Daily Vanguard April 2, 2010

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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 85

The festivities continue! The school of Social Work has moved, and is hosting a Grand Opening Celebration.

When: 4 p.m.

Where: Academic and Student Recreation Center

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Investigating more pay Student

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CPSO seeks to get its officers paid for overtime work in investigations Make way for consumers!

The city’s latest sidewalk management plan is a dud PAGE 3

ARTS

Full bellies a-plenty Beer and wine festival fills up the stomach this weekend pAgE 5 Intelligent it’s not, brilliant it is Israeli Intelligence successfully serves up a silly spoof pAgE 6

A recycled future Midwesterner Colin Matthes imagines a future of reuse instead of refuse pAgE 7

NEWS Bucharest exonerated

Student caught in controversy was cleared of code of conduct charges pAgE 8

SPORTS

Vikings and the great outdoors

Track and field teams spring out of the gate in the outdoor season PAGE 10

Vinh Tran

The SBFC is accepting student submissions for future PSU building projects

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The work of a campus public safety officer doesn’t end after a crime is logged—the real work begins with investigation. In some cases, between 20 and 40 hours can be logged, in addition to the regular 40 hours per week of patrol duty.

Currently, PSU campus public safety officers do not get paid for the additional hours they spend doing investigative work. Now, CPSO chief Michael Soto is hoping to change that by making a case to university administrators.

“We are looking for ways to help the office revenue,” Soto said.

Due to the economic environment, all departments in the university have seen funding reduced over the past year, and CPSO is no exception. However, Soto said that where the university

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Michael Soto: CPSO chief is working to find funds to pay officers for investigation hours.

makes cuts in funding for departments, it also leaves some room for departments to maneuver.

“The university budget committee has a program called the ‘campus reinvestment program’ where we can ask for more money to be put back into our department,” Soto said. “We are now asking the university to invest money in us.”

According to Soto, extra money would help pay for officers’ overtime work.

“A campus public safety officer works four days a week for ten hours. In addition to that, they work somewhere between 20 to 40 hours on a case,” Soto said.

CPSO continued on page eight

PSU welcomes Christopher Broderick Former Oregonian editor becomes vp of comm and marketing Sharon E. Rhodes Vanguard staff

The Oregonian’s former education and politics editor, Christopher Broderick, was recently hired as the assistant communications and marketing vice president for Portland State. He will officially begin his new role on May 3.

According to a press release from University Communications, PSU President Wim Wiewel said the administration “had several great candidates for this position.”

Ultimately, the administration chose Broderick because he “has the perfect background to help us tell the PSU story to a broader global audience,” Wiewel said. “[I’m excited] to get the opportunity at this point in my career,” Broderick said. “What draws me to PSU is the urban mission versus some of the other research universities: It’s right in downtown Portland, where the motto is ‘let knowledge serve the city.’”

Scott Gallagher, director of communications at PSU, said Broderick began working at The Oregonian 12 years ago in 1998. As the education and politics editor, he supervised a team of reporters that covered issues of politics, schools, higher education, social services and the environment. Broderick said he

covered many issues that directly concern PSU, such as economic development, retention rates, the quality of higher education and teaching and sustainability.

According to Gallagher, Broderick’s “team has won dozens of national and regional journalism awards” and their stories led to new laws and regulations which, among other things, “protect school children from abusive teachers and create more aggressive oversight of Oregon’s College Savings Plan.”

In the press release, The Oregonian’s editor Peter Bhatia said that Broderick’s work contributed to better stories and “defined excellence in our coverage of education and politics.”

“Our readers have benefitted mightily from his efforts, as have all of us,” he said.

In an article published on March 18 in the Portland Mercury, contributor Matt Davis speculated that Broderick’s resignation from The Oregonian, which occurred only a week after the resignation of graphic artist Steve Cowden, resulted from his political disagreements with The Oregonian’s “new right-wing publisher, N. Christian Anderson III.” In a comment to Davis’ post, Broderick said, “I am leaving to pursue a great opportunity at [PSU], not because I’m unhappy with the publisher or the direction of [The Oregonian].”

Broderick also said in his response, “[The staff of The

Christopher Broderick

Photo courtesy of The Oregonian

Oregonian has] been setting the public agenda in this state for years, and they will continue to do so long after I’m gone.”

Broderick has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Humboldt State University in California and a master’s degree in legal studies from Yale Law School, Gallagher said.

According to a press release, Broderick had an extensive newspaper background before joining The Oregonian: He worked for newspapers in Denver, Phoenix and Las Vegas where he covered issues ranging from education to urban affairs. “[Portland State] is a vital and growing campus in the heart of a dynamic, twenty-first century city,” Broderick said in a press release.

He appreciates PSU’s civic engagement, community partnerships and the increasing diversity of the student body.

“I’m excited about all the opportunities at Portland State,” Broderick said.

Portland State is offering students an opportunity to voice their ideas for the next big building project on campus.

The Student Building Fee Committee is looking for students, groups or departments with a vision of how to improve the campus.

However, the deadline is quickly approaching. All proposals must be submitted by 4 p.m. Monday, April 5, to ensure that they get considered.

According to PSU’s Facilities and Planning Web site, $2.5 million is available for allocation once the projects are approved by the SBFC. Requests for funding may be for the full $2.5 million, or for any amount of money up to $2.5 million.

Proposals must be brought to the PSU Facilities & Planning department, which can be found in the University Services Building, Suite 202, at 617 SW Montgomery.

“Past projects range from the Native American Center to the Helen Gordon Child Development Center, amongst numerous other upgrades to different buildings and investment[s] toward construction projects,” said Zaki Bucharest, who is both an SBFC member and a student representative of the Smith Memorial Student Union Advisory Board.

The SBFC is comprised of students from several different groups at PSU. This year’s SBFC members are Bucharest, ASPSU President Jonathan Sanford, SFC Chair Johnnie Ozimkowski, Angela Leonard from the HGCDC and David Lock from Student Recreation.

“The committee members decide by democratic process which projects that fall within proposal guidelines will be allocated monies requested,” Bucharest said.

For more information regarding the proposal requirements, visit www.fap.pdx.edu.

After reviewing the proposals, the SBFC will invite a select group of students to further discuss their proposals with the committee by Monday, April 26.

The final funding recommendations will be publically announced at a later date, following evaluation of the final proposals.

“This is a great opportunity to push forward interests that require capital [to move] toward construction,” Bucharest said. “Get involved.”

For more information, a meeting will be held today at 3 p.m. in SMSU 230.

Vanguard 2 | Opinion April 2, 2010

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OPINION Editorial

Out with the old, in with the old Student government is not an entity separate from the student body—it’s comprised of members of the Portland State community who are willing to represent the interests of us all. But this time around, no one seems willing to step up to the job, including those who are running for office.

The deadlines for entering the race for next year have come and gone.

Students are left with only a short list of candidates, none of whom managed to show up for a public Senate forum Wednesday, which was planned weeks in advance.

Despite the Elections Board’s efforts to better organize the electoral process this year, the due date for applications to run for ASPSU president, vice president, Senate and Student Fee Committee fell on the Monday of spring break. This unfortunate timing may be a contributing factor to the uncontested races for president and vice president. Until yesterday, other interested parties could collect 50 signatures to become “write-in” candidates. However, according to ASPSU’s constitution, those who register late are disallowed from campaigning on campus, putting them at a disadvantage and making it hard for students to cast informed ballots.

Naturally, an organization cultivates its next crop of leaders, but the list of those running primarily contains names of people already part of ASPSU. Too few new people—who could contribute novel ideas and fresh perspectives—have put their hats in the ring.

Last year’s election had a low turnout of only 800 hundred voters. Numerous resignations throughout the year have led to an understaffed executive branch and a Senate that is barely able to make quorum.

ASPSU needs a renewed zest for its work and better student outreach efforts.

Blame for a disengaged student body that is unwilling to participate in its government does not fall entirely on the shoulders of the current leaders. To some extent, students have to be willing to autonomously seek out election information and to include themselves in the governmental process. Both those who are dissatisfied and those who are pleased with the efforts of ASPSU are obligated to step up to either bring about reform or to contribute to the work already being done.

While it may be too late to enter this year’s race, it’s not too late to become involved. Students can still inform themselves about the candidates, apply to be appointed to vacant offices or consider running in next year’s election.

Sarah J. Christensen, Editor-in-Chief | Virginia Vickery, News Editor Theodora Karatzas, Arts & Culture Editor | Richard D. Oxley, Opinion Editor Robert Britt, Sports Editor | Marni Cohen, Photo Editor Bryan Morgan, Production Manager | Zach Chastaine, Online Editor Kristin Pugmire, Copy Chief

Letters PSU bureaucracy Recently I had the unpleasant experience of dealing with administrative bureaucracy regarding what I felt was a professor’s negligent approach to teaching (or not teaching) a 300-level course. The professor’s attitude and approach to teaching was cavalier at best. He used class time to solicit funds for a student from another university. He sometimes took three or four weeks to grade small assignments despite several inquiries from students.

