Jerry Nudelman sat hunkered underneath a large pile of strange carrot-shaped tubers deep in Nazi Germany, waiting to make his move. Nudelman, a sergeant in the 104th Infantry, had been captured 42 days earlier when German soldiers surrounded a farmhouse his platoon had been hiding in. He was thrown onto a truck and forced into hard manual labor, digging for unusual vegetation and searching for any hope of escape.
With a whole month away from school, winter break can be a joyous time…for some. Certain people may have a great time traveling or catching up with neglected friends, but for those of us with nowhere to go and nothing to do, the break can get boring fast.
It’s bubbly, it’s yellow, and it may be the only alcohol on this list you can always find at your local Plaid Pantry. The High Life is affordable for those of you who like to celebrate the New Year in style, at $2 per forty. Sure, it’s beer and not wine, but it’s not just beer. It’s the fucking champagne of beers.
With the New Year comes one of the most highly anticipated presidential elections in recent history. Because so many people are excited about who might replace Dubya, The Vanguard decided to find some of the lesser-known candidates for the nation’s highest office, look at their zodiac signs, and write about what their candidates mean to us.
The Vanguard’s music staff is a varied bunch, and our picks for the top 10 albums of 2007 prove it. From indie-rock to grindcore (and even ska), every type of music under the sun is represented, and chances are your favorite record makes an appearance.
Professors turned in almost 600 course requests to the bookstore in the last week, an influx that the bookstore president and ASPSU attribute to the student government Textbook Alert Campaign.
Students will see some larger and remodeled classrooms starting at the end of next term, when Portland State’s Facilities and Planning Department begins a nine-month-long classroom-consolidation project.
Portland’s own Flowmotion is decent quasi-psychedelic rock. To grasp their musical style, imagine a trust-afarian bar band–heavy on the wah-wah, heavy on the Dave Matthews Band influences. But unlike DMB, Flowmotion is listenable, if not entirely original.
Did you know the Japanese bombed the Oregon Coast and sent balloon bombs into our state during World War II? This is one of many interesting tidbits to be gained from Tapestry Theater’s dramatization of an actual radio show broadcast from Portland during those perilous times. The show also includes music, including seasonal favorites like “White Christmas” and “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” Runs weekends from Nov. 30 to Dec. 16 at the Hollywood Theater. Tickets are $16 for students.
While announcing his candidacy for a seat on the Portland City Council, John Branam said he hopes to see Portland State have a more integral role in deciding Portland’s public education agenda, from kindergarten through college.
Good news for Portland State’s many cycling enthusiasts: Bike Farm, a new bicycle collective in the Rose City, will be opening its doors in N.E. Portland on Saturday, Dec. 1.