Burning Man founder, former Portland State student and Oregon native Larry Harvey died at 70 on Saturday, April 28. Harvey suffered a serious stroke on April 4 in his San…
Love, lust and limits
The Queer Resource Center hosted a workshop called “Love, Lust and Limits” focused on consent, negotiation and intimate partner violence in LGBTQ+ relationships on Friday, April 27 as part of…
Jane Campion’s weekend double feature
Prolific director and screenwriter Jane Campion is getting the double feature treatment at the 5th Avenue Cinema this week. On the docket is her debut feature film Sweetie (1989) and…
Viking Snapshot April 8-29
Softball: Tuesday, April 17 Portland State at Oregon State Score: 0-8 (L) Haley Schimmel closed out game one with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Schimmel also threw her first complete game….
PSU’s gorgeous strings
The trouble with unfretted stringed instruments—specifically the classical violin family—is they inherently sound bad. It takes years of practice to develop the skills necessary to produce a single pleasing tone…
Students share stories of womanhood
Three women sat on platforms of various heights, breathing for a few moments, building suspense in the silence until six words filled Portland State’s Studio Theater in Lincoln Hall: Let…
Faculty union claims all-gender restroom construction violated policy
Portland State’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors sparked a public accusation of transphobia after the union published a blog post on March 9 claiming the PSU administration’s…
Viking Sports Snapshot
Women’s Tennis: Sunday, April 8 PSU at Eastern Washington Score: 0-7 (L) Eszter Zador and Taylor Rees each won the first set of their matches. Women’s Golf: Monday, April 9…
What else can I do but go on dreaming?
“I wasn’t planning to write about Ursula,” said Portland State professor Tony Wolk. “You tend not to write about your good friends.” Professor Wolk’s “The Word for World is Ursula”…
ASPSU fills 10 vacancies after winter break resignations
Associated Students of Portland State University began the winter 2018 quarter with 10 empty student leadership positions: seven senators, one associate justice for the Judicial Review Board and two Student…
Sick crows drop from the sky
Northeast Portland residents reported crows falling from the sky on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 30. Audubon Society of Portland and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife collected almost a…