Portland State Vanguard

VOLUME 68 | ISSUE 19

JANUARY 14, 2014

NEWS

OPINION

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Students and faculty weigh in on the effectiveness of the Clean Air Corridor. pg. 5

We often think of Europe as a cultural mecca, so why are they so against other cultures? pg 10

With the help of students, teachers and poets, Ooligan Press releases We Belong in History. pg. 17

President Wiewel says PSU Football needs to support itself. Is that even possible? pg. 21

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NEWS

LAS MUJERES HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL LATIN NIGHT KENNEDY MARTIN

On Jan. 10 from 5–10 p.m. in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom, the Portland State student organization Las Mujeres presented the second annual Latin Night.

A celebration showcasing the diversity and culture of Latin America, the mission of the event was to highlight the local Latino community and support small businesses.

Las Mujeres is a women’s empowerment organization that serves PSU and the outside community, and was PSU’s 2013 student organization of the year, as well as the winner of the Marketing Strategy of the Year Award.

“There is really no other program like Latin Night,” said Pam Campos, a senior at PSU majoring in political science and the director of Las Mujeres. “The event really emphasizes how important it is to support local Latino businesses, as well as educating attendees on the Latino culture in general.”

Over 500 people attended the event last year, and Las Mujeres hoped to top that number this year. With 518 attending the event this year—including volunteers, participants, and event organizers—Las Mujeras met their goal.

Kicking off the event was a display of food from local Latino restaurants and food carts. Included in the menu was tinga de pollo (chicken in a chipotle-tomato sauce), as well as cheese, Hawaiian, meatloaf and spinach empanadas (stuffed bread or pastry); rice and beans; and cookies for dessert.

Scattered along the edges of the ballroom were a variety of tables forming an educational exhibit, as well as many paintings, drawings and other artistic pieces contributed

by Latino artists.

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Attendees admired the artwork and chatted with the organization representatives at tables while munching on their dinner.

A representative for the National College of Natural Medicine, Valeria Dominguez, was present at the event, speaking about naturopathic and classical Chinese medicine.

“As a member of the Latino community myself, I was definitely excited to have the opportunity to attend and educate people at an event like this,” Dominguez said.

Also present was the small business Three Sisters Nixtamal, a company specializing in the making of traditional organic corn masa and tortillas. Co-owner Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate, an anthropology professor at PSU and president of the board of directors of the Portland People’s Food Cooperative, was eager to talk to event-goers about the health benefits of freshly nixtamalized corn (traditionally processed corn, soaked and cooked in water), as well as its cultural significance to the indigenous people of southeast Mexico and Guatemala.

Rounding out the educational exhibit was Causa, a Latino immigrant rights advocacy group. In addition to campaigning for immigration reform, the group is working for the restoration of drivers licenses to all Oregon residents who meet qualifications for a standard license, regardless of their ability to prove their citizenship or legal status.

Hoping to get signatures for their cause as well as support for Las Mujeres, Causa’s table attracted visitors throughout the event.

“I really learned a lot from the Causa representatives,” said Cody McCoy, a sophomore studying chemistry at

BALLET PAPALOTL, a local dance group, performs at Latin Night.

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PSU. “I had no idea about most of the issues they work on.”

After giving guests a chance to enjoy the food and exhibits, Campos and Jilma Meneses, chief diversity officer at PSU, welcomed the crowd with an introductory speech and introduced the first entertainment act of the night, the Latin Dance Club. Having showcased a few traditional Latin dances, the club invited the audience onto the dance floor to try out some moves for themselves.

Next up was the Ballet Papalotl, showing the original traditional costumes and performing dance techniques of different regions of Mexico. Ballet Papalotl has placed first, second and third in the Junior Festival at the Rose Festival since 2005 and is a well-known dance troupe in the area.

The Kemba Shannon

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Dance Group took the stage energetically, dancing down the aisles on the way in.

Showcasing modern African jazz, this group also invited the audience to join them

and learn some steps to their most popular dances.

Wrapping up the evening around 9 p.m., Luciana Proana and Dina y Los Rumberos, both family-based singing

groups, took turns providing music for the folks still around to enjoy the dance floor.

For more information about Las Mujeres, visit facebook.com/mujeresPSU

NEWS

The Clean Air Corridor turns one A YEAR LATER, IMPACT IS STILL BEING DETERMINED

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SARA SWETZOFF

The Clean Air Corridor, a smoke and exhaust-free area stretching from the north end of Lincoln Hall to the south end of Shattuck Hall, has been touted as a success by the Portland State authorities behind the policy and its enforcement. Following in the footsteps of other Oregon universities, over the next two years PSU will implement the Fresh Air Campus Challenge by expanding the smoking ban to the entire campus.

However, some have accused the CAC—and smoking bans in general—of being ineffective when it comes to actually getting smokers to quit. Others express frustration at the CAC’s goal to create a “pollution-free zone” just a stone’s throw from two lanes of traffic on Broadway Ave. “The Clean Air Corridor is very much a PR move, more than anything else,” said student Romain Bonilla of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. “It will not solve the problem—statistics from other campuses show that bans are not even proven to reduce cigarette use.”

Bonilla asserts that the CAC has simply displaced smokers to equally undesirable locations.

“What we see is that it pushes smokers to use other areas,

and not necessarily better ones. After the implementation of the CAC, smokers began to gather right next to the sign at the entrance to the Corridor.” Other smokers, unsure of an acceptable place to have a cigarette, hide in the bushes and hastily put out their butts on the ground, Bonilla said.

For this reason, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy advocates the use of designated smoking areas on campus.

“Designated areas would redirect smokers towards areas that are convenient for everyone, both smokers and nonsmokers,” Bonilla said.

Bonilla explained that a simple structure offering shelter from the rain would entice smokers to use the designated area and dispose of their ash and butts in the provided receptacles, reducing cigarette butt litter. In fact, there used to be such a structure between Smith Memorial Student Union and Cramer Hall before the implementation of the Clean Air Corridor. It was successful but its location generated complaints, according to Campus Recreation Center director Alex Accetta, one of the CAC’s main advocates.

Accetta said that tearing down the existing smoking shelter had unforeseen results.

“Unintended consequences include the library noticing an uptake in people smoking under their [patio] shelter, although perhaps this has changed,” he said.

Tom Bielavitz, an assistant librarian, says this remains the case. “I’d say it’s definitely true and it continues to be true,” he said. “We support the CAC, but it does seem to push smokers into other places, and one of those places is the covered area of the library porch.”

In defense of the CAC, Accetta cited receiving a large number of emails of support from students who appreciate the initiative.

“When you talk to individuals who have asthma, lung problems or heart issues, they are able to move more freely and that makes it worth it,” he said. Previous Vanguard reporting on the CAC confirmed this sentiment and the students interviewed specifically mentioned asthma and delivering their kids to daycare as reasons they were glad for a smoke-free passage in the heart of campus.

Accetta is enthusiastic about expanding the smoking ban to the entire campus. The Fresh Air Campus Challenge is a regional initiative that aims to make all college and university campuses in Alas-

ka, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington 100 percent smoke and tobacco-free by 2016.

Accetta hopes to beat this deadline by pushing for a smoke and tobacco-free campus by fall quarter 2015. That would include bans on chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes, as well as conventional cigarettes and hookah water pipes. Even though electric cigarettes produce no smoke, “it triggers that addiction for students who are passing through,” Accetta said.

However, Bonilla says that the ban would inconvenience or even jeopardize the safety of students living on campus.

“Students with disabilities who happen to be smokers and live in the dorms will have to go out of their way to have a cigarette. Likewise, students who wish to smoke at night will have to go a number of blocks to the edge of campus in order to avoid citations and fines.”

As for getting smokers to quit, Bonilla asserts that nothing can replace education.

Citing a 2013 smoking trends study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bonilla said, “Smoking rates among young people have dropped dramatically since the mid-1990s, in great part due to sensible educa-

tion campaigns aimed at empowering people to quit, rather than stigmatizing and marginalizing smokers.”

The CAC placed emphasis on education in its early days of fall quarter 2013. “In the first month we contacted over 300 individuals and provided information to them regarding the CAC as well as educational resources.” said Phil Zerzan, chief of PSU’s Campus Public Safety Office, in an email. Since then, Zerzan explained, “This number significantly dropped, and we currently are seeing only occasional violations.”

However, data from the Center for Student Health and Counseling does not suggest that students are being inspired to quit.

“Last year we did not see an increase in students seeking cessation resources at SHAC,” said Angela Abel, SHAC marketing and communication coordinator.

SHAC offers counseling, prescription medication, and even free acupuncture treatment as part of its resources to help students quit smoking.

“In the next year we aim to increase the visibility of our cessation services. We are currently working on that campaign and will have more information in the upcoming

months,” said Julie Weissbuch, health promotion director at SHAC, in an email.

Finally, some environmentalists on campus find the name and the claims of the Clean Air Corridor ostentatious, noting that the initiative does little to address the main source of air pollution on campus: motor vehicles.

While the Corridor does include a ban on idling utility vehicles and gas-powered leaf blowers, it cannot change the fact that PSU and the downtown area has one of the poorest air quality indexes in the entire city, according to data from The Oregonian.

“It’s not possible to measure the effect of the CAC on overall air quality around PSU, most of which is driven by traffic around downtown and on Route 405,” said Zbigniew Grabowski, a secondyear Ph.D. student in the School of the Environment.

“I would welcome the university to be more transparent about its own contribution to air pollution, both in terms of commuters and infrastructure, and to lay out a meaningful strategy to systematically address various sources of air pollution.

