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NEWS

Bad Seed? Good Seed?

Worldwide march against monsanto movement grows in portland

Protesters demonstrate against agriculture giant Monsanto during a march in downtown Portland.

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nearly 400 people of all ages joined this year’s March Against Monsanto on May 23, themed “Food for Justice,” in Downtown Portland.

The movement took place in 38 countries and 428 cities around the world.

The march was a peaceful protest against the Monsanto Company, which has been critiqued for its production of genetically modified seeds and an herbicide named Roundup. This was the third march of its kind in Portland.

CRIME BLOTTER

jaime dunkle

May 19

May 21

Blackstone Residence Hall A resident reported to Officer Brian Rominger at 9:20 p.m. that eight loads of her laundry were stolen from the laundry room, which she last saw two days prior.

Broadway Residence Hall Officer Peter Stuart and Sergeant Robert McCleary responded to a report of marijuana at 11:30 p.m.

Five people were present in the room. One of the non-students surrendered marijuana. Officers also confiscated an orange used as smoking paraphernalia.

Theft II

May 20

Unauthorized Entry of Motor Vehicle, Theft I

Parking Structure One, Fifth Floor Officer Nichola Higbee responded to a car break-in at 11 p.m. The rear window was broken. A laptop, diabetic blood tester, backpack and textbook were reported stolen.

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The protesters criticized the food system as a whole, with its focus on industrialized agriculture and political decisions that impact food safety, such as House Bills 2509 and 3212 and the TransPacific Partnership.

“We stand for farmers, families, bees and seeds,” said Teressa Raiford from Don’t Shoot PDX. “We want to know what is in our food!”

GMO Free Oregon, 350 PDX, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, Biosafety Alliance and

Student Conduct (Marijuana)

May 22

Unauthorized entry of vehicle

Parking Structure Three A student reported a theft to Officer James Dewey at noon on SW Park and SW Montgomery. The student said she had noticed her rear passenger-side window was broken after she had driven out of the parking structure. The silver 2014 Suburu Forester was parked on the southwest

Portland Rising Tide were cosponsors of the event.

Marian Bell, an environmental studies student at Portland State, marched with her young daughter.

“I want to be able to choose whether I have genetically modified food or not,” she said. “For me, it is a concern what the effects are on my daughter in 30 years if I fed her nothing but chemically produced food.”

Monsanto, with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, operates in about 66 countries. Roundup was first commercialized in 1968 in the U.S. and has been constantly developed since.

Roundup, which is Monsanto’s bestselling herbicide, was recently linked to cancer by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research group, who listed it as a probable carcinogen.

Traces of the product were found in water of areas where it was used.

Roundup is made from a glyphosate, a synthetic compound that is a nonselective systemic herbicide particularly effective against perennial weeds. It’s the most commonly used herbicide in private gardening as well as in agriculture worldwide.

Many consumers in the U.S. have shown support for national GMO labeling, but so far no initiative has been successful. According to the event’s press release on MAM’s international homepage, the reason for a lack of initiatives is “heavy spending by Monsanto-backed lobbying groups.”

“This year we call for food justice now and stand against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that would suborn the legislative will of those

countries who have banned GMOs,” said Leuth Novotny from Portland’s MAM organization team.

The TPP is a trade agreement with 11 countries in the Asia Pacific, which is currently being pushed by the Obama administration.

Among others, it would prohibit the labeling of GMOs. The New York Times recently called the TPP “a blatant attack on labor, farmers, food safety, public health and even national sovereignty.”

“Let’s really think about the longer-term picture, how we bring this movement forward and continue to change and work with all the other organizations, and not just show up and say, ‘Hey, we’re really pissed by the system,’ and then we all go home,” said Karen Swift of Biosafety Alliance.

Portland’s protesters shouted, “Don’t attack our democracy,” and sang, “All we are saying is give labels a chance,” while marching. Though performers like Laura Ivancie and Tongue-N-Groove put people in good humor, the urgency from event participants was clear.

Different studies state different opinions about the impact of GMOs, which often lead to confusion and political discussion between advocates and opponents.

In addition to supporters of the MAM movement, there was a small group of contradictors.

“We support biotechnology and want to offer another perspective about GMOs,” said Sarah Bryant, a biology student at PSU. “The majority of scientists say that GMOs are safe and that there are many benefits.”

Week of May 19-25 corner of the third floor between May 21 at 5 p.m. and May 22 at noon. Her black Nike backpack was reported stolen.

Potential Hazard

Engineering Building A hazardous smell was reported coming from the engineering building at 9:30 p.m.

Sergeant McCleary noticed a “paint smell” in the main lobby. Further investigation revealed that students in the Viking Motor Sport Club gel-coated a wood car frame inside lab 410. Students were evacuated until the activated ventilation fans dispersed the fumes.

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May 24

May 25

Parking Structure Three Officer Denae Murphy noticed a white Jeep on the fourth floor had unzipped windows.

The area had been patrolled 10–20 minutes prior, according to Sergeant McCleary. On the way to location, Sergeant McCleary found a white Nissan Frontier with a broken rear window. Owners of both vehicles were contacted but not reached. Belongings from the Jeep were stored in the Campus Safety Office.

Blumel Hall Parking Structure A loitering man appeared to be under the influence of narcotics, according to Sergeant Michael Anderson and Officer Murphy. A female nonstudent approached the contacted male (who was not identified as a student in the report) but quickly walked away when she saw the officers. She was stopped for identification and officers discovered her previous arrests for larceny and motor vehicle theft, as well as a felony theft conviction. She claimed to not know the male until they began to “loudly exclaim their love for each other.” The male was arrested on a felony warrant; the female was arrested for Criminal Trespass II until the officers found drugs on

Vehicle Break-Ins

Car Prowl

Parking Structure Two A student reported to Officer David Troppe that three passenger-side windows of his BMW were broken. Two bags with insignificant items were stolen from the car. The car was originally parked on April 23.

Unlawful Possession of Heroin

her. She was sent to Multnomah County Detention Center for Criminal Trespass II, Unlawful Possession of Heroin and Unlawful Possession of Meth.

Student Conduct

Unknown Location A student said “she wanted to drug a professor and take incriminating photos,” in a message to another student who reported her to Officer Rominger at 7:09 p.m. The female student told Officer Rominger she was joking and that “she did not wish harm upon the professor.” She also told Officer Rominger that she was only trying to flirt with the other student and that she has “an odd sense of humor.”

NEWS

Portland Stress University Students access on-campus

and online support for finals week stress

Colleen Leary

College students often experience high levels of stress which, for many students, can be new and overwhelming.

Stress is especially high during final exams. Portland State’s finals week begins on June 8.

Seeking counseling and support, especially in person, can carry stigma, so many people shy away from soliciting outside resources.

Online support A new website called 7 Cups of Tea has been developed to provide emotional support for college students in the comfort of their own space.

7 Cups of Tea founder and psychologist Glen Moriarty said he thinks students today are under more stress than previous generations.

“Stressors can pile up and really start to take a toll on you,” Moriarty said. “I think [students] need a safe place to just vent. A place where they can share what is on their mind and be listened to by another non-

judgmental, caring and compassionate college student.”

The web service, which gets its name from a Chinese poem that describes different levels of healing, anonymously connects users looking for support with listeners who have undergone Active Listening training.

The website also features group support chats and forums and self-help guides on several subjects, including college life, test anxiety, breakups, loneliness, parenting and managing emotions, among others.

A college student identified as Lindsey responded to the web service by saying, “Since becoming a member…my life has drastically changed…24 hours a day, seven days a week, there is someone who will listen to my story, or support me as I head off to take a test.”

Moriarty said the 7 Cups platform has many mental health professionals, but most are not licensed professionals. “They are instead trained

CRIME BLOTTER

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May 26

May 27

Carpool Parking 1804 SW Fourth A vehicle break-in was reported to Officer Shawn McKenzie. The victim said she parked her Honda Fit at 2 p.m. on May 26 and returned an hour later to find her window broken and purse stolen.

King Albert Residence Hall A student saw two males trying to steal the tire from her bike at 10 p.m. The area was checked but Officer McKenzie did not find the described males: both tall and thin, one with spiked black hair.

Theft/Vehicle Break-in

Disruptive Behavior

Neuberger Hall An older male was reported screaming in Russian at 1:20 p.m. The man said he was trying to reach a Russian Language professor to no avail, “resulting in him losing his temper.”

Attempted Bike Tire Theft

May 28

Unlawful Possession of Meth, Criminal Mischief I, Disorderly Conduct II

SW Broadway/SW College Officer Nichola Higbee saw a seemingly intoxicated man disturbing bystanders at 12:20 a.m. Officer Higbee called Officer Peter Ward to join her to run a welfare check when she saw the man trying to lift the ATM as he became more enraged. The man picked up a brick and threw it at the ATM

active listeners from all walks of life,” Moriarty said. “The vast majority of our listeners are students that have gone through our training process.”