Incidentally, it normally would take three to five days for him to return emails from students. When he decided to cancel the last class (and our last opportunity to discuss the final and submit course evaluations) due to an alleged illness, I had had enough. I brought my concerns to the appropriate department chair who didn’t respond to my concerns for over one week. The only reason he finally responded when he did was because I emailed his superior, and not out of concern. After getting bogged down in departmental gridlock,

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my concerns were forwarded to the Office of Academic Affairs. I received an unsatisfactory reply. A professor can change his or her syllabus on a whim and what you receive in writing from a prof is in no way binding unless of course you are the student. In fact, professors may even test you on material they never taught. Apparently that is acceptable. I find it unfathomable that a university would take such an anti-academic stance. I mean really, what’s the point of having professors anyway? I guess just winging an exam and hoping for the best qualifies as education in the eyes of the university. I could have taken a correspondence course and gotten the same low level of education… or maybe even a higher one. Quite frankly it’s pathetic that such a substandard manner of conducting a class is legitimate.

—Andrew Poe

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Police shootings and protests?

The recent police shootings have certainly stirred the Portland community and heated up public opinion. On one side we have the police serving and protecting Portland, and on the other side we have unarmed Portland residents being shot and killed.

The recent protest has perhaps caused another issue entirely. Was it effective or even relevant? Did it raise awareness of the issue?

What do you think? Is there a problem in the Portland Police Department? Was the recent protest regarding the issue worthwhile?

Write us at the Vanguard and let us know what you think. Send an e-mail to opinion@dailyvanguard.com or head to our Web site and use our online Letter to the Editor option. Put your thoughts into words and engage the public conversation.

Make way for consumers!

The city’s latest sidewalk management plan is a dud Will Blackford Vanguard staff

In the wake of a Multnomah County court decision declaring Portland’s “sit-lie” law unconstitutional last year, the city is attempting to come up with new ideas to handle sidewalk management. Their latest step looks to be as inept as its sit-lie cousin.

The city recently revealed a new plan that calls for the introduction of “high pedestrian traffic areas.” Within these areas, which extend from storefronts in areas like downtown Portland, people must be ready to move out of the way for others. The idea here is to keep people from blocking pedestrian traffic when they sit down either to panhandle, or just to sit. The plan also attempts to address aggressive panhandlers by instituting a stiff $250 fine for what the city calls “belligerent” panhandling.

Trying to address the impacts of the homeless population on urban streets is a worthy goal to be sure. However, the most recent plan for doing so is not only inane, it also carries with it too many assumptions about the people it affects. We saw how that worked out when the city tried to keep people from sitting on the sidewalk and the sit-lie law was deemed an infringement upon constitutional liberties.

This “high pedestrian traffic area” plan is really just a dressed-up version of the sitlie law, except that it carries

with it no real mode of enforcement and no incentive to comply. The idea of designating a special zone for special people on city sidewalks is simply inane. All these provisions are really saying is that homeless people should be ready to jump out of the way of consumers and shoppers, and not bother them with generally polite requests for spare change, for which a simple “no” or even an avoidance of eye contact will suffice.

The sidewalk management plan goes to considerable lengths to tell us what we may or may not do on a public sidewalk if we happen to be in one of the high traffic areas. Under one of the “improper use of sidewalk in a high pedestrian

traffic area” specifications in the city’s draft for the plan, they specify that a leashed dog’s neck “must be within two lateral feet of a pedestrian handler’s knee.” I would hate to be the city official responsible for patrolling sidewalks with my two-foot ruler, should someone with a dog happen to wander into the new zones.

The question of enforcement on this issue is going mostly unanswered. The general wording of the documentation thus far is that certain actions are prohibited.

The police cannot really do anything useful unless a law is being broken and, as has already been established, sitting and lying on the sidewalk is not illegal.

This means that the only thing the police can do, assuming they’re around to witness an infraction, is give a stern “Move along,” and hope that does the trick.

In the case of aggressive panhandling, however, police may cite rogue citizens with a $250 fine. Defining what exactly constitutes aggressive panhandling is not so easy—the FAQ released by the mayor’s office specifies only “panhandling that employs criminal acts.” One must also consider whether or not a fine is actually going to have any kind of deterrent effect on individuals with no money, unless they happen to have an emergency fund set aside for just such an occasion.

This proposed plan is, quite simply, stupid, silly and ineffective.

The designation is arbitrary, the enforcement potential is nearly nonexistent, and the prohibitions are strict. Prohibitions such as these serve only to further paint the homeless as second-class citizens barely worthy of sidewalk space.

Addressing the core problem of homelessness is the only real way to mitigate its effect on city sidewalks.

Sam Adams’ 2009–10 Basic Services Budget includes increased funds for housing assistance, homeless programs and human services, according to OPB News. This is the right way to go and we’re already going there. There is no need to waste time, effort and money on a sidewalk designation that does very little and does even less to address the real problems and roots of homelessness in Portland.

Illustration by Kira Meyrick/Portland State Vanguard

Education is Getting the banks out of the way of your education Meaghan Daniels Vanguard staff

Your whole life you hear of the stereotypical college student: the broke and starving student, spending money on textbooks rather than food. Then when you actually arrive at college, the stereotype becomes a reality.

It is no secret that college students are strapped for cash— taking out unaffordable loans to pay for a term’s tuition is what most students resort to. Several people resort to this method of payment because students just do not have the time to work out a solid financial plan.

Borrowing money is a tricky business, so for a college student the most readily available source of funds (usually a loan) is what they turn to. There is a plan to overhaul student loan programs, included in the health care reconciliation bill that passed in the U.S. House recently, which is under debate in the Senate.

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The legislation would cut banks out of federal loans, which is planned to help community colleges and low-income students and, overall, make the act of borrowing money simpler for students. The goal is to make college more affordable to people. One word comes to mind: finally!

Let’s face it—a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma. And people are being pushed into debt beyond imagination trying to obtain it. Then most people have to attend grad school, which is another debtfilled education.

Anything that can be done to make college more affordable will help those planning to attend a post-high school educational institution, as well as overall making the world a better place with more educated people.

In Oregon, college students are no strangers to expensive education, with constant increases in tuition and campus housing.

This legislation will make higher education more affordable and accessible to everyone.

The legislation will get rid of banks as subsidized intermediaries

in the administration of federal loans and will require students to borrow directly from the government. It will not eliminate the involvement of banks in student loans as a whole because they will still be allowed to make private student loans.

So just how much do Oregon college students borrow from the federal government? According to the Oregon Independent Colleges Association, this year students who are attending Oregon public and private universities, colleges, trade schools and community colleges have borrowed $1.5 billion from the government.

According to The Oregonian, this loan legislation is estimated to save taxpayers $61 billion over the next 10 years. $36 billion of that money would be used to increase the federal need-based Pell Grant scholarship.

Oregon public and private college students have received about $210 million in Pell Grants this year.

The bill would increase the maximum Pell Grant by $200, to $5,550 for next school year. By 2017, it would be up to $5,975.

Oregon is taking this initiative and running with it.

Joe Holliday, vice chancellor for student success initiatives, told The Oregonian that all seven state universities in Oregon have or will shift to using only direct loans from the government for financial aid.

Gary Andeen, president of the Oregon Independent Colleges Association, said that most of Oregon’s private universities are also making the switch.

Not only would this change simplify the financial aid process for students, families and administrators, it would also make federal loans more affordable for borrowers to repay. It would accomplish this by reducing monthly maximum payments from 15 percent of discretionary income to 10 percent after 2014.

Overall, the legislation simplifies the whole loan process and appears to be on the side of students, looking out for them and their money as opposed to being on the side of banks. Of course it will not solve all of the problems college students face, but it is a good start to the money problem.

Vanguard Opinion | 3 April 2, 2010

The Grammar Grouch

By Robert Seitzinger, former copy chief Symbol cursing All things must come to an end, my dear Portland State Clown College Bozos.

Unfortunately for you, that includes this column in which I’ve tried to educate you on proper punctuation and grammatical accuracy all while poking fun at you.

Truth be told, I just couldn’t handle the awful dreck that is most of the writing that you Bozos splash across campus. It was so damn discouraging, I even had to stop copy editing because I was on the cusp of a mental breakdown.

I had nightmares of abused semicolons, incorrect dash use and excessive ellipses so often that I started seeing them in the Vanguard, even if they weren’t there.

