Amidst crowd protests, interruptions and heated public comment, the Portland State Board of Trustees voted on Thursday to increase 2016–17 tuition and mandatory fees by 3.7 percent for resident undergraduate…
Protesters shut down Board of Trustees meeting
Note: Article published with permission from Pacific Sentinel reporter Mike Bivins “Mic check,” sang a woman sitting in the front row of the audience. The 30 minutes the Portland State…
Why are college students so afraid of the real world?
For those of you who spent Spring Break enjoying your time off and avoiding the news of the day, you might have missed this gem from Emory University: a group…
Board of Trusteees meeting livestreaming
The Portland State Board of Trustees meeting has been interrupted by student protesters. The meeting has been moved to an undisclosed location, where board members will continue to move through…
PSUSU calls for mass numbers at board meeting
The Portland State Student Union—PSUSU—a group that describes itself on its website as, “a union of Portland State students founded on the principles of horizontality, equality, and direct democracy,” released…
ASPSU announces candidates for spring elections
Students vying for leadership positions in Portland State’s student government body–Associated Students of PSU–are preparing for the 2016 elections, which being April 11. There are three candidate slates registered for…
Board of Trustees to decide on tuition and fee increases
The Portland State Board of Trustees will hold a meeting this Thursday to face the task of reviewing–and likely hiking–tuition and student incidental fees. The board will meet at the…
Crowpocalypse
There are mass murders in the Portland State Park Blocks— —Murders of crows, that is. The Park Blocks have been a staple of the university since the 1950s when the…
Welcome to the Night Out Guide 2016
Welcome to the Vanguard’s Night Out Guide 2016–a how-to blueprint for making the most of Portland’s nightlife. After you’ve wrapped up your last final exam, it’s time toss those textbooks…
Dispensaries getting blunt sided by new pot tax
On Jan. 4 the new 25 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana in Oregon went into effect. Since Oct. 1, when medical dispensaries began selling recreational marijuana to those 21…
The homeless need our help, not our hate
I hate the word homeless. It’s a word followed by too many stereotypes, too many negative connotations and the picture it paints within society’s mind is neither correct nor humanistic….