Inspired by four Portland Community College faculty members, the Cascade Festival of African Films was founded in 1991 in Portland, Oregon. “The purpose of the festival is for Africans to…
Maximize your student health plan
A significant portion of the student matriculation fee paid at the beginning of the school year can be attributed to the Student Health Fee. The Student Health Fee provides access…
PSU welcomes the year of the monkey
About 500 people gathered at Smith Memorial Student Union on Saturday, January 30, to celebrate the 2016 Chinese New Year. The event was organized by Portland State’s Chinese Students and…
The forgotten drought in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s current drought is worse than any other it’s seen during the past 50 years. International aid is sparse because the country has been drying up slowly over time. In…
Dot: Smartwatch for the blind
The use of smartwatches has increased substantially in the recent years. Since its launch in April 2015 Apple smartwatch sales–alone–have skyrocketed to 457 percent increase last year. That is almost…
Insight into a Nepali’s holiday traditions
Rusma Manandhar is an international student from Kathmandu, Nepal, the home of Mount Everest and the birthplace of Buddha, who came to Portland State to study financing. When she joined…
Global refugee crisis
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill last Thursday to halt President Barack Obama’s plans to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States by 2016. With 242…
France declares state of emergency after Paris attack
Nohemi Gonzalez was a 23-year-old design student from Cal State Long Beach who was completing an exchange program in Paris, France. She was one of the victims of the tragic…
A sustainable society: ideas from Japan
We live in a significant period in history. With increased productivity, the majority of the people in the world—especially those in developed nations—have gained access to food, shelter and other…
South Korean controversy over new history textbooks
At secondary school, few students question the choice of textbooks from which they learn, yet the contents of these books establish a foundation of understanding for these students. Students are…
Nobel Prize winner shares insight into measures of global poverty
Over the past few weeks, the 11 Nobel Prize laureates were announced. Of these honorary contributors to global society, there was a specific individual whom the international media was particularly…