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– have guided the ranch to produce mainly organic beef, as well as organic chicken, pork, lamb and turkey. Thundering Hooves provides meat to food clubs in the Seattle area – and to PLU. The organic beef is just one of the many organic and local food items that have made their way into The Commons as roast beef sandwiches, pot roast and French dip. Joel Huesby recounted the “holy cow” moment 10 years ago that prompted the family decision to go organic: The ranch had received a cow that was barren

major, she looks at how a supposedly loving God could sit back and watch his son be tortured to death. But apart from the underlying theology of “The Shack,” or the Bible, this question speaks to Parks on a much more personal level. When Parks’ mom was 8-years-old, her grandfather walked out on the family. From then on, Allison’s mother had to basically raise her two younger siblings, since her own mother fell into a deep depression. Parks met her grandfather when she was young, and of course never

November 22, 2011 Isabel Moore plays with her new therapy dog Luka. (John Froschauer 2011) Canine offers friendship, safety for child By: Katie Scaff ’13 This fall, 4-year-old Isabel Moore made more than a new friend when she met Luka, a one-year-old therapy dog. A few students in PLU’s Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program helped that happen. It all began when Maggie Woods, a second year student in PLU’s MFT program, read an article about Isabel in July. Isabel was diagnosed with autism in

relocate the family to his native Australia to hopefully make his recuperation process a bit easier. Now, Nicole, Paul, and their two young daughters live in Ocean Grove on the Southeast coast of Australia near Melbourne. Their moving process was documented on a recent episode of HGTV’s House Hunters International, but the process of moving and filming a TV show, while fun, wasn’t always easy.How did you get involved with HGTV, and what was the pre-filming process like?  We spent our last three weeks

word that has defined so much pain for our friends, family, and ancestors? By allowing ourselves to believe that a word as strong as inequality can be defeated by something as simple as an opportunity. An opportunity to do right. An opportunity to show that all life is of value. An opportunity to allow those who don’t have the proper circumstances to achieve their dreams, a chance to shine. In this so called “land of opportunity” we have a chance to do something that matters. To take a stand

students? “Everything just felt so nice – everyone was so welcoming,” she said. Alazadi values community – it is an essential component of her family life and her Muslim faith. Her family fled Nasiriyah, Iraq, in 1990 after a failed uprising and a subsequent crackdown from dictator Saddam Hussein. After four years in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia, she and her family landed in Everett, Wash. She was only four. The tight-knit Iraqi community of 100- or-so families has sustained her ever since. Alazadi’s

the social role women and water in India. (Photo by John Froschauer) Meghalaya is a matrilineal society, which means that family inheritance is passed down through the women, but this doesn’t mean their rights are guaranteed, according to Puwein.“Decision-making resides with the males in the family,” Puwein explained. “Women are suffering, are victims of violence. Women are abandoned by their fathers.” The women also do a significant amount of work. In addition to looking after the children, women

word that has defined so much pain for our friends, family, and ancestors? By allowing ourselves to believe that a word as strong as inequality can be defeated by something as simple as an opportunity. An opportunity to do right. An opportunity to show that all life is of value. An opportunity to allow those who don’t have the proper circumstances to achieve their dreams, a chance to shine. In this so called “land of opportunity” we have a chance to do something that matters. To take a stand

evaluated the proposal. “Artificial intelligence and human resources are a location where ethics, technology, and business intersect dramatically,” Halvorson said. “We are excited about the research that this innovative team is engaging in, and I look forward to their presentation during Spring 2021 when we can consider what they have discovered. I am grateful to the Benson Family Foundation for funding this innovative project.” Ben Merrill will be a senior at PLU in the Fall, majoring in Business

, Cory. The ensuing family tension struck a chord with Wallace. “It was definitely personal. For me and my dad … It was strict, it was tough, it was supposed to be what most people consider tough love,” he said. “I think that sometimes we forget that tough love isn’t always the answer. But the way that Troy shows and expresses his love to his son, with that tough love, was very similar to how my dad expressed his love to me.” Race is an underlying theme throughout the play, as “Fences” illustrates