Princeton News

Nelson Obus of Princeton I read with amusement and dismay the "Dispatches" column by Hank Kalet in Tuesday's Packet .

Paul Seemer of Princeton I liked the picture titled "Band of Brothers" . I know the boys and it is like them to get into the act.

Fire destroyed a home near Harvard, sending flames into the air that could be seen for miles and sent an 88 year old woman to the hospital Tuesday, July 8. The blaze started about 7 p.m. and by the time ...

While I was reading this article about parents that are upset because Muffy or Tad did not get into the Holy Trinity of Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, I was mentally composing a post about how being rich and ...

During his eight years at Boise State University, John Gardner, associate vice president of Energy Research, Policy and Campus Sustainability, has never purchased a parking permit.

The owner of a service station and convenience store in northcentral Idaho has set a table where nobody will ever sit.

A historian specializing in modern Russian history has been named the new provost and executive vice president at Washington State University.

“They were neck-and-neck with Princeton and able to pull ahead for a stretch. We were all very excited for them. Even the Princeton coach commented afterwards on how that was the race of the day.”

In a meeting of the titans of lightweight crew, No. 1 and undefeated Princeton hosted No. via Harvard Crimson

This is part of a new series on Venture Voice where we ask a bunch of past show guests a simple question and post their answers. via Venture Voice

Bethany Sue Shug was born March 20 at 8:11 a.m. at Gritman Memorial Hospital in Moscow to Daniel and Candace Schug of Princeton, Idaho. via The Latah Eagle

Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere A Memoir John Nathan Free Press: 320 pp., $26 IT'S not often one gets the lowdown years later on an authority figure who was briefly a source of fascination. via Los Angeles Times

“I am concerned that the development will raise the town's population by 11 percent”

Faced with a shortage of affordable housing in town, selectmen say they are resigned to working with the developer of a proposed 144-house subdivision on Rice Corner Road. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Alienated in the U.S.A. : An unguarded comment from Michelle Obama speaks volumes about race and assimilation in modern America. via BrothersJudd Blog

“The concept of Black Power rests on the fundamental premise: Before a group can enter the open society, it must close ranks.”

Sing, o muse, the wrath of Michelle By Spengler The wrath of swift-footed Achilles, of which Homer called his muse to sing, nearly lost the Trojan War for the Greeks. via Asia Times

“They tell me that you can do this all more easily if you use group theory, but I tell you that, if you are strong, you do not need group theory.”

Last spring there was a conference held in Florence which brought together many of those who worked on dual models and string theory during the late sixties and early seventies. via Not Even Wrong

There seems to be a political scandal going on in Italy revolving around the GIM mechanism, with Antonio Zichichi somehow involved. via Not Even Wrong

I feel compelled to respond to the recent articles in the local news regarding the medical crisis in Princeton and the community update issued by Interior Health on February 1st, 2008. via Tacoma Daily Index

“Look at measures 267 and 268 of Scene 2”

Paul Moravec and I spent much of the past month slaving away at The Letter , our operatic version of Somerset Maugham's play. via About Last Night

Watching Edward Albee's new play, "Me, Myself & I,'' currently receiving its world premiere at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, I was brought back to my undergrad sociology class. via Home News Tribune

“I was fascinated with the concept and with insurance”

As a summer assistant, Wilbur Gantz shared an office with his boss and 'heard everything going on,' Gantz recalled, including the wholesale grocer negotiating his company's first group insurance plan. via Chicago Tribune