Several students and faculty members received recognition from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for their participation in the UMW play performed in March.

Juniors Monterill Anderson, Madison Sanchez and sophomore Mariko Kajita received Irene Ryan nominations. Sophomore Jeremy Odden received the Meritorious Achievement Award Certificate of Merit for Multi Media Engineer, and senior Amanda Maxwell received Meritorious Achievement Award Certificate of Merit for State Management.

Faculty recognition includes Linfield Professor of Theater Arts Ty Marshall who received the Meritorious Achievement Award Certificate of Merit for Projections, and guest director and Linfield alum Michelle Seaton who received the Meritorious Achievement Award Certificate of Merit for Direction.

“I’m not a theater major, or even a minor, but being in shows is something that I love to do,” Sanchez said. “The theater community is half of what draws me in also, and I’ve seen a few talented friends get nominated for this award since I’ve been here. I never thought I would ever have the honor of being nominated for an Irene Ryan along with them. I loved the experience UMW gave me, and I was so happy just to be a part of it, but this recognition was the cherry on top.”

UMW had it’s world premiere at Linfield March 19 and Rob Urbinati, a Linfield artist-in-residence, wrote it using inspiration from some experiences of real Linfield students. It focuses on the themes of racism and bigotry that exist in a small, private college with a mostly white population.

“The students have been able to give continuous feedback with questions of language and generation-specific culture, said Urbinati, according to the press release on Linfield’s website.

“It empowers them and it helps me. If the dialogue sounds authentic, it’s due almost entirely to their input.”

Olivia Marovich

News editor

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As strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” drift from college campuses this month, odds are improving that new graduates’ next stop will not be their parents’ basements.

Hiring isn’t strong, but it sure looks better than it has since the economy tipped into recession a little more than five years ago.

“For sure, I thought I would graduate with a job—definitely,” said Morgan Woodbury, 22, a senior at Kennesaw State University. “I think the job market is good right now.”

Her experience is evidence: Woodbury felt confident enough to turn down an initial offer from shipping service DHL. The company offered a different job with better pay and—with her graduation still a few days away—Woodbury is working in international sales in a territory arcing from Atlanta to Chattanooga.

“The pay starts with a pretty good base, plus an allowance, plus commission,” she said.

Job growth isn’t absorbing all of these new graduates, said Phil Gardner, director of the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University. “There has been steady improvement but it’s not enough to clear the new grad market. We need some double-digit (job) growth.”

Still, the hiring outlook is improved. In 2009, when most of this year’s grads started college, the unemployment rate was cresting at 10 percent nationally. Since then, the national rate has ticked down to 7.5 percent in April.

And the job market is better on average for college graduates. Among people with at least a bachelor’s degree, the jobless rate is 3.9 percent.

Another hopeful sign: starting salaries for grads nationally are up 5.3 percent this year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The biggest pay boost comes in the health care sector, while the highest starting salaries go to engineers, according to the NACE survey.

Business hires are averaging 7 percent more than a year ago.

Dennis Loubiere, 51, of Marietta, Ga., went back to school to finish his undergraduate degree after being laid off by a mortgage company amid the housing bust. He graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State and stayed on to get a master’s degree this year in business.

“There is definitely hiring going on,” he said. “For the first time in quite awhile, I actually feel confident that I can get a job.”

Technology and finance are the hottest sectors.

“We hire a ton of people each year,” said Bob Eichenberg, greater Atlanta market human resources leader at PwC, a global auditing, accounting and consulting company with about 1,250 employees here.

Experts in finance have been in steady demand, he said. “People still have to have audits. They still have to file their tax returns.”

Grads with liberal arts degrees have to show that their skills “are transferable” to business needs, said Emory University senior Alexi Lauren New, 21, who majored in sociology and anthropology. With so many unemployed Americans, companies can be very selective, so that argument is not an easy one, she said. “I think it’s a tough market out there.”

The Rockville, Md., native has a yearlong fellowship in Washington.

By last year’s commencement, only 16 percent of Emory’s graduating seniors were unsure what they would do in the coming year, said Paul Fowler, executive director of the university career center. About half of them ended up going on to more school.

