VOLUME 76 • ISSUE 21 • SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Portland youth strike for
CLIMATE JUSTICE
ARTS & CULTURE
SCIENCE & TECH
SPORTS
Student-run cinema returns P. 4–5
Apple faces an Epic trial P. 7
Vikings come back to campus P. 10-11
CONTENTS
COVER BY SHANNON STEED, COVER PHOTO BY RICK RAPPAPORT
ARTS & CULTURE 5TH AVENUE CINEMA REOPENS TO STUDENTS
P. 4-5
NEWS PORTLAND YOUTH DEMAND ACTION TOWARD CLIMATE CRISIS
P. 8-9
SCIENCE & TECH STARTUP SPOTLIGHT: RECLAIM
P. 6
SPORTS PSU SPORTS RETURN TO CAMPUS
P. 10-11
APPLE VS. EPIC: TRIAL RESULTS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE GAMING INDUSTRY
P. 7
CROSSWORD YOUR GUIDE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING
P. 12
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5TH AVENUE CINEMA REOPENS TO STUDENTS AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF, THE STUDENT-RUN THEATER IS BACK
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5th Avenue Cinema is opening their doors once again to students after an 18-month hiatus. Although their reopening signals a return to campus-wide normalcy for Portland State students, the cinema is preparing to size up against complications and concerns of a continuing pandemic. “We’ve been very cautious about the rising concerns, especially considering that we are not only a public theater but also one who serves concessions and beverages,” said Owen Peterson, 5th Avenue’s Cinema Coordinator. “In order to keep the experience as safe as possible for us and our patrons, we’re asking that people show proof of vaccination upon their arrival, wear masks anywhere and anytime they are not eating or drinking, and are also operating at [threefourths] capacity (75 people per screening instead of 100) in order to assure distance amongst all patrons.” When 5th Avenue reopened in 1989 after being bought out by Portland State, the PSU Film Committee was formed to take the helm of the theater. Ever since then, the cinema—which is the only student-run theater in the state— has been running non-profit, with all showings free to PSU students, faculty, staff and alumni, and tickets for other audience members costing only $4 or $5. The cinema will remain free for students following its recent reopening. Because PSU is currently mandating vaccinations for students who wish to be on campus, the cinema is accepting valid student IDs as proof of vaccination. The cinema’s facility, which is located at SW 5th and Hall on campus, is also used for other on-campus events. Lectures are frequently held inside the cinema’s two screening rooms, which will be resuming this term as well; and, during the pandemic, the cinema was home to the PSU Food Pantry, which has now relocated to their former location in the Smith Memorial Student Union basement. “As for what services will occupy the space in the future aside from our own, we mainly will just work on rolling out our private [screening] rental services again in the winter, given that the pandemic doesn’t get worse,” Peterson said. “We hope to work on more collaborations with PSU organizations and clubs to facilitate guest speakers, film-related discussions and potentially a film festival.” Even during the cinema’s year-and-a-half closure, its five-student team kept busy by continuing to curate a 10week selection of films available on streaming platforms for each term and hosting a discussion podcast for each film as a stand-in for in-person screenings. “[The podcast] was a good way to connect the staff on a personal level, because we were essentially just sharing our opinions on movies we were showing, and
riffing off of each other for 45 minutes to an hour,” Peterson said. “Unfortunately, it is just too time-consuming for our inperson workflow, so we’re pivoting to a new, shorter form of content for fall that is more visual than it is audible.” One of the most notable and remarkable aspects of 5th Avenue is its support of 35mm screenings, a rare gem in the age of digital filmgoing. Alongside theaters like the Academy Theater or the historical Hollywood Theatre, 5th Avenue Cinema is one of the few theaters in the entire state to project films on 35mm and occasionally 16mm film. 35mm screenings made up the bulk of 5th Avenue’s pre-COVID-19 screenings, with 2019 alone hosting celluloid screenings of classics like Harakiri, Eraserhead, Woman in the Dunes and Y Tu Mamá También. In stark comparison, this fall’s program contains only three 35mm screenings, although the reasoning behind this decision has been heavily influenced by the pandemic. “[The pandemic] has certainly influenced which films and which