Facets: Conservatives on campus

RIZELLE ROSALES; Mast Magazine Editor; rosalera@plu.edu The Pacific Lutheran University chapter of College Republicans is a student group that is dedicated to sustaining and advancing conservative values through active discussion,...

Student Spotlight: Students thriving in multiplicity

RIZELLE ROSALES, CAMILLE LEMKE, and DEJAN PEREZ; mast@plu.edu Virak Pheng Many describe junior Virak Pheng in two words: “kind” and “busy.” The latter can be attributed to the workload that comes...

Letter from the Editor- Mast Magazine

RIZELLE ROSALES; Mast Magazine Editor; rosalera@plu.edu Growing up in a bicultural household, I was raised knowing the complex differences between two worlds — and two selves — and how to...

Letter from Board of Regents Chair Gary Severson

*This letter was sent out from the president’s office to the PLU campus on behalf of Gary Severson Dear Campus Community: With the news of President Krise’s transition at the end...

Campus reacts to President stepping down after five years

BROOKE THAMES; Editor-in-Chief; thamesbe@plu.edu Thomas W. Krise announced Thursday, April 13 that he will be stepping down from his position as Pacific Lutheran University President this May. The news came...

Lutes lead at Gary Gillespie Invitational

In their penultimate debate tournament of the 2016-2017 season, five teams of Pacific Lutheran University debaters led in preliminary and elimination rounds April 8-9 at Northwest University against 15...

Students present at PLU research symposium

RHIANNON BERG; News Co-Editor; bergau@plu.edu Pacific Lutheran University is not known as a top research university, but the Provost’s office organized this year’s first annual research symposium to showcase PLU student-faculty research,...

Letter from the editor

BROOKE THAMES; Editor-in-Chief; thamesbe@plu.edu I ask a lot of questions. Whether I’m making an argument or thinking through a social issue, I use questions to guide my thoughts. I often find the questions...

Students respond to new themed on-campus housing

NATALIE MOONEY; Mast TV Producer; mooneynr@plu.edu In our last issue, The Mast looked at the changes being made for Stuen Hall for the 2017-2018 school year. Stuen Hall will be themed around...