By Hannah Lee On Nov. 14, 2022, the Children’s Hospital Organization (CHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) asked President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to declare Respiratory Syncytial Virus (or RSV) a national and public health emergency. This was in response to the growing levels of hospitalizations for children with respiratory viruses. Pediatric units across the United States are completely overwhelmed with babies and toddlers with RSV or the flu, and some parts of the country, such as Rhode Island have run out...

By Ainsley Feeney Last Wednesday, Nov. 30 the Politics and Government Department, along with the Gender, Queer, and Sexuality Studies Department hosted an informational session titled “What’s Happening in Iran?” The session was used to address and inform students about the “protest movements and the severe government crackdown in Iran following the killing of Mahsa Amini,” as stated in the promotional information for the event. The lecture was proposed by Professor Greta Austin and was hosted by Professors Sam Kigar of the Religion Department and Patrick O’Neil of Politics and...

By Andrew Benoit On Nov. 8, Stephen Kramer Glickman gave the University of Puget Sound a night of comedy and music with his show “An Evening with Stephen Kramer Glickman”. The performance was a huge hit on campus and the Chapel was packed with students. Glickman is best known for his role as Gustavo Rocque on “Big Time Rush” and as Shrek in “Shrek the Musical” in Broadway workshops. The Trail sat down with Glickman the following day to ask him about Big Time Rush, Star Wars, Shrek and a...

By Andrew Benoit The University of Puget Sound’s student radio station, better known as KUPS, hosted the Student Art Market and Clothing Swap in the Rasmussen Rotunda on Nov. 17. Student artists sold their beautiful creations to their peers at an event quickly becoming campus tradition. Students also had the opportunity to look through free clothes provided by the Center for Student Support. The event was abuzz with excitement as art, money and smiles passed around the room. It was hard to leave the art market empty-handed. Art seemed to...

The following note was delivered anonymously to The Trail’s campus mailbox and received on Nov. 11, 2022. You and the student paper are about to be besieged with the results of an effort coordinated by a large and militant group of faculty who cannot abide by the recent decision of the Board of Trustees to accept only a portion of the recommendations put forward by those same faculty. This group is organizing its messaging to the student newspaper. As you begin to receive enquiries and guidance from this portion of...