Yesterday afternoon, Principia College commemorated one of the most significant vertebrate paleontologic finds in the central United States. A bench marking the site was unveiled during the ceremony, which marked the end of a nearly 15-year response to a surprise discovery in 1999.
During a remodeling project, Principia College facilities crew members hit a small, hard, … Read more
Principia’s Speaker Series presented professor and author Azar Nafisi as the Ernie and Lucha Vogel Moral Courage Lecturer in mid-April. Nafisi’s talk, “The Republic of the Imagination,” drew from her much-acclaimed book Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, which has been heralded as an incisive exploration of the power of literature over politics.
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About 35 students are literally on the edge of their seats waiting for the “go” signal. They’re in a race to see how fast they can break down their table and chairs and swap them for a duplicate set across the room. After a flurry of activity, the winning team is done in less than … Read more