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Volume 71 • Issue 1 • june 28, 2016

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NEWS

NEWS

Student activists turn the fight to minimum wage during summer trustee meeting Jeoffry Ray

Students brought forward a demand for a universitywide $15-per-hour minimum wage increase at the June 16 Board of Trustees meeting, in an environment that was relatively congenial compared to previous meetings.

Roughly a dozen students with the Portland State Student Union and other 15 Now activists attended the board meeting to express solidarity with the push for a wage increase. They also touched on frustrations with previous issues raised by PSUSU, including the arming of campus police and a recent tuition increase.

PSUSU organizer Olivia Pace acknowledged that a lack of students on campus to show up at the meeting contributed to their decision not to disrupt, but she also said activists and the board made headway during a May meeting that the board scheduled specifically for student input.

Pace also noted the board needed to hear from student workers and faculty that engaged through recorded comments, as well as a petition that had garnered about 2,800 signatures.

“For me, I felt like it was more important in that moment to get the board to actually engage with us and actually see what’s going on and what students want and… are experiencing, rather than just being like, ‘This meeting is ineffective, we’re shutting it down,’” Pace said.

Pace also defended the overall tactic of disrupting board meetings as a tool for change, pointing out during the public comment section that the board would hear student voices next year, one way or another. “[Shutting down meetings] is also a completely appropriate act that I stand by,” Pace said in an interview after the meeting. “But it wasn’t in this moment, right now.”

Community members in active support of the $15 minimum wage numbered around a dozen at the meeting, with three public commenters in attendance. In addition to the petition, which numbers around 10 percent of the PSU student population, supporters also posted statement collages featuring student employee quotes at the meeting room entry.

CRIME BLOTTER

appeal to the board. She also suggested that PSU was treating student wages with the university budget in mind.

“I understand that it would be great to relegate student work to be experience-based and intern-style work, but that’s completely unacceptable today when Portland’s becoming more and more expensive each week,” she said.

PSUSU organizer Emma Whetsell argued during the meeting that student minimum wages could be increased

Campus Public Safety Office was dispatched on a reported drunk student causing a disturbance in the Neuberger lobby. Officers contacted the student and discovered he had a warrant. When officers attempted to take him into custody he resisted and a brief use of force was employed. The student was lodged for the warrant and resisting arrest.

June 16 Theft from Motor Vehicle Parking Structure 1—level six A Portland State student reported that their car’s rear triangle window was broken out, and a brown duffel bag containing earthquake disaster supplies and medications was stolen.

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to $15 per hour by capping all administrative salaries to $100,000.

“She crunched the numbers and figured out how much we would have to lower administrative salaries, which would still keep all administrators at six figures, and we would have more than enough money to pay all student workers a minimum wage,” Pace said.

Currently, most student employees at PSU, including Fifth Avenue Cinema and the other

Student Operated Services, are paid through the student incidental fee. That fee’s distribution is determined by the Associated Students of PSU Student Fee Committee.

The University Budget Office roughly estimated that a university-wide minimum wage increase to $15 per hour would cost $1.3 million to student fee-funded areas. The office noted that incidental fees would need to increase by $19 per academic term to fund such an increase.

Protesters from throughout the community joined students in an effort to argue for a university-wide minimum wage increase to $15 an hour. Jeoffry Ray/PSU Vanguard

June 12–26

June 13 Warrant/Resisting Arrest/Student Conduct Neuberger Hall

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Fifth Avenue Cinema projectionist Shannon Neale spoke to concerns about poverty wages and tuition increases, pointing out that her wage would need to be bumped up in July to meet the new state minimum wage of $9.75 an hour.

“I don’t want to sound ungrateful for my job,” Neale said. “I know I’m not a fulltime employee and I’m not asking for full-time compensation. I’m asking for an appropriate wage for the work being done by the folks who make up the student body.”

According to the Oregon Center for Public Policy, the 2016 federal poverty level sits at a gross annual income of $11,880 for a one-person household. An Oregonian minimum wage-earner in July would need to work more than 25 hours per week to meet that level. But the Economic Policy Institute estimated that a single adult in Portland in 2015 needed to make $30,833, an unachievable income without overtime at the new minimum wage level.

Neale pointed to Portland’s rising cost of living in her

PSUSU organizers collected stories from student workers expressing concerns over current wage conditions at the university. Quotes were presented outside the Board of Trustee meeting for attendees to read. Jeoffry Ray/PSU Vanguard The SFC increased student incidental fees by $3 per term for the 2016–17 academic calendar during last year’s budget cycle in an effort to preserve $170,000 for ASPSU to fund the Oregon Student Association. In prior years, the SFC has resisted any sort of fee increase; student government previously raised the incidental fee in 2013.

The board showed signs of response to students’ concern during the meeting, though it remains unclear whether they will take action on the specific topic of a $15 minimum wage hike.

President Wim Wiewel and Trustee Peter Stott requested

that numbers be drawn up to determine the impact of meeting an increase.

PSUSU organizers pointed out that the minimum wage increase factors into their decision to speak to the board. They credited the May meeting for opening up discourse, but criticized the format of the meeting as held.

“We have talked before about setting up a meeting on students’ terms,” said PSUSU organizer Mason Ashwill. “I think a lot of it going forward would be them letting students put on… something that they would come and listen to students discuss with students.”

“I think the open forum meeting really changed a lot,” Pace said. “We talked a lot about how we shut down the first meetings of the year and if that tactic would be effective or appropriate for a third time.

I think for that meeting specifically, we wanted to communicate that the $15 minimum wage is what students need.”

Both students and administrators also expressed hope that students and the board could begin coming to the table with productive conversations. Incoming ASPSU President Leila Forbes expressed solidarity with the $15 minimum wage movement, but made gestures

toward a discursive relationship with the board.

“I am here to serve students and that will always be my number one priority,” Forbes said during the meeting. “However, I want to see policy change happen. I want to see this year as a productive year for all of us. I want to move forward with some of these plans, and I know you all want to have some of these conversations over as well, and we can do that. But it needs to be a dialogue.”

“It’s an opening to a more productive relationship, I hope,” Wiewel said after the meeting.

PSUSU organizers pressed for more meetings like the

May meeting, but with a student-led format. Pace said that Trustee Chair Pete Nickerson had refused large-scale meetings in the past, but acknowledged that meeting with any of the trustees willing to engage would be valuable.

“We’re trying to break down this bureaucratic process by which decisions are made, because it’s not run for students and we don’t have any voice in it,” Pace said. “If any of them would be open to having a meeting with us on our own terms where we call the shots and we get to structure it, I think that would be productive.”

Though PSUSU’s disruptions and protests have yet to translate to direct policy shifts, organizers pointed to the May meeting as a victory for the organization and a first step toward change.

They promised to move forward on the minimum wage and other PSUSU objectives, including getting out of the Aramark contract, the tuition decrease and the disarmament of campus police.

“The board meeting where students were able to come and meet…that meeting wouldn’t have happened if not for PSUSU,” Pace said. “We’ve been pushing for that kind of meeting for months.”

Emily Barnes & Jon raby Theft III Academic and Student Recreation Center A PSU employee had his PSU ID card and Fitbit watch stolen from his locker.

It is suspected that the locker lock was cut while he showered.

June 19 Warrant Arrest Stephen Epler Hall—bike shed At around 6:25 a.m. Officers Nichola Higbee and Matthew Masunari contacted non-student Ariyan Ghadiri after a call about a suspicious person dismantling bikes near King Albert Hall. The officers arrested Ghadiri for an unspecified warrant.

Found Property Southwest 10th Avenue/Southwest Mill Street CPSO officers stopped Dalan Grissom who was riding a bike while wheeling another beside him. Grissom said the second bike was not his and that he had found it. CPSO confiscated the bike and put it in the Portland Police Bureau’s Central property room.

June 20 Trespass Smith Memorial Student Union—third floor At approximately 8:10 a.m. CPSO officers were dispatched on a report of a transient sleeping in the building. Officers found that the non-student Daniel Preston had a current PSU exclusion. Preston said he was aware of the exclusion, but that a trespass charge was not enough to deter him from trespassing in the building. Preston then promised not to do it again, and officers let him go with a verbal warning and told him that future violations would result in arrest.

June 20 Warrant Arrest Peter Stott Field Officers contacted a non-student for trespassing on the west side of the Peter Stott Field. The suspicious activity in the area has increased, including narcotic paraphernalia and suspected stolen bicycle parts. The man arrested was on a felony warrant for absconding and lodged at Multnomah County Detention Center.

