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in Africa. Although we were good friends, I always hesitated to ask David questions about his childhood. I worried that, if I knew details about what I suspected was a horrific past, I might somehow treat him differently. I didn’t think either of us wanted sympathy to unnecessarily alter our friendship, or the jocular culture of our college house.PLU School of Business Raises Money for David’s tripStudents, staff and faculty members from the PLU School of Business are leading an independent

Corvallis Knights’ summer wood-bat baseball team for college eligible student-athletes. Lacking stamina and trying to regain a feel for all of his pitches, Beatty took awhile to get back to where he had been the previous summer when he compiled a 6-1 record in helping the Knights to the West Coast League championship. In eight appearances, including seven starts, Beatty compiled a 2-1 record, a 4.01 earned run average. His 40.3 total innings pitched ranked third on the team. While not as impressive as

in Germany, and the nearly five in New York City. No question growing up in the Pacific Northwest in particular, and the American West in general, have greatly defined my work. I’m fortunate to be extremely fond of the place I’m from. The mountains, waters, trees, and even vast horizons east of the mountains have always been dear to me and important to the work. Other art of any discipline greatly informs my work, as well- whether film, music, other painters… Seeing the contents of so many

. For safety reasons, each team had adhere to the plan set up during the morning meeting, exploring only those locations discussed with the team. We would also check-in with each other at noon each day using hand-held radios or satellite phones. These precautions would allow one team to locate another in the event of an emergency. As the glacial geology team, our goal was to explore rocks left behind when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated and thinned to its current size. This retreat occurred

and Wendy Johnson’s 15 assists, this team stormed through opposition to claim the NAIA national title. A staunch defense, anchored by keeper Gail Stenzel, kept opponents to a 0.51 goals per game average. Along the way, the PLU women brought home Northwest Conference of Intercollegiate Colleges, NAIA District I title, and NAIA West Region titles. The 1988 team still holds the highest winning percentage in team history (.913), making its successes even more valuable in historical significance

starts in describing the origin of the music and drums, Tom Krise just listens. And enjoys. It was an unplanned, serendipitous welcome home. Read Previous Skones Era Choir of the West Reunion Read Next I never thought I’d study away four times and still graduate on time COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in

has also pledged support for a new Rieke greenhouse/laboratory that will support both teaching and research. Early in the campaign, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer was brought online in Rieke. Faculty and student researchers use it to study the bonding of atoms in a molecule to gain a better understanding of chemical compounds. Funded by the campaign and the National Science Foundation, the facility is one of the first of its kind located at a West Coast undergraduate university

bitterness, anger, and despair. But environmental work has a positive impact and can motivate and compel changes, even if in small ripples, at first. “Finding power in love really does inform and help me deal with dark moments,” he says. He cites a favorite Cornel West quote: “I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.” “Now that I have Maja, every date in the future has her face on it,” Schwartz says. As an example, he points to 2030 as a huge year in climate change. Will a 10-year-old Maja be

knowing that my financial aid could go with me. Studying in Trinidad & Tobago: While in Trinidad & Tobago, I went to the University of the West Indies, and was able to take any classes I wanted. I decided to take dance classes, because dance was my minor and Trinidad is huge into performing arts and social activism through dance and art, which is something I was really interested in. I took a Caribbean festivals class and a ballet class, which was really useful to see how ballet was taught in

teaching career in earnest. After spending most of my life in the Midwest, I loved being out on the west coast, especially the San Francisco Bay Area. Being a composer working with programmers, engineers, artists, and game designers taught me a lot about collaboration and teams.  We were trying to come up with unique game worlds. Music and sound were key elements in this process. So whether it was a shooting game that needed an action/thriller score, a Medieval fantasy game that required an epic