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INSIDE OPINION Guest Opinion Coffee leaves big eco footprint PAGE 2 A few bad apples A few officers ruin the Portland police’s image PAGE 3 The first step The Portland Police Bureau needs to admit to its problems PAGE 3

NEWS Timely textbooks Federal timelines for the posting of textbook requirements PAGE 4

ARTS

Blur blur Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing is a great, if unoriginal, kart racer PAGE 6

Local film highlights New and classic films playing at local theaters this week PAGE 7

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OUS studies semester switch Legislation suggests academic calendar changes Carrie Johnston Vanguard staff

Lawmakers are considering the merits of switching the Oregon University System from operating on a quarter-based academic calendar to one that is divided by semesters.

Senate Bill 442 from the 2009 Oregon Legislative Session directs the Joint Boards of Education to conduct studies relating to the costs and benefits of converting the postsecondary academic calendar from quarters to semesters.

The official report is due Oct. 1.

Larry Galizio, the OUS director of strategic planning, is working with community colleges, faculty, students and administrators to help the higher education and state boards gather the research and organize a report so the boards can make a decision.

The adjustment would take about three years to complete if the bill passed, converting the current quarters, which last 10 to 11 weeks, to semesters, lasting about 16 weeks.

“We’re trying to find information about whether there is empirical evidence that proves the semester is superior to the quarter system,” Galizio said.

Semesters mean two terms per year instead of four. Less terms can save time and money—“one less term to gear up for,” Galizio said.

Roy Koch, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said, “Semesters mean one less

Preparation for graduation ceremony Student speakers considered, faculty participation encouraged Sharon Rhodes Vanguard staff

Running down the dream Track and field teams qualify more for the conference championship PAGE 9 Final lap The PSU Cycling Club enters its last week of competition PAGE 10

registration, one less fee collection, and fewer books to buy.”

“There will be costs associated with the transition, and faculty will have to revise the curriculum. There is a lot of work involved,” he said.

“But no one is really sure what is going to happen.”

Even if the board decides in favor of semesters, “It will take about three years to transition,” Galizio said.

The National Center for Education Statistics lists 89 percent of public four-year universities as following a semester calendar, whereas all Oregon public universities and community colleges follow the quarter system, making it complicated for students to transfer credits from out of state.

One PSU senior studying Arts and Letters said, “I used to go to school in California. I like semesters. You get more time to process things. I’m very supportive of that idea.”

The idea of converting Oregon public universities to a semester system was considered first by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in 1972. But, according to the OUS Web site, in the 1980s the board changed its policy on criteria for a common academic calendar.

The board stated that it would consider an institutional request for a different academic calendar if it were “cost-effective, pedagogically sound, and wouldn’t create transfer problems.”

The OUS Web site lists arguments in favor of the semester system, including: - Improved quality of instruction by giving students longer exposure

In preparation for the upcoming commencement ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, June 13, Portland State’s Graduation Program Board is considering applicants for the ceremony’s student speakers.

J.R. Tarabocchia, coordinator of commencement and student affairs outreach, said the board had received 28 applications by its deadline on Monday, April 12, “almost double from 2009.”

According to Tarabocchia, the board usually selects two applicants.

However, the number varies depending on the applicant pool. “[This year] we really want a story of PSU pride,” he said.

Before making a final decision at the end of April, Tarabocchia said the Graduation Program Board will select six or seven finalists to present their speeches before the board.

Joan Jagodnik, assistant director of community college relations, said that once the board selects the student speakers, they are given practice sessions with teleprompters and coaching in order to prepare them for such an abnormally large venue.

This year’s June commencement will take place in the Rose Garden Arena, a venue that holds approximately 20,000 people, according to Tarabocchia.

In addition to reviewing applications for student speakers, the board is experimenting with new means to increase faculty participation. “[PSU has] like 800 full-time faculty and we have about 100 [or] 150 show up to commencement,” Tarabocchia said.

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Roy Koch

to each subject; allowing time for reflection, to absorb new concepts and to learn facts and theories comprehensively.

- Greater opportunities for collaborative research and for in-depth teaching and classroom projects.

- Allowing underprepared students greater time to adjust to the rigors of university academic life. Weaker students have time to realize they have a problem midway through a course and enough time to work and improve their performance.

- Student transfers and scholarly communications improved by bringing Oregon’s post-secondary institutions’ calendars into conformity with majority of other institutions in the U.S. Also, because most Oregon independent colleges are on a semester calendar, it would be easier for students to transfer to or take courses at those institutions.

Longer terms allow faculty members to have more time for course prep between terms (a-week period) and for scholarship and research.

Administrative costs are reduced by the elimination of one whole registration, financial aid disbursement, examination, and grading cycle, allowing for possible reallocation of existing dollars.

Arguments in favor of the quarter system include: - For some students, it may be easier to focus on a subject for a 10-week quarter than for a longer term.

- More depth and breadth of majors due to larger variety of courses.

- The later starting date in fall allows some students to keep working in agricultural and tourist jobs during September.

The OUS is encouraging students, faculty, staff and administrators to evaluate the pros and cons of the respective systems and take a short survey on their Web site.

Pros and cons of semesters: http://www.ous.edu/state_board/ jointb/sem/res.php Take the survey: http://www. ous.edu/qapp/sb442surveys/

New pearly gates Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

PSU grad students pitch proposal for gateway between downtown and Pearl Sharon Rhodes Vanguard staff

Eight Portland State graduate students spent their winter term designing a proposal for a new gateway between downtown Portland and the Pearl district.

William Macht, a faculty member of the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, said he advised the project as part of the 14th Development Planning Workshop.

Macht has a J.D. and a background in property development.

Atha Mansoory, Jared Hendricks, William Their, Brad Johnson, Ben Gates, Jon Winslow, Mike Shall and Tom Heinicke are the students involved with the project.

Gateway: Proposed site for project.

“I’m pursuing a graduate certificate in real estate development to learn development skills that will help me positively impact the built environment,” Gates said.

Macht, who is also a commissioner for the Port of Hood River, said the Development Planning Workshop is an interdisciplinary course “focused on a specific new or adaptive reuse development project of regional significance.”

According to Gates, the Development Planning Workshop also offers students an opportunity to work “on an ambitious and potentially real project.”

“The workshop format is the kind of environment that stimulates professional development,” he said.

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Please, Enough First off, I would like to commend The Vanguard for taking the time to collect information from several sources for the publication of their “More complaints of misconduct in ASPSU race” story. However, I was surprised to find Rachel Cain has once again found a willing outlet to continue her tirade on the “Get Out The Vote” campaign. In light of the ASPSU elections, she has now decided to falsify the story so it is pertinent to ASPSU candidates.

Katie, current Legislative Director of ASPSU, had only gotten to know me for a few weeks when I had my first encounter with Cain. She was in the office and, as stated, she asked what we were doing with the voter registration cards. As a matter-of-fact

we did explain it to her, as did the Legislative Director from OSA who was present along with several other people. Cain proceeded to make claims while cutting people off who were attempting to explain what the policy and law is. She stormed out of the office and informed us she was going to get this dealt with appropriately. I am left with the question of how far Cain’s lies will be able to go considering there are multiple witnesses that have a different story, as well as not a single shred of evidence to her claims.

She has exhausted many outlets and gotten nowhere except for the campus newspaper who has now launched this as a “news” story. This has gotten to be ridiculous. The altering of a complaint for which there were no grounds to begin with

Guest Opinion Coffee leaves big eco footprint Mark Costigan Daily Emerald staff

America runs on coffee.

It wakes us up in the morning and picks us up in the afternoon. I love it, you love it—we all love it. Some of us (including myself) consider drinking coffee one of the best parts of our day. In fact, Americans love the precious bean so much that we make up the largest part of the java market.

Dunkin’ Donuts coffee was even clever enough to make one of its ad slogans “America runs on Dunkin.”

But Dunkin’ Donuts doesn’t offer a single organic blend. Just how far will we be running?

Coffee drinkers are often very passionate about where they buy it, but how many of us really take the time to research the environmental and social politics behind a cup of coffee? Most coffee consumers drink it every day, and it’s important to know how it was grown, if it was fairly traded, and who you’re supporting with each purchase.

