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VOLUME 71 • ISSUE 10 • OCTOBER 18, 2016

ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT SHOWS DECLINE IN ON-CAMPUS CRIMINAL OFFENSES

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NEWS

PSU CAMPAIGNS TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT IN ALERT SYSTEM MILES SANGUINETTI

EMMA STOCKER, PSU’S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, NAVIGATES THE BLACKBOARD INTERFACE FOR SENDING PSU ALERT MESSAGES. MILES SANGUINETTI/PSU VANGUARD

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The Portland State alert system is the university’s foremost way to inform students and staff of threats on campus like out-of-control fires, inclement weather and potentially dangerous individuals in the area. With a test of the alert system scheduled at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20 and enrollment in the system’s text message component numbering at less than 10,000 people, university officials are launching a campaign to get more students signed up.

Aside from text messages, the system’s different avenues of communication include emails, website and social media posts, explained Emma Stocker, PSU’s assistant director of emergency management.

“That system is launched

by CPSO dispatch at the request of a CPSO staff [member] in the field that might see something underway that needs to be communicated broadly to campus,” Stocker said.

While the alert system automatically sends messages to all pdx.edu email accounts, students must use Banweb to opt in and have alerts sent to their phones or personal email accounts, Stocker added.

“Text message is really the most efficient—the quickest—way we have to get information out to the campus community,” Stocker said. “Knowing that that’s optional and knowing that people have to take that extra step to go into the Banweb page to register, [is why] we are doing this campaign.”

Winter weather closures are among the most common uses of the system, according to Stocker. While staff members at PSU try to send

out an alert for university closures by 6:00 a.m., this has failed to reach a significant segment of the student population, in past cases sometimes because commuters did not check their emails for alerts and were not signed up to receive text messages, she added.

“I started here at PSU as the assistant director of emergency management in April,” Stocker said. “When I looked at all the things that I could do to help increase the preparedness on campus, that was the number one thing on my list: to ensure that we have a way to communicate with the campus.”

The alert system gives campus safety staff members a vital way to issue alerts, information and updates on dangerous situations, according to Joe Schilling, a campus police sergeant at CPSO. “Let’s say a building was actually on fire,” Schilling said. “So obviously we’d get that PSU alert out that tells folks to evacuate the building, go to the muster spots and then to avoid the area while the fire apparatus and public safety folks are in there taking care of the situation.”

Quickly spreading helpful information about dangers like fires can help keep unaffected areas of campus open as well, he added.

“It just gives us a really good tool to get information to people so they can make learned decisions about what they want to do in relation to their own safety,” Schilling said.

To learn more about the PSU Alert System, visit pdx. edu/emergency-management.

To sign up, login into the student banweb at my.pdx.edu.

NEWS

TO DIVEST OR NOT TO DIVEST?

ASPSU CONTINUES DEBATE OVER RESOLUTION TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS JOAN BROWN

the 2015–16 Associated Students of Portland State University Executive Committee was unable to come to full clarification of the writing of the resolution to divest from companies profiting from human rights violations in Israel when it was introduced in Spring 2016.

The resolution was carried over to the 2016–17 board members.

On Sept. 26, 2016, during ASPSU’s first Senate meeting of this academic year, a revised resolution was read and sent back for revision.

On Oct. 10, 2016, during its second meeting of the year, the executive committee of the ASPSU held a fourth “first reading” of the resolution.

The first amendment of the resolution defines outcomes which, if passed, promote PSU’s divestment from any companies “found to profit from human rights violations against Palestinian civilians by the Israeli government.”

A second amendment calls for “the University to put in place an internal investment screen which prohibits investment in any company that provides weapons or equipment used for violent acts that target either Israeli or Palestinian civilians; provides equipment used for the displacement of Palestinians from their homes or the construction and maintenance of illegal and unethical Israeli government authorized settlements; or supplies equipment used for the construction or maintenance of the Separation Wall in the West Bank and Jerusalem.”

The resolution calls for a screen to divest from all companies found to profit from human rights violations in either of the two countries, but specifically

MEMBERS OF ASPSU LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE DIVESTMENT. ROOSEVELT SOWKA/PSU VANGUARD names Caterpillar Inc., G4S, HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise—as they have now split—and Motorola.

Not at this or any other time has it been confirmed that PSU holds investments in any of these companies.

No opposition at the meeting was made toward the resolution goals specifically; instead the language used to justify the need for divestment was the main point of contention.

In opposition to the naming of these four companies in spring 2016, a PSU student who gave only their first name, Ariel, distributed a document to the ASPSU stating that some of the companies sell to both Israel

and Palestine and that G4S currently had no contracts with Israel, among other historical inaccuracies.

ASPSU executive meetings are open to all students as well as the public. Persons in attendance who wish to express their views on any resolution in consideration are allotted two minutes to speak.

The first speaker at the Oct. 10 meeting, a person of Palestinian descent, stated, “The democratic process seems to have been stalled.

My family, the Palestinian side, is not able to return to their home. This fills me with a deep sadness. Passing the resolution may not bring comfort to the suffer-

ing of others, but it would be momentous.”

“I have read many history books, but I still don’t see the description that was in my grandfather’s eyes.

Democracy has to take place,” said another student, an indigenous Palestinian whose family was dispossessed in 1948.

Jennifer, wife of Ariel, is in her final term at PSU. Last year she was on the board of the Jewish Student Union as well as co-president of CHAI—the Cultural and Historical Association for Israel. She said, “I do not deny the violence, but the resolution has many historical inaccuracies.” Her position is that Caterpillar and Motorola sell to Israelis and Palestinians.

