At least once per quarter, most college students debate whether their weekly (well, let’s not kid ourselves, daily) five (fine, eight) drinks are grounds for maybe cutting back. I had…
Crime Blotter Feb. 9 – Feb. 22
Feb. 9 Exclusion Smith Memorial Student Union Sergeant Michael Anderson and Officers Jon Buck and David Troppe stopped a non-student on the west side of SMSU around 4:30 p.m. The…
Crime Blotter Jan. 25 – Feb 8
January 26 Car Theft Parking Structure One Around 7:15 a.m. Officer Peter Ward responded to a student’s report of a vehicle break-in. Her silver Hyundai Elantra had three windows broken…
Angela Davis speaks on racism and social justice
On Jan. 21, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Portland State hosted an event featuring Angela Davis, a civil rights activist, author and educator. Davis spoke to the…
Crime Blotter Jan. 5 – Jan. 11
Jan. 6 Student Conduct Smith Memorial Student Union At 11:55 a.m. a concerned student reported that he suspected another student to be drunk at the smoking shack outside of Smith….
Crime Blotter Dec. 9 – Jan. 4
Dec. 9 Marijuana Violation Epler Hall Officer David Baker was dispatched at approximately 2:42 p.m. to assist University Housing with searching a student room for a suspected marijuana violation. Found…
Board of trustees approves armed officers
On Dec. 11 the Board of Trustees voted 11–2 to approve a resolution that will turn Portland State campus public safety officers into a sworn and armed police force. The…
Crime Blotter Nov. 24–30
November 24 Student Conduct Montgomery Housing At approximately 1:25 p.m. officers accompanied housing staff to investigate a report filed after a staff member fulfilled a work order from the student…
Saturday protest breaks down, still no peace
A crowd gathered before the Justice Center on Nov. 29 to further protest the non-indictment decision of the grand jury in the case of Michael Brown and Darren Wilson. An…
Portland takes to the streets, calls for reform after Ferguson decision
Following the Nov. 24 announcement that a grand jury had decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri Officer Darren Wilson on charges of murder against unarmed, black teenager Michael Brown, Portland…
New TREC website moves transportation studies at PSU forward
The Center for Transportation Studies has marked Portland State as a leader in transportation research since its initiation in 1966. The center has made years of transportation and urban livability…