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...

In the wake of last year’s Prop. 8 ruling and last month’s suicides by gay teens, Jeremy Halinen’s debut book of poetry, What Other Choice, offers an unflinching resolve to be true to one’s sexuality, but a resolve that still finds tenderness within the brutality of a world hardened against homosexuality. Halinen was the winner of the 2010 First Book Poetry Contest put on by the nonprofit press Exquisite Disarray, run in part by English professor Bill Kupinse.  Poets from all over the state of Washington were invited to submit...

Ever  wondered what your professor’s nicknames are? How about  their favorite memory from their college years? Well Loggers, now is your chance to find out. Each week we will feature a new professor and highlight little-known tidbits that everyone is anxious to know. Lydia Fisher Nickname: None that I’m willing to divulge here. Professor of: English Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known for its three rivers and lots of hills. You can get a gargantuan deli sandwich there with French fries and coleslaw on it. Kind of yucky, in my opinion. Favorite...

You’ve seen the trailer on the Texts From Last Night website.  You know it’s got Emma Stone in a corset.  You know it’s got Penn Badgley from Gossip Girl.  And because it’s a movie about high school, of course Amanda Bynes is in it. Much like the 1980s, movies about high school will never die, but some reincarnations are better than others. Easy A stars Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast, a nice yet invisible girl in a typical public high school. When her best friend berates her into lying about...