“The resolution talks about the companies—and quickly moves into what Israel has done. There are people dying on the Israeli side, there are people dying on the Palestinian side. Instead of blaming people, we need to teach people to come together so we can share the land,” Jennifer said.

PSU Professor Patricia Schechter questioned whether the resolution was historically sound and responsible.

“How does divestment help the election of fair government in Israel and Palestine?” Schechter asked.

Nathan Claus, of the PSU Judicial Board, was concerned about procedures used in formulating and

writing the resolution. He invited interested parties to come to the Judicial Board for help and to access Robert’s Rules of Order. Claus said he understands that bureaucratic process can be seen as slowing the resolution’s progress.

“What about democracy?”

Claus asked.

Meanwhile, the public audience created its own argument, with one person storming out in anger and another person making “tssking” and exclamatory lip-smacking sounds.

The motion to send back and rewrite the resolution again was defeated 4-18.

Senator Bhaskar Venkataramaiah of the International Affairs Committee was involved in the resolution at its initiation in spring 2016.

“My biggest concern is to not make it target any individuals or groups on campus because it would create tension and disturb the harmony of the campus,” Venkataramaiah said. “We have tried our best to listen to both points of view and tried to put in every line in there from some credible source.

This is a great learning opportunity for us as leaders to think about—and how to handle issues and conflicts.”

“It will pass on a message to the community and to the organizations that PSU does not invest in those companies,” Venkataramaiah continued. “It is a symbolic representation [of ] solidarity with victims, and a stand against human rights violations.”

The next Senate meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Oct. 24, 2016. At that time the resolution will undergo a second reading, without another rewrite, and the final vote is expected.

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NEWS

THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER GEARS UP FOR THE NEW YEAR JOAN BROWN

Transitioning from military life to civilian life can have specific challenges. The addition of university life can make the transition particularly tough. Veterans and service personnel may face unique dilemmas, especially men and women who have seen active battle. Portland State’s Veterans Resource Center’s mission is to help veterans succeed as college students. To help bring that mission to fruition, the VRC hired a new director, Felita Y. Singleton, MS, who started July 6, 2016.

The VRC has been undergoing renovations. Singleton believes this is a great opportunity to start anew—to open the doors and share. Services at the VRC include: career and academic advising; student legal services; Veterans Administration assistance; resume and interview preparation; in-house campus and community services; crisis and emotional support; and events for veterans, service

personnel and their families.

The VRC also offers help for veterans to understand the different benefits and scholarships they may apply for to help pay for school.

“I’ve been able to get virtually several fellowships over the last two years I’ve been here, that’s allowed me to pay for my education, but I’ve had to work at it,” said veteran Tito Mendoza, who is a graduate student in the PSU School of Social Work’s Advanced Standing program.

The VRC also offers the Women’s Veterans Outreach Program, which typically meets biweekly at the Women’s Resource Center.

Singleton said she would love to see more women veterans involved on campus. PSU has an estimated four times as many male veterans on campus as it does female veterans. To celebrate women veterans there will be a viewing of the documentary Lioness from

5–8 p.m. on Nov. 9, location to be determined.

“We’re trying to figure out how we can get some of the incoming veterans to utilize some of the resources that are available to them,” said Mendoza, who is on the PSU Veterans Advisory Board. “Trying to get into PSU is generally not a problem. Being able to stay in the program is the challenge, especially when there aren’t teachers or administrators that understand what the veteran experience is.”

Two of those experiences might involve a traumatic brain injury or the development of post-traumatic stress disorder, each manifesting different symptoms in different people.

“Veterans might go into a classroom and immediately start looking around and positioning themselves either with their back against the wall, or close to a window or a door. They may start looking at who sits around

them. That’s what’s called threat assessment. This is your veteran who has had any type of combat experience; they have hyper-vigilance,” Mendoza explained.

Singleton pointed out that PSU has faculty and staff who are active service members, veterans or dependents or have an appreciable background. PSU will begin offering a Veterans Administration/ Veterans Service Officer counselor in the next few months, along with a mentoring program through the VRC. “Don’t be embarrassed to be a non-traditional student,” Singleton said. “This is an opportunity for celebration and renewal.”

Jake Barreiro, who was in the Air Force for over eight years, is now at PSU and scheduled to graduate this spring with a bachelor’s degree in English.

He has visited the VRC but has not yet utilized their services.

“Everything’s been really smooth,” Barreiro said. “For me it might be a little differ-

THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER JUST FINISHED ITS NEW REMODEL ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF SMSU. SILVIA CARDULLO/PSU VANGUARD ent, based on my experiences.

I haven’t had any serious deployment and I’ve never been in a war zone. I’ve enjoyed [school] quite a bit and found it great fun. I’ve always had the self motivation to work at what I wanted to work at.” “[Veterans] are your brothers and sisters. You treat

them just like you would want to be treated: with respect, with dignity. Get to know them, help them get to know you,” Mendoza said.

The VRC is located in Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 401. Representatives may be contacted at 503-725-9807, and at psuvrc@pdx.edu.

NEWS SPORTS

VIKINGS FELL TO CAL POLY BY A SCORE OF 55-35 ON HOMECOMING GAME MARTIN PANTOJA More than 4,000 fans were in attendance at Providence Park despite the rain to celebrate Portland State’s Homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. As accustomed, the game included multiple celebrations for former Vikings. This year, it was former PSU coach Pokey Allen’s daughter, Taylor, who was named honorary captain.

Former All-American PSU quarterback Chris Crawford was also named the Viking Legend of the Game.

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During the homecoming game play, PSU’s defense was left exposed by Cal Poly’s running game who had a whopping 462 rushing yards with an average of 6.9 yards per rush.