“Personally I would take a carfree campus over a smoke-free campus,” Grabowski added.

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NEWS

PSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES LEARNS THE ROPES BODY TO MEET REGULARLY BEFORE TAKING CONTROL IN JULY SARA SWETZOFF

On Nov. 21, the Oregon Legislature confirmed the 13 nominees to Portland State’s new board of trustees. The new trustees attended an orientation on Dec. 12–13 at the University Place Hotel.

The orientation was organized by the staff of PSU President Wim Wiewel’s office and David Reese, general counsel and newly appointed secretary to the board.

A two-day program, the orientation included a comprehensive introduction to the academic and student

CRIME BLOTTER Jan. 6 BURGLARY

School of Education and Business Administration Officer Gregory Marks received a report of a burglary between Jan. 3 and Jan. 6, where entry was forced into room 412, and office equipment, including two laptops, was stolen. No further information available.

BURGLARY

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Officer Marks received a report of a second office being burglarized over the weekend and a digital camera being stolen; no signs of forced entry. No further information available.

Jan. 7 THEFT

Blumel bike garage Officer Peter Ward received a report from a

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programs at PSU, as well as the financial management of the institution. It also involved a rundown of concepts of university governance.

Student trustee Pam Campos said that she came away from the recent orientation retreat with optimism for the new system of governance.

“Our intensive board retreat last week really highlighted the committed, intelligent group of individuals we have the privilege of serving on our PSU board,” she said. “I am extremely motivated and honored to work alongside

such an engaged, and diverse group of trustees.”

According to Senate Bill 270, the board may have up to 15 members, including one student representative, one classified PSU employee, and PSU’s president as a non-voting member. All members serve four-year terms, with the exception of faculty, staff and student members, who serve two-year terms. Board members serve voluntarily and are not paid.

Over the next six months the board will continue to meet regularly, although they do not officially take the reins until July.

Christopher Broderick, associate vice president of communications at PSU, said that these meetings will be “organizational and informational,” continuing to prepare the trustees for their work by bringing them “up to speed on all major issues at the university, from budget to academic.”

In accordance with the Oregon Open Records and Open Meetings requirements, all board of trustees meetings will be open to the public and agendas will be posted in advance. The first meeting will be held on Jan. 30.

STUDENT TRUSTEE PAM CAMPOS was recommended to the board of trustees by PSU’s Chief Diversity Officer and the Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion.

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Jan. 6 –13

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student who stated his locked and secured bicycle was stolen from the secure bike building on Dec. 24.

2013. No further information available.

DISTURBANCE

Academic Student Recreation Center At 9:17 p.m. Officer David Baker responded to a report of a disturbance. A male subject attempted to gain entry into the Rec Center but was denied due to no student record being found. The subject stormed past the Rec Center entry point and attempted to enter the women’s locker room, yelling profanities and claiming to be a basketball player, then knocked over a sign when leaving the building. Subject was described as a white male, 25 years of age, about six feet tall and weighing 160 pounds, blonde hair, wearing a black sleeveless shirt, black sweatpants, pink underwear, and

a black stocking hat. An area check was performed with negative results.

Jan. 8 ARREST

Officer Chris Fischer arrested a PSU student at 11:10 p.m. for felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with “ZEN” graffiti tags on campus. No further information available.

BURGLARY

Blumel bike garage At 4:04 a.m. Officer Gary Smeltzer responded to an additional burglary at above location, by the same suspect. The only damage besides break in damage was to a student’s U-lock. A pair of wire cutting pliers were found on scene and submitted to Oregon State Police crime lab for latent prints and DNA analysis.

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THEFT

University Center Building, basement parking lot At 12:51 p.m. Officer Nichola Higbee received a report from a student who stated that she parked her car at 10 a.m. and returned at 12:50 p.m. to find the driver side window shattered and a wallet stolen. When cancelling her credit cards the student was alerted by her bank of several transactions that had just occurred at McDonald’s, Target, and for parking.

Jan. 9 SUSPICIOUS PERSON

University Pointe Officer Brenton Chose received a report from a student of a suspicious person she encountered on Jan. 8 at 10:30 p.m. Student was waiting for her boyfriend to let her into the building and an unknown suspicious male was standing behind her and staring at her. The subject followed her into the building and when a University

Pointe security guard asked if he was a resident, the subject said he was “with his girl” and gestured at the student. The student made it safely onto the elevator with her boyfriend without further incident from the subject. Subject is described as a black male adult in his mid-30s, about 5-feet 6-inches tall, wearing a grey hoodie and grey sweatpants.

THEFT

Science Building One, south side At 12:13 p.m. Officer Higbee received a report from a student who stated he last saw his bicycle secured to the building with a U-lock on Jan. 8 at 11 a.m. and returned at 8 p.m. to discover his bike missing and half of his U-lock on the ground.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

Smith Memorial Student Union, second floor Officer Jon Buck received a report of the men’s restroom being vandalized by smear-

ing of feces. This incident is almost identical to one that occurred Nov. 27, 2013.

Jan. 10 STUDENT CONDUCT

Southwest Fifth Avenue and Southwest Hall Street Officers Chose and Buck contacted a PSU student attempting to conceal an open 750 mL bottle of “Absinthe” liquor under his jacket. Student was 18 years of age and not legally allowed to possess or consume alcohol and had an open container of alcohol on a public sidewalk.

This student was previously observed by a resident assistant in a stairwell which smelled of marijuana, passing a glass pipe and concealing an object under his jacket. Report forwarded to Dean of Student Life, Housing and the CARE team.

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OPINION

INSTAGRIEF ROMANCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDING

The Pop Culture Ephebe

by Joshua Benson

Michael Cobb visited Portland State this past fall and read a paper about—among other things—self-presentation on social networks.

Though Bill Maher called out the millennial kids for not losing it over Edward Snowden’s revelation, Cobb claims Maher should recognize that the millennial already knows how available his or her information is. At this point, millennial kids actually manipulate their information for performance’s sake.

Social network personas have become a brand based on how the millennial child presents information about him or herself.

To me, it appears that such online personas fall into one of roughly three camps: the normative #tbt-er, the person who attempts to convey his or her authentic self through social networks, or the concealer (either withholding the majority of his or her information or avoiding social networks altogether). All three categories use the self-editing that comes from the recognition of a lack of privacy, so they necessarily differentiate themselves from the user’s spontaneous real world presence.

Lots of people like to concentrate on the narcissism of this kind of branding, which definitely exists. What I find more interesting though is another result personal branding has on the millennial user: obsession with another’s brand. The idea that the user edits his or her information makes other users crave the crumbs that are dropped.

The effect on friendship here is minimal. There is still interest in a friend’s brand, but the stakes are low and the user is generally okay with not seeing all of their friends’ information.

That’s why I’d like, instead, to look at that most fecund human interest: romance.

Let’s consider what happens when the social network user falls for someone. The user immediately stalks that person on Facebook in order to obsess over the information given and crave the information not given. If the person whom the user is interested in has a private account—or even better, a significant other—this obsession grows into something like desired grief.

No matter how sad it makes the user to see pictures of X and X’s partner, or no matter how unavailable the user knows X’s information is, the user continues to visit that profile. After a while, this obsession with information might turn into an obsession with grief. It’s a funny social network version of the martyr complex. The user might begin to crave that longing or sadness that is so easily achieved by the visual knowledge of what is and isn’t shown.

The same can be applied to the post-breakup social network user. There is, of course, the requisite un-following that occurs, ostensibly an effort to rid the user of the ex’s presence.

Most of the time, though, a similar kind of longing happens.

Obsession with the ex’s profile may grow. As opposed to the

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“If the person whom the user is interested in has a private account—or even better, a significant other—this obsession grows into something like desired grief.” pre-social network breakup, a pictorial link between user and ex exists. Also, it’s safer to stalk online than in real life.

The user can and will attempt to know how the ex is coping, what the ex is doing and—oh my god—if the ex is dating.

Most logical users probably know the superlative benefits of a clean break. Still, the user forsakes that logic and obsesses over the ex’s social network profile because it’s there, and again, the sense of pain makes the user feel satisfied for some masochistic reason.

What I find interesting about the effect branding has on social networking is the fetishization of pain that comes from the obsession with other people’s presentation and withholding of information. Romantic relationships show just how obsessed and masochistic the strategic presentation of information can make us.

I feel obnoxious if I discuss problematic behaviors and don’t offer some sort of advice. I think the removal of social networks from real life can be productive, though conducive to behavior that is crazier than reality. Otherwise, the internet is a place of calculated posturing removed from the real world, and the user may more easily keep a self-conscious tab on internet behavior that clashes with real-world personal philosophy.

Obsessing over anyone’s social network information is an invasion of privacy. Not necessarily in our ability to find out information they don’t want us to, but merely by one’s constant presence in another’s cyberspace. It’s creepy and fools the user into thinking someone else’s information, or lack thereof, is more important than it is. The fact that you wouldn’t do it in real life should be enough to activate your integrity and not do it through your thumbnail avatar.

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OPINION

The power of thought Why optimism and pessimism really matter

Words of Wellness

by Eric Earle

Psychologist Timothy Wilson wrote in his book, Redirect, that positive thinking can only get you so far. He pointed out that homelessness, for example, cannot be cured by simply changing your thoughts. But a couple months after the book was released, he got an email from a woman who claimed he was wrong.

“I used to be homeless,” she wrote, “and it was all in my head.” She went on to tell him how she got her life back together by simply rethinking what was important to her.

