The Commons Spring 2019: Graduation Edition

2019 GRADUATES THESIS: Saving the Count: An Ironic Reading of Dumas’ COMC. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: To find out if the PNW has any decent surf. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Anything can be interesting if you give it enough time and thought. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Driving to Canon Beach with my roommates, get- ting there with barely enough time to stand on the sand and watch the sun sink into the horizon …. RUTH ELLEN SAUNDERS THESIS: Phaedrus Fables. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: I plan to pursue music at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene and then travel the world writing children’s books. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: The struggle is 1) real, and 2) worth it. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: All the kitchen floor conversations that ranged from deep and thoughtful to side-splitting hilarious. THESIS: Eye On Type: A Visual Guide to Understanding Typeface. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: I plan to continue marketing for Story Real Estate, and do freelance design work on the side. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: NSA has taught me, through tangible ex- ample, that success is not straight A’s, a fat paycheck, or a sparkling reputation, but rather, success is coming to the end of yourself and recognizing other people as more important. That’s winning. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: At the end of our sophomore year, we all planned a trip to Granite, got lost, found a park, had a picnic, sang Psalms, played ukelele, and hugged each other goodbye for the summer. TRISTAN SCHAG BEKAH SHELTON GRAHAM ROBERT SOMMERS THESIS: Creation in the Old Testament: A Study of Select Texts. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Teaching Hebrew through Roman Roads and applying to grad school for Hebrew Bible / Second Temple Judaism. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Without active love your life will flit by like a phantom. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Listening in silence to the sunrise at Granite Point, with a chorus of animal and insect voices growing louder. JERRY STOUT 16 THE COMMONS THESIS: Pity versus the Political in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: I plan on staying in Moscow and working. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: The ability to search out the truth of God in everything study. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: The trip around the north west for the History of the American West elective with Dr. Schlect.

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