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The University of Puget Sound makes a huge effort to improve diversity levels on campus, just as many schools do across the country. Ensuring that a wide range of students from different backgrounds and ethnicities attend a college campus creates a more enriching learning experience for all students. Achieving these high levels of diversity throughout public universities has been threatened recently by a possible ban that could potentially disallow public universities to practice race-conscious admissions. This possible ban has been brought to light because of a recent case that has...

Puget Sound students, faculty and staff welcome families, friends, alumni and members of the community for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2012, which begins today and continues until Sunday, Oct. 28. “I see this weekend as an opportunity for members of the Puget Sound family to realize that their involvement with Puget Sound is a lifetime investment, not just a four-year experience.  It is a chance for alumni to reconnect with campus and with all they love about it,” President Ronald Thomas said. Today, Puget Sound alumni and parents will be...

The Resident Student Association will be hosting the annual Casino Night event on Saturday, Oct. 20. The event will be available to all students and staff on campus, and will last from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in Marshall Hall in the S.U.B. Casino Night is partly a fundraiser for different parts of Puget Sound. While there is no entry fee to the event, the RSA has stated that a $5 donation is suggested at the door. This money will go toward the RSA Programming Fund, used to financially assist...

As the fall semester continues  and midterms rapidly approach, classes and extra-curricular activities tend to become more stressful. Because of this stress, sickness and discomfort creep up on many students, lingering in the more vulnerable ones.  Stress and sickness leave students feeling weak, slow and disoriented. Keeping a healthy mind and body while maintaining stress levels throughout the school year is an extremely important key to every student’s success. Making sure to receive adequate sleep, keep proper eating habits, and reach out for help or advice when needed will help...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Adelphian Concert Choir.  A celebration will be held on Homecoming and Family Weekend from Oct. 26-28, during which there will be performances by numerous choral groups on campus as well as a choir comprised of Adelphian alumni. This anniversary is more than a celebration of the length of the choir’s existence; it is a celebration of the musical excellence displayed by the Adelphian Concert Choir since its beginnings and the community that has been created in the process of this dedication to...

Students and staff studying in the field of International Political Economy will be delighted to hear that the Kaimas Foundation, a private foundation based in Colorado, has donated $300,000 to help the IPE program support students and faculty studying abroad. Considering the fact that more than three-quarters of IPE students choose to study abroad, this donation provides major assistance to the program. This donation will be made out to the Nicholas Vasilius Endowment Fund, established in 2009, which helps professors in the discipline “to pursue scholarship abroad, mentor student research,...

This year, the Associated Students of Puget Sound executive officers are hard at work continuing the projects of past ASUPS officers, as well as undertaking new projects of their own. The ASUPS executives are comprised of President Brian Ernst, Vice President Rachel Borsini, Director of Technology Services Daniel Bahr, Assistant Director of Technology Services Lukas Janssen, Director of Media and Outreach Allie Gorton and Director of Business Services Scott Miller. “ASUPS will continue its excellent work this year by providing students ways to become involved, have their voices heard and...

The first annual Tacoma Moon Festival was held Saturday, Sept. 29, to celebrate inclusion and awareness of other cultures, bringing the community to the new Chinese Reconciliation Park, which opened earlier this year. The park is part of a long effort by the non-profit Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF) to create something in reconciliation for the expulsion of Chinese people from Tacoma that occurred in 1885. The CRPF website recalls that the expulsion materialized out of the growing anti-Chinese sentiment throughout the region due to the increasing number of Chinese...

Health services provided by the University have had two causes for change this year. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act along with the Health and Human Services (HSS) regulations have mandated that the insurance plan previously provided by the school (Student Accident & Sickness) meet certain standards that are typical of a health insurance company. Associate Vice President for Business Services John Hickey says that if the University had tried to meet the standards, it would have cost $1500-$2000 a year per student for this academic year. The old...

There is no doubt that bicycles are great for moving around campus. They are carbon-neutral and a good way to exercise as well. However, the rise in bicycle theft on campus makes students who use these vehicles reflect on how they utilize safety precautions when not riding. Despite precautions, many students are unaware of the prominence of bike theft and the measures that can be taken against it. “It’s a problem that we face each fall for a lot of reasons,” Todd Badham, the Director of Security Services, said. “There’s...