It seems fitting to leave you with a lesson on symbol cursing. It’s not a formal punctuation style, but anyone who’s used Twitter, Facebook, AIM or text messaging has cringed when their friends made even symbol cursing look moronic. OK, so the Bozos don’t see this happen, but they’re about as observant as a box of rocks.

First, use the same number of characters as the actual word has, and it’s OK to lead with the first real letter and end with ‘ing’ or ‘s’ where appropriate. Second, vary up the characters for emphasis (“you dumb s###” just looks lazy). Finally, limit your symbols to those found on most keyboards, because if you have the time to alt type or insert symbols in Word, you need to get a hobby.

Now, I’ll show you how it’s done and bid you farewell at the same time. Best of luck, Bozos.

“Holy f*<!ing s#!^, I wouldn’t believe how g&%%@</ stupid these Bozos are if I hadn’t seen it myself! These moronic a$$#&+”s make me want to leap from a f*<!ing bridge!

F*<! all this bull$#!^, I quit!”

Vanguard 4 |4Opinion | News February January Month April Day, 23, 13, 2, 2009 2010

On this day in history 1800 The first ever performance of Beethoven’s First Symphony in C. Also the first recorded moment in history that the audience lifted flames above their heads, as many candles were lit and heads nodded during the fourth movement.

1863 The Bread Revolt breaks out in Richmond, Virginia.

Over 1,000 rioters descended upon the city, taking food by force after prices had dramatically increased to obscene heights. Ya hear that oil industry?

Take a lesson from history.

1870 Victoria Woodhall becomes the first woman to be nominated for President of the United States.

What killed Collins?

Latest shooting is a community problem Patrick Guild Vanguard staff

When I was in the third grade, a boy bit a girl twice in one week. For the rest of his elementary school career, he was known as a biter.

The Portland Police Bureau needs to work quickly in proving to the public that they aren’t biters—that two officer-involved shootings in three months aren’t indicative of a trend. Portland is scared and angry right now, and we need to know that they still work for us.

Let’s be honest—no one likes the police. Their sunglasses and arrogant swagger add to an already overbearing presence. I’ll admit that I’ve played N.W.A. after being

pulled over once or twice. But what bothers me the most is that I know the only things separating the fuzz from me are a badge and a gun. I forget that these men and women are ordinary people who face real danger everyday.

Officer Jason Walters shot Jack Dale Collins four times at Hoyt Arboretum. Protestors use Collins’ name but refer to Walters as the “police,” as if he had 30 armed men with him. Take all the names out of the equation, and what you’re left with is a sad but justified incident.

A man was attacked by a box-cutter wielding assailant, and defended himself and the people around him. It becomes so much simpler when we stop thinking of the officer as a superhero, and begin to put ourselves in his shoes.

One of the comments on The Oregonian’s Web site asked why the officer didn’t use a baton to try to disarm Collins. That’s a valid point. There is certainly a bevy of less-than-lethal weapons Walters could have used, but I don’t think they would have been effective.

Officer Walters is a veteran, and the facts speak to his judgment. Collins was shot twice, and still charged Walters. He had to be shot twice more to be stopped. How effective would a Taser or bean bag have been when bullets didn’t work? If someone charged at you with a knife, would you use your gun or a stick?

According to research done by the Hillsboro Argus, there have been fewer than four officer-related shootings per 100,000 people served in the last five years. Compare that to Baltimore—which has 30—and you begin to feel a little safer in Portland. The Argus presents another interesting statistic: Since November of last year, there have been 20 deaths as a result of domestic violence. There have been 23 officer-involved shootings since 2004. It’s safe to say that there are bigger issues to address.

Collins wouldn’t have had to die if the community had gotten to him sooner. Aaron Campbell might still be alive if someone had given him grief counseling instead of a call to the police. Both men were in serious need of help and the signs were all there. Campbell pointed a gun at his head twice and threatened to kill himself in front of his girlfriend. Collins went to the police just 11 days before he was shot and confessed to a vague 42-year-old crime. He asked the officer conducting the interview if he could get mental health care. He was directed to Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, but no one made sure he got there.

These two incidents not only reflect poorly on the police, but on the community as well. Campbell needed help long before the police were called. And take a look at the

picture of Collins. You recognize him a little, don’t you? I swear I saw him almost every day by the food carts on Southwest Alder, but I didn’t do anything. I ignored him and countless others or paid them off with a dollar. I failed him. The community failed him.

Mourners gathered on Palm Sunday to remember the six people who were unarmed when they were killed by police. Four out of the seven high-profile killings, if Collins is included, were of victims with serious mental health problems. Portland police officers can only treat the symptoms, not the problem.

Officer Walters got to a man who was already at the end of his rope. Deadly force wasn’t his first option, it was a last resort in the sad life of a homeless man who didn’t get the treatment he needed sooner. Walters was forced to resolve a growing problem that the community needs to address. If Walters is under scrutiny, so are we.

At the end of the day, Officer Walters deserves to clock out and go home to his family. He’s just a man who happens to have a gun and a badge and chooses to serve his community.

1872 The gasoline-powered engine is patented by George B. Brayton.

Isn’t it amazing how far technology has come in 138 years?

We’ve gone from the gasoline engine to… damn it.

1921 In New York City, Albert Einstein speaks about his new theory of relativity. No one pays much attention though, not being able to get past his hair.

1956 As the World Turns first airs on television.

1993 The Fokker 70 takes its first test flight in the Netherlands.

English-speaking airline companies around the world all snicker and giggle at the same time.

1995 The New York Times raises its Sunday edition price from $2.00 to $2.50. Ah, the good old days of affordable newspapers.

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What are you looking at?: Protestors and police face off at Monday’s protest against the recent police shootings.

Just an excuse to break windows A poor attempt at a protest

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Natalia Grozina Vanguard staff

As citizens of this country, we all have the right to a peaceful protest. This is a part of our freedom of speech and our freedom of expression. Monday night’s protesters, however, showed a remarkable level of immaturity with acts of vandalism and mischief. But why are we surprised?

According to kgw.com, “Police say three officers were injured and eight protesters arrested during a Monday night demonstration in downtown Portland against police shootings. The eight were arrested for investigation of disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and riot. Police said today that an investigation may lead to further arrests of people accused of assaulting officers.”

The group of 200 people who were marching through the streets

were protesting the shooting deaths of Jack Collins this month and Aaron Campbell in January. According to various news networks, during the protest the windows were broken at a Bank of America near Portland State University.

Although freedom of speech is a right of everyone, this kind of protest makes it clear that the people who were part of it had no understanding of the issue they were even protesting. It is hypocritical to protest violence with violence.

Standing up for what you believe in does not mean you have to do so with violence. Since when is law-breaking during a protest acceptable? From what I know, it is illegal under all circumstances.

Wearing masks and then trying to justify that what you did is somehow right is also not very intelligent.

Covering up your face only proves that you were doing something that you had to hide your face from. If these protesters truly believed in what they were “standing up” for,

showing their faces should be safe.

What are you hiding from?

Aside from this instance, though, it seems like protests in general and other demonstrations may have been legitimate in the past for groups with few legal rights (i.e., the Civil Rights Movement, LGBT rights), or for those who are facing extreme threats to personal liberty.

But how is a group of 200 people, the majority of whom were not affected personally or legally by any of the issues being protested, legitimate?

This kind of protest only shows that protesting as a form of political activism has now become worthless in the 21st century political society because there are better alternatives today for peaceful activism.

Monday night’s protest did not even have a logical argument, nor did they even make an attempt to make an argument. According to a witness quoted in a KGW article, the people attending were “just regular people, outraged over police violence.”

“Just regular people“ do not shout that “cops are murderers” and “just regular people” do not break windows because they are upset by the actions of two police officers. The way that you feel about something does not make it rational or safe for everyone else. This kind of protest was nothing more than a political distraction.

There are other methods of activism instead of demonstrations which are more effective. This includes the use of newspaper column writing, letter writing, blogging, social networking and petitioning your elected officials, among other methods. There is no excuse for a protest, especially a violent one, as the only option of activism.

If these people were really serious about what they were protesting, they would have put their “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere” signs down and put their efforts toward any number of other effective ways to get a point across.

ARTS & CULTURE From television to table Giada De Laurentiis’ new cookbook is a hybrid of Italian and Californian cuisine Katherine Vetrano Vanguard staff

With its hot pink title and binding, one might worry that celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis’ new cookbook has ditched Italian heritage for SoCal style low-carb diet meals. Luckily, when flipping through the pages of Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and

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Chef Giada De Laurentiis

Full bellies a-plenty Spring Beer and Wine Festival fills up the stomach this weekend Bianca Blankenship Vanguard staff

Beer, wine, chocolate and cheese.

The Spring Beer and Wine Festival provides all of these things that are essential to a gourmet affair for a not-so-gourmet cost.

