Block Talk

What are the top three issues that will influence your voting this November?

Singing out, looking for the spotlight

The Green Note inspires and entertains with vocal talents

Students strolling through the Park Blocks at half past noon on any given Wednesday will likely be surprised by an unfamiliar sight—and sound.

Block Talk

Where did you buy your textbooks and how much did they cost?

Getting to know your student government: part one

Many faces, different roles

As important as they are, there’s more to student government at Portland State than the president and vice president of the Associate Students of Portland State University. Here are a few of the other student government leaders you should know. Part two of this series will be published soon.

Portland State professor investigates connections between suicide, alcohol

Research study finds 22 percent of US suicides involved alcohol intoxication

PSU researchers are dissecting the darker, often fatal, side of alcohol intoxication.

A recent study led by Portland State Professor of Community Health Mark Kaplan yielded some astonishing results regarding the connection between alcohol intoxication and suicide.

Leadership for the next generation

PSU, City Club of Portland host Portland Action Summit

Tomorrow, Portland State and City Club of Portland will host the Portland Action Summit: Leadership for the Next Generation in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event includes free food and features guest speakers such as Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith, Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, Portland Public Schools Superintendent Carole Smith and area youth leaders.

What’s for lunch?

On Thursday, May 31, the Sustainability Leadership Center and the Food Action Collective will present a forum on food at Portland State titled “Setting the Table: A Food Forum on Equity, Sustainability, and the State of Food at PSU.” The forum will be held in Smith Memorial Student Union, room 296, from 4–7:30 p.m.