Daily Vanguard May 11, 2010

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TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 105

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INSIDE OPINION Who’s the Boss?

In-fighting between City Hall and PPB fosters distrust, confusion Page 3 Guest Opinion Hunting helps wildlife, society Page 3

NEWS

Student raises awareness of global health conditions Meman, founder of The Journey to Heal Kurdistan, to speak tomorrow PAGE 5

ARTS

Ultimate fighting Super Street Fighter IV is the pinnacle incarnation of Capcom’s latest PAGE 6 Finding the universal in the particular Profile Theatre delivers a moving performance of The Young Man From Atlanta Page 7

SPORTS

Table Tennis Club scouts for new talent Two-time Olympian agrees to coach team PAGE 10

Bonds on the ballot, deadline next Tuesday Measures 68 and 69 would allow universities to use bonds for renovation Carrie Johnston Vanguard staff

Measures 68 and 69, appearing on the ballots due in on May 18, are legislatively referred constitutional amendments aiming to allow schools to use bond funds to pay for the renovation of existing buildings.

Currently, the Oregon constitution prohibits state universities from using low-cost bonds to buy existing buildings. For PSU campus, where expansion often requires the purchase of existing buildings, allowance for the higher education system to use the lowest-cost financing would keep costs low.

The result of a “Yes” vote on Measure 68 would allow the state to issue bonds to match voter-approved school district bonds for school capital costs, and dedicates lottery funds for matching funds and repayment.

The result of a “No” vote on Measure 68 would retain the current law, which prohibits the state and restricts local districts from issuing bonds to pay for school capital costs (acquisition, construction,

repair and improvement of existing facilities).

A “Yes” vote on Measure 69 would allow state authority to issue the lowest cost bonds to finance projects for the benefit of community colleges and public universities.

A “No” vote on measure 69 rejects changes to the state’s authority to issue lowest cost bonds to finance community college and university facility projects.

ASPSU President-elect Katie Markey said, “Measures 68 and 69 deal with bonding...and bonds are really confusing.”

Despite the confusing nature of the measures, Markey expects a large student voter response.

“We didn’t run a big registration drive this term because so many students already registered to vote— about 2,755 in fall term and 60 more this term,” Markley said.

According to the Daily Astorian newspaper, “[Measure 69] is most relevant to Portland State University, which is in the middle of a city, but it might well be used by other institutions.”

These two ballot measures referred by the Oregon Legislature are the least talked-about elements on the May ballot due to their relatively benign nature.

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PSU softball wins division title Robert Britt/Portland State Vanguard Archive

Series sweep over Seattle puts PSU in PCSC Championship Series James MacKenzie Vanguard staff

With a four-game sweep of the Seattle Redhawks over the weekend, Portland State punched its ticket for the inaugural Pacific Coast Softball Conference Championship Series against the Coastal Division’s Saint Mary’s College.

While the Vikings were quick to clinch their spot in the tournament by sweeping Saturday’s doubleheader against Seattle 4-1 and 1-0, it was

the PSU seniors combining to hit 10 for 22 in Sunday’s doubleheader that carried the Vikings to 6-3 and 7-3 victories on senior day.

“It’s a good feeling, but it’s a little too early to celebrate,” said head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk. “We still have to win outright to make it worth it, so we’re really excited, but we’re trying to focus on next weekend.”

The Vikings quickly slammed the door on Seattle on Saturday, as dominant pitching performances by freshman Anna Bertrand and junior Nichole Latham left little work to the Vikings offense. Bertrand, whose freshman season has been as

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Police riot of ‘70 still echoes today Today is the 40th anniversary of PSU anti-war protest in response to Kent State Courtney Graham Vanguard staff

The Kent State Massacre, which shocked the nation on May 4, 1970, sparked a movement at universities nationwide, including at Portland State, to force a decision on the Vietnam War. During a peaceful student protest on May 11—40 years ago today—police attempted to violently disperse crowds on the South Park Blocks.

Even before the deaths at Kent State, the political climate at PSU was tense, and students seemed to be waiting for the climactic moment that would gain critical mass and make a broader statement.

As early as November 1969, PSU students were protesting and blockading military recruitment, as well as beginning to speak out against the U.S. Army’s forays into Cambodia and Laos, as a result of its involvement in Vietnam.

“It was an awful time in many ways,” said David Horowitz, an associate professor of history at the time. “The government had lost control of itself.”

All photos courtesy of Tom Geil

Clash on the Park Blocks: Peaceful protesters at PSU were violently attacked by police.

In the eyes of those individuals involved in protest, Horowitz said there was “no other way to impact public policy but to be disruptive in the confines of nonviolence and civil disobedience.”

“Nobody thought we were going to stop the war,” he said.

During the week following the Kent State shootings, PSU became part of a movement, alongside 400 other universities, which temporarily shut down campuses across the nation in protest of the war and the government’s reaction to dissent.

“By 1970 young people had been actively protesting this war on a mass scale for six years in every way peacefully possible, only to wake up on April 30, 1970 and see Nixon on

TV announcing that he was invading Cambodia,” said Doug Weiskopf, a 1970 graduate of PSU. Only a few days later, on May 4, it was reported that the Ohio National Guard had shot 11 students at Kent State University, killing four of them, according to Weiskopf.

“All hell broke loose across the country, including Portland,” he said. “Kent State created a sense of emergency and people felt they had to do something about it.”

At PSU, students occupied the university on Wednesday night, May 6, and remained in the Smith Center—now known as Smith Memorial Student Union—through Friday, May 8, the same day of

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Judicial Board meets to decide if this is constitutional. The stage is now set for a deep fact-finding mission...will they impeach the copy machine for misconduct or will it be discovered sheep can fly. Check back next week for more news...[“ASPSU office in turmoil,” April 30].

—Anonymous

Bratty kids grow up to be Dick Richards This writer is proof that just because you are removed from a situation when you are being annoying as a child, doesn’t mean you won’t grow up to be annoying and/or whiny [“The Rant and Rage: The kids aren’t alright,” April 21].

PS…I don’t have kids and don’t especially like them, but somehow I manage to make it through these difficult times.

—Anonymous

Revolution!

Why does or should anyone care about what these people do [“ASPSU office in turmoil,” April 30]? There is the fact that they get paid a ridiculous sum to be on Facebook, throw rallies, and pay an outside lobby over $200,000 of our student fee dollars. Every year their number-one goal is to lower our tuition and not one group has been successful. In addition, they just make all of us look bad with the mudslinging over $5 repayments, impeachments, childish barbs at administrators and “firing” people for not working. Can’t we just save $400,000 and end student government? Let 701 people chip in

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to pay for all of their stipends and rallies. The other 27,000 or so of us can save some money and not be embarrassed by these children on a daily basis.

—Shaun M. If you ignore it, they won’t come Street Preachers have been in the park blocks since I started at PSU in 1998 [“The right to peaceful park blocks,” May 5]. They never go away, and trying to have a logical discussion with them is pointless. They just feed off the negative energy people give them by engaging in their yelling. If everybody would just ignore them, they would eventually go away.

—Anonymous The gun debate still rages on I thought that this article had already been commented to death, but I cannot sit by and let rampant ignorance go unchecked [“Frappuccinos and firearms,” March, 9]! “...the crimes stopped were also started because of guns.”

School yourself, please, so you

don’t spout off false statements as if they were facts. The majority of ALL violent crime is committed without a firearm (74 percent)—straight from the U.S. Department of Justice.

I think they’d know.

But...Statistics and provable vs. made-up “facts” aside, no gun has EVER caused a crime. Ever. I’ve got a $100 with your name on it if you can show me ONE crime caused by a gun. You can’t, because a gun is an inanimate object, incapable of action outside the hands of someone using it. Pencils and pens don’t cause spelling mistakes, the people wielding them are the true cause.

