VOLUME 70 | ISSUE 1 | JUNE 23, 2015
NEWS
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While you were gone: Board of Trustees approved armed officer implementation plan. pg. 5
Beach bodies are overrated! Just wear what makes you comfortable and happy instead. pg. 6
Video games happened at E3 and here’s what you need to know. pg. 11
American Pharoah’s victory just might stir up horse racing’s revitalization. pg. 15
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NEWS
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF PSU President Dana Ghazi and Vice President Davíd Martinez plead their case for a delay in the vote to implement armed campus safety officers at a recent Board of Trustee meeting. SILVIA CARDULLO/PSU VANGUARD
ASPSU APPOINTS NEW POSITIONS AT FIRST SENATE MEETING SERINA HERSEY
The Associated Students of Portland State University held its first senate meeting with its newly elected leadership on June 1 to introduce members, appoint new positions and announce future events. The meeting began with ASPSU member introductions. Each member announced their name, major, position and something interesting about themselves. Next, voting members of the Senate voted to appoint new directors nominated by incoming President Dana Ghazi and Vice President Davíd Martinez. Trevor Jacobson, who has previous experience as Associated Student Government President at Clatsop Community College and is currently part of the PSU Resident Hall Association, was appointed University Affairs Director.
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Sumitra Chhetri, a senator, was selected as Legislative Affairs Director, with previous experience in Washington, D.C. and lobbying in Salem. Wanjiku Wainaina was chosen as Multicultural Affairs Director. “I am very passionate about working with different minority groups, and I feel like that includes people with disabilities as well,” Wainaina said. Wainaina currently works as a caregiver and advocates for patient rights. She wants to work on expanded student representation and promotion of the Multicultural Center and other spaces or events. Mustafa Almuzel, a Student Ambassador and international student who is part of the Saudi Student Club, was chosen to be International Affairs Director. He emphasized that he would like PSU to be a safe spiritual
place for students and would like to promote more events that bridge relations between domestic and international students. Devin Backstrom was appointed as Academic Affairs Director. He is part of the Oregon Students of Color Coalition and past ASPSU Senator and SFC member. Backstrom was chosen as Senate Chair, a position he will fill in addition to his director position. The Senate Chair solicits meetings, sends agendas, oversees compliance with Robert’s Rules of Order and facilitates Senate meetings. Crystal Granger was selected as Student Life Director and said she would like to create more events that are inclusive to all alumni, graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and staff. Samantha Ing, who has experience at the Women’s
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Resource Center, is co-chair of the Women of Color Outreach Program and conducts medical research for underprivileged populations, was appointed Equal Rights Advocacy Director. Alfredo Gonzalez was appointed Sustainability Affairs Director, focusing on divestment of fossil fuels. His goal is for PSU to become the first university in Oregon to divest from fossil fuel–related companies. Following director appointments, new members of the Senate were elected to fill roles vacated by the appointments. Yoli Flores, Isaiah Venegas, Mawadda Amboun and Keikoanne Hollins were all newly appointed. Hollins was also nominated for Senate chair, though Backstrom received the majority vote. Next, Evan Clary was appointed as a new member of the Judicial Review Board.
Additional executive positions include Marcus Sis as Chief of Staff, Gregory Elkins as Operations Director and Liddy Champion as Student Pantry Coordinator. After assigning new positions, Ghazi introduced herself and the leadership of ASPSU to the other members. “I want to encourage all of you to feel like part of this team, and work together so we can get the best out of our experience,” Ghazi said. “We are going to be together for a year and I am really excited to work with all of you. Any ideas and anything you are passionate about, that is what will move you.” The Oregon House Committee on Higher Education held an informational hearing in Salem last Friday, which Ghazi and Martinez attended. Issues such as campus safety and increased funding for higher education were
discussed at the meeting. ASPSU members also expressed interest in creating bylaws and a campus safety work group to present ideas and move forward with campus safety reform. Further announcements included Oregon Student Association’s biannual issuechoosing process in August. In the past, issues such as tuition affordability, food security and sexual assault were discussed. ASPSU members were encouraged to consider the issues they believe should be prioritized this year. The meeting concluded with a brief on future events for ASPSU. On June 21, there was an OSA training. ASPSU will have three senate meetings over the summer, including a summer barbecue to get to know other members. To learn more about ASPSU and see its full Executive Cabinet, visit aspsu.pdx.edu.
NEWS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES ARMED OFFICERS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TURNER LOBEY
After two years of dialogue, planning, debate and protest, the Board of Trustees voted to approve the University Public Safety Department Management and Implementation Plan, which will guide the introduction of armed campus public safety officers to the Portland State campus. The university’s governing body voted in favor of implementation in a 9–3 vote on June 11. The vote was met with protests from students, staff and community members, some of whom carried signs that bore the names of victims of police shooting deaths. Newly elected Associated Students of Portland State University President Dana Ghazi and Vice President Davíd Martinez asked that the vote be delayed to allow for more time to consider alternative solutions to im-
CRIME BLOTTER JUNE 1
WARRANT ARREST Park Blocks
A previously excluded individual was stumbling drunk through the park. Officers Denae Murphy and David Baker found the individual had three outstanding warrants for trespass II.
JUNE 2
BIKE THEFT
Epler Residence Hall
A student reported to Officer Chris Fischer that her “$2,000 Cannondale road bike” was stolen from the bike room within the past two months.
JUNE 3
POSSIBLE RACIALLY MOTIVATED INCIDENT Cramer Hall
Two female students reported to Officer James Dewey at around 1:15 p.m. that they
prove campus safety, but the request was denied. This vote means the Campus Public Safety Office will continue its move to become a bifurcated force, with both unarmed public safety officers and armed and sworn officers. The approved plan includes an outline for training and oversight. According to the resolution approved by the Board, “[w]ork with the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) has ensured that a Campus Police Sergeant, two Campus Police Officers and the Campus Police Detective are currently certified and authorized to serve as Police Officers, meeting all of the training and qualifications required to begin service effective July 1, 2015.” In preparation for implementation, equipment for four sworn officers has al-
ready been obtained, including body cameras, body camera data management, firearms and level III security holsters. The resolution also outlines the oversight committee, the complaint process and training policies, which include specialized training on issues like cultural competency and the use of nonlethal force. The university will also be required to present semiannual reports to the Board on implementation and campus safety. After the Board meeting, Ghazi and Martinez released a statement in response. “We did not succeed in postponing the vote,” the statement read. “[W]hile we always knew it would be a difficult case to make in such a short timeframe, we feel strongly that it was an effort worth taking in light of the many concerns we heard
from students.” The statement expressed appreciation for trustees’ input throughout this process. “We also recognize that this was not an easy decision, with three trustees— including both the student and faculty member—voting against the plan,” Ghazi and Martinez stated. Ghazi and Martinez’s statement included their plan to be actively involved as the implementation process advances. “Moving forward, ASPSU will be playing an active role in the candidate selection process for campus safety’s new oversight committee and will continue to listen to all student perspectives on this issue while working towards a smooth transition,” they said. More information on the approved resolution can be found at pdx.edu/fadm/iac-resources
CAMPUS SECURITY CHIEF PHILIP ZERZAN addresses PSU trustees ahead of a vote to implement a sworn campus police force. After July 1, the Campus Public Office will include four sworn officers. SILVIA CARDULLO/PSU VANGUARD
Weeks of June 1–June 19
JAIME DUNKLE
were talking after class on the west side of Cramer Hall at 11 a.m. “when they were approached by an elderly white female” who said ‘Welcome to America’ and tried to dump a cup of soda on them. They ran and the woman chased them, yelling, but they were able to leave.
