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Off-leash dogs a concern for campus child care Some dog owners disregard campus rules, cause problems for others Kari Nelson Vanguard staff

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It’s spring, and Portland State is seeing more canine companions on campus.

While dog owners want their dogs to have a good time on campus, there are rules about where canines can go.

The PSU Service Animal and Emotional Support Animal Policy states: “Pets are generally prohibited indoors on the PSU campus, except in University Housing. [Owners must be in compliance] with any laws pertaining to animal licensing, vaccination and owner identification; keeping the animal under control and taking effective action when it is out of control; and feeding and walking the animal, and disposing of its waste.”

Of concern lately have been dogs running around off their leashes and dog owners not picking up after their animals.

Campus child care facilities are affected when dog owners don’t follow these policies. Both facilities take small groups of children for walks on campus throughout the day.

Helen Gordon Child Development Center Director Ellie Justice said an infant and toddler teacher has often brought concerns to her about offleash dogs and their interaction with young children.

“Big dogs that were off the leash that are much bigger to the children would approach the infants, and that has been frightening to them, which is a concern to the teachers,” Justice said.

The children are not the only ones that have had a run in with off-leash dogs.

Kim Allen, program director of the Associated Student of Portland State University’s Children’s Center, said she recently had a run-in with an off-leash dog.

“I was walking up to Helen Gordon two weeks ago and a dog took a hold of my purse.

He was with someone but he was not on a leash and…he wouldn’t let it go,” Allen said.

According to Oregon’s animal laws, if a dog owner is caught with their animal off leash or caught not picking up after their animal they are subject to a $150 fine. This is an issue for dog owners who live or take their animal on campus, and both child care centers agree that animal waste is a top concern for them.

Irene Coppa, assistant lead teacher at the Children’s Center, said dog waste can pose particular challenges.

“It’s really hard for us to take a group of 20-something children outside and then have three or four of them step in dog poop,” Coppa said. “We can’t walk them back into the

student jordan smith, a junior social science major, enjoys the sunny weather on campus with his dog, Chico.

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building. We have to take their shoes off, and that’s really difficult.”

The children at the Children’s Center have gone as far as making signs to post around the playground to remind dog owners to pick up after their animals. Some of those signs have been taken down, employees said.

Even with designated dog parks around PSU, people allow their dogs off their leashes in the Park Blocks.

Jordan Smith, a PSU student and dog owner, believes that if there were doggie bags available around the Park Blocks people would be more likely to pick up after their animals.

“I think it would help a lot if

there was an area where you could pick up dog bags, just to have PSU reinforce the fact that they want a clean campus,” Smith said.

For more information on dog policies on campus, go to drc.pdx.edu/Forms/ ServiceAnimalPolicy.pdf or contact the Campus Public Safety Office at 503-725-4407.

cinema from page 1

Theater will continue to use traditional film while adding digital movies. Compared to the supply, the demand is high. Out of 10 requests we send out for movies on film, nine of them will come back denied,” Ellis said.

“Every year [more] studios are pulling out of 35-millimeter. It’s getting to the point… where you can mostly only get new movies on film. Studios are starting to purposefully take 35-millimeter out of circulation…putting them on the shelf or selling them to private collectors,” he said.

While the theater will be adding digital projection, it has no plans to abandon film.

The heart of 5th Avenue Cinema will continue to be traditional film.

“We’re not exclusively playing Blu-rays or digital films,” Ellis said. “One of my goals has always been to upgrade to an operational standard to where we would be able to play digital films.”

The cinema’s goal is to screen everything available on film while having high-quality digital production as a secondary option for playing movies that are unavailable on film, he added. “[The Office of Information Technology] is always in the process of updating our classroom technology in the general pool of classrooms on campus,” said Mark Walker, the manager of technology classrooms and labs at Portland State, who is overseeing the installation process.

The university is on a constantly revolving schedule of equipment upgrades, and the cinema, which doubles as a classroom, is due for updates, Walker said.

“The cinemas have reached the point where the equipment needs to be refreshed, and it works perfectly for us to collaborate with the film committee at this point. A win-win

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5th avenue cinema will continue to use its 35-millimeter projector in addition to showing Blu-ray films.

where we upgrade our equipment, they update theirs. We make sure our system and equipment upgrades help them, too,” Walker said.

The cinema’s staff is excited about the upgrade, but stressed that the theater will always be a place for film.

Digital projections and films will be an addition to and not a replacement for the theater’s 35-millimeter film.

“Advocates come to us for film screenings, but it’s getting harder for us to get a hold of those films. We’re about providing great programming

for our students, and we’re excited to mix film and digital together,” said Cinema Publicity Coordinator Brooks Fuentes.

“We love film and we want to use our film projector until its last breath. Blu-rays can help us bring in more people and show more films,” Fuentes said.

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Union from page 1

Administration claims diminishing state funds are to blame for complicated negotiations

Crime Blotter for May 13–19 Stephanie Tshappat Vanguard staff

May 13 Arrest

May 17 Attempted theft

Cramer Hall, south side

Science Research and Teaching Center, room 104

Officers Brian Rominger and Shawn McKenzie contacted nonstudent Andree Debruge, who was sleeping on a bench at noon. Debruge had current exclusion order and was cited in lieu of arrest for trespassing.

Sgt. Robert McLeary received a report of damage done to a computer cabinet in an attempt to remove a computer CPU from the room; the cabinet lock was broken and the CPU pulled out.

No further information.

Theft Smith Memorial Student Union, second floor

May 18 Theft

At 1:13 p.m., Officer Rominger received a report from a student stating his backpack and Sony laptop were stolen.

Smith Memorial Student Union, north side

Theft

Officer Gary Smeltzer received a report from a student who said her bike seat was stolen off her bike between 7 and 8:30 a.m. while the bike was secured to a bike rack.

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Ronald narode, vice president of collective bargaining for PSU-AAUP, said the union should have a hand in approving changes to faculty evaluation procedures.

Officer Nichola Higbee took a report from a student at 1:40 p.m. who said his backpack was stolen after he accidentally left it on a bench in front of the building.

Marijuana violation

rights and responsibilities” at Portland State.

In what has been called an unprecedented move, the administration plans to address a total of 14 of the current contract’s 44 articles. This, according to King, indicates numerous potential changes to come.

“Needless to say, that’s alarming,” she said. “Collective bargaining is a process of building working relationships and structures, which we have done over 35 years of working [with the university].”

According to King, the administration’s proposals “would significantly weaken the protection of faculty rights and responsibilities” at PSU. According to a May 7 bargaining update released by the university, “the establishment, maintenance and modification of guidelines for promotion, tenure and post-tenure review fall within the traditional role of the faculty senate.”

“AAUP has no problem with that,” said Ronald Narode, the vice president of collective bargaining for PSU-AAUP. The concern, he said, comes from the administration’s reluctance to bargain faculty evaluation procedures while transferring responsibility for these procedures to the faculty senate.

“All we ask for is that whatever changes the faculty senate makes, we get to approve,” Narode said.

The administration presented an opposite position.

“The university supports the faculty senate’s role as the representative of the faculty in the shared governance of PSU, and thus intends to remove contractual barriers that limit the faculty senate’s authority in these areas,” the update continued.

While the administration’s proposals have left intact the union’s ability to grieve on its membership’s behalf, Narode stressed the gravity of the changes proposed by the administration.

“We have evaluation procedures for everybody in the union,” Narode said. “More than 50 percent of grievances right now have to do with procedural problems and evaluation.”

Regardless, AAUP faculty remain concerned at the scope of the changes presented thus far. “It’s totally outside the tradition of bargaining here at Portland State,” Narode said.

“They’re burning up goodwill at the most accelerated rate that I’ve ever seen.”

While the administration refuses to comment on negotiations that are ongoing, Scott Gallagher, PSU’s communications director, explained that the administration’s position is a difficult one.

“The university system is currently getting less money from the state than we did in 1999,” he

said, “and at the same time we have, as a system, 30,000 more people than in 1999.”

According to Diane Saunders, the director of communications for the Oregon University System, the 1999–2001 OUS budget was around $900 million. Just more than a decade later, it is down to around $600 million.

“Something has to give,” she said.

“If you take the 20,000foot view,” Gallagher said, “you have less money from the state, increased expenses, wonderful staff and faculty…it’s a balancing act.

It’s very challenging for the university to try and manage all that.”

“That’s why we’re in collective bargaining agreement discussions,” he added.

At the third round of negotiations on Tuesday, PSUAAUP and the administration signed a contract extension postponing the expiration of the current contract from August 31 to November 30.

AAUP used Tuesday’s session to deliver a verbal response to the administration’s May 7 proposal, and a written, legal response from the union will be presented at the next bargaining meeting, on June 4. The 10 articles opened by the administration that remain to be addressed will be discussed at bargaining meetings in the coming weeks.

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Info will be gathered through focus groups and interviews what message people aren’t getting,” Thomas said.

“That’s what I want,” he added. “We all want what’s best for the institution.”

The charge, as laid out by Wiewel, asks the task force to hold the bulk of its conversations before July 1. The information will be reviewed over the summer and presented for feedback to community stakeholders this fall.

The task force’s final recommendations are expected to be

presented to Wiewel by Nov. 1.

The task force will hold its first meeting for public comment on Tuesday at noon in Smith Memorial Student Union, room 327, and anyone interested is welcome to attend. The second meeting is scheduled for June 4 at 4 p.m. in SMSU 333.

Anyone who wants to read Wiewel’s original memorandum or email individual members of the task force can visit pdx.edu/cpso/2013TFCS.

Save the date: Students wishing to voice their concerns about public safety on campus are encouraged to attend the Task Force for Public Safety’s first public meeting.

• Tuesday, May 28, at noon • Smith Memorial Student Union, room 327 • The task force can by

reached by emailing fadmdesk@pdx.edu

Ondine Residence Hall

At 1:46 p.m. marijuana that had been located in a student’s room was seized by officers Higbee and Rominger.

