Portland State boasts 1,764 research and institutional faculty members. In recent years the university has tremendously expanded the number of degree programs it offers. PSU currently offers 209 different degrees…
Why audiobooks are the wave of the future
The year was 2010 and I was reading my first book on sales. Fresh out of high school I was starting my first job as a personal trainer at Bally…
Enjoy the Olympics—they won’t last
The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, have been going on for over a week now. I’m glad to hear about the U.S. beating Russia in men’s hockey, one of…
Becoming an RA is not for the faint of heart.
The selection process for new resident assistants has finally begun. Many eager students will get the opportunity to work for University Housing and Residence Life come the 2014–15 school year,…
Snowlandia stops MAX in its tracks
TriMet’s favorite never-ending pet project, the Metropolitan Area Express (also known as the MAX), has been a fixture of the Portland metropolitan area since 1988. There must be a lot…
Separating the art from the artist
A staggering number of articles on the Woody Allen pedophilia debacle have been spewed across the internet since Allen’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow wrote an open letter in The New…
Faculty file unfair practice charge against PSU administration
The Portland State chapter of the American Association of University Professors filed an unfair practice charge with the Oregon Employment Relations Board earlier this month. The charge accuses the PSU…
Students turn out, ideas sprout
Saturday, marked the second annual Student Power Convergence—an event where students came together in Parkway North in Smith Memorial Student Union for a five-hour brainstorm on how to improve Portland…
Should you plan your life?
I ripped a copy of my “definite major purpose” off the wall, crumpled it into a ball and threw it in the trash. I was tired of having a plan…
Why likability might be more important than your college degree
A young man in a black polo slid a few pieces of paper toward me on the wooden desk that separated us. My eyes looked down at what he had…
The rise of nerd culture
The end of January brought Wizard World’s Comic Con to Portland. Writers, artists, actors and nerds alike gathered at the Oregon Convention Center to share their love and passion for…