Portland State Vanguard Volume 77 Issue 17

VOLUME 77 • ISSUE 17 • NOVEMBER 9, 2022

L A E R R U S E H T SIDE

IN

NEWS

OPINION

BONUS PHOTO ESSAY

PSU’s annual aerospace expo takes off P.4-5

Portland needs cheaper public transit P. 8

Casa Latina’s Dia de los Muertos celebration P. 10

OPEN

AT PSU L L A R O F N M U L RM CO O F T A L P N O I N I P O SU FILIATION W/P ITOR • STATE NAME AND AF AND CHOSEN BY THE ED ED TE AN AR GU T NO , M PAID OR@PSUVANGUARD.CO • SUBMISSIONS ARE UN IT ED TO NS IO IN OP D ORIES AN • SEND THOUGHTS, ST

CONTENTS

COVER PHOTOS BY MACIE HARRELD/PSU VANGUARD COVER DESIGN BY WHITNEY McPHIE

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS SEND US YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

P. 3

NEWS PSU HOSTS ANNUAL AEROSPACE EXPO

P. 4-5

ARTS & CULTURE THE HAUS OF LUNA RETURNS BETTER THAN EVER

P. 6

FIND IT AT 5TH: IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN

P. 7

OPINION WHAT’S FAIR IS FARE

P. 8

PHILANTHROPY IS A PR MIRAGE

P. 9

BONUS PHOTO ESSAY LA CASA LATINA HOSTS DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRACIÓN

P. 10

COMICS

P. 11

EVENTS CALENDAR

P. 12

STAFF EDITORIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF Tanner Todd MANAGING EDITOR Brad Le NEWS EDITOR Brad Le NEWS CO-EDITOR Philippa Massey ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Kat Leon OPINION EDITOR Justin Cory

PHOTO EDITOR Alberto Alonso Pujazon Bogani ONLINE EDITOR Christopher Ward MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Eric Shelby COPY CHIEF Nova Johnson DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Tanner Todd CONTRIBUTORS Macie Harreld Analisa Landeros Milo Loza Ian McMeekan Isabel Zerr

PRODUCTION & DESIGN CREATIVE DIRECTOR Whitney McPhie

ADVISING & ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR OF STUDENT MEDIA Reaz Mahmood

DESIGNERS Neo Clark Mia Waugh Kelsey Zuberbuehler Zahira Zuvuya

STUDENT MEDIA ACCOUNTANT Maria Dominguez

TECHNOLOGY & WEBSITE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANTS Rae Fickle George Olson Sara Ray Tanner Todd

STUDENT MEDIA TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR Rae Fickle To contact Portland State Vanguard, email editor@psuvanguard.com

MISSION STATEMENT Vanguard’s mission is to serve the Portland State community with timely, accurate, comprehensive and critical content while upholding high journalistic standards. In the process, we aim to enrich our staff with quality, hands-on journalism education and a number of skills highly valued in today’s job market.

ABOUT Vanguard, established in 1946, is published weekly as an independent student newspaper governed by the PSU Student Media Board. Views and editorial content expressed herein are those of the staff, contributors and readers and do not necessarily represent the PSU student body, faculty, staff or administration. Find us in print Wednesdays and online 24/7 at psuvanguard.com.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @psuvanguard for multimedia content and breaking news.

VANGUARD IS HIRING! FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL EDITOR@PSUVANGUARD.COM

SEND US YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT CURRENT PORTLAND EVENTS? SHARE IT! TANNER TODD After a month-long hiatus from publishing, the Portland State Vanguard is back—with an update! We will be reviving our “Letters to the Editor,” a recurring Opinion feature that publishes and spotlights voices from around PSU, as well as the larger community of Portland, Oregon.

This is a section devoted to spotlighting the opinions and feelings of our readsers, rather than the writers and contributors in our newsroom, and we welcome submissions from anyone. We’re particularly interested in perspectives related to current Portland events and community issues, as well as circumstances that impact the Pacific Northwest overall. We’d also love to hear your thoughts on stories we’ve covered—if you have a strong opinion about something we’ve reported, write us! We’ll happily read your submissions.

