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April 6, 2009 ‘Lofty’ is just a word to crush For as far as the eye-can see white follows the landscape, lightly bleeding into a calm blue sky. Wind can make or break success and even determine survival here. There are no animals and the conditions often make any adventure silent amongst its travelers. This is Antarctica and in 2001 Liv Arnesen, from Norway, and Ann Bancroft, from Minnesota, became the first women to make the trip across the continent through the South Pole. On March 31, the

season of “Storm Chasers.” Since then, Timmer has taken it one step further and developed the “TVN Dominator,” an armored radar vehicle that measures the vertical wind speeds of strong tornadoes. He is currently working towards a PhD in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, and plans to continue storm chasing: “I’ll be storm chasing until the day that I die!” Timmer’s keynote address will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 22 in the University Center, Chris Knutzen Hall. Other highlights of Meant to Live 2010

Avenue Theatre.) Helland landed the part of Ado Annie, performing that part during the months of February and March. After “Oklahoma!” wrapped, she started preparations for the concert version of “Titanic,” along with PLU’s Choral Union, and then on to the ensemble in “Rent.” Helland can’t keep from shaking her head in disbelief at landing the parts so quickly so fast. “I guess my advice is that if you want to be an actor, then do it,” she said. “Take that chance.” Read Previous Saugen Transfer

brought the city to life, and that’s exactly what we wanted. FOR MORE INFORMATION To learn more about The Calixtlahuaca Archaeological Project and the city of Calixtlahuaca, please visit the official website. Bradford Andrews has written blogs about this anthropology and art collaboration.         Read Previous PLU Community Encouraged to Attend Listening Session Regarding JBLM Personnel Cuts Read Next PLU Wind Ensemble to Premiere Crowd-Commissioned Composition on Tour of Tennessee COMMENTS*Note: All

find so inspiring? I read the prose some years ago. I thought it was very profound, and I’ve always had it sitting in the back of my mind. Carl Sagan talks about the vastness of the cosmos, and yet humanity’s focus is always very Earth-centric. Everything we’ve ever known is right here on earth, yet we’re so, so tiny in the great scheme of things.I thought this would be a great concept to write a piece of music about, but I’d never found the right ensemble to write it for. When Mark Robins asked me

include compositions for clarinet, piano and bass, and one piece will premier a harpsichord that Dorothy Reid actually built. University Communications staff writer Barbara Clements compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 7427 or at clemenba@plu.edu. Photo by University Photographer Jordan Hartman. Read Previous Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self Read Next UC, Morken powered by wind turbines COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't

snow-tinged wind outside, they’d survive on their own, Swanson notes proudly. All told, about 100 of these chicks will be carefully nurtured through the summer and fall. Then, they will grace holiday tables of Seattle and Bellevue gourmands willing to pay $70 for about 15 pounds of meat. The chicks are among the many animals raised at Thundering Hooves Ranch. The children of Lois ’59 and Gordon Huesby ’56 – Joel and Cynthia Huesby, Clarice ’89 and Keith Swanson ’89, and Brian and Jenny Huesby

my parents for the first time over the weekend as well, so the plan was to run as fast as possible to minimize the time she had to spend alone with my parents. At least one of the two things went well. The constant barrage of rain along with the wind and cold turned my original goal upside down. Sub-3 turned into 3:10, then 3:20. Finally, freezing and drenched, I stumbled across the finish line in 3:29. My girlfriend and parents patiently waited the extra half hour, cheering me on as I belatedly

music program and our country very well. It was also a wonderful opportunity for our students to hear groups from other countries and to interact with fellow singers from all over the world.” In addition to the Grand Prize, PLU took home gold awards in the Sacred Music and Mixed Choir divisions. PLU’s Chamber Singers (eight singers from the Choir of the West) won Gold in the Vocal Ensemble division. Both PLU choirs were selected to perform in the Grand Prize competition with five other choirs. The

do, and create something where there was once absolutely nothing.” Shatter’d, a 30 minute adaptation of The Life and Death of King Richard II shows the following weekend. The play covers the rise and fall of Richard’s reign as King from within the prison cell where he resides until his execution. The high-energy, ensemble-based, experimental theatre piece uses Shakespeare’s language to explore larger themes such as the human perception of time. “Student collaboration is at the heart of the PLU