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Wim Wiewel

PSU, Wiewel to 'think out loud' on OPB radio program

Portland State President Wim Wiewel will be leading a panel discussion on OPB’s radio program “Think Out Loud” Jan. 7, discussing the future of higher education in Oregon before legislators reconvene next week.

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Mannequinhead

Head tripping

No one claimed to know how roughly a dozen disembodied plastic heads came to arrange themselves around the vicinity of a nondescript house venue known to some as The Bananastand.

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Dominic Waters

Waters douses the Lumberjacks

Over the last few weeks, the Portland State men’s basketball team has persevered through a treacherous traveling schedule, a snow-riddled holiday season away from family and played seven of their last eight games on the road in four different states.

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PSU closed due to snow

State of snow emergency

Snow is not an entirely uncommon occurrence in Portland. The downtown area usually gets one or two events of the white stuff during the winter every year. Keeping this in mind, I find it hard to believe how unprepared the city seems to be each time a snowstorm hits.

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Stumptown Sports Hook

Check the sports blog for all the latest in Portland State and local sports commentary.

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Mindloop

Check out artist interviews, videos, music reviews, and more in the Mindloop arts blog.

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Joypad

Gaming news, reviews and gamer-geek discourse in general.

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NEWS

Portland State oddities: below the basement

The Vanguard unearths the mysteries of, at and around PSU

Students who go prowling in the sub-basement of Portland State’s Smith Memorial Student Union may be surprised to find a strange, metallic object just inside a storage room at the bottom of the staircase leading down from the building’s basement.

Stolen robot missing after professor leaves it in his car

Portland State physics professor Dr. Erik Sanchez had the best of intentions for his new high-powered robot.

ARTS

Southeast sandwich sensation

Bunk Sandwiches has the food and friendliness to be Portland's finest

It is an unfortunate truth about Portland that genuine and pleasant restaurant service is rarer than decent coffee at 7-Eleven.

Nothing like a murder to bring the family together

Bearing the Body tells a heartbreaking story of family and time slipping away

Ehud Havazelet’s Bearing the Body is a gritty, dirty, dysfunctional look at how families grow apart until an unexpected death causes them to recognize and mourn their emotional distance.

SPORTS

Players of the Week: Kahle and Waters

The Vanguard's picks for Viking top performers this week in sports.

Home for the holidays

A four-game homestand over winter break helps Portland State start conference season 2-0

The long break between fall and winter quarters is traditionally a time to relax, clear your head and take comfort in being at home.