After all, coffee is the most precious commodity in the world next to oil, and your coffee choices can

be an easy way to reduce your environmental footprint.

Coffee is an exception to the “local food” movement, because climatic restrictions make it almost impossible to grow in the U.S. The majority of U.S. coffee imports hail from South America, where it travels hundreds of miles to reach our borders, burning fuel the entire way. Non-organic South American coffee may also be subject to up to 40 various preservatives.

Coffee from South America also has another questionable side effect.

The majority of it isn’t shade-grown, which provides for a superior grade coffee and is easier on the land. If coffee is cheaply grown with pesticides and chemicals, they seep into the local water supply when it rains. However, shade-growing coffee amid fruit trees provides greater ecological diversity, ensures new lands need not be clear-cut and gives small farmers a better means to sustain themselves, as well as their environment. One coffee plant may only provide one pound of beans a year, but on a sustainable, small farm with fruit trees, it provides a living for a farmer, and a fighting chance for South America’s fragile ecosystems.

As the largest international java chain, Starbucks Coffee (which I personally despise) should be lauded

(yes, we attempted to repeatedly explain this to Cain) to fulfill some attempt at a personal vendetta has gotten way out of hand. And the venues that support this story are doing far too much damage to important civic work and candidates that are supporting students.

Enough is enough, Cain. You have no grounds for your complaint and I ask that you acknowledge that you have stooped to the level of petty slander.

—Laura Morency

Mentally well/ill

“The” mentally ill? Not what? What a curious way to acknowledge our variety. Like the mentally well, we are highly unlikely to be criminals or dangerous. Defining people by what they are not is a very interesting approach. And offensive. Reports say that Perez had complained of chest pains that day, and also mention that the patient’s chart, which requires progress notes as least once a week, had not been updated for 73 days. In no way then does this mental institution meet the definition of hospital. What causes you to reference it as one?

—Harold A. Maio, retired Mental Health Editor

The mentally ill are not always criminals or dangerous psychopaths (“Take your medication,” April 16).

for their efforts to buy shade-grown and organic coffee. They have three new blends that you can choose from. But keep in mind, you need to ask for organic blends when you’re in front of their crowded counters, and it might cost you a few extra minutes of brewing time. The same goes for their “fair-trade” blends.

“Fair-trade is a way to ensure the farmer makes a living wage off his coffee,” co-owner of Wandering Goat Michael Nixon said. “As far as fair-trade and organic coffee goes, Starbucks is doing pretty well. They could be doing a lot worse. Where they should be held accountable, however, is in their business practices.”

I came across an article in satirical newspaper, The Onion, one day. The headline read, “Local Starbucks Opens up New Location in Restroom.”

Often Starbucks will open up five or six locations within a small area of only two square miles. A few years ago, they had to close down about 900 stores because of their over-aggressive business tactics.

This is straight up cannibalizing the coffee market. Many places do it as a business tactic; they just don’t let it run haywire. I sat down with a former barista and University junior to discuss this predatory approach.

She wished to remain anonymous because of corporate policy.

“When they closed those 900 stores, they tried to relocate employees, but there wasn’t much hope. Most of them just lost their jobs,” she said.

Maybe if Starbucks hadn’t opened up six identical stores within such small areas, new local businesses would have opened that could have offered jobs with some security.

Instead, those former employees

became part of more than 15 million unemployed Americans searching for jobs.

On the subject of Starbucks employees, the former barista spoke of a few other injustices.

“The benefits are very good.

Starbucks spends a lot of money telling America that. But what people don’t hear about are barista’s wages and working conditions. When you work for a corporation, you’re not held to a human standard. You’re held to the standard of a machine.”

So what’s a machine standard?

Mandatory 45-minute closings with job-threatening penalties if violated, $7.75 per hour wages in expensive downtown Manhattan while CEO Howard Schultz rakes in $18 million annually, and no discounts or deals on Starbucks food—to name a few.

Compared to other corporations, Starbucks is fairly socially responsible. But if you buy local, organic and fairly traded coffee, you support a free-market where workers have job-security and decent working conditions. Even more importantly, you make an investment in your community and the environment.

At Café Roma you support local artwork. At the Wandering Goat you support infrastructure projects in war-stricken El Salvador. And with every cup of joe From Cafe Mam, you’re 100 percent insured that it’s organic and fair-trade.

Coffee drinkers have an opportunity to make a positive social and environmental impact every day. Are you drinking a choice you can live with? *This article was originally published in the Daily Emerald. It is reprinted here in its original form.

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A few bad apples A few officers ruin the Portland police’s image Vanguard staff

Road rage, guns and shootings— a number of questionable actions have been carried out recently by certain members of the Portland Police Bureau. As a result, protestors and police haters have been quite outspoken about their disdain for the PPB. This has created an alarming “us vs. them” mentality among some Portland residents. They are seeing the police as an enemy force. The overly sensationalized local media has also fueled this fire with their slanted coverage.

According to The Oregonian, Portland Police Sergeant Scott Westerman was involved in two road rage incidents that randomly happened to be with the same woman on Jan. 29 and 30. Westerman got out of his car and yelled at the woman about her high beams, which she states were not on. The second incident was similar, but she was the passenger. He allegedly flashed his badge and made threatening remarks.

The Oregonian also reported Portland Police Sergeant Kyle Nice was involved in a recent road rage incident on April 3 when he was off duty and drew his gun, yelled expletives and flipped another motorist off. Neither officer was formally charged or disciplined, but anger management and desk jobs have been mentioned as alternatives.

These incidents, on top of the two recent officer involved shootings of Aaron Campbell and Jack Collins, have brought the PPB’s image to an all-time low.

People haven’t forgotten the James Chasse incident, either. It seems our police have some issues with mental illness, how to deal with perpetrators who have mental issues and how to deal with officers who obviously have anger issues. This is not a simple matter with simple answers.

The Jack Collins case would not have been nearly as controversial if it had not been in the wake of the Aaron Campbell case. The bottom line is: When a police officer tells you to put your hands up and drop whatever you are holding, you should do it.

It is a valid point to want some action to be taken to make sure the officers who act wrongly are disciplined, but believing all officers are represented by the ones who committed questionable acts is unfair stereotyping. Ironically, this kind of stereotyping against the police is precisely what some protestors are criticizing the police for.

Portland police officers have an extremely challenging job. They have to make split-second decisions that could potentially involve the risk of

death. Yes, they are trained to handle these situations, but they are only human. Almost all of them usually do their job by keeping the peace and apprehending criminals.

Unfortunately, some people the police come in contact with are vulnerable.

Many of the most vulnerable people are also the most violent. It is a tough call to make. Hindsight may prove some calls to be questionable.

The media does not tell us about the peacekeeping incidents or the arresting of people who should be arrested. They only want to cover the juicy stuff such as shootings and road rage. The road rage incidents and the officer-involved shootings are unrelated except for the timing and extensive media coverage. This gives a slanted view of the PPB. Portland has an independent police review board and they are working to change it to be more effective in conducting investigations on officers. Protestors and local media want to create this divide between the public and the police. However, generalizing police into an enemy force that is against the private citizens of Portland is delusional.

There are over 1,000 members of the PPB, and it’s important to remember that the highly publicized actions of just a few of them don’t represent the majority.

The two road rage incidents showed officers acting completely out of line and those officers should be punished—for this unacceptable behavior—and not just given desk jobs and anger management. This sends the public the message that officers are not held accountable for their actions as harshly as citizens are.

Punishing them would be a step to reclaiming some public respect and sympathy.

People who hate the police are generally doing something illegal.

To the rest of us, the police are there to keep us safe. Of course ordinary concerned citizens should question when the police shoot someone, or commit immature acts of road rage and merely receive a hand slap.

Does the PPB have an image problem right now? Absolutely, but many hard working officers are still doing their best to keep the public safe. Hundreds of them were not just involved in road rage incidents or shootings. Are all Portland police officers angry and corrupt? Absolutely not. If all 1,000-plus of them were behaving like Sgt. Nice and Sgt. Westerman, we would have a catastrophe on our hands.