formats distributors are willing to loan out right now,” said Genevieve Hunsaker, one of the cinema’s two projectionists. “As much as we’d love to have all of our screening on 35mm film, distributors are being rightfully cautious with sending out film reels, so we’ve had to make some adjustments and add more digital programming for now.” Additionally, both of the cinema’s projectionists who had been at 5th Avenue prior to the pandemic have since left, and the closure of the theater made it a challenge to train the new projectionists in their trade. “We’ve been fortunate enough to be able to train during the pandemic,” Hunsaker said. “Though it was not very regular up until we were preparing for our first screening, we were lucky enough to still get in the projection booth and get hands-on experience with the projectors. In the beginning of my training, we tried to do it virtually, but quickly found out that was not as beneficial as being in-person and being able to closely see what is happening in the projector.” “Emerging from a total lock-down has definitely been a strange transition for the whole staff at 5th Avenue,” said Cadie Godula, the cinema’s other projectionist. “For me, I never got to formally meet anybody from the former staff, so it feels like we’re really starting from scratch on how to operate the theater as of right now. As far as learning about projecting film, Genevieve and I have been able to train with Joel Miller [of Northwest Projection and Sound] who’s super knowledgeable in projecting film and [Digital Cinema Package], so I’m feeling more and more confident in the booth.”
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Because physical film has to be handled at more times and by more people than digital formats, many cinematheques and productions have de-emphasized screening and shooting on film amidst the pandemic due to safety concerns (for instance, The Walking Dead switched from 16mm film stock to digital footage for their penultimate season). “The main [challenge] is the difficulty we’ve had in renting the films we want to show because of damaged relationships with key distributors who we rent a lot of our films from,” Peterson said. “We’ve probably had to change our program 10+ times from our original draft because we can’t get the medium we want or the prints are missing/unavailable from the only distributors in the US.” Despite the difficulties in renting films from distributors, 5th Avenue’s fall program remains just as impressive as programs in previous years. Although two special screenings of Mean Girls on 35mm were shown on Friday, Sept. 24 to celebrate the reopening of the cinema, the fall program will officially start on Oct. 1, with one film being shown every week at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays respectively, and 3 p.m. on Sundays. This term’s inaugural film is Mala Noche, the Portland-set directorial debut of celebrated Portland director Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho) and a landmark film of independent LGBTQ+ filmmaking. 5th Avenue also has a reputation for the extreme diversity of the films they’ve screened, both in origin, subject matter and genre. A wonderful demonstration of this is the inclusion of films like Animal House, Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know and Twilight in this term’s selection, with the latter two even being some of the few 35mm screenings this term. “I remember so clearly my experience growing during the whole Twilight moment, and how much hate it all received,” said Publicity Coordinator Andi Johnson, who programmed the film. “The idea of revisiting the film on the big screen is so exciting to me. We are planning on doing a fun little ‘outfit of the weekend’ competition.” “I’m really excited for one of my picks, You and Me and Everyone We Know since we were able to get it on 35mm!” said Godula. “It’s one of my favorite films and I’m excited to be showing it on film and to an audience. Projecting a film reel has an almost alchemical quality to it from a projectionist’s
