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While most University of Portland students spend four years on The Bluff, Pilot mascot, Wally, has spent a lifetime. The 2022-2023 academic year marks Wally’s 75th birthday. To celebrate, the University of Portland museum hosted a celebration in the Clark Library with an array of Wally artifacts, including some former versions of our mascot.
For most college students, summer break is spent catching up on some much needed rest or resume building through internships, jobs and classes. But for 23-year-old Amanda Hernandez Michalski, summers were spent living with the Congregation of St. Joseph of Carondelet to prepare for her life as a sister.
Returning students to the University of Portland hold a vivid image of the university in our hearts. Last year we chatted with our friends as we walked below ochre leaves, bare branches, torrential downpours and blooming cherry blossoms. We camped out in the library for hours as the sun rose and set, schemed in St. Mary’s and broke a sweat in Beauchamp. We experienced new friendships, personal growth and heartbreak all in the unique bubble of The Bluff.
Editor's note: It is not typically The Beacon's policy to grant anonymity to sources unless the source may face significant danger, retribution or harm from being named. We believe that in this case, publishing anonymously will bring awareness to the UP community, as well as protect the source.
Three years ago, my mom sent me a recruiting video on Facebook inviting University of Portland students to apply to work at The Beacon. At the time, I lacked a sense of belonging at UP, so I decided to apply and started working as a reporter in the fall of 2017. Then, I was hired as the news and managing editor, and finally, as the editor-in-chief for my senior year. Little would I know how much The Beacon would impact my life, and how much fulfillment I would gain from leading and working with a community of intelligent, creative and caring individuals.
Back in March, when Fr. Poorman announced that the university would be following suit alongside many other colleges and transition to online learning, I waited. I waited for the administration to extend an olive branch to students, staff and the broader UP community, and I waited for the administration to promise us that they’d taken time to look at what other universities were doing, making decisions that would be in the best interest of everyone.
As we’ve returned to The Bluff in the past few days, you may have seen the Opinion section of The Beacon start to fill up. People have written in about the fires in the Amazon, making the most of freshman year and welcoming students to UP.
Former University of Portland cross country and track runner Lauren LaRocco has been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. After being chosen by the West Coast Conference as their representative, the NCAA selected LaRocco as one of the top 30 candidates across all NCAA divisions for the award. The winner of the award will be announced Sunday, Oct. 20 at an awards dinner in Indianapolis, Indiana.
When I first came to college four years ago, I immediately applied to work for The Beacon. I didn’t know what I wanted to do for a career yet, but I knew I wanted a job while at UP where I could improve my writing and make friends.
During the 2018-2019 school year, The Beacon has written and published over 300 articles in our news, living and sports sections. It was an eventful year for the University of Portland, from a student-led protest at the beginning of the year to major changes within the athletic department in response to The Wallys controversy last spring.
My name is Olivia Sanchez and I want to talk about the recently published article about conservative students sharing their campus experiences. I spent my last two years at the University of Portland working as The Beacon’s opinions editor and then news and managing editor. Last year I wrote about what happened at the Wally Awards. In June, I will graduate from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication with a master's degree in journalism. While I was at The Beacon, I reported on changes to DACA, the coming out experiences of LGBTQ+ students and national changes to Title IX.
Members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Drew Boyd and Dylan Hite approach the podium. Boyd begins talking into the microphone only there’s one problem: He didn’t turn on the mic.
This Sunday, the University of Portland athletics department will host the ‘We Are Portland’ Awards at the Chiles Center, a rebranding of what was known last year as the Wally’s.
Did everyone you know tell you that college would be the best time of your life? Or at least be one of the best times of your life? They said you would meet new people, live in a new city and finally start taking interesting classes. I heard all these things during my senior year of high school and well into my freshman year of college.
The truth will set us free. That is the translation of the University of Portland’s motto “Veritas vos liberabit.” Here at The Beacon, we believe in that message wholeheartedly. It is our role to seek the truth on campus and report it.
Junior rowing team member Amanda Hernandez-Michalski wrote an opinion piece after Sundaram's remarks at the Wally's last year.
Senior Trent Mazelli, Vice President of SAAC, believes Athletics is making an earnest effort towards change after the Wally's.
Senior rowing team member Acacia Welsford thinks there is still work to be done after the Wally's controversy
In response to the controversy surrounding the Wally Awards last year, UP Athletics is making changes to its spring awards ceremony programming, including rebranding the Wallys and replacing the spring talent show with a community service day.
This week, two events will be held in The Bauccio Commons that may seem well-timed in light of last week’s protest against Fr. Paul Scalia.
