A letter from the editor

SAMANTHA LUND; Editor-in-Chief: lundsr@plu.edu Looking back on this year, I feel like a mom at her first child’s high school graduation. After putting in so many hours, so many tears and falling...

Athlete’s Perspective: Sarah Ameny

SARAH AMENY During our winter training trip, our coach told us: “Rent is due every day. We don’t own a championship title forever, or any records or any NCAA cuts....

#NOMETHANOL

Northwest Innovation Works (NIW) is proposing building facility to convert natural gas into methanol at the Kaiser Aluminum site in the Port of Tacoma. According to NIW, “The...

On being Black/On being White

ON BEING BLACK... BY BROOKE THAMES The other week, my two closest white friends and I stopped to take a look at the Black History Month calendar posted in the University...

A study in diversity:

GENNY BOOTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6k4631KD94&feature=youtu.be&a A new survey intends to check the numbers behind Pacific Lutheran University retention rates, recruitment and overall trends for students of color. Beginning this spring, Director of Multicultural...

An open apology:

The students of the WMGS 387 class would like to take a moment to acknowledge our missteps in programming for Transgender Awareness Week 2015. During this week, our class...

Calling a new Pastor

EDDIE J MCCOVEN Calling a new pastor to serve in a faith community is not the easiest of tasks. Some congregations spend months. Some, like Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church...

The search for the PLU Pastor

MADDIE BERNARD Pacific Lutheran University is now accepting applications for the position of University Pastor to serve in the 2016-17 school year. Earlier this month the Campus Ministry Nominating Committee, along...

My college experience: Jacob Gleichman

EDDIE MCCOVEN Mast Radio Producer mccoveej@plu.edu One of our newest members of the Lute community is Jacob Gleichman, a Fall 2015 transfer from Columbia Basin College, a community college in Pasco, Wash. “I...