The big oil machines
“Tyranny of Oil” author to appear at PLU A nationally-known expert and critic of Big Oil will speak at PLU on Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Xavier Hall, Nordquist Lecture Hall, off Park Avenue South. The address is free and open to the…
Students are urged to go vote
Go vote. And take a picture. Vote. Doesn’t matter what party or on what issue. Just get registered and get to the polls on Nov. 4 and vote! Student Involvement and Leadership has joined up with the Washington Secretary of State’s “I Will Vote” campaign…
Homecoming 2008
Homecoming 2008 This year’s Homecoming activities begin today, with a talk at 10:30 a.m. by Scott Westering, ’82, PLU’s head football coach, at the Homecoming Chapel. With the theme, “Get in the Game,” the annual event will focus on the camaraderie of teams, specifically the…
Music major has a jazzy life
PLU music major decides to jazz up his life For Bryan McEntire, choosing to be a jazz player wasn’t much of a choice. In fact, the Pacific Lutheran University junior feels the craft chose him. He remembers his grandfather had an old saxophone in his…
Author says book has brought more than he expected
“The Shack” author says he never meant to write a book. William P. Young said he first wrote “The Shack,” for his children, and didn’t think anything more of it, until friends and family encouraged him to publish the book, which he did, with the…
Chinese program receives grant
Chinese Studies program receives grant The university has received a $200,000 grant from the Freeman Foundation to continue work begun in 2002, when it gave $786,000 to broaden and strengthen the PLU Chinese Studies Program and enrich Chinese studies in local elementary and high schools.“The…
The haves and the have nots, closing the gap
The haves and the have nots, closing the gap The statistics, especially given the economic meltdown on Wall Street in the past few weeks, are not encouraging. Since the 1970s, incomes in the United States have been dramatically pulling apart, as the rich get richer,…
Taking a look at the female perspective
The comic book final gets some respect as literature Harvard professor Hillary Chute took students and faculty alike into the world of graphic novels, from a woman’s point of view, last week. In a talk titled “Comics as Literature: Women’s Contemporary Graphic Narratives,” Chute spoke…
Documentary offers look at drug, weapons trade
Documentary follows drug, weapons trade When assistant communication professor Rob Wells and his colleagues in the School of Arts and Communication launched MediaLab in 2006, they figured larger projects like feature-length video documentaries would happen sometime in the future. “It would be nice,” he recalled…
Dean says travel broadens perspectives
Dean says travel broadens perspectives At a time with the United State is no longer the 800-pound gorilla, it’s time for future leaders graduating from college and universities to take stock of what they can offer the world, according to PLU’s new business dean. At…
DMC grants appear in classrooms
DMC grants appear in classrooms Interactive software, a Wii to use in graphic design and a video which will record future teachers at work – all these ideas received funding this year through the Digital Media Center Small Grants fund. Each year in May, Layne…
Feminist theology and ethics explored
Feminist theology and ethics explored An expert on feminist theology, feminist ethics and theological anthropology will deliver the 2008 David and Marilyn Knutson and Department of Religion Lecture at Pacific Lutheran University. Susan Ross will speak on “Seeking Light and Beauty: Women, Justice and Sacramentally”…