To share your letters for publishing consideration, email your thoughts to opinion@psuvanguard. com with the heading LETTER TO THE EDITOR, followed by your subject line.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely, The Vanguard Editorial Staff

3

PSU HOSTS ANNUAL AEROSPACE EXPO “EVERYBODY IS NEEDED IN AEROSPACE” PHILIPPA MASSEY While much of the city was preparing for Halloween, Portland State’s engineering students and space enthusiasts met at the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science to discuss, lecture and share the latest ideas and topics in aerospace.

The Aerospace Expo brought together the Pacific Northwest aerospace community in a hybrid setting where more people attended online than in person, given it was a rainy Saturday in Portland. The event highlighted new and upcoming projects and updates on previous projects such as OreSat, Oregon’s first satellite launch, previously covered by the Portland State Vanguard.

“A student-run event like that… it was crisp, it was well done,” said Stuart McClung, Program Planning and Control Office chief of staff for the Orion program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. “Hybrid stuff is tricky to do between having people in person and folks online, being able just to handle the logistics and getting all that executed, I thought that went really smooth.”

McClung, who was a keynote speaker at the Aerospace Expo,

4

NEWS

described his personal work, highlighting how working in the aerospace field has impacted his life and career. “Through circumstances, I ended up with the opportunity to work in aerospace and then in human space flight,” he said. “There’s an astronaut up in orbit somewhere taking advantage and using a piece of system or a piece of hardware that I helped build. There’s this thing that kinda hooks you in your soul, that says ‘I want more of that.’”

“Pick airplanes,” McClung continued. “Aircraft work is really cool, but you don’t necessarily know who’s flying in your airplane. All of a sudden you get these things that are usually the hardware that you had something to do with… it’s one of the really interesting things about working at NASA. Depending on your job, you get that very personal connection.”

McClung is currently working on a program to return to the moon titled Artemis. The first planned launch is a test flight with no crew members on board. “We’re getting ready to launch

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

WHITNEY MCPHIE

again… we’re going back out onto the moon,” McClung said. “The big purpose of Artemis… is to take humans back to the surface of the moon including the first female and then the first person of color… we’re going back but we’re also doing it differently.

That’s really an exciting aspect of what the program’s about.”

The Aerospace Expo also featured a comprehensive group of speakers who provided a space for newbies and experts in the field to explore and learn about what’s new in the aerospace scene. “I also thought that the variety of speakers was good,” McClung said. “You know, you had a good mix of folks with all kinds of different levels of back-end experience and different backgrounds and different company structures.”

The audience of attendees also reflected this diversity of talent, further highlighting an eclectic engineering community.

“It’s a very interesting field,” said Dayana Murphy, a PSU electrical engineering major who attended the event. “I think that you’ll find that within aerospace there’s people from a diverse set

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

of backgrounds like people from business school, people from mechanical engineering, we have people from graphic design… it’s all over the place, everybody is needed in aerospace.”

The event not only educated, but provided a foundation for those who are unfamiliar with aerospace and are simply curious about it. “I think they provide a really good avenue—whether they’re remote, hybrid or in person—for sort of an informal, good exchange of ideas,” McClung said. “The aerospace society there, just from my observation, looks like a really good group— if you got particularly a new student that might be interested in it, it’s a good avenue for them to see what this team’s doing and really find out if that’s what their interests are.”

If there was one thing that was clear about the event, it was that one did not need to have an extensive, thorough background in the world of aerospace engineering to participate and contribute.

Part of the event’s purpose was to make aerospace understandable for people with non-STEM backgrounds, and for

anyone wondering whether or not the content shared and lingo used within the aerospace community is digestible, McClung had this to add: “It’s funny, I’ve joked that one of the reasons I get to do events like this is that I’m an engineer that can talk in complete sentences.”

Additionally, the event underscored the importance of collaboration across disciplines.

