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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...

Welcome back everyone! As you are no doubt aware, school is back in full swing; by now I’m sure you’ve settled in to your daily routines, you’ve reunited with your friends, had some fun and, of course, stayed on top of your work, right? Well, even if that last part isn’t quite true, you’ll be happy to know that we at The Trail have been working hard this summer to bring you a great publication, and we have some big plans this year. For starters, you might notice that The...

We’ve all had a time when we have printed a bunch of papers. Maybe you were organizing a large party, or maybe you needed to print several papers for a class. Regardless, it’s a small amount considering the number of pages printed by students at the University of Puget Sound over a semester. Since the introduction of print tracking at the University in August of 2011, Technology Services has seen students average over 400 prints during one semester,  with occasional spikes of over 5,000 pages. Excessive printing can be a...

Fade from black—you awake at the foot of a lighthouse on a nameless island, and as you take your first step forward, a voice begins to speak: “Dear Esther.” From the narrator’s letter unfolds an enigmatic chronicle of loss and solitude that raises as many questions as it answers—how did I get here? Am I the writer of these letters or just a nameless castaway? Is the island real or just another delusion? This is Dear Esther, an independently released PC game and intriguing exploration of interactive storytelling. Indeed, storytelling...

Most everyone knows the feeling—headache, drowsy, trouble concentrating. Maybe you are irritable, anxious, or have suddenly become very clumsy—all simply because you missed your morning dose of caffeine. It is estimated that in North America between 80 to 90 percent of the adults and children consume caffeine daily.  Caffeine is the most commonly used mood-altering drug in the world.  According to the website of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, “in the United States the average per capita daily intake among adult caffeine consumers is 280 milligrams (the equivalent of...