Chinese Qilin Club Hosts Dumpling Making Event for Pacific Community
The Chinese Qilin Club hosted a dumpling making event on Nov. 12 for the Pacific community.
Oregon Humanities Facilitates Conspiracy Theory Talk at Pacific
On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, the university hosted a facilitated talk on conspiracy theories in partnership with the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project. Some of the conspiracies discussed included 9/11, flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, the recent Astroworld disaster, and Q-Anon.
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.
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.
After Almost Two Years on Zoom, In-Person Advising is Back
Pacific University has returned to in-person advising after two semesters of advising done online. After the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread, educational facilities across the globe implemented safety measures, including Pacific University.
Travel Courses Return with Varied Options for International Study
January 2020 was the last time Pacific University offered travel courses due to the COVID-19 outbreak. For the next year and a half, most universities moved to online learning, meaning the suspension of any and all abroad travels until further notice.
Old Tradition Revived by FYS Program Mentors
The student mentors of this year’s First Year Seminar (FYS) classes have initiated a modified revival of an old Boxer Toss tradition: Find the Boxer.
Halloween Hosiery: The Rise in Sexualized Costumes
Sexy Nurse. Sexy Cat. Sexy Cop. Sexy Green Poop (yes, it’s a thing). Nowadays you can find virtually any costume and its sexy counterpart. When did this start, and why? Halloween, in the traditional sense, is a night to dress up as goblins and ghouls and frighten your neighbors in the search for confectionaries and other such delights.
MCCE Connects with the Forest Grove Community Through Civic Saturdays
This year, the McCall Center for Civic Engagement (MCCE) started a new weekly event known as Civic Saturdays. This is a chance for students to get to know other students and familiarize with the area they live in while also contributing to the betterment of the community.
Index Staff Playlist – chill vibes
This week’s playlist was inspired by some chill music to study too since the middle of the semester is here and students have been working hard in their classes.
Pacific Theatre Takes Audiences to a Place Far Away
Pacific University Theatre Department’s Fall production of Far Away by Carol Churchill will explore and dissect this universal truth and beg a profound question: Who do we have to tell ourselves to get through life in this day and age?