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The student-organized Perspective Inspired Experience  (PIE) Conference will be held March 7 at 10 a.m. in Upper Marshall Hall. This conference will feature more than 20 speakers discussing each of the three parts of PIE. Among the speakers are professors from Puget Sound, local activists, educators and directors who are all seeking to answer the tagline posed by the conference: “What frames your world?” “Each speaker… twelve minutes to speak about a passion or an experience or some ‘thing’ that really impacts the way that they see the world,” alumna...

Editor's Note: The following article is an updated version from the article published in the March 6th edition of The Trail. The original article contained certain factual inaccuracies. The Trail is dedicated to providing accurate reporting and apologizes for any misinformation. On Feb. 19, Greg Reeser brought grievances to the formal senate meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound regarding Sophomore Senator Kyle Chong and the Pogar/Vallance voting ticket. Reeser’s allegations included misrepresentation, polarizing the senate, manipulation of private conversation and political manipulation to secure further...

This year’s Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound (ASUPS) Spring Elections are approaching. While campaigning officially began on Friday, Feb. 27, polls will open on Monday, March 9 at 6 p.m. and close on Saturday, March 14 at noon. “Voting will be online, our Director of Technology Services will make the ballot and students will just enter their username and password to validate that they are students, and vote according to their class. All students will get to vote for President and Vice President,” ASUPS Vice President Marc...

University of Puget Sound’s Forensic Parliamentary Debate team has qualified for the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence (NPTE). This year’s tournament will be hosted at William Jewell College in Missouri from March 20-22. The Policy Debate team is in the process of qualifying for the National Debate Tournament (NDT) hosted at the University of Iowa from April 3-6. The Forensics team competes in two tracks: “Policy, which has one topic for a whole year... Parliamentary Debate, which has a new topic each round,” junior and Forensics team member CJ Queirolo...

On Jan 31, the University of Puget Sound Philosophy Department partnered with Access Program students from Foss High School to participate in the Ethics Bowl, hosted by the University of Washington. The Director of Access Programs, Joseph Colon, was excited to see an event like this become available. An ethics bowl is a philosophy-based competition. It is a collaborative, competitive event during which teams of students analyze various ethical issues and put together a case. They then present their cases to the judges. The Ethics Bowl encourages teamwork, critical thinking,...

Puget Sound’s radio station KUPS has received funds from ASUPS to start KUPS Records. The first release will feature local and international artists, compiled for this event. “This will be the first release from the station but has been discussed on and off over the last couple years,” KUPS general manager Chloe Ginnegar said. According to KUPS hip-hop music director Travis Shetter, the release will be titled So Far to Go: A Tribute to  James DeWitt Yancey. Known by his stage name J-Dilla, Yancey passed away in early 2006. “We...

  The University’s African American Studies Program celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Since its inception, the program has captured the interest of the community and has gone on to participate in major events such as the 2014 Race and Pedagogy National Conference. Initially, the AFAM program was a collaborative effort between a small number of professors with a common concern. “In the mid to early 1990s, there was a campus discussion about the lack of diversity on campus and the student body, and that came to include a discussion...

Over the 2014-15 winter break, the Dining and Conference Services team revamped the Dining Hall to increase culinary options and service efficiency. Typically, no change is more immediately noticed than a menu alteration—this seems to be the exception. Despite the DCS team’s effort to disperse the news through the greeter board located by the main entrance to the cafeteria, many Puget Sound students are unaware of their new options. “There’s the frozen yogurt machine, that’s new,” first year Jordan Richards said. Though the bulk of the changes have flown under...

Black History Month at the University of Puget Sound has begun, with multiple events already hosted by the Black Student Union and other groups on campus. This month, dedicated to experiencing, learning and appreciating black stories and history, continues with more events and discussions for students, staff and the Tacoma community. “Black History Month is a time to delve into the histories of black heritage, and not only learn but to reflect, and honor, and remember, and to celebrate,” Nakisha Renee Jones, President of Black Student Union, said. University of...