Letter to the Editor: Student Life VP on repairing the campus climate

Dear Pacific Lutheran University Community, Student Life educators often ask one another the question, “What keeps or wakes you up at night?” Often our responses focus on shared worries 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...
Parkland

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...

Anthropology professors bring stories of fieldwork to campus

CECILIE THORGERSEN ; Staff Writer; thogerch@plu.edu Students and professors don’t always get the chance to talk and network outside the classroom. The Anthropology Club at Pacific Lutheran University wanted to provide them...

DSS faces transition after Director position eliminated

SARAH CORNELL-MAIER; News Co-Editor; cornelsm@plu.edu  The position of Director of Disability Support Services was officially terminated on Nov. 7. In a process that began in June  2016, the administration of Pacific Lutheran University...

Learning from Standing Rock

JEFF DUNN; LASR General Manager; dunnja@plu.edu Between news of the Army Corps of Engineers approving the final stages of the Dakota Access Pipeline via President Trump and Seattle’s divestment from Wells Fargo...

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...

Gone but not forgotten. NPCC closes its doors again

Helen Smith; Guest Writer; smithhe@plu.edu Northern Pacific Coffee Company, located on Garfield Street, closed earlier this January due to low revenue. The coffee shop has been a staple of the Pacific...