The Pacific Sentinel

03/17/2023

New Article up on the website. PacSentinel.com. Happy St Patricks day !

My husband is Irish. Once a year, we drop a salty brisket, known as corned beef, into a pot of boiling water and cook...

03/03/2023

Turn on the TV to watch the local news and you will likely see stories on gun violence, crime, dysfunction in City Hall, and...

02/10/2023

New Letter from the Editor out, check it out now on our website

Dear Readers, Welcome back to another edition of the Pacific Sentinel. As 2023 commences, there is, as there always has been (and likely always...

02/06/2023

New Article on our Website by John Olson. The Land The Water, The Sky. Katherine Paul explores her Connection to Her Native land in her upcoming album.

With highs full of hope and healing and lows connected to mental health and the changing world, Katherine Paul (The sole songwriter for her...

02/02/2023

New article just posted on the website: The Case For ACAB
On Policing As Inherently Corrupt

All Cops Are Bastards. A phrase that had entered the public lexicon in 1920s England, amplified in the 1940s by working class strikes, and...

01/27/2023

New Article up on the website !

The unhoused persons epidemic in Portland appears to stem from three underlying issues: drug addiction, mental illness, and housing affordability. The latter two tendencies...

01/25/2023

When hearing the word abolition, people may first think of slavery abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, or the...

01/24/2023

New Article on the Website!

Abolition, as defined by Critical Resistance: “Prison Industrial Complex abolition is a political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and...

11/30/2022

In case you've been too busy with finals to snag a physical copy from campus, read the latest issue of the Sentinel online!

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11/15/2022

Check out the cover design for our newest issue! You can pick up your Fall 2022 issue of the Pacific Sentinel at all magazine stands around campus starting next week! 🙂

11/11/2022

Po'Shines Cafe De La Soul is a black owned, locally operated, soul food restaurant. This is a free literary event. All are welcome. Free cornbread, music, and poetry.

11/08/2022

If you're a student at Portland State, come contribute your work and make some money on the side to help fuel your coffee addiction! ☕☕✍️

10/15/2022

Student Media, 2022-23.

KPSU Sub-Basement Studios

02/01/2022

"Truth affords us certainty, and certainty feels good. Certainty feels safe. But certainty can be stifling, it can be confining, it can be restrictive."

Break your midweek monotony with a short and uplifting essay by Sophie Spencer on trusting yourself and your own experiences amidst the current chaos of the world.

18 months ago, we were all thrown collectively into a big pot of unknown. A space of newness, of alien characteristic, of unprecedented times.

12/28/2021

"Now, with so many discussing the mental and emotional toll the pandemic had on them through whatever manner they’ve chosen to share their experiences, it seems that we have been given the opportunity to understand what each of us can surely relate to: Being forced into isolation is traumatic, and figuring out how to survive it requires some gentle self care and a healthy dose of internal fortitude."

Currently there are many literary retrospectives on what life was like for so many during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. As we all learned, there was no user manual or roadmap for any of us on how to navigate such a lack of social contact due to a pandemic.

08/10/2021

The Pacific Sentinel is hiring student illustrators, graphic designers, and layout designers! No experience required!