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It’s commonly understood that most college students have little to no money. Most live on financial aid, several part-time jobs at minimum wage or a combination of both. At a school like Portland State—an urban campus with a large student population—students have various housing options, both on- and off-campus. There’s no tried-and-true rule that living on-campus is better than living off-campus, or vice versa. Everyone has unique preferences. For many college students, the dilemma isn’t what classes to take next term or deciding between majors, the real dilemma is choosing where to live.

More than 100 years ago, four Portland women stood up against voting inequality and called for citizenship rights for women. Abigail Scott Duniway, Maria Hendee, M.A. Lambert and Mary Beatty campaigned across Oregon, raising awareness of the Woman Suffrage Movement throughout the U.S. Their campaign suffered censure from liquor lobbyists and other anti-suffrage groups, but they continued on, rallying for fairness. In November 1912, Oregon voters granted women—by 52 percent— the right to vote.

Sustaining vast resources, including water, food and fertile delta land, has served as an important force in the world. The many great ancient civilizations and present-day cities that have prospered by their close proximity to deltas testify to this landform’s inherent ecological and economic vitality. However, due to the strains of a modern industrialized age, many of the world’s deltas face threats of erosion.

Target held a press conference at Jake’s Grill in mid-February to officially announce its project to bring a Target location into the heart of downtown Portland. The Minneapolis chain has already begun construction on multiple floors in the century-old Galleria building on Southwest 11th Avenue and Southwest Morrison Street.

TriMet has emphasized, in the media and in its series of open-house meetings, that changes have to be made to make up for its $17 million budget shortfall. It needs higher rates and a streamlined system in order to balance the budget and especially to prevent further cuts in services. But what exactly does TriMet mean by a “flat-fare” system?

The Stone of Hope stands at the entrance to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Monument in Washington, D.C., surrounded by cherry trees and overlooking the Tidal Basin. The stone itself, a divided boulder, ushers visitors through the doorway to a
30-foot granite representation of King. Each side bears inscriptions taken from King’s speeches, reading “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope,” and “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.”

Nuclear reactor safety has been center stage in national news since the U.S. recently announced the construction of the first nuclear reactor to be built in more than 30 years—the Georgia Vogtle plant. The announcement comes on the eve of the March 11
one-year anniversary of the 9.0 magnitude megathrust earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. In the days after the catastrophic event, a series of malfunctions at the Fukushima I nuclear power plant resulted in one of the largest nuclear disasters in history. It caused worldwide concerns over nuclear reactor safety.

Environmental journalists face a dilemma—how to make headlines for an often-invisible issue. “If it’s bloodless, slow-motion violence, the story is more likely to get buried,” said Rob Nixon, author and English professor at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison. Nixon visits Portland State this week, presenting both a lecture and a workshop exploring this issue.

Since its inception 51 years ago, Peace Corps has sent more than 200,000 American volunteers to pursue development work in more than 130 countries, many of which lack basic home amenities such as electricity and running water.