The training process for 7 Cups listeners involves instructional videos and written training, followed by tests, practices sessions and member feedback.

“The majority of listeners on 7 Cups have been helped by the service, so they care deeply for others and want to give back,” he added.

Moriarty said 7 Cups’ goal is to help 7 million people in 2015.

“At any given time, 30 percent of the people on the planet are struggling,” Moriarty said.

“They often feel like they are all alone and don’t have anyone to talk to. Nothing could be further from the truth.”

On-campus counseling and support PSU’s Student Health and Counseling Center provides on-campus mental health and

counseling resources for students, including daily walk-in hours. Students can meet individually with counselors or participate in group sessions.

Marcy Hunt, PSU’s Director of Counseling Services echoed Moriarty’s concerns about increased college level stress.

“National survey data supports this with more and more students reporting that they feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and more stressed than ever before,” she said.

Hunt said stress levels are high due to a number of factors, including increasing academic demands, new environments and responsibilities, financial stress, changes in family and social relationships, and 24/7 interface with technology.

Hunt said there are different types of stress and that some stress is actually beneficial. “[I]t is important to remember that not all stress is ‘bad,’” she said.

“Some stress is beneficial and motivating, helping us

to focus and perform at our best. At SHAC, we help students learn ways to cultivate the ‘good’ stress and better manage the ‘bad’ stress.”

Last fall, SHAC launched its Mind Spa, located on the third floor of the University Center Building. The space is meant to create a peaceful and relaxing environment for students looking for solace from their busy schedules.

Students can access a full body massage chair, 10,000 lux light therapy alcove, guided mediation and biofeedback software that teaches students how to maximize their breath management in response to stress.

Hunt said many students access SHAC’s counseling and Mind Spa services.

“We typically see between 10–15 students every day during walk-in hours,” she said. “Many of those students are seeking additional mental health services at SHAC or in the greater Portland community.

She added that Mind Spa appointments are typically filled for the entire term.

“However, there is still a significant stigma around seeking help, so we know there are students who could benefit from mental health support who have not walked through our doors,” Hunt said.

She said she sees online support resources as one of many tools students can employ to help manage stressors.

“We know support is instrumental in the effective management and recovery from mental health-related concerns, and we know our students are virtually connected 24/7,” Hunt said. “I do think that face-to-face support is an important adjunct to online resources, so [I] would encourage students to supplement their online community support with a visit to SHAC to meet with a counselor or visit the Mind Spa.” More information available at 7cupsoftea.com and pdx.edu/shac.

Week of May 26-31 as the officers approached.

They ran toward him, telling him to stop. After a brief pursuit, the officers spotted him at SW Fourth and SW Hall.

A small baggie of meth was found on the man when he was detained at the Multnomah County Detention Center.

Exclusion

Urban Plaza Sergeant McCleary, and Officers Fischer and McKenzie received a call about a male bothering a female student.

He told the student that he wanted her to go with him to Eugene and the “she didn’t need to be worried about getting raped.” The officers confronted the man and excluded him from the Urban Plaza.

May 29

Sexual Assault

Between Parkway Residence Hall and Harder House Officer Gary Smeltzer responded to a call of sexual activity between the two buildings. He found a male non-student sexually assaulting a semi-conscious female non-student. The male was taken into custody and turned over to the Portland Police Bureau. The female was transported to the hospital by an ambulance.

traffic crash exchange assist

SW Park and SW Mill A Lincoln High School student flagged down Officer Chris Fischer at 7 p.m. to report a car accident. He said his car was hit by another person present who was riding a moped without a valid license, insurance and expired tags.

They exchanged information and Officer Fischer documented the statements of erratic driving prior to accident.

May 30 Exclusion

Hoffman Hall A suspicious non-student male was digging through the bushes for an hour before Officer David Troppe responded to complaints. The man pulled out a used syringe containing blood when asked if he had any identification.

Possible Food Theft

Millar Library, Brandford’s Bean Coffee An employee reported a secondhand account of possible food theft at around 6:30 p.m.

The library was already closed by the time officers heard of

the alleged incident. Food was still inside the unsecured cooler, according to Sergeant Robert McCleary.

May 31 Warrant Arrest

Cramer Hall Officers Fischer and McKenzie were called to grant access to a man who said he left his possessions in the building.

Upon arrival the officers contacted a man who had warrants in Salem. The man fit the description of a bike theft suspect a week prior.

The officers found “cutting tools, meth residue and a meth pipe” on the man before arresting him and taking him to the Multnomah County Detention Center.

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NEWS

Divestment activists rally amid Sustainability Celebration Jeoffry Ray

Demonstrators opposed to the Portland State University Foundation’s investments in fossil fuel received a reception they did not expect last Thursday when they crashed the PSU Sustainability Celebration in silent protest. University patrons greeted them with a round of applause.

Activist student group Divest PSU gathered a crowd of about two dozen supporters on the Park Blocks ahead of the so-named Event X action. The group’s leaders rallied onlookers with chants and demands for action on university investments before a planned silent interruption of the Sustainability Celebration.

Attended by local leaders such as PSU President Wim Wiewel and Mayor Charlie Hales, the Sustainability Celebration is an annual event featuring issues of sustainability and environmental justice. The demonstrators hoped to use the event’s theme to draw attention to investments by the PSU Foundation, which controls donations and gifts that go to support the university. According to Paul Carey, PSU Foundation Chief Financial Officer and Associate Vice President to Development, 1.5 percent of investments within the endowment portfolio are invested in fossil fuel-related companies.

Attendees stood up and applauded the demonstrators’ entrance in a show of support.

The activists maintained their silent action, raising fists and signs before the crowd, before leaving in single file.

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“It was beautiful,” said Linda Hoppes, a Divest PSU organizer. “I think it was really powerful, and I think it got a lot of people’s attention.”

The Event X action was meant to pressure President Wiewel, who has a seat on the PSU Foundation board which includes 27 trustees and three ex-oficio members.

Wiewel has no direct decision-making power within the PSU Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization that operates independently of direct university decisions.

Divest member Elyse Cogburn pointed to the president’s stature within the university in an interview before the event, arguing that he could influence future interactions with the Foundation through a clear show of support for divestment.

“He is the face of PSU,” Cogburn said. “He’s our president. He may not do a lot of the inner workings behind the scenes, but he’s the one people see when they [look at] PSU. To see him making a really bold stance in support of divestment would be really great.”

Wiewel did not make a personal endorsement of divestment as a matter of Foundation policy during a recent Student Media press conference. He noted that it is the role of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. to determine the best course of action for the institution. He also pointed to his request earlier in the year that the Foundation investigate what sort of action the Foundation should take in regard to the

divestment question. He said that he did not want to ignore the issue.”

“They listen to us, but I need to get [PSU Foundation’s] actual report to even decide where I land, so we’ll see what happens,” Wiewel said.

Wiewel was also among those to greet the divestment protesters with open arms during the Sustainability Celebration. He spoke to several demonstrators after the silent protest, including Divest supporter and post-baccalaureate student Sara Swetzoff.

She said she appreciated the chance to speak with him, acknowledging that he wanted to carry the conversation forward. She remained critical of the university’s lack of movement, and an undue burden she felt being placed on student activists.

“I think it’s kind of unfair to put all of the onus on Divest PSU, because they’re students,” she said. “I think the administration has a responsibility to set that up and streamline…student participation in all aspects of university governance.”

Swetzoff also argued that divestment could benefit the university’s ties to Portland values, given PSU’s reputation for the environmental sciences and sustainability.

“I think that would be a great way to support Portland’s green mission,” Swetzoff said. “It ties us more into the ethos of the locals supporting the local, as well as divesting us from fossil fuels.”

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Silent protesters raise fists against fossil fuel investments during the Sustainability Celebration in the Smith Memorial Student Union ballroom. jeoffry Ray/PSU VANGUARD

NEWS

You are not a loan Student debtors’ strike debt pDX holds assembly in Park Blocks

Signs spread throughout the Park Blocks during the Student Debt Strike Assembly. silvia cardullo/PSU VANGUARD

Lisa Dunn

“$1.2 trillion is not working,” said Daniel Hong, an organizer with Strike Debt Portland.

People gathered on the Park Blocks behind Smith Memorial Student Union for a student Debtor’s Assembly to learn more about and protest student debt on May 28.

The assembly was organized by Strike Debt Portland, a local chapter of a national organization that, according to their website, is a “nationwide movement of debt resisters fighting for economic justice and democratic freedom.”

