Apartments on campus often pricey
When senior Asa Hall transferred to SPU last year, she applied
to live in Emerson Hall. She was turned down, and instead lived in
the Robbins Apartments. This year Hall applied for Robbins but was
turned down again, this time living in the Bailey Apartments. Hall
said she has enjoyed her roommat...
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Frustration at the pumps
As a commuter student, junior Gerald Patriarca has to fill up
his 2001 Honda Accord almost every three days. That means he spends
a little over $100 per week on gas when he has to return to the SPU
campus.
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Learning from Vietnam
Dr. Bac Si Ha cares for patients in remote villages in
Vietnam.He knows how to treat for cuts and bruises. He knows how to cure
respiratory illnesses and dysentery.
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Year in Review: Furthering conversation
A new group on campus, the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) of
Seattle Pacific, is one of many discussion groups that have emerged
in the wake of the April 11 Equality Ride visit to campus.
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Year in Review: Remembering Virginia Tech
Vic Peirsol was impressed when he arrived at SPU as associate
director of Safety and Security because of the emergency plans the
university had in place. Now, after the Virginia Tech shootings
that left 32 people dead April 16, SPU is rethinking safety.
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Year in Review: Changing ministry
Next year will begin the new Office of University Ministries
program, taking the place of this year’s Office of Campus
Ministries.President Philip Eaton announced the major overhaul for the
Office of Campus Ministries in a campus-wide e-mail sent in late
winter ...
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Year in Reivew: Protestors calmed after talks
A protest intended at a local church was halted in early
December when the pastor apologized for language he used in his
online blog, spurring controversy.The protest was planned when Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill
Church, made comments about women "letting t...
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Year in Review: Procedures found illegal
Doctors at Seattle’s Children Hospital violated Washington state
law by performing a hysterectomy and other medical procedures on
Ashley, a young girl with severe mental disabilities, without first
acquiring a court order. The statement, published on May 8 in the
Washington Protection and Advoca...
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Year in Review: Another attempt
In order to avoid the problems that kept KSPU from running the
majority of this year, the future KSPU staff will include a
technician, who will work through any problems the station might
face.
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Year in Review: Botvina: 'God-loving person'
The trial of Conner Schiermann, the 25-year-old man charged with
the murder of Lyubov Botvina, an SPU student, her sister Olga
Milkin, and her two nephews Justin and Andrew, has been pushed back
to begin Sept. 5.
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Year in Review: A clean outcome
Campus Housing and Apartments Peer Advisers (PAs) hosted a
year-long project called "Maji Mazuri," "clean water" in Swahili,
in order to raise money to build wells and sanitation latrines as
well as provide clean water and proper hygiene education for the
Arsim and Mutiswa areas of Kenya.
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Crow protecting its young
Sophomore Sarah Fisher was standing outside of Emerson, talking
on her phone near Sixth Avenue and the Falcon Apartments when she
felt something hit the back of her head.
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Passing the fire from year to year
Before Saddam Hussein was executed, before Guantanamo Bay,
before President George W. Bush approved "shock and awe," the SPU
Young Democrats were attending anti-war protests. An e-mail would
be sent and a dozen or so students would gather at a bus stop,
ready to make a difference.
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NATO forces continue the hunt
NANGALAM, Afghanistan -- This stretch of the Hindu Kush mountain
range is known as Osama bin Laden’s backyard, a steep-sided
territory where the al-Qaida leader is believed to have found
shelter before and after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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President calls for AIDS relief
WASHINGTON--President Bush will call on Congress Wednesday to
provide $30 billion toward battling the global AIDS crisis over the
first five years after he leaves office, according to senior
administration officials, a doubling of the current U.S.
commitment.
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