PORTLAND STATE VANGUARD
VOLUME 72 • ISSUE 31 • MAY 29, 2018
TOO SICK FOR SCHOOL PSU student forcibly sedated and hospitalized claims retaliation, intimidation by university NEWS:
PSU student injured under mysterious circumstances P. 4
INTERNATIONAL: Over 100 IELP students win award P. 12
ARTS:
Stormy Daniels strips for freedom P. 14
TRAGEDY WILL NOT STOP THE VIKING HORDE SUBMITTED BY B. CASTRA NEMICI, PORTLAND STATE STUDENT Dear fellow Vikings, I am heartbroken for the victims of the horrific attack on May 25, a sentiment I am sure is shared by every member of our community. Though we are shocked and grieving, we are still strong. The hurt we feel is not weakness; it is fuel for the spirit of this university. In an affirmation of that strength, I would like to propose a community action—a proposal offered in the spirit of support for the young women who were harmed and as a renewal of our commitment to our campus community. I propose when the driver is arraigned for his crimes and when he is sentenced, that we pack the courtroom full of a Viking horde, hats and all! I want that individual and his
victims to see that we aren’t shaken by his cowardice nor his violence. Far more importantly, I want the survivors to see we will support them during the long road to recovery. This was an attack on our people, and we all know that no true Viking backs down from such an assault. In the past, Vikings rowed together. The Multnomah County Courthouse is a short walk from campus—a walk we can make together. I propose we embrace the tradition of the people for whom we are named and march together, a unified PSU Viking horde, to face the cretin who dared to threaten our people. Let’s make everyone in this beautiful city
see who we are as a campus community and how we respond to such acts of inhumanity. More importantly, let’s show our classmates they will not be alone through their healing journey. We will be with them, we will support them, we will hold them up and we will rally around any member of our community who faces adversity. One of the many reasons I love PSU is the spirit of our university community. Though we are all very different people—people who sometimes disagree and have a hard time connecting—when we face adversity, we come together. We learn. We get stronger, and we try again. We come from all around the world
with all of our different interests, talents, hardships and strengths, and we try again. After every challenge, we try again. After every disappointing grade, we try again. Well, PSU, I say we try again! Let’s show up and show our injured classmates, their families, and the entire world that we are going to support them as they try again. Let’s show the perpetrator that his violence didn’t stop us. We are PSU Vikings. We row together, and we try again. In solidarity and love, B. Castra Nemici
CONTENTS COVER DESIGN BY SYDNEY BARDOLE, PHOTO BY BRIAN MCGLOIN NEWS SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, HIT-AND-RUN INJURES THREE
ARTS & CULTURE FIND IT AT 5TH: ‘NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND’
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PSU STUDENT FOUND SEVERELY INJURED NEAR CALIFORNIA TRAIN TRACKS P. 4–5
IN THE EYE OF STORMY DANIELS
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‘COME ON DOWN, GOVERNOR BROWN!’
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PORTLANDERS HONOR VICTIMS OF MAX ATTACK IN MEMORIAL VIGIL
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OPINION THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEXISM AND MISOGYNY
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COVER TOO SICK FOR SCHOOL
COMICS
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EVENTS CALENDAR
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INTERNATIONAL THIS WEEK AROUND THE WORLD
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OVER 100 IELP STUDENTS WIN AWARD
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KOREA’S SEPARATED FAMILIES FACE POST-ARMISTICE UNCERTAINTIES
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STAFF EDIT ORI A L EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Evan Smiley MANAGING EDITOR Danielle Horn NEWS EDITORS Anna Williams Fiona Spring INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Marena Riggan ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Alanna Madden OPINION EDITOR Nada Sewidan ONLINE EDITOR A.M. LaVey
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SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, HIT-AND-RUN ON CAMPUS INJURES THREE GREG PORTER FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RECKLESS DRIVING EMMA JOSEPHSON/PSU VANGUARD
FIONA SPRING At least three people were injured in a hit-and-run at approximately 10 a.m. on Friday, May 25 on the Portland State campus when an SUV jumped the curb, striking pedestrians on the sidewalk at the corner of SW 6th Ave. and SW Montgomery St. Some witnesses reported the incident appeared to be intentional. The driver of the vehicle, Greg Porter, 61, is in police custody in the Multnomah County Jail on three counts of attempted murder, assault, reckless driving and failure to perform the duties of a driver. Officers arrested Porter near Northeast 16th and Glisan St., about two and a half miles away from the crime scene. Witness Amberlie Remliy said she saw the vehicle exit I-405 onto SW 6th Ave. and drive north toward the city center. In a press briefing, Portland Police Bureau Public Information Officer Sgt. Chris Burley said the car drove onto the sidewalk, striking at least three pedestrians. “I was, like, right there,” said PSU student Kat Caputo, who was walking through the area on her way to class at the time of the incident. “That could’ve been me. That’s sobering, very sobering.” Koin 6 News reported police said two of the individuals hit suffered life-threatening injuries while the third victim’s injuries are less serious. Police say there may have been a fourth victim who left the scene before emergency vehicles arrived.
“I saw that there were two women very badly hurt,” said Aiden Downs, a first year philosophy student at PSU who witnessed the incident on his way home from class. “One of them was screaming. The [other] one that I saw was on the sidewalk...You could tell that she was breathing but she seemed like she was unresponsive.” “It’s absolutely astonishing,” Downs continued. Oregon Health and Science University reported at approximately 11:30 a.m. that one patient remains in critical condition and one in serious condition. The family of the third patient has requested that updates to her condition not be made public. The identities of the victims have not been released. On May 28, KPTV reported that one of the victims is a freshmen at PSU. Burley said police had located and seized the vehicle involved in the incident—a blue 2005 Mazda Tribute SUV—and arrested Porter after a community member spotted the vehicle and notified police. Burley said the investigation is ongoing. According to The Oregonian, Porter’s most recent listed address is Secora Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, a rehabilitation and nursing facility in Southeast Portland. Secora administrator James Aldred said Porter suffered from delusions. “It doesn’t surprise me that he was involved in something,” Aldred said. PSU’s campus remained open following the incidents, but
POLICE LOCATE SUSPECT ON NE 16TH AND GLISAN. ANDREW JANKOWSKI/PSU VANGUARD officials at nearby St. Mary’s Academy said the high school was on lockdown for the rest of the day. “I’d like the people of Portland State University [and] the folks who work and live in that immediate area to know that all of us at city hall are extremely concerned about the circumstance,” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said the day after the incident. “I want you to know that personally I’m going to do everything I can to make sure this situation is not only resolved, but that we make sure in the future it cannot happen again. There’s gonna be a lot of hard work ahead, and I’m committed to doing it with you.”
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU PSU Emergency Alerts: https://www.pdx.edu/alerts
SHAC’s Counseling Services: https://www.pdx.edu/shac/counseling
C.A.R.E Team:
https://www.pdx.edu/dos/care-team-coordinationassessment-response-education
TriMet Service Alerts: https://trimet.org/m/alerts/
(503) 823-3333 is the Portland Police Bureau’s 24– hour non–emergency number. Individuals can call with inforation about an incident when there is not an immidiate threat.
