“I think its better, it filters out students. It’s too easy to get into this school anyway.” Mouhaned Khoury, senior, social science (Editors Note: Mouhaned Khoury’s name was was misspelled in the original headline of this story. It was changed to the correct spelling on 10/04/07.
It’s important to note that the value student groups have and the money they spend are two separate issues and should be addressed in their own respects.
Former Portland State Vice Provost of Student Affairs Douglas Samuels filed a lawsuit against PSU late last week, on claims that he was the target of racial discrimination.
Long regarded as music innovators, British band Radiohead is shaking things up even more with an announcement that fans can pay as much–or as little–as they want for a digital download of the supergroup’s next album.
Underclassmen closely examining their fall term bill might notice a new $35 fee if they are enrolled in a sophomore inquiry class. Insufficient funding had put sophomore inquiry (SINQ) classes at risk of losing graduate mentors, the student teaching aides that help professors during main sessions and are responsible for teaching their own breakout sessions once a week.
The Student Fee Committee has discretion to allow student groups to deviate from their initial yearly budgets, Portland State’s Judicial Board ruled yesterday.
Beginning Winter term 2008, the university will no longer publish printed copies of the “Schedule of Classes.”
Stretched out on a couch pointing out players on the screen with a laser pointer in one hand and holding a coaches clicker in the other, head coach Jerry Glanville cycles through game film from the Vikings’ (2-3, 2-0) most complete victory thus far, a 28-21 comeback win over Eastern Washington Saturday.
A new federal bill increasing federal loan and grant programs by $20 billion was signed into law yesterday, affording federally indebted students at Portland State and across the nation new options for paying off their loans.
The Democratic-led Senate voted on Thursday to let federal law enforcement help states prosecute attacks on homosexuals, attaching the provision to a massive spending bill for the Iraq war and daring President Bush to veto the whole package.
Every other Friday, in the basement of the Smith Center, the Food for Thought Cafe is converted into a concert venue where students and locals of all ages can get together to rock out and have a great time.