Offensive lineman and senior Kyle Smith of the Portland State Vikings football team died Wednesday night in his apartment, according to Goviks.com. Smith’s death is the second Vikings loss this…
ASPSU Election Guide 2016
The 2016-17 Associated Students of Portland State is underway, with polls open now through April 27. This year’s election comes on the back of an academic year bogged by disrupted…
When voices collide
At 6:45 p.m. last Thursday evening, the scene in the Smith Memorial Student Union cafeteria appeared to be business as usual. Students gathered in sporadic pockets throughout the common space,…
A Successful Bring Your Kids to Campus Day
The Resource for Students with Children hosted Bring Your Kids to Campus Day, where Portland State student parents and their children attended various events and activities throughout campus all day…
Executive hopefuls spar at student government debate
Less than half of the candidates running for positions in student government attended an electoral debate hosted last week by the Vanguard and the Associated Students of Portland State. ASPSU…
Natural history exhibit brings science to campus kids
As just one of Portland State’s Bring Your Kid to Campus Day festivities this past Friday, the Science Research and Teaching Center hosted a hidden gem of campus: a selective…
Blackstone overhaul forces relocation of students with children
Student parents living in the on-campus historic apartment Blackstone at Portland State will have to relocate next school year. The change has been brought by the transformation of all six…
Trump supporters trumped by protesters at first meeting
Portland State students supporting Donald Trump for U.S. President attempted to host their first planning meeting tonight. Instead, Trump supporters found themselves in the midst of protesters holding banners from…
South African activists tour to reclaim narrative on apartheid
Editor’s note: additional information provided by Jennifer Rubino “Stop using apartheid for your own agenda,” said African National Congress (ANC) member and Africans for Peace activist Klaas Masilo while speaking…
The quiet takedown of Physical Education
The Physical Education program is undergoing a quiet shakeup after spring term. Multiple instructors will lose their jobs and students will no longer have the option to take certain physical…
Despite protest and interruption, board approves tuition and fee increase
Amidst crowd protests, interruptions and heated public comment, the Portland State Board of Trustees voted on Thursday to increase 2016–17 tuition and mandatory fees by 3.7 percent for resident undergraduate…