POLICE BLOCK OFF PSU URBAN CENTER. EMMA JOSEPHSON/PSU VANGUARD
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PSU STUDENT FOUND SEVERELY INJURED NEAR CALIFORNIA TRAIN TRACKS
FAMILY FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF ANSWERS REBECCA CAPURSO Portland State student Aaron Salazar is in a coma with multiple injuries after being found unconscious next to railroad tracks in Truckee, Calif. on May 15. Salazar, 22, was travelling aboard an Amtrak train on his way back to Portland from Denver, where he had been visiting family. The train made a brief stop in Truckee, a town just north of Lake Tahoe. What happened to Salazar during this stop is unclear, but a railway worker found him next to the tracks sometime before 11:30 a.m. when Truckee police reported to the scene. His injuries consist of brain damage including damage to his brain stem, a broken neck, pelvis and nose, burns along his groin and inner thigh, and a black eye. Almost two weeks later, Salazar remains unconscious in a hospital in Reno, Nev., and his family is no closer to knowing what happened, despite repeated attempts to communicate with the Amtrak Police Department. “We believe it could be a hate crime due to, for one, the focus on his crotch area for injuries, and also [because] he was a proud gay man,” said Austin Sailas, Salazar’s cousin. “We believe it could have been a homophobic-enticed attack.” Reno Gazette Journal reported doctors told Salazar’s family his injuries correspond with those of a beating. According to Sailas, Salazar sent a text message to his grandmother not long before he was found, saying he had “made a friend on the train” and was going to spend time with this person in Sacramento during their layover. That was the last anyone heard from him. According to Sailas, Amtrak Police has been investigating the incident as an attempted suicide. “I’m just fighting for the Salazar family,” Sailas said. “I can’t stand to let Amtrak try to cover up Aaron’s story. They’ve been pushing a narrative that he jumped out of the train.” The Amtrak Police Department has not provided any details to the family or news media apart from a statement saying there is currently “nothing to suggest criminal intent.” The statement added Amtrak Police has contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation and “conducted numerous interviews with customers, crew members, family and friends, as well as reviewed other available data sources.” “The individuals who noted interactions with Mr. Salazar shared that he had expressed to them a number of life concerns and challenges,” a separate statement details. “We are unable to comment on Mr. Salazar’s medical condition, but note that a fall from a moving train would cause significant injury.” It continues, “there is no evidence of a physcial altercation occurring while Mr. Salazar was traveling on Amtrak.”
INCONSISTENT INFORMATION FROM AMTRAK AND AMTRAK POLICE
“[Amtrak has] been pushing a narrative that [Salazar] somehow opened a window and jumped out of the train,” Sailas
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AARON SALAZAR. COURTESY OF THE SALAZAR FAMILY said. Amtrak has also refused to tell the family the exact time and location Salazar was found. An Amtrak customer service representative confirmed windows on Amtrak trains do not open. However, Marc Magliari, Amtrak PD public relations manager, clarified that some windows are clearly marked for evacuation and able to be opened, and passengers are able to move between train cars. However, Salazar isn’t the first to receive severe injuries
under mysterious circumstances on an Amtrak train. In 2012, Robin Putnam, 26, disappeared during a layover in Salt Lake City while travelling on Amtrak from California to Colorado— the same train route Salazar rode. It was not until 2015 that Putnam’s remains were found in Nevada, also by train tracks. Investigators never discovered the truth behind what happened to Putnam, or who was responsible for his death. According to a 2016 NBC News report, Putnam’s parents
NEWS be missing during the trip. She was found the next day in Annapolis, Mo., injured and lying in the bushes. Amtrak officials claimed investigators found a step stool next to an open window on the train after she was reported missing and believed she jumped out. But according to an article published by Fox2Now, some people in Annapolis asked, “How does an elderly woman, who already had a bad hip, climb up and out a window on a train that is moving at nearly 50 mph?” A follow-up article stated Madison’s family felt Amtrak was “unresponsive and uncooperative” throughout the investigation. The family was not called until nine hours after Amtrak officials discovered Madison was missing. This incident also points to a discrepancy in what Amtrak has shared regarding the ability for passengers to open train windows. Los Angeles Blade listed at least six additional Amtrak passengers who have been severely injured, disappeared, or died while traveling via Amtrak in the last six years. Many were ruled accidents, and families were given little detail.
AMTRAK POLICE TAKES THE LEAD, LAWMAKERS INSIST ON FULL INVESTIGATION
According to Truckee Police Chief Robert Leftwich, the Truckee Police Department is not actively involved in the investigation. “That’s our appropriate position here,” Leftwich said. “[Amtrak PD is] the better agency to investigate this— they have more access to the information that’s needed, and clearly they have jurisdiction on their train...we’re not the lead agency or jurisdiction that handles the railway.” Leftwich said there is no way for him to draw conclusions as to whether criminal intent was involved. When asked if he thinks Amtrak PD is conducting an effective investigation, he said he has enough experience with Amtrak to believe it is doing thorough work. “There’s no reason that those questions aren’t being asked, that they haven’t conducted those investigative steps,” he said. “I’m sure that [is] what’s currently the process and why they’re saying that it’s an active investigation.” Based on what the Truckee PD knows, Leftwich said, “All indications are that whatever happened here happened on the Amtrak train while it was in motion. Aaron never reached Truckee and never got off of the train in Truckee.
He was located in Truckee on the side of the tracks, but for all intents and purposes was on that train moments before.” Leftwich added he was unaware Amtrak PD issued a statement saying there is currently nothing to suggest criminal intent, even though Amtrak police wrote in the same document it is working in “in coordination with local authorities.” “The Truckee Police Department will never allow a conspiracy or cover-up to occur regarding any incident or investigation,” reads a May 24 statement from the Truckee PD. “The Truckee Police Department will also never allow a crime
“We believe it could be a hate crime.” —Austin Sailas, Salazar’s cousin against the LGBTQIA community to go unaddressed or uninvestigated. A case where a hate crime was committed would be addressed to the fullest extent of our capabilities.” On May 25, six Oregon lawmakers, including Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, wrote a letter to Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson calling for a thorough investigation in light of recent hate crimes across the country. “The timing of this incident happens just one year after a white supremacist began harassing two women of color on Portland transit,” the lawmakers wrote. “Of the three people who stepped in to intervene, two were killed and one was seriously injured. There are too many stories like these and too many lives lost or injured due to hate crimes in our communities.”
THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE BETWEEN AARON SALAZAR AND HIS GRANDMOTHER. COURTESY OF THE SALAZAR FAMILY “We expect a full report on the investigation of this crime,” the letter continues, “to our federal delegation and to Aaron’s family.”
