While the U.S. Government has spent—and is currently spending—billions of dollars in the War on Drugs in Mexico, the real cost of the war is measured in blood. The New…
Portland State on my mind
Portland State kicks off its annual 10-day celebration of university knowledge and culture this Thursday, Oct. 22. Portland State of Mind runs through Oct. 31 and features over 50 events…
BuddyUp app goes international
Some may remember the desktop only Beta version of BuddyUp, launched in fall of 2014 at the Portland State campus as a part of a capstone project done by PSU…
Da Kaibigan Showkase gives local artists a stage
The Portland State Kaibigan Club hosted a night of contemporary Filipino culture last Saturday, which featured YouTube singer J.R. Aquino. The Da Kaibigan Showkase, held in the Smith Memorial Student…
U.S. bombs hospital in Afghanistan
22 people, including three children, are now dead after a bombing at a Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) hospital in the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attack occurred…
The de-development of Gaza
Within the past six years, Gaza has gone through three consecutive military operations: the first from Dec. 27, 2008 to Jan. 18, 2009, the second between Nov. 14 and 21,…
Confucius Institute hosts paper-cutting workshop at Lan Su Chinese Garden
Chinese and American cultures mingled for traditional paper-cutting at the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Portland State’s Confucius Institute hosted a Chinese conversation circle where attendees crafted traditional Chinese paper ornaments,…
India’s mental health crisis
The recent tragedy at Umpqua Community College has once again surfaced mental health as a topic of discussion. The stigmatization, ignorance and lack of adequate policy to support those who…
Review: U.S.-China forward movements
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 22, on his first state visit since his election in 2012. While here he met with various CEOs, spoke before…
Native resistance to Canadian pipelines
Like the U.S., Canada has a long, sordid history of settler-colonialism. Exploitation of Indigenous nations continues today as nearly a dozen different energy corporations attempt to build pipelines through unceded…
Trump’s immigration plan and its effect on Oregon
With the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, political parties are setting up their candidates and platforms to try to snag the executive office. One candidate who has caught America’s…