As of Oct. 1, Americans can register for insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act. Students seeking health care insurance of their own will have to navigate an online health market to find coverage, which will take effect beginning in 2014. The Affordable Health Care Act, also known as Obamacare, calls for widespread reforms to the healthcare system that are supposed to increase the accessibility and affordability of health insurance, reduce the number of uninsured people and lower the costs of healthcare. For students not covered by their parents’ health...

ASUPS is beginning another season of elections. Positions are opening to a new group of candidates interested in serving as part of the Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound. The Puget Sound website describes ASUPS as “an autonomous, student-run department on campus, with an annual budget that is over $500,000…and generally serves as the voice of the student.” Campaigning is already underway as applicants begin to inform the community about their intentions for running. Students can pick from at least three candidates running for residence hall senator, two...

A new fraternity is coming to Puget Sound. Beta Theta Pi will be making its return in the fall of 2013 under the guidance of Tom Martin, Colony Development Coordinator. “Beta Theta Pi is a values based fraternity,” Tom Martin said. Its initial goals are to recruit fifty men of principle, find partner organizations on and off campus and provide a positive experience for the University. Beta will be moving into Unit G next academic year. Beta Theta Pi will be overseen by the InterFraternity Center (IFC), which is the...

The 2012-2013 school year was filled with plenty of excitement and transformation. As Puget Sound’s 125th birthday fades into a history of accomplishments, I asked students what the biggest change at Puget Sound was for them. Most responses had to do with the new residency options that will soon become available. Beginning in the 2013-2014 academic year, students will be required to live on campus for their first two years at the University. While the new residence hall being constructed is a highly anticipated addition to campus infrastructure, there are...

The Race and Pedagogy Chism Series invited Professor Walidah Imarisha to Puget Sound last week as one of their Artists-in-Residence to lead a multi-media presentation on the role of youth in educational justice. Imarisha is an educator, writer, professor, organizer and spoken word artist. She has taught in Portland State University’s Black Studies and Women’s Studies Departments, and Southern New Hampshire University’s English Department. She has toured nationally and internationally with various groups performing, educating and challenging her audiences. Before leaving Puget Sound, Imarisha hosted a poetry workshop titled “Our...

Seattle Pacific University held its 7th annual Social Venture Plan Competition on Wednesday, April 17.  The SVPC was sponsored by their School of Business and Economics’ Center for Applied Learning, and was designed to encourage students who wish to develop projects that will solve social needs across the globe. The purpose was to create a platform for students to develop their entrepreneurial skills by learning how to engage various cultures and change the world. A social venture is an entrepreneurial activity that relates to both financial and social areas. Social...

Relay For Life is an annual global fundraising event to raise money and support for cancer research and cancer survivors. Relay For Life started right here on the Puget Sound campus in 1985, when a surgeon named Dr. Gordy Klatt decided he wanted to raise money for the American Cancer Society to help his patients. Klatt came to the University and walked and ran for 24 hours around Baker Stadium. During his effort, people in the audience donated money and cheered him on. Klatt raised $27,000 on that day to...

KUPS and the Black Student Union have recently paired up to bring a series of films to campus that center on the lives of black musicians. There are four films in the series, which has been playing since the end of February. KUPS and BSU partnered with The Catherine Gould Foundation to show the third film Follow Me Down: Portraits of Louisiana Prison Musicians on April 4 in Rausch auditorium. The director of the documentary, Ben Harbert, was present at the screening to discuss the direction he took in the...

Hunger is a growing problem nationwide. Too often, advocates of food  justice look overseas to other countries to implement strategies for eradicating hunger, but the need for food does not necessarily stretch that far. One in six people living in America has to deal with hunger. Washington State’s food insecurity rate is above average. Food insecurity refers to the USDA’s measure of lack of access to enough food for an active lifestyle for all household members, and limited availability of nutritional foods. Food insecurity may reflect a household’s need to...

Jared Paul came to Puget Sound on Friday, March 8 and shared his poetry with the Loggers in attendance through engaging narratives and bold storytelling. Paul is an artist, activist, anti-capitalist, musician and former caseworker. From one glance, Paul may not seem like a loud-spoken radical, but once he’s on stage there’s no denying his passion for activism. “Radical means to get to the truth; to get to the root,” he explained. Paul used to wonder about whether the time and effort he spent fighting for socialism was just making...

On Monday, Feb. 18, Julia Garcia, nationally accredited speaker, author and founder of truality.org, visited the  Puget Sound Fieldhouse to share her time with student athletes and Greek Life. Julia has made a business out of traveling around the world and speaking at different schools and college campuses to spread the word about the TRU movement she created. TRU is an acronym for The Real U, as well as a slogan that expresses being honest and open all the time, even when talking about issues that it hurts to be...