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OHSU and PSU enter strategic alliance Task force says formal collaboration would improve quality, competitive drive of both universities CORIE CHARNLEY VANGUARD STAFF

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hough they have collaborated in the past, Oregon Health and Science University and Portland State University have developed a formal alliance to meet the growing demands of the Portland region.

On Tuesday, the Strategic Partnership Task Force—formed by PSU President Wim Wiewel and OHSU President Joe Robertson—heard testimony on its recommendations for partnership from faculty, students, elected officials and community members. For the most part, it received a positive response and the process of formalizing the alliance will move forward.

“I firmly believe that the strategic alliance and the steering committee you envision will allow us to expand the educational research and collaboration between the two institutions,” said Kevin Reynolds, a PSU chemistry professor and vice provost for academic fiscal strategies and planning.

The alliance will include joint faculty appointments, using shared facilities and collaborating on research endeavors to build a research portfolio of more than $450 million per year. The universities also plan to establish a joint School of Public Health.

“This is a process that’s already started, that is ongoing,” said PSU Foundation board member Susan Alterman.

In the past, OHSU and PSU have collaborated on numerous projects, including the construction of a life sciences complex to be built near the south waterfront. Additionally, when OHSU’s Advanced Imaging Research Center needed a chemist, it hired an individual that could fill positions at both universities.

“I think we’re doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons,” Robertson said.

Viking wins golf tourney Schoning takes individual title at Turtle Bay ROBERT BRITT VANGUARD STAFF

Portland State junior Tiffany Schoning came from behind in the final round to win individual honors at the Turtle Bay Collegiate Golf Invitational yesterday.

Schoning shot a three-under par 69 in the third round to jump from sixth place to first place at the three-day tournament in Kahuku, Hawaii.

Her 218-stroke total (73-76-69) was two strokes ahead of the nearest competitor and made her the first PSU golfer to win an individual title since 2008.

Out of seven teams, Portland State finished second with 900 strokes (299-304-297), just three shots above tournament-winning Princeton.

Schoning’s single-round 69 ties for a career-best and the second-best round in program history.

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Collaborative efforts: David Yaden (left) and Wim Wiewel (right) at the public hearing on Tuesday. Wiewel addressed concerns about which resources could be used to fund the initiative.

ASPSU President Katie Markey commended the task force for its work, but raised questions about the funding for the initiative. She cited page 19 of the report, which states that the initial investment for staffing, facilities and new projects would come from existing resources.

In addition, Markey said the task force’s report read more like a “marketing plan” that lacked detail and substance.

In response, Wiewel said that the report is not

“I think we’re doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons" OHSU PRESIDENT JOE ROBERTSON

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ASPSU addresses college homelessness ASPSU senators attempt to track student homelessness and film a documentary ALISON BARNWELL VANGUARD STAFF

Josiah Raglian volunteers at the ASPSU office every day, coming to campus from the homeless shelter or the doorway where he sleeps.

Raglian discovered the resources of ASPSU when a voter registration campaigner recruited him to help. Raglian, who goes by “Si,” has been involved with ASPSU for about two weeks. He is also the kind of youth that ASPSU senator Josh Hyrkas is trying to reach with a new initiative that will help homeless people transition into higher education.

Hyrkas, an upperclassman at Portland State, is no stranger to the streets himself, having been

intended to be a final product, but the first step in forming the alliance. As the report states, the next step is to create a steering committee— comprised of representatives from both universities and community members—that will oversee the alliance and ensure that the details are worked out. According to the report, the steering committee will also establish a timeline for completion and propose partnership initiatives.

homeless in Portland for about nine years before moving in with his family and then renting an apartment from his father. He remembers losing his apartment two weeks before finals at the community college he was attending in Washington.

“I was thinking about survival, not school,” he said.

After transferring from Mount Hood Community College to PSU, Hykras took a statistics class and realized that a count of the youth in college who are homeless or have experienced homelessness is missing. He decided to broaden his class project.

In an e-mail to the Barbara Duffield, the policy director at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, he wrote, “I realized that without numbers, it would be almost impossible to convince univer

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County vows to guide students from the cradle to career PSU hosts forum for community to discuss student success in Multnomah County ERIN MCINTYRE AND SIERRA PANNABECKER VANGUARD STAFF

Yesterday, community leaders gathered at Portland State for a forum on student success.

The morning session acted as a debriefing of the state of education in Multnomah County.

The afternoon was an open-table discussion between leaders, such as Mayor Sam Adams, educators and community members.

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Kitzhaber wins governor race This past Tuesday, at around 11 p.m., Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber said goodnight to the crowd gathered at the Grand Hilton Ballroom, and Republican candidate Chris Dudley went home from the Rose Garden.

Dudley led the race by a slight margin until Wednesday evening, when Lane and Multnomah County ballots were counted.

Dudley conceded the race to Kitzhaber at around 8 p.m.

Wednesday. Yesterday morning, newly elected Governor Kitzhaber spoke to a crowd at Tanner Springs Park in Portland’s Pearl District.

He thanked his family, his campaign staff and all of Oregon.

“This is your victory,” he said.

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The recent death of retired faculty member Astrid Schlaps has spurred her close friends and family to start a scholarship fund in her name.

“The Astrid Schlaps Scholarship Fund was established to provide a scholarship for a Masters of Social Work [MSW] student intending to work in the area of abuse and trauma, an area that Astrid had a very strong commitment to,” said Crystal Froembling, executive office coordinator for the School of Social Work.

Schlaps was an active faculty member of Portland State’s School of Social Work and began teaching masters in social work graduate courses in 1993. Within six years, she became a full-time faculty member. Schlaps’ focuses were mainly in social work practice and working with students in field placements. She also created an innovative course that prepared many MSW students to work with adults, children and families affected by abuse and trauma.

She retired from teaching in 2007.

“Students in the School of Social Work will be notified when applications become available through listserves, bulletin boards and web announcements,” Froembling said.

The scholarship fund will not only assist MSW students, but will also continue to honor Schlaps’ hard work, creativity and passion in her field, Froembling said.

The scholarship fund is still in its early stages and will be available to MSW students in the next academic year. ■

OREGON ELECTIONS RESULTS 2010 ★★★★★★ GOVERNOR John Kitzhaber (D)

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Measure 70: YES (Expands availability of home loans for veterans) Measure 71: YES (Requires the legislature to meet annually instead of every other year) Measure 72: YES (Authorizes lowest-cost borrowing for the state’s real and personal property projects) Measure 73: YES (Requires an increased minimum sentence for sex crimes and repeat DUIs) Measure 74: NO (State to license marijuana farmers who can distribute crop to medical marijuana dispensaries)

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Measure 76: YES (Renews dedication of 15 percent of lottery proceeds to parks and natural resources) Measure 26-108: NO (Continues Portland’s publicly funded campaign system) Measure 26-114: YES (Allows the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to set a date for a future election to vote on creating a library district) Measure 26-118: YES (Allows Multnomah County to implement a five-year property tax rate increase that will fund operations of the Oregon Historical Society Museum and Library) Measure 26-119: NO (Allows TriMet to improve access and safety and replace as many as 150 aging buses)

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Dream job: David Reese temporarily serves as interim general counsel, but is in the running as a permanent candidate.

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t was October 2006 when Henry “Chip” Lazenby took control as the first interim general counsel in the President’s Office at Portland State. Now, almost four years later, he has been hired as the attorney for Multnomah County.

Lazenby is not the only person celebrating career advancement. David Reese, who stood alongside Lazenby during the past three years as assistant general counsel, has filled the position left vacant by Lazenby.

“This is one of those opportunities that comes along very infrequently, so you have to move on it when it happens,” Lazenby said.

Lazenby and Reese worked together for nearly three years. On a day-to-day basis, the two lawyers dealt with a medley of topics.

Broadly speaking, Lazenby described the job of general counsel as advising “the university, its faculty and administrative staff on legal matters relating to a variety of issues.”

According to Lazenby, these issues range from student records and privacy issues to constitutional issues pertaining to free speech and the right to peaceful assembly.

There were also occasions during which the duo would work with the university administration on the subject of management issues, such as negotiating a union contract or employee discipline.

“It’s really a generalist sort of legal practice; a little bit of everything,” Reese said.

Although this is his first time holding the general counsel position, Reese has had a long history participating in this sort of work environment.

He began to get involved in general counsel about 14 years ago when he was a law student at the University of Michigan. He got a summer job that helped guide him to the position he holds today.

“I had a summer job as a law clerk in the university’s office of general counsel,” Reese said.

“And at that point I realized this was the career I wanted.”

Law firm jobs brought him from Detroit to Portland. In 2003, he began working for Gover-

nor Ted Kulongoski in his office of legal counsel. In 2007, he took the position as assistant general counsel at PSU. “It was something I couldn’t pass up, because it was where I really wanted to practice law,” he said. “It’s the kind of law I really wanted to practice. Even though I had a great, interesting, fascinating job in the governor’s office, I wanted to come here.”

When Lazenby first became a lawyer, he spent seven years working in the very office building he now runs. He was hired first as a trial lawyer and then moved into a general counsel position.

Now, Lazenby oversees 15 lawyers, in addition to their support staff, in the same building.

“It was an opportunity that…[allowed] me to basically come home to the office that I had worked in as a younger lawyer, but come back… as the boss and continue doing the public service work that I enjoy as well,” Lazenby said.

Although Reese currently holds his dream job as general counsel, it may not be as long-term as he would like. He was hired as an interim general counsel, which means a permanent seat could still be found.

Only a month into his interim position, the search is already going on for a candidate to permanently fill the general counsel seat. According to PSU’s Human Resources website, applicants were encouraged to apply for the position before October, but the posting will stay open until the final candidates are selected.

Reese has not heard how the search is going, but he does know that he is a candidate for the permanent spot.

“I’m dedicated to public service, I love higher education [and] the university environment,” Reese said. “And I love practicing law. This is really the perfect job.’’

Whether the permanent seat ends up going to him or not, Reese is enthusiastic about any time he spends in the hot seat.

“I’m just really excited to have the opportunity to…continue working with the president, the administration, the faculty and the students, [trying] to achieve the president’s visions of the future of this institution,” Reese said. “This is a great institution; it has so much going for it. I am excited just to have the opportunity to be part of it.”

Lazenby is also fond of PSU, and insisted that his reason for leaving did not have anything to do with the university itself.

“I just enjoy the work that the county does with a lot of disadvantaged populations. [I think] I’m going to find it to be a lot of fun, as well as good and challenging work,” he said. ■

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“The availability of a highly educated, talented labor force is one of the best predictors of economic growth,” said PSU President Wim Wiewel. “Oregon has been under-investing and under-producing in education.”

The hope is to improve educational outcomes and to have a way to measure county success.

“The Cradle to Career Initiative is a systematic way to measure performance and improvement,” Wiewel said. “It has been proven to work elsewhere, primarily because it focuses on outcomes and accountability.”

Wiewel believes there are too many factors leading to dropouts and that the Cradle to Career Initiative will provide a way to hold teachers, schools and programs accountable.

Currently, only 53 percent of students in the Portland Public School District graduate from high school, said Graduate School of Education professor Susan Lenski.

According to Pat Burke, a professor in the Graduate School of Education, a healthy, supportive environment is critical to a child’s ability to mature into a successful adult.

“During the first five years of a child’s life, he or she will experience tremendous so-

cial, emotional, physical and intellectual growth and development,” Burke said.

Alternative high school programs have long been used to help students that are not comfortable in a traditional school setting to obtain their diplomas.

Jenn Edgar, a teacher at Newberg Off-Campus Alternative Program (NOCAP), believes these programs can and do help students succeed.

“NOCAP has been a successful program in my eyes,” she said. “We serve high school students who come from a variety of backgrounds, situations, ability levels and needs. I believe the most important thing we do is meet each student where he or she is at and work with them to become successful academically.”

According to Edgar, NOCAP does this through smaller classroom sizes, direct instruction, small group instruction and by providing opportunities for learning that are not conducive in a traditional school setting.

The program also strives to meet the student’s needs by addressing any mental, emotional and physical needs first.

“You cannot expect someone to be ready to learn when they come to school hungry because there was no food at home, tired or stressed because their life is full of un-

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safe and unhealthy situations, or things of that nature,” Edgar said.

In order for students, such as those that Edgar works with, to be successful she believes they need to receive more support from the community.

“Communities in which alternative schools and programs reside should support the fact that these kids are indeed choosing their education over dropping out,” she said. “They shouldn’t be afraid to reach out to these schools and these students— volunteer, donate supplies or other resources. What they will find are a lot of kids who need to know that there are people invested in their success and are willing to put in the time and effort to help them cross the finish line.”

