a lot.” Banghart is excited about the growth she is seeing in her team. “I am happy that they are getting a sense of who we are,” said Banghart, whose squad will look to keep on the winning track as it hosts Lafayette on December 7 and plays at Fordham on December 10.

“I think they are getting a sense of who they are individually as players and who they are together. As I have said all along, it is a really fun team to coach. They are totally locked in to getting better. So we have a whole week with them now before a game and I can promise you that they will be a week better.”

Robinson, for her part, believes that the Tigers are going to keep getting better and better. “I think we are coming out of a hole that we were in,” said Robinson. “We are a young team and now we are finding what is right for us. We are working together to get these wins.” —Bill Alden

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FAMILY TRADITION: Princeton University women’s basketball player Leslie Robinson, left, goes in for a lay-up in recent action. Last Wednesday, junior forward Robinson contributed 17 points, five rebounds, and five assists to help Princeton defeat Seton Hall 94-67 and post its third straight win. Robinson, the daughter of Princeton men’s hoops legend Craig Robinson and the niece of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (nee Robinson), is averaging 9.1 points and 7.3 rebounds a game and leads the Tigers with 20 assists. Princeton, now 3-4, hosts Lafayette on December 7 and plays at Fordham on December 10. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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With Robinson Adding to Family Tradition, Tiger Women’s Hoops Rolls Past Seton Hall

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Shaking Things Up to Break Out of Doldrums, Princeton Women’s Hockey Routs RPI, Union Legendary football coach Bill Parcells is well known for his declaration that “you are what your record says you are.” As Princeton University women’s hockey team came into last weekend at 6-7-1, Princeton head coach Jeff Kampersal believed that the Tigers were more talented than the record indicated but acknowledged that some untimely lapses had justifiably left it under .500. “In past years when we played teams sometimes we can’t get the puck over the red line and teams are better than us,” said Kampersal. “But this year, I really think we should be 12-1; we are beating ourselves in a lot of areas so we deserve the record that we do have.”

Coming off a rough twogame set at Boston University at the end of November which saw the Tigers lose 4-1 and 4-3 in overtime, Kampersal was looking to switch things up a a little bit as Princeton played at Rensselaer on December 2 and at Union a day later. “We moved Kelsey (Koelzer) up with ( Karlie) Lund and (Carly) Bullock,” said Kampersal of the decision which paid huge dividends as Koelzer tallied three goals and an assist to spark a 4-0 win over RPI. “I don’t know if it is a permanent solution but it was trying to get her going; she had a great game against RPI. Kelsey has been great in her time here, no question, but I think she was pressing

SWITCHED UP: Princeton University women’s hockey player Kelsey Koelzer guards the defensive zone in a game earlier this season. Last weekend, senior star Koelzer was moved up to forward from defense and responded with three goals and an assist in a 4-0 win over Rensselaer on Friday and an assist in a 7-0 win at Union the next day. Princeton, now 7-6-1 overall and 5-4-1 ECAC Hockey, hosts Mercyhurst for a two-game set on December 10 and 11. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

a little bit in the back so it was just to give her a change of pace, a little bit of confidence. Going into next week I am not sure what will go on but it was a good weekend for her to get it going.” Against Union, the Tigers really got going as seven different players scored goals in a 7-0 rout of the Dutchwomen. “It was pretty cool to have the scoring spread out like that,” said Kampersal, who got goals from Kiersten Falck, Claire Thompson, Cassidy Tucker, Carly Bullock, Emily Atcherkirch, Molly Strabley, and Karlie Lund in the win as the Tigers improved to 7-6-1 overall and 5-4-1 ECAC Hockey. “Union was playing really well in the game with 10 minutes to go and then we got them at the end there; it was good to see everybody step up for sure.” Kampersal credited junior Falck and senior Fiona McKenna with stepping up over the weekend. “I think Falck always skates pretty hard; she plays in the middle,” said Kampersal. “She did a good job of getting us going against Union on Saturday. Fiona was a center her first two years and hasn’t played there in a year and a half. She moved into the middle this weekend. She was playing a position she hasn’t played in a while, jumped in there, and did well.” The Tigers got superb play from their goalies in the sweep as freshman Steph Neatby made 27 saves on Friday in earning her first collegiate shutout while junior Alysia DaSilva had 19 stops against Union. “Steph was out with a concussion so she is returning to form; I don’t know if she is quite there yet but she is pretty close,” said Kampersal. “She is healthy and competing. I think that is going to make Sills better, the fact that we have two good goalies going against one another. We will see down the stretch if one emerges

or not. It was nice for both of them to get a shutout for sure.” Kampersal is hoping that the wins over RPI and Union will get the Tigers on a nice run. “We do need to get rolling, hopefully this is it,” said Kampersal, whose team hosts Mercyhurst for a twogame set on December 10 and 11. “The break is coming. If we do well against Mercyhurst to keep it going then the break won’t come at a great time but the kids need a little bit of a breather.” Princeton doesn’t have a breather this weekend even though Mercyhurst is bringing a 6-11-1 record into its trip to Baker Rink. “They have an awesome coaching staff, they get the kids to play really hard all the time,” said Kampersal. “They have been good forever, it seems like they make the tournament every year. I think they are having an OK season this year. They have to travel a lot to games so they do play tough teams. They are a tough team so we will have our hands full.” —Bill Alden

PU Sports Roundup PU Men’s Hoops Loses at VCU

Devin Cannady had a big game in a losing cause as the Princeton University men’s basketball team fell 81-70 at VCU on November 29. Sophomore guard Cannady tallied a team-high 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor as the Tigers moved to 2-3. Princeton will be in Honolulu, Hawaii this week where it is slated to face Cal on December 6 and Hawaii on December 7. The Tigers will also be playing at Liberty on December 10. ———