Signs behind the stage read, “You are not a loan,” “Education is a human right,” and “$1.2 trillion isn’t working.”

Portia Norton, another SDPDX organizer, and Hong emceed the event. General Strike, a Portland-based folk band, performed songs and led chants. People handed out red felt squares for protestors to wear in solidarity with debtors. Several people got up to speak to the crowd.

Ian Johnson, a representative from Oregon Working

Families Party, talked about the history of student debt.

“Student debt can’t be discharged through bankruptcy,” he said. “You can have your wages or social security garnished up to 25 percent. These are predatory interest rates.”

Johnson continued by saying people of color and women are considerably more likely to take out loans in order to attend university.

Those loans are also more likely to come with higher interest rates.

According to The Center for American Progress and Bloomberg Business, students of color, on average, have more debt and higher interest rates than their white counterparts.

Jose Padín, a sociology professor at PSU and a member of the PSU chapter of American Association of University Professors, the full-time faculty union on campus, then got up to speak.

He said that he was there to express solidarity with student debtors on behalf of PSU-

AAUP. “We are here…we know that higher education is a human right and a civil right.”

He continued that higher education would not be a human or civil right until it was debt free.

“If [higher education] is inaccessible for financial reasons…we don’t have equal rights,” Padín said. He said that this is not unique to the United States, pointing to student protests in Chile, Argentina and the Netherlands as examples.

A member of PSU Faculty Association, the part-time faculty union on campus, spoke as well. He identified himself only as Ryan. He talked about the difficulty of living a successful life—including finding housing—when burdened by student debt. You can, he said, adhere to the often too-high monthly payment plan, allow creditors to garnish up to 25 percent of your wages, or you can defer payments and create a huge tax burden for yourself down the line.

“As debt spikes, the world flattens,” he said.

Class of 2015, To you, and to your parents, families and friends: Congratulations!

We are awarding more than 6,000 degrees from Portland State University this year, making this one of the biggest graduating classes in Oregon.

The Class of ’15 hails from 45 states and 51 nations, and ranges from 19 to 77 years of age. Some of you are the first in your family to earn a college degree.

Many more have done so while balancing demands of work, debt, family— even the distractions of living in one of the nation’s most vibrant cities.

Together, as you receive your newly minted bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, you share a tremendous achievement.

As you leave Portland State, you join a powerful network of more than 150,000 PSU alumni. You’ll also become an official member of the PSU Alumni Association, giving you new opportunities to stay connected with your fellow Vikings.

Best wishes to you as you pursue new challenges and achieve new goals.

We’re counting on the Class of ’15 to help build a better, more sustainable future for all.

I look forward to conferring your degrees at our spring commencement ceremonies June 14.

Wim Wiewel President

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OPInIOn

Student-centered, student-led GET MORE INVOLVED If YOU’RE UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE RUN That’s What’s the Matter

by Kevin Rackham

ATTEnDEES observe a 2015 student senate candidate debate in Smith Memorial Student Union. Low participation this year forced the student government to push back deadlines for candidacy and voting.

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As I finish my last year at Portland State, I feel more discontent about the university than I have in a long time. I’ve written before about all of the problems I have with PSU’s administration, with Oregon’s higher education system and with PSU’s culture. My time here is almost up, and one of my biggest regrets is not doing more about the things that bothered me.

I doubt I’m the only one. People have tried to stop campus public safety officers from being armed; they’ve tried every year to stop tuition from being raised, and they stood with the American Association of University Professors when they threatened to strike. Sometimes it worked, but often it was too little, too late. PSU students have to get organized if any of the things that are wrong with PSU are going to change.

I want PSU to be a place where people can care about their education more than they care about how they’re paying for their education. I want it to be a place where professors can dedicate themselves to teaching and research full-time and not a place that relies on adjuncts who have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet. I still really want it to be a place where our cafeteria food isn’t served by a company that has allegedly been underfeeding prisoners and preparing food in a kitchen that has maggots, and that doesn’t have a history of punishing workers who complain about unsanitary conditions.

After this summer, my time as a PSU student will be over, and I won’t be able to do much about those problems. I still have friends and family at PSU, though, and I want their educations to be free from some of the things that made me so frustrated with the university. That won’t happen without a student movement. It doesn’t have to be a big movement, like the ones at Quebec or Cooper Union, but students have to start caring year-round, not just the two or three times per year when things like tuition hikes and arming CPSO officers make headlines.

We have a lot of work to do, starting with Associated Students of Portland State University. ASPSU elections are plagued by ridiculously low turnout unless something scandalous reminds people they exist. This year it took the only candidate for president being a convicted sex offender to get people to pay attention to the elections and actually decide to run.

Most people were uncomfortable with that situation, but it shouldn’t take that much for people to realize how important student government and, by extension, student power actually are. ASPSU works harder than anyone to combat student apathy and change a lot of the issues that I’ve written about, but they can’t do much without better support from students.

Because PSU is a commuter school, it’s hard to build a movement or get people to care about an issue until it’s too late. Organizations like ASPSU, AAUP and the PSU Student Union have done their best. But we need to start caring. PSU will never be student-centered unless students stand up and work together.

OPINION

How music education saved my academic career The Bigger Picture

by Brenden Leary

Finals week is hastily approaching. When this time comes around during the quarter, I begin my scavenger hunt for all the notes and worksheets that were used throughout the term. To keep the description of this process short, the overall frustration that comes from my revelation of being chronically unorganized seeps into my body as I ravage through my house asking myself, “Will I ever be on top of things?”

The answer is yes. I know this because I know I once was, yet I find myself today lacking motivation. How does one find motivation? How do you keep that motivation?

As I reminisce on the times back in grade school when a C was considered a failure rather than a sign of relief, it’s become apparent to me that the only class that kept me steady throughout grade school was my orchestra class.

Music has always been a huge passion of mine, and I was quick to sign up as soon as it was offered for fourth graders.

From fourth grade to sophomore year, I played the viola for my elementary, middle and high school orchestras.

One of the first things my teachers stressed was practice. We had weekly practice sheets to turn in to show that we could develop a sense of self-discipline. With self-discipline came routine, and it became an entertaining habit to serenade my house with the screeching, terribly pitched notes that emerged from my playing. I did have to add in some of my reading assignments and math problems in order to appease my parents and their ears.

It was challenging to play together in an ensemble at a young age, but we did it by learning to work with others. Your music stand partner was your right-hand man; if either of you weren’t

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on tempo with the conductor, it could prove to be rather difficult to continue on. Fortunately, we all became very good friends. We all shared common interests, and the classroom became our sanctuary during lunches. Going to orchestra class was what I looked forward to in school every day, something a math, science, or English class couldn’t provide me at the time.

I can remember how music notation was something that I truly marveled at, as well. I considered alto clef my second language and took pride in learning it. As one becomes more familiar with music notation, they realize how much Italian is used throughout. I started to read more about music during the Italian renaissance era and became fascinated with its culture. I started to go to history class more eager than ever before, learning about different societies and then going home to listen to national anthems and pieces that came from musicians of that era and place.

It proved to be a whole new method of learning that had my full attention. By listening to the music, I was able to learn so much more about the emotion and atmosphere during a time in history, which reading alone couldn’t provide for me. It was something I could do without even having to understand their languages. It’s something that I still benefit from and practice today.

Music has turned out to be my motivation. I listen to music everyday, whether it be while studying, cooking, sleeping, even while I’m in the shower practicing for my American Idol audition (one day). Music has given me a connection with my academic life that nothing else could have.

My point is that music has helped me strive in every field of academics that I’ve been in. I use that self-discipline and experience

when working with others in order to become a more efficient leader. I use my knowledge of music notation in order to better comprehend historical times and eras that have existed. I’d go as far to say that I only managed to survive the K–12 system because of the foundations that music education has given to me.

Sadly, we continue to read about how music education is one of the first on the list to be targeted by budget cuts when it comes to public education in the U.S., which frightens me. By curtailing the funding for music in schools, I worry for those kids who are struggling like I did. The experiences and methods attained throughout my music education are something that I’ve been able to carry with me throughout my life.

So, as I sit here and continue to reminisce on my childhood days (these days are honestly not too far in the past), I hope that one day people will understand and recognize music education as something that is as vital in educating our children as any other academic field. I find it extremely unfortunate that this type of auditory learning has to take the financial jabs being thrown at it.

Our children cannot afford to lose such a treasure in their lives.

Everyone has different motivations in their life, and I hope that music can continue to play on in public schools for the sake of the children. For me, I will continue to run around frantically for my papers. I’ll make sure to make time for practicing more often, but as Gustav Holst continues to play on my computer, I can smile knowing that music will always be a part of my life. It will always be my motivation.

