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The Collins Memorial Library archivists and specialists already have all the materials they need for the upcoming spring exhibit, but they are missing one very important thing: student experiences. This school year, the spring exhibit will be all about exploring the Northwest region of the United States. Although it will not be set up until March 29, most of the pieces have already been curated for this exhibit. The library archivists and specialists are looking for one last thing to complete their collection; they are calling for students, faculty and...

The Collins Memorial Library archivists and specialists already have all the materials they need for the upcoming spring exhibit, but they are missing one very important thing: student experiences. This school year, the spring exhibit will be all about exploring the Northwest region of the United States. Although it will not be set up until March 29, most of the pieces have already been curated for this exhibit. The library archivists and specialists are looking for one last thing to complete their collection; they are calling for students, faculty and...

The Race and Pedagogy Initiative (RPI) is on track to become the Race and Pedagogy Institute. The Race and Pedagogy Planning Summit, which took place Dec. 4-5, launched the Institute and sought to develop a strategic plan for its future, taking into account what students want from RPI. The transformation into a Race and Pedagogy Institute would allow the Institute to have a permanent budget. In the past, their resources have come from fundraising. “We’ve been funded through community grassroots fundraising... there’s a common sense of ownership,” Director of the...

In wake of the recent incident at the University of Missouri and the many racial acts of violence that took place throughout the U.S. this year, the question of how to protect minorities from violence has become central to life in modern American society. Trans woman, scholar and artist Micha Cárdenas presented an innovative solution to these issues in her lecture, “Trans Latinx Futures: Trans of Color Poetics in Media,” on Nov. 12. Cárdenas, an assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, is involved with...

FISH (Friends in Service to Him) Food Banks of Pierce County is the oldest and largest food bank network in Pierce County. FISH, which has seven permanent locations and one mobile food bank capable of traveling to nine additional areas of need, functions as an emergency food bank and follows a self-serve model, with patrons selecting food items for themselves much as they would in a traditional grocery store. In addition to its goal of supplying residents with enough food to make three meals a day for three days, FISH...

Lee Nelson knows from memory that Minnesota has 11,842 lakes. This passion for Minnesota makes him and Sophia Munic driven co-presidents of Minnesota club. Both first years and Minnesota natives, Munic and Nelson were disappointed to see that Minnesota club was not present at Log Jam this year. They took matters into their own hands. They contacted the club president, Katie Singsank, a very busy senior, and she agreed to give them leadership of the club. Under their leadership, the club has visited Seattle to see the Minnesota native band...

When everyone was preparing for finals last December, exams and essays were the least of one student’s worries when they received news that a loved one had passed away. Fortunately, the student was able to take a brief grieving period thanks to the school’s bereavement policy. Two year ago, Puget Sound’s Academic Standards Committee put together a policy that lent clarity to how students and faculty are to handle these situations. According to the bereavement policy, the student contacts the dean’s office to ask for a bereavement leave. The dean’s...

Once a month, members of the La Sobremesa Spanish Club convene over a homecooked meal inspired by a South American country and learn about a culture far removed from the University of Puget Sound. These monthly meetings not only provide students with Latin food not made in the S.U.B., but gives attendees the opportunity to listen to speaker that has personal experience with whatever region the cuisine came from. “The point of the theme dinner is to bring pieces of these cultures of these Spanish speaking cultures to campus and...

It’s a Friday night and you’re looking for something to do, but you’re under 21. You know you want to go out for the night, but where? The bars and other nightlife scenes in Tacoma are off limits to you. To the students under 21, this scenario may sound all too familiar. While there seems to be a multitude of activities for the more outdoor-oriented students here at UPS, when it comes to nightlife there are not many options for a young Tacoma resident. “I think it’s because we’re in...

The coffee world was set abuzz last week when Peet’s Coffee & Tea, a Berkeley, Calif. based coffee roaster, announced it was buying Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a specialty coffee company based in Portland, Oregon. Peet’s will acquire complete ownership of Stumptown from its current shareholders, in-cluding TSG Consumer Partners LLC, a private equity firm with investments in the branded consumer sector. Details of the transaction were not disclosed by either company, though both busi-nesses issued statements reassuring customers that there would be few changes in ei-ther brand. Peet’s and Stumptown...

Behind the Collins library doors lies more than books, stress, and empty coffee cups. The DIRT exhibit and “Behind the Archives Door” lectures showcase the wide variety of resources and knowledge that the university has to offer. On Oct. 6, the second lecture in “Behind the Archives Door” series took place featuring Suzanne Moore, a letter artist, calligrapher, and painter who designed a book entitled A Musings for Aileen as a tribute to the late Aileen Kane. Kane was a faculty member in the German studies department as well as...