JUNE 4
EXCLUSION
Branford Price Millar Library
Officer Fischer and Sergeant Robert McCleary went to the library regarding a masturbating male. The person who filed the report provided a statement but did not want to continue with the criminal process. The alleged masturbating male was contacted by the officers and excluded.
JUNE 5
JUNE 10
Urban Center
SW 12th/SW Mill
ROBBERY/BURGLARY A woman was confronted by a male “with broken front teeth” on the second floor of the Urban Center. He demanded her jacket and she gave it to him, according to Officer Peter Stuart Ward. The case is still open.
JUNE 6
UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLE, THEFT I Parking Structure Three
A 1997 silver Chevy S10 pickup truck was broken into and the stereo unit, subwoofer and amp were stolen. The owner of the vehicle told Officer Brian Rominger it was possible that he left the doors unlocked, so no windows were broken.
ARREST, PROBATION VIOLATION DETAINER Officer Fischer and Sergeant McCleary spoke with two people “associated with a problem vehicle” at 11:09 p.m. One of the individuals revealed to officers that he was on probation. He consented to a search of his backpack, where officers found tools he admitted he used for bike thefts. Bolt cutters and heroin were also seized. The individual was arrested and issued a Probation Violation Detainer.
JUNE 10
ATTEMPTED RAPE, SEX ABUSE III, EXCLUSION Unknown Location
A female PHC Northwest employee from campus facilities requested to speak with
Officer Nichola Higbee at 11 p.m. The woman was nervous, trembling and crying. She told Officer Higbee that another PHC employee in facilities had sexually assaulted her on three separate occasions while at work. The incidents occurred between May 26 and June 3. The woman called PHC Human Resources and a project manager, who later arrived. Detective Horton was also called into the office and contacted the perpetrator, who “denied using force but admitted to behavior which was not acceptable at work.” He was suspended by PHC and issued an exclusion by Sergeant McCleary.
geant McCleary that his unsecured blue and white Nishiki mountain bike was stolen from the east side of the greenhouses across from Montgomery Residence Hall, between 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
JUNE 13
Sergeant McCleary found an unoccupied/stolen 1998 Honda Civic at 2:05 p.m. parked on the fourth floor.
BIKE THEFT
South Greenhouse
A PSU student reported to Ser-
JUNE 15 BREAK-IN
Science Teaching Research Center, Room B2-28
Officer David Troppe took a report from a student at 9:15 a.m. about a possible break-in. The door was left unsecured on June 12 at 10 a.m. It is unknown if anything was taken.
JUNE 19
RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE
Parking Structure Three
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OPINION
PARKING PERMITS: A LICENSE TO STEAL The Campus Oracle by Nathan Anderson
Surely I can’t be the first to point out that the parking situation on the Portland State campus is not only terrible, but seems to be made actively worse by the powers that be at PSU. I’m not talking about the weekly hunting trips desperate students make every morning, vainly trying to find an empty parking spot for which they have a permit. No, I’m talking about the university hamstringing students who are moving out by preventing them from parking near their housing unit. The weekend before spring finals was my self-designated move-out weekend from my apartment in the Parkway building. The housing office gave me a flashy little parking permit that, they said, would allow me to park behind my building (a proper parking lot, not garage or street parking) and load my van as needed. After acquiring a van and parking, I placed the requisite parking pass on the dashboard as instructed. An hour later, after everything was loaded and my flat was clean, I was ready to leave. That’s when I noticed the parking violation on the windshield of the moving van. Upon closer inspection, I realized the parking pass that PSU housing had issued me (compliments of Transportation and Parking Services) was not valid in that parking lot—the parking lot directly adjacent to my building. It was valid in a parking lot behind the science building three blocks away, and in another one next to the library, also three blocks away.
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What kind of cruel and underhanded game is PSU trying to play? Finals week is stressful enough on students without the headaches of moving. Throw in graduation for around 20 percent of PSU students, and finals week becomes downright miserable. So why add to it by making people haul furniture and boxes halfway across campus because, for whatever reason, they limit the parking passes to less than half a dozen parking lots, only two of which are located near residence halls? Yes, that’s right: The parking permits are valid for parking lots that provide no use whatsoever for students moving out of housing. I have been trying to think of what sadistic reason PSU would have to implement such a scheme. The only reason I can think of is it’s a cash cow: They patrol the parking lots during finals week and ticket those who are blissfully unaware that the smiling and friendly individual at the Montgomery Court desk
happily handing out parking passes was in fact giving away a ticket for PSU to steal. Perhaps this is a simple matter of inertia: It’s always been done this way, so it’ll stay this way. This would be a sign of stupidity rather than sadism. Bureaucratic inertia being what it is, such an explanation would be plausible, if not particularly likely; I can’t be the first one to notice this phenomenon. The reason students are subjected to this is immaterial. PSU needs to recognize that this particular issue is one many students face (PSU has approximately 1,000 students in student housing during any given year, the vast majority of which move out during finals week). This university needs to allow students who are moving out to park in all campus lots. For the majority of PSU students, this is a non-issue, but for those students living in housing it’s a significant hindrance.
