The four things anyone needs to go on an overnight bike camping trip are a bicycle, basic camping equipment, an interest in getting out into nature, and most importantly, the…
Host a backyard Olympics!
Summer is a great time for outdoor games and activities, from the classic Slip ‘N Slide and tug of war to Twister and a water balloon toss. These games can…
‘I really do care, don’t you?’
America has a long-standing history of oppression, violence and injustice, but in all of the chaos, there are nonprofits, organizations and people willing to fight the bad with a little…
America the empire
While the British Empire is permanently in the background of Western imperialism, the United States has never admitted to such a legacy. This is not to say it has nothing…
For the love of god: register to vote
The primary elections this past May saw the lowest voter turnout since 1970 (or nineteen-GODDAMN-seventy, in layman’s terms). That’s right. A generation of college students who were dropping enough acid…
The Constitution of the United States
There’s a lot of information in the first sentence in the oldest working constitution in the world. Take a constitutional law or history class, and you’ll get an earful. But…
Veganizing the Fourth!
A whole day of burgers on the grill, red white and blue dairy delight and friends and family assuming you can only eat salad can be a difficult day to…
Fireworks aren’t a blast for everyone
Pets, as one might expect, are terrified of anything that makes such a loud noise. Maybe you think it’s cute while they freak out; maybe you bust out a thundershirt…
The divide between art and science
Educational funding in this country has always come with a narrative: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) is in crisis, and that’s what we hear in order to push funding toward…
Unpaid internships: the good, the bad, the networking, the exploitation
We’re graduating, and it’s time to face an important question: What’s next? As much as we might want to pirouette from campus straight into a sparkly career with a hefty…
It’s okay not to graduate
A few days from now, thousands of Portland State students will walk across the stage at the Moda Center, but there will also always be students who do not graduate….