$80,000 parking system debuts this September

Pay-by-space saves time and increases efficiency, planners say

Portland State’s Office of Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) is replacing eight parking pay stations with new machines and adding two locations this fall, at cost of $80,000, with each machine priced at $8000.

Legends film series amps up PSU media

The project, part of PSU’s social media campaign, spotlights standout faculty

Anthony Wolk didn’t plan to stay in the Northwest.

In 1965, Wolk accepted a teaching position at Portland State. He thought he’d stay for two or three years, he said. But something changed his mind.

“It’s the students—I like the students,” Wolk said. “That’s what held me all these years.”

Days in the lives of canvassers

Summer clipboard jobs pay $10 hourly on average and require a tough skin

Asking you how your day is going, jigging to music booming from cars, holding clipboards and pamphlets out to you—PSU students employed as canvassers over the summer will try many different ways to get your attention.

“I thought one guy was going to punch me because his baby was sleeping and I rang the doorbell,” ASPSU Chief of Staff Brandon Harris said. He canvassed for Oregon politician Chuck Riley last year.

Days in the lives of canvassers

Asking you how your day is going, jigging to music booming from cars, holding clipboards and pamphlets out to you—PSU students employed as canvassers over the summer will try many different ways to get your attention.

Vietnamese Intel Scholars look ahead

All 28 students in Intel program graduate with honors, return to Vietnam

When Huong Ha was 12 years old, she’d play with electronic devices instead of modeling her mother’s dresses. She broke her father’s new watch while trying to disassemble it.

“I was like a boy growing up,” Ha said, “I would put nails into walls.”

PSU students awarded Fulbright grants

When Sarah Taylor received the email informing her that she’d won a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to teach in Germany, the 23-year-old—an applied linguistics and German major—struggled to speak.

Staying outside the lines

When Sewon Kim moved to the United States last July with his wife and two children, the Korean artist was looking to utilize his expertise in industrial and textile design during his stint as a visiting scholar in Portland State’s art department.

Students act for Japan

Nearly two months after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Tohoku region of Japan on March 11, students at Portland State organized an art exhibition last weekend to raise awareness and support of the tragedy.

Muslim student group racially targeted on Internet

An event hosted by the Muslim Student Association at Portland State, intended to educate the public about Islam as part of the Islamic Awareness Week, April 4 to 8, turned into a confrontation between the group and an unidentified attendant over a video recorded without permission from the organizers.