Illustration by Kira Meyrick/Portland State Vanguard

Robin Tinker

Today in history

The first step

1653 Cromwell routes the English parliament to the house. Not entirely sure what this means, but I am sure it was a jerk move!

1879 The first mobile home is invented and embarks on a trip from London to Cyprus.

It is horse-drawn. By the end of the trip its residents were addicted to tobacco and had as many children as they had missing teeth.

1889 Adolph Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria.

1904 George Bernard Shaw premieres Candida in London.

The Portland Police Bureau needs to admit to its problems Will Blackford Vanguard staff

One would be hard-pressed to find themselves out of the loop when it comes to the affairs of the Portland Police these days. It seems I can’t go one day without seeing a story in the paper or on the news about how some police officer abused his power.

What I find most problematic, however, is that no one seems to be doing anything about it.

Allow me to outline some of the items on the laundry list of recent offenses.

In November, Officer Christopher Humphreys was involved in a questionable altercation with a 12-year-old girl, in which he shot her point-blank in the leg with a beanbag gun. I personally defended Humphrey’s actions in this case, but many disagreed.

Last month, Officer Jason Walters shot a homeless man four times, who was reportedly brandishing a razor, which resulted in his death. He was cleared of any wrongdoing by a grand jury, several of whom hugged him after the hearing, according to The Oregonian. His actions may have been justified, but lethal force should be the last line of defense, not the first.

Just in the last few weeks, three—count ‘em, three—different officers have been accused of abusing their power whilst off duty. Sergeant Kyle Nice was involved in a road rage incident where he allegedly pulled a gun on another motorist, says an independent witness. Shockingly, the deputy called to the scene felt that Nice was justified in drawing his gun—even though the same independent witness felt that Sgt. Nice was the party escalating the situation, according to an article in The Oregonian.

Portland Police Union boss Scott Westerman is currently under investigation for two separate road rage incidents, during one of which he flashed his badge while off-duty, as if that acted as an excuse.

Earlier this month, Officer Ryan Porath was arrested for driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.19, according to an article by the Willamette Week. Porath was quoted as saying “I’m one of you guys,” to the officer during his arrest.

I could go on, but I probably don’t have enough space for it all.

It may behoove me to mention, however, that both Officers Humphreys and Nice were involved in the questionable death of James Chasse back in 2006. Both officers were given an 80-hour suspension without pay for not calling the mentally unstable Chasse an ambulance, but were subsequently allowed back on the force with no further disciplinary or preventative measures.

This effectively means, and has been shown over and over again, that the officers of the PPB who wrongly use deadly force and abuse their power as officers of the law and keepers of the peace may continue to do so, for they face only the feeble threat of a couple weeks of desk duty or even the dreaded paid vacation.

This pattern of misbehavior, and the city’s allowance of it, leads one to question the effectiveness of internal police oversight. When the same officers are making headlines over and over again, these questions are bound to arise.

Why have these officers been allowed to keep their jobs? Where is the accountability?

It would seem that the PPB is afraid to admit that their officers are capable of wrongdoing, that they are angels above reproach.

Even if they do slip up, they are subjected to a slap on the wrist, but then allowed to come back to work without having to address the possible cause of all these slip-ups—slip-ups that may lead to the death of another human being.

Admitting the failure of one officer does not mean admitting the failure of the entire bureau, but when an officer allows a fellow officer to get away with something, everyone is culpable.

So I implore you, Portland Police Bureau, do not be afraid. Do not be afraid to make yourselves accountable for your actions.

Do not be afraid to punish those officers who continually abuse their power with reckless abandon.

Do not be afraid to release those officers you find to be a threat.

Stop protecting those who would abuse their authority, they are a blight upon your entire institution.

The first step to recovery, my dear officers of the law, is admitting you have a problem.

Then, and only then, may you work towards solving that problem and gaining the trust of the people you are supposed to be protecting.

There is such a thing as a bad cop. Do not be afraid to acknowledge it.

1962 Neil Armstrong takes the NASA X-15 as high as 63,250 meters.

Quoted as saying “That’s it? We need to go farther.”

1975 Actor Joey Lawrence was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Whoa!

1977 Woody Allen’s Annie Hall premieres.

Every year Potheads around the world enjoy their favorite pastime. Why this day? It’s in honor of Hitler’s birthday because potheads are fascists. That’s right, I said it. What are potheads gonna do about it? Seriously...

— todayinhistory.com

Vanguard 4 | News April 20, 2010

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

Pulitzer winners announced Winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were announced last week

by Columbia University in New York City.

Awards are offered in 21 categories, with Pulitzer regular The Washington Post earning the most with four awards, including awards for feature writing and international reporting.

A Pulitzer is considered the highest honor in journalism and award winners receive a $10,000 prize. In addition, the publication that wins in the public service category is awarded a gold medal.

This year, the Bristol Herald Courier, based in Virginia, won the public service award for its coverage of energy companies that didn’t pay required royalties.

The New York Times staff also earned three awards, including a joint award with the online media outlet ProPublica. This marks the first year that an all-online publication won an award, after the Pulitzer Prize board began accepting submissions from online publications in 2007.

The Seattle Times staff won the Pacific Northwest’s only Pulitzer this year, in the category of breaking news, for its coverage of four police officers that were shot in a coffeehouse and the ensuing manhunt.

No publication from Oregon was among the finalists this year.

A posthumous special citation was also awarded to musician Hank Williams, “for his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life,” according to the Pulitzer Web site.

A complete list of winners can be found at www.pulitzer.org.

—Robert Seitzinger

NEWS

Timely textbooks Federal timelines for the posting of textbook requirements Tamara K. Kennedy Vanguard staff

Federal law will soon mandate that textbook requirements be posted as soon as classes are announced for each term at Portland State.

Colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for students—including Stafford loans, Pell grants and other programs—must meet the legal requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, to be enacted by Congress July 1, 2010.

Part of the HEOA requirements is that textbook information should be available when class schedules are posted.

Textbook ISBN numbers, price information and supplemental materials will be on the PSU Bookstore’s Web page for compliance purposes, according to a memo sent to deans, faculty and staff by Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Roy Koch on Dec.18, 2009.

According to Koch’s memo, fines could be imposed on the university or limitations on federal financial aid for noncompliance.

The intention behind the requirements “is to enable students

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to make more fully-informed decisions regarding course selections and to enable students to seek out less expensive sources from which to acquire required materials,” according to Koch’s memo.

“We believe it is a great idea to help students understand what the costs will be,” said Donna Bergh, special assistant to the provost.

Koch’s memo set an April 15 deadline for professor’s textbook course requests to be submitted to the PSU Bookstore for fall term 2010.

Although some students may be directed by professors to other bookstores or to course packets available at print shops, submitting the information to the PSU Bookstore helps provide compliance with HEOA because the information is accessible through links to the PSU Bookstore’s Web page on the class schedules.

Koch’s memo also provides deadlines for professors’ course textbook requests for winter, spring and summer terms of 2011.

The PSU Bookstore will regularly provide information to department chairs regarding who is responsible “for assuring that all available textbook material is submitted to the PSU Bookstore as required to the greatest extent possible,” the memo states.

Ken Brown, CEO of the Portland State Bookstore, is helping the university with compliance by providing relevant information.

“The basic idea is still getting shaken out,” Brown said.

Aaron Leopold/Portland State Vanguard

Texts on time: Federal law mandating timeline for textbook requirements.

His single biggest warning to students is not to order books early simply because they are available, because there is a likelihood that the textbook course requirements will change, Brown said.

According to Brown, the PSU Bookstore is not going to order materials until August 2010 for fall term and even then faculty can change their mind, Brown said.

“Don’t order online where you can’t return it,” he said.

A portion of Koch’s memo mentions that, although it is sometimes very difficult to meet the deadline, textbooks to be announced are to be kept to a minimum, “particularly for courses taught by full-time faculty or taught using materials chosen by the department.”

A draft textbook guidance document written by the U.S. Department of Education asks textbook publishers to provide information about three previous editions—if any exist— along with the changes that were made to each edition.

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A section titled “overcoming the high cost of textbooks” includes best practices of textbook buy-backs, used book sales and textbook rental programs.

