Ah, spring is in the air. The flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping and the grass is getting greener. Families are planning trips, friends are planning parties and all of the above means dick to a college kid with no money for travel or beer by the keg–and let’s face it, 12-packs of Pabst and Milwaukee’s Best aren’t gonna get the party train to come a-rollin’ through.
Cha! Cha! Cha! is scheduled to close by April to be demolished by TriMet as the Portland transportation provider continues construction of a transit station for the new MAX Green Line. TriMet offered $469,500 for the Cha! Cha! Cha! on 1986 Southwest Sixth Ave.
It’s those heroes in a half-shell again, coming to save the day and eat your pizza. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is one of the coolest franchises to arise from the 1980s, and though recent years haven’t been great to them, there is a new movie and video game in the works featuring the sewer-dwelling ninjas that look to be a breath of fresh air for the franchise.
Portland State is in 14th place for waste minimization after the fourth week of the nationwide RecycleMania competition, a recycling event designed to promote sustainability and waste management. RecycleMania is a 10-week event that stages various competitions over recycled materials and waste minimization, with both categories graded on a per capita scale.
April 20 is coming up and it’s more than just a stoner celebration for some. If you have friends or family in Littleton, Colo., then you know that 4/20 of this year marks the eighth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings, the single deadliest gun rampage to occur during a generation rife with violent outbursts at public schools.
Over 30 students rallied for Portland State’s student-run radio station during an appeal to the Student Fee Committee on Wednesday after the committee cut $22,087 from the radio station’s initial budget request. The Student Fee Committee (SFC) oversees the distribution of roughly $10 million to athletics and student groups, including the Vanguard.
For the past six years, the Take Action! Tour has been circulating throughout the nation and bringing ideals of hope and change to crowds of punk rockers, concepts commonly forgotten amid the spiked hair, studded belts and heavily distorted guitars. This year’s tour kicked off at the start of February and is focused on raising suicide awareness and prevention.
Just a quick note to the readers: This article is going to be filled with lots of cock humor. If you intend to read on, it helps to have faith in the cock and the indie spirit of the wobbly, loose skin hanging from its chin. I’m not speaking here of the phallus that dangles from the loins of man, but rather the poultry that wakes those men up.
Prominent figures of Oregon’s legislative body said they want to implement a plan that would increase the amount of state financial aid to college students. The Shared Responsibility Model calls for renovation to the Oregon Opportunity Grant, the current system of financial aid for low-income families.
It was today, 21 years ago, that the very first game of the Legend of Zelda series was released to home gamers. Okay, so this marks the 21st birthday of the Japanese release on the Famicom system, but all the same, can you believe that it has been so long since everyone’s favorite pointy-eared hero first donned his green tunic and set out to save Hyrule? Alas, Link has always been a hero revered for his strapping, youthful sense of courage, but apparently he hasn’t taken well to his newfound adulthood.
One of the worst feelings in the world is handing your hard-earned cash over to someone who claims to be a licensed professional, only to come away looking like you ran headlong into a weed whacker. So much of what makes or breaks today’s fashion rides on your shoulders.