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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.

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“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.

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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

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PSU students eat, explore Provence Understanding place through food

It is winter in Provence, and the early morning sun casts pastel hues across the landscape. Olive trees and ancient oaks dot the rocky hills. In the distance the Alps loom silent and white with snow. In early December, five Portland State students made their way to Provence, France, to open their five senses and learn about the connections between people and food. They traveled on winding roads toward the rural village of Aups to begin a 12-day field class titled “Geography of Food in Provence.” This was the third year for the program, which is offered by PSU geography professor Barbara Brower. The region offers valuable lessons about place, people and food, Brower said. “We’ve got to learn to live more lightly and sustainably on the planet. The French are ahead of us in a lot of ways, and it’s worth seeing for ourselves just how that is,” she said. The land in and around Aups has been occupied for thousands of years, and still retains the feeling of a natural landscape, punctuated by picturesque farmsteads and villages, Brower said. “The connections between regional cuisine and landscape are apparent everywhere, so it’s an obvious place to try and

understand that relationship.” Aups is a quaint market village located in the rugged Haut-Var region of Provence, where agriculture must succumb to the constraints of thin, rocky soils and hot, dry summers. Occasionally, in the dark hours of the morning, shepherds still lead their flocks through the village streets to the outlying pastures. Home base for the students was Le Jardin du Couvent. Originally built in the 12th century as a Cistercian abbey, it was converted between 1629 and 1639 into an Ursuline convent. After World War II, the structure’s religious and educational functions ceased. An American family acquired ownership in 1972 and completed renovation in 1990. It serves as a vacation home that is rented when the family is not in residence. The objective of the program is to learn how to understand a place through its food, by observation and inquiry. From close interactions with farmers, bakers and hunters to experiences in bustling markets and cooking lessons from local chefs, students were able to better understand what makes the place unique. An important message came from seeing how the people of Provence have retained their food traditions: “[Using] quality local ingredients is the big, new trend here in Portland, even though it’s really just a return to the old way of doing things,” said Nathan Eby, a geography student who went on the trip.

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Nicholas hagues, a local Aups butcher, in the meat shop where he works. “In France, it seems like they never really got away from the idea that people should know about their food and where it comes from,” he said. “They seem to be closer to their food than we are.” Being from Portland, a city that values local food and sustainable systems, the students were able to broaden their understanding of what “local” and “sustainable” look like in a much older context. Olives, grapes and truffles are staples of the food-producing landscape of Provence, and for the first time in the program’s history, students

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Aups is well known for hosting a large truffle market, where gastronomes come from far and wide to get their share of the season. The class experimented with a coinsized truffle worth 20 euros in a classic Provencal dish, truffle and scrambled eggs, boasting a rich and pungent flavor. Wintertime in Provence held other culinary treasures that summer vacationers might miss. Summer, with tomatoes, melons, sidewalk cafes and lavender in bloom, is the classic image of Provence. See provence on page 4

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were able to explore all three of these aspects of its culinary culture. Because this was the first class offered in the winter, students experienced the rare and extraordinary treat that are truffles. Famous French gourmet Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called the esoteric mushroom “the diamond of the kitchen.” Costing roughly 1,000–2,000 euros per kilogram depending on the variety, these subterranean gems, which are cultivated close to trees, are only in season from November through February. mlk from page 1

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away because of the city’s lack of storage space. The books ranged from hardcover classics like The Call of the Wild for middle schoolers to Sesame Street pop-up books for toddlers. Inscriptions—some more than 50 years old—to granddaughters and sons revealed lives touched by books that will now benefit another generation of young readers. “Before a child can be encouraged to know the intricacies of language and literature, they have to enjoy books—they have to really take pleasure in reading,” said Nielsen, who is also a part of PSU’s Student Leaders for Service group. Students reflected on the immediate and future impact the Day of Service would have on those in need and those performing service alike. Many sought to find solutions that align policy and service, such as institutionalized book banks and early literacy intervention. “I know you might not feel like you did much, but it makes such a difference,” Nielsen said in a group discussion.

Students brainstormed the impact small acts can have on many people, with ideas ranging from a brightened day to a brightened future—a child gifted a book could even become a future president, one student suggested. Connecting with students from other campuses solidified the sense of community for many volunteers. “I really enjoyed meeting new people while giving back to those in need,” said junior Kristie Waldroop, who participated in the event for the first time. The Day of Service has drawn thousands of students from across the region for a variety of service projects. Last year, students served at Roosevelt High School, cleaning the grounds and sharing oral histories. “The collaborative was started four years ago with the hope [of bringing] college students together,” said Jessica Conley, an SLS program coordinator. “They connect with other civically minded individuals to witness the impact and value of working together [toward] social change.”

The nationally popular Moth StorySLAM series is now providing Portlanders an outlet for sharing tales of woe onstage. All you really need to participate is a bit of courage and an appreciation for good old-fashioned storytelling.

“It’s a chance for us to put our phones away [and] gather together around stage lights and alcohol for a good story.” Andrew Dickson Porland Moth StorySLAM host

The Moth storytelling organization began celebrating the art of oration on stages in New York in 1997, and recently expanded to cities across the country. Next month marks the fifth Moth StorySLAM here in Portland, to be held at The Secret Society lounge. A ticket to the show provides the opportunity to tell a true story onstage, be a judge or just sit back and listen. “It’s a chance for us to put our phones away [and] gather together around stage lights and alcohol for a good story,” said Andrew Dickson, the main host for the Portland Moth StorySLAM. Dickson is a local writer and performer with a genuine appreciation for the craft of storytelling. Much of his work involves helping others to tell their own stories effectively. In spring term, Dickson will help teach a design seminar at PSU. “It’s a seminar where professionals come in and teach something they’re passionate about. I’m going to be involved, teaching writing,” Dickson explained. Portland Moth StorySLAMs are held on the first Monday of each month. Each show has a specific theme, announced in advance to give people an opportunity to come up with a story. February’s theme is “Love Hurts.” Before the start of the show, storytelling hopefuls place their names into a hat. Ten are

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randomly chosen to tell their five-minute true story and are then scored by judges selected from the audience. “It seems to be an event of improvisation, comedy and a bit of narrative,” said Jarad Hadi, PSU student and poet. He has not yet attended the Portland StorySLAM but is a fan of The Moth’s syndicated podcasts. “I definitely find the idea of spontaneous stories, not having who’s going to [perform] completely planned, really interesting,” Hadi said. The Secret Society was originally built in 1907 and serves as the perfect venue to pay homage to the timelessness of the art of storytelling. The ballroom where the show takes place has a classic and intimate ambiance that creates the sensation of stepping back in time. A move to a larger venue in order to accommodate the event’s growing popularity is under consideration, but the intimacy of the space encourages attendees to mingle with new and interesting people. Storytellers and audience members are about as diverse as PSU’s campus. “[There are] old people, young people, people from all different backgrounds,”

Dickson said. “Inevitably you’re going to go through something funny to something heartbreaking to something sort of strange.” A major appeal for fans of the show is hearing regular people share something truthful. The most successful storytellers employ a combination of interesting content and intriguing delivery. “The hardest part is telling a story with a beginning, [a] middle and an end in five minutes,” said Jason Sauls, a sound engineer with Oregon Public Broadcasting. He has so far told two stories at Portland’s Moth StorySLAM and intends to tell more in the future. “It helps to at least have an outline in your head,” he added. Next month’s Portland Moth StorySLAM is on Monday, Feb. 4. Tickets will be available for purchase online at themoth.org about a week before the show, and usually sell out in a day or two. For those interested in putting their name in the hat, Dickson offers some suggestions for telling a successful story: “Start with a bang and take us right into the action. My favorite stories take the audience on a journey to a couple unexpected places,” he said.

Dining on campus Aramark looks for input on menu, service Austin Maggs Vanguard staff

Aramark and Portland State Housing and Residence Life representatives are looking to improve service for and communication with students. To that end, a food service committee is currently in the works and set to launch at the end of the month. According to Tim Kellen, food service director for Aramark, the group would bring together students and staff to communicate with the PSU community about current food service news such as updates to prices and menu specials, among other things. “It’s more of an information gathering and information giving [opportunity], [convening]. once a month on average,” Kellen said. One focus for the committee is renovation projects concerning Viking Food Court in Smith Memorial Student Union, Victor’s Dining Hall in Ondine Residence Hall and the Meetro Cafe in King Albert Residence Hall. Renovation projects will involve menu revisions and painting. Also involved with the committee is Christina Shafer, assistant director of residential education. Shafer won’t officially be on the committee but will focus on communication and feedback with resident students who dine at Victor’s. “I won’t be sitting on the committee, but my involvement will be making sure the

committee has representation from housing and getting students involved,” Shafer said. Student feedback at Victor’s is collected in several ways, including napkin notes, which allow students to provide feedback on napkins, and dining surveys. Kellen’s project of renovating menus aims to make them more student-friendly in terms of pricing while also establishing a broader menu for catered events. “If [there are] any renovation projects, we need to know what they’re looking for in dining services,” Kellen said. “That’s what the committee is for…to give somebody a place to vent or

“A lot of times, people who are unsatisfied feel like they don’t have a voice and don’t know how to utilize that [dissatisfaction].” Christina Shafer Assistant director of residentia/l education

ask if something can be done.” According to Shafer, students will be directly recruited for the committee. Kellen believes having a group of students and faculty will help accomplish his goals for the renovation projects while improving overall communication. “It’s just a better way

of communicating with everybody,” he said. Shafer hopes the committee will help students express themselves better when they’re unsatisfied. “A lot of times, people who are unsatisfied feel like they don’t have a voice and don’t know how to utilize that [dissatisfaction],” she said. Irina Alonso, a senior social science major, is concerned about how the committee intends to grow and where financing will come from. “I would love to hear what they have to offer at a hearing,” she said. Kellen believes the food committee’s timing is good for helping with the design of the physical and menu overhaul. “We’ve done a little bit of painting, but I think we need to do more than paint the walls every summer,” he said. Kellen was motivated to start the committee because he has managed several similar groups at other schools during his career. “You get the involvement from everybody, and it’s not just Aramark making the decisions,” Kellen said. “We’re not here as a corporation, we’re here as PSU Dining, to make it successful for PSU.” Shafer decided to represent the committee in order to help first-year students care about their food. “It’s in their best interest[s] because they’re eating there,” Shafer said. “Most students are coming from their parents’ homes, where they’ve not done their [own] cooking, traditionally.”

