Moving monuments

Carly Stauffer; Guest Writer; stauffice@plu.edu Anyone with a calibrated moral compass recognizes August’s Charlottesville tragedy as corrupt and heartbreaking. The bloody clash of white supremacists rallying against the removal of a statue...

Looking back: Ten expectations as a first-year

Marsia Johnson; Guest Writer; johnsomp@plu.edu College is weird. When I was coming into PLU as a first-year, I expected that because my high school experience sucked, I would immediately find my place when...

Side by Side: Editors review “13 Reasons Why”

Editor’s note: Opinions presented in the following reviews are not representative of The Mast as a whole DYLAN FOREMAN; Sports Editor; foremad@plu.edu I think in today’s society, people way too frequently use the...

Game of porcelain thrones: a senior’s farewell through selfies

Jeff Dunn; LASR General Manager; dunnja@plu.edu As I near the end of my stint at Pacific Lutheran University, I’ve come to an interesting realization: my average on-campus restroom visits per day is...

Letter from the editor

BROOKE THAMES; Editor-in-Chief; thamesbe@plu.edu I ask a lot of questions. Whether I’m making an argument or thinking through a social issue, I use questions to guide my thoughts. I often find the questions...

Trump’s budget fails to put Americans first

BREANNA WIERSMA; Copy Editor; wiersmbm@plu.edu Last month, the White House released a first budget proposal for the 2018 year. Called the “America First” budget, the proposal cuts 1.2% of overall discretionary spending...

The Grammys SUCK

JEFF DUNN; LASR General Manager: dunnja@plu.edu As a rule, I don’t watch the Grammys. Never mind that I don’t have cable; even if Comcast wasn’t the devil, I’d still find...

Numbers don’t count (for everyone)

RIZELLE ROSALES; Mast Magazine Assistant Editor; rosalera@plu.edu It was a rainy morning in October 1789 when thousands of French women marched from the streets of Paris to Versailles protesting national starvation,...

DeVos’ incompetence will hurt millions of children

MADISON SHEWMAN; Staff Writer: shewmama@plu.edu On the outside, my brother Logan looks like an average kid. What you would not know by looking at his bright smile is this: When he...

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