—Troy LOL OMG WTF! OMG Seriously what the fuckkkkkkkk the blazers ya’ll were soooooooooooo close [“For the Blazers, game six sucks,” May 4]! I pissed my pants for you because I didn’t wanna go to the bathroom and miss a great throw by Broy or Mwebster! fuck man! on to another one. I guess.

—Leafblower

Think If you haven’t noticed the various construction projects going on all around campus, then you must be taking online classes, or just not paying attention. Construction all along the South Park Blocks and through PSU has caused quite the inconvenience through the effort to make our campus better and up-to-date.

Many a time have students sat in class lectures as they are rumbled and vibrated by the heavy machinery outside, while seemingly simple routes between classes have become blocked or turned into a maze of detours…some students never find their way out.

We can only hope that this will eventually all be for the better.

But what do you think? How has the campus construction affected you? Have your paths across PSU been compromised and have you found better ways to navigate the mess?

Tell us what you think. Write us at the Vanguard and let us know what you like and/or don’t like about the construction. Tell us any tricks of travel you have discovered trying to get around campus. Email us at opinion@dailyvanguard.com or to make it easy on you, use the letter to the editor option on our website.

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Thou shall not pass: Many students have had to find new routes to classes.

In-fighting between City Hall and PPB fosters distrust, confusion Patrick Guild Vanguard staff

T

he Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is releasing a children’s book titled A Kid’s Guide to What We Do. Officer Dave Thoman and his daughter, a schoolteacher, created the book to foster understanding about the PPB and encourage positive experiences with police officers.

I hope they’re going to make one for adults, because City Hall and the PPB are baffling the public. No one is willing to take responsibility for the PR nightmare that is the Portland Police Bureau.

I guess it began last November. Officer Christopher Humphreys shot a 12-year-old brat with a beanbag gun and the ensuing trial cut the last remaining ties between City Hall and the PPB. The Portland Police Association, the police union, staged a massive rally in support of Humphreys after Commissioner Dan Saltzman announced that Humphreys should be on administrative leave while being investigated.

After the rally, Saltzman agreed to put Humphreys on desk duty, which was what Chief Rosie Sizer wanted in the first

Who’s the Boss? place. The union then held a no-confidence vote in both Saltzman and Sizer. All of the light being shed on the inner workings of the police and City Hall leave the public with one question: Who’s in charge?

We’ll start from the top.

It should be the mayor. But Mayor Adams shirked that duty right away and passed it off to Commissioner Dan Saltzman. Now another commissioner, Randy Leonard, has campaigned to revamp the Independent Police Review Division in an effort to increase citizen oversight of police shootings. The decision hasn’t done much to make citizens safer from police, but it has added to the feeling of distrust in the community.

Another problem is, it wasn’t supposed to be Leonard’s call. As the loudest member of the City Council, Leonard seems to have his fingers in everyone’s business.

Saltzman should have been the one to lead the charge on police overhaul. But he’s not the alpha dog, Leonard is. And Leonard has made it obvious that he wants Chief Sizer out.

He believes she is part of a culture that descends from chief to chief that makes it

Guest Opinion Greg Dewar Daily Emerald staff

Hunters are on the endangered species list. It’s a strange topic to write about at this University. It’s an equally strange topic for a technology columnist to write about, but bear with me. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported 19.1 million hunters in 1975, 12.5 million hunters in 2006 and predicts that the number will dwindle to 9.1 million by 2025.

Hunting is on the decline, and that places our ability to conserve and manage wildlife in peril.

Hunting is integral to conservation and preservation of flora and fauna around the United States.

Locally, hunters keep the nutria population in check because it’s open season all year. The waterways around Eugene are a prime breeding ground

A children’s book for Portland’s adults An excerpt from what a children’s book for Portland’s adults might look like.

okay for officers to be cowboys in the field because their superiors will protect them.

Leonard is citing the recent off-duty road rage incidents that ended with the resignation of union president, Sgt. Scott Westerman.

Just a few months ago, Westerman was the darling of the police department. As union head, he led the march on City Hall during the Humphreys case and began the no-confidence vote in Saltzman and Sizer. For once, the public had a face to put to the PPB. Then Westerman decided to harass a woman driving a Smart car twice in two days, crippling the public’s trust. When details emerged, the thin-blue-line culture of the bureau was made clear. For example, the victim got Westerman’s license plate and reported it to police during her 9-1-1 call, but police were unable to identify the president of their union’s tags.

For what it’s worth, Sizer is one of the best chiefs the city has ever had. She implemented new practices that scrutinize each officer under her command that uses force.

She has improved training, evaluated officers that resort to force in lieu of other less-violent options and actually lowered police shootings.

She also prefers to handle problems internally and under her own watchful eye. And therein lies the problem. If Sizer would open up to the public more, we wouldn’t have to interpret her actions through opponents like Randy Leonard.

By keeping quiet and staying out of the public eye, Sizer is proving Leonard’s accusations of police cover-ups true. I’m glad Sizer is taking steps to make Portland safer, but Portland has no idea and is plagued with an ever-increasing feeling of unease about our officers.

The PPB is an agent of the public. We grant them the power to protect us. It should never be a question of who’s in charge, because the answer should immediately be the people of Portland. Our representatives are shrinking from their duties and passing blame to other public officials. The result is a complete lack of confidence in our leadership and a dangerous public image the police and City Hall will have to work hard to change.

A children’s book is a step in the right direction. Every character in this fairy tale is guilty, and each needs to step up and assume responsibility for their actions.

What kind of message are we sending to our kids?

Illustration by Kira Meyrick/Portland State Vanguard

Hunting helps wildlife, society

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for them. Nutria are considered an invasive species and a danger to the local ecology because they damage wetlands habitats by destroying vegetation. They were introduced to the U.S. to harvest for fur trade and have simply gotten out of hand.

There is a fragile, tenuous ecological balance, and because we, as a species, have upset that balance by overtaking large amounts of natural habitat and at times overculling various species of wildlife, it is imperative that we try to maintain what semblance of that balance remains.

Hunting provides this for us as a society, while providing a source of food and sport for hunters.

Hunters also benefit wildlife monetarily. License money and special stamps fund wildlife management, law enforcement and research programs, as well as wetlands and nesting habitats used by many types of wildlife.

Federal taxes on sporting arms and

ammunition provide an additional source of funding.

It is a sort of a bureaucratic ecology within itself. Hunters are allowed to take up to a certain amount of a wildlife population during a specific time of the year through licenses and controlled hunts, thereby keeping the numbers of that population stable and the ecology similarly healthy. In return, the hunters fund programs that help wildlife continue to thrive. There is absolutely no downside to it.

So why, then, are hunters a dying breed? It has been suggested that there’s simply less land to hunt on.

Though this may be true, others point out that hunting is simply not a learned sport like it was in previous eras. There are fewer parents or family members taking youth out to hunt and showing them the ropes.

As a result, generations of people are growing up without learning basic hunting skills like marksmanship, tracking and calling. To change this in Oregon, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife offers hunter training for youth, specifically with pheasant hunts and shotgun clinics.

It also offers a variety of hunter training clinics for adults around the state that are geared for beginners, including trapping, bow hunting and shooting. Additionally, it offers advanced classes for those who already know how to hunt but want to improve their skills. The cost is minimal—as low as $10 for adult hunter education and as low as $4.50 for youth.

Hunting is quickly becoming one of my favorite sports. For my first

time out hunting, I participated in a bear hunt in Southern Oregon, where I took a friend, who is a professional chef, with me. Our end game was to have delicious bear jerky and steaks a-plenty. The startup cost in terms of gear was low. My friend and I picked up .30-Caliber WWII surplus rifles for around $100 apiece and invested about $13 in ammunition, as well as purchasing our hunting licenses.

