Pan African Conference
Close to two hundred registered participants took part in the tenth annual Pan African Conference last weekend. Speakers at this year’s conference, which was entitled “African Renaissance,” included Awer Bul, a Sudanese refugee whose artistic talents enabled him to come America, and Professor Roland Abiodun, an Amherst College professor of art history who specializes [...]
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Prin News in Brief
Friday, October 30th, 2009World News In Brief
Friday, October 16th, 2009Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama was granted the Nobel Peace prize Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for what the committee called “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
In response to the award, Obama said, “To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of [...]
Prin News in Brief
Friday, October 16th, 2009Principia Celebrates Homecoming Weekend
Last weekend was Homecoming Weekend on campus. The volleyball team played a double-header against Webster and Eureka, and the team fought hard in both games. Although the men’s and women’s soccer games against Greenville had to be cancelled, the sports festivities continued with alumni soccer, volleyball, and baseball games. On Friday night, Nobel [...]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009Men’s Soccer Defeats Washington University for the First Time in Seven Years
Last Tuesday’s men’s soccer game against Wash U came down to the wire as the Panthers defeated the Bears for the first time since 2002. The Panthers, who ranked eighth in the nation heading into the game, trailed for the first time this season [...]
Prin News in Brief 5.29.09
Friday, May 29th, 200912th annual Frisbee tournament, Rugby in fall, Conservationist to give commencement speech, Fifteen films to be premiered at Prin film festival, Live webcast with Christian Science Monitor editor, and the film Milk comes to campus.
World News in Brief 05.15.09
Friday, May 15th, 2009World news updates on North Korea, fighting in Sri Lanka, marijuana in Mexico, same-sex marriage in New York, Russian Victory Day, and Palestine and the Pope.
Prin News in Brief 05.15.09
Friday, May 15th, 2009Updates on Spring Formal, lectures on Mrs. Eddy, Dean’s Colloquium with David Gibbs, and TEC approval.
Prin News in Brief 05.01.09
Friday, May 1st, 2009Prin News in Brief, focusing on Embracing Our Periodicals, the Parent’s Weekend annual Variety Show, C.S. Nursing, Lunches with Professionals, and the Earth Day Celebration.
Prin News in Brief 04.17.09
Friday, April 17th, 2009Campus news updates from the week of April 17, 2009.