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position since you’re watching the reel go into this big machine as still images and seeing it come out as a reproduction of movement. It’s just a very magical skill to learn.” Alongside these aforementioned cult classics, the program includes international rarities like French musician Serge Gainsbourg’s provocative erotic film Je T’aime Moi Non Plus and Med Hondo’s striking French-Mauritanian immigration drama Soleil O. Michel Haneke’s psychosexual Grand Prixwinning film The Piano Teacher and Satoshi Kon’s animated seminal masterpiece Perfect Blue round out the last two weeks of Oct. for some perfect Halloween-time showings. “[Perfect Blue] was one that a few of our staff wanted to show because of how rare it is to see on the big-screen, and it’s such a great fall movie,” said Peterson. “If there’s one film screening this term I think everyone should attend, it’s Perfect Blue.” Closing the term are two films from esteemed titans of cinema: Yasujirō Ozu’s color comedy Good Morning on digital and Andrei Tarkovsky’s dreamy Nostalghia on 35mm. The unique blend of these films alongside the others in this quarter’s program is perfectly demonstrative of what has always made 5th Avenue one of the best places for PSU students to head to throughout the year. Its reopening after such a long closure is not just a rejuvenation for former and new visitors to the theater, but also an indication of the gradual resume towards normalcy for students following six quarters of completely remote learning. “I think the best thing about reopening is the overall experience we are providing,” Peterson said. “I know personally, I cannot sit and watch a movie at home anymore. My attention span is destroyed. The in-person cinema experience is one that I find so immersive and irreplaceable in my own life, and I’m sure tons of students feel exactly the same way. I’m glad we can offer this experience to students at no cost, because film-going is truly one of the best escapes from classwork and the pressures of normal life.” “[The cinema] is the best escape and right now a lot of us need space to decompress from the real world,” said Events Coordinator Nayeli Naranjo-Robles. THE ENTRANCE TO 5TH AVENUE CINEMA. SOFIE BRANDT/PSU VANGUARD
ARTS & CULTURE
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STARTUP SPOTLIGHT:
THERESA BRADY
L A C I M E R
Not having enough time in the day, week or month is a ubiquitous problem. Coffee dates with friends or catching up with a family member are important parts of our daily lives, but other tasks, such as work responsibilities, meetings and school project due dates, often take priority. Interpersonal commitments are the ones we often overlook; when you cancel on a friend, colleague or family member, there’s still the responsibility of finding the right time to reschedule. Reclaim, a Portland-based start-up company that just received $4.8 million in funding from angel investors, seeks to provide the time management solution: a “smart calendar assistant,” according to their website, that syncs your virtual calendars, blocks out time for tasks, and reminds you how much time you have left in the day. Patrick Lightbody, one of Reclaim’s three co-founders, agreed to talk with Portland State Vanguard about how their new product works, why they started the company and where they hope to take Reclaim in the future. Lightbody, along with Henry Shapiro and Ian White, make up the team that launched Reclaim in 2019. Before then, the trio worked together at New Relic, a software company in California. Lightbody and Shapiro gained respect for one another’s work ethic and design sensibilities during their time at New Relic, and, about two years ago, decided to embark on their own mission. “Initially, we were looking at industries and problems that were much closer to where we were at New Relic, [including] software monitoring, alerting of software,” Lightbody said. “Obviously, we did not want to compete with where we just came out of, and we thought there were opportunities to do something kind of novel around how teams come together to build high quality software.” Lightbody explained the motivation behind Reclaim: “As we dug into that concept, the thing that kept coming back over and over after interviewing engineering managers, product designers, product managers and executives was not the need for some new piece of software that can be more agile, or cloudy or scalable, it was a question of time.” Conflicting meetings and priorities are common for a busy manager, and the responsibility to find time for these tasks ultimately falls on them. Lightbody found that the biggest scheduling problem came from middle managers being pulled in too many directions, leading to dysfunction as well as quality and alignment issues. The accumulation of these conflicts can boil over to company wide dysfunction. Meanwhile, executives assigning these tasks may be unaware of the reasons why their expectations aren’t being met. Lightbody and Shapiro personally experienced these frustrations themselves, causing them to pivot and create an entirely new approach to time management.
