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knowing the questions,” Zhou said. Like many of the 165 freshmen that attended this year’s overnight event at Camp Berachah, Zhou was hoping to meet new people. She did and says she still has very good friends that she met from last year’s EXPLORE!. “It’s a good opportunity to get to know other students,” she said. It’s something freshman Brandy Curtis was hoping for and the facilitators at EXPLORE! didn’t delay in trying to deliver. Shortly after the one-night campers arrived, staff, faculty and

to an event that may yet be defined as the greatest crime in modern history,” Kurt Mayer wrote. “I am telling my story because we must continue to learn from the lessons of the past.” Mayer was the first person of the Jewish faith to serve on Pacific Lutheran University’s Board of Regents, serving from 1995 to 2005. He was instrumental in the development of the university’s Holocaust Studies Program. Mayer’s family was one of two prominent Tacoma area families who funded a $1 million endowed

February 16, 2010 Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chaser,” Reed Timmer, comes to PLU By Brielle Erickson The annual Meant to Live program is right around the corner here at Pacific Lutheran University, and this year’s two-day event is sure to have something for everyone – including those who might want to explore their more adventurous sides. The Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chaser” Reed Timmer is the keynote speaker for Meant to Live. The keynote address of this year’s Meant to Live program will be

natural horn lesson with specialist, Andrew Clark.  My past experience has shown me that these types of events are valuable for all levels and all kinds of musicians.” The Horn Symposium is an annual event that changes location every year based on who is able and willing to host it. Members of the Northwest Horn Society have been undertaking these symposia for several years now with the goal of educating and promoting excellence in horn playing. The last time it was held at PLU was in the 1990s.   The

. Urrea visited Professor Jason Skipper’s class in the afternoon before taking the stage at a presidential inauguration event in Lagerquist Concert Hall to talk about his unusual upbringing which helped inspire his novel. “I think I became a writer partially because it was safer to stay inside to read,” Urrea joked. Urrea was born to an American mother and Mexican father in Tijuana, but moved to the U.S. after contracting tuberculosis, which ended up destroying his hometown neighborhood. It wasn’t

few hours earlier. Hansen opted for the five for $5 deal and managed to eat two of his fried butterballs before telling his friends, “I think I’m going to puke.” With their stomachs full of fried American delicacies, the three decided to get in some time on the rides and try their hand at the ring toss before it was time to head back to campus. The trip to the fair is an annual event, but this was the first year International Student Services planned it. In years prior, the International Student