STUDENTS, FAMILY RALLY SUPPORT
Meanwhile, Sailas and family are focusing on Aaron’s condition. They created a Twitter handle called #JusticeforAaron, as well as a GoFundMe page, where they have raised over $52,000 so far. As of Saturday, May 27, Salazar has been able to breathe without a respirator. Salazar is studying economics at PSU, and according to Sailas, hoped to be accepted into a master’s program at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. “He was a big fan of politics,” Sailas said. “We would discuss it all the time.” Chantha Kim, an adjunct professor in economics at PSU, said Salazar works for the department as a work-study student. “He is one of the most outgoing, friendly, kind, and charismatic students I have ever had the pleasure of working with,” Kim said. “He sees the beauty and joy in everyone and everything in life.” Salazar was also briefly on the Associated Students of PSU Student Fee Committee during the 2015–16 school year, according to Candace Avalos, coordinator of student government relations and Greek life advisor at PSU. According to Avalos, there is “no way” this incident was an attempted suicide. “[He is] super fun, energetic, very sweet and kind, just a good overall person,” Avalos said. “It really does feel just like out of nowhere.” Sailas said Salazar is “a really happy guy” who “just enjoyed life” as well as music, reading, politics and Lady Gaga. Salazar’s family is currently working on getting the story out to the media, “because whoever did this to Aaron is still out there,” Sailas said. “We don’t want another victim like Aaron.” AARON SALAZAR AND A FAMILY MEMBER. COURTESY OF THE SALAZAR FAMILY
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‘COME ON DOWN, GOVERNOR BROWN’ ACTIVISTS RALLY AGAINST GOVERNOR’S SPECIAL SESSION CORY ELIA Oregon’s Democratic Socialists of America and the Oregon Poor People’s Campaign held a rally on the front steps of the state capitol building in Salem on May 21 to protest a special session by Oregon Governor Kate Brown, in which lawmakers voted to amend a 2013 tax law to extend its benefits to sole proprietorships. Rally organizers claimed the law benefits Oregon’s wealthiest residents over working-class people by funneling funds away from social services such as schools and public housing in favor of tax breaks for business owners. “We are here to let our legislature know that we will no longer stand for subsidizing the wealthy while our communities continue to be disinvested from and outright ignored,” said Portland DSA Co-chair Olivia Katbi-Smith. “The main focus of our campaign so far has been around city budget, [but] we are now taking it to the capitol because the governor is trying to give tax breaks to wealthy business owners,” Portland DSA co-chair Emily Golden-Fields said. “Divestment from public institutions, education, vital services [and] good-paying union jobs from our state to give tax breaks to the wealthy is unacceptable…We need actual bold leadership; we need a governor and legislature fighting for working people, not business interests.” On the steps of the capitol building, ralliers formed a crowd
of over 120 people chanting, “Fight poverty, not the poor,” and “Everybody has a right to live.” A series of speeches were followed by a satirical skit starring Sheena Sisk of Portland Tenants United as Governor Brown. “We are trying to change the conversation around wealth and end the decade of austerity and neo-liberal policy that our state has brought us,” said Portland DSA Co-chair Olivia Katbi-Smith in a speech. “[The state has] continued to disinvest for decades from our communities, jobs, housing, from immigrant and refugee services [and] from necessary services that communities rely on, so we’re here to push back on that and say enough is enough.” On April 6, Brown announced she would sign Senate Bill 1528, which would disqualify certain Oregon businesses from a 20 percent deduction included in the federal tax code. On the same day, she announced she would convene Monday’s special session with the goal of passing a proposal to expand lower tax rates to sole proprietorships—businesses run by a sole owner— which were excluded from the original law. According to Brown, this proposal aims to help level the playing field for sole proprietorships—which she referred to in an official proclamation as “Oregon’s smallest businesses”— by allowing them to take advantage of the same tax breaks that many other businesses already do. Rally organizers disagree,
referring to Brown’s proposal in a press release as “Nothing short of class warfare against the working people of Oregon.” Portland DSA has developed its own tax proposal—known as the Tax the Rich plan—which includes a two percent tax on annual income over $250,000 and up to eight percent on individuals making more than $1 million per year. According to the proposal, total revenue from this plan could add up to $114 million in the City of Portland alone and up to $225 million in the greater metropolitan area. Addressing the crowd, Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy Daniel Hauser focused on income inequality. “The typical Oregonian would have to work for over 120 years to equal [what] many Oregonians earn in a single year,” he said. “Seventy percent of the benefits from our existing tax policy benefits folks making over half a million dollars a year.” Following the speeches, the ralliers filed into the capitol building, forming a circle in the lobby and chanting “Come on down, Governor Brown.” Despite the protest, however, Brown’s proposal passed 51-8 in the House of Representatives and 18-12 in the Senate. “The working class and the poor in Oregon are being crushed under the austerity from years of disastrous neoliberal economic policy,” Golden-Fields said. Katbi-Smith added, “It’s time to tax the rich and fully fund our state.”
IMAGES FROM DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF AMERICA RALLY IN SALEM FOR TAX REFORM. CORY ELIA/PSU VANGUARD
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PORTLANDERS HONOR VICTIMS OF MAX ATTACK IN MEMORIAL VIGIL CORY ELIA Trimet shut down the Hollywood Transit Center in Northeast Portland for an hour and a half on Saturday, May 26 to commemorate victims of last year’s stabbing attack by white nationalist Jeremy Christian. More than 400 attendees—including the families of the deceased and Mayor Ted Wheeler—placed flowers on a new memorial mural covering the station and listened to speeches by local activists and spiritual leaders honoring the victims and addressing bias and hate crime. “Anything can happen in this day and age,” said an attendee named Bill. “The selflessness of those young men to say and do something is admirable.” At approximately 4:30 p.m. on May 26, 2017, Christian fatally stabbed veteran and father of four Ricky John Best and recent university graduate Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche. Portland State student Micah Fletcher survived the attack but sustained several serious injuries. The victims confronted Christian after he began screaming anti-Islamic slurs at two Black female passengers, one of them wearing a hijab, on board a MAX Light Rail train. “One year ago the scene here...was much different,” said Maura White of Hollywood Boosters Business Association in a speech. “Sirens, flashing lights, some people running, others stunned in place. Ambulances, paramedics and first responders rushing to try and save lives.” “What transpired here was devastating,” White continued, “for the family whose dad and husband never made it home from work, for the mother and siblings who would never see that sweet smile again, for a young man left fighting for his life, for two young women whose trip on the MAX was shattered
A MEMORIAL AT THE SITE OF THE HOLLYWOOD MAX STABBING. PHOTO TAKEN MAY 27, 2017. SYLVIA CARDULLO/PSU VANGUARD
we were born right now for a reason we can be whatever we give ourselves the power to be give what you most deeply desire to give every moment you are choosing to live or you are waiting why would a flower hesitate to open? now is the only moment raindrop let go become the ocean possibility is as wide as the space we create to hold it
–Excerpts from performance duo Climbing Poetree’s “Awaken” written on the Hollywood Transit Center Mural
by hate-filled ranting, for everyone on the train that witnessed that attack and the aftermath, for the Hollywood neighborhood and for the entire community. It shook us, all of us, to the core, family, friends, neighbors and strangers.” The event also highlighted the completion of a mural painted by Egyptian American artist Sarah Farahat. A ribbon of words from the poem “Awakening” by performance duo Climbing PoeTree is intertwined with Western peony flowers blooming and seeding in a rainbow backdrop to represent the healing process. The poem is scripted in Somali, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, English, Vietnamese, Chinook and Arabic. The inner walls feature words of love and encouragement offered by members of the community that appeared after the May 26 incident, and over the platform illuminated by a painting of a night sky are the word “We Choose Love.” “I’m deeply grateful,” said Rabbi Debra Kolodny of Portland’s UnShul, “for the artistry that we see today lovingly manifested by a team of impacted community members highly attuned to the conditions that created a need for it.” Wajdi Said of the Muslim Education Trust addressed what he said were issues members of the Islamic faith and people of color deal with on a daily basis. “We see suffering because of bigotry,” Said said. “We see suffering because of hate. We can not remain silent, we cannot be bigoted, we can not be full of hate...There is only one race: the human race.” The ceremony concluded with the ringing of a bell brought from the Buddhist Daihonzan Henjyoji Temple. It rang five times at exactly 4:30 p.m. in honor of the victims of the attack. “It’s important to come together like this,” said an attendee named Callie. “It’s sickening what happened that day.”
HOLLYWOOD MAX MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MAX HOLLYWOOD STABBING. PHOTO TAKEN MAY 26, 2018. ANNA WILLIAMS/PSU VANGUARD
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TOO SICK FOR SCHOOL PSU student forcibly sedated and hospitalized claims retaliation, intimidation by university NATHAN O’KIN AND ANNA WILLIAMS At 12:05 p.m. on friday, March 9, Portland State student Ullahushi Lovsness, 23, woke up to a loud knock on their door in the Broadway Residence Hall. Still in a fog from taking a nap, Lovsness rushed to put on a jacket to cover their leisure clothes and opened the door. They were greeted by a Campus Public Safety Officer, a Portland Police officer, two American Medical Response EMT’s and a Resident Adviser. “Oh God,” Lovsness recounted thinking. “Someone has overreacted.” CPSO officer David Troppe told Lovsness someone had called PPB to request a welfare check and the responders were concerned Lovsness was planning to commit suicide. Lovsness described Troppe wandering through their dorm apartment, asking if a calligraphy Lorde quote was Lovsness’ suicide note and if Lovsness planned to cut themself with a kitchen knife they used earlier that morning to open their mail.
According to Lovsness, EMTs questioned them while they sat in a chair in the corner of their room. When Lovsness refused to board the ambulance to go to the hospital, the EMTs administered a shot of Versed, a drug used for anesthesia and sedation. Lovsness woke up in the Oregon Health and Sciences emergency department six hours later. They were discharged that evening. The discharge papers read, “We saw you today for your thoughts of self harm. You are well connected in the community and have good insight about your mood. We would encourage you to continue reaching out to friends and family.” However, Lovsness and their family claim university officials pressured Lovsness to leave the university two days later.
