From undergraduates to post-graduates, difficult professors can be an obstacle to success in your school career. A quick poll of classmates and a scan of RateMyProfessor suggests students at Portland…
Assassination of Iranian general proves reckless, unnecessary
President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize an airstrike on General Quasem Soleimani was impulsive and wrong for the United States and its safety. However, the accidental missile strike of a…
Have You Heard?
After spending several hours reading hundreds of pages of archival material for my thesis I have exactly one question: what? I certainly found a lot of helpful material but as…
The neverending cycle of student poverty
Student poverty is the most significant impediment facing college students today. Many students cannot afford basic human needs such as food and housing. College tuition has gotten so expensive that…
Housing inaction is inexcusable
It’s 9:15 a.m., and I’m on the MAX headed to campus. It’s not too early, but it still feels it regardless. Across from me is a person who I’ve seen…
U.S. interventionism supports terror around the world
The United States needs to stop its long history of aiding, funding and arming terrorist organizations and their partners, giving them the very resources they can use against us. The…
Recession built into the system
Economic crisis never ends for the majority of the population. A popular topic of economics is the well-known recession. A concept with a “formal” definition of “two consecutive quarters of…
Boeing carrier doomed to fail again
An aircraft with a mind of its own, the Boeing 737 Max 8 is essentially a rogue aircraft that should never transport human lives again. Boeing’s 737 Max 8 is…
In Trump’s corruption and racism, white supremacy finds a home
The United States’ inaction on gun regulation and white supremacy creates conditions for domestic terrorism to persist in this country. The rise of President Donald Trump has caused a re-emergence…
Electric cars aren’t really green
The electric car has a secret—it isn’t actually green. When people say an electric car is green, they are usually comparing it to a regular, internal combustion engine car, and…
Deep flaws and double standards
Congresswoman resigns while accused sex offenders keep seats Women in power are being scrutinized more severely than our own president. Enough is enough. Katie Hill, a former House representative of…