Pacific students got to meet and ask questions of one of the greatest figures in sports and social justice. On September 13, humanitarian Dr. Richard Lapchick presented “The Power of Business & Sports to Bring About Positive Social Change” at … Continued
PRESIDENT JENNY COYLE HAS BIG PLANS TO BUILD UP PACIFIC UNIVERSITY In some ways, Jenny Coyle is a new face on campus this year, joining the hundreds of new students and faculty. But then again, the university’s new president has … Continued
WILL THE RECENT FEDERAL LOAN RELIEF PLAN EASE CURRENT STUDENTS’ FINANCIAL BURDEN? A week before Pacific University undergraduate students returned to campus, many prepared to dig deeper into debt (or their families’ pocket-books), President Joe Biden made a surprise announcement: … Continued
LEADING WOMEN’S SPORTS ACTIVIST FIRST UP AT IN YOUR FACE LECTURE SERIES Pacific University is hosting a three-speaker series that will dive into the interconnectedness of politics, sports, and media. The Pacific Index sat down with Dr. Jules Boykoff, who … Continued
The Berglund Center’s Inspired Ideas Competition took place on April 23, 2022, in which teams of students presented innovative solutions to problems in their fields of study. Three of these student groups won fellowships with Berglund Center as well as … Continued
Collin Weires, a senior studying politics and philosophy at Pacific University, is working on the release of the 100th episode to his philosophy podcast Collin Demands Answers. Weires began his podcast in July 2020, just a few months after the … Continued
Pacific University has voted to transfer the Eugene Masters of Social Work program to its Forest Grove campus, despite protests from existing students and community members in Eugene. University spokesperson Jenni Luckett told the Index: “There is a higher demand … Continued
The beautiful chalk art you saw in front of the UC Patio on April 22 was all because of the campus Earth Day celebration. Pacific’s clubs and organizations put on several events to celebrate the planet. Activities on this day … Continued
Pacific University’s Spring Choral Concert, entitled “The Gift to Sing” after a poem of the same by James Weldon Johnson, happened at the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 22. “We began the year with a concert and we … Continued
Pacific University Theatre Department, in conjunction with the Pacific Athletic Department, presents the spring play, The Wolves. In playwright Sarah DeLappe’s masterful peek at the human psyche through the lens of the lives and interactions of teenage girls on a … Continued
Faculty and students at Pacific are discontent with the hiring process behind the incoming university president Jennifer Coyle. “In a typical search, there are open forums where faculty and staff can raise questions and articulate concerns. Such meetings are not … Continued
A new club called the Indigenous Student Alliance (ISA) is forming on campus to advocate for Indigenous students and acknowledge the native people who lived on this land before students. Christian Mendoza Guerra is currently the new club’s president and … Continued