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OPINION

Be careful who you donate money to

Charitywatch.org and Charitynavigator.org are two examples of online resources for researching charities before giving.

Against the Current

by Sebastian Richardson Due to the fact most people’s time goes either toward work or sleep, it’s rare that one can find time to devote themselves to charitable work.

Since most people can’t directly help the causes they believe in or support, the next best option is to make regular charitable donations in order to allow this work to be done.

Luckily, there are people out there who have full-time jobs working for charitable organizations, administering to those who need help, providing relief during disasters and doing research to fight illnesses.

Being a college student, I don’t give to charity as much as I wish I could. Any money I usually have goes to my local church,

where I know the money will be spent feeding the homeless, administering to people and helping keep the church open.

I also don’t hesitate to give more money if there’s a second collection for the Catholic Relief Services, because not only do I support their mission of helping the poor around the world, I also know my money will most likely not be wasted paying for a CEO’s salary.

This is an issue I feel many people don’t consider when giving to charitable organizations. It’s essential to do research into the charity you’re interested in giving to and to have some idea of where your money is going.

Just this month, the Attorney General of Oregon joined the Federal Trade Commission and all 50 states to file a lawsuit against the Children’s Cancer Fund, the Breast Cancer Society, the Cancer Fund of America and Cancer Support Services for taking more than $187 million from donors.

Rather than using contributions to provide patients with medication and support for chemotherapy, these organizations spent money to secure high-paying jobs for friends and family, and spent financial contributions on cars, vacations, college tuition, gym memberships and even dating site memberships. They also hired professional fundraisers who received nearly 85 percent of every donation.

Sadly, these “charities” are not alone when it comes to spending most of their money on fundraising efforts rather than helping people.

Kids Wish Network, Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, the American Foundation for Disabled Children and the Committee for Missing Children all spend less than 5 percent of donations on direct cash aid, and they are not the only ones.

In my mind, one of the most despicable things you can do is masquerade yourself as an organization that will help others and then turn around and use the funds to line pockets.

I support anyone who has the money to spend toward charitable causes and those who are in need. Giving charitable gifts is one of the best ways to support those who need help, especially if you don’t work for a nonprofit and are unable to volunteer.

With this said, please don’t give blindly to charities so you can receive that warm fuzzy feeling on the inside that you’ve done something good. Donating money is good, but blindly donating money without proper research is like throwing money to the wind and hoping it gets where it needs to go.

There are many resources out there where you can look up charities to see how they rank and how they spend their money. Charitywatch.org and Charitynavigator.org are great places for this sort of research.

After graduating and finding a steady career, I encourage everyone to be generous with their money and to help out their fellow citizens. However, please make sure the money you give is not used to fund some upper management employee’s Tinder Plus account.

Strip clubs: the Portland norm New Kid on the Park Blocks

by Molly Ozier

Ah, Portland—The City of Roses, microbreweries, the Trail Blazers and, of course, strip clubs. From Mary’s (the oldest strip club in Portland) to Casa Diablo (the first vegan strip club in America), you have an array of strip clubs to choose from.

I come from the third largest state, California, and moved to the city with the most strip clubs per capita. I’d never gone to a strip club before moving to Portland. It just wasn’t a thing my friends and I did, least of all a topic of discussion. Not because I’m a prude or because my friends are, but because it’s just not nearly as accessible there as it is here.

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The other day, my friends and I were taking part in a Sunday brunch that consisted of bottomless mimosas. The topic of food is always on the table between the 10 of us, which led us to the discussion of where to get the best steak. You might be wondering, “What do steaks have to do with strip clubs, Molly?” If you just asked that question, then you clearly have never been to Acropolis. Neither had I, until that Sunday night.

Acropolis Steakhouse and Strip Club offers a $7, 8-ounce sirloin that is mouthwatering.

At first I was caught off guard by the casual attitude toward strip clubs. But as I walked into the wood-paneled bar and saw the first pair of stripper boobies I’d ever seen, I couldn’t help but feel fascinated more than anything else. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting. The ladies were super friendly, and the men weren’t wearing loose pants.

This got me thinking: Why does Portland have the most strip clubs per capita in the nation? For one, this state has some of the most relaxed laws when it comes to stripping, thanks to a Supreme Court case back in 2005. Live sex shows are legal, as long as no prostitution follows suit. In clubs that serve alcohol, nudity is legal. Dancers may wear whatever they want. They can touch costumers as well as be touched, but they can also forbid it. Due to the First Amendment,

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dancers can do whatever they want on stage and in private dances without the fear of cops rushing in to arrest them on prostitution charges.

But not everything is peachy for the dancers. A very unconventional—yet very Portland—thing happened last year: Strippers were asked by state legislators to help write a new bill that would create industry regulations. In February of this year, a handful of strippers, social workers and sex worker rights advocates went to Salem to push for better working conditions. The new bill would require strip clubs to have posters with a hotline phone number where dancers could anonymously report abuse, complaints, wage problems and sex trafficking, as well as keep up with health code regulations; aka, no glass on the stages. The fact that this isn’t the law by now is mindboggling to me. But with lots of pushback from strip club owners, it’s no wonder it hasn’t happened yet. With such a large number of strip clubs, Oregon might be the first state to do something like this. The bill is still in the process of being passed.

As much as I love being from California, I wish the Golden State was half as open-minded as Oregon when it comes to strip clubs.

GRADUATION GUIDE

The end of another year.

For some, this means a departure, exiting Portland State and leaving one stage of your life behind for another. For others, this time of year means a temporary departure—a break before a return. To both groups, congratulations!

To graduates, your time at PSU is now complete. Well done! Some of you will move on to other schools, prosperous jobs or exciting new cities. Others will boldly venture into the unknown. Change can be frightening, but new stages of life can also be a tabula rasa. You are fortunate to have the freedom of choice—the choice to decide to do whatever you want with your life. Whatever happens, it’s on you. Good luck out there.

As you head out into the unknown, take this university’s motto to heart. Take “let knowledge serve the city,” and be bold.

Do better and apply it to a larger scale. Do your best to leave the world a little better than you found it.

To those returning, use your break as a time of reflection. As spring fades into warmer weather, enjoy your leave. Those of us returning to PSU in the fall are coming back to an environment in flux. In the last year, we have all grappled with campus safety, tuition and funding, food insecurity, cultural competency and other issues of equal pertinence. These issues have not been resolved and will continue to be on the forefront of campus dialogue throughout the upcoming year. New issues will inevitably arise, so it is vital that we all return with new energy, with openness and the willingness to expose ourselves to new perspectives, new ideals and new understandings.

To those reading, we at the Vanguard would also like to thank you. Thank you for every time you picked up a paper. Thank you for reading. Thank you for writing and sharing your perspectives. Thank you for holding us accountable and ensuring that we served you to the best of our ability. You made us want to strive for better.

This year has been incredibly special and unforgettable for all of us. For that, you have my sincerest thanks. In the next year we will continue to do our best for you and to push ourselves in new directions. And our doors are never closed.

If you’re ever looking to contribute, or maybe just to talk, we’re always here in the sub-basement. Feel free to join.

Once again, congratulations and the best of luck to all of you.

Artist, writer and liberal studies major Marie Conner graduates this term with Magna Cum Laude honors. jeoffry ray/PSU VANGUARD

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PSU’s class of 2014–15 by the numbers G raduation is upon us ! Portland State’s commencement ceremony will be Sunday, June 14, at the Moda Center at Rose Quarter. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ceremony will be 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and the Professional Schools and Colleges will be 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the PSU Box Office.

The morning ceremony’s featured speaker will be Dr. Fariborz Maseeh, pioneer in the field of micro-elec-

tro mechanical systems and founder of the Maseeh Foundation. Speakers for the afternoon ceremony include Dr. Terry Cross, founding executive director of National Indian Child Welfare Association, and Jeannine B. Cowles, accomplished businesswoman and patron of the arts, who has brought national attention to PSU’s opera program.

More information is available at pdx.edu/commencement.

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4,250 bachelor’s

1,725 master’s

90 Ph.D.

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58% Female

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81% Oregonians All numbers courtesy of PSU Office of University Communication May 15, 2015

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PSU UNVEILS PAYMENT PLAN

In an effort to make college more affordable, PSU kicked off fall term with a new optional payment plan, which splits tuition into three payments.

THIS YEAR WAS

GREEN ROOTS REOPENS

SWORN OFFICERS CONVERSATION BEGINS

Following the closure of the collectively student-run Food for Thought Cafe in the previous academic year, the new Green Roots CafĂŠ opened its doors for the ďŹ rst time. After terms of controversy surrounding the use of student fee dollars, organizational structuring, and what to do with the space, the new student-run restaurant was given the green light and now serves locallysourced and sustainable eating options out of the Smith Memorial Student Union basement.

