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CHIRON STUDIES COULD SEE MERGER Decades-old program may find new home in University Studies JESSE SAWYER

The 1960s saw a period of marked social and political change in the U.S. This high tide of activism and civic engagement was not missed at Portland State where, in 1968, PSU students and faculty founded Chiron Studies. Today, the need for wide-ranging involvement is just as high as the time of its founding. This time however, it’s not to build a program, but to save one.

One of the longest-running programs at PSU, Chiron Studies has sought to put a spin on the classic approach to higher education. Courses are not taught in the traditional teacher-led class style. Rather, students design a program where they can create and teach their own courses, providing a space for student empowerment and the exchange of cultural perspective.

Earlier on, Chiron Studies was funded by student fees.

Later, the program started receiving its funding through the Office of Academic Affairs. That was until December of 2012. During a series of campus-wide budget cuts, PSU administrators chose to defund Chiron Studies by 100 percent.

“This left former Chiron Studies coordinator, Rozzell Medina, and the Chiron Studies Committee in a very challenging position,” said Carolyn White, a Chiron Studies committee member and graduate student of public administration. “Either we allow an innovative and successful 46-year-old program to vanish overnight, or we work without

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compensation to keep it alive.

We chose the latter.”

And so, throughout the rest of the 2012–2013 academic year, the program operated on a volunteer basis. In the past, student-instructors would receive a stipend to help pay for class materials.

Since the budget decision in December, however, all funds have been coming out of their own pockets.

“During the 2011–2012 academic year our budget was a mere $25,000, but we also had an office and access to a copy machine. And that year, with those modest resources, our classes still generated around $125,000 in tuition,” Medina said. “Now, operating without a budget at all, it’s a different story.”

Chiron Studies held 12 classes during spring term 2013.

“According to our data, we enrolled 138 students in those [spring term] classes and generated around $77,500 in tuition revenue not including fees for the university,” Medina said.

According to Medina, this was the first term in Chiron Studies’ history when the instructors and coordinator were not compensated. “[This is] despite the fact that the previous year, we enrolled 223 students and generated approximately $123,400 in tuition revenue,” Medina said. “These numbers are based on enrollment data and real tuition figures.”

Medina said instructors refused to teach this term due to lack of compensation.

DAVID OSBORNE (LEFT), a member of the Chiron Studies Committee, explains his decisions for taking classes at PSU to film major Joel Cano (right) and the other attendants of the meeting.

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“[There will be] no Chiron classes this term because we refuse to work for free any longer,” Medina said.

In spite of the dilemma, Chiron Studies has sought to find a new source of funding.

Talks are currently underway for the possible integration of Chiron Studies into University Studies.

“I feel confident that the Chiron Studies program can find a home within UNST,” White said. “However, for this to be effective, the university will have to provide UNST with the funds to support Chiron Studies.”

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the reason Chiron Studies was defunded.

“Part of the challenge with Chiron was that it wasn’t connected with an academic unit,” said Yves Labissiere, interim director of University Studies and associate professor for the School of Community Health. “This made the program vulnerable.”

Labissiere went on to explain that the conversation around Chiron’s budget may have started off on the wrong foot. The curricular function that Chiron Studies serves also needs to be addressed. Matters of curricular oversight and fulfillment of its functions could

use a rehash, and this may be the perfect opportunity for this to occur.

Talks on integrating Chiron Studies into UNST are still in the early stages. The hope is to preserve the best aspects of the program while adjusting the curricular gaps that may exist.

“What Chiron symbolizes I think really belongs in this university,” Labissiere said. “We want to do it so it’s sustainable.”

Support for the program has been strong among students and some faculty, who have put on demonstrations and petition signings. While this support is welcomed,

White and Medina stressed the importance of further student involvement. Their desire is for more students and faculty to join in on committee meetings, which will be held throughout the term.

“It would be really sad if PSU students no longer had access to this opportunity,” Medina said. “Every year, numerous students tell me that their involvement in Chiron Studies was among their most powerful and transformative experiences at PSU. It really is a very unique program, and it puts into practice so many of the theories that we know can improve education.”

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ROGUE ALES LAUNCHES ITS SECOND BREW DEDICATED TO PSU JAY PENGELLY

One of the 50-plus events to make up Portland State of Mind this year included the unveiling of a special beer at Rogue Hall on Oct. 19. The beer is called the PSU II, or Alumni Pale, and is described as a “botanical pale,” brewed to be smooth with mild hints of fruit flavor.

Portland State students past and present jammed into the pub for samples of the new brew and free food.

“I don’t know of anywhere else in the United States that has a partnership between a cool craft brewery like Rogue and a university like PSU,” said Matt Conkey, West Coast regional manager of Rogue Ales. “We came together and built this second great beer. Today we are here to reveal it, enjoy it and drink it.”

When the time came to unveil the new beer, Rogue Hall was full and all eyes were on a curtain concealing boxes of 22-ounce bottles. A man stood up and raised his glass high. He is a bishop of the Rogue nation, and led the room in prayer.

“Our lager, which art in barrels, hallowed be thy drink, thou will be drunk, perhaps we’ll all be drunk, at home as it is in the barrel.

Give us this day our frothy head and forgive us our spillages, as we forgive them who spill against us, lead us not into incarceration and deliver us from hangovers, for thine is the beer, the bitter and lager, not to mention the PSU ale, please say after me ‘bah-men’” After the curtain dropped, samples of the Alumni Pale Ale were passed around.

A raffle took place as well, won by Dolores Zegar Judkins, a PSU graduate from 1970. Her gift bag included a Rogue T-shirt, bottles of the new beer and the PSU IPA, and four ticket vouchers for a football game. She was attending Portland State of Mind events all day with her husband, who graduated in 1966, the last year PSU was called Portland State College.

There are an estimated 85,000 PSU alumni in the Portland metro area.

“Today is all about our alumni and thanking them,” Gallagher said. PSU and Rogue Ales both have rich histories.

Rogue Ales was founded in 1988 in Ashland, Oregon.

Since 2010 they have partnered with PSU, focusing on efforts in sustainability. It began with CEO and Rogue founder Jack Joyce asking PSU president Wim Wiewel, a vocal environmentalist, out for an after-work beer.

PSU has been focusing on strengthening its role as a sustainability leader since 2008, and Rogue Ales practices local production on every level; the ingredients, bottles and even artwork all come from Oregon businesses. Joyce and Wiewel decided Rogue Ales and PSU were a perfect match.

The PSU IPA, dedicated to sustainability, was released as the first fruit of the union in 2010. Today both the beer and corresponding T-shirt are some of Rogue’s top sellers.

The PSU Alumni Association is pleased with the expanding relationship with Rogue. The brewery offers incentives for PSU customers. “There’s discounts, shirts [and] they’re

going to be opening a Portland State section soon,” Tom Bull, executive director for the Office of Alumni Relations, said.

Rogue Hall, located on the corner of SW 10th and Park, is centrally located on the PSU campus, and most of their customers are PSU students and staff. Some even think of PSU as a beercentric institution.

“We like to think of Portland State as Portland’s university. Portland is also known as Beervana, so I like to think of us as Beervana University,” said Scott Gallagher, director of communications for PSU. “Oftentimes people are worried about beer in universities, but the average age of a PSU student is 26 and a half.”

PSU took a step closer to becoming Beervana University this fall with the launch the nation’s first brewing certificate program, called “The Business of Craft Brewing.”

The requirements for the certificate are four online classes and a 40-hour supervised internship with a local brewery or distillery, one of which is Rogue Ales.

This fall’s 40-person cohort filled up two weeks after becoming available. Winter and spring sessions were quickly added and maxed out as well.

“What you see there is a real need in the community for training. Every day you look around there’s a new brewpub opened up,” Gallagher said. “A lot of these people start off as home brewers, but they don’t know the business side. Even if you have the best beer in the world, you still got to make it into a business.”

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NEW NATIVE CENTER PROGRAM COORDINATOR AIMS TO DISPEL MYTHS

MELISSA BENNETT, the new program coordinator of the NASCC, wants to get more Native students involved and bring the community together at PSU.

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This year not only marks the 10th anniversary of the Native American Student Community Center, but also the arrival of a fresh face: Melissa Bennett, the new program coordinator.

Coming into the position, one of Bennett’s main goals is to get Native students through the doors of the NASCC and involved.

“I was a student at a university that did not have [a] cultural center,” Bennett said. “I want to provide that kind of support. Bring students, faculty, the whole community together.”

Bennett recently finished her Masters of Divinity at Marylhurst University. Her undergrad education came from Evergreen State College, and she is a member of the

Northwest Indian Storytellers Association, WordCraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, and the Portland Inter-Tribal Canoe Club.

Along with her experience, Bennett’s personal background offers her a unique perspective in this new position.

“I come from two worlds,” Bennett said. “I was adopted [and] did not grow up in the Native community, but I knew I was Native American. Ten years ago [I] found my birth family—I immersed myself in their culture.”

Her ancestry traces back to the Umatilla, Nez Perce, Sac and Fox nations.

Last August, Bennett finished a one-year post-grad residency at Oregon State Hospital in Salem. Part of her work with patients, 10 percent

of whom were Native American, involved sweat lodges and group sessions aimed at resolving historical trauma.

“She has both the experience and skills,” Dessa Salavedra, a junior who has been working at the NASCC since last year, said. “She wants to work with students, so I think she’s a great fit.”

In addition to her time spent as a healer and resource to Native peoples, Bennett is a writer. She has multiple essays and poems published, including a poem in the upcoming Yellow Medicine Review.

Part of Bennett’s work in particular is dispelling common misconceptions about Native American society.

“People talk about Native culture like it’s one singular group, but it’s too diverse and

vast,” Bennett said. “There are over 500 federally recognized tribes, each its own entity, with their own language. There are state-recognized tribes, and tribes not recognized for various political reasons.”

The NASCC, located on the corner of SW Jackson and Broadway, hosts events throughout the year. The purpose of the building is to be a place where students may build community, receive assistance in support of their academic goals, and explore and develop cultural identities and intercultural alliances.

It strives to provide a home on campus where Native American, Alaskan Native and Pacific Island students find academic and social support.

The center also serves the ninth largest Native American

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population in the country.

The next occasion after the center’s 10th anniversary will be a Thanksgiving reconciliation, scheduled for Nov. 18.

Bennett hopes this will be a forum to take a wider look at the holiday.

“There’s a way we are taught it in school—the colonizers’ version of the story,” Bennett said. “We’re going to do some dialogue. We want the Na-

tives’ perspective, the indigenous story of Thanksgiving.”

Coordinator for Diversity and Multicultural Student Services Dean Azule added that he thought Bennett would contribute an element of planning to the NASCC. “Working with the students and staff of NASCC, she will host some entertaining events,” Azule said. “Her presence is much in need.”

La Casa Latina’s Dia de los Muertos event will honor those who have passed Student groups invite others to join the holiday celebration JESSE TOMAINO

Halloween is right around the corner, and so is another holiday that often gets confused with the American celebration of All Hallows’ Eve. Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday that originated in Mexico but is now celebrated throughout Latin America on Nov. 1-2.

Portland State’s La Casa Latina invites students to come celebrate and learn about Dia de los Muertos with them.

La Casa Latina is hosting the event in collaboration with two student groups, Las Mujeres and Mecha, on

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Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 4–6 p.m. in Smith Memorial Student Union room 229.

