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consortium of groups to contract a composer.  What is unique about this one is that due to Greg’s national reputation and The PLU Wind Ensemble’s reputation for commissioning and performing new works, a huge list of schools from Large Universities to local High Schools contributed because it was priced to buy in at an amount that is essentially the same as buying a mass produced work from a publisher. The stirring result is a piece that responds to the reality of numerous members of our armed services

investigates unpublished drill cores from a planned city currently being built called Tehaleh. This new data will help to better define the distribution of Olympia beds in the southern Puget Lowland, which will be essential to constructing wastewater treatments to manage water and mitigate flood hazards. 4:45-5pm, “Landscape recovery after explosive volcanic eruptions: comparing 1980 Mount St Helens to 1991 Mt Pinatubo” Elena Oliver When stratovolcanoes erupt it causes mass panic and affects the

and Global Studies. Bruno is currently completing an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Southern California. Bruno believes that the intermediary/dialogue theories learned in Norway are still way ahead of their time and he repeatedly find himself discussing them with his cohort. Anna McCracken graduated in May 2014 with majors in Global Studies and Political Science, and a minor in Norwegian. Anna is currently serving as the Program Associate at Young Women Empowered (Y

Post-MFA MentorshipsThe Rainier Writing Workshop has now produced a critical mass of graduates, many of whom have published books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. These books were often the creative theses that the graduates completed in their final year in the program. For others, the creative thesis is a foundational iteration of work that will be developed into publication-worthy manuscripts. The Rainier Writing Workshop is committed to helping its alumni with their writing and

, including our own southern border, have rekindled debates about national identity, boundaries and security. Long-sought-after civil and human rights face erosion. Drug- and gun-related violence, mass killings and terrorist attacks cripple some communities, heightening fear and mistrust in others. Meanwhile, human and non-human species confront the consequences of climate change. Pacific Lutheran University is tasked with preparing students to live, learn, serve and lead in a world beset by these and

, 2007), 165; 167. 11 Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism 3rd ed. (New York: Harcourt, 1976), 460. 12 Arendt, Origins, 275.Raphael LemkinRaphael Lemkin dedicated his life to the search for meaning in law. His remarkable activism in late 1940s onward was characterized by his drive to understand that there is meaning in plurality. 13 In 1946 he argued that the plan of the Nazi regime was “to win the peace though the war be lost,” combining mass murder of European Jews while “the population

, 2007), 165; 167. 11 Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism 3rd ed. (New York: Harcourt, 1976), 460. 12 Arendt, Origins, 275.Raphael LemkinRaphael Lemkin dedicated his life to the search for meaning in law. His remarkable activism in late 1940s onward was characterized by his drive to understand that there is meaning in plurality. 13 In 1946 he argued that the plan of the Nazi regime was “to win the peace though the war be lost,” combining mass murder of European Jews while “the population

elaborate work of Renaissance architecture, would eventually be his tomb. “It wasn’t about Jesus or the people, it was about his personal gravesite,” Torvend said. Luther had just challenged the most powerful religious leader in Europe. In the years leading up to the Reformation, heresy was often dealt with ruthlessly through agents of the Inquisition. But Luther’s challenge came at a unique time. “The mass communication revolution of that time was the printing press,” Torvend said. The printing press

hoped that St. Peter’s Basilica, an elaborate work of Renaissance architecture, would eventually be his tomb. “It wasn’t about Jesus or the people, it was about his personal gravesite,” Torvend said. Luther had just challenged the most powerful religious leader in Europe. In the years leading up to the Reformation, heresy was often dealt with ruthlessly through agents of the Inquisition. But Luther’s challenge came at a unique time. “The mass communication revolution of that time was the printing