The Roar of a Crowd
After competing in a modified soccer season that allowed ten soccer games to be held with no spectators, I came to a conclusion: sporting events are just not the same without the roar of the crowd.
Index Staff Playlist: Hit the road! songs for traveling home for the holidays
This week, editor-in-chief Isabelle Williams and student life editor Ashley Meza wanted to share their go-to songs for long travels; seeing that the holidays are coming up and some students will be traveling home, whether it be down the street, across the country, or across the globe.
This Is Halloweekend: What Halloween Looks Like Now
After spending Halloween in quarantine last year, students have returned to their usual Halloween festivities, on and off campus. This year, there were many ways for students to celebrate Halloween over the week of the holiday. Several events were put on by campus organizations.
The MCCE Advocates for Student Voting Rights
The McCall Center for Civic Engagement (MCCE) is the resource center to help students with elections, voter registration, and anything else related to voting rights through one of their programs called Pacific Votes.
Birds and Boxers; My Ear is Open
Campus leaves have fallen and holiday break is almost upon us. This term, if you’ve been following my columns, you would know that I’ve been writing about topics such as Apology Languages, Sex Toys, and The Sexualization of Halloween Costumes. While these are lighthearted and fun to write, they are missing one thing; the male perspective.
New Style of Play for Boxer Women’s Basketball
This season will look a little different for the Pacific Boxer Women’s Basketball team with a high-speed offense and an undersized defense. In the past seasons, the Boxers had no problem getting rebounds and defending inside the perimeter with their forwards and centers.
The Importance of Mental Health
Many student-athletes seek to develop and improve upon their physical strengths, so the mental side of the sports is often not prioritized. As athletes encounter situations that test their mental strength, many often struggle to find ways to deal with the mental side of their sports. Pacific University offers resources for student-athletes who seek advice about aiding any struggles.
Dear Pacific, There’s Nothing Else to Mow
The other day, I was taking a nap in my Vandervelden Court apartment to try to alleviate a migraine, when I was awakened by a loud whirring right outside my window. I immediately recognized it as the sound of one of Pacific Landscape Management’s lawnmowers going back and forth from University Avenue to my building–the obnoxious droning growing softer and louder.
Dear Pacific, What’s Up With the Wifi?
Pacific students pay a technology fee of around $230, per semester. According to US News, in Fall of 2020 Pacific had about 1,758 students enrolled. If every student pays that technology fee to Pacific in their tuition, every semester, the total adds up to $404,304 and $808,608 for the year.
Pacific University Vegan Exhibition
Pacific University’s Philosophy department, led by Ramona Ilea, is hosting a vegan exhibition, titled Vegan Food: Just a Few Vegan Options, at Tran Library, which is up on display now. Professor Ilea says her inspiration comes from veganism as an interesting topic among students as well as her own personal history living a vegan lifestyle.
Boxer Women’s Soccer Fights Until The End on Senior Day
The leaves have fallen and the rain is upon the community in Forest Grove as the days grow shorter and daylight becomes scarce. Winter is fast approaching which means fall sports at Pacific are beginning to wrap up, as some Boxers strap on the black and red for the very last time.
Pacific Looks to Spread Knowledge About the History of the Forest Grove Indian School
The Pacific library hosted the Forest Grove Indian Memory School Walk on Nov. 5 and Nov. 9 to spread knowledge about the history of the Forest Grove Indian School.