Portland State Vanguard

VOLUME 68 | ISSUE 18

JANUARY 7, 2014

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NEWS

OPINION

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PSU Campus Public Safety Officer Peter Ward talks about his 35 years of experience as a police officer. pg. 6

Is it impossible to succeed at your New Year’s resolutions? Not if you have a realistic plan of action. pg. 8

Remembering the Rough Rider—a look back at the history of the Park Blocks’ Theodore Roosevelt statue. pg. 14

The Vanguard resets local basketball after winter break: Blazers, PSU Men’s and Women’s teams. pg. 21-23

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NEWS

HARVEST FOR HEALTHY KIDS RECEIVES WAL-MART FOUNDATION GRANT

ANTAWAN SIMPKINS gives a thumbs up in the Thumbs-up Taste Test during a National Farm-to-Preschool Day celebration in Natalie Stemler’s Head Start class.

KARISA CLEARY

Exciting advances are on the horizon for Harvest for Healthy Kids, an effort led by both Portland State and Mt. Hood Community College’s Head Start preschool programs that educates low-income children and their families about eating healthy with locally grown produce.

Just last month the program gained a new sponsor, the Wal-Mart Foundation, which awarded the program with a $98,608 grant.

Beginning as a research study, this program has been a combined endeavor that paired Betty Izumi, professor in PSU’s School of Community Health, and Dawn Barberis, the associate director of administrative services at MHCC Head Start, as co-directors.

“We have been working together for four years to develop, implement and evaluate the program,” Izumi said.

Harvest for Healthy Kids begins its work inside the classroom with curriculum directed toward children ages 3 to 5 in the Head Start programs throughout Multnomah County. The various activities are implemented weekly and include games, worksheets and even vegetable taste-testing. Each month also introduces a new vegetable.

A sub-program was put into play just this year that promotes nutrition in the homes of these families.

Home programs became available this year, serving families with children up to 3 years old free of cost.

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The curriculum differs in that Harvest representatives are able to teach parents who may lack the tools to access healthy and locally grown foods on their own directly. Lessons about nutrition and demonstrations on different ways to prepare the vegetable of the month are brought straight to their doors.

With the grant from Wal-Mart, Harvest for Healthy Kids plans to expand and enhance various areas of the program. Barberis described just a few of these plans.

“We have low-quality books and with money, we will be able to enhance those while developing tool kits and gaining access to supplemental books and extensive library options.

Cooking kits are another option because, right now, we have to share a lot of materials,” Barberis said. “And a website is to come to show how we implemented curriculum in the classroom.”

Izumi also discussed the significance of their prior sponsors in making their efforts such a success.

“It is important to know that Kaiser Permanente and Meyer Memorial Trust also are funders,” Izumi said. “In fact, we just received another grant from Kaiser Permanente to disseminate Harvest for Healthy Kids to a broader audience that include early care and education professionals and stakeholders across the country.”

Confirming that Harvest for Healthy Kids has made

an impact on children’s preferences, Barberis shared her observations.

“Evaluation shows that children are more willing to try and like the food. We have some children who only tried the food without any other curriculum and we have other children who got the curriculum, but didn’t try the food,” Barberis said. “The ones who got it all showed the biggest gain.”

Annika Backstrom, a registered dietitian at the Center for Student Health and Counseling, explained her views on the effects of healthy nutrition in a child’s life.

“I believe common sense shows that the less sugar a child has influences their daily lives, like in their ability to focus. Children are often afraid to try new things, but parent influence can impact that,” Backstrom said.

Not only has this program benefited Head Start families, it has also opened up opportunities for PSU students in the School of Community Health major within the program.

For instance, the process of developing the Harvest for Healthy Kids pilot project included multiple PSU students, according to Barberis.

“Starting in January of the 2010 to 2011 year, the PSU students [in the School of Community Health major] aided in the pilot project,” Barberis said. “This included the development of the month-by-month curriculum and the research study.”

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COURTESY OF PROFESSOR BETTY IZUMI

NEWS

ENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAM OPENS DOORS FOR UNDERGRADUATES GWEN SHAW

At most schools, research positions with faculty are reserved for graduate students, but at Portland State, that isn’t always the case. The Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Program in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science offers undergraduate students the ability to work closely with a faculty adviser to bring a project to life.

Dr. Christof Teuscher, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, leads the program, which has two main supporters: the Semiconductor Research Corporation Education Alliance and the Maseeh College Dean’s Office.

The SRCEA funds the projects closely related to semiconductors and electrical and computer engineering, while the dean’s office supports the remaining engineering fields.

“If you look at the benefits, it’s the kind of thing that as a student you should jump on because it can really help to bootstrap your career,” Teuscher said. He explained that no matter where students want to end up in an industry job or a graduate program, participating in the URMP will help them stand out against others, and that it’s a great opportunity.

This year, 17 students from various disciplines of engineering are participating in the program. The program also includes opportunities in chemistry and physics.

The application process opened last spring and continued through the summer and early fall, allowing new students to hear about the opportunity. The official start of the program was Nov. 1, and it will continue throughout the academic year, ending with a poster presentation in late spring.

“I think the most important part of all of these opportunities is that if you work with a faculty member and you do really good work, he or she

CHRISTOF TEUSCHER, leader of the engineering research program, works in his lab.

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will write you a reference letter for your next application.

And that can really launch you off to the next level,” Teuscher said. “I can write such good letters if a student can produce cool stuff or maybe write a paper, compared to someone who was just in my class and I barely know. And it’s not just for the next job—it can be for the next 10 years.

I still get requests from students I worked with five or six years ago.”

Since this year’s participants are just getting started with their research, not many details have been determined, but Carmen Ciobanu, a junior in computer engineering who works closely with Teuscher, did a lot of work over the summer.

Ciobanu is helping with a collaboration between PSU and Johns Hopkins University where they are creating micro- and nanoscale chips.

Johns Hopkins is creating

the hardware, and students working in Teuscher’s lab at PSU are working on the software to program them.

Ciobanu’s role was to create a tool that tells the software how to behave using Matlab, a software-writing program.

She explained that people in chip-making have been working to reduce the size of chips making them as small as possible while also making them as fast as possible. These are the chips that go into cellphones and other small devices people use on a daily basis. Most recently, engineers have explored making different threedimensional components on a micro- and nanoscale.

“It’s really cutting-edge research and that goes back to what students can get out of [the program],” Teuscher said. “If you can be involved with that kind of cuttingedge research and you go into an interview and can talk about these things, then

those folks usually are excited and impressed.”

For Ciobanu, this was her first introduction to a position in the engineering field, and though it was technically not a job, she said she was there from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or later working on her project.

“I was there knowing that I’m part of a project, and we need to succeed to get results.

Engineering is very self-oriented, even when working as a team or for a company or research in academia,” she said.

Even with this strong emphasis on results, Ciobanu was able to succeed and get a lot out of the program.

“I guess the best part was that I learned not to be scared and I learned how to go there and work for the benefit of the project and get results,” Ciobanu said. “I think this is a very important lesson that will definitely help me with my internship and my job in

engineering in the future.”

Emilio Molina is another URMP participant and is working with fellow students to create a water purification system.

Molina is a senior in mechanical engineering, and his team consists of Simon Fowler, a physics Ph.D. candidate, and Esteban Rodriguez-Ariza, a chemistry undergraduate student who is also a URMP participant. They are working with Dr. Jun Jiao, a mechanical engineering professor.

“We actually did a lot of work last academic year, but we ended up starting over [the design of the system] this fall,” Molina said. Instead of a batch of water sitting and being purified, they have a constant flow system— the water goes in contaminated and flows through the system, coming out clean.

The interdisciplinary team plans to have a bench scale

prototype for their water purification system by the end of this spring to present, which means a small system designed for testing before moving onto full size.

The URMP is open to any engineering student. Though many benefits can be gained from participation in the program, it’s still hard to find students willing to put in the time needed to do the research. About eight hours of work on the project are required each week in order for it to succeed, and that time can be spread out as needed to fit into the student’s schedule.

“For those that are really committed and really want to do it, this is the kind of program that really kicks off your career,” Teuscher said.

For more information on the URMP, including program eligibility, visit pdx. edu/cecs/undergraduate-research-mentoring-program.

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NEWS

ON THE BEAT

SPENDING TIME WITH A CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER PETER WARD, Campus Public Safety Officer, working at his desk over the winter break.

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STEPHANIE TSHAPPAT

When Campus Public Safety Officer Peter Ward is on a shift patrolling Portland State’s campus, he tries to greet everyone he meets with a smile and a hello.

This was no less the case on one of Ward’s recent foot patrols. No matter who he met—kids and teachers from the Helen Gordon Childcare Center, students, or one of the

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street preachers in the Park Blocks—if Ward was able to greet them with a “good morning” and a kind word, he did.

“I try to build up a rapport with the university community,” Ward said while on patrol.

