Ten days after the Wall Street Journal released a report on hoax articles submitted by Portland State Philosophy Professor Peter Boghossian and his colleagues, the university formally initiated a committee…
TriMet on campus to verify incomes for low-income fare
Eligible students can get their incomes verified by TriMet on campus in the Portland State Transportation and Parking Office in order to receive low-income fare from Jan. 7–11. TriMet officials…
PSU’s CO-OP Pilot Launches This Term
Students who applied last fall and were accepted into Portland State’s CO-OP pilot program will be beginning their first term of paid cooperative education this January. The pilot program is…
Salazar awake from coma, refutes Amtrak’s suicide story
Portland State student Aaron Salazar was found seven months ago unconscious next to train tracks in Truckee, Calif. with unexplained, life-threatening injuries. Amtrak insists Salazar threw himself out of the…
Hill to Hall: Jan. 2–7
Jan. 2: Oregon’s only women’s prison grants tampons to inmates Coffee Creek Correctional Institution, Oregon’s only women’s prison, now gives tampons to inmates who request them. Previously, only sanitary pads…
Hill to Hall: Dec. 11–15
Dec. 11: Killed and imprisoned journalists named Person of the Year 2018 TIME has named a group of journalists targeted for their work as its person of the year for…
Buried report shows Wells Fargo charging high fees to students
A report concealed for months by the Trump administration showed college students were charged over $27 million in fees by banks over the course of an academic year, with beleaguered…
Hill to Hall Dec. 1–7
Dec. 1: Trump threatens NAFTA cancelation ahead of new trade deal President Donald Trump threatened to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement the day after signing a new multibillion-dollar…
Police violence by the numbers
Sam Sinyangwe, a policy analyst and data scientist who works with communities of color to fight systemic racism through cutting-edge policies and strategies, gave a talk on Nov. 29 at…
Hill to Hall Nov. 28–Nov. 30
Nov. 28: Governor proposes $23.6 billion budget Oregon Gov. Kate Brown proposed a $23.6 billion budget on Wednesday, Nov. 3 for the 2019-2021 biennium, a 12.4 percent increase from the…
Governor’s budget puts double-digit tuition increases on the table
Oregon’s seven public universities are facing potential hiring freezes, double-digit tuition increases and cuts to services after the office of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown delivered a budget proposal Nov. 28….