The 50 Greatest Albums of the 1990s

Nolan James Editor-in-Chief The 80s may be the current popular trend, but the 90s left an arguably greater impact on the music industry in terms of the sheer quality of its...

Professor Plays: Marnie Ritchie, Professor of Communication

Fulton Bryant-Anderson  Staff Reporter Meet Assistant Professor of Communication, Professor Marnie Ritchie. Professor Ritchie teaches rhetorical studies, critical/cultural studies and oversees the debate team.  I caught up with Professor Ritchie and asked...

Summer Movie Recap

Nolan James Editor-In-Chief Top Gun: Maverick - This is a visual treat, which Tom Cruise has been giving us a lot of lately. At 60, the man cannot keep doing his...

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On movie review

Sage Warner Guest writer It is easy to be skeptical before seeing “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.” The movie received a limited release, meaning most of the United States had...

LASR and The Mast publish audio story detailing 2021 PLU vs. UPS football game

Brennan LaBrie Editor-In-Chief On November 6, 2021 the Pacific Lutheran University football team faced off against their rivals, the University of Puget Sound Loggers, at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. This was...
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Rainier Quartet LASR Studio Session

Fulton Bryant-Anderson LASR General Manager After winning this years Battle of the Bands at PLU, jazz fusion group the Rainier Quartet performed a live set in our studio at the Neeb...

Open Letter to Music Department Confronts Treatment of LGBTQIA+, POC Students

By Sarah Fox Reporter Over 60 students emailed an open letter addressing the treatment of POC and LGBTQIA+ students in the music program to the Pacific Lutheran University Music Department on...

Fulton’s Music Room: March 2022

Fulton Bryant-Anderson LASR General Manager Fulton Bryant-Anderson is the General Manager of Pacific Lutheran University’s Lute Air Student Radio (LASR). At the Mast, he writes Fulton’s Music Room, Professor Plays and...

LASR Producing a Concert with a Nationally Touring Band and Current Music Students

Fulton Bryant-Anderson LASR co-general manager / Mast staff reporter TACOMA, WASHINGTON., March 2, 2022—Lute Air Student Radio (LASR), PLU’s student radio station, is collaborating to produce a concert of jazz fusion...