Student Q&As

Brandon Hosea Major: Economics and public relations Year: Senior Age: 21 Hometown: Bend, Oregon   Would you vote for Donald Trump? Yeah. Why? Because I respect his ambition. Honestly, I agree with some of the stuff he says, some of it I don’t — you can’t agree with everything. Continue reading 

Curb Your Hunger

Local delivery businesses make life easier

When you’re a student, things get busy. Maybe you’re stuck studying in your apartment and, while starving, find the prospect of going out into the world for food unbearable. Maybe you just want to “Netflix and chill” without leaving the couch.  If so, you can utilize HungryDucks as your take-out shortcut, or contact Cascadian Courier Collective to get almost anything delivered, so long as it isn’t more than 300 pounds and can fit on one of its freight bicycles. Continue reading 

The Green Diploma

Beavers and Ducks learn to be eco-citizens

Brandon Trelstad

The expansive atrium of Oregon State University’s Kelley Engineering Building fills with the mid-morning chatter of students. Light streams in through the immense glass windows of this certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold building, reducing the need for electric lighting as it illuminates half-built solar vehicles that look like Mars rovers in a nearby classroom, complete with solar panels and heavy duty wheels.  For all OSU’s orange-and-black bravado, the marks of “green” living are everywhere. Continue reading 

Jesus U

Northwest Christian University talks faith, tolerance and higher purpose

Fronting Franklin Boulevard and cozied up like a cat against the much larger University of Oregon, the campus of Northwest Christian University has sat for well nigh 125 years as a curiosity to some and a beacon to others. What, after all, is a Christian university all about? Jesus himself was a peripatetic teacher, opting to wander the wilderness with his radical message of universal love and liberation from the false knowledge of the Pharisees. Continue reading 

Student Q&As

Photos by Trask Bedortha   Lorenzo Chicas-Cruz Age: 19 Major: Auto technician Year: Freshman Hometown: Eugene, Oregon School: LCC How do you get to campus? By car. How are you paying for college? Working for it, and my parents are helping me a little. Continue reading 

Students on the Street

Alex Monthie , 21 Major: General social science  Year in School: Senior  Hometown: Olympia, Wash.   Who is the new football coach? What’s his name? I don’t know his name. I know he was the offensive coach before.    Who is the president of the UO? Judy…? I don’t know. Is he new?  Continue reading