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Last week, on Tuesday, Oct. 30th, approximately 200 students from the class of 2013 gathered in Marshall Hall to kickoff the Senior Class Gift Campaign, where President Thomas and Phonathon manager Shannen Riede ‘13 introduced soon-to-be alumni to the Puget Sound Fund. As of now, the senior class has achieved approximately 10 percent participation in the campaign. According to Clay Ross, Assistant Director of Annual Giving and class of ‘09 alumnus, this is unprecedented; other classes did not achieve this 10 percent until January, typically. “This year’s event was so...

Rausch Auditorium, housed in the basement of McIntyre Hall, is used by students and professors alike for such events as movie showings, comedy sketch shows and theater productions. But while the screen makes showing movies a simple process, the Theatre Arts community has spoken up about the outdated and impractical lighting for the stage. “The difficulty with Rausch lights is that our lighting options are extremely limited,” Kelly Sener, a Theatre Arts major and Co-Publicity Chair for Student Initiative Theatre, said. According to Sener, the lights are unable to serve...

Consistently one of the top producers of volunteers and participants for both Teach for America and the Peace Corps, the University encourages students to consider these alternative non-profit, service-oriented opportunities for post-graduation. With application deadlines approaching, it is important that students, especially graduating seniors, understand their options and utilize available resources on- and off-campus. Upcoming deadlines for Teach for America are Jan. 11, 2013 and Feb. 15, 2013. According to the Teach for America website, the advantages to applying earlier are: earlier notification of admission status; access to more available...

Consistently one of the top producers of volunteers and participants for both Teach for America and the Peace Corps, the University encourages students to consider these alternative non-profit, service-oriented opportunities for post-graduation. With application deadlines approaching, it is important that students, especially graduating seniors, understand their options and utilize available resources on- and off-campus. Upcoming deadlines for Teach for America are Jan. 11, 2013 and Feb. 15, 2013. According to the Teach for America website, the advantages to applying earlier are: earlier notification of admission status; access to more available...

Rausch Auditorium, housed in the basement of McIntyre Hall, is used by students and professors alike for such events as movie showings, comedy sketch shows and theater productions. But while the screen makes showing movies a simple process, the Theatre Arts community has spoken up about the outdated and impractical lighting for the stage. “The difficulty with Rausch lights is that our lighting options are extremely limited,” Kelly Sener, a Theatre Arts major and Co-Publicity Chair for Student Initiative Theatre, said. According to Sener, the lights are unable to serve...

  The final presidential debate held on Monday, Oct. 22 offered insight into the election beyond the candidates’ ideas on foreign policy. The focus of this debate was foreign policy; however, the candidates frequently reverted to a discussion of domestic, specifically economic, matters. The tendency of the debate to stray from foreign policy reflects the candidates’ attempts to appeal to voters.  Numerous political experts, including the University of Puget Sound’s Politics and Government professor Seth Weinberger, agree that foreign policy is less important to votersthan many of the other factors...

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...