Princeton University women’s volleyball team fell 3-0 at 13th-seeded BYU last Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Freshman star O’Connell posted a team-high 12 kills but it wasn’t enough as the Cougars prevailed 25-22, 25-15, 25-23. The defeat left the Tigers with a final record of 19-5. ———

Princeton Wrestling Goes 1-2 at Nebraska Dual

Mat thew Kolodzik and Jonathan Schleifer excelled as the Princeton University wrestling team went 1-2 at the Nebraska Duals last Saturday in Lincoln, Neb. Freshman Kolodzik, ranked fourth nationally at 141 pounds, won all three of his matches as did junior and 16th-ranked Schleifer at 174. Princeton topped Michigan State 25-15 while falling 17-15 to Drexel and 27-6 to host Nebraska. Princeton heads to Lehigh on December 9 before hosting Binghamton on December 10. ———

Princeton Swim Teams Excels at Brown Event

Competing at the Bruno Invitational last weekend in Providence, R.I., Princeton University men’s and women’s swimming teams both performed well. Brown won the men’s competition with 1079.5 points, while Princeton finished second with 918, and Columbia took third with 668.5. Brown took the women’s meet with 1122.5 points, while Princeton finished

second with 962.5 points, and Rutgers finished third with 825.5. Individual victors for the Tiger men on the final day of action at the three-day meet included junior Corey Okubo in the 200-yard backstroke, sophomore Tyler Lin in the 200 breaststroke, and junior Zach Buerger in the 200 butterfly. Sophomore Monica McGrath provided a highlight for the Princeton women as she prevailed in the 1,650 freestyle. The Princeton swimmers are next in action when they host Columbia on December 9. ———

Tiger Men’s Squash Falls to Rochester

Komron Shayegan provided a highlight as the 12thranked Princeton University men’s squash team fell 8-1 to No. 3 Rochester last Sunday. Junior Shayegan came up with the lone win for the Tigers, scoring a four-game victory over Rodrigo Porras at the No. 8 spot. Princeton, now 2-2, will be on a hiatus through the holidays and are next in action when they host Trinity on January 9. ———

PU Women’s Squash Tops Williams, Middlebury

Continuing its hot start, the fourth-ranked Princeton University women’s squash te a m defe ate d Wi l l ia m s 8-1 and Middlebury 8-1 in matches held last Sunday at Williamstown, Mass. The Tigers, now 6-0, will be on a hiatus through the holidays and are next in action when they host Dartmouth on January 14.

PU Women’s Volleyball Falls to BYU In NCAAs

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TOP CAT: Princeton University football junior star John Lovett heads upfield in a game this fall. Last Monday, Lovett was named the 2016 Bushnell Cup winner as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. Lovett, a 6’3, 220-pound native of Wantagh, N.Y., played running back, quarterback, and even wide receiver for the Tigers this fall, helping Princeton to an overall record of 8-2 and 6-1 Ivy and a share of the league title with Penn. He ran the ball 98 times for 411 yards and a Princeton program record 20 touchdowns, which led the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision). Lovett also completed 51-of-77 passes for 582 yards and 10 touchdowns, while catching 26 passes for 235 yards and one touchdown. In all, Lovett accounted for 31 touchdowns this season, including a Princeton record seven in the Tigers’ win over Cornell in which he recorded four rushing touchdowns, two passing touchdowns, and one receiving touchdown. Lovett is the 10th Princeton player to be bestowed with the Bushnell Cup, following Walt Snickenberger (1974), Jason Garrett (1988), Judd Garrett (1989), Keith Elias (1993), Dave Patterson (1995), Jeff Terrell (2006), Mike Catapano (2012), Quinn Epperly (2013), and Mike Zeuli (2014). (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

PHS Star Runner Roth, PDS Soccer Goalie Barbara Earn Nods as Town Topics’ Leading Fall Performers

oming into this fall, Alex Roth wasn’t satisfied with his career for the Princeton High boys’ cross country team. Although Roth had emerged as the team’s top runner, taking third at the Mercer County Championships in 2015 as a junior, he sensed that he hadn’t reached his potential. “My past cross country seasons have not been the greatest,” said senior Roth. “Last year was pretty good and the year before that I was injured. The year before, I was just a freshman.” This fall, Roth set the pace as PHS enjoyed the greatest season in program history. In October, PHS served notice that it was a powerhouse when it took third in the team standings at the Shore Coaches Invitational and then placed second at the Eastern States in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. Roth placed second individually in the Shore race before taking 14th in New York City. “Those were definitely races that we needed to run in order to prepare for the championship season,” said Roth. “In the past, we usually

didn’t r un well in those meets but definitely running well helped us to race well at the end of the season.” PHS proceeded to make an amazing run in the championship season. At the Mercer County Championships on October 28, Roth placed first individually, leading a 1-2-3 finish for the Little Tigers as he was followed by teammates junior Will Hare and sophomore Acasio Pinheiro. The Little Tigers cruised to the team title, winning their first county crown since 1992. “Winning the team title was really, really special because it was something PHS hadn’t done in a really long time,” said Roth. “There were a lot of things riding on that and it was really cool. This group of guys has been working together for so many years and brought it all together to do something.” At t he Cent ral Jers ey Group 4 sectionals a week later, PHS flew away from the field for another first place finish, breaking the meet record for a five-runner average with their mark of 16:05.3. “We were all really happy with the team performance,”

