PORTLAND STATE VANGUARD
VOLUME 73 • ISSUE 11 • JANUARY 8, 2019
E E G U F E R G N I N I F REDE NEWS PSU STUDENT DENIES AMTRAK SUICIDE ATTEMPT OPINION FALL OF VICTORIA’S SECRET COVER REFUGEE STATUS TO INCLUDE CLIMATE CHANGE
CONTENTS COVER BY SAVANNAH QUARUM NEWS PSU STUDENT AWAKE FROM COMA, DENIES ATTEMPTING SUICIDE CO-OP PILOT COHORT KICKS OFF
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OPINION THE GRAMMYS DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT MUSIC LISTENERS LIKE
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VICTORIA WHO? VICTORIA’S SECRET AND THE FALL OF FANTASY
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INTERNATIONAL THIS WEEK AROUND THE WORLD
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ARTS & CULTURE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM EXHIBIT: A BRIEF EXPEDITION INTO SUN RA
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CANADA-CHINA: HUAWEI DETENTION FALLOUT
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EVENTS CALENDAR
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DECONSTRUCTING ‘THE GREAT ESKIMO VOCABULARY HOAX’
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COMICS
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COVER CLIMATE CHANGE IS SHAPING DISPLACEMENT
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STAFF EDIT ORI A L EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nada Sewidan MANAGING EDITOR Marta Yousif NEWS EDITORS Chris May Anamika Vaughan INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Lukas Amsden
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OPINION EDITOR Taylar Rivers
MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Emma Josephson
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NEWS SOPHIE CONCANNON
JAN. 2: OREGON’S ONLY WOMEN’S PRISON GRANTS TAMPONS TO INMATES
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JAN. 4: PORTLAND MAYOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF RESIGNS
Coffee Creek Correctional Institution, Oregon’s only women’s prison, now gives tampons to inmates who request them. Previously, only sanitary pads were provided for free, with tampons only available in limited brands at the prison commissary for premium prices. A federal policy is in place to provide both products to incarcerated inmates who require them, but it is not applicable to states, making Oregon one of the only states to offer tampons for free, according to The Oregonian. The Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association will begin to offer tampons to those in custody in county jails.
Michael Cox, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s chief of staff, resigned on Friday. His duties ended on Jan. 7, 2019, with Deputy Chief of Staff Kristen Dennis taking on his role in the interim. News of Cox’s resignation follows his disclosure of a relationship with a subordinate, as reported by The Oregonian on Dec. 15. According to a memo sent to the mayor from City Attorney Tracy Reeve, the relationship did not “violate [Portland]’s human-resource rules.”
JAN. 4: NO END IN SIGHT FOR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES
JAN. 7: WOMEN TO HOLD LANDMARK MAJORITY OF ELECTED OFFICES IN OREGON STATE LEGISLATURE
After a resolution to end the government shutdown passed by majority in the House on the first day of the new congressional session but stalled by Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump announced parts of the government could be shut down for “months or even years,” according to Associated Press. Washington Post reports the government shutdown initiated on Dec. 21 affects 400,000 workers across six departments, including the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Agriculture. Currently over 400,000 federal employees are going without pay, with one government agency sending out form letters furloughed workers could use to explain to landlords, creditors and mortgage companies why they were unable to pay their bills.
A majority of statewide elected executive offices will be held by women for the first time in Oregon history, according to an announcement from the office of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Jan. 4. When Val Hoyle, previous Oregon House Representative D–Eugene, is elected labor commissioner on Jan. 7, three of five executive offices will be held by women. Sworn in by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Gov. Brown, Hoyle will be responsible for responding to the results of an investigation released Thursday that found evidence of sexual harassment in the Oregon State Capitol.
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TRIMET ON CAMPUS TO VERIFY INCOMES FOR LOW-INCOME FARE
ANAMIKA VAUGHAN
Eligible students can get their incomes verified by TriMet on campus in the Portland State Transportation and Parking Office in order to receive low-income fare from Jan. 7–11. TriMet officials will be there from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. “Those interested in the low-income fare must register and once their eligibility is confirmed, they will receive an Honored Citizen fare card,” said Clint Culpepper, transportation options manager at PSU. “Participants will be able to purchase Adult Fare single use and day passes at half cost and Adult Fare month passes at 72 percent less than the price of a standard pass.” According to TriMet, PSU is the number one destination for riders. The low-income fare reduces cost for a monthly TriMet pass from $100 to $28 and per-ride fare from $2.50 to $1.25. “Students can sign up whenever they’d like,” Culpepper said. “We have TriMet in our office all next week to verify folks’ incomes and get them started. After they have had their incomes verified, students will be able to pick up their low-income Hop card at Pioneer Square.”
Once TriMet leaves campus, students can find other locations on the TriMet website where they can get their incomes verified. Anyone who earns up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level qualifies for the low-income fare program. According to the TriMet website, individuals earning up to $24,276 a year will qualify, and a household of four with an income of $50,196 will also qualify. Students should bring documentation such as pay stubs from the past 30 days, proof of unemployment or their most recent tax return. Alternatively, proof of membership with any of the following programs automatically qualifies an individual: Oregon Health Plan/Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Free and Reduced Price Lunch, HUD Housing Choice Voucher, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Employment Related Daycare and Women Infants and Children. Students will not need to reverify their income again for two years.
PEOPLE ENTERING PORTLAND STATE’S TRANSPORTATION & PARKING SERVICES OFFICE ON SW 6TH AND MONTGOMERY.BRAIN CARTER/ PSU VANGUARD This fare option is different from the FlexPass—a reduced-rate, 3-month pass which is 40 percent less at $174 than the standard TriMet monthly pass rate of $100. “It’s half the price of the FlexPass and the best part is they don’t have to pay up front for the whole quarter,” Culpepper said. “They’ll also only pay for the trips they take. If they decide in the summer to ride their
bike or walk instead, they aren’t out the full cost of a pass.” “We’re not sure how many students have signed up so far as TriMet doesn’t track details like that about users, but during the two weeks they were on campus in the fall, over 1,000 folks signed up,” Culpepper continued. “Not all of them were students, but I’d assume that a large majority of them were.”
