The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, ended his stay in Portland after the “Dalai Lama: Environmental Summit” event Saturday afternoon, where he shared his beliefs about universal responsibility, compassion and the problems facing our future.
Healing trauma with conversation
A middle-aged Holocaust survivor gazes distantly at the camera as she recalls being herded into cattle trains and then, without realizing what she was doing, handing over her baby to Nazi officers. But at the time, she only experienced handing over a “bundle,” not a baby.
Rally pushes new ideas
When it comes to its students and faculty, Portland State is a hotbed of creativity. The Office of Innovation and Intellectual Property is holding a Research Innovation Rally from now until June 30 to encourage faculty members to share their ideas and research for a chance at winning up to $20,000.
Professor profiles: Derek Tretheway
Derek Tretheway is an associate professor in the thermal and fluid science group in the mechanical engineering department of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. Tretheway did undergraduate research while earning a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ondine hosts weekly Bible studies
Portland State’s most visible campus events seem to often have a political bent. Student marches, documentary screenings, bake sales, even the inescapable ASPSU election—there is often a sense that the participants have come together because they chose the same side on a critical and divisive issue.
Class profile: ‘Chemistry of the Environment’
Everyone knows about major environmental issues like climate change and ozone depletion. However, not everyone knows that there is a chemical connection between most of these environmental problems.
Wage fraud, nepotism alleged at University Place Hotel
A group of Portland State employees have filed grievances with the university claiming that their bosses stole their tips, demanded kickbacks and practiced nepotism—favoring family members for special treatment and advancement.
Students of all ages come to PSU
Portland State has long had a reputation as an institution that caters to nontraditional students. Established in 1946 as Portland State College with the mission of serving returning World War II veterans, PSU continues to be a popular choice for students beyond the traditional 18- to 25-year-old college demographic.
Foster-Hernandez ticket wins, new constitution fails
Harris Foster and Yesenia Silvia-Hernandez were elected as student body president and vice president, respectively. The pair garnered 287 votes, or 50 percent of the votes cast. A new constitution, proposed by former Vice President Ethan Allen Smith, failed, with 47 percent voting against it, 28 percent voting in favor and 25 percent abstaining. The 569 votes cast in the ASPSU election represent a 3 percent voter turnout, down from last year’s 9.3 percent turnout, which one expert called “terrible.”
“Faith is not a virtue”: a Q-and-A with Peter Boghossian
Philosophy Professor Peter Boghossian, in celebration of his upcoming book, A Manual for Creating Atheists, sat down with the Vanguard for an exclusive Q-and-A in one of our most-viewed pieces ever. Boghossian seeks to create a legion of reason leaders, aka “street epistemologists,” to help cure people of what he calls “the faith virus.”
Chiron supporters push for funding
After an unexpected blow from Portland State administration last year that cut off funding, Chiron Studies is poised to regain support, said coordinators of the long-standing program that allows students to design and teach for-credit courses.