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INSIDE THIS ISSUEBack to school

Everything you need to know about the present and past. PAGES 2 & 23

ERICA CHAYES/The SunFuka Wada, 5, of Princeton learns how to blow bubbles with nothing but her own two hands at thePrinceton Public Library’s Let’s Play event on Friday, Aug. 15, in Hinds Plaza. Children played withbubbles, hula hoops, sidewalk chalk and more. For more photos, please see page 9.

The science of soapPHA bulldozes communityrain garden

By NORA CARNEVALEThe Sun

On Aug. 7, Steve Hiltner, authorof the blog PrincetonNa-tureNotes.org and the volunteerwho had been maintaining therain garden at Spruce Circle forsix years, returned from an enjoy-able morning with children par-ticipating in the summer YMCAprogram at the Pannell LearningCenter at Witherspoon and Claystreets to find the garden bull-dozed.

“I had played clarinet for thekids, imitating the bird songs weheard, and walked behind theCommunity Park ElementarySchool to where a wonderful but-terfly garden is planted. We saw amonarch butterfly there – onlythe second I had seen all summer.

It was a real shock after such apositive morning to find theSpruce Circle rain garden bull-dozed,” Hiltner said.

The bulldozing occurred as aresult of work being done by thePrinceton Housing Authority. Ac-cording to Scott Parsons, assis-tant executive director of theHousing Authority, he is choosingto deal with the issue directlywith Hiltner rather than throughmedia outlets or other forums.

Hiltner said Parsons assuredhim there was no malicious in-tent on the part of the authorityor the newly hired supervisor ofmaintenance. According to Par-sons, he was not on the staff dur-ing the initial planting of the raingarden and did not see the sign in-

please see HILTNER, page 22

‘Mistaken incursion’ cause for demise;PHA should reinstall it, volunteer says

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School district hires 36 new teachersBy NORA CARNEVALE

The Sun

Students of the Princeton Pub-lic School District will see plentyof new faces upon their return toschool next month. As of Aug. 21,the district had hired 51 new em-ployees, with 36 of them newteachers.

According to SuperintendentSteve Cochrane, other positionsinclude a combination of retire-ments, resignations and leaves ofabsence.

“We also brought into thePrinceton Public School family 10new custodians rather than con-tracting out for cleaning servicesas we had done in the past,” hesaid.

The new teachers have experi-ence ranging from zero to 16years, and according to Cochrane,represent a variety of ethnic andcultural backgrounds.

It is no secret that job-seekingteachers flock to Princetonschools. According to Cochrane,“we get scores of applications forevery position.” He attributes thehigh desire to work in the districtto the innovative programs, lowclass sizes and high-level learn-ing.

Additionally, he feels prospec-tive teachers want to be a part of“a larger, culturally diverse com-munity that truly values educa-tion.”

Cochrane described the hiringprocess as “extremely thorough,”and often involving demonstra-tion lessons with students in ad-dition to interviews with supervi-sors, principals and assistant su-perintendents.

“We are looking for people whoare extraordinarily knowledge-able of their subjects and how toteach them; people who are car-ing and reflective; people who are

committed to growing as profes-sionals and to making a differ-ence in the world one student at atime,” he said.

Cochrane feels there is a greatdeal to gain from placing newfaces in an established and rep-utable school district.

“The teaching profession flour-ishes when new ideas blend withestablished best practices,” hesaid.

He said the district is fortunateto have experienced and accom-plished teachers who are eager tomentor those who are new. Hefeels both new and establishedteachers gain from the opportuni-ty to learn and reflect together.Additionally, he feels studentsstand to gain from the collabora-tive planning.

“Hiring and supporting greatteachers is the most importantwork we do as an administrativeteam,” he said.

Enrollment at the high schoolis projected to increase to 1,535students this September in com-parison to 1,475 students last year.Cochrane said several new posi-tions have been budgeted for PHS.He reported that numbers werehigher than projected for thekindergartens at two elementaryschools, so one teacher and an in-struction assistant were added.

This year, Cochrane said he islooking forward to working withall members of the community“to crystallize our vision as a dis-trict through a formal strategicplanning process.”

“In a year in which much ofthe educational discussionaround the country will be on theimplementation of new standard-ized tests, I hope to focus our con-versation on ‘measuring whatmatters,’ on those skills, such ascuriosity, creativity, criticalthinking, communication, collab-

oration and compassion, that willtruly prepare our students to besuccessful in the world,” he said.

A collaborative emphasis at theelementary schools on the strate-gies associated with high-levelreading and writing, a focus onthe power of positive relation-ships at the middle school and atthe high school on even more in-terdisciplinary work and per-formance-based, real-world as-sessments are what Cochrane ismost excited about for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Additionally, officials are look-ing forward to continuing the dis-trict-wide wellness campaign,and introducing the offeringsfrom Nutri-Serve, the district’snew food service provider.

