University holds talk on Puyallup sovereignty
By Keely Coxwell Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons “Often within a dominant...
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University Shifts Orientation Program
By Ayden Bolin Many students at the University of Puget Sound remember...
Tressie McMillan Cottom featured as Brown Haley Lecturer
By Keely Coxwell “The reason why I do work that is really...
University continues to work toward higher enrollment
By Marcelle Rutherfurd University of Puget Sound It has already been reported...
New Makerspace in basement of Collins Memorial Library
By Andrew Izzo PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND The...
Sustainability Efforts in the Diner continue
By Emily Schuelein PHOTO CREDIT TO GABRIEL NEWMAN Using the LeanPath system,...
Creating a More Equitable Tacoma: City Plans Major Transport Projects
By Ayden Bolin The Tacoma Link and Light Rail systems are expanding...
Bringing the secrets of the Pentagon to the University of Puget Sound
By Keely Coxwell “Chelsea Manning and Snowden are my personal heros,” Daniel Ellsberg said. On Thursday, Oct. 5, students, faculty members and members from the community filled every pew and stood in the back of Kilworth Memorial Chapel to listen to Daniel Ellsberg’s lecture, “SECRETS: From the Pentagon Papers to Snowden and Beyond.” “I was surprised that so many people were there,” Thomas Aquilina ‘19 said. “I went in blind; I didn’t know anything about Daniel Ellsberg or the Pentagon Papers before the lecture.” According to Ellsberg’s website, he “worked...
Tacoma makes bid for new Amazon headquarters
By Marcelle Rutherfurd Tacoma is making a bid to be the home of Amazon’s second headquarters. The Seattle-based web delivery company is currently searching for a place that fits the necessary requirements to be the home of the building dubbed “HQ2.” “Amazon is outgrowing its hometown of Seattle, and Tacoma hopes that by offering more room to expand and a short commute to the original headquarters, it can beat out Amazon’s other suitors,” Geekwire reported. If Tacoma were to beat out its competitors for HQ2, it would mean big economic...
Attorney General of Washington State Sues Northwest Detention Center
By Ayden Bolin “A multi-billion dollar corporation is trying to get away with paying its workers $1 per day. That shouldn’t happen in America, and I will not tolerate it happening in Washington,” Bob Ferguson, the Washington State Attorney General, said. Ferguson is suing the privately-owned Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) for this reason. The lawsuit cites the detention center paying detainees in snacks or $1 per day for labor. Because the prison is privately run and for-profit, Ferguson has announced that the prison should be providing its workers with minimum...
University Extends Financial Aid For All Students Who Study Abroad
By Emily Schuelein “When I first came here in no way did I think I would be able to go abroad. With this new policy, it is a possibility for me,” Joy Risley, a sophomore, said. The revised financial aid policy for study abroad allows students “who study abroad beginning in the 2018-19 academic year to apply institutional merit aid as well as need-based aid to their study abroad experience,” according to a campus-wide email from Kris Bartanen, Academic Vice President, Dean of the University, Interim Vice President for Student...