When fans of the venerable Fallout franchise heard that the long awaited, highly anticipated next chapter of the series was being handled by Bethesda Softworks, the developers of the Elder Scrolls RPG series, a lot of them balked. Taking Fallout away from its creators at Black Isle Studios seemed blasphemous–fans screamed death threats and threatened combinations of street rioting and the raping and pillaging of Bethesda’s offices.
When 64-year-old Ron Swan was diagnosed with prostate cancer a couple of months ago, the Portland State chapter of Phi Delta Theta rallied around Swan and decided the best way to help their ailing friend was to … grow mustaches. After Swan’s diagnosis, fraternity President Dalton Higginbottom did some research and found “Movember,” an international event that turns November into a month-long mustache growing contest designed to raise awareness and money for prostate cancer.
Last Saturday, thousands of students and fans poured into PGE Park to cheer on their team in one of the year’s most anticipated games. They arrived with painted faces, wearing their team colors, full of school spirit and alcohol.
Possibly the biggest worry for the Vikings heading into their matchup at Montana State this Saturday is their opponent from a week ago. Yes, in a sense, the mere fact that Portland State played Montana just six days ago may be the No. 1 factor in determining how well the team performs against the Bobcats.
The Oregon University System reported significant across-the-board gains in student enrollment numbers, with the state total reaching a record high of 86,546 according to an Nov. 13 OUS press release. Portland State’s enrollment reportedly shot up to 26,587, an increase of 1,588 students from the fall term enrollment numbers from last year. The Vanguard previously reported in September that PSU’s enrollment would rise to 27,118 by the end of fall term.
When Lindsey Newkirk looked out from the stage at The Wonder Ballroom on a Saturday night in December 2006, she was surprised at what she saw. As Newkirk recalls, “the place was packed, and I started shaking.” And with that she knew her creation had finally come alive.
Finding fashion is an elusive quest, at least for me. I mean, it’s easy to tell the difference between someone who dresses well and someone who doesn’t, but I can’t, hard as I try, apply this distinction to myself. On any given day my getup is an assortment of T-shirts and hoodies purchased from noise-metal bands, jeans that kinda, sorta fit, Vans shoes and various other wearables whose providence is uncertain.
College is said to be the perfect time for anyone to get their first tattoo. You’re away from the ever-watchful eye of mom and dad, perhaps you have some cash left over from your fall term financial aid that’s eating a hole in your pocket that an iPod just can’t fill.
In a predominantly male-driven local music scene, it is refreshing to have some all-women concerts hit our wet Portland streets. With the Siren Nation Festival still warm in our minds we have been given an early Christmas present in the Hotel Cafe Tour. Not traditionally an exclusively women’s tour, Hotel Cafe, now on its fourth year, has in the past included Aqualung, Tom Morello, Perry Farrell, Weezer, Death Cab for Cutie, Ray Lamontagne, Rilo Kiley and even that infamous John Mayer.
The message head coach Jerry Glanville passed on to safety Aaron Dickson and linebacker KJ McCrae at film session Monday morning was simple. “Welcome to big-time football.” Dickson and McCrae headlined a Portland State defense that played Montana tough Saturday but were ultimately outperformed in the waning moments of the third quarter and the entire fourth quarter.
U.S. Senator-elect Jeff Merkley looked like he had emerged from a lengthy hibernation Thursday morning, as he spoke his first words to the over 100 supporters, friends and media members that squeezed into Portland State’s Urban Center Gallery. “I can’t tell you how good it is to see you all,” said Merkley, a Democrat who had been locked in a hotly contested race since Nov. 2 with two-term incumbent Gordon Smith. “It’s been a long day and a half.”