The city of Portland has an eccentric coffee scene, being ranked the No. 4 coffee city in the United States. With coffee shops on seemingly every corner, the options for coffee feel infinite. In 2022, ...

Pilots baseball celebrates the program's first perfect game. Photo courtesy of Pilot Athletics. The 2024-25 athletic year has been undoubtedly historic for sports at the University of Portland, and ...

On the north side of the Franz River Campus, in an area that was expected to house a competition-ready track complex complete with a Pilots-purple race track, is now a construction site covered in ...

Austin Rapp goes for a dunk in a game against Oregon State. Photo courtesy of Austin Rapp. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Austin Rapp is a freshman on the University of Portland men’s basketball ...

Associated Students at University of Portland (ASUP) President Aidan Sanchez gives the State of the Campus Address to students. ASUP meets every Monday beginning at 4:30pm. Each spring, UP students ...

On Saturday Nov. 2, seven students and a recent alum were allegedly drugged at an off-campus party, according to the Director of Campus Safety & Emergency Management Michael McNerney. Campus Safety is ...

Photo courtesy of Shane Ruyle. I’ve been disabled throughout my entire time at UP, but it wasn’t until this semester that I became a full-time wheelchair user. Most students get around our small ...

A clip of Laurie Anderson’s "O Superman" went viral on TikTok in late 2023. The lyrics sparked emotional testimonies from users, often containing stories of their parents in reference to the “mom” ...

Hours spent on figuring out the perfect outfit to wear. Looking for something cute, but not too cute to where it looks like I tried too hard. Do I show up a little early? Or should I walk in right on ...

In 1953, Robert Rauschenburg completed a conceptual piece of art after one month of difficult work. The result was a blank canvas with faint smudges of charcoal and oil pastels. This art piece, ...

The Beacon recently assigned me to write a food review of Kann, a live-fire Haitian restaurant that has captured national attention, earning the title of Best New Restaurant of 2023 and securing a ...

Examples of student-athletes leveraging NIL deals and partnerships. Graphic by Emma Swett. Following the 2021 Supreme Court ruling in NCAA v. Alston, the National Collegiate Athletics Association ...