Now in its 16th year, the festival has drawn in more brewers, winemakers and chefs over the years. They’ve mostly kept it local, but some artisans are from out of state. The festival is an opportunity for the public to meet those artisans, chat with other gourmet food and drink enthusiasts, and of course taste all the delicious gourmet fare available.

This year the festival has teamed up with the Portland chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which sends children with neuromuscular diseases to summer camp. In exchange for donations, festival attendees can sip on selected beers and wines while their money goes toward MDA. Proceeds will go toward many local charities and other organizations such as the American Heart Association.

The two-day festival is packed with gourmet goods to sample, especially the goods that the festival borrows its

California, it is evident that she’s still the same old Giada.

De Laurentiis, who has made her name on the Food Network with her shows Giada at Home and Everyday Italian, has become a fan favorite over the years for her restaurantquality dishes with easy execution.

Her new book doesn’t stray far from this tradition, providing dishes like pea pesto crostini, which comes together in minutes and provides an eye-popping lime color that would liven up any cocktail party.

Even the book’s form stays true to De Laurentiis’ hybrid of Italian heritage and Californian upbringing.

Each recipe is color coordinated to designate whether it is a traditional Italian recipe: in orange (often inherited from her childhood), or a modern, updated dish in bright green.

Among her green recipes, you can find innovative ideas like fusilli with spicy pesto, which is made from arugula, spinach, and jalapeño instead of the classic basil and pine nut combination. In the orange category, De Laurentiis perfects classics like the chianti marinated beef stew, which utilizes simple flavors of rosemary, olives and wine that nearly waft off the page.

Between recipes, the book provides educational sections on the differences between Italian and American cuisines. Often, De Laurentiis discloses that “Italian” dishes seen in America, like pasta

name from: beer and wine. Over 40 craft brewers and 30 regional wineries will showcase their goods.

There are plenty of IPAs to satisfy the Portland tongue, in addition to a few unusual picks. MateVeza’s Yerba Mate Ale is a good choice for those who prefer some bitterness and enjoy the taste of yerba mate. Others might find the tea-based brew an insult to beer, but it’s definitely worth a try. Crispin Cider Co. will also furnish some unique brews: alcoholic apple cider and pear cider.

The vast stretch of wine country that lies beyond Portland will contribute to the festival as well.

There will be both well-known names like Barefoot Wine and Bubbly and smaller winemakers like Palotai Winery.

They didn’t forget to include the booze, either. Bendistillery, New Deal Distillery and Rogue Spirits will provide tasters.

Festival goers can buy a “tasting package” that includes a glass or mug and some tokens for tasting the beer, wine and spirits, or they can buy sample tokens as they go.

If the crowd is in need of sobering up after all those drinks, there will be a variety of foods to choose from.

A number of local businesses that specialize in cheese and chocolate will have booths set up. Other food booths include a variety of items like gyros, olives, barbecue and shrimp.

But the festival isn’t purely centered on eating and drinking.

How would that food come to be, after all, without cooking? Both Friday and Saturday will feature three demonstrations from seven different chefs. A schedule is available on the festival’s website.

The chefs will whip up dishes from scratch for their audiences and hand out samples.

The free seminars provide another educational opportunity.

salad, rarely appear in Italy. She also provides the reader insight on traditional Italian dishes, like the differences between crostini and bruschetta (thicker bread for bruschetta, lighter toppings for crostini), as well as the real definitions of prosciutto and pancetta.

One addition that her new book includes that her older works left out is a section devoted to brunch food. A recipe for an egg white frittata with lox and arugula pops off the page with its vibrant pinks and greens, and for those who crave salty-sweet dishes, there is a recipe for pancetta and cinnamon waffles.

Some recipes, like the waffles, rely on premade mixes for fast cooking, while others, like the crispy Parmesan biscuits, allow the readers to flex their cooking-from-scratch muscles.

The vegetable section, as seen in her past books, is filled with decadent choices like vegetable parmesan (which includes four cups of cheese and breadcrumbs), but also highlights lighter dishes like olive and sundried tomato vegetables. The pecorino and bean salad is a flavorful and easy dish to tote to class, with its use of rosemary, garlic and pecorino to enhance the dressing.

Dessert lovers will likely drool over her California-updated Italian deserts like lemon hazelnut tiramisu and white chocolate-

dipped almond and lemon biscotti.

De Laurentiis provides recipes with clear, to-the-point directions and mini-essays prior to the recipes, providing personal insight into each dish. Most skills required to make these dishes are fairly basic, from sautéing to baking to frying, and in a city like Portland, finding ingredients shouldn’t be difficult at all.

Through her instruction and recipes, it is evident that De Laurentiis values her Italian heritage and has the cooking chops to incorporate Californian modernity.

Between the beautiful pictures of food, there are a few photo collages of De Laurentiis’ family. From Nonna to her brother to her husband, everyone seems to be enjoying a stunning meal, but they often look more like models than an average family. De Laurentiis’ two-year old daughter, Jade, also appears often throughout the book. With this new collection of recipes and a mama who knows her stuff, it’s safe to say that Jade might be one of the luckiest girls in the world.

Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and California Giada De Laurentiis Clarkson Potter Publishing

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Arts Editor: Theodora Karatzas 503-725-5694 arts@dailyvanguard.com

Big, fat list of shows: Friday’s live music lineup Dopesmoker, Cower, Hexenkrieg, Aapoaa The Artistery, 7:30 p.m., $6, all ages Spider Babies, Boo Frog, The Tanked Ash Street Saloon, 9:30 p.m., $TBD, 21+ The Winebirds, Secrets in the Salt, Soap Collectors Backspace, 8 p.m., $5, all ages Kidz in the Hall, 88 Boys, Izza Kizza, Donnis Berbati’s Pan, 8 p.m., $15–18, all ages Stag Bitten, Meth Teeth, Guantanamo Baywatch Car Hole Gallery, 9 p.m., donations appreciated, all ages Nick Jaina (album release), Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Doug Fir, 9 p.m., $10, 21+ Never Shout Never, Hey Monday, The Cab, Every Avenue, The Summer Set Hawthorne Theater, 5:30 p.m., $16, all ages Power of County, The Streakiní Healys Kelly’s Olympian, 10 p.m., $5, 21+ Wax Edison, Merrick Foundation The Know, 7 p.m., Free, 21+ Queen of Knives feat.

Vagabond Opera and member of the Wanderlust Circus Mississippi Studios, 8:30 p.m., $10, 21+ Prize Country, Z-Ray Press, Amber Voltaire, Design. Drift. Distance Plan B, 9 p.m., $5, 21+ Across the Sun, Bragging Rights, Affiance, The Sky Electric, Chin Up Rocky Satyricon, 7 p.m., $TBD, all ages Soft Paws (part of Drawing the Slight Uneasy opening) Work/Sound Gallery, 9 p.m., free, all ages

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Dairy surprise: A delightful selection of cheeses will be only one aspect of this weekend’s festival.

Cheese makers will explain easy cheese making, chocolatiers will look at beer and chocolate combinations and wine connoisseurs will explain some unusual wine pairings.

Later in the evenings, local bands will play some rhythm and blues, reggae and rock.

For those who don’t mind getting an early start, admission is free for the first two hours of both days.

Spring Beer and Wine Festival Oregon Convention Center 777 NE MLK Blvd.

Fri and Sat, noon — 11 p.m. $5 21+ after 7 p.m.

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Arts Editor: Theodora Karatzas 503-725-5694 arts@dailyvanguard.com

From the experimental to the traditional The Winebirds bring exploding, pop-alicious tunes to Backspace Leah Bodenhamer Vanguard staff

This weekend at the NW Film Center A Tale of Autumn Éric Rohmer, France, 1998 “Rohmer brings his Seasons series to a close with a warm, contemplative comedy that looks back at his own career. Two actresses who have grown up in Rohmer’s films—Marie Riviere and Beatrice Romand ‘are cast as lifelong friends who find themselves slipping into middle age.

Romand is a fortysomething widow with two grown children who manages her own vineyard in the Rhone Valley. The contentedly married, city-dwelling Riviere decides that her best friend’s life won’t be complete until she finds a man, and sets out to land one for her. A marvelous Rohmer roundelay of mistaken identities and misread motives ensues as Riviere finds herself falling for the handsome salesman she’s recruited for her friend, and Romand feels drawn to the Don Juanish professor her son’s girlfriend has exhumed for her. As always, the pleasure of Rohmer’s filmmaking lies in the contrast between the geometrical certainties of his plotting and the unpredictable emotions of his characters. The autumnal atmosphere culminates in an outdoor wedding, a swirling celebration that seems to promise ultimate happiness for all Rohmer’s characters, past and future.”

Sunday, 7 p.m.

