by Sam Keeler | She has a dog named after a pasta dish, inspired Malia Obama to take a gap year, and labels herself a creative procrastinator. Who is she? Shelby Vaculin is a purple-haired, extremely talkative student from Danville, Calif. Transferring from several different colleges all over the country and taking various chunks of time […]
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Sam Keeler pictures a career in the music industry
by Shelby Vaculin | A tall lanky girl walks into The Great North coffee shop. Her long blonde hair and iPhone cover her face, fingertips moving at the speed of light, as she sits down and plops her backpack full of books, notebooks, cameras and her laptop onto a table. She puts her phone down […]
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 […]