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analysis of findings. Students demonstrate their mastery of the field by relating their research to the existing body of sociological literature and knowledge. Required for senior majors. Prerequisites: SOCI 496 or SOCI 413. (4)

task of the diviners is to interpret the marks made in the powdered wood coating the divination tray. Based on the marks the diviner creates, he or she will recite one of sixteen pre-determined verses of Yoruba oral literature, odu. Often these verses suggest further rituals or sacrifices that the diviner’s client should take part in to resolve their problem (Ross). To create each of these instruments of divination, an artist must acquire stylistic knowledge of his craft. The term àṣà generally

chance to keep their memory alive by sharing some of their names and stories. Presenters: Patrick Henry, Emeritus, Whitman College Judith van Praag Moderator: Rebecca Wilkin, Languages and Literature 5:00 - 6:45 p.m. – Dinner Break (Scandinavian Center, AUC) 7 p.m. – Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt (Regency Room, AUC)“Facing the Gorgon: Reflections on Jewish Resistance in the German Death Camps” sponsored by Sam Brill in honor of his mother, Edna Brill   Presenter: Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt

teaching psychology, history, rhetoric, and English literature at Pacific Lutheran Academy in 1897. One year later in 1898, Hong was elected president and held the position until 1918 when the school was temporarily closed until 1920. Returning to the then reopened and renamed Pacific Lutheran College in 1929, he remained as a professor until his retirement in 1938, merely one year before his death. North Hall, built in 1954, was renamed Hong Hall to honor the third president of the school.Johan U

different categories of ‘race’ will position us to explore various context-specific strategies for addressing the continuing, and very real, affects of this invented category.IHON 258: PovertyThis course is a social science based investigation into poverty, drawing primarily on the disciplines of sociology, economics, and history. Students will examine, interpret, compare and discuss quantitative measures of poverty, and both scholarly literature and popular press works by a variety of social scientists

piece and then you will be asked to sightread a passage from band, orchestra, or jazz literature (depending on the ensembles you indicate you are interested in). You will usually see the posted results of the auditions by Monday morning. Audition for rhythm section instruments (guitar, piano, bass, and drums) are held on Wednesday of the first week of classes. For the first part of the audition, you will play a piece with the big band where you will be evaluated for your reading, skill on the

Pacific Lutheran University and Executive Director of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. Her work advances PLU’s vision for global education through faculty development, study away programs, and on-campus events addressing global issues. Her current research focuses on representations of violence and explores new dimensions of the elegy in contemporary Mexican literature. She is also in the process of completing a two-year training as a Mindfulness Meditation Instructor.Laree

different things, and I was able to pursue them at PLU, knowing that I would eventually have to set them aside to focus on paleontology. I took a lot of classes to do with art, writing and literature coursework. I also played tuba in the wind ensemble and the crazy pep band PLU had back then, known as “commando band.” I’m really glad in retrospect I did it that way. That would be advice I’d give any current student — look forward and prepare for your desired career, but don’t feel like you have to

StorfjellWho: Dr. Troy Storfjell, Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, PLU Bio:  Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies. In his scholarship Troy works to create a place for Indigenous intellectual and philosophical traditions within the academy, bringing Sámi ways of knowing to bear on such topics as settler colonial literature, multicultural diversity and trans-Indigenous film

precisely because of their efforts. The uprising of peasants’ movements always contributed to the changes of all the previous Chinese dynasties. The Chinese sciences and technologies were also created by Chinese agricultural workers including moon calendar, astronomy, mathematics, hydraulic engineering, agricultural technology, Chinese written system, and life-philosophy, etc. They have been also the ones who created the Chinese intellectual culture including literature, traditions, academies, including