For a university that prides itself on progressivism and diversity, Portland State is readily demonstrating that advocacy at this institution is nothing more than a token endeavor. The university continues to overlook students who have disabilities by providing those students with only minimal assistance and funding the programs assisting them at scarcely functional levels.
Hyung Cho will keep his position on the Student Fee Committee after the group spent two weeks deciding whether or not to kick him out. Finally. Now the committee can continue its real job.
It’s been only a few weeks since the SUPERTRASH film festival in Portland, that tasteful showing of films like Robocop 2, Roadhouse and Big Trouble in Little China. You know, classic cinema.
The faculty senate established a new task force earlier this month examining faculty morale and participation at Portland State in order to gauge faculty opinion over decision-making power between faculty and administrators.
President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite–minimizing the risk to humans from its toxic fuel–by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday.
Softball head coach Amy Hayes and her staff have been hammering a simple message home with their players: Make 2008 a special season. Special, as in 2006 special, when the team went 38-20 on its way to winning the Pacific Coast Softball Conference title and earning a spot at the NCAA Regional Tournament in Corvallis in Hayes’ first year at the helm.
Senior guard Dezmon Harris recorded 21 points in the Wildcats’ win over Northern Colorado last week, including going 5 of 5 from beyond the three-point line. Harris is averaging 14.1 points per game in Big Sky competition. Senior center Scott Morrison was recognized as the Big Sky Player of the Week after averaging 15 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in two big road wins for the Vikings last week.
Two-time all-conference performer Sarah Tuomi leads the Wildcats in nearly every offensive category. The senior forward also ranks among the Big Sky elite in scoring, rebounding, free-throw percentage and three-pointers made. Sophomore point guard Tonya Schnibbe, who leads the Wildcats in assists per game, runs a Weber State offense that is limited, but efficient.
Take one glance at the European-style art direction for Professor Layton and the Curious Village and you’ll probably figure out it’s not like a lot of other Nintendo DS games. This works in the game’s favor.
Portland State students and the Queer Resource Center have formed a new transgender group at PSU, focusing on issues such as adding transgender health care to student insurance on campus.
The women’s tennis team announced its return to the South Park Blocks Saturday by notching its first victory since the program was canceled six years ago.