The PSU Bookstore is currently beginning to look into the possibility of a textbook rental system, according to Brown.

Polly Livingston, director of the PSU Disability Resource Center, is excited at the prospect of receiving textbook information for students sooner. According to Livingston, it can take four to six weeks after receiving textbook course requirements to provide alternative text formats for students who need them, such as in the case of visually impaired students.

According to Livingston, the term “in a timely manner,” often used to refer to getting alternative textbook materials for students, should mean when other students are able to get the textbooks needed for classes, all students should have the ability to do so.

“Sometimes students want to read ahead for classes,” Livingston said.

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Few faculty often attend

Mixed-use development

In one attempt to increase faculty participation, Rachel Richardson, a student employee working under the direction of Tarabocchia, created a video available at www. pdx.edu/commencment/faculty.

Although faculty members have a contractual obligation to participate in commencement ceremonies, it is not enforced. As a result, Tarabocchia said he and the Graduation Program Board will try to make attendance easy and attractive.

In addition, full members of the American Association of University Professors will be reimbursed for the cost of renting gowns and other regalia.

According to Tarabocchia, the problem of low faculty participation in commencement ceremonies dates to at least 2004, when only 86 faculty members registered. In addition, every year some faculty members do not attend, despite having registered.

However, every year some faculty members attend who did not register, Jagodnik said.

Nevertheless, the numbers are a bit bleak. 2007 marked a sixyear high with 209 registered faculty members. For 2010, as of April 16, only 74 faculty members have registered, according to Tarabocchia.

“In years past, what’s really sad is we used to announce faculty as they march in and that number just got smaller and smaller,” he said.

Now, Tarabocchia said, he wants to “put the onus on students to ask faculty to come,” in the hopes

Macht said the planned development is for the two blocks adjacent to the Brewery Blocks, which are “the most successful mixused development in downtown Portland.”

The proposed Brewery Blocks West would take the place of the two properties that are located between West Burnside and Northwest Davis streets, and Northwest 13th and 14th avenues, according to Macht.

Steve Roselli, the senior vice president and regional manager of Harsch Investment Properties, which owns the Brewery Blocks West, told the Daily Journal of Commerce that “more can be done at the site.”

The eight students propose to make the Brewery Blocks West a two-block mixed-use development with a public access sculpture court and a Hyatt Place hotel, Macht said. In addition, they propose that there also be an art museum that would use pieces from Jordan Schnitzer’s sizeable art collection. Schnitzer was the founder of Harsch Investment Properties.

The plans also call for a number of new stores, including an Apple Inc. store and a Crate & Barrel, he said.

Across the street from that building, Macht said, “the team planned a 26-story workforce housing point tower with 264 units affordable to tenants earning 80 percent of median family income.”

In addition, this building would contain offices, a Zara clothing store, a Best Buy and “a 10,000 square-foot Rogue Brewpub spilling

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Grad: Planning begins months in advance.

that the faculty will become more enthusiastic if they know their presence means something to their students.

Unlike other institutions of similar size, PSU students do not graduate in groups. Jagodnik said that “every student’s name is called,” and faculty members can watch their students walk across the stage.

Although there aren’t statistics on how many graduates from PSU are first generation college students, approximately 45 percent of entering freshmen are.

According to Jagodnik, commencement and faculty participation is very important to these students in particular.

“It’s celebratory, they’re so excited,” he said.

out onto a new pedestrian green street,” he said.

In each term, Macht said students in his Development Planning Workshop “produce a development plan or plans intended to contribute realistic solutions to important issues of public policy as expressed through definable public-private development projects.”

In this case, Harsch Investment Properties prompted the project.

Harsch told the Daily Journal of Commerce that a more conspicuous gateway should connect downtown Portland with the Pearl District.

“The students learned a great deal [both] undertaking the project and their presentation before about 150 developers and other professionals in the development community,” Macht said.

Of his own experience working on the Pearl Gateway project, Gates said, “I learned just how difficult it is to plan for a multi-site, mixed-use development.”

“I enjoyed putting the deal structure together that could make it all happen, including creative financing to support workforce housing and a public-private partnership to consolidate parking in the district and make it more efficient,” he said.

Although Harsch has not made a final decision, Gates said, “[Harsch Investment Properties] really liked our big idea which defined the character of our proposal—a modern art museum and public atrium at heart of the development.”

Protecting laptops CPSO and OIT partner to allow free protection of laptops Sara M. Kemple Vanguard staff

A free software program is available to PSU students, staff and faculty to download onto laptops that will help in the case of a computer being stolen or lost.

FrontDoorSoftware is a program offered by the Oregon Institute of Technology and the Campus Public Safety Office that increases the odds of recovery for stolen or lost laptops. FBI statistics state that once a laptop is gone, there is a 3 percent chance of recovery. Chances of recovery can be increased by up to 80 percent through FrontDoorSoftware.

This software allows students, faculty, and staff to register for laptop security that can be accessed anywhere, even on vacation. FrontDoorSoftware protects computers in up to 100 countries and universities and is used to protect information on the computers in the U.S. Army and Navy.

This software is available to download online at www. frontdoorsoftware.com/pdx. htm. Once registered, students are guaranteed this security program free for the entirety of their education at PSU. “CPSO is aware that a large number of thefts are of items under $5,000. OIT [Office of Information Technology] liked the option of having the program for students and agreed to cover it for up to $10,000,” said CPSO Director Michael Soto.

He believes that there should be no limit on the protection of student or faculty property on campus.

With the power of GPS, cell tower triangulation, and Wi-Fi positioning, this software is capable of tracking down a laptop’s location and of recovering it as soon as it’s turned on.

FrontDoorSoftware works through Google Maps to find the exact location of a stolen computer.

Through this program, one also has the ability to customize the security options by creating a screen message and a lockdown code that would appear after a laptop is stolen. The program turns

Vanguard News | 5 April 20, 2010

40 years of Earth Day

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Protection for portables: Software allows students to put a virtual lock on their laptops.

the monitor into an ownership tag, allowing no other users to operate it.

Nearly 12,000 laptops are lost in airports every week, and 200 in taxicabs, according to Dell Inc. and the Ponomon Institute report on frontdoorsoftware.com. The recovery

process can not only help in the retrieval of stolen laptops, but lost ones as well.

“We are also hoping to have a program to protect not only individual equipment but departmental equipment,” Soto said.

April 22 marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which began in 1970 with the birth of the modern environmental movement, according to www.earthday.net.

Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, founded Earth Day by proposing a nationwide environmental protest “to shake up the political establishment and force the issue onto the political agenda,” according to the Web site.

On April 22, millions of Americans joined the protest, bringing environmental concerns to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness.

In addition, thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the damage done to the environment.

According to the Web site, Earth Day 1990 boosted worldwide recycling efforts and helped clear the way for the 1992 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

For more information on Earth Day 2010, visit www.earthday.org

—earthday.net

Vanguard 6 | Arts & Culture April 20, 2010

Arts Editor: Theodora Karatzas 503-725-5694

ARTS & CULTURE

Blur blur

Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing is a great, if unoriginal, kart racer

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Steve Haske Vanguard staff

Myths and common misconceptions on the origin of 420 Police dispatch code for smoking pot is 420.

The number 420 is not police radio code for anything, anywhere. Checks of criminal codes suggest that the origin is neither Californian nor federal. For instance, California Penal Code 420 defines as a misdemeanor the hindrance of use of public lands.

There are approximately 420 active chemicals in marijuana.

Actually, there are approximately 315 active chemicals in marijuana. This number goes up and down depending on which plant is used.

April 20 is National Pot Smokers Day. Well, it is now, but that wasn’t the origin.

April 20 is Hitler’s birthday.

Yes, it is his birthday.

But, as 420 started out as a time, not a date, his birthday had nothing to do with it.

The date of the Columbine school shootings.

This happened after the term was already in use.

4:20 is teatime for pot-smokers in Holland.

Nope, that isn’t it either.

—alaskahemp.com

Outside of a few notable exceptions, kart racer games are generally little more than a quick cash-in on the popularity of recognizable video game characters, and more often than not, suffer from low quality because of it.