“I think it’s important for people to know just how applicable aerospace is to other fields,” Murphy said. “I think that you can gain a lot from being in this program and learning to work with different people, and the skill sets that you can get doing that and the community—that’s worthwhile. I wish that more people took advantage of the program, that more people can join the community because I think that as we get more people from different backgrounds—even completely random unassociated backgrounds—those are the people that we need because those are the people that think differently.”

NEWS

5

AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPLORATION OF SOL CEJA’S DREAM-LIKE EXHIBITION HOUSE HAUS OF LUNA 2022. MACIE HARRELD/PSU VANGUARD MACIE HARRELD Imagine a house straight out of a dreamscape. It’s seemingly commonplace and yet vaguely uncanny.

The clocks are indiscernible, the mirrors are windows and familiar photographs appear distorted. The closer you look, the more the strangeness is evident. What if you could actually visit that place?

PSU alumna and interdisciplinary artist Sol Cejas has made that dream a reality. Cejas has created an elaborate, surrealist spectacle using a fascinating medium—a house. Located in Vancouver, Washington, Haus of Luna is a seven-room interactive experience that currently has tickets available through Nov. 20.

This experience guides spectators through a journey of introspective creativity and eccentric entertainment.

Cejas has curated a unique and personal encounter with interior design, twisting the mundane into something bizarre and extraordinary. Each room varies drastically from one to the next—a living room furnished with maximalist clutter sits adjacent to a virtually void bedroom, save ethereal music and a headless mannequin. A bedazzled statue of the Virgin Mary and a majestic horse draped in fluorescent tubing are striking statement pieces throughout the house. “I focus on doing special pieces for each room that are very iconic from the Haus of Luna,” Cejas explained.

Dramatic lighting, neon accents, ambient music and cultural iconography occupy the foreground of her artistic expression.

“People want to see something different,” Cejas said.

“I wanted that experience to be like, ‘I’ve never seen that…’ The look in people’s eyes when they walk in, like it doesn’t matter if they’re old or young, they all kind of have that same look, and that’s actually super rewarding.”

While the first version of the Haus opened in 2021, this year’s Haus of Luna has incorporated ChromaDepth glasses—a technology that intensifies the perception of color by shifting 2D images into a 3D realm. Indeed, Haus of Luna satiates a desire to experience something completely original.

6

ARTS & CULTURE

To visit the installation is to experience another world, and it’s one that anyone can enjoy. The exhibition offers ample opportunity for subjective interpretation and sociocultural examination, as well as a means for light-hearted entertainment.

Cejas expressed that a critical goal in creating Haus of Luna was to allow people to find joy in it and play with the concepts she introduced. “The mirrors are kind of like a portal, transporting you somewhere else,” she elaborated regarding her abundant use of mirrors. “Not to evade but to explore. Not as an evasion of reality but as an alternative reality. To play with it.”

Cejas added another layer to this playfulness in her embrace of the nostalgic. Rotary phones, early 2000s era televisions and 20th century memorabilia decorate the exhibition. Cejas has instilled a certain reminiscence in her work that sparks an intergenerational connection between viewers. “I’m a child of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and I wanted to bring that,” she explained.

The intricate detailing and decor selection are a feast for the eyes. Haus of Luna is intensely visually mesmerizing, so naturally this is a place that translates beautifully to film. “The reality is people come here to take pictures,” Cejas said. “I try to make sure that [from] every angle where you’re standing, you can get a good picture composition.”

Even without a photo, the Haus of Luna is not likely to be forgotten by visitors. This is more than a viewing experience, and it demands to be heard, felt and explored spatially. Haus of Luna represents a new wave of artistic conception, in which spectators transcend the role of passive observer and become enveloped in the art itself.

It stretches the participant, tugging at the childish imagination within each of us. “The message is also to encourage creativity of any form,” Cejas said. “If you’re a lawyer, engineer, accountant—you need to be creative. To think outside what’s presented to us.

I think that’s where the world is going.”

