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By Walter Marmite Ubiquitous Instagram account @upsmissedconnections, a central online destination for the University of Puget Sound student body, was named in an antitrust lawsuit filed on Thursday, over perceived “monopolization of both on-campus communication and the libido of the student community.” The plaintiffs — the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), @ups.parties, @ups_sex_confessions, @ups.get.yo.freak.on, @ ups_tea_spillage, @ups_hot_person_sighted and @ ups_rate_my_professor_on_their_looks — specifically allege that @upsmissedconnections has stifled the market and made it impossible for smaller accounts who are focused primarily on promoting off-campus events, spreading salacious and unverifiable stories, or anonymously...

By Andrew Benoit, Editor-in-Chief A not so closely guarded secret of The Trail is the comprehensive digitized archive of our publication dating all the way back to 1895, when the student newspaper was called Ye Recorde. Back then, the University called itself “Puget Sound University” and would hop from new campus to new campus four times as it struggled with constant financial woes. The Ottoman Empire still existed, the Lumiere brothers had only just invented movies, and the first professional football game had just been played. Our archives preserve a...