MORE THAN MENTAL ILLNESS
Ullahushi, which means “sun child” in the Choctaw language, is a psychology major and Beekeeping Leadership Fellow with PSU’s Student Sustainability Center. They can point out any type of bee on campus and when they talk about bees and gardening their face lights up. But Lovsness’ real passion is mental health advocacy. They hope to go into counseling in the future, along with building relationships with Elders in the Choctaw Nation. “I want to [be a mental health advocate] in a culturally sustainable way,” Lovsness said. “There’s a lot of ancestral healing that needs to be done with Indigenous communities.” Lovsness, however, is no stranger to mental health issues themself. They said they’ve experienced abuse and trauma throughout their life, including rape. Lovsness attempted suicide November 2017 and was hospitalized for a short time before returning to school. At the time, Lovsness said their psychiatrist encouraged them to return to the structure and support system they have at PSU. In March 2018, Lovsness had just broken up with their partner of seven years. The relationship, they said, turned abusive toward the end. Lovsness’ said their first thought after the breakup was “Oh no, I don’t want this to affect my mental health.” Lovsness said on the morning of March 9 they were feeling particularly anxious and depressed after speaking with their ex-partner. Using the coping tactics they learned during their last hospitalization, Lovsness spoke with their mother, uncle and friends for several hours. Then—as confirmed by the AMR report—Lovsness took a dose of their prescribed Ativan, an extra dose of Seroquel—an antidepressant with sedating effects that Lovsness’ mother said they have doctor’s permission to take an extra dose of as needed—and some BRIAN MCGLOIN/PSU VANGUARD
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DayQuil to help with congestion. Lovsness said they fell asleep around 10 a.m. The police encounter leading up to the hospitalization was traumatic, Lovsness recounted. Lovsness claimed they requested a female officer or medic while being apprehended in their room and requested to go to the Unity Center for Behavioral Health—an emergency room specifically for psychiatric services—instead of the ER. Responders refused both requests. In a separate interview with Lovsness’ parents, Ginger Lovsness said she confirmed from Unity that none of the responders called to see if there was space at the facility to bring Lovsness in. Additionally, Lovness insisted and maintained they were not suicidal. They said they admitted to responders that they experience passive suicidal ideation, which they said “means those thoughts happen. My norm used to be this very suicidal, self-hating person, and my treatment is getting myself out of those negative thought processes.” Lovsness said they think the EMTs and Officer Troppe may not have known the difference between active and passive suicidal ideation. “I, like an idiot,” Lovsness said, “because I just think people aren’t going to screw you over, I [told responders] ‘well yeah, I’ve thought about it.’” However, both they and their family agree the situation should not have escalated to the point of forced sedation and hospitalization on a police hold.
PARENTS FEEL MANIPULATED AFTER CARE TEAM MEETING
Lovsness’ parents said they drove all night from Redmond, Ore. to Portland when they got word Lovsness was in the hospital. Right away, Ed Lovsness said he requested a meeting with Assistant Dean of Student Life & Director of Conduct Dana Walton-Macaulay and “whoever was in charge of the incident.” Walton-Macaulay agreed to meet with Lovsness’ parents alongside then-CPSO Lieutenant Vince Elmore. However, on the morning of Monday, March 12, when Ginger and Ed went to the DOSL office, they were met with a panel of seven PSU officials. The meeting was run by the Coordination Assessment Response Education team, which, according to CARE team Case Manager Brian Paez, “meets once a week to discuss some of the high-level cases that are impacting students on campus.” Those in attendance, according to an email Dean of Student Life Michele Toppe sent Ginger on March 15, included only six people: Paez, Elmore, Walton-Macaulay, Executive Director of Student Health and Counseling Center Dana Tasson and Director of University Housing and Residence Life Michael Walsh. However, both Ed and Ginger insist there was another man present who said he was a doctor not affiliated with PSU. They described the person as a tall white male in his 50’s with balding white hair, wearing a light blue buttondown shirt with white stripes. No person on Toppe’s list matches the description provided by Ed and Ginger. In a May 24 interview with Walton-
COVER Macaulay and Paez, both insisted they would never bring an outside doctor to a CARE team meeting. “That person doesn’t have a relationship with the student,” Walton-Macaulay said. “So I don’t think that’s something that we would do.” Ed and Ginger described the meeting as intimidating. The parents had never met with the CARE team before, not even when Lovsness completed inpatient treatment the term before. For the first 15 minutes, according to Ed, the group discussed what happened before Lovsness was taken to the ER. Ed said Elmore insisted Lovsness never asked to be taken to Unity, which Ed found wasn’t the case when he reviewed Officer Troppe’s bodycam video a month later. Ed said he questioned the team on why Lovsness was sedated in the first place. He said Elmore claimed Lovsness kicked an AMR responder and told Ed he was lucky the EMTs didn’t press assault charges. Ginger said when Ed asked Elmore “was that before or after [they were] stabbed [with Versed]?” the whole room, including Elmore, went silent. Ginger said a friend who works in the medical field took a look at Lovsness’ puncture on their right arm and “saw the white ring around the puncture and said that was done with a lot of force. She felt the injury and felt a knot underneath and said this was not properly done.” Ed, who works as a correctional officer, said if he had administered a sedative to an inmate who did not pose an immediate threat, he would lose his job, and the sergeant in charge would be demoted. After the room fell silent, Ed said the CARE team conversation took a turn. He said Macaulay and Elmore asked Ed and Ginger why Lovsness was enrolled at PSU and suggested taking Lovsness home for the rest of the term or have Lovsness do a full medical withdrawal. Ginger said the man they can’t identify misgendered Lovsness and said “If it was my daughter, I’d take her home right now.” Both Ed and Ginger recounted Toppe saying “PSU is a place for learning that houses students, not a mental health facility.” Both parents said no amount of explaining would convince the panel that Lovsness was not having a mental health crisis. In their hotel room after the CARE team meeting, Ed recounted thinking “[This meeting] was not what we asked for.” “It was my bad because it took me 24 hours to realize, wait a minute, they’re manipulating us,” he continued. “Their agenda was to get this problem person out of PSU.”
LOVSNESS’ ARM TWO DAYS AFTER POLICE ENCOUNTER. COURTESTY OF ULLAHUSHI LOVSNESS.
LOVSNESS LIGHTS UP WHEN DISCUSSING ENVIRONMENTALISM. BRIAN MCGLOIN/PSU VANGUARD
ments. We receive information that students or community members may present to us but...that process is a studentdriven transaction.” Ginger and Lovsness maintain they were pressured into signing th ROI. Later that evening, Lovsness and Ginger decided to go back to the DOSL office the next day and rescind the ROI. A few days later, Lovsness went to register for spring classes but found a hold on their account. They received a letter in their email saying they were under a Code of Student Conduct and Responsibility investigation for “[allegedly refusing] to leave a meeting of the CARE team when requested to by members of the team (who are university officials) and the next day came into the DOSL office and refused to wait as CONDUCT INVESTIGATION, requested, disrupting a meeting with another student.” DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT The letter does not clarify that the CARE team meeting was Lovsness said they were in class during most of the CARE team Lovsness’ own. Additionally, on Tuesday, March 13, when meeting but arrived at the DOSL office 45 minutes in. Ginger Ginger and Lovsness went back to rescind the ROI, Ginger said she retrieved Lovsness from the waiting area and brought contended she—not Lovsness—interrupted a DOSL staff them to the conference room, but member who was talking quietly the group allegedly said Lovsness to the secretary, who happened couldn’t be present. to be a student employee. “They’re manipulating us,” After Lovsness and their par“I was retaliated against,” ents took a lunch break, Lovsness Lovsness said. said Lovsness’ father. and their mother met with Lovsness has since filed a disWalton-Macaulay and Elmore. ability discrimination complaint “Their agenda was to get this against Toppe and WaltonDuring this meeting, both Ginger and Lovsness said WaltonMacaulay with Deputy Title IX problem person out of PSU.” Macaulay asked Lovsness to sign Coordinator Yesenia Gutierrez a release of information form so and an Americans with they could review their records Disabilities Act complaint with from both SHAC and Lovsness’ outside psychiatrist. the Department of Justice. Because the investigations are onBoth Lovsness and Ginger recalled feeling numb at this going, Lovsness’ conduct hearing is postponed indefinitely. point. Lovsness said they signed an ROI for SHAC, but claimed when Walton-Macaulay was told the outside psyMENTAL HEALTH AND UNIVERSITY LIABILITY chiatrist would need to supply their own ROI, Walton“The conversation felt like they’re more concerned about Macaulay exclaimed “Shit!” [PSU’s] liability than the health of the student,” Ed said. The DOSL office and CARE team cannot discuss students “They want to say it’s for the health of the student, but without written permission, but when asked if the DOSL ofit’s not,” he continued. “Because if it were, then they would fice or CARE team ever request ROI’s from the student, both understand [going to college] is their recovery.” Walton-Macaulay and Paez said they only do when a student According to Justice Robert H. Jackson Legal Fellow requests it first. Adam Goldstein of the Foundation for Individual Rights in “[We don’t request] psychiatric history and things like that,” Education, universities have felt pressure in recent years Walton-Macaulay said. “And we typically don’t request docuto protect themselves legally when students on campus are
experiencing mental health issues. A few universities have been sued, Goldstein said, because the plaintiffs argued the schools didn’t do enough to help students that were at risk for suicide. “This is where I think colleges are over-correcting, maybe.” Goldstein said. “Somebody does something that could, hypothetically, eventually set off the dominoes that lead to selfharm, and therefore, we’re going to lean as hard as we can on the family to withdraw them.” If everything Lovsness and their parents claimed happened is true, Goldstein said he believes PSU is more focused on its liability than on Lovsness’ health. “There’s other things they could do that would be just as protective of student safety,” Goldstein said, “and more protective of student privacy,” including speaking with Lovsness directly before involving a team of people or outside doctors. “The best thing [legally] for every institution would be if every student who thought about self-harm left before they did it,” Goldstein continued. “Is that the best thing for the student? Most certainly not.”
TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST PSU
Lovsness’ parents said they are speaking with lawyers to address how Lovsness was allegedly treated, but no one will consider representing them until they have CPSO’s bodycam video. The PSU Public Records Department told Lovsness they should have the video by the beginning of June. CPSO could not be reached for an interview after several attempts. Elmore no longer appears on CPSO’s staff list but CPSO Chief Donnell Tanksley said he could not say why because he cannot disclose personnel matters. Ed said he doesn’t want to make Lovsness’ life any harder by seeking legal action, but Lovsness said they are determined not to stay quiet about what happened. Lovsness said they believe CPSO helped escalate the situation, and “escalation endangers everyone. It’s concerning that the individuals who are supposed to be protecting people’s safety are the ones that choose to escalate.” “[PSU has] done a lot to me, and I have no idea if I can get justice,” Lovsness added. “But the best thing I guess I can do is stay vocal and visible so that people become aware and then also people don’t feel like they’re alone.”
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THIS WEEK MARENA RIGGAN
around the May 22–24
May 25
Ireland
In a landmark referendum, the people of Ireland voted to repeal the eighth amendment, which criminalized abortion unless the life of the mother was at risk. Voter turnout was recorded by the Guardian to be 64.1 percent of the population, with 66.4 percent voting for and 33.6 percent voting against. The only constituency with fewer than 50 percent in favor was Donegal in the northwest of the country, while the Dublin constituency voted 70 percent or above in favor.
May 24
Hague, Netherlands
An international team of investigators concluded a Russian missile was responsible for the 2014 crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. The Boeing 777 was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine. According to The Guardian, “Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop said the countries that make up the JIT were now ‘considering options’ about how to proceed.”
WORLD
May 21–22
Paris, France
The president of the student union at Paris’ Sorbonne University is in a media storm after being criticized by two high ranking politicians for wearing her hijab in a documentary concerning education reforms. The Equality Minister and the Minister of the Interior stated her hijab was a form of political Islam. The student, Maryam Pougetoux, has become the target of hate speech and abuse after her phone number was posted online.
Israel: U.S.
Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is under fire for receiving a doctored photo during a visit to the city of Bnei Brak. The photo depicted Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock replaced by the Third Temple, which stirred anger and fears over its implications. On May 24, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced plans to seek approval for the construction of 2,500 new homes in the occupied West Bank. Under international law, Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal.
May 22
Palestinian Territories
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl gave a statement at the UNRWA headquarters in the Gaza Strip about the worsening conditions of the region, stating 70 percent of the population are refugees. Krähenbühl had visited hospitals following the May 14 violence along the Gaza-Israel border, and has warned the health system is on the brink of collapse.
May 24
Baghdad, Iraq
A suicide attack in a majority Shiite district of northwest Baghdad killed four people and injured 15 others. The attacker detonated the explosive vest he was wearing while surrounding by security personnel. No person or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 22
Sinai, Egypt
A Human Rights Watch report accused the Egyptian military of forced evictions, farmland destruction and 3,600 home and building demolitions since January 2018, the majority of which it says was unlawful. The demolitions have been centered in the north Sinai region along the EgyptGaza border as part of the army’s effort to create a buffer zone and end smuggling through Gaza’s tunnels.
Ongoing
Saudi Arabia
With a little more than a month before women will officially be allowed licenses to drive, authorities began a crackdown on rights activists on May 15, including Dr. Aisha al-Manea last week and Walaa Saeed al-Shubbar on May 21. Amnesty International reported May 25 that while 10 had been detained, four have since been released.
May 22
Burundi May 21
Democratic Republic of Congo
The World Health Organization launched a vaccination program amid the growing worries surrounding the Ebola outbreak in the DRC. Over 7,500 doses of the vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV have been administered with healthcare staff working directly or indirectly with infected patients receiving the first round.
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A controversial referendum extending Burundi presidential term limits passed with 73 percent voting in favor and 19 against. Five million people registered to vote in the May 17 constitutional amendment, which saw a 96 percent turnout. However, Human Rights Watch reported intimidation tactics were used against voters of dissent, including arrests and beatings. The new referendum will allow Pierre Nkurunziza—president since 2005—the possibility of staying in office until 2034.
May 22
Thoothukudi, India
Eleven people are dead after police snipers targeted demonstrators during a protest in the coastal city of Thoothukudi located on the southern tip of India. Protests ensued over allegations of environmental pollution from the UK–owned Sterlite Copper Plant. Demonstrators demanded its closure and formal investigations into the allegations.
May 22
Bangladesh
In a crackdown against drug traffickers, Bangladeshi police and the Rapid Action Battalion force have killed more than 30 suspects in shootouts this week. Rights activists said they worry this will lead to extrajudicial killings amid the country’s war on drugs.
INTERNATIONAL
May 20–27 May 22–24
May 23, 27
Washington, D.C.
New York, U.S.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced it would impose new sanctions against Iranian officials in response to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s alleged support for Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The NFL, which is headquartered in New York, announced May 23 it will fine teams if players are not seen standing for the national anthem as part of a new controversial policy. The decision sparked a social media backlash accusing the NFL of violating First Amendment rights while failing to recognize the widespread issue of domestic violence by NFL players.
On May 23, D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Morin found prosecutors had withheld evidence which could exonerate six J20 Inauguration Day protesters. The House of Representatives voted May 24 to investigate the U.S. involvement in Yemeni torture prisons in operation following 9/11. Additionally, Trump announced his decision to cancel the June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
In a separate case, a disabled Yemeni girl and her family arrived in the U.S. on May 27 after years of visa denial. The father, Najeeb al-Omari, is a U.S. citizen; however, his wife and three daughters, one of whom has cerebral palsy, do not. Their visas were denied due to the travel ban issued by the Trump administration, but the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti granted their visas.
May 23
Shanghai, China
Japanese company Muji was fined $30,000 (200,000 yuan) by the Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce after the company labeled Taiwan as a country of origin on their products.
May 23, 24
Pakistan
The family of Sabika Sheikh, one of the teenagers slain in the May 18 Sante Fe High School shooting, held a funeral for her in their hometown of Karachi. Sheikh began attending the high school in August and was planning to return to Karachi mid-June for the end of Ramadan celebrations. The family received her body on May 23, and thousands attended her funeral.
