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Commencement will be on May 18. The seniors only have a few weeks left here, and this is their last chance to visit places in Tacoma that they never got to see during their four years here. It is also a chance for their families coming into town to see some of what Tacoma has to offer. Tacoma has a few places to eat that are delicious. The Tacoma waterfront has many fantastic restaurants that usually guarantee a good time with great seafood. These places all got a four-star rating...

This weekly column is inspired by Tacoma Entrepreneur Network (TEN). TEN is an intercollegiate network of members in Tacoma designed to explore and build entrepreneurial careers, launched in 2011 by Professor Lynnette Claire. Entrepreneurship uses working knowledge from every background of study. For those who haven’t found their niche yet, are uncertain about what the future holds, or have a multitude of skills and nowhere to apply them, entrepreneurship could be the answer. Valhalla is a wholesale coffee provider which promises to create the freshest and highest quality beans through...

This weekly column is inspired by Tacoma Entrepreneur Network (TEN). TEN is an intercollegiate network of members in Tacoma designed to explore and build entrepreneurial careers, launched in 2011 by Professor Lynnette Claire. Entrepreneurship uses working knowledge from every background of study. For those who haven’t found their niche yet, are uncertain about what the future holds, or have a multitude of skills and nowhere to apply them, entrepreneurship could be the answer. Creature Advertising is a creative agency focused on solving business problems for clients with ‘stories that move.’...

You are a college student. You are probably totally in debt. Your family might have medical debt from when you got appendicitis last semester and had to be rushed to the emergency room in an ambulance. Or they might have housing debt after buying property in an expensive suburban area for the good schools. Automobile debt from when you got that car last summer. Credit card debt from Christmas. Student loan debt so you could be here, at this university. How much debt do you think your family has? Think...