Over the last month, tensions over the increasing militarization of the Spratly Islands have been growing due to disputes over freedom of navigation rights. The Spratly Islands—the center of recent…
BuddyUp app goes international
Some may remember the desktop only Beta version of BuddyUp, launched in fall of 2014 at the Portland State campus as a part of a capstone project done by PSU…
Review: U.S.-China forward movements
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 22, on his first state visit since his election in 2012. While here he met with various CEOs, spoke before…
North and South Korea, tensions still high
In August, Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s head of state, and democratic party and army leader, threatened to bring war to South Korea, giving a 48-hour deadline for his demands to be…
Amy Miller is Portland’s funniest person
Doors to the Helium Comedy Club showroom opened at 7:30 p.m. and by then a line had formed through the entire bar, almost to the exit stairs. On the night…
Portland’s funniest person to be crowned tonight
The Portland’s Funniest Person contest wrapped up its semifinal round on July 1. The contest, which runs annually, is hosted by Helium Comedy Club. Twelve out of the 36 contestants…
Progressive grade school orchestra to perform at campus cinema
I stumbled upon the Bravo youth orchestra by accident when a friend brought me to watch four members of the Oregon Symphony at a local restaurant fundraiser. Four young Rosa…
Cypherpunk event tackles the new, tangled digital age
The university hosted the Cascadia Cypherpunk Convergence on Saturday, April 11 in and around the Smith Memorial Student Union to teach and discuss cryptography and other technology-related issues. The event…
Global Rhythms IV sings music of the world
“One thing that is true about human beings—it doesn’t matter what time period or where on the Earth—every civilization that we know of has gotten together to sing,” said Ethan…
Where science and music collide
Dr. Adele Diamond will lecture at Portland State on May 7 at 12 p.m. on the subject of her most recent research on brain development, which uses knowledge about the…
PSU LoL Spring Tournament, round 2: The machine gun technique
For the Vanguard’s second-round coverage of the spring tournament, we will continue on with our same two winning teams from last week and see who brought the wallop this week. Fifty…