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ARE WE ANY BETTER OFF WITH THIS NEW PLAN? A LOOK AT HOW THE AHCA COULD AFFECT YOU

NEWS: DON’T SHOOT PORTLAND & PORTLAND ART MUSEUM COLLAB ON #ARTISTS4BLACKLIVES P. 5

INTERNATIONAL: KAIBIGAN TO REPORT ON MISSION TO PHILIPPINES P. 6

ARTS & CULTURE: ZELDA, FUNHOUSE AND MORE BRIDGETOWN P. 10

OPINION: DENIED TUITION INCREASE. NOW WHAT? P. 12

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The Portland State Vanguard, PSU’s student-run newspaper, is hiring a Creative Director for June 2017.

The Creative Director is directly responsible for overseeing layout and design for the Vanguard’s weekly print issue.

Candidates for the position should demonstrate strong design, leadership and managerial skills, ability to work well under pressure and proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

The position begins June 2017, pays $1900 per term in the form of an ELSA and requires a time commitment of 15-20 hours/ week, with an emphasis on Monday and Friday office hours.

For more details or to apply for Creative Director, visit psuvanguard. com/jobs and submit a cover letter to editor@psuvanguard.com and managingeditor@psuvanguard.com.

SHANNON KIDD

Hey PSU Grads!

Staring down the barrel of your impending diploma?

Have no fear, the Vanguard’s Graduation Guide will help you journey into the unknown as you finally say goodbye to PSU and hello to full-on adulting.

Pick up the 2017 Graduation Guide all around campus on May 31 or find us at psuvanguard.com.

CONTENTS COVER BY ROBBY DAY NEWS PSU LAUNCHES PLANS FOR AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION STUDENT CHAPTER

ARTS & CULTURE LINK VERSUS THE THE CALAMITY

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SOLAR ENERGY SHINES AT PHYSICS SEMINAR

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR RE: ADJUNCTS & BUDGET WOES

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INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA FACES ONGOING PRESIDENTIAL CRISIS

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OPINION STOP SHARING. START CARING. #SELFCARE

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FEATURED OPINION EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF TRUMPCARE

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ON & OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS MAY 23–29 THE BREAK: PSHA’S CELEBRATION OF B-BOY/B-GIRL CULTURE, MAY 26 P. 14

STAFF EDIT ORI A L EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Colleen Leary MANAGING EDITOR Tim Sullivan NEWS EDITOR AJ Earl ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Alanna Madden INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Chris May ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Matthew Andrews OPINION EDITOR Evan Smiley

ONLINE EDITOR Andrew D. Jankowski COPY CHIEF Thomas Spoelhof COPY EDITORS John Falchetta Nada Sewidan Harlie Hendrickson CONTRIBUTORS Sarah Alderson Jake Johnson Jennee Martinez Tim Steele Nada Sewidan Evan Tait Kristi Tihanyi Nick Tool Zachary Vandehey Anamika Vaughan Anna Williams

PHO T O & MULTIMEDI A PHOTO EDITOR Silvia Cardullo PHOTOGRAPHERS Jake Johnson Rachel Lara Tim Steele Anamika Vaughan Briana Ybanez CR E ATI V E DIR EC TION & DE SIGN CREATIVE DIRECTOR Aaron Osborn DESIGNERS Terra DeHart Shannon Kidd Lydia Wojack-West Nimi Einstein Chloe Kendall Robby Day

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NEWS

NEW STUDENT ORG LAUNCHES FOR PSU WOMEN IN MEDICINE ANNA WILLIAMS

Lelani Lealiiee, Portland State University senior and BUILD EXITO scholar, is in the process of recruiting members for a PSU branch of the American Medical Women’s Association. The student organization will offer outreach opportunities, professional connections, and scholarships to female-identifying students pursuing careers in the medical field.

The genesis of AMWA mirrors the goals of other women-specific science groups on campus. The unique experiences women share in science-related fields allow for fruitful women-to-women partnerships on campus, according to several members of the PSU club Women in STEM. .

Per the organization’s website, AMWA was established in 1915 as the first national organization of women physicians. The organization documented unequal treatment of female medical professionals in the workplace and encouraged its members to lobby for policy reform. AMWA established scholarships and taught members how to build their professional networks and to “think strategically about their careers.”

Lealiiee said she was inspired to start an AMWA branch because of its wide offering of scholarship, community outreach, and convention attendance opportunities to women studying at PSU. “What I love about it is the whole notion of vision and voice of women in medicine” Lealiiee said. “Women can really empower women.”

Lealiiee added that women pursuing medicine is still not as common “as it should be.”

While Lealiiee, who commutes to PSU from Vancouver, Washington to pursue her goal of becoming a trauma surgeon and still finds

time to home-school her six-year-old son, is not a “typical” college student. She said that women in general are not expected to become doctors.

According to Mimi Shang, current president of the PSU Society of Women Engineers, women are often pressured to “fit in” with male colleagues and behave with “less emotion.” Women are pressured into “negotiating with [men] in social ways a male colleague would never be asked to do,” Shang said. In Shang’s experience, women in science are also discouraged from negotiating higher wages.

The importance of women-specific science clubs on campus, Shang said, comes from women validating each other’s experiences and pushing each other forward. “We have this passion and go into [science] fields because we really want to, not because other people are telling us to,” Shang said. “When [women are] able to harness our passion for these fields, this can be really powerful.”

Chrys Buckley, a female pre-med student graduating this semester, explained how pursuing any science degree is very demanding. “[There is] a lot of demand, a lot of off-sight volunteering in clinical settings, shadowing outside of class—there’s a lot of juggling,” Buckley said. Buckley said she appreciates women-specific organizations on campus because “they teach work versus life balance, how to avoid burnout, and how to negotiate salary.”

Whitney Hale, current vice president of PSU SWE, said making professional connections in women-specific clubs is also inspiring. “Being a minority, [women] experience a lot of micro-aggressions,” Hale said. “When we talk about it and find [that] we’re not crazy

CHLOE KENDALL and [these experiences are] real, we can talk about and share great ways to deal with it. It’s so exciting to see women dealing with these things, [such as] doctors and surgeons who are successful. Then we see that we can do this.”

Through PSU’s BUILD EXITO program that awards research opportunities to undergraduate students, Lealiiee is able to work at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Dr. Martin Schreiber’s trauma lab. Lealiiee said she has made a lot of professional connections through her research that she is eager to introduce to AMWA members.

However, Lealiiee said she is most excited about the outreach opportunities AMWA can provide. Lealiiee said she hopes AMWA can partner with the Women’s Resource Center

and other medical clubs to serve the PSU community. “I’d like to help the homeless community,” Lealiiee said. “Like making packets for women in domestic violence situations and just leaving [an abusive partner].”

Lealiiee said she hopes AMWA can reach a wide audience on campus, especially for membership. “This is something for women in other majors,” Lealiiee said. “Medicine is not just one specific major. Anyone who is interested in working in the medical field is welcome and can share their knowledge and tips.”

Lealiiee is currently interviewing six potential AMWA board members. She can be reached for membership inquiries or questions at Lealiiee@pdx.edu.

PORTLAND STATE PHYSICS SEMINAR SHINES LIGHT ON SOLAR POWER ADVANCES ANAMIKA VAUGHAN

Dr. Matt Graham from Micro-Femto Energetics Lab at Oregon State University spoke on Monday, May 15 in Science Building 1 as a part of the Department of Physics Seminar Series. The seminar, titled “Capturing Solar Cell Nano-Physics in the Twinkling of an Eye,” covered the work done by Graham and his team to develop more efficient solar power and faster optoelectronics.