Dale Carnegie, author of the best-selling book How To Win Friends and Influence People wrote, “Happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.”

In Hamlet, Shakespeare wrote, “There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

And thousands of years ago Confucius said, “Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”

Wilson’s research suggests that the answer to changing our thoughts may lie in something called “explanatory style.” Say

two students both did badly in a class last term, receiving a C or below. One student might explain this situation to himself by saying, “I’m stupid.” The other student may have a different narrative: “I didn’t study hard enough. I’m going to work harder next semester so I can get an A.” Researchers have found that it’s not really our situation that determines our future and well-being, it’s how we think about our experiences.

Explanatory style is central to positive thinking. Psychologists say that we all tell ourselves stories about our life experiences. Explanatory style refers to the narratives we tell ourselves about why things happen. There are two basic types of explanatory styles: optimistic and pessimistic.

Optimistic people tend to describe good events as caused by themselves, they think good events will last a long time and they also reason that good events in one area of their life mean other areas will be great too.

Pessimistic people explain the same event in a totally opposite way. They believe bad events are their fault, that they will last forever and that they will ruin every aspect of their life.

In my experience, gaining an objective view of your mind through meditation is the best way to change it. Research by Dr. Barbra Fredrickson shows that people who meditate every day experience more positive emotions than those who don’t.

Meditation results in increased levels of mindfulness, social connection and life purpose. And meditation is simple and free! All you have to do is sit and be quiet. Just let the thoughts pass by as clouds or waves.

Nancy Cantor notes that, for some people, being strategically pessimistic actually helps them reduce levels of stress.

Cantor developed Defensive Pessimism, a cognitive strategy

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in which people set low standards for themselves and envision how things could go wrong. Envisioning failure helps the defensive pessimist take steps to avoid it.

So whether you’re a strategic optimist or a defensive pessimist, it’s clear that what you think counts! The power of thought pervades every corner of our lives. Consider taking some steps to improve your thinking style. Try meditation to help change your explanatory style. You’ll feel better about life.

TENURE FOR TEACHING, PART II LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Patricia A. Schecter, professor of history Provost Sona Andrews made a statement in faculty senate in December regarding tenure at Portland State. “We can not be a research university without tenured faculty,” she began. “And I have never said, nor wanted to imply, that we should eliminate or phase out tenure.”

PSU has held on to tenure lines, even grown them. But since 1993, PSU has also hired faculty off the tenure track at 10 times the rate of tenure hires. Andrews noted that our campus “need[s] some faculty who devote their entire time to teaching.” But no one has made an argument for why such faculty work does not require or merit the academic freedom and role in shared governance that comes with tenure.

Recent efforts to revise academic ranks for teaching and research-oriented faculty bracket the issue of tenure. This avoidance entrenches the notion that academic freedom is a dispensable part of academia. “Inevitably there will be differences of opinion on where and how many tenure related faculty are needed,” noted Andrews. “I hope, however, we can all agree that our first commitment has to be to provide high quality and affordable education to Oregonians.”

Expanding the basis for tenure would be a positive way to deliver on this commitment.

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Tenure delivers stability and efficiency through fewer but more robust faculty appointments. Tenure also enables genuine participation in a body of self-regulating scholars through the peer review process. Job security is not the same as academic freedom, which involves engagement in a scholarly community.

The American Association of University Professors takes the position that tenure should embrace all or nearly all faculty who generate, analyze and teach current research in the academic disciplines. Moreover, it is tenure, with its tie to the idea of the public good, that lends coherence to the university’s accountability to stakeholders at the local, state and national level.

We need a broader conversation about the social cost of delivering instruction without meaningful academic freedom or the robust exercise of shared governance. The planned budget cut to summer session 2014 that threatens to eliminate full-time faculty from teaching is a worrisome harbinger.

Tenure must be re-centered in our commitment to excellence and accountability to our students. The practice of rewarding research and scholarship with tenure is a relatively recent phenomenon in higher education and on the PSU campus in particular, probably dating from the early 1980s.

Research on this question would demystify present practice.

The American Association of University Professors reminds us: “Tenure was not designed as a merit badge for research-

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intensive faculty or as a fence to exclude those with teachingintensive commitments.” Rather, tenure is the beating heart of the public trust through which the life blood of free inquiry—research and teaching—flows in our society. The free search for truth must equally cover our classrooms and our research. One without the other compromises both.

PSU’s Promotion and Tenure guidelines state that “a fixed term appointment does not foreclose the possibility that a department may wish to consider that faculty member for a tenure-related appointment.” Expanding the process of peer review to teaching and curriculum development could form a basis for broader interactions among faculty, lending cohesion and reciprocity to our practice.

This kind of cohesion is crucial if faculty members are to meaningfully negotiate teaching related to digitization and online learning, with all the outsourcing and permatemping of labor potentially implied. Now more than ever we should examine the tension at PSU between privileging teaching in faculty work assignments and in our marketing to the public but tenuring primarily for research. The history of awarding tenure at PSU and elsewhere might show that tenure for teaching taps older traditions of professionalism that will help us keep up with the times and realize the best of our current and future aspirations.

OPINION

A BRAINY STUDENT IS A LAZY STUDENT

WHY BEING A HARD WORKER IS BETTER THAN BEING SMART The Front Row

by Breana Harris If you’ve never watched 1980s sitcom Family Ties—all seven seasons are on Netflix streaming—I promise you won’t regret it. While the show is a wonderful depiction of the decade, showing two former hippies coming to terms with the conservative, consumerist values of their Reagan-era teenage kids, it’s probably best known for making Michael J. Fox famous. His character, Alex P. Keaton, is the oldest son of the Keaton family, a money-obsessed young Republican who is cynical, politically incorrect and prodigiously intelligent.

During the fifth season, Alex flashes back to being seven years old and having no friends in his class. He sees his teacher repeat the same phrase over and over: “Alex knows the answer.” While the other kids are playing at recess, he is isolated—a freak. “Do you know how much pressure that is to put on a little kid?” he asks.

Even though I’m not a Republican and not smart in the same ways as Alex, I know I’m the Alex P. Keaton of my family: emotionally stunted, easily frustrated and perpetually isolated from the things other people seem to care about. When I was five, my cousin was working on her master’s degree in child psychology, and she gave me an IQ test. I scored so far off the charts that her professors needed to be convinced I was actually a real child. I learned to read before age three and read chapter books in kindergarten. My mother refused when the school offered to skip me a grade because she was afraid I’d have no friends. I didn’t have many anyway.

In fifth grade, the teacher moved our desks into groups of four, and she let everyone write down who they want to sit with most. All of my requests were ignored, and I found myself in a group with the three biggest delinquent, troublemaker boys in the class. They were isolated in a different way. When I asked her why she sat me with them, afraid that I had done something wrong, she said, “It’s because you’re so smart. They need someone to set a good example.”

I know it’s annoying when people profess awareness that they are smart or beautiful. To be fair, it probably would have gotten me farther in life to be beautiful. Also, I’m not smart about a variety of things, or even anything useful. I can’t do algebra to save my life, and I’d probably be a terrible urban developer or campaign manager. I’m trying to make a larger point. Childhood social issues aside, natural intelligence can

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do more harm than good, and it’s not often a quality that is rewarded. Rich kids have a hard time learning to work for their money, and smart kids have a hard time learning to work for their grades. The necessity just isn’t there.

Being a “brain” in college is not really any easier than being one in elementary school. I often get invited to study groups and have to awkwardly refuse. I honestly don’t study. Some people put on music, drink coffee and go through an entire ritual, but every time I try to do what other people do, I feel like I am going through the motions of what I think college should be. I already retain the material. I put in very little effort and get A’s, but I’m not necessarily proud of that.

As an English major, I live in fear of peer review day in class, too. Not because I don’t want to read other people’s essays or because I think I’m better than anyone, just because the other students tend to look at my essay reproachfully and tell me there is nothing they can suggest, or they suggest things just to have something to say. I get really frustrated when professors require a certain number of drafts or revisions because I feel like I have to purposefully make my first draft not as good

as it could be. It’s the same isolating feeling. It’s time consuming and awkward. And above all, I feel like a total asshole if I say anything about it.

I’m jealous, though. Being smart may not get you as far as being rich or beautiful, but it also doesn’t get you as far as a good work ethic. And college seems to promote that fact. Maybe education has changed since Alex P. Keaton’s day or maybe it hasn’t, but it seems to me like putting in the work is much more highly valued than having the ability. This is how it is in the real world, as well, otherwise I’d be collecting my Pulitzer instead of whining about how hard it is to have a high IQ and making everyone who reads this hate me.

So if you’re watching a high school show on the CW and the brainy girl is just a pretty girl in glasses, and you think she is going to grow up to be the first female president or something, remember it’s not that simple. Being smart or talented is only as important as what you do with it, and nothing you didn’t work for will ever be worth having. And if we’re ever in class together, just know that I’m trying to fit in, the same way I’ve been trying since I was seven.

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OPINION

THE UGLY SIDE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CONTINENT RACISM IN MODERN EUROPE

Global Thinking

by Derek Sun

Must be a European

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For French soccer player Thierry Henry, the most surprising observation he had about watching sports in the United States wasn’t the amount of activity at most games, but the lack of any activity. Specifically, Henry was referring to the virtual absence of racial insults and violence at U.S. sports matches.

“I’ve been to a lot of arenas to watch NBA games and the Yankees, and I have never heard anyone have a go at a guy because he’s from Puerto Rico or the Dominican Rupublic or Africa or wherever. I can understand why people in America are kind of shocked, because that doesn’t happen in their sports,” Henry stated in Sports Illustrated in 2010.

