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Princeton residents Will Fox and son Benjamin, 1, enjoy a taste of homemade salsa at PrincetonPublic Librarys Salsa Slam on July 30. For more photos, see page 16.

Even kids love salsaWhich truths

are self evident?By NORA CARNEVALE

The Sun

The week of July 4 was abuzzwith news of Professor DanielleAllens findings regarding a smalloversight with huge implications.Allen, UPS Foundation professorat the Institute for AdvancedStudys School of Social Sciences,was working on her latest bookOur Declaration, an in-depth,nearly line-by-line commentaryon the Declaration of Independ-ence, when she noticed a peculiarpattern in response to her manu-script.

I was done with the book andsharing manuscripts with peoplewhen I began receiving the same

surprising comment. People keptsaying to me, the things you arediscussing as a second sentencein the Declaration, I did not knowit was a full sentence, Allensaid.

The sentence Allens readerswere referring to is transcribedby the National Archive as, Wehold these truths to be self-evi-dent, that all men are created

equal, that they are endowed bytheir Creator with certain un-alienable Rights, that amongthese are Life, Liberty and thepursuit of Happiness.

Allen discovered that the peri-od at the end of this sentence,while present in the most popularversion of the text, is not presentin many others and is immediate-ly followed by that to securethese rights, Governments are in-stituted among Men, derivingtheir just powers from the con-sent of the governed, Thatwhenever any Form of Govern-ment becomes destructive ofthese ends, it is the Right of thePeople to alter or to abolish it, andto institute new Government, lay-

ing its foundation on such princi-ples and organizing its powers insuch form, as to them shall seemmost likely to effect their Safetyand Happiness.

Allen determined the period inquestion to actually be a comma.She explained that 20 years ago,the implications may not have

please see PUNCTUATION, page 20

Local professor discovers errorin Declaration of Independence

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No approval needed to move Dinky tracksBy NORA CARNEVALE

The Sun

The Surface TransportationBoard decided on July 24 that NJTransit does not require its ap-proval to remove about 460 feet ofthe Dinky track to make way for aportion of Princeton UniversitysArts and Transit project.

The Surface TransportationBoard is a federal agency in-volved in resolving railroad dis-putes and reviewing rail projects.The decision came in response toa petition filed on June 24 of last

year by The New Jersey and Na-tional Associations of Railroad

Passengers. The petition askedthe U.S. board to rule on the moveof the Dinky station under theclaim that the project should bepresented to the board for ap-proval.

The Dinky station move comesas a result of Princeton Universi-tys $330 million Arts and Transitproject, which consists of a vari-ety of new buildings, restaurantsand shops.

The new Dinky station will be460 feet south of the original dueto the conversion of the existingstation into a caf.

Princeton commuters are cur-rently utilizing a temporary sta-

tion farther down the rail lineuntil the new station is complet-ed. The original station at Univer-sity Place was shut down in Au-gust.

The projected completion datefor the entire undertaking is fall2017.

Petitioners seek to invoke theboards jurisdiction here in orderto block the removal of 460 feet oftrack necessary to effect a minorchange in the location of a com-muter rail station platform, an ac-tion that would appear to have nonational rail transportation sig-

nificance or impact on interstatecommerce, the decision read.

We conclude that the servicethat NJ Transit provides over thePrinceton Branch (and over therest of its system) is not subject tothe boards jurisdiction because itis mass transportation providedby a local government authority.

Save the Dinky, a residentsgroup dedicated to addressingconcern about the new Dinky railstation, has made its intentionsknown of fighting the move de-spite the July 24 ruling.

The group announced it willcontinue its other litigation andadvocacy to preserve the Prince-

ton branch, in a news releasesent July 28.

It is obviously no longer sim-ple to assemble rights of way.They should be viewed as re-sources to preserve, and not justto consume.

The environmentally sensitiveapproach is to recognize the ad-verse consequences of too manymotor vehicles and to take intoaccount that we may need eitherthe railroads or the rights of wayover which they have been builtin the future, Charles Montange,Save the Dinkys attorney, said inthe release.

The release stated that no deci-

sion had been made regarding anappeal.

Tech Meetup brings Silicon Alley to PrincetonBy ERICA CHAYES

The Princeton Sun

Tech Meetups are becoming in-creasingly popular events fortechies, creatives, investors andentrepreneurs around the globe.These highly anticipated monthlymeetings are a mecca for all-things-innovation and are pop-ping up everywhere from Sydneyto Stockholm, Bangkok toBarcelona, and Mumbai to Man-hattan.

Given Princetons ample re-sources for the business-mindedit is necessary it has a Meetup ofits own. Thanks to founder Venu

Moola, it does.Moola organized the first Meet-

up two years ago when his dailyand often exhausting commute toNew York was less than ideal. Herealized Princeton has everythinga startup community needs: auniversity, talent, techies, andmore than 5,000 people who, likeMoola, schlep to the city day afterday.

