Diversity Center hosts discussion and news crew

People across the country tuned in to President Obama's address regarding Syria Tuesday evening.  The President reported that he recommended a targeted strike against Syria's chemical weapons, but that he...

Religion professor finds the words

LUCAS SCHAUMBERG News Writer schaumlc@plu.edu Religion professor Antonio Finitsis published a story on September 8 declaring the Syrian Immigrant crisis as a humanitarian conflict. The Syrian Civil War, now more than four years...

Lutes react: Cruz drops out of GOP primaries

LIBBY POSTVOIT; Copy Editor: postovlg@plu.edu After losing Indiana’s primary in a landslide to Donald Trump on May 3, presidential candidate Ted Cruz announced that he was leaving the presidential race for...

So what’s next?

Gurjot Kang & Brooke Thames; Opinion Editor & Editor-in-Chief; kanggk@plu.edu, thamesbe@plu.edu First year PLU student Gracie Anderson led the “Will Washington State Be Next?” rally Wednesday morning, March 14 in Olympia, WA. A...

Women in politics: Does it matter?

By Reland Tuomi, Editor-in-Chief   In the elections that took place last week, West Virginia and Iowa both elected their first woman to the U.S. Senate. Shelley Moore Capito will represent...

Gendering the vote: Faculty analyze election through gendered lens

MORGAN STARK; Matrix Editor; starkml@plu.edu “The double standard is alive and well, and I think in many respects the media is the principal propagator of its existence,” Hillary Clinton remarked at the...

“It felt like WE were choking”: Members of George Floyd’s family call for justice

By Derek Gibson Guest Writer Editor’s note: PLU student Derek Gibson recently interviewed Central Washington University student Shayla Zartman and her father, Selwyn Jones. Shayla is George Floyd’s cousin, and Jones...

PLU alum flies high as CEO of Alaska Airlines

SARAH CORNELL-MAIER; News Editor; cornelsm@plu.edu Students, staff and faculty packed the Scandinavian Culture Center when Pacific Lutheran University alumnus and CEO of Alaska Airlines, Brad Tilden ‘83, came to campus on...

Get your shots, or get the dots

by Samantha Lund, News Editor Measles is making its way across the country and the Pacific Lutheran University Health Center is getting ready for the possibility of it coming into...