International Night in Smith Ballroom Friday Friday evening the Organization of International Students will host International Night, the annual celebration of international cultures, in the Smith Memorial Student Union. The festivities for the evening are slated to include a fashion show, artistic performances such as dancing, cuisine sampling from across the globe, and cultural booths designed to demonstrate the diversity of cultures that converge daily on campus.
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I Love You, Beth Cooper
You’ve seen Dazed and Confused a few-too-many times? Say Anything is, like, your favorite movie? Being part of the Breakfast Club was a longtime dream of yours? If that’s true, or you went to high school, you’ll find something to like about Larry Doyle’s recent book I Love You, Beth Cooper.
Twisted games of Desire
Desire is a very powerful force. For the prospect of sex or love, otherwise sane and stable people have been known to engage in the most ridiculous drama and petty games. No wonder psychologists say brain scans of people in love are nearly identical to those with mental illness.
Vanguard takes home 21 awards at collegiate contest
The Vanguard won 21 awards at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association collegiate newspaper contest on Friday, including six first place awards and a second place award in the top category, General Excellence.
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Some poor sap from Hood River may soon miss their big shot at an Oregon lottery jackpot this month.
Campaign trail blazes Oregon
Both Democratic presidential candidates campaigned a few miles from each other in the Portland-area on Friday as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked to garner voter support in hopes of solidifying an Oregon primary victory on May 20. The nominees held rallies throughout the state at the end of last week. Oregon’s support has become an important part of the ongoing battle for the Democratic nomination.
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MAX and bus ridership has reached a record high this month with more than two million individual trips taken each week during April-marking the first time TriMet has reached that weekly ridership number in its history.
Welcome to the jungle
It was a simple idea–let animals be animals. And with that straightforward, yet brilliant concept, an old cable standard-often forgotten in the world of MTV sluts and truTV meth heads–finally came into its own. It’s the rebirth of the 12-year-old Animal Planet.
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Memories until the end
Mandy Hill owns most of the important pitching and hitting records in school history, so there was little left to prove when she stepped into the pitcher’s circle for the final time in her Portland State career Tuesday evening. However, Hill left Vikings fans with one more lasting memory: a two-hit shutout in a game against Oregon State in which she also drove in the sole run.