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September 1, 2009 11:15 a.m. – Mr. MacDougall’s seventh grade language arts class “I can wait.”With those three words, silence drops on the class of Joel MacDougall ’97.The 25 students know that for every second they continue to jabber, that time will be taken from lunch break or added to the last hour of the day. When they quiet, MacDougall, 34, reviews the basic concepts of “Where the Red Fern Grows.” What is the name of the two dogs? The main character? What gave Billie the idea to buy dogs

delicious! The students in the Trinidad program always read a novel by Earl Lovelace, one of Trinidad’s two most famous authors (the other is V.S. Naipaul). Lovelace wrote The Dragon Can’t Dance in 1979 which has remained one of the most loved and read novels in Trinidad’s history. It is an amazing read in part because Lovelace has a unique style and cadence (which earned him the Commonwealth Prize for Literature in the 1990s for another novel, Salt). Dr. Youtz said, “It has never been more important

a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to publish a novel that has one of those delicious medallions on the cover,” she explains. “It’s the dream!” “Being nominated for the Morris Award is a bit like being nominated for an Oscar in our world—it’s absolutely huge!” says

”. On finding who you are as an artist: When you’re a kid in the second grade, they are teaching you to write. You have 26 letters and they didn’t tell you that with 26 letters, your personality is going to jump out. Not today, not tomorrow, but in your signature and in your writing - you can’t stop it. Well, art is the same way. If you do it over and over and over and over again as much as you’ve signed your name and written, whatever you’ve made is going to have your personality. No matter what

woman.”” “She was an activist-author who never shied away from difficult subjects, but instead, embraced them in all their complexity. Lorde was a critic of second-wave feminism, helmed by white, middle-class women, and wrote that gender oppression was not inseparable from other oppressive systems like racism, classism and homophobia. She has made lasting contributions in the fields of feminist theory, critical race studies and queer theory through her pedagogy and writing.” – from https

, who this semester moved to Tingelstad Residence Hall – or T-stad as it is called by students – for a residence advisor position. Normally that’d be no big deal, except that Ordal faced Tingelstad head-to-head in the second round of the UnPLUgged tournament. The tournament is a yearlong challenge in which eight campus residence halls compete to see which is using the least energy – with the loser knocked out of the competition. After the first round last fall, the entire campus shed nearly 48,000

Cosmosis: combining the art of music with the inquiry of science Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 In Cosmosis, the final 2013 SOAC FOCUS Series Event, musicians and scientists explore how failure can empower us to pursue knowledge and success. The three-part event will take place in Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 8 pm. The first part will feature works by Jonathan Newman, Beethoven and John Mackey. The second part

seed, on Thursday, Nov. 13 in the first round. The Lutes won the first two sets from Prairie Wolves before losing the next three and the match. They finished the season with a 20-7 record. In addition to conference rule and post season appearances, the team swept the top two conference awards for the second straight year. Several PLU players also made all-conference team honors. Sophomore outside hitter, Beth Hanna, was named Player of the Year by Northwest Conference coaches. Aoki, in his 13th

February 9, 2012 Philosophy Department to host Food Symposium PLU’s Philosophy Department will host a two-day Food Symposium on Feb. 20 and 21. On Monday, Feb. 20, there will be closed sessions for invited participants only, but on Tuesday, Feb. 21, PLU students, staff, and faculty, as well as the greater community, are invited to attend the sessions which cover a variety of topics on food and food ethics. The second day of the symposium features more than a dozen speakers, including keynote

Temple as a childhood influence, and there is a certain Temple-esque wide-eyed stare she intersperses between Mary’s phrases to hilarious effect. Challenged to a dance-off though, Mary would probably tap over everyone’s toes. Whereas Sophie Thompson’s Mary in Roger Michel’s 1995 Persuasion makes withering remarks in a soft but even voice, Netflix’s updated Mary lilts her voice up at the end of sentences and says everything like it’s the first thing that’s come to mind and must be aired. Critics might