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New Avenues for Youth Ben & Jerry’s now open The PartnerShop in Urban Plaza employs ten at-risk youth Vanguard staff

Portland-area nonprofit New Avenues for Youth celebrated the grand opening of a Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop on July 7 at Portland State.

“Thanks to New Avenues, I’m good at interviews now,” said 20-year-old Meshel’le Bell, who grew up in foster care and participated in a New Avenues job-training program.

Bell held her first job at the New Avenues Ben & Jerry’s that faces Pioneer Square on Southwest Yamhill Street.

The PSU location is the second PartnerShop, started by an organization known for helping at-risk teens gain the life skills necessary to avoid chronic homelessness.

“It’s not just about the ice

cream,” said Mark Gregory, interim vice president of finance and administration at PSU. “We’re very excited to have a Ben & Jerry’s on campus.”

A line stretched from the door of the new shop—situated where TriMet offices used to be—to the edge of the Urban Plaza. Cones were free between noon and 2 p.m.

Ken Cowdery, executive director of New Avenues, was excited to see the store open, explaining that the inauguration of this Ben & Jerry’s marked the official start of New Avenue’s five-year microenterprise initiative.

“This is a social-purpose enterprise,” he said. “It’s a unique new model for nonprofits. You’ll probably see it more in the future—as the government cuts back its funding, nonprofits have to be creative about how they raise money.”

PSU is a win-win setting for the shop, according to Cowdery, because students

will enjoy eating ice cream between classes and employees can benefit from the surrounding campus.

“We’ll expose youth to higher education while they work,” he said.

The shop is staffed by 10 employees, one a full-time worker and the rest part-time.

KeyBank President Brian Rice attended the ceremony.

Two tellers at his branches are graduates of the New Avenues Ben & Jerry’s on Yamhill Street.

“We’re big supporters of New Avenues,” he said. “The partner shops are helping youth from the bottom up.”

New Avenues opened the downtown shop in 2005, providing job experience to nearly 130 at-risk youth since then and paying out more than $500,000 in wages.

“Working has helped me be comfortable,” Bell said.

“I always had skills, but now I’m more comfortable in myself.” ■

Working and learning: At-risk youth employed by Ben & Jerry's on campus responded to a line of people clamoring for free ice cream cones during last Thursday's grand opening.

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Days in the lives of canvassers

Debating the worth of college

Summer clipboard jobs pay $10 hourly on average and require a tough skin

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Asking you how your day is going, jigging to music booming from cars, holding clipboards and pamphlets out to

you—PSU students employed as canvassers over the summer will try many different ways to get your attention.

“I thought one guy was going to punch me because his baby was sleeping and I rang the doorbell,” ASPSU Chief of Staff Brandon Harris said. He canvassed for Oregon politician Chuck Riley last year.

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Last Mile gives students final boost Program helps students who are credits away from graduation finish their degrees Ryan Deming Vanguard Staff

A Portland State program that helps struggling students graduate is now in its second year.

Founded in February 2010, Last Mile was born out of the University Studies program as part of a campus-wide effort to increase retention and graduation rates.

Financial struggles and the bewildering complexity of degree requirements seem to be the biggest road blocks faced by students, according to experts.

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Coddy Baken graduated from Portland State in 2010 with a bachelor’s in Liberal Studies.

He’s currently unemployed and faces over $30,000 in student-loan debt.

“I’m using my inheritance to pay rent, and I’m on food stamps,” he said. “Not exactly how I pictured being a college graduate eight years ago when I finished high school.”

With tuition costs on the rise and a recession that seems never-ending, it’s no wonder that students and parents are questioning the value of higher education.

Author and venture capitalist James Altucher has made headlines leading the anti-college movement.

“We are graduating a generation of indentured servants who will spend 50 years or

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Two roads diverged in a wood: It's hard to know whether a job or an education is more valuable. more paying down their student debt rather than starting companies and curing cancer,” Altucher recently blogged, “Most things that you can learn in college you can learn for free outside of college thanks to the Internet.”

But John Gallup, an assistant professor of economics at PSU, stands by the college degree as being a worthwhile investment.

“Despite big tuition increases, college is an unbeatable investment even at much higher tuition rates than students currently pay,” Gallup said. “College causes workers to earn so much more due to their higher productivity that the government would actually make money by paying the full tuition of students who wouldn’t otherwise attend.”

Gallup believes that degreeearners, not students who dabble in college and don’t graduate, are the ones reaping economic benefits.

Responding to Altucher’s idea that an entrepreneur can become more fiscally successful than your average college graduate, Gallup suggested that such a phenomenon is rare.

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James Ofsink, assistant director of Financial Aid at PSU, sees a target audience who are almost done with degrees but not quite there.

“This group seemed like the easiest to go after because of how close they already are to graduation,” he said.

Last Mile was designed to focus on students who are within 15 credits of degree completion and have already applied for graduation, said Martha Dyson, academic advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

“We work with students on a case-by-case basis to see what their situation is,” Dyson said.

Many times, she added, all it took to help students reach graduation was the rearrangement of a class or two.

“Sometimes a student just needed to switch majors because they already had enough classes out of the way,” Dyson said.

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National leader: According to Robert Mercer, assistant dean of the College of LIberal Arts and Sciences and chair of Last Mile, PSU is the only university hosting a program like this.

Mile program, PSU is the only university hosting such a program.

“We’d love it if the other Oregon schools would do something like this,” Mercer said.

In its first year of operation, Last Mile received a $50,000 donation from the office of the university provost.

Mercer said that the gift allowed Last Mile to grant students who’d run out of financial aid or faced holds on their accounts the $500 or so needed to fund these final few credits

needed before graduation.

“We hope that we’ll get another allocation to help people financially,” Mercer said.

“About half the students that fell into this Last Mile group had financial holds that kept them from registering.”

Last Mile staff are optimistic about the future.

“There’s a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm,” Jhaj said.

“I hope we can identify a set of process changes to address the need of students on an ongoing basis.” ■

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of Arts became a Bachelor of Science requirements or vice versa.

There’s also the issue of language requirements: Dyson explained that many students find foreign language classes difficult after years away from speaking practices and drills.

Dyson is one of five new academic advisors that the university hired in December as part of PSU’s initiative to assist students in course planning and fulfilling degree requirements.

Staffing the Last Mile program is part of Dyson’s job description.

“Before we came on, they just didn’t have the ‘people power’ to get this done,” Dyson said.

The program has already generated a gold mine of data for administrators to evaluate.

Sukhwant Jhaj, a Student Success special assistant, wrote in his blog that “between summer 2005 and fall 2007, around 350 students

had enough credits to apply for graduation, but did not finish.”

Additionally, the data shows that “the primary reason for leaving Portland State on the cusp of graduation may not be academic performance, but financial or other reasons.”

Jhaj explained that the question of why students drop out so close to graduation and what it will take to help them finish can be challenging.

By February 2011, a year after inception, Last Mile graduated 71 students. As of today, The program has assisted around 100 students who wouldn’t have finished college without help.

“I was very surprised when they passed 50 students,” Jhai said.

Last Mile is overseen by administrators from both academic and financial departments. This way, the program can help students in almost any situation.

“We’ve found that most of them just need some direction,” said Amanda Nguyen, bursar in Business Affairs.

According to Robert Mercer, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and chair of the Last

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A judge has formally ordered the Oregon Health Authority to evaluate the mental capacity of inmate Gary Haugen, who has said he wants to give up further appeals and proceed with his execution.

Judge Joseph Guimond (guh-MAWND) agreed last week to cancel an Aug. 16 execution date after the Oregon Supreme Court called for a competency hearing.

Guimond’s order Monday called for the evaluation to be done within 30 days. It’s aimed at determining Haugen’s ability to make reasoned choices about his legal strategies and options.

His lawyers say the 49-year-old Haugen is delusional and not competent.

Haugen was convicted in 1981 of killing a former girlfriend’s mother and in 2003 for killing another inmate.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — State authorities are considering restoring discounts for the poor and people on Social Security to provide relief from a doubling of medical marijuana fees authorized by the Legislature.

An advisory panel met Monday to work out specifics of the higher fees that are to be set by the Oregon Health Authority. The final fees are expected to go into effect in October.

The state budget includes language authorizing increased fees to raise $6.4 million for things like clean water and school health programs. Lawmakers had originally envisioned doubling

the basic fee and eliminating most discounts.

