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form. The feedback form can be submitted anonymously if you prefer. Become a RepresentativeRepresentatives’ commitment to PLUSC is crucial to our success. Our expectation is that representatives will spend one hour each month attending the general PLUSC meeting, and an additional hour communicating with constituents or meeting with other members about PLUSC projects. Committee roles will require some additional time, but representatives have the option to select a role which will fit best with

experience of centuries past. Though we cannot recreate life as it was, by examining German literature we learned of perspectives toward how people of the time interacted with their world – an inquiry that can inform how we choose to interact with and process our world today. A thought that remains poignant from our German literature readings comes from Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim’s Dulcitius. The men in this play demonstrate their ability to physically control the three sisters. However, these women

and complexity of life in a globalized world—a world that rests on a history of colonization, slavery, oppression, and genocide. The book is built around historic events and clashes and situates the philosophies discussed in their time and place.  The emergence of social Darwinism, the Social Gospel Movement, two world wars, McCarthyism, the war in Vietnam, and the “culture wars” of the 1980’s are some of the signal events.  Events like these—along with the emergence of movements to address civil

Philosophy and Economics in OpoleIn October of 2014, I was privileged to present a paper at the tenth annual American and European Values Conference in Opole, Poland.  The conference brought together more than twenty scholars from all over the United States—from both coasts as well as the heartland—and Europe to speak at Opole University on the topic of “Philosophy in the Time of Economic Crisis.”  The purpose of the conference was to provide an opportunity for those who study and teach

Printing Madame DupinLast fall, Students in French 401, “Women and Print in Early Modern France,” got to try their hand at something really new (or old?!): letterpress printing. The occasion was momentous.  They were putting into print, for the very first time, the manuscript words of Madame Dupin. Dupin is best known as the châtelaine of the beautiful castle of Chenonceau in the Loire valley, and for saving this historic site from destruction during the French revolution by allowing

2015. Visit us at www.plu.edu/lrc and on Facebook to see more pictures, and be sure to stop by the new LRC next time you are on campus! — Bridget Yaden   The New Language Resource Center The Mobile Laptop Cart in Action Next: Community Learning Through Endowed Lectures

easy directions. Did you know that every 3 seconds a baby is born? In that same time 140 cans are born! PLU knows, so recycling and composting are available in every residence hall and water bottle filling stations are available in all Traditional Halls. What can you do?  Sort your recyclables and compost food scraps whenever possible. Here is a list of what and how PLU recycles. Use a reusable water bottle rather than disposable ones. Water bottle filling stations are also available in Stuen Hall

time in order to free him up to do this. In everything that Hamilton has done for PLU Tennis over the years, his main focus has been serving the students. He has a gift for relating to young people, and the student-athletes in the PLU Tennis program have been blessed by his gifts. Hamilton works in the financial services field. He serves on several ministry boards and acts as a mentor/coach to businessmen. He and his wife, Jill, have four children and one grandchild. They also do premarriage

work two-thirds time in order to free him up to do this. In everything that Hamilton has done for PLU Tennis over the years, his main focus has been serving the students. He has a gift for relating to young people, and the student-athletes in the PLU Tennis program have been blessed by his gifts. Hamilton works in the financial services field. He serves on several ministry boards and acts as a mentor/coach to businessmen. He and his wife, Jill, have four children and one grandchild. They also do