“This is what I’m here for; this is my job. Helping people doesn’t have to be police-oriented—if I can help someone, I will.”

Ward has been a police officer for 35 years, starting with the Merseyside Police in his

hometown of Liverpool, England. An officer there for 32 years, Ward spent some of that time working in a specialized unit countering organized crime.

Ward moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2007 to be closer to his oldest daughter and grandson, who by then had moved to Hillsboro. After spending time with the Portland Police Bureau and the Tigard Police Department,

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Ward came to PSU’s CPSO in 2012. He has also given lectures on policing at the University of Oregon.

“The substantial difference [was] that I was not armed with a firearm,” in Merseyside, Ward said, adding that “although the probability of dealing with someone with a firearm [was] unlikely, [it] did happen.

“In both environments I had the same issue,” he said in an email. “I could not dedicate as much time as I would wish to develop a relationship with the different segments of the community, which made up my ‘beat.’”

One of the things he enjoys about working in a campus environment is the variety of people he gets to meet on his patrols, which he prefers to do either on foot or on bicycle.

“When I talk to people, I like to get them to feel like they’re helping me. It’s all about the relationships,” Ward said.

Ward comes from a family involved with law enforcement—his parents were police officers, one of his sisters is a retired police officer, while another is a crime prosecutor in England (the equivalent to a district attorney in the U.S.).

Ward originally joined the force in England because they promised to foot the bill for his studies if he went to

college. However, he found he enjoyed police work so much that he wanted to make a career of it.

“I’ve always been grateful [for that],” Ward said, adding that a love for the work is important. “If you don’t have a love for this job, you shouldn’t do it.”

On his patrols, Ward not only tries to get around the grounds on campus, but also inside campus buildings, greeting everyone he meets and checking on offices and classrooms where crimes have occurred to make sure everything is okay. If something or someone seems suspicious, he checks it out with humor and a smile.

Outside on the patrol, Ward contacted a subject who appeared to be pacing back and forth in front of one of the dormitories. An assault had recently taken place on campus, and the pacing subject appeared to match the description of the assault suspect, who was still at large.

Ward approached the subject to make sure he was okay—he was, and turned out to be a student who remembered meeting Ward some time ago. Ward, upon being reminded of this, joked about being old, apologized for not remembering the student and explained the assault.

After verifying the student’s PSU identification, and determining that the student was not the assault suspect, Ward thanked the student for his cooperation and help, appreciative of the student’s assistance.

“Something I’ve learned in 35 years is if you have an itch, scratch it,” he said. “There’s nothing worse than [seeing something suspicious], not checking it out, and wondering ‘what if.’”

Ward makes sure that his positivity on patrol is what helps him establish and maintain positive relationships with those he contacts in the university community and the public at large, and he makes sure that attitude extends to other areas of his life as well.

“My role is to become known as Peter Stuart Ward... who foremost is an approachable and friendly person and then a Campus Public Safety Officer,” he said.

The emphasis Ward places on building relationships is one he brings to every aspect of his life. Ward’s love for police work aside, he stressed the importance of not letting it overwhelm him.

“I’ve seen what people can do to each other, and you can’t let that get to you and become cynical,” he said.

“You take reasonable precautions, but [you] can’t worry that everyone will cause you undue harm.”

NEWS

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WELCOMES NEW DEAN

KATHARINE PEDERSEN

With winter term beginning, a new position starts for Dr. Laura Burney Nissen, who will take on the position of dean of the School of Social Work. Although she is familiar with Portland State—she has been a member of the faculty for 14 years—working as dean will be a different kind of role at the university.

Even though Nissen is not a Portland native—she received her Ph.D. and Master of Social Work at the University of Denver—she was excited to be a part of the Portland community.

“I was very attracted to the mission of the university

and the strength of the social work program,” Nissen said.

Nissen first arrived at PSU through her work with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Reclaiming Futures initiative, housed at PSU, where she held the executive director position for 11 years. As stated on the Reclaiming Futures website, the program is “a national program that focuses on events that first led to juveniles’ problems while providing greater community interaction and leadership opportunities.”

For the past three years, Nissen has remained a fulltime professor of social work while still keeping involvement in Reclaiming Futures as

CRIME BLOTTER

STEPHANIE TSHAPPAT

Dec. 23

Dec. 30

ARREST

ARREST

Southwest Broadway Avenue and Southwest Mill Street At 11:40 a.m., a student reported being followed by a white male into Smith Memorial Student Union. Officers Brian Rominger and Gregory Marks responded and contacted non-student Phillip Cox, who stated he was on campus to study in Millar Library. Cox was issued an exclusion.

Academic Student Rec Center, first floor At 5:35 p.m. Officer Baker and Officer Denae Murphy contacted non-student Ryan White in the men’s bathroom and arrested him for criminal trespass II, attempted unlawful possession of heroin, attempted unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a probation violation detainer, and two misdemeanor warrants.

Dec. 25

Jan. 1

ARREST

ARREST

Stratford residence hall At 10:10 p.m. Officer Shawn McKenzie and Officer Brenton Chose arrested non-student Joshua Blazie on two outstanding warrants: menacing—domestic violence and harassment—domestic violence. Blazie was issued a PSU exclusion.

University Technology Services, southeast door Officer Chris Fischer and Officer McKenzie contacted nonstudent Michael Herdeman, who had a prior PSU exclusion, going through the garbage at 4:35 a.m. Herdeman, a sex offender, was arrested for criminal trespass II and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.

a senior adviser. Being involved and helping others has been a major part of Nissen’s work.

“I’m very dedicated to social work and social work education,” Nissen said.

This is why when the dean position first opened, Nissen was eager to compete, even if it was a competitive national search.

“I want to help [the social work program] flourish and guide them into a new era,” Nissen said.

With 2014 marking the 50th anniversary of the School of Social Work, Nissen will be busy helping plan the school’s celebratory events.

Since the school is expanding, she also looks forward to adapting the school to the

changing world and evolving the program into one that helps the PSU community.

“As we evolve our program, we work with community members to help us grow the program together,” Nissen said.

Nissen also has plans to expand and enhance the alumni network, along with international opportunity.

As Nissen’s new position as dean begins, she will be busy helping the School of Social Work expand and promoting the school to show its evolution over the past 50 years.

“I’m proud to be a part of Portland State and the community. I believe in our school and our university,” she said.

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Dec. 23-Jan. 5 ARREST

Helen Gordon Child Development Center At 9:47 a.m.

Officer Higbee contacted non-student Steven Wagner sleeping in the east doorway; Wagner was informed he needed to leave the area and he complied. Officer Higbee drove around the block and witnessed Wagner urinating while he was walking near the intersection of Southwest Market Street and Southwest 13th Avenue. Wagner was issued a citation in lieu of arrest for offensive littering.

Jan. 2 BURGLARY

Bike Hub garage, south side of Blumel residence hall At 11 a.m. Officer Higbee received a report from a student of their bike being stolen from the locked bike garage between Dec. 19, 2013, at 2:35 p.m., and Jan. 2 at 10:50 a.m. Inspection showed the wire fencing cut in the upper northwest corner.

Bike is a Trek brand worth $1500 and has a dark brown frame and bright yellow handle bars. Surveillance video is being reviewed.

BURGLARY

Smith Memorial Student Union, #119 Officer Gary Smeltzer received a report of suite 119 being broken into and two keys being taken between Dec. 31, 2013 at 1 p.m., and Jan. 2 at 9 a.m.

Jan. 3 EXCLUSION

University Center Building, second floor At 3:28 a.m. Officer Brian Rominger, Officer Jon Buck and Sergeant Robert McLeary responded to a report of a suspicious person sleeping in the women’s restroom. Contacted non-student James Thomas Springer at south exit door in parking structure two. Springer admitted being in University

Center Building after hours and sleeping in the bathroom. PSU exclusion issued.

GRAFFITI

Harder House, northeast side Sergeant McLeary took a report at 11:44 p.m. from non-student Asa Battle who reported witnessing the upper half of the door being spray painted with gray paint by a white male adult in his 20s, 5-feet 11-inches tall, thin build, wearing a black hat and carrying a black bag. There was no specific tag on the door and an area check was conducted with negative results.

Jan. 4 HARASSMENT

Cramer Hall and Smith Memorial Student Union, walkway At 2:57 a.m. Officer Rominger responded to a report of a female student being grabbed by the arm by an unknown intoxicated subject described as a white male adult, 24-25

years of age, approximately six feet tall and 160 pounds, bald, who was wearing a black North Face jacket and jeans. Student was able to break the man’s grip, kick him in the groin, and run away.

Jan. 5 ARREST

Science Research and Teaching Center, south side At 1:05 a.m. Officers Buck, Rominger, and Fischer observed non-student Melissa S. Craig behaving suspiciously. When contacted it was discovered Craig had been previously excluded from PSU by Sergeant Michael Anderson; Craig was cited in lieu of arrest for criminal trespass II. Read the full Crime Blotter on psuvanguard.com.