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Many students feel shorted by food options about specific needs, such as by posting comments in Victor’s or going directly to staff. “I think we have a good variety, but we can always improve. We need [students with specific diets] to tell us what they like to eat, what they don’t like to eat,” Kellen said. He also noted that Aramark has stopped using peanut oil in response to students who are allergic to peanut products. “We always have gluten-free bread, the deli bar is always there, the salad bar is always there,” Kellen said. There are those who still feel that Aramark doesn’t provide quality food, despite the company’s attempts offer a diverse selection. Brandon Spek, a senior sociology major, works at PSU’s Food For Thought Cafe, which caters to vegans, vegetarians and all-around healthy eaters. Though no longer a vegan or vegetarian, Spek described

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his early days at PSU and his experience with PSU Dining Services: “I had to eat cheese pizza, and I didn’t feel like the vegan food that was offered was any better or healthier,” he said. While Aramark may provide options that lack dairy or animal products, the quality of food isn’t as good as it could be, according to Spek. “It’s not so much about providing vegan, veggie or glutenfree food, but more [about] providing healthy food. I’m sure Aramark [has] those goals, but I think that the way that they are structured makes it hard for them to buy local food,” he said. Spek and others have described Food For Thought as a safe heaven for students

with food sensitivites, as well as those craving healthy, local food. “Vegans would starve without Food For Thought,” said Sonya Friedman, a sophomore anthropology major and a vegan. Aramark does provide locally grown produce, but Kellen couldn’t give a specific estimate of the percentage without a finalized comprehensive report, which is currently being drafted. “Vegans are probably the toughest [to provide for], with no dairy and no meat. That’s probably our [biggest] challenge, so we try to work with them as much as we can…we do have options for them,” Kellen said.

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Olive oil production among trip highlights “Season, of course, makes a huge difference,” Brower said. “Instead, the group enjoyed more time and patience from the boucher (butcher), boulanger (baker) and the farmers themselves, and the chance to really learn about truffles.” One highlight of the trip was experiencing cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil production in action at the local olive oil cooperative mill. It was the first day of production for the 2012 season, and large buckets of different varieties of olives had been brought in earlier

that day from the farmers in the surrounding area. The olives were fed into a giant bowl, where two enormous stone wheels powered by a conveyer belt crushed the olives into a thick paste. “The system of olive oil production that we do is rustic and ancient. It’s the best way to extract the juices,” said Jean Phillip, an olive mill worker. This ancient pressure process, Phillip explained, creates a sweeter, more transparent and less acidic olive oil, compared to that

produced by the more modern centrifugal process. At the end of the season, the farmers will get back their share of olive oil, which will then be used for personal consumption or sold in markets. Olive oil production is a vital element of Provencal heritage, and cooperative membership is high. After a long week-anda-half of exploring and discovering in Aups and the surrounding villages, the class walked away with a better understanding of the connection between the people, the food and the landscape. Editor’s note: Vanguard reporter Erik Mutzke went to Provence with Brower’s class.

New course profile: ‘Intro to Conflict Resolution’ Gwen Shaw

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Currently, conflict resolution is only offered as a graduate program at Portland State, but soon undergraduates will also be able to choose from a major and a minor. In the meantime, for undergraduate students interested in the discipline, the program offers a lower-division course titled “Introduction to Conflict Resolution.” The class is available as a University Studies course in both the Community Studies and Leading Social Change clusters. Many different professors teach “Intro to Conflict Resolution,” one of whom is Aimee Clott. Clott believes she teaches the course a little bit differently—she separates the 10-week class into two fiveweek sections. The first half of the course focuses mainly on conflict. “The first [half] is just the study of conflict: conflict theory, how to analyze the anatomy of a conflict,” Clott said. “And then the last five weeks I go over conflict resolution: How does sympathy help? What role does forgiveness play? What’s the difference between settlement and transformative conflict resolution? What does this have to do with the areas of justice?” To conclude the class, Clott brings the idea of conflict resolution to the society level, and offers a brief lecture on how these skills can be applied to a larger environment.

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Sophomore economics major AJ Caleira, 20, named hanging out in his room and drinking tea and eating at the Roxy in downtown Portland. He also enjoys spending time with friends and wearing winter clothes. “I get to wear so many clothes that I actually like,” Caleira said. “I don’t like summer clothing very much.”

International studies freshman Marina Olekas, 18, works when she’s not in class. But when she’s not working she likes to go see movies or hockey games and spend time with her family. “I go to the Winterhawks games,” Olekas said. “I work all the time, so I don’t have much free time.”

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Senior history major Brian Bland, 30, said steelhead fishing is his favorite winter activity. “It’s fishing for steelhead, which is an oversized trout,” Bland said. “There’s a big run in the winter, so that’s probably my favorite winter activity to do.”

PSU Dining Lead Cashier Virginia Kinney, 60, named watching football as her favorite winter activity. She’s rooting for the San Francisco 49ers against the Baltimore Ravens in the upcoming Super Bowl. “I like to watch football,” Kinney said. “Those are both my favorite teams, but I’m rooting for the 49ers.”

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Aimee Clott is one of the professors teaching “Intro to Conflict Resolution.” Amanda Byron, another professor who teaches the course, is currently out of the country but offered her thoughts via email: “Many students think that they will come away with specific skills to resolve their interpersonal conflicts, but they leave with a much-expanded sense of the world, and a much more empowered sense of their own voice and agency within that world,” she said. Clott echoed this, explaining that she often sees students around campus after they’ve taken the course who tell her how much the class has affected their everyday lives. “They’ll be like, ‘Oh my gosh, that course changed my life. I’m still with my girlfriend,’ or ‘Oh, I tried the listening activity from last week with my girlfriend and it totally changed our whole dynamic,’” she said, adding, “I just laughed and said ‘I told

you it would change the way you think.’” Clott runs the class with the intention of educating her students about the possibilities conflict resolution can offer: “I feel like, yeah, it’s a discipline—but to me it’s also something I believe in as kind of a life ethic, if you will,” Clott said. “I tell my students it’s…another way of thinking and being and relating with each other.” Both Clott and Byron think the course is interesting and pertinent for all students. “Since everyone and everything in the world experiences conflict over time, the subject matter is inherently interesting and relevant to everyone,” Byron said. “Students have multiple opportunities to reflect on what is really important to them, and how they might become agents for change toward a better life, and even a better world.”

Students chime in on sustainability issues Solutions Generator projects seek undergrad input Andrew Morse Vanguard staff

While Portland State is known for making sustainability a part of its curriculum and the campus environment, do students have enough of a say in how sustainability is incorporated into their college experience? Several PSU student groups are hoping to up the ante. Solutions Generator, a program sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions, awarded funds to student activists for conducting a series of focus groups under the title “Sustainability and the Undergraduate Experience.” Five to eight such focus groups are slated to be conducted over the next couple of months, trimmed down from the original proposal of 10–20 groups. They are currently awaiting approval from the Human Subjects Research Review Committee. Will Wright, a senior majoring in community development and the project’s leader, said an early goal will be to learn where students are right now with campus sustainability. “[The project] is a chance to get a better understanding— a baseline—of how students experience sustainability and [to] ask what they want as students,” he said. According to a summary of the project on the ISS website, the project hopes to draw from PSU’s diverse student body. “[The] project will identify current levels of sustainability

literacy, areas where students see PSU’s sustainability efforts and areas where they feel interventions could be useful and effective,” according to the summary. Wright said he hopes to engage students at every step of the project. From participation in the focus groups, recruitment and note-taking to analyzing the collected data, students will be taking charge. At the end of spring term the group will compile its findings in a report presented to ISS. The project also includes a component for developing a “repeatable process” whereby student voices can continue to play an active role in the future. This will be in the form of a template to be submitted with the final report. Jane Carr, a doctoral student in public affairs and policy, said in an email: “I think the most important piece is helping our faculty and administrators understand better where students are in [regard to] their knowledge about and interest in sustainability. “Their job is both to respond to our educational needs and also push us beyond where we imagine it’s possible to go,” she continued. “To do this, they need good, solid data about where the student body stands.” Carr summarized the philosophy behind the project in terms of student initiative. “I think higher education pays way more attention to the particulars of what we know, rather than who we are as educated people. I see a need for more balance in terms of students having more educational experiences that help them map out who and how they want to be in the world,” she said. Wright and Carr are joined on this project by Laura Kutner, a PSU student pursuing a master’s degree in public

administration. All have experience working in sustainability, ranging from volunteering for the Peace Corps to natural resource management and participation in the Student Sustainability Leadership Council on campus. They had all worked together prior to creating the Solutions Generator team. Kutner specializes in academic sustainable development. “I hope to incorporate my passion for sustainable development into the focus groups, particularly in making sure that sustainability is understood and accessible to students from all different backgrounds and walks of life,” she said in an email. Carr’s focus is on leadership development. She wants to know if students would be interested in a curriculum that helps them become the kinds of leaders necessary to create a more sustainable society. Wright comes to the project with experience in group facilitation. That background helped inspire the focus groups. Wright explained that he prefers conversation over surveys, though the latter will be instrumental to the project as well. The idea of the focus groups is to create a polyphony of differing voices. Kutner said, “[The biggest challenge is] finding students to participate [who] exemplify the diversity of the student body here at PSU.” The group hopes to employ several recruitment tactics, including using email list-serves, approaching student groups, passing out flyers and employing word-of-mouth. They are offering incentives for participation in the form of small gift cards. Students who wish to become involved can contact Wright at wwright@pdx.edu.

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Music department’s piano tuner is self-taught, rebuilds and repairs pianos Lindley has been known to get already-great-sounding pianos sounding even better with every tuning session. That, he said, is because of perseverance. “I like to know why a piano is doing what it’s doing,” he said. “I don’t just tune and run.” Lindley explained that pianos are not tuned purely. A tuner allows a slight give in the purity of certain notes as he tunes up the octaves. This, according to Lindley, is the art of piano tuning—the real difficulty that might not click for some people. “In high school and college I was called upon to be

group tuner. It seemed to be so easy for me,” he recalled. “I could say, ‘That’s flat…sharp… that’s good.’” Other than some guidance from two piano tuners he befriended, Lindley is entirely self-taught. He also taught himself how to rebuild and repair pianos. Like all tuners, Lindley worries about his hearing. If he loses it, his work is done. So he wears earmuffs when he is in downtown Portland. “It decreases some of the ringing I have in my ears, and it helps keep my ears warm, too,” he said.

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Professor proposes MOOCs cluster Jaime Dunkle Vanguard staff

Massive open online courses are all the rage as society is propelled ever faster into the digital age. MOOCs aren’t new, but they are becoming increasingly popular among universities. Originally launched by Stanford University, institutions are still tweaking their individual MOOC systems. Some MOOCs have had thousands of students participating online from all over the world. “The whole thing is still in flux, as far as what it needs and how it works,” said Melanie Mitchell, a computer science professor at Portland State. Mitchell is offering her own computer science MOOC series on complex systems through the Santa Fe Institute. According to Mitchell, a strong science and math background isn’t necessary to enroll in the first course, “Introduction to Complexity,” which starts on Monday. “[A MOOC is a] course that’s open to anyone—it may be free or it may cost money,” Mitchell said. “The one I’m doing is free.” Mitchell recently submitted a proposal to reTHINK PSU, which awards money for innovations that advance the university and address current challenges in education. She hopes to partner PSU with the SFI program, and wants to start an undergraduate MOOC cluster series at PSU. She will know more about the administration’s response after spring term. Her current MOOC, available via SFI, will serve as a test bed. Mitchell also talked about the concept of flipped classrooms, in which lectures are viewed online before class and homework is done in class collaboratively between students and the instructor.

“The [flipped] class would be the most interactive,” Mitchell said. “That’s what I’m hoping to do with my classroom.” Marilyn Moody, PSU’s head librarian, will review proposals submitted to reTHINK PSU at the previous Winter Symposium. Deans and the academic leadership team will also be considering proposals. Students can offer opinions and comment on proposals at the reTHINK PSU webpage. “One of the things that stood out to me was that there are many different approaches,” Moody said. “I think the variety and application of proposals was really creative.” When it comes to MOOCs, Moody is focused on the ones that highlight PSU’s best qualities.

“I’m interested in seeing some of the proposals [for] the smaller MOOCs—the target MOOCs—that capitalize on what we here at PSU do best,” Moody said. “I think there is a lot of interest on campus in terms of the flipped classroom,” she added. ReTHINK PSU harvested more than 260 proposals, according to Victor Mena, director of academic affairs at PSU. He said his focus is on making it easier for students to come to PSU and lowering costs. “I think it would be a good idea to have a MOOCs cluster because it’s more convenient for [students] to take a course online,” Mena said. “It would give us a good idea [whether] students are going to like online courses, and to see if students [will] like hybrid classes.”

He warns against iPod earbuds and said he sees more young people than ever with hearing aids. “One kid I talked to said he listens to it all the way up. I said, ‘Doesn’t that hurt?’” The music department offers classes on musician wellness, which include information about hearing-loss prevention. Few in the music department know Lindley, and the students who play the pianos he tunes have probably never met him. Those select few who have met him, though, can attest to his kindness and his quiet demeanor. “He’s a very good one-onone person, if you know what I mean,” senior music major Travis Chapman said. “And he is very nice.” When he is needed on

campus, Lindley chooses to come from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. “The only visits I get are from custodians,” he laughed. “And a [public safety officer] who startled me once when I had sat down for a break and dozed off. He wanted to know who I was and what I was doing here.” Lindley said roaming the halls of PSU brings back memories of his college days in McMinnville. He thought he wanted to be a performer back then—though he can play the piano, his primary instrument is the trombone—but was steered toward teaching instead. Looking back, he said he might wish he had pursued performance, but he doesn’t think a performance degree is necessary. “If you’re going to perform,

you need to prepare yourself for it, just show yourself, do some auditioning and go for it.” Whereas a degree might be useful for teaching, performing is its own animal. Tuning obviously satisfies Lindley, but he never stopped playing trombone: He played in various symphonies for years, and now he plays and records his own music. “I like Chopin, the symphonies, gospel, and I like jazz a lot, though I don’t seem to have it [in] my bones to play it,” he joked. You might catch him playing private gigs in Centralia and Chehalis, Wash. It’s more likely, though, that you will never see him—that he will come and go unseen, one of the myriad people working under the radar to keep this university running.

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melanie Mitchell, a computer science professor, wants to offer a MOOCs course cluster at PSU.

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The Dead Deer at the bottom of the hill Grouper releases collection of b-sides to 2008 masterpiece Nicholas Kula Vanguard staff

Every city in America has its musical secrets— they’re known, but never spoken of. One of Portland’s is Grouper, a one-woman show that is much more accomplished than your average listener might think, especially if she or he isn’t in on the secret. The secret, for lack of a better term—because it deserves to be shared—is Liz Harris, who has been releasing records under the Grouper moniker for seven years. From such humble roots as the lowly CD-R, Harris now has exactly 20 releases under her belt, including this year’s b-side collection, The Man Who Died In His Boat. And while the releases have seen only slight growth from her, the all-too-familiar adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has special meaning to Harris. All the while, her act wasn’t “broke,” it was careening across the Internet and winding up on scads of top-10 lists year after year. In 2013, did Harris finally fix what wasn’t broken in the Grouper universe? The answer is, troublingly, yes. The machine is laid bare, and Harris’ proverbial tools are cluttering up the workspace, stripping screws that hold Grouper together, all while woefully neglecting its natural fluidity. Grouper’s wax has always been mostly electronic with acoustic guitar rippling through the noisy fog, but on recent full-lengths the instrumental balance is shifting. The results are what matters, though, and I am sad to report that Grouper’s songwriting ability has nearly died

along with the titular man in the boat. To be fair, the album is a collection of b-sides to the stellar 2008 LP Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill that were held off until now. To fans clamoring for new material, the record sounds frustrating. And the most frustrating aspect of this record is that there’s nothing smooth about the transition into full-on singer-songwriter jam sessions. Some tracks sound like new-old Grouper joints, while others sound like Jewel in an echo chamber. The album begins with a diving board jump into a placid lagoon of reverb waiting below—also known as any other Grouper record except for this one. The cut, simply titled “6,” features peaking microphone work and lush, powerful drones. Effectively, the cut starts at bargain-basement production value before hoisting a grappling hook to the upper echelon of studio work, bypassing all middle ground in the process. Everything in the album’s opener sounds suited for your old Sanyo boombox or a high-end McIntosh tube rig. Disappointingly, what should serve as an accelerant to Man Who Died’s ignition ends up being a fizzle and brief puff of sulphuric vapor. The next few tracks on the album all sound boring. I’m not sure there is any amount of flowery review-fodder that can spruce up that sentiment. Grouper’s old records, especially Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, managed to create dynamic rivers of tension inside reverberated drones, and ethereal electric pianos and stringed instruments. Man Who Died possesses none of these characteristics. Grouper’s prior work is primal, cerebral-cluttering madness that makes us question what we know to be music and structure. However, with this collection of b-sides, it sure gets back to basics: one person, one guitar, one microphone and one gigantic, empty room. In a way, this is as bare-bones as any musician can

get. But in Grouper’s case, it seems lazy, especially when the record is peppered with hints of what devout fans craved after Dead Deer, or even A I A, Grouper’s last, somewhat traditional, full-length/ double album. Tracks six through eight all sound like a good Grouper EP—if the rest of the tracks on Man Who Died were b-b-sides, able to be downloaded at the end if the user wished. Some tracks are nearly unbearable, with “Cloud in Places” arguably the laziest cut on the album. Others stick to this formula but aren’t completely P.U.-worthy, like the title track and the closer, “Living Room.” The titular song features a low, rumbling drone that overpowers the omnipresent acoustic strumming in a very pleasing way; the listener almost ends up rooting for the drone to emerge victorious over the trusty acoustic guitar. And the acoustic guitar in the title track is quite reconcilable, considering how it oozes under the door of the previous track, the immaculate “Vanishing Point.” The aforementioned track is easily one of the most chilling that Grouper has ever released: a rumbling drone jockeys for mastering space with a severely dilapidated electric piano steeped in delay. The cut is so jarring that the listener feels an impending sense of uneasiness: You want the track to be over because something just isn’t right—yet you know that when it is over, more Tegan and Sara outtakes are behind the exit door. Though I’m sure it isn’t the artist’s intention, it’s definitely the outcome. Thankfully, not every acoustic-heavy track is a chore to get through. The last track, “Living Room,” is easily the most inspired, mostly unplugged effort on Man Who Died and, coincidentally, the shortest. Harris’ melancholy drips from the cut and the playing is equally inspired.

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“Today, art is all but dead anyway,” according to Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer, the godfather of stop-motion animation who popularized claymation. The Portland Art Museum’s Northwest Film Center is presenting a retrospective of Svankmajer’s influential career that continues to run this weekend at the center’s Whitsell Auditorium. With nearly 50 years of filmmaking under his belt, Jan Svankmajer has influenced Hollywood bigwigs such as Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Terry Gilliam (Brazil). Undoubtedly, he would outwit, out-gross and out-macabre both of them. The center’s retrospective, titled “Jan Svankmajer: Conspirator of Pleasure” (the name is derived from his film Conspirators of Pleasure), features screenings of one collection of Svankmajer’s short films, three feature-length films and a feature-length vignette. “The NWFC has chosen to showcase Svankmajer’s work several times in the past,” said Jessica Lyness, the center’s marketing manager, in an email. “For this series, we had help from the Czech Center in New York and Irena Kovarova.” Svankmajer’s hyper-stylized films achieve surrealism by dissecting reality until the the vile yet innate nature of human experience is exposed like bone beneath flesh. No wonder he so often uses meat (Lunacy) and skeletal remains (Alice) to convey his visionary ethos. Every bit of every frame is deliberate and loaded with meaning. “Often I hear animators rattle him off as one of their inspirations and I expect in Portland, with our robust community of filmmakers and animators, that we’ll have great crowds for this show,” Lyness said. “For cinephiles and film

students his craftsmanship and story-telling are legendary.” Time does not exist linearly in any of his films; instead, time is explored in every direction. The past, present and future are difficult to distinguish, and no particular historical periods are referenced through the films’ costumes and settings. This relinquishment of time is especially prevalent in his films Faust and Lunacy: Characters ride in archaic carriages on a freeway with semitrucks (Lunacy) or perform antiquated plays in the secret passageway of a 20th-century Eastern European pub (Faust). Svankmajer’s sardonic sense of humor blurs the line between good and evil. The master raconteur has a talent for mutilating both until they’re violently juxtaposed, finalizing them in an indiscernible union. Likewise, the antagonist of most Svankmajer films eventually becomes the victim, until all roles are unrecognizable through a moral lens. Interestingly, the union of opposites was something author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe focused heavily on in his original Faust. By mocking human desperation, Svankmajer unveils the innately grotesque aspects of life as a spectacle to be analyzed, marveled and scoffed at. Such philosophical depth seems apparent in all of his films, but most so in Little Otik. “Little Otik is one of my favorite features,” Lyness said. Drawing inspiration from historical tales by Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe, Goethe, Franz Kafka, the Marquis de Sade and Czech folk tales, Svankmajer is a master storyteller. His films deliberately reflect the core of every aforementioned literary figure, refine the best of all and distill them into the mythological alchemical gold that is his oeuvre.

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May the best movie win: (From left) Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, Ben Affleck’s Argo and Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild are four of ten Best Picture nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards.

Grouper The Man Who Died In His Boat Kranky Records Out Feb. 4

man cajoled into entering a full theater-set designed for Dr. Faustus. He is catapulted into a haunting puppet show where the occult worlds of angels and demons are manifested onscreen via claymation and live action. Mephistopheles is hell bent on tempting the man playing Dr. Faustus away from redemption, and the man finds himself lost in a labyrinth of strange places unfettered by time’s restraints. In the end, he finds all options are futile.

Works of Jan Svankmajer now showing at Northwest Film Center Jaime Dunkle

The ending of the track (and, thus, the record) is very abrupt, almost as if Harris knows the exact moment to pull the plug and leave the tipping point unreached. It’s admirable that Harris chose to inject a human element into the normal sea of effects, but the problem is that she’s spent the bulk of her Grouper career crafting a cocktail of mystery and routine. There isn’t any room for these types of dramatic twists in the Grouper canon. Perhaps if this direction were hinted at well before her 20th release the listener wouldn’t become lost so quickly. I realize that Man Who Died is essentially an outtakes collection, but by trying to introduce a more human feel into the storyline, Man Who Died sounds like any number of coffee shop performers playing through a giant, coiled spring. And, trust me, Portland has enough of those.

