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VOLUME 70 • ISSUE 29 • MARCH 29, 2016

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NEWS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DISCUSS COST OF ATTENDANCE JEOFFRY RAY The Portland State Board of Trustees will hold a meeting this Thursday to face the task of reviewing—and likely hiking—tuition and student incidental fees.

The board will meet at the Academic and Student Recreation Center to discuss a range of agenda items. Cost of attendance will likely be a central focus for the meeting and will be the last topic of discussion. The board has also set a period for open comment, and has asked commenters to sign up on their website.

The proposal for cost increases includes an uptick in tuition rates across the board of up to 4 percent.

President Wim Wiewel has also recommended an increase in mandatory fees, including incidental, health, and Rec Center fees. The Building Fee will remain static from the 2015–16 academic year.

The increase will be proposed against the recom-

mendation of the Student Budget Advisory Committee, with whom the president’s office consults before budgetary determinations. The SBAC also acknowledged financial constraints faced by the university administration in a statement to Vice President of Finance and Administration Kevin Reynolds.

“Students struggling to meet financial obligations is why student representatives are fundamentally unable to support increasing tuition and fees,” the SBAC said in the statement. “We recognize that these increases may be necessary, but we’re unwilling to openly support such action. Every dollar cost increase to students is an increased burden for them to carry, and will inevitably cause some to cease their college careers.”

President Wiewel also expressed concerns about student burden. But he also pointed out in a winter term press conference that hold-

ing down or lowering tuition Additionally, students staged disproportionately affects a die-in in an effort to block students with greater finan- the trustees’ vote on adding cial need by pushing bene- a sworn police force to the fits to more affluent students Campus Public Safety Office without need. While speak- in 2014. ing about a tax proposal to The PSU Student Union, expand access to need-based which was involved in the fall money, he argued for tar- term interruption, has orgeted benefits, such as need- ganized through social mebased scholarships and aid. dia in an effort to continue “You can’t spend the same its protest. dollar twice,” Wiewel said during the press conference. “You can either use it for scholarships or you can use it to not raise tuition, but you can’t do both at the same time.”

In an effort to allay criticism by students and faculty about an inconvenient meeting schedule, the board adjusted its meeting schedule away from finals week.

The spring term meeting comes on the heels of a spate of contentious meetings and decisions by the board.

December’s meeting was interrupted by protests against the arming of campus police.

PSU Board of Trustee Meeting Thursday, March 31, 2016 1–5 p.m.

University Board Conference Room, Room 515 Academic and Student Recreation Center Meeting Agenda: pdx.edu/board/board-meetings Public Comment Signup: www.pdx.edu/board/sign-up-for-open-comment

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CRIME BLOTTER

Week of March 13–27

MARCH 13 Portland Police Bureau Assist/Domestic Violence SW 13th Avenue and Montgomery Street Officers Ward and Troppe encountered a domestic disturbance between non-student homeless persons May Bailey and Nicholas Newsom. PPB also arrived after a call relating to the dispute, and arrested Newsom on domestic violence charges. PPB logged Campus Public Safety Office’s body camera footage as evidence and requested a domestic violence advocate to speak to Bailey subsequently.

MARCH 14 Warrant Arrest University Services Building Officers Murphy and Dewey approached non-student Job Knospen on a dispatch about a suspicious person at USB. Knospen claimed to be a student and late for a meeting, and provided his social security number for identity verification.

CPSO verified his identity, as well as an outstanding warrant for trespassing II. They arrested Knospen and issued him an exclusion order, before lodging him in Multnomah County Detention Center.

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Arrest: Unlawful Entry Vehicle/Tresspass II/Resist Arrest/Exclusion Parking Structure I Officer Ward contacted non-student suspect Frederick Olson getting out of a silver Saturn after a report of a suspicious person on a bike. Olson resisted arrest and Officer Troppe arrived to assist Ward in restraining Olson. The Portland State student owner of the Saturn was contacted, and reported that nothing was taken from the vehicle. Olson was arrested, detained to Multnomah County Detention Center and given an exclusion order.

MARCH 15 Public and Private Indecency Urban Studies Building Officer Marks arrested non-student Timothy Wilson for public and private indecency on the second floor of the PSU Urban Studies Building. Marks’ report did not specify the nature of the indecent act.

Criminal Trespassing II Millar Library Officer Murphy responded to a warning by Officer Higbee that excluded nonstudent Dejuan Carter was in the library, a day after a previous incident in the same location. Murphy, Higbee and Officer Dewey notified Carter that he was excluded from the library and took him into custody. CPSO transported him to MCDC on criminal trespass II charges.

Exclusion Order University Center Building Officer Murphy contacted non-student Abdirashid Atoye in the UCB parking lot. Atoye was issued an exclusion order after his behavior on campus over the previous week, including an incident in which he was the subject of a call involving broken glass on March 11.

MARCH 16 IPad theft Millar Library A PSU employee reported that a loaner iPad from the Millar Library circulation desk went missing. Officials were able to confirm that the iPad spent 12 hours in the library after being returned by a loanee, but closed the case due to a lack of investigative leads.

MARCH 17 Bias Crime SW 4th Avenue and Market Street After a report by a faculty or staff member who was threatened based on sexual orientation, Officer Smeltzer located suspect David McCollough, who was engaged in a fight with an unnamed male.