All screening are in Whitsell Auditorium, 1218 SW Park Ave. Free with PSU student ID.

—nwfilm.org

Bearing a debut album voiced in velvety, harmonic three ways and saturated with bouncing authenticity, the Winebirds have entered the building. Snobs for pristine and legitimately vintage gear, their style is complete with a Fender Rhodes, a Farfisa organ, a collection of synthesizers (including a Moog) and three talented sets of pipes. They play the kind of sweet

loving summer music you’d want to listen to barefoot. Classifiably associated with pop, their style embodies much more complexity than the stagnant pop we hear on mainstream radio, with much more originality.

The core of the Winebirds (who refused to give their last names) consists of Ed on bass, Garth on synths, Rose on vocals and percussion, Lauren on vocals and organ and Reggie on vocals and guitar. As far as their drummer goes, it is a similar story to that of the infamous Grateful Dead keyboardists—it’s a position that just can’t seem to stay put. Though neither of the two drummers on the album will be playing with the Winebirds tonight, they claim their newest addition, Scot, is a solid fit.

Unsigned and anxious, they have entered the busy waters of the Portland music scene.

The Winebirds recorded their album at the Klickitat Band Camp studio, which has produced various other Portland acts such as the Red Octopuses, Southern Belle and Pocketknife. You may find the imagery on their album, Séance Hill, tugging at your primal heartstrings, as your eyes well with the memory of greener days in central Oregon.

The name of this album is in fact a reference to a spiritual getaway down the Deschutes River that the band visits once a year.

“You can scramble up some goat paths and get to a beautiful cliff and hillside looking out over a canyon and the river,” Reggie said. “It also inspired a lot of imagery in the final track of the album.”

The song Reggie is referring to is called “The Hill” and if you listen to it with your eyes closed, you can feel the openness of a cloud-splattered sky. At the end of the song, the three vocalists dance around each other,

Intelligent it’s not, brilliant it is Israeli Intelligence successfully serves up a silly spoof Sarah Esterman Vanguard staff

You know those moments when you’re watching a film, TV show or even just an advertisement (think those old and bizarre Quiznos Subs commercials with the rat-things) and you’re asking yourself what the hell is happening—not because you’re actually confused, but because it is so ridiculous and outthere that your mind almost cannot make sense of it?

Prepare to have plenty of said moments if you subject yourself to the absurdity that is Israeli Intelligence. Tagged as “funnier than Titanic and scarier than Pretty Woman,” the 2010 Faux Film Festival feature successfully spoofs the ridiculous hilarity of American comedies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun. Primarily—if not only— employing farcical humor, Intelligence stars Israeli actor Ron Shahar as Rami, a Mossad agent who must rescue a kidnapped U.S. ambassador being held in Sugyra.

Having just blown a mission because of a “goat incident,” Rami’s boss Hayim decides to assign him a partner—none other than Michal, the daughter of Shuki (a ladies man with a “Shuki wink” and the best Mossad agent of all time). Together, the two agents successfully take down the terrorists (though not as one might expect) and the team celebrates by living the high life at the annual office vacation.

If you’re thinking that the plot sounds a bit ludicrous and cliché to you—you’re right, it is. But that’s the point. Director and co-writer Alon Gur Arye has created an

all singing different melodies and words, simultaneously contributing to the greater expression with equal vocal variations.

If this isn’t enough to churn the belly of your intrigue, the fact that this six-piece band is composed of all Portland natives will do the trick. Friends since childhood, the creation of the band can be credited to hours of mutual understanding and respect, openness to new ideas and balancing the ebb and flow of musical All photos courtesy of the Winebirds composition.

The Winebirds: Playing an all ages show tonight at Backspace.

The result is an innovative approach are interesting enough to keep to the “sweeter and earlier days of themselves as musicians engaged, 60s and 70s pop” in Rose’s words. but simple and catchy enough to Truly in the spirit of Portland, the band prides themselves on unity and be dropped in the pop genre. They are kind of like a simplified version camaraderie—as evidenced by their of the Beatles gone electronic and refusal to assign musical credit to perhaps a bit tackier. any unique member of the band.

They hope to release an EP in the The Winebirds, in their own little fall and another full-length album by musical boat, are incredibly genuine next winter, all following a summer people who deserve the attention of tour promoting Séance Hill. We can the masses. Your attendance tonight hope that they take a few more risks would be like symbiosis. in their next album.

Tonight’s show will open with the Soap Collectors, followed by The Winebirds Secrets in the Salt. The former is an experimental electro-acoustic Backspace duo composed of Lizzy Ellison, the “heart,” and Marc Girouard, the 115 NW Fifth Ave “brains.” Ellison’s vocal techniques Tonight, 8 p.m. are similar to those heard in $5 CocoRosie’s music. The Soap All ages Collectors’ music is considered smart pop, where the songs

almost-masterpiece that shows audiences the conventional tropes that Hollywood likes to use (like, for example, that action heroes are always ladies men) and just how silly they are.

Sometimes, though—because the film is only 40 minutes long—the unbelievable amount of nonsensical humor is too much. With fight scenes resembling video games, as numbers above the actors appear like they are scoring points for each hit and dodge, I began to be bogged down by too much fake and not even a slice of real.

Regardless, I found very few times in the course of the film that I wasn’t at least smirking, let alone laughing aloud. The funniest part of Intelligence occurs when (spoiler alert) the U.S. ambassador’s daughter is revealed as a traitor and is about to attack Rami.

A subtitle flashes on the screen for half a second that reads, “Now

I’ll kill you, you stinking agent, your mom’s a bitch and I’ve heard the same stuff about your sister. Anyone who’s read so far should punch the person sitting on his left, and then go to the kitchen to check if I’m there.” (Thankfully there was no one sitting on my left, and alas, she was not in the kitchen.)

It isn’t a surprise that Intelligence has developed a cult following in Israel. The award-winning film—it is important to note that it is a spoof of a spoof of police and action thrillers, and that can cause some confusion— is indeed witty and brilliant at doing what it is supposed to do.

While it isn’t the kind of film that will force you to think about difficult issues, it also isn’t the kind that is so dumb that you can’t have an intelligent conversation about it. The acting is spot on (I wonder if they don’t have better actors than we do), and the film almost watches like a Monty Python sketch.

For those that are new to the spoof scene, take care to not go in expecting something serious, because you will be immediately disappointed, as there is nothing even remotely serious about Israeli Intelligence—and that is what makes it so fantastic.

Israeli Intelligence Directed by Alon Gur Arye Sat at 7 p.m.

Part of the Faux Film Festival at the Hollywood Theatre Photo courtesy of the Faux Film Festival

Israeli Intelligence: Bringing Naked Gun style spoof film to the Middle East and beyond.

A not-so-deadly drive by

Vanguard Arts & Culture | 7 April 2, 2010

How to celebrate National Frog Month in April

Drive-By-Press has been around since 2006 and has held events at some 200 universities, traveling to 40 states and logging over 200,000 miles to their Honda Element. The car sidelines as the duo’s mobile art studio.

Yesterday, they were here giving a lecture in Neuberger Hall on the printmaking process and how to do it, as well as showing some of the work that artists have created using printmaking methods. After the lecture, there was T-shirt printing in the park blocks and an artist’s talk on the “state of printmaking.”

Drive-By-Press is a part of what’s becoming a global trend with regards to free information and alternative sources of diffusion. By bringing their message and their art directly to their audience they show that much of art is about community and that everyone should have the ability to create and express themselves visually. Drive-ByPress is a unique way to get involved with art and spread the word on an unknown craft.

Make a frog pond to attract frogs to your backyard. Bury a large plant saucer in the ground so that it looks like a mini in-ground pool. Fill with water, and add some little aquarium rocks and a big rock to the middle to give your frogs something to rest on.

Teach your kids the life cycle of a frog.

The frog has a very interesting life that is always fun to teach a young child.

Take a field trip to a pond, stream or wetland area where you’ll hopefully be able to listen to frogs singing.

—Roger Wightman

All photos by Marni Cohen/Portland State Vanguard

A recycled future Midwesterner Colin Matthes imagines a future of reuse instead of refuse Roger Wightman Vanguard staff

The future has been the topic of the decade. Movies foresee it, legislators try to mold it and arts provide the commentary. With so much happening on the political and cultural landscape it seems fair to ask: What does our future look like? Could it be one ravaged by wars or filled with prosperity? Will we advance as a society or will we fail?

Artists have interjected their thoughts on the subject long before Colin Matthes was around. Matthes’ current work, EXPO, is a hopeful yet tragic look at the future that we are currently constructing. With daily news reports about irreversible environmental devastation, economic woes, and the general lack of ability of the planet to survive a growing human populace, many ideas and views on how to mend this broken system are being put on the table.

