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MFA grads' Public installation sets Division in stone Sculptures depict everyday life, provoke storytelling NEWS

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Cascadia officers. pg. 6Meteorite laboratory rocks hard at annual auction fundraiser. pg. 4

Drug-detecting campus. pg. 9 nail polish could be the wave of the future. Fighting rape culture with words and tools. pg. 8

Theaterpg. pients. department's 16 production of 'Far Away' hits close to home. pg. 15

The men’s pg.

Marathon. basketball 23 team hopes to combine physical frontcourt transfer players with veteran guard play. pg. 21

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NEWS

Missing student Kevin Ping Found deAd

THE PING FAMILY is requesting videos and photos of kevin ping to create a memorial slideshow. submissions can be sent to rememberkevinping@gmail.com.

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Missing Portland State student Kevin Ping was found dead Thursday evening in McMinnville, Oregon.

The 21 year old left his Beaverton home on Oct. 28. Friends reported Ping missing to police on Oct. 29, concerned that he may be of harm to himself.

“Our family truly appreciates the outpouring of support and love from all of Kevin’s friends, our family friends, and the community,” the Ping family wrote in a statement on Facebook.

“No words can describe our thankfulness and gratitude

toward everyone during this sorrowful time.”

The Ping family is organizing a slideshow in memory of Kevin.

Any photographs of videos of him can be sent to rememberkevinping@ gmail.com.

courtesy of karisa harris-cleary

cascadia meteorite laboratory hosts annual fundraiser anna SnooK

The cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, a group in Portland State's Department of Geology dedicated to the study and public education of meteorites, hosted its annual fundraiser on Saturday.

The fundraiser and auction provides most of the funds needed for equipment and personnel to classify and study meteorites that the CML has collected, according to the lab’s founders.

The event featured dozens of stones and cores for sale by dealers, and the auction of several unique meteorite pieces. Up for sale were some of the last few bits of Oregon’s most recently discovered meteorite in Morrow County.

“This is probably your last chance to get a piece of that meteorite,” said Edwin Thompson, a cofounder of the CML and a dealer himself.

Dick Pugh, a cofounder of the CML, said the lab runs on both grants and donations, but until a meteorite has been classified—verifiably linked to a specific meteor— the lab can’t apply for grants to study it. The group relies on donations until they can get meteorites classified.

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According to the CML’s website, its mission is to promote meteorite research, which helps to unravel complex issues ranging from climate change to the origin of life.

This passion for knowledge is what brought about the laboratory in the first place.

Thompson refers to the idea of the CML as his and Pugh’s dream child.

According to Pugh, they had been mulling over the idea of a meteorite lab or museum at PSU for a long time, but it wasn’t until Melinda Hutson moved to town that the lab became a reality. Hutson is also a cofounder and is currently the curator for the CML. She is responsible for much of the classification work done by the lab.

According to Pugh, most meteorite labs start with donations of large collections of meteorites, along with up to millions of dollars in funding. The CML started small, with only one meteorite and no money in 2003.

Alexander Ruzicka, a geology professor at PSU and director for the CML, said they’ve come a long way from their small beginnings.

He estimated the CML’s col-

lection to include about 840 distinct meteorites.

“Since [the first one], we have bought a number of meteorites. We have had several hundred given to us by people who have collections,” Pugh said.

The meteorites come from all over the world, Ruzicka said. Last year, the CML received a collection of pieces from Iran to classify.

“We still have…one from Cambodia we’re working on,” Ruzicka said.

Many pieces of the collection come from Northwestern Africa, because the terrain is particularly amenable to meteorite discovery there. Ruzicka estimated he’s been contacted from just about everywhere, except Antarctica.

“But that’s actually a good place to find meteorites,” he said. “So I’m expecting one day I’ll have one of my Antarctica colleagues call me up and say ‘I’ve got a meteorite!’”

Until then, five continents will have to suffice.

More information about the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory’s work, including information on graduate projects and classes, can be found at meteorites.pdx.edu.

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A FRAGMENT OF GIBEON, an iron meteorite recovered in namibia, on auction during a recent cascadia meteorite laboratory fundraiser.

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NEWS

carbon credit deal struck between chevrolet and pSU eliZaBeTH HendricKSon

On Campus Sustainability Day, Oct. 22, Portland State announced a deal with car company Chevrolet to sell two and a half years of renewable energy credits. The university will use measurements of its carbon emissions recorded between July 2012 and December 2014. PSU is projected to reduce its carbon emissions by about 1,400 metric tons.

The credit will provide funding for energy efficiency projects across campus.

Chevrolet chose Bonneville Environmental Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Portland, to manage their transactions with PSU. “Chevrolet really wanted to be able to support energy efficiency with an eye toward college campuses. Those are great places to deal with multiple buildings and there’s a great audience there for efficiency,” said Pat Nye, a senior consultant of carbon and renewable energy at BEF. Carbon credits represent the carbon saved by implanting sustainability solutions.

The financial backing from Chevrolet provides PSU with the means to provide sus-

tainable solutions, while the carbon saved goes toward Chevrolet’s accounts.

“BEF has been a long-time buyer and seller of renewable energy credits and carbon offsets and other environmental commodities, so we have a lot of experience with this,” Nye said.

Nye explained this sale is not related to any of Chevrolet’s operations.

“It’s really a support on behalf of the environment and really a way to show their commitment to the environment and climate change,” Nye said.

PSU Utility Manager Noel Mingo said BEF approached PSU about being part of the program.

“Chevy was trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions for their vehicle line, and so a lot of what they did was try to buy green credits,” Mingo said.

“Companies will purchase carbon offsets more than likely to mitigate unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions,” said Kayla Walker, a business development representative from BEF.

Christina Williams, PSU Institute of Sustainable Solutions’ communications director, said that participating in a program of this nature is in line with the university’s preexisting work toward expansion of sustainable practices.

“We do groundbreaking stuff all the time, so to participate in this first-of-its-kind program was just a natural fit,” Williams said. “In addition to that, we were already doing these energy efficient upgrades, so it was already in progress. So basically, the money we’re going to get from Chevrolet will allow us to do even more work.”

PSU programs and those within the greater Portland community place emphasis on environmentally friendly and sustainable practices and innovations.

“We do a lot of work with sustainability, not just the energy side, but all three aspects of sustainability. I think we’ve got a fairly good national reputation at [PSU], and Portland in general, and Oregon in general,” Mingo said. The three aspects of sustainability are subject to

differing opinions, but generally include environmental, economic and social factors.

Funding from the sale will allow PSU to target project expenditures like those applied to the West Heating Plant Boiler Room Replacement. The project replaced boilers running through 14 buildings around the Park Blocks with more energy efficient alternatives.

“We’re doing a lot of energy efficiency projects and this sort of fell in line,” Mingo said.

“Any financial support we can provide these initiatives and protections, the better,” Walker said. “That’s kind of

the key benefit. If someone’s willing to support energy efficiency projects on a college campus through the purchase of carbon offsets, that’s a really great benefit to both the campus and the company.”

This transaction may play a part in PSU’s long-term sustainability goals.

“As a university, we have a goal to be climate neutral, net zero by 2040,” Mingo said.

Because PSU is selling their carbon credit to Chevrolet, they cannot claim the next two years of greenhouse emissions themselves.

“But it’s a good program, hopefully, in terms that it will

get established in other companies that have reductions they need to make, who will be willing to partner with universities,” Mingo said.

“For the Portland area and [PSU], it’s kind of bolstering our reputation of groundbreaking things to address climate change, and what new kinds of creative finance models can we set up to finance the work that needs to be done,” Williams said.

“This is something that is really groundbreaking because buying these types of credits that are associated with energy efficiency is sort of a new thing.”

THE BOILERS OF THE WEST HEATING PLANT were replaced with energy-efficient alternatives as part of an effort to increase sustainable energy use on campus. similar projects will be made possible by psu's carbon credit deal with chevrolet.

courtesy of the Psu camPus Planning office

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NEWS

shAc debuts Mind sPA resource for stress reductIon and preventatIve health Sam BaKKila

The Student Health and Counseling Center at Portland State unveiled the Mind Spa on Nov. 3 on the third floor of the University Center Building. This new resource offers four preventative health stations, including a meditation corner, a light therapy alcove, a biofeedback training program and a massage chair.

Julie Weissbuch Allina, the health promotion director at SHAC, said the Mind Spa pro-

vides a new opportunity for students to interact with SHAC for prevention rather than treatment of health conditions.

“The idea is that it’s a proactive space where students can make healthy choices for themselves,” Weissbuch said.

Weissbuch said that she hoped students would use the space to learn new things, decrease stress levels, and create healthy habits that would promote productivity and

success inside the classroom and beyond.

While the meditation corner and massage chair are familiar to most students, Weissbuch explained the biofeedback station and the light therapy alcove, which are more unique offerings of the Mind Spa. Weissbuch said she has enjoyed using the biofeedback station, which consists of a computer that has special sensors to measure a person’s

IRINA RUDENKO, A SENIOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAJOR, relaxes in the light therapy booth located at the shac mind spa. this space is by appoinment only. not pictured is a massage therapy chair and space for yoga and meditation.

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heart rate. This is integrated into various games that can track how the player’s heart rate and breathing rate match up.

“Biofeedback is a way that you can train your body to reduce your stress levels,” Weissbuch said. “It works to reduce cortisol levels, which is your stress hormone, and it does that by teaching your body to have your heartbeat and breath rate to be in coherence.

“If you can do it and do it well, you can feel your stress levels actually go down,” Weissbuch added.

Weissbuch explained that once students practice bringing their breath and heart rate into coherence, they can learn to reach the same levels without the feedback from the computer program. This could help students remain relaxed during stressful life events, such as final exams.