Meanwhile, PSU’s running game was quiet for the majority of the game.

For just the second time this season, PSU was held to less than 100 rushing yards. Despite their struggles, the Vikings still scored two rushing touchdowns including a great run by senior Quarterback, Alex Kuresa.

The Vikings had arguably their most successful passing game of the season.

They tied their season-high 275 passing yards with two touchdowns. Kahlil Dawson also added to the score sheet with a brilliant 83-yard punt return in the first quarter.

Vikings now have their upcoming bye week to regroup and recover from Saturday’s loss to prepare for their next home game against Northern Colorado on Oct. 29.

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FRANCE

Nadia Murad Basel Taha, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, ISIS/Daesh Captive, Awarded Human Rights Prize Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a Yazidi survivor of ISIS violence and capture, was awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights prize by the Council of Europe at a ceremony in Strasbourg, France.

She was one of over 5,000 Yazidis captured by the group in August 2014. During her captivity she was raped, tortured, and sold to militants. After escaping in November 2014, she became the face of the campaign to bring awareness to the persecution of Yazidis by ISIS. She was subsequently named a U.N. goodwill ambassador. The most recent human rights award honors outstanding civil society action in defense of human rights. The Yazidis are a minority religious group with communities scattered across northwestern Iraq, northwestern Syria, and southeast Turkey.

NIGERIA

21 Chibok Girls Returned, 197 still missing Twenty-one of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants in April 2014 were returned to their families this week. They were handed over to a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Banki, a town in the northeast of Nigeria on the border with Cameroon.

The government is still negotiating for the release of 197 of the girls, victims of sex slavery and forced marriage to Boko Haram soldiers. The original abduction from the Girls Secondary School in Chibok spurred international outcry with many responding with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls on social media to raise awareness.

NORWAY

Kim Halti Mountain Summit to Remain in Norway Due to a constitutional provision prohibiting the division of Norwegian territory, Finland will not receive the summit of Halti Mountain as a gift to celebrate 100 years of independence from Russia. Halti Mountain lies on the border between the two countries, with the summit located in Norway. Prime Minister Erna Solberg said that they would have gifted Finland the summit, but due to a constitutional prohibition, they will consider another suitable gift for the centenary.

RWANDA

Philippine Kigali Amendment to Limit Hydrofluorocarbon Emissions Rwanda Used widely in refrigeration systems, air conditioners and aerosol sprays, hydrofluorocarbons trap heat within the atmosphere. Their use will now be limited and eventually phased out following agreement to the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol. Rich countries that agreed to the amendment promise to cut emissions by 10 percent by 2019. China and many Latin American countries will begin freezing HFC emissions by 2024, and developing countries will begin phasing out use by 2028. The objective is to reduce the warming of the planet by another 0.5 percent Centigrade.

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FEATURE COVER

CRIME ON CAMPUS

ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT SHOWS DECLINE IN ON-CAMPUS CRIMINAL OFFENSES

EMILY HAGENBURGER Portland State’s Campus Public Safety Office released its annual Campus Security and Fire Safety reports in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990, which was amended in 2013 by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. These two acts require all universities receiving public funds to report crimes that occurred on campus in the previous calendar year.

The documents for PSU’s 2016 report were sent out in a campus-wide email from CPSO and provide statistics for on-campus crimes from 2013–15. CPSO Chief Phillip Zerzan commented that trends in the data show drug arrests have gone down, while sexual assault-related crimes such as stalking and rape have gone up. Zerzan attributes these trends to recent changes in law and policy.

As of July 27, 2015, marijuana has been decriminalized in the state of Oregon. “While this is still considered a university policy violation that can still result in a disciplinary referral, marijuana is no longer a state law violation and is not included in the drug arrest and drug referral data, which has decreased our numbers of drug arrests and referrals this year,” Zerzan said.

According to the report, on-campus drug abuse violations have fallen from 55 arrests in 2014 to 30 in 2015. Similarly, disciplinary referrals from on-campus drug abuse violations have fallen from 127 in 2014 to 62 in 2015.

Zerzan said he believes the rise in sex crimes reports “is a positive trend as these crimes are significantly underreported.”

Starting in 2015, CPSO aimed many of its curr en t pr e ve n t i o n a n d awa re n es s programs toward the Violence Against Women Act in hope of raising awareness for crimes against women and to encourage survivors and witnesses of these crimes to step forward and file reports. VAWA has also required universities to report stalking incidents, which may account for the spike in on-campus stalking reports—from 6 in 2014 to 17 in 2015.

The first six weeks of classes on college campuses in the fall are often deemed the “Red Zone” due to the increase in sex crimes that occurs during this time. Chief Zerzan said that although CPSO is aware of the phenomenon, they have not noticed such a trend on PSU’s campus.

CPSO, as well as the many resource centers on campus, would like to emphasize the services they provide in response to sex crimes and other crimes on campus. “As a community, we need to watch out for each other,” Zerzan said. “For property safety, please keep items with you. For personal safety, be aware of your surroundings and call CPSO at 503725-4407 for any concerns or for an escort.”

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“VAWA HAS ALSO REQUIRED UNIVERSITIES TO REPORT

STALKING INCIDENTS, WHICH MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE SPIKE IN ON-CAMPUS STALKING REPORTS—FROM

6 IN 2014 TO 17 IN 2015.”

Adrienne Graf, sexual and relationship violence response program coordinator at the Women’s Resource Center, would like to reiterate that students of all genders can access interpersonal violence advocacy services. Though many of PSU’s faculty and staff are obligated under Title IX to report when instances of sexual violence are disclosed to them, the WRC has confidential advocates who allow survivors and witnesses of sexual assault and sex crimes to report instances and get help in their own time.

