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KUPS and the Black Student Union have recently paired up to bring a series of films to campus that center on the lives of black musicians. There are four films in the series, which has been playing since the end of February. KUPS and BSU partnered with The Catherine Gould Foundation to show the third film Follow Me Down: Portraits of Louisiana Prison Musicians on April 4 in Rausch auditorium. The director of the documentary, Ben Harbert, was present at the screening to discuss the direction he took in the...

The Slater Museum of Natural History finds its home in Thompson Hall, the science building. Typically, the museum displays several stuffed large birds of prey, and much more taxidermy that is available for young interested scientists to investigate. However, the museum took a step back from methodical scientific exploration of the world this spring when the doors were opened to an art exhibit displaying pieces that combined the fields of the arts and natural science. The pieces displayed in the exhibit ranged from the fully scientific and technical­­—an armadillo preserved...

Ubiquitous They provided their audience with some much-needed comic relief and an escape from the stresses of student life as they energetically performed their bi-annual sketch comedy show on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30. Comedy sketch shows are composed of several short scenes, typically under 10 minutes long, that explore a certain concept, event or situation. Each sketch was student-written, directed and performed. While the title of the show was You. Are. A. Machine—a line from one of the sketches—the show covered  myriad topics, from bringing home the...

Hunger is a growing problem nationwide. Too often, advocates of food  justice look overseas to other countries to implement strategies for eradicating hunger, but the need for food does not necessarily stretch that far. One in six people living in America has to deal with hunger. Washington State’s food insecurity rate is above average. Food insecurity refers to the USDA’s measure of lack of access to enough food for an active lifestyle for all household members, and limited availability of nutritional foods. Food insecurity may reflect a household’s need to...

Senior Eryn Eby has been awarded two prestigious scholarship opportunities, one from the Luce Scholarship Program and another with the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. Both programs are designed to give graduating students like Eby the opportunity to explore their passions and develop skills that will help them make the world a better place. Eby is a graduating in May with a degree in Politics and Government and a focus in Global Development Studies. Her passion is in international relations and she hopes that the opportunity she has been given will...

On March 7, Emma Klein, a graduate student at Seattle University, visited campus for a discussion on her experience visiting Palestine. Klein is a Jewish American who grew up in Boston, Mass. “My perspective really comes from my Jewish education,” she said during her introduction. Her presentation was sponsored in part by Jewish Voices For Peace, an organization in Seattle, and Justice and Service in Tacoma, or JuST. She is a dancer and a performance artist, and her work with the Israeli-Palestinian movement has led her to testify as a...

Formerly known as Vertical World, the downtown bouldering gym Climb Tacoma is looking more and more like an extension of Puget Sound’s outdoorsy on-campus community. On any given weekday afternoon, you’d be hard-pressed not to spot at least one Puget Sound student decompressing on the climbing walls after a long day of class. Unlike in past years, students’ callouses and toned forearms are no longer the byproducts of Edgeworks’ advanced climbing routes; Climb Tacoma is now flourishing due to its routes, which cater to climbers of every experience level, and...