PSU Student Clubs

The following (fictional) Student Clubs are significant to the plot in the Newsroom PDX series:
=== Blue Lives Matter ===
In late December 2020, the Blue Lives Matter student club at the (fictional) Portland State University is a new group approved by, and registered with, Student Affairs. The Student Fee Committee has approved a small grant for supplies.
Members include:
* Marcus Whitcomb (president)
* Gary (surname withheld), a sociology junior
The club's advisor is Randy Daily, an officer with Campus Security. There is also a faculty member, Ron Price in Criminal Justice
J.J. confirms that he was approached on the day Sarah died. The club officially meets weekly in person at lunch time, however they actually meet almost daily, hanging out, drinking beer and talking smack about Black people, women, supporting Trump, and how they can support the police. Most don't wear COVID masks. There are 30 members, almost all men. The few female members are openly scorned. J.J. has a copy of the club contact list. A third are sociology majors, a quarter are criminal justice. The others are scattered. At least four are in Honor's College, one of them is in student government, one of them is on the Student Fee committee. To blend in with the club, J.J. has only told them that he is a freshman in the News 101 class, and that his father is a policeman.
On December 19, 2020 there is a Blue Lives Matter picket outside the EWN building. 
From about 5pm on January 8, 2021 there is another picket of about 25 young white males, including Eugene Cathcart from the Men's Rights Interest Group. About 40 of the protesters from the downtown BLM site stage a march from there to the EWN building in solidarity with EWN.
The following morning, there is again a picket line outside the EWN building. Eugene Cathcart states their intention is "to take over EWN".
=== Men's Rights Interest Group ===
In late December 2020, the Blue Lives Matter student club at the (fictional) Portland State University is a new group approved by, and registered with, Student Affairs. Members include:
* Eugene Cathcart (president)
The Men's Rights Interest Group has invited Jordan Peterson to the PSU campus. He is scheduled to speak in April 2021. In preparation, the Honor's College offers a seminar for Winter term titled 'Men's Rights - a Movement for Our Time?' led by Assoc. Professor James McGee from the Sociology department. Prof McGee is the faculty advisor for the group.
Other Student Clubs
Other student clubs mentioned in the books are:
* Black student Union
* MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán)
* LGBTQIA
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