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Jan 24, 2025 | 
psuvanguard.com | Isaiah Burns |Maggie Lombard |Chloe Dysart
Freedom of speech is a hallmark of modern academia, providing the necessary foundation for scholars and students to rigorously study even the most controversial of topics without fear of penalty. However, is there an exception to this rule? This Sunday, The Palestine Exception invites viewers to explore that question through the lens of a familiar topic to those in the Portland State community: the pro-Palestinian protests that swept through college campuses across the nation last year.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Anish Arumugam |Vaishnavi Srinath |Zoë Buhrmaster |Isaiah Burns
One morning while out for a jog, I noticed something strange in the sky—two radiant patches of light hovering beside the rising sun, shimmering like a second pair of suns on either side. I rubbed my eyes, thinking they might be playing tricks on me, but the lights didn’t waver. That was when I realized: this wasn’t an illusion—it was an atmospheric phenomenon called a sundog. These luminous spots are no supernatural occurrence but rather a stunning atmospheric phenomenon.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Alyssa Anderson |Isaiah Burns |Hanna Anderson
An American Werewolf in LondonSuggested by JJ Christensen, Opinion EditorMy favorite movie for Halloween is An American Werewolf in London, a 1981 comedy/horror by John Landis. The movie focuses on an American college student named David who gets attacked by a werewolf while with his friend. The friend dies, and David survives—the werewolf is shot. Unfortunately, however, the curse of the werewolf passes on to David.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Isaiah Burns
Project Rebound is an unofficial organization of formerly-incarcerated students at Portland State. Despite facing challenges both academically and personally, the members pursue goals centered on offering resources to other formerly-incarcerated students, giving them a voice and defeating the stigma surrounding them. “There are many stigmas associated with formerly-incarcerated students,” said Michaela Loggins, a PSU student involved with multiple organizations on campus.
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May 20, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Zoë Buhrmaster |Isaiah Burns
This piece is part of an issue with a content warning regarding police violence. For a full acknowledgement of the content warning and source anonymity, please visit our article: About this special issue. Just before 6 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) cars drove onto the Portland State campus and surrounded the Branford Price Millar Library, creating a perimeter which took over the block’s radius.
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May 6, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Isaiah Burns
As the 2024 Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU) elections inch closer to voting time, three candidate duos remain in the presidential and vice presidential race. The president and vice president candidates are as follows, respectively, per ticket: Brady Roland and Ulfet Tayba on ticket PSU4YOU; Jordan Jay and Angelika Vinevsteva, who represent Voices of Action; and Nolan Bylenga and Dave Hartless, whose ticket Bylenga/Hartless reflects their last names.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Kat Leon |Isaiah Burns |J.M. Vincent
Following a large protest on campus at around 7 p.m. on Monday, April 29, individuals entered and barricaded themselves inside Portland State’s Millar Library. The protesters allege that a window was accidentally broken by a camera and—fearing a police response—they entered and barricaded themselves inside. This narrative has not been confirmed. According to KOIN News, as many as 75 protesters entered the building.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Isaiah Burns
Farmworkers are the backbone of society. They literally produce the means to our survival. Yet, despite their vital role, their work is undervalued and overlooked. “27% of [Oregon] Farmworkers are in poverty,” stated a 2022 Oregon Human Development Corporation report. “They suffer rates much higher than the rest of Oregon’s population (13%).”The total number of farmworkers in Oregon is more than 86,000 people, “12,000 of whom are not legally authorized to be here,” the report stated.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Isaiah Burns
The Portland State Cuba Solidarity Club was formed by PSU students in the fall of 2022. Their goal was to show solidarity with Cuba by spreading awareness of common biases and misconceptions and to actively oppose the economic embargo that the United States imposed on the country in the early 1960s. They started small, recruiting students at table events and slowly working through the processes and procedures required of new student organizations.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Isaiah Burns |Sophie Concannon |Joan Brown
Midway through November, every resident in University Pointe had their apartments entered by a team of maintenance workers. Their contract? Uninstall all traditional locks and replace them with a smartphone-controlled digital system. Previously, all residents had key fobs supplied by the building. This had been the system for years. Madison Harms—a resident in the student apartment complex—described her experience during the lock changeover. “They only gave us 24-hour notice of entry,” she said.
