Western freshwater mussel populations are dying. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of invertebrate species, freshwater mussels are under threat from…
Portland summers are getting hotter
“Extreme heat,” “record-setting high temperatures,” “high heat risk”—these are not words one would expect to hear describing a Portland summer. However, this year they are apt descriptors of the kind…
Looking backward—and forward—with Stephen Percy
In an email headed “Message from President Percy,” Portland State University President Stephen Percy announced to the PSU community on May 13 that he would retire when his three-year term…
Looking back on a year of in-person learning
At the start of the 2021-22 school year, Portland State students began the transition from completely online courses to either a full in-person or hybrid course schedule. Throughout the year,…
Commemorating the 1970 PSU student strike
Portland State University alumni, faculty and community members gathered outside the Simon Benson House on May 11, 2022 to celebrate the installation of a plaque that commemorates the protestors who…
Free and easy hikes around Portland
Portland is littered with beautiful parks, bridges and open spaces. Although this may be common knowledge, it is all too easy to forget this amidst assignments, work and the roar…
Roe v. Wade may be overturned, says leaked document
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) appears set to overturn the 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade, following a leak on May 3. Nearly 50 years after Roe, an initial drafted majority…
Ceremony remembering PSU’s Vietnam war protests
In May 1970, Portland State students led a strike through the Park Blocks to City Hall, following the death of four people at Kent State University during an anti-war protest…
Portland Street Response releases year one update
Portland Street Response (PSR) was introduced on Feb. 16, 2021 as a new branch of Portland Fire and Rescue to mitigate mental and behavioral crises. By Nov. 4, 2021 PSR…
Macron defeats Le Pen
On April 24, the French people voted in a runoff election between current president EmmanuelMacron and political opponent Marine Le Pen, as reported by Reuters. The polls opened at 8a.m….
Meet this year’s ASPSU candidates
Students are now able to vote in the 2022 Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU) elections to cast their choices for student government representatives, until May 2. According…