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5th Avenue Cinema adds digital to its film repertoire

A wider range of films available on Blu-ray format

Beginning in summer quarter, 5th Avenue Cinema will be a film-only theater no longer. In traditional film presentations, light is projected through a 35-millimeter-wide strip of photographic film that has been reeled through... Full article

Zombies, robots and aliens galore

Your guide to 2013’s summer movies

The Star Trek sequel is already outpacing the first movie, and it’s genuinely good because Abrams is a master at handling franchises. It doesn’t surprise me at all that he was chosen to helm... Full article

Vikings racing on to NCAA regionals

Track and field squad heads to in Austin this weekend

Coming off a second-place finish at the Big Sky Championships two weeks ago, the PSU track and field squad is not done with the 2013 season just yet. Head coach Ronnye Harrison will be... Full article

News

Faculty contract talks underway

Union oversight a key issue

Collective bargaining between Portland State’s administration and faculty has taken a turn for the worrisome, according to faculty members familiar with the negotiations. Full article

• Faculty contract talks underway

• Task force to examine safety on campus

• 5th Avenue Cinema adds digital to its film repertoire

• Off-leash dogs a concern for campus child care

• Last-minute agreement saves SUN Program, needle exchange

• SHAC, hospital pricing and student health care

• Students weigh in on campus safety

Arts & Culture

When the soldier comes home

Artists Repertory Theatre presents Ithaka

Lanie has recently returned home from her tour of duty in Afghanistan to find that the world she left behind during her deployment is not the same world that she has returned to. Much... Full article

• When the soldier comes home

• Introducing Xbox One

• Asking the tough questions

• The art of trying too hard

• Zombies, robots and aliens galore

• I’m a weirdo

• Defining ‘femme fatale’

OPINION

School daze

Some programs get funding, some don’t

The news has been reporting that the economy is slowly on the mend. Unemployment is apparently lower than it’s been since 2008. Lots of good, positive things are happening all over. Generally awesome, yeah?... Full article

• School daze

• A nation of Bacon infatuation

• PSU students have plans for Lombard Street

• Red-state renaissance men

• Greener on the other side

• Pregnant women paid to give up cigarettes

• Serving a community in need

Sports

Miggy’s hot streak continues in 2013

Triple Crown winner picking up right where he left off

In my previous article, I wrote about the high-profile disappointments of the 2013 MLB season—players who were on fire last year but have since cooled off considerably. Periodic downswings are, of course, a natural... Full article

• Miggy’s hot streak continues in 2013

• Thorns get back to their winning ways

• Hasan gets back on the field

• Madness already building in college basketball

• Premier League condottieri

• Recent Results

• Vikings racing on to NCAA regionals

COLUMNS

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  One Step Off

  School daze

  By Emily Lakehomer

  
  

  The news has been reporting that the economy is slowly on the mend. Unemployment is apparently lower than it’s been since 2008. Lots of...

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  Ms. Fudge’s Sweet Nothings

  A nation of Bacon infatuation

  By Stephanie Fudge-Bernard

  
  

  It never seemed possible that the day would come when I would say, in all seriousness, that I’ve had too much bacon. The...

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  Everywhere and Here

  PSU students have plans for Lombard Street

  By Eva-Jeanette Rawlins

  
  

  Rarely do you get a chance to see what your education is tangibly doing for you, or for anyone else for that matter. You...

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  Deeply Thought Thoughts

  Red-state renaissance men

  By Ryan S. Cunningham

  
  

  Who are the kings and masters of U.S. politics? Who lowered taxes and tore down trade barriers? Who led the nation to a new...

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  A Critical Glance

  Greener on the other side

  By Adam E. Bushen

  
  

  Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid released a comparative look at the medical costs of different hospitals in every state, causing anger and...

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• Campus style

  At Hoffman Hall

  In front of Hoffman Hall | Photo by Danielle Derham Full article

Block Talk

This week's question:

“What are your thoughts on the recent University Place Hotel controversy regarding nepotism and the exploitation of employees?”

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