May 14 Exclusion order

Indecent exposure Graduate School of Education building, fourth floor

At 4:31 p.m., officers Rominger and McKenzie responded to a report of a male subject exposing his penis and masturbating in front of a student.

Officers searched the building but were unable to locate the subject. He was described as a white male in his 30s with short brown hair, weighing approximately 200 pounds and approximately 6 feet tall. The man was described as wearing a black sweater, black sweat pants and black Converse shoes with white laces.

Millar Library, fourth floor

Officers Rominger and McKenzie contacted nonstudent Stephen Wayne Hamilton, who was asleep with his hand down his pants and emitting a foul body odor at 11:20 a.m. Hamilton was issued an exclusion order.

Theft

Officer Higbee received a report from a student of her wallet being stolen on May 10. No further information.

Arrest King Albert Residence Hall, northeast wall

At 4:27 p.m., officers Rominger and McKenzie contacted nonstudent Michael Croghan, who was yelling profane and vulgar things at passersby.

When contacted, Croghan attempted to run from officers and threw a black container with a clear lid on the ground. Croghan was arrested for disorderly conduct and offensive littering and was taken to Multnomah County Detention Center.

Exclusion order Fourth Avenue Building

Officers Chris Fischer and Jon Buck responded to a report of a male subject positioned on the grassy area in front of the building with his pants pulled down, exposing his penis to the public, at 5:33 p.m. Officers contacted the subject, nonstudent Kevin Phillips, and issued him an exclusion order.

Arrest Parking Structure 2, northwest corner

Officers Denae Murphy and Baker contacted nonstudent Burdette Jones, who had a current exclusion order and an outstanding warrant, at 4:15 p.m. Jones was arrested on the warrant and for trespassing. No further information.

Minor in possession Parking Structure 3, sixth floor

Officers Murphy and Baker contacted a student and nonstudent Lim Bassallo-Phoenix for having open containers of alcohol at 9:42 p.m. Both subjects were under 21 years of age. The incident was forwarded to the Office of the Dean of Student Life.

May 19 Arrest Broadway Housing Building, second floor

At 3:45 a.m. Officer Brenton Chose contacted nonstudent Alex Gravel, who had an outstanding warrant and was in possession of methamphetamine.

Gravel was also in possession of a lost or mislaid PSU student access card, which allowed him to access the second floor of the building. Gravel was arrested on the warrant and for attempted possession of methamphetamine and theft of lost/mislaid property. Gravel was also issued an exclusion order.

Indecent exposure

Arrest

Lincoln Hall

Fourth Avenue Building

Officer Gregory Marks responded to a report of a male subject exposing his penis and masturbating at 1:17 p.m. Officer Marks searched the area but was unable to locate the subject, who was described as a white male between 30 and 50 years of age with gray hair and wearing green shorts.

At 7:56 p.m. officers Fischer and Buck re-contacted nonstudent Kevin Phillips approximately 50 feet from where he had been previously excluded after he incoherently yelled at a student without provocation. Phillips was arrested for trespassing and taken to the Multnomah County Detention Center.

Arrest May 16 Assault Meetro Cafe

Officer David Baker took a report from a student at 9:14 p.m. who said that earlier in the day another student had struck him on the chin, causing him to fall to the ground.

Helen Gordon Child Development Center

At 8:39 p.m., Officer Buck observed nonstudent Michael Pendergrass opening and entering the north side gate to the center and accessing the property. Pendergrass had a current exclusion order. Pendergrass was issued an updated exclusion and cited in lieu of arrest for trespassing.

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Last-minute agreement saves SUN Program, needle exchange But services for sexually trafficked youth in jeopardy Vincent Alexander Vanguard staff

Facing a money shortage “unlike anything we’ve seen in a very long time,” Portland Mayor Charlie Hales came to an agreement with the Multnomah Board of County Commissioners to save several key programs shortly before a Thursday city budget meeting.

Using county funds, they were able to save a syringe exchange at local charity Outside In, a crisis intervention center, and the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods. Community Schools programs, which provide a variety of services to school-aged children and their families, among other programs.

The programs, while not directly aimed at the Portland State community, impact quality of life for many who work and study on campus.

The needle exchange program, the only one of its kind in the city, has been active for more than 20 years. The service takes in more than half a million dirty syringes annually and exchanges them for clean ones, preventing the spread of HIV and other infections.

Thomas Aschenbrener, the former president of the Northwest Health Foundation, believes that the public health benefits of the program make it vital to everyone in the city.

“You may think that needle exchange is about ‘other kinds of people,’ but it’s not,” Aschenbrener said.

The county also agreed to cover the operating costs of

the SUN program. The SUN network of schools works with parents and children to help youth in crisis, with special programs targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and students struggling with addiction. It also provides vital after-school care and tutoring services, said Jenni Seven, a child care and lactation specialist with Portland State’s Resource Center for Students with Children. “[A lot of parents] want to take summer classes, but can’t afford child care,” Seven said.

“It delays their education.”

Services like SUN “help both the parents and the children be better contributors to society” by allowing parents to attend classes after primary schools let out, she explained.

One program not retained (barring another deal) is Janus Youth Programs. Janus funds

SHAC, hospital pricing and student health care Hospital costs data sheds light on importance of transparency Dan Shepard Vanguard staff

Almost two weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a revealing set of data about the prices charged by hospitals for various inpatient procedures.

The database catalogs the top 100 most-billed discharges, ranging from seizure treatment to cardiac arrest, across the U.S. Readers will be shocked to find the enormous disparities in costs between hospitals within just a few miles of each other.

For example, following admission to Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center for chest pain, one can expect an average bill of $13,517. This is a rather large difference when one considers the same admission conditions are billed at $8,456 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Beaverton.

According to the executive director of the Center for Student Health and Counseling, Dr. Dana Tasson, “Hospitals need to be more transparent about their pricing so that it’s less of a mystery and people can make informed choices.”

Tasson added that “[hospital] pricing has lost its meaning.”

Tasson emphasized that the mission of SHAC is to provide health care for any

student who enters its doors.

Additionally, it considers the current state of the health care system and works to make it as affordable as possible for students, he explained.

This translates to yearly negotiations between the university and health insurers to find the lowest-cost provider with the widest doctor network for PSU students, in order to mitigate the extreme price variation that the pricing data shows, Tasson said.

A question that arises within the Portland State community is what this data, and health care reform, means for students.

The most tangible way many students feel the cost of health care is at the beginning of every term, when they see a $560 fee for health insurance on their student account (unless they submit a waiver showing they have similar or better insurance elsewhere).

While there is grumbling about being forced to purchase a product some may not want or need, Tasson pointed out that by switching to this system PSU is providing a service to its students while keeping their out-of-pocket expenses to a minimum. This is in addition to funding SHAC operations, which provide services ranging from primary health services to advocacy and outreach and more.

Tasson explained that when people are insured they don’t end up paying the “rack rate,” or full price, that an uninsured patient would pay.

“The students that are really falling prey to that variance in pricing are students who aren’t insured, because it’s the uninsured, at the end of the day, who pay those rack rates,” he said. “So that’s one reason we feel it’s so important to have a student insurance program, so that we can use our buying power to get the student the best deal possible.”

Neal Wallace, a PSU professor of public administration, feels that the state of the current health care system is at fault for putting the university in the unenviable position of filling holes in the social safety net.

Specifically, many students attending the university in the past could be categorized as underinsured or uninsured, and unless the university and the students were prepared to turn a blind eye to the suffering of their peers, providing insurance and health care was a necessary measure.

“In a world of universal coverage, you don’t need universities doing insurance and health care provision,” Wallace said.

“Now, with…[the Affordable Care act], students, many of which are undergraduates, [who] might be of an age to get on their parent’s insurance have gotten more insured. But for younger ages who typically have been uninsured or underinsured in the sense that they have to pay a lot out of pocket, this kind of price variation can have a huge impact.”

three counselors to help sexually trafficked youth escape a life of prostitution. It also funds a shelter, Athena House, for sexually trafficked minors.

Over the course of roughly half an hour, more than a dozen advocates for Janus and a number of other services for sexually trafficked people spoke passionately about the work they have done. When describing the impact of the cuts, they didn’t mince words.

“Severely crippled,” said one social worker about their effort to take victims off the street.

“Absolutely catastrophic,” Janus worker Amy Baker said of the proposed slashes to their funding.

The string of concerns stood in stark contrast to earlier proceedings, in which citizens who intended to speak on behalf of programs that were saved thanked the City Council.

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Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, seen here at Thursday’s meeting is concerned about the city’s budget shortfall.

Every week, the Vanguard interviews members of the Portland State community in the Park Blocks and asks them a timely question.

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This week’s question: “What are your thoughts on the recent University Place Hotel controversy regarding nepotism and the exploitation of employees?”

Chris Montello, 30, a sophomore mathematics major, is disappointed in University Place and PSU. He feels that they seem more concerned about finances than their employees and students. He also feels that University Place makes Portland look bad. “They seem more concerned about my money than my education…I like Portland because it’s a very liberal city and hearing this kind of stuff squashes that,” Montello said.

Jenny Lor, 31, a junior sociology major, feels that PSU needs to take action to handle the matter. She also hopes that the awareness will inspire the university to revisit how they treat workers. “It’s the university’s duty…to take a stance against businesses exploiting their workers…I hope that this will prompt the university to take some positive action to handle this situation and that means not further exploiting workers who deserve to have living wages and to be treated humanely,” Lor said.

Jenna Dutra, 20, a sophomore community health major, is sympathetic to the exploited employees and is concerned for University Place’s business. “That’s pretty unfortunate for them…This hotel is the main hotel and attraction for everybody to go [to] when at Portland State. For them to have all of this underlying conflict, I just don’t think that’s a great way to get people to come to their hotel,” Dutra said.

Charles Denson, 40, a junior computer science major, questions the conception people have of PSU as a multicultural university after hearing about University Place’s incidents. “It’s a multicultural university. When you look here to find equal opportunity when something like that is happening, it’s like there’s something hidden behind closed doors,” Denson said.