According to the SHAC Mind Spa website, light therapy is often used to mitigate symptoms of seasonal affec-

tive disorder and sleep disturbances. Weissbuch said that the light therapy alcove at the Mind Spa has both UVA and UVB protection, lowering the risk of damage to the skin.

Dr. Marcy Hunt, the director of counseling at SHAC, was involved in the planning process for the Mind Spa from the earliest stages.

“The current Mind Spa menu options were selected because of their high utilization [and] popularity on other campuses, and because they all promote relaxation and stress reduction,” Hunt said.

“Mind spas or relaxation rooms have been growing in popularity on many college campuses for the last 5–7 years. I started a mind spa at another university before I was hired at PSU and was excited to bring the concept to the PSU campus,” Hunt said.

Angela Abel, marketing and communications coordinator for SHAC, said she hoped that the Mind Spa would be a good way for students to become

CRIME BLOTTER

Week of Nov. 3–10

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nov. 3 Burglary/theft

University Place During the weekend of Saturday, Nov. 1, the safes within the University Place administration office were entered by the apparent knowledge of the keypad numerical code. $2,185.47 was stolen, including $250 in quarters.

nov. 5 warrant arrest

Southwest 13th Avenue and Montgomery Street Officer David Baker contacted non-students Matthew Jackson and Rachel Derryberry for camping on PSU property. A search showed Jackson

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more personally familiar with the other resources and services available at SHAC. “[Students] walk right by the Dental Clinic to enter the Mind Spa, which allows them to see the dental space, receive information, and also book an appointment on the spot,” Abel said. “We can tell students about services, but seeing the space in person is one of the best communication tools.”

While the Mind Spa is already almost completely booked for the fall term, Weissbuch said that students will be able to book appointments for winter term the week before classes start.

“I think we’re a bit overwhelmed—overwhelmed in a good way—by student interest and how quickly it was booked,” Weissbuch said.

Weissbuch said SHAC is treating this first term as a pilot. They are hoping to get student feedback that will enable them to plan ways to make the benefits of the Mind Spa available to more students in future terms.

possessed a felony warrant for dangerous drugs. Derryberry was free of warrants, but was on supervision for Burglary II. Jackson was lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center on the warrants.

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King Albert grounds At approximately 3:45 a.m., Officer David Troppe and Officer Jon Buck contacted and subsequently issued a PSU exclusion to non-student Trevor A. Smith. Smith was observed inspecting bicycles with his flashlight as he pedaled his bicycle. Smith had in his possession a bicycle frame, large pair of bolt cutters and a backpack filled with miscellaneous tools.

nov. 6 InapproprIate conduct

Southwest Sixth Avenue and College Street PSU students reported that they were walking by a group of homeless males near the corner of Southwest Sixth Avenue and College Street when one of the males approached them and said, “We’ll sodomize you, if you want.” The students ignored the group and walked away but felt unsafe.

They reported that they saw the group harassing other females on the corner as well.

Sergeant Robert McCleary spoke with the males and asked them to leave. Sergeant McCleary will be forwarding the report to Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Rick Deland.

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Parking Structure Three Officer Shawn McKenzie and Officer Buck contacted and subsequently issued a PSU exclusion notice to nonstudent Vincent Thomas.

Thomas was initially observed on his bicycle on the fourth floor of Parking Structure Three and quickly fled the garage after observing officers. An area check located him a short time later on the north side of PSU’s George C. Hoffman Hall. Thomas has a criminal history, including Burglary II and Possession of Burglary Tools.

nov. 7 theft III/fraudulent use of a credIt card

Market Center Building A student and staff member reported that her wallet was stolen, most likely from the Market Center Building.

Someone used two of her credit cards to purchase approximately $1,000 worth of goods.

warrant arrest/theft

Blumel Hall Officer Nichola Higbee and Officer Brian Rominger contacted non-student Robert Lindsay Bonnar near the southeast corner of Blumel Hall. Bonnar was changing a rear bike wheel, when Officer Rominger noticed a nearby

bike that was missing a rear wheel and tire. It was discovered that Bonnar had two felony warrants, one a parole violation, the second for possession of dangerous drugs. After reading Bonnar his rights, he confessed to removing the rear bike wheel from the bike. Bonnar was transported to MCDC where he was lodged for his two warrants. Bonnar is a registered sex offender with an extensive criminal history involving dangerous drugs. Bonnar gave an initial name of Robert Lindsey Nichols.

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NEWS

universitY oF engineering recruiting For YeArlY innovAtion chAllenge eVan BirKeland

The Fariborz Maseeh College of Engineering and computer science at Portland State is seeking students majoring in computer science, engineering and other fields to participate in its annual High School Innovation Challenge.

Participants will mentor high school students from local Portland schools as they solve problems related to this year’s topic: urban sustainability. Last year’s challenge topic was technology for aging citizens.

While the program focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines and their applications, directors of the program are looking to diversify the range of majors that can apply to men-

tor students, including social science majors, pre-health majors and students from the College of Urban and Public Affairs.

“Computer science and engineering majors are good problem solvers, and that makes them valuable members of the mentorship program,” said Julie Rutherford, communications director at the Fariborz Maseeh College of Engineering and computer science. “But we’re also looking for mentors that can address the human side of the issues we are presenting to our prospective student participants, and that can include a much more broad range of majors.”

Applicants get a variety of benefits from the program, including a small stipend

and experience teaching to younger generations.

“PSU students will get to interact with younger students interested in the same things they are. They’ll get experience with teaching what they know to a younger crowd,” said Yeruwelle De Rouen, recruitment and outreach coordinator at the Fariborz Maseeh College of Engineering and computer science.

While mentors will play a role in the development of ideas, De Rouen said the goal of the project is to leave the creative aspect up to high school students.

“One reason why we keep the topic of the event so broad—technology for aging citizens, making cities greener, etc.—is so that stu-

dents will have the freedom to do what they want,” De Rouen said.

2015 will mark PSU’s third year hosting the program, which has doubled the amount of high schools participating from 2013–14. Rutherford said steps have been taken this year to continue expanding the scope of the event.

“We’ve started contacting Portland public schools and alternative schools a little earlier this year,” Rutherford said. “We had some participation from alternative schools last year, but we’re looking to expand that.”

This year’s outreach will be directed toward alternative high schools as part of its continuing mission to reach students who wouldn’t otherwise participate in STEM related fields of research in a collegiate setting.

“In 2013, we had four Portland public schools competing. In 2014, we had every Portland public school and a couple alternative schools.

This year we’re really pushing to involve more of those schools,” De Rouen said.

According to the announcement of the 2014–15 chal-

lenge, “Young women and students from diverse backgrounds and communities underrepresented in STEM disciplines are strongly encouraged to participate.”

“We mostly leave it up to the schools to select students for the program, but we encourage those schools to find students that are underrepresented in some of these fields and try to get them interested,” Du Rouen said.

Mentor info sessions for PSU students will be held on Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. and Nov. 20 at 12 p.m. in room 510 of the Engineering Building.

THE FARIBORZ MASEEH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE'S upcoming high school mentoring program will focus on urban sustainability.

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OPINION

netWorKing For non-PeoPle Persons Introverts, Unite

by Missy Lacock

“It’s all about who you know” is terrible news for the introvert.

Networking for the sake of networking is awkward for extroverts and introverts alike, but come on. Introverts have a huge disadvantage. We all know those warm, gregarious types who feed off meeting new people, working the crowd, taking names and being generally memorable. That’s not us.

I watch those people—those politicians—like they’re doing magic tricks and think, “I should try that.” Instead, I do a lap with someone I know, eat a mini cheesecake, suffer sensory overload and scramble out the door for The Daily Show.

THE SOCCEREX GLOBAL CONVENTION networking cafe in 2012.

courtesy of ron Jones through creative commons

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The main problem with traditional networking? It’s fake as hell. What people really mean when they say “network” is “charm the pants off someone who matters.” It’s the strangest component of career-proofing, but being good at what we do, statistically, will only get us so far, no matter where you want to go. As one of my introverted friends said, “Meritocracy only works if people know where to look.”

More than 70 percent of people land jobs through networking, according to the U.S. News & World Report. How? Most jobs (80 percent) aren’t advertised, which means we have to get our info from the inside. Not only that, but people in the right places can vouch for us, serve as references and provide inside information about prepping for interviews.

Like it or not, networking is worth the energy, and we need to schedule it into our homebody lives.

Luckily, mingling at group events isn’t the only way to network. In fact, I’m not convinced it’s the best way. There’s nothing more awkward than sidling up to a stranger and basically saying, “Can I have your business card so I can use you one day?” The whole thing smacks of insincerity.

Instead, apply for leadership positions in your own organization or volunteer at events, and networking will be just a happy windfall of those professional experiences. You won’t be the bored person in attendance wandering around sweating, unsure about what to do with your hands; you’ll be the busy person with a purpose, and people will be seeking YOU out to have a real conversation without the small talk (even if it’s, “Where am I suppose to be?”). You’ll also be offering something in return, so you won’t feel like a total boob.

Networking is almost more important for students than anyone else. After all, we’re sinking thousands of greenbacks into our degrees with one objective: to get a job upon graduation. With the market saturated by degree-holders, however, most employers won’t hire graduates just because they have the same credentials as a hundred other applicants. In fact, 40 percent of graduates are underemployed, according to the New York Daily News. We need something else—or someone else—to give us an edge, and we need it before tossing our caps.

Luckily, school is a great opportunity to network. Apply for internships, maintain good relationships with professors and follow up with guest speakers. Conduct job shadows, interview sources for papers and get involved in student organizations.