Matthes is from the midwest, yet his work is as hip, clever, and controversial as something you would see in San Francisco or Madrid. Images are plastered onto everything from brick walls to plywood in his exhibit as part of the commentary. Since receiving his masters degree from University of Michigan in 2003, he has been around the world exhibiting his art.

EXPO tries to make sense of this changing world but is not afraid to make suggestions either.

“We always want to make something new,” Matthes said. “But what if we made new things using preexisting things?”

And with that comes the show’s thesis. “I wanted to use scraps to make something beautiful,” Matthes said. “I still have hope in human ingenuity.”

The imagery Matthes creates comes from the oddest of inspirational sources: carnivals.

The correlation is obvious once you’ve seen his work. Much of the art Matthes creates teeters along the line of generally accepted to sort of creepy. Take for instance his piece “Shoot Into A Crowd,” which offers up a group of faceless bodies as target practice for a crazed gunman.

Or another piece where a banner tells its small caged-in audience that “the future is some of yours” as we (the viewer) stare at the backs of their pudgy bodies.

“I’m also interested in the more complex relationships of commerce and marketing,” Matthes said.

This idea still ties into the whole “recycling of goods” concept, but as the world changes with regards to consumption and products, how will this change manifest itself into the world of advertising, selling, buying and the marketplace as a whole?

Matthes was a guest lecturer at PNCA yesterday and was on hand for the opening reception of his exhibit at IGLOO gallery in Northwest Portland later in the evening. His exhibit is on display by appointment only until April 24.

The future is obviously still a mystery, but that mystery is because it is yet to be created. While Matthes’ exhibit is not meant to change the world or provide actual methods of planetary survival, it does remind us to think about problems that face our society outside of the structured norms and remember that sometimes there can be something learned from something as odd as a carnival.

Colin Matthes: EXPO IGLOO Gallery 325 NW 6th #102 Through April 24 Open by appointment 646-763-4905

If you aren’t lucky enough to get a first-hand concert, go to the National Geographic website for some fun frog audio and video clips.

Play a game of Leap Frog. The classic game of taking a giant leap over the squatting person in front of you could never get old.

Put together a frog quiz for your family or a school lesson.

Make sure to include that a toad is really part of the frog family.

Frogs hear using ears on the sides of their heads, and yes, frogs do have teeth.

Kiss a frog.

—ehow.com

Photo courtesy of Christine Taylor

EXPO: Colin Matthes stands with one of the pieces that will be showing this month at IGLOO.

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News Editor: Virginia Vickery 503-725-5690 news@dailyvanguard.com

Taxpayers can support Alzheimer’s research Taxpayers can now help support Alzheimer’s research by writing “21” on their 2009 state tax returns, according to a recent press release.

On Oregon state tax forms 40 and 40S, taxpayers can select a charity to which they would like to donate by writing in a number code in the designated boxes.

According to Oregon Health & Sciences University’s Web site, donations made via the number code “21” will go towards research administered by the OHSU Layton Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease Center with a community advisory committee, the Oregon Partnership for Alzheimer’s Research.

Oregon has the sixth highest percentage of Alzheimer’s disease cases in the United States, afflicting about 80,000 Oregonians, according to OHSU’s Web site.

In the past, donations have gone towards several startup research projects, including the development of the Oregon Brain Bank at OHSU. Portland State’s Paula Carder, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Institute of Aging, has also received funding in order to conduct a study on staff management of patient medications in dementia care facilities, according to the press release.

For more information about the OPAR contact Linda Boise at boisel@ohsu.edu.

­—pdx.edu/news

NEWS

Bucharest exonerated Student caught in controversy was cleared of code of conduct charges Stacy Austin Vanguard staff

The student accused by an economics professor of being an FBI agent was cleared of all charges brought against him, during a student code of conduct hearing on March 19.

ASPSU Chief of Staff Zaki Bucharest was accused by several students last term of carrying a gun and of threatening to use it.

This followed allegations made during a class by tenured economics Professor John Hall that Bucharest is an FBI informant, an agent provocateur and a danger to other students. A handful of anonymous PSU students notified the Campus Public Safety Office of their concerns that Bucharest is a danger and threat to campus.

The Student Conduct Committee addressed these students’ concerns in a closed-door hearing, ultimately clearing Bucharest of all charges against him. Representatives from the Dean of Students office said that in order to preserve students’ privacy, no details about specific hearings can be given.

A group of 22 friends and supporters were present, outside

of the hearing, to demonstrate solidarity for Bucharest. The students held fliers that stated “We Are All Zaki B.” ASPSU President Jonathan Sanford was present in the hearing to show support for his friend.

Bucharest said he merely wishes to return to student life.

“I wish this experience upon no other human. It is not what anyone comes to a university for,” Bucharest said.

He also said that “written witness testimony and witnesses willing to give their testimony in person neutralized the hearsay allegations…much of the allegations were contradictory.”

Bucharest said he feels sorry for those affected by the incident in any way.

“I am a student, a father, a son, a friend and an activist. If there are those that fear, hate or don’t understand that, then I ask for their forgiveness,” Bucharest said.

ASPSU Communication Director Laura Morency, present at the hearing gathering, felt that Bucharest was “wrongfully accused.” “[He] is an outstanding citizen,” Morency said.

She also said that the “fake, unfounded accusations” stemmed from “rumor mongering.”

On March 17, ASPSU Outreach and Funding Coordinator Tasha Triplett sent an e-mail to mutual friends of Zaki asking for help.

Triplett encouraged the recipients to write letters of support and to congregate at the hearing.

“We need to come together… and show this campus that we will not stand idly by and watch a valued member of our community be punished based on hearsay [and] redacted statements without any concrete evidence and due process of law,” the e-mail said.

“…Zaki has this amazing ability to connect diverse communities— sometimes opposing groups in the mainstream—here on campus to work towards the common goal of better rights and access to all students for higher education, inspiring students to look at the larger picture of working toward what is best for all of humanity,” Triplett said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—There are nine horses assigned to the Portland Police Bureau’s Mounted Patrol Unit,

and chances are, they haven’t heard the news: Their days with the bureau may be numbered.

But if the Friends of the Mounted Patrol and downtown business people have their way, the financially strapped city will reject a proposal to close the horse unit.

“We’re working hard to try to save it,” said Bob Ball, a developer and member of the Friends of the Mounted Patrol.

Others have lobbied city officials, in person and in writing. Although critics say the horses are sometimes used as weapons, supporters believe the mounted patrol provides a highprofile crime-fighting tool and an image boost for an oft-criticized department.

The Police Bureau, however, is trying to shave about $3 million from its budget. Shutting down the horse patrol unit would save approximately $570,000.

Assistant Chief Brian Martinek told city commissioners this week

that the mounted patrol unit is a wonderful ambassador program for both the bureau and the city.

But it is not the most costeffective way to provide police services, he said. Budget woes have forced other cities, including Boston, Toledo, Ohio, and Roanoke, Va., to close down their horse patrol units.

The Friends of the Mounted Patrol is a nonprofit that raises money to pay for veterinary care and equipment.

Founded in 1985, the group spends about $25,000 a year to aid the unit. Not long ago, when a horse underwent emergency surgery, the group paid $7,000 of the $10,000 bill, Ball said.

More recently, the Friends of the Mounted Patrol launched a campaign to save the horse unit.

“We’ve really been trying to raise awareness of exactly what the mounted patrol does and the value of the mounted patrol,” Ball said.

—Stephen Beaven

computers after 11 computers in a business building computer lab were taken last fall term.

“We caught him when he tried to sell the computers on Craigslist.

Officers have to register the computers in the database and contact the guy, pretending to be interested in the items,” Soto said.

In addition to crimes that happen to the university, Soto said officers also have to work one-on-one with students on a per-case basis on “person crimes,” which are things like assault and small theft.

For person crimes, officers sometimes have to go to court with students and talk to the district attorney, collect evidence and send

it to a crime lab for fingerprints.

During the time that an officer spends working on a person crime, he or she is not patrolling the campus but instead working for a particular student, Soto said.

“A majority of cases are domestic violence and assault—for those cases, we work with [the student] and dedicate our time to them,” Soto said. “Right now the time we spend is not paid for by the university, what is covered is only campus-related.”

According to Soto, the vice president of Finance and Administration, Lindsay Desrochers, is behind CPSO in its request for more funding.

Recently, a new laptop security program was implemented that

Soto said should help relieve officers of having to spend extra hours on cases. The system was started as a partnership between the Office of Information Technology and CPSO to track down stolen laptops.

Jahed Sukhun, director of OIT, said students can now go online and register their laptops with CPSO and OIT and if a laptop is lost or stolen, the system can then send out a signal for it to be located. A majority of on-campus theft is of personal computers.

