Columbia Hills State Park Have you never heard of Columbia Hills State Park? That’s not necessarily bad thing! While tourists and first-timers clamor around the glory of the gorge, you…
Executive hopefuls spar at student government debate
Less than half of the candidates running for positions in student government attended an electoral debate hosted last week by the Vanguard and the Associated Students of Portland State. ASPSU…
Should student athletes play on holidays?
The question of whether or not student athletes should play over school holidays comes down to two definitional problems: 1) Of what status is the student athlete? And 2) What…
Two reasons I love the Royals
By now you’ve heard the number: 29. It’s been 29 years since the Royals last made the postseason, ending the longest playoff drought in North American Professional Sports. But the…
How to build a football tradition
Attendance at Viking football games has hovered in the 5,000 to 10,000 range for the last several years. It’s usually closer to 5,000 because some of those games reaching near…
Vikings hoopers get ready for new season
The Vikings men’s basketball team has been busy preparing for the upcoming season, which begins Nov. 8 against Linfield College. They enter the season looking to improve upon a 2013…
Torre Chisholm leaves PSU
The Torre Chisholm era of Portland State athletics is quickly drawing to a close. As of this Halloween, Chisholm will be leaving his post as athletic director to pursue other…
PSU Golf shaping up for another stellar year
Portland State golf returns this fall as the Big Sky champion for the seventh time in 12 years. Last year, for the first time in school history, the Vikings had six…
Pavilion on the Park Blocks
The stained brick of the Stott Center in the south Park Blocks is preparing to metamorphose into the Viking Pavilion—a $40 million educational, athletic and civic venue. The Pavilion was…
PSU punter selected as a Preseason All-American
Kyle Loomis has always had a talent for kicking, but it wasn’t until he was in the eighth grade that his leg got put to use on a football field….
Moving beyond Lance
It’s been two years since the Union Cycliste Internationale banned Lance Armstrong for life from competitive cycling. It’s been five years since Lance Armstrong last competed in the Tour de…