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The Falcon

Seattle Pacific University's Student Newspaper

The Falcon

Manzanar, California. Dust storm at this War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration. (Dorothea Lange /War Relocation Authority, National Archives)
Water and dust, prisoners and outcasts
Cameron Saunders, News Editor • February 19, 2025

Event itself The Day of Remembrance marks the official annual commemoration of executive order 9066. The order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Quit playing games with my grades
Cameron Saunders, News Editor • February 12, 2025

Back in late November of 2024, President Deana L. Porterfield of Seattle Pacific University and her office announced several reductions of majors...

President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence, Friday, June 26, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)
Fear, worry regarding federal policies
Cameron Saunders, News Editor • February 12, 2025

In only a ten day period from his inauguration, President Donald J. Trump signed over 300 executive orders, the most a president has ever done...

SPU lays out current plan for new colleges
SPU lays out current plan for new colleges
Vinny White, Features Editor • February 1, 2025

Seattle Pacific University deans and administration spent much of autumn quarter negotiating a plan to downsize from six colleges to three...

Camp Casey at sunset on March 31, 2022.
So long Camp Casey
January 15, 2025
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Crypto Catastrophe
James Potter, Guest Writer • February 13, 2025

Cryptocurrencies have been on the rise for more than a decade now, however, the huge rise in crypto’s popularity, such as Bitcoin, has revealed...

Tyranny of popular opinion
Joyce Kwon, Guest writer • January 24, 2025

One major contribution to our identities is how our opinions cruise or collide with other ones. As I have been observing and analyzing arguments...

Unpromised tomorrow
Raul Aldana, Staff Writer • January 24, 2025

Climate change has been a long-standing issue recognized by many administrations throughout time. However, nothing drastic has been done to deal...

Unhelpful, yet immovable
Esmée Eaton, Staff Writer • January 24, 2025

When I sat down to write this article, I wanted to outline the pros and cons of the Electoral College process, through which each of the states...

First year student Gracie Clauson displaying her back tattoo she got at 18.
The right age for tattoos
November 15, 2024
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Long-awaited win
Long-awaited win
Uriah Aguon, Sports Editor • February 19, 2025

What’s new? It was brief, but it was spectacular. After a ten-loss streak, Seattle Pacific University’s women’s basketball team grabbed...

Bittersweet celebration
Bittersweet celebration
Uriah Aguon, Sports Editor • February 19, 2025

What’s new? It was a day to celebrate and a day to reflect. Seattle Pacific University’s men’s basketball team hit a roadblock in...

Five fantastic Falcons
Five fantastic Falcons
February 19, 2025

One for the progress, two for the win, three for the books, four for the legacy and five for the history. The Seattle Pacific University track...

Freshman Anika Schau walks the course at the LA Spring Invite in Los Angeles, California. (Courtesy of Seattle Pacific University Athletics)
Teeing up once again
Uriah Aguon, Sports Editor • February 6, 2025

After a winter hiatus from competition, the Seattle Pacific women’s golf team sets off on another inaugural competition run. Seattle Pacific...

SPU team celebrating a 3-pointer made by R-Sophmore Jonas La Tour (4) against Saint Martin's on Feb. 1st, 2025.
Bringing luck back around
February 5, 2025
Third-year Madison Rubino (30) aims to snatch the ball away from Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 25, 2025 in Seattle.
So far, such luck
February 5, 2025
Freshman Andrew Bell participates in hurdles at the UW Indoor Track and Field Preview on Jan. 17 and 18, 2025, at UW Dempsey Indoor in Seattle.
Another shocking weekend
February 5, 2025
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Where history meets melody
Esmée Eaton, Staff Writer • February 14, 2025

Opening weekend for Seattle Pacific University Theater’s production of “Anastasia” featured a theater filled with students, friends and...

Guster celebrates their history with theatrical concert
Guster celebrates their history with theatrical concert
Vinny White, Features Editor • February 9, 2025

Coinciding with the release of the deluxe version of their latest record “Ooh La La,” Guster will be continuing their “We Also Have Eras”...

Sierra Spirit
Sierra Spirit to join David Gray on Seattle tour stop
Vinny White, Features Editor • January 31, 2025

After only a year of releasing music, pop singer and songwriter Sierra Spirit will tour with 90s legend David Gray.    Spirit was...

Cast and Choir of SPU's Anastasia along with director Candance Vance on the McKinley Hall's theatre on Thursday, Jan. 31.
“Anastasia” brings first musical to campus of 2025
Vinny White, Features Editor • January 31, 2025

“Anastasia,” Seattle Pacific University Theatre’s latest production, will open curtains on Feb. 7. The musical takes place in 1927...

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