The situation is about the same this year, but “we have seen a number of companies calling us out of the blue this year,” Fowler said. “That’s an indication that things are getting better.”

There is risk for graduates who do not find a position fairly quickly.

Going without a job—or taking a poor-paying position you’re overqualified for—may handicap a young employee’s economic potential, said Carl Van Horn, director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University and author of “Working Scared (Or Not at All).”

“The basic point is that where you start with your salary and benefit has a tendency to influence the first decade of your career,” he said. “The reason is that employers look at salary history and they tend to pay accordingly.”

Michael Kanell

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Associated Students of Linfield College Senate recently approved revisions to the ASLC Bylaws, which aim to change the structure of the ASLC Senate. Students will be voting on the changes in Fall 2013, and if approved the revisions will go into effect in Fall 2014.

The changes include restructuring Senate to be similar to a class council model, which will include having 10 student representatives from each class rather than having 27 individual senators. Senators will also be elected freshmen year and hold the position for all four years at Linfield College. They will be allowed to step down if they go abroad or no longer wish to hold the position.

“I’m hoping it will bring more interaction between the student body and Senate,” said senior Susana Fajardo, former ASLC vice president. “Students will be represented by class rather than club membership.”

The changes were officially approved May 7 after multiple discussions within Senate.

“It was a really good conversation,” said junior Jake Baker, current ASLC vice president. “It’s adding more numbers and perhaps making it more accessible to students.”

Two years ago Senate was also restructured, going from 90 to 27 members in the hopes of making Senate move more fluidly, Fajardo said. However, the ASLC Senate was not as connected to the student body as they wanted to be.

Fajardo hopes that the student body will approve these changes in the fall to allow each class to focus on issues that pertain to them.

“More general campus issues will be handled by Cabinet,” Fajardo said. “[Class] issues will be handled by Senate.”

Issues such as lighting around campus and homecoming will be dealt with in ASLC Cabinet. Issues that are more specific will be addressed in Senate by differing classes. For example, the freshmen class senators would address any issues with colloquium.

“It’s a shift in focus and breakdown,” Fajardo said. “We’re hoping it will build continuity.”

This summer Baker, along with other members of ASLC, will be planning different ways to educate students about the changes to the ASLC Bylaws before students vote on the changes in the fall.

“It’s either you have faith in the system or you don’t,” Fajardo said. “And I really believe in Senate.”

Samantha Sigler

Editor-in-chief

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A total of 108 students, two staff members and one organization were recognized at the Annual Recognition Convocation on May 16 at 3 p.m. in Ice auditorium. Junior Max Milander took home the most money of $2,500 in scholarships, and senior Tori Ann Ogawa received the most awards.

Faun Tanenbaum Tiedge, department chair and professor of music, presented three scholarships of $1,000 each. The William J. Burton Sophomore Choir Service Endowed Scholarship was awarded to freshman MacKenzie Linder. The Jon A. Burton Junior Choir Service Endowed Scholarship was awarded to sophomore Christopher Meadows. The Hilja Elizabeth Burton Senior Choir Service Scholarship was awarded to junior Max Milander.

The new members of the International English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, Linfield chapter, Alpha Tau Nu, were announced by the chapter president, junior Austin Shilling.

The new inductees are juniors Kaleigh Ansdell, Mackensie Sempert, Caren Siegel and Summer Yasoni.  Also being inducted were seniors Moniqa Beatty, Kristin Castanera, Hillary Krippaehne, Kyra Rickards, Madelyne Wong, Matthew Broussard, Julia Cooper, Elizabeth Dadoly, Brittani Drost, Kelsey Hatley, Stephanie Longmate, Lori McEwen, Mary McMullan, Katelyn Tamashiro and Elizabeth Turner.

Other awards and honors in order of presentation were:

Brad Thompson, department chair and associate professor of mass communication, presented the Charlotte Filer Linfield Journalism Award to sophomore Carrie Skuzeski along with a $1,000 scholarship.

Professor Thompson also presented the J. Richard & Evelyn Nokes Scholarship to sophomore Samantha Sigler and junior Max Milander.  They received $1,500 each.

