Author: Deeda Schroeder

It shouldn’t be hard to get a great cup of coffee in a caffeine-loving town like Portland. Yet surprisingly, it is.

Portland State’s Facilities and Planning Department has hired 10 additional construction managers and other professionals to cope with the dramatic upsurge in building and remodeling occurring across campus.

Students, faculty and administration voiced their hopes for Portland State’s next president Friday afternoon in two forums held by officials from the search firm readying to seek out applicants.

Sitting in his office overlooking the South Park Blocks on the third floor of Cramer Hall, Shawn Smallman, Portland State’s vice provost for instruction and dean of undergraduate studies, is surprised at how much he likes his new job.

Last week, officials from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities visited Portland State to follow up on recommendations the body made during its 2005 accreditation process.

If you waited until the second weekend to catch Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, you may be in luck. An extra week’s practice may be just enough time for them to pull it all together.

This weekend and next, legions of sparkling fairies and winged bugs as well as a tiny boy cupid will dance children’s roles in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s debut production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Despite student and staff request for healthier food from Portland State food service provider Sodexho last spring, foods offered this year in Aramark’s food court do not appear to be noticeably healthier, according to the Student Health and Counseling Center’s nutritionist.

In New Mexico and much of the southwestern United States, the coming of fall marks chili-roasting time. We usually get rain, but thanks to one local farming family, a little taste of the Southwest flavor also comes to Portland every year.

Responsibilities in Portland State’s auxiliary services department, which had in the past managed seven major functions such as food services, campus housing and transportation and parking, have been divided up on campus.

Student-run Food For Thought Cafe could reopen by next Tuesday, after the Student Fee Committee approved a new $32,592 budget releasing funds that had been frozen to the caf퀌�’s reserve since the beginning of the year.