SALAZAR AWAKE FROM COMA, REFUTES AMTRAK’S SUICIDE STORY SHANDI HUNT
Portland State student Aaron Salazar was found seven months ago unconscious next to train tracks in Truckee, Calif. with unexplained, life-threatening injuries. Amtrak insists Salazar threw himself out of the train in a suicide attempt, but now after months of speech therapy, Salazar says that isn’t the case. Aaron told his cousin, Sonia Salazar, he didn’t jump and that he was happy. “He is 150 percent positive he would not do that,” Sonia said. Aaron’s family has challenged Amtrak’s version of the story from the very beginning and continues to push for Amtrak to investigate Aaron’s case as an attack. “We are trying to get Amtrak to investigate…we need to get this whole thing investigated,” Sonia said. Amtrak’s Chief of Police, Neil Trugman, claims to have interviewed nearly 300 passengers who were on the same train, including the so-called new friend mentioned by Aaron to his great-grandmother in a text message, informing her the two planned on
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having dinner in Sacramento. Sonia explained to Vanguard that she has attempted to contact this person through social media, asking them to come forward and share anything that might help the case. “We’ve never heard a single peep from this person,” Sonia said. Since 2012, there have been several mysterious deaths involving Amtrak passengers. “He’s not the first victim…I’ve found over 20 cases of [passengers] who have experienced [mysterious] injuries or death [dating back to the ‘70s]...and since 2009, about five to six,” Sonia said. “It’s like Amtrak is using some type of script [when passengers are missing or found dead], that they’re either distraught, confused or suicidal if they’re young.” Aaron is currently being treated at Craig Hospital in Colorado and receives speech therapy 3–4 times a week. “He doesn’t remember being on the train or in Denver…we’re hoping he will remember,” Sonia said.
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SINCE 2003, AT LEAST THREE DEATHS OR INJURIES HAVE OCCURED IN ELKO COUNTY ON AMTRACK’S CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR TRAIN LINE. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
NEWS
PSU’S CO-OP PILOT LAUNCHES THIS TERM
CHRIS MAY AND ANAMIKA VAUGHAN Students who applied last fall and were accepted into Portland State’s CO-OP pilot program will be beginning their first term of paid cooperative education this January. The pilot program is starting with around 50 students from backgrounds in liberal arts, engineering and business. "[The co-op program] really focuses on the issue of affordability for PSU and for our students, as well as providing an opportunity for them to get experiential learning," PSU President Rahmat Shoureshi said at a press conference last November. The program has partnered with 14 companies including Kroger, Precision Castparts, Portland General Electric, Ronald McDonald Charities and Tillamook. “In the spring we will add students from the College of the Arts, and next year hope to have students from all of the other colleges involved as well,” said Mark Wubbold, senior policy analyst for University Communications. After taking a mandatory one-credit preparatory course, students meet with co-op advisors and apply to full or part-time positions with partner companies. Students are responsible for negotiating hours and pay with their employers once offered a job. The co-op positions will not provide benefits, and students will remain on PSU’s student health plan while working. This was by design said Cliff Allen, dean
PSU IS LOOKING TO EXPAND ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMPANIES FOR ITS COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, PSU CO-OP. COURTESY OF PSU of the School of Business. “[Memoranda of Understanding] won’t be signed with company partners unless they agree to pay $15 an hour or more,” Allen said. “If they don't have to pay benefits that allows them a little more headroom.” “PSU CO-OP is focused on building out the infrastructure needed to run a successful program,” Wubbold said. “PSU CO-OP is modeled on other successful programs, serving students similar to ours, so we anticipate success.” “In fact, President Shoureshi has told us ‘failure is not an option.’” It is currently unclear whether the investment for building the co-op’s infrastructure, including paid positions for co-op advisors and instructors is coming from the university, its business partners or other sources. PSU’s CO-OP program was based off of a similar program at Northeastern University in Boston and a task force convened by the president invited Northeastern faculty member Dr. Behrooz Satvat to an information session in May of last year. Erin Flynn, who helped establish PSU’s CO-OP task force in February 2018 and served as the associate vice president for strategic partnerships before her job was eliminated months later in an organizational reshuffle, highlighted some concerns faculty and students shared about potential inequities with the opportunities made available to students.
One major difference in PSU’s CO-OP program and Northeastern’s is the option for students to work part time. “Many PSU students must work part or full time in order to put themselves through school. If co-op jobs are not reliable [or] don’t pay as much as jobs students already have they will not be able to participate in the program.” Allen acknowledged that feedback from students contributed to the decision to include part-time options, which would have students continue to take classes while working a schedule negotiated with their employer. Allen also confirmed not all co-op positions will be paid. “There's some great non-profit [organizations] out there that just don't have the money, but I'm not going to tell the social work major that they can't go work for a nonprofit that fits exactly in the area they want to work, and say, ‘No, that can't be a co-op because they can't pay.’” For-profit companies will not be able to offer co-op positions that are unpaid, Allen said. Another concern raised by Flynn was “many PSU students are enrolled in majors that may not easily lend themselves to paid co-ops—e.g. social work, urban planning, history, sociology etc.” According to Allen, CO-OP will not seek partnerships that could interfere with courses of study involving practicums as part of their
curriculum, as is common with students pursuing degrees in areas such as public health, education and social work. “PSU CO-OP is a real-world job experience,” Wubbold said. “As such, our students will be exposed to the issues the businesses they choose to work for are managing. In some cases, students may choose to work for organizations that do not wholly align with their values. This decision will be up to the student. It will be PSU CO-OP's responsibility to make sure each student's physical safety is ensured.” At least one partner in the CO-OP program has faced controversy as recently as 2016, when residents of Southeast Portland filed two class-action lawsuits against Precision Castparts Corp. over alleged health concerns due to toxic air emissions. The company also has a history of repeat violations involving the environment, most famously in Johnson Creek. The speed and scope of the program’s expansion is still up in the air, but Allen said a goal pushed by Shoureshi of 3,000 students in the program was possible. “I think what we need to do is meet students where they are,” Allen said. “There are employers looking for everybody, but I'm going to knock on the doors that match the ones where students need the work. Make your voice heard so that we can help you.”
