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November 1, 2010 What is ‘social justice’? And why should you care? By Kari Plog ’11 In the first floor of PLU’s University Center, students fill the overstuffed couches – some studying, some texting their friends, some just hanging out. It’s what happens at the Diversity Center all the time. The “D Center,” as it is known, is a great place to hang out. It is also a great place to tackle big issues – like power, privilege, equity and inclusiveness. It can be both. In fact, that’s the whole

traveled to Cuba in 2010 through Witness for Peace, to observe Cuba’s health care system. Wilson anticipates retiring in 2012 from her part-time job at Deaconess Medical Center’s Hyperbaric Wound Care Center. But she plans to remain active, and says she may even remain on-call after she retires. Marilynne and Lewis are undecided as to when they will fully retire. “We have always felt we wanted to contribute,” she said. Wilson also expects to stay involved with Spokane’s Peace and Justice Action League

more trip to China and one more question to answer: What’s next? “Do you tear it down and reconstruct exactly what was there, but with approval this time?” Manfredi said. “It’s very open ended.” We will all know in the Spring of 2013, when he hopes to have the documentary finished. Read Previous Lives of Service: It’s what neighbors do Read Next PLU MFA Program presents Alaskan writers at Richard Hugo House COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might

Rilke in saying “have patience’s (and) love the questions, and live the questions now, then someday, far in the future, you will…live your way into the answer.” And finally, Anderson addressed the topic of courage. In this topic, he turned to the late Steve Jobs, who noted in his now-famous 2005 Stanford University address that “your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life…Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage

commitment to the overall success of all students in a post-secondary setting.” He continues: “Throughout her time, Laura has been an active agent in assisting students to pursue and achieve their highest aspirations personally, academically, and professionally. Additionally, Laura has been a strong and able leader of the campus community in a wide range of leadership capabilities.” Also in her nominating packet PLU student Haley Miller ’13, chair of the University Student Media Board, wrote: “Dr

-winning journalist and author Robin Wright will talk about the middle east during the Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture. Wright has reported from 140 countries, and her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Time, The Atlantic and The Sunday Times. Her foreign tours include the Middle East, Europe, Africa and several years as a roving foreign correspondent worldwide. She has covered a dozen wars and several revolutions. Until 2008, she covered U.S. foreign

. I am immensely proud of my staff and the hard work that was put into this in-depth reporting and the product we came up with on such short notice.” Jack Sorensen, the editor of the Focus section at the time and reporter, Emily Biggs were named in the award along with the staff of the Mooring Mast. National Mark of Excellence Award winners are chosen from the first-place category winners in each of SPJ’s 12 regions. PLU won four First Place awards at the regional level this year. The 2012 contest

is no stranger to the national spotlight. The Today piece focused on new studies that show life in the womb is much busier than you might expect. Moon’s research on babies’ voice recognition, for example, indicates that since a baby’s ears are fully formed about halfway through pregnancy, a baby might know its mom’s voice by the time it’s born. When hours-old newborns are given a pacifier to suck on while hearing a recording of their mother’s voice, Moon found, they would suck faster, suggesting

critical life skills: time management, risk taking and, most of all, patience.”Spring also works at Springtide Press, runs the Elliott Press at PLU and is part of the creative duo the Dead Feminists broadsides, a series of letterpress prints highlighting historical feminists. Her work is included in collections around the globe. Spring is currently taking a year of absence from PLU and plans to return in Fall 2015. Along with her fellow award recipients, Spring will be honored at the annual Tacoma Arts

swap in December. UnPLUgged has been an annual series at PLU since 2009, but this is the first time the events have been so well attended, Huff said. Huff said the greatest attention-getter for this year’s series will be the forthcoming recycling fashion show. Teams made up of clubs, sports and organizations will come together and be challenged to make clothing out of recyclable paper, plastics and mixed waste. “The event is really supposed to educate people about all the clothes in landfills