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SALP reorganizes staff, adds new positions

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New structure incorporates planning for the future Matthew Ellis Vanguard Staff

Portland State’s Student Activities and Leadership Programs began a reorganization of leadership positions between winter and spring quarters, beginning a process which will take until summer term to complete.

SALP is the organization that oversees everything from studentrun groups like Food For Thought Cafe to clubs such as the PSU interfaith coalition, as well as student government (the Associated Students of Portland State University) and Greek Life. Each student group is housed within a branch of SALP, where student leaders report to administrative advisors for help funding and running their group.

It was a bit of a shock, then, for SALP to be faced with multiple open positions after promotions and relocations led to vacancies in the group.

In addition to these vacancies, a new advising position was created after student publications was moved under the SALP umbrella beginning with the 2013–14 school year.

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Mia Mckenzie (left), writer and creator of the blog Black Girl Dangerous, will present on Saturday. DJ Monika MHz will perform at the opening night dance party on Friday.

PSU’s 3rd annual Queer Students of Color Conference kicks off Friday Turner Lobey Vanguard Staff

Beginning on Friday, Portland State’s Queer Resource Center will be hosting the department’s third annual Queer Students of Color Conference.

The conference runs April 12–14

and will welcome an array of speakers, artists, activists, workshops and activities.

The theme for this year’s event is “Radical Self-Care and the Decolonized Mind.”

These types of events aren’t normally part of the mainstream agenda, said Ann Mussey, an assistant professor of women’s studies at PSU. “Normative society values whiteness, affluence, prosperity,” Mussey said. “Those normative things are

supported by colonized tendencies.

Many communities of color have dealt with colonization in their history, both past and present. They’re constantly dealing with colonization.

“To me, it says self-determination and autonomy,” she said. “It says ‘We’re going to act on our own behalf. We’re going to heal from the daily traumas of being invisible and marginalized.’”

The conference is a call to address marginalization and oppression, said

Aine, a coordinator for the Queer Resource Center.

“It’s about making sure you’re asking the right questions about how this is building the community. We’re recognizing cultural forms and creating our own forms that don’t colonize. Forms that don’t colonize other people’s statuses,” Aine said.

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Students farm, build homes, restore wetlands Alternative spring break participants reflect on service work Kaela O’Brien Vanguard Staff

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Psu Students team up with students from the University of California, Berkeley, for a day of farm work at the nonprofit Petaluma Bounty Farm on March 25.

One group learned about sustainable farming. Another learned how to build houses.

Back from their alternative spring breaks, a group of PSU students shared how, by the end of their trips, they felt they got more in return than they gave.

Three groups of students spent their breaks outside of Portland, volunteering through a program organized by Student Leaders for Service. After a year of careful planning, they traveled to Eastern Oregon, Northern California and Houston, Texas, from March 24–30, to learn and give their time.

“The actual service was amazing,” said Erika Nielsen, who led a group of students to Houston to build new homes through Habitat for Humanity. “I have been in a lot of service or volunteer programs, and this was by far the best.”

The group spent the first two days tearing down homes and the next two days learning how to construct a home from the ground up.

Nielsen and the other PSU students learned how to use power tools and install cabinets.

On their day off, Nielsen said students spent time in Houston’s downtown and the museum district.

Anther group of students, led by Grant Neely, headed east of Portland to several destinations. They learned about culture and history at the See Spring break on page 2

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Umatilla Indian Reservation and spent time learning about habitat restoration at wetlands.

Next, in Union, Ore., the same group of students broke ground and removed rocks from the soil to prepare for a garden. After spending one more day in Terrebonne, Ore., getting a tour of a farm and raising garden beds, the group spent their free day exploring Bend.

The third group headed south to Northern California to learn about sustainable food practices. Most days were spent on farms such as the Petaluma Bounty Farm, the Soil Born Farm and First Rain Farm, said Devin Burgoyne, a trip leader. Students took educational tours and learned practical skills such as “lasagna” composting—a no-dig and no-till organic gardening method of creating rich soil by layering organic materials.

Students also planted fig trees and practiced mulching.

That group spent another day in San Francisco preparing food and packaging rice at a food bank. That same day,

the group volunteered as servers at a friendship banquet for HIV-positive residents.

“We set tables, were engaged and served,” said Oran Stainbrook, another leader of the Northern California group. “It was fun to just talk and connect with them and make friends.”

While all the trip leaders agreed that the volunteer work was deeply informational, they also felt that some of the best moments and lessons came from the bonding within their own groups.

Nielsen said some of her favorite moments were the last few hours the group spent together each night before bed.

“We were always very tired, so people were very authentic in these hours—lots of laughing,” Nielsen said.

Stainbrook agreed, adding that he felt a great camaraderie among students playing games, staying up and having long conversations before bed.

“One night we stayed up late writing poetry together,” Stainbrook said. He described a game in which a new person writes each separate line of poetry without seeing the previous lines to eventually compose a complete poem written cooperatively.

“This was so cool because nobody could see what anyone else was writing, but somehow all the lines made sense,” Stainbrook said. “We

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Nielsen was touched by the random acts of kindness bestowed upon her group as well. After learning of the group’s work with Habitat for Humanity, an exhibit guard at a museum granted several students free admission into an exhibit, while another student had her airplane digital media player purchased for her by a neighboring passenger, Nielsen said.

“To us, the work we were doing didn’t feel like a big deal,” she said. “But to others it was.”

Next year, Neely hopes to build on connections and relationships he formed this

bring together QTPoC [queer and transgender people of color] people from every facet of our communities in the Pacific Northwest Region and beyond in order to foster and support a growing number of activists and scholars in the region and encourage ongoing connections across groups, places and spaces.”

“This was the first place I found that organized queer people of color like this. I hadn’t encountered that before,” said Monica Lee Noe, a PSU student helping to coordinate the event.

“This is all about building community, and that’s important to me,” Lee Noe said.

The conference kicks off Friday with an opening night dance party featuring a performance by DJ Monika MHz, a disc jockey, producer and remixer from Portland.

The schedule for Saturday includes an assortment of speakers and workshops, including

a presentation from keynote speaker Mia Mingus. Mingus is a queer, disabled woman of color, a Korean transracial and transnational writer and organizer whose activism includes fighting for reproductive justice, queer liberation, radical women of color, racial justice, anti-oppression and community building.

Mia McKenzie will also be presenting on Saturday evening. McKenzie is an awardwinning writer and creator of the blog Black Girl Dangerous.

On the final day of the event, Canadian musician and artist Vivek Shraya, who was nominated for the 2012 INSPIRE Awards’ LGBTQ [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer] Person of the Year.

Shraya will present his new short film and book What I LOVE About Being Queer.

The exhibit “(Un)heard: Transmasculine People of Color Speak!” will also be featured, which explores

year with the partners in Eastern Oregon.

Stainbrook said he would like to expand the themes, especially for the Northern California group. Inspired by the service in San Francisco, Stainbrook hopes that in the years to come students can focus not only on sustainable agriculture, but expand into sustainable food systems.

“Sustainable food systems equally concern themselves with equity and economics,” he said.

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aspects of gender identity and variance and seeks to challenge stereotypes about transgender people of color. Its aims are to demythologize and educate.

“This is important. We can learn to talk to each other so that we don’t lose sight that we’re all in this together. It’s about understanding everyone has needs,” Aine said.

“This conference is saying that PSU is a place where you can have these types of conversations,” she added. “Let’s make PSU a destination for these things. It’s about asking, how do we make PSU better?

How do we bring interested people to PSU who know they have a support base?”

Because of the vacancies and the time and resources typically needed for outside hiring, PSU’s Office of Human Resources approved direct appointments in order to keep SALP operating normally.

“This is kind of the biggest reorganization we have ever done,” said Rachel Samuelson, new coordinator of Student Leaders for Service, a student group housed within SALP. “There was already a lot of shifting around while we had to figure out three positions.

But there were more.”

Samuelson has taken over SLS from Jessica Conley, who departed for California because her husband received a new job appointment. Samuelson believes her former position as the advisor for Spiritual and International Groups, another group housed within SALP, will be key to helping her transition to SLS. “I’m really excited [about] this opportunity. I had already been incorporating service work with my old job, through the lens of religious cooperation and relationship building. And here I’ll still be able to work with some of my old programs.”

Taking over Spritual and International Groups will be Greg King, who joins Casey Payseno, SALP’s new academic advisor, and Courtney Bailey, the arts and advocacy advisor.

Bailey replaces Katie Jundt, who took over as interim associate director for all of SALP until the job could be broken into two new, unique associate director positions—one advising ASPSU and Greek Life, and the other overseeing risk management, community standards and the Organization Budget Council.

Jundt will take one of the new associate director positions, while the second will be filled traditionally, through an outside hire. Although she expressed surprise over the “perfect storm” of the

reorganization’s timing, Jundt joined Samuelson in the hope that the changes will stick and will be in SALP’s best interest for the future.

“I think—hopefully, crossing our fingers—it will be like this for a while.”

Historically, many of the advising positions in SALP are held for one or two years, as graduate students and recent graduates find their way in and out of administrative and leadership positions. But many of the positions SALP needed to fill had been occupied for more than two, and in some cases four, years.

“It’s really because of the great community and the amazing students that we retain these positions a lot longer than expected,” Samuelson said.

In addition to breaking up the associate directorship into two positions, SALP announced the acquisition of student publications after the retirement of the current publications advisor, Judson Randall.

This reorganization, which will bring publications such as the Vanguard and the Rearguard under SALP’s umbrella, will require the creation of a new advising position, and another search for a candidate.

Current advisor Tana Atchley is chairing the search for the student media advisor, a position SALP is hoping to fill by summer. A board of experienced advisors, including staffers at The Oregonian, will conduct about 10 interviews to find the best candidate.

But even though SALP finds themselves in the thick of a lengthy hiring process, Jundt couldn’t help but express enthusiasm for the next phase in SALP’s organization.

“We are all really excited.

I’m particularly excited about bringing in new people from outside PSU, to bring new ideas from new campuses.”

Judaic studies program receives its largest-ever student scholarship Gift coincides with introduction of new major Coby Hutzler Vanguard Staff

The Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State was the recent recipient of an anonymous, $250,000 donation that will establish an endowed, need-based scholarship fund for students majoring or minoring in the program.

The scholarship, which will debut alongside the program’s new major during the 2013–14 academic year, will be directed toward tuition and fees and will aim to support one student per academic year, though the award’s scope may be adjusted in the future at the discretion of the program’s faculty. Because the donation is an endowment, only the interest generated on the donation can be awarded to students. For that reason, the exact amount of the first award remains under consideration.

“What the annual scholarship will provide will vary slightly from year to year based on the economy,” said Jenn Knudsen, the associate development director for Judaic studies. “We can count on $9,500 per year to a Judaic

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studies minor or major degree student,” she said.

“The donor’s intent was that, as much as possible, the scholarship would cover tuition and fees for one student per year.”

The new scholarship is the fourth currently offered by the program, which has about 500 local donors, according to Knudsen.

