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Change to AC Unit Policy Brings Some Relief to Dorm Residents

Sep 11, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | J.M. Vincent |Nick Gatlin

Lacking building wide air conditioning in several dorms around campus, some PSU students face prolonged heat exposure. Experts say this can lead to physical harm—even in young and healthy individuals. This year, an update to PSU’s Housing and Residence Life (UHRL) policies was aimed to fix that. In June, several students gathered in the lounge at the bottom of Montgomery Hall to discuss an approaching heat wave.
The Library Fence is Gone

Aug 16, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | J.M. Vincent |Hanna Anderson

Students and campus community members may have noticed a big change in the Park Blocks. The fence around the library—erected after its occupation last spring—has come down. In March, individuals protesting the war in Gaza entered and occupied the library before being forced out by Portland police. There was damage throughout the building, including broken equipment, shattered windows, spray paint on walls and books, and additional damage to the fire safety system.
English language programs to be cut

Jun 10, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | Alyssa Anderson |J.M. Vincent

The Faculty of Portland State’s Intensive English Language Program (IELP) received an email on Feb. 12 asking them to attend an emergency Zoom meeting. During this meeting, Interim Provost Shelly Chabon informed them that all 12 of IELP’s faculty members would be laid off and the program would be cut at the end of the academic year due to declining enrollment.
The Protest - Vanguard

May 20, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | J.M. Vincent

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. Amid the nationwide college campus protests against the war in Gaza, comparisons are being made between these present-day movements and the student-led organizing that took place on the same college campuses during the Vietnam War.
Protesters blockade themselves inside the Millar Library

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.
Kotek signs bills rolling back drug decriminalization

Apr 22, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | J.M. Vincent |Zoë Buhrmaster

Drug decriminalization finished its short-lived term in Oregon after Governor Tina Kotek signed two bills on Apr. 1. The first reclassifies minor drug possession as a misdemeanor crime while the second bill will provide $211 million for county projects and community mental health programs with drug addiction services.
Bomb threat at NASCC

Mar 7, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | Zoë Buhrmaster |J.M. Vincent |Chris May

Jade Wolfe picked up the phone at 1:51 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, with her typical posed entry line as a front desk student employee for the Native American Student Community Center (NASCC). “How can I help you?” Wolfe said.
Portland State Through Time

Jan 16, 2024 | pacsentinel.com | J.M. Vincent

When first asked about writing a piece for the Sentinel’s latest issue, themed Time, what came to mind were the photographs of Portland State–its buildings, culture, and students–from decades past. My idea was to select several old photographs from the archives and write about them, exploratory essay style. I was ambitious, yet only had a week before the deadline.In the midst of settling into a month-long stay abroad, I convinced myself that I could deliver something polished.
A Professor’s Literary Life

Dec 4, 2023 | pacsentinel.com | J.M. Vincent

Paul Collins’ literary life spans decades. It was ignited by two things: his (paradoxically) non-literary parents and his rural-valley isolation during his youth. Collins grew up in small-town Pennsylvania where he passed the time reading and walking in the woods. It seemed inevitable that he would begin writing, and he did. Fiction was his forte, though while waiting for a manuscript of short stories to be published, he was drawn to a new form.
Documenting social issues through a feminist psychology lens

Nov 16, 2023 | psuvanguard.com | J.M. Vincent

Among Dr. Jan Haaken’s many titles are clinical psychologist, documentary filmmaker, feminist and professor emeritus of psychology at Portland State. Her career began in the early ‘70s when social movements were front-and-center and new theories in psychology were emerging. She’s written several books on trauma, memory and psychological storytelling. In the early aughts, Haaken began using documentary filmmaking to inform broader audiences about issues she felt must be heard.