We packed up the camping gear we already had lying around, hopped into my two-wheel drive light truck, and away we went. Though the hunt was ultimately unsuccessful (we were newbies, after all), we saw, heard or interacted with squirrels, geese, deer and wild cats. The scenery was breathtaking, and on the drive home we both agreed the trip had not been in vain. It was nice to see such a balance in nature and to know that it was still flourishing.

It is terrifying to think that someday that may not be the case.

The danger of allowing this hunting decline to continue is grave. There will be significantly less and less funding for the preservation of our ecology.

At this rate, to continue preservation, funding may have to start coming from non-hunting taxpayers.

If you’ve ever been curious about hunting, or if you’ve ever wanted to try it, I urge you to learn more about it by taking a class, or asking a friend who hunts to take you along. You’ll be doing Oregon’s ecology a favor. *This article was originally published in the Daily Emerald. It is reprinted here in its original form.

Once upon a time in a city of roses, a fuss brewed over police and their not-so-rosy behavior. A PR crisis such a blunder poses, many wondered if they could ever gain back the city’s favor.

It started as an officer sparked the debate, taking on an outrageous pre-teen at a stop for the MAX. Officials and unions argued his fate, for the public don’t take very kindly to beanbag attacks.

Saltzman wanted to force administrative leave, but settled for desk duty after the union’s fervor. Then Leonard stepped in voicing his own plea, “To stop this corrupt cycle, we must remove Chief Sizer.”

Then road rage would prove to make a few headlines, reports of smart cars and guns and police officers, oh my. A union president had to step down for a time, then protests began, but by anarchists, so people paid no mind.

The public certainly has some mistrust, and the police prefer to investigate their own blights. This can all be solved with much less fuss, if the people of Portland could have public oversight.

—Richard D. Oxley

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Vanguard 4 | News May 11, 2010

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

The Pullman Strike of 1894 On May 11, 1894, 3,000 workers went on strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company.

The Pullman Strike of 1894 became the first national strike in U.S. history, and involved over 150,000 people across 27 states, according to www.kansasheritage. org. In addition, it resulted in the passage of the Omnibus indictment, which outlawed unionized striking, until the Wagner Act of 1935 overturned it.

George M. Pullman, owner of the Pullman Palace Car Company, founded the town of Pullman, Ill. as a place where his workers could live.

In 1893, Pullman’s workers panicked after receiving several drastic wage cuts. In addition to the pay cuts, Pullman refused to lower the workers’ rents. On May 11, the workers went on strike, resulting in the closure of the Pullman Plant.

The American Railway Union, led

by Eugene Debs and comprised of 150,000 workers, joined the strike. The ARU decided to stop handling Pullman cars, paralyzing most of the rail lines in Chicago.

As a result, the federal government issued the Omnibus Injunction against the ARU, essentially banning strikes. Federal troops were also called in, causing the strike to become violent and ebb. Debs and others were arrested, and on August 2, the Pullman Plant reopened.

Despite the strike, the workers never received lowered rents.

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Police were given orders to disperse, chaos erupted nationwide memorials held for those killed at Kent State.

Gregory Wolfe, PSU’s president at the time, was very accommodating of the students and faculty who chose to strike. Roughly 134 faculty members and 500 students participated throughout the entire week.

The administration resisted closing the university as long as possible throughout the strike and protests, but Wolfe ultimately made the decision to shut down PSU on the days leading up to the memorials, making PSU the only Oregon university that officially closed.

Throughout the week leading up to May 11, the unrest at PSU among the anti-war students and faculty began to spread beyond campus borders, as marches brought hundreds of students to bear on City Hall and Mayor Terry Schrunk.

As protests continued, students set up barricades and a hospital tent in the Park Blocks to aid the injured, as well as to put further pressure on the university to release a public statement about the Vietnam War. The tent, which was located near Smith, became a symbol of the protest and of solidarity, Horowitz said.

Tensions continued to rise on campus, and on May 11, Mayor Schrunk gave in to pressure from the city, ordering the police to disband the protestors who were occupying the Park Blocks.

According to Tom Geil, who worked for the Vanguard at the time, his office was notified that there was a mass of police marching up the South Park Blocks toward the hospital tent, so he immediately went to the roof of the Smith building with his camera at the ready.

Students in the park also became quickly aware of a police presence, and banded together around the tent to protect those inside and to stand up for what they viewed as an integral cause of their movement, according to the articles found in the Vanguard archives.

Stories from the archives and from individuals who were present on that day explain that the police formed a large wedge-shaped marching block, with the riot police at the head. Shortly after the battalion arrived at the front lines of the student blockade, someone called for the police to take on the student, and chaos erupted.

“Blood-drenched clothing, severe gashes, screaming, crying—that morning had it all,” Geil said. “All I knew was that unexpectedly the police began marching methodically forward, jabbing their batons forward to knock the air out of anyone standing in their way.”

Geil, who attempted to remain impartial at the time, said that upon seeing what was happening to his fellow classmates and professors down below, could not possibly stand by and watch as the police beat people down. He ran to join the fray, and his pictures from the time clearly show this change in perspective.

Professor Horowitz, who was very heavily involved as well, explained that he was trying to help rescue an individual who had been struck down in the violence.

Though the entire ordeal only lasted for two minutes, 27 people were hospitalized, 11 of them being PSU students or faculty members.

After the police riot, as it is now referred to in popular memory, students and community members

—kansasheritage.org

All photos courtesy of Tom Geil

alike banded together for a 3,000-person march to City Hall to call for Mayor Schrunk’s resignation, due to his order to take down the peaceful student protestors. All accounts say that he did not appear on that day.

After the march, much of the uproar about the brutality seemed to die down, according to Geil.

Weiskopf, however, has a different perspective.

“I believe it can be said that national student strike of May ‘70 had the profound effect of preventing the Indochina war from becoming much more horrible, much more costly in terms of lost lives on all sides, and to have

been fought even longer than the decade it ultimately lasted,” he said.

Ultimately, Weiskopf and Horowitz agreed that their generation had the drive, but perhaps not the sophistication, necessary to truly push for major change.

“Our anger was overwhelming,” Horowitz said. “It became kind of dysfunctional after a while.”

“I think what resonates with me today is how disappointing all of our dreams for the future turned out,” he said. “We were going to have a peaceful world full of humanity...I realize that we not only failed to make things better, but also failed to keep them from getting worse.”

Face off: Students on the Park Blocks protesting the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings

were confronted by police who were given the orders to disband the group by the mayor.

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Measures 68 & 69 would grant schools flexibility with bonds Measure 68 also applies to local K-12 school districts, as it would help fund maintenance, repairs, and upgrades to school facilities.

It allows the state to issue bonds to provide matching funds for voter-approved projects, preserving local control while saving taxpayer money.

Measure 68 would allow the state to match money that is raised by school districts that pass their own construction bonds.

It expands the definition of an

acceptable purchase to include computers, for instance, or a major roof repair.

According to the Oregon Secretary of State’s office, “Measure 68 would revise the Oregon Constitution to allow voters to approve local district bonds for school capital costs and the state to issue bonds and use the revenue from those bonds to help local school districts pay for capital costs. Capital costs include acquisition,

construction, repair and improvement, but not routine maintenance or supplies.”

The Constitution currently limits both voters’ and the state’s ability to approve or issue local district bonds for school capital costs. The measure would dedicate 15 percent of state lottery revenues to a “school capital matching fund” to repay state funds provided to districts.

State bonds may not be repaid by raising property taxes.

