Life at Oregon’s Top Urban Public Research University
Find out more about PSU, our students, clubs, jobs, academic programs, and more on the blog.
-
How important are smart phones?
I have used a smart phone for more than two years, but I lost it last Christmas Eve. Now I am using a regular phone. I can’t check my email, find directions, read reviews, pay for a cup of coffee or chat online using my phone. I also found out that people use their smart… Read more
-
Please listen to the following options!
By now, in this day and age, where toddlers play with cell phones, everyone has gotten used to this: being put on hold for long periods of time or being transferred from one operator to the other and ending up with no answer. It has occurred to me many times. Unfortunately, this happens even in… Read more
-
Cherry Blossoms
Do you know that the cherry blossom flower is a special flower for the Japanese people? In Japan, we have a spring celebration called “Hanami.” Hanami is the Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers–“flower” almost always meaning cherry blossoms, or “sakura”. In modern-day Japan, Hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura,… Read more
-
Explore the Eastside
I live in Northeast Portland, and I love it. Sure, it takes me 25 minutes to bike to campus, and I can’t roll out of bed right before class starts, but for me, there is no better quadrant. I know some of you agree with me, but for those who doubt the awesomeness of the… Read more
-
Get Around With a Zip Car
It seems that at the beginning of every term, there is a stand with a Zip car right in the middle of Portland State’s park blocks. At first I couldn’t make out what they were trying to offer, I simply walked passed by them. It wasn’t until a friend told me he had rented a… Read more