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repertoire,” Nance said. “I am probably going to spend the majority of this year just trying to sort through all the repertoire I came back with.” When in Sweden, Nance met with Gary Graden, an American conductor who works at the Stockholm Cathedral, and conductor Stefan Parkman from Uppsala University. Those visits resulted in important contacts for Choir of the West’s 2015 spring tour to Northern Europe, right after Commencement in May. In Estonia, Nance learned about Estonian repertoire through

foreign languages—particularly the “soft” ones such as Spanish and French—while men gravitate to the “hard” languages (German, Russian) and other academic subjects such as science and math. In the larger university setting, most foreign language departments have traditionally been split between (mostly male) tenured and tenure-track faculty members engaged in original research in literature or literary theory, and (mostly female) non-tenured lecturers and teaching assistants responsible for the

recommendations, he selected pieces he thought would benefit the Choir of the West. “I came back with an immense amount of repertoire,” Nance said. “I am probably going to spend the majority of this year just trying to sort through all the repertoire I came back with.” When in Sweden, Nance met with Gary Graden, an American conductor who works at the Stockholm Cathedral, and conductor Stefan Parkman from Uppsala University. Those visits resulted in important contacts for Choir of the West’s 2015 spring tour

September 30, 2011 Featured speaker Benjamin Stewart, a professor and chair at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, gives the example of the Chicago River as a waterway that is viewed in a different light by varying parties.(Photo by Igor Strupinskiy ’14) The deep and powerful flow of mercy and justice. A debate on water in today’s world By: By Barbara Clements Evidence of water as a force for destruction can be easily found, both in the headlines and the Bible. There are the floods

activist Maude Barlow to an assembled crowd in Lagerquist Concert Hall. “There’s lots of water, until there’s no water at all,” the keynote speaker of the 2012 Wang Symposium – Our Thirsty Planet, told the crowd. The address marked the inaugural PLU Norwegian-American Annual Lecture. “First and foremost, we are a planet running out of water,” Barlow said. “What we actually have to get our heads around is we are actually coming to the end of water.” In many parts of the world, rivers and fresh water

March 30, 2011 Student perspective: The Iditarod Editor’s note: PLU student Loren Liden headed up to Alaska to cover the Iditarod. The following is a reflection on her experience. The Iditarod, a 1,000-mile dogsled race across the state of Alaska, finished Sunday, March 20. A remarkable feat of determination, the Iditarod has become Alaska’s two-week long celebration, beginning in Anchorage and ending in Nome. Though last year I covered the ceremonial start in Anchorage, this year I covered

April 18, 2011 Organist off the Grid By Kari Plog ’11 Students and faculty often see Paul Tegels pedaling up and down the hills of Pacific Lutheran University’s campus, rain or shine. Tegels rides his bicycle every day, his common form of transportation, to and from his home close by. For PLU Professor Paul Tegels investing in sustainable energy is a no brainer. “We don’t treat humans badly, we don’t treat animals badly and we shouldn’t treat the Earth badly,” he said. (Photos by John