Bob Wolfe of Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative said after organizing a telephone and e-mail campaign to register their outrage with lawmakers, medical marijuana advocates were able to get the program to consider trimming the overall patient registration increase, restoring discounts for people on food stamps, the Oregon Health Plan and Social Security, and reducing the fee charged designated growers.

“As a result we were able to enter talks to change the form of the increases to protect the most vulnerable patients,” Wolfe said.

The current fees are $100 a year for medical marijuana patients, and $20 for those who receive food stamps, Medicaid and Social Security.

State officials are considering new fees of $180 a year for patients, $80 for those on food stamps and Medicaid, and $40 for Social Security recipients. There are also fees of $25 to replace a card and $50 to change the caregiver, grower or grow site on a registration, plus $50 for a grower who is not also a patient. The fees would go into effect by Oct. 1 following public hearings.

Barry Kast, acting director of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, said projections show the proposed fees easily will generate the revenue demanded in the budget, but people remain concerned that raising fees too high will force the low-income people who represent some 45 percent of patients out of the program.

“This is a Walmart problem,” he said. “The higher you raise fees, the fewer the patients you have, and the less fee revenue. At some point a balance has to be struck.”

He added that if the revenue produced by the fees exceeds the $6.4 million, the authority could move to reduce fees.

Oregon Health Authority spokeswoman Christine Stone said the agency can modify the fee increases, as long as they produce the $6.4 million included in the budget.

In apparent anticipation of the increased fees, the numbers of new registrations and renewals spiked in June. As of July 1 there were 49,222 patients registered, plus 25,634 caregivers. Another 4,581 applications were pending.

Advocates suggested the program could increase revenues by hiring more staff to speed up processing the outstanding applications.

Kast said investments in automation were speeding up the application process.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man who died after running from officers in Portland apparently suffered a heart attack.

The man was a passenger in a car that was pulled over early Sunday because a tail light wasn’t working. He was wanted on a parole violation in a drug case.

Police say the man gave an officer false information and took off, jumping over three fences.

He gave up when he was cornered behind a house and arrested without a struggle.

He stopped breathing in a police car and was taken to the Portland Adventist Medical Center where he died about two hours later. Police say hospital tests indicated he had used marijuana and methamphetamine.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The attorney for a New Jersey man accused of snatching a Picasso drawing off the wall of a San Francisco art gallery says his client will plead not guilty.

Mark Lugo appeared in court Monday for the first time since his arrest last week on suspicion of stealing the 1965 sketch, which was on sale at the Weinstein Gallery for more than $200,000.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a judge agreed to a request from Lugo’s attorney, Douglas Horngrad, to postpone his arraignment until Friday. Horngrad said he wants Lugo’s $5 million bail reduced.

The 30-year-old sommelier from Hoboken, N.J., is charged with grand theft, possession of stolen property and second-degree burglary.

Police on Wednesday arrested Lugo in Napa, where they found the undamaged drawing stripped from its frame.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alcohol was a likely factor in the death of a 14-year-old Northern California girl after she and three friends apparently drank vodka mixed with soda during a weekend sleepover, authorities said Monday.

Paramedics found Takeimi Rao of Santa Rosa dead in her bedroom around 9 a.m. Sunday. Her parents could not be immediately reached for comment.

The girl, who was entering ninth grade in the fall, was hosting a sleepover Saturday night, Sonoma County sheriff’s Lt. Dennis O’Leary said. He said Rao apparently took a bottle of vodka from the kitchen cabinet and likely poured it into an empty plastic water bottle.

O’Leary thinks the girls, all 14, may have been mixing the liquor with soda.

“We believe they were drinking alcohol,” O’Leary said. “Right now we are investigating the death as suspicious, but we think it may be accidental.”

Rao’s mother told authorities she woke up early Sunday and saw two of the girls throwing up. They told her they were suffering from food poisoning from dinner earlier as she helped clean them up and put them back to bed.

The mother woke up about an hour later when her daughter and another girl began vomiting. Hours later, two of the girls had already been picked up by their parents and a third was in the shower when Rao’s parents tried waking their daughter.

O’Leary said criminal charges against Rao’s parents are unlikely.

“Parents need to talk with their kids and discuss the dangers of consuming alcohol and maintain an open line of communication,” he said.

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When the livin' is easy: Children enrolled at PSU's Helen Gordon Child Care Center explore the city this summer.

Helen Gordon Child Care Center runs year round Summer activities reflect the sunny weather Sierra Pannabecker Vanguard Staff

Every summer, swarms of children can be seen picnicking in the park blocks, riding the MAX and playing in fountains around downtown Portland. Thanks to the Helen Gordon Child Development Center (HGCDC) at Portland State, children of PSU faculty and students experience these summer activities while their parents are working or attending classes.

The HGCDC provides on-

campus childcare to PSU students and faculty year-round.

Students who take summer classes can keep their children continuously enrolled in the program.

Lynn Green, the infant and toddler coordinator at HGCDC, described the summer activities the youngsters partake in: “Every day they are out on the public transportation system,” Green said. “They go to Wallace Park, the zoo, everywhere.”

Accompanied by licensed caretakers, children often walk or ride to the Hoyt Arboretum and the Park Blocks to enjoy the summer sunshine.

Additionally, they are sometimes taken to visit the offices of parents on campus.

“We are out and about in the community,” Green said.

“One of our intentions is that we increase the awareness of the children, so that people see them as community members.”

In past years, the center has run a Summer Studies program for students ages seven to 11. This program was started a few years ago, but was not feasible this year because of space.

“It's hard for parents to find somewhere for them to go [at this age],” Green said.

Through the Summer Stud-

ies program, the children were able to use the rock wall in the recreation center and go on hikes nearby. The HGCDC hopes to have this program running again next summer.

Right now the HGCDC summer program is very laid back, Green said. The students start and finish projects as they please, and take every opportunity to get out of the confines of the center and explore the city.

Tom Dornan, a doctoral student in the physics department, drops his six-year-old daughter off at the center when he comes to campus for class.

“HGCDC has provided an

environment for Erin to grow and develop in without hindrance,” Dornan said.

He added that it is “a community of caring loving, nurturing, and unbelievably patient souls.”

This is a sentiment echoed

by Green who said that “everyday moments are extraordinary moments” with the students.

Dornan feels that the HGCDC fulfills an important role in the life of the modern student.

“PSU has a set of students that are in different stages of life and many with more on their plate than just getting an education,” Dornan said.

Parents who bring their children to the HGCDC know that their children are interacting with other children and adults, as well as learning about and exploring their city and their world.

“It is that feeling that allows our family and other student/ faculty families to have piece of mind as well as focus on the necessary distractions of life,” Dornan said.

The programs at the HGCDC are so popular with PSU faculty and students that there is a waiting list to enroll. The HGCDC is located on SW Market and 12th Avenue, and is open every day during the summer. ■

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Innocent Until Proven Guilty

For many people in the United States, the outcome of the Casey Anthony trial inspired outrage and disbelief. Casey Anthony, on trial for the murder of her two-year-old daughter Caylee, was declared not guilty by a jury on all counts of murder and child abuse. The evidence against her seemed overwhelming, and the court of public opinion had long since declared her guilty. The actual legal verdict left many Americans crying foul at the justice system.

But, as it turns out, the justice system did right by Casey Anthony and the rest of the U.S. The purpose of a trial by jury is not to declare someone absolutely guilty or absolutely innocent. The duty of a jury is to determine whether there is reasonable doubt that someone committed a crime. In the trial of Casey Anthony, this is precisely what was done.

Examples of reasonable doubt in this case include cause of death, time of death and motive. The coroner charged with examining Caylee Anthony’s remains found no discernible cause of death, meaning the death could have been accidental or borne of natural causes as easily as it could have been murder.

The time of death was also unknown, due to the decomposition of the remains, and there was no physical evidence left on the body regarding who had last touched it.

And Casey Anthony, despite her apparent nonchalant attitude in the days following her daughter’s disappearance, had no clear motive to kill her child. The combination of these facts led to the jury’s decision: there was enough reasonable doubt that she could not be declared guilty.

And while the rest of the evidence—from internet searches for “chloroform” on her computer to the network of lies that she spun to disguise the disappearance of her daughter— points to the conclusion that she murdered her child, the court was correct in declaring her not guilty.

A court ruling swayed by public opinion is no form of justice. It is akin to lynching at its worst, with decisions based arbitrarily on selective information and biased views. The U.S. justice system was designed to avoid such easily prejudiced rulings.

And while public opinion often matches the verdict a trial by jury reaches, there are always exceptions.

