Library faces budget cuts

HELEN SMITH; Mast Radio News Host; I Mortvedt Library is cutting their spending, and some resources won’t be returning for next year. Pacific Lutheran University’s library budget decreased because of the school-wide budget...

Women Take the Day- Feminist rally addresses intersectionality and women’s rights

MAST STAFF; Editor-in-Chief; mast@plu.edu More than 100 Pacific Lutheran University students, faculty and community members gathered in Red Square to support A Day Without a Woman on Wednesday March 8. Students and...

DSS faces transition after Director position eliminated

SARAH CORNELL-MAIER; News Co-Editor; cornelsm@plu.edu  The position of Director of Disability Support Services was officially terminated on Nov. 7. In a process that began in June  2016, the administration of Pacific Lutheran University...

PLU’s $3 Million Problem

MAST STAFF; mast@plu.edu ‘Money talks,’ as the old saying goes — and the conversation Pacific Lutheran University students are missing out on is the $3 million budget shortfall. Earlier this year, administrators...

Gone but not forgotten. NPCC closes its doors again

Helen Smith; Guest Writer; smithhe@plu.edu Northern Pacific Coffee Company, located on Garfield Street, closed earlier this January due to low revenue. The coffee shop has been a staple of the Pacific...

Tree planting draws students and community members

SARAH CORNELL-MAIER; News Co-Editor; cornelsm@plu.edu  On Feb. 10, about 60 people gathered on the lawn outside of Tingelstad Hall on the Pacific Lutheran University campus to celebrate a symbolic tree planting known...

The march on Red Square: students protest in response to Nov. 8 election results

Editor’s note: We at Mast Media recognize the pain, fear and suffering affecting members of the Pacific Lutheran University community following the 2016 presidential election. Throughout the reporting process,...

PLU MediaLab premieres new documentary

BREANNA WIERSMA; Copy Editor; wiersmbm@plu.edu A documentary made by Pacific Lutheran University MediaLab students premiered to a crowd of more than 200 people at Theatre on the Square in downtown Tacoma Saturday,...

Lutes gather after divisive presidential election

ERIN BAKER; Online Copy Editor; bakeree@plu.edu Pacific Lutheran University community members congregated in Red Square Wednesday, Nov. 9 to discuss the recent presidential election. President Krise invited students, staff and faculty to...