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people are pursuers and both people are pursued. There is a mutual desire to engage in that activity. We as a society have a hard time understanding that. The program concluded with questions from the audience that addressed the process used by PLU to investigate reports of sexual assault, why a student would report a crime as serious as sexual assault to his or her university instead of just to the state, and why universities have been reluctant to report cases of sexual assault on their campuses

in the next era of leadership at the Rainbow Center as interim director. She’s running the organization until a new leader is appointed this spring. The center sits on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, distinguished by the rainbow flag in the window. The organization supports the local LGBTQ community by providing access to a variety LGBTQ resources, including the center’s own crime-victim advocacy program. The center also hosts a number of community drop-in hours as well as potlucks

large pieces of paper with a hurtful word or phrase on them.  They are tearing the papers to indicated their disapproval of the expressions.  Examples include “Retard,” “That’s So Gay,” “You’re Too White,” “You’re Too Black,” “Homo,” and questions like “No, where are you REALLY from?” and “What Are You?”—and even one that left me nonplussed, because I hadn’t thought about how it might be offensive to someone who is disabled: “Lame” or “That’s So Lame.” We then approached Clear Channel Communications

2022, the group consistently plays all-over the South Sound. The quartet includes Felix Halvorson (guitar), Benjamin Martin (saxophone), Josh Hansel (drums) and Joshua Greene (bass). instagram.com/rainierquartet Tacoma’s Indie-Pop rising stars Dead Amy join the Rainier Quartet. Dead Amy busted onto the local indie scene last April after a headlining performance at Alma for 90.1 KUPS’ KUPS Fest. The four piece consists of Audrey White (vocals, guitar), Tatiana Klein (vocals, guitar), Wendell Ratliff

present to a larger audience,” Cunningham said. “I thought, these are the kinds of experiences that are missing for our students (of color): the development experiences. “This is a chance to intentionally create space for a marginalized community here on campus, especially because the majority of folks that attend here are white women. It’s important that we pause and make it visible, so that we all understand the value of what we contribute to this campus life.”“Butterfly Confessions” runs Nov. 1

was that it applies just as much to mental tools. These are pieces that I have thrown for demonstrations in class, there are a lot of test pieces. The big, white blocky things are all molds that I use in my work, and some of those pieces are slip-casts and molded forms that are up above. It's a junk collector shelf. There are a few, kind-of-nice test pieces that are done. My favorite day of the week is Sunday night because I am coming back to the studio. My worst day of the week is Friday

offer her important financial aid because “They were willing to work with [her] because [she] was a first-generation student.” As a first-generation student of immigrant parents, Isamar was facing a college experience as a minority in more ways than one. As part of a campus with a white majority she sought out a community who she could share her experiences with. “I think that going into campus we were really the minority and you could tell. First generation students really do have a hard time

practices and equity-focused practices were something I needed to work on,” Anderson said. “I’m a white cisgender female teacher and I know I have implicit biases because of my background and because of how I grew up.” PLU professors Wendy Gardiner, Ksenija Simic-Muller and Andrea Munro were co-collaborators on landing the NSF grant in 2020.Learn more about PLU's Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher ProgramThe CS-STEM Program is designed for senior PLU undergraduate students who plan to enter the PLU

January 18, 2008 T-shirts make a splash in Brazil It’s a simple T-shirt, black cotton with silk-screened words. The white “Sojourner” across the chest identifies the PLU students as temporary guests in another country. The phrase “global citizen,” screened in Portuguese, English and Spanish on the back, represents the countries the students are visiting – Brazil and Argentina. The students are investigating the impact of globalization on South America. They are one of 27 groups currently

White House, Buzz Aldrin’s memorabilia from his Apollo moon missions, a Chagall painting and Ulysses S. Grant’s Civil War sword – which sold for $1.5 million. Then there are the items that are also expensive, but as Imhof notes, less serious. Items such as Anna Nicole Smith’s personal diary, which sold for more than $50,000; a lock of Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara’s hair, selling for$100,000; and a rare “Bride of Frankenstein” poster for more than $300,000. In total, Imhof spent 18 months