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An Experiment in Production: “Uncanny Valley” Collaboration Inspirational for Students, Company

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“I can see a light,” says the scout, stepping cautiously across the memory field in his white jumpsuit. He steps deeper into his memory, and three ghostly figures join him on stage. Then he’s gone. “We’ve lost his signal!” cries ground control, and the team leaps into action. This is the second phase of “Uncanny [...]

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Reed fixture Marlene retires

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Reed fixture Marlene greeted well-wishers on Wednesday, September 8th, in Commons. Marlene has retired after 28 years as a cashier for Bon Appetit.

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TriMet Fare Jumps 5 Cents

Students, start saving your nickels. On Sept. 1, fares on TriMet Adult, Honored Citizen, and LIFT tickets increased 5 cents, according to a press release from TriMet. The cost of Adult and LIFT 1-month passes rose $2, and the price of Honored Citizen passes increased $1. Fares are typically increased every few years to cover [...]

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Bruce Smith Marks Position Change in Student Services and Multicultural Affairs

Bruce Smith joins Reed as the Assistant Dean for Inclusion, Engagement and Success.

This summer, Student Services announced that the newly created position of Assistant Dean of Student Services for Inclusion, Engagement, and Student Success had been filled by Bruce Smith. This position emerges as a result of changes made to Student Services, among them a restructuring of the department that did not include the Office of the [...]

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MusicfestNW comes to Portland

Andrew Choi and En-Szu Hu-Van Wright If you’re new around here, you’ll quickly find out that Portland is a great place for music. The fact that we’re sandwiched between LA and Seattle means that all the good bands end up coming through here. MusicfestNW (abbreviated as MFNW) is unquestionably Portland’s largest alternative music event. It’s [...]

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Tech Watch: iPads and Chemistry Clickers at Reed

Fall is always an exciting season – it’s a fresh new start. You know it’s not really fall unless something changes – new haircut, new lifestyle, new whatever. We look to fall to reinvent ourselves every year. Here at Reed, we’ve got lots of new stuff – new students, new office locations, new staff and [...]

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Reed welcomes new Community Safety Director

Gary Granger

After over a year of vacancy, Gary Granger joined the Reed community in July as the new Director of Community Safety. Though not a Reedie himself, Granger already seems to have a handle on the rigorous, if not slightly silly, atmosphere here.

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Head of Residence Life Resigns Suddenly

In a surprise announcement on Friday morning, Assistant Dean of Residence Life Serilda Summers submitted her immediate resignation just as returning students began moving into their dorms for the fall 2010 semester. Associate Dean for Student and Campus Life Pete Meagher sent a statement to the Housing Advisers and other effected staff announcing the change, [...]

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Can you find the Health Center?

Reed is mixing things up by playing a little switcheroo this year with office locations! If you were around last year, you may have encountered some major confusion with the new arrangements, but never fear – we’ve got it all spelled out for you right here. So now you really don’t have any excuse for [...]

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