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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…
Stop trying to plant in dead soil
Growing the seeds of change into something beautiful
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Spring is here. The clocks have changed and days are getting longer. The thicker coats have been shoved into the closet for hibernation until…
Culture
When the Writers Come Out at Night
Seance Hosted by Portland Lit Mic
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Most think it’s the monsters that hide at night, but it’s the writers! They linger in the depths of an old cellar. They sit…
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…
A Haunting with Bedlum
Gothic punk with a horror twist
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It’s just after midday and I’m heading towards Salem with two members of the horror punk band Bedlum to watch them practice. Calvin Lieurance,…
Opinion
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…
Pay What You Will, Take What You Need
Ramona Street Art Farm Cultivates Community in East Portland
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Every now and then, a 13-year-old boy knocks on the door of the stranger’s house that stands between Gilbert Park Elementary and Alice Ott…
The Perseverance of R*pe Culture in Rock and Metal
On Decapitated’s Sexual Assault Charges
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Content Warning: This article includes details of sexual assault. In September of 2017, all four members of the Polish death metal outfit Decapitated (Michał…
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, …