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Dick Knight

Ushering in new responsibility

Richard Knight steps down as interim dean of MCECS, takes on new role

Now that Portland State’s Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science has named Renjeng Su as its new dean, the work of interim Dean Richard Knight is almost complete. Full story

Public Enemies

Shot out, bored stiff

Public Enemies has star power, but not much else

Public Enemies is a film that seems to have everything going for it. There’s an estimable cast, boasting the likes of Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard. There’s a quality director in Michael Mann. There’s even a dynamic subject—John Dillinger. But this promise is wasted on a straightforward retelling that feels less like vibrant cinema and more like a super-charged History Channel special. Full story

Summer Learning

Summer learning had me a blast

Thoughts on why summer classes are awesome

I hate starving babies. And whales. And the oppressed, indigenous children of some distant country who toil their days away stitching clothes with their tiny, hard-working fingers. Or so I’m sometimes led to believe by the hordes of solicitors who swarm the walkways between Portland State University’s many buildings in an effort to yield five minutes of my time Full story

PSU Women

European vacation

Portland State volleyball wraps up tour of Europe with blend of highs and lows

Most travelers visit Europe in order to see the sights and take in all the culture and diversity. However, the Portland State women’s volleyball team is not your typical set of travelers. Full story

Editorial

After a year in which student government spent more time lobbying in Salem than interacting with students in the South Park Blocks, and its overly ambitious agenda led to incremental change—at best—we hope the incoming administration refocuses its energy on what is truly important: this campus.

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NEWS

ASPSU begins their work

With the second week of summer term underway, ASPSU has kept busy with planning

The transition of power to ASPSU President Jonathan Sanford’s administration is underway with most of the hiring for cabinet positions complete, but a clear picture of how the campaign promises of fostering engagement, safety, inclusion and proper funding will be accomplished has yet to come into focus.

SPORTS

European vacation

Portland State volleyball wraps up tour of Europe with blend of highs and lows

Most travelers visit Europe in order to see the sights and take in all the culture and diversity. However, the Portland State women’s volleyball team is not your typical set of travelers.

ARTS

The sci-fi tease

Virtuality fails in its attempt to parody reality TV

Space may be the final frontier, but if we’ve learned anything from science fiction, it’s that interstellar travel is boring as shit.

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OPINION

Summer learning had me a blast

Thoughts on why summer classes are awesome

I hate starving babies. And whales. And the oppressed, indigenous children of some distant country who toil their days away stitching clothes with their tiny, hard-working fingers. Or so I’m sometimes led to believe by the hordes of solicitors who swarm the walkways between Portland State University’s many buildings in an effort to yield five minutes of my time