June 21 Warrant Arrest Cramer Hall Officers were dispatched on a report of an agitated male pacing back and forth on the third floor. They contacted him learning that he was a non-student and had a misdemeanor warrant for interfering with public transportation. He was lodged at MCDC. June 22 Welfare Check Harder House Officers contacted a male non-student on the east side of Harder House for sitting on the steps and slumped forward at the waist. He was lethargic and smelled like alcohol, but appeared capable of caring for himself. A record check after the call found that he had a current PSU exclusion related to heroin.

June 23 Information: Student Followed Urban Plaza A woman reported that a male followed her around the Urban Plaza who likely had mental issues. She said that she was talking on the phone when she noticed him staring at her and following her from about 15 feet behind.

She reported him as a white male about 22 years old, 5-feet 7-inches, wearing a brown coat with his hood up, black boots and was talking to himself in what sounded like Russian. When he recognized that she was aware of his presence, he left the area.

June 26 Public Indecency Cramer Hall Officer David Troppe was approached by a PSU student claiming that she had just seen a male masturbating on the first floor in the west side window of Cramer Hall. Officers David Baker and Troppe conducted a full walkthrough of the building but were unable to locate anyone of interest. The male was described as white, tall and skinny, wearing a blue hoodie pulled up over his head and blue jeans.

Trespass Warning Parking Structure 1 At about 1:18 p.m. officers contacted a non-student while she was loitering on the fifth level of the northwest stairwell. There was a call earlier in the week about a suspicious person loitering at the same location. She stated that she was homeless and just wanted a quiet place to sit. The officer told her that she had resources available and explained that she could not trespass in the parking structures.

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ARTS & CULTURE

ARTS & CULTURE

Portland jazz history: Bryan Smith’s ‘The Dude Ranch’ Thomas Spoelhof

Legends are often born quickly. Portland’s historic Dude Ranch jazz supper club opened in 1945 and operated for just one year, bringing world-class jazz musicianship to the City of Roses and establishing itself among the legends of the jazz world in its time. In one year the Dude Ranch earned legendary status for its ability to book talented jazz performers of spectacular caliber.

Bryan Smith, resident artist at the Jack Straw Cultural Center presented his performance lecture the “History of Bebop: The Dude Ranch” at Multnomah County Central Library June 19. Smith and his ensemble played sample jazz tunes and discussed the ambitious jazz scene of Portland in the mid-20th century—critics, controversy and all.

The lecture was made possible by support of the National Endowment for the Humanities Fund of the National Library Foundation and was part three in a four-part bebop series presented by Smith. The first two weeks of the series featured lectures titled “Popular Song” and “A Segregated Music.” The final lecture is called “Metronome All-Stars.”

The Dude Ranch founders, Smith explained, affectionately remembered as Pic and Pat, were lauded for their uncanny ability to book top-notch talent, the artists at the top of the jazz scene for their time. The club was known for its shaker girls, jugglers and tap dancers. Patrons were said to have come from as far as Idaho to see an act. Dozens of legendary performers made appearances at the Dude Ranch that year, but one impromptu jam session stands alone in the annals of jam session history.

In December 1945 Norman Granz’ touring show “Jazz at the Philharmonic” visited Portland via an impromptu jam session at the Dude Ranch. The performing ensemble consisted of Coleman Harkins on saxophone, Al McKibbon on standup bass, Roy Eldridge on trombone and soon-to-be jazz bebop icon Thelonious Monk on piano. Those who remember the miraculous occurrence do so with reverence.

Jazz found its foothold in Portland after World War II when the demand for ship-building labor boomed bringing AfricanAmericans seeking work. When many had saved enough to invest, they invested in African–American owned local businesses like the Dude Ranch.

With the presence of a general hostility toward AfricanAmericans housing in other parts of the city, most concentrated in the North Williams Avenue neighborhood of the city’s northeast quarter. Naturally, the African-American owned grocery stores, dry cleaners and nightclubs were started in the same area.

Continued influx of African-Americans into the relatively compact confines of the northeast promoted housing challenges, 24-hour activity and crime. The Dude Ranch was closed at its 240 North Broadway location due to a shooting on its premises after operating for only one year. The venue reopened in another location the next year, but the legendary concert performances and impromptu jam sessions of the original house kept its memory alive.

Smith’s performance lecture was entertaining and educational. The ensemble’s playlist complemented the presen-

1945 flier for The Dude Ranch bills the club as “Pleasure Spot of the West.”

Image courtesy theleftbankproject.com tation well, and the historical research was presented in an off-the-cuff style, much like the jazz music that used to emanate from the Dude Ranch’s walls.

Dragon boaters of Portland: A conditioning community Thomas Spoelhof

More than 80 teams participated in the Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Races on June 11 and 12 at Waterfront Park. Thomas Spoelhof/PSU Vanguard

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Over 80 teams competed before Tom McCall Waterfront Park in the Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Races June 11 and 12. A multitude of spectators gathered under perfect weather and water conditions as heats of four teams raced their dragon-embellished boats with only paddles to power them on a straightaway from Tilikum Crossing to Hawthorne Bridge.

The event has been a Rose Festival tradition for 26 years, with boats provided through the Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City Association.

Dragon boats can be seen training up and down the mighty Willamette daily at any time of year, and Portland State’s Confucius Institute presents a dragon boat festival every June. Many teams offer open houses to curious participants, and the annual Portland Dragon Boat Festival is in September.

Onlookers watch dragon boat races from the waterfront. Thomas Spoelhof/PSU Vanguard

Portland is all about Dragon boat racing But what is the sport all about? What is it like to participate on a team? Dragon boating has attracted folks of all ages and walks of life for over 2,000 years and is still growing.

Lisa Wall of DragonSports USA was invited by a coworker to try dragon boat racing 14 years ago and quickly found she loved the sport. She moved from her initial Rose Festival seasonal team to a year-round group competing up and down the West Coast once a month on average. Travel teams spend the entire day together, racing, eating, hanging out.

“Traveling to races is always a lot of fun,” Wall said. “I’ve gone to races in San Diego, Long Beach and Oakland, trying out for the World Championships. Going up to Vancouver for their annual race is always fun, because it attracts the best paddlers from all over the US and Canada. So even if you don’t win, you feel great knowing you did well against such difficult competition.”

Dragon boaters participate for a range of reasons: exercise, stress relief at the end of the day, the adrenaline of competition.

But many say the great benefit is the sense of community inherent in successful operation of the boat. Many boaters are attracted to the challenge of communal syncopation.

“Number one thing is timing,” Wall said. “No matter how strong of a paddler you are, if you can’t stay in time with the person in front of you, your strength is wasted and you are holding your team back.”

Rachel Hughes, mid-bench powerhouse for Rose Festival Division 2 champions Firebreathing Blowfish added that it’s the sense of accountability to the team, the community, that attracts so many to the sport. Hughes stays motivated to work out by the sense of teamwork and knowing others are counting on her.

“It’s very different from other water sports. When I started I thought it would be just arms,” said Hughes. “But it’s a full-body workout. Also, [the teams] are great people to be around. It’s social hour for sure, but you also get your workout in. It’s a double dip.”

Teams are made up of several positions. The captain, or caller, is responsible for decision making and communicating to the team. Sometimes the caller drums, providing rhythm for the paddlers. The tiller steers the ship from the aft with a mounted rudder. Up to 20 paddlers work in unison to start the 3,000-pound boat from a dead stop to a sprint and race from bridge to bridge in under three minutes. Race teams often finish within seconds of each other.

The final position, the flag catcher, rides at the head of the dragon and catches the flag, completing the race for the team. Vicki Foster is flag catcher for team Water Dragons.

“Flag catching is fun, a lot like whitewater rafting,” Foster said. “You literally hang off the front of the dragon head. If you miss the flag there is a 20 second penalty, if you fall off the boat there is a 40 second penalty. When you look at placing tenths of a second difference between teams, a 20 second penalty is huge.”

Teams often train three times a week for an hour, with workouts on short sprints and longer rhythm runs. Paddlers aim to utilize their full body’s potential in their technique and build endurance to perform at peak intensity the entire race. Closer to tournament time, teams will practice capturing the flag, finding their good side and their bad side. But you often won’t see the ceremonial dragon heads or tails on the training boats.

Dragon heads and tails are held at the Willamette dry dock until the Awakening of the Dragons ceremony just be-

fore a competition or festival, in which the head is mounted and the dragon’s eyes are symbolically opened. The ornate dragon heads and boats are provided by the PortlandKaohsiung Sister City Association.

Today, dragon boat racing inspires enthusiasts all along the west and east coasts of the United States, Canada and many international locales, including, of course, China. The sport originated ceremoniously in southern China 2,000 years ago among competing tribes living along the Yangtze River.

