PLUS Year leads to rise in 5th years on campus
Brennan LaBrie
Editor-In-Chief
When I returned to campus this fall, I was pleased to see a lot of familiar faces from the class of 2021 walking around.
Like me, they were technically...
PLU struck by spree of vehicular, catalytic converter thefts
Brennan LaBrie
Editor-In-Chief
A national rise in vehicular theft and prowls has hit Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) hard this school year.
Since the start of the fall semester over one month ago,...
Reflecting on Earth and Diversity Week at PLU: Colonial worldview as the illness, diversity...
John Evanishyn
Reporter
PLU’s Earth and Diversity Week—spanning from April 20th to April 26th—was kicked off by Reverend Dr. George “Tink” Tinker and followed up by Earth Day Lecturer, Maria Batayola....
Impacts of FJC cuts: The future of Hong Hall
John Evanishyn
Reporter
When I read the finalized FJC cuts—discontinuing German, Nordic Studies, and the Norwegian minor—my mind went right to Hong Hall. ‘Two dorm wings empty,’ I thought.
Hong Hall is...
FJC Process: Board of Regents announces faculty and academic cuts
Brennan LaBrie
News Editor
Ben Leschensky
Reporter
Pacific Lutheran University’s Board of Regents have announced their final decisions for faculty reductions as the Faculty Joint Committee (FJC) process draws to a close. The...
Student opinion on PLU Commencement 2021
Camilla Sumner
Guest Writer
As we acknowledge the one year mark of this global pandemic, I want to first recognize the deep loss our world has experienced due to COVID-19 and...
Tensions between PLU Sports and Music
Kiyomi Kishaba
Opinion Editor
On any Thursday or Friday morning in the AUC there is a line of Lutes waiting for COVID-19 rapid testing. To the dismay of some music students,...
FJC process enters final stage, major cuts imminent
Brennan LaBrie
News Editor
Ben Leschensky
Reporter
The long and arduous Faculty Joint Committee (FJC) process is in its final stage, and the Pacific Lutheran University community can anticipate a slew of faculty...
PLU Faculty Joint Committee: Students claim lack of transparency in FJC process
Brennan LaBrie
News Editor
Kiyomi Kishaba
Opinion Editor
A virtual forum on February 10 aimed at informing students about the ongoing Faculty Joint Committee (FJC) process only led to more discontent among the...