The seminar was attended by about 100 people, most of whom were postgraduate students and members of the public.

Graham covered the techniques used in his lab to study the behavior of electrons

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in certain one-dimensional and two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, carbon nanotubes and transition metal dichalcogenides.

The event description states, “The MicroFemto Energetics Lab at [OSU] develops novel spectroscopy and transport methods that resolve photoexcited electron dynamics with both micron spatial resolution and femtosecond time-resolution.” The OSU funded project ultimately hopes to “resolve the journey of photocurrent generation” by creating “ultrafast movies at a single crystal grain level.” (continued on p.5)

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DR. MATT GRAHAM FROM MICRO-FEMTO ENERGETICS LAB AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY SPOKE ON MONDAY, MAY 15.

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FROM LIGHT ABSORBTION TO ELECTRON EXTRACTION Graphene is a thin, tightly-packed layer of pure carbon, which captures the interest of scientists due to its strong and flexible qualities. Carbon nanotubes are a tube-shaped material made from pure carbon that is just one billionth of a meter in diameter.

Transition metal dichalcogenides are atomically thin and captured the interest

of Graham’s team due to its semi-conductive nature.

“We moved on to transition metal dichalcogenides because we realized we will probably never get there with graphene,” Graham said.

The efficiency of the material can be altered through a process of stacking or twisting in order to alter the speed through which an electron can “relax.” Materials in which the electrons relax too quickly are

inefficient, and so Graham’s team’s objective was to come up with ways to extend this timescale.

Graham also covered the history of ultrafast physics, which dates back to the middle of the 19th century. Leland Stanford states that “all unsupported travel is impossible” and was proved incorrect by fellow physicist Eadweard Muybridge, who discovered that a horse during a gallop lifts all four hooves from the ground at once.

Graham’s team captures the light absorption of their materials under study using a similar method of short video clips. The technology to film the activity of electrons on an atomic level is not currently available, Graham mentioned.

The next seminar in this series will be Dr. Daniel Zuckerman from Oregon Health and Science University’s “Secret lives of proteins: Physics in biomolecular behavior” on Monday, June 5.

#ARTISTS4BLACKLIVES JAKE JOHNSON

REVOLUCIÓN COFFEE HOUSE HOSTED DON'T SHOOT PORTLAND’S MONTHLY “SECOND SATURDAY SOCIAL JUSTICE” MEETING ON MAY 13. JAKE JOHNSON/PSU VANGUARD Revolución Coffee House hosted Don’t Shoot Portland’s monthly “Second Saturday Social Justice” meeting led by Teressa Raiford on May 13. The small cafe on SW 6th created an intimate space for the group to discuss “#Artists4BlackLives” and its plans for the Upstanders Festival on May 27 at the Portland Art Museum.

“I’m so glad I could finally meet you [Raiford],” said one attendee, a recent transplant from Oakland, California who said they had been advocates and sympathizers for feminism and the Black Panthers and look forward to being more involved in their new home town.

Two other attendees said they have been involved in activism for the last 40 years in Portland and both of them had a lot of respect for Raiford’s direction. One of them said they were at the meeting because all their heroes are dead and they appreciate the work and voice of Raiford.

“All my heroes are 14,” Raiford replied.

DON’T SHOOT PORTLAND’S ARTISTIC VISION

“This is a call out to artists, photographers, writers and performers,” reads DSP’s event page. “[H]elp us create an epic event here in Portland documenting our work in the movement for Black Lives!”

Raiford is hoping these artisans and anyone who has been protesting with Black Lives Matter or doing social justice work with DSP will contribute art or photographs of their experiences. DSP will take those images and build an art exhibit partially geared toward displaying an enormous retrospective of events, people, and the struggle involved in social justice work.

Additionally, Raiford hopes to have an interactive exhibit of color-coded images showing where attendees fall on a sliding scale of their involvement in social justice work and in supporting BLM and DSP. Attendees will be invited to pin an image on a sliding scale that seems to range from something like ‘working for social justice and marching at the front lines whenever possible’ to not involved at all.

Social media activists are among those activists that have turned out in droves over the last two years as the Democrats and Republicans battled it out over the last election. Social media activism has been nicknamed “slacktivism” thanks to controversies and conversations hosted in a variety of places including the Washington Post.

Another exhibit is set to feature images and articles of people under arrest and in unpleasant situations primarily at the hands of police to highlight the more difficult parts of their movement. The exhibit will also feature a section dedicated to images and articles of protesters taking over the streets tentatively titled “Our Streets.”

UPSTANDERS FESTIVAL REJECTED “FUCK THE POLICE” ART

At a recent event, DSP had screen printed many posters with phrases including, “Stop Mass Incarceration,” “End Police Brutality,” “Black Lives Matter,” “Stop Killing Us,” and “Say Her Name.” Festival organizers said they didn’t want to see was screen-printed repetitions that read “Fuck The Police.”

“When I say ‘fuck the police,’ I’m saying fuck those systems that restrict people from having freedom in their humanity,” Raiford said.

Raiford is hoping to expand social justice, BLM, and DSP conversations through discussions and panels at the festival. One panel may also involve internal conflicts that social justice movements can face within themselves and with other movements.

One attendee recalled a time they were arrested and had their mug shot placed next to someone else’s who holds conflicting views with their own, and that they were upset by being placed next to a person with whom they disagreed because it could be misconstrued that the pictures represented two people on the same team.

BIG PICTURE GOALS FOR UPSTANDERS

“If we can use art to spark these dialogues, then we succeeded,” Raiford asserted.

Upstanders Festival is happening alongside Portland Art Museum’s “Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art” exhibit which aims to highlight work from artists of color, as their work is often underrepresented in museums and galleries.

“Next Saturday, we feed the houseless and do work in the garden at Hughes Memorial Church for our third Saturday community service and feed in,” said Star Stauffer.

Raiford noted that whether or not new people come and support, they’ll have to do the work with or without people.

“We need committed supporters, not seasonal,” Raiford said. “Don’t even tell me you’ll be there, just be there.”

DSP also planned to “carry the names” of Terrell Johnson and Quanice Hayes on Malcolm X’s birthday, May 19.

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INTERNATIONAL

KAIBIGAN TO REPORT ON MISSION TO PHILIPPINES MAY 25 IN SMSU: FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS OF STRUGGLES AFTER TYPHOON YOLANDA NADA SEWIDAN

PSU STUDENTS INTERACT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY DURING MISSION TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES. COURTESY OF JHUSTIN CUSTODIO Three representatives from the Filipino American Student Association, Portland State Kaibigan, will share their experiences from a recent mission trip to the Philippines from 5–8 p.m. on May 25 in Smith Memorial Student Union 333. The Kapit Bisig Kabataan Network (KBKN) report back event will include Filipino food, cultural performances and presentations on recent conflicts and struggles of marginalized Filipino communities.

The mission was a four week long trip part of KBKN, a youth-led foundation founded in response to typhoon Yolanda, the biggest typhoon in history to hit the Philippines.

The organization now hosts national mission trips to the Philippines for anyone who wants to become a part of aiding indigenous communities, farmers and fisherfolk.

Jhustin Custodio, president of Kaibigan, and PSU student Joseph Gonzalez are among two of the three PSU representatives who attended the mission trip.

“A group of youth from all around the nation was able to go to the Philippines and help bring these stories [back] here,” Custodio said. “This was a mission led by youth, and it’s really about the power that youth and students have and the positive change that we can make.”

