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, Spouses and the Limits of LGBT Equality” When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 Where: Scandinavian Cultural Center, PLU Cost: Free More information: The Women’s Center; the Diversity Center   In his talk, Spade will discuss the complex terrain of contemporary queer and trans politics, examining the racialized/gendered roles of soldier and spouse offered in the name of “equality” and “human rights.” “Spade’s research interests and perspectives that challenge rights-based activism are excellent illustrations of

.  “We believe Erik’s broad experience and leadership skills will move KPLU forward into a future with many challenges and opportunities for public media.” Nycklemoe has served as Director of Network Initiatives at American Public Media Group in St. Paul, Minnesota, since 2008.  (The Group includes American Public Media, Minnesota Public Radio, Southern California Public Radio, Classical South Florida and Greenspring Media.) His responsibilities include acquisitions, developing multi-year business

animal. One of the most beautiful animals in the world, the jaguar is the third largest of all the cats, behind only the tiger and the lion. Endangered throughout its range in Latin America, the jaguar remains the least studied of all the major felids. Using radio collars, biologists can study—and work to save—this elusive animal, using the signals from the transmitter to gather data on range, habitat needs, and behavior. Professor of English Emeritus Charles Bergman with an Imperial Parrot As we

then can I add their stories to the narrative I only roughly comprehend so far. Part of the reason I chose to pursue Holocaust and Genocide Studies is because I have come to recognize, through speakers like these, that the aftermath of genocide does not simply end when the killing stops. The coordinator of the trip, Jean Michel Habineza, mentioned several times: “To you the death of a million is a statistic, but to us it is an uncle you have never met.” Emotion has a place in academic discourse

by the American Library Association and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, Poetry, The Writer’s Almanac, Poetry Daily, American Life in Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. Her second collection, Plume, was selected by Linda Bierds for the Pacific Northwest Poetry Series and will be published in Spring 2012 by University of Washington Press. Flenniken’s honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for

photographer Ken Dunmire PLU Crew adopted the Husky Clipper as their own. For the next five years, Lute oarsmen learned in her, practiced in her, and raced in her. She became a much-loved member of the family. In March 1967, in what proved to be her last race before being retired, rowing in the Husky Clipper, PLU faced their cross-town rivals UPS and the men’s varsity crew from Seattle University in a 2,000 meter sprint on American Lake. PLU Crew rowing Husky Clipper in her last race (Photo by PLU

April 18, 2008 Relay for Life returns to PLU track Students, faculty, staff and alumni will paint the campus purple on April 25 and 26 during PLU’s third annual Relay for Life The relay begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 25. At least one member from each team will circle the university track for 18 hours, with the relay ending at noon on Saturday, April 26. Relay for Life is an annual fund raising event for the American Cancer Society. Held in communities and at universities across the nation in

General of Germany (based in San Francisco) Rolf Schuette talk about Jewish-German relations at PLU. In addition to years of education and experience as a diplomat, before taking the San Francisco post in 2005, Schuette spent a sabbatical year as a Visiting Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., the American Jewish Committee in New York and the Institute of European Studies in Berkeley. Some of his experience also includes work in Israel. “The Holocaust is still the

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a Peace Corps alumna herself. She taught English for two years in Mauritania, a large country on the northwest coast of Africa. Later, Wiley returned for doctoral work. She maintains connections with communities there. “One thing I learned in the Peace Corps was that relationship building and spending time with people was something I was really passionate about,” Wiley said. “And to some extent that is what cultural anthropologists do, we study contemporary human life.” Zylstra stressed that the