We asked: What are you giving up for Lent? 'Studying.' Matt Brown, sophomore, mechanical engineering 'Bed.' Jake DePledge, freshman, mathematics 'Facebook.' Caleb ]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 1.2792737 Faces on the Bluff DePledge, freshman, mathematics 'Facebook.' Caleb Faces on the Bluff http://www.upbeacon.net/asup-is-doing-its-job-1.2792736 Brittany Cannon

As a senior who has been involved with various leadership positions for the past four years, I would like to share a less than peaceful response to the editorials write-up from the previous week. So what has ASUP really done for their student body?...

Old news: American consumerism is wasteful. So it's no surprise that Americans waste more than 29 million tons of edible food each year, or enough to fill the Rose Bowl every three days. In addition to the environmental tolls of growing landfills relea...

The Wholistic Peace Institute is hosting a visit of the last apartheid president of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, to our city. President de ...

So you don't want a squish penny machine and ndash; we hear you loud and clear. Even though there was quite a stir about the recent Major Project Fund Top Ten list, I could not be more excited because students are actually talking about ]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 1.2792733 The Beacon Zack Imfeld The Beacon http://www.upbeacon.net/opinion/beacon-editorials/editorial-where-are-all-the-women-1.2792732

A week ago, two female congressional Democrats walked out of a House hearing on the contraceptive coverage rule. Both women accused the Republican chairman of manipulating committee rules to prevent female witnesses from testifying. The five witnesses ...

In the women's tennis home opener last weekend, the Pilots were edged out 3-4 against Montana and defeated Seattle University 4-3. The loss to Montana had some extra sting in it as the Pilot's lost not only the match but also one of their top playe...

Albert Pujols slowly rounds the bases after blasting a home run and ESPN helpfully displays the distance the ball traveled on screen. Any baseball fan is familiar with the sight, but is likely to t...

The new year has not treated the women's basketball season kindly with the team going 2-10 since the turn of the calender. The Pilots are headed for another losing season with a 9-17 overall ...

I met with freshman guard Kevin Bailey to talk to the school's first ESPN top 100 recruit about why he chose the University of Portland and how he would survive on a desert island. Q: Out of all the schools that recruited you, why did you choose UP...

Sexism has plagued society since the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This can be seen in the devaluing of motherhood in our culture, the tendency to place men in positions of power and the statistically proven income-gap between men and wom...

Throw together some 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' a couple of childhood fairytales and a whole lot of 'CSI,' and Portland has another claim to fame: NBC's 'Grimm.' 'Grimm' is about a Portland homicide detective, Nick, who solves crimes committed by m...

Last Friday, UP students got out their dancing shoes for some live music and good company to welcome the Fiesta de Carnaval on campus. UP got a taste of Latin American tradition and culture w...

UP is surrounded by trees. It should be obvious enough, but in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it's easy to let the beauty of nature go unnoticed. Sometimes all it takes is a look at nature through somebody else's eyes to get that kind of a...

Fay Beeler's life philosophy can be summed up with a single human expression. 'Something as simple as a smile can impact everyone that you meet,' 1.2784273 The Beacon Beeler's life philosophy can be summed up with a single human expression. 'Something as simple as a smile can impact everyone that you meet,' Nikki Robles The Beacon http://www.upbeacon.net/for-the-love-of-art-1.2784272

Saturday's Pilots After Dark event let participants get creative. Residence Life took over St. Mary's Student Lounge and let the art begin. With some help from Alberta Street's Mimosa Pottery and College Ecology Club, students made everything from Vale...

Once a week, junior Enid Spitz meets up with English professor John Orr to discuss their research on Mourning Dove, an early 20th century Native American author. Spitz is one of a few undergraduate s...

Some Howard Hall fitness classes are often so crowded that instructors are forced to send students into the hall to work out. 'For the majority of the time I have to send at least one group out in the hallway,' kickboxing instructor and senior Eric...

Valentine's Day has come and gone and so has the deadline for date payments for Villa Maria's Man Auction. Three months after the auction only $4,825 of the $10,000 raised for Holy Cross charities has been collected according to Villa Maria recepti...

In UP's first year attending the Association for Operations Management's West Coast Case Competition, six seniors dominated the competition and took home first place last weekend. The team defeated 24 other graduate and undergraduate teams. Kat...