Associated Students of Portland State University began the winter 2018 quarter with 10 empty student leadership positions: seven senators, one associate justice for the Judicial Review Board and two Student…
DJ Salinger: Bass in Space
*Published Feb. 20, 2018 DJ Salinger Weekly Playlist: February 20–26 Bass in Space escaped planet Earth, a dystopian planet laden with infinite proliferations of human suffering. Bass’s voyage departure through…
Growing up behind bars
Researchers argue Oregon’s justice system has one of the harshest juvenile sentencing processes in the country, incarcerating youth at a higher rate than 47 states at more than one and…
PSU grad discusses shifting landscape of global entrepreneurship
What does it take to make it? Mayuko Yamaura appears to have figured it out. On Feb. 15, the Portland State graduate returned to present on the intricacies of global…
Opiate trade poses global challenges
Oxycontin, fentanyl, morphine, heroin. Opioids have gained attention in the United States since overdose rates began escalating in 2010. In 2016 alone, over 62,000 people died from general drug overdoses,…
Vikings Snapshot: Feb. 20–28
Men’s Basketball: Thursday, Feb. 22 PSU at Southern Utah Score: 96-91 (W) Holland Woods shot a three-pointer with 3.2 seconds left in the game, which then went into overtime. Saturday,…
Corbyn’s game of dominos
In unprecedented fashion, international political possibility has shifted toward the left. Jeremy Corbyn’s rise in the Labour Party resulted in a domino effect of radical political opportunity across Europe. The…
The game (r)evolution
Video games find themselves in an odd place today. With the exception of a few well-recieved games like “Super Mario Odyssey,” “For Honor,” “Breath of the Wild” and “Horizon Zero…
This week around the world Feb. 22–Feb. 25
Feb. 22 Iran: Ahmadinejad calls for free elections in open letter to Supreme Leader In an open letter posted on his website Dolat-e Bahar, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed…
DJ Salinger: Your missed connection
DJ Salinger Weekly Playlist: Feb. 26–Mar. 5 This is a playlist about unrequited love: honest, direct and inexhaustible. It’s a playlist for single Portland State students who are currently dating…
The problem with OkCupid’s lesbian ad
OkCupid’s recent DTF ad campaign, running on Portland billboards and TriMet buses, has been turning heads and not in a positive way. There are multiple problems with the image itself—the…