Mother’s Day special

Last Mother’s Day, multiple advocate groups for paid maternity leave traveled to Salem’s Capitol building with a message to legislators: Make Oregon more mom-friendly.

Concealed carry

The hot-ticket debate over gun control has arisen again, but the random acts of violence that caused this debate to resurface are impossible to predict and so destructive that a select few have taken power into their own hands.

OnionMan77

Early last month, news parody overlord The Onion was hacked. OK, that’s a little dramatic. What really happened was that “America’s Finest News Source,” notorious for its sometimes over the top, sometimes subtle, satire had its Twitter account hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army.

Movie madness!

As the cost of big-name, first-run theaters has grown out of control, it’s become increasingly difficult to have an easygoing night out at the movies. Luckily for us, we live in Portland, and avoiding the larger chains is pretty effortless.

Domestic violence—just a women’s issue?

As the Benghazi hearings continue to rehash the difference between calling something an “act of terrorism” or a “demonstration” and the incredibly complex meanings of each, they bring to the forefront the intrinsic significance of language and its role in creating the world we live in.

PSU’s emerging connection to Portland’s economy

Recently the Portland Business Journal published an article discussing Portland State’s emerging connection with the local economy—to the tune of a $1.4 billion annual impact. With PSU about to triple the size of the School of Business Administration (with the help of a recent $8 million grant), our impact on the local economy will only grow.

School daze

The news has been reporting that the economy is slowly on the mend. Unemployment is apparently lower than it’s been since 2008. Lots of good, positive things are happening all over. Generally awesome, yeah? Yeah.