Volume LXXI, Number 20 Bike Month Offers Activities for Cyclists of All Ages. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Race to Nowhere Tackles Young People's Stress . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Body and Soul, Panthea Reid’s Memoir of Love and Loss. . . . . . . . . . 12 HomeFront’s “ArtJam” Opening on Palmer Square . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Seamstress Sews Intimate Apparel at McCarter Theatre. . . . 19 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Closes Princeton Series. . . . . 21 PU Women’s Lax Tops Cornell, Advances to NCAA Quarters. . . . . 26 Senior Star Lawver Enjoys Big Finale for Hun Girls’ Lacrosse. . . . . . . . . . 32
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Have Your Say About Princeton’s Future Saturday Morning Where will Princeton be in 20 years? What sorts of personal transportation will be used? How should Princeton balance future change and plan its redevelopment? These and many more questions will be the focus of a forum on the future of Princeton to be held in the Community Room of the Princeton Public Library on Saturday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to noon. Sponsored by the Princeton Future planning group, the event will feature presentations and a panel discussion followed by break-out group sessions that will focus on 25 different sites in Princeton “where the Princeton Zoning Code should provide for increased density, mixed use, open space, economical construction, public transit, decreased parking requirements, public-private off-street shared parking, and more variety and choice of housing, affordable to low, moderate, middle income families, and individuals.” Continued on Page 19
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
University Presents Expansion Plans to Community
At a community meeting Monday evening, Princeton University officials expanded upon details released last month about its 2026 Campus Plan. Potential sites on the existing campus for a new undergraduate residential college, the University’s engineering school, and its environmental studies program were among the topics discussed. University Vice President Bob Durkee, architect Ron McCoy, and Cyndi Rottenberg Walker of the Toronto-based firm Urban Strategies, which is working on the project, also talked about possibilities for developing land owned by the University in West Windsor. housing, parking, academics, and athletics could be located there. “We expect to be working on this until next fall, when the plan should be finished,” said Mr. Durkee, who stressed that the plan, which was launched in 2014, looks 10 years ahead but in a 30-year context, meaning it looks beyond 2026. Mr. McCoy said he considers the initiative to be “a planning framework rather than a master plan.” No rezoning should be necessary for the projects to be built on the Princeton
side of the University’s property. But the sites in West Windsor would likely need to be rezoned, Mr. Durkee said. Expanding the University’s engineering school and its environmental studies programs would be at a site on the north side of Ivy Lane and Western Way. Key to the plan is a reduction in the reliance on single-use vehicles. A bridge over Lake Carnegie would encourage biking, walking, and light vehicles. There is
no need, in the framework, to open West Drive. “Our use would not generate traffic there,” Mr. Durkee said. As has been discussed in the recent past, the future of the University-owned Springdale Golf Course remains undecided. But Mr. Durkee stressed that as part of a previous agreement, nothing will be done in the next 10 years. When resident Kip Cherry asked for more details about Continued on Page 14
The Effects of Today’s Marijuana Is Focus of “Weeding Out the Myths” Parents: If you think the marijuana your teenagers might be using bears a close resemblance to the stuff you smoked back in college a few decades ago, the Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance wants you to think again. The organization’s upcoming “Marijuana Awareness Forum: Weeding Out the Myths,” tackles that and other related misconceptions in a program targeted to middle and high school students, their parents, and the community. The free event will
be held in the auditorium of John Witherspoon Middle School on Wednesday, May 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. “We felt it was important for parents to have some straight, factual information,” said Gary DeBlasio, director of Corner House, the Princeton-based treatment and prevention agency. Speakers at the forum include representatives from Corner House, the Princeton Police Department, and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Continued on Page 15
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REPEAT PERFORMANCE: Members of the Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse team celebrate after they defeated Princeton High 9-5 in the Mercer County Tournament title game last Thursday. It was the second straight MCT crown for PDS. The Panthers will go for one more championship this spring when they host Rutgers Prep in the state Prep B final on May 17. See page 30 for more details on the county title game. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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