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By Aidan Regan In 2015, Donald Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” Following two other immigration-related executive orders, this one suspends all refugees from entry into the United States for 120 days, as well as citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries—Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen—for 90 days. This includes citizens with visas. The order also suspended green card holders...

By Molly Wampler   “Some problems we share as women, some we do not.” --Audre Lorde, feminist theorist   On the day following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, millions of women and allies joined Women’s Marches across the nation and the world to “stand together in solidarity” and communicate to elected officials the public’s expectation that they “act to protect the rights of women, their families and their communities,” as written on the Women’s March’s official website.   Initially planned for Washington D.C. alone, the idea of a post-inaugural...

By Madeline Brown Dec 9th, 2016 In the Spring of 1962, Puget Sound began construction on the present day fraternity houses on Union Avenue, located to the west of the main campus. Along with the new men’s housing, an underground dining experience connecting each of the new fraternity buildings was introduced. The construction of the fraternity houses in the 1960s led to a unique architectural attribute of the underground kitchen. “The units are occupied by five fraternities: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Sigma....

By Molly Wampler Last weekend, Nov. 11-13, The Cascade Climate Network (CCN) of environmental activism clubs from universities from across the Pacific Northwest gathered at Puget Sound for their annual Fall convergence, “Fall Flurry.” CCN puts on three such meetings every year, bringing in guest speakers and workshop facilitators from across the country. In attendance this year were around 57 students from Reed College, Western Washington University, Lewis and Clark College, Evergreen State College, University of Washington, Portland State and the University of Puget Sound. Emma Farmer Casey, a co-leader...

By Madeline Brown Students gathered in the Rotunda on Nov. 8 to watch the live results of the presidential election, hosted by Phi Eta Sigma. Early in the evening of November 8, 2016 those who sat in the Rotunda were feeling hopeful and anxious, bringing in their laptops and homework to work as to not miss a moment of the election results slowly pouring in state by state. The reactions of the audience were mostly unanimous as CNN announced the electoral votes state by state. The crowd erupted in cheers...

By Madeline Brown Students gathered in the Rotunda on Nov. 8 to watch the live results of the presidential election, hosted by Phi Eta Sigma. Early in the evening of November 8, 2016 those who sat in the Rotunda were feeling hopeful and anxious, bringing in their laptops and homework to work as to not miss a moment of the election results slowly pouring in state by state. The reactions of the audience were mostly unanimous as CNN announced the electoral votes state by state. The crowd erupted in cheers...

By Molly Wampler Last weekend, Nov. 11-13, The Cascade Climate Network (CCN) of environmental activism clubs from universities from across the Pacific Northwest gathered at Puget Sound for their annual Fall convergence, “Fall Flurry.” CCN puts on three such meetings every year, bringing in guest speakers and workshop facilitators from across the country. In attendance this year were around 57 students from Reed College, Western Washington University, Lewis and Clark College, Evergreen State College, University of Washington, Portland State and the University of Puget Sound. Emma Farmer Casey, a co-leader...

By Madeline Brown Until Jan. 15, 2017, the Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) is hosting the “30 Americans” exhibit, which showcases the culture of African Americans by 31 African American artists. “One reason it’s called “30 Americans” —I mean it is 31 African American artists— there was a desire to focus on the fact that these are American artists who are telling an American story. are some of the most influential and important American artists living today and they are African American artists. They are telling their own stories that intersect...

By Charlotte Fron Mike Segawa, the University of Puget Sound’s Dean of Students and Vice President, grew up in San Diego with his parents and three younger siblings, all of whom still live in California. Segawa graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Political Science degree, then attended Colorado State for his Masters of Education. He has worked in residential life at several colleges, including Central State Missouri State University, University of Washington, and Evergreen State College. Segawa and his wife currently live in Olympia, enjoying the sense...

By: Molly Wampler In the past year, the University of Puget Sound has made a conscious effort to unify the Tacoma community with our campus, and have set specific goals with this objective in mind.   Kaitlyn Vallance, lecture programmer for the Associate Students of the University of Puget Sound (ASUPS), has put much thought into this year’s lecture series, and, in efforts to tie in this goal of community partnerships, wanted to start her series with Tacoma local Shalisa Hayes.   “I’ve decided to do a lecture series centered around...

By Eada Gendelman Nikita For fifth-year student Nikita New, education was never a given. Her mother grew up in El Salvador during the Salvadorian Civil War and was forced to drop out of school in the ninth grade. Her father was also raised in an unsafe and poverty-stricken environment where getting an education did not seem feasible. Although 42 percent of students whose parents attended college usually graduate within four years, only 27 percent of first-generation students graduate within the same amount of time, a 2011 University of California Los...

By Eada Gendelman   After working in law and public policy for more than 30 years, Eric Holder, Jr. visited the University to lead a discussion entitled “Principled Leadership.” The members of the campus and local community gathered in Schneebeck Concert Hall to hear Holder speak about his controversial career and share his personal experiences as the first African American attorney general of the United States. This interactive discussion took place on March 3 at 8 p.m., leaving a remarkable impact on students and faculty alike. “Questions of drone strikes,...