Doubles Culture: How Sally Pethyridge and Iva Zelic find success
In May of 2023, Sally Pethyridge and Iva Zelic became the first UP Women’s Doubles Tennis Team to have cracked the national rankings at No. 68.
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In May of 2023, Sally Pethyridge and Iva Zelic became the first UP Women’s Doubles Tennis Team to have cracked the national rankings at No. 68.
From the moment five year-old Nick Carlin-Voigt stepped onto a soccer pitch for the first time, it was a match made in heaven. Not one to sit on the sidelines at such a young age, Carlin-Voigt instantly got hooked on the sport. This passion followed him throughout his college journey — and a stint in a professional career — before eventually landing him here as the men’s soccer head coach on The Bluff.
Camera crews on campus made for an entertaining week before fall break for students and faculty on The Bluff. But more entertainment is soon to come as UP will be featured on the 11th season of “The College Tour'' airing this May on Amazon Prime Video.
Welcome back to this week's Pilots Weekly RoundUP. UP students are adjusting back to life on The Bluff after break and cross country added two more trophies to the Pilots’ cabinet last week. Student-athletes are also preparing for the second half of the semester and to take on the final stretch of their 2023 fall athletics season.
It's that time of year again! From Nov. 3 to Nov. 5, UP’s chilly autumn campus will be filled with warmth and laughter as families gather for the annual Upperclassmen Family Weekend.
The Office of Institutional Research (IR) released the Campus Climate survey last week to students, faculty and staff at UP to gauge the experiences and opinions of UP’s inclusivity, particularly on DEI issues on campus.
A monumental Supreme Court decision this last June effectively ended race-based affirmative action in the college admissions process after two cases involving Harvard College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s admissions programs were considered unconstitutional.
It’s spooky season here on the Bluff and The Beacon has compiled a list of all our personal favorite Halloween watches to put on your list this Halloween night. So turn out the lights, grab your candy of choice and settle in for some seasonal frights and delights.
From sneakers to flannels, clothing affects not only how others see us but also how we see ourselves. And, for many, Fashion is also imbued with cultural and religious significance. In particular, Muslims who practice veiling — called Hijabis, — are faced with the daunting task of representing both their faith and identity through clothing.
As UP welcomes students back from fall break to start the second half of the semester, the school's student athletes are gearing up to face the second half of their seasons. Men and women’s soccer, cross country and volleyball have all reached the season's midpoint. Start the second half of the semester off right by reading a recap of the Pilots’ overall rankings and league standings so far.
Pick up your forks and dig into the various flavors of the Portland food scene because UPCPB will be hosting their second-annual ‘Flavors of PDX’ event this Sunday at the Quiet Side of Commons.
Sophomore Grace Deke steps out of Mehling Hall eager to grab a meal off campus with her roommate. Pausing in bewilderment, she doesn’t see her Hyundai Elantra next to the baseball field where she had parked it the night before. After fifteen minutes of searching the area, Deke accepts her unfortunate reality — her car has been stolen.
Last summer, junior environmental science major Tommy Garcia was busy collecting data for research. Garcia planted temperature gauges in various locations in North Portland to better understand the temperature differences between neighborhoods that have access to green spaces and those who don’t.
If you’re a member of the University of Portland men’s track and field or cross country teams, you’re guided by a coach who has led the program to 22 NCAA Cross Country Championship appearances, 50 All-American honors, 10 Top 10 finishes at the national meet and 34 West Coast Conference cross country titles. You’re also coached by a man deeply interested in your holistic success. Rob Conner — or “RC,” as his athletes call him — the UP men’s track and cross country head coach of the last 34 seasons, is this figure, who preaches a philosophy of balance and growth that has skyrocketed the program to new heights in the collegiate running world.
Heat and water services will be off from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. this Wednesday, Oct. 25 and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 26 in certain resident halls and buildings on campus due to a large water leak located by Physical Plant, according to Operations Coordinator Melissa Porter.
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?
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.
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.
“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.
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.