The role of PSU is in bringing the initiative to Portland and in leading the effort to decide which metrics should be used, the best data to measure them and the best way to present this information to the community.

“We are laying important groundwork so that decision-making by parents, educators, government policy makers, business leaders and others can be based on evidence,” Burk said. “Data and analysis help leaders support programs and practices that work and help them reject those that don’t.” ■

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News is a joke

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Did you wield your vote to the best of your ability this time? There can be a lot of information floating around making it difficult to feel that you have made the right decision. Here’s a simple checklist of good voting habits that produce the best votes. How did you do?

★ Did you visit your candidate’s website?

These days, it’s becoming rare to find a candidate who does not maintain a web presence of some kind. The Internet is a good place to find information about candidates and their platforms.

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★ Did you research candidates’ past service records?

If you shuffle through the newspapers and do some searches online, you can find voting history, scandals and triumphs for many politicians. Their past experience may affect your decision.

★ Did you meet your candidate in person?

Candidates will often host events so that the community can meet them.

★ Did you find out where to vote ahead of time?

It’s not always obvious and it can be frustrating to scramble to find the polls. Polling locations can be found at the county clerk’s office and online.

★ Did you read legislation carefully?

Before you fill out a bubble giving any legislation its yea or nea, make sure you know what exactly it is you’re voting for. Sometimes the wording for new legislation can be very confusing.

★ Did you read endorsements?

A number of publications will publish voting guides outlining which candidates they prefer and why. You don’t have to follow their picks, but these can be a great way to find information about candidates and how they relate to the issues.

★ Did you watch any debates?

In addition to giving candidates a chance to go head-to-head against their opponents in a civil shouting match, this is also a great opportunity to see your candidate in action.

★ Did you attend a caucus?

Parties will sometimes hold a caucus organized at various levels where party members can go and discuss their plan of action as a collective. This can be a great way to learn about your candidate and get to know the political parties personally.

★ Did you use your voter guide?

Before elections, registered voters are often sent a voting guide in the mail that gives information on the offices and legislation that will be voted on.

★ Did you keep up-to-date on local issues?

Candidates and legislation may not have intentions that seem relevant, but the only way to be sure is to know the place you’re registered to vote in well.

n a politically fired-up town such as Portland, and on a campus such as Portland State where the students are feisty and driven, the thought of a political rally might seem like a great idea to most. For some, this might have been the Rally to Restore Sanity. Alternatively you might have been a part of the March to Keep Fear Alive. Both of these are sound and noble causes to support around election time, as sanity is an important part of helping to keep society functioning, and fear…which keeps us…safe.

Some of you may have raised ZACH an eyebrow at that last sentence CHASTAINE there, and that’s okay, because the masterminds behind these two landmark political events were none other than the brilliant comic minds of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

It has been said that more and more people are getting their news from shows such as “The Daily Show.” Comedy has become a source from which we get our news, as well as some of the greatest commentary on our news outlets. While many may ask what has gone wrong with America when a large number of people receive their news through a comedy outlet, perhaps we should be asking, what is wrong with our news outlets that makes a satirical performance a reasonable source?

It would be wrong to call it anything but comedy—at the topright corner of the website for “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart and “The Colbert Report” with Stephen Colbert you will notice a big badge for Comedy Central, not a news corporation.

It all began on Sept. 16, when Stewart announced the Rally to Restore Sanity—a very real event for which Stewart was calling out to viewers to attend a rally at the National Mall in Washington D.C. on Oct. 30. Stewart spoke of how weary he was with those whom he referred to as the “loud minority”—the kind of protestors who would rather scream at opponents and carry signs of politicians with Hitler moustaches rather than be coherent and civil about the issues.

The rally was meant simply to be a protest that didn’t involve the usual ritual of political mudBILL O'REILLY slinging and noisy demonstrations. One PHOTO COURTESY OF EXAMINER.COM of the signs for the rally which Stewart displayed on his show summed up the message of the rally stating, “I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler.”

Colbert responded by announcing on his show, “The Colbert

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Report” which airs directly after “The Daily Show,” that he would host the March to Keep Fear Alive, which mockingly aimed to counter the Rally to Restore Sanity, hosted at the same time and location.

The amazing thing about the whole event and the many satellite rallies held in other cities, including one here in Portland, is that it was a very real and significantly attended rally, not hosted by a real news organization or a political personality, but rather two comedians who do nothing more than poke fun at the news. It shows that there is a significant population out there that simply wants the who, what, when and where of the news, and not a slant or speculative screams of TV personalities such as Bill O’Reilly.

This population of news consumers would like a little less agenda, and a lot more, well, information—plain and simple news.

Both shows have branched out into a new and more sobering field, bringing their comedy with them of course. They often feature notable politicians such as Condoleezza Rice, Bill Clinton and John McCain. Even President Obama was a recent guest on “The Daily Show.”

The reality is that there are a number of us that get our news and knowledge of current events from Comedy Central. It’s easy to understand why. For example, the FOX News website actually has a tab for “Terror” articles. Watching FOX makes it easy to see how the March to Keep Fear Alive was inspired.

FOX’s lack of quality makes it an easy target as a lofty news source, but it is not alone. One can also look to CNN, a station that will admittedly report some essential information, but then seems more interested in how many ways they can report that same information through holographic technology.

So as long as we’re getting our news from comedians, we may want to consider how badly our major news outlets, the ones who should actually be providing us our information, have become.

On the other hand, if FOX had a conscience, then “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” might not have too much material to work with. ■

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“For the governor race, I feel like we didn’t have very good choices either way. I’m a Republican. I picked Dudley. The reason I picked Dudley is just [for] a change, I guess—something new, something different.

It’s nice having Republicans leading over Democrats.

I feel like we’re spending too much, I want to see reasons why we are spending instead of just spending. Hopefully we’ll see a difference, don’t know what it will be, but a difference.”

“I moved here from Illinois, so I’m really disappointed in the Republicans taking over Illinois. I kind of wish I didn’t register to vote here just yet, just because the mayoral election is coming up for Chicago in February and that’s a big time coming up for Chicago. I was really disappointed to see how many spots the Republicans got in the house…but most people I voted for here in Oregon seem to be coming out on top.”

“I don’t vote because as a veteran, I feel that I have already done my part for our democracy. I don’t have the time to properly research the issues, so I feel I would rather cast no vote than a wrong vote. And then I’m kind of [disappointed] to be honest with the whole system. I believe that since we are in the digital age and just about everybody has an IP address, there isn’t reason we can’t have a direct democracy.”

“I kind of feel let down by the elected officials who couldn’t get together and get work done—there is all this [partisan fighting]. Now we’re back to Republicans, and it’s just ridiculous. I think Americans were expecting a big change with Barack Obama and the Democrats, and it hasn’t really happened yet, and so maybe they’re just fed up and [Republicans] took over the House. I’m just kind of bummed out with politics right now. We just seem to keep wanting change and electing these people and then once they get into office, they kind of do the exact opposite of what they said they would do during their campaign.”

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A vicious cycle Sharing the road…and the sidewalk

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wasn’t aware that the sidewalk next to the bike lane wasn’t for pedestrians. I had assumed, perhaps foolishly, that the sidewalk was the walking lane, and that the bike lane was the biking lane, and of course the main road was the automobile lane. Evidently, I was wrong. I was informed of this the other day as I heard a snarl from behind me.

“Behind you, bitch!” an angry voice growled.

I stepped to the side, turning to see who I had so offended. A bicyclist well into his 50s met my eyes, scowling.

JANIEVE “You’re in SCHNABEL my lane,” he said with the air of one who had been unforgivably wronged. He pedaled onward, leaving me in his metaphorical rear view mirror.

This cyclist evidently thought that it was his right to use the sidewalk of this empty street as a second bike lane. But according to the Oregon Bicycle Laws, he was committing two Class D traffic violations: unsafe operation of bicycle on sidewalk and failure to use bicycle lane or path.

Most cyclists in Portland aren’t abrasive, unlike my scowling friend. However, a naumber of cyclists, such as this one, are often witnessed not following the rules of the road. Cyclists who disregard traffic laws and safety measures, make the roads, and sometimes sidewalks, into danger zones. More effort needs to be put into cyclist education and enforcement of traffic regulations.

At present, anyone who owns a bicycle can legally ride it in Oregon without a license or even knowledge of how a bike works. Many cyclists begin using their bikes without even researching bicycle traffic laws. Many around Portland even ride without basic protective equipment, sometimes with devastating consequences. Despite the efforts the city takes to accommodate and educate cyclists, some lessons simply don’t sink in.

Brandon Christensen, a junior studying sociology at PSU, enjoys cycling. He says that most cyclists in Portland seem to pick up the rules of the road rather quickly, even without formal knowledge of the subject. But he admits that many cyclists break minor rules of the road, such as not signaling turns or not maintaining the posted speed limit.

Almost all cyclists are aware that there are laws regarding cycling in Oregon. The 16-page Oregon Bicyclist Manual (available online at www.oregon.gov) clearly outlines the proper use of a bicycle on Oregon roads. It documents everything from traffic regulations to what one

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More effort needs to be put into cyclist education and enforcement of traffic regulations. should do in the event of an accident. However, many cyclists do not read this manual, instead learning from trial and error on the roads.

According to many non-cyclists, the biggest problem with cyclists who don’t follow the rules of the road is the arrogance with which they do so. My middle-aged friend is a prime, if extreme, example. Some cyclists seem to feel entitled to do as they please, regardless of the law and the safety of others. Others still assume that their choice of vehicle exempts them from

responsibility for any accidents they’re involved in, whether or not they are at fault.

But that aspect of cyclist behavior, at least, isn’t limited to cyclists. It’s known as “compensatory ethics” or “moral balancing,” and it is common to any group that feels their choices or actions are morally virtuous. A study published in the journal Psychological Science specifically found that “green” consumers (individuals whose purchasing and lifestyle habits tended towards sustainability and friendliness towards the environment) were less likely to treat others kindly. It stems from the belief that when one has fulfilled his or her social responsibility, he or she is entitled to some form of compensation; as sustainability is not compensated in the short-term, the individual is more likely to act self-indulgently.

Christensen does not approve of this behavior in cyclists. “No one is justified to be rude,” he says.

But he suggests another reason for the attitude.

“Cyclists get the short end of the stick on roads, since cars are prioritized most places.”

He does feel that “green” individuals, along with health and money-conscious people, make up a large number of cyclists. However, in his experience, cyclists are generally friendly, usually more so than drivers. It is the minority who make trouble, and the careless who make headlines.

Experienced, safety-conscious cyclists and the non-cyclist population agree that with the increasing number of bikes joining the morning and evening commutes, there needs to be action taken to keep the roads safe. Better rider education and enforcement are a must. Cyclists need to obey the rules of the road every bit as much as people who drive cars. After all, it’s up to everyone to keep the roads (and sidewalks) safe. ■

GUEST OPINION

Progressive thinking and what it can do for students WHITNEY HOPPLE DAILY BAROMETER STAFF

It finally happened. I failed my first exam. But I guess most of my classmates did too.

In fact, my grade was almost exactly average in the range of 30-something percent.

Despite my concern, I was actually more interested in the reaction in the classroom that would follow. On one hand, there were the students - voicing their frustrations because of their grade, some angry or slightly aggressive, others continually growing apathetic. And on the other was our professor, expressing his frustration as well, but also defensive of his position.

I did not write this to say anyone was right or wrong, but to express my surprise in the discontinuity of my perception of people like engineers. The reason I went into this field is because, when faced with a problem, the first thing I do is ask myself how to fix the situation, how to make it better or how to prevent the same issue from happening again. I have met so many other students who address problems this same way, so I did not expect this scenario to dwell for so long regarding who was right or wrong.

I understand that this is a personal instance and I do not mean to offend anyone, but I feel as though it is a good example of how much we are

moving away from progressive thinking. We are forgetting what it means to be empathetic. As a whole, we get hung up on our position in an issue instead of examining both sides and making a positive change.

Everyone has experienced being in the middle of two bickering friends. Most often, we see an extended period of disagreement with some combination of one being overly aggressive or defensive of one’s ideas, like what I experienced in class. It takes a lot of debate and discussion with people who have outside viewpoints to finally come to a conclusion.

Rarely do we see individuals who are immediately willing to try to understand the

other’s position. I believe addressing problems in this manner is what leads to a positive outcome. Being empathetic of a different view allows us to make the changes necessary for a better experience in the future.