Debate on whether or not PSU should hire armed campus public safety ofďŹ cers picked up with the beginning of the academic year.

Students, staff, faculty, administration and community members discussed the possibly arming of ofďŹ cers at a town hall on campus safety on Oct. 7.

DECEMBER

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OCTOBER GREAT POT DEBATE

In light of Measure 88, which sought to legalize recreational marijuana, PSU served a blunt conversation on the issue with the Great Pot Debate.

Moderated by KATU, a panel comprised of members of the Willamette Week, Oregonian and Vanguard led discussions between pro and anti legalization participants. And yes, the measure did puff, puff, pass.

BOT APPROVES ARMING OF CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS

NOVEMBER

The PSU Board of Trustees voted to approve the hiring of armed campus public safety ofďŹ cers in an 11-2 vote. The approved resolution allows the hiring of a sworn police force, but arming and deployment will not begin until the approval of a submitted safety plan at a later Board meeting in June of 2015. A committee of students, staff, faculty and administration will outline a safety plan and implementation guidelines and present it to the BOT for ďŹ nal approval.

MICHAEL BROWN SOLIDARITY PROTESTS

Following a grand jury's decision to not indict the ofďŹ cer responsible for the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed, black teenager, Portland took to the streets for a weekend of solidarity marches, demonstrations and protests.

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APRIL JANUARY

FLIERS STIR UP ELECTIONS CONTROVERSY

Fliers posted across campus stirred up controversy surrounding the criminal history of one of the ASPSU presidential candidates. Court records obtained by the Vanguard revealed that in 2007 Tony Funchess pled guilty to attempted rape II for an incident in 2000 and sodomy in the third degree based on an incident in 2005.

Prior to the ďŹ&#x201A;iers, Funchess did not publicly discuss the speciďŹ cs of his criminal history to the PSU constituency.

JUDICIAL REVIEW BOARD RESTARTS ASPSU ELECTIONS

The ASPSU Judicial Review Board approved a motion on April 22 to restart the elections process and reopen candidate registration.

The decision came in response to the lack of candidates running in the elections, creating a lack of diverse choices for student voters.

At the time of the decision, only one presidential candidate, Tony Funchess, was eligible to be included on the ballot.

MARCH

FEBRUARY PSU HEADS TO THE CAPITAL TO FIGHT FUNDING CUTS

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MAY ASPSU ANNOUNCE ELECTION RESULTS

Following a history of funding cuts to the state's higher education institutions, over 500 people from PSU and other Oregon universities headed to Salem for the Rally to Restore Higher Education. The goal of the rally was to push for an allotted $755 million dollars for public universities and an additional $560 million dollars for community colleges in the 2015â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17 biennial Senate budget in order to ensure a two-year tuition freeze.

Following the reset of the 2015 ASPSU elections, results were announced on May 8. Among those elected were Dana Ghazi for president and DavĂ­d Martinez for vice president. Newly elected members enter into ofďŹ ce in June.

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Some trends need to die already. I’m here to help with that.

Transition lenses

Glasses are sometimes a necessary accessory. Transition lenses, however, are not necessary—prescription sunglasses do exist. Some people look mysterious and aloof when they wear sunglasses inside. When the fluorescents turn your lenses into sunglasses during math class, you’ll just look like a dweeb.

I’m sorry.

Flower crowns

Only a select few people can pull off this accessory. Usually flower crowns are cheap and tacky looking, and if you wanted something cheap and tacky, you could easily make one yourself for, like, 5 bucks.

Flower crowns are packaged with ravings about “festival season,” crochet ponchos, an Urban Outfitters wardrobe and an outspoken opinion that Lana’s newest album sucks. Please don’t be that person. If you are, at least use flowers that look real.

The sock bun

It’s nice to talk to someone whose hair is out of their eyes, yeah? Yeah. Too bad their sock bun is so distracting, though. I mean, it just sits there like a hairy doughnut on their head, and all you can think about is the tube sock stuffed inside there and how it probably smells pretty weird and has never been washed.

Sock buns are the accessory of choice for the on-the-go woman whose permanent uniform is a

ARTS & CULTURE blazer and designer handbag. Her hair is pulled back as tight as it will go in order to intimidate you. She frequently returns her Starbucks drink because it wasn’t made right (not enough pumps of caramel; this doesn’t taste like soy).

Crocs

Crocs are the finishing touch for the fresh-out-ofthe-hospital look, which only works if you’ve actually just left the hospital with a leg injury or you’re a nurse. Crocs make quite the appearance once spring rolls around, but you know how bad those foamy foot caves will start to smell by the end of the first warm day.

Crocs usually accompany sweatpants or basketball shorts, of all things (don’t ask me why, because I have no idea). A lot of tired dads wear them. To the grocery store.

To the beach. To the park.

You name a place, there’s probably a tired dad there in need of a shave wearing and Crocs with no socks.

Wallet chains

Let’s be real: usually the people who wear wallet chains have nothing valuable in the first place. The only accessories that complement a wallet chain are Ed Hardy t-shirts, generic-looking sunglasses, Axe body spray and Creed ­albums.

The major demographic for wallet chains is Criss Angel and Guy Fieri, closely followed by the guy with frosted tips who sat behind you in math class and wouldn’t shut up about his Camaro.

Seasonally inappropriate scarves

I like a good scarf, much like any perpetually cold person.

Scarves are a winter staple here in the Pacific Northwest.

But I begin to question people’s sensibility when scarves continue to make an appearance far into spring and the depths of summer. Sweatsoaked scarves at the lake in August? No thanks.

Anyone who wears “fashion scarves” into the summer months probably thinks Dave

Eggers is a staggering genius and won’t hesitate to scoff at you in public.

Over-aggressive novelty wallets

If I wanted someone to harass me while I do menial tasks, I’d go to Voodoo Doughnut. I don’t need your wallet making my day worse.

Maybe I did wake up like this.

You don’t know.

Camo jackets

If you don’t hunt people or animals, I’m sorry, but you need to stop. The only way this trend could get better is if girls started wearing orange hunting vests too.

How else are drivers going to make sure they don’t hit you while you text through the crosswalk?

Camouflage jackets are the staple for anyone who wears white Converse (in pristine condition), tight beanies, and fringe bucket bags. Starbucks cups are optional, but highly encouraged.

Oh, and don’t forget to distress the shit out of your best pair of boyfriend jeans.

Diabetes… That is all Tim Sullivan, The College Culinarian

Step 1: Take a long look at yourself in the mirror. Now, realize

that by making this ode to the decadence of a first-world society that you will cause serious damage to not only your health, but your loved ones’ health as well. Let that shame set in and preheat your oven to 375° F.

The Wilford Brimley Cooking Time: 45–60 minutes

Servings: ∞

Step 2: Now grab two large mixing bowls and place a ½ stick of butter in each. Crack one egg into each bowl, and place the brownie and cookie dough mix into those bowls, respectively.

(If you have opted for the premade cookie dough mix, skip this step.) Mix the contents of the bowls together via the instructions on the box, or 2–4 minutes for each bowl.

This recipe that I am giving unto you is not to be taken lightly.

Baking this monstrous pastry is like unlocking the doors to the great void in which unspeakable horrors lie waiting.

Seriously, heed my warnings, or at least raid your grandfather’s medicine cabinet for his insulin shots. Prepare yourself to ingest enough calories to feed a small, starving nation for a year. You have been warned.

Step 3: Liberally spray the 9x11 baking pan with the non-stick spray. Spoon in the cookie dough into the baking pan and spread evenly across.

Tools:

2 large mixing bowls A whisk or electric hand mixer A 9x11 baking pan Rubber spatula

Step 4: Layer the 15–20 Oreos on top of the cookie dough.

Completely unwrap all 16 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and place them on top of the Oreos.

Ingredients:

1 box of your favorite brownie mix, preferably one with a caramel drizzle 1 box or tube of chocolate chip cookie dough mix 16 (8 packages) of regular size Reese’s Peanut Butter cups 15–20 Oreos 1 stick of butter, softened. If using premade cookie dough, then ½ stick of butter for brownie mix.

2 eggs Non-stick spray

Step 5: Pour the brownie batter on top of the cookie dough/

Oreo/Reese’s mixture. If you happened to have bought one of those fancy brownie batter mixes that have a topping, this the time to add it.

Step 6: Place the baking pan into the oven and let the dessert jeoffry ray/PSU VANGUARD

to end all desserts bake for 45–60 minutes. Once the Brimley is out of the oven, let it rest for at least an hour on a cooling rack. Then, cut the Brimley into ½ inch squares and say these words: ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.

