Prolific director and screenwriter Jane Campion is getting the double feature treatment at the 5th Avenue Cinema this week. On the docket is her debut feature film Sweetie (1989) and…
Viking Snapshot April 8-29
Softball: Tuesday, April 17 Portland State at Oregon State Score: 0-8 (L) Haley Schimmel closed out game one with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Schimmel also threw her first complete game….
Students convince PSU president to lower tuition hike
After students shared personal stories and held two strikes in response to impending tuition hikes, Portland State President Rahmat Shoureshi and the Board of Trustees agreed to lower the 2018–2019…
Art & Fashion at MK
Portland State students from Alison Heryer’s textile construction course held the group show “Fabric & Form” at the MK Gallery in PSU’s Art Building on April 18. The two-hour reception…
It’s time for a democratic university
Starting fall 2018 on a Portland State tuition statement near you: five percent tuition spikes. This amounts to $369 per year for in-state full time students, while out-of-state students will…
Report finds 61 percent of resident PSU students can’t afford college
In the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission’s first annual Statewide Higher Education Snapshot released this month, researchers found 61 percent of Oregon resident students of Portland State cannot afford college…
Events Calendar
FEATURED EVENT VISUAL ART “Salt” May 1–6 Shaking the Tree Studio $30, all ages Shaking the Tree’s creative director Samantha Van Der Merwe curated nearly a dozen artists’ works inspired…
Student Fee Committee rejects SALP remodel
Associated Students of Portland State University’s Student Fee Committee rejected a $490,000 proposal to remodel the Student Activities and Leadership Programs’ mezzanine on Thursday, April 5. SALP and students have…
PSU seeks state funding for two new buildings
Portland State announced this week it will request state funds next month from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for two new buildings on campus. According to Associate Vice President for…
PSU experts weigh in on Starbucks implicit bias training:
After a video posted on Twitter on April 12 showing police arresting two Black men in a downtown Philadelphia Starbucks went viral, and accusations of racial bias flooded the media,…
This week around the world: April 19–21
April 19 Iran: Leaders announce decision to switch from dollar to euro The government in Tehran announced Wednesday it will switch from reporting foreign currency in American dollars in favor…