Use digital tools like LinkedIn and online portfolios, and set six-month reminders to share career updates and reconnect with professional friends. Remember, people actually want to help others, and you can return the favor when you can.

There’s something to be said for standing our ground against using people, however. I’d rather be the cheese that stands alone than fake it for even a minute. Luckily, that can pay off.

Refraining from trying to wring something from a contact leaves a better impression than appearing too eager and invading their space. People appreciate honesty instead of a standard approach and a real person instead of a Stepford candidate.

It’s a balance. Realize our own limitations but know what needs to be done. Be true to our own convictions but don’t be left behind. Be connected to people but still be in our right minds. There’s no denying that networking is crucial to our futures, but knowing ourselves and finding the right approach for us is, too.

OPINION MEMBERS OF THE ANTI-HARASSMENT ORGANIZATION HOLLABACK! in a 2013 protest.

The crisis of catcalls

courtesy of emily may through creative commons

The Front Row

by Breana Harris

A few years ago, I was taking a walk around my neighborhood in Southern California. It was early evening, and I had my headphones in. A man on his way home from work slowed down on a residential street and started shouting at me.

I thought he was asking for directions, so I pulled out my headphones. He was actually yelling that I was beautiful and asking for my phone number. I said no, put my headphones in and kept walking. He kept following me in his car, and again I said no and kept walking.

When he followed me yet again, I had the moment of crisis that many women have in that situation. Do you get more aggressive and risk the ire of someone who might be crazy or armed, or do you get more accommodating? I chose the second one, which I am slightly ashamed of to this day. I relented and scribbled a fake number on his scrap of paper, thinking that would make him go away.

Instead, he pulled the car over and started following me on foot. He spoke little English and seemed confused because I didn’t want to go home with him. He groped me and kissed me, and he pulled me toward his car until I was shouting no and taking my cell phone out, telling him I was going to call 911.

Fortunately, another man pulled into his driveway, and I asked him for help. He barked at the guy and got him to drive away, but he was visibly angry that he had to help me and rolled his eyes as he went into his house without a word to me. The guy who saved me from the situation made me feel a lot more ashamed than the actual harasser.

I got back to my house safely, but I was terrified. The next morning, my friend urged me to call the police, and when I did, they were perplexed as to why I hadn’t done so the night before. It had never occurred to me that I could. I wasn’t raped. I wasn’t beaten up.

There’s also the issue that I don’t look like the type of woman most people imagine that this happens to. First of all, I was walking in gym clothes and no makeup. Second, I am fat—no getting around that one. I had an underlying fear that the cops might not believe me or might even think that I should be grateful, which is the attitude many larger women face when it comes to unwanted male attention. Luckily, the officer who came to hear my case was very nice, and he took me around the neighborhood trying to find the right car, to no avail.

What’s the point in me telling you this story? It’s what I’ve been thinking about when I read the developing controversy surrounding the so-called “catcall video,” where actress Shoshana Roberts walks around New York City for 10 hours experiencing constant harassment from men on the street.

Director Rob Bliss, who worked with the organization Hollaback to make the video, has been criticized for deliberately leaving the remarks made by white men on the cutting room floor, claiming that they were all “in passing” or “off camera.” Couple that with some of the reactions to the video, such as Joyce Carol Oates’ assertion on Twitter that harassment is a “matter of neighborhoods” (i.e. stay out of the black ones).

I don’t know if Bliss is an overt racist, but the fact that he saw no problem with limiting the video to black and Latino men is certainly off-putting and suspicious. Of course, so is the slew of rape threats that Roberts has received so far. The catcall video may not be the best way to combat street harassment at all, and

may in fact perpetuate some very unpleasant stereotypes, but the larger point is extremely important.

Yes, white men harass women on the street, too. So what if we eliminate the Bliss video from the equation? Cards Against Harassment is a more fascinating alternative.

A 28-year-old Minnesota woman who prefers to be known only as Lindsey went around confronting the men who harassed her on the street this summer and filmed her conversations with them. She got the idea after a man started flicking her hair on an escalator and promptly screamed at her that she was too ugly for him anyway when she asked him to stop.

The fact that she would engage with men like this is incredibly brave to me.

All of the men seem to believe that if a woman doesn’t take catcalls as a compliment, she must have some kind of complex or self-esteem problem. They believe women dress up and wear makeup to attract males, and one man even claims, “Women were put on the earth to satisfy men, so if she doesn’t like that, she should have never been born.”

While attitudes like this are disgusting, the interesting thing seems to be that many of the men don’t come off as malicious predators. Even the ones who get angry seem deeply ignorant and misguided, and like they honestly have no concept of why their words and actions are offensive or why women might feel unsafe. This makes me feel like we should be addressing how deeply and universally misogyny is ingrained in our culture, especially in America.

This was not my first or last experience with street harassment, just the only one that resulted in police action. But the moment where I had to rely on a man who was obviously revolted by his supposed social obligation to save me from a potential rapist is what really shocked me into realizing how utterly degraded women are in society. It made me realize how we can be made to feel like less than nothing.

Then you have to deal with men asking you why you couldn’t just be friendly to someone who was only trying to say hello.

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OPINION

Polish prevention It's okay to arm yourself against rape culture

The Cuddlefish

by Adam Lamascus You may have seen on the news that some students have developed a nail polish that changes color when exposed to four of the most common date rape drugs. You may have also noticed a rather massive backlash against this nail polish, specifically claiming that it forces women to prevent themselves from being raped and that it encourages rape culture.

Firstly, it is worth noting that testing on the nail polish is still early and that, right now, it doesn’t really work that well. Secondly, and I think most importantly, it seems as though a lot of the people who are getting upset at this are missing the point: The nail polish is not meant to end rape, nor force women to entirely take care of themselves when it comes to rape prevention. Rather, the nail polish is a tool meant to do some good now while a much more difficult problem is being addressed.

The very unfortunate fact is that rape has been pretty common for at least the past 6,000 to 7,000 years of human history, and probably longer than that. And yet the idea of combatting rape culture is pretty modern. I am completely in favor of combatting rape culture, and I think that major strides have been made in recent years to reduce rape and combat a mentality where rape is, if not OK, then at least normal.

However, to be perfectly realistic, making a chemical compound that women can put on their fingers is much simpler than making major societal changes in the entire world. Take a quick look at how women are viewed in much of the third world—it doesn’t take long to realize that changing culture will not be a speedy thing. That is heartbreaking but true. In the meantime, while dealing with bigger, more entrenched issues, tools like this nail polish can do a lot of good immediately.

One of the most common responses against the nail polish (and other women-centric, rape-prevention techniques) is, “Teach them not to rape me instead of teaching me how not to get raped.” I agree that such a mentality is necessary to progress, but I also worry that at the present, it is naive to not do both.

Prescriptions against murder and theft are literally written into the Ten Commandments—rules which ostensibly billions of people follow. The Code of Hammurabi, made about four thousand years ago, punished both offenses with death.

Murder and theft are basically illegal and socially taboo almost anywhere. They are also still common crimes.

Yes, modern law enforcement and modern morality have reduced instances of both (in most of the world), but they still exist. Houses all have locks on their front doors, cars all have locks built in, we have police armed against violent people—in

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a better world, those tools would not be necessary, but unfortunately, they are necessary in our world. Rape is a similar problem. The unfortunate fact is that, most likely, there will always be rapists. Even if all societal issues were addressed in the entire world, there would still be psychopaths and other mentally disturbed people.

In no way does this mean that we need to stop combatting rape culture and acting to reduce rape in general. Such actions are hugely important. While more emphasis needs to be placed on teaching guys not to rape, at this present time, it is also wise to teach women how to defend themselves and give them tools to do so.

Obviously it is a real problem that much of rape-prevention education is really anti-woman indoctrination, apologies for male misbehavior or blatant slut-shaming. “Wear modest clothes to prevent rape, because boys will be boys,” is a common example of this problem. That is all garbage, and I think part of defeating rape culture involves making such a paradigm shift where, “Well, what was she wearing?” is never even a question that occurs to anybody.

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Furthermore, placing all of the onus on women to avoid rape is equally inexcusable. In a case such as this though, providing women with additional tools to take care of themselves is not dumping all responsibility on women, nor is it excusing men.

A number of feminist activists have also declared that making such a product will encourage slut-shaming, as people will then say, “Well, it’s her fault for not wearing the polish.” That may be the case, but let’s be blunt here: The type of person to come up with a sentiment such as that will find some way to blame the victim regardless of what happened.

Defeating rape culture is not a simple, quick or easy task. It involves changing a cultural paradigm of female inferiority (often ingrained in religious doctrine), creating a system of legal recourse to consistently deal with offenders, and creating a society where rape prevention is the default. These are all noble goals that I’m glad to see so many people passionately working toward. In the meantime, providing women with tools such as a date-rape-drug-detecting nail polish helps to give women agency in looking after their own safety. It is not the end, it is one of many means toward that righteous end.

OPINION

lA dÉcAdAnse

Cherry Bomb

Female sexual repression in hook-up culture ACTRESS JANE BIRKIN in france during the 1985 american film festival.

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by Anna Suarez

Recently, instead of studying for my French homework, I spent about two hours watching Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg videos and looking at pictures of what appeared to be the most beautiful couple I have ever seen. Their energy resonates through their videos and pictures. They possess something fiery, which is very rare in the realm of love.

In their video for their song, “La Décadanse,” I could watch them sway sensually for hours as Gainsbourg whispers sexy sentences in French. I believe “La Décadanse” is missing from much of the eroticism today, especially my own eroticism.

Birkin and Gainsbourg have something to teach all of us.

