Campus reacts to President stepping down after five years

BROOKE THAMES; Editor-in-Chief; thamesbe@plu.edu Thomas W. Krise announced Thursday, April 13 that he will be stepping down from his position as Pacific Lutheran University President this May. The news came...

Lutes lead at Gary Gillespie Invitational

In their penultimate debate tournament of the 2016-2017 season, five teams of Pacific Lutheran University debaters led in preliminary and elimination rounds April 8-9 at Northwest University against 15...

Students present at PLU research symposium

RHIANNON BERG; News Co-Editor; bergau@plu.edu Pacific Lutheran University is not known as a top research university, but the Provost’s office organized this year’s first annual research symposium to showcase PLU student-faculty research,...

Students respond to new themed on-campus housing

NATALIE MOONEY; Mast TV Producer; mooneynr@plu.edu In our last issue, The Mast looked at the changes being made for Stuen Hall for the 2017-2018 school year. Stuen Hall will be themed around...

Award-winning student documentary to premiere on campus

SARAH CORNELL-MAIER; News Co-Editor; cornelsm@plu.edu MediaLab, Pacific Lutheran University’s applied research and multimedia program, is screening their award-winning documentary “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers” in Ingram 100 on Thursday, April 20...

New youth group connects students to community

GENNY BOOTS; Online Editor; bootsgj@plu.edu Pacific Lutheran University’s newest Campus Ministry project, Connect, is pretty aptly named. Connect youth group is bringing together high schoolers from neighboring         Lutheran churches and...

Diversity Debacle: New residential communities are not diversity

KIANA NORMAN-SLACK; Online Copy Editor; normanks@plu.edu Starting next year, Pacific Lutheran University will have residential wings exclusively for marginalized groups in PLU residence halls. The few new ones that I...

Shaking up Stuen: Students question diversity of new Residential Learning Communities

SARAH CORNELL-MAIER; News Co-Editor; cornelsm@plu.edu Housing has always been a hot topic at Pacific Lutheran University, and is especially prominent as housing applications open for the 2017-2018 school year April 5. This...

Letter to the Editor: Student Life VP on repairing the campus climate

Dear Pacific Lutheran University Community, Student Life educators often ask one another the question, “What keeps or wakes you up at night?” Often our responses focus on shared worries about...