The University Honors College is excited to announce the latest edition of Anthós has been published. Check it out here. Anthós is a student-run, faculty reviewed, open access undergraduate journal published by the University Honors College at Portland State University.
This issue contains 12 fascinating articles that focus on change and changemakers. From the inflexible designs and policies of airline seating, to an examination of the passage, implementation, and rollback of Measure 110, this issue is a call to action. This issue also looks at how fine art auctioneers market dinosaur fossils and examines the architecture of the World Trade Center complex and the Twin Tower skyscrapers. The articles cover a vast variety of topics from testing the linkage of poetry and rap through poetic analysis to patient satisfaction within the U.S. healthcare system.
From the Editor-in-Chief
When the Editorial Board sends selected submissions out for faculty review towards the end of Winter Term, it is my privilege as Editor-in-Chief to step back from the minutiae of individual articles and begin considering the annual spring issue as a composite whole. This year’s Board members, several of whom are returning editors from last year, capitalized on the hard-earned successes of the last issue (Vol. 13, no. 1) to expand and strengthen Anthós and its mission of publishing and promoting outstanding undergraduate research. Our efforts to strengthen Anthós’ ties to our Honors community were reflected in the diversity and depth of this year’s record number of submissions, which presented opportunities and challenges as we worked through inevitable growing pains of scaling up our presence.
With the invaluable insight of editors assigned to individual articles, a theme of change and changemakers emerged as the connective tissue across the twelve articles published here. From punitive policymaking, shifting priorities of corporations and their bottom-line, to the unyielding passage of time, Honors students know firsthand how change—and life—happens fast. In this fourteenth volume of Anthós, our twelve authors contend with the aftermath of transformed lives and offer a way forward. Every author concludes with a call to action; they challenge readers— including their Honors community members—to seize the moment as changemakers for a volatile world.
It has been my distinct privilege to serve as Anthós Editor-in-Chief for the past two years, and my honor to work alongside those who make Anthós possible. Anthós is by and for the Portland State University Honors College community and I would like to acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of this year’s Editorial Board: Managing Editor Kooper Wilson, Promotional Editor Lilli Rudine, Junior Editors Phaedra Franklin and Aly Morris, and Faculty Advisor Dr. Rebecca Summer. I would like to thank this year’s cover artist (and author) Amelia Camille Kolstad, whose stunning illustration visualizes the movement of this issue.
An un-exhaustive list of those who supported the Editorial Board in publishing Anthós Spring 2025 includes Honors College Dean Dr. Brenda Glascott, Honors College Administrator Cornelia Coleman, Portland State University Library Digital Collections Technician Sherry Buchanan, and the Digital Commons support staff at Elsevier. Thank you to our anonymous faculty reviewers, whose generous and constructive feedback supports Honors students on their academic publishing journey. Finally, thank you to the entire Honors College student body, who, whether as contributor or casual reader, brings Anthós to life. It is my pleasure to present to you the fourteenth volume of Anthós.
Warmly,
Lauren R. Yanase
2024-25 Editor-in-Chief, Anthós