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MAXimize Your Commute
Like several PSU students, I take the MAX to school. It’s an efficient way to commute. It takes me about 50 minutes to get to campus from Gresham City Hall. Some advantages of taking the MAX are, saving money on gas and getting free parking at several MAX stations. Occasionally, I like to work the… Read more
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Desire2Learn or Desire2 Tear My Hair Out?
When it comes to technology, I have never been the one people seek out for advice. Typically the one seeking advice is me, cringing at the common counsel, “It’s easy! Just click here and you’ll get right in.” It just never ends up quite that simple. This term, PSU switched our online classroom… Read more
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Victor the Viking & Tweetup
If you went to the Tweetup, what did you think? Did you see me? Read more
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Ratemyprofessors.com — Love it or hate it?
Besides asking friends for class recommendations for Spring Term, I decided to take a look at the infamous ratemyprofessors.com website. Although I’d heard of it, I never bothered to look it up. I noticed that a lot of my classmates were choosing their classes solely based on this site, so I finally decided to see… Read more
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Class is Now in Session
The flowers are blooming, the temperatures rising. Spring is in the air. Class is again in session after a too-short spring break, and the bustle is back in the SW Portland streets of Portland State University. If it’s not obvious from the energy in the air, it becomes quite apparent as we stand in lines… Read more
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3 Cheap Activities Near Campus
What are your favorite cheap activities on or near campus? Read more