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  • Editor's Letter

    This year has been an eventful one for the Rearguard. ...
  • A line in the sand

    The Frohnmayer Report recommends that the Oregon State Board of Higher Education convert the state’s three largest universities into autonomous public corporations similar to OHSU. Under this model, an unelected governing board would be given authority ...
  • The Worstest Day

    May 12th could have been our worst day as a city this year, and it wasn't all Sam Adams' fault. Although, come to think of it, the whole suck-storm certainly did start with him. ...
  • Moral Nihilism in the Age of Leg-warmers

    I have seen amoralism, and it looks an awful lot like Rob Corddry trying to grab Clark Duke’s dick. Let it be said, Hot Tub Time Machine is the clearest example of contemporary moral nihilism in fiction, surpassing any social commentaries crafted by Jas...
  • Ten summer movies not to miss

    Summer already? Soon it’ll be time to chuck those clunky art and bio textbooks for Jonathan Safran Foer’s new tome, chase down the elusive ice cream truck, and silently envy the kids young enough to scream in the fountain at Waterfront Park. Summer in...
  • Cave Story (Wii Ware)

    Once upon a time, there lived a man in Japan by the name of Daisuke Amaya. He was a somewhat eclectic fellow, and he grew up playing and loving videogames. One day, he decided to give this whole “videogame developer” thing a shot, and sat down to crea...
  • You don't like our paper?

    For all the complaining that the PSU faculty does about student publications, one would think that they would be falling all over themselves to try to help us out. ...
  • Restau-rant: KFC Double Down

    Colonel Sanders, in an effort to fashion a satellite dish out of dead animals, has a message for you, and he’s delivering it to the world from atop a mountain of frozen chicken breasts: Fuck you, we use meat for bread now. ...
  • Review of some bands

    I’ve been reviewing bands for a long time (since fall of 2008), and I always talk about bands/artists that are picking up steam. Careers in bloom, so to speak. Occasionally I’ll drop a long-overlooked act that deserves more of the spotlight than they...
  • May Day puts focus on immigration

    Normally, one might find the sight of hooded anarchists singing “We’re Not Gonna Take It!” a strange one. Not in Portland. This May Day, Portland citizens and organizations from around the area marched in support of workers’ and immigrants’ righ...
  • Protestors vs. Police

    For those of us unfortunate enough to still be on the Portland State campus after 7pm on the first day of spring term (whoever schedules Mentored Inquiry times is a fascist) leaving class meant what looked like entering a warzone, as Portland police riot ...
  • It's All About the Gippers, Baby

    Last month, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced a bill that would remove Ulysses S. Grant from the face of the $50 bill and replace it with that of former president Ronald Reagan. So far, McHenry’s bill remains in committee.   ...
  • Reforms Added to Controversial Health Insurance Bill

      On July 1, 2010, a sweeping reform of the student loan system will go into effect.   ...
  • Texas Textbook Standards

    There has been an ongoing war being waged by the most extreme elements of the religious right against rationality in the United States in recent years. In March, the Texas School Board announced that history and science content were being revised to fit a...
  • Theseus Entereth PSU’s Cyber-labyrinth

    If you’re a first year student, I can almost bet that the campus layout has gotten the best of you at least once. The vague room names on banweb have surely accounted for at least one fifteen-minute-late instance. As intimidating as the school’s layou...
  • Students Work to Bring Michelle Obama to Conference

    The Oregon Students of Color Coalition, one of the three governing bodies of the Oregon Student Association, has launched a massive letter writing campaign inviting First Lady Michelle Obama to speak at the tenth annual Oregon Students of Color Conference...
  • Protestors vs. Police

    For those of us unfortunate enough to still be on the Portland State campus after 7pm on the first day of spring term (whoever schedules Mentored Inquiry times is a fascist) leaving class meant what looked like entering a warzone, as Portland police riot ...
  • Hiphop: Australian for Fear

    Australia, continuing to further my personal motto “man, other places are fucked up,” recently dragged a kid from his mom’s car and arrested him because the rap music he was playing in a supermarket parking lot was deemed “too offensive” by pass...
  • A Christian Response to Pat Robertson

    The Rearguard has allowed me (the only Christian minister on staff) some space to respond to Pat Robertson’s remarks about the earthquake in Haiti. If you haven’t heard what he said exactly, it’d be a good YouTube search.  ...
  • Correctator

    There are two things that, when mixed with politics, become dangerous threats to the stability of society: ignorance and racism. Now, to be sure, there are those who will tell you that the so-called Tea Party movement is not fueled by either ignorance or ...

A good year for involvement at Chiron Studies

2011 is a good year for Chiron Studies: This is the first time their committee has received so many proposals since PSU brought the program back in 2008-2009. While trying to work things out with their limited budget, the program is getting stronger with the increasing involvement of the students and the support of many faculty members willing to empower the student ...

News/Politics | Eva Soto

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How Our Government is Fucking Us Now!

Welcome to the first installment of “How Our Government is Fucking Us Now” or as I like to call it “HOGFUN.” In this month’s installment, a lot of exciting things have ...

News/Politics | JT Howard

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Thinking outside the box

As with countless modes of sweet convenience of today, the food cart fad sped into Portland and stole the heart of almost every urbanite before the increasingly important question was posed: What effects will this have on the ...

News/Politics | Emma Stanford

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Fail the banks!

Recession! Unemployment! Foreclosure! Deficit! Student debt! Middle class collapse!

News/Politics | Emma Stanford

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Islamophobia at PSU

This is the third in a three-part series exploring spirituality at PSU. Part one addressed fundamentalism at PSU, part two is addressed traditional expressions of faith at PSU, and part three addresses discrimination and Islamophobia at PSU....

Arts/Culture | Patrick Lamson Hall

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Mao Now: A Night at the Opera

Turandot, in its present form, began as Carlo Gozzi’s 19th century reworking of an Arabian Nights tale about an ancient Chinese princess and her deathly reign. Many composers attempted to set the play to music, but Puccini’s is the only rendition still performed today. Though it is now among his most performed works, it remained incomplete at the time of the composer’s death in 1925. Franco Alfano, who allegedly drew from indecipherable sketches by Puccini and purportedly filled in many blanks himself, finished the ...

Arts/Culture | Topher Sappington

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Your Muse is Here: PMMNLS and Show and Tell

Portland is a Mecca for arts and culture. It is home to myriad film festivals, art walks, and diverse open-air markets. But you don’t have to look past these campus blocks to find events offering creative beauty and ...

Arts/Culture | Tess Ryneal

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Useful Phrases: Arab Street Edition

Yasqut alra-ees!Down with the President!

News/Politics | Aaron Baker

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Passion 25

February 11, 2011 was a day of great joy for the Egyptian people. On that day, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down from the presidency and the people achieved their long-awaited demands. According to the Egyptian Constitution, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is to supervise government administrative functions until the presidential elections that are expected to take place in ...

Opinion/Editorial | Ahmed Al Hakeem

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ARC 001

I don’t think I am the only person to dream of stressful situations when life becomes crazy. The other night, after falling asleep on my physics book while preparing for the second mid-term, I dreamt of ...

Opinion/Editorial | Dylan Eckert

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Spring Awakening!

We are “totally fucked.”

Arts/Culture | Amber Beren

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Jarrod's Manifesto

I want to write about videogames for a living.

Opinion/Editorial | Jarrod Johnston

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