Posts Tagged ‘ASUPS’
Garden Level moving forward
During Garden Level’s last concert of the year, the audience was able to catch a glimpse of the sentimental bonds members of the group have formed throughout the year, as bittersweet goodbye speeches and orange roses were exchanged on the stage. Another unique feature of this year’s Garden Level is their incorporation of beat boxing, [...]
New club “Campus Cursive” encourages more letter writing
Officially approved by ASUPS on March 28, Campus Cursive revitalizes the art of letter writing and incorporates into it random acts of kindness throughout the campus. Shelley Stephan, the founder of the club, was inspired to start this club during finals week her sophomore year. “[I] stumbled upon the website moreloveletters.com, where posted on the [...]
Food and Safety Committee forms a merger with ASUPS to keep food-borne illnesses at bay
Two very necessary components of life are food and safety. Everyone needs to eat, and nobody wants to be harmed. Students at Puget Sound who express any interest in these areas should know that there is a committee on campus for just those two things: the Food and Safety Committee. “I never heard of it [...]
Presidential hopeful starts luchador craze
Junior Rane Berisnt’s campaign for ASUPS president was floundering. A child of the isolated Luxembourgian aristocracy, he found it difficult to connect with his constituents in the Puget Sound student body. Though raised and schooled with the specific purpose of infiltrating an American liberal arts college in order to enhance Luxembourgian understanding of the American [...]
Log Jam aside, campus groups should become more accessible
After the University of Puget Sound’s Log Jam event every September, various club participants tend to fall into three general categories. First, those who signed themselves up for every club and whose current involvement consists of receiving chain emails and making an exclusive appearance at maybe one meeting. Secondly, those intensely dedicated to or perhaps [...]
ASUPS cut ski team budget; Penn State students riot again
With the recent controversy and horror surrounding the child abuse at the hands of former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and the alleged subsequent cover-up by Penn State officials still in the headlines, there is a fresh new terror that has Penn State students rioting in the streets: ASUPS has cut the Ski Team’s budget for [...]
ASUPS! Online!
The Associated Students of University of Puget Sound (ASUPS) is now delivering to the student body exciting campus updates and broadening the social communications paradigm of Puget Sound with the help of their new social media devices! What better way to keep the student body linked-in and up-to-date. It’s not just the predictable Facebook and [...]
ASUPS brings Minus the Bear to campus
As any student representative knows, it is nearly impossible to make everyone happy. But junior Tucker Shouse, Programmer for ASUPS Entertainment, is confident that there might be a way to bring the campus together: rock and roll. Next Friday April 8, the Field House will host Seattle-based indie rock innovators Minus the Bear, backed by [...]
Committee sacks Midnight Breakfast
Due to unacceptable student conduct at the event last fall, there will not be a Midnight Breakfast this spring for the first time in ten years. The decision was made at the March 7 meeting of the event’s planning committee, which is made up of six staff members and the ASUPS President and Vice-President. ASUPS [...]
Business class crafts ASUPS philanthropic group
What started out as a Puget Sound staff member’s project for a business class has turned into ASUPS’ newest philanthropic student organization. Needlecrafts for Charity brings the campus community together once a week to help serve the world, one stitch at a time. Since their recognition as a club on Feb. 24, the group has [...]
