It’s safe to say most of us are sick of hearing, “Portland is where young people go to retire.” Problem is, anyone who has watched the show Portlandia, which coined the overused phrase, will inevitably ask you if it’s true when they find out you’re from the city. As with most jokes, there are always people who think you couldn’t possibly have heard it before.
It’s all about percentages.
For more than a year, we’ve been a country of the 99 and the 1 percent. If you count yourself among the 99 percent, you’ve proudly worn the label as a badge of honor because, heck, it sets us apart from immoral, corporate greed. If you land in the other category, it’s been easier to just not advertise the fact and hope no one notices.
As our nation commemorated the 11th anniversary of the attacks, it marked another year of remembering the most traumatic national event our generation has seen. Flags flew at half-mast, the president spoke to us, we saw the footage of Ground Zero again and…we remembered.
If you don’t want to spend your school year sitting on a lumpy bed, computer propped on your lap, trying to study as your roommates blast their horrible music, there are a plethora of other options—you just have to know about them! There’s nothing better than finding the study spot that’s perfect for you, so here are some suggestions.
Issue surrounding Olympic uniforms snips at excess thread The Olympic Games are almost over and, as we root for our nation’s gold medal tally to keep rising, distraught members of…
In a study of 11 industrialized countries, it was discovered that American women are most likely to skip visiting a doctor because of the cost. The survey, conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, revealed that in 2010, 43 percent of American women between the ages of 19 and 64 did not see a doctor or take medication for financial reasons—compared to 7 percent of women in Great Britain and 8 percent in the Netherlands.
An Oregon woman is suing Justin Bieber for $9.2 million in damages, claiming permanent hearing loss after she attended his 2010 concert here in Portland.
July 18 marked the 94th birthday of former South African president Nelson Mandela. It was also Nelson Mandela International Day, honoring the civil rights leader who garnered worldwide acclaim for his invaluable contributions to human rights.
Almost 3,000 children have been in the Multnomah County foster care system at least once in the past year, according to the Children First for Oregon’s 2011 Progress Report: Status Of Oregon’s Children. That’s roughly 65 percent of all foster kids in the entire state of Oregon.
Watching world-class athletes race, throw, jump and hurdle their way onto the Olympic team at the U.S. track and field trials in Eugene last month, I felt the excitement of the London games begin to creep up on me. As their chiseled, impeccably trained bodies reached astounding speeds and heights, I stood in awe at what the human body can achieve when trained into submission.
College students sighed in relief when Congress decided—at the 11th hour—not to allow interest rates on federally subsidized student loans to double on July 1. In an unusual display of bipartisanship, Congress voted to freeze the 3.4 percent rate for another year. Of course, this means that next June college students will face the same possibility; the only difference is it won’t be nearly as crucial a year.