The Pacific Sentinel magazine offers an inclusive forum incorporating in-depth content from the PSU community. We advocate on behalf of the marginalized, explore the merits of cultural artifacts, and initiate interdisciplinary communication.
Publication started in January 2016
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The Pacific Sentinel: November/December 2021
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Vivian Veidt
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter From the Editor
- Police Resistance to Federal Vaccine Mandates
- COVID on Campus
- Death of the Damsel in Distress
- Game Night at the Dysfunctional Family
- Same Old Story, Different Title
- Socially Alive
- The 2021 Portland Book Festival
- PSU Student Feature: Nikki James
- Notes From Behind the Bar
- A Far Reach for Greater Idaho
- The Truth Pandemic
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The Pacific Sentinel: September 2021
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Vivian Veidt
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter From the Editor
- The Opaque Places of Cinema
- A “PIG” in Portland
- Jazzed to be Back
- Notes from Behind the Bar
- The Predicament of Mayor Wheeler
- The City of Portland Must Cut Ties With Israel
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The Pacific Sentinel: May/June, Mini Issue
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Vivian Veidt
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter From the Editor
- Vaccine Hesitancy
- Campus Policing and the Call for Abolition
- Goodbye Afghanistan Palestine
- Where Memes and Cinema Collide
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The Pacific Sentinel: March/April 2021, Mini Issue
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Vivian Veidt
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter From the Editor
- Royalty Notwithstanding
- A Man, a Plan, and a Virus
- United We Stand?
- Dreamhouse and Other Horrors
- The Art of the Podcast
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The Pacific Sentinel, February 2021
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Vivian Veidt
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Georgia On Everyone’s Mind
- A Minimum Requirement of Neutrality
- An Unspoken Norm
- Pigs Saving Lives
- COVID-19 Affecting the Workplace
- Why Did President Trump Kill Federal Inmates on His Way Out?
- Reconstructing America
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The Pacific Sentinel, November 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Vivian Veidt
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Drones and Robots Battling
- COVID-19
- PSU’s First Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Study
- The Ziplock Diary
- Constitutionally Speaking
- God May Be Dead, but the Christian Left Isn’t
- A True Professional
- Black Is King
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The Pacific Sentinel, October 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Vivian Veidt
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Waiting to Exhale
- Untold Costs
- Sea Robots Versus Cyborg Jellyfish
- Indigenous Communities of Brazil
- Police Violence
- Abolish DHS
- Joe Biden and Vote Blue No Matter Who
- UPNow
- Looking Through the Overton Window
- Keep the Conventions Virtual
- Dear Nora
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The Pacific Sentinel, June 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- The Shift to Remote Learning
- Added Punishment (Analysis)
- Oregon Reopens
- Remarks from the Author on “Josh Cohen”
- Kill the Death Penalty
- Grateful PowerPoint Grad
- Virtual Commencement Blues
- Postpone Don’t Cancel
- Neoliberalism Is the Disease
- No Time to Change
- Why You Should Bake Sourdough
- Skateboarding During Quarantine
- Virus of Nihilism
- The Trolls Have Killed Cinema… Maybe
- Tiger King for a Day
- Cultural Food Appropriation
- Unions on the Silver Screen
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The Pacific Sentinel, May 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Ongoing Crisis in Yemen
- Coronavirus Updates
- Squashing Coronavirus Will Take Time
- There Is No “Chinese Virus”
- An Unequal Pandemic
- Do Not Go Gently Into That Pandemic
- The Coronavirus Outbreak Reveals the Flaws of Our Social Safety N
- Language, Thought, Freedom, and the Soul
- Stop Going on Twitter
- Crocheting COVID-19
- Isolation in the Time of Coronavirus
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review
- Mysteries, Wonder Boys, and Other Phenomena
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The Pacific Sentinel, April 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Rolling Back Water Protection
- Relatively Speaking
- Oregon Responds to Coronavirus
- The Case Against Joe Biden
- Sounds Terrible
- Views on the Decline of Civilization
- An ASMRticle
- In Defense of Radicalism
- nîpawistamâsowin: The Boushie Family Stands Up
- Sunless Shadows Complicates the Murderess
- Martin Eden’s Class Struggle
- The Quiet Compassion of The Good Place
- Portland’s First eSports Bar Creates Community
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The Pacific Sentinel, March 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter From the Editor
- Safe Together?
- Vaccination: Spreading Misinformation Spreads Disease
- Impeachment? What Just Happened?
- Vote Local
- Under the Red Lights
- Homeschool Pride
- The Utopia of Animal Crossing
- Not Too Cold to Canvas for Bernie
- The Top 5 Shoegaze Albums of 2019
- Nick Fish’s Untimely Death and Enduring Legacy
- Harry Styles Is a Mess
- Dump Those Dumplings in My Mouth
- The Real Horror of The Turning is Its Disappointing Story
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The Pacific Sentinel, February 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Putting a Stop to PPOP?
