The room is dark, subdued, the weak lighting comes only from partially obscured wall sconces. em>La Wally performed by Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez is playing softly from a stereo system tucked…
Schrödinger’s housing crisis
Economics is in many ways like meteorology: Being wrong in one’s predictions is considered par for the course. However, economics has the added element of requiring a basic understanding of…
Hillary is the only leader we should have
Hillary Clinton will make a damn fine president. No one else in the race has the same level of experience to lead our country or to make tough decisions like…
Why are college students so afraid of the real world?
For those of you who spent Spring Break enjoying your time off and avoiding the news of the day, you might have missed this gem from Emory University: a group…
Donald Trump: The scariest man in America
As a student of history, I hear the oft-repeated refrain, “If we’re not careful, history will repeat itself.” For most of my life that phrase has elicited little more than…
Republicans: Do your job!
I would like to suggest that, for the next 11 months, President Obama veto every single bill that lands on his desk. He should make it clear that he wants…
Republican Party Woes
Donald Trump was the front-runner in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, as of Jan. 5. Let’s stop and think about that for a minute. A xenophobic, racist demagogue…
Don’t feel like attending a Vikings game? You’re not the only one
Five thousand people saw Casey strike out that day in Mudville. Five thousand people cheered on their small-town team, despite the ups and downs of nine innings, only to leave…
Protest, debate with caution and rationality
So often, free speech is interpreted as “the right for someone to say what I want to hear, in a manner that I approve of.” Let me give a couple…
Grief and healing go hand in hand
It’s been 30 days. Thirty days since my former school, my friends and my community were transformed by one single act of unimaginable violence. The shooting at Umpqua Community College…
Capstones: not as bad as they seem
When I first arrived at Portland State, I was a bit taken aback by the University Studies requirements. As a transfer student, I wasn’t required to subject myself to the…