So make it sweet!

Yes, Portland State University and its housing department are unique and interesting. Demographically speaking, PSU is located in the heart of downtown Portland, and it is not the center of a traditional college town, as is the case with the other Oregon universities.

Rest in peace, limbo

Attention, Catholics: when you die, you now only have three places to which you can go: heaven, hell or purgatory. Forget the painless buffer called limbo.

News briefs

The State Board of Higher Education approved two graduate certificates at Portland State: student affairs in higher education and teaching adult learners.

Measure would alter structure of city employment

Measure 26-90 on the May 15, 2007 Multnomah County Ballot would change policy so that certain top-level city employees would no longer be protected by civil service laws and could be terminated at any time because of poor job performance.

Bits & Pieces

Ty Pennington, host of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, apologized to his fans and co-workers Monday after he was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.

The Street Savage

Anonymous person, tell me about betrayal. Betrayal? Gosh…I guess you really don’t know about it until you experience it.