This idea that we have to permanently adhere to one side of an issue is entirely ingrained in our culture. Our education system encourages it, because as an engineer, I cannot take an applied arts class. Our politics encourage it. If I am Republican, I cannot support Democratic ideas. Our social class encourages it because if I am wealthy. I should not have friends in poverty. Even religious affiliations encour-

age it, because as a Christian, I cannot support another faith.

From all sides, we are being encouraged to pick one viewpoint instead of working toward a mutual, progressive goal. We are being told that it is enough to only understand a single side to a multifaceted idea. By doing so, we breed the singlemindedness that prevents us from being progressive thinkers and finding realistic solutions to the problems we face.

There is a joke among engineers that goes something like this: Optimists see the cup half full; pessimists see the cup half empty; engineers fix the cup.

We need to fix the cup. We need to become progressive thinkers.

The solution starts with

us - understanding and empathizing. Try to look at the issue from more than one perspective and become more open-minded about issues you feel one-sided about.

The harder part requires change from both sides to find a mutual solution. Examine the incident, but do not dwell on one side being right or wrong, the cup being half full or half empty. If the goal is to find a solution or prevent a reoccurrence, find something you can both agree on, and fix the cup. *This article was originally published in the Daily Barometer.

It is printed here in its original form. ■

6 VANGUARD ■ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 ■ OPINION ONLINE COMMENTS

VANGUARD EDITORIAL

Beyond the ballot The polls are closed, and America has witnessed one of the more exciting mid-term elections in a long time. The balance of power has shifted to the Republicans in the House, while some races were too close to call and voters had to wait for days to hear the final results.

Oregon experienced such suspense in its gubernatorial race between Chris Dudley and John Kitzhaber, which was so close that analysts had to wait an extra day to speculate, and the official call came two days after elections.

Yes, it was a thrilling political ride. Though when it comes to elections, most voters share a misconception—that once elections are over, their job is done, and we all can take a break until the next voting season is upon us.

This perception is grossly inaccurate. Elections are the easy part; the real work is done while candidates hold the positions for which they campaigned. It is between elections that politicians actively represent you—making decisions and casting their own votes in matters that affect Oregonians.

It is common to hear people promote the idea that if you don’t vote, you cannot complain about issues that come down the line afterward. But what can be just as relevant for voters is to keep on their representatives, making their voices clear so that those in power accurately represent them.

Whether your candidate was voted in or not, these politicians answer to you.

Over the past decade, funding for Oregon’s higher education has been cut dramatically during each biennium. Every cut in state funding has been offset by you, the student. These cuts are made up for through your tuition, which in many cases translates into your educational debt.

How much better can your education be if you actively engage your politicians on such an issue? How much lower will your tuition be if you speak up when politicians think you aren’t looking?

The only way to know is by doing so.

The state of higher education and how it affects your wallet is but one issue among many that influence your daily life. There are many more with which you can engage and put in your two cents.

How can you do this? You can start by attending the meetings of your political party. For example, the Democratic Party of Oregon has monthly meetings in every county. On Nov. 11 the Multnomah County Democrats will hold their monthly meeting for party members to discuss issues and plans of action.

The Washington County Libertarian Party meets every third Sunday of the month—it even posts important topics the meetings will address on its website. At such meetings, you can find who is influential, who the key players are and how you can effectively make a difference—or at least get a point across.

It is a common complaint that political parties aren’t addressing the needs of every member. One of the best ways you can remedy that is to get involved, and maybe even take over the party (or at least your local branch for starters) with others who share the same concerns. You can check your local party’s website for meeting dates or other ways to contact them. They have the ear of representatives and other influential people.

You can also contact your representatives directly through mail, email or by simply giving them a phone call. Every politician has a website with contact information—use it. Get others who share your ideals and concerns, and together stay on top of your representatives.

Politicians’ websites also may provide their schedule or information on where they will be making public appearances. Go to them; get in their faces. Make them answerable to you directly.

This may seem like a lot to do, but it is easier than you think.

One individual doesn’t have to do all of this all of the time. Little efforts here and there are what count. And if you influence others to make little efforts as well, the effort soon becomes not so little. It does not take much to make a simple phone call or send a brief e-mail to a representative communicating what you, their constituent, wants of them.

Recently, even fledgling political groups have come out speaking loudly—or persistently—and in turn have made big waves through the political system. Imagine what a large group of individuals, each making their own little effort can do.

Politics is the spectrum in which society plans out how our lives will be lived, how our children will live—everything from how we will travel, to how we will eat, to the air we will breathe. Becoming civically engaged is far more than peering in on a system that we sometimes relegate to the sidelines, it is about taking part in your life.

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The story doesn’t stop when the print hits the page. Don’t like something you read in the Vanguard? Want us to cover a story? Do you feel there is more to be said? You have the opportunity to praise us or rip us apart here at the Vanguard.

Post a comment online or write us a letter. Tell us what you think.

Here are some online highlights from www.psuvanguard.com.

Surprisingly well written It’s about time that a student group brought somebody intelligent to PSU [“Expert says public finance important for democracy,” Nov. 2]. I like attending group events, but get sick of always hearing the same people from Kaplan (aka PreLaw Society) or random ‘nobody’s’ from the community.

Props to the honor society for bringing in someone important with actual knowledge of the subject and national recognition. Also, surprisingly well written article for a Vanguard reporter, maybe this paper is finally starting to turn itself around.

JOHNNY

Get involved I agree [“Show some spirit,” Nov. 2]! PSU advocates for a well-rounded college experience and that can include playing or watching athletic events.

Get involved. Go Vikings!

SHANNON

Experienced panhandler I had to panhandle and it was profitable…and it sucked [“Homeless at Portland State,” Oct. 25]. The feeling one is not doing something for the money (reality one is, one is getting paid for a “performance,” that of an unfortunate person) causes me to not panhandle unless I really need to. These days, I’m sort of half-housed, and haven’t panhandled in exactly a year. I’ve made as little as $5 in a MONTH but it was honestly made.

A “canner” or a street musician, craft-maker, odd-job person, etc. is far above a panhandler. The panhandler is making a lot more money, trust me on this. But they trade their high per-hour wages for self-respect.

A lot of homeless people just

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To: The PSU Community Fortis Construction, Inc. has been privileged to work on a number of construction projects on the PSU campus.

We work hard planning our projects to minimize impacts and protect the environment.

It hit especially hard when we discovered that our campus loop well drilling operation had released highly turbid water that found its way into the Willamette River.

We have scrutinized our operations and taken steps to ensure this mistake is never repeated.

Promoting sustainability and green practices in the built environment is a core mission for us and part of the answer to a global issue. We will be even more diligent in our responsibility to the PSU community.

SINCERELY, FORTIS CONSTRUCTION, INC. JIM KILPATRICK, PRESIDENT

want to work. They’ll wash cars, carry things, do the dirty demeaning dangerous jobs that are about all that’s left in “this economy.”

The only other thing that takes enormous ‘nads and pays well is being a street musician.

A street musician who’s musical is certainly earning their money. It’s my goal to be one who is enjoyable and adds to the street scene. I do all the heavy hard work I can find but there’s almost nothing and at almost 50, my back can’t handle the work I could do in my 20s.

I have a college degree and when I had my small business I caught people all the time telling others I had a Master’s or Ph.D. If I were growing up now I’d capitalize on jobs that can’t be outsourced like plumbing, landscaping, sewer pumping, etc. Electronics engineering is all very well and fine as a hobby, but it’s not going to feed you.

ANONYMOUS

Offensive vs. realistic Article is not offensive...just realistic [“Homeless at Port-

land State,” Oct. 25].

My view is it was written with compassion but spotlights a real concern.

JIM IN BAGUIO

Learned people “The media” (which is just an idiotic, vague phrase to begin with, don’t you think?) has glorified homelessness SO MUCH that I decided to drop out of college and be homeless [“Homeless at Portland State,” Oct. 25]. I was drawn to it mostly by the glitz and glamour. However, after reading your article, Ms. Schnabel, I’ve realized how much intelligent, learned people like yourself seem to dislike them. Gee, thanks, Vanguard! *What I’ve done here is made a joke. What YOU may want to do before writing another offensive article is do some work over on Google. You’ll be excited to know that transience and homelessness aren’t the same thing, and that there is no school called “Julliard.”

I’m sure the kind folks over at Juilliard would be more than happy to send you a pamphlet.

ANONYMOUS

QUOTE FOR THOUGHT

Greetings, On Monday Oct. 25, 2010 your publication ran a piece titled “Homeless at Portland State - Transients in PSU buildings pose safety risk.” The piece perpetuates stereotypes about the homeless and demeans people simply trying to stay warm and dry.

The opinion piece begins: “The smell was the first indication that the person sitting behind me in Smith Memorial Student Union wasn’t a student. Perhaps I’m naïve, but I don’t associate the collective scents of urine, body odor, exhaust fumes and old cigarettes with the Portland State student body.”

Presenting multiple points of view is one thing, but providing a platform for misinformed hate is another. I respectfully request that you retract this piece from your website.

DAVID HENDERSON

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Groucho Marx “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.”

NEWS ■ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 ■ VANGUARD 7 HOMELESSNESS FROM PAGE 1

Senators will film documentary about student homelessness sity administrators that services need to exist to help retain homeless college students.”

Hyrkas received a positive response from Duffield, who told him she hadn’t heard of any similar projects. She asked him if he had the ability to survey the entire student body, perhaps electronically, and suggested that his definition of homelessness be broad enough to include sleeping in a car or temporarily living in someone else’s house or apartment.

“You could develop a questionnaire that is about ‘housing stability,’” she wrote.

According to Duffield, most students will not want to use the word “homeless” to describe their situation.

Hyrkas incorporated Duffield’s ideas into his plan to survey students at PSU. “People aren’t going to have to click ‘yes’ to ‘have you been homeless?’” he said.

Hyrkas is working with ASPSU Senator Donovan Powell to create a documentary of his efforts. Powell’s experience includes collaborating with Kurt Sindelar, the founder and head producer of Portland Independent Films. Powell’s father is an avid photographer, and together they shop for equipment.

Powell will use his own equipment for the documentary.

With his camera bag, tripod, utility kit and more, he can seem intimidating to subjects who aren’t used to being filmed, he said, so his plan is to wait in the background while Kyrkas talks to subjects and asks them whether it’s okay to film.

The documentary will follow Hyrkas’ progress and the narratives of students that are part of the homeless demographic he hopes to reach.

“It will be a diary system,” Powell said. With the help of Sindelar, he created a release form that the subjects of the video will sign.

Hyrkas announced the idea for his project at ASPSU’s first senate meeting this year, and today 10 senators are interested in helping him. At the ASPSU meeting last week, Hyrkas and Powell spoke to the Senate about the project’s status.

“We have found a statistics student who wants to take the lead with numbers,” Hyrkas said at the meeting. “We need to prove that this is a demographic that exists at PSU,” he said.

While Hyrkas compiles statistical information, he and the rest of ASPSU are launching a campus-wide “supply drive” that will provide basic school supplies to students on campus who are without resources.

Hyrkas is also proud of his

ADAM WICKHAM/VANGUARD STAFF

College hopeful: Siah Raglian stands in front of the Porchlight Shelter, a homeless shelter where he has stayed on several occasions.

contribution to setting up an ASPSU food pantry.

At least one potential student is benefiting from the time he spends in the ASPSU office: when Raglian walked in last week, ASPSU equal rights advocate Jessica Mease asked him if he’d obtained his social security card. The next step will be getting an ID, and when Raglian lines up the rest of his basic resources, he’ll be ready to get his GED. Ultimately, he plans on attending PSU. “Now…I’m “I saw [Raglian] being restarting to do ally productive things with my with the vote campaign, and life,” he said.

I wanted him to take more away “I want to be it than around college from just volunteer hours,” Mease students." said. “My natuSIAH RAGLIAN ral instinct is to help him.”

Raglian said his life has changed since he began spending time on PSU’s campus. He used to hang out with drug addicts and alcoholics at Pioneer Courthouse Square, but these days he’s in the ASPSU office most of the time.

“Now…I’m starting to do things with my life,” he said.

“I want to be around college students.” ■

ALLIANCE FROM PAGE 1

Full merger may be possible in next decade Wiewel also said that the alliance would not require any new money, as the universities have roughly $2 billion between that can be used for forming partnerships.

“The number-one recommendation is to develop an OHSU/PSU strategic alliance with a clear business model,” Robertson said. “There’s a clear understanding that we have to do this in a financially responsible manner.”

According to Wiewel, the formal alliance would require less funding than a full merger, which was also considered by the task force.

At the hearing, State Representative Mitch Greenlick ar-

gued in favor of a full merger; he said that it would be the only way to bring a worldclass university to Portland.

