PSU students partner with PCC and GPSEN for Sustainability Symposium The Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network and Portland Community College will co-host a Sustainability Symposium with the theme “Community Research: Shaping…
Best Portland places to dance your body right
Let’s make one thing clear: “Get fit” is not a synonym for “get thin.” Big bodies in motion are one of humanity’s most beautiful expression forms. The only thing more…
Verbal resolutions: a list of must-banish terms for 2017
Dearest Vanguard readers: In the spirit of growth and development, let us drop the bad habits of the past year and commit to fresh, sophisticated verbiage in 2017. Every year,…
Subpar advice: Grinding up those pills
This Torso Again Writes: So I dated this guy for about a year and then the spark fizzled and we became friends. I had to completely break it off shortly…
Events for the week of Jan. 11–17
Featured Event Reel Music Festival Whitsell Auditorium 934 SW Salmon Street Fee: varies (free-$10 per film) Now in its 34th year, the Reel Music Festival is a celebration of music…
Arts & Culture 2016 year in review
If there’s something we all can agree on, it’s that 2016 was one hell of a tumultuous year. But all is not lost; apathy and cynicism might dull the pain,…
The prodigal son returns to Sin City
The last time I was in Las Vegas, I was a fundamentalist Christian, young-Earth creationist and closet homosexual. Now, over a decade later, I return to the city of sin…
Subpar advice for the holidays
A mega dose of Subpar Advice to help get you through the bumps of winter break life. I do hope you’ll miss me because I’ll miss you dearly while I’m…
PSU Orchestra ‘Remix’ features David Bowie
How does one erase months of classroom-induced stress? By basking in the wondrous reverberations of the Portland State Orchestra, performing downtown on Dec. 7 and 8 at the Mission Theater….
Winter break event listings
Need something to do when you finally get bored from a lack of homework? Here are some ideas to keep you from going stir crazy! See you at the start…
PSU student among those arrested at recent anti-Trump protests
Two weeks in and it’s already ancient news that 120 people, including several Portland State students, were arrested during a demonstration in downtown Portland on Nov. 12. The myriad of…