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OPINION

NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS Words of Wellness

by Eric Earle

The passing of a new year signifies something special. It marks the shift from old to new; embodying hope, faith and belief. The month of January reminds us that if last year was less than a smashing success, this one can be better.

Now that the new year is upon us, consider why you might want to set a different kind of resolution: one that you will actually accomplish! Think about it. Do you want to lose weight?

Earn better grades? Improve yourself financially? Each year, 40 of every 100 Americans have similar aspirations. But of those 40 people, only 3.2 of them will accomplish their goals.

Personal development experts and self-help gurus have been preaching the positive benefits of goals for centuries.

Recent research indicates that they’re right: Goals are good, but not all goals are created equal. As psychologist Lisa D. Ordonez wrote, “Hundreds of studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently said that setting specific, challenging goals can powerfully drive behavior and boost performance.”

Psychologists have uncovered many ways to increase the likelihood that we will stick to our goals. For example, instead of writing 20 goals this year such as, “Lose weight, earn $100,000, get straight A’s, win an award, get a promotion,” you might try writing just one or two moderately sized goals. As Henry David Thoreau said: “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand.”

Most goal-setting researchers also agree that setting long lists of goals can be counterproductive. When the list becomes too much to manage, our level of self-efficacy tends to drop. When this happens, we are at risk for giving up on our goals because our belief in our ability to achieve them has dropped. When we don’t think we can accomplish our goals, we often fail to engage in the hard work and perseverance necessary to achieve them.

After narrowing our list of goals down to our most important, for example, “Get straight A’s this year,” we might take some advice from Michael Pantalon, who said that we are much more likely to stick to our goals if they are actions rather than results. So rather than write, “Get straight A’s,” con-

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sider a list of actions that would result in that outcome. You could write, “This year I will study for two hours everyday.

I will meet with each of my professors in their office hours at least three times per term. When I get my syllabi, I will map out my semester on a big calendar with circles, stars and highlighters.”

Other research shows that we are much more likely to accomplish our goals if we set a specific time and place in which we will accomplish them. For instance, you could write, “This year I will study for two hours every morning from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. I will study at the nice wooden desk in my room. My cue for completing this action will be right after I drink my morning cup of green tea.”

Finally, almost all goal-setting experts suggest that you make your goals attainable. They advise that it’s best to set goals with moderate levels of difficulty. For instance, if you have never studied a day in your life, you might consider

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making this goal slightly more achievable than studying for two hours every morning. You might try to start studying for just 20 minutes a day, and then continue by working your way up. If you successfully studied for 20 minutes every day in your first week, the next week you can try 25 minutes a day. By the end of the 10 week term, you may have cultivated the habit of studying for 65 minutes every single day! It helps to choose goals like Goldilocks does porridge. Find the one that feels just right.

One great benefit of New Year’s resolutions is that they are time-targeted. So this new year, after the champagne bottles have all been popped and the ball in New York City has dropped, turn your dream into a single, action-based, specific, attainable and time-targeted goal. As you start walking on your New Year’s journey, you may find yourself comforted by the words of motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, “A goal properly set is halfway reached.”

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OPINION

A CROOKED SHOOTER PHIL ROBERTSON PROVES THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH AMERICA

Global Thinking

by Derek Sun

News sometimes tells us things we already know. A recent example of this phenomenon occurred when Phil Robertson— star and patriarch of the Robertson family made famous by the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty—received a brief suspension after giving an interview in GQ magazine where he was a little more candid than usual about how his Christian faith and conservative beliefs have influenced his views on politics and history.

The most widely publicized part of Robertson’s interview was his opinion on one of the foremost “evils” facing society today—not crime or poverty, but homosexuality.

Robertson also said that according to the Bible, “the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won’t inherit the kingdom of God,” and how “eternal healthcare” that comes from believing in Jesus and God trumps any real healthcare plan enacted by laws and government.

Despite the nationwide outrage and debate that ensued, Robertson is now back on the show, and the upcoming fifth season of Duck Dynasty will not address the controversy. While Robertson delivered a few non-apologies, he did not display any consideration that perhaps his comments revealed bigotry or anything seriously wrong that ought to be changed. Instead, Robertson’s words are just one manifestation of a growing strain of worldview that is dominating American conservatism and the Republican party. It can be summed up as the “Nothing’s wrong with America” school of historical thought.

The “Nothing’s wrong with America” concept asserts that America is the best nation that has ever had the good fortune to appear on Earth, and that despite what any form of research, statistics or witnesses claim, there has never been any immense evil or injustice committed by Americans or in America. Even actual atrocities were in some way justified or necessary, and anyone who insists on talking about or studying such atrocities in depth is, deep down, unpatriotic or conspiring to instill self-hate in Americans so that America will be too weak to stand up to its enemies.

Prominent purveyors of “Nothing’s wrong with America,”— including David Barton, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin and Michele Bachmann—have mushroomed in influence and popularity in the past decade, and politicians are extolling the idea that even confirmed injustices in the past were never really as awful as most people think.

Were slavery and Jim Crow segregation really the monstrous institutions historians say they were? According to Bachmann, Thomas Lorenzo and their allies, slavery and racism helped keep families united, taught Christianity and hard work to the African American community, and discouraged black people from committing crimes. Was JapaneseAmerican internment seriously an invasion of civil liberties?

Malkin argues that plenty of Japanese Americans were plotting to carry out attacks against the U.S. and join imperial

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Japan in its quest to conquer the world with Nazi Germany.

What was the goal of McCarthyism? For Coulter, Joseph McCarthy was an honorable man who never lied and never ruined the lives of other people in the pursuit of imaginary threats, but actually made America safer and stronger through his fearmongering tactics.

Such fanatical faith in America’s inability to do wrong is also on display in Robertson’s comments. According to Robertson, he personally never witnessed any racism or violence as a young man in the South. “I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once…they’re singing and happy…pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.”

For Robertson and other believers of “Nothing’s wrong with America,” racism in America was never as catastrophic as some claim it was, and merely talking about racism is, in a way, practicing racism. Thus, we now have puerile statements such as “I don’t see race,” or “I view people in a colorblind way.” If Robertson and company never witnessed any racism, then it is therefore a certain fact that most black people lived happy and fulfilled lives, and changes since the civil rights movement have transformed black people from hardy farmers to welfare cases.

As Ta-Nehisi Coates has noted, there were obviously no black people foolhardy enough to complain to Robertson about racism and violence, as black people who argued with, contradicted, insulted or talked back to white people could expect to be lynched or murdered. “Governance in Phil

Robertson’s Louisiana was premised on terrorism…the black people who Phil Robertson knew were warred upon,” writes Coates, and Robertson’s belief that “black people were at their best when they were being hunted down like dogs…is a persistent strain of thought in this country.”

In the days that followed release of his interview, Robertson first declared that he was a “lover of humanity, not a hater,” but never came close to implying that he had come to any conclusion that he was being bigoted. His ideology is unfortunately not confined to his own family or community, but is gaining ground in America. Robertson frequently extols the virtues of being a wise elder ruling over immature young folks on his program, but he emerges from this controversy as a child who has never learned much of value or changed his ways of thinking since his younger days.

After two weeks of politicians pontificating, viewers demanding further apologies and a petition to reinstate Robertson that garnered thousands of signatures, Robertson has returned to his old role with little damage to his reputation and hardly any lessons learned. A&E failed to come up with a genuine punishment that could cause Robertson to change his ideas, since Robertson and his ilk are completely opposed to learning anything from their blunders. Robertson, for his part, is looking forward to being off the air in several years. “Let’s face it: three, four, five years, we’re out of here. You know what I’m saying? It’s a TV show. This thing ain’t gonna last forever.

No way.”

That, at least, is a small measure of comfort.

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OPINION

GOLDEN ILLUSION HOW AWARD SHOWS STREAMLINE PUBLIC OPINION The Pop Culture Ephebe

by Joshua Benson

As sure as Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time, I am a fiend for award season. Despite all of my interest in artistic relativism, award season has my ass parked in front of the internet for the entire month of December, refreshing news feeds to find out who’s been honored, snubbed, snuck in and left for dead.

Oscar parties, the perennial deluge of award show tweets, and Kanye West’s toxic relationship with the Grammys tell me that I’m not the only one who puts weight in the tradition of awards. Those who don’t are usually performers who spurn award shows for something like “missing the point of the craft.” I don’t really know what that means. Awards don’t necessarily dishonor those who don’t win and draw flattering attention to the medium as a whole, substantiating the consumer’s relationship with it.

Still, just because award shows are more beneficent in theory than their reputation claims doesn’t mean that our attempt at consensus of taste hasn’t become compromised. As with most social commodities, art’s meaning and value is strategically reassigned by consumers who attempt to corner meaning and value.

