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Sarah Samms

Sarah Samms

Sarah Samms, our Arts & Culture Editor, has returned to school in pursuit of proliferating her creative writing career. When Sarah's not writing or at school, she's foraging medicinal herbs, painting, playing music, or hanging out with her pet kids.

Photo Credit - Jeremiah Hayden
Feature, News, Portland State UniversityJune 6, 2023<February 19, 2024

Who Protects Us?
PSU disarmed and rearmed campus security. What happened, and what's next?

This piece was cowritten by Sarah Samms & Jeremiah Hayden On a recent Wednesday afternoon, a diverse group of students and faculty stood quietly…

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Neoclassism Painting "Apollo & the Muses" by Anton Rapheal Mengs (1761)
Environment, FeatureApril 5, 2023<April 5, 2023

The Enlightenment
The Human Disconnect

“We do not ‘come into’ this world; we come out of it. . . Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of…

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Arts & Culture, MusicMarch 30, 2023<April 2, 2023

The Subarctic Collective
Sustainability, Art, and Community

Justin Boot–or as he likes to be called, Boot–trailed his way from the dense black spruce forest of rural Alaska in early January 2023…

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Arts & Culture, MusicNovember 28, 2022<November 20, 2022

Hurray for the Riff Raff
Watching Hurray for the Riff Raff evolve seamlessly without growing pains is an absolute pleasure

Hurray for the Riff Raff has evolved greatly over the years seamlessly without many growing pains to be told. The first time I saw…

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Arts & Culture, BooksNovember 19, 2022<November 19, 2022

Stranged Writing
A Literary Taxonomy

On a warm fall day, October 14th 2022 to be exact, I had the pleasure of strolling into the Stacks Cafe–welcomed by an impressive…

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An illustration of a roadside sign reading: Welcome to Greater Idaho
Opinion, Oregon, PoliticsJanuary 24, 2022<January 24, 2022

A Far Reach for Greater Idaho

On November 4, 2021, Oregon counties joined together in a vote to bend state lines westward —absorbing almost ⅔ of the state and a…

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The Pacific Sentinel is a monthly student-run magazine at PSU. We seek to uplift student voices and advocate on behalf of the underrepresented. We analyze culture, politics, and daily life to continually take the dialogue further.

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