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The future: Expansion
Administrators plan to expand University Housing as the demand for near campus housing rises
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Adapting: The changing face of housing near PSU Part 2 of 3 Today's story: Housing officials hope to increase the total number of students in Portland State housing by at least 200 people next fall, before the university tries to build a new near-campus housing buildings.
Survey examines university tobacco smoking policies
Safety committee looks at smoking on campus, House bills call for more restrictions on smoking
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A new survey by a Portland State safety committee could alter the university's policy about smoking on campus. The survey is designed to take a hard look at university smoking policies and is asking for the input of everyone on campus, according to Gwyn Ashcom, chair of the tobacco policy subcommittee of PSU's university safety committee.
Legislators examine buildings
Administrators push for funding during visit by legislators to aging Portland State buildings
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A group of legislators and university administrators toured two buildings on campus Wednesday, inspecting a flooded basement, cracking, asbestos-laden roofs and visiting foul-smelling chemistry labs. Six members of the Subcommittee on Education of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means are considering Senate Bill 5516, which would give Oregon's universities $172 million to renovate and improve facilities during the 2007-09 biennium.
The present: Out of downtown
Students search for affordable housing near Portland State as more downtown apartments turn into condominiums
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Portland State students are increasingly being forced out of affordable apartments near the university because of luxury condominium conversions and construction. The city of Portland's 2005 Housing Census, the most recent compilation, and Portland Development Commission documents show that 792 apartments out of 3,553 have been converted to condominiums or destroyed by condominium construction.
Morse admits fault for committees without students
ASPSU president fills fewer than one-third of student positions for university committees
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Student body President Courtney Morse has filled fewer than one-third of student positions, 27 out of 90, in PSU committees almost five months after the fall term began. The president of the Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU) is required to appoint student representatives to boards and committees at the beginning of fall term.
Hundreds rally at Capitol for funding
Students gathered in Salem from colleges across Oregon for largest rally in last eight years
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Hundreds of students gathered on the Capitol steps in Salem Thursday, asking Oregon's legislators to increase funding for higher education. In what was said to be Oregon's largest rally for post-secondary education since 1999, students talked about how tuition hikes and campus budget cuts affected them.
Executive candidates: newest faces
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With 18 credits, an internship in the PSU student government, and a new membership in the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Dalton Higginbottom was a busy first-year student. But Higginbottom still had time for fun.
Galizio working on college newspaper free speech bill
Journalism instructor and state rep. concerned with freedom-of-speech rights for students
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An Oregon legislator is introducing a bill that would protect free speech and a free press for students writing for high school and college newspapers. The bill would more fully extend First Amendment freedom of speech protection in Oregon to high school and college students.
Elections Board chair arrested for assault
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The chair of the Elections Board was arrested at a house party Thursday evening after allegedly assaulting three women and one man, including some student government members. Robert Stanley punched one man and one woman, pushed another woman to the floor, slammed a woman's head into a wall and masturbated in full view of party members, according to a Portland police report.
Legislators examine funding
Legislators explain aid model that would open Oregon Opportunity Grant to more students
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Prominent figures of Oregon's legislative body said they want to implement a plan that would increase the amount of state financial aid to college students. The Shared Responsibility Model calls for renovation to the Oregon Opportunity Grant, the current system of financial aid for low-income families.
Senate bill could cut cost of textbooks
Proponents of Senate Bill 365 say textbook prices are rising at a faster rate than inflation
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Oregon legislators will consider a bill later this month that is intended to lower textbook prices for college students. Sponsored by Sen. Bill Morrisette (D-Springfield) and Sen. Vicki Walker (D-Eugene), Senate Bill 365 would require that textbook publishers disclose their wholesale prices to the public and allow students to buy books separate from other components such as CD-ROMs or workbooks.
Transit mall to have 'unique districts'
Portland Mall designers hope to maintain variety in downtown districts with new transit mall
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As construction on the new Portland Mall moves into its first stages, the mall's designers discussed the impact the mall could have on the University District at Portland State Friday. Officials from TriMet and the architecture company working on the bus mall say that the mall will have unique differences in each of the districts that the mall runs though on Southwest Fifth and Sixth avenues downtown.
PSU joins sustainability network
International network promotes social and environmental change through higher education
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Portland State has joined an international community of higher education institutions devoted to social change and environmental sustainability. The Council of Europe's Network for Higher Education and Democratic Culture advocates for civic responsibility and democratic culture as an important part of the education process.
Three of five Election Board members resign
Senate appoints third member at Monday meeting, elections next week remain uncertain
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Three of five Portland State Elections Board positions are vacant one week before the student government elections, which some say might negatively impact the elections. The Elections Board consists of five members and is responsible for overseeing all elections on campus and for revising all rules and procedures used for governing ASPSU elections.
Executive candidates for ASPSU
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Change and reformation are key themes in Rudy Soto's personal life. While growing up in Nampa, Idaho, the student body presidential candidate was involved with street gangs and eventually detained at a juvenile detention center while he was in middle school. Soto said he learned the power of change while incarcerated, and after he completed some rehabilitative programs, he came to Portland to live with his older brother and eventually began to attend PSU.
The other candidates
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Three students are running for the Student Fee Committee (SFC) chair, one of which has experience in the SFC. The SFC is charged with allocating almost $10 million in student fees to Portland State's nearly 100 student groups, including athletics and the Vanguard. The chair heads the committee.
Men against Rape comes to PSU
Over 30 people attend first meeting of group working to educate public on sexual assault
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When Ethan Young came to Portland State five years ago, he was interested in joining a Men Against Rape group like the one his brother ran at Oregon State University. Present at college campuses around the nation, Men Against Rape student groups hope to enlist the help of men in preventing rape on campus.
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Athletic director candidates to visit PSU Two candidates vying for the position of Portland State athletic director have been formally announced and they are scheduled to visit campus and hold open forums this week. Michael "Torre" Chisholm will be on campus Thursday, March 1, for an open forum from 1:30 to 2:30 p.
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Hundreds of Portland State students, faculty and administrators are expected to visit the Capitol Thursday to support increased funding for Oregon higher education.
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House bill adds Higher Ed board position A new House bill would increase the number of appointed directors to the State Board of Higher Education to 12 positions, up one from its current 11. A public hearing on the bill, HB 2579, was held Friday at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
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Blood drive next week Portland State University's Center for Student Health and Counseling will be holding a blood drive for the Red Cross on Wednesday, Feb. 28. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in rooms 294 and 296 in Smith Memorial Student Union.
