An interview with Burgerville Workers Union Organizer Stefan Stackhouse Jake Edgar JE: How Long have you been part of the Union? SS: I’ve worked at the Gladstone Burgerville for just over one year. I joined the union for the same
The Pointed Circle Experience
The Pointed Circle Experience River Flora One of the foremost aspects writers look for in their environment is the opportunity to grow their words and meanings in a place that won’t choke out their creativity in the process of labor.
I.C.E. Continues to Show Just How Cold it Really Is…
I.C.E. Continues to Show Just How Cold it Really Is… Dom Belcastro & Jake Edgar The US and other American lands are the fruits of brutal colonial campaigns waged by multiple European autocracies that were enthusiastically inherited by their white
Blast From the Past, Cascade College
Blast From The Past Jake Edgar This beautiful aerial shot shows Cascade College, which in some manner is the former building that Cascade Campus now houses. You can see the dorms just to the top right which are still standing,
PCC Hosts C.A.T. Workshop
PCC Hosts CAT Workshop Dom Belcastro Asher Freeman, staff member at the Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT) recently held a Renter’s Workshop on the PCC Sylvania campus. They spoke with me about several topics: Why present at PCC? We know
PCC Holds DACA Panel, Commits to Sanctuary Status
PCC Holds DACA Panel, Commits to Sanctuary Status Juan Lacayo A Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) panel discussion in room 122 of Terrell Hall on Cascade campus offered resource information for DACA recipients and undocumented immigrants, including information on
Humans of PCC, an Interview with Rebecca Vogt
Rebecca Vogt has been a teacher at PCC since 2007. She has worked for a number of Gateway to College programs, including Project Degree and PDX Bridge, which she was the first teacher for. The PDX Bridge program gives youth
Artists to Watch in 2018
Jessie Reyez BROCKHAMPTON Jessie Reyez‘ twisted, raw
PCC’s District Student Council Recap of Monthly Meeting:
PCC’s District Student Council Recap of Monthly Meeting: Dom Belcastro PCC’s District Student Council (DSC) conducted their monthly business meeting in Room 102 of the PCC CLIMB center this past Friday, February 2nd. Twelve of the fourteen members of
Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap Juan Lacayo Why do we need a student-led newspaper like The Bridge at PCC? This is a specific question that has roots in a more fundamental question: why do we need journalism? The Fourth Estate,
Into the Archives
Dom Belcrasto 1974 July 18 – Title IX It may be hard to imagine any PCC campus without a women’s resource center, coed p.e. classes or legal protection from gender discrimination. The passage of Title IX did not immediately
The Bridge to Nowhere
The Bridge to Nowhere Juan Lacayo The Bridge was set to solicit articles from students and staff, which the campus editors would edit for accuracy and grammar before posting them to the website. Complications arose with the immediate resignation of
A Recent History of The Bridge
A Recent History of The Bridge Juan Lacayo PCC’s student newspaper, The Bridge, has a dramatic history that runs the gamut of critical acclaim, controversy, defunding, shutdown, and a subsequent revival: Following budget cuts that occurred in 2005, The Bridge
River Flora – Reporter
Queer Writings from NE Portland: I think I started writing so young because it took me longer than most to acquire the skills for coherent verbal communication. Partially aspergers and partially a result of the environment I grew up in,
PCC Student Killed in Hit and Run
Tragedy rippled through the PCC community after the announcement of the untimely death of a twenty-five-year-old student. After an early morning 911 call, on November 8 emergency responders discovered fatally injured Madison Ries in the southbound lane of Interstate 5