Since Fall 2014, Portland State has implemented a payment plan option for students to cover their education costs in three montly installments. The PSU Payment Plan has been subject to…
Confucius Institute hosts lecture on Chinese opera
The Confucius Institute hosted professor Hong Wang of Soochow University, China, on Friday, Feb. 6. Wang gave audiences an introduction to the history of Kunqu opera. Wang, the head of…
Where the ends don’t meet
Portland State’s Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies recently released a report on poverty in Oregon called, “Where The Ends Don’t Meet: Measuring Poverty and Self-Sufficiency Among Oregon Families.” The report…
Hillsboro Stadium stunts athletic program’s growth
Hillsboro Stadium would be the perfect home venue for Portland State sports. It seats 7,600 people, which is a number that the Vikings fans near in attendance at football games….
Ooligan Press hosts sixth annual Write to Publish conference
Ooligan Press hosted the sixth annual Write to Publish conference on Jan. 31, which aimed to aid and empower emerging writers by unpacking an oft-complicated publishing industry. The event drew…
Queer Resource Center and Advising and Career Services host Queer Career Week
Last week, Portland State’s Advising and Career Services and the Queer Resource Center co-hosted a series of events called Queer Career Week from Jan. 26–29. The events included a job application…
PSU Tennis Club storms the north
In a field that saw the Portland State Tennis Club as the only non-Canadian team, the odds were stacked against them to knock off the defending champions at the Tennis…
Representing Georgia
“I started to feel guilty for not doing more. I became restless.” Rep. John Lewis, born in 1940, was a young man during the initial stirrings of the civil rights…
State of the media
The Portland State Student Media Board held a public meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20 to determine the fate of two student-run publications, Portland Spectrum and the Rearguard. Both publications were…
Together we make the game
When talking about zone defense, my high school basketball coach would always use the metaphor that each player was connected to the next by an invisible rope. When one moves,…
Scientists map landslide risk with laser tech
Laser detection technology is making it easier to identify landslide hazard areas in Portland, according to Dr. Scott Burns, Professor Emeritus of Geology at Portland State. The laser detection system,…