Since 2005, Greenlick has been pushing to withdraw PSU from the Oregon University System and gradually merge it with OHSU. An independent governing board would then oversee both institutions.

“My proposal would pull Portland State out of the university system and give it a safe harbor,” Greenlick said.

“I think that anyone that has thought about it thinks it is inevitable that these two institutions will become a single university.”

At the next legislative session in February, the Legislature will receive a proposal from the Oregon State Board of Higher Education for a new governance structure of OUS. If passed, the legal status of OUS schools could change from state agencies to public universities, therefore giving each university within the system more control over its revenues and costs.

If the proposal is approved, the board will then reevaluate each university’s reStudent input: Katie Markey expresses concern. lationship to OUS,

CRIME BLOTTER The Campus Public Safety Office is required by law to maintain a public crime log, which it publishes on Mondays and Fridays.

■■ Oct. 25, 9:06 a.m.: Computer stolen from office in Cramer Hall.

■■ Oct. 25, 2:28 p.m.: Victim’s passenger headlight cover was damaged while parked in the Art Building parking.

■■ Oct. 26, 8:35 p.m.: Suspect stole victim’s backpack while on Smith Memorial Student Union grounds.

ALL PHOTOS BY ADAM WICKHAM/VANGUARD STAFF

Strategic alliances: At the hearing, OHSU President Joe Robertson said that the alliance will be built on a clear business model.

■■ Oct. 27, 4:05 p.m.: Suspect stole a victim’s bicycle on SMSU grounds.

■■ Oct. 27, 4:36 p.m.: Suspect took coffee without paying in Millar Library.

according to board member David Yaden. Potentially, PSU could pull out of the university system and merge with OHSU. However, Wiewel said that this is not being considered for the time being. He and the six other OUS university presidents have already signed on to the board’s restructuring proposal.

Commenting on the evaluation of OUS universities, Yaden said, “It will be very a thorough-going, hard look at the opportunities, potential and particular circumstances of each university.”

“But it’s going to take some time to do that right,” he said.

“Therefore, as a board, we felt

it very important to do this in two steps, and not to fracture over every university scrambling for its own particular status outside of this orderly process.”

Greenlick also pointed out that there are numerous institutional barriers that the alliance will need to overcome, especially when establishing course schedules and covering indirect costs. In order to work through these issues, the task force recommends creating models for handling faculty salaries, credit transfers and tuition differences.

For a full copy of the task force’s report, visit www.pdx.edu/president/. ■

■■ Oct. 27, 4:36 p.m.: Suspect was trespassing after having been excluded from Portland State grounds.

■■ Oct. 27, 4:58 p.m.: Suspect stole victim’s cell phone from office in SMSU. ■■ Oct. 27, 6:26 p.m.: Victim’s pants were stolen on the Urban Center Plaza grounds.

■■ Oct. 27, 11:51 p.m.: Graffiti found on eighth level of Parking Structure 1.

■■ Oct. 28, 4:13 p.m.: Suspect entered an area closed off to the public on SMSU grounds and attempted to commit a theft.

■■ Oct. 28, 4:41 p.m.: A victim’s backpack was stolen in Millar Library while using the restroom.

8 VANGUARD ■ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 ■ ARTS & CULTURE

A&C

EDITOR: NICHOLAS KULA ARTS@DAILYVANGUARD.COM 503-725-5694

RESURRECTION metallic robot army bobbing their shining heads and tapping their heavy metal feet in a synchronized groove dance of urgency and war. Track five, titled “Ruins,” ends with a tasteful decline LEAH BODENHAMER of a militaristic marching beat until only slow VANGUARD STAFF and distorted gunshots remain.

The triumph of the album is in the final two Drummer Jerry Fuchs joined the force of tracks. “Oaxaca,” possibly named after the naAthens, Ga., post-rock band, Maserati, in early tive tree of Mexico and known for its myriad 2005. Three years later, when stranded in a bro- uses and invasive properties, was the first song ken elevator, he tried to jump across the elevator to be released to the public. It contains the shaft to escape, but missed and fell to his death most diversity; beginning with trance-esque on Nov. 8, 2009, at age 34. Maserati’s new al- synth beats and gradually growing with laybum, “Pyramid of the Sun” is the band’s first ers of guitar and bass riffs. When the second record to be released guitar comes in, a since the accident, sense of suspense yet Fuchs’ presence in emerges and the two the music is far from guitars play tag with diminished. each other for a few Guitarists Coley minutes.

Midway Dennis and Matt through, the song Cherry, along with completely breaks bassist Chris McNedown with a heartal, made an honorbeat of a rhythm able effort in this aland the repetition of bum, one that made two ambient dronthe manifestation of ing synth chords, it last many months back and forth. As longer than previous it builds back up, albums—despite the electronic beats are death of their drumadded, guitars are mer—to revive his panning through the spirit through samspeakers and one is IMAGE COURTESY TEMPORARY RESIDENCE RECORDS pled recordings of filled with an ironic Fuchs’ drumming. In fact, the only live drums sense of foreboding. heard on the entire album are Fuchs’ in various The final song, “Bye M’Friend, Goodbye,” is shape-shifting sample forms, taken from prac- surprising in its use of tribal vocals. Over the tice sessions and live performances. similar synth patterns that have been played Drawing notable influences from Nick Cave’s throughout the album, a deep raspy male voice experimental industrial blues project Grinder- begins a sort of humming, like something man, psychedelic rock band Aphrodite’s Child, heard in an uplifting moment of quiet realizametal band Danzig and spacey electronic musi- tion; the moment of ending war, perhaps. To cian Lindstrom, Maserati’s sound has evolved to compliment this deep voice, something like an incorporate synthesizers and sequencers. Elec- angel harmonizes with him. Then, a sort of outtronic artist Steve Moore is featured on this al- of-place guitar riff bounces in with excitement bum, and his presence is like gravity to the waves and the whole thing becomes very uplifting of Maserati’s songs. and lively. This tune appropriately incorporates Though honorable in nature, Pyramids is a lit- Fuchs’ live drum samples. The result is organic tle disappointing. We have the first song, “Who when the song returns back to the basics—guiCan Find the Beast?” that is an all-entrancing tars, bass and drums. The song fades out, which tune, demanding intrigue in the awaiting gifts is initially received with disappointment, as it beheld in the remaining seven tracks of the al- seems a weak ending for an album, but then bum. The song has the classic synth arpeggio something about the continuance of sound is technique that becomes so signature in this al- comforting, like an open-ended question—like bum followed by what sounds like a moaning an homage to the eternal spirit of music. ■ frog-man—like a monstrous creature opening and closing its mouth, eating clouds and dust and devastating schoolhouse playgrounds. The effect is haunting.

From here until track seven (entitled “Oaxa- Pyramid of the Sun Maserati ca”), the band seems to exploit their predictabilTemporary Residence Limited ity and remind you that yes, we are Maserati, Out Nov. 9 and we love repetition, distortion and delay pedals. Tracks two through six induce imagery of a

Maserati’s new album reveals a legacy of immortality

Correction: This photo origionally appeared in the Tuesday, Nov. 2 issue of The Vanguard with the story titled "Haze and shoegaze on stage" but it was incorrectly credited. It should have been credited to David Keller of DK Photography. The Vanguard regrets its error.

PHOTO COURTESY SHANNON STRAND

H&M opens its doors in downtown Portland It’s almost like we’re a real city now!

REBEKAH HUNT VANGUARD STAFF

Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), known colloquially as the “IKEA of fashion,” is set to fling wide its doors at noon on Nov. 11, unleashing a Pandora’s box of Aztec-print mini skirts, jeggings and affordable basics upon the unsuspecting populace. The mega-retailer will occupy the 25,000 squarefoot space formerly held by Saks Fifth Avenue (known colloquially as the “rest home of fashion”) at the corner of Southwest Third and Morrison.

Many Portland fashion-philes see H&M’s local launch as a validation of our little mountain town as a real city, since with H&M’s 200 U.S. locations, most big cities already have one.

To Nylon Magazine enthusiasts and denizens of websites like Lookbook.nu, H&M is a familiar face in the industry and you’ve likely been salivating over its impending arrival since the official announcement went out in May. For the uninitiated, however, here’s a little northern European history that has nothing to do with Lord of the Rings.

Hennes, Swedish for “hers,” was established as a women’s clothing store in Västerås, Sweden, in 1947 by Erling Persson. In 1968, Persson bought the Stockholm hunting equipment store Mauritz Widforss. Included in the inventory was a large supply of men’s clothing, so Persson expanded the store to include menswear and renamed it Hennes & Mauritz; later abbreviated to H&M. The company went worldwide in the 1990s and is now the thirdlargest fashion retailer in the world, with around 2,000 stores in 37 countries employing more than 76,000 people. H&M opened its first U.S. store in New York on Fifth Avenue and 51st Street in March 2000. There are now nine additional stores in Manhattan alone and as of August 2010, H&M has nearly 200 individual stores in the United States.

H&M describes its mission as “fashion and quality at the best price.” The tactic of providing trendier and more avant-garde pieces than traditional discount retailers at comparable prices seems to be a Swedish institution and is the reason behind the company being nicknamed the IKEA of fashion. Since its opening, H&M

has promoted collections by many well-known designers such as Comme des Garçons, Roberto Cavalli, Viktor & Rolf and this week unveils its fall preview featuring work from renowned French fashion house Lanvin.

So, just how good are the prices? While most clothing retailers raise prices this year, H&M is vowing to do the opposite. H&M, which already carries fairly inexpensive clothing, will begin lowering prices, starting with their fall line.

Jennifer Uglialoro, the H&M’s PR manager, says of the company’s decision to lower prices: “This season, we bumped up the fashion and lowered the prices even more. It’s the same business concept we’ve had for over 60 years, but this season we’re focused even more on a lower price. We’re very cost-conscious; for fall you’ll be seeing trench coats for $20.”

In addition to $20 trenches, the store also famously announced it will be carrying dresses that cost less than $5. Though the example I saw pretty much looks like it cost less than $5, based upon most of H&M’s vast catalog, there are sure to be some in that range that are pretty cute. Uglialoro explains why prices can be so low, saying; “We have over 2,000 stores in 37 countries. This provides high volume and there is no middleman. We have our own team of over 100 in-house designers and we do all our own production.”

Some fashion blogs (those faithful bastions of journalistic integrity and historical veracity) have criticized H&M, saying that a Manhattan location had been “slashing unsold clothing items and throwing them in the trash.” The company denies this practice, and the January New York Times article on the topic cites a homeless woman saying bags of discarded clothing behind the store are “sometimes” cut up when she finds them as their only source. H&M has also faced criticism from Palestinian groups after opening two locations in Israel, but seriously—what are Palestinian groups NOT angry about? Pick your battles. It’s a clothing store.

The Portland grand opening event will feature t-shirt and gift certificate giveaways and other special discounts. Most importantly, it will feature H&M clothing. Whether you’re in the market for some skinny cargos, moderately priced Jimmy Choos or that floral mini you saw on Lookbook and absolutely must have, H&M is the place to be (as of noon Nov. 11). The line starts right behind me. ■

ARTS & CULTURE ■ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 ■ VANGUARD 9

DRUGS: 20 DOLLARS Designer Drugs is set to blow out a venue you’ve never heard of NICHOLAS KULA VANGUARD STAFF

D

esigner Drugs is a duo from New York City, and I’m just going to get it out there: They play some of the heaviest, most infectious EBM (to the uninitiated, let’s just say “electronic music”) you’ll hear now or ever. For those of you who complain about the lack of EMB/hard electro/ dubstep shows in Portland, the ball’s in your court. It’s like voting—if you miss out on this one, you don’t get to complain anymore.

The relatively unknown TA Event Center will host Designer Drugs and about 20 other acts tonight as part of the under-the-radar Fallout Festival, which also includes dubstep producer Bare, Check6, Rustik & Noface and Zymurgy, among several others. If you need help finding the TA Event Center, just look for the hordes of electronic music fans that instinctively sniff out all these shows despite the limited promotion.

The duo of Designer Drugs, comprised of Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Paul Nelson, are making a special stop on their tour to come be with us. Their previous tour routing finds them trekking through Canada, then bypassing Seattle and zipping straight down to Portland. Their next show is in Tokyo, making Portland their only west coast stop. Quite an honor, considering Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles are notoriously rabid about hard electro.

