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A long-standing Parkland institution, Paradise Lanes was recently bought out by the owners of Tower Lanes in Tacoma. Bowling alleys aren’t usually chain businesses, each have their own quirks and personalities. But this may be changing with the times. Parkland, being unincorporated into any city and with no government of its own, has little support or protection for small business owners. As such, large franchises have begun to take over some Parkland’s businesses and the streets are

Lottie’s Story – Washington D.C., J-Term 2017; Rwanda, J-Term 2018 Politics & Government, Women’s & Gender Studies – Class of 2019 What she would like other students to know: The two study away experiences I had were the kind of thing I could only get at PLU. No other college or university supports the kind of individualized study away experiences that PLU does. Studying democracy in Washington, DC the year of an inauguration and studying memorialization of genocide in Rwanda? Both with PLU

Federal Way.  I was also the first president of the Tacoma Urban League Guild. My passion for responsive, transparent and representative government; my work ethic and my commitment and experience on community issues brings me much pleasure and a high sense of accomplishment.

Team All-Conference selection and a consensus All-American as a senior in 2003. Carlson led the nation in forced fumbles as a senior, earning NWC Defensive Player of the Year and NCAA West Region Defensive Player of the Year honors. Carlson closed his career second on the all-time sacks list with 36 and was the PLU Male Athlete of the Year as a senior. Carlson helped the Lutes win 28 games on the gridiron, earning a conference title in 2001 and making two trips to the NCAA Tournament. Chad Barnett

certainty, to leave for Pacific Lutheran University. “For over 30 years, religious oppression and harassment have been a part of my family’s life,” she said. Sabet-Kazilas, a member of Baha’i faith, faced marginalization in her home country dating back to kindergarten. Baha’i followers there experience pervasive persecution at the hands of their own government. They are denied employment and access to education, and they endure ransacking of their homes and wrongful imprisonment, among other

Local Tribal Communities Who: Dr. Charlotte Coté, Associate Professor, Department of American Indian Studies, University of Washington Bio: Dr. Charlotte Coté is a Professor in the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington and is an affiliate of the Faculty in the Canadian Studies Center of the UW’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Dr. Coté serves as co-editor for the UW Press’ Indigenous Confluences series with Dr. Coll Thrush and Dr. Matthew Sakiestewa

holes in the playground equipment which allows for transparency. They also made sure the park was accessible to people with disabilities by having benches with wheelchair access and an ADA approved swing. On the day of the build, about 70 people—neighborhood watch groups, students from Franklin Pierce Schools and PLU, government staff, and even little kids—all came out to help create a wonderful playground. Thanks to the devoted and supportive members of the community. Mayfair Playfield is now the

contribution. All across the United States – in classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and campus communities – international students make significant contributions to the quality of American academic life. Therefore, international education has become a proud U.S. tradition in colleges and universities through out our country. NAFSA is an organization of individuals worldwide advancing international education and exchange. NAFSA serves its members, their institutions and organizations, and others engaged

Innovators who got their start at Pacific Lutheran University serve all over the globe. Graduates generate new ideas, create new businesses and products, and craft new ways of thinking about the world around them. In Washington, D.C., the hub of this country’s system of government, many Lutes have their hands in legislating, discovering and analyzing the functions of our democracy and how best to serve society. This January, in the heat of a tense transition of power in the nation’s capital, a ResoLute

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