said Roth, who placed fourth individually at the sectional meet. “We won the team title big, that was a really dominant win that we needed going into groups.” I n t h e s t ate G roup 4 meet, PHS was dominant again, pulling away to victory, scoring 69 points with Cherokee second at 135 and Montgomery third with 139 as the program won its first state title since 1986. “We were all elated, it was kind of like when we qualified for MOC ( Meet of Champions) last year,” said Roth, the second place finisher individually in the Group competition. “It was magnified a little bit, it was like whoa, we are legit. We won this title, it is something we have never done in Group 4. It is hard to describe our feelings, we were all just very, very happy and really excited.” A week later, the Little Tigers reached a new level of excitement as they prevailed at the MOC, the first-ever team title for PHS at the prestigious meet and just the second ever for a Mercer County school (WW/P-N boys in 2008). “It is just something else, we have worked so hard for this since July, we have put in so much time and effort,” said Roth, who took third individually at the MOC. “It is so unreal that all of these years have finally come together.”

PHS head coach Jim Smirk appreciates the hard work Roth has put in order to get the most out of his potential. “I think early in Alex’s career when he would not end up on the right side of the race or the time, he would get really frustrated with that,” said Smirk of Roth who took fourth at the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) Northeast Regional in late November to help PHS take seventh in the team standings. “There was this constant conversation between the two of us, you are learning your lessons, you’ve got to bring this to practice, you have got to learn now to do this. He stuck with it, he gained a mindset that I am going to become a better athlete; when you do that the way he did with that kind of full commitment, it is really an impressive thing to see.” Rot h is i mpre s s ive to watch in competition. “He is super smooth, he almost floats over the terrain,” explained Smirk of Roth, who ended his season last Saturday by taking 114th in the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore. “It is rough and bumpy and everybody is wobbling around, he is just silky like he is reading the terrain ahead and already making the adjustments. He runs with a lot of passion, he has an internal drive.”

Going through some bumps in the road helped Roth savor his final high school cross country campaign. “It has been really awesome to be able to go out with a bang,” said Roth, who is heading to the University of Pennsylvania where he will be running for the school’s track and cross country programs. “It is kind of cool to have this success both on an individual level and on a team level because it is the best it has really been in a while. For producing a senior season for the ages, Roth is the choice as the Town Topics top male performer of the fall high school season. Top Female Performer his summer, Grace Barbara starred at goalie to help the Players Development Academy (PDA) Gunners win the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) U16 national championship. The experience left Barbara memories that will last for a lifetime. “It was totally crazy, an emotional roller coaster for sure,” said Barbara. “We were still bawling our eyes out in the awards ceremony.” L ook ing ahead to her j u n i or s e a s on w it h t h e Princeton Day School girls’ soccer, Barbara was hoping for another championship campaign. “I am very excited for this upcoming season, it is going to be a good season,” said Barbara. “We are getting a lot of freshmen in and I am pretty excited to see what the team produces.”

PDS head coach Pat Trombetta saw Barbara’s partnership with classmate Madison Coyne on the backline as the key to the team’s title chances. “Defensively, that is our backbone, Grace is one of the most gifted keepers in the area and Madison Coyne is one of the strongest defenders around,” said Trombetta. “To me it is like having extra coaches on the field. They are communicative, they are positive, they keep the team organized. Having them in the back is going to keep us in most games.” With Barbara at her imperious best in goal, PDS produced an undefeated regular season, going 13-0-1 with 12 shutouts. “Since freshman year I have always had to come up big and that is the expectation,” said Barbara. “The team believes in me and I believe in the team. When it comes down to that, I have to make the saves and they try to minimize them.” In the MCT, PDS topped Hun and Princeton High to get a shot at perennial power Pennington in the semifinal. The game went to a penalty kick shootout when the teams were knotted at 1-1 through regulation and 20 minutes of overtime. Barbara came up big, making two saves in the shootout. Although PDS lost to powerful Hopewell Valley 2-1 in the title game on a rainy night, the Panthers didn’t let that setback hold them back in the state Prep B tournament. Continued on Next Page

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IN GOOD HANDS: Princeton Day School girls’ soccer goalie Grace Barbara controls the ball in a game this fall. Junior star Barbara’s commanding presence in goal was a key factor as PDS took second in the Mercer County Tournament and won its third straight state Prep B title. The Panthers finished the fall with a record of 17-1-3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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The Panthers edged Newark Academy 1-0 in the Prep B semis and then played to a 0-0 stalemate with Montclair Kimberly Academy in a final shortened by a thunders tor ms t hat r u mbled through the area, leaving the foes as co-champions with PDS earning its third straight Prep B title in the process. Barbara was proud to be part of another championship squad. “I have been with this team for three years now,” said the Princeton University-bound Barbara, reflecting on the team’s 17-1-3 campaign. “Working with this team has helped my experience and that has helped me make some better saves and come up big in some situations. I know that this team relies on me and I rely on them so it is a symbiotic relationship.” Trombetta, for his part, credited Barbara for coming up big in the Prep B title game. “Grace kept us in the game today, she had a couple of unbelievable saves,” said Trombetta. “She came up huge for us today on a couple of breakaways. We could be looking at something else right now if it wasn’t for her.” Barbara’s spectacular play and commanding presence in the goal in another title run gets her the nod as the

