Portland Pug Crawl
The weekend after finals ended, I trekked across town to the Portland Pug Crawl sponsored by the Oregon Humane Society. The event to see was the costume parade. The theme for the costume parade was...
View ArticleI’ll be a Monkey’s Puzzle!
Monkey puzzle tree on the front lawn Reed College, like much of Portland, is filled with evergreen trees. But one tree in particular stands out among the firs: The Monkey Puzzle tree! These trees,...
View ArticlePride PDX
I snapped this photo when the parade passed by the Portland Oregon sign right by the Burnside Bridge. June is Pride month, and this was the first year in recent memory that Reed had a contingency at...
View ArticleSummer Paradox
The Paradox is a student run coffee shop on campus, and this is the first time in several years that it is open all summer. During the school year, the Paradox can be pretty crowded, but the summer...
View ArticleMessages from Olde Reed
Recently, while cleaning out the office, a large number of old (we’re talking a decade — as far back as 2004) publications were found. This came at an auspicious moment, as our bowl of buttons had been...
View ArticleReed Houses
Moving off campus, students generally have three options: 1) Renting a room somewhere near campus, 2) getting an apartment, 3) moving into a house with some friends. But at Reed there is also the...
View ArticleTry Tri-Met
Like many students from California, I have my car with me most of the time that I am in Portland. This has proven quite useful through most of my time here, but it definitely isn’t a necessity. In some...
View ArticleMusings on Honor
This year I will be a member of an Orientation Week panel regarding the Honor Principle. The Honor Principle is a loosely defined concept that governs our community. While we do not have any...
View ArticlePortland Picks a Wiener!
Early this summer Portland saw the Portland Pug Crawl costume parade, and continued the tradition recently with a second silly dog related event. Sponsored by our local cool newspaper the Portland...
View ArticleBack to the Grind
Summer has come and gone, and while it left some of the heat behind, the school year is now in full swing. I now have a thesis advisor, and a thesis topic, and a lot of books with no place to put them...
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