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VOLUME 68 | ISSUE 14

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

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Timely warnings system sees update, Desire2Learn to be revamped next month. pg. 7

A New Mexico high school bans Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. Are we in the Dark Ages? pg. 8

Stop talking and start feeling. This year’s Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival finds a new silent voice. pg. 15

DJ Adams’ stellar season continues in Pocatello as Vikings football runs over Idaho State. pg. 21

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NEWS

SLS LETS ‘KNOWLEDGE SERVE THE CITY’ KARISA CLEARY

You’ve likely seen the quote “Let knowledge serve the city” plastered around the Portland State campus at some point, but have you ever thought about the meaning behind it?

The Student Leaders for Service at PSU operate by those words as they connect students, alumni and the rest of the community with volunteer opportunities to enhance civic engagement around the campus and city.

Fawn Livingston-Gray, the current interim program coordinator for SLS, elaborated on how this group brings knowledge into the city.

“We’re here to provide direct service by examining underlying social issues and creating connectedness at PSU,” Livingston-Gray said.

Although SLS consists mostly of student leader members, any PSU student with a desire to get involved can participate. It is a student leader’s job to recruit students to work at their individual partnership’s sites.

With a wide variety of volunteer options available, even those with a hectic schedule can pick up these smaller service jobs. For example, the Start Making A Reader Today program allows volunteers to give reading support to children in Title I (high poverty) schools for as little as one hour per week.

Student leader members, however, have a bit of a larger obligation—a one academic year commitment. Each stu-

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dent leader volunteers five to 10 hours per week and attends community service days, as well as meetings.

Members must also find a community site to host his or her services.

Currently there are 10 organizations currently hosting SLS members, including Habitat for Humanity, New Avenues for Youth and Rose Haven, a women’s support shelter.

The rest of the SLS staff work together to put on a variety of volunteering events and programs, such as the upcoming Alder Mentor Program, along with alternative spring break trips and days of service.

Students Mentoring Students The mentoring program at Alder Elementary School in the Reynolds School District will occur in winter and spring terms. It partners with the I Have a Dream Foundation to encourage the long-term academic success of low-income public school students from kindergarten and up.

PSU student mentors will visit the children at Alder Elementary 10 times over the course of the program. Their job is to infuse the idea of higher education into each of these students while enlightening them of the opportunities college unveils.

Darin Smith, the AmeriCorps program associate and

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leader of the Alder Elementary mentoring program, is excited to get started.

“There is a huge dedication to these children [at Alder Elementary] to have an opportunity for college,” Smith said. “Every single class has been adopted by the I Have a Dream Foundation.”

Although this is the second year for the Alder Mentor Program, it is the first instance where the IHADF has been involved with an entire school, rather than just one class.

This ongoing program will track the academic success of each student who is involved, starting from kindergarten and continuing throughout their educational path.

Shyvonne Williams, the Alder Elementary program manager for the I Have a Dream Foundation, notices the changes happening in

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these children already.

“These kids will be the first generation of their families to attend college,” Williams said. “They are becoming more familiar with college and aware that they are going to go. Having the college students visit us, as well as having the children visit college campuses, inspires these children and increases their chances of post-high school education.”

SLS also offers alternative spring break trips every year at PSU and always includes multiple options to choose from. In the spring of 2014, students will be able to partake in a trip to San Francisco to address the urban poverty and homelessness issues, or head to the Oregon coast to focus on rural agriculture.

“These trips are focused on service, so they are

low-cost...for students who want to serve while traveling over their spring break,” Livingston-Gray said.

SLS also puts on days of service each quarter to encourage the involvement of the community—especially students—in civic engagement.

The latest service day was held at the end of Portland State of Mind and brought work to several areas of the city in need as well as beyond to Forest Park.

The next service event will be the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, held on Jan. 20, where community issues will be addressed and served by numerous volunteer projects.

“Capture Your Service” is a new program that provides web space for uploaded photos of volunteer work being done This SLS program is

designed to display visuals of the service culture at PSU. Submitters could have their photos posted around campus or on the SLS Facebook and web page.

“We want to increase the visibility of awareness around our campus; people don’t always get to see service in action,” Livingston-Gray said.

The staff over at SLS is eager to include every PSU student in the service opportunities offered.

“Portland is a great area for volunteering,” Smith said. “I am invigorated by how energized people here are to give back. Student Leaders for Service encourages all participation from students as well as non-students, including faculty and the community, to take advantage of the opportunities.”

NEWS

PSU ECOREPS PREPARE FOR CAMPUS CONSERVATION NATIONALS KENNEDY MARTIN

Claiming to be the biggest competition in the world for water and energy reduction programs, Campus Conservation Nationals is now in its fourth year. CCN has helped motivate hundreds of thousands of students throughout North America to decrease the impact of climate change and reduce consumption of water and energy.

Portland State’s own EcoReps will compete in CCN for the third year in a row this winter.

EcoReps is a yearlong program that PSU residents can get involved in to learn about sustainability and how to help guide other students interested in going green. It was developed in 2011 when the PSU Sustainability Leadership Center hired senior sociology major Danielle Grondin.

Already involved in the housing community as a resident assistant, Grondin helped integrate sustainable activities into resident halls and recruit students to become part of the new EcoReps program.

“The EcoReps program has made very significant strides to get to where it is now in its third year,” said Sustainability Leadership and Outreach Coordinator Heather Spalding. “It has become an important piece of the campus’ sustainability outreach.”

EcoReps are trained in recycling procedures, energy conservation, social equity and other sustainable prac-

tices at the beginning of the year. It’s not just about sustainability, though; leadership development is also a key aspect.

In 2012 the EcoReps created the Green Housing Guide, which helps build the program and is distributed at the required sustainability training that all new resident assistants attend.

This year the program has 12 members spread throughout Broadway, Ondine and Stephen Epler Hall.

“The goal is to eventually have an EcoRep in each building,” said Lew Bivona, EcoReps coordinator.

“During fall term, all our new members are still gaining knowledge and beginning to plan events for the rest of the year,” Bivona said. “Once winter starts, we put that knowledge into practice for Campus Conservation Nationals.”

Starting in early February and running approximately three months, CCN allows participating schools to hold three-week competitions on their campuses anywhere during the three-month competition window. At PSU, the EcoReps call their version of the competition the Conservation Challenge.

Before the challenge starts, water and energy consumption is recorded in the residence halls set to be included in the event. The goal is to decrease energy and water use while increasing composting and recycling.

Once the challenge officially begins, the EcoReps monitor the water and energy use

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weekly to see how much it has been reduced.

“The Campus Conservation Nationals program allows us to give feedback to the residence halls so residents can see the impact their actions have,” said Noel Mingo, utilities manager at PSU. “We hope to be expanding our ability to relay utility consumption data to students, faculty and staff in the coming years so the data is available to the whole campus community.”

Last year’s Conservation Challenge included educational events such as the Candlelight Dinner, in which stu-

dents dined under candlelight while learning how to reduce their electricity consumption.

Throughout the three-week challenge, there were also opportunities that offered students the chance to learn about composting and green cosmetics, play recycling games, make repurposed crafts and participate in a clothing drive and campus swap meet.

Last year’s success set the bar high for this year’s challenge, but Bovina is confident that the EcoReps are ready.

“We plan to monitor Ondine, Broadway and Epler again, same as last year, but also add Parkway, St.

Helens, Blumel and Montgomery into the mix,” he said. “This will give us a chance to involve even more students.”

Schools in the top 10 of the competition for the greatest overall percent reduction in electricity consumption will be entered into a drawing for a Building Dashboard, a device for the web that shows real-time and historic utility use, to monitor electricity use in two campus buildings. Similarly, schools in the top 10 for reduction in water consumption are entered in a drawing for a Building Dashboard that

monitors water usage, also in two campus buildings.

However, for the PSU EcoReps it’s not so much about winning the competition as it is about helping make their campus a clean, healthy and sustainable place to be.

“We don’t like to put too much pressure on ourselves by comparing with other schools,” Bovina said. “We are definitely hoping to beat our own record percentage, though.”

To learn more about this year’s Conservation Challenge visit facebook.com/pdxecoreps

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NEWS

KNITTING FOR A CAUSE EMILY HERRERA

Every Wednesday, a group of students who call themselves the Kommunity Knitters gather in King Albert Hall to snack, talk and knit warm scarves for the homeless.

Students Kilee Jordan-Sibley and Kiersten Garcia are the group’s founders. Last April, the two realized that their hobby could be used to fill a need in the community. According to a 2013 report by the City of Portland, the city’s homeless population has increased 2 percent since 2011. Many homeless people lack suitable warm clothes, especially in the winter months.

At Kommunity Knitters meetings, the group provides needles and yarn for anyone who doesn’t have them on hand and teaches others how to knit if they’re interested in helping out but have no experience with needlework.

Everything members knit or crochet is donated to the Portland Rescue Mission, a Christian charity dedicated to helping the homeless by providing food, shelter and addiction recovery treatment.

Kommunity Knitters started out as a way for Jordan-Sibley and Garcia to apply their knowledge in a way that could benefit others. They were inspired by a retreat led by Cru, a Christian club on campus, which they say encouraged them to give back to their city.

“We went to one of the Cru retreats, and they encouraged us to use things we

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were interested in,” Garcia said. “They encouraged us to take a more active role in serving the community. We have the resources—yarn is not expensive. What we really want is to get as much [as possible] to the Portland Rescue Mission...the maximum amount of people we could help would be best.

“God instructed us to do work in the community, to help out, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

For students who are busy trying to balance classes with part-time jobs or other commitments, it can be difficult to find time to volunteer or get involved with a cause.

According to Jordan-Sibley, knitting can be an easy, convenient way to contribute.

“We want to be useful,” she said. “We’re college students and we don’t have that much money, and we don’t have that much time, but there’s one thing we can do: We can knit. We can knit while doing things. We’re using a common interest and hobby to fulfill a purpose like God directs us to.”

Interest in the club has increased as winter approaches, Garcia said, adding that people realize how difficult it must be as a homeless person in the colder weather.

“Right now we’re amassing; we’re collecting a bunch of things so we can donate it all in one go, ideally in this holiday season,” Jordan-Sibley said.

“Through Cru, we got kind of connected with the Portland Rescue Mission just by going and serving dinner. We thought, ‘It’s freezing outside

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and these people don’t have anything, so why don’t we use our skills?’ That’s our goal with Kommunity Knitters.”