Smeltzer arrested McCollough and detained him at MCDC without further incident.

NEWS

SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH CALENDAR VANGUARD STAFF

APRIL 13

The Women’s Resource Center and their allies make ending sexual violence a yearround effort. The month of April, nationally recognized in 2001 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, provides WRC coordinators and other activists an opportunity to expand the conversation against violence. At Portland State, several organizations team up each year to provide a month packed with events that integrate entertainment, education and action to raise sexual assault awareness.

The Vanguard has compiled a calendar of events with the help of the WRC coordinators.

Also included are the campus events celebrating the end of Women’s History Month.

Participating organizations include YWCA Portland, Campus Recreation, Campus Public Safety, as well as the PSU Multicultural, Native American, Disability, Students with Children and Queer Resource Centers

MARCH 29

REFLECTIONS UNHEARD: BLACK WOMEN IN CIVIL RIGHTS 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Multicultural Student Center Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 228

Learn about the contributions of black women to the Civil Rights movement through the stories of activists engaged in the march toward change.

Reflections Unheard will explore how these personal stories unfolded in the backdrop of social justice conversations often dominated by men and white feminism, and the reaction of women of color to unite for equality.

MARCH 30

NO MÁS BEBÉS 3–4 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center Montgomery Hall basement

WRC facilitators will lead a discussion about the history of Puerto Rico as a place of experimentation in the sterilization of women in the 1930s and ‘40s by United States-funded programs.

Facilitators also welcome visitors to join a subsequent Gender Justice Action Team meeting to follow at 4 p.m.

MARCH 31

BEYONCE’S VISUAL ALBUM AND FORMATION VIDEO 12—2 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center Montgomery Hall basement

The WRC will close Women’s History Month with a presentation of Beyonce’s Visual Album and Formation video.

APRIL 5

SEXUALITY AND THE GENERATIONS 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center Montgomery Hall basement

Participants in this workshop will discuss the formation and maintenance of healthy relationships with a focus on inclusivity and autonomy.

APRIL 12

ZUMBATHON 7–9 p.m.

Campus Rec Center $5 suggested donation PSU or Alumni Association ID required; government-issued photo ID for guests

The Campus Rec Center and the WRC team up to host PSU’s first Zumbathon.

Instructors will assist visitors in multiple dance styles. Event proceeds go toward providing shelter for victims of domestic violence. PSU attendees are welcome to invite up to three guests, with the Rec Center guest fee waived for the Zumbathon event.

SASS(Y) HOUR: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: SEXUAL VIOLENCE LEGISLATION 101 12–1 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center Montgomery Hall basement

A monthly workshop on sexual violence prevention hosted by the Student Alliance for Sexual Safety.

April’s workshop will focus on sexual violence legislation.

APRIL 19

YWCA SEXUAL ASSAULT DYNAMICS 1–4 p.m.

YWCA 1111 SW 10th Ave.

Learn about the impact and causes of sexual violence, the nature of perpetrators’ choice of victims, and the effect of privilege, class and oppression on sexual violence scenarios.

SURVIVOR SPEAK-OUT 6:30–9 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center Montgomery Hall basement

A community-building event with survivors invited to tell their personal stories and share experiences.

APRIL 21

Play volleyball with an oversized ball in promotion of Take Back the Night!

Campus Rec will also have information available about Take Back the Night.

APRIL 25

HUNTING GROUND SCREENING 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Multicultural Student Center Smith Memorial Student Union, room 228

The Student Alliance for Sexual Safety will host a screening of The Hunting Ground, a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses. The 2015 film includes expert opinions and personal stories as survivors negotiate a system and educational culture often set against them.

APRIL 26

PNW BEST PRACTICES CONFERENCE 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union Faculty & Staff Event

The PNW Best Practices Conference is a day-long event focused on misconduct prevention and response, scheduled to run in tandem with Take Back the Day.

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TAKE BACK THE DAY SYMPOSIUM

7–9 p.m.

Campus Rec Center PSU or Alumni Association ID required for attendance

9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union

A day-long collection of events focused on students en-

gaged in the struggle against gender-based violence. The symposium will feature keynote speaker Dr. Treva Lindsey, assistant professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Ohio State University.

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 5:30–9:30 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union

Students of PSU engage with the greater Portland community in the WRC’s annual Take Back the Night. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha will join as keynote speaker. The WRC’s largest event aims to empower survivors while educating allies about sexual violence within the PSU and greater Portland community.

Calendar adapted from pdx. edu with help from the Women’s Resource Center RESOURCES: Women’s Resource Center: 503-725-5672 Campus Public Safety Office: 503-725-4404 The Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC): 503-725-2800 Portland Women’s Crisis Line: 503-235-5333 Queer Resource Center: 503-725-9742

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MARCH 21 Fire Alarm Broadway Building Officer Ward responded to a fire alarm at the Broadway Housing Building, along with the Portland Fire Department. Fire officials discovered the alarm’s source as an overloaded washing machine, which resulted in fumes that set off the sensor. The fire department reset the alarm without incident, and PSU Facilities locked the laundry room until it could be addressed.

Portland Police Bureau Assist: Arrest Lincoln Hall CPSO responded to calls about a man threatening passers-by and claiming he had a gun. Officers Troppe and Marks located and detained non-student suspect Scott Allan Broyles at SW 10th Avenue and Clay Street and Clay until the PPB arrived to make an arrest. Broyles had unspecified warrants and was lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center.

