Listen, I’m not your personal trainer. I can’t hover over you at every waking hour telling you what you should and shouldn’t eat. I can’t roll you out of bed…
The best farmers’ markets and co-ops around campus
Finding a grocery store you trust is never easy. Convenience demands you just get all your produce from Safeway, but do you really want to risk mumps or something? Probably…
Get grossly incandescent: How to spend a weird day in Portland
In some ways, I love our new gentrification overlords. While the rise of stately studio condominium culture has directly correlated with the regrettable rise in rental prices, it’s now surprisingly…
A wonderful night to have a curse: How to spend a weird night in Portland
I think we can all agree that daytime is for chumps, and that nighttime is where it’s at. Getting weird in Portland in the day can sometimes seem like a…
Dick pic etiquette
Modern technology has greatly changed sexuality as we understand it. Why, it feels like just yesterday I was meeting eligible women in bars and having interesting, consensual conversation. Nowadays I…
State of the media
The Portland State Student Media Board held a public meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20 to determine the fate of two student-run publications, Portland Spectrum and the Rearguard. Both publications were…
Forum to explore future of Rearguard and Spectrum
The Student Media Board will host a public forum today, Tuesday, Jan. 13, to gain student input on the futures of two alternative student publications, The Rearguard and Portland Spectrum. The forum will…
Horoscopes for the Week of Dec. 1
Aquarius Jan. 20–Feb. 18 Many wise people have found great revelation by pushing their bodies to their limits, Aquarius, but you are not one of them. Not this week, at…
FOGD to host art shop Good Market
One of the biggest challenges students in artistic fields face is taking what they’ve learned in classes and applying those lessons to create a career. Luckily, one student group has…
The frugal, festive holiday feast
The holidays are the perfect time to gather the family and plunge into a waistline bulging array of foods so bad for you they’re good. But if the responsibility of…
Holiday events to warm the cockles of your heart
Portland is a town of weird holiday events. Once December hits, you’ll be drowning in curly shoes, superfluously placed faux white fur and bells that dangle from the most inappropriate…