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By Keely Coxwell   “I want to talk about intersectional activism in light of a disastrous opportunity that makes us rise up,”  Rev. Irene Monroe said in a Swope lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Monroe is, among other things, an activist pastor, blogger for the Huffington Post, radio show host and television commentator, according to the University of Puget Sound website. She also has a number of awards including the 2015 Top 25 LGBT Power Players of New England Award from Boston Spirit Magazine and the 2012 Spirit of...

By Val Bauer   The harassment reporting process was discussed at the third conversation in the Wednesday noontime campus series “Campus Climate Brown Bag Conversations.”   Grace Kirchner, Professor of Education, Harassment Reporting Officer (HRO) and Sexual Harassment Complaint Ombudsperson, led the Feb. 1 discussion in the Social Justice Center (SJC), also known as the Sage House. A part of the campus community since 1975, Kirchner has a “deep knowledge of the institution’s history,” Dean and Professor Amy Ryken said.   “The goal of these Wednesday noontime gatherings,” the website...

By Matthew Gulick Career and Employment Services have devised a new way to pop the Puget Sound bubble. For the second consecutive year the University is offering the Summer Fellowship Internship, and new this year, students can participate in the Summer Academic Internship. Both programs are designed to allow students to intern with Tacoma-based nonprofits by providing funding or credit, the Fellowship providing grant money and the Academic Internship giving class credit. Together, they constitute the Summer Immersion Internship Programs. Their focus is on experiential learning, on finding real-world applications...

By Nayra Halajian “Puget Sound has not declared itself a sanctuary campus,” the University website states, “but continues to be deeply committed to offering services and resources that help our students achieve their educational goals, including the provision of accurate and specific information regarding privacy protections and support for students.” On Friday Feb. 3 from 12 pm to 3 pm, “Here to Stay: Sanctuary Campus Learn-In” was held in the Rotunda to discuss the current University policy for protecting all members on campus. The Learn-In began with a reading of...

By Val Bauer A man was shot and wounded on Friday, Jan. 20 during protests outside a speech given by Milo Yiannopoulous at the University of Washington (UW) Seattle campus. The protests were both directed toward Yiannopoulos and Donald Trump, as the speech took place on Inauguration Day. Yiannopoulos, a controversial alt-right writer for Breitbart News Network, was invited to speak at UW by student-run club University of Washington College Republicans (UWCR), which was met with resistance from members of the UW community. Community members created a change.org petition “Ban...