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rather swiftly. And they crucified people a lot, he noted. One mass crucifixion (the remains of Spartacus’ rebellion) stretched for 300 miles along the Via Appia leading from Rome. Romans considered the convicts subhuman and not worthy of mercy, he noted. Animals captured for the shows in the great Coliseum weren’t torture, but in the end, did die. During the time when the great shows were at their height, between the first and third century AD, thousands of animals from tigers to hippos, died. So
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in what is now Microsoft Studios (where his projects included favorites like Halo, Mass Effect and Age of Empires), before stints with multiple gaming start-ups as well as industry heavyweights like Electronic Arts and Big Fish Games. “Lots of people play games; not a lot of people can tell you why games are fun or how good games are made,” Grande says. Eventually, he gravitated toward the emerging field of free-to-play games. Those are the games you can download for free and choose to spend
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other educational and performance activities. Previous guest artists include Aubrey Logan, Jeff Coffin, Vincent Herring, and Ernie Watts, and Greg Gisbert. This year we are excited to host a very special guest artist this year: two time GRAMMY Award winner Eric Marienthal. Eric Marienthal, Grammy Award winning musician After graduating high school in Southern California in 1976, Eric went on to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. There he studied with the legendary saxophone
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How Innovative was the Apple II? By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand… July 23, 2018 Apple IIconvivial toolsDamian Alessandroinnovation studiesSteve Wozniak
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Orchestra, including Bach’s Mass in B Minor and St. John Passion. Other projects included Stravinsky’s Les Noces, Rachmaninoff’s Vespers (the first complete performance by a University choir), and a performance of Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer with pianists Robin and Rochelle McCabe. Also with Robin McCabe came an acclaimed commission from Peter Schickele of his The Twelve Months. With the opening of Lagerquist Concert Hall in 1995 (both its great acoustics and sound isolation from outside noise), a
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Composition by Mass of Polystyrene/polybutadiene copolymersRob Pepin, Senior Capstone Seminar Using size exclusion Chromatography with a multi-detector setup to determine percent composition by mass of polystyrene-butadiene copolymers is demonstrated. 1:50 pm - Development of a versatile synthetic method for the production of N-mono and N,N-disubstituted N'-hycroxyureas using an unprotected hydroxycarbamateSam Whedon, Senior Capstone Seminar Substituted N-hydroxyureas have demonstrated medicinal
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West at PLU and PLU’s Choral Union. She sings in recital settings whenever she gets the chance, and usually incorporates a vocal chamber piece into the horn recitals she presents. A lover of early music, she lectures and performs on natural horn as well as baroque horn. During her time in Madison she appeared in period performances with the Madison Bach Musicians playing repertoire including Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Dr. Gillie’s doctoral dissertation is entitled “Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
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child and had to deal with her self image, while Ifill grew up during the era of black pride. “She internalized that,” Valerius said. “So there wasn’t anything anyone could say to make her feel she wasn’t beautiful.” Both Barack and Michelle Obama are also breaking apart the stereotypes that have often shaped how black women and men see themselves, Valerius added. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from St. John University in New York, Valerius went on to earn her
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stewardship for the earth. “This event highlights what an important project this is,” Stancil said. “We need to be more mindful of the ways we impact the environment. It’s the right thing to do.” The site of the Outdoor Learning Center used to be referred to as “The Jungle” due to the mass of invasive species, said senior Emma Kane, habitat volunteer coordinator. The efforts volunteers made to improve the natural habitat on the site will continue, and President Anderson said, adding this effort speaks to
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biochemistry have taken the lead, he said. The next 50 years might see big gains again in physics, with the study of dark energy and mass. As for the next big discovery? He wouldn’t even hazard a guess. That would be like asking a cavalry sergeant in the Civil War to plan WWIII, he laughed. The future is really beyond imagining, he said. “I’ve seen a lot of exhilarating things, and a lot of catastrophes,” he said. “But that’s biology.” Read Previous ‘Be the Spark’ ignites, unites PLU community Read Next A
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