Martha Van Cleave, associate dean of faculty for curriculum, assessment and development and professor of mathematics, presented the graduating students of Oregon’s Epsilon Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, a mathematics honor society, with honor chords. To be eligible students must have a minimum of a 3.00 college GPA and 3.3 mathematics GPA. The graduating seniors are Amanda Bowers, Matthew Broussard, Feng Chen, Ellyn Edwards, Joshua Melander, John Portin and Rachelle Ridout.

Christopher Keaveney, professor of Japanese, presented honor chords to seniors receiving the Japanese National Honor Society Certificate of Outstanding Achievement at the Post-Secondary Level of Japanese Language Studies. In order to be eligible a student must be a graduating senior with a 3.5 minimum GPA in Japanese and have taken at least five Japanese classes. The graduating seniors are Brittani Drost, Catherine Nakamura, Gabrielle Nygaard, Katelyn Tamashiro and Elizabeth Turner.

Laura Kenow, athletic training program director, associate professor of health and human performance and certified athletic trainer, presented the Outstanding Athletic Trainer Award to junior Victoria Kraft.

Gary Killgore, Health, Human Performance and Athletics department chair and professor, presented the Vern Marshal Award to juniors Kramer Lindell and Karina Paavola. Lindell was not able to attend the event because he was in Texas with the baseball team.

Killgore also presented Health, Human Performance and Athletics Honors to graduating seniors Nicole Barton, McKaley Brewer, Jason Cheyne, Christian Juanillo, Geoffrey Kunita, Katie Main, Rachel Miles, Elizabeth Murphy, Sara Peterson, Sarah Ritacco and Julia Vaughan.

Ellen Crabtree, interim director of academic advising, presented the Outstanding Colloquium Peer Advisor Award to sisters sophomore Malley Nason and senior Haydn Nason.

Jean Caspers, reference librarian, presented the Jereld R. Nicholson Library Award to seniors Tessa D’Alessandro, Danica Andresen, Julia Cooper, Spencer Garing, Kadin Hashimoto, Kathleen Keith, Kathleen O’Brien, Tori Ann Ogawa, Stephanie Raso, Brogan Pierce and Leah Rensel.

Liz Obert, associate professor and coordinator of electronic arts, presented the Ballenger Scholarship of $1,000 to junior Robin Cone-Murakami. Professor Obert also presented the Helen Blumenstiel Merit Award in Studio Arts, Outstanding Junior, in the amount of $250 to junior Katherine Straube, and the Helen Blumenstiel Endowed Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 to sophomore Taryn Takara.

Nils Lou, professor of ceramics and sculpture, presented the Nancy Stofan Lou Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to junior Holly Vader.

Brian Winkenweder, associate professor of art history and visual culture, presented the Ballenger Merit Award in Studio Arts, Outstanding Senior, to senior Laura Goodwin.

He also presented the Blackfish Gallery Exhibition award to seniors Lucas Cook and Chloe Raymond.

Winkenweder presented The Do More Than Expected Award to senior Laura Goodwin.

He also presented the Art and Visual Culture Thesis Honors award to seniors Lucas Cook, Laura Goodwin, Chloe Raymond.

Kristi Mackay, assistant director of career development, presented the Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Responsibility, Sacrifice to seniors Maya Chong, Reilly Everaert, Stephanie Longmate, Lori McEwen, Tori Ann Ogawa and Sara Peterson

Tyler Laird-Magee, assistant professor of business, presented the Oregon Society of CPA’s Foundation Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 to senior Tylor Edison.

She also announced the new members of the Delta Mu Delta, National Business Honorary. To be eligible for Delta Mu Delta, students must be business majors in the top 20 percent based on GPA and be of junior or senior standing. The students were juniors Jessica Calderon-Duyck, Katrina Chinn, Claire Hann, Erin Harris, Taylor Klopp, Jessica McGraw, Lindsay Sterkson, Shelby Vandebergh, Andrew Villeneuve and seniors Sujan Dhoju, Ellyn Edwards and Samantha Javier.

