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(02/17/23 6:00pm)
For the month of February, UP students can access vouchers that take $10 off their Uber rides due to a partnership between Uber and It’s On Us, an organization affiliated with UP’s Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA) club. The University’s chapter of It’s On Us was given $5000 in $10 rideshare vouchers for students to use.
(02/17/23 12:00am)
The UP baseball team boasts numerous players who are slated to be stars this upcoming season. They finished last season tied for second and are projected to finish third this season. Whether you’re an avid fan or simply a UP student hoping to get into baseball here’s everything you need to know.
(02/21/23 11:37pm)
Josiah Duenas was in third grade when dance consumed his body. At a Fiesta with his family, familiar dance tunes filled up the room — “The Electric Slide” and “Cupid’s Shuffle” to name a few. Duenas sat in his chair dancing by himself. His mother noticed this and suggested he go join everyone on the dance floor.
(02/17/23 1:00am)
Most University of Portland students and faculty get a front row seat to all UP sports action on campus. But what about the viewers at home?
(02/15/23 7:30pm)
As you unsuspectingly approach the automatic doors to the library, you look up briefly from your phone because you can see someone approaching you in your peripheral view. Immediately you lock eyes with the stranger, except, it’s not a stranger. It’s the girl you matched with on Hinge and neither of you have reached out yet.
(02/12/23 8:00pm)
With Feb. 14 just around the corner, love is in the air. While Valentine's Day is typically used to celebrate one’s significant other, nothing screams love harder than the relationships you share with your best pals.
(02/11/23 8:00pm)
The Beacon tested out the pinkest mixed drinks we could find — cocktails and mocktails — so that everyone can enjoy a sweet treat.
(02/10/23 8:30pm)
The University of Portland has finalized a contract for Title IX services with Grand River Solutions, a California based group that provides universities with services dealing with matters such as Title IX, Clery Act, DEI matters, and ADA and 504 compliance.
(02/10/23 6:30pm)
Fr. James Martin didn’t choose to be a spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community during his priesthood. His advocacy grew out of a necessity to support the community after the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016.
(02/10/23 7:00pm)
I’ll admit, I'm a hater to my core. I love to critique, criticize and complain.
(02/08/23 7:30pm)
Andrew Gotshall is a photographer and videographer for The Beacon. He can be reached at gotshall24@up.edu.
(02/08/23 7:30pm)
Wars, the economy, minimum wage, healthcare policy. These issues require substantial debate to determine which ideas are best. But the most fundamental universal truth is that chocolate chip cookies are undeniably the most scrumptious, ambrosial delights amongst all desserts.
(02/06/23 6:30pm)
Beacon Video Producer Andrew Gotshall samples the array of food available at UPCPB's event "A Taste of PDX." For only, $8 students were promised an all you can eat streetcart style food event all under one roof.
(02/07/23 7:30pm)
When you think about math, you might envision gigantic equations with nasty numbers or a room of geniuses writing proofs and mathematical theories on whiteboards.
(02/03/23 8:00pm)
UP freshman Eleanor Sells was taking a well known route from her friend’s house back to her own in her hometown of San Jose, California. The drive, which should have taken no more than 15 minutes, left Sells driving through wind, rain and blown over objects during the most recent rainstorm to hit California this year.
(02/02/23 11:00pm)
When Ashleen Akkal sat down to discuss Islam in her theology class, she was not expecting the intricacies of the Islamic faith to be overshadowed by stereotypes and prejudiced attitudes. While Akkal is Sikh herself, the class discussion and portrayal of Islam echoed her past experiences of being profiled as a terrorist due to her South Asian background.
(02/03/23 6:00pm)
Despite Oregon’s goal to completely decarbonize by 2040, our Treasury continues to invest in fossil fuel companies that are wrecking our environment and destroying our future. It is critical that Salem listens to the voices of students, teachers and youth leaders and supports the Treasury Investment & Climate Protection Act (House Bill 2601) in 2023.
(02/02/23 7:30pm)
From the loss of $13.4 million to the gain of the new Diversity Center, the University of Portland has seen a lot of changes in the past year. What does 2023 hold for UP? Here are predictions from The Beacon staff:
(02/01/23 8:00pm)
The year is 1979. Moe O’Connor and her husband, Russ, have been living in the Pacific Northwest for just over a year, having moved there after Russ got a job working for Intel. She had grown up an athlete, having played tennis primarily and doing so in college at Bradley University. It wasn’t a unique thing to her. Back in Chicago, her hometown, it was just expected that women competed in sports back in the day, at least at her high school.
(01/31/23 8:30pm)
Provost Herbert Medina, who served as interim President from 2021-22, is back in the classroom teaching calculus. After resigning his Provost position in the middle of Winter break, he has resumed his passion for teaching this 2023 Spring semester.