Dear Portland State students, What should we make of the recent rash of hoax articles that supposedly “[reveal] deep problems in social sciences” and show “something has gone wrong in…
ASPSWho?
Political science major Fatima V. Preciado Mendoza is the director of the Associated Students of Portland State University’s Multicultural Affairs Committee. Her goals include providing academic support to first generation…
Eliminating World Languages
Former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Karen Marrongelle issued a proposal in August 2017 to eliminate language programs in Ancient Greek, Swahili, Korean and Vietnamese by…
Community speaks on campus public safety
Margolis Healy, the external consulting firm tasked with a comprehensive assessment of Portland State campus safety as a result of the fatal shooting of Jason Washington by campus police, began…
Hoax articles raise questions of academic ethics, rigor
Over the course of 10 months between 2017 and 2018, three academics—including Portland State philosophy Prof. Peter Boghossian—submitted a series of hoax articles to various academic journals in an attempt…
ASPSWho?
Portland State science major Lelani Lealiiee has served as vice president for the Associated Students of Portland State University since June 2018. Lealiiee, a senior who plans to attend medical…
Who votes and who doesn’t
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for grabs in this year’s midterm elections, and along with choosing the next governor, Oregonians face multiple ballot…
PSU’s women’s basketball team rolls past Simpson in exhibition opener
The Vikings women’s basketball squad was ready for their first game at the new Viking Pavilion athletic facility in what has been said to be a season full of promise….
Letter to the Editor
The testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford weighs heavily on me. Survivors are watching and listening to how our government, country, places of employment and universities are responding to Ford’s testimony…
Birth control should not be painful
I find the same phrase haunting me: “Get an IUD.” Regardless of intent, insisting that people with uteruses should get any specific form of birth control is inappropriate and counterproductive….
Faculty discuss campus policing in special senate session
Portland State’s Faculty Senate gathered for a special session on Oct. 15 with only one item on the agenda: campus policing at PSU. Several prominent figures attended the meeting, including…