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Work wasn’t the only thing keeping Lightbody busy. “I also have three kids,” he explained. “I’ve been living the life of juggling playdates and personal commitments. I have this pain point that in a lot of ways is universal and really basic, and yet it wasn't solved until Reclaim kind of came into the picture.” “People need to balance their work life and their personal life,” Lightbody said. “Productivity has changed where people are afforded [their] freedoms, and, because of the pandemic even more so, to break up their day.” Reclaim doesn’t just sync up with calendar apps; it also compensates for flexible scheduling. Timeframes can be set for lunch, for example, to make sure it is actually penciled in for a certain time range, not just at a specific hour. The feature, called Smart Time Blocking, blocks out times based on set priorities. It can juggle multiple events at once, mark someone as busy during certain times and allow the user to choose how much information they want to expose about their commitments. “We live in a global economy now where you're working with people in different time zones,” Lightbody said. “So sometimes it makes sense for you to do some of your work early in the morning and then the rest of your work late at night, because that's what works best for your personal life or your company structure.” Recently added features like Tasks and Habits create more calendar space for commitments that tend to get pushed back or overlooked, but that the user would prefer to keep open. Whether it’s a weekly meditation habit, a daily workout or a school project due by a certain date, priority levels can be set for each Task or Habit—and Reclaim will make time for them. Lightbody explained that Reclaim was designed to be used as a circuit breaker for calendars. As events fill up the calendar, Reclaim will automatically warn its users, “hold on, this is the last spot to have a half hour lunch. Sorry, there's no more time for you.” Reclaim’s software provides context about why that time is so valuable, and why it shouldn't be over scheduled, its creators say. “That was a big breakout moment for us because it put us on the path of working with our customers to say, what is the ideal you?” Lightbody said. “You invest time telling Reclaim what the best version of you is, and we'll help you negotiate that in an automated way. That frees us up for the next stage of our growth.” This next stage of growth includes integration with an industry management tool called Asana for Jira, which provides collaboration tools for general project management, according to Lightbody. “[Now], instead of [what’s] the best version of you, it’s what's the best version of your team?” Lightbody explained. “What’s the best version of your company?”
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APPLE VS. EPIC: TRIAL RESULTS AND WHAT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE GAMING INDUSTRY A LINE OF APPLE IPHONES AT THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW IPHONE 13 LINE OF PHONES AT UNION SQUARE IN MANHATTAN. STAR MAX/AP IMAGES
RYAN MCCONNELL On Sept. 10, United States Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez announced the long-awaited ruling on the Epic Games v. Apple case. The Court ruled that Apple violated California’s Unfair Competition Law, and moved to require the Apple App Store to allow apps to redirect users to third-party payment services. The Court also ruled that Epic Games must pay $3 million to Apple for breaching its contract with the tech giant. Apple is known for its tight regulation on any intellectual property or products they produce. Unlike Android OS, which allows multiple companies and marketplaces to exist on top of the platform, Apple’s iOS only allows apps to be retrieved from its App Store, and only allows payment processing through the company’s own payment processing platform. Apple keeps 30% of the sales made from both types. What caused Epic to bring Apple to court was the fact that iOS is but one of two major mobile operating systems, making iOS an unavoidable platform when developing a mobile game. Epic believed the App Store should be an option, not a requirement, when downloading products or purchasing in-app services. Specifically, Epic sued Apple for anticompetitive and illegal practices for forcing developers and consumers to go through the Apple App Store and their payment processing platform. Much of Apple’s defense explained how it is not monopolistic, rather competitive when running against other markets such as
