Now that Washington has legalized recreational marijuana use, how would you feel about Oregon doing the same?
Red Cross’ bloody truth
The American Red Cross has been subject to continued controversy in recent years over its policy of excluding blood donations from all MSMs, or men who have had sex with men. By hosting Red Cross blood drives on campus, Portland State is condoning blatant discrimination against gay students and faculty.
‘Keep calm’ and don’t rape women
Some scary statistics came out of a survey of college-aged men a few years ago that still send chills down my spine. According to Body Wars, a book by Dr. Margo Maine, 30 percent of college men surveyed said they would rape if they knew they’d get away with it.
Smoke-free by 2016
Portland State has accepted the regional Fresh Air Campus Challenge posed by local, state and federal health authorities. Building on the campus’ current Clean Air Corridor, the challenge is to eliminate all smoking on PSU’s campus by 2016.
Battling the stigma of community college
We all know there is a stigma against community college. And before I took community college courses, I was guilty of propagating that stigma. The idea is that courses will be easier because they’re designed for less intelligent people, and the teaching staff will be subpar. This opinion exists all over the U.S.
Back into the falafel-frying pan
Reader, you are cowed. Your head is bowed. Your legs quiver and shake like reeds in the wind. And your eyes turn shifty over your shoulder with every halting step. Citizen of the United States of America, you are no longer invincible. Bearded jihadis stalk you, ululating in the night; stocky, brown-skinned individuals mount a slow and steady assault on your job security; the 1.7-billion-strong Red Chinese Menace grows fatter, lazier and more automobile-dependent. In 10 years’ time they will surpass America in every metric of the human development index. They’ve already tied us in the number of Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises they have.
For dog lovers only
Over the summer, the “You Should Message If…” section of my now-defunct OkCupid profile (go ahead and laugh, then remember that you have one, too) once said, “you like dogs; I don’t have one, but dogs are cool.” While that profile is now disabled and, more or less, a thing of the past, the dog thing rings true.
Feminists, leave Beyonce alone!
Some feminists drive me crazy. Yes, I said it. You’re not supposed to admit things like that but, well, sometimes I just want to wring their necks.
Oh, for the love of—
At least twice a week, I check the news, see something about Texas, bury my face in my arms and weep for the future of the United States. Okay, that’s hyperbolic. But my roommate has become very accustomed to hearing me sigh, “Damn it, Texas,” and then resume clicking on the keyboard. Which should tell you something about the sorts of things for which Texas enters the national spotlight.
A hypocritical oath
The Texas Center for Defense of Life says its mission is to “aggressively defend the sanctity of human life in Texas and federal courts from conception through natural death.”
Meteoric inspiration
Last month an asteroid raced into our atmosphere and across the Russian skyline, much to the delight of many Russians who conveniently had videocameras mounted on the dashboards of their cars.