Not only do few companies have the legacy and catalog of games necessary to even make the proposition for this sort of game viable—it’s even rarer that anyone actually cares enough about whoever would star in this racer to make it worthwhile for fans.

There are a few exceptions, of course. Mario Kart created and still defines the kart-racing genre, and there have been a few other quaint contenders over the years, from companies like Konami and Square-Enix (the latter being mostly a guilty pleasure).

Sega has also tried the whole “Sonic racing” thing before (a few times, actually) but it’s never gelled all that well. Now, with Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing, they’ve finally made as good a Mario Kart clone as you can get.

Everything you would expect to see is here: There’s a diverse cast of Sega characters, ranging from the Sonic series to Shenmue to Virtua Fighter, and all of the deliciously high-res tracks are themed around Sega games, as well (wait till you check out the “Casino Night” Sonicthemed stage).

Each character has their own vehicle with its own personality (so to speak), handling and special move—Sonic’s is a bursting across the track as the golden, chaos emerald-powered Super Sonic, for instance—and the game is about as easy to pick up and play as any Mario Kart title.

Mechanics are also ripped straight from Nintendo’s kart racing series, with familiar projectile and speed-based power-ups littering each track and each player trading in a certain distance drifting for a big speed power-up.

A fable about a donkey and a monkey digs into a deeper issue Wendy Shortman Vanguard staff

When you first hear about author Yann Martel’s new book, you may be unsure of how to react. It’s not often that you hear of a metaphorical story about the Holocaust from the eyes of two animals.

“A work of nonfiction is more ambiguous, readers invest [their own interpretations],” Martel said.

“I don’t want to dictate how people read it, but it was inspired by the Holocaust and what that means for the readers is up to them to decide.”

Martel, who has always been horrified by stories about the Holocaust, isn’t Jewish or European himself. The author recalls reading about the genocide when he was younger and the impact that pieces of literature such as The Diary of Anne Frank had on him. “[I remember] just being horrified and feeling for the drama,” Martel said. “We talk about it, and we forget about the fact that it was six million victims, all people with names and personalities. One quarter of them were children.”

All photos courtesy of Sega

Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing: A tried and true theme, the racing game gets a fresh coat of paint from Sega.

It’s pretty simple, and damn if it isn’t fun. However, unlike a lot of kart racers, the difficulty on this one ramps up really quickly. This is not a game you can blindly race through and expect to get anywhere.

The decision to up the difficulty is actually a surprising one, considering the downward slope of infinite continues, check-pointing and hand-holding that’s become more or less the industry standard.

Still, it’s a welcome change.

Ultimately, whether or not you’re interested at all in All-Star Racing depends on your familiarity with

Sega as a brand. Just as Nintendo pulls out all the stops to make their flagship kart racer an endless wellspring of company fan service, so too does Sega here. Some of the most obscure Sega titles are represented (at least in passing) and should bring a smile to longtime fans’ faces.

I don’t usually go out of my way to comment on a game’s graphics, either, but the HD visuals in All-Star Racing are fantastic. The stages and characters are bright, vibrant and colorful, with great animations and a lot of background activity going on.

This may be a shameless Mario Kart rip-off, but it’s one done right.

If you’re a Sega fan and you’ve got a PS3 or 360, you’ll enjoy this one. It’s not as deep as Sony’s stellar upcoming Mod Nation Racers, but as far as kart racers go, it’s still damn good.

Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing Sega PS3, Xbox 360 $49.99

Addressing modern-day “Holocaustal” behavior With his new book, Beatrice and Virgil, the author wrote a story commenting on those unthinkable acts from his own outside perspective.

“In the beginning of the novel one character, the writer, is writing about the Holocaust,” Martel said, “and that allowed me to write about the Holocaust.”

Martel explains that the character, Henry, is in some ways autobiographical, and was a way to include himself in the dialogue of the story. Henry is a writer in the story, and so is Martel. He is multilingual—speaking English, Spanish and French, and Henry is multilingual as well.

“In a way, Henry can also symbolize the Jews in Europe,” Martel said. “He’s very gifted in the arts, plays the clarinet, is an amateur actor. He’s multilingual, and the Jews of Europe were also multilingual.”

But this still doesn’t answer the question you might be thinking— why use animals when talking about such a sensitive topic?

“I find animals to be useful when telling a story. People are less cynical about animals, especially wild animals,” Martel said. “Since

I’m not directly related [to the Holocaust] I can approach it and add to the conversation.”

Martel was also very careful when it came to choosing the animals for the story. He decided to use positive stereotypes of Jewish people, as a way to determine which animals would best suit the story.

“I needed two animals to represent Jewish people, and I wanted the two to be in dialogue,” Martel said. “They can be representative of other things too, depending on how readers read the book.”

Although we know that the story is partly about the Holocaust, Martel made sure the story was left slightly ambiguous to allow the readers to draw their own conclusions. He never provides a disclaimer as to where the story is taking place, and wants readers to think about the Holocaust as more than something that happened a long time ago.

“The fact is there will not likely be a genocide in Portland, Ore.,” Martel said. “But the process starts with the disrespect of groups. This kind of ‘Holocaustal behavior’ is part of the reason why the Germans started on that horrible road.”

Photo courtesy of Spiegel and Grav

Reading with Yann Martel Powell’s City of Books 1005 W Burnside St. Tonight, 7:30 p.m.

Local film highlights New and classic films playing at local theaters this week Sarah Esterman Vanguard staff

There are a lot of sweet films playing at local theaters this week and unless you’re suffering with a case of senioritis (or just almost-end-of-the-school-year-itis), you probably don’t have the time to pick out the best ones. But don’t worry about it—we’ve searched through them for you.

Tuesday

Wednesday

October Country

The Long Riders

After winning several awards at several film festivals, October Country has hit the screens of Living Room Theaters and is one of those documentaries that will shake you up inside. Following the Mosher family, Michael Palmieri’s film deals with the illusion that is the American Dream. He touches on major personal and public issues, from the instability of our national economic system to domestic abuse and issues of sexual molestation.

Palmieri uses the Mosher family as the perfect foil for all of our struggles for success and happiness.

Another Western in Laurelhurst Theater’s month of action films, The Long Riders is an epic portrayal of some good old-fashioned violence. The film follows four sets of brothers—the Youngers, the Jameses, the Millers and the Fords—as they set out to murder, pillage and kick major ass across Missouri. In an excellent casting choice by director Walter Hill, the gang is composed of four real-life sets of brothers—the Keaches, the Carradines, the Quaids and the Guests.

Living Room Theaters 2:50 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9 p.m. $6 w/PSU ID 21+ after 4:30 p.m.

Laurelhurst Theater 9:45 p.m. $3 21+

Weekend box office: Top 10 highestgrossing films for the weekend of April 16–18

Photo courtesy of Wiseau Films

3. Date Night Weekend Gross: $17,300,000 Gross to Date: $49,246,000

Photo courtesy of Polyface Farms

Friday

Saturday and Sunday

Monday

The Room

Fresh

37th Annual Student Academy Awards Regional Finals

The Room is one of those movies that people love to hate. The 2003 indie flick starring its director, Tommy Wiseau, is a drama of a love triangle between a man, his fiancée and his best friend. While some critics refer to it as the worst film ever made, The Room makes this list because of the cult following it has picked up since its debut in 2003. Plus, according to its website, Cinema 21 plans to “bestow gifts at random to truly deserving audience members,” and what’s better than a free gift?

Whole Foods’ “Let’s Retake Our Plates” series is coming to Portland this weekend, which can mean only one thing: an awesome film about how not awesome our agricultural and food system is. Fresh takes a look on the bright side, though, giving real and tangible answers to the dilemma of our nation’s eating disorder. The film features journalist Michael Pollan, among other great thinkers, farmers and business people, as they attempt to create a sustainable model for American food production.

As they do each year, Northwest Film Center is hosting the jurying of the Western States’ entries for the Student Academy Awards. Students from universities across Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming will show their films and hope for the best. Regional finalists will secure a spot in the national competition, held in Los Angeles.