Custodio and Gonzalez attended the mission trip to experience the hardships of marginalized Filipino communities in hopes of sharing their stories and raising awareness regarding current struggles in the Philippines.

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“Every single community we integrated with had different issues—we integrated with farmers, we integrated with indigenous people, and some integrated with fisherfolk,” Gonzalez said. “We need to learn about and address these root issues so the Philippines can really grow and develop.”

Some of the root issues Custodio and Gonzalez expressed concern for include urban and rural poverty, displacement of indigenous people from their land, extraction of resources by foreign countries and civil war.

Gonzales recalled how the Philippines are made of extravagant cityscapes placed amid urban shanties, while rural and indigenous communities struggle to stay afloat.

With displacement of those communities from their land, poverty in cities increased as indigenous folks were forced out of their home and into the cities.

In order to fully understand these issues, Custodio and Gonzalez kept to the same routine as the communities they integrated with.

“We did what they did—we woke up the same time they did and did the work they did,” Gonzalez said. “That looks like plowing; that looks like harvesting; that looks like weeding; that looks like trying to guide the water buffalo.”

In some communities, Custodio recalled having to hike 30 to 40 minutes for fresh water, the only source for drinking, showering and cooking.

Custodio and Gonzalez urge the Portland community to attend the event in order to become aware and informed regarding issues in the Philippines.

“Be aware of these stories, of these silenced and marginalized communities, these stories of struggle that the media does not emphasize,” Custodio said.

Putting a face to the communities not often discussed is an important part of humanizing a country and culture.

“We could read articles or go to an event and be told what communities in the Philippines could be experiencing, but it’s a completely different experience to go there and see it, and be told first hand ‘look, this is happening,’” Custodio said. “Whenever I think about supporting communities in the Philippines, I don’t think of a blur of people, I think of specific faces of people that I now know.”

Gonzalez said international solidarity and organizations such as KBKN are important in addressing issues in the Philippines such as reasons why indigenous people are being displaced in the community.

“Together we can accomplish a lot and have the power to make positive change when we stand united,” Custodio said.

Kaibigan’s student reps will present during the KBKN report back event, 5–8 p.m. on May 25 in SMSU 333. The event includes cultural performances and food.

INTERNATIONAL

DIE POPPE SAL DANS: TROUBLES MOUNT FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S PRESIDENT KRISTI TIHANYI

The economy and political future of South Africa remain uncertain as embattled South African president and African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma faces a looming no confidence vote in parliament that could lead to his early ouster.

The latest controversy came in the wake of a dramatic and generally unwanted cabinet shuffle by Zuma back in late March, during which he fired his popular former finance minister, Pravin Gordhan.

In a strange twist of circumstance, Zuma chose to replace Gordhan with the interior minister Malusi Gigaba, who holds zero practical financial or business experience. This move accompanies several other changes by Zuma to various ministries, but has been the most controversial by far.

Zuma announced his plan was meant to bring in new talent, including women, to help move the country forward, and his cabinet shuffle was intended to provoke great socioeconomic change for the country.

South Africa is now facing devaluation of its currency as a result of Zuma’s move, with more than one international credit rating agency having downgraded South Africa’s credit rating to junk status.

The ANC, an organization that formed in the early 20th century with the purpose to unite Africa under a singular body of rules and rights,

has withstood the impact of major issues in the past, including apartheid. But the party is now becoming increasingly divisive as some remain loyal to Zuma while others call for his dismissal.

Offering some perspective on possible motivations on Zuma’s decision, PSU sophomore Ethan Ashcraft, a political science major, said Gordhan’s public and party support could have potentially been an obstacle to passing certain reforms for Zuma. “If you put in someone that doesn’t have experience, you can use them as a puppet,” Ashcraft said. “If Zuma’s reforms pass and later backfire, he can blame the new financial minister [who] doesn’t have the popular support Gordhan does.”

Replacing him, however, could be a difficult task. Zuma has already survived four previous no confidence votes in parliament.

The political opposition to Zuma proposed the upcoming vote should be held in a secret ballot, while others argue that this gives scorned politicians the ability to turn against the president with no consequence.

Zuma has led the ANC since 2007, but will likely be voted out in December when the party convenes for its elective conference.

Zuma’s presidential term will end in 2019.

Zuma has already suggested he would be in support of his ex-wife, Nkosazana DlaminiZuma, following in his footsteps as the next leader of the ANC.

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SAN SEBASTIÁN, PUERTO RICO

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FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS

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ATHENS, GREECE

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IRAN

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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

EMBATTLED SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT, JACOB ZUMA. COURTESY OF USER GOVERNMENTZA THROUGH FLICKR

After 35 years in prison, Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera emerged from house arrest after having his sentence commuted by former U.S. President Barack Obama. Rivera, now 74, spent half his life as a political prisoner due to his involvement with Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN), a Puerto Rican paramilitary group responsible for over a hundred bombings in the ’70s and ’80s. Rivera was never directly tied to any specific bombings.

Chelsea Manning, the American soldier behind one of the largest leaks of classified government documents in history, walked free after seven years of imprisonment. Manning came out as a trans woman the day after receiving a 35-year sentence for disclosing over 700,000 documents, videos, and diplomatic cables exposing the U.S government’s involvement in war crimes, high-level corruption and systematic deception related to the Iraq War. Thousands of protesters amassed outside parliament for the second day in a row as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ ruling party approved additional pension cuts and tax hikes to placate creditors and encourage Eurozone finance ministers to relieve Greece from some of its crippling debt. Tsipras, the youngest prime minister in Greek history, rose to power in 2015 as the head of an anti-austerity coalition.

May 13–19 Chris May

Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s incumbent president, won re-election after a hard-fought campaign. Rouhani, who negotiated the 2015 agreement suspending Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the removal of sanctions, supplemented his promises of economic reform with calls for increased social and political freedom. Whether Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will exercise his veto powers on any such policies remains to be seen.

Having reached a dead end in their seven-year sex crime investigation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Swedish prosecutors withdrew their arrest warrant for Assange, offering no conclusions regarding his guilt or innocence. British authorities, who last year rejected a U.N. human rights panel’s conclusion that Assange’s rights were being violated by being arbitrarily detained, have stated that Assange will still be arrested should he leave the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been living under asylum for the last five years.

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OPINION NEWS

TRUMPCARE: ARE WE ANY BETTER OFF WITH THIS NEW PLAN? A LOOK AT HOW THE NEW AHCA COULD AFFECT YOU The Basket Sarah Alderson

The House of Representatives passed Trumpcare, or the American Health Care Act, on May 4. While the bill still has to make it through the Senate before going into effect, the prospect of AHCA passing is terrifying.

“Obamacare [the Affordable Care Act] was based on a one-size-fits-all approach that put bureaucrats in Washington in charge of your health care,” claims the GOP’s health care FAQs page “The law led to higher costs, fewer choices, and less access to the care people need.”

It is not a secret that many Republicans were against ACA when it was passed in 2010, but is Trumpcare any better?

Proponents of AHCA claim it is more organized than ACA and a better fit for the American people. I took a close look to see who this plan was better for: all Americans or only a few. I tried to glean answers from Oregon DHS and both our senators and representatives to no avail. Unaided by officials, I tried to track down information on the plan myself.

The last ten years: context for AHCA One of the biggest issues before ACA was pre-existing conditions. Insurance companies could refuse coverage based on any pre-existing condition, including but not limited to asthma, previous and chronic injuries requiring continued treatments and diabetes. To put this problem into perspective, 21.9 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and 24.6 million people have asthma.

