Portland State Rec Clubs is a student-led program that offers a wide range of sports, games and activities. Each club is under the leadership of students and funded through student…
Tuition Payment Options & Student Loans 101
Welcome to Portland State, you adorable newbie Viking, you. If you’re brand new to PSU, there’s plenty to sort through: navigating the ins-and-outs of an urban campus, deciphering your new…
Hitch a ride to class on Portland’s legendary transit system
Portland State, as you know, is located in downtown Portland. That means it’s convenient to walk to anything you need, but it also means that it’s inconvenient for drivers. Downtown…
Athletics 101
Portland State Athletics. In a state with the likes of the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, the Vikings don’t get thrown in a lot of conversations about the…
Keep yer dates straight, newbie!
Academic calendars sure can be confusing, especially given that there’s no such thing as a national calendar for all public schools. As a newbie, it can be a challenge trying…
Find a better frame of mind in biking to campus
So, you want to start biking to school (or just biking in general). Why wouldn’t you want to? Portland State is smack-dab in the middle of one the most bike…
The master list of Portland State’s student groups
Academic: Association of Environmental Science Students National Student Speech Language Hearing Association Association for Computing Machinery at PSU Physics Society Anthropology Student Association Optometry Club Health Promotion Student Organization Hebrew…
ASPSU 101: Meet your President and Vice President
ASPSU President Dana Ghazi and Vice President Davíd Martinez took office June 1. They’ve spent the summer filling their executive cabinet, meeting with administrators and settling into their respective positions….
An old-timey guide to wrangling your car or bike
Looking for the next big thing? Try driving! The wind in your hair, the smell of freshly combusted diesel, the crisp shunk-clunk of an engine; this bright future of mass…
What’s going to go wrong, so terribly wrong, and how to fix it
Make no mistake: Portland State is a business, and businesses are founded on bureaucracies that are looking to do one thing—make money. As a result, the process of navigating the…
The Fresh buðlungr of Portland
Break out your beanies and scarves. You’ve just enrolled in the third most hipster school in the United States, according to College Magazine. That’s right. Portland State—home of 28,241 undergraduate…