Index Staff Playlist: Nostalgic Songs for the Holidays
This week, Editor Ashley Meza and Writer Jazmine Henning share songs that give them nostaligic feelings about the upcoming holidays and gloomy weather.
The Historical Journey Under the Mistletoe
Mistletoe. Viscum album, or Phoradendron serotinum depending on where you’re located. This plant, with its plush, green leaves and tiny white berries has gained fame over the centuries for being a popular Christmas time decoration in which people find themselves pressured to kiss under.
Chinese Qilin Club Hosts Dumpling Making Event for Pacific Community
The Chinese Qilin Club hosted a dumpling making event on Nov. 12 for the Pacific community.
Oregon Humanities Facilitates Conspiracy Theory Talk at Pacific
On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, the university hosted a facilitated talk on conspiracy theories in partnership with the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project. Some of the conspiracies discussed included 9/11, flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, the recent Astroworld disaster, and Q-Anon.
Dear Pacific: Be more transparent with your transfer students
Photo by Jazmine Henning. Pacific isn’t very clear about their transfer student graduation requirements, and thus some students are questioning their decision to attend.
Dear Pacific, Don’t Forget That We Are Still In A Pandemic
We understand that we missed out on an entire year and a half of our education because of the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean the workload this year needs to overcompensate for everything we missed. Every student I’ve talked to, no matter what year, is having a very overwhelming semester.
Treat Yourself and Binge a Series Over the Break: The Good Place
Over the summer, I watched the Netflix series The Good Place. Directed by Michael Schur — who has developed a number of other great sitcoms like, The Office, Parks and Rec, and Brooklyn 99 — I knew that there would be a lot of subtle, satire, and sarcastic humour throughout the storyline. I always enjoy the love interests, character development, and plot twists that catch people off guard in Schur’s sitcoms’ plotlines.
Pacific Music Therapy Hosts Smashing Fundraiser
Pacific University’s Music Therapy Department is hosting a charity event titled Piano Smash: Fundraiser for Music Therapy Program on December 8, from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. The event will take place on the Taylor Meade Loading Dock.
Pacific University Bowls Event Puts Students’ Ceramics on Display
Pacific University’s Art Department, led by Professor Terry O’Day, is hosting a ceramics event titled PacUBowls, in which the general public can go online at boxerbowls.org to browse the different student-crafted ceramic pieces before placing orders for their favorites.
Pacific University Makes a Spiritual Space for Students, Staff, and Faculty with the Creation of a Prayer and Reflection Room
Pacific constructed a new space in the former Undergraduate Student Senate Room (located on the bottom floor of the U.C.) designed for Pacific community members to engage in prayer, meditation, and reflection: the Prayer and Reflection room.
Pacific University Confronts Its Past as Forest Grove Indian School by Publishing a List of Children Who Died in Its Custody
In honor of Indigenous People’s month, Pacific University archivist Eva Guggemos and independent researcher SuAnn Reddick published a list of all the known Indigenous children who died in the custody of the Forest Grove Indian School and Chemawa Indian School from 1880 to 1945.
Trans Day of Remembrance Honors Passed Trans Community Members
Transgender Week of Visibility culminated in the Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20, nationally and on Pacific’s campus a day to honor and mourn transgender individuals whose lives were ended because of their identities.