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School Slang
  • ACA: Academic and Career Advising, a service to help students get the right classes at Puget Sound.
  • AL: Anderson/Langdon, a large residence hall in the north quad.
  • Arboretum: A large, popular grouping of trees on the north end of campus that is great for a walk or a capture the flag game.
  • ASUPS: Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound, the University’s student government.
  • Campus House: University-owned house that upperclassmen can live in
  • Cascade: An online gateway to registration, student jobs, and more.
  • CC: Community coordinator, a student who is responsible for the residence life of several campus houses.
  • Cellar: A student-run pizza kitchen and snack food store located in the Wheelock Student Center.
  • CES: Career and Employment Services, an office that helps you find an internship or job. The services they provide are even available after you graduate.
  • CHAWS: Counseling, Health, and Wellness, the school’s health service.
  • Chihulies: The collection of blown glass artwork featured in Wyatt Hall. It was donated by artist Dale Chihuly.
  • Circle: A grassy circle outside of Jones Hall were many BBQs are hosted.
  • Crosscurrents: A student writing publication.
  • Diversions: A student-run café where you can go for pastries, coffees, and teas.
  • GHC: Greek Housing Coordinator, a resident assistant for the Greek Houses.
  • Hatchet: An icon that traditionally changes hands with each graduating class.
  • Info Booth: A booth in the SUB where students can get tickets to concerts or lectures, or can pick up bus schedules.
  • IPE: International Political Economy, a popular cross-departmental major.
  • OIS: Office of Information Services, the office that maintains the campus network.
  • Passages: The outdoor adventure portion of freshman orientation.
  • Perspectives: The community service portion of freshman orientation.
  • Prelude: The academic portion of freshman orientation.
  • The Sound: The campus radio station, 90.1 FM.
  • SUB: The Student Union Building, the main student center on campus.
  • Theme House: A campus house dedicated to hosting programs of a given theme.
  • Theme House Row: A street of campus theme houses.
  • TP: Todd/Phibbs, two large, connected residence halls located in the south quad.
  • Trail: The student newspaper.
  • Webmail: The school Internet server.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • Definitely participate in all parts of Orientation; it is a great way to make friends and to get introduced to the UPS community.
  • Do not forget your bike, there are plenty of bike racks on campus.
  • Do not forget your raincoat, frequent rainfall is a part of the UPS experience.
  • Remember, the beds provided in the residence halls have extra-long mattresses—bring the right sheets. Also they are hard and take some getting used to.
  • You are going to work hard here, so get ready for it.
  • You will definitely have plenty of opportunity to play hard, too.
Tips to Succeed
  • Check your e-mail every five minutes. This will become a habit in no time.
  • Get involved with a club that interests you, you will make new friends and grow as a person.
  • Go to your professors’ office hours any time you need help.
  • Participate in class, which means pay attention and answer questions.
  • Really, participate in class as much as possible.
  • Take classes outside of your major to broaden your interests.
  • Take classes that sound interesting to you—no matter what time of day they are offered, diverse classes can be to your benefit.
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erikagreene

'12

Business Administration and Management

4.2
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Community

The community at Puget Sound is really great. Everyone supports all the events and sports on campus. As a student athlete, I felt such pride for my school when I play and at other events.

Feb 09, 2012

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euesato

'14

Kinesiology and Exercise Science

4.6
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Very Good Education

The professors really care about their students. The class sizes are small, I think the biggest class that I had there was about 50 students.

Nov 01, 2011

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eherlocker

'14

International Business

5.0
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Campus

The campus of the school is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen especially considering the size of the school and their budget.

Jun 24, 2011

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Traditions
  • The Hatchet: The Hatchet is a school icon that used to trade hands between graduating classes. It would disappear for years on end and then mysteriously reappear. After reappearing in 2000, it was on display in a high security, alarm-sensitive case in the SUB until it disappeared on the eve of graduation 2002.
  • Log Jam : The first weekend that everyone is back from the summer, everyone gathers at Jones Circle for a BBQ, music, and to meet old friends and make new ones. A helicopter flies by to take pictures of the party and drops several Ping-Pong balls to the ground that are marked with prizes.
  • The Luau : The Luau is a dance and dinner hosted by the Hui O Hawaii club where over 2000 University and community members come together to share a traditional Hawaiian meal—including an underground pig roasting—and plenty of Hawaiian belly dancing.
  • The Rail : The Rail is an organized set of parties every year during Halloween weekend. To attend the parties, students have to purchase a ticket in advance, which allows them access to several houses on a street, each of which has a different theme.
Urban Legends
  • Be sure and watch out where you walk during finals week— there is a clover in the floor design of the SUB. If you step on it, it means you will have bad luck on your next test.
  • Ted Bundy buried his first victim right under the Thompson fountain.
  • The reason the doors to the Memorial Fieldhouse are so large is so that elephants could get in the building as it was once used as a circus venue.

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