May 23
Indonesia
In response to the violence along the Gaza-Israel border, Indonesia cancelled all Israeli visas and banned Israelis from entering the country. Additionally, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita announced the decision to give Palestinian imported goods tax exemption while the Palestinian Ambassador stated the country would export to Palestinian markets according to their needs.
Ongoing
U.S.-Mexico Border
A media storm ensued this week after a New York Times article published April 26 reported the federal government could not account for almost 1,500 children who were separated from their families following detainment by border patrol agents. The article concerned children taken by the Department of Health and Human Services between October and December 2017. The majority of children were from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras after fleeing their countries from gangs, abuse and drug cartels. Additionally, a U.S Border Patrol agent shot and killed Claudia Gomez, a 20-year-old Guatemalan woman, on May 23. According to LA Times, the agent responsible said he was attacked by a group of migrants when he fired his gun; however, witness accounts deny these allegations.
May 20–22
Venezuela
The contested Venezuelan election resulted May 20 in victory for Nicolás Maduro with a voter turnout of just above 46 percent. Around 5.8 million voted for Maduro, while 1.8 million voted for his main opponent Henri Falcón. However, the governments of Argentina, Spain, Germany and the UK have denounced the election, while the EU declared it non-transparent and undemocratic. The Trump administration responded May 21 with new sanctions against the country with Maduro expelling the U.S. diplomat from Venezuela the following day.
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MORE THAN 100 INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM STUDENTS WIN AWARD LI CHUN WU The Intensive English Language Program at Portland State held a ceremony highlighting students from the 2018 winter term on Friday, May 11. About 120 IELP students who are inspirations to their teachers and to other students in the classroom were given an Inspirational Students Award to recognize their achievement. During the ceremony, coordinator and IELP Academic Advisor Betty Brickson said, “Learning a second language, especially in another country, is emotionally challenging. Even though it is hard, I hope all of you will never give up the study.” The Inspirational Student Awards were created in 2012. Each term, the teachers in IELP select students who are motivated, engaged and eager to learn as inspirational students. About 50 percent of IELP students receive an award. “Before we started the award, we only recognized the students who have good grades in their study,” Brickson explained. “But we noticed that there are a lot of students who don’t give up learning. We want to give them a boost and self-confidence, so we decided to start the award.” This spring 2018 term, 228 students from around 17 countries around the world are enrolled in IELP. “This is an award that lets us recognize students who are eager to learn,” said Brickson. “It is a positive thing to do here, so the award will be continued.” “I am happy that I create a positive learning environment and to be able to engage my classmates to learn. By receiving this award, I feel more motivated in my study too,” said Carmen Velazquez Mendiola, one of the inspirational students from Mexico.
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PHOTOS OF IELP AWARD WINNERS. LI CHUN WU/PSU VANGUARD
輝くインスピレーション 学生、IELPが表彰
永不放棄求學精神 120位 IELP學生獲頒學習獎項
意欲的に学び、周囲にいい影響を与える学 波特蘭州立大學密集英語課程(IELP)於5 生に贈る 「インスピレーションナル・ステューデン 月11日， 在此辦公室舉行了一場勉勵努力 ト・アワード」の２０１８年冬学期の表彰式が５月１ 學習並帶給周遭同學正向學習環境的優 １日にポートランド州立大学で行われた。約１２ 秀學生頒獎典禮。 典禮上，約120位就讀於 ０人の留学生が受賞し、 インテンシブ・イングリッ 此課程的留學生獲頒獎項， 以鼓勵他們於 シュ・ランゲージ・プログラム （IELP）のスターに 2018年冬季學期所做出的努力。 該獎項負 輝いた。同賞のコーディネーターを務めるIELP 責人兼IELP學術顧問的貝蒂‧布魯克森說： のアカデミックアドバイザーのベティー・ブリクソ 「到國外學習第二外語實在不是一件容易 ンさんは 「母国を離れ、海外で第２言語を勉強 的事，但我希望同學們可以永不放棄求學 するのは、 とても大変なことだと思う。 それでも 的精神。」 勉強を諦めてほしくない」 と学生らを激励した。 此優秀學生獎項創設於2012年，一年舉辦 「インスピレーションナル・ステューデント・アワ 四次頒獎典禮。根據布魯克森統計每學期 ード」は２０１２年に設立され、 １年に４回授賞式 約有一半的IELP學生獲得該獎項。布魯克 を開く。毎回約半数のIELP学生が表彰される 森解釋： 「在此獎項創設以前，我們只表揚 という。 ブリクソンさんは 「これまで成績優秀者 那幾位少數成績優秀的留學生。但我們發 しか表彰していなかったが、成績の評価だけで 現其實有更多學生非常熱衷於學習，即是 なく、勉学に熱心な学生がたくさんいる。彼らの 他們不一定每科都能拿高分，我們還是想 頑張りを応援するため、同賞を創設した」 と設 要為他們加油打氣。」 立理由を語った。IELPでは今春学期、約17カ 国・地域から来た２２８人の学生がいる。 「同賞 IELP春季學期現在，有來自17個國家‧ は頑張る学生を応援する重要な賞だと思う。今 地區的228位留學生。 「該獎項是我們持續 後も続けていきたい」 とブリクソンさんは展望を 支持學生認真學習的重要獎項， 今後我們 語った。 會繼續下去。」來自墨西哥的獲獎學生，卡 インスピレーションナル・ステューデントの一人 門‧委拉斯奎茲‧門迪奧拉說： 「非常榮幸 であるメキシコから来たカルメン・ベラスケス・メ 能得獎， 也非常高興我的努力能創造一個 ンディオラさんは 「受賞はもちろん、周りの人た 積極的學習環境，獲獎也讓我備加感受到 ちに刺激をあたえられたことはうれしい。今後 學習的動力。」 の勉強にもよりやる気が出た」 と笑顔を見せた。
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KOREA’S SEPARATED FAMILIES FACE POST-ARMISTICE UNCERTAINTIES EVA PARK The historic April 27 inter-Korean Summit marked a new chapter in the relationship between the North and South, as indicated by the summit’s motto “Peace, a new start.” The two heads of states met in Panmunjom, a small area located in the Demilitarized Zone. Moon Jae-In of South Korea, who replaced Park Geun Hye as president in 2017, expressed his wish to restore a stable relationship with the North. Though Moon was born in South Korea, his parents come from the North. Like many in the Korean Peninsula, Moon has family he is still separated from by the North-South divide.
HISTORY OF THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS
Many families in the Korean Peninsula were displaced before the Korean War started in 1950. When the war broke out, people residing in the southern part of the country scrambled to find safer locations. Most people traveled further south—mainly toward Korea’s southernmost city of Busan—where the allies were supplying food and other resources. Masses of people sought refuge, and families were separated along the way. Families also had to relocate to the South after being blacklisted by the authoritative power in the North. Young men were sometimes kidnapped or tricked into joining the
army by Kim Il Sung’s forces in the North before the war broke out. Some families decided to have their sons relocated, fearing they’d be sent to war. Students living in different cities than their families pre-war had no way of returning home once the war broke out. Amid the chaos, people unable to travel due to age and health had to remain while their family members left. People initially believed the war would only last briefly and assumed they would be reunited with their family members once it was over. The 38th parallel, which divides the two Koreas along North and South lines, was drawn after the two sides signed a truce. Korea in the 1950s had very limited communication methods due to the aftermath of the war. Even by the 1970s, phones weren’t a widespread method of communication, and, according to the BBC, the governments in both North and South Korea did not allow letters to be sent and received. Due to these circumstances, families who had been separated were unable to find or even contact each other. The first reunion effort happened in 1985 through a program that helped 35 South Korean family members visit Pyongyang and 30 North Korean family members visit Seoul for four days. Fifteen years later in June 2000, a summit between the leaders of North and South Korea—former supreme leader Kim Jong-Il and former president Kim Dae Jung—led to the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration, which state reunions would take place in August of that year. The reunion was one of the biggest events of the year for Korean diplomacy, and a huge achievement of Kim’s Sunshine Policy. Kim won a Nobel Peace Prize the same year. The reunions host several hundred family members from each country and last no more than five days. Until 2007, reunions were held several times a year. No reunions took place in 2008, and since 2010, there have been only three reunions, the last of which was in 2015.