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BANGLADESH
Almost 100 million Bangladeshis voted in the country’s parliamentary elections. Al Jazeera reported the previous ruling party— the Awami League—and its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina remained in power as expected following the election, with some districts voting 99.9 percent in favor. Of the 289 contested seats, the Awami League won 288. As of Jan. 4, the UN has called for an independent investigation into the election due to reports of arbitrary arrests, disappearances, intimidation and other forms of voter suppression. 2
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Three months after the initial disappearance of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a video leaked to Turkish media outlet A Haber via Al Jazeera showing men with a Saudi hit team carrying several large bags and suitcases from a black SUV into the residence of the Saudi consul general. With still no body following Khashoggi’s murder, the leaked video has caused further speculation that his body was dismembered and carried out in bags from the consulate. 4 3
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A man was arrested following an attempt to murder a multitude of people spanning two cities, leaving eight people wounded, most of whom originated from Syria or Afghanistan. According to State Interior Minister Herbert Reul via Deutsche Welle, the man had “clear intention of killing foreigners” when he drove his car into pedestrians in the city of Bottrop, and expressed racist and xenophobic sentiments while in custody. Before being apprehended, he made an additional attempt at another group in the city of Ruhr. The wounded included a Syrian woman alongside her husband and two teenage daughters, an Afghan woman and her 4-year-old son, a 10-year-old Syrian and a Turkish German national. 4
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ISRAEL; U.S.
The United States and Israel’s 2017 decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization—more commonly known as UNESCO— went into effect, as reported by Al Jazeera and Deutsche Welle. UNESCO is an agency within the UN designed to, among other goals, protect and preserve the world’s natural and cultural heritage sites. The two governments
under President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the organization of anti-Israel bias. However, the withdrawal will not have significant financial ramifications since both countries stopped payments in 2011.
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Nicholas Haysom, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, has been ordered to leave the country by the Somali government due to accusations of meddling in internal affairs, Reuters reported. The accusations come after Haysom sent a letter on Dec. 30 questioning involvement of Somali forces in the arrest of a former al Shabaab militant. In response, the foreign affairs ministry stated, “He openly breached the appropriate conduct of the UN office in Somalia” and therefore “is not required and cannot work in this country.” 6
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Early in the morning on Jan. 1, U.S. border patrol tear gassed migrants and asylum seekers along the border between San Diego, Calif. and Tijuana, Democracy Now! reports. Around 150 people attempted to cross over into the U.S., as reported by The New York Times, prompting Customs and Border Protection to use a combination of smoke, pepper spray and tear gas, with spokesman Andrew Meehan claiming safety on both sides of the wall to be a critical issue. At least 25 were detained following the exchange. 7
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BRAZIL
President-elect Jair Bolsonaro formally became president on Jan. 1 when he was sworn into office amid a procession with 12,000 militarized police present for security, as reported by TeleSUR. The new, far-right president, has promised to fight violent crime and corruption while strengthening the economy as well as opening the Amazon rainforest for commercial exploitation of resources. On Jan. 2, TeleSUR reported Bolsonaro removed through executive order policies in place to protect LGBTQ rights which had formerly been a part of the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights. 8
(SUS). Healthcare officials began going doorto-door to register the 5.8 million uninsured Bolivians in the new system and will continue to do so until Jan. 28. The SUS is set to begin in March as the country invests around $200 million in hospitals and staff in preparation.
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INDIA
In response to hardliner opposition against the Sept. 28 Supreme Court ruling allowing women inside the sacred Hindu temple Sabarimala, millions of women along the southwest coast of India staged a human wall spanning some 385 miles between the cities Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod on Jan. 1. The demonstration lasted approximately half an hour before dispersal. Two women identified as Bindu and Kanakadurga entered the temple in the early hours the next day, as reported by The Indian Express, and according to Al Jazeera, a third woman identified as Sasikala entered the temple on the night of Jan. 3. Security forces were required to control ongoing protests in response to the women's presence. 10
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CHINA
In a historic milestone, China became the first country to successfully land a probe on the far side—sometimes misnamed “the dark side”—of the moon following previous attempts by the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, as reported by Scientific American. The Chang’e 4 mission landed at 10:26 a.m. Beijing time on the floor of the Von Kármán Crater which spans 115 miles. The mission is intended to help scientists understand the moon’s structure as well as the solar system in general. 11
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GERMANY
Hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, were hit with a mass data hack as phone numbers, contact info, credit card and banking information of major political parties, ID cards, letters and memos were published to Twitter. While the information published was not deemed sensitive, the data hack has been described as a serious attack by Justice Minister Katarina Barley via Deutsche Welle. The hack spanned all political spectrums with the exception of the far-right Alternative for Germany.
The government of Bolivia officially began registration for its new universal healthcare system, named the Unified Health System
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REDEFINING ‘REFUGEE’
CLIMATE CHANGE IS SHAPING DISPLACEMENT MADISON CECIL AND MARENA RIGGAN While climate change continues to damage parts of the world, those displaced as a consequence do not meet the legal requirements to qualify for refugee status. In response to a growing number of displaced peoples as a result, 164 countries formally adopted the UN Global Compact for Migration on Dec. 10 and 11, 2018 in Marrakesh, which seeks to expand the definition of refugees.
