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contributor to the vision, now called MediaLab. “The News Tribune has been more than MediaLab’s major financial supporter; it has also contributed significantly to the education of our students,” Joanne Lisosky, MediaLab advisor, says. “Our MediaLab students often travel to the News Tribune not as spectators but ‘coworkers’. In return, News Tribune staff members routinely come to campus to serve as classroom collaborators.” The continued funding from the News Tribune will help MediaLab purchase additional

November 3, 2008 Harmony invites campus into the discussion There are a lot of people listening about how candidates are going to address issues that are important to them this election. With concerns like the economy being at the forefront of political discussion, the Harmony Club wanted to make sure issues that they care about aren’t forgotten.“We’re trying to raise awareness of queer issues in this election,” said Cate Fisher, club co-commissioner. The club brought issues like gay marriage

and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. “They are very prestigious venues,” Youtz said, “and we are really thrilled to be able play there.” The Sichuan performance will be in dedication to the Earthquake victims in the region – it’s also Washington’s sister province. Youtz is really looking forward to seeing the reaction of Chinese audiences to the jazz numbers. Jazz music isn’t really wide-spread in China, he said. There was time it was big in the 1930s and 40s, but revolution ended that because

media organization that works with clients in the Tacoma community and creates yearly documentary projects.Living on the Edge​ captures the story of North Cove residents who refuse to give up without a fight. The fates of homes, businesses, cranberry farms and fisheries will be determined by the quickly eroding coastline. The Pacific Ocean is projected to engulf the area by 2050 if left unchecked. Director Garrett Johnson states, “I hope people will continue to support North Cove’s fight against

), which means it is specifically designed to explore a topic through multiple academic departments and subjects. PLU’s IHON web page explains that the courses “use multiple lenses in order to overcome the blindness that comes from insisting upon just one.” While Heath’s class is advertised as a starship design class, the course is actually a multi-disciplinary exploration of the current state of planet Earth and the issues facing humanity. “This is a course about asking big questions and pursuing

today is addressed to her. Dear Mom, When you departed from this earth, I thought I would never go to college. Two years later I was given the privilege to attend, not just a college, but a prestigious university in Tacoma Washington, not Washington D.C., Washington State, as in Seattle. Mummy let me tell you, it rains a lot, almost everyday. Don’t get me wrong, the scenery is beautiful, always lush and green and there is a majestic ice capped volcano in my backyard. Going to college is always life

.  JOB HUNT BUFFERING Ronquillo grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University.  “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at

, and a volunteer work party to get the plot’s first official growing season started. The Garden Club has been working throughout the year to prepare the new site for planting. Many months and man-hours later, the site has 22 garden beds and the soil is ready for planting. This year marks the third growing season for the community garden. First established in 1997 by student Brian Norman, the community garden didn’t live past his graduation a year later. In April 2006, Becky Mares ’07 and Kate

the world’s memory. “That’s the portrait of victims,” Herschkowitz said. “There were very few child survivors.” But he was one of them, as he escaped with his family from Belgium and survived the struggles of hate. On Oct. 24, he shared the stories of the children of the Holocaust at the Second Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference in Support of Holocaust Education in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. It’s important to hear about the lives of survivors, said Provost Patricia O’Connell Killen

the first of many on their new podcast The Carson and Nate Show.  “At the beginning of this (COVID-19), we realized quickly that there was probably zero chance we could present our capstones in a traditional way,” Bergstrom recounted. “We see the capstone as the culmination of four years of work and a celebration of your independent research.” “We thought it was sad that nobody could share their project and their journey, and celebrate the end of this chapter. We thought one way to do that is a