It did not take long for inspira-tion to become success as Moolaput the word out on a monthly

Meetup. Soon, a piece of SiliconAlley moved from Manhattan toPrinceton.

Since then, Moola is proud tosay he has never missed a meet-ing. Princeton Tech Meetup has

become the second-largest Meet-up in New Jersey with more than2,380 online members and around150 regular attendees. A big pullfor local, like-minded people inaddition to the opportunity to net-work and benefit from one anoth-ers advice, energy and ideas isthe keynote speaker.

If someone gives two hours oftheir time, I want it to be worthit, said Moola of the tech-worldrockstars he brings in to speakat each meeting. I get pumped.

Another avid supporter of thePrinceton Tech Meetup is MayorLiz Lempert. Lempert is alwaysexcited to attend a meeting and

sit among the overflowing, enthu-siastic crowd. She is an advocateof the Meetups initiative to getwomen more involved in Science,Technology, Engineering andMathematics.

Represented in STEM aresome of the most important fieldsto be working in right now. Thereis so much innovation in ourworld moving forward, and wewant to have all the great mindsinvolved. That includes women,too, Lempert said.

The last meeting, on July 24,was dedicated to women inSTEM. Moola, who usually runsthe meetings, stepped down to letthe ladies lead. Hopewell MayorVanessa Sandom, Lawrenceville

Mayor Cathleen Lewis and Lem-pert were among 40-50 inventivefemales to attend more womenthan Princeton Tech Meetup hadever seen at a meeting.

The keynote speaker was Kelly

Hoey, the CMO of Cuurio, of NewYork who was listed by ForbesMagazine as Women Changingthe World in 2013. Hoey is creat-ing a workshop series calledGirls Who Code. The goal is to

educate, inspire and equip youngwomen ages 13-17 with the tools tobe major forces in the tech world.Along with Hoey, Princeton TechMeetup is making substantialprogress for women in STEM

with insights of local mayors,techies, businessmen and busi-nesswomen.

Said to occur in the forthcom-ing months, Princeton Tech Meet-up will host a Hackathon an all

day or all night event where com-puter programmers are present-ed with various problems and afixed amount of time to find theirsolutions.

For more information on how

you can get involved with Prince-ton Tech Meetup, visit their siteat meetup.com/princeton-tech.Meetings are held monthly from 7to 9 p.m. on a weekday at Prince-ton Public Library or on campus.

MAREK MALKOWSKI/Special to The Sun

Participants in the Tech Meetup on July 24 included, from right, Janie Hermann of Princeton Public Li-brary, Stephanie Cohen - Partner in McCarter, Hopewells Deputy Mayor Allen Cannon, Kelly Hoey - CMOCuurio, Venu Moola Founder of Princeton Tech Meetup, Liz Lempert - Mayor of Princeton, CathleenLewis - mayor of Lawrence, Chris Boraski co-founder - Princeton Tech Meetup.

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The Princeton Council sup-ports more affordable housing inPrinceton, and at a work sessionpresentation on July 28, it made itknown by discussing comments it

will submit to the Council on Af-fordable Housing.

COAH concluded that Prince-ton has a zero building obliga-tion for more affordable housingunits because it found the townlacks space to construct moreunits. With the new proposedrules from COAH, the town willface more difficulty in negotia-tions with developers to construct

more affordable housing thanwhat the new state minimum is.

Princeton is in a unique situa-tion in comparison to most mu-nicipalities, as it desires a higherminimum percentage of space setaside for affordable housing.

Comments to COAH were due

by Friday, Aug. 1. The state will of-ficially adopt the new rules onNov. 17.

Shirley M. Bishop, PrincetonsCOAH advisor, summarized theintent of all the comments at themeeting.

Basically, your comments dealwith COAH really not adoptingrules that were consistent withthe second round rules which the

Supreme Court directed COAH todo, Bishop said. The commentsall reinforce that the 20 percentshould be reinstated becausethere is a need for it in Princetonand it is working. There is a com-ment involving the 151-unit reha-bilitation obligation, asking

COAH what the survey would beto undertake it.

The proposition from COAHwould involve the revamping of151 units that are more than 50years old or lack plumbing orkitchen facilities, includingsinks, toilets, stoves or refrigera-tors.

Council supports affordable

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he calendar just turned the

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ready. Were talking about Tuesday,

Nov. 4, to be precise. Thats the date for

the General Election this year.

Yes, temperatures may still soar to

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be in November.

Still, the time both we as voters and

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Throughout New Jersey, municipal

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The governor and president may be

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The following items have been reportedfrom the Princeton Police Department

On July 27 at 12:07 a.m. subsequent to a

motor vehicle stop on Riverside Drive nearNassau Street, a 57-year-old woman fromMonmouth Junction was arrested for driv-ing while intoxicated.

