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Gulliver Scott was named the head coach of the University of Portland’s women’s rowing team yesterday. He will be the program’s third head coach as they enter their tenth year as a varsity sport.
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Black Lives Matter has Americans from all walks of life uniting as one group to protest police brutality and systemic racism. Some UP students and alumni can be found in these groups marching on the streets and crying out for justice. Here are five of their stories.
Over the next month, UP’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs(DIP) is holding a series of free workshops available to the UP community dedicated to exploring and discussing the different aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and their immeasurable impact on the world around us.
Growing up, when you did something wrong, your parents, guardians, teachers, principals, or some other adult with authority talked to you. You were taught a lesson, and told not to do it again or what you should’ve done instead. That was how we used to learn from our mistakes.
September 15 officially kicked off Latinx Heritage Month. Its origins stem when President Lyndon Johnson made the observation official in 1968; it was later expanded by President Ronald Regan in the 80’s. This month-long celebration typically honors the cultures and contributions of people from and/or descendents of Latin America.
You watch the clock on your computer screen as it hits 10:10 and awkwardly unmute yourself to say a thank you to your professor and wave goodbye to your classmates before leaving the Zoom call. You have 10 minutes of free time before your next class starts and it feels like there’s nothing you can do besides getting sucked into the black hole that is TikTok, aimlessly scrolling through Instagram, or liking Twitter threads because the like button has a different animation.
There’s a good chance that your closet floor is littered with clothing that you just don’t wear. Maybe it’s not your color, maybe you hate the fit, or maybe it was a tacky but well-intentioned gift from a relative that you felt too guilty to return. Instead of letting these clothes go to waste, junior Maddie Olson was struck with an idea that would make a difference. When classes went fully online in the spring, in the absence of both classes and rowing for the University of Portland team, Olson used her sudden free time to start Worn Relief, a second-hand clothing shop that donates 100% of its profits to charity.
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wave of food service layoffs on campus. Bon Appétit Management Company has notified the Oregon Dislocated Worker Unit that it is laying off 224 of its workers at UP. In a letter to the state agency requiring notice of mass layoffs, the Palo Alto-based company said it cut these jobs due to “the unforeseen business circumstances related to COVID-19 and resulting physical calamity.”
Last week my world went dark. Like most Northern Californians, I woke up to a thick layer of smoke that blocked out the sun and cast a dark red glow over my hometown.
The transition to online learning left students with a tough decision as to whether they would still attend their university as a full-time student. The Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP), who originally required that their members be full-time students, voted unanimously on Sept. 7 to temporarily allow part-time students to serve in ASUP and receive their regular stipend in light of this fact.
The smoke that continues to cloak Portland has resulted in consistently dangerous air quality, causing restaurants and other businesses in the area to close. Out of all major cities, Portland currently ranks number one in the world for worst air quality. Friday may mark the beginning of an upturn in air quality and the disappearance of the smoke obscuring the University of Portland campus.
The financial strain on higher education is being felt across the board as the pandemic continues. The University of Portland has implemented a variety of different cost cutting strategies, including pay cuts and furloughs for university faculty and staff. Along with those changes, announced in an email on Aug. 18 from Interim Vice President of Financial Affairs Eric Barger, came a 50% cut to the student employment budget.
An answer to Sage's submission (this kid is your student body President. This is scary to me as a former liberal, now proud conservative that someone with these points of view is in a leadership position at my alma mater).
** The following Open Letter details our experiences with sexual violence advocacy on this campus. We are aware of the sensitive nature of this subject and recognize that this may be activating for many readers. Please take that into consideration as you read through this article. **
When UP announced on July 30 that on-campus instruction was cancelled in the fall, junior Aimee Morlatt was instantly concerned about the financial problems that this would cause for students. In August, more than two-thirds of undergraduate students in the United States reported feeling uncertain about their financial future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Morlatt, a finance major, decided to take action.
The University of Portland’s campus, usually full of sunshine and gradually cooling nights at this time of year, is consumed in a toxic cloud of smoke from the raging West Coast wildfires. This has left the Bluff and much of Oregon with “unhealthy” or even “hazardous” air quality, and today Portland recorded the worst air quality of major cities in the world for the second day in a row.
I will be the first to say that I am not a fan of Disney’s on-going campaign of live-action adaptations of their golden era hits. I’d personally prefer to see new, original stories hit the big screen instead of nostalgia-driven cash-grabs. The last remake I watched was “The Jungle Book” in 2016. I’ve resisted seeing any of the recent ones including “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) and “Aladdin” (2019) on principle and this was my mindset as I followed the updates on the production of “Mulan” throughout 2019.
In late August, the NBA came to a standstill after the Milwaukee Bucks went on strike for one playoff game in protest of police brutality, systemic racism and the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Blake shooting came nearly three months after the killing of George Floyd sparked protests around the nation. The Bucks refusal to play spurred the NBA to postpone all playoff games previously scheduled during the strike. On Aug. 28, an agreement to resume play was reached between players, coaches and team governors, ending the two day strike.
You’re sitting at your kitchen table, trying to listen to a lecture and take notes, but you can’t seem to focus. You pick your head up from your work and look around. Your housemate has picked this moment to rearrange all of their furniture in the room above you, the sound of the furniture grinding into the ground filling your ears. The smell of your full and stale garbage wafts towards you. Your eyes fixate on the pile of moldy dishes sitting in the sink. As your cheeks heat with rage, you come to a realization - in this moment, you really wish you had different housemates.