Hurricane Florence left 53 dead and destroyed 2,000 residential properties while damaging over 70,000 more. In the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN defines a refugee as “one who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.” The new global compact took two years to create and ratify, making it the first global agreement to dictate a consistent approach to migration due to climate change. According to Public Radio International, Australia, United States and several EU countries abstained from signing on to the new definition
REFUGEES WITHOUT REPRESENTATION According to the Overseas Development Institute’s 2017 report, ten of 2016’s largest events leading to displacement were in relation to natural disasters, with eight out of 10 located in East and Southeast Asia and some 13.5 million people displaced in all. As reported by The Intercept, tens of thousands of residents in the U.S.were displaced
due to natural events worsened by climate change in 2018, from the wildfires of California to the hurricanes of eastern U.S. Hurricane Florence left 53 dead and destroyed 2,000 residential properties while damaging over 70,000 more. According to a study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stony Brook University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, effects from climate change caused the storm’s rainfall to be 50 percent higher than it would have been otherwise. Summer 2018 was the fourth hottest in history for the U.S., as reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, leading to intensified fires and delayed rainy seasons. In July 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire burned over 450,000 acres in California, claiming the title of the largest wildfire in state history. By November, the Camp Fire of northern California became the deadliest after claiming 86 lives and displacing 50,000. The Dry Corridor, a strip of land running through Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, typically has a dry season and a wet season which correspond to the U.S. winter and summer seasons, respectively. In the middle of the wet season is canícula—or dry season—which has continued to become longer and drier for the past 20 years. In poor farming areas where people make their living based on how many bags of beans they can produce, the extended drought is making life more and more difficult.
By November, the Camp Fire of northern California became the deadliest after claiming 86 lives and displacing 50,000.
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PEOPLE LEAVING SINDH, PAKISTAN, INTO BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN. COURTESY OF UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Chris Castro, a climate scientist at the University of Arizona, told The Intercept, “What’s scary is that we’re getting these drier and hotter midsummer droughts during years where natural climate variability would not otherwise suggest that should be happening.” Meanwhile, in Southeast Asia along the Bay of Bengal, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, who have already fled violent persecution and genocide in Myanmar, may again be displaced soon. According to December 2018 figures from the UN, over 900,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to neighboring Bangladesh. However, the sudden increase in numbers has led to an accelerated rate of deforestation. A June 2018
World Bank report claims that if greenhouse gas emissions from the region continue at its current pace, Cox’s Bazar will become the most affected region by climate change in all of South Asia by 2050.
ECONOMICS OF DENIAL The National Flood Insurance Program is a program run by FEMA to provide coverage at cheaper rates for areas that are prone to flooding. However, with increased flood rates, the costs of running NFIP have increased over the last few years. Currently, NFIP is over $20 billion in debt, yet continues to operate. As part of their ongoing coverage of climate change, VICE News went to Miami, Fla. to
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“In essence, if the projections are correct, internally displaced persons will be more likely to run from damages caused by climate change within the next 30 years than from war and political disorder.” look at the possible cost of climate change, meeting with the Chief Property Underwriter for Swiss RE, an insurance company based in Switzerland. According to Monica Ningen, the risk assessment for a three-foot rise in sea level—projected to culminate by 2100— would amount to $145 billion in property damage and 300,000 homes destroyed. Additionally, Swiss RE calculated losses from natural disasters in 2017 to be $330 billion, with insurance companies covering less than half of the cost. “Extreme weather events, heightened by climate change, coupled with the fact that many new homes are built on flood-prone land, is making the problem worse,” as stated in their report on mitigating climate risk. Swiss RE, is not alone. Insurance companies across the board are paying attention to the havoc climate change is causing on a global scale. However, while Forbes has noted they’ll be one of the hardest hit institutions, little is being done to mitigate effects. The Asset Owners Disclosure Project—which researches and rates various financial institutions—reported in May 2018 that “less than 0.5 percent of assets invested by the world’s 80 largest insurers are in low-carbon investments that provide solutions to climate change, despite the insurance sector being highly exposed to its financial risks.”
POLITICS OF DENIAL
POPULATION OF U.S. AND U.S. ENERGY CONSUMPTION COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
ment. However in 2017, President Donald Trump withdrew, claiming the U.S. paid unfair dues to other nations. According to Scientific American, the U.S., with less than five percent of the world’s population, uses around a quarter of the world’s energy. Additionally, one of the original conditions to the Paris Agreement is to assist developing nations as they tend to need additional assistance due to disadvantage in resources and socioeconomic institutions.
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tist, called this progression “a prescription for long-term disaster” in the August 2018 New York Times Magazine special edition covering human failure to combat climate change. Nearly everything scientists understand about global warming was known in 1979, having collected data since 1957 upon observations from as early as the 1800s. In the late ‘70s through ‘80s,
leading climate scientists worked to educate governments and leaders about the effects of greenhouse gases on Earth’s atmosphere. The Paris Agreement, a non-binding agreement ensuring international cooperation to combat human effects on climate change, was signed on April 22, 2016. The U.S. and China—the two largest consumers of energy—were originally parties to the agree-
In their March 2018 report, “Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration,” the World Bank Group projects more than 143 million people will be displaced within their own countries due to climate change by 2050, stating, “Internal climate migrants are rapidly becoming the human face of climate change.” Focusing on Latin America, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the report notes four main driving factors of climate displacement: extreme heat, lack of freshwater resources, rising sea levels and extreme events. In essence, if the projections are correct, internally displaced persons will be more likely to run from damages caused by climate change within the next 30 years than from war and political disorder.
