The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, based at Columbia University in New York City, has awarded The Beacon eight Gold Circle Awards for Digital Media. This national competition covers content published by student-run college media organizations during the 2016- 2017 academic year. The Beacon placed in the following categories: spot news photograph, sports photograph, editorial writing, breaking news, news writing (planned), general or humor commentary, informational graphics and interactive graphics. The Beacon also won certificates of merit for news feature, sports feature, and personality profile.
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The University of Portland Hawaii Club’s annual Lū’au will take place on Saturday, March 24, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Every year the University’s Hawaiian community offers authentic aloha hospitality with kalua pig, shoyu chicken, poi, and other Hawaiian delicacies plus traditional dancers and decor.
The planning process for Fall 2018 new student Orientation programs and activities is underway, according to Jeromy Koffler, student activities. Any suggestions, recommendations, proposals, requests, or other “we should really do that!” ideas will be gratefully accepted by Koffler (
Orientation for new students begins on Friday, January 12, at 9 a.m., in the Pilot House, according to Jeromy Koffler, student activities. For a complete schedule of events, go to 
The University of Portland’s student-run digital news publication, The Beacon, has won six First Place awards in the regional 
The Office of Student Activities is hosting an outing on the Fair Housing Council of Oregon’s “Fasten Your Seat Belts- It’s Been a Bumpy Ride” bus tour on Thursday, April 20. The tour explores Portland’s hidden history of housing discrimination, including the ghosts of lost ethnic communities, Klan rallies, and locations where Japanese Oregonians were interned during World War II. It features on-site presentations by local experts who lived through these tragic parts of history.
Campus Program Board presents Rock the Bluff featuring DNCE (“Cake by the Ocean”) and Coleman Hell (“2 Heads”) Saturday, April 8, at 8 p.m. in the Chiles Center. CPB has a limited number of faculty/staff tickets available from the Chiles Center Box Office (open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday). Faculty and staff must show their UP ID to get mezzanine tickets. Limit of two tickets per person (one faculty/staff plus one guest). Guests must accompany their faculty/staff host and are also limited to the mezzanine. A beer garden is open for guests over 21.
The University of Portland Hawaii Club’s annual Luau will take place on Saturday, March 25, from 5 to 9 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Every year the University’s Hawaiian community offers authentic aloha hospitality with kalua pig, poke, chicken, poi, and other Hawaiian delicacies, plus traditional dancers and decor. General admission (12 and older) is $20; students, alumni, staff, kids 4-11, and senior admission is $10; kids under 4 are free.