How much do you care about Kim and Kanye? Anna Wintour, the editor of American Vogue, seems to think that the pair hold a significant cultural relevance, or at least…
An open letter to President Wim Wiewel
I hope this letter finds you in good health and in good spirits. You are probably wondering why I am writing to you in this format. During the fall term…
Whipping our way to a better citizen
With the public safety budget stretched thin, our state needs to get creative about ways to save money. Some school administrators, mainly in the Midwest and the South, are apparently…
Embracing Minimalism
We live in a culture dominated by materialism. Virtues are often exchanged for possessions and people are obsessed with having more and more. While this may be a result of…
Pizza and pandering
On his annual post-Oscars special, Jimmy Kimmel did one of his hilarious “Lie Witness News” segments where he asked people on the street what they thought of made-up critically acclaimed…
Unkink your kinky sex biases
Once upon a time I was watching an episode of the TV crime-drama Bones. As part of a murder investigation, they find that their super-crazy, super-creepy murderers are, in fact,…
Mastery or performance?
I sat back in a creaky wooden chair and thought. Memories of high school flashed through my mind. Back then, achieving high marks in class had always been my priority….
The most mundane great idea of all time
Feb. 12 marked the passing of another Darwin Day. The birthday of Charles Darwin is becoming a popular holiday for science fans, atheists, believers in evolution and those simply looking…
Student wallets feel the squeeze
With tuition and associated fees reaching well over $2,000 per term, Portland State wants us to dig deeper into our pockets and come up with an additional $594 per term…
Responding to Body Image Blues
It’s easy to get out of shape while in college—that’s a simple fact. You are busier than ever before, have access to tons of food and alcohol, and you usually…
It’s all just relative
Usually when a moral argument erupts on campus it doesn’t take long for someone to say that all morals are just relative in one way or another. University students are…