black renaissance celebrates talent

becoming an e piscopal reverend through the g eneral Theological s eminary. a fter working in parish ministry for about a year and a half, p age realized he was more suited to the world of academia.

“ i really thought that the scholarly evocation was one that was resonating deeply in my soul. s o, that led me to go to graduate school,” he said.

p age attended h arvard u niversity and graduated with a master’s and doctoral degree in n ear e astern languages and civilizations — which took six years. h e also received a doctor of ministry degree from the g raduate see page PaGe 2

By CAROLINE COLLINS news writer

A previous version of this story was published online on Feb. 20.

w ashington h all’s m ainstage Theatre was packed with students and families Friday evening for the first b lack r enaissance event.

The show was hosted by the b lack s tudent a ssociation ( bsa ) and celebrated the artistic talents of b lack students at n otre d ame. The event featured a variety of performances including dancing, poetry, music and singing.

b efore the lights dimmed and the curtains opened, the co-presidents of bsa , juniors Kareema g reen and Jessica a shman, welcomed the audience and introduced the performances organized in honor of b lack h istory m onth. g reen said that in past years, there haven’t been many big events on campus specifically for b lack h istory m onth. bsa wanted to do something special this year “to show the student population, not just b lack students, that we celebrate b lack h istory m onth just as seriously as any other holiday.” g reen said they were considering inviting a guest speaker, but instead chose to put on b lack r enaissance because they