It is time to speak of the unspeakable—I am speaking of cunnilingus. Based on past experiences, I have noticed there is an unspoken expectation that women will perform oral sex on men. Men expect it, and a lot of the time they will push our heads down, suggesting we must perform this act without asking us if that is okay. Many men I have spoken to claim that they simply do not like performing cunnilingus, but the expectation for women to go down on men in a sexual experience is always present.

Sexuality is for pleasure, and sexuality involves two people.

Therefore, both parties must experience pleasure in order for the experience to be positive. However, misogyny is still present in the bedroom. By not engaging in reciprocal eroticism, and by not understanding your lover’s desires and pleasures and just engaging in your own, your sexuality becomes oppressive. It is time for men to stop expecting the blow job and start giving.

On the topic of the blow job, a good friend of mine stated, “A man shouldn’t even have his pants off before a woman has at least one orgasm.” I laughed and enthusiastically agreed. Sexu-

ality without reciprocity seems to be an extension of women’s passivity in the bedroom. Women are expected to not have sexual desires, but to embody sex and to please men. It is time we leave that notion behind.

Please your partners, and if you are unsure how to please your partner, ask what they like. The most frustrating aspect of hook-up culture is the failure to communicate. Mind blowing orgasms do not have to wait for monogamy. If you would like your partner to go a little to the left or tease you a little, express those desires. It can only benefit your sexual experience. Sex is much more enjoyable when both partners are happy.

I asked a friend of mine about her hook-up experiences with men, and she described how men simply pull her head down without asking if she is okay with it. She further describes the unspoken pressure to perform oral sex on a man, but she never approaches a sexual experience with the idea of actually being pleasured.

I asked, “Why do you continue if you aren’t enjoying it?”

She simply stated, “I don’t really know why.”

I think back to Birkin and Gainsbourg, swaying in a crowded room, hands caressing one another with the look of passion and desire in their eyes. When they released “Je t’aime” in 1969, Gainsbourg stated it was “the ultimate love song.” However, the song was banned because it included sounds mimicking a female orgasm.

This is not new in our culture. Females are rarely able to express their sexuality without being shamed. Sexuality must encompass a mutual passion: the desire to not only feel uplifted yourself, but to watch your partner experience pleasure. Sexuality without reciprocity is oppressive sexuality.

letter to the edItor

Summer term

Avoid the maquiladora zone and protect quality education

paTricia a. ScHecTer Professor of history

I don’t know anyone who is happy about summer term at Portland State.

In 2013, the abrupt cancellations of some 90 classes, a number of them fully enrolled, left students in the lurch. This move left faculty scratching their heads and earned PSU undesirable coverage in The Oregonian. In 2014, the summer term budget was cut yet units were expected to maintain student credit hours.

Departments responded with a patchwork of approaches, most of which involved pay cuts to faculty regardless of rank and a push to online courses, for which students pay more.

The pleasing hum of learning on our summer campus capped by the outdoor August graduation ceremony in the Park Blocks is no more. What will happen this summer? Will empty buildings be rented out to even higher paying customers while we exile our students to D2L? Is this how knowledge serves the city?

Summer term at PSU has become a maquiladora zone in which administrators tinker with schemes to keep tuition

flowing but in which questions of student access and retention, program quality and fairness to hard-working faculty appear to be marginal concerns. To be sure, summer term has never been well integrated into shared governance on our campus.

This part of faculty work is understood to be part of “additional duties” acknowledged but not exactly regulated in the American Association of University Professors contract.

These additional duties have become financially and professionally essential to many faculty members. Given our low salary rate, many faculty rely on summer pay to make ends meet.

“Fixed term faculty have to work summer term to get by. I took a $4,000 pay cut last summer and I know people who got hit worse than me,” said Sam Gioia, senior instructor in the School of Social Work. “It’s wage theft pure and simple.”

Students stand to lose access to veteran teachers if more senior and tenured faculty refuse to work for less than they have historically earned in summer. Faculty who cannot afford to say

no, either due to financial or job security concerns, have little recourse and become vulnerable to even higher labor demands in terms of class size, advising and lack of choice regarding online versus face-to-face teaching. This situation is not just unfair to faculty but it takes student needs and the quality and continuity of our academic programs far too lightly.

Summer term is an important topic of conversation for the health of our campus. The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences deans are currently addressing summer 2015 with the chairs. AAUP is holding a drop-in coffee on Friday, Nov. 21 in Smith Memorial Student Union, room 328. We will gather data, ideas and stories about summer term and start to devise plans for how we can engage its future.

If you can’t make that event, drop me a line at schechp@ pdx.edu. Let’s not let another poorly planned summer term erode the best of what our campus should offer our students and the community.

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MFA grAds' Public instAllAtion sets division in stone SculptureS depict everyday life, provoke Storytelling rUBy KinG

to have art dIsplayed In puBlIc Is a sIgnIfIcant achIevement. to have an entIre cIty call to dIsplay your art Is an even greater honor. that honor was recently Bestowed upon one portland couple on oct. 24, at the grand openIng ceremony for thIs all happened more or less, a permanent sculpture InstallatIon By crystal schenk and shelBy davIs. The ceremony was held on the newly renovated Southeast Division Street, where the installation can also be found. The installation itself is composed of miniature sculptures that depict people in daily life.

The sculptures themselves are scattered across several blocks of Division Street.

Schenk and Davis, a husband and wife team, received their respective Masters in Fine Arts at Portland State in 2007 and 2008. They have been working on joint projects since 2009, but each have had their own projects and pursuits under their own names.

This is their first public art commission.

“We applied for it right before we got married, found out they wanted us to do the proposal and worked on the ideas during our honeymoon,” Schenk said.

Both Schenk and Davis come from creative families.

They enjoy the physicality of sculpture and being able to convey their ideas through something tangible.

“Instead of me sculpting one and [Davis] sculpting another one, we’d start one and then trade back and forth,” Schenk said. “It was a continuous process of adding, editing and subtracting.”

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Davis said it was challenging not to become attached to his work as the two traded roles.

In the process of constantly trading off, the figures evolved into ideas that were completely different from the original plan. Davis said that seeing characters change and seeing precise details come together was a good thing.

This All Happened More or Less was funded by Portland’s Percent for Art ordinance, under the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

The ordinance requires that 2 percent of public money generated for construction projects be set aside for the creation and maintenance of public art.

To choose a project, the RACC assembles a board of planners and artists who accept open submissions.

When the board selects their top choices, those artists must present a specific proposal for the city. This is how Schenk and Davis were selected after they applied for the grant three years ago.

The project came about alongside streetscape improvements to Division Street.

Within the past 10 years, This All Happened More or Less has been one of hundreds of art installations permanently displayed throughout the city thanks to this ordinance.

ARTISTS CRYSTAL SCHENK AND SHELBY DAVIS WITH SON, ALDER, at their northeast portland studio.

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A STATUE OF A BEARDED MAN sits with a dog at southeast 32nd avenue and division street.

A STATUE OF A MAN TEXTING at southeast 30th avenue and division street. christoPher sohler/Psu vanguard

A great deal of trust and compromise was exchanged during the process.

“One of the things that interests Shelby and I, in a lot of our work, is suggesting a story but not finishing it,” Schenk said. “There is something about letting people use their own imagination that makes it more interesting.”

Eight bronze sculptures are scattered along Southeast Division Street, figures all telling a different and ambiguous story. They are isolated, and their few details give the public enough to reflect on, letting viewers imagine each sculpture's fate.

Inspiration for the title came from people Schenk and Davis had actually met: friends, family and strangers. They later fictionalized the identities of their subjects in order to convey the core idea of This All Happened More or Less.

“It’s boring when you’re spoon-fed everything,” Davis said, “and we’re always looking at strangers and wondering what their stories are.”

Schenk and Davis also heavily explored Division Street, getting to know the history, atmosphere and local quirks that would later spark ideas for the project.

Schenk said the figures

are decidedly more conventional than other projects she has worked on. Yet with their smaller-than-life scale and commonplace poses, the intimate monuments are approachable in their own way.

“Figurative works are rare and people get excited to see them,” Davis said. “It’s something they can relate to.”

Admirers walking by have felt comfortable emailing the couple with anecdotes or photos of themselves posing with the sculptures.

“Art understood by artists is very different from art understood by the public. This particular project is

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very accessible to the public.

We really wanted to connect it back to the community,” Schenk said.

For viewers, location makes all the difference in how they experience art. A gallery is inherently different from a public work of art displayed on a sidewalk. Many gallery shows are regimented, with the experience focused on hung art or static displays.

The viewer enters a gallery, has a specific preconceived experience and then leaves, cutting ties with the art.

Yet when that artistic experience is conveyed in public, it takes that familiar public

“It was a continuous process of adding, editing and subtracting.”

–Crystal Schenk

space and makes it personable. This could explain the emails and photos Schenk and Davis have received in response to their highly visible art. That is, after all, the RACC’s mission: to install art that the community will feel invested in.

The moments leading up to success, however, are not easy. Artists know this to be especially true.

According to Ethan Seltzer, interim director at the School of Art and Design and longtime professor, artists are some of the most business-oriented people in the industry.

“Artists are extremely entrepreneurial. They constantly need to be figuring out a way to map out a path with their chosen career interests.”

This sentiment, however, also applies to anyone pursuing a less traditional path. The goal is to find any connection between your passion and a job that will provide you with your basic needs.

Schenk and Davis are artists, but both also serve as adjunct professors at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, the Art Institute of Portland and PSU. One thing that Seltzer and Schenk both agree on is the im-

portance of perpetual passion.

