TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 17
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INSIDE OPINION
The language of two worlds
Run to the hills Baby boomers might want to stay in the city PAGE 2
NEWS
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Applause: Guests at the ASL Comedy Night encouraged the comedics with their ‘applause’ communicated in sign language.
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ARTS
Unplugging history Josh Kornbluth is electric in Ben Franklin: Unplugged PAGE 6 Get excited for: Lucky Madison Another local label continues to prove that Portland knows its rock PAGE 7 Pilgrim’s progress in the modern world Bestselling author on American history and pop culture comes to Portland PAGE 8
SPORTS
Back on track Football gets its first conference win, 23-18 PAGE 9
ASL Comedy Night kicks off campaign Tamara K. Kennedy Vanguard staff
Over 400 people lined up outside of Hoffman Hall last Friday while waiting to attend the American Sign Language Comedy Night. When guests went inside, it was to find a standing-room-only scene. The event kicked off a campaign run by Portland State’s American Sign Language (ASL) Club and ASPSU that aims to relocate ASL studies from the speech and hearing sciences department to the
foreign languages department. American Sign Language is not the same language as English, so the deaf community wants ASL recognized as a language in the same way that Spanish is recognized as a foreign language, said Steven “PV” Jantz, co-president of the ASL Club and second-term member of the ASPSU student senate. Currently, students can receive foreign language credit for ASL but students of the deaf community and their supporters feel that there is a much deeper issue, Jantz said. “As of right now, deaf culture is not viewed as a multicultural group,” he said. “It is also not treated as an actual community. I’m not saying that it is intentional and I don’t be-
lieve it is, but the fact of the matter remains, it is oppression.” During the event, three giant screens showed video of a deaf rock band, a deaf homeless man and photos of members of the deaf community with captions explaining the outstanding contributions each has made. Headlines appeared on the screen such as “Judge screams at a deaf man,” “Police shoot deaf man holding a rake” and “We have a dream.” Two comedians followed the video, one hearing and one deaf, but both signed. The event planners also provided interpreters for both hearing and deaf guests alike to allow for interaction between the guests. Also at the event were a
number of activities that promoted interaction between the hearing and deaf communities. Through the collaboration of ASPSU and the ASL Club, the night was also the kickoff for the ASPSU food cupboard for hungry students. “At the comedy night, we pulled in over 1,000 pounds of food for Tsunami victims in the American islands of Samoa and the free food cupboard for students,” said ASPSU President Jonathon Sanford. At the end of the night, Sanford asked that students and community members contact Portland State dean Marvin Kaiser to request that ASL be recognized as a foreign language at Portland State.
Sustaining progress at PSU 20 across: keynote speaker for Heather Spalding recounts senate experience and goals achieved Erica DeCouteau Vanguard staff
Heather Spalding first became involved with campus sustainability when she joined the Environmental Club as a Portland State undergraduate. Now, just months after her June graduation, she works as the sustainability leadership and outreach coordinator for the Sustainability Leadership Center, with five student employees on her team. “I’m in an interesting position because I get to work with students and staff,” Spalding said. The students who work in the Sustainability Leadership Center each have their own responsibilities and titles, and are working on three different aspects of sustainability: ecology, equity and economy. Second-year graduate student and social sustainability liaison Marisa Ferro is working toward creating a forum for student groups to connect with. “I hope to help bridge the gap between students who may face certain challenges in retention at PSU through this network and supportive web of social sustainability,” Ferro said. Spalding’s work has not been limited only to sustainability. As a
member of the ASPSU student senate last year, she worked on numerous campaigns. Among these were her efforts to relocate ASL studies from the speech and hearing sciences department to the foreign languages department. Spalding’s efforts helped in getting Portland State to recognize ASL as a foreign language. She also worked with other senators to open two recently unveiled campus spots, the Green Space, next to Food for Thought Café, and the family-friendly children’s room in the Millar Library. Another integral part of that position, Spalding says, was providing feedback to PSU administration about new plans and campaigns. Among those, the senate encouraged moving the Disability Resource Center to a first-floor office. To demonstrate the need for this move, the senators, along with the fire department, held a mock fire drill to show the difficulties some have while evacuating in an emergency. “It was a really successful year for the senate,” Spalding said. The senators also met quorum at every assembly, and began holding office hours. Spalding estimates that senators were available approximately 85 percent of the times they had said they would be.
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2009 PSU Weekend NY Times crossword editor Will Shortz visited Portland State Vinh Tran Vanguard staff
When Will Shortz is the keynote speaker at an event, don’t expect the audience to just sit still. Shortz demonstrated at Saturday’s PSU Weekend that the audience contributes to the entertainment as much as himself and his witty quips. Some raised their hands and some shouted out answers, while others mumbled to themselves in attempt to decipher his puzzles. About 450 Portland State alumni, students and community members packed into the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom for the event on Saturday. For fans of word games, he’s the man behind The New York Times crosswords since 1993 and NPR’s Weekend Edition puzzles since 1987. For others, it was Shortz’s appearances in Wordplay, a 2006 documentary movie about crosswords, and most recently on The Simpsons, where Shortz helps mend Homer’s relationship with Lisa, that made him a fascinating figure. The fact that he’s the only person who holds a degree in the study of puzzles certainly helps the matter.