They will be serving hot chocolate and Mexican bread—which is sweet and delicious—and will feature traditional crafts associated with Dia de los Muertos, such as painting skulls made of sugar and making tissue paper roses.

They will also have a remembrance altar up throughout the week leading to the celebration, and students are invited to stop by and add to it.

While some of the trappings of the two disparate holidays seem similar—images of skeletons and skulls feature prominently in the Latin American celebration—they are actually quite different.

The American version of Halloween is derived from the Celtic festival Samhain that takes place at the end of harvest season. It is the time on the pagan calendar for celebrants to take stock of the year’s harvest and prepare for winter.

The ancient Celts and Gaels believed that the boundary

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between the worlds of the living and the dead was at its thinnest on All Hallows’ Eve, and that the dead were able to rise and walk again on that night, causing all manner of trouble. Out of that tradition grew our very American idea of dressing up as various characters to terrify our neighbors into giving us candy.

Dia de los Muertos is not nearly as macabre of a holiday. It is instead a celebration of one’s ancestors. It is a chance for a family to come together and honor those who have died, acknowledg-

ing the circle of life and the continuing relationship that exists even after loved ones have passed on.

Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on Nov. 1-2 to coincide with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. These holidays, much like Dia de los Muertos, are a chance for members of the Catholic Church to celebrate their brethren that have departed. Along with Halloween, they used to constitute a three-day celebration of the dead called Hallowmas.

Dia de los Muertos is an extension of that tradition which has come to focus more on celebrating the ancestors of each family, rather than Catholic saints, unshriven souls or bite-size candy bars.

According to Emanuel Magana, program coordinator of La Casa Latina, “It’s both a Catholic and an indigenous holiday, with elaborate altars with offerings and pictures of people who have passed, remembering them and the things they have done.”

NEWS

LOCAL PANEL EXAMINES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE RACHELLE SCHMIDT

One in four women experience domestic violence at some point in their lives. All too often, the outcomes are deadly. Although public awareness of domestic violence has increased in recent decades, society is still bombarded with messages in popular culture that portray acts of domestic violence as normal and often funny or romantic.

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month reached its halfway point, a local panel entitled Domestic Violence in Popular Culture examined the underlying themes of domestic violence in popular culture and the dangers that are associated with it. The event was presented by Bitch Media, a nonprofit feminist media organization that provides and encourages an engaged feminist response to mainstream media and popular culture, and Bradley Angle, a Portland-based advocacy group that aids people affected by domestic violence.

“Pop culture is a real jumping-off point to the real world discussions and provides the catalyst for having them,” said Andi Zeisler, Bitch Media co-founder, creative and editorial director, and moderator of the panel.

“Being able to see [potrayals of domestic violence] on screen and identify that as problematic is the way into these discussions.”

The panel also included Christina Bondurant, a family advocate at Bradley Angle, Erin Fairchild, who works

with families and communities impacted by stress and abuse, and Vanessa Timmons, a PSU alumni and instructor who is currently the executive director of the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

The focus of the evening was to shine a light on the many forms of domestic abuse, including physical, emotional, mental and sexual abuse. Clips from popular movies and TV shows such as Beauty and the Beast, The Honeymooners, Everybody Loves Raymond, 500 Days of Summer and Breaking Bad were shown and examined under an analytical lens.

For the panel, Beauty and the Beast is a key example of problematic gender power struggles that often occur in children’s media.

The group pointed out that despite the movie’s romantic fairy-tale theme, what exists at the heart of the story is a violent and abusive man who takes a young woman away from her home, then isolates and controls her. Despite this behavior, the movie shows that through her love she is able to “fix” him, and in the end, the two are able to live happily ever after.

“I think it is interesting that we completely overlook that the Beast is really abusive to her. From the moment he takes her dad from her and isolates her from him, to the moment he says that she can’t eat if she doesn’t eat with him. And yet, the message in the film is that she can fix him, and that she should

fix him. That is a really scary message to send to young children,” Bondurant said.

“These images put both males and females in really specific boxes about what’s appropriate and what power is like,” said Timmons, who continued to point out that it is important to maintain a dialogue with children when viewing these movies to challenge the ideas that are set forth.

According to the panel, a problematic theme of popular media is the way in which domestic violence is used for laughs, particularly in many popular sitcoms and comedy shows.

While acknowledging the humor that is frequently presented in these shows, Fairchild said that these images can also serve as a “guidebook on how to have an abusive relationship.”

Fairchild continued, saying that in television shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, women are often depicted as the abusers, and the way that violence is perpetrated by the female partner is normalized and presented as funny and therefore acceptable. This, she said contrasts with the reality that most women who commit physical abuse toward men are doing so out of self-defense.

The conviction rate and the penalties for female abusers are significantly higher than it is for men, Fairchild said.

The panel argued that the representation of domestic violence goes even further in popular culture, with dangerous behaviors such as

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE PANELISTS (Left to right: Andi Zeisler, Vanessa Timmons, Christina Bondurant and Erin Fairchild) discuss the meaning of the domestic violence portrayed in Disney movie Beauty and the Beast.

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stalking being presented as a romantic gesture in films like 500 Days of Summer and There’s Something About Mary. The panel discussed the ways these types of films promote the idea that a heated, passionate relationship is about the kind of behavior that includes intense fights, showing up at someone’s doorstep uninvited and refusing to leave, as well as following or spying on a partner as romantic gesture.

The reality is that when stalking is involved in the real world, the lethality rate increases dramatically, Timmons said.

“The normalization of that is scary for survivors,” Timmons said. “It takes a really long time to realize that that behavior isn’t funny, it’s really dangerous, and that folks who do stalking, it’s not a normal behavior.

“Because they look at that as humorous and normal, as someone who is out of control and falling in love can’t live without the person, it sends a really mixed message to both men and women about what’s normal and about what’s risky and what’s dangerous,” she continued.

The panel stressed the importance of maintaining ed-

ucation and communication on the subject of domestic violence and all the ways that it can be propagated in society, especially in popular culture. One of the most dangerous aspects of media images that normalize domestic violence, they said, is that it can lead the victim to believe that abuse is normal.

A prominent message of the night was to be aware of the messages that we are getting from our culture, which can lead unconsciously to condoning or accepting domestic violence and the behaviors that go along with it.

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NEWS CRIME BLOTTER Oct. 14 Hit and Run

Parking structure one, seventh floor At 5:25 p.m. Officer Denae Murphy took a report from a student whose vehicle was hit and damaged by an unknown person. No further information.

Oct. 15 Arrest

Cramer Hall, fourth floor Officer Jared Schuurmans, Officer David Baker and Officer Murphy responded to a report of a suspicious male in the above area.

They located and contacted the subject, nonstudent Zachary Folsom, who was on the third floor of the University Services Building. Folsom had a current PSU exclusion and was taken into custody for trespass. A search of

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Week of Oct. 14-Oct. 20

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Folsom located syringes and other paraphernalia with heroin residue on his person.

Folsom was lodged at Multnomah County Detention Center for criminal trespass II and attempted unlawful possession of heroin.

Oct. 16 Missing juveniles located

Officer Chris Fischer located three male subjects ages 16, 17 and 18 years of age who were listed as missing persons. Subjects were returned to their homes in northeast Portland. No further information.

Arrest

Lincoln Hall, west side At 3:32 p.m. Officer Baker contacted and arrested nonstudent Matthew Barrylak for disorderly conduct II. Barrylak was lodged at Multnomah County De-

tention Center. No further information.

Oct. 17 Arrest

Simon Benson House, north side At 3:53 a.m. Officer Shawn McKenzie, Officer Brian Rominger and Officer Buck contacted non-students Edward Duncan and Marcus Ruby on suspicion of bike theft. The search found on Duncan’s person a bag of methamphetamine, a vial of naloxone hydrochloride and a used syringe. Duncan was arrested and lodged at Multnomah County Detention Center for unlawful possession of methamphetamine and issued a PSU exclusion.

Theft

Academic Student Recreation Center, fourth floor Officer Gary Smeltzer took a

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report of a student’s laptop being stolen on Oct. 16 between 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. after it was left unattended in a storage closet. The laptop was later recovered after being abandoned in the XSB building.

Theft

Cramer Hall, north side Officer Smeltzer took a report of a student’s bike being stolen from the above area between 11:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Oct. 16.

Criminal Mischief

At 12:05 p.m. Officer Nichola Higbee took a report of a student’s vehicle being scratched between 10 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. No further information.

Oct. 18 Theft

Science Research and Teaching Center At 11:06 a.m. Officer Smeltzer

took a report of a student’s iPhone 5 being stolen when left unattended. No further information.

Theft

Native American Student and Community Center At 4:20 p.m. Officer Brenton Chose took a theft report from non-student Hope Lafferty, who had left two bags outside from 1 p.m. to 4:10 p.m., and which were missing upon her return. Items included one black trash bag full of clothes and a small black and orange Oregon State University backpack filled with personal hygiene items.

Oct. 19 Arrest

Academic Student Recreation Center, west side Officers Murphy and Baker contacted and arrested non-student Michael J.

Stanley—who had a current PSU exclusion—at 10:01 p.m. Stanley was arrested and lodged at Multnomah County Detention Center for criminal trespass II and an outstanding misdemeanor warrant.

Oct. 20 Theft

Peter W. Stott Center At 3:26 p.m. Officer Murphy received a report from a student who stated she had left her wallet and iPhone 5 in a locker for 25 minutes, and upon her return the items were gone.

No further information.

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HOW YOU TELL A STORY

OPINION

WHAT ‘THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES’ SAYS ABOUT ADAPTATIONS

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by Katherine Palleschi It is a truth universally acknowledged that adaptation is a key to survival. We adapt, or we die. I would argue that all things must adapt, or be adapted, to avoid being lost to the ages. Even stories.

We currently live in a media culture that is overwhelmed by adaptations and retellings of books, plays, comics and older movies. A lot of people are bemoaning this. Some people complain about “messing up the original,” and some people complain about the lack of new and original material being developed for the public. The latter is a valid point—to an extent—but the former argument doesn’t really hold up.

It’s not as if people are pulling a fast one and going back to an older movie to fiddle with the content (I’m looking at you, George Lucas. Han shot first, man, come on). The original material remains intact, untainted by any adaptation or retelling.

They are separate and distinct things, something fans of the original often forget in their enraged attempts at shaming new fans who haven’t yet explored the source material.

The best adaptations do what they say; they adapt the story to fit the new work in a different way. An adaptation should resemble the original material, yes, but there is more than one way to tell a single story. That’s sort of the beauty of stories, you know?

Adaptations often make a change in the time period, the location or the medium—sometimes all three—while still retaining the soul of the story and the characters who live within it.

For example, look at The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, an Emmy Award-winning web series on YouTube developed by Bernie Su and Hank Green that adapts Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It premiered last year, but I honestly can’t get over it. It’s got everything the novel has—humor, strong women, silly men, romance, tragedy—and all of that is accessible within today’s society. And it’s groundbreaking in its format and use of media.

I’m telling you, you need to check this out.

So what does Pride and Prejudice look like in 2012?

Su and Green took a group of beloved characters and made them make sense in our world. They were rather ambitious about it by moving the Bennet family, with their friends, relations and acquaintances, to 2012 California. Elizabeth becomes Lizzie, living at home with her parents and sisters while working toward a master’s in communications.

