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PLU Lutes continue on the road to national debate tournament Posted by: Todd / February 2, 2016 February 2, 2016 By Kristin Monroe '16Angie Tinker ’16 and Matt Aust ’17 dominated the 2016 Pacific University Debate Tournament on January 31, earning speaker awards and finishing as semi-finalists. After five preliminary rounds, Aust and Tinker were ranked fourth and finished as semi-finalists. Additionally, Tinker received an award for being the third best speaker at the tournament. Aust also

graduating May 26, the communication major and aspiring long-form writer will pursue a Master of Science in Journalism at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School. The nine-month, 36-unit program commences in July. Thanks to her impressive list of accomplishments — editor-in-chief for Mast Media and contributing writer at The News Tribune, to name a few — Thames received a hefty stipend and full-ride tuition, influencing her decision to attend USC. “I was accepted into every program I

invisible to mass media. There are a lot of kids who are reluctant readers as well as avid readers. It’s impossible for me to try to write to them as one giant audience. The nice thing about YA is that it has a built-in reader advisory thanks to the role of librarians and teachers, who help get the right books into kids’ hands. Q: When did you know you HAD to write?I’ve always written. Kept a journal. It’s really the only thing I consistently do and am consistently good at. It’s the one activity that

to see actors who look like them and to viewers looking for media that goes beyond long-held Hollywood norms. Some viewers may not take the significance into account, but many will and do. This is why, when Mary makes egotistical quips that mildly challenge gender norms during arguments with her husband, it can have an exasperating effect. The film flirts with structural racism when it would benefit from considering the actors beyond the casting process and updating the script with them in mind

The Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop comes to PLU Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 20, 2013 February 20, 2013 Offering both education and entertainment, the Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop will be traveling to PLU February 27, 2013. Join the glass artists in Red Square from 10:30am to 4pm to watch art happen. The Mobile Hot Shop truck is a fully equipped glass blowing studio holding everything needed to blow glass, including the cullet (scraps of clear broken glass gathered for remelting), a

Celebrate Tacoma artists at the Foundation of Art Award Exhibition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 7, 2015 October 7, 2015 The Tacoma art community will be represented at the eighth annual Foundation of Art Award Exhibition in PLU’s University Gallery October 14- November 11. The exhibition features the 2015 nominees and winners of the Foundation of Art Award given by the Community Foundation. All are invited to celebrate at the opening reception on October 14 from 5-7pm. Represented

PLU hosts Art from Parkland’s youth in a week-long exhibition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 PLU’s University Gallery will be home to the art of promising, young artists from the Parkland neighborhood and surrounding Pierce County area Saturday, January 10 – Friday, January 16. The PY// Art from Parkland’s Youth third annual juried art exhibition showcases work of young artists age 11-18. This year the show includes artwork from 31 student artists from Cascade