![Nicholas Dillon, 9th grader at Woodrow Wilson High School, waits with boredom for the judging period to end. Dillon received a second place award for his project.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/03/science-fair-sm.jpg)
Students explore
From the opposite sex, to light refraction to puppies – all is explored at regional science fair By Loren Liden ’11 Hundreds of students, of all ages, and from schools all across the region, participated in this year’s South Sound Regional Science Fair on March…
![Famous carpet, known as “alfombra.” Created by the families or businesses who reside street-side, these carpets fill the street and are created by taking sawdust and dye made of palm plants, pine needles and produce.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/03/alt-spring-break-med.jpg)
Back to Guatemala
Alternative Spring Break takes group back to Guatemala By Loren Liden ’11 This year, ten PLU students and five PLU staff will return to Antigua, Guatemala for the first time in five years on an Alternative Spring Break trip. In fact, Antigua is where PLU…
![Professor teaching students on a laptop](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/03/classroom-med.jpg)
PLU’s business school listed in The Princeton Review
PLU, one of top business schools nationwide named to The Princeton Review’s “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools” By Greg Brewis Pacific Lutheran University is one of 15 graduate schools of business named to The Princeton Review’s second annual “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools.”…
![Provost Steven P. Starkovich](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/03/starkovitch-med.jpg)
Starkovich named provost
Starkovich named provost By Greg Brewis Steven P. Starkovich has been named provost and dean of graduate studies through the 2011-12 academic year. Provost Steven P. Starkovich He had been serving as acting provost this year during the sabbatical leave of Patricia O’Connell Killen. She…
![Holocaust survivor Philip Wagenaar shares his story at PLU's third annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/03/holocaust-med.jpg)
Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons
Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons By Chris Albert, Barbara Clements, Loren Liden ’11 The silence of the ghetto in 1940s Holland is broken by whistling, shouting and the thud of doors being kicked in by the S.S. The teenage Philip Wagenaar, lays in his…
![Julia Rodrigues and Jason Sipe helped their respective residence halls in a battle to reduce energy consumption.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/03/unplugged-med.jpg)
Power off – Competition on!
Power off – Competition on! By Chris Albert A mid-season loss of Ordal Residence Hall’s most valuable player may have been the difference between victory and defeat in PLU’s UnPLUgged tournament. “We lost our star player,” said Ordal’s current sustainability coordinator, Jason Sipe. Julia Rodrigues…
![Body Fat Calculator measuring a persons waist](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/02/bodyimage-med.jpg)
Raising awareness through song
Raising awareness through song By Chris Albert PLU students Emily Branch and Marina Pitassi found a way to creatively bring to light the realities of body image in the world today – write a song and make a music video. Then posted it on…
![Footprint in the dirt](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/02/climate-action-plan-med.jpg)
Road map to a green campus
Road map to a green campus At PLU, sustainable practices isn’t just a buzzword or passing fad By Chris Albert This semester, the university has put the concept into action by making a comprehensive sustainability plan – PLU’s Climate Action Plan and Sustainability Guide. PLU…
![Matt Kennedy ’07 traveled to Uganda between 2008-2010 to organize soccer tournaments. Here is poses with young Ungandans.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/02/matt-med.jpg)
Matt Kennedy wanted to make a difference
A leap of faith: one Lute finds that one person can make a difference By Barbara Clements Matt Kennedy ’07 sat in front of his computer screen and tried not to hyperventilate. On one side of the screen was his bank account, on the other…
![Plate of food including french fries and coleslaw](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/01/food-med.jpg)
Uganda: Food blog
Uganda: Food blog By Theodore Charles ’12 One of the things I have found most exciting about living in Kampala is trying a variety of different cultural foods. There are many different places that you can try these foods, ranging from expensive and boutique to…
![Hippos](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/01/hippos-med.jpg)
Uganda: Market Exploration
Uganda: Market Exploration By Theodore Charles Over the past couple of days I have been experimenting with the local system of bartering. There is a local price and ‘Mzungu price’ which is usually double that of the local one. In one market, where I purchased…
![“The dirt road stretch between Masindi and our camp yielded a variety of creatures, including Hookbills, a bird the size of a child, baboons, warthogs, and small swarms of tsetse flies.” (By Theodore Charles ’12)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2010/01/bird-med.jpg)
Uganda: Murchison Falls Narrative
Uganda: Murchison Falls Narrative By Theodore Charles ’12 This was originally recorded on the intensely bumpy dirt road back from Murchison Falls to Kampala, a trip that takes approximately five hours depending on the speed of the driver you have, which in our case was…