Portland State’s Campus Public Safety Office (CPSO) has decided to resume armed campus patrols, a policy change which PSU President Stephen Percy presented in his bizarre public announcement as an…
Ideathon event seeks to explore creative storytelling about climate change using AI
With the establishment of the conversational artificial intelligence ChatGPT in society, AI has been a growing topic of debate. Here at Portland State, the team at the Compassionate Computing (CoCo)…
Korean Student Association returns after pandemic hiatus
The Korean Student Association (KSA) re-established their club with an event on May 2, their first since the start of the pandemic. KSA aims to promote reconciliation and harmony between…
Events May 3–9, 2023
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, May 3 This is Kalapuyan Land Pittock Mansion 10 a.m. $12+ An exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art and historical panels curated by Steph Littlebird…
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PSU President Stephen Percy is a coward
Portland State President Stephen Percy and Campus Public Safety Office Chief Willie Halliburton are changing university policy to put guns back in the hands of campus police. They don’t want…
Why won’t PSU accept food stamps?
A walk through the ground floor of the Smith Memorial Student Union can really work up an appetite: scents of sesame seed and toasted bread waft out from Bowery Bagels,…
PSU rearms campus police officers
Portland State campus police officers are now permitted to go on armed patrols, according to a campus-wide email sent out by President Stephen Percy on April 11. The decision…
PSU finalizes ASPSU Children’s Center move
When Lynn Green, director of the Helen Gordon Child Development Center, got a text from one of her administrators on Feb. 24 asking if she had read the College of…
PSU’s drug policy makes no sense
Portland State’s drug policy is woefully out of date. The rules concerning drug use on campus are founded more on political convenience than science, and their reasoning is inconsistent…
Events Calendar April 19–25, 2023
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Apr. 19 PPS HeART of Portland Portland Art Museum 10 a.m. $20 Students showcase art and perform with themes of identity and storytelling Cellotronik…