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Individual and Team Victories
Last Friday night, the varsity girls’ basketball team beat Westminster by a comfortable margin (63–44), but that victory wasn’t all the team celebrated that night. On her first basket of ...
College Actors Compete in the ACTF Finals
Winter break gave senior Jay Amuka time to investigate graduate film schools in New York City. His trip was cut short, though, as he rushed back to campus to rehearse ...
Seniors Shine at Annual Speeches
Once again, the graduating class at Upper School has inspired, amused, and moved the Principia community through a polished series of senior speeches. Delivered over several sessions by 76 seniors, ...
What Makes a Leader? Watch and Learn.
What do Harry Potter, Captain Jack Sparrow, Lord of the Rings’ Aragorn, and Andy Dufresne of Shawshank State Prison have in common? That question kept members of a College leadership study ...
100 Years of Academic Excellence: Focus on English and Mass Communication
In the second month of our 2012 celebration of a century of higher education at Principia, the English and Mass Communication Departments stand front and center. Training in writing, literary ...
Keeping Courtesy Fresh: School Maintains and Updates Traditions
Manners and customs may change over time, but courtesy and consideration never go out of style. In 1932, Principia’s founder specifically identified “refined speech, . . . unobtrusive manners, unselfish ...
Dr. Palmer’s Update: February 2012
The new semester finds me back in the classroom—always one of my favorite places to be. Ten advanced business students and I are working together in a Management Consulting course. This ...