As an example, in the JonBenét Ramsey murder in late 1996, the public was quick to point fingers at the girl’s parents. Ramsey, a six yearold pageant star, was found

Let sleeping beasts lie Resurrection of extinct zebra raises questions Grace Grayson Vanguard staff

Whether Casey Anthony is guilty or not, the court ruling was correct.

It was arrived at by the same process as every other case.

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strangled and beaten in her parents’ basement hours after they received a ransom note from an unknown group identified only as “S.B.T.C.” Twelve years later, courts cleared the family of all wrongdoing after further analysis of the crime scene and DNA evidence pointed towards an unknown male assailant.

Similarly, there can be no doubt that individuals who

actually committed crimes they were declared not guilty of in court exist. One such example is O.J. Simpson. In a highly publicized trial, Simpson was declared not guilty in a criminal trial for the murder of two people. In a civil trial, though, he was found to be guilty of the wrongful death of the same two people. Since then, it has become part of the

public record that he is believed to have been wrongfully acquitted, though he was not sent to prison until 2007 (on unrelated charges).

The U.S. justice system is not without its faults, but it functions as it was meant to at its inception. The greatest goal of a trial by jury is to prevent the innocent from being declared guilty, and it is inevitable that the methods

employed might let a guilty party or two through. But the system works most of the time and, as such, it does not need to be overhauled.

Whether Casey Anthony is guilty or not, the court ruling was correct. It was arrived at by the same process as every other case. While there may never be justice for Caylee Anthony, the integrity of the system stands. ■

the current allotment. The changes would also take full effect in 2026, which would allow Oregon farmers time to reform their methods and coops.

Animal advocates say these changes aren’t enough.

The online forums are abuzz with comments questioning the validity of the bill. Many users feel that the subject is asinine, as they feel current human issues such as budget and economy override the needs of animals. One user commented on an article about the issue by The Oregonian, “You can’t expect the legislature to do something constructive, like save the state from going in the tank, can you?”

Such legislation is in the process of being passed while many humans in the farming industry still face exploitation. A mere three years ago, in Immokalee, Fla., six people were indicted on charges of

“enslaving farm workers.” According to court documents, the workers were beaten and forced to sleep in trucks, all while facing threats of losing their jobs— as tomato pickers.

Many women who work on farms still face threats of sexual exploitation and assault.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, “…farm workers are among the most vulnerable to sexual violence while also the least likely to report it.”

LBTQ farm workers also face harassment in the workplace, and many are at risk for sexual assault.

While the treatment of animals in farms is an important issue, there is still more that can be done to improve the working conditions of humans in farming conditions.

In Oregon, many farm workers face problems when it comes to housing. Many only earn, on average, $7,500 a year per person, and are

forced to compete with others for low-income housing opportunities.

Earlier this year, a house bill was drafted in order to redefine the term “farm worker” in order to allow for more housing tax credits to be issued. The bill is a small step in Oregon’s movement toward farm worker equality. HB 2154 was signed into law in June of this year.

While animals’ rights are important, there still needs to be more legislation that takes into account the rights of humans in the farming environment as well. By furthering the rights of both people and animals, Oregon can give a voice to those who are often left mute—those who sacrifice the most in order to feed the masses. ■

Legislation, Over Easy Which comes first: the chicken or the egg farmer?

Kali Simmons Oregon legislators are moving out of the courthouse and into the henhouse. Over the last few months, there has been some trouble brewing at the Capitol. There has been much discussion regarding the state’s regulations on what is considered humane when it comes to egg-laying chickens.

Many of, those supporting the Humane Society of the United States feel the newly revised regulations don’t go far enough, while others are questioning why the state is even discussing the issue.

But what’s really cooking at the capitol?

Last December, the Oregon

Humane Society approached Oregon State Senate President Peter Courtney, who spearheaded what is now Senate Bill 805. Yet, as the bill evolved, animal rights activists say the future of the bill is now in the hands of the chicken farmers themselves—and the farmers aren’t looking out for the chickens.

What SB805 is proposing is a shift in standards over the next 15 years. Oregon’s chicken farmers would be required to invest millions in the new adjustments, but experts say that the changes would allow for the chickens to live significantly healthier and happier lives.

Currently, chickens are allotted 67 square inches of habitat in their cages. This means that quarters are cramped, and often the chicken’s health suffers due to its living conditions.

Egg-laying chickens do not receive the best treatment.

Due to their inability to lay

eggs, male chickens are killed and chicks are tossed into large garbage cans, suffocating and crushing them. The male chicks are also disposed of in other, horrific ways, such as decapitation via machinery or by grinding the chicks up alive.

Treatment is equally bad for female egg-laying chickens. Female chickens are forced to lay eggs until many die when they no longer have the strength to pass an egg.

For the most part, these chickens are treated horribly, much like many commercial farm animals.

SB805 hoped to change the current treatment of egglaying chickens. The plan proposes that over the next 15 years, the allotted space for chickens be expanded to 216 square inches.

The newly reformed version of the bill would require the cages be expanded to 116.3 square inches, almost double

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It's going to be a strange one to label in taxonomic records; that's for sure. How does one categorize the extant dates of a creature brought back to life years after it went extinct?

This is one of the most minor questions facing scientists after the startling success of the nearly thirty-year Quagga Project.

This project, which famously inspired Michael Crichton's science fiction masterpiece Jurassic Park, had a simple (and seemingly impossible) goal: to resurrect a type of South African zebra known as the quagga, extinct since 1883. Much of the scientific community scoffed at the audacity of the project, dismissing it as a wild goose chase.

Consider the goose caught. The Quagga Project seems to have succeeded. As of May 2011, the group has produced an entire herd of zebras bearing many distinctive markings, both physically and genetically, of the quagga. The once dismissive scientific community was left scrambling for answers.

Are these creatures really quaggas?

Outwardly, they greatly resemble the extinct sub-species of zebra the project sought to resurrect. Many of the genetic markers in the original sample of DNA (extracted from taxidermied quaggas from the 1880s) seem to match up, though a full genome is unavailable to use as a comparison. Members of the herd can freely interbreed, both with each other and with the long extant plains zebra. In many ways, it seems entirely likely that they are, indeed, quaggas.

So, if we accept that the quagga has indeed been brought back, what next? Japanese scientists claim that the resurrection of the wooly mammoth will be possible within four years. From there, should we be expecting a live-action remake of Jurassic Park within the decade?

Scientific curiosity and enterprise aside, the resurrection of long-extinct creatures is ultimately a terrible idea. While observation of the animals in question would answer many lingering questions,

as simple as appearance or as complex as behavior, the results would still be dependent on the assumption that the process used to create them did not alter their genes in any way.

There is also a question of ethics intrinsic to the argument. Do we have the right to resurrect an animal solely to appease curiosity? Would possible advancements be worth condemning them to a life in captivity or in a lab? What would the environmental or ecological consequences be if they were to be let free or get loose?

Should we even attempt it?

It may not be possible. The Quagga Project used selective breeding to retrieve traits and genes similar to those of the quagga from modern zebras. This is only possible because the quagga was thought to be a sub-species of the plains zebras extant today. Because of this, the DNA retrieved from the stuffed quagga can only be used as reference. This also suggests that for an extinct creature to be brought back, a closely related animal must still be alive today.

But the resurrection of the quagga, through whatever means it has come to be, still begs all the questions outlined above and countless more. Should resurrecting extinct animals enter the realm of possibility, which seems more likely every day, these questions will need to be answered.

It should be enough to know that it would be possible. The act of bringing an animal back from extinction is one which should remain theoretical, not practical.

There is much to possibly learn from a creature long gone, but the ecological, ethical and environmental risks are too great.

The social implications might also leave one reeling—if it is permissible to revive a dinosaur, why not a Neanderthal or Homo erectus? What happens when it becomes a human or human ancestor?

Science has always toed the line between satisfying curiosity and adhering to ethical standards. All it takes is one slip for a scientist to go too far, and it is hard to come back. While the potential resurrection of the quagga is fascinating and inspiring, it should be the final attempt at bringing an extinct animal back.

Let the resurrection of extinct animals stay in the realm of science fiction. ■

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Qua-wha?: The quagga, extinct since the 1800s, might have a second chance.

Fair trade not really all that fair Elizabeth Bommarito Vanguard staff

The fair trade movement has grown exponentially since 2005, rising from $15 million in sales a year to $48 million in 2011. From textiles to produce, to coffee and tea and jewelry, fair trade certification is making its black-and-white mark in more and more places every day.