Since the Industrial Revolution, the planet has warmed more than one degree Celsius. If it is to warm past two degrees, the tropical reefs will die, the Persian Gulf will become uninhabitable and sea level will rise several meters. According to the UN Ocean Conference of 2017, more than 600 million people— around 10 percent of the global human population—live within 10 meters of coastline, and 97 percent of fishermen live in developing countries. As ice sheets from Greenland and Antarctica continue to melt, the sea level is expected to rise 15 meters by 2500. James Hansen, a leading climate scien-
Since the Industrial Revolution, the planet has warmed more than one degree Celsius. If it is to warm past two degrees, the tropical reefs will die, the Persian Gulf will become uninhabitable and sea level will rise several meters. RISING SEA LEVELS CAUSE INCREASED FLOODING IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH. COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS
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CANADACHINA: HUAWEI DETENTION FALLOUT LUKAS AMSDEN
China detained two Canadians on Dec. 10 in what appears to be retaliation for the detention of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications giant. Canada has formally demanded the release of the two Canadian citizens. “We are deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities of two Canadians earlier this month and call for their immediate release,” said Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, was detained along with Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor under allegations of “engaging in activities that endanger the national security [of China],” according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lu Kang. The arrests were made nine days after the jailing of Wanzhou, who was taken into custody at the behest of the United States for allegedly misleading banks on the company’s dealings with Iran and skirting U.S. sanctions through the use of a subsidy. The Chinese state-owned Global Times vowed that Canada would “pay for its bad behavior.” Canadian business professor Ian Lee from Carleton University explains Canada will in fact “be on the losing end” of the dispute in regards to trade relations. “There’s a very clear freeze on the Chinese side,” he said. “It’s not going to be business as usual...It’s going to be front and center of CanadianChinese relations until we resolve it and until she is released into the hands of the Chinese authorities.” Lee believes the only way to salvage relations with China is through the release of Wanzhou after “the suitable face-saving announcements have been made by the three parties.” The U.S., UK and EU have rallied in support of Canada’s demands for release, each of which have issued statements to the Chinese government. The EU expressed concern over the declared motive behind the detention of the Canadians and called on Chinese authorities to employ fairness and transparency in trying the two detainees. Trusting Canada will treat Wanzhou justly, Robert Palladino, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department stated, “Canada, a country governed by the rule of law, is conducting a fair, unbiased and transparent legal proceeding with respect to Ms. Meng Wanzhou. Canada respects its international legal commitments by honouring its extradition treaty with the United States.” He added, “We also express our deep concern for the Chinese Government’s detention of two Canadians earlier this month and call for their immediate release.” Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying responded by calling the UK and EU out on hypocrisy. “Where were they when the Canadian side illegally detained Chinese business executives at the request of the U.S.?” and that the countries have “different human rights standards for citizens of different countries,” as quoted by The Guardian.
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DECONSTRUCTING ‘THE GREAT ESKIMO VOCABULARY HOAX’ LUKAS AMSDEN
The issue of Eskimo vocabulary and its numerous words for snow, known as “the Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax,” has become something of an urban legend and remains hotly contested by linguists. According to NPR, the term Eskimo in and of itself is sometimes considered derogatory due to its history of usage in a racialized manner, though the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks attributes its derivation from an Ojibwa term “to net snow.” In lieu of Eskimo, Inuit may be a more appropriate term. The cliché that Eskimos have 100 words for snow became popularized after amateur linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf published his article titled “Science and Linguistics” in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology promotional magazine Technology Review. Whorf’s findings referenced anthropological linguist Franz Boas’ Handbook of American Indian Languages where Boas noted the differences between English and Inuit languages, specifically the distinct roots for snow in the Inuit language such as aput—“snow on the ground,” qana—“falling snow,” piqsirpoq—“drifting snow,” and qimuqsuq—“a snow drift,” whereas English uses phrases containing the root snow. Whorf misconstrued Boas’ wonderment on the Inuit’s polysynthetic construction of words with what he believed was derived from a cultural necessity for more specific descriptors. “We have the same word for falling snow, snow on the ground, snow packed hard like ice, slushy snow, wind-driven flying snow—whatever the situation may be,” Whorf stated in his book Language, Thought and Reality. “To an Eskimo, this all-inclusive word would be almost unthinkable; he would say that falling snow, slushy snow, and so on, are sensuously and operationally different, different things to contend with; he uses different words for them and for other kinds of snow.”
Whorf’s findings are deemed problematic according to Dr. Laura Martin in her case study “Eskimo Words for Snow,” noting that Whorf expands Boas’ four terms to seven without sourcing the other three. His claims about the English language are also false as there are several words to describe different states of snow, such as slush, sleet and blizzard. The myth was perpetuated by a continuous succession of popular language books such as Words and Things by Roger Brown that referenced Whorf and further misrepresented Boas’ initial findings. The references went from second hand in referencing Whorf to third hand with further works referencing Brown. Whorf’s assertions, although faulty, became a common example of the “inextricable linkage between language culture and thought,” as stated by Martin and serves as one of the first examples emphasizing the importance setting and cultural interest had on language structure. Anthropologist Igor Krupnik, building off Boas’ work, supports the assertion Eskimo languages do in fact contain more words for snow than English and has documented over 70 terms for ice in the Inupiaq dialect of Wales and Alaska, 40 descriptors for snow in the Central Siberian Yupik language and 53 terms in the Inuit dialect spoken in Canada’s Nunavik region. Furthermore, researchers at University of California, Berkeley noted people from warmer climates where snow is less relevant tend to have fewer words for snow and ice, sometimes even using one to describe both phenomena, as is the case with the Hawaiian word “hau” and the Arabic word “thalj.” In the case of Eskimo and Inuit peoples, the need to differentiate between the types of terrain is vital to their survival. “These people need to know whether ice is fit to walk on or whether you will sink through it,” said linguist Willem de Reuse of the University of North Texas as quoted by The Washington Post. “It’s a matter of life or death.”
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OPINION
LISTEN TO THIS THE GRAMMYS DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT MUSIC LISTENERS LIKE
MCKINZIE SMITH The Grammys are coming up on Feb. 10 and as music becomes more decentralized in the streaming age, the Grammys are struggling to define who and what is at the top of the musical field. On the day of the Grammy nomination announcements, varying opinions and criticisms arose. “Choices were made,” mocked one Reddit user about Post Malone’s album of the year nomination. Another expressed: “This feels like a weak year for Grammy nominations. I feel like these barely cover any of the amazing songs and albums released this year.” This isn’t the first year the Grammy nominations have been met with questions. The award show has been criticized consistently since the early ‘90s. Issues regarding quality, diversity and the Grammy voting base continue to plague the institution. The idea of an all-encompassing music award show seemed reasonable in 1958.
COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS As music becomes more diverse, the Grammys have a harder time including all that was impactful in a given year. This difficulty is clear to viewers. Viewership for the ceremony has been down, bringing in 19.8 million viewers last year from 26.1 million the year prior. What reasons do young people have to care about the Grammys? Honestly, not many. Grammy voting is notoriously weighted toward pre-established artists and against newer, less popular ones. Grammy voter Rob Kenner has said: “Famous people tend to get more votes from clueless Academy members, regardless of the quality of their work.” This is why Mumford & Sons’ Babel can snatch an Album of the Year award away from the then-up-and-coming Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE in 2013. The voting base was additionally, until this year, only 28 percent female and 37 percent people of color. Coincidentally, men made up 90.7 percent of Grammy nominees in 2018.
According to their website, the Grammys exist to “honor excellence.” It is true that Mumford & Sons are excellent at what they do, but is it fair to compare a rock band to R&B artist Frank Ocean in terms of proficiency? Is it fair to award an album that wasn’t groundbreaking over one that was, simply because it was deemed more technically proficient? Last year, the Grammys awarded Bruno Mars’ 2016 album 24k Magic with the highest honor of the night. It won over Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., Lorde’s Melodrama and Childish Gambino’s Awaken, My Love!—all albums that debatably carry more cultural relevance and influence than 24k Magic. Awarding quality is important, but need that come at the expense of ignoring albums that hold societal weight? Though Mars’ album was a fun ‘90s throwback, there wasn’t much being said. DAMN., Melodrama and Awaken, My Love! on the other hand, all make clear
references to important topics like racial stereotypes, Millenial/Gen Z disillusionment and our broken justice system, respectively. Mainstream music with a message defines our times, yet isn’t being rewarded with the biggest honors in its field. We want to hear music that speaks to us, but the Grammys have shown over and over that they don’t care about what music listeners like. As tastes diversify and social messages grow in relevance to the youngest generation, the Grammys will need to rethink their loyalty to safe choices. More nominees per category and more diverse choices could fix the problem. Or maybe the number of music releases are so mind-boggling in scope that it was always a foolish task to award any single album with the title of Album of the Year. After all, with so much new and exciting music to discover, why should we let an outof-touch institution tell us what’s best? I think we can all decide that for ourselves.
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OPINION
VICTORIA WHO?
VICTORIA’S SECRET AND THE FALL OF FANTASY
LISA DORN
MCKINZIE SMITH Victoria’s Secret used to have a monopoly on the bra. However, that hold on the undergarments industry is slipping as Victoria’s Secret fails to adapt to different ideas of feminine expression and body confidence. Their aesthetic tie to the traditional male fantasy is out of touch with what all of us actually want: to feel good without approval from anyone else. In 2018 alone, Victoria’s Secret stock dropped 41 percent. That’s a substantial drop, even for a company whose popularity has reportedly been waning since 2016. In a 2017 Wells Fargo survey, 60 percent said the brand felt fake. All of this data was accumulated before recent comments by Ed Razek, chief marketing officer of L Brands—the parent company of VS—went viral.
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“Why don’t you do [size] 50? Shouldn’t you have transsexuals in the show? No, I don’t think we should,” Razek told Vogue earlier this year. “Why not? Because the show is a fantasy. It’s a 42-minute entertainment special. That’s what it is.” These comments came less than a month before the premiere of the show on Dec. 2. By then, Razek had received his fair share of backlash. Popular YouTube personality and transgender model Gigi Gorgeous stated Victoria’s Secret, “definitely lost a customer in [her].” Plus-size model Tess Holliday tweeted in response, “Who needs VS anyway?! They never supported plus ladies & now they are trying to dis my trans sisters? Kiss my fat ass.” Razek apologized on Twitter a day after the article went up, stating, “[Victoria Secret
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Fashion Show] would absolutely cast a transgender model for the show,” and that “it was never about gender.” Try as Razek might, the damage was done. Only 3.27 million people watched the show—their lowest ratings in broadcast history. The comments were brought up again post-show when the performer Halsey released a statement about Razek’s lack of inclusivity. In light of his actions, she donated to GLSEN—an organization focused on helping LGBT students—with respect to those youth targeted by these comments. Even if the comments were made carelessly, it can’t be ignored that Victoria’s Secret as a brand simply doesn’t value their consumers who don’t fit the skinny, busty, hyper-feminine, cisnormative “Angel” stereotype. This is why brands like American
Eagle’s Aerie or Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty are receiving exponentially more attention. When Aerie’s REAL campaign and Rihanna’s artful Fenty fashion show showcase women of all shapes, gender presentation, color and ability, it becomes easier to see Victoria’s Secret isn’t prioritizing truth. They market the fantasy, but the fantasy isn’t attainable or what women want. We may not be at the point where women who don’t look like Victoria’s Secret Angels are fantasy marketable, but it doesn’t mean brands can’t try something else. Ed Razek can say it all comes down to entertainment, yet their stocks keep plummeting while more inclusive brands soar above them. As long as Victoria’s Secret holds onto the male fantasy and ignores what women want to see, they will continue to fall into irrelevancy.
