Much of the current curriculum in the classroom seems to be geared toward extroverts. It can be challenging for introverts to share during class discussions, making their silent efforts feel…
Challenging the insta-poet community
Poetry is—and has always been—a performance art, but the amount of substandard poetry being performed might be bogging the community down more than raising it up. This past year has…
Walkout in response to Parkland shooting
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, one month after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Portland State students walked out of class and gathered in the…
College of the Arts is failing its students
The art department at Portland State sometimes feels like an afterthought. Recent cuts coinciding with the renovation of Neuberger Hall brought art students’ simmering feelings to a screaming boil. Forcing…
Campus frisbee team leads the way in gender equality
In 1973, millions watched as female tennis player Billie Jean King beat male tennis player Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome. King’s win marked a milestone for mixed gender sports….
Veganism: The fastest growing health movement ever
Never before have plants been so popular and animal products so unpopular. This year is going to be the year of the vegan. Over the course of 2017, the world…
Polar bears are starving
A video surfaced of a malnourished polar bear roaming iceless land, scavenging for food. With increasing carbon emissions and greenhouse gases, the planet’s climate is changing. As temperatures rise, ice…
Corbyn’s game of dominos
In unprecedented fashion, international political possibility has shifted toward the left. Jeremy Corbyn’s rise in the Labour Party resulted in a domino effect of radical political opportunity across Europe. The…
The game (r)evolution
Video games find themselves in an odd place today. With the exception of a few well-recieved games like “Super Mario Odyssey,” “For Honor,” “Breath of the Wild” and “Horizon Zero…
The problem with OkCupid’s lesbian ad
OkCupid’s recent DTF ad campaign, running on Portland billboards and TriMet buses, has been turning heads and not in a positive way. There are multiple problems with the image itself—the…
Podcast Popularity: The fun and folly of podcasts
Since their debut in 2003, the ever-increasing popularity of podcasts shows no signs of slowing down. Talking about favorite podcasts has become as normal as talking about favorite TV shows….