The suspect was processed at policeheadquarters and later released with sum-

monses.

On July 26 at 1:36 a.m., a 29-year-old manfrom Trenton was arrested at police head-quarters after being turned over by theState Police on a Princeton MunicipalCourt warrant for $250 bail.

He was processed and released after

posting bail.

On July 26 at 6:16 p.m., subsequent to amotor vehicle stop on Nassau Street, a 26-year-old Princeton woman was arrested for

having an outstanding warrant fromEwing Township Municipal Court. Thesuspects outstanding warrant from EwingTownship Municipal Court totaled $106 inbail.

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There are also comments re-garding an economic feasibilitystudy required of every site in theplan. According to Bishop, thestudy is costly and towns wouldhave to hire an expert. Mosttowns agree that it is an unneces-sary and costly expense.

One of Bishops main qualmswith COAHs new proposed set ofrules is the organization strictlytook into account Census data,and did not conduct any on-sitesurveys.

She explained that Princeton isconsidering the funding of a sur-vey that could generate a more ac-curate idea of what is needed intown. Princeton has approximate-ly 463 affordable units, and ap-proximately 1,900 people on awaiting list, according to Bishop.She said the 10 percent obligationwould also negatively affect othertowns that have a more dire needfor affordable housing, citingTrenton as an example.

For now, the council will have

to wait until COAH issues a re-sponse to its comments beforetaking any action.

Councilman Lance Livermanexpressed his support of the com-ments issued at the meeting.

In Princeton, before anyonetold us we had to have affordablehousing, we had affordable hous-ing. I think it is embedded inPrinceton and the community tocontinue affordable housing.Twenty percent set aside I thinkis totally fair.

That is why when people sawthe new numbers and the waythings were going, a lot of uswere going ballistic and sayingthis is not for us. I think the com-ments will strengthen what

Princeton is as a town, and Imjust so proud that we all believe inthat, Liverman said.

For a full list of the commentsfor submission to COAH, visitwww.princetonnj.gov.

Bishop: Town might fund housingsurvey to get more accurate count

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Aug. 6The Science of Giant Animals: 3

p.m. at the Princeton PublicLibrary. Bill Bosenberg of Snakes-n-Scales returns to the library,this time with some giant ani-mals. Well talk about their lives inthe wild, their habits and habi-tats, their relationships withhumans and more. CommunityRoom.

THURS YAug. 7Summer Shorts: New Yorker Edi-

tion: 10:30 a.m. at the PrincetonPublic Library. Stop by the wel-come desk or [email protected] toget a copy of The New Yorkershort story that will be discussedas part of this summer discussionseries. Conference Room.

Princeton Farmers Market: 12:30noon to 4 p.m. Seasonal producefrom local farmers, flowers, craftsand a variety of edibles are avail-able at this weekly event. Live

music from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. atHinds Plaza.

Chess Club for Children: 4 p.m. atthe Princeton Public Library.Beginners are welcome at this

one-hour club facilitated byPrinceton High School ChessTeam members David Hua andAmnon Attali. Story Room.

Chess Club for Advanced Players:6 p.m. at the Princeton PublicLibrary. Princeton High SchoolChess Team members David Huaand Amnon Attali lead these 90-minute sessions intended foryoung people and adults whohave experience playing chess.Complex strategies will be cov-ered with a focus on end game.

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FRI YAug. 8Job Seeker Sessions: 9:45 a.m. at

the Princeton Public Library. Thelibrary and Professional ServicesGroup of Mercer County sponsorsessions for professionals whoare seeking new employment and

contracting opportunitiesthroughout the region. Pleasecheck the PPL website for specif-ic topics. Community Room.

Lets Dance: 4 p.m. at the PrincetonPublic Library. Children and theirfamilies are invited to a monthlydance party where our childrenslibrarians will join them in danc-ing to musical favorites. Commu-nity Room.

Dancing Under the Stars: 7 p.m. atthe Princeton Public Library.

Members of Central JerseyDance give demonstrations andlead others in an evening of danc-ing. Continues twice monthlythrough September. Hinds Plaza(weather permitting) or Commu-nity Room. Co-sponsored by thelibrary and Central Jersey Dance.

MON YAug. 11

Film: Cutie and the Boxer 7 p.m.at the Princeton Public Library.This candid New York love storyexplores the chaotic 40-yearmarriage of famed boxing painter

Ushio Shinohara and his wife,Noriko. Anxious to shed her roleas her overbearing husband'sassistant, Noriko finds an identityof her own. Part of the Artist inSociety series. Two hours. Com-munity Room.