ARTS
AN ARKESTRAL ORCHESTRATION THE ‘MONUMENTS’ EXHIBITION IS LIKE A BRIEF EXPLORATION INTO SUN RA
CLOTHING INSPIRED BY THE SUN RA ARKESTRA: THE VEST WAS ORIGINALLY WORN BY SUN RA. ON DISPLAY AT THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM. BO KOERING/PSU VANGUARD CERVANTÉ POPE Born Herman Poole Blount, Sun Ra, in all of his prolific and inspired thinking, was a man who explicated both mythicism and reality in every essence of his existence. The afro-futuristic reality he immersively lived—with the help of a rotating collective of musicians and artists called the Arkestra—was one of substantial influence light-years ahead of its time. Sun Ra’s impact never quite hit mainstream during its heyday though revered by many, which is why the Portland Art Museum’s current display holds a particular level of cultural importance. “If you are not a myth whose reality are you? If you are not a reality whose myth are you?” Such existential questions were pondered by a greatly creative mind and in a way, answered by him as well. Properly titled “Monuments: The Earth Expedition of Sun Ra,” the exhibit is the last in a five-exhibit series collaboratively curated by Libby Werbel, founder of the Portland Museum of Modern Art and Bethlehem Daniel, Madenna Ibrahim, Mia O’Connor-
Smith and Janessa Narciso of the Deep Underground (DUG), an arts and music collective with a central focus on local talent of color. The title of the exhibit is key—not only does it reaffirm Sun Ra’s otherworldly convictions of himself (by furthering his notion of coming to Earth from another planet), but it also communicates the perceived authority in the word “monument.” “Not long after its conception, America began creating monuments to commemorate those who the politically affluent deemed as influential contributors to American life…Let us ask ourselves, what are the new monuments we wish to build?” DUG contemplated in a statement presented alongside the exhibit. “Who are the artists, thinkers and activists we wish to exalt & preserve for the future?” In questioning this, DUG and Werbel sought to commemorate Sun Ra as a musician, artist, scholar, philosopher and overall paramount figure of Black expression and liberation. Along with the aid of Mississippi Records’ Eric Isaacson, the exhibit is the largest Sun Ra reflective col-
lection yet, offering a multifaceted array of artifacts and memorabilia which included the first live Portland performance by the Arkestra in 29 years. The exhibit in its entirety is captivating, but it’s the individual relics that truly communicate Sun Ra’s place in time and Black history. A gold 3D bust of Sun Ra’s head and headpiece—created using 2D historical prints— greets visitors as they walk into the 4th floor exhibition. The bust introduces a regality that carries on throughout the rest of the collection. It’s especially present in the personal portraits, film stills and posters from his 1974 film Space is the Place. The posters and film stills depict Sun Ra, saxophonist John Gilmore and other members of the Arkestra donning both traditional and futuristic Egyptian garb at various moments throughout the film, which involves Sun Ra landing in Oakland during the height of the Black Power movement and rescuing his people from the subsequent racial turmoil. These movie pictures lead into the video installation room, which offers a whole other beast of visuals to take in. The room itself is pretty minimal—a couch, a few wooden chairs, a glass display holding a spread of his “Brotherhood of Light” tarot cards and a projection of the film installation—but there’s one main takeaway that gives context into the video and Sun Ra’s thought process. “I’m not a part of history, I’m more a part of mystery” is marked across the wall upon entrance, burning itself into your brain as you sit to take in the installation. That mystery begins to unfold as superimposed images from the inside of a kaleidoscope, the sun, the moon, Saturn and other planets make up the backdrop of performance clips, snippets of interviews and pulled footage of the mistreatment of Black people during the Civil Rights era in the video. Splicing the positive energy of Sun Ra and the Arkestra while playing with shots of Black people getting hosed down by police is intentional, providing a juxtaposed insight into how Black people were perceived and treated during that time versus how he chose to perceive the Blackness of himself and others in his community.
Not everything in the exhibit gives off that kind of weight. The next room holds most of the musical and personal artifacts in the exhibition. Glass cases hold photographs, a numerical and sacred geometry-inscribed cymbal and handcrafted instruments like his space harp and frankiphone. One wall is taken up by 80 of his 270 records. Another displays a mock business card design for El Saturn, one of the first Black-owned independent record labels he started with his business manager Alton Abraham and James
Splicing the positive energy of Sun Ra and the Arkestra while playing with shots of Black pepole getting down by police is intentional, providing a juxtaposed insight into how Black people were percieved and treated durng that time. Bryant, hanging in between a handmade bronze medallion and the handwritten application Sun Ra submitted to NASA. In the center of the room was a platform resembling that of a spaceship, holding three mannequins all dressed and stylized in garments that once adorned Sun Ra. Each one was just as colorful, glittery and flashy as the next. The last attraction in the exhibit is the listening station, tucked away in a miniature room with all black walls. Placards introduced the sounds that automatically blare from the headphones, which included a live recording of the last Sun Ra and the Arkestra Portland performance at the Pine Street Theater in 1988. “When Sun Comes Out,” “Angels and Demons at Play” and “When Angels Speak Love” are also up for open ears. A walk through “Monuments” proves how different Sun Ra’s actuality really was. Everything included in the exhibit is like an afrocentric acid trip experienced through the eyes of an eccentrically visionary soul. We are all only visitors and if anything, this peering into Sun Ra as a being helps to show that.
DRAFT OF BUSINESS CARD FOR EL SATURN—ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK-OWNED, INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS—ON DISPLAY AT THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM. BO KOERING/PSU VANGUARD
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JAN 8–14 ART TUES JAN 8
“MANGA HOKUSAI MANGA” PORTLAND JAPANESE GARDEN 10 A.M–4 P.M. • ENTRY FEE INCLUDED WITH GARDEN ADMISSION You have until Jan. 13 to visit the only place in the U.S. lucky enough to display this collection from famed Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, so don’t miss out.
MUSIC HEAVY TUESDAYS TONIC LOUNGE 9 P.M. • $2 • 21+ Check out two bands for $2. They even offer $2 beers! This week features the sludgy post-grunge outfit Fox Medicine along with the doomy stoner metal of Kvasir.
FILM & THEATRE
COMMUNITY
TEENAGE DICK: A SMASHED UP ADAPTATION OF RICHARD III ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATER JAN 3–FEB 3 SUN 2 P.M., FEB 2, 2 P.M. & JAN 6–FEB 3 TUES–SUN, 7:30 P.M. • $30–60 A pubescent take on Shakespeare with a funny name.
TRIVIA THRILLED THE RADIO STAR RADIO ROOM 8 P.M. • FREE This pop culture-themed trivia night will keep you abreast in all the latest tea while keeping the rest of your senses stimulated with visuals and sounds related to the questions.
KPSU DJS KELLY’S OLYMPIAN 8 P.M. –MIDNIGHT • FREE • 21+ Happening every Wednesday, relish in the opportunity to see some of your favorite campus DJs off air and in person. Make friends with them. They’re cool.
