Archive for September, 2011

Gay blood donation ban discriminatory

Gay blood donation ban discriminatory

A couple weeks ago, while students returned from the buses parked outside Diversions Café with newly acquired T-shirts touting selfless acts of charity, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of deep resentment. As a gay man, or a man-who-has-sex-with-men (a.k.a. MSM – a label the FDA finds more all-encompassing), the law prohibits me from [...]

Radical Tea Party ideology threatens lower class America

Radical Tea Party ideology threatens lower class America

Everyone knows that saving money is good. Taking money away from people who depend on it during a sticky economic time is morally unacceptable, yet the Tea Party is calling for exactly that. The Tea Party, a populist political movement rooted in radical conservative values, has a platform consisting of three major goals. The promotion [...]

Drinking policy to blame for cancellation of breakfast

Drinking policy to blame for cancellation of breakfast

In recent years, Puget Sound students have enjoyed a feast of celebration with their peers at the end of each semester. Last semester, however, we were denied our festivities. The administration cancelled Midnight Breakfast for 2011’s spring semester because of some students’ behavioral problems at the previous event in the fall. The ASUPS Senate and [...]

The new freshman fifteen

The new freshman fifteen

Whatever happened to old-fashioned courtship? We’ve all heard admonitions against going to college with a significant other, and how serious relationships aren’t conducive to a youthful lifestyle …but when did dating become a problem? Call me old-fashioned, but I’ve never given up on chivalry or monogamous relationships. It’s not that I think dating around is [...]

An unjust execution

On Sept. 21, Troy Anthony Davis spent his last moments staring into the eyes of the MacPhail family. Davis reasserted his innocence, and urged the family to continue the search for the true murderer of the late Officer Mark MacPhail. Moments later, at 11:08 p.m., Davis was injected with lethal poison and executed by the [...]

The lowdown on male fluids

I am practically jizzing in my pants over this week’s topic: male fluids. As one wise man once said, “male fluids are a beautiful, beautiful thing.” While the word “sexpert“ is awesome, I am obviously not an expert on male fluids largely due to my lacking of a dick. But, as a straight female, I [...]

The Flaming Lips sizzle the crowd at Puyallup Fair

The Flaming Lips sizzle the crowd at Puyallup Fair

Although the Puyallup State Fair ended this past Sunday, it certainly went out with a resounding bang. Among the fair’s list of performers were Counting Crows, Larry the Cable Guy, Never Shout Never and finally, the Flaming Lips. Last Wednesday, Oklahoma City’s renowned psychedelic rockers dazzled their audience with stunning aesthetics and lush, mind-altering soundscapes. [...]

Notice From Campus Security

Students, We write today to address a significant issue that has developed on campus regarding your administration’s fundamental misunderstanding of the laws of supply and demand, as well as its serious deficiencies in fourth grade mathematics. With high frequency, bicycles were getting locked to the emergency bike racks (henceforth referred to as “hand railings”) around [...]

Life in Sexile

Dear Sexile Expert, My roommate seems upset with me when I text her about staying away for a while so I can screw her ex-boyfriend. I think she’s angry because it’s always a text, instead of something more engaging and fun. What should I do? From, Hapless in Harrington Perceptive, Hapless, very perceptive. Texts suck. [...]

New Emergency Management Protocols

New Emergency Management Protocols

With school shootings and bombings increasing around the country, Puget Sound has taken new steps towards assuring the security of its students and staff. Here is a list of some of those steps: •The glass surrounding Oppenheimer Café glass has been reinforced with a layer of 3-inch thick steel plating.   •Ron Thom has been [...]