“I want students to know all their options,” Graf said. “We now have after-hours peer advocates for evenings and weekends, as well.” Students interested in becoming advocates can take the Sexual Violence Prevention Education and Response course taught during fall and winter quarters.

Multicultural Affairs Director Alex Herrera of the Associated Students of PSU commented that the group’s campus safety reform policy blueprint for this year is focused on disarmament, training and accountability within CPSO. According to Zerzan, CPSO is focusing on proactive patrolling and creating a robust interaction with the community to establish a positive relationship in order to reduce crime. “An increase in the ability to respond and investigate crimes occurring on campus by this office permits a more holistic approach to crime reduction, as well as providing a seamless integration with campus resources such as the Dean of Students Office, Student Health and Counseling and Title IX, to address criminal activity,” he said.

Other crimes that are not reflected in the Clery report include thefts and vehicle breakins. Zerzan said that the Clery report is very specific about what crimes must be reported, and because PSU is an urban campus, crimes occurring in close proximity to but not on school property are not reflected in this report, despite affecting students and staff.

If interested in becoming a student advocate, contact Adrienne Graf at agraf@pdx.edu or Amy Kayon at akayon@pdx.edu

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ON-CAMPUS BURGLARY HAS BEEN THE MOST REPORTED CRIMINAL OFFENSE SINCE 2013. LAURYN SMITH FREIMARK/PSU VANGUARD

PORTLAND STATE ANNUAL CAMPUS CRIME STATISTICS

By Nimi Einstein Source: www.pdx.edu/cpso/clery-repo

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Criminal Offenses On-Campus Rape

Fondling

Burglary

2015

7

2015

4

2014

5

2014

6

2013

6

2013

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In 2015, 6 out of the 7 rape criminal offenses took place in on-campus student housing.

In 2015, 4 out of the 7 rape criminal offenses took place in on-campus student housing.

Aggravated Assault

Arson

2015

3

2014

4

2013

4

2015

2015

108

2014

110

2013

155

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In 2015, 14 out of the 108 burglaries took place in on-campus student housing.

In 2015, 4 out of the 7 rape criminal offenses took place in on-campus student housing.

Violence Against Women Act [VAWA] Offenses On-Campus Dating Violence

Arrests Drug Abuse Violations

Domestic Violence

2015

4

2015

10

2015

17

2014

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2014

7

2014

6

2013

2

2013

9

2013

7

In 2015, 2 out of the 4 dating violence offenses took place in on-campus student housing.

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Disciplinary Referrals

2014

55

Drug Abuse Violations

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In 2015, 6 out of the 30 drug abuse violation arrests took place in on-campus student housing.

2015

62

2014

127

2013

In 2015, 3 out of the 17 stalking offenses took place in on-campus student housing.

In 2015, 8 out of the 10 domestic violence offenses took place in on-campus student housing.

2015

2013

Stalking

Liquor Law Violations 2015

71

2014

120

2013

186

143

Drug Abuse Violations 2015

8

2014

1

2013

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In 2015, 1 out of the 8 liquor law violations took place in on-campus student housing.

In 2015, 53 out of the 62 drug abuse violation disciplinary took place in on-campus student housing.

Hate Crimes

2015: Two on-campus intimidations characterized by national origin bias, and one on-campus Graffiti and one on-campus Simple Assault characterized by religion bias.

In 2015, 65 out of the 71 liquor law violation disciplinary took place in on-campus student housing.

2014: One on-campus Destruction / Damage / Vandalism of Prope y characterized by national origin bias.

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ARTS & CULTURE

BLACK STUDIES HOSTS ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER: RHETORIC OR REALITY’ JON RABY + MYLES BOYNS

Members of the Portland State Black Studies faculty will host a discussion titled “Black Lives Matter: Rhetoric or Reality” on Tuesday, Oct. 18 from 4:30–6 p.m. as part of Portland State of Mind, a 10-day event of concerts, movies, talks and community discussion.

“As scholars we have an obligation to interrogate, and look at any group critically. Right?” said Winston Grady-Willis, inaugural director of the school of Gender, Race and Nations.

“This is an obligation we have in the university setting, to think critically, even to think critically of groups and movements which we may be in solidarity with or support.”

The School of Gender, Race and Nations is an umbrella containing Black Studies, Chicano/Latino Studies, Indigenous Nations Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

The event has been organized by Black Studies Department Chair Dr. Shirley Jackson, who is a panelist along with four other PSU Professors including Turiya Autry, Winston Grady-Willis, Derrais Carter, and Ethan Johnson. They will discuss the BLM movement from an academic lens.

Jackson hopes that by looking at BLM from an academic standpoint, potential pitfalls to the movement can be recognized and discussed.

“What lessons can we learn so that we don’t repeat those things that did not work well?” Jackson asked. “How might we look at this movement in the future?”

Jackson plans to discuss a historical view of social

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justice movements. She will be looking at BLM from a sociology background, and may also address topics of how these types of movements are formed, changed, presented, perceived, what they are asking for, and how they can be infiltrated by organizations or individuals.

Another potential topic is how BLM is a nationwide movement with local chapters that sometimes work autonomously, which affects how the overall group is perceived in the media and by the public.

Grady-Willis may address present and past grassroots level activism—or the boundaries of street level and scholarly activism.

“Black Lives Matter is a mantra, and the thing that a group is pursuing rather than a thing that is the name of the group,” said Donald Thompson Jr. III, a PSU student and voting member of the ASPSU Senate. “[The name is] less important than the statement itself.”