“Students know it will be hard to find a job as an artist, but this makes them more passionate. Do the things that help you remind yourself why you got into it in the first place. If it’s important, show it,” Seltzer said.

Seltzer said he believes that PSU is becoming a school that garners more recognition and support for the arts.

Schenk is equally inspired by passion, and doesn’t allow herself and Davis to be defined by failure.

“When you get those rejections it’s easy to be discouraged, and it’s easy to think I’m not going to make it,” Schenk said.

Schenk said to be an artist involves a driven and hungry personality, and the ability to work very hard. Yet the motivation to pull out of rejection has always paid off for the couple, who plan to apply for more commissions in Portland and beyond.

“I guess if you just love something so much, you do it no matter what,” Schenk said.

A walking map for This All Happened More or Less, which marks the location of all the installation’s sculptures, can be found on Schenk and Davis’ website crashstudioart.com.

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ARTS & CULTURE

northWest FilMMAKers' FestivAl highlights locAl hits, debuts melanie cope

The Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival is an opportunity to surrender. Viewers surrender to the world of film and the stories that lie within. As a director, the festival is an opportunity to surrender one’s creative work to the judgment of the audience, and to the potential glory of approval.

“There are typically over 400 entries for the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, and I watch them all so I can get to know all the filmmakers out there,” said Thomas Phillipson, the festival’s manager.

The festival started on Friday and runs through Saturday at the Northwest Film Center.

The films running over the course of those seven days will cover myriad subjects both taboo and tantalizing. Tickets are available online.

The festival includes all kinds of films, from

lighthearted and whimsical to deep and disturbing, as well as one powerful love story.

Cold Light Day, a short film defined by its focus on dance, light and blowing wind, is set on a wharf in Seattle, Washington. Director Dayna Hanson takes the Lakebay Marina and turns it into a dais for the dancers.

Hanson said the setting was a significant inspiration for the film.

“There was something creepily tranquil about the atmosphere of the spot that got under my skin, and I loved the long dock,” Hanson said. “I love the genre of dance film and approached [the actors] to see if they were interested in joining me on a mini-adventure. They were, and so was cinematographer Jacob Rosen.”

Hanson said she began working on Cold Light Day last winter on the heels of pre-

miering a major live performance that was several years in the making.

“I was longing to make the equivalent of a short story or prose poem in a form I could start, make and finish fast,” Hanson said.

BFE, a film directed by Shawn Telford, debuted on Sunday.

BFE tells the story of Ian and his grandfather as they set out on an impromptu adventure. Along the way they meet Ellie, who is on a sojourn of her own in the quest for love.

The cast is rounded out by Zack, a young romantic whose future hangs in the balance.

The quartet, all from a town of little consequence rife with violence and drugs, are on a mission to make meaning of their lives.

Telford said his film deals with a lot of tough material.

“The film is trying to say something about violence and rape,” Telford said.

the Four best booK bAgs to Fit everY student’s liFestYle amy rUSH

College, commuting and careers are the three C’s that leave us with a lot of back pains.

It’s no secret that not taking proper care of something as vital as your back can haunt you in the future, and packing your necessities in a functional and spine-friendly way is within the realm of possibilities.

But comfort is only one part of fashion. The bag you carry around every day says something about you, and luckily there’s a bag for every walk of life.

the “anywhere you can bike I can bike better” bag It is essential to acknowledge the number or read-

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ers who likely commute on two wheels.

Since the Northwest tends to stay nice and wet nine months out of the year, it is important that your bag packs a waterproof punch.

Unless, of course, you plan to bike in a poncho (us Portlanders—we’ve seen things).

The SealLine Urban Backpack offers the functional comfort of a backpack, but also has special features that are crucial to bikers. Rather than zipping shut, the waterproof bag rolls over the top of itself to keep your electronics and papers safe inside.

While it may seem a little pricy for a bag, it’s got a warranty and also pays for itself in dry textbooks and safe storage.

Telford holds a master’s degree in acting through the University of Washington’s professional actor training program. Although he is an actor, his heart lies in writing and directing.

Telford’s film started in 2008 as a short script, and has evolved over the past few years into a feature-length film. Having recently returned from the American Film Festival in Poland where BFE was up for awards, Telford is looking forward to the festival screening.

“I am very proud of my actors. They all gave very fine performances.”

Anxious Oswald Greene, Beyond Murder and the particularly colorful animated film Cooped, if failing to produce fits of laughter, will bring tears to eyes, or possibly both.

Topping off the festival on the final evening will be Beth Harrington’s The

DIRECTOR SHAWN TELFORD hosts a Q&a session after the screening of his feature film 'Bfe.'

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Winding Stream which was screened at the Reel Music Festival in October.

“I most look forward to the shorts programs at the festival. They are particularly strong this year and I

enjoy putting them together like mix tapes—with great variety of styles of films and diversity of filmmakers, yet with a flow that allows each one to have its moment,” Phillipson said.

If you fancy style, but shopping around isn’t your thing, try the JanSport Breakster Backpack or the Ducti Stop Laptop Messenger for some cute (and most affordable) bag options.

the “crowded public transit the “I just go to school so I can friendly” bag When you’re shoved onto a carry a fabulous bag” bag tightly packed train full of daily

If style is your one and only game, your back may blame you later.

However, there are also plenty of comfortable bag choices that can quench your appetite for style. Whether you like a messenger bag, backpack or tote, there are many places that offer a variety of options.

Rather than looking online, check Ross, T.J. Maxx and Marshalls for some one-of-a-kind finds at very affordable prices. Many of these options prove to be much less pricey—but always consider this: You get what you pay for.

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commuters, carrying a hefty load of books and lunch, and whatever else you may need, can get kind of strenuous.

Bags with plenty of straps can help your items feel extra secure when you’re storing all your important stuff on your back—and it can help intimidate anyone behind you who might be looking to rifle through your belongings.

A great and high quality bag is the Hershel Supply Co. Little America backpack. It’s not only secure, but it’s quite comfy to carry and comes in a variety of styles.

You can find some great

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prints and deals on the bag at their website, or on Amazon.

the “I’m packing more words and pages than merriamwebster” bag With all the new, modern technologies available, it is quite nice to be able to condense several textbooks into a much more tree and tote-friendly tablet.

However, this idea isn’t foolproof. Not all books are available on Kindle, or sometimes they end up being more expensive. It’s for

those extra bulky and hard to find books that a backpack with thick, padded straps and lots of space is really necessary.

The North Face is known for lots of great sporting gear, so why should the task of running around a college campus with pounds of books on your back be any different?

They offer a variety of nice and comfy backpacks to carry books, and the best bang for your buck could be The North Face’s Rucksack, found on sites like Dr. Jay’s.

ARTS & CULTURE

Theater department to open season with ‘Far Away’ Surreal play to tackle love, war and violence Brandon Staley

Our world is getting bigger every day. If nothing else, recent events both domestic and abroad have proven that the unique, modern cocktail of violence, awareness and lack of context can easily come together to create a climate of fear and blind finger-pointing.

That’s the world in which the characters of the play Far Away find themselves, a recognizable dystopia.

Far Away will run from Nov. 14 to Nov. 22 in Lincoln Performance Hall, with a reduced-price preview night on Nov. 13. General admission is $15 nightly, with the student price discounted to $8.

Far Away, written by Caryl Churchill, was published in

2000. The play follows the character Joan through the first quarter of her life, and is set against the backdrop of a world slowly descending into war. The play is partly a love story, but the overarching themes are violence and fear of encroaching government control.

“It’s actually my favorite play,” said Lacey Mulford, assistant director and dramaturge for Far Away. “[Churchill] is trying to show people through her work what violence can do when it goes unchecked, or how we try to justify it.

“I think it’s going to blow peoples’ minds in a way they weren’t expecting.”

The play is being directed

by Devon Allen, the head of

acting and resident artist. Allen also teaches an acting intensive, a yearlong sequence that touches on major aspects of theater and performance.

Eva Andrews, a post-bac who majored in liberal arts with an emphasis on performance, plays the lead role of Joan in Far Away and has successfully completed the intensive.

“In the sequence I learned technical aspects of acting, as well as helping me get in touch with my instincts or ideas for how a scene should be,” Andrews said. “I feel like the sequence grounds you and makes you more autonomous.”

Andrews said the sequence also prepared her for working

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with more intense material with complex, nuanced language.

“Far Away is very poetic.

It’s a different kind of language.”

Andrews said this is a rare role for her. Often cast as lighthearted characters, Andrews said she is adjusting to playing Joan.

“I think Joan is an amazing character and I feel like I’m learning a lot,” Andrews said.

“It’s been difficult finding her because she’s very confident and she has assertiveness. It’s inspiring me to be more confident and assertive. If I can nail that about Joan, I’ll be proud of that.”

Thomas Bucciero, a junior majoring in theater arts who

will play the role of Todd, is currently enrolled in the acting intensive. Far Away will be his fifth play at PSU. “It’s challenging because I’m learning these things in the acting sequence, and then relearning them but at a more intense level for the sake of the show,” Bucciero said.

Bucciero said that, even though he says it about each of the plays he has performed in, Far Away is his most challenging play to date. That difficulty has been revealing, though.

“You learn a lot about yourself in general, studying these characters,” Bucciero said.

PORTLAND STATE THEATer PRESENTS FAR AWAY Lincoln Performance Hall 1620 S.W. Park Ave. Nov. 13–15: 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 16: 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 20–22: 7:30 p.m.

Preview night: $6 Student price: $8 Regular admission: $15

A review of 'Persepolis,' opening at 5th aVenue cinema this weekend

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Where most wartime films capitalize on the hostility and intensity of battle, Marjane Satrapi’s poignant Persepolis captures the everyday emotional trauma of life in conflict zones.

