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Portland State University Portland State University THURSDAY, Jan. 24, 2013 | vol. 67 no. 32
Students rally on MLK Day
Students want more allergyfriendly food options Aramark says ‘we can always improve’ Josh Kelety Vanguard Staff
“It’s a day on, not a day off,” said Erika Nielsen, a project leader who has been serving on MLK Day of Service for five years. “It’s an opportunity to do something different. To focus on something besides myself,” the PSU junior said. Last year, the books were on the verge of being discarded. Donated to the City of Portland by a nonprofit organization, the books struggled to find a home. Half of the initial 100,000 books were distributed last year, and PSU stored the remaining books to prevent them from being thrown
With students needing vegan, gluten-free, and other dietary-sensitive food options, PSU Dining Services employees say they try to compensate and adjust accordingly. However, some students feel that food service provider Aramark doesn’t go far enough to provide quality meals for students with nonconventional diets. In a recent settlement with Lesley University in Massachusetts, the Justice Department found that food allergies can be considered a disability, giving students on meal plans legal leverage to act on concerns about whether the foods they need are available. With more students eating vegan and vegetarian, the demand for dietspecific foods is very real and relevant at PSU. Tim Kellen, Aramark’s PSU Food Service director, believes that PSU Dining is adequately catering to students’ dietary needs. He noted that Victor’s Food Court in the Ondine Residence Hall posts dietary information to inform students of the ingredients in the food. “We’re always adding gluten-free items, and vegan and vegetarian items,” Kellen said. There are avenues for students to inform kitchen managers and Aramark
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katherine kruger, left, a freshman at Lewis & Clark College, and Alexandra Young, right, a freshman at PSU, observe Education Program Manager Lisa LeDoux, center, as she demostrates how to fold fabric and begin pricing as part of the MLK Day of Service.
Students volunteer work at several Portland sites Ravleen Kaur Vanguard staff
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words resonated on a cold, blue-skied Monday dedicated to his message of service. More than 1,000 students from Portland State and eight other colleges and universities in the Portland area gathered for one of the nation’s largest mobilizations of college students.
Students cleaned, sorted and distributed 50,000 donated books that will go to low-income children across Multnomah County, where 21 percent of children live in poverty. Many grow up in homes without books and miss a critical opportunity to build a foundation for literacy, according to educators. “Education as a civil right” was the theme for this year’s Day of Service, an Oregon Campus Compact tradition. A student who cannot read at proficiency level by the third grade is four times more likely to drop out of school than a proficient reader, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The Day of Service culminated PSU’s week-long tribute to King—a day that included film screenings, panel discussions on diversity, civil rights and service and a keynote address by prominent scholar and advocate Cornel West. After a rally at Concordia University, students broke into small teams. Some traveled to the nearby Boys & Girls Club and Faubion Elementary School (each recipients of book packages) to work on the project. Teams taped ripped pages together, wiped dirty covers clean, removed library labels and sorted books by grade level and language.
Maintaining harmony “Ghost” tuner helps PSU pianists hit all the right notes Cassandra Moore Vanguard staff
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bruce lindley, who tunes all the pianos in the music department, has been tuning pianos for 40 years.
Before the start of every term, Bruce Lindley roams through Lincoln Hall from dark until dawn, usually without speaking to a soul. He’s a man hardly anyone ever sees on campus. He’s quiet, and he chooses to work at night when there is optimal silence and stillness. Lindley is a piano tuner, and some
in the music department have likened him to a ghost of the night. “One thing you should understand about piano tuners is that they tend to like very quiet environments,” said Bryan Johanson, the music department chair. A tall, thin man with a rolling, softspoken voice, Lindley is a Linfield College alumnus and has been tuning pianos for nearly four decades. “It was always a drive I had, another thing that connected me to music,” he said. Alone in a room with a piano, Lindley opens a 15-pound tool kit
and selects a wooden-handled tuning hammer and long bits of licorice-red felt. He plays a few notes and a few fourths and fifths, then lifts the piano lid and weaves a strip of felt through the golden strings to isolate notes. He adjusts and tests, adjusts and tests, sometimes making adjustments as small as 1/1000th of a pitch change. “Some pianos you feel that you can get along with better than others,” he said. See tuner on page 5