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S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald

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Bonfire

“The prettiest sight I know,

Worth all your roses and snow,

Is the blaze of light on a Saturday night”

– E. Nesbit, ‘Saturday Song’

“Under Construction” State of the University Letter 2025

2021 International Fire Code

NFPA 1 Fire Code

Center for Campus Fire Safety

The Princeton Bonfire (a cherished campus tradition celebrating a sweep of football victories over Big Three rivals Harvard and Yale) has not yet occurred in 2025, as it depends on the outcomes of those games. The relevant schedule is:

vs. Harvard: October 25, 2025 (home game at Princeton Stadium)
vs. Yale: November 15, 2025 (home game at Princeton Stadium)

If Princeton wins both (securing the “Big Three” title), the bonfire is traditionally lit on the Sunday evening immediately following the Yale game—that is, November 16, 2025, around 7 p.m. on Cannon Green. It would feature student-built stacks of wood, speeches, the Princeton University Band, and communal festivities.

Voting Precincts

Today is an “off-year” federal election but there are many appeals to voters for more money to build new, or expand or maintain educational settlements. We may have to pick through a few bond offerings. We maintain an ongoing concern for the security of polling places; many which are located in schools, colleges and universities.

In the United States, polling places can be located in a variety of public and private facilities, not just in public schools. While public schools are commonly used as polling places due to their widespread distribution and accessibility, they are not necessarily the largest proportion of polling places nationwide. The specific locations of polling places can vary by jurisdiction and are determined by local election officials. Other common polling place locations include community centers, churches, libraries, government buildings, and private residences.

The selection of polling places is based on factors like accessibility, convenience, and the need to accommodate a specific number of voters within a given precinct or district. The goal is to ensure that voters have reasonable access to cast their ballots on election day. The use of public schools as polling places is widespread but not universal, and the distribution of polling places across various types of facilities can vary from one region to another.

2024 International Building Code Appendix E: Supplementary Accessibility Requirements

NFPA 730 Guide to Premises Security: 2026 First Draft Report | Consultation closes January 3, 2025

“Election Day” 1944″ Norman Rockwell

The political party that claims that “democracy is at stake” today’s election is the same political party that seeks to federalize state election laws, pack the Supreme Court, remove the Electoral College, remove US national borders and abolish voter identification will be voting in today’s off-year elections. In other words: it wants to abolish democracy. Its partisans have long since metastasized in education communities where polling places for students, faculty, staff and nearby residents are hosted.

Join us in post-irony America today when we focus only on the safety and environmental condition of these polling places. Where there is closer agreement. Catalogs, titles, chapters, sections and passages that inform best practice on this topic:

Can Voters Detect Malicious Manipulation of Ballot Marking Devices?

International Code Council

International Building Code

A117 Accessible and Useable Buildings and Facilities

National Fire Protection Association

Life Safety Code

Premises Security

ASHRAE International

Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy

Illumination Engineering Society

Designing Lighting for People and Buildings

Security 100

Sacramento County: Polling Place and Vote Center Management

Pumpkin Pie

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”

– George Bernard Shaw

NIST Headquarters | Gaithersburg Maryland | Link to Standards Michigan coverage

Iowa State University

Johnson & Wales College Rhode Island: Foolproof Pumpkin Pie

Space Force Academy

United States Space Force

😬 pic.twitter.com/RQk2QOAFPn

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2024

Autumn Syllabus Week 45 | November 3 – November 9

Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray – The Importance of Gratitude

Monday | November 3 | Colloquium 16:00 UTC

Salutariness

Tax-Free Bonds

Tuesday | November 4 | Colloquium 16:00 UTC

2029 National Electrical Code Panel 3

Voting Precincts

Wednesday | November 5 | Colloquium 16:00 UTC

International Fire Code

Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers

Thursday | November 6| Colloquium 15:00 UTC

Modular Classrooms

Welcome to math class!
Year 16, woot woot! pic.twitter.com/5IIuQ3Tomc

— Ashley (@PlanterAsh) November 6, 2025

Fenestration

Friday | November 7 | Colloquium 15:00 UTC

Sport Scoreboards

Saturday | November 8

Sunday | November 9

Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”

Lively Arts 300

Remember how good National Geographic used to be? When I was a kid happening on a stack of these was like finding actual treasure. I used to read my grandpa's old ones, until one year I got a subscription for Christmas. It was like having the whole world at my fingertips. pic.twitter.com/RyDtDuxbnN

— Casey B. Head (@CaseyBHead) November 26, 2025

Mortuary Arts

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

— Genesis 3:19

“Marat Assassinated” | Jacques-Louis David 1793

There are several ANSI accredited standards that apply to mortuary science, particularly in the areas of forensic science and medicolegal death investigation. These standards are developed to ensure the highest levels of professionalism, quality, and consistency in the field. Here are some key standards:

ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendations: The American National Standards Institute in collaboration with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences has developed various standards, including those related to the handling and processing of human remains. For example, the ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 094-2021 outlines procedures for postmortem friction ridge print recovery, emphasizing systematic approaches and legal compliance during the process
ANSI/ASB Standard 125-2021: This standard focuses on the general requirements for medicolegal death investigation systems. It covers infrastructure, personnel training, and competency requirements to ensure high-quality death investigations. It also references other professional guidelines and accreditation checklists from organizations such as the National Association of Medical Examiners and the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.

These standards are integral to maintaining rigorous protocols and ethical practices within mortuary science and related fields. They help ensure that procedures are consistent, legally compliant, and respectful of the deceased, ultimately contributing to the reliability and credibility of forensic investigations. For more detailed information, you can refer to the ANSI and ASB standards documentation available through their respective organizations.

Formaldehyde Standard (29 CFR 1910.1048)

Anatomical Donation

Virtual Gross Anatomy Lab

Standard for Interactions Between Medical Examiner, Coroner and Death Investigation Agencies

Carbonic Macerated Coffee

The crossover was inevitable — wine inspired coffee. Respecting today’s release of Beaujolais Nouveau in the Vallée de la Saône we reflect upon “enlightened” coffee varieties and preparations that classically “pair” with wine — either as contrast or complement. Anaerobic or carbonic-maceration coffees (very “winey” ferments). Many modern specialty lots taste like red fruit jam, Concord grape, or even Lambrusco. As with the wine itself: not for coffee snobs.

BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU

Beaujolais Nouveau is a young, light, fruity red wine made from Gamay grapes in the Beaujolais region of France (just south of Burgundy). Unlike most red wines that are aged for months or years, Beaujolais Nouveau is rushed from the vineyard to the bottle in just 6–8 weeks using a special fermentation technique called carbonic maceration (which gives it its signature banana/strawberry/candy-like flavors).

By French law, it cannot be released before one minute past midnight on the third Thursday of November. This has turned the release into a global marketing event that started in the 1970s–80s:

At midnight, the phrase “Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé !” (“The Beaujolais Nouveau has arrived!”) is shouted in bars, restaurants, and wine shops.
There used to be literal races (by car, helicopter, hot-air balloon, etc.) to get the first bottles to Paris and later to cities around the world (Tokyo, New York, London…).
It’s marketed as a fun, unpretentious “party wine” meant to be drunk young and slightly chilled.

Reputation today

Serious wine lovers often look down on it (it’s simple and can taste artificial to some).
But millions of people still love it as the unofficial kickoff to the holiday/winter drinking season — a light, festive, easy-drinking red that says “the new vintage is here!”

Beaujolais Nouveau Day celebrates the year’s freshest, fruitiest red wine released with maximum fanfare and zero pretension.