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Bowl Champions practice and meet the head coach. Two teams had signed up for the Haunt a week ahead of time. On Oct. 30, the day of the Haunt, there were 14 teams signed up. “Little did we know people would be running around [during the Haunt],” said Zepernick. “People were without jackets in the pouring rain—and we thought, ‘All right! This is KFC!’” The winners of the Haunt were Lutes Gage Gibson, Jake Dacus, Matt Wehr and Joseph Bowley. The winning Lutes, PLU KFC board members and randomly

wasteful since there are benefits for the planet, and for students’ wallets. “Every time you recycle, you are essentially lowering your tuition,” said Lorax. “Our recycling at PLU costs less money per ton than landfill.” (It costs $383 per ton for landfill waste and only $35 per ton for recycling.) “That’s a significant amount,” Lorax said. He also added that last year the university saved $104,000 by implementing waste-diversion efforts. To check to learn more about Recyclemania visit

tempo for most of Bennett’s time, Blythe pointed to her heart and said, “All tempo comes from here.” This message certainly did not go unheard by the evening’s selected performers. “I think some of the biggest things I took away from this experience would be that being a singer is not just standing up in a group of people and singing some notes and rhythms.” Higashiyama said. “We [as singers] are a vessel to the audience. We want to make them feel something because, despite the fact we are singing

House, this time as Walther von der Vogelweide in the opera Tannhäuser.Baetge grew up in Monroe, Wash., and attended college in Bremerton before coming to PLU from 2001-2004. “PLU had both great teachers and great coaches,” Baetge said. “I got to work with the choir,  which was a great place for me to work on my voice. I loved having the ability to go out and take all of these interesting classes at my will because I was at a full undergrad university.” Many who decide to pursue a career in music

constitution and bylaws for the president of the university. In a related move, the board also named Dr. Joanna Gregson, professor of Sociology and chair of the faculty, to the post of acting associate president and academic counsel. Joanna will assume full-time administrator status, while Dr. Michelle Ceynar, professor of Psychology, will assume the role of chair of the faculty.Thank You ReceptionThe entire PLU community is invited to a reception to thank Dr. and Mrs. Krise for their service and celebrate

students following a strong recommendation from the university’s Admission and Retention of Students (ARTS) Committee.These new procedures allow prospective students to choose whether to provide standardized testing scores as part of the application process, and will be put into effect in time for the incoming Fall 2019 class.“Going test optional means PLU is taking a giant step toward leveling the playing field for applicants, living our mission by working to ensure that a college education is

States Army Cadet Command and the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation with a MacArthur Award for the 2019-20 school year.There are 274 senior Army ROTC units across the country, divided into eight brigades. PLU was named the top school in the 8th Brigade, which covers Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Montana, California and Nevada. This is PLU’s fifth time receiving the award, with previous wins in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2018. “Winning this award five times in 10 years … makes me

loved ones.As a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we are called upon to live our commitment to combating racism and white supremacy. We commend our students, alumni, faculty, and staff who already are contributing their professional expertise and volunteering their time, energy, and financial resources to antiracism causes. At PLU, we strive to equip our students — and ourselves — with the critical thinking, compassion, and courage to contribute to the dismantling of

and Translations interest area.Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the grant for their ongoing project titled “An Edition and Translation of Selections from Louise Dupin’s Philosophical Treatise, The Work on Women.” The project aims to present the work of Enlightenment French Feminist, author, and philosopher Louise Dupin to a wide audience for the first time by translating and editing a selection of her most

2021, this project gives business students an opportunity to understand, identify and reflect on areas of structural inequities in business and society, and learn to advocate for positive change. 100 Voices Project: This project focuses on gaining valuable insights from prospective employers and industry’s expectations of 21st century skills. At the same time, it gives faculty an opportunity to examine and reflect on the appropriateness and relevance of social issues embedded in the business