The puzzle behind the man Shortz graduated from Indiana University in 1974 with a degree in enigmatology, a program he developed himself. His studies included courses on word puzzles, math puzzles and the psychology of puzzles. For his thesis, Shortz said it was on the history of American word puzzles before 1860. “I did not expect to have a career in this,” Shortz said. “I did it because I love puzzles and because when I graduated there weren’t jobs available to me, so I had to form my own career.” His first intended career was in law. Shortz did all the groundwork for a law career, going as far as earning a doctorate from the University of Virginia, but forwent the bar exam and never became a lawyer. Because of his formal law education, Shortz said it helps him understand the world better. “Law school is good training for the mind, it can train you for anything in the world,” Shortz said. “It teaches you to take a complex issue and separate them into smaller parts and deal with each one individually, and that’s how you solve a puzzle.” In 1978, Shortz founded the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the largest and oldest crossword competition in the nation. In 2006, the event was featured
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OPINION
Run to the hills Baby boomers might want to stay in the city Robin Tinker Vanguard staff
The baby boomers are at it again. As usual, they are defying convention, this time concerning their retirement. This generation can be both commended and reprimanded for a wide range of attitudes and practices left in their wake. We can thank them for the sexual revolution of the 1960s and hate them for the current materialistic culture. We can applaud them for advocacy concerning higher education and be disenchanted with them for driving up the divorce rate. They have brought into the American mainstream instant gratification practices and entitlement factors that have created so many problems for those of us in the generations behind them. Love them or hate them, they are still here and will continue shaking it up in their approaching twilight years. Apparently, they are going to be shaking it up, country style, as they move away from urban areas during their retirement. Boomers are now ranging in age from 45 to 63 and looking forward to retirement amid much speculation. Being that they are by far the largest generation, their actions tend to create large trends with consequences. Where will they live? How will they spend their money? A popular notion among urban planners has been that boomers will sell their large—and in many cases suburban—houses and downsize to condos in the city. Many
have believed they will want to spend their leisure years bumming around and spending their money in a lively urban setting close to their families and other amenities. Portland is certainly prepared for this to happen, and would be glad of the purchases of empty condos and other economic boosts this would certainly create. Unfortunately for Portland and other Pacific Northwest cities, there is a new trend for boomers: They’re retiring in their own indulgent way, just as they have done with everything else, for instant gratification and not for long-term logic. According to The Oregonian and brand new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a significant amount of boomers are now expected to leave their homes in the suburbs and head for small town and rural areas of the Pacific Northwest. The baby boomers want to live their “young” retirement years in an outdoor recreational setting close to mountains and other beautiful scenery. The rural population of 55 to 75 year olds will nearly double by 2020 compared to what it was in 2000. The problem is that this move cannot be permanent. Researchers are saying this rural phase will probably last only about 15 years, according to The Oregonian. Once the majority of baby boomers are too old to enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle they will move back to an urban area to be close to amenities like health care, public transportation, as well as family members and long-term care facilities. This is assuming that nursing homes and assisted living facilities will be thriving and waiting
for the boomers when they return. This assumption is a false hope. According to The Associated Press, the recession has hit the nation’s nursing homes hard and funding continues to be cut. The boomers need to be aware of their own mortality and begin planning for it. The condition of nursing homes in our region needs help, and these retirees should remember that it is them who will need these facilities before they go relocating and investing their money in a life of leisure. Gary Weeks is the executive director of the Washington Health Care Association. He told The Seattle Times that there is clearly a crisis going on in long-term care, and of the 400 assisted living and nursing homes in Washington, some have already laid off workers and some will surely not survive. U.S. Census figures show that in 2007 the nation’s 16,000 nursing homes housed 1.79 million and in 2008 that number rose to 1.85 million. As the largest generation approaches needing this type of care it should be very worrisome to them that this crisis is going on. Maybe the boomers should be a little more practical and a little less materialistic by investing in the future of nursing homes instead of tem-
porary vacation homes. As of today, boomers have more disposable income than the rest of us. They largely keep our local consumption-based economy going as well as it is now. If a significant number of them leave the city and the suburbs for places further out, it could potentially leave a hole in the urban economy that will bite all of us, including them, in the ass in the long run. And a wave of boomers coming back in 15 years without enough care facilities to house them is going to open a whole new can of worms. Maybe they can just stay here, invest in their future and save the rest of us this last baby boomer-induced headache.
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Higher One should be an option First of all, you should read the original article in the paper since it contains the full details of the contract [“New Higher One contract aims to address concerns,” Oct. 6]. Secondly, I just want to say that as a 25-year-old PSU student who
knows how to manage my own finances, I have absolutely no need for another checking account. I think that it is unfair for a university to impose on students a bank account with an institution nobody ever heard of. I agree that we need an effective way to reimburse students’ money, but the Higher One card should be an option, not a requirement for all new students. We should be allow to choose whether we want a regular ID card, or one that ties with a bank account. —David
You aren’t informing us What are the details of the contract? What does this cost the university compared to other vendors?
Without details the story doesn’t inform its readers of much [“New Higher One contract aims to address concerns,” Oct. 6]. Speaking of details, is anyone at the Vanguard looking into how or why PSU missed out on participation in a $50 million Department of Defense study, having missed the deadline in a months-long grant application process in what appears to be a huge waste of university resources and lost opportunity? With breathtaking research still being conducted amidst challenging budgetary constraints the university cannot be hampered by missed deadlines or breakdowns within the process. —Dr. Doom
psu now comes with a bank account There’s a reason why people get so upset about the Higher One card Natalia Grozina Vanguard staff
A recent article in the Vanguard titled “New Higher One contract aims to address concerns” [Oct. 6] is bound to cause some controversy, as there have been ongoing protests and complaints against the banking institution every Portland State student is required to use. According to the article, Portland State recently inked a new contract with Higher One, the group that currently disburses millions of dollars in financial aid to PSU students, after a long search process for another vendors that began last fall term. The decision to stay with Higher One is not what people have the most concern about, however. In fact, I have never had a problem with the card myself. The biggest issue is that a OneCard is a requirement, not an option, for PSU students. It makes much more
The insanely competitive job market for new educators Patrick Guild Vanguard staff
A recent survey by The Oregonian suggests that out of nearly 2,400 new teacher graduates from Oregon’s schools of education this year, less than 600 were hired for in-state jobs this term. Those who choose not to uproot for hypo-educator states like Alaska are left with two options— give up on a career they invested years of their lives in or gear up for substitute teaching. Numerous factors have lead to the current hiring climate: decreases in state funding, faculty layoffs and increases in the number of teachers acquiring their initial teaching license. Yet, more students every year are joining schools of education that can afford to swell with the influx of tuition-paying hopefuls unaware that they will be abandoned after graduation. The system is broken. Colleges of education should take responsibility for the amount of graduates that must wait a year or more before being hired by instituting a support system using the same networking they use for field placements. Students and prospective students should be properly informed of the realities they face rather than getting blindsided months before graduation.
sense when you go to University of Oregon or Oregon State University because the majority of the students are traditional, young and just out of high school. At PSU, I find it rather pointless to require a 30-year-old PSU student who already knows how to manage their own finances to have another checking account. Moreover, I think it is just more practical to have a student ID not linked to a checking account. There are a number of benefits linked with the use of a Higher One account, and below I will examine them and explain the reasoning behind student concerns that are causing such controversy on campus. Students have the quickest possible access to their financial aid. Yes, perhaps waiting in lines for a paper check to deposit into your banking account takes longer than an electronically transferred amount through Higher One. We are not in the 1990s, I know, but unfortunately Higher One does not deposit the money until 10 days before the start of the term. However, most people would much rather receive the money sooner to buy books prior to class. This year, by the time I received money in
my account, all of the used-edition books for my classes were already sold out. If I would have been able to manage my own money, I could have saved myself a few hundred dollars. So in terms of offering the quickest possible access, I am sure it is, but I would much rather be in control of when my money gets deposited into my account. A student’s funds are safe with Higher One. Are they? I thought they might be safer with a banking institution everyone has heard of instead. Higher One can help with a student’s financial education through information provided on their Web site or the student’s online account. Why should this be mandatory for a 30-year-old returning student who has multiple accounts he or she must already deal with? So if Higher One seems like a good option, why is there a need to protest against it and why do so many students hate it? The answer is simple: fees. The Higher One fees, as with most banking institutions, are unavoidable. But have you heard of Bank of America charging you an
“abandoned account fee” of $19 per month if funds remain unused in their account? Or, do you receive a penalty for using your banking card as a debit card and not a credit card? How about a $25 replacement card? The list goes on. This is the reason why there is such a desire to protest the Higher One banking institution amongst PSU students and students nationwide. The result of this however has not changed the outcome towards what most students want. However, PSU has not discontinued their partnership with Higher One. Instead, Eric Blumenthal, director of Portland State’s Business Affairs Office, said the decision was not simply to continue doing more of the same, but to realize the best option for Portland State students. According to Blumenthal, the best option lies with a banking institution that has a rating of “C” on the Better Business Bureau of Connecticut. According to their Web site, the reasons for such a low rating include a “number of serious complaints filed against the business.” A total of 195 complaints about Higher One, Inc. occurred in the last 36 months. Need I say more?
