Last week, Active Minds planted white tissue-paper flowers in front of Franz Hall for Suicide Awareness Day, a campus-wide event bringing light to college students who have committed suicide and spreading mental health awareness. Active Minds states that the flowers are intended to represent and honor the lives lost to suicide. Among the flowers stood white […]
Finding home in her headphones: Emily Neelon lives through her music
by Emily Fitzgerald | While many University of Portland students carry headphones to color music into their days, Emily Neelon, a 21-year-old Communication major from Clayton, Calif., takes that pastime to a whole new level. Neelon’s musical taste and talent for creating playlists has enriched her life and the lives of others through the numerous […]