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(10/26/23 6:00pm)
Entering another school year, life seems to be happening all too fast. For some of us, graduation is right around the corner, and for others you have just gotten one step closer. The million-dollar question: What’s next?
(10/23/23 7:00pm)
I got my first cell phone in the sixth grade. Most of my friends received theirs at the tender age of nine. So, once I did too, I quickly felt part of the conversation again. It’s now been seven years since then, and as an 18-year-old college student, my phone usage has increased exponentially. I now spend more time on my phone than studying, eating and sleeping combined.
(10/13/23 10:00pm)
Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA), is coming out with its own magazine this semester, the Survivor Zine Magazine. It will showcase personal accounts of sexual assault from students on the Bluff through stories, poems and art pieces.
(10/13/23 7:00pm)
“Full Metal Jacket,” a Vietnam War movie by Stanley Kubrik, is misunderstood. Of course, movies are an art form and can be interpreted however one wants. However, they are very rarely made as blank canvases. Filmmakers have an intended message and each element is carefully chosen to get that message across.
(10/13/23 5:45pm)
In 2010 the University of Portland introduced a software system to campus that would revolutionize the way students could monitor, analyze and be active within the stock market. This interface is called the Bloomberg Lab and is available to students in a room on the first floor of Franz Hall.
(10/13/23 1:30am)
Welcome back to this week's Pilots Weekly RoundUP. Fall break is right around the corner and teachers have started to pile on the work for UP students. With the tough demands of school and the fall athletics season, the Pilots endured through the sixth week of school.
(10/11/23 6:00pm)
You’ve just finished your last class on a beautiful Tuesday or Wednesday night. You’re tired from school, but a rush of excitement fills your body. You run home to change and get your cleats. You walk through campus, past the West Quad and start the trek down the hill to River Campus. You smile as the rays of sun hit the field and you see your mates lacing up their boots. You are a University of Portland club soccer player.
(10/09/23 5:00pm)
I'm sure you have heard enough about Taylor Swift after this summer and reading anything more about her might seem like your worst nightmare. Maybe you don't like her music, maybe you don't like her fans and maybe you just don't get the hype. Regardless of your opinion, I think you should care about what she brings to the table as a powerful woman. If you haven't heard of “Taylor’s Version,'' (or if you have and don't think it's important) I strongly encourage you to continue reading — maybe you can gain some perspective on why this is about so much more than music.
(10/05/23 9:44pm)
LGBTQ+ History Month is celebrated every October to recognize and remember the contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. Originated by Rodney Wilson in 1994, LGBTQ+ History Month is also celebrated in the same month as National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11. At UP, queer history is filled with grievances and strife — something that has tied together the history of the past to the present. Through all of this, UP’s queer community remains unified and vibrant, a reflection of the larger LGBTQ+ community in Portland.
(10/05/23 10:09pm)
Leticia Dankel and Andrew Dankel-Ibanez wrapped a pair of headphones around Leticia's pregnant belly, playing a variety of music from classical to songs by jazz musician Miles Davis for their unborn baby. Inside the womb was Andrés Dankel, becoming immersed in the world of music.
(10/05/23 12:35am)
Mago Hunt’s stage is bare, save for a school desk and a couple of chairs, for the first play of the season, “TBA.” Directed by Barbie Wu, a professor from Reed College, “TBA” is entirely stage read, meaning the actors read from scripts as they perform on a mostly empty set. The audience gets to witness the actors flip the pages, often all at the same time, while a stage director audibly describes the play’s setting and character action from one side of the stage.
(10/05/23 8:23pm)
Welcome back to this week's Pilots Weekly RoundUP. With midterm season and fall break quickly approaching, UP’s student-athletes have flown through the fifth week of their fall season. Last week marked the start of conference play and the conclusion of the first tournament for women’s tennis.
(10/05/23 3:32am)
For many people, their lives start when they are born. But for some transgender people, it starts when they can finally become themselves — a process that can take years, cost up to thousands of dollars and almost assures a battle for visibility and acceptance.
(10/02/23 5:00pm)
I sat in the back of the dark movie theater with my friends, hugging the giant popcorn bucket for comfort, feeling a wave of emotions wash over me. It was happiness, sadness and pride all rolled into one warm feeling in my stomach. I even let out a few tears once the credits rolled.
(09/29/23 5:35pm)
Awoken by a frantic phone call from her friend, Mileina Sniffen’s seemingly normal Thursday morning quickly turned into a day filled with fear, confusion and uncertainty. The words ‘are you okay’ woke up her groggy self and as prompted by her friend, Sniffen looked out her window to see the sky overtaken by an orangey-brown haze.
(09/29/23 8:27pm)
With the 2023-24 academic year in full swing, UP is offering two new majors and two new minors to the university’s curriculum: arts administration and biochemistry, the majors, along with exercise science and medical Spanish, the minors.
(09/28/23 9:07pm)
On game nights at Merlo Field, the vibrancy of Portland Pilot pride is unmistakable. Students draped in vivid purple flood the stands while the ear-deafening beats of the drum squad echo through the air, their impassioned cheers punctuated by the unmistakable swirl of celebratory purple smoke through the evening sky.
(10/10/23 9:30pm)
Imagine the Chiles Center. The great white dome sits at the edge of campus. Home to many University of Portland sporting events, Rock the Bluff, graduation and even a Dalai Lama speech in 2013 — the Chiles Center is a place that has seen trials and triumphs, success and loss and holds a million memories. There are two people who have been there for it all: Dan Seabeck and Eli Wingfield, the unspoken heroes of Chiles.
(09/28/23 6:00pm)
Welcome back to this week's Pilots Weekly RoundUP. The fourth week of school has come and gone with the Pilots grinding out some tough results. The Pilot’s seasons are heating up and last week marked the start of Pilots Women’s Tennis.
(09/28/23 10:00pm)
For some athletes, music can make or break a workout. It can motivate, energize or even calm someone down after a workout. But what about athletes, who seem like they’re in the gym every day to prepare for their next match? The Beacon spoke to student athletes currently in season to see how music influences each of them as players and to get their best workout song recommendations.