A Pointless Part of Football: The NFL Combine

Austin Hilliker, Sports Editor When I think of football, I think of jaw dropping catches, bone crunching tackles and game winning drives. Now what If I told you there was another...

‘Kiss me, Kate’ sparks debate

By Samantha Lund, Columnist   The theatre department decided on, worked on and performed “Kiss Me, Kate”  within four months. There were some students in the musical who had never sung...

Back-In-Person: Resuming school after a pandemic

Ariana Wilson Reporter We all have different thoughts about returning to school this fall. Some are anxious, and wondering what in person school will look like, while others have been hoping...

The Grammys SUCK

JEFF DUNN; LASR General Manager: dunnja@plu.edu As a rule, I don’t watch the Grammys. Never mind that I don’t have cable; even if Comcast wasn’t the devil, I’d still find...

Letter to the Editor

WILLIE DICKERSON; nyanfwo@gmail.com Welcome Paris Franklin and thanks for the invitation to write; the power of our voices is not to be underestimated. (‘Letter from the Editor’ by Paris Franklin, Mast...

West Virginia’s raging storm

ZACKERY GOSTISHA; Guest Writer; gostiszk@plu.edu On February 22, 19,488 teachers in West Virginia’s public schools stayed home from work. 277,000 students stayed home. One of the largest strikes in years started, and...

Immigration hits home

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Progressive or petrifying?

RACHEL DIXON Opinion Writer dixonrp@plu.edu The debate over transgender people’s rights to use the bathrooms of the gender that they identify with is an old one. Yet on February 15, 2016, there was...

Embrace neighborhood clean up efforts

By Tahlia Terhune Lakewood, and much of Tacoma, is not always recognized for being a well-kept neighborhood. While there are undoubtedly beautiful views to be seen from the city we call...