As a street level activist, Thompson was recently pepper sprayed at a Don’t Shoot PDX protest at Portland City Hall. Don’t Shoot PDX and BLM are separate organizations, but there is sometimes overlap in membership and goals.

“I’m really hoping, more than anything else, that all areas represented there will be very transparent about what they believe,” Thompson said. “Because I feel like a lot of this conversation is obfuscated by rhetoric, by the idea that we have to be balanced, we have to be deliberate, but nothing about someone being shot to death is balanced.”

A MAY DAY RALLY AND PROTEST IN THE PARK BLOCKS IN MAY 2015. LISA DUNN/VANGUARD ARCHIVES

“Black Lives Matter is a mantra.”

-DONALD THOMPSON JR. III, ASPSU MEMBER “It’s because of this activism,” Grady-Willis said, “that we have this moment to really try to lean into some discomfort around some issues in order to really move forward. So I would argue it’s not just the actual loss of black life, or the loss of brown life, because that’s been happening for decades, but it’s that certain groups have been able to call attention to it in some really creative ways.”

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“This is an opportunity to talk about this on a broad scale where everyone has some input as to what is going on with this movement, how we see the movement,” Jackson said. “It’s not about activist versus scholars, scholars versus activists. It’s certainly not that.

There is no ownership of this movement.”

“I hope that we’ll be able to keep this conversation going,” Grady-Willis

said, referring to activists and scholars having a dialogue. “I’m setting this up as if there are these polar opposites when there’s really this incredible area in between.”

“We have to have these conversations in the public, for the public’s sake,” Thompson said. “For us to get outside of that echo chamber and tell people what we really feel, and allow them to take that in and

analyze it for themselves, and so this sort of event is really important because it’s, if it goes the way I hope it does, it’s beliefs made manifest, and explored, and that’s necessary to convince someone.”

The event will be held Oct. 18, 4:30-6 P.M. in the Smith Memorial Student Union building rooms 327/ 328/ 329. It is free and open to the public.

ARTS & CULTURE OPINION

FACULTY AND ALUMNI SHARE LIFE STORIES AT PDXTALKS INSPIRATION SPRINGS FROM DIFFICULT EVENTS GRAY BOUCHAT

Stories of connection and perseverance filled Lincoln Hall on Oct. 13 for Portland State of Mind’s PDXTalks event. Five diverse speakers of various backgrounds stood before a full crowd, talking about their life experiences and sparking interest within the audience.

A live pianist performed as the lights dimmed and a video was projected on the wall showing clips of Portland State students and faculty, with the underlying theme of “Let Knowledge Serve.”

The first speaker, Amelia Pape, began with a photo of her younger self. Pape opened with a story of her mother calling her to tell her that she was diagnosed with HIV. It was an emotional time, as everything changed for her at the young age of seven. She continued on with her life, but things were never the same, especially when she reached middle school.

“Middle school is like eating from the tree of knowledge,” Pape said.

Pape realized early on that food insecurity was a real issue, especially when she was part of the Reduced Lunch Program. She said she didn’t want to be the poor kid. She discussed statistics detailing that one in six Oregonians are food insecure. This inspired her to start a program called My Street Grocery to help mitigate food insecurity in Portland. “Food is the hook, but community is the glue.”

The second speaker, Larry Wallack, talked about public health, and the United States’ high level of health disparity. “Health is a function of social inequal-

KEVIN TRUONG, A PHOTOGRAPHER AND NBC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR SPEAKING ABOUT HIS WORLD TRAVELS TO TELL STORIES IN WORDS AND PICTURES. ity,” Wallack said. “The more social inequality in a society, the more health inequality.”

He discussed how America is the richest country in the world, yet it rates low for health equality. “Social justice is the collective decisions we make as a people, as a community, about how we distribute goods and services, opportunities and burdens,” Wallack said.

Wallack’s presentation included quotes from David Barker who developed the Barker Hypothesis, a theory linking birthweight and other early life indicators as precursors to adult diseases, rather than one’s genetic makeup. Wallack believes the developmental origins of health and disease will change everything.

The third speaker, Wajdi Said, spoke about the

Muslim Educational Trust and the Muslim community in Portland. He shared pictures of his family and introduced his businessman father who died when his mother was still pregnant with Said.

Said witnessed the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, and saw firsthand starving Ethiopian children and adults. He said he went to his mother and asked, “‘Mom,

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why are children dying?

Why are humans fighting?’”

This inspired him to become a medical doctor to help these victims.

There was a slight intermission between the first three speakers and the last two. The Portland Chamber Choir took the stage to sing Renaissance music, a song of peace, folklore, and a rendition of Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah.” Their voices

echoed throughout the Recital Hall, earning the group not one but two standing ovations.

The fourth speaker, Gretchen Schauffler, talked about color conflicts. “I believe that connection is the biggest and the highest end of all. We can all feel when something is amazing because of its connection,” Shauffler said. She discussed the care reflex where if someone doesn’t care, they are going against their care reflex—like not caring about the color of your kitchen.

Her goal is to help people pick the correct colors for their home, colors they feel connected to. She talked about how there are five primary senses, and there also happens to be five primary colors.

“Choose connection above circumstances,” Schauffler said.

The final speaker, Kevin Truong, founded the Gay Men Project. His story began with the journey of his mother who escaped Vietnam while pregnant with two daughters in hand. She then gave birth to Truong in a refugee camp.

However, Truong also said he doesn’t see the refugee world as his world.

His mother’s courage helped him face the reality of his own sexuality.

Truong founded the Gay Men Project, a photographic project five years in the making, including over 700 photos of gay and queer men. He also talked about the reality of the gay world in Portland compared to other places.

