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For many people, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic is remembered as a time where everyday life was traded for a computer screen. Our definition of normal quickly changed as the pandemic developed, making us see the world in a completely different way than ever before.
Why did you decide to attend UP? Perhaps you took a campus tour and were sold by the tour guide’s vulnerability, helpfulness and ability to talk and walk backwards without falling over.
With the 95th Academy Awards, the motion picture awards season has come to a close. The films that were nominated for Oscars represented the best-of-the-best for visual storytelling in 2022. One film recognized for its sharply comedic writing was “Glass Onion,” which was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Even though it lost the award to “Women Talking,” “Glass Onion” is still a clever and entertaining whodunit mystery that is worth your time and attention.
When Rebecca Makkai was starting her third commercial novel in a remote artist residency in Wyoming, her husband told her it was following the same plot as the movie “Titanic.” Scrapping her previous ideas and looking for a new creative direction, Makkai was evoked by the passage of time that inspired prolific authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald that ultimately landed her in one place: 1980s Chicago in the midst of the AIDs epidemic.
Maybe you are a fan of the TV show Ru Paul’s Drag Race or a fan of Darcelle XV & Company in Downtown Portland. Either way the art of drag is coming to the UP community again.
In just these three months of 2023, there have been more anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills introduced (430 as of March 24, 2023), than were introduced in all of 2022 combined (315), and many of them are passing and going into effect.
As the University determines what the best path forward is after recent disappointing enrollment numbers and a budget loss to the tune of $13.4 million, legitimate questions are being raised about how not only to enroll new students, but how to keep the ones the University already has.
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.
How often do you walk? My guess is all the time. Walking between classes, meetings, meals, houses and dorms, you certainly get your steps in.
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.
