Campus Safety Tips

Tyne Klammer Staff Reporter As the school year progresses, it’s important to be informed about precautions one can take to ensure the safety of themselves and others.  In an interview with...

Foss Hall Catches Fire on Last Day of Spring Semester

Steph Valenti Social Media Manager/Reporter As PLU concluded the 2021-2022 school year, abandoned Foss hall caught fire on the last day of spring semester. There was no one in the building, leaving...

Safety Director: New PLU hire is excited for his job

Sarah Fox Managing Editor Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) has a new Campus Safety Director. José Cureil Morelos began work this summer, bringing 18 years of security experience on 10 college campuses...

Students protest a lack of accessibility on campus

Nolan James Editor-In-Chief On a sunny day at the end of last school year at PLU, a group of students gathered outside of the Hauge Administration Building to protest a lack...

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...

PLU restructures academic programs into four colleges

Brennan LaBrie Editor-in-Chief Starting this fall, Pacific Lutheran University’s academic departments will be divided among just four colleges: the College of Health Professions, the College of Natural Sciences, the College of...

COVID Update: What caused the recent spike?

Steph Valenti Reporter It has been several weeks since Pacific Lutheran University's mask mandate was lifted on March 12, following Washington State’s new mask-optional policy. The student body and staff members shared...

A year in retrospect: What it means to be ASPLU President

Natalie Elskamp Reporter The school year is coming to a close, and with that, student leadership transitions are underway.  Cece Chan, current president of Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU), is...

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...