Yet much controversy still exists over the effectiveness of fair trade and the ethical considerations around it. Can farmers and producers really make enough money from switching to fair trade? Is the model enough to challenge huge problems with our market-based economy? How well are the claims of fair trade really monitored in the production countries?

Fair trade certification claims that it improves local development, ensures fairer labor practices such as the exclusion of child slavery in cocoa production and encourages democracy, non-discrimination and transparency.

Indeed, the growth of fair trade indicates a shift in the consciousness and ethics of consumers in metropolitan places. It shows that people generally care about the conditions under which people in the developing world work and that they will pay more to not feel guilty about enjoying the luxuries afforded to them from years of colonialism and imperialism. This is overall a good thing.

The trouble starts when you go searching for real answers to questions like, “how much do the farmers really get paid?” and “how do you know they don’t use child labor in fair trade chocolate production when the Transfair website (one of the largest certifiers in the U.S.) says that the growing and production sites are only reviewed once a year?”

The fact is these certifiers are not as transparent as they let on, and pursuit of answers to these questions is difficult for a researcher, let alone an average Joe just picking up his morning cup of presumably fair trade coffee.

In 2006, the commodity rate for coffee paid to the farmer by mainstream companies was $1.10, as opposed to the fair trade premium of $1.26.

It has also been noted that an outside company, Allegro Coffee, did their own breakdown of the finances and concluded

that sometimes farmers only received 80 cents of the $1.26.

Part of the problem is that with fair trade there are many hands that the twiceas-expensive coffee profits go through before they get to the farmer. There are a lot of legal battles involved in fair trade which means a lot of lawyers’ bills.

While this would certainly help some of the fair trade deficiencies, we have to ask if this is really the best way to go about tackling the problems of our import-export based world.

Allegro Coffee’s method to counter this problem has been to create their own model ,similar to the one model called “direct trade,” which seeks to have retailers engage more directly with the farmers and producers in other countries and to work directly with them rather than through a larger certification body like Transfair.

While this would certainly help some of the fair trade deficiencies, we have to ask if this is really the best way to go about tackling the problems of our import-export

based world.

The problem with models like fair trade and direct trade is that they use a top-down approach to reform a system that is unable to be reformed. Firstly, they use the existing power structures of the developed world “giving” the model of fair trade to the developing, as opposed to letting the workers of developing countries decide their own fate and decide how they would like to do business with us.

Secondly, they divide the international working class into two groups: workers and consumers. The trouble is that most of us are both of these identities at different times of the day.

From electronics manufactured in Malaysia to chocolate on the Ivory Coast to the fancy restaurants that college students slave away at in our urban cities, many of us are unable to take part in the consumption of the things that we help produce at the same level and rate as those that we produce them for.

This is a market and capitalist problem that cannot be reformed away. Fair trade still relies on a bulk of the profit going to those who create and control the companies.

A truly fair system would be one that allows for the people who make imports and exports to have equal access as anyone else to what they produce. Anything else is a bandage on a quickly festering wound. ■

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There's a First Thursday for everyone

EuroTrash is where it's at

A night out in Portland’s monthly art, music and cultural experience

…and trash never tasted so good

If sculpture is more your style, this month the Werks gallery is showing the works of Todd Simmler and Chris Cole, two artists who work to bring new life to scrap metal.

Simmler’s work uses anything from farm tools to car parts, bringing the aesthetic qualities of these everyday objects to the forefront. Cole, on the other hand, brings life to his works, as his kinetic sculptures of fantastic creatures are entirely constructed from bike scraps and sheet steel.

But there’s more to First Thursday than just art.

Portlanders dine at food carts that line the streets, offering a diverse array of snacking fare. Anything can be procured—from a steaming bowl of home-style soup to deep-friend tempura pickles.

Aside from food carts, a variety of pubs, bars and

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Every first Thursday, the streets of downtown are flooded with people. Those who are unfamiliar with this Portland ritual will often wonder—“what’s all the fuss about?”

For the uninitiated, First Thursday is a monthly celebration of art, food, music and culture that takes place in the Pearl District of downtown Portland—and now even stretches into other parts of Northwest Portland.

Galleries open their doors and the crowds mingle with the artists themselves, allowing for a discourse between creators and admirers.

Drew Anderson, artist and owner of Millions of Hundred Dollar Ideas gallery on NW Everett, describes the event as “a time when people are given the first opportunity to support artists and galleries by purchasing work…First Thursday is a fun social gathering where skilled artists display works and people get to walk around and drunkenly critique what they see.”

Anderson celebrated the latest First Thursday by inviting visitors to his gallery to pose with a sculpture he created which he playfully titles the “Pickle Baby.” The Pickle Baby looks exactly as

restaurants are open late into the night to satisfy any hunger pangs. Davis Street Tavern is located near a large pod of galleries and provides upscale food at reasonable prices. The happy hour is a must for any gourmet-lover seeking nourishment during First Thursday, with food topping out at $9 a plate. With choices such as duck wings and a delicious beef short-rib sandwich, the tavern can satisfy any famished art critic.

Music is also a major part of First Thursday. Most art galleries feature live DJs or local music alongside the art displays. At Backspace, a local underage venue and coffee shop, First Thursday is an opportunity to listen to the latest in Portland music and art. This month the Backspace featured works by artists Joshua Mays and Meagan Spendlove. The bright and sensuous styles of both artists’

works mesh well with the upbeat atmosphere of Backspace.

In a way, First Thursday provides an ample introduction to the city for new transplants—such as students just settling in for the summer before fall. Without a doubt, it is quintessentially a Portland experience. Not only are visitors allowed a unique opportunity to connect with local artists among many fields, but they are also allowed to drink, eat and be merry.

This monthly meeting of arts and community brings together Portlanders to enjoy lovely cuisine and drink and allows for people to genuinely come together. The masses gather in order to positively support creators of works of art—whether it be a painting, a sculpture, a cocktail or a bagel. The connection that is made at this event is one that should be celebrated. ■

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Coming to life: Chris Cole presents kinetic sculptures. it sounds. The photos were then compiled into a YouTube video and also placed on the photography website Flickr.

The artistic works range from abstract to ultra-realistic.

This month, at Nisus Gallery on NW Broadway, artist Nick Baxter showcases what he calls “sharp-focus realism,” beautifully detailed oil paintings with layered meanings. The opening reception on July 7 brought the artist all the way from Austin, Texas.

Baxter, originally a tattoo artist, brings an intense personality and political theme to his works, which make the

“ordinary” that we see seem surreal and magic.

A visitor to Portland, Baxter enjoys what First Thursday brings to the art community.

“The whole event is a great way to connect people to the arts,” Baxter said. “The fact that it’s an ongoing event can add some positive energy to this area as people anticipate what’s going to be new and different the following month. I’m sure it helps the local, younger and emerging artists too, connecting them to potential buyers and encouraging networking with fellow artists.”

First Thursday: A celebration of art, food, music and culture.

John Woo’s The Killer shows at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Portland International Beer Fest is this weekend

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The Killer: This guy is going to regret wearing white. money for an operation to cure Jennie’s blindness.

However, all this won’t be as simple as Ah Jong would assume. He will have to avoid police detective Li Ying who is on his trail, and survive Triad attacks— most of this in slow motion.

Guns will fire, things will explode and then more doves will fly by—in classic Woo style.

Filmed in Hong Kong in 1989, The Killer is an ’80s action noir that shows all the

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characteristics Woo eventually came to be known for in the United States. It is homage to Martin Scorsese and Jean-Pierre Melville, giving film nerds plenty to look for and deconstruct.

But in the end, it’s nice to just sit back and watch the bullets fly. ■

The Killer 5th Avenue Cinemas Now Playing Free to PSU students, $2 other students, $3 general admission

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Portland is a town that’s known for putting a twist on things. We like our art funky, we like our people weird and we like our food a little more on the interesting side. So when it comes to Portland food carts, we can all rest assured that some places will be just out of the box enough to spark our interest and thrill our taste buds.

Just a block away from the famed Movie Madness, right in the heart of the Belmont and 43rd Avenue food cart pod, there shines the glorious beacon of turquoise stripes and hot pink bricks that houses the amazing Euro Trash! Serving up grub that collides the delicious cuisines of American and Mediterranean food, EuroTrash has an eclectic menu that can’t be found anywhere else.

Now I’ve been under the impression that food carts, while supremely tasty, aren’t exactly fancy-shmancy. But EuroTrash has gone

Charles Thomas is the man behind the munchies, coming up with new treats to tempt your taste buds and challenge the norm.

