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club featuring “real men.” The strip-tease side job forces the men into a exposed situation, where they struggle with their own identity in a society where an individual’s job is everything. The PLU Theatre department’s production of The Full Monty takes on identity as laid-off mill workers find strength in performing as male strippers. “What’s more vulnerable,” Clapp said, “taking your clothes off in front of people or losing your identity?” This is the first time PLU has ever produced The Full

, when a new logo will be unveiled and featured on all of PLU’s athletic uniforms and gear. Now we will all still be known as the Lutes, mind you, but the logo will be of a knight. “It’s focusing on the big picture,” said Laurie Turner, PLU Director of Athletics. “It creates an identity with one mark associated with PLU athletics.” Before this fall, athletic teams also had varying lettering of PLU or Lutes. That too will change to one standard design using the word “Lutes.” The knight-Lutes logo, and

PLU, joining a group of other prestigious colleges with Holocaust Studies, which asks students to write essays on the topic of genocide. Lemkin was an international lawyer who initiated the term “genocide” and in 1948 succeeded in persuading the United Nations to adopt the Genocide Convention which outlawed the destruction of races and groups. Last week the two top essayists presented their findings and were recognized for their work. Marks began her essay “Identity and Genocide: The Armenian

the name, we strive to ensure the safety and comfort of all students. This campus community is definitely welcoming of the LGBTQIA+ community and we are always making active and mindful efforts to continue a safe and welcoming environment. Below are just a few of the many resources PLU offers to help educate students around an LGBTQIA+ identity and navigating through different moments of collegiate life: Prism Club Lavender Community LGBTQ+ Faith Resources Transgender & Gender Non-Binary Resources

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that only legally abolished slavery in 1981. Having two different experiences in Mauritania to draw from, Wiley reflects on her deepened awareness of her positionality, identity, and capacity for learning. Dr. Ami Shah’s research in Nigeria and India consists of examining the effects of neoliberal urban development policies on livelihoods, identities and state-society relations for the urban poor. As a South Asian woman researching in India, she speaks to her experience of “double strangerhood” or

PLU celebrates Tacoma Pride Posted by: mhines / July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023 Every year, on the second Saturday in July, Tacoma hosts its largest pride celebration. It includes a huge street festival, with queer and BIPOC entertainment and a Makers Market. PLU hosts a booth with staff, faculty, and student representatives each year. PLU takes pride in honoring the LGBTQIA+ community, celebrating our collective identity as valuable and creative members of a diverse population in the Pacific

the charge for Lute spirit. (His arrival was well-timed: The Lutes beat Lewis & Clark in a thrilling overtime battle, 55-51.) Under the new plush exterior, Lancelute has a student underneath it who drives this energy. While his secret identity cannot be revealed, his thoughts can.  “Being inside the mask itself is a whole new world,” Lancelute said. “You can see everyone, but no one can see you. I just got really into it, into a whole new world. It was an awesome experience.” He wants the PLU

hierarchy in a country that only legally abolished slavery in 1981. Having two different experiences in Mauritania to draw from, Wiley reflects on her deepened awareness of her positionality, identity, and capacity for learning.Dr. Ami Shah’s research in Nigeria and India consists of examining the effects of neoliberal urban development policies on livelihoods, identities and state-society relations for the urban poor. As a South Asian woman researching in India, she speaks to her experience of “double

sexual orientation and gender-identity law and social movements. In 2002, Spade founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (www.srlp.org), a nonprofit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender nonconforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. SRLP also engages in litigation, policy reform and public education on issues affecting these communities and operates on a collective governance model, prioritizing the governance and leadership of trans