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The Student Publications program encompasses the publications funded by the student Service and Activities Fee*, which include the student newspaper the Tacoma Ledger and the student literary arts journal Tahoma West. Read more about each below.
*: The student publications do not include ACCESS*, UW Tacoma's peer-reviewed research journal. ACCESS* is operated by the Teaching and Learning Center and copies can be found in the Digital Commons.
The Tacoma Ledger
The Ledger is the weekly newspaper of UW Tacoma. Issues are published every Monday while classes are in session, and distributed via print and email newsletter. The story development, writing, editing, design, and art direction of the paper are handled entirely by student staff. The Ledger office is located in MAT 151.
Tahoma West
Do you write? Paint? Take photos? Would you like to take the next step in your artistic career and share the worlds you create with readers? Gain valuable experience with the publishing process by submitting to Tahoma West!
Tahoma West is the annual literary arts journal of UW Tacoma. Our student editorial staff review submissions for inclusion in a paperback book published in Spring Quarter. Students, alumni, staff and faculty are invited to send in their fiction, nonfiction, poems, and visual art, from the beginning of Autumn Quarter through Spring Break. The Tahoma West office is located in MAT 108.
