Forest Grove has a variety of restaurants ranging from coffee to bars, Thai to burgers and pizza to gourmet. While many of the restaurants are fun to go to on a date or with a friend, there are places that … Continued
Students from all over the country, as well as some from Mexico and Canada, will be traveling to Pacific University to be presenting at Pacific’s 19th annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference that will be held April 17 and 18 in Marsh … Continued
Since she could walk, freshman Kawai Crisostomo lived and breathed hula from her family’s hula halau. Knowing that Crisostomo had a lot of background in hula, she said the lū’au board of Pacific’s Hawai’i Club, Nā Haumāna O Hawai’i, heartily … Continued
“Aʻohe Hana Nui Ke Alu ʻIa, No Task Is Too Big When Done Together,” is the theme for this year’s 55th annual Lūʻau, held April 11th. Pacific Universityʻs lūʻau connects current students and their families and “bring Hawaiʻi to Forest … Continued
Not every capstone project students’ work on is something they are passionate about. Senior Victoria Hampton made sure hers was. As a creative writing and journalism double major, Hampton decided to do a project that would not only affect someone … Continued
Jose “Eddie” Carrillo is a psychology major whose project topic focuses on the connection between the mind and body. Embodied cognition is the formative role the environment plays in the development of cognitive processes. An interesting perspective of embodied cognition … Continued
Physics and math double major Brandon Harms decided to focus his senior project on something that reaches far beyond a person’s basic understanding of light. “I’m doing my project on the quantum state tomography of slow/stopped light.” said Harms. To … Continued
Senior Rana Wildgrube’s goal for her project is explaining a very misunderstood industry: professional cuddling. “From the surface professional cuddling may seem exotic, however when you dig deeper, it has similar characteristics of other service industry jobs,” said Wildgrube. Using … Continued
Environmental education has become increasingly important in recent years. At least senior Marcia Wilcox strongly believes so. “We need to make sure there’s something left for our kids,” said Wilcoc about resources on Earth. Wilcox is focusing her capstone project … Continued
When coffee and power naps fail to keep students actively engaged in class, the next best strategy could be to ditch the use of the standard classroom chair. Exercise science major Nani Ostrom has introduced the use of stability balls … Continued
Imagine that you are opening the restaurant of your dreams and you have a slew of young eager employees. It is opening night. There is music playing, laughter throughout room, and the sound of glasses clinging. Unfortunately, the atmosphere is … Continued
Patricia Echeverria’s senior project tackles an ethical dilemma by exploring the costs and benefits of using chimpanzees in research. Echeverria is a 29-year-old transfer student from Tillamook Bay Community College. She is currently finishing her degree in biology and is … Continued