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The city of Portland has an eccentric coffee scene, being ranked the No. 4 coffee city in the United States. With coffee shops on seemingly every corner, the options for coffee feel infinite.
Dear UP community,
The 2024-25 athletic year has been undoubtedly historic for sports at the University of Portland, and this spring season has brought more records, top performances and unforgettable moments to the Pilot community.
On the north side of the Franz River Campus, in an area that was expected to house a competition-ready track complex complete with a Pilots-purple race track, is now a construction site covered in 12-18 inches of gravel in an effort to level the ground.
A college education contributes to a profound expansion of mind. In as little as three to five years, many undergraduates’ worldviews — among them intellectual, political, ethical and spiritual — undergo an astonishing renovation. That’s because a liberal arts education encourages a broadening sense of personhood that forces students to think about themselves in a wider context.
Dear Readers,
The cohosts of one of my favorite podcasts, “Can I Say Something,” Madeline Ford and Maalvika Bhat, are obsessed with giving what they call “BOD,” or benefit of the doubt. The pair, who obviously enjoy a catchy acronym, have put memorable words to a concept that has subtly influenced every relationship in my life. And it should be influencing yours, too.
As President of the Society for Mexican American Philosophy (SMAP), Associate Professor Alejandro Santana and his fellow board members felt a need to bring SMAP members together. With the last conference taking place in 2017 at Texas A&M University, Santana and SMAP board members began to plan the 2025 Summer Institute.
When Rachel Hester first stepped on campus in the fall of 2022, she knew basically nothing about the sport of rowing.
The University of Portland is introducing a new sustainability program aimed at reducing waste during student move-in and move-out periods.
During the COVID-19 quarantine, Portland-based poet Anis Mojgani virtually navigated his new position as Oregon’s poet laureate. Instead of traveling across the state to connect Oregonians to poetry, he inhabited an art studio six months shy of demolition.
At approximately 2:16 p.m., Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) responded to a fire near Willamette Boulevard and Menlo Avenue. According to PF&R Public Information Officer Rick Graves, an unattended fire in a homeless encampment caused the fire to extend to the brush nearby.
In 1997, The Beacon published a profile of Rev. Arthur Wheeler, CSC, with the headline: “Wheeler’s life encompasses world of experience.”
When Nancy Copic was young, she and her mom would climb onto the couch to watch the eleven o’clock news. It was their nightly ritual — one that quietly lit a spark.
On any weekday, a student might walk into a professor’s office to improve their grade or ask for exam help.
Every year, a team of student journalists leads The Beacon on its mission to seek the truth and amplify student voices. Our editorial board is comprised of eight Beacon members who mentor new and returning staffers on how to write and photograph compelling, accurate and objective stories for and about the UP community. As the current editorial board passes the torch, the 2025-26 editors share a bit about themselves and what they hope to accomplish next year on The Beacon.
The Beacon is in a transitional period. We are ushering in a new editorial board, searching for a new adviser and navigating a tumultuous federal administration and its impacts on UP.
When junior environmental ethics and policy and English major Robin Aughney first entered the Conference of the Parties (COP29), he felt out of place, even with an environmental ethics and policy education under his belt.
As a future special education teacher, the idea of defunding or dismantling the Department of Education (DOE) really worries me. I get that not every policy is perfect and there’s a lot of red tape, but weakening the DOE would hurt way more than it would help, especially for students with disabilities. If we strip that away, it’s not just policy we’re losing — it’s the structure that holds schools accountable and the support that gives teachers like me the tools to advocate for our students. Cutting it would be a huge step backward, especially for the most vulnerable learners. These are the students I’ve committed to serve, and they deserve better, not less.
I’ll never forget the first time I walked into our newsroom. As I looked around, I saw the smiles of people willing to give voice to the truth.