“I am extremely proud to bethe superintendent of PrincetonPublic Schools. We are a districtof extraordinary people, pro-grams and potential,” he said.

Back to school in Princeton: What’s on your list?By ERICA CHAYES

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There is much to do in prepara-tion for the upcoming school yearas Princeton kids edge toward theend of summer. Whether it’ssqueezing in some final Augustactivities or getting psyched forPrinceton’s fall sports, NassauStreet, Palmer Square and HindsPlaza seem to be hotspots for fam-ilies and teens before Labor Day’slast hoorah. Once again, The Suncould not help but ask: What arePrincetonians doing to prep forback to school?

Mikaella Granzen and HannahKaufman are both 16 and about tobecome upperclassmen at Prince-ton High School. First onGranzen’s pre-September to-dolist is getting her six hours atEast Coast Driving School to ob-tain her learners permit. Al-though Granzen walks to school,

it is exciting for any junior to getbehind the wheel.

Kaufman confessed how sheand her friend are not big shop-pers and usually do not spendtheir time on a quest for back-to-school clothes.

Both girls are, however, divinginto summer reading for AP Eng-lish and poring through mathpackets for pre-calculus. Of theassigned books, “All the King’sMen,” “Into the Wild” and “TheirEyes were Watching God,”Ganzen’s favorite was “Into theWild.”

“It was so good,” she said.Also helping her children

crunch to finish their summerreading is Princeton mom RimaSakaria. She has been busy tak-ing her kids, ages 9 and 13, to getback-to-school supplies. Sakariasaid both children are looking for-ward to starting in September.

When Owen Tallo, a Princeton

resident about to brave the firstgrade, was asked what his back-to-school plans were, he shruggedbefore exclaiming, “new sneak-ers!”

He explained the circum-stances for which his need fornew kicks were required, “Myother ones broke; Lola chewedthem.” Lola is the Tallo family’sRhodesian ridgeback. Owen’snew choice will be a pair of Con-verse high-tops. Owen also saidhe was neither excited or anxiousabout his new endeavors atPrinceton Elementary but wasfeeling rather “medium” about itall, and is, of course, eager to seehis friends.

Owen’s older sister Emma isgoing into the fourth grade. “I ammost excited about learning newthings,” Emma said. The Talloswere spending the day in Prince-

The Sun asked local teens, youngins’ and mothers what they’re checking off before September

ERICA CHAYES/The SunHannah Kaufman, left, and Mikaella Granzen, 16, stand in PalmerSquare enjoying a summer day before having to hit the books as 11thgraders at Princeton High. please see NEW, page 15



Princeton Council voted onAug. 18 to approve an agreementwith AvalonBay and moved toend the long and at times dramat-ic saga between the town and thedevelopers. The agreementamends the amount of environ-mental testing that will be con-ducted at the former hospital siteon Witherspoon Street.

The new agreement was ap-proved by a 5-0 vote. Mayor LizLempert and Councilwoman

Heather Howard were not in at-tendance at the meeting, butcouncil President Bernie Millersaid they participated in theclosed session that preceded theopen meeting and “fully support-ed the agreement.”

Prior to the vote, several resi-dents voiced their support for de-laying the vote to allow officials toreview the revised agreement,but town attorney Trishka Cecil,with the agreement of Council-woman Jo Butler, strongly urgedthe voting body to approve theagreement at the meeting be-

cause of a motion by AvalonBayfor judgment made by Sept. 6. Ifofficials did not approve the re-vised agreement, Cecil explainedthere was a “strong possibility” ofthe town “getting nothing” fromthe decision. Both she and envi-ronmental lawyer Neil Yoskin,who also represents the town,agreed that AvalonBay would winin court and then the town wouldbe left with only the state mini-mum in regard to testing.

“There was no ordinance to

Council approves settlementagreement with AvalonBay

please see SOIL, page 20

The following items havebeen reported from the Prince-ton Police Department.

On Aug. 17 at 5:06 p.m., a 41-year-old man was arrested subse-quent to calling 911 and falsely re-porting that his 2001 HyundaiSonata was stolen. He reportedlystruck a telephone pole on thecorner of South Clinton Avenueand Division Street in Trenton,and afterward fled the scene,parking it in a parking lot on Ba-yard Lane. He walked away fromthe car and called 911, reporting itwas stolen. Officers located hisvehicle on Bayard Lane and deter-mined the report of his car beingstolen was false. He was arrested,processed at police headquartersand released with a complaintsummons for false public alarm.

On Aug. 12 at 4:04 p.m., subse-quent to a motor vehicle stop, a28-year-old female from Ewingwas arrested as a result of aHamilton Township MunicipalCourt warrant for $813. She wasprocessed and released after post-ing bail.

