2006 Winter PSU Magazine cover imageWinter 2006

A New Way Home

Residents of old and New Columbia may change our thinking about public housing.

First Class Memories

PSU's first graduates experienced Elvis, Eisenhower, and the three-cent stamp.

A Painful Interlude

Lisa Marsh shows musicians how to stay healthy for a lifetime of performance.

Rising Temperatures, Shrinking Glaciers

Geologists look at the cold facts behind global warming.

From Descartes to Diapers

Today's thriving PSU Bookstore was started in a student's closet.

DEPARTMENTS

Around the Park Blocks

What if everybody read the same book? Middle East Studies Center founder dies, Acknowledging Portland's Urban Pioneers, Investing in investors, Google funds open source, Students produce Nepal calendar, Hospitality training at University Place

Letters

I was there, Keep telling the story of Cyprus

Off the Shelf

Dreaming A Life, Maiden Pain: The Priest, The Elephant Walk, Lizard Music and Other Arias, Iron Maidens, Tales of a Tea Leaf, The Survival League

Alumni Association News

Alumni travelers visit the Mayan Peninsula; Get together in Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, or Kuwait; Portland State celebrates 60 years, Board explores membership program

Alumni Profiles

Julie Beals '96, MS '99 keeps the coffee and tea world abuzz, Paresh Patel '96 gets an early start as a successful entrepreneur

Sports

Mozzochi sets volleyball up to win

Building Our Future

Challenge gift doubles other donations