Meetings provide a way for the knitters to meet up and gather completed projects, work on new ones and bond over their shared interest.

“We meet in Kilee’s room, and usually we have snacks,” Garcia said. “It’s very relaxed.

You just knit, and you can do anything while knitting. You can have a full-on conversation while knitting. It’s a place to hang out and eat food, talk about things and do something for the community.

“That’s exactly what Kommunity Knitters is.”

The Knitters aim to gain enough membership for the

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club to continue after the founders graduate, ensuring that so people will keep knitting and donating their knitted goods.

“We wanted to pass along this feeling we have toward service, getting other people interested and excited in the community, even using something like one of your interests,” Jordan-Sibley said.

“I would hope when people see us, they think ‘They’re using knitting to affect the community? How crazy of an idea is that? Maybe I can use [for example] my cooking to do something.’ You really can use anything—any skill, any talent, any hobby—to do something, if you really think about it and stay committed to it.”

NEWS

D2L UPGRADE SLATED FOR DECEMBER

IMPROVEMENTS FOCUS ON EASE OF USE

RYAN MILLS

Students will return from winter break to a new version of Portland State’s Desire2Learn website. D2L will be upgraded from its current version, 9.4, on Dec. 18. The next version, 10.2, is primarily a redesign based on user feedback. The new homepage will feature a face-lift that gives it a sleeker look and allows students quicker and easier access to the website’s learning tools.

JD Gillis, an information technology consultant at PSU’s Office of Information Technology, said that while the updated student experience will not be a dramatic departure from PSU’s

current D2L, the bulk of the improvements revolve around functionality.

“There are still tools students can use. They are just easier to get to,” he said. One of these updates is the ability to switch from one course to another via a permanent drop-down menu without having to return to the D2L homepage. Upcoming quiz and due date reminders for assignments are also going to be included.

Another part of the update focuses on improving access to D2L on mobile devices, particularly tablets. According to Gillis, iPads and other tablet devices will be able to access and use D2L as seamlessly as on a computer.

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All existing course content and tools will be transferred automatically into the new version.

The upgrade will have a slightly more noticeable impact on faculty, however, in that the tools professors and instructors use to set up their courses will be streamlined for

greater ease of use. Additionally, a new user progress tool will allow faculty to see details of each of their students’ standing in the class from one screen, as well as their performance on individual assignments.

To help with these transitions, the Office of Academic Innovation has set up a blog

on their website intended specifically for faculty to answer to potential questions.

OAI faculty outreach programs and workshops will be set up to help faculty members with the upgrade should they need it.

At the close of the term, the OAI will hold a dialogue

with faculty members to ensure that grades are received and entered into the system.

Faculty members are asked not to schedule any events using D2L on Dec. 18, as the website will be down for most of the day. The system should be back up and running Dec. 19.

CPSO updates timely warning system RYAN MILLS

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The Portland State Campus Public Safety Office has updated the timely warning system. The PSU community will now receive timely warnings within 45 minutes thanks to a new alert system that uses an off-campus server.

Before this update, the warnings could take up to eight hours to be received by the community. Phillip Zerzan, Chief of CPSO, said that timely warnings will now be received within 45 minutes of their being sent, but adds that they are often are received within just two minutes.

In case of a campus emergency, CPSO can send out two different alerts. Timely warnings are sent through email, and PSU Alerts are sent through email as well as by phone messages.

The timely warning system is used to inform the community of an ongoing threat to public safety on campus. Emails are sent university-wide to notify students and faculty of any danger and advise them to stay away from those areas of campus.

According to the CPSO website, timely warnings will be sent out if “a crime or potential crime constitutes a serious or continuing threat to the campus community.” Whether or not a warning is sent is decided on a case-by-case basis by the director of public safety or the vice president of Finance and Administration.

Under the Jeanne Clery Act of 1998, any college or university participating in federal financial aid programs is required to send out timely warnings in the event that a threat is posed to the security of the campus, its students or faculty members.

PSU Alerts—the second notification system on campus—are also sent via phone and email in response to impending danger on campus, such as a gas leak or a dangerous person.

The alerts are also sent in response to inclement weather and unscheduled campus closures.

Zerzan added that the PSU Alerts system has never had a problem sending out phone messages to the campus community.

In the event of an emergency that warrants a PSU Alert or timely warning, CPSO says that it is important to follow the directions given. Entirely avoid the area the warning concerns, and stay away from campus if necessary.

Notifications of campus closures can also be found through social media outlets and the PSU website.

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OPINION

READING, NOT BANNING BOOKS NEIL GAIMAN'S ‘NEVERWHERE’ GETS BANNED IN NEW MEXICO

This not That

by Chelsea Lobey Last month an easily offended, over-protective mother found a passage she really didn’t like in contemporary author Neil Gaiman’s novel Neverwhere. Her complaints ultimately ended up getting the book taken out of the curriculum, at least temporarily, in Alomogordo High School in New Mexico.

As a result, all of the kids at this school are banned from reading a book that has been part of the school’s English department syllabus since 2004. It is absolutely unfair, narrow-minded and, frankly, stupid that one single person gets to make that judgment call.

Neverwhere is about a man who helps a girl in a desperate situation, even though it has dire consequences for his own life. He does the right thing, even though it’s difficult. The book also deals with themes of compassion, loyalty, friendship and feelings of invisibility. The offensive passage begins with: “The man had his hand inside the woman’s [sweater] and was moving it around enthusiastically, a lone [traveler] discovering an unexplored continent.” This passage that one New Mexico mother took such offense to outlines the main character’s loneliness and invisibility as he sits on a bench next to two lovers who are unable to see him.

Gaiman’s book is perfect for high school kids because it’s more fun than Shakespeare and it deals with themes that many of them can relate to. It’s written by a “cool,” messy-haired author with a large Twitter and Tumblr presence. His books are the perfect combination of something that high school students can learn from and something that they can get excited about reading.

It’s hard enough to get high school kids to pick up a book, and taking away the ones they are able to get excited about is only going to make this problem worse. In a recent lecture for the Reading Agency, a reading and literacy charity group based in London, Gaiman expressed his feelings that “well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading. Stop them reading what they enjoy, or give them worthy-but-dull books

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that you like—the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian ‘improving’ literature. You’ll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and, worse, unpleasant.”

Banning books with uncomfortable themes and taking away books from kids who have a desire to read is one of the most despicable practices I can think of. Pretending sex, violence, profanity and other uncomfortable subjects don’t exist by pushing away books that include them does not make sex, violence and profanity go away. They’re going to exist whether we talk about them or not. It’s much better bringing those topics out into the open and have adult conversations about them.

It’s the only way that a society can learn and move forward to a better future.

Banned Books Week, a week dedicated to reading and raising awareness about banned books, is most definitely a step in the right direction. It takes place the fourth week in September every year. Since 1982, when Banned Books Week began, more than 11,200 books have been challenged, all because some people are too ignorant to see past their own narrow-minded world views.

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series was the number-one most banned book during the early 2000s, mostly because conservative religious groups took offense to the magic portrayed in the book. Toni Morrison’s Beloved was banned for being sexually explicit, violent and having overt religious views, while Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most challenged books of all time because it is “racially insensitive,” “oppressive” and “perpetuates racism.”

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What the book challengers don’t understand is that these books have the power to teach, inspire and transform their readers into more compassionate and thoughtful people.

Violence, religion, racism and difficult adolescences are all a part of America’s past and present. Isn’t it better that we talk about these things openly and discover why certain themes are uncomfortable and what we can learn from them? If the things these books brought up were easy to talk about, how would we ever progress as a society? How are we going to grow and change if we only read books that are safe?

Obviously not all books are suitable for all people and age groups, but one easily offended group should not be allowed to make the decision about what is and is not appropriate. One ridiculous mom in New Mexico should not get to take away a book for an entire high school because she didn’t like it. I had friends growing up who weren’t allowed to read Harry Potter because their parents thought it promoted anti-Christian themes, but that didn’t stop me from reading them until the covers fell off, and it shouldn’t have. I learned a great deal from those books. They taught me about friendship, bravery and compassion and, most important of all, they inspired me to pick up more books and keep reading. If somebody had banned them from my library, I would not be the person I am today.

Books often raise issues that are hard to talk about, but that’s the point. Banning books, locking them away and pretending they don’t exist only makes us a more afraid and ignorant citizenry, and that’s exponentially more terrifying than profanity, sexuality and violence ever could be.

OPINION

Possible cure for AIDS? An end in sight for mother-to-child transmission

Everywhere and Here

by Eva-Jeanette Rawlins

If you say, “That’s like finding a cure for AIDS,” it means that something’s next to impossible. Like cancer, HIV/AIDS is something no one wants to hear after a test.

Though living with the disease has changed dramatically over the last 20 years with the development of medications that extend lives and allow people to experience a relatively normal dayto-day existence, it’s still incurable and seen as a life sentence.

Children born with it face a life of taking prescription drugs to keep it in check.

That is, until recently.

There are signs that the virus has possibly met its match, and these signs exist in the body of a three-year-old girl. She may hold the secrets to ensuring that children born HIV-positive can be cured and grow up to live disease-free lives. The inheritance of the virus may be at its end.

What does this mean? Only that the 900 children who, according to UNAIDS, are newly infected with HIV every day...won’t be.

900 children. Multiply that by 365 and you get 328,500. Almost 330,000 children every year could be offered a life free from medication and free from the knowledge that, sooner or later, they could succumb to the effects of the disease.

How is this possible? Well, doctors are keeping an eye on this little girl in Mississippi and hoping they’ll be the first to find out.

Here’s the story. Her mother had not received any prenatal care when she arrived at the hospital to deliver. She was given a routine test for HIV during labor and the test came back positive. The baby was put on anti-retroviral medicines 30 hours after her birth. Normally, when expectant mothers are diagnosed with the virus, they are put on drugs throughout their pregnancy to prevent mother-tochild transmission. This never happened, so the chances of the little girl responding well were dramatically reduced.

The mother left the hospital and doctors didn’t see the baby again until she was 23 months old. They discovered her mother had taken her off the drugs after she was a year old. Once again, in normal cases, children will take the drugs the rest of their lives to stay virus-free. When they tested her, however, she appeared to be free of HIV, even though she wasn’t taking anything. It’s still early, and because healthy skepticism is good, they are cautiously monitoring her and hope to one day say she is cured.