Cinema 21 11:30 p.m. $6 in advance, $7 at the door All ages

1. How to Train Your Dragon Weekend Gross: $20,000,000 Gross to Date: $158,618,000 2. Kick-Ass Weekend Gross: $19,750,000 Gross to Date: $19,750,000

Photo courtesy of Wishbone Films

Photo courtesy of Huka Productions

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Hollywood Theatre 1 p.m. $6.50 All ages

4. Death at a Funeral Weekend Gross: $17,000,000 Gross to Date: $17,000,000 5. Clash of the Titans Weekend Gross: $15,770,000 Gross to Date: $132,985,000 6. The Last Song Weekend Gross: $3,545,000 Gross to Date: $42,505,000 7. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? Weekend Gross: $4,180,000 Gross to Date: $54,880,000 8. Hot Tub Time Machine Weekend Gross: $3,545,000 Gross to Date: $42,505,000 9. Alice in Wonderland Weekend Gross: $3,500,000 Gross to Date: $324,000,000

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10. The Bounty Hunter Weekend Gross: $3,200,000 Gross to Date: $60,378,000

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Billboard Top 10: Pop Week of April 24 1. “In My Head,” Jason Derulo 2. “Telephone,” Lady Gaga feat.

Beyonce 3. “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum 4. “Rude Boy,” Rihanna 5. “Hey, Soul Sister,” Train 6. “Imma Be,” Black Eyed Peas 7. “Nothin’ On You,” B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars 8.“Breakeven,” The Script 9. “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz feat.

Ludacris 10. “Carry Out,” Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake —Billboard

Parenting is universal All photos courtesy of Marylhurst University

Mothers become the center of attention in Motherlode Roger Wightman Vanguard staff

While this month may not exactly be the one in which we celebrate those that gave us life, the new exhibit showing this month at Marylhurst University gives us reason to pause and reflect on mothers, fathers and the cycle of life.

Through the use of multi-media installations, poetry and the collaborated work of seven artists, the Marylhurst Art Gym has effectively spotlighted the givers and the shapers of our lives in an exhibition titled Motherlode. By examining the roles that mothers play, we gain insight into the process of motherhood, the dynamic relationship between parents and their children and the inevitable change from child to parent.

“For artists, motherhood… presents an opportunity to comment on an experience that is nearly universal—parenting,” writes Art Gym curator Terri Hopkins.

Everyone has a parent and even if

a relationship between child and parent is strained or non-existent, the actuality of being birthed by someone is still universal.

Hopkins writes on the origins of the topic, saying that it “began with a search for art that explored several issues, including the impact of responsibility for another life, the re-encounter with childhood and responses to making art with new restraints on one’s time and energy.”

The contributing artists include: Julianna Bright, Nan Curtis, Fernanda D’Agostino, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Linda Hutchins, Shelley Jordan and Dianne Kornberg, with poetry by Elisabeth Frost. Of all the work on display, nothing is even slightly similar in presentation. With a tasteful mix of both art and craft, the show provides a little something for everybody: drawings, painting, film or even papier-mâché.

Walk into a tiny enclave lit only by the pulse of a dying bulb and you enter the world you once knew as a child or now know as a parent.

Jordan’s “Morning Coffee” exhibit is a set breakfast table garnished with the morning paper, a bowl of oats, O.J. and of course the morning

coffee. A three-minute video clip of ghost-like images plays inside the coffee mug, a blend made perfectly for reflecting the projections streaming from above. As if to say “this is your life flashing before your eyes,” images appear and disappear before the viewer has the chance to truly take it all in.

The staple piece in the collection is by D’Agostino who fixed an image of a fetus to the front of a streaming mini television. Staring at the TV, we reflect on the trials of rearing a child in the modern age. A time struck by violence and riddled with challenges, we ponder the effects this background noise has on the psyche.

Repeated words typed on scrolls to tepees made with blankets encourage us to sympathize with our caretakers.

Tattoo-worthy fairy tale paintings to shockingly profound portrait pieces remind us of the role that we have played, and continue to play, in the lives of our family.

An issue rarely addressed by the younger generations, Motherlode fills the gaps and spans the years to remind us of the guidance that brought us to where we are and the future generations that we are yet to create.

Motherlode: Just in time for Mother’s Day, a show celebrating mothers and all that they do.

Motherlode The Art Gym Marylhurst University 17600 Pacific Highway Tue-Sun, noon–4 p.m.

Runs through May 15

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SPORTS Last win, last loss

Running down the dream Track and field teams qualify more for the conference championship Nadya Ighani Vanguard staff

Last week, the Portland State track and field teams broke several personal records at the Mt. SAC Relays. Then on Saturday at the Mondo Invitational, they qualified more student-athletes for next month’s Big Sky Outdoor Championship.

The Mt. SAC Relays in Azusa, Calif., is touted as one of the premier multi-event competitions in the country, and the three PSU athletes that competed all qualified for the conference championship in their respective events. The Vikings competed alongside Olympic medalists at Mt. SAC, but that did not seem to intimidate them.

Mt. SAC was the first heptathlon for senior Vince Kinney since earning third place at the 2008 Big Sky Outdoor Championship, and he placed sixth with 6,460 points.

Sophomore Joenisha Vinson needed at least 4,100 points to be eligible for the conference championship, and in her first heptathlon Vinson took the fourth-best score in the Big Sky with 4,723 points. Vinson also qualified in the long jump, high jump and the 200-meter, and her time of 13.94 seconds in the 100m hurdles placed her at the secondfastest time in the record book.

At the Mondo Invitational Vinson ran the 100m hurdles in 13.84 seconds to improve her personal record by one tenth of a second and break the Portland

PSU Crew Club finishes spring season Rosemary Hanson

State record by .04. Following her record-breaking run at the Mondo Invitation, Vinson’s qualification numbers are 5 feet, 3.25 inches in the high jump, 18 feet, 5.75-inches in the long jump, and 25.07 seconds in the 200m.

The Mondo Invitational was the first event since late March that featured the runners and fielders of both teams competing together, and junior John Lawrence said that may have been the motivation the teams needed. “[Everyone was] together, the morale was high and it was very encouraging during the meet,” he said.

Senior Nick Trubachik exceeded his personal record as well as the school record with a score of 7,240 points in the decathlon to place eighth in the event at Mt. SAC. He achieved two new personal bests with a 15-second finish in the 110m hurdles and a javelin throw of 200 feet, 9 inches.

Junior Karene King took first in the 100m with an 11.91-second finish—her fastest of the season.

Sophomore Geronne Black took third with a personal record time of 11.96 seconds, which was only .01 shy of second place. Junior Malissa Anthony qualified for the conference with a 12.41 in the 100m. Anthony improved her personal best in the 200m to 25.35 seconds, and King brought hers down to a 24.22.

Placing fifth in his heat, sophomore Tony Crisofulli exceeded his outdoor personal record by .39 seconds with a time of 1:51.87.

Senior Daniel Wolverton qualified in the 100m when he clocked a 10.90-second finish, and senior Lavonte Kirven also qualified in the same event with a

Men win their final game of the season against Idaho State, but women lose Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

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In stride: The Viks continue to qualify.

time of 10.98 seconds to squeeze by the Big Sky’s qualification time of 11 seconds. Kirven cut back his time from his previous personal record of 11.27 seconds.

Another teammate who just squeezed by was freshman Nate Lightner. The requirement for the men’s 400m is 48.90, and Lightner clocked in at 48.87 to place fourth in his division. Sophomore Alyssa Rife took second in the 400m hurdles with a 1:02.57, only .13 seconds behind the first place.

Lawrence took first with a 9:16.93 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Second place Mike Wortment was .04 seconds behind Lawrence. Finishing third in the 3000m steeplechase was senior Nate Endicott with a new personal record of 9:25.04. Fellow Junior Andrew Salg also placed first with a 14:54.29 in the 5,000m. He won the race by almost 50 seconds. Second place Ryan Davis from Idaho State clocked in at 15:02.88. Although, sophomore Mark Bozarth-Dreher missed the requirement for the 1,500-meter he gained a new personal best of 4:07.97.

The Vikings have the next weekends off, and return to competition on April 30–May 1 at the Oregon Relays in Eugene.

