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THE ROLE OF THE COURTS: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was on campus Friday to receive the 2008 James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service, given by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, the political, literary, and debating organization. The 71-year-old Trenton native gave an address on “The Role of the Courts in a Liberal Democracy” as Robert George, Princeton University’s McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, and Molly Alarcon, president of the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, looked on.
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Couple Pledges $25 Million to Hospital
Matthew Hersh
A Pennsylvania couple this week pledged $25 million for the completion of a Plainsboro-based replacement facility for the University Medical Center at Princeton, just months before Princeton HealthCare System entered the public phase of its capital campaign.
Cell Tower Proposal Could Fill Dead Air, but Residents Worry
Matthew Hersh
As Township Hall looks for ways to improve what police are calling a radio signal dead zone for patrols and emergency services, residents showed concern this week over one of those solutions: the installation of a cellular radio tower on a parcel of public land near the Great Road and Cherry Valley Road.
Library Bows Out of One-Card, Heartland and PRS Plans Intact
Ellen Gilbert
After the most recent Princeton Public Library Board meeting at which some board members expressed reservations about a debit card with the library’s imprimatur, Heartland Payment Systems CEO Bob Carr offered library director Leslie Burger a chance to bow out, and she did.
Other News
School Board Adopts Tentative Budget, New Board Candidates Welcomed
Ellen Gilbert
At its monthly meeting last week the Princeton Regional Board of Education adopted a tentative budget amounting to $72,547,296 for the 2008-09 school year. Under a proposed 3.32 percent tax increase, $56,965,650 of this amount will come from taxpayers.
Internal Disputes Precede Police Suspensions; County Prosecutor’s Office to Investigate
Matthew Hersh
A conflict that has been simmering between Princeton Borough’s chief of police and the local police union has now surfaced with the paid suspension of three of the Borough’s 34-member force.
Grim Report Challenges Borough Hall to Find Alternate Revenue Streams
Matthew Hersh
Borough Hall will have to exercise significant belt tightening in upcoming budget cycles if significant tax increases are to be avoided, according to a staff report delivered to Borough Council last Tuesday.
Developer’s Name Is Misleading, but Board OKs What Could Be Boon for Rec Department
Matthew Hersh
The Regional Planning Board of Princeton Thursday heard a plan from a company called Princeton Soccer Fields involving 19.1 acres of wooded property along Mercer Street, near Gallup Road, and while that combination of ingredients appears to have some athletic reference, the outcome will likely result in preserved, undeveloped lands.
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Sports
PU Men’s Hockey Hosting Yale in Playoffs; Aims to Use Balance, Speed to Top Bulldogs
Bill Alden
It was a rare sour note in the uplifting winter produced by the Princeton University men’s hockey team.
Lewis-Lamonica Storms to 7-Goal Effort as PU Women’s Lax Upsets No. 3 Duke
Bill Alden
Last Wednesday night, Katie Lewis-Lamonica was sidelined by an injured right ankle as the Princeton University women’s lacrosse team cruised to an easy 16-8 win over Rutgers.
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Book Review
George and Martha Live: Happy Birthday, Edward Albee
Stuart Mitchner
“Art is not pacification. It’s disturbance.” —Edward Albee in a 1980 interview
Today is Edward Albee’s eightieth birthday, and if he takes the occasion as seriously as he did in 1958, he’s probably at work on something. According to the authorized chronology accompanying Conversations with Edward Albee (1988), he wrote his first play, The Zoo Story, “as a present to himself on his thirtieth birthday.” Adopted into a wealthy family two weeks after he was born, he was named for his adoptive grandfather, the owner of vaudeville theatres in the Keith-Albee circuit.
Music/Theater
Princeton University Orchestra Warms Night With Program of Early 20th Century Music
Nancy Plum
Nothing warms up an audience on a raw and rainy winter evening like the lush chords of Impressionistic music, and the program the Princeton University Orchestra presented on Friday night seemed to do just the trick for the very appreciative audience in Richardson Auditorium. The concert, which was repeated on Saturday night, brought together three programmatic works from the early 20th century which were both a challenge for the ensemble and a pleasure for the audience to hear.
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