Shadowplay—A University Gallery Exhibit by Mare Blocker

The University Gallery is alive again with a belly of art after two months of hunger. Mare Blocker’s collection Shadowplay will keep it vibrant and full of life until...

PLU Pantry Welcomes All

The PLU Pantry has been a community resource at PLU since pre-Covid times—offering free food to 450+ combined students, staff, and faculty during the fall of 2023. Located on...

Local Business Thrives Years After Covid

Rise and Shine Cabaret Cafe and Amorata Essentia Metaphysical Gift Shop are located on the corner of Garfield and C Street. Owner Tonee Giacaloni is an artist and herbalist who...

SPECIAL FEATURE: BY KIDS

Dreams From the Grave’s Ladder Natalie, Age 14 The year is 1847. Ten-year-old Sequana has been fighting The Great Potato Famine for three years. She is now sitting in the cramped...

PLU Music Holds Annual Invitationals

Students may have noticed high schoolers taking over PLU’s Lagerquist Hall between February 9 and March 1, 2024, for the annual music invitationals. These events allowed bands and choirs...

Christian Cherry: A Loss of Racial Representation for Tacoma Youth

Christian Cherry, a Black Tacoma youth mentor and advocate against youth gun violence, was shot and killed near Bates Technical College on South State Street on December 14, 2023....

The Scan Center’s Quest for Community

Located in the Anderson University Center (AUC) 100, is the Scandinavian Center (SC)- a historic staple of Scandinavian and Norwegian culture at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU).  PLU was founded by...

Administration Reasoning for Commencement Changes

PLU announced on January 10 via an email from PLU Commencement, that the ceremony at the Tacoma Dome (TD) was going to return to campus and four separate ceremonies...

FYEP Column

One of the most developed skills we share as a generation is making sad, serious things into jokes. It is so much easier to laugh at students’ (our) messed-up...