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It’s a Friday afternoon and the hot, late summer sun is just beginning to set as Tacoma’s north end cools down. On the basement floor of McIntyre Hall, Corey Freidman is hard at work stacking concessions, making popcorn and setting up a ticket booth. Freidman, a sophomore, along with Edward Jones, senior and ASUPS Student Programmer, make up a working team of an up-and-coming institution here on campus. ASUPS campus films provide an inexpensive way for Puget Sound students and Tacoma community members to access recent and modern films. Freidman...

Everyday we interact with various staff members, from janitors to professors, who are crucial to the smooth running of our school, yet very rarely do we stop to get to know them. In this monthly column, I’ll be doing just that. Why? Because from our first day on campus, we have been deluged with the promise that the University of Puget Sound is an all-accepting, all-inclusive community. While this is true in many ways, it seems only to apply to the students, but we are not the only ones here. ...

As technology becomes more prevalent and useful, teachers and students need to find ways to incorporate these new advances with traditional teaching methods. Teachers are finding themselves discouraging laptop use to take notes in class due to it impeding academic performance. However, students find that using a laptop to take notes is more convenient. “I prefer taking notes on the computer because I can type faster than I write and will correct spelling,” sophomore Eden Ehrmann said. As more communication is being conducted through computers, students are finding that writing...

What is the Business Leadership Program? How is it different from the School of Business and Leadership? Hopefully this article can clarify and answer what makes it such a unique program on campus. BLP is an honors program within the SBL that celebrated its first graduating class in 1988 of 16 students according to the Tamanawas, 1988 and has since then grown into a program of about 100. As the title suggests the BLP is about leadership. It focuses on the development of students into leaders, not only on campus,...

With the new school year comes a newly renovated Wheelock Student Center and Diner. The changes made to the Diner include a larger kitchen, additional seating areas, an allergy-friendly station, more food options and many other modifications, all of which have contributed to campus sustainability efforts. The Diner’s kitchen has tripled in size and food quality has improved as a result. The larger kitchen allows Dining and Conference Services to purchase fresher food, improving the dining experience for consumers. “We used to have to buy things like melon pre-cut. There’s...

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. Fab-5 is a grassroots non-profit organization that provides relevant arts education to young people throughout the greater...

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...