Community

News focusing on Parkland and the greater Pierce County community.

St. Olaf mourns death of associate college pastor

By St. Olaf Media Relations The Rev. Jennifer Anderson Koenig ’87, who served as associate college pastor at St. Olaf for more than 15 years before going on medical leave...

Students represent PLU at South Sound AIDS Walk

By Reland Tuomi, News Writer Advocates and supporters alike checked in at Cheney Stadium for the 26th annual South Sound AIDS Walk on Saturday morning. Among them were a number...

New Bishop of Southwestern Washington Synod installed

By Alison Haywood, News Editor The installation of the new Bishop of the Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America took place at 3 p.m. on Saturday,...

Chapel: All are Welcome

Many students on campus use the university’s chapel break to do last minute homework, eat breakfast, or maybe even sneak in a quick nap before their next class. But...

Garfield Station breaks ground

  Ground was broken for the new construction project Garfield Station on Tuesday, September 10 at 3 p.m. Garfield Station, which has been in the planning process for five years,...

Relay for Life rocks around the clock

By Reland Tuomi, News Writer In the late afternoon sunlight, a stage was set up near Red Square, students pitched tents in the grass and cancer survivors donned purple T-shirts. Relay for...

Empty buildings haunt Garfield Street

By Taylor Lunka, News Writer Empty rooms, bare sidewalks and vacant buildings sit where local businesses used to serve the Parkland community on Garfield Street. These businesses moved out almost a year...

Kent Kindergarteners come to college

By Caitlin Beesley and Dania Tolentino, Guest Writers Chris Knutzen Hall rang with shouts of “don’t touch anything yet!” as an army of kindergarteners from Martin Sortun Elementary School invaded the...