If you’ve been in a club within the last year, you’ve heard DD’s work. The current buzz started when DD released a 7-inch, “Riot/ Drop Down.” The modestly titled record was, of course, the names of the tracks. While “Riot” was a sleeper, “Drop Down” made some serious waves and inspired several remixes by the likes of Mendel, BeatauCue and others. That isn’t to say that the remixes ever eclipse the original—

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Tank tops free with proof of purchace: Designer Drugs pose in front of an unidenfied flag of a European nation. They're wearing the exact same design, only with inverted colors. One might say that the black over white tank was situated there to contrast with the white of the flag. In reality, this entire photo—colors, outfit, glasses and all—was used as a vehicle to accentate Michael's chest hair. Well played.

though released in 2009, you’ll still hear it in clubs today. That’s quite an accomplishment in the fleeting, fickle club environment.

Iheartcomix, the label responsible for exposing Designer Drugs to the masses, re-released DD’s much-slept-on debut offering, “Zombies!/ Back Up In This,” this time featuring remixes by names more familiar to EBM listeners—Le Castle Vania and Don Rimini, to name two of the handful. France’s Kiddy Smile also remixed “Zombies!,” but that cut didn’t make the formal release. If you want it—and trust me, you do— you’ll have to suss it out the old-fashioned way.

Of all the songs on the re-released “Zombies!/ Back Up In This” record, the Le Castle Vania/

Computer Club/Rrrump remix of “Back Up In This” stands out as the star track. Unfortunately, “Zombies!” doesn’t get much of the respect that it should, as the record contains only the original and two remixes. Even more unfortunate is the fact that this mix could have been drastically improved had Kiddy Smile’s remix made the cut.

Designer Drugs is currently on a tour titled “Through the Prism,” coinciding with a song of the same name that’s currently making its rounds in the club circuit. Though its leads are much more subdued than those on “Drop Down,” in a bizarre reversal of neurologic convention, the infectious groove-laden drums pound their way into the listener’s head like a melody or synth

lead normally would.

Portland doesn’t get many shows like this, so don’t sleep. And trust me, if you go, you won’t.

Like any good party, Fallout 2010 goes on until 4 a.m. At that time, not even the MAX can help you, so enjoy responsibly. ■

Designer Drugs, Bare, Check6, Rustik & Noface, Zymurgy and more Fallout Festival 2010 T.A. Event Center 8 p.m.–4 a.m. $20 18+, 21+ bar with ID

It’s the end of an era—and the world Garth Ennis takes on the post-apocalypse in “Crossed” JOSHUA HUNT VANGUARD STAFF

Garth Ennis is a legend in the comic book industry. His name stands easily alongside Alan Moore, Warren Ellis and Frank Miller, and it stands there for three simple reasons: His prose is exceptional, his imagination and sense of story are unmatched and he’s always willing to take his readers where others will not. Nothing is sacred in the world that Ennis creates, because nothing is sacred in our world—even if we’d like to pretend otherwise.

In the world of comic book mayhem, Ennis has done it all. He painted a portrait of superheroes every bit as dark as that of Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” in “The Boys,” and unleashed the acclaimed “Preacher” on a five-year tear through the heart of jaded comic book fans. He famously wrote cancer into the lungs of John Constantine, and gave Frank Castle a face not made by god in his legendary tenure writing the “Punisher Max” series.

Yet the Irishman who penned “The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe,” in which Frank Castle does just that, does not simply write tales of violence. It’s the humanity of his characters and the black humor with which they attempt to persevere through unfathomable darkness that makes his stories so beloved. He weaves the fantastic tales that we turn to comic books for, but imbues them with real emotional depth rarely seen in the genre. Rich in complexity, yet

touching and simple, his prose captured the anguish of vigilante anti-hero Frank Castle in one simple sentence: “They’ll blame it all on Vietnam—and they’ll be right, and they’ll be wrong.”

In 2007–08, Avatar Press released the 10-issue series “Crossed,” written by Ennis and illustrated

by Jacen Burrows. Avatar has now released the entire series in a one-volume trade paperback.

With zombie and survival horror fiction experiencing a boom not seen in decades, “Crossed” once again sees Ennis showing himself to be a cut above the competition.

The world of “Crossed” is one that is vaguely familiar. A sudden plague sweeps the world, turning the infected—the “crossed”—into bloodthirsty, hedonistic sadists, scouring a windblown hellscape for fresh victims. This is where any and all comparison to other works ends, however. Unlike so many other comic book writers, Ennis understands the reality that such a situation could present. Namely, he recognizes the terrible truth that a world full of mutilated rapists and murderers need not always have room for heroes. There are no conventional heroes here, just a world ravaged by grim horrors and a human race that debases itself with daily compromises of the soul.

The tale chronicles the travels of one small group of survivors as they struggle to see nothing more than a new day. Ennis is unafraid to eschew using hope as a device for producing tension, and “Crossed” certainly does not suffer for it. There is no hope here, and yet the prose captures us in a world of constant fear for these poor miserable pilgrims. As we follow the survivors

from the outset of the epidemic all the way to the grim end, the full extent of our understanding is never more than what it is for the characters living it. This makes a world of difference for the reader, and if I may draw a comparison, it’s quite like reading the Bible rather than a history book on the period.

Fans of “The Walking Dead” and other survival horror should take care, for this is an entirely different beast. Though it is a graphic novel of the highest order, “Crossed” is not to be lightly considered. It contains scenes in which infants are torn asunder, and murderous schoolchildren are executed for their crimes.

Victims are subjected to deaths beyond the imaginations of most, and a favorite method of recruitment by the “Crossed” involves the brutal rape of the uninfected, often involving an orifice not present in life.

“Crossed” is a tour de force of humanity struggling to endure amidst the death of every construct that serves to keep us human.

Unlike “The Walking Dead,” this is not a tale of survival. “Crossed” brings the reader to a world so deeply frightening that one only begins to wonder who will survive before almost immediately asking whether they should. In this world, the struggle to survive is merely the first battle in the war to retain one’s humanity.

Though the series concluded two years ago, this collection should see the survival horror genre dead and buried, because no comic book will ever get it this right again. They’ll blame it all on Garth Ennis—and they’ll be right, and they’ll be wrong. ■

Totally crossed out: The zombie horde spares nobody—not even if you're dressed really cool.

Crossed Avatar Press Out now $24.99 trade paperback

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Lunch for one and all Portobello Vegan Trattoria now offers a lunch menu KAT VETRANO VANGUARD STAFF

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nce a dinner-only spot in Cellar Door Coffee’s space, Portobello Vegan Trattoria has really grown since its June opening in its Southeast Division location. Just this week, Portobello has opened its doors to allow vegans and Italian food lovers alike to get their fix at lunchtime, too. It’s no secret that Portland has a flourishing vegan community. But while other Portland vegan spots feel like they are missing more than animal products, Portobello has stepped on the scene to create phenomenal Italian food just right, no matter who the audience.

Lunch is now served from 11:30 to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and the dishes on the menu are reminiscent of their outstanding dinner fare—just with an extreme price decrease. On the current lunch menu is a sandwich section including a Portobello mushroom frittata sandwich, and one with cashew ricotta, chard, pears and caramelized onions. Other parts of the menu include pizzas, soup and pasta—almost all in the $6 range. Since lunch is a new addition to the vegan spot, the menu will be changing and evolving in the next few weeks, according to Chef Aaron Adams.

“We folks at Portobello change the menu super often with the seasons, so keep coming back for new stuff (like big salads and some baked pastas),” reads Adams’ comment on the first lunch menu.

For those who haven’t experienced Portobello and are new to vegan food, this restaurant’s

products, is a cheese substitute made from tapioca starter. And unlike many “substitutes,” Daiya imparts a smoky, creamy flavor that melts well atop the pizzas at Portobello, tasting not like a substitute, but a privilege.

Another condiment used on this menu is the cashew cream, which is drizzled atop some of the pies. In the vegan community, cashews are often ground up to make sauces reminiscent of butter (due to their creaminess), and Portobellos’ sauce resembles somewhat of a thin sour cream.

A soup recently offered (which can be added to sandwiches or pizza pies for an additional $3), was a hubbard squash soup with chanterelles and Brussels sprouts. The creamy texture of the SARIA DY/VANGUARD STAFF squash thickens the soup, while Pizzabello: Portobello's pizza holds its own against many non-vegan options. highlighting the meatiness of the mushrooms—the soup feels just like autumn in a bowl. offerings are far from soy curls and tempeh A recent pizza offering this week was the Another standout dish on the lunch menu nuggets. The dishes offered at Portobello are Autumn Pie, which was topped with silky is the baked gnocchi with red sauce. Each studded with fresh vegetables prepared in butternut sauce, Brussels sprouts, chanterelle dumpling is soft and flavorful, bathed in a rich classic Italian style. Although they may be mushrooms, sage and peppers. The soft and marinara sauce that can likely be attributed to missing cheese, butter and meat, it doesn’t feel warm fall flavors of the squash, mushrooms and the Italian olive oil they use (Oleum Priorart). like a single thing has been omitted. The dishes sage play well with the tang and spice added by Whether you are vegan or just a lover of are all flavor. the peppers, creating a complex and interesting carefully prepared Italian food, Portobello’s Portobello’s pizzas are prepared in a pizza pizza. The single-serving pies are quite large for lunch menu is sure to make you a believer. ■ oven at extremely high heat, allowing the crust just $5–$7, so there’s lots of room to try new to have the best amount of crisp on its edges. things on each visit. Other pie options come Traditional Italian crusts are vegan anyway, with from their dinner menu, like the arrabiata, Portobello Vegan Trattoria just Caputo “00” flour, yeast, salt and water, so which has cherry peppers, garlic, spicy chili1125 SE Division St. Portobello didn’t have to tweak their pizza recipe fennel marinara, chili oil and Daiya “cheese.”

(503)754-5593 to vegan-ize it.

Daiya, for those not knowledgeable of vegan

Purple lips on purpose This season’s makeup make-up AMANDA BENTLEY VANGUARD STAFF

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his season has seen some major trends in the makeup world. From Chanel’s khaki nail polish line to purple lipstick dominating fall runway collections, now is the perfect time to go bold and experiment with different looks. Purple is huge this season, and is a fun way to play up your makeup by testing different shades and branching out beyond the normal black or brown. Here are some ideas on achieving these looks without paying for the designer products.

The simplest way to dramatically mix up your makeup routine is by changing the color of your lipstick. It may seem weird at first, but purple is the new red this season. You’ll need to find a shade that’s right for you, but there are plenty of options available. From lighter shades like the brand new “Courting Lilac” to pinky purples such as “Rebel” or the really daring deep eggplant shades of “Cyber”—all by MAC— anyone can pull off this trend. These lipsticks run about $14.50, and they’re a nice change from the ordinary rosy hues that most people sport.

However, if you do go purple, lip liner is a must. These colors are definitely no longer pretty when they’re smeared around on your face. Deep shades of purple lipstick can also be topped off with a clear gloss to soften the impact a little. If you decide to go with a bold lip, you’ll want to tone down the rest of your makeup.

Eyeliner with mascara is the perfect finish to complete this look.

If you’re interested in trying out purple lipstick but aren’t sure you want to commit to buying a whole tube, you can “substitute” the look to see how you feel about it. If you have purple eye shadow lying around, put that on your lips and then top it off with a clear lipgloss. Then you can get an idea of what it will look like without trekking over to the MAC store—although

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Purple passion: How many brushes does it take to get to the center of a container of purple makeup?

that’s plenty of fun, too!

On the other hand, if you don’t have any purple eye shadow, you should definitely get some for its intended purpose. Again, you’ll want to make this the focus by keeping a nude lip and accenting with dark eyeliner and mascara. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to play around with different shades of purple, “Berries and Cream Eye Enhancers” by Covergirl ($5) or “Electrified HiP Studio Secrets Professional Metallic Duos”

by L’Oréal Paris ($8) both provide lighter and darker shades in one set, so that you can play with a variety of combinations to find the perfect look.

I would avoid using purple eyeliner and going monochromatic; black or brown provides a nice contrast.

If wearing purple on your face still seems too scary for you, then try it on your nails. “Kelly” is the brand new must-have color by Zoya—it’s a grayish purple and a great pseudo-neutral, meaning you can wear it with anything.

Chanel’s khaki collection has also become extremely popular this season. However, if you are not willing to spend $25 dollars on a bottle of nail polish, then “Over the Taupe” by OPI is a nice alternative available at under $10. The last

color you should add to your collection is a jade.

“Go on Green” by OPI is a lighter version while their “Cuckoo for this Color” is a slightly darker option.