All of the novel’s major characters (with the exception of Bennet sisters Kitty and Mary, who serve important points in the novel but who would not find much of a place in modern life) make appearances of some kind. All of the adult characters like Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, Lady Catherine DeBourgh and Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner are never seen, only discussed, but their actions are felt.

As a massive fan of the novel, I was interested to see how the writers would modernize some of the book’s biggest events, including the ones that wouldn’t really work in today’s society. For example, how would they work in Mrs. Bennet’s scheme to get Jane to stay at Netherfield Park in the hopes that Mr. Bingley would fall in love with her? How would they get Lizzie to Pemberley, and what would Pemberley even be? How would they explain Mr. Collins’ proposals to both Lizzie and Charlotte?

It all gets accomplished in satisfying and realistic terms, and none of it compromises the story itself. The Bennet home is being renovated, and the girls are offered a room at Netherfield Park. Pemberley becomes Pemberley Digital, a production company in San Francisco, where Lizzie interns as part of her thesis project. Collins’ proposal to Lizzie and subsequently to Charlotte becomes not one of marriage but of employment.

While there are some discrepancies, they serve only to make the story work in modern society where the original material never would.

One of the quirks of 19th century society is that people were referred to by their last names, and that’s mostly fallen out of favor today. For a character like Charles Bingley, that becomes difficult to adapt. In the novel he is only ever known as Bingley or Mr. Bingley, but to have everyone he meets in a modern world call him that would be odd. Instead, Su and Green opted to name him Bing Lee, thus adding something different to the invariably all-white cast that you’d expect from an 18th-century novel.

In addition to purposefully bringing two Asian-American characters into the story, the creators seem to have (thankfully) cast for talent more than type, so we get Charlotte Lu instead of Charlotte Lucas. Incidentally, this also adds more authenticity to a show set in the melting pot that is California.

The vlog as a medium is an extremely interesting development in modern society—a more in-depth diary, if you will. A public in-depth diary. There’s a connection between the vlogger and the audience that isn’t found in a written journal, even on a blog site. The audience can see the vlogger, and it feels as if the vlogger is in the room, telling you their story.

Lizzie Bennet starts her vlog series to document her life, as most vloggers do, with the help of Charlotte as editor. Because this is meant to be a real girl making real vlogs, it doesn’t make sense for the camera to capture all the important scenes, so most events that happen off-camera are recounted through costume theater. Lizzie creates a script and provides a costume for whoever happens to be with her.

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Su and Green, who turned the Pemberley Digital of their show into a real production company, brought Austen’s characters into the 21st century without damaging either the characters themselves or the themes of Austen’s novel. Issues of social class, morality, manners, love, and, of course, pride and prejudice are still alive and well in today’s society.

Since The Lizzie Bennet Diaries ended in the spring, Pemberley Digital has produced two other series based on Jane Austen novels: Welcome to Sanditon and Emma Approved.

Emma Approved, based on the novel Emma, is a series similar to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, but Welcome to Sanditon, which draws from Austen’s unfinished Sanditon, does something different. While there are actors and a script, Welcome to Sanditon also offered fans the chance to create their own character who would live in Sanditon and interact with the plot and other fans—always as the character they created, never as themselves.

They’re doing some really interesting things over at Pemberley Digital, and I can’t wait to see what else they’ve got up their sleeves.

So romance and “chick lit” (that’s a whole other discussion) isn’t really your thing? That’s okay. I guess what I’m asking here is for people to stop hating on an adaptation of something simply because it is an adaptation. Adaptations keep stories alive, in a sense, because they bring in new audience members. Think about how many people have now read Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, anything from Marvel and DC—the list goes on and on—all because of an adaptation.

We would do well to remember, too, that stories, no matter the form they take, only exist so long as someone is there to consume them. So don’t hate the newcomers to a story you already love. Welcome them, because they’re going to help your story stay alive.

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OPINION

SEEKING ANTIQUITY NEW HISTORIANS AND WHY THEY BOTHER

KAYLA NGUYEN/PSU VANGUARD

“Complaining high schoolers and indecisive university students have always asked, ‘Why bother with history when it lacks ‘real world’ application?’”

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The Basement Troll

by Reid Tyler

In an age deeply entangled in the cult of “now,” what place is there for “before?”

Allow me to paint you a picture.

On the slope of a grassy ridge, there is a man. He stands in the illumination of a windswept fire, unfaltering in a torrent of rain.

This man is a king; the lion-crested sigil of his family and the golden mail beneath prove as much. The ground shakes beneath his feet as he cries, “Forward!” The five engines of siege thunder toward the tower amid a burning shower of arrows. These stone walls can’t protect the rebel lords for much longer; John will make sure of that.

Despite what you might assume, this isn’t a scene from Game of Thrones. This is a glimpse into the past, specifically the siege of Rochester Castle by the infamous King John in 1215.

John Lackland was in the midst of The First Barons’ War and intent on bringing down the Barons of England who had rebelled against him. By the end of the siege, the king had brought half of the 100-foot tower crashing to the earth by means of an underground tunnel, 40 pigs and one massive explosion.

Sometimes the true stories prove the most fantastic.

History is filled not only with battles and kings, but people. Real people who lived, loved, ate and worked. These people fascinate me. They may not have had Facebook drama or car trouble, but they worried about taxes, whether they could pay their rent and how to care for their family.

History is made up of people just like us who, by circumstance, were born into a world that we can only piece together with what clues they’ve left behind.

The detectives of the past are on the rise to meet the challenge.

After a serious decline of almost all undergraduate majors in favor of computer science in the 1970s-1980s, history is regaining popularity and importance in the lives and minds of our generation. In fact, the number of history majors in the U.S. is at an almost 40-year high, increasing by 50 percent in the last decade alone.

This may be in part because of our pop culture’s immensely successful focus on historically inspired entertainment. Some of the most popular shows and films in the last decade have fit snugly into that category, from Game of Thrones (largely based on the Wars of the Roses), to Spartacus, The Tudors, and The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien’s attempt at reinvigorating the Anglo-Saxon mythos).

Conversely, complaining high schoolers and indecisive university students have always asked, “Why bother with history when it lacks ‘real world’ application?” Many give up such pursuits in favor of an instantly gratifying degree-to-career major.

Here is why we bother with history: In another time, not so long ago, people used a knowledge of history to demonstrate their superiority over the less educated. It was a parlor trick one would use at a party, and the purpose of its study was nearly forgotten in the pretension of higher learning. That school of thought has given over once more to that of the historian.

Mindless memorization of facts, while sometimes a necessary (if unappealing) aspect of the career, is secondary to real thinking and the drawing of conclusions.

We “ruminate” (as analysts call it) on the evidences of the past, and through that contemplation, we are able to ascertain who we are. It may seem counterintuitive to look elsewhere for introspective revelations, but the present and future, like the ripples in a pond, are direct consequences of the past.

How can we hope to predict what is to come without first understanding what has gone before?

OPINION

ANXIETY CULTURE IN TODAY'S WORLD, FEAR SELLS Everywhere and Here

by Eva-Jeanette Rawlins

We’re an anxious lot.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 40 million Americans ages 18 or older have an anxiety disorder. Ask anyone you know what’s worrying them, and you will invariably get a laundry list of things. You only have to watch the nightly news, or what I’d like to call the evening conjecturing, to get apprehensive. Sure, there are the reports about things that actually happened, but quickly following those are all the possible crises awaiting us. They’re everywhere, and “facts” about them generally begin with, “Experts believe…”

These experts tell us that this flu season will be the worst, with the highest numbers of projected deaths in history, that we have a “potential oral health crisis coming”—or a “state of decay,” as CNN recently reported—or “four ways the debt crisis could affect you.” The War on Terror and the War on Drugs keep us in a perpetual state of combat, one that we’re not sure any of us could really define. News anchors invariably get that grave tone in their voices as they proceed to tell us how our coffee could be killing us. Then everyone goes off coffee until the following year, when other experts discover there was never anything wrong with it in the first place and that actually, it could even improve your health.

If there’s a possibility that things could go wrong, we’ll definitely hear about it, even when it’s the most natural thing in the world—like having a baby. Billions of babies have been born to date, and yet you’d think we’d only just discovered this process.

A pregnant woman goes in for her first doctor’s visit, and after being politely congratulated, she’s handed a list of things to do and not to do. If she hasn’t been taking prenatal vitamins, she has to start immediately—let’s just hope there’s not been any damage yet. Then she’s told to stay away from this, have a few ounces and no more of that, absolutely refrain from this and by all means get every vaccination possible, even rabies, because well, have you seen Portland dogs recently? Women’s bodies are designed to figure out the whole baby thing. That’s why the little things are born every day in the most remote locations of the globe. But a doctor’s lists of warnings seem far more trustworthy. And frightening.

So, why are we so afraid of everything, even the most natural things? Like death. It comes to everyone. It’s the one thing we can be absolutely sure about. Most of us are petrified of it and anything that gets us closer to it, like old age. Why?

Barry Glassner has some thoughts in his book The Culture of Fear. He observes that, “Politicians, journalists, advocacy groups and marketers continue to blow dangers out of proportion for votes, ratings, donations and profits. Fear mongering for personal, political and corporate gain continues unabated.” Fear sells. Long ago, people discovered that one of the best ways to make money was to get consumers to believe they weren’t safe, they needed more, they would never have enough, be enough and certainly never be happy without…you fill in the blank.

What we’re left with is a society that is captured by fear, most of it unfounded. If we really considered the things we’re anxious about, we’d almost always find they were built around the words “what if.” What if we don’t get a job when we graduate? That’s a favorite being thrown around these days. What if we don’t find love? What if we get wrinkles?

What if we’re not beautiful or strong enough? What if nobody cares if we’re alive?

Anxiety grips us like an iron claw and throws us right into the open arms of the willing profiteers who are selling whatever it is we really need to feel better. The funny thing (not funny at all) is that when it comes to “what ifs,” we rarely ask the flip side. What if I find someone who loves me for me? What if I get the job I’ve always dreamed of? What if I have a healthy baby?

What if I am perfect just as I am?

It doesn’t seem to work that way. When was the last time you obsessed about something going really well in your life? It

leads us to the question: Is it safer to be anxious? Are we more comfortable being anxious?

Without going all therapist, it seems like it. Our brilliant brains are extremely capable of protecting us. As long as they imagine the worst possible scenario, we’ll be prepared for it when it comes crashing down on our heads. In the same way, we don’t let ourselves think about the best that could happen so we can save ourselves from the devastating disappointment when it doesn’t come true. Makes a lot of sense. Really despairing sense.

I’m in no way downplaying the real and debilitating causes and effects of anxiety. I know a little too well how those work.

I’m not suggesting there’s an easy solution and a simple answer either. What I do wonder is, what would happen if we stopped buying into what everyone’s selling? What if we saw every supposed threat to our survival as another brilliant yet disgusting marketing ploy, with dollar signs dumped into some rich old fart’s pockets? What if we started imagining the best that could happen to us every time we worried about the worst? We wouldn’t get everything we wanted, but perhaps risking joy and the possibility of fulfillment would begin the process of rewiring our brains.

Believing the best might one day wring us free from the paralyzing safety of fear and place us on a road that doesn’t have a foreseeable end and is filled with potholes and winding corners. But that road will take us through life instead of letting us watch it pass by.

