Study brings hope: Chemotherapy pain avoidable
The topic of a senior project can be extremely personal. Biology senior Jon Lee focused his project particularly close to home. When Lee was 15 years old, he was diagnosed with BC1 cell line lymphoma cancer. “I based my whole … Continued
Stress, eating not connected in senior study
Even before beginning the research phase of his senior project, Justin Dean knew that his topic was one that was not only relatable to his student audience, but to the general population as well. Obesity is a commonly addressed issue … Continued
Historian to retire at end of this year
Special Collections Librarian and Associate Professor Alex Toth decided to retire at the end of the current academic year, just when he got his own parking space. Toth came to Pacific in 1977, two years after Marsh Hall caught fire. … Continued
Senior creates orientation website for PU
It’s an inevitable fact that parents always have a lot of questions when it comes to their son or daughter leaving for college. It’s also a fact that more often than not the child has no idea how to answer … Continued
Dance brings together elements of success
Starting with a little idea, one senior was surprised at how large that idea could become. Senior Breanna Chandler presented and performed her senior project on Earth Day, a dance called “Elements of Man and Nature,” with the hope to … Continued
Service abroad brings rewards, challenges
Holly Hawkins left all of her textbooks behind, slept under a bug net and helped deliver a baby a week after arriving in Kenya. Some of Pacific’s health professions programs offer students the opportunity to complete one of their clinical … Continued
Price to be remodeled
When students return to the Forest Grove campus at the end of this summer, they will have access to a newly renovated Price Hall. The building that is now Price Hall, home to the mathematics department office, will also include … Continued
Search for new dean begins
With one year left at Pacific, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences John Hayes plans on tying up loose ends. Hayes has been a dean for eight years at Pacific and spent the previous 12 years as a … Continued
Crowded gym
During certain times of the day, the weight room accumulates so many people that it is difficult to walk through without getting in the way. With the machines and weights extremely close together it leaves little space for walking. Once … Continued
Consider sustainability in the UC
Our very own Pacific University has given us the resources to have a sustainable campus. One may have noticed some of these options while wandering to and from class. Pacific has a strong dedication to recycle everything that can be … Continued
Former opinion editor says farewell
As my suddenly brief time at Pacific comes to a dwindling end, I cannot help myself from writing the eponymous “farewell column.” Corny? Yes. Cliché? Very. Yet, at the same time I feel compelled to finish on a note of … Continued
Waitlisting for classes problematic
The waitlisting policy at a private school like Pacific is frustrating and should be completely avoided so that students can choose classes freely and be guaranteed to graduate in four years. Numerous students each semester, usually those with fewer credits, … Continued