On the go

Only have a few minutes? Grab a quick bite at one of PDX’s famous food carts

For the herbivore in us

Even though everyone in Portland is, or is pretending to be, a vegetarian or vegan, it can be hard to find affordable restaurants that cater to the herbivores in the city. Here are some of the best places to find unique and affordable vegan and vegetarian foods.

The music makes the movie

Fox Searchlight. Sony Pictures Classic. The Weinstein Company. Warner Independent Pictures. These are the arms of the big brother movie studios that are searching in every state, every country and every film festival for the next big independent movie. And Fox Searchlight thinks that it has found that movie.

Fumbling one away

Barring a complete collapse by several of the top teams in the Big Sky Conference, the Vikings are no longer contenders in the conference title picture.

New athletics website up and running

After a series of delays, the revamped Portland State athletics website, www.goviks.com, launched last Monday. While not all of its features were active, the site should eventually offer Vikings fans much more than the old site.

Steve Novick: the interview

At 14, Steve Novick was a full-time student at the University of Oregon. By the time he was 18, when most people are just beginning to think about college, he was starting law school at Harvard.

News briefs

City Commissioner Sam Adams proposed a gas tax last week that would cost drivers 3 cents per gallon and would cost the average household about $72 per year.

Foam battle

A group of weapon-wielding warriors charge at each other across a battlefield. One by one they cut each other down until only a single warrior remains. Sounds like a movie, right? It’s not. The warriors are Portland State students and their weapons are foam-sheathed PVC pipes. Their battlefield is the wrestling gym in the Stott Center.

Press Play – Album Reviews

Maureen McDonald calls herself MoZella because she says her name “sounds like a diner waitress name.” Curious, given that waitresses who watch One Tree Hill or Everwood will love this album.