Academia Nuts In an interview with The Oregonian, Randy Hitz, Portland State’s dean of education, explained that PSU doesn’t have such a system in place because there has never been so much difficulty with graduates getting hired. His solution: “We really tried to encourage them to engage in substituting, to stay involved in the schools, to not leave their dream of teaching.” According to the Oregon Department of Education, substitute teachers make $145.44 a day in salaried districts or $171.10 in districts without a salary scale. What sounds like a great deal for a few hours of work quickly deteriorates once the realities set in. Subs receive about half a percent (.526) of the salary an average beginning teacher with a bachelor’s degree would receive. Many of Oregon’s new graduates who have received their master’s would qualify for the $40,000 salary they were promised in their program. Half a percent seems like a slap in the face. Substitute teachers don’t receive health benefits, but they do get a few hour’s notice to drop their plans for the day, find a babysitter and rush to their location. It’s no wonder then that the at-
trition rate of teachers is so high. According to Education Week, a magazine for K-12 educators, 23 percent of Oregon’s teachers will leave their jobs within three years, and 50 percent will be gone in five. Good news for our newest batch of graduates: there will be a job opening in three to five years. If you can brave the chilly job market, the day-to-day indignities of substitute work and still know for sure that this is what your life’s work should be, then I’m glad you will be teaching the future of America. The only good part of this ridiculous system are the galvanized men and women whom emerge from years of neglect, ready to be underpaid and underfunded for the rest of their careers. I can only hope that the 600 new hires were the best Oregon had to offer, because thousands of disenchanted prospects are looking elsewhere for employment. But things could be looking up. The Obama administration announced $43 million in teacherpreparation grants to fund the U.S. Department of Education’s bourgeoning “residency” model of teacher training. The model provides candidates with financial
support during their residencies in exchange for commitments to teach in those communities for several years. My initial vision was of an irate Joel Fleishman from the TV series Northern Exposure stuck in Cicely, Alaska, after the backwater town paid for his years of medical school. But the program already has students in big cities like Boston, Denver and Chicago. It also places some accountability on the shoulders of education institutes, not to mention the benefit rural and inner city schools will receive from highly trained teachers. The young educators will undoubtedly profit from the job security, the various challenges they will have to overcome and the warm glow of altruism that drives them to teach in the first place. Why shouldn’t their first experience in a classroom be a pleasant one? As I near the end of my master’s program in English, I’m forced to weigh both myself and the system to see if teaching is the right path for me. Now that universities and students are beginning to catch on to the realities of the situation, both can make informed decisions about their futures. They would be crazy not to.
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Complaints against Higher One A total of 195 complaints have been filed against Higher One with the Better Business Bureau of Connecticut in just the past 36 months. Sure, you can’t please everyone, but what exactly are these complaints that has everyone so upset? 5 regarding undefined issues 2 regarding advertising issues 71 regarding billing or collection issues 5 regarding contract issues 32 regarding customer service issues 5 regarding delivery issues 30 regarding refund or exchange issues 7 regarding sales practice issues 38 regarding service issues
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NEWS
News Editor: Danielle Kulczyk 503-725-5690 news@dailyvanguard.com
Communicating with the deaf Get a deaf student’s attention once through a tap on shoulder or upper arm, a nice wave in their field of vision or use people around the deaf student to get their attention. Do not tap a deaf student on the lower arm or touch a person from behind on the back or neck to get their attention. Be willing to use forms of communication other than speech, such as text, e-mail, QWERTY keyboard-based devices, paper and pencil or basic finger spelling. Do not say “never mind” or “I’ll tell you later.” Instead, be patient and be willing to repeat communication. Eye contact is essential for deaf students, but there is no need to overemphasize lip and hand movements or to change the speed of speech patterns when communicating verbally. If a deaf student is using an interpreter, make eye contact with the student even as they watch the interpreter. Within deaf culture, the term “hearing impaired” is often considered offensive. A more acceptable phrase to use is “deaf” or “hard of hearing” when referring to people with any degree of hearing loss.
Puzzling performer: Shortz captured the attention of the audience during his visit to the PSU Weekend on Saturday.
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More than a puzzler in the documentary movie Wordplay, which focused on the story of five contestants. His appearances in Wordplay drew attention from the producers of The Simpsons, who built a storyline around crosswords and featured him in a cameo appearance. “When the movie first came out, the writers and the producers of The Simpsons took a day off to see it,” Shortz said. “They loved it and thought it’d be a cool thing to devote an episode to crossword, and they asked me to get involved; it was fantastic.”
Other sides of the puzzler His knack for puzzles goes beyond crossword. Shortz is also a fan
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of Sudoku and KenKen, a logic puzzle similar to Sudoku that uses arithmetic to solve the puzzle. Shortz said that on his flight to Portland for PSU Weekend, he solved two KenKen puzzles. “In a couple of weeks I’m directing the Sudoku National Championship for the third time in Philadelphia,” Shortz said. “Next month I’m going to Turkey for the World Puzzle Championship, an event I founded in New York in 1992.” Although Shortz has met all kinds of characters at his tournaments and championships, he said he hasn’t found anyone quite like the TV character Lisa Simpson, who competed in a crossword tournament similar to the one in Wordplay. “She’s unusually young,” Shortz said. “The youngest contestant we
had at the tournament was 13. We have a 20-year-old champion but no one quite as young as Lisa.” The youngest champion ever at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament was college student Tyler Hinman, who first won when he was 20 years old, and by 2009 had won five consecutives titles, a record in the 32 years of the tournament. Shortz said the idea that crossword puzzles are a game for older people is a myth, although it helps to be knowledgeable in a wide variety of subjects. “It’s helpful if you’re very smart, but there are a lot of smart people who are not good at crosswords,” Shortz said. “It’s a specialized skill.” Advice from Shortz to novice crossword players is that they should start with the Monday cross-
word in The New York Times, which is built to be the easiest and gets harder as the week progresses. Shortz has also published a collection of the Monday crosswords for beginners. Although Shortz said he prides himself on the fact that his Monday puzzles are the easiest puzzles out there, he doubts that even Lisa Simpson, who is 8 years old in the show, can crack the Friday crossword. “Lisa will not be able to do the Friday crossword, there’s a certain amount of knowledge you need to have,” Shortz said. “She’s damn smart, but man you have to know a little bit of everything. That would be extraordinary for her to be a crossword champion.”
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Goals in progress In fact, a common sentiment voiced by the students of the SLC is the desire to continue the work that Spalding and others started last year, such as the Montgomery Street Eco-Corridor and campus Learning Gardens. “Having the opportunity to be a part of this new department has been wonderful,” said sophomore Fallon Roderick. “We are literally paving the way for others to continue to work toward making our school a living laboratory of sustainability.” But according to Spalding, it is not only students who work to make the campus more sustainable. “PSU is in a really unique position here, ready to become a leader in sustainability efforts, because our administration gets it better than some other schools,” Spalding said.
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Spalding: Sustainability leader.