This season, think purple as you pick out new makeup products to try. Done tastefully, this bold choice adds excitement, as it deviates from the norm to create a trendy look. Purple is a very powerful and majestic color, and those feelings can’t help but rub off on the wearer who is brave enough to sport them. Don’t shy away because you don’t think you could pull off such a bold color—chances are you will surprise yourself. ■

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That’s a bunch of bulgur A few takes on the simplest whole grain KAT VETRANO VANGUARD STAFF

Bulgur—the less popular little brother of couscous—contains protein, fiber, calcium, vitamins D and B-12 and is possibly the easiest way to get a whole grain into your diet that ever existed.

Slightly chewy and offered in three different grind sizes, bulgur can be used in most recipes where rice or couscous are found. Bulgur can be found in most supermarkets’ bulk sections or in the grains aisle. Make the basic bulgur recipe and enjoy it heated up with butter or olive oil, or use it in any of the other recipes below.

Basic Bulgur Recipe ILLUSTRATION SAGE WARNER/VANGUARD STAFF

Super 3 : Herpes are not superheroes. They're like supervillians who come back again and again to wreak havoc.

Everything you need to know about herpes What is genital herpes?

Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2).

Most genital herpes is caused

by HSV-2. Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur, they typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum.

The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Although the infection can stay in the body indefinitely, the number of outbreaks tends to decrease over a period of years.

How common is genital herpes?

Nationwide, 16.2%, or about one out of six, people 14 to 49 years of age have genital HSV-2 infection. Transmission from an infected male to his female partner is more likely than from an infected female to her male partner.

How do people get genital herpes?

HSV-1 and HSV-2 can be found in and released from the sores that the viruses cause, but they also are released between outbreaks from skin that does not appear to have a sore. Generally, a person can only get HSV-2 infection during sexual contact with someone who has a genital HSV-2 infection.

Transmission can occur from an infected partner who does not have a visible sore and may not know that he or she is infected.

What is the difference between HSV-1 and HSV-2?

HSV-1 causes infections of the mouth and lips, socalled “fever blisters.” HSV-1 infection of the genitals can be caused by oral-genital or genital-genital contact with a person who has HSV-1 infection. Genital HSV-1 outbreaks recur less regularly than genital HSV-2 outbreaks.

What are the signs and symptoms of genital herpes?

Most people infected with HSV-2 are not aware of their infection. The first outbreak usually occurs within two weeks after the virus is transmitted, and the sores typically heal within two to four weeks.

Other symptoms include flulike symptoms, including fever and swollen glands. However, most individuals with HSV-2 infection never have sores, or they have very mild signs that they do not even notice.

What are the complications of genital herpes?

Genital herpes can cause recurrent painful genital sores in many adults, and herpes infection can be severe in people with suppressed immune systems. Regardless of severity of symptoms, genital herpes frequently causes psychological distress in people who know they are infected. Genital HSV can lead to potentially fatal infections in babies. If a woman has active genital herpes at delivery, a cesarean delivery is usually performed. Fortunately, infection of a baby from a woman with herpes infection is rare. Herpes may play a role in the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Herpes can make people more susceptible to HIV infection, and it can make HIV-infected individuals more infectious.

How is genital herpes diagnosed?

The signs and symptoms associated with HSV-2 can vary greatly. Health care providers can diagnose genital herpes by visual inspection if the outbreak is typical, and by taking a sample from the sore(s) and testing it in a laboratory. HSV infections can be diagnosed between outbreaks by the use of a blood test. Blood tests, which detect antibodies to HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection, can be helpful, although the results are not always clear-cut.

Is there a treatment for herpes or can it be prevented?

There is no treatment that can cure herpes, but antiviral medications can shorten

1 cup bulgur 1 1/2 cup water

Method

Put bulgur in a large bowl. Boil water and pour it over bulgur. Let it sit for 15–20 minutes or until all water has soaked into the grain. Serve cold or heat and serve warm.

Chai Spiced Bulgur with Apples

The gift that keeps on giving!

REBEKAH HUNT VANGUARD STAFF

Ingredients

and prevent outbreaks during the period of time the person takes the medication. In addition, daily suppressive therapy for symptomatic herpes can reduce transmission to partners. The surest way to avoid transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, including genital herpes, is to abstain from sexual contact, or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and is known to be uninfected.

Genital herpes can occur in areas that are not protected by a latex condom. People with herpes should abstain from sexual activity with uninfected partners when lesions or any other non-lesion symptoms of herpes are present. It is important to know that even if a person does not have any symptoms, he or she can still infect sex partners. ■

This warm and flavorful breakfast will keep you satisfied until lunch. This recipe includes the basic bulgur recipe, but is slightly tweaked for added spice.

Ingredients 1 1/2 cups water 1 tablespoon loose leaf chai or one chai tea bag 1 cup bulgur (any grind) dried fruits (cherries or cranberries are nice) soy milk honey, agave or brown rice syrup cinnamon nutmeg 1 sliced apple (pink lady and honey crisp are good, tart choices)

fan over the finished bulgur. Enjoy while warm.

Serves one with leftovers.

Kermit’s Bulgur Lunch

This lunch has a veggie-packed sauce that is the color of our old Muppets friend. Use as a meal to bring with you to class or work, or enjoy at home.

Ingredients 1/2 cup of bulgur (made with basic bulgur recipe) 1/4 cup of frozen or fresh peas 1/4 cup of frozen edamame 1/4 cup of pine nuts 3 handfuls of rinsed spinach 1/2 an avocado 1/4 cup of water 1/4 cup of olive oil 1 small handful of basil 1 small handful of mint salt pepper

Special equipment needed: blender or food processor.

Method

Put peas and edamame in a small bowl and cover with a little water. Microwave for one to five minutes, or until tender. Pour off water, add to the finished bulgur and set aside.

Put a small skillet over low heat and gently toast the pine nuts, shaking every few minutes until they are a nice brown color. Remove from heat.

When nuts are cooled, add to the blender, setting aside about half for the salad itself. Add water (omit if using a food processor), spinach, avocado, olive oil, basil, mint, salt and pepper.

Blend for one to five minutes until the mixture is a vibrant green color and is the consistency of milk.

Pour mixture over bulgur, peas and edamame.

Add pine nuts and enjoy. ■

Method

Put bulgur in a medium or large bowl. Bring water to a boil in either a hot pot or small saucepan. Brew chai in preferred fashion (French press is the most flavorful). When it’s finished brewing, pour hot tea over bulgur. Let it sit for 15–20 minutes or until all water has soaked in.

When bulgur is ready, add dried cherries, cinnamon, nutmeg, soymilk and syrup. Microwave for one minute or heat in a small saucepan over high heat. Slice the apple into thin slices and PHOTO COURTESY DIEKATRIN/FLICKR

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Volleyball on the road at Eastern Washington Vikings and Eagles continue Dam Cup rivalry ROSEMARY HANSON VANGUARD STAFF

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he women’s volleyball team is preparing for the second meeting of the season with Dam Cup rival Eastern Washington.

Eastern Washington leads 4-3 in the newly instated five-sport rivalry between the schools, but a Portland State win in the match (worth two points) will put the Viks on top by one. PSU will be away from the comfort of home, as the weekend’s sole contest is in Cheney, Wash.

After dropping out of their first place position, the Vikings (15-8, 10-2 Big Sky) have been holding steady in second place. The team is coming off twin home wins over Montana and Montana State last weekend, and is just one-half game behind conference-leading Northern Colorado (10-1 Big Sky).

The Viks pulled off identical 3-1 victories over the visiting Montana schools. Montana grabbed the second set of the match, but PSU went on to add its 13th win over the Lady Griz.

Against Montana, the Portland State squad shared the offensive spotlight.

Freshman setter Garyn Schlatter nearly recorded a triple-double with 32 assists, 11 kills, and nine digs, earning Big Sky Player of the Week honors for the second time this season.

Senior outside hitter Whitney Phillips was also on the mark, hitting over 20 kills for the fourth consecutive match. Off the bench, it was freshman outside hitter Aubrey Mitchell that was one of four players to grab double-digit kills, with a career-high 10.

Head Coach Michael Seemann said he hopes for another consistent weekend from Mitchell coming up.

“I think she just needs to be as steady as possible,” he said. “Every time she’s gone in, she provides us with a little offensive backing that sometimes we don’t get otherwise.”

It was a back-and-forth match on Saturday, but another night of steady offense across the board gave the Vikings the match. Senior middle blocker Lana Zielke and freshman outside hitter Kaeli Patton led on offense. Zielke pulled down 12 kills, and Patton a careerhigh 11 kills.

Seemann said that this balance of leadership will be good on the road, and he noted that it allows the players to make tougher plays.

“It gives them confidence and they are able to take some more gutsy swings at good times, and we need those things on the road,” he said.

Seemann is glad to be on the road again and said that the reduced distractions away

from home will help the players focus on pulling off a second sweep of the Eagles this season.

Eastern Washington also beat out the Montanas last weekend. The victories moved the Eagles into an even 6-6 in Big Sky play. The pair of victories added to an earlier win against Idaho State made three consecutive conference wins for the Eagles.

Eastern Washington swept Montana State last Friday.

The Eagles led in all the statistical categories of the night, and held the Bobcats to a .072 attack percentage, the lowest of any conference opponent against Eastern.

The Eagles beat Montana in an impressive five-set match.

The Lady Griz won the first two frames, but the Eagles answered back to win the match with a season-high 73 kills. It was a milestone night for senior middle blocker Chenoa Coviare.

During the match, she earned her 1,000th career kill, and ended the match with 1,011.

Coviare is not just an offensive player. She also is the fifth-leading blocker for the Eagles, with 470 in her career. Her season best was on Oct. 1 against Sac State, when she grabbed 11 blocks.

The Eagles are looking to carry their winning streak and get redemption against the Viks at their Reese Court.

The Viks’ match-sweep of the Eagles earlier this season was an easy victory for Portland State, as the team held visiting Eastern Washington to just .125 hitting percent to their .396 percentage. The Eagles are happy to be home where,

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Take that! Outside hitter Megan Ellis (also pictures below) leaps high for one of her 12 kills in last week's 3–1 win over Montana at the Stott Center.

prior to a loss last season, they had not lost to PSU in 14 straight matches.

Despite four consecutive wins over Eastern Washington, the Eagles have a narrow lead over the all-time series 26-21. Last season, the Viks took both regular season victories against the Eagles. In postseason play, the Eagles lost to PSU, which dropped their chances of making it to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001.

The match is slated for 7p.m. Saturday, and can be followed via live stats or viewed on Big Sky TV. The links to both can be found at goviks.com ■

The 2010-11 Dam Cup

Beginning this year, Eastern Washington and Portland State are competing in a yearlong, five-sport rivalry for the Dam Cup. Named for the four dams on the Columbia River that one drives by on the trip from one campus to the other, the Dam Trophy will go to the school that earns at least nine of 17 possible points. Listed below is a breakdown of the results to date.

Eastern Washington

4 points

Wins: Oct 30

Football at PSU

Portland State

4 points 3 points

Wins: Oct 8 Oct. 9

Soccer at PSU Volleyball at PSU

1 point 2 points

Games left to be played: Saturday Jan. 8 Jan. 8 Jan. 27 Jan. 27

Women’s volleyball at EWU Men’s basketball at PSU Men’s basketball at PSU Men’s basketball at EWU women’s basketball at PSU

2 points 2 points 2 points 2 points 2 points

“ [A balance of leadership] gives them confidence and they are able to take some more gutsy swings at good times, and we need those things on the road.”

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A new stretch on ordinary yoga MADISON BEARD VANGUARD STAFF

“I’ve done yoga before, but nothing like this,” said freshman Francis Appleton after taking her first session of Power Vinyasa Yoga at the rec center.

Participants are encouraged to let the mind go as their bodies warm up to the flowing rhythm of power vinyasa, a practice that entices the body to strengthen its endurance by breathing smoothly into each pose.

Vinyasa uses a flowing momentum that triggers tense areas in the body and allows the stress to release, creating a relaxed comfort within the mind and body.

It’s a great class for whatever experience or stage of yoga you might be in, and is welcome to all Portland State students.

“Vinyasa gave me a whole new muscle workout,” Francis said. “I left with the same clear mind that I get from regular yoga, but also feeling like I had a workout that was beneficial for my cardio and muscle strength as well.”

Invented in the ’90s by two American yoga teachers, Beryl Bender Birch and Bryan Kes, this form of yoga takes the traditionally slow and gentle form and adds to it a whole new energized and somewhat challenging twist. Vinyasa is focused more toward the athletically built.

It is very popular with sports enthusiasts because of its ability to trigger a balance between different muscle groups and eventually lead to the prevention of many injuries and pains typically associated with

playing sports. Because of the movements involved, vinyasa can be a challenging exercise that primarily calls for those who enjoy the benefits of a good workout.

