Student Volunteers Connect With Parkland Community

The relationship between the Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) campus and residents of the greater Parkland area has dwindled since the COVID-19 pandemic and the disbanding of the university’s Center...

Club Boost: A New Initiative to Support Student Clubs

On March 1, club leaders from all across campus gathered in the AUC Regency room for a Club Boost. The attendees filtered to the tables, and the chatter began...

PLU Junior Opens Marketplace for Students

In the beginning of April 2025, Lute Mar- ketplace website was set on a test run. The idea behind the platform is to help students sell and buy their possessions without having...

Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite

After spending weeks getting themselves situated in the rooms and getting to know their roommates, some PLU students were met with an unpleasant surprise. With classes just having started,...

Leopard Print: A Timeless Pattern in Every Generation’s Closet

Spots on or spots off? Outdated or innovative? Leopard print has been one of the most consistent discussion topics for the fashion industry since the 1920s. It borders the...

The Coffee Oasis Makes Positive Impact on Teens

The Coffee Oasis is a nonprofit organization geared towards youth in need in the Pacific Northwest. The Coffee Oasis has cafe locations in Port Orchard, Bremerton, Kingston, Poulsbo, and...

Faculty Recital: Dawn Sonntag, Composer

Lagerquist’s lights dim, signaling the start of the recital. Notes pour across the stage from Dr. Dawn Sonntag’s piano, sliced by Lisa Pearson’s mournful violin. Together they perform the...

Pets of PLU: Seneca Rose

Meet Seneca Rose! Seneca is a six-year-old pitbull mix belonging to PLU senior admission counselor Shaun Antrim. How they found each other was a spectacular series of lucky coincidences.  A...

What Makes PLU Education Special?

I squinted at the sun, wondering whether the grass underneath me was too wet, while the rest of my class settled down in a circle around the professor. It...