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Society is full of expectations, most of them quite arbitrary. Whether we give them much thought or not, those expectations affect how we view the world and ourselves. The quality of physical attractiveness is among the most powerfully ingrained of these expectations, and it is often boiled down to a single issue: weight.

The cost of college this year rose faster than the rate of inflation at universities across the nation, climbing 6.6 percent for four-year public schools.

Lynn Fox, assistant professor in Portland State’s speech and hearing sciences department, has received a two-year small-business research grant worth $497,000. She will be the principal investigator for the grant, meaning Fox will head research efforts funded by the grant.

President Bush asked Congress for $46 billion more to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and said he wants the money approved by Christmas. The fighting in Iraq, in its fifth year, already has cost more than $455 billion.

Portland State’s tuition and fee payment structure could soon change, after members of an Oregon University System (OUS) committee decided that certain student fees should be rolled into tuition rather than being charged separately.

In an effort to create a new scholarship fund, the Portland Art Museum, located at 1219 SW Park Ave., will host a fundraiser luncheon celebrating women leaders in Oregon on Oct. 23.

Most plays are basically the same. They have the same structure, the same kind of characters and plot, the same jokes and even the same endings.

Portland State will be hosting a piano concert Sunday at Lincoln Hall to begin the university’s annual PSU Weekend celebration on campus.

Portland State’s contract with Higher One will expire in two years, and some think it is time for the university to decide whether it wants to continue using the often-controversial financial aid distribution company.

OSPIRG has lost access to its student fee budget until the group finds a department on campus to act as its home base at Portland State.