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The search for access
Some students with disabilities say historically inadequate access to classrooms, textbooks and technology hinders their experiences on campus
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Jim Jackson is a Portland State student with degenerative eye disease, a condition that progressively worsens his eyesight as time goes by. Because of his condition, he needs to use special technology and adapted textbooks in order to keep up with his class work--technology that is often scarce around campus, he said, and books that require extra steps to order.
A hope to 'Bridge the Gap'
Hannah Fisher and Kyle Cady want to draw in all students to ASPSU process
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On Wednesday, as students sat in the South Park Blocks eating and studying, ASPSU presidential candidate Hannah Fisher and some of her running mates worked to spread the message of their campaign.
The "Bridge the Gap" campaign by Fisher and her vice-presidential running mate, Kyle Cady, is designed to attract students to this month's student government election, which runs from April 20 through April 26.
The campaign is committed to canvassing, and according to Cady, "if you don't see us outside, something's wrong."
To create a cohesive university
Kathie Olsen wants to unite PSU with the Portland community
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Portland State presidential candidate Dr. Kathie Olsen believes that she has the knowledge and experience to be a leader.
Olsen, who currently serves as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer for the National Science Foundation, will be on campus today to meet with the PSU community in an open campus forum to be held in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom, room 355 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. She is one of three presidential hopefuls vying for the top position at Portland State.
PSU players released from Mexico: Innocent, friends say
Friends on trip with Morrison believe he didn't commit assault
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Following the release of PSU basketball stars Scott Morrison and Jeremiah Dominguez from a Mexican prison in Cabo San Lucas on Tuesday, friends who were on the trip with the duo say they think Morrison did not assault a U.S. citizen.
San Lucas police arrested Dominguez and Morrison in the Nowhere Bar sometime late on Sun., March 30, under the belief that they were involved in the assault of a college student working in the area three days earlier. Since their arrest, Morrison and Dominguez have denied assaulting the man, Kyle Meagher from Michigan, their friends and wire reports say.
Abortion display draws eyes
Traveling anti-abortion display that uses shocking images comes to campus
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Yesterday, bright-colored signs bearing the words "Warning Genocide Photos Ahead" were the first indication that the scene in the South Park Blocks would be different than a typical day.
An eye-catching display showing the effects of abortion with pictures of aborted fetuses, dead bodies and representations of genocide, including photos depicting the Holocaust, was erected in between the Branford P. Millar Library and Neuberger Hall Tuesday.
To make community a priority
Jon Whitmore said if hired he would work to engage PSU students and faculty
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Jon Whitmore believes in being an engaging president by focusing on the needs of students and faculty.
Dr. Whitmore, one of three candidates vying to be the next PSU president, said if chosen he would concentrate on putting people first, by working to retain quality faculty and making sure highly qualified students were admitted to the university.
Becoming Lola Greene Baldwin
Historian Gloria Myers delivers lecture as first ever female police officer
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Dressed in turn-of-the-century clothes and sporting a black hat and large white wig, historian Gloria Myers channeled the first female U.S. police officer, Lola Greene Baldwin, at PSU on Tuesday.
Myers, a PSU graduate, stood before a nearly 35-member audience, giving history on and delivering speeches as Baldwin, to recount the life and times of this historic figure. The event was held on the centennial of the day Baldwin was sworn into duty. Portland Mayor Tom Potter also commemorated April 1 as Lola Greene Baldwin Centennial Day.
Taking off in business
Aside from teaching, Charles Nobles raises animals and is a pilot
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When he is not teaching business classes, Charles Nobles likes to spend time tending to the 18 animals on his farm or piloting a Cessna 172 Skyhawk plane through the air.
When Nobles first joined the teaching staff at Portland State in 2004 there were only six business classes offered for non-majors. Nobles said he was teaching a third of them. He wasn't disappointed with the lack of classes offered, but felt each class could offer more than just basic knowledge.
"If I had been taught some of the business tactics in college I had to learn the hard way, it would have saved me a lot of stress and time," he said.
