I’ll admit to some bias. I play roller derby. Men’s flat track, to be precise. (The big inclined track that you saw in Whip It! is mostly played in the…
White Bird to present ‘New Israeli Voices in Dance’
Portland State is rolling out the red carpet for promising, emerging choreographers in New Israeli Voices in Dance, a U.S. premiere performance at Lincoln Performance Hall from March 19–22. The…
Asian Studies institute unveils new series
Portland State’s Institute for Asian Studies will host a new quarterly series called Dialogs across Asia. The inaugural event will take place on March 11 at 6 p.m., and is…
Adjunct instructors seek stability
The first ever National Adjunct Walkout Day took place last week on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The event aimed to raise awareness of unfair labor practices that adjunct instructors face at…
Hucking it with Men’s Ultimate
The Portland State University Men’s Ultimate team participates in a sport that is quite different from many others. In Ultimate, a team must synchronize, be creative and complete several passes…
Lyric Rosemarie Beck exhibit to span three locations
Although the room echoes with band practice and the applause from recitals ending, students are not just moving from class to class in the Broadway Lobby Gallery. They are also…
Viking sticker campaign raises concerns about inclusion
The mirrored tile of the University Center Building’s northern elevator currently displays an unfamiliar face: an empty face, plus a blond beard and a gray helmet. The Portland State Athletic…
First Annual Sports & Fitness Week
Remember that first week before classes when everyone moved in and met their roommates and their neighbors down the hall, and the school put on events during what they called…
Community members head to Salem for PSU Day at the Oregon state capitol
Portland State will be participating in PSU Day at the Oregon State Capitol on March 5, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Salem, Oregon. Members of the PSU community will…
Examining images of disaster and war in anime
Dr. Hikari Hori, assistant professor of Japanese film and visual culture at Columbia University in New York, made the transcontinental journey to lecture at Portland State on Feb. 12 about…
Big Sky conference dual and the Battle of Portland
The Portland State Vikings men’s tennis team looked to get back on track against Montana State at home at Club Green Meadows in Vancouver, Washington. The Vikings (2-2, 0-1 Big…