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single today, that may not be the best practice anymore. Sure, the lovey dovey holiday hasn’t lost its momentum — in fact, Valentine’s Day sales reached an all-time high of $19.7 billion in 2016. Yet, that’s because it’s become a holiday that both couples and singles celebrate. Many people are buying gifts and experiences for friends, co-workers and pets rather than that special someone. So if you’re thinking romance is the best way to boost your sales, think again — it’s time to switch gears and

in a play or novel by more explicitly naming the difference: servants vs the characters at the center of the plot or story. Placing the audience in the unfamiliar position of having to listen for the beginning of the play, created feelings of discomfort in the audience. I felt unsettled and unsure of what the actors expected of us. In this way, the play effectively subverts the hierarchies implicit in representations of class, digs into class disparities, and questions how the plot of romance

harmonic color of Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, and Artie Shaw; we like the fun of Fats Waller and the theatricality of Cab Calloway; and we like being a team, playing together as one with dynamics and esprit d’ corps. We are delighted to return this season and bring the rhythm of hot dance bands and the romance of music ‘under the stars’.Learn MoreJULY 14: Keith Henson OctetThe Keith Henson Octet is an eight piece, five horn band featuring arrangements of jazz and popular danceable and

view of this, but I have no idea how one could adapt their writing style to an age group as diverse as young adults. It would kind of be like asking, “What kind of styles and approaches in books do adults like?” Teenagers aren’t a monolith; they come from all sorts of backgrounds, with all sorts of needs when it comes to story. There are many subgenres in YA, for this reason; some kids like romance YA, some speculative fiction or horror. And some kids want to see a kind of realism that matches

estrangement “had destroyed her youth and bloom” and that she had to “[learn] romance as she grew older” (Vol. I, Ch. 7, 95; Ch. 4, 69). Cracknell’s film eludes destruction and aging by denying the protagonist emotional range and by thematically associating Anne with the transition between girlhood and womanhood. If we follow the scent of the film’s references to Austen-era iconography, it becomes evident that the rabbit is a perfectly suitable—and historically accurate—allusion to both the autumnal tone

through the process, including a mock interview. Faculty are very committed to our success in that way.Hispanic & Latino Studies at PLUThe PLU Hispanic & Latino Studies combines the study of the Spanish language with courses in Latin American, Latino, and Iberian literatures, linguistics, and cultural studies.Why did you choose Hispanic Studies as a major? I was lucky enough to experience a dual-immersion school program from kindergarten until 10th grade, spending half of every day learning Spanish

have you adapted your traditional teaching methods for video and other online-only instruction? Yaden: Since I’m teaching a 400-level course (Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics) this semester, the adaptations were minimal. I have been meeting with my students regularly for our normal class time but using Zoom as our tool for synchronous learning. I share my screen so students can follow my PowerPoint as well as any other resources I show, such as websites and audio/video clips. We were already