CHRISTOPHER PERALTA/PSU VANGUARD

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OPINION

STUDENTS RE-THINK PSU, PART 2 TEN CHANGES TO MAKE PSU A GREAT UNIVERSITY FOR STUDENTS

Campus Critic

by Theo Burke

Last week I introduced the first five of 10 recommended improvements to make Portland State a great university for students through better amenities, good practices and a new structure.

This is in response to the university’s $3 million Provost’s Challenge, part of the ReTHINK PSU initiative, which involved faculty and departments but very few students as advisers. What if the university asked the roughly 30,000 of us to “re-think” PSU? Read on for the concluding top five suggestions.

5. Fee So Happy, Fee So Happy “The most legitimately annoying problem is the excessive, minor and incessant fees for everything,” said one PSU post-baccalaureate student. “Students should not be charged a matriculation fee, graduation fee AND a cap and gown fee.”

Don’t forget the application fee, classroom materials fees, proctoring fees, key card fees, the Academic and Student Rec Center fee and the $160 fee for a four credit online course. You are also charged the student building fee and the student incidental fee.

Your Associated Students of Portland State University Student Fee Committee does, indeed, have authority over the money generated by these last two fees.

If you are a business, engineering, or fine and performing arts student, a “program differential” of $100-$400 more (at 12 credit hours) is added to your tuition. If you are admitted to the Honors College as well, you pay the $100 program differential too!

PSU is discussing the possibility of rolling some fees into tuition, according to one administrator. That’s not necessarily a bad idea. More fees must also come under the purview of the SFC. Students now pay for 70 percent of their education at this school.

They should be in charge of their own money.

4. My APA Is Bigger Than Your MLA Take a class in one department, and the instructor asks for the APA academic writing format to cite your research. Then, the next department insists on the very similar MLA style. You take a newswriting class, and you’re exposed to AP style or Chicago style.

“Oh, God, use anything but Chicago style!” says the next instructor.

“Use any style you want, as long as you are consistent throughout your paper,” say the next two instructors.

Other instructors say MLA style is the only acceptable one.

Do the faculty and the Office of Academic Affairs realize that PSU students are getting this almost comical mixed message?

Which is what, exactly? A requirement of a good degree is to learn four citation styles?

I’m sure PSU would like to send a more consistent message

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to both faculty and students on learning academic style formats. The new Office of Academic Innovation should work on giving a clear standard on citation systems to its instructors to relay to students. That consistent message could regularly show up on syllabi, just like the counseling or Disability Resource Center messages.

3. A Student Bill of Rights A student bill of rights would speak to academic issues such as knowing where you stand in a class, an instructor’s willingness to meet with you or safeguards against a syllabus being radically changed during a term. The document could also include student rights in any number of student-life areas.

Most importantly, such a document could set a grievance procedure for students, where they would enlist a qualified student representative to advocate for them in an appeal process. Students would find they are not alone in many situations where they are frustrated by the university or their instructors.

During the 2011–2012 school year, ASPSU worked on a student bill of rights. I would like to see them take up the idea again.

2. Class Group Projects You’ve all been in class group projects. They invariably have the same characters and the same dynamic. There’s the cocky student promoting poorly thought out ideas, the quiet ones with smart insights who let the talkative ones dominate, the slacker and the overachiever shouldering too much of everyone else’s work to insure her grade.

It is awkward and uncomfortable, and everyone is unhappy.

Adding to the awkwardness, most faculty provide no guidance on the groups’ composition, leaving it to their students to randomly self-select the groups. What a waste, since proactive instructors could easily balance the groups by class standing, majors and non-majors, life experience, gender and ethnicity, if they cared to.

We are put through this, PSU tells us, because in the real world of work we will be expected to collaborate well and get along with coworkers. True enough, but PSU provides no training on how adults actually learn to get along in diverse groups that hold diverse ideas on how to work.

That’s an even bigger waste, since these concepts are taught here, in the communication department’s Communication in Groups class (COMM 313U) for example.

If PSU is going to require group work, it should teach these useful skills by requiring COMM 313U, or a new class created for just this purpose, for all undergraduates.

1. End the Sprint: Convert from Quarters to Semesters.

Close your eyes. Picture yourself in a semester system at PSU. Your courses are 16 weeks long, not 10 weeks. In the eighth week, you are preparing for midterms, not already thinking about finals.

It is not some fairyland dream; 89 percent of all four-year universities in America are on the semester system, including most private universities in Oregon.

Some professors have expressed to me the difficulty of programming a subject properly in the 10 weeks of a quarter system. However, Dr. Lee Shaker of the communications studies department can see both sides of the issue.

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He pointed out that he has almost as much lecture time in a quarter system as in a semester system.

“I feel that I can conceptualize a course that delves deeply into a topic in 10 weeks,” Shaker said. He believes the quarter system has a certain momentum; there’s little down time, so the class doesn’t sag from teachers or students getting into a rut. “It’s intense to pack so much lecture time into 10 weeks, but it can be compelling and exciting too,” Shaker said.

On the other hand, Shaker noted that PSU rarely offers discussion sections with each class, as would be more typical in a semester system, which can be an obstacle for some subjects.

“It can be harder for students to absorb the information for at least two reasons: Quarters are unforgiving; you don’t really have time to ease into things. Second, there is simply less time to spread content out, and sometimes it takes a while for ideas to be understood. There are fewer opportunities to ask questions. This can be a pedagogical problem.”

Emily Kunkel, senior political science major and former ASPSU Judicial Board chief justice, participated in a semesterstyle program in Senegal as part of a PSU overseas program.

She believes semesters would be “fantastic.”

“Here, we’re cramming so much info in a short amount of time.

Work in one class suffers for another class. You have to hit the ground running in the first week, and stay running. And here, we have so many students who are older, single moms or working. In the quarter system, there’s no room for getting sick,” Kunkel said.

Those of us who have matriculated from semester schools know what a sprint it is here. The quarter system is archaic, and learning only sinks in at the wading pool level. It is time for PSU to stop making students run for 10 weeks by instituting the deeper, more meaningful stroll of the semester system.

Theo Burke hosts The Raging Moderate, a news and talk show, Thursdays at noon at KPSU.org

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RESPECT, NOT INTOLERANCE Let’s talk about religion for a minute. I know, I know, it’s one of those things that polite society tells us not to criticize, but I’m going to do it anyway, because there’s a lot that needs to be said. Religion, and the lack thereof, is obviously a major part of our society.

Social events revolve around it, and people spend a large amount of their time thinking, reading and talking about it.

The problem is, we also spend a lot of time arguing about it.

We fight, we point the finger when something goes wrong and we end up hating each other. Yet nothing good or productive ever seems to come out of the fighting.

From what I’ve witnessed, it seems that people with extreme religious beliefs can be exceptionally intolerant of those with moral compasses that might point in a different direction than theirs. We’ve all seen the Westboro Baptist Church picketers.

What even happened to those guys? I haven’t heard any tales of them picketing military funerals in a while. The WBC and their outlandish, hateful signs have become a bit of a laughing stock in this country, but they aren’t the only group that spreads messages of hellfire and condemnation.

The Park Blocks that run through the middle of Portland State play host to a diverse number of street preachers yelling at students who may or may not be going to hell, depending on which preacher is currently yelling the loudest. The students oftentimes end up yelling back in an effort to defend themselves, and it quickly descends into a vicious cycle of shared contempt.

These hate-spewing street preachers and picketers represent the extreme end of the spectrum of America’s devoutly religious sect, but they are definitely not the only people widening the divide between devout and secular in this country.

All over the U.S., religious politicians are using their personal brand of faith to influence their political decisions. Religious belief is one of the major reasons that same-sex marriage isn’t legalized in every state and why access to contraceptives is more difficult than it needs to be. It’s been used as a justification for war since the dawn of civilization.

The propensity for religion to spread hatred and judgment is unacceptable, but the nonbelievers on the other side of the religious spectrum aren’t always a sunny, happy bundle of tolerance either. Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist and author who spoke at PSU on Oct. 11, is one of the world’s most outspoken nonbelievers, and he often displays outright disdain for the world’s believers.

In his Reason Rally speech in March 2012, Dawkins told his listeners to “mock them, ridicule them…in public” when they meet someone with religious beliefs. Ridiculing someone for their religious faith is no better than the street preachers who condemn us all to hell. Dawkins is a brilliant thinker and scientist. He does a lot of good in this world, but telling people that they deserve to be ridiculed for their faith is not acceptable in just the same way is telling someone they are going to hell is not acceptable. It’s just plain mean.

I know I’m not the only one to put up barriers and get defensive when someone insults me. It’s a natural human reaction to fight back and shield ourselves from people who might hurt us.

But if everyone walks around filled with contempt for others, we only end up building higher and higher barriers, making the differences between us deeper and wider than ever.

It may be idealistic—and frankly, quite ridiculous—to think that America will ever become one big, happy land of people who coexist harmoniously and love to politely talk about their differences of opinion without ever raising their voices. I know this. You know this too. That isn’t even what I’m advocating.

I just want people to think with open minds. I want us to work on creating an open dialogue about our differences of opinion and to learn to respect others. I want us to try to understand that those with different backgrounds are go-

OPINION BELIEVERS AND NONBELIEVERS DESERVE UNDERSTANDING

This, Not That

by Chelsea Lobey ing to come to different conclusions about life, and that’s perfectly okay.

Differences of opinion are imperative to a successful society, because it is our differences that allow us to speak openly about important issues and to grow and learn from each other. America would be a pretty scary place if everyone was exactly the same.

Instead of pointing the finger at the other side and spreading hate and intolerance, I want us all to try to put ourselves in the shoes of the other person for just a minute and learn to empathize. Spread a little bit of respect, not intolerance.

BRITTNEY MUIR/PSU VANGUARD

“The propensity for religion to spread hatred and judgment is unacceptable, but the nonbelievers on the other side of the religious spectrum aren’t always a sunny, happy bundle of tolerance either.”

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COVER The native american student & community center celebrates

ALEX HORSEY

In the mid-’90s, members of the Portland State community began to conceptualize a space for Indigenous students on campus. Now in its 10th year, the Native American Student and Community Center continues to provide that space to what is now one of largest Native American populations in the U.S.

In honor of its 10-year anniversary, the NASCC will host a day of celebration on Thursday, which is 10 years to the day after the center first opened its doors. Kicking off at noon, the festivities will begin with a formal ceremony to honor those who have played an integral role in the center since its inception.

One of the student groups involved, United Indian Students in Higher Education, is hosting an annual salmon bake at the event. While this usually happens during the spring, UISHE is taking the opportunity to integrate this event into a larger community celebration.

“It’s a way to say thank you for a home,” said UISHE Coordinator Karly Foster. “We’re providing a meal for the event, while still doing it in a traditional, cultural way.”

Foster, an anthropology major and Indigenous nations studies minor, has been involved with the NASCC for the past year.

Though she’s new to the center, she has found a home there.

“It’s a place where I’ve met people who have moved mountains for me,” Foster said. “It means everything to me. It’s been so beneficial to my future. Not only in my career, but I’ve found lifelong connections at the NASCC.” In addition to the cultural tradition of cooking and sharing a meal together, the salmon bake will feature traditional performances and music. The meal will be free for PSU students and $8 for other members of the Portland community, with proceeds benefiting UISHE’s spring powwow, the largest free student event on campus.