“As far as donation type, it’s all across the board,” she said. Donations often come

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Natan Meir is an associate professor of Judaic studies.

from members of Portland’s local Jewish community, and usually range from $18 and multiples thereof to pledges of many thousands of dollars given over several years, which can be arranged through the program’s City of Knowledge Supporters Circle.

Giving “speaks to the [donor’s] goodwill and the program’s popularity in their minds,” Knudsen said. “Students like knowing that we in our small program can offer some kind of assistance.”

While the program is indeed small, its growth over the last few years has been notable.

“In comparison with how the departments usually grow, ours has grown particularly rapidly,” said Natan Meir, the Lorry I. Lokey Associate Professor of Judaic Studies. “I arrived here five years ago, and before that there was one professor on board,” he said. “Within five years we’ve grown to four fulltime faculty and a major; that’s pretty unusual. It’s very rapid.”

The major itself will require three years of Hebrew as well as two core courses: the two-quarter “Jewish History Survey,” which will concentrate on Jewish history from

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had connected and were reflecting the sights and sounds of the trip.”

Other great moments were spurred by strangers. During one home-cooked meal at a farm in Eastern Oregon, Neely recalled a 10-year-old boy who spent dinner with his group.

After listening to the group of students talk about sustainability and food, the boy interrupted them to tell them that he was inspired by their volunteer work and saw them as an example.

“I couldn’t believe it. I almost lost it,” Neely said. “Because we got through to even just one kid, it made the whole thing worth it.”

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antiquity to the present, and the one-quarter “Introduction to Judaism.”

Once these requirements are met, “it’s really up to the individual student [to decide] what path they’re going to take,” Meir said. “We have a number of different concentrations,” that students can pursue, he added, saying that literature, culture and history tracks are among those being considering for inclusion.

The program currently offers a minor, and the relationship between it and the major may be adjusted as the program matures and advisory and curricular needs become better understood.

Meir, who is the program’s acting chair while its academic director, Michael Weingrad, is on sabbatical, attributes the program’s growth to its staff as well as support from the university.

“One thing we’re very pleased about is the kind of good working relationships we have with a bunch of other departments,” he said. “Because we’re smaller, we’ve offered our courses under other departments’ codes.

“A fantastic part of our growth has been having those connections with history and world languages and literature,” Meir said. “Even as we become more self-sufficient, those partnerships are going to continue to be very important to us.”

The program recently acquired its own office space for faculty and students after years of resorting to using whatever space could be found.

“Most of us were housed with the math department for the last two years,” Meir said. “This is a good change for us.”

With the program’s substantial growth comes measured consideration of its future, with next steps coming into focus. “We’re in the middle of discussing it right now,” Meir said. “Let’s just say we’re trying to think as creatively as possible.”

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Professor debates news and science

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How does news coverage affect controversial science?

Friday afternoon found graduate students of Portland State’s communication program eagerly awaiting a discussion of the topic by PSU alumnus Dr. Eric Jensen.

The presentation was called “Media Coverage of Therapeutic Cloning,” which is one focus of Jensen’s upcoming book

Therapeutic Cloning: Globalized Scientific Controversy and the Public Sphere.

In the presentation, Jensen outlined the models he used for his research in this topic, how he focused on the role of journalism in controversial science and what his findings were.

Jensen was very enthusiastic about sharing his work with current PSU communication students and what they might learn from it.

Dr. eric jensen, is now an assistant professor at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

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“[They] would be able to see from my presentation how research on a specific area of media coverage can be used to shed light on big, important issues, such as the role news media play in democracy,” he explained.

Jensen focused on therapeutic cloning because it was a timely issue while he was doing his research. Reading for themes in media coverage, he found that coverage of a given issue in the United Kingdom was vastly different from that in the United States. Jensen then explored the reasons for the difference.

Professor Dave Ritchie of the PSU Department of Communication said there was much to learn from Jensen’s research methods.

“Dr. Jensen’s methods would be quite useful for current PSU students who are interested in doing research on media coverage of any topic— and I am looking forward to his methods textbook when it is finished,” he said.

Dr. Cynthia-Lou Coleman, chair of the communication department, agreed that the research methods Jensen used are still of interest given the patterns he found in his research.

“The competitive nature of news is really common and is important [to consider] even now,” she said. “It would be interesting to see if those kinds of patterns still exist.”

Jensen’s system of research is very relevant to communication students, Coleman said. “[There is a] research methods class that our

undergraduate and graduate students take and [this] methodology is very much [what they] study,” she said. “News coverage of a [historical event] and what that news coverage is saying about a society is very important. That’s what Dr. Jensen is getting at, is what [our] news coverage is saying about our nation.”

“I chose to study at PSU because it was the local university for me. I found communication to be a fascinating and wide-ranging discipline.”

Dr. Eric Jensen, Assistant professor of communications

The presentation was a homecoming of sorts for Jensen. After completing his associate’s degree at Clark College in Washington he studied at PSU full time from 2000 to 2003. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in communication in 2002 and his master’s degree in communication in 2003. After graduating from PSU, Jensen received a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to Cambridge in the U.K., where he pursued a doctoral degree in sociology.

Jensen said he decided to attend PSU because of the closeness of the campus, and chose a communication degree because of the many interesting possibilities available in the program.

“I chose to study at PSU because it was the local university for me. I found communication to be a fascinating and wideranging discipline,” Jensen said. “I thoroughly enjoyed my studies, including classes in other disciplines such as psychology and sociology. The content I learned was very useful when I went to Cambridge.”

Jensen advises current communication students to start planning their next step as soon as they can.

“Start planning your next move post-degree as early as possible, whether that’s a job or further study,” he said. “If it’s a job, start developing relevant experience ASAP by contacting businesses in your desired field of employment and offering your services, as a free intern if necessary.”

Having an open mind is also a necessity, Jensen said.

“Apply widely for interesting opportunities; you never know which applications or contacts will bear fruit,” he said.

Currently, Jensen is an assistant professor at the University of Warwick in the U.K., where he co-convenes the Master of Science program in Science, Media and Public Policy. His area of expertise is in impact evaluation and research on the impacts of public engagement. He is co-editor of the recently published book Culture and Social Change: Transforming Society through the Power of Ideas.

Jensen’s extensive work and information regarding Friday’s presentation is available on his website, warwick. academia.edu/EricJensen.

Student profile: Samira Rezaei Iranian student struggles and overcomes challenges at PSU

saw the name of the city Portland, and looked at the universities that were in the area, and I said ‘OK, Portland State will fit with me,’ so I applied.”

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Portland State is known for being a school of nontraditional students—those that come from all walks of life to discover their place in Portland.

Samira Rezaei has done just that. An international student from Iran, Rezaei moved to the United States about three years ago.

With an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering earned from the Najafabad branch of the Islamic Azad University in 2007, Rezaei got a job in her field in Iran. One job she did was programming press machines to create tires for cars.

After realizing she wanted to move to the U.S., Rezaei first went to Los Angeles to study in a program to develop her language skills. But when it came to choosing PSU, Rezaei says it was largely a matter of chance.

“I just looked at a map and

Rezaei said that moving to the U.S. was very difficult for her at first. She experienced culture shock and said that it was hard to handle school and deal with transferring credits.

Trusting her advisor was hard.

Rezaei realized while applying for different fellowships at PSU that many required a degree from a U.S. school. “As an international student I decided to get a degree from PSU,” Rezaei said. “My research and volunteering at an optical lab [at Oregon Health and Science University from 2010 to 2012] made me choose physics-biomedical for my second [bachelor’s degree] last year.”

Rezaei said that she didn’t

pay close attention to the exact classes she needed for the degree at first, so she’s still finishing this second degree with undergraduate classes she missed. She’s working to ultimately get a master’s degree and eventually become a professor instead.

Rezaei said that experiencing undergraduate life as a student in the U.S. will help her eventual teaching and research.

Rezaei said that moving to the U.S. was very difficult for her at first. She experienced culture shock and said that it was hard to handle school and deal with transferring credits.

Trusting her advisor was hard.

She said that in her first undergrad electrical and computer engineering class she was the only girl, and no one around her was from overseas.

She felt like maybe she was in the wrong place, and everything scared her.

“It took me three years to change my situation and to realize what was wrong with me,” Rezaei said.

After choosing Portland, she went onto Facebook and searched “PSU students from

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Iran” to try to find people she could relate to. Someone responded to her, saying that they had a friend who was from Iran and was looking for a roommate, so Rezaei was able to find a place to live.

As she’s getting more accustomed to living here and attending PSU, Rezaei is now a mentor in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement program.

MESA is a program that partners with PSU and holds after-school clubs in various underrepresented middle and high schools around the Portland area.

Rezaei is currently the

mentor for Mt. Tabor Middle School and meets with a group of students each week to work on a prosthetic arm design that will compete against those of other schools later next month.

Outside of academics,

Rezaei is a performer and treasurer for the Latina Dance Club at PSU. She enjoys taking part in many engineering groups and dance groups and plays multiple instruments that she brought from Iran.

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Still need to purchase books before spring term gets into full swing?

With a new website called Book Supply Co., 60 seconds is more than enough time to find the best last-minute deals on required textbooks.

If you’ve heard of Kayak.com, than you’ll have an idea of how Book Supply works. Instead of travel, it compares the prices of course books among retailers such as the Portland State Bookstore, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

You don’t need to worry about knowing ISBNs, editions or course sections. All you need to know is your PSU ID number and password. In a matter of seconds, Book Supply compiles a list of the best prices for all required texts, with links to the retailer’s website. It’s really that simple.

“We wanted to create the cheapest and easiest way to buy textbooks online,” said Shawn Kim, a co-creator of

Book Supply. “For us to get any sort of money from the retailers, our interests have to be aligned with helping the students.”

Kim and his business partner, Ryan Urabe, are a pair of 27-yearold entrepreneurs who were college roommates.

Kim and his business partner, Ryan Urabe, are a pair of 27-year-old entrepreneurs who were college roommates.

They’ve had successful careers in separate industries, but came together to form Book Supply last year after deciding to take a shot at starting a business of their own. PSU has been their flagship school.

Urabe is an accountant turned programmer. He explained that the idea for Book Supply stemmed from the lengthy process of helping his

girlfriend, a graduate student at PSU, search the Internet for the lowest prices on all of her spendy course books.

“It was a pain in the ass,” Urabe said with laugh, a sentiment likely shared by many students. “I decided to write [a program] to automate all the choices that you don’t need to make, so all you have to do is select the best price.”

Book Supply essentially acts as an interface to my.pdx.edu by accessing the required-textbooks page for each enrolled course. Though the service is undeniably fast and convenient, Kim and Urabe acknowledged the apprehension some students may have about sharing their PSU ID and password with the new service.

“Some people might be nervous about it, but we don’t store any student information at all,” Kim said. “The only thing we process is book information, which is really publicly available data.”

Part of Kim and Urabe’s strategy for establishing trust among students has been getting involved with the PSU community. Last week they had conversations

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with more than 100 students to introduce themselves and explain how the site works.

They are also offering prizes through social media to help spread the word.

“Without the PSU campus we wouldn’t be where we are, and we’re putting ourselves out there to prove that we’re legit,” Kim said. “We want to hear from people and what they think about Book

Supply, to make it better for everybody.”

