De La Soul was one of six headlining acts around Portland to end the four-day long Soul’d Out Music Festival Sunday, April 22. After opening artists Lilla and Silent Heroes…
PSU seeks state funding for two new buildings
Portland State announced this week it will request state funds next month from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for two new buildings on campus. According to Associate Vice President for…
Faculty union claims all-gender restroom construction violated policy
Portland State’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors sparked a public accusation of transphobia after the union published a blog post on March 9 claiming the PSU administration’s…
Nice girls don’t wear cha-cha heels
If you’re familiar with John Waters’ movies, you’re either a huge fan or are generally baffled by his continued popularity in the underground film circuit. I highly doubt that film…
Why we need another ‘race play’
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis (The Motherf**ker with the Hat, The Get-Down) opened at Artists Repertory Theatre on Saturday, March 10. This production is only four years…
Portland bar owner publishes employee data online
Editor’s note: The screenshot obtained by Portland State Vanguard was already edited by another Facebook user to hide the employee’s SSN and address, but has since been edited to obscure…
#NeverAgain: PSU students honor school shooting victims in walkout
Portland State students walked out of class Wednesday, March 14 to take part in a nationwide student-led protest for gun reform and to honor those killed in the Marjory Stoneman…
Administration and Graduate Employees Union reach contract agreement
After a tense bargaining process and mediation, the Portland State administration came to a tentative contract agreement with the newly-certified Graduate Employees Union after 2 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16. The…
PSU’s Littman and White artist goes viral
Michael James Schneider has gone viral one week before his March 8 opening reception and gallery debut ‘notification’ at Portland State’s Littman + White Galleries. Originally posted to Instagram on…
State investigating canvassers caught misleading PSU students
The Oregon Secretary of State is investigating a petitioning and political consulting firm after a Portland State student caught canvassers misleading other students into signing a petition that would put…
HSKA rings in Lunar New Year with a laugh
Happy Lunar New Year! Portland State’s Hong Kong Student Association held a lively Lunar New Year Show on Feb. 16 in Smith Memorial Student Union. The event attracted nearly 280…