On Aug. 13 at 10:31 a.m., a 20-year-old male from Staten Island,N.Y., was arrested for shoplifting11 Mach 3 Gillette razors totaling$210.89, after he was seen by thestore manager leaving the storein a gray Ford Focus bearing NewJersey plates. Police patrols spot-ted the vehicle on Hodge Roadand conducted a motor vehiclestop. He was placed under arrestand processed at police headquar-ters. He was released with a sum-mons.

On Aug. 13 at 1:32 p.m., a victimreported that sometime between 9p.m. on Aug. 1 and 2 p.m. on Aug.11, unknown actor(s) stole hisTrek Mountain Bike valued at$550 that was locked to a utilitypole with a coil lock on HodgeRoad near Elm Road.

On Aug. 14 at 9:38 a.m., a Mar-lin Construction Company super-intendent reported that sometimebetween 4 p.m. on Aug. 13 and 6:45a.m. on Aug. 14, unknown actor(s)drilled a hole on the side of their75-gallon diesel fuel tank, causing35 gallons of diesel fuel to leakout. The Princeton Fire Depart-ment, Princeton fire inspector,and a state Department of Envi-ronmental Protection inspector,determined that there was nothreat to wildlife in the area.Marlin Construction Companyarranged for the fuel cleanup.The cost for damage and cleanuphas not been determined.

On Aug. 15 at 11:04 a.m., subse-quent to a motor vehicle stop onPaul Robeson Place, a 27-year-oldman from Hamilton Avenue,Trenton, was arrested on a Tren-ton Municipal Court warrant for$124. He was processed and re-leased on his own recognizanceby the Trenton Municipal Courtwith a new court date.

On Aug. 16 at 7:56 p.m., it wasreported that sometime betweenAug. 8 and Aug. 16, unknown

actor(s) forcibly entered a resi-dence on the 700 block of Prince-ton-Kingston Road through aback window, and removed an

undetermined amount of antiquejewelry and cash.

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Princeton photographer ElizabethWilliams has announced her plans to joinher project, Girl Plus Camera, with theProfessional Photographers of America’sannual Family Portrait Month in Septem-ber. Photographers across the country willbe participating in the fundraising effort.

“This national fundraising effort willbenefit Dando Amor, a non-profit charityfounded by PPA members and dedicated toimproving the lives of orphans living indeplorable conditions in the developingworld,” a release said.

“The great tragedy in Ecuador is the

young boys end up as unaccompanied mi-nors trying to enter the U.S. because of cul-tural ideas and social mores in that coun-try,” Williams said in the release. “At theage of 12, boys are considered unadoptableand a risk for orphanages, so they're eitherthrown out onto the street or sent to reha-bilitation facilities or mental institutionswhere they do not belong. Dando Amorstepped in to this humanitarian crisis andbuilt the first ever orphanage for boys fromages 12 to 18, saving them from a life ofcrime and poverty.”

Registration is open for the Family Por-trait Month sessions, which will be heldthroughout September. Call Girl Plus Cam-era Photography at (609) 353-7646 to sched-

ule a session or make a donation. Girl PlusCamera will donate $30 from every sessionto Dando Amor. For more information,visit www.danodoamor.org.

Princeton University officialsfind no torture to monkey

Princeton University officials did notfind that researchers harmed a marmosetmonkey earlier this year after placing it ina ferret ball.

“Those interviewed said that at no timedid any person kick, push or roll the balland the animal did not sustain any injury

Photographer to raise funds for abandoned children

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One more week. That’s all thatwe have left of summer. Tech-nically, there are about four

weeks left, but in the lives of us NewJersey residents, next Wednesday –when most schools go back in sessionfor the 2014-2015 year – marks the endto our summer.

No more beach. No more pool. Nomore fun – OK, maybe that’s a bit dra-matic.

But it’s not all doom and gloom withsummer gone. In fact, there’s plenty tobe excited about, and we’ve been hardat work covering this excitement al-ready.

Our senior associate editor, NickCohen, loves this time of year. That’sbecause the end of August means thestart of one of his passions – coveringsports. Nick has been on the summersports camp trail for a week or so now,and he will continue to be out andabout on local fields as our high school

teams continue to prepare for the up-coming season.

Soon, you’ll see some of the photosNick and our other editors have takenat these camps. Soon, you’ll begin read-ing more about the teams, players andcoaches who are involved in the gamesthey love. And soon, in two weeks to beexact, you’ll be receiving The Sun’sregular High School Fall Sports Pre-view guide.

Our fall sports preview special sec-tion is a stand-alone piece previewingeach high school fall sport, with fullschedules for the entire season and fea-ture stories as well.

