Gov. Kate Brown’s recommended budget for public universities for the upcoming biennium—financial years 19–20 and 20–21—included a delay of all capital projects until 2020, which could affect how the university…
ASPSU presidential, vice-presidential candidates debate transparency, campus armament
Associated Students of Portland State University candidates for president and vice president met on April 8 in Parkway North for a debate focusing on topics of community engagement, administrator-student transparency…
ASPSU Student Fee Committee discusses athletics, Smith renovation
Five of seven total candidates for the Student Fee Committee gathered on April 9 in Parkway North to discuss issues surrounding the prospective allocation of student fee money for 2019….
Senate candidates discuss student involvement
Next year’s batch of Associated Students of Portland State University senators met to discuss campus disarmament and student body involvement with ASPSU, April 10 in Parkway North. All candidates will…
Portland State professor, students help design newest village for houseless
Portland State Professor Todd Ferry and his architectural design class helped plan the layout and pod homes for the Agape Village, the newest alternative housing village being built on the…
Scholars speak on experience of Black Women in Academia
In an effort to honor Women’s History Month, Portland State’s Black studies department hosted a Black Bag Speakers Series on April 9 with four female scholars to speak on the…
Hill to Hall April 8–13
April 8: Oregon Senate rejects bill to lower Oregon’s drunk driving limit A bill that would have lowered Oregon’s drunk driving limit from .08% to .05% died in session. Senate…
Meet the Candidates
The 2019–20 academic year student government elections are coming, and on April 5, the Associated Students of Portland State University gave student voters the chance to meet the candidates on…
Budget forum reveals shortcomings in state funding
Students and financial advisors gathered to discuss the lack of state funding and how the new budget will affect potential tuition raises at the last of a series of four…
Resistance within ASPSU to support Smith Renovation
The proposed renovation of Smith Memorial Student Union presented to the Associated Students of Portland State University senate on April 1 was met with opposition. Director of Campus Planning and…
Rape Myths Through Time
Dana Macaulay, assistant dean of student life, led a roundtable conversation covering rape myths spanning the 1950s through the 2000s on April 3 at the Women’s Resource Center. The conversation…