Feb. 5 Libreville, Gabon Cameroon edged Egypt 2–1 to take the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Feb. 5 Bucharest, Romania Five hundred thousand protesters filled the streets of Romania’s capital…
Classical Chinese concert brings ‘Jasmine Blossoms’ to PSU
The Confucius Institute at Portland State University hosted a concert featuring the yanquin, a Chinese dulcimer, in Lincoln Hall on Sunday, Feb. 5. “Jasmine Blossoms in the City of Roses”…
Architecture thesis students explore the idea of a Mexico-US border wall
Portland State architecture students Alex Ruiz, Genevieve Wasser and Janna Ferguson recently took two weeks to drive the length of the Mexico–U.S. border in order to assess the proposed border…
This week around the world Jan. 28–Feb. 3
Jan. 28 Worldwide In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees, visa holders and other immigrants, thousands poured into the streets while hundreds of citizens of countries included…
Brexit at Tiffany’s
After pulling the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership during his first full day in office, President Donald Trump met with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Jan. 27 to discuss the…
Boko Haram hangs on: extremist group continues campaign in Nigeria
Despite President Buhari’s comments a few weeks ago that the Nigerian government had “crushed” Boko Haram, suicide bombings and raids conducted by the group have continued to ravage the region….
This week around the world Jan. 21–27
Jan. 21 Worldwide In response to the inauguration of Donald Trump, several million protesters filled streets around the world as part of what was called the Women’s March. The Washington,…
Cuba after Castro: Portland State students get a firsthand look
During the night of Nov. 25, 2016 Fidel Castro, Olympic gold medalist in surviving assassination attempts, died. Shortly after, 13 Portland State students arrived in Cuba for a two-week study…
Las Mujeres bringing Latin Night to Portland State
Las Mujeres means “women” in Spanish, but Las Mujeres isn’t a club dedicated only to being a Latina woman at Portland State, it’s also about sharing Latin culture with the…
This week around the world Jan. 14–20
Jan. 14 Beijing, China The linguist Zhou Youguang died at the age of 111 in Beijing. Zhou is credited with creating pinyin, a system of transcribing Mandarin into roman characters,…
Cuba after Castro: PSU professors discuss what might happen next
Fidel Castro, the proclaimed hero of the 1959 communist revolution in Cuba and the country’s president for nearly a half-century afterwards, died on Nov. 25, 2016. Although the Cuban revolutionary…