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Students donate to Red Cross after earthquake Nick Neely
News Reporter
neelyna@plu.edu The stories surrounding the Japanese earthquake and consequential disasters hit home at Pacific Lutheran University, stirring many clubs into action to raise funds for the Red Cross. Within these efforts, $300 have already been made and one student, with her personal story, inspired her club to sell their artwork and donate all proceeds to the Red Cross. One of the first PLU fundraising efforts was a donation drive that gave stickers to all who donated. The style of the sticker changed throughout the week, so those who donated multiple times had an assortment of stickers. As well as receiving stickers, all of those who donated had their picture taken, which were posted in the University Center. “A lot of people were interested in this fundraising,” junior Tomomi Hirose said. Hirsose has family in Japan, and was in charge of the tabling. Twelve students, mostly international students from Japan, organized this donation drive, which was held in the UC from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. every day from March 16 to March 23. The drive yielded more than $3,500 in proceeds for the Red Cross. “People were very considerate of this tragedy,” Hirose said. The Transfer Student Club held another donation drive the next week. “We will keep bringing that awareness,” said junior Helen Lee, transfer club president and ASPLU senator. The donation drive will continue after Spring Break in order to maintain a high level of awareness until the candle praying ceremony, a commemorative event held for
those at PLU to pray for those in Japan and light a candle for any specific individuals. “I want to prolong it because the actual concern is for the people who are suffering,” Transfer Student Club Secretary junior Jennifer Blunt said. The Transfer Student Club helped teach donators to make their own paper cranes, which they could then keep or let the transfer club display during tabling. At the end of the donation drive, all the cranes that were collected will be given to the website studentsrebuild.org/ japan, which will donate two dollars to Japan for every crane they receive. Donators will also be taught the cultural relevance of paper cranes to the Japanese people. “Our goal is to encourage students to understand Japanese culture,” Blunt said. “The cranes are a really important part of Japanese culture.” The Art Club also joined the effort to aid Japan. Art club member senior Risa Kaneko planned to sell her art to raise money for Japan. When the club heard of this, many other members joined the effort and promised to give all their proceeds to the Red Cross. The sale will occur 1-8 p.m. the week of May 1. “Everyone in the art department worried about me,” Kaneko said. “I was going to do it myself, but I am so happy that everyone is going to help.” Kaneko lived in Tokyo, Japan until she came to America to attend college. Junior Andrew Deem, art club vice president, will be selling his artwork alongside Risa at the sale. Many professors will also be selling their artwork at the sale. “We’re giving up everything we make,” Art Club President Chelsea Putnam said. “We have a personal connection with Risa and her passion to save people.”
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Junior Sarah Richardson feels her freshly shaved head after getting it shaved for “Save it or Shave it.” For the event, participants ask for donations to either save or shave their hair. The shaving took place Friday at 7 p.m. in the University Center. Nine of the 16 participants shaved their heads. The event raised a total of $4,169.39, all of which will go towards the Free Care Fund at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital.
PLU prepares for possible disaster you become a potential victim.” After an earthquake, PLU could be cut off from police, fire and rescue for several days.
office or car, Wamboldt said. The kit should contain at least News Reporter spare clothes, spare shoes, a waloda@plu.edu first aid kit, as well as food and water for three days. No phones, no electricity If an earthquake hits, it is and little food or water. also likely that phone That could be the lines will not work. situation if the right Wamboldt recommends kind of earthquake “If you know you can take making a plan ahead hits Pacific Lutheran time with friends or care of yourself, you become of University. family who live outside Emergency Programs a resource. If you can’t take the state. Manager Jennifer “You have more care of yourself, you become power when you’ve Wamboldt said that even though PLU has done some preparation,” a potential victim.” multiple resources she said. in place to handle an Professor of Jennifer Wamboldt, earthquake, students Geosciences Duncan Emergency Programs Manager and employees are Foley said there is responsible for getting no doubt future prepared. earthquakes in the area “If you know you can take In order to prepare for this will occur, but seismologists care of yourself, you become a situation, each student and are not yet able to predict the resource,” Wamboldt said. “If employee should have an you can’t take care of yourself, emergency kit in their dorm, SEE JAPAN PG. 3
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Student earns coworkers’ respect, award for job well done Dianne McGinness News Reporter
mcginndo@plu.edu Senior Jonathan Klapel admittedly doesn’t like being in the spotlight. Despite this, he was recently thrust into it as the recipient of the 2011 Pacific Lutheran Student Employee of the Year Award. “It came as a surprise to win this year’s Student Employee award,” Klapel said. “It’s nice to know that I am appreciated.” For his work at KPLU, Klapel received a $50 gift card to Garfield Book Company, a certificate and the honors that come with being the award recipient. He began his work at KPLU in the IT department three years ago. Klapel then transitioned to working as a web assistant and keeping the KPLU website up to date on a daily basis. “Jonathan is one of the most reliable people I have ever worked with,” Multimedia Manager of KPLU Public Media Justin Steyer said. “Most of the time, I would have to tell him to stop working.” Klapel’s work is greatly appreciated by his coworkers. “He is so respected and admired by everyone in both the office here and in Seattle,” Assistant General Manager and Director of KPLU Public Media Jennifer Strachan said. “It was
perfect that we had the opportunity to recognize him for all that he has done.” Klapel’s coworkers note his positive attitude has contributed to the atmosphere at KPLU. “He is such a can-do person and focuses on what he can do, not what he can’t do. It is hard to imagine him not with us,” KPLU Promotions Director Brenda Goldstein Young said. “Jonathan really seems to care. To me there is nothing he can’t do.” During a transitional period when KPLU was between IT managers, Jonathan kept the entire IT department running in addition to his other responsibilities. “This position was a lot for a student to handle,” Strachan said. “He simply worked it into his daily routine. Jonathan saved me money and time because I knew he could handle it.” KIapel will soon graduate and move on from his work at KPLU “Everyone at the station is so great,” Klapel said. “It is hard to leave [KPLU] behind because I have put in a lot of work there and have really enjoyed working there.” Klapel will be greatly missed when he leaves at the end of this year. “Jonathan is irreplaceable,” Strachan said. “I have worked with a lot of students and I have never had a student like him. He is in a class all his own and we are going to miss having him here on campus.” PHOTO BY JOSH ATEN
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CAMPUS SAFETY REPORT Daniel Drake
CONCERN FOR PERSON
News Reporter
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FIRE ALARM A valve broke in the boiler room in East Campus on Monday at 1:26 p.m., causing steam to billow up and trigger the fire alarm. Central Pierce Fire and Rescue cleared the building and requested that an Alarm Technician look into a sensor that had possibly been damaged by the steam.