This is the best news I have heard in a long time. When we are constantly bombarded with gloom and fear, the idea that a disease that has gripped our planet with its vile, clenched claws could have lost its power is life-changing. World-changing.

According to an NPR report, more than nine out of 10 of the world’s 3.4 million HIV-infected children live in sub-Saharan Africa, because mothers there do not have access to prenatal or postnatal care and are never diagnosed. Many don’t even know they’re sick. Children are born and taken home, and it’s only when they start suffering from respiratory problems or other

HIV-related issues that they are discovered to be infected. By then, it’s often too late for the medication to have an effect—if they even have access to it in the first place.

This little girl from Mississippi might have just changed things.

There’s something about babies. Children being born with a disease that will eventually kill them is one of the hardest things to witness. Visiting orphanages in Brazil and Kenya some years back, I saw firsthand the effects of mother-to-child transmission.

It was heartbreaking. Children are supposed to be brought into the world with joy and celebration. These little ones, like many others, were given away. Their lives were devoid of much hope.

From day one, they’re fighting uphill battles. Life shouldn’t be that hard. Surviving another day shouldn’t be their goal. It’s not right. You hold them in your arms, and you know they deserve so much more. They deserve the world.

Here’s the hoping they get it soon.

vention: Madonna. Like a Virgin Madonna recalls the writhing, oversexed and anything-but-virginal bride. Like a Prayer reminds us of a more domineering, scrupulously matured, sharp fashionista. Ray of Light finds Madonna safely on the other side of promiscuity, and it is actually successfully experimental. For her last couple of albums, she seems to reclaim her messy sexuality, which doesn’t necessarily become my argument or her image, so we can leave it be.

Madonna provides a nice example of artistic reinvention because she shows how practical it can be. The need to reinvent coaxes artists into pushing boundaries. However, this trend among pop artists of perennially changing their look or manifesto asks how proactive these artists are in creating anymore. What happened to artists like James Joyce? He spent his entire career progressively inventing his writing style, which started with free, indirect speech and terminated in a full-blown stream of consciousness that academics spend their lives honoring and trying to unlock.

The patience of pre-globalized art meant the formation of a cohesive artistic aim that seems better rooted in the artist’s expressive core and leads to better versions of itself instead of good versions of a constantly reclaimed ground zero. Why, I wonder, has Quentin Tarantino turned into a reviser of history with Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained? It seems to have much more to do with an arbitrary aesthetic swerve than his initial aim of shading different styles with irony and fanboy homage.

The idea of conventions coming between the artist’s perspective and product scares me because it clouds the artist’s

experience and expression. The expectation for freshness and resultant reinvention may force the artist into a character he or she wouldn’t take on otherwise. He or she merely plays by the rules of popular media distribution instead of presenting his or her own artistic vision.

Of course, through some scopes, artistic reinvention is valuable. Viewing art as a commercial barometer, artistic reinvention accurately gauges how people’s idea of material art changes as technology expands. Reinvention may also be considered a supreme example of the contemporary artist’s actual perspective. What’s more 21st century than bringing the self-consciousness and fabrication of social networks to the face of pop culture? Doesn’t its success also hint at audience distraction? Also, a potential danger of this argument lies in pigeonholing artists based on their first product and ignoring the reality of personal growth and development over time.

I think sometimes reinvention just happens, but my opinion addresses what I think is at the root of counterfeit reinvention. Just because social forces establish a norm doesn’t mean everyone should fall in line, especially if they’re bad norms, which I think this one is. While I certainly value the amount of media at my fingertips, it does scare me that I can easily listen, read or watch something, then rapidly forget it or search for something even newer. It denotes, I think, a quickening boredom, which encourages pop artists to come up with fresh images so often.

The Artistic Reinvention Problem The Pop Culture Ephebe

by Joshua Benson

On the one hand, technology’s ability to simplify and speed up popular media distribution is good. Globalized media allows faster delivery and democratizes art. The easier it is to put media out, the more media there is, which makes it harder for studios and publishers to shove artists down our throats and gives us more choice in deciding which artists we want to engage with.

On the other hand, this increase in product volume causes what I call the “artistic reinvention problem.”

The amount of popular stuff released every week means that artists need to create an image distinctive enough to stand out from the crowded charts. This then creates a next-level expectation whereby the artist reinvents himself or herself multiple times in his or her career.

Think about it. Different releases from the same artists within the last 30-odd years tend to conjure images of different aesthetics or tonal eras. Take the paradigmatic example of rein-

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OPINION

WHAT IF SHE IS A HE? ADDRESSING SEXISM IN POPULAR LITERATURE

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by Brie Barbee

If you were to walk into your local bookstore in search of a new book to read, you might make your decision with relatively little thought.

In many cases, advertising allows us to choose the books we read by just looking at the cover. Besides the art that adorns the front of a book, we are influenced by other aspects of the book itself, from its apparent genre, the size of the volume and, quite often, the name and gender of the author who wrote it.

If you are reading a romance novel, you might expect to find a warm and pleasant-looking cover with the author’s cute name scrawled across the bottom. Many of us will assume that the authors of romance novels are all women, and looking at the statistics, this is mostly true. Female authors and readers make up the majority of the genre.

However, just because the majority of romance writers are women doesn’t mean that there are not any men out there writing romance. It also doesn’t mean that the ratio of male to female writers in the field can’t change over time.

One very successful male romance writer was named Tom Huff, who wrote under the pseudonym Jennifer Wilde. Others include Vince Brach (Fran Vincent) and Mike Hinkemeyer (Vanessa Royall). All of these men challenge the stereotypes associated with romance novels. But the fact that each of these men wrote under a female name shows that readers still find it

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strange that men are capable of writing romance.

The same could be said about women writing science fiction. There are relatively few science fiction novels out there written by women, and even fewer that make their way into popular literature. While the number of female sci-fi writers has more than tripled since 1948, there are stereotypes regarding female authors of the genre.

Of the 29 people who have won the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s lifetime achievement award, only four of them have been women (Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, Connie Willis and Andre Norton), and three of these women have won the award in the last five years.

While the gender stereotypes in popular literature are changing, their presence is still felt. The assumptions about men who write romance and women who write sci-fi have a way of impacting sales and determining which books within these genres become popular. If readers pick up a book that doesn’t seem to fit their initial expectations of a genre, that book can be seen as too ambitious or simply too strange, and readers won’t end up buying it.

That doesn’t seem right, does it? Why should literature be so exclusive? Who says that guys aren’t awesome romance writers or that women aren’t capable of writing some really badass science fiction?

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Why should authors feel obligated to change their names or write under pseudonyms in order to get their books read? Why was Tom Huff unable to write under his legal name, and why did J.K. Rowling not publish the Harry Potter series as Joanne Rowling?

While it might seem unfair to those writers and more, this underlying sexism in modern literature is deeply ingrained in our subconsciouses. We want it to be an easy fix, but it’s not that simple. If we can stop and think, we may finally realize where these stereotypes begin. Then we can begin to challenge them.

We can begin to look at why we are drawn to female romance authors and male science fiction writers. We can begin to take apart the preconceived notions that we associate with certain genres of literature, and maybe we can finally start to look at literature in a more gender-neutral way.

Maybe five, 10 or 50 years from now gender inequality in literature won’t be an issue anymore. But if we ever hope to get rid of the underlying sexism that still permeates our society— which is reflected in literature and popular media—the first step is to realize that it is there in the first place.

By challenging the stereotypes that have such an impact on the way we look at specific genres of literature, writers who truly deserve to be part of their respective fields might finally get their day in the spotlight, and writers who chose to never write for fear of rejection might realize their true calling.

OPINION

WHY ALL THE GOOD ONES AREN’T GAY Just a Phase

by Konrad Juengling Often in conversation a female friend will exclaim, “All the good ones are gay!” Not only is that a complete fallacy, it’s also just a smidgen naive.

For me, it breaks down to math. While I’d rather roll around in a pile of rusty nails than take another math class, math comes in handy, at least in this case.

The general consensus is that about 10 percent of the population is homosexual. There are studies that quote numbers both higher and lower than that; a new Gallup poll showed those numbers as low as 3.5 percent nationally. We’ll go with

the higher 10 percent, since that percentage has been around longer and also works to the advantage of our friends lamenting how every good guy is gay.

If 10 percent of the population is homosexual, that leaves 5 percent gay men and 5 percent lesbians. That’s an assumption to contrast the 45 percent of the rest of the population who are straight men and 45 percent who are straight women. When you assume that 5 percent of Americans are gay men, I could see someone thinking “Well, that’s not too bad.” I could see myself thinking that as well, if all those men were actually quality guys.

From that 5 percent, let’s weed out the undesirables. First off, let’s drop the guys that are likely to stuff you in a trunk at the end of the date. They’re probably the ones you most want to get away from anyway.

I can think of an example right off the top of my head: I went on a date last year where the guy told me a story about dumping bleach into his roommate’s exotic fish tank because he was angry at her. He could have worn a sign that said “serial killer” and gotten the message across just as well. Going on a date with anyone with creeper eyes is kind of a death wish. I’m actually going to give that group of guys 0 percentage points, since (hopefully) that’s relatively rare in the dating scene. So we’re still at 5 percent.

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Next, let’s weed out the ones likely to rob you blind: those with a criminal history. Most of us view a few types of crimes as pretty lightweight. I don’t think jaywalking, going a few miles over the speed limit or downloading music are particularly egregious acts.

Who hasn’t tapped into an unsecured Wi-Fi signal that an unwitting neighbor has left open? They’re almost begging to share it!

But for the more serious crimes, having a record can be a major thing. Do you want to date someone who clears out all of your electronics when you doze off? NPR states 1 in 5 people have a criminal record. That’s 20 percent of the population! So with our 5 percent start, taking off the serial killers and adding in the criminals, we’re down to 4 percent of the population.

Next, let’s weed out the people who aren’t single. According to the U.S. Census, 44 percent of Americans are unmarried.

That’s a bit misleading, since same-sex couples can’t get married in a lot of states, which skews those numbers. Cutting out about 40 percent of people who have entered a relationship, our original 5 percent is now down to 3 percent. Here’s where the math gets sticky. Since the serial killers, criminals and people in coupledom aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive, the waters are murky. A lot of people are now off the market. We’re below 3 percent of the population!