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Students weigh in on campus safety ASPSU survey reveals a divided student body Allie Clark Vanguard staff

The issues of gun control and public safety on campus have been spotlighted by Portland State’s student government this year, and now PSU students have made their opinions known.

The results of the Associated Students of Portland State University campus safety survey were released recently.

The goal of the survey was to “gain a holistic view of how students feel about campus safety,” the report stated.

According to the study, students are still divided on the contentious issue of whether PSU should have its own sworn police force, with 34 percent of respondents answering “strongly disagree” or “disagree” and 36 percent responding “strongly agree” or “agree.”

Students were almost equally divided on the issue of whether Campus Public Safety officers should be armed.

“Armed campus safety officers are completely superfluous to the type of… crime at Portland State. We have a problem with sexual assault, not with gun crime,” said one anonymous respondent in the survey comments section.

The survey showed that while a majority of students agreed with the statement “I feel safe on campus,” most students are unaware of what CPSO does and how to reach them.

Respondents also said they wanted more blue light emergency phones to be installed on campus and more student oversight of CPSO. Based on these results, ASPSU has submitted recommendations to the administration for areas of improvement.

ASPSU did not create recommendations about a sworn police force or arming CPSO officers because there was no clear consensus among students.

“The recommendations are pretty firmly based on the results of the survey,” ASPSU Legislative Affairs Director David Coburn said.

Coburn, who worked with ASPSU President Tiffany Dollar on the project, said the recommendations are a series of small steps rather than drastic changes.

CPSO Director Phil Zerzan is a strong advocate of a sworn police force on campus. While noting that the issue is a very divisive one, Zerzan said the step is necessary due to the complexity of policing an urban campus.

“There are significant service gaps,” Zerzan said.

According to Zerzan, PSU is the only school out of other comparable urban schools that doesn’t have a sworn police force.

However, ASPSU believes it would be better to enact a series of smaller changes before graduating to such big ones.

“There are a lot of intermediate steps before that,” Coburn said of Zerzan’s suggestion.

One step would be creating an outreach and awareness campaign so students would be more informed about CPSO. The report recommended that CPSO be present at orientations and suggested that

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to arm or not to arm? Students have mixed opinions about armed police officers on campus.

CPSO’s contact information be displayed more visibly on campus.

ASPSU also recommended that more blue light emergency phones be installed on the campus. Forty-four percent of survey respondents answered “strongly disagree” or “disagree” to the statement “There are enough blue light phones on campus.” A mere 18 percent answered “strongly agree” or “agree.”

Fifty-two percent of respondents thought students should have some oversight over CPSO. In response to this, ASPSU proposed the creation of a permanent advisory board that would holistically evaluate campus safety.

The advisory board would have a diverse membership made up of administration officials, campus service staff members and student representatives, including ASPSU

officers, representatives from several student resource centers and a student-at-large representative. Coburn says the involvement of students in campus security advising would help the PSU student body build their trust in CPSO. The survey was conducted during winter term, with a total of 2,312 students surveyed.

The full report can be found on the ASPSU website at aspsu.pdx.edu.

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When the soldier comes home Artists Repertory Theatre presents Ithaka RaChelle Schmidt Vanguard Staff

Lanie has recently returned home from her tour of duty in Afghanistan to find that the world she left behind during her deployment is not the same world that she has returned to. Much like the legendary soldier Odysseus, Lanie learns that home will never be the same again for a soldier returning from war.

Next Tuesday, Artists Repertory Theater will present the world premiere of Ithaka, a new play commissioned specifically for Artists Rep, written by Andrea Stolowitz and directed by Gemma Whelan.

The play tells the story of Lanie, a U.S. Marine who, upon her return home from the war, experiences many of the difficulties readjusting to civilian life that often affect returning soldiers.

For Lanie, the problems take the form of an inability to remember what were once routine tasks and an inability to relate to her husband and friends.

After one particularly bad blow-up with her husband, Lanie decides to hit the road to undertake her own physical and psychological odyssey in search of a place that will restore her to peace.

Ithaka is the rare play that tells the story of the aftermath of war from the perspective of a female soldier.

“I like that the play has a strong female character and that it is a female soldier,” Whelan said.

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The war at home: Ithaka is about a female soldier reintegrating into civilian life.

Whelan pointed out that there seems to be a public misconception about the experience of women serving in war because of the longtime ban on women in combat, which has only recently been lifted.

“The truth is they’ve always been on the front lines,” she said. “Once you are in a war zone, anywhere you go you’re liable to be attacked, and of course women have been [killed] and severely injured.”

Whelan sees this play as a timely opportunity to start a discussion about a reality that everyone, civilians as well as soldiers, experiences as they are returning home from war.

“There is a tendency to try and put it behind you,” she said. “This is why there are so many problems with families, breakups, divorces and suicides—they can’t talk about it because it is so horrific.”

Actress Dana Millican, who plays Lanie, found that this role presented some

Introducing Xbox One Microsoft unveils new console Brandon Staley Vanguard Staff

Members of the press gathered on Tuesday at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus for the reveal of the next Xbox console, called the Xbox One. The reveal, while light on news about the system’s games, was loaded with information about the console.

The event began with Don Mattrick, the president of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, taking the stage and revealing the console case, controller and accompanying Kinect package.

Mattrick then handed the reigns over to Yusuf Mehdi of the IEB division, who showcased system-level features of the Xbox One. Mehdi demonstrated switching between different applications—games, music, live television, Internet Explorer—quickly using Kinect voice commands, a fantasy sporting app that can run alongside televised games and an integrated channel guide much like those found in modern digital video recorders.

Marc Whitten, the corporate vice president of Xbox Live, gave an abbreviated overview of the Xbox One’s internal technology.

The system will feature eight gigabytes of RAM, an unspecified number of USB 3.0 ports, a 500-gigabyte hard drive (it was not clear if every Xbox One model will ship with the same amount of storage), an 8-core central processing unit, HDMI in/out and, perhaps the biggest surprise, a Blu-ray drive. Bluray is a proprietary format owned by Sony, Microsoft’s main competitor in the core gaming market.

Whitten then moved on to the Kinect, which he claimed will see significant hardware

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revision, not the least of which is the ability to capture in high-definition 1080p video.

Whitten also said a Kinect will be included with every Xbox One, and will be able to wake the system from a dormant state using voice commands.

The Xbox One’s controller has seen more than 40 design innovations, including an integrated battery pack, a redesigned directional pad and “impulse triggers” that will “allow creators to program feedback directly into the triggers.”

Whitten said that Xbox Live will see numerous revisions, including a greater emphasis on cloud computing. The Xbox One will be able to capture game footage and that editing software will be baked into the console, adding that the system will “become dynamic and changing” and that it will “tell your personal story of how you play, not just what you’ve done.”

Phil Spencer, the corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, took over, and the event transitioned to a focus on games. Trailers for Forza Motorsport 5 and Quantum Break were shown.

Spencer said that 15 exclusive titles will be released for the Xbox One within the first year, eight of which are brand new franchises.

unexpected challenges. In her research, Millican discovered that the deployed soldier has a very clear job, and it is the only thing they are doing.

The goals and the missions are very specific, and there is the sense of being part of something very important. In doing their job, soldiers are put into very dangerous situations in which their daily life oscillates between mind-numbing tedium one minute and sheer terror the next.

As horrible as this is, it becomes a way of life for soldiers.

“And then to be lifted out of that environment that’s immediate and intense, and to be tossed back into a world in which you have to get a job and pay your bills and remember your sister’s birthday—I don’t know how they do it, to be honest,” Millican said.

In a theater press release, playwright Stolowitz described Ithaka as “a play about the intensity of human connections in a war zone and at home.” It is “a play for our times about war, friendships, guilt, being human and staying alive.”

The play originated in early 2011, when two longtime supporters of the theater, Stephanie Fowler and Irving Levin, approached Artistic Director Allen Nause with a proposal to commission a new script to be produced and performed at Artists Rep. In January 2011, the theater invited playwrights from across the county to submit their ideas for the award now known as the Fowler/Levin Prize. Of the 14 playwrights

who submitted proposals, Stolowitz’s concept was the unanimous choice of the artistic leadership at the theater.

Stolowitz is a graduate of the playwriting master’s program at the University of California, San Diego. She has had her plays developed and presented at many venues, including Cherry Lane Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, New York Stage and Film and Mill Mountain Theatre.

She is a member of the Dramatists Guild and has received grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council as well as the Oregon Arts Commission. She is also the recipient of a 2012 Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship.

Artists Rep’s production of Ithaka is one of the last major projects for Nause, who is retiring at the end of this season.

“We are grateful to Stephanie Fowler and Irving Levin for supporting Artists Rep’s longstanding commitment to new work with their tremendously generous gift,” Nause said in a press release. “Andrea Stolowitz is an amazingly gifted playwright whose work I have long admired, and I look forward to this new play with great excitement and anticipation!”

Artists Repertory Theatre presents Ithaka Directed by Gemma Whelan May 28–June 30 1515 SW Morrison St. Call 503-241-1278 or visit artistsrep.org for ticketss $25 general admission, $20 students

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For every film lover there comes a time to discuss serious, independent films and what some of the brilliant auteurs on the fringes of Hollywood are working on.

There also comes a time to discuss Oscar-bait and which three-hour biopics featuring horses running in slow motion or actors in awkward old-age makeup are competing for the prize.

And yes, thankfully, there comes a time to discuss summer blockbusters. Guess which of these is my favorite.

The 2013 summer movie season officially kicked off with the release of Iron Man 3 and Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby. Both films are doing very well at the box office—in fact, Iron Man 3 had the second-biggest opening weekend ever after last year’s The Avengers— but I feel like the narrative is already over.

How much of Iron Man 3’s success can be attributed to the fact that Avengers fans are just hungry for more Marvel movies? I geek out over movie marketing, I have to admit.

I’m hoping J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness won’t suffer from the same burden of being forgettable, but it very well might.