The night ended with a standing ovation and a bow

by Truong. The speakers and audience remained on the floor, talking to each other about what the stories had taught them.

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OPINION

GOOD GRADES AREN’T ENOUGH FOR THE FUTURE: PART I The Complete Tool

by Nick Tool For some college students, the purpose of getting a college degree is to gain access to a career they could not have gotten otherwise.

In the “Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report on College Graduates,” alumni were asked to rate the value of their education. The central question for the data revolved around whether or not getting a degree is worth the cost.

In recent years, underemployed alumni were less likely to agree that their education was worth the cost compared to alumni who were employed full time or unemployed. Another key correlation from the report highlights the fact that alumni who earn more report a higher level of satisfaction with their education.

The more a graduate works and earns, the more satisfied they are with the decision to get a degree. So, how can a student improve the chance that they grab a high-paying, full-time job after school?

This article serves as the first of a three-part series that will address what Portland State students can do to get the most value from their time in college and earn better career opportunities than their peers.

Several helpful tips for students came from an interview with Greg Flores, PSU’s associate director of Career Services.

According to Flores, experiential learning is a big part of a successful transition from student to professional. Entering the workforce with nothing but a bachelor’s degree on a résumé is not enough.

Students can gain necessary experience in the field they are interested in by completing internships or volunteering during school. Internships offer students the opportunity to apply classroom lessons to real life situations. Most students do not begin to pursue internship opportunities until they are near graduation, so it is important to start thinking about this early. Fewer internships mean fewer experiences and less on a résumé.

The biggest hurdle for students at PSU is balancing work and school. Flores estimates that around 70 percent of PSU students work and go to school already and have difficulty adding activities like internships to their schedule. Some students even delay their education in order to work. However, there are diminishing returns on putting off education.

Too many delays lead to overall reductions in lifetime earnings. The most important factor for students, according to Flores, is to do everything with intent. Deliberate actions and planning throughout your college career will translate into success in post-collegiate years.

To begin researching internships for a specific major now, consult a departmental webpage on the PSU website or the CareerConnect resource on the Advising and Career Services page.

Volunteering also contributes to the college experience and is another method of enriching your education through experiential learning while at PSU. Volunteer work gives students the opportunity to broaden their skills and diversify a résumé by participating in activities related to their passions. Volunteer opportunities at PSU are

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ILLUSTRATION BY AARON OSBORN ongoing and open to all students. An example from Dr. Barbara Brower of the Geography Department is the Portland Urban Coyote Project, which is open to all Portland residents. Being active in local projects gives employers a more complete picture of an applicant and can help students choose their field as they make their way through school.

Faculty member Mark Blackmore of the Math and Statistics Department was asked what he believes are important factors for success after college. According to Blackmore, success comes from learning accessory skills and being able to prove that they have that knowledge. Blackmore recommends a Microsoft Excel certification, taking Coursera courses to learn accessory skills, and becoming proficient in analytical/statistical methods.

The Gallup-Purdue Index report was pulled based on Blackmore’s recommendation. The report lists several important factors that are key to ensuring students see as much benefit from their education as possible. According to the report, students who felt their professors “cared about them as a person” and students who had a mentor “who encouraged [them] to pursue [their] dreams and goals” were 1.9 times more likely to strongly agree that their education was worth the cost.

The third place factor—students who encountered at least one professor who made them excited about learning—made them 1.8 times more likely to agree. Based on these figures it is evident that an important element to getting the most from

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education is forming one-on-one connections with an educator or professional during college.

Blackmore also mentioned these interactions as being uniquely important to success after college. It is imperative to start forging these types of connections for students right now.

Professors are available on campus everyday with underutilized office hours, but what about mentors?

Mentoring programs are organized differently depending on major. To find information on mentoring programs search the PSU webpage for department-specific information.

Getting good grades in college is the bare minimum. If you only leave college with a degree you are doing yourself a disservice. PSU students are given the opportunity to gain so much more than a single line item for the education section of their résumés, and the only factor preventing students from doing more is themselves.

The next article in this series will take a more in-depth look at the experiential learning side of this equation.

Related upcoming events and relevant resources: •Attend the Advising & Career Services Job Fair on Oct. 18 which begins at 11 a.m. in the ballroom of the Smith Memorial Student Union.

•Use CareerConnect to find jobs and internships •Advising and Career Services is located on the fourth floor of the University Services Building.

Check out next week’s issue for Part 2.

OPINION

‘POKÉMON GO’ AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE Musings from the Sub-Basement

by Kevin Hadsell

By now we have lived long enough with Pokémon Go—the augmented-reality mobile game enabling users to catch and battle Pokémon in real time from the physical environment— to have some perspective on the phenomenon.

The game was an almost instant success, raising Nintendo’s stock price nearly 10 percent in the first two weeks of release and inspiring countless people of all ages to explore the world immediately outside their homes.

As an entire generation of gamers emerge from their rooms, squinting up into the sunlight, maybe for the first time, the question is raised: Is this a new beginning or a passing fad? We are, after all, a generation incubated in the comforting glow of Xbox and Netflix, like so many baby chicks nestled together under a heat lamp.

Are we ready to face the dangers of the Great Outdoors?

Have we the skills necessary to survive this brave new world of feral cats, sticks and stones, and mysterious green foliage growing wherever it may?

And what of the Pokémon themselves (Pokémons?

Pokémen? The correct pluralization remains unclear.) They have not been planted here for the sake of the game: We can reasonably assume that they have always been here, invisible, unknown to us until Nintendo made their capture and forced combat for a major revenue stream.

