Lutes look ahead to the next ‘Hebrew Idol’

When an assignment for a religion 211 class took a creative turn, it started a new Pacific Lutheran University tradition — "Hebrew Idol." Antonios Finitsis, a professor of religion, founded and...

A Generation removed

by Natalie DeFord, News Writer “The story of this crisis is not just an American Indian story,” the Chancellor’s Professor of History at the University of Nebraska said to an...

Tacoma Film Festival: “Tumbledown” is a let down

GENNY BOOTS News @ Nine Producer bootsgj@plu.edu This was the whitest movie I have ever seen. “Tumbledown” (featuring Jason Sudeikis and Rebecca Hall) premiered for the first time on the West Coast...

‘Waste Not’ provides food for thought

Matthew Salzano, A&E Editor In the U.S., 40 percent of food produced is wasted — and that equation just doesn’t add up. This is the message in Pacific Lutheran University’s newest...

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...

The Mast’s “Of The Year” awards

A NOTE FROM A&E EDITOR, MATTHEW SALZANO: To wrap up the last issue of The Mast for 2014 A&E writers Michael Diambri, Brooke Thames and I decided to share our...

PLU success story: Rosanna Pansino

By: Solen Aref What does mega millionaire Youtube personality Rosanna Pansino have in common with all PLU students? While it’s a little known fact, this baker, actress, and internet star also went to...

EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Jehane Noujaim

Jehane Noujaim is visiting Pacific Lutheran University Thursday, Feb. 19, to screen her Academy Award-nominated film, “The Square,” at 5 p.m. in the Karen Hille Phillips Center. She...

Student Capstone highlights activist Dolores Huerta

HANNAH SOLTIS; Copy Editor; soltishe@plu.edu On Thursday, April 12, senior Rhiannon Berg, along with the Pacific Lutheran University Hispanic Studies, Communication and Women’s and Gender Studies departments, presented the documentary “Dolores,” which...