According to Sukhun, The system currently costs $10,000 per year to implement, which will be covered by OIT, but the first year will be free to the university.

The Daily Cut Your world in brief

Governor OKs repeal of ban on religious dress PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a bill that allows teachers in Oregon schools to wear religious clothing such as head scarves.

The legislature passed the bill in February. It repeals a restriction dating to the 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan held sway in Oregon politics and was determined to keep Catholic nuns in habits from teaching in public schools.

In a letter Thursday, Kulongoski said he agrees with the bill’s intent

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Soto points to a recent example of a theft that happened in early January at the University Services Building in which two men made off with $68,000 worth of equipment.

Working together with the Portland Police Bureau, CPSO caught the two culprits within a month.

“In this case here, we spent over one hundred additional hours doing investigative work, which officers do not get paid for because it’s considered part of the day’s work,” Soto said.

In another case, CPSO officers recovered nearly $11,000 worth of

Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

A little help from his friends: Bucharest (center) had supporters outside of his conduct hearing.

but he is concerned about schools interpreting the law inconsistently.

So, he says, Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and School Superintendent Susan Castillo will draw up guidelines.

Only two other states now have such restrictions, Pennsylvania and Nebraska.

Portland Mounted Patrol’s friends fight to save it

Recipe for career success

Vanguard News | 9 April 2, 2010

100 percent job placement in food industry for PSU grads

National frog month?

Joe Hannan

That’s right, April is National Frog Month.

Here are a few facts about frogs to pass on to the next frog enthusiast.

Vanguard staff

Over the past six years, Portland State’s Food Industry Leadership Center has found jobs for 100 percent of its graduates, a number it says is not “a misprint or exaggeration,” according to its Web site. The program sets students up to graduate and find jobs in management and professional fields in the food industry.

The FILC proclaims that even in this downturned economy, the program can still not only generate 100 percent employment, but also $60,000–$80,000 in scholarships to its current students.

“There are jobs out there.

Companies want employees that can get work fast,” said FILC Executive Director Tom Gillpatrick.

The FILC was created in 1944 as a partnership between PSU’s School of Business Administration and members of the food industry sector. According to FILC’s Web site, food and packaged goods retailers funded the program in order to make a “world-class resource for recruiting and developing top management talent specific to the food industry.”

The center works to link education, leadership and research together into one field that will help students gain valuable knowledge.

It also claims to be a “leading university-affiliated resource designed by and tailored to the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry.”

Food and retail is a $2.3 trillion per year industry, according to PSU’s Web site. There are currently 200 students in the program. The

- Frogs have ears on the sides of their heads called a tympanum, which are connected to their lungs.

- Frogs absorb extra oxygen from the water through their skin.

- On average, a frog’s life span ranges from four to 15 years.

- When a frog swallows a meal, its eyes retract into its head in order to help push the food down its throat.

Aaron Leopold/Portland State Vanguard

Eating up jobs: Through a PSU program, students have a 100 percent job placement record in the food industry.

FILC helps prepare students to develop professional skills through employment and internship opportunities with local and distant food industry companies.

Local employers such as Fred Meyer, Target and Kroger all take on students as interns and graduates as employees, said Rahel Yared, manager of Programs and Diversity.

There are several different certificates and degrees for undergraduates that students can get in Food Industry Management which will help them start a career in the food industry, and will help foster the skills and training needed

to advance in the industry. FILC also specializes in relationships between the food industry and consumers. The center focuses on meeting the needs and the wants of the consumer, while maintaining business relationships with its partners.

“Industry managers come to us to get additional strategic skills,” according to Gillpatrick’s profile on PSU’s Web site. “Many of them have reached the top of a functional area—such as sales, distribution or research—but don’t feel prepared for the challenges of general management. Now they’re faced

with putting together information systems and learning to deal more effectively with customers. With the help of the FILC, these people become leaders who are equipped to think more broadly.”

FILC also works with an industryled advisory board “representing a wide variety of interests,” according to its Web site. This board meets with program directors to figure out new ways to progress the center’s growth and leadership.

For more information, visit the FILC’s office, located at 631 SW Harrison, Suite 260, or call them at 503-725-8184.

- Toads often have parotid glands located behind the ear that squirt poison at predators.

- Frogs can launch themselves over 20 times their own length.

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Vanguard 10 | Sports April 2, 2010

Sports Editor: Robert Britt 503-725-4538 sports@dailyvanguard.com

Blazers clinch playoffs The Portland Trail Blazers trounced the New York Knicks 118–90 Wednesday evening to secure their second postseason berth in a row. This follows a five-year drought of playoff contention for the Blazers, and after being bumped in the first round last year by the Houston Rockets, Portland aims to go farther this year.

They have fared well against fellow Western Conference leaders, notably the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks, currently the top two seeds in the western bracket. Portland is likely to finish either seventh or eighth on the season, which would pit them against one of those two squads in the first round.

Andre Miller and Marcus Camby are the two starters with the most playoff experience in Portland, though both are new to the squad this year. It will be exciting to see how their veteran styles of play and similarity with the increased intensity of postseason play meshes with Brandon Roy, Nicolas Batum and LaMarcus Aldridge, all of whom have only played in six total playoff matches from last year’s trip.

The playoffs begin April 17 and will be broadcast on ESPN, TNT, ABC and NBA TV. Homecourt advantage is determined by regular-season records, and unless Phoenix, Denver and Oklahoma City all take complete nosedives over the next two weeks (extremely unlikely, but one can hope), that means the Blazers will start the postseason on the road.

That doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm, however, as the Blazers have proven to be a strong road team this year through injuries, front office drama and frequent lineup changes.

Given all the drama overcome, the 2010 playoffs will prove to be exciting for Blazers fans and, hopefully, proof that this squad has the toughness and adaptability to thrive, no matter the pressure.

SPORTS Vikings and the great outdoors Here come the Hawks!

Track and field teams sprint out of the gate in the outdoor season Nadya Ighani Vanguard staff

After a successful indoor season and an impressive start to the outdoor schedule, the Portland State track and field program is currently running at full speed.

Back in February the Vikings claimed five medals at the Big Sky Indoor Championship, and for the first time in the history of the program PSU had both a male and female win medals in the multi-events.

Senior Nick Trubachik took his second consecutive gold medal in the heptathlon with a score of 5,432 points, and sophomore Joenisha Vinson claimed the bronze in the pentathlon with a score of 3,579 after entering the meet ranked ninth.

Great achievements like this helped boost morale and gave the team a running start to the outdoor season.

“The championship brought the team together,” head coach Ronnye Harrison said in a statement released by the school. “In my two years [here], we have not been in a championship where there has been this much support—athletes in the stands clapping for each other, athletes wanting to know what a person needs to run or what the team needs to do.”

The Vikings opened the outdoor season at the Mt. Hood Community College-hosted Saints Open on March 13, and the men’s and women’s distance teams came out of the gate with a vengeance.

Junior John Lawrence posted a personal best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to win the event with a time of 9 minutes, 22.26 seconds, and freshman Julie Pedersen won the 800m with a time of 2:22.35.

A week later, the Portland State teams squared off with many of their rivals from the indoor championship once again, this time at the Oregon Preview in Eugene.

At Oregon’s world-renowned Hayward Field, two Portland State student athletes clocked the fastest times in their events, and three won their assigned heats.

Portland’s WHL squad advances to round two of playoffs Robert Seitzinger Vanguard staff

On your mark: The track and field teams have started strong this season.

Just three weeks after winning gold in the 55m at the indoor championship, sophomore Gerrone Black clocked an impressive 12.09 seconds in the 100m to post the fastest women’s time in the meet. Also at the head of the Viking pack was junior Karene King, who placed first in the 200m with a 24.75-second time.

Junior shot putter Adrienne Davis took second place in her event with a throw of 43 feet, 11.25 inches— merely a half-inch shy of first place.

At last weekend’s Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., the Vikings brought the quickness to compete among nine of the ten Pac-10 schools.

King finished the 100m in 11.92 seconds to mark Portland State’s first sub-12-second time in the event. She also raised the bar in the 200m with a 24.35-second finish, which places her in the third spot in the record book.

Sophomore DeShawn Shead placed fourth in the meet and third in the Big Sky in the 110m hurdles. Shead clocked in at 14.49 seconds to beat his preliminary time by .43 seconds.

Trubachik took second in the javelin throw with a toss of 197 feet, 10 inches. He was only eight feet short of first place, but his toss still qualifies him for the Big Sky Outdoor Championship in May. Black earned the Big Sky’s Track Athlete of the Week for her performance at Eugene, and barely lost her lead spot in the 100m at Stanford, clocking in at 12.01 seconds.

Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics

Only three meets into the outdoor season, Portland State has already qualified 14 individuals and four relay teams for the Outdoor Championship.