“I just like to be weird and different—eclectic if you will, so I make sure my food represents that too,” Thomas said.

Thomas creates some uncommon good eats with the help of his foodie cohorts and is fairly eccentric himself.

“I’m originally from Tacoma, so I’m totally a trashy guy, and I got to live in Europe for a few years working as a chef as well,” Thomas said.

The chefs at EuroTrash may goof around a lot, but when it comes to the sure awe-

EuroTrash: Colliding American and Mediterranean food.

some power of their food, it’s no joke.

I dove mouth first into their Oregon Doner, and enjoyed a taste sensation that is nothing short of culinary genius. It starts with the glorious invention that’s known notoriously as the falafel-waffle, which gets piled high with hummus, feta cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, trashy sauce and even chicken if you’re in the mood.

It's hot and crispy, cool and crunchy, crumbly and creamy, and everything in between, all housed atop one of the best tasting waffle creations in town.

Their Piri Piri Chicken sandwich is equally decadent with spicy, succulent chicken, cheese, capers and some seriously boss horseradish slaw, finished off with bacon (and everything is better with bacon)! Those looking for something with kick can take on the wondrous Prawn Baguette with feisty curried prawns, cilantro slaw and slathered in a fragrant curry sauce. If you still have room in your gut after all the savory choices, EuroTrash joins forces with their friendly neighbor Fifty Licks to

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Kicking off beer season

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and proved me wrong by providing Foie Gras to go!

Who would have ever thought that one could find the delicacy of rare seared duck liver anywhere but a pricey restaurant? For being so trashy, this place has lots of underlying class.

When it comes to their food, everything is wonderfully unexpected. Move over run-of-the-mill fish and chips, because here comes Euro Trash Fishy Chips! Slender Spanish breaded anchovies are fried with sea salt and served with a squirt of lemon and some signature Trashy Sauce to create a crunchy snack that is totally unique.

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Owner Charles Thomas: He's a little bit Euro, and a little bit trashy. birth the glory that is the ice cream taco. It’s the most delicious love-child you could ever hope to eat and the perfect ending to any meal.

“The motto of EuroTrash is ‘Here’s to feeling good all the

time,’” Thomas said.

Feeling good is easy when you get to mack on some whack concoctions that will open your mind to a whole new world of food filled with insane flavor. ■

Arts briefs

Release the doves

Few things are certain when Ah Jong enters the room— doves will scatter in flight, candles will be burning and there will be white jackets soon to be stained with blood.

This weekend Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinemas shines John Woo’s The Killer across their big screen.

Ah Jong, played by Chow Yun-Fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End), is an assassin working one final hit. However, as bullets fly while carrying out this last job, he accidentally damages the eyesight of a nightclub singer, Jennie. Feeling a sense of responsibility, he looks out for her and decides to take on yet another job to earn enough

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Summer in Portland is more than a break in the clouds—it is a season of beer.

One of the more prominent events centered around the region’s favorite beverage is the Portland International Beer Fest, and it lands in downtown Portland this weekend.

Shaded under the north park blocks’ canopy of trees, PIB and its attendees will be enjoying a beer, or two, or…well, a lot of beer. It’s a nice way to pass the sunny weekend days.

The fest will offer over 150 beers from around the world, including some of Oregon’s own favorites. Food will also

be offered from a number of vendors including Oregon Ice Works, Violletta, and Portland’s favorite roving food cart, KOi Fusion.

For those unfamiliar with the tradition of Portland beer festivals, some are operated using the currency of tickets; this is one such event.

Instead of cash or card, tickets will buy you a taste of the world through its beers.

Another thing to bear in mind are the misconceptions many confront at a fest.

The first is that purchasing a beer gets you a full glass. Being that the fest is a connoisseur or enthusiasts event, what are generally purchased are tasting portions of beer.

The next misconception is that these smaller portions are a bad thing. This actually offers one the ability to experience quite a bit of beer, and a breadth of flavor. And with so many beers over 8 percent alcohol content—well let’s just

say, one should pace themselves.

Included in the entrance fee are 10 beer tickets and a glass.

More tickets can be purchased at $1 each. The folks at PIB note that beers can run anywhere from one to seven tickets, however they further note that a number of beers offered at higher ticket prices can cost up to $50 per bottle at a store.

Aside from being a good time, PIB is a fantastic warm up for the Oregon Brewers Festival that follows the next immediate weekend.

Get ready Portland; it’s beer season. ■

Portland International Beer Fest July 15-17 Friday 4 to 10 PM, Saturday noon to 10 PM, Sunday noon to 7 PM North Park Blocks $25 at the gate or $20 purchased online in advance Free re-entry for all days 21+ www.seattlebeerfest.com

The face of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on July 6 that new products that will be added to the social network. Presented over Facebook live, and in front of an entire room of people staring at their computer screens instead of Zuckerberg, were demos of group-chatting features, new designs and, most notably, a video calling option.

In a partnership with Skype, Facebook users can now chat “face-to-face” online.

There is no word yet as to how an audience of internet users who have shut out actual social interactions while replacing them with an online life will react when forced to once again—even though online—socially engage another human being face-to-face.

Apple sells over 15 billion apps More than 15 billion apps have been downloaded from Apple’s app store according to a press release from Apple last week. Over 200 million users of iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches have downloaded apps from Apple, which offers more than 425,000 apps from its store. All once again proving that while children starve in poorer countries, tech-savvy consumers would rather spend their money and time by throwing cartoon birds.

pro-Palestine travelers off flights into the country, the names of over 300 social networkers were given to airlines.

Some of the people named did fly into the country, where they were questioned and some deported.

Another remake instead of the original The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to the French film Untouchable over the weekend. This would give the company rights over distribution of the original French-

The Next Generation on Netflix Beginning this month, film rental giant Netflix began instantly streaming the entire cannon of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This editor in particular will now refrain from living a life, studying, having a future, etc.

This is the first time the epic series has been made available digitally. In addition, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise are also available to stream on Netflix. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is set to be streaming on Netflix on October 1.

Captain Picard: Engage...in streaming TNG.

Social profiling It was reported last Friday that Israel was using social networking services such as Facebook and possibly others such as Twitter to identify Palestine-friendly travelers.

With instructions to keep the

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language version as well as over the American remake they are currently planning.

This is the latest acquisition by the Weinstein Company, banking on the well-founded notion that Americans will avoid subtitles at any cost. ■

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More than an arcade The Vanguard talks with Ground Kontrol’s Art Santana about the night comedy descended upon Portland’s favorite arcade Rian Evans Vanguard staff

Every self-respecting Portlander knows that there is only one place to go when it comes to playing pinball and classic arcade games while also sipping on a cold beer: Ground Kontrol.

Though the bar has long had the market cornered on classic gaming, Ground Kontrol is continually trying to offer more features and events to bring in new customers and give the die-hards greater variety.

Regulars are aware that the bar temporarily moved over the winter while the original location was being upgraded.

When Ground Kontrol reopened at its official site in February, customers were treated to a total makeover

that included the addition of a kitchen, improved audio during DJ sets and Rock Band nights, and the brand spankin' new (and highly addictive) Pac-Man Battle Royal game.

It was enough to make any nerd drool, but the good news didn't stop there for patrons.

On June 30, Ground Kontrol added a comedy night—ingeniously billed as “No Pun Intendo”—to their lineup of events. The Vanguard caught up with Ground Kontrol manager Art Santana to get all of the details.

VANGUARD: How'd you guys come up with the idea of having a video game-themed comedy night?

SANTANA: The idea just sort of came about once I started to learn how much comedians love Ground Kontrol. The most famous example of that is the footage in the Comedians of Comedy documentary that showed Brian Posehn visiting our old location. People still come by and mention they had originally seen Ground Kontrol in that movie. The past couple of years, Andy Wood of Bridgetown Comedy Festival has organized a pri-

vate party for the comedians performing in the festival.

We set all of the games to free play and 100 plus performers descended upon the arcade for games, beers and pizza.

I started going to more and more comedy shows featuring local performers and started recognizing them hanging out at Ground Kontrol. As I was thinking about stand-up comedy at Ground Kontrol, a customer emailed me wondering if we had ever thought about hosting a comedy night. That was enough validation for me, and I reached out to Ron Funches, one of my favorite local comedians, for help.

VANGUARD: So, was the material different from the usual comedy club? Was it especially geeky?