Obama passed laws so people with pre-existing conditions could not be denied coverage, and he expanded the Medicaid program, allowing millions more Americans access to affordable health care. There were tax hikes for those earning over $200,000 per year and fines—2.5 percent of annual income or $695 per adult—for those who opted out of coverage. The major problem with ACA was the price tag—predicted to be $1.34 trillion dollars over the course of a decade. Many

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businesses also complained about the requirement to offer health insurance benefits to their employees, which cut into some of their profits. Let’s look at some of the major points defining AHCA. Pre-existing conditions will still have coverage, but costs may increase The AHCA bill states that an individual must have continuous coverage, especially with preexisting conditions. AHCA rates are based more on age and health than ACA. Premiums for young, healthy adults will be lower, but people with pre-existing conditions and older adults will have higher premiums.

Another frightening aspect is the state waiver system, allowing states to apply for waivers to exclude essential health benefit requirements. The safeguard is that states must “attest” that their requested waiver was intended to “reduce premium costs, increase the number of persons with health care coverage, or advance another benefit…to the public interest in the state, including the guarantee of coverage for persons with preexisting medical conditions.”

The amendment provides that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “shall approve applications within 90 days of determining the application complete.” This wording makes it sound easy for states to get the waiver for the practice of medical underwriting or determining costs based on pre-existing conditions. One of the biggest questions about preexisting conditions is whether rape and domestic abuse will be considered pre-existing.

According to the New York Times, this is not entirely correct. Insurance companies will not base prices on whether a person has been raped or abused, but they could base prices on the people receiving treatments, such as PTSD counseling, STD screenings and treatments, and HIV treatments. While a person will not have their coverage denied for having a pre-existing condition, it is likely their coverage cost will increase.

Planned Parenthood and all other similar clinics will be defunded The AHCA specifies that states may not give any federal funding to a “prohibited entity.” The new Trumpcare plan defines a “prohibited entity” as

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PROTESTER SUPPORTS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AT THE WOMEN’S MARCH IN PORTLAND ON JANUARY 21.

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OPINION

PRESIDENT TRUMP DISCUSSING HOW TO REPLACE THE ACA IN MARCH. COURTESY OF USER VICE PRESIDENT PENCE THROUGH WIKIMEDIA COMMONS any entity “that primarily engages in family planning services reproductive health, and related medical care,” and the bill goes into detail specifically about the clinics that provide abortions unless the pregnancy is the result of a rape or incest or will harm or kill the mother.

Planned Parenthood receives $500 million from the federal government. None of that funding goes toward abortions.

PP offers a variety of treatments and general health appointments, and it now offers transgen-

“STATES MAY NOT GIVE FEDERAL FUNDING TO...ANY ENTITY THAT PRIMARILY ENGAGES IN FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES” der services. This loss of funding is a major blow to Americans, of whom 2,840,000 are helped every year by PP. The majority of the funding for PP is through Medicaid, so many women who use Medicaid to go to PP for basic health services will no longer have that outlet.

Medicaid will change in 2020 In 2020 all Medicaid expansion under ACA will dissapear. This bill also caps the amount a state can spend on Medicaid. With less funding for state-run Medicaid, the number of

people able to receive Medicaid will reduce drastically. According to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 58 percent of people on Medicaid are women and 30 percent are ages 18–44.

KFF also reports that 91 percent of the population has coverage under ACA. What will happen when Trumpcare goes into effect? CNBC projects that 24 million Americans will lose coverage, which equals about 70 percent of those who gained coverage under ACA. Continuous Coverage A big difference between ACA and AHCA is the continuous coverage policy. In the ACA, lack of medical coverage would result in a penalty of 2.5 percent of a person’s annual income or $695 per adult, as a one-time, annual penalty. This penalty would be revoked if the person obtained coverage.

Under the AHCA, an insurance lapse of more than 63 days will result in a 30 percent increase in premium costs. The terms on penalty duration are vague and unspecified, which leads to the assumption that premium cost could remain the penalized price indefinitely.

To better explain, if a person pays $200 per month for regular coverage but becomes uninsured for two months, that person will end up paying a penalty of $60 more each month or $720 more each year until they die or better health care legislation comes along. Ultimately, AHCA has a more expensive, less forgiving, and longer lasting

penalty policy than ACA. It’s just presented in a less straightforward—read the fine print—way.

Individuals will be covered under their parents’ plans until they are 26 On AHCA—just like the ACA—individuals could remain on their parents’ coverage until they are 26 years old.

However, the average age of a PSU student is 26. So this part of the bill would not apply to much of the student body. While it could keep the need for school-based health care services low for younger, dependent students, how does this affect out-of-state students?

Trump claims that his insurance will be able to be bought and sold across state lines. The problem with this is that according to Forbes magazine, “Insurers can sell across state lines in some states, and it hasn’t reined in costs or worked, largely because insurance companies haven’t wanted to spend the money contracting with more doctors and hospitals.”

Health care and Portland State I contacted the Center for Student Health and Counseling to learn how this possible change in health care legislation would affect students and the PSU insurance policy.

The good news for PSU is that the health program offered at school is not provided through ACA and will not be provided through AHCA. This means students at PSU will not experience

any changes to their health care if they receive it through the school. International students will also still have insurance through the PSU plan.

PSU’s mandatory insurance policy isn’t changing, and the number of students facing the possibility of losing their insurance depends on age, income and pre-existing conditions. Students insured outside of PSU may want to look into making the switch to the PSU insurance to avoid losing or being denied coverage.

“STUDENTS AT PSU WILL NOT EXPERIENCE ANY CHANGES TO THEIR HEALTH CARE IF THEY RECEIVE IT THROUGH THE SCHOOL” AHCA is going to make it more difficult in many ways for people to obtain and pay for coverage. Under AHCA, some Americans will benefit: the young, the wealthy and the healthy. However, women, anyone with pre-existing conditions, low-income individuals, and the elderly will not benefit. Overall, the numbers are not looking good for the average working American.

But there is some good news: The bill has not made it to the Senate yet. What can we do? Start contacting your Senators. Let them know we don’t want a health care system that penalizes the majority of the American people.

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ARTS & CULTURE OPINION

‘THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD’: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR REVIEW BY ZACHARY VANDEHEY

NINTENDO/2017 Nintendo’s newest console, the Switch, is flying off the shelves at a pace no one, not even the Nintendo executives, was expecting, and it’s for one reason: the latest addition to the adventures of our favorite sword-slinging, world-saving, fairybottling mute, Link, in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

This is what we’ve been preparing for. The entire Legend of Zelda saga has been training us for this adventure. You’ll have to put the button-mashing, master sword swinging aside, because this quest is Link’s toughest yet. With an open world larger than any previous Zelda game—it’s approximately the size of Kyoto, Japan—the trials are arduous, the monsters are relentless, and the weather can literally kill you. It’s time to brush up on your Link survival tactics, because the learning curve (and the surprisingly formidable basic monsters) will leave you continuing at your last save more often than you’ve died in every other Zelda game combined. I guarantee it.

Though the battles may be harder and more intuitive, which is actually a nice change from the tedious swinging and waiting for the enemy to fall, the real adventure is the exploration of the vast world of Hyrule. The game starts you off trapped on a giant plateau, with an array of landscapes you can explore: simple yet relaxing fields of flowers and brush, forests densely populated with critters, and Mount Hyrule itself, a looming mountain covered in snow and surrounded by an icy river. The plateau acts as a tutorial over-world to prepare you for what’s out there.

