Life at Oregon’s Top Urban Public Research University
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Occupy This.
As a student, I am surrounded by many opinions on many issues and policies. Because Portland State is an urban campus with many students who are older than traditional students at other universities, we tend to get more protests than other campuses. However, I tend to feel more like an observer and spectator than a… Read more
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Text Messaging = LIFE
Reach into your pocket. I am willing to bet all the money in mine that you have a cell phone in there. I am willing to put even more money on the line to bet that you have an unread text message waiting for a reply. It seems like here on campus and everywhere else… Read more
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Cultural differences in the classroom
Experiencing my first class at Portland State University was a cultural shock. Since I had grown up in Korea, I had to adjust to American college life. I noticed that U.S. students felt free toward their class and teacher because I saw students who ate their lunch at their desk or wherever convenient and… Read more
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Weighing in on PSU
This past Thursday in the Smith Ballroom, PSU’s Love Your Body Fashion Extravaganza featured a fashion show with models who definitely were outside of the size zero seen on most runways. The focus of the fashion show was to highlight loving your body no matter what size or shape it happens to be. By deciding… Read more