THE DREADED BEACH BODY Wear what you’re comfortable in, not what others think you should be comfortable in We all struggle with our body image; no one is 100 percent happy with how they look. That’s what makes the summer season so difficult: the dreaded beach body. There’s nothing like the struggle of wanting to go swimming and trying to find swimming attire you’re actually comfortable wearing. Believe me, I’ve been there. We all have. It sucks. The thing that sucks about summer is that we spend yearround working toward that summer body. The bikini body has become this weird common goal we’re all supposed to strive for— but why? I recently came across a meme that said something along the lines of, “How to get a beach body: Step 1: Go to the beach. You now have a beach body.” Easier said than done, right? But it’s definitely on to something. We need to stop putting so much focus on getting that perfect swimsuit body, and instead focus on enjoying ourselves this summer. If you don’t feel comfortable in a swimsuit, rock some board shorts and a tank top or T-shirt instead. Don’t sacrifice the opportunity to have some fun just because society has put so much pressure on you to have that hot summer bod. It’s important to remember that, just because you’re not comfortable in certain swimwear, the cure isn’t always to lose weight or change your body. Sometimes you’re just not comfortable in certain clothing items, and that’s OK. There’s not always a spe-
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cific reason for our discomfort, so don’t assume that discomfort means there’s something wrong with you. And while we try to build ourselves up, we have to remember not to tear each other down. There’s a horrible stigma that larger women shouldn’t wear swimsuits showing their midriff, but to hell with that. I applaud women who are confident enough to rock more revealing swimsuits in comparison to covering themselves up with every layer possible like society tells them they should. The thing about swimsuits is that you don’t have to have a specific body to wear them, you just need to have a body. And how you choose to dress your body is your choice. Some people will always judge you for your choices, but remember they have their own insecurities and struggles, so rather than feeling bad about yourself like they want you to, consider that the hell going on inside their head must be terrible if they have to tear others down for their own self-approval. The beautiful thing about human beings is that we aren’t copycat clones of one another; we are all our own shape and size. You don’t need to be thin, have abs or have an orange-skin glow in order to wear a two-piece swimsuit, but you can have all those things and still choose to cover yourself up at the river or beach this summer. It doesn’t matter what your body type is—you’re in charge of it. This summer, dress your body to your comfort level.
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Vices and Virtues by Carli Gibson
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF ARNE HENDRIKS THROUGH CREATIVE COMMONS VIA FLICKR
OPINION
MEN AND WOMEN MIGHT ACTUALLY BE FROM THE SAME PLANET
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How texting and the ways we communicate reveal that we’re not so different after all
New Kid on the Park Blocks by Molly Ozier
If there’s one thing I learned from spring term, it would be that men and women aren’t nearly as different as I thought. Before you say, “Duh, Molly, even I knew that,” try to come up with at least five similarities between men and women that don’t include basic human needs and common body parts. It’s harder than you might expect. The biggest and most overlooked similarity is that men and women speak the same language. Crazy, I know. Yet in this day and age, the most common forms of communication aren’t always clear. Just because we may mean different things or communicate how we feel differently doesn’t mean our intent when speaking isn’t the same. Even if you’re giving someone the silent treatment, you’re still communicating—pretty loudly, in fact. I read a study in class on what it was like for men to take the more passive role and wait to be asked to dance at a club while women took the initiative role and asked men to dance. Both genders reported feeling uncomfortable and fearing rejection. Men thought it was normal for women to attract men in order to be asked to dance, and women felt it was normal for men to take the risk of being rejected. Both genders reported a feeling of being emotionally drained. This scenario challenged the norms of what we expect from each gender. As a communications major, the study of speech fascinates me. Why we decide to say one thing and not another. Or why it’s so hard to say what we really mean to the people closest to us, or even not that close to us. The ways we choose to communicate through something as impersonal as texting has only enforced similarities of expectations from men and women. Thanks to romantic comedies, our society now believes in a thing called fate (that everything happens for a reason). In reality, fate doesn’t exist. You may be thinking it’s incredibly cynical of me to think this way, but really consider it: We’re all making conscious decisions about how to communicate in specific ways. After finding out this stunning revelation, I took a look at how I communicate with the opposite sex, as well as with others. Texting has become ingrained in how I communicate, in how everyone communicates, on a day-to-day basis, and yet it’s one of the most unclear forms of communication we have. You can never really tell the tone of how someone’s saying something; a conversation that could last one minute on the phone can take a whole day over texting, and understanding what someone really means may never become clear. People have come to build relationships over texting. Without knowing who someone really is, we can come to like a person by the way they communicate through text. We build personalities up in our head about who someone may be by the way they respond. We can create feelings out of ideas of who people are, all because we’ve seen a version of them through a piece of technology. But that’s not really who someone is. It’s easy to sit behind a screen and create a personality. Texting is really just a game people play, just like the dance club initiation game. If you respond too quickly, does that make you needy? Or if you don’t respond for seven hours, does that make you annoying? Either way, we all have our habits. We have built these gender roles and have gotten so used to them that anything else feels abnormal. What would happen if we began to break down these barriers of what’s normal? Have women begin to initiate and men take a step back from that role. I think we may begin to understand one another better.
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COVER
JEOFFRY RAY
Divestment is a word floating around many institutions as a potential strategy for combating fossil fuel production and the resulting environmental impacts. The City of Portland and Multnomah County have already made commitments to divest from fossil fuel companies, and a group of student activists have taken steps to bring Portland State on board. That student group, known as Divest PSU, has collaborated in the past year with the Associated Students of PSU, divestment groups at Reed College and University of Portland, and a still-greater regional movement to raise divestment awareness across campus. So far, its efforts seem to have captured the attention of university officials. “Divestment has this negative connotation with it, but it’s a reinvestment in our future,” said Elyse Cogburn, outgoing Divest PSU organizer and former ASPSU Sustainability Affairs Director. “It’s a reinvestment into the university,” Cogburn continued. “It’s a way to advertise that we are sustainable, and I can guarantee that more donors are going to look at that.” The act of divestment refers to pulling an institution’s investments away from financial vehicles supporting the target of a given divestment movement—in this case, fossil fuel producers. The PSU Foundation, an autonomous nonprofit organization handling the endowment that goes into supporting PSU scholarships, currently directs several millions of dollars in investment money to maximize donation earning power. The Foundation recently explored the divestment question at the request of PSU President Wim Wiewel. At the end of spring term, Paul Carey, PSU Foundation Chief Financial Officer and Associate Vice President of Development, said 1.5 percent of the Foundation’s endowment portfolio investments are in fossil fuel–related companies. “Evaluation of Socially Responsible Investments,” a January 2015 report released by the Foundation, read, “Fossil Free Indexes created The Carbon Underground 200, a list of the top 100 public coal companies and the top 100 public oil and gas companies globally. The PSU Foundation portfolio currently has a 1.34 percent exposure to companies on this list, with 1.2
percent attributed to oil and gas companies and 0.23 percent attributed to coal companies.” But how much investment in fossil fuels is too much? Divest PSU is arguing against any form of support for fossil fuel companies. Furthermore, the group asserts that over 80 percent of students support fossil fuel divestment, citing a survey conducted by ASPSU that gathered data from 231 PSU students, staff and faculty members. Wiewel also expressed support for university action on the divestment question, though he declined to suggest a specific solution, leaving it to the Foundation to decide. But he acknowledged the university’s mission to be a leader in sustainability and pointed to a need for the Foundation to find a balance between PSU’s mission and goals and the Foundation’s earning power. “Given our focus on sustainability as a key hallmark of the institution, I felt very clearly we can’t just do what some other universities have done, which is to totally say we’re not going to do anything, we’re just purely looking at maximum return, and we’re not going to have any constraints on that,” Wiewel said at a May 22 press conference with Student Media. “At the same time,” he continued, “return does matter.” The Foundation manages funds with a goal of seeing returns on investments, and while the Foundation’s Board also acknowledges the university’s sustainability goals, it aims to maximize university goals against a variety of factors. Wiewel pointed out that strength of return will factor into any Foundation decision, as donors expect to see their support maximized. “Donors give us money to generate money to support students,” Wiewel said. “Most of it’s for scholarships.” Still, Wiewel has supported Divest PSU’s voice in the conversation, a fact Divest PSU members acknowledge. The president has also played a role in facilitating the Foundation’s consideration of PSU’s leadership in sustainability practices. He also left room for the Foundation to determine how to define that role in their investment decisions. “What the precise right answer is, whether it’s direct divestment fully, or a more proactive investment and socially responsible investing, [the Foundation needs] to work out what [they]
think makes sense or what the pros and cons are,” Wiewel said. “I have not told them it has to be precisely this, it’s not my role. It’s theirs to figure out.”
