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Community & Wellness Resources

Happening Soon Fun Family Friday Viking Gameroom Feb. 23, 4:30 p.m. Free for students Bring your family to the Viking Gameroom for free bowling and pizza   Board Game Night…

Artist Suze Woolf captures the unusual beauty of the fire-carved snags, known as totems, from all over western North America. The exhibit employs art to provide the public with a fresh opportunity to explore discussions surrounding wildfires. Anish Arumugam/PSU Vanguard.

Adapting to wildfires

The untamed ferocity of wildfires has long been a force of nature, shaping landscapes and ecosystems in both destructive and transformative ways. Once flames move across forests and leave trails…

In southeast Oregon, military drills use chaff at possible detriment to the environment. Moreover, as out-of-control wildfires threaten Oregon, the Department of Forestry discovered a military flare remnant at fire site. Courtesy of Friends of the Owyhee.

Air Force releases aluminum-coated glass fibers over Oregon

In Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands, where the air is crisp and the land echoes with the whispers of the Oregon wilderness, a new and different kind of thunder rumbles. When F-15…

Queen of Katwe is a biographical drama that takes place in Kampala, Uganda. Actress Madina Nalwanga plays 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi becoming an internationally-titled chess player. Courtesy of Cascade Festival of African Films.

Representation on the path to liberation

The Cascade Festival of African Films is the longest-running, non-profit African film festival in the United States. Eugenie Jolivett Fontana, co-director of the festival, identified herself as being of African…

Community & Wellness Resources

Happening Soon Oregon Walks URBN 270 Feb. 16, 12 p.m. Free for students Learn about state-level pedestrian advocacy at this speaker meeting with Oregon Walks   Fig Pick FMH 334…

The statewide HRAC report reveals an 8.2% increase in houselessness from 2022, highlighting a growing gap between sheltered and unsheltered individuals. Kat Leon/PSU Vanguard.

PSU releases annual Oregon houselessness report

Portland State’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (HRAC) released its annual report on Oregon’s houselessness on Feb. 2, shedding light on the ongoing and increasing crisis affecting the state.  …