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A group of six Master of Urban and Regional Planning students led a workshop in the Cully neighborhood of Portland Thursday evening to address and prioritize community concerns about development and displacement in the area.

Held at Rigler School, the workshop saw around 25 attendees and served as a follow-up to a similar community meeting held in early April.

The workshops are just one component of a larger effort between the students and local organizations to identify and address the neighborhood’s needs through smaller gatherings, interviews and research.

“It can be really effective when community organizations come together with a strategy that’s based on community needs,” said Cary Watters, a MURP student working on the project, as she addressed the group at the beginning of the workshop.

At the workshop, which was designed as a presentation and feedback session, the students presented a package of 16 different draft strategies formed along five themed workstations: housing, jobs, families,

community and neighborhood businesses.

Attendees split up into groