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February 20, 2014 On a visit to a U.S.-funded mine-risk education seminar in Kayah State, Jerry White stands with fellow landmine survivors. U.S.-supported mine-risk education in Burma can serve as a platform to build trust between these armed groups, the military and the Burmese government. Photo courtesy of the U.S. State Department. Turning Tragedy into a Sense of Mission: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Talks at PLU on Facing and Overcoming Obstacles By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing

declares that the key demands of queer and trans politics are to be offered entry into legal marriage and the military. Anti-colonial, feminist and anti-racist queer and trans activists and scholars contest this, Spade says, and argue that the alignment of this pro-military, pro-marriage gay and lesbian rights politics with the global war on terror and the explosive growth of racialized criminalization and imprisonment are no coincidence.Event Details What: Dean Spade: “Romantic Notions: Soldiers

verge of dropping out and here I am, about to be commencement speaker.”Theo Hofrenning, politics and government major Theo Hofrenning '17 By Brooke Thames ’18 Theo Hofrenning grew up talking politics at the dinner table, so deciding to earn a politics and government degree from Pacific Lutheran University felt only natural. He said it’s practical to his everyday life. “I think it’s a good area of study because it’s just applied philosophy,” Hofrenning said. “I read the newspaper, I’m able to

. Committee co-chair Guy Jensen believes the best way to give the relay that level of notoriety is to make it a fun, social event. To that end, the entertainment sub-committee is busy devising creative ways to get people engaged and keep them entertained. Prior to the event, the committee is teaming up with campus organizations to host campus events that will both help raise funds and raise awareness. Teams are also encouraged to plan their own fund-raising events. First up is a Relay for Life dance in

themselves. His idea that the unexamined life is not worthy living is referenced often. But what did examining life get him? Executed! Maybe the unexamined life is not worth living, but at least you get to live. Original thinkers have often faced persecution, exile and execution. Thinking can be dangerous. Putting your thoughts out into the public arena where they can be acted on can be deadly, for yourself or for others. Ideas about individuality and democracy obviously changed the world, but many died

April 26, 2013 PLU Student Involvement organized this year’s Relay For Life event on upper campus Friday April 26. (Photo by Thomas Soerenes ’14) Relay For Life at PLU raises nearly $20,000 By Jesse Major ’14 Roughly 200 people attended the PLU Relay For Life April 26 and raised nearly $20,000. Relay For Life is a volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society. Each relay team is required to have one person walking on the track at all times during the event. Mackenzie

asset advisors ranked Foss the lowest of all PLU residence halls on their NAV (net asset value) scale and recommended that the university remove it from its residential hall portfolio. In addition to the cost-prohibitive modernization of Foss being, Executive Director of Residential Life Tom Huelsbeck shared with Mast Media that PLU has ample on-campus student housing options, even with the subtraction of Foss. Foss has been used throughout this summer to house conference attendees, but it will not

The 2015 PLU Celebration of Leadership Posted by: Zach Powers / May 12, 2015 May 12, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (May 12, 2015)— The 2015 Celebration of Leadership recognized students who live lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care while empowering their peers to do the same. On Monday, May 11, the Division of Student Life welcomed PLU faculty, administrators, staff and students to Chris Knutzen Hall to celebrate the contributions of student leaders who have excelled academically and

campus life—and present a moving, enlightening evening of personal storytelling and public debate. The four students are part of iDebate Rwanda, a nongovernmental organization that uses debate to give young East Africans the tools to change their world by teaching them how to think critically, solve problems creatively and impact their society. PLU is the second stop on the group’s 2015 U.S. tour, “Voices from the Post-Genocide Generation’’—and one of only two on the West Coast. The students’ visit

August 18, 2010 Contributions to Excellence By Steve Hansen Alumnae are a proud group of people. Instilled with a passion to give of themselves. Jean (Hesla ’50) Kopta is no exception. Kopta graduated from PLU in 1950 with the bachelor’s degree in education. Jean (Hesla ’50) Kopta. Later in her life, she returned to school to obtain her Master’s degree in vocal performance. Her passion was to share her love of singing and music by teaching voice lessons. She landed at PLU at the Department of