Whether it is a cool-down after a long cardio workout or just a quick break in the day to bring your mind and body together as one, power vinyasa at the rec center makes for an easy and effective muscle relaxer. PSU makes taking the class convenient for students and maintains a set class schedule, Monday through Wednesday, with mats provided.

“Typically in vinyasa, it’s a more flowing class where poses are linked together through breath and movement to create strength, flexibility, endurance and balance” said Jenny Welnick, one of the two vinyasa instructors at the rec center.

Welnick has been doing yoga for over 10 years, primarily at health clubs and within the university. She is currently a professional staff member at the rec center and has attained a graduate degree from PSU. “At PSU, the vinyasa classes are geared toward those who are familiar with yoga or have taken some classes,” she said.

“But beginners are welcome as well.”

This detoxifying experience is one worth checking out.

Offered as a Group-X class, Power Vinyasa Yoga is offered 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Mondays, 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and both noon to 1 p.m. and 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays.

More information can be found at www.pdx.edu/recreation or by visiting the rec center. ■

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Meet your sports staff ROSEMARY HANSON Sophomore, Community Development

GRETCHEN SANDAU Sophomore, International Studies

STEPHEN LISLE

Junior, Communication Studies

KEVIN FONG

Post-bac, Business Management

Favorite sport: Rugby Future plans: To work as a public relations specialist Favorite sports team: The Blazers…or the Miami Heat.

Go LeBron!

Why are you a sports writer?

I really enjoy journalism and I like watching sports even more, so it’s a perfect fit. I also think that the interviewing practice I get will be beneficial for a career in public relations.

Most memorable sports moment: In my senior year of high school, I went to the track and field state championship (in Alaska) with my 4x800-meter relay team. We went into it in fourth place out of seven teams and ended up winning in front of a home crowd.

Everyone in our team ran a personal record, and carrying the Alaska state flag down the track after the race was an unforgettable memory.

What sporting event would you love to cover?

I would love to cover the women’s track and field sprinting events in the next Olympics because I find those women to be incredible role models. And I would love to not only watch them up close, but to also speak with them afterward.

Favorite sport: Soccer Favorite sports team: Oregon Ducks football

Favorite sports team: The Blazers

Why are you a sports writer?

I enjoy covering sports because they are exciting. You never know what is going to happen. As for writing for the Vanguard, this paper is fun and a great fit for me.

Most memorable sports moment: The USC blackout night game last year for the Ducks. Being there all decked out with my brother and dad watching the game; it was so intense.

Despite the rain and cold, the adrenaline kept us warm.

Why are you a sports writer?

I love sports and plan on making a career out of sports marketing and reporting. What I lack in athletic ability, I make up for in my writing skills.

Most memorable sports moment: My most memorable sports moment was scoring for the first time with my rugby team.

After you achieve that goal you have to run nude down the length of the rugby pitch.

What sporting event would you love to cover?

The 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand

What sporting event would you cover?

The World Cup, but I’d like to be behind a camera, and in the country that is winning.

I would love to capture the pride, excitement and unity of a winning nation through pictures.

NILESH TENDOLKAR Grad student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Future plans: Who knows Favorite sport: Playing: volleyball; watching: football Favorite sports team: The Oregon Ducks Why are you a sports writer?

I wrote opinion pieces for my high school newspaper, and coming to PSU, I wanted to be a part of the Vanguard. I love sports. It’s a big thing in my family, so not only do I get to keep up on all the events, but I also get to inform everyone else.

Most memorable sports moment: It was while I was playing volleyball my freshman year in high school. I was up to serve, and was already doing pretty good. The ref blew the whistle and I served an ace that landed in the back corner of the opposite team’s court.

I was so excited that I ran to the middle cheering while my entire team and the stands started cracking up because, apparently, when the ref blew the whistle he was calling a timeout.

What sporting event would you love to cover?

I would love to cover volleyball, just because I feel it all makes sense and hits home with me when I watch the game. I love the intense interaction and gameplay; it’s an easy sport to watch and get into.

Favorite sport: Basketball

Future plans: To work as a newspaper reporter

Favorite sports team: The Blazers

Favorite sports team: Boston Red Sox

Favorite author: Cormac McCarthy

Favorite movie: It’s a tossup between “The Goonies” and “Stripes.” You might as well throw “Back to School” in there, just for the Kurt Vonnegut cameo.

Future plans: I want to work in the semiconductor and high-tech industry Favorite sport: Soccer Favorite sports team: Manchester United Favorite movie: “Pirates of Silicon Valley” Why are you a sport writer?

I like watching sports and I like writing. So I really enjoy writing about sports, particularly soccer. Soccer is the biggest sport outside the country and being an international student, soccer was the only college sport that I knew really well.

Favorite movie: “Magnolia” Why are you a sports writer?

I love writing and I love sports.

I’ve been covering the Portland Timbers for the past few years on the website DroppingTimber. com. From that experience I found out how much I enjoy sports journalism.

Most memorable sports moment: My favorite recent sporting memory was this season with the Timbers in their last home game at PGE Park. The Sunflower Goal was incredible and I’ve never experienced anything like it.

What sporting event would you love to cover?

Basketball is the true love of my life.

Fourth-year PhD student, Physics Department

Freshman, Graphic Design

Senior, Communication Studies

Favorite author: Tucker Max Favorite book: “The Vanishing Pumpkin” by Tony Johnston and illustrated by Tomie dePaola

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Future plans: I’ll receive my PhD next December (fingers crossed), but after that I’m out of ideas Favorite sport: Hands down, football Favorite team: The Philadelphia Eagles, but I’ve been feeling a little put off this year because of the McNabb trade Favorite movie: Totally cheesy, but I love “Home Alone.” It’s always good for a laugh and the warm fuzzies. I think it’s so much bigger than just Christmas.

Why are you a sports writer?

As a grad student, I have very little free time that isn’t consumed by research and homework and writing technical papers. This is the one thing I do for me.

Most memorable sports moment: One of my most cherished sporting memories is Portland State women’s soccer team’s march to the Big Sky regular season championship last season. It was a very close race and the Vikings played some amazing matches on the way to the title. Covering the team during that period was a very rewarding experience.

Most memorable sports moment: I don’t have an athletic bone in my body and I’m clumsy as hell. My most memorable moment would have to be watching the Patriots play the Giants in the last game of the 2007 season. I was in the airport and everybody was huddling around the television to see if the Patriots could pull off an undefeated regular season, which they did.

What sporting event would you love to cover?

I would love to cover a Manchester United home game at Old Trafford— The Theater of Dreams.

Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in the world. I have been a United supporter for over a decade now and the atmosphere in the stadium when the team plays is electrifying.

What sporting event would you love to cover?

I would love to cover NFL training camps. I think it would be very interesting to see what the teams were changing, how the rookies are fitting in, and how coaching changes are affecting the team’s outlook. It’s the most hopeful, positive time of the football season when everything is possible.

Favorite book: Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” Most memorable sports moment: It’s my first Red Sox game at Fenway Park. My family had just moved from Boston to the Midwest a couple years prior, and we went back to the city for a spring vacation. It was April 11, 1990 and the Sox were playing the Tigers in the second game of the seasonopening series.

Even though we didn’t have tickets, my stepfather and I went to the ballpark. That was back before the Sox were good again, so I guess the plan was

to buy some cheap bleacher seats. We had just gotten to the gate when a guy came up and told us that two of his buddies couldn’t make the game, so he had a pair of extra tickets. He said we looked like a nice father-son combo, and just gave them to us.

We sat no more than eight rows behind home plate, and watched Boston beat Detroit in 10 innings off a Dwight Evans home run. I even got to see Bill Buckner pinch hit.

I realized that day how beautiful baseball is.

What sporting even would you love to cover?

The return of the Portland Beavers.

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This workshop is free, and hosted by the PSU Permaculture Guild. This is the first of a series of workshops to be held monthly, taught by Matt Bibeau of Tyon Life Community Farm, The City Repair Project, and Gaia University.

Partners in Health Photo Exhibit 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Littman Gallery, SMSU room 250

This exhibit, titled “On the Same Map,” depicts two decades of health care in Haiti, Rwanda, Peru and other countries.

SATURDAY PSU Art Alumni Exhibition and Reception 6 p.m.

Autzen Gallery, Neuberger room 205

This year’s show is titled “I Found This, This That Had Already Been Found,” and is focused on reclaimed, recycled and sustainable work. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

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Hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions. In addition to attending the “envisioning event,” the ISS asks that students fill out a brief survey that can be found at www.pdx.edu/sustainability/envision.

MONDAY MFA Lecture Series: Tom Marioni 7:30 p.m.

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Up next: Sacramento State Hornets Vikings hope to end four-game losing streak

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ortland State football has a chance to end a four-game skid when it faces Sacramento State on the road tomorrow afternoon, which would prove to the Big Sky that although the Vikings have the same number of W’s on their belt as they had last year, the program has indeed made progress.

Portland State (2-5, 1-4 Big Sky Conference) has yet to win a conference game on the road, and is coming off a demoralizing 50-17 loss to conference-leading Eastern Washington at home last week. Sacramento State (4-4, 3-3 Big Sky) comes into this game with momentum after a 40-10 win over conference competitor Northern Arizona.

The Hornets also took a game against Eastern Washington down to the wire, losing by just four points in the final moments of the game.

Last year’s meeting It was a day for good defense and the Hornets walked away with the win, 31-14. It was also a terrible day for rushing, at least for the Viks. On 14 rushing attempts, they totaled minus-2 yards. The passing game wasn’t enough to save the Viks, even with quarterback Drew Hubel throwing for 370 yards. The defense struggled, like it did every game last season, and allowed the Hornets to run for 142 yards—of which 111 were courtesy of one running back— and pass for 256 yards.

The Viks also shot themselves in the foot, like they did almost every game last season, by committing three turnovers.

The offense was sluggish; they did not score a touchdown until the fourth quarter when the game was already out of reach.

Birds of a feather Sac State’s top rusher, Bryan Hilliard, has 862 yards on the season, the same exact number that Portland State’s leading rusher, junior Cory

McCaffrey, has accumulated.

Both Hilliard and McCaffrey are the top offensive scorers on their respective teams.

Scouting the Hornets Though the Hornets may have a better record than the Viks, the teams are in comparable positions.

Sacramento State has taken the conference’s top teams down to waning seconds of the game, including a 28-25 loss to conference heavy weight Montana, and a 61-64 loss to second in-conference Montana State in overtime.

The Hornets’ offense is balanced and can run and pass when needed. Quarterback Jeff Fleming received Player of the Week honors for his performance against Northern Arizona. In that game he threw three touchdown passes, all in the second quarter. Fleming is also the second-most efficient passer in the conference, completing 54.3 percent of his throws. The Hornets have the conference’s third-ranked offense.

The Hornets are ranked third in total defense. The real story with the defense will be whether their running defense, also ranked third in the conference, will be able to bottle up the Viks’ running game. Last week, the Eastern Washington Eagles were effective at that, and it derailed the Viking offense.

The red-zone defense is definitely a weak point for the Hornets. They allow opponents to score on 87 percent of their possessions inside the 20-yard line.

Scouting the Viks Last week against Taiwan Jones, the conference’s leading

rusher, the Viks were helpless.

Jones had a jaw-dropping average of 14.2 yards per carry. With Hilliard, who is tied with the Viks’ McCaffrey for the conference’s secondleading rusher, Portland State has to find the answer.

The Viks looked desperate in last week’s game against the Eagles, and after the game head coach Nigel Burton said the problem might have been that the defense was playing desperately and trying to make plays instead of keeping to their assignments.

Against the balanced Hornet offense, that will be more important than ever.

It appears that quarterback Connor Kavanaugh is out for the season, after injuring his throwing hand last week.

Senior Tygue Howland will take over, and this is likely to largely alter the Vikings’ offensive game plan. Though Howland doesn’t have the mobility of Kavanaugh, he has a much stronger arm.

The success of the passing game will be dependent on two things: First, the receivers will need to step up in a way they have not had the chance to do this season. Last week’s game saw too many dropped passes, but everyone should get a shot, as Howland likes to spread the ball around. Nine different

New England (minus 4) at Cleveland For anyone who says the Patriots don’t run the ball effectively and that their defense is in transition, look at last week’s win over Minnesota. New England is a team on the rise and has the league’s best record.

BEST BET: PATRIOTS, 28-12 ADAM WICKHAM/VANGUARD STAFF

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Chicago (minus 2 1/2) vs. Buffalo at Toronto After two close defeats to good teams on the road, the time has come for the winless Bills — even if it isn’t at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

receivers had catches last week.