Warrant Arrest Blumel Bike Garage Officer Fischer and Rominger located a male inside a dumpster. Both officers gave the subject a warning after gathering his information.

The subject was checked for warrants and was wanted. Subject was re-contacted and arrested without incident.

MARCH 22 Abandoned Property Broadway Building Officer Rominger met with Pro Staff outside of the room regarding property that had been abandoned by a former student, including a few miscellaneous clothing items and a marijuana bong. Items were disposed of.

MARCH 25 Theft Smith Memorial Student Union, basement kitchen An Aramark employee found a person described as a w/m/a transient, wearing dirty clothing and having long dirty brown hair in the walk-in fridge taking food from the freezer and placing the food into a couple of backpacks. When confronted, the subject stated he was hungry. The subject was asked to leave, and left with the stolen food.

MARCH 27 Arrest: Possession of Burglar Tools and Heroin Parking Structure 3 Officer Fischer and Rominger saw a group of four or five people wearing masks in the northwestern alcove of PS3. One man ran away, and two were arrested for possession of burglar tools, heroin, and lost/mislaid property.

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INTERNATIONAL

MAIN ROUTE INTO BALKAN NATIONS CLOSES TO THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS KEISHA MUIA Hundreds of thousands of refugees sought asylum into the Balkan countries of Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia. Those countries closed their borders earlier this month.

In this year alone, more than 135,000 refugees have reached Europe. The closure has greatly changed the face of the migrant crisis and has called all members of the European Union to take a more permanent stance on the issue.

“My position is clear, the Balkan route will remain closed, and permanently…

The closure of the Balkan route is going to plan and this clock will not be turned back,” said Austrian Interior Minister Johanna MiklLeitner to German daily newspaper Die Welt.

Since Jan. 2015, thousands of migrants and refugees have entered the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece seeking safety and security. The first country to spur the closure of the Balkan route was Austria on Feb. 26.

Due to these closures matched with ongoing restrictions, tens of thousands of refugees are stranded in the Idomeni camp on Greece’s border with the Republic of Macedonia. Their goal is to reach Germany, but now that the border has been closed many have nowhere else to go.

In regard to the conditions of the refugee camps in Idomeni, Greek Interior Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis has stated their conditions are comparable to Nazi concentration camps.

“Those who campaigned for open borders [had] certainly not solved the refugee crisis, but definitely intensified it,” said Austrian Foreign

Minister Sebastian Kurz on the German television channel ARD, “The most honest thing is to tell the refugees it’s impossible to get through the Balkan route anymore. The Balkan route is closed…The biggest problem is that these refugees still have hopes and expectations, and these hopes are being constantly fed.” Responses to the closure of the route were presented at a summit in

Brussels on March 7. The proposals suggested that all irregular migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey would

in the EU. Under this proposal an EU source told the BBC up to 72,000 Syrian migrants living in Turkey would

of such measures have yet to be decided.

On March 8, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia released a similar statement, outlining that they would restrict the numbers of migrants allowed into their countries.

The next day, Macedonia, which had already been systematically slowing down the number of migrants crossing its border with Greece, closed it entirely.

“The closure of the Balkan route is going to plan and this clock will not be turned back” be returned. For each irregular migrant returned to Turkey, a legal migrant in Turkey would be resettled

be settled in the EU per the agreement. However, these proposals have yet to be finalized, and the legality

In response to the closure and limiting of migrant entrance into their countries, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called attention to the repercussions of closing the Balkan route: “[Closing the route] does not resolve the problem [and would] not be sustainable or lasting,” Merkel said. “[The closure] will obviously bring us fewer refugees, but [Balkan countries] put Greece in a very difficult situation. If we do not manage to reach a deal with Turkey, then Greece cannot bear the weight for long…That’s why I am seeking a real European solution, that is, a solution for all 28 [EU members].”

Merkel’s response to the closure of the route and call to support Greece is inconsistent with her previous statements made toward the country during their financial crisis last summer. “Greece has already been given relief.

We had a voluntary haircut among the private creditors and we then extended maturities once and reduced interest rates.”

The bailout plan offered by Germany was met with indignation from the Grecians and other EU members who considered Germany’s bailout plan a “humiliation.”

As shown by the stance of Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland, the proposal to send migrants back would contravene international law.

To date, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and non-EU members Serbia and Macedonia have all acted to stem the migrant flow.

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INTERNATIONAL

BRUSSELS ATTACKS: EVENTS TIMELINE OF EVENTS MARCH 18-27 MOLLY OZIER

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MARCH 18:

Salah Abdeslam is arrested in Brussels on charges as being one of the terrorists involved in the Parisian attacks in November of last year.

MARCH 20:

President Obama landed in Cuba as the first U.S. President in 88 years to visit the nation.

MARCH 22:

Brussels, Belgium is attacked by ISIS leaving over 30 dead and over 250 wounded. The event executed through a series of shootings and bombings at Brussels airport and a main metro station.

MARCH 22:

President Obama makes a historic speech in Cuba, speaking to the people of Cuba as well as Cuban Americans highlighting a better future for the nation and its people.

MARCH 27:

Christians are targeted in an attack by the Taliban faction Jamaat-ulAhrar, killing at least 65 people and leaving hundreds injured.