Poets at the Library: 7:30 p.m. atthe Princeton Public Library. Fea-tured poets Louis Slee and CarlosHernandez Pena read from theirworks for 20 minutes each fol-lowed by an open mic session.Hernndez Pea is the author of

Moonmilk and Other Poems. Hehas served as a co-editor of theU.S. 1 Worksheets magazine, andorganized Voices at the PrincetonPublic Library, a biannual pro-gram of poetry from around theworld presented in a bilingual for-mat, which featured more than30 different languages. His workhas appeared in Drunken Boat,The Fox Chase Review, and

Princeton Magazine, as well asU.S. 1 Worksheets. Slee, a writerand journalist, is 85 and beganwriting poetry at 18. He has beena newspaper and magazine

writer in addition to writing con-gressional testimony, space tech-nology and biblical commentary.His chapbook is On GettingThere. Co-sponsored by thelibrary, Delaware Valley Poetsand the U.S. 1 Poets Cooperative.

TUES YAug. 12Raconteur Radio: 7 p.m. at the

Princeton Public Library.Metuchen-based RaconteurRadio presents a staged radio

play of The Wizard of Oz in hon-or of the 75th anniversary of thefilm version of L. Frank Baumschildrens novel The WonderfulWizard of Oz. The productionfeatures theatrical lighting, vin-tage commercials, hundreds ofsound effects and a special liverendition of Somewhere Overthe Rainbow.

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By NORA CARNEVALEand ERICA CHAYES

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The Princeton Police Depart-ment received the honor of an ac-creditation award at the July 28Princeton Council meeting. Theaward comes about a year afterthe consolidation of borough andtownship police, noted by manyspeakers at the award presenta-tion.

The NJ Association of Chiefsof Police conducts the rigorousevaluation process and independ-

ently assesses police departmentsacross the state, only giving ac-creditation to departments thatdedicate time and resources to be-coming accredited.

Youve accomplished thiswith fewer resources than youhad two years ago. Youre doingmore with less, CouncilwomanHeather Howard said to ChiefNicholas Sutter.

The department has beenepitomizing the benefits of con-solidation and we are so, so

proud, she said.Sutter explained that the

award was a result of the dedica-tion of every member of the de-partment coming together toreach a common goal.

Every member of our depart-ment has some hand in thisachievement.

Every one of our officers hadto meet certain standards andpractice those standards, and wemust continue practicing those

standards going forward, whichis a credit to their resilience andability to adapt so quickly, hesaid.

While he did refer to the ac-complishment as a group effort,he recognized a few departmentmembers who went above andbeyond, including: Lt. ChrisMorgan, who acted as the accredi-tation manager; Sgt. Steven Ric-

citello, assistant accreditationmanager; Lt. Sharon Papp; Lt.Robert Toole; and Lt. Robert Cur-

rier.It was their leadership and

implementation of the strategiesneeded to achieve this award,Sutter said.

Harry Delgado, accreditationprogram manager from the StateChiefs, presented the departmentwith the award.

The process is so rigorousthat fewer than 130 departmentsin the state of New Jersey are ac-credited.

This process is difficultenough for an established policedepartment. For two to mergeinto one and achieve accredita-tion in the period of a year is sim-ply remarkable, Delgado said.Accreditation assures the publicthat the agency meets the higheststandards for professionalism,training and discipline.

Autism Speaks hosts

kick-off dinnerAutism Speaks hosted a kick-off dinner for its Central NJ Walkand 5k to be held on Sunday, Oct.5.

Dr. Rob Ring was the speaker atthe event and he discussedAutism Speaks new DNA archiveit has been building as part of apartnership with Google to helpwith autism research.

Ten years ago, autism was noton my map. As a neuroscientist, I

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Mollie Marcouxs career hasbrought her full-circle, back toPrinceton University where shewas a highly recognized two-sportvarsity athlete. Marcoux received

honors in both soccer and icehockey during her time at Prince-ton and is now taking over forGary Walters as the first femaleFord Family Director of Athleticsas of Aug. 4.

Last fall, Walters announced hewould be stepping down afterspearheading the athletics pro-gram for 20 years. Now, Marcouxis poised to fill a role she de-scribes as unexpected, but a totaldream come true.

She said she is thrilled to be

able to bring her family back toPrinceton and has been waitingfor the Aug. 4 start date after abig build up. She and her hus-band, Andrew Samaan, are the

parents of three children, ages 10,8 and 5.

Most recently, Marcoux servedas executive vice president ofChelsea Piers 400,000-square-footmulti-venue sports complex inConnecticut, a facility housing375 employees, and a number of

Olympians, highly ranked profes-sional athletes, former collegiatecoaches, former Ivy League andDivision I athletes, as well assports industry leaders. She had a19-year career with Chelsea PiersManagement and quickly movedinto senior management posi-tions. Marcoux said she believesher experience with ChelseaPiers will translate well into hernew role.