Little Otik - Friday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

Czech Filmmaker Jan Svankmajer completes his fifth set of reps with his trusty Shake Weight.

Fantasy and reality smash together in the lives of a delusional couple plagued by sterility. Like most of his films, the opening scene confuses and disturbs by showing a baby weighed, wrapped in newspaper and then sold to a woman as if it were a choice cut of meat. Eventually the couple makes their own child by Svankmajer’s typically bizarre, occult-influenced storytelling and stop-motion claymation genius. If bringing a portion of tree trunk to life isn’t a metaphor for fertility, what in the world is?

Lunacy - Saturday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m./ Sunday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. A Satanic marquis invites a mentally fragile man, Jean, into his home. When Jean discovers the marquis’ true malevolent nature, he cannot bring himself to flee. Instead, he finds himself locked inside his worst nightmare—an asylum—without solace. However, the patients are not the victims any longer. (A friendly warning: Beware of explicit scenes and extreme blasphemy in Lunacy!)

Svankmajer uniquely combines stop-motion animation, live action, claymation and puppetry in his movies. His knack for special effects, animation and cinematography will surpass time. Sadly, the center’s run of Alice, one of the filmmaker’s finest films, is already over. “Alice had a good turnout,” Lyness said. “Lots of students attended, so maybe a whole new group of people are working away in their basements tonight trying to recreate animated puppets like Svankmajer did in his Lewis Carrol reimagining.”

Also showing: Conspirators of Pleasure

Must-sees

Tuesday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m./ Friday, Feb. 1, 9 p.m.

If you cannot catch the rest of Svankmajer’s catalogue, at least check out these three devilish gems.

Faust - Sunday, Jan. 27, 5 p.m. Heaven and hell are tearing apart an innocuous

Saturday, Jan. 26, 5 p.m./Sunday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m.

Svankmajer Shorts Surviving Life Sunday, Feb. 3, 4:30 p.m./Monday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m. Nothwest Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Ave. $9 general, $8 students

Oscars 101

A user-friendly guide to the 2013 Academy Awards Tess Anderson Vanguard Staff

Since 1929 the world of cinema has been celebrated and honored annually by a board of professionals known as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Every year, everybody who’s anybody makes their way down a red carpet wearing an extravagant gown or dapper suit with hopes of hoisting an Oscar. This year is no exception. Both big-budget Hollywood and lesserknown indie films will share in the glory on Feb. 24. The Best Picture list this year contains a wide assortment of movies of all genres, ranging from international to action to family to historical drama to fantasy. The Vanguard’s own Tess Anderson gives her two cents on this year’s nominations.

Best Picture breakdown Michael Haneke has a history of releasing psychologically traumatizing foreign films revolving around masochistic piano teachers, a family of hostages in a remote cabin or postWorld War I German children reminiscent of Children of the Corn. Though the premise of his Best Picture-nominated film Amour still revolves around death, it’s his attempt at a softer, more compassionate, less esoteric film. Amour is this year’s token foreign film that most people probably hadn’t seen or heard of until it made the Oscar list. The premise: Anne and Georges are octogenarians in love. The conflict of the story revolves around Anne having a stroke. Their daughter Eva is adamant about putting her in a nursing facility, while Georges has promised to keep her at home, regardless of how much it pains him to see the love of his life dying. Amour has been nominated for five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Emmanuelle Riva, who, at age 86,

is the oldest actress ever nominated in the category), Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Argo, directed by Ben Affleck, is based on true events of 1979, when members of the CIA posed as a movie crew in an attempt to rescue hostages from Iranian revolutionaries. Affleck thinks people will forget about his involvement in Gigli by directing movies involving law enforcement and really elaborate schemes (see: The Town, Gone Baby Gone). Sorry, Ben. An actor’s flops, regardless of whether or not he or she is now behind the camera, are never forgotten. The film is up for seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. My personal favorite for Best Supporting Actor this year is Argo’s Alan Arkin. His dry and sarcastic delivery is perfect for the jaded Hollywood producer he plays. In a perfect world he would share the award with costar John Goodman, long overlooked ever since his stint on Roseanne. This year’s indie best Picture nominee, Beasts of the Southern Wild, has proved to be the little film that could since it first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it took home the Best Dramatic Feature and Best Cinematography statuettes. While I think this beautifully made movie should win in the big leagues, it probably won’t; the little ones usually only receive the participation ribbon. The names attached to this movie were virtually unknown before its release, yet both the director, Benh Zeitlin, and the lead actress, Quvenzhane Wallis, have been nominated in their respective categories. At only 9 years old, Wallis is the youngest actress to ever be nominated for an Academy Award. Not only does this movie hold the youngestactress record, it also has the most intriguing description: “Faced with both her hot-tempered father’s fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, 6-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.”

Beasts has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Django Unchained is Quentin Tarantino’s fourth movie to be praised by the academy (in addition to Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds and Jackie Brown). Tarantino’s blood-spattered revenge story revolves around a slave-turnedbounty hunter (Jamie Foxx) whose mission in life is to rescue his wife from evil plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Fun fact: The film contains a scene in which Candie’s hand is bleeding—that would be DiCaprio’s actual blood. He was cut by a prop he was holding and managed not to break character. There are about 2,500 nerve receptors per square centimeter in the human hand, and a bunch of his were accidentally sliced. Leo didn’t even flinch. Personally, I find that pretty remarkable. Django is nominated for five awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Editing. Les Miserables, directed by Tom Hooper, is the first musical in cinematic history in which the actors performed their songs live on set rather than in a recording studio. The fact that the actors were actually able to act while delivering their songs powerfully draws the audience into the story. The book-turned-musical-turned-movie tells the tale of love, loss, toil and redemption in post-revolutionary France, where people magically speak with English accents. Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) once stole a loaf of bread and was stuck in prison for 19 years. Fantine (Anne Hathaway) is a factory worker who is fired and becomes a prostitute. These and other stories intertwine over a couple of decades, leaving even the most stoic of men in tears by the end. It’s been nominated for eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hugh Jackman), Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway), Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Song, Best Production Design and Best Sound Mixing. What’s more exciting than a shipwreck survival story? How about a shipwreck survival

story featuring a tiger? Wild animals make any story more exciting, right? Imagine Life of Pi as a CGI-dependent version of Castaway, except its Wilson could potentially kill Tom Hanks’s Indian boy counterpart. The main character recounts his life’s story, prefaced as “a story that would make [him] believe in God.” This movie is anything but a religious experience. It’s very pretty, and Ang Lee deserves props for creating a film that many directors had previously given up on, but it’s mostly fluff that ignores the more emotionally fulfilling bits of the actual story. It’s been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. Life of Pi is the only 3-D movie to be nominated for Best Picture. Steven Spielberg must have decided Honest Abe was better kept in the second dimension. Speaking of which, Spielberg’s latest historical masterpiece, Lincoln, was the second movie of 2012 with our 16th president as the main character. Before Spielberg’s opus, Abe hunted vampires in an alternate history on the silver screen. In the good version, however, the legendary Daniel Day-Lewis plays Abraham Lincoln during his struggle with slavery and the United States’ internal squabble over the 13th Amendment. Among others, Day-Lewis is up against Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor. While DayLewis is notorious for taking months to prepare for a role and has won two Oscars in the past, Phoenix may very well be the comeback kid this year for his first role in more than four years in The Master. He is “still here,” after all, lest we forget his short-lived “retirement” from motion pictures. Lincoln leads the nomination list with 12 nods: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Field), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Score, Best Production Design and Best Sound Mixing. At first glance, Silver Linings Playbook looks like a quirky romantic comedy with Step Up-style elements featuring Bradley Cooper as the neurotic hero and Jennifer Lawrence as the (also neurotic) seductress. See Oscars on page 8

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Double dip downtown Two former PSU students debut new albums at Jimmy Mak’s Mike Diallo Vanguard Staff

In any given week Portland is host to numerous concerts, its windows and walls perpetually advertising various shows around the city. It can get downright depressing to think of what you could be missing on those nights you have to skip seeing a favorite band or, even worse, forget to buy a ticket. It’s a luxury that we live in a city that welcomes great artists, but regional pride doesn’t only come from the talent a place can attract: It also comes from what’s created. In the case of Nicole Berke and Chance Hayden, two musicians and former Portland State students set to release debut albums this Friday at Jimmy Mak’s jazz club, it’s an example of the Northwest attracting and creating in the best of ways. Numerous tracks from Berke’s This Bright Before were penned during her travels, the initial one being a move from Boston to Portland. Hayden, on the other hand, has lived in the Northwest for most of his life and draws upon the region’s distinct flavor on his album, The Family Tree. Both Berke and Hayden are passionate musicians who rely on their unique experiences to shape the songs they write. The two find common ground in their ties to Portland, a city significant to each for different reasons. For Berke, Portland was an abrupt but ultimately rewarding move in September of 2009. Through a national student exchange program, she had the opportunity to finish a social psychology degree at PSU and try out life in a new city. “Once I got settled in Portland, it truly started to feel like my new home. I’m always missing my family and friends from Boston, but I can’t imagine being anywhere else,” Berke said in an email. “It’s an enormous privilege to be so close to the amazing natural beauty of the Northwest, and Portland has a love of community and an appreciation for the arts unlike any other city I’ve ever visited.” Berke’s affinity for Portland’s passionate art consumption most likely comes from her own musical values, which she applies to the craft of songwriting.

