Elisheva Cohen saw a problem: Offerings for high school students eager to learn more about Arab culture were severely lacking. Cohen, outreach coordinator for the Middle East Studies Center at…
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Macaroni and cheese happens to be one of those classic foods that you can feed to a child in order make sure they live into young adulthood and don’t starve…
Fancy Snacks
Cooking can be a serious drag. No, really, it is not always fun to prepare an entire meal. Lucky for you, this is the exact reason that snacks exist. While…
Console wars: What to buy this holiday season
This month saw the release of Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One, two profoundly different yet startlingly similar devices. At the start of the last console generation the PlayStation…
A nation’s suffering, a nation’s change
On the night of Nov. 8, MIT’s Ford International Professor of Political Science Dr. Richard Samuels engaged a packed room with discourse on the truly troubling and challenging topic discussed…
Embrace Sex and Lust
“Beneath the urgency of all the older characters—both men, both women…—is the realization that life is short, that time is running out, that life sells you a romantic illusion and…
The Art of Cruelty
If you have yet to see Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, it might be easy to be put off by the hyperbole surrounding the film. Since it premiered at…
Shut up and show me how to feel
The Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival, which turns 40 this year, has been providing a forum and sanctuary for regional filmmakers for decades. Whether a rookie starting out or a veteran experimenting…
All the things, considered
Not many people can say that they’ve influenced an entire section of the internet. Local cartoonist Allie Brosh is known for creating the “Alot” monster and “All the things!” memes,…
Device 6: A thought experiment
Device 6 is, by all accounts, a text adventure. It is also riveting, tense, creepy, hilarious and well worth your time. Device 6 is a mystery-thriller in which you play…
Echoes of a moment
On the evening of Nov. 6, as part of Portland State’s MFA Studio Lecture Series, students and faculty had the privilege of hearing visiting artist Amanda Ross-Ho discuss her artistic…