“Silence is Betrayal”

Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) cares about its students' voices: voices that did not number enough for PLU to comment on the acquittal of the three Tacoma Police Department (TPD)...

Freedom for Catalonia

In the last few months, the Catalonia region of Spain has been thrown into turmoil over a contentious referendum to declare independence.

Dreamers make America great

Raven Lirio; News Writer; liriorv@plu.edu March 5 marked the deadline on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) implemented by the Trump administration this past fall. Thousands of immigrants held their breaths...

Living beyond labels: Reflecting on multigenerational conversations

Mackenzie Kintigh; Guest Writer; kintigmf@plu.edu I was having a conversation with my mom one night about the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad. The ad, which ran earlier in the month, shows Jenner going...

On the politicization of evil

JOE WILLIAMS; Guest Writer; williaju@plu.edu Lately there have been evil actions in the United States that have been used to push the thoughts or agendas of multiple groups. This politicization of evil is...

School shooting reminds us of the importance of conversation

Kiyomi Kishaba Opinion Editor My phone buzzed: Did you hear about Santa Clarita?  No, what about it? I knew what the answer was. Another shooting. I felt the familiar pit of anger and sadness form...

Regarding Mast Magazine

On Oct. 30, Mast Media printed its first full edition of Mast Magazine featuring the cover story “Get Drunk, Make Mistakes.” The Mast Media Editorial Board would like to...

Looking back: Ten expectations as a first-year

Marsia Johnson; Guest Writer; johnsomp@plu.edu College is weird. When I was coming into PLU as a first-year, I expected that because my high school experience sucked, I would immediately find my place when...
Paper sign with the text "Stop the Violence." Opinion article.

Know your ‘rights’

I recently partook in a tabling event in the Anderson University Center with Pacific Lutheran University’s Students for Life Club. The goal of our display was to educate the campus community about the violence of abortion towards not only the unborn, but also towards women.