Portland’s latest collision between Joey Gibson’s crew of free speech marchers and anti-fascist counter-protesters on Friday, June 30 ended right back where it began. Despite several skirmishes and three scorched…
Coming to terms with the trope
It’s likely you’ve heard or read the word trope recently, perhaps in the midst of some post-film discussion or while perusing movie reviews. It’s usually meant as a criticism and…
Sex offender with extensive PSU assault record released
Michael Dorgan, a 54-year-old known sex offender, was released a year early from Multnomah County custody on May 23. Dorgan was convicted for the eighth and ninth times for public…
The 30th Annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival kickoff
The 30th Annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival kicked-off at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland on Friday, June 30. The Blues Festival is currently organized by the Oregon…
Defying stereotypes: a more accurate look at the modern college student
As college students and millennials, we are all too familiar with social criticism. We are constantly being categorized in a negative light, condemned as being entitled, lazy, immature, or delusional…
Supreme Court rules Muslim travel ban moderately acceptable
Travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries and refugees from around the world are once again being barred from entry to the United States, following a decision by the Supreme Court…
This week around the world: June 24–30
June 24 Muju, South Korea South Korean President Moon Jae-in made a proposal to North Korea to form a unified taekwondo team that would compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics,…
Off-campus events: July 4–10
FEATURED EVENT MUSIC FESTIVAL 30th Annual Waterfront Blues Festival June 30–July 4 Tom McCall Waterfront Park $10–15, all ages Some of America’s best blues musicians take over the waterfront for…
Summertime reading catch-up: Nina LaCour’s ‘We Are Okay’
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour is the kind of book I wish I had gotten my hands on when I was a teenager. It is the kind of book…
Organizers March for Freedom on June 30, 2017
On-campus events: July 4–10
FEATURED EVENT FILM Eraserhead (1977) Friday, July 7, 7 p.m. Whitsell Auditorium $6–9, all ages The inaugural screening of NW Film Center’s David Lynch retrospective starts with one of Lynch’s…