Nick is reaching out to every highschool coach and athletic director forthe fall season for the section. Butwe’re calling on parents, coaches andeven players to participate as well.

Sports will be a major focus of up-coming issues of The Sun, as you’llsoon see. And not just high school var-sity sports. We want to cover the JVand freshmen teams, as well as all thecommunity sports teams.

But we can’t do it all by ourselves.We need the help of the extended com-munity.

Have a story idea, a score, a picture?Send it over.

If we can’t send an editor out to do afull-length story and photoshoot, we’llmake sure your team, sport, league orclub is still covered.

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Play your part Want to help with The Sun’s fall sportscoverage? Send your story ideas,announcements and photos to us at theemail address to the right.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 27Tea and Tour at Morven Museumand Garden: Tea served at 1 p.m. Adocent-led tour of the museumaccompanies tea and can be takenat noon or 2 p.m. Admission: $16 formembers, $20 for non-members.Call (609) 924-8144 ext. 103 forreservations.

THURSDAY Aug. 28Princeton Farmers Market inHinds Plaza: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Seasonalproduce from local farmers, flowers,crafts and a variety of edibles areavailable on the plaza. Live musicfrom 12:30-2:30 p.m.

SATURDAY Aug. 30Saturday Stories: 10:30 – 11 a.m. inthe Princeton Public Library StoryRoom. Stories, songs and rhymesfor children 2-8 years of age andtheir families. Adults must accompa-ny their children.

Sangria Weekends at TerhuneOrchards: Noon to 5 p.m. through

Aug. 31. Enjoy sangria made withapples and just-picked peaches,wine tasting, and local art in the150-year-old barn on 330 Cold SoilRoad in Princeton.

SUNDAY Aug. 31Sunday Stories: 3:30-4 p.m. in thePrinceton Public Library StoryRoom. Stories, songs and rhymesfor children 2-8 years of age andtheir families. Adults must accompa-ny their children.

MONDAY Sept. 1Open Drawing Workshop: PaulRobeson Center for the Arts. 1-10p.m. This is a monitored, non-instructional workshop in whichartists can work at their own pace inthe medium of their selection (no

turpentine-based oil paints, please)from a live model in short and sus-tained poses. Chairs and a limitednumber of easels are available. Stu-dents must provide their own mate-rials. Registration not required. Dropin and pay at the door $12/$10 formembers.

TUESDAY Sept. 2Bolly Divas: Paul Robeson Centerfor the Arts. 8-9:30 p.m. every Tues-day from Sep. 2 – Dec. 16. For experi-enced dancers 16 years old and up.Move to a medley of Indian semi-classical, hip-hop, pop and bhangrastyles of dancing while getting agreat workout. Course will encom-pass Bollywood-earthy rhythms,graceful movements, bright colors,costumes and statement jewelry.Payment policy: six-pass cards for$100 can be used at any session.

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PLAYKids played with bubbles, hulahoops, sidewalk chalk and moreat Hinds Plaza on Friday, Aug.15, for the Princeton Public Li-brary’s Let’s Play event. CLOCK-WISE FROM ABOVE LEFT: Kidsteam up to create huge bubbles.Nicholas Johns, 4, of Princetonconcentrates from within histunnel of soap. Rose Moloney, 7,left, of Princeton and EmilyBlender, 5, of London, England,work together as a team to forman enormous bubble. The hulahoop begins to blur as CooperJaworovish, 4, swings it fasteraround his hips. Princeton HighSchool student Victoria Way-land, 15, shows Natan Wysocki,3, how to put antennae on hishand-crafted butterfly. FARLEFT: Rose Moloney holds herbubble carefully without allowingit to pop. NEAR LEFT: NicholasJohns looks exuberantly at hisaudience after crafting a bubbletwice his height with a hoola-hoop.

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ton doing a bit of shopping andlooking for backpacks with theircousins from Rhode Island.

Katie Griffin and Kate Wen-zlek, 15-year-old about-to-be soph-omores at Princeton High, wererelaxing in Hinds Plaza beforeheading to field hockey practice.A big part of back to school forPrinceton team players is ready-ing for a productive season. Grif-fin said she loves playing and cre-ated a lot of strong friendships asa freshman. Practicing before theschool year is a “great way foreveryone to get back together and

unite.”In regard to other kinds of

back-to-school activities, Wenzlekannounced grinning, “Definitelyshopping. I wanna get the lookdown.”

She laughed and confessed thatshe and her friend had not boughtany books yet but did get freemakeovers on Nassau Street andsome great outfits – after all, look-ing good is important on and offthe field when you’re a highschool sophomore.

Another new element of backto school for a sophomore atPrinceton High School is choos-ing a community service project.Griffin and Wenzlek are debatingbetween reading to young chil-dren at the library and signing upfor first aid training.