Although the young entrepreneurs are happy with how far they’ve come in a short amount of time, they are focused on growing the business and expanding its services even further to universities across the country.

“Our vision for this is beyond anything that you see today. We want to really make

this into a social marketplace for textbooks, including a marketplace for students to sell their books back to each other,” Kim explained.

To learn more about Book Supply Co. and give it a try for yourself, visit booksupply.co/pdx.

“Hopefully we’ll have enough capital to buy the .com name soon, but we’re not quite there yet,” Urabe said.

Tim Wise to visit PSU Jesse Sawyer Vanguard staff

Portland State will host a lecture by Tim Wise, a prominent anti-racism writer and educator, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Stott Center gymnasium.

Wise is the author of six books dealing with race relations. He has lectured in all 50 states at more than 800 college campuses and community groups around the country. He was named one of “25 visionaries who are changing your world” by Utne Reader.

Wise got his start through activism and debate. He graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in Latin American studies in 1990.

While attending the university he gained national attention for his anti-apartheid activism. The movement sought to convince Tulane University to discontinue relationships with companies doing business with the South African government.

In addition to his focus on writing and lectures, Wise delivers anti-racism training to professionals in the workplace. His teaching seeks to acknowledge and address racism within the institutions of the professional world. He has given trainings to teachers, the medical industry, and corporate, government, entertainment, military and law enforcement groups all across the nation.

Wise has also made his presence known through the media.

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tim wise, a prominent anti-racism writer and educator, will lecture at PSU on Wednesday.

He has appeared in hundreds of television and radio programs.

He contributes regularly to CNN race relations discussions. And he has been featured in a number of documentaries, including the PBS special Who is Black in America? and Vocabulary of Change, for which Wise and scholar Angela Davis engage in a public dialogue about race.

Wise has been described by philosopher Cornel West as “a vanilla brother in the tradition of [antiracism and antislavery fighter] John Brown.”

The event will be hosted by the Associated Students of Portland State University, Diversity and Multicultural Student Services Cultural Centers, School of Business Administration Diversity Programs, the Food Action Collective, the Cesar Chavez Committee and the Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion.

Tickets for the event can be found at the PSU Box Office inside the Broadway entrance of Smith Memorial Student Union or online on the PSU Box Office’s website.

The event is free for all PSU students. General admission is $5.

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Anatomy of a Massacre Northwest Film Center screens Massacred for Gold Louie Opatz Vanguard staff

“Thirty-four men, 11 names,” narrator Robert Longstreet intones in his husky baritone, laying out the arresting and poignant details of the heinous crime at the center of the recent documentary Massacred for Gold. “They might have helped build railroads, drain land, farm crops…

They lived mostly anonymous and they died anonymous,” Longstreet says, their remains “crushed as fine as the gold they once mined.”

Longstreet (Take Shelter, Pineapple Express) provides the only voice the viewer hears in Vernon Lott and Jennifer Anderson’s film, which is based on a book by longtime Oregonian reporter R. Gregory Nokes.

Massacred will screen this Thursday at the Northwest Film Center, and Nokes and the film’s cinematographer, Ryan K. Adams, will be in attendance to take questions from the audience after the screening.

The American West of the 1880s—really, all of the U.S.—was a dangerous place to be a Chinese immigrant.

In 1882, President Chester Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law, and though it was intended to last a mere 10 years, it was not repealed until 1943. The passage of the act precipitated drastic, racist action from whites across the Northwest, recounted matter-offactly by Longstreet.

In Idaho, 300 Chinese immigrants were rounded up and dropped off in the woods in the dead of winter; in Washington, 400 were taken from their homes and shipped to California; and in Oregon, Chinese immigrants were given 30 days to leave the state or face the implicit (and occasionally explicit) threat of violence.

Massacred tells the story of “the worst homicide of Chinese at the hands of whites in the American West,” as Anderson (who also wrote the film) puts it.

The year was 1887, and the victims of the crime were Chinese immigrants who had entered the country in either Portland or San Francisco with the help of the Sam Yup Company, which served as the men’s employer and union.

They most likely immigrated to work on the railroad, and when work on that was complete, “they might have been laid off—they might have turned to mining to survive,” as Massacred tells it.

Mining was difficult, dangerous work made more difficult for Chinese immigrants, who were only allowed to mine claims that had already been stripped nearly bare by white miners.

This loosely organized group of Chinese men—34 in total, 11 with known names—worked its way from the China Town settlement in Lewiston, Idaho, down the Snake River to Oregon’s Hell’s Canyon, mining for gold over the eight months they traveled.

By late May, they had arrived in Oregon at what they called “Gun Sam,” or Gold Mountain. And, unfortunately for these Chinese immigrants, a band of seven “cattle rustlers and schoolboys” were ready for them, planning an ambush that they would carry out on May 25 and 26, 1887, on the banks of the Snake River.

These seven white men were led by “Blue” Evans and Titus Canfield, two thieves and cattle rustlers who “had probably killed before.”

Canfield, a “risk-taking cowboy with bright red hair,” had been arrested just two weeks prior for stealing 150 horses.

On the morning of May 25, one man stayed behind to cook breakfast while the other six set off for the riverbanks where they knew the Chinese immigrants were sifting for gold.

We don’t know precisely what happened next, but we do know this: In the course of two days, 34 Chinese miners were killed—most shot in the back, some beheaded and chopped with axes and one bludgeoned to death with either a rock or a piece of driftwood.

The seven men allegedly made off with roughly $50,000 in gold, and none of them were ever convicted of a crime. (Though Evans, Canfield and another man, Larue, were indicted, authorities never pursued them with any vigor.)

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Cinematographer Ryan K. Adams captures the craggy hillsides of Oregon’s Hell’s Canyon.

Massacred for Gold is a meditative, pensive piece that, because of the hazy nature of the events it covers, deals largely in hypotheticals; the film is littered with “might have”s and “we don’t know”s.

Visually, Lott and Anderson elect to accompany Longstreet’s narration with slow blackand-white pans across the jagged cliffs and crags of Hell’s Canyon, giving the viewer a palpable sense of where these miners suffered and died.

The filmmakers also make use of numerous photos and political cartoons, and the latter especially provide evocative visual evidence of the political climate of the time and the extent to which Chinese-Americans were persecuted.

At only 76 minutes, Massacred for Gold is a short film, but the visuals become monotonous, going from ruminative to snooze-worthy.

With little in the way of visual payoff, I found myself wanting to read Nokes’ book or shut my eyes and imagine I was listening to Longstreet recording a podcast. Though Hell’s Canyon is stark and beautiful, it’s not enough to occupy an entire feature-length film.

But the most important and astonishing part of Massacred for Gold is simply that the story exists in the first place: No testimony or court records of the event exist, there was little in the way of news coverage and what records did survive were locked in a safe in Paradise, Ore., until recently.

Massacred for Gold is a vital piece of work, not for the cinematic joy it arouses but for the righteous anger and ethical questions it provokes—feelings that remain lodged in the recesses of your brain long after the closing credits have rolled.

It is a fitting tribute to a group of men whose story has gone untold for too long.

The Northwest Film Center presents Massacred for Gold Part of the Northwest Tracking Series Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m.

Followed by a Q-and-A with author R. Gregory Nokes and cinematographer Ryan K. Adams

On Saturday, April 13, the Korean Student Association will host its annual Korea Night celebration, an evening when members of the Korean community and the community at large can get together to share and learn about Korean culture.

Korea Night is the KS association’s biggest night of the year. This year’s theme is “Soul Korea,” and, yes, it is a pun on the Korean capital of Seoul, but it’s also a chance to experience the true soul of Korean culture, with a mixture of the traditional and modern.

The evening will begin with a dinner of authentic Korean cuisine catered by Toji Restaurant. After dinner the evening’s entertainment will begin.

For traditionalists, there will be a traditional Korean mask dance, which will be performed by PSU students in collaboration with professionals.

The mask dance dates back several centuries to the Korean caste system, a time when members of the lower classes were forbidden from voicing their opinions. Performers began to use masks to hide their faces, along with music

Gerardo Naranjo’s Miss Bala at 5th Avenue Cinema

Old soul from an old soul Nicholas Kula Vanguard staff

I am not one for much cosmic mumbo-jumbo, so I have a somewhat difficult time admitting that I chose Charles Bradley’s Victim of Love because I read online that the singer and I share a penicillin allergy.

However, because I get paid to listen to music and then write about it, I feel now and then that I should retain some iota of humility.

Sure, I knew what I was getting into: I’d heard the name tossed around, and my glowing review of Frank Ocean’s soulful Channel Orange is stashed away in the online annals of Vanguard lore.

That said, I’m accustomed to critiquing soul music in a roundabout, Pitchfork feeding trough sort of way. What I wasn’t prepared for was this—old soul from an old soul.

You see, Bradley is a spry 65 years old.

That’s a perfectly acceptable age for someone who lived through the Stax and Motown days and still records this kind of stuff, but here’s the kicker: Bradley didn’t record one note until 2002.

If that doesn’t strike you as peculiar, this might: Victim of Love is only Bradley’s second full-length album, 11 years later.

Back in the 1950s and ’60s—a time that this record was obviously meant to emulate—recording techniques heavily relied on

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massive piles of studio gear, and with these technological limitations, the raw, smokeenveloped recordings that defined the era were born.

Listeners prize these recordings for their warmth and the imperfections that only add to the nostalgia for a time likely never experienced.

The sad reality is that while current recording technobabble offers us thousands of paths to the eventual product, an ever-expanding pool of rookies toss their hats into the recording ring, and the end product sometimes lacks focus, or is missing the master’s touch that makes those old records so special.

Let me begin by saying that there was a certified master at the helm of Victim of Love. Without digging for the nitty-gritty technical details, the record sounds like it was recorded in the Stax

Records studio, with cigarette smoke so thick you’d have to swim through it.

Granted, I haven’t perused the entire catalogs of Stax and Motown, but multiple soul records found their way into the rural town I grew up in (and eventually to my mother).

I listened to quite a bit of soul growing up, and that nostalgic feeling never really fades. So when a record like this comes on it sends a lightning bolt through my spinal column that lets my brain know this stuff is the real deal.

Folks, I am glad to say that Victim of Love is that real deal.

The production is ripe with everything that makes a great soul record: thick, lush vibratoawash guitar lines on dreamy, ethereal leads accompanied by hyper-compressed fingerpicking on solos; crisp snares and sweet, masterfully compressed kick drums; viscous organ and vibraphone that ooze into the wax cracks.

You may even hear someone slowing down a tape reel, like on “Confusion.” The same track also features Bradley at his most enigmatic.

While his voice is the centerpiece—and rightfully so—on every other cut, on “Confusion” the talented backing band swallows it whole. Bradley’s voice, dripping wet with emotion, yells from behind a backdrop of expertly layered aural brick and mortar.

The album’ leadoff single, “Strictly Reserved for You” is a no-brainer pick. The opening line, “I’m tired/of the city life/I’m tired/of the city people/tryin’ to get in my business,” perfectly encapsulates Bradley’s journey to where he is now.

He spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn

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before becoming a runaway and eventually settling in Maine. After hitchhiking all over North America, he began his singing career only after moving back to Brooklyn to be with his aging mother.