After the salmon bake, Thursday’s events will continue with an open house, a UISHE fundraiser and the launch of the NASCC Alumni Association, the purpose of which will be to connect alumni and encourage continued involvement between NASCC generations.

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Creating a space for community Plans for the creation of a cultural home for Native American, Alaskan Native and Pacific Islander students began 20 years after similar spaces were established at Oregon State and the University of Oregon.

William Elk III, a PSU student, was approached by Native American student advisor Rose Hill about creating a space for indigenous students on campus in 1996. Six years later in 2002, Elk’s senior year, the groundbreaking for the NASCC took place.

The years between consisted of attracting support from community leaders and getting funding sources on board as students rallied in the community to put their plan in motion. In lobbying community organizations and

tribes to find funding for the NASCC, the project moved from being a student group project to a communitybased initiative.

“It was years in coming,” said Dean Azule, coordinator of Native American Student Services.

With community involvement, the planning team was able to gain insight on how to create a space on campus that would be culturally appropriate. According to Azule, the original plans for the center didn’t include a kitchen. This didn’t sit well with community members because Indigenous culture calls for food at any gathering to be offered by the hosts.

“It’s an expectation that we’ll break bread together,” Azule said.

With this in mind, the community was able to secure a kitchen space in an updated plan.

Construction of the NASCC was funded by the university, various community organizations and private donors. Philanthropist and PSU alumna Jean Vollum put forward the initial $500,000 to get the project started, while students and community members successfully lobbied for $1.2 million in bonds from the Oregon University System budget, which was allocated to the project in 2001. With great persistence, Elk was able to secure funding from Spirit Mountain Foundation, resulting in a $250,000 contribution.

Even with major contributions early on, the center is just now coming out of the red, said NASCC Manager Rachel Cushman. As a self-sustaining entity, the center generates its own revenue, which is needed not only to keep the lights

on, but to support the community’s cultural and educational experience.

One way the NASCC generates funds is renting the space for community events.

While this used to be a free service for the community, budget cuts forced the center to start charging a rental fee for the space’s use. As a project that was largely funded by the community, this has caused some tension.

“I think there were some hurt feelings,” Azule said. “It became a place that was always there for use, and to charge a fee was a change some didn’t like.”

Regardless, attendance at events hosted by the Native Center remains healthy. Moving forward, Azule anticipates that the center will work to promote better intercultural relations, adding that colleges from across the country have called him to talk about how they can model their own respective Native centers after the NASCC. “Most universities can’t say that they have their own separate center [for Native students],” he said.

higher education,” Ly said. “I’m so thankful.”

When asked about their experience with the NASCC, students often use the phrase “home away from home.” Cushman, who was involved with the NASCC at the time of its grand opening and returned in 2010 to serve as manager, thinks of her journey with the center in this way.

“I wanted to work here because [the NASCC] played an integral role in my development,” she said. “I wanted to give back.”

One of the center’s primary goals is inclusion, and students and community members of all cultures are welcome at the NASCC. Cushman described the center as a place for everyone, Indigenous or not, to come together and share an understanding.

To that end, the NASCC houses several student groups: UISHE, the Pacific Islanders Club and the PSU chapter of American Indian Science and Engineering Society. All have a home at the center.

For more information on the 10-year celebration and other NASCC events, visit pdx.edu/dmss/nascc KARLY FOSTER, the coordinator of UISHE (United Indian Students for Higher Education), standing within the Native Center.

‘A home away from home’ Since the NASCC’s opening, PSU’s Native American community has grown immensely. In 2003 when the center opened, there were 215 Native American students enrolled at PSU, earning 45 of that year’s degrees. As of last spring, there were 565 students who identified as Native American, and 120 graduates during spring term alone. According the the NASCC’s website, it “serves the ninth largest Native American population in the country.”

“Without the Center, I couldn’t have finished my degree,” 2012 graduate Renea Ly said. As a single mother, Ly was able to utilize the center’s children’s play area while doing homework on the student computers available at the NASCC. “[The NASCC is] vital for any Indigenous person entering

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BRITTNEY MUIR/PSU VANGUARD

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ARTS & CULTURE

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Gray days are aplenty on the beloved Portland State campus, and finding the silver lining in the pouring clouds is necessary. Fortunately, living in 2013 means we have options for statementmaking water resistance that will make anyone want to take a study break for splashing in puddles. There are no rules for what is in and out for drizzly day fashion, which makes for an “anything goes” approach to making the rainy season one to look forward to.

The bottom line is simple: Stay dry. Hooded outerwear, sturdy umbrellas and functional footwear create the trifecta of a raindrop-ready wardrobe.

A reliable rain jacket is a necessity for drizzly campus life. Most everyone has found themselves soggy and discomforted during an unexpected downpour. That is easily preventable by thinking ahead.

A sweater may have been a trend-conscious back-toschool steal, but it won’t look so stylish when it is soaking wet after an uncovered walk to the library. Ponchos, trenches and form-fitting athletic wear can all be statements that double as performance pieces.

A hood, long sleeves and room to layer over other clothes are important factors to consider when shopping.

Black is always practical, but also notorious for accidental theft or exchange.

Maybe consider a leafy green or a neutral plaid so you can stand out and blend in all at once. Feeling spunky? A bright pink or neon pattern

could be just what you need to bring a little splash of color to Cramer Hall.

The past few years have seen a revival of the galosh, and now more than ever rubber rain boots are mixing business with pleasure. Style, color and versatility for waterproof footwear are available for both males and females.

For an understated classic, Hunter Original Wellies are unisex rain boots that paparazzi have confirmed to be worthy of gracing the feet of numerous celebrities. Galoshes are not mandatory footwear, and certainly are not meant for everyone.

Any style of shoe can get one to and fro, but not all are able to withstand wet sidewalk.

Grooves in the soles and sturdy man-made rubber are smart choices, while mesh fabrics or shoes with holes are not ideal for keeping your socks safe from an H2O invasion.

A native may say that a true Oregonian doesn’t use an umbrella, but the fashionconscious would argue that an umbrella is a fantastic way to put a shield of flair between the dumping clouds and a great outfit. Fashion designers seem to think so too. Animal prints, floral, and transparent plastics are holding their own against plain old umbrellas, and different lengths and widths are allowing for creativity in handle design. Someone with a more refined, sleek taste may prefer a long shaft with a classic hooked handle, while someone with a funky-fresh vibe may prefer a neon polka-dot umbrella. Either way, the options are seemingly endless

for maintaining coordinated coverage. Compact umbrellas are best for backpackers, but large umbrellas provide more protection. Black and white is a hot color combination this season, and Forever 21 has a low-cost houndstooth—a timeless print. Feeling like treating yourself? You can find the pictured red plaid Burberry compact umbrella at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Nothing reinforces a bad day like having a leak in your galoshes or a malfunctioning umbrella, and nobody really wants to use their rainy day funds on rainy day gear.

Save some hassle by choosing quality the first time. Knowing how to identify quality when shopping for wet weather is crucial.

For rainproof jackets, the less porous the fabric, the better. Stray from leathers and suede especially. They are naturally porous and the quality can become compromised from too much moisture. “Water-resistant,” “waterproof,” and “performance” are good words to use to identify which fabrics are going to deflect the most drops. Columbia, Nike, Adidas, The North Face and REI are just a few stores around town that have active lifestyles in mind. The trend-conscious would be well-served at a major department store such as Nordstrom or Macy’s, where a blend of performance and fashionable options are all grouped together for convenient one-stop shopping. If you’re looking to find an umbrella that will last through the season, check to see what metal it is made of. Aluminum has the shortest lifespan, and an alternative of spring steel, nickel or brass could be worth the splurge.

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TAIKO GOES BOOM Tomorrow’s event to feature taiko performance and discussion of the art ANDREW ECHEVERRIA

Maybe you’ve heard it in an old movie: the beat of drums stifled by the savage cries of soldiers ready for battle. Or maybe you heard its echoes hanging precariously over the miasma of a war-torn field littered with corpses.

Maybe you’ve heard it outside a mini-mart. Or maybe inside a music hall.

The sound of the Japanese taiko drum is something most of us have heard at some point in our lifetimes, though the significance of that resounding boom has taken on vastly different meanings.

Though taiko can be heard

many places in the world today, the connotations of that boom and how it has metamorphosed may be difficult to understand from an outsider’s perspective.

Thanks to Portland State’s Center for Japanese Studies and the School of Music, tomorrow night in Lincoln Hall from 7:30-9:30 p.m., the city will be treated to an evening with PSU Taiko Ensemble and Dr. Shawn Bender, a professor in the department of East Asian Studies at Dickinson College. Bender will be presenting a talk on his latest work, Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion.

At the event, which is part of PSU’s community celebration Portland State of Mind, Bender will discuss his book as well as shed light on the history and popularization of taiko and where it stands in contemporary music.

“People are attracted to taiko for many different reasons,” said Wynn Kiyama of PSU’s School of Music, who is leading the Taiko Ensemble. “It can be viewed as a cultural activity connected to Japan, it can reinforce a sense of identity in diasporic communities. It can be experienced as an intensely physical activity, or of course, it can be performed just for the fun of it.

“There are thousands of taiko performers in Japan, from local groups affiliated with schools, religious institutions and community associations, to professional groups that tour nationally and internationally,” Kiyama continued. “While the taiko has been used for centuries in Japan, group drumming is a postwar [post-WWII] phenomenon.

In this way, it uses tradi-

tional Japanese elements while displaying international influences.”

While taiko has become a worldwide phenomenon, it is especially prominent and successful on the American West Coast. This is especially true of cities in Hawaii and California and in our own Portland.

“Portland has four active taiko ensembles [Portland Taiko, Takohachi, En Taiko, and PSU Taiko Ensemble] with a supportive Japanese American community,” Kiyama said.

The PSU Taiko Ensemble was formed in spring of 2011 and regularly performs contemporary and traditional works both around campus and the city at large. The group will be performing a set of traditional and contemporary works before Bender’s lecture.

“I think drumming is basically primal,” said Susan Leedham, vice president of Portland’s Japanese American Citizens League, which is co-sponsoring the event.

“It just appeals to populations, to people. Japanese

taiko in particular has a lot of showmanship and it’s very entertaining.”

“Curiously enough, Japan’s popular culture is popular throughout the world, in spite of all the language barriers,” said Director of the Center for Japanese Studies Ken Ruoff, who is also a professor of history at PSU. “Things like animated films, Japanese-style comic books and taiko, these are the aspects of Japanese culture which are very popular worldwide. Professor Bender has studied [for over 10 years] what makes taiko so popular.”

The experience of a taiko performance is exhilarating in and of itself. The primal nature of drumming contributes to why taiko has become so widely success-

ful, but there’s more to it than that.

“You have these huge drums that resonate throughout the crowd, throughout the auditorium… it’s a lot of fun,” Ruoff said.

“But it’s also a way that many Japanese Americans have found to be useful in reconnecting with their heritage.”

Marked by heritage, history and primal human nature, the resonance of taiko reaches beyond crowded music halls and festivals.

It reaches back through a rich tapestry of history that connects the listener with the lush, ancient culture of Japan. Whether through connection or reconnection, taiko promises an experience unlike any other in the world.