HAUS OF LUNA 2022. MACIE HARRELD/PSU VANGUARD

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

FIND IT AT 5TH: IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN

IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN. COURTESY OF 5TH AVENUE CINEMA

THE LIFE AND WORK OF AN EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER NICK GATLIN This weekend at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema—Portland’s only student-run theater—PSU students and the general public can catch a screening of In the Mirror of Maya Deren, a documentary about the life and work of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren.

The 2001 film, written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Martina Kudláček, is based on the biography The Legend of Maya Deren.

The documentary tells Deren’s story by using footage from Deren’s experimental films, such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), At Land (1944) and Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946).

Additionally, the film includes interviews with contemporaries of Deren, such as filmmaker Stan Brakhage and author and curator Amos Vogel. The film’s score was written by avantgarde composer John Zorn.

According to the 5th Avenue Cinema website, “In The Mirror of Maya Deren offers an intimate account of the influential and enigmatic artist told through her own words and those personally and professionally close

with her. The film includes Deren speaking very thoughtfully and passionately about her own films and her devotion to film as a medium. In the Mirror of Maya Deren exemplifies why Deren to this day still acts as an inspirational figure for individuals, especially women, in all areas of filmmaking.”

Cadie Godula, one of 5th Avenue Cinema’s film curators, was the one who decided to add In the Mirror of Maya Deren to the theater’s program. Godula found an interest in Deren’s career and hoped that screening the film would expose her work to a broader audience.

“A lot of people regard [Deren] as the mother of experimental cinema,” she said. “She was and is a big icon.”

Deren was originally a writer, writing poetry, journalism and essays, before moving into film, where she would become known as the “Mother of Underground Film.” She became a well-known independent filmmaker in New York, exhibiting her films in the Greenwich Village Provincetown Playhouse and supporting other experimental

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

directors through an organization she established called the Creative Film Foundation.

Deren’s status as a female filmmaker working in the film industry in the 1940s— as an unabashedly independent, experimental director—served as inspiration for Godula.

“I’m a filmmaker, so I got introduced to her in one of my classes,” she said. “As a woman in film… it’s hard to find a lot of women who are also doing that work in the field.”

The film represents a break from 5th Avenue’s typical programming, both in its subject matter and its genre. “As far as our programming goes, we try to make a very whole program,” Godula said. “With a variety of the works that we do. We do a lot of arthouse, indie stuff because we’re that kind of theater. But we don’t do a whole lot of experimental films, and we don’t do a whole lot of documentary-type stuff.”

Godula hoped that screening more avantgarde films will bring in new audience members.

“We’re trying to get more film students,

specifically, to come to the theater,” she said.

Prior to showing the documentary on Saturday and Sunday, Godula mentioned there will also be a pre-show screening of Deren’s short experimental film Meshes of the Afternoon. Meshes, which stars Deren and her husband Alexandr Hackenshmied, is a surrealist film known for its innovative use of editing and cinematography, as well as its striking repeated motifs such as a mirrorfaced Grim Reaper. In 1990, it became a part of the National Film Registry of the United States, which preserves films that represent “the range and diversity of American film heritage.” According to the National Film Preservation Board, a program of the Library of Congress, the film is “one of the classics of avant-garde cinema.”

Catch a showing of In the Mirror of Maya Deren only this weekend at 5th Avenue Cinema on Friday, Nov. 11, or Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., or watch the Sunday, Nov. 13 screening at 3 p.m.

ARTS & CULTURE

7

WHAT’S FAIR IS FARE TRIMET NEEDS TO BE CHEAPER AND SAFER

IAN MCMEEKAN For years many have been required to pay for transit when living in Portland. Yet some cannot afford to ride TriMet’s MAX light rail, bus or streetcar. Many of us in this situation don’t have a car or any other way to get to work, school or wherever we need to get to.

To this I ask the question: what is being done to lower the price for public transit?