After performing in tiny clubs as a James Brown impersonator, he was discovered by Daptone Records, as the story goes. Every release by Bradley has been on the label.

But it is this record, in which he expresses his frustration with the meager fame Daptone has brought him, that showcases Bradley on his A-game.

While there are several cuts running the gamut—not just love and heartache—of human emotions, there are other, more personal tracks, like the aforementioned “Strictly Reserved for You” and the title track, “Victim of Love,” that reveal Bradley’s soul at its most cleaved and exposed.

Bradley’s voice strains and cracks as he professes his undying love for a person whose name is never mentioned, and it’s lines like “I love you so doggone much” that remind us all of our humble, respectable elders telling stories that only carry understanding once our years pile up.

Not only is Victim of Love a wonderful soul record, it’s a treat for anyone with ears.

And while I seem to be on a roll with five-star albums these days, I haven’t heard much that’s let me down lately. That streak is only prolonged with Victim of Love, and I guess you could call it a cosmic coincidence.

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and dance, to perform silent plays that allowed them to mock the powerful and wealthy.

Each year Korea Night hosts a martial arts demonstration. The past four years have seen a focus on the well-known art of taekwondo, but this year the KSA will present soo bahk do, a martial arts form that is currently becoming popular in the U.S. and Europe.

“This demonstration may broaden our understanding of Korean martial arts,” said Eunbin Choi, one of the event’s organizers.

“It will be interesting to look at the similarities and differences between soo bahk do and taekwondo.”

For those more interested in the modern, there will be a fashion show, comedy skits, Kpop and hip-hop dance and rock band performances throughout the night.

The KSA is an organization of both students of Korean heritage and non-Koreans interested in Korean culture.

The mission of the organization is to promote awareness of Korean culture on campus and to build strong relationships among Korean students, faculty and Portland’s Korean community to preserve the culture for future generations.

In addition to Korea Night, the KSA hosts other events throughout the year, such as the Korean Language Exchange Program, a newstudent welcoming party, a Thanksgiving dinner and an annual sporting event. These events are designed to foster a spirit of fellowship

Mask-erade ball: Students from the Korean Student Association rehearse for their upcoming performance at this weekend’s Korea Night.

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within the Korean community and further the organization’s mission.

As the big night draws closer, Choi and the other members of the KSA are excited to once again have the opportunity to share the food, arts and customs of Korea with the PSU community.

“We hope that this year’s Korea Night [will] provide a great opportunity for people to share and enjoy [the] performances and learn more about our culture,” Choi said.

The PSU Korean Student Association presents Korea Night 2013 Saturday, April 13 Dinner 6 p.m., performances 7 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 355 Free for students with ID, $5 general admission, $8 at the door Tickets may be purchased at the PSU Box Office, or by calling 503–725-3307

Once upon a time in Mexico Breana Harris

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There’s a certain glorification of Mexican drug cartels in film and television that is kind of fascinating. Even the TV show Breaking Bad, which has been hailed as an accurate depiction of the mechanics of cartels, has an undeniable coolness factor that helps make it so popular.

The best example, though, is Mexican narco cinema, a genre of cheaply made B-movies about drug cartels that fill shelves in video rental chains in border states like Texas. These films feature real-life figures and are full of sex, guns, betrayal and excitement.

This context makes Gerardo Naranjo’s 2011 film Miss Bala, which is screening this weekend at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema, even more striking.

Loosely based on a true story, the film follows a young woman named Laura, played by Stephanie Sigman, who lives in Tijuana with her father and young brother and who dreams of being a beauty pageant queen. When she meets a drug trafficker named Lino (Noe Hernandez), she becomes a criminal decoy whose Miss Baja California victory is rigged.

Notable for its unflinching portrayal of socalled narco-drama, Miss Bala is not afraid to be ugly and uncomfortable. Sigman’s performance is both understated and groundbreaking, and she has an incredible charisma that often carries the narrative.

Sigman has the ability to look like any other girl and yet own the screen. It’s hard not to feel for Laura from the beginning, even if you don’t know very much about her culture.

Though it’s obviously a movie about the horrors of drug cartels, there is an underlying message about what it means to be a Mexican woman that I actually wish wasn’t so underlying, because it’s at least as compelling an issue as drug trafficking. Laura is used by Lino, his

men and his enemies in every possible way: In some scenes, she might as well be a slave—or a pack mule.

In the sequence that provides the image used on the film’s poster, Lino duct-tapes drug money to Laura’s waist and sends her across the border. We see her being dressed, undressed, ordered around, even physically moved and then discarded—you have to wonder whether her desire to be a beauty queen is also a statement about women in Mexico.

Laura has never considered herself anything more than an ornament. All the men in the movie to which she’s not related treat her with an air of unexplained contempt, or they simply emphasize her meaninglessness. And yet Laura displays remarkable bravery and fortitude throughout the film, which could go easily unnoticed.

The real-life Miss Bala was Laura Zuniga, who was arrested in December 2008 in a vehicle with seven men that also contained two rifles, three handguns, 16 cell phones and more than $50,000 in cash.

Zuniga claimed she was kidnapped by her boyfriend, a cartel leader, and had no idea he was involved in crime. She was stripped of her Miss Mexico International title, though the government found no evidence linking her to illegal activity.

While Zuniga is still a working model, the ending of Miss Bala is much more ambiguous and may be difficult to understand. If you’re one of those viewers who needs to grasp every detail of the plot, the inner workings of Lino’s gang might be hard to follow at times.

I think the realistic depiction of Mexico is undoubtedly worth the watch, though. It reminded me of Michel Franco’s Daniel & Ana, and although that film is about upper-class characters in Mexico City instead of poor ones in Tijuana, the two films’ depictions of lawless, brutal corruption are similar in tone.

In the end, what Naranjo is trying to emphasize is how many people die every year because of drug cartels. But the more important aspect of his film and others like it is the dehumanization of innocent people for money.

I imagine people flocking to narco cinema the

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Miserable Miss bala: Stephanie Sigman plays a reluctant drug trafficker in Gerardo Naranjo’s 2011 film MIss Bala, which is playing on campus this weekend. same way they read dime novels about Jesse James in the Old West, thinking there’s something romantic and admirable about the most heinous of crimes.

Of course, I don’t judge that thinking at all: I like glorified violence. I like gangster stories that are fun and surreal, and I appreciate the fascination.

But I also like that there are filmmakers out there who tell stories like these, highlighting the actual victims in Mexico, where the criminals seem to have more power than the political leaders.

Even more than that, Miss Bala shows us that film has the power to open windows to worlds we never imagined we could see up close.

5th Avenue Cinema presents Miss Bala April 12 and 13, at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

April 14, 3 p.m. $3 general admission, free for students

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Hitting the mark New Hawkeye graphic novel revitalizes the C-list superhero Tristan Cooper Vanguard staff

Most people came out of last year’s megahit superhero flick The Avengers with a favorite character. Iron Man remains pretty popular thanks to Robert Downey Jr., and the Hulk certainly gained a few new fans with his show-stopping scenes.

But let’s face it: Hawkeye is nobody’s favorite.

For every cape that’s had a less-than-stellar representation at the Cineplex, you can find the original material that made some Hollywood producer think the character could work on the big screen given the right approach.

Movie duds like Green Lantern, Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Catwoman all failed despite great interpretations that already existed on the printed page.

Matt Fraction and David Aja’s recent comic book relaunch of Marvel’s Hawkeye not only proves that the indigo archer isn’t inherently lame, it also acts as a great example of the medium’s capabilities.

Though a few recognizable Avengers make brief appearances, Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon mostly centers on the street-level adventures

of its titular hero, real name Clint Barton.

The series has been described as “what Hawkeye does when he’s not being an Avenger.”

We spend a lot of time in his Brooklyn apartment complex, where Clint lives next to several affable neighbors who are very casual about his not-so-secret-identity.

This grounded approach fits well with the character, who has no real superpowers to speak of other than being an ace with a bow and arrow. Gone are the garish costumes and masks—Clint’s never seen in anything other than “normal people” clothes, often purple.

The initial villains are small-time, too. A group of ambiguously Eastern European mobsters happen to own the building that Clint and his friends live in, and they aren’t too shy about jacking up rent or threatening violence while using the word “bro” a lot.

Though it sounds like a safe, even bland setup for a rote procedural, Hawkeye’s presentation is remarkably stylish.

The first thing most readers will notice is the stark, black line that artist Aja uses across every page. From a crowded rooftop party to a closeup of a crooked smile, details are left intentionally sparse; more than most comics, Hawkeye’s visuals are part illustration and part design.

Matt Hollingsworth’s muted coloring accents the world without distracting from it. Unlike most superhero comics, which are heavy with fancy lighting and airbrush techniques, Hawkeye is colored flat with no embellishments.

It’s like the world’s foremost Microsoft Paint expert used the bucket fill-in tool to paint by

numbers. The result is striking, at times arresting, and it’s like no other comic you’ve seen before.

This volume is split into five chapters, each its own self-contained tale, with chapters four and five being a two-parter. Aja tags in Javier Pulido for that story, which sees Hawkeye and his female teenage sidekick (also named Hawkeye—long story) jetting off to crash a supervillain auction house.

Pulido’s art is more detailed and expressive, and he can draw the heck out of a fight scene, but his work lacks Aja’s unique, vibrant punch. Hawkeye retains a visual continuity, however, thanks in part to Hollingsworth’s consistent colors.

It seems odd to mention the writing almost as an afterthought, but Portland native Matt Fraction makes it look too easy. Each of the chapters in My Life as a Weapon were originally released as single-issue floppies, and they all seem written with Stan Lee’s sage wisdom in mind: “Every comic book is someone’s first comic book.”

The sharp pacing, snappy dialogue and the satisfying conclusions in each chapter make this one of the most accessible graphic novels a comics virgin could read.

Especially impressive is how Fraction is able to play with time without confusing the reader.

Typically, a story starts with a bad situation and we rewind backward to find out how said sticky wicket came about. This technique is popular in film and especially recent television, but Fraction employs it effortlessly.

What might be the standout story of the bunch depicts Hawkeye right in the middle of a ’70s-style car chase, with occasional flashbacks that eventually explain why Clint is scrambling to use all of his goofy trick arrows.

The scene is plotted in such a way that it’s always clear what is happening when and

Mama Mia!

Mama Mia Trattoria makes weekends all the sweeter Kat Audick Vanguard staff

Mama Mia Trattoria is a local favorite for authentic southern Italian cuisine. Now, with the addition of their new weekend brunch, they’re about to steal the show when it comes to breakfast, too.

With a slew of awesome eats and a list full of sinfully good morning cocktail concoctions, Mama Mia is looking to impress foodies all over town.

“Since most people don’t think of Italian when they think of breakfast, we wanted a menu that was unique enough to bring people back,” head chef Daniel Frosaker said.

Mama Mia Trattoria is a cornerstone establishment in downtown Portland. Nestled into the gorgeous, classically styled Waldo Building at Southwest Second Avenue and Washington Street, Mama Mia is one of the first food landmarks to welcome visitors into our fine city.

Their inviting grand dining room features gorgeous beveled mirror walls and a ceiling iced with stunning crystal chandeliers.

