“This Changes the Face of Our Nation:” Faculty Discussion Admission,...
By Declan Bradley and Henry Kendrick President Audrey Bilger began the first faculty meeting of the 2023/24 academic year — which took place on September 11 — with a statement of remembrance for those...
View ArticleL Mattson Joins Reed as New Director of SHARE Program
By Asta Rossi Yasodha Gopal, Associate Dean of Students for Health and Well-Being, recently reached out to the Quest to announce that the recently vacated post of SHARE Program Director will be filled...
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Dog of the Week Is Looking a Little Scaly
By Liz Organ Name: Roadkill Hypothalamus | Breed: Schnauzer Mix | Age: About 2.5 Years | Rating: 14/10. This Dog of the Week is one of the smallest pets we’ve had! Roadkill Hypothalamus (RK for short)...
View ArticleStudent Body Funding Circus Results Fall ’23: Quest, Period Kollectiv, Pool...
RankOrganizationAmount RequestedAmount Allocated% allocated$169,156.61$96,388.901The Reed College Quest$11,583.00$8,783.0075.80%2Period Kollectiv$6,672.00$6,372.0095.50%3Pool...
View ArticleEvents Calendar 9/22
Friday, September 22, 2023 Biology Seminar: Dr. Jay Mellies (12pm to 1pm @ Biology, Biology 19) Bugs to the rescue: Can five bacteria help solve the plastic waste crisis? Jay Mellies’ research focuses...
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Reed College House Advisors Organize Protest, Announce Plans to Unionize
By Declan Bradley, Alex Diamond, and Owen Fidler, with photography by Adrian Keller Feld and additional reporting by Ray Perry, Louis Chase, and Liam O’Brien. At a student protest in the afternoon of...
View Article“The Languages of Science:” Jacky Deng On Language Learning In Chemistry
By Quinn Hoop Jacky Deng is a PhD Candidate working with Professor Alison Flynn at the University of Ottawa. He gave a speech on September 21st on the difficulties of language barriers in higher...
View ArticleStudent Clubs and Organizations Compete in Funding “Hell” (Circus)
By Alex Diamond After their initial skirmishes at the engagement fair two weeks ago, Reed’s many student-led organizations went to war this week, battling for the votes of their fellow Reedies in a...
View ArticleTouch Grass: The Rhododendron Garden
By Adrian Keller Feld Located just off Reed’s campus, the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden was founded in 1950 by the Portland chapter of the American Rhododendron Society. Per the Garden’s...
View ArticleNews Beyond Reed: Measure 114, Government Shutdown Concerns, and...
By Liz Organ Local News – Measure 114 Trial Begins Measure 114, passed by Oregon voters in a referendum last November, changes previous laws on ownership and purchasing processes for firearms in...
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Dog of the Week Is So Small
By Liz Organ Name: Mimi | Breed: Yorkie | Age: 10 Years | Rating: 14/10. Our oldest dog this year so far, Mimi is still very spry at 10 years old! Although sometimes she gets cold, usually this isn’t...
View ArticleReed Van Gas Tank Tapping Continues
By Asta Rossi Over the past few years, some of the college’s fleet of sixteen vans have had their gas tanks tapped. Director of Facilities Operations Steve Yeadon revealed that during the last...
View ArticleReactor Training Becomes a No-Credit Course
By Vincent Tanforan On September 11, Reed’s reactor training program was granted approval by the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning for entry as an official course. This marks a major change...
View ArticleCommunity Safety Blotter 9/29
September 18, 2023 – September 24, 2023 Monday, September 18, 2023 230327; Larceny; Campus “Notes: A Reed staff member arrived at 28 West to report that their bike had been stolen while stored on Reed...
View ArticleEvents Calendar 9/29
Friday, September 29, 2023 Biology Seminar: Dr. Advait Jukar ’11 (12pm to 1pm @ Biology, Biology 19) Assembling South Asia’s Modern Large Mammal Fauna The fossil record of mammals in the Indian...
View ArticleEditorial: A Culture of Distrust
Dear readers, Last night the Quest published a series of investigative stories detailing several significant vulnerabilities in the college’s systems that unintentionally exposed the Reed ID numbers...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Putting Action Where Reed’s Mouth Is
By Lennox Reeder Howdy, Over the past decade and some changes, Reed College has undergone a profound and noteworthy demographic transformation. One of the supreme highlights of this moment has been...
View ArticleWGA Strike Ends as Writers Reach Contract Agreement
By Rowan Horowitz As has been reported nationwide for the past several months, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike for over 100 days. The strike, according to CNN, was due to...
View ArticleNews Beyond Reed: A Local Bomb Threat, Strike Updates, and Travis King Returns
By Liz Organ Local News – Bomb Threat at Hazelbrook Middle School On the morning of Friday, September 29, Hazelbrook Middle School in Tualatin, Oregon was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat. The...
View ArticleReed Independent Performance Project is Here to Help You!
By Quinn Hoop The Reed Independent Performance Project (RIPP) is a student-led organization which exists to help Reedies perform their work and spread their ideas into the community. The Quest...
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