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Portland needs a community approach to trash manag

Portland needs a community approach to trash management
Together we can end the scourge of garbage on our streets

For years it has been a common sight in Portland to see trash piling up in the streets. This is a serious health risk to the citizens of our city, and we cannot afford to ignore this problem.

Austin Downs and Richard Acevedo of earthday.org warn that with exposure to trash “one can develop diseases such as asthma, birth defects, cancer, cardiovascular disease, childhood cancer, COPD, infectious diseases, low birth weight, and preterm delivery. Bacteria, vermin, and insects can also be added to the problem that trash causes.” This makes one wonder what is being done about this growing problem in Portland and the threats it poses.

The City of Portland reports our city-funded public trash service is “expanding cleaning of public streets, and ensuring damaged businesses are boarded up and protected quickly from vandalism, the City will ensure these COVID-19 impacts are addressed. The livability and economic health of our communities and businesses depend on it. The City of Portland is engaging multiple bureaus to boost resources. This is in addition to existing city services that help keep Portland clean.”

Full opinion by Ian McMeekand in bio
Illustration by Zahira Zuvuya

#Portland #trash

Find it at 5th: The Traveler Universal experiences

Find it at 5th: The Traveler
Universal experiences through the eyes of an Iranian boy

This week at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema—Portland’s only student-run theater—our film curators have chosen to project an Iranian film, The Traveler.

This 1974 film is Abbas Kiarostami’s first directed drama film, which now lives in The Criterion Collection. The Traveler gives us a glimpse into the lives of the Iranian people that lived in the early ‘70s. It follows an impoverished boy named Qassem Julayi (Hassan Darabi) that wants nothing more in the world than to attend a soccer game in the capital city of Iran, Tehran. Qassem appears to be devoted exclusively to sports. The child is not obedient to his mother at home, and he performs poorly at school because he is too busy reading sports magazines, which he can hardly afford. Qassem cannot afford to take the 150-mile bus ride to the game, so the resourceful boy attempts to raise funds by taking photos and selling items he does not own.

Owen Peterson of 5th Avenue selected The Traveler for screening this week. Despite the pandemic, he has worked at the cinema for the last two years while studying business at PSU.

Full piece by Milo Loza in bio
Photo courtesy of 5th Avenue Cinema

#5thAvenueCinema #PortlandCinema #Movies

News: PSU students navigate enrollment Students an

News: PSU students navigate enrollment
Students and faculty talk about degree planning challenges

When Xen Lapshin went to register for classes as an incoming freshman, they were surprised to find a limited number of options for credits which qualified for Portland State’s most recent general university requirement, race and ethnic studies. According to the new requirement, students entering PSU with less than 90 credits are required to take two classes which fall into this category. The issue is that right now there aren’t many options.

“I registered for one, for my major, which is online next term,” Lapshin said. “Though I didn’t want to take classes online. But that’s what I have to do with other classes.”

Crafting the ideal course schedule is no easy task. Mitham Lawati, a junior at PSU, said that despite the couple years of academic experience under his belt, he still struggles knowing all the course requirements for his degree.

Full News story by Zoë Buhrmaster in bio
Illustration by Camden Benesh

#PortlandStateUniversity #Enrollment

NEWS: President Percy speaks out on declining enro

NEWS: President Percy speaks out on declining enrollment
Enrollment decline precedes pandemic: “We’ve been on a downward trajectory”

At a press conference held on Friday, Nov. 18, Portland State Vanguard was presented with the opportunity to speak with President Stephen Percy about the current status of enrollment at Portland State and what steps are being taken to address this challenge. According to him, the decline started years before the pandemic, and was only made worse during the COVID-19 years.

“Portland State for the last 10 years has had diminishing enrollment every year,” President Percy said. “Most years there’s around 1%, maybe 1.5%… prior to that period we grew a lot… and then we’ve been on a downward trajectory. We’ve been able to cover that trajectory in the past years with the state government giving us more money.”

Despite the predicted 1.5% enrollment decline, enrollment was down even further, at 5.3%, which may have been the result of the ongoing pandemic and the economy during that time. Percy also talked about “persistence,” a term that describes a student’s ability to continue their education.

Full News story by Philippa Massey in Bio
Illustration by Whitney Griffith

#PortlandStateUniversity #Enrollment

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there. We’r

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there. We’re thankful for each and every one of ya’s

Comic by Hanna Oberlander

#Thanksgiving #Comics #PSUVanguard

OP: We need to rethink our urban shopping spaces T

OP: We need to rethink our urban shopping spaces
The Lloyd Center arts district can be our roadmap

Last summer, Portland State Vanguard’s Kat Leon wrote about the exciting transformation happening at the Lloyd Center shopping mall. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the cultural shift to online retail, which was already well underway, and for many brick-and-mortar retailers it truly looked like the end times.

In Nov. 2021, Lindsay Nadrich from KOIN wrote, “the mall has been struggling for years with many storefronts sitting empty including Nordstrom and Sears which left years ago and Macy’s which closed in January.” That was, until the new owners took the reins.

A thriving renaissance has unfolded for creative makers and artists, with local stalwarts Floating World Comics and Dreem Street breathing new life into the space. The PSU School of Art & Design is even hosting a curated pop-up called Good Market, featuring items for sale made by design students in the program.

Full opinion in bio
Illustration: Hanna Oberlander

#Portland #UrbanDesign #LloydCenter

OP: A quest for leadership - PSU students should h

OP: A quest for leadership -
PSU students should have a say in choosing our next president

It is obvious Portland State’s last president was not right for PSU. A change was necessary, and now we are on the search for the next official to lead our university. What are we students going to get from this search and what is needed?

We need an ethical president who isn’t going to misuse the university’s money and mistreat others, one who isn’t like the predecessor of current PSU President Stephen Percy.

“The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has determined that Rahmat Shoureshi, former president of Portland State University, violated state ethics laws three times in his short stint leading the school,” wrote Jeff Manning of The Oregonian. “In July 2018, Shoureshi traveled to the Bohemian Grove campground in Northern California. He did so as the guest of noted local real estate investor Jordan Schnitzer. Shoureshi initially recorded his time as workdays. After The Oregonian/OregonLive filed a public records request seeking travel documents pertinent to the trip, Shoureshi asked his staff to revise his records to show personal vacation on those days.”

Full opinion in bio
Illustration: Neo Clark

#PSU #PortlandStateUniversity #PSULeadership

ARTS & CULTURE: Wyrd War gallery presents the marg

ARTS & CULTURE: Wyrd War gallery presents the marginalized art of William Mortensen
Understanding the occult—and ourselves

Both consciously and subconsciously, humans tend to shy away from the unknown. To address our discomfort at its existence, we often arbitrarily assign meaning and ignore the things that continually remind us of our own mortality. However, there are also those in society that choose to move against this grain—to hold a mirror up to others and show them what we lose in the fight to control the unfamiliar. Those who do this are often faced with backlash and scrutiny. More often than not, their significant contributions to history are toned down and even removed from mainstream culture.

William Mortensen was one such person. There has been much criticism of his work, and he has often remained out of the mainstream spotlight. This is a situation the art gallery Wyrd War is hoping to rectify by displaying his work at its gallery in the Hollywood district until Nov. 26. In displaying his work, they hope to bring his monumental contributions to photography to the mainstream.

Full story in bio
Photo: Kat Leon

#WilliamMortensen #WyrdWar #Occult #ArtsandCulture

The latest edition of the PSU Vanguard is out! Hea

The latest edition of the PSU Vanguard is out! Head on over to psuvanguard.com to read today. Link to full issue in bio.

#PSUVanguard #PortlandStateUniversity

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