Now add in personal preferences. You’re not attracted to every single person of a certain sex that crosses your path; there’s just a certain subset that you find attractive. Of those people that you’re attracted to, who has the other qualities you want in a significant other? There’s a whole plethora of things we consider when choosing to date someone: education level, career status, income, temperament, hobbies, drug use, smoking, fitness, their circle of friends—the list goes on.

Seeing that you’re looking at a population that is nine times smaller than the heterosexual man pool right out of the gate, you can see the numbers don’t add up. After you cut out the beady-eyed creepers, criminals and people in relationships, then take into account personal preferences, you’re probably down to tenths of a percentage point.

When a girl laments, “All the good ones are gay,” they’re not taking into account that the math is completely against that statement. Unless they’re saying that gay men are, by definition, better, the facts don’t add up. Although, if they are saying we’re inherently superior, I might just have to jump on the bandwagon and agree with the girls: Maybe all the good ones are gay!

“When you assume that 5 percent of Americans are gay men, I could see someone thinking ‘Well, that’s not too bad.’”

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COVER

MEN’S BASKETBALL LOOKS FOR

BOUNCE BACK JOEL GUNDERSON

“Having a year like last year was disappointing, no doubt.”

Coach Tyler Geving

Tyler Geving is ready to get all bodies back on the court. Come mid-December, he will have his wish. Until then, the waiting game continues for Portland State’s men’s basketball head coach, now entering his fifth season as the team’s leader.

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“This camp, I was feeling really good about our team, but we had five guys on the bench,” Geving said.

Such is the story with the Vikings, who followed a promising 2011-12 season with an 8–20 record and setbacks in nearly every aspect of play last winter. Instead of repeating a run to the Big Sky semifinals, the Vikings delivered the worst season in Geving’s tenure.

After the Vikings suffered an unusual number of injuries, he and his staff knew that an influx of talent and experience was needed to improve upon last season’s failures.

So that’s exactly what they did.

As the Vikings open the season against UNLV, six new players join eight returning lettermen for a unit that collectively seeks to prove that last season was a blip on the radar.

“Two years ago we were middle of the road in most categories, which led to more success for us,” said Geving,

who is in his ninth overall year at the school.

“The aggressive style we want to play, we have the depth for it. We have the perimeter guys to play pressure containment. The other thing that leads to poor defense sometimes is turnovers and bad shots. You are giving up baskets the other way and you don’t have a chance to get your defense set. We have to value the basketball and value possessions,” Geving said.

“Trust me, we see it, and we’re working on it.”

It’s not as if he’s working with an empty deck, however.

Despite losing three starters to graduation, the Vikings are bringing back two starters, including Big Sky Honorable Mention Aaron Moore.

Moore, a senior, averaged 15 points per game last season in-conference and is the Vikings’ most athletic player.

Geving knows the value of having a player like Moore on this young roster.

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“Aaron is an All-League caliber player, and we need him to be that if this team is going to have success. He is a guy that can go out and get a double-double every night,” Geving said.

Joining Moore is big-man Brandon Cataldo, a 6-foot10-inch force—when healthy.

Cataldo has been battling a leg injury that has taken up much of his first two seasons, but after dropping almost 60 pounds since arriving on campus, Cataldo looks to be in a position to take the starting center spot.

After injuries wiped out much of last season’s roster, the coaching staff made it a point to bring in junior college transfers to help ease the transition while adding muchneeded talent. They brought in size (Tiege Bamba, 6–6), shooting (DaShaun Wiggins) and leadership (Tim Douglas).

Perhaps no newcomer will bear more pressure than Douglas, who could run the point position from day one.

The man he needs to win over—his head coach—seems to already know the value of the University of Portland transfer.

“Tim automatically addresses our leadership issue.

He is a natural leader and has the respect of everyone on the team. He is a guy that works

hard every single day in practice and leads by example off the court,” Geving said.

After sitting out last year, Douglas looks to spark the Vikings offense, which last season struggled to find consistency. Douglas was named the WCC Player of the Week twice while at UP. He also dropped 26 points on a nationally ranked St. Mary’s team.

Expect some freshmen to see the floor early in their career, especially Kyle Benton, who brings excellent size and rebounding ability for a small forward.

Having so many freshmen and JUCOs on the roster allows new leaders to emerge, something that coach Geving says was absent for much of last season.

“Having a year like last year was disappointing. Probably our biggest weakness last year was we didn’t have good leadership. We didn’t have a lot of direction, whether it was me doing a better job of leading the team or leadership within the team. Instead of winning games by six or eight, you lose them by six or eight,” he said.

Playing in the comfort of home is one way to form a bond, and the Vikings will have just that. PSU has a record 17 home games this season, which should allow

the new players to transition smoothly into the program.

“Any time you can get this many home games—I’d rather have them at home than on the road. It doesn’t mean you are going to win every home game, but playing at home is a real advantage. The tournament we are doing is something we would like to continue annually. That will help with getting the home games we want,” Geving said.

That tournament, held Nov. 22-24, is the Portland State Tournament, which will bring in three schools from across the country and help the Vikings in their quest to brand themselves on the national level. Crosstown rival UP visits the Stott Center on Dec. 7, and future Big Sky opponent Idaho comes to town on Dec. 14.

The Big Sky Tournament will be March 13-15 at the home of the regular season conference champion.

Could PSU find themselves in a position to host? It’s far too early to tell.

However, if the newcomers can jell and returning players like Moore continue to improve, this appears to be a team that is headed upward. After last season’s letdown, there’s a new sense of urgency and focus among the Vikings.

That focus is spearheaded by Geving and his staff.

They are sticking to their stre ng th—re c ruiting — to help revive a program that has felt stuck in neutral as of late.

“I feel like I bring great energy and enthusiasm to this job every day,” Geving said. “I have a good rapport with our players and feel that is a great strength on the court, in recruiting, and within this program.”

One season does not define a team, for better or worse. Geving and his staff proved that this can be a winning program, and despite the injuries and poor record in 2012–13, they are closer to the top than many people think.

With an intriguing recruiting class, a returning All-Conference caliber talent in Moore and a plethora of home games, it looks like exciting times are coming for the 2013–14 Vikings team.

Is a return trip to the NCAA Tournament in the cards? Who knows. But it’s hard to envision another eight-win season.

“Having a year like last year was disappointing, no doubt,” Geving said.

If things break correctly, he’ll be singing a different tune next offseason.

PSU TOURNAMENT—A STAR-STUDDED EVENT On Nov. 22, the Vikings will welcome in three out-of-state opponents for the Portland State Tournament. Visiting for the three-day event will be Loyola (IL), UC Davis and SIU-Edwardsville. The tournament will be round-robin style, with each team playing the other three.

The tournament will feature two games per night, providing fans with a great opportunity to see a lot of basketball for a great price.

As part of PSU’s yearlong “Get Stuffed” campaign, world famous competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi will be in attendance during the tournament. Kobayashi holds Guinness World Records for eating and is best known for the world-famous 4th of July Coney Island event.

This is a great opportunity for PSU students to test their eating mettle against perhaps the greatest ever.

How often do you get the opportunity to go one-on-one with a legend? Not often. If you think you have what it takes, Kobayashi is ready for you.

Kobayashi will be in attendance on Nov. 22-23.

The “Get Stuffed” promotion allows fans attending PSU events throughout the year to eat as much food as they would like. All you need is a ticket stub.

PORTLAND STATE TOURNAMENT STOTT CENTER Friday UC Davis vs. SIU-Edwardsville 3 p.m.

Loyola (IL) vs. Portland State 5:30 p.m.

Saturday Loyola (IL) vs. UC Davis 3 p.m SIU-Edwardsville vs. Portland State 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Loyola (IL) vs. SIU-Edwardsville 11:30 a.m.

UC Davis vs. Portland State 3 p.m.

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DANGIT that’s

FANCY SNACKS JORDAN MOLNAR

Cooking can be a serious drag. No, really, it is not always fun to prepare an entire meal. Lucky for you, this is the exact reason that snacks exist. While it may be easy to run to the store and grab a bag of chips or a box of cookies, doing so will not win you any points toward impressing anyone.

The way to solve this fundamental snack problem is simple: make your own.

Hummus Snacks come in all shapes and sizes, and the first snack in this recipe happens to be kind of mushy. Don’t worry, it has a really fancy name: hummus.

What, you’ve heard of it? Great!

Then you know that it is made from garbanzo beans, which you can find in canned form at any grocery store. Depending on how much hummus you want to make, you should grab 1 or 2 cans of garbanzo beans.

Having a party? Use 2. Sitting around by yourself, watching episodes of crime dramas or documentaries about serial killers? Just use 1.

You will need a food processor or blender to make your hummus, of course.

That is how it gets mushy.

Drain your beans of the liquid in the can, but save the liquid and set it aside before putting them in your mushy-maker of choice. The liquid is what you will add during the blending process to get your hummus to the consistency you desire. This is entirely up to you. Similarly, what you add to season your hummus is also entirely up to you. I add a dash of lemon juice, salt, pepper, onion powder, minced garlic and some sweet, smoked paprika. You will also want to add some olive oil to make sure it has a smoothness about it and for some extra flavor.

When you are done blending your hummus into the perfect mush and have added all the spices and flavors you want, you are actually ready to serve it. Eat it with chips or bread, or vegetables if you are into that sort of “healthy stuff.” It pairs well with just about anything, but it also works fine as a standalone dish. Try finishing it off with a dash of some of your coolest-looking spices on the top to make it look nice and fancy, then serve it to your friends or enjoy it by yourself in a dark room, illuminated only by the sad glow of the television set in front of you.

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Sweet potato fries But hey, there are other snacks too. If you aren’t into mushy or you just want something to go with it, you can try making your very own sweet potato fries. The main ingredient you will need for this tasty snack is, of course, sweet potatoes. You should get fresh ones, 2 or 3 depending on how many fries you feel like you need to make. These are also easy to find at the grocery store. You should peel them and cut them into the general shape of fries. I don’t know how you like your fries shaped. I won’t judge you; do what feels right.

Grab a bowl and our old friend olive oil and toss the fries in, drizzling the olive oil over them. Don’t add too much, or they will get kind of mushy too. As far as spices go,

you can do a lot of very different and interesting things with sweet potato fries. If you want something spicy, you can add some salt and pepper and maybe paprika or crushed red peppers. If you want something safe, just use salt and pepper.