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ERICA CHAYES/The SunAbout-to-be fourth grader Emma Tallo and her younger brother Owen, who will soon be a first grader,push their 7-month-old cousin around Hinds Plaza.

or show any signs of pain or dis-tress. The marmoset was re-turned to its family unit immedi-ately after the procedure, whichtook about 13 minutes,” a univer-sity release said.

A leaked email sent by univer-sity psychology professor AsifGhazanfar to his laboratory staffand graduate students on June 22lead People for the Ethical Treat-

ment of Animals to file multiplecomplaints against the universitywith the U.S. Departments ofAgriculture and Health andHuman Services. Ghazanfar’semail indicated his concern overthe incident with the marmoset.

“I was very disappointed tolearn that our marmosets are notbeing treated with the respect thatthey deserve,” Ghazanfar’s emailread. “Recently, one or more (I did-n’t get the details) was/wereplaced in a ferret exercise ballsolely for the entertainment ofsome of our lab members.

“This could only have beenstressful for the marmoset. Noneof those lab members who partic-ipated chose to exercise any com-mon sense, sense of decency orleadership.”

The inquiry, which was con-ducted by a subcommittee of theuniversity's Institutional AnimalCare and Use Committee, includ-ed an examination of records andextensive interviews with re-search and veterinary staff, therelease said.

The subcommittee's report hasbeen approved and adopted by thefull IACUC, which is chaired by afaculty member and whose mem-bers include a veterinarian, apracticing scientist, a nonscien-tist and a member of the local

community who is not affiliatedwith the university.

Dalai Lama to visitPrinceton this fall

Princeton University an-nounced on Aug. 15 that the DalaiLama will visit the universitychapel on the morning of Oct. 28and will have a private meetingwith students following the initialmeeting later in the day. Themorning chapel event will beopen to the public, but admissionwill be by ticket only.

According to the universitywebsite, the university has aDalai Lama fellowship program.This year, students participatingin the program will work on proj-ects related to this year’s theme:“How can we create well-beingwhile working across differencesat the intersection of peace, jus-tice and ecology?”

Ticket information is not yetavailable. For more information,visit www.princeton.edu.

Court date set forPrinceton professor

The Princeton University pro-fessor accused of, and caught onvideo, stealing 21 lawn signs be-longing to a local computer busi-ness will have a pretrial hearingon Sept. 8. John Mulvey, 67, is fac-ing charges of theft for stealingthe two-by-two lawn signs used toadvertise Princeton ComputerRepairs, Tutoring and DigitalServices, which is owned by resi-dent Ted Horodynsky.

Horodynsky filmed Mulveytaking his lawn signs, which areworth more than $20 each.

Police have reported that all ofthe signs, totaling $471, werefound in Mulvey’s garage.

The case was initially sched-uled for municipal court, andthen was moved up to the stateSuperior Court in July. Finally, ithas been moved back to munici-pal court.

Mulvey is a Princeton Univer-sity professor of operations re-search and financial engineering.He is also a founding member ofthe Bendheim Center for Finance.He has said that he was not steal-ing the signs, but merely pickingup debris.


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When Charlie Liu is not ro-mancing the world with his “fly-ing fingers,” being interviewedon “Oprah” at 8 years old or “TheEllen DeGeneres Show” at 6, andorganizing solo benefit concertsto better others, he is just a regu-lar teenage boy. Despite his repu-tation as a world-renowned pi-anist, Charlie maintains a modestethos that seems to keep himgrounded as he readies for hisfreshman year of public highschool.

Born in Iowa, with his earlychildhood spent living in Boston,Charlie and his family became

Princetonians just before Char-lie’s seventh birthday. His father,Mingyi, was brought to Princetonwhen his job transferred him toanother division.

“Princeton is a great area,”Mingyi said. “It is a beautifulplace.”

Princeton has also proven to bea town with the resources tonourish Charlie’s musical talents.He studies piano at the Westmin-ster Conservatory of Music. TheConservatory usually hosts abouttwo recitals annually where thestudents’ talents and hard workare debuted to music lovers.Charlie has also performed at thePrinceton Arts Council, first in-vited to play at 11 years old when

he was hon-ored as awinner ofthe BravuraPhilhar-monic Or-chestra Con-certo Com-petition.

Charlie’sfirst soloconcert wasat ChanningHall onCherryStreet whenhe was just 9years old.His father,who encour-ages Charlieto be wellrounded andenjoy his lifenot only as a pianist but also as ayoung man, explained how solorecitals are not frequent amongyoung players due to the time andfocus it takes to prepare so manypieces. The state competition, forexample, requires two piecesamounting to a 10-minute per-formance. Participants usuallydevote a whole year to perfectingtheir two choices.

