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Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

imagination’s daring in making free with the gravest characters who ever lived, I shall be so bold as to propose this: not in its entirety, I should not venture to go so far, but in many of its pages, pages which are perhaps not its least beautiful ones, history is a novel whose author is the people.” To illustrate his point, Vigney adduces three examples of historical events which bear the stamp of the popular imagination, all of them drawn from the tumultuous period of the Revolution and the Empire: the

, Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University. “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at the computer and typing stuff out and seeing it rendered

. JOB HUNT BUFFERING Ronquillo grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University. “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at the

conference (“Should Human Well-Being Always be Valued Over Nonhuman Well-Being?”). She is able to incorporate some of this work into her philosophy capstone seminar. We are making plans to visit several sanctuaries that house apes used in biomedical research and the entertainment industry. This experience should deepen Lindsey’s paper on biomedical research and further inform Erin’s next book on animals. We also had the great privilege of interviewing Roger and Debbi Fouts. Roger Fouts is director of

, all of the hardships he’s endured and the long hours he’s spent in gyms on dark Alaska nights are worth it. “It’s an honor to play college basketball,” he said. Even if he doesn’t achieve basketball stardom at PLU, Zach has already proven that while it might be hard to get to Naknek from here, it’s not hard to get to PLU from Naknek. -Nick Dawson, University Athletics Read Previous Making choices Read Next High schoolers shine at business week COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

with business leaders and students from around the world. “Students are stretched in ways no other academic setting can,” Brown said. He calls simulations like these “the real world with a safety net.” The culmination of this year’s competition will take place April 18-20. But much of the work will be done long prior to that. For about six months, PLU Business students will have been at work making decisions as a corporate executive team. Students selected to participate in the competition need to

Parrot Trust—didn’t seem at all interested in making an appearance. With the pull of a rope, Goodall released the enclosure’s trap door, offering the birds the freedom they had been denied for three years. For the love of birds “Let’s face it; she (Goodall) attracts a crowd,” Bergman chuckles as he reviews photos from the month-long trip he and PLU English major Nevis Granum ’14 took to Africa this summer, thanks to funding from Wang Center and Kelmer Roe research grants. http://www.youtube.com/watch

(including Angela Meade), our own students in the role of the Evangelist (coached by chair of vocal studies Jim Brown), Choral Union and Choir of the West (which I have prepared), the University Symphony Orchestra (prepared by Jeffrey Bell Hanson), with a guest conductor from Sweden and the composer in attendance. PLU multimedia services and stage services have played a big role in making the event happen. Percussion professor Miho Takekawa helped out by finding the very specialized tuned gongs that are