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(03/23/21 6:34pm)
On October 2, 2020, Father Mark Poorman sent an email to the UP community detailing the University's plans for the spring semester. This plan included allowing more students to reside on campus, a new COVID-19 testing system, as well as the announcement that the University would be forgoing a traditional spring break. The news of spring break being replaced by two two-day reading periods sparked outrage among the students. It made it hard to believe that the university truly cares about our mental well-being; how could they when they took away a break which many students would use to decompress halfway through the semester to reduce burnout?
(03/23/21 6:27pm)
A year after UP students were sent home to quarantine and online classes, three different vaccines are finally available for those eligible to receive them. It’s been a trying year, and vaccination comes as a relief for many.
(03/22/21 6:56pm)
UP has hired Shantay Legans as the men's basketball head coach, Senior Associate Athletic Director Jason Brough has confirmed to The Beacon. Legans was the head men's basketball coach for Eastern Washington University. A virtual news conference is scheduled for tomorrow.
(03/19/21 9:16pm)
In 1978, the school district of Sonoma, California began a weeklong celebration of women’s contributions to culture, history and society. The week included presentations in schools, a “Real Woman” essay competition, and a parade. As this celebration spread through communities, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8 Women’s History Week in 1980. Thanks to the persistence of the National Women’s History Project, the weeklong celebration was extended to the entire month of March in 1987.
(03/20/21 9:36pm)
Nothing sparks creativity quite like boredom. When the pandemic hit nearly a year ago, cancelled jobs and summer internships left college students in a state of lockdown limbo. Instead of (or in addition to) falling into a steady routine of Netflix and napping, college students across the country created their own jobs by launching small businesses.
(03/19/21 12:44am)
As juniors Olivia Nomura and Bao Huynh watched Wong’s King, one of their favorite dim sum restaurants in Portland, shut its doors permanently earlier last year, they reflected on the loss it symbolized.
(03/18/21 7:20pm)
Women’s cross country and track and field head coach, Ian Solof, has missed a lot of things from the typical spring season, but being able to travel with the team may be the biggest one.
(03/18/21 4:49am)
With warm spring days rolling in, UP students are finally able to escape their houses and bask in the sun. But for many of us, it's time to start making professional plans for the summer and secure an internship before it's too late. This can be extremely stressful in a normal year, let alone in the midst of a pandemic.
(03/18/21 3:01am)
Google what a stadium full of 100,000 people looks like and then multiply it by 10. That is what Tori Dunlap, 2016 University of Portland Alum, did when she found out she has reached an audience of over 1 million women through her business, HerFirst100k.
(03/18/21 11:29pm)
UP nursing students are now administering vaccines at the Oregon Convention Center in a collaboration between the School of Nursing and Kaiser Permanente. Students will get up to a total of 15 hours working at the OCC in the coming weeks, where they get to both mix the vaccine and administer it to community members.
(03/17/21 5:37am)
Most St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are characterized by parades, throngs of people, and a full day of drinking in pubs and bars - activities made impossible with the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, mass cancellations of St. Patty’s Day celebrations were the first marker to many of what was to come.
(03/16/21 8:46pm)
Most students associate issues of hunger with stereotypes of homelessness or poverty, but that is not always the case. When it comes to food insecurity, a large portion of college students nationwide are affected. A recent study found that around 38% of college students at four year universities experience food insecurity, and UP’s student body is not immune to this statistic.
(03/16/21 7:42pm)
It has been a big week in athletics. From both cross country teams finishing top 22 in the NCAA championship to Chase Adams entering the transfer portal, here is everything you need to know.
(03/16/21 4:35pm)
When you spend time in nature it is easy to revel in the diversity of the flora and fauna, which can distract from the lack of diversity in the people spending time in the outdoors. Have you ever noticed how prominent whiteness is in the outdoors? Have you ever walked into an REI and realized that there is a stark lack of diversity in the customer base? Racism in outdoor spaces is a prevalent issue that is typically overlooked because many believe that it is impossible to be racist in a space that seems free of society. This thought process is not only wrong, but harmful to all minorities. Making outdoor spaces more accessible to people of all backgrounds is an issue that needs to be addressed, and the traditional use of nature by prominently white people needs to be disrupted.
(03/14/21 11:11pm)
It’s 11:15 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. While many were multiple shots deep and fully engulfed in celebrations, ready to ring in the New Year, I was sitting down to watch the final episode of The Office on Netflix for the last time. With tears in my eyes, I watched as Creed was arrested, as Pam had her final interview, and as the familiar sound of The Office theme song played for the final time. When the clock struck midnight, my computer screen showed only my reflection.
(03/13/21 12:50am)
Father Jim Lies has decided not to accept his appointment as interim University president, according to a campus-wide email today from Board of Regents Chair Thomas Arnodorfer. Lies was scheduled to assume the role July 1, after current President Fr. Mark Poorman steps down.
(03/12/21 6:00pm)
I am the parent of a UP student writing to support Cami Hughes’ thoughtful opinion piece on the decision to hold a virtual ceremony for the Class of 2021. By the time I saw her piece, I had already sent an email to Fr. Poorman questioning that decision, and followed up with a formal letter mailed to the University. Unlike Cami, when I learned of the decision I didn’t have a “mix of emotions”, I had only one: outrage. Fr. Poorman did not respond to either email or written letter, I don’t know if he even read it. So I share that letter with you now, in solidarity with the Class of 2021 who feel disappointed and diminished by the committee’s decision to hold a virtual graduation ceremony.
(03/12/21 6:10am)
Campus life pre-COVID now feels like nothing but a thing of myth. Events that qualified as big news included things like Mack’s Market charging for bags and the announcement of the headliner for an all-female Rock the Bluff — an event where a crowd of people would be together in close quarters with no masks. Oh how the year has changed.
(03/11/21 6:13am)
Michael DeVaughn has been appointed as the new Dean of the Pamplin School of Business; he will begin his tenure on July 1. DeVaughn is making history as the first African-American dean of the UP business school. University of Portland President Fr. Mark Poorman made the announcement in an email sent on March 10.
(03/11/21 4:48am)
If you’ve never heard of “The Public” before, you’re not alone. The surrealist nature of the play has made it an obscure one, outside of typical drama circles, and the story behind it is as dramatic as the plot itself. The playwright, Frederico Garcia Lorca, was assassinated by the Spanish government before the script was fully complete. The only reason the UP Theater department can put the show on is because Lorca gave all his important documents and papers to a friend for safekeeping, before he was killed. “The Public'” was among these documents.