May 18 Election Day June 17 Certification of election results Elections office contact info (503) 988-3720 election@co.mulnomah.or.us

Student raises awareness of global health conditions Meman, founder of The Journey to Heal Kurdistan, to speak tomorrow Catrice Stanley Vanguard staff

Mina Meman has known for three years that she wanted to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. Last summer, Meman worked two jobs and took 15 credits at PSU. During that time, Meman, 19, realized she could be doing much more important things with her time. As a result, she quit both of her jobs and started a foundation called The Journey to Heal Kurdistan.

“I decided that having years of undergrad, medical school [and] general surgery left should not stop me from educating myself and making as much of a difference as possible in the global health situation,” she said. “It is something I am incredibly passionate about.”

Tomorrow at 2 p.m., Meman will be speaking and answering questions about the foundation and her planned documentary in the Cascade Room in Smith Memorial Student Union.

This June, Meman will be heading to the Kurdistan region, an area in the Middle East spanning parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. The entire trip, which will last for three months, will be filmed to create the documentary.

“The organization is a reflection of the long-term dedication that I have to bringing awareness and aid to the poor health system, lack of medical technology and weak public health education,” Meman said.

Since Meman founded The Journey to Heal Kurdistan, organizations such as CardioStart International, Oregon Health and Science University and many others have gotten involved. “[These organizations] have offered their services, support and wisdom,” she said. “My family and friends are [also] an incredible support, and the heart surgeons at OHSU have been absolutely remarkable in their wisdom and guidance.”

CardioStart International will be accompanying Meman for a two-week period this summer. Advanced heart investigations and procedures will be offered during the trip, according to the organization’s website.

“All essential donated equipment is left in the country for the hospital to use for its own advancement, and the relationship continues over several years, where possible, to ensure future donations can be usefully added to the program as it expands,” according to CardioStart’s website.

During her presentation this Wednesday, Meman will explain the extent of the involvement these organizations have had with the cause.

She will also share personal stories, answer questions about her trip and the documentary and will educate students about the instability of the health system in Kurdistan.

“I will share stories of those who have unnecessarily suffered from some of the simplest viruses and disease just because they don’t have immunizations or access to certain medications,” Meman said.

“I will [also] share stories of the Kurds, their history, the attempted genocide and how Saddam Hussein held them back for years.”

Fourteen years ago, Meman said her father was working for the American government in Iraq. After being forced to flee the country, her family was relocated to Oregon, where they had to start from scratch.

“We brought almost nothing to the states with us,” she said.

“We didn’t speak the language. We had no idea what we were doing.

Fourteen years later, the kids have grown up. We seized every opportunity to learn and grow that came our way.”

Meman’s oldest sister is currently on her way to becoming a lawyer, while another sister is in a pre-dental program.

She is also going the medical route, but wants to give back to the country she left behind.

Vanguard News | 5 May 11, 2010

Monroe Sweetland’s impact on PSU

Photo courtesy of S. Saad

Mina Meman: Student working to raise awareness about medical conditions in Kurdistan.

Meman’s presentation this Wednesday will be free, but donations are accepted. All donations will go to fund the documentary and trip. For those interested in getting involved, there will be opportunities for volunteering and possible internships presented tomorrow.

For more information about The Journey to Heal Kurdistan, visit www.healkurdistan.blogspot.com or contact Meman at minameman@gmail.com.

Another presentation will be held during the first week of June, right before her departure.

“This is truly an optimistic issue,” Meman said. “I really hope that I can spark a desire in these students to learn about this issue and begin educating themselves more on our global health system.”

Tonight, Portland State’s Friends of History will host a lecture, given by retired history professor Bill Robbins, about Oregon statesman Monroe Sweetland.

Though Sweetland passed away in 2006, his life in politics spanned seven decades. In addition, he guided legislation that transformed PSU into an urban university, according to a press release.

During his career, Sweetland fought for civil rights and was partly responsible for turning Oregon into a liberal state.

Robbins, a renowned author and historian in Western American studies, is a retired professor from Oregon State University. In 1997, he received the honorary title of “Distinguished Professor” for his contributions to the field of history, according to the press release.

The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in 238 Smith Memorial Student Union. For more information, call 503–725–5743 or visit www.history.pdx.edu/ foh.

—pdx.edu/events

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

Out now: New music release Adam Green: Musik for a Play (Contraphonic) CocoRosie: Grey Oceans (Sub Pop) The Dead Weather: Sea of Cowards (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

(U.S. release) Gayngs: Relayted (Jagjaguwar) (U.S. release) Holy Fuck: Latin (Young Turks/XL) Indian Jewelry: Totaled (We Are Free) Japandroids: No Singles (Polyvinyl) Keane: Night Train (Cherrytree/Interscope) Kris Kristofferson: Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72 (Light in the Attic) Male Bonding: Nothing Hurts (Sub Pop) The National: High Violet (4AD) (U.S. release) Phosphorescent: Here’s to Taking It Easy (Dead Oceans) Sage Francis: Li(f)e (Anti-) Sleigh Bells: Treats (NEET/Mom + Pop) Tender Trap: Do You Wanna Boyfriend 7” (Slumberland) Thee Oh Sees: Warm Slime (In The Red) UNKLE: Where Did the Night Fall (Surrender All) Various Artists: Next Stop…Soweto: Soul, Funk & Organ Grooves From the Townships 1969-1976 (Strut) Woods: At Echo Lake (Woodsist) Zs: New Slaves (Social Registery) —pitchfork.com

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Ultimate fighting Super Street Fighter IV is the pinnacle incarnation of Capcom’s latest Steve Haske Vanguard staff

A lot of Street Fighter fans have been excited for the release of Super Street Fighter IV ever since it was announced last year.

With everything that made the original Street Fighter IV so great (solid, expertly-tuned fighting and a diverse cast of characters playable across multiple modes) and the addition of new modes, new fighters and a slew of online options, there’s a lot here to get your blood pumping.

But these aren’t the reasons I was excited about the game. My reason?

Bonus levels. Yeah, that’s right, you heard me. Remember the bonus levels in Street Fighter II that tasked you with beating the living hell out of a car, or breaking as many barrels as possible in a certain amount of time? Well, their absence was sorely missed in the original SFIV. But, Capcom being Capcom (bless them), decided after listening to fan reaction to put these wonderfully superfluous mini-games back into the standard arcade mode for SSFIV. And really, it’s pretty endemic of the entire experience you’ll have with this new, souped-up version of the game.

To put it bluntly, your copy of Street Fighter IV, if you have one, is now officially obsolete.

Not only does SSFIV have the same great core game and mechanics (the focus system, which serves as an unblockable charge attack as well

as a defensive absorption tactic, the revenge meter, which builds as you take damage, plus your standard super gauge for combos and chains) but its original 25-character roster has survived intact and expanded by 10 (best of all, everyone is unlocked from the beginning).

Aside from the new fighters, which are a variety of old, new and somewhat forgotten faces (plus the bonus stages), the game has seemingly been retuned slightly, making arcade mode’s final boss, Seth, seem a hell of a lot less cheap than he was in SFIV. I’m amazed I didn’t suffer any broken controllers after fighting Seth in IV, where a novice player could literally spend hours sparring with the bastard before winning the match (it sure as hell wasn’t easy for me, and I’m a decent enough player).

In SSFIV, I was able to take him down in one match—an astounding change of pace.

The game’s deep training mode has also survived the transition to its Super incarnation, and the challenge

mode offers a chance to really get to know the ins and outs of your favorite fighter.

But the biggest new change about SSFIV is its online mode, which Capcom has completely overhauled with new endless and team battle modes, as well as the awesome new replay channel, which allows you to view recorded matches from other players online, slow down the video, turn on damage stats and other things to really allow you analyze what each player is doing. For an SF fanatic, this is pretty awesome.

