Sometimes you just want cookies. Sometimes you want to make those cookies without having to use your oven at all. Well, you’re in luck! The answer to your cookies vs….
Cool-Weather Style, Meet School Spirit
Fall term is now halfway done, and as midterms hit it’s important to stay loyal to our beloved Portland State. The bookstore is loaded with options for showing off our…
Where Are You Goin’?
Grief, sarcasm and sympathy make up the incredibly tragic and hilarious New Wave film Five Easy Pieces. No happy ending is found here; this is a pure and pragmatic tale,…
Thin Blue Lines
For years, Portland’s Top Shelf Productions has continued to publish unique autobiographical comics. Earlier this year, the Vanguard reviewed Jeffery Brown’s A Matter of Life and Jess Fink’s We Can…
This is Our Town
Beginning Nov. 14, the Portland State School of Theatre + Film will be presenting Our Town, a live adaptation of Thorton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 play of the same name….
Spooktacular Halloween recipes!
Autumn Pumpkin Cake I am going to tell you a story. After you read this story your life may never be the same; you may find yourself with an altered…
A to Z of Modern Horror
A. American Horror Story In October 2011, Glee creator Ryan Murphy debuted his unconventional horror anthology series on FX, and to everyone’s slight surprise, it wasn’t half bad. AHS, now…
Walking After Midnight
If you had told me a few months ago that there was a game on my phone that could actually scare me, I would have laughed. The screen would be…
The evil of the chiller
It’s about that time. The days are getting shorter. The sky is getting darker. The weather is getting colder. Just in time for Halloween, Dark Horse Comics has released Colder,…
Cultural Get Well Foods
Fall is that time of year when the leaves begin to change and look pretty because they are dying. Unfortunately for people, when we are sick we tend not to…
For the Glory of Asposia
The Inner World is a point-and-click adventure that attempts to blend an eccentric story and art style with the standard mechanics of the genre. While the two sometimes mix harmoniously,…