“The tradition of dragon boat racing can be traced to the period of the Warring States, far before the Spring and Autumn period in China’s history, which was based on an ethnic group along the downstream Yangtze River,” said PSU Confucius Institute Co-Director Dr. Mingqiang Gao. “It was generally applied as a way to worship their totem—dragon.”

History and culture have inspired many to discover the meaning of traditional dragon boat festivals. PSU’s Confucius Institute June dragon boat festival featured a traditional Zongzi party where hosts prepared Zongzi (rice dumpling) for audiences to taste, and a tutorial presentation taught how to make Zongzi.

Ultimately, as with any recreational sport, most just do it for the love of the game.

“I love being out on the water, and I love being out on the water with a bunch of other people who love being out on the water,” Foster said.

Dragon boat teams often recruit new members and offer a wide range of levels of competition. Many dragon boaters have never participated in a competitive sport before but find a sense of satisfaction in the rigorous physical training and the great sense of community among the teams.

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OPINION

OPINION

Student loans are sad and scary, but worth it All That Isn’t Jennee Martinez I started learning about the dangers of credit card debt when I was in high school.

I think the majority of high schoolers are given the classic “you will never be able to get out of debt if you keep swiping for things you cannot afford” lectures by a parent or economics teacher.

It was only when I got to my senior year of high school that student loans became a bigger topic than credit card debt.

“Just don’t do it!” I remember my high school counselor yelling at me as he shoved a handful of scholarship papers and FAFSA applications into my hand and rushed me out of his office. “Apply for every scholarship you can and use the other aid options. Just never pull a loan!”

In the following months, I was constantly bombarded with horror stories of poor college students entering the real world struggling to find jobs, unable to pay back their debt.

I was told about the horrific job market, the low-paying jobs many graduates settled for, and on top of all the hardships, years worth of student loans and accumulated interest. When the time came to pay them back, it was seemingly impossible.

Student loans seemed to mean debt forever (and college graduation seemed to mean unemployment forever), but as my scholarship opportunities were denied one after another,

or when the few hundred dollars given began helping less and less, I quickly ran out of options. Like many other students across the country, FAFSA let me down. I was too rich for its kind of help, but too poor to finance college myself.

My answer became obvious: I had to take out a loan.

Although I realize the horror stories may come true and it will take years to pay off, taking out a loan was the best decision I ever made. When it comes down to it, why would you not take every chance and opportunity to create a better future for yourself?

Unlike credit card debt, student loans reflect a type of debt more important than any pair of shoes, and they come with greater benefits than having the best outfit at the office party.

Student debt reflects education, knowledge and wisdom.

Although debt accumulates year after year, so do your skills.

So does your intelligence. And when all is said and done, your debt will seem minute compared to the great rewards reaped throughout college.

Student debt reflects courage and ambition. This was money spent on the premise of truly wanting and needing something more and something better. It highlights the chances you took, the changes you embraced and the sacrifices you made hoping for a perfect end result.

Unlike other debt, this debt allows you to experience the good, the bad, the crazy (and yes, the ugly) aspects of life.

Student loans give you the opportunity to embrace college and experience things only college life can offer.

As you step out of your boundaries and test your own limits of courage and knowledge, you learn, you cry, you party, you study, you work, and throughout the years of college you not only grow and change into who you are, but you develop friendships and relationships with people who will continue to add to your life once real life starts.

This money is money well spent and every penny is worth it in the long run.

The sad part—a part many people fail to admit—is the fact that life comes with debt. A car loan costs a pretty penny. And so does a house loan. Why then, are we so easy to sign away our financial cares to these things, yet so reluctant to do so for education?

So yes, I may struggle making my monthly payments after graduation and I might not be able to afford brand new things or excessive amounts of fun. But in the end I will have my education, my growth, my knowledge and my memories. And you can’t put a price on that.

Students hold signs and protest at a may 23 ASPSU meeting where members discussed the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israeli companies. Andy gno/PSU VANGUARD

Open letter to PSU regarding Israel BDS vote Guest Columnist

by Eliana Rudee

Illustration by Aaron Osborn

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Students and faculty of Portland State University, [The Associated Students of PSU’s] resolution to join the BDS movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israeli companies has again been postponed due to a conflict with final exams.

Until the vote, now set for this coming fall, I urge you to think critically about the BDS movement’s stated intention to sanction Israeli companies for “human rights violations against Palestinian civilians by the Israeli government.”

The reality is that boycotting is more harmful to Palestinians than to Israelis. It also creates a repressive campus climate that favors unilateral action and division over dialogue and community.

As a former Jewish student from Seattle who is now living in Jerusalem, I have dedicated my career as a journalist to shining light on human rights issues, and I can assure you that at its core the BDS movement truly doesn’t care about human rights—Palestinian or Israeli.

The BDS movement has disenfranchised thousands of Palestinians who receive a far higher salary working for an Israeli company than they would have otherwise. I have personally visited the plant where 1,300 workers lost their jobs because of pressure from anti-Israel boycott groups to shut down the factory.

Over 73 percent of the workers were Israeli Arabs and West Bank Palestinians, and many of the workers had spouses also at the company, leaving individuals and entire families jobless. This factory symbolized the hope that Israelis and Palestinians could come together through economic projects—that they could become colleagues and friends.

One does not have to look further than the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to know that peaceful resolutions result when Israel feels it is supported by the international community rather than threatened. Threatening Israel always results in Israel increasing security, walls, fences and checkpoints.

I know that is not ASPSU’s intention, but it is what happens when Israel is boycotted, divested from and sanctioned.

You see, political conflict destroys and tears people apart, as does the BDS movement. The answer is not mutually assured destruction, but economic and entrepreneurial partnerships.

The PSU campus should be a community, bringing people and groups together. Instead, through BDS, it has torn the community apart, making many Jewish students (who are obviously not at fault for the conflict) scared and marginalized when anti-Israel actions turn anti-Semitic.

Instead of passing unilateral resolutions antithetical to community building, why not foster peace through dialogue instead? Isn’t that what we also seek in the greater Israeli-

Palestinian conflict? If we can’t have these discussions here, where the conflict is far less personal and intense, why should it be any different in Israel and in the Palestinian territories?

Boycotting rarely succeeds and is never the answer.

Resolutions to boycott Israel on campuses have never resulted in a financial impact. No university across the U.S. has actually pulled its endowment from the companies the students resolved to boycott. What it has succeeded in, however, is stripping Palestinians of jobs and opportunities, decreasing the chance for peace and creating divisive campus climates.

I echo President [Wim] Wiewel who has condemned the resolution and BDS movement for marginalizing and scapegoating members of the PSU community, promoting anti-Semitism, and speaking for an entire student body that is not monolithic in its views about Israel, Palestinians and the Middle East.

I call on the student body to question the devastating effects and the message promoted by the BDS movement. Please stay true to your “standards of justice, equality and human rights for all,” as is the stated purpose of the BDS resolution, and reject BDS once and for all.

Eliana Rudee is a fellow with the Haym Salomon Center and the author of the Aliyah Annotated column for JNS.org. She is a graduate of Scripps College, where she studied international relations and Jewish studies.

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International

International

Brexit:

A PHENOMENON REJECTING GLOBALIZATION

Serina Hersey

The UK referendum to leave the European Union, also known as Brexit, passed on Thursday June 23, after 52 percent voted in favor.

Economic fear and panic is spreading throughout citizens, countries and corporations of the world.

However, this is only the first step in order for the UK to leave the EU. British Prime Minister David Cameron must “invoke an agreement called Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty,” an article enforced since 2009. The UK is still under EU law until the agreement is made, and the process will take another two years, according to BBC. Not only has this become a global issue, it has spread across the internet and social media like wildfire. People around the world are angry, especially younger age groups whom this may be effecting in the long run. Millions of signatures were collected at an online petition against the EU referendum, only to be further investigated because it was hijacked by bots that signed thousands of fake signatures.

Despite this global divide, Portland State Professor Michael Wright from the Department of International and Global Studies gives a clearer picture of what is happening in an email interview with the Vanguard.

ject of a great deal of research that still remains to be done. My reading and instinct is telling me that this is largely a question of identity. Regarding the youth, I think that young people generally are much more comfortable living in a cosmopolitan Europe than their parents and grandparents are. They don’t remember a Britain outside of the ‘Common Market.’

VG: The voting percentages came close at 52 percent voting to leave and 48 percent to stay. Why is there such a big divide in the UK? Based on the populations who voted, why do you think there is such a divide between the younger and older voters in the UK?

