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down in LA jumping right into rehearsals,” Marzano said. “We were really excited and nervous about it.” Immediately after hearing they were one of the finalists, PLUtonic members had to make arrangements to travel to Hollywood. “It was really nerve-racking to think that in two weeks we would be in Hollywood with cameras in our faces with America judging us,” Marzano said. Senior Phillip Serino, another PLUtonic member studying music composition, said it wasn’t the stage that gave him the jitters

these events because the viability of the series is measured by student interest,” he said. “We deeply care whether people show up.” The next event featured in the series is scheduled for Nov. 17 at 3:30 p.m.  in the Regency Room. It will feature poet Matthew Dickman, who will read from his collection “All America Poem.” Skipper said with Dickman, and all other writers featured in the series, it is a unique experience to hear the work coming directly from the person who crafted it. Even for sheer

isn’t one to just slap together a menu either. A 1992 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, which includes alumni like the Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain, McGinnis and her team decided each dish would be made from scratch and there would be seasonal changes to the menu. “We didn’t want to use anything out of a bottle (for the food),” she said. Vintner alumni Find Wines from PLU alumni. Even the tuna salad doesn’t have mayonnaise in it. Actually, mayo isn’t used at all in the restaurant

the local competition in January knocked the socks off the judges, and the team went from one of 350 from leading universities and business schools across North, Central and South America to one of 49 teams at the Americas Regional.“At the local level, they thought we had a very good chance to advance to the (Regional) semifinals,” Turner said. Even though that didn’t happen, Turner said the team had an excellent trip—and laid some very important groundwork for future PLU teams. “It’s really

PLU Names New University Pastor Posted by: Zach Powers / May 13, 2016 Image: The Rev. Jen Rude will join Pacific Lutheran University as university pastor on August 1, 2016. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) May 13, 2016 By Donna GibbsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsThe Rev. Jen Rude is an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Metro Chicago synodTACOMA, WASH. (May 16, 2016) – The Rev. Jen Rude will join Pacific Lutheran University as university pastor on August 1, 2016

way almost nothing else can. Listening to it or performing it puts a person in a state where a powerful aesthetic response can occur, and for every individual, it’s different. Choral music, with its link to texts, can help the listener interpret the words with deeper emotion. What do the music and texts that will comprise this Sunday’s “Beyond Walls” concert have to do with the current social divisions in America and the feelings that many are processing following the election? The music and texts

Knight,” earned the fourth Emmy nod for a short-form fiction feature titled “Twas The Late Knight Before Christmas.” The production crew for "More Than a Mission" during filming. (Photo courtesy of Cara Gillespie '17) “A World of Difference,” which premiered two episodes in Seattle earlier this year, explores the shifting cultural landscapes of race, class, immigration status and gender across North America. It earned both nominations in the long-form, non-fiction documentary category. “We worked

thing to think about is the fact that even the students paying the full sticker price at the most expensive college in America (currently that’s Sarah Lawrence College, at $67,000 per year) are still receiving some subsidy from society—tax breaks, tax exemptions, gifts, endowment proceeds, federal and state grants for research, construction, and equipment, etc. So, as “commodities” go, a college education is one of the most complex “products” there is. That’s probably enough for now. Please comment

effects of technological advancements, natural disasters and international crises on UN Sustainability Development Goals and to illustrate how progress on one goal might influence the others. Their innovative solution—explained in a 23-page pulled together on the last day of the competition and summarized, “Network of goals; a forest of numbers; an ONION.; and in the end, poverty was the root of the problem”—earned them a top award from the Mathematical Association of America. Beyond being

Oregon, but I found a great, flourishing Asian community here that I can call my friends. It is a place that makes me feel like I can be me. Who impacted you the most at PLU? Dr. Sailu Lulu Li has been my biggest mentor. She is also from China. Dr. Lulu jump-started my finance career and walked me through how to navigate America as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, especially in the field of finance. You started as a business major with a concentration in accounting but switched to a