Amanda Fritz and Mary Nolan go head to head

PSU hosts city commissioner debate

Portland city commissioner candidates Amanda Fritz and Mary Nolan came to Portland State Monday night for a verbal wrestling match.

About 50 people gathered in the Cascade Room in the Smith Memorial Student Union to listen as the candidates sparred over the city’s Education Urban Renewal Area plan, fluoride and each other’s political records.

Celebrating indigenous culture

Daylong event spotlights on-campus connections

It was a day for the indigenous people of this nation to celebrate their solidarity and culture—and it happened on Columbus Day.

Tower power

KPSU hopes to increase signal strength, reach

As a streaming radio station on the web, KPSU gets around 10,000 unique visitors per month—not too shabby for a college radio station. But one would be forgiven for not listening to them at 98.1 on the FM dial, as the station’s reach is somewhat limited.

Looking for the PSU bookstore’s textbook scholarship program?

You’ll have to wait until next year.

When the Portland State Bookstore outsourced its operations to Nebraska Book Company this summer—as reported in the Vanguard—both parties touted an expanded textbook scholarship program as one of the deal’s biggest benefits for students.

Housing the homeless

Event challenges students, architects to design new solutions

It’s 7 p.m. on a Tuesday, and people are slowly milling in, one by one, through the doors of the downtown Mercy Corps Action Center.

Raising the bar

PSU department of Architecture nears end of five-year accreditation process

Portland State architecture students will soon be able to compete fairly for jobs and graduate school opportunities after graduation.

‘Don’t take no for an answer’

Lara Logan shares journalism stories from the front lines

For Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent of CBS news and “60 Minutes” correspondent, survival has always been about certainty in herself, her drive to know more and her passion to report the truth—whether we’re ready to hear it or not.

Women in politics

Inequalities between men and women can be determined through a variety of measures; however, in the U.S., perhaps nowhere is this inequality more apparent than in politics.

Food for Thought cafe reopens

Employees face new challenges after flooding

Food for Thought Cafe reopened for business Monday morning after flooding caused by sewage overflow forced them to lock their doors in mid-September.

Getting there, staying dry

Within weeks, or possibly days, Portland will once again become a damp and rainy city. It’s simply inevitable.
But when these rainy days strike, how does one stay dry while traveling from one end of campus to the other? Listed below are just a few ways to do it.

Within weeks, or possibly days, Portland will once again become a damp and rainy city. It’s simply inevitable.
But when these rainy days strike, how does one stay dry while traveling from one end of campus to the other? Listed below are just a few ways to do it.