DIVEST PSU Divest PSU began its work last year with the help of 350PDX, a citywide climate activist group. 350PDX brought Divest PSU together with student groups from other campuses around the city, including Reed and UP, according to 350PDX divestment team member Zach Allan. “We’ve been trying to keep an eye out for what divestment movements are happening in colleges around, and trying to support them,” Allan said. “I’ve been with [Divest PSU] over the last year. There’ve been some trainings, and we’ve got the 350 group to bring them out of town for the training.” Allan noted that the students largely handled the training, saying that 350PDX has been mostly confined to helping with organization. “We just helped facilitate the group that was doing it,” he said. “It was focused on leadership, building a really strong team and a team that has emotional support, and not just a hierarchy.” The PSU activists hosted a panel discussion during winter term, which included Allan, Divest PSU organizer Linda Hoppes, faculty and other sustainability figures. The discussion focused on raising awareness of the divestment option. Allan noted that attendees seemed largely in support of the idea. “I think the panel went really well,” he said. “I was expecting there to be a lot more pushback or for people to be confused about the idea. Everyone seemed to almost [wonder] why aren’t we already divested.” Divest PSU followed up with a series of awareness-raising events, such as tabling on the Park Blocks during Earth Day. They also supported other related social justice events on campus, including Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights and the PSU Student Alliance for Sexual Safety, through social media outreach. Wiewel asked the Foundation to meet with the Divest students. The Foundation provided Divest PSU with its January committee report concerning the divestment question. It also arranged a Foundation member as a liaison between the Foundation and students. Divest PSU organizer Alfredo Gonzalez said Foundation liaison Becky Hein initially met with the students in late January. But contact with the Foundation floundered after Hein resigned from her position in April. The Foundation arranged for Divest PSU to contact Carey for future inquiries, according to Gonzalez, but the students claim all subsequent inquiries have gone unanswered. Carey spoke with the Vanguard at the end of spring term, but has not responded to recent requests for further comment.
EVENT X
STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS RAISE FISTS in protest of fossil fuel investment during the PSU Sustainability Celebration in the Smith Memorial Student Union ballroom.
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“[The Foundation has] monthly meetings, and none of them have been inclusive of us or our image,” Gonzalez said. “I think that’s wrong, because Divest [PSU] is serving a community of 81 percent of the people who think that we should divest from fossil fuels,” he continued, citing results from ASPSU’s divestment survey. The lack of contact led Divest PSU to plan its first protest action, which it called Event X. The students rallied a group of demonstrators to crash PSU’s annual Sustainability Celebration to signal their opposition to fossil fuel investments. “It led us to move forward and put some pressure on
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“divestment has this negative connotation...but it’s a reinvestment in our future.” –Elyse Cogburn, outgoing Divest PSU organizer and former ASPSU Sustainability Affairs Director DIVEST PSU ORGANIZER ELYSE COGBURN addresses a gathered crowd about divestment in the PSU Park Blocks
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[Wiewel] and the PSU Foundation,” Gonzalez said. “We all went and basically staged an oil spill in front of the crowd celebrating sustainability.” The protesters, who said they had spent much of their work to that point in cooperation with the administration, were met with applause by those in attendance at the celebration. They staged a silent demonstration, raising fists and holding signs as Gonzalez quietly confronted Wiewel to ask for action on the divestment question. “It was beautiful,” Hoppes said. “I think it was really powerful, and I think it got a lot of people’s attention. What a great idea that the group came up with this.” Gonzalez also expressed gratification with the response and effect of Event X, noting that he and Wiewel exchanged contact information with the promise of another meeting to come. Weeks before the protest, Wiewel also expressed an interest in ensuring a further meeting would occur. “I’ve asked them to meet with me since we asked the Foundation to look into this,” Wiewel said at the May 22 press conference. “So I’ve asked them to meet with me and let me know, ‘What are you recommending for the Foundation?’” That meeting, initially scheduled loosely to occur during spring term finals week, has been reset for late July. Divest PSU has also pointed out that the Foundation has yet to respond to their inquiries directly.
“When it comes to the Foundation and convincing the Board [of Trustees], it’s going to be a money game,” Cogburn said. She added that the Board has failed to take students’ opinions into consideration this past year, citing the issues of arming campus safety and raising tuition as examples. “They’re all very much business men, with money on the mind,” she said. “In my opinion, that’s what we have to focus on, the actual return of it, to kind of make it more desirable.”
PUSHBACKS AND CHALLENGES Though the Foundation has offered minimal comment to either Divest PSU or the Vanguard, its committee submitted an initial report on their investigation into the divestment question in January. The report, titled “Evaluation of Socially Responsible Investment Strategies,” pointed to a range of options, including doing nothing, divesting from fossil fuel companies, integrating Environmental, Social and Global (ESG) strategies, impact investing and creating a separate Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) fund. “Socially responsible investments are basically an alternative to fossil fuels,” Gonzalez explained. “So you can invest in a company that is growing still, but they’re not doing it in a way that is destroying something, paying low wages or something.” The report delayed a recommendation until further investigation, though the language seemed to favor integration of ESG strategies, pointing largely to the challenges provided by other options. ESGs are generally regarded as more flexible than SRIs, which hold investments to a socially responsible standard. “They always seem to be leaning toward ESGs, which is always a red flag to me,” Gonzalez said during a subsequent Divest meeting. “Why are they leaning toward that versus SRI?” Gonzalez also took issue with the Foundation’s investigation committee, pointing out that the investigators essentially took information directly from J.P. Morgan, the bank that currently handles Foundation investments. He also pointed out that several members of the committee are affiliated with Northwest Natural, a local natural gas producer. The Foundation’s Executive Vice President of Operations and Regulation serves as the committee chair and is affiliated with Northwest Natural, according to the Foundation website. “That committee is made up of different individuals,” Gonzalez
said. “One of them is from Northwest Natural, which is clearly a conflict of interest.” Northwest Natural declined to comment on the question of divestment and their role in the Foundation and PSU investments.
