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Seattle Pacific University's Student Newspaper

The Falcon

Seattle Pacific University's Student Newspaper

The Falcon

Lights on, lights off
Cameron Saunders, News Editor • February 26, 2025

Many residents of Seattle lost power from Monday evening into the early morning of Tuesday, Feb. 25, caused by a storm that rolled high winds,...

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...

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Crypto Catastrophe
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...

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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Taking top spots already
Taking top spots already
Uriah Aguon, Sports Editor • March 11, 2025

What a way to start. Seattle Pacific University’s women’s rowing team returned to action on Saturday, March 8, at the PLU Invitational...

Junior Maya Ewing runs in the women's steeplechase event at the PLU Open on Saturday, March 8. (Courtesy of SPU Athletics)
Two event wins, eleven heats wins at PLU Open
Uriah Aguon, Sports Editor • March 11, 2025

In their second time outdoors, the youngest Falcons were flying fast. Seattle Pacific University’s track and field team competed in the...

SPU men's basketball team poses for a photo after winning the GNAC Tournament. (Courtesy of SPU Athletics)
Back on top
Uriah Aguon, Sports Editor • March 11, 2025

What’s new? They were predicted to be No.7, became No. 3 and have now dethroned No. 1. Seattle Pacific University’s men’s basketball...

Seattle Pacific men's basketball junior forward Trace Evans (14) celebrates in the locker room after the Falcons defeated Northwest Nazarene in the GNAC tournament semifinals, Friday, Mar 7, 2025, in Lacey, Wash.
Going for five
Uriah Aguon, Sports Editor • March 7, 2025

What's new? After six years away, the Falcons return for the crown. Seattle Pacific University’s men’s basketball team has not reached...

SPU men's basketball team celebrating a quarterfinal win against Alaska Fairbanks on March 6, 2025. (Courtesy of Seattle Pacific University Athletics)
Falcons moving on
March 6, 2025
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SPU Treble Choir performs at First Free Methodist Church alongside pianist Vanessa Bruce.
Storytelling on and off stage
Esmée Eaton, Staff Writer • March 10, 2025

  SPU Treble Choir performs at First Free Methodist Church alongside pianist Vanessa Bruce.   On Feb. 27, the Seattle Pacific...

Illustration by Ilai Jaervinen
More than a halftime show, a statement
Susanah Maestas, Staff Writer • March 1, 2025

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX half-time performance was a nationally televised political statement concerning racial inequality in the...

ALO comes to Seattle with new inspiration
ALO comes to Seattle with new inspiration
Vinny White, Features Editor • February 27, 2025

Bands, especially those who meet at a young age, tend to face their demise once clashing egos and differing artistic visions become too much...

Where history meets melody
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...

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