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  With the 2014-2015 Logger women’s basketball season now making headway, first year Katie Vold (Spokane, Wash.) is ready to take on the challenges of playing collegiate ball. Vold first officially began playing basketball at the age of five, although she has been shooting around on driveway courts before she can remember. Her older brother Taylor got her interested in the sport in the first place. “I remember sitting in gyms all the time, watching his games and thinking about how much I wanted to be like him,” Vold said....

In a stroke of marketing genius, Dodger Blatheramm, Head of Public Relations, decided to relocate the Point Defiance Zoo Exhibit to the Music Building in order “to bring attention to the wildly diverse student body we have here on campus” and “to really show students that we’re committed to ‘Living Green.’ What’s more green than letting the flora and fauna we borrowed from the zoo have a new life in the practice rooms?” Not all are very pleased about the changes. Director of bands Marshal Gard was heard to have...

This season many Puget Sound athletes will end their collegiate athlete careers as their time in college comes to a close. It is a time of reflection for many of these seniors as they look back on their years in the classroom and on the court. For senior John Stevens, (Portland, Ore.) this time is the end of a four years with the men’s tennis team. Stevens initially had no intention of playing tennis at the collegiate level. He finished high school ranked 5th in doubles in Oregon and led...

The Tacoma Opera finished its 2013-14 season last weekend with great triumph. After a fantastic three shows this year—Pirates of Penzance, Barber of Seville and Madama Butterfly—the company is thrilled for next season, featuring The Magic Flute, The Mikado and Romeo et Juliette. This year Tacoma witnessed the amazing talents of the Tacoma Opera Company in three magnificent productions. Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, the opera buffa (or comic opera), featured Eric Neuville as Frederic, Director of Vocal Studies at Puget Sound Dawn Padula as Ruth, Ryan Bede...

As the men’s golf team kicked off its season with high hopes and strong spirit, their tournaments have reflected their efforts and perseverance. After an impressive showing at the PLU invitational, the Loggers went spearheading for the following tournament, the Puget Sound Invitational. Wilson held a lead of one ahead in the first round with a score of two-over-par 73. Three players followed Wilson, including fellow Logger teammate Bean in second place. Only three strokes behind Bean was fellow teammate Howard who tied for ninth place with a score of...

The following is the University of Puget Sound discriminatory harassment report from August, 2013 through December, 2013. This report is compiled by the Harassment Reporting Officers (listed below).  As part of an effort to cultivate a campus environment in which concerns, questions, and complaints are forwarded for resolution, the officers broadened the campus reporting practice in 2011 to include all inquiries or concerns raised in areas related to discriminatory harassment, not just those which resulted in official actions.  As a result, there is a significant increase in the number of...

The women’s soccer team is well on their way to a conference title after securing a win against George Fox University on Sunday Oct. 27. The Loggers pulled off a 2-1 victory and continued a winning streak of nine games. The first period of the game was a standoff, with neither team scoring. Puget Sound made nine shots during the first half but no attempts were successful. The Loggers had an early possession of the ball and made their first attempt for a shot within the 2nd minute of the...

A new fraternity is coming to Puget Sound. Beta Theta Pi will be making its return in the fall of 2013 under the guidance of Tom Martin, Colony Development Coordinator. “Beta Theta Pi is a values based fraternity,” Tom Martin said. Its initial goals are to recruit fifty men of principle, find partner organizations on and off campus and provide a positive experience for the University. Beta will be moving into Unit G next academic year. Beta Theta Pi will be overseen by the InterFraternity Center (IFC), which is the...

The following is the University of Puget Sound discriminatory harassment report from August, 2012 through July, 2013. This report is compiled annually by the Harassment Reporting Officers (listed below).  As part of an effort to cultivate a campus environment in which concerns, questions, and complaints are forwarded for resolution, the officers broadened the campus reporting practice a year ago to include all inquiries or concerns raised in areas related to discriminatory harassment, not just those which resulted in official actions.  As a result, there is a significant increase in the...

“I founded Backpacks of Hope last August (2012) because I wanted to help get Puget Sound students involved in fighting childhood hunger in Tacoma,” said President and Founder Jasmine Kaneshiro.  Backpacks of Hope is a volunteer program on campus that helps students get involved with feeding hungry kids in the Tacoma and Clover Park School District. Backpacks of Hope works directly with the Backpack program that is run through St. Leo’s Food Connection. Though they are separate, every student who volunteers for Backpacks of Hope will work for the Backpack...