MW: I’m sure Britain will recover from any fluctuations that Brexit will impose on them—unless the hype around Brexit gets the better of the financial markets. A lot will depend on how they negotiate their future relationship with the EU. They will probably negotiate a relationship similar to that enjoyed

by Norway and Switzerland, which enjoy special access to the single market without being at the decision-making table in Brussels. The real key will be the access that London’s finan-

Michael Wright: There are a lot of different factors that drive different people to vote for or against, and it will be the sub-

VG: Was this pressure to leave the EU recent, or has it been a concern for some time?

MW: The United Kingdom has always been an awkward member of the EEC/EU. It never adopted the most meaningful elements of European integration (the common currency and the free-movement zone). A part of this was that Britons have long been very ambivalent of participating in the project of integration. The current crises (the economic troubles of southern Europe and the refugees) have made this a very trying time for Europe, which made it a very likely time for the British electorate to vote to leave.

VG: What do you predict to be the aftermath of Brexit? Is it all bad or can there be a positive effect on the economy?

cial sector will have, but I’m confident that they will be able to secure themselves a good place. In the long run, the UK is now free to set its own regulations, but if British producers want to continue exporting to the single market, they will have to continue to adhere to the EU’s standards—standards the UK will no longer have the power to influence. In the long run, it will be good for British producers producing for the domestic market, but difficult for producers producing for the continental market. Thankfully, they will have the short-run benefit of a weak pound against the euro.

VG: How can the U.S. be effected by Brexit? Can it effect an even more local area like Portland? If so, how?

MW: Visiting the UK will be a little cheaper for Portlanders.

Other than that, I don’t think we’ll notice much if anything.

What’s more important is that the same social movement that supported Brexit is one that we have here in the United States. Portland is a very cosmopolitan place (like London, which largely voted against Brexit), but the country surrounding Portland (like England around London) is much more ambivalent or outright rejectionist of the forces that are part and parcel of globalization. The Donald Trump phenomenon very much rhymes with the Brexit phenomenon.

VG: What can prevent the exit?

MW: Parliament could choose to ignore the result of the referendum, but it would do so at the peril of its democratic legitimacy. That would be a horrendous mistake, I think. Right now, the British political elites need to make themselves legitimate

“A lot will depend on how they negotiate their future relationship with the EU.” again in the eyes of their constituents, which means listening to them. British democracy, as well as the legitimacy of democratic governance in most, if not all, of the western democratic world is being challenged, and it needs to find an answer to that challenge. More interesting is if Scotland and Northern Ireland (which both largely voted to ‘remain’) could somehow veto the outcome of the referendum. Just like Parliament, I think it would be a mistake for them to veto the result. Who knows, maybe they will change the relationship with the rest of the UK, and maybe they’ll find a way to remain or return to the EU once they’ve done so.

VG: Anything else you would like the PSU community to know, feel free to add.

MW: I think it’s important not to think of Brexit itself as a world-altering development. As I said, the most far-reaching aspects of European integration (the common currency and the free-movement zone) are aspects that the UK had opted out of to begin with. What’s more important is wider phenomenon of peoples rejecting integration and globalization, and how this is coming from people who are older and less urban.

It is coming from people who are being left behind by these things. They have a right to be upset, but they should also get upset at the right things. The EU was symbolic of the social and economic developments that have left them behind, but it’s not necessarily the cause of them.

PERCENTAGE OF VOTES IN THE UK REFERENDUM

LEAVE

REMAIN

51.9%

48.1%

[17,410,742 VOTES]

[16,141,241 VOTES]

Professor Wright encourages students to take his European Union class in the fall.

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june 21-26

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Juma, a female rare jaguar was shot dead in Brazil, after the animal escaped from its handlers. Juma, being used as a prop for the Olympic Torch Ceremony, approached a soldier who then killed the large cat after it was tranquilized.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos signed an agreement to ceasefire in Havana, Cuba, a historic moment.

More than 3,300 migrants were rescued by Italian ships in the Mediterranean over the weekend. People were rescued from 25 dinghies and one boat from the coast of Libya.

The expansion of the Panama Canal, a $50 billion project, opened on Sunday after 10 years of construction. Although the canal can now carry double the cargo, this two-year delayed project contains design flaws, and there are concerns about sufficient water and the timing in global shipping.

A tornado in China killed 98 people and injured more than 800 on Thursday. Rescue workers clear out hazardous waste and chemicals that were exposed after the storm.

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Summer BBQ Guide

Summer BBQ Guide

I Grills with you Colleen Leary

What would a summer BBQ be without the perfect playlist? The songs you choose can make or break the party. It’s a delicate balance to find the tracks that will set the right tone for your guests: not so overpowering that they can’t hear each other’s small talk between the crunching of their potato chips, and not so low-key that they’re left to ruminate on just how truly deep the awkwardness of their social interactions run.

Here’s a list to get you through the first hour of your epic summer BBQ.

1. “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding 2. “It was a good day,” Ice Cube 3. “Ham N’ Eggs,” Tribe Called Quest 4. “Down with the Clique,” Aaliyah 5. “Busy Earnin’,” Jungle 6. “Get Dis Money,” Slum Village 7. “Life is Better,” Q-tip 8. “Sausage,” Lil’ Mama 9. “Whoomp!

(There It Is),” Tag Team 10. “Lean On,” Major Lazer, DJ Snake & MØ 11. “Summertime,” DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince 12. “Up for the Down Stroke,” Parliament 13. “Summer Nights,” Grease Soundtrack

Sunny days are here (sort of). Time to break out the grill or get real friendly with the neighbors who have one. VG’s BBQ guide has all you need to kick-off your summer style.

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Grill it like you mean it and host like a boss Catherine Johnson

The Prologue First things first, while the grill is warming up, make sure you have beverages and munchies on hand. Corn tortilla chips, veggies and an array of dips are perfect.

Give them a little added flare by throwing mango chunks into the salsa or guacamole, put some sun-dried tomatoes in the hummus, and never underestimate the people-pleasing power of sliced watermelon.

Beverages mean not just booze, but a decent non-alcoholic option. Sparkling water and a fruit juice are a pretty tasty safe bet. When you’re filling up the cooler with hard drinks, PBR and a local IPA or cider are choice. And a decent dry white wine is always delicious on a hot day. If you want to go all out, have the fixings to make one decent cocktail—mojitos and margaritas with fresh fruit are killer.

Nail the Classics When it comes to the menu, make sure you have the main course on lockdown.

Yes, that probably means protein, but that can range from your standard slab of beef to a gluten-free veggie concoction.

Embrace it. Give your go-tos a little facelift.

This doesn’t have to be complicated. For example, throw some chopped apples, onions, and a drizzle of maple syrup in with the ground beef before making your patties. If you’re doing a true BBQ, make your sauce or give that brisket a good rub. Instead of buying some frozen soy-excuse of a burger, have fun making your own. Quinoa, black beans, sweet potatoes and even beets make fantastic burger bases that will impress the picky vegan and the die-hard carnivore.

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Grill the Ungrillable Burgers and dogs are great. But to really go the culinary distance, think about putting stuff on the open flame that might not seem obvious. The great thing about grilling is that you don’t have to get fancy and complicated with recipes.

Keep it simple. Try a grilled Caesar salad.

Slice open a head of romaine, brush it with some oil, salt and pepper, place it face down on the grill for a few minutes (keep an eye on it!) and when it’s wilted just enough to be tender, take it off and sprinkle with some parmesan (or “rawmesan”) and a slice of lemon. Or how about dessert? Forgo slaving away over ovenbaked cookies or cakes. Instead, throw some fruit like pineapple, mango, apricots or peaches on the grill. Top off with some whipped cream or your frozen vanilla treat of choice and it’s the perfect, refreshing post-feast sweet that everyone can enjoy.

Entertainment Eating and mingling is always the main attraction, but have some other activities available for the extroverts. This could be anything from cornhole to badminton to leaving out a few decks of playing cards.

Thomas Spoelhof

As the nation celebrates its 240th birthday, Americans countrywide take to the most sacred of Fourth of July holiday traditions: the BBQ. Grills will fire across the land in recognition of the Declaration of Independence, and fireworks displays are planned in a variety of locations. Here’s a smattering of BBQs and parties throughout the PDX region:

For many of us, summer is synonymous with barbeque. It is the season of outdoor cooking, and since the window for doing this is a relatively short one in Portland, you have to take advantage of it while it lasts and do it right. Here are a few tips to host a memorably epic BBQ. Be prepared Being prepared doesn’t just mean having ice, plates and cutlery, extra toilet paper and mosquito repellent on hand (though, yes, of course, make sure you have all those things for your guests). Spruce up your backyard with some simple white twinkle lights or lanterns and perhaps citronella candles to ward off unwelcome eaters. Being prepared also means being inclusive. You can’t please everyone all the time, but you can have awesome edible options for all. No one wants to be the difficult person limited to picking at the token hummus and pita platter. And the good thing about planning for diverse taste buds, is that it forces you to be creative—even Uncle Meat & Potatoes can appreciate that.

