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, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and half of all men and one third of all women in the country will develop the disease during their lifetimes. “It’s a coping skill to manage such a huge disease,” Comstock said of the relay event. “There is no way I as one person can make it go away, but this is a way to cope and do my part.”   Read Previous Student perspective: the presidential campaign Read Next New York artist’s exhibit inspires reflection COMMENTS*Note: All

desk lamps use little to no energy and can be used in place of overhead lights. The building’s HVAC unit transformed from a heating only device to having the capacity to both heat and cool the building. Old and broken pieces of the systems were replaced, while other parts were tweaked to work more efficiently. The upgraded unit features an advanced sensor system that measures the outside and inside atmosphere 50 times a second. It responds immediately to impending temperature changes, based on a

. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Seattle, MediaLab will premiere the documentary “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the U.S., and Crime.” The ambitious hour-long film – MediaLab’s second in as many years – looks at how drugs and weapons affect the citizens of the two nations. “For us, this is a film about community as much as it is about the drug trade,” said Julie Olds ’09, the lead researcher on the project. “ We want to ask ‘how responsible are we?’” The project had its genesis

the world’s memory. “That’s the portrait of victims,” Herschkowitz said. “There were very few child survivors.” But he was one of them, as he escaped with his family from Belgium and survived the struggles of hate. On Oct. 24, he shared the stories of the children of the Holocaust at the Second Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference in Support of Holocaust Education in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. It’s important to hear about the lives of survivors, said Provost Patricia O’Connell Killen

go back to Washington D.C., twice. In the last visit in October, she met Obama. Kpodo and her four other contenders were supposed to meet the president on the first trip back in September. But Obama was booked on the David Letterman show that day. So the meeting would have to wait. But for Kpodo, the wait was well worth the second trip. After waiting briefly in the Roosevelt Room, Obama emerged from the Oval Office and said “come on in,” Kpodo recalled. He went over and leaned on his desk, and

efficient florescent bulbs. Even the parking lot lights are designed to limit light pollution by directing the light down, instead of up and out. It isn’t just about light though; the water fixtures (toilets, water fountains, sinks) use 30 percent less water than a standard system. And when the building is idle it goes into a sleep mode of sorts, Kaniss said. The Neeb Center is the second new building at PLU to receive LEED Gold, the other being the Morken Center for Learning and Technology. Reaching

showers. It was my second time at Neah Bay. I had been here once before, part of a J-Term course, “Makah Culture Past and Present.” My experience from that time was why I returned this past summer. Along with several other PLU students and Professor of Anthropology David Huelsbeck, we came to volunteer at Tribal Journeys, one of the largest Native American celebrations on the West Coast of the United States. My first experience at Neah Bay taught me the warmth of the Makah people – I never had been

nexus of performing arts,” said Jeff Clapp, artistic director of theater and associate professor of theater. The studio theater alone can be configured in a number of ways, allowing a more intimate setting than a main stage performance. And with the two stages, rehearsals can take place on one while sets are being placed on the other, Clapp said. “We can do lots of different things,” he said. “We just haven’t thought of them all yet. It really is an imaginarium.” Having a second set construction

and Americorps, volunteering was a way to transition from college life to the “real world.” “I was excited about the opportunity to slowly move into something else,” Goble said . Goble did two years of service. He spent his first year working with Lutheran Volunteer Corps affiliate Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership in Omaha. His second year was with Peace Community Center, an AmeriCorps affiliate in Tacoma’s hilltop neighborhood. The relationships he formed during these years had a

Winstead, a master sergeant and senior military instructor of the MSIIIs. In his eyes, Velásquez, “is a very self-motivated cadet.” “Physically, [he’s] very fit. Academically, he’s probably into the top 10 percent of his class. He’s been a solid student in every aspect,” Winstead said. When he graduates next year, Velásquez will commission as a second lieutenant, but his exact assignment won’t come until sometime during his senior year. This summer, Velásquez and other MSIIIs from around the country