On Sunday, a father of a PLU student contacted Campus Safety about his missing daughter who was making suicidal threats. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department took over, and the student was found safe.
NERF WARS On March 21 at 11:19 a.m., Facilities reported to Campus Safety that a bottle with a threatening note was discovered
in the recycling. Investigation revealed it was a prop used by students while playing “Nerf Wars.”
SEX OFFENSE: FORCIBLE On Sunday, a PLU student and guests attempted to sexually assault another student. Friends were able to intervene before the assault took place. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department was contacted for a formal report, and the visitors were removed from campus. The matter was referred to Student Conduct.
Cadets prepare to serve country Igor Strupinskiy News Intern
strupiia@plu.edu Sergeant William Buckley is a part of the “making the world a better place program.” Buckley is a cadre member in the Pacific Lutheran Reserve Officer Training Corps, meaning that he is an instructor for the ROTC cadets. These cadets often join ROTC for the four-year scholarship with living stipend, as well as to fulfill a patriotic duty. “I needed to pay for college somehow, and ROTC let me do that and serve my country at the same time,” first-year cadet Kiyeon Lee said. ROTC is a national program provided by the United States Army, Navy and Air Force. It allows students to pay for college while simultaneously learning the skills they will employ as military officers. The PLU ROTC program is affiliated solely with the U.S. Army. Cadets receive military training alongside their college studies and are commissioned as officers upon graduation. They are contracted to serve for at least
eight years, after which they can get civilian jobs or continue with the military. These 102 cadets are not all PLU students; the program also includes students from other local colleges. They are a diverse group with 41 percent females and 59 percent males. “I’m astonished at the number of students willing to step up to the plate and serve their country,” cadre member Major Danl Connelly said. A typical ROTC day begins with physical training at 6:30 a.m. Cadets are regularly tested on their level of physical fitness and must retain a certain minimal standard. Along with morning PT, cadets are also required to take military science classes. On days when they have this class, cadets wear their uniforms to represent how they are part of an honorable cause, of something larger than themselves, Lee said. Rules come with wearing the uniform, like having to only walk only on paved paths and not being able to talk on cellphones while walking. When wearing their uniforms, cadets represent the U.S. army and must abide by
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strength or when it would occur. “Don’t bury your head in the sand; be prepared,” Foley said. If a natural disaster hits PLU, key people all the way up to the president’s office will report to the Morken-based Emergency Operations Center. Wamboldt said PLU now has two emergency teams on stand-by. One team inspects buildings for damage and another conducts search and rescue operations. On March 11, a magnitude 9 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan, causing a tsunami to hit the country. It was the fourth greatest in magnitude recorded since the turn of the 20th century and
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During a military science lab, cadet junior Sonia Singh receives instructions from fellow cadet junior Avery Herbison. Military science labs are practical applications of lessons learned in military science class, and usually occur at 6 a.m. In this lab, cadets prepare for the LDAC, a nationwide 30-day summer course that drills and tests cadets on skills they will need to know as officers.
army policies. As an extension to their training in military science classes, cadets visit Joint Base Lewis-McChord where they practice orienteering and other outdoor survival skills. This happens twice a semester and once during J-Term. In all other aspects, ROTC cadets are just like other students.
killed over 20,000 people, according to the United States Geological Survey. “The unfortunate thing is when we see these emergencies happen in other places, it provides a window of opportunity when people are listening and paying attention,” Wamboldt said. There are three types of earthquakes that could happen in this area, Foley said. A magnitude 9 quake would happen off the coast, shake the ground for 4-5 minutes and cause a tsunami that would not reach the Puget Sound area. They are rare, Foley said. “Nisqually” earthquakes happen deep below ground and therefore cause First-year Leslie Ducay receives the finishing touches to a Henna tattoo with the squeeze of a lemon on Tuesday, March 29. Students tabled in the upper level of the University Center for Henna for Hope, a program benefiiting women and children in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo via the Center Kitumaini. Temporary tattoos started at $3 for the first design and decreased to $1 for subsequent designs purchased. PHOTO BY TED CHARLES
“We’re not all army all the time; that’s just part of what we do,” first-year cadet Chris Wolf said. “Mostly we’re just regular students at school.” In the last year, the PLU ROTC received the MacArthur Award for being the top ROTC program in its brigade, which encompasses the Pacific Northwest.
less damage. The last one ocurred under Anderson Island in 2001, he said. Shallow crustal earthquakes would happen closer to the surface, along the Tacoma or Seattle faults. This kind of quake would last 20-30 seconds, Foley said. Wamboldt said that because of the additional investments PLU made, the university is better prepared for an earthquake than neighboring universities. “That’s not to say that they are not well prepared,” Wamboldt said. Students can visit www.plu.edu/ emergency or www.ready.gov to learn more about emergency kits and other ways to prepare for a natural disaster.
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BRIEFS Delta Iota Chi is out for blood The Pacific Lutheran community will have the opportunity to donate blood April 11-12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The blood mobile from Cascade Regional Blood Services will be parked in Red Square to take blood from participants. This event is sponsored by Cascade Regional Blood Services and Delta Iota Chi, PLU’s nursing student organization.
Students, staff, faculty extinguish fire safety doubts Be prepared to pull, aim, squeeze and sweep through fire extinguisher training this Spring Break. Public Education Specialist with Pierce County Fire and Rescue Lieutenant Dan Bickel will train students, staff and faculty in the art of using a fire extinguisher in Morken 103 Wednesday. Two free training sessions are available from 9:3010:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. to noon. The event is sponsored by Environmental Health and Safety. All questions should be directed to ehs@ plu.edu.
