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jewelry design, to rapid prototyping and graphic design. At PLU, an obvious use of the software is in sculpture classes. Artists typically construct a scaled-down, 3-D model of their sculpture first in cardboard or clay, but editing the model is labor-intensive, Ebbinga said. In Rhino, artists can create the model and easily make adjustments. The software can also be used in math courses. Ebbinga is currently collaborating with associate math professor Daniel Heath, who studies complex knots. The

everyone being that way,” Cooley said. “Really, what’s most important is everybody making the little changes.” Reducing surplus by being smarter buyers makes an impact, Cooley said. “It’s not just about recycling,” she said. With campaigns like UnPLUgged, student residence hall communities are becoming more conscious about turning stuff off and unplugging devices when they’re not in use. There are also actions like identifying vending machines that aren’t being used, but cost more in electricity than

November 10, 2010 Reviving Confucianism By Chris Albert As part of the PLU Chinese Studies Program lecture series, Daniel A. Bell will visit campus to examine the revival of Confucianism as the moral foundation for political rule in China. Confucianism is making a comeback in Chinese debate about moral and political foundation. Below is a video with the last lecturer in the series, journalist Martin Jacques. “We stand at a moment in history where we can decide to be friendly competitors or

begin their study in Lillehammer at the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialog where they engage in structured dialog sessions with students from the Balkans/Caucasus regions and the Middle East. Study at the Oslo International Summer School includes an interdisciplinary six-week undergraduate level course in peace studies. “For our students to be able to go to such an intense and high quality learning environment is something they just can’t learn any other way,” Berguson said. “It just can’t be

March 9, 2014 A New Holocaust and Genocide Studies Minor at Pacific Lutheran University By Barbara Clements PLU Director of Content Development An important new step has been taken at PLU with the creation of a Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor, available to students beginning in the fall of 2014. This new program has the following statement of mission and description: The Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s educational commitment to helping its students

can be possible with funds from the Green Fund.” Proposals are currently being reviewed on a monthly rolling basis and will be accepted through April 1st, or until all funds are allocated. Final decisions on funding will be made by student sustainability leaders: the co-presidents of GREAN, the ASPLU Sustainability Director, and the RHA Sustainability Director, based on their judgment of each project’s feasibility and contribution to energy conservation at PLU. To learn more, email questions or

be held in the Ness Family Chapel, with a reception and traditional Norwegian pastries to follow in the Ness Family lobby. The event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 8: Nordic Christmas Banquet Call or email the Scandinavian Cultural Center (253-535-7349 or scancntr@plu.edu) for invitations and prices to this Swedish Festival of Lights and Christmas-themed meal, starting at 5 p.m. in the SCC. Dec. 11: Sankta Lucia For more than 60 years Pacific Lutheran University has been celebrating Sankta

vision, the annual lectureship was made possible through a generous gift from Marilyn Knutson. David Knutson’s vision guides the lectureship and, under its auspices, each year the Department of Religion brings to campus a lecturer who works critically and creatively out of the historical, scriptural and theological resources of a living faith tradition, bringing them into conversation with the major questions and challenges of our time. Read Previous Program brings people from around the world

wants to find what he wants to do with his life and establish friendships that endure after college. “I’m kind of hoping to meet a bunch of people I don’t know,” Trestor said. What EXPLORE! does is give students a better sense of what vocation means, help in discovering their passion and make them mindful of where they are at and who is around them that can help them reach a vocational goal, said Staff Coordinator Amber Dehne. “There are different transition issues we know our first year students go

rather changing from what they once were, Guzman said. The transition may be troubling, but it’s not a wake. “Because newspapers are troubled doesn’t mean they’re dying,” Zeeck said. “We’re in the middle of a 400-year evolution.” “Invite me when there’s a body to have a wake about it,” he added. As far as audience, more and more people desire a news source, especially in an online format of some source, Guzman said. With a strong audience or readership for newspapers there is a way for the business