Class creates site to promote simple, sustainable living
Sustainanomics Web site shows ways to live green without breaking the bank
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When Lonny Webb was working to finish his senior capstone last winter, his class journal was littered with entries casting doubt on the success of the project. Now he looks back on his efforts with a sense of enthusiastic pride.
He and about 20 classmates, with the help of instructor Rob Bremmer, who told his class to reach out to the community and change some minds, created a Web site called "sustainanomics" (sustainanomics.unst.pdx.edu) through the Multimedia Production Senior Capstone. The site examines ways to live more sustainably without breaking the bank.
PSU to vacate Blackstone first-floor
Residents told to vacate by June for construction to fix water damage and piping
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Students living in the Blackstone will soon feel the effects of the aging building as first floor residents have been told to vacate their apartments on or before June 14 because it has been deemed unlivable for the summer by PSU.
John Kroger's goal: to clean up Oregon
Attorney General candidate wants to deal with meth issues with a stern hand
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The May 20 Oregon primaries are expected to be significant, particularly for democrats.
Not only will the Democratic presidential nominee be decided, but the Oregon Attorney General should be chosen as well, as there is no Republican Party member running for the position.
John Kroger is one of the candidates running for state attorney general, and wants to bring what he sees as a heavy-handed approach to some of Oregon's largest "problem areas."
E-mail scammers target PSU with 'spear-phishing'
Multiple students fall prey to e-mail scams that purport to be from PSU
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In the final weeks of winter term, several thousand Portland State students and faculty received e-mails claiming to be from User Support Services and other IT departments within the university.
A passion for politics
Rachel Richardson looks to make a difference by promoting Barack Obama
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Rachel Richardson has worked for the Barack Obama campaign, founded Portland State Students for Obama and is a Student Fee Committee member. Despite her political involvement, Richardson is only 19 years old and has never voted before.
In short
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Senate Bill 1066 passed through the Oregon Legislature this week, offering a full tuition waiver for children and spouses of U.S. Armed Forces personnel who have died during active duty, become fully disabled during service or died as a result of a disability sustained during active duty, all after Sept. 11.
Mentors angry over rejection e-mails
Some mentors say rehiring process unfair, directors blame lack of training
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Complaints are mounting from members of the Portland State mentor community who say that graduate mentors were arbitrarily fired from their positions after two administrators took over the hiring process last term.
Add-drop deadline for aid to move up to second week
Change will lock in financial aid status two weeks earlier next term
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Next fall, students will only have until the end of the second week to add or drop classes before their financial aid status is locked in, which is two weeks earlier than the current policy.
ASPSU presidential debates in Smith today
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Debates featuring candidates running for student body president and vice president will be held today, kicking off a debate series with ASPSU candidates that will last until next week.
Candidate for PSU President Wim Wiewel visits PSU
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Dr. Wim Wiewel , one of three candidates vying for the PSU presidency, stands on stage to answer questions from students, faculty and administrators on subjects ranging from diversity to fundraising. The open campus forum, held in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom yesterday, drew over 250 interested members of the PSU community.
ASPSU candidates in the park
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Yesterday in the South Park Blocks, the leaders of both slates for the upcoming ASPSU elections spoke to over 50 students in a debate on the merits of their platforms.
White Studies class looks to racism
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Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate has studied many race-related issues since he started teaching in 1998, but it was his family that inspired him to delve into the topics further.
"My family is multiracial and multicultural, and this has motivated me as a person who is usually defined by society as white to be involved in issues of racism on multiple levels," Ferbel-Azcarate said.
Answered! Hillary Clinton Edition - Irrelevant information that you need to know
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Hillary Clinton has at least one thing in common with Metallica and "Weird Al" Yankovic-a Grammy Award.
In short
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Author Ned Sublette will discuss his new book, The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square, today on campus as part of the Portland State Library Artists and Writers Series.
Soto continues to ask for cheaper FlexPass
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The ASPSU student senate tabled a resolution on Tuesday that would use a surplus from the student incidental fee to drastically reduce the TriMet FlexPass price for students, from $150 to about $60 per term.
In short
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An anti-abortion display known for showing graphic images of aborted fetuses and death will visit campus today and tomorrow.