SSFIV might be a “hardcore” fighting game, but its core mechanics are easy enough that anyone can jump in and play while still offering enough

challenge and nuance for the expert players (and if you’ve ever seen them play, it’s like watching an entirely different game).

If you like fighting games and haven’t already done so, go get this one—it’ll be more than enough to tide you over until Capcom’s sure-to-be amazing Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.

Super Street Fighter IV Capcom PS3, Xbox 360 $39.99

All photos courtesy of Capcom

Super Street Fighter IV: The same as Street Fighter, but now with more “super.“

True to its origins

El Quijote is impressive while staying true to the novel Natalie McClintock Vanguard staff

Most people, even without reading the novel, know the story of the famous knight Don Quixote and his sidekick, Sancho Panza. Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th century novel has been beloved of readers for generations in spite of its incredible length, and it has been inspiration to artists of the visual and written spectrum since its publication.

Currently, the story has been set for the stage: Miracle Theatre Group’s stage, as a matter of fact, right here in Portland.

El Quijote was originally written by a Columbian man named Santiago Garcia, obviously inspired

by Cervantes’ novel of a similar title—the show being put on by Miracle Theatre Group is a modern adaptation of said script. It cuts out many of the adventures of the original story, but stays true to the heart and soul of the tale.

Gilberto Martin del Campo is wonderful as Quijote. He is

both awkward and dignified, and somehow it seems as though Don Quixote himself walked out of his novel and is pacing the stage. He plays his character’s insanity to perfection, and it is hard not to see his vision as your own, even though it is so obviously self-deception.

Not only is del Campo fantastic in his role, but he delivers the play’s bilingual lines so beautifully that it could have been written into a song. As the antithesis to his master’s craziness, Danny Bruno gives an excellent performance of Sancho Panza. Even the looks of the two actors fit the canon descriptions of Quixote and Panza—the show is like watching the abridged version of the book.

In one memorable scene, Quijote sets out in a hodge-podge suit of armor (created by costumer Sarah Gahagan, who was fabulously creative in this and other scenes) on an adventure for his love interest, the beautiful Dulcinea, who is actually a farm girl that he has renamed and revamped into a princess worthy of a knighterrant’s quest. He is knighted by an innkeeper and sent on his way, and thus the story begins.

Photo courtesy of Faith Cathcart/Milgaro Theatre

El Quijote: A wonderful stage adaptation of the classic novel.

Director Olga Sanchez chose her team and actors flawlessly. The costumes were whimsical and in character and the acting spectacular.

Even the sets were designed incredibly well. Actors were popping up out of doors that were previously unseen throughout the night. Mark Haack’s set was like a big, surprising game of hide-and-go-seek.

The production manages to take the viewer completely out of reality, much like the title character, for the whole duration. Even though many of the lines peppered through the script include Spanish, even the exclusively English-speaking audience can at least get the gist of what is being said, and the natural way the actors switch between languages makes the bilingual portion enrich the show rather than leave the audience confused.

The effort put into this

production ensures that the audience, whether or not they were fans of the original story when they walked in the door, will leave happier for the experience. El Quijote is a must-see production for both fans of theater and fans of the novel.

El Quijote Milagro Theatre 525 SE Stark St Thu, 7:30 p.m., Fri and Sat, 8 p.m.

Sun, 2 p.m. $16 students, $20–22 general Runs through May 29

Finding the universal in the particular Profile Theatre delivers a moving performance of The Young Man From Atlanta Andrea Vedder Vanguard staff

Sometimes, life hands you a sweet surprise. Profile Theatre’s low-profile production of The Young Man From Atlanta is one of these.

The theatre’s selections have been interesting—last season it chose Neil Simon, the man behind most of our musical theater zeitgeist, and this season it has chosen to profile Horton Foote. The decision is something of a tribute, as Foote died last March, but Foote was a powerful American playwright who commands an audience no matter the timing.

Foote was a contemporary playwright, well-appreciated for his dedicated exploration of what it means to be a human in our time and country. Popular and expert works include his screenplay adaptations of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men. His plays may be less pop-culturally prevalent but are no less outstanding, and The Young Man From Atlanta—a later work—won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Here in Portland, it is well performed under the guidance of director Pat Patton. Will (Tobias Anderson) and Lilly Dale Kidder (JoAnn Johnson) are a married couple approaching retirement age. They have recently lost their only son, probably to a suicidal drowning, and their attempt to cope—together and separately—is the major thread in this play.

In the opening scene, Will is fired from the Houston produce company he’s worked with for 38 years. They need younger men, they tell him, and business is different these days. In this scene, the audience is also introduced to the young man from Atlanta. Randy Carter is an offstage character that lived in an Atlanta boarding house with Will and Lilly Dale’s now-deceased son.

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Randy claims to have had a very close relationship with their son and frequently contacts the Kidders by phone, by post and in person in an effort to connect.

What does Randy want? Will believes it’s money, and Randy has indeed milked Lilly Dale for tens of thousands of dollars—unbeknownst to Will. Lilly Dale, exhausted by grief and confusion and terrified to acknowledge the possibility of her son’s suicide, happily gave her savings away to Randy. In exchange, he comforted her and assured her that his very dear friend, her only son, was a spiritual man, a Christian man, and that he would never have killed himself. Randy assured Lilly Dale that her son had been happy.

Everything comes to a head when Will is fired. Guarding his pride, Will refuses his three months’ notice and leaves immediately, intent on starting his own business. When the banks won’t lend him the capital he needs to start, he turns to his own assets—and Lilly Dale’s. Because more than half of her known savings is gone, Lilly Dale has to confess to her frequent contact with Randy Carter. This enrages her husband, prompts a heart attack, and furthers the wedge between them.

Tobias Anderson is excellent as Will Kidder. He is absolutely believable and compelling throughout, though he does lack a convincing (or consistent) Texan accent. JoAnn Johnson also shines as Lilly Dale Kidder, certainly a difficult character to portray. The supporting cast is talented and enthusiastic.

Scenic designer Mina Kinukawa has done an incredible job, creating the dollhouse living room set of a television family comedy and displaying it easily and intimately in a very small theater. Costume designer DeeDee Remington also deserves a nod for her male characters’ perfectly tailored suits and her female characters’ smart dresses.

In a very Faulknerian tradition, Horton Foote settled on the fictional town of Harrison, Texas as the setting for his 40+ plays, often

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Weekend box office: Top 10 highestgrossing films for the weekend of April 23–25 1. Iron Man 2 Weekend Gross: $128,122,480 Gross to Date: $128,122,480 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Weekend Gross: $9,119,389 Gross to Date: $48,479,560 3. How to Train Your Dragon Weekend Gross: $6,680,374 Gross to Date: $201,013,867 4. Date Night Weekend Gross: $5,448,257 Gross to Date: $81,002,725 5. The Back-Up Plan Weekend Gross: $5,033,471 Gross to Date: $30,103,940 6. Furry Vengeance Weekend Gross: $4,478,107 Gross to Date: $12,100,064 7. Clash of the Titans Weekend Gross: $2,503,251 Gross to Date: $158,006,277 8. Death at a Funeral Weekend Gross: $2,308,743 Gross to Date: $38,531,924

Photo courtesy of Jamie Bosworth/Profile Theatre

The Young Man from Atlanta: Clearly not pictured above.

revisiting characters and chance happenings. On his classification as a regionalist, Foote wrote, “What you try to find is the universal in the particular. That’s the search.”

In the particulars of a married couple losing their son, their livelihood, and their sense of emotional security, there is much to find about what it means to operate as a human being in this world. This is a play about family, about secrets and about healing. With a wonderful cast and crew, it’s not to be missed.

The Young Man From Atlanta Theater! Theatre!

3430 SE Belmont Thu–Sat, 8 p.m.

Sun, 2 p.m.

