Letters to the Editor

An increased number of students took their seats in classes across the state last fall as Oregon universities saw yet another increase in enrollment.

As many of us begin our upper-division courses, no abbreviation strikes more fear than UTS, the three letters of course referring to Portland State’s very own Mordor: the dreaded Unitus Building.

To: The PSU Community

Fortis Construction, Inc. has been privileged to work on a number of construction projects on the PSU campus.

PSU Interpersonal Violence Task Force: As you might know, we’ve recently had some terrible deaths in our community due to relationship violence. There have been thirty-eight domestic violence-related deaths in the Portland area in the past year.

Every time you volunteer, submit an internship application or apply for a scholarship you are getting your foot inside the door of the workplace.

The start of a new academic year marks the beginning of a new relationship with you, our readers.

Identity theft is a serious concern for people living in the 21st century. However, despite one’s attempt to protect his or her identities, it is oftentimes easy for others to gain access to private information.

Tom Bissell, an assistant professor of English and liberal arts at Portland State, has been awarded a 2010 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in creative arts for general nonfiction, which he plans to use to finish his current book.

Effectively, that’s the question that was raised when one of our sister publications ran, on their back cover, a parody of the cartoon Hagar the Horrible [Rearguard, Feb. 2010].

After taking a class called “Communicating about Violence and Children” last term, eight students decided to practice what the class taught through an independent study course, “Communication in Action: Addressing the Violence in Children’s Lives.”

There will always be a public debate over the issue of firearms and other weapons in our society. One aspect that needs no debate is the standing state laws regarding these weapons.