It will also be dependent on Howland developing timing with the receivers and the ability to settle in and seize the reigns. Injuries sidelined him last year, and last week’s game was his first full game in at least one year.

Kickoff in Sacramento is set for 2:05 p.m., and the game can be viewed live at www. b2tv.com. It can also be heard on KXFD, AM 970, or at www.970.am. ■

UPSET SPECIAL: BILLS, 14-13

Big Sky Conference football Standings School Eastern Washington Montana State Montana Weber State Sacramento State Northern Arizona Portland State Northern Colorado Idaho State

Conf 6-1 5-1 5-2 4-2 3-3 2-3 1-4 1-5 0-6

Overall 7-2 7-2 6-3 5-3 4-4 4-4 2-6 2-7 1-7

Election Day sports personalities

Vikings to be inducted into H.O.F.

Big Sky suspends MSU player

Chris Dudley wasn’t the

Portland

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State’s Hall of Fame will include six more names next week.

Vikings from six teams and four sports will be honored during halftime of the Nov. 13 PSU football game and inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame the following day.

Four of the former athletes earned All-American honors: Cynthia Macom (softball), Matt Mandigo (golf ), Shelley Rumberger (volleyball) and three-time honoree Chuck Seal (wrestling).

Former PSU football player, and later arena football star, Orshawante Bryant and basketball recordholder Karen Strong are the remaining inductees.

Those interested in attending should contact Scott Boyd at 503-725-9744. The induction ceremony will begin with a brunch at 11 a.m. on Nov. 14 at the NW Natural Building in downtown Portland

issued a Montana State football player with a halfgame suspension this week, according to a league statement.

League Commissioner Doug Fullerton announced Wednesday that MSU sophomore defensive lineman Caleb Schreibeis will not be allowed to play for the first half of Saturday’s football game for fighting during MSU’s Nov. 6 game.

Schreibeis was penalized for throwing a punch at an opposing player late in the third quarter of MSU’s overtime win over Idaho State.

PSU prepping for volleyball championships By way of the Vikings winning last year’s regular season volleyball title, Portland State will host the 2010 conference postseason tournament later this month.

Some people don’t believe in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, despite Raheem Morris’ claim his team is the best in the NFC. They are doubters despite Tampa’s 5-2 record, as good as any team in the conference. They scoff despite the Bucs’ penchant for being at their best late in games as quarterback Josh Freeman, his offensive line, unheralded receivers and a big-play defense rapidly develop.

Those skeptics are the oddsmakers, who still see the Bucs as a middling team and have made them 9 1/2-point underdogs at Atlanta in a Sunday meeting for the NFC South lead.

“This is not trash-talking. It’s a mentality,” Morris said of his bold proclamation. “It’s a mentality before it’s a reality. If you don’t believe you can win, you probably won’t. And I believe, and my team believes, in us.”

The Falcons need to believe, too, because even with their 5-2 record, they’ve had one stinker (a loss at Philadelphia) and two close games at home against inferior opponents (49ers and Bengals).

Atlanta comes off a bye—the Falcons are 11-10 after an off week—and ranks only 27th in pass defense. It’s uncertain if CB Dunta Robinson will be back after sustaining a concussion in that brutal collision with Eagles WR DeSean Jackson on Oct. 17.

Bucs can make us true believers with a win. They are good enough to cover, but ...

FALCONS, 24-20

Home 3-0 5-0 4-0 4-1 3-1 3-1 1-2 2-2 1-3

N.Y. Giants (minus 5) at Seattle As good as the Seahawks are at home, when they are this banged-up it’s just not the same team. Matt Hasselbeck was dinged against Oakland, and now he faces a defense that has knocked out five QBs. GIANTS, 27-10 Indianapolis (plus 2 1/2) at Philadelphia Philly doesn’t lose after a bye under Andy Reid, who is 11-0 in such situations.

There has to be a first time.

COLTS, 21-20 Kansas City (plus 1) at Oakland Once again a classic matchup, with AFC West supremacy potentially on the line. The Raiders suddenly are potent on offense, and the Chiefs could struggle to keep up in a shootout.

RAIDERS, 27-21

Away 3-2 2-2 2-3 1-2 1-3 1-3 1-4 0-5 0-4

Streak W5 W2 L1 W3 W1 L2 L4 L6 L7

Dallas (plus 7 1/2) at Green Bay Once a classic matchup, now a team with playoff designs against the most underachieving bunch in pro football, if not pro sports.

PACKERS, 30-16 Pittsburgh (minus 3 1/2) at Cincinnati, Monday night A year ago, the Bengals swept the Steelers and the AFC North. In prime time, the Steelers sweep the Bengals out of all playoff conversation.

STEELERS, 20-10 New Orleans (minus 6 1/2) at Carolina Saints have no qualms about going on the road — they routed Tampa on their last trip. Panthers don’t match up.

Shorts on sports only sports figure involved in Tuesday's Election Day shuffle.

Shawn Bradley, also a former NBA center, had his name on a ballot in Utah and baseball Hall of Fame member Jim Bunning retired from the U.S. Senate. Dale Ford, a former baseball umpire, will soon be calling bills and laws in the Tennessee Legislature.

Former quarterback Heath Shuler and once-lineman Jon Runyan each ran for congressional seats, and Football Hall of Famer Alan Page is expected to keep his place in Minnesota’s Supreme Court.

Former Virginia football player Kenny Golden ran for Virginia state congress, but lost. Also failing to secure a congressional seat was former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, who attempted to enter the ring of politics via a U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut.

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SAINTS, 27-13

The Big Sky Volleyball

Championship will pit the league’s top four teams in a two round, singleelimination tournament at the Stott Center Nov. 26– 27. The winner is given the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

The two semifinal matches will be held Friday, Nov. 26, with the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds playing at 5:30 p.m., and the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds facing off at 7:30 p.m. The two winning teams will then meet at 7 p.m. the following day in the championship match.

All-session tickets to the tournament went on sale Tuesday, and single-match tickets will be available at the door on game days. To purchase all-session tickets, call 1-888-VIK-TIKS. ■ ROBERT BRITT

Arizona (plus 8) at Minnesota With all the madness in Minnesota, getting back on the field will be a relief.

Brett Favre, injuries and all, still is a far better choice than Arizona’s Derek Anderson or Max Hall.

VIKINGS, 23-13 N.Y. Jets (minus 3 1/2) at Detroit Jets often play clunkers after a bye. If they lose this one, though, it’s time to worry, and the Lions have plenty of bite at home. A tempting choice for upset special, but ...

JETS, 14-13 Miami (plus 4) at Baltimore If the Ravens are as good as they were pegged to be when the season began, they’ll begin a string of wins—and hand Miami its first road defeat.

RAVENS, 20-13 San Diego (minus 1½) at Houston Did the Chargers right the ship against the Titans? Have the Texans shot their load, as it seemed in the loss to the Colts?

No and No. TEXANS, 27-24 RECORD: Versus spread, 8-5 (overall 60-49-1); Straight up, 6-7 (overall 73-44) Best Bet: 4-4 against spread, 6-2 straight up.

Upset Special: 6-2 against spread, 6-2 straight up.

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Viks head to Big Sky Soccer Championship

YOUR WEEKEND IN SPORTS Friday Women’s soccer Big Sky Soccer Championship Semifinal

No. 3 Sacramento State vs. No. 2 Portland State Flagstaff, Ariz.

10 a.m.

Live stats at goviks.com

Women’s soccer Big Sky Soccer Championship Semifinal

Women’s soccer plays Hornets in semifinals for chance at conference title

No. 4 Northern Colorado at No. 1 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz.

1 p.m.

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After recording the best performance in program history in the regular season, the Portland State women’s soccer team will attempt to do this weekend what no soccer team from the Park Blocks has done before: win the conference tournament.

Portland State plays Sacramento State today in the semifinals of the Big Sky Championship in Flagstaff, Ariz. The winner will advance to the championship match and play for the tournament title and the conference’s automatic bid in the NCAA College Cup. The Vikings closed their regular season with a schoolrecord five wins from seven games after a win over the Sacramento State Hornets at Hillsboro Stadium last week.

The victory gave Portland State a No. 2 seed in the tournament and the Hornets a No. 3 seed which, interestingly, pits the teams against each other in the semifinals.

The other semifinal pits tournament hosts No. 1 Northern Arizona against No. 4 Northern Colorado later this afternoon.

“Our games against Sacramento State are always very competitive and it’s always good to get a win in the last game of the season,” Portland State head coach Laura Schott said earlier this week. “But we have to take the win again when we play them down in Arizona.”

The rivalry between Portland State and Sacramento State stems back six years. Before this season, the last time the Vikings defeated the Hornets

Red Deer Rebels (11-6-0-0) at Portland Winterhawks (12-2-0-1) Portland Memorial Coliseum 7 p.m.

Men’s basketball

Linfield at Portland State (Exhibition game) Stott Center 7:05 p.m.

Listen on KUIK AM-1360, Live stats at goviks.com

Hockey Club

Eastern Washington at Portland State Winterhawks Skating Center Beaverton 8 p.m.

Saturday Hockey Club

Eastern Washington at Portland State Winterhawks Skating Center Beaverton 2 p.m.

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Rematch: Sacramento State's Paige Tucker (left) and Portland State's Melissa Trammell (right) will meet again today in the Big Sky Championship.

was in 2004. The Hornets were also the last conference team to beat the Viks at home during the regular season, in 2006.

Since then, the Vikings have remained undefeated at home in the regular season.

In last Friday’s meeting with the Hornets, the Viks dominated in the first half and took the lead in the fifth minute when sophomore midfielder Amanda Dutra made a through pass to senior forward Frankie Ross, who scored her

Players to watch Portland State Frankie Ross The senior forward and two-time First Team All-Big Sky selection leads the team with five goals and four assists this season.

fifth goal of the season on a breakaway.

This week, Dutra was named as the Big Sky’s Offensive Player of the Week. In less than two years, she has nine assists to her credits.

In the second half, the Vikings substituted many of their starters. As a result, the Viking defense was pulverized by the Sac State offense with 18 attempts on goal. However, the Viking defense held on to the single-goal lead.

The Vikings have made it to the playoffs in each of the past three seasons; however, their playoff exploits have always ended prematurely in the semifinals. In 2007, Sacramento State defeated them 2-1 in California, and in 2008 and 2009 it was Northern Arizona that ended Portland State’s

quest for the tournament title.

This season, Portland State’s offense has scored 13 goals in the regular season, two more than last season. On the defensive end, the Vikings have been just as miserly as last season, conceding just five goals during conference play and keeping a clean sheet in every home game.

This week, the Viks received more good news as the AllConference teams were announced. Ross and junior defender Toni Carnovale were each named First Team AllBig Sky for the second time in their careers.

Dutra and freshman winger Eryn Brown were Second Team All-Big Sky selections, and junior defender Esty Geiger and freshman midfielder Hannah Kimsey received honorable mentions. ■

Toni Carnovale The junior defender is also a two-time First Team selection. Carnovale has a powerful right-foot shot and has proved it by scoring a goal from a free kick earlier this season.

Football

2010 Big Sky Conference Soccer Championship Hosted by Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Portland State (2-5, 1-4 Big Sky) at Sacramento State (4-4, 3-3 Big Sky) Sacramento, Calif.

2:05 p.m.

Listen on KXFD AM-970, Live stats at goviks.com

Today, Semifinals 10 a.m.

No. 2 Portland State vs.

No. 3 Sacramento State

Volleyball

1 p.m. (or 30 minutes after the previous match) No. 1 Northern Arizona vs.

No. 4 Northern Colorado

Portland State (15-8, 10-2 Big Sky) at Eastern Washington (7-15, 6-6 Big Sky)

Cheney, Wash.

7 p.m.

Sunday, Championship match 11 a.m.

Winners of the two semifinals

Hockey

How to follow Live stats will be available at NAUathletics.com and can be accessed through GoViks.com

Everette Silvertips (5-4-1-3) at Portland Winterhawks (12-2-0-1) Portland Memorial Coliseum 7 p.m.

Sunday

Psu's probable lineup

Women’s soccer

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Sacramento State Savannah Abercrombie The senior goalkeeper is a Second Team All-Big Sky selection and holds a 1.14 goals-against average and a .756 saves percentage.

Big Sky Soccer Championship Match Winners from Friday’s semifinals Flagstaff, Ariz.

11 a.m.

Live stats at goviks.com

Leah Larot The senior forward was named First Team All-Big Sky and has scored nine goals this season; with two of those coming during conference play.

PHOTOS COURTESY SSU ATHLETICS

All records accurate as of 5 p.m., Thursday

Semifinal duel: The Vikings and Hornets play today in the league tournament.

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