Sports & Outdoors

Track and field are starting to hit their stride in the recent weeks and should be sprinting to the finish line. This improvement was on display over the past two weeks during the Pacific Lutheran University and University of Redlands Invitationals. In the PLU Invitational (March 9), the men’s outdoor team took second out of 11 teams, while the women’s took fifth out of 13. The men took the top three spots in the 5000-meter run, and also grabbed the top two spots in the 3000-meter steeple chase. On the...

Both men’s and women’s Rugby have been playing strong since returning from winter break and don’t plan on stopping their momentum anytime soon, looking to playoffs in April. The men’s team has won all three games this year  and the women’s team has only been dealt one loss since the end of winter break. Junior Max Thompson (Winchester, Mass.), the president of the Puget Sound men’s Rugby club noted their team chemistry playing a part into their success. “Ruggers are notorious for being lifelong friends and guys connect real quick...

As the clock reached triple-zeros against George-Fox, there was a melancholic realization that the big dance was over for the University of Puget Sound’s women basketball team. There was still reason to celebrate though for the Loggers and the fans who followed their season. The University of Puget Sound’s women basketball team’s post season came to an end on March 8 with a 67-49 loss to George-Fox on the second round of the NCAA DIII national tournament. This was the fourth game between the familiar foes. George-Fox won all four...

“Ecological Holocaust” spans the width of a homemade banner outside a hotel in Copacabana, Brazil. “IOC go home, you are nature killers,” yells a protester as the International Olympic Committee emerges. High-tempered encounters like these between environmental protesters and the Olympic Committee have come to be known by the media as “Rio Ruckus.” During the last days of February and into the first few of March, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) conducted a visit to Rio, the site of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, to check up on the progress...

Men’s and women’s tennis are just beginning a season that could be filled with growing pains for both teams; the men’s team has eight underclassmen and the women’s team has five. Both teams have the passion to win, but gaining experience is equally important. The two teams had matches the weekends of Feb. 22-23 and Feb. 28 - March 1, but failed to win any of them. The men’s team took on Lewis and Clark and Linfield on the road on Feb. 22-23, losing 9-0 and 7-2 respectively. First-year student...

Zal: In honor of the University of Puget Sound women’s basketball team and their historic season I thought it would be fun if we discussed who the greatest women’s player is in Puget Sound history. Our women’s basketball team is arguably the best sports team at our school this year, and they should be recieving more attention then they get. Now with that long monologue out of the way, Nick: who do you believe is the best women’s basketball player to grace this school? Nick: Well Zal, I am going...

In the final two games of their season, the Logger women’s basketball team defeated Whitworth, but ultimately fell to the undefeated George Fox in the finals. The loss took their chance at both the conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Puget Sound women’s basketball team played the Whitworth Pirates in the Northwest Conference Semifinals at home on Feb. 26. The game, which determined the team’s advancement to the final round, was highly anticipated not only because of the stakes, but also because the Pirates and...

One of the more interesting physical education classes that a student can take at the University of Puget Sound is PE 147: Tai Chi for Health. Tai Chi for Health is taught by Bryan Smith, a professor who retired last year from teaching mathematics and computer science classes. This semester, Smith solely teaches Tai Chi. The class meets once a week on Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. It counts as .25 of a credit, so it is a great opportunity for students to take a class that promotes...

As the Seattle Seahawks lined up on the 1 yard line with 26 seconds left in the Super Bowl a suffocating silence overcame my living room.  I was squatting down biting my blue and green beanie with nervousness; others were clasping sweaty palms together with eyes fixed on the TV, waiting to see what drama would unfold.  As Russell Wilson’s ill-fated pass fell into the hands of Patriots cornerback Malcom Butler it felt as if a gunshot went off.  The people in the room rooting against the Seahawks exploded with...