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  • Coffee is to students, as textbooks are to classes.

    Coffee is to students, as textbooks are to classes.

      By: Sara Kirkpatrick  Our lives as college students are widely known for take-out meals, 10-page papers, all-nighters, epic parties, alcohol and, without a doubt, coffee — which must be served in mammoth-sized coffee cups! Here are Three reasons why every Portland State University college student must supplement their current academic curriculum with a coffee…

  • Time to Redefine Dead Week

    I’ve been trying to memorize chemical formulas of minerals for the past three hours. (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)2O6…. My eyes are glazing over. I rest my forehead on my notebook and sigh. How am I ever going to remember all of this by Monday? When I was attending a school on the semester system, our “Dead Week” was…