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The Puget Sound branch of the International Honor Society in Psychology, Psi Chi, held a philanthropy event in conjunction with the Psychology Club on Friday, April 23 to raise money for the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. The event, Psi Pie and Tie Dye Day, provided attendees an opportunity to buy and dye t-shirts picturing the iconic psychologist Sigmund Freud with the words Pink Freud printed underneath. Initially it was to be held outside but weather made this an unfortunate impossibility. However, the rain did not dampen the philanthropic...

On Friday, April 26, students from all over the country filed into Trimble Forum to kick off Puget Sound’s second Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. Noel Carroll, professor of philosophy at CUNY graduate center and one of the leading contemporary philosophers of art, presented a lecture on his upcoming book, The Philosophy of Humor: An Introduction for the keynote address. “We had the first conference last year and it turned out to be a great success so we decided to have another one this year,” Professor Ariela Tubert of the Philosophy Department...

“We turn to literature to deal with many things,” Professor Martha Webber said as she opened the English Coffeehouse Open Mic Night on April 17. The English department puts on an open mic event once a semester, allowing students and professors alike to gather and share their work. About 20 people gathered in the Murray Boardroom for the event. Writers shared several forms of literature; there were multiple personal essays and a short story, but the bulk of the night’s performances consisted of poems of varying lengths and styles. While...

Seattle Pacific University held its 7th annual Social Venture Plan Competition on Wednesday, April 17.  The SVPC was sponsored by their School of Business and Economics’ Center for Applied Learning, and was designed to encourage students who wish to develop projects that will solve social needs across the globe. The purpose was to create a platform for students to develop their entrepreneurial skills by learning how to engage various cultures and change the world. A social venture is an entrepreneurial activity that relates to both financial and social areas. Social...

Relay For Life is an annual global fundraising event to raise money and support for cancer research and cancer survivors. Relay For Life started right here on the Puget Sound campus in 1985, when a surgeon named Dr. Gordy Klatt decided he wanted to raise money for the American Cancer Society to help his patients. Klatt came to the University and walked and ran for 24 hours around Baker Stadium. During his effort, people in the audience donated money and cheered him on. Klatt raised $27,000 on that day to...

April 12-14 was Spring Family Weekend, which explains the spike in families and strange faces on campus and in the surrounding community. In addition to the various activities like Lu’au, award ceremonies and guest speakers on campus, there were several activities off campus in the Proctor district. These activities are referred to collectively as Spring Zing, an event that is put on by ASUPS and the North Proctor Merchants’ Association to align with Spring Family Weekend, which is more strictly put on through the University. The main draws to this...

“I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter the time or the place, but I’m here with family, with brothers.” This was how Father Alejandro Solalinde greeted his audience on Wednesday, April 10—with kindness, sincerity and peace. Solalinde was the keynote speaker for Puget Sound’s eighth annual Spanish Matters Colloquium, Narratives of Immigration: Latino Studies in the 21st Century. “The Spanish Matters Colloquium has been a forum to share research in our respective academic areas. It has also served as a platform to showcase the work of prominent undergraduate and graduate students...

Eco-friendly initiatives abound on campus, from PrintGreen to the recent campaign to chasten those who still favor the obscenely large plastic water bottles at the S.U.B. It should come as no surprise, then, that Earth Day­­—April 22—turns into Earth Week at Puget Sound, celebrating current sustainability efforts and promoting eco-awareness. Kaitlan Ohler, Sustainability Program Manager for Sustainability Services, and Annie Bigalke, Student Sustainability Outreach Coordinator, talk about the upcoming Earth Week events, particularly the electronic waste campaign and collection drive hosted by Sustainability Services. In 2005, President Ron Thomas established...