Volume 16 Issue 2
Erik Beserra
Lockdowniversary

A year ago I stared at the numbers rising on the New York Times website. Every day I found myself feeling more inept as 10,000 became 20,000 became 40,000 became 80,000. I stared at the numbers like a moth at lights. Inept and discouraged. I still feel inept. I now have a tab with the New York Times vaccine distribution map. It is weird staring at this good news. Some part of me doesn’t feel hopeful since this is just what needs to be done. We failed and are now picking up the pieces.

Lockdowniversary
Volume 15 Issue 3
Lauren Mondroski
Dying to Get Outside? A Grave History of Hiking ...

This was before the establishment of large public parks, meaning that if you were a Victorian-era urban American, you most likely spent your time outdoors strolling and picnicking with family, friends, and lovers, all amidst the dead.

Dying to Get Outside? A Grave History of Hiking and Cemeteries
Volume 15 Issue 2
Allison Wallace
A list of good: a good list to make

· Arriving
· The first song you listen to through headphones
· When a good bakery has good tea (the complete experience)
· The crisp, blue outlines of the hills here in Western Oregon

A list of good: a good list to make
Volume 15 Issue 2
Nerissa Wright
Seek Discomfort

Portland is a peculiar white haven, and I come from a melting pot that smells like urine year-round. Both are good, but very different.

Seek Discomfort
Volume 14 Issue 1
Lauren Mondroski
Spoiler Alert: There Is No Coming of Age

Released on August 25, 2020, Haley Blais’ Below the Salt is an album I wish I had during my first year of college. Coincidentally, that’s when I first started listening to Blais, a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter and vlogger whose wacky sense of humor and DIY bedroom-pop bangers resonated with me, a freshman living on her own for the very first time and trying to make sense of the world and herself. That unsure first-year is a senior now, but no less unsure, and I think that’s the point of Blais’ debut album: her label writes, “Below the Salt is a coming of age story that recognizes that there is no real ‘coming of age.’”

Spoiler Alert: There Is No Coming of Age

Volume 6 Issue 2

A Brief History of Canyon Day

A Brief History of Canyon Day

Since ye olden days of Reed, the wooded ravine bisecting what was once Crystal Springs Farm has been a section of land of turbulent change, going from cow pasture to prospective development site to neglected wildlife refuge and eventually the urban sanctuary we know today. Since 1914, Canyon Day, known originally as Campus Day, has been an active Reed tradition, surviving through almost all of Reed’s existence. Canyon Day has always been a celebratory occasion, a day to engage the community with the grounds surrounding the college and get them involved its maintenance.

Canyon Bucket List

  • Walk the entire canyon trail (1.5 miles)
  • Find a favorite picnic table for doing homework
  • Get to know one of the neighborhood dog-walkers and befriend their dog
  • Eat an apple or plum from the orchard
  • Spot the canyon crew symbol on benches and stairs
  • Sit on the stumps at the new east end loop with friends
  • Walk the canyon at dusk and try to spot a beaver
  • Read a book on the island: try to not get too distracted by the cattails and ducks
  • How many different ways can you use the canyon to get to class
  • Play a game of chess under the blue bridge using leaves as chesspieces
  • Watch bees flying into their nest in the amphitheatre
  • Watch salmon spawning in the fish ladder
  • Spot one of the elusive canyon cats
  • Observe the tree canopy from the bouncy bridge
  • Attend Canyon Day!

Flora & Fauna of the Canyon

Hook-Heal

Found as ground cover across the campus - healing properties, technically a weed.

Found as ground cover across the campus - healing properties, technically a weed.

English Ivy

The bane of canyon crew's existence, this pesky plant climbs trees and bricks alike.

The bane of canyon crew's existence, this pesky plant climbs trees and bricks alike.

Himalayan Blackberry

Grows wild in the Northwest, fruit ripens mid-summer through early August. Watch out for thorns!

Grows wild in the Northwest, fruit ripens mid-summer through early August. Watch out for thorns!

Lupine

Legume seeds can be eaten when prepared properly.

Legume seeds can be eaten when prepared properly.

You can find these adorable little creatures swimming between the logs along the banks and under the bridges.

You can find these adorable little creatures swimming between the logs along the banks and under the bridges.

Nutria

These terrifying rat-like water creatures like to swim under the canyon bridges. You can see their tails wiggling behind them as they glide through the water.

These terrifying rat-like water creatures like to swim under the canyon bridges. You can see their tails wiggling behind them as they glide through the water.

Screech Owl

Highly territorial, these beautiful birds are a rare sight in the canyon. Look up! Maybe you'll spot one.

Highly territorial, these beautiful birds are a rare sight in the canyon. Look up! Maybe you'll spot one.