top female performer of the fall season. Top Newcomers casio Pinheiro turned a lot of heads in the 2015 c ros s cou n try season, competing as a freshman for the Wilberforce School. Pinheiro placed 56th in the boys’ race at the Meet of Champions (MOC), the top 9th grade finisher in the race. He qualified for the MOC by taking second in the state Non-Public B Division at the Group Championships. This fall, Pinheiro transferred to Princeton High and made an immediate impact for the boys’ cross country team, helping a very good squad become a powerhouse. “He has made a huge difference,” said PHS senior star Alex Roth, reflecting on the addition of Pinheiro. “Going into the season, over the summer, we didn’t know that we were going to have him. Our goals didn’t really change too much when we added him. It was kind of like a super nice thing to have. It definitely makes things a lot easier to have that extra man up there.” The wiry Pinheiro took 27th at the Eastern States in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y, in mid-October to put everyone on notice that he was going to be a key factor for PHS. At t he Mercer Count y Championships, he flew to

a third place finish as PHS won its first team title since 1992. PHS head coach Jim Smirk saw the addition of Pinheiro as key to the county title. “Acasio coming over and starting to integrate with our program and work hard, those are things that help our program get better,” said Smirk. In the sectional meet, Pinheiro took seventh as PHS won the title, helping the Little Tigers break the meet record for five-runner average with their mark of 16:05.3. At the Group 4 meet, Pinheiro produced a gutsy performance to take 10th and help PHS to its first state crown since 1986. “With about a mile left, he had a really nice opportunity to go break into the top 10,” recalled Smirk. “We let him know that and he took absolute advantage of it. He had a great race.” Pinheiro excelled again at the MOC, taking 24th as the Little Tigers earned its firstever team title at the meet. For being the missing piece that helped PHS produce its historic campaign, Pinheiro is the top male newcomer of the fall. It didn’t take long for Spencer Watts to make a positive impression when she joined the Princeton High girls’ tennis team this fall as a freshman singles player. “She has good sportsmanship, many coaches have already said that she is the nicest girl they have ever met,” said PHS head coach Christian Herzog of Watts. Watts’ foes, though, had a different take as her allarou nd game made her tough to beat. “Spencer is a rock at No 3, she has got the whole game,” said Herzog, who had another freshman, Samantha Singer, at first singles with senior Elise Gerdes at second singles. “She is aggressive. She approaches the net, she is not one of those players who sits back on the baseline for a half hour. She wants to take it to the net and put it away with a nice volley.” Watts emerged as a constant in the PHS lineup, piling up win after win in her third singles spot. At t he Mercer Count y Tournament, she took second at third singles, helping PHS tie WW/P-S for second in the team standings behind champion Hightstown.

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“It was so much fun; all of the girls are so sweet,” said Watts, reflecting on her run to the finals. “I know most of the girls from outside USTA tournaments so it is really fun just to have everyone here. I think it is just a great environment.” Watts kept having fun the rest of the fall. “I am improving 100 percent; it is awesome,” said Watts. “Being at the net more, that helps a lot. Playing at this level every day is so much fun. It is a great learning experience for future matches and tournaments.” That improvement helped Watts post a key win as PHS edged perennial power WW/P-S 3-2 in the Group 4 Central Jersey sectional finals. W hile PHS fell 4 -1 to Ridge in the state Group 4 semifinals, Herzog saw the infusion of freshman talent as the key factor in the team’s 17-3 campaign. “I knew that we were going to get some talent in but I had no idea that we were going to get as strong a group of freshmen as we did,” said Herzog. “Spencer Watts has been giving us points at No. 3 all season.” For making a positive impact in her debut season with her game and character, Watts is the pick as the top female newcomer. Top Coaches ringing a 14-game winning streak into the fall, the Hun School football team had trouble scheduling local foes. As a result, the Raiders started their season a week earlier than usual to host Royal Imperial Collegiate of Canada. “It felt a little rushed this year,” said Hun head coach Todd Smith. “We don’t usually open up as early as that week but we had a real tough time finding games this year so we had to take them where we could get them. Everything got jam packed a little bit. I thought it was a pretty good camp for the amount of time we spent.” Af ter prevailing 38 -13 in the opener, Hun hit the road, defeating Capital Magnet Prep School (Conn.) 5513 on September 24 and Friendship Christian Academy (D.C.) 20-14 on October 1. As the Raiders returned home in early October to s t ar t M id - At la nt ic P rep League (MAPL) play with a game against the Blair Academy, sophomore running back Joshua Henderson felt the team benefitted from the challenges it faced in the first three weeks of the season. “It is good to be at Hun with all of our fans and our home crowd,” said Henderson after Hun posted a 35-0 win over the Buccaneers. “We all made a family out of each other on the trips, those type of games are the ones that you want to win the most. You go into other people’s places that you are not usually going to and come out with a win both times. It is really a special feeling.” The special run continued as Hun dominated its MAPL foes, rolling to a 41-12 win over the Hill School (Pa.) and a 46-13 victory over Lawrenceville before facing its stiffest test of the season

