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It’s difficult to believe things look almost “normal” on our campus. Sometimes I blink, half expecting to open my eyes to another enervating Zoom call.
The freshman class buzzed with excitement as they were led into Merlo Field by the booming Villa Maria Drum Squad. Painted, fully kilted, and bedecked in Pilot purple, the crowd made their way to the student section, filling it completely for the first time in almost two years.
Masks and face coverings will be required for all students, faculty and staff inside of university and campus buildings, regardless of vaccination status, effective Aug. 2.
Vaccinated members of the UP community will not be required to wear masks on campus.
The Board of Regents has selected current Provost Herbert Medina as interim president of the University. The long-awaited announcement came in a post on the UP website, months after Fr. Mark Poorman announced his resignation.
During the pandemic, the University of Portland has seen many employees and administrators leave, including University President Fr. Mark Poorman. In April it was announced that three administrators would resign effective June 1. This group includes the Dean of Admissions Jason McDonald, Interim Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Laura McLary and Associate Vice President for Student Development Matthew Rygg. The Beacon sat down with them individually to discuss their careers, the University and where they’ll go from here.
It’s been a hell of a ride for the class of 2021. As a graduating senior, I never anticipated the events of the last year. Somewhere in the wake of online school and commencement, and powering our way through final projects and capstones, it’s easy to forget just how far things have come since a class of awkward 18 year olds arrived on the Bluff four years ago, bursting with nerves and excitement and having truly no idea what was coming. Enjoy a walk down memory lane from a sad, overjoyed and slightly bitter graduating senior. Class of 2021 - we got through this much. We have much, much more ahead.
This year, Founders' Day looked very different from years past as it turned virtual for the awards ceremony and senior presentations. It took place on April 20 and had four sessions, similar to past year’s schedules.
While campus life at UP has mainly been online, a large majority of the student body has been living in off campus housing in the University Park neighborhood. From themed dinners to spending time outside, these various off campus houses have found creative ways to build their own sense of community during an isolating global pandemic. Inspired by local photographers who captured the beginning stages of the pandemic, Beacon photographer Molly Lowney set out to create UP’s own Front Porch Project.
It’s been a long, long school year, and the end is finally close in sight. As you pour over your finals or papers, clear out your dorm rooms or houses, or even stare at the commencement box in the corner of your room, you might feel a little motion sickness — things are changing fast. With every adult in the U.S. now eligible for a vaccine, hope is on the horizon. In a looming post-pandemic world, with new leadership arriving to UP, it's time to think about what kind of future UP could, and should, strive for.
Anybody who spent time on UP’s campus before COVID-19 is familiar with it: the booming chants and drum sequences that erupt out of Villa Maria Hall before parading to Merlo Field on fall weekends, kicking off the soccer games. The Villa Maria Drum Squad was a hallmark of student spirit in days past, and it is now returning to campus.
Almost a year after it began, the Board of Regents has released a brief report on the findings of the investigation sparked by former Vice President for Human Resources Sandy Chung’s July 1 op-ed “Racism, Sexism, Tokenism: My Experiences as a Woman of Color at University of Portland”. The investigation was done by Lathrop GPM, a large, national law firm whose website says it helps clients “seize opportunities, solve problems and dominate market spaces.”
If you walked into Isley Cachero’s room in Villa Maria Hall any time between 2016 and 2020, you were instantly greeted with a smile, and more than likely, a question: “How’s it?”
Going into college, I believed that I could do anything and be anyone, it was a time of infinite potential and possibilities. However, as I have begun to glimpse the end of my college experience on the horizon, the limitless potential now seems finite and rigid.
When we committed to UP four years ago, we had it all planned out. We were ready to walk through the academic quad with the cherry blossoms in full bloom around us. We were ready to wait in the astonishingly long line at Mack's market, and even sit through the occasional brutally boring lecture. But this, this we were not ready for.
UP has announced it is joining a growing list of other colleges and universities requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for students, faculty and staff this fall.
It’s no secret the University of Portland needs to address racism in our community. Sandy Chung shed some light on what was happening behind closed doors in the administrative levels at the school last summer, but students have felt the lack of representation among UP faculty for years. Seeing your people only reflected in non-faculty, service staff positions — positions that go mostly unappreciated — affirms that even at the university you chose to dedicate your time to, racism has a tight grip.
If you’re a University of Portland student who’s scoured for off-campus housing, chances are you’ve come across the name Bob Kessi, or maybe even reside in one of his properties. As of right now, there are 330 UP students who rent from Kessi.
As senior nursing and social work major Torrie Webb arrived at her clinical site at Lents Park in Southeast Portland the morning of April 16, she immediately knew something was wrong.
It’s been a long year of Zoom calls and Moodle forums, so this summer, give your brain a break — whether with a new video game, a morning podcast or a book. If you don’t know where to start, accept this offering of recommendations straight from your friendly neighborhood Beacon staff.