Open for service every Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mama Mia hopes the new brunch changes the way people think of traditional Italian. It features all of your breakfast favorites, done deliciously right with a classic Italian twist.

“I have enjoyed creating the new brunch menu,” Frosaker said. “We tried to create some really interesting dishes for breakfast.”

The best part of their weekend brunch? They have a wide variety of dishes to satisfy all your sweet and savory cravings at low prices that

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the table is set for bruch at downtown Italian resaurant Mama Mis Trattoria, which recently debuted a new breakfast.

let you treat your taste buds without breaking the bank.

Everything on the menu is affordable, even for a tight student budget, with generous portions and well-chosen ingredients. (Breakfast entrees range from $5.95 to $11.95.)

If you dine at Trattoria, I’d highly suggest spoiling yourself with a brunch beverage.

Their Portland Speciale drink comes served in a tall pint glass brimming with caramel-infused whiskey and Stumptown coffee liqueur mixed into hot Stumptown coffee. Not only is it jaw-droppingly good, it also packs enough kick

to cure any hangover.

As a charming added bonus, all patrons at Mama Mia’s brunch are treated to a complimentary house-made pastry to tempt the palate with what’s to come. Choose from warm and flaky fruit-filled or sweet cream danishes or a unique savory rosemary-romano scone.

Fresh and appetizing, these tasty delights are just the beginning of Mama Mia’s handmade culinary adventure.

If you have a sweet tooth in the morning, look no further than Mama Mia’s decadent griddle favorites. Their incredible brioche French toast

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superhero sans superPOWERS: Hawkeye kicks crime’s ass with little more than great marksmanship. how, but it doesn’t condescend to the audience—there are no giant block letters telling you that it’s “three hours earlier” or “28 minutes later.”

The art, setting and dialogue all communicate that information, making for seamless transitions that are invaluable for an exciting and well-paced story.

Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon comes recommended not only for superhero fans, not only for comics readers, but for anyone who’s open enough to read great stories told in a way they haven’t seen before.

is served up as thick, moist slabs of crispy house-made bread piled with luscious caramelized apples topped with syrup and butter.

It’s a flavor experience that’s nothing short of heavenly.

Frosaker opts for a more savory breakfast.

“My favorite new dish is our bacon frittata,” Frosaker said. “We bake the frittata with bacon, caramelized onions, sage and a touch of mint.

Just before we bake it, it is topped with ricotta cheese that browns nicely in the oven.”

PSU post-baccalaureate English major Kerry Politzer recently started working for the restaurant, and she too has nothing but glowing recommendations when it comes to their food.

“My favorite brunch dish is the four-cheese frittata,” Politzer said, “and the pasta bolognese knocks my socks off.”

Mama Mia Trattoria presents Italian cuisine that shows the dedication and care that goes into every creation.

The staff arrives early every morning to prepare fresh baked breads, creamy mozzarella cheese and handmade sauces and pasta.

Working with only the best locally sourced and sustainable products, each dish honors the ingredients it contains.

“By using fresh ingredients, we are able to create the Italian food that people remember, but with a robust flavor that people notice with their first bite,” Frosaker said.

“I am able to take traditional Italian dishes that people know and love and enhance them with great fresh and local ingredients,” Frosaker added. “It is fun to be able to try out new dishes and new ways of making our favorites better. We are always trying to improve.”

Take a moment to treat yourself this weekend by heading over to Mama Mia Trattoria for brunch. Every item on their menu is so delightfully delicious, there’s no way to choose wrong.

With such charming service and unforgettable flavors, you may just find yourself starting a new weekly tradition.

Mama Mia Trattoria brunch Every Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.–1 p.m.

439 SW Second Ave. For menu or more information go to mamamiatrattoria.com

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‘God particle’ reveals universe’s secrets Profound implications for increases in tuition, whether to kill all politicians Deeply Thought Thoughts Ryan S. Cunningham

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he international scientific community had a unique cause for celebration in March. The European Organization for Nuclear Research—known by its French acronym, CERN— announced in March that the 125-giga electron-volt particle recorded by researchers at Switzerland’s Large Hadron Collider during an experiment last summer was in fact the elusive Higgs boson.

The discovery of this “god particle,” the constituent element of the proposed “Higgs field” that gives mass to all matter, confirms the predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics. This gives new weight to a theory that reduces every force—with the glaring exception of gravity— to the interactions of subatomic particles.

You’ve unlocked the mysteries of the universe, eggheads— it’s time to celebrate! Roll up the starched sleeves of your lab coats, snort some lines off your pocket protectors and hit up the strip clubs.

This breakthrough is important for a number of reasons. The addition of the Higgs boson completes the Standard Model’s 61-piece particle puzzle, and unless evidence surfaces to support competing models like string theory or supersymmetry, this means that humans, for the first time, have drawn a moreor-less complete picture of the universe’s mechanics.

The Higgs field may also be responsible for splitting the electroweak force into

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its lower-energy electromagnetic and weak nuclear constituents.

Electroweak unification is another step toward combining each of the four fundamental forces under an overarching “theory of everything.”

The 1960s dream of a dazzling techno-future wasn’t just tripped-out hubris after all.

We stand at the end of history: Soon everything, from the tiniest oscillation of visible light to the orbit of an extrasolar gas giant, will be quantified and projected years in advance.

Bring on the superconductors, flying cars and robot sex slaves!

Humanity’s scientific elite holds the secrets of the universe at its fingertips. Which socially relevant line of inquiry should it pursue first?

Scientists should get off their esoteric, subatomic high horse and get down to ascertaining the fundamental law behind the inexorable increase in the cost of higher education.

According to a reputable source, when this columnist graduated from high school in 2005 the total average yearly tuition for a resident undergraduate student at Portland State was a mere $4,761. This figure is chump change compared to the total cost of education—$6,764—at this same university in 2011, the year he received his bachelor’s degree.

This is a whopping 70 percent increase in university tuition cost. And, puzzlingly, during this six-year period inflation remained at historically moderate levels. Tuition

costs at private universities and other state higher education systems have increased commensurably.

The reader may observe that the conundrum of the skyrocketing cost of education in the U.S. may be better left to economists, public policy experts and other varieties of candy-ass social scientists.

But there is no pseudo-magic invisible hand of self-interest at work behind the curtains here—only the stone-cold reality of tiny particles bumping into each other in such a way as to cause a general rise in the already dear price of a university education.

Why are universities shafting students so hard and so fast?

Students, university professors, money, textbooks, brand-new student-housing complexes that incorporate mixed retail outlets and, yes, even state legislators are each fundamentally composed of the same matter and governed by the same physical forces that are purportedly determined by the now-affirmed Standard Model. So it should be no stretch for scientists to work out what weird stew of combinations among these constituent elements of the closed system of higher education is resulting in this unsustainable climb.

This columnist’s largely uninformed opinion on the subject is that the system’s surplus of state legislators is increasing its general level of entropy, which in turn necessitates that an ever-increasing amount of additional energy (in the form of student dollars) be injected into the system. Which brings him again to his cure-all solution to every social ill: Kill the politicians.

It’s simple science, guys.

espite a love for Oreos, burritos and carrot cake, nutrition is something I take pretty seriously. I love to go grocery shopping and ogle the various in-season produce. However enjoyable a jaunt through the produce aisle can be, though, much of the food that we see in stores and regularly consume has been genetically modified.

My first foray into alternative eating styles occurred in the sixth grade with my first attempt at vegetarianism. I didn’t take the diet seriously until I got older and started researching the food industry and where what we eat comes from. After moving to Portland I switched to a strictly vegan diet, and in the past month I’ve been working on eliminating as much gluten and processed food as possible. The idea of eating something that’s been genetically modified holds very little appeal to me, and I’m not the only one who feels that way.

The problem with genetically modified organisms? The practice hasn’t been around long enough for us to know its long-term effects. There’s “proof” on both the anti- and pro-GMO sides, but it’s still too early to come to a solid conclusion.

While many of us were busy changing our Facebook profile pictures to the red marriage equality sign, President Obama quietly signed into law the Monsanto Protection Act. Which, by the way, was cowritten by the Monsanto Corporation, one of a small handful of billion-dollar companies that own the majority of American crops, and the engineer of GMOs. The Monsanto Act does some pretty shifty things involving the protection of large food companies. It’s great that we have a president who

values some truly wonderful things, but we should be giving his administration the stink-eye on this one.

Oregon hasn’t given up, though. The state just tossed its hat into the GMO ring, a maneuver that The Oregonian thinks is jumping the gun.

France completely banned the growing of crops based on genetically modified food, but then again, as The Oregonian asserted, that might just be because they’re paranoid.

Currently, there are bills up for consideration that would affect the state’s use and sale of GMOs. Oregon House Bill 2532 would require any food item that was genetically modified in any way to be sold with a warning of sorts on the packaging.

For some reason, there’s resistance to this. People have a right to know what they’re eating, and allowing them to find out while at the grocery store could very well save a life—without long-term research, who knows what the consequences of eating GMO foods are?

Granted, foods labeled as containing GMOs most likely won’t be purchased, which could drive up the price of non-GMO food. Even with this tiny little negative variable, the solution seems pretty clear: Stop growing GMOs in the first place.

The counterargument is that there won’t be enough food to feed the population.

This is ridiculous. A huge majority of the world’s crops are grown just to feed the livestock that’s slaughtered for meat consumption in the U.S. Not to toot my vegan horn, but a plant-based diet is far more ethical in terms of fellow sentient beings’ livelihoods as well as the impact on the earth.

If we cut back (or cut out) meat consumption, the need

for those huge, GMO-riddled crops immediately goes away.

Farmers would be able to concentrate on cultivating sustainable, custom and organic farms rather than perpetuate the idea that it’s OK to feed future generations genetically altered soybeans.

Despite all the positivity around the anti-GMO movement, The Oregonian still stuck with the “we’re moving too fast” idea. The editorial staff said that grocers like Whole Foods already make it a point to label what is or isn’t GMO-free. That’s great and all, but not everyone has the means or privilege to shop at places like Whole Foods, Traders Joe’s or New Seasons.

Changing labels might be more government interference than a lot of people are comfortable with, but I like knowing what’s in my food, especially since I, like many others, can’t always afford to shop at the more select grocery stores.

Whether we should even continue to grow GMOs might come up during the 2014 legislative session, and that’s what we should be concentrating on, according to The Oregonian.

There’s merit to that. However, labeling GMOs first will help raise awareness of how prominent they are in our food. Until GMO labeling happens, be conscious of what you’re eating. When you can afford it, shop at smaller, locally sourced grocery stores. Sure, those glossy red apples are much brighter and larger, but they’re also riddled with dyes and god knows what else.

If we stop buying as many GMOs as possible, food producers will notice and things will happen. Also, pay attention to local legislature.

These small, state-based bills are things we have a say in, so why not make it so GMOs must be labeled? It’s a start to a very long fight, but one that will have a positive outcome in the end.

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Continued education is increasingly becoming more of a risk than an investment Ms. Fudge’s Sweet Nothings Stephanie Fudge-Bernard

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The carbon tax debate Taxing carbon footprints sounds good in theory, but will it prove equally beneficial for all?

