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Georjina Soliai ‘23 of Lakewood, Washington grew up less than a 15-minute drive from Pacific Lutheran University. The Clover Park High School graduate was always aware of the university, but she never really considered it an option for herself.
Soliai’s family moved to the United States in 1998 from Samoa. Her parents instilled in her and her siblings a hard work ethic, so she always knew she would go to college. Many of Soliai’s teachers at Clover Park were PLU alums and often talked to her about the school. At the same time, Soliai was growing interested in pursuing a social work degree so she could be a mentor to kids in her hometown.
Ann Reinking death: Tony Award-winning Broadway legend passes away at 71
Tue Dec 15, 2020 at 10:56am ET
Tony Award-winning Broadway actress Ann Reinking passed away on Saturday at the age of 71.
Dance instructor Christopher Dean broke the news of Reinking’s death on Monday.
“The lights on Broadway are forever more dim this morning and there is one less star in the sky,” Dean wrote in a statement posted to Facebook. “The good news is that heaven has the very best choreographer on earth now.”
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Reinking’s sister-in-law, Dahrla King, also confirmed that Reinking passed away on Saturday night in Washington, according to Variety.
In one exchange from Session One, Arthur Rizer of the R Street Institute a former police oficer and military policeman himself highlighted his work around police mentalities37 and police cultures. He conducted a survey of oficers asking for their reactions to being dressed like military personnel; whether doing so made them more aggressive; and whether their doing so afected perspectives in the community. His findings were clear that the oficers who responded indeed felt more aggressive in military gear, and knew that it frightened the public.
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Arthur Rizer Director, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties, R Street Arthur
Rizer heads the Institute’s programs dealing with a variety of issues related to crime, policing, intelligence and privacy. In this capacity, he produces original research, writes for the popular press and educates policymakers on criminal justice and civil liberty issues. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of London, University College London in
24 SASEBO, Japan (Dec. 11, 2020) – Capt. Luke Frost, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), turned over command to Capt. Ken Ward during a change of command ceremony onboard Dec. 11.
Due to shipboard COVID-19 prevention measures, the ceremony was held with a small group in America’s pilothouse, broadcast to the crew over the ship’s general announcing system. Luke Frost and USS America have quite simply made history in their first year forward deployed to Seventh Fleet, said Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7. Captain Frost has embodied all the qualities we look for in our commanding officers and flawlessly led America s crew through two superb patrols sailing upon some of the most critical and strategic waterways in the world today. While we will miss Luke s leadership, I look forward to working with Captain Ken Ward as he takes command of this incredible wa
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