THRILL OF VICTORY: Princeton Day School field hockey head coach Heather Farlow celebrates after PDS edged Allentown 3-2 in overtime in the semifinals of the Mercer County Tournament. While PDS fell 3-0 to Lawrenceville in the MCT title game, it went on to win the state Prep B championship with a 2-0 win over Stuart Country Day in the championship game. The victory in the Prep B final gave the Panthers a final record of 16-4, culminating an impressive reversal of fortune from 2015 when the squad went 6-13-1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) with a clash at once-beaten Peddie. As that contest unfolded, Hun was failing that test as it trailed 14-0 midway through the third quarter. With Smith firing up his charges, the Raiders rallied to score 23 unanswered points and pull out a 23-14 victory. “The kids made plays, we capitalized off of some mistakes they made,” said Smith. “At the end of the day, our kids just kept making plays. We can’t ask for more than that. They never gave up on each other, we just kept playing.” S how i ng h is coach i ng savvy and confidence, Smith called a memorable gadget play for the go-ahead score as 304-pound lineman Fred Hansard got a lateral on a fourth down play and rumbled 15 yards into the end zone as Hun went ahead 15-14. “It is something we put in this week for him, we were so happy it worked,” said Smith, ref lecting on the play. “Ru nning it on four t h down was gutsy, we were excited about it. We practiced it a lot this week and it worked. It was the perfect time to call the play.” A week later, Hun rolled to a 48-7 win over Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) to put the finishing touches on a second straight 8-0 campaign and extend its state-best winning streak to 22. In reflecting on his 2016 squad, Smith credited his players for their never-saydie attitude. “I think we are a system; each team I have had here in my three years at Hun has been much different,” added Smith. “This team is not like the team I had two years ago or the team I had last year. They just grind, we found a way. We were down 14-0 to Friendship Collegiate in Washington D.C. We were down 14-0 at Peddie and the kids just kept responding.” Smith’s role as an inspirational leader and the architect of that system makes him the choice as the top

coach of a male team this fall. Things got off to a rocky start for Heather Farlow as she took the helm of the Princeton Day School field hockey program in 2015. With a roster stocked with young players, PDS went 1-11 in its first 12 games under Farlow. Over the last month of the season, however, the Panthers showed major progress, going 5-21 and advancing to the state Prep B semifinals. Coming into this fall, Farlow believed that the Panthers could build on their late surge. “I think last year it was, we could do this, we might be able to pull this out,” said Farlow. “This year the expectations are higher, not in a pressurized way, but with a feeling that we can totally compete with teams.” As the 2016 season unfolded, PDS proved it could not only compete with — but beat most of its foes. It posted an 11-3 record in the regular season, getting seeded second in the Mercer County Tournament and first in the Prep B tourney, In the MCT, PDS rolled through the first two rounds and then stunned third-seeded and defending champion Allentown 3-2 in overtime in the semis. Although PDS fell 3-0 to Lawrenceville in the MCT title game, it rebounded to edge Pennington 2-1 in Prep B semis and then top Stuart Country Day in the title game. In the wake of the title game, Farlow said that her team’s will to win was a key factor in its championship campaign. “I told the girls last year that they had a ton of potential and we were winners and they had to get out of that mindset where you try not to lose,” said Farlow. “You play to win, that was the difference from the start this year.” For helping instill that winning mindset, Farlow is the choice as the top coach of a girls’ team. —Bill Alden

Maddie Schwimmer is an- Fighting to the End in Defeat to Notre Dame, who are making a positive impact. other senior captain and a phenomenal kid to have on PHS Boys’ Swimmers Show Sprint Skills, Fire “Some people who have the team She was really into definitely impressed me so as she has been since she butterfly in her freshman As the Princeton High backstroke while Hunsbedt far are Joshurun, Calvin has been a freshman when and sophomore years. Last boys’ swimming team en- won the 100 breast and juRistad, he swam the 200 I first started,” said Misie- year, I switched her to into tered the 400-yard freestyle nior Dan Barberis prevailed and 500 for us, and Jason wicz of Tang, the first place strictly 100, 200 free with relay against visiting Notre in the 50 free. Kratzer,” said Misiewicz. finisher in the 200 and 500 some 50s here or there and Dame last Thursday, it had “It is funny, not that sprintEven though PHS absorbed freestyle in the loss to Notre she has really found her role no chance to win the meet. ing wasn’t our strong point two losses in the first week Dame. “I looked at them and said before, but they are really on the team.” of the season as it fell 101“She has really fallen into Freshman Cameron Davis I don’t care what the score excelling in that right now,” 69 to WW/P-S in its season that leadership and captain is assuming a key role on the is, they may have already said Misiewicz. opener on November 29, role and the fact that she is team in her debut campaign won by now but the meet Senior stars Kinney and Misiewicz believes that her winning and open to swim with the squad. is not over and so we finish Petruso are giving the Little squad gained some valuable absolutely anything. She did that relay and go out there Tigers good leadership to lessons from the setbacks. “Cameron Davis is somethe 200 free and 100 fly for and win,” said PHS head go with their strong perforone who has done big things “They knew that Notre us on Tuesday and she did coach Carly Misiewicz. mances in the water. so far in the first two meets,” Dame and South are probathe 200 free and 500 free The quartet of senior Alex “Will and Alex are both bly the hardest two meets of said Misiewicz, today. She was feeling a litPetruso, freshman Jeshurun captains, they are definitely the entire year; I think it is a “She came up big in the tle under the weather today Reyen, senior Will Kinney, stepping up to the plate,” really good learning experiso I said you want to swim 50 free and the 100 back on and junior Oliver Hunsbedt said Misiewicz. ence to have them first,” said something else and she was Tuesday and a last minute followed their coach’s in“Will is a full-time high Misiewicz, whose team hosts no, I can do the 500. She is switch put her in the 100 structions to a tee, comsuch a trooper and she mo- free today and the 100 back. ing from behind in thrilling school swimmer so he is Nottingham on December 8 tivated everyone else. That It was the same thing; I said fashion to win the race with here every single day, always before competing at WW/Pto me is perfect leadership Cammie this is where you the crowd at the John With- putting 110 percent effort N on December 13. “Yes we are 0-2 but the and anything you could look are going to swim today and erspoon pool roaring in ap- in. He is definitely someone that I go to for anything, to margin that we lost by really she said OK sounds good. for as a coach.” preciation. get them in the water, to get isn’t that significant. It isn’t We like having her for the Senior Jamie Liu had a “Alex got everybody off dry land started. Alex is a backstroke leg in the medley like we are getting blown out nice swim in winning the relay. She is definitely find- to a great start; Jeshurun club swimmer so he is not of the water. We just have a 100 butterfly against Notre ing her place on the team was tough out there,” said with us 24/7 but whenever lot of newcomers this year so Dame. and it helps that her older Misiewicz, reflecting on the he comes, he fits right in. it is finding what works.” “She is not swimming club sister Samantha is back on relay. They always have such posi—Bill Alden any more, which is nice be- the team this year.” “Something we have been tive attitudes, they are real cause she is here every day,” W hile PHS, which has working on with Will is un- quick if they don’t have the said Misiewicz. won four straight county ti- derwater on his turns and best swim to realize that “She wasn’t here on Tues- tles, isn’t used to being 0-2, that alone put him half a other people are having a day because she was also Misiewicz sees good things body length ahead. 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Months before the season even started, the Princeton High girls’ swimming team suffered a major loss as superstar and state individual champion Abbey Berloco opted to transfer to Notre Dame for the last two years of her high school career. “It is definitely unfortunate to lose her; she is one of the top swimmers in the state but at the same time, we want nothing but the best for her,” said PHS head coach Carly Misiewicz of Berloco, who placed first in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events at the state Meet of Champions last season. “Our girls, as a team, knew that going into the season and they said you know what, you can’t change anybody else. We are going to do the best that we can possibly do as a team. They have had nothing but the best attitude since the start of the season and even prior to it.” Despite starting the season with losses to WW/P-S (98-72 on November 29 ) and Notre Dame (97-72 on December 1) last week, the Little Tigers displayed a positive attitude. “My assistant coach and I were talking about how much the girls have really improved,” said Misiewicz. “They are dropping time and really, really coming together as a team; understanding our strengths and our weaknesses and what works best for us. Everyone is really stepping up to the plate.” Senior star Melinda Tang has been stepping up for four years in her career with PHS. “Melinda is phenomenal

