Watching the special Board of Trustees meeting on May 27 over a computer screen, watching grainy video and professionals forget to unmute themselves, it was one of plenty things at…
The team behind PSU’s pandemic response
Portland State’s Incident Management Team (IMT) is a cross-functional group, understanding and responding to emergency events affecting the campus community; it has been critical in determining PSU’s response to COVID-19….
Life after sports
Anyone who’s ever played sports is likely familiar with the level of commitment that goes into dedicating mind and body to a certain sport or end goal. Sports can become…
Hill to Hall May 18–21
May 18: Oregon Supreme Court halts county judge’s ruling, stay-at-home order continues AP News reported the Oregon Supreme Court has temporarily kept Oregon’s stay-at-home order in place, halting Baker…
Human rights groups call for prison releases
As the global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpasses 5.1 million, countries are focusing on at-risk populations in efforts to flatten the curve. On May 13, leaders of global…
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences continues scholarly community through virtual conversations
@ This Moment—a weekly webinar series—brings subject matter experts to faculty, staff and students via Zoom to discuss questions on various topics relating to COVID-19. The free six-part series…
“Temporary workforce reductions”
“I was expecting the layoffs, and suspected I might be on the list because I am a part-time employee,” said Sheri Pitcher, an accountant for Student Activities and Leadership Programs…
Quarantine Cuisine
It’s day %&@* of quarantine. Protein and fiber have left my diet, replaced by nothing but sweet, sweet carbohydrates. Bread. Pasta. Rice. All of it. But to be honest, I’m…
Looking back, moving forward
As a photographer and an artist, I struggled to find a way to tell the story of COVID-19 through pictures. Boarded-up businesses and people wearing face masks feel disconnected from…
Tom Nook is not your friend: debt, peonage and tarantulas
It was kind of a lucky break for Nintendo to release Animal Crossing: New Horizons when it did. With COVID-19 raging and the world succumbing to a decided lack of…
Have You Heard: the no more meat edition
In general, I would consider a pandemic to be the kind of situation where you just kind of let things go and adapt, but there are a lot of things…