There are so many similari-ties. Chelsea Piers and Princeton

athletics are complex organiza-tions with lots of moving partsand extremely important staff re-lationships. I managed lots ofpeople at Chelsea Piers and had toput together strategic plans. Man-aging the complexities of a largedepartment is the most importantsimilarity, she said.

Marcoux said throughout thepast several months preparing forthe new role, she has noticedmore similarities between thetwo roles than she initially ex-pected.

Princeton has some of thevery top coaches in the country,and being able to continue to pro-vide them the tools to make surethey can do what they know howto do is key, she said.

During her time as a student,Marcoux became a decorated ath-lete. As a hockey player, Marcouxwas a four-time All-Ivy Leagueperformer, a three-time teamMVP, an All-ECAC selection and a

member of the ECAC Team ofthe Decade.

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by autism and their family mem-bers.

Ring said genetics have theability to explain a multitude ofinformation surrounding autism.

In order to build a databaselike this, you have to first havesamples and access to the com-munity, Ring said.

Proponents of the programhave been collecting all the data

necessary to understand an indi-viduals medical history and diag-nosis, and they currently are inpossession of more than 12,000samples.

No one is taking on a projectof this scale, Ring said. He ex-plained that the database is beingcreated as an open resource foranyone to use.

For more information aboutthe October walk and Ringswork, visitwww.autismspeaks.org.

Teacher negotiationsremain at a standstillPrior to the most recent meet-

ing of the Princeton school boardand teachers union, Superin-tendent Steve Cochrane said theboard hoped to come to an agree-ment before the start of the newschool year.

With summer winding down,the possibility is increasing thatthe two sides will remain at animpasse into September. A third-

party mediator was brought in tothe meeting on July 22 to help fa-cilitate negotiations. The main is-sues that remain unresolved afterrecent meetings are salary andhealth benefits.

In June, the school board saidit had offered 1.8 percent raises inthe first and second years of acontract and 1.86 percent in thethird. In Princeton, the averageteacher salary is $78,351.

The district is standing by its

requirement to stay beneath a 2percent state-mandated budgetcap.

The teachers union, callingthemselves A Sea of Blue onFacebook, posted on July 30,While there is no dispute thatthe average teacher in Princetonis well paid, that average mustbe placed in the proper context.

The two sides will continue tomeet throughout the remainderof the summer.

Riverside Elementary isnamed a Rewards School

Riverside Elementary Schoolhas recently been named a Re-ward School by the state Depart-ment of Education. Riverside wasone of two schools in MercerCounty and one of only 57 schoolsin the entire state to earn the title.

According to the Department

of Education, a Reward School isa school with outstanding stu-dent achievement or growth overthe past three years.

Riverside has been deemed as a

Highest-Performing RewardSchool because it has achievedhighest performance rates interms of statewide proficiency,subgroup proficiency and gradua-

tion rates. Riverside demonstrat-ed performance levels at the top10 percent and proficiency ratesgreater than 90 percent across thestate.

Teacher contract negotiations remain at a standstill

TEACHERContinued from page 10

SAMANTHA NAGY/Special to The SunThe Central NJ Autism Speaks Walk Committee at the Kick-Off Dinner on July 23. Top Row: AmyHanselmann, Michelle Krolikowski, RoseMarie Cline, Emily Josephson, Judy Welch, Kevin Fitzmauriceand Samantha Ranaghan. Second Row: Garry Lacey, Lisa Lacey, Chrissy George, Alyssa Lacey, LaurieBershad, Lauren Havanki and Jan Lewis. First Row: Daniel Lacey and Jennifer Dempsey.

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C. Otto von Kienbusch Award in1991, the top senior female stu-dent-athlete award at Princeton,which recognizes high scholas-tic rank, sportsmanship and gen-eral excellence in athletics.

Marcoux explained that her ex-perience as a student at Princetonwould help her in a multitude ofways.

I think it helps a lot knowingthe culture, knowing what thestudent athletes are goingthrough on a day-to-day basis and

having the spirit, enthusiasm and

Tiger pride helps a tremendousamount, she said.

Marcoux believes having afirm commitment and loyalty tothe school makes a vast differ-ence in her transition to the role,and without that, it would bemuch more difficult.

Although Princeton has won214 Ivy League titles and 48 na-tional championships over thelast 20 years, Marcoux has made acommitment not to rest on ourlaurels.

She said the opportunity to besurrounded by such talented peo-ple is a dream, and that she iscoming into a fantastic situa-tion.

The league is very competi-

tive, so you can never rest on hav-ing a great program and coast.The coaches need to be given thetools that they need. We have tokeep pushing forward and neverreally be satisfied, she said.

Marcoux is excited to get start-ed as she takes over the programthis week, and feels prepared as aresult of Walters extreme gen-erosity with his time, knowledge,information and support.

