You are walking from Smith to your car on a cold winter’s night. Portland rain has covered the streets as the clouds overhead make visibility difficult. A figure comes walking…
Professor’s film makes festival circuit debut
Matt McCormick, a film professor at Portland State, has a few decades of filmmaking under his belt. His works have ranged from the feature film Some Days Are Better Than…
YouTube star Clara C among performers at Hong Kong culture night
Hong Kong Student Association of Portland State hosted the “HKSA Annual Culture Show” to kick off the lunar new year, the Year of the Rooster, on Feb. 18. Held in…
Professor presents on how conservative big money made climate change controversial
About 40 people gathered in Smith Memorial Student Union on Wednesday, Feb. 9 to hear Dr. Riley E. Dunlap, regents professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University, give a talk on…
Pan-African Commons hosts workshop on pan-African unity
Watch some of the highlights from the pan-Africanism workshop. Nicolas Lee/PSU Vanguard Portland State students were invited to attend the “Pan-Africanism Vision Board Workshop,” presented by the Pan-African Commons for…
Are pickup lines still used?
Jamon Sin/PSU Vanguard Do you ever wonder if pick up lines are still a thing? Do they even work? I took a couple hours and walked around campus to ask…
After weather-related delays, ‘Party in the Ballroom’ parties on
Student Activities and Leadership hosted “Party in the Ballroom” to promote involvement in student activities, leadership and organizations on Feb. 9. Held in the Smith Memorial Student Union, the event…
Does a bear f*ck in the woods?
Ursine type looking for fellow bears and cubs? Friend of the hairy on a bear hunt? Do you want beard burn? Or maybe you’re someone who just wants to revel…
Classical Chinese concert brings ‘Jasmine Blossoms’ to PSU
The Confucius Institute at Portland State University hosted a concert featuring the yanquin, a Chinese dulcimer, in Lincoln Hall on Sunday, Feb. 5. “Jasmine Blossoms in the City of Roses”…
Student Fee Committee 2018 budget approved
On Jan. 23, the Student Fee Committee’s budget proposal for the 2018 financial year was approved 25-0-1 by the Associated Students of Portland State University senate. The budget, which includes an…
‘New campus thought police’: Freethinkers of PSU present dialogue on free speech
Amid tensions of the recent election cycle and questionable actions of the new United States president, a welling consensus emerges that the substantive engagement of ideas is under attack on…