That’s the problem with summer blockbusters: They’re big news one weekend, and the next weekend the audience moves on to a new one.

I’m sure Abrams is one of many directors who would love to know the secret of The Avengers, which remained more popular throughout the summer than any of the films released after it.

The Star Trek sequel is already outpacing the first movie, and it’s genuinely good because Abrams is a master at handling franchises. It doesn’t surprise me at all that he was chosen to helm the new Star Wars films.

Since Hollywood doesn’t seem to have made a wholly original movie that isn’t based on something already in existence for a while now, it should take a lesson from Abrams.

It’s hard to dumb down Star Trek; the references it makes to the original series and movies aren’t ever meant to be gags. Even more than that, Abrams’ film is not afraid to be intelligent or philosophical because it’s grandiose and fun enough to make up for it.

So what’s next? In May we have The Hangover Part III and Fast & Furious 6, both in the “mindless money-making machines” category.

There’s also Will Smith’s vanity project, After Earth. The trailer looks like a Scientology training video.

The magician heist film Now You See Me is the only promising May film. The cast includes Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Melanie Laurent, and it’s definitely something I’m looking forward to.

In June, it’s a different story: First, Seth Rogen will release This Is the End, which he wrote, directed and starred in as himself alongside James Franco and Jonah Hill. The trailer for the apocalyptic comedy is hilarious, and it could turn out to be a stroke of genius or the worst film ever made, which is exciting.

On June 14, it’s time for the big one.

Warner Brothers releases Man of Steel, the Superman reboot directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan. Many people have their issues with Snyder, but I’m a big fan, and I really hope that this new Superman will earn him the respect he deserves.

Man of Steel looks fantastic and could not be more perfectly cast. As a superhe© paramount pictures ro and a leading man, Marc Forster’s World War Z (above) and Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel (opposite) are two of this summer’s biggest blockbusters.

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look like the homely nerd he is, and how awesome is it that, instead of some forgettable starlet, they cast Amy Adams as Lois Lane?

Add to that the impressive roster of Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner and Michael Shannon, and I have high hopes for Man of Steel to be the winner of the summer.

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I wish I could say the same for Brad Pitt’s World War Z, which comes out June 21. From what I’ve heard, the book is excellent, and supposedly the first draft of the script was, too. But Pitt’s production company seems to have gutted the project and turned it into a bland special effects fest.

If The Walking Dead had never existed, maybe it would be easier to muster up some interest in the computer-generated swarms we see in the trailer, but as it is they just left me hoping there’s something scarier, or at least more interesting, that they haven’t shown yet.

I like Pitt a lot and respect him as an actor, but I wouldn’t be shocked if this one sucks.

My most anticipated July release is Pacific Rim, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Sure, it’s about giant robots saving the world from aliens, but with del Toro’s name attached, you know there has to be something brilliant and unique behind that premise.

Plus, Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba are two fantastically underrated actors. My second vote is for Despicable Me 2, because why not? The first one was possibly the best children’s movie to come out in years, and there have been some great ones.

July also brings us Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger. I love Gore Verbinski, I love the Pirates movies, but this one just looks like a bad idea from the start. Still, it’s not as bad as Grown Ups 2 or Smurfs 2, which will also be rearing their ugly heads.

This year, a couple of the best releases are saved for August. On August 9, Matt Damon stars in Elysium, directed by Neill Blomkamp (who made District 9). Based on the trailer, it seems like a must-see for anyone who loves intelligent science fiction.

I’m also excited for Kick-Ass 2, which falls into that rare category of sequels I’m actually glad got made. And The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, another film based on a popular young adult book series, comes out August 23. Hopefully it’s more Hunger Games and less Twilight, because Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell-Bower are adorable and the plot looks like it’s a lot of fun.

Overall, summer 2013 should be a great one for movies. There’s plenty of throwaway junk, but there’s also a definitive move toward blockbusters that are better written, better acted and more original.

At this point, summer means sequels, comic book characters and reboots; this is the world we live in. But maybe this year we can all have fun at the movies without having to turn off our brains.

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Asking the tough questions How’s Your News? takes a different angle on community reporting Tess Anderson Vanguard Staff

The Portland Center for Public Humanities is dedicating the entire month of May to bringing awareness to people with disabilities and the roles they play in the community.

As the month wraps up, the themed series ends on a high note with a screening of the documentary How’s Your News? followed by a discussion between the film’s director, Arthur Bradford, and Portland State English professor and author Paul Collins.

How’s Your News? is a documentary that follows a group of traveling reporters with various disabilities ranging from Down syndrome to spastic cerebral palsy.

The filmmakers emphasized that the material is not intended to be offensive.

Bradford has even said that “it’s OK to laugh.

I work with all of these people, and they’ve got very distinct personalities,” he said. “Sometimes they do funny things, and that’s fine…we often do screenings with the reporters present, and they are laughing right along with everyone else.”

How’s Your News? began as video clips and segments made at a camp for adults with disabilities at which Bradford worked and taught classes.

The clips were a hit: “touching and vivid and unlike anything [I have] ever seen,” as Collins put it.

Eventually, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, famous for their satirical productions South Park, The Book of Mormon and Team America: World Police, saw the clips and were fascinated by what them. They got involved and helped fund the project, eventually becoming executive producers. The first How’s Your News? short documentary was made in 1998.

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THE REPORTERS in Arthur Bradford’s How’s Your News? series disarm celebrities and politicians with their questions and humor.

In 2002, a feature-length film chronicling the travels of five reporters on a cross-country trip was released. The group also had a brief six-episode series on MTV in 2009; it was very wellreceived and critics loved it. But the show was not picked up for a second season because MTV “needed to keep pushing for higher ratings with other shows,” according to the HYN website.

In 2012 the gang took to the streets again, this time hitting the hot-button topic of politics. Three reporters attended the Republican and Democratic national conventions; they spoke to all types of attendees, protesters, politicians and celebrities.

Prior to watching How’s Your News?: Election 2012, I would have had a hard time believing that politicians were more pretentious and arrogant than celebrities. It certainly says a lot about a politician’s personality when he flat-out ignores someone as pleasant as an HYN reporter.

If they managed to grab a politician’s attention, more often than not he used the excuse that he was late, or begrudgingly said a few

words after being informed that this was a reporter with a disability.

The reporters seldom questioned politicians or attendees about their feelings on certain issues. Their questions and comments were instead earnest and innocent, such as “I’m a huge fan of yours,” or “Are you having a good time at the convention?” or “Do you enjoy swimming?”

In an interview with Stone and Parker, Parker made the observation that “most people, when they give an interview, they start to sound like they think they’re really important, and [HYN reporters] are able to make those people seem like they’re not important at all, and it’s great.”

It’s both endearing and humbling to watch them interact with people.

“This group of reporters can tell a certain story better than anyone else,” Bradford said. “They are so refreshingly uninhibited… [they] all have a certain passion and outgoing nature in common. For the project to be successful, it was important that the ideas

originate from the reporters and not some outside influence.”

Watching the reporters work, it’s very easy to distinguish their personalities. I’ve found that being able to convey genuine, unrestricted personality in nonfiction or documentary film is a very rare talent.

The event taking place at PSU will consist of a viewing of the film followed two days later by a conversation with Bradford and Collins (who’s written several books, including a personal memoir, Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism).

The discussion following the film will be initially driven by audience questions.

Collins noted that the discussion will cover not only how people with disabilities are viewed but also how they see the world.

“It’s not just how people with disabilities are portrayed by others or viewed by others, but how they view us and each other,” he said.

Depicting both their challenges and everyday activities in a manner that isn’t completely asinine or “hackneyed,” as Collins put it, is incredibly difficult.

Bradford’s work comes off as genuine, honest and believable.

He strives first and foremost to “make a truly entertaining film,” not necessarily to “promote some kind of disability rights agenda,” the filmmakers said.

The event has been given the “Paul Collins Stamp of Approval”: “Bradford is consistently doing some of the best documentary work of anyone in the country,” Collins said. “He’s one hell of a filmmaker.”

The Portland Center for Public Humanities presents How’s Your News?

Sceening: Tuesday, May 28, 7 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 298 Discussion: Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m.

SMSU, room 236 1825 SW Broadway Free and open to the public

The art of trying too hard Talib Kweli’s Prisoner of Conscious TJ Love Vanguard Staff

Talib Kweli is the Tracy McGrady of hip-hop.

The analogy is apt: There are few others in their respective fields who started out with so much potential, promise, fan loyalty and awe-inspiring skill only to somehow fumble it all away.

While T-Mac was recently spotted hooping in China before joining the Spurs as the last man off the bench, Kweli just dropped Prisoner of Conscious, an ironic title indeed for his seventh album (fifth if you’re not counting the two Reflection Eternal joints with DJ Hi-Tek).

Kweli burst onto the underground scene a la the Kool-Aid Man as one half of the group Black Star (with cohort Mos Def). Their classic eponymous album helped Kwe establish himself as an emcee to check for, and led many underground heads to evaluate him as an artist who could one day be mentioned with the greats.

What made him so compelling to the Jansport and Timbs crowd? As he put it in a DJ Tony Touch freestyle, “I just combine battle skills and conscious and I still flow the tightest.”

That ability to seamlessly come off as a substantive artist with the sort of pen game that had heads chronically pressing rewind on his verses is why he became one of the standard-bearers— along with Pharoahe Monch and Mos Def—of the Rawkus Records-led “indieground renaissance.”

Kweli followed up Black Star with the critically acclaimed (and dope-in-its-own-right) Reflection

Eternal album Train of Thought, and it seemed the sky was the limit. Quality was his first truly solo endeavor, and his profile was raised by the Kanye West-produced banger “Get By”; Jay-Z even hopped on the remix.

Kwe had his T-Mac 2002 All-Star game off-thebackboard-dunk moment when Hov later namedropped him on The Black Album’s “Moment of Clarity”: “If skills sold/truth be told/lyrically/I’d probably be Talib Kweli.”

But just like McGrady, Kweli couldn’t use his big moment as a career jumping-off point.