So what is to be said, then, for the Pokémon currently housed on mobile devices? Many users have lost interest in the game and have moved on to other things. The game makes no provisions for Pokémon that have been neglected or abandoned.

What is the proper care and feeding of a Squirtle? How many hours of sleep are required to keep a Snorlax happy and healthy? I have not come across a single guide to Pokémon care since the game has been released. The sad reality of the situation is that very little information exists on the topic (Professor Oak, foremost expert on Pokémon, could not be reached for comment.)

Further complicating the matter is visibility. Because Pokémon are invisible to the naked eye, requiring one’s mobile device in order to see them, it is easy to ignore the issue altogether.

How many Pokémon roam the streets of our communities?

What percentage of Pokémon have landed in animal shelters?

The information simply does not exist: There are no statistics available regarding how many Pokémon are roaming at large and how many have found good homes.

I would urge all Pokémon enthusiasts to keep in mind that Pokémon are living creatures and deserve to be cared for.

Though Pokémon Go is a game, intended for amusement and

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passing the time, the Pokémon themselves are not toys. Their lack of visibility does not make them any less worthy of care or concern.

What I urge you to do, dear readers, is this: Please make sure you can care for your Pokémon properly if you plan on keeping it. Do some online research on the topic. The article “Top Ten Ways to Care for Your Pokémon” is a useful resource which includes basic care tips for Pokémon.

And please, if you do decide to collect and train Pokémon, make sure you visit your local animal shelter first. An unidentified number of Pokémon have been abandoned over the months as players have lost interest and moved on. These Pokémon deserve a good home and a responsible trainer to care for them.

If we take these simple steps, we can make significant progress in ending the problem of abandoned Pokémon.

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LEMONHATE AND YOUR ROOMMATE’S EVER-PRESENT GIRLFRIEND SUBPAR ADVICE FROM THE SUB-BASEMENT JOHN PINNEY Good Southern Girl writes: I must be missing something, Advice Guru. I have the heart of a good Southern girl and love to host dinner parties. I happily host all sorts of events and luncheons—including those infamous paidoff-my-loan parties. I have a secret addiction to Pinterest, but it’s a great way to plan parties. The only thing is, every one of my guests seems to get snobbier and snobbier the longer I live on the West Coast! Linda doesn’t like lemons so she won’t even try the lemon meringue pie I made, and people over three years old just plain refuse to eat something with mushrooms in it anymore. No fish. No crunchy food. All these new diets fads. Bah, it’s all so bizarre!

Am I missing something? Please help before I have to have dinners out instead of being the hostess with the mostest!

Heya, Southern Girl.

Wow, you must hate Linda so much to serve lemons. I bet you secretly loved making that lemon meringue pie, luxuriously spinning around and around your kitchen as your whites whipped into a peaked frenzy, knowing that you have the moral superiority and that your secret and perfect recipe will turn Linda around on an ages-old lemon phobia.

No? My mistake.

Listen, it’s probably not a big surprise to anybody that you are a Pinterest aficionado and it’s probably going to be even less of a surprise (for me) when I tell you that maybe it’s not your friends who are the problem here. Even if your locale changes, odd and hostile responses don’t.

The South is known for its passive aggressiveness; maybe everyone always secretly hated your parties and you just didn’t get it.

I imagine you live in a Pinterest world where you deign to host parties for your uncultured friends. You spend weeks and weeks prepping. You worship at the altar of Nancy Meyers’s home design Pinterest board (oh my God—but I don’t fault you for that because you know what? Those are the best parts of her movies now) and whip yourself up into a frenzy. Let me ask you something personal—does your significant other magically start disappearing for hours at a time days before the shindig? Do your text messages start to get answered less and less? Is your home a complete ghost town?

If yes, it’s because people actually secretly hate your parties. Trying to force everyone into this party niche is slowly driving everyone away. If you were an alcoholic, parties would be your gin and tonic. Do you get the shakes when you’ve gone a month without a party?

All in all, you’re stressed and your friends are stressed. You’ve created a toxic environment where a welcome mat looks like a tower guard at a for-profit prison. Perhaps you should let someone else take over party duties for a while; just show up as a guest and be grateful that you haven’t been shoved off a boat à la Goldie Hawn in Overboard yet.

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY TERRA DEHART A New Roommate writes: So I’m really happy for my roommate. Let me start off by saying that he’s got a girlfriend. She’s not a bad person or anything, she’s just here all the time. Six days a week, I’m talking. And even when neither of us is here. She has her own place and refuses to be put on our lease and pay rent. I talked to my roommate about it and now she only spends five nights a week, but still, it’s a lot for me. Is it childish to want her to pay rent or to give me my space? The talk didn’t help, what do I do now?

Heya, Gasping for Air. You see what I did there? I changed your anonymous title because I’m really feeling what you’re laying down. You see, your apartment is your home, your cave. It’s your delightful bastion from polite society where you can waltz around naked if you want (as long as you have curtains); you just can’t put too many nail holes in the wall or paint it anything other than cavity-free tooth white.

Even if you don’t want to walk around naked (and if not, why not?), there’s obviously a way in which this girlfriend cramps your style. I would say you’re lucky that she’s not a character from Broad City or Sex and the City, but maybe you’re just annoyed with someone who isn’t even that interesting or charming. I hope you’re at least getting the pleasure of hearing sex through the wall. I’d hate for this to be a complete bust.

I am kind of also skeeved out by the “she doesn’t pay rent but is there when nobody else is there” line. That sets off some creepy Swimfan alarm bells in my head. I wonder if she breaks into your room and smells your pillows when you’re not there. Best not to think about that.