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Best Picture hopefuls and noteworthy snubs However, if Lost in Translation taught us anything, it’s that trailers can be deceiving: This movie actually plucks the heartstrings and addresses how a family deals with its issues and moves on from the past. History also demonstrates that movies dealing with family issues seldom take home the big prize: See The Descendants, The Kids Are All Right and Little Miss Sunshine. While this year’s movies are impressive and deal with important ideas, it would be a nice change of pace for a more relatable film to win, as opposed to one taking place in the 19th century (of which there are three). Silver Linings Playbook is the first film in Oscars history to be nominated for all four acting categories: Bradley Cooper for Best Actor, Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress, Robert De Niro for Best Supporting Actor and Jacki Weaver for Best Supporting Actress. The first half of the film shines with originality, but even though the second half succumbs to formula it’s still a good story and its nominations are warranted. Silver Linings Playbook has also been

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Former psu viks Nicole Berke and Chance Hayden have both found musical success after Portland State. They will both release albums this weekend at Jimmy Mak’s. “When writing a song, my main goal is to genuinely express a thought, experience or emotion on a scale that is universal enough for people to relate to but personal enough to sing with real passion and honesty,” Berke said. Passion is obviously a huge motivating factor for Berke, who started pursuing a career as a singer the second she realized it was a viable option. That decision led to weekly performances at Massachusetts’ Acton Jazz Cafe in her high school years, open mics and gigs in college, and touring with both Kiernan McMullan and John Craig after graduation. Her latest opportunity, a four-month residency playing with the Soulcasters at the Kerry Centre Hotel in Beijing, unquestionably

impacted Berke: The two songs written after her return (“Black Moon” and “Those Days”) embody the lessons learned during her time away from home. Hayden’s The Family Tree also mines recent experiences. Like his fellow headliner, he uses his tracks to focus on challenges in his life. “The personal experiences I’ve had over the past few years have given me a greater reason to write music and story-driven lyrics than I’ve had to date. These songs are all among my first serious, lyrical works, and though they’re not all autobiographical they all pertain to close friends and family,” Hayden said in an email. “The birth of my son Hollis and my relationship with his mother Shelly Rudolph (who sings on

nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (David O. Russell), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. Zero Dark Thirty is a military phrase referring to 12:30 a.m., or any time prior to sunrise. The film’s writer, Mark Boal, spent years researching, developing contacts and writing the script, and in May 2011, when Osama bin Laden was killed, the ending was written for him. The film is straight to the point—a specialty of Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)—and relatively objective and emotion-free (Jessica Chastain’s character doesn’t even have a last name), though it should definitely not be mistaken for dry or boring. It is here to make a political statement, and it places no blame on politicians. It simply relays the exhausting decade-long search leading up to the death of bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty has also been nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress (Jessica Chastain), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound Editing.

was nominated for nine Oscars, winning two for the second installment. But this year? No cinematography nod to Nolan’s partner in crime, Wally Pfister, not a technical nomination like sound mixing/editing in sight, no mention of its visual effects—yet The Hobbit’s computer-generated abomination makes the list. Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Directing (The Hurt Locker). While she continues her trend of making successful and interesting military films, she did not receive a Best Directing nomination for Zero Dark Thirty. Ben Affleck was another deserving director to not garner a nomination, though Argo— which he both directed and starred in—is up for Best Picture. Looper was one of the most talked-about movies of the year, in my experience. It offered a thoughtful, intricate and unique story with believable time-travel elements, yet it went completely unnoticed by the academy this year. There are constant complaints that stories coming out of Hollywood these days are nothing but recycled plots, typecast actors and remakes. The academy is partially to blame: The well-done, original stories that do make it to the screen are frequently overlooked.

Statuette snubs One of the most disappointing absences on this year’s nomination list was The Dark Knight Rises. Between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise

the album) have been a chief inspiration. Her continuous support, along with that of the rest of my extended family, has made the album a reality.” While Hayden writes the lyrics, other musicians in the community sing his words, giving him more tools to convey his vision. “In the past I’ve written and performed instrumental works more within the jazz realm, but only in recent years have I begun seriously writing lyrics in the songwriter’s sense,” Hayden said. This is how some of the album’s songs began while others started merely with the notion of a certain type of groove, set of chord changes or as an instrumental melody, as is the case with [The Family Tree’s] ‘Fathers Day.’ “Based on the styling I sought for these songs, I was humbled by knowing that I wasn’t in a place to sing them how I was hearing them,” Hayden said. “At first it feels a little strange to have someone else sing your lyrics, essentially telling your stories, but I knew I could rest easy for The Family Tree with the voice of good friend Redray Frazier.” Before his solo career, Hayden accompanied and collaborated with a number of musicians around Portland during his time at PSU and after graduation, where he was given an early dose of the supportive music scene the city offers. “I got so much during my time at PSU, and the rewards continue to extend themselves. My formal education [in] music and the ability to actively listen to music and perform with others has been completely invaluable,” Hayden said. “These things all continue to grow as I share musical experiences with colleagues and students alike.” Now, both Hayden and Berke have put out albums that define each’s present moment, displaying the kind of artistic passion this city appreciates so well. “In my mind, Portland’s music scene is a truly generous and giving community,” Hayden said. “If you put some goodness in, you’ll get some back.”

Nicole Berke and Chance Hayden CD Release Event Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 7 p.m. doors/8 p.m. show Jimmy Mak’s 221 NW 10th Ave. Tickets: $15 reserved seating (dinner reservations required) $10 day of sale Tickets at tickettomato.com

Note that only three of the nine movies up for Best Picture are wholly original, with the other six being based on a book, news story or musical. Skyfall was nominated for five Oscars this year, four of which deal with sound, the other for cinematography. It’s a bit disappointing, though, that it wasn’t recognized for anything more substantial. A Best Picture nomination would have made the greatest golden anniversary present for Mr. Bond. It’s a Bond movie, yes, but it’s also a Sam Mendes movie (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road ) starring Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench (six Oscar nominations, win for Shakespeare in Love), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort, Schindler’s List) and Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men, Biutiful ). I would think at least one of those factors would be good enough but, no, Adele will do. The 85th Academy Awards ceremony premieres on Sunday, Feb. 24 on ABC. The red carpet ceremony starts at 4 p.m. and showcases celebrities and their attire as well as interviews with filmmakers. The actual awards ceremony begins at 5 p.m. There will be a live feed of the event on the official Oscars website. And, since it’s 2013, there’s also an Oscars app available on iTunes and oscars.go.com.

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Great art for a great cause Buckman Elementary combines art world and community Tess Anderson Vanguard Staff

Once a year for more than 20 years, the Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School has provided the greater Portland area with a venue to view and purchase original, unique and modestly priced artwork at its annual show, the Buckman Art Show and Sell, which takes place next Friday and Saturday at the school. It’s an opportunity to beautify and benefit at the same time. The show has continued to grow over the last two decades, and this year’s event takes the cake, with more than 140 artists from all over the Pacific Northwest showing off their work. While many of these pieces would normally sell for much more, the school and the artists work together to allow artists to sell more pieces at lower prices, splitting the profits with the school to help fund its art program. The show premiered in 1990 with approximately a dozen local artists volunteering to sell their art at reduced prices to buy art supplies for the school. The first show raised about $400. To this day it

continues to be organized by devoted parents and faculty members. Buckman was dubbed Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School in 1989, and the school’s goals were reestablished as well. The school, the administration and the parents made it their duty to promote and teach appreciation of art in every shape and form. Karen Stein, an employee in Portland State’s Department of Architecture and the public relations head for the event, is a volunteer for the fair because “the event is such a wonderful reflection of the Buckman community and the Portland arts scene,” she said. Music, traditional art and creative movement are integrated into Buckman’s curriculum. Students dabble in all of them at some point in their academic career there, creating a deeper school involvement rather than just an interest-specific community. Speaking from experience, regardless of whether it’s at an elementary school, a museum or someone’s living room, every art show is different and offers something unique. This art show is no exception. The Buckman event offers a sparkling lineup that showcases an array of creativity. Artists will be offering kiln-blown glass, wood crafts, photography, jewelry, ceramic-crafted monsters, textiles, illustrations, books and everything in between. Every type of creative outlet is fostered here.

Smart Art: The proceeds from the art “Show and Sell” will help fund The Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School.

Art Show Attendees from a recent Buckman Arts Fair mill about, perusing the hand-crafted wares. PSU is also well represented. Clive Knights, chair of the architecture department, will be selling his mixed-media collages and monotype prints. English department faculty member Dan DeWeese will be selling copies of his novels. Knights and DeWeese demonstrate just how diverse a collection of art the Buckman show features and what attendees can expect. “I love the variety of artwork, the colors, the enthusiasm and talent of the artists, the smiles [on] people’s faces as they discover artwork that they love,” Stein said. Many of the artists and craftspeople get involved because of their interest in supporting arts education. “There is no more important dimension to a child’s education than the experience of creativity through making and/or performing,” Knights said. “The Buckman art sale reminds everybody of that.” This art “show and sell” event is more than just a lively discount art museum, though; there will also be live music performances. Portland’s very own Little Sue will be working her softrock microphone magic, as will the all-female saxophone quartet The Quadrophonnes, the Balkan folk ensemble Trio Tsuica, the Buckman chorus and the Buckman Marimba Ensemble. Are you in the market for some art and have children? Not only do kids under the age of 4 get in for free, there’s also a play area to keep them

entertained. They can enjoy hands-on crafting and unique art creation, all while being supervised to ensure budding artists stay safe and out of trouble. Children under 3 can craft as well, but must have their own supervisor. No need to worry about being served cafeteria food here: Local food carts will be catering the event. Taco Pedaler, Bro-dogs, Cool City Kettle Corn, Emoo Coffee and other such delicious food vendors will be there. In Southeast Portland sits an elementary school with the hope of teaching its students to appreciate and embrace art in every aspect— while also dispelling the stuffy reputation that art often gets. “[The show] is utterly free of any pretentiousness,” Knight said. At the Buckman Art Show and Sell, people can purchase amazing pieces of art made in the Northwest, help a wide variety of artists and fund a school’s art programs.

Buckman Art Show and Sell Friday, Feb. 1, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., $5 general admission Saturday, Feb. 2, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School 320 SE 16th Ave. $2 suggested donation Children 4 and under free

A new way Forward Sam Norich to lecture at Oregon Jewish Museum Tristan Cooper Vanguard Staff

When it comes to the pantheon of today’s most recognizable superheroes, the vast majority can be traced back to Jewish-American roots. Heroes ranging from Superman, Batman and Captain America to Thor, the Incredible Hulk and the Fantastic Four were all conceived by Jewish creators. From Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, there’s no mistaking the impact these men have had on popular culture. But there’s something missing from that picture: women. Though the history of comics is littered with notable Jewish men, Jewish women have spent decades in the industry without a fraction of the recognition

received by their male counterparts. The Oregon Jewish Museum is currently hosting an exhibit that seeks to rectify this disparity. “Graphic Details” features the artwork of more than 20 female Jewish comics creators, with a focus on their own lives as they tell it. The exhibit runs through Feb. 17. “[‘Graphic Details’] is in contrast to more common-knowledge ideas of what people, particularly young people, think of when they think of comic books,” said Sandra Preston, project coordinator for the National Council of Jewish Women. “The contribution of female graphic artists really hasn’t been highlighted.” In addition, president and CEO of national Jewish newspaper The Forward Sam Norich will give a lecture Feb. 3 titled “Comics, Journalism and Society,” as part of the museum’s ongoing exhibition. “[Norich’s] topic is going to explore the way, just as graphic artists use marginality as a source of what they express through their work, similarly, the role of the journalist—and the role of Jews in society in some

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Comic Strip: This photo, taken last November, shows some of the female graphic art on display as part of the Oregon Jewish Museum’s “Graphic Details” exhibit. sense, too—comes from being on the margins, reporting on things that they observe from the sidelines,” said Bob Goldfarb, director of marketing and audience development at The Forward. Norich’s lecture will also include a light brunch.

