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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Exploring the Afro-Latin experience is the theme for the Fall Cultural Arts Series at the Purdue University Black Cultural Center. “Rhythm of Hope, Power of Heritage: Exploring the Afro-Latin Experience” will feature a play, speakers, information fair, music and other performances as well as a research tour. “Approximately 11 million Africans [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University students Brandon Krozel and Sara Wagner were crowned the 2010 Homecoming king and queen during a Wednesday (Oct. 13) campus pep rally. They will appear at Homecoming festivities on Saturday (Oct. 16), including the football game’s halftime celebration. Wagner is a senior studying mass communication from Indianapolis, and Krozel [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the first time ever, Purdue University’s selection for Homecoming queen and king has ended in a tie. Queen Naina Singh will be joined by kings Nathan Welch and Barry Helfrich. The three were crowned at the Homecoming pep rally Friday (Oct. 2) night and will appear at Homecoming festivities on [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University bands and orchestras will kick off their 2009-10 concert season during homecoming weekend. Orchestras will perform its Homecoming Concert Saturday (Oct. 3) in the Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. The Purdue Symphonic and Concert bands will perform a tribute to “Main Street USA” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue University Black Cultural Center announced its Cultural Arts Series programs for the Fall 2009 semester. The series theme, Hip-Hop: A Social and Political Message of Black Identity, includes the Sept. 10 Rap Session – Community Dialogue on Race and Hip Hop,” followed on Sept. 29 by a lecture and [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Student Union Board is hosting a design contest for the 2009 Homecoming T-shirt. The contest is open only to Purdue students, and the winner will receive $200 in free textbooks from Follett’s bookstores. Students can find the competition’s rules from the Student Union Board office in Room 268 of [...]