As you start to explore, you soon realize how expansive the world truly is. The tutorial plateau, while only a small fraction of the entire map, is almost twice the size of the entire playable area in 1998’s Ocarina of Time. It’s easy to get lost once you’re off the plateau and thrust into the world below, but it’s the good kind of lost, the kind where you find a quaint fishing hole to spend time recuperating, follow a traveler up

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a mountainside, or forego the beaten path and scale the mountain all the way to the peak.

Speaking of scaling mountains, there is almost literally nothing you can’t climb in this game, meaning any mountain you see on the horizon can be ventured and tamed. In fact, I highly recommend you stand upon as many summits as you can, for each yields a broad perspective of the grandiose landscapes and wilderness across the realm, even those on the complete opposite side of the map.

Standing atop a mountain in this game brings out the aesthetic beauty in everything about it. Each region is geographically unique, boasting lush environments brimming with nature so serene they make you forget the world is being terrorized by an ancient Calamity hell bent on soaking the land in evil and misery. Lucky for us, that hasn’t happened yet!

I’ve hardly even touched the main campaign since starting the game, and the condition of the world doesn’t seem to be deteriorating too quickly, so it’s safe to assume this evil entity is considerate enough to allow a little indulging in exploration, which is nice, since the incredibly elaborate map is begging to be turned inside-out. Exploring this world doesn’t just mean turning every stone or climbing every tree (though those are prudent deeds one should get around to) but discovering the intricacies of the game: experimenting with all the cooking ingredients and the dozens of unique recipes you can concoct; helping all the inhabitants with tasks that reward you; learning the lore and history of Hyrule; and finding the best weapons, armor and myriad hidden tools that bestow special attributes. The sheer amount of interests Link can pursue at any given time is baffling. You could adopt a whole new hobby just within the realm of this one game.

The Legend of Zelda series has always boasted distinguished musical scores, and Breath of the Wild is no slouch. While it may not steer the narrative with melodic symphonies as in other Zelda titles, the music floats by intermittently while you voyage across the world, subtly filling the moment with a quiet sense of euphoria. At first, I was disappointed, as I have been an admirer of the majestically thematic soundtrack ever since playing my first adventure as Link.

As I carried on, though, the surreptitious tunes grew on me, and continued to grow on me, until I noticed every place I traveled was accompanied by a faint motif endowing it with feeling. The subtle and sporadic nature of the music ensures it never grows old, unlike previous adventures where a melody would repetitiously carry on until you left the room (not that I disliked that). With a new, open world, Nintendo approached the music in a different way and nailed it. As visually stimulating as the game is, the sounds and songs bolster it even more in a blissful, satisfactory way.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is tough. By that I mean it’s tough to pull away from once you realize the possibilities.

The easiest part of this game, besides dying unexpectedly early, is falling into a mesmerized state of wanderlust where neither you nor your controller can break free from the impulse to carry on through this fantastical, vivid, immersive world. While there is a slight sense of redundancy after traversing through several forests and fields of similar composition, the grand scheme and allure of the entire map never ceases to inspire awe.

Nintendo has fully captured the essence of Shigeru Miyamoto’s original intention to create a “miniature garden that [players] can put inside their drawer.” Prepare to get lost in a beautifully crafted, intricately planned adventure where the only ceiling is your own creativity and inventiveness.

Just remember not to attack the chickens.

ARTS & CULTURE OPINION

SHEL SILVERSTEIN AND OTHER FUNHOUSE LOUNGING

TIM STEELE

Sean Lamb, actor and artist-in-residence at Southeast Portland’s Funhouse Lounge, advises guests to leave their brains at the door.

Funhouse puts on a variety of both scripted and unscripted shows, which may fall under the umbrella of improv, drag, open mics, plays, or pretty much anything else. After talking with the Funhouse crew I got to sample their style with An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein.

EVERYONE’S A KID HERE

Lamb has been with Funhouse for three years, and the comfortable affection he feels for the place is evident. Watching him and his cohorts interact before the show, it was clear the Funhouse crew is the family he described them as.

While Lamb thinks of their humor as having an emphasis on the irreverent, house manager Lucy Hobbs described it as nostalgic. Lamb nodded, adding, “Everyone’s a kid here.”

Owner Andy Barrett told me that his vision of Funhouse is a place where artists can come in and have their ideas listened

to, no matter how off-the-wall. This seems appropriate for the venue, which features an entire room full of clown paintings. The original is a painting of a clown named Matthew, which Andy found at Goodwill.

Once Matthew joined the club, Andy started picking up more clown paintings here and there, painting many of the ones now featured at Funhouse himself and seamlessly adding clowns to unrelated paintings.

Hobbs said she was particularly fond of the opening play, “One Tennis Shoe”, in which the character Sylvia is accused by her husband Harvey of being a “bag lady.” Sylvia is defensive, but Harvey presents the evidence: the unnecessary items in her bag. Things become more and more ridiculous as we see all the extraneous stuff Sylvia has started carrying around (including but not limited to a bowl’s worth of oatmeal).

SHEL’S DARK THEATER

Lamb sees the atmosphere of the unique bar/ performance venue as a respite from the unfortunate current state of the world. “There’s no message,” he said. “Basically we want your stomach to hurt from laughter.”

I was already sold on the Funhouse aesthetic going in, but after getting to talk with the wonderful people behind it and witness the energy they put into their productions, I’m even more of a fan.

You can keep an eye on Funhouse’s event calendar, featuring weekly and upcoming shows, at funhouselounge.com/facilities

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein consisted of ten mini-plays written by Silverstein, many of them taking markedly dark turns.

Lamb told me his favorite of the bunch was “The Lifeboat is Sinking,” in which a married couple speculates how they would survive being lost at sea with their child and the husband’s mother. The wife insists that the husband would have to choose which of them to throw overboard, lest the boat sink. The intensity of their game rises exponentially, leading to an existential crisis.

HURTING FROM LAUGHTER

AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN FEATURED AN ENTIRE ROOM FULL OF CLOWN PAINTINGS. TIM STEELE/PSU VANGUARD

BRIDGETOWN POST-FEST REFLECTION: NOT TOO SERIOUS REVIEW BY EVAN TAIT

For the longest time, I have been such a fan of stand-up comedy. Something about telling a joke with such confidence is liberating. I had the great good fortune to attend the Bridgetown Comedy Festival two weeks ago, and let me tell you: it was worth it.

I started my comedy festivities Thursday night with the opening show at the Bossanova Ballroom. The biggest guest that night was actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo. I grew up watching and listening to Garofalo, and I loved every second of her set.

The thing that makes stand-up comedy work (aside from the jokes) is the club atmosphere.

The line outside Bossanova was shockingly small for a show with a performer like Garofalo, but it filled up quickly. As I headed into the Ballroom, the music was blaring and excitement was in the air. Drinks were cheap and added to the raucousness of the evening ahead.

The energy in the room was one of anticipation and Maker’s Mark, and it was incredible.

I’d never heard of the other comedians on the bill, and most of them rose to the challenge of

sharing a stage with Garofalo. There were a few lackluster comedians in the opening set, but we all loved it anyway.

One of my favorites was Sonia Denis, who has been featured on Comedy Central. Her jokes landed well, but the thing that made me like her the most was her personality. She was so confident in her ability and so comfortable in her body. She is a true performer. Look her up!

Garofalo came out with her set written on a napkin, which I felt was brilliant. She talked about everything from Portland culture to Star Wars and the current political climate.

What a cool way to open.