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Bolstered by Influx of Talented Newcomers, Hun Girls’ Hoops Aiming to Be Competitive Having suffered through a rough winter last year with a depleted squad, an influx of new faces has lifted the mood around the Hun School girls’ basketball team. “Our numbers are higher overall; we had a lot more girls interested in coming out for basketball,” said Hun head coach Bill Holup, whose team went 1-22 last season. “Having more players out there has transformed the whole atmosphere. The kids are all very personable with one another right now. The spirit is very high. The returning girls see that some of the new girls that are here have some more skills than what we saw last year.” Hun got some skill from overseas in post-graduate guard Anna Maguire, who hails from Nor thern Ireland. “She plays the point guard position for us; she is extremely unselfish,” said Holup of co-captain Maguire, who had eight points and five assists as Hun opened the season with a 37-20 win over Germantown Friends (Pa.) last Wednesday. “At times we need her to be more selfish; she is looking to distribute the ball but she has a terrific shot and is able to make things happen. She is one of those type of players who makes everyone else a little better around her because she gets everybody involved.” Two other newcomers, sophomore transfer Jada Jones and freshman Nicole Angelini, figure to make things happen in the backcourt for the Raiders. “Jada is a sophomore transfer from Randolph High School in northern Jersey,” said Holup. “She comes to us with varsity experience already; she played a considerable amount as a freshman. She is helping us out at both the guard and for ward positions. There is also Nicole Angelini who played on the soccer team; she is a very pleasant surprise. I didn’t know much about her as a basketball player because soccer is her primary sport. Her basketball IQ and skills are very high so she will help us out considerably.” Holup is looking for a pair of seniors, co-captain Julie Fassl and Mia Cura, to display their hoops IQ this winter. “Julie is actually more of wing player, she will play both guard as well as a forward depending on what our needs are,” said Holup. “She will do whatever we need and give 110 percent ever y time regardless of where she is at. Mia is strictly a guard; this is her fourth year with the program. She is experienced and is a very good shooter. She just needs to continue to be more aggressive and not shy away from taking that shot when she is open.” In the front court, Hun will be featuring sophomore Leah Sutphen, freshman Alexis Harvell, and senior C.J. Mozeika. “We have got Leah Sut-

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phen from last year,” said Holup. “We have a young player, Alexis Harvell, who is 5’11 and gives us a little more size than what we had last year because Leah was pretty much our height last year. C.J. Mozeika is returning and she has some size as well. This is her second year with the program so she has a lot more experience as well in the front court.” Wit h h is te a m hav i ng matched its win total from last year in the first week of the season as it is 1-1, Holup is cautiously optimistic about the impact of the influx of talented newcomers. “Hopefully it will translate into more competitive games for us,” said Holup. “It will take some time to rebuild from where we were a few years ago.”

