On Nov. 8, America received some incredibly unforeseen news: For the next four years, our country will be run by former reality TV show star, Donald Trump. While half of…
Modern Halloween
Halloween is fun. At every age people can enjoy the simple pleasures the October holiday has to offer: Children receive candy, adults can dress up children in cute costumes, and…
Take better notes, get better grades
It’s about halfway between midterms and finals for students at Portland State. Some students have only just begun to wonder how they are doing in their classes. Maybe a particularly…
The down side of pipes
The Dakota Access Pipeline is the hottest activist issue in America right now. I know this because according to Facebook, all my friends went to North Dakota to protest this…
Learn how to handle credit cards before they handle you
In a paper titled, “Money Attitudes, Credit Card Use, and Compulsive Buying among American College Students,” James Roberts and Eli Jones write that American culture is shifting from fearing debt…
The Millennial problem
Lazy. Entitled. Self-centered. This is all I hear when anyone talks about my generation, the Millennials, and I’m tired of hearing complaints about how we are failing in life. I…
Stuffed houses and disturbed offices
Mrs. Stuff writes: When my grandfather-in-law passed away last year, I inherited the house. My husband and I moved in before summer and started digging through the massive amount of…
Will the good candidate please stand up?
It seems like everyone hates each other. No, I’m not talking about my 13th birthday party (although that was a disaster). I’m talking about America’s current presidential election. As in…
To sign or not to sign
Save the children! Get out and vote! Stop the pipeline! Sometimes it seems like you can’t go anywhere on campus without being stopped by signature gatherers. It’s as if they’re…
Good food should matter on campus
McDonald’s, home of the iconic golden arches, which was once situated across from the Academic and Student Recreation Center and Bike Hub, had long been a staple for many Portland…
An autopsy of planet Earth
Climate change: this century’s most critical issue and obstacle—and the one we like to discuss the least. Mainstream media’s pathetically timid coverage of the greatest challenge of our time finds…