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, and some of the German officers who were nearby simply looked the other way. “This region was peaceful and wasn’t shooting at soldiers,” he said. “They did work with the armed resistance, however.” The region was in the mountains, isolated, and the entire Huguenot community joined together to project the refugees, some of whom arrived as early as 1938. When he first came to the villages (there are total of 12, including Le Chambon-sur-Lignon), the villagers were reticent to speak with him.  Many

role as co-founder and chief strategy officer before Google purchased the operating system in July 2005. Sears remained involved at Google, working on Android product development and marketing. By every account, Sears spent more than seven years creating and perfecting the modern-day smartphone. He credits PLU with helping him get there. “I came to PLU to study business,” Sears said, “but I left with a lot more than a (Bachelor of Business Administration).” Now, another former Lute has inspired his

preservation (or, perhaps more accurately, appropriation).* Languages: French, Russian, German The Marquise of OFriday, Oct. 14| 5:30 | Ingram 100 A late-blooming master of the French New Wave, Eric Rohmer caught the world by surprise with The Marquise of O, a German language period piece faithfully adapted from the novella by early nineteenth century author Heinrich von Kleist. The story deals with the quandary faced by a chaste young widow, when she finds herself inexplicably pregnant. Rejected by her

un art. Elle es une science pure.”  Professor Emeritus of French Mark Jensen Such a formulation may strike us as naïve, but modern historiography has been marked by attempts to import into history the prestige of this or that field of scientific or pseudo-scientific endeavor. Sociology, economics, psychoanalysis, anthropology and linguistics are only some of the disciplines that have been exploited in this way. (The philosophical justification for Pacific Lutheran University’s assignment of the

” flag (that she plans to hang on the front of her walker), 93-year-old Perry beamed with nostalgia. “That brings back many, many, many memories,” she said. Perry and her twin sister, Helen Jansen, played softball together at PLU in the early 1940s. They joined the team after years of playing together as kids. “That’s how we got so good,” she recalled. Perry played left field. Her sister, who died in April, played shortstop. Perry was also an active chorus member on campus. The twins both studied

pool,” St. Clair said. “But the students who do this are ready for it.” Award amounts vary. The highest so far has been $3,500. The lowest hovered around $700. Sometimes three awards are given, other times only one. The work is often done abroad, but domestic opportunities are acceptable so long as they have an international scope. Applications may be accepted as early as the fall, but all are due by March 10. “It’s good for students to start planning early,” St. Clair said. A primary goal of the

Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. In partnership with the PLU Diversity Center, the trip sent eight students to Georgia and South Carolina to study environmental justice in a civil rights context. The trip focused largely on the history of racism and slavery, the importance of primary resources in an economic context and modern devices in society that unjustly divide people into different socioeconomic and racial areas. “The whole experience was very meaningful,” Dobies said. “It put