When 2009’s District 9 came out, I discussed it with a New Haven professor. When I gave her my assessment of the film’s mediocrity, she started in with the usual arguments. Yes, I knew what apartheid was. Yes, I saw what they did there (and sort of found it offensive). Yes, I knew the movie’s percentage on film-rating website Rotten Tomatoes. She essentially cited verbatim all of the positive reviews I’d read that argued the film’s brilliance. She didn’t even have to see the movie, and she probably didn’t plan to before she read the reviews.

The delegitimation of the award show starts here. It begins when we watch the trailer for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, get really juiced about seeing it, compare its reviews with those of American Hustle, go see the latter and pretend we like it more than we do, even though it’s not really up our alley. We change our interests and try to assume opinions based on the ideas of some megalomaniac.

Listen, I’m not saying pop entertainment critics are bad people or that their goodness or badness is what even matters here. The problem is that these people grade art based on personal inclination. This influences how the consumer grades art, which is really a personal decision. By blindly agreeing, we allow the critic to decide what art we do and don’t like and what art we do and don’t experience. How can we possibly form an individual opinion if we allow ourselves to be intimidated into liking a small subsection of the movies “predicted” to be nominated by a “professional” consumer with a “superior” reading ability?

Now, what is straight up bad is that the awards organizations involved seem to partly generate nominees from a socially self-conscious conceptualization and editing of the medium.

There are a lot of people who are shamefully overlooked for reasons other than quality. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (i.e. the people who choose the

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“By blindly agreeing, we allow the critic to decide what art we do and don’t like and what art we do and don’t experience.”

Grammys) is the worst at this. They refuse to honor any artists that disrupt the Disney-fied U.S. they perpetuate. This year, they shockingly nominated Sara Bareilles for Album of the Year. Don’t get me wrong, she’s got something going on, but she is by no stretch of most music listeners’ imagination deserving of that honor, especially this year. She is PG, though.

Then there’s the perennial Kanye West snub. That two of the most innovative, universally well-received albums of the last five years have been overlooked for the sake of “catching grenades” shows the academy’s lack of interest in rewarding the best, but increased interest in molding the social inclination of popular culture. Kanyegate may never be lived down and, as a result, critical justice will fail.

This argument is not limited to music. Take last year’s choice for Best Picture, Argo, and its director, Ben Affleck. Based on the mythology of the Academy Awards, the director of the Best

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Picture should at least be nominated. However, the clown of the town for the last decade has a little more work to do before he can be accepted into the club. Nonetheless, Michelle Obama presented the Best Picture award, and she couldn’t possibly award any other movie besides the one about the guts of those crafty and illusive Americans.

Alas, I like award shows. I subscribe to a necessarily flawed consensus. I think end-of-year lists can be a really nice way to create a roll call for the people whose work during the previous year deserves praise. I just think frustration with them comes from a very legitimate place—not necessarily the idea that there is no “best,” because we obviously understand that quality of art is ultimately relative, but that they no longer represent any type of consensus at all. They’re instead the product of a strange sort of oligarchical streamlining of public opinion whose deceit is usually boldfaced.

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JUST SAY NO TO STARBUCKS

FINDING LOCAL COFFEE NEAR PSU Page by Page

by Brie Barbee

Whether it’s dripping coffee or rain, Portland really epitomizes the name Drip City this time of the year. As winter truly sets in around the metro area, Portlanders will be looking for ways to stay warm against the cold and wet weather. For many people this means making their way down to their favorite coffee shop and purchasing a nice warm cup of coffee or tea.

Portland is a great city to live in, especially when you take into account all the wonderful local coffee roasters. There are multiple roasters throughout the city, from the iconic ones like Portland Roasting and Stumptown, to smaller but still equally comforting roasters like Ristretto and Trailhead.

With all the great local options for coffee, one might assume that big corporations such as Starbucks might struggle in a city like Portland. Yet if the number of cafes and green and white cups I see floating around campus are any indication, many people—especially students—go to Starbucks rather than a Portland-roasted coffee shop.

Don’t get me wrong, Starbucks is fine. I’ve found comfort in a cup of Starbucks tea on more than one occasion while on vacation and looking for my caffeine fix. Starbucks is comforting in its familiarity and consistency around the world.

But when we live in such a coffee mecca like Portland where unique and original coffee is practically everywhere, why settle for just fine?

Starbucks is a safe bet for coffee when there aren’t many other alternatives, but in a place like downtown Portland, alternatives are everywhere. Maybe Portland State students don’t think there is a better choice for coffee to be had on campus. Maybe the availability of Starbucks is very attractive to some people. If you know what you like, why be forced to change it?

I can think of a least four Starbucks within a few blocks of the main campus (counting the “Proudly Serving Starbucks” location in Smith Memorial Student Union). Trying to find variety in your coffee can prove to be a bit more difficult if you don’t know where to look.

Branford Bean (PSU Millar Library, 1875 SW Park Ave.) is my most frequented place to get decent coffee on campus. This little coffee stand—tucked in the back of the first floor of the library—serves Stumptown coffee. While the lattes can leave something to be desired compared to the Stumptown cafes themselves, you can get good drip coffee quickly and for not a lot of money. Right away, I should have every coffee-addicted student’s attention.

The Meetro (King Albert Building, 1809 SW 11th Ave.) is another campus coffee shop, and they serve up Portland Roasting coffee. Both the Meetro and Branford Bean are affiliated with PSU Food and Dining Services, and you can use your dining dollars at either of these locations.

There is also coffee available at the student-run vegetarian restaurant Food for Thought (PSU Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway) which serves drip coffee and espresso drinks from Trailhead Coffee Roasters. The coffee is cheap and plentiful (and costs even less if you bring your own mug), and it’s a perfect spot for any coffeeholic on campus.

If none of these places do it for you, and you are willing to walk a few blocks during a break from classes or hop on the streetcar, you can find many more local coffee shops within about a mile of campus.

Just a few stops on the streetcar up from the Park District is one of my favorite hidden gems, Behind the Museum (1229 SW 10th Ave.). Behind the Museum is a quaint Japanese cafe with a bit of European flair in the coffee and sandwiches they serve.

The coffee here is Extracto, another roaster local to Portland. If coffee isn’t your thing, Behind the Museum specializes in Japanese tea that really hits the spot on a cold Portland afternoon.

If you have a few hours between classes and need a hip place to study or need to grab your morning cup of joe on the way downtown, then you may want to make the trip up to Case Study Coffee. Case Study Coffee (802 SW 10th Ave.) is located right off the Central Library streetcar stop. It’s about a mile away from campus but provides delicious, handcrafted coffee drinks that are like nothing you’ll find at Starbucks.

Case Study Coffee offers their own unique coffee, as well as house-made syrups. The vanilla syrup has real, long

strands of vanilla beans, and the hazelnut syrup tastes just like the real thing.

The next time you decide you’d like a hot cup of coffee, think about all the options available to you in the City of Roses. Starbucks is a good and fine place to get coffee, but why limit yourself by not exploring all that the Portland coffee scene—especially the spots around campus—has to offer?

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BUDDY UP A BRIAN FORRESTER runs his website redesign ideas by his mentor, Mark Grimes, a serial entrepreneur.

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Finding community and a sense of belonging in college can be a big challenge for students—especially at an urban commuter campus like Portland State. Without peer support, many undergraduate hopefuls fall short of their aspirations, thus resulting in wasted time, energy and resources. Universities across the country are riddled with high dropout and failure rates. According to the National Center for Academic Transformation, four out of 10 students will drop out of school before completing their degrees.

While there have been numerous efforts to increase student success from the top down, one recent PSU graduate is tackling the problem with a more lateral approach.

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“The most untapped, undercapitalized source of support for students isn’t up or down, it’s in between—from me to you and you to me,” said Brian Forrester, who graduated last term.

Forrester is the founder of BuddyUp, a social media site that helps students connect with classmates and organize study groups.

In the era of Twitter handles and Facebook stalking, social media has almost become an extension of everyday life.

Many have argued that digital culture has had a negative impact on student success, among other things; but where some see a problem, Forrester sees opportunity.

“In the last five years or so, there’s been a lot of pitting social media against academic success,” he said. “With

BuddyUp we’re leveraging the principles of social media that have traditionally been a hindrance to students and we’re using them to help people succeed in the classroom.”

BuddyUp allows students to search for and organize study sessions based on availability, location, course and language.

For ease of use, the website has been integrated with PSU systems, meaning any PSU student can visit getbuddyup.com and sign up for an account using their Odin login information.

Forrester spent six years at PSU as an undergrad, and he said it took him at least three years to feel like he knew anybody.

“In a school of 30,000 students, it’s hard not to feel lost amid the sea of people,” he said.

With large class sizes making it difficult to connect to professors, many students feel as though they’re relegated to struggling through course material alone.

