COVID-19 has prompted lifestyle changes for many, and some find themselves adopting a new four-legged friend or even multiple pets. Catlin Gabel School (CGS) senior Mikayla Stout shared how her family saw extra time at home due to COVID-19 as an excellent opportunity to introduce their new puppy, Lucy, to the family.
Read MoreOn Oct. 28, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Department of Education released new guidelines for having school on campus. These updates significantly relaxed the restrictions and thresholds needed for on-campus learning.
Read MoreRaiford is a Black fourth-generation Portland resident, grandmother, founder of Don’t Shoot PDX, and notable activist for police accountability and racial justice. She received just 8% of the primary vote in May. But that was before Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on May 25.
Read MoreThe Belarussian story is one of false promises, and tales of freedom, only to be taken away.
Read MoreCollege admissions across the nation are changing in light of COVID-19, which poses a unique application process for this year’s seniors, the Class of 2021.
Read MoreAs a multitude of social concerns, confusion, anger and misinformation ravages the United States, its arguably understaffed news media has shifted its focus, sometimes at the expense of other arguably critical coverage; notably, anthropogenic climate change, among other pressing environmental crises.
Read MoreEvery year, families around the nation celebrate a spooky holiday by carving pumpkins, dressing up in their most terrifying costumes, and trick-or-treating. But with a global pandemic looming overhead, this year's Halloween was more trick than treat.
Read MoreThe English Premier League (EPL or PL) and La Liga (the Spanish league) tend to rise to the top of European soccer, the world’s epicenter of the sport. They continuously compete for viewers, for Champions League and Europa League trophies, and for players.
Read MoreAs the world has charged forward with new business practices and the desire to be environmentally friendly, golf is struggling to keep up.
Read MoreWhen YouTuber Twiggy Vittoria bought lingerie from online retailer AdoreMe, her first experience was positive. She placed an order, received a confirmation email, and received it in the promised time window.
Read MoreAt 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.
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