The film, based on Satrapi’s eponymous graphic novel series, carries the same bold, illustratively animated style onto the screen. And its heroine, Marji, instantly captivates with a medley of wit and sarcasm that rivals that of MTV’s Daria.

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Told mostly through her own reflections, Persepolis follows the state of Iranian life from '79 to the early 2000s.

But after the rise of a tyrannical government, the death of several loved ones and years of identity crises, the Marji we find is much changed from the spunky, Bruce Lee-loving youngster that first delivered us into the narrative.

Sure, a vast majority of this film fills one with a sense of political frustration and profound sympathy, but its vulnerably comical treatment of the struggles of puberty and love will leave you rolling on the floor.

From break-ups to breakdowns, Marji navigates it all with fantasy, bravery and brass. And if that’s not enough to entice you, her wonderfully off-key rendition of “Eye of the Tiger” (courtesy of Chiara Mastroianni) ought to sweeten the deal.

But regardless of how whimsical and interesting this

film is, its novel roots are far more prevalent than its cinematic accessibility. It presents much more as an animated journal, rather than a movie.

This distance is due partly to the weight of its content but, perhaps more significantly, is also because the dialogue (originally produced in French) must be read, rather than experienced.

Personally, I prefer subtitles. But if that’s a source of annoyance, this narrationrich film might just push your tolerance over the edge.

As far as artful coming of age tales go, Persepolis has nearly no equal. It’s thoughtful, penetrating and one of few animated films that are truly adult oriented.

In addition to tackling an enormous historical burden in just 96 minutes, Satrapi also manages to make a foreign tragedy feel approachable. She places her entire life in the laps of her viewers by concentrating more on

discovery rather than digestibility. This rawness though, if anything, only further heightens one’s respect for this film.

Having no particular partiality for animated films, let alone animated biographies, I’m ashamed to say that I might’ve let this gem slip past me. But I truly mean it when I say that this film is so much more than its genre.

You get to see how things as simple as rock music and lipstick can be life-changing in the context of another culture. And, above all, you get to sample the balanced, poetic and potent force that is French film.

So if you’ve got a soft spot for foreign features, unabashedly open narratives and brazen heroines, think of Persepolis. You might be confused, you might feel ashamed and you might be relieved that you weren’t the only one to have ever felt horribly alone, but you will certainly not be disappointed.

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All tied up with Madison Young

A review of 'Daddy: A Memoir' Victoria Castellanos

In Other Words Feminist Community Center will host author Madison Young on Thursday, Nov. 13 to celebrate the publication of her new book, Daddy: A Memoir.

Young, a feminist adult film actress, sex-positive educator and writer, will present her story and sign copies from 7 p.m. to 8:30Â p.m.

Daddy chronicles Young’s relationships with the various men in her life: her biological father, the BDSM “daddies� who introduced her to the kink she’s now famous for, and her real-life partner and dominant James Mogul. It also delves into new motherhood, and the contradictory balance of being a queer feminist artist and a submissive.

With little prior knowledge of Young’s work, it’s impressive to note her extensive resume and the variety of her endeavors. Besides her film and bondage modeling credits, in 2001 she founded Femina Potens, a nonprofit art gallery and performance space in San Francisco that serves the LGBTQ and kink communities. Young began work on the gallery after recognizing a need for greater visibility of women and transgender artists.

Young opens her story asking the reader to consent to the journey they are about to take with her. Turning the page is your silent consent to go at your own pace, and she

acknowledges that reading this slice of her life involves an exchange of energies.

Later, she recalls her therapist’s encouraging words: “Name the feeling. Allow it to exist. Breathe, and give yourself permission to let go of that feeling.� The idea of consent in its various forms is the backbone of Daddy.

Throughout the next 300some pages, Young aptly weaves tales of bondage, the difficult impact her parents’ divorce had on her childhood, and the sleeplessness of life with a teething toddler, among many other subjects.

The seemingly dissimilar topics blend together seamlessly, and Young’s perseverance and inexhaustible positivity make it a page-turner.

Frequently explicit, she does not shy away from baring

it all. She offers this advice to a college student aspiring to follow in her footsteps: “Reveal all, fear nothing.� This motto carries through Daddy as Young makes it clear she’s putting her heart on the line.

She does not spare gritty details about the toll her work in the adult film industry has taken on her body, or gloss over the difficulties of maintaining a relationship with a less-thanreliable partner. Her writing takes dark, tumultuous turns and reveals a wounded but hopeful woman.

Perhaps more than anything, Daddy is further proof that Young is an artist. It’s one thing to have the courage to expose all for a camera, and another to be willing to reflect the realities of life in an unflattering light. Her luscious, evocative language

The truth is that Daddy is feminist at its core. It recounts the life and times of a strong, passionate woman determined to follow her own path on her own terms.

When she feels overwhelmed, Young repeats to herself, “Be gentle with yourself. Be gentle with others. Be gentle with the world around you.� It’s a ­mantra anyone would do well to live by.

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Young is aware that some may have difficulty reconciling her image as a queer feminist with that of her being a submissive in a relationship with a man. Confiding in her therapist near the end of the text, Young said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really nervous about finishing this book; my memoirâ&#x20AC;ŚPeople are going to hate me. Feminists wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand why I stayed, why I believed in Daddy.â&#x20AC;?

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and no-holds-barred mentality in writing and in life have resulted in a wrenching and powerful look at a woman at the head of a sexual revolution.

Near the end of her doting foreword, sex expert Annie Sprinkle asks the reader the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can [Young] maintain her feminist identity and woman of power status while bottoming to a man?â&#x20AC;? The answer lies in her consent.

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White noise in college rAdio why college radIo sucks and how It can get Back to Its roots BlaKe HicKman

DJ VICKY "VICTROLA" MAZZONE hosts 'the guitar shop' on student-run radio station, kpsu. miles sanguinetti/vanguard staff

There was a time when the term “indie” signified something more than some imagined genre of music.

You might look at the bio line at the end of this article and wonder how someone who works at a college radio station would dare assert that college radio sucks, but the fact of the matter is that KPSU is the exception to the rule.

Here at KPSU, we’re one of a handful of truly freeform stations, which means we have no play requirements and feature no syndicated programming.

The majority of college stations in America are essentially CMJ-format stations. What is CMJ? CMJ began in the late ‘70s as College Media Journal, a trade publication aimed at college radio programmers that allowed them to submit charts of their most played songs and artists—similar to how Billboard was serving mainstream radio stations.

In the ‘80s and ‘90s, as radio stations began to get increasingly corporate and the FCC became more consolidation friendly, college stations became increasingly important to those looking for an alternative to the national zeitgeist.

In the ‘90s, seminal college radio vanguards like the bands Superchunk, Guided

By Voices and Archers of Loaf topped the CMJ charts with little mainstream radio airplay and were able to tour nationally, playing modest venues across the country.

In great contrast to the then newly christened “alternative” radio format (featuring bands like Pearl Jam, Live and Seven Mary Three who aped the most accessible parts of college radio), ‘90s college rock was a vibrant scene with an in-

dependent ethos behind it.

Many of these bands did their own press, ran their own labels or were signed to independent labels, not just small subsidiaries of major labels, and had no ambitions of performing on the Video Music Awards.

What do the CMJ charts of today look like? There’s not a single act in the top 20 without a label, a publicist (or a team of them) or a booking agent behind them.

Bands like Alt-J get alternative corporate radio airplay (they recently headlined a sold out KNRK 94.7 December to Remember show at the Crystal Ballroom).

Sadly, many of the acts getting major CMJ airplay like Foxygen, Growlers or Zola Jesus are incredibly passé and derivative of older, better stuff in the same way that Pearl Jam, Silverchair and mainstream ‘90s rock bands were.

The other issue here is that the vast majority of artists on the CMJ charts are covered extensively by Pitchfork Media, Stereogum and other indie online music outlets.

There’s a deeply troubling simulacrum that’s been formed of bands getting covered by these outlets.

First, they get onto the iPods of young millennials through social media promotion, a generation that seems more inclined to retweet or share things that are already popular, as opposed to taking the agency to discover art for themselves.

Then, they start headlining huge corporate festivals like Coachella, Outside Lands and the joke that Musicfest NW has turned into. Incidentally, these corporate festivals are destroying local music indus-

tries across the country.

But that’s a feature for a different day.

Instead of acting as an alternative to this simulacrum, CMJ stations are reinforcing it. Perhaps that’s due to these stations largely being staffed and DJ’d by younger millennials who are steeped in meme culture, and who are more likely to spend an evening binge watching sitcoms on Netflix than going out to see local bands perform.

There seems to be a large segment of the population here in Portland who will only attend a concert if there are over a thousand people in attendance.

It’s an unfortunate reality that CMJ stations are playing the same role for indie music (which, again, the term indie is used to signify something more than what it has been marketed as since the midaughts) that corporate radio stations have for alternative music.

It doesn’t have to be this way. There are some truly amazing things happening in radio including the local success of community station X-Ray FM, and The Best Show on WFMU becoming a national phenomenon before ending last winter (and soon relaunching later this fall).

There’s also something to be said for the success of podcasts like The Nerdist, WTF with Marc Maron and The BS Report, proving that there is an audience in America for long form radio-like programs. Programs that act as a true alternative to their mainstream counterparts.

Blake Hickman is the promotions director at KPSU, Portland State's campus radio station. Student hosted shows can be found on kpsu.org.

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event cAlendAr tuesday, nov. 11

screening of ‘mind Zone’ with professor emeritus Jan haaken where: whitsell auditorium, 1219 s.w. park ave., portland, or 97205 when: Begins at 6 p.m.