SANTANA: I actually wouldn't classify our comedy night as "nerd humor" or any specific genre of humor. We just had funny people that happened to know and love video games, so they threw some video game specific material in there.

VANGUARD: How was the event received by your customers?

NEWS BRIEFS SANTANA: The event was received extremely well!

We were packed with comedy fans, sitting and standing wherever they could get a view of the performers. Everyone was exploding into laughter every 30 seconds to a minute. Most of the credit for the fantastic turnout has to go to the amazing lineup curated

by Ron Funches. Portland has many fantastic comedians and we were lucky to get several of them on this bill plus some out of town guests.

[Performers have included Funches, Whitney Streed, Jimmy Newstetter, Ian Karmel, Mike Drucker, Richard Bain, Anthony Lopez and Brent Weinbach.]

VANGUARD: Well, hopefully you won't make us wait that long for another comedy night because it sounds like it was a blast. Before we cut you loose, hit us with your best video game joke.

SANTANA: There are many, but I have to go with a pun-tastic joke from Whitney Streed (who also named the night "No Pun Intendo"): "How does Mario contact the dead?

He uses a Luigi board!” ■

Mike Burton to retire from position as vice provost of School of Extended Studies Mike Burton announced last week that he’ll retire from his post as head of the School of Extended Studies after nearly a decade of leading the department.

“This has been a fantastic time to be at Portland State,” he said. “I’m always humbled at how much the faculty, staff and students have accomplished.”

During his eight years of service, Burton oversaw the extension of PSU’s curriculum to many regional community college campuses through degree-completion programs.

He also helped develop an online service center.

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When you’re really good— and I mean upper echelon, few-in-the-world-are-better— at an instrument, after some time you pretty much get a free pass on anything you want to do in music. Lo and behold, that’s exactly what’s happened here. Sometimes, it’s good.

This is one of those times.

Death Grips, also known as Zach Hill’s hip-hop project, has released its first record, Exmilitary. Yes, you read that right. Zach Hill has a hip-hop project.

Zach Hill, best known for his work with Hella, and lesser known for his work with Marnie Stern, Goon Moon, Team Sleep and others, is likely one of the world’s best drummers.

Anyone who’s heard Hella— moreover, seen them—can attest to this. However, how well does absolute drum mastery translate into crafting powerful hip-hop beats that are not likely to contain a level of complexity that Hill usually exudes?

Actually, Exmilitary sounds a lot like you’d expect Zach Hill’s take on hip-hop to sound. This is not necessarily

a bad thing.

The album starts off with a sample you’ve likely heard before—the Charles Manson “money” speech. Soon after this though, the album launches into a torrential downpour of slick, complicated production value and the kind of unpredictability we’ve come to expect from Mr. Hill.

Regardless of Hill’s wanton disregard for the norm, there are plenty of unbelievable grooves on Exmilitary to sate even the most discerning hiphop connoisseurs.

The first track, “Beware,” is as ominous a track title as it is a song. The programming and production value on this record is insane for a hip-hop record. The instrumentation is viscous, a Dimetappsyrupy thick swirl of filtered effects. The vocals are all double tracked and slightly out of phase, which creates an almost overwhelming sense of fullness.

In fact, perhaps the best part about Exmilitary is that the record constantly pushes the boundary of overwhelming that culminates with the penultimate track “I Want it I Need it (Death Heated),” and slowly brings the listener back down with the last track, “Known for it.” The comedown is quite shocking really; zeal levels reach an apex as Zach Hill seems to point and shout, “See! This is how far you’ve come! This is what I make you do!”

Just like Tyler The Creator’s Goblin, lots of tracks on Exmilitary jump around through multiple ideas on the same track. Whereas Tyler’s tracks seem hindered by the producer’s technical ability or lack thereof, Hill’s tracks are exactly the opposite. The man is obviously nuts behind the mixing board and he’s not afraid to let you know it.

Some tracks, such as “Thru the Walls,” may indeed prove too much for the casual hiphop listener or the traditionalist. The track begins with lightning quick tropical drums (perhaps provided by Hill himself ) and the ubiquitous Brazilian air-horn synthesizer stab. You may not know it, but you’ve heard this sound—it was all over the place in 2006 and still exists today, albeit in much more limited quantities (Google or YouTube Ralvero’s “Samir’s Theme 2011” if you don’t believe me or have no idea what I’m talking about).

The fact is, despite Hill’s outrageous and occasional too-far-out work behind the boards, the album displays a stunning amount of sheer darkness and is surprisingly moody for a Zach Hill project.

Everything about this album is constructed to make you stay on your toes—from the ominous track titles and deep, gut-vibrating drums to elements such as the fantastic album cover. The album is built to unnerve, and it does just that—perfectly.

This week on Facebook Harvard sociologists are accused of violating students’ privacy through Facebook.

The Chronicle reported Monday that the findings of researchers with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society were wiped from the Internet as critics say the information collected from about 1,700 student Facebook profiles was private.

In 2006, the Harvard team culled Facebook to study the interplay of race, culture and relationships.

CANVASSERS FROM PAGE 1

Employers often require canvassers to knock on 600 doors a week and make 450 phone calls, one veteran clip-boarder says KARL KUCHS/VANGUARD STAFF

Beer and video games: Enough said.

Enter: Death Grips Zach Hill does whatever the hell he wants

Vice Provost Kevin Reynolds will serve as the interim head of Extended Studies when Burton retires on June 30.

“Sometimes you have people standing there with a big dog gnarling behind. Sometimes you have a good day where there are no rude people,” he said.

Canvassing jobs pay about $10 an hour on average. Harris found his job on Craigslist.

Harris said the majority of his fellow canvassers did it for the money, not because they cared about the campaign or the political process.

But Harris—a political science major—said he loved the time he spent going door to door and talking with people about the candidate he supported.

“I think people have the right to their privacy, but at the same time they need to participate

in civic activities,” Harris said.

“Most people don’t have faith in politics. Civic engagement in the U.S. has gone down. Most people send a check instead of getting involved.”

As a six-year-old boy, Harris wore a sandwich board and collected signatures from pedestrians in an effort to ban gillnet fishing, an easy and effective procedure that decimates the population of salmon and other native fish.

That was Harris’ earliest canvassing experience.

According to Harris, canvassing imparts great skills, mainly the ability to communicate with a variety of people and appeal to different interests.

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After part of the research was publicly released in a data set called “Tastes, Ties and Time,” the project began to crumble when a privacy scholar at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukie showed that the “anonymous” data could be traced to the profiles of Harvard undergraduates.

Meanwhile, Israel used Facebook to blacklist protesters expressing pro-Palestinian sentiment, according to the news blog ZDNet.com.

On Friday, Israeli government officials compiled a pro-Palestine headcount based on Facebook profiles and contacted foreign airlines, asking administrators to prevent the suspicious people from boarding flights to Israel. ■

“It’s hard work,” said Greg Flores, interim director of the PSU Career Center. “It’s attractive to some students, but it’s not for everybody.”

Some students aren’t happy with the number of canvassers around town and on campus.

“It’s frustrating when you’re trying to get to class and then you’re stopped by a canvasser asking for a donation,” said junior Katie Earlstrom. “I try hard to avoid them.”

Earlstrom said she dreaded walking from her classroom in Cramer Hall to Neuberger Hall because she would run into canvassers soliciting donations.

She said it was the aggressive demeanor of the canvassers that upset her, not their underlying requests for support.

“I understand that they’re doing something good, but I think it’s rude to guilt-trip people several times a day into making donations,” Earlstrom said.

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Criminally overlooked album: Zack Hill succeeds with Exmilitary.

Of course, Hill isn’t the sole member of Death Grips. The emcees that help bring Hill’s vision to wax are very engaging. Their voices run the gamut from blackened, grimy rasps to shrieks of sheer terror. Especially during the last half of the record, it is not uncommon to hear their gargantuan, booming voices crack just a little, and it is the mark of performers that truly believe in the material. Their interplay is fantastic—imagine

if the Beastie Boys were 25 feet tall and really, really angry.

Some of Zach Hill projects are forgettable (I’m looking at you, Goon Moon) while some are phenomenal (Hella, Marnie Stern). Death Grips truly falls under the latter category; Exmilitary is a record that jaded fans of hip-hop and those usually opposed to the style can make peace over.

That said, all we can do is hope that Death Grips is not a one-and-done Hill project, as

the man has a notable reputation for getting bored pretty quickly. Add this criminally underrated disc to your collection before Hill decides to start making meringue records. ■

Exmilitary Death Grips Out now Third Worlds

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Hi there! Can you spare a minute?: Canvassers approaching pedestrians near Pioneer Courthouse Square strive to make a good first impression.