Just this month, on Sunday,Aug. 17, Charlie returned toChanning Hall to host his secondsolo concert. The benefit concertwas to raise funds for the volun-teer Plainsboro Rescue Squad,which serviced the Liu family

severalyears agowhen theiryoungestson,William,becamealarminglyill. Charlieworked forone year toprepare 12pieces,though onecomposi-tion in par-ticular, “LaCampanel-la,” re-quired twoyears ofCharlie’sdedication– the

longest he has ever taken to mas-ter a piece before a show.

“Charlie’s effort for the concertwas remarkable,” Mingyi said. “Alot of practice hours went intopreparing for it, and the lengthand difficulty of the concert werevery tiring for a 13-year-old. Hewas sweating so heavily whenplaying the ‘Liszt La Campanella’that it dripped into his right eyeand into his lap. It was a very de-manding piece, and when we usedto watch the famous pianist Evge-ny Kissin sweat heavily, also drop-ping sweat while playing thispiece, now we understand why – anear packed audience, suit and a

lot of hard work will make thathappen.”

The concert turned out betterthan Charlie and his family hadhoped. More than 150 peoplecame to support Charlie and hiscause to donate to a compassion-ate, life-saving organization thathelps the community.

Now that the solo benefit con-cert is over, Charlie, when notpracticing at the Conservatory onWednesdays and Saturdays, willbegin to prepare for his first yearat West Windsor-Plainsboro HighSchool South.

Charlie admitted, “I’m a littleanxious,” as most every sound-minded teen will confess as theywalk through the doors with thebig guys. Luckily, Charlie has hisfriends and, like most young men,the occasional video game to easethe transition from middle tohigh school.

Mingyi said his son’s nature isvery calm and he is not very ex-citable, even when facing thethroes of high school. The emo-tion, however, is evident whenCharlie Liu takes to the piano andpours it out upon the keys.


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Local academics, activists, stu-dents and community membersflooded the streets on Aug. 17 in apeaceful protest in support ofPalestine. Princeton for Palestineis the fledgling group behind theprotest, and group member andorganizer Mohammad AliNaquvi said it was the result ofonly two weeks of planning thatlead to one of the largest publicdemonstrations in Princeton inthe last 10 years.

“This is not new, but the cover-age in mainstream media hasbeen showing both sides a lotmore,” Naquvi said. He attributedthe quick organization of theprotest to social media and an in-creased awareness among com-munity members. According toNaquvi, one community memberinitially thought people in thearea needed to come together insolidarity for the cause, so shesimply created a Facebook statusand it spread throughout thearea, resulting in the formation ofthe PFP organizing committee,which he estimates is half stu-dents and half community mem-bers.

Members of the group spenttwo weeks having meetings andconference calls to organize therally.

“This is important because anychange really comes from localcommunities organizing in their

neighborhoods and trying toraise awareness there. In NewYork City, where I’ve lived andparticipated in activism, they arehaving rallies every day,” he said.

Naquvi noted that there was anadditional rally in Patterson theday of PFP’s in Princeton.

“Rallies and protests do notnecessarily accomplish all thatmuch on their own. It’s all aboutshowing people that there is a lotof outrage out there and connect-ing people for further action,whether that be letter writingcampaigns or something more,”he said.

He said based on a Facebookevent page, the group was expect-ing between 500 and 1,000 partici-

pants. There were roughly 500present on Aug. 17.

Protestors gathered at HindsPlaza and were led by chantingbefore their march down NassauStreet. Marchers shouted sloganssuch as “Not another nickel, notanother dime, no more for Israel’scrimes.”

The rally was held at the Foun-tain of Freedom in ScuddersPlaza in front of the WoodrowWilson Library. Speeches weregiven by half a dozen people, in-cluding political scientist Nor-man Finkelstein, Princeton resi-dent and Pulitzer Prize-winningjournalist Chris Hedges, Directorof Education at New BrunswickIslamic Center Shadee Elmasry

and Jewish Voice for Peace mem-ber Rebecca Subar. The rally alsoincluded a moment of silence forthe people of Ferguson, Mo.

A group of pro-Israel counter-protesters was also present at thebeginning of the event at HindsPlaza, silently carrying posters.The group did not march alongthe rally or attend the rally at theFountain of Freedom. Accordingto a press release, “The rally re-mained peaceful throughout theentire event.”

The protest was sponsored by20 different organizations includ-ing Council on American IslamicRelations, Jewish Voice for Peace,International Action Center andJersey Coalition Against EndlessWar.

Hundreds take to streets in peaceful protest

Special to The SunChildren hold posters in peaceful protest on Aug. 17. The event wasorganized by “Princeton for Palestine,” a new group of communitymembers and students.

support the town’s action in thiscircumstance,” Yoskin said.

Both lawyers explained that itwould be a much more proactivemove to compromise regardingtesting and soil removal from thesite.

