Modern space
Modern space Throughout the summer, construction has progressed steadily on the Martin J. Neeb Center, KPLU’s new headquarters on lower campus. The 13,000-square-foot building, named for the station’s longtime general manager, will more than double the size of the station’s current home in Eastvold Hall.…
High schoolers shine at business week
High schoolers shine at business week Anyone who looked north of 30 years old in Olson Auditorium could expect one of two things to happen: Either an eager high school student, dressed in tie and slacks, would come up and shake their hand, or an…
Professor coaching at Olympics again
Professor coaching at Olympics again For Colleen Hacker, being on the coaching staff of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Field Hockey Team brings her professional and athletic careers full circle. It also marks the fourth time the PLU professor of movement studies and wellness has been…
Fellowship encourages senior to find calling
Fellowship encourages senior to find calling Since childhood, Timothy Siburg’s sought to determine his life’s purpose. At PLU, the quest to find his vocation has only intensified. The senior religion and economics double major knows he wants to serve others, but he isn’t sure in…
Basketball adventure
Third-generation Lute takes the long route to PLU For Zach Klein, the old saying, “you can’t get there from here,” comes about as close to accurate as one can imagine. A freshman guard on the PLU men’s basketball team, most people probably haven’t heard about…
PLU prof gets students, parents to face the music
Face the Music Inevitably, worried parents will arrive on music professor Greg Youtz’s office doorstep after their child has announced they want to become a composer. “Now what?” the parents ask Charged with running the university’s composition program, Youtz usually succeeds in calming the parental…
Preparing for med school
Accepted to med school For those passing through northwestern Idaho, here’s hoping you don’t meet Guy Jensen. Jensen is a volunteer emergency medical technician, who, during the summer, is likely to be one of the first people on the scene in the event of a…
Seven continents
Spanning the globe during J-Term 2008 In January more than 400 students were sojourners in 21 countries across the globe as once again PLU classes convened on all seven continents. ANTARCTICA Journey to the End of the Earth From the great South American city of…
Making choices
Life is about choices. What choices have you made? A few years ago, student body president Joel Zylstra addressed the incoming freshman class at Fall Convocation. His timeless reflection on the meaning of success captures the unique culture of Pacific Lutheran University and the life-changing…
A summer job that doesn’t suck
A summer job that doesn’t suck By Steve Hansen Of all the potentially tedious summer jobs, here’s a new one: spending hours on your knees, rolling over one boulder after another, just to see what’s underneath. For Stephanie Agoncillo ’08 and Melissa Youngquist ’09, this…
Tallest building
T-stad: One big, happy family From his perch on the seventh floor of Tingelstad Hall, Adam Whistler can view the expanse of lower campus from PLU’s largest and tallest hall. Whistler, a freshman considering a major in physics, said that while T-stad, as it’s known…
Fighting disease
Leading the fight Mark Twain once complained that everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. With apologies to Twain, I’d like to suggest that many people today are talking about global health but nobody seems to agree on what to do…