To: PSU-AAUP In 2014, your organization (the Portland State chapter of the America Association of University Professors) fought hard for a package of job improvements for faculty that included nice…
Letter to the editor
I enjoyed reading your story about the 4YDG. Thinking about it, it’s probably the biggest lie ever written by our institution, or any college institution that endorses the concept of…
Campus smoking ban is pushing students away
As a smoker, I feel compelled to finally speak up and no longer be silent about this issue that has now raised itself. This ban on smoking on the Portland…
An alumna against arming officers
Dear Board of Trustees and President Wim Wiewel, I am writing today to protest against the arming of Portland State Campus Public Safety Officers. I graduated with a Master’s from…
Letter to the Editor: Tenure for teaching part II
Provost Sona Andrews made a statement in faculty senate in December regarding tenure at Portland State. “We can not be a research university without tenured faculty,” she began. “And I…
Letter to the Editor
I am writing this letter in response to [the] July 31 Vanguard article “PSU’s Diversity Action Plan proving difficult to define.” It’s important to understand both the background and goals of this campus-wide initiative.
Letter to the Editor
Students should vote no on the proposed constitution. It revives outmoded advocacy mechanisms, denies representation and advocacy for under-served and marginalized communities, and will be practically impossible to amend in the future.
Letter to the Editor
Dear President Wiewel, My name is Lisa Meersman and I received a Bachelor’s in Community Development from Portland State this last December. When I started at PSU as a freshman in 2008, I founded Take Back the Tap at Portland State with four other students. I continued to coordinate the campaign until December of 2012, when I graduated.