A Critical Glance Adam E. Bushen

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ortland Stater recently welcomed British Columbia’s Environment Minister Terry Lake and local business leaders to discuss the idea of a carbon tax in Oregon. Currently, there are four carbon-tax-related bills being considered by the Oregon Legislature, and the economic potential is drawing attention around the state. Some reports indicate that such legislation could generate $1 billion a year for the state of Oregon.

A carbon tax is a great idea in theory, and although I have reservations about the probability of its implementation, it has proven effective. To demonstrate, we need look no further than to our neighbors to the north— British Columbia.

Their carbon tax, introduced in 2008, has proven economically fruitful while also creating incentives for businesses and individuals to alter their activities in order to reduce their carbon footprints.

So how can a tax prove to be economically beneficial?

By administering a tax reduction on businesses and individuals, which coincides with the introduction of the carbon tax. As Lake pointed out during his visit to PSU, reducing taxes while enacting the carbon tax renders it revenue-neutral, meaning that no additional money is taken. Your carbon tax dollars are simply being returned through reduction of other taxes.

The potential success of

this system in Oregon is evidenced by the fact that British Columbia has returned $500 million more to taxpayers in tax reductions than it has raised in revenue. According to the Canadian government’s website, during the 2011/2012 fiscal year tax reductions are expected to return $192 million more to taxpayers than the government took in. One long-term result of this is that British Columbia has developed one of the

We must implement a carbon tax if we are to change our perspective on pollution.

lowest income tax rates in North America.

Keep in mind, though, that in British Columbia none of the revenue raised is used for government spending. This is where Oregon and the U.S. as a whole begin to differ.

For starters, Canada isn’t involved in a handful of “conflicts” across the globe that are hemorrhaging the nation’s resources. Oregon and the U.S. will most likely need to use the revenue raised for government spending, especially as budget

cuts persist on both the national and state levels.

I simply can’t see the U.S. or Oregon being able to afford reducing other taxes in order to render a carbon tax revenue-neutral—the capital is too desperately needed. This is evidenced by the state’s desire to generate millions of dollars in revenue from the tax, not to be revenue-neutral. Whereas British Columbia’s citizens and businesses benefited from the absence of overall tax increases, the state of Oregon wishes to turn a profit directly.

But my major concern is that the financial burden of a carbon tax will be as unequal as any other in our current tax system. While it goes without saying that big businesses have massive carbon footprints, our devotion to the economy will impede our will to punish them for being the largest polluters.

There will be, without a doubt, efforts by large corporations—and “job creators” in Washington, D.C.—to fight for the exemption of those corporations. Therefore, in the event that a carbon tax is introduced, individual taxpayers will have to pay more than their fair share. It only makes sense that the biggest offenders are the last to be held accountable while the rest of the country chips in extra to cover for them.

We must implement a carbon tax if we are to change our perspective on pollution.

Our country worships capitalism, and although hitting people’s wallets seems like a good idea in this regard, I can’t help but imagine the government will bend to the whims of big business, leaving the vast majority with the short stick.

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s a child, I grew up believing in a beautiful country of opportunity and promise, a nation of unequaled vision that urged its citizens to reach for their dreams and then gave them the resources to achieve nearly anything. I was taught that anyone who’s anyone had to go to college and that, in order to succeed, investing in my future was worth a little bit of debt.

A decade-and-a-half later, I’m realizing how very naive were those sentiments. No longer is expanding our horizons an investment, it’s a disaster. With college degrees costing more and more each year and tuition rising by the credit, it’s getting to be that some majors will never pay enough to recoup the cost of getting that degree.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the combined costs of undergraduate tuition and room and board rose a whopping 42 percent from 2001 to 2011.

That number is adjusted for inflation, meaning today’s undergrads are getting royally screwed.

So every time your parents told you that you needed to go to college, they might have been right. That is, until the entire market for education grew nearly half again as expensive as it was at the time.

Sure, there are a plethora of reasons for this, including the fast pace of technology, the increased cost of skilled labor and all the pretty majors we have to choose from, not to mention all that construction happening around campus.

But while tuition is rising at light speed, many students aren’t finding jobs that pay anywhere near what they need to attack their monstrous debt. Students are ending up in underpaying or even minimum wage jobs to try to avoid drowning in interest. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics even shows that 15 percent of taxi drivers had a diploma in 2010 as compared to less than 1 percent in 1970, when the job was probably exactly the same.

All those horrible thoughts aside, college is still generally a worthwhile investment in terms of long-term payoff, even if it is incredibly time-consuming and risky .

To add insult to injury, many students who can’t find a quality job right out of college often have to defer their loans until they can find one. While that seems fine in theory, the compounding interest on their unsubsidized debt makes it a debilitating choice.

As that increasing debt accrues over short periods of time, running away from your loans later becomes an occupation graduates may face the rest of their lives. This fact is especially daunting given that student loan debt almost never gets absolved if you file for bankruptcy.

All those horrible thoughts aside, college is still generally a worthwhile investment in terms of long-term payoff, even if it is incredibly time-consuming and risky. As of January, people with only a high school diploma or less were nearly twice as likely as college graduates to be unemployed. So even if we’re miserable, we’re probably a little less miserable than people who decided not to go to college.

Perhaps one of the most important things to take away from such disheartening information is that we need to look at education differently. It’s not that all college is a bad investment; it’s just that it’s different today than it was even 10 years ago, and students have to wrestle more with financial debt— not because we’re frivolous credit card fiends, but because things actually cost much more than in previous generations.

Ultimately, it’s cute when people tell us education is one of those glorious gifts we absolutely need to have in order to live happily ever after. And by cute I mean insulting.

Anyone arrogant enough to tell a modern college student who has decades of debt to look forward to and no job options to be found can just go, well, work.

The rest of us will sit in the closets we call apartments and use our diplomas as Pizza Schmizza placemats.

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talk about individuals and communities that are affected by Vietnam War-era unexploded ordnance in Laos, how the problem is being addressed in the country, and ways in which people in the U.S. can help to clear Laos of bombs, support survivors of accidents and help to create a safer future for the people of Laos.

This could be you!

with valid ID and $5 advance for the public (or $8 for the general public at the door). Tickets can be purchased at the PSU Box Office or by visiting FREE pdx.edu/boxoffice/tickets.

Free Self-Defense Workshop for Women and FemaleIdentified Students 9:30–11:30 p.m.

Academic and Student Rec Center 1800 SW Sixth Ave.

As an important event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the university will offer a class led by Goeroe Silvia Smart, a fifth degree black belt and director of the Tulen Center with more than 20 years of experience teaching self-defense. The course will cover setting boundaries, ways to feel safe and stay aware of your surroundings and various physical self-defense techniques. This class is open to all female-identified students FREE and Campus Rec members.

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Stop-and-frisk reaches a milestone Nobody should be cheering

See your work in print every week. No newspaper/journalism experience required. Must be enthusiastic about reporting, comfortable with articulating opinions and responsive to constructive criticism.

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COME TO PORTLAND STATE’S KOREA NIGHT for an evening of education and entertainment focused on traditional and modern Korean culture. The event takes place Saturday, April 13, at 6 p.m. in the Smith Memorial Student Union.

Tuesday, April 9

Kel Wer Documentary

Everywhere and Here Eva-Jeanette Rawlins

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he New York City Police Department has carried out 5 million stop-and-frisks in the last 10 years, according to the Associated Press. The practice allows police to detain, question and pat down anyone who they “reasonably suspect” has committed or is about to commit a crime. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly, both major proponents of the practice, claim it’s the reason the city’s crime rates are decreasing, according to an NBC News report.

Well, something is definitely decreasing: reasons for people of color to trust the NYPD. Blacks and Latinos account for 86 percent of people stopped, according to a New York Civil Liberties Union report.

For years there’s been major controversy around how police have conducted the stops, but the practice has remained legal since the 1960s. There are signs, however, that this may soon change. A federal civil rights case is currently being heard in New York that asserts the practice is unconstitutional. According to the Associated Press, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit on behalf of four black plaintiffs who claim the only reason they were stopped was because of their race—they and millions more.

It sounds great in theory. Nip crime in the bud, right? Stop people who look like they may be up to no good. Seems logical.

Until you remember we live in the real world. Recent history should tell us there’s a big problem with this idea. Trayvon Martin, anyone? Hoodies have never been more guilty.

If every single person was being stopped and frisked, maybe there’d be some merit to Bloomberg’s stubborn support of the measure, but they’re not. In a city whose inhabitants are 45 percent white, 27 percent black and 27 percent Latino, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, it’s awfully hard to understand how those numbers add up in “random” stops. What’s even more mind-boggling is that over the last 10 years, almost 90 percent of those stopped weren’t guilty of any crime.

Yet Bloomberg continues to insist that it works: In a press conference last year, he said, “Nobody should ask Ray Kelly to apologize—he’s not going to and neither am I—for saving 5,600 lives. I think it’s fair to say that stop-question-andfrisk has been an essential part of the NYPD’s work.”

Essential for whom? The white majority who rarely gets stopped? Who have little to no interaction with police on a daily basis?

Bloomberg might want to ask Tyquan Brehon how

essential it is—Brehon is a black man who says he was stopped more than 60 times before the age of 18. Or Alvin, a local biracial teen, who secretly recorded his interaction with police after constantly being stopped. Once again, it was an offensive hoodie that caused all the problems. When Alvin asked why he would be arrested, an officer responded, “For being a f—ing mutt.”

These aren’t isolated incidences. Though documentaries have been made about both these men, they represent millions of people of color who, day after day, more so than anyone else, miraculously fit the profile of “criminal.”

To criticize the police force would only scratch the surface. In the documentary about Alvin, two officers are interviewed anonymously, and both explain that their jobs depend on how many stop-andfrisks they make. They admit they joined the force to make a difference but soon realized they’d have to do things they didn’t believe in.

It’s so much bigger than the police. The fact that in our country the color of your skin still determines how you are treated on an institutional level is the overarching problem. The darker your skin, the guiltier you are assumed to be.

So, no matter what Bloomberg pulls out of his… thumb, until this country’s larger, insidious institutional inequities are addressed, stopand-frisk will continue to be one of a number of unconstitutional products of a racist society.

6:30 p.m. doors, 7:15 p.m. film Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 1945 SE Water Ave.

In July 2012, residents of Lela, Kenya, partnered with the Oregon State University student chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA to bring their community greater access to safe drinking water. The documentation of this resulted in a 35-minute documentary film that will premier in Portland at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Prior to the film, photography from the region will be available for viewing. FREE

Wednesday, April 10

Race: the Power of an Illusion Noon–2 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 228 1825 SW Broadway

This lecture is the beginning of a three-part series that will discuss the idea of race as biology and whether this is scientifically accurate. The discussion will also cover why this topic is important and how it impacts us culturally on a daily FREE basis.

How to Date a Survivor 1–2 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center 1802 SW 10th Ave.

Jesse Johnson, a counselor at Vital Collective, will be at the Women’s Resource Center to offer advice and talk through the struggles of being in a relationship with someone who is a survivor of trauma. Come together to listen to Jesse talk or to gather support from others in the same FREE position.

