Inspired by four Portland Community College faculty members, the Cascade Festival of African Films was founded in 1991 in Portland, Oregon. “The purpose of the festival is for Africans to…
Diversity scholarships enrich student body
It is hard to miss the vast display of diversity within the student body, filling Portland State’s halls and park blocks. PSU offers an abundant amount of scholarships to support…
Kabuki slashes onto PSU stage
The Center for Japanese studies and The School of Theater & Film have kicked off the winter term with a gong. With three lectures—including a film—and eight live productions of…
Cannaparisons
With its hordes of bikers, cloudy grey skies, rain, overgrown trees, flowers falling on the tops of houses, street food and legal marijuana, Amsterdam could be considered the European version…
Global refugee crisis
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill last Thursday to halt President Barack Obama’s plans to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States by 2016. With 242…
The myth of privacy: EU lauds Snowden
While many Americans have no clue who Edward Snowden is or why he’s being pursued by the United States government, the European Union recently passed a non-binding resolution to shield…
US involvement in recent territory conflicts in the South China Sea
Over the last month, tensions over the increasing militarization of the Spratly Islands have been growing due to disputes over freedom of navigation rights. The Spratly Islands—the center of recent…
DEA cut deal with Sinaloa Cartel
While the U.S. Government has spent—and is currently spending—billions of dollars in the War on Drugs in Mexico, the real cost of the war is measured in blood. The New…
U.S. bombs hospital in Afghanistan
22 people, including three children, are now dead after a bombing at a Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) hospital in the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attack occurred…
Review: U.S.-China forward movements
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 22, on his first state visit since his election in 2012. While here he met with various CEOs, spoke before…
Trump’s immigration plan and its effect on Oregon
With the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, political parties are setting up their candidates and platforms to try to snag the executive office. One candidate who has caught America’s…