My favorite way to make them is a mixture of sweet and salty, with salt (of course), brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.

When you have fully seasoned your fries, you should lightly grease a baking sheet and spread them over it. If you want to save yourself some cleanup, you could cover the baking sheet with tinfoil, but you should still grease it lightly. Otherwise your fries may stick to your baking sheet. Oh, wait, did you preheat the oven? You were supposed to preheat the

INGREDIENTS

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Hummus

Sweet Potato Fries

1-2 cans garbanzo beans A dash of olive oil Spices and other flavors to taste

2-3 sweet potatoes 1/4 tablespoon olive oil Spices to taste

oven to 425 degrees. Don’t forget that part. Your fries are not going to taste good if you don’t cook them.

Leave them in the oven (which you preheated, right?) for 20–30 minutes. When they come out they should be soft, but if they are too soft you can stick them under the broiler for a little bit to crisp them up. Just make sure you check on them, or they may burn. You’re not supposed to burn them, FYI. They may be pretty hot, so let them cool when you take them out of the oven. Once they are cool enough for you to touch without harming yourself, you are free to enjoy your snacks and, if you are lucky, make yourself look like a totally cultured amateur chef in front of some guests.

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SHUT UP AND SHOW ME HOW TO FEEL THE 40TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST FILMMAKER’S FESTIVAL GETS A SILENT VOICE ANDREW ECHEVERRIA

The Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival, which turns 40 this year, has been providing a forum and sanctuary for regional filmmakers for decades. Whether a rookie starting out or a veteran experimenting with the art form, the festival has been a place for new and old generations of filmmakers to meet and allow their voices to be heard since the early 1970s.

The festival itself provides more than a platform and opportunity to see unique impressionist films. Guest judge and Sundance Film Festival shorts programmer Mike Plante will be presenting merits to selections of his choice, ranging from The Big Northwest Award (Best of Fest) to The Why Not Award.

The program is chock-full of inventive and intriguing shorts and features that will inspire introspection and provide entertainment for audiences.

“It’s our longest running festival…It’s almost as old as the Northwest Film Center itself,” said Nick Bruno, PR and marketing representative for the center.

The festival kicks off with the short film American Lawn from director Robert Sickels. “It’s basically a documentary where people talk about their lawns, which sounds about as dull as you can imagine, but…it’s a documentary about people that opens out into a subject, but really it’s reflecting back on people and their obsessions. What makes it come alive is the characters that [Sickels] found,” said Bruno.

From festival events such as panel discussions and an opening party complete with a live band at the old Broadway Metroplex, the Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival allows not only an opportunity to witness the rise of the next independent film trend, but also a sense of community that any regional film student or filmmaker should jump to be a part of.

A silent trend Thomas Phillipson, who has been managing the festival for several years, has seen trends in these regional films come and go just as the names and faces have changed. This year, he sees a new trend beginning to surface.

“It’s been coming for a while,” said Phillipson, “but this year it seems really prominent: feature films with almost no dialogue in them.”

According to Phillipson, what began as a small batch of semi-silent experimental shorts over the past few years has crossed over into the realm of feature-length films that rely more on impression and images to convey their story than they do dialogue. Though they might not appeal to moviegoers who are in search of traditional stories or more action-oriented sequences, Phillipson assures that those who take the time to invest in these unconventional narratives will be rewarded.

“They don’t follow normal, predictable narrative arcs… foreshadowing…all those sort of narrative devices are gone.

They’re slice-of-life moments strung together that give you more of an impressionistic sense of a story. The more you invest yourself in [them] the more enjoyable they can be,” said Phillipson.

Corvallis-based director Nandan Rao’s film Hawaiian Punch is a prime example of this. Hawaiian Punch is a film about two young Mormon friends spending a mission term in Hawaii. Through daily activities and sparse conversation, their true character and uncertain futures become as real and terrifying to the audience as they do to the characters themselves. Rather than action, Rao gives us inaction for clarity.

According to the festival program, “It is the inaction of the film and its protagonists that reveals the fundamental truth in their lives.”

Several such films, including Empty Hollow Echo by Adam Sekular of Seattle and You Make Me Feel So Young by Zach Weintraub of Olympia, Wash., will be screened as a part of the festival’s “Features” program through Nov. 16.

Desaturating the action “I read a review of [one of the films] where they used the term ‘desaturated action,’” said Phillipson, “which I thought was a nice way of saying ‘nothing much happens in this film.’”

A precursor to this “desaturated action” trend might possibly be Gus Van Sant’s 2002 film Gerry, which was screened

‘FINDING TRUELOVE’, directed in Washington

by Sam Kuhn, playing Nov. 14th at 8:30 pm at Mission Theater.

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at the festival several years ago to less than favorable reviews. Gerry, an experiment in filmmaking in which Van Sant simply let the camera roll and used entire takes instead of editing them down, features Matt Damon and Casey Affleck wandering around a desert for 103 minutes. The movie employs no foreshadowing and no path of action for the audience to follow so that the audience might feel just as lost in the “narrative” as Damon and Affleck do in the desert.

“I had to pick Gus Van Sant up at the airport and we’d just had a press screening of Gerry, so he said, ‘Well how’d it go?’ and I said, ‘Well… [laughs]…I don’t know,” said Phillipson. “I don’t know how people felt about it.’”

Critical acclaim seems to be mostly beside the point for a majority of filmmakers involved with the festival, however, as many of them experiment with form and narrative as a means of examining the self.

“What distinguishes the Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival is that it rewards filmmakers who are using a more personal voice in their work,” said Phillipson. “You won’t find a lot of commercially minded films. That has really stayed true throughout all the years and hasn’t changed.”

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DEVICE 6: A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT BRANDON STALEY

Device 6 is, by all accounts, a text adventure. It is also riveting, tense, creepy, hilarious and well worth your time.

Device 6 is a mystery-thriller in which you play as Anna.

Stranded on a desolate island with no memory, Anna must overcome the increasingly bizarre challenges of her island prison if she can ever hope to escape. You swipe from left to right to read her story and solve puzzles.

Puzzle-solving involves little more than tapping buttons based on the clues you find in the environment. If you think you’ve heard this one before, give me a minute: It’s the execution that makes the game stand out.

Let’s get one thing clear up front; playing Device 6 isn’t like scrolling through an e-book. It’s so much more than that. To start, the text often takes on the form of the scene being described.

Sentences are broken appropriately when Anna walks down a flight of stairs, simulating descent. If she becomes mesmerized or groggy, the characters become suitably unreadable or elongated. Paragraphs turn the same direction of the corner Anna rounds, adding a sense of space to the otherwise visually stoic text medium. Such design choices could be cynically reduced down to gimmicks if it weren’t for the compelling story they frame.

The story of Device 6 primarily revolves around Anna’s attempts to escape

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ANNA, the main character from Simogo’s ‘Device 6’, falls through the mystery of technology and neuroscience. ©SIMOGO

from the island and the obstacles put in her way to keep her from doing so.

Nothing is quite that simple, though, as subplots and intertextual allusions wrap around the narrative.

While developer Simogo could have played their story completely straight with an unflinchingly dramatic tone, there is, thankfully, much room left for levity.

The humor in Device 6 is spot-on, ribbing on the inanity of the island’s puzzles one moment and seamlessly transitioning into a critique of the current state of mobile games the next. That being said, when it wants to get unsettling and dramatic it is more than happy to do so, and with aplomb. Device 6 smashes into smithereens the hapless female victim trope perpetuated in so many games these days. As you learn more about Anna and see the world through her eyes, you quickly realize that she is a fleshed-out, strong female character.

Her actions in the game, many of which could be categorized as “badass,” serve to reinforce this image. The narrative finds a balance all writers strive for: It’s meticulously crafted while seeming effortless.

Similarly, the sounds and music of Device 6 create a mesmerizing, engrossing concoction that holds you firmly in its grip for the entire game. Simogo knows exactly when to lay on the dramatic

strings, reach a climactic crescendo or just let the sweet sounds of ‘70s spy movie music keep you company as you zip back and forth between rooms, desperately trying to pick apart the logic behind the puzzle you’ve happened upon. Similarly, they know restraint and are more than happy to let you roil in silence when the mood is right.

Device 6 isn’t just the kind of game that encourages you to keep a pad of paper and a pencil by you all times; it all but requires it. During the course of my playthrough, I produced nearly three pages of notes which, to the casual observer, would have appeared to be the scrawlings of a madman. While the idea of having to take notes outside of a game might sound tedious, I enjoyed this aspect of the game. Some of the most inspired puzzles were made all the more engaging by virtue of my having to step away from the game for a moment and actually think it out. On at least one occasion I didn’t realize I was actually solving a puzzle until I was writing it out and saw it materialize in front of me. This trial and error, the idea of a game staunchly refusing to give me hints or simply shepherd me along after I’ve grown frustrated, is something I’ve missed from games for some time, and Device 6 pulls it off swimmingly.

Device 6 is one of those games, like Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery, Crypt

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Worlds and Ridiculous Fishing, which remind me why I like games to begin with.

It’s easy to become cynical about games, considering the current slightly homogenized state of the industry, but every once in a while a glimmer of uniqueness is allowed to squirm into

the light and receive its deserved praise.

Device 6 is a strange little game, no doubt about it. But it’s also finely crafted, knows what it is and represents a significant, experimental move forward in terms of game narrative. You should buy Device 6.

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ALL THE THINGS, CONSIDERED Internet-famous Oregon author releases new webcomic collection

‘ADVENTURES IN DEPRESSION’ is one of comics contained within the collection.

TRISTAN COOPER

Not many people can say that they’ve influenced an entire section of the internet. Local cartoonist Allie Brosh is known for creating the “Alot” monster and “All the things!” memes, but apart from those, she’s amassed an impressive body of funny and relatable work.

Touchstone Publishing has just released a collection of Brosh’s webcomics that includes new material, titled Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened.

Though unwieldy, the title gives an accurate idea of Brosh’s range of storytelling.

Loosely arranged into colorcoded segments (the side of the book looks like a stack of construction paper), the tales told range from observational dog humor to frank self-examination and goofy childhood memories.

Originally appearing on her website starting in 2010, Brosh’s webcomics read more like an illustrated

blog. Panels are often separated by a paragraph or two of expository text, with occasional handwritten scrawl in the place of tidy speech bubbles. It works in favor of the sketch diary motif, which is especially effective when Brosh starts to get intensely personal.

