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Does the ASUPS Vice President just hire their friends to executive staff positions? Year after year, the perception is that ASUPS elections are popularity contests, and that the ASUPS VP, who makes the hiring decisions in consultation with the President, hires from their friend group. “It always comes into question when execs hire individuals they’ve had pre-existing relationshps with. No matter how strenuous the application process is, there’s never information released about why those individuals where hired or what qualifications they have,” Senate Chair Kaitlyn Vallance said. ASUPS President Nakisha...

This past Tuesday there was an informal ASUPS senate meeting that discussed the state of elections and whether ASUPS was within its authority to call for them. At the previous formal meeting on April 23, Ryan Del Rosario had raised concerns about whether the senate overstepped in some of the elections decisions they had made. In the statement they gave to the members of ASUPS and also posted on social media, Rosario said “even if we ignore the mishandlings of the elections from fall semester, I do not understand why...

On Sunday, May 17, University of Puget Sound will recognize three individuals for their lifelong contributions to their local, regional or global community at the Class of 2015 graduation ceremony. These honorary degrees will be awarded to Washington Supreme Court Justice Steven C. González, who has geared his career towards providing equal access to the justice system; Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Peace Corps director and public health leader; and Theresa Pan Hosley, who has served the Tacoma community as a leader in building intercultural understanding and reconciliation for more than 20 years....

The ECO club at University of Puget Sound is raising questions concerning the private companies in which the school is investing. They are concerned that part of the Endowment fund is being invested in energy companies that are not sustainable. “We cannot get the information about what specific companies it is. We basically want to get the Board of Trustees to direct the firm that manages our money to not invest in coal or any other extreme energy sources,” club member Luke Janssen said. Students involved in the ECO club...

The student body will be re-voting for both Senators-at-Large that were elected in this year’s spring 2015 cycle. On April 10, the Honor Court found that Kyle Chong had violated the sanctions levied against him by the Elections Committee but should not have been disqualified from the ASUPS Spring 2015 Elections. Initial charges of corruption were brought up against former senator Kyle Chong in February by Greg Reeser. While he was not found completely guilty by the ASUPS Senate Elections Committee, the committee had Chong’s name taken off the general...

Over Parents’ Weekend, the Lu’au wowed the students and their families with fascinating dance, food and traditions from the Hawai’ian culture. Meanwhile, as we were captivated watching hula dancers onstage, the land from which many of the dances  originated was facing deep turmoil.  Currently on the island of Hawai’i, colloquially  known as the ‘Big Island’ scientists are building a 30-meter telescope projected to be one of the world’s most powerful. What could be wrong about such significant scientific progress, you might ask?  This $1.4 billion telescope has been fueling much...

Reporter Paul Goudarzi-Fry sat down with senior Senator C.J. Quierolo to discuss activism, rhetoric and some of the issues at Puget Sound. The thoughts and opinions expressed in this interview are subjective observations and musings, and do not represent an official stance by Quierolo regarding their work in The Trail, Wetlands, Black Ice or ASUPS media and its affiliates. Paul Goudarzi-Fry: How do you move an audience, as an activist, from awareness to engagement? C.J. Quierolo: I feel like the way that audiences or just… people come to be engaged...

The Rainiers baseball team has partnered with University of Puget Sound to provide a night for Puget Sound affiliates. On April 21, University of Puget Sound students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to attend a Rainiers baseball game at 6:00 p.m. at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. Tickets are $11.50 each, which includes a ballpark meal. Business Leadership Program member Lauren Thomas got the idea for the event from her BLP mentor who works for the Rainiers, and decided to reach out to the team. “Something that the Rainiers cherish as...

Last Wednesday, April 8, at 8:30 p.m., more than 60 students met in the Wyatt Atrium to participate in Puget Sound’s Take Back the Night Rally and Speak Out. Lindsey Conrad, the Sexuality Issues, Relationships and Gender Education (SIRGE) Coordinator of the Office of Intercultural Engagement, led this event. “Take Back the Night is this annual event that goes on at college campuses all throughout the U.S. and all throughout the world, as a space to reclaim the night and reclaim dangerous spaces, or spaces that are labeled as being...

Relay for Life is a community-based fundraising event run through the American Cancer Society where individuals organize into teams. It is an overnight walk where teams camp out on the track and members from those teams take turns walking throughout the night. This year it will be happening on May 1 starting at 5 p.m. when President Ronald Thomas will be speaking at the celebration for Gordon Klatt. The event will take place at Baker Stadium. The event starts with a survivors’ lap where all cancer survivors at the event...