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by Jordan Hillier Long before electronic music become associated with contemporary artists like David Guetta, Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), and electropop DJ Calvin Harris, it was pioneered and championed as a field of classical music by Princeton composer Milton Babbitt … Continue reading
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by Jordan Hillier Revered locally and nationally for services to the United States Foreign Service, George Frost Kennan was an expert on the diplomatic history of Russia, the Soviet Union, and U.S./Soviet relations. He is perhaps best known as the … Continue reading
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By Jordan Hillier // Image courtesy of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church on loan to the Historical Society of Princeton Known as “the man who brought art instruction to Princeton,” Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986) was a talented artist with a social conscience. … Continue reading
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by Jordan Hillier // Images courtesy of Roger Martindell From New Jersey to New Zealand, Anne C. Martindell (1914-2008), diplomat and United States Ambassador, helped bridge gaps between two nations, and between women and politics. She was one of the first women … Continue reading
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by Jordan Hillier “What muse can sing the hardships thou endur’d; Unarm’d, uncloth’d, undisciplin’d thy men; In winter’s cold unhospitable reign; And press’d by numerous hosts of veteran troops.” Excerpt from: “Lines addressed to General Washington, in the year 1777, … Continue reading
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by Jordan Hillier. Every time I go to the beach, before diving into the water head-first, a period of hesitation strikes as I stand on the hot sand. I look out at the immense body of water before me and … Continue reading
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by Jordan Hillier // Images courtesy of WikiMedia Commons. His name is forever linked with the superhero he played. Christopher Reeve: Superman. Born in New York City in 1952 and raised from the age of four in Princeton, Reeve’s love … Continue reading
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by Jordan Hillier // Images courtesy WikiMedia Commons Paul Robeson is remembered locally and internationally for his talents as an actor, singer, scholar, and outspoken humanitarian and civil rights activist. His tremendous athletic abilities, displayed on the Rutgers football field, … Continue reading