More than 200 people gathered in Shemanski Park behind the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on an intermittently rainy Sunday, Sept. 17 afternoon to listen to speakers discuss a range of…
Portland shows solidarity against hate: ‘White nationalism is white supremacy’
Portland community members gathered outside city hall on Sunday, Aug. 13 to speak out against the large demonstration of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia and to show solidarity with the…
Portland Copwatch and NAACP host public testimony preceding police reform vote
Portland NAACP and Portland Copwatch organized a 33–strong public testimonial about three items concerning Portland’s Police Bureau around 3 p.m. Aug. 3 at Portland City Hall. Mayor Ted Wheeler was…
Fascism on the rise: Portland extremists reveal themselves
[Note from Vanguard Editor-in-Chief, Colleen Leary]: In recent years, droves of new residents have flocked to Portland, many under the guise of a Portlandia-branded utopian liberal oasis: an easy-going city…
Board lowers tuition hike, but students will still feel the pinch
At a special meeting today, the Portland State Board of Trustees approved a resolution to lower the planned tuition increase set for Fall term. The new BOT increase resolution is…
Newspace Center for Photography’s sudden shutter negative for community
A red “Now Leasing” sign hung over SE Portland’s Newspace Center for Photography logo as over four dozen people gathered on a sunny Monday night to learn more about why…
Brawlt-right: Antifa squares off against skinhead, Proud Boy rally
Portland’s latest collision between Joey Gibson’s crew of free speech marchers and anti-fascist counter-protesters on Friday, June 30 ended right back where it began. Despite several skirmishes and three scorched…
Calling all Viking Voices
Are you a part of the Portland State community who wants your voice represented in the Vanguard? Viking Voices is here for you. VV is an open platform, rolling submission…
Third stabbing victim in MAX hate crime identified as PSU student, expected to recover
The third victim in yesterday’s stabbing incident at the Hollywood Transit Center has been identified as Portland State music student Micah David-Cole Fletcher, age 21. Fletcher’s injuries are not life…
The hands that feed
“Now is the time to act, the 2017 legislative session for every state in the country. You need to set strict environmental policies now because the federal government is not…
PSU students stage campus walkout in protest of trump
Portland State University students joined thousands of other activists in downtown Portland on Friday, Jan. 20 to protest the inauguration of United States President Donald J. Trump. PSU student group Inauguration…