Complaints are mounting from members of the Portland State mentor community who say that graduate mentors were arbitrarily fired from their positions after two administrators took over the hiring process last term.
Mentors angry over rejection e-mails
Always changing, life is temporary
We don’t always have control over the events in our lives. We know that what can be built, can be destroyed. And perhaps no one knows this better than the Afro-Cuban peoples of the Caribbean. Shipped in as a part of the slave trade, they knew what it was like to not have control of your own life. And living in prime hurricane territory taught them that what can be built can be swept away by the primal forces of nature.
In short
Senate Bill 1066 passed through the Oregon Legislature this week, offering a full tuition waiver for children and spouses of U.S. Armed Forces personnel who have died during active duty, become fully disabled during service or died as a result of a disability sustained during active duty, all after Sept. 11.
Editorial: The truth matters
Only part of this debacle is clear. A man was beaten hard enough to shatter his jaw. He was found choking on his own blood in the street. Scott Morrison and Jeremiah Dominguez were with friends, among hundreds of other tourists, in Cabo San Lucas when it happened.
Editorial: Financial flexibility
Changing the financial aid cutoff date from the fourth week of the term to the second week may seem like a simple solution to some minor problems that affect most of the student body. Instead, it seems that financial aid administrators are creating a solution to their own bureaucratic frustrations at the expense of students.
What do you think of the incident in Mexico involving PSU players Scott Morrison and Jeremiah Dominguez?
The Vanguard asked members of the Portland State community to comment on the recent incident in Cabo San Lucas involving PSU basketball stars Scott Morrison and Jeremiah Dominguez. Their responses, ranging from disappointment to no knowledge of the situation, follow.
Letters
I transferred to this university two years ago and although I think this is a great place to study, during my first year here I found a newspaper on campus that frustrated me and is called the Vanguard. I have picked this newspaper up numerous times over the past couple of years. Whether I was waiting for time to pass so I could go into a classroom or just to read to see what my university was concerned about or, on a more general basis, what the students were talking about.
Softball preview
It is a big weekend for the Vikings, as they open up Pacific Coast Softball Conference play after clawing back to .500. Head coach Amy Hayes looks for her 200th win.
PSU players released from Mexico: Innocent, friends say
Following the release of PSU basketball stars Scott Morrison and Jeremiah Dominguez from a Mexican prison in Cabo San Lucas on Tuesday, friends who were on the trip with the duo say they think Morrison did not assault a U.S. citizen. San Lucas police arrested Dominguez and Morrison in the Nowhere Bar sometime late on Sun., March 30, under the belief that they were involved in the assault of a college student working in the area three days earlier. Since their arrest, Morrison and Dominguez have denied assaulting the man, Kyle Meagher from Michigan, their friends and wire reports say.
Candidate for PSU President Wim Wiewel visits PSU
Dr. Wim Wiewel , one of three candidates vying for the PSU presidency, stands on stage to answer questions from students, faculty and administrators on subjects ranging from diversity to fundraising. The open campus forum, held in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom yesterday, drew over 250 interested members of the PSU community.
Into enemy territory
In the early minutes of the Vikings’ historic appearance in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament two weeks ago, the CBS cameras were rolling inside Qwest Center Omaha and so were the Kansas Jayhawks. Playing in front of 17,839 people, the most to ever watch a basketball game in the state of Nebraska, Kansas forward Darrell Arthur skied for a thunderous dunk, and suddenly Portland State was down 11-3 and on the ropes.