Celebrate July 4 in style with the best PDX BBQs Waterfront Blues Festival 2016 happens July 1–4 and brings a panoply of top notch blues musical acts, dozens of food tents and other vendors, and fantastic seats for the 10 p.m. Tom McCall Waterfront Park fireworks display. This is the largest blues festival on the West Coast, ladies and gentlemen. Tickets are $10 and proceeds support Oregon Food Bank.

The Great Western BBQ Cook Off at the 81st annual St. Paul Fourth of July Rodeo: It’s a road trip to the lovely town of St. Paul, halfway between Portland and Salem, but the 15 competitors in this BBQ contest promise happy bellies for all carnivores. Their competition theme this year is St. Louis-style ribs. Cost is $12/plate, drinks are extra.

Andy NGO Depending on the crowd (and presence of children/parents), an inappropriate round of Cards Against Humanity can make a lively addition to your shindig. And don’t forget about music. Take the time to put together at least one decent playlist so you can focus on your friends without running to your iPod every other song.

Finally, one sure-fire way to throw an unforgettable backyard party, while relieving some of the hosting pressure, is to ask everyone to bring something, anything!

People always bring something they are stoked to consume. It will ensure a gustatory smorgasbord fit for hipster foodies and kale-phobic company alike!

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The Estacada Timber Festival runs July 3 and 4 and boasts the largest fireworks display in Clackamas County. The full-fledged midway of carnival rides opens at 11 a.m. with a $5 fee per person for all over eight years of age and $10 for parking. There will be timber games and plenty of food and drinks. Both nights feature live music at 8 p.m. as well.

Events take place at Timber Park, 90878 NW Evergreen Way, Estacada, Oregon. Hop on the Orange Line and hightail it to the festival.

The West Linn 2016 Star Spangled Fourth of July Celebration at Willamette Park (1100 12th St., West Linn, Oregon) begins at 6 p.m. and culminates in an ambitious fireworks display at dark.

Admission to the park is free and BBQ will be on hand for purchase. Bring lawn chairs and blankets and relax for the evening with friends and family. You’ll need a car and driver in your party to commute from Portland State to West Linn.

Pedalpalooza wraps up its month-long bicycle-events extravaganza with their Fourth of July Ramble & Picnic at Laurelhurst Park (3700 SW Ankeny St.) on July 4 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The free-for-all bikers’ picnic features a mobile picnic and dance party on bikes. Family friendly, kids welcome, it’s a relaxed group ride with lots of stops for dancing and playing. Grilling picnics followed by the Pedalpalooza Award Ceremony will also happen at Woodlawn Park Amphitheaters: Northeast Degum Street at Bellevue Avenue and Northeast Oneonta Street at Claremont Avenue. A group ride from the parks to the fireworks will conclude the picnics around 8 p.m.

If it’s a more personal picnic experience you are after, try Bar Vivant’s Summertime

Picnic Basket. Just reserve 48 hours in advance and choose from four designer picnic baskets or design your own. A basket for two costs $55 and typically holds two entrees, picnic snacks and wine, along with tableware and linens. For your own hike or trip, planning ahead to order a premade picnic basket might be just the thing for convenience.

For haute, make reservations for rooftop seats at Altabira City Tavern (1021 NE Grand Ave., #600, Portland, Oregon). The chefs have planned an all-American BBQ complete with front row seats to Portland’s downtown fireworks celebration. The menu includes Oregon razor clams, grilled salmon, smoked chicken, BBQ pork ribs and more.

Catch the best fireworks show for you

Gray Bouchat

Fourth of July is quickly approaching, and in its mist lies the expectation for outstanding fireworks that spark romance and excitement. However, one must first decide where to watch the fireworks in order to fully experience their beauty.

Portland contains an abundance of locations to view fireworks in celebration for the upcoming holiday! Here are a few recommendations to spark your interest.

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Tom McCall Waterfront park One of the most obvious places to see the fireworks isTom McCall Waterfront Park. This park is beautiful even without fireworks, and with fireworks included, the scenery becomes even more outstanding.

I recommend taking a blanket and a picnic and settling on the grass overlooking the Willamette River. As the fireworks shoot off, enjoy the pristine reflection along the river, creating a peaceful yet vibrant atmosphere.

Hawthorne Bridge Another phenomenal spot to watch fireworks is the Hawthorne Bridge. It’s near the waterfront, high above the Willamette River, and you can walk the bridge while fireworks light up the night. Here, the fireworks explode along the blackened sky with city lights beaming along the horizon.

This makes for great panoramic photos as the fireworks go off, and you can get a nice walk in as well. northwest 23rd avenue If you’re looking for a place to relax and have a bite, Northwest 23rd Avenue is a great place to sit down outside at either Salt & Straw or Little Big Burger and watch the fireworks from a distance. It’s just a 20-minute ride on the streetcar from campus, and you can eat to your heart’s content with a view. This is a great spot if crowded places during the holiday aren’t your thing,

especially since it’s not near the main fireworks show. The fireworks won’t be as big, but a burger or ice cream will fill the void.

Oaks Amusement Park My final recommendation is Oaks Amusement Park. If you’re a couple, a family or just flying solo, what better way to celebrate independence than by consuming sweets and going on rides? Oaks Amusement Park hosts a great view of the fireworks, especially if you get on the Ferris wheel at just the right time. This isn’t the most relaxing place to watch, but if you’re looking for an adrenaline rush, it might just be perfect for you.

Fireworks in Portland are a beautiful thing. Portland itself already has so many scenic destinations, and when you add fireworks in the sky, it mesmerizes the entire community and brings everyone together for a fantastic show. Whether you attend the fireworks at the waterfront (my personal favorite) or watch from a distance on Northwest 23rd, the experience is all the same.

Let’s light up, Portland!

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Summer BBQ Guide

Top 5 parks to host your next summer BBQ

Serina Hersey

Overlook Park Want to enjoy a beautiful view of the city while eating your delicious (vegan) hot dog? Check out Overlook Park in North Portland. This park provides a scenic view of the city skyline along the Willamette River and has a wide open field perfect for picnics and barbecues. Additional amenities include accessible restroom, baseball field, basketball court, off-leash dog area, picnic shelter, reserevable picnic site, picnic tables, playground, soccer field, softball field, track and volleyball court.

Transportation (from PSU): Take the MAX Yellow Line to the Overlook Park MAX Station and walk a block left down North Fremont Street.

Laurelhurst Park Blocks away from Electric Castle’s Wunderland and sports bars is Laurelhurst Park, located in the popular Belmont District. You can enjoy the view of a mini lake, wide open fields and the shade from the lush trees surrounding it, all while barbecuing with family and friends. Other amenities include a picnic area, play area, accessible restrooms, basketball court, dog off-leash area, horseshoe pits, reservable picnic site, picnic tables, playground, soccer field, tennis backboard, tennis court and volleyball court.

Transportation (from PSU): Bus 15 from downtown toward Gateway TC. Get off at Southeast Belmont Street and 37th Avenue and walk five blocks up 37th Avenue.

Irving Park A 20-minute bus ride can take you to Irving Park, a small but nevertheless barbecue-y friendly park that even includes a mini water park for kids. Both adults and children can enjoy this outdoor space, with amenities including accessible restroom, baseball field, basketball court, dog off-leash area, horseshoe pit, reservable picnic sites, picnic tables, playground, soccer field, softball field, tennis backboard, tennis court and volleyball court.

Transportation (from PSU): Take the 6 bus toward Jantzen Beach, get off at Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard & Fargo Street. Turn right on Fargo Street and Irving Park is a block away.

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Peninsula Park Wander your way to a rose garden, barbecue and splash pad all in one location. Head over to Peninsula Park for your next picnic or barbecue. It has a historical touch to it, with a 100-year-old fountain and much of the same infrastructure remains since it was completed in 1913. Amenities include picnic area, accessible restroom, basketball court, horseshoe pits, reservable picnic tables, playground, plaza, soccer field, softball field, splash pad and tennis court.

Transportation (from PSU): Take the 4 bus from West Burnside and Sixth Street toward St. Johns. Get off at North Albina Avenue & Holman Street and you’re there!