The teams compete again today at the Willamette Invitational in Salem.

Vikings qualified for Outdoor Championship Women Geronne Black, 100m Adrienne Davis, Shot put Amirah Karim, Long jump Karene King, 100m, 200m Julie Pedersen, 800m, 1,500m Alyssa Rife, 400m hurdles Amber Rozcicha, 800m, 1,500m Stephanie Sprauer, Javelin Joenisha Vinson, 100m hurdles 4x100m relay team 4x400m relay team Men Tony Crisofulli, 800m John Lawrence, 3,000m steeplechase Nate Lightner, 400m hurdles DeShawn Shead, 110m hurdles Nick Trubachik, Javelin 4x100m relay team 4x400m relay team

STUDENTS VS. STAFF, WHO YA GOT?

Portland, as a sports city, is known primarily for having just one major league squad in the Trail Blazers. This year, the Winterhawks gave sports nuts in the City of Roses just as much reason to cheer—and they aren’t done yet.

The Hawks play in the Western Hockey League and have graduated more than 100 players to the NHL in 34 seasons. Forward Stefan Schneider and defenseman Brett Ponich signed this year with the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues, respectively.

Portland defeated the Spokane Chiefs Wednesday night in the first round of playoff contention, a series during which the visiting squad won each of the seven games. The series ended with an electric sudden-death overtime period on Spokane’s ice, and wingman Ty Rattie knocked in his first postseason goal after 17 minutes of OT-play for the win.

The Hawks now face the Vancouver Giants, who swept the Kamloops Blazers in their firstround series. The Giants scored 20 goals over four games, whereas the Hawks scored 22 in seven. During the regular season, the Giants outscored the Hawks 15–10 as they split the series with two wins each.

The 2009–10 campaign marks Portland’s first winning record (44–28) and playoff berth since 2006–07, after a combined 47–177 over the prior three seasons.

Meanwhile, Vancouver has had winning seasons since 2006–07 and made the postseason each year, and their current squad’s playoff experience gives them a definite edge.

The second round begins in the Memorial Coliseum, with game one starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday and game two at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets to the second round are available on Ticketmaster or through the Hawks box office (503-236-4295).

WHL playoffs First round results Away

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Vanguard Sports | 12 April 2, 2010

Portland State women’s basketball 2009-10 season stats Scoring PSU Total points: 2,235 Points per game: 67.7 OPP Total points: 2,187 Points per game: 66.3 Field goals PSU Attempts: 2,074 Made: 841 Percentage: .405 3-pt attempts: 728 3-pt made: 237 3-pt percentage: .326 3-pt made per game: 7.2 Adam Wickman/Portland State Vanguard

Vikings in the Big Dance: The preseason polls predicted Portland State would finish first in the Big Sky, but they said nothing about the Vikings making their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance at the Div-I level.

A fairy-tale finish Bumpy season ends with title and historic postseason appearance Rosemary Hanson Vanguard staff

A Big Sky championship title and first-ever appearance at the NCAA tournament did not come easily for the Vikings.

Picked to finish first in both preseason polls, the Viks had a rough start to their victorious season.

“We got there the hard way,” said head coach Sherri Murrell. “But that was probably the most satisfying way to win.”

PSU opened up their season with three straight wins. A onepoint win over Pac-10 Washington in the second game came after a buzzer-beating shot by forward Kelli Valentine. Following this unpredicted win, PSU went on to lose the next five non-conference games—the most Murrell has ever consecutively seen with the Viks.

With Portland State’s former star player Kelsey Kahle having graduated last year, the Vikings worked hard to move up their players to her position. Senior guard Claire Faucher stepped up and filled the shoes of her friend and once teammate, and passed her in steals in the second half of conference play with 278—26 ahead

of Kahle. Faucher also became the second Viking, behind Kahle, to be named First Team All-Big Sky three consecutive times.

It isn’t just Faucher that stepped up. This season, scoring has become a much more divided field. Last year only three players averaged over 7.0 points per game, and this season six players averaged 6.1 points or better.

Record wise, sophomore Katy Wade earned the highest singleseason blocked shots mark, with 66.

Sophomore guard Eryn Jones moved up in the last 11 conference games to average 12.9 points, the team best.

Finishing up her play with Portland State, senior Erin Yankus has become an important starter. She began the season on reserve for 11 games, but moved up to her starting role and led the Vikings in rebounding, and became fifth in scoring.”

She is a physical post player, and I am so proud and happy of her performances,” Murrel said.

Moving into conference action, the Viks seemed to have trouble winning the easy games.

“In the past, our success had always been that we always won the games we were supposed to, and this season we just didn’t,” said Murrell of the team’s unexpected losses.

The Viks suffered losses on their first matchup with Northern Colorado and Northern Arizona, teams that both did not qualify for post-season play. PSU continued to struggle with NC in their second

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Leader and mentor: Head coach Sherri Murrell has had impressive results leading the Vikings.

meeting and suffered another loss, this time home at the Stott Center.

The Vikings also had trouble with the newly initiated back-to-back game schedule. On two separate occasions they managed to bring on the heat and win the first night of the weekend but lost the second.

They won the first night against higher-ranked teams, while falling the following night to lesser-ranked teams. They beat second-ranked Montana, then the following evening fell to third-ranked Montana State, beat seventh place Northern Arizona at home and the next night fell to eighth place Northern Colorado.

Despite all the ups and downs of the season, the Viks secured a spot in the Big Sky tournament in a way that no one expected. The team went into the second half of conference play gunning for a first-ever shot at a regular season championship with a 6–2 record, but saw their chances slip away as the second half of conference play only earned the Viks three wins.

Their low number of the season’s second half victories, combined with Sacramento State and Idaho State winning all but two, forced PSU down to a fifth-place finish.

Their undesirable position meant they had to win all three of the Big Sky bracket games to become champions—and that is precisely what the Viks did. Their first game was against fourth-ranked Idaho State where Portland took a 75–61 victory. It was a game in which Portland State pulled an early lead and never looked back; they knew what needed to be done to win.

With a Big Sky title in sight, the Vikings pulled out a stunning 62–47 win over second-seeded Montana in the semifinal. The team boasted three players in double digits— Faucher for 11 with 9 assists, guard Eryn Jones with 13, and Valentine for 12.

This win was huge and the final game was a matchup no less surprising than the twists already brought this season. For the first time in Big Sky history, the No. 5 seed, PSU, would take on the No. 6 seed, Montana State, for a winning title.

With Montana State taking out regular season champion Eastern Washington in the semifinals, it

was a fight of the underdogs for a shot at the big dance—and Portland State played to win. Tight defense, combined with falling three pointers and inside drives allowed Portland State to beat Montana State 62–58.

With the possibility of it being her final game, senior Faucher put on a stellar performance.

OPP Attempts: 1,935 Made: 803 Percentage: .415 3-pt attempts: 438 3-pt made: 139 3-pt percentage: .317 3-pt made per game: 4.2 Free throws PSU FT attempts: 470 FT made: 316 FT percentage: .672 FT made per game: 9.6 OPP FT attempts: 630 FT made: 442 FT percentage: .702 FT made per game: 13.4 Rebounds PSU Total: 1250 Rebounds per game: 37.9 OPP Total: 1281 Rebounds per game: 38.8

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Making their mark: The season began rough for the Viks, but ended with a flourish in Seattle.

PSU hung with Texas A&M in March Madness.

Faucher led the team with 26 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals.

She also went 8 for 16 from above the arc to earn both school and Big Sky single-game postseason records in three pointers made and accepted. The game gave way for Faucher to grab an MVP award in postseason play and teammates Jones and Valentine joined her on the all-tournament team.

The win landed PSU a first-ever shot at the NCAA Tournament, and as this season never ceased to bring surprises, PSU got a 15 seed, allowing them to take on secondranked Texas A&M rather than the No. 1 seed.

Portland State carried the early momentum, but Texas A&M was not going to allow PSU a victory, and they beat out PSU 84–53 in Seattle.

Despite the loss, Murrell said her team fought hard.

“The girls had no fear. They played loose and free,” she said.

“They represented their school and town well.”

With a season that could not have been a more eventful one, the rollercoaster ride of the 2009–10 basketball year finished in a fairytale ending for Portland State.

“Now that we’ve arrived, we have to get to work to be stronger and better and faster for next season,” Murrell said.

Assists PSU Total: 478 Assists per game: 14.5 OPP Total: 414 Assists per game: 12.5 Turnovers PSU Total: 541 T/O per game: 16.4 OPP Total: 572 T/O per game: 17.3 Steals PSU Total: 308 Steals per game: 9.3 OPP Total: 297 Steals per game: 9.0 Blocks PSU Total: 139 Blocks per game: 4.2 OPP Total: 80 Blocks per game: 2.4