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Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft’s Store on Xbox. The company also made statements suggesting that its closed services provide security features that protect consumers and developers. In fact, this was the defense against including any thirdparty apps on iOS at all, back when the iPhone first launched. In the Court’s ruling, it found “that Apple enjoys considerable market share of over 55% and extraordinarily high profit margins [but] these factors alone do not show antitrust conduct.” Though the Court did not find that Apple is a monopoly, the ruling did find “anticompetitive” conduct on the company’s part. “Apple’s anti-steering provisions hide critical information from consumers and illegally stifle consumer choice,” reads the ruling. “When coupled with Apple’s incipient antitrust violations these anti-steering provisions are anticompetitive and a nationwide remedy to eliminate those provisions is warranted.” Despite the serious undertones of the trial, there have been several humorous highlights as well. One particular debate of the trial included whether or not “naked Peely” was appropriate to show in Federal Courts, and whether or not Fortnite is meant for kids. Peely is a Banana mascot for Fortnite and Epic Games. Another interesting debate from the trial was what, exactly, defines a video game? Epic initially claimed that Fortnite was not a video game, but rather a “metaverse,” causing the debate
over what specifically defines a video game to ensue. Ultimately, the Court decided to withhold from clearly defining a video game. “Unfortunately, no one agrees and neither side introduced evidence of any commonly accepted industry definition,” ruled the Court. “At a bare minimum, video games appear to require some level of interactivity or involvement between the player and the medium. In other words, a game requires that the player be able to input some level of a command or choice which is then reflected in the game itself…Beyond this medium, the gaming market appears highly eclectic and diverse.” It’s unclear whether there is a clear “winner” in this case, with some saying the decision works in Apple’s favor and others claiming it favors Epic. Ultimately, this decision means that developers have more options and flexibility when charging consumers for in-app purchases directly through apps, and not the strict Apple App Store. It is also unclear whether the decision will significantly hurt Apple’s profits, considering their size and the success of other products (such as Apple TV), and whether or not many of the gacha games—named after toy vending machines and utilizing a similar system to in-game-currency “loot boxes”—available on the market will use this new ruling. At the end of the day, consumers will likely continue to pay the same rates for in-app purchases; the only difference is who gets the money.
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PORTLAND YOUTH
DEMAND ACTION
TOWARD CLIMATE CRISIS
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AS FORESTS BURN ACROSS THE WORLD AND HEAT WAVES REACH RECORD LEVELS, DEVASTATING CLIMATE CHANGE IS BEING SEEN EVERYWHERE—AND GLOBAL YOUTH ARE DEMANDING CHANGE VIC CALDERON The Portland Youth Climate Strike (PYCS) organized on Friday, Sept. 24 to take part in the global movement—a walk out that urged students to leave classrooms across the city to demonstrate the importance this movement has for them. The Portland strike occurred simultaneously with similar strikes around the world, as students from the Philippines to Berlin and New York City led protests on Friday urging climate action. PYCS swiftly mobilized the Portland event, as they had been mostly meeting online and working in digital spaces due to the pandemic. Mostly advertised via social media, the event reached a large audience of youth and supporters of the movement that brought out an estimated 2,500 people to the streets of Portland. When speaking to Adah Crandall of PYCS, she explained it grew larger than they could have imagined. PYCS worked alongside multiple organizations with long standing histories of fighting against climate change—including Sunrise PDX, 350PDX and Extension Rebellion PDX—and organized the event in just under a month. The organization has indicated they are aware of some of the concerns and issues with leading any sort of large event, especially during a global pandemic. PYCS stated their mission is to work on centering voices of those most impacted, specifically pushing for LGBTQ+ people—as well as Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC)—to be the face of the movement. Crandall spoke with Portland State Vanguard, discussing how equity plays a role in such a sensitive and important movement. She expressed that, during the downtime of the pandemic, there has been growth in conversation and reflection, including how to center voices without tokenizing, such as providing stipends for speakers when possible as youth typically go unpaid for their labor, and honoring Indigenous, First Nations and Native communities who have been fighting for the earth for centuries. Discussing equity brought up concerns around accessibility for those who are disabled or use mobility aids. Crandall advised, prior to the march, that a team was canvasing out the road to determine if it was generally accessible for people within these categories. Besides physical accessibility, they also made sure to provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for speakers during the event, as well. Recently, the PYCS has found themselves slightly isolated,
