PSU graduate students are exercising their right to unionize: no longer will graduate employees be sequestered by mountains of term papers or remote research laboratories. A group of graduate students…
Student government tensions exposed amid OSA scrap.
Tensions mounted at a recent meeting of the Associated Students of Portland State Senate as proponents and skeptics jostled over a recent recommendation to defund a statewide organizing group. The…
Proposed payroll tax seeks tuition relief for PSU students
You can’t spend the same dollar twice. Portland State President Wim Wiewel pondered this conundrum while discussing a proposed tuition tax he hopes will reduce the cost of attendance for…
Student Speak-Out wins faculty support
Student activists are finding support from faculty members while focusing on social climate issues for underrepresented communities and students of color at Portland State . Activists have called on the…
Despite press release claim of high lead levels, Cramer’s drinking water is safe, say campus officials
A recent press release from the Associated Students of Portland State University indicated unsafe levels of lead in Cramer Hall drinking water. The university has confirmed that drinking water in…
Elect Her program aims to build women’s leadership skills
The Portland State Center for Woman’s Leadership will host Elect Her on February 9, a program that trains college women to run for student government and political office. Elect Her…
Scholarship scramble
Procrastinators, be warned: this is your last week to make a lunge for free money. Portland State opens its scholarship process every October, during which students can apply online for…
Vikings community mourns the passing of AJ Schlatter
Editor’s UPDATE Jan. 22, 2016, 7:30 PM: The Portland State Stott Center will host a celebration of the life of AJ Schlatter on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. According…
ASPSU safety forum focuses on armed police
A recent student-hosted campus safety forum trenched into continued debate about last year’s move to introduce a sworn, armed police force to Portland State. Hosted by the Associated Students of…
“We’d rather err on the side of caution;” timely warning raises questions about campus safety protocol
The Campus Public Safety Office released a campus-wide timely warning on Wednesday, Jan. 13. The issued statement warned of a security threat regarding Asish Nand Sharma, a suspect in a…
Introducing ‘The Pacific Sentinel’
Portland State’s left-leaning alternative newspaper The Rearguard has printed for the last time. So has The Portland Spectrum—formerly The Portland Spectator—the university’s in-depth investigative magazine. A recent student-led merger united…