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In 2013, yet again, the University of Puget Sound maintained its national ranking as one of the Top 10 schools in producing Peace Corps Volunteers. The Peace Corps, started in 1960 by Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. is a volunteer organization dedicated to promulgating peace and friendship worldwide. When JFK challenged the college students of the University of Massachusetts to “devote a part of their lives to living and working” in foreign countries, he set in motion an attitude about sharing American resources with the rest of the globe that...

    As Thanksgiving rapidly approached, tickets to see the infamous Bill Cosby became available for presale. Many students were seen lined up by the information center in the S.U.B. on Tuesday to purchase tickets to see the famous Bill Cosby. A legendary comedian who once had plans to be a physical education teacher, Bill Cosby has made many strides in the art of social comedy. With hit sitcoms and comedy shows, Cosby has been keeping people laughing for over 40 years. His iconic voice has been on television screens...

As one of Puget Sound’s seven state professors of the year, Karl Fields has faced wave after wave of consideration from both students and colleagues in order to earn the title. Having taught Politics and Government classes at Puget Sound for the past 22 years, Fields has earned respect on-campus and now nationally. Each university can nominate a professor each year, so when the decision came to Academic Vice President Kris Bartanen, she recognized Fields as the primary nominee from Puget Sound. Fields’ nomination was dependent on how his application...

Residence Life held the first ever fall housing lottery from Nov. 26 to Nov. 30 as a way for rising juniors and seniors to secure on-campus housing arrangements early. A commitment to the on-campus housing for the full academic year is mandatory for participation in the housing lottery, which brought some concerns to the study abroad community. In order to partake in the fall housing lottery, students that intend to study abroad for one semester next year were required to find a partner studying abroad the opposite semester, so that...

For over half a century, the seven houses of Greek Row at Puget Sound have been encouraging students on campus to join the fraternities and sororities available on campus. This spring, once again, the Greek community will welcome Potential New Members (PNMs to the houses for various events, in order to let students decide which house is best for them. Formal recruitment for joining a sorority or fraternity will take place during the first couple of weeks of the spring semester. Registration forms are available on the Puget Sound website....

The University’s Justice and Service in Tacoma group held the Books to Prisoners Book Drive from Oct. 22 to Nov. 9.  The book drive goes through the Seattle-based nonprofit Books to Prisoners to offer incarcerated individuals the opportunity to read. Over the past weeks, boxes were positioned in Collins Library, the Student Diversity Center and the Center for Writing, Learning and Teaching.  Members of the JuST group have been busy collecting books, tabling to publicize the cause and raising money to cover the cost of sending the boxes into a...

The fall election for senate positions in the Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound has brought in seven new senators for the coming year. Daniel Laesch and Michaela Metzler are the Senators-at-large. Housing representatives include the On-Campus House Senator Isa Ruiz and the Residence Hall Senator Taylor Smith. Kyle Long will serve as the Off-Campus Senator, Danielle Dorr as the Greek Senator and Alissa Hartnig as the Freshman Senator. Elections for the student government are held twice a year, in the fall and spring. The fall election concerns...

Among many of the important improvements currently on campus, one has been long under debate by many campus officials, who have yet to find a way to solve the issue. Retention and graduation rates on the University of Puget Sound campus are lower than most similar schools by about five to seven percent, according to Dean of Students Mike Segawa. Schools like Reed and Whitman have larger amounts of students completing four years and graduating from the school at which they began their higher education. More than the average numbers...