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FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS, TWO WOMEN ARE LEFT IN DISTRESS AT THE BRUSSELS AIRPORT IN BELGIUM. COURTESY OF USER MIRCHI CALL THROUGH YOUTUBE Editor’s note: The Internaional Section felt that although it is necessary to recognize the Brussels attacks, there is no new information we were able to provide from our sources. Thus, we have created a timeline of events leading to the attacks as well as information developed following the acts.

NOV. 13 tiple attacks in a statement Paris is attacked by ISIS released by ISIS accomplice through numerous suicide Amaq News Agency. bombings and mass shootings leaving over 130 dead MARCH 25 and hundreds more wounded Defense Secretary Ash Carter throughout the city. announced that U.S. military believes to have killed ISIS MARCH 18 leader Hajji Imam, an ISIS The only surviving suspect senior leader serving as a fiSalah Abdeslam was arrested nance minister as well as reand taken alive in Brussels sponsible for external affairs after a four-month manhunt, and terrorist plots. following the Paris attacks, U.S. Secretary of State which he claims to have had John Kerry visited Brussels minor involvement. on Friday where he stated Americans were among the MARCH 22 casualties caused by the Brussels is left in a state of Brussels attacks. mourning for over 30 dead and 250 wounded, following SUSPECTS: a suicide bomb at 8 a.m. in A photograph captured by ZaZaventem Airport and an ex- ventem surveillance cameras plosion at 9 a.m. at Maelbeek shows a man wearing a hat and Metro Station. ISIS claimed jacket next to two men with responsibility for the mul- single gloves on each of their

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left hands—the gloves are believed to be triggers. The identity of these three suspects has resulted in much speculation; the man in the center of the photo is believed to be Belgian born Brahim el-Bakraoui.

Brahim’s brother (not photographed) is linked to the Paris attacks and believed to be the suicide bomber on the train leaving Maelbeek metro station. Nam Laachraoui—pictured far left in the photo—has caused much consideration as to whether he blew himself up alongside Brahim or has fled Brussels. Lastly, the man in the coat and hat is still to be identified.

We have confirmation from Rachel Goff, student advisor for Europe, that all Portland State students studying abroad in Europe are safe.

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CROWPOCALYPSE T

COLLEEN LEARY

here are mass murders in the Portland State Park Blocks—

—Murders of crows, that is.

The Park Blocks have been a staple of the university since the 1950s when the campus was developed around the 12-block park that runs through Southwest Portland.

In recent months, a seemingly new phenomena has ascended upon these historic Park Blocks—clouds and clouds of crows, murders upon murders of them.

Students walking through the Park Blocks at dusk can look up and see what looks like a dark cloud looming overhead. The birds flock to the tree-lined blocks, dropping poop and filling the sky with a near-deafening chorus of caws.

“I’ve heard a lot about the crows,” said Suzan Wilson, a longtime groundskeeper at PSU. “One student told me, ‘I can’t believe all the crows I saw over the weekend—how many and how loud.’ It’s almost scary!”

Katherine Hendricks, a student in the Honors College, has been tracking these birds for her thesis project. She’s observed the behavior of the crows between Shattuck Hall and Cramer Hall, specifically focused on crow behavior from season to season.

Hendricks said on an average night she’s counted about 200 birds, but she’s seen as many as 450 on certain days.

“Huge groups of crows come in that’s just related to communal roosting,” Hendricks said. “During the winter the crows use a communal roost more than during the summer.”

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Hendricks has tracked the biggest influx of birds just before sunset.

“What I’ve observed is there’s a huge group that comes in from all different directions, right before sunset, and then about half of those crows when it gets dark out will leave for another communal roost. The other half stay and that’s where they’ll sleep.”

Wilson said she’s noticed these birds on a regular basis.

“When I leave work here around 3:30, they’re all ganged up outside [Smith Memorial Student Union],” she said.

Where did these birds come from?

A simple explanation: Urban crows love urbanites. “[T]he number of Corvids—the category of birds that includes crows, ravens and jays—have increased over the long term, particularly in urban areas,” said Joe Liebezeit, Avian Conservation Program Manager at the Audubon Society of Portland.

“They are largely driven by the human population,” Liebezeit continued. “They are attracted to edible refuse.”

It doesn’t take an expert to see that Portland’s human population has been growing rapidly. It’s hard to walk a city block without running into a newly constructed condo building, designed to house the influx of people arriving in Portland.

Oregon Metro News released a report on March 23 estimating the current population at 2.4 million people—which reflects an average of 111 new Portland residents arriving every day between July 2014 and July 2015.

An estimated 41,000 people moved to Portland last year.

That’s a lot of people, generating a lot of garbage, which attracts a lot of opportunistic birds.

“The best way to minimize impact of crows is to minimize our own impact,” Liebezeit said. “Humans can flip it back on themselves and control their own behaviors.”

Wilson said some students have shown concern about the birds and their impact, but Liebezeit said they are not a significant threat to people living, studying and traveling through campus.

“They’re not going to really damage anything because we’re not in an agricultural area,” he said. “They are not really a threat as far as damage goes, except to nesting birds.

They sometimes raid nests and eat eggs, so they’re considered nesting predators.”

When will it end?

According to a profile on crows from the Audubon Society of Portland, we’re currently in the thick of crow nesting season, which is typically characterized by noisier female birds, often involved in “flurry fights” over territory and dominance.