THE CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES presents TAIKO BOOM Featuring Dr. Shawn Bender and the PSU Taiko Ensemble Lincoln Recital Hall, room 75 1620 S.W. Hall St. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public

PSU TAIKO ENSEMBLE rehearses for their upcoming performance.

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DANGIT that’s

JORDAN MOLNAR

CULTURAL GET WELL FOODS

Fall is that time of year when the leaves begin to change and look pretty because they are dying. Unfortunately for people, when we are sick we tend not to look that great. If you want to avoid scaring away your professors and peers, you may want to look into some foods that will shorten the span of any illness you may find yourself afflicted with. Luckily for you, just about every culture has their own ideas about this. The following is an extremely short list of easy-to-make foods that may help.

CHICKEN SOUP Beginning with a classic, we have chicken soup. There are a few ways that you can do this, and the reality is that you can add whatever veggies or other enhancers you want to add to make this your own. You like noodles? Go for it! Egg noodles are pretty good and pack a lot of protein.

As far as the broth goes, the traditional way to do this is to boil an entire chicken until the meat begins to fall off the bones. When you’re sick, however, you probably feel like you’d rather boil your face until the meat falls off the bones. Instead, you can boil some chicken breasts in lightly salted water for 15 minutes, or until it’s completely cooked, remove the chicken, break it up with a couple of forks or tongs, and set it aside.

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Next scoop the foam from the top of the water and place the veggies of your choice in it (carrots, celery, potatoes, onions or whatever you like) and throw in some chicken bouillon cubes and salt and pepper to taste. The veggies can be cooked until they are soft or left slightly crunchy. Cooking is really great because while it does seem like there are a lot of rules, the biggest rule of all is that you can pretty much do whatever you want as long as you cook your poultry entirely.

Add your chicken to your soup and cook it until the chicken is warm. If you are the type of person who wants to add noodles to the mix, the same rule that goes with the veggies goes along with those: Cook until they are as soft as you want them to be. You can do this before you throw the veggies into your boiling pot if you’d like, or at the same time. I would suggest the same time if you want soft veggies—it cuts a step and hey, you’re feeling sick!

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Let’s move on to a Cuban dish that is sure to offer you some much-needed energy. Ropa vieja is a dish best made in a slow cooker. I know a good deal of people do not have these, but they are something that you really should invest in. The thing about a slow cooker is that it generally does all of the cooking for you, and that is ideal when you are sick. A small slow cooker is affordable enough, but don’t waste a perfect opportunity to assure your parents you will starve to death without being gifted one. When your package from home arrives with your new slow cooker in it, you are ready to make your ropa vieja.

Flank steak is usually used for this dish. If you get to the store and find that it is out of your price range, do not be afraid to ask someone in the meat department for a good substitute. Assuming you get home with some sort of beef, you should brown it in a pan with whatever oil you like to use. This generally takes about 4 minutes per side if you are cooking it over medium heat.

Now comes the easy part: throw the meat in the slow cooker with EVERYTHING else. That’s right, all of it. Beef

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INGREDIENTS Serves 10 | Total time: 50 mins 4 1 (3 pound) whole chicken (or two chicken breasts) 4 carrots, halved 4 stalks celery, halved 1 large onion, halved Salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules (or a cube or two)

broth, tomato sauce, onion, green bell pepper, garlic cloves, tomato paste, cumin, cilantro, olive oil and white vinegar.

You just let it cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 10. No, really, that’s all that you do. When it is done, take it out, shred the meat and have it with rice or on tortillas. I was not kidding about the slow cooker; it will make you feel like a master chef and allow you to avoid responsibility at the same time. That is the perfect set up for when you are sick, as well as for being a student in general.

INGREDIENTS Serves 6 | Total time: 50 mins 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 pounds beef flank steak 1 cup beef broth 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce 1 small onion, sliced 1 green bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips

2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon white vinegar

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BORSCHT Okay, so some people don’t eat meat. We’ve been over it, it’s alright, I still love you and you still need something to help you feel better when you’re sick. Eastern Europe has something that they assure me will make you feel better. Borscht is a sort of beet soup that can apparently cure all ills. Whether that is a legitimate fact or not, it is worth a try.

Start by bringing some water to a boil in a large pot. You should definitely put some salt in there, then, your carrots, celery, beet, tomatoes and potatoes that should be cut into quarters, and half of your bell pepper. Just let it happen. While it is happening, grab a skillet.

In the skillet, you should melt your butter over medium heat. Saute your onions in the butter for about 5 minutes, or until they are as tender as you’d like. Stir in your tomato sauce and reduce your heat until it’s at medium low. Let this mixture

simmer for a good 15 minutes. When the simmering is all done, remove half a cup or so of the broth and set it aside, then add your cabbage and simmer the rest for 5 more minutes or, once again, until tender.

Now turn back to your boiling mixture, where you remove your beets and, unfortunately, discard them, unless you need them for something else. Your borscht now thinks beets are so last year. You should also remove your potatoes and place them in a different bowl with the remaining butter and cream so that you can take out your sick-rage on mashing them until they are smooth.

Return the cup of reserved onion-tomato sauce to the stock pot and stir in the diced potatoes, then simmer until just tender enough for you, which should take approximately 5 minutes. Increase your heat to a low boil, stir in remaining cabbage, tomato sauce and mashed potatoes, then reduce heat and simmer a few minutes more. Stir in remaining bell pepper, season with black pepper, and you are done! It sounds more complicated than it is, trust me. It will taste fantastic and you will have no regrets.

INGREDIENTS Serves 6 | Total time: 50 mins 3 cups water 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup finely chopped carrots 2 tablespoons chopped green bell pepper, divided 1/4 stalk celery, chopped 1/2 medium beet 1/4 cup canned peeled and diced tomatoes 2 potatoes, quartered

2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons butter (teaspoons added second) 1/4 cup chopped onion 3/4 cup tomatoe sauce 1-1/2 cups finely shredded cabbage, divided 2 tablespoons heavy cream 1/2 cup diced potatoes 1-1/2 teaspoons dried dill weed Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

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FOR THE GLORY OF ASPOSIA A review of The Inner World

BRANDON STALEY

The Inner World is a point-and-click adventure that attempts to blend an eccentric story and art style with the standard mechanics of the genre. While the two sometimes mix harmoniously, there are moments when that mixture can sometimes feel like oil and water.

In The Inner World you play as Robert, a citizen of Asposia, which is a hollow world surrounded by a universe of soil. Robert is the apprentice to Conroy, the leader of a religious order known as the Wind Monks.

Unfortunately, the three wind fountains, holy sources of light and warmth for the Asposian people, have nearly stopped blowing. At the same time, elder gods have begun emerging from the once-great fountains as enormous flying snake monsters that have the power to turn sinners into stone. As Robert, and with the help of some folks you meet along the way, you set forth on a quest to save Asposia, unearth its history and catch that thieving pigeon. Did I mention that Robert has a flute for a nose?

In case that above paragraph didn’t quite drive it home for you, let me make this abundantly clear: The Inner World is a weird game.

It is not, however, weird for the sake of being weird.

As I delved deeper into the game, I discovered that the world of Asposia has its own history, rules and logical processes that made the inherent improbability of everything around me seem commonplace. The art, which looks like a cross between

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Adventure Time and Regular Show, and the presence of a pub goes a long way toward lulling you into a state of willing complacency. How can you argue when everything is so pretty and fully realized?

Despite its visual and immersive creativity, The Inner World is still an adventure game in the classic sense. I pointed and clicked to discover items in the environment. I combined found items in blatant ways to complete obscure objectives. I exhausted the dialogue trees of each character I met on the off chance that I might miss a critical piece of information that would open a new slew of actions.

On more than one occasion I was right and would not have been able to progress had I not done so.

Luckily, The Inner World is not as brutal as adventure games of yore, which are known for offering little to no help. Pixel-hunting is all but eliminated since you can click and hold the left mouse button to illuminate interactive items. A robust hint system certainly helped me out on more than one occasion. But I only found myself using hints after growing frustrated. On multiple occasions I knew how to solve a puzzle but simply could not parse out the ambiguous leaps in logic required between steps. I often found myself asking “How did I solve that?” and “Why did I need to do this?” before pushing on to the next welcomed story bit.

The story is, by the way, phenomenal. The writing and delivery in The Inner World are

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so good that it’s the only time I can think of where I turned off the subtitles in a game because I didn’t want to know what the characters were going to say before they said it. Robert, terminally naive from having been trapped in Conroy’s tower for nearly his whole life, is the perfect vehicle for learning more about the strange customs and inhabitants of Asposia because more often than not, he’s just as out of the loop as you. One character, who becomes a traveling companion after you meet them not too far into the game, is cynical to a fault and is deftly used as a counterweight to Robert’s cluelessness.

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You never spend too long in an environment or in the shoes of a particular character, which is largely due to The Inner World’s comfortable pacing. I found the areas I was able to explore in a given chapter pleasantly condensed, with rarely more than a few screen transitions. That means that all of the puzzles the game presents you with are just as close at hand as the answers. I never felt like it was a slog to get from one place to another, yet I also never felt confined. When the game plops you into the shoes of another character it’s relieving, taking you out of the mind of Robert and giving you a

much-needed chance to experience the world through another character’s eyes.

I’ve never been much of an adventure game fan. I’ve always found the relative ambiguity of the genre to be exhausting. The Inner World works for me, though. While I wish the gameplay mechanics could have evolved along

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with the art style and the story, I found myself more engaged in the rudimentary adventure game mechanics because of the world in which they took place. The story of Robert and Asposia is fantastical, hilarious and occasionally touching.

Get out there and catch that thieving pigeon.

ETC FEATURED EVENT Portland State of Mind: Free China 6:30 – 9 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 238 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 On Friday, Oct. 25 the Portland Public Humanities Department presents a screening of Michael Perlman’s documentary, Free China, about the abuse and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in China, including live organ harvesting from the practitioners being held in forced labor camps. The lecture will be followed by a discussion with religious scholar Marion Goldman and labor camp FREE survivor Sophie Liu.

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EVENT CALENDAR Tuesday, Oct. 22

Wednesday, Oct. 23 Thursday, Oct. 24

and to screen short films by FREE PSU students.

Saturday, Oct. 26

Portland State of Mind: Future Teacher Fair

Portland State of Mind: From Debt to Degree

Friday, Oct. 25

Steppin’ It Up

4–6 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 296 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201

8 a.m.–1 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 355 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201

Come to Portland State of Mind’s Future Teachers Fair, where you can learn about various opportunities for those with a teaching degree, as well as further information about different teaching programs and how to find the right one for you. FREE

Just about everyone in college has to face debt at some point. Luckily, Portland State of Mind has an event that can help you get a handle on the way you look at the future of paying off your degree, as well as how to keep from sinking further into debt. Join fellow PSU students for a day of lectures and workshops designed to help you take control of your financial situation when it comes to college. This event is free, but tickets should be picked up at the PSU box office beforehand. FREE

Basics for the Novice Swimmer Clinic 4:15–5 p.m.

Academic and Student Rec Center 1800 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97201 This two-week course is designed for those who do not know how to swim but would like to learn. Classes include safety lessons as well as an introduction to breath control, bobbing, floating, kicking, armstrokes and full strokes.

The program is $20 and open to PSU students.