Ever wonder how the military handles mental health concerns? The new documentary Mind Zone follows a therapist in the 113th Army Combat Stress Control detachment, as they attempt to follow through with what appears to be two paradoxical missions: keeping soldiers in prime fighting condition, while monitoring and removing soldiers for battle fatigue.

The documentary features events in the warzone, along with what is going on here at home. The writer/director professor Jan Haaken will be available after the screening for a Q&A session. This event is open to the public, and tickets are $7 plus any fees if bought online.

Wednesday, nov. 12 Bicycle commuting 101

where: psu Bike hub when: workshop starts at 1 p.m.

If you have lived in Portland for long, you know that getting around via bike seems to be a popular option. However, those planning to make the switch and commute on their own two wheels need to know a lot more than just how to ride.

This workshop sponsored by the PSU Bike Hub will cover how to stay safe in Portland while riding, and also some emergency maintenance techniques in case things get really rough. This event is open to the public— free for hub members, and $5 for non-members.

social sustainability month: performance of las cafeteras where: smith memorial student union Ballroom when: 4–5 p.m.

Come and experience an awesome blend of entertaining, fun music, while learning about and critically engaging with the neighborhoods of those in less fortunate neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area. Las Cafeteras formed as a band in 2008, and have been documenting the histories of their Los Angeles neighborhoods in the form of interactive music for six years now. They tour as a

means to tell stories of “life in the concrete jungle” and attempt to connect the ancient roots of their Mexican heritage to the life they are living today.

lesbians who tech—pdX happy hour

where: west cafe, 1201 s.w. Jefferson st., portland, or 97201 when: 6–8 p.m.

Lesbians Who Tech is a global community of over 5,000 queer women in the fields both in and surrounding tech. Regardless of whether you are in a technical job or just love technology, LWT is excited to have you join them for happy hour and discuss what leads to having technology be such an important part of your life. Their goal is to “connect lesbians and build a network of colleagues, associates and friends in the industry,” and to also create leaders and role models in what is primarily a straight-male industry. Come join them for some adult beverages, make new friends, and even some possible job connections. While there is no charge to this event, drinks and food are at one’s own expense. This event is restricted to 21 and over. 21+ FREE

thursday, nov. 13 a taste of forestry from around the world

where: cheatham hall, world forestry center, 4033 s.w. canyon rd., portland, or 97221 when: 4–6:30p.m.

The World Forest Institute Fellows is excited to host a number of powerful presentations about forest issues happening all over the world. The four events include topics on products coming out of the jungles, developing ecosystem policies, how people connect via rivers, and finally the social acceptance of working native forests. Along with the presentations, there will be pre-mingling and small appetizers, and also a postquestion session and social time. This event is free and open to the public, and those in attendance can even earn half a credit for the Society of American Foresters Continuing Education program.

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the school of theater + film presents: caryl churchill's ‘far away’ where: lincoln performance hall when: friday and saturday at 7:30p.m., sunday at 2 p.m.

Portland State’s School of Theater + Film is excited to present Saryl Churchill's Far Away. The producers claim that the performance is “a study of violence that is so pervasive it has seeped into and inoculated inanimate objects—making everything in the service of war.” Show support for your fellow students in their awesome performances. This performance is open to the public, and tickets are $8 for students and $15 for general admission.

saturday, nov. 15 chris d’elia at the aladdin theater

where: aladdin theater, 3017 s.e. milwaukie ave., portland, or 97202 when: doors at 6:30 p.m. and show at 7:30 p.m. later showing, doors at 9:30 p.m., show at 10 p.m.

The Aladdin Theater is excited to feature one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch” Chris D’Elia to perform stand-up comedy. He is fast becoming a highly sought after comic, and is even starring in NBC’s new comedy Undatable.

He is known for his physical humor, and has moved out of Hollywood comedy

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clubs to venues all around the country. Aside from his club stand-up, D’Elia’s other credits include Comedy Central’s Workaholics, TBS’ Glory Daze, Showtime’s Live Nude Comedy, and a one hour stand-up special for Comedy Central. This event is open to the public, and those under 21 are okay with parent or legal guardian permission. Tickets are $29, and can be bought in advance at ticketfly.com.

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2014 portland veteran’s day parade

where: starts at northeast 40th avenue and sandy Boulevard. when: Begins at 9:45 a.m.

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Come honor our Portland veterans in their annual parade.

The participants normally include marching bands, iconic and historic horse-mounted soldiers, military veteran service organizations, boy and girl scouts, and other military veterans. Typically, over 1,100 people march in the parade and show their support to our troops. The parade starts at Northeast 40th Avenue and Sandy Boulevard. It travels down Sandy Boulevard, and ends at Northeast 48th Avenue in front of Ross Hollywood Chapel. This event is free, and those interested in marching in the parade can register at veteransdaypdx.org. FREE

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A lot of fluff but not long lasting. Cultivate some interesting things in your portfolio and you can change all that.

Take a page out of Eminemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, Sagittarius.

You have a lot of pent-up things you need to say. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make you feel better to write them out in poems.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have to perform them, I promise.

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This week, your personal jam is Fiona Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Criminal.â&#x20AC;? This is what happens when you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t express your feelings often enough.

This week, your personal jam is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Say My Nameâ&#x20AC;?

by Destinyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Child. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what you think!

You just need to repaint your walls to match your furniture like in the music video.

Necessity is the mother of invention, Aries. People laughed when Hootie dropped the Blowfish and started playing country, but he got the last laugh and so can you.

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You know you want to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Livinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; La Vida Locaâ&#x20AC;? this week, but you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the stamina for it. Maybe try a cardio kickboxing class once in a while, Taurus. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both sweaty and liberating. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love it.

Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happy that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dating someone, Gemini. But if we have to hear you hum â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Still the Oneâ&#x20AC;? in the shower one more time, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna donate all of your clothes to charity.

I know you want to let your hair down, Cancer. But Sugar Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flyâ&#x20AC;? isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on the radio anymore and you never looked cute with frosted tips.

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Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fierce like Beyonce and no one is good enough for you.

Act accordingly.

Having trouble sleeping Virgo? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not insomnia, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going through your Matchbox 20 phase.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay, though, your real friends will still like you afterwards.

Religionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really your thing, is it Libra?

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After 31 days of grueling practice, the Portland State men’s basketball team hosted the visiting Linfield Wildcats on Nov. 9 at the Stott Center, where they were easily able to dismantle the Wildcats and finish the night with an 88–43 victory.

Through the first eight minutes of the game, PSU couldn’t get anything to fall and trailed the Wildcats until the Vikings’ offense clicked and went on a 24–2 run midway through the first half. The Vikings entered the locker room with a comfortable lead of 46–18.

PSU shot .532 from the field, while their defensive efforts held Linfield to just .267.

The Vikings’ defense was able to force 24 turnovers, which resulted in 33 of the team’s 88 points. Sophomore transfer Braxton Tucker led the Vikings with 16 points, going 8–10 from the field, along with five rebounds in 23 minutes of play. Of the 14 PSU players who saw action, 11 scored, including five in double figures.

Senior guard and former Big Sky sixth man of the year DaShaun Wiggins came off the bench adding 11 points,

three assists and four steals in 19 minutes. “It doesn’t matter to me, starting or playing the bench, but as long as I play well and help my team and finish with a win, it doesn’t matter at all.

It matters who finishes the game and who’s playing well,” said Wiggins, when asked if his junior year honors would earn him a spot in the starting lineup. He added, “My goals for the season are to make it to the NCAA tournament. That’s what I want to do, that’s the big stage. I just want to be happy and have fun and enjoy playing DASHAUN WIGGINS goes for the net in a 2014 game.

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the game like I did last year.”

Head coach Tyler Geving and his staff are expecting big things from last year’s leading scorer, who began the season with a solid performance, filling most categories on the stat sheet in front of his home crowd.

The 2014–15 Vikings have six returning letter winners, including last season’s top three point-getters in senior guards Gary Winston, who finished second-team All-Big Sky, putting up 11.3 points per game while shooting an impressive 42 percent from behind the arc; Wiggins, who averaged 12.9 ppg; and Tim Douglas, who added 11.8 ppg, and 3.2 assists per game.

The 2013–14 season moved the Viks in the right direction, as they improved to a record of 17–15 (11–9 in conference) to tie for fifth place.

The Vikings reached the Big Sky Tournament semifinals before getting knocked out by North Dakota.

PSU added a few key pieces in pursuit of another NCAA tournament berth. Among the summer signings the Vikings were able to pick up 6-foot 8-inch junior college transfer Collin Spickerman, who was NWAACC West Division MVP last year at Clark College, where he put up eyeopening numbers of 17.9 ppg, 9.1 rebounds per game and 2.9 blocks per game. Spickerman suffered a high ankle sprain in a recent practice, which kept him out of the rotation for the game against the Wildcats.

PSU also added some more offense in the backcourt with the addition of 6-foot 5-inch guard Bryce White, who was last year’s NWAACC South

Division MVP at Chemeketa Community College, averaging 27.5 ppg and 7.2 rpg.

White was a starter for the exhibition opener and is expected to stay in the starting lineup when conference play begins on Jan. 1 with a home game against Southern Utah.

Assistant coach Jase Coburn anticipates White making plays when he has the ball in his hands.

To go alongside Spickerman, the Vikings added some more power in their frontcourt with the addition of Dorian Cason, a 6-foot 7-inch junior who spent last year at the College of Southern Idaho, where he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first game. “My knee is a whole lot better than it was in the summer. I’m basically back to 100 percent, as far as my health goes. As far as my plan goes and getting back to my old self, I feel about 40 or 50 percent, so I am halfway there. I’m hoping by conference play I will be back to old Dorian and doing the things I know how to do and the things that I know I’m good at, and definitely by the end of the season I know I’ll be back to my old self, and definitely help this team try and win a Big Sky Tournament Championship.