This explains the behaviors observed by some members of PSU’s groundskeeping crew.

“They pull the moss off the trees and drop it all around,” Wilson said.

These birds are collecting materials as they prepare to expand their feathered families.

The very apparent presence of crows on campus is not likely to let up any time soon, as these crows will lay eggs by May, and launch their young from the nests by June.

What about all the poop?

Portland Mall Management introduced a new tool early this year to aid in the fight against the crow-poop-alypse, called the Poopmaster6000. This high-powered scrubber has successfully aided cleanup crews in dealing with crows in areas of downtown, including city hall and downtown parks.

Park Blocks clean-up is the responsibility of the PSU grounds crew. Wilson said PSU’s groundskeepers haven’t made any specific efforts to deal with the crows beyond their usual procedures.

“There’s nothing to do about the crows,” she said.

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CROWS IN THE PARK BLOCKS AT DUSK

JEOFFRY RAY/PSU VANGUARD

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ARTS & CULTURE

THE JOY OF MEMORY: CHARLENE LIU’S WORK ON DISPLAY AT LEACH GALLERY CATHERINE JOHNSON The Elizabeth Leach Gallery is currently presenting the work of Charlene Liu, an associate professor and printmaking coordinator at the University of Oregon. The exhibit runs through April 2.

Liu combines watercolor painting, collage, pen and ink, mechanical processes and printmaking techniques to evoke a feeling of ongoing transition. Most of the pieces are screen printed on aluminum. Liu uses digital imagery that she manipulates in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create multiple screens and prints onto gessoed aluminum.

According to the gallery’s press release, “These works embody a joyful side of acculturation—presenting the adaptation and merging of intergenerational heritage with the multitude of potentials contained in materiality and form.”

In one piece, Liu photographed patterns and textiles obtained from her mother’s Chinese restaurant.

“She’s playing on somewhat stereotypical imagery inside her mother’s Chinese restaurant that was in Wisconsin

PAINTINGS BY CHARLENE LIU IN THE LEACH GALLARY.

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where she grew up,” said Ellen Dean, assistant director of the gallery.

Liu’s work creates colorful, rich patterns and forms that draw from objects of memory, and is a laborintensive process.

“It’s multi-layered,” Dean said. “Not only in the actual print, but the process leading up to it.”

This is Liu’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. According to Dean, the response has been positive and attracted many visitors so far.

“I like to see how the gallery really changes with each artist,” Dean said. “Charlene is definitely a very different feel. People appreciate that.”

Marley Melchiorre, one of Liu’s students at the UO, wasn’t fully aware of Liu’s work, but after looking it up online was excited to see it in person.

“A lot [of ] it reminds me of textile design,” Melchiorre said.

“A lot of layering, which I really like.”

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PITTOCK MANSION EXHIBIT EXPLORES LOCAL JOURNALISM HISTORY

ARTS & CULTURE

CATHERINE JOHNSON “Pioneer Paper to Modern Daily: Henry Pittock’s Oregonian” is on display now at the Pittock Mansion until June 19. It illustrates how Henry Pittock turned The Oregonian into the biggest weekly newspaper in the state.

Amy Mintonye, the marketing communications specialist at Pittock Mansion, said the exhibits are created

by Curator and Programs Manager Patricia Larkin and the executive director. They are in contact with many of the descendants of the Pittock family, who often share artifacts, objects, information, stories and letters that bolster each exhibit.

Larkin aims to provide a window into the Pittock family and how they influenced Portland at the time.

Mintonye described the mansion as a case study in examining local history and the Pittock family.

The exhibit explains how The Oregonian was originally a newspaper that reflected local sentiment, which favored the Union and Republican causes of the 1850s. They lacked reporters and often depended on gossip and visitors as newspaper sources. In fact, the paper was known for hurling insults, which became known as the “Oregon Style” of journalism.

“It’s funny that we became known for that so early in Oregon’s history,” Mintonye said. “It’s such a young city in comparison to the rest of the United States and the world.

Go back a hundred years and it was totally a different city.

We like opening people’s eyes to that.”

Richard Foss from San Diego was especially im-

pressed. Foss appreciated the first edition of the Weekly Oregonian from Dec. 4, 1850, which included a fictional melodramatic piece on the front page.

Eleanor Johnson, a visitor services representative, said she has heard nothing but positive feedback.

“I’ve heard amazing things from members who are interested in a new perspective of The Oregonian and the trash talk that went on behind the scenes,” Johnson said. “It was pretty sassy.”

When Johnson works in the gift shop, she is frequently asked if they sell original copies of the newspaper.

“Especially at a time where newspapers are becoming extinct, unfortunately, it’s really nice to revel in how prevalent and important that was in the past,” Johnson said.

The mansion was especially busy during spring break, but has set record visitor goals the past two years in a row with 90,000 visitors in 2014 and 94,000 in 2015.

The Pittock Mansion’s next exhibit will be about Henry Pittock’s granddaughter and artist, Rhoda Adams, who used to live and work in the west wing of the mansion. She created fiber art during the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.

“They’re super neat technicolor, floral—they’re very of the time. And some really great craftsmanship,” Mintonye said. “So we’re excited to show that off.”

Mintonye talked about the mansion as a place for the entire Portland community.

“This is our house so let’s enjoy it together and look over our city together,” Mintonye said.

