Illuminate, a new division of Portland State’s Center for Student Health and Counseling, started with a push from students. The Student Alliance for Sexual Safety was pivotal in establishing advocacy…
Sexy student groups
Sex Week at the Queer Resource Center A Conversation with QRC office manager Melanie Altaras Vanguard: What are some of the QRC’s goals? How have you seen these goals succeeding…
Action/Adventure Theater: Cheekily delightful
Few words can describe the pleasure of watching Vanessa Goodwin: Adventures of a Thoroughly Modern Argonaut like “cheekily delightful.” In Conor Eifler’s ode to Greek myth and Indy-style treasure hunting, presented…
‘Astoria, Part One’: a story of wealth, ambition and survival
Chris Coleman, director and adaptor of Portland Center Stage’s production of Astoria: Part One, opened the performance just below center stage, asking the audience: “Are you ready?” It was clear…
Demystifying the publishing process
PSU’s Ooligan Press hosts annual Write to Publish conference for emerging writers Jessica Clark and Alison Cantrell, a pair of grad students in their second year in the graduate program in Book…
Portland State tackles homelessness with POD Initiative
Portland State University is no stranger to innovative, community-driven design. The School of Architecture’s Center for Public Interest Design works toward serving the underserved: from working with reservations in Montana,…
The only rule is veggies
Even if you grew up in a household that loved to cook, by the time you end up with a tiny closet kitchen of your own, chances are your parents…
Students write and record podcasts with KBOO radio
In Catherine McNeur’s HST 411/511 course Public History Lab: Podcasts and History, students are recording their own podcasts. The title of their project? “This Week, Back Then.” The idea for…
Artist Sue Palmer talks Portland parks
Before heading off to enjoy and examine Portland’s public parks, artist Sue Palmer stopped by the Science and Education Center as the guest speaker for the School of Art and…