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University of Puget Sound: The Hatchet Weekly

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T o p F i v e T h i n g s

1. A Fresh Take

The 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 24 will feature Grammy-nominated Afro-Native performing artist Maimouna Yousseff (aka Mumu Fresh).

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2. Micro Focus

Rachel Pepper, assoc. prof. of biophysics, will present a talk on microorganisms as part of the Thompson Hall Science and Mathematics Seminars on Jan. 24.

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3. Art Party

The Art Students Annual show is a Puget Sound tradition. See the best work from art classes in 2017 and 2018 at the opening night party and awards show on Jan. 25.

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4. We’re Better Together

President Isiaah Crawford spoke at Tacoma’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, encouraging attendees to continue the work of bringing about a just and equitable world.

READ PRESIDENT CRAWFORD’S ADDRESS

5. Disruptor

Alina Gratschner ’13 pitched her startup, Accelerate Korea, to the European Parliament as part of the EUTOP50 Founders and Tech Festival Programme.

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N e w F a c e s

Welcome, Jasmin!

Jasmin Estrada joined campus in fall 2018 as the new resident director for North Quad. She holds a Master of Arts in Higher Education Student Affairs degree from the University of Connecticut, and comes to Puget Sound from the University of Oregon and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

DID YOU KNOW? The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, signed in July 2012 by an international group of scientists that included Stephen Hawking, marked the first time that a wide consensus was reached about the consciousness of several nonmammals, including birds, octopuses, and even bees.

Read about the Bioethics Club’s foray into the ethics of animal consciousness.

I n s i d e S c o o p

It’s Vegan Donut Day!
Every Monday is Vegan Donut Monday at Diversions and Oppenheimer cafés, featuring Seattle’s Mighty-O Donuts, made with all-organic and non-GMO ingredients. O yeah.

CHECK IT OUT

H a c k s & C h o p s

Lizard Parenting
Many female reptiles abandon their eggs after they’re laid. How do the embryos survive without parental protection? Stacey Weiss and Mark Martin, biology, have a hypothesis about the secret microbial parenting chops of lizards and an NSF grant to test it.

READ ABOUT THEIR RESEARCH IN THE SUBURBAN TIMES

Illustrations by Stacy Milrany

U p c o m i n g E v e n t s

Jan. 25
Jacobsen Series: Puget Sound Piano Trio

Jan. 25
Women's Basketball vs. George Fox

Jan. 25
Men's Basketball vs. George Fox

Jan. 27
28th Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital

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