From The Matrix: Part of the “Through the Eyes of the Women’s Center” Story

By Dr. Jennifer Smith Matrix Contributor I resist the notion that men and women are polar opposites. I resist the idea that prejudice and intolerance are inevitable. I resist the sense that change...

From The Matrix: ‘Iron Knees’

By Amanda Seely, Saxifrage Contributor   How sad to veil a pretty face in cloth; How pathetic to kneel and submit to invisible almighty and despotic man. Commodified solidarity and morsels of culture...

Every Woman A Lute: Navigating a male-dominated sport

From locker rooms and tackles to dating and gender bias, Pacific Lutheran University’s first female football player navigated the waters of a male-dominated sport and shares how she did...

Facets: The Collective

RIZELLE ROSALES; Mast Magazine Editor; rosalera@plu.edu The Collective is an independent grassroots community of students that respond to social inequality through developing leadership and organizing action in the PLU community. What...

Global Perspectives: Ami Shah Q & A

Correction: In the April issue of Mast Magazine, the class cited in "Global Perspectives" has been corrected from GLST 357 to IHON 328.  BROOKE THAMES; Mast Editor-in-Chief; mast@plu.edu Ami Shah finds...

Nate Hansen on working at OMM

JEFF DUNN News Editor dunnja@plu.edu “Its great to see your friends all the time. I live off-campus, so I don’t get to interact with students on-campus as much anymore, especially first-years and...

Home for the holidays

Where Lutes flock for the winter

NoPaCoCo: the Spirit of Parkland

PARIS FRANKIN; Culture Editor; franklpm@plu.edu As a student, it’s easy to feel like Parkland revolves around Pacific Lutheran University. While this is somewhat true —the area developed when Norwegian-Americans established the...

DREAMing of a More Certain Future

CECILIE THOGERSON; Guest Writer; thogerch@plu.edu *Editor’s Note: The name in this story has been changed to respect the source’s anonymity. A senior of Pacific Lutheran University was in a meeting a...