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neighborhood, they were already learning about the new community they call home. Christina Easley ’19 says she’s seen beautiful artwork along the downtown corridor while riding the bus that takes her to and from PLU’s campus. “I had never noticed before,” she said. That’s exactly what the Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (TIES) program is challenging students to do — look at the community just outside PLU’s boundaries in new ways. “It breaks all the rules,” Joel Zylstra said of the program, which

taught him to be a better listener. “I may have brought in a certain set of traits and skills 16 years ago that were somewhat appropriate for the job, but after the last 16 years of hundreds of town hall meetings and phone calls, elections and campaigns, I’ve had to change quite a bit,” Larsen said in his office in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. “There’s still the part of me that is gung-ho about the things I want to do and what I want to work on, but over the last several terms I’ve learned a

it, around 5 a.m. and completed the 40-mile journey at Tacoma’s Point Defiance roughly 12 hours later. “I wouldn’t want to row out there now,” Holmes said, gesturing toward Alki Point on a warm summer day from the comfort of a private yacht where the former crew members gathered to commemorate the half-century anniversary and retrace their route. “I don’t remember the beautiful sights.” The lack of memories might have something to do with the ice-cold water that threatened hypothermia and the

dice and plenty of junk food. This is “The Gamers,” a film produced by a bunch of Lutes that started as a fun side project and turned into a viral movement and lifelong vocation. It follows the group as they work their way through the latest round of a role-playing fantasy game during their time as students at the university. Now, following a handful of sequels and YouTube views that continue growing by the thousands, a crowdfunded effort is bringing “The Gamers” back to PLU — and current students

in the interactive exhibits at the Intercultural Museum in the Grønland neighborhood of Oslo. The Turkish museum director says it isn’t easy for them to confront their prejudices with the kind of vulnerability the space requires. Still, as anti-immigrant and pro-nationalist attitudes bubble under the surface in a country that’s long been considered a humanitarian hub, Øzcan stresses that the stories told in his museum are more important than ever. “We have to speak with young people about what

alone? How do you want to spend your time when you are sharing your own company? Loss/Grief What are some of the smaller losses you are grieving (e.g., the end of a friendship, a piece of childhood, a dream you have outgrown, etc.) and moving through? What are some of the secondary losses you are experiencing as a result of your loss? Examples of secondary losses include loss of self (identity, confidence, health, personality), security (emotional, physical, financial, lifestyle), meaning (goals

wasn’t long after, however, that the minister of culture greenlit efforts to launch commercial TV and radio, Bjørhovde recalled. “So, I was there at the right time,” she said, over lunch at an ornate cafe at Hotel Bristol in the heart of Oslo. Bjørhovde became the first news anchor on a newly minted, once weekly program. “It was just experimenting,” she said. “It was on a very small scale.” Now, decades later, Bjørhovde is a senior reporter at the center of a very different media landscape. She

immigration policy Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), ResoLute granted anonymity to “Sophia” in order for her to speak freely about her experience with the Oaxaca, Mexico, study away program. Sophia silently stood in the Oaxaca International Airport, paperwork in hand, flooded with a haze of emotion. Equal parts excited and overwhelmed, she prepared to begin a long-awaited study away experience that almost didn’t happen. But after stepping off the plane, thousands of miles from Pacific

resources, including the center’s own crime-victim advocacy program. The center also hosts a number of community drop-in hours as well as potlucks, educational seminars and film screenings. “I would describe it as a place where people can come and fully be themselves,” Brewer said. As a co-leader of Harmony at PLU, Brewer participated heavily in raising awareness around LGBTQ issues both on campus and beyond. She also worked as one of the Diversity Center’s first LGBTQ peer advisors. Brewer — who