The Portland State Vikings (12–14) hosted the Montana Grizzlies (5–21) in a Big Sky NCAA women’s college basketball showdown. The Viks’ performance dominated as they steamrolled past the Grizzlies 68–45…
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…
High school students rally at PSU for Quanice Hayes
Hundreds of students and local residents gathered in Portland State’s park blocks Thursday, Feb. 16 for a rally organized by the Portland Student Action Network, a high school social justice…
Vikings Basketball ends losing streak at home
The Portland State Vikings ended a four game losing streak Thursday night with a 74–69 win over the Idaho State Bengals. The Vikings win advanced PSU to 12–10 overall, 5–6…
Student Sustainability Center finds new funding home
The Student Sustainability Center is slated to receive $71,000 in funding from the upcoming 2018 financial budget proposed by the Associated Students of Portland State University’s Student Fee Committee, a significant…
Vikings Basketball falls short in Saturday’s overtime thriller
Portland State Vikings Men’s Basketball fell short in its bid to upset Big Sky’s current conference leaders Weber State Wildcats on Feb. 11th at the Peter W. Stott Center. WSU…
Sexy student groups
Sex Week at the Queer Resource Center A Conversation with QRC office manager Melanie Altaras Vanguard: What are some of the QRC’s goals? How have you seen these goals succeeding…
Herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea—oh, my!
If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on in 2017, it’s that unprotected sex can have disastrous consequences for a variety of reasons. Being sexually active doesn’t have to…
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…
The ins and outs of hysterectomies and vasectomies
Here’s the dilemma: You’ve either parented your way through the sleepless nights, the crayon drawings on the wall, and the years of teenage angst—which were just as restless and confusing…
PSU adjuncts: the problem with being a part-time instructor
Portland State adjunct professors are experiencing a growing, nationwide issue of being undercompensated. They’re not given the same benefits as their tenured counterparts, and their pay is significantly less than…