One positive move TriMet is making is that Honored Citizen Hop cards are now being issued. If your income is lower than double the federal poverty level or if you are enrolled in an assistance program, then you are in luck. Those who qualify for the Honored Citizen Hop card have their fare decreased to $1.25 for two and a half hours worth of rides—or $28 for a month unlimited. To apply, you are simply required to provide proof of eligibility and a valid photo ID. This is a step in the right direction, but more still needs to be done. Some riders may have no ID or are unable to prove eligibility. They still may not be able to afford a ticket.

What I am getting at is that there needs to be a way to ride for free if needed. There is good news for individuals at this level of need, because “in 2018, TriMet changed the TriMet Code to remove the possibility of criminal penalties for any person whose sole offense was failing to provide valid proof of fare.” TriMet changed their process so the resolution of fare evasion citations happens in-house, with the aim of preventing riders from needlessly entering into the judicial system. They also now allow for reduced penalties, community service and enrollment in the Honored Citizen fare program for some of those with fare evasion offenses.

Despite these steps, we should also consider the other side of the coin. TriMet is not getting as much business as it was before this change. “According to a customer survey presented at an August meeting of TriMet’s board of directors, nearly half of respondents listed ‘better security’ as one of the top improvements that would entice them to take the bus or MAX more often,” reported

Lucas Manfield of Willamette Week. “And the agency desperately needs to bring back ridership, which has yet to recover from the pandemic.”

It’s clear there needs to be a way to both ride for free— or with a discount—while also feeling safe. This is an interesting dilemma, as there needs to be balance for both sides of this problem. One solution might be to provide programs for those who cannot pay for a ticket to ride for free, while helping them earn money to pay for tickets after this period of free rides. A second solution could be to give an alternate form of payment for a renewable ticket until they can afford to pay the traditional fare.

There are many ways those in leading positions at TriMet are making it more affordable to ride, but it could be better.

If the leaders at TriMet put their heads together, they could come up with even better ways to have tickets dispersed, allowing everyone a fair and safe chance to ride. After all, most of us are just trying to get from point A to B.

ZAHIRA ZUVUYA

8

OPINION

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

PHILANTHROPY IS A PR THE REAL WINNERS ARE BILLIONAIRES— INCLUDING SOME OF THE PNW’S MOST FAMOUS

JUSTIN CORY

KELSEY ZUBERBUEHLER

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

MIRAGE MIRAGE MIRAGE

Philanthropy is a scam. The idea is inherently based on inequality. When an individual, corporation or one of their foundations donates money to benefit the welfare of the less fortunate, they are flexing their power and wealth in a public relations bid at respect-ability. This all serves to obscure the fact that their very ability to donate generous sums of money is predicated upon gross wealth inequality and the hoarding of wealth and resources by the privileged few.

A recent case study of this is illustrated by Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia Sportswear, “giving away” his company to the nonprofit Holdfast Collective. The New York Times reported that through this deal, the company purportedly worth $3 billion will generate $100 million a year in revenue that will go towards fighting climate change. In that article and others, he has been celebrated as an inspiration and an example to other billionaires.

However, he and his corporate board of lawyers carefully structured the transfer of the company so that the family will keep control of the company and avoid taxes. Devon Pendleton and Ben Steverman at Bloomberg wrote of the deal, “Chouinard is at the fore of a small-but-growing movement among the ultrawealthy to use nonprofits to exert political influence long past their lifetimes.”

In other words—the transfer of massive fortunes this way allows the ultra-rich to control policy in a completely anti-democratic way.

In the same article, Boston College Law School professor Ray Madoff warned, “We are letting people opt out of supporting all the expenses of government to do whatever they want with their money. This is highly problematic from the point of view of democracy, and it can mean a higher tax burden for the rest of Americans.”

Beyond the avoidance of taxes that we—the voting stakeholders—would get to have a hand in deciding the fate of, there is also the reality that these philanthropic individuals are essentially shaping our world’s problems into a commodity that only their unregulated investment can solve.

We aren’t as far removed from the classist hierarchies of feudalism as we imagine. Members of the wealthy ruling classes have essentially been cherry-picking how a negligible portion of their money impacts social welfare, while maintaining vast and growing fortunes. They don’t have to answer to democratic institutions and have largely bought politicians and ensured that corporate tax rates remain far lower than they have historically been.