In order to build something special this winter, the Raiders need to make tough defense their calling card. “I think a lot of it has to start with our defense,” asserted Holup, whose team hosts Agnes Irwin School ( Pa.) on December 8 and the Baldwin School (Pa.) on December 10. “Last year, we just didn’t have any go-to shooters. This year we do have people who can really shoot the ball and get hot but if they are not hot, we really need to start things with our defense. We always need to have that helping us; that has to be a constant. If we get some steals and stops, hopefully that will translate into easy buckets and a high percentage of shots.” —Bill Alden

BOUNCING BACK: Hun School girls’ basketball player Leah Sutphen heads to the basket in a game last season. Sophomore forward Sutphen figures to be a key weapon in the front court for the Raiders this winter as they look to bounce back from going 1-22 last year. Last Friday, Sutphen scored six points in a losing cause as Hun fell 54-46 to Friends Central (Pa.) The Raiders, who moved to 1-1 with the defeat, host Agnes Irwin School (Pa.) on December 8 and the Baldwin School (Pa.) on December 10. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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After posting an impressive 19-9 record last winter, the Stuart Country Day School basketball team is raising the bar this season. “T he schedule is definitely stronger than it was last year,” said Stuart head coach Justin Leith. “Realistically we can win every game on our schedule and we can also lose any game as well. We bumped it up a little bit which should be fun; I am optimistic. We have a much tighter group, the team chemistry is better.” A major cause of optimism for Stuart is the return of star junior guard Jalynn Spaulding. “Jalynn is taller and stronger; she is physically bigger,” said Leith of Spaulding, who came up big last weekend, helping the Tartans defeat the George School ( Pa.) 41-24 last Saturday in the finals of the George School Tournament.

“She has grown an inch or two and is definitely stronger. She is finishing with either hand. She is shooting the ball extremely well and her energy is definitely up this year.” The addition of freshman Jasmine Hansford should give the Tartans a boost of energy. “She is small but she finishes well, especially against bigger guards,” said Leith, who will also use senior Julia Kahn, sophomore Raven Wright, junior Tonya Glover, and freshman Samantha Humbles at guard. “She handles the ball well. She plays great defense, she can turn pretty much anyone. We had some really good guards in our first three scrimmages and she stayed in front of them.” Junior transfer Marissa Lewis figures to bolster the Stuart back court, “Marissa came from Steinert and has been really consistent,” added Leith.

“She has been great in picking everything up and being in there with everybody. She is a good athlete and she is definitely going to help us.” The Tartans boast very good front court option in sophomore for ward BeyShana Clark. “I think she has grown a little bit, she added more zing to her inside game,” said Leith of Clark, who scored 24 points in the win over the George School on Saturday as the Tartans improved to 2-0. “She is able to shoot more consistently from the outside; that is really what she is offering now. She can knock down a 15-footer and she hit a couple of 3s in our scrimmages.” Junior Madeleine Michaels has grown into a stabilizing force and will work down low with Clark. “Maddie Michaels was named captain because she is a great leader; she leads

by example,” said Leith. “She is not the most talented athlete but it doesn’t really matter if you have a motor and a heart like she does. She is leading us on the defensive end and she has been knocking down open shots.” Leith is hoping that going back to basics will help his team get better and better as the winter unfolds. “We have decided to do a lot more teaching early in the season, small things like shot fakes, pass fakes and really breaking the game down,” said Leith, whose team will look to keep on the winning track when it hosts the Solebury School (Pa.) on December 13. “My playbooks are usually several pages for offense and defense. This year we have one or two things that we are going to get really good at and when we do, we will add one or two things more. We are not going to make things complicated this year; hopefully it will pay dividends in January and February.” —Bill Alden

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PDS Boys’ Basketball: Sparked by a big game from John McArthur, PDS topped Pennington 80-75 in the championship game of the Solebury School (Pa.) Tip-Off Tournament last Saturday. Senior forward McArthur scored 27 points as the Panthers improved to 2-0. PDS hosts Abington Friends (Pa.) on December 8 and plays at the George School (Pa.) on December 10. ——— Girls’ Basketball: Notching its first win of the season, PDS topped Perkiomen School (Pa.) 38-19 last Saturday in the consolation game at the

Hill School (Pa.) tournament. The Panthers, now 1-1, host Pennington on December 7 and the George School (Pa.) on December 10. ——— Boys’ Hockey: Displaying a balanced attack, PDS defeated Seton Hall Prep 5-1 last Wednesday. Ian Zyvith, Tyler Coffey, Jack Mascali, Russell Friedman, and Keith Asplundh all scored goals as the Panthers improved to 2-0. PDS plays at Delbarton School on December 8 before taking part in the Albany Academy N.Y. Tournament on December 10-11. ——— Girls’ Hockey: Julie David triggered the offense as PDS edged Morristown-Beard 2-1 last Friday. Senior forward David tallied a goal and an

assist while senior goalie Annika Asplundh made 28 saves to help the Panthers improve to 2-0. PDS plays at Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) on December 7.

Hun Boys’ Basketball : Desmond Cambridge starred in a losing cause for Hun as it fell 54-52 to St. Luke’s School (Conn.) last Sunday. Post- graduate star Cambridge scored a team-high 11 points as the Raiders dropped to 0-3. Hun hosts St. Benedict’s on December 7 before taking part in the Peddie School Invitational Tournament ( PSIT) from December 9-11. ——— Boys’ Hockey: Despite a big game from Blake Brown, Hun fell 9-3 to St. Augustine last Monday. Senior star Brown had a goal and two assists for the Raiders, who moved to 1-2. Hun plays at LaSalle College High (Pa.) on December 7

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GLORY DAY: Kevin Halliday advances the ball up the field during his career with the Princeton High boys’ soccer team. Last Saturday, Halliday assisted on the game-winning goal as the Tufts University men’s soccer team defeated Calvin College 1-0 in overtime in the NCAA Division III championship game. Halliday, a junior midfielder, was joined on the team by older bother Zach, a senior midfielder and team co-captain. In the NCAA semis, Zach scored the game-winning goal on an assist from Kevin in a 2-1 victory over St. Thomas (Minn.) last Friday. The Jumbos, who also won the 2014 national title, ended the season with a 15-5-2 record. Kevin Halliday had a goal and six assists in 22 appearances this fall, while his older brother contributed a goal and two assists in 19 games. (Photo by Stephen Goldsmith)

