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important for the public,” Storfjell said. As a part of PLU’s faculty Storfjell appreciates that PLU is a place where different types of scholarships are appreciated. Making academics accessible has value, he added. “At PLU it is valued and rightly so because it’s another way of teaching,” Storfjell said about programming like “Clash of the Gods.” Teaching is really where Storfjell realized his passion for Scandinavian Studies, and the history of the Vikings in particular. “I didn’t study it as an

May 10, 2010 www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ANB9w73E4 The Dead Gentlemen return to PLU – Ben Dobyns ’01, Don Early ’00, Matt Vancil ’01 and Steve Wolbrecht ’99. The Dead Gentlemen filmmakers return to PLU By Barbara Clements Once upon a time, there were five Lutes, who had a passion for gaming, and making up silly stories and movies when they should have been studying for finals in 1999. While looking for another excuse to not study Matt Vancil, Ben Dobyns, Don Early and Steve Wolbrecht, created a

department chair, Craig Fryhle. “I just knew then I wanted to come to PLU and study under him,” Osborn said recently during a break between classes and work in the University Center. When Osborn finally enrolled in PLU two years ago, she set a goal of earning her bachelor’s. Assistant chemistry professor Neal Yakelis said he was impressed when he first met Osborn. “I remember seeing her in my inorganic chemistry class,” he said. “She sat in the front row and I noticed how thoughtful her work was. Her lab

February 22, 2011 PLU students spend 96 hours figuring out halfpipes and VHF signals By Chris Albert Pro snowboarder Shaun White is entering a halfpipe going for maximum vertical air. For hours Dan Case ’11 and his team study the YouTube video of White during a 96 hour Mathematical Contest in Modeling. “We’d pause it over and over again to see how to make a model out of it,” Case said. Four teams, totaling 11 PLU students, spent 96 hours competing in the Math Modeling Contest. (Photo by John

biochemistry have taken the lead, he said. The next 50 years might see big gains again in physics, with the study of dark energy and mass. As for the next big discovery? He wouldn’t even hazard a guess. That would be like asking a cavalry sergeant in the Civil War to plan WWIII, he laughed. The future is really beyond imagining, he said. “I’ve seen a lot of exhilarating things, and a lot of catastrophes,” he said. “But that’s biology.” Read Previous ‘Be the Spark’ ignites, unites PLU community Read Next A

elsewhere. Specifically, the research team traveled across North America – from the Puget Sound region to the Rocky Mountains, Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, the East Coast and the Great Lakes – to study areas adversely affected by drought, population growth and questionable management practices. See Tapped Out “Tapped Out” premieres at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. Find out more about Tapped Out. Kortney Scroger ‘14, a PLU senior communication major who

and photography to get magazine assignments,” said Bergman, whose writing and photography have appeared in esteemed magazines such as National Geographic and Smithsonian. A two-time Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador and Mexico, Bergman has led more than 25 Study Away trips to places such as Cuba; France; Australia; Mexico; and, most notably, his J-Term trips to the beautiful, icy tundra down south, Antarctica. He also has taught a number of English literature and writing courses, including: Writing 101

, Henrichsen interned at the United Nations; was part of the first Communication class to study internationally; and was a columnist for PLU’s student newspaper, The Mooring Mast. She did this all with the help of her first professor at PLU, Professor of Communication Joanne Lisosky. “I met her really early on,” said Henrichsen. “I talked with her about my goals and ideas. We connected really quickly, which was awesome. I stayed in the Communication department because I appreciated her role, her enthusiasm

, Tahoma’s got everything any hungry college student could want for a study-break snack. Tahoma also serves up an excellent variety of breakfast foods to get Lutes good and ready to face a day of conquering classes. My go-to choice is the classic sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich, which features a hot sausage patty, fluffy egg and melted cheese wedged between two English muffins. The sausage, egg and cheese sandwich is simple and delicious, but those who like a little spice in their breakfast

communication.  Covering new fields of study was a particularly interesting part of the project Sager said, “It really speaks to the wide variety of work being done here at PLU, and how unique each Capstone experience is. You don’t realize how much of themselves people pour into these projects until you hear them discuss it so passionately.”  Bergstrom majored in chemistry and Nordic studies, and Sager majored in business with a concentration in marketing. “Even if no one ended up listening to the show, we