THE GEORGE A. ANDREWS DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES: The George A. Andrews Distinguished Speaker Series presents Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and Newsweek essayist George F. Will. Will is arguably the country’s foremost conservative voice. His popular twice-weekly column for The Washington Post syndicate reaches nearly 500 newspapers throughout the United States and Europe, and he appears regularly on ABC’s This Week. He is a prolific author with titles including The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America’s Fabric, Bunts, One Man's America, and Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball, which topped The New York Times best-seller list. His Principia College address, titled “The Political Argument Today,” will present incisive commentary on the Washington political scene and offer a glimpse into what the future holds for public affairs, public policy, and American society. Will is a Syndicated Columnist for the Washington Post and Newsweek

CONTEST: Principia College students are invited to submit a 600-800 word op-ed piece on a current events topic relevant to college students and their government.  The winning documents will be written in the style of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will (it does not have to be from his political persuasion.)   
 
PRIZES: The winning writer will receive a $500 cash prize and the piece will be critiqued by a nationally published opinion writer/teacher. The winning piece will also be presented to George Will on the night of the George A. Andrews address.  Each of the two runners-up will receive a $250 cash prize.
 
LINKS TO GEORGE WILL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
http://www.postwritersgroup.com/will.htm
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/rss/linksets/opinions/george-will
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/george_will/
 
DEADLINE: All submissions must be sent (by e-mail only) to tim.booth@principia.edu by 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 16.

OPINION WRITING WORKSHOP: Nationally published opinion writer and recent Prin College alum Ron Meyer will conduct two workshops on writing Op-Ed Pieces.  Workshop I will be from 4:30-6:00 PM on Thursday, September 8th in SG 208.  Workshop II will be from 3:00-4:30 PM on Friday, September 9 in the President's Conference Room.  Learn the basics and a few of the finer points too.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will
The George A. Andrews Distinguished Speaker Series
8:00 pm, September 9, 2011 Cox Auditorium