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OPINION

THE 2016 ELECTION: OR, HOW WE CAME TO ENTER THE TWILIGHT ZONE Musings from the Sub-basement

Kevin Hadsell

If there is one thing this election cycle has taught us so far, it is that something, somewhere has gone askew in our nation’s politics. We are finding ourselves inching ever closer to the all-too-real possibility of a Trump presidency, which may or may not be one of the seven seals that will usher in the Apocalypse.

What we can be sure about, however, is that somewhere, somehow in our recent history, things have taken a steady and precipitous slide off a cliff. I would like to point out two examples I’ve come across these past few weeks that may shed some light on the current political situation we find ourselves in. I will present the following without comment, just let them sink in for a minute.

THE FIRST: The Republican debate—Thursday, March 3.

Donald Trump, current GOP frontrunner and potential future leader of our nation, to whom we will be giving the nuclear codes, defends, on national television, the size of his penis. The quote: “[Marco Rubio] referred to my hands—‘If they’re small, something else must be small.’ I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee.”

THE SECOND: Antonio Vasquez, a warlock in Mexico, predicted that Trump will not be the next president of the United States. The quote: “Two triangles of spades! The man has countless problems. And see, here is the devil himself!

He will never become the candidate for the Republican Party.

And there’s more! I’m certain that in December, Trump will fall into a nervous crisis and will probably have to be sent to a psychiatric hospital.”

These two episodes, while both revolving around the candidacy of Trump for president of the United States, appear at first to be unrelated. And yet, when examined closely side-byside, as two separate-yet-not-entirely-unrelated events occurring in the same week, a familiar pattern emerges.

This same pattern appears in many classic episodes of The Twilight Zone­—now streaming on Netflix!

1) We are introduced to a situation and a social order that appears perfectly normal and ordinary.

2) Something happens in the course of events that causes an aberration, a shift in the normal series of events.

3) We find ourselves in what is obliquely referred to as the “Twilight Zone”, a sort of alternate reality/dimension in which the normal is temporarily suspended, allowing us to glimpse a deeper reality beneath the surface.

That we, as a nation, have somehow veered off into an alternate dimension should by now be considered a matter of course. Pinpointing the exact moment this occurred, however, is a much more difficult question. How can we locate it in the historical record? What are the clues? Here we begin to wade into some murky speculative territory.

Trying to locate a time that is unambiguously sane in our history is more difficult than one might imagine. It seems easy at first, but becomes almost impossible when you actually try to do it. Try this thought experiment: Locate a time in our his-

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ELISE FURLAN/PSU VANGUARD tory that shows us to be a completely reasonable and unambiguously sane nation.

Conventional wisdom would say, for example, that any time of sanity would be found sometime pre-9/11, pre-War on Terror. And yet post-9/11 we managed to keep Sarah Palin out of the White House. Not a startling feat, to be sure, but at least a moment of lucidity.

Prior to 9/11, we can rule out the entire Cold War era for obvious reasons (duck and cover, the entire mutually assured destruction thing, etc.). Ditto on any time in our history where slavery was a legal institution. This leaves, perhaps, one isolated island of national sanity sometime in the early-to-late 1990s...maybe.

The important thing to do now, of course, is to sit back and

watch the further unraveling of our national sanity, which, let’s face it, could be kinda fun. I, for one, look forward to President Trump nominating Hulk Hogan to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court (his “XTREME COURT!!” nomination, if you will).

We will be able to view, live on C-SPAN, Justice Hulk Hogan (which does have a nice ring to it) deliver the court’s dissenting opinion in the form of a piledriver to Chief Justice Roberts, followed by a folding-chair to the forehead (like, how did a folding chair even GET here in the courtroom? *shrugs*) And like most episodes of The Twilight Zone, things eventually go back to normal at the end. Though the future remains unwritten, there is at least one warlock in Mexico who seems to think it’ll turn out for the best.

OPINION

GIVE MOLLY A SECOND CHANCE DESTIGMITIZING MDMA-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY

All That Isn’t Jennee Martinez

PURE MDMA Molly has given herself quite a reputation. And it isn’t a good one, either.

She’s known for her late nights out at clubs and raves, her close relationship with trap music and her heaven-like effects that leave people with feelings of ecstasy. She is known to leave people in a state of euphoria, and she causes hour-long rolls.

She’s known to make colors seem more beautiful. She causes sounds to connect to users in deeper ways. She allows feelings to present themselves strongly.

Molly’s reputation also worsens, as she is also known for panic attacks and dehydration that can cause hyponatremia, or low sodium levels, and may eventually lead to death.

Sadly, Molly isn’t known for her reputation regarding posttraumatic stress disorder and psychotherapy. In fact, instead of focusing on the positive effects of Molly in a therapeutic, controlled environment, she is discredited and stigmatized for the ways in which she is abused and used incorrectly.

MDMA, more commonly known as Molly, is a synthetic compound that creates feelings of trust and empathy. It reduces activity in the amygdala, the fear processing center of the brain, and increases activity in the frontal lobe where rational thoughts are created. The drug releases oxytocin and prolactin, hormones that create emotions of bonding and love.

PTSD is a psychiatric disorder resulting from extremely traumatic events such as war, sexual abuse, violent crime, childhood abuse or other stressful events.

