Members of Portland State’s Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (PSU-SUPER) and their supporters held a demonstration during the Board of Trustees meeting on Jan. 26 to protest PSU’s continued…
Portland State forms committee to address enrollment decline
Portland State recently launched a new planning committee with a list of ways the college would like to create change on and off the campus. One of the committee’s primary…
Ice storm turns MLK weekend to week-long break
Editor’s Note: The student interviews were done as part of a multimedia project produced by Alberto Alonso Pujazon Bogani. A winter storm began in Portland and stretched the MLK…
Trash buildup on campus
The sight of overflowing trash bins has become a Portland staple—especially in the downtown area. The issue has spread to the Portland State campus in the last few years, causing…
FAFSA form gets an update
The updated 2024–2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) recently became available. According to CNN, these changes have been in the works for quite some time. The United…
University Pointe requires smartphones for resident access
Midway through November, every resident in University Pointe had their apartments entered by a team of maintenance workers. Their contract? Uninstall all traditional locks and replace them with a smartphone-controlled…
Task force launched to combat hate at PSU
Editor’s note: This article has been revised to incorporate additional details from a student witness, providing further insight into the previously reported harassment incident. In an email circulated to…
Portland State’s new digital mascot
Portland State students across the city opened their phones on Oct. 5, 2023, to discover a text message from an unknown phone number offering them a helping hand. “Hey…
Students protest PSU partnership with Boeing
On Wednesday, Nov. 8, Portland State students and members of organizations—including Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER), the Resist United-States-Led War Movement and the Jewish Voice for Peace Portland—gathered…
Housing insecurity at PSU
Within the first seven weeks of the fall quarter, the Basic Needs Hub—or the Hub—assisted over 200 students with housing insecurities. That’s an average of about six students per day—all…
Broadway bike lane set for changes
In September, Bike Portland reported that the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) Director Millicent Williams emailed several select staff members with plans to remove the 16-block protected bike lane between…