Folk duo KAIVAMA visits PLU, performs Violinist Sara Pajunen and guitar, harmonium, piano and banjo playing Jonathan Rundman are the artists behind the Finnish-American folk duo KAIVAMA. The duo will be performing in the Scandinavian Cultural Center on April 8 at 7 p.m. Admission is free and refreshments are included. The name KAIVAMA stems from the Finnish word kaivaa, which means to delve or dig. For more information about KAIVAMA visit www. myspace.com/kaivama. Reported by Catie Elrod
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Japanese government falls short in response
Bahrainis fight for freedom Feras AlDweik Op-Ed Columnist
has a half life and humanitarian aid to help of roughly 12.1 prevent further emissions due years and has to their cozy relationship with been found nuclear electricity companies. in local water The Japanese peoples’ sources with response to their government’s levels 10 times inefficiencies has been stoic dodsonpe@plu.edu higher than apprehension. The government the Japanese lacked the ability to administer Japan grabbed my attention g o v e r n m e n t ’ s food, water and fuel to the with its fantastic charisma standards for safety. Exposure affected populations and and distinctly unique cultural to tritium and other radioactive has been lazy while clearing history. With its high tech particles results in serious roadways used to transport gadgets and always smiling health risks that can lead to supplies. The problem is so out people, it was a place I was weakening immune systems, of hand that the Yakuza, Japan’s lucky enough to call home for birth defects, mental disabilities mafia, were one of the first a period in high school. Now, and cancer. groups to set up soup kitchens with the tsunami crisis leaving for refugees. thousands of people homeless, Radiation and Politics Japan has a political system the loss of life and leaked that remains entrenched in radiation from the Fukushima The falsification was ideological polarization and Reactor 2 are becoming more an obvious attempt by the has created a hyper-responsive and more real. Japanese government and the populace to governments’ nuclear industry to maintain woes. Interestingly enough, the The Crisis trust with the populace. Japanese have created a justified Over the past decade, the mistrust of a government in the On March 11, a large Japanese government has been past couple of years that ihas earthquake occured off the east marred by political strife and been uncommon in the past coast of Japan measuring 8.9 on inefficiencies. The government the Richter scale, triggering a obviously didn’t want to create What PLU Can Do tsunami that left sections of the country in ruin. Japan is the third With more than 10,000 biggest economy in deaths and thousands the world and has more homeless, the thriving welfare The Japanese peoples’ asystem Japanese government that provides has considerable work response to their government’s quality education and on their hands. To add to to its people. inefficiencies has been stoic healthcare the misfortune, damage to Its citizenry remains Reactor 2 at the Fukushima divided on emotion apprehension. Nuclear Power Plant and has for the last 10 managed by the Tokyo years. As I care very Electric Power Company deeply for the Japanese began to leak radiation. people’s plight through A highlighted this recent tragedy you inefficiency, in light of the chaos among the citizenry, but can’t help but look at our own nuclear ordeal, was that the seemingly reacted to the crisis experience with Hurricane government and the Tokyo with a highly concerned nuclear Katrina and see stark parallels. Electric Power Company’s agenda. The electric companies Through this, I encourage all initial reaction to the tsunami receive subsidies and Japan’s PLU students to help Japan by were stated as “light damages” lack of oil means that nuclear donating in the UC to the “Pray and “venting of hydrogen power plays an important role for Japan” campaign. gas,” according to the Bulletin in producing energy. This is also of Atomic Scientists. In all reflected in the International For more on the effects reality, the reactor was emitting Atomic Energy Agency’s, the of the Japan earthquake, tritium water vapor, which international governing body see pgs. 6 and 7 can be absorbed by humans on nuclear policy, complacency by breathing and drinking at the spawn of the crisis. The contaminated water. Tritium IAEA initially lacked advice
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aldweifa@plu.edu Just like Tunisia and Egypt before it, the Bahrain government is dealing with riots of its own. Bahrain’s situation, however, directly influences the U.S. government’s interests. The small island nation of Bahrain is located east of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea. It is a monarchy just like Jordan and Saudi Arabia and is almost entirely urban. What makes Bahrain special is the fact that it is home to a major U.S. naval base. “It’s our most important strategic asset in the Persian Gulf,” said Michael Rubin, a former Bahrain resident and Middle East expert at the American Enterprise Institute according to CNN. The king of Bahrain is a key U.S. ally in the region. Bahrain acts as a buffer zone between Iran and Saudi Arabia that helps sustain U.S. naval dominance in the area. As long as the U.S. holds on to Bahrain, the Iranian navy can’t do anything. If Iran managed to get a handle on Bahrain, then imagine when one of the biggest exporters of oil, Saudi Arabia, suddenly has to deal with drilling right next to a hostile country. Bahrain and Iran have never been on good terms either as evidenced by Sheikh Khalid, Bahrain’s foreign minister. “They could make mistakes in causing a conflict,” Khalid said in a The Wall Street Journal article. “The campaign against us from Iran at this stage is political, but it could have a different posture at any time.” If the Bahraini government collapses, the U.S. navy would be expelled from the region. A puppet government employed by Iran would take over Bahrain and Saudi Arabia would have a huge issue. Alternatively, preserving the current Bahraini government means the people of Bahrain will remain oppressed for a long time. It is a toss up between supporting a government that will oppress its people and maintaining the status quo of the Middle East. A senior Iranian cleric urged Shiite protesters to continue the revolt against the primarily Shiite government, according to an article in The Washington Post. I lived in Bahrain for three years prior to coming to the U.S., and saw that the Bahraini people are being mistreated on a constant basis. Ridding the people of the Bahraini government will allow them to have the political freedom that they desire, even if it’s under a puppet government. You can call the Bahrain Red Crescent Society at 00973-1729-3171 and ask what you can do to help the protestors, which could be as simple as donating money.
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PLU burns through bills Gas, utility costs reveal un-green spending about that massive number is that a single building is responsible for more than two-thirds of the total cost. You may not be surprised to learn that the building I’m speaking of is the Rieke Science Center. brownmk@plu.edu Rieke’s share of the bill was a whopping $54,074.19, This column is the first in what according to Puget Sound I hope will be a very enlightening Energy. series of how Pacific Lutheran If they were to give that money to University spends its money. I me, I’d have enough to pay tuition, feel that we deserve to have this buy books and have enough left over information. After all, if we weren’t to pay my rent for the entire nine blindly paying the bottom line, there’d be no PLU. The focus for this first column will be something Dec 2010-Jan 2011 near and dear to the university’s heart: energy usage. Programs such as “UnPLUgged” are designed to make students more aware of how they use electricity and to be more conservative in their general use of utilities. Perhaps this program should be directed not at the students, but at the administration. months of the school year. Look at During the months of December all I could do with that. What could and January, the university you do with that much, even if you managed to rack up a gas bill of had to pay tuition first? My point $77,688.71, according to a copy is that 54 grand and change could of the bill from Puget Sound do a lot of good for an individual Energy. That’s nearly enough to student, but the university spends pay one year’s tuition for two that to keep one building heated. students. What’s truly alarming I don’t mean to suggest that the
Through a rose-colored window
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university could give that money away if they weren’t paying bills with it, but they might be able to do some more good with it. Keep in mind, all I’ve discussed thus far is gas usage. Electricity is another story all together. We’ll stick with the Rieke example to make it simple. According to copies of the bills from Parkland Light and Water, the electricity and water consumption costs for the month on January amounted to $4,285.34, which is high but not as high as the library, which cost the university $4,968.37 for light and water in January or Morken at $5,402.14. Morken is the one that gets me. Everyone who takes a campus tour hears that this is a “green” building that uses geothermal heat and has more windows to provide natural light so it uses less electricity. Doesn’t look that way to me. To me, it looks like it won the contest for highest water and electric bill on campus. Well, not quite. Foss Hall edged it out at $5,696.03, according to Parkland Light and Water. My sincere hope is that after having read this, you will no longer just believe that the university does everything it says. What I’ve proved here is that PLU is not as green as it claims to be. Well, it is, just the wrong kind of green.
