Over two years in the making, a memorial commemorating Jason Erik Washington inches closer to being in the hands of an artist. In 2018, Jason Washington was killed by…
PSU Russian Club speaks on LGBTQ+ activism
Portland State’s Russian Club, a student organization that meets to practice the Russian language and celebrate Slavic and Eastern European cultures, is working to further their education on social differences…
The Vanguard introduces: Greenspaces
Readers, in a world where negative news about the drastic environmental effects of urbanization dominates the news and feeds into readers’ demand for doom and gloom, Portland State Vanguard would…
President Percy speaks out on declining enrollment
At a press conference held on Friday, Nov. 18, Portland State Vanguard was presented with the opportunity to speak with President Stephen Percy about the current status of enrollment at…
PSU students navigate enrollment
When Xen Lapshin went to register for classes as an incoming freshman, they were surprised to find a limited number of options for credits which qualified for Portland State’s most…
La Casa Latina hosts Día de los Muertos Celebración
Celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2, Día de los Muertos is a holiday dedicated to the relationship between the living and the dead, when the spirits of the dead are…
Events Calendar Nov. 2–8
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Nov. 2 Celebration of the Chrysanthemum Lan Su Chinese Garden 10 a.m. $11+ The history of the chrysanthemum is honored through presentations on Chinese…
Video: Sunrise PDX
Little Shop of Horrors theater production returns to PDX
Let’s set the scene. It begins with a small flower shop on Skid Row and a seemingly small and innocent plant. However, do not prick your finger too close to…
Halloween Comics
Find it at 5th: Raw
This weekend at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema—Portland’s only student-run theater—our film curators have chosen to screen Raw, a modern French horror movie. Raw is a film from 2016…