Thursday, April 11

Show and Tell Noon–1 p.m.

Art Building, room 320 1990 SW Fifth Ave.

Show and Tell is a series that runs every Thursday in the Art Building, where professionals in various artistic fields are invited to come to Portland State or broadcast lectures via the web in order to share their experiences with and inspire the FREE student body.

Lecture: What is an Organism?

4 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 236 1825 SW Broadway

Dr. John Dupre, professor of philosophy of science at the University of Exeter and director of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, will be at Portland State to lecture on organisms. He will discuss what organisms are and how they work, as well as collaborations between different types of organisms.

FREE

Rent Savvy 6 p.m.

Montgomery Lounge 1802 SW 10th Ave.

Rent Savvy is a workshop geared toward helping college students find affordable, off-campus housing.

Information on where to look and what to look for will be offered, and the event will be catered, with free FREE food for attendees.

Friday, April 12

Voices of Laos: Clearing Bombs, Protecting Lives 4 p.m.

Urban Center, second floor gallery 506 SW Mill St.

In an event sponsored by the U.S. State Department, speakers who are traveling across nine different cities will be making a stop in Portland to

Saturday, April 13

Soul Corea: PSU Korea Night 2013 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. show Smith Memorial Student Union, third floor ballroom 1825 SW Broadway

Portland State will host its annual Korea Night, a celebration of Korean culture. The night will include performances by Korean artists and traditional Korean food in a free dinner that is included with your ticket.

Tickets are free for PSU students

Hungover Brunch 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

Swift Lounge 1932 NE Broadway

If you have had a rough weekend, Swift Lounge has the cure, with a specialized menu designed for rejuvenation every Saturday and Sunday.

The only cost is the price of food. 21+

Monday, April 15

Bicycle Maintenance 101 Noon–1 p.m.

PSU Bike Hub 1818 SW Sixth Ave.

If you are a bike owner or enthusiast, the PSU Bike Hub offers you the chance to learn about the art of maintaining a bicycle. With subjects like proper methods of lubricating your drivetrain, adjusting your brakes and properly maintaining your tires, the Bike Hub will make sure you know how to take care of your bike. Participants are free to bring their own bicycles to learn exactly how they FREE should be cared for.

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you to Monday meetings where you have the chance to connect with others in your position and enjoy FREE some free snacks.

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Bicycle Commuting 101 Noon–1 p.m.

PSU Bike Hub 1818 SW Sixth Ave.

If you are currently or considering using your bike to commute, the Bike Hub will be offering a free, informative session detailing how to keep safe as well as emergency FREE bicycle maintenance.

Interdisciplinary Dialogue: How Can Higher Education Help Us Create the Society We Want?

5–7 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 238 1825 SW Broadway

The Philosophy Club invites you to join them for an open discussion on higher education and how it fits into various roles in modern society.

FREE

Dads Group 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 462 1825 SW Broadway

If you are a father and a student at Portland State, the Resource Center for Students with Children welcomes

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Basement Notes: In defense of draws

Why split results are a good thing in sports Justifying the clock

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stalemates were once a more accepted occurrence in sports, as in this famed 1968 matchup between Harvard and Yale that ended in a 29-29 tie. The split result has gradually fallen out of favor among fans.

Zach Bigalke Vanguard Staff

Extra innings. Overtimes.

Shootouts. Sudden death.

In sports, we feel the need to go for the kill, to designate a clear victor and an officially vanquished opponent. Headlines like “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29” are no longer celebrated; the draw has a decidedly negative connotation to it these days, a wholly unsatisfying consolation prize at the end of a hardfought game.

I have no desire to “kiss my sister,” as Navy football coach Eddie Erdelatz termed the feeling of earning a scoreless tie with Duke in 1953. But as that misguided mentality has blossomed into a mantra for many across the spectrum of team sports, it has resulted in the fetishization of wins and losses to the point where ties have become taboo.

Obviously, the draw has no place in the postseason—the entire point of a playoff bracket is

to advance one team past another until only one remains. But in our increased drive to force a victory out of every result, we have denigrated the purpose of a contained athletic competition in many of our pastimes.

Overtime minutes and extended tiebreakers may add to the drama of a sporting event, but there are several reasons why a fan (or an athlete or a coach) should embrace the split result rather than fight to eradicate it.

When a sport is played within a specified block of time, it allows for three reasonable outcomes: One side wins, the other side wins, or the contest ends in a wash. The introduction of modifications like shootouts in hockey or the thoroughly convoluted overtime rules of the NFL reduces an entirely logical result—the draw—into gimmickry, solely for the sake of artificially enhancing the winloss column.

Even in baseball, where the lack of a clock better justifies a concept like extra innings, ties were a regular occurrence until stadium lighting became widely used and games were allowed to stretch out past their scheduled window. When a sport is divided into quarters or periods or halves and a cap is set on the action, it is not only justifiable but honorable to determine a result within that time frame, or else there isn’t much point in structuring it that way in the first place.

Standardizing the season Because of the various tweaks in regulation time in order to achieve a more easily relatable conclusion, some teams end

up playing far more minutes than others by the end of a season, even though the wins (or losses) accumulated amount to the same. A triple-overtime win in the NBA awards an identical result to the victor as a rout in regulation; a shootout victory in the NHL earns an equal number of points as a win within three periods.

To cast the rules aside at the end of regulation because neither team is able to finish with the advantage requires either a suspension of reality on the part of the spectator or an ever-expanding succession of columns to delineate the nature of the outcome. In either case, it obfuscates a clear understanding of the result that is attainable within the provided regulation framework. By shoehorning a definitive outcome into every contest, we reward increasing elements of luck rather than a true measure of the quality of teams vying for playoff position.

Keeping players safe Prolonging games until one side comes out ahead only increases the opportunities for injury among the athletes competing. As our awareness of the consequences of concussions and other serious sports-related

injuries has increased, a reevaluation of this antagonistic stance toward draws should reasonably follow. With roster restrictions and salary caps in place, the implementation of overtime periods gratuitously puts players at more risk than is necessary.

For owners and general managers, those risks can put the team in both competitive and economic jeopardy. The loss of a star can have quantifiable detrimental results both on the field and in terms of gate receipts and merchandise sales. Fans who attach their vicarious emotions (and their fantasy rosters) to these athletes’ fortunes enjoy celebrating a win, but are less inclined to revel in Pyrrhic victories where the circumstances of today’s triumph can have adverse effects on potential future rewards.

In our quest to determine a victor at any cost, we put players’ health and wellbeing in jeopardy, render the game clock obsolete and threaten the balance and stability of the regular season.

In light of all this, it would seem that the vilification of the humble stalemate has gone on far too long.

Grizzlies roar through Portland Memphis puts playoffs out of reach in the Rose City Matt Deems Vanguard Staff

The Memphis Grizzlies came to the Rose Garden on April 3 for a Western Conference meeting with the reeling Portland Trail Blazers. With both Nicolas Batum and LaMarcus Aldridge out of the lineup for Portland, the Blazers—a team not known for its depth off the bench—started three rookies against a Memphis squad that is headed for the playoffs at the end of the month.

Portland seemed doomed from the start without the 35 points that the two-time AllStar Aldridge and versatile Batum bring each game. Unable to benefit from their ability to draw coverage, the Blazers were blanketed by the Grizzlies defense, which shut down the home team to come away with a 94-76 win and wrap up the season series against Portland 3-1.

The Blazers were overpowered in the first quarter, searching for answers and largely coming up empty and at one point deciding to run with five rookies on the court at once.

“It was fun for me, to be out there with young guys,” first-year point guard Damian

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Lillard said after the game.

“I felt like it was a chance for us to kind of put on a show, if that’s what you want to call it.

Just show we can play with five rookies out here and we can play together and make things happen.”

The Blazers had some success as they attempted to learn on the job, but were unable to slow down a hot Grizzlies team that shot 68 percent from the field in the first quarter. Meyers Leonard, who has been tasked with picking up the slack for the absent Aldridge as of late, racked up two early fouls, which only added to Portland’s troubles.

Despite falling behind further in the second, the Blazers had their moments, including an Eric Maynor alley-oop to J.J. Hickson that brought the crowd to its feet. Those moments were scarce, however, and Portland went into the locker room at halftime down 57-46.

The third quarter was more of the same, with Portland falling behind by 16 points and Leonard picking up his fourth foul. The shining light for Blazer fans was Hickson, who during one sequence sank a jump shot, got a rebound at the other end and followed it with a layup. Another Hickson rebound on Memphis’ next possession and a bucket by Leonard forced Memphis into a timeout.

Hickson finished the game with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Lillard contributed 17 points and six assists.

In the fourth quarter, the exhausted and overmatched Blazers couldn’t make a dent in the Memphis lead, falling behind by as many as 19 points. Mike Conley of the Grizzlies finished with 20 points to lead his team in scoring, and Zach Randolph had 17 points and eight rebounds. The Blazers’ Wesley Matthews was stoic in defeat.

“It’s our job—we have got to be men,” Matthews said. “It’s not the season we wanted, we’re not playing the way we want to, but we have to suck it up and play anyway…It’s a blessing we get to play this game.”

The lottery-bound Blazers have five games left on the schedule and will continue to compete even though the postseason is now out of reach.

“You sit in the locker room and look at guys, look at the guy next to you—that’s what it’s all about,” Hickson said. “It’s [about] playing for us, not giving in and finishing the season strong to have some momentum for next year.”

Portland hosts two Western Conference rivals in the coming week, with home games against the Los Angeles Lakers tomorrow and the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 12.

j.j. hickson had a solid game against Memphis, but the Grizzlies rolled to a win in Portland.

Disgrace on the sidelines The responsibility of being a coach and mentor Drew Lazzara Vanguard Staff

I’ve written a number of times in this column about the misplaced moral outrage of sports journalism. About the grandstanding, the faux sincerity and the self-righteousness that so often seems to accompany serious examinations of sports in our culture. So it’s only fair to applaud the media when they collectively get it right.

The universal admonishment of disgraced Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice was entirely justified.

Rice’s dismissal and the “resignation” of athletic director Tim Pernetti was modest retribution for the coach’s physical and verbal assault of his players over a prolonged period of time. The incidents captured on video show Rice shoving students, whipping basketballs at their heads and berating them with homophobic slurs. Even if he weren’t the public face of a national program, these acts

Mike Rice was recently fired as head coach at Rutgers. alone are worthy of our ire and disgust.

But that is the key distinction, the part of the whole ordeal that really sticks with me. It’s not the actuality of his methods—lots of wonderful coaches yell and scream at their players. And it’s not just that Rice is a spokesperson for Rutgers and the state of New Jersey. It’s that he is a coach.

And coaches at all levels have a unique responsibility, one

that empowers them to do a great deal of good. Or tremendous harm.

I’m going to tap the breaks here just a bit; I don’t want to get carried away. I think it’s silly that we call people in this line of work “coach” for the rest of their lives, even after they have worked in a studio four times as long as they walked the sidelines. ESPN College GameDay commentator Lee Corso, for example, was

flex offense—a very, very simplified version of the offense the Utah Jazz ran under Jerry Sloan for 20 years. Let’s just say it was not intuitive for me.