Early in his career, Kweli got a lot of criticism from some circles about his style of rapping. From the outset, it seemed like Kweli had so much to say that he felt the need to get the most out of every bar by cramming in more words than the average emcee. It worked, though!

This was part of the appeal surrounding him in the first place: Kweli had so much on his mind, both in terms of social commentary and ridiculous punchlines, yet miraculously managed to make it all fit.

A small minority saw his flow as awkward, but for everybody else it was tighter than the lid of an unopened pickle jar. Unfortunately Kweli let his taste of mainstream success and his detractors’ criticisms dictate how he did his thing, and he gradually changed his style into something more palatable to the masses.

The result? Consecutive wack releases that saw Kweli trying his damndest to sound like everybody else, until a semi-return to form with 2008’s Eardrum (which was buoyed by excellent production more than anything).

Prisoner of Conscious is Kweli’s first album since,

and while his Rawkus litter-mates Mos Def and Pharoahe Monch continue to make good music, Kweli ultimately continues the trend of alienating those who rode so hard for him in his career’s formative days.

Prisoner of Conscious starts out auspiciously enough, with Kweli spitting with the intensity of a man possessed by a previous incarnation of himself on “Human Mic.” Over a heatrock beat provided by Oh No, Kweli hops in a DeLorean and resurrects his flow from years past—and the final product is scintillating.

This is a man on a mission, and it serves as a warning to emcees: This cat is coming to lyrically beat that ass. This is the Talib Kweli that fans know and love.

The very next track, “Turnt Up,” produced by Trend, is when listeners get their hopes up for the rest of the LP in earnest. Trend swipes the drums from Rakim’s classic “Paid In Full,” but what he does over those drums is absolutely beautiful.

Kweli pays homage to Rakim with his opening lines, while Trend laces the beat with haunting vocal samples and adds some extra kick with booming 808s.

Unfortunately, those quality tracks early on end up being one of the most heinous bait-and-switches in recent memory. The album is full of guest shots, and on the tracks “Push Thru” (featuring Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar) and “Rocket Ships” (featuring Busta Rhymes) Kweli gets bodied on his own shit. Not a good look, B. Production-wise, Prisoner of Conscious is a snoozer, and it’s weighed down by an overabundance of saccharine R&B—rap ’n’ bullshit.

Satirically, Kweli styles to break his “conscious”

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shackles, spitting over a beat on “Upper Echelon” that’s consistent with what you hear on the radio.

A miserable failure, it’s cheesy enough that you may want to have a fondue pot at the ready.

Whatever happened to the guy who blessed us with “2000 Seasons” or defiantly took a stand with lines like “Kurt Loder asked me what I’d say to a dead cop’s wife/cops kill my people every day, that’s life”?

If Prisoner Of Conscious is any indication, someone locked that Kweli up and threw away the key.

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EDITOR: Meredith Meier OPINION@PSUVANGUARD.COM 503-725-5692

A nation of Bacon infatuation

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Our love affair with bacon reaches a critically embarrassing level Ms. Fudge’s Sweet Nothings Stephanie Fudge-Bernard

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School daze Some programs get funding, some don’t One Step Off Emily Lakehomer

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he news has been reporting that the economy is slowly on the mend. Unemployment is apparently lower than it’s been since 2008. Lots of good, positive things are happening all over. Generally awesome, yeah? Yeah.

Another really awesome thing happened recently, and lucky for us it happened to Portland State. An anonymous donor gifted $8 million to the School of Business Administration.

Boasting an impressive 3,000 students, the SBA is the largest business school in Oregon. It’s supposedly outgrown its current facilities, so the plan is to use a portion of the gift to renovate and expand existing property and buildings. According to The Oregonian, the school is expecting another $40 million from the Legislature, plus an additional $20 million the school will have to raise itself.

SBA Dean Scott Dawson explained to The Oregonian that after renovations and expansion the school will be housed entirely in one building, which will “for the first time allow us to create a true business community.”

If this goes through, construction is set to begin in January 2015 and end by fall 2016.

This is a really cool thing for the school. PSU’s business program has been ranked among the top business schools by The Princeton Review and the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education. So this whole gift thing is really nice for the program and all the students who will get something out of it.

Last fall I had a professor who said that, annually, minorities studies classes drew in more students than any other program. It’s really awesome that so many people are interested in things like women’s studies, Chicano studies and everything else under that minority banner. However, many of the classes offered in those programs are located in the Extended Studies Building. The offices for these programs are located there as well.

The SBA shouldn’t be the only program getting attention.

For those who are unaware, the XSB is across the Park Blocks, by the Vue Apartments. It’s a quaint little building with lots of old-fashioned windows, two floors and a nondescript brick facade.

It’s also a bit problematic: There’s no elevator and hence no handicap access to the second floor.

On top of all that, the building doesn’t have remotely adequate temperature control: It’s stuffy in spring, too hot in summer and not warm enough in winter. Classes in there can be unpleasant just because of the surroundings and weather.

What I’m trying to get at here is that the SBA shouldn’t be the only program getting attention. PSU is a public university funded by taxes, tuition and state allocations.

With a student body as diverse as the city itself—in this case, “diverse” meaning with varying areas of interest—every program should be just as important as the next.

Now, in terms of the huge, wonderful gift the business school received, by all means put that to good use. It was a gift given with a specific purpose in mind by an alum of the business school, therefore it should be used to further the business school’s interests.

My gripe is that other programs should be gettin’ some love too. I’d love it if there were enough money to make every building accessible, with adequate temperature controls and all kinds of upgrades.

I’m an English major.

PSU’s program, though it does have some really amazing faculty and classes, isn’t the top English program in Oregon. I gave that up in order to live in a city I loved.

Personal musings aside, it’d be cool if the English department got a multimillion dollar gift—more funding would help it beef up its status, provide more diverse classes, hire more adjunct professors or something along those lines.

If this sounds bitter, that’s because it is—but just a little. I’m truly happy for the SBA, because obviously they’re doing something to cultivate students’ interest. Then again, so do many other great programs on campus. To that end, Oregon Legislature, share the love. And by love I mean money.

t never seemed possible that the day would come when I would say, in all seriousness, that I’ve had too much bacon.

The moment it happened an indescribable bleakness shrouded the world, almost as if my last shred of childhood glee escaped from me in a whimper. Or maybe that was just the sound of my arteries groaning.

I first experienced what I can only describe as pork shock when I visited the devoutly heart-clogging restaurant Humdinger. I naively added some bacon to my burger because at the time I still believed you could never have enough.

What came forth from the seemingly innocuous kitchen was a creation of hellish delight. Piled upon a quarterpound patty was at least its equal weight in bacon, with so many strips that I started to count the number by how many spoonfuls of grease covered my plate.

I wolfed down the first third of the burger and munched my way through the second third.

As I finally nibbled slowly at the last portion, I looked up in bewildered wonder and declared that, for the first time in my life, I had eaten too much bacon.

Since that fateful, greasy day, I’ve been plagued with a heightened awareness of all the pig flesh that surrounds me. Our love of bacon has increased to epic proportions: It’s more than just food; it’s a consumerist cash cow.

Er, pig.

This reality became especially pronounced the day I discovered the existence of bacon lube. As an uncontrollably imaginative person, the mere mention of “bacon” and “lube” in the same sentence had my mind reeling with horrible images. These ranged from slimy pork juices drenching my bedsheets to bacon-wrapped— well, you catch my drift.

Of course, piggie lubricant is never complete without some similarly flavored condoms.

Imagine how delighted your partner will be when you sensually drizzle smelly lube on her body and then slip on a rubber with the sweet taste of pig flesh. The point at which we need pork-flavored condoms is the point at which we might as well go back to old-school pig-membrane condoms. After all, if the salty taste of meat in your mouth is crucial for your sexual pleasure, you might as well go all natural.

If you somehow still didn’t get enough bacon under the sheets, you can continue your bacon binge with some bacon lip balm. There’s nothing quite like leaping into the arms of a loved one, gazing deeply into his eyes and planting a salty, pig-flavored kiss right on his mouth.

Even more disturbing than our nation’s ever-increasing meat fetish is the rise of products like bacon-decorated coffins. Whether it’s a testament to how quirky you were in life or an actual obsession that literally follows you to the grave,

being buried inside a baconbedecked casket seems shockingly bizarre.

Of course, it could be an entirely appropriate resting place for those who lost their personal battle against bacon. It could be a sort of beautiful irony to be buried inside a box adorned with the food that killed you. But, then again, it’s more likely to be completely pathetic.

You can drink away these somber thoughts with bacon-flavored vodka, though it’s potentially the worst product to ever come out of our societal fascination with fatty slices of dead animal carcass.

If you’ve never tried it and are thinking to yourself that perhaps it would mix well in a Bloody Mary, or wouldn’t be too terrible to drink in a quick shot, think again.

There are few levels of depravity lower than bacon vodka, and it’s basically my legal duty to advise anyone thinking of purchasing it to spend their time doing something more enjoyable, like eating real bacon or drinking real vodka.

Whether you’re vegan or an incorrigible omnivore like myself, bacon has become a part of your daily life. There are bacon-flavored flosses, bacon-scented sunscreen and even bacon-flavored envelopes for those who can’t make it through an afternoon at work without the flavor of hot meat in their mouths.

The bottom line is that there’s entirely too much bacon out there, and no amount of shameful looks from Ron Swanson will make me think otherwise.

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Red-state renaissance men

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Will it be business as usual?

Everywhere and Here Eva-Jeanette Rawlins

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arely do you get a chance to see what your education is tangibly doing for you, or for anyone else for that matter. You sit in your class and repeat French verb conjugations or mathematical algorithms, and while it makes you sound exceedingly clever, that’s probably the extent of its effect your life. Unless, of course, you’re moving to France this summer to date a mathematician.

On some level, we know that much of what we’re ingesting will occupy our brains for a time but likely never be accessed again. We’re OK with that, though, because after all the degree’s the thing—and if all roads lead to that, we’ve just got to keep walking, right?