- Portlanders Say "No War With Iran"
- Hospitals Penalized for Readmissions
- Dying Young
- Flower Power
- "Take a Nap!"
- Making People Homeless: Our Country's Collective Shame
- Draft Dodging: My New Favorite Sport
- A Century of Socialism
- Spoiler Alert Alarmism
- Mo Troper Delivers in New Album
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The Pacific Sentinel, January 2020
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Study Determines How Measles Destroys the Immune System
- Another Police Shooting: A Whose Fault WHODUNNIT?
- (News) Portlanders Join Nationwide Rallies to Impeach and Remove Trump
- (Opinion) Reconstructing America
- The Uyghurs: A Fading Chapter
- Chickens Are for Hugging
- The Myth of Vegan Virtuosity
- Stop Saying "Be Grateful for What You Have"
- Who Would Make a Baking Challenge Like That?! Zumbo Would.
- Best of 2019 Staff Picks
- Baby Ketten Finds Its Forever Home
- (Satire) How to Deal With the Crushing Weight of Familial Rejection Next Holiday Season
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The Pacific Sentinel, December 2019
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Making Oregon Count
- Sandwich Ministry
- Racist Propaganda at PSU
- Perils of Commuting
- Pricey Parking
- Further Thoughts on Phrases
- Merry Krampus
- Festival Highlights
- Pop up Readings
- Impact of YA on Teens
- Deep River
- Hard Conversations
- Portland Review & Ooligan Press
- Schnitzer Museum
- Exquisite Creatures
- Giant Poop
- 3 From Hell
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The Pacific Sentinel, November 2019
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- PSU Dodges Walkout on the Eve of Fall Term
- 5th Avenue Cinema Then and Now
- Goodbye Maps Collection, Hello Graduate Collaboratory
- Thousands of Students Ditch School to Lead Portlanders in Climate Strike
- Brief Thoughts on Familiar Phrases
- Critiquing the Critic
- Nothing Wrong with Apu
- The Importance of Media Literacy
- Pop Weekend 2019
- (Sandy) Alex G Album Review
- Clairo Album Review
- The Signs of Beloved Celebrity Birds of PSU
- Funny Page
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The Pacific Sentinel, October 2019
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- Life-Saving Advice for Police
- Former PSU Chemistry Professor Sentenced for Posting Child Porn on Blog
- Look to the Ants
- Back to School Resource Guide
- Looking Past the Male Gaze
- Schooling the Sexist
- Looking for the One
- Superhero Burnout
- The F Word This Month
- Friendship and Trauma Fuel a Bold Thriller in Braid
- And We Back!
- When an Album Becomes a Farewell
- Reflecting on the Legacy of Elliott Smith
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The Pacific Sentinel, June 2019
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Richard Barry: Chronicle of a Death as Told
- Students Rally Against Tuition Increase
- Portland's Heritage Trees
- Portland Clean Energy Initiative
- Did You Know Sunscreen is Controversial?
- SMSU's Quiet Study Lounge is Leaving
- Resource Centers Reunited
- Campus Accessibility: Room for Improvement
- What Stonewall Means to Me
- The Policeman's Tale
- Honey to Die for
- Shoureshi's Cross-Disciplinary Internship Program Revealed as a Cover for Secret Escape Plan
- Artists on Campus: PSU Artists of Color Collective
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The Pacific Sentinel, Maypril 2019
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- PSU Chemistry Professor Facing Child Porn Charges
- Should CPSO Carry Guns? ASPSU presidential candidates debate the topic
- Frida Fest
- Dr. Jay Nadeau and the Quest for Aliens
- The Green New Deal Isn't New
- Denim Day
- Shoureshi's New Cross-Disciplinary Internship Program
- Love for Gas-Powered Cars
- The Necessity of Late-Term Abortions
- Still Fighting for Stonewall, Being an LGBTQ Ally Is Important
- Hop on This and Go for a Spin, Trimet phases out paper ticket options which dismisses riders needs
- Weirdness Is White
- Green Zebra Sampling System Indicates Greater Ills in Our Society
- Return of the Vampires!, New Music from Vampire Weekend Has Me Shook
- Artists on Campus: Eleanor Erskine
- The Complete Oral History of the Time The Beatles Died on Tokyo Disneyland Splash Mountain
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The Pacific Sentinel, February 2019
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Dr. King Had a Dream, Reclaim the Dream
- Vanport Mosaic
- Audubon Nature Night with Jo Ann Hardesty
- Measles Weasels Its Way Into Portland
- What's Up With the Microbiome?
- Government Shutdown?
- The Plastic Problem
- Lilies of the Field, A Flower in the Hand
- Abhina Aher: Queer Rights in India Still Fighting For Stonewall
- The Syria Question: Is Withdrawal Necessary?