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used to working with the greater Oregon Youth Climate Strike (OYCS). OYCS is currently inactive, and the PYCS has been working on becoming the face of climate change striking in the Oregon area for youth. Though they’ve accredited so much of their organizing success to social media, Crandall confirmed that they do maintain a website and newsletter for those interested in getting involved who may not use Instagram. When discussing next steps, Crandall stated that the organization is incredibly thankful for the turn out of the event on Sept. 24 and that the next couple weeks will be used for debriefing, reflecting and discussing future plans. Being a youth-lead organization, there are concerns which Crandall expressed as mostly stemming from the Portland Public Schools (PPS) sending out a message about the event to parents only, leaving organizing students unable to reply. “There is no point to school if our planet continues to burn and flood and collapse,” said Naomi Hemstreet, a participant in the march. “What is one day compared to our entire futures?” The parents-only email, which was obtained by Vanguard, included information about the Climate Crisis Response Policy Survey and a note about encouraging students to join the PPS Climate Justice Youth Advisory Group “which serves to advise PPS senior leaders on the future of climate justice efforts in our school district.” The PYCS group was not mentioned in the email. The email addressed possible safety concerns and the district’s role in working with the youth. “Please talk with your student about this event,” the email stated. “Once students leave our campus for unsponsored events, Portland Public Schools can no longer guarantee their safety.” The email also stated that, unless the student’s school received a signed permission slip or note, the youth were at risk of getting an unexcused absence, or not being able to participate in sports in the afternoon. “I am saddened by the fact we live in a world so broken that teenagers have to walk out of school to demand something as simple as a livable future,” Crandall said, when speaking at the event. “None of us should have to be here today, and I want to thank each and every one of you for showing up despite that.” When discussing the COVID-19 concerns expressed in the email sent out by PPS, Crandall shared with Vanguard that Portland Public Schools has not made her feel safe during the
return to in-person schooling this year. With overfilled classes and a lack of seating charts for contact tracing, Crandall said she felt safer at the PYCS march than at school. Additionally, there were peacekeepers present at the strike— people with a long history of mediation and de-escalation tactics—as well as a COVID-19 safety group that ensured folks wore masks and provided extra face coverings and sanitizer. The event did take place completely outside, following the format of many of the protests and marches in the summer of 2020, related to the Black Lives Matter movement. During those events, a working paper series provided by the National Bureau of Economic Research stated that there was no evidence that urban protests reignited COVID-19 case growth. While there are concerns of the new COVID-19 variants, PYCS made a goal of providing as safe of an event as possible for the youth. These adaptations highlight the fact that this might very well be the new normal and what might be expected from events in the future. The demonstration had also asked for city leaders to show up to be a part of the strike and discussion, but the seats reserved for those officials remained unfilled, a disappointment for the students. Rejections ranged from busy schedules to no response at all. “I’d like to invite any elected officials to come sit in these chairs,” said J.J. Klein-Wolf, a youth attendee. “We invited you here today to sit and protest with us. I’d like you guys to notice no one is sitting in their chairs. Their seats will remain empty until they come up and support the youth.” The Portland Youth Climate Strike states they will continue to push students and youth of Portland to take action in the fight against climate change. While the elected officials failed to show support on the day of the march, Cassie Wilson released a debrief and list of demands from the organization that aims to emphasize the urgency of their mission—and make ignoring it impossible. OPPOSITE: A MARCH PARTICIPANT SPEAKING THROUGH A MEGAPHONE IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF MARCHERS. COURTESY OF RICK RAPPAPORT. ABOVE: A MARCH PARTICIPANT HOLDING A SIGN PROTESTING ELECTED OFFICIALS. COURTESY OF RICK RAPPAPORT.