Runs through May 16 $15 students

9. Babies Weekend Gross: $2,160,460 Gross to Date: $2,161,460 10. The Losers Weekend Gross: $1,847,290 Gross to Date: $21,496,907 —boxofficemojo.com

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Billboard Top 10 Week of May 15 Pop 1. “Rude Boy,” Rihanna 2. “Nothin’ On You,” B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars 3. “In My Head,” Jason Derulo 4. “Hey, Soul Sister,” Train 5. “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris 6.“Breakeven,” The Script 7. “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum 8. “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha 9. “Telephone,” Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce 10. “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga

Rock 1. “Between the Lines,” Stone Temple Pilots 2. “The Good Life,” Three Days Grace 3. “Uprising,” Muse 4. “Savior,” Rise Against 5. “1901,” Phoenix 6. “Your Decision,” Alice in Chains 7. “Lay Me Down,” The Dirty Heads feat.

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Night of the Hunter

Local film } highlights Sarah Esterman

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Night of the Hunter In the role that defined his career, Robert Mitchum is Preacher Harry Powell, a schizophrenic preacher who is after the stolen fortune his new sweetheart’s dead husband left behind. Night of the Hunter is a film that grapples between good and evil, as Preacher Powell relentlessly follows his now step-kids, who are reluctant to tell him the whereabouts of the treasure.

Laurelhurst Theater 7 p.m. $3 21+

8. “Resistance,” Muse 9. “Cryin’ Like A Bitch!,” Godsmack 10. “Give Me A Sign (Forever And...),” Breaking Benjamin

—Billboard

Photo courtesy of Paul Gregory Productions

And And And’s success steadily rises with big plans in the works

Forgot to do something nice for your mama on Mother’s Day? Don’t take her to this film to make up for it. Mother, a single parent, spends her days taking care of her 27-yearold son, Do-Joon. When Do-Joon walks home intoxicated one night, he follows a pretty schoolgirl for a little while until she disappears into an alley. The next morning, the girl is found dead and Do-Joon is accused of her murder. Grappling with the denial that her son could commit such a crime, Mother begins to investigate the case herself and the South Korean film turns into a total creep fest.

Living Room Theaters 12:10 p.m., 5 p.m., 8:20 p.m. $6 w/PSU ID 21+ after 4:30 p.m.

Photo courtesy of Why Not Productions

A Prophet

Bread and Tulips This one isn’t technically playing at a “local theater,” but Costello’s Travel Caffé screens a different foreign film on most Wednesdays.

This week’s film, Bread and Tulips, tells the story of Rosalba, a middleaged woman who is left behind at a rest stop during a family bus trip. Feeling as if something is missing in her life, Rosalba takes the opportunity to hitchhike to Venice.

What is planned as only a day or two venture turns into longer, and Rosalba finds herself taking a job and making a new set of friends.

Costello’s Travel Caffé 7:30 p.m.

Free All ages Thursday A Prophet This is the third foreign film on this list, but reading subtitles is good for you. This one, from France, tells the story of 18-year-old Malik El Djebena, who is just beginning a six-year prison sentence. Despite his illiteracy, Djebana quickly learns

the political system within the prison, which puts him in the center of the power struggle that divides the prisoners. Directed by Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped), A Prophet is not a film to miss.

Laurelhurst Theater 9 p.m. $3 21+ Friday Small Change Yes—this film is also French. One of François Truffaut’s best works, Small Change follows the lives of a group of children in Thiers, France.

Less of a three-act story and more of a collage of what it means to be a child, the film features scenes from the everyday lives of the children.

Hollywood Theatre 12 p.m. $6.50 All ages

BIG things on the HORIZON

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Though Berg Radin and company didn’t plan on creating a six-piece ensemble when they formed the Portland project And And And, the band grew because current members saw potential and enjoyed the collaborative style. Radin is joined by Bim Ditson, Nathan Baumgartner, Ryan Wiggans, Jonathan Sallas and Run 4 Yo Lyfe who are looking towards a second album release this summer.

After coming up from Eugene, the group has gotten connected

through local shows and solid booking. This eventually led to the opportunity to play regularly at Ella Street Social Club.

“The band was able to form by most of us moving from Eugene,” Radin said. “We had a band in Eugene called SuperDream, so most of us were in that already...and then we started a whole new project called And And And when we were all living here.”

SuperDream started as Radin and company’s former band but has developed into a kind of “label,”

Photo courtesy of Super Dream Music

And And And: Slightly obsucre, but chock-full of musical talent.

though Radin says it is more of a collaborative experience for different projects instead of a true label.

“That’s my label that I started just because we had so many other projects that we did—I’m involved in every one of those projects so I just started it as a way to release our own music,” Radin said. “There are nine albums on there...it’s just like a way for us...to pretty much put all of our music in one spot.”

The band’s “rock” style with reverb and echo tendencies has helped it to fit in here in the Portland community.

This has led the band to release an album titled We’ll Be Better Off With The Plants. And even after the band’s recent production, it plans to release another album around the end of June titled Fresh Summer. When it comes to other bands, The Archers and Young Prisms are two bands that And And And has enjoyed and hopes to play with in the future.

“We’re playing [the] Doug Fir for the first time, we just got asked to play the PDX Pop Now!, which we’re super excited for, and also the Musicfest Northwest in September,” Radin said.

“PDX Pop Now! is probably...the next big thing we are excited for.”

And And And is excited to play at Ella Street Social Club tonight where the band has played multiple times in the past. With new upgrades at the venue, Radin and the band have

noticed the changes and enjoyed the improvements.

“It’s one of our favorite places to play,” Radin said. “It’s small and like real intimate, the stage is small, we all cram onto this really small stage with all our stuff and it’s pretty cool…they just recently got a new PA system and that has changed it a lot...it’s awesome, it couldn’t be better.”

The band is joined by Gratitillium tonight, both being energetic groups who enjoy live performances as much as the audience.

“We’re all about bringing a ton of energy, we have a lot going on onstage,” Radin said. “Everyone is moving around a ton. So our main thing is to be super energetic.”

This energetic band plays tonight, but will also continue to play shows both at Ella Street and other venues such as the Doug Fir. Join the band for a high-energy and high-talent event tonight.

And And And Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place Tonight, 8 p.m.

Free 21+

SPORTS SOFTBALL |

Sports Editor:

from page one

Vikings win division title, advance to PCSC Series dominant as any seen in Portland State history, pitched her 12th complete game of the season, one-hitting the Redhawks in Game One. Seattle led briefly in that first game, as Bertrand’s only hiccup of the afternoon resulted in a run scored on a RBI single by Allegra Wilde. Bertrand, who had loaded the bases with consecutive walks and a hit by pitch with only one out, was bailed out of further trouble when junior shortstop Arielle Wiser saved a couple of runs on a diving stop that kept Wilde’s RBI single on the infield.

“It was pretty big. It’s one of those where sometimes pitchers need to know their defense is going to work for them,” Echo-Hawk said.

“Arielle did a nice job and she’s been working hard on her dives lately so it’s great to see her finally get one.”

Bertrand came back to strike out Katie Antich swinging to end the inning—one of Bertrand’s 11 strikeouts on the day, in what was her fifth double-digit strikeout performance of the season.

With one gem already tossed by the Viking rotation, PSU would need every bit of junior Nichole Latham’s shutdown performance in the second game as the Vikings clinched the Division title and berth in PCSC tournament with a 1-0 victory over Seattle in Game Two on Saturday.

Latham pitched seven innings of shutout softball and allowed only five base runners on three hits and two walks, while striking out six. The victory, Latham’s eighth in conference, was her second shutout of the season and helped to lower her already miniscule conference ERA to a barely visible 0.60.

The Redhawks’ Kelsey Reynolds assured, though, that the PSU offense would have to work in order to clinch the title by matching Latham pitch-for-pitch over her first 5 2/3 innings. With two outs in the

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bottom of the sixth Reynolds’ luck ran dry, as senior second baseman Becca Diede singled to center field on a 1-2 pitch before Lacey Holm laced a double to right-center to put the Vikings on top 1-0.

On Sunday, with their ticket to ride in the PCSC Series already punched, PSU’s seniors propelled the Vikings to two more victories on the senior day. Portland State’s three senior position players combined for 10 hits, eight RBIs and seven runs, while senior Tori Rogers pitched seven strong innings in the series finale.

The Vikings stormed out of the gate in Sunday’s first game, scoring all six of their runs in the first three innings. Senior De’Chauna Skinner drove in the first run of the contest on a bases-loaded walk before Wiser brought in Diede on a single to right field.

After the Vikings scored another run in the top half of the second, Seattle tied the game at three apiece in the bottom of the inning, knocking sophomore starter Kendra Suhr out of the game with three runs earned in 1 1/3 innings. Bertrand was brought in to quell the surging Seattle lineup, and against Bertrand the Redhawks’ bats once again went silent.

Bertrand earned her fifteenth win of the season and struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, bringing her season total to 201 strikeouts, which is good for fifth-best on the Portland State single-season strikeout chart. “[Bertrand] has been really consistent all year and when we go to make the lineup there’s a lot of confidence that goes into having her in the lineup and it’s not just from me, it’s from her teammates and they’ve really started to back her up on the offensive side of things,” Echo-Hawk said.

The final game of the weekend belonged to the seniors. Rogers pitched a complete game, allowing

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Pacific Coast Softball Conference standings Mountain Division Portland State* 29-25 18-2 PCSC W5

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Line scores Saturday

Game One R Seattle 010 000 0 - 1 Portland State 030 001 X - 4

Win-Bertrand (14-9), Loss-Klein (4-8), Save-None

Game Two Seattle 000 000 0 - 0 Portland State 000 001 X - 1

Win-Latham (9-6), Loss-Reynolds (8-12), Save-None Sunday

Game Three Portland State 213 000 0 - 6 Seattle 030 000 0 - 3

Win-Bertrand (15-9), Loss-Ulrich (4-11), Save-None

Game Four Portland State 000 043 0 - 7 Seattle 002 010 0 - 3

Win-Rogers (4-10), Loss-Reynolds (8-13), Save-None

three runs in seven innings while striking out eight. Seattle’s starting pitcher Reynolds kept the PSU lineup at bay going into the top of the fifth, as the Red Hawks held a tenuous 2-0 lead before the Vikings exploded for four runs in the inning.

In their half of the fifth, Portland State leadoff hitter sophomore Alyssa Roblez got on board before Diede knocked her home on an RBI single to center. After a Holm walk put runners on first and second, senior first baseman Skinner quickly turned on an 0-1 pitch that landed beyond the left field fence for a three-run home run, her team-leading fifth of the season.

Seattle would respond with one run in the bottom of the fifth before the Vikings put the nail in Seattle’s coffin, scoring another three runs in the top of the sixth.

“I think [the seniors] were just going out to have fun and enjoy the day, the moment and everything that comes with it and not put any pressure on themselves and just enjoy what they’re doing and the people that are around them,” Echo-Hawk said.

After posting Portland State’s best conference record at 18-2, the

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Vikings now look forward to the postseason matchup with Saint Mary’s College this weekend. The best-of-three series will take place in Moraga, Calif., on Friday and Saturday. First pitch of Game One is set for noon Friday, and Game Two is slated to begin at noon the next day. If needed, Game Three is scheduled to begin 20 minutes after the conclusion of the second game.

St. Mary’s* 28-20 14-4 PCSC W1 Sacramento State 23-31 13-7 PCSC W5 San Diego 22-25 11-7 PCSC W1 Loyola Marymount 22-26 9-11 PCSC L8

Senior Day quick stats

Cal State-Bakersfield 22-34 9-11 PCSC L1

Becca Diede Second base 3 for 7, 3 RBIs, 3 runs

Santa Clara 10-35 2-18 PCSC L1

Brandi Scoggins Catcher 4 for 8, 1 RBI, 2 runs

* Clinched division title

De’Chauna Skinner First base 3 for 7, 1 HR, 4 RBIs, 2 runs Tori Rogers Pitcher 7 innings pitched, 8 Ks, 3 earned runs

Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics

Ready at second: Senior catcher Brandi Scoggins is on a 10-game hitting streak going into the PCSC Series.

Utah Valley 27-26 13-7 PCSC L2

Seniors: (From left to right) De’Chauna Skinner, Becca Diede, Tori Rogers and Brandi Scoggins.

Vanguard 10 | Sports May 11, 2010

Table Tennis Club scouts for new talent

A’s Braden pitches MLB’s 19th perfect game On Sunday, Oakland Athletics’ pitcher Dallas Braden earned his place in the record books by becoming the 19th player in major league baseball history to throw a perfect game.

A 26-year old southpaw, Braden allowed not a single baserunner in a 4-0 win over Tampa Bay. Further immortalizing his effort is the fact that it was also the first complete game of his four-year MLB career.

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A new spin on things: Members of Portland State’s Table Tennis Club will again have the guidance of Olympian Sean O’Neill.

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A former Olympian and U.S. National men’s singles table tennis champion decided last week to take over coaching the Portland State Table Tennis Club.

Sean O’Neill’s resume includes winning the U.S. National Men’s Singles ( five times), Men’s Doubles ( five times), and Mixed Doubles (six times) Championships.

“At a recent local table tennis tournament, Club President Shubham Chopra approached me to see if I might be interested,” O’Neill said. “I could see how motivated he was to get the team back on the winning track. I mentioned to him that I had helped the team in the

past when Mark Blinder was club president and the team practiced at Stott’s Range Room. That, along with being good friends with [Director of Campus Rec] Alex Accetta and knowing the team would be in the new student center, made it a no-brainer.”

O’Neill was a U.S. National Team member from 1983 to 1995 and participated in five World Championships, four Pan-Am Games—winning two gold, five silver and one bronze medal—three World Cups, and two Olympic Games—in 1988 and 1992.

In 1990, O’Neill was the North American Men’s Singles Champion.

He was named USA Table Tennis’ Male Athlete of the Year on five occasions and served on the United States Olympic Committee’s Athletes Advisory Council as a playerrepresentative for the sport of table tennis.

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The two-time Olympian plans to conduct a recruitment drive at the rec center on Wednesday, May 19 to attract fresh talent to the club.

“We need to get our numbers up and to get the word out that we are open for business,” O’Neill said.

“Chopra has stated that his goal is to help continue a rich tradition of table tennis at PSU. He will be graduating next year, so we are also looking for freshmen and sophomores to help join the club’s leadership so we can have a smooth transition from year to year.

“Every successful school in table tennis is built on strong organizational skills,” O’Neil added. “I believe PSU can have a club of at least 75 active members and be the clear No. 1 school in the Northwest.”

The Portland State Table Tennis Club fielded a seven-member squad for the two-star Bill Mason Memorial tournament held earlier this month

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at the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation, but none of the players were successful in getting past the second round. Earlier this season, the club finished last among five teams in both legs of the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association regional tournament.

“I know the team has been without an experienced coach for the past season or two and a number of top players had graduated, so the most recent results don’t concern me,” O’Neill said. “There are a number of very good schools in the division, but I am confident we can be competitive if we can get our team size up so that players feel they must be improving to stay on the team.”

The table tennis club practices every Wednesday and Friday at the ASRC from 7–11 p.m. For more information on the recruitment, contact Chopra at shubham@pdx. edu or by calling 503–329–8561.

