Tag: One Step Off

In our current economic state, more government spending is generally something to avoid unless those expenditures are going to help create jobs and stimulate the economy.

That’s exactly what Senator Ron Wyden wants to do. The Oregon democrat wants to set up a new patent office in Portland, a proposal that’s been met with much support.

Through this patent office, Wyden hopes to create an estimated 200 to 500 jobs, which would result in a lower unemployment rate for Portland as well as the rest of the state.

Contrary to popular belief, Portland isn’t just a little hipster city filled to the brim with gluten-free bakeries, food carts and artsy boutiques.

Just across I-205 lies a whole new world: East Portland. Separated from the rest of the city by the Willamette River, East Portland houses at least a quarter of Portland’s population.

It is also regarded as the poorest part of the city.

Standing outside in the cold is how everyone wants to spend a weeknight, right? Okay, maybe not.

But that’s exactly what students living in the Broadway Housing Building dorms got to do on Oct. 18.

Due to a small, grease-related fire on the sixth floor, all students living in the Broadway housing building were evacuated around seven in the evening and were told to remain outside until fire crews had checked the entire building.

Although it’s sometimes hard to distinguish between the Republican debates going on right now and a sketch from Saturday Night Live, the debates serve as a reminder of what’s coming in the next year. With the 2012 election season rapidly approaching, students should be registering to vote, bulking up their repertoire of political knowledge and looking for a candidate with whom they can identify.

With the onset of the extensive media coverage of the upcoming election and the Republican debates, Portland State students should remember that voting is a privilege—and not one common to everybody.

I do it, you do it, everyone does it, and on a daily basis. No, we’re not talking about drugs or masturbation.

We’re talking about procrastination.

Procrastination is the act of replacing high priority tasks with low priority actions, thus putting off the more important things until later. According to a study done in 2007 by psychologist Piers Steel of the University of Calgary, 80 to 95 percent of college students procrastinate, particularly on homework. While some psychologists have cited this behavior as a coping mechanism for anxiety, others argue that procrastination is simply another form of impulsiveness.