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fentonkm@plu.edu Special thanks to all students in attendance last weekend at the spring formal dance. As we progress with spring, it is now time for this year’s ASPLU executive board to begin making arrangements for the upcoming school year. The order of operation for this process goes: electing new executive officials, hiring a new director team, electing new senators and appointing program chairs. If you have an interest in joining ASPLU and playing a hands-on role, we welcome your help. Director position applications are now available on the student employment website, plu.edu/ studentemployment/Employers/home. php. Open director positions include: - Programs Director - Finance Director - Human Resources Director - Venues Director - Diversity Director - Sustainability Director - Impact Business Director - Impact Production Director - Outdoor Rec. Finance Director - Outdoor Rec. Personnel Director More information on filling of additional roles is coming soon. Please read the daily flyer for important dates and announcements. This is an exciting transitioning process we are about to undergo. If you would like to help mold student government for the coming school year, act now and get a jump start on making the changes you feel strongly about.
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“When my sister pretended to re-break her leg.”
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“In sixth grade, we put salt in our band director’s coffee, and he spit coffee all over the flute section.” Flannery Spinhirne junior
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Friday, March 11 - An 8.9 magnitude underwater earthquake hits off the northeast coast of Japan. The earthquake caused a 33-foot tsunami which crashed into the mainland. Japanese authorites announce the closure of several nuclear power plants in areas hit by the quake. The U.S. Geological Survey later upgraded the earthquake to 9.0.
Monday, March 14 - A second explosion at Fukushima Daiichi injures six people. Japanese rescue workers report 2,000 bodies in the Miyagi prefecture, while the United Nations said 1.4 million citizens are living without running water.
Saturday, March 12 - Residents and authorities in Okuma and Futaba, Japan heard an explosion in one of the buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Operators at the plant report the radiation in the main buidling’s control room to be 1,000 times higher than normal.
Wednessday, March 16 - A 6.0 magnitude aftershock strikes, causing buildings to sway in Tokyo, as reported by the Washington Post.
Sunday, March 13 - Japanese authorities give an official death toll at more than 1,000, though many more are missing, including the entire population of 10,000 in the coastal village Minamisanriku. CNN reports millions across the country are without water or power.
Tuessday, March 15 - Fukushima Daiichi is shaken by another explosion and a fire causing dangerous levels of radiation to leak, prompting the Japanese government to issue a warning for all civilians within 20 miles of the plant to remain indoors. Thursday, March 17 - The National Police Agency of Japan releases an updated dead and missing estimate of 14,650.
Friday, March 18 - One week after the earthquake, the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization raises the international nuclear crisis level from four to five, seven being the maximum. Meanwhile, emergency workers work to cool the plant’s reactors.
Radioactivity detected in Washington milk WASHINGTON (AP) — Very low levels of radiation turned up in a sample of milk from Washington state, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, but federal officials assured consumers not to worry. The FDA said such findings were to be expected in the coming days because of the nuclear crisis in Japan, and that the levels were expected to drop relatively quickly. Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex began leaking radiation after it was damaged by a devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this month. Results from a March 25 milk sample taken from Spokane, Wash., showed levels of radioactive Iodine-131 that were still 5,000 times below levels of concern set by the FDA, including levels set for infants and children. “Radiation is all around us in our daily lives, and these findings are a miniscule amount compared to what people experience every day,” said Patricia Hansen, senior scientist at the FDA. “A person would be exposed to low levels of radiation on a round-trip cross-country flight, watching television and
even from construction materials.” The EPA said it was increasing the level of nationwide monitoring of milk, precipitation and drinking water. Spokane, a city of 208,000 residents, is located more than 300 miles east of the Pacific coast. Kim Papich, spokeswoman for the Spokane Regional Health District, said the agency was aware of the EPA report and preparing to issue a statement to residents. “This is not a major health concern,” Papich said. The United States had already halted imports of dairy products and produce from the affected area of Japan. Other foods imported from Japan, including seafood, were still being sold to the public but screened first for radiation. Japanese foods make up less than 4 percent of all U.S. imports. The FDA has said it expected no risk to the U.S. food supply from radiation.
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Earthquake rocks Fukushima plant PLU professors analyze the possibility of radiation on the West Coast Anne Walters-Cooke International Reporter
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Confusion and concerns about the status of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continue to rise as workers at the plant struggle to prevent a meltdown. The Environmental Protection Agency recently released information saying that 12 monitors found “slightly higher” levels of radioactive isotopes in Alaska, Alabama, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and Washington. “These types of findings are to be expected in the coming days and are still far below levels of public health concern,” the agency said. Radiation levels in the sea near Fukushima that had soared to 1,850 times normal have decreased dramatically, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, the deputy director general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. The Japanese power plant located in the Fukushima district, which is 140 miles north of Tokyo, has been releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere after the cooling systems of three nuclear reactors failed following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “Radiation interacts very poorly with biological systems,” Geoscience Professor Peter Davis said. The three types of radiation are alpha, beta and gamma. Each type of radiation has a varying degree of danger. Alpha particles are harmful when ingested or inhaled, but will not penetrate the skin. Beta and gamma rays are able to penetrate organic material much easier and will cause more cell mutation. “Radiation mutates genes that control cell division,” Genetics Professor Mary Ellard-Ivey said. The consequence of these mutations is cancer and any cancer due to radiation would take years to detect. This is where the problem lies in regards to the Fukushima Daichii incident. When exposed to high amounts of radiation, organic material will be physically burned. Any other amount of exposure will take years to become evident. “Measurable does not equate to harmful,” said Ellard-Ivey regarding radiation levels. People are exposed to radiation in a number of ways. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is found in the ground and will sometimes leak into homes. People are exposed to gamma rays, one of the strongest of the radiation types, when receiving X-rays. Burning fossil fuels even releases radiation into the atmosphere. “I think radioactivity generates a fear of the unknown,” Physics Professor Katrina Hay said. Hay explains that something is radioactive when an unstable atom releases energy by losing mass. “Things that are radioactive are bananas, cow manure and some ceramic dishware like Fiesta Ware,” Hay said. The Huffington Post created an interactive illustration of the different levels of radiation people can be exposed to. According to the study, receiving a chest CT scan exposes a person to 5,800 Sieverts while the Fukushima Daiichi plant is releasing 2,800 Sieverts per day. People are always being exposed to some sort of radiation. Hay believes “this crisis is worse than Three Mile Island, but it is not as bad as Chernobyl.” The radioactive iodine that has been released into the Pacific Ocean has a half-life of eight days. This means the radioactivity of the material decreases by half every eight days. “It will be diluted very fast,” Hay said. “My biggest concerns are the workers at the plant,” Hays said. The average person is exposed to 3 millisieverts per year, while the workers at the Fukushima plant are being exposed to as much as 250 millisiverts.
