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The Ziplock Diary
A personal account of homelessness at PSU
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Editor’s Note: The following article features discussion of homelessness, sex work, drug use, descriptions of injury, and violence against the LGBTQIA+ community. Though I…
Portland State University’s First Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Study
Pre and Post Covid 19 survey conducted at PSU is the first to include staff
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A recent survey conducted by Portland State University’s Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative (HRAC) showed that 44.6% of student responders experienced housing insecurity, 16.1%…
Airborne Innovation
Drones and Robots Battling COVID-19
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Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB), a sister organization to Partners in Health (PIH) based in Rwanda has partnered with Zipline to acquire more reliable cancer…
Culture
A True Professional
Pete Krebs—one of Portland’s most iconic working musicians—talks about COVID-19, vocational challenges, and his first new album in nearly two decades
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Pete Krebs chose probably the worst time to release his first new album in 18 years. Not that he had any way of knowing…
Charli XCX – how i’m feeling now
how i’m feeling now captures the emotional instability of quarantine life
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You might not feel that quarantine is the best time for an album full of bangers, but you’d be wrong. Charli XCX has made…
Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor
Paramore frontwoman’s first solo record brings comfort and catharsis
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Paramore holds a special place for me. Being a pre-teen girl in the late aughts, Paramore was my ultimate wannabe-emo soundtrack. From rocking out…
Opinion
God May Be Dead, but the Christian Left Isn’t
During a time of societal upheaval, conservative Christians have a loud voice, but progressive Christianity is out there.
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*Editor’s Note: The Pacific Sentinel does not endorse any religious tradition and the opinions below are strictly those of the author. If you…
Constitutionally Speaking
Hate Speech is a Problem, We Should Change the First Amendment
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According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Criminal Justice Information Services Division, there has been a sharp increase in hate crime in the United…
Looking Through the Overton Window
On Representation and Neutrality in Journalism
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There are three primary schools of thought on neutrality in journalism. The first aspires to true neutrality, a second declares its biases and encourages…
Politics
Racist Propaganda Peppers PSU
White supremacy groups target campuses for recruitment—how are schools responding?
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On November 1, 2019 more than 100 racist stickers were found on the Portland State University campus. The stickers read “IT’S OKAY TO BE…
Making Oregon Count 2020
Symposium meets at PSU to discuss census issues.
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By Vivian Veidt On November 12, Portland State University hosted Making Oregon Count 2020, a day-long symposium of researchers, policymakers, and community census workers…
PSU Dodges Walkout on the Eve of Fall Term
SEIU strikers strike an agreeable bargain
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article and photos by Margo Craig Early Saturday Morning, the union representing classified employees at Oregon universities, SEIU, came to a tentative agreement with…
The Ziplock Diary
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