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success after another—and perhaps destined by one very early experience: The first article she wrote, on cafeteria lunches, ran in her elementary-school newspaper. “I thought it was so much fun seeing my name in the paper,” Patterson said She picked up reporting again in high school, working for her school’s paper and freelancing for The News Tribune’s Young Adult Pages. She also delivered newspapers. “There was a point in time when I was delivering the paper and had a byline,” Patterson said. Still

, “It’s not what you say, but how you say it.” Paulson honed his ability to say things brilliantly at PLU, where he majored in Chemistry and moonlighted as a philosopher, with a particular interest in the Philosophy of Science. Then, Paulson counted himself “part of the massive pre-med crowd,” following the vocational itinerary of his father—until he began to write for The Mooring Mast and discovered a philosophy of journalism. “I was getting irritated by bad reporting on science and environmentalism

media members and advisors nationwide. For five days, we each got to delight in the two “conferencing” perks: education and adventure. Our PLU group attended conference sessions geared toward fine-tuning our skills and inspiring our creativity. Students, advisors and professionals from all over facilitated conversations on everything from copy editing and design to critical reporting and journalistic ethics.Mast MediaLearn more about student media at PLUOutside the sessions, each of us conversed

themes include colonialism, superstitions and prejudices — topics Rich believes are still prevalent today.  “I can’t speak to what H.G. Wells was thinking when he was writing it, but a lot of it is more inwardly reflective,” Rich said. “The Martians coming down are a lot more evocative of British imperialism than they are of an outside force.”Orson Welles’ production of “The War of the Worlds” is a mock radio broadcast reporting an alien invasion in New Jersey. When it debuted in 1938 during the

institutions also working to create environments that improve the experiences and success of first-generation students, and will participate in monthly calls, professional development, goal setting, blog development, annual reporting, and more. After successful completion of the Network Member phase, institutions progress to the second phase, First-gen Forward, after which it is eligible to become a First Scholars Institution. First Scholars is the third phase of the First Scholars Network and serves as

hopefully give them some helpful feedback.” Now, for her math capstone, she’s running a statistical analysis, using principal component analysis to simplify the dataset and suggest ways the U.N. agency can fine-tune their surveys and reporting. If collaborating with a U.N. agency seems unexpected for a chemistry major, for Jackie, it’s been a natural outcome from the innovative interdisciplinary approach of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON). Through IHON, Jackie originally traveled to Oxford in