A 45-foot long mobile television studio that has been following the presidential campaigns across the nation is stopping by Portland State tomorrow, as part of C-SPAN’s effort to track the developments of the 2008 presidential race.
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Like UCLA and USC, Portland State has a film studies major. But unlike those established programs, PSU has yet to crank any super famous alums through its grinder. That’s probably because it’s still so fresh.
The Bones of experimental theater
There is no singular approach to life among the various cultures of our world. Our culture, steeped in modernism and science, tends to reject traditional beliefs in favor of cold, hard pragmatism. But traditional ethnic cultures, both abroad and here at home, sometimes rely on a sense of wonder and belief in powers beyond the ability of science–be they God or ancestors or spirits. When theses two cultures collide, things can get confusing.
Top three PSU presidential candidates announced
The top three finalists vying to become the next president of Portland State University were announced today after nine months of meetings and interviews by the Presidential Search Committee. The candidates will visit the campus individually throughout the first two weeks of April to meet and greet students, faculty and others from the community.
Can’t make it to Omaha?
Get your Vikings fix at www.dailyvanguard.com. Continue to check the Vanguard Blogzone for live blogging direct from Omaha, photos and in-depth coverage of the Vikings’ first foray into March Madness. As the Vikings take on the nation’s top contenders for the national title, the Vanguard will be on-site to give you the most complete live coverage of Portland State’s best-ever men’s basketball team. Check out http://blogs.dailyvanguard.com for continuing updates as the Vikings prepare to kick off the Big Dance.
Fun or fault?
Last year, Alex O’Neil chose not to use financial aid to pay for his Portland State education. Instead, he started to use money he won from online gambling Web sites. “I decided I was going to pay for school with it. I wasn’t going to pay for loans,” he said. “Then the site I was using went through some legislation and shut down, and I had to drop out of school. That was fun.” Despite having to drop out, O’Neil said he continues to gamble online. Over the last few years, college campuses have seen a rise in the popularity of Internet and cell phone gambling among students. The topic is currently the subject of a study being conducted by Oregon Health and Science University, with cooperation from PSU.
Editorial: An exhibit to think about
There is conflicting information everywhere regarding the Iraq Body Count Exhibit currently on display at Portland State. What’s true is that the exhibit displays over 100,000 total flags representing the deaths of U.S. soldiers and Iraqis during the last five years of war, using red and white flags, respectively.
Editorial: Renewing the love
It’s easy to ignore sports at Portland State. The Vikings teams, the events and the fans have long been, and continue to be, an undercurrent at this school.
Letters
Comment and correction on political advertising, and congratulations to Nathan Hellman on a nicely written piece on the growing importance of the Internet in U.S. politics and elections [“New era of marketing politics,” March 7]. The Web, far more than corporate-controlled television and radio, is attracting young people into political debate and participation in ever-increasing numbers. I would only correct in Hellman’s piece one item for which I was cited. Political advertising is not one-third of the television industry’s income but rather the third-largest source of its revenues (behind retail trade and automobile advertising) during the presidential campaign season.
A family affair
Deborah Dominguez woke up her son, Jeremiah, Tuesday morning with an admonition and a simple request: Get out of bed and go punch your ticket to the NCAA Tournament. “I said, Jeremiah, are you awake? Get your lazy butt up. You’re going to do great. Good luck,” Deborah said. “It’s like deja vu from his high school days [at South Salem], when they won state champion and he was player of the year.”