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Ian Fox, ‘14, wins Collins Book Collecting Contest, will compete at national level
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BHERT remains less than visible on campus
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George Steinmetz lecture delivers inspiration
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Students weigh in on a year of changes, and consider what is to come at Puget Sound
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Unpaid internships garner mixed reviews from Career and Employment Services
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Austin Lawn:
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Posts Tagged ‘education’
Caught in the web: The case against laptops in the classroom
So what are you doing during class? Surfing Facebook or listening to the professor and engaging in the class? Chances are that if you are using a laptop during class, you are probably surfing the Internet instead of being engaged in the class. Some professors allow laptops in class, some ban them. There are many [...]
Film questions education
Charter schools are hailed by some as the solution to the public school system. Others say that it undermines the public school system and ultimately hurts all schoolchildren. Charter schools are both publicly and privately funded. They are not subject to the same regulations as public schools are in exchange for accountability to produce certain [...]
Art meets business
Art and business. Though the two are distant and in many ways dissimilar, they are inextricably linked. Jeff Haydon, class of 1997, and Gretchen DeGroot Lenihan, class of 1999, returned to Puget Sound on Wednesday and Thursday, Apr. 4 and 5, to discuss that relation with interested students, and to share how their undergraduate experience [...]
Carlos Fuentes lecture combines law, literature and family narratives
83-year-old Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes joined University of Puget Sound students and other community members in Schneebeck Hall on Wednesday, Apr. 4. Although perhaps known primarily for his written works, Fuentes has many more feathers in his cap. He is a diplomat and activist who often delved into the political issues he faced through his [...]
DREAM Act hurts U.S. students
Given the economic plight this country has faced over the last few years, Americans should be concerned about the specific causes that their tax dollars are supporting. Certainly it’s reasonable to suggest that the education of the next generation is a worthy enough money-sucker—emphasis on the money-sucker bit. In the past few weeks, the issue [...]
Professor introduces left-wing diversity critique
Comparative Sociology professor Richard Anderson-Connolly provided an alternative view of Puget Sound’s diversity program in a talk critiquing the program’s values on Wednesday, March 30. The lecture, called “A Left-Wing Critique of the Diversity Program,” was met with mixed reactions even before it took place. Several posters advertising the talk were vandalized to show disagreement [...]
Freshmen worry in record numbers
The college years are said to be the best years of a young adult’s life, but recent research has shown that high personal expectations are affecting the emotional health of college freshmen. The pressure to excel seems to be taking a toll on students’ health. “The American Freshman: National Norms for 2010,” a study published [...]
Budget cuts plague education statewide
No matter what level of education in Washington State concerns you most—whether it be teaching or higher, secondary or primary education—the new education budget cuts will have a significant effect. The Washington State House of Representatives recently approved a new budget by a vote of 55-43 that cut $222 million in spending and decreased the [...]
Campus needs journalism course, practicum
There is no journalism major at Puget Sound, yet The Trail attempts to address a variety of issues related to the campus, the city of Tacoma and national/international current events. Some staff writers have worked for other publications, yet few have formal training. Instead, they learn as they go, crafting their writing styles and reporting [...]
Discussion needed on local school reform
Recently, the Washington Board of Education released a report that showed that students in the Tacoma school system are facing what Deputy Superintendent Carla Santorno calls an “achievement gap.” Paul Schrag, a reporter for the Weekly Volcano, acts on behalf of the students, calling for student involvement in the decisions made in the school system. [...]
