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particularly positive. He wrote to Eckstein and said the analysis of the use of social media as a resource and response venue for public debates was both stimulating and novel yet deeply rooted in the relevant scholarship on debating, argumentation and blogging. He was eager to see the research continue. Our research changed from something confined to meetings and highlighter marks and tallies, but something discussed internationally. Session attendees provided positive feedback: we were onto something

analyzing samples with the NMR: Yakelis’s Organic Special Projects students and Waldow’s Instrumental Analysis students will be among the first students to use it. The machine works by an electronic arm plucking out a sample from a rotating tray and slowly lowering it into a tube, which then goes down on a column of air into the bowels of the machine and into a center of a powerful magnet that is 200,000 times as strong as the Earth’s magnetic field. As the machine analyzes the sample, information

patrol duty, juvenile investigations, special assault and as the supervisor of crime analysis. Berger’s team was responsible for the creation of a Web site that lists were registered sex offenders live and another site that maps crime trends in various neighborhoods. During the summer, things generally slow down a bit, although Berger and his staff remain on duty, regardless.  This fall, the efforts to keep the small city that is PLU, kicks into high gear again. For more tips on public safety, check

hits and then things that aren’t hits,” Howell said. “It’s not always fun.” DeCrease said he appreciates all the work that Howell does. Although DeCrease is the man-on-the-ground and Howell provides more support from afar, DeCrease said that arrangement works out well. “He provides a tremendous amount of perspective and dispassionate analysis because I’m so deeply involved,” said DeCrease. “He balances me out.” With 47 rooms that can still be worked on in the vicinity around Raw Space, Howell said

more human-interest-related. The same word is used to describe the sports anchor who accompanies play-by-play: Color commentators give expert analysis, player history and light anecdotes.) As The Mast’s A&E Editor, I knew finding color wouldn’t be a problem. Making stories PLU-centric, Lute-focused and engaging to an impatient audience is literally my job from week-to-week. When we arrived, the first quote was from the Second Amendment Foundation’s Director of Development—“60 to 70 percent” of

background checks before earning a residency teaching certificate. When that expires (after about four years), teachers have a choice: move on to gain a ProTeach Professional Certification, or go through the more-rigorous program to receive a certificate from the National Board of Professional Teacher Standards, awarding them the title of a National Board Certified Teacher. The NBCT process consists of four parts, involving analysis and reflection in writing as well as submitted videos and student work

held enterprises, and supply chain management. The marketing analytics program prepares students for careers in data analysis, business marketing, social media, and brand management. The kinesiology program combines academic rigor with an emphasis on real-world training and practice and students may specialize in sports psychology and exercise science. To be eligible for streamlined graduate admission, PLU and Puget Sound alumni will have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above and complete an online