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Drama! Dance! Drums! to highlight Japanese culture moriah newman

The Center for Japanese Studies is joining forces with the School of Music and Department of World Languages and Literatures for the fourth annual Drama!

Dance! Drums! performance on June 3 at 7:30 p.m. This free event is open to the public and will be held in the Lincoln Recital Hall in room 75.

Drama! Dance! Drums! is a collaborative artistic performance showcasing traditional Japanese theater and music in the form of taiko, kabuki and Japanese dance.

This year, several original student compositions will be performed, ranging from dramatic production to musical composition, including a brand new hybrid play focusing on social and gender transgressions. Professors Wynn Kiyama and Laurence Kominz are the dynamic duo behind the event.

Keahi Horowitz leads the PSU Taiko Ensemble in a performance of Daihachi Oguchi’s “Isami Goma” during the 2014 Drama! Dance! Drums! event. Courtesy of Elle Tea

Taiko drums are a traditional Japanese percussion instrument, documented both historically and in folklore.

The drums can vary in size, though most Western audi-

ence members are accustomed to seeing larger scale drums with corresponding dance movement.

Wynn Kiyama, assistant professor of musicology and

ethnomusicology at Portland State, is excited to be showcasing a large drum the department recently purchased, called an odaiko drum, that will be used in a debut piece.

Kiyama has 14 students who will be participating in this year’s ensemble drum performance.

“Around the winter quarter I start to develop compositions written by our students,” Kiyama said. “This is a showcase of the diversity of musical activities in the school, [but also] a culmination of their work in class; they’re putting together theater scenes and dance sequences in 10 weeks.”

Kiyama emphasized the amount of work and dedication his students have been putting into this project, but also the amount of fun and cultural exploration that takes place when embark-

ing on a project like Drama!

Dance! Drums!

“At its root, this is a performance opportunity for our students,” Kiyama said.

Professor Laurence Kominz is also looking forward to the big debut.

“This year there’s two aspects that I haven’t done before, maybe even more,” Kominz said. “Even though this is traditional, doing something new within that world is really exciting. [This is our] first time doing a kabuki highlights play.”

The term kabuki refers to the traditional blend of Japanese drama and dance. It is also characterized by its elaborate makeup, costumes and content of the performance.

“We have fabulous costumes lent to us by the University of Hawaii this year,” Kominz said. “[They’re] more splendid than any

other show I’ve ever done before. We’re able to costume 10th and 11th century Japan, which is very exciting.”

Even more exciting than the exquisite costumes is the opportunity to highlight several scenes for a main-stage play the theater department will produce in the fall.

This is a chance to entice audience members to stay updated for the full-length play, which promises to be even more outstanding than the Drama! Dance! Drums! event.

“We really want to keep people thinking long after this event is over,” Kominz said. “Kabuki is going to be gorgeous and spectacular— not Japan’s subdued aesthetic performance. There’s no quiet moment in this show.

This will be a vibrant, traditional Japanese performance.

Everything we’re doing is going to be spectacular.”

‘Tiny Giants’ isn’t about dignity andy anady

Tiny Giants is as stream of consciousness as a graphic novel can be.

The back of the book says it’s an anthology, but that’s a misnomer, since the stories in Nate Powell’s graphic novel all relate to each other.

Some are entirely unrelated, while others are presented from a different perspective or at a different time in the same characters’ lives.

Characters appear, recede and return throughout the book, and different characters in hugely different times of their lives are pulled together only by some vague sense of wrongness and a feeling of something lost.

This book couldn’t have fallen into my life at a better time, either. Tiny Giants brings to life the dissatisfaction with a world that makes you into a self-cannibalizing product and is fitting for ev-

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eryone graduating this spring who feels the overwhelming march toward the unknown.

It’s seen in a little artist, in the magical apocalypse she draws. It’s in a young man who cries at every song played at a party, and his developmentally disabled brother being denied help after a car crash.

The only stories with obvious settings take place in the deep South and the Midwest, but the emotions in them remind me of the desert, in the days that bake you and the nights that freeze you.

Deserts are isolated places, and it doesn’t matter who you are or how many people surround you, the desert is quiet but doesn’t know you’re there—doesn’t know in a way very different from our Northwest forests.

Powell’s art is so carefully chaotic. Imagery blends to-

gether and symbols are their own antonyms. To a young couple, skeletons are their impending doom, but for an elderly widower they are forever and eternal.

Women, girls, queer women, poor women and people with physical, developmental and mental disabilities are all represented in these pages, and they’re represented well. It’s a strange and welcome relief to find this buried in such a claustrophobic, interwoven web of stories.

Tiny Giants is an intense read, and a little too abstract at times. There are moments when the stories dip down into tangibility, and I frequently had to set the book down to breathe and remember my own problems and impending doom.

I feel for every single character in Tiny Giants and all the little and big stories

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in its pages. Some of the messages might be a little heavy-handed, but the people are so real I can almost touch them.

I wouldn’t say that Tiny Giants is about dignity. I think it’s about the intensely private world that we all think we have that makes us sacred, where dignity is important but nonessential.

In a way, dignity denies those internal struggles: to keep going on, to take chances, to trust or to care, to make art or pretend that you don’t hate yourself.

Tiny Giants can’t be about dignity; rather, it’s about what we hide when we have that dignity.

Nate Powell is publishing another book in early June, You Don’t Say, that is similar in structure, and it’s definitely something to look forward to.

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Progressive grade school orchestra to perform at campus cinema jon raby

I stumbled upon the Bravo youth orchestra by accident: A friend brought me to watch four members of the Oregon Symphony at a local restaurant for a fundraiser.

Four young Rosa Parks Elementary School students and members of the Oregon Bravo music program were on stage performing with the symphony members. When the performers took their bows, the audience was in awe of the confident and talented students.

The Portland State studentrun movie theater, 5th Avenue Cinema, will host a free performance by the Bravo program on June 3 at 11 a.m. The orchestra and chorus will perform pieces from around the world.

Seth Truby, executive director and co-founder of Bravo, will present information about the nonprofit organization’s progress and success at Rosa Parks Elementary via a multimedia guided lecture. The night will conclude with a Q&A session.

Bravo is based off a youth music program started in Venezuela in 1975 called El Sistema, which has influenced similar programs in more than 50 countries, and only came to the United States in 2009.

“One of the defining characteristics of El Sistema is a focus on ensemble or group learning,” Truby said. “The social aspects of making music together and the joyful accomplishment in teamwork are key lessons learned in El Sistemainspired music education.”

Bravo is in its second year at Rosa Parks. It is an after school choir, choral and orchestra program that meets for two hours per day, five days per week.

The program now has 60 second, third and fourth grade students participating,

and next year the student body will include all continuing fifth grade students. They also teach an in-school violin class for kindergarteners and first graders.

Programs such as Bravo and El Sistema work under a goal of building community and skills that are considered fun, and on students teaching other students. The idea is that enjoying school will increase student attendance and success in all subjects as well as in life.

“Inviting a youth orchestra, one that is primarily composed by African American and Hispanic [and] Latino youth, allows our PSU students to see how music can be a vehicle for bringing positive social change and justice, and for challenging societal stereotypes about what identity groups perform orchestral music,” said Dr. Óscar Fernández, assistant professor of Spanish and comparative literatue.

Fernández invited Bravo to PSU, and many of his students have already attended and written about one of the group’s concerts for his yearlong freshman inquiry class on race and social justice.

Lila Yang, a criminology major and one of Fernández’s students, has attended two Bravo concerts. She said Rosa Parks Elementary School is located in an area that is in danger of being gentrified, which is just one in a long list of challenges Bravo students may face, including poverty and discrimination.

Many of the students in Bravo have major life obstacles to overcome, and Bravo aids them by enriching their lives through music, community and education.

“Music can make a huge difference in a kid’s life,” said Yang, who grew up in a sub-

urb of Portland. “Orchestra helped me [learn to] balance school, work and extracurricular activities.”

Yang said Bravo provides a safe outlet for the students, helps them build relationships with adults through the program and learn discipline and how to work toward something.

“Music makes people happy,” Yang said.

I was invited by Truby to observe a Friday afterschool practice.

The pracatice began with the whole orchestra split into two groups. After 45 minutes of practice, those classes split into smaller sections with specific instrument tutoring. The day concluded with an end of the week personal song presentation where students got to share their favorite songs.

Throughout the day, some of the students found it difficult to stay on task but found their focus in the music. Some students introduced themselves to me and took pictures with my camera, while others posed and shouted that they were going to be a star.

