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September 29, 2008 Documentary follows drug, weapons trade When assistant communication professor Rob Wells and his colleagues in the School of Arts and Communication launched MediaLab in 2006, they figured larger projects like feature-length video documentaries would happen sometime in the future. “It would be nice,” he recalled thinking. “Someday.”Thanks to some tireless – and inquisitive – student journalists, that “someday” happened much sooner than anyone might have expected. At 2 p.m

no one crafts strategic arguments like the Lutes of PLU’s historic Speech and Debate team. In fact, you could argue that PLU’s rich history of success in the arena of competitive debate is one of the university’s best-kept secrets: Debater Andrew Tinker ’16 describes debate, also referred to as forensics, as “the most competitive activity that no one has ever heard of.” Fall 2013 proved an exciting time of successful transition for Speech and Debate, with the forensics squad facing some big

, Spokanasaurus Rex.Yes, you read that right. In addition to parenting her daughters, all younger than 12, Caprye spends time in Spokane, Washington, parks, playgrounds and even lakes in a human sized, inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costume. “I think it’s fun to give people a crazy experience that makes them smile and kind of bonds people together,” Caprye said. “Because everybody who is there is like ‘did you just see that?’” Caprye started Spokanasaurus Rex in April. She brings the suit when she’s out with

Sacred concerts highlights faith and music Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 8, 2017 March 8, 2017 From 1965 until his death in 1974, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington reformed both his worldview and his music. With his advancing age, failing health, and the death in of his beloved co-composer Billy Strayhorn, Ellington came to realize the impermanence of life and rekindled the deep faith instilled in him by his father. From here, Duke Ellington composed the Sacred Concerts, calling his first of

March 22, 2010 Starkovich named provost By Greg Brewis Steven P. Starkovich has been named provost and dean of graduate studies through the 2011-12 academic year. Provost Steven P. Starkovich He had been serving as acting provost this year during the sabbatical leave of Patricia O’Connell Killen. She is returning to her alma mater to become academic vice president at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Starkovich first came to PLU in the fall of 1992 to teach one course in the physics department as

Justin Huertas’ “Semi-Autobiographical” Musical Premieres at the Seattle Repertory Theatre Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / April 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 By By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsOrdinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre

,” Krise told a crowd of students at Olson Auditorium. “Ceremonies like today are how we act out what we cannot say.” To celebrate the occasion, 640 first-year students, 50 clergy, 200 faculty and 40 delegates from other higher education institutions gathered with staff, administrators, regents and guests. Presiding Bishop of the ELCA, Rev. Mark S. Hanson, gave Krise the charge of affirming his commitment to the pursuit of academic excellence and the shepherding of higher education in the Lutheran

February 3, 2012 Last May, Gary Nelson ’81 summited Mt. Everest. He has reached the top of the highest peaks on five of the seven continents. ‘There are no excuses’ By Chris Albert The way Gary Nelson ’81 tells it, when ascending to the summit of some of the highest peaks in the world there is a moment of realization. The risk has been taken, the challenges faced. Now something new washes over the climber as what sets in his mind isn’t the depleted oxygen, forceful winds or even the stunning

April 2, 2012 Artist Zhong Biao works on a canvas in his studio in the Blackbridge Art Village. The studio, along with that of 400 others, is slated to be torn down by the Chinese government. (Photo courtesy Paul Manfredi) Tearing Down the Studio By Chris Albert In a studio in the Blackbridge Art Village of Beijing, world-renowned artist Zhong Biao speaks to his assistant about what he has planned for his next project. Observing on the outside is Paul Manfredi, associate professor of Chinese

September 20, 2012 The Reinhold Neibuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York, Larry Rasmussen gives the keynote address during the Lutheran Perspectives on Political Life. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) Voices from empty chairs By Chris Albert The human species’ role in today’s global economy is one of using the Earth as a commodity, said Larry Rasmussen. To sustain the Earth, including human life, a shift must occur to an ecological economy, where humans