When you get to experience the effects of what you’re learning firsthand, it’s a gift. When you realize you don’t have to wait to be done with school to start impacting the world for the better, then education has done its job. Take, for example, a group of graduate students in Portland State’s Master of Urban and Regional Planning program.

They recently spent two months reaching out to residents living near North Lombard Street for the Lombard Re-Imagined project. The project’s goal is to “develop a vision for Lombard, focusing on how it can become a more walkable place with a unique identity that better serves the needs and wants of its neighbors,” according to the project website.

The area they’re focusing on is a “two-mile stretch of Lombard between [Martin Luther

King Jr. Boulevard and North Chautauqua Boulevard],” where they surveyed almost 800 people about what changes they’d like to see. Seventy-two percent of respondents said street improvements like trees and more lights were needed, 65 percent said more businesses would liven it up and 43 percent wanted more bike facilities.

The students took this information and went to work.

They came up with a number of solutions, from establishing a weekend farmers market in an empty parking lot to filling another lot with trees and creating an outdoor seating area. There were suggestions for bike corrals and welcome signs to give a neighborhood feel to the area.

They included plans such as a bike track, curb extensions and flashing lights for pedestrian crossings. Carefully detailed maps outlined each of their plans.

Great, right? Perhaps.

Looking at the ideas and their proposed costs, I have to admit that initially I was dubious. I wondered if this was just another case of neighborhood gentrification, which always sounds oh-so-fabulous in theory but almost always ends up hurting residents of color. North Portland is a historical example of this very thing and I wondered if PSU had just spit out a bunch of new students embodying the same old philosophies. Then I read the group’s blog.

Taking all their plans into consideration, the students asked the million-dollar question: “Whose vision will this plan represent?” They readily acknowledged that their online

survey represented a narrow demographic: largely, white females.

They observed that: “In a city where people of color have been alternately redlined into neighborhoods only to be pushed out of them by gentrification decades later, North Portland is still a place where diversity, color and culture can call home. Any ‘community vision’ must reflect this defining aspect of the neighborhood.”

Instead of simply accepting these obvious limits to their research, they approached the issue from a different angle, contacting church leaders and public agencies in the area for advice on how to successfully reach underrepresented populations.

Thanks to these connections, students arranged “coffee talks” and meetings with a diverse array of people, also going door to door with interpreters to engage Spanish-speaking residents and business owners. The students reported that some of the most valuable information they received came as a result of this method of engaging residents.

It’s impossible to create a fault-proof plan when it comes to housing and neighborhoods.

What makes me hopeful is that the students displayed an understanding of the complexities of their venture and approached it from a perspective that included, and was concerned with, all members of the community—not just those who were most visible.

I feel optimistic when I see that our education has the potential to change things, to undermine the status quo, to stop cycles of injustice and marginalization one plan at a time. If we let it, of course—if we realize that it’s not about a degree on a piece of paper but about the degree to which we use it.

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ho are the kings and masters of U.S. politics?

Who lowered taxes and tore down trade barriers? Who led the nation to a new morning of 1980s prosperity and sunshine after the downward spiral of Carterist malaise? Who stood idly by as crack cocaine and gang violence razed American cities to the ground?

Who have obstinately stymied a once-inspirational president’s popular initiatives to pump needed cash into an ailing economy, provide affordable health care to the masses and keep tabs on firearm purchases?

Who deregulated the banks? Who bailed out the billionaires? Who successively launched two highly unsuccessful land wars in Asia?

The Republicans, that’s who.

Let me tell you why: The red-state set is the best at everything. In their liver-spotted hands and Friedrich Hayekaddled heads, the Republicans have the market-based solutions to each and every one of our economic problems. And their schoolyard bully brand of foreign policy rhetoric thrusts our nation’s enemies into the trouser-soiling depths of existential terror. The GOP meets every confounding dilemma in our Age of Uncertainty with the crisp clarity of self-assured moral righteousness.

The recent hearings on last September’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, stand as a prime example of congressional Republicans’ infinite capacity to find fault with— and rectify—Obamian political deviancy. Responding to recent revelations that United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice’s initial talking points on the attack had been changed at the last minute, Republican

lawmakers charged the Obama administration and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with covering up the circumstances of what later turned out to be a coordinated terrorist assault.

Some also questioned the former secretary’s competence. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was particularly vehement in his remarks, calling her “absolutely responsible” for the security failure and questioning her competence to hold future public office.

“She was in charge of the State Department,” Paul said.

“She was asked repeatedly for increased security for Benghazi.

Some of the media have been reporting that because she didn’t read [the diplomatic cables] she’s protected—she wasn’t responsible because she didn’t read them? I fault her absolutely for not reading the cables.”

If only a foreign policy professional the caliber of Rand Paul—a first-term senator with exactly two years of experience working in Washington—were running the show!

But let’s get down to the nitty-gritty: The attack was by all accounts a massive fuck-up by everyone involved.

Four Americans died, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stephens. The official responses of the Obama administration and the State Department were muddled and incoherent, and in a press appearance Rice appeared to attribute the attack to a spontaneous demonstration against a cheaply produced anti-Islamic video called The Innocence of Muslims.

All PR garbage. The American facility, initially referred to as a “U.S. consulate,” was in fact a CIA operation acting under the guise of the State Department, and the majority of those in the compound

at the time of the attack were CIA employees.

At the time, the intelligence agency was charged with tracking down surface-to-air missiles left over in the wake of the Libyan uprising against former dictator Muammar Gaddafi. And the attack, far from being a spontaneous expression of anger, was in fact a well-coordinated assault by Islamist militia groups.

The most likely explanation for the administration’s muddled, misleading public statements on the Benghazi affair is that the State Department and the CIA—which, according to information I’ve gleaned from Seth MacFarlane’s animated sitcom American Dad!, is a sinister and shadowy organization that is never keen to air its dirty laundry—were engaged in some bureaucratic back-room bickering that led each to omit all sorts of relevant details.

For shame!

Surely if a strong, surehanded and decisive Republican leader the likes of former President George W. Bush were on the scene, he’d quickly tidy up this fiasco and cram some Hellfire missiles down the perpetrators’ throats. Never mind that the nearest American troops were miles away from the scene of the Benghazi attack.

The GOP has God on its side, and with Bush’s direct, redphone line to the Lord, divine lightning bolt justice would surely be done!

As the Republicans never fail to remind us, the Obama presidency has been fraught with a series of foreign policy failures: Iran continues to pursue its nuclear ambitions, North Korea is on the warpath, Afghanistan is nowhere near peace and Syria has descended into a bloodbath of internecine violence. The only solution is to inject the fresh elixir of GOP expertise into the moribund corpse of the American state.

It certainly worked in Iraq.

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Online comments 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’s more to be said? You have the opportunity to praise us or rip us apart. Post a comment online or write us a letter. Tell us what you think. Here are some online highlights from psuvanguard.com.

“Faith is not a virtue: a Q-and-A with peter Boghossian”

Vol. 67, No. 58 David Marshall May 15 I challenged Dr. Boghossian to a debate on “faith,” but he refused. The encounter was, at any rate, amusing: http://christthetao.blogspot. com. So much for the Socratic approach, and for intellectual humility.

David Marshall (in response to Kenner Single) May 15 Nonsense. That is never how the Christian tradition has defined faith.

Greener on the other side The baffling disparity in hospital costs is solid proof of a broken health care system Everywhere and Here Adam E. Bushen

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ecently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid released a comparative look at the medical costs of different hospitals in every state, causing anger and sheer confusion as prices for similar procedures varied by thousands of dollars, even within regions.

Many of these procedure cost comparisons are staggering. For instance, the report’s data shows that treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at a hospital in New Jersey costs $99,690.

In the Bronx, which is less than 30 miles away, the same treatment costs only $7,044. A $92,646 difference is not only bewildering but, for those who’ve been paying almost $100,000, infuriating.

We’ve got a broken health care system, and anyone who didn't think so before this report came out must surely think so now.

Where are the standards, the principles, the coherency?

Aren’t there any regulations in the industry that maintain some sort of consistency? Apparently not.

Unfortunately, explanations for these cost disparities appear to be guesses at best. Some believe that the size of the hospital and differing levels of overhead affect prices across the board within that hospital.

If a hospital has a highly specialized department, its equipment costs and other expenses may raise the rates

of procedures unrelated to that department.

Even CMS Director Jonathan Blum couldn't find a viable explanation. “What drives some hospitals to have significantly higher charges than their geographic peers?

I don't think anyone here has come up with a good economic argument,” he told The Huffington Post.

At least the release of this information provides the public with a tool they can use when seeking treatment.

Because all of the comparisons are available to the public, anyone can find out what a particular procedure will cost at any hospital and be able to make an educated financial decision. This is especially important for those without health insurance—49 million Americans, according to The Huffington Post.

Why so many? Part of it is that these individuals have been paying more than necessary when they could be getting the same procedure at a hospital down the street for thousands less.

In this recession, a difference of a few thousand dollars is critical. For people living paycheck to paycheck, a hospital visit is the last thing they want or need. A freak accident, a burst appendix, a pregnancy or even a virus can put a financial stranglehold on an individual or a family that will persist long after the ailment is gone or the baby is born.

While we may have an astonishingly absurd, inefficient and expensive health care system, the CMS report provides at least a small measure of guidance when we need to seek medical treatment.

I hope this causes enough indignation and public outrage that the pressure on hospitals and the entire health care system will be overwhelming. However, hospitals may be forced to change regardless of public opinion; now that their prices are public, they will face what every other business in the country deals with: competition.

Hospitals will start treating their prices the way gas stations do. One hospital may see that a competitor has raised or lowered its prices and follow suit.

While competition may drive down a procedure’s cost, what it won't do is ensure consistency.

Some sort of standardization is imperative, even if it takes the federal government stepping and establishing limits. The disparity is inexcusable and embarrassing for the U.S. What does the rest of the world think when they see this? There are other Western nations that have shown that efficient, affordable, universal health care can be achieved.

