On Sunday, May 17, University of Puget Sound will recognize three individuals for their lifelong contributions to their local, regional or global community at the Class of 2015 graduation ceremony. These honorary degrees will be awarded to Washington Supreme Court Justice Steven C. González, who has geared his career towards providing equal access to the justice system; Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Peace Corps director and public health leader; and Theresa Pan Hosley, who has served the Tacoma community as a leader in building intercultural understanding and reconciliation for more than 20 years....

The student body will be re-voting for both Senators-at-Large that were elected in this year’s spring 2015 cycle. On April 10, the Honor Court found that Kyle Chong had violated the sanctions levied against him by the Elections Committee but should not have been disqualified from the ASUPS Spring 2015 Elections. Initial charges of corruption were brought up against former senator Kyle Chong in February by Greg Reeser. While he was not found completely guilty by the ASUPS Senate Elections Committee, the committee had Chong’s name taken off the general...

This year’s Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound (ASUPS) Spring Elections are approaching. While campaigning officially began on Friday, Feb. 27, polls will open on Monday, March 9 at 6 p.m. and close on Saturday, March 14 at noon. “Voting will be online, our Director of Technology Services will make the ballot and students will just enter their username and password to validate that they are students, and vote according to their class. All students will get to vote for President and Vice President,” ASUPS Vice President Marc...

The University of Puget Sound recently decided to implement queer theory into the Gender Studies program in order to expand the interdisciplinary program and strengthen the minor. “We’ve had a minor in Gender Studies and so what we did, what we are in the process of doing, is joining forces with the queer cultures because we in gender studies, we have been looking to bring in more queer theory, more the kind of contemporary work that is happening,” Alison Tracy Hale, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of English, said. “Harry...

Every spring, the Puget Sound Sexuality Issues, Relationships and Gender Education sponsors the annual event Take Back the Night, a rally to raise sexual violence awareness. It is accompanied by weeklong activities and Green Dot training. This year, Puget Sound has decided to host a second rally, making Take Back the Night a semiannual event instead of an annual one. Lindsey Conrad, SIRGE Student Coordinator, has been vital in implementing this event and offered insight on what it is, how it differs from the spring event, why there is a...