“In college you should feel like you’re part of a community; like you belong there,” Forrester said.

Forrester believes BuddyUp is especially valuable for students who are too shy to make themselves vulnerable in the classroom.

“Every time you reach out to someone, you’re taking a bit of a risk. When you do it on social media, it feels a little safer,” he said.

‘I’m here because I’m a failure’ Forrester describes BuddyUp as an idea born out of failure.

“When I went from class

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AT PSU to class pitching the idea to students at the start of [fall] term, I’d open with, ‘I’m here because I’m a failure,’” he said. “That instantly gets people’s attention.”

About a year and a half ago Forrester found himself in need of a statistics course to complete his degree in psychology; and as someone who had always struggled with math and science, this terrified him.

Understanding the challenge ahead of him, Forrester only signed up for two classes that term and immersed himself in the statistics course with help from tutors. Despite his efforts, he failed the class.

Shaken by his experience with failure, he began to question whether college was really for him. Not willing to give up that easily, he signed up to retake the course the following term.

During the first day of his second attempt at statistics, Forrester stood up and shared his experience of failure with the class. He sent around a sheet of paper for people who were interested in study groups to put their contact info on.

“I just sort of said, ‘This is hard and we can get through this together,’ not knowing what to expect,” he said.

“When the paper came back,

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it looked like the entire class had signed up.”

Forrester said that throughout the term, everyone learned everyone’s name and study sessions were being organized weekly.

“Nine weeks later I ended up with my first A in a math class in my life,” he said. “I ended that experience with this idea that maybe there’s something here worth exploring.”

In the year that followed, Forrester submitted a reTHINK PSU grant proposal for BuddyUp in partnership with the math department. The idea made it to the last round of the highly competitive process, but ultimately it did not receive funding.

Yet again, not willing to give up that easily, Forrester decided to pursue the idea on his own.

He pitched the idea to a class of computer science students in the hopes that they would accept him as a client for their capstone project. Over the summer, CS students built the core of BuddyUp’s software.

Aaron Devore, a senior computer science major, was a part of the capstone group that accepted Forrester’s invitation to design a website for BuddyUp. “We chose it because it looked interesting, and it could

help people out,” Devore said.

“It had a good side effect.”

Devore said he struggled through some of the classes that BuddyUp is available for, adding that they probably would have been much easier had it been an option at the time.

After the capstone project ended, Devore stayed on to work with the BuddyUp team for a few additional months.

BuddyUp 1.0 The beta version of BuddyUp was launched at PSU at the beginning of fall term, using calculus, statistics and a couple of chemistry classes as its test subjects.

Forrester pitched BuddyUp to educators on campus before the school year began, and those who were enthusiastic about the idea invited him to speak in front of the class to inform students of the new resource.

“Brian came into my stats class and introduced BuddyUp at the beginning of fall term,” said junior marketing major Niko Hughes. “My buddy and I signed up right there in class.”

Hughes used the site for a finance class and was happy to receive an A. He said he’s interested in seeing how the business develops.

“The idea works,” he said.

“It’s a lot easier than walk-

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A NEW GROUP STUDY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IS BETA TESTING FOR FREE THIS TERM ing up to someone and asking them to grab coffee and study.

It takes the awkwardness out of things.”

During the first week of fall term, roughly 200 students signed up to use the site. By the end of the term, BuddyUp had around 250 users paying a fee of $2.99 per month.

“We experimented with the fee in the fall but that didn’t feel right,” Forrester said, adding that he’d like to see the university foot the bill.

“We’re already paying a shit-ton in tuition—and you can write that.”

FORRESTER presents BuddyUp to professor Thomas Hancock’s winter term anatomy and physiology class.

BuddyUp 2.0 and beyond In an effort to take things to the next level, Forrester said the second round of beta testing at PSU will be completely free of charge, despite incurring costs.

“BuddyUp needs to achieve critical mass,” he said. “Starting in January, any student in any class can create a profile for free.”

Forrester sees this term as an opportunity to grow BuddyUp’s user network. Based on buy-in from faculty who have expressed interest in integrating it into their classes, Forrester and his team expect to have 2,500-5,000 users come on board during winter quarter.

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“We’re taking a blind leap of faith,” he said. “But we’re confident because it makes sense.”

Forrester said he’s excited about the next few months because a bigger user base will yield more quantitative and qualitative data regarding the effectiveness of the site.

The next step after winter term is to take BuddyUp to PCC, OSU and other universities in the region. With sights set on expansion and millions

of users nationwide, Forrester expects to be immersed in BuddyUp for the next three to five years.

“The way our generation connects is way different than the ways that previous generations have connected,” he said. “We can increase the quality of education through collaboration, creating systems for students to connect with each other via social media. It’s just so obvious.”

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ARTS & CULTURE

REMEMBERING THE ROUGH RIDER TURNER LOBEY

In Portland’s South Park Blocks between SW Jefferson St. and SW Madison St. stands a hulking monolith of American history. Atop a pillar of granite and a trusty steed of bronze rides Theodore Roosevelt. Outfitted in a calvary uniform with a wide brim hat, eyeglasses, sword and pistol, Teddy sits serene and stoic.

The statue is a representation of the rugged manliness and astute control Roosevelt embodied. Born in 1858, he was a child who suffered from severe asthma attacks and stayed indoors most of his early years. The method of treatment for his ailments was a strenuous life of physical activity and personal strength.

After overcoming his illnesses he led a zealous life.

He was an advocate of natural history and biology, a writer, explorer, outdoorsman, conservationist, hunter and soldier. He served as New York City police commissioner, assistant secretary of the Navy, governor of New York, vice president and president of the United States.

The time in which Roosevelt is depicted in the statue is one of the most iconic—perhaps even more so than the face carved into Mount Rushmore.

When the Spanish-American War broke out, Roosevelt resigned from his position as assistant secretary of the Navy to volunteer to lead a calvary unit destined to take part in the war in Cuba. The First U.S. Volunteer Calvary Regiment, the Rough Riders, were comprised of hardy men; cowboys, gamblers, prospectors, hunters and Ivy League collegians.

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The Riders’ greatest victory came at the greatly fabled charge up San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898. The Riders defeated outnumbered Spanish forces at Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill, allowing the U.S. to begin a siege that would lead to the end of the war. The Riders received significant attention and praise from the press, despite the fact that Buffalo Soldiers had done most of the heavy fighting.

Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in 2001.

This is the Roosevelt we see today in the Park Blocks.

The statue, entitled Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, was donated as a gift to the city of Portland in 1922 from Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, a long-time friend and admirer of the former president and his politics. Coe and Roosevelt met in the early days of the Dakota Territory, where Roosevelt was deputy sheriff of Morton County and Coe was working as a surgeon for the Northern Pacific Railroad. The two became friends before Coe retreated west to settle in Portland in 1890, and would continue to remain close until Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

The statue is one of Portland’s few equestrian statues, created by the American sculptor and artist Alexander Phimister Proctor. Proctor was assigned to capture the characteristics most admirable in the man, while incorporating the spirit and life of the West. With cooperation from the Roosevelt family— who sent photographs and clothing—a working model was completed in 1921. The model was cast in Brooklyn

THE STATUE OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT stands in Portland’s south Park Blocks.

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before it was transported to Portland through the Panama Canal, in order to avoid being split into sections and transported via the railroads. An appropriate journey, since the man was the driving force behind the creation of a passage between the Pacific and Atlantic.

Months prior to the unveiling, Vice President Calvin Coolidge took part in a groundbreaking ceremony while on a trip to Portland.

Thousands were present for the ceremony, and Coolidge used a golden spade to dig up the earth.

At its dedication the statue was draped with twin American flags that, when parted, were met with enthusiastic cheers from thousands of viewers who broke out in

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song, singing the official dedicatory song, “The Rider.”

Various speakers shared words at the unveiling, including Coe, Proctor and Portland mayor George Luis Baker, who praised the sculptor for his ability to capture the characteristics of the former president. Rousing words of praise also came from those unable to attend. Oregon Governor-elect Walter M. Pierce, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and President Warren Harding all sent telegrams to be read at the dedication.

“I hereby formally dedicate this statue of Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Rider, to the children of America.

The same spirit of reverence for the great American’s memory which prompted

this generous gift to the city of Portland by one of his lifelong friends, has created a masterpiece of the sculptor’s art, a faithful presentment of Roosevelt, the soldier and patriot,” Harding wrote.

“As the years pass, may this statue serve to remind the youth of our land of the leader who was unafraid and whose love for children inspired in them an affection that endures to safeguard the republic. Himself an exemplar of all the civic virtues, Theodore Roosevelt could have no finer memorial than the dedication of the Rough Rider in bronze to the children of America.”

Since the dedication, the bronze outdoorsman has experienced quiet years in the

serenity of the Park Blocks.

It has experienced rededication, cleanings and turbulent Northwest weather, but he continues to stand as a symbol of personal strength and triumph.

