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A community. That's what the students, professors, res­ idents, commuters, graduates, merchants, businesses and children make Portland State; a community. We are all here with the same basic goal; to gain a higher awareness of the world surrounding us and achieve our own personal awareness at the same time. Each year achieving these goals becomes a little bit harder. Diminishing financial support and job availability make higher education available to few instead of the ma­ jority of people in our country. We are a lucky minority. Lucky in the sense of the type of university we attend. There is no other university like Portland State, the Urban University. just because of the location in downtown Portland, Portland State has resources normally not available on any other higher education campus in the region. Students can easily find part-time employment, internships and full-time jobs right here in the city. Many of the businesses work closely with departments to achieve an on going expansion of our education support. This is not to say that Portland State is perfect by any means: we have our controversies and red tape like any other university. But even the not so good characteristics and events make this community grow and learn. It is the goal of the 1991-92 Viking Yearbook to docu­ ment and celebrate the events, activities and people that make up our community. Casi Massingill, Editor