Written By: Kamara White The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 2025, securing a 40-22 victory to claim their second championship. The Eagles’ performance was a complete team effort, with quarterback, Jalen Hurts leading the charge. According to ESPN, Hurts passed for 221 yards, threw two touchdowns, and added a rushingContinue reading “Kendrick Lamar’s Superbowl Halftime Show “
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Nationwide TikTok Ban Sparks Debate Over Security and Free Expression
By: Lylah Tran On Sunday, Millions of U.S. TikTok users woke up to find the popular video-sharing app inaccessible, following a federal ban requiring ByteDance–TikTok’s China-based parent company–to sell its U.S. operations or face extermination from app stores. The ban passed by Congress in April with bipartisan support led to Google and Apple pulling TikTokContinue reading “Nationwide TikTok Ban Sparks Debate Over Security and Free Expression”
The Phantom Regret: A Day on the Set of a Student Production
Written By: Cassandra England Spring is a time for rebirth and new beginnings. However, here at Saint Martin’s, the spring semester marks one full year completed for first-years and the end of an era for the senior class. With the hustle and bustle of the holidays finally over, the spring semester brings about new opportunitiesContinue reading “The Phantom Regret: A Day on the Set of a Student Production”
Pack the Pav 2025: Celebrating Saints Spirit at Saint Martin’s University
Written By: Sahar Yousofi On a chilly winter evening, the Marcus Pavilion was anything but cold. The Pav radiated warmth, energy, and school spirit as Saint Martin’s University hosted its much-anticipated annual ‘Pack the Pav’ event. The Pavilion roared with excitement, a long-standing campus tradition that celebrates the Saint’s spirit and unites the community inContinue reading “Pack the Pav 2025: Celebrating Saints Spirit at Saint Martin’s University”
The Belltower Reboot: A Fresh Start for SMU’s Student-Run Newspaper
Written By: Kamara White Saint Martin’s University’s student newspaper, The Belltower, is undergoing a major reboot this spring following the retirement of its previous advisor and former SMU Professor, Doug Barker, and the departure of nearly all its staff members. With new leadership and a fresh team assembled, the publication is geared up for aContinue reading “The Belltower Reboot: A Fresh Start for SMU’s Student-Run Newspaper”
The Voice of the Students
Amista Mariana Lujan, Staff Writer The issue of the financial crisis that was left after School Year 2022 to 2023 has impacted a lot of people here in the Saint Martin’s University. We at the Saint Martin’s Bell tower have highlighted the impact it has had on the faculty and staff, and we have presentedContinue reading “The Voice of the Students”
Story Corps Alumni Archives Project
Kamara White, Staff Writer Sponsored by the O’Grady Library Students in Professor Zemel’s spring semester COM300 class recently collaborated with the O’Grady Library team on a special project that will be uploaded to the StoryCorps cloud and processed into the SMU archives. StoryCorps is an online archiving platform, open to the public, where information fromContinue reading “Story Corps Alumni Archives Project”
An Alumni’s Letter to the Editor
An open letter to Co-Presidents Dr. Roy Heynderickx and Father Killian Malvey, OSB I am writing to you both as a proud Saints alumnus who is profoundly concerned about the future of our beloved university. I don’t know if either of you remember me, but I had the pleasure of interviewing you both when IContinue reading “An Alumni’s Letter to the Editor”
A Student-Created Letter
Saint Martin’s University 5000 Abbey Way SE Lacey, WA 98503 Dear Board of Trustees and members of Administration, Although the campus has now blossomed into spring and welcomed the sun, our community has been dimmed. The students of Saint Martin’s are concerned for the future of our education and the community. As has been madeContinue reading “A Student-Created Letter”
Vote of No Confidence
Introduction by Belltower Staff On the morning of Thurs., Mar. 21, 2024, the Faculty Senate moved and seconded a Vote of No Confidence against Co-Interim President Roy Heynderickx and Provost Dr. Tanya Smith Brice. Both Votes of No Confidence passed. In addition to the letters sent to the affected parties, a third letter was sentContinue reading “Vote of No Confidence”
