At its second meeting of the semester, the Equal Rights Affairs Committee expanded on the issues brought up in its Sept. 27 inaugural meeting: reaching out to students, raising awareness,…
ASPSU kicks off the 2016–17 academic year
Senators in the Associated Students of Portland State University held a meeting on Monday, Sept. 26 to nominate a new chairperson and discuss ways of promoting equality and human rights….
Wim Wiewel raps with Student Media on campus issues
President Wim Wiewel met with Student Media representatives on Friday, April 21 to discuss recent events on campus. Editorial staff from the Vanguard and the Pacific Sentinel had the opportunity…
ASPSU Election Guide 2016
The 2016-17 Associated Students of Portland State is underway, with polls open now through April 27. This year’s election comes on the back of an academic year bogged by disrupted…
ASPSU elections: High hopes for voter turnout
The Associated Students of Portland State University are partnering with the Oregon Student Association and other organizations to prepare for student government elections with a focus in student voter turnout….
GEU hopes unionization will help wounds scab over
Graduate employees of Portland State announced plans to form a union early this month. GEU, along with student allies and PSU union representatives, made their announcement on February 1 by…
Student government tensions exposed amid OSA scrap.
Tensions mounted at a recent meeting of the Associated Students of Portland State Senate as proponents and skeptics jostled over a recent recommendation to defund a statewide organizing group. The…
ASPSU safety forum focuses on armed police
A recent student-hosted campus safety forum trenched into continued debate about last year’s move to introduce a sworn, armed police force to Portland State. Hosted by the Associated Students of…
ASPSU president’s email calls for mass student movement
Associated Students of Portland State University President Dana Ghazi issued a statement to the PSU body Tuesday afternoon calling for student action. The statement, titled “Time for Mass Student Movement,”…
‘Something incredibly fulfilling that I will never do again’
After an unprecedented double election this spring term, Dana Ghazi and Davíd Martinez of the Student Power Coalition slate have just begun their 2015–16 term as president and vice president…
ASPSU President and Vice President respond to Implementation Plan
Following the Portland State Board of Trustees’ June 11 vote to approve the University Public Safety Department Management and Implementation Plan, Associated Students of PSU President Dana Ghazi and Vice…