Councilwoman Jenny Cru-miller asked what AvalonBay’smotivation would be to compro-mise if they are so certain of win-ning in court, to which Cecil ex-plained that the amount of workthey are able to do is coming to anend, and they do not want to waitany longer to proceed with demo-lition.

The new agreement calls forthe top four inches of soil on thehospital site to be scraped off andseparated, then only used belowasphalt. In the spaces that publicparks and gardens will be creat-ed, an additional eight inches ofsoil will be scraped off, totaling12. Clean fill soil will replace thefirst foot.

Soil samples will be taken and

tested for 13 different metals fromthe area that connects the floordrains to a hospital incinerator. ATV camera will be placed downthe pipes to check for cracks andbreaks, which, if found, will alsobe tested for contamination.

All officials emphatically ex-plained that all soil will be closelyanalyzed during the demolitionprocess. Any suspicious materialsuch as ash residue will be tested.Air monitors will constantly testfor particulates at the site as well,and if any are detected, an alarmwill sound and “all work stops,”explained Robert Kiser, head ofthe town’s engineering depart-ment.

“With that occurring, there isno longer a concern about humancontact. Any contaminationwould be in the top layer. Becauseof that and monitoring, staffmembers feel comfortable withthe settlement,” Kiser said.

“We got a pretty good deal,”Crumiller said.

The town’s end of the trade-offentails the removal of the formerrequirement that AvalonBay testsoil in two locations, as well asthe former call for PCB testing.

Several residents expressedconcern at the quick action ofcouncil.

“This involves the safety andwelfare of our citizens. A lot ofpeople can’t be here tonight,they’re on vacation. This is thebiggest demolition in Princeton’shistory. People need to be in-formed and people need to be in-volved,” Princeton resident PaulDriscoll said.

“We could not risk that wewould likely lose this on an ap-peal. We could not run the risk ofjeopardizing public safety in thismatter,” Butler said.

Since the purpose of the test-ing the town tried to impose onthe developer was to identifyrisks to the public, CouncilmanPatrick Simon said he believedthe agreement ultimately reachedthe town’s goal.

“Foremost in our minds wasthe protection of the health andwelfare of present and future res-idents of Princeton,” Miller said.


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When asked if he considered itto be a harmless accident, Hiltnerresponded simply, “harmlesswould not be the right word.”

The garden was planted in 2008as the result of an idea from for-mer neighborhood resident Cur-tis Helm.

“He came to me with the idea ofplanting a rain garden at SpruceCircle. I worked out some of thelogistics with Scott Parsons at theHousing Authority, and helpedCurtis choose an auspicious loca-tion that was sunny, visible fromthe street and could collect runofffrom the roofs of nearby build-ings,” Hiltner said.

The two obtained permissionfrom both the housing board andParsons to install it. In 2008, thegarden was featured as part ofthe Green Home and GardenTour organized by the Princeton

Environmental Commission. “I believe the right thing to do

is reinstall the garden. Six yearsof maintenance should not be al-lowed to be undone by a half-hour’s mistaken incursion by abulldozer,” he said.

Hiltner said he’s heard frommany community members sincethe bulldozing, expressing howmuch they have enjoyed walkingby and seeing the rain garden’swildflowers blooming.

“If anything, the appreciationpeople have expressed for the ex-istence of this rain garden in anurban landscape that often offerslittle more than trees and lawn,suggests that we need more ofthese low-maintenance, stream-friendly rain gardens in Prince-ton,” he said.

He said community gardensare important in a town such asPrinceton because the landscapetends toward plantings of treesand turf that are “largely static”and “offer little food and habitatfor birds and pollinators.” He saidnative wildflower plantings helptowns compensate because theyprovide beauty, and when utilized

in rain gardens, reduce runoffthat leads to downstream flood-ing.

Moving forward, Hiltner feelsthere needs to be better communi-cation between the Housing Au-thority and the volunteers main-taining the rain garden.

“A rain garden is dynamic,changing color and shape asplants grow and bloom,” he said.He said he has received sugges-tion to make instructional videosto familiarize maintenance staffwith the more detailed aspects.

“This is an issue in parks likeHarrison Street Park and Bar-bara Sigmund Park. There’s a gapbetween people’s desire for attrac-tive, stream-friendly plantingsand the expertise needed to main-tain them,” he said.

Hiltner said he is investigatingvarious options to provide a morestable source of maintenancesupports for these types of plant-ing.

“One possibility is through out-reach by a non-profit I’m startingto save the historic home of Os-wald and Elizabeth Veblen,” hesaid.

Hiltner: ‘Harmless would not be the rightword,’ when asked if bulldozing was accident

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Special to The SunThe rain garden after the bulldozing on Aug. 7. Volunteer Steve Hiltner said “the right thing to do is toreinstall the garden.”

