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S tudents now have more late-night    entertainment options with the introduction of Wee’Ours, a group whose primary goal is to ensure the availability of on-campus events after 8 p.m. on weekends. “We do this by organizing events ourselves and helping clubs by providing additional funding and reserving rooms to organize events in this time frame,” senior Krista Haapanen, the group’s leader, said. Helping Haapanen are two work-study employees, sophomore Cooper Weissman and senior Ryan Coleman, who do the grunt work required to ensure the events run smoothly. While Wee’Ours...

ASUPS is beginning another season of elections. Positions are opening to a new group of candidates interested in serving as part of the Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound. The Puget Sound website describes ASUPS as “an autonomous, student-run department on campus, with an annual budget that is over $500,000…and generally serves as the voice of the student.” Campaigning is already underway as applicants begin to inform the community about their intentions for running. Students can pick from at least three candidates running for residence hall senator, two...

A new fraternity is coming to Puget Sound. Beta Theta Pi will be making its return in the fall of 2013 under the guidance of Tom Martin, Colony Development Coordinator. “Beta Theta Pi is a values based fraternity,” Tom Martin said. Its initial goals are to recruit fifty men of principle, find partner organizations on and off campus and provide a positive experience for the University. Beta will be moving into Unit G next academic year. Beta Theta Pi will be overseen by the InterFraternity Center (IFC), which is the...

It seems to be the year of exciting additions to the campus – not only the unveiling of the new Commencement Hall, but an opportunity for students to enhance their learning with the launch of the new ASUPS website. The website brings with it great features such as information about clubs, sustainability and a calendar of campus events. The project was spearheaded last April by the Director of Marketing and Outreach, Kathryn Ginsberg ’14 and the Director of Technology Services Vikram Nilakantan ’14. Their goal was to create a website...

By Paul Goudarzi-Fry Puget Sound’s general acceptance rate has increased to about 85 percent for fall 2013, with early acceptance rate at 88 percent. That rate is about 30.7 percent higher than 2010. According to the university’s website, Puget Sound accepts about 675 new members of the freshman class each year from several thousand applications. What this new rate does, however, will not affect the current amount of students coming into the new class. “The increase in our acceptance rate is due to a change in the way we count...

The following is the University of Puget Sound discriminatory harassment report from August, 2012 through July, 2013. This report is compiled annually by the Harassment Reporting Officers (listed below).  As part of an effort to cultivate a campus environment in which concerns, questions, and complaints are forwarded for resolution, the officers broadened the campus reporting practice a year ago to include all inquiries or concerns raised in areas related to discriminatory harassment, not just those which resulted in official actions.  As a result, there is a significant increase in the...

The Bias-Hate Educational Response Team, a subcommittee of the Faculty Diversity Committee and one of a number of the University’s initiatives to address issues regarding diversity, was formed so that a specific entity would be responsible for reviewing data on incidents of bias and hate, and subsequently promoting conversation among the campus community.  Despite this specific aim, the role and purpose of BHERT remains somewhat vague and controversial. According to the university website: “While there are formal channels to address complaints of bias or hate, our campus community at large...

    M aking money and gaining valuable work experience are subjects often prodding the minds of college students.  As the class of 2013 graduates and leaves Puget Sound behind, many of them are entering the work force or further educational institutions with internship or job experience already under their belts.  Whether it is paid or unpaid, internships are a great way to get experience in a career area of interest. According to Career Employment Services’ Associate Director Alana Hentges, an internship is a “short-term, supervised experience,” but may be...

Last year Puget Sound decided to alter their policy and require students to live on campus for their first two years at the university. With the addition of a large new residence hall, this was seen as a step toward furthering the on-campus community and a chance to bring in more revenue from room and board expenses.   Puget Sound is certainly not out of place with their requirements. Many comparable liberal arts colleges have policies ranging from one to four years of campus living. The policy went from two...

The recent surge of articles published on New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand could not have come at a more opportune time for our campus.  The majority of these articles, penned by writers from Salon, Politico and everywhere in between, focus on Gillibrand’s chances were she to run for office.  Given Hilary Clinton’s resignation as Secretary of State this year, it is anyone’s guess as to whether Hilary’s name will appear on the 2016 ticket.  During her 2012 interview with Barbara Walters for the annual “10 Most Fascinating People” special, our...

The Princeton Review named Puget Sound one of the 322 most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada. The results and honors were awarded based upon a fifty–question survey completed by school administrators. The data collected covered topics ranging from course offerings to campus infrastructure and career preparation services to measure a commitment to the environment. “We are truly pleased to recommend University of Puget Sound, along with all of the fine schools in this book, to the many students seeking colleges that practice and promote environmentally-responsible choices and...

On April 15 an Iranian judge sentenced a man to be “publicly humiliated” by being displayed in the streets dressed as a woman. This misogynistic punishment has caused many Kurdish men to protest by cross-dressing and posting photos of themselves online. A Facebook group, Kurd Men for Equality, was started on April 18, on which hundreds of photos of men dressed in women’s clothing have been posted. The group’s “about” section reads, “Being a woman is not a tool to humiliate or punish anyone‬” and part of their biography reads,...