Editing University of Puget Sound (section)

==Student life==

===Traditions and events===
Repertory Dance Group (RDG) is a non-competitive dance performance held at the end of each semester and is entirely organized, choreographed, and performed by students. RDG has been a tradition of celebrating movement and expression for dancers of any skill level for nearly 30 years. It is also the most populous student group at the institution.<ref>{{cite web |title=Repertory Dance Group |url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/stories/repertory-dance-group-gives-university-puget-sound-students-turn-spotlight |website=University of Puget Sound |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>

In 2013 Puget Sound celebrated its 125th anniversary with a series of special events, anniversary programs, and shared memories by Loggers past and present.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/125 |title=125th Anniversary: Celebrating University of Puget Sound |publisher=University of Puget Sound |access-date=2014-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801043114/http://www.pugetsound.edu/125/ |archive-date=2014-08-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Celebrating the milestone of 125 years in the community, Tacoma Mayor [[Marilyn Strickland]] declared March 17, 2013, to be "University of Puget Sound Day."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events/campus-news/details/1140/ |title=City of Tacoma Declares March 17, 2013 "University of Puget Sound Day" |publisher=University of Puget Sound |date=2013-03-01 |access-date=2014-08-22}}</ref>

LogJam! is a campuswide celebration that ends the first week of fall classes. Tables are set around the perimeter of Todd Field and the Event Lawn, and clubs and teams set up to recruit potential members.

Foolish Pleasures is an annual student film festival showing films written, directed, acted, and produced by students.

====The Hatchet====
The [[Hatchet]] is the official symbol of sports teams at the University of Puget Sound. It was first discovered in 1906 when students were digging up a barn at the old campus. They decided to carve their class year into it. This became a tradition of sorts, as the seniors would hand the hatchet to the juniors on senior recognition day. This turned into a competition where each class would try to possess the hatchet for as long as possible. It disappeared for 15 years until it was anonymously mailed to former President R. Franklin Thompson. Thompson displayed it in a trophy case in Jones Hall, where it mysteriously disappeared again, only to resurface at a [[homecoming]] game in 1988. In 1998, the hatchet's return was negotiated through an intermediary, and it was permanently displayed in a display case in the Wheelock Student Center. It was stolen in 1999 during a false fire alarm in one of the dormitories.<ref>ASUPS, [http://asups.ups.edu/welcome/history/default.aspx The Tradition of the Puget Sound Hatchet]</ref>

On September 30, 2006 (homecoming) a student rappelled into the football field at halftime, brandishing "the hatchet". It was later revealed by the student newspaper ''The Trail'' that this hatchet is a replica of the actual hatchet, commissioned by the former student government administration without the knowledge of the student senate. The replica hatchet was painstakingly carved to look exactly like the original, using over 150 photos as a guide.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

The original hatchet was finally returned to President Ronald Thomas in 2008 by two anonymous alumni and was displayed at Homecoming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/about/offices-services/office-of-communications/arches/archive/back-issues/arches-archive/winter-2009/the-hatchet-men/ |title=The hatchet men |author=Ron Thomas |publisher=University of Puget Sound |date=Winter 2009}}</ref>

====Sustainability====

The campus has a notable recent history of [[sustainability]]. On February 10, 2005, President Ronald R. Thomas signed the [[Talloires Declaration]], committing the institution to certain standards regarding sustainability. The Sustainability Advisory Committee, consisting of one faculty co-chair, one staff co-chair, and a mix of faculty, staff and student volunteers, organizes the majority of sustainability efforts on campus. These efforts have included:

*''[[Fair trade coffee]]'': The student-run Diversions Café serves only organically-grown, [[fair trade]] coffee. In 2005, {{convert|8975|lb}} of coffee was consumed by students, faculty, and the campus community. University of Puget Sound was the first college in the [[Northwest United States|Northwest]] to offer fair trade coffee exclusively.<ref name="ps">[http://www.ups.edu/facts.xml P.S. Facts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060911180522/https://www.ups.edu/facts.xml |date=2006-09-11 }}</ref>
*''Sustainable Move-Out'': Starting in 2005, the institution organized a sustainable move-out program during finals week. Mixed-material [[recycling]] dumpsters were placed near all [[residence hall]]s, allowing students to recycle rather than simply throwing all unwanted items away.
*''Sustainability Mugs'': Upon entering the college in 2005, all students were presented with a "sustainability mug" imprinted with the University of Puget Sound logo. Students were encouraged to re-use the mug to get coffee instead of using paper cups.
*''No-Waste Picnic'': A 2005 picnic welcoming incoming freshmen and their families to the campus produced a surprising one bag of trash for over 1700 people. This was accomplished by using recyclable paper and plastic products.

In 2007, President Thomas signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment on behalf of the institution.

===Fraternities and sororities===
[[File:Sigma Alpha Epsilon Washington Gamma.jpg|alt=|thumb|Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, University of Puget Sound]]
The University of Puget Sound is home to three [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities]] and four sororities. Puget Sound has "deferred recruitment", which means that fraternities, sororities, and their members are not allowed to have intense contact with freshmen outside of class, athletics or club activities until the spring semester.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

===Media===
[[KUPS]] 90.1FM (The Sound) is a student-run college radio station that began in 1968. In 2002, KUPS began streaming its standard live programming online. The radio station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and serves the greater Tacoma area. In 2005, KUPS was named by [[The Princeton Review]] as one of the best college radio stations in the country (#12). In 2007, KUPS was ranked #9 by the Princeton Review in the Top Ten Best College Radio Stations in the Country. Most recently, in the spring of 2010, [[MTV]] honored KUPS with the national title of Best College Radio Station at the MTVu Woodie Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kups.ups.edu/?p=374 |title=Kups Wins Woodie Award!!! |access-date=2010-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604164633/http://kups.ups.edu/?p=374 |archive-date=2010-06-04 }}</ref> In the fall of 2011, KUPS was ranked third in a list of "10 great college radio stations" in the ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/10-great-college-radio-stations/2011/10/13/gIQAvRM2hL_blog.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Daniel | last=de Vise | title=10 Great College Radio Stations | date=18 October 2011}}</ref>

''The Trail'' is an independent student-run weekly newspaper.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

"Crosscurrents" is the school's literary and arts magazine and was established in 1957. Crosscurrents is published two times during the academic year, once during the Fall semester and once during the Spring semester. Magazines are free to the campus community. It is staffed by students and publishes student artwork, photography, prose, poetry, and the occasional miscellaneous piece. Crosscurrents also features a guest artist or writer in each issue- usually a notable person from the pacific northwest who is interviewed about their work.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

"Wetlands" is a student-organized magazine focusing on sexual exploration and gender expression to encourage inclusive and open-minded conversations across the campus community.<ref>[http://wetlandsmagazine.wordpress.com/about/ Wetlands Magazine]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/wetlandsmag/docs/wetlandsfall12 |title=Volume 1 Issue 2 by Anya Callahan |date=12 December 2012 |publisher=ISSUU |access-date=2014-08-22}}</ref> 

"Elements" is the school's student-run science magazine. Published twice during the academic year, Elements primarily contains student articles about science, research, math, the environment, and technology, as well as student artwork. Copies of Elements are free and are distributed at the end of Fall semester and Spring semester.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

"Black Ice" (or the Black Student Union Zine) is a student magazine by the focused on issues for the betterment of all students of color. The magazine is published by The Black Student Union, which was founded in 1968, making it one of the institution's oldest clubs.<ref>[http://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/black_ice/ Black Ice]</ref>