Shaik Ismail, director of international programs, presented the Linfield International Ambassador Award in three categories of international student, domestic student, and faculty or staff. He presented the awards in the international category to seniors Sujan Dhoju and Maylyn Foo. The award in the domestic category went to senior Stephanie Raso.  The award in the faculty or staff went to Floyd Schrock, assistant director for international admission.

Freshman Nicholas Konen presented this year’s Dave Hansen Senate Outstanding Service Award to Sarah Burkhardt-Beckley, area director for training and assessment.

Alexis Powell, program coordinator for community engagement and service, presented the Student Group Outstanding Service Award to the fraternity Kappa Sigma.

Jason Rodriquez, director of multicultural programs, presented the Rising Star Award to nine first year students. The recipients were freshmen Stephanie Arciga Najar, Eli Biondine, Janae Brown, Ruta Gebremariam, Hannah Hall-Dolezal, Shawna Jacobson-Sims, Piikea Kailio, Monica Molina and Shane Whitson.

He also presented the Multicultural Excellence Award to 40 students.

The recipients were sophomores BrieA’nna Battle, Christopher Clavel, Tanika Finch, Jonah Flores, Christyn Kamaka, Olivia Marek, Robyn Maxwell, McKenzie Olson, Cirrena Troutt, Alan Venegas, Sofia Webster, and  Aidan Willers.  Also receiving this award were juniors Monterill Anderson, Ashlee Carlson, Dillon Casados, Andrew Gladhill Elizabeth Guzman Arroyo, Shelby Hollenbeck, Ashley Kimi, Ariana Lipkind, Timothy Marl, Miriam Morales-Ayala, Vesta Namiranian, Breanna Ribeiro, Morgan Seymour, Tyson Takeuchi, Kristen Ursino and Madelyne Wong.

Also, seniors Amy Bumatai, Maya Chong, Miriam Corona, Sujan Dhoju, Susana Fajardo, Aaron Hire, Christian Juanillo, Tyler Kimmett, Clara Martinez, Lori McEwen, Nicholaus Miles and Tori Ann Ogawa.

Jackson Miller, associate professor of communication arts and director of forensics, presented the Roy “Hap” Mahaffey Memorial Merit Scholarship in Forensics to junior Megan Schwab.

He also presented the Singletary communication Arts Scholarship to senior Clara Martinez

Janet Gupton, associate professor of theatre arts and resident director, and Ty Marshall, professor of theatre arts, director of theatre and resident designer, presented the Donald and Nelda Balch Endowed Scholarship to juniors Jennifer Layton and Gabrielle Leif.

They also presented the Roy “Hap” Mahaffey Memorial Merit Scholarship in Theatre to sophomore Nicholas Granato.

Nancy Drickey, associate dean of faculty for planning and budget and associate professor of education, announced the James B. Conaway Nominated Students. They are seniors Hanna DeLuca for elementary education, Tori Ann Ogawa for early childhood education, Rachelle Ridout for high school education, Sara Ritacco for high school education, and December 2012 graduate Nolan Taylor for elementary education.

Drickey also presented the James B. Conaway Award for Student Teaching to seniors Maylyn Foo for middle school education, Kelly Gess for elementary school education, Emily Jenkins and Lori McEwen for high school education.

Kiera Downs/Copy Editor

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“Twice Told Stories-Most of Them True” is the title of the last lecture that Dave Hansen, professor of economics, will ever give after four decades of teaching.

The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. May 13 in T.J. Day, Room 222.

Hansen is an economics professor and the play-by-play Wildcat football announcer.

He is distinguished in the Linfield community for the relationships that he made both inside and outside the classroom.

Although he is retiring, he is staying on as a radio broadcaster for the Wildcats.

“If I bring anything of value to the broadcasts, it’s knowing the kids outside of the football realm. I have the opportunity of interacting with them through the week,” Hansen said about radio broadcasting. Due to all his years of service to Linfield, he is able to offer unique insights about the school, bringing the past into the present.

Sophomore Michael Zeir had Hansen for a “Principle of Economics” class.

“Professor Hansen is a wise man. What really stood out for me about the class, though, was his particular style of teaching. He would never let the class become boring,” Zeir said. “To help illustrate complex economic theories, he would pick a student in the class and break the theory down into an interactive story where the student would go through the problem as if they were the business facing the problem. This helped everyone in furthering their understanding. He was a good economics professor and will surely be missed.”