From there, a conference bid and a bid into the NCAA tournament, so we can make some noise.” Cason said.

In recent coaches and media polls, defending conference champion Weber State was selected to once again take home the Big Sky title.

Eastern Washington was second in the coaches poll, with Northern Arizona third and Sacramento State fourth in both polls. The Vikings found

themselves in the fifth spot on the coaches poll and a surprisingly low seventh-place seeding from the media poll.

“I don’t get into the media thing. The rankings don’t mean anything to me at all.

Basically, I don’t worry about us being picked fifth and seventh. It’s all about us playing hard everyday and playing as a team, and then we’ll see what happens in March. We’ll get better during the year, and when March comes, then we’ll see,” Wiggins said.

Coach Coburn said that the team needed to continue to get guys used to playing with each other. “We just need to continue to defend and good things will happen with this group, and offensively, we just need to continue to gel. Our defense is something we need to capitalize on and [Tiegbe Bamba] is always really good on the boards for us and he has really helped us a lot defensively, and he has made a big impact on our team.”

Along with some roster shake-ups for PSU, the Big Sky expanded to 12 schools this season with the return of the University of Idaho. The conference schedule now consists of 18 games, and as a result, PSU will not travel to Montana or Montana State this season, while Weber State and Idaho State will not make the trip to Portland to face the Vikings.

A lot of anticipation surrounds this newly loaded roster, and PSU plays games that count starting next week when the Vikings travel to Los Angeles to face University of Southern California for the first time in 37 years. The game is Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. and the action will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.

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Top Performers: Tracy Dong made it to the semifinals before falling 1-6, 4-6.

Top Performers: The Vikings won 11 of 13 singles matches for the weekend.

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It was clear that Steven Long was going to be an asset for the Vikings’ football team.

The only question was when.

Following in the footsteps of his father, Long signed his Letter of Intent with Portland State in 2012. After being a gray-shirt for the fall of 2012 and a red-shirt for all of 2013, Long has extended his eligibility with the Viks and is scorching in his freshman season.

As a senior at Lake Oswego High School, Long dominated Oregon 6A play with 37 touchdowns and 2,205 yards, while leading the team to a 14–0 record. When the freshman lists one of his favorite hobbies as running, you almost laugh. It’s clear Long loves to run, and more than anything, run all over opposing defenses come game day.

Though he dominated the field, lettered in both track and football and was nationally recognized when he was

named ESPN 6A Player of the Year, it hasn’t always been a direct path for Long.

In the spring of 2013, Long was told he would need brain surgery to remove a lesion that proved problematic.

This injury and resulting surgery sidelined Long for six full months and put his football career in jeopardy.

Coming back from injury, he was originally listed as third on the running back depth chart, and it looked like carries would be few and far between for Long. With the rushing ability of quarterbacks Kieran McDonagh and Paris Penn, along with a stacked backfield boasting the talents of Nate Tago and senior Shaq Richard, finding a place in the offense for Long was a slow process.

In the opening game of the season against Oregon State, Long wasn’t even utilized and had to sit back as the

Viks lost by more than two touchdowns. The next week, against Western Oregon, he saw his first playing time with two carries for eight yards. It was a crowded but successful day in the backfield, as seven Vikings players rushed the ball and amassed 285 yards on the ground.

Long’s carries increased the next week as he toted the rock nine times for 36 yards, for a respectable 4 yards per carry.

It quickly became clear to offensive coordinator Bruce Barnum that he had something special in his freshman running back. This resulted in Long getting the second most carries for the team against Cal Poly. He ripped out an explosive 27-yard scamper and posted PSU’s first score of the game.

Long nearly disappeared in weeks five and six while Richard and Tago started to find their footing in the

backfield, and the smallest running back for the Viks, at 5 feet 7 inches tall and 180 pounds, saw his carries drop.

Everything changed in week seven. Long erupted for 253 yards on only 16 carries. For those of you keeping track, that’s nearly 16 yards each time Long was called upon. He also found a groove in the passing game, catching three passes for 44 additional yards. In total, Long accounted for 299 offensive yards, making up nearly 75 percent of the Vikings’ offense on the day.

He was also responsible for a huge touchdown when he ripped off a 62-yard burst down the field and tied up the game during the second half.

Long will look to continue making strides when the Vikings travel to Sacramento State University Saturday at 2 p.m.

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It was the first women’s basketball game of the season.

It was Alicia Carline’s first time suiting up as a Portland State student athlete. And it was an evening of breakout performances and chance injury.

Carline, a 6-foot 3-inch center from New Zealand who transferred to PSU this year, had a monster game, posting a team-high 21 points, plus 10 rebounds for a double-double. She also was perfect from the free throw line, going 3–for–3. Unfortunately, Carline’s impressive performance was marred by a hand injury late in the second half and she did not return.

She suffered a broken pinkie and is expected to be in a cast

and unable to play for four to six weeks. A possible return date is the Dec. 14 home game against Western Washington, which would provide Carline three games to get ready for conference play.

Before she went down, Carline was dominant. She towered over the George Fox players and showed quite a bit of athleticism and mobility for a frontcourt player.

She has incredibly active hands, which always seemed to make contact with the ball when it came near her.

Despite the injury to Carline, PSU battled past George Fox 71–69 to win their preseason opener. Two other Lady Viks notched double-doubles in

the game; freshman forward Cici West had 11 points and 11 rebounds, while senior guard Lariel Powell posted 12 points and a team-high 13 assists. PSU shared the ball with great alacrity that evening, having 23 dimes on 28 made field goals.

It was not a perfect performance for PSU by any means.

They gave up 22 turnovers, which led to 17 Bruin points, and at times struggled with George Fox’s full court press.

The Bruins shot an impressive .458 from the field, but PSU outdid them with a .509 shooting percentage.

In their second game of the year, the last of the designated exhibition games, PSU

cruised by Lewis and Clark College with a 74–56 victory.

The win came behind a balanced scoring attack led by Powell with 19 points. Powell also notched a nifty six of PSU’s 13 steals.

Senior forward Mikaela Rivard saw her first action of the season after missing the previous game because of injury. She had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Junior guard Emily Easom also contributed with 13 points on a strong shooting night. She had a pair of three-pointers and

was 5-for-6 from the free throw line.

West had another doubledouble with 14 points and a game-high 12 boards.

The Lady Viks shot well in their victory over the Pioneers, better than 43 percent.

They found ways to get highpercentage shots in the second half, with 22 points in the paint and 10 fastbreak points.

In both their wins, PSU out-shot and out-rebounded their opponent.

Looking forward, PSU women’s hoops will hit the

road for their first test away from the Peter W. Stott Center, with a matchup against Seattle University on Nov. 16. A wide variety of opponents both from Oregon and out of state will make their way to Portland in the following weeks for home games against PSU. One such matchup head coach Sherri Murrel has identified as tough competition is the Dec. 5 game against Navy. Last season, Navy had a record of 24–8 with an impressive road record of 11–4.

LARIEL POWELL looks for a passing lane against george fox.

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SPORTS FORWARD TAMIA HASAN during a 2013 scrimmage.

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The Portland State women’s soccer season ended last weekend, when the Vikings dropped their semifinal game to Northern Arizona University, 2–1.

The Vikings were coming off a regular season in which they finished strong, not losing in their last six regular season matchups. They hoped to carry that momentum into their playoff game, and they almost did, scoring the first goal of the game.

Sophomore Abbey Bergquist struck first in the game, putting the Vikings ahead. North-

ern Arizona was quick to tie it up in the 17th minute, and that tie stood for a long time.

It wasn’t until the 78th minute that Northern Arizona’s Adrian Nixt broke the stalemate and scored what would be the game-winning goal.

Nixt’s opportunity came after a series of offensive attacks from Northern Arizona.

Their pressure eventually came through when Nixt found herself open in front of the goal. After a pass from junior Haley Wingender, Nixt had an easy volley into the Vikings’ goal.

With only 12 minutes left in the game, PSU sent as many attackers forward as they could afford to, in effort to get the equalizer. Unfortunately, the Vikings fell short even after a few good opportunities presented themselves, including a shot off the post in the last 90 seconds of regulation. Nixt’s goal stood and effectively ended PSU’s season.

This game was the last for PSU’s three seniors. For the Vikings to play in another game, they would have to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The Big Sky Con-

ference Champion gets an automatic bid, and at-large bids are handed out to nonconference champions as well. PSU’s RPI is not high enough to gain them a bid.

The seniors have no reasons to hang their heads after a successful season that only had two in conference losses, and which had the Vikings going up against teams like California, Oregon and Texas Tech. The Vikings beat Oregon and lost a close contest to Texas Tech. But they really hit their stride in the conference schedule, when they

were able to string victories together and make a push for the Big Sky Conference championship.

The end of the season saw the Vikings score five games in their final two games, including a 3–1 victory against Idaho and a 2–0 victory against Sacramento State.

Both games were played at Hillsboro Stadium, and the shutout against Sacramento State was Senior Night for the three Vikings.

PSU would then travel to Missoula, Montana, for their one postseason appearance.

The Vikings were led in scoring by junior Tamia Hasan, who scored four goals on the season. Two other Vikings added three goals for PSU, who scored 21 goals all year. The Big Sky Conference championship game is the next step for Northern Arizona, who will advance to the NCAA tournament if they come out on top.

Of all of the teams the Vikings have played in the Big Sky, they have the worst record against Northern Arizona.

PSU has only beat Northern Arizona five times.

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