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“Even for future dot-com tycoons, very, very few of them have such valuable and time-sensitive ideas that they’ll benefit financially by dropping out,” he said.

Gallup’s bottom line: college tuition may be climbing to the ceiling and the job market swirling uncertainly, but a college degree is still an advantage in the long run.

“Financially, graduating from college is a no-brainer.

You do have to graduate to ensure the payoff, and the harder you study, the bigger your payoff.”

Altucher, himself a graduate of Cornell University, doesn’t stand alone on the anti-college soapbox.

Peter Thiel, technology entrepreneur and cofounder of PayPal, launched the 20 Under 20 fellowship late last year. The program extends grants to 20 youths under the age of 20 who agree to turn away from the college path and immediately pursue entrepreneurship. The grants awarded to the technologyinclined young people are as much as $100,000.

“You have to get rid of the future you wanted to pay off all the debt from the fancy

school that was supposed to give you that future,” Thiel said in an interview with TechCrunch blog. “Maybe people at Harvard need to be doing something else. We have to reset what the bar is at the top.”

The anti-college sentiment is shared among well-to-do venture capitalists, hedge fund managers and some college graduates.

According to Baken, his degree doesn’t impress potential employers.

“The nicest response, if I get one at all, has been, ‘Great, you have a bachelor’s.

What makes you actually stand out?’” Baken said. “If I walked out of school with a degree and viable job pros-

pects, I would not be concerned about loans as much.”

And Baken isn’t alone.

Time magazine reported this March that student-loan debt in the United States is passing the trillion-dollar mark, surpassing credit debt for the first time in national history.

Current statistics generated by a Planet Money post on the NPR news site, however, show that college degrees are worth slightly more today than before.

The gap in 2001 between college graduates and nongraduates was a 2.5 percent difference. In 2010, the unemployment rate among college graduates ages 25 to 34 was 4.9 percent, while youth in the same age group who’d only earned a high school diploma showed a 13.7 percent unemployment rate.

Not only has the unemployment gap widened between youth with college degrees and those without, the difference in annual income between the two groups has grown largely as well.

In 1980, the average income of a college graduate between the ages of 24 and 35 was around $46,000, while the average income of nongraduates was $35,000.

Today, young people without college degrees earn an average yearly income of $30,000, while graduates earn $50,000 on average. ■

According to PSU policy, canvassers are allowed to recruit supporters on campus so long as the activity stays in public areas like the park blocks or the sidewalk.

Harris pays attention to most canvassers.

“I try to see where they’re from. If they got a clipboard— a fundraising clipboard—I try to avoid them,” he said.

“But when they’re collecting signatures, I want to see what they’re supporting. It’s hard to say ‘no’ to someone.

There may be something interesting there.”

Casey Dreher, a PSU campus organizer employed by

the Oregon Student Association, believes that canvassing is an important part of the political process.

But the presence of too many canvassers working within a small area desensitizes students, he said.

Spreading out can be tough when most employers want clip-boarders to knock on approximately 600 doors a week and place 450 calls.

As part of his job, Dreher organized voter registration drives on campus during election season. Last year, 140 PSU volunteers registered 2,467 students within two weeks.

“You have to break down barriers in a short amount of time and explain that politics do matter,” he said. “The difficult part is letting them know that we’re not outsiders. We’re working for you.”

According to Dreher, communication style is key. Most canvassers aren’t trained in using a non-invasive manner when approaching pedestrians.

Ultimately, he said, due to the nature of the job, canvassers are bound to run into hostile people.

“The worst experience was when someone told me to go hang myself,” Dreher said. ■

Critics say otherwise, but statistics show that college degrees are actually growing in value “The nicest response, if I get one at all, has been, ‘Great, you have a bachelor’s. What makes you actually stand out?’”

Coddy Baken, Class of 2010

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NFL and NBA seasons in limbo With no agreement in sight, football is first on chopping block as lockouts continue Stephen Lisle Vanguard staff

It has been nearly five months since the Packers were crowned Super Bowl champions and the NFL began the strenuous task of re-negotiating the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). While time has now become a major factor in the push towards attaining a new CBA for the National Football League, the same urgency isn’t quite as apparent for the National Basketball Association.

Both lockouts were instated after the expiration of the CBA at the end of each sport’s respective season and now that the NFL’s pre-season approaches, deals are being made to avoid the nearly one billion dollars in revenue that could be lost in the absence of four pre-season games. Although the owners and players of both leagues are dealing with a variety of issues, there is one common root to all the negotiations, and that root is money.

The most recent CBA for the NFL divided the nearly nine billions dollars of revenue made each year, with around 53 percent going to players and 47 percent to owners. An automatic one billion dollars was handed to owners before the revenue was split to help with stadium funds, maintenance and other costs. This time around the owners want more, claiming they are losing money (though they are unwilling to release the exact figures of their profits from last season).

The changes asked for in this CBA include a longer 18-game regular season, a rookie wage scale and a program to benefit retired or injured players.

However, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel, as the NFL is feeling the pressure of losing games from their upcoming season, which is helping to push negotiations forward. The first scheduled game of the pre-season is set for August 7, when St. Louis and Chicago play the Hall of Fame game, and the league has targeted July 22 as the deadline date to get discussions done.

For the NBA, new CBA negotiations aren’t looking quite as bright. A work stoppage hasn’t occurred since the 1998–99 NBA season, when only 50 games were played.

This time around, team own-

With the end to the NBA lockout nowhere in sight, many are already looking at other options in case there isn't a 2011–12 NBA season. New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams has been in talks to sign a contract with Turkish basketball team Besiktas, the same team that briefly signed Allen Iverson last season. While money is nothing close to what players are making in the U.S., it is still better than going without basketball and a salary for next season. Williams signed a one-year, five million dollar contract that will allow

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A trip to Hawai`i and road games at Oregon and NCAA tournament participant Gonzaga highlight the 2011-12 Portland State women's basketball schedule that was released on Monday by Head Coach Sherri Murrell.

Coming off a season in which they won their first ever Big Sky Conference regular season title and advanced to the postseason for the third straight year, the Vikings will open up their 2011-12 campaign at home against UC Irvine on Friday, Nov. 11. They then host UC Santa Barbara two days later, before embarking on a three-game road trip to play Oregon, cross-town rival Portland and Gonzaga, which reached the Elite Eight a year ago.

The Vikings will also have non-conference home games

against Nevada, Western Oregon, Corban and SeattleU, while playing at Loyola Marymount. Their other three preseason road contests will be at the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Shootout in Manoa, Hawai`i, Dec. 18-20. In addition to facing the host Rainbow Wahine, Portland State will also take on Denver and UC Davis. This will be PSU's first trip to the Aloha State since 2006.

"Once again we have another tough schedule that will hopefully prepare us for our ultimate goal of getting back to the NCAA tournament," said Murrell, who is 83-46 in four seasons on the Park Blocks.

"I'm excited to begin playing Oregon and Gonzaga once again. We should have our hands full with them being on their court, but we will be ready for the challenge."

Portland State begins its Big Sky title defense on Dec. 31 at home against Montana State. The Vikings' annual showdown with Montana at the Stott Center will come in the next-to-last regular season game on March 1. PSU closes out their league sched-

ule at Northern Colorado two nights later, with the Big Sky tourney running March 8-10 at the site of the regular season champion. The top six teams in the standings qualify for the three-day event.

In all, Portland State will play 29 games, with 14 of them coming at home.

Last year, the Vikings finished 20-12 and advanced to the WNIT for the second time in three seasons. They claimed their first Big Sky title with a 12-4 mark, securing the championship with a last-second 65-63 win over Montana State in the final regular season game of the year.

Leading the team this winter will be reigning Big Sky MVP Eryn Jones, a senior point guard, and junior guard Courtney VanBrocklin, who was the Big Sky's Top Newcomer in 2010-11. Senior forward Shauneice Samms, who started 19 games last year, also returns. ■ —This article was taken from GoViks.com. It is published here in its original form.

well as most of the revenue for the league. It was noted that 22 of 30 teams in the NBA would lose money under the CBA that was instated in 2005.

For the NBA there is trouble looming ahead, as the recent attempts at negotiations only

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Locked out: NBA commissioner David Stern hopes to avoid a prolonged lockout and still begin the upcoming season as scheduled.

