PSU students partner with PCC and GPSEN for Sustainability Symposium The Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network and Portland Community College will co-host a Sustainability Symposium with the theme “Community Research: Shaping…
Best Portland places to dance your body right
Let’s make one thing clear: “Get fit” is not a synonym for “get thin.” Big bodies in motion are one of humanity’s most beautiful expression forms. The only thing more…
Verbal resolutions: a list of must-banish terms for 2017
Dearest Vanguard readers: In the spirit of growth and development, let us drop the bad habits of the past year and commit to fresh, sophisticated verbiage in 2017. Every year,…
Events for the week of Jan. 11–17
Featured Event Reel Music Festival Whitsell Auditorium 934 SW Salmon Street Fee: varies (free-$10 per film) Now in its 34th year, the Reel Music Festival is a celebration of music…
Arts & Culture 2016 year in review
If there’s something we all can agree on, it’s that 2016 was one hell of a tumultuous year. But all is not lost; apathy and cynicism might dull the pain,…
The prodigal son returns to Sin City
The last time I was in Las Vegas, I was a fundamentalist Christian, young-Earth creationist and closet homosexual. Now, over a decade later, I return to the city of sin…
PSU Orchestra ‘Remix’ features David Bowie
How does one erase months of classroom-induced stress? By basking in the wondrous reverberations of the Portland State Orchestra, performing downtown on Dec. 7 and 8 at the Mission Theater….
PSU student among those arrested at recent anti-Trump protests
Two weeks in and it’s already ancient news that 120 people, including several Portland State students, were arrested during a demonstration in downtown Portland on Nov. 12. The myriad of…
Tripping on Drumpf
Wanting to Resist writes: For those of us opposed to a Trump presidency, and for those of us who fear important Supreme Court cases will be overturned and that the…
Enter the Vanguard’s Holiday Coloring Contest! Win prizes!
This week’s print issue features a coloring page on the back cover. Pick up an issue around campus or print it from this post. Color in the winter scene for…
Reeling in the present, revisiting the past
As the country continues to reel from the results of the presidential election, some have been inspired to reacquaint themselves with America’s founding documents. Fortunately for Portlanders, the Oregon Historical…