Hyperbole and a Half is known for its crude and—to use a term from the internet, “derpy,”—drawings. The stories are illustrated with boxy characters one notch up from stick figures, filled in with solid colors. Anyone who’s messed around with the stock Windows art program will recognize the spray paint tool utilized to fill in a dog’s coat.

The rough sketches might initially appear as though they could have been drawn by anyone, but there’s a layer of invisible skill here that engages the reader further without losing its humble appeal. Brosh knows just the right perspective and framing for her advanced doodles.

She also has the rare and

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uncanny ability to induce laughter using only a vacant facial expression.

Dissecting humor is tough, especially in a book like this where laughing at juvenile poop jokes only makes you feel younger and dumber than the children making the juvenile poop jokes on the page. Brosh disarms the reader with crass gags that can be, at any moment, a self-deprecating poke or brutal self-flagellation.

Even when Brosh does get serious, she still finds a way to be funny while getting her point across. The centerpiece of the book is probably “Depression,” a 50-page explora-

tion and explanation of her hiatus from her webcomic.

Through her depictions of fruitless conversations and spontaneous non-epiphanies, Brosh gives a play-by-play of what it’s like to live in the doorless room of depression. We see friends unable to process that she can’t just snap out of it, as if she hadn’t already tried that. The otherwise intangible inner struggle seems effortlessly visualized with dirty sweaters, black holes and frowny faces.

The chapter gives voice to the suffering with the feeling that there’s no way out. Not only is it cathartic for those afflicted, but it manages to

Embrace Sex and Lust WOODY ALLEN’S ‘HUSBANDS AND WIVES’ COMES TO 5TH AVENUE CINEMA HANNAH GRIFFITH

“Beneath the urgency of all the older characters—both men, both women…—is the realization that life is short, that time is running out, that life sells you a romantic illusion and neglects to tell you that you can’t have it…stated famed film reviewer Peter Bradshaw.

Woody Allen’s 1992 film Husbands and Wives is a mixture of scandal, cynicism, comedy and misery. Throughout the film, Allen reveals to us the grief and desperation behind long-term marriages. By using jerky and almost uncomfortable handheld cameras, the film gives off a very raw and realistic vibe that leaves viewers with a sense of unpredictability and impulsiveness.

Husbands and Wives stars Allen and Mia Farrow as Gabe and Judy Roth, the protagonist couple whose marriage has evidently dried up over the years. The two are juxtaposed against their close friends Jack (Sydney Pollack) and Sally (Judy Davis) who announce their divorce in the opening scene.

Throughout the documentary-styled film, we get to see personal confessions of the four in which they reveal their cheating, lustful daydreams, misery and never-ending feelings of hopelessness. The couples consistently question each other’s love, honesty and passion, and it is not until the end that we truly understand the fear and panic these characters have of being alone in life. Everyone’s feelings are eventually exposed,

explain the problem in an easily understandable way to loved ones with a friend or family member dealing with depression. It’s a Herculean task to have accomplished, especially with MS Paint.

Opposite the large scope of universal plights are the stories about Brosh’s dogs.

Most of these tales attempt to understand the behavior of her pound-rescue mutts and the conversations they might have if they spoke human language.

“Q: Should eat bees?

A: No. Q: But… never bees?

A: No, you should never eat bees.”

These stories are especially hilarious to animal lovers, but by the end of the book they start to wear thin.

The bizarre and memorable childhood anecdotes play much better over the course of 350-plus pages.

Except for the new material included in the book, you can read a lot of these stories, including “Depression,” for free online, at her blog-spot.

You would be encouraged to do so if you’re interested in Brosh’s work, but you might find it easier curling up with a good book than a bulky and awkward laptop.

Visit Allie’s blog-spot at hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com

and for better or worse, only the audience can decide what is right. A deep sense of loneliness and alienation is apparent throughout the entire film, and the illusion of true love is destroyed forever. This is a purely realistic story filled with desolation, only to be broken up by few sequences of ironic comedy.

The film ends and the last words we are left with are, “Can I go? Is this over?”

As we sit and ponder the film, all we can selfishly think about is what we would do in their desperate shoes, before coming to the life-shattering conclusion that we have already walked in them for countless miles.

It seems like Allen loosely based Husbands and Wives on events in his own life, which adds an even greater pragmatic feel to the film. We are forced to face truths and to ask questions regarding our own lives, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Movies are supposed to push the audience and to challenge life’s lessons, and anyone who is mature enough to do so should not pass up the opportunity to watch this great American film. Love will be questioned and illusions will be shattered at 5th Avenue Cinema, which will be screening the movie Nov. 15–17.

5th Avenue Cinema is free for PSU students, $3 for other students and $4 general admission. Visit 5thavenuecinema.org/ upcoming-films for show times and a full schedule of other films being screened over fall quarter.

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ETC FEATURED EVENT The Millionaire and the Mummies 7:30 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 294 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Author John Adams will be at Portland State to talk about his book, The Millionaire and the Mummies. The book is the first biography ever written about Theodore Davis, a man who was born a preacher’s son and died one of the most famous names in archaeological history. The book relies on unpublished archival material to tell a fantastic tale about the many tombs Davis came across in the Valley of the Kings and how he donated his discoveries to museums.

Meet the author this Wednesday, Nov. 13. FREE

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EVENT CALENDAR Tuesday, Nov. 12

Nutrition Workshop: Food.

Body. You. 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Student Health and Counseling 1880 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97201 Nutrition Services at the center for Student Health and Counseling will be offering a workshop focusing on improving eating and exercise habits. Issues such as body image, how to shop right, and safe and effective diets to improve overall health and wellness will be discussed. Join fellow students and gain essential tools for nourishing yourself in a way that makes sense for your body and mind alike.

Student participants must be eligible for SHAC services.

If you have any questions or would like to attend the workshop, please contact Annika at a.backstrom@pdx.edu. FREE

A Day in the Life: The Language of Baklava 6:15 p.m.

Multnomah Country Central Library 810 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland, OR 97205 PSU associate professor of English Diana Abu-Jaber will hosts a discussion about her memoir, The Language of Baklava, which weaves together stories of being raised by a food-obsessed Jordanian

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father with tales of Lake Ontario shish kebob cookouts and goat stew feasts under Bedouin tents in the desert.

The book also includes a variety of delicious recipes. Free copies of the memoir will be handed out to a limited number of attendees. FREE

Wednesday, Nov. 13 Test Your Mood!

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 294 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 If you are feeling stressed or worried that you may be depressed, SHAC is offering a screening that can help determine if you might be experiencing symptoms of depression, other mood problems, anxiety, posttraumatic stress or other prevalent mental health issues. A SHAC counselor will be on hand to provide you with one-on-one feedback about your screening results.

Referral information to campus and community resources will be available, as will educational pamphlets on a wide range of mental health related issues. FREE

Thursday, Nov. 14

Social Sustainability Month: Re-Indigenizing the Urban Landscape 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center 1802 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland, OR 97201 Come to the Women’s Resource Center for a discussion about the ongoing planning of the 20,000-square-foot Inter-Tribal Gathering Garden (ITGG) to be created at Cully Park in northeast Portland.

The project symbolizes a significant shift in city park policy that is creating opportunities for Portland’s diverse Native American population to reclaim urban landscapes for food, medicine and ceremony.

FREE

Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America Noon Smith Memorial Student Union, room 296 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Following the first $10 billion election campaign, award-winning authors John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney illustrate the way in which unbridled campaign spending defines our politics and, without intervention, could signal the end of our

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democracy in their new book, Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America. FREE

tour is $25 per person, and attendees must be 21+. For more information, visit www. beerquestpdx.com. 21+

Friday, Nov. 15

Saturday, Nov. 16

China’s Forgotten Hero: Hu Yaobang

Murder Mystery Machine

6:30 p.m.

School of Business, room 490 631 S.W. Harrison St., Portland, OR 97201 Bruce Gilley, associate professor of political science at PSU, will be at the School of Business to talk about China’s former party general secretary Hu Yaobang, who some have called the only truly heroic leader of post-Mao China. Gilley will speak about the many ways China moved ahead and how Hu’s policies on issues such as Tibet, Maoist legacies and human rights would have taken China on a better path. FREE

BeerQuest Haunted Pub Crawl and Ghost Tour

7:30 p.m.

Funhouse Lounge 2432 S.E. 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97214 The Unscriptables, Portland’s own improv comedy group, keep the Halloween spirit to alive with their new show Murder Mystery Machine.

The never-before-seen slasher style show is improvised live on stage and investigated by the Scooby Doo gang. The show counts on the audience for suggestions each night, which makes it different each time. Come see it every Saturday through Nov. 30 for only $10.

Sunday, Nov. 17 Swing Time

8 p.m.

Various Locations in Old Town

4 p.m. lessons, 5 p.m. open dance Crystal Ballroom 1332 W. Burnside St., Portland, OR 97209

BeerQuest PDX invites you to join them on a ghost hunting tour that includes samples of local craft brews, some Portland history and a paranormal guide to lead you on your adventure. Admission for the

The Crystal Ballroom presents Swing Time, an event that celebrates song and dance during the Jazz Age and swing era. You are invited to look back on the day when the Crystal Ballroom, origi-

nally built as Cotillion Hall in 1914, was shut down in the early 1920s due to the persecution of jazz and dance, and to celebrate its eventual re-opening by dancing the night away. Admission is $8 and includes dance lessons an hour before open dance begins. All ages are welcome.

Monday, Nov. 18 ‘Prince Among Slaves’ 7 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 238 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Prince Among Slaves is a film which tells the story of Abdul Rahman, who in 1788 was taken on a slave ship from West Africa to the West Indies. Six months later, Rahman was transported and sold in Natchez, Miss. According to legends that developed around Abdul Rahman in antebellum America, he made the remarkable claim to the farmer who purchased him at the auction that he was an African prince.

The film chronicles his life as a slave and eventual return to Africa. FREE

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PSU FREE OPEN TO PUBLIC 21 & OVER

ETC

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Scorpio Oct. 23–Nov. 21

Nobody likes to feel limited, am I right? You’ve been feeling rather restricted the past few days, and frankly, you’re over it. Try not to overthink it, dear Scorpio.

Realistically, this is a good thing for you right now. You don’t see that now, but you will.