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The Rearguard receives support Campus Progress grants $2,000 to alternative publication Mariah Frye-Keele Vanguard staff
Portland State’s very own Rearguard has been selected to be the newest addition to Campus Progress, a nonprofit youth outreach branch of the Center for American Progress. The Rearguard will receive journalism training and a $2,000 grant that will go towards increasing the quality, visual appeal, and distribution of the publication. Campus Progress was founded in 2005 and provides funding, training and editorial supervision to about 50 progressive student publications on college campuses across the U.S. “The grant is only for marketing and distribution, we actually have a contract with Campus Progress,” said Isaac Mayo, editor-in-chief of The Rearguard. “We plan on buying T-shirts, sweatshirts, anything to get our name out…we’re really focusing on branding and getting known.” Receiving the grant is a weight off his shoulders, explained Mayo. “With our previous budget we had to cut papers for operating money, we did have some revenue generation through ad sales too, but in this economy it is hard to find people willing to buy ads.” In its progressive spirit, The Rearguard had a longstanding policy of not allowing advertising in their
newspapers. They now allow some advertising. “Our advertisers for the most part share the same vision as us,” Mayo said. “They are all local and share our same philosophy. Not corporate. So, no McDonald’s or Nike or any big corporations like that.” Campus Progress runs several outreach campaigns, where staffers search through campus publications Web sites looking for candidates that fit the ideology of their organization, explained David Spett, publications associate for Campus Progress. The Rearguard was a part of one of these searches, and was contacted via e-mail by Campus Progress. In addition to the grant, Campus Progress is there to help its sponsored publications anytime they get stuck in a rut. Advisors can be accessed by phone everyday and training sessions are available yearly to the editor and co-editor, explained Spett. The Rearguard also plans on expanding their print capabilities as well as their Web site, explained Mayo. Campus Progress focuses mainly on the expansion of student publication web sites. It was through The Rearguard’s savvy Web site that they were discovered and approached by Campus Progress. “We don’t believe print media is dying,” Spett said. “But we embrace new media, and every publication we support is required to have a Web site. The Rearguard fits into our mission of progressive news on campus.” According to the Campus Progress
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Web site, “Campus Progress is working to see that the next generation of progressive leaders is better trained, better informed, more diverse, and more united than any generation before.” The Web site also says they are dedicated to “helping to create a powerful progressive movement by connecting young people across the divides of region, background, and issue interests, and working to keep them connected over time.” Campus Progress and The Rearguard are again on the same page. “I would really like to provide experience to younger people, we have a fairly old staff, we are all in our 30s and late 20s,” Mayo said. “And since we don’t have a journalism program at Portland State, we tend to get a lot of people that want to write, but not journalistically. With a younger crowd it will be easier for them to learn and grow with us. “Student publications are training for the real world, it’s a place where
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Notable historical events in October: Cornerstone of the White House laid in 1792 Thomas Edison successfully demonstrated his electric light in 1879 Dedication of the Statue of Liberty in 1886 Rural mail delivery began in 1896 The major stock market crash of 1929 United Nations formally established in 1945 Office of Homeland Security established in 2001 Apple, Inc., released the first iPod in 2001
STUDENT CONNECTIONS Your campuses in brief
Remembering Brooke, honoring volunteers A community gathered one last time Sunday evening to reflect upon the impact that one young woman had on so many. The audience gathered close together in the LaSells Stewart Center in order to take a moment to discuss among themselves what Brooke Wilberger meant to them. “This is our desire, to come together again because Brooke and her family mean something to this community,” said Tom Sherry, director of the Corvallis Institute of Religion. Although Sherry had said the evening was not about gratitude, thanks was given repeatedly to all those who had a hand in aiding the search effort. Gratitude was not only shown to the professionals and volunteers but also extended to the Wilberger family. “[I would like to] thank the Wilberger family for allowing us to serve, to grow from watching them through this time and gaining strength from them, from their resolve and their compassion,” said Bonnie Romrell, coordinator of the volunteer search. —Rebecca Johnson, Daily Barometer
Working together to archive OSU’s history of nuclear engineering In celebration of OSU’s nuclear engineering radiation health physics (NERHP) department’s 50th anniversary, students and staff members gathered on Sunday in a multidisciplinary effort to keep OSU’s nuclear engineering history on the record. The primary goal of the project, entitled “How Oregon State University Grew Nuclear,” was to archive the memories of former NERHP faculty, staff and students to be stored in the University Archives. The department of history, the NERHP department and the University Archives collaborated for this project to preserve and commemorate the history of the university’s accomplishments and contributions to nuclear science. Linda Richards, the project coordinator and history of science graduate student, wanted to create a project that broke academic disciplinary boundaries with interdisciplinary collaboration in hopes that the project will generate new conversations and innovative ideas. —Carly Dougher, Daily Barometer
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Arts Editor: Theodora Karatzas 503-725-5694 arts@dailyvanguard.com
In honor of the recent feline addition to a certain staff member’s family here at the Vanguard , here’s a lessthan-comprehensive list of ridiculous cat names found online: Sir Issac Fig Newton Killer Prof. Martha Poppycock Admiral Longbottom Buttons McFancypants Cujo Judge Joe Brown Chairman Meow CleoCatra G. Gordon Kitty Thundercat Oscar the Grouch Dr. Wiggles Mr. Wiskerson Baby Love Sugarbottom Miss Jackson PussyCat Stevens
ARTS & CULTURE Unplugging history Josh Kornbluth is electric in Ben Franklin: Unplugged Anita Kinney Vanguard staff
Career monologuer Josh Kornbluth opens Ben Franklin: Unplugged by claiming that he’s run out of autobiographical material to use in his dialogues. Fortunately, Kornbluth wakes up one morning and realizes that he has more than a passing resemblance to Benjamin Franklin. He decides to take a shot at doing an autobiographical monologue based on someone else’s autobiography. This seems like a stretch, but Kornbluth pulls it off admirably. The beginning of the show is a little slow: Kornbluth’s excursion to a bookstore to buy Franklin’s autobiography is dragged out unnecessarily, and he repeats a few jokes in conversation with his family. But the monologue picks up steam around the time that Kornbluth emerges dressed as Franklin. Kornbluth makes light work of dissecting Franklin’s autobiography, walking the audience through his research and guiding the audience through Franklin’s life and psyche. He continues in his own tradition of autobiographical monologues by superimposing his own observations about his relationship with his father over Franklin’s complicated relationship with his Tory son. His own story takes a backseat to Franklin’s, though, and he uses Franklin’s story masterfully to explore larger themes. It seems that Kornbluth is interested in the father-son dynamic first and in the way that individuals relate to history second. The dual narrative of Franklin’s life and of Kornbluth’s own, replete with insights about revolution and family, is effective and riveting, and is a sign that Kornbluth may be onto something big.
Ben Franklin: Unplugged is fairly unique, as far as monologues go. Kornbluth is pushing the boundaries of the form. The show’s opening— Kornbluth standing in the kitchen of his Berkeley studio apartment while talking about his mother as he speaks on the phone—seems to hint at a far more conventional monologue, and is more in line with Kornbluth’s usual autobiographical scripts. But Kornbluth steps outside of the box the minute he walks into a bookstore to pick up Franklin’s autobiography. The play takes us to downtown Manhattan and includes a cast of side characters, all portrayed to great effect by Kornbluth. In a sense, what Kornbluth is doing is experimenting with the monologue form, and in a town where “experimental” is often used to describe theater that’s incomprehensible (or just absurd), it’s nice to see a skilled artist pushing the boundaries of his chosen form in a way that’s so accessible and fun to watch. As Kornbluth chases what he calls “the edge of the page,” an exploration of the gaps in Franklin’s narrative (the famous kite experiment is notably omitted, and the American Revolution only merits a single page), he reveals an approach to understanding and interacting with the history that’s rarely talked about, much less on stage.
Ben Franklin: Unplugged Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th Ave. Wed. to Sun., 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Through Nov. 22 $24
Photo courtesy of Owen Carey
Ben Franklin Unplugged: An ironic name for a show about someone who discovered electricity.
Swiss Miss at W+K
Charles Cooper Williams/Portland State Vanguard
Swiss-born designer Tina Roth Eisenburg spoke this Friday at Weiden+Kennedy’s prestigious head office in the Pearl District.
She talked about her admiration for her eccentric aunt Hugi who inspires her work as a designer and blogger of www.swiss-miss.com.
She pointed out the emergence of blogging as a legitimized form of online journalism as her own blog is nearing in on an
impressive 5 million viewers this year.
Get excited for:
Lucky Madison
Another local label continues to prove that Portland knows its rock Theodora Karatzas Vanguard staff
This weekend I got shut down for two shows I had intended on covering. One of them got moved and the other one just didn’t pan out. Thankfully, this gave me the opportunity to check out a band from local label Lucky Madison and make some plans
to see more of their artists. Lucky Madison has been a presence in Portland since coming together in early 2003. Founded by Ryan Fiegh and friends, the label has been run by Kevin O’Connor, another wonderful band on Lucky Madison’s roster. So what’s so exciting about fall in the world of Lucky Madison? Well, for starters, today sees the release of Ah Holly Fam’ly’s album Resvoir, a long awaited LP full of delicate folk and pretty instrumentation. Even more exciting and a little far-
ther off is the release of World’s Greatest Ghost’s newest album, No Magic, on Nov. 10. After finally seeing them play at the Finn Riggins CD release show this past weekend, I can honestly say that I am now obsessed. No Magic features some ace work from a group of folks I consider to be a staple in the Portland music community. Their music is balanced, showcasing each layer of the songs in a way that compliments rather than overwhelms. Nothing is lost as it progresses and it’s easy to pick out the talent that each mem-
World’s Greatest Ghosts
No Magic Lucky Madison Out Nov. 10
ber is clearly sporting. In addition to playing well, the group has a knack for putting together catchy, danceable pop-rock with hooks that will run through your head a hundred times in one day without getting boring. My current favorite is the last track, “Put Yr Boots On,” a catchy number heavy with distorted guitar and randomly thrown in dog barking at the midway point. Dog samples aside, No Magic is actually all-magic and proves that the group can hold its own amidst the local pop-rockers.
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Pilar French Alive
At first listen, Pilar French sounds a little bit like Aimee Mann. The same lilting voice and simple country-folkinfluenced strumming are present and clear in her work. The disconnect starts when you keep listening. As her album continues, French’s music starts to sounds more like a mediocre jazz band that plays every first Friday at your local Italian restaurant. It’s not unpleasant, but there’s nothing all that riveting to be found. Her subject matter is also nothing new. On “One More Dance,” the title explains it all, as do her oh-soobvious lyrics when she croons, “I am really alone.” It’s sad and a little pathetic, but easy to figure out. On “Catacombs,” French and her band get a little louder and take a stab at the frustrations dealt with by lawyers (French has her law degree and is a lawyer by day). It’s certainly an interesting angle, but the lyrics read like a page of poetry from her diary. The bottom line for French’s Alive is that it’s not terrible, but it’s really not that great either. If you’re into safe, wishy-washy adult contemporary jazz, this is the stuff your dreams are probably made of. For the rest of us who like our tunes a little less white bread, I would recommend taking a pass on this one.
Vanguard 8 | Arts & Culture October 13, 2009
Arts Editor: Theodora Karatzas 503-725-5694 arts@dailyvanguard.com
This week at the 5th Ave. Cinema:
Terminator 2: Judgment dir. James Cameron, 137 min.
Terminator 2 advances the story of futuristic robot killers who travel back in time to conquer the human race. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to his iconic role as a T-101 sent to save John Connor from assassination at the metallic hands of Terminator, or T-1000. When a Terminator shows up, bullets fly and things blow up as a Guns n’ Roses soundtrack kicks in. What more could you want? Fifth Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Oct. 16-17 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. Free for PSU students $2 for all other students and seniors. $3 general admission. Admission includes free popcorn for all.
Pilgrim’s progress in the modern world Bringing scares, libations Bestselling author on American history and pop culture comes to Portland Bianca Blankenship Vanguard staff
It might be Sarah Vowell’s unusual voice that grabs your attention, but it’s her wit and intelligence that will keep you hooked. Known for her knowledge of American history and patriotism, she will be reading tomorrow night from her new book, The Wordy Shipmates. Vowell has done comic pieces on National Public Radio’s This American Life and works as a critic and reporter, contributing to a diverse spectrum of magazines, from The New York Times to Esquire. Her voice also played a star role as Violet Parr in The Incredibles. She displays an in-depth knowledge on all things American, from presidential assassinations to Tom Cruise. The Wordy Shipmates, a New York Times bestseller, is one of many books by Vowell that juxtapose America’s contemporary society with its history. She has previously written on murdered presidents in Assassination Vacation and history tourism in The Partly Cloudy Patriot, to name a few. Her most recent work is a story of the unlikely friendship between John Winthrop, Massachusetts’ first governor, and Roger Williams, the Calvinist minster who founded Rhode Island. She weaves a humorous story of the New England Puritans and how their religious ideas impacted the emerging nation. John Winthrop’s sermon, “A Model of Christian Charity,” inspired the story. He believed his colony was
chosen by God to “be as a city upon a hill,” a quote that has been used on an unlikely number of occasions throughout history. President John F. Kennedy and President Ronald Reagan are a few who have invoked Winthrop’s words. Other references that Winthrop made to moral law, wisdom and justice have been equally potent in American thought. Intertwined in this historic scene are a number of references to modern culture and politics, linking past and present. The concurrence of religious freedom and strict religious doctrines still strikes up bloodthirsty debates, just as it did 300 years ago. The public riff that occurred between Winthrop and Williams highlights a tension in American politics that still exists today. Vowell might shake her head at being called a historian, but her facts are straight and her storytelling is superb. She can’t go more than a paragraph or two without making you giggle. It is her humor that makes this book so accessible. The Wordy Shipmates first came out in hardback a year ago and this is its debut in paperback. If the cheaper price isn’t enough to get excited about, then the fact that the author will be reading and signing in town should tingle that nerdy historian inside you. Signed copies can be preordered and a number of the books will be available for purchase at Powell’s.
Sara Vowell Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Wed, 7 p.m. Free
and a whole lot of fun Frights, cheap pizza and beer during a month-long Halloween tribute Mark Johnston Vanguard staff
October means autumn. October means pumpkins and squash. Most of all, October means scaring the crap out of yourself on a continual basis knowing that once you pass Halloween, your girlfriend would rather watch Elf than Night of the Living Dead. Although Oregon has myriad haunted mazes and fun corn labyrinths to wander around and get you scared silly, some of us would rather watch a scary movie with friends, pizza and beer. Laurelhurst Theater brings you four movies that will help you get your scary movie fix, cheaply. Yes, you already missed week one, but there are three more weeks and three more classic terrifying movies to come: Poltergeist, Poltergeist 2, and Lifeforce. First, for your consideration, Poltergeist. Released in 1982, Poltergeist tells the story of the Freeling family and their encounter with a not-so-friendly ghost that has been talking to their daughter via static on their TV. The ghost then proceeds to abduct the child by sucking her into the television and hold her hostage. Once the parents save their daughter, the ghost gets pissed and runs amok in the house.
