Press Play – Album Reviews

Though Carl Platou’s website does not specify which country he is from, it is clear that English is not his native tongue and that he is having some trouble bridging the communication gap (from his press materials: “Boasting a Library Bachelor ss [sic] Degree he surely put your average grunge rocker to shame, Carl is here to rock and poet it all over the place”).

Battle of Beliefs

Hundreds of students jeered at and argued with members of a Christian evangelical group called Bible Believers U.S.A. in the Park Blocks Tuesday.

Campus bike culture about to see new life

With new bicycling facilities scheduled for construction, biking-related research being conducted and an ever-growing cyclist population, Portland State is becoming an integral part of Portland’s bicycle culture, say PSU staff and students.

2007 Dining Guide

Contents: -Campus restaurants -Best of Portland -Portland’s best coffee -Start the day off right -On the go -Cheap dating: 101 -For the herbivore in us -Late night bites -Sugar on the run -Tip calculator

News briefs

This Wednesday evening, discussions about racism will go where no racism talks have gone before: into a lecture that will focus on the ideas of racial supremacy in science-fiction movies.

Press Play – Album Reviews

Nyles Lannen comes from the Elliott Smith school of whisper-singing, and he actually pulls it off pretty well. Though his sound is mostly acoustic, he mixes in enough drum machines and fuzzy guitars to keep things interesting, sometimes invoking the ghost of Sunny Day Real Estate in his more “wall of sound moments.”

Letters

This is crazy. [In response to “Bomb threat: late notice causes student concern,” Oct. 26.] If a building has a credible bomb threat found in it, you evacuate the building. This is a basic security principle.

Editorial: SFC makes poor decision

Shortsighted. Thoughtless. Unnecessary. Unwarranted. And just plain wrong. The Student Fee Committee should not deny 28 students a 5 percent pay raise this year. The committee, which has already shown their overt frugality, abused the autonomous control they have over more than $12 million in student fees.