2008 Woodie Awards
On August 18, 2006 the then-pregnant Karen Mossbarger received a phone call no one wants to get. Mossbarger was on a retreat with a group of Pacific students in California when she was informed that the house she shared with her husband Andrew and three sons had burned down overnight.
Chemistry professor Jim Currie is leaving behind a legacy that has been over 30 years in the making. A lot can change in that much time, but Currie's excellence in the classroom has constantly been relied on at Pacific since 1972. After 36 years, Currie has decided to retire.
The youth of the Pacific Northwest are answering the call of the climate crises. College by college are beginning to join the Cascade Climate Declaration in efforts to get their voices heard. The Focus the Nation events are not going ignored; Pacific Undergraduate Community Council is deciding whether our campus will take part in the declaration on Friday, March 14.
With the organizational leadership skills of one, the practical kitchen know-how of another, and the eagerness of many volunteers, Forest Grove's only soup kitchen has just opened its doors. "In the beginning of the year, I heard people wanted to start the project, but no one really knew how to go about it," said Dana LaMonica, a member of the Anthropology Sociology Club on campus.
President Lindsey Costley '09 Hometown: Colorado Springs, Co. Major: Creative Writing and Literature Minor: Music Club Membership: Ambassadors, Rainbow Coalition, National Residence Hall Honorary, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, current Vice President PUCC Reasons to Vote for Her: Experienced leader on campus Knowledgeable on the way the university operates and already developed several new adjustments Will increase communication between students and administrators with the monthly Dr.
The legend of Boxer lives on. Only days before the Gamma Sigma fraternity planned to pass on the iconic statue through a special trivia contest, the idol was stolen, revitalizing an age-old tradition at Pacific University. Although no person and/or organization has officially claimed responsibility as of yet, multiple students suspect the rival Pi Kappa Rho fraternity as the culprit.
What's four feet nine inches tall, has a hook for a left hand and no fibulas? United States senate democratic candidate, Steve Novick. Novick spoke to a sizeable contingent of Pacific students and Forest Grove community members during the March 12 installment of the Senate Town Hall Series, presented by the Politics and Law Forum and sponsored by the Pacific Undergraduate Community Council.