Capricorn Dec. 22–Jan. 19

Sagittarius Nov. 22–Dec. 21

I’m just going to come out and say it: Quit being a little butthead, Sagittarius!

We all know that nobody gets ahead by sitting on their behind, but have you heard the one about whining?

you can do to channel your frustration into the arts will serve to soften the blow.

Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? That’s your motto, Capricorn, and it makes the rest of us lollygaggers green with envy. These days, however, you’re nearly running on E, so why not take a page from our book and give yourself a holiday? You deserve it, busy body.

Pisces Feb. 19–Mar. 20

Aquarius Jan. 20–Feb. 18

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Did you do that creative thing yet? You know, the one we talked about last week? I’m going to be straight with you: The stars say you’re long overdue for a freak out. Anything

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SPORTS SCORES

UPCOMING

MLS PLAYOFFS

NBA

REAL SALT LAKE PORTLAND

Top Performers: Will Johnson, 1 goal

4 PHOENIX vs. PORTLAND 2 WED. 11/13 7:00 p.m. | COMCAST SPORTS WHL

SEATTLE vs. PORTLAND TUES. 11/12 7:00 p.m. | KPAM 860 AM

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REGINA PORTLAND

Top Performers: Taylor Leier, 2 goals

2 PSU FOOTBALL 5 SACRAMENTO STATE vs. PSU SAT. 11/16 1:05 p.m. | JELD-WEN FIELD PSU MEN’S BASKETBALL

NBA

PORTLAND SACRAMENTO

Top Performers: LaMarcus Aldridge, 22 points

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PSU IDAHO STATE

Top Performers: DJ Adams, 201 yds., 2 TDs

38 31

PSU MEN’S BASKETBALL

PSU UNLV

Top Performers: Tim Douglas, 18 points

48 67

PSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

SAINT MARY’S PSU

Top Performers: Kate Lanz, 21 points

72 54

PSU VOLLEYBALL

NORTHERN ARIZONA PSU Top Performers Kaeli Patton, 15 kills

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TURNOVERS BY PSU AGAINST IDAHO STATE IN THEIR 38-31 VICTORY. 20

SEAHAWKS STRIVE TO BRING A SUPER BOWL TO THE NORTHWEST RYAN SPILSBURY

The Seattle Seahawks are 9–1—their best start in franchise history. They continue to find ways to win games, even when it doesn’t look possible. They are doing so behind an energetic coaching staff, a dynamic young quarterback leading a team whose players believe in each other and a front office that isn’t afraid to pay the players who produce wins on the field. Oh yeah, and then there’s the 12th Man. If you’ve never heard (or heard of ) the 12th Man, just drive about 175 miles north of Portland and you’ll hear it for sure. The raucous and ravenous Seahawks fan base boasts the loudest stadium in the National Football League, and the Seahawks haven’t lost in Seattle since 2011.

Their recent success can be traced back to January of 2010, when Pete Carroll was hired as head coach. His mission since day one has been to inspire positivity and competition in every last player on his team. The identity of the team has become one that consists of youthful energy and is brimming with talent. The players feed off of all that energy and talent to produce the only thing that matters: wins. Coach Carroll has successfully stamped his attitude on the entire organization, and it shows. The Seahawks haven’t always played to their full potential this season, but they still find a way to win. The team carries a winning attitude that never seems to fade.

Their stellar young field general embodies this demeanor. Second-year quarterback Russell Wilson plays

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the game with the poise you would expect from a seasoned veteran. He possesses maturity beyond his years and leadership in abundance.

His teammates trust his playmaking ability, and the coaching staff trusts his decision-making skills. Wilson, however, isn’t an ordinary football player. He’s a talented athlete who played for two different Division I colleges and spent a summer playing professional baseball in the minor leagues. Those experiences made him ready to take the reins when he arrived in Seattle in 2012.

Wilson quickly established himself as the starting quarterback in the months leading up to his rookie season.

Since then his team has rallied around him to become one of the most successful teams in the league. His determination and preparation make him stand out among even the most dedicated of athletes. The Seahawks know they can count on him to bring his best game to the field, and he consistently delivers results. Wilson is the core of a team whose players have each other’s backs no matter what, and it shows in the way they play and win.

The overall success of Seattle’s 2012 season and playoff run was somewhat of a surprise. However, expectations were loftier coming into 2013.

The Seahawks made several offseason acquisitions on both offense and defense that sent a clear message to the rest of the league: We’re here to win a Superbowl. The addition of defensive linemen Chris Avril and Michael Bennett offered more depth to the pass rush.

The Seahawks then traded for wide receiver Percy Harvin, an

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explosive and dynamic young player who can turn any play into a touchdown.

With their intentions clear, Seattle has shown that they are certainly a contender for a championship. Never before has there been this much promise and optimism around a Seattle sports team.

It almost seems too good to be true, but fans don’t bother pinching themselves because they know this is no dream.

Years of letdowns and botched seasons have prepared Seattle sports fans for this moment.

They feel that they are deserving of a team whose record reflects the amount of support the fans provide.

If the Seahawks are able to deliver a Lombardi trophy to Seattle, it will announce the Pacific Northwest’s emergence on the national sports scene. Recent successes of Major League Soccer clubs in Seattle and Portland, along with the youthful promise of the Trail Blazers, contribute to the prominent sports culture that is on the rise in our region. The Seahawks’ opportunity to win a championship is one that doesn’t come around often. Their ability to take advantage of this opportunity presents a chance to change the sports identity of the Northwest.

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PSU FOOTBALL CONTINUES HOT STREAK AT IDAHO STATE JESSE TOMAINO

On the third play of their first possession, Portland State showed the crowd in Pocatello, Idaho how they planned to win the game.

Senior quarterback Collin Ramirez kept the ball on an option play and ran 77 yards for a touchdown. After the defense held Idaho State to three plays and a punt, the Vikings were able to march down the field on the back of DJ Adams. The running back accounted for all but two yards on the second long drive of the game. A couple of incomplete passes and a missed field goal kept the Viks from cashing in, but the running game was established and would remain the theme for the day.

Idaho State took advantage of the momentum right away with an 80-yard bomb from Justin Arias to freshman wide receiver Chad Hansen. The Bengals were going to put up a fight after all.

The huge plays continued right away with Ramirez throwing a 50-yard strike to Kasey Closs. Ramirez did not have a good day throwing the ball—completing only 8 of 20 passes for 144 yards— but thankfully the Vikings were able to capitalize on his longest throw of the day, chipping away at the Bengal defense until Hayden Plinke punched it into the end zone from one yard out.

The Vikings defense held strong for the rest of the first quarter, forcing two more three-and outs. In between those defensive stops the offense got going again, with Adams, Ramirez, Plinke, and freshman Nate Tago all running well. Ramirez also came up with another clutch completion to keep the drive alive, finding Thomas Carter for 14 yards on fourth down.

Idaho State went for it on fourth and one to end the first quarter, giving the Viks the ball on the Bengal 34 after the teams switched sides.

PSU made short work of the short field, with Adams finding the end zone again just five plays later to bring the score to 28–7.

Idaho State wasn’t ready to give up the game quite yet.

Arias found Luke Austin in the end zone from 43 yards out less than a minute later.

With the quick strikes and big plays, it seemed like the two teams could combine to reach the century mark.

The game slowed down a bit after a PSU punt and a clock-eating touchdown drive from the Bengals that brought the score to 28–21.

The rest of the first half saw the teams trade punts and the Vikings unsuccessfully attempt a 52-yard field goal as time expired.

The Vikings ate up much of the third quarter with a long drive that ended in a field goal, then answered another Arias-to-Austin touchdown with a huge run

by Adams. He took it to the house, this time from the Idaho State 43.

CENTER MITCH GAULKE led an impressive performance by the offensive line. ©LENKA SKALSKA/THE BENGAL

The Bengals were threatening again after driving 67 yards down to the PSU 8 when sophomore linebacker Brandon Brody-Heim intercepted Arias in the end zone and wisely kneeled down for a touchback.

Adams got the next series off and the Viking offense stalled, with Plinke and Shaq Richard unable to find any room to run.

In the fourth quarter the Vikings played like a team protecting a lead in a close game—they ate up the clock with a long well-paced drive.

Ramirez completed passes to keep the chains moving when the Bengal defense stacked the box against the run, and Adams and Justin Lilley found just enough

space to keep advancing the ball. The Bengals were able to put together one good drive of their own in the fourth, but only came away with a field goal, making the final score 38–31 Vikings.

PSU hosts Sacramento State at Jeld-Wen Field for the final home game of the season Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1:05 p.m.

Vikings soccer loses Big Sky championship on penalty kicks TOBIN SHIELDS

After an undefeated Big Sky record, the women’s soccer team took a big loss in the conference championship Saturday—effectively eliminating them from the NCAA tournament. The loss came as a result of a penalty kick shootout after the Vikings and Weber State’s Wildcats finished regulation and overtime tied 0–0. The Wildcats were able to make all three of their attempts, while the Vikings missed all three of theirs. The Vikings’ last shootout loss, also against Weber

State, came in 2011 when the Wildcats topped the Vikings 4–3 in a shootout in the semifinals of the 2011 Big Sky Tournament. Portland State had never lost a shootout in a championship match before Saturday.

Although PSU might have taken the loss over the weekend, no one could be disappointed in the game they played. Both teams had chances to score during regulation and overtime, but each side’s defense held firm. The Wildcat goalkeeper was under constant pressure, making a total of six saves. Weber State came

back from this early pressure with an attempt to draw out PSU goalkeeper Caitlin Plese on a couple balls into the box in the first half, but the ball bounced the PSU defense’s way each time.

From that point on, the game was a flurry of close calls on both sides. However, once in overtime, both goalkeepers made saves to keep the tie intact. Overtime was gut-wrenching, with Plese saving a shot off another Wildcat set piece in the first overtime and Weber State keeper Ryann Waldmann saving a shot from PSU’s Melissa Bishop

with less than three minutes to go in the second overtime.

The game-ending shootout did not count against either goalkeeper statistically, as both Plese and Waldmann earned individual shutouts in the match Saturday. For Plese, Saturday’s game gave her 11 shutouts for the season, breaking PSU’s previous record of eight. Plese’s 2013 season also stands second alltime in goals-against average (0.65) and goalkeeper wins (12) at PSU. Additionally, Plese and Waldmann each made the Big

Sky All-Tournament Team, while Waldmann was named Tournament MVP. Four Vikings joined Plese on the Big Sky All-Tournament Team: sophomore midfielder Tamia Hasan, junior defender Kayla Henningsen, junior forward Eryn Brown and sophomore midfielder Emma Cooney.