Why we’re dragging our feet, I don't know, but I can't help but think that this unbelievable variation in prices makes a few people a lot of money. The problem is, our system is dragging the already downtrodden working and middle classes further into an economic mire.

“Chiron Studies funding remains unclear”

Vol. 67, No. 61 Rozzell Medina May 21 Thanks to the Vanguard for covering this important story. I hope that students will think long and hard about where their tuition dollars are going. Are they going to support programs that they support and value? If not, will the administration listen to students’ voices and fund those programs? As a PSU student, Chiron

Studies has been among the most transformative and distinguishing opportunities I have received, and I know that I am not alone in saying that. It will be a real shame if administrators are able to kill this program just by defunding it. What a terrible precedent that would be.

“Not so Real World: Portland”

Vol. 67, No. 56 Kevin May 20 Is this articles a joke, yes this must be a joke! Are you watching the same season I’m watching?!?

How can you possible write a review of a show that haven’t even ended yet. lol. Unless you know something I don’t? I actually kind of like TRW: Portland compare the last seasons, now they where uneventful and boring. This season however, has wayyyyyy more drama.

Yep, I’m pretty sure this articles is a joke and your a joke.

“Love at last, OkCupid style” Vol. 67, No. 57

Aiden Fields Sounds like this writer was women-intolerant

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hours. Come enjoy a night of fantastic exhibits and the opportunity to learn something new and exciting about art. FREE

Saturday, May 25

Eighth Annual Pilipino Culture Night 6–9 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, third floor ballroom 1825 SW Broadway

Portland State Kaibigan, the Filipino American Student Association, invites you to join them for the eighth annual Pilipino Culture Night, a festival that will feature Filipino cuisine, modern as well as traditional dancing, songs, poetry and stories.

Admission is free to Portland State students, faculty and staff, but donations will be accepted for the KaibiFREE gan Scholarship fund.

Sunday, May 26

Compound Fracture Movie Tour 7:30 p.m.

Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. © psu kaibigan

Portland State Kaibigan will host the eighth annual Pilipino Culture Night, featuring music, dancing and authentic cuisine for a fantastic taste of a unique culture. The event takes place Saturday, May 25, from 6–9 p.m. in the SMSU third-floor ballroom.

Thursday, May 23

Performance Attendance Recital Series Noon Lincoln Hall, room 75 1620 SW Park Ave.

Lincoln Hall hosts the Performance Attendance Recital Series, where you are invited to attend performances during the lunch hour for free. Each performance has a different theme and they run through the term. May 23 will feature vocal performers from FREE Portland State.

Net Impact Energy Efficiency Month Lecture Series: Transformation

Friday, May 24

Are Bicycling and Walking Cool?: Adolescent Attitudes about Active Travel Noon–1 p.m.

College of Urban and Public Affairs, room 204 506 SW Mill St.

Tara Goddard, a Ph.D. student at Portland State, will present her research related to the attitudes of children between the ages of 4 and 17 years about physical activity for fun. Though rates of activity seem to have declined, some research shows that this data differs from the ideas that young people have about things FREE like biking and walking.

4:15 p.m.

School of Business Administration, room 190 615 SW Harrison St.

About In an Antique Land: A Book Discussion with Bishupal Limbu

Scott Lewis of Brightworks will be the guest speaker for a lecture that is part of a month-long series on energy efficiency. He will answer the question: How do organizations influence their culture to adopt energy efficient behavior? A happy hour reception FREE will follow the lecture.

2:30 p.m.

Multnomah County Library 801 SW 10th Ave.

Beyond Words: Language(s) and Learning Mathematics 6:30–7:30 p.m.

College of Urban and Public Affairs, room 303 506 SW Mill St.

Professor Judit Moschkovich, University of California, Santa Cruz, is a noted author and speaker. She will be at Portland State to offer ideas about alternative forms of knowledge in relation to the construction FREE of mathematics.

Bishupal Limbu, an assistant professor of English at Portland State, is presenting a book by Amitov Ghosh that is a compelling mix of research and imagination with a story that shifts back and forth between very different times. He will be holding a discussion about the book at the Multnomah County Library downtown. FREE

Portland Art Museum Free Admission 5–8 p.m.

Portland Art Museum 1219 Southwest Park Ave.

Every fourth Friday of the month the Portland Art Museum offers free admission to guests during specific

Actor Tyler Mane (Michael Meyers from Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II as well as many other noted horror roles) will be at the Hollywood Theatre for one night only for a screening of his new film, Compound Fracture. VIP tickets that allow for early entry to the theater and time for a meet and greet and photo opportunities can be purchased for $30. Tickets are otherwise $20.

Monday, May 27

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FREE

Zumiez Couch Tour 12:30–7 p.m.

Clackamas Town Center 12000 SE 82nd Ave.

The Zumiez Couch Tour brings brands and fans together for an event unlike any other. Celebrity skateboarders will perform demonstrations of the latest gear and local Portland band Red Fang will provide live music. The event will also include numerous games and giveaways and it is all yours to attend for free. FREE

Tuesday, May 28

Information Session: Ever Thought About Study Abroad?

6:45–7:45 p.m.

East Hall, room 236 632 SW Hall St.

All students are welcome to attend this information session about Portland State study abroad programs.

Students who have just returned from studying abroad themselves will be available to answer any questions that you might have, and there will be information about how to find scholarships and begin application FREE processes.

Screening: How’s Your News?

7 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 298 1825 SW Broadway

How’s Your News? is a documentary film that follows the journey of a set of reporters with developmental disabilities as they venture

Wednesday, May 29

Amazing Race with a Twist 5–7 p.m.

Academic and Student Rec Center 1800 SW Sixth Ave.

Grab a friend or come and be paired up with a new one to compete in the Portland State version of The Amazing Race. Teams will work their way through the Rec Center to complete challenges for the chance to win fantastic prizes. Top finishers will receive Columbia backpacks, Outdoor Program gift certificates and personal training packages. The registration deadline is noon on May 29 at the Rec Center. For more information, email jarm2@pdx.edu.

Thursday, May 30

Portland Music Video Festival 5–9 p.m.

Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.

For the second year in a row the Hollywood Theatre presents a festival that celebrates the marriage of music and visual art in the form of the music video. Two separate screenings will focus on videos from Portland and from around the world. Admission to the event is $7 per person. = on PSU campus FREE = free of charge FREE = open to the public 21+ = 21 and over

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Miggy’s hot streak continues in 2013 Triple Crown winner picking up right where he left off Gino Cerruti Vanguard staff

In my previous article, I wrote about the high-profile disappointments of the 2013 MLB season—players who were on fire last year but have since cooled off considerably.

Periodic downswings are, of course, a natural part of a professional athlete’s career; there have only been a few players who have never had the term “slump” attached to their legacies. Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers is one of them.

Let’s start with some background: his lifetime stats.

Over the 10 years leading up to this season, Cabrera has posted a season-long batting average below .300 in just three. He hit more than 30 home runs in eight of those years and drove in more than 100 runs in every season but his first. In 2012, he led the American League in batting average, RBIs and home runs, thus becoming the first Triple Crown winner since

1967. Cabrera’s stellar season was enough to earn him the American League’s MVP over Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, who had a historic campaign in his own right.

The man is simply amazing.

This year, it only took Miggy five games to reach a batting average over .300, and he hasn’t dipped below it once—he went four-for-four and hit three home runs in a recent game. It’s no surprise that Cabrera currently sits on the highest batting average in baseball, is only three behind the leader in home runs and leads both leagues in RBIs, causing many sports pundits to speculate that he may earn another Triple Crown this season. Keep in mind that it’s mid-May and we still have another three quarters left of regular-season ball. But that’s the persuasive power of Cabrera’s bat—each connecting swing is another reason why no intelligent critic would dare to dismiss his talent.

Cabrera has proven time and time again that he is one of the best active hitters in the majors, mainly due to his seeming immunity to cold streaks. He also thrives under pressure, hitting .299 with a two-strike count this year.

On top of that, in situations with two outs and runners in scoring position, Cabrera is posting a ridiculous .600 average, making him one of the premier clutch performers in baseball. Although the Tigers were swept in last year’s World Series by the San Francisco Giants, there is a strong chance that Detroit, which also has power hitter Prince Fielder and pitching ace Justin Verlander on the roster, will be back to take on the National League’s champion this fall.

After turning 30 last month, Cabrera shed his status as a young hot shot—he’s officially a veteran of the game now. There really is no way to tell what the next 10 years will bring, but at the rate he’s hitting now, his #24 jersey should have a spot reserved in retirement alongside Al Kaline’s #6 and Hal Newhouser’s #16. Miggy is already in select company.

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miguel cabrera is showing no signs of slowing down through the early part of the new season.

Thorns get back to their winning ways Portland rebounds from first defeat of season with win over Washington Alex Moore Vanguard staff

Coming off a 1-0 loss to Sky Blue FC at home last Thursday, the Portland Thorns had little time to recover and prepare for a Sunday match against the Washington Spirit. But the quick turnaround wasn’t enough to hold

back Portland as forwards Christine Sinclair and Alex Morgan each tallied goals to lead the team to a 2-0 victory over Washington at JeldWen Field.

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The Thorns erased the memory of a recent loss with a solid 2–0 victory at home on Sunday.

may have actually worked in Portland’s favor. “We were lucky having a game to come back with,” Morgan said.

“After the loss we were really down, so we wanted this game right away to get our confidence back up. And we did that today. We came out wanting to work hard for each other. It was a good performance from us to bounce back from our last one.”

Their motivation was evident from the start as the Thorns came out strong in the first half, pressing

the attack and consistently holding back Washington’s drives. Nearing halftime, Sinclair caught a pass from Allie Long in the 41st minute and netted her third goal of the season to give Portland a 1-0 lead heading into the locker room.

The story remained the same throughout the second half as Portland continued to stamp down any trace of momentum by the Spirit, though the Thorns were unable to gain any ground of their own against Washington’s

defense. Finally, in the 86th minute, Alex Morgan ended the Spirit’s chances at a draw with her fourth goal in 2013.

