Whether you live on campus or off campus at some point during your time at Pacific University, chances are you will be effected by parking. Take off-campus living for example, you probably have to park in the lots near Stoller … Continued
As a millennial, this will be the first Presidential election that I will vote in. And while neither candidate aligns with my values 100 percent, they have opinions on issues important to me that I agree with more than others. … Continued
Nowadays, it’s fairly normal to see people walking around with their faces glued to their phones. Before, it was presumed that these people were texting, instagramming, facebooking or tweeting. But now there’s another reason people will be fixated on their … Continued
“You don’t need any indictment in order to arrest someone; probable cause is sufficient to arrest civilians, so it must be enough to arrest police,” Reverend Al Sharpton once said when asked about police brutality. Unfortunately, this was the opinion … Continued
It was Aristotle who first divided up the subject areas and our modern universities tend to protect those boundaries that he created. Most universities will have distinct faculties of arts and sciences, for instance. But the division clearly has some … Continued
Over the last four decades the number of people smoking cigarettes has decreased immensely. In fact many teenagers in the modern era have looked down upon smoking cigarettes, which at one point was point was very popular among that age … Continued
Each day in the United States, 580 children under the age of 18 become regular daily smokers and a third of those children die prematurely from smoking. If trends continue, 5.6 million of today’s youth will die prematurely from a … Continued
For those who do not know, Division III athletes who participate in any sport for their respective university do not recieve scholarship money. Do these athletes who dedicate so much time to their sport deserve a scholarship like the athletes in the other two National Collegiate Athletic Association … Continued
Transgender health options have finally arrived to Planned Parenthood locations in the Portland area. In early March 2016, Planned Parenthood expanded its transgender health services to all locations in the “Columbia-Willamette” (Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington area). These services were first introduced in Southern California October 2015. … Continued
It has come to my attention that professionalism by the Office of Student Conduct (OSC) does not have structure, despite what they might say, and imposes penalties that are unjust. I’d like to note that I am attacking the OSC explicitly and not any … Continued
Sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter put our lives under a microscope. Even when our settings are on private, there is the potential that our personal information is at risk. Any one of your friends could pull your “private” profile up on their phone and show … Continued
Before transferring to Pacific University as a journalism major, I looked into as many different journalism programs as I could find. I did not choose Pacific because I thought its program was necessarily better than the ones at other universities, but because it was the most … Continued