After more than four decades of teaching, his lecture will be his last words of wisdom for the students at this school.

However, his voice will still be heard over the radio during the Wildcat football season.

Quinn Carlin

Staff writer

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linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Visitors to Linfield College debated both for and against compulsory universal service May 6 in Riley Hall 201.

The debaters were asked to answer whether it should be allowed to require all 18-year-old citizens to commit to compulsory 18 to 24-month service in either military or civilian service. The two debaters were asked to focus specifically on the version created by the Clinton administration.

Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, argued for having a program that was not compulsory but would instead allow young people to engage in active citizenship.

In contrast, Tom Palmer, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and director at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, argued that young people should be free to choose whether they participate in service.

“It was a spirited debate,” said Nick Buccola, assistant professor of political science. “It was well attended [and] a successful event.”

Palmer and Marshall discussed the pros and cons of having compulsory universal service, which Buccola said made people feel a little bit pulled in both directions.

“I think that the liberty aspect of it is very powerful,” Buccola said. “I thought it was a really interesting contrast for people to see.”

Often times, debates over issues such as universal service do not fall into ideological categories. Typically the essential contested concepts involve liberty, patriotism, obligation and the common good, Buccola said.

“I am still in the process of educating myself on the issue, Buccola said in an email.

“I can identify some persuasive arguments on both sides. I hope students come away with a deeper appreciation of the arguments on both sides of this debate. Although I think a system of universal service is unlikely to be adopted any time soon, there will continue to be serious discussions about more modest versions of this proposal.”

Samantha Sigler

News editor

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The Linfield Review received 24 awards in the 2013 Oregon Newspaper Publisher Associations’ Collegiate Day on May 10.

The Review placed second in general excellence, first in best headline writing, second in best design and second in best website.

Individual awards were also given out to numerous staff members. Sophomore Samantha Sigler placed first in best writing, senior Jessica Prokop placed third in best writing and second in best series, junior Kaylyn Peterson placed third in best series, sophomore Sarah Mason placed first in best feature story, sophomore Carrie Skuzeski placed second in best sports story and junior Kate Straube placed third in best photography.

Other awards included sophomore Chrissy Shane receiving third in best section and first in best graphic and sophomore Alyssa Townsend receiving second in best editorial. Sophomore Paige Jurgesen placed second for best review and senior Joel Ray placed third for best feature photo.

The Linfield Review

Staff writer

Art is often used to communicate how one is feeling at any given moment, and for many artists it was how they conveyed the pain and suffering in El Salvador during its civil war.

Martivon Galindo, professor of Latin and Latino/a studies at Holy Name College, spoke on several artists’ work, including her own, and how they coped with being exiled from their home country May 8 in Riley 201.

Galindo has written four books since being in the United States, and her artwork has been on display in exhibits in the United States, El Salvador and Japan.

Each of the pieces of artwork shown focused on the pain and loss the country was going through. With many of the artists being exiled, they traveled to the United States. Upon her arrival into the United States, Galindo had a deep hatred for the country.

“[At the time], I couldn’t distinguish between the government and the people,” Galindo said.

Galindo found herself in San Francisco, where she and her son rebuilt their lives with the help of the other exiles in the area.

“I was a political exile and had a small child with me, I had no idea what to do or where to go,” Galindo said while visiting the PLACE program class, “Revolutions: 20th Century Latin America” on May 8.

Once finding help in San Francisco, Galindo began to heal through expressing the pain and suffering she had experienced in paintings and poetry.

“I had this friend, and she was taken away, and I never knew what happened to her. I still don’t,” Galindo said after reading a poem she dedicated to this friend.

There were many people who disappeared during the Salvadorian Civil War, and their families still have no idea what happened to them or whether they’re even alive.

“It was a terrible to live there. Some of my classmates had become Guerillas,” Galindo said. “There was a terror that anything could happen.”

Art helped Galindo, and many like her, survive the memories and aftermath of the war.