Henry perhaps would not be very shocked about recent developments in European soccer (or football) in the last several weeks.

French player Nicolas Anelka landed in hot water for making the quenelle, an anti-Semitic arm gesture developed and popularized by French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, who has made a name for himself by questioning the occurrence of the Holocaust, campaigning for the far right National Front party and calling for war against Jews.

In America, basketball player Tony Parker also performed the quenelle and received criticism. The quenelle closely resembles the Nazi salute, with one arm pointed downwards and the hand of the other arm touching the shoulder of the pointed arm.

Like most people who are guilty of spreading hate,

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Dieudonne denies having any specific agenda or feelings of hate and insists that making the quenelle is an innocent and “anti-establishment” action. Across Europe, the quenelle is gaining popularity in the same way a meme such as Tebowing or planking is, with people performing the gesture and photographing themselves. The quenelle is now cemented as another sorry chapter in the dark side of soccer; the “beautiful game” that supposedly unites people of all walks of life.

Henry has been a tireless defender for the rights of soccer players to not be harassed and victimized, appearing in commercials and public service announcements denouncing racism and proposing that teams whose fans display racist behavior should lose points in matches. That the quenelle is becoming the last expression of anti-Semitism in a continent marked by racial tensions in the past decade is a sad reminder of how little fruit Henry’s labors have borne.

While many European nations tout themselves as models of multiculturalist harmony, where immigrants are welcome and all cultures are respected, a closer inspection of modern Europe reveals a plethora of conflicts and clear indications that racial harmony is far from present.

Some of the ugliest incidents of latent racism recently include the controversy surrounding blonde Roma girl Maria several months ago, who was confiscated from her parents because authorities determined she did not resemble the “typical” Roma.

A media circus ensued, and Roma were once again linked to violence, crime and slavery before DNA testing confirmed that Maria was with her biological parents all along.

Historically marginalized, the Roma continue to be dogged by stereotypes and are being targeted as an undesirable element by rising far right political parties, such as Jobbik of Hungary and the National Democrats of Germany. The recent call by a Jobbik politician to draw up a list of Jews for government surveillance sparked new fears about anti-Semitism.

In 2011, Dutch magazine Jackie thought nothing of publishing an article calling singer Rihanna a combination of the n-word and b-word. Subsequent outrage convinced the magazine to fire its editor and issue a few weak apologies.

The culture of racism is simply so deeply ingrained in European soccer that it is an accepted, if inconvenient, fact of life that everyone simply must tolerate.

Despite publicized incidents of racism—such as bananas and peanuts routinely being thrown at black players, certain teams refusing to sign black players, and numerous well-meaning but ultimately ineffective campaigns aimed at increasing penalties for racist fans—racist “ultra” fan groups have not receded from the sports scene. Emboldened by the growing clout of right wing political groups, fans are also voicing their hatred of immigrants and foreigners, and most teams do nothing but stay silent.

For most Europeans living in social democracies

that claim to do everything to combat social, economic and racial injustice, racism is still thought of as largely America’s problem, and paradoxically, the lack of racial hooliganism is taken to be a negative quality. Andrei Markovits’s enlightening book Uncouth Nation observes that the “complete absence of racial taunting or hooliganism during the 1994 World Cup showed that American sports fans weren’t ‘authentic’ and lacked real passion for the sport.”

If shouting racial slurs and waving banners shaped like bananas is a proper demonstration of enjoying a sport, then serious examination of social values is necessary in Europe. Integration of immigrants, particularly Muslims, remains contentious throughout the continent.

The German magazine Der Spiegel recently published a series of 15 stories from German immigrants which reveal heart-rending experiences with racism, ranging from accusations of terrorism, to being denied jobs, to being mocked and bullied for speaking with accents or practicing Islam.

The multiculturalist model in Europe must dramatically change to accommodate and help immigrants be accepted, and Europeans must understand that if they want to be truly multicultural and diverse, they need to eradicate the mentality that says being white is a necessary precursor to being European. Only when such measures are taken will the quenelle lose its popularity and fall into the dustbin of history.

COVER

PSU’S TRIP TO IDAHO turned out to be more eventful than they thought.

THE VANGUARD HITS THE ROAD WITH PSU BASKETBALL JOEL GUNDERSON

The temperature gauge on the outside of a deserted Holt Arena says 21 degrees Fahrenheit. A few lights shine bright in the building, a mammoth, warehouse-style venue set deep in the heart of Pocatello, Idaho.

One look outside and you wonder if it’s not a ghost town—abandoned streets lie dormant against the winter night, open fields frosty from the arriving snow dusting.

Inside, the action is a bit warmer. Bellows from coaches and screeching of sneakers resonate vividly, a stark contrast to the frostbitten world that settles outside.

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COVER THE TEAM WARMS UP before their matchup with Idaho State.

BASKETBALL

“We just have to bounce back, that’s it. We don’t have time to sit and sulk about it.”

Continued from page 11 PART ONE 12 hours earlier, sleep still visible in their eyes, the Portland State men’s basketball team loaded into a small jet, Salt Lake City-bound. What laid ahead was, for me, a new adventure. A five-day trip full of promises, wonderment and stale hotel muffins.

For everyone else on the trip, it was more of the same.

EVERYTHING FOGGY BUT THE WEATHER I’m sure glad the players are ready for this, because I’m not. It’s 7 a.m., and I’m slogging my way through the airport, a constant mess of nervousness. I’m following along with the team as we embark from Portland to Salt Lake City, up to Pocatello, down to Ogden and circling back to Oregon. I know why I’m there, but the players don’t seem sure of my presence. They send blank stares toward me as I sit down to tell their story—travel is hard, and the current trip looks to be a doozy.

Unfortunately for a school PSU’s size—and with their budget—there are no charter flights, no Nike jets, not even first-class seating for men who sit as tall as 6-feet

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10-inches. They fly commercial, just like everyone else.

HOLT ARENA POCATELLO, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, 6:00 P.M. Jim Wallis is not fazed by January nights in Idaho. For 25 years, he has roamed the sidelines for the Vikings as the team’s head athletic trainer.

He’s been in every town and venue that you can imagine.

“In my time, I’ve seen some arenas that…you look up and ask, ‘Are we really playing here?’”

Wallis is machine-like in his preparation—the giant duffel bag he totes is filled with tape, wrap and gels. It follows him wherever he goes. He’s often the busiest man on the staff.

It’s a long season, and his presence is vital.

Wallis is part of the group of unsung heroes that make these trips possible. A man who gets no attention, yet is everywhere you look come game day, hiding in the shadows of his players.

DaShaun Wiggins, the vital sixth man for this team, knows all too well the importance of Wallis; Wiggins’ left hand, swollen and bruised, has been giving him problems for days.

At the end of every practice and shootaround, “Big Jim”

Assistant Coach Jeff Hironaka time to eat. The bus stops abruptly in front of the Red Lion Hotel and players scatter like ants. There’s plenty of food choices surrounding our hotel, and for them, the time to scarf down food has finally arrived.

HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS were key in keeping both games close.

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(he’s not big by any stretch) is at Wiggins’ side, a bag of ice and some wrap in hand.

“Big Jim, man…he’s so vital to this team. Without him, shoot…we’d be lost,” Wiggins squints, the ice blasting his skin.

The night before a game— in this case, three hours after we’ve arrived in Pocatello by bus from Salt Lake—is reserved for practice. Two hours: a scout team walk-through

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with extreme detail; shooting drills and low-post maneuvers; and of course, a fair amount of (friendly) trash-talking among teammates.

“It’s a fun group—a good mix of youngsters and vets, but they all enjoy each other,” says assistant coach Anthony Owens as we head back to the hotel after practice, our stomachs growling in unison.

It’s been a long day, and amid all the hoopla, no one has had

HOLT ARENA THURSDAY, 11 A.M. For its expansive size, Holt Arena has some odd shortcomings. Namely, as we settle in for the morning shootaround, we’re lacking the bare essentials to broadcast a game.

“There’s one dang Ethernet cord!” exclaims Tom Hewitt, long-time radio announcer for the Vikings.

Hewitt is a one-man show himself, on the air and off. A night out to dinner turns into Hewitt story hour, with nary a word spoken from anyone else. That’s how it should be.

Hewitt has been around the block, this being his 13th sea-

son covering the Vikings. He’s seen it all and then some.

That includes arenas with less than suitable internet situations.

“I think I’ll get it,” he says to no one in particular, before catching a glimpse of me. “This is just life in the Big Sky.” As shootaround draws to a close some 45 minutes after it began, there’s an odd sense of ease with the players.

A quiet confidence seems to be building, no doubt in part to the drubbing they put on their last opponent, Evergreen State College.

Evergreen was clearly overmatched, but the comfortable win seems to have put a bit of swagger back in the step of the Vikings, a team so young and so reliant on momentum.

As the players and coaches gather at mid-court for one last word of encouragement, I find myself staying back, taking in the moment.

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There’s something tranquil about the scene. One team, united by a common mission, in the middle of nowhere, with no one to rely on but themselves.

GAME TIME 6:55 P.M. A sparse crowd stumbles in as tip-off draws near. Idaho State, in a cruel joke, has set myself and other media up directly underneath the south end basket. A loose ball—or worse, player—will end up in my lap, shattering my laptop in the process.

Any pregame jitters that may be normal seem to be missing as the players sit quietly in the visiting locker room.

Some listen to headphones, some snack on a last-minute apple. Some, it seems, just want to get the game going.

