At some time during the course of the year, we must all come to face a single universal truth: our New Year’s resolutions, our best hopes for self-improvement in the…
Tinder really isn’t that bad
I first downloaded Tinder after walking away from a long-term relationship. In the beginning, I was ashamed and embarrassed that my loneliness led me to download the app. My friends…
Letter to the Editor
From Shauna Colleen Murphy, Feb. 21, 2016 We are a group of students at PSU who are disturbed by the content exhibited by the Portland State Vanguard. In the recent…
Letter to the Editor
From Camelia Verduzco, Feb. 21, 2016 My name is Camelia Verduzco, a current undergraduate Business Student at PSU. I am writing to express my recent upsetting and offensive experience while…
Letter from the Editor
Last week, the Vanguard published a news piece covering a $750,000 grant awarded to a Portland State professor for the development of sexual assault prevention programs. This coverage coincided with…
Parliament’s Trump Vent
Garbage problems?
“The average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every day and about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year,” reported dosomething.org in their campaign focused on recycling programs in…
Slut shaming has got to stop
Thanks to Mean Girls, I was 10 years old the first time I heard the word slut. My parents were overwhelmingly protective when it came to PG-13 movies and tried…
Introducing the White Oscars
The Koreas are acting like children
What in the world is North Korea up to now? So much propaganda has been distributed that actual nuclear war is being threatened. On Jan. 6, North Korea claimed to…
Worldwide colony collapse
“Believe it or not, you have a bee to thank for every one in three bites of food you eat,” wrote Greenpeace. Honeybees are responsible for 80 percent of the…