GOING FORWARD Divest PSU will suspend much of its operations over the summer while preparing for the July meeting with Wiewel and the Foundation, according to Gonzalez. In the meantime, he noted they will prepare training sessions for the coming year, with a mind toward the recruitment of incoming students to join their fight. With a final decision likely to be made in September or October, Divest PSU is looking at the summer as an opportunity to regroup. “I think we are all waiting a little to let the dust from the spring term settle,” Gonzalez said in a recent email. “There will be trainings happening, and getting together with new members for [Divest PSU] as well as senators from ASPSU, community partners from 350PDX…just not being planned right now.” The students are ready to carry the fight into the coming terms, but their impact on Foundation decision-making remains to be seen. Allan said 350PDX will continue their partnership going forward and credited the students for their efforts. “When I’ve been out with [members of Divest PSU], it seems like everyone is really supportive of the idea,” Allan said. “Students did a great job of promoting. They’ve done a really good job strategizing, too.” Allan also pointed to the bigger picture. Not only have the city and county started making commitments against fossil fuel investments, universities throughout the nation are starting to confront the question. Some, such as the University of Washington in Seattle, have already made commitments of their own, often with the support of student groups like Divest PSU. “It’s kind of the time where you see divestment coming up at other universities and around the world as a topic,” Allan said. “I think it’s really good timing.” More information about Divest PSU can be found at facebook. com/divestportlandstate. More information about the PSU Foundation at pdx.edu/giving/PSU-foundation
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ARTS & CULTURE
MATT FRACTION’S ‘ODY-C’ BENDS GENDERS NEW COMIC SERIES UPDATES ‘ILIAD’ AND IN ANCIENT GREECE ‘ODYSSEY,’ THEN SHOOTS THEM INTO SPACE ANDY ANADY
I haven’t come across many people who can still find themselves in ancient texts like the Iliad or the Odyssey. It has become increasingly apparent that people are more interested in reading these tomes to prove they’re intellectuals, instead of reading to find themselves or discover they can relate to a hero who fought at Troy. I’ve spoken with a few veterans who have connections with characters like Achilles and Patroclus, their anguish and their attachment, but for the rest of us the text is far too unrelatable to civilian life. Matt Fraction, of Sex Criminals and Marvel’s Hawkeye fame, is writing ODY-C, a gender-swapped space opera comic version of Homer’s Odyssey. Suddenly Odysseus is Odyssia, and instead of Poseidon tossing their ships on his waves, the god now throws these ships around on her breath through space. So far there’s only five issues, which is not quite the 12,000 lines that make up the Odyssey, but the story still follows the one composed in the eighth century B.C. Zeus still killed his—ahem, her—father and, like her epic predecessor, doesn’t trust children. She trusts them so little that she removes all men from reality. The story is what you expect. Odyssia and her soldiers have just defeated Troiia-VII and are now island-hopping home to distant Ithicaa. It’s mostly written in dactylic hexameter, which gives the whole book a rhythm and kind of ancient nobility. Even if the plot is weird and definitely takes some liberties with the original material, it stays damn close to the spirit of the thing in such a way that it can really speak to people now. The Lotus-Eaters and the Cyclops are both there, as are Odyssia’s numerous epithets. Zeus even gives Persephone to Hades, which
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was in the Homeric Hymns (and isn’t technically Homer at all). All the characters are women. There are two men, and sometimes they become too much a central focus, but their only claim to fame is being men Zeus didn’t destroy. In a crazed fit of sensorydeprived torture and inspiration, Persephone—or Promethene—creates an entirely new sex: the sebex. Essentially, people with a uterus who can accept and fertilize ovum from ciswomen. Zeus hates children and destroys men, and her child makes it so that children can be created without men. “Do you want to know the problem with children?” Zeus asks. “They just keep making more children.” I’d argue that the comics aren’t populated with ciswomen either. Hera the all-mother, unlike Zeus the all-mother-father, is masculine in appearance, even if she is the most violenceaverse and traditionally maternal character in the story. She has a beard, though, and even grooms and trims it sexily to get Zeus’ attention and distract her from her vile scheming. Which was also from the original text—the Iliad, not the Odyssey. The art is inspired, too. Colors bleed, characters bleed and it’s all a gory rainbow from page to page. Cannibalism, murder and floating bodies mingle in Poseidon’s swirling vacuum. The gore is very ancient Greek, with divine ankles submerged in pools of blood. The whole text makes me very uncomfortable as a feminist, but in a good way that makes me think, stop and recalibrate. I don’t want to sound too elitist here, but having read the original texts makes the comic all the more amazing, though I think it would still be awesome for someone who doesn’t know Homer very well.