While this movie doesn’t seem outwardly scary, there’s a definite creep factor that lingers throughout the flick and a rather disturbing scene involving a muddy pit and some skeletons. The story continues in Poltergeist 2 (1986) where we’re given a backstory as to why this child-loving ghost is targeting poor Carol Anne Freeling, the girl who got abducted in the first flick. Apparently they moved into a house built over a cavern that is a cult leader’s resting place. Now the ghost of the demonic cult leader is hanging around where the family decided to plop down. The final offering of the month is Lifeforce, a 1985 film based on a 1976 novel entitled Space Vampires. A group of astronauts go in search of Halley’s Comet and discover a two-mile-long space ship that has been “sucked dry” of life. The few living beings they discover are taken aboard and brought back to Earth. Unfortunately, they brought back space vampires that end up turning a large portion of London’s population into zombies. Now the crew has to try and stop them from spreading across the world in an orgy of blood, biting and zombieness. Laurelhurst Theater is a great place to bring a group of friends and watch a great movie, for cheap, while sampling some delicious food and cheap beverages. Every month has a theme, and a new feature film every week. While the Halloween season starts early in the month and quickly dissipates once the festive day ends, there are enough activities to keep your Halloween spirit for far longer. Between the amount of Nightmare Before Christmas tattoos, zombiethemed movies and those godawful Twilight books, the Halloween spirit is year-round. Cheap, first rate classics and good ol’ beer and pizza ensure a fun time at the movies.
October Features Fright Films:
Poltergeist Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E. Burnside St. Fri. to Thurs., 9:40 p.m. $3 21+ after 3 p.m. Poltergeist: Who doesn’t love a classic tale of childhood abduction?
SPORTS
Back on track
Sports Editor: Robert Britt 503-725-4538 sports@dailyvanguard.com
Big Sky football standing (Conference record) 1. Montana 5-0 (2-0)
Football gets its first conference win, 23-18
t2. Eastern Washington 4-2 (3-1)
Allison Whited
t2. Weber State 3-3 (3-1)
Vanguard staff
On a snow-covered field in Greeley, Colo, on Saturday, the Big Sky Conference’s first-ranked passing offense faced the conference’s first-ranked passing defense and pulled out a hard-fought victory for the Vikings. “I’m just so proud of the players and the coaches...I don’t know if the kids have played any harder than they played today,” said head coach Jerry Glanville. On Portland State’s first possession, the Bears made it clear the Vikings would have to fight for every inch. Junior quarterback Drew Hubel led the team downfield, only to have a pass intercepted at the Bears’ 12-yard line by cornerback Korey Askew, who ran it back for a touchdown and an early Northern Colorado lead. The Bears’ secondary pestered the Portland quarterbacks all day. Before game’s end, Hubel would throw another pick deep in Colorado territory and sophomore backup Connor Kavanaugh would see his go-ahead touchdown pass intercepted at the goal line. Despite these mistakes and constant pressure from a Bears’ defensive line that registered four sacks, the offense came up big. Hubel and Kavanaugh shared leadership duties by alternating series, and they did it in the best way they knew how. Hubel is the arm. He threw one 22-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Lavonte Kirven in the end zone, exhibiting great touch by putting the ball where only Kirven could get it. Hubel completed 18 of 25 passes for 193 yards, his lowest total for a game all season. Kavanaugh is the legs. He ran for the first Viking touchdown on a drive comprised of nothing but rushes by himself, senior Bobby McClintock and freshman Evans Okotcha. Kavanaugh ran 11 times for a total of 56 yards and finished the game with the most rushing yardage by either team. Mirroring the Viking offensive strategy, the Bears also substituted out their starting quarterback Bryan Waggener for Dylan Orms, their own scrambling backup. “It was a day for a running quarterback...Kavanaugh was tremendous for us,” Glanville said. Also tremendous was McClintock, who proved himself an asset to the team. After sitting out for two weeks due to injury, it was unclear if he would even play. But he was handed the ball 18 times in the game, the most in a single game in his career, and had 40 receiving yards. “I feel pretty beat up. But, hey, we got the win—and that’s all that matters,” McClintock said. The Vikings’ offense also had support from the kicking game and defense, which were there to
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t4. Montana State 3-2 (2-1) t4. Northern Arizona 3-2 (2-1) t4. Sacramento State 2-3 (2-1) 7. Portland State 2-4 (1-3) t8. Idaho State 0-6 (0-3) t8. Northern Colorado 1-5 (0-4)
Pound on the ground: The Vikings picked up their first conference win on Saturday with a mix of passing and ground attacks.
pick up the slack when the offense got bogged down. Freshman kicker Zach Brown came through to hit three field goals for 33, 40 and 50 yards, with the longest made in the snow. Needing an improvement on their turnover ratio, the Vikings forced three turnovers, two of them from sophomore cornerback DeShawn Shead. He intercepted a pass at the Portland State 28-yard line, and when the Vikings failed to score on the following drive, Shead forced a fumble just outside the Colorado red zone. It was on the next play that Hubel hit Kirven for the touchdown that gave Portland State a 20-15 lead. Another defensive play that the Vikings may not have won without came from sophomore safety Cody Worthen. About two minutes into the fourth quarter, the Bears were down five points and drove 68 yards in five minutes to find themselves at the Portland State 3-yard line. On third-and-three, Waggener looked for his go-to receiver Alex Thompson in the front corner of the end zone. But Worthen read the play and was there on the tackle to prevent the touchdown. The play, clutch and perfectly executed, held the Bears to a field goal and took the wind out of their sails. It would be the last score they would get. The Vikings not only won the
game on three fronts, they exorcised some demons in the process. Entering Saturday’s game, Glanville’s Vikings had only converted on third down 39 percent of the time, similar to their percentage last year. In this game, they converted 50 percent of the time. Red-zone offense had also been problematic in the previous five games, as the Vikings were able to capitalize on eight of their 13 visits to the opposite end of the field. On Saturday, they scored on two of their three trips. Penalties have been an issue for the team. This contest saw one penalty on the Vikings for 10 yards, whereas they had averaged 7.6 penalties in each game for 70.6 yards. The fact that this was a road win cannot be lost on the team. Prior to this, the Vikings had been on an eight-game losing streak on the road. In defeat, Northern Colorado has given the Vikings a couple of things to think about. The Portland State defense was solid most of the game, with the exception of two long passes for 40 and 74 yards, showing that the secondary can be burned for big plays. The Vikings also showed they can use the run to control the clock. They rushed 45 times for an average of only 2.4 yards per rush, but it allowed them to control the clock and possess the ball for nearly two-thirds of the game.
Photo courtesy of Steve Brenner
The Vikings face the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (3-2) next on Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 1:05 p.m. at PGE Park.
Players of Note: Drew Hubel: 18 of 25, 2 Int. Connor Kavanaugh: 5 of 6, 1 Int. passing, 11 for 56 yards rushing Bobby McClintock: 18 for 44 yards rushing Ray Fry: 8 receptions for 101 yards DeShawn Shead: 1 interception, 1 forced fumble and recovery, 2 tackles Ryan Rau: 7 tackles
Longest field goals in PSU history (50-plus yards) 1. 55 yds., Pat Moore, 1975 at Eastern Washington 2. 53 yds., Mike Erickson, 1986 at California Lutheran t3. 52 yds., Zach Brown, 2009 vs. Southern Oregon t3. 52 yds., Mike Erickson, 1987 vs. Cal State Northridge t3. 52 yds., John Kincheloe, 1979 at Weber State t6. 50 yds., John Kincheloe, 1980 vs. Weber State t6. 50 yds., Zach Brown, 2009 at Northern Colorado
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Big Sky volleyball standings
(Conference record) t1. Eastern Washington 11-6 (5-1) t1. Portland State 11-6 (5-1) t1. Northern Colorado 11-8 (5-1) 4. Montana 8-10 (4-3)
5. Sacramento State 11-9 (3-3) 6. Idaho State 8-9 (3-4) 7. Northern Arizona 5-10 (2-4) 8. Weber State 3-15 (2-5) 9. Montana State 2-14 (0-7)
Big Sky soccer standings
(Conference record)
t1. Sacramento State 7-3-3 (2-0-0) t1. Eastern Washington 5-6-1 (2-0-0) t3. Idaho State 6-5-0 (1-1-0) t3. Portland State 7-6-1 (1-1-0) t3. Northern Arizona 6-6-1 (1-1-0) t3. Montana 3-10-0 (1-1-0) t7. Northern Colorado 4-7-1 (0-2-0) t7. Weber State 4-8-0 (0-2-0)
Vikings could be special Portland State rolls the Eagles on the road J. Logue Vanguard staff
With a share of the top spot at stake, the Vikings entered Friday’s match one game behind Eastern Washington in the Big Sky. Proving they were anything but soft, Portland State rolled the Eagles in three straight sets after dropping the first one. “We wanted to go in and focus,” senior setter Nique Fradella said. “We wanted to play each point one at a time.” With outstanding play along the net, the Vikings took control of the game after dropping the first set. Portland State’s middle blockers opened up the maple for their big hitters with a combined total of 29 kills, 12 blocks and a .393 hitting percentage, which allowed Fradella to effectively distribute the ball. Winning for the first time at Eastern Washington since joining the Big Sky in 1996, the Vikings were firing on all cylinders as they left Cheney, Wash., with a win that will prove valuable at the end of the year. The Viks find themselves sitting atop the Big Sky in a three-way tie with Eastern Washington and
Portland State soccer wins conference opener, then falls to Northern Arizona Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff
Portland State freshman Megan Martin drove in her second gamewinning goal of the season on Friday to lead the Viks to a 3-2 win over Northern Colorado in their first match of the Big Sky Conference, extending their unbeaten streak in conference openers to eight games. But on Sunday, Northern Arizona’s Jenna Samora scored the lone goal of that match in the 85th minute to hand Portland State their first conference loss. Portland State head coach Laura Schott said Friday’s win felt good. “We really had to get this one out. There were a lot of things that didn’t go our way during the game, but we battled through it and we won. So I am happy,” she said. On Friday, the Vikings jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the fifth minute, as reigning Golden Boot winner Frankie Ross scored off precision passes from freshman Michelle Hlasnik and senior Dolly Enneking. Ross sniped the shot from the edge of the box into the lower left corner of the net, just beyond reach of keeper Kirsten Salminen. Schott said she is hopeful that Ross, at 5-feet-8-inches, will continue to stand out in the Big Sky. “Her work rate is a very important factor in her game. And it’s always nice for her to go after the ball in the air when you have some extra inches over the opponent,” she said. After Ross’ early goal, the Vikings carried the momentum for the first 30 minutes of the half and held the Bears to just one shot. Portland State senior midfielder Nathalie Wollmann marshaled the pitch vocally, on offense and on defense, accounting for three shots and an assist. “Our goal is to win the Big Sky Conference,” Wollmann said. “And to come out and get a victory…is awesome.” Wollmann fired one shot that rattled the crossbar and another on goal in the 40th minute that the Bears’ keeper mishandled. Dolly
Northern Colorado. “We kind of all knew we would be making history [if we won],” Fradella said. “Now we’re in a tie for first.” Despite dropping the first set 25–23 due to some untimely service errors, the Vikings controlled much of the match and demonstrated that control in the next three sets with convincing wins. Powered by the passing of Fradella, four different players reached double-digit kill totals, while Fradella racked up a season high of 48 assists. “I think we played a very solid and steady match,” said coach Michael Seemann. “I think we essentially controlled all of the sets, even though we lost the opener.” After taking the second set to tie the matchup, Portland State got down early against the Eagles in the third set. Playing from behind, 7-1, the Vikings began to assert themselves and evened the match at 14-14 before eventually taking the match 25–22 on an Erica Jepsen kill. With the win in sight, Portland State bore down on the retreating Eagles. After giving up the first point in the set, the Vikings never trailed the rest of the game and rattled off three in a row to finish the Eagles in a convincing fashion. Now with the first of three crucial matches down, Portland
One for the books: The Viks earned their first win in Cheney, Wash., since joining the Big Sky in 1996.
Players of Note Nique Fradella Whitney Phillips Lana Zielke Christie Hamilton Erica Jepsen
Kills 5 14 8 11 10
State is looking forward to the next two against Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado. If the Vikings can pull out a win in both games, they will become the clear favorite to win the conference championship. A win against Northern Colorado
Hitting Pct. .714 .214 .533 .333 .364
Assists 48 2 0 1 1
Digs 10 11 2 2 2
will be the most important because of the potential tiebreaker advantage it will give. No matter the outcome of both games, the Vikings have served notice of their intent to claim the conference championship and that they have the talent to do it.
Weekend split Enneking, Portland State’s new alltime leading goal scorer, took the chance to attack the loose ball. With herself, the keeper and a defender on the ground in front of the ball, Enneking scooted herself to within reach and booted the ball into the net to score her eighth goal of the season and make it a 2-0 game. With their aggressive offense, Portland State led Northern Colorado in shots taken (13-6) and recorded a season-high three
offsides in the first half. In the second half, the Bears came out with a new attitude to test the Viking defense. Forward Ariel Cook struck in the 74th minute, collecting a ball off a Viking defender’s shin guard and firing it towards the net to convert the shot and make it a 2-1 match. With the game within one goal, both teams started fighting for ball control with physical play as both teams combined for 14 fouls.
Pair of aces: Ross and Enneking each scored a goal in Friday’s match.
