Author: Janieve Schnabel

On Dec. 21, 1993 a law was signed into place that ended the absolute ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces.

It’s a poignant and familiar image: a weary mother kneeling by a manger in the town of Bethlehem, wise men to the side, and an innocent, tiny child that would one day become an icon for so many people all over the world.

How do you reward exceptional work when “good enough” is good enough for an A?

America is supposed to be among the most developed countries in the world. But in the last 20 years, maternal mortality rates in America have doubled.

I wasn’t aware that the sidewalk next to the bike lane wasn’t for pedestrians.

 Science fiction author Isaac Asimov probably would have had a thing or two to say about the world of robotics.

Class starts in 10 minutes and your eyelids are already beginning to droop.

The smell was the first indication that the person sitting behind me in Smith Memorial Student Union wasn’t a student.

This summer, a beautiful stone bench was removed from the Portland State Library’s porch. The bench was not removed for being dangerous nor for not fitting in with the décor.

Two weeks ago, most of the world hadn’t heard of Liu Xiaobo. Even in his home country of China, few people knew who he was. But on Oct. 8, 2010, Liu Xiaobo became the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

If there is one single person who has compounded the issues of overpopulation and unadopted children, it is Robert Edwards.