In one of the largest elections in Mexico’s history, Andres Lopez Obrador was elected president on Sunday, July 1. According to Vox, 3,400 seats were open at the local, state…
BIKETOWN now free for PSU students
Scrap the $5 per month membership fee: all Portland State students can now use Portland’s BIKETOWN bicycle share program for free, thanks to a new agreement between PSU and BIKETOWN….
Shoureshi announces investigation in the wake of officer-involved shooting
On July 13, President Shoureshi sent out an email to the student body stating he had signed an emergency notice that would initiate contracting of an outside consultant who will…
TriMet unveils new policies
TriMet—Portland’s self-proclaimed “#1 Transit” provider—celebrated Independence Day week by making moves to liberate Portlanders from the financial burdens of taking public transportation and unveiled two new policies: a reduced fare…
Hill to Hall June 2–8
July 2: White House lawyer named new DEA chief The Trump administration has named former Deputy White House Counsel Uttam Dhillon as the new head of the United States Drug…
This Week Around the World: July 1–8:
July 1 Mexico: Presidential elections held on Sunday saw the victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who ran with the left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional Party. Of the 93.5 percent of votes counted,…
Immigration reshapes what it means to be American
In its more than 240 years of existence, the United States has seen near-constant evolution of the average American. According to U.S. Census data, when the country was founded in…
Patriot Prayer, anti-fascists clash in Downtown Portland
Police declared a riot Saturday, June 30 when violent clashes broke out between right-wing group Patriot Prayer and local anti-fascist protesters in the streets of downtown Portland. The day’s events…
First police-involved shooting near campus since CPSO armed its officers
At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Friday, June 29, Portland State campus police officers responded to reports of an altercation nearby the Cheerful Tortoise sports bar on the corner of SW…
Fatal shooting at Cheerful Tortoise near PSU campus
The Portland Police Bureau is investigating a fatal shooting involving Portland State campus police officers near the campus early on the morning of Friday, June 29. They said one suspect…
Hill to Hall June 20–24
June 20: Senators call for hearings over treatment of migrant children Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with 47 other Democratic and Independent U.S. senators, has published an open letter calling…