Author: Talmage Garn

Two nationally renowned experts will lead a seminar examining the relationship between neuroscience and conflict this Thursday and Friday at the Oregon Convention Center.

Cute: It’s that appreciable concept displayed in a pile of kittens, or really any pile of such naturally adorable substance. The problem is, sometimes cute doesn’t transfer well into fictionalized media. Sandra Bullock comes to mind, as does Zach Braff. Everything can’t be equivalent to the ubiquitous “Hang in There” posters.

A discussion on sustainability proposals on campuses countrywide, led by the executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, will be held at Portland State Friday.

Wondering why the last two nights of Leno jokes seemed more stale and repetitive than usual? The answer: there’s a writers strike going on.

Ooligan Press will hold an open house at the Portland State Native American Student and Community Center on Wednesday with workshops and readings to help students and staff understanding how the PSU publishing program operates.

We are now a month and a half into the fall TV season, so it was decided by The Vanguard powers-that-be to check in with Portland State students on the subject of television. While all the students interviewed watch TV (some more than others), it seems none have a very high regard for it, especially the show Cavemen, which is unequivocally seen as dog shit.

Former Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth spoke on behalf of the Portland Police Bureau, opposite a representative of a local advocacy group, at a lecture about racial profiling held at Portland State yesterday.

PSU Weekend, a series of lectures this weekend for students, alumni and the general public, will be held on campus starting Friday.

Oregon U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) will hold an open forum with students on campus Friday at Portland State.

Larry David is an asshole. I hear this all the time as reasoning for someone not liking his HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. And like the Larry David-inspired George Costanza character from Seinfeld, he is kind of an asshole–but that’s no reason to disparage the show.

Portland State professor Thomas Keller recently received an Oregon Mentors award for his work in helping youth at the university.