THE I, ANONYMOUS SHOW CURIOUS COMEDY THEATER 7:30 P.M. • $10 Indulge in the utter hilarity that comes with the random and accidental humor of their weekly I, Anonymous column, on stage.
SCRAP CRAFT + DRINK TONIC LOUNGE 7 P.M. • $5–W15 SUGGESTED DONATION SCRAP provides tons of environmentally friendly and recycled materials to get crafty with, and at this event you can drink—if you’re of age—while you do it.
NICOLE WALKER TALKS SUSTAINABILITY POWELL’S CITY OF BOOKS 7:30 P.M. • FREE Anyone interested in ecological preservation should check this out, especially if they’re finding a hard time balancing sustainable living with ease and convenience.
SHADOWPLAY THE LOVECRAFT BAR 9:30 P.M. • FREE • 21+ We may be officially out of the holiday season, but every day is Halloween if you air on the side of gothic. Navigate your dance moves through the fog-filled rooms to DJ Carrion and DJ Novatr0n.
DON’T LOOK BACK CLINTON STREET THEATER 7–9 P.M. • $7–10 SUGGESTED DONATION Don’t Look Back offers a glimpse into Bob Dylan’s mumbled personal life. Plus, if you bring two pairs of socks or gloves to be donated to Street Roots, you get in free!
SIGN MAKING FOR THE 2019 PORTLAND WOMEN’S MARCH OREGON CAREWORKS 6–7:30 P.M. • FREE Prep for the upcoming Portland Women’s March by collaborating on sign slogans and ideas. Food and sign-making materials will be provided.
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“RESIDUAL MEMBRANES” OPENING RECEPTION PARAGON ARTS GALLERY 6–8 P.M. • FREE Artist Amanda Triplett creates intricate pieces centered around biology and identity using video and recycled fibers. The exhibit will be on display until Feb. 9.
SECRET DRUM BAND, IE, SUNBATHE MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS 9 P.M. • $10–12 • 21+ So much practice goes into being a good drummer, so a whole band of them doing different experimental things all at once is really a sight to behold.
NOT WANTED WHITSELL AUDITORIUM 7 P.M. • $8–10 Written by Hollywood blacklisted screenwriter Paul Jarrico, this film noir tells the story of a bored waitress who falls for a charming musician and the life trials that come with her heart’s decision.
MOUNTED PLANT CLASS ASSEMBLY PDX 6:30–8:30 P.M. • $45 You’ll learn how to stain wood and vertically mount a staghorn fern, guaranteed to spruce up even the dullest of dorm rooms. All necessary materials will be provided.
SAT JAN 12
“AN EVENING OF POETRY: KRISTIN BERGER, CAREY TAYLOR AND MELISSA REESER POULIN” MOTHER FOUCAULT’S BOOKSHOP 7 P.M. • FREE All award winning poets, Berger, Taylor and Reeser Poulin offer varying perspectives of art and creativity that are inspiring and moving.
ANIME CREEK, EMMA LEE TOYODA, SEBASTIAN ARRASTIA MARROW PDX 8:30 A.M. • $5–15 Marrow is an all-ages safe haven of creativity and support. It’s one of the only places in Portland where youth—particularly POC and LGBTQ youth—are the top priority.
ANIMANIACS IN CONCERT NEWMARK THEATER 7:30 P.M. • $35–60 Original voice actor Rob Paulsen and composer Randy Rogel will help us relive all the songs from the series.
MONTHLY KEATON OTIS VIGIL NE 6TH ST. AND NE HALSEY ST. 6 P.M. • FREE 25-year-old Black man Keaton Otis was tased twice and shot 23 times by Portland police on May 12, 2010. These vigils are still held monthly in his honor.
SUN JAN 13
SECOND SUNDAYS: ART AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE NIGHTLIGHT LOUNGE 4–6 P.M. • $12–15 Artist Sharyll Burroughs will lead a discussion on art’s influence on the meaning of “being human,” the healing process, freedom and liberation.
SUMAC, DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE, TASHI DORJITHIRD MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS 9 P.M. • $13–15 Sumac isn’t for the faint of heart and that’s what makes them so great.
AN EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS WINNINGSTAD THEATRE 6 P.M. • $60 Actor David Payne provides an intimate portrayal of the British author, with the performance set up as an evening in Lewis’s Oxford home.
HOW TO OWN AND MANAGE YOUR HEALTH: A BRUNCH AND LEARN HATCH INNOVATION LAB 11 A.M. • $15–30 Last year was rough. Let’s try not to let that happen again. Enjoy a nice brunch and learn how to keep your head above water before 2019 swallows you whole.
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KNIT 12 TOGETHER KNITALONG TWISTED 5 P.M. • FREE With this weather, there’s no better time to put those knitting skills to good use or get some tips on knitting for beginners. The knitting group is there to help every Monday.
R&B/HIP-HOP SHOWCASE FEAT. KAYELAJ AND ADEBISI ALBERTA STREET PUB 9 P.M.–MIDNIGHT • $5 • 21+ Every second Monday neo-soul group Adebisi hosts this showcase where they share some of their own sounds while also promoting those of others.
CHURCH OF FILM PRESENTS: DEFYING EVERYBODY CENTURY 9:30 P.M. • FREE The 1970s Yugoslavian and Soviet picture tackles doom, despair and recovery in an intriguingly emotive way. Fans of foreign film will enjoy this one and the free popcorn too.
AFRICANS MUST LEAD SPEAKING TOUR Q CENTER 6–9 P.M. • FREE Keynote speaker Akile Anai and Uhuru Movement Kalambayi Andenet discuss colonialism, genocide and the advocacy of black people in this call to action dialogue.
WED JAN 9
“EARTH ETCHINGS” CAMERAWORK GALLERY MON–SAT 9 A.M.–5 P.M. • FREE Artist and photographer Darcie Sternenberg captured a specific vision of vacuity by taking photos at Emigrant Lake Reservoir near Ashland during a drought. You can see this visual bleakness at the gallery until Feb. 1.
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COMICS
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