The race for Associated Students of Portland State University president and vice president offers a choice between current ASPSU Sen. Harris Foster and running mate Yesenia Silva-Hernandez and current ASPSU Sen. and student fee committee member James Au and his running mate Jason Phung.
The proposed constitution is such a defective initiative that it’s hard to believe it is actually the work of Ethan Allen Smith—the same Ethan Allen Smith whom the Vanguard endorsed for student body president last year. To say it is fatally flawed seems almost euphemistic; it is just plain fatal, as adopting it would essentially spell the death of effective student government at PSU.
Choosing the right student senators can be daunting when you consider the diverse needs of the student body. Which candidates will work well together? Who has the best interests of students at heart?
Amendment 4 Has one member of the student fee committee appointed by the senate. One of the most frustrating facts of politics is the campaigning: So-and-so is this, has done that, knows this; so-and-so is better, more prepared, more aware. Taking someone at his/her word is the risk we accept when electing anyone to office.
Can business strategies be used to create positive social change? Portland State Impact Entrepreneurs is offering new opportunities to explore how market-based innovation can be used to create social change at the Elevating Impact Summit in June.
On March 8th and 9th, PSU’s chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) hosted a film festival intended to provide insight into the war on drugs through the lens of cinema. Over the course of the festival, SSDP screened The House I Live In, Trainspotting, The Union and finally, A Scanner Darkly. The student group also arranged for presentations by the Portland State criminology department’s Dr. Mark Leymon and Lissa Kaufman of Student Legal services (SLS). Ultimately, the film festival created a stage for discourse regarding U.S. drug policy and encouraged attendees to think critically about the effects of the drug war from both a domestic and global perspective.
The Vanguard toured First Thursday, capturing images of art lovers enjoying David Eckard’s Comet, left, and Sang-ah Choi’s Packaging the Pink, right, at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.
Leif and Emily once again share their drink secrets with two festive libations.
About 90 employers came to Portland State on Tuesday to recruit students at the Fall Career and Internship Fair, held in the Smith Memorial Student Union ballroom.
The Vanguard has already spilled much ink this quarter over the regressive disaster a Romney-Ryan administration would look like, so let’s keep our focus on the man we’re endorsing.
Lauren Kamp, Graduate student at the School of Education in front of Food for Thought Cafe.