Mast Magazine

Brooke Thames; Mast Magazine Editor & Mast Editor in Chief; thamesbe@plu.edu Growing up, I was encouraged to be certain. When my mother asked me a question, she didn’t want to...

By Joseph Fries, Saxifrage 34 Contributor   I sometimes feel like an old silent moving picture, words flashing on the screen and occasionally faint splotches of color painted onto film, flaking away and, leaving it all...

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...

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...

A student's guide to self-care this winter: There is a Spanish proverb that says “How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.” In the heat of the school year it can be easy for mental health to deteriorate, but three members of the Pacific Lutheran University community shared their ideas about self-care and how you can practice over it winter break.

By Leah Larson, Matrix contributor   The concept of a person who isn’t interested in sex befuddles most people. Being attracted to someone of any gender is frequently listed as one...

Where Lutes flock for the winter

BROOKE THAMES; Mast Magazine Editor; thamesbe@plu.edu Muslim Lutes Alaa Alshaibani and Fatoumatta Conteh discuss being a religious minority on a Christian campus, their efforts to form a Muslim Student Union and their...

By Kelsey Barnes, Assistant Editor of Saxifrage Modern art is alive at Pacific Lutheran University. One artist keeping it alive is junior Katie DePreker. Modern art is commonly defined as a genre...