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Alumni Check-in: Angela Tennant ’12 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 20, 2013 March 20, 2013 Angela Tennant ’12 Degree: Bachelors of Fine Art – Theatre, Acting Directing with an English Literature minor Organizations: Alpha Psi Omega (Member and Historian), Vpstart Crow (President), CLAY CROWS Improv (Member), SOAC Advisory Board Where are you now? “I currently reside in New York City. Upon graduation at PLU, I was accepted into the MFA Acting program at The New School for Drama, and I’m in
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the mask to the dancers’ head. There are smaller markings around the rim of the mask that indicate there may have been additional raffia used to help conceal the identity of the person wearing the mask. Located in Northern Mozambique (and to some degree in Southern Tanzania), the Makonde are “an ethnic minority in Mozambique who in 1997 numbered just under 250,000, or approximately .015% of the national population. The majority live in northern Cabo Delgado province on the 1,715 square kilometer
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Nuna, populated this area. Those who did not flee intermarried with the Mossi, resulting in the diversity of sculpture and mask designs found on the plateau today. The contemporary Mossi are primarily famers, tending to crops of millet, sorghum, maize and groundnuts. In the north, some Mossi raise livestock. The Mossi language is known as Mooré, one of the two primary languages of Burkina Faso. Numbering 2.2 million, they are the largest ethnic group in the country. Those descended from the
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Urhobo, the next best thing is to look at Igbo and Ido cultures because many Urhobo, Ido, and Igbo practices overlap and have sometimes been mistaken and attributed to one another. Demographically Urhobo are relatively small in population when compared with much larger ethnic groups found in Southern Nigeria such as the Igbo, Yoruba, and Benin (not to be confused with the country of this name). The Urhobo inhabit the western fringe of the Niger River Delta “where a green rain forest belt descending
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witnessing a diverse younger generation of Japanese Americans reconcile their family histories. “It hasn’t been until recently that we’ve seen younger generations trying to come back to reclaim some of that identity — especially for multi-ethnic members of the younger generation,” Kitajo said. “I have friends who do struggle with dual identities or figuring themselves out. This pilgrimage is part of their journey.” For Kitajo, the Minidoka Pilgrimage was crucial to understanding the mysteries of his
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The News Tribune in Tacoma. In 2015, the Society of Professional Journalists named her Western Washington New Journalist of the Year. She returned to PLU as part of its communications team in 2016. She joined KNKX in 2018. Vince Schleitwiler As a journalist, Vince Schleitwiler has written for the Village Voice, FILMMAKER, Crosscut, and the International Examiner, and once served as a high school movie critic for the Chicago Tribune. He has taught comparative ethnic studies at several universities
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had never done anything remotely medical until this internship,” she said. “It’s really more the anatomy, physiology side of it that I really like.”Haley Hurtt '18 Photo by Oliver Johnson '18 This summer, English literature major Haley Hurtt ’18 became well acquainted with her U.S. senators. Or at least their voicemails. Hurtt was an intern for the global poverty nonprofit, The Borgen Project. She was responsible for calling her senators every week and raising at least $500, but her main job was
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the value of literature and writing is even more paramount as we move forward, because it’s acting as kind of a resistance to forces in our culture that want to reduce or simplify experience,” Barot said. “What literature does is restore complexity to the things that people feel and do and think, and celebrate complex emotional, social, intellectual experiences.” As for the future of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Barot looks backward and forward, always with the founders’ vision—and achievements
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development, expansion, and contemporary issues. (4) RELI 211 : Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible - RL, IT This course introduces students to the critical study of the books in the Hebrew Bible Canon. Students will become familiar with the socio-historical context of these biblical books and their major theological themes; explore in depth a representative selection of Hebrew Bible texts; learn about a variety of historical, theological, and interpretive approaches by means of which to
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(medicines, poisons, psychoactive plants), genetic engineering, bio-prospecting, and socio-economic issues surrounding botanical commodities. Prerequisite: BIOL 226. (4) BIOL 358 : Plant Physiology A study of how plants obtain and utilize nutrients, react to environmental factors, and adapt to stress. Focuses on mechanisms at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. Explores connections to agriculture and ecology. Relies significantly on primary literature. Includes laboratory. Prerequisite: BIOL
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