With just hours until the polls closed on Nov. 6 for the 2018 midterm elections, Gov. Kate Brown paid a visit to Portland State to meet with students and ask…
Vikings dominate during pre-season exhibition
Portland State’s men’s basketball team took a decisive win, hosting the Multnomah University Lions for a preseason exhibition on Saturday, Nov. 2 that ended with a score of 119-89. Although…
Hoax articles raise questions of academic ethics, rigor
Over the course of 10 months between 2017 and 2018, three academics—including Portland State philosophy Prof. Peter Boghossian—submitted a series of hoax articles to various academic journals in an attempt…
Hill to Hall: Oct. 31–Nov. 3
Oct. 31: No indictment for police in Sept. shooting, grand jury rules A Multnomah County grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by officers Sgt. Garry Britt and Officer Jeffrey Livingston,…
This Week Around the World: Oct. 28–Nov. 4
Oct. 28 Chongqing, China: A bus crashed into the Yangtze River when it swerved into the opposite lane, hitting one car before plunging off a bridge. The incident started when…
Human rights and journalism threatened
Journalist Jennifer Ávila spoke on Oct. 18 at Portland State about the journalistic freedom amid violence in Honduras. In a presentation titled, “The Silencing of Dissent: How Freedom of the…
In support of ‘fake’ service animals
Having faced common questions and accusations and after jumping through ridiculous hoops in order to obtain the coveted Emotional Service Animal letter myself, here’s why I fully support gaming the…
Egyptian mummy sucks the souls of the elderly…out of their ass.
Don Coscarelli is one of the kings of low-to-no-budget horror. Every Coscarelli movie is soaked with his own blood, sweat and tears, and I have no problem calling him one…
Ethnographers help save dying languages
Of the roughly 7,000 languages in the world, the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, and the scientific community at large estimate around 3,000 are in…
ASPSWho?
Portland State science major Lelani Lealiiee has served as vice president for the Associated Students of Portland State University since June 2018. Lealiiee, a senior who plans to attend medical…
Who votes and who doesn’t
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for grabs in this year’s midterm elections, and along with choosing the next governor, Oregonians face multiple ballot…