Opinion
Those who rely on public transit can have a complex relationship with the system. It is necessary to find intrigue in each aspect of the system in order to endure the trying situations to which TriMet contributes.
As a passenger, however, your only worry should be whether or not gridlock will permit your line transfer, not whether your’s or other’s safety is at risk.
Rabbi Joshua Stampfer began teaching Jewish history and religion courses to a handful of students at Portland State in the dynamic era of the 1960s and maintained a significant presence at the university as an adjunct until 2001. Today, at the age of 90, he is on the verge of seeing the culmination of his years of commitment to the study of the Jewish culture, people and language, as PSU plans for a major development—literally.
The solution to offsetting declining state funds for a university has traditionally been to raise college tuition. But now, tuition has risen to the point of obstructing many students from attending college. And it threatens to keep going up unless something is done about it.
There is a clear and obvious malaise in American higher education.
Tuition and fees are climbing nationwide at an unprecedented pace as state funding dwindles. Fewer employers are impressed by college credentials, leading to record unemployment for college graduates, burying even more of the American public under inescapable quantities of debt. There is talk of a higher education bubble soon coming to burst. For the first time, there exists a very real possibility that the next generation may choose to be less educated than their parents.
Pro-lifers’ protests have peaceful front,but pack loads of problems 40 Days For Life wants to stop baby killin’. An admirable goal, except when it comes at the expense of a…
The House and Senate have recently agreed upon a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance. It seems that our congress is moving our nation in the right direction. The winds of innovation are slowly breezing through Washington and breathing new life into outdated unemployment mandates. And while the changes may be mild they are an important foothold in the future progression of this country.
The All Majors Career Fair: the perfect opportunity! If you’re looking for a job that has nothing to do with your major, that is.
Lately, the buzz at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus has been all about Barbies. But not in the way one would usually expect.
What do you do with the books that you no longer want—the ones that are lying around your room and taking up shelf space? Do you sell them? Give them to friends? Perhapts you can give them away for a good cause—and now that PSU has partnered with Better World Books to create book donation sites around campus, this is easier than ever.
Don’t you just love when billionaires talk about what’s good for the American people—us common folk—and especially when they talk about those “inexpensive,” petty issues we deal with? Like, say, contraception!
Coffee and power: everything you need to take over the world. Or, at the very least, a coffee shop in Portland. Freelancers, artists, creative minds and artisans can now stop holding their collective breath—the time has come. The office that’s not an office has finally moved into town—a coffee shop workplace especially for you!