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Aramark and Portland State Housing and Residence Life representatives are looking to improve service for and communication with students.

Currently, conflict resolution is only offered as a graduate program at Portland State, but soon undergraduates will also be able to choose from a major and a minor.

While Portland State is known for making sustainability a part of its curriculum and the campus environment, do students have enough of a say in how sustainability is incorporated into their college experience?

Massive open online courses are all the rage as society is propelled ever faster into the digital age. MOOCs aren’t new, but they are becoming increasingly popular among universities.

Last year, the Oregon State Legislature passed a bill to help find ways to make textbooks more affordable for students. House Bill 4058 sits among the morass of 68 House bills and 44 Senate bills passed in the 2012 Oregon Legislature.

Parking in downtown Portland isn’t always easy. If you’re a student at Portland State, you’ve probably experienced it firsthand. You’re already running behind, thanks to the 20 minutes you spent circling the block trying to find a spot. Now you’re late for class.

The Mellow Mood head shop opened its doors just a few blocks from campus in October. The store has had a warm welcome from surrounding neighbors, its owners said. For those unfamiliar with the term “head shop,” it is used to describe a store that sells specialty tobaccos, cigars and specialty pipes. While it’s not blatantly advertised, head shops are typically associated with the use of marijuana.

Laura Hickman, a professor in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government’s division of criminology and criminal justice, teaches an online course titled “Crime Myths.” The class compares the common “myths” about crime and weighs them against related research concerning these issues.

While religion has played a major role in a vast number of wars and conflicts over the years, have you ever stopped to wonder what makes one war holier than another? Dr. Shane Barter of Soka University of America did.

Until recently, Oregon seemed to avoid the heavy hit of influenza and norovirus that’s struck much of the country this winter. In the last few weeks, however, both have seemed to spike, leaving many of Portland State’s students and faculty feeling exhausted and overwhelmed.

Portland State’s Center for Real Estate has a new executive director who wants you to experience his love for the world of real estate. On Jan. 1, Larry Remmers, a former senior vice president for Wells Fargo Bank, began his new position at PSU after more than 30 years in banking and 25 years in real estate lending.