Profiting from health care

A recent analysis from FactCheck published by The Associated Press and picked up by newspapers and blogs around the country examines the obscene profits of the health care industry and finds them overstated.

What do you think?

Marijuana has been making a number of headlines recently across our nation. With the Obama administration announcing that the federal government will hold off on prosecuting marijuana-related offenses in states allowing medical marijuana use, many users of the medicinal plant can take a smoke-filled sigh of relief.

Editorial: Is Portland State an eco-poseur?

When talking about sustainability at Portland State, the words “discussion” and “encouragement” get used a lot. We “encourage” and “discuss” being green so much it’s easy to see how we’ve painted a reputation as such an eco-friendly place.

Letdown on the sound

It was the perfect setting: a 67,000-seat professional football stadium on an autumn day. The weather was 57 degrees and sunny, with small patches of white clouds.

Editorial

If you attend classes or work at Portland State, chances are you commute to campus. This is an urban school with limited on-campus housing options. People commute to PSU in a variety of ways, ranging from driving to riding TriMet to bicycling. These all sound like pretty good options, right?

Breaking the code could cost you

Though many changes to the Portland State Student Code of Conduct were simply in grammar to increase clarity, a new section assesses a fee when students are found responsible for violating the code.

Round two

Mayor Sam Adams’ escapades with a young intern, followed by the lies regarding said incident, garnered him many an enemy here in Portland. Enough enemies for some to believe they could mount a reelection.