Don’t think about it, Gasping for Air, it’ll probably only make the situation worse.

And sadly, there isn’t much of a way to make the situation better. It’s irresponsible of me to have to tell you to go apartment hunting in this economy, so how about this—how about you move in to her apartment? Maybe it’s not an ideal commute, but if you start showing up at rando times at her place and decide that it’s nice enough to territorially take over like a cat would, either she’ll figure out the message you’ve been sending the whole time or you’ll find yourself a nice, new, and more private space.

Everybody wins! And of course, that is the most important thing in the world to me.

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EVENT LISTINGS FOR OCT. 19–23

John Pinney

FEATURED EVENT POP CULTURE TRIVIA BOWL WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 SMITH MEMORIAL STUDENT UNION 238 6 P.M. FREE

Do you often suspect that you and your friends are the smartest ones in the room? Do you just plain know more than other people?

When you suggest playing Trivial Pursuit or one of those Scene It games, do people run screaming from the room while you have a victoriously triumphant smirk upon your face?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then the Portland State STAGE Pop Culture Trivia Bowl is for you! Compete on your lonesome or compete as a team of three to win one of two normal Jeopardy-style rounds, and then compete by yourself in the amazing super lightning bonus round. Each round includes a gift card prize, and food will be provided by PSU STAGE to keep your spirits high and your IQ higher. The categories are film, TV, song lyrics and the history of everything.

HANNIBAL BURESS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 AND THURSDAY, OCT. 20 ALADDIN THEATER 8 P.M. FEE: $28–$30

If you love the stand up of Hannibal Buress, you won’t be disappointed by his Hannibal Montanabal Experience, which is the pinnacle of his hilarious career thus far.

BLOCK PRINTING WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 BEECH STREET PARLOR 6:30–9 P.M. FEE: $42

Come to this hands-on workshop with any skill level and leave with a printing block of your very own that will allow you to replicate what you’ve learned anywhere. This craft workshop is hosted by Assembly: gather+create.

KLAMATH INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BEST OF PROGRAM THURSDAY, OCT. 20 WHITSELL AUDITORIUM 7 P.M. FEE: $9

Featuring the best of the Southern Cali/Northern Oregon filmmaking set, this year’s best of includes a comic masochist looking for love, a feature about an introvert and an extrovert on the same park bench, and a bevy of short films. Films will be introduced by President Robin Smith.

IAN HARVIE COMEDY SPECIAL THURSDAY, OCT. 20 REVOLUTION HALL 7 P.M. FREE

The first successful female-to-male trans professional comedian is debuting their one hour stand-up comedy special right at Revolution Hall. This free event will celebrate Ian’s accomplishment and wit and leave you out of breath with laughter.

DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS WORLDS OF ENCHANTMENT FRIDAY, OCT. 21 MODA CENTER 7 P.M. FEE: $23+

Make sure you bring some extra cash for souvenirs, and if you can’t make it on Friday, this event runs all weekend long. The artistry and skill of ice skating marries perfectly with the Disney mythology of princesses, talking cars and the thirst for imaginative perfection. If you only see one show this year that features both a depressed ice queen and a talking car, make it this one.

HALLOWEEN HONEY TREAT WORKSHOP: NO BAKE PUMPKIN SPICE COOKIES FRIDAY, OCT. 21 BEE THINKING 4–5 P.M. FEE: $12

If you’re looking for yet another sweet to distract you from those evil and never-ending bags of fun-size Halloween goodies, nutritionist Hillary Bergh will make your evening and give you a delightful recipe you can recreate on your own.

LGBTQ+ BIKE MECHANIC BASICS SATURDAY, OCT. 22 PSU BIKE HUB NOON–1 P.M. FREE

This event is a safe space for any novice or experienced queer biker looking to ask main-

tenance questions. Basic maintenance is offered, but their expertise is unrivaled, so they may have an answer for even your harder questions.

THEY LIVE DIGITAL SCREENING FRIDAY, OCT. 21–SUNDAY, OCT. 23 5TH AVE. CINEMA 9:15 P.M. FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 5:15 P.M. SUNDAY FREE FOR STUDENTS

Imagine a world in which all the rich people are actually evil alien overlords wearing masks, and that you had to wear a pair of sunglasses to see through their disguise and mass media trickery. Now imagine this was set in the era of feathered hair and that the hero was a Duke Nukem-style blond bad boy.

John Carpenter’s most political horror film to date certainly sounds exciting and might actually be a little too on the nose.

RUN LIKE HELL HALF MARATHON SUNDAY, OCT. 23 SW BROADWAY & SW TAYLOR 7:45 A.M. FEE: $8–$89

This spooky and festive Halloween tradition invites you to get dressed in your best costume and run anything from a half marathon to a kid’s half mile fun run. There will be plenty to help you get into the spirit and a post-race party that’ll raise the dead

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GUIDE ON OCT. 25!

The PSU Student Media Department presents our first-annual

OPEN (HAUNTED) HOUSE 2016 SPOOKY FUN!

PRIZES! COSTUMES! TREATS & TRICKS!

Thursday, October 27

3:00PM - 5:00PM Smith Memorial Student Union, Room S-26

in the SUB-BASEMENT... BWAHAHAHAAA

Join us for a scary good time with tricks, treats, prizes and a costume corner photo booth! Here's your chance to visit all our student-run media outlets: KPSU Radio, PSU-TV, the VANGUARD student newspaper, The Pacific Sentinel Magazine and Pathos Magazine. Join the fun and learn how to get involved!

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(PLUS A BUNCH OF LOCAL HALLOWEEN EVENTS AND COSTUME IDEAS)