As an English major, I’ve had to deal with many complaints in the classroom every time we stumble upon Shakespeare’s material. Even in a course that focuses specifically on all…
Good grades aren’t enough for the future: Part II
By a wide margin, the number one employer for recent college graduates is Enterprise Rent-a-Car, according to data from College Grad’s table on top employers. In 2016, Enterprise expects to…
It’s up to us to help the homeless
You’ve probably heard some buzz regarding the housing crisis in Portland, and the facts are true: Living in our beautiful city is getting more expensive as landlords hike rent to…
Good grades aren’t enough for the future: Part I
For some college students, the purpose of getting a college degree is to gain access to a career that they could not have gotten otherwise. In the “Gallup-Purdue Index 2015…
Pokemon Go and where we go from here
By now we have lived long enough with Pokemon Go—the augmented-reality mobile game enabling users to catch and battle Pokemon in real time from the physical environment—to have some perspective…
Rent control is bad, stop asking for it
Rent control is blocked by law in Oregon and has been since 1985. More and more Oregonians are clamoring for a repeal of the ban as rent prices rise in…
Remove the stigma
Mental illness is not a rare thing: Almost one in every five adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness in a given year. Still, society often acts as if mental…
Side hustle: one job just isn’t enough
According to data released on Sept. 16 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, growth in wages continues to fall short of the constant upward trend in the Consumer Price Index….
The right to bare breasts
Breastfeeding has been the most natural way of feeding infants since the beginning of human existence. Still, the act makes many people wildly uncomfortable. In fact it makes people so…
Paralympics for the gold
There’s no doubt that the Olympics are popular. According to the International Olympic Committee, almost 3.6 billion people watched at least one minute of the summer games held in Rio….
Spare student-athletes your hate
I went through a time in my life when I thought everything revolved around high school sports. Despite my passion, sports were part of my past long before graduation came,…