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The Branford P. Millar Library and Starbucks will be providing students with free coffee, tea and cookies this Sunday, December 7. The cookies and beverages will be available from 9:30 p.m. until the supply runs out.

1. The Bug, London Zoo 
By virtue of the alphabet this is the best album of the year. This album may be the summation of all those much-hyped British electronic subgenres that never really caught on in the states for whatever reason. Sparse beats and blips seamlessly stretch into elastic electro noise without warning as some of the best rappers in England destroy every verse.

Dear Santa Claus, St. Nick, Kris Kringle, Genie or any other master wish granter,
As you probably know, there are a few Portland State fans that have been nice during this year, such as those who have donated money to the cause of the betterment of Vikings athletics or faithfully shown up at PGE Park on Saturdays to watch the football team struggle.

Check out football practice updates and look at video of next year’s Viking football team.

As Portland State hosts the conference tournament for the first time, the Vanguard will have coverage of Friday’s semi-finals and Saturday’s championship match.

Portland State topples Eastern Washington in four sets Saturday night to secure the school’s first ever berth in the Division I NCAA Volleyball Championship.

Portland State topples Eastern Washington in four sets Saturday night to secure the school’s first ever berth in the Division I NCAA Volleyball Championship.

LEGO Rock Band is announced (much to our excitement) and Trent Reznor talks video games with Digg.

Don’t be fooled–the “it” in EA’s Skate It doesn’t actually refer to skating. Sure, you can tear up the streets of San Vanelona, the now-ruined city from last year’s Skate for the Xbox 360 and PS3, but really it’s the idea of jerking the motion-sensitive controller that shows the game would have been more comfortable with a name like Jerk It, if not for the, uh, other connotation it might suggest.

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski proposed that $917 million be allocated for the 2009-11 higher education budget yesterday morning, a 5 percent increase over the 2007-09 higher education budget, according to the Oregon University System.

Slums in the Third World are, by nature, tragic places–and Danny Boyle’s new film, Slumdog Millionaire, doesn’t aim to change that essential truth, even as it finds the beauty in its hardscrabble surroundings.