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With one of the largest detention centers for immigrants in the country just down the street, students and staff are actively trying to figure out how to address immigration issues. The Northwest Detention Center is located at the Port of Tacoma and is in the top five largest detention centers for immigrants in the United States. It is a private center run by private prison company GEO Group, on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an organization under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. According to John Lear, professor of...

For over 50 years, there has been Greek life on the University of Puget Sound campus. There are currently four fraternities and four sororities. This may change in the fall of 2016. A committee has recently been assembled to examine the possibility of a new sorority on campus. Before the process even begins, the overall health of the sorority community is evaluated by the committee. “If it is deemed that another sorority would add a benefit to our community, then we put together a committee,” Director of Greek Life and...

On Nov. 6, students had the opportunity to not only familiarize themselves with the policy and procedure regarding harassment and sexual misconduct, but to give constructive feed back to what they saw as issues on the topic as well. Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean Students Mike Segawa reminded attendees that though he was proud of where our campus was on this topic, he also strongly believed that that we needed change. The meeting began with a welcome from some key figures on campus that represent students and faculty...

Every spring, the Puget Sound Sexuality Issues, Relationships and Gender Education sponsors the annual event Take Back the Night, a rally to raise sexual violence awareness. It is accompanied by weeklong activities and Green Dot training. This year, Puget Sound has decided to host a second rally, making Take Back the Night a semiannual event instead of an annual one. Lindsey Conrad, SIRGE Student Coordinator, has been vital in implementing this event and offered insight on what it is, how it differs from the spring event, why there is a...

The Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound Senate halted fall ASUPS elections that started in early October after miscommunications and errors occurred during the beginning stages of the process. These errors had also been made, unnoticed, in past years. “So as of right now, the original election was halted… by the Senate,” ASUPS President Paige Maney said. “Because of basically major miscommunications within the Elections Committee, that actually are not anything super new to ASUPS.” The Senate chose to halt the fall elections this year due to these...

Slavery is considered to be a thing of the past, but that’s not how ninth grader Allison Nasson felt when she began Youth Ending Slavery, more commonly known as YES. Currently a first year, Nasson has brought her mission to Puget Sound. YES is a nonprofit based in Portland, Ore., led by high school and college students. “Our mission is to combat modern-day slavery by raising awareness about its prevalence in our world and empowering youth to be advocates for change,” the YES website says. The YES site defines slavery...

As the colder months approach, the importance of preventing infectious illness around campus resurfaces. Counseling, Health and Wellness Services here at Puget Sound offers a wide variety of resources for staying healthy and treating illnesses. At a university of about 2,600 students, it is important to decrease the possibility of being infected and infecting others by taking precautions against spreading illnesses. CHWS recommends a variety of approaches for students to remain healthy while on campus. “Basically, the best way to help prevent yourself from getting sick is a lot of...

Jordan Voltz: What did your role as Coordinator for the Race & Pedagogy Conferences entail? Dexter Gordon: I’ve been chair of our three national conferences, coordinating and staging the conference. That involves assembling a conference planning committee 18 months to two years ahead of the conference… working with a team of faculty as campus staff partners alongside community partners to distribute the assignments to make the conference work. JV: Were you pleased with the turnout from Tacoma? DG: I was very pleased, in fact, tracking the numbers, we were beginning...