Malika Andrews

Letter from the editor: Thank you for a wonderful first year of all-digital

The Beacon has continued to shed a light on issues important to the student body, but we couldn’t have done it without all of you. Thank you all for coming on this journey with us, sharing your stories and bearing with us through our first year as an all digital publication.

Johnson and Ferguson will not return to men's basketball team for 2017-18 season

The Portland Pilots men’s basketball team will look a lot different next season. On Monday, sophomore guard Jazz Johnson and freshman guard Andre Ferguson both announced that they were leaving the team and had gotten their release forms.

Both men’s and women’s teams will have uphill battle in Las Vegas

The hype and excitement surrounding Terry Porter’s inaugural season as the head coach of the University of Portland’s men’s basketball team quickly evaporated after the loss of starting point guard and captain, Alec Wintering, to an ACL injury. The Pilots are limping into the West Coast Conference Tournament in Las Vegas as the No. 10 seed (in a field of ten teams) on a 16-game losing streak, excluding a non-conference win over Walla Walla last week. Portland is set to face off against San Diego, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, at 8 p.m.

The Pilots continue to struggle, dropping ninth straight game, and things aren't going to get any easier

There does not seem to be light at the end of the tunnel for the Pilots. The men's basketball team dropped their ninth straight game on Thursday night in the Chiles Center, falling to Santa Clara 60-45.

Good Hair: A conversation about black hair at the University of Portland

In the black community, “good hair” is sleeker, straighter and well-kept (and never nappy).

Fr. Poorman responds to Trump's controversial travel ban

University of Portland President Fr. Mark Poorman emailed the following message to the UP community regarding President Donald Trump's recent travel ban: As you are all aware, on Saturday, Jan.

Donato's response to the Clara Ell story

Vice President for Student Affairs, John Donato emailed The Beacon the following statement in response to The Beacon's inquiries about the Clara Ell case

Brian Doyle diagnosed with brain cancer

Brian Doyle, longtime editor of UP’s Portland Magazine and acclaimed novelist and essayist, will undergo surgery for a cancerous brain tumor Wednesday.

Car crash in front of main entrance of UP, no one hurt

A car crashed in front of the main entrance to the University of Portland around 8 p.m. Thursday night. No one injured, driver is not a student, according to the responding Public Safety officers, but it is currently unclear whether the passenger is.

Men's soccer: Champions at last

The soft-spoken man at the helm of Pilot basketball has been a legend since before most University of Portland students were born.