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Surviving Seasonal Struggles
Coping with Living on Campus or Family Turmoil During The Holidays
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at the end of the day A poem by: Shaelee Singer in the morning i see a text from you and i smile but…
Paving the Way to Language Diversity
LiDA’s Mission to Eliminate Language Bias on Portland State University Campus
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When thinking about the study of “Applied Linguistics” not much may come to mind. Most people say “Doesn’t that mean when you can speak…
Who Protects Us?
PSU disarmed and rearmed campus security. What happened, and what's next?
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This piece was cowritten by Sarah Samms & Jeremiah Hayden On a recent Wednesday afternoon, a diverse group of students and faculty stood quietly…
Culture
Spotlighting Black Artists Through a Mix of Mediums
A Compilation of Creativity
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I think the media/mediums we choose to interact with (and spend money on) play a vital role in shaping—and expanding—our perceptions. In honor of…
Earth Mama Review
A beautiful, challenging portrait of Black motherhood
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“They try to take our culture, they try to take our homes, try to take our freedom… And you know they’ll try to take…
Visions of Our Present
Making sense of our world from the perspective of Octavia Butler, Afrofuturist sci-fi novelist
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It’s no secret that one of the addictive qualities of books is the way they linger with you after they’re finished. Some narratives spend…
Opinion
The Dresden Dolls In Portland: A Punk Cabaret
A Concert Review
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The Aladdin Theater was glowing as I walked through the wide front doors and I could hear the hollering of the crowd as The…
Changing the Narrative
The Pacific Sentinel’s History
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The Pacific Sentinel has had a rather complicated past that has been shrouded from the public under piles of magazines. Most of our readers…
Death Cab For Cutie Co-headline With The Postal Service For A Twenty Year Anniversary Release
A Concert Review
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For anyone who loves music, there’s nothing better than a great reunion show by a band that influenced a portion of their youth. Certain…
Politics
How to Dismantle a Bomb
What can Portland learn from the Ohio train derailment?
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Late in the evening on February 3, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Of the 141 railcars, 38 derailed, and 14 were carrying…
Measure 110 & the Roadblocks of Negative Perception
Countering dominant narratives that seek to reverse progress
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Turn on the TV to watch the local news and you will likely see stories on gun violence, crime, dysfunction in City Hall, and…
A Very Modest Proposal
A Letter to the Mayor
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To the honorable Ted Wheeler, respectable heir to Willamette Industries, upstanding Police Commissioner, Pontifex Maximus, & Mayor of Portland in His Second Remove, …