Lacking building wide air conditioning in several dorms around campus, some PSU students face prolonged heat exposure. Experts say this can lead to physical harm—even in young and healthy individuals….
UHRL must change its cooling policy
It’s time for University Housing and Residence Life (UHRL) to change their outdated air conditioning policy. As students living in campus housing probably already know, the 2022–2023 UHRL Housing…
Heat survival guide
Summers in Portland are becoming increasingly hotter, and many people living in areas with the highest heat risk have no air conditioning—including Portland State housing. I live in one of…
Summer heat makes PSU housing uninhabitable
Portland State campus housing is unlivable during the summer. Portland State Vanguard wrote about this topic previously. Unfortunately, the issue has not improved. As average high temperatures hit 85.9°F…
Air Conditioning saves lives
Over the past few years, natural disasters caused by man-made climate change have wreaked havoc across the globe. Oregon has been included in the chaos with droughts, massive wildfires and…
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