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Exh i b its, F i l m s, Lectu res January nte rim Explares 'Strategies Far peace' Marya Gingrey
Lesley Pettigrew
Gifted High School Students E joy summer Scholars program lesley Pettig rew, a PLU sen ior from Seattle, has st ud ied in Den mark u n der t h e P L U S t u d y Abroad Prog ra m . T h i s s p r i n g she wi l l be a mong the fi rst PLU stu d ents i n vo l ved i n t h e new exchange program with u niversi ties in the Baltic States and w i l l study i n R iga, Latvia. But, she says, PLU's S u m mer Scholars Program was "the most fu n I have ever had." S u m m e r Scholars i s a th ree week residential enrichment pro g ra m for acad e m i ca l l y gi fted h i g h school so p h o m o res a n d j u n i ors. T h e 1 990 progra m w i l l b e held J u ly 9-27. Pettig rew was i nt rod uced to the program by her high school debate coach. "It was fun b e i n g with other gifted stud ents," she reca l l e d . " I n high school it i s socially d iffi cult to be a good student. You are not accepted ." S h e n oted that friends she met during Sum mer Scholars are sti l l her best friends. And she has served as a Summer Scholars mentor for two sum mers. M a rya G i n g rey of Bremerton was introd uced to PLU d u r i n g Summer Scholars ' 8 5 . I t h a d not been on her l ist of prospective co l leges, but she enjoyed the "open, homey atmosphere, con du cive to acade m i c and social growing." This year she is vice-president of ASPLU. "I ca me to PLU plan-
ning to study pre-med. But now I'm a political science major look i ng forward to law or g radu ate schoo l," she sa i d . Like Pett i g rew a n d G i n g rey, m a n y for m e r st u d ents offer g l owing S u m m e r Schol a rs testi m o n ies. Fo r most, it was the fi rst time t hey had been i n a c h a l l e n g i n g acade m i c e n vi ron ment, with sti mu lating compan ions and teachers, a nd encour aged , rath e r t h a n d i scou raged, by peers to explore serious sub jects. Students take either a writing wo r k s h o p or n a t u r a l sci e n ces course. The fou r col lege credits earned g ive them a head start on t h e i r college degree. The w r i t i n g workshop offers basic appl icatior.1s, plus printing, drama a n d film, a visit from a p u b l ished novel ist and an intro d u ct i o n to t h e a n cient a rt of book making. Lect u res in t h e n at u ra l sci ences are a u g mented by exte nd ed field tri ps, computer applica t i o n s a n d an i nt ro d u c t i o n to eth i cs. F i n a n c i a l aid is ava i l a b l e for st udents with need from PLU or the co-s ponso r i n g Taco ma Area C o u n c i l on G ifted n ess. S o me school d istricts and local service c l u bs also assist with costs. For fu rther i nfo rmation c a l l Dr. J udith Carr, Dea n fo r Special Aca d e m i c P ro g r a m s , at (206) 5 3 5-7 1 30.
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This January nearly two dozen events co m plement aca d e m i c cl asses u nder the Inte ri m theme "Strategies for Peace." Hands-on exh ibits, a fi lm fest i va l , l ectu res and a world p re m i e re a l l e m b race t h e peace theme. Ca m pus M i n istry, in assoc ia tion with the Lutheran Peace Fel lowshi p , w I l l orga n ize i nterac t i ve displays in the U n i versity Center on Jan. 1 0-1 1 . The exh i b its will focus on peace and jus tice a n d wi l l i n c l u d e q u izzes, maps and exercises. H u manities Fi l m Festival high l i ghts all peace-related movies. "Ga n d h i" opens t h e week-long fest i va l on J a n . 1 5 , M a rt i n Luther King, Jr., Day. The movie wi l l follow a video tribute to Dr. King that demonstrates Gand h i 's i nfluence over Ki ng's life.
Ot her fi lms include "Dr. Stran gelove," " M atewa n," "Ga l l i po l i , " a n d "Amazing Grace a n d Ch uck." A vari ety of l ectu res d u r i ng Interim i nclude "Emergency Eth ics: Political and Mo ral Com m u n i ty i n War," "The Olym pic Sports Ideal and World Peace" and "An I l l usive Peace: The Palest i ni a n Issue." A NATO foru m o n Sca ndi navia in the age of glasnost a nd a series of Ca m p u s M i n i stry-spon sored symposia are also o n the i nte rim calendar. The p re m iere performance of W i l l i a m D o p p m a n n ' s T r i o for Horn, Viola and Piano, "Dove/Hawk, Lion/La mb: A Strate gy For Peace," w i l l be presented Jan. 28 by the Centrum Cham ber Pl ayers. Call 5 3 5-7 1 29 for more i nfor mation and a free ca l e n d a r of Interim events.
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