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…
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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Portland State’s drug policy is woefully out of date.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…
Get students back in classrooms
Many of us can probably remember those first few months of 2020—the weeks leading up to the widespread closures of seemingly everything in our lives. I worked at a shoe…
ASPSU Children’s Center set to move locations
Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU) Children’s Center will be moving into the Helen Gordon Child Development Center building come fall 2024. Jose Coll, Ph. D., interim dean of…
PSU Student Government proposes self-reform
Changes are happening inside Portland State’s student body government, with the proposal of a new governmental system intended to promote growth within the organization. New positions, including new titles, duties…
PSU announces tuition-free degree program
In a progressive move, Portland State has announced the launch of a tuition-free degree program which aims to make higher education accessible to all. Beginning in the fall of…
PSU Presidential press conference
On March 3, 2023, President Stephen Percy held a press conference addressing several important issues facing Portland State. The topics for discussion ranged from diversity to remote learning and advice…