Black panelists talk about leadership Nov 13, 2009
Stephanie Preston, interim assistant director in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, encouraged students to dare to be different. She said there were many different opportunities her generation dreamt about and didn't do. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Pennies From Kevin Nov 10, 2009
Senator Nick Xenophon (Forsythe) decries the fate of the Murray in the stentorian tones of Paul Robeson. Greens Leader Bob Brown (Biggins) murders Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art D’Lugoff; owned famed club Nov 9, 2009
Mr. D Lugoff hired blacklisted singers Paul Robeson and Pete Seeger and fired Dustin Hoffman as a waiter. Hoffman, then a struggling actor, later said he was so distracted by the performers that he neglected customers. (Boston Globe)
Lévi-Strauss, the total anthropologist Nov 8, 2009
Weingarten hears it was a profile of Paul Robeson so weak it was never published. Still, emboldened by the new free-for-all atmosphere at his paper, Weingarten offers his own nominee for the worst piece ever published in Style. (Boston Globe)
Basketball season ticket sales surge Oct 9, 2009
"It went from outside of Alumni Hall all the way back to [Paul Robeson Cultural Center's Heritage Hall].". At the front of that line was a group of six students who had done their best Paternoville impression. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Is Martha’s Vineyard one place where race isn’t an issue? Aug 15, 2009
Henrietta ran a laundry, and in 1912 the couple opened an inn, Shearer Cottage, that catered to well-to-do black visitors from Harlem and elsewhere, including the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Sr. and his son the future congressman, singer Ethel Waters, actor Paul Robeson, and beauty industry millionaire Madame C.J. Walker. Next week Shearer Cottage hosts an Elderhostel forum on Obama featuring former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young. (Boston Globe)
New opera fans Aug 7, 2009
Paul Robeson graduated from Rutgers, where he was an All-American football player. He later became an opera singer and activist. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Records fall in PA May 25, 2009
The Paul Robeson Class AA girls' 1,600 relay team broke the PIAA record from 2006 by Carver Engineering ce by more than a second with a time of 3:52. 04. (Prep Sports Sports -- Rivals.com)
PIAA Girls' Track & Field Day 2 Results May 24, 2009
65; 5, Dashera Richardson, Paul Robeson, 58 ... 300 hurdles: 1, Katurah Hayman, Paul Robeson, 43 ... 78; 5, Paul Robeson 49. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Rowing Signs Four for 2009 May 13, 2009
"At 6-foot-1, Alex's height and rhythm will be a strong asset to our program, Regan said. "We expect great things out of Alex and we are excited to watch her grow over the next two years" Standing 5-11, Piper is another tall addition to the Lion program and one of three incoming freshmen from the state of Washington. Currently finishing up her high school career at Seattle Prep High School, Mackenzie started rowing for Greenlake Crew in Seattle in 2006, where she is currently the team captain.... (Lmulions.com)
Remembering the Rens Mar 27, 2009
The circuit thrived for four decades after that with leading athletes from other sports such as Paul Robeson participating in the games. . (Slate)
SportsBeat: A look back at college football Mar 19, 2009
In 1917, the second Negro All-American, Rutgers end Paul Robeson, later became a world-famed opera singer. In 1905, there were 18 players killed on the college football fields, and loud cries could be heard saying that the game itself should be killed. (Needham Tab, MA)
School construction underway despite economy Mar 9, 2009
The Board of Education, city and state have taken on the construction of a new high school in New Brunswick, a new A.C. Redshaw Elementary school, a renovation of Paul Robeson Elementary School and three new kindergarten centers over the upcoming years, with a total cost of approximately $70 million ... The Paul Robeson Elementary School, designed by Potter Architects, is also scheduled for renovation and an addition, Kaplan said. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Lions trying to silence high-scoring Johnson Mar 6, 2009
The teams five seniors, all who were on the team that beat Paul Robeson in the play-in round two years ago and later defeated Notre Dame East Stroudsburg in the first round, are eager to extend their playing careers as far as possible. I have kids who arent afraid of anybody, Rutherford said. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Community members honored for their actions Mar 1, 2009
William Rowland, Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company (Syracuse). . (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Festival considers O'Neill in the 21st century Feb 26, 2009
""Desire" runs through March 1, but Gugino had to miss the final two weeks because of a prior movie commitment. She was replaced in those performances by Chicago actress Amy Carle.The original cast will be reunited for the production's New York engagement, which begins previews April 14 at the St. James Theatre for a 13-week run. It opens April 27.The festival, titled "A Global Exploration: Eugene O'Neill in the 21st Century," began Jan. 7 with a revival of the New York-based Wooster Group's... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Pernetti Tabbed as RU AD Feb 26, 2009
The Rutgers Board of Governors has yet to formally approve Pernetti as RU's AD. However, approval is expected to occur Thursday morning and a press conference to introduce the new Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Tim Pernetti, following the Board of Governors meeting Thursday in Newark at approximately 12:30 p.m., will follow at the Paul Robeson Campus Center. Related Stories. (RutgersInsider.com)
Reports: three vie to replace Mulcahy Feb 24, 2009
The selection committee will meet Thursday for a final review of the finalists and the decision to fill the position could be made that day when the Board of Governors meets in the Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark, according to The Star Ledger. The search for a new athletic director began when University President Richard L. McCormick fired Athletic Director Robert E. Mulcahy, effective Dec. 31, after a report from the University s Athletic Review Committee accused McCormick and the BOG of... (The Daily Targum, NJ)