By ERICA CHAYESThe Sun

With September just aroundthe corner and school-themedphotos lining the walls of the His-torical Society’s exhibit on Nas-sau Street, Princeton’s past is inthe air.

Assistant superintendentLewis Goldstein has been withthe Princeton school district for14 years and has seen manychanges contribute to the schools’renowned progression. Over theyears, Goldstein said, “we’vegrown as a district,” and certaininnovations have ensued. Theseinclude a world language pro-gram that is one of the two best instate and the only one for gradeskindergarten through 12, he said.

Developments in the curricu-lum have been made to ensure theschools steadily improve withinput from the community. Somerecent additions to the system in-clude Mandarin, robotics, STEMteachers, a focus on structuraltechnology, pre-k disability andautism programs, as well as bet-ter guidance programs.

Another significant shift onthe timeline of education, Gold-stein noted, is the personalizedlearning experience created forevery student. In the 1900s’ class-room shown in the Historical So-ciety’s photo, one can infer fromthe children’s conforming posi-tions that personalization was notat the forefront of learningprocesses. Old-school practices inPrinceton public schools havetransformed dramatically overthe past century, particularlywithin the past 13 when the NoChild Left Behind Act was passedin 2001. Princeton schools havesince been instilling more parentinvolvement, progress reportsand resources for students tolearn skills that will benefit themin all walks of life, Goldstein said.

The flexibility to thrive andenjoy one’s education has becomea major and modern componentof Princeton. Just last year, thetimeless title of a school librarywas changed, as well as thenames of those working within it.

For as long as most readers can

remember, the library was a placestrictly for research and completesilence. A photo in the exhibit,taken around 1910, shows stu-dents at Princeton High, not longafter it was built, with their facesburied in books, not chatting andcertainly not having fun.

The school district’s new goalis, according to Goldstein, “tomake learning fun.” The libraryis now called the “Learning Com-mons” and the term librarian –whose title has long been a formi-dable one to loud whisperers andexpired library cardholders – wasreplaced with “educational mediaspecialist.” The Commons is an“inquiry-based area where stu-dents feel free to work at theirown pace and not be limited to aclassroom,” Goldstein said.

Principal Gary Snyder recallshow in his 11 years at PrincetonHigh, some of the most affectingchanges have been those thatsprung from the rapid growth of

technology. When he first began,he remembers having computerlabs with desktops. About fiveyears ago, laptops became a hugepart of the learning plan withseveral different carts available –each holding enough laptops for aclass. The transition to portabletechnological devices has also ex-panded because many if not allstudents have their own devices.

“Our approach is to use tech-nology in appropriate ways,” Sny-der said. “As opposed to not usingthem, it’s about teaching studentshow to use them and when to usethem.”

After blasting through the past,Snyder wanted to include somenews for the future in terms ofback to school. The recent andbooming interest in technologyhas inspired a new course for stu-dents who have completed APComputer Programming calledAlgorithms and Data Structure.In response to the change in re-

quirements for the College Board,the school has divided AP Physicsinto two classes: Physics C (Clas-sical Mechanics, Electricity andMagnetism) and Physics 1 (New-tonian Mechanics, Work Energyand Power Mechanical Waves andSound).

The HSPA state exam is beingphased out by the PARCC exam,so a new course called CriticalReading and Writing will replacethe HSPA prep class. Lastly,bumping a tradition from Octo-ber to September this year, stu-dents, teachers and the town canmark their calendars for the weekof Sept. 15 to celebrate SpiritWeek and Homecoming.

While perusing the HistoricalSociety’s exhibit, Kristy Ivan, alocal who graduated from Prince-ton High in 1984, recalled the lackof technology, difference in sizeand same Spirit Week enthusi-asm that rang through the high

school hallways 30 years ago.“It’s amazing how much every-

thing has changed and how youjust have to go with that change,”Ivan said.

Despite her son Trey’s miscon-ception that his mom was aroundwhen the Constitution was writ-ten, Ivan was very much alive,and active, in school affairs.

“I had my hand in everything,”she said, “but it was such a smallschool back then. Now it’s huge!”

Ivan remembered the trailersthat were on campus and the free-dom she had to go home for luncheveryday. As a senior, she was theco-captain of the cheerleadingsquad as well as the high schoolmascot. There was no technologyduring Spirit Week so studentsspent the whole week gettingeveryone involved, making signsand being, well, spirited.

“Spirit Week was big for us. It’sstill big,” she said.

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Into the past: A back-to-school rewind

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PRINCETON/Special to The SunA photo entitled ‘Hitting the books at Princeton High, circa 1910’adorns the wall at the Historical Society of Princeton as part of its‘Princeton’s Portrait’ exhibit.

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