Free Cinema for Students in Tacoma
Saturday nights at PLU are fairly quiet. Students are often off-campus spending time with their family or else on the hunt for food because The Commons is closed. Saturday...
Don’t Typecast Me Challenged Theatrical Norms
In October 2022, PLU student and future first-time director, Dorothea Koetje, proposed a concept to the Night of Musical Theatre club (NOMT) - one that would deconstruct the boundaries...
Lights Out: A Response to the Lack of Exterior Lighting on Lower Campus
In the five months I’ve been at PLU, I have adjusted to many new things, including a full class schedule, new friends, and balancing healthy habits. But one thing...
Shadowplay—A University Gallery Exhibit by Mare Blocker
The University Gallery is alive again with a belly of art after two months of hunger. Mare Blocker’s collection Shadowplay will keep it vibrant and full of life until...
Politics of Silence: Student Protest Stops Speech to Draw Attention to Genocide
Pushing past University of Puget Sound (UPS) Faculty, around 50 protestors marched down the aisle of Schneebeck Hall at UPS. Being flung into walls and each other by University...
What Happened to the Flu Shot Clinic?
For years, PLU Health Services, now known as Wellbeing Services and Resources (WSR), had purchased vaccines and recruited nursing students from the PLU School of Nursing (SoN) to provide...
Administration Reasoning for Commencement Changes
PLU announced on January 10 via an email from PLU Commencement, that the ceremony at the Tacoma Dome (TD) was going to return to campus and four separate ceremonies...
Christian Cherry: A Loss of Racial Representation for Tacoma Youth
Christian Cherry, a Black Tacoma youth mentor and advocate against youth gun violence, was shot and killed near Bates Technical College on South State Street on December 14, 2023....
PLU Pantry Welcomes All
The PLU Pantry has been a community resource at PLU since pre-Covid times—offering free food to 450+ combined students, staff, and faculty during the fall of 2023. Located on...