According to Americans for Tax Fairness, “Corporate share of federal tax revenue has dropped by twothirds in 60 years — from 32% in 1952 to 10% in 2013.”

Combine that with a study on corporate profits and profit-shifting between 1975 and 2019 by The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research which found that nearly $1 trillion in global profits has been diverted to tax havens—places where these corporations don’t have to pay taxes at all.

Take this all with the skyrocketing of corporate profits in 2022 that have been passed onto us “consumers” in the name of inflation, as reported by Tobias Burns of The Hill, and it appears we are truly living in a new Gilded Age—a period in the late 19th Century of

extreme materialism, monopolies and blatant political corruption in the United States.

We have a dizzying array of problems that government budgets could be used to solve—the houselessness crisis, ballooning cost-of-living, human-caused climate disasters, equitable access to health care, a deeply underfunded education system—the list could go on until the end of time.

We should also shine a light on local billionaires like Nike founder Phil Knight, who gives the majority of his philanthropy to his own private family foundation in the form of appreciated Nike stock. Through this, he receives massive income tax deductions and it helps him avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in capital gains taxes. Notably, he has recently also been spending forcefully to try and shift the balance of power in Oregon to Republicans, reportedly spending $2 million during the 2022 election season.

Close by in Seattle, Bill Gates infamously signed Warren Buffet’s Giving Pledge which urges the wealthy to “publicly commit to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropy either during their lifetimes or in their wills.” Gates is among the top givers and is revered in the press for it. Forbes reported a cumulative $149 billion has been donated as of Jan. 2021 by the 25 biggest philanthropists in the U.S. This hasn’t hurt their fortunes in the slightest though, as together these mega-rich donors were still worth just under $800 billion when their assets were tallied.

These people have more wealth than the majority of the U.S. population combined, and using it this way gives them the financial power to affect policy and change the world with no accountability to anyone else.

I am not arguing that their donations are of no help to certain causes or to people struggling. I am arguing that they benefit from an enormous rebranding of their public image and that they shape which problems are addressed—if they are addressed at all—with their money and power.

Further, I don’t naively believe that our government as it currently stands would spend the taxes that these individuals and companies avoid paying in magical ways either. Remember that the 2022 U.S. military budget is $742.3 billion, far outranking government spending on anything else. The 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision also enshrined money as speech and ensured that U.S. political processes can continue to be dominated by the highest bidder.

The moral imperative to attempt to repair the damage done by unrestrained consumerism is a noble one. We should remember though that these fortunes have been built through that very consumerism, as well as the exploitation of workers, land and Indigenous peoples.

Shouldn’t we all have a say in how our world’s many crises are addressed?

The very structure of charity is based upon a power differential, as the giver invests nothing in actually changing the material conditions for those suffering.

The world’s contemporary kingmakers will continue to exert their influence through the hidden hand of capital and philanthropy until we collectively demand that these fortunes are redistributed among the many victims of their predation. Philanthropy is essentially all optics.

OPINION

9

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTAR AT LA CASA LATINA'S DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION. ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI/PSU VANGUARD

LA CASA LATINA HOSTS DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRACIÓN

STUDENT PAINTING A SUGAR SKULL AT LA CASA LATINA'S DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION. ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI/PSU VANGUARD

STUDENTS FILLING UP THE NASCC DURING LA CASA LATINA'S DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION. ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI/PSU VANGUARD

ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI Celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2, Día de los Muertos is a holiday dedicated to the relationship between the living and the dead, when the spirits of the dead are believed to come home and spend time with their loved ones. Though predominantly celebrated throughout Mexico, it is not limited to just that country, with celebrations also taking place in countries such as Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Haiti, just to list a few. It is traditional to build an altar to welcome the spirits of the dead, usually featuring elements such as candles, papel picado, marigold flowers, photos of deceased loved ones, inciense, sugar skulls, water, food offerings and more. Regarding celebrations within the United States, the Chicano movement popularized the idea of turning the traditional household rituals into a celebration of community expression. With community Día de los Muertos events starting in San Francisco in the early ‘70s, it is now common practice for art galleries, museums, community centers and schools to make their own altars.