Saturday’s result will probably mean the end of the season for the Vikings, who are now unlikely to be a recipient of an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Regardless of this weekend’s results, PSU played

one of their most successful seasons in school history these past few months and made Weber State work for their victory. PSU head coach Laura Schott challenged these women to perform at their absolute best, and she believes they delivered. With a team full of lowerclassmen, there is a strong chance that most of the same players will be on the team next year.

With a season of experience, Viking fans should be keeping an eye out next year—this team has unfinished business to take care of.

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SPORTS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Dear Timbers, On behalf of all sports fans in Oregon, I want to say thank you. There is still a lot of soccer left to be played this year, but regardless of what happens with Portland in these last couple of games, the Timbers have redefined soccer for me.

For the casual sports fan, especially in the U.S., soccer takes a backseat to a lot of other sports, but anyone who thinks this is the case in Portland any longer is mistaken. There has been talk about whether or not Portland is more about the Blazers or about the Timbers now, but that conversation is pointless. We have room for both teams, and their success should build off of each other.

Instead of arguing about what kind of city we are, we should enjoy this success while we have it.

The atmosphere at Jeld-Wen Field has been spectacular for a few years now, but this year there has been an added layer to the excitement for this phenomenal fan base: The Timbers are winning.

Yes, winning. Not tying—although there was a lot of that during the regular season—it seems as if they are past that point now. This team went to Seattle during the playoffs and won for the first time as an MLS team in their Cascadian Cup rival’s house.

Then they returned home to an absolutely raucous crowd in Portland and took it to the Sounders immediately, scoring two goals in the first half and adding a third early in the second to almost completely eliminate any hopes the Sounders had.

Okay, so the wins were great. Actually, fantastic. I imagine there are a lot of people out there like me who were not exactly soccer fans before the arrival of the MLS in Portland but have slowly made the transformation. I watched all 180 minutes of the Timbers-Sounders playoff matchup, and I loved every single minute.

It’s not just the success. Granted, that is a big reason why the Timbers have dominated the sports media this season. But it is also the way the Timbers have gone about achieving it. They have tried a number of different ways of becoming a MLS power. It started with Kenny Cooper, and it continued with Kris Boyd. But finally the Timbers have found the right mix of players, and it’s showing on the field, in the stands and all around Portland.

The growth of this team has been absolutely spectacular to watch. A team that was known for a great home-field advantage has turned into an MLS power with an even better home-field advantage.

This season has been so much fun to watch, and it has turned me from a casual soccer fan into a die-hard Timbers fan. The beautiful game lives up to its name, even in a league like the MLS that is often laughed at. I wish the Timbers the best of luck in the next few games, and I hope people who do not realize what is going on in Soccer City, USA, figure it out before the upcoming games.

This could be a spectacular run—one that should be enjoyed by all Portlanders.

Sincerely, Alex Moore Vanguard Sports Desk

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WHAT CAN C.J. McCOLLUM BRING TO THE BLAZERS? AND WHEN WILL THE ROOKIE BE HEALTHY?

C.J. MCCOLLUM played for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks before coming to the Blazers.

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Portland Trail Blazers rookie guard C.J. McCollum is still out after undergoing a non-operative ultrasound procedure to repair a bone in his left foot that he broke during practice on Oct. 5.

The rookie broke the same foot earlier this year at the peak of his college career, during which he led the country in scoring (25.7 points) while a member of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. The 6-foot-4-inch guard was the 10th overall pick in the 2013 draft by the Blazers. His estimated recovery time is six weeks.

In a news release, the Blazers said that the procedure was “designed to stimulate bone growth.”

The operation was done in North Carolina by Dr. Robert Anderson of the Ortho Carolina Foot and Ankle Institute. Anderson has experience treating basketball players with ankle and foot

problems, working in the past with Golden State point guard Stephen Curry and Charlotte Bobcats center Brendan Haywood.

Although McCollum is unable to play in games at the moment, he remains connected with the team and travels with them when possible. The rookie recently posted a photo on Instagram of his foot in a cast next to a hot-pink Minnie Mouse backpack. In the post McCollum wrote, “Got my right foot shoes out and my rookie hazing bag. All in due time. Look forward to the return to two shoes.”

The big question is: Once McCollum is healthy, how is he going to pan out for the Blazers? How will he adjust to the NBA? McCollum has the talent, work ethic and versatility that the Blazers need. He can play two positions and is expected to be the backup for Damian Lillard and Wesley Matthews. It seems like McCollum will transition

from college to the NBA well.

Before getting hurt, the guard was averaging 21.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists at the Las Vegas NBA summer league. He also played in numerous pickup games against his teammates during the summer, developing some familiarity.

Only time will tell how well McCollum will do this season, but as far as hopes for him following in the footsteps of his teammate Lillard and pursuing the 2013–14 Rookie of the Year award? It’s going to be a tough battle, seeing as how Philadelphia guard Michael Carter-Williams and Orlando guard Victor Oladipo are both having impressive seasons so far. With a hurt foot and a late start, it may be too late for McCollum to be thinking of honors like that. He just needs to focus on getting healthy and getting into a Blazers rotation that could surprise some people with the team’s ability to challenge opponents in a tough Western Conference.

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TIMBERS START PLAYOFFS STRONG TEAM HITS A SPEED BUMP IN SALT LAKE MATT DEEMS

Can you feel that energy?

It was evident Thursday as the Portland Timbers took on the Seattle Sounders at Jeld-Wen Field for the second leg of the MLS Western Conference Semifinals. I am still having trouble hearing, but it was worth it. The Timbers lineup was in full force in front of the sold out crowd of 20,674.

In just the first 20 minutes, the Timbers had six solid attempts on goal—only alluding to what would come. In the 27th minute the Timbers were awarded a penalty kick.

Timbers captain Will Johnson lined up for the shot as all of Jeld-Wen fell dead silent; Johnson took two steps off the ball and blasted the ball past Sounders keeper Michael Gspurning to put the Timbers ahead 1–0. The goal sent the whole crowd into an uproar 10 levels higher than anything I’ve seen all season— pure joy.

In the 43rd minute the Timbers broke through in a fashion only seen in Portland. Wallace reeled in a pass at the top of the Sounders box and flipped it to the streaking Diego Valeri, who hit a stunning sliding volley into the back of the net. The goal was Valeri’s 11th goal of the season and first of the playoffs. The Timbers went up 2–0.

With the perfect first half, the Timbers went into the locker room ahead by two and with an impressive double the number of attempts

on goal as the Sounders (8 to 4) and five times as many shots on goal (5 to 1).

Despite being up 2–0, the Timbers had no intention of backing down. To that tune, they scored less than a minute later, when Valeri logged his second playoff goal off of an assist from Rodney Wallace.

In the 73rd minute, the Timbers finally slipped up enough to give the Sounders a gimme goal. That brought the tally to 3–1, and the Timbers reverted to a boring game of keep the ball away from the Sounders.

The game of keep-away backfired as the drained Timbers gave up another goal just a minute later, taking the blowout win back to a nail-biting thriller in a matter of minutes, Timbers on top 3–2.

After a tense 17 minutes, the Timbers came out on top 3–2 and advanced to a well-deserved MLS Western Conference Finals. Timbers head coach Caleb Porter was confident in his assessment of the matchup to come against Real Salt Lake. “The nice thing is that we played Seattle and they play a diamond. So we’re really in a rhythm playing basically a similar system. I think that’s a real key in a quick turnaround. There’s not a ton of tactical changes that we’re going to have to make. A lot of the same things we will want to exploit against Salt Lake are things we wanted to exploit against Seattle,” Porter said.

RODNEY WALLACE closes in on the Sounders’ goal.

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The Timbers had to bounce back quickly with the MLS Western Conference Finals just five days later. Many things could be used to rationalize the 4–2 Real Salt Lake win, but in the end the Timbers were dominated.

The match started out in an optimistic fashion, and Portland fans were rewarded with a goal in the 13th minute off a free kick from the top of the Real Salt Lake box.

The free kick goal was placed just over the Real Salt Lake wall and whipped into the net by Johnson. The goal was Johnson’s first of the playoffs, despite being known for his playoff scoring prowess while playing for his former squad—Real Salt Lake.

“We came out on the front foot, got the first goal and

for whatever reason, we just stopped playing,” Porter said. “We dropped off far too much. We let them have the ball and come at us. You could start to feel it coming.”

With Timbers fans universally excited, Real Salt Lake took their play to another level in front of their hometown crowd, scoring four straight goals to go ahead 4–1. The four goals came on the feet of Chris Schuler (assisted by Javier Morales), Robbie Findley, Devon Sandoval (assisted by Robbie Findley and Javier Morales) and Javier Morales (assisted by Joao Plata). It seemed as if the Timbers could do no good, which came as a surprise, even to their captain. “We got punished every time we made a mistake,” Johnson said.

“We’ve been so very good, it’s a little bit frustrating that all of our mistakes came in one game. When you keep putting yourself under pressure like that, it tends to lead to a goal… then when they got a goal, they got more momentum and then we made another mistake.”

The Timbers substituted Fredric Piquionne into the match, looking for any kind of spark they could find. While he did reward them with a goal in the final minute of stoppage time, it was too little too late for the Timbers. When asked if the Timbers’ problems were critical or just careless, Porter was kind of sanguine, saying,“I just thought we were sloppy and we made some critical mistakes.”

This all may seem to be coming off as a negative

sentiment, but there is still hope for the hometown hero Timbers. The MLS playoff format is a two-leg aggregate-goal series, meaning if the Timbers can win by more than two goals in the Nov. 24 game at Jeld-Wen Field, they can still advance to the MLS Cup. Hold tight, fans, and pray that last Sunday’s game was just a speed bump for the hard-hitting Timbers.

“We just lost ourselves for a little bit,” Johnson said.

“It’s not the end of the world.

We’ll be OK. We got to fix some things. It is what it is.

We’re two goals down, but we’re not out of it yet. We’ll fight for 90 minutes.”

Here is to hoping they find themselves in the next meeting with Real Salt Lake.

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