Finally, coach Tyler Geving and his staff enter the cramped space, their suits a stark contrast to the forest green jerseys that surround them. After discussing a few last-minute strategies, Geving gathers his squad in the middle of the room.

“First league game, doesn’t matter—10th game, 12th game, it doesn’t matter. Every league game is important. We need effort every single night,” he says, his voice rising in decibels with every word.

“Right here, together.

We’ve got to do this together.”

POST-GAME 9:23 P.M. After an early charge, PSU fell apart through much of the second half. A lack of energy and poor shooting dropped them to 0–1 in conference play on the season, a disheartening loss to start the trip. Weber State, the Vikings’ next opponent, is the conference favorite, and to say the Vikings have struggled to win on their home court would be an understatement—they are 1–19 all-time.

Needless to say, this loss hurts more than most.

In the locker room, there is an air of stunned silence.

Some anger resides, but the vibe feels drier than anything. I get the feeling that the players in this room feel this was one game they should not have lost.

“We seemed to make little mistakes here and there… we just have to bounce back, that’s it. We don’t have time to sit and sulk about it,” said assistant coach Jeff Hironaka.

He is a longtime coach in the Pacific Northwest who has joined coach Geving’s staff this year to add basketball IQ to the team—but, just as important, to bring a calming voice.

He approached the team after Geving spoke and told his players confidently, “We win as a team, we lose as a team. We’re playing the best team in the conference Saturday night. If we can step up—it would be great.”

OGDEN, UTAH proved to be the turning point for the Vikings.

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Hironaka is the opposite of your visualization of a coach. He stands just over 5-feet 5-inches and weighs maybe 130 pounds. Without fail, every morning of the trip, as we all found ourselves shoveling in a greasy hotel breakfast, Hironaka would saunter down halfway through, his workout freshly in the rearview mirror, and read the paper.

No food. No coffee. No body fat.

I became enamored with his demeanor. The reasons for his hire were becoming more apparent as the trip went on. If this team is going to overcome obstacles this season, I have a feeling Hironaka will be a big reason why.

RED LION HOTEL FRIDAY, 9:50 A.M. The next morning we packed our bags and all at once found ourselves in the

lobby of the hotel. The frustrating part of a season is the lack of breaks—if your team finds themselves heading into a downward spiral, there’s no rest. Games come and go whether the team is ready or not. There’s rarely a chance to slow down and

correct the things that need to be corrected.

Sometimes the only thing that can change the course of a season are unexpected events, and that’s exactly what happened to these Vikings when we arrived in Utah, the next stop on our roadtrip.

LOOK FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE VIKINGS SEASON AND THE CONCLUSION OF MY TRIP WITH THE TEAM IN NEXT WEEK’S ‘VANGUARD.’

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ARTS & CULTURE CRYSTAL BALLROOM AND LOLA’S ROOM PRESENT

100 NIGHTS 1332 W. Burnside Portland, OR 97209

CRYSTAL BALLROOM’S CENTENNIAL A LOOK BACK AT 100 YEARS OF HISTORY

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I SAW THEM WHEN BIRDY PSYCHADELIC EXPRESS LIGHT SHOW DRESSES presented by “Reelin’ and Rockin’” 3 Nights at the Crystal Ballroom CRYSTAL BALLROOM 7 p.m. doors open 8 p.m. show

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CHAIN AND THE GANG SHIVAS THE HIVE DWELLERS

presented by “Punk Rock Mondays” LOLA’S ROOM 7 p.m. doors 8 p.m. show

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PSYCHOMAGIC MISTER TANG

100 years ago on the corner of 14th and West Burnside, Cotillion Hall opened its doors and invited the residents of Portland to come in and kick up their heels on the ballroom’s unique, mechanical dance floor. Visitors found themselves feeling as if they were dancing on air as they moved across the sprung dance floor, a feature specifically designed to absorb the shock of mass movement and thundering sound.

In 1914 the “floating floor” at Cotillion Hall was a rarity on the West Coast, and it has survived over the course of a century to be what is possibly the only ballroom floor of its kind in the United States today.

From the time of its opening on the eve of the Great War, the Hall served as a space for people to gather and celebrate the art of jazz music and dance. Due to a shifting social climate that brought about negative connotations in association with jazz culture, the ownership of the ballroom changed during the 1920s and the venue became a hot spot for square dancing into the depression of the 1930s. When ownership shifted again, the space continued to host square dancing through the 1950s, this time under a new name: the Crystal Ballroom.

Like the rest of the country during the 1960s, Portland was witness to great cultural change that manifested itself in the performing arts. A

variety of musical acts ranging from Marvin Gaye to the Grateful Dead rocked the stage and delighted a generation of people looking for a new identity. The shows at the Crystal were so well received by young Portlanders that the city began to fear their influence on local youth culture, and in 1968 the ballroom was closed to the public.

In the years following, the Crystal was home to squatters with nowhere else to go or artists who needed studio space. The only events being held were private parties, and though the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it remained closed to the public until it was purchased and publicly reopened by the McMenamin brothers

in 1997. Today, the historic ballroom hosts a variety of events and is a popular place to catch a good show of any musical genre.

In honor of the Crystal’s fascinating history, a centennial celebration was planned at the venue that would span 100 days starting on Oct. 14 and feature 100 acts and events, both local and national, and end with a solo performance

by Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy on Jan. 21.

Join fellow Portlanders and the McMenamins staff to help wish this Portland landmark a happy 100 years, and maybe stop in for a craft beer and some good food while you’re at it.

For more information and a full list of events/performances, visit http://www.mcmenamins. com/1947–100-nights.

BUILT IN 1914, the Crystal Ballroom has gone through significant changes in its 100 years.

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A SCHOOL IN MOTION HOW PSU EXPANDED FROM A TWO-YEAR CENTER TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE BRANDON STALEY

Anyone who has ever had to run from Lincoln Hall to the University Technology Services building in the 10 minutes allotted between classes will assure you, once they’ve caught their breath, that Portland State has a massive, sprawling campus.

It wasn’t always this way, though. At one point PSU was a much smaller institution, focusing mostly on night classes. Prior to 1955, the university didn’t even offer four-year degrees.

The shift from a two-year school to a four-year college was a dramatic one, fraught with political battles and staunch opposition. Though PSU would inevitably prevail, it wasn’t an easy road.

The roof above your head PSU, known as the Vanport Extension Center from 1946 to 1952, had a rough start. In those first years the school survived a flood, budget crises and the myriad complications that must have arisen from running a school out of a former ship building warehouse.

As a result of such continuous setbacks, the center moved around frequently.

Eventually it found its permanent home in downtown Portland in 1952 when it moved into the old Lincoln High School (now Lincoln Hall) and became the Portland Extension Center.

Stephen E. Epler, who had originally conceived of the center as a way to satisfy the educational needs of returning World War II veterans, found a concrete location for the center and fixed his gaze on bringing a four-year program to the school.

Boomtown At the time, the country was grappling with the realities of the Baby Boom. The sudden influx of returning veterans had, in turn, triggered a sudden influx in

children. These children were reaching school age and educators were in high demand. Portland, with its veteran population hungry and able to pay for a college education, must have seemed ripe for a teachers program.

In 1952 the State Board of Higher Education hired a consultant, Earl W. Anderson, who was a professor of education at Ohio State University, to provide recommendations on how to address the lack of available teacher education programs.

Anderson recommended precisely what Epler and his allies were after: the funding of a four-year undergraduate program designed to create more teachers. Epler and his allies, who had lacked an argument convincing enough to bring a four-year program to the Extension Center, seized on the demand and proposed just such a program to the board.

The proposal was not without opposition, but the main source of the opposition might come as a surprise: a university. The University of Oregon, to be precise.

STEPHEN E. EPLER, founder of the Vanport Extension Center, played a major role in the school’s transition to a four-year college.

Go (away) Ducks According to The College that Would not Die by Gordon Dodds, UO was vehemently against the inclusion of a four-year undergraduate program at the center because it feared the appropriation of its own funding.

“President Newburn of the U of O maintained making Portland State a four-year school would dilute resources and thus standards,” Dodds wrote. “He said no other state supports three institutions of higher learning and recommended a study be made of the state’s educational needs for the next 25 or 30 years.”

Many of Newburn’s concerns were rightly seen as delay tactics by his opposition, but they held water on numerous occasions. In this way he was able to keep the board

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from approving Anderson’s recommendations.

To complicate matters further, there were laws prohibiting a state university from being founded anywhere but Marion County, which is home to the state capitol, without the vote of the people. Portland, located in Multnomah County, was fresh out of luck.

In 1953 the likelihood of having a four-year program approved at the center was

looking grim, but 1954 would prove to be a different story altogether. That was the year all of the pieces came together, seemingly all at once.

A four-year school in Portland The first major change in 1954 was the departure of Newburn from UO. According to Dodds, Newburn’s replacement O. Meredith Wilson was “not the strong opponent of Portland State

his predecessor…had been.”

After Newburn’s departure, the state board also became more amenable to the idea of a four-year program in Portland.

UO had also proposed a dental school in the Portland area, which directly conflicted with the Marion County law. The dental school set a precedent for state-funded schools outside of Marion County and cleared

the way for the center’s allies.

The center quickly received approval for a teachers program and, without skipping a beat, set their aims on becoming a full four-year college. Their efforts were rewarded when, on Feb. 10, 1955, Governor Paul Patterson signed the bill that would allow the Portland Extension Center to distribute four-year degrees, and thus, become Portland State College.

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ARTS & CULTURE

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PENGUINS

'ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD' COMES TO 5TH AVENUE CINEMA TURNER LOBEY

A few years ago I became infatuated with the idea of going to Antarctica. It has everything I could ever dream of: cold weather, isolation, the perfect excuse to wear too many layers, drink copious amounts of coffee and penguins (those little guys are so freaking adorable). The idea of falling off the edge of the map to a continent that very few can boast about having visited became more than a dream. I had to go.

To make a short story shorter, I didn’t go. l did, however, do the next best thing—I watched Encounters at the End of the World.

Encounters at the End of the World follows legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog on a journey to the McMurdo Research Station, the largest community in Antarctica (which was also the setting of John Carpenter’s The Thing).

Herzog sets out to capture a documetary free of fluffy penguins. He films the world’s most barren continent while exploring the lives, work and dreams of the people who call the ice their home.

Though the film focuses on many of the people who flock to the south pole—the scientists, philosophers, linguists, bankers, engineers, travelers and dreamers Herzog encounters—we still get to experience the beauty and wonder of the landscape.

Herzog shows us the fluffy penguins he promised the film wouldn’t be about, large choirs of singing seals and unique and monstrous creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean beneath the ice.

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Never appearing on screen, the only bit of Herzog we experience is his voice. Instantly recognizable and even more appealing, the filmmaker’s slow and precise German accent is layered over the soundtrack of a pained and remorseful choir. It’s equally fitting and beautiful.

Be warned: Encounters at the End of the World isn’t a travel documentary or a National Geographic wildlife program. Like many of Herzog’s works, the film is slow, romantic, curious, striking and subtle. Despite the visuals of melting ice and crumbling glaciers, he doesn’t shout out a warning cry of man’s impending doom at the hands of a destructed world. Herzog isn’t stupid and he sure as hell isn’t loud.

This film is a carefully constructed snapshot of the people, places and things that force us to come to conclusions like these on our own.

Perhaps the most iconic and memorable scene is one in which the camera follows a lone penguin abandoning its group headed for open water. Turning away from the feeding grounds and the colony, it waddles off towards a mountain range that looms on the horizon.

As we watch the tuxedo-clad creature disappear in the distance, Herzog narrates: “The rules for the humans are do not disturb or hold up the penguin.

Stand still and let him go on his way. And here, he’s heading off into the interior of the vast continent. With 5,000 kilometers ahead of him, he’s heading towards certain death.”

I think there’s more to it than just the penguin.

HERZOG’S ‘ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD’ places emphasis on the people and places of Antarctica.

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If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the return of school or are beginning to feel like winter term is about to consume you, then give in to that feeling of wanderlust and make the journey to 5th Avenue Cinema, where Encounters at the End of the World will be screening Jan. 17–19. You may not be able to leave the continent, but an escape from classes may be exactly what you need.

5th Avenue Cinema is free for Portland State students, $3 for other students and $4 general admission.

Visit 5thavenuecinema.org for more information.

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5TH AVENUE CINEMA presents

ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD 510 S.W. Hall St. Portland, OR 97201

FREE PSU Students $3 Other Students $4 General Admission

FRIDAY JAN. 17 7:00 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY JAN. 18 7:30 p.m.

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ARTS & CULTURE

POETRY: BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE

OOLIGAN PRESS TEAMS UP WITH LOCAL STUDENTS AND TEACHES FOR ITS LATEST RELEASE, ‘WE BELONG IN HISTORY: WRITING WITH WILLIAM STAFFORD’

BRANDON STALEY

Ooligan Press, Portland State’s own student-run printing press, is celebrating the release of their latest book We Belong in History: Writing with William Stafford. The book features educational lesson plans based off Stafford’s poetry, which are aimed at middle and high school students.

The book also features the poetry of both Stafford and local students. The included student poetry was chosen from a contest held by Ooligan Press. The contest challenged students across Oregon to write poems inspired by classes based off the lessons plans.

Students were invited to submit their poems for a chance at publication, and the winners were chosen by a panel of graduate students.

We Belong in History: Writing with William Stafford is divided into four sections, each with its own theme.

Each section contains a lesson plan, followed by poems

by Stafford that fall into the theme of the section, and the winning students’ poems.

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Stafford published over 60 books of poetry over the course of his life and served as Oregon’s poet laureate from 1975 to 1989. He wrote every day of his life from 1950 to 1993.

What remains of Stafford’s writing, notes and research is kept in the William Stafford Archives at Lewis & Clark College, where he taught for more than 30 years. The documents in the archive were donated by the Stafford family in 2008.

The archives, which are housed in the college’s special collections department, contain more than 20,000 pages of the poet’s writing. It was in these archives that the lesson plans—the basis for We Belong in History penned by teachers long ago—were found.

“We used these lesson plans as a jumping-off point to organize the contest,” said Michael Berliner, project manager for the book.

Berliner said that the teachers who had originally written the lesson plans were contacted and given the opportunity to update the plans if they were found to be out of date or inaccurate. Once the team had their hands on the lesson plans, they fell in love.

Berliner said that they were moved by Stafford’s philosophy that anyone can be a poet if they just sit down, write, and express themselves with the words they have.

“As students we recognize that we’re learning this poetic process ourselves,” Berliner said.

Berliner said that We Belong in History is as much a celebration of students as it is the

teachers who instruct them.

In working on the book, he has a newfound appreciation for teachers and the vital work they do. “[They] really are the last line of defense to keep the arts going,” Berliner said.

An approachable poet The book debuted last week at a party held at In Other Words bookstore in North Portland. We Belong in History is the brainchild of the Oregon poet laureate Paulann Petersen, who spoke at the event. She wrote the

introduction and originally contacted Ooligan Press with the idea for the book.

Petersen said Stafford is a perfect fit for the book because of how accessible his poems are. She said that she knows of few poets who are as hospitable to other writers as Stafford was.

“His work is deep. It is mysterious,” Petersen said. “It takes wonderful, unexpected turns, and yet—and yet—his work is profoundly accessible to readers and listeners.”

Petersen said that, as Oregon’s poet laureate, she has

traveled the state teaching classes and running workshops. The accessibility of Stafford’s poems allows her to use them in workshops with children of nearly any age.

Petersen said that she uses the poems in much the same way as they are used in the book; as “springboard” exercises designed to generate ideas in students.

“In every one of Bill’s poems he’s saying: ‘Come on in.

This is wonderful stuff. This is something that you can do.

This is something that can be part of your life too.’

“They speak to people,” Petersen said. “They speak to people of all ages.”

William Stafford passed away in 1993. Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 will mark Stafford’s centennial birthday.

Copies of We Belong in History: Writing with William Strafford are available now for purchase at Powell’s Books and on Amazon.com.

Ooligan Press is a student-run printing press affiliated with PSU. It is operated by students pursuing master’s degrees in book publishing.

ANUSHKA NAIR presents her introduction to the collected work.

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Veterans Memorial Colesium 1401 N Wheeler Ave., Portland, OR 97227 Portland is a roller derby city at heart and on Thursday, Jan. 18, all four home teams will be on the track to celebrate the 10–year anniversary of local roller derby. All ages are welcome to attend and watch the teams battle to the end. Junior tickets are $8, general admission is $14 and spark seats are $20 per person. For more information visit www.rosecityrollers.com.

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Tuesday, Jan. 14 Global Aging and Health in Nicaragua 4:30 p.m.

Urban Center, Parsons Gallery 506 S.W. Mill St., Portland, OR 97201

Portland State’s Institute of Aging, in partnership with the Education Abroad office, celebrates 10 years of running a successful, facultyled international program.

Interested participants are welcome to attend and learn more about the program as it has developed throughout the last 10 years and meet the faculty who will lead the program this summer 2014 term.

Wednesday, Jan. 15 Free Taijiquan/Tai Chi Practice Class

Noon – 1 p.m.

Pioneer Square 706 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97204 This free class offered in pioneer square will teach you the basics of Taijiquan/Tai Chi and is a great way to fit some exercise and meditation into your life. All are welcome to attend.

FREE

Trans Partner Community Gathering 5 – 7 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center 1802 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland, OR 97201

FREE

Tuesday Blues 7:30 p.m.

Bossanova Ballroom 722 E. Burnside St., Portland, OR 97214 The Portland Blues & Jazz Dance Society invites you to join them at the Bossanova Ballroom to celebrate the life of award-winning musician Kevin Selfe. Free dance lessons will be offered beginning at 7:30 p.m. and will carry over to open dance at 8:30 p.m. All ages are welcome.

FREE

Every Wednesday evening the Women’s Resource Center at PSU hosts a night to build community amongst partners of trans individuals.

All genders and sexualities are welcome to attend and share their stories and resources. FREE

Thursday, Jan. 16 Healthy Relationships Group 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center 1802 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland, OR 97201 If you identify as female and want to explore your conflict style in relationships, understand how your personal

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values affect the relationships you are in, and want to explore your own idea of setting and sticking to boundaries in relationships, you are welcome to attend the Healthy Relationships Group every Thursday at the Women’s Resource Center. To join the group and begin to attend meetings, please email Adrienne Graf at ipv@pdx.edu.

sides of the earth, find a connection with each other. It is a story about love, and a balance between good and evil. It is also a musical that features a seven piece band of talented, local musicians.

Tickets to the show are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, and it runs from Jan. 16 to Jan. 19 at various show times.

For more information, visit www.outworldtheater.com.

