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November 3, 2008 Election could bring health care reform As an estimated 47 million in the United States remain uninsured and health care costs continue to rise, Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about access to affordable, quality health care. Presidential candidates are talking about reforming the health care system, although few details are forthcoming. For the first time since the early 1990s, the U.S. political environment offers the real possibility of fundamental health

Behrens, the grant means he will continue his work into researching prickleback fishes indigenous to the Olympic peninsula. Behrens will study of the digestive physiology of tidepool fishes, and how temperature and diet affect the growth in the species. This will further the research into why some areas support fish that are herbivores, while other parts of the globe support fish that are basically carnivores and omnivores. It’s been recognized since the early 1960s that there are lots of herbivores

Arntson and Carol Quigg. The class had raised almost $70,000. Berntsen described Forness as a cautious, quiet professor type who took great care of himself after having a heart problem in early 2008. By the time of the reunion, his classmates noticed that he seemed to look healthier than he did when he was a student. Then everything changed. In mid- February Forness had a heart attack. It was severe enough that his heart could not be completely repaired. Then, in quick succession he had a stroke

gifts is used to support the university’s mission and educational programs. The university’s endowment has grown significantly in recent years from $8 million in the early 1990s to more than $70 million today. Deferred gifts and pledges to the endowment now total nearly $100 million. In keeping with the objectives specified in the university’s long-range plan “PLU 2010: The Next Level of Distinction” and under Killen’s leadership, the academic sector has set out six areas in which future endowment

Force. The PLU ROTC program is associated with the Army. PLU has served as a host for the program for the past nine years. This year, the PLU ROTC program was recognized as one of the best in the country among more than 270 programs, and received the MacArthur Award. For most of the students, after the early start for PT, the rest of their day is that of a typical college student’s, except for the days they have military science class. That’s usually when other students around campus see the cadets

February 15, 2012 PLU Professor Lenny Reisberg uses a smart board during instruction for a course he teaches. (Photo by John Froschauer) Technology opens the door By Chris Albert As the snow and ice closed campus during the end of January, the challenge of getting to class was much more than battling an early morning alarm clock. PLU Professor Lenny Reisberg’s J-Term course was supposed to begin that week and only last a total of two weeks. If it was held in any other class it may have spelled

percent growth in 2012. Dr. Martin Wurm Dr. Neal Johnson •    Employment will grow by 4,600 jobs in 2014, following the addition of 3,900 new jobs in 2013. Meanwhile, an additional 4,800 workers will start to seek jobs, as young graduates enter the market and some discouraged jobseekers resume their search. •    The unemployment rate, which peaked at a little over 11 percent in early 2010, will drop from 7.4 percent at the end of 2013 to 7 percent by the end of 2014. •    Retail spending by consumers

tuberculosis in New York City. “My mentor was a physician/epidemiologist, and aside from our work on TB, he developed a fascination with the 10 plagues of Egypt as described in the book of Exodus,” Malloy said. Malloy took this photo in Volcán Siete Orejas, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, during a vaccination campaign and says it still inspires him. Writes Malloy: These two boys appear of similar age, but one was two years older than his brother. The elder boy’s growth was stunted due to early childhood illness

remembers Tumbusch as a tough editor, but credits his former manager’s challenging feedback for much of his early growth.More about Josh Miller His Website His Blog “I loved my PLU experience because it was all new,” Miller says. “Photography was the first thing that I fell in love with that I was good at.” By the time he graduated, Miller had not only shot events all over campus for a variety of campus media outlets, but he also had completed photography internships with The News Tribune in Tacoma and

children and adults were killed during this time period. Not only did 70,000 adults and approximately 5,000 children die, but Hitler used these early mass killings as training for how he’d be able to commit mass genocide during WWII in an efficient manner. Hitler, his top physicians, and a vast array of doctors, nurses, and technicians, would put into motion a systematic program to murder defenseless children and adults within Germany’s boundaries. Even though it is a somber lecture topic, Griech