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“empowerment” and what it means to them as individuals. “These are topics that the normal audience, actors, director would run from, but the play won a Pulitzer Prize so obviously the playwright handled these issues very well,” says Dr. Lori Lee Wallace, director of How I Learned to Drive. “Paula Vogel is sort of a genius, she took an issue which could be viewed very black and white and just covered it with color, and it turned out to be a really beautiful story.” Set in rural Maryland the play recounts

in America. Deeply inspired by James Baldwin, Coates details the ways in which he experiences institutional racism from schools, the police and even “the streets”. However, unlike Baldwin the author views white supremacy as an indestructible force that black Americans cannot evade or erase but will continue to struggle against. Between the World and Me has captured the attention of faculty, staff, and students across the university, sparking collaborations across campus, including an invited

“empowerment” and what it means to them as individuals. “These are topics that the normal audience, actors, director would run from, but the play won a Pulitzer Prize so obviously the playwright handled these issues very well,” says Dr. Lori Lee Wallace, director of How I Learned to Drive. “Paula Vogel is sort of a genius, she took an issue which could be viewed very black and white and just covered it with color, and it turned out to be a really beautiful story.” Set in rural Maryland the play recounts

stressful your week, and how much you wished, at the time, for the trip’s immediate rescue from your stack of piling worries. Sleep is just too precious. But you’re here now, and so you stuff into a white 14-passenger van, and introduce yourself via some camp-type name game, providing, along with your name, a major and place of birth. The fellow next to you is from Alaska. You wonder briefly what brought him to PLU to study psychology. You watch Tacoma out the window. A pillow would be messianic, you

September 25, 2014 Q&A With Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 Rave Reviews Are Rolling in For Her New Book, ‘Perfectly Good White Boy’ By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Right out of the gate, Carrie Mesrobian’s first young-adult novel, Sex & Violence, racked up some serious accolades: •    2014 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist •    YALSA’s 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee •    Cybils Best Young Adult Fiction finalist •    Winner, 2014 Minnesota Book Award, Young

? The white supremacist, capitalist notion of time is that progress is forward-moving rather than simultaneously connected to the past, present and future. So, yes, the idea of newness and progress that “innovation” often brings up needs to be unpacked. Narrator’s Interjection: Awkward silence on the part of the person tasked with writing a story on “Innovation in D&I” for the “Innovation” issue of ResoLute. Tyler Dobies ’16, and Maya Perez ’16 at Gasworks Park in Seattle. (Photographs by John

without the privilege to serve or travel abroad. Wiley, Urdangarain and Shah explore how service impacts indigenous communities, the need to exercise care in the context of service, and the ways in which the White Savior Complex manifests itself through service.Katherine Wiley traveled to semi-rural Mauritania, first as a Peace Corp volunteer and then again to conduct research analyzing how ex-slaves and slave descendants are understanding their identities and reworking social hierarchy in a country

support of gay issues were invited to draw on the dress with their choice of colored markers. “We just thought that it was a very stark image,” Mikheyev said. “Also we felt it was a very strong and unusual activism piece to get participation in the event.” But club members weren’t beyond giving those that disagree with them a chance to express themselves. A white board was placed near the wedding dress display to give those that oppose supporting gay issues a voice. A few students signed. “We wanted

the year. This year’s celebration is led by 15 outstanding PLU students, one of whom will be crowned PLU’s Lucia and receive a $500 scholarship. In Sweden, Lucia Day is celebrated on Dec. 13 in schools and in the workplace. In Swedish homes, the eldest daughter rises early in the morning, dresses in a white gown with a red sash and wears a crown of candles in her hair. She wakes her family at dawn and serves coffee, gingerbread cookies and Lussekatter. The Lucia custom was introduced to the PLU

inequality on campus. Continuing a critical dialogue is another step that can help gain solidarity on campus.” According to a 2014 USA Today story, a white police officer killed a black person twice a week from 2005 to 2012. This statistic, in the opinion of Harris, transcends any fading media focus. “Just because Ferguson may not be a hot topic any more in the media or on campus does not mean that it is not within the black community,” she said. “This a reality we are forced to live.” Read Previous