FEATURED EVENT BALLET The Enchanted Toyshop / Tourbillon Friday and Saturday, November 24–25: 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 26: 1 p.m. & 5 p.m. Lincoln Performance Hall $5–35,…
Survive Thanksgiving as Vegan/Veg/Gluten-Free
When Thanksgiving Day calls, turkeys cluck, potatos mash, and fountains of gravy flow. But what if your vegan diet, gluten intolerance, allergies or other dietary restrictions have you feeling left…
Introducing new column: ASPSU Speaks
Chloe Friedlein, ASPSU Publicity and Design Director Hey PSU! My name is Chloe. I’m the Associated Students of Portland State’s Publicity and Design Director for the 2017–18 academic year. I…
Climate change writing contest calls on students for world-saving ideas
Portland State Institute for Sustainable Solutions is offering students with a passion for writing and an interest in climate change solutions a chance at $1000 through its “Thinking Our Way Forward”…
What to do when you’ve got nothing to do on Thanksgiving
As someone whose family lives 3,000 miles away in New Jersey, I often find myself wondering what to do on major holidays, and Thanksgiving is no exception. So I’ve compiled…
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Submitted by Camilo Abreu, Portland State Student & International Socialist Organization member Recently a Portland State Vanguard article “Socialism: You say you want a revolution” posed a fantastic question. Are those…
A word about Wordstock 2017
With over 170 literary professionals in attendance, Wordstock is the premier literary festival in the Pacific Northwest. While the event hosts talks, pop-up readings, a book fair spanning two floors,…
Ask Jessandra
Dear Jessandra, Modern society is too complex. I want to be a responsible and engaged citizen, but I don’t feel like I’ll ever understand enough about politics and history to…
White men can be terrorists too
It’s time to acknowledge and identify the repetitive profile of mass shooters in the United States Sandy Hook, Charleston, Las Vegas, Umpqua, Sutherland Springs, and so on. The emotional wounds…
Pro-Life students bring another anti-abortion campaign to Park Blocks
A poster reading, “Abortion is Violent” displayed on the first floor hallway of the Smith Memorial Student Union signaled the return of anti-abortion campaigns on campus, led by the PSU…
Gender studies should be a requirement for all majors
Behold an alarming statistic: According to the office for Institutional Research and Planning, of the 115 gender-based courses or courses with the word “woman” in the title offered at Portland…