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  Religion: Cause or Cure
            for Terrorism?
 Religious intolerance and religiously inspired violence are on the
            rise around the world. Guest writer Vinay Samuel argues that American
            Christians have a special responsibility to respond to this scourge.
 
 The Voyages of Ibn
                BattutaA Year in IraqLittle-known to Westerners, Ibn Battuta was the world’s first
              tourist. His travels, says Professor of History Don Holsinger,
              help us understand the historical divide between Islam and the
            West.
 For Assistant Professor Kimberly Segall, it was a year that changed
            her life. Living with the Kurdish people of Northern Iraq, she joined
            them in “working toward hope against all hope.”
  Breakfast With Paul
                GigotThe Medallion AwardSPU welcomed Paul Gigot, editorial-page editor of The Wall
              Street Journal, as this year’s Greater Seattle Community Breakfast
            speaker. His topic was “The U.S., Iraq and the War on Terrorism.”
 Past alumni winners of SPU’s Medallion Award have included
            a playwright, a missionary surgeon and a translator of Islamic texts.
            Three of this year’s honorees are dedicated to the support
            of families.
 
 Campaign Update
 One generous family recently made a major gift to SPU that will ultimately
            benefit the mentally ill.
Read about this project and other developments in .
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  From the President
 Cultivating hope in the face of chaos is vital today. "This
              is the time for a Christian university to dig down deep into its
              formative foundations … and decide quite clearly what bread
              we have to offer,” says President Philip Eaton.
 
              
            Volumes of VolumesSPU Library resources will top 22 million items in 2003. Starting
            this summer, materials can be ordered online from the new “Orca” catalog
            through the Orbis Cascade Alliance. 
            [Campus]
  Homecoming 2003: The Weekend
                    in PhotosFrom fast-paced hoops to class reunions where former classmates
              reconnected, Homecoming 2003 was a picture-perfect weekend. See
              the action here.  [Alumni]
  The World of Teng ChiuSeattle’s Frye Museum spotlights an art collection owned
              by an SPU professor and her husband. Chinese artist Teng Chiu’s
              work has largely been forgotten, but Joanna Poznanska is helping
              to reintroduce him to the West.   [Faculty]
  Playing With Joy After an incredible season, the unbeaten Falcon women’s
            basketball team lost the championship game but won the hearts of
            the Puget Sound fans.   [Athletics]
 
 My Response
 “The soldier and chaplain are each unique callings fulfilled
              by those who respond to the call of the nation and to the call
              of God,” says Chaplain (Major General) Gaylord T. Gunhus,
              U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains.
 
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