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prepare high school students for college. Horn expects to hear back about the opportunity by May 20. In the future, Horn sees himself becoming a teacher. At the moment, his end goal is to teach English and find a way to incorporate literature and film in the classroom.  While his time at PLU challenged him, Horn suspects it’s only the beginning. He anticipates leaving the PLU community will be an adjustment post graduation, but he’s ready. “Maybe the most challenging thing hasn’t come yet,” he said

violence and what lessons might be drawn for us, here at PLU. The example that came to mind was Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small village in south central France, which during the days of World War II sheltered approximately 5,000 Jews and other refugees from the Nazis in what one of these sheltered children, film maker Pierre Sauvage, called “a conspiracy of Goodness.”2 During a time when many people found their consciences challenged to respond to the violence in their midst, one community led by two

desire associated with the “male gaze.” For example, students using one popular program learn to draguer une fille (pick up a girl), and to identify with the voyeuristic protagonist in the film. Teaching Culture The recent interest in communicative competence and proficiency-based language programs has added an important area of concern to the process of achieving sex equity in the foreign language classroom. These methods’ demand for authentic materials and input from the target culture in drills

interns also write a lot of the brief stories like area event picks; film recaps; and an on-the-street comment section, where you go to a public place and get five different people to answer the same question related to the feature story. Beyond those basic tasks, we write other stories for print and online. Have you had the opportunity to attend and report on any events or concerts for The Inlander? I have! My best friend and I had the opportunity to attend the Walla Walla Gentlemen of the Road

track after I finish my MA work there. Beyond that, I would like to do some kind of non-fiction writing/literary journalism, but also photography and social documentary film. Kajsa Swenson – Bachelor of Science in nursing Why PLU? I transferred to PLU in the fall of my sophomore year. My fellow Lutes like to tell me that I made a good choice in reference to my old school (and PLU’s rival), and I must say that I agree with them. As soon as I figured out that pursuing nursing was what I wanted to do

bachelor’s graduates and 100 percent of master’s degree graduates passed their state boards at first sitting. One more PLU graduate received a Fulbright Fellowship, bringing our 34 year total to 80. Our student Mathematics Modeling team won a meritorious award, the second-highest award possible, and the student MediaLab received a college division Emmy Award for their film “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the US, and Crime.” At the end of the academic year,  the University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band

essence and personality of my team, the PLU softball team. For the video I was able to go behind the scenes and film the different elements that make up being a student athlete in season. I wanted to highlight five main sections: the idea of being a student first and an athlete second, extra work athletes put in outside of practice, team practices, game days, and they idea of our team being a family. In taking the portraits, I aimed to capture the mental toughness and competitiveness of my teammates