Laura Heffernan
Articles
Let’s get digital: Library facility digitizes student newspaper collections
Nothing is forever, and that includes paper. As decades old student newspapers yellow and become frail, they become harder and harder to flip through. In order to preserve a history unique to the University of Portland, library faculty members took on the project of digitizing the entirety of student newspapers in UP’s history, The Columbiad and The Beacon.
STAFF OPINION: Feminism needs to emphasize intersectionality
As grateful as I am for historical female figures and for Women’s History Month, I strongly believe that the practice of feminism needs to be more intersectional.
Oh, the places we (haven’t) been
Campus life pre-COVID now feels like nothing but a thing of myth. Events that qualified as big news included things like Mack’s Market charging for bags and the announcement of the headliner for an all-female Rock the Bluff — an event where a crowd of people would be together in close quarters with no masks. Oh how the year has changed.
Best wishes, warmest regards: Where comedy and theology collide
Harnessing the power of humor, the Garaventa Center teamed up with the Beckman Humor Project on Tuesday night to share with University of Portland students, staff, and faculty the lessons theology can learn from the witty, Canadian sitcom, “Schitt’s Creek”.
Despite unplanned beginnings, freshman class senators continue giving back to community
Although returning students can take comfort in the connections they already made on campus, freshmen at UP were left floating in a digital pool, often without the satisfaction of closure on their high school experience. Now, freshman class Senators Miguel Navarro and Nevaeh Bray are taking on the challenge of leading a class online, hoping to still be able to work towards the inclusion of minority groups on campus, as well as expanding mental health resources, all while bringing the freshman class together.
UP celebrates Native American Heritage month virtually
We might think of The Bluff as the home to college students and faculty, but this wasn’t always the case. The land that University of Portland sits on first belonged to Native American tribes, such as the Multnomah, Cowlitz and Clackamas. In acknowledgment and out of respect, it is our duty to give homage to this land and culture.
STAFF OPINION: OCD is not an adjective
Up until the point of being diagnosed with OCD in my first year of high school and continuing in my life now, I was and still am experiencing and noticing all these different things I have to do in my everyday life in order for everything to feel right and under control. All those compulsions, intrusive thoughts and general anxieties I have to cope with daily are exhausting. What makes it worse is when people use OCD as an adjective. OCD is not an adjective and should not be used as one.
