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… sometimes you have to fall out of favor with what you love to really appreciate it.” Sports always has been a huge part of Croft’s life, and as he grew up, he found a way to merge it with another passion: writing. At Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Wash., Croft wrote about sports, and at PLU he was a Journalism major who wrote and edited for The Mast. After graduation, though, newspaper jobs were few and far between—and Croft missed soccer. “I connected with an old club coach, who got me onto a couple

money was raised, about 250 PLU students traveled to the Woods to assist with the build. Students contributed to tasks such as construction, writing messages on the steps of the home and attending the dedication ceremony. This home also held a special significance to PLU, as the matriarch of the family moving in had recently finished her master’s in counseling at PLU. “That was cool (because) there was a connection there,” Stockstad said. “The university was trying to look at their community in

working in a newsroom.  Every election cycle since, prospective journalists have experienced one of the most tumultuous nights for anyone in the journalism field. By 8:30 on this election night, the group gathers in a newsroom office. The election is already closer than expected, and major swing states start to fall into place. The office, staffed with about 20 journalists, is uncharacteristically quiet. I start writing this first-hand account at 8:37, constantly refreshing The New York Times website

station, it was difficult in the beginning to keep up. This story didn’t just change daily, it changed hourly. That creates logistical challenges when writing and producing for broadcast, to keep your coverage relevant and up-to-the-minute. As a digital journalist for our station, I leaned heavily on social media sharing and web-first reporting in the beginning. As numbers of COVID-19 cases grew, and the scope of those affected changed, we adapted to take a big-picture approach. Our top priority now

grant as a way to finish what she started — both with her research and music interests. She poured nearly a year into writing a thesis and gathering letters and endorsements from faculty both at PLU and in Namibia before submitting an application in October. She waited three months before finding out she was a semi-finalist, then another three months before finding out she was a finalist in April. Each year nearly 5,000 applications are submitted annually from students and faculty nationwide. The

, in 1978, a floppy disk drive called the Disk II was provided with the Apple II. This attached via a controller card plugged into an expansion slot, which users could access by taking apart the case. The video display device was initially a television hooked to the Apple II, but later a screen could be attached as a peripheral. The Apple II would also originally use Integer BASIC for writing programs, which would be encoded into the Motherboard ROM chips. However, the computer later used Applesoft

comparison, they’re really not.” Jamila Haji, 13, has been in the United States for two years, and is still working on her reading and writing skills. But the teen is quickly adapting to the options her new country presents for her future. When asked what she wants to be when she grows up, Haji rattled off a “top four” list of career options that doesn’t sound much different from the aspirations of a native-born teenager: doctor, lawyer, singer, teacher. When asked which was best, she said, “The best

profoundly impacted by whatever they did,” she said. Bozich, a global studies and biology double major, completed her public health internship in August. She spent two months over the summer living in D.C., assisting with program development and grant writing, as well as learning about the politics surrounding humanitarian work.She said her experiences underscored her passion for a future in public health. “This internship definitely re-instilled the passion in me to work with women’s health and

always the case in the Humanities that Time and Eternity, Heaven and Hell come to expression in words. So, in “The Poem is a Letter Opener,” Barot speaks of … a poem that is old and full of days, a poem like an old china plate that is the color of time, the dusk having its supper of fog and people walking through the fog, the fallen leaves in the parks like strewn credit cards, which are also poems, like the typewriter writing the letter one little tooth at a time, one love at a time, in our city of

testament to this school,” she said of her upcoming production. “It is quite a gift to let a student use the mainstage for a performance. At most schools, that does not happen.” Schultz has selected “In the Garden of Live Flowers” by Attilio Favorini and Lynne Conner, a drama inspired by the life of environmentalist Rachel Carson and the writing of her groundbreaking book, “Silent Spring.” In making this ambitious choice, Schultz said she was looking to select a play that would make the audience both