As a nonprofit, Bravo is supported partially by donations and from the community. Their ability to expand to other schools will be influenced by the community’s engagement with their program.

Recently, Bravo secured funding for a second school site called Bravo Cesar Chavez.

“This program will focus on winds and brass, with the idea that the Cesar Chavez students and Rosa Parks string players will come together when they reach middle school to create a symphony orchestra with strings, winds and brass,” Truby said.

Before a new student at Bravo picks up an instrument for the first time, they make a paper mache version of that

Violist Perla with Orchestra practice in the background. jon raby/PSU VANGUARD

instrument to form a more personal bond with it and as an homage to the first El Sistema.

Truby said that when the El Sistema program first began in Venezuela, a remote village was preparing for their first day of music lessons, but the shipment of violins was delayed. The new teachers were faced with the prospect of a room full of children without instruments for two weeks.

“Instead, they gathered cardboard and paper mache and built their own orchestra,” Truby said. “The teachers worked together with their new students, helped by parents and family members, and it became not just a craft project but an exercise in building community.”

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June 3 Casino Night 9 p.m.

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The Programming Board presents its semi-annual midnight breakfast, this time casino themed. Prizes, free breakfast, and a chance to break away from the stress of your upcoming finals, don’t miss out on this free (with Student ID) event FREE

Drama! Dance! Drums!

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Several school sectors will meet to present the fourth annual Triple D, and this event features taiko, kabuki and dancing. Also, there is an original student-written play to enjoy.

who have more or less begged me to see this dystopian future play that features the iconic Mr. Burns. Officially titled Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, this is a not-to-miss hybrid of Farenheit 451 and a self-ironic Simpsons clip show.

FREE

June 4 Breakfast Pitch 7:15–9 a.m.

SMSU TBA

If you’re a Shark Tank person, then you know how not to sell a pitch, and this is your opportunity to test out your savvy and judge people at the crack of dawn.

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2 p.m.

Portland Playhouse

I confess that I couldn’t find out how much this play was, but I can tell you that it is thoroughly endorsed by several of my theater cohorts

127th Annual Spring Rose Show 1 p.m.

Lloyd Center

This free event might not appeal to the people who like to ice skate, seeing as how the ice rink is taken over by flowers for the weekend. Other people who might not enjoy this are people who have allergies, hate beautiful things or fun. Really, this is a great way to see lots of wonderful work from more than 4,000 blooms.

And trophies are given out, which is just fantastic.

FREE

June 5 “Milk”

7 p.m.

Whitsell Auditorium Fee: $8

Gus Van Sant’s autobiographical portrait of the iconic Harvey Milk, who called San Francisco to action and was killed by a straight man, and who coined the “twinkie defense” to try to take the focus away from his homophobia.

If you haven’t seen this portrayal by Sean Penn, it’s worth the entrance fee. And you

might want to bring tissues.

Also gay James Franco, so yes.

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June 6 Dragon Boat Festival Race 8a.m. to 4 p.m.

Waterfront Park

I once participated in a dragon boat race, and it is a difficult coordination of people, music and beauty. If you’ve never witnessed the strength and pageantry of the 80 teams from around the world participating in this event near the Hawthorne Bridge, this 27th year will certainly be a splash to experience.

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Grand Floral Float Showcase 3–10 p.m.

SW Naito Parkway

I kind of like parades (or at least I used to until they stopped throwing candy to the crowds). I love parade floats even more, and if you can’t get to the Rose Parade in Pasadena (you know, the thing before the Rose Bowl football game that your mom

makes you watch on New Years Day?), this is a great substitute. Come see the hard work of the float makers at your own pace. Also available on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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June 7 Family Friendly Commencement; 1:30–5 p.m.

SMSU 355

This third annual event gives credit where credit is due to the triumphant students with children. The ceremony will run in tandem with a family party, including games, bouncy castles and treats! Space is limited so sign up soon!

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Cooper Spur Day Hike

Outdoor Program Office Fee: $25 member/$50 non-member

you should take advantage of this trip that shows you the Elliot Glacier and Mt. Ranier.

It’s a rather strenuous hike, so be aware of your limitations, but also invite yourself to push yourself if you think you might be capable.

June 8 Charitize It! 9 am

So don’t think about it too much, but move out is all this week and I bet you have a lot of stuff that is gently used and oh so donateable. The group Chuck It for Charity will take your: household stuff, small appliances, couches, chairs, clothes, blankets, books, and school supplies. It’s a great way to give back, not overload your or your parent’s car and see what it actually is you really need instead of just what you want to keep.

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I don’t get out of the city much to experience the natural beauty of Oregon, and that is a real shame. If you have the capabililty and make the pre-trip meeting on June 3,

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I am a firm believer in two things. The first is in supporting fellow students in any major work they pursue. Part of the higher ideals of Portland State is this developed support network, and the culture of PSU is better for it. The other thing I firmly believe in is my inability to draft. Seriously, if you think it’s easy to draft up a plan for a building, let alone making a sound model, you have no idea what you are talking about. That is why this event called Embodied States is so important. Who wouldn’t want to see the fruits of the architecture department’s labor? All kinds of designs will be on display, and you’d be remiss to miss it.

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The 2015 French Open Phouc Francis Nguyen

Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova look to defend their crowns in Paris, France, at Roland-Garros, the 2015 French Open.

Last year Nadal came back from a set down to beat number-one player in the world Novak Djokovic (3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and 6-4) to win his fifth straight French Open title and ninth overall. It was his 14th overall grand slam title win to tie Pete “Pistol Pete” Sampras at second overall behind Rodger Federer. Djokovic was the second seed in the tournament behind Nadal. Beating Rafa at Roland Garros has been almost impossible. He is 66-1 on the red clay grand slam with his only blemish in 2009 to Sweden’s Robin Soderling in four sets.

Sharapova reached her third consecutive French Open final to face off against Romania’s fourth-seeded Simona Halep. She won in 2012 against Italy’s Sara Errani and lost in 2013 against Serena Williams.

Maria Sharapova fought through three grueling sets against Halep to come out on top 6-4, 6-7 (5) and 6-4 to win her second French Open title in three years and fifth grand slam overall. The women’s side saw Williams go down in the second round, second seed Li Na of China go down in the first round, and third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland lose early, which Sharapova took advantage of to win the title.

The question on everybody’s mind is whether or not Rafa can win the French Open for a 10th time, and can Sharapova reach the final for a fourth straight year and win a third title?

Oddsmakers currently have Djokovic as the favorite with Nadal right behind.

Scotsman Andy Murray is third while Japan’s Kei Nishikori and the winningest player in tennis history is the fourth or fifth choice on many boards.

World number-one Serena Williams is the favorite to win her third French Open title, and Sharapova is right behind her. Other favor-

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ites are Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.

In 2015, we have seen Djokovic and Serena Williams dominate the field. Djokovic is an eight-time grand slam winner with five Australian Open, two Wimbledon and one U.S. Open titles. A win in Paris would give him the career grand slam. He would join elite company in Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Nadal. Djokovic is 35-2 this year with his two losses coming on outdoor hard courts to Croatian Ivo Karlovic in Doha and Federer in Dubai, respectively. He has five titles this year: Australian Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Rome, which means he has swept all ATP World Tour 1000 events so far this year.

In Monte Carlo he defeated Nadal in the semi-finals in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. He took down Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in three sets to win the title.

In Rome he took out Nishikori in the quarterfinals 6-3, 4-6 and 6-1. He went on to face Federer in the final to continue his torrid pace with a title win in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. Djokovic has won 22 straight matches and the last 10 on clay.

Serena Williams, the WTA world number-one, is 25-1 on the year with titles at the Australian Open and Miami. Her only loss this year came on the clay courts in Madrid to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, 2-6, 3-6.

She withdrew at Indian Wells and Rome due to injury. Although clay is her least preferred surface, she is 5-1 on the season. Williams is looking to win her third-straight Grand Slam after winning the U.S. Open last year and the Australian Open earlier this year.

ward the 2015 French Open.

Cochrane shared his predictions by stating, “Even though Nadal has won 9 of the last 10, he admitted that he doesn’t think he will ever be able to play at the level he was once at, and his record shows it doing mediocre during the clay season. Meanwhile, Djokovic destroyed Nadal at Monaco 6-3 6-3, and he also won Rome. He is the number-one in the world and is riding a lot of momentum from Rome into the French.

Serena is always a good bet, plus she is the one seed.”

Preda made her predictions: “I think my fellow Romanian Simona Halep will win. She is very confident in her game, and she played on clay her whole life, and she has a very good chance at winning given that she was in the final last year. For the men, I think Novak Djokovic will win.

He has won more than 20 matches in a row and just won the Rome tournament, and he feels and looks really good on the court.”

