According to students at Portland State, squirrels on campus—especially in the Park Blocks near campus buildings—seem to be getting braver. There have been instances of squirrels making their way inside…
SFC Living Wage Fee increase proposal rejected by Board Committee
The Finance and Administration Committee voted to send President Rahmat Shoureshi’s student fee budget to the Executive Board instead of the proposal drafted by the Student Fee Committee. The president’s…
Violet Gibson, Nayeli Naranjo-Robles win 2019–2020 election
Violet Gibson and Nayeli Naranjo-Robles, of the slate “New Possibilities, True Leadership,” won the Associated Students of Portland State presidential and vice-presidential positions with 564 votes, beating Kyle Leslie-Christy and…
Hill to Hall April 29–May 3
May 1: Oregon Republicans delay tax vote Democrats’ new tax bill—House Bill 3427—has the potential to raise billions of dollars in tax revenue from businesses to be spent on early…
Community speaks out on sexual assault
The Women’s Resource Center capped off its annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month calendar of events with Take Back the Night: We Are Worthy 2019 on April 26. The event took…
Solidarity for survivors
Illuminate—Portland State’s interpersonal violence advocacy group—hosted a rally in the Park Blocks on April 24 as part of sexual assault awareness month. Take Back the Night: We Are Worthy 2019…
SFC to send separate budget to BOT, advocates livable wages for students
In a push for a $15 an hour minimum wage for student workers, the Associated Students of Portland State Student Fee Committee will be sending a separate student fee budget…
Nonviolent freedom activist Reverend Lawson brings historical perspective to revolutions
Portland State’s Students United for Nonviolence hosted Reverend Dr. James Lawson, associate and friend of Martin Luther King Jr., on April 24 to provide insight on nonviolent practices of protest,…
Hill to Hall April 23–24
April 23: Oregon judge to grant preliminary injunction against restricted abortion United States District Judge Michael J. McShane said he would block President Donald Trump’s new federal rule that would…
High Expectations
Portland State’s Student Legal Services held “High Expectations” on April 19 in the Multicultural Center, an event focused on the history of legalizing marijuana and students’ legal rights around the…
PSU Legal Services calls for decriminalization of sex work
Portland State’s student legal services hosted two speakers from PSU on April 16 to discuss the wide-reaching and potentially harmful implications of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and Stop…