Summer is not a great time for theater. The weather becomes manageable, on weekends people head out to the coast or camping and the waterfront is consistently packed. The Blues Festival and other shows roll through town. All this is a recipe for poor attendance at local theaters. For that reason, most of the major local theater companies shut down over the summer.
Twenty-four College of Liberal Arts and Sciences professors and instructors will be honored for their teaching contributions today at the 11th annual John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teacher Awards.
PSU advocate Debbie Murdock dies — 08/14/07 Debbie Murdock, the government relations advocate for Portland State who was credited with helping the university grow immensely for more than a decade, died in August from complications due to cancer. Murdock worked as a lobbyist to the state Legislature, advocating for funding on behalf of PSU. She was highly respected among colleagues and state officials, having worked in her role for more than 14 years. The City of Portland and PSU held two ceremonies to commemorate her life in late September and a clock tower at the Southwest corner of the Urban Plaza was dedicated to her in May.
It is often difficult to admit fault, especially when you run a near-perfect newspaper such as the Vanguard. But, believe it or not, even the Vanguard sometimes makes mistakes. As the paper of record at Portland State, our goal is not only to report the news completely and accurately, but also to report all of the news. No matter how diligent our efforts, every now and then a story slips through our fingers. With each year, the Vanguard continues to grow as a newspaper, more effectively and wholly recording the trends and happenings of the PSU community. Because this is our last paper of the year, it seems fitting to reflect on the stories that we missed, as well as the issues that deserved more in-depth coverage.
With the way Portland State athletics is viewed in Oregon, the word “success” should be considered a foreign term, without meaning anywhere within the South Park Blocks. This is because success has rarely stumbled across the grounds of Portland State’s beautiful urban campus, at least in the case of athletics.
Jerry Glanville is not a football wonk. He is not Vince Lombardi. He is not that coach who is going to stand beside a chalkboard and diagram every single nuance of each particular play. Instead, Glanville is the excitable head football coach, the one who strives to encourage, motivate and instill a sense of confidence in his players with his hands-on approach.
It was a year of championships and close calls, of near disasters and redemption found in moments large and small. The men’s basketball team’s historic run to the NCAA Tournament out-shadowed a disappointing start to Jerry Glanville’s tenure as football head coach, and the golf team won its fourth Big Sky title despite a midseason coaching change. Here are 10 standout moments from the 2007-08 year in Portland State sports that have made indelible marks in our memories.
It was a marquee year for Portland State athletics, and in honor of the great performances by student-athletes and coaches, the Vanguard is on hand to deliver some hard-earned awards. Sorry winners, there is no cash prize. Here are the Vanguard’s sports section’s selections for our End of the Academic Year Awards.
The Student Fee Committee released funds today that it had held in designated reserve for six months. The funds, totaling approximately $104,000, will pay membership dues to the Oregon Student Association for the 2008-09 academic year. The SFC placed the funds in designated reserve in January in an attempt to force OSA to adopt a proposal put forth by former Associated Students of Portland State University President Rudy Soto and his senior policy advisor Ryan Klute.
Between cranking out your last 20-page paper and making sure that final group presentation goes smoothly, the week leading up to graduation on June 14 can be a stressful affair. The Vanguard feels your pain and has diligently dug up some tips to make commencement easy and fun. Pre-commencement events A Recognition of Student Achievement and Scholarship June 12, 3 p.m.,