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Unions on the Silver Screen
How the media influences our perception of organized labor
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In recent years and months, organized labor has moved to the forefront of our collective consciousness. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, essential workers…
Cultural Food Appropriation
Support Restaurants Operated by Minorities
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Lately, I’ve been really missing eating out around town. One of my favorite things about Portland is its diverse mix of cultural restaurants and…
Tiger King for a Day
Hypocrisy, complicity, and desperation
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Toward the end of March you could hardly go anywhere without encountering a Tiger King reference. Netflix benefited from an audience trapped in their…
Mysteries, Wonder Boys, and Other Phenomena
Pulitzer Prize winning author and Star Trek: Picard showrunner Michael Chabon speaks with PSU Honors students
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Meet Michael Chabon, who came to campus on the 27th of January to speak at an Honors College Event. Before we continue, allow me,…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review
Sell weird bugs to a raccoon to pay off your house debt
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If you’ve spent any time on the internet the past few weeks, you know about Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s taken over my Twitter…
Isolation in the Time of Coronavirus
A rumination on baking bread and being stuck in my house for a month
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These are truly strange times. Like nearly everyone else, I’ve been trapped in my house for a month and time is beginning to warp…
Crocheting COVID
Crochet can be a deterrent against stress
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It’s no secret that most of us are pretty stressed out this term. A global pandemic tends to throw a wrench in things. I…
Portland’s First eSports Bar Creates Community
byWhen I was first told about Outrage, I thought I had misheard my friend—“wait, Outrage eSports Bar? How does that even work?” It was…
The Quiet Compassion of The Good Place
A show that teaches us how to live, and how to live with death
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Warning: spoilers for the entire series below. “Picture a wave, in the ocean. You can see it, measure it—its height, the way the sunlight…
Spoiler Alert Alarmism?
How crucial is fresh discovery and not knowing before reading a book or watching a film?
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I don’t know if I enjoy adult-life surprises. But I do enjoy strapping into the rollercoaster of a narrative not knowing how the story…