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Dancers prep for 2011 Ensemble Mamie Howard
‘Bittersweet’ end for PLUtonic
Group clinches third at ICCA semifinals, earn shot at wild-card Kari Plog A&E Editor
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howardma@plu.edu Preparation for Dance Ensemble 2011 is underway. Choreographers are working to make their dances the best in the show by the debut performances April 15 and 16. Dance Ensemble has been an annual event for about 38 years. This year’s show has 13 groups and is co-directed by Maureen McGill and Tara Holiday. The choreographers are facing many challenges with this year’s ensemble. Students choreographed each combination before knowing which dancers were going to perform it and are not able to participate in their own routines. Junior Rae Ann Barras said there is a great range of themes featured this year, including the depiction of the unity of womanhood and sisterhood. Junior Kelsey Serier said the choreographers’ varying ideas set up a broad spectrum of themes, including “fun and sassy, flirtatious, high energy jazz.” Participants and dancers in Dance 2011 must demonstrate their dedication to the pieces they have chosen to be in despite other commitments. Because these are all student dancers, they must fit their performance schedule in with classes and, for some, work. Junior Olivia Hustoft, the choreographer for the dance “EVOL,” said there is meaning behind many of the dances for the choreographers. “My dance is about different stages of falling in and out of love,” Hustoft said, “and by doing so, I want to exhibit the bumps and bruises we retain as a result of the fall.” Also featured in the show is “Living Art” produced by guest choreographer Sergio “Angel” Rodriguez. Rodriguez studied dance at the City and State Colleges of San Francisco. He is a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. His dance is an attempt to capture the dancers in a museum. Dance Ensemble 2011 will debut April 15 and continue April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Eastvold. Tickets are available at the concierge desk and are $5 for PLU students, faculty and staff and $8 for general admission. Tickets at the door will be $8 for everyone.
John Marzano, sophomore president of Pacific Lutheran’s a cappella group PLUtonic, has never been so proud of his group. PLUtonic placed third at the International Competition for Collegiate A Cappella in Los Angeles on Saturday, making them one of the top three groups on the West Coast. “Of course we were hoping to get first place,” Marzano said, “but when we got third we jumped up and down. We were so excited.” In addition to PLUtonic’s third place spot, senior Phil Serino won an individual award for Best Arrangement of the piece “Hallelujah, What a Savior.” First place was awarded to BYU’s Vocal Point, and second place went to UCLA’s Scattertones.
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Marzano said placing third is a big deal, because the west coast bracket for collegiate a cappella is one of the hardest in the country. “We couldn’t be happier with how we performed,” he said. First place winners automatically qualify for a spot in the ICCA finals in New York City, which will take place April 16. Second and third place winners are subject to wild-card status in the finals, based upon video submissions. Although the group is eligible to enter for a chance at the wildcard, PLUtonic decided as a group not to enter for financial reasons. Despite the bittersweet end to the group’s journey, Marzano said PLUtonic has a lot to look forward to. The group releases its first album“26 Kicks” on May 1. The album is $15 and includes 12 songs incorporating choral arrangements, original compositions and classic PLUtonic favorites like “Low.”
MediaLab kicks off film series Filmmaker, photojournalist screens ‘The Experiment’
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haywooaj@plu.edu When MediaLab students traveled to New Orleans last winter to do research for their latest documentary on compassion fatigue, they did not expect to meet a local filmmaker who was making a documentary of his own. Leonel Mendez, an experienced photojournalist, was analyzing the effects of Hurricane Katrina on public schools in New Orleans, and how it may have been a good thing. Mendez’s final product, “The Experiment,” is showing on campus Monday, April 11 in the Scandinavian Center at 7 p.m. Mendez will be at the showing to answer questions following the film. The event is sponsored by the School of Education, and MediaLab has been working to promote the film. The film is anticipated to spark discussion about the current issues surrounding education. “It will create a new perspective, especially for new educators,”
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junior MediaLab General Manager Melanie Deane said. Sophomore Katie Scaff, assistant general manager for MediaLab, said PLU students need to recognize the value of a quality education. “It affects not only our lives, but the lives of our children,” she said. The film focuses on the
“They had to completely revamp the school system.” Annika Carow, junior innovation behind the new charter school system in New Orleans, and how improvements have been made in the area since the disaster. “They had to completely revamp the school system,” said junior Annika Carow, who is in charge of promotions for MediaLab. “It was the worst, and now it’s one of the best.” The film follows the lives of five children and how the new system
affects them and their families. It also addresses the community’s opposition to this new system, as education becomes more corporate and government standards are enacted. A trailer is available at www.theexperimentfilm.com. “The Experiment” is the first event for “Spring on the Screen,” a week-long series meant to raise publicity for MediaLab and showcase its work. For a complete list of events, e-mail ml@plu.edu. MediaLab is a student-run internship program within the School of Arts and Communication. It gives students the opportunity to work with local businesses and organizations by providing professional mass communication services. Fields include journalism, event planning, marketing, videography and graphic design. “You have the opportunity to try everything else, not just your major,” Carow said. “It allows for you to have a broader scope of skills, which makes you more appealing to employers.” MediaLab is seeking applicants. For application information, contact Scaff at scaffka@plu.edu.