The next event I hit was a more structured show called “Reunited.” The premise was that a bunch of comedians were acting as if they were the cast of a made-up sitcom and discussing behind-the-scenes hijinx. The big headliner here was Patton Oswalt, whom I respect the hell out of. But, I gotta say, I was really not a fan of this show. The comedians themselves were great, but the material they were working with wasn’t the best. I was utterly underwhelmed, and at

points the whole crowd was right there with me. But Oswalt has such a cool energy to him that I mostly forgave the faults of this particular show.

Later that week I went to “Late Late Breakfast” at Analog Cafe in Southeast Portland, which felt like a New York comedy club. It was dark, the music was loud, and the drinks were—you guessed it—cheap.

This show was all about comedians doing their usual jokes, but with a twist. Each performer would stab a balloon with a challenge inside of it, and as they were performing their material they had to do that challenge.

From making chili dogs for the crowd to finding small toy horses, this felt like the comedy show I wanted to see so badly. The comedians were hilarious, the crowd was electric and nobody took themselves too seriously.

I think that’s the thing that made my experience at Bridgetown worth it: the lack of seriousness. Everyone knew that they were there to laugh their troubles away and see comedians do what they do best. It’s the same

JANEANE GAROFALO PERFORMED AT THE BRIDGETOWN COMEDY FESTIVAL. COURTESY OF SHEILA BREEN KENNY reason people go to sporting events or the theater: we want to see talented people do what they’re good at. If you have a chance to go to any of the comedy shows next festival, freakin’ do it. Hell, why not hit up some local shows right now at Curious Comedy Theater, Helium, or Harvey’s? It’s cool seeing comedians that you’ve never heard of in cool venues with awesome drink deals. Revel in the lack of seriousness. Let your guard down and have yourself a damn good time. You’ll be glad you did.

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OPINION

WAS THE DENIED TUITION INCREASE A VICTORY? NICK TOOL

The Complete Tool

by Nick Tool

At a recent meeting, the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission denied the proposed 9 percent tuition increase approved

by Portland State’s Board of Trustees in April.

This is the first time the HECC has denied a tuition increase for PSU. The denial could be due to Governor Kate Brown’s vehement urging to scrutinize tuition increases above 5 percent. The HECC turned down University of Oregon’s proposed increase, although three other universities in Oregon received approval.

Before the HECC met to vote on proposed tuition increases, the commission considered how each school had met five criteria given by Governor Brown. In Section A of a May 10 document written by the Funding and Achievement Subcommittee, HECC staff recommended that PSU’s tuition increase be approved on the grounds of satisfying Governor Brown’s criteria.

It was noted in this same section that the HECC was concerned student input did not have enough impact on the tuition recommendation.

Good news here for PSU students who made an effort to voice their opinions. The HECC seems to have noticed. Members of the board also expressed concerns that the students of these universities were not being heard.

The denial may initially feel like a victory for the student body, but it’s not all roses and sunshine for PSU. Without the increase, PSU is facing deeper cuts to bridge a gap in the budget. In an April 26 letter to the HECC, PSU Vice President of Finance

and Administration, Dr. Kevin Reynolds mentioned a planned $9 million budget cut meant to help PSU cover the impending $20 million gap.

PSU will have to make more cuts that could have a negative impact on the quality of our education.

PSU will have to make more cuts that could have a negative impact on the quality of our education.

The plan to cut costs at PSU with the tuition increase includes the reduction of faculty through attrition.

In a statement from Ken Ma, PSU’s director of media and public relations, the additional $5 million in cuts the school needs will likely affect programs and need-based scholarships. In a response to the HECC, PSU identified itself as having more underserved students than other Oregon universities. With programs and needbased scholarships on the chopping block, it is these underserved students who may be hit the hardest.

In the face of similar budget deficits and a 10 percent tuition increase, UO is planning to continue pushing for its increase through the state legislature. Without an increase, UO will be making unfavorable cuts that have both the administration and the student body concerned.

PSU may take a similar path before resigning to cutting another $5 million from the budget.

The school will most likely ask the board to reconsider or appeal directly to the state.

Students can use the momentum from this landmark decision to put the pressure on the

AARON UGHOC state now. The HECC’s denial can be interpreted as a message to state reps that it’s time to start spending more money on higher education. Student groups advocating for lower

out-of-pocket costs need to carry the fight beyond the HECC now. Without money coming in to PSU from somewhere, deeper cuts could be more painful than a tuition increase.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN RESPONSE TO ‘ADJUNCTS FEAR FOR THEIR JOBS AS BUDGET WOES INCREASE’ To the Editor: I’d like to clarify a comment attributed to me in the recent article about adjunct professors losing their jobs. My comments about cuts in jobs were never intended to suggest arbitrary cuts to any level of the university as a solution to the budget crisis. My point to Ms. Williams was that adjunct faculty contribute substantially to the university’s bottom line, in part because they are (unfortunately) paid the least and often impact the greatest number of students, compared with other faculty in their units as well as some members of university administration.

Rather than dismissed, these part-time professors should be paid equitably and employed as part of the university’s future. Adjunct faculty dedicate their versatility, real world experience and innovative approaches to their classes. They

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enrich our urban university, but are often bypassed when fulltime faculty positions come available. To sacrifice these members of the academic community during PSU’s budget crisis is to miss the opportunity to creatively reassess the future of the university’s faculty and build on the talented people already at PSU who are crucial to its team of academic professionals.

Sincerely, Sue Brower, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Film Studies School of Theater + Film Portland State University

ON MAY 15, THE VANGUARD PUBLISHED, “ADJUNCT FACULTY FEAR FOR THEIR JOBS AS BUDGET WOES INCREASE.” PSU ADJUNCT PROFESSOR SUE BROWER RESPONDS IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. BRIANA YBANEZ/PSU VANGUARD

OPINION

#SELFCARE Words of a Wonderer

by Jennee Martinez

Although we find the term “self-care” as a hashtag slapped on the end of every mainstream Instagram pic that shows ice cream, bubble baths, extra large coffees or puppies, self-care shouldn’t be taken lightly or brushed aside. Despite our annoying mainstream, “Hey, look at this thing I just did” culture hijacking and glamorizing this topic—self-care should be self-focused, not follower-focused. We should take the practice of honest self-care more seriously and the flippant hashtag with a grain of salt.

Of course, taking a bath or gorging yourself with ice cream while bingeing your favorite Netflix series could probably make you feel ten times better in the moment. But self-care doesn’t excuse you to simply do, say, eat or act however you want, whenever you want. Self-care should benefit you most and harm no one.

No matter how popular culture appropriates this practice, self-care is a unique answer to deal with the diverse emotions experienced in every aspect of our lives. It’s a tool for us to recharge while reflecting on our current experiences and purposely putting attention and effort into ourselves and only ourselves. Sounds pretty selfish, right? Exactly.

SHANNON KIDD Naturally, different people interpret self-care differently.

There is no right or wrong way to care for yourself. This practice centers around what personally makes you feel happy, calm, and above everything else, as though you’re taking care of yourself more than you’re taking care of anything or anyone else.

In our world today, we somehow find ourselves putting our wants, needs, desires and happiness last. Even if we do manage to focus on ourselves while answering to the demands of everyday life, oftentimes the hardships and stresses of life affect us more than we may realize or admit. But, self-care allows us some time to reflect, process and heal from all of the emotions and thoughts swirling around us, affecting us consciously and subconsciously.

Self-care doesn’t have to be a long, drawn-out extensive ritual.

