By: Daron Casey ’12 The PLU sports teams would be better recognized if there was a scoreboard in the UC. Whether it is a simple whiteboard or an electronic slide show on a television screen, this would be a quick… Read More ›
Month: November 2011
Where have all the good bands gone?
By: Josh Kaiser, ’12 On Tuesday, November 1, PLU’s Saxifrage will be hosting an open mic night in the CAVE. This is the first major event this year that has offered everyday students the chance to perform in front of… Read More ›
The Next Major Teaching Tool
By Ethan Ottemiller ’12 Over the past few decades, conventional teaching tools and styles have changed in dramatic fashion. Schools have switched from blackboards and chalk to white boards with dry erase markers – and in some places, from thick… Read More ›
The Dome…The Disconnection
By George Culver ’12 The Parkland community is home to some of the most brilliant individuals on the planet. From the local teacher seeking to push students toward success, to the barista eager to serve the morning commuter with a… Read More ›
LGBTQI2-S: Paradox or Pertinent?
By Alex Domine ’12 Alphabet soup is splashed across the title of the LGBTQAAI2S community. The extensive acronym used to refer to LGBTQQAI2S politics is now a micro-aggressive monster in conversation and turns the LGBTQAAI2S march for equality into a… Read More ›
Band Geeks Overpower Choir Nerds
By Linnea Anderson ’12 Dear Sis, I am bringing up the lifelong debate in which we’ve always disagreed, the debate that every music student experiences – band or choir? The feud between band and choir students starts at an early… Read More ›
Students Deserve Emotional-Support Animals
By Annie Norling ’12 Panic starts rising as time ticks closer to the deadline for this story. Belle, my miniature Australian shepherd, watches me with her piercing green eyes. She starts to wiggle as soon as I look at her… Read More ›
Cross-country should get more recognition
By Judah Heimlich 13′ Pacific Lutheran University’s Men’s cross country team is poised to make it to the West Regional Championships this year but you would never know by the amount of publicity they receive. The PLU cross-country team deserves… Read More ›
Copyrighting ©ulture
By Jack Sorensen ’13 If someone stole an item or possession from you they’d be called a thief and prosecuted accordingly. But what happens when it’s a stolen thought, story or tradition? United States copyright law is built to protect… Read More ›
Counseling Center ‘a great resource’
By Mel Natwick ’12 A startling 50 percent of college students experience depression during their college career and 10 percent of them contemplate suicide, according to the Pacific Lutheran University Counseling Center website. Depression can be described as feeling sad or miserable…. Read More ›
Transparency: PLU’s Student Conduct system should disclose more
by Heather Perry, ’13 Pacific Lutheran’s Student Conduct system is far from a legal system. That fact was clearly established in my article published in the Oct. 14 issue of The Mooring Mast. However, this doesn’t mean the Student Conduct… Read More ›
South Hall should be wet
Dry campus policy is outdated, fails students By Justin Buchanan, ‘12 Pacific Lutheran’s South Hall should allow residents 21 and older to get their feet wet – allowing them to possess and consume alcohol if they desire. As… Read More ›
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