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Carnival comes to life International students bring Trinidad and Tobago culture to PLU through annual event Allison Small Copy Editor
smallak@plu.edu Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandanavian Cultural Center got a dose of the tropics Friday evening. The Trinidad and Tobago tradition of Carnival was brought to the PLU campus with mask making, traditional costumes and a documentary and concluded with a dance in the Cave. The approximately 30 participants included PLU students and faculty and Trinidadians from the greater Tacoma area. Guests were invited to create masks with material such as feathers, sequins, glitter glue and metallic pipe cleaners. The makers of the top three masks were awarded gift certificates. Islanders, a steel drum band, provided an authentic feel as the fourmember group played various songs throughout the evening. The event was organized by four PLU Trinidadian students, seniors Maurice Eckstein, Giselle Baptiste and Rae Ann Barras and junior Liona Guevara. Professor of music Greg Youtz has spent time in Trinidad and Tobago and created his version of Calypso, a traditional form of song in Trinidad and Tobago. Calypsos tell stories of current events and when complied illustrate the country’s history. Youtz distributed musical instruments such as a glass bottle and spoon and shakers, inviting the audience to play along.
Junior Shelby Adsero was in the audience. Adsero traveled to Trinidad and Tobago for J-Term 2010 but did not have the opportunity to stay for Carnival, which occurs the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. She said the event reminded her of her time there. “The happiness that you see from the people there came through in the presentation,” said Adsero. Eckstein, Baptiste, Barras and Guevara dressed up in traditional Carnival costumes and gave brief in-character monologues. Eckstein was dressed as a character known as Pierrot Grenade, who gives rhyming speeches on current issues. “They were so excited to share their culture with us and I really felt that on Friday,” Adsero said. A clip from a documentary called “Mas Man - Peter Minshall” was presented after each performance that explained the significance of the characters and provided footage of different versions of the character from past Trinidad and Tobago carnivals. The theme of audience participation was continued when a dance performance by the four Trinidadian students progressed into a celebration as they pulled members from the audience to dance with them. Carnival, an annual tradition in Trinidad and Tobago, dates back several centuries to the time of African slaves and French slave owners. People wear elaborate costumes and dance in the street during this two day celebration.
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Track & Field
April 2 at Shotwell Invitational hosted by Puget Sound University, 10 a.m.
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April 2 *vs. Whitman, noon April 2 *vs. Whitman, 2:30 p.m. April 3 *vs. Whitman, noon
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April 2 -- NCRC Invite at Vancouver, Wash.
April 2 -- NWC Spring Classic April 3 -- NWC Spring Classic The Links, Hawks Prarie, Wash.
April 2 at Linfield, completion of suspended game April 1 *vs. Puget Sound, 3:30 p.m. April 2 at Linfield, 1 p.m. April 4 at Cal Lutheran, 3 p.m. April 2 at Linfield, 3 p.m. April 3 at Pacific, noon April 3 at Pacific, 2:30 p.m.
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PLU celebrates Lutes look to rally back streak over UPS PLU hits the road for match with cross town rival, revenge Brendan Abshier
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hendripe@plu.edu The Pacific Lutheran men’s tennis team chalkedup two home wins against Northwest Conference adversaries Puget Sound and Linfield in last week. The Lutes downed their cross-town rivals 7-2 for their 39th consecutive win against the Loggers on March 23, preserving a streak that has been alive since the 1992 season. The two wins improved PLU’s record to 4-7 overall (3-6 NWC). Head coach Craig Hamilton said he was pleased with the team’s performance in what was the first match of the year played on PLU’s campus. After a smooth victory by the Lutes’ No. 1 doubles team, senior Scott Sheldon and sophomore Taylor Dickey and a defeat at No. 2, it was up to the No. 3 duo of first-year Neal Berg and junior Zack AhYat to give PLU momentum going into the singles matches. Berg’s performance in doubles competition led to what head coach Craig Hamilton called “the best
doubles match Neal has played all season” along the way to an 8-5 victory. Sheldon won his singles matches 6-4 and 6-3 and attributed his individual success and the achievement of the team to consistency and playing smart. PLU put on an encore performance Saturday, defeating the Linfield Wildcats 5-4 at the UPS Tennis Pavilion. First-year Reed Gunstone overcame a deficit and pulled-off a comeback against Linfield’s Tim Wager at No. 5 singles to help the Lutes break a 4-4 deadlock. He triumphed in the final set 7-5, cementing PLU’s revenge after losing to Linfield earlier in the season. “There was a lot of pressure,” Gunstone said, “but it was cool to see how much each of us has improved throughout the season.” The Lutes said they want to finish the season strong as they go on the road against Puget Sound on Friday and prepare for the annual trip to California where they will face Cal Tech, Chapman, Whittier, and ClaremontMudd-Scripps during spring break.
Men’s Tennis Team Whitman Willamette Whitworth Pacific (Ore.) George Fox Linfield PLU UPS L&C
NWC 7-0 7-1 6-2 4-3 4-4 3-6 3-6 2-6 0-8
% 1.000 0.875 0.750 0.571 0.500 0.333 0.333 0.250 0.000
abshiebk@plu.edu The Pacific Lutheran women’s tennis team is looking for payback Friday against the Puget Sound Loggers as Northwest Conference action comes near to a close. The Lutes sit on a 2-9 record (0-9 NWC) and its match against UPS will be the second meeting between the two teams in less than a week. The Loggers defeated the Lutes 7-2 on Saturday at the UPS Tennis Pavilion. First-year Leah Newell took part in winning the two points for PLU during the match. She topped junior Maddison Holtz 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4) at No. 1 singles. Newell also combined with sophomore Tina Aarsvold, scooting past
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Singles AhYat 6-4 (5-3 NWC) Berg 3-8 (3-6 NWC) Cotton 3-7 (2-6 NWC) Dickey 5-5 (4-4 NWC) Gunstone 6-5 (5-4 NWC) McNally 1-1 (1-1 NWC) Parretta 0-1 (0-1 NWC) Sheldon 4-7 (3-6 NWC) Doubles Dickey/Sheldon 7-3 (6-2 NWC) AhYat/Berg 4-6 (3-5 NWC) Cotton/Gunstone 0-2 (0-2 NWC) Gunstone/Parretta 0-3 (0-2 NWC) Cotton/Parretta 2-4 (2-3 NWC)
% 0.600 0.615 0.600 0.455 0.417 0.364 0.364 0.250 0.000
NWC Standings Team Whitworth Linfield Whitman Willamette UPS L&C Pacific (Ore.) George Fox PLU
NWC 8-0 9-1 6-2 6-3 3-5 3-5 2-5 1-8 0-9
% 1.000 0.900 0.750 0.667 0.375 0.375 0.286 0.111 0.000
Singles Aarsvold 2-9 (2-8 NWC) Ellmer 5-5 (4-5 NWC) Hoerr 2-7 (1-7 NWC) Newell 6-5 (5-5 NWC) Refaei 2-7 (1-7 NWC) Rile 3-8 (2-8 NWC) Ro 3-2 (3-2 NWC) Doubles Aarsvold/Newell 5-6 (4-6 NWC) Ellmer/Rile 2-7 (1-7 NWC) Hoerr/Refaei 2-4 (1-4 NWC) Peterson/Refaei 2-0 (2-0 NWC) Ellmer/Hoer 0-1 (0-1 NWC) Rile/Ro 0-1 (0-1 NWC)
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All 9-6 8-5 9-6 5-6 5-7 4-7 4-7 3-9 0-12
sophomore Maddie Thiesse and Holtz, 8-3, at No. 1 doubles. Aarsvold was the only defeated Lute to not go down in straight sets. She was overcome by Thiese, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5. The Linfield Wildcats swept PLU 9-0 on Sunday. Newell fell 6-0, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and senior Sophie Larson beat Aarsvold, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2 singles. PLU Sophomore Hailey Rile had the most competitive singles match of the day in the No. 6 slot, taking sophomore Marisa Steinkamp three sets before Steinkamp eventually defeated Rile, 1-6, 6-1, 10-8. After PLU’s match against UPS, the Lutes travel to California for three matches during spring break. PLU will play Cal Lutheran April 4, Whittier April 5 and La Verne April 6. All three matches start at 3 p.m.