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E3 IS THE MARKETING BONANZA YOU LOVE HOT SCOOPS FROM THE BIGGEST TRADE SHOW IN GAMES BRANDON STALEY
The biggest trade show in video games, E3, was held in Los Angeles last week, and with it came a plethora of announcements from some of the world’s biggest publishers. Here’s the big stuff you need to know. Bethesda started off the week-long show with more details on Fallout 4, Doom and Dishonored 2. Fallout 4 will feature intricate weapon-crafting and a base defense option that gives you a huge range of building options. Doom was a weird mix of nostalgia and somewhat outdated graphics, which shouldn’t come as a surprise since the game has been in development forever. Dishonored 2 will feature two playable characters with unique abilities. Microsoft kicked off their conference with backwards
compatibility for the Xbox One; later this year you’ll be able to play Xbox 360 games on the new console. Halo 5 will also have a new strategic mode called Warzones. Gears of War 4 was announced, much to the surprise of no one, and the characters look significantly less bovine. Great! The folks who made the stellar Metroid Prime are making a game called ReCore. Dark Souls III and Forza Motorsport 6 are video games you can buy at a later date. Sea of Thieves is Rare’s new pirate MMO. HoloLens is a virtual display headset that uses holograms and looks totally nuts. Electronic Arts orchestrated yet another E3 fever dream that mercifully ended with some lengthy gameplay footage of Star Wars: Battlefront. The stoically titled Need for Speed looks slick and will
feature some blessedly bad full-motion video cut scenes. The transitions looked nice, but the acting was bonkers. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 will put you in the boots of the zombies this time. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst tells the back story of Faith, the protagonist from the first game. Also, sports games. EA makes them all, and you can expect more. Finally, Unravel is a small passion project starring a red fox plushie that looks intriguing. If EA put together a fever dream presentation, then Ubisoft was chugging the peyote butter. South Park: The Fractured but Whole will carry on the story of South Park: The Stick of Truth. For Honor will pit Vikings, samurai and knights against each other. Tom Clancy’s The Division is still a cooperative but
nebulous open-world survival game. Anno 2205 will bring city planning to the Moon. Rainbow Six Siege is a shooter with destructible environments on small household maps. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and the newly revealed Ghost Recon Wildlands both look like open-world Ubisoft games. Finally, play Trackmania Turbo when it comes out on consoles. Trust me. Sony brought down the house with the gameplay reveal of the long-awaited The Last Guardian, the story of a boy and his bird-dog. The hits kept on coming with the reveal of a Final Fantasy VII remake and Shenmue III on Kickstarter. The newly announced Horizon: Zero Dawn imagined a world far in the future, where our descendants hunt robotic dinosaurs across ruined urban sprawl.
Sony has Street Fighter V exclusivity. No Man’s Sky made a token appearance. Dreams by Media Molecule will let you explore art projects other people create. Uncharted 4 will let you drive fast and make bang-bangboom with manly gun and brother-man. There were a lot of games, but most came with a projected release date in 2016 or none at all. Morpheus, Sony’s virtual reality headset, was notably downplayed. Worrisome. Nintendo still makes video games, and they proved it with the reveal of Star Fox Zero, in which the Arwing can turn into a tank, hovercraft or chicken mech. Fire Emblem Fates will come to 3DS at some point. Xenoblade Chronicles X will hit shelves in December. Yoshi’s Woolly World is proof there is still
some good left in the world. Mario Maker, Nintendo’s Mario level creator, will come out on Sept. 11 of all days. Square Enix opened their presentation with the destruction orgy that Just Cause 3 is turning out to be. Rise of the Tomb Raider will continue the story of Lara Croft and will come to the Xbox One first, followed by the PS4. Kingdom Hearts 3 finally got a gameplay reveal; Goofy was in attendance. Hitman murdered some fools and was beautifully bald. A sequel to the underwhelming role-playing game Nier was announced, this time the highly skilled developer Platinum Games. Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness won the award for best subtitle. Lastly, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided lets you be a robo-man. Can’t argue with that.
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EVENT CALENDAR JOHN PINNEY
June 23
Freaky Funky Farm Fresh Ride 9 a.m. Winterhaven K-8 School Park
Gardening and farming costumes are the theme for this morning ride.
Portland’s Transportation History Scavenger Hunt
5:30–7 p.m. Salmon Street Springs, 1000 SW Naito Pkwy
Drinks at Burnside Brewing after this transportation themed scavenger hunt. Smartphones are required and teams acquire points through texting.
Chamber Music Festival 8p.m Varying locations Fee: $10–60
Though this festival has many venues, more than one performance is going to take place at Lincoln Hall in our beloved PSU. This event is being hailed as a Brahm’s Bonanza, and there are a whole bunch of really cool Open Rehearsal musician things to look forward to in the upcoming month!
June 25
Time Traveler’s Ride 6 p.m. OMSI
I can’t do any more justice to the listing than it already does to itself: “Gather ye Timelords*, Solar Slingshotters, Time Bandits,
Loopers, and Quantum Leapers for a time-locked event. In every reality and every timeline, this bicycle ride occurs, so you are safe joining us for this tour of Portland’s time portals. Meet at 5:30 p.m. (galactic standard time) at the propeller behind OMSI. We will be ending within 2 miles of the start at a time traveling bar that changes names depending on your perspective. *Timelords forever!”
Literary Hopping
6 p.m. Floating World Comics & More The LitHop website is good for many things. It tells you about the six locations (and the after party at Dantes) and type of shows for this sexy nerd take on a pub crawl (that’s two things Portlanders really like—a pub crawl and a half-marathon that blocks traffic) but the information beyond that is still forthcoming. But if you hit up Floating World Comics, Dantes, Ash Street Saloon or the Mercy Corps Building throughout the day, I’m sure you’ll either meet up with or get clues as to when this event starts and how much it actually costs.
Jazz, Juice, and Jokes 6 p.m. Curious Comedy Theater
Music can be a beautiful expression of the soul, but it also doesn’t have to be boring—as this event proves. This local nonprofit works in the community
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to educate and raise funds and this fundraiser is the highlight of their program, at least as far as I can tell. Come laugh, drink,and listen to soulful and smooth music.
6 p.m. Oaks Amusement Park
J.A.W.Z. The Musical–in 3D 9 p.m. Alberta Rose Theatre
Based on the long-standing tradition of nostalgia, Bruce the shark gets a bit of a wacky facelift from a loving fan through musical theater. Catch this now before it swims back to Hollyweird and they reboot the whole series with CGI. As I understand it, there may also be opportunities for audience participation.
June 26
Portland International Beerfest 12 p.m.–10 p.m. Holladay Park Fee: $20–35
For those of us who use the Lloyd Center MAX stop with any regularity, you always know when this event is happening because they fence off the park for three days. Getting into the park is free, but you pay to get your hand stamped for tickets to drink. This three-day festival promises 200 world-class beers from 16 countries, but my guess is the majority of brews will probably be local.
Nothing makes my heart go pitter-pat than a three-day festival that includes a tattoo fair. If you’re a fan of motorcycles, stunt shows or people making poor (or great!) tattoo choices while enjoying a beer garden, then this is the event for you. Bring a can for the Oregon Food Bank and enjoy some tunes and powerfully built chrome engines. There’s a Facebook page if you want to ask about pricing, but I think it might be along with park admission.
‘Starship Troopers’ 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Fifth Avenue Cinema
Real talk: This is the first Rrated movie I ever saw in a movie theater. It’s not the first one I saw alone (that honor goes to Office Space) but I remember being really impressed with this war epic and not at all getting the satire. Later I realized, upon second viewing, it was somewhat responsible for my sexual orientation awakening and also that Neil Patrick Harris is in this movie as a psychic. Enjoy the Sunday 3 p.m. matinee as well as Saturday evening performances! FREE
June 27
Recycled Arts Fest
9 a.m. Esther Short Park, Vancouver, WA Man, there are a lot of festi-
vals in the summer, right? This one particularly speaks to me, because I’m such a big fan of Scrap (who just moved by the way—have you seen their new location?!) and I tend to spend notso-much money there for a lot of great art stuff. Specifically, the blue gel roll I use to make cosplay wings. This festival celebrates the ingenuity and recycling capabilities of the recycled arts and it’s sure to be a fun time for all. Very kid-friendly!