Those suffering from PTSD experience reduced activity in the hippocampus, a region of the brain responsible for memory functions. PTSD patients are unable to differentiate between past and present events, and they incorrectly interpret their environment: They experience flashbacks.

PTSD creates permanent changes in the prefrontal cortex where emotional information coming from the amygdala is regulated. These changes cause victims to experience increased feelings of fear and anxiety, and they can also experience extreme stress responses when exposed to stimuli associated with the past traumatic event.

MDMA psychotherapy is a technique that combines intensive therapy sessions with the distribution of pure MDMA. Because the drug reduces activity in the amygdala, reducing fear and controlling rational thoughts, MDMA allows victims of PTSD to relive traumatic memories without experiencing feelings of fear or anxiety.

After reconsolidating the memory, the feelings of fear no longer exist. This allows victims of PTSD to recreate their traumatic memories. Although the memory itself still remains, the feelings of fear have disappeared.

MDMA psychotherapy allows victims to also speak openly and freely, divulging truthful feelings that strengthen trust between therapist and patient.

MDMA was originally used in 1970 as a therapeutic drug.

After its popularity grew recreationally, the Drug Enforcement

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Administration declared MDMA a Schedule I drug. However, in 2004, research regarding MDMA psychotherapy began specifically targeting the effects of the drug on victims of PTSD. In a study conducted in 2004, patients were unknowingly given either MDMA or a placebo, yet both underwent the same type of psychotherapy and the same approach. After the session, 25 percent of those who had received the placebo were free from PTSD, while 83 percent of those who had received MDMA no longer met the requirements for PTSD. Treatment was conducted in eight-hour sessions once a week. After being distributed one pill of MDMA, victims would undergo conventional psychotherapy. After three months of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, studies have shown not only a significant decrease in PTSD, but in some cases, some were rid of the disorder altogether.

Unlike other approaches used to treat PTSD, including lifelong anti-depressants and anxiety pills, MDMA may successfully cure PTSD and rid victims of the disorder altogether.

Turns out Molly may have a lot more to offer than we give her credit for. In fact, she may not be the party drug society believes her to be. She may be the answer to one of the most life disabling disorders caused from traumatic events.

I think it’s time to let Molly redeem herself. I’d much rather a person be cured from PTSD in a matter of months than stifling a disorder with pills for the remainder of their life.

Wouldn’t you?

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ETCETERA

MARCH 2-

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30

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FRIDAY, APRIL 1

JOHN PINNEY SUNDAY, APRIL 3

SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN OPEN HOUSE

FRIDAY FLAT FIX

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

6 to 10 p.m.

Portland State Art Building The three concentrations of our own A&D join forces to present a special exhibit of their work. Come and experience art history, art practice, and graphic design through a homegrown lens.

12 to 12:30 p.m.

PSU Bike Hub Fee: $5 walk-ins, free for members Did you just get a bike and want to learn to fix it or just want to meet the Bike Hub staff? This is a great opportunity to learn or refresh your skills and to ask about other services they offer.

4:30 p.m.

Whitsell Auditorium Fee: $9 The soul-filled group of musicians from Havana got their ultimate start thanks to this musical documentary that helped them launch a worldwide career back at the end of the old millennium.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING 9:30 a.m.

City Hall If you’re civically minded, you’ll find it’s a great idea to attend city council meetings and learn who runs your city and what their beliefs are—not just because you want them to coincide with yours, but because it is indeed an election year.

THURSDAY, MARCH 31 AUTO SWAP MEET 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Portland International Raceway Fee: $7 at door, $10 parking Take the MAX Yellow Line for free out to PIR to experience the 11th year of this vintage and unique auto part swap. The meet is laid out over five miles with 1,500 vendors to choose from. (This is separate from the auto celebration at the Expo Center.)

THE UMBRELLA FESTIVAL 8 p.m.

Alberta Rose Theatre 21+ Fee: $25 at the door, $80 for general festival pass After five years of performances, this festival of circus, burlesque and old-school-weird invites you to join them under the protective cover of the big top and experience the revelry for yourself.

PORTLAND SWAP MEET

RHODODENDRON & DAFFODILS

7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Expo Center Fee: $7 (Fri/Sat), $4 (Sun) This weekend-long extravaganza of thrift will be full of surprises as it fills all five of the Expo halls. Board games, mugs, creepy dolls, books and more will be on display for very reasonable prices!

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden Free This event is hosted by the Portland Chapters of Rhododendron & Daffodils. Come and get expert advice and buy some new plants for your garden, just in time for spring.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2

•FEATURED EVENT•

BETWEEN THE STRINGS

AN EVENING WITH JODI DARBY

9:30 to 11 a.m.

Rec Center Auditorium Part of the Asian Studies First Saturday Free series, this particular lecture will present information on the instruments zheng and erhu, a zither and a bowed instrument.

Whitsell Auditorium in the Portland Art Museum Wednesday, March 30 7 p.m.

Fee: $9

PORTLAND WOMEN’S EXPO 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Oregon Convention Center Fee: $6 (bogo offer available) For the more feminine minded, the Portland Women’s Expo is a day filled with manicure, massages, food, wine and beauty bars. There will also be raffles, so bring your friends to win some exclusive prizes.

