Fr. John blesses Field's staircase after incident
Fr. John Donato blessed the Field’s hall side stairwell Wednesday night, Jan. 19 after a student fell down multiple flights of stairs receiving serious injuries.
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Fr. John Donato blessed the Field’s hall side stairwell Wednesday night, Jan. 19 after a student fell down multiple flights of stairs receiving serious injuries.
January 10 marked the beginning of the end. The final semester of my undergraduate gauntlet. The on ramp into real life.
The majority of classes will return to in-person instruction starting Monday, Jan. 24, with a “very small selection” of classes continuing to temporarily meet remotely, Acting President and Provost Herbert Medina said in an email this morning.
With another year beginning in a pandemic, and Omicron taking away the glimmer of normalcy that we were nearing, many have forgone or forgotten to make a New Year’s resolution amid all the chaos.
Women’s Basketball and Men’s Basketball were the only UP teams to compete over winter break. The women’s team played five games while the men’s team played six, and both teams began their WCC conference play. A few games were postponed due to COVID-19 but the basketball teams were still able to continue playing.
Editor's note: To protect the privacy of the student involved, The Beacon has decided not to publish their full name.
Womxn of Color club (WOC) has partnered with Emerging Leaders PDX to help BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students find paid internship opportunities for the summer.
UP is currently in the midst of celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, which is centered on the theme of “(Re)Claiming Black Joy.” However, there have been some changes due to the omicron COVID-19 variant.
On campus services have modified their hours and policies with virtual classes extended to continue for at least another week.
Throughout the day Wednesday, students could be seen lining up at the Merlo Field and Chiles Center box offices to get their mandatory COVID-19 self-tests. This was the first day of the University’s three day testing plan. All students must submit their test results by Friday, Jan. 14, unless they have tested positive in the last 90 days.
Online learning will continue for the week of Jan. 17 through Jan. 21, according to an email sent by Acting President and Provost Herbert Medina.
With UP requiring COVID-19 boosters for all students, faculty and staff amidst COVID-19 cases being at an all-time high in Multnomah County, The Beacon has compiled resources answering when, where and how you can get your booster shot.
Updated Jan. 7 at 8:00 P.M.
UP will be going online for the first week of the spring semester, according to an email sent to faculty and staff, citing concerns over the omicron variant. Acting President Herbert Medina anticipates classes to return to in-person after Jan. 14, but further details will be released after the first week, he said in the email.
Two years to the day since ex-UP employee and UP alum Patrick Ell assaulted former Associate Vice President for Student Development Matthew Rygg with a baseball bat, on Dec. 13, Ell was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
In August, Pilots returned to The Bluff for the first mostly-normal semester since Fall 2019. There was a freshman orientation and, for the first time ever, a sophomore one too.
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For Tyler Robertson, the journey to college basketball wasn’t just a matter of playing the game, but meant he would have to move thousands of miles away from his home and family in Australia.
With vaccines and rapid COVID-19 tests widely available, many people will be able to reconnect with family members from pre-pandemic times this holiday season.
The travel dates are set and students are ready to leave their finals behind, but those living on or near campus might be wondering what will become of their trusty wheels while they’re away visiting family and chasing the holiday spirit.