Know your crew

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The Portland State Crew Club has just two more regattas before they take the boats off the water. Crew, an active club sport that involves rowing practices three times a week before the sun comes up, is what second-year team member and current club president Cassy Whitaker describes as “the ultimate team sport.”

The club trains fall and spring, with indoor training during the winter. Their best performance in the fall season was at the Head of the Lake regatta in Seattle, where PSU saw a third place finish behind two University of Washington boats.

In the Dexter Lake regatta this spring in Lowell, Ore., PSU entered two men’s eight-person boats and a women’s four-person boat. All three of PSU’s boats took second place finishes.

Crew is a team effort. PSU competes in boats of four or eight athletes. The PSU team competes in a sweep technique, meaning they hold one oar. Competitions in the spring are composed of six lane courses. In the fall headraces, there are no lanes.

Events are divided by gender, amount of people in the boat, and whether they are considered novice —a title they can hold for one year of competition.

Photo courtesy of PSU Crew Club

At the dock of the bay: The PSU Crew Club has competed all spring and has just two regattas left.

The coxswain, who is in charge of steering, maneuvers the boat and the race starts out with the athletes hitting small quick strokes.

Whitaker said that the sport is largely a technique sport and it can take years to completely understand the technique.

“It can be a month even before you feel like you are getting a workout, and really understanding the resistance,” she said.

Because the team is at the club level, the teammates change throughout the year, but Whitaker said that the current team is very close. Jokingly, she said “I mean you have to have a connection with your teammates to get to practice

by 5:30[a.m.] three days a week.”

The team has just two regattas left in the spring season. The Hagg Lake regatta in Oregon is on April 24. Then the team heads to Sacramento for the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships at Lake Natoma. This regatta will consist of Saturday heats and Sunday finals.

The team has a very welcoming atmosphere. Whitaker said they love to have new athletes coming into the scene. They will be holding a “Learning to Row” day in May. For more information and specific dates and times, interested individuals can contact the coordinators of the crew team at crew@lists.pdx.edu.

Despite winning the final game of the season, the Portland State men’s tennis team narrowly missed qualifying for the Big Sky semifinals.

After defeating Idaho State (5– 2) on Saturday at the Club Green Meadows in Vancouver, Wash., the Vikings finished their season in fifth position in the Big Sky table with a 4–4 conference record and 7–10 overall.

In Portland State’s other game on Saturday, the women’s tennis team lost to Idaho State (1–6), and solidified a last-place finish in the conference.

Going into Saturday’s game, the Vikings men’s team knew that winning against the Bengals would not be enough to qualify. The Viks had to rely upon favorable results everywhere in the conference. In addition to Portland State, Eastern Washington and Montana were competing for the last leftover semifinal spot.

Nonetheless, the Viks took care of business against Idaho State right from the start. The Vikings won the doubles point with two wins in three matches with scores reading 8–5 and 8–6.

In singles action, junior Chris Rice won a marathon two-hour and 43-minute battle against Idaho State’s Javier Royo 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4. Senior Kyle Erickson, playing his last game for Portland State, won both his single and doubles matches.

The men finished the season with their first, and best ever, non-losing season in the Big Sky. In the preseason poll, the team was picked to finish seventh in the Big Sky. On the other hand, the women’s team extended their spell without a victory to eight games after Saturday’s loss. This was their longest losing streak this season. Heading into their final game of the season, both the Vikings and Idaho State were yet to win a conference encounter.

In the match against Idaho State, the Viks lost all three doubles games and the doubles point. Team captain and junior Caitlin Stocking was the lone Portland State player to win her game. She overcame Idaho State’s Lisel Lewis in three sets (6–1, 3–6, 6–3).

The women’s team failed to win a single game in the Big Sky Conference and finished 2010 with a 2–17 overall record. The team was picked to finish eighth in the Big Sky in the preseason poll.

Vanguard Sports | 9 April 20, 2010

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

PSU Athletics to hold public forums Portland State is hosting two open forums this week to gauge public opinion of the school’s athletics programs. The forums are part of a two-year evaluation and recertification process required of all schools in the National Collegiate Athletics Association.

Every 10 years, each of the NCAA’s 325 Division I universities must undergo a recertification process to assess performance and progress. The recertification process involves a self-study, a peer-review and campus visit, and ultimately a ruling by the NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification.

According to the NCAA, the purpose of the recertification is to maintain integrity in athletics programs and to assist schools in improving their athletics programs.

PSU is currently finishing the selfstudy portion of the recertification that will be delivered to the NCAA at the end of the month. The school is evaluating its academic and financial integrity, commitment and compliance to NCAA rules, gender and ethnic equity as well as student welfare and sportsmanship.

According to Chip Lazenby, the university’s general counsel, the recertification process is structured so the university can identify deficiencies and make improvements in those areas.

The forums are open to the public and will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday in the Smith Memorial Student Union. Wednesday’s forum will be in room 236, and Thursday’s will be in room 294.

Students are invited to attend and ask questions or offer suggestions.

NCAA Public Forums Wed, April 21 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SMSU, room 236 Thur, April 23 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SMSU, room 294

Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics

Final set: The men’s tennis team finished with a win, but it wasn’t enough to make the postseason.

Vanguard 10 | Sports April 20, 2010

Today in sports history 1903 – Massachusetts native John Lorden wins the seventh Boston Marathon in 2:41:29.8 1912 – Fenway Park officially opens; Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7–6 in 11 innings 1912 – Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens; Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6–5 1916 – Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens; Cubs beat Reds 7–6 1920 – Seventh modern Olympic games open in Antwerp, Belgium 1920 – Phillies’ manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, hits three–run homer to beat NY Giants 3–0 1931 – British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday 1939 – Ted Williams earns first hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) for a double 1944 – NFL legalizes coaching from bench 1945 – Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur “Mickey” McBride 1946 – First baseball game is broadcast in Chicago—Cardinals vs. Cubs

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LAP The PSU Cycling Club enters its last week of competition Allison Whited Vanguard staff

The collegiate cycling season may only be seven weeks long, but it proves to be a busy one for the Portland State Cycling Club.

For the past six weeks, the members of the PSU Cycling Club have found themselves racing every weekend in locations throughout the Pacific Northwest.

As the season draws to a close, however, it seems to have been well worth it.

The club ranks fifth out of 12 teams in total points which, according to Danny Felts, the team’s vice president of finance, is “doing pretty well as far as Division-I schools go.”

“I think we did a little bit better last year, but it’s hard with our team because we have people coming in from everywhere. It’s not like Western [Washington University]

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or Whitman [University] where the [racers] live there in Bellingham or Walla Walla,” Felts said.

The team is winning in other ways, too. Miles Crumley, vice president of racing, feels that the team is winning the battle of cohesion.

“The team’s biggest accomplishment so far is its ability to work together to achieve a common goal. This group of riders has shown that they can work together and serve as representatives of PSU at competitions,” Crumley said.

Another strong point for the team has been the men’s C time trial team. Felts, who is a part of the men’s C team, is particularly proud of his team’s work. They have consistently placed second, third, or fourth every weekend of competition.

“Gonzaga is the only one who has been able to be consistently better than us,” Felt said.

On the personal achievement front there has also been success.

Stephen Bedford placed third in an A race criterium. Adrian Richardson, who has been consistently competing in the A race, recorded a best finish of sixth place in a criterium race.

“I’d anticipate him probably going to nationals,” Felts said of Richardson, who is also the club’s president.

On the women’s team, Suzy Nelson finished second place in the women’s C criterium at Willamette University.

The club also organized their own race again this year, something Felts and Crumley are quick to describe as a large amount of work. It was held at Hagg Lake, a hilly 11-mile course outside of Hillsboro.

Even with racing commitments, the team has still found time to continue their work in the Portland racing community. They are working with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance stuffing envelopes, and some members of the team helped clean up after an Oregon Bicycle Racing Association race just a few weeks ago.

With two weeks to go in the season, there is still a lot to look forward to. “I think I am most looking forward to the awards ceremony and fixie criterium where people race riding fixed gear bikes. The conference is made up of some dedicated racers and I think that their accomplishments should be recognized,” Crumley said.