Visit www.portlandoregon.gov/parks for more information.

Make it sizzle, not splatter

Cost effective monthly events to bang out your summer Molly Ozier Despite it hailing in June, summer is officially here! Whether you are taking summer classes, interning at Nike, Intel or your mom’s health food store, the days to kick back and have another beer or two have officially commenced. The only problem may be that you are as broke as the rest of us. Have no fear, you beautiful, naive, sophisticated newborn baby—here is your summer calendar lineup for all the events you probably did not know were happening but are actually super fun, local and most importantly inexpensive.

Monday Funday PDX Take a walk on the wild side and get your bare feet dirty with local flower power hula hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, tokers, smokers and midnight jokers from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Monday in Colonel Sanders Park on Southeast 20th Avenue and Belmont Street.

Bike-In Movie Night Every second Wednesday, spend your hot summer nights at the Side Yard Farm

Last Thursday on Alberta For its 19th season, this annual street festival features artists, performers, vendors and music every last Thursday between the 15th and 30th blocks in the Alberta Arts District. The street is closed to all oncoming traffic between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. May through September. Free to all artists, vendors and visitors, this fest is donation based.

Native Fashion Now Happening now until September 4, join the Portland Art Museum for its first large-scale traveling exhibit of contemporary Native American fashion. The event highlights indigenous designers from across the nation

and Canada from the 1950s to today. Public tours are held weekly. The student fee is $16.99, and the first Thursday of every month is free from 5–8p.m.

Kruger’s Farm Summer Concerts If you are looking for some bluegrass, blues or just really good music, take your family out to Sauvie Island’s u-pick farm for hayrides, music and food. For only $15 a car, pack yourself a picnic and keep things low cost or buy from one of the local vendors (cash only). Happening now until September 1. Check out the lineup here: krugersfarmmarket.com/summer-concerts Pix Patisserie Movies at Dusk Enjoy a piece of France on East Burnside Street every Wednesday in a beer and cider garden for some of the best cult classics.

The garden opens at 7 p.m. and the film begins to roll at dusk. With titles like Office Space, King Kong (1933), Pineapple Express and Roman Holiday, there’s a little something for everyone. A minimum purchase of $5 on food or beverage is required,

although popcorn is free! All ages welcome.

Nuclear Forest Stay thrifty this summer and join White Owl Social Club for a swap meet of jewelry, leather goods, vintage clothing, custom axes (yep…) and, of course, booze on July 27 at 1 p.m.

Project Pabst Whether you are looking for oldies but goodies or you just love that Blue Ribbon, head down to the South Waterfront August 27–28 for Project Pabst’s third year in the City of Roses. For under $100 you can see headliners such as Duran Duran, Ice Cube, Tame Impala, Andrew W.K. or STRFKR all in one weekend. Seeing that PBR hosts this event, sadly it is for 21+ only. Be sure to stay hydrated out there! With 16-ounce PBR’s for only $4, the sun can definitely take a person out before Ice Cube even hits the stage.

Summer events for under-agers

Westmoreland City Park With only one MAX ride away, Westmoreland City Park is an easy getaway from the city.

Nestled in the southeast neighborhood, this park has a mini lake and several creeks, a perfect view to set up your barbecue.

Other amenities include accessible restrooms, a baseball field, basketball court, football field, reservable picnic site, picnic tables, playground, soccer field, softball field and tennis court. There are also several trails throughout—a perfect stroll after some tasty barbecue.

Transportation (from PSU): Take the MAX Orange Line to Southeast Tacoma/Johnson Creek MAX Station, walk about 10 minutes up Southeast 24th Avenue.

Sequoia Woods

Not everything in pdx revolves around beer. If you are under 21 and do not want to spend your entire summer at the kiddie pool, check out these events.

Mississippi Street Fair: July 9 There will be 200 local vendors and craft booths, six stages of entertainment and food carts. Located on North Mississippi Avenue between Fremont Street to Skidmore Street. This event is free.

French festival: July 9 The Bastille Festival features French food, music, street performers, art projects and an outdoor market. It is located in Jamison Square. trails run along pedestrian westmoreland city park. serina hersey/psu vanguard

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Collective with a pint in hand and a movie with friends. Peddlers ride your wheelies and walkers walk your feeties in for this $25 event. Before you get all twisted about the price, the fee includes a meal from a restaurant vendor, a “farmy” concession treat, a pint from a local brewery and of course a screening of a classic film.

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Movies in the Square: July 22–Aug. 19 Flicks on the Bricks will be showing a variety

of films at Pioneer Courthouse Square. This event is free.

feature entertainment, music, vendors, food and drink for people of all ages.

Division and Clinton Street Fair: July 23 The Division/Clinton Street Fair holds a parade starting at 10:45 a.m. There will also be art and craft booths, live music, food and sidewalk sales. This event is free.

Italian festival: August 25–27 Festa Italiana will have live music, pizza tossing, grape stomping, Italian food and vendors. The event is located in Pioneer Courthouse Square and has free entry.

Book Fair: July 30 There will be publishers and about 100 authors displaying their latest books and signing autographs at the Northwest Book Festival. This event is free and is located at Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Alberta Street Fair: August 13 The Alberta Street Fair showcases the Alberta Street community. The event will

MusicfestNW: August 27 MusicfestNW has 22 performances as well as food vendors. It is located at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

Concert on Main Street: September 7 Local musicians will be playing music ranging in style from funk to old country. This event is free and will be happening on Wednesdays at Music on Main Street next to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Mexican Independence Day: September 16 A celebration of the independence of Mexico and neighbors at El Grito y Fiestas Patrias, this event includes folkloric and Aztec dancers and live mariachi, salsa, cumbia and pop music, as well as food and craft vendors. Located at the Moda Center, this event is free.

German Film Festival: September 23–27 See a variety of German films with English subtitles at the German Film Festival, located at Cinema 21.

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When it’s hot as balls…

Is America really free?

commentary by Brenden Leary

Emily Barnes Instead of helping us start off the summer with tan lines and lakeside margaritas, Oregon has graced us with a sky full of clouds, wholly disregarding Portland Staters’ vitamin D deficit after finals week came to a close.

“Where is summer?” we whined for weeks.

But when summer does indeed abandon playing peek-a-boo and screams “Here I am!” it may go full force to make up for lost time. It is possible that we will be trapped indoors by the fiery hell that is the sun, and like all such disaster scenarios, we should adequately prepare ourselves.

For the benefit of the PSU community, here is a list of five activities to try by yourself, with a summer lover, or your platonic pals to evade the heat.

Use the sun to your belly’s advantage and make outdoor s’mores using Mother Nature’s oven.

Build your s’mores on a big piece of tin foil with marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate—I like to put walnuts on top of the marshmallow so they’ll melt into it—and wrap it open-faced. Open your back door just wide enough for one arm to squeeze your ingredients outside and leave them there for 15–30 minutes depending on how hot it is. When it’s ready, use oven mitts or a towel to carefully bring it back into your air-conditioned living room and continue your Netflix binge-watching of the new season of Orange is the New Black.

Clean your grills, loosen your belts and bust out those fireworks, because Independence Day is near!

If it’s unreasonable to go outside unless you are fully immersed in water, then buy a six pack of porters, grab your summer read and immerse yourself in a kiddie pool.

You can order one on Amazon from the comfort of your home for as low as $8.19 and have it delivered to your house in two days. Get one that is inflatable so you’ll have a nice backrest to float all your cares and worries into. It is a compact and easy way to soak in the rays without dying of heat exhaustion. You can use this time to ponder your future, sleep or stimulate your mind with Plato or Nicholas Sparks.

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Do you get giddy when you strategize elaborate plans to kill off your friend’s queen?

Maybe you go crazy for cards? If so, crowdsource with your friends to see who has the best games and head to your local coffee shop—you know, the one with the AC. Make sure to bring a sweatshirt just in case it gets too chilly.

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If you like to eat and have a handful of friends who share this appreciation, have a potluck!

You can stay inside and have your own indoor picnic if the sun is too intense. I would orientate around anything frozen or iced. Make a pitcher of iced coffee or orange juice cocktails, freeze bananas covered in chocolate with popsicle sticks and look up a no-bake cookie recipe to avoid heating up the place. Your friends can pick up grilled chicken on their way over.

Tell them to bring their swimsuits and you can all cram into your new kiddie pool after dinner.

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Until now you’ve probably relied on the rain to keep your car clean.

But the rain is a distant memory and your car is dangerously close to having a stranger etch in the words “wash me.” Recruit some friends to come over after work with their swimsuits and get down and dirty with the suds. It is imperative to get just as wet as your vehicle.