Jodi Darby is a well-known filmmaker around these parts. Back in January, Arresting Power, a documentary about police violence in Portland, was enthusiastically accepted at the Whitsell. Now, Darby is having a night of shorts including films about the Civil War Stonewall as seen through queer lens, Los Alamos, action movies with male-centric stories, and more. For an 80 minute screening, there’s certainly a lot to see.

Horoscopes for the Week of 03/27

by John Pinney Aries March 21–April 19

You may think you’re amusing your friends with your brash attitude, but you’re really causing too much drama and they’re getting tired of it.

Taurus April 20–May 20

Remaining anonymous in this world isn’t difficult. But be wary of submitting to the everyday slog. When you give up the power to advocate for yourself, you can get lost in the shuffle.

Gemini May 21–June 21

Branch out this week and try something new. I’ve been watching Chopped and it seems like the consensus is that goat is the new pork. Have you ever had goat?

Cancer June 22–July 22

This week, your highway of life probably feels a little bumpy. It’s time to wake up those sleepy eyes and take the wheel back before you completely drift off course.

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Leo July 23–Aug 22

You’ve always been voracious about something. But don’t forget, with each new task, find ways to be humble­—even if you’re the best knitter you know.

Virgo Aug 23–Sep 22

You’re going to feel a little condemned this week.

Whether or not you’re paying the price for the crime you committed, don’t let yourself get bogged down in the prison of the soul.

Libra Sep 23–Oct 23

Remember that sticking your hands in the honeypot may feel like a good solution at the time, but if you stick your hand in too often, there’ll be nothing left when you really need it.

Scorpio Oct 24–Nov 21

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to feel like a legend.

The issue here is that a legend is something you become, not something you achieve just by showing up.

Sagittarius Nov 22–Dec 21

Being falsely accused of hitting on anything with a pulse, you find yourself in a position this week of rethinking your tactics in social interaction. You control your destiny and libido.

Capricorn Dec 22–Jan 19

Through all your life, you feel as though you’ve known your place, The Force Awakens has caused you to reassess where you are. But what if neither being Jedi nor Sith is really the answer?

Aquarius Jan 20–Feb 18

You’ve spent a lot of time trying to design a perfect life for yourself; but that problematic staircase to heaven is weathering over time and can make some of those steps unstable.

Pisces Feb 19–March 20

Taking pride in your work is never a bad thing.

But bragging excessively can diminish the rewards of said venture.

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“BEST” WEB COMMENTS OF WINTER TERM The internet is a weird, funny, sometimes scary place— especially if you scroll down to the black hole that is every comments section on every website ever.

Last term our website, psuvanguard.com, had some doozies. We’ve collected the “best” comments from last term for your reading “pleasure”.

[Note: “best” is a relative term.]

1 SLUT SHAMING HAS GOT TO STOP FROM “HELP ME” Oh, how ignorant you are!

Sleeping around and being promiscuous, these are both terrible things to do and be, for both girls AND boys. This comes from a woman. Don’t you understand what you are doing to society, you imbecilic harlot?! You are destroying the family.

You are destroying tradition.

Hedonists! You want a society where no one slut shames you? Want a society where you aren’t expected to have a child, to be a mother? Want a society where you can have everyone you lust after, and everyone can have you? Why don’t you read “Brave New World”, then! See if you like it!

2 DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE FROM “BILL” I had visited here on September 2013. I suspect that small room was use for witchcraft more likely sometime after Columbus Day Storm of 1962. There is a satanic symbol in that room and likely had been used for black magic witchcraft.

Thay’s probably what started this paranormal.

3 THE TROUBLING REALITY OF PET PAMPERING FROM “DEBRA DOCKINS” Perhaps you should spend more time fixing the homeless problem through action instead of picking on people who dress their pets up. LOL, what a waste of good space! How about you ask the population to give up their fancy cars and eating out and boozing….more money for the homeless. Your dogs really were probably tied out back and forgotten. I am an expert on dogs, dress her up and help the homeless…imagine that!

I ran a grooming salon, dog daycare and cageless overnights for 30 years. Counseled people and rescued. Your article is nothing short of ridiculous and laughable. You really could not come up with a better argument for the homeless than

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that! My dog from the Oregon Humane Society has her own closet and every morning she gets to pick out her favorite outfit for the day. Please do not ever own an animal again and as far as that goes do not have children either. Please look at the rigid behavior in your life,(might require therapy) Address the real issues around the homeless, put your computer away and walk out your front door and do something for the homeless instead of bitching about the care we give our pets. Let me give you a little advice again….do not use the homeless to further your agenda which is, you do not like dressed up doggies, dog daycares, God forbid, grooming salons. Oh My, such a waste of money!!! Using the homeless in this way is abit of a disgrace on your part isn’t it? Be a part of the solution not the problem! You make yourself look very naive in this article.

That is usually what happens to people who try to talk about things they know nothing about.

FROM “DAVID” Debra, get a life. I think the kid has a point. Dressing up your pet is ridiculous! I also think trying to insult and demean a college student over an opinion piece is immature. Please go back to your animals as you are obviously able to interact with them at a much higher level.

FROM “BRYANNA” Dear Debra Dickins, Could you please leave a nice comment on this article.

This person obliviously spent a lot of time writing this. Look at your pet for instance, she/he probably has more common sense and maturity than you ever will. For God sake, it can pick its own outfit, and you can’t even say something nice on a kid’s article.

These comments are reader-submitted. They do not reflect the opinions of the Vanguard.

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