“Art kept me alive,” Galindo said. “The memories were terrible, and people asked me why I didn’t just try to forget them. But I didn’t want to forget.”

Kaylyn Peterson

Copy chief

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linfieldreviewcopy@gmail.com.

Margaret Ruth Groening, a ’41 Linfield graduate, died in her sleep at the age of 94, April 22 in Portland.

Groening, mother of “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, was born March 23, 1919 in Chisolm, Minn., as Margaret Wiggum, according to a paid obituary in the Oregonian.

Margaret married Linfield classmate Homer Groening, “whom she chose because he made her laugh the most,” according to the Oregonian obituary.

Margaret Groening said that the highest honor she received throughout her schooling was being named May Queen of Linfield College.

After college, she taught high school English before starting a family.

Margaret and Homer Groening supported the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Trail Blazers and many local yarn shops, according to the Oregonian obituary.

Margaret’s son, Matt Groening, said on several occasions that he named Marge and Homer Simpson after his parents, and Lisa and Maggie after two of his sisters. His other sister, Patty, shared a name with Marge Simpson’s sister.

Additionally, he used his mother’s maiden name, Wiggum, for “The Simpsons” character, Chief Wiggum, chief of police in Springfield, according to an article in the Oregonian.

Margaret Groening is survived by her brother, Arnold; her children, Mark, Matt, Lisa and Maggie; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, according to the Oregonian obituary.

Jessica Prokop

Editor-in-chief

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently traveled to Portland to give multiple speeches and participate in an Environmental Summit. Linfield students were given the opportunity to attend events on May 9 and 11. Maitripa College, the first Buddhist College in the Pacific Northwest, hosted the event, along with the University of Portland.

David Fiordalis, associate professor of the Linfield Religious Studies Department, contacted colleagues at Maitripa College and requested the tickets for his classes. He also offered the opportunity to other students not in the Religious Studies Department, allowing junior Robin Fahy to organize a pool of tickets for students who otherwise might not get the chance to go.

“The main reason I chose to see the Dalai Lama is my interest in Buddhist philosophy and thought,” freshman Mariel Pratz-Albert said in an email. “I am also sympathetic toward the Dalai Lama and his advocating of Tibetan autonomy. So I thought the chance to see such a highly regarded individual would be an opportunity that I just couldn’t pass up.”

The Dalai Lama spoke in many sessions, first at the University of Portland on May 9 in an interfaith gathering and an additional session in the afternoon. He spoke about the importance of preserving the environment and the responsibility we all have to the Earth.

On May 11 he participated in a panel alongside Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber;  Andrea Durbin, executive director of the Oregon Environmental Council; and scientist David Suzuki, with the theme of “Universal Responsibility and the Global Environment.” The rock band “The Red Hot Chili Peppers” played a 90-minute set, concluding the day with a Q-and-A session.

“I expected the Dalai Lama to speak more on fundamental Buddhist aspects like compassion and impermanence, but I was pleasantly surprised by the wide range of subjects he discussed, especially the environment and education,” Pratz-Albert said.

The Dalai Lama interacted with guest speakers and answered questions from audience members. Students were particularly struck by the white silk scarves, or katas, that were handed out to each audience member at the end of the event.

“Inspired by an Indian tradition, white scarves were handed out to the thousands of people in the audience. Everyone held up their scarves in offering to the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama then explained how the white of the scarves are symbolic of purity of heart, and the scarves themselves represent connectedness and compassion between people, Pratz-Albert said.

“It was really beautiful to see so many people standing in unison with the white scarves around their necks.”

Fahy said the visual representation was striking, as nearly 11,000 people wore the scarves in “symbolic reverence and solidarity.”

Pratz-Albert said many people mentioned the moment they will remember most was when Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim, a Native American spiritual elder, and the Dalai Lama shared a hug.

“It was pretty adorable,” Pratz-Albert said.

Students described the overall feel of the event to be positive and enlightening, some calling it surreal.

“The Dalai Lama has the best laughter, so every time he laughed the entire audience also erupted into laughter, Pratz-Albert said.

“It didn’t matter what the joke was, everyone felt drawn to join in with his joyfulness.

Kelsey Sutton

Managing editor

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