Hi there, I’m in the market for something part garage-punk and part psychedelia. I want something that sounds like acid-tripping Ramones, but I want that dude from Mars Volta to be singing, only his voice should sound like he’s been boozin’. Also, the album should have lots of lyrics and song titles that sound like inside jokes, you know, the sort of thing that hometown fans will love but will be lost on everyone else.
Portland State is increasing its visibility this month with new print advertisements and a TV commercial, after the University Communications office conducted a public survey to determine how best to reach potential students.
The Student Fee Committee voted “no confidence” yesterday against member Hyung Cho–a vote that could remove him from his position in the group–after some members alleged he has avoided his job duties. The vote was 4-3-1, with Cho abstaining.
Campus security officers, administrators and students all got a chance to speak their minds about possible changes to the structure of campus safety at a forum last Thursday, as part of an ongoing effort to review the status of safety at PSU.Attendees spoke positively and negatively about possible changes to the Campus Public Safety department, including possibly arming officers with guns or Tasers, and increasing training.
Theresa “Darklady” Reed is a Portland State graduate who takes pride in her work. She lives off of Hawthorne Boulevard, likes to wear black coats, drives an old Ford sedan and has a pet cat. She is very much a typical Portlander who isn’t distinguishable against most residents of the 503. Unless you count the fact that she watches porn for a living.
Last week, I wrote about the sad state of video games based on TV shows. Well, this week’s release of the Devil May Cry anime DVD proved TV shouldn’t be based on video games either.
He was always interested in music, but in fourth grade, when Joel Bluestone heard his neighbor playing rock drums, he was ensnared by the beat.
Gather up your empty bottles, old newspapers and used soup cans because it’s time for RecycleMania, the annual 10-week-long recycling competition between PSU and more than 400 colleges nationwide.
City council candidate Nick Fish has many connections to Portland State, both personal and political. Fish, 49, is looking to fill resigning Commissioner Erik Sten’s seat and concentrate on housing and education issues, two subjects he said are at the spearhead of his campaign.
Portland State is holding a symposium this Thursday with Focus the Nation, an organization working to raise global climate change awareness, during a one-day campaign set to take place in over 1,000 schools nationwide.
Modern marketing loves cross-promotion, especially when it comes to movie stars as action figures, Internet celebrities as TV shows (sigh) and even Christian novels as videogames (bigger sigh). Tila Tequila and Left Behind references aside, the most challenging of these crossovers seem to be those properties that go from TV shows to videogames. Just look at the evidence presented by games taking their ideas from The Simpsons, Family Guy and now Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.