The two of us have developeda very nice relationship. Hesspent one-on-one time with me.Hes introduced me to people andhe has been a huge help and com-fort in transitioning into this nextphase, she said.

Marcoux believes firm commitmentand loyalty to school makes difference

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Princetons Human Servicesseeks donors for its fifth AnnualBook Bag and School SuppliesDrive.

For the past five years, Prince-ton Human Services, Princetonemployees, local businesses, or-ganizations and private donorshave provided book bags andschool supplies to PrincetonSchool District children of low-in-come families. Items include butare not limited to: book bags,lunch bags, pencils, pens, note-books, crayons, loose leaf paper,binders, markers, kid-safe scis-sors and glue sticks.

Hundreds of applications havebeen distributed to families withchildren entering kindergartenthrough sixth grade. We are look-ing forward, with your efforts, tocontinue to provide these items tofamilies and children in need.

If you are interested in becom-ing a donor, please call the Prince-tons Human Services office at(609) 688-2055 between the hoursof 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., by no later

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Butterfly Festivalat watershed Aug. 9

Come celebrate one of ourmost colorful native pollinators the butterfly and learn new andinnovative ways to protect cleanwater and the environment at theStony Brook-Millstone WatershedAssociations 14th annual Butter-fly Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Water-shed Reserve in Hopewell.

We hope to change behaviorsand create protections for our nat-ural resources for the next gener-ation, said Jim Waltman, Water-shed Association executive direc-tor. The Butterfly Festival is afun, hands-on way of demonstrat-ing innovative technologies

which will be employed in ournew environmental center open-ing this December. These tech-nologies will allow us to save en-ergy, water and the environment.We hope the 14th Annual Butter-fly Festival will inspire a wave ofenvironmental action across theregion.

Attendees can explore fourfamily-friendly Enviro-Zoneswhich teach children and fami-lies how they can make a differ-ence for clean water and a

healthy environment. Work as ateam or individual to answer fourkid-friendly questions, get a pass-port stamp in each zone, and re-ceive a fun prize. New this year isa Facebook scavenger hunt,where attendees will receive clueson our Facebook page to the loca-tion of items hidden throughoutthe festival area.

Children can also take part inthe popular Butterfly & Bug Cos-tume Parade. Sign up at the festi-

vals Membership booth uponentry. The parade will begin atthe Main Stage at 12:30 p.m. andat 2:30 p.m.. Music will onceagain be performed by Grammynominated Miss Amy, a musical

fitness entertainer who encour-ages families to engage in physi-cal activity. Miss Amy wasawarded the Presidential Active

Lifestyle Award through her mu-sical Fitness Rock & Roll con-certs. The Dadz, a rock 'n rollband playing a diversity of musicthat spans the 50s to the currentera will perform in the afternoon.There will also be hay rides, aninsect zoo and safari, and localfood and artisans.

Raffle tickets will be on sale forthe chance to win a five-nightcruise for two aboard the historicMaine schooner, J&E Riggin. A50/50 draw will also take placeduring the festival, and cash tick-ets will be sold throughout theday. All proceeds benefit the Wa-tershed Association and help pro-tect clean water and the environ-ment.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is gener-ously providing shuttle parkingfor the Butterfly Festival acrossthe street from the Watershed Re-serve (access from Titus MillRoad). Admission to the Festivalis $10 per person or $25 per car-

load. For discounts, please regis-ter online atwww.thewatershed.org. Nosmoking or pets are permitted atthe festival. Call (609) 737-3735 forhandicapped access and serviceanimal permission. Visitwww.thewatershed.org to learnmore about the festival.

Special thanks to Butterfly Fes-tival corporate sponsors:Bloomberg, Bristol-MyersSquibb, and PSE&G.

County Park FestivalGrounds hosting events

Mercer County ExecutiveBrian M. Hughes and the MercerCounty Park Commission arepleased to invite all residents tokick back and enjoy the summerat the Mercer County Park Festi-val Grounds in West Windsor,which will host themed summerconcerts by the acclaimed PaulPlumeri Blues Band, the Ernie

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Whether you are a Princetonlocal or a Princeton lover, thetime is now to seize summer andenjoy all that Princeton has tooffer. Things to do and places togo are plentiful in Princeton, andit can be difficult to choose whatyou want to do on a day in Au-gust. To help you better focus onfun, The Princeton Sun askedpeople around Princeton whattheir favorite summer activitiesare.

When school is out, weekdaysfoster the perfect environment forvisitors from the tri-state area tomeander around Nassau Street.Will and Meghan Spokes fromPhiladelphia hop on a train tocome to Princeton whenever theytire of the big city. They love com-ing to a place that feels refresh-ingly different in just under an

hour.On a balmy afternoon such asthis, Meghan says we usually goto The Bent Spoon and take ourtime eating the ice cream (em-phasis on taking their time). So ifyoure looking to cater to yoursweet tooth this summer, followthe Spokes lead and mosey overto 35 Palmer Square West forsome local artisan ice cream.