It can take two minutes or two hours. Listen to your thoughts and body. Do what you need. Maybe your self-care routine looks the same every week, or maybe it changes based on how you’re feeling. Despite what your form of self-care looks like—even if it won’t fit in with the picture-perfect insta posts found under the hashtag—your main focus should simply be to take care of you.

So you do you, boo. Nothing is more important than yourself when it comes to self-care. It still counts even if you don’t post it on Instagram.

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May 23–29

EVENT LISTINGS

ON CAMPUS FEATURED EVENT

HIP-HOP PARKWAY NORTH THE BREAK $5 (FREE W/PSU ID), FRIDAY, MAY 26, 4 P.M. ALL AGES PSHA hosts this celebration of b-boy/b-girl culture, with a dance-off featuring a $150 cash prize. Judged by Dialtone, Deff Ro and Skoolie B, music by DJ Magicsean, emceed

by Merk.

TUESDAY, MAY 23 FILM LINCOLN THE PICTURE OF PERFORMANCE HALL DORIAN GRAY (1915) #115 NOON FREE, ALL AGES Film historian and archivist Ned Thanhouser screens the silent film version of Oscar Wilde’s infamous tale, filmed 25 years after the story’s initial release. Commentary by literary scholars Judith Buchanan and James Williams (University of York), with audience Q&A led by PSU professors Eliza Greenstadt and Amy Borden.

ARTS & CRAFTS SMSU 026 CRAFTS WITH QUEERS FREE, ALL AGES 5 P.M. Come make art with LGTBQ and ally PSU students as part of Portland Pride Month.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 MUSIC 5TH AVENUE CINEMA BRAVO #90 NOON FREE, ALL AGES Youth winds concert from a symphony of kids from North Portland. BRAVO executive director will attend to speak about how BRAVO helps the community. Part of the Music as Social Justice series.

MUSIC NOON TRIO MUSICORUM THE OLD CHURCH MEDICORUM FREE, ALL AGES A violinist, a cellist, and a pianist walk into a church and play classical music for free while you digest your Park Ave. breakfast panini.

PARTY 3 P.M. 10TH ANNUAL SUSTAIN- SMSU BALLROOM ABILITY CELEBRATION FREE, ALL AGES Students and faculty interested in sustainability gather to network, showcase projects from sustainable organizations, and issue awards for achievements in the field.

LECTURE ANOTHER SORT IZUMI KYŌKA’S CASTLE 6 P.M. TOWER: LOVE, WAR, NASCC AND SPIRITS OF FREE, ALL AGES Dr. Cody Poulton (University of Victory) presents on the 1917/1951 kabuki play ahead of its staging at PSU, May 30–31.

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LECTURE 7 P.M. THE TEN COMMANDSMSU 333 MENTS IN THE FREE, ALL AGES LIMELIGHT Dr. Jenna Weissman Joselit presents how the Judeo-Christian principles affect the American body politic as part of the 10th Annual Sara Glasgow Cogan Memorial Lecture.

JAZZ THE OLD CHURCH BILLY CHILDS QUARTET $22–30, ALL AGES 7:30 P.M. PDX Jazz presents the multi-Grammywinning pianist from L.A. for an evening with a musician who has collaborated with the likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Sting and more. The quartet tours in support of Childs’ newest album, Rebirth.

THURSDAY, MAY 25 RECITAL LINCOLN RECITAL HALL COMPOSITION AREA #75 RECITAL FREE, ALL AGES NOON Spring recital for the PSU Composition Area, which will also be streamed live on Facebook.

OPEN MIC WOMEN’S RESOURCE LOUD & PROUD CENTER 6 P.M. FREE, ALL AGES Showcase queer experience and talents during PSU Pride Month.

FILM 7 P.M. ELECTRONIC ELSEWHITSELL AUDITORIUM WHERE: VIDEOS BY $6–9, ALL AGES CARL DIEHL The experimental filmmaker exhibits three of his films: Derelict Dirigibles (2011), Threatening Weather (2015) and Little Rose City (2017).

READING 7 P.M. FRIENDS OF MYSTERY THE OLD CHURCH YOUNG ADULT FREE, ALL AGES MYSTERY PANEL Authors Sheryl Scarborough, Kelly Garrett and Bill Cameron discuss their work, the challenges of writing in YA Fiction, and more. Moderated by Baron Birtcher.

PARTY PARKWAY NORTH SPRING CARNIVAL FREE, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Fun booths, food and games, including Giant Jenga, mini golf, Giant Connect 4, and more attractions (probably also giant).

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FRIDAY, MAY 26

FILM 7 P.M. PRINCESS 5TH AVENUE CINEMA MONONOKE (1997) FREE, ALL AGES Night one of three for the PSU Anime Club’s Miyazaki Nights, celebrating the filmography of legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

LECTURE SMSU 333 SARAH HAIDER FREE, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Freethinkers of PSU hosts a presentation from the Ex-Muslims of North America.

BALLET FORMING MAY 27) BALANCHINE’S WHO LINCOLN CARES? PERFORMANCE HALL 7:30 P.M. (ALSO PER$5–35, ALL AGES The Portland Ballet commemorates the 100th anniversary of the legendary troupe Ballets Russes’ Portland performance.

Featuring a new work by choreographer Lane Hunter.

FILM 7:30 P.M. SINGAPORE MINSTREL 5TH AVENUE CINEMA (2015) $5–7, ALL AGES Documentary about Singapore busking artist Roy Payamal and how his art interacts with his bureaucratic culture. Payamal might be in attendance, and director/ producer/PSU student “Salty” Xi Jie Ng definitely will be.

SATURDAY, MAY 27 FILM SUNDAY) TONGUES UNTIED! & WHITSELL AUDITORIUM CAKES DA KILLA: NO $6–9, FREE FOR ART HOMO MUSEUM AND NWFC 4:30 P.M. (ALSO MEMBERS Marlon Riggs created his hybrid documentary Tongues Untied! to “challenge society’s most deeply entrenched myths about what it means to be black, gay, a man, and above all, human.” Screens with Ja’Tovia Gary’s micro-doc about rapper Cakes Da Killa.

If you hate nice weather and want more movies, get another ticket and stay for João Pedro Rodrigues’ award-winning epic The Ornithologist, showing at 7 p.m. both days.

SUNDAY, MAY 28

RECITAL LINCOLN RECITAL PSU PERCUSSION HALL #75 ENSEMBLE FREE, ALL AGES 3 P.M. Faculty member Tomas Cotik joins PSU Percussion Ensemble for their Memorial Day Weekend concert, which includes a performance of Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Violin and Percussion Ensemble.

FILM ING 5/27) THE ORNITHOLOWHITSELL GIST (2016) AUDITORIUM 7 P.M. (ALSO SCREEN- $6–9, ALL AGES This surreal-ish Portuguese film follows an ornithologist’s journey along a remote Portuguese river as he encounters Chinese Christians, near-death and rare birds.

FILM 7 P.M. THE WIND RISES 5TH AVENUE CINEMA (2013) FREE, ALL AGES Night three of three for the PSU Anime Club’s Miyazaki Nights, celebrating the filmography of legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

MONDAY, MAY 29 HOLIDAY EVERYWHERE MEMORIAL DAY FREE, ALL AGES ALL DAY Don’t be that Facebook friend who writes a penis-length paragraph about how awful Memorial Day is. Or do be that friend, whatever, this “is” a free country.

Campus is closed today, so either way, don’t write it here.

LECTURE NOON LATIN AMERICA’S SLAVE NEUBERGER 385 TRADE FREE, ALL AGES Creolist scholar Armin Schwegler (University of California, Irving) presents on Palenque.

