It was about eight at night, early July. The sun was blazing, falling behind the hills of southwest Portland. Sweat ran down my forehead. The dog was panting. Night Train…
‘Stargirl’ is the original Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Fifteen years ago, Britney Spears dominated the airwaves. Justice was still called Limited Too. Y2K, it turns out, was a total bunk, and I was just starting to suspect that…
You are not a loan
“$1.2 trillion is not working,” said Daniel Hong, an organizer with Strike Debt Portland. People gathered on the Park Blocks behind Smith Memorial Student Union for a student Debtor’s Assembly…
‘Crow Hollow’ is the fashionable nostalgia of literature
When I was a teenager, I went through a brief phase where I was obsessed with the 1960s. I read, watched, wore and listened to anything to do with that…
Finding common ground
There are roughly 2,100 teaching and non-teaching faculty employed by Portland State: adjunct instructors, senior instructors, associate professors, assistant professors, researchers, librarians, attorneys, advisers, tenure track, non-tenure track, temporary and…
A.P. Herbert is the master satirist you never knew
1950s England. The Russian War is over. The Soviets have been destroyed by their own incompetency. Satellite countries have risen up and destroyed the sickle and hammer with help from…
AAUP kicks off bargaining with “Imagine”
Portland State’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors kicked off bargaining with a rally on May 6. The rally was a joint action with the PSU Faculty Association,…
Barking up the right tree: Reuben’s guide to the dog-eat-dog world outdoors
It’s tough being a city dog. There is limited green space. Poop resources are difficult to come by—as soon as you poop, humans pick it up and save it for…
AAUP and PSUFA to host “Imagine” rally on Park Blocks May 6
“Imagine higher education: Student-centered. Educator-led. Debt-free.” That is the concept of the Portland State chapter of the American Association of University Professors’ bargaining campaign this year. PSU-AAUP and Portland State…
Adverb abuse and creepy sex in ‘Satisfaction’
The young woman with short dyed-blonde hair frowned over her computer. Lisa Dunn was…reading, you might say, but it felt to her more like she was eating Cheetos while watching…
Don’t Shoot PDX calls for change at May Day rally
Don’t Shoot PDX and 15 Now PDX organized a May Day rally and protest in the Park Blocks behind Smith Memorial Student Union today. Upward of 50 people showed up…