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Please join us Sunday afternoon at Labyrinth for conversation and a drink with Jeff Eugenides in honor of his new, acclaimed novel. Mimosas and cupcakes will be served.

About the Book: Madeleine Hanna was the dutiful English major who didn't get the memo. While everyone else in the early 1980s was reading Derrida, she was happily absorbed with Jane Austen and George Eliot: purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels.

At 164 years old, the fire company at 363 Witherspoon Street is technically the youngest of the three that comprise the Princeton Fire Department.

There have been a number of major changes to tax laws, and the Internal Revenue Service wants you to know about them.  How do those changes affect small business in New Jersey?  Todd Cresci, a stakeholder liaison at the IRS, will speak about major changes in tax law and regulation affecting small business, changes in  IRS outreach methods, and the impact of those changes on New Jersey businesses.  He will also discuss small business health care coverage, provisions of the Affordable Care Act, self-employment tax changes, and several other topics related to tax law change

(3:40pm update:  Mercer Street and Quaker Road are open.  Most of 206 still closed.  Be prepared for aggravated rush-hour delays.)

Several major roads were still closed as of 9 o'clock this morning, after last night's strong winds brought down trees and power lines around Princeton.

The Princeton Township Police Department is urging drivers to respect the Detour signs, orange cones, and road closure tapes that have gone up overnight, as PSE&G crews struggle to restore service in various parts of town.

A Task Force report unveiled last month by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recommends making student test performance an important criterion in teacher evaluation. While that would reflect well on Princeton teachers, it runs counter to the approach adopted by Princeton Regional Schools. Princeton Charter School, on the other hand, has expressed measured support for Christie’s reforms.

THE NASH ENSEMBLE of LONDON is one of Britain's foremost musical ensembles.  For the past forty years, it has been renowned throughout the world for the calibre of its players, its imaginative programming, and its dedication to the recognition and promotion of new composers.

Program

MOZART Piano Quartet in G  Minor, K. 478
MOZART Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

Michael Pratt, conductor

MARK DANCIGERS GS Electric Guitar Concerto

W. A. MOZART Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major
    Jessica Anastasio '11, flute

SIBELIUS Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor
    Yoon Won Song '11, violin

TICKETS:
$15 (general), $13 (seniors), $8 (students).
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(From a Press Release issued Jan 10, 2011, by the Princeton Borough & Princeton Township Joint Consolidation/Shared Services Study Commission)

Professor Steve Stearns, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University.

Part of the 2011 Science-on-Saturday lecture series

Richardson Chamber Players.

All-Schubert Program

Die Sterne for Voice and Piano, D. 684

Nacht une Träume for Voice and Piano, D, 827

Mondenschein for Tenor and Male Chorus, D. 875

Nachthelle for Tenor, Male Chorus and Piano, D. 892

Octet for Winds and Strings in F Major, Op. 166, D. 803

Players:

The Woodrow Wilson School will host a panel discussion titled, "Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq and Homeland" at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16 in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. Panelists will include Chaplain (Major) Paul Berghaus at the United States Military Academy, West Point; Nina Berman, documentary photographer; Lt. Commander Kevin Cady, MPP candidate at the Woodrow Wilson School; and Lt. Colonel John Stark, a Professor of Military Science and Director of Princeton University’s ROTC program.

Since your values define your character and shape your goals in life, you may want to take into account matters of personal importance, such as honor codes or animal rights, as part of your college search.

A recent article in the New York Times (July 5, 2010), described the use of cameras and technology at the University of Central Florida to deter cheating during examinations.  According to the article, schools like Washington & Lee University oppose such measures because it presumes guilt and undermines the trust between professors and students.