Boys’ Hockey: Alex Boczniewicz played well in a losing cause as Pennington fell 7-4 to Hopewell Valley last Friday. Boczniewicz scored two goals for the Red Raiders. On Monday, Pennington lost 2-1 to Woodbridge High as it moved to 0-3. The Red Raiders host Germantown Academy (Pa.) on December 12. ——— Girls’ Basketball: Unable to get its offense going, Pennington fell 60-23 to Germantown Academy (Pa.) last Thursday in its season opener. Leah Johnson and Annie Brunner each had seven points in the loss for the Red Raiders. Pennington plays at Princeton Day School on December 7 before heading south to take part in the She Got Game Classic at Gwynn Park High in Brandywine, Md.

SIGNING ON: Princeton High school senior athletes Noa Levy, Zeno Mazzacato, and Alex Roth enjoy the moment after each signed a Letter of Intent to play NCAA Division 1 athletics. Pictured, from left, are PHS Principal Gary Snyder, Levy, Mazzacato, Roth, and Interim Athletic Director Brian Dzbenski. Levy will be attending Lehigh University and competing for the track team, Mazzacato will be attending Rutgers University and joining the soccer team, and Roth will be attending the University of Pennsylvania where he will compete as a member of the track and cross country teams. The three students were joined by their families, coaches, and friends at a signing ceremony and celebration held at PHS. renceville defeated Choate Rosemary Hall (Conn.) 3-1 last Sunday. The Big Red, now 1-1, host the Hill School (Pa.) on December 6 before playing at the Berkshire Boys’ Hockey: Brendon School (Mass.) on DecemMcCormick came up big ber 10. as PHS defeated Lawrence High 6-0 last Monday. Senior star McCormick tallied two goals and an assist to help the Little Tigers improve to 4-0. PHS plays Westfield on December 8 Dillon Youth Basketball and Hopewell Valley on December 12 with both games December 3 Results In opening day action last to take place at the Mercer Saturday in the 4th/5th grade County Park rink. boys’ division of the Dillon Youth Basketball League, Alchemist & Barrister defeated McCaffrey’s 35-30. A.J. Surace led the way with 14 points for A & B, while Travis Petrone and Nichola AbiChedid Boys’ Basketball: Getting each chipped in eight points. its season off to a good start, Remmick Granozio scored 11 Lawrenceville defeated New points in the loss for McCafFoundations Charter High frey’s. In other action, Princ(Pa.) 71-57 last Saturday in eton Pi defeated Conte’s 20its season opener. In upcom- 18 in overtime. Owen Biggs ing action, the Big Red will scored eight points to pace be competing in the Peddie Princeton Pi. Jason Singer School Invitational Tourna- and Jihad-jasiri Wilder each ment (PSIT) from December scored six points in the loss. 9-11. Bon Appetit beat Cross Cul——— ture 41-15 as Brooks CahillGirls’ Hockey: Bouncing Sanidas scored 14 points and back from a 2-1 loss at Taft Michael Rimmer added six School (Conn.) on Saturday points. Jonathon Davidge had to open the season, Law- seven points for Cross Culture

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in the loss. In the 6th/7th grade boys’ division, Vincent Baldino & Brothers edged Woodwinds 27-25. Teohan Blind led the way for Baldino & Brothers with 13 points. Gabe Majeski scored eight points in the loss for Woodwinds. Mason, Griffin & Pierson defeated Lependorf & Silverstein 32-25. Mason, Griffin was led by a balanced scoring attack of Jeremy Sallade (nine points), Jaden Hall (eight points) and Charlie Howes (six points). Peter Hare scored 9 points in the loss for Lependorf & Silverstein. Corner House defeated Jefferson Plumbing 49-33 with Jaxon Petrone scoring 21 point and Jonah Yuan adding eight points. Matthew Singer scored a team-high 13 points in the loss for Jefferson Plumbing. In the 8th/9th grade boys’ division, Jay Jackson scored a game-high 23 points and Luke Wingreen added six points as the Knicks beat the Sonics 47-34. Judd Petrone scored 10 points in the loss for the Sonics. In other action, the 76ers defeated the Nets 5023. Jack Suozzi led the 76ers with 18 points while Tianqi Chen scored 8 points in the win. Andrew Lambert contributed 7 points in the loss for the Nets. In the girls’ division, Princeton Pettoranello defeated Gallagher Risk Management 26-17. Sophia Aguayo scored 10 points and Ava Ramirez chipped in eight points in the win for Princeton Pettoranello. Sammy Renda scored 13 points a losing cause for Gallagher Risk Management. Majeski Foundation topped JM Group 32-20 as Mojisola Ayodele led the way with 14 points. JM Group was paced by Yayla Tur, who scored 16 points in the loss. Princeton Dental Group beat Princeton Nassau Pediatrics 31-16 as Lauren Klein scored 12 points with Irene Dumitriu adding 10 points. Laika Beere tallied 14 points in the loss for Nassau Pediatrics. ———

NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers Holding Hoops Camp at PDS

The Philadelphia 76ers basketball team will offer a Holiday Hoops Camp at the Princeton Day School for players ages 5-to-14 from December 27-29. Interested parents or players can contact PDS girls’ varsit y basketball coach Kamau Bailey at (917) 6265785 or kamau.bailey @ gmail.com for more information on the camp. One can also contact Sixers Camp at www.sixerscamps.com or (610) 668-7676.

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