MOVING FORWARD
CHLOE KENDALL
The future of reunions is directly tied to relations between the two governments, causing many families to be lost in uncertainty. Beginning in 2008 with Lee Myung Bak’s
military tension and the beginning of denuclearization. It also expedited the possibility of reunions following a threeyear hiatus. Moon expressed the importance of the reunion process, even suggesting families visit their hometowns and exchange letters in the near future. However, with President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the June 12 summit with North Korea, the peace process between the North and South is now potentially in peril. North Korea won’t agree to United States demands of complete denuclearization, but the U.S. maybe canceling out on a historic milestone all too fast, given that North Korea had expressed its willingleadership in South K o r e a , relations with North K o r e a worsened and the number o f reunions dropped drastically. Moon claims he is looking to provide more communication between families residing on different sides, borrowing from Germany’s pre-reunification model. Moon was among those able to meet their separated families back in 2004 during a reunification opportunity. According to Al Jazeera, the number of people separated from their families was first estimated to be over 130,000 back in 1988 when the registry was open. As of 2017, that number is down to around 60,000, about 85 percent of which are over the age of 70. Many have said they are worried about their aging family members and urge the internationalization of this issue in order to provide more stable opportunities that help these families reunite, regardless of North and South relations. The historic April 2018 summit established many peace-building prospects, including a joint liaison office, alleviation of
ness for compromise and further discussions. Moon said he is perplexed by Trump’s decision, and the Korean Peninsula is yet again facing uncertainties that many have long wished to resolve. Until the conflict is resolved, reunions between separated families may be delayed.
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IN THE EYE OF STORMY DANIELS Stripping in Oregon is a political act. To broadstroke, public nudity has led to the state having some of the freest forms of constitutionally protected expression in the United States. Stormy Daniels, a political symbol and sex worker, used her award-winning stage presence to join the legacy of Tempest Storm and John E. Brennan in using nudity to validate and strengthen the First Amendment’s protected free speech and expression and to fulfill the assembled audience’s complex fantasies. What made Daniels’ May 19 appearance at Stars Cabaret Bridgeport an act of political performance art wasn’t the performance itself but rather the space created by her presence and the reflective moments thereafter. The unfamiliar should know that within the erotic world, Daniels has been recognized for record-breaking achievements. She was recently named Penthouse ‘Pet of the Century,’ indicted into three separate hall of fames in 2014 and earned 24 adult entertainment awards between 2010–2014. In addition, Daniels’ received the Positive Image Award from the Free Speech Coalition in 2009, which was the same year she almost ran for Senate in her home state of Louisiana. You might also recognize Daniels’ from Hollywood (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up), or even Cedric the Entertainer’s TV show The Soul Man in 2016. With all of this in mind, Daniels definitely had fans in the room. Especially Mrs. Linda Johnston, a retired elementary school teacher. Mrs. Johnston’s feet kicked and dangled excitedly off her bar stool, like one of her former students, as she waited with her husband for Daniels to arrive. There were construction workers, college students, retirees and men who remind you of your smarmiest gym teacher. The ultraliberal Johnstons shared a room with a young conservative and a heteronormative couple; the male counterpart reminded me of a bisexual waiter from Vancouver, Wash. while the wife looked inspired by a Republican drag queen lookbook. Stars Cabaret became a financially-enforced safe space where political statements were checked at the door. At least one older white man was asked by a bouncer to leave his protest sign outside before entering the building. I stood inside the suspiciously intimate room with wall-towall TVs playing awful music videos, and watched club regulars; I felt a spiritual understanding of how VH1 casted over a dozen seasons of Flavor of Love and Rock of Love over the past four-ish years, and I asked myself, “What does it mean when a woman pole dances to nine-foot-high sports news footage?” Oh, and did I mention the cast of two or three dozen women working their regular Saturday dance shift? The cast was impatient with newcomers who didn’t know proper strip club etiquette, and you would be too if your workplace was overcrowded by under-tipping patrons. Some women didn’t know who Stormy Daniels was prior to their shift. One dancer said she wanted Daniels to sign her tits. Another dancer walked the club wearing a white fitted Donald Trump one-piece. When Daniels’ performance began, it was clear why she won so many awards. This wasn’t the Netflix-friendly world of Portland burlesque, but a national-tier stripshow on a rush budget. Daniels gave us hairography. She gave us body. She gave us looks and stage presence. The closest I got to Daniels from my side-stage view was when she and her staff made a beeline to, and from, the kitchen exit. They were in and out on a mission, and by all measurable means very successful. By the time her four-song set was complete, Daniels’ staff was picking
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up tip money in multiple buckets. Which pole dance champion is going to be Daniels’ stunt-double when we finally make a movie about this waking national nightmare? Whatever fantasy you have of Daniels—the sex symbol on par with Pamela Anderson and Marilyn Monroe or the bipartisan revolutionary challenging corruption in high power—if witnessing the woman portraying the MILF Saving America, your fantasy was fulfilled. The event wasn’t for those who wanted something more explicitly organized and academic than watching a personally-stained T-shirt be sold for triple digits (which is Art as fuck, don’t @ me). The most moving aspect of the show actually occured after while I walked back to my car. I’d realized that for several hours I was outside my Portland bubble, and it wasn’t the most awful experience I’d ever had. Although no matter how gay I am, being a white man closer to seven-feet tall than six, isn’t a privilege I can flat out ignore. I got within walking distance of the sidewalk demonstration outside the club where a group of a few dozen men were yelling, and holding up signs to remind Daniels, club patrons and people like me, that we’re going to hell. If you buy into this fear, it can be scary; but if you don’t, it’s laughable. Daniels will continue to face worse intimidation than encountered at Stars, and I hope she laughs her way to the bank after her legal battle against Trump. If anything, the night was a reminder of how the current culture of fear and anxiety might someday be turned into a porn parody. And hopefully by then, Daniels and her lawyer, Michael Avenetti, get their casting justice.
COURTESTY OF CREATIVE COMMONS
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NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND
ANDREW GAINES
COURTESTY OF CREATIVE COMMONS
Anime genius Hayao Miyazaki’s second directorial feature, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) offers viewers a glimpse into multiple hallmarks of his film career going forward. Although Miyazaki didn’t found the famous Studio Ghibli with fellow director and producer Isao Takahata until 1985, Ghibli’s recognizable story and visual elements are just as present within Nausicaä as they are in collaborations with Takahata. The film possesses Castle in the Sky’s lonely futurism, Princess Mononoke’s fierce environmentalism, Spirited Away’s bizarre creatures and Porco Rosso’santiwar leanings. Nausicaä takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where the titular character, Nausicaä—a peace-seeking princess—attempts to study a massive polluted jungle along with the gargantuan insects living within. Nausicaä belongs to one of the remaining kingdoms, the Valley of Wind, where a war between surviving nations breaks out and subsequently leaves the valley in the crossfire. During the war, the Tolmekia kingdom attempts to utilize a harbinger of the apocalypse to raze their enemies, the Pejite. The animation of the film is incredible—war machines and strange mutants are all lovingly detailed. While the characters of the film can feel a bit two-dimensional, driven by basic ideologies rather than complex motivations, there’s never a moment where viewers are left drifting away from the story. If you’re looking for a more dark and grim Ghibli-esque film between the scale of Ponyo and Grave of the Fireflies, Nausicaä is a terrific choice and a landmark work of animation to boot. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind screens at 5th Avenue Cinema June 1–3.