Happy Bday Frank Lloyd Wright! 10 a.m. 869 W. Main St, Silverton.
The Gordon House by Frank Lloyd Wright (one of the greats of American architecture) lives right nearby in Silverton and they are having a birthday party at the House to commemorate the life and times of Frank Lloyd Wright. Come enjoy the nature around the House, Mr. Wright’s style and a self-guided tour, birthday refreshments for 5 bucks.
World Naked Bike Ride Sundown Colonel Summers Park
Sigh. Do I even have to say anything? Not only is the event self-explanatory, but God help you if you’re trying to get anywhere in the Northeast while this is happening. Yes, this is Portland’s freak flag at its finest, and yes, we are known for this iconic ride, but just let me get home first so I don’t have to deal with all of
you nudists on your bikes.
Eddie Izzard
8 p.m. Keller Auditorium Fee: $137–291 Squee! Eddie Izzard is coming to town! Can you hear my heart doing a little pitter-pat as I reenact all of my favorite stand up bits like “Star Trek phaser set to ice cream going by!” Ummm, it’s a lot funnier when Eddie does it. You’ve probably seen Eddie in something recently. I think he had some sort of role on Hannibal and in that one show with Minnie Driver where he pretends to be fake rich, but this is Eddie Izzard at his level best!
June 28
Peacock in the Park 2—5 p.m. Washington Park
Peacock in the Park is a fairly well-known, kid-friendly and queer-positive event. Featuring drag, live music and concession stands (though you can bring a picnic), this annual fundraiser helps queer kids become queer college kids and that’s absolutely fantastic. I hope to see you there!
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FEATURED EVENT Pedalpalooza Part 2 Various places, mostly free! For those who didn’t see the part one post, this is the last week to get in on the Pedalpalooza action. It’s an extravagent managerie of events, all circling around those who ride bikes and those who love the people that ride bikes. Some events are more catered toward certain subsections of bikers (like female-identified bike night), but most of the events seem family-friendly and eager to meet you. Here’s some of the highlights of the last week, though there is a more extensive and impressive up-to-date calendar at the Pedalpalooza website.
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HOROSCOPES JOHN PINNEY
Cancer (June 21–July 22)
Nothing says sunny days of summer like a Netflix marathon of Orange Is the New Black in a dark room with diet Dr. Pibb and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.
Leo (July 23–Aug. 22)
Guys with the name of Corey are going to be an albatross around your neck this week, Leo. Usually trustworthy, you may feel differently after this runin.
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sep. 22)
Don’t give up hope, dear Virgo. You work hard to achieve your goals and this is only a momentary setback on the way to something greater.
Libra (Sep. 23–Oct. 22)
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Gemini (May 21–June 20)
Try spending this week learning something new. Do you remember that weekend when you promised yourself you were going to learn yoga?
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PSU JUMPER GOES ALL-AMERICAN ALEX MOORE
For the first time in Portland State history, Vikings teammates traveled together to the USATF Outdoor Championships. And for only the third time in PSU history, one of those teammates, sophomore Baileh Simms, finished the meet as a second team All-American. Held in Eugene, the outdoor championships were the last meet of the 2014–15 season for most of the Vikings, which was one of the more successful seasons under head coach Ronnye Harrison, who has brought the program a number of top three finishes since he began as a Viking. “Overall we’re really happy with the season,” assistant coach Johnathan Marcus said. “A lot of good things happened. Some results didn’t go our way, but you can’t have it all.” Simms brings a bright future to the women’s program. Following the success of athletes like Geronne Black and
Joenisha Vinson—who are the other second team AllAmerican Vikings—Simms still has time to build on her performance from this season, in which she had personal bests all over the board. Her path to the outdoor championships included a jump in production towards the end of the season, and it happened at exactly the right time. Three straight meets to end the year finished with Simms jumping over 20 feet. At the outdoor championships, her jump was good enough to earn her 15th place at the meet. Standing beside Simms in Eugene was fellow teammate Jasmine Woods. A senior, Woods was competing in the 100 meter dash. Her time of 11.63 seconds wasn’t enough to earn her the title of All-American, but it was good enough for 23rd place, which is quite a feat for an athlete coming from a school like PSU, which has limited facilities.
“It speaks well to our training,” Marcus said. “And the relationship between the athletes and the coaches.” The coaches have made a big impact on the athletes, specifically Harrison, who has pushed the program towards broken record after broken record, whether it is at the individual or team level. To put Harrison’s impact in perspective, the head coach has had six athletes make national meets. Only nine athletes have achieved that level in PSU history. On top that, the three Vikings who have seen success at the national level and have received the title of AllAmerican all did it within the last three years. “He’s done a lot, a lot of great things for this program,” Marcus said. “He’s found areas and opportunities to be competitive within the Big Sky conference for the men and women respectively.”
BAILEH SIMMS jumps at the NCAA Nationals.
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In his eighth season on the Park Blocks, Harrison has been well known for his ability to coach sprinters. And while the sprinting program has flourished lately (24 of Harrison’s 36 Big Sky champions have been sprinters), the program has grown in a number of other events, which was shown by Simms’ impressive performance in the long jump. The season is not quite over for all the Vikings, with
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just one meet remaining for a single track and field athlete. Freshman Jose Macias set a personal record at the Portland Track Festival last weekend on the campus of Lewis and Clark. Not only did Macias’ time of 31:57:31 in the 10,000 meter beat his previous record by 40 seconds, it also qualified him for the USA Track and Field Junior Outdoor Championships. That meet will be held from June 25–28 in Eugene.
“It’s exciting,” Marcus said. “It’ll be a great experience for him.” To qualify for the junior outdoor championships, athletes have to be under 20 years old. The meet in Eugene will truly serve as the last meet of the season for the Vikings. Up next for PSU’s track and field program is summer training before next season’s indoor campaign.
