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Author: Katrina Petrovich

Break Away From Beer

Portland’s top three hop-less drinks to try

Portland may consider itself to be the mecca of microbrewing, but that doesn’t mean all of us have to U-lock our bikes to a sketchy sign post and fake an affinity for dark brews. Sure, dollar beer nights at the Tortoise are great, but other tasty alcoholic creations besides PBR tall boys and Deschutes’ Black Butte Porter do exist. For those Portlanders who prefer to sip and savor an inventive, inebriating concoction in a joint with a dress code, here are the top three coolest (non-hoppy) drinks you need to try in PDX:

Under construction Mayor Adams’ urban–renewal plan aims to encourage economic investment through physical expansion.

City of Portland unveils grand goals for PSU growth

Proposed urban-renewal area could boost university development by $100 million

Earlier this month, Portland Mayor Sam Adams announced a proposed collaboration between the City of Portland, Multnomah County and Portland State that could result in more than $100 million worth of development for the area surrounding the PSU campus. The suggested Education Urban Renewal Area is a long-term funding plan which aims to help PSU achieve its goals of physical expansion while simultaneously spurring economic investment, creating new jobs and revitalizing a portion of the city.

Guns banned on OUS campuses

State Board of Higher Education implements new policy

Guns are no longer allowed on Portland State property or on any of the other seven college campuses in the Oregon University System. Last Friday, the State Board of Higher Education passed a policy by unanimous vote that immediately prohibits any person from carrying a firearm into a state university building or event.

Guns banned on OUS campuses

State Board of Higher Education implements new policy

Guns are no longer allowed on Portland State property or on any of the other seven college campuses in the Oregon University System. Last Friday, the State Board of Higher Education passed a policy by unanimous vote that immediately prohibits any person from carrying a firearm into a state university building or event.

Righting the wrong

Guest lecturer Dr. Greg Robinson to discuss redress of Japanese internment

Some deeds cannot be undone. Taking steps to rectify past injustices is a move in the right direction, but for some, nothing can be done to make full amends. Japanese Americans were forcibly detained during WWII. While the internment order of 1942 was officially rescinded in 1945, it took more than 40 years for the government to take action in rectifying the injustice—an action in itself that had significant effects, both positive and negative.

Discussion panel focuses on Oregon’s role in the Japanese internment

Portland State master’s graduates of history present theses

Tomorrow the Portland State Department of History will hold a panel discussion about the legacy of the Japanese-American internment experience at 6 p.m. in the University of Oregon White Stag Building on Northwest Couch Street. The event, free and open to the public, will feature thesis presentations by three PSU master’s graduates with expertise in Japanese-American history.

Center for Japanese Studies hosts guest lecturer

Dr. David Adler to discuss internment of Japanese Americans

On Thursday, Feb. 16, Portland State’s Center for Japanese Studies will host University of Idaho Professor David Adler as he presents his lecture, “National Security and Civil Liberties in Wartime: The Internment of Japanese Americans.”

PSU professor receives $50,000 grant

OHSU and Central City Concern partner with PSU to study homelessness, addiction recovery

Portland State professor of community health Stephanie Farquhar has received a $50,000 grant from the Northwest Health Foundation to be the principal investigator in a yearlong research study focused on homelessness and the process of addiction recovery. The study is part of a larger research project that has been a multi-year collaboration between PSU, Oregon Health and Science University and Portland community organization Central City Concern.

PSU professor partners with diagnostics company to create medical test

Viologen dye detects amino acid linked to several health issues

Portland State professor of chemistry Robert Strongin and his research team have patented a specific type of dye technology that can be used to test for a variety of diseases. PSU has partnered with a diagnostics company based out of Colorado to develop the dye into a specialized medical test.

Arabic language scholar presents retrospective on the Egyptian revolution

Middle East Studies Center hosts ‘lunch and learn’ with Reed College’s Asmaa Taha

The Middle East Studies Center will host a “lunch and learn” event featuring Arabic language scholar Asmaa Taha on Thursday, Jan. 26, at noon in Smith Memorial Student Union room 238. Taha will speak about the state of post-Mubarak Egypt on the one-year anniversary of the country’s revolution.

Taha, an Arabic language professor and Fulbright scholar at Reed College, was living in Egypt in 2011, and experienced first-hand the volatile nature of a country in the midst of revolution.

Portland minister encourages students to continue MLK’s legacy

Reverend Dr. W.G. Hardy Jr., MLK tribute week’s keynote speaker, discussed diversity issues in local Portland communities

Reverend Dr. W.G. Hardy, Jr., was the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. tribute week held Jan. 16–20. His speech on Thursday, Jan. 19, addressed the work of MLK in the civil rights movement and how his legacy can continue to move civil rights forward.

A Portland native, Hardy grew up in the Northeast portion of the city and eventually moved to the Southeast area. He has a long-standing and unique history with Portland’s African American and religious communities which began with his father. Hardy said his father was somewhat of a pioneer for African Americans in the Portland area. “My father was a trailblazer. He was a barber in the day and a pastor in the evening and on weekends,” Hardy said.

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