Many things are wrong with the fashion industry. Trends go as fast as they come, pressuring us to buy the next best thing which will be the second best next…
The way we frame mental illness matters
The debates surrounding causes of mental illness and how to treat it have gone on for decades. How we discuss these issues matters. Mental illness stigma is enough of a…
Supporting introverts in the classroom
Much of the current curriculum in the classroom seems to be geared toward extroverts. It can be challenging for introverts to share during class discussions, making their silent efforts feel…
Challenging the insta-poet community
Poetry is—and has always been—a performance art, but the amount of substandard poetry being performed might be bogging the community down more than raising it up. This past year has…
City of Portland threatens houseless advocates with fines
The City of Portland is threatening organizers of Portland’s short-lived Village of Hope houseless community with fines potentially totaling tens of thousands of dollars after city officials swept the camp…
Portland high school students lead gun control town hall
Roughly 300 people, the majority of whom were middle school and high school students, filled the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom at Portland State on the evening of April 4…
Student government will strike if tuition increase passed
If the Portland State Board of Trustees votes to increase tuition at its next meeting Thursday, April 12, Associated Students of Portland State University will strike. “We’re furious because of…
‘Belladonna of Sadness’
Belladonna of Sadness, directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, is an erotic tale of violence and revenge set in medieval France and told through psychedelic animation. Based off the book Satanism and…
Women’s Resource Center joins the fight for space
Portland State’s Women’s Resource Center, currently situated in the basement of Montgomery Residence Hall on SW 10th Ave. and SW Montgomery St., is seeking to return to Smith Memorial Student…
Chapo Trap House visits Portland
The leftist political comedy podcast Chapo Trap House made two appearances at Holocene on Sunday, April 1. Hosts Matt Christman, Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Amber A’Lee Frost and Will Menaker…
DJ Salinger: Spring, rain and poetry
DJ Salinger Weekly Playlist: April 9–16 It’s officially April, but it may as well be October all over again. If you don’t drown or freeze to death first, this playlist…