Portland State’s Electric Avenue, a block-long strip of free charging stations for electric vehicles, has been disassembled to make way for a new School of Business Administration building. The charging…
Board may lower tuition increase based on state funding
The Oregon Legislature recently approved $700 million in funding to be distributed to the seven public universities for the 2015–17 biennium. This is about $30 million more than the expected…
PSU Foundation rep weighs in on fossil fuel divestment
Portland State will spend the summer grappling with the moral implications of fossil fuel investments that benefit the university’s endowment fund. Student groups such as Divest PSU have pressured the…
15 soon
A ballot measure that would create the nation’s first statewide $15 minimum wage has just hit a milestone on its path to the November 2016 ballot. According to a June…
‘Something incredibly fulfilling that I will never do again’
After an unprecedented double election this spring term, Dana Ghazi and Davíd Martinez of the Student Power Coalition slate have just begun their 2015–16 term as president and vice president…
You don’t have to go home, but you can’t smoke here
In light of the recent implementation of Oregon’s legal recreational marijuana measure, Portland State’s Dean of Student Life Michelle Toppe and Associate Vice President of Human Resources Shana Sechrist released…
Three More Years of Wim-ter
After almost a year of deliberation and discussion, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously on June 11 to update President Wim Wiewel’s contract. Wiewel signed the contract after the meeting…
Cleantech Challenge semifinalists advance to develop prototypes
The semifinalists for the Third Annual 2015 Portland State Cleantech Challenge have been announced. These semifinalists are each given $2,500 to fund a prototype over the summer, along with mentorship…
A-pot-calypse Now!
Oregonians voted in November 2014 to legalize recreational marijuana, and the time has come for the Grim Reefer to slink out of the shadows and into the light. Recreational weed in…
Time for a tune-up
The stress of finals week has taken its toll on the student body at Portland State. Now with summer in the air, it’s time to start thinking about physical tune-ups….
Closing the pipeline
Divestment is a word floating around many institutions as a potential strategy for combating fossil fuel production and the resulting environmental impacts. The City of Portland and Multnomah County have…