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March 12, 2014 Poster courtesy of Pierre Sauvage. Hiding in Plain Sight: Filmmaker researches his roots and into the rescue of Jews at Le Chambon-sur-Lignon By Barbara Clements Content Development Director Pierre Sauvage, just 18, remembered being shocked by the news: He was Jewish? And his parents survived WWII and the Nazi regime largely by finding a safe haven, with up to 5,000 others, in a little-known part of south-central France? The news, belatedly told by the Sauvages to their son, led
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PLU religion professor Seth Dowland discusses his new book “Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right” (Podcast) Posted by: Zach Powers / March 2, 2016 Image: PLU Assistant Professor of Religion Seth Dowland. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) March 2, 2016 TACOMA, WASH. (March. 2, 2016)- PLU professor Seth Dowland’s first book, Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right, was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in October 2015. Dowland describes the book as a
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introducing myself, and he invited me to attend rehearsals for the Passion. While having coffee prior to rehearsal, Stefan asked if I would like to do the U.S. premiere of this piece at PLU. Of course I said yes! The chance to bring this wonderful new work to my singers and also have them work with Stefan and the composer was something I just couldn’t pass up! There’s been a lot of collaboration involved in the Passion Week with community organizations, alumni and PLU programs. What has that been like
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Local and international film critics lose their marbles — in a good way — over Lute’s live-action short film Posted by: Kari Plog / October 11, 2017 Image: Carl Petersen ’04 plays a marble thief named Wolf in the short film “All the Marbles.” Petersen wrote, produced and starred in the film, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France. It screens locally at the Gig Harbor Film Festival on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. (Photo courtesy of Carl Petersen) October 11, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU
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Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market Posted by: Zach Powers / April 26, 2024 Image: Cece Chan ’24 is a double major in communication and gender, sexuality, and race studies from Seattle. (photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 26, 2024 By Nikki McCoyPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer For Cece Chan ’24, what began as a love of student advocacy and social justice in high school, has blossomed into activism through art at
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Criminal justice major Raphi Crenshaw ’24 interned at Tacoma Pro Bono and plans to attend law school Posted by: Zach Powers / April 30, 2024 Image: Raphi Crenshaw ’24 is a criminal justice major from Puyallup. (Photo by Emma Stafki ’24/PLU) April 30, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterAfter graduating from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Raphi Crenshaw ’24 enrolled at PLU with plans to major in biology. “I was going to become a dermatologist, but when I started
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Some people build fences to keep people out… and other people build fences to keep people in. Posted by: Kate Williams / October 16, 2017 October 16, 2017 By Kate Williams '16Outreach Manager “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything” – Malcolm X. Inequality. A word that carries the weight of a million lost souls. A word that has invoked the true nature of thousands of Americans. A word that has haunted the spirit of mankind for hundreds of years. How, as individuals do we defy a
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creation of Indivisible, a grassroots and non-partisan political group dedicated to that resistance. Three PLU English faculty on sabbatical last year dedicated their time to activism, joining the Indivisible movement. Professor Lisa Marcus and Professor James Albrecht were part of an organizing team that created a branch of Indivisible in their hometown of Gig Harbor, and Professor Rona Kaufman became an active member of the group. Professor Lisa Marcus says she was “horrified” when Donald Trump was
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solace is found in the fictive Alice in Wonderland. Carson’s journey converges with a fantastical landscape enlivened by literary, film and cultural references that theatricalize the revolutionary science of Silent Spring. “As an artist and storyteller I am fascinated by the human need to escape reality through fairytales and familiar stories. Time and time again, individuals walk the yellow brick road, fly towards the second star to the right, push through the looking glass, and fall down the rabbit
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solace is found in the fictive Alice in Wonderland. Carson’s journey converges with a fantastical landscape enlivened by literary, film and cultural references that theatricalize the revolutionary science of Silent Spring. “As an artist and storyteller I am fascinated by the human need to escape reality through fairytales and familiar stories. Time and time again, individuals walk the yellow brick road, fly towards the second star to the right, push through the looking glass, and fall down the rabbit
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