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WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 1, 2022 Image: Assistant Professor of Communication Marnie Ritchie (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) November 1, 2022 By Zach Powers '10ResoLute EditorDo you ever worry about history-tracking web browsers, “smart” kitchen appliances, and the even smarter phones we sleep next to? PLU Assistant Professor of Communication Marnie Ritchie thinks about these things. She thinks about them A LOT.Ritchie
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totally worth it By Andriana Fletcher ’10 I had never done anything like it before. It was thrilling. It was daring. It was freezing and, well, messy. But totally worth it. I squealed joyously as I slid down a glacier, belly side down mind you, not caring that I was about to land in penguin poop any second. One of my classmates was sliding next to me also not giving a crap about our shared outcome. Not every day do you get the chance to go sledding on your stomach in Antarctica. And if you ever do
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being a part of a religious tradition that doesn’t seek to supply all the answers,” he said. Those questions brought him closer to his Jewish faith than he’d been in years. “If it weren’t for my fellow Jews here at PLU, I wouldn’t be as religious as I am now. It was [at PLU] that I learned how important my religious tradition is. PLU is great about asking those ‘big enough’ questions. You don’t get answers. You get more questions.” Paikai paused. “And that is probably exactly what a lot of us need
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Operating a vehicle on the inner campus is strictly regulated. All vehicles must adhere to a five mile per hour speed limit. Student vehicles are not usually permitted on the inner campus except during official move-in and out days. For the purpose of driving on campus, these dates are defined as the three days following the opening of the residence halls in fall and three days prior to the closing of the residence halls in spring. Students may also drive on campus the last day of classes
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2024 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: ““Sephardic Jewish Voices and Experiences in the Holocaust” Nov. 6-8, 2024 Thanks to the generosity of donors this event is free and open to the public. The 16th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will take place on Wednesday, November 6th – Friday, November 8th. More information to follow. Nancy Powell speaks before the keynote address titled “Sub-Saharan Africans and the Holocaust” during the 15th Annual Powell-Heller
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resistance during the Holocaust. Based primarily on in-depth interviews with survivors in Israel and the United States, her book chronicles their courageous missions to reach Jews trapped behind ghetto walls, to mobilize resistance, smuggle weapons into the ghettos, and to rescue and hide Jewish children. Her work provides a missing chapter in the history of the Holocaust and a new understanding of the wide range of women’s roles and activities in those years. In 2011 Lenore gave the keynote address to
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The Role of Computer Science in Liberal Arts Education & SocietyComputer Science integrates three fundamental processes: theory (from mathematics), abstraction (based on the scientific method), and design (from engineering) [1]. The problem solving perspectives emphasized in CS provide important mental models for addressing problems in many disciplines. This is sometimes called “algorithmic thinking” or “computational thinking.” As described by Walker et. al., “methodologies within computer
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Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki Exhibition4th Annual Thor Heyerdahl Lecture on 4 October 2017 at 7 PM in the SCC One of the most well-known and admired Norwegians of all times was the explorer, archaeologists and writer, Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) Heyerdahl first came to the world’s attention 70 years ago with his successful Kon-Tiki expedition during which he successfully traveled across the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia aboard an experimental prehistoric sailing
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Are you brave or are you insane for coming out at a Lutheran university in the 90s… or are you just doing the right thing? Beth Kraig (full oral history interviews part one, part two, and part three) Beth was the obvious choice for the first person to interview for this project. For many PLU students and alumni, Beth Kraig is the queer history of PLU. I knew that Beth would also be instrumental in connecting me with other members of our PLU community who would be willing to share their
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