OPINION
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEXISM AND MISOGYNY WHY SEPARATING THE TWO MATTERS PIPER GIBSON
JENNY VU
LISA DORN
from sexist ads, media, friends, family, coworkers or other sources—and turn these negative feelings into self-destructive behavior. If women don’t subscribe to beauty ideals and try to unlearn societal norms that cause them to dislike themselves and their bodies, they are met with misogynistic punishment. This is even worse for women who doubly don’t fit patriarchal standards, such as women of color, nonthin women, disabled women and others who aren’t perceived as normal by society. The effects of misogyny and sexism on women aren’t always as apparent as disor-
dered eating or violent crime. Sometimes they manifest in being afraid to speak up in class settings, avoiding buying a car or not negotiating the salary one deserves due to the sexist and potentially misogynist treatment awaiting them for stepping outside of patriarchal norms. Understanding these terms and how they work together to uphold and defend patriarchal systems is the first step in knowing how to work to deconstruct them. Unlearning these deeply ingrained sexist and misogynistic ideals, whether internalized or otherwise, is next.
KAILYN NEIDETCHER @KAILYNJANE
ROBBY DAY
insisting that women are more naturally subservient and maternal—is sexist. A misogynist insults women who refuse the caretaker role and insists the only thing women are good for is servicing men and children. Both sexism and misogyny have disastrous effects on women’s lives and their mental health. Psychologists Casey L. Augustus-Horvath and Tracy L. Tylka conducted a study on how sexual objectification of women of all ages could lead to developing eating disorders. The study found “women in both age groups who had a greater tendency to self-objectify were more likely to express body shame. Older and younger women higher in body shame reported a greater tendency to (a) adopt maladaptive eating behaviors and (b) disconnect from their internal hunger, satiety and emotional cues.” The pervasive and repetitive focus on women’s bodies over any of their other attributes, and framing women’s bodies as overly sexual, only good for sex and made to serve men, can cause lasting health consequences. Women can internalize all of this information—whether
CHLOE KENDALL
Sexism and misogyny are often conflated, and while the two certainly support each other, they are not one and the same. They both affect women in concrete negative ways, from being talked over in meetings to fatal violence. However, the difference is not widely understood, and this leads to confusion and misuse. Understanding the two as separate and distinct—and defining what they actually mean—is crucial to dismantling them. Cornell philosophy Professor Kate Manne, who wrote a book on the logic of misogyny, identified these differences. “Sexism is the ideology that supports patriarchal social relations, but misogyny enforces it when there’s a threat of that system going away,” she explained, continuing that much of misogynistic behavior is about punishing women who don’t act in ways they are expected to and violate the norms of a patriarchal society. “Misogynists are always sexist, but sexists are not always misogynists,” stated Julie Bindel, a journalist and founder of Justice for Women, a UK organization. This means upholding the patriarchal status quo—such as
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MAY 29–JUN 4 COMMUNITY
FILM & THEATER
ART
MUSIC
DEADPOOL 2 (2018) CINEMA 21 MULTIPLE DATES / TIMES • $7–10 • ALL AGES The incredibly obscene anti-superhero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) seeks allies to help protect a teen mutant boy from the even more villainous Cable (Josh Brolin).
TUESDAY BLUES BOSSANOVA BALLROOM 7 P.M.–MIDNIGHT • ALL AGES • $7-15 Every Tuesday the Bossanova hosts blues dance lessons for blues lovers of all skill sets. No partner required.
CREATIVE INDUSTRY NIGHT ACE HOTEL 7 P.M. • FREE • ALL AGES Artists, musicians, photographers and others representing different creative industries meet for happy hour.
IN THE INTENSE NOW (2018) CINEMA 21 MULTIPLE DATES / TIMES. • $7–10 • ALL AGES A new, critically-acclaimed documentary about French life in the late ‘60s.
MELANGE TONIC LOUNGE 9 P.M. • $5–10 • 21+ This QPOC variety show features drag and burlesque performances themed around motherhood, with performances from Baby LeStrange, Sindel Macabre Asylum, Fine China, Marla Darling and more.
BEYOND SILK AND INK SMSU 238 (BROWSING LOUNGE) 6 P.M. • FREE • ALL AGES Littman + White Galleries and the Pacific Islander, Asian and Asian-American Resource Center (PIAAA)’s panel discusses contemporary art for Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 7:30 P.M. • $7–9 • ALL AGES The ‘80s crime classic screens after a panel discussing the history of U.S. soul music and how Blues Brothers’ use of the genre did more harm than good.
ZOË KEATING ALADDIN THEATER 7 P.M. • $20–25 • ALL AGES The Canadian cellist comes through town in support of her new EP Snowmelt.
FRI JUN 1
BELGIAN BEER FESTIVAL THE NORTH WAREHOUSE JUNE 1, 1 P.M.–9 P.M. JUNE 2, NOON –8 P.M. • $20 • 21+ Come taste around 75 Belgian-style beers made by local brewers. To ensure variety, brewers made their beers based on a dart throw that dictates color and alcohol content.
PEDALPALOOZA KICKOFF SEWALLCREST CITY PARK 6 P.M. • FREE • ALL AGES The Portland biking community’s summer event series kickoff on Friday where fellow bikers will meet up at 6 p.m. and roll out around 7 p.m. for a 7-15 mile ride (depending on age group).
MOUNTAIN (2018) CINEMA 21 MULTIPLE DATES/TIMES • $7–10 • ALL AGES A new documentary about the world’s tallest mountains and the people who still scale them. Ideal for large, hi-res screens.
LEZ DO IT KILLINGSWORTH DYNASTY 9 P.M. • $5 • 21+ Kick off Pride Month with lesbian vibes and queer tunes with DJs Mister Charming, Chelsea Starr and Miss Pop.
SAT JUN 2
CITY FAIR TOM MCCALL WATERPARK MAY 25–28 • $8 • ALL AGES This is the second of three weekends the fair is rockin, but today only from noon–5 p.m., bring your dogs! There’s even a Canine Court to aww at. Don’t miss the Starlight Scavenger Hunt from 6 p.m.–11 p.m.
16TH ANNUAL HEART & STROKE WALK TOM MCCALL WATERFRONT PARK 8 A.M.–NOON Come celebrate health and community causes for the 16th annual event hosted by the American Heart Association. Free registration is available at pdxheartwalk.org.
STARLIGHT PARADE DOWNTOWN PORTLAND 9 P.M.–11 P.M. About 100 lit up entries will cruise just over two miles with marching bands and floats of all sizes. Over 40 years running, you don’t want to miss this Portland classic!
HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES (2017) CINEMA 21 MULTIPLE DATES/TIMES • $7–10 • ALL AGES Zan (Elle Fanning), an alien on a coming of age ritual, meets and falls in love with human teen rebel Enn (Rory Nolan, Alex Sharp).
KBOO BIRTHDAY BIKE RIDE 20 SE 8TH AVE 1 P.M.–4 P.M. Celebrate the 50th birthday of KBOO Community radio with cake and a community bike ride featuring music handpicked by DJ Dirty Diablo.
SINCERITY IS GROSS THE SLIDE INN 7:30 P.M. • FREE • ALL AGES Standup comedy from Barbara Gray, Caitlin Weierhauser, Armando Torres and Katie Nguyen.
SINFERNO DANTE’S 10 P.M. • $10–100 • 21+ Portland’s longest running cabaret revue, one of the few places Portland can host fire dancers, just celebrated its 18th birthday.
RACING TO CHANGE: OREGON’S CIVIL RIGHTS YEARS OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY MULTIPLE DATES • 10 A.M.–5 P.M. The Oregon Black Pioneers—a nonprofit dedicated to African American history—curated an exhibit about civil rights movements during the ’60s and ’70s in Oregon.
JOJO WONDER BALLROOM 8:30 P.M. • $25–28 • ALL AGES It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve heard JoJo’s first record, and I just typed out the chorus, from memory, perfectly.
STEELY DAN AND THE DOOBIE BROTHERS MODA CENTER 7:30 P.M. • $72 AND UP • ALL AGES See two iconic ‘70s bands do their “Dirty Work” and “Keep this Train A-Rollin.” Though some members have changed, their tunes never get old.
TUES MAY 29
SAGITTARIUS FULL MOON DRUMMING CIRCLE NEW RENAISSANCE BOOKSHOP 6:30 P.M.–8 P.M. • $15 • ALL AGES Celebrate June’s Sagittarius Full Moon through meditative drumming
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