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PSU SPORTS RETURN TO CAMPUS PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS FOOTBALL TEAM IN A HUDDLE. ERIC SHELBY/PSU VANGUARD
THE VIKINGS MAKE IT A GOOD GAME AGAINST THE BOBCATS, AND PSU VOLLEYBALL CONTINUES TO MAKE STATEMENT WINS ERIC SHELBY
FOOTBALL The gridiron Portland State Vikings started off the season traveling to Hawai’i and Washington. PSU put up a massive 35 points against University of Hawai’i’s Rainbow Warriors. The Warriors, however, caught the Vikings off guard by dropping 28 points in the first quarter, but the Warriors weren’t out of the woods yet. Senior Vikings quarterback Davis Alexander went 23 for 47 and threw for exactly 400 yards, giving the team three of its five touchdowns. After week one, Alexander was fourth in passing yards in the Football Championship Subdivision. PSU’s Darien Chase is a player the rest of
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the league needs to watch out for. In the game against Hawai’i, the freshman had six catches for 105 yards. Wide receiver Beau Kelly also made an impact in the game with six catches and 132 yards, gaining a touchdown for the team. The Vikings almost completed their comeback, outscoring the Warriors 28–14 in the second half of the game. The Vikings’s first home game of the season started with a much needed win after an 0–2 start in matches against Football Bowl Subdivision teams. They played Division-II Western Oregon University. Davis Alexander led the Vikings to a close, low scoring 21–7 win, the lowest scoring game of the season so far. Nonetheless, a win is a win. The Western Oregon Wolves had scored 35
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and 24 against Hawai’i and Washington State University, respectively, two weeks prior. PSU’s Malik Walker led the team in rushing with 89 yards and a touchdown to help the Vikings win. Freshman wide receiver Nate Bennett showed out in that game with 6 receptions and 106 yards. Two touchdowns by Walker and Kelly in the third quarter solidified their win over the Wolves. On Sept. 25, the Vikings began conference play, facing a red-hot Montana State University (MSU), ranked #13, in a white-out home game, where fans were encouraged to wear white to represent the Vikings. There was a tailgate and free pizza for PSU students along with free t-shirts for the first 300 fans to show their Viking pride. Despite the large turnout for the Vikings, Montana’s Bobcats had a fanbase of their own, taking up half the stadium with blue and yellow. The Vikings showed confidence when they drew first blood with a field goal. MSU responded with a field goal, and PSU silenced them with a touchdown, giving them the lead of 10–9 at the half. Walker gave the Vikings one of two touchdowns, for a total of 17 points. Walker had 14 carries and 43 yards. In the two receptions by Chase, he ran for 51 yards against the Bobcats. Bennett made four catches in the game and 45 yards, scoring the other touchdown for the Vikings. PSU couldn’t hold their lead and kept the game close until the fourth quarter. MSU won 30–17. PSU starts conference play 0–1, but looks to turn it around against the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds are 1–3 and lost their first conference game 50– 21 to a strong Eastern Washington University, ranked sixth. The next Vikings home game is on Saturday, Oct. 16, when they host the Idaho State Bengals. Before playing in Hillsboro stadium against the Bengals, the Vikings go on a roadtrip to Utah and Idaho to play the Thunderbirds and University of Idaho’s Vandals. While the Vikings are on the road, fans can root for them on ESPN+.
