Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll; How Cannabis Can Close the “O Gap”
Marijuana, weed, pot, wacky tobacky, herb, dope, hemp, bud, tree, fire, grass, ganja, Mary Jane, reefer, cannabis, or even the Devil’s Lettuce, we all have a well-loved name for the sticky green plant that induces zen and copious amounts … Continued
Athlete Spotlight: Distance vs Sprinting
Aaron Brewer Freshman Major sports command sports leadership and management First-year, Aaron Brewer is from Atwater, California located two and a half hours southwest of San Francisco. Brewer started on the track team in high school and had a … Continued
Senior Spotlight
With the spring sports season in their final stretch, senior athletes of each sport are soaking up their last practice, last game, last time wearing a Boxer uniform. Lacrosse The Lacrosse team has two seniors, Mia White, and … Continued
The Rebuild of Women’s Lacrosse
Women’s Lacrosse finishes the year with their best performance since 2017 When a student at Pacific University ten years ago, Brittany Hartmann played soccer and lacrosse. Six years ago, she was coaching lacrosse at Linfield—and bringing that squad to its … Continued
Golf Getting in the Swing of Things
Boxer Golf Team is heading into Conference Championships with new records and momentum. A few weeks ago, Pacific University’s women’s golf team grabbed a win at the Puget Sound Invitational for the first time since 2010—and did so in an … Continued
Worth Their Malt
Martin Luther King Jr. once said “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Well, it turns out that the … Continued
What’s Growing On?
Dispatches from a future sustainable society Starting around the turn to the 21st century, colleges and universities from coast to coast began to get seriously about sustainability. Carleton College in Minnesota installed wind turbines to replace nearly one-half of its … Continued
Reviving Pacific’s Earth Day Music Festival
Clubs pull together to make community celebration a reality For the first time since the 1980s, Pacific University will hold an Earth Day Music Festival. Complete with local musicians, a beer garden, interactive learning tables, and a poetry reading, the … Continued
Engineering a New Major
Physics Department heeds student needs, introduces first comprehensive engineering major An Engineering Physics major will join the Pacific University course catalog this coming fall semester. Developed in 2019, the idea was put on a temporary halt by the COVID-19 pandemic—and … Continued
Silk Road Review: Going the Extra Mile
The opportunities and challenges facing Pacific’s literary magazine Annually, the Silk Road Review has received dozens of submissions from authors around the world in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The editorial team, which includes students in the Literary Magazine Production class … Continued
Sara Dell Arti 2023
Interdisciplinary art show promises space for all Coming May 3 from 4-6 pm on the University Center Patio, a collection of music, poetry, paintings, and all kinds of art will be placed on display for anyone at the university to … Continued
Is Pacific Preparing Students for the workforce?
Students from Pacific report on their post-graduation plans for employment. College students spend much time reaching the goal of graduation, but reality is that is more a starting line than a finish line: What happens when you get there? … Continued