As we return from Thanksgiving break, re-energized and ready to enter the final stretch of the semester, concerts and other winter activities such as the annual MistleToast will keep us motivated and entertained. Today, the 31st annual MistleToast will take place in Marshall Hall.  Students will gather to celebrate the beginning of December with free hot cocoa, Puget Sound Jazz Band and Garden Level performances, horse carriage rides, pictures with Santa, and swing dancing. There will be several holiday concerts on campus as well.  The Adelphian Choir will have their...

As Thanksgiving, a holiday when we are all encouraged to remember what we are grateful for, approaches, the Puget Sound campus celebrates the month of November as National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Month and the week of November 14-20 as National Hunger Week.  Amidst excitement for the upcoming holiday of bounty and food, students are encouraged to participate in several activities planned in recognition of hunger and the homeless.  According the CIAC’s e-newsletter, “Participating in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week will not only bring greater awareness to our community,...

On Sept. 23, students gathered in Trimble Forum for an afternoon of intellectual discussion at a Coffeehouse Conversation with Professor Laurie Frankel.  At the event, which was co-sponsored by the Gender Studies and English departments, Frankel discussed publishing and her debut novel, The Atlas of Love. According to Frankel, her talk, entitled Writing With Boobs in the U.S.A., was a “gendered take on book publishing and reviews” and explored “the intersection of English and gender studies.”  After speaking, Frankel answered questions from the audience and sold and signed copies of...