VOLLEYBALL Vikings volleyball currently holds a record of 7–6, with a 5–2 record at home. The team, as a whole, has more kills than their opponents, at 554. The Vikings had a rough start to their non-conference season, after playing University of California, Los Angeles and University of Oregon and starting their season with a harsh 2–4 record. The Vikings dominated against North Dakota State twice, and dominated Gonzaga University 3–1. PSU came back from 2–0 to win three in a row against North Dakota State in their rematch. In that undefeated tournament, PSU’s Makayla Lewis and Parker Webb made the PDX Classic All Tourney team. Junior libero Ellie Snook was awarded Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week after 64 digs in the PDX Classic. The Vikings destroyed its rival, University of Portland’s Pilots, with a final score of three to one. The Vikings turned their season around early, going on to win six of their last eight games and are sitting at fifth in the Big Sky Conference. The Vikings won their first away game against Idaho State University in a 3–1 comeback victory, winning three sets in a row after losing the first one and claiming their first conference win of the season. Outside hitter Makayla Lewis had 17 kills this game and 14 digs. Setter Ally Wada 42 assists and 12 digs. This is also PSU’s first of many potential away-game wins of the season. The Vikings four-game road trip ends Oct. 7,
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when they host the Thunderbirds. They play Northern Arizona the following Saturday, both games are at 7 p.m. at the Viking Pavilion. All PSU volleyball games are on ESPN+, but this team is one you don’t want to miss this year if you’re on campus.
SOCCER The Vikings on the soccer pitch have improved tremendously from last year with a 3–5 record. They also began conference play last weekend, hosting the Sacramento State Hornets and winning 4–2. They made 18 shots, eight of which were on goal. PSU’s first win came against Western Oregon University, with goals by Parker Reichner in the 53rd minute and Ani Jensen 11 minutes later to secure the win. Goalkeeper Enya Hernandez made six saves for the team. The next win came against California State University, Northridge (CSUN), with goals from three different Vikings. A late goal by CSUN before halftime evened the match 1–1. Only a minute before the CSUN goal, PSU’s Sienna Higinbotham gave the team a penalty kick goal. Two minutes into the second half, Ani Jensen scored and Megan Cornett made sure that CSUN wouldn’t have a comeback, scoring one more goal assisted by Hannah Grady. PSU won 3–1 with Enya Hernandez and Sidney O’billovich making nine saves and the team outshooting CSUN 17–13. The Vikings have a two-game trip to play against University of Northern Colorado and University of Montana on Oct. 1 and Oct. 3. After the trip, they return for two games on Oct. 8 and Oct. 10. The Vikings play their Pacific Northwest rival, Eastern Washington University, and then the Idaho Vandals.
CROSS COUNTRY The men’s cross country team is currently sitting at 14 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s West Region
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men’s rankings. The Vikings showed out at the Viking Rust Buster at Westmoreland Park, here in Portland, Oregon. The men’s team came in second with 39 points. The women’s team came in third with 65 points, behind Oregon State University and University of Portland. Redshirt senior Jordan Macintosh, a transfer from University of Minnesota, finished third in the 6K with a time of 17 minutes, 58.7 seconds. Senior Kenyan Abdi came in sixth with a time of 18:13.7. Senior Josh Snyder and junior Evan Peters came in ninth and tenth with times of 18:28.0 and 18:29.0, respectively, exactly one minute apart. Redshirt senior Katie Camarena finished seventh in the 4K with a time of 13:47.1, the only PSU representative from the top ten in the 4K. On Sept. 24, the Vikings cross country teams split up and traveled to Minneapolis for the Roy Griak Invitational and to Monmouth, Oregon, for the Mike Johnson Classic. The men finished seventh and women finished eighth in Minnesota, running with competitive schools like Brigham Young University, ranked second in the Mountain Region, and Iowa State, ranked third in the Midwest Region. Macintosh finished twelfth in the Gold 8K, with a time of 24:54.9. Snyder and Abdi had similar times of 25:15.2 and 25;29.4. The men’s team finished eighth in Monmouth and the women finished third, behind rival Eastern Washington University. Monica Salazar had a time of 22:47.6, coming in twelfth for the Viks in the classic. The next meets are the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational on Oct. 16 in Santa Clara, California, and the Lewis & Clark Invitational in Estacada, Oregon. Almost all PSU games and matches are available on ESPN+. If you aren’t watching them on the screen, come to the Pavilion to watch the PSU volleyball team execute yet another comeback win. Go to Hillsboro and watch soccer and football attempt to secure a win over other competitive schools. The Vikings have never been more hungry.
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