New youth group connects students to community
GENNY BOOTS; Online Editor; bootsgj@plu.edu
Pacific Lutheran University’s newest Campus Ministry project, Connect, is pretty aptly named.
Connect youth group is bringing together high schoolers from neighboring Lutheran churches and...
Student art sale features Lutes’ work
BROOKE THAMES; Editor-In-Chief; thamesbe@plu.edu
As spring semester winds down, students vigorously work to put the cap on their capstones. Senior Elizabeth “Liz” Perkins is no exception as she places the finishing touches...
Diversity Debacle: New residential communities are not diversity
KIANA NORMAN-SLACK; Online Copy Editor; normanks@plu.edu
Starting next year, Pacific Lutheran University will have residential wings exclusively for marginalized groups in PLU residence halls. The few new ones that I...
Shaking up Stuen: Students question diversity of new Residential Learning Communities
SARAH CORNELL-MAIER; News Co-Editor; cornelsm@plu.edu
Housing has always been a hot topic at Pacific Lutheran University, and is especially prominent as housing applications open for the 2017-2018 school year April 5. This...
Coffee shops and deep talks: Topics on Tap at 208 Garfield
GENNY BOOTS; Online Editor; bootsgj@plu.edu
Dimly lit conversations on identity, politics and race have brought students, faculty and community members to 208 Garfield for Topics on Tap.
These events were organized about...
Library faces budget cuts
HELEN SMITH; Mast Radio News Host; I
Mortvedt Library is cutting their spending, and some resources won’t be returning for next year.
Pacific Lutheran University’s library budget decreased because of the school-wide budget...
Women Take the Day- Feminist rally addresses intersectionality and women’s rights
MAST STAFF; Editor-in-Chief; mast@plu.edu
More than 100 Pacific Lutheran University students, faculty and community members gathered in Red Square to support A Day Without a Woman on Wednesday March 8. Students and...
A Tale of Two Parklands
Breanna Wiersma; Copy Editor; wiersmbm@plu.edu
It’s 2 a.m., and I’ve woken up with an annoyingly persistent headache. I don’t have a car, my friends are all sleeping and I’m out of...
PLU’s $3 Million Problem
MAST STAFF; mast@plu.edu
‘Money talks,’ as the old saying goes — and the conversation Pacific Lutheran University students are missing out on is the $3 million budget shortfall.
Earlier this year, administrators...
