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It’s Dec. 1, 2017, and the year’s Spotify Wrapped has just been released.
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It’s Dec. 1, 2017, and the year’s Spotify Wrapped has just been released.
Every day for the past few months, I wake up, unfold my phone and check my emails. Then, with a powerful clack, I shut it again.
We've all had that moment: you're upset, struggling with your mental health, or just facing hardship. When you call a friend or family member for support, what do you get in response? Do they say, “Look on the bright side,” “It could be worse,” or my personal least favorite, “Stay positive”?
How are you doing? No, really, how are you doing? Please, UP community, complete the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS) survey on UP’s Campus Climate — look for an email from Dr. Eduardo Contreras with your link (subject line: “Last call to help UP with Campus Climate Survey from February 23rd). You can only take this short, anonymous survey through your individual link from that email.The HEDS survey asks about your perceptions of diversity, equity and inclusion on UP’s campus and provides campus stakeholders with vital information about how we’re doing on these dimensions compared to other universities. Our university administration and various other bodies at UP may use information from this survey to develop a better understanding of the extent to which our campus climate supports diversity and equity, and to inform and improve support, policies and practices at UP related to diversity and equity, including those to prevent or respond to discrimination and harassment.UP needs input from across the University, but especially from students right now. Without a broad, representative sample, the results of the HEDS survey may not accurately reflect everyone’s experiences. As such, it is vitally important that you make your voice heard.
The problem with the opinion piece, “We have come too far,” is not that it’s technically wrong, it’s that it is technically right – at least according to the Catholic church’s beliefs. If you go to the Catechism (this is like the big book of Catholic beliefs) it clearly lays out what the Church believes and provides evidence for those beliefs. It plainly lays out that being gay is part of who you are and cannot be changed, but that sex is reserved for procreation first and foremost and, therefore, any sexual acts that do not promote procreation are both wrong and against the natural order.
A lot of the student body is angry and energized right now, as they should be. We woke up one morning to a hateful and unwelcome op-ed by a figure of authority within the Catholic Church. In words that have become all too familiar, we read reasons why the Church should reject those in the LGBTQ+ community. It is this exact kind of hate and unfamiliarity with the love of Jesus Christ that is leading the Church down the path of irrelevance.
"I didn’t know that Native people were still alive,” is a comment that many young Native Americans have been faced with many times throughout their lives.
“Food is a basic, hedonistic pleasure, a sensual instinct we all share and revel in. It is a shame to spoil it.” — Yotama Ottolenghi. (Jerusalem, A Cookbook by Yotam Ottoleghi and Sami Tamimi)
‘The Moors,’ directed by Jenna Sulecki from a script by Jen Silverman, begins with an exclamation point — a bird slamming into a window — though it could just as easily be a question mark. The characters remark that this is not the first time a bird has been killed by their windows, but as the audience bears witness, the death feels like an omen.
Last week, The Beacon posted an opinion submission about the relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and the Catholic Church. This opinion opened the floodgates of UP community voices speaking out against homophobia and transphobia within the Catholic Church. The opinions section has been livelier than it has been in a long time, garnering the perspectives of UP students, staff and faculty.
On Feb. 22 the United States Women’s soccer team resolved a lawsuit of unequal pay between male and female players on U.S. Soccer teams.
Whether you plan to travel to your home for spring break, or stay close to campus, we are all about to have some extra time on our hands.
Are you stuck in Portland for spring break? Maybe you’re limited by travel restrictions, you’re local or you’re just a last-minute type of person.
Two identities I hold, which I have always struggled with, are being queer and being Catholic. I came out to a handful of friends in high school but did not feel as though I could be fully out at my Catholic school. It was not until I came to the University of Portland that I felt like I could truly be myself. I have the inclusive and welcoming student body to thank for that. I am now a junior here at UP, and since my freshman year I have seen an incredible increase in students that are out and open about being queer.
This is in response to the opinion piece titled "We have come too far" by Br. Benedict Mary Bartsch.
When I was in eighth grade, I was the last of my friends to get a cell phone. All my friends had shiny new iPhones with touchscreens and various social media apps that I could scarcely dream of. But I didn’t get a new iPhone then. My parents gave me a Pantech Breeze III P2030 Flip Phone. At the time, I was just happy to have a phone at all. Many of my friends had had cell phones since fifth grade while I still had to call on the family land line. I was finally free to call and text at my leisure.
Mental health and mental disorders are a delicate topic that should be discussed with respect, dignity, nonjudgement and awareness. Discourse about mental health that does not involve these only furthers stigma and misinformation. While the psychology community can sometimes put the DSM on too high a pedestal, we can still learn from it a basic understanding of the typical behavior that is classified under a certain disorder.
In Pilot’s sports since Feb. 8, the women’s basketball team picked up a win at home and two losses on the road, finishing with a win on the road. The men’s basketball team picked up three wins at home in Chiles. The track and field teams competed at the UW Husky classic and back home for the Portland Indoor four. They also competed in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships. Women’s tennis competed in Eugene, OR against Eastern Washington University and the University of Oregon. Men’s tennis beat cross-town rivals Portland State, and Men’s baseball opened up their season with a win against Creighton University.
In 2017, The Atlantic journalist Noah Berlatsky wrote an article about the rise of the alt-right after the Trump presidency titled, “The Case Against Free Speech for Fascists”. This article contained a quote that resonated with me about why views in support of discrimination and prejudice hold a different weight than a mere impolite expression of free speech.
As Holy Cross priests and brothers, we walk side by side with all on this beautiful UP campus. We live in residence halls, serve in campus ministry, share our classrooms as instructors and professors, and work within administration. As leaders on the bluff, we want to make it clear that we value the presence of the LGBTQ+ members of our community.