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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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?
The history of dildos is a long one. It all started around 30 thousand years ago when our ancestors sat in their huts carving stone. Historians still debate what these long, rounded stone carvings were for, some believing they were used as tools, some believing they aided in sharpening, I personally believe the latter is a “phallacy” if you will.
This week, the Index Staff decided to turn to their favorite fall vibes songs to get us in the right spirits for the upcoming spooky holiday.
As part of Pacific University’s Instant Theater Festival, play writers are assigned a random prop that must be in their play. For actor Xel Heidel, their cast’s assigned prop of cabbages was an opportunity for them to leave their mark in the play.
Student musicians in the Pacific University Symphonic Band are ecstatic to be back in the auditorium making music together. Despite feeling disconnected last year because of pandemic restrictions, coming back together feels as natural as ever.
The Center for Gender Equity (CGE) moved into a new space in Scott Hall in August earlier this year, which is slowly becoming the home for all student life centers like the Student Multicultural Center (SMC), McCall Center for Student Engagement (MCCE), and now the CGE. Tucked behind the stairs down the hallway of the first floor, you’ll find the Pride Boxer in front of the new CGE office, Scott 127
On this week’s Index Staff Playlist, the Index staff share songs that capture the experience of returning to a new normal.