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By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand…
by Ivan Illich in his popular book Tools for Conviviality (1973), a convivial tool is a tool that is accessible, reliable, does not require the use of other technology to operate, is easy to use, is affordable, and allows for unlimited creativity while connecting users to one another. The idea was that the creation of these tools would ultimately better the world. Convivial tools offer a contrast to the industrial, military tools which dominated life in America during and after the Cold War. At
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
covers arts, cultural affairs and more at Aftenposten, a national newspaper she says is innovating in the world of multimedia journalism. “Aftenposten is leading Europe in making people pay for digital news,” she said. “We have many platforms. We have made a big transition.” And it’s an approach that’s working, counter to the narrative in many newsrooms across America. “We’re managing to get people to subscribe to our digital content,” Bjørhovde said, noting that online subscriptions recently
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in Tacoma says it didn’t seem like a big deal, since he never really experienced overt discrimination himself. Now, he says he knows…
sugar-coated understanding of racism in America, she said, and helped students realize what the struggle was truly like for people of color. “There have been moments I’ve seen people in tears from what they saw,” she said. Moving forward, Kraig hopes this class or one similar to it will continue. “I want to make sure what we’re doing is not forgotten,” she said. “You have to do the work now to make the future.” Read Previous Dual major brings passion for archaeology to life at PLU and abroad Read
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Tacoma, May 16, 2021 This week we interviewed Mariken Lund , a PLU junior and Innovation Studies minor who recently started her own sustainable clothing business in Norway. Mariken is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects on the PLU campus. However,…
roots, much like Seattle or Tacoma.” Planning for the Future We asked Mariken what her future goals were, considering she has a successful venture going and a new-found passion for sustainable products. “First, I plan to come back to PLU for my senior year.” “I love the campus, the supportive faculty, and everything about being in America. Throughout the year, I worked with Professor Halvorson and Professor Mulder, and I’d love to get back to campus to see them and all the friends that I have met
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 13, 2016)- Kiana Norman ’17 wears a lot of hats. She’s a singer, an actress and a writer. She’s a student, a sister and a daughter. A future world traveler, online journalist and theater critic, if all goes according to plan. But…
prevention PLU Health Center American Psychiatric Association Mental Health America Find a psychologist Other recommended resources NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), PLU chapter“It’s the older and slightly wiser you, four years into the future,” Norman’s column continues. “I’m writing this to hopefully shed some light on how you’re feeling at this moment, and hopefully to help you in your future.” How 19-year-old Norman felt wasn’t great. After her first year of high school was marked by an
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For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.
January. One Friday night during J-Term, Huelsbeck brought PLU students to Neah Bay High School’s boys and girls basketball games. It’s an annual tradition that shows one way Makah culture intersects with that of PLU students — a slice of small-town America under Friday night lights, Huelsbeck says. Nearly everyone the students met from Day One sat courtside. Both teams won handily, against a backdrop of enthusiastic support from relatives, extended family, friends and more. (Those family values stick
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More than a century after PLU was founded by Norwegian immigrants, the university maintains its connection to the founders’ homeland through study away programs.
always revising,” Restad said of the courses offered, adding that they often shift with current events. “The classes are fantastic,” Barkman said, emphasizing the value of her Norwegian classmates. “They bring up wars and conflicts that I’ve never even heard of. Every day after class, I’m going back to my apartment looking up all these different conflicts,” she added. “It’s really fun to have conversations comparing America and Norway and differences in culture and politics.” “The first week was a
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Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war.
. David Corner Corner is the founder and director of The Gathering Project, a humanitarian organization he created in 1997 after traveling to Ghana as part of a mission program there. The Gathering Project has shipped thousands of tons of goods around the world, as well as provided support for programs in North America and the Tacoma area. The Rev. David T. Alger Alger served nearly 30 years as executive director of Associated Ministries. His ecumenical work helped bring faith groups together to build
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: 87-106. Storfjell, Troy. "Dancing with the Stállu of Diversity: A Sámi Perspective." New Dimensions of Diversity in the Nordic Region 2016: 114-130. Storfjell, Troy. "Diversitehta, minoritehta, ja álgoalbmovuohta." Sámis Vol. 19, 2015: 12-15. Storfjell, Troy and Kikki Jernsletten. "Å reke i fjellene. Hamsun fra et (lule)samisk ståsted." Bårjås 2015: 18-30. Storfjell, Troy. "From the Mountaintops to Writing: Traditional Knowledge and Colonial Forms in Turi’s Hybrid Text." Scandinavian Studies: The
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October 6, 2014 How ‘Packaged Pleasures’ Changed America At the 2014 Benson Lecture, Prof. Gary Cross Will Explore Consumer Culture and its Impact on our Lives PLU Marketing & Communications From the candy bar to the cigarette and from records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the end of the 19th century set up a colossal shift in human consumption and sensory experience. As corporations such as Campbell’s Soup and Wrigley chewing gum introduced new techniques to capture and
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