MLK becomes official paid holiday for employees
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2012 marked a happy day for Pacific students and faculty alike. While students had a three-day weekend, faculty and staff had enjoyed policy change that resulted in a paid holiday. In January of 2011, President … Continued
Speech and debate continues to progress
January has been a busy month for the Pacific University Speech and Debate team. In January alone, the team hosted two speech and debate tournaments: one for high school students and one for college students. The Hap Hingston Invitational for … Continued
High schoolers visit campus for Pacesetters
Do you remember spring semester of your high school senior year? Remember the stress of filling out scholarships and trying to finish your homework although senioritis had officially kicked in? For some of you, that spring semester also included attending … Continued
Performing arts departments unite
Pacific students in the music, theatre and dance departments are stepping into sin this week. Student performers in varied disciplines are coming together to bring the PG-13 musical 7 Deadly Sins to the stage tonight and Friday at 7:30 p.m. … Continued
City installs electric car chargers
Before winter break started, part of the sidewalk on College Way between the McCormick and Walter residence halls was blocked off. A crew was working to install two electric car charging stations. These stations use the Blink Network and are … Continued
Q&A: Lisa Carstens speaks about her new role
1. What are looking forward to in your new position? I’m really looking forward to getting to know everybody, and I’m excited to pitch it and help Pacific realize its visions for the next decade. 2. What was your first … Continued
Campus safety: Incident reports 12/15-1/29
12/15/2011 Theft II Campus Public Safety took report of stolen textbooks from a student’s room. There is no suspect at this time. 12/19/2011 Theft III Faculty member reported her purse stolen while off-campus, which included her university key ring … Continued
University adds new majors, minors
Pacific University understands that college is about opportunity. Honoring this principle, faculty and staff members have worked hard to develop new majors and minors for current and future students. Six new programs along with three awaiting approval are expanding Theatre … Continued
Local pet store employs new safety measures
The Farm and Garden Store on 19th Avenue in Forest Grove has allowed students to come rent puppies to play with for years. The only requirement was that students had to leave their Boxer I.D. card behind as collateral to … Continued
Pacific swim teams seek leading spot in NWC championships
The women’s and men’s swim team has come a long way this season and with the Northwest Conference Championships fast approaching they are far from stopping. Head Coach Alec Webster has expectations for both teams. On the women’s side he … Continued
Chun leads women’s wrestling to nationals
The Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association National Tournament was pined as successful for Pacific University’s women’s wrestling team. Freshman wrestler Megan Chun had a come-from-behind victory in her final match and captured a seventh place finish to lead the women’s wrestling … Continued
Editor shares experience abroad, urges involvment with NGOs
Little Zulu children rolling around on skateboards and grinding on a half pipe in their village is not something I expected to see when I visited South Africa for my winter term travel course. But there they were at Indigo … Continued