FILM 5TH AVENUE CINEMA SPIRITED AWAY (2001) FREE, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Night two of three for the PSU Anime Club’s Miyazaki Nights, celebrating the filmography of legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

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OFF CAMPUS FEATURED EVENT

FOLK ROCK 9 P.M. COREY HARPER MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, $10–12, 21+ The Portland native and Justin Bieber/ Harry Styles doppelgänger comes home to play his debut EP, On the Run. Read our review at psuvanguard.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 23 ART SHOW ROSELAND THEATER RAW: VERSE $22–30, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Art show and market featuring 50+ Portland artists specializing in everything from paintings and photography to makeup and music.

Hosted by Aaron Ross.

COMEDY CURIOUS COMEDY TEST PILOT $5, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Portland standup comedians pitch TV pilots, and the audience decides whose TV show gets greenlit and whose ends up in production hell. Laughter guaranteed.

PUN ROCK 9 P.M. MOMMY LONGLEGS, THE LIQUOR STORE THE BEDROOMS, MR. $7, 21+ WRONG These Seattle joke rockers are anything but a joke, using clever wordplay extensively throughout their songs.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 ART TALK MELANIE FLOOD CARLIN BROWN PROJECTS 4 P.M. FREE, ALL AGES The PSU MFA candidate gives a gallery talk on her thesis exhibition, What else is a window.

INDIE ROCK 8:30 P.M. FOXYGEN, REPTALIENS, WONDER BALLROOM KINGDOM OF NOT $20–22, ALL AGES Indie duo Foxygen tours in support of their new album, Hang. Hear them before they play Sasquatch.

NIGHTLIFE 9 P.M. SPANKBANK PRESENTS: THE KNOW DAD?!

FREE, 21+ House of Smashley presents this queer dad-themed dance party, with music from DJs Vera Rubin, Pocket Rock-It and Sappho.

HIP-HOP ROSELAND THEATER T.I. $40–300, ALL AGES 9 P.M. The Atlanta rapper brings Cool Nutz, YungMil, Jake Sierra Music + DJ DropKid and LeekDaBarber with him on The Hustle Gang Tour.

THURSDAY, MAY 25

DRAG 6 P.M. LADY BUNNY IN: ALADDIN THEATER TRANSJESTER $15–40, ALL AGES The Wigstock founder tours a new show of storytelling and pop culture parody.

FUNK 7 P.M. DIVINITY ROXX, VEGA FIRKIN TAVERN BLACK FREE, 21+ It truly might be an error that a musician who has supported the likes of Beyoncé, Patti LaBelle, Erika Badu and Victor Wooten would be playing a free show.

Bring money even if it is free; artists of this caliber must be supported.

CABARET 8 P.M. SIGN OF THE BEAST TONIC LOUNGE BURLESQUE $10, 21+ This is a mini-version of the contender for Willamette Week’s Best Specialty Event in Portland 2017, aiming to raise funds for this summer’s full festival. Burlesque dancers perform to heavy metal, both national and local.

R&B 8:30 P.M. BLOSSOM, PHONE HOLOCENE CALL, DNVN $8, 21+ Some of Portland’s best electro-funk inspired music.

FRIDAY, MAY 26 CABARET 6 P.M. GEEKLESQUE FROM A PARIS THEATER GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY $18–150, 21+ A dozen burlesque performers pay homage to the Star Wars film empire the day after Star Wars: A New Hope’s 40th birthday.

FUNDRAISER 6:30 P.M. 5TH ANNUAL WOMEN’S HIGH WATER MARK ARM WRESTLING LOUNGE TOURNAMENT $5, 21+ This tournament of femme upper body strength benefits the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls.

FILM ALBERTA ROSE HAROLD & THEATRE MAUDE (1971) $15–18, ALL AGES 7 & 10 P.M. The Harold & Maude Squad plays the live orchestral score for two screenings of the misfit film classic that (spoiler) will absolutely make you cry. Donations are being accepted for the Oregon Food Bank.

HOUSE MUSIC ROSELAND THEATER BORGEOUS $22–33, 18+ 8 P.M. The L.A. based DJ comes to Portland on his House of Borgeous tour.

DANCE PARTY 9 P.M. SNAP! ’90S DANCE HOLOCENE PARTY $7, 21+ DJs Doc Adams, Colin Jones and Freaky Outty play hip-hop, house and R&B curated from throughout the last decade of the 20th century. Did you know: 2017 marks the last year to feature 18-year-olds born in the 20th century? Time sure flies!

NIGHTLIFE LOVECRAFT BAR CLUB KAI-KAI $5–10, 21+ 9 P.M. Pre-Pride edition of the monthly queer dance party/drag ball. Performances by Cookie Couture (Seattle), Babie More, Becky Gold, Sean Chamberlain and Phallus Johnson.

SATURDAY, MAY 27 NIGHTLIFE 8 P.M. 8TH ANNUAL STAR THEATER PORTLAND PROM $20–25, 21+ Whether you never had a prom or just can’t get over the magic of being allowed to drink in a $15 tiara, this is your night.

Sponsored by Jim Beam.

KARAOKE NW CANNABIS CLUB STONER KARAOKE FREE, 21+ 9 P.M. Singing in public in front of strangers while stoned? What could possibly go wrong?

DANCE PARTY BOSSANOVA BLOW PONY BALLROOM 9 P.M. $15, 21+ Portland’s longest-running monthly queer dance party returns with special guest Thorgy Thor (RuPaul‘s Drag Race).

DANCE PARTY KILLINGSWORTH NUGGETS NIGHT A DYNASTY GO-GO FREE, 21+ 10 P.M. This dance party plays the lost tunes of the ’60s: psychedelic rock, R&B, garage rock and more spun by DJ Drew Groove.

SUNDAY, MAY 28

NOT CHURCH 1 P.M. DEEPENING OUR MAGIC LOCATION TBD WITH THE PENTACLE OF $25–60, ALL AGES SELF-WORTH Blue Iris Mystery School graduate Dusty Dmitri Bloomingheart hosts a beginnersintermediate class on Colette Gardiner’s Pentacle of Self-Worth, focusing on empowerment and magical skillbuilding. Email princebloomingheart@ gmail.com by May 25 for location, etc.

COUNTRY 8 P.M. PORTLAND COUNTRY MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS UNDERGROUND, THE $12–15, 21+ QUICK & EASY BOYS Celebrate Bob Dylan’s 76th birthday with these local country artists.

ROCK HOLOCENE SPARKLE BITCH BALL $10–12, 21+ 9 P.M. Rare Monk, Foxy Lemon and Skull Diver play the release party for Skull Diver’s new album Chemical Tomb and the music video for lead single “8 Pack 8 Legs.” Glitter, glitz and glam attire recommended/required.

MONDAY, MAY 29 FILM CLINTON STREET TOP GUN (1986) THEATER 7 P.M. $5, ALL AGES While that “edgy” Quentin Tarantino monologue on this film is actually old enough to be in grad school and write film analyses nobody will read, your box office receipts for this show benefit the Portland-area nonprofit Feed the Hungry, Inc. MUSIC DIG A PONY OS BATTLES FREE, 21+ 9 P.M. This DJ plays synth pop, new wave, and Italo disco, perfect for this chillass lounge.

GOTH LOVECRAFT BAR BLACK MASS FREE, 21+ 9 P.M. Hear goth, industrial and new wave music at this weekly dance party.

ROBBY DAY

PSU Vanguard • MAY 23, 2017 • psuvanguard.com

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