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different views of contemporary life are represented and performed through this masking tradition. Today the lipiko can be representative of a wide variety of characters including, animals, mythical characters, men, women, Makonde and outsiders (Bortolot).  However, this new approach to the mapiko has created some tension between the younger and older generations. According to Alexander Bortolot, the older generations believe the dance has diverged too much from tradition, while the younger generations

Program at Goddard College. A prolific writer and editor, she is the author of No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy (University of Nebraska Press, 2011) and co-editor of the well-regarded craft anthology Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide (Penguin/Plume, 2007). She has served as a Writer in Residence for a number of institutions, including the Richard Hugo House and five U.S. National Parks and has been the recipient of a number of organizations including

at a bevy of events hosted by several organizations: the U.S. Soccer Federation, the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League), the West Coast Conference beach volleyball championship, and the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, to name a few. In October, Daly will travel to Tunisia with the U.S. Arena National Soccer Team for the World Minifootball Federation World Cup. Shelby Daly ’13West Coast Conference beach volleyball championship. Shelby Daly ’13U.S. Soccer

of the Apocalypse: End Times and Resilience in Contemporary Mexico,” Villoro is perhaps that nation’s keenest political commentator. During his subsequent, more intimate session with students and faculty members, Villoro addressed a wide range of issues that included Mexico’s recent history of drug cartel violence, its representation in his fiction, as well as a more general discussion on literature. The gathered students, some of whom have been reading Villoro’s short fiction in Professor

Ten Years of the Visiting Writer Series This year marks the tenth anniversary of PLU’s Visiting Writer Series, a program that brings several working writers to campus every academic year. Co-founders Rick Barot and Jason Skipper, the poetry and fiction professors respectively, were hired by the English Department partly for their experience in creating and running successful writers series at other universities. “We started on it the summer before we came to Tacoma. One of our first

, and of world religious traditions. Critical study calls for open and authentic dialogue with other religious traditions and seeks to understand a common humanity as each tradition adds its unique contribution. It calls for a critical yet constructive interchange with contemporary society. Finally, it calls for a sharing of insights with other disciplines in the university as each sheds light on the human condition. To these ends the Department of Religion offers a wide range of courses and

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dCenter Alumni Weekend – Resolute Online: Fall 2016 Search Features Features Welcome The Saint John’s Bible Hospitality Reformation Listen Called to PLU Women and the Holocaust On Campus Discovery Discovery Attaway Lutes Research Grants Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Alumni Board Letter Bjug Harstad Day of Giving Alumni Award Winners dCenter Alumni Weekend Alumni Profiles Class Notes Class Notes Family and Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Calendar Highlights dCenter