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Their voices wander off in conversation, barely aware of the other people who sit around them listening. They reminiscence about their past travels and smiles spread across both their faces as they speculate the near future. The future that holds an exciting and exhilarating trip to India for the both of them. “I’m fascinated about their culture,” junior Daniel Parecki says as he tries to relate his anticipation of the trip. “The more I hear about it the more I want to go. It seems like a well knit community...

Believe it or not, Tacoma is a pretty stylish place. Not only does The Alderist capture Puget Sound students’ style, but Tacoma is the new base for Elizabeth J. of the well-known blog Delightfully Tacky, a blog dedicated to style, fashion and the confidence to be one’s self. Elizabeth started Delightfully Tacky during her junior year of college as a response to the outcry of sweatpants-clad opinions after she wrote an article for her college’s newspaper questioning why some students choose to wear sweatpants when clothing offers an enormous canvas...

Evidence that spring has sprung lies in the sunny daffodils carpeting our campus, courtesy of our college tuitions, and the fleeting appearances of Mr. Sunshine himself. And with spring’s arrival, markets pop up. Proctor’s own started up again on March 26, and this Saturday, Puget Sound’s student market will be in full bloom from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the S.U.B. piano lounge and spilling outside of the S.U.B., should the weather be cooperative. As for what to expect from the market, according to the event’s facebook invite: “Imagine...

Since the passing of the ever feared and anticipated midterms, time seems to have sped up here in Spain. Just a few weeks ago we were hurriedly attempting to cram last minute study materials into our already packed brain matter, and now the only thought on the minds of all of the students here at the Center of Modern Languages in Spain is Semana Santa, or our equivalent of Spring Break. Most of the students here plan on traversing the boundaries of Europe. From Greece to Norway, no European country...