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Contents 1 Sustainability? 2 Alumni concerns 3 Jeff Smith (TV personality) 4 Images 5 Reminder 6 Marion Higgins, alum 7 President Phil Phibbs 8 UPS User box 9 Board of Directors 10 Sigma Nu 11 Sigma Alpha Epsilon

[edit] Sustainability?

Is it just me, or is the sustainability section starting to sound like a commercial for the college? I'm not sure that that much detail is really needed. This article should tell people about the school, not be an ad trying to get them to go there.

[edit] Alumni concerns

Should non-alums like Ted Bundy be listed in the notable alumni section? Though he may have attended UPS, he never graduated. --Strand

Good point. I think once I dig up more than four famous alumni I'll take the people that didn't graduate off. Unfortunately, we don't seem to have many. :( --Liface 07:36, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree, but then, why is Dale Chihuly still down there? Perhaps because he wasn't a serial killer...? KDR 02:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff Smith (TV personality)

This person was removed from the list of alumni with a "non-notable vandalism" edit summary. One, he is an alum, as any internet search would confirm, so it is not vandalism. Two, he is notable, especially given that two of the other alumni are redlinked. I have re-added him to the list. - BanyanTree 00:28, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I had no idea, I don't really watch TV. I thought it was just some person adding himself to the list. --Liface 00:58, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

No reason you should know him, unless you watched PBS 10 years ago, but there was enough information ("Frugal Gourmet", "Jeff Smith", "University of Puget Sound") for a Google search. Sorry if my original post was a bit abrupt. - BanyanTree 02:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images

The images that were in place have now expired, I'm going to take some more later. --Liface 22:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder

Just a reminder for me to put this in later:

The college radio station, KUPS, was ranked the 12th best college station in the country by the Princeton Review. ^[1]

--Liface 04:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marion Higgins, alum

I just noticed that Marion Higgons, who died at 112 last May, is a University of Puget Sound alumni. However, I'm not sure if she is an appropriate addition to the notable alumni section. My source is this Amherst Bee Obituary. There also is a Los Angeles Times obituary, but the only copy I can find is at [1]. I'll look in the University library tomorrow. - Pingveno 06:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Probably appropriate. At least she has a page, which is better than half the other alumni. --Liface 06:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, she's on there. It was so great not putting a "'" next to her graduating class. I also found the LA Times obituary. The LA Times obituary didn't say anything about what class she was in, so I assumed that she went straight from high school to college and did the regular 4 years at UPS. - Pingveno 20:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] President Phil Phibbs

There may not be very many online links to President Phill Phibss who served as the university's president before Pierce, but he is a huge figure in the university's history. He was largely responsible for turning the university from a party school in to an academic institution. Will look for sources. Nehemiah123 03:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

The history section needs more work in general. The Harned Hall information should be moved to the "campus" section and a small sentence write-up of the date it was dedicated left in its place. More information is needed about the early days of the University. --Liface 23:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UPS User box

I'm not sure this is the proper place to put this, but I just made a user box for University of Puget Sound students. The code for it is {{User:Pingveno/userboxes/UofPStudent}}. - Pingveno 01:45, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Cool. Added it to my user page. KDR 02:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Apparently the user box breaks a copyright, a bot warned me. Acumensch 08:19, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Board of Directors

I realize this would be setting a new precedent for entries on universities and colleges. But I think listing who is represented on the board of directors is quite useful as information. Does everyone else agree? Acumensch 08:34, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree. --Liface (talk) 11:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sigma Nu

Sigma Nu has been added twice as a fraternity. It was my understanding that they had their charter revoked until next semester. Is this not true? --Liface (talk) 11:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Sigma Alpha Epsilon is listed as being a greek system that students can join but that there is no physical house. Shouldn't it be Sigma Alpha Iota? They meet in the music building and don't have a physical sorority house. I've asked around and as far as I know, there is no Sigma Alpha Epsilon. --Darthjarek (talk) 03:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)