If dessert sounds a bit heavy,take advantage of the trails alongthe D & R Canal. Princeton resi-dent Adam Hatzikyriakou appre-ciates having the canal in town.His ideal summer day is spentwalking along the towpath with afriend for a little exercise andsome good conversation.

Sarah McGuigan and her threechildren often drive over fromNewtown, Pa., for a lovely day inPrinceton.

Her youngest Ryan, who re-mained adorably in the stroller, isnot yet old enough to plan hisown Princeton playdates. SiblingsJack and Kate, on the other hand,

have definite opinions on their fa-vorite Princeton to-dos. Jack ex-claims, I ride the Dinky for fun!

which goes to show how thelight rail station offers muchmore than just convenient com-muting services to little conduc-tors-to-be. Kates happy place is

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Womens National Rowing Teamhas been training at Princeton.Coach Robert Weber from Lan-caster, Pa., is spending his sum-mer in Princeton and confesseshis favorite thing to do is to uti-lize Lake Carnegie and row.


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been so extreme, but since re-liance on the Internet has becomeinescapable, the fact that the two-sentence version is often the firstresult on Google will impact whatpeople and mostly inexperi-enced readers will read.

For any sophisticated reader,it doesnt matter if it is a commaor period because they will followthe syntax, but if youre a youngreader or a student learning howto interpret text, there is no ques-tion that the period is an instruc-tion to stop.

What that means is youllidentify three self-evident truthsinstead of five.

The sentence is constructedwith five self-evident truths withpremises that build up to conclu-sion.

Our individual rights are

building up to the importance ofgovernment having a positivevalue. You lose that if you breakit up, she said.

To determine the truth, the Na-tional Archives have been con-ducting hyperspectral experi-mental imaging through the doc-uments protective glass encase-ment. Allen said another impor-tant next step is to revise or modi-fy the National Archives websiteso there is a fuller presentation ofthe different versions.

Allen began her in-depth workwith the Declaration while teach-ing adult night classes at the Uni-versity of Chicago. While shechose to include the Declarationin several units for its shortlength no one would complainabout reading it, she said - shenoticed her students got a lot outof the process.

One of her students, CarrieWatkins, is actually credited inher book, because she was quoted

saying her favorite part of classwas the Declaration of Independ-ence unit.

I wanted to bring that experi-ence to light for a broader audi-

ence, Allen said.Ultimately, Allen said it does

not matter what the final result isin the period-or-comma debate,but what matters is that there is adiverse range of texts that need to

be presented.In fact, Allen analyzed morethan 70 versions of the Declara-tion while researching for herbook.

To me, it is a fundamentalidea that democracy requires alot of abstract thought of all ofus, as ordinary citizens. To ex-plain a monarchy, you can pointto a king. Theres no single thing

to point to in order to explaindemocracy. In order to preservedemocracy itself you have to pre-serve the traditions it is built outof, she said.

Punctuation in Declaration could poseproblems for inexperienced readers

PUNCTUATIONContinued from page 1

We hold these truths to be self-evi-dent, that all men are created equal,

that they are endowed by theirCreator with certain unalienableRights, that among these are Life,

Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,that to secure these rights,

Governments are instituted amongMen, deriving their just powers fromthe consent of the governed, Thatwhenever any Form of Governmentbecomes destructive of these ends, itis the Right of the People to alter or

to abolish it, and to institute newGovernment, laying its foundation onsuch principles and organizing its

powers in such form, as to them shallseem most likely to effect their Safety

and Happiness.

Professor Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation professor at the Institutefor Advanced Studys School of Social Sciences, recently noticed apattern in response to the manuscript of her latest book, Our Decla-ration.

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Natalie Diaz selected asnational poetry prize winner

Poet Natalie Diaz has been se-lected as the latest recipient ofthe Theodore H. Holmes '51 andBernice Holmes National PoetryPrize awarded by the Lewis Cen-ter for the Arts' Program in Cre-ative Writing at Princeton Uni-versity.

The Holmes National PoetryPrize was established in memoryof Princeton 1951 alumnusTheodore H. Holmes and is pre-sented each year to a poet of spe-

cial merit as selected by the facul-ty of the Creative Writing Pro-gram, which includes writers Jef-frey Eugenides, Chang-rae Lee,Paul Muldoon, Joyce Carol Oates,James Richardson, Tracy K.Smith, Susan Wheeler and Ed-mund White. The award current-ly carries a prize of $5,000 andwas first made to Mark Doty in2011. The prize's candidates arechosen through nomination byfaculty in the Creative Writing

Program.Diaz is the author of the poetrycollection When My Brother Wasan Aztec (2012), which New YorkTimes reviewer Eric McHenry de-scribed as an ambitious ... beau-tiful book. The Bread Loaf LouisUntermeyer Scholar for Poetry in2012, she is the recipient of anAmerican Book Award, a Poetry

Society of America New Ameri-can Poets Award, a Native Arts &Cultures Foundation Artist Fel-lowship, a Lannan Residency anda 2012 Lannan LiteraryFellowship, as well as a2012 Native Arts CouncilFoundation Artist Fel-lowship. She is current-ly working on a secondcollection of poems.