The Oregon Jewish Museum presents “Comics, Journalism and Society,” a lecture by Sam Norich Sunday, Feb. 3, 11 a.m. Oregon Jewish Museum 1953 NW Kearney St. $10 general admission, $8 members

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Take back the night Get involved with annual event A Woman’s Right Shilpa Esther Trivedi

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Bringing back the hope Obama’s inaugural address a recommitment to progress That’s What’s the Matter Kevin Rackham

hings are looking up, and now it’s time to move ahead. Or at least, that’s what you would have gathered from President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. The contrast between his address four years ago and the one he made on Monday is stark. His first inaugural address focused on assuring us that we would get on the road to recovery, but it wouldn’t be easy. He talked about energy reform, strengthening the economy and expanding health care, but he made it clear that we were going to have to brace ourselves and work together.

He actually sounded like a progressive for the first time in years.

Obama’s first address was harsher, but the tone of his second address made it sound like we were in the clear. He said that the economy is recovering, the war is over and it’s time to take action and enact reform. Where his first speech focused on recovery, Obama now talked about growth and progress. It was everything I’d been hoping for the past four years.

He actually sounded like a progressive for the first time in years. He talked about gay rights, gender equality, allowing illegal immigrants to work, climate change and rewriting the tax code. It was a breath of fresh air after the more subdued Obama of election season. More importantly, it went back to the roots of what he originally ran on: hope. It was encouraging to know that the president thought the worst was over and that he wanted to focus on progress and reform. I’m not sure I agree with him that the economy has recovered, but this new focus on progress is inspiring and more than welcome. Comparing the two speeches was still interesting; we certainly haven’t come as far as we might have. Toward the end of the first inaugural address Obama said, “We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.” Boy, did that not work out. We haven’t made significant gains on renewable energy since 2009. There are lots of new projects here and there, but our use of fossil fuels has increased overall. There hasn’t been any kind of nationwide commitment to using more renewable energies. Our education system hasn’t improved dramatically, either. We might have better test scores, but college is still a huge source of debt and K–12 public education is still massively underfunded.

As much as I love Obama’s optimism and return to progressivism, the recovery process is simply not over. He talked about improving things as if they were already good, but that’s still not the case. We’ve come a long ways, but we have a long ways left.

I have faith that the reforms we need are truly going to be priorities.

Despite that, I love Obama’s new focus. During his previous term some important social issues went unaddressed in the face of our crappy economy, and it sounds like they’re finally getting the attention they deserve. I’ve always hoped that Obama would be more courageous and willing to tackle these issues in his second term (when a desire for reelection wasn’t holding him back). If his inaugural address is a gauge of the next term, my wish is going to come true. I feel pretty good going into 2013 and Obama’s second term. I have hope that our nation will benefit from a president who doesn’t have to worry so much about his approval rating. I have faith that the reforms we need are truly going to be priorities, and the last four years of work the president put in will result in the kind of change we were promised in 2008.

exual assault is a major societal problem that impacts all genders and ages. It’s a focus of concern on most college campuses, and statistics about the preponderance of sexual assault on college campuses abound, including here in Portland and on the Portland State campus. However, because of multiple barriers to reporting—and reasons a survivor may choose not to report—it’s likely that most of the statistics are actually too low. In fact, sexual assault and rape are the most underreported crimes in this country, and less than half of sexual assaults that occur are ever reported, according to the Women’s Crisis Line Handbook. The WCL handbook also notes other astounding details: The data we do have from reported assaults suggests that 25 percent of women will be raped during their college careers, that every 2.5 minutes someone over the age of 12 in the United States is assaulted, and that one in five women and one in 33 men have experienced an attempted rape. While many people are actively pursuing ways to diminish this problem, preventing sexual assault and supporting survivors is a very complex process, a fact that concerns many at PSU. Luckily there are ways to raise awareness about these issues, to work to end sexual violence and to be an ally to survivors. One of those ways is fast approaching, and I highly recommend anyone concerned about the impact of sexual violence become involved with it. Bike Back The Night/Take Back The Night is an annual event that takes place on campus and is cosponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and the WCL. The event seeks to raise awareness about the impact of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in our community, as well as provide a space for survivors to speak out. Start now: There are plenty of ways for students to become involved with this year’s BBTN/TBTN. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the BBTN/TBTN will take place Thursday, April 25, from 6–8 p.m. Want to help make a difference? Visit facebook.com/ PSUTBTN. Stop by the WRC or email Cochair Erin Danielson at bbtn.tbtn@gmail.com. This year the theme of PSU’s BBTN/TBTN centers on the issue of Military Sexual Trauma—an important issue both on and outside of campus. It

addresses sexual harassment or assault experienced by men and women serving in the U.S. military and encompasses any nonconsensual sexual activity. In the military, a serviceman or -woman may feel pressure to not refuse unwanted sexual advances as a result of longstanding hierarchical structures. About 13.5 percent of all rapes and sexual assaults that occur within the military are reported, according to estimates by the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Team. The military indicated that the number of reported rapes of service members in 2011 was 471, but that number is likely too low. Because more men serve than do women, there are a number of male MST survivors. While BBTN/TBTN exists as a safe space for all survivors and those who wish to support survivors, this year’s theme will bring greater awareness to MST. MST has recently been on the reproductive health care community’s radar because of attempts to block an amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, which helps servicewomen who are raped obtain access to abortion. Currently the amendment has bipartisan support in the Senate and was approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee, but House GOP members are likely to block it. In June, Jezebel reported that an estimated several-hundred

women serving in the military become pregnant as a result of rape each year. Currently, Congress forbids these women to pay out-of-pocket for an abortion in military health centers unless they can prove rape, incest or life endangerment. There have even been cases of servicewomen having significant career problems (including going to jail) when they chose to stay pregnant. Since many of our military serve overseas, often in places where obtaining an abortion is costly, time consuming and difficult (for that matter, it’s becoming near impossible to obtain an abortion in some states in the U.S.), denying basic reproductive health care to overseas servicewomen who have become pregnant as a result of a sexual assault is reprehensible. State Department employees currently have more rights and abortion access. As it stands now, only when the servicewoman can prove her life is in danger will the Pentagon provide abortion coverage, according to Mother Jones. It’s absurd that some GOP members don’t trust women who choose to serve this country to make their own health care decisions. Everyone should be doing everything they can to prevent sexual assault in whatever form it takes. And this starts within our own community. There are many avenues to become involved with sexual assault prevention at PSU, now and through spring term. PSU is home to a number of groups on campus that are actively working on these issues. Be concerned and make a difference. Seek them out.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Erick Bengel EDITOR@PSUVANGUARD.COM 503-725-5691

Oh the horror, the shame! The sad but inevitable demise of the college student’s ego What the ‽ Meredith Meier, Opinion Editor

his is how it began: Two months after my high school graduation I was on my way to Iowa, my boyfriend’s car full to the gunwales with our absolutemust-have possessions and essential going-off-to-college stuff. It was 1997, I’d just turned 18, and I’d been counting down (14,658 minutes exactly) to my vitally important escape from the prosaic and stale homogeneity that was life in Reno, Nev. I knew my shit. Hell, I knew everything. And my ego, purring with contentedness, couldn’t wait to establish its indomitable position as The Greatest and Most Authoritative Ego In All the Land. This was my time to show off my mad skills: an incomparable knowledge of essay writing, literature, chemical compounds, music and whatever else contributed to my inherent ability to accomplish any task with unmitigated success. Naive, I know, and I was irrefutably unprepared for the fallout that came with my erroneously self-ascribed sense of prestige. I’ve retrospectively justified my obtuse and idiotic mindset: I had horrible high school teachers; my friends withheld the real truth; no one bothered to correct me; blah blah, but it doesn’t change the results. I didn’t know a damn

thing. And my precious, precious ego? Demoted to “there’s nothing superior about you” status. It was one hell of a kick to the solar plexus. I wasn’t alone in falling on my ass. A classmate who’d been on the statewide, all-star varsity soccer team in highschool didn’t make the college squad because she wasn’t talented enough. The douchebag know-it-all who lived across the hall lost every debate before quitting the club. The snooty and prissy principessa in “Intro to Literary Theory” (she wouldn’t condescend to speak up in class because she felt her classmates deserved the chance to accept the truth as she knew it), flunked the class because she thought her final essay didn’t require revision. Even the I-do-everything overachiever (e.g., Tracy in Election), fell from first-chair violin to third-row, no-onewill-see-me play. Everyone I knew felt the burn of shattered illusions. We discovered our true rank: plebeian. And it will happen to you. It doesn’t matter how humble you are or how little vanity you possess, whatever pedestal you stand on will crumble to microfibers, finally revealed as an architecturally flawed, duct-taped cardboard soapbox.

Think that everything you say, write, do or create is infallible? Perfect? Pristine and above criticism or constructive revision? Wrong. And before you start shouting from the mountaintop that so-andso botched everything, make damn well sure that your reasoning is accurate and based on concrete evidence. Have the facts in hand, along with multiple sources to corroborate your opinions. Look around and get a good glimpse of your peers; I promise you’ll find that you weren’t the first person to have a flawless piece of writing rejected for publication. Eventually you’ll see what I’ve seen time and time again: The inevitable demise of the nonpareil—the inflexible and narcissistic college-student ego. The real world will gut you, make pate of your bones and lay you flat. Trust me; it happened to many of my college peers. And to me, of course. So here’s a piece of unsolicited advice: You don’t know half of what you think you know, and most of what you do know is but a fraction of what you should know. Don’t just react when someone says you “got it wrong”; take the time to do the research and have a sophisticated conversation on the issue. Be cautious and don’t become a victim of your own inflated, overheated ego. Get over yourself and get used to the idea that you’ll make mistakes. Own up to them and move on. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Portugal the Man, Radiation City and more. Tickets are $17 at the door and $13 in advance. For more information visit mcmenamins.com/425-crystalballroom-home.

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. SHAUN SPEAKS! “When all you have is a gun, everything looks like a target” Vol. 67 No. 29 (In response to Nathan D., Jan. 15) I fail to see how the Oregon Live article in any way refutes the above essay. Reading the article, I learned that Nick Meli, despite being armed with a gun, and trained to use it properly, was unable to stop a shooting melee happening right before his eyes. Isn’t this just one more example of how extra guns fail to make us safer? (In response to Sumbuddys Grandmother, Jan. 15) It’s very easy to dismiss perpetrators of gun violence as mentally ill. But what do we mean when we say “mentally ill”? Obviously, in retrospect, after a person has committed a heinous act, it’s easy to look back and see the warning signs, but those same warning signs are often present in persons who never suffer a fully psychotic break. The fact that these episodes continue to surprise us points to the difficulty in guessing, before the act, who is going to commit a crime. Dividing society into “good guys and bad guys” skips over the fact that until these atrocities happen the people who commit them are just people. Does it enhance

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our freedom to grant to authorities the right to decide who among us qualifies as a “good guy”? I think that’s terrifying. The angry responses to this article should remind us all that EACH OF US HAS OUR OWN POINT OF VIEW. These shootings happen in part because EVERYONE thinks THEY are the good guy.

Voice Area Scholarship Auditions 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Lincoln Hall, room 337 1620 SW Park Ave.

Those looking for scholarships based on vocal musical ability are invited to audition in Lincoln Hall.

