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Looking back and moving forward: Celebrating 90 years of The Beacon

by Kalena O’Connell

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Looking back and moving forward: Celebrating 90 years of The Beacon

by Kalena O’Connell

Senior Sam Catelani holding his passion project, a prosthetic hand.

How one UP senior is getting first hand biomedical experience creating a prosthetic

by Camille Kuroiwa-Lewis

KDUP staff pose for a group photo at their launch party.

The KDUP renaissance

by Netty Jurriaans

Leslie Watanabe beginning class with a few review steps for his students.

Leslie Watanabe: a life awakened by dance – ‘It’s the only thing that made me feel alive’

by Julianna Pedone

Teachers and supporters picketing outside of Roosevelt High School on Nov. 1

How the Portland teachers' strike is affecting UP’s education majors

by Janea Melido

Robin Aughney poses outside his house with a U.S. pride flag.

Being transgender at UP: The fight to be accepted, and to be yourself

by Kimberly Cortez

HEADACHE — The universal experience

by Kimberly Cortez

Guam to Portland: UP’s first male dancer is making waves

by Noah Carandanis

Larry Wiggins preforming live. Wiggins is described as introverted off-stage, but when preforming becomes a new person.Photo courtesy Sean Sweeney.

Meet the ‘killer bass player’ of the UP community

by Chiara Profenna

Sarah Strong sets the volleyball. Nike Long sleeve athletic shirts include thumb slots so they do not inhibit performance. Courtesy of Portland Pilot Athletics.

More than the uniform: Volleyball players speak out about body image and sexism

by Sadie Wuertz

Tu doing a clean overhead at the Eastside Barbell Meet. Tu holds the record for snatch and clean and jerk in the 61kg weight class. Photo courtesy of Victor Tu

Meet Victor Tu: UP’s Oregon state weightlifting champion

by Haviland Stewart

Hernandez hopes services she provides can reach the growing number of students of color on campus.

Yuri Hernández Osorio: Past and Present

by Will Mulligan

Isley Cachero poses for a picture in his graduation robes. Photo courtesy of Kiley Cachero.

Isley Cachero, beloved UP alum and ‘Villan’, dies at 23

by Carlos Fuentes

Messel competing in the 2019 annual Air Guitar World Championship. After falling short of first on his first two competitions, in 2019 Messel won first place.

Photo courtesy of Deutsche Welle News.

Meet The Marquis

by Haviland Stewart

Senior Sydney Livingston smiles for the camera. After six months of chemotherapy to treat her Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Livingston is in remission and ready to move into the future.

Battling cancer in a global pandemic

by Haviland Stewart

18 senior women of color smile and pose for the camera in celebration of their identities and accomplishments. After a long year of online classes and the emotional toll of the pandemic, Beacon staffers Jennifer Ng and Molly Lowney teamed up to create a story honoring senior women of color.

Graphic by Molly Lowney

Celebrating Women of Color in the Class of 2021

The Beacon caught up with five student run small businesses that launched in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.Photo by Molly Lowney

Taking care of business

by Molly Lowney

Students who were studying abroad had to return to the United States immediately, many having to cancel their plans to travel to other cities during their time abroad. Photo illustration by Annika Gordon.

Frantic flights and canceled plans: Students abroad face chaos and disappointment as they return home

by Dora Totoian

Stuck inside, but looking out.

Quarantine from the lens of a photojournalist

by Annika Gordon , by Molly Lowney , by Jennifer Ng , by Paula Ortiz Cazaubon , by Brennan Crowder , by Lisa Erenstein and by Taylor Ursulum

Sophomore Shannon Eubanks came to University of Portland after completing a tour of duty with the United States Coast Guard. Photo courtesy of NyxoLono Cangemi.

Chasing ice with the U.S. Coast Guard

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