As The Oregonian wrote on Nov. 11, 1922: “That statue will ever be an inspiration to the youth of Oregon. It will summon them to turn weakness into strength by exerting their will to endure hardness. It will teach them to scorn difficulty in striving for their goal. It will, by recalling the great events of Roosevelt’s life, prompt them to seek their highest pleasure in work for their country and their fellow men. He was what the nation most needs—a leader of men.”

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WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 2014 FASHION CAROLINE McGOWAN

2014 isn’t going to be a shy year for fashion. Designers are doing what they do best this year by harvesting inspiration, revamping retro looks and spinning up classic shapes to fit today’s lifestyles.

Though still relaxed, the new year is once again celebrating the art of dressing with purpose and refinement. Men and women are relaxing in the office with looser fits of more traditional looks, while still keeping things smart with pointed-toe shoes and classic collars. For play clothes, a diverse range of cultural celebratory garb has seeped onto the runway, bringing reason to celebrate no matter your heritage. Also, sportswear is as hot as ever, making for play time all the time.

For ladies, some tweaking in silhouettes can be expected.

As the saying goes, “what goes up must come down,” and in 2013, top-heavy looks dominated by way of big sweaters

and beanpole leggings. Call it fashion or call it physics, but in 2014, wide legged pants are making their comeback and cropped jackets are popping back on the radar.

Don’t throw out your sweaters and skinny pants yet, though, because fall will likely see more cumbersome furs and boxy styles changing the silhouette back to its top-heavy state.

If there was ever a year to live a wanderlust life vicariously through your clothes, 2014 would be it. Influences of Asian and African cultures are ripe on the runway with designers using beads, organic shapes, and traditional garb as muses for vibrant motifs.

Last year’s black and white trend has classic staying power, but bold is for the rainbow this year and the hottest trends are accelerating towards playful and fearless.

Even men are getting in on the playfulness, with printed pants and color-blocked

shirts making statements for both genders.

Miley can swing on a wrecking ball in the buff, but fashion isn’t listening. Hemlines in trend are staying below the knee, with tea-length skirts making demure statements of class. Even workwear is keeping things under wraps.

Loose-fitting button-ups are staying steady on the trend-dar for both their versatility and comfort.

Not only are these office approved, but they keep the fashion about the clothes and not about the fit.

That isn’t to say that fitness doesn’t matter, of course. In fact, fitness is as popular as ever and the fashion industry is chomping at the bit with new ways to meld lifestyle with flair.

Bright colors, durable fabrics, and athletic innovation is making it a cinch to maintain the do-it-all pace.

This fad is crossing over to both sides, with both men’s and women’s fashion weeks boast-

ing unconventional shapes and patterns to bring out the stylish athlete in all of us, just in time for those wellness-oriented resolutions.

If there were ever a year to trade clothes with your boyfriend or girlfriend this would be it, as it seems that normalization is happening across the board. In menswear, once considered feminine floral prints are having a moment and even Nike and Vans have unrolled some college-budget friendly options for guys’ footwear. The classic suit is easing up a bit as well, with softening angles and a more relaxed fit. Juxtaposed to the ladies relaxed button-up, it is clear that designers are seeing tradition as important, but know that staying starch-stiff isn’t always practical.

Also, keep your eyes peeled for more metallics, deep blues and art prints on garments this year. Whether you are vying for a spot on the 2022 shuttle to Mars, feeling “blue,” or are cultivating your eclectic inner self, there are countless ways one can make 2014 a year of style to remember.

Overall, positivity is reigning supreme on the style forecast for 2014, and if optimism came in purple, then it would certainly be Pantone’s color of the year for 2014, “Radiant Orchid.”

The color was chosen to bring joy and happiness with its purple and pink undertones. With any luck, this happy hue will transcend fashion and brighten all 365 days.

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Portland’s revolutionaries JEREMY KING

Radicals in the Rose City, co-authored by Matt Nelson and Bill Nygren, and published by Northwest History Press, is a book comprised of myriad interviews and firsthand accounts regarding events, people and ideas throughout an extended period of cultural, societal and individual change in Portland. From the labor issues and newspaper strike of the early 1960s, to the movement for equal rights for women and gays that rose to the forefront of national consciousness in the latter half of the 60s and beyond, the book gives us a well-researched glimpse into this era of shifting norms and burgeoning idealism.

At its core, the book is a straightforward, objective account of important events between 1960 and 1975 interspersed with a wide array of relevant interviews and images. The writing is simple, efficient and clearly communicates the information at hand, though by the same token, somewhat detracts from the quality of the book in its simplicity. The ebb and flow of the text often comes across as too abrupt or too minimal, like a barebones recollection consisting of little to no linguistic embellishment whatsoever. This, unfortunately, gives the overall description of events an almost robotic consistency that doesn’t always make for an entertaining read in and of itself.

Furthermore, the book is riddled with minor grammatical and structural errors and omissions that could have, and should have, been easily spotted and fixed prior to publication.

While these aggravations are prevalent throughout the entirety of the book’s 334 pages, it is the compilation of numerous interviews with a tremendous amount of varied sources that redeem Radicals in the Rose City.

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These interviews present us with invaluable and fascinating insight into the complexities of these morally and ideologically turbulent times from the perspective of various revolutionaries, including co-author Nygren, who passed away prior to the publication of the book. In 1966, he was the first Oregonian to resist the draft and subsequently served two and a half years in prison.

Portland State students and faculty may find the book’s coverage of the 1970 PSU student protest, which culminated on May 11, 1970 in a violent confrontation with riot police, of particular interest. The strike was inspired by the infamous Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, in which the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters, killing four and wounding nine, at Ohio’s Kent State University.

Despite its flaws, the book deserves praise for its attention to detail spanning over a decade’s worth of content and faithful preservation of sources over such a prolonged period. It’s no easy feat to condense such an immense amount of culturally and nationally significant material into a book, let alone remain objective in the depiction of the events described therein, but that is exactly what Nelson and Nygren managed to achieve. It is a testament to those who have fought for the changes that have served to shape our society today, and simultaneously a heartfelt message to us all to continue fighting inequality and corruption wherever it may surface.

Radicals in the Rose City is currently available to purchase directly from the publisher’s website, nwhistorypress.com, can be bought on eBay and is set to arrive in Powell’s book stores sometime in the near future.

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SANTA WENT CRAZY Purge yourself of the holidays with 'Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage' BRANDON STALEY

Christmas is a special time for families all over the world, and thankfully it’s over. Few games try to tackle the topic of Christmas, likely because it’s so traumatic. For better or for worse, developer RuneStorm has crafted a video game almost as scarring as the mere concept of Christmas.

Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage puts you in the shoes of the janitor tasked with cleaning Santa’s workshop after the iconic Christmas figure has finally snapped and gone on a killing spree, offing all his elves and reindeer and leaving the place an utter mess. It’s your job to pick up the pieces, literally.

You enter the sullied workshop armed with the tools of your trade: a mop, a “sniffer” device that pinpoints what needs to be discarded or cleaned and your bare hands. The mop is used to scrub away blood and soot and, using your creepy

Ronald-McDonald-looking hands, you can manipulate nearly any of the items and appendages found in the workshop.

Unfortunately, manipulating items is far from perfect.

Though debris and limbs can be righted and centered in your grasp with the click of a button, there is a distinct lack of control over items in the world. This makes tasks like stuffing an entire elf inside of a biohazard bin needlessly complex and finicky.

I found myself wishing for a greater level of control over items. The ability to move and inspect objects on a 3D axis like in Gone Home would have been a huge improvement, and, wow, did I just compare this game to Gone Home?

At its core, Santa’s Rampage hates you. Water buckets and hazardous material bins are produced by their respective dispensers, which work most of the time. Occasionally,

though, these machines malfunction and spit out more body parts which dirty areas you’ve already cleaned. On rare occasions they produce sticks of lit dynamite which, upon exploding, send the contents of the workshop rocketing every which way. That is if they don’t kill you first.

The game is filled with such whimsical traps. Tread through a pool of blood or a pile of soot and you’ll leave footprints behind. Try and clean one of these footprints with a dirty mop and you’ll just leave a bigger mess.

And finally, when you think you’ve got a room spotless, you find a set of loose floorboards hiding terrible secrets and can only mutter a soft “Goddammit, Santa” to yourself. For all its bloated shock value, Santa’s Rampage is a game that rewards slow, methodical attention to detail, and like the dispensers, it works sometimes.

Santa’s Rampage is a buggy game. One bug I encountered numerous times caused elf limbs placed in hazardous material bins to phase through their containers over time. When I first played Santa’s Rampage I horded my bins in a hallway, thinking I was being clever and organized. Eventually, though, the contents of the bins started to creep through the walls of their confines and, through the magic of video game physics, they began to squirm around as if the creature from John Carpenter’s The Thing was doing a very bad job of transforming into a recycling bin.