If this has yet to happen, flick the person holding the hose with soapy car water.

Take heart, it’s only three months.

Granted, climate change may alter that reality, but for now, you can rest assured (preferably surrounded by fans) that chilly fall and soggy streets are soon to return.

In the meantime, while we could keep this list rolling, the major orders of the day are water and managed activity. Still, don’t forget to keep yourself in motion: Take a hike under shady trees, run off to the coast or join the night-owl crew and take a latehour bike ride along the springwater corridor. Whatever you get into, just remember that there are brighter horizons ahead.

It’s a time when we can celebrate with our families one of the most important dates in American history: our independence and secession from Britain.

The Fourth of July has always stood for one thing in particular: freedom. We have unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. However, after recent tragic events in America, it seems ironic that we would be celebrating such a holiday.

Can we really say that we are free in America? The answer is a bit murky.

One of the most blatant reasons is surveillance. We have given up a substantial amount of our privacy (in many cases without the general public even knowing it) in order to assure protection from domestic terrorist attacks.

After the Orlando shooting, many of us have repeated the same dialogue as other mass shootings. We expect a swift and immediate response yet can’t seem to agree on what that response is. Both sides of the democratic and republican parties have proposed more intelligence activity to halt such atrocities from occurring, but have we really seen that much progress?

As reporter Glenn Greenwald said, “It is possible, indeed probable, that violent attacks will occur even with superb law enforcement. This is the tradeoff we make for liberty.”

The first amendment of the U.S. Constitution also guarantees that there shall be no law establishing religion or any law that prevents the exercise of it. With Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country and the current rise of Islamophobia, this freedom ceases to exist.

We also still struggle with a woman’s access to abortion. Although federally legal, the resources provided are minimal. A recent survey found that 87 percent of all U.S. counties have no identifiable abortion provider. In non-metropolitan areas, the figure rises to 97 percent. As a result, women must travel long distances to reach the nearest abortion provider.

By not providing this access, we are stripping a woman’s right for further education as well as the Supreme Court’s decision to federally legalize it in the first place.

The American prison population has also more than quadrupled since the early 1980s when mandatory minimum sentencing laws for drugs went into effect. Severe prison overcrowding has become a serious issue because of this.

Violent criminals are now released early to make room for non-violent drug offenders who are required to serve a minimum amount of time—regardless of what a judge says.

I could walk freely in Oregon with an ounce of marijuana in my pocket, but if I head over to a state like Utah, having that or even paraphernalia could have me incarcerated for six months and fined up to $1,000.

Selling any amount could have you locked up for five years with a fine of $5,000. For those who do their time, they are then released into an environment where it is nearly impossible to find a good job with a criminal record. The prison system burdens a criminal by not providing a proper reintegration into society. Those unalienable rights we are supposed to be guaranteed are almost impossible to reclaim.

I may sound a bit critical of Uncle Sam. Sure, compared to other countries, we have it pretty damn good. We’re able to express our beliefs and values in safe environments in schools and universities around the nation, something that isn’t guaranteed worldwide.

As we gather with our loved ones to celebrate the day our nation became free from foreign authority, we need to acknowledge that we have to continue to fight to protect and stand for the rights that our founding fathers established. If we are going to put ourselves on an international pedestal that represents these values, then we need to actually exercise them.

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Summer BBQ Guide

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Independence days around the world

USA! USA! US Meh.

How to fit in on a holiday you don’t support

Brie Barbee

Jon Raby

Let’s be honest, for many of us the Fourth of July is no longer a celebration of the independence of this country. The Fourth of July is about getting drunk. It’s about drinking whiskey at 10 a.m. while watching a parade and about drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon at 10 p.m. while explosions light up the sky.

Unfortunately, there isn’t really a way to get out of the Fourth of July. Sure, you can stay locked up at home with the dogs, making sure they are not freaking out from the fireworks, but the sounds of the party will get to you. The drunk yelling by your fellow countrymen and women is sure to be annoying if you’re sober. And the unyielding patriotism just may make you question if those outside are the best representation of America.

But maybe to you, the Fourth of July is just a reminder of the belligerent violence and destruction this country has exported on the world, and imported to the long ago Native American population, whose freedom was taken in the name of independence.

Really, there is only one thing to do: say fuck it and join the crowd. If you’re ready to hang up your reservations but need some strategies for ass-imilation, this coping guide might be for you.

Illustration by Arlen Cornejo The Fourth of July is fast approaching. This means American flags galore, fireworks, barbecues, outdoor sports, beaches, binge-drinking and poor decision making all in the name of patriotism—at least if you’re American.

Outside the U.S., most people couldn’t care less about the Fourth of July. It is a uniquely American holiday celebrating our nation’s independence from Great Britain.

Despite its popularity here, the Fourth of July is only celebrated in America. The event that inspired this summer holiday—the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776—simply doesn’t apply to any other country in the world and is therefore not widely celebrated.

However, even though they don’t share in the celebration of our nation’s independence, many nations celebrate their own independence days.

Brazil—September 7 September 7 marks the day of Brazilian independence from Portugal in 1822. A military parade is held in the nation’s capital and is led by the president of Brazil. Similar events, as well as fireworks and carnivals are held in all major cities in Brazil to celebrate their independence.

Chile—September 18 Chile achieved independence from Spain on September 18, 1810. The nation celebrates with food, music, parades, parties, religious services and historical reenactments. The national rodeo finals are held in Rancagua and thousands of people fly kites in Antofagasta. Independence Day is September 18, but celebrations usually last around a week.

Haiti—January 1 Haiti celebrates its independence from France on January 1. The holiday commemorates the day in 1804 when Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared independence and restored the country’s native name. It is customary to eat soup on this day to celebrate freedom and equality.

Greece—March 25 Greek Independence Day is celebrated on March 25. It marks the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821 and coincides with the Greek Orthodox Church’s celebration of the Annunciation to the Theotokos. Greeks celebrate their independence with religious and secular parades and festivals.

Philippines—June 12 Independence Day in the Philippines is observed on June 12. The Philippines gained independence from Spain in 1898. It has been the country’s National Day since 1962.

Like America, the Philippines celebrates independence during the summer with outdoor activities and fireworks.

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Armenia—September 21 September 21 commemorates the restoration of the Republic of Armenia on September 21, 1991, after 70 years of Soviet rule. Festivities begin with the Armenian national anthem. Well-known Armenian performers sing traditional songs and wear national costumes to celebrate local traditions.

India—August 15 Indian independence from Britain in 1947 is celebrated on August 15. Festivities include flag-hoisting, parades, patriotic songs and kite flying. The prime minister and the president of India also raise the nation’s flag and give a speech on this day.

Ghana—March 6 Ghana declared independence from Great Britain on March 6, 1957. It was the first subSaharan country to win liberation from its colonizer. The country celebrates independence with fireworks, parades, marches, street parties, music and traditional dance. The president of Ghana also delivers a speech.

Mexico—September 16 Mexico’s independence is celebrated with parades, marching band performances, concerts, patriotic programs, drum and bugle and marching band competitions, as well as special programs on national and local media outlets. Each year at 11 p.m. on the night of September 15, the president of Mexico rings the bell of the National Palace and shouts “viva Mexico” from the balcony. The event commemorates the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence in 1810.

South Africa—May 31 South Africa has been independent from Great Britain since 1910. However, the country celebrates Freedom Day on April 27 instead, the date of the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. Apartheid in South Africa also ended during 1994.

South Korea—August 15 South Koreans celebrate their independence from Japanese rule in 1945 every August 15. Citizens hang flags from their houses and sing songs. The president attends an official ceremony and most public museums and places are open free of charge for the descendants of independence activists.

Syria—April 17 Syrian Independence Day, also known as Evacuation Day, is celebrated on April 17. The national holiday commemorates the evacuation of the last French solider from Syria and the country’s proclamation of full independence in 1946. Independence Day is considered one of Syria’s most important holidays and is celebrated with fireworks.

Where to begin? An American flag tank top of course: Your mantra: The best way to celebrate this holiday is with irony.

Get illegal fireworks: What better way to honor this country than to break her laws? And yes, this will be done best by those with a heartfelt love of America. Clearly the alternative of not shooting bottle rockets at your friends is far less appealing.

Talk mercilessly of bombs and war, but only with pride: The goal here is to disgust even the most patriotic. This is an ultimate representation of our country’s obsession with marketing: saying one thing and intending another.

Go ahead, say you are proud when your ulterior motives are as obvious as the Pabst in your hand.

