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.” So, for example, Sept. 15’s guest speaker is Peace Scholar Andrew Larsen ’15, while ASPLU President Sarah Smith ’15, a Global Studies major with a concentration in Peace and Conflict Resolution, speaks Sept. 19—and then there’s that contest. September Chapel Calendar: ‘Peace’ Sept. 10: Nancy Connor and Dennis Sepper, University Pastors Musician: Clara Eickhoff ’15, vocalist Sept. 12:  PLU President Thomas W. Krise Musicians: Dr. Greg Youtz, Professor of Music Dr. Richard Nance, Director of Choral

insecurity and an escalation of the conflict,” Lander said. “They’ve been there for years, and it’s a grim existence.”  “So it was personally fulfilling to see the situation first-hand—and respond to the needs,” Lander said by Skype from Rome, where WFP is headquartered. WFP is the UN’s international hunger relief arm and the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and food insecurity. Historically, the organization feeds more than 100 million people in about 80 countries each year

. In my piece, you will immediately hear two contrasting and opposing themes (the first in the woodwinds and percussion, the second in the brass). The themes are metrically polarized and in harmonically incompatible modes. Whereas a more conventional composition might develop the music by combining the themes, these two are like oil and water, and despite a third, more lyrical theme trying to mediate them, they persist in separate spheres until they are pushed together and thrown into conflict

pressures and prejudices can sometimes block our ability to express concern.  I encourage you to name those stereotypes and prejudices, and to talk about your anger, envy, shame and other negative emotions. Ultimately, I hope that each of you will model conflict resolution and respectful discourse in your own actions, and that you will not hesitate to seek out members of this community to help you work through any challenging feelings in your own life. I hope that as you make your way through this place

the levels in place before the Great Recession. A key concern for us is the split that cropped up a few years ago between the level of funding given to students attending the state’s public research universities (UW and WSU) and the 10 private universities in the state. In the last legislative session, the Legislature passed a resolution indicating a desire to restore parity between the research universities and the private colleges, but now, in the current session, we’ll need to see that