Felts looks forward to finishing the season with his time-trial team. “There are a lot of category C [members] this year, which is really awesome,” he said. “It’s really easy to do a road race when you have six teammates or a time trial when you know you have three other guys that will be there.”

The team heads up to Big Sky country this weekend to attend races hosted by Washington State University and the University of Idaho on April 24–25.

Leading the pack: Portland State’s Cycling Club recieved national recognition earlier this year.

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1958 – Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson–Zaharias Golf Open

1980 – Donna White wins LPGA Florida “Lady Citrus” Golf Tournament

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The Timbers Army loves their team Tanya Shiffer Vanguard staff

Portland has some crazy fans. As the Sixth Man for the Trailblazers, there is no court in the NBA that can touch the Rose Garden for sheer fan power. But across the river, there is another set of fans that controls a different venue and sport. Welcome to the Timbers Army, the outrageous fans of Portland’s soccer team the Timbers at PGE Park.

To be a member of the Timbers Army, a fan has to love the color green, stand the entire match screaming and yelling, know every chant that is bellowed through the primary fan zones in sections 105–107, and of course love soccer. The chants are funny, rhyme most of the time, and have a few colorful words mixed in.

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“The chants make me laugh because they’re ridiculous in the best kind of way, but it really is the way they bring together strangers for a couple hours of energetic fun that makes it worth anyone’s time,” said Tom Daufel, a die-hard fan since 2007.

The Timbers also have mascot Timber Joey to lead some of these chants. He is definitely hard to miss with his suspenders, hardhat and chainsaw. Chainsaw? No, this isn’t a segue into a horror movie. Timber Joey uses the chainsaw primarily to cut thick slices from a tree that sits between the fans and the goal for every time the Timbers score.

Although the mascot has been a part of the Timbers since 1978, Timber Joey only recently took over the job from Timber Jim when he retired in 2008.

The pre-match festivities start at the Bitter End Pub, located a block from PGE Park. The place gets packed early, so plan ahead. Gates open an hour before the match and the mad dash for prime seats in the Timbers Army sections begins.

Once seated, beer and food are consumed at a rate that should be clocked on a timer. Flags, streamers, balloons, smoke bombs and all sorts of noisy merchandise are readied as the national anthem is being sung with an audience participation that would shame other sports. As the final notes are sung, a sea of colors, sounds and smells are unleashed and envelope even the newest fan like a drug.

Mark Williams, who is originally from New Orleans, attended his first Timbers game on Saturday. “I’m definitely planning on coming back.

What I enjoyed the most was sitting amongst the Timbers Army. They represent what I’ve always enjoyed

about soccer: the good-natured passion that the fans bring.”

Saturday’s sold-out season opener was exciting from beginning to end with shots attempted from both teams. It wasn’t until about the 85-minute mark that midfielder Ryan Pore scored the only goal of the game on a penalty kick. The team did a lap in front of the Timbers Army at the end of the game with the tree slice from Timber Joey held up high.

This is the last year the Timbers will be playing as members of the United Soccer League First Division.

They will become members of Major League Soccer starting in 2011.

Cassandra Raglione, a long time Timbers fan, believes that her team deserves the promotion to the biggest soccer league in the country.

“The fans will follow regardless of what league the Timbers are a part of, because they love them and the sport. But it is definitely exciting and fulfilling to watch this team graduate to a well-deserved level that doesn’t happen very often.”

The next home game will be on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. against AC St. Louis. Their full schedule can be viewed at www.portlandtimbers. com/schedule/current/ and they have fan pages on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube.

Photos courtesy of Jefferey Simpson/Flickr

Photos courtesy of BarrettPDX/Flickr

Timber Joey: The Timbers’ unofficial mascot weilds a chainsaw and slices off a piece for each goal.

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Still in FIRST Portland State splits a pair against conference rival Utah Valley James MacKenzie Vanguard staff Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Portland State split a pair of doubleheaders against Utah Valley last weekend, 2–2, as senior De’Chauna Skinner single-handedly assured that the Vikings wouldn’t return home with a losing road trip.

Skinner, whose bases-loaded single through the left side won the final contest for Portland State in the bottom of the seventh, maintained PSU’s place atop the Mountain Division standings heading into next weekend’s series against conference opponent Idaho State.

“She’s just on a mission,” coach Tobin Echo-Hawk said. “She’s really focused and wants to end her career on a positive note and when somebody’s determined to do something, they’re going to do it.

She’s been here for four years and she’s just ready for that challenge.”

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The Vikings dropped the first game of the weekend to the Wolverines 3–2 after committing three errors in the bottom of the sixth that sunk an otherwise competent start from freshman pitcher Anna Bertrand. Bertrand pitched six innings, striking out five and walking four.

After Portland State tied the game at two apiece in the top of the sixth, Wolverine third baseman Jessica Anderson led off the bottom frame by reaching on an error to first baseman Lacey Holm and would come around to score after another error by senior

second baseman Becca Diede.

Portland State was quick to right the ship however, jumping out to a quick 4–0 lead after two innings in the second game of the weekend series. Skinner led off the second inning with a solo home run, the first of three runs in the inning. Skinner, who struggled mightily in the preseason, has flipped a switch over the last eight games and has hit two home runs in conference action so far, batting .300 while posting an on-base-plus slugging percentage of .991.

The Wolverines scored runs in both the third and fourth innings, but it was all Utah Valley could muster against junior Nichole Latham. Latham pitched seven innings, striking out five without allowing a walk, while scattering five hits in her fourth complete game of the season.

Bertrand returned to dominating form in game three of the series but was the tough-luck loser as errors once again came around to bite the Vikings. Bertrand went nine innings while matching her career high of 12 strikeouts and also didn’t walk a batter for only the second time this season. It was all for naught, however, as an error by Becca Diede extended the top of the ninth. The late-inning error proved to be costly once again, as it put runners at second and third, both of which came around to score.

The loss wasn’t for a lack of trying, as Echo-Hawk explained that in game three, the team executed well but was outshone by a Wolverine defense that even impressed her.

“I’m really happy with them, the game could have gone either way in that third game,” Echo-Hawk said.

“They made great plays. Plays that I’ve never seen before, diving plays up the middle and crawling to second to get the runner out...I couldn’t believe it and we did everything we needed to do to win, it just didn’t fall our way.”

In a dramatic conclusion to the weekend, the Vikings entered the bottom of the seventh of game four trailing by one. Errors once again proved to be costly, as the Vikings had led 2–0 entering the top of the seventh inning. Utah Valley, however, pushed three runs across the plate as an error by junior Brandi Campos loaded the bases, which would later be cleared by Wolverine designated player Amanda Perez on a double to left field.

Trailing 3–2 heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Vikings were looking at a 1–3 road trip and a drop into a first-place tie. Bad feelings on the trip home were avoided however, as senior Brandi Scoggins tied the game with a single to center and Skinner won the game with a single to left field to seal the victory 4–3. Despite allowing 11 hits in seven innings, Latham pitched her fifth complete game of the season and

her third in a row in games she started.

“Nichole has always been that pitcher, it’s just a matter of her getting back in to the swing of things and the more she pitches and the more success she gets, the better she gets.

She’s right where we want her to be,” Echo-Hawk said.

Portland State will play one non-conference game on Wednesday as the Vikings will look to exact revenge on an Oregon State team that took two from PSU before conference play began. The Vikings return to conference on Saturday against Idaho State for four games at Erv Lind Stadium.

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Pacific Coast Softball Conference standings Mountain Division Portland State 16–23 (6–2) W1 Seattle 10–24–1 (6–2) W4 Utah Valley 19–19 (5–3) L1 N. Colorado 11–28 (3–5) W1 Idaho State 9–28 (3–5) L1 Weber State 1–35 (1–7) L6 Coastal Division Loyola Marymount 19–17 (6–2) W1 Sacramento State 15–26 (5–2) W1

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St. Mary’s 18–17 (4–2) L2 Cal. State-Bakersfield 16–26 (4–4) W4 San Diego 13–22 (2–4) L1 Santa Clara 8–22 (0–7) L8

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At the plate: Portland State sits atop the Pacific Coast standings after earning two wins over

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