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…
Music as the medium for education
Charley Gray’s career has been anything but uneventful. He created the jazz studies program at Portland State and co-invented the Portland Jazz Orchestra. Although the University of North Texas graduate…
Chamber choir puts on ‘Little Match Girl’ rendition
The Portland State Chamber Choir finished their performance season with the Little Match Girl Passion on May 17 and 19 at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in SE Portland. The chamber…
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…
Bound in history
Pass by the elevators in the Branford Price Millar Library and you might notice a curious array of ancient texts and the tools used to create them. Nestled discreetly among…
Horoscopes for the week of May 17
Gemini May 21-June 20 Okay, so do you remember, like, last Thursday when you did that screening of Clueless or whatever? Oh my god, that friend that your friend brought…
Polaris Dance ends season with eight performances
Polaris Dance Theatre presented their final performance of the season, 1+1=ONE, on May 9 at their warehouse location in SW Portland. Polaris celebrated their 13th season this year. The show…
Oye como va, burritos!
Look into any college student’s mini-fridge and I bet you’ll find some shitty frozen burritos. Why eat something that resembles Mexican food when you can make your own? All you…
Anime club to host Gunpla-building workshop
The PSU anime club will host a Gunpla-building event on, May 21, from 4–8 p.m. Gunpla is a portmanteau of the words Gundam and plastic, a Japanese amalgamation of two…
‘Monster on the Hill’ comic is a beast to get through
When I started reading Rob Harrell’s Monster on the Hill, I definitely expected a lighthearted, childlike story; a town terrorized by Rayburn, a monster with chicken legs, a pig butt…
Pride in May splashes into the Rec Center
The Queer Resource Center and Campus Recreation partnered for Splash Mob: Pride Edition to share campus resources with students, such as gender-neutral changing rooms, last Friday. The QRC-sponsored Splash Mob:…