Classes will, once again, be held almost entirely online for another term. Portland State President Stephen Percy stated in an email to the campus community last week, “Since the…
COVID-19 reported in PSU residence halls
Two cases of COVID-19 were found on Portland State’s campus on the weekend of Oct. 10, one positive and one inconclusive, bringing the total number of cases associated with PSU…
What did they expect?
Most of the country woke up on Friday, Oct. 2 to the news of the President of the United States testing positive for COVID-19. The uncomfortable truth of the matter,…
When unemployment pays more
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven minimum wage does not pay enough to cover the costs of daily living. Since early March, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused unemployment to skyrocket…
Farmworkers face unique challenges in a global pandemic
Essential workers in every industry across the country are facing unique and devastating challenges to cope with COVID-19, but none quite like agricultural farmworkers. Most of the 174,000 employees across…
Fall term kicks off with a back to school town hall
Portland State kicked off its 75th anniversary with a Virtual Town Hall Wednesday, featuring a panel of administrative leaders who offered answers to top questions looming over students and faculty…
Toxic productivity
Here we go, adding yet another hashmark to the number of days we’ve been isolating at home. I’m beginning to realize the accumulating anxiety I’ve felt since that first fateful…
Celebrating your birthday during a pandemic
Alright folks, we’re almost six months into this pandemic. Along with the massive human toll and economic, political and emotional fallout this will cause, it also means almost half of…
New year, new students, new challenges
For the incoming freshmen class, whose senior year of high school was already affected when the COVID-19 pandemic canceled proms, last days of high school and traditional graduations, the idea…
Hanging out when school’s out
The catastrophic “now” that this moment inhabits has created a dynamic within the student body that is terrifying and isolating, a new normal that has taken students away from their…
PPS to reopen while buildings stay shuttered
On July 28, Superintendent of the Portland Public School District (PPS) Guadalupe Guerrero issued a letter which stated PPS will be completely online for the first quarter of the school…