The Importance of Student Run Newspapers
Why The Pacifican matters and why you should join!
How College Helps Build Life Skills
Developing essential life skills to help us thrive in the real world
Should We Allow Outside Organizations to Influence Our Student Government?
Student Government, By Students, For Students—Or So We Think
The Pacific Inn: A Need or A Nuisance?
Will the Pacific Inn actually benefit students in ways the university claims it can?
Critiques for Pacific
This is not an attack on our school or the faculty; the goal of the student body and the university should be a relationship where they both respect, listen, and trust one another.
Opinion: It’s Harder to Make Friends at a Small College.
The Lonely Odyssey: Sailing through Friendships in the Diminutive Seas of a Small College
Library Renovations Receive Mixed Reviews
New gaming center, new tables, new discussion about the purpose of the library
Academic Cowardice at Pacific
Pacifican Staff Writer Zak Baker sheds some light on the recent Teach-in/lecture on the history and geopolitics of Gaza hosted by University of the Pacific.
Drought, Dust, and Flood: A Review
Drought, Dust and Flood will be displayed in the Reynolds Gallery until October 14th.
Liberal Arts at Pacific: A Crumbling Institution
“…what is the goal of the university? Is it merely to prepare students for a career, without encouraging them to develop a greater understanding of the world and pursue their sense of curiosity? Or is it to offer a wide variety of opportunities for learning…”
The Grove’s Up-Charging: Convenient or Conniving?
Students at UOP have access to The Grove to buy basics and necessities. The prices of some necessary items might be increasing soon. There are also currently significant upcharges that students have to contend with.
Plastic Bags Back in Style? Bon Appétit Thinks So
Students are pushing for a more sustainable campus, but resistance from the university has made the fight difficult.
Campus Inaccessibility: Perspectives from a Newly Disabled Student
“Pacific strives to provide access to its community members (students, employees, vendors, visitors, applicants) to facilities and websites.”¹
The University: Academy or Playground?
Editor-in-Chief, Liliana Lopez, shares her thought on the university’s spending.
Death Across The River
The flowers that are seen on the Calaveras River may be beautiful, but they are destroying the river’s natural ecosystem.