The 2019–20 academic year student government elections are coming, and on April 5, the Associated Students of Portland State University gave student voters the chance to meet the candidates on…
Budget forum reveals shortcomings in state funding
Students and financial advisors gathered to discuss the lack of state funding and how the new budget will affect potential tuition raises at the last of a series of four…
Resistance within ASPSU to support Smith Renovation
The proposed renovation of Smith Memorial Student Union presented to the Associated Students of Portland State University senate on April 1 was met with opposition. Director of Campus Planning and…
Bill aims to freeze tuition increases over next two years
Student representatives and Oregon lawmakers have put a bill before the legislature which would provide temporary relief for students facing rising higher education costs by freezing tuition increases at public…
University’s financial fears
The first in a series of four budget town hall meetings were held on Feb. 28 in the Native American Student Community Center to provide information to students and the…
QSL draft resolution sent back to committee
A resolution to preserve the quiet study lounge drafted by the University Affairs Committee was sent back for revisions by the Associated Students of Portland State University senate Feb. 18….
Students gather in Salem for anti-lobbying day
Thousands of teachers, students and supporters gathered on Feb. 18 outside the Capitol Building in Salem for the March for our Students, a rally organized by the Oregon Education Association…
ASPSU refuses to lobby without tuition freeze commitment
Amid the ongoing budget battle in Salem, the Associated Students of Portland State are refusing to lobby state legislators on behalf of PSU for more money unless the university’s administration…
ASPSU moves to raise some student wages to $15 an hour
Any earlier version of this article erroneously attributed a comment about wages by Tristin Crum to Alex Dassise. The article has been updated to reflect the correction. Associated Students of…
ASPSWho?
Political science major Fatima V. Preciado Mendoza is the director of the Associated Students of Portland State University’s Multicultural Affairs Committee. Her goals include providing academic support to first generation…
ASPSWho?
The Associated Students of Portland State University’s current student body president is Luis Balderas-Villagrana, a junior double-majoring in global studies and political science. Balderas-Villagrana is the first “Dreamer” elected to…