The Center for Disease Control charts Oregon’s flu season as currently widespread. This means the illness has spread throughout the region, not just small areas, and that it has spread…
Godhood and power ballads
Kieron Gillen, writer of the Iron Man series “Believe,” is even better when writing original fiction. The Wicked + The Divine is our world, but one in which every 90…
Examining images of disaster and war in anime
Dr. Hikari Hori, assistant professor of Japanese film and visual culture at Columbia University in New York, made the transcontinental journey to lecture at Portland State on Feb. 12 about…
Crouching tiger, hidden feminist
The otherworldly Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is more than just an action movie that defies gravity. It is also a multilayered narrative that explores the conflicts between duty and desire,…
Big Mac on a wire
I stopped pretending that I was too good for McDonald’s many years ago. The anti-McDonald’s polemic Super Size Me has colored the view of thousands of millennials that slam the…
Comics studies certificate makes debut
A new post-baccalaureate Comics Studies certificate program was recently announced by the university. The program allows students to earn a certificate by taking six comics-themed courses between winter, spring and…
Horoscopes for the week of Feb. 15
Aquarius January 20-February 18 Binge watching Archer is your best bet for this week. Also, because it’s hilarious. Some people think you’re Lana, but we both secretly know you wish…
Confucius Institute hosts lecture on Chinese opera
The Confucius Institute hosted professor Hong Wang of Soochow University, China, on Friday, Feb. 6. Wang gave audiences an introduction to the history of Kunqu opera. Wang, the head of…
Princess Ugg has a lot to teach
Ted Naifeh’s Princess Ugg is a ridiculous delight and a real breath of fresh air. In Princess Ugg, Princess Ulga of the highlands Grimmeria and sole child of the king,…
Musical ennui
Ah, no one understands love quite like the French. Who else could concoct a romantic musical drama featuring a bisexual triad singing about things like saliva, rain and long-term relationships?…
Post-punkers Viet Cong are an icy ode to order
Canadian post-punks Viet Cong take their music very seriously, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that there isn’t anything to enjoy in their 37-minute, self-titled debut LP. Beginning…