- 2018 in Movies
- Annhilation
- The Many Lives of Lincoln Hall PSU Library Archives
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The Pacific Sentinel, January 2019
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Happy New Years From Times Square!;
- First Confirmed and Evidence of Dinosaurs in Oregon;
- Reduced Bus Fare for Low-Income Individuals;
- Village Model Design Exhibit;
- Yellow Vest Protest of PDX;
- The Sentinelese and John Allen Chau;
- The Heat Is on the Catholic Church;
- Fatal Thanksgiving Encounter with CPSO;
- After the Sixth Day;
- Still Fighting for Stonewall;
- A Student Sails the Seas;
- The Statue With a Voice;
- Red Clocks and Rising Anti-Abortion Laws;
- What Is Your Face Shape?;
- Library Archives;
- Mysteries, Murder, and Mayhem in 2018;
- Sun Ra Rises at PAM; and
- 2018 in Music
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The Pacific Sentinel, December 2018
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Signing the Movement;
- Man in CPSO Custody Dies on Thanksgiving;
- Lars Larson and PSU Clash;
- Mt. Hood Faults Add Earthquake Threat to Portland;
- The Kelp Forests and Sea Urchins: It's Complicated;
- Pennsylvania Catholic Church Knew of Over 1,000 Victims;
- Will the City of Portland Increase Houseless Sweeps?;
- The Portland Book Festival Formerly Known as Wordstock;
- Herstory in the Making: Historic Firsts and Other Election Results;
- Oregon Voting Laws; Public Education Victories in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arizona are a Model for the Country;
- One Nation In/Divisible: Examining the Two-Party System;
- Should We Start Eating Bugs?;
- She Shreds: "Loud Enough to Be Documented";
- Songs, Stories, and Death;
- The Art of Risking Your Life; and
- Chris Gethard Wants You to Lose Well
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The Pacific Sentinel, November 2018
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Jake Johnson
Articles in this issue include:
- Letter from the Editor
- All Taaj
- President Trump's Midnight "Nightcap" Sandwich
- Conversion Therapy: It's Time to Say No
- Disarming the Movement
- Examining Kavanaugh's Record
- Assassination Nation Asks
- Is It Really Just a Fantasy?
- Believe in Something, Don't Just Buy It
- Shock & Resistance in Puerto Rico
- Little Cow Pigeon
- Navy Vet Killed by Campus Police: #DisarmPSU Responds
- Palestinian Film Festival
- PSU Bored of Distrust
- Violent Mob Riots Show Support for Law and Order
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The Pacific Sentinel, June 2018
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Kasey Colton
Articles in this issue include:
- What's Happening;
- 2016 Election Meddling: A Prototype In Developing A Science of Manipulation?;
- Shoo Petitioner, Don't Bother Me;
- Obligatory Freedom: Could Compulsory Voting Work in the USA?;
- Podcasting Since the Dawn of Time: How Communication has Evolved to The Internet Age;
- Boy's Club: The United States' Obsession with Institutionalizing Toxic Masculinity;
- Don't Shoot the Messenger;
- Welcome to Your Cell: The Emergence of Virtual Reality in Art and Activism;
- This Is America's Ambiance is Psychodrama; and
- Bull Goose Baker: A Makeshift Teenage Rebellion
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The Pacific Sentinel, April/May 2018
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Kasey Colton
Articles in this issue include:
- What's Happening;
- The Unpaid Professionals in American Colleges: Why Student Athletes Should Get Paid;
- Supporting the Unsupported: The Pioneer School's Fight for the Right of Belonging;
- The Octopus Returns: Why Disney Is Becoming Too Big for Its (and Our) Own Good;
- Happy Camp: Echoes of a Logging Town in the Environmental Fight;
- Hush Money: Inside Trumps Profitable Relationship with Saudi Arabia;
- The Trump Presidency was only a Mass Delusion, the Likes of Which We May Never Fully Comprehend;
- Care For Me: Saba Contemplates Life and Death on a Skillful and Affecting Sophomore Album; and
- Piracy Never Looked So Good: It's Not Immoral if it's for the Right Reasons
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The Pacific Sentinel, March 2018
Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Editor: Kasey Colton
Articles in this issue include:
- Undiscovered Stories: Why We Should Start Exploring African Fiction;
- The Myth of the Sharing Economy;
- China Made Me Gay;
- Rare Scuttles Skeptics with Sea of Thieves" Beta;
- Chicago-Based Rapper Swade's Dynatnic New EP Deserves Your Attention;
- Portland Jazz Festival Showcases Portland State Talent;
- Into the Woods with Artist Gary Wiseman;
- Movie and Album Reviews;
- The Tentative Existence of Beauty; and
- Fall From Grace: The Story of Rajneeshpuram, OR: Home of the Biggest Bioterror Attack in Modern U.S. History