At Catlin Gabel School (CGS), the student-led Anti Racist Collective (ARC) is the newest facet of the school’s progress towards antiracism.
Read More"Among Us" is for people to connect with one another - in big and small ways.
At its core, the online party game is quite simple. There are 10 people aboard a spaceship, but two of them are imposters. The eight crewmates have to complete tasks to fill up a taskbar while the imposters are trying to kill crewmates and sabotage parts of the ship. It’s essentially the classic in-person party game Mafia, taken online and into space.
Read More“Wildfires are a growing concern and will only grow in severity. I think this year's fires demonstrate we need an urban fire plan, not just another forest management plan,” Jennefer Yrugas, former employee of the Bureau for Land Management and ecologist wrote in an email.
Read MoreWith classes functioning completely online since the start of the school year, many students at Catlin Gabel School (CGS) are already experiencing Zoom fatigue or Zoom burnout, that feeling that students can’t possibly continue going about school this way. The symptoms include lack of motivation, headaches, extreme drowsiness, depression, and anxiety or higher levels of stress. All of these symptoms can have a negative on students' overall mental health.
Read MoreThanks to COVID-19, many Americans have spent much of 2020 online, and students’ lives have been especially affected.
Read MoreThe first presidential and vice presidential debates are long gone, and they left little impact on the polls and potentially even less of an impact on the election. FiveThirtyEight shows that the polls changed by less than half a percentage point in the days following the debates. In fact, the only impact that these debates may have had on voters was snappy quotations and humorous moments that stuck on the internet and spread across memes, t-shirts, stickers, and more.
Read MoreSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Portland Public Schools (PPS) has worked to find ways to provide meals to those students who need them. Many students who attend public schools rely on the school for meals during the week.
Read MoreOn Sept. 24, the Pac-12 conference officially announced its intention to play a fall football season after initially suspending the season in August due to COVID-19 concerns.
Read More“So, what test score do I need to get into that school?” This fall, no seniors are asking that question. Many of them are no longer worried about sending their standardized admissions test scores to colleges.
Read MoreOn Sept. 10, in response to our nation's recent and powerful outcry for racial justice, Catlin Gabel School (CGS) Head Tim Bazemore, sent out a schoolwide email containing a statement and draft for potential plans to make CGS an antiracist institution.
Read MoreAfter a short break due to hazardous air quality in mid-September, Black Lives Matter protests continue. Organizers have a lot to say about the recent events.
Read MoreThe NFL is very much back and ready to crown a new champion. With new football season comes the fans. Except for this year, the fans will no longer be able to visit their teams and cheer them on at their stadium.
Read MoreThe early-September revelation of an eight-point health plan for Trimet patrons during the COVID-19 pandemic has produced a spotty effect upon those most reliant on the public transit service.
Read MoreA Northwestern University alum, Nathaniel Polley, filed a lawsuit against the college on behalf of Northwestern students during the COVID-19 pandemic for what he deemed to be excessive tuition for virtual classes.
Read MoreAs the 2019-20 school year came to a close in early June, the world around us erupted in every way possible. One of the leading forces of this eruption was the resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests due to the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. (May they rest in power.) Determined and concerned Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students joined forces to combat racism and created a new student group called the Anti-Racist Collective, or ARC.
Read MoreAlthough the logistics of getting to and from the mountain might prove troublesome for winter sports athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic, some Catlin Gabel School (CGS) skiers remain optimistic about hitting the slopes this year.
Read MoreTriMet has unveiled a multi-billion dollar design for a MAX Light Rail line to Tualatin. The project, which includes streetscape improvements, such as 10 miles of new sidewalks, nine miles of new bike lanes, and stormwater mitigation infrastructure, is set for completion in 2027.
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