Outer space is just a pipe dream for a lot of us. The opportunity to be involved with researching the cosmos is one that, sciences majors or not, we’d love to have. Launch rockets, find constellations and then do stuff that astrophysicists and astronauts actually do.
The dream has become a reality for some Portland State students.
Sometimes it’s hard to believe the things that come out of people’s mouths.
After he blasted a female law student’s political views and called her a “slut” on his national radio broadcast, you’d think Rush Limbaugh couldn’t sink any lower. He seems to enjoy proving us wrong.
When the slogan “Keep Portland Weird” comes up, airport security protests are probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Still, weird is weird, especially a recent incident in which a man was arrested at Portland International Airport after he stripped naked in front of an airport security guard.
Whether you were pleased with or dismayed by President Obama’s health care plan, it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last month, making it federal law. While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an entirely different can of worms, the health care debate does bring up something that many Oregonians should care about: the Healthy Kids Act of 2009.
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo, who will Mitt Romney choose to stand by him during this presidential election? If the rumor mill’s right, it just might be Condoleezza Rice.
Literacy rates in the U.S. are appalling. Approximately 32 million American adults lack basic literacy skills, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and a National Center for Education study found that 38 percent of fourth grade students fell below the most basic literacy level.
Every parent has that moment of panic when their kid comes home from school with the news that they’ve decided to major in philosophy. Even the most supportive of parents might face some newly sprouted gray hairs when you announce that you will be pursuing a degree in the liberal arts.
If you’re looking for some tunes to jam while taking that long-awaited summer road trip in the coming months, look no further than Port of Morrow, the newest full-length studio album from The Shins.
Oregon is known for many things: Crater Lake, the filming location for The Goonies, the Oregon Ducks, massive amounts of natural beauty and, of course, Portland. As cool as all of these things are, there is a part of Oregon that many seem to conveniently forget—the artists.
The fifth of May, or Cinco de Mayo, is a day many of us look forward to in the springtime. The special date has been made famous not only for its historical importance, but for its social relevance as well.
Although the phrase “abuse of power comes as no surprise” is a bit cliché in terms of political and social happenings, it is spot-on when one thinks about the way certain prisons treat their inmates.