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The Washington State Supreme Court visited campus on Sept. 18 and 19. This visit, sponsored by the School of Business and Leadership, included a discussion panel on legal issues and diversity, including hearings on three cases. The Court’s visit provided students in the Pre-Law Society with a unique opportunity to learn about the court system and justices on a more personal level. “Being able to speak one on one with someone whose career culminated in what may be my dream position was fantastic,” said Pre- Law Society Vice President Trey...

“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...

The smell hit first.  A mix of curry and cinnamon wafted through the open doors of the rotunda and out into the hall.   Inside, music played and the chaplain waited next to a table filled with samosas, monkey bread, Mediterranean salad, and several other great-looking foods. This was the third annual Taste of Religion, hosted by the clubs of Spirituality, Service and Social Justice (SSSJ). Many spiritual clubs came out to introduce who they are and what they do. The experience, as Rev. Wright put it, was “drop in, drop...

Professor and well-known writer Tiphanie Yanique visited Puget Sound on Monday, September 16. She read a short story from her book How to Escape From a Leper Colony, a collection of stories set in Africa, America and all over the Caribbean. Yanique was the first speaker in a series hosted by the African American Studies program. The series, The Caribbean Writer, will bring celebrated cultural writers and artists from the Caribbean Islands to read and share their experiences. Students took powerful interest in Yanique’s writing process, her style, and her...

Popular author Junot Díaz came to speak at the University on Sept 17 in Schneebeck Concert Hall. Díaz is the author of two short story collections: Drown and This is How You Lose Her, a New York Times best-seller and National Book Award finalist. He also wrote the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. He is currently a professor of English at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When the audience sat down for the evening with Junot Díaz, most were expecting the quiet,...

The 2012-2013 school year was filled with plenty of excitement and transformation. As Puget Sound’s 125th birthday fades into a history of accomplishments, I asked students what the biggest change at Puget Sound was for them. Most responses had to do with the new residency options that will soon become available. Beginning in the 2013-2014 academic year, students will be required to live on campus for their first two years at the University. While the new residence hall being constructed is a highly anticipated addition to campus infrastructure, there are...

Loggers love to eat. For the first year or two of our lives in which our parents no longer put food on our plates, we students eat at the school cafeteria. It was a brave new world, the S.U.B.—six different kinds of sandwich meat, breakfast for dinner … the possibilities were practically endless! Or so we thought. After our seventh day in a row of burritos, we realized we needed to escape. Most of us took solace in Safeway and the Metropolitan Market nearby, but there are many more creative...

The last issue of The Trail featured a story about Puget Sound being awarded a spot in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges, a huge honor for a school that puts a lot of effort into spreading ideas of sustainability and general environmental friendliness. On paper, it’s very hard to argue with the commitment shown by the students, faculty and bigwigs in Jones to bolster the reputation of the University as a leader in campus sustainability, state- and nationwide. The abundance of clubs and organizations devoted to sustainability,...

The Race and Pedagogy Chism Series invited Professor Walidah Imarisha to Puget Sound last week as one of their Artists-in-Residence to lead a multi-media presentation on the role of youth in educational justice. Imarisha is an educator, writer, professor, organizer and spoken word artist. She has taught in Portland State University’s Black Studies and Women’s Studies Departments, and Southern New Hampshire University’s English Department. She has toured nationally and internationally with various groups performing, educating and challenging her audiences. Before leaving Puget Sound, Imarisha hosted a poetry workshop titled “Our...