Through the gen-erosity of the Holmes

family, this award is atremendous opportuni-ty for us to recognize ex-ceptional work, and ourrecent focus on poets early intheir careers means that theaward can make a real differencein poets' perennial seeking oftime for writing, Susan Wheeler,director of the Program in Cre-ative Writing, said.

Natalie Diaz's extraordinarywork to date augurs a long and

stellar life in poetry.Born and raised in the FortMojave Indian Village in Needles,Calif., Diaz is Mojave and an en-rolled member of the Gila RiverIndian community.

She earned a B.A. from Old Do-minion University, where she re-ceived a full athletic scholarship.Diaz played professional basket-

ball in Europe and Asia before re-turning to Old Dominion to earnan M.F.A.

Diaz teaches at the Institute ofAmerican Indian ArtsLow Rez M.F.A. pro-gram and splits her timebetween Brooklyn andMohave Valley, Ariz.,where she directs theFort Mojave LanguageRecovery Program,working with the last re-

maining speakers atFort Mojave to teachand revitalize the Mo-

jave language.I am both grateful and lucky

to have my work recognized bythe Lewis Center for the Arts andthe Princeton Creative WritingProgram faculty, many whoseworks and words have been myguides as I move through theworld, Diaz said.

I appreciate the generosity of

the Holmes family. I am hopefulthat one day I can return this gra-cious gesture, either on the pageor to another young writer whoseeks what I continue to seek inpoetry.

To learn more about the LewisCenter for the Arts and the Pro-gram in Creative Writing visitarts.princeton.edu.

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the Beatles and the RollingStones, as the 2014 Summer Con-cert Series continues.

Local Legends Night, featuringPaul Plumeri Blues Band and theErnie White Band, is scheduledfor Saturday, Aug. 9, from 6 to 10p.m., when these local legendswill play a wide repertoire of

blues and popular songs fromtoday and the past half-century.Paul Plumeri Blues Band special-izes in blues and the Ernie White

Band specializes in rock, but fea-tures other musical pieces.

Disco/Funk Night, featuringPapa Deluxe & the Main StreetGroove and the PhiladelphiaFunk Authority, closes out theSummer Concert Series on Fri-day, Aug. 22, from 6 to 10 p.m., per-forming music that will take con-cert-goers back to the 60s andhave them reaching for thosedancing shoes.

Admission to the concerts isfree. All concerts for 2014 are dou-

bleheaders, with the first bandplaying 6 to 8 p.m. and the secondband playing from 8 to 10 p.m.

Concert attendees will also beable to purchase food, dessert, icecream and smoothies, and haveaccess to a beer and wine gardenfor this special occasion.

The park has entrances on OldTrenton Road and Hughes Drivein West Windsor.

For more information, visitwww.mercercountyparks.org. Forup-to-the-minute information onthe scheduled performance, call

(609) 448-1947.

Princetons Portraiton view at two sites

The Historical Society ofPrinceton has Princetons Por-trait: Vintage Photographs fromthe Historical Society of Prince-ton on view at two sites: Bain-bridge House, 158 Nassau St.,Wednesday through Sunday, fromnoon to 4 p.m., and Updike Farm-stead, 354 Quaker Road, every

first Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Ad-mission is $4. For more informa-tion, visit www.princetonhisto-ry.org; or call (609) 921-6748.

Local writers to readstories on Aug. 13

Local writers from the Plains-boro Writers Group and theBarnes & Noble Writers Ex-change read their short storiesWednesday, Aug. 13, at Princeton

Public Library. The readings arepart of a presentation called Sum-merfest 2014 and will begin at 7p.m. in the librarys CommunityRoom.

Featured writers include BobGordon (Every Story has an

End, a collection of poems);Tony Athmejvar (Jeddi, MyGrandfather); Alex Adams(What I Learned the Hard Way);

Vanessa Johnson (From WhichWe Came); Jessie Tucker (Sum-mer Poems); David Absalom (AMatter of Time); Teri Bozowski(The Serpent and the Snow-man) and Marvin Harold Cheit-en (Job Openings).

All Princeton Public Libraryprograms are free and open to thepublic.

If programs require registra-tion, preference is given to librarycardholders.

The physically challenged

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