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  • Meet John F. Paul, the new Chair of the Department of Music and Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University. Before joining the PLU family at the start of the 2014-15 school year, Dr. Paul served for 13 years as Chair of the Department of Music…

    Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), describes a society whose members, constantly fearing the loss of personal reputation, ask themselves this question like a reprimand: What will people say? The title’s timeless alliteration also displays how words shape reputation’s near relation–memory. Soniah Kamal’s Unmarriageable (2019),…

    translation of events can be. Kamal’s novel is a personal translation. Writing in English, she showcases Pakistan’s multilingualism by incorporating Arabic, French, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu into its pages: from “log kya kahenge” (Urdu) to Alys’s last name “Binaat” (taken from the Arabic “banat” meaning “girls”) to foods like “bhindi” (Hindi) (35, 353, 119). Some English translation always follows unless the word or phrase is repeated or if it is a title of a work. In each case, every language is written

  • PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the…

    we do here we try to pay really close attention to,” Swenson said. ‘Smart Ones for the smart one’ “I feel like I’m constantly on the go. I wish I had more time and money to cook and have healthier food,” said Ashley Dell’Osa ’13. More Even creating the perfect fry is hard, he said. “The flavor of that French fry should be crisp and creamy. We need to make sure even the fries, which are just a side dish, can be as good as it can possibly be. To not try to give everyone the perfect fry would be a

  • In their own words By Chris Albert Soon new PLU graduates will go out into the world. In the following, some Lutes share their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences have been and what’s the next chapter in their lives. More…

    and I have a closer idea of where I would eventually see myself making the most impact in the world. What’s next? I have been accepted to the Masters of Public Administration program at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Maurice Eckstein ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in communication studies (emphasis conflict management) with a minor in legal studies Signe Johnson – Bachelor of Arts in French with a minor in printing and publishing arts Signe Johnson ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in French with a minor in

  • Originally published in 2003 The daily headlines reflect the relentless march to war and violence: probable war in Iraq, continuing strife in the Middle East and the “war” on terror. Like other members of faith communities across the globe, I find myself wondering how I,…

    for the same reasons. The ties that bind faith communities can do so in different ways and with varying degrees of strength and consent.  What kind of faith community was Le Chambon? At first glance it might seem that Le Chambon was a homogenous community of Huguenot Christians who lived largely isolated from the outside world, but on closer inspection the situation is more complex. The village was mainly French Huguenot and much of the leadership came from the pastors, Andre Trocme and Eduard

  • Originally published in 1999 My lifelong commitment to the liberal arts took root in the fourth grade, when I met my classmate and dear life-long friend Sally. During that entire year, Sally rode her bike to my house, and after school, we both rode our…

    meaning to life gave her parents a vantage from which they could pluck those activities that really mattered form the distracting chaos of everyday life. Faith in their neighbor engaged them in local politics and civic groups. And a sense of gratefulness for their modest, middle-class comforts freed them from enslavement to the already rising god of consumerism.   Roberta Brown, Professor Emeritus of French  For me Sally’s home was nothing less than a temple of peace and inspiration. Like the best of

  • More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 27 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a…

    May 18, 2012 More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring C