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  Flight Into Eternity
 Alumnus Jake DeShazer flew with the famous Doolittle Raiders in World War 
 
                                                                        II, but he says that’s not the memory that defines his life. The former 
 
                                                                        Japanese P.O.W., now 92 years old, looks back with joy and gratitude 
 
                                                                        to 30 years of service as a missionary and teacher in the land of his captors.
 
 Dear Toshiko
 Seattle Pacific College student Toshiko Senda was less than two months 
 
                                                                                    from graduation when she was incarcerated with her family in 1942. 
 
                                                                                    Recently discovered letters have ignited the interest of current 
 
                                                                                    students in Senda’s story.
 
 Home From Iraq
 Both Steve Campbell ’03 and Anne Marie Olney Sterling ’00 are home 
                                                                        from the battlefields of Iraq, but the war lingers in their minds 
                                                                        and hearts. “Unless you’ve been to war, you don’t understand how it
                                                                         changes you,” says Campbell.
 Good Morning, Seattle
 Described as “red-hot” among American journalists, New York Times
 
               columnist and author David Brooks spoke at SPU’s Greater Seattle 
                                                                                     Community Breakfast in April. He took his audience on a tour of 
                                                                                     suburbia and the things that unite us and divide us.
 
 Engineered for Success
 In an Atlantic Monthly article titled “The Organization Kid,” 
 
          David Brooks described today’s generation as “perky conformists” driven 
                                                            to succeed. Response queried Brooks about his commentary and 
                                                            invited three SPU students to talk back.
 Have Purpose, Will Travel
 Best-selling guidebook author Rick Steves believes that travel is about engaging 
 
the world’s cultures. “I want Americans to be able to travel so they can see that 
 
people in nations everywhere are loved by God, no more here than anywhere else,” 
 
he says.
 
 
 
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  From the President
 As today’s opinion-shapers declare the Christian message irrelevant, Seattle 
 
 Pacific University President Philip Eaton reminds us: “For two billion people, 
 
 the resurrection of Jesus Christ changed everything.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
            “This Is Our Campaign”Creativity and commitment are the hallmarks of faculty contributions, including 
 
 finding precision science equipment and seeking grants.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  [Campaign]
  Acting on AIDSA student-led campaign encouraging a Christian response to a world pandemic had 
 
 the campus seeing orange.   [Campus]
  When Disaster StrikesAs senior development officer for Northwest Medical Teams, alumnus Dick Frederick ’63 
 
 helps deliver care to those who need it most.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  [Alumni]
  Fact or Fiction?A new Response department reviews the best-seller The Da Vinci Code. 
 
                                                             Why is this page-turner disturbing so many Christians?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             [Books & Film]
 
 Looking Ahead
 Falcon women keep their sights on a national championship after a perfect season 
 
 ends too soon at the Elite Eight.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
            [Athletics]
 
 My Response
 Nicaraguan native Maria Antonia Caldera Hunter ’89 tells of an SPU study tour 
 
 to her homeland that showed her the presence of Christ in unlikely places.
 
 
 
 
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