Portland State’s own Latino community takes part in these celebrations, with La Casa Latina holding its annual Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 2 in collaboration with the Native American Student Community Center (NASCC) and Latino-led student organizations Mecha and Las Mujeres. A lot went into the behind the scenes of the event, with set-up being a full-day effort. The celebration took place in the NASCC from 6–8 p.m. and allowed students to celebrate Día de los Muertos with one another, doing traditional activities such as painting sugar skulls, face painting and more. La Casa Latina gave out Conchas, Pan Dulce, and Chappurado to enjoy while socializing. A huge, beautiful altar was put together at the back of the NASCC, full of candles, sugar skulls, flowers and pictures of famous figures who have passed, such as Selena, Vincente Fernandez and Chadwick Boseman, just to list a few. PSU Mariachi also performed at the event in honor of those who have passed.

10

PHOTO ESSAY

STUDENTS IN LINE FOR PAN DULCE, CONCHAS AND CHAPURRADO. ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI/PSU VANGUARD

STUDENTS WATCHING PSU MARIACHI PERFORM. ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI/PSU VANGUARD

PSU MARIACHI PERFORMING AT LA CASA LATINA'S DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION. ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI/PSU VANGUARD

STUDENTS STANDING/KNEELING BEFORE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTAR. ALBERTO ALONSO PUJAZON BOGANI/PSU VANGUARD

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

AND NOW, SOME COMICS! ENJOY WEEKLY COMICS BY PSU VANGUARD DESIGN CONTRIBUTORS

NEO CLARK

PSU Vanguard • NOVEMBER 9, 2022 • psuvanguard.com

COMICS

Events Calendar Nov. 9-15 MILO LOZA

ART

MUSIC

FILM/THEATER

COMMUNITY

`

WED NOV. 9

THURS NOV. 10

FRI NOV. 11

SAT NOV. 12

SUN NOV. 13

MON NOV. 14

TUES NOV. 15

PORTLAND BRIDGE BOTTLE & BOTTEGA 6 P.M. $47 LEARN HOW TO PAINT A PORTLAND BRIDGE WITH INSTRUCTION FROM AN ARTIST

MOTHER MOTHER MCMENAMINS CRYSTAL BALLROOM 7 P.M. $40 INDIE/ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC

SARAH HESTER ROSS HELIUM COMEDY CLUB 8 P.M. $25 LAS VEGAS HEADLINER AND TIKTOK VIRAL STAR BRINGS LAUGHS TO PORTLAND

PAST LIVES COMMUNITY TEA PAST LIVES 7 P.M. FREE GET TOGETHER TO MEET NEW MEMBERS AND CATCH UP ON PAST LIVES NEWS & EVENTS

PAINT YOUR BITMOJI SUITESPOT 6 P.M. $50 A NIGHT OF GOOD MUSIC, COMPANY AND PAINTING YOUR FAVORITE BITMOJI

LIZZO MODA CENTER 8 P.M. $45+ R&B/SOUL MUSIC FROM GRAMMY AWARD WINNER

BANGERZ COMEDY NEIGHBORS TAPROOM 8 P.M. FREE A SHOWCASE OF LOCAL PORTLAND COMEDIC TALENT, HOSTED BY ELIZA AND BJORN

A NIGHT FOR GAMING & COMMUNITY CATALYST: A SEX POSITIVE PLACE 7 P.M. $10 ENJOY GAMES, MOVIES, SNUGGLES AND PUZZLES IN A SEX POSITIVE COMMUNITY

NO SCHOOL CAMP COOKSHOP 9 A.M. $95 THIS COOKING AND CRAFTING CAMP IS FOR KIDS ENTERING FIRST THROUGH FIFTH GRADE

THE FRENCH CONNECTION LINCOLN RECITAL HALL, PSU 7:30 P.M. FREE FOR STUDENTS/$30 GENERAL ADMISSION TOMÁS COTIK AND GRACE CHOI PRESENT A TOUR DE FORCE THROUGH THE SONATA GENRE

IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN 5TH AVENUE CINEMA 7:30 & 9 P.M. FREE FOR STUDENTS/$7 GENERAL ADMISSION A 2002 DOCUMENTARY, PROVIDING A FASCINATING PORTRAIT OF A GROUNDBREAKING AND INFLUENTIAL ARTIST

KUMORICON OREGON CONVENTION CENTER 8 A.M. $80 AN ANNUAL TRADITION OF BRINGING ANIME FANS TOGETHER FOR AN EXTRAVAGANZA OF JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE

THANKSGIVING CRAFTING FEST EXPERIMENT PDX 12 P.M. $15 MAKE THANKSGIVING ART AND DECORATIONS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY ENJOYMENT! OPEN TO ALL AGES.

JASON ROSS 45 EAST 10 P.M. $25 MELODIC BASS, TRANCE AND PROGRESSIVE HOUSE MUSIC

ALL AMERICAN MAGIC AND VENTRILOQUIST SHOW LLOYD CENTER 7 P.M. $12 TWO-HOUR FAMILY SHOW FILLED WITH MINDBENDING ILLUSIONS, STARRING ILLUSIONIST MARK BENTHIMER

TRINITY ARTISAN FAIR TRINITY CATHEDRAL 10 A.M. $2 OR TWO CANS OF FOOD BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC, EXPLORE GOODS AND GIFTS FROM LOCAL ARTISTS

LOUISE ERDRICH NEWMARK THEATRE 1 P.M. $44 LOUISE ERDRICH WILL DISCUSS HER NEW BOOK, THE SENTENCE, WITH LOCAL POET AND MUSICIAN, TREVINO BRINGS PLENTY

SMASHING PUMPKINS MODA CENTER 6:30 P.M. $45 AN ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND FROM CHICAGO

Q SHORTS HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 4:30 P.M. $10 FIVE SHORT DOCS CELEBRATING THE UNIQUE AND BOLD STORIES OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY

DEPRESSED CAKE SHOP OPAL 25 1 P.M. FREE A POP-UP BAKERY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MENTAL ILLNESS THROUGH THE SALE OF CAKES

THE ART OF MEMORY: AUTOFICTION LITERARY ARTS 6:30 P.M. $245 SEMINAR ABOUT HOW AUTOFICTION BLENDS TRUTH AND FICTION TO PRODUCE STORIES ROOTED IN A WRITER’S LIFE

PHANTOGRAM REVOLUTION HALL 7 P.M. $35 ALTERNATIVE/INDIE MUSIC FROM A NEW YORK MUSIC DUO

MR. BURNS DIVER STUDIO THEATER 9:30 P.M. $3 THE PLAY EXPLORES MYTH-MAKING AND POPULAR CULTURE AND IS STRUCTURED AROUND A SIMPSONS EPISODE

STERN ARMY PINBALL TOURNAMENT GROUND KONTROL 7 P.M. FREE/$5 ENTRY FEE FOR PARTICIPANTS PINBALL TOURNAMENT WITH CASH PRIZES AND GOODIES

BLU DETIGER WONDER BALLROOM 8:30 P.M. $20 SINGER AND BASSIST BLU DETIGER MAKES ARTY FUNK AND DISCO-INFLUENCED INDIE POP

THE FLAMING LIPS MCMENAMINS CRYSTAL BALLROOM 8 P.M. $45 A PSYCHEDELIC ROCK BAND FORMED IN 1983 IN OKLAHOMA CITY

PORTLAND QUEER FILM FESTIVAL CINEMA 21 6:45 P.M. $75 FESTIVAL SHOWCASING NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY FEATURES MADE BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY

AMERICA RECYCLE DAY IKEA 10 A.M. FREE BRING YOUR BATTERIES, PLASTIC, CARDBOARD AND METAL AND GET IT RECYCLED FOR YOU