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Abgail Taitano doesn’t sit still. She walks quickly from room to room in the upper floors of McIntyre Hall chatting with tutors, engaging older students and making sure the younger ones don’t get too rambunctious. The atmosphere is hectic and informal, but the business is serious: preparing Tacoma youth for higher education. As the director of the Access Programs, Taintano is responsible for bringing students from Tacoma schools together with tutors from the University of Puget Sound on Tuesday evenings, as well as running summer programs, plugging higher education in...

First, I must confess. Due to scheduling problems, this entire interview happened in cyber-space through good ol’ University of Puget Sound Webmail. I have never met Professor John Wesley, an Associate Professor of the English Department, who is currently teaching his first semester at Puget Sound. Luckily, Professor Wesley’s training makes him well-equipped to express himself eloquently and wittily through the written word. Professor Wesley also has the distinction of being the resident professor at Trimble Hall. This means his family, which includes three small children that you may have...

On Oct. 21, a man named Troy Davis was executed after spending 20 years in prison for being convicted of murder. Throughout his ordeal, he continually claimed that he was innocent, even until his death. His case was picked up by a variety of important people who all believe in his innocence and were trying desperately to save him from being executed. Davis’ conviction created a renewed concern with the death penalty in the United States and it became even more closely questioned as to whether it is representative of...

Your domestic dilemma: “I’m hungry.” Crafty Connie’s Solution: I’m actually really hungry now too. I have no idea what to do. Let’s figure it out together. But really. No. No, I go there all the time. I’m sick of... yeah, actually, screw it. Let’s just go to the Taco Truck. No, the health permit is only expired by a few months. Stray cats? No, I haven’t seen any near there lately. It’s a $3 burrito, man. Look, there’re really only two considerations at work in resolving this domestic dilemma: time...

It all started with a beautiful day and ended in death row. The story of Juan Melendez, a man who spent almost 18 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, is an amazing tale of endurance and hope. On May 7, 1984, Melendez was arrested on the charge of first-degree murder in Florida. Police claimed to have his confession, but there was no physical evidence against him. He was found guilty on a Thursday, and by Friday he had been sentenced to death. Melendez commanded the Kilworth...

For some students, college is as far from home as they have ever been, and sometimes it is as far as they want to go. Others, however, make the choice to study abroad. During the 2008-09 academic year approximately 260,300 American students spent time studying abroad. Around 47 percent of them were in Europe, according to the Institute of International Education. According to the Puget Sound website, in the spring of 2011, 135 Puget Sound students studied abroad in 31 different countries. Georgia Cohen, a Theatre Arts major at Puget...