The ECO club at University of Puget Sound is raising questions concerning the private companies in which the school is investing. They are concerned that part of the Endowment fund is being invested in energy companies that are not sustainable. “We cannot get the information about what specific companies it is. We basically want to get the Board of Trustees to direct the firm that manages our money to not invest in coal or any other extreme energy sources,” club member Luke Janssen said. Students involved in the ECO club...

Last Wednesday, April 8, at 8:30 p.m., more than 60 students met in the Wyatt Atrium to participate in Puget Sound’s Take Back the Night Rally and Speak Out. Lindsey Conrad, the Sexuality Issues, Relationships and Gender Education (SIRGE) Coordinator of the Office of Intercultural Engagement, led this event. “Take Back the Night is this annual event that goes on at college campuses all throughout the U.S. and all throughout the world, as a space to reclaim the night and reclaim dangerous spaces, or spaces that are labeled as being...

A position as a Food Justice Programs Assistant is available at University of Puget Sound. “Both positions are new to the University, so a lot of our work involves setting the tone for an officially supported role in food justice, with succession and project sustainability in mind,”  current Food Justice Programs Coordinator Renee Meschi said. Food Justice Programs Assistant oversees two existing food justice food programs: Food Salvage and Backpacks of Hope. Food Salvage donates unsold food from the S.U.B. to the halfway housing, Guadalupe House and New Phoebe House,...

Black History Month at the University of Puget Sound has begun, with multiple events already hosted by the Black Student Union and other groups on campus. This month, dedicated to experiencing, learning and appreciating black stories and history, continues with more events and discussions for students, staff and the Tacoma community. “Black History Month is a time to delve into the histories of black heritage, and not only learn but to reflect, and honor, and remember, and to celebrate,” Nakisha Renee Jones, President of Black Student Union, said. University of...

The fall 2014 ASUPS Elections ended on Friday, Oct. 31, and the results are in for the new representatives. The new students fulfilling these six positions will represent many different aspects of University of Puget Sound students in the coming year. Kent Busson is a junior with a major in biology and minor in chemistry, and he is from a town in northern Idaho called Hayden. After gaining experience in other leadership outlets like Greek Life and Residence Life, he wanted to reach out to a broader depth of organizations...

After Winter Break, ASUPS will be implementing a new price change of van rentals on campus. These new prices will affect students, faculty, and clubs that want to rent vans for general use and specific events. Vans previously cost $20 per day to rent, and now the price has changed to $40 for a day and $20 for a half day for all students. For non-students the prices have gone from $40 per day to $50. “We were spending twice as much as we were making. So, basically the increase...

The Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound Senate halted fall ASUPS elections that started in early October after miscommunications and errors occurred during the beginning stages of the process. These errors had also been made, unnoticed, in past years. “So as of right now, the original election was halted… by the Senate,” ASUPS President Paige Maney said. “Because of basically major miscommunications within the Elections Committee, that actually are not anything super new to ASUPS.” The Senate chose to halt the fall elections this year due to these...

As the colder months approach, the importance of preventing infectious illness around campus resurfaces. Counseling, Health and Wellness Services here at Puget Sound offers a wide variety of resources for staying healthy and treating illnesses. At a university of about 2,600 students, it is important to decrease the possibility of being infected and infecting others by taking precautions against spreading illnesses. CHWS recommends a variety of approaches for students to remain healthy while on campus. “Basically, the best way to help prevent yourself from getting sick is a lot of...

  On Monday, Sept. 15, election packets for ASUPS Fall 2014 elections became available in Wheelock Student Center. University of Puget Sound students have the opportunity to participate in elections by running for one of the seven positions available and voting for their peers. “This is really exciting because we’re going to have a lot of new faces on Senate, and we’re also going to have just a lot of new voices and people to interact with. Especially the freshman senators, that should be pretty exciting as well,” ASUPS President...