As a 23-year-old PSU student, I can’t remember a time that access to safe and legal abortion was not the law of the land. Our grandmothers, our mothers and our…
Regulating marijuana: A safer and more just future
Treating marijuana use as a crime has failed. Over the last 10 years, over 99,000 people in Oregon were arrested or cited for marijuana, according to the Oregon State Police….
Former CIA director speaks at Simon Benson Awards
Former Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta was the keynote speaker at the 2014 Simon Benson Awards on Thursday. The event, created to acknowledge…
Letter to the editor: Student Trustee Pamela Campos-Palma
My first few weeks at Portland State were challenging. I was still trying to find the way from my Chican@/Latin@ class to my P.E. soccer class at Stott Field, a…
The new Glass-Steagall legislation
Facing an unexpectedly tough challenge to hold onto his seat, Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley has called on help from his good friend, Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Merkley and Warren appeared together…
The ugly truth about being a T.A.
$530 a month. $130 a week. That’s how much a graduate teaching assistant makes. Well, of course, we get a $3,000 tuition break, too. And, yes, we get the benefit…
KPSU Weekly Missive: May 20
Blake Hickman Assistant Promotions Director After three long years, KPSU Technical Director Tobin Tanner finally made our dream of being able to broadcast all over the city a reality. “I…
More local food options needed on campus
A Google search on “Portland State food sustainability” will generate over two million search responses, including projects, institutes, solution generators and more. Yet our campus food system is far from…
KPSU Weekly Missive: May 13
Blake Hickman Assistant Promotions Director Hey Friends, Just wanted to alert you to the latest in our series of shows that we’re partnering up with Holocene for. On May 14…
KPSU Weekly Missive: May 6
Blake Hickman Assistant Promotions Director In some 15-odd minutes of blissful rock, TeenSpot’s Aggressive Inline Skating is the first release of what will, no doubt, eventually be considered a super…
KPSU Weekly Missive: April 29
AMP KPSU wrap-up Dillon Sage KPSU Promotions Assistant Did you drink Lagunitas brewskis at the Pony Club? Sprain a thumb during free play at Ground Kontrol? Knock one back at…