Drink whiskey: This is key. It will ensure you don’t give a shit, and the more you drink, the more you can fit in with the masses. If ever there was a time to drink Old Number 7, this is it.

Don’t talk shit about America: Yes, this is a hard one, but it won’t go over well unless you are looking for a fight (also an option).

If you can’t shake the urge to trash talk Independence Day or the America of today, it must be done in coded language; again, irony is your best friend here.

Annoyed with those around you? Tell them they are “‘Merican as fuck.” Or, buff up on and celebrate the most recent shameful acts of our county. What is the latest American military success? What is the most recent Trump blunder? Find out and laud that information like it’s proof of your dick size.

Drink Pabst or Budweiser: Like America, their tastes used to be appreciated, but now they are celebrated for their lack thereof. Their low alcohol content and pure shittiness is what makes us want to drink them.

Monetarily, this day should be cheap: Like all great capitalists, your goal should be to spend as little money as possible.

That is why flasks should replace shots, while barbeques and the river should replace nice restaurants and the bar.

Cheap hot dogs should replace organic chicken, and vegetables can all but go out the window. Ketchup and mustard are basically vegetables, right?

In the end, if you follow these steps what you will see is that you are not alone in them. The truth is that the Fourth of July is not a celebration of a bunch of Brits gaining independence from the British—no, it is a celebration of violence and explosions, of abundance and overconsumption. And most of the people out there celebrating aren’t necessarily diehard America fanatics, they are just having a good time.

This year, play along. Don’t be disturbed by the overconsumption, the nonstop fireworks, the yelling and hollering, the general disregard for how this country was founded and what force was used to achieve that.

This year out-do everyone else. Be the loudest, most America-loving, and most belligerent person to celebrate our Independence day. You will hate yourself on the fifth, but the Fourth will be fun.

Jon Raby/psu vanguard

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Summer BBQ Guide

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Vanguard Staff

Grill-o-scopes Totally Legit horoscopes for your summer BBQ ventures Aries (March 21-April 19)

Don’t feed any goats unless you have a flat palm. They bite! Also, don’t forget to spray that Febreze after using the restroom this week. That spritz can make or break your day, and your save you from certain humiliation. If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

You’re stubborn as a bull and all those months cooped up inside have convinced you that there’s nothing to life but rain and study. Wake up! Shake off your haunches and defrost in the sun while it’s still here. Go outside, make friends, do things.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

It’s your time to shine Gemini’s! Sure, June kicked off rough with finals but now that that’s all over it’s time for you to dictate your own deadlines. Like when the heck to throw your Kentucky Derby hat party!? Or which color purple you should tint your hair this week? The possibilities are endless. Either way, you’re in the saddle now, ya rascal.

crossword ACROSS 1 They like to stay in hospital with important people, first off (4,6) 6,35 Work by 27a,48,29 and half of 29’s identical late works (2,8,2,4) 14,49 Newspaper includes final letter among dozen I circulated, identifying work of 27a,48,29 (2,5,2,6) 15 They arouse desire with act on XXX circuit, for starters (6,7) 16 27a,48,29’s work Fauré, Bizet and finally Berlioz regularly arranged (3,11) 18 See 37a 19 Dispel silly lies about origin of unnamed Roman statesman (7) 20 Humbly taking out time to satisfy Kelly’s odd requirements? (6) 21 One architectural feature associated with new work by 27a,48,29 (8) 25 Most concerned with trouble reflecting inability to make decisions (7) 27,48,29 Composer: genius primarily, classical great in retrospect, a god, second to zero with skill (8,7,6) 29 See 27a (6) 32 Increasing desire’s captured with this marketing technique (6,7) 34 Sounds like exquisite skirt (4)

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Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Get out of here Cancer! No, seriously, take a vacation. You’re overworked self needs a dang break. Whether that means a day or month long trip, get out of town! Find some serenity and peace on the river, coast, or your favorite hiking spot. Just do yourself a favor and remember to breathe.

Leo (July 24-August 22)

Dang Mufasa, you are looking super fly as of late. Expect crazy sexual attention from unexpected, and sometimes unsettling, places.

Ack. Also, some bad news, the stars are saying that you are extra susceptible to UTIs at the moment. That’s right, you best protect your urinary tract. Cranberry juice, my dude.

Virgo (August 23-Sept. 22)

Hey Virgos, it’s time to come out of hibernation.

The sun is here, soak up the rays as much as you can. This week focus on being social, and being causally productive, but don’t overstress yourself.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Killing it as usual, Libra. It like you still don’t even have to try.

spend the money! Don’t go for less expensive option that’ll screw in the end. It’s gonna be worth it just to cough up the cash. Buy Buy Buy!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

I can hear your exasperated sighs from miles away. A little bit of sighing is okay, but don’t let yourself live in Sigh-land for too long. You are strong, powerful and dynamic. Anyone capable of forgetting that is forgettable. If someone is worth your time, they’re going to recognize your value and cherish you as the prize you are.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Your blind optimism will serve you well this week, Sag. You’re staring down the backside of the summer sun that’s been fighting so very hard to make a regular appearance at least by July. You can let yourself get caught up–stay out a little too late, flounce around with your summer fling. But don’t forget your sunscreen!

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan 19)

Come on, you penny-pinching miser. Just

Now is a time of transition in your life–time to transition out of your winter pants and into your summer shorts. Or you could forgo the shorts altogether and spend the whole summer in your birthday suit. If you’re gonna go that route, just make sure you give your roommates and coworkers a head’s up that you’ll be adapting the Naked Bike Ride concept to a full-on Naked Life Ride.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

What up fish face? It’s your season to shine, so get to the beach and swim in all your glory.

You should probably stay away from grills and firepits this week. Your fishy spirit animal aura might be too overwhelming for some folks to resist tossing you in some lemon and olive oil for a scrumptious seafood summer snack.

courtesy of alberichcrosswords.com

35 See 6 37,18 27a,48,29’s work often cut as it wanders (4,3,5) 38 Jump from aircraft with parachute at last (4) 39,26,42 Harem girl’s tune used fun idea, developed in work by 27a,48,29 (3,10,3,3,6) 42 See 39 43 Forceful old soldier arrests macho types (8) 45 Limits working term in cutback (7) 47 Hide from close family, taking son (8) 49 See 14 52 Ring off, break the connection ten times over (7) 53 Idle advocate’s first to appear in a French court; I have to follow (8) 55 Resident vet set out personal reason not to want change (6,8) 57 Visiting often for quiet afternoon out, nothing less (13) 58 Beaten up? (9) 60 If I assisted badly, Director would be unhappy (12) 61 During examination Spanish girl shows guts (10) DOWN 1 American coins all turned up in Salford, strangely, after the end of March (4-7) 2 An island? Yes and no (3)

3 Bird has to notice cockchafer (7-5) 4 One playing records takes me back to live session’s opening with African drums (7) 5 Short poem featuring English farm animals (7) 7 Perhaps St Matthew’s abridged, including one marginal note (7) 8 Dishonest sort has change of heart, making retreat (4) 9 I would set ashore in extremely mountainous region of England (8) 10 Musicians explaining why action in court was cancelled?

(5) 11 Greeting fellow in east Iranian language (7) 12 Children matter (5) 13 Posh speaking London thoroughfare is in a confused state (4-4) 17 Former professional young woman given alternative by new debtor (11) 22 How Tom cries, having to cut down taking Ecstasy (4) 23 Excel with alfresco party (5) 24 Gut feeling isn’t working in Connecticut (8) 26 See 39 27 The old playwright’s first daughter looking angrily distressed (4-4) 28 Dance is somewhat boring, I guess (5) 30 Maliciously made up lie about success of Marat, for

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example (3,2,6) 31 Suffocate fellow in steps (6) 33 Provide with proper home first of all (5) 36 Scientist shot revolutionary film (12) 37 Abnormal growths observed in most sycamores going north (5) 40 Memorials produced by most serious individuals (11) 41 CID officer’s taking good

lodgings (4) 44 Performing under examination is taxing (8) 46 See 59 48 See 27a 50 A couple that’s around the middle of housing list (7) 51 Woven on loom, around date of last stage of lunar cycle (3,4) 52 Place to eat in Germany fashionable with French and

Turkish economic leaders (7) 53 Fathead in nude, reeling, is not given any grub (5) 54 Evergreen tree that’s mostly found around borders of Uruguay (5) 56 Female wants cigarette over in flat perhaps (4) 59,46 Teacher has to travel, taking one vehicle to Northern Italy to see work by 27a,48,29 (3,8)

Illustration by Arlen cornejo comic by aaron osborn

Solution to last issue’s puzzle

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