Kaya Olson and Kianna Storm elected as president and vice president of ASUP
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The results are in for the Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP) 2023-2024 election.
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The results are in for the Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP) 2023-2024 election.
Feeling seen and heard can be empowering. In the company of a supportive community where we can practice authentic self-expression, we deepen our understanding of ourselves, learn from our experiences, and above all, we heal.
We address systems of inequity incorrectly. We tackle social structures like racism and sexism as if they are not intersectional, deeply complex issues but instead independent structures with obvious solutions. Attempts to solve such obstacles may be made in vain so long as classism is misunderstood as a category of systematic oppression of equal weight alongside others rather than the root cause of all.
Student activities are a large part of life on campus at The University of Portland. From events like Rock the Bluff to individual clubs, these activities bring students together to make UP a community. This year, with the impacts of the “freshman melt,” the Associated Students of University of Portland (ASUP) may not be able to provide clubs and student activities with the financial support they typically have.
The Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP) 2023-2024 elections are here following a year of various senate changes including a new speaker of the senate, a new junior senator and only one senior senator, one College of Arts and Sciences senator and one School of Education senator. The ASUP 2023-2024 elections will cover the ASUP senate and executive board positions as well as a vote on whether or not to raise the student activities fee from $130 to $150.
On Saturday, March 18, the women’s basketball team took on Oklahoma University in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Pilots who were seeded 12 lost 63-85 against the no. 5 Sooners.
The Pilots Women’s Basketball team cemented their spot on the national stage as they won the West Coast Conference (WCC) tournament and in doing so earned a spot in the NCAA tournament. While this achievement is a team effort, there is one player that has stood out throughout the season, junior, Alex Fowler.
The University of Portland has extended the contract of Michelle French and promoted Logan Emory and Maite Zibala to co-associate head coaches.
The last seven weeks of the semester are brimming with cultural celebrations. With so many on the horizon, the Beacon has outlined five of these annual events for you to add to your calendar.
Orrico Hall can be a source of anxiety for many students. Imagery of intimidating therapists with framed degrees and invasive questions may creep into one’s mind when looking at the counseling services of the Health and Counseling Center. Vulnerability with strangers can be terrifying, and the stigmas associated with mental health still loom large in society.
After four years as the Director of Campus Safety Sara Westbrook has departed from the University.
Break out the green and Guinness — for Pilots 21 and over — it's time for the luckiest holiday of the year: St. Patrick’s Day. Whether you’d like to enjoy the on-campus festivities or head downtown, The Beacon has a list of Irish(ish) activities to help you feel the Irish spirit.
The Portland Pilots return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 26 years. They’ll be taking on the 5-seed Oklahoma on Saturday March 18 in Los Angeles. Here’s everything you need to know about the NCAA tournament.
Two major staffing changes in the Office of International Education, Diversity and Inclusion (OIEDI) were announced in the past week. One key member of UP’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is leaving while another is being promoted to a new position.
As college students, everyone knows how it feels to be drowning in work, getting paper cuts trying to crawl out of the piles of essays that seem to always be due all in the same week. In our connected era of technology, students now have another way to use the internet to their benefit. Last fall, ChatGPT was introduced: an OpenAI dialogue artificial intelligence (AI) that can help students in many ways such as answering questions, writing code and writing essays.
While most students were on spring break, the Portland women’s basketball team won the West Coast Conference (WCC) tournament on March 6 in Las Vegas. To win the WCC tournament they beat the no. 1 seed Gonzaga 64-60 on March 7. After losing to the Bulldogs in both regular season games the Pilot’s found redemption with a late game win.
First let’s talk about what I mean by purity culture. The big highlights include, but are not limited to: not having sex outside of marriage, behavioral expectation, how one is expected to dress based on cis-gender role and how our innate thoughts or desires are sinful.
At ASUP, we are no strangers to adversity. Our goal in ASUP is to be transparent in what work we do with our wins and our challenges. This school year we have been working without a full-time advisor and spent much of the fall semester working internally to build a stronger team. Despite these challenges we have learned a lot about what our role is on campus. The role of a student government is to represent students and advocate for what students not only want but need. This fall we also revised our mission statement to better reflect the work we do.
I was sitting in my drawing class and I decided to put on the album “M!ssundaztood” by P!nk (which is a vibe by the way). This was based purely on a whim after I had seen a Tiktok starring P!nk and it unlocked a memory — me in the car on the way to school years ago vibing to her music — this album in particular — with my dad.
Vinyls, while making a resurgence because of their aesthetic appeal, are more than just a pretty thing to look at.