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All 12-2 11-4 8-7 9-4 6-8 3-7 2-8 4-11 2-9
% 0.857 0.733 0.533 0.692 0.429 0.300 0.200 0.267 0.182
NWC Standings Team UPS Linfield George Fox Pacific (Ore.) PLU Whitworth Willamette Whitman L&C
NWC 8-1 10-2 8-4 8-4 5-4 4-5 4-8 2-10 2-13
% 0.889 0.833 0.667 0.667 0.556 0.444 1.333 0.167 0.133
All 10-8 16-5 17-5 14-8 9-10 10-14 9-12 3-20 3-20
% 0.556 0.762 0.773 0.630 0.474 0.417 0.429 0.130 0.130
NWC Standings Team PLU Linfield Whitworth Pacific (Ore.) Willamette UPS George Fox L&C
NWC 12-1 10-1 8-6 6-6 5-6 5-8 1-9 1-11
% 0.923 0.909 0.571 0.500 0.455 0.385 0.100 0.000
All 13-4 21-2 17-8 8-12 8-11 7-16 7-15 7-16
% 0.765 0.913 0.680 0.400 0.421 0.304 0.318 0.304
Team Average Leaders (min 40 at-bats) Gates .375 Hoffman .357 Moore .329
Team Average Leaders Matsunaga .581 Goings .451 Hagensen .432
Team Home Runs Leaders Gates 3 Frost 2
Team Home Runs Leaders Hagensen 4 Hatlen, Matsunaga 3
Team Runs Batted In Leaders Aratani, Moore 14 Gates 13
Team Runs Batted In Leaders Matsunaga 24 Hagensen 18
Team Pitching Leaders Beatty (2-2) 2.92 era, 37 ip, 36 h, 14 r, 9 bb, 29 k Wall (4-0) 3.38 era, 40 ip, 35 h, 17 r, 8 bb, 37 k Johansen (2-1) 3.38 era, 26.2 ip, 31 h, 16 r, 5 bb, 19 k
Pitching Leaders Hagensen (9-1) ) 1.69 era, 54 ip, 35 h, 18 r, 16 bb, 38 k Hatlen (4-1) 3.35 era, 31.1 ip, 33 h, 18 r, 5 bb, 20 k VanSchoorl (0-1) 7.15 era, 15.2 ip, 18 h, 16 r, 6 bb, 6 k
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Lutes barrell over Bearcats PLU baseball wins series against conference opponent Brock Gates Sports Reporter
gatesba@plu.edu The Lutes hit and then hit some more to take two of three wins from the Willamette Bearcats in Salem, Ore. last weekend, improving Pacific Lutheran’s Northwest Conference baseball record to 5-4. Despite an amazing and rare triple play made by PLU in the second inning, the Lutes struggled to find their groove in game one against the Bearcats, losing 4–6. With no outs and runners on first and third, the batter for Willamette hit a soft ground ball to sophomore starting pitcher Max Beatty, which
began the series of throws that lead to a triple play. “This is the first triple play I’ve ever been a part of,” first-year shortstop Nicholas Hall said. “I looked over at the dugout afterward and everyone on the team was jumping up and down going nuts.” The miraculous play involved almost all the infield, with the ball moving from the pitcher to the third baseman, to the catcher, back to the shortstop at third and finally the second baseman at second, acquiring three separate tagged-outs. Offensively, Pacific Lutheran struggled to get the bats going with only four hits and one run through seven innings; however, the Lutes refused to give up putting up three
PLU athletes in winner’s circle Men Conor McNeill Hammer Steven Hass Javelin Ryan Ransavage Shot put, discus I.V Reeves 100m, 200m, triple jump David Fisher 400m Alan DenAdel 300m steeplechase Chester Holt Pole vault Jeff Tolman 110m hurdles Barrett Bollen 400m hurdles Women Ayla Mull Javelin Samantha Potter Shot Put, Discus Christin Blanton 100m Hurdles
Big day for track and Field John Phillips Sports Intern
phillijr@plu.edu The Pacific Lutheran track and field team had a strong day of performing on March 27 at the Peyton Scoring Meet hosted by the University of Puget Sound. The Lute men came away with 12 individual victories. Of those 12 victories, 11 were set as meet records. Sophomore I.V. Reeves picked up three victories and sophomore Ryan Ransavage gathered two of his own.
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The 17 combined hits for the Lutes in game-two were trumped by the 20 put up in Sunday’s game-three which was a 14-11 win that lasted over six hours because of sporadic showers and rain delays. By the fourth inning, the game had accumulated over three hours of start and stop delays. Despite the layovers, PLU’s bats were right on time with Gates going 5-for-6 on the day with two homeruns, Aratani went 4-for-5, and Iwakami and Moore both picked up three a piece. The Lutes will come back home to face up against the (2-10) Whitman Missionaries this weekend. First pitch will be thrown at noon on both Saturday and Sunday.