Simona Halep is the current world number-three and has a 29-6 record on the year with a 3-2 record on clay.

In 2015, she has won titles in Shenzhen, Dubai and Indian Wells. In 2014 she reached her first grand slam final at the French Open against Sharapova. Halep is eyeing another run to the finals with a hope of winning her first grand slam title this year on the red clay courts in Paris.

Nguyen expressed his viewpoints: “I think Sharapova because she has the best results on clay; it’s also the surface she has the best chance against Serena, because its Serena’s worst. Djokovic because he’s been playing like a mad man,” Nguyen predicted.

PSU Tennis weighs in

The current world numbertwo, Sharapova is currently 26-5 on the year with a 9-1 record on clay. She dropped the semi-final clash with Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 2-6, 4-6 but rebounded the next week in Rome against Carla Suárez Navarro 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to capture the title.

In order to get more insight on this tournament, PSU Men’s Tennis player Wil Cochrane, PSU Women’s Tennis player Sabina-Elena Preda, and 2015–16 PSU Tennis Club President Michael Nguyen weighed in their thoughts to-

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Rafael Nadal during the Australian Open in 2009.

Courtesy of Brett Marlow through Creative Commons

Top Americans in action include 17th-ranked John Isner, up-and-coming 36th-ranked Jack Sock (who won the clay title in Houston earlier in the year against 38th-ranked Sam Querrey), and 49thranked Donald Young.

Joining Serena Williams is her sister Venus at 15th, Madison Keyes at 16th, Coco Vandeweghe at 33rd, Varvara Lepchenko at 34th, Madison Brengle at 36th, Sloane Stephens at 41st and Alison Riske at 46th. Djokovic looks

to bring home his first French Open crown to complete his career grand slam while Nadal is trying to hold it for the 10th time in 11 years. These two heavyweights hope to settle it in Paris. The women’s field has Williams and Sharapova trying to become winners in Paris for the third time.

Halep looks to make her second consecutive final and win her first grand slam title.

With only two spots in the final, will two of them play one another for the crown, or

will someone else emerge?

This shapes up to be a mustsee grand slam to watch on both sides. The storylines are here. The question is whether any dark horse can stop these heavy favorites from succeeding.

To see if their predictions come true, check out the 2015 French Open at Roland Garros until the last shot on June 7. The women’s final will be on June 6, and the men’s final will be the final day.

Sports Schedule 6/7— 6/20 Men’s/Women’s Track and Field

Portland Sports

NCAA Outdoor Championship

Portland Thunder at Los Angeles

Portland Thorns at Houston

Portland Track Festival

Portland Thunder vs.

Arizona Rattlers

Portland Thorns vs.

FC Kansas City

Portland Timbers vs.

New England Revolution

Rose City Wreckers vs.

Columbia Basin Roller Derby

Hayward Field, Eugene, OR Wed., June 10–Sat., June 13, all day Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR Sat., Mon., June 13–14, All Day

Grad Weekend Golf Tournament

Eastmoreland Golf Course, Portland, OR Fri., June 12, 8 a.m.

Honda Center Thurs., June 7, 3 p.m.

Moda Center Tues., June 12, 7 p.m.

Providence Park Sat., June 6, 7:30 p.m.

Portland Timbers vs.

Houston Dynamo Providence Park Sat., June 20, 7:30 p.m.

BBVA Compass Stadium Sat., Jun 6, 5:30 p.m.

Providence Park Fri., June 19, 7 p.m.

The Hanger at Oaks Amusement Park Sat. June 6, 7 p.m.

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Streamline your summer vacation

The PSU Outdoor Program will remain open through the majority of Summer Term, with reduced rental rates for students with ID. The program will also host backpacking trips and other outdoor events throughout summer. seleny diaz/PSU VANGUARD

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Feeling outdoorsy? The PSU Outdoor Program has your back this summer. There are tons of day and overnight trips offered to get your adrenaline pumping and keep your inner adventurer happy.

Ann Marie Hingley, the Outdoor Program coordinator, encourages students to seek out and take advantage of the program as much as possible.

“The majority of what we do is we offer trips to the students in the community, and so if someone is interested in going on a trip, they just come into the office, ask some questions, pay the fee and sign up,” Hingley said. “We have a member fee for going on a trip and then a non-member fee. Your Campus Rec membership as a student includes the Outdoor Program.”

So, what’s happening this summer? Quite a lot. First of all, the Outdoor Program is partnering with Inclusive Recreation this summer from Aug. 1–2 for an inclusive cycling trip in Eugene, which

coincides with the big, annual community ride Eugene puts together.

“The city of Eugene does adaptive cycles, so pretty much anybody with physical disabilities can join on the trip for no additional cost,” Hingley said. “They provide hand cycles, tandem bikes and other types of bikes to fit their needs.” This trip will be $75 for members and, like most overnight trips, will include transportation, all the equipment you need, food and camping gear as well.

“We’re doing a new trip this year, and we’re calling it Falling Stars and Lava Flows,” Hingley said. “We’re pretty excited about this one.” This trip will take place from Aug. 15–16 in Eastern Oregon for the Perseid Meteor Shower.

It includes a day hike, and at night you’ll be able to lie out in the open sky area and watch the meteor shower. The next day you’ll do some paddle boarding on the lake and hang out by the water. This trip will cost $70 for members.

There will also be paddleboard trips this summer in different lakes and rivers around Portland for $35. There will also be day hikes offered all summer, as well as overnight backpacking trips to places such as Crater Lake, Eagle Creek and Cooper Spur. There is even a Clack River cleanup scheduled on Sep. 13 for individuals interested in helping clean up our planet.

Additionally, as a member you’re able to rent tons of equipment to fit your outdoor adventure needs. They provide tents, sleeping bags, camp stoves, backpacks and tons of watercrafts such as paddleboards, kayaks and much more. For a full list of items up for rent—as well as pricing—you can visit the Outdoor Program website.

The official schedule for Outdoor Program activities this summer will be up no later than finals week on their website (pdx.edu/recreation/outdoorprogram), where you’ll be able to check out dates and prices—as well as sign up for any trips—beginning June 22.

Uncompromising positions: plank pose

jessica Boyd

The no-bullshit yoga instructor, Jessica Boyd, bring us her first weekly installment of yoga poses to rock you to your core.

If someone is a vegan and does CrossFit, which do they talk about first? That’s a trick question, but you can bet that they’ll brag about how long they can hold a plank for.

Plank pose, or the much wordier Uttihita Chaturanga Dandasana (Extended four-limbed staff pose), is one of the most quintessential yoga poses. It strengthens the whole body, it takes focus and it is a transition pose for sun salutations and other flows.

Benefits of Plank include: stronger core—both abs and back, strong and stable shoulders, improved posture, and strong arms and wrists.

Contradiction: carpal tunnel. Though after talking to your doctor and getting approval, a yoga practice can

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help improve the symptoms of carpal tunnel.

To get into Plank Pose, first start on your hands and knees. Make sure that your wrists are right below your shoulders. Spread your fingers apart and face them forward. Now rotate the inside of your elbows forward. This movement happens in your shoulders, from the socket— your whole arm rotates outward. Do not push into your elbows. Press evenly into your hands. You’ll feel your triceps engage to help hold your arms in this rotation. Now that your arms are solid and your shoulder cuff is protected by the rotation, you can extend your legs straight back. Curl your toes under and press back through your heels. Feet come hip distance apart. Hip distance is the distance between your actual hip sockets, or about two fists could fit side by side between your feet. Your body ends up in a

relatively straight line, like a plank of wood.

Once you are in your plank, it’s time to check in on what’s going on with your body. Did that shoulder/ arm rotation stay rotated?

If not, re-rotate. Are you pressing through your arms, engaging your shoulders and back? Are you reaching back through your heels thus engaging your whole leg?

Is your belly button pulled up and in? Are you slowly melting to the floor?! If you feel like you’re not strong enough and melting from the hips, then you should drop your knees. To modify this way, first come into full plank, then drop your knees straight down so your body is still in a long line. Hold for at least three breaths or as long as you can without compromising your posture.

With practice, plank becomes easier and you will reap the physical benefits from it. Happy practicing!

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Kumbhakasana plank pose.

Courtesy of Yoga Mama through Creative Commons via Flickr

Correction: Due to a reporting error, information in “Campus Rec upgrades should work out” was inaccurate. The June 15–17 closure is a partial facility closure, and the entire third and fourth floors will be closed to move equipment. Other operations will remain open. During June 25–July 1, the locker rooms will be closed until 3:30 p.m., not all day. While closed, members are able to use the universal changing rooms or obtain a pass from Member Services to use the showers at the Peter W. Stott Center. The Vanguard regrets the error.

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