(In response to Joe, Jan. 15) The 2nd amendment may indeed have been drafted with the intent of providing citizens with the power to maintain arms for purpose of overthrowing a potentially corrupt government. Of course, the government at that time didn’t have an air force. Or armored humvees. Do you really think assault rifles represent a significant check upon the government power? If we really want a 2nd amendment to protect our right to challenge the government, than we’re going to need a citizenry that is MUCH better armed. We’re going to need surface to air missiles, rocket launchers, and more than a few tanks. While we’re at it, air support would help too. And why is it that only the fed has a nuclear arsenal? Shouldn’t each state have its own? Alternatively, to maintain our 2nd amendment rights, what we need to do is disarm the federal government, removing any of their weaponry that impairs our right to citizen revolt. So, if an AR-15 won’t protect us from our government: why do we have them?

Sunday, Jan. 27

Hungover Brunch 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Swift Lounge 1932 NE Broadway © Chris Hornbecker/ifc

Free show! Enjoy locally crafted drinks while viewing the locally inspired comedy ‘Portlandia’ at Bagdad’s Back Stage Bar on Friday, Jan. 25, at 10 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 24

Art and Nonviolent Resistance in Syria 6:30 p.m. Smith Memorial Student Union, room 296/298 1825 SW Broadway

Head to the Smith Memorial Student Union for a screening of The Suffering Grasses, a film about violence in Syria and methods of nonviolent resistance developed to counter it. This will be followed by a discussion featuring hip-hop artist Omar Offendum, PSU faculty member Taghrid Khuri and Rotary Fellow Steve Nakana. The event will conclude with a FREE hip-hop performance.

Noon–12:30 p.m. PSU Bike Hub 1818 SW Sixth Ave.

Bring your bike to this free workshop, where you can learn how to fix a flat tire on your specific ride. FREE

Resource Center for Students with Children Open House 2–4 p.m. Smith Memorial Student Union, suite 462 1825 SW Broadway

Polaris Dance Theatre Presents: Snowman and the Red Thread

The Resource Center for Students with Children would like to invite you to a free open house where you can meet staff, browse their lending library and see the office and family resource room. Free books and refreshments will be provided and there will be a raffle. Children are welcome to attend with their FREE parents.

7:30 p.m. Lincoln Hall 1620 SW Park Ave.

Staged Reading of Comedy of Sorrows

Members of the Polaris Dance Theatre come together in a collaborative effort with students at Portland State to bring to life a story that takes the audience on a journey through multiple fantastical worlds. Enjoy beautiful dancing combined with an original live score by Portland pianist Michael Allen Harrison. For more information and ticket pricing visit app.ticketturtle.com/index. php?show=%2832207%29.

Friday, Jan. 25

Food, Faith and Fraud in Two “Cult” Restaurants Noon Neuberger Hall, room 407 724 SW Harrison St.

Marion Goldman, scholar in residence at the Portland Center for Public Humanities, will give a talk on restaurants run by New Age religion and the conflicts that arise when attempting to draw a line between dedication and exploitation. Register for the event by emailing publichumanities@pdx.edu. FREE Suraj Nair/VANGUARD STAFf

Friday Flat Fix Clinic

7:30 p.m. Lincoln Hall, room 115 1620 SW Park Ave.

The Department of Theatre and Film presents a staged reading of Comedy of Sorrows by Ibrahim El-Husseini, a piece written in response to the revolution in Egypt about a young, educated woman learning how much she does not know about her own country through various social encounters. FREE

Portlandia Screening 10 p.m. Bagdad’s Back Stage Bar 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

If you are 21+ you are welcome to the Back Stage Bar to watch a free screening of IFC’s Portlandia, a show set in a fantastical world all based around the city of Portland. FREE 21+

School of Rock Presents: Best of Portland 2 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Crystal Ballroom 1332 W Burnside St.

Portland’s School of Rock presents a showcase of local teens playing with members of Red Fang, Typhoon,

If you have had a rough weekend Swift Lounge has the cure, with a specialized menu designed for rejuvenation every Saturday and Sunday. This brunch is always 21+ and the only cost is the price of food. 21+

Tuesday, Jan. 29

Five Week Advanced Class Series: Brakes Noon–1 p.m. PSU Bike Hub 1818 SW Sixth Ave.

The PSU Bike Hub offers the second class in a five week series on understanding your bike and how

to make repairs on it. This installment focuses on brakes. Class is free for Bike Hub members and $25 for nonmembers. For more information visit the PSU Bike Hub webpage at pdx.edu/bikehub/home.

Wednesday, Jan. 30

St. Mary’s Academy Student Doc Fest 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. films Bagdad Theater 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

St. Mary’s Academy started their filmmaking class small, and it has since grown into a larger program with the goal of introducing girls at a younger age to the idea of lending their skills and voice to the currently male-dominated film industry. Come to the Bagdad Theater for a chance to view some of the work these students have produced. FREE

Thursday, Jan. 31

2013 Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference 8 a.m. Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway

Portland State will host a conference geared toward sharing information about how sustainability research and practice can benefit higher education programs in Oregon. This conference is open to students, staff and faculty in the area of sustainability. For more information and registration visit ohesc.org.

ETC.

Veterans Game Night 5:30–7 p.m. Women’s Resource Center 1802 SW 10th Ave.

Women veterans and allies are invited to the Women’s Resource Center for a game night complete with free snacks and plenty of fun aimed at building a solid community FREE on campus.

The Forward in the Age of Facebook: The Story of a Jewish Newspaper 7 p.m. Smith Memorial Student Union, room 296 1825 SW Broadway

Guest speaker Samuel Norisch, publisher of The Forward, will be at Portland State to talk about the realities of running a newspaper in the Internet age. FREE

White Bird Dance Presents: Compagnie Marie Chouinard 8 p.m. Lincoln Hall 1620 SW Park Ave.

In celebration of the centennial of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps, dance company Marie Chouinard brings the classic work back to the stage with stunning, provocative performance and costumes. For more information and to purchase tickets visit whitebird.org/ compagnie-marie-chouinard.

= on PSU campus FREE = free of charge = open to the public 21+ = 21 and over

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EDITOR: MARCO ESPAñA SPORTS@PSUVANGUARD.COM 503-725-4538

Basement Notes: Pacquiao-Marquez A look back at 2012’s fight of the year

Blazers proving themselves

rip city: J.J. Hickson has been a solid addition to the Trail Blazers roster this season, averaging more than 12 points and nearly 11 rebounds per game.

Young roster making a name this season Matt Deems Vanguard Staff

The Portland Trail Blazers have managed to turn what was considered a lost year into a suddenly very promising campaign. Before their recent losing skid, the team was holding steady with a winning record and was firmly situated in the Western Conference playoff standings. The Blazers have been moving gradually up the power rankings and have posted wins this season against the Miami Heat, the Denver Nuggets and the San Antonio Spurs. Many attribute Portland’s success to rookie point guard Damian Lillard, who was the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for both November

parting shot: Eight-division champion and future Hall of Famer Manny Paquiao lays prone on the canvas after being knocked out cold by Juan Manuel Marquez during their fourth bout in December.

Marco España Vanguard staff

By the time they stepped into the ring on Dec. 8 last year, episode four of the ongoing dialogue between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez seemed to be the only logical option for either fighter. Both were close to the end of their careers but still near the pinnacle of their capabilities. Pacquiao, the eight-division legend in the process of transitioning into politics full-time, was coming off his first loss in seven years after a laughable decision went to Timothy Bradley the previous June, and Marquez, just a few months shy of 40 and getting steadily better over the past decade, finally appeared to be settling in at the welterweight limit where Pacquiao has resided since 2008. Pacquiao-Marquez had been sold before, in three equally electrifying (and equally frustrating) editions—savagely poetic standoffs stretched over eight years that delivered on the hype every time, even if the results they produced failed to inspire clear majority support. Pacquiao had somehow come out of the series without a loss on his record, being awarded two agonizingly close decisions to go along with a draw. All three bouts had the unsettling look of a draw, however, and both fighters arrived in Las Vegas looking to find some closure through 12 more rounds together. For the most part, fans had politely declined—after all, this wasn’t the fight that was supposed to happen. But with the negotiations for a bout between Pacquiao and long-time pound-for-pound contemporary Floyd Mayweather reaching new levels of absurdity while going absolutely nowhere, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum ultimately opted for another appointment with Marquez. A promoter doesn’t need a nation of fans to make money in boxing, only enough to fill the seats on fight night in Vegas and a million or so more to purchase the event at home. Any other figures become irrelevant. And, as expected, the event itself was an unqualified success—the MGM Grand Arena, which hosts the bulk of the high-profile bouts staged in the U.S., quickly sold out, and about 1.15 million households shelled out 70 bucks for the pay-per-view broadcast. But the message,

as always, was clear: Pacquiao-Marquez IV would be yet another wildly lucrative night for a sport that was destined for the farthest corners of the next morning’s sports page, a compulsory footnote in a discussion that boxing has shown very little interest in joining. After a tentative opening round, the fighters got right to work in the second, trading sharp combinations throughout. Pacquiao began to make the most of the handful of opportunities Marquez provided him, and was on his way to winning the third when Marquez connected with a sweeping overhand right that dropped Pacquiao for the first time in the series. The Filipino congressman took a quick bounce backward and down onto the canvas, immediately hopped back onto his feet and then staggered, groping with his left hand to find the ropes. For a moment it wasn’t certain whether he would beat the count. Pacquiao got both legs under him just in time and shifted his weight in the direction of referee Kenny Bayless, and after a brief conference was able to convince Bayless that he had the steam to continue and was of sufficiently sound mind to do so. He spent the remainder of the round sliding laterally, struggling to get his wind back without taking any more damage. Pacquiao managed to clear the fog in time for the start of the fourth, a tense round in which each fighter labored to establish an advantage, then came out for the fifth with new life. Midway through the round, Marquez got caught with a straight left that buckled his knees and forced the four-division champion to touch his glove to the canvas. The knockdown was the fifth scored by Pacquiao in the series, giving him a welcome boost on the scorecards, and though Marquez answered right away with a hard right, Pacquiao hurt him with a right hand of his own and Marquez went to his corner shaken up and bleeding badly from the nose. The sixth round started out much the same as Pacquiao pounced on Marquez at the bell and landed a succession of vicious shots to try and close the show, and though Marquez held his ground, it was beginning to look as though it would take everything he had just to make it through to the seventh. As the round neared its conclusion, Pacquiao moved in for the kill but let his guard drop just enough on the way, and with one second remaining in the round Marquez leaned in and put all his weight behind a straight

right hand that was still gaining speed when it crashed into Pacquiao’s face. Marquez’s momentum carried him forward after the shot as he dropped his arm and left Pacquiao, who was asleep before he hit the canvas, falling in the opposite direction. Pacquiao thumped down face-first in front of a stunned ringside audience, and it took a moment for them to come to the realization that he would not be getting up. Marquez reacted in much the same way, looking back at Pacquiao with an almost reflexive disbelief as he leapt in the direction of a neutral corner, hesitating slightly while he processed the scene and then running up the nearest ring post to climb onto the ropes and raise his hands before a delirious wall of noise. Almost a full minute passed before Pacquiao regained consciousness, and a few more before he was able to stand and support his own weight. After being examined by doctors, he dragged himself over to Larry Merchant’s microphone and put together a dozen dazed but gracious sentences reiterating his respect for his opponent, assuring the thoroughly giddy crowd that he was open to make a deal for a fifth fight. And with that, Marquez rewrote the entire history of his rivalry with the greatest fighter of the last 20 years, making a last-minute case for himself as perhaps the best to come out of a generation that included Pacquiao and future Hall of Fame formalities Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera. More importantly, though, he dealt what should be the final blow to the notion of a so-logical-it-never-had-a-chance showdown between Pacquiao and Mayweather. In an instant, a fifth meeting with Marquez became Pacquiao’s only real option outside of retirement, except that now he’ll be going into what looks to be a September bout after suffering the sort of knockout that fighters don’t come back from easily, if they come back at all. Marquez, meanwhile, is headed for the biggest payday of his career and a chance to solidify his shocking coup of boxing’s pound-for-pound penthouse, in the fifth serving of a historic matchup that only the most committed among boxing’s remaining fans have asked for.