Reeves won the 100-meter dash (11.20), 200-meter (22.90) and triple jump (42-8 1/4). Ransavage finished first in the shot put (48-3 1/4) and discus throw (133-5). He also placed second in the hammer throw (165-4). Senior Conor McNeil had a Reeves monumental day, throwing a career best in the hammer with a mark of 176-03. McNeill’s throw hit the national provisional mark, giving him a good chance of going to the NCAA Division III Championships in May. First-year Steven Hass threw a career best in the javelin throw (175-11). On the women’s side, there were four individual victories with two meet records. First-year Samantha Potter won the discus (126-4) and the shot put (3810.25). The Lutes go back to UPS for a second time for the Shotwell Invitational. The meet begins at 10 a.m.
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runs in the ninth from a sacrifice fly from junior Brock Gates and a two run hit from junior Ryan Frost. After losing game-one, PLU picked up steam for game two with an extra innings win 7-6 in 10. A two run Pacific Lutheran lead heading into the bottom of the ninth wasn’t enough to cool the hot bats of the Bearcats, who sent the game into extra innings on two unearned runs on three hits. With two outs, juniors Jaron Iwakami and Corey Moore both hit run scoring singles to take back the lead in the top of the tenth. Junior starting pitcher Dan Johansen got the win to improve his record to 2-1. Frost was awarded the save.
The Pacific Lutheran softball team swept the Whitworth Pirates on Saturday in a powerful and otherworldly fashion. PLU won the Northwest Conference doubleheader games 10-1 and 10-2. The Lutes (13-4, 12-1 NWC) took the field when the earth was dark and the clouds ominous with rain. And the Lutes said, let there be runs, and there were runs. The Lutes saw the runs, and they were good. The rest of the series’ games on Sunday were cancelled because of rain. In the opener, junior Stacey Hagensen threw a five-inning twohitter and drove in three runs. She improved her record to 9-1. Junior Amanda Goings cracked the ball for three RBIs and two runs scored on top of her 3-for-4 performance. The PLU onslaught in game-one didn’t come until the fourth inning
when sophomore Kaaren Hatlen sparked a five-run inning with a tworun single. Hagensen followed in the fifth with a bases-clearing double. The Lutes’ 10 runs came on seven hits and forced the game to end in five innings because of the eight-run mercy rule. Whitworth jumped to an early 2-1 lead in the nightcap after a home run in the second inning. Hatlen clamped down and did not allow a run the rest of the game. First-year Lindsey Matsunaga continued her hot streak for the Lutes, hitting 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Hatlen collected two RBIs of her own and two runs scored. The lasting PLU lead came from a blast from Hatlen off the scoreboard in the third inning. It was her third of the season and gave PLU a 3-2 lead. PLU scored five runs in the fifth to take a 9-2 lead. They added one more in the sixth forcing the eight run rule upon the Pirates for the second time that day. The Lutes return to conference action April 2 at Linfield. The teams will finish a game that was suspended on March 12 in which the Wildcats lead 6-3. After finishing the suspended game, the Lutes will play a doubleheader against the Wildcats starting at 1 p.m. PLU will travel to Pacific April 3 for a doubleheader that starts at noon before hitting the road to California during spring break for doubleheaders against La Verne, Cal Lutheran, Chapman and Redlands.
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abshiebk@plu.edu It was announced Thursday that NCAA Division III golf will be canceled indefinitely. A spokesperson from the American Collegiate Golf Association of America said that course officials have reported an increasing rate of profanity in the sport since “Happy Gilmore” was released in 1996. “It’s not the way golf was meant to be for wellschooled individuals,” President of the ACGAA Mark Scott said. “But there is good news; we’re extending arts and crafts time by four hours.” Scott blames the increase of immoral language on “today’s youth being too caught up in Hollywood and its role models.” However, collegiate golf isn’t the only entity to be affected by the ACGAA’s decision. Because golf terms dubbed “naturally inappropriate” by Scott, The PGA and USGA have conducted internal talks about censoring this year’s Masters Golf Tournament. “This has been in debate for years now, we just needed a catalyst,” William O’Neil, a media consultant
for golf associations, said. “Now that one decision has been made, we can expect to see a domino effect of censorship.” The initially proposed plan of censorship would rename all of the inappropriate golf terms so that announcers could say them on television without “exposing our youth to such vulgarity,” as O’Neil puts it. Currently, the list of censored words is relatively small, but O’Neil and Scott both said it will grow within the next months. So far, “ball(s),” “shaft” and “hole” have been added to the list of words to be censored, including any form of the verb hit or whack that is used in conjunction with any golf equipment. Followers of the PGA Tour have been reported to boycotting country clubs across the country. “I’ve been whacking balls and comparing putter sizes my whole life. It was what made me feel like a man,” Ted Wriggle, a regular at Torrey Pines Golf Course said. “I’m outraged at how they’re going to just throw away tradition and memories of golfers young and old.” In the meantime, Wriggle has advised golfers to “go to their happy place.”
Workers will begin demolishing the Pacific Lutheran athletic facilities April 22, officials announced Wednesday. The deconstruction will make room for the new athletic development projects scheduled to be completed by Sept. 8, 2020. The official announcement has been received mildly in terms of how league officials anticipated students
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at PLU to react. “It doesn’t seem to be a huge deal to a large portion of the student body,” spokesperson Jason Clark said. “In a recent survey we conducted, only 90 percent of PLU students realized the university had an athletics program.” The development will create a drastic change for PLU student athletes, who will be forced to share athletic facilities with Puget Sound University from the 2011
fall season through the 2019 spring. “It’s a good way for athletes who regard each other as rivals to get to know each other,” Clark said. Demolition will begin at the at the softball field, move to Olson Gym, the swimming pool, Memorial Gymnasium and end with the soccer and baseball fields. PLU officials have elected to keep the PLU golf course because it serves as a community outreach to the public. Clark said the interim merging of athletic families will be a “rocky road for both Tacoma universities” but is necessary as a trial for seeing how well the teams will be able to cope with each other. The conference is using this situation as a test run. Because of budget cuts, Clark said it is very likely to see many teams considering sharing athletic facilities. George Fox University and Linfield College were listed as possible participants by as early as 2015 and Willamette and Whitworth officials have confirmed that they will make a decision by May 1, 2011. Although, Whitworth demanded that its facilities would be used. Conference administration said it will release a follow up report closer to the date of destruction regarding the specifics of how the schools intend to implement the merger.
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