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Mostly White

Diversity is an issue at LC. many students of color feel alienated by the homogenous white student population. Students have gone so far as to say "people of color should avoid this institution". However, students are mainly socially conscious and try to be accepting and culturally competent for the most part.

Frustrating!

This year's freshman class is much larger than usual and the bus is always overcrowded. The fact that the school offers a shuttle is lovely and necessary because the campus is SO isolated. The city bus line (route 39) which runs through campus only leaves once an hour for a few hours a day, never late at night, and NOT ON THE WEEKEND AT ALL. The Pioneer Express (school shuttle) is convenient for getting downtown and gets you there fast and for free. Drawbacks for this are that it is so overcrowded esp. on friday/saturday nights that you may not get on and it only comes once an hour (!!). If you are using the Pio for leisure- to go shopping or to a concert or whatever its hard to complain about a free bus that takes you downtown, however having a job downtown and using this would actually be impossible. Much of the literature about this school features enticing things about "living in portland" and being a "liberal arts school in a city." These statements hardly seem true when you cannot GET to the city where we "live"