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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...

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...