Women’s basketball releases schedule for upcoming season Trip To Hawai`i Highlights 201112 PSU Women's Hoops Schedule

him to leave if the lockout ends during the season.

Others have hopped on the European bandwagon including Atlanta Hawks center Zaza Pachulia, who is in the midst of signing with the same club as Williams. Many players remain skeptical on the move overseas though, since there is no insurance on their remaining NBA contracts, meaning an injury may cost them big.

Other star players like Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Amare Stoudemire are now looking into short-term contracts in other countries.

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ers want a hard salary cap, meaning players would take a pay cut and not receive preferred, long-term contracts.

All of this is part of an attempt to balance out the powerful and much larger markets that are attracting big names as

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pointed out the distance between players and owners on how revenue should be split.

The sides will begin talks again the week of July 11–15.

Either way, for the second time in history, two major professional sports leagues are in

jeopardy of cancelling their upcoming seasons. While many fans are understandably concerned, they are also uninformed about many of details of the negotiations and ultimately have no choice but to sit in the dark and wait. ■

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Women’s basketball makes off-season addition Former Pilot Jenn Wassom Joins PSU Women's Hoops Coaching Staff Ryan Borde Courtesy of Goviks.com

Portland State's women's basketball coach Sherri Murrell has announced the hiring of Jenn Wassom to the staff as an assistant coach.

Wassom comes to the Park Blocks after spending two seasons as the director of women's basketball operations at the University of Pacific, where coincidentally Murrell was the head coach from 1998-2002. While work-

ing for the Tigers, Wassom's duties included coordinating film exchange, maintaining a recruiting database, purchasing equipment, assisting with game operations and helping prepare the team for practices and workouts.

"I am thrilled Jenn has joined the Viking family," said Murrell. "She is excited to be back in Portland and I know she will help us continue winning championships with her experience and enthusiasm."

No stranger to "The City of Roses," Wassom played for the Vikings cross-town rival, Portland, from 2005-09, amassing 331 career points and 64 threepointers. As a sophomore she shot 36.0 percent from behind

the arc, which at the time was the fifth-best single season mark in school history.

Wassom is a native Oregonian who prepped at Sheldon High School in Eugene. She was a three-time all-league performer and helped the Irish to three Midwestern League titles.

A 2009 graduate of Portland with a degree in sociology, Wassom will graduate in the coming months with a master's in sports management from the University of the Pacific. ■

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Timbers fall 2-3 to Seattle at home

RECENT RESULTS Friday, June 24

MLB The Timbers extend MLS winless streak to seven games; Captain Jack Jewsbury nets an MLS All-Star selection.

Seattle Mariners At Los Angeles Angels Top performer: V. Wells (LA) – 3-4 AB, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR

Saturday, June 25

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The Portland Timbers lost 2-3 in heartbreaking fashion to archrival Seattle Sounders at Jeld-Wen Field on Sunday afternoon. This was the Timbers’ seventh MLS match without a win, their fourth successive loss in all competition and their ninth game overall without a win. With this result, the Timbers are now 9-5-3 in the MLS in 2011 and are second from the bottom in the Western Conference.

On the other hand, the Seattle Sounders moved up to the second spot in the Western Conference after beating the Timbers. The Sounders are unbeaten in their last eight games and are just four points behind league leaders, LA Galaxy.

In Sunday’s game, Portland took the lead twice in each half, only to be equalized each time by Seattle. The Sounders hammered the last nail in the Timber’s coffin in the 83rd minute with a penalty kick to make it 2-3 in favor of Seattle.

“This is the worst loss by far,” Portland defender Futty Danso said in a media statement. “Losing to your rivals like that is definitely not an easy thing to take.”

“It’s a bitter pill to swallow,” Timbers head coach John Spencer said after the game. “To get beat by your biggest rivals at home when you score two goals, and you’ve got the lead twice, it’s unacceptable. You’ve got to finish the game off.”

The game was tightly contested offensively with the Timbers matching Seattle in almost every statistical category. The Timbers had 11 attempts on goal compared to Seattle’s 14. The Sounders had seven shots on target as opposed to Portland’s three. However, Portland led

Seattle Sounders (9-4-8, 35 pts) At Portland Timbers (5-9-3, 18 pts)

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Scoring Summary: POR—own goal (Jeff Parke) 46 SEA—Fredy Montero 4 (unassisted) 57 POR—Jorge Perlaza 4 (Diego Chara 1) 69 SEA—Fredy Montero 5 (Mauro Rosales 5, Lamar Neagle 1) 74 SEA—Osvaldo Alonso 3 (penalty kick) 83

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Eyes on the goal: Forward Jorge Perlaza makes a run up field on his way to a score against the Sounders on Sunday afternoon. the count for corner kicks 5-3. The Timbers even enjoyed more ball possession (51–49 percent).

However, the Timbers committed some grave defensive errors that ultimately cost them the match and the points. “If you said that we would be tied at halftime, come out and score two goals in the second half at home, you’d like to think you can make that hold,” team captain and midfielder Jack Jewsbury said. “It’s disappointing. It would be disappointing in any game, but especially this one.

It hurts pretty bad.”

Spencer was unhappy with the team’s defensive effort as well. “If you can’t defend, you’re not going to win games,” Spencer said. “We did enough offensively, but defensively, if we keep leaking goals, we’re not going to win the game.”

Playing in front of a capacity crowd at the Jeld-Wen Field, both the teams were unable to score in the first half. However, early in the second half, the Timbers took the lead in the 46th minute through a

Timbers captain and midfielder Jack Jewsbury has been selected as an MLS All-Star this season, his first selection in nine seasons in the MLS. The announcement was made during half time of the TimbersSeattle game. Team head coach John Spencer was happy for his captain and team leader. “I think it’s great for him,” Spencer said. “I think he’s deserved it. I think he’s had a good season so far.”

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Jeff Parke own goal. Seattle equalized soon after with their first goal in the 57th minute through a Fredy Montero goal.

Spurred on by the Timbers Army, the Timbers took their second and final lead of the game in the 69th minute through forward Jorge Perlaza, who scored his fourth goal

Jack Jewsbury 2011 MLS All-Star selection

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Jewsbury will represent the Timbers, which is one of only six teams to have players selected for the All-Star game.

In 17 games, he leads the team in goals (four) and assists (six) and is second in the team in shots on goal. Jewbury was the leading vote-getter at his position and will be part of the starting eleven for the Western Conference side.

of the season. But the Sounders once again drew level in the 74th minute with another goal from Montero.

“We let balls bounce in the box,” Spencer said. “Montero is free in the six-yard box, which should never happen.”

This was Montero’s fifth goal of the season.

In the 83rd minute, Seattle’s Lamar Neagle beat the Timber’s offside trap and received a through ball from Osavaldo Alonso. Portland defender Eric Brunner made a last ditch attempt to tackle Neagle in the penalty area but the referee pulled out a red card and awarded Seattle a penalty kick. Seattle converted the penalty and secured a thrilling come-from-behind 2-3 win.

“I think it’s a lack of concentration,” Spencer said. “If you don’t mark runners and you don’t track people, you’re going to get punished.”

Danso admitted that his team lacked concentration at times. “We just kind of lose our focus,” Danso said. “It’s been like that the last few

games when just the simplest mistakes we make, everyone is punishing us.”

Earlier in the week, Club American registered a 1-0 win over the Timbers in a friendly game played at Jeld-Wen Field. Club America took the lead early in the 16th minute via Mexican midfielder Angel Reyna and held onto their solitary goal lead till the end of the game.

However, Jewsbury thinks the team can still bounce back into form in their next game. “At the end of the day we have to pick our heads up,” Jewsbury said. “It’s halfway through the season. There [are] a lot of games left and a lot of points to get.”

The Timbers head to Chicago to play against the Chicago Fire on Saturday. Chicago is also winless in their last five MLS games and has taken four out of the possible fifteen points. During their last meeting at Jeld-Wen Field, Portland had recorded its first ever MLS home win with a 4-2 victory over the Fire. ■

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Scoring summary: USA—Daiane (own goal) 2nd minute BRA—Marta (penalty kick) 68 BRA—Marta (Maurine) 92 USA—Abby Wambach (Megan Rapinoe) 120+2 Penalty kick summary: USA: Boxx (goal), Lloyd (goal), Wambach (goal), Rapinoe (goal), Krieger (goal) BRA: Cristiane (goal), Marta (goal), Daiane (saved) , Francielle (goal) U.S. advances 5-3 on PKs

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