HEALTH& WELLNESS
COMMENTARY BY JACQUELINE C. BRYAN
Now more than ever, people want to get in shape. It’s summer, for crying out loud, and we all want to show off our hard work. I don’t blame you, man! Summer seems like the perfect time to jog around our favorite park or play a team sport in a beautiful sunny field. However, it can also be the worst time to exercise outdoors, since tons of factors weigh in on your body that you wouldn’t have to worry about on a normal overcast-Portland winter day. Mainly: sun, sun, sun. Yes, the sun is a beautiful thing, but we must all take precautions when we’re out there sweating in its presence. This is not to say you should opt for gym exercising or hiding out in your
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house like a vampire; it simply means that with a few extra imperative steps, your workout and your body will benefit greatly. Keep hydrated: Truthfully, you should be doing this anyway, regardless of the time of year and whether or not you’re out exercising. But when it’s hot and sunny, you should be drinking a ton more water than usual. Drink a couple glasses of water before heading out into the sun, take a bottle of water with you and try to take a few sips every 15 minutes or so. At the end of your workout, drink a couple more glasses of water. Hydration is everything. Lather up: I know sunscreen smells and feels weird, but it also protects your
precious skin from getting burned. Ideally, you’d want to wear as much clothing as possible to avoid direct sun exposure, but when it’s hot, that can become nearly impossible to do. Instead, make sure to lather up any exposed areas with tons of sunscreen. If you’re out there for a while, don’t forget to reapply. Watch the sun: It may seem obvious to some, but please don’t decide to run a 5k in the middle of the day when it’s 90 degrees out. Be wise as to what time of day you’re going to choose to work out. The early morning is ideal, since it’s nice and cool and the sun is barely making an appearance. Also, the late afternoon near sundown is a good time to head out; although it may still be warm out, the sun
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won’t be boring down on you relentlessly. Dress the part: There’s no need to wear fancy spandex or super tight outfits to your workout. In fact, it does more harm than good. Your body needs to ventilate in order to cool off and work efficiently. Do yourself a favor and choose comfortable clothes that give your body room to breathe. Also, avoid dark clothing that attracts the sun. Opt for lighter colors such as whites, yellows, oranges, etc. Listen and take heed: Your body will tell you when it’s having a hard time. Please listen to it! There’s a thin line between pushing yourself to achieve a better workout and flat-out harming yourself. Be aware of where that line lies and, more importantly,
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don’t ignore these signs. If this means taking a long break under a shady tree or calling
it quits, then so be it. Your health should be your number one priority, no matter what.
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AMERICAN PHAROAH TAKES THE TRIPLE & CROWN HEALTHWELLNESS RECENT VICTORY MIGHT STIR UP HORSE RACING’S REVITALIZATION COMMENTARY BY PHUOC FRANCIS NGUYEN
For 37 years, no horse has managed to achieve horse racing’s greatest accomplishment: the Triple Crown. This grueling task asks these horses to go from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky to the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, and finally to Belmont Park in Elmont, New York to achieve glory. Many have tried and failed since the last winner. The American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is a title awarded to a three-year-old horse who manages to win on the dirt tracks at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in a five-week period, starting on the first Saturday in May and ending on a Saturday in early June. Affirmed was the last horse to win the Triple Crown in 1978. Spectacular Bid, Pleasant Colony, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic, War Emblem, Funny Cide, Smarty Jones, Big Brown, I’ll Have Another and California Chrome are the 13 horses who have tried and failed to become Triple Crown winners since Affirmed accomplished the feat. On June 6, 2015, American Pharoah became the 14th horse to take a shot at the Triple Crown. The downfall for many horses comes in the final leg, with their competitors being rested horses who have only raced one or none of the Triple Crown races. The Belmont Stakes is often referred to as “The Test of the Champion,” due to the length
of the race. It is one and a half miles, or approximately 2,400 meters, while the Kentucky Derby is one and a quarter miles, or 2,000 meters, and the Preakness Stakes is one and three-sixteenth miles, or 1,900 meters. The Belmont Stakes had a crowd of over 90,000 looking to see history be made. The start of the race saw American Pharoah leaning back, which caused him to start a touch late once the gates were opened. However, a start-to-finish lead was maintained by the colt even after Materiality and Frosted made late charges before fading. American Pharoah ended the 37-year drought to become the 12th Triple Crown winner in history. The five-and-a-half lengths win was the seventh fastest time in Belmont Stakes history at 2:26.65. American Pharoah’s team includes owner Ahmed Zayat, trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Victor Espinoza. Zayat made it clear his goal was to win the Kentucky Derby which had previously eluded him, evidenced by the three second-place finishes he has to his name. This year he had a horse that managed to win not only the Kentucky Derby, but the entire Triple Crown. Baffert is a Hall-of-Famer who has countless earnings, due to his ability to have his horses finish on the podium over and over. His list of accomplishments includes Silver Charm, Real Quiet, War Emblem and American Pharoah winning the first two legs
of the Triple Crown. He may now add a Triple Crown–winning horse to that list. Espinoza took over as jockey after American Pharoah finished fifth in his maiden race. That blemish remains the colt’s only one since his debut. Espinoza has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes three times apiece and the Belmont Stakes once. He came into the Belmont Stakes looking for his first Triple Crown after being denied in 2002 with War Emblem and last year with California Chrome, entering into this year’s Belmont Stakes with American Pharoah for his third Triple Crown opportunity, a record currently unmatched by any other jockey. At 43 years old, Espinoza is the oldest jockey to win a Triple Crown and is also the first Hispanic jockey to accomplish the feat. Triple Crown–winner American Pharoah will now grace the cover of Sports Illustrated and Vogue magazines. Zayat has reiterated he plans to have the colt retire by the end of the year. He sees the Breeders’ Cup Classic in October as a fitting finale for American Pharoah. American Pharoah will retire to Coolmore America’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, who purchased the horse’s stud rights for over $20 million. The colt will go down in the history books as the 12th Triple Crown winner—ending a 37-year streak without a winner—and could also be credited with revitalizing the sport of horse racing.
JOCKEY VICTOR ESPINOZA rides American Pharoah across the finish line at Belmont on June 6. COURTESY OF DIANA ROBINSON THROUGH CREATIVE COMMONS VIA FLICKR
Sports Schedule 6/23— 6/29 Men’s/Women’s Track and Field
Portland Sports
Portland Pedalpalooza
USATF Junior Outdoor Championships
Portland Timbers at Los Angeles
(Ned) Flanders Neighborhood Greenway Ride
Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders
Thursday Night Ride
Hayward Field, Eugene, OR Thurs., June 25 – Sun., June 28, All Day
StubHub Center Wed., June 24, 8 p.m.
Providence Park Sun., June 28, 4 p.m.
Portland Thunder at Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center Sun., June 28, 2 p.m.
NW Flanders & 23rd Weds., June 24, 6 p.m.
Salmon Street Fountain Thurs., June 25, 7:30 p.m.
Pastafarian Pirate Ride Marquam Beach Fri., June 26, 5:30 p.m.
World Naked Bike Ride Location TBA Sat., June 27, 8 p.m.
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