Portland State of Mind: Viking Fest 4–8 p.m.

Turnaround behind University Pointe 1955 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97201 Show your school spirit and help the Vikings prepare for homecoming football game by attending Viking Fest, a fourhour party that features free food, games and prizes. FREE

Portland State of Mind: Why Vikings?

5:30–7 p.m.

Lincoln Hall, room 75 1620 S.W. Park Ave.,Portland, OR 97201

Portland State of Mind: Learning Gardens Harvest Festival

Anders Winroth is the Forst Family Professor of History and director of graduate studies at Yale University and specializes in medieval European cultural, intellectual and legal history, especially the history of canon law.

Listen to him speak about his most recent book, The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe, and gain a better understanding of PSU’s beloved mascot. FREE

3:30–5:30 p.m.

Learning Gardens Laboratory 6801 S.E. 60th Ave., Portland, OR 97206

Portland State of Mind: Film at PSU 6–7:30 p.m.

Lincoln Hall, Studio Theater 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR 97201 If you have ever been curious about or are currently a part of PSU’s film program you can’t miss this talk by professors Dustin Morrow and Amy Borden. Come prepared with questions to ask in order to learn about the film program

Come celebrate the harvest at this community event and have some free food courtesy of the Learning Gardens Laboratory. Live music, games, garden tours and other activities await, and everyone is invited. FREE

Portland State of Mind: #PSUTweetup and Fashion Show 6–8 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 355 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Portland State of Mind celebrates PSU’s online community with the PSUTweetup and Fashion Show. Come enjoy refreshments, music, games, live Twitter feed and prizes and see the new Portland State of Mind apparel line, as well as some sweet athletics and collegiate gear.

FREE

10–11:30 a.m.

Jeld-Wen field 1844 S.W. Morrison St., Portland, OR 97205 Run or walk the steps of Jeld-Wen Field to help your fellow students! All profits from Steppin’ It Up will benefit the Ken Irwin Memorial Housing Scholarship and Campus Rec’s student development fund. In honor of our university’s inaugural year (1946), each participant will see how many times they can travel up 46 stairs in 20 minutes. Prizes will be given to top finishers in several categories as well as a handout for most PSU spirit and best costume. Every event participant will receive a free ticket to the PSU football game that starts at 1 p.m. that day. To register, visit www.pdx.edu/recreation/ PSOM and receive a free T-shirt.

Portland State of Mind: Homecoming Tailgate Party 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

Jeld-Wen Field 1730 S.W. Taylor St., Portland, OR 97205

The Portland State Alumni Association invites students, alumni, faculty, staff, friends

and family to a free tailgate party before the PSU Vikings take on North Dakota at JeldWen Field. Game tickets are not required for the tailgate, but PSU pride is required. All attendees who are 21+ will receive a free beer ticket while supplies last. This event is family friendly and will feature free food and drinks as well as various activities for all ages. FREE

Portland State of Mind: OK Go and the March Fourth Marching Band in Concert 7–11 p.m.

Peter W. Stott Center 930 S.W. Hall St., Portland, OR 97201 Portland State of Mind is taking it to the next level with this once in a lifetime concert event featuring the musical stylings of OK Go and the March Fourth Marching Band. Admission for the concert is $10 for students with valid ID, $12 for alumni and $18 for the public. Purchase tickets via the PSU box office by calling 503-725-3307.

FREE

21+

PSU FREE OPEN TO PUBLIC 21 & OVER

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Feeling like you’ve been here before? You have.

You’re trapped in a cycle without a way out. It can be hard to cope when every door you come across says, “This is not an exit,� but maybe you should take it as a sign to learn to accept where you’re at. Learn to love where you are and where you are will learn to love you.

Scorpio Oct. 23 – Nov. 21

Dammit, Scorpio. You were told to be careful, but you ignored the warning. And what happened? You crashed and burned. You did this to yourself, Scorpio. Use this week for reflection, because you

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to live it up. Don’t bother taking names; you’ll be too busy kicking ass. Way to be, Capricorn!

Capricorn Dec. 22 – Jan. 19

You have your head in the clouds, but you’re dragging your feet down here on the ground. All the fluffy white has been obscuring your vision of what’s really going on around you. Stop living in a magical dreamland and start paying attention to reality. Don’t take it to heart, sweet, sweet Aquarius. You just need a quick slap in the face to get your priorities straight.

You’re a centaur, Sagittarius.

You’re a majestic humanhorse hybrid. The bow and arrow you carry symbolizes your ability to overcome your primal animal instincts. This week, that’s a load of hogwash. The battle of head over heart is a lost cause, so the best course of action is to just give in to your animalistic urges and get a little wild. You know what I’m talkin’ about.

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If the streets seemed like they’re paved with gold, it’s for a reason. All the hard work you’ve been pouring into yourself has paid off. Use this as a free pass

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TIMBERS CLING TO FIRST PLACE MATT DEEMS

The Portland Timbers welcomed the Real Salt Lake squad to Jeld-Wen field Saturday for a meeting between the driving forces of the MLS Western Conference.

The Timbers are the only team in the Western Conference to have locked up a playoff bid, and it is the first time they have advanced to the MLS playoffs.

“It is a big thing for this club. It’s a milestone that we’re happy about,” Timbers head coach Caleb Porter said. “But it’s not just about being in the playoffs. There’s still a lot of work to be done and we want to be a club that’s not just in the playoffs, but making a run to win it.”

Although the Timbers have reached a huge milestone, Saturday’s match held immense weight for the team. The Supporter Shield Race and first place in the Western Conference are still on the line.

Star center midfielder Diego Valeri played in the starting lineup, even while continuing to deal with a groin injury. Forward Maximiliano Urrati was not able to suit up for the match after a hamstring injury from last week’s win over the Seattle Sounders. The unofficial word is that the Timbers are saving him for the playoffs.

The game started with a bang as fireworks erupted over the ecstatic 20,674 fans in attendance.

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Top Performers: Donovan Ricketts, stopped all 8 shots by RSL.

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Top Performers: Chase DeLeo, 2 goals.

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The first half of play ended with a draw, but the game was a back-and-forth grudge match between two very skilled teams. The Timbers and Real Salt Lake held each other to zero shots on goal in the first half—a testament to the back line play of both teams.

Hoping for the spark necessary to break through the RSL defense, Porter substituted in Rodney Wallace in the 63rd minute in place of Valeri. The substitution nearly paid off instantly, but RSL goalie Nick Rimando made a remarkable save to keep the score knotted at zero all.

US Open Cup hero Frederic Piquionne was sub-

stituted in place of forward Jose Valencia, who sustained an injury and required stitches. The 87th minute also saw play from fan favorite Sal Zizzo, whom fans hoped could break down the RSL squad.

In the fourth minute of extra time, the Timbers were awarded a free kick. Timbers captain Will Johnson lined up at the top of the RSL box and blasted a high shot just under the crossbar, but Rimando was able to block it away.

Zizzo caught the rebound and headed a shot on goal, but again Rimando made a huge game-saving block. Shortly after, the final second clicked off the clock and the match was recorded as a draw.

“We’re disappointed anytime we don’t win. That’s always the goal,” Porter said. “[RSL] looked pretty happy after the game with a draw and our guys were kind of disappointed.“ The Timbers are now two points behind the New York Red Bulls in the Supporter Shield Race with three points left on the board.

The Timbers’ last game of the regular season will be at the Home Depot Center against Chivas USA. The match is scheduled for Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast locally on Root Sports. The official viewing party will be held at the Rose and Thistle Public House.

THE NUMBER OF TOUCHDOWNS SCORED SO FAR THIS SEASON BY FORMER VIKING AND CURRENT DENVER BRONCO JULIUS THOMAS

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WASHINGTON REDSKINS ONE FAN’S PERSONAL STRUGGLE JESSE TOMAINO

I grew up just outside of Washington D.C. in a suburban family headed by sensitive, caring women. My grandmother and mother were politically correct before that was a term, willing to develop friendships with everyone they encountered regardless of race, sexual orientation, political affiliation or any other characteristic that was discriminated against in Virginia. I got into several fights at school when I questioned the intelligence of racist or homophobic joketellers. Imagine my surprise

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when I discovered that something my family has held incredibly dear for so long was a symbol of racism. I am a third-generation Washington Redskins fan.

Even if you have never watched a football game, you’ve probably heard of the Redskins, a polarizing franchise that has recently pierced the veil of non-sports news. Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III seemed to have an ESPN crew permanently assigned to covering him during the off-season, in addition to his appearances in commercials for Adidas, Subway, EA Sports and Gatorade.

Griffin’s recovery from knee surgery and the team’s poor start to the season— while the subject of much discussion—isn’t the news that has been discussed on the floor of Congress.

Team owner Daniel Snyder

stirred up a furious controversy by declaring that the name “Redskins” will never change. Politicians including Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., who heads the Congressional Native American Caucus, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and President Obama have since gone on the record to voice their disapproval.

In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Obama said, “If I were the owner and I knew that the name of my team, even if they’ve had a storied history, was offending a sizable group of people I’d think about changing it.”

Several sports reporters, including Peter King and Bill Simmons, have recently joined online magazine Slate in going so far as to discontinue the use of the name “Redskins” altogether. They will now only refer to them as “the team from Washington” or “Washington.” Even

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Bob Costas used his halftime monologue during NBC’s Oct. 13 Sunday Night Football broadcast to come down on the side of change. All of these strong opinions have forced me to re-examine my own position.

What am I cheering for, exactly? None of the players,

coaches, executives or cheerleaders from the Super Bowl teams of my youth are still on the squad. The franchise itself was sold in the late 1990s to Snyder, whose only redeeming quality is that he grew up a Redskins fan. There is no continuity whatsoever. Am I cheering for the city and com-

munity of Washington, D.C.?

Hah! What I am cheering for is the potentially racist symbol on the side of the helmet.

That’s the only thing that hasn’t really changed in the years that I have been watching, and that’s tough to accept.

A team’s name often creates a common bond that

©WASHINGTON REDSKINS

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NAME CONTROVERSY transcends other considerations between people.

Walking around the parking lot of FedEx Field before a game, every single one of those drunken, screaming yahoos in burgundy and gold is my best friend. There are people I couldn’t have a civil conversation with on any other subject whom I can talk with for hours about the Redskins. You may not like the guy down the street that much, but he’s a Lutheran, so he can’t be all bad, right?

Same deal.

Dr. Cornel Pewewardy, director and associate professor of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State, has been working to eliminate the use of Native American mascots for 30 years. When I had a chance to sit down with him recently he was incredibly understanding about my history cheering for the team and my recent admission that the name needs

to be changed. “To get past it, it helps to understand it.

There’s a lot of work to do,” Pewewardy said.

Understanding where the name comes from shows just how unacceptable it is.

In Pewewardy’s 2001 paper “I’m Not Your Indian Mascot Anymore: Countering the Assault of Indian Mascots in Schools,” he explains how the term originated in early colonial times, when European colonists paid bounties for Indian skins. It is hard to polish that up and make it look acceptable.

The argument I have made for years is that the Redskins name and logo are proud, dignified representations of Native Americans. It is certainly not, like Dan Patrick recently said on his national radio show, “some screaming Indian who looks like he is going to scalp you.” It is also not a simpleminded, smiling cartoon like the Cleveland

Indians mascot. But it manages to depict an entire race of people as savages engaged in mock battle. It’s hard to think of any other race that the American public would accept in that position, Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish being a notable exception.