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SPORTS EXTRA An overview of the annual spring football scrimmage

Spring football in the air

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Saturday was a beautiful day for football, and new head coach Nigel Burton and the Vikings seized the opportunity to showcase the team’s new offense and defense at the annual spring scrimmage.

Held at Hillsboro Stadium, where all of PSU’s football games will be played this season due to a planned renovation of PGE Park, the spring scrimmage pitted the green team against the white team.

When the dust finally settled, the final score was 14-13 in favor of the Vikings’ white team.

“The excitement was great,” Burton said in a statement released by the school. “There were a couple of good plays where guys got fired up on the field.

There was good execution, and we saw guys continue to grow even during the game. Those are the things we are looking for and that we are excited about.”

The size of the team this spring offered a unique opportunity for the Vikings. Unlike in years past, where the offense taking on the defense had to suffice for a spring game, this year featured two separate teams with their own offenses and defenses.

The white team dominated the statistics. With senior Tygue Howland, sophomore Nick Green and freshman Hank Taylor all sharing time taking the snaps, the team threw for a combined 200 yards. This was the first chance in over a year for fans and new coaching staff alike to see Howland in action. After splitting playing time with now senior Drew Hubel in the 2008 season, Howland missed all of last season due to a knee injury.

Sophomore receiver Justin Monahan played for the white team, but he led receivers on both

Tiffany Schoning: The sophomore finished in

a tie for 72nd place at the NCAA Regional.

Johns, Yada and team break records for school Tanya Shiffer Vanguard staff

The Portland State women’s golf team swung its last club of the season on Saturday at the NCAA West Regional. The Vikings finished in 20th place at the three-day event held at the Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif., with a final score of 942 (309, 317, 316).

Seventh-ranked Arizona beat out top-ranked UCLA to win the tournament, and juniors Megan McChrystal from LSU and Ellen Mueller from Oklahoma won individual qualifications. The top eight schools and two individuals from the regionals advance to the

Origins of NHL team names Colorado Avalanche For avalanches that occur in local mountains.

Chicago Blackhawks For the Army Regiment—Black Hawk Battalion—of an early owner.

Columbus Blue Jackets For the color of Union Army jackets, in tribute to Ohio citizens who fought in the Civil War. St. Louis Blues For the town’s music heritage, from famous song by W. C. Handy.

Boston Bruins Because early owner Charles Adams wanted a name synonymous with ”size, strength, agility, ferocity and cunning.”

Practice makes perfect: Vikings football capped spring practices with the annual scrimmage.

teams. He may have made only four catches, but they totaled 72 yards.

A newcomer to the team, he shows great promise as a complementary receiver to senior Raymond Fry, who was the team’s leader in receptions last season. On Saturday, Fry had four catches for 48 yards.

The white ground attack was equally as fierce, rushing for 69 yards to the green team’s 15 yards. The running game will have to improve, though, by the start of football season. They may have outrun their teammates, but the white team garnered a paltry 2.6 yards per carry average.

Senior running back Kevin Watts showed up to play. His 11 runs for 41 yards was a game high, and he also had a two-yard run for a touchdown.

Watts was a special teams player and

backup cornerback last year.

The green team’s defense didn’t give the white team’s offense an easy afternoon. Senior linebacker DJ Macarthy recorded a game-high total of eight tackles. Macarthy, who has great speed and strong tackling ability, played in the last two games of last season and looked promising.

Junior linebacker Ryan Rau had six tackles for the white team. Rau led the team in tackles last season with a total of 72.

The green team’s ace in the hole was sophomore defensive lineman Siasau Matagiese. He recovered a bad snap and returned it three yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and to make the score 7-all.

Matagiese played in 10 games last season despite not being

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listed as a starter. With his speed and ball awareness he has a good chance of starting this year.

Junior cornerback DeShawn Shead racked up an interception for the white team. Shead totaled six interceptions in his rookie season but managed only half as many last season.

A number of incumbents did not participate in the scrimmage, including two of last year’s starters—senior quarterback Drew Hubel and sophomore cornerback Michael Williams.

Vikings football will resume in early August, and the first game is set for Sept. 4 at Arizona State. The Vikings’ first home game will be in week four of the season, when they host Idaho State on Saturday, Oct. 2 to begin conference play.

Women’s golf finishes 20th at NCAA West

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NCAA National Championships in Wilmington, N.C. on May 18–21.

PSU’s 20th ranking is the third for the school out of five appearances at the NCAA Regional. The Vikings had their best-ever finish in 2003, when they placed 16th. This year’s team score of 942 is the third-best score out of the five regionals, and also sets a new team-scoring record with an average of 310.1 strokes per round, breaking the 2003–04 record of 310.6.

The team started its first round on Thursday under par and at the top of the leaderboard. Team head coach Kathleen Takaishi said she made sure to take pictures of their placing as souvenirs.

“It was kind of cool to be under par for the first five holes, especially when it was splashed across the leader board,” she said.

Unfortunately, the difficult 71par course, windy weather and a bit of nerves did not allow the team to keep their top position for long.

The four-player team consisted of senior Stephanie Johns, junior Kalyn Dodge, sophomore Tiffany Schoning and freshman Britney Yada. Schoning led the first day for the team with fiveover par and finished in a four-way tie for 72nd place with a score of 233 (76, 80, 77). Dodge also had a good first round finish, ending the day six-over par, but ended up tied in 104th place with a score of 241 (77, 84, 80).

Johns, who came into the

tournament leading the team with a scoring average of 76.25, stayed consistent for the first two rounds, then hit 12-over par in the last round to finish in a five-way tie with a score of 239 (78, 78, 83). This was Johns’ last tournament as a Viking and she finished the year with a scoring average of 76.93, third-best in school history. Her career scoring average (two seasons, 43 rounds) is a new school record.

Yada started the tournament tied for highest score in the round on her team, but came back to lead her team’s scores for the next two rounds.

She finished in a seven-way tie for 49th with a final score of 229 (78, 75, 76).

Her final score ties for second-best for a Viking at a West Regional with Rebecca Randolph in 2003.

Yada’s season scoring average of 76.37 is a new school record, which broke Haley Brown’s score of 76.85 set in the 2005–06 season. She is also only one point away from beating the school record for single-round scoring.

Although the tournament did not go quite as planned, the experience, according to Takaishi, was a memorable one for everyone.

“This was a really great event, and they put in a lot of hard work to get here,” Takaishi said. “They definitely enjoyed the experience that regionals are and they are looking forward to coming back next year.”

With three seniors leaving

this year, new players could help strengthen the team’s chances for the next season.

In any competition, there is always a moment that a player will look back and remember with fondness as their best of the tournament. Yada felt it was her “last putt on the 18.” For Schoning, she said it was her “close approach shot on the 16th hole in the last round.” Johns said hers was “warming up on the range before the last round.” A fitting moment for the exiting senior.

Portland State at the NCAA West Regional Britney Yada, t49th 229 (78, 75, 76) Tiffany Schoning, t72nd 233 (76, 80, 77) Stephanie Johns, t96th 239 (78, 78, 83) Kalyn Dodge, t104th 241 (77, 84, 80)

Montreal Canadiens For the team’s location and nationality of the original team members.

Vancouver Canucks For Canadian folk hero Johnny Canuck.

Washington Capitals Because Washington D.C. is the U.S. capital.

Phoenix Coyotes For an animal that roams the Southwestern desert.

New Jersey Devils After the Jersey Devil, part-man, part-beast, said to haunt the state of New Jersey.

Anaheim Ducks Named after the Mighty Ducks movie produced by original team owner Disney.

Calgary Flames For the Civil War burning of Atlanta, where the team started.

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New York Islanders For the team’s location on Long Island.

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