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Social work major and working mom Teranejah Lucas ’23 explores the politics and power of Black hair in her capstone Posted by: Zach Powers / March 30, 2023 Image: Teranejah Lucas ’23 is a case worker at a behavioral health clinic, a full-time student, and will be beginning graduate school this fall. Her 6-year-old daughter, Alanna, is a talented dancer and wrestler. (Photos by Sy Bean/PLU) March 30, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTeranejah Lucas, 28, is now in her

considered legitimate expressions of affection. But at its core, it is not a love that can offer her the freedom she so desires and that viewers desire for her as well. In the season two finale, Georgiana discovers not only that Charles is no more than a con-artist, but also that she has been the designer of her freedom all along. While she cannot control the perceptions of others, she does control how she expresses herself, and her hairstyle choices are significant examples of this. Throughout seasons

be drawing for an archaeological project, students not only have to do research and preliminary studies; they also have to communicate with someone else at stages of its development to show the progress and get feedback and make changes based upon that feedback. I saw it as a great opportunity for students to experience. Instead of having one student doing something for him, I tried to give students the opportunity to build something over time. Andrews: My specialty is stone-tool analysis, so I

Sunshine Private School’s All Girl Marimba Band and the PLU Percussion Ensemble. Once back at PLU, she created a multimedia exhibit featuring music and video from the marimba band and local batik art masks. Later that year, in October, the Percussion Ensemble played some of the Sunshine marimba band’s songs at its fall concert. When PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education told her about the Fulbright program in 2021, Larios saw the grant as a way to finish what she started — both with her research and

to various features of this world and its inhabitants most adequately explained by reference to a monotheistic God. However intriguing such an approach might look at first glance, though, many would object that the enterprise is doomed to failure. The three most common objections seem to be that religion is inaccessible (because it is above reason), that science is inapplicable (because it deals with probabilities), and that any merging of the two is inappropriate (because of the demands of

continues to be the choice art form for so many talented vocalists and composers? There are many reasons why vocalists and composers will participate in the choral genre. Speaking for myself, I enjoy singing and feel great satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment when singing in a choir. Singing is a full-body physical activity that is connected to emotions and mental well-being, and there’s even research on its correlation to affecting heart rate. I believe each chorus member fulfills a need when