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Portland State University THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 | vol. 67 no. 48
Suspicious incidents hit Broadway dorm
Portland State hosts nation’s first brewing industry program
Stephanie Tshappat Vanguard staff
Two suspicious incidents have occurred in the Broadway Housing Building during the month of March. Because the incidents have some similarities, the PSU Campus Public Safety Office is urging students to take extra safety precautions.
Man enters occupied dorm room On Monday, March 25, CPSO issued a timely warning reporting that an unknown man had entered an occupied dorm room in the building at around 5 a.m. The female student in the room was asleep and woke up when the man made unwanted physical contact with her, said CPSO Chief Phil Zerzan. “He started rubbing and tickling her back. Detective Matt Horton is working on this case and following up [with the victim],” Zerzan said. The suspect was described as an adult white male with a thin build who looked to be “college-age,” which could range from 19–35 years old, and did not appear to be a transient. He had a beard and was wearing a white beanie-style hat, a dark coat, light-colored trousers and Toms shoes.
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Beer: Portland State’s new brewing industry program will be the first of its kind in the nation. The program will give students a certificate and is hosted by the School of Business Administration.
24-month program offers business guidance, internships for prospective brewers and distillers Matthew Ellis Vanguard staff
Portland holds the world record for most craft breweries within city limits, and with all the great beer around here, it’s a wonder that Portland State has gone all these years without offering some sort of beer-related program. This fall, PSU will host the nation’s first brewing industry certificate program, “The Business of Craft Brewing.”
The program, hosted by PSU’s School of Business Administration, will focus on drafting a business plan and managing infrastructure for a craft brewery or distillery. The program will culminate in a certificate after 24 weeks and is housed mostly online, save for an “immersion weekend” during which students will get to tour some of Portland’s esteemed breweries and take part in one of the world’s fastestgrowing beer scenes.
“Portland is the center of the craftbrewing beer industry, and our sense is that this program is something needed in the region,” said Kristen Pedersen, director of executive and professional education in the SBA. While Portland houses a highly regarded beer culture, the industry appears to be nearing a crucial time of rapid growth because of the popularity of home-brewing and state laws that allow for personal distribution in some areas. In addition to the 2,400 craft breweries functioning in the country today, more than 1,200 will be opened in the next year alone.
In light of this, the program will focus less on the science behind making the best IPA and instead attempt to foster the tools and framework with which to create a successful company in the brewing industry. Mellie Pullman, a PSU professor and former brewer, will be teaching the program, and has been planning the curriculum for a number of months. Early conversations about content have quickly given way to logistics, given the program’s early success. See Brewing on page 4
PSU professor leads breakthrough water rights agreement Task force unites conservationists, farmers and government Ravleen Kaur Vanguard staff
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Steve Greenwood is the deputy director of Oregon programs for the National Policy Consensus Center at PSU’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government.
A Portland State professor is leading a project that bridges the chasm between water conservation groups and Eastern Oregon farmers. Steve Greenwood, deputy director of Oregon programs for the National Policy Consensus Center in PSU’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, was asked by Gov. John Kitzhaber to lead the implementation of a breakthrough agreement that grants increased irrigation water to Eastern Oregon’s Umatilla Basin. Greenwood is part of a task force that brings together conservation interests, farmers and federal and state agencies. Kitzhaber launched the task force through Oregon Solutions, an organization overseen by NPCC that
is dedicated to collaborative governance. The task force was organized in response to decades of polarization and failed negotiations in the Oregon Legislature. “The group has actually agreed that they will not support or propose any legislation that goes outside of the agreement they have made,” Greenwood said. “The conflict begins, actually, with the basic fact that you’ve got the Columbia River rolling by the Umatilla Basin, and it’s a big river.” Columbia River water rights have been a point of contention for decades. Since salmon were listed under the Endangered Species Act, access to Columbia River water has been restricted during irrigation months, which coincide with salmon runs, Greenwood explained. “The whole notion here is that you need enough flow in the river See irrigation on page 4