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Vol. LXII, No. 5
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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Vol. LXII, No. 5
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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 (Photo by Andrea Warriner)
VISIONS OF IRAN: Homa Watts shows off a variety of books on Iran, including some featuring Isfahan and Shiraz, Iranian art, and one among the multitude of published “Rubiyats” during Sunday’s “Exploring Iran: An Afternoon of Iranian and Persian Culture.” Held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, the event was sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action in conjunction with the local Iranian community. The size of the turn-out suggests that hundreds of people responded to the promise of a “taste of Iran’s vibrant culture” and a chance to meet “the real people behind the headlines.”
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Princeton Township Committee cleared the way for senior housing along a Bunn Drive parcel Monday night, when it voted to amend zoning there that would, if developed, provide the market-rate senior housing in the Township that has long been sought by municipal officials and a core constituency of housing advocates.
A janitor at the Hun School of Princeton was arrested last week, charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female student at Hun’s Upper School.
Health concerns and risks posed to Princeton children, adults, seniors, and Princeton University students were outlined in a report released this month, as municipal health officials plan for a town-wide survey assessing resident concerns related to health and health care.
Noting that it would have been easy to say “change the vending machines” in response to demands for a healthier environment, Princeton Regional Schools (PRS) Superintendent Judy Wilson lauded the opening of the new Princeton High School (PHS) Fitness Center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday as the community’s answer to the question, “What does fitness mean?”
The Princeton Public Library (PPL) Board of Trustees voted unanimously to accept the Princeton Heartland Payment System’s “one card” plan for Princeton at a meeting on Thursday. A similar plan to support a partnership between Heartland and the Princeton Education Foundation had been unanimously passed earlier in the week at the Tuesday meeting of the Princeton Regional School Board of Education.
Borough Hall handed out pay increases to the Princeton Borough Police Departments top administrative law enforcers last week, and, at least for now, concerns over precipitous police pay increases will likely wait until the next union contract discussion, three years out.
The date was November 14, 2007 and the New York Giants were reeling from a 31-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys days earlier while the Princeton University men’s basketball team improved to 2-0 with a win over Iona.
He towers above the opposition at 6’8 but A.J. Dowers wasn’t taking advantage of his size last year for the Princeton High boys’ basketball team.
Jordan Shapiro realized she was fighting a battle on several fronts as the Princeton High girls’ swimming team competed at WW/P-S last Thursday.
Notoriously elusive in discussing what his plays are all about, Edward Albee, in his program notes, explains that “a play is fully described (or explained) by the experience of seeing it.” He urges his audiences to “pretend you’re at the first play you’ve ever seen — have that experience — and I think ‘what the play is about’ will reveal itself quite readily.”