Friday Portland State Score 3 Shots 24 Shots on Goal 9 Scoring Summary: 5:32 Frankie Ross 40:01 Dolly Enneking 86:41 Megan Martin Sunday Portland State Score 0 Shots 7 Shots on Goal 3 Scoring Summary:
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Northern Colorado 2 14 8 74:50 Ariel Cook 88:32 Alexsys Tamayo
Northern Arizona 1 8 6 85:55 Jenna Samora
Portland State freshman Megan Martin came off the bench for Ross in the 79th minute and immediately made her presence known. Martin redirected a shot from teammate Wollmann to nearly sneak one into the net, but the Northern Colorado keeper came up with the save. But Martin would get the last laugh, as she worked the ball up the right wing from midfield and fired a high, curving shot from the outside the box to hit the back corner of the net and make it a 3-1 match. Northern Colorado’s head coach Tim Barrera took control of his team and continued to test the Viks physically. Less than two minutes after Martin’s goal, Bears’ freshman Alexsys Tamayo scored to keep her team alive at 3-2, with 1:38 left to play. But the surge was too late for the Bears, and they fell to a 4-6-1 record overall, and 0-1-0 in the Big Sky Conference. Portland State’s victory on Friday was goalkeeper Cris Lewis’ seventh win of the season and the 21st of her career. She chalks up Northern Colorado’s two second-half goals as mental lapses, but says the Vikings will get it right by the next game. “The communication among us is very important and we always try to keep the talk up during the game,” Lewis said. “Northern Colorado was able to find some spaces where there usually aren’t. But that’s why I am there, so that I can just gobble them up.” In Sunday’s match in Flagstaff, Ariz., the Vikings lost to Northern Arizona as Jenna Samora scored the lone goal of the match in the 85th minute to give the Lumberjacks their first conference victory. The goal came as Northern Arizona’s Breanna Boies made a cross to the penalty box. Vikings’ keeper Lewis stepped up and deflected the ball, but Samora found the back of the net with a header to give the Lumberjacks a 1-0 win. The Vikings play their next match on the road against Eastern Washington at 4 p.m. on Friday.
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SPORTS EXTRA
Vanguard Sports | 12 October 13, 2009
Enneking earns second consecutive Big Sky distinction After her goal and assist in the league opener against Northern Colorado, senior Dolly Enneking has been named the Big Sky’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. This is Enneking’s third career player of the week award. She shares the award with Idaho State’s Ashley Jones.
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Preview of things to come
Enneking is tied with Eastern Washington’s Brittany Sparks for the league lead in scoring at 18 points. Her assist on Friday gives her 10 in her career. She is one of three Vikings to ever achieve at least 10 goals and assists in her career. Enneking joins Julie Forrest ‘05 and Katie Miyake ‘05 in the elite sorority.
--Matt Scheerer, media relations assistant
On the mound: The Viks got a chance to scout their new pitching talent.
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Young players shine as softball team takes threeof-four over the weekend
For the second time this season, Portland State kicker Zach Brown has been named Big Sky Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. Brown played a prominent role in the Vi kings’ 23-18 win at Northern Colorado on Saturday, kicking three field goals.
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The Vikings softball team had an opportunity to gauge their freshman talent in a fall tournament against several community colleges this past weekend. In all, six local schools participated and the Vikings played four games in two days. Portland State won three out of the four, sweeping Saturday’s games against the Lower Columbia Lady Devils and the Clackamas Cougars, 8-1 and 10-1 respectively. They then split Sunday’s twin billing against the Mt. Hood Saints, the defending Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Conference champions, winning the first, 5-3, but losing the second, 4-2. The weekend was an important step for a Portland State team that had won the Pacific Coast Softball Conference Championship last spring, but lost a large portion of their seniors after the season. Portland State head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk said she is glad to see the team and coaching staff working together. “I think that it’s exciting. We have a great team and I’m excited to see what they do,” she said. “It’s really just working and getting to know each other…because we have a lot of new people.” For a team in transition, this weekend was a glimpse into what the future has in store. Six freshmen and one junior college transfer are currently on the team, including outfielder Danielle Lynn and third baseman Carly McEachran, who both started every game. But Echo-Hawk says the combination of youth and transition has forced some players to handle new roles. “We have a bunch of people in new positions. De’Chauna Skinner, who was our third baseman last year, we moved her over to first. We have a freshman playing third; a whole brand new outfield. It’s just getting used to each other and finding
who works best together and making sure we’re all going in the right direction,” she said. Out of all the newcomers, freshman pitcher Anna Bertrand made the loudest statement. After striking out 268 batters in 176 innings during her senior year of high school, she was dominant in her collegiate debut against Lower Columbia, striking out seven in three innings and allowing only one base runner. “She just shuts hitters down… she just has this presence and game knowledge that you don’t typically find in a pitcher,” Echo-Hawk said. Bertrand pitched the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader against Mt. Hood and though she gave up four runs, it all came off one swing from Saints pitcher Amanda Livingston with the bases loaded. “It was one bad pitch and what I tell the team is what happens before that pitch…we made some errors and got some base runners, and that can’t happen…it’s everybody’s fault,” Echo-Hawk said. All told, Bertrand pitched seven innings over the course of the tournament, allowing only six hits while striking out 12 batters. Her next step will be proving herself against higher echelon schools, which she will have the opportunity to do in the coming weeks. “She has a really good game face and she can keep her composure. So as long as she stays calm and doesn’t let her nerves get to her, I think she’ll do good,” said Kelly Humble, the Viks’ team trainer. Returning team members also played well. Senior Tori Rogers pitched in three games and struck out eight batters. Sophomore Kendra Suhr, who started the second game against Clackamas and came in as a reliever in the third game of the tournament, pitched impressively until getting roughed up with two outs in the seventh.
Viking kicker earns second Big Sky honor
At the plate: Portland State’s bats came to life over the weekend.
“She did well. All fall she’s been doing a great job and she keeps getting better, and I think she’s maturing from that freshman to the sophomore mentality. So, she’s doing a really nice job,” Echo-Hawk said. Getting through tough situations and evaluating the mental toughness of her team was a priority for Echo-Hawk over the course of the tournament. It’s the reason she left Suhr and Bertrand in after they each got roughed up. “They’re definitely an emotional group…they’re very passionate players. It’s just, are they going to be able to control their emotions and make sure that they are steady regardless of whether they’re succeeding or failing? They still have to be in control of themselves, and I think that’s going to be their biggest challenge,” Echo-Hawk said. Though the weekend was a success with the team showing off flashes of brilliance, both on the mound and at the plate, Echo-Hawk hopes they can pull together as a more consistent package later in the month, when the Vikings play their final fall tournament. “A little bit more aggressiveness at the plate when we’re on offense, and then a little bit more consistency up to bat and making adjustments,” she said. “We had good at-bats, but we didn’t make adjustments…that’s probably the biggest key thing I
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think will help us.” The Vikings play one more fall tournament in Corvallis and Eugene starting Oct. 24 before shutting down for the winter. The Vikings play University of Oregon and Southern Oregon in Eugene beginning at 3 p.m. on Oct. 24, and play Concordia and Oregon State in Corvallis beginning at 12:45 p.m. on Oct. 25.
Brown, a redshirt freshman from McNary High School, also won Big Sky Player of the Week honors on Sept. 14 after kicking field goals for 52 and 46 yards in the Vikings’ 34-10 win over Southern Oregon at PGE Park. This season, Brown is 9-14 on field goals, 10-10 on extra points and averages 64.8 yards on kickoffs. He is also a backup wide receiver with two receptions for 29 yards. In the 63-year history of Portland State football, there have been seven field goals of 50 yards or longer, Brown now has two of those kicks. The school record is a 55-yarder by Pat Moore against Eastern Washington in 1975.
--Mike Lund, assistant athletics director
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