And my coach screamed at me.

Lots. He would stop scrimmages to colorfully point out my mistakes at a high volume.

But then he would show me what to do. He would talk to me, and when I started to get better he would praise me. He would put the ball in my hands in increasingly important spots, and he would play me for longer and longer stretches. And he would yell when I messed up, but I actually learned how to play basketball. At a time in my life when I was too young to consider the impact that my parents and teachers and coaches were having on me, I was being led. With the help of this example, I was growing.

Cut to the following year.

I was playing on the junior varsity team (because I’m not very good at basketball) for a coach that didn’t know my proper name for the first third of the season, who didn’t take any time to find out what we were good at, who had clearbut-arbitrary favorites on the team, who had no desire to instruct or teach or lead. Like Mike Rice, he enjoyed yelling for its own sake. Not surprisingly, none of us got any better.

I regressed, and I didn’t have any fun. When I needed knee surgery at the start of the following season, I wasn’t sad to miss the year.

I was never going to be anything special as a basketball player. But I probably could have played through high school, had a unique and valuable experience, and grown as a person and a player. The fact that I didn’t is my responsibility, first and foremost, but I resented that coach. I didn’t realize it at the time, but my seventh grade coach had really made a positive impact.

Mike Rice coached in Division I basketball. His job was to win games in a highly competitive environment with millions and millions of dollars at stake. He wasn’t charged with being a role model to his players, not in the way my middle school coaches were. But, like all coaches, he was entrusted with responsibility. It’s a position that bears the implicit trust of the community. When they’re going to call you coach for the rest of your life, you are responsible for earning that respect.

Mike Rice violated that trust, and his actions cast a pall over one of the most important roles in our society.

It’s a big deal. For once, I’m glad the media has treated it that way.

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barely a coach even when that was his actual job (he led my alma mater Indiana Hoosiers football team to a combined 10 wins in his first four seasons), and he’s certainly not one now.

At the same time, it’s not a melodramatic overstatement to say that coaches shape lives.

If you acknowledge, as I do, that there are valuable lessons to be learned from sports and competition, then it’s easy to recognize that it is the coach who instills those values. Even if they only teach the fundamentals of the game, they are changing their players, helping them to grow. Becoming a better shooter or pitcher or left tackle might seem like a superficial change in the grand scheme of life, but the very experience of growth is inspiring in a way that transcends the game. It is literally and figuratively transformative. And it’s in the coach’s hands.

My first real experience with competitive sports, the kind where neither my playing time nor even my place on the team were guaranteed, was on my seventh grade basketball team. It was the first time that there were actual stakes. Small stakes, to be sure, but there was accountability for winning and losing.

I had never really been taught the game of basketball, never learned a system. We ran the

The Vikings softball team scored a sweep for the second week in a row with three wins over the University of Northern Colorado Bears at home.

Portland State improved to 15-21 overall this season and 8-1 in conference, establishing a firm hold on the top spot in the Big Sky. Highlights of the weekend were pitcher Anna Bertrand and left fielder Sadie Lopez, who both turned in tremendous performances. After a pair of dominant wins in Friday’s doubleheader, the Vikings fought until the final inning on Saturday to earn the sweep.

PSU got on the board early in the first game on Friday when sophomore shortstop Alicia Fine’s groundout in the bottom of the second allowed first baseman Brittany Hendrickson to score. The team had a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the sixth, then got a sacrifice fly from Aubrey Nitschelm and a two-run blast from Lopez to give the Vikings

a 5-0 win. While Lopez provided the spark on offense, Bertrand dominated in the circle. The pitcher did not let a single runner advance past second base, coming through with an eight-hit shutout.

In the second game of the doubleheader, it was a huge third inning that put PSU in the lead for good. Center fielder Becca Bliss singled to drive in Lopez, and then came all the way around to score on two throwing errors by the Bears. The Vikings exploded for six more runs in the inning, capped by a three-run homer by Lopez, and added one more in the fourth.

The Bears got their only run of the day on an RBI single in the fourth, and PSU walked away with a 9-1 victory.

Northern Colorado came out with new life on Saturday, scoring four runs in the first two innings. Vikings third baseman Crysta Conn responded in bottom of the second with a solo home run, and the two teams went scoreless over the next two innings.

“Things didn’t go our way in the first two innings,” head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk said after the game. “You could kind of see them getting a little flustered, but they settled in.

Anna settled in and calmed

down, and we were able to make one run at a time and make something happen.”

In the fifth inning, Portland State picked up another run when second baseman Carly McEachran scored on a wild pitch. The team went into the sixth inning needing three runs for the comeback.

With runners on first and third and two outs, it was Lopez who came through again for the Vikings, lacing a double to right field that sent two runners home. The senior’s calm presence at the plate was a recurring theme during the weekend.

“We came in and started the game slow, and we knew that we needed something to pick us up,” Lopez said.

The Bears were unable to score in the top of the seventh, and in the bottom of the inning, Hendrickson hit the ball up the middle for a walk-off single that scored Becca Bliss from second and secured the 5-4 win for PSU. The Vikings will have a break from conference competition this weekend as they head north for a doubleheader against Seattle University on Wednesday. Games are scheduled for 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Live stats can be found at goviks.com.

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Sadie lopez made her presence felt at the plate against Northern Colorado, as the Vikings took all three games at home.

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Track and field shines in Salem

Recent results Friday, April 5

Portland State leaves its mark on Willamette Invite

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Early season success continued for the Portland State track and field squad at the Willamette Invite over the weekend, as nine athletes came through with qualifying times for the Big Sky Conference Championship in Forest Grove next month.

The Vikings took the top two spots in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events, and distance runners Amber Rozcicha and Camelia Mayfield each turned in qualifying times of their own.

“It was a really good showing for Portland State track and field today,” assistant coach Seth Henson said. “This meet solidified our goals for the outdoor season. We were 14 points shy of winning the indoor conference meet, and we feel like we’ve added people in the javelin and the discus, people who are going to score us some points. Today was definitely a step in the right direction.”

The goal for the Vikings is clear: to take home the top prize at the Big Sky meet. If their success thus far in the outdoor season is any indication, the team is on the right

Top performers Sadie Lopez: 2-for-2, HR, 3 RBI Anna Bertrand: 5.0 IP, 5 strikeouts

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track, but Henson and the coaching staff know they still have work to do. “[The Willamette Invite] was great, but we really feel like we have room for improvement,” Henson said.

“But what we did see was confidence—our men and women are starting to look around at each other and realize that they have a chance to be great.”

For the Vikings, especially the seniors on the squad, it would be an especially meaningful win to come through with a championship at home.

“This is the first time in Portland State history we are hosting the Big Sky Conference [Championship],” senior Geronne Black said. “And what better year than my last year. I’m extremely excited

Winterhawks back to winning ways at home Vanguard Staff

After finishing the regular season with a record of 28-7-0-1 at home as they split their time between the Rose Garden and Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the Portland Winterhawks sputtered their way into the

second round after losing two of their three home matchups against the Everett Silvertips.

Opening their next series of the WHL playoffs with two games in Portland versus the Spokane Chiefs, the Winterhawks responded with a pair of dominant performances to reassert their status as the top seed in the postseason.

Game 1 Surprisingly, the high-octane Winterhawks were actually outshot 40-39 by Spokane

in the series opener on Friday at the Memorial Coliseum, as the focus fell squarely on the respective goaltenders in an explosive offensive battle.

Portland’s Mac Carruth, playing in his final WHL postseason, stopped 38 of 40 shots by the Chiefs to earn his 38th career playoff victory. The win tied Carruth with current Carolina Hurricanes netminder Cam Ward for the all-time record in the WHL postseason, a mark that the former Red Deer goalie set from 2001–04.

to have the home crowd and to get the school support and have other student athletes come see what we do.

It will definitely help how I compete.”

Now the Vikings turn their attention to the Mondo Invite, taking place in Sacramento, Calif., April 12–13. The coaching staff will continue to push the athletes to get better.

Carruth wasn’t perfect, but he didn’t need to be in the win. Spokane erased a pair of one-goal leads by Portland in the first two periods, the second equalizer coming on a shorthanded score by Todd Fiddler seven minutes into the second. But after Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his second goal of the night with 5:16 left in the period and Derrick Pouliot added an insurance marker two minutes before the intermission, the Chiefs fell apart in the third.

Ty Rattie punctuated the 7-2 victory with a trio of tallies in the final 20 minutes.

He beat Spokane goalie Eric Williams 47 seconds into the period on the power play for his first goal of the night, and then notched his second five minutes later with assistance from Brendan Leipsic and Nicolas Petan. Rattie completed the hat trick for his ninth goal of the postseason on another power play with 3:37 remaining in the game.

Williams was in the crease for all 60 minutes, stopping 32 of Portland’s 39 shots and suffering the full brunt of the defeat.

Game 2 The following night, 10,326 fans were on hand in the Rose Garden as Carruth saved all 27 Spokane shots for his fourth career playoff shutout in a 3-0 victory. In addition

Track & Field Willamette Invitational

Sierra Brooks was one of nine Vikings who turned in qualifying times for the Big Sky Championships next month.

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Top performers Ty Rattie: 3 goals Oliver Bjorkstrand: 2 goals

Mac Carruth shut down Spokane at home in the first two games of the second round of the playoffs.

Portland takes 2-0 series lead against Spokane in WHL playoffs

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“We are expecting throws to go a little bit further; we are expecting times to drop a little bit,” Henson said. “We are definitely going to have some better competition. The Willamette Invite was step one toward winning the outdoor conference [championship], and hopefully after the Mondo Invite we will be at step two.”

to breaking the record for WHL playoff wins, Carruth also took sole possession of the Winterhawks’ franchise record for playoff shutouts, which he had shared with Lanny Ramage.

The top two lines shined in the victory for Portland.

Taylor Leier and Bjorkstrand set up linemate Chase De Leo with 6:43 left in the first period, as great puck movement left the center with a wideopen net to put away the goal.

Leipsic and Rattie then assisted Petan as he beat Williams with just a minute to go in the second period, and Leipsic netted one more midway through the third. Though Williams gave up fewer goals than in his previous game against the Winterhawks, he faced a comparable barrage on Saturday, ultimately unable to withstand the onslaught of a 43-shot night in Portland.

The series now shifts to Spokane, where the two teams take the ice tonight at 7:05 p.m., followed by Game 4 on Wednesday. The Winterhawks were 3-0-0-1 this season at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, scoring 20 goals while conceding nine. Carruth was in net for all four games on the road against the Chiefs, including a 36-save shutout in the most recent Winterhawks trip to Spokane on Jan. 25.

Top performers Sierra Brooks: 1st place in the 100-meter dash, 11.91 Michael Kubisiak: 2nd place in the 100-meter dash, 11.00

Softball

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Vikings Northern Colorado

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Top performers Crysta Conn: 1-for-2, HR, RBI Anna Bertrand: 7.0 IP, 6 strikeouts

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Western conference semifinals

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Top performers Mac Carruth: 27 saves Brendan Leipsic: 1 goal, 1 assist

MLS

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Timbers Houston

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Top performers Ryan Johnson: 2 goals

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Top performers Will Barton: 22 points, 13 rebounds