Eco-friendly initiatives abound on campus, from PrintGreen to the recent campaign to chasten those who still favor the obscenely large plastic water bottles at the S.U.B. It should come as no surprise, then, that Earth Day­­—April 22—turns into Earth Week at Puget Sound, celebrating current sustainability efforts and promoting eco-awareness. Kaitlan Ohler, Sustainability Program Manager for Sustainability Services, and Annie Bigalke, Student Sustainability Outreach Coordinator, talk about the upcoming Earth Week events, particularly the electronic waste campaign and collection drive hosted by Sustainability Services. In 2005, President Ron Thomas established...

For one golden week we are freed from the grind of academia in favor of an annual rite of passage, one embodied by youthful abandon and excess. Tickets are booked for Las Vegas, Fort Lauderdale and various tropical locales, destinations subconsciously influenced by 90s episodes of The Real World. It’s almost the same as going abroad, right? Bags are packed with extra-strength Advil and cameras are charged; they’ll be needed to record unforgettable nights that may be a little fuzzy in the morning. For this one week it is socially...

We’re all familiar with the Career Fair drill: dress for the job you want (not the job you have), keep your handshake firm and don’t get the crisp new copies of your resume wet as you run from Collins in the rain five minutes before the event. On Thursday, Feb. 28, Marshall Hall was filled with students in business-casual attire waiting their turn to talk to representatives from companies and non-profits ranging from Target to Teach for America. Following the event, Career and Employment Services sent an email asking all...

For those on campus who lament the fact that there is only one musical performed at Puget Sound every four years, you are in luck. Director Sara Freeman has chosen contemporary musical Spring Awakening as this year’s Main Stage production, which will open in a few short weeks on campus, fusing morality, sexuality and rock and roll. A true coming-of-age story, Spring Awakening is a powerful account of teenagers exploring the tumult of burgeoning sexuality in the face of adulthood. The play explores themes of sexual suppression and questions the...