Whether intentional or not, this bug taught me not to horde bins and to instead cast all of my refuse into the workshop’s fireplace because that seems like typical janitorial procedure.

There isn’t much of a story to Santa’s Rampage, but that

which does surface, in the form of notes found throughout the workshop, ranges from middling to disappointing. References to Krampus as Santa’s ne’er-do-well brother elicited a chuckle, but the notes from naughty children demanding elaborate gifts seemed to be trying a bit too hard and the jokes didn’t really hit home. I did appreciate the overall narrative of the game and its insistence on keeping you away from actually spilling any blood.

Santa’s Rampage might be awkward to play at times, and the shock of piling dismembered elves into bins and incinerating them wears off pretty quickly, but the true appeal of the game comes after you’ve disposed of all of the viscera and you’re just left with a sort of dirty workshop. At that point Santa’s Rampage becomes a game of tracking down every smudge, stain, shell casing,

shattered Christmas ornament, and so on until the workshop is spotless. It’s actually rather relaxing until the very end, when your sniffer machine insists there is debris to be found but lacks any specificity about its location or type.

Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage is a strange little sandbox that commits to its unique narrative.

Whereas most games would cast you in the role of the murderous Santa, mowing down elves left and right, your job in Santa’s Rampage is to clean up after just such a spree and the game sticks to its guns on that point.

It also works, for the most part, and is probably prettier than it deserves to be.

Those are things I can respect, and if it feels awkward, excessive or overly self-indulgent in parts, then maybe it really does capture the holiday spirit.

YOUR HOLIDAY SPIRITS WILL BE CRUSHED after cleaning up after Santa’s postal killing sprees in ‘Santa’s Rampage.’

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SPORTS SCORES

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PHILADELPHIA PORTLAND

Top Performers: LaMarcus Aldridge, 29 points, 14 rebounds

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Top Performers: Paul Bittner, 9 penalty minutes

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VIKINGS FOOTBALL PLAYERS COLLECT POSTSEASON HONORS

Punter Kyle Loomis named nation’s best TOBIN SHIELDS

As fall sports come to a close, postseason awards are given in order to recognize players around the country, to honor their hard work. While there are many in-house awards given to exceptional Vikings every year, some are recognized by a larger community than just Portland State. For the football team, three players earned All-American Honors and even led the nation in some statistical categories.

Kyle Loomis, a punter for PSU, was named first-team All-American by both the Walter Camp Football Foundation and The Associated Press, and second-team All-American by The Sports Network. Running back DJ Adams earned third-team All-American honors from AP and The Sports Network, and offensive tackle Mitchell Van Dyk was selected as a third-team All-American by The Sports Network.

As a senior running back from Atlanta, Ga., Adams helped create one of the greatest rushing seasons in PSU’s history. After running for 1,600 yards and 19 touchdowns on 256 carries for the season, his rushing total ranked him fourth nationally.

His season touchdown total ranks third all-time in PSU history.

Van Dyk, a right tackle from Paso Robles, Calif., was a three-year starter on the Viking offensive line.

He was part of the group that cleared the way for the Viking offense to post school records of 6,486 total yards, 3,330 rushing yards, a 277.7

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rushing average, 540.5 total offense average and 36 rushing touchdowns. PSU was ranked third in the nation in total offense and rushing offense this season, and Van Dyk and his fellow teammates have also been among the nation’s leaders in fewest sacks allowed over the last three seasons.

Loomis ended up earning several All-American awards for his amazing work this season. He led the nation in punting for 2013, with a 46.5 average. However, the surprise of this success is that prior to him playing this season, he hadn’t played football for almost seven years. This disappearance from college football occurred due to a four-year deployment with the military. However, it seems like even that much time away from the game couldn’t keep him from having an amazing season.

He played as a punter for Oregon State University back in 2006, but decided to leave school. After a few years he enlisted in the Army and was honorably discharged in 2011. He returned home to Roseburg, Ore., and decided to help his local high school team’s punter. In the process, he found that he could still punt and wanted to get back into the game. He had already considered enrolling at PSU to earn a degree, but when he called coach Nigel Burton to see if there was still time to put him on the team, the coach couldn’t get him signed up fast enough.

After the season was over, Loomis was named first-team All-Big Sky Conference and PSU’s Special Teams Player of

KYLE LOOMIS punts at the Portland State vs. Cal Poly game.

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the Year. He has already been named first-team All-America by media outlets College Sports Madness and the Beyond Sports Network. At the time of this article, there are still other awards that he is absolutely qualified for and is likely to receive.

Although Loomis may have stolen the awards show this season, both Van Dyk and Adams—and the entire team for that matter—played a season that is sure to go down in PSU history as one of the best in terms of its players.

With PSU President Wim Wiewel’s recent announcement that the program has to become self-supporting, student fans are going to have to step up their involvement in order to keep such amazing players coming to PSU, and to even keep games going at all. The Vanguard is currently waiting to interview President Wiewel and the athletic department to find out how the team will realize that goal, and we will have their answers for you in next week’s issue.

SPORTS

BLAZERS’ STRONG START SEEMS LIKE THE REAL DEAL RESET THE TEAM IS PLAYING LIKE A WESTERN CONFERENCE CONTENDER AND PORTLAND IS LOVING IT

JAY PENGELLY

As the NBA regular season approaches the halfway mark, the conversation has shifted from a surprising start in Portland to whether or not the Blazers are legitimate title contenders. This is a nice conversation to be a part of.

After a decade-plus of false hope, tragedy and mediocrity, the Portland Trail Blazers have risen to the top of the NBA. They have been placed No. 1 in many expert power rankings and even briefly held the best record in the league. The Blazers sit at 26–8, which is one of the best starts in franchise history.

The only better seasons were ’77–’78, when they were 27–5 behind Bill Walton’s MVP year, and the ’90–’91 team, also 27–5.

The strong starting lineup is a big reason for the spectacular start. LaMarcus Aldridge has won multiple Western Conference Player of the Month awards and distinguished himself as a dark horse league MVP candidate. Damian Lillard continues to play a dazzling brand of basketball following his Rookie of the Year season. He has increased his focus on defense, developed crazy long range— swishing 3-pointers from 4 feet behind the line—and made several game-winning buckets.

Wes Matthews and Nic Batum are having career years, being the glue and fill-in-the-blank guys who make this team so produc-

tive on both sides of the floor.

And a huge amount of credit must go to the new starter on the squad, Robin Lopez. Sideshow Rob has provided everything the Blazers need: interior defense, shot blocking and an effective, if not flashy, scoring ability at the center position. So much pressure is removed from Aldridge with Lopez in the middle; he can now play his natural power forward spot consistently and feel more comfortable 15 feet away from the basket, where his jumper is so deadly.

The Blazers starters combine to average more than 80 points a game.

The reserve players, clearly the weak point of last year’s team, have dramatically improved. Mo Williams has been a reliable sixth man, providing a scoring spark off the bench and giving Lillard relief from handling the ball every possession.

Englishman Joel Freeland has done Queen and Country proud with his workhorse efforts under the basket.

Freeland hustles, finds loose balls and never tries to overachieve, favoring the pass over a contested put-back.

Thomas Robinson, the No. 2 overall draft pick in 2012 and an exciting addition over the summer, has been disappointing. He’s playing 11 minutes a game and averaging 5 points and 3 1/2 rebounds, which doesn’t sound too bad, but the second unit defense often falls apart and Robinson has been the culprit. He was

recently benched in favor of second-year big man Meyers Leonard, who rarely made it on the court in the early part of the season. Allen Crabbe and Dorell Wright both play small amounts of backup minutes; they mostly stand around drawing away defenders or making them pay with open 3-pointers.

Overall, the chemistry of this team is strong; they seem to like playing together, and a share-the-ball attitude gives everyone the opportunity to contribute.

Second-year head coach Terry Stotts also deserves a lot of credit. He has an offensive philosophy based on movement without the ball, spacing, unselfish passing and shooting lots of 3-pointers that his team embraces. The Blazers lead the NBA in 3-pointers made and overall offense, averaging over 108 points per game.

They have scored over 100 in 19 straight games.

The Trail Blazers’ season resume has some impressive wins on it. They have already beaten such Western Conference powerhouses as the Spurs, Thunder (twice), Warriors, Rockets and Clippers. In early December they defeated the Indiana Pacers 106–102; last year the Pacers took the eventual champs to seven games in a hard-fought Eastern Conference Finals.

Speaking of the champs, the Miami Heat were in town Dec. 28 when Chris Bosh ripped out Portland’s heart with a game-winning 3-pointer.

LILLARD in the lane against Detroit with Sideshow Rob battling down low and Aldridge trailing.

COACH TERRY STOTTS deserves credit for the team’s chemistry during their strong start.

COURTESY OF PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

Bosh shoots below 30 percent behind the arc for his career.

Looking ahead, the Blazers face a tough schedule in January, featuring a four-game road trip against the three

Texas teams, followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Blazermania is back and in full swing. For a city with such a love affair with their sports team, nothing com-

pares with watching the Blazers win again and again.

2014 should be an exciting year for any fan of good basketball, especially Blazers fans. Go get ‘em, Rip City.

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SPORTS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Dear Paul Allen, Wow. Just wow. What an end to 2013 you gave sports fans in the Pacific Northwest. Who would have thought that it would have taken until just recently for the combined losses of the Seahawks and Blazers to reach double digits? Or that both teams would be talked about as contenders on a national level?

There are a lot of critics out there, Mr. Allen, and I have been one at times. But right now is not a time to criticize or look back at past mistakes. Right now all I can say is thank you. Thank you for an absolutely wonderful time in sports here in the Northwest. This does not happen very often, and I am taking every chance I get to soak it all in.

Mr. Allen, to me this is more than just sports. Knowing that these teams are going to be successful makes everything more exciting. People who normally don’t watch basketball suddenly do watch basketball. And the same goes for football. Some call that bandwagoning, and maybe it is, but it’s a lot more appealing when it is for your side.

It’s interesting how well the Seahawks and Blazers complement each other. To someone from the East Coast, I could see how it would be hard to even find a relation, but to us, both of these teams have played a role in adopting the opposing city. With no football team in Oregon, the Seahawks have become the default local team. And the same goes for the Blazers after the Sonics left (although I don’t expect the folks up I-5 to give up hope for the eventual return of Seattle basketball).

Also, the Seahawks are famous for their trademark defense, which leads the NFL this season.

On the opposite side, the Blazers are known for their potent offense, which is currently leading the NBA. Although different sports, both teams demonstrate differing but complementary perspectives as to how a team can excel.

So Mr. Allen, I bet you are one happy man right now, watching all this success. I bet it is a lot of fun to sit in the owners box during home games for both teams, especially since both home crowds are so spectacular. But the best part for both of these teams is that there is a lot more to come, with the road to the Super Bowl in the NFC going through Seattle and the Blazers having a lot more of the regular season to prove they belong with the NBA elite.

Here is one thing I ask of you, Mr. Allen: Keep this success up. There aren’t any reasons why it should not continue, especially with the young, talented group of players both squads have.

But if that is not a good enough reason for you, listen to this: We deserve this. I could argue that we deserve it more so than a lot of other fanbases out there. We have gone through a lot of heartbreak, and it has not been easy. Both of these teams can point to times in the recent past when the fanbase has been disappointed, or even crushed.

This is a time of new hope, Mr. Allen, and you are definitely responsible for part of it. Everyone in the Pacific Northwest has an opportunity to watch two teams that are the best at their craft in the two biggest sports in the U.S. That’s exciting. How often do you get to say that? The end of 2013 was great, but neither of these teams have fully accomplished their goals until 2014 rolls around. But right now, I am so happy about what I have seen so far. Thanks, Mr. Allen.

Sincerely, Alex Moore Vanguard Sports Desk

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Vikings win first conference game GUARD, KATE LANZ, shoots against Idaho State at the January 2nd home game.

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JAY PENGELLY

Portland State’s women’s basketball team has plenty of talent, but can this year’s team make the Big Sky tournament?

The top seven teams in the regular season standings are invited to the tournament.

With only 11 Big Sky schools competing in basketball, making the tournament should be an achievable goal for PSU. After last season being derailed by injuries and two straight years of missing the Big Sky tournament, the PSU women’s basketball team hopes to bounce back in the 2013–2014 season. With a combination of two productive players returning from season-ending knee injuries (versatile guard Kate Lanz and 6-foot-1-inch double-double machine Angela Misa), eight experienced letter-winners from last year and several promising additions, it looked like this year’s campaign would be a success.

But after two exhibition wins, the Lady Vikings stumbled in their non-conference schedule, losing three of their first five games. The two wins came against Corban University and Columbia.

Three high-profile road games followed against stiff competition, No. 24-ranked Gonzaga, University of Oregon and Georgia Tech. It’s hard to give PSU much of a chance on those

teams’ home courts, and none of the games were pretty to watch for Viking fans. All three games were lost by an average of 45 points.

In the final non-conference game, PSU’s rival from atop Waud’s Bluff in north Portland came to the Peter W. Stott Center. The University of Portland Pilots clashed with the Portland State Vikings in a duel of back-and-forth runs. PSU scored 8–0 to start the second half, and the two Rose City teams battled back and forth before the Pilots came through with the final effort, ending the game on a 20–0 rout.

A Dec. 29 Big Sky matchup against the Eastern Washington Eagles was the best offensive performance for the Vikings this season.

They scored 86 points while shooting a season-high .500 (32–64) field goal percentage. Lanz led the way with her first career triple-double, racking up 22 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists. The Vikings defeated EWU 86–74.

In the first conference home game of the season PSU hosted Idaho State.

The Vikings interior defense couldn’t handle the Bengals, who took the game 76–64.

Two days later Weber State came to town and the Vikings prevailed 66–60 behind Angela Misa’s fifth double-double of the season and the usual strong performance by Lanz.

Lanz, a Vancouver, Wash., native, leads the Vikings in scoring with 13.4 ppg. She

also grabs 5.6 boards per game and leads the team in assists. Other key contributors are Allie Brock (12.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg), Emily Easom (9.8 ppg), who provides heady defense and a 3-point threat, and Angela Misa (9.0 ppg) who leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game.

Several new members of the squad this year have made their presence known. Junior transfer Ani Avanessian joined the Vikings after dominating the Western State Conference South competition for Los Angeles Valley College. In her two years playing for the Lady Monarchs, Avanessian averaged 16.7 points and 8.7 rebounds. This year she’s played every game so far, averaging 3 points and 2 rebounds coming off the bench. A pair of freshmen Oregonian point guards also joined the team: Delanie Parry from Westview High School, and Yaremi Mejia from South Medford. So far Parry has played more and shown her ability as an offensive threat and deft ball handler. While Lauren Holt and Jackie Lanz—Katie Lanz’s younger sister—round out this year’s additions, neither play many minutes.

A familiar face for volleyball fans joined the team midway through the season. Senior Cara Olden, who played basketball in high school, worked out for the coaching staff over the summer and impressed them. So far she has seen limited minutes in two games.

This week the Vikings head to Montana to play the two Big Sky schools there.

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CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT VIKINGS EMERGE FROM BREAK 5–6

JOEL GUNDERSON

With winter break and a losing skid safely in the rearview mirror, Portland State basketball hit the road for an important two game road trip last week, starting at Idaho State on Thursday.

Plainly put, things did not go as planned.

Defensive struggles have plagued PSU as of late. They have now dropped five of their last six games after losing both on the road last week—first at Idaho State,

then at Weber State. It was conference-opening weekend for the Vikings, who dropped to 5–6 overall on the season, and 0–2 in conference.

“We’ve got to stick together more than anything right now,” said head coach Tyler Geving, as he tried to keep his team positive following the two losses.

After starting the season 4–1, the Vikings ran into trouble as December rolled around and the competition got stiffer. The crosstown rival Portland Pilots came to the Stott Center and bullied PSU down low, using their size advantage to put the Vikings away 92–76. The loss to the Pilots was a direct contrast to their previous game, when the high-flying Broncos

of Boise State, the highest scoring team in the country, pulled away late to a 76–60 win.

A loss to Idaho would be the low mark of the losing streak, before it ended with the convincing win against Evergreen—improving the Vikings all-time record against them to 3–0.

Montana, back-to-back Big Sky Conference champs, is looking to hold off Weber State and preseason conference player-of-the-year candidate Davion Berry. Portland State got to see Berry first hand when they met Saturday, and he was as good as advertised, although it was a barrage of three-pointers from the Wildcats that put the game out of reach.

Weber State took both

meetings last season as well, setting up an important late season rematch for the Vikings, as they look to gain some confidence against the Wildcats.

The Big Sky website predicts Portland State to finish ninth in the conference, according to preseason polls.

After falling into an 0–2 hole, they have their work cut out for them to make it to the

postseason. Weber State, on the other hand, looks to be headed towards another conference title.

After the loss Saturday, Geving found some light at the end of the dark tunnel.

“We played them tough.

They’re the best team in the conference. I’m telling you this, if we play with that effort, night in and night out—we’ll be alright guys,” Geving told

his team in the locker room following the loss. “When we move the ball and do what we do…it’s good stuff.”

This trip also offered fans a unique, behind-the-scenes look at life on the road for a collegiate basketball team.

The Vanguard was along, every step of the way with the Vikings. Check back next week for a rare glimpse inside the program.

GUARD Tim Douglas, brings it up to the net against the Idaho Vandals.

COURTESY OF STEVE BRENNER

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