and December and who has put the Blazers on the map with his versatile skill set and quiet confidence on the court. He has been a leader for the team in his first professional season, a welcome asset in a packed division. The Blazers are playing at a level not seen in the Rose City since Brandon Roy left two seasons ago, and though Lillard has undoubtedly helped, credit is also due to new head coach Terry Stotts and the improved play of Nicolas Batum, J.J. Hickson and the rest of the Blazer squad. Batum has added some new offensive weapons to his already-stellar defensive game, and Hickson, who came to Portland after being waived by the Sacramento Kings last

year, is third in the league in double-doubles. Lillard and forward LaMarcus Aldridge are both in the top 20 in points scored this season, with Lillard also in the top 15 in assists per game. Though there is plenty of basketball left to play in 2012– 13, the Northwest Division currently accounts for three of the eight playoff spots in the West, with the Oklahoma City Thunder (last season’s

finals runner-up) leading the way. The Minnesota Timberwolves, underperforming without star power forward and Oregon product Kevin Love in the lineup since Jan. 3, join the Blazers just outside of post season contention. Coming off six losses in a row, the Blazers are looking to bounce back and continue defying expectations. Portland has two games against the Los Angeles Clippers scheduled

this weekend, first at the Rose Garden on Saturday and then in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Sunday. The Clippers came to town back in November and routed Portland by 13, with Chris Paul racking up 21 points in the win. Lillard will be looking to improve on his disappointing performance in that game and demonstrate that he can compete against the NBA’s best, and Aldridge, who has yet to hear

if he will make the all-star roster again this year as a reserve, should have his work cut out for him against Western Conference starter Blake Griffin. The Blazers find themselves in a bit of slump at the moment, but a win against the Clippers would be a big step in the right direction. Tipoff on Saturday is scheduled for 7 p.m., with Sunday’s game set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Scores and stats can be found at nba.com/blazers.

A decade of dominance

Celebrating the greatest winning streak in sports Zach Bigalke Vanguard Staff

We watch sports because we love rooting for our favorite teams and athletes to win. As Vince Lombardi once famously quipped, “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” Yet despite the fact that extended winning streaks are a relatively rare occurrence, we often fail to notice their brilliance

until they end. As I watched the Portland Winterhawks’ 14-game winning streak come to an end against Seattle on Saturday, my thoughts drifted toward the current most dominant athlete in sports. On Jan. 30, 2003, Esther Vergeer was defeated in a tennis match by Daniela Di Toro in Sydney, Australia. Over the nine years since that loss, the Dutch star has played in 470 singles matches and has come out with a victory every time. She is already fast approaching the Grand Slam

records of Martina Navratilova and Margaret Court, though she remains in the shadows of most sports fans’ minds. With 42 major singles and doubles titles in her career, she has already reached third on the all-time list—despite lacking the opportunity to play mixed doubles. Grand Slam tournaments do not have mixed doubles events for wheelchair athletes. As an 8-year-old girl in the Netherlands, Vergeer was forced to undergo emergency surgery to repair hemorrhaging blood vessels

around her spinal cord. The operation left her paralyzed from the waist down, but rather than succumbing to the dejection of losing her legs at such a young age, Vergeer embraced wheelchair volleyball, basketball and tennis, showing a remarkable aptitude for all three. As a teenager she began playing in club basketball games and tennis tournaments. Vergeer was called up to the Dutch national basketball team in 1996 and was part of the 1997 European championship roster. Following her basketball success, she switched full-time to tennis. With preternatural movement and anticipation on the court, Vergeer won the 1998 U.S. Open wheelchair exhibition and the singles and doubles tournaments at the 2000 Paralympics. She continued to build on that success, regrouping after the loss to Di Toro to win the 2003 Australian and U.S. Open and then became unbeatable. During one stretch of her streak, from August 2004 to October 2006, she won every set of every match she played (a run of 250 consecutive sets), and was pushed to a tiebreaker only once. Court won 62 Grand Slam championships over the course of her career; 19 of those were mixed-doubles trophies. Navratilova claimed 59 titles, 10 of which came in partnership with a

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The streak: Esther Vergeer hasn’t lost a singles match in nine years. male player. At 31, Vergeer is still young enough to challenge the records of Court and Navratilova even without mixed doubles in the equation. And if she continues to win over the next two years, she has a chance to surpass the all-time consecutive wins record set by Pakistani squash savant Jahangir Khan, who won 555 matches from 1981 to 1986. But winning isn’t the only thing. Eventually, Vergeer

will lose, and we will be left to ponder her greatness in retrospect. After all, that final number—Khan’s 555, the 90 games won by the University of Connecticut women’s basketball from 2008 to 2010, the 187 consecutive matches won by 1964 Olympic gold-medal wrestler Osamu Watanabe— doesn’t exist until the victories stop coming. Sports fans should take the time to revel in every transcendent moment while it lasts.

VANGUARD •TTHURSDAY, HURSDAY, Jan. Jan.24, 24,2013 2013• •SPORTS SPORTS

Welcome to the Harbowl

Upcoming games Thursday, Jan. 24

Women’s basketball

vs. Vikings vs. Southern Utah Peter Stott Center 7:30 p.m.

men’s basketball

Brothers to face off at Super Bowl XLVII

Vikings @ Southern Utah Centum Arena 6 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 25 Gino Cerruti Vanguard Staff

One of the most intriguing aspects of the 47th Super Bowl is that it will be the first in history in which the head coaches of each team are brothers. So which team flag is Jack Harbaugh, father of the Baltimore Ravens’ John Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers’ Jim Harbaugh, going to fly outside his home? Both coaches come from a football background. John Harbaugh is the more experienced of the two, filling myriad roles in college football—including tight end coach, special teams coach and running back coach—for more than 10 years. He was later hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as a special teams coordinator and became defensive back coach after nine years. With more than two decades of coaching under his belt, John landed the coveted head coach position for the Baltimore Ravens in 2008 and has consequently led the team to the postseason every year since then. Jim Harbaugh, on the other hand, has a more varied past. After graduating from

the University of Michigan, where he played as a quarterback, Jim was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1987 NFL draft. Playing for 14 years in the NFL, he garnered a considerable amount of praise and forged a respectable legacy, not to mention an appearance on Saved by the Bell. Not wanting to give up on football, he began coaching at the college level in 2004, and during his 2010 season with the Stanford Cardinals he led the team to the first 11win season in the program’s history. Soon after the Cardinals won their first Bowl Championship Series game, Jim agreed to a five-year head coaching deal with the 49ers and, like his older brother, has guided his team to the playoffs in every season he has been there. Although a brother-versusbrother coaching matchup had never occurred in the NFL until the Harbaughs squared off last year on Thanksgiving Day, siblings have met on the field throughout NFL history. Eli and Peyton Manning, both Super Bowl MVPs and future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, have faced each other

track and field UW Invitational Seattle, Wash. 3 p.m.

WHL

@ Winterhawks @ Spokane Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 26

track and field UW Invitational Seattle, Wash. 10 a.m.

Family Business: Next week’s championship game will be the first to feature opposing siblings on the sidelines.

a couple times in the past few years and are sure to have a few more heated matchups before they’re done. In the ’90s, the Sharpe brothers— tight end Shannon and wide receiver Sterling—each made it to the Pro Bowl at least five times during their careers. And going even further back,

brothers Bruce and Clay Matthews Jr. (Clay Matthews III, the Green Bay Packers linebacker, is his son) were a legitimate offensive and defensive threat, respectively. Both Jim and John Harbaugh have told reporters they would like coverage to be focused on the players

rather than the brotherly rivalry on the sidelines. With more than a week until the big game and nicknames like “Harbowl” and “Superbaugh” infiltrating front page headlines, it’s unlikely that their familial connection will ever leave the spotlight.

Vikings falter against Eagles Dam Cup rivals take down Portland State at home Rosemary Hanson Vanguard Staff

The Portland State women’s basketball team was active on the boards against Eastern Washington University on Monday, out-rebounding their opponents 43-36, but it was not enough to hold off their Dam Cup rivals as the Eagles beat the Vikings 68-56 on Monday. “They hit a bunch of shots down the stretch, and we weren’t able to hit our shots and get enough stops,” sophomore guard Allison Greene said after the loss. Both teams kept the score within reach for nearly the entire game, but with just

over five minutes to go, the Eagles went on a 10-2 run to give them a 65-54 advantage with 1:22 left on the clock. Junior forward Angela Misa, the Vikings’ leading scorer this season, sunk a basket to cut the lead to nine, but the Eagles made their free throws down the stretch to seal the 12-point victory. Misa led the team with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Greene added 14 for the Vikings and senior guard Courtney VanBrocklin scored nine. The game was up for grabs in the first half, as neither team held more than a six-point lead. A bucket by Greene put the Vikings up six with under five minutes to go in the half, but the Eagles chipped away at the lead and went into halftime ahead 34-30. Though they lost the rebounding battle, the Eagles benefitted from their

aggression on the offensive glass, scoring all 14 of their second-chance points in the second half. The Vikings have adjusted to playing without junior guard Kate Lanz, but lost another teammate when up-andcoming sophomore forward Mikaela Rivard had to miss the game because of illness. “It hurt to not have Mikaela tonight,” head coach Sherri Murrell said. “She brings a lot of scoring at that four position.” The loss dropped the Vikings to the ninth place in the Big Sky standings. They’ll look to get on track again against the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds at home tonight. “We have to bounce back,” Greene said. “We have to keep working and establish our game.”

@ Trail Blazers vs. LA Clippers Rose Garden Arena 7 p.m.

WHL

@ Winterhawks @ Tri-City Toyota Center 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 27

NBA

@ Trail Blazers @ LA Clippers Staples Center 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 27

MEn’s basketball

@ Vikings @ Eastern Washington Reese Court 6:05 p.m.

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Post game: Angela Misa has been a force in the paint for the Vikings this season.