“I already had one breakaway that I missed,” Morgan said. “So I wasn’t going to let another slip through my hands.”

Portland is now in a tie for first place in the National Women’s Soccer League with Sky Blue FC. Next up on the schedule is a road matchup with the Seattle Reign FC on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Hasan gets back on the field Soccer player prepares for sophomore season with the Vikings Rosemary Hanson Vanguard staff

Tamia Hasan played behind upperclassmen in her freshman season last fall, but she has proven that she is ready for more in 2013. Hasan, who recently netted her first goal as a Viking during the nonconference spring season against the Seattle University Redhawks, is quickly figuring out her role on the team, and head coach Laura Schott expects her to become a solid contributor for the squad this year.

“Tamia is skilled and fast— very fast,” Schott said. “We want her to use her speed to get by players and get to goal.

She has the ability to be a difference-maker.”

Hasan got her start in the sport when she was 4 or 5 years old and, despite trying out other activities, it quickly became apparent that soccer was her true calling.

“My mom put me in every single sport and let me pick,” Hasan said. “I would always get distracted. Soccer was the only sport at a fast enough pace that would hold my attention.”

She stuck with soccer up through high school, where she was also a member of the track and field squad, though she took a full year off at one point because of an injury and family matters. Once she returned to the field,

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tamia hasan made tremendous strides as a freshman on the PSU soccer squad and looks to continue improving this fall.

Hasan’s motivation to improve reached another level.

“I realized I couldn’t be without the sport,” Hasan said. “So I started back up and I was more dedicated than ever before. It was a big learning experience.”

Hasan, who is studying health sciences at PSU with a desire to become a physician’s assistant, said that she had some difficulty coming into a

new situation at PSU, where she suddenly had to prove herself again among a team full of talented players. She has worked hard to develop her game over the course of last season and throughout offseason training, and is now starting to see the results. According to her coach, this is only the beginning.

“Tamia is a player who has a high ceiling,” Schott said. “She

has made great strides in her academics and her game this spring. I can’t wait to see what she does this fall.”

The Riverside, California, native is eager to find out as well. “Sometimes we worry more so about the rules of the games, thinking ‘I can’t do this,’ or ‘My coach wants me to do this,’ or asking why I’m not starting,” she said.

“That’s not what it’s about…

It’s supposed to be a passion you have.”

That passion should serve her well this season, as the Vikings look to make a run at a third consecutive Big Sky regular season title. Hasan is confident that the team has what it takes.

“It’s important to know who you are,” she said. “If you have a mentality that you want to win, it will show.”

Madness already building in college basketball A look back at the year that was and a way-tooearly look at next season Tanner Notch Vanguard staff

The timing of this article could be seen as a little strange, as we are currently in the midst of one of the more evenly matched and compelling NBA playoffs in years.

But as a total college basketball junkie, I felt it my duty to commemorate the heights reached at the NCAA level this past season, while providing a scouting report for those who are (wisely) not spending their time poring over recruiting blogs.

The 2012–13 season was one of the more exciting in recent memory, with the University of Louisville rolling to their first national title since 1986.

The year also saw the return to dominance of several storied programs, most notably the University of Michigan Wolverines, who made it all

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louisville came out on top last season at the NCAA tournament and is one of several schools in contention for the title in 2013–14.

the way to the championship game after 20 years of obscurity that plagued the program since the departure of the Fab Five.

As always, March Madness was not without its Cinderella story. This year, it arrived in the form of the high-flying act that was the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles, a

tiny mid-major conference team affectionately dubbed “Dunk City” who came out of nowhere to become the first 15-seed to make a Sweet Sixteen appearance in the history of the NCAA tournament.

And as thrilling as last year was, next season is already shaping up to be one of the best in decades.

The incoming freshman class is historically loaded, led by Andrew Wiggins, who many consider to be the best pro prospect since LeBron James in 2003. On National Signing Day last Tuesday, Wiggins announced the perennial powerhouse University of Kansas as his school of choice, and the Jayhawks,

whom many believed were poised for a down year, suddenly became one of the early title favorites. Joining them on that list is the University of Kentucky, a team that scored five of the top 10 recruits in the nation and will welcome back several of last year’s key players to the lineup. Unsurprisingly, the Wildcats will

enter the preseason as the consensus No. 1.

Somewhat forgotten in all of the hype of new recruits is the fact that Louisville comes back in 2013–14 with almost the same roster as the one that cut down the nets in April. And perennial juggernauts Duke University and Michigan State University will enter next season loaded with talent, each heavy favorites in their respective conferences.

The controversial “oneand-done” rule, which mandates that players must be one year removed from their high school graduation before becoming eligible for the NBA draft, means that many of the most talented underclassmen inevitably bolt to the pros after breakout years. But there were exceptions to the trend in 2013, most notably Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart, a projected top-three pick who surprised many by turning down NBA money in favor of returning to the Cowboys for his sophomore season.

What all of this means is that next year is going to be simply incredible. For those of you out there who have lost interest in the sport, now is the time to come back to us, or you might miss out on something great.

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Vikings racing on to NCAA regionals Track and field squad heads to in Austin this weekend

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Track and field NCAA West Regional Austin, Texas 8 a.m Forecast: high of 91 degrees, partly cloudy

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geronne black is one of several members of the track and field squad who will try to qualify for nationals this weekend.

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A few weeks before Manchester United wrapped up another English Premier League title, Sir Alex Ferguson announced that he was resigning from his managerial duties after more than a quarter century leading the Red Devils. Ferguson, who took over the Manchester United post in 1986, hoisted 38 trophies during his run with one of the world’s most famous squads. In the process, the Scottish septuagenarian became as synonymous with the Manchester United identity as their Old Trafford stadium or the red jerseys that inspired their nickname.

Ferguson’s departure marked not only the end of an era in Manchester, but the end of an era for coaches like him.

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what she hopes will not be her last race as a Viking.

“We’re really excited,” assistant coach Seth Henson said.

“Geronne was at the indoor national meet, and I think she has enough talent to be top 12 coming out of Austin.”

Joenisha Vinson’s score in the heptathlon at the Big Sky meet ranked her 13th in the

nation, though the heptathlon is not contested at the regional meet. The graduate student has shined in several events this year, however, and should be among the favorites in the long jump this weekend.

“She’s [set a personal record] every single time she’s long-jumped this season,” Henson said. “So I don’t know

where her end is. Technically, there are things that we can work on. She’ll have an opportunity to go to nationals.”

Ratcliff and Mayfield are coming off impressive seasons as well. Mayfield has consistently turned in solid times for the Vikings, and despite nursing an injury all season the junior transfer managed to qualify for

Austin in the 10K. Sophomore Ratcliff will compete in the 100-meter hurdles, an event in which she took second place at the Big Sky Championships.

After competition concludes on Saturday, qualified athletes will prepare for a trip to Eugene for the NCAA National Championships, scheduled for June 5–8.

There’s a new generation of soccer managers taking over the landscape now, for whom an illustrious appointment at a club like Manchester United is merely a way station on an ongoing campaign for individual glory. They are the modern mercenaries of elite-level soccer, the condottieri in charge of the most lucrative brands in the sport.

On May Day, the Barcelona squad led by manager Pep Guardiola was knocked out of the Union of European Football Associations Champions League by Bayern Munich.

The ignominious 7-0 aggregate semifinal defeat marked Guardiola’s final game with Barcelona, the club he has managed for the past four dominant seasons and the place where he spent the bulk of his playing career as a defensive anchor in the midfield.

Starting this summer, he’ll be in charge of a new team: Bayern Munich.

And Guardiola isn’t even the only high-profile resignation at a Premier League Spanish club this season. Jose

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Basement Notes: Premier League condottieri Elite soccer managers and the absence of allegiance in modern professional soccer

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Coming off a second-place finish at the Big Sky Championships two weeks ago, the PSU track and field squad is not done with the 2013 season just yet. Head coach Ronnye Harrison will be bringing a number of athletes to Austin, Texas, today to compete in the NCAA West Regionals. The meet runs through Saturday, with the top 12 in each event moving on to nationals next month in Eugene.

Representing the Vikings in Austin will be sprinters Geronne Black and Jazmin Ratcliff, distance runner Camelia Mayfield and Joenisha Vinson in the long jump.

Vinson is already qualified for the national meet in the heptathlon based on her results in the Big Sky Championships, where she garnered Most Outstanding Performer honors.

Black’s final year at PSU has been a busy one. The sprinter has been breaking school records all season—in many cases besting her own marks—and took home gold in the women’s 100-meter dash at the conference championships. She now heads into

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pepe guardiola and a new generation of managers are making names for themselves by moving from club to club in search of greener pastures and bigger paydays.

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Mourinho, the well-traveled Portuguese coaching legend, recently decided to end his tenure with Real Madrid in favor of a likely return to English contender Chelsea next year. Like Guardiola’s move, the announcement made plenty of headlines, even if shakeups like these don’t necessarily qualify as news anymore. Coaches are no longer interested in lasting legacies with one squad, and are always remaining on the lookout for the batch of superstars they’ll manage next.

Mourinho now chases the dream of becoming the first

manager in history to win the UEFA Champions League with three different teams, and Guardiola is leaving Barcelona to try to prove he can achieve the same transcendent results with another legendary club. But whatever they might say to the press, the change of address certainly isn’t about the challenge— after all, you will never see Mourinho, Guardiola or any of their contemporaries lowering themselves to manage less-glamorous clubs like Atletico Madrid or TSV 1860 Munich or West Ham United.

No, putting down roots

and establishing an institution with a club is simply too passe now, a concept belonging to a past generation that has no relevance in professional soccer anymore. The days when men like Alex Ferguson were afforded the time to create a champion, to nurture a system and to sustain it decade after decade are over. Time is of the essence in the modern game, and the new career arc for soccer managers is a blitzkrieg from city to city and powerhouse to powerhouse, condottieri constantly on the move for their next big score.

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