A tired argument that gets dusted off every time a change is needed is the old “slippery slope” point. Where do you draw the line? Proponents of this position contend that if we give in and change the name of the Redskins, other beloved mascots will also be in danger. They say that if we relent on the Redskins issue then the Fighting Irish will be next. Eventually PETA will get into the fight and try to stop us from characterizing animals as vicious and confrontational, right? Nobody polled the local population of beavers to find out if they were okay with their depiction as toothy little warriors

for Oregon State, did they?

That may be a fun argument to have over a pint at the bar, but it doesn’t hold up. The reason this issue deserves serious consideration is because of the history of Native American peoples in our society. We can try thinking that this is an isolated situation related to one word, but it really reflects the effect that the Redskins and other similar mascots have on actual, living people.

In his most recent paper, “America’s Living Room Theater: Confronting the Legacies of Colonialism through the Indian Mascot Controversy,” Pewewardy says, “Contrived media images distort the perception of millions of people in this country in their understand-

ing of the authentic human experience of Indigenous people.” These nicknames, especially that of my beloved Washington footballers, are hurting the ability of Native Americans to create a modern identity for themselves.

There have been some instances where specific Native American tribes have decided to endorse their continued representation as mascots. The Seminole Tribe of Florida has given Florida State the go-ahead and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe approved Central Michigan calling themselves the Chippewas, but generalized names like Indians and Redskins put all Native Americans into one category. Nobody has been able to figure out what a Winter-

hawk is, but once they do, it is unlikely that the Portland hockey team will be able to keep their logo.

Native Americans have been thoroughly screwed over since Europeans showed up on this continent, and their struggles continue. If Native Americans feel they are being negatively affected by their continued representations as savages—noble or otherwise—then we should change it. Stanford University’s mascot was the Indians from 1930–1972, but it was decided that a change was necessary.

Although thinking in D.C. is well behind Northern California, it’s time for our nation’s capitol to catch up. Just don’t you dare replace the logo with something as ridiculous as that tree.

©MARK BRENNAN

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SPORTS NOT ENOUGH MEN’S SCHOLARSHIPS TO GO AROUND Dear Portland State athletic program, If you look at the list of teams on GoViks.com, there are almost twice as many women’s sports teams as there are men’s. Where are all of the men’s sports, you might ask? Both sides of the athletic program have an equal amount of scholarships to hand out, but with a football team that takes up to 58 of the guys’ awards, there isn’t much money left to spread around.

The two sports that bring in the most revenue at PSU are football and men’s basketball. The football team plays at Jeld-Wen Field and faces big BCS schools every year. The basketball team has been to the NCAA Tournament twice in the recent past and draws big crowds at the Peter W. Stott Center.

Regardless of the football and basketball teams’ ability to generate some serious income, the success of the men’s athletics program is essentially limited to these two sports. Baseball and men’s soccer, two major sports that normally draw in a surplus of fans and money, only exist as club sports at PSU. “It’s scholarships as well as participation,” athletic director Torre Chisholm said on the issue of men’s soccer and baseball teams. “Those sports are a little more constricted by the participation component.”

To be fair, the Big Sky Conference does not include men’s soccer or baseball in their lineup.

While this arrangement allows many football players to have access to scholarships, other potentially great men’s teams are not considered. Women’s athletics funds are dispersed differently, which allows for many different teams, including softball and soccer.

Here at PSU the women’s track and field program has been fighting for a Big Sky Conference championship the last few seasons. The men, try as they might, have not. How can there be such a disparity among two teams who have the same coaching staff, same practice facilities and a majority of the same meets?

It all comes down to the issue of revenue.

“It’s always nice to have more money,” assistant track and field coach Jonathan Marcus said.

“But at the same time you have to operate in reality. I just ask what the constraints are that we have to work with, and how can we be as successful as possible with what we have now.”

The lack of men’s sports at PSU leads to a sports culture that is dominated by women—and they do dominate in every sense of the word. Women’s track and field is very successful. The softball team has been to the NCAA tournament four times in the last five years and has won over 80 percent of their conference games in the last six seasons. The soccer team has yet to lose a conference game this season, and they have enjoyed many wins over the last few years. The list goes on. Why shouldn’t men’s athletics reap the same success?

Sincerely, Alex Moore

MIDSEASON FANTASY FOOTBALL REPORT Beginners luck ALEX MOORE

I’ve watched football for a few years and have become a borderline Seahawks fan, but I never jumped on the fantasy football bandwagon until this year, when I was approached by my brother and his friends about making a league. I now stand at 3–2-1 and am super into it.

Even with a not-so-great record, I’m enjoying it. However, being a beginner can be pretty difficult, especially if you have no idea what the FLEX position is. (Seriously, if you don’t know, please Google it. Otherwise there is no hope for you.)

First, make sure you aren’t starting players with bye weeks. The worst thing you can do is limit your potential points each week. Checking your lineup each week is always crucial, especially now that there are a lot of Thursday games being thrown into the mix.

The next step is to avoid playing injured players. The availability of injured players is described in a number

of ways, including probable, doubtful, questionable and out. All of these words are pretty self-explanatory except questionable. I don’t even think the players know what questionable means.

When one of your players (especially star players) says questionable, you should be a little worried. A lot of coaches like to fool around with the injury report, meaning you can’t necessarily trust the little red letter next to your player. If you aren’t sure, check other sources for more information.

Once everyone in your lineup is ready to go, how do you make those hard decisions about which running back to start? Or which receiver? My advice: Always start your stars, even if they are going up against a great defense. Benching your stars is never a good decision, especially when they come up with big numbers that week.

When deciding whom to play, don’t overthink it. If you don’t like your options, take a glance at the free agents. There are a ton of players who don’t

belong to any team just sitting there, waiting to be picked up by someone looking for some points. Luckily, my fellow reporters—both of whom have more experience than I do— have put together some scouting reports for you.

Fantasy football is a lot of fun. It gives you a reason to watch football games that wouldn’t otherwise matter to you and talk trash with your friends about the results.

Even if you’re a beginner, you could win your league if you do well enough. And isn’t that the ultimate goal? When you are league champion, what else do you need?

How to salvage your disappointing fantasy football team JESSE TOMAINO

You did the research, watched the preseason and had a solid draft, but your fantasy football team is sitting at 2–5, decimated by injury and underperformance.

The starters aren’t putting up big numbers and your bench is just embarrassing.

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SPORTS Well, it’s not too late to salvage your season. Here are some players who may be able to help.

Quarterback: Ryan Tannehill: He’s currently available on the waiver wire in more than 85 percent of leagues, even with his winning record. His numbers have been steady, if unremarkable, but the Dolphins have games against some soft defenses through November. If you need a QB to get you through the next month, he’s your guy.

Andy Dalton: Dalton is on the waiver wire in more than 75 percent of leagues. The Bengals face a slightly higher caliber of defense for the remainder of the season and Dalton’s production varies, but some weeks he throws for 300 yards and three touchdowns. You just have to survive the weeks when he completely disappears.

Running back: Zac Stacy: Stacy has received the bulk of the backfield work for St. Louis lately. He can probably be counted on for about 70 yards a week—pretty good if he can manage to find

the end zone.

Joseph Randle: With DeMarco Murray injured, Randle appears to be the only option for Dallas. He only gained 17 yards on 11 carries against Washington, but he did manage a touchdown. If you have a hole to fill at running back, you could do worse than Randle.

Wide receiver: Terrence Williams: Williams has benefited from the attention defenses have paid to fellow Cowboys Dez Bryant and Miles Austin. Exploding onto the scene with 150 yards and a touchdown against Denver, he followed that with two catches for 27 yards and a score against Washington. If you have waiver order priority, grab Williams.

Harry Douglas: Douglas has been virtually invisible on fantasy football leaderboards this year. His highest output came in week one, with four grabs for 93 yards. But with Julio Jones out for the year, Douglas is a high-percentage move, even without a breakout game. The Falcons have a potent passing offense, and those targets have to go to someone.

Tight end: Jordan Reed: Washington may not have won many games so far this year, but Robert Griffin III has thrown the ball all over the place. Rookie Reed already knows how to be big and fast. If he shows he can hang on to the ball, he’ll become one of Griffin’s most reliable targets.

Kickers and defenses: Your best bet is to play the match-ups every week. Look for defenses that have a game or two coming up against interception-prone quarterbacks; a pick-six can make the difference between a win and a loss next week.

A kicker here, a spot start for an otherwise unremarkable running back there—all you have to do is pull off a few good plays to turn your season around. Once you get into the playoffs, anything can happen.

Maintaining the lead MATT DEEMS

So you’ve done well so far— made it to 6–1 or even 7–0 in your fantasy football league.

Congratulations are in order, but 7–0 won’t get you a trophy or bragging rights.

Do you think Jamaal Charles or Peyton Manning is a lock to carry you to that glory?

Don’t be so naive. Don’t you remember in 2011 when Charles tore his ACL, or when Manning didn’t even play a single down? One day you’re on the way to glory and the next you’re knocked out of the playoffs. You can’t afford to be cocky. Here are some strategies to make sure your fantasy football team is diversified enough to win.

First of all, don’t be clingy.

Seriously, this isn’t your first relationship. Drop those under performing big names and let some other poor sucker deal with them while you take a chance on some emerging stars. Here are some droppable guys and some interesting replacements.

Quarterback: Eli Manning: So you waited in the draft, thinking Eli would have a solid year again, huh? I made that mistake in one of my leagues as well. It isn’t the end

of the world. You can get some awesome talent off the wire.

Take a look at Terrelle Pryor, Josh Freeman and Nick Foles.

Running back: David Wilson: Cut the cord already. He has more fumbles than touchdowns.

On top of it all, he now has a neck injury.

Montee Ball: Ball is not going to take the starting job for the Broncos anytime soon.

Knowshown Moreno has been a stud this season, and Ronnie Hillman has even held off Ball. Ball is a third-string running back. Drop him.

Instead, get Zac Stacy, Andre Ellington or Joseph Randle. Always protect your lead running back, especially when you paid a pretty penny for them. Please don’t tell me you’re carrying some worthless third-string wide receiver and didn’t grab Bryce Brown or Ben Tate.

Come on, guys!

Wide receiver: Tavon Austin: As a Rams fan, it pained me to list our first-round pick here, but he hasn’t had a 50-yard perfor-

mance yet! Sure, he got two touchdowns against the Falcons, but he needs to stop taking up room on your bench.

Dwayne Bowe: I know this is hard. Bowe has been great in the past. All the hype about him finally having a good quarterback has made this a difficult choice, but Alex Smith is not getting Bowe the ball and the Chiefs are running the ball a lot.

Time to say goodbye.

Grab Harry Douglas, Rueben Randle and Jarrett Boykin.

Tight end: Jared Cook: Another Ram that has so much potential.

Cook is not producing and plays in the NFC West. He has potential, but potential won’t win you a championship.

Hurry up and grab Tim Wright, Kyle Rudolph or Scott Chandler.

It’s in your hands now! Just keep to the waiver wire gridiron and you could be raising that trophy come the end of the season. Good luck, and remember that fantasy football is always more important than having a life.

JOSE-DAVID JACOBO/PSU VANGUARD

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