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The Tomb Chapel of Menna: The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting an Ancient Egyptian Tomb 7:30 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 236 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Dr. Melinda Hartwig, professor of ancient Egyptian and near eastern history at Georgia State Univeristy, presents a discussion about the tomb chapel of Menna, one of Egypt’s finest painted tombs situated on the west bank of the Nile. Dr. Hartwig will offer a history of the tomb, and talk about the impact heavy tourism has taken on the site over FREE time.

Aika & Rose 7:30 p.m.

Headwaters Theater 55 N.E. Farragut St., Portland, OR 97211 Aika & Rose is the story of two girls who, from opposite

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Friday, Jan. 17 Futurescape City Tour 6 – 9 p.m.

Recess Headquarters 1127 S.E. 10th Ave., Portland, OR 97214 Join fellow community members in taking a look at questions about technology and what our future holds in regards to how it will affect the community we live in. Futurescape City Tour is an art event based on a communitydriven research project about how technology shapes our lives, communities, and how it will help determine the future of Portland. This event will feature the work of numerous local artists depicting the reality of the past and the possibilities of the future.

FREE

Saturday, Jan. 18

Portland Farmers Market Winter Market 10 a.m – 2 p.m.

Shemanski Park 1010 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR 97205 Every Saturday in January and February the Portland Farmers Market is open in Shemanski Park, offering the opportunity to shop fresh and local during the winter season. Over 35 farmers and food vendors attend to bring the best seasonal fare Portland has to offer, and much more. FREE

Tales for the Year of the Horse 2 p.m.

Multnomah County Library, Woodstock Meeting Room 6008 S.E. 49th Ave., Portland, OR 97206 Master storyteller, Anne Rutherford, will be at the Multnomah County Libarary to help bring in the Chinese New Year with an early celebration and a collection of lively tales that capture the true meaning of the holiday. All ages are encouraged to attend. FREE

Monday, Jan. 20

Martin Luther King, Jr., will begin at 9:30 a.m. and run until 2:30 p.m. to offer students and guests the chance to work within the community. Events and locations vary, but will start with a rally to celebrate and remember the life of Dr. King.

For more information, visit studentleadersforservice.org.

FREE

Tuesday, Jan. 21 Lets Talk Series: Social Justice 10 a.m. – Noon Smith Memorial Student union, Multicultural Center 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Join Rev. Deborah R. Brown, ObJN and Episcopal chaplain to the PSU community, as well as the part-time rector of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church in Northeast Portland, as she guides us through an exploration of privilege as it relates to social justice. Why is it important to learn about privilege? Who does it impact? Find answers to these questions and more during this workshop. FREE

5th Annual MLK Day of Service: Education as a Civil Right 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Varying Locations The 5th Annual day of service, held in honor of Dr.

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Top Performers: Chase DeLeo, 1 goal, 1 assist

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HALL OF FAME VOTERS BATTED .500 JESSE TOMAINO

The Baseball Writers Association of America got it half right with their 2014 selections to the Hall of Fame. Former Atlanta Braves pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine were inducted, as was designated hitter Frank Thomas. They whiffed on Craig Biggio and a couple of infamous performance enhancers.

Maddux was a slam dunk, receiving the eighth highest vote total of all time. His rotation mate Glavine also appeared on more than 90 percent of ballots, easily making it to Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility.

Even though neither pitcher was in any danger of missing induction, the fact that such no-brainer selections as Maddux and Glavine were left off of some ballots points to how flawed the selection process is. Baseball writers with axes to grind are allowed to cast votes with no accountability. MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick refused to vote for Maddux, Glavine or any other player from baseball’s “steroid era” for fear of contaminating Cooperstown.

Gurnick and some other members of the BBWAA cost Biggio a chance at induction in 2014. Biggio, the former Houston Astros second baseman, finished his career with 3,060 hits, and missed enshrinement by only two votes. Being anywhere north of 3,000 generally ensures a spot in the Hall, but Biggio was excluded this year simply by playing during the time of

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baseball’s recent substance abuse struggles.

Biggio was a workmanlike player who stands 5-feet 11-inches tall and weighs in at 185 pounds—not exactly the poster boy for anabolic steroid abuse. He never tested positive and was never even accused of abusing steroids, yet Gurnick and others feel justified in lumping him in with Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and others who clearly used performance-enhancing drugs during some portion of their careers.

Speaking of Bonds and Clemens—they should be in the Hall as well. If the BBWAA wanted to punish them for their PED abuse by making them wait a year for induction, that’s fine. They had to wait. You’ve made your point, but your Hall of Fame is absolutely ridiculous without both of them in bronze.

Bonds owns the career home run record—equally ridiculous asterisk or not— and had the sweetest swing this side of Griffey. Clemens was only the most ferocious

pitcher of his generation and racked up seven Cy Young awards during his career.

With or without PEDs, Bonds and Clemens were two of the best players to ever play their sport, and it makes baseball look far worse to try and arbitrarily decide who to exclude on moral grounds than to just put the best players in and leave the moralizing out of it.

Ty Cobb is in the Hall and he killed a guy, but it was a long time ago, so what’s the big deal, right? The NFL didn’t remove Orenthal from Canton. It might make sense if the voters were waiting for an apology or at least an acknowledgement of their wrongdoing, but Pete Rose copped to betting on baseball years ago, and somehow the writers haven’t seen fit to allow Charlie Hustle into Cooperstown yet.

So what we have isn’t a Hall of Fame where all of the best players in baseball history are immortalized—just those with our approval. Why would a fan want to make a pilgrimage

to the hinterlands of New York to see an incomplete Hall?

I’m glad the writers inducted Frank Thomas. Even though he was primarily a designated hitter, he deserves to be there. However, he was never one-tenth the player that Barry Bonds was. There’s no reason to take the Hall seriously until Barry, the Rocket and Rose are enshrined.

One Hall of Fame voter didn’t take his responsibility seriously at all. Dan Le Batard of ESPN abdicated his vote, instead allowing readers of sports website Deadspin to cast his ballot. Even though his actions were supposedly in protest of players such as Bonds and Clemens being excluded from the Hall, there is no excuse for blowing off a public trust like a Hall of Fame ballot.

Le Batard should have been glad he had an opportunity to have his vote counted; he likely won’t next year. Hopefully whoever replaces him will strike out less often than the current voters.

TOM GLAVINE (LEFT) AND GREG MADDUX dominated the National League for the Braves throughout the ‘90s.

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Silver lining in football’s shocking announcement The removal of PSU’s football subsidies was a shock for some, but a well laid plan of action for others TOBIN SHIELDS

Prior to winter break, Portland State President Wim Wiewel released an update about the current financial shortfall that the school is facing. In the release, the president explained that unrepresented, unclassified staff members will be taking a substantial cut to their pay raise for the 2014–2015 year. Wiewel also explained that he wanted to reduce capital expenditures in general throughout the school.

However, the last announcement claimed that PSU can no longer afford to subsidize the football team, and is requiring the program to become self-sufficient by the 2014–2015 school year.

“The obvious conclusion people jump to is, ‘You guys are going to drop football,’” Mike Lund, head of the football program told The Oregonian.

“No. This secures the program.

Now it’s not reliant on the university. It’s on us to run the program efficiently and generate more money.”

Upon initially reading the statement, it’s difficult not to think that the program might be facing a tough road ahead.

However, many in the athletics program believe that it will take the program in a positive direction. David Hersh, the president of the Viking Athletic Partnership in charge of ticket sales, said:“I applaud it; it’s just good business. There is no reason we can’t be self-sufficient.”

Although the change seems to be universally liked by staff members in the program, we wanted to get more information about the process that lead to this decision, and also the specific changes it may have on the program.

“As a university, PSU has had numerous budget challenges in the past,” Torre

Chisholm, head of the athletics department told the Vanguard. “The discontinuation of football was a topic of discussion a few times in PSU’s history…[the removal of the subsidies] is happening now, because the university has a major structural budget deficit and is looking for savings opportunities in all areas of campus.”

However, it was Chisholm’s suggestion that instead of removing the program altogether, which would cause major structural issues, the program needed to become self-sufficient instead.

“This was one of many concepts for cost-savings in athletics that was discussed and evaluated by the university’s leadership team,” he said. And ultimately, it was the decision that the president liked the best.

Over the summer, Wiewel formed a task force to begin to talk about how to manage the $15 million rebudgeting that he knew would be coming this year. Right away, the athletics department was the first to be under consideration.

“We talked about a number of different possibilities,” the president said. “Should we get rid of sports altogether?

Should we consider moving to lower divisions? Then football came to the table, and we thought it should totally be removed.”

It was around this time that Chisholm was asked to come in to give input on how best to remove funding for the athletics program without totally killing any particular program. Chisholm knew that the football program could support itself with the right changes, and encouraged the decision to become self-supporting. It would keep the program, jobs and fans—and cut about $800,000 from the budget.

“That’s what made this approach so attractive,” Wiewel said. “Instead of eliminating football, or athletics altogether…this is much more of a modest impact on people.”

There were also a lot of factors that the president didn’t consider about the ramifications of removing the program entirely that were brought up to him by Chisholm. Based on Title IX requirements, Portland State is required to have a reasonable balance between female and male scholarship athletes.

While normally schools struggle to make sure that they have enough women’s teams, the removal of football would actually cause there to be a shortage of men in the athletics program, requiring the removal of several women’s sports.

“We just didn’t think that was an acceptable option,” the president said.

Although it’s encouraging to know that there were many people involved in this decision and that the impact should be far less than what it originally appeared to be, it’s hard to believe that there won’t be any changes to the program at all.

“I respect the decision and appreciate the impact it will have on preserving other academic and student support services on campus,” Chisholm explained. “That said, it will become more challenging to achieve the competitive and academic goals athletics has established for the football program. Athletics has its work cut out to grow campus and community support for football, and ultimately expand revenues to deliver the football program that PSU deserves.”

So here are the facts: The program can truly become self-supporting, but they are going to need to increase the number of Football Bowl

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Subdivision games they play per year and see an increase in season tickets sold. On the bright side, the team will be able to remain in the Big Sky Conference and continue to play at Jeld-Wen Field. “ Athletics will work to minimize the impact on student athletes. We will continue to offer the same level of scholarship support to the football program,” Chisholm said in regards to how it will affect students. “Other impacts will include: inability to retain quality

coaches; reduced funding for team travel, which could affect the number of games we play; and reductions in recruiting and equipment funding.”

There are going to be a lot of departments all over the school that will feel the rough effects of this rebudgeting.

“I give Torre a lot of credit for thinking very long, very hard and very creatively about how he could meet what the university needed to do, while still protecting and safeguarding the athletic de-

partment,” Wiewel said. “And I truly feel that he exemplified being a leader of a unit.”

The Vanguard will keep you up-to-date with information regarding the budget for the football team and what kind of effect it may have for next season. Ultimately, though, the only way to guarantee that the program survives is going to be more student involvement—showing up to games.

PSU has an exceptional football program, and it would be a huge shame to lose it.

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SPORTS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Dear NFL fans, The Denver Broncos were impressive this year. Peyton Manning broke records, but he could not have done so without a great receiving crew—among them, Julius Thomas. The tight end had a breakout year, and gained national recognition not only for himself, but also for his alma mater, Portland State.

Thomas’ performance this year was nothing short of spectacular. The fact that he is not among the top 50 highest-paid tight ends in the league is even more amazing. Thomas was not even the highest-paid tight end on the Broncos: His contract was definitely the least impressive part of his season. What did impress was 65 receptions, 788 yards and 12 touchdowns while being a focal point of the Denver offense. Before this year, Thomas had one catch for five yards.

Yeah, you could call this year a bit of a breakout season for the former Viking.

So with all of this in mind, Vizio presents an award, voted on by the fans, to the NFL player who is the Top Value Performer. In a perfect world, the athlete who wins this award is the one whose performance on the field most exceeds the value of his contract.

So fans, I am calling out to you right now to get online and vote for Julius. Especially those of you in the PSU community. We do not have a chance to be recognized like this very often. The PSU name does not often gain national recognition like some other colleges farther down the I-5 corridor. But today we have the opportunity to be recognized.

This award is fantastic in a sense: It is not for the big, famous athlete who makes the most money and recieves the most national press. This award is about who is literally worth the most to their team. And even though it is not an MVP or anything along those lines, this is an awesome award that more sports should include.

So, why not pile on to the incredible season our fellow alumni has had? What better way, than giving him a great reward: One that reflects what he accomplished on the field this year? This award is fan decided. That’s right, we decide who wins. There are a lot of other great names on the list that you can vote for, but for fans in the Northwest, there is definitely only one real option on that list.

This guy worked his ass off. That much is clear. He came from a school which obviously is not known for its NFL prowess when it comes to individual athletes. He came from a school that blew up Twitter after Neil Lomax was mentioned on SportsCenter, due to his opening game performance. Thomas came out of nowhere, but found himself catching touchdown passes from one of the best quarterbacks of ALL TIME. Yeah, that’s how he jumped onto the scene.

Thomas did all of this for a salary of $555,000. Injuries decimated his first two years in the NFL, but after getting past all that adversity, Thomas put himself on the map not only in the city of Portland, but all over the nation. His playoff premier on Sunday, with six catches for 76 yards including the gameicing first down, shows a player who hasn’t even reached his full potential yet.

So this is how you vote NFL fans. Visit vizio.com/TVP, or tweet the players handle, with the hashtag of TVP followed by the players name. For example, to vote for Julius Thomas one would tweet @Julius_Thomas #TVPJuliusThomas.

Sincerely, Alex Moore Vanguard Sports Desk

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A HEALTHY NEW YOU

HEALTH& WELLNESS A PSU student browses the healthy section of the Smith Memorial Student Union cafeteria.

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2014 is here, and some of you have probably made the New Year’s resolution to get healthier and more fit. Any effort to improve your way of life is always looked upon favorably, but you should be especially vigilant when planning out what diet you want to follow.

It’s super easy to get caught up in the hype surrounding a new trend, but keep a watchful eye for nutritionally sound, doctor-approved diets. Pick something you can do for the long term; something you can maintain.

If you need help getting started, the Center for Student Health and Counseling has a nutritionist you can talk to for free. They will talk to you about your current eating habits and offer advice for improvement.

There are so many diets out there, and most are very unhealthy. Many of them focus on cutting calories down to an unhealthy amount. This is commonly referred to as crash dieting.

Crash dieting is impossible to maintain for a long period of time and can be dangerous to your health. It generally results in gaining any weight

lost—and then some—once you resume consuming a normal amount of calories. As a rule of thumb, you should not eat fewer than 1500 to 1800 calories a day. Without a proper amount of calories, you will see a decrease in cognitive abilities and overall energy.

If you must follow a diet, the paleo diet is a nutritionally sound diet that has become quite popular in the last year or so. It is a high-fat, high-protein diet that focuses on cutting out grains and dairy, while getting all your calories from meat and vegetables. It can be hard to maintain, as the standard American diet contains a lot of grains in the form of fillers.

Going paleo can be as strict or as lenient as you want to make it. There is room to “cheat” if you absolutely must have a slice of pie. It’s a good diet on which to base long-term eating habits on.

Outside of a specific diet, eating healthfully is actually easier than it seems. It requires a few minor alterations, but it is totally doable if you’re committed. Start making small changes, and you’ll soon find that you can easily maintain it.

As previously noted, don’t be afraid of calories. If you’re eating a balanced diet and not overdoing it in any one area, you won’t eat too much.

Additionally, fat isn’t to be feared. Your brain needs fat to function, and as long as you’re eating healthy fats like nuts, seeds and oil your body will be happy.

In terms of diet breakdown, you generally want to strive for the 40/40/20 breakdown of calories: 40 percent from lean protein, 40 percent from complex carbohydrates, and 20 percent from fat. The quality of calories is just as important as quantity, so eat whole foods whenever you can; processed food is packed with sodium and unhealthy fillers.

It’s worth noting that there is room in any diet for eating sweets and junk food; moderation is key in this regard.

Enjoy yourself.

It may seem daunting to overhaul your diet, but if you want to see yourself getting healthy this year, this is where it starts. Find foods that you enjoy, and learn to cook healthy meals; it’ll become easier and easier as time goes on. Good luck!

SPORTS

BLAZERS RESERVE PROFILE: JOEL FREELAND BRITISH BIG-MAN PROVIDES BOOST FROM THE BENCH JAY PENGELLY

Joel Freeland is one of seven British-born players in the history of the NBA. He was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 30th pick in the first round of 2006, the same draft which brought Lamarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy and Sergio Rodriguez to Rip City.

From then to now has been a long journey for Freeland.

Growing up, Freeland’s sports passion was soccer.

It wasn’t until an injury derailed his professional chances that he switched to basketball. But in a few short years on the hardwood, Freeland began to garner interest from the British National Team for his play on the first-team English League’s Solent Stars.

At 19 years old, the 6-feet 11-inch Freeland was taken in the first round of the NBA draft, but the Blazers told him he needed to spend some more time in the European basketball leagues before his game was ready for prime time.

He spent the next two years in the top tier Spanish basketball league, Liga ABC. Following his capable efforts there, Freeland signed a large contract with Spain’s Euroleague team, reportedly five years for 4.5 million euros. He continued to work on all aspects of his game, posting solid numbers of 13 points and 6 rebounds.

In the summer of 2012, the Blazers struggled with the decision of whether to rebuild or reload. One thing they desperately needed was big men to come off the bench.

This need led to the drafting of Meyers Leonard with the 11th overall pick and signing

JOEL FREELAND uses his elbows to clear the Nuggets’ J.J. Hickson out of his way.

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their foreign asset, Freeland, to a three-year contract.

Freeland was fresh off playing for the British National Team in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he averaged 14.8 points, 6.6 boards and 1.8 steals.

Freeland entered his rookie NBA season at 25 years old and much more experienced than he was on draft night. But his first year in the big leagues would not be an easy one. On

a bench which some consider one of the worst in NBA history, Freeland was a footnote.

Leonard, five years younger than Freeland, played most of the reserve minutes.

Freeland played in 51 games, but much of that time was garbage minutes or late in the season when injuries and poor play had ruined all chance of a playoff berth.

He averaged 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in 9.4 minutes

per game. He also spent two games with the Developmental League Idaho Stampede.

In the summer of 2013 Freeland made the bold choice to stay in Portland and work on his game, as opposed to playing for the British team in international competition. A combination of work ethic and consistent improvement led to a solidified position in the Blazers rotation this year.

Freeland has played in every game of the 2013–14 campaign except one, which he missed due to a hip injury.

He currently averages 3.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in almost 15 minutes per game.

In an interview with Trail Blazers Courtside, Freeland discusses finding a niche on this team and what he brings to the table, saying, “I had to figure out what my role was going to be on this team. I

have the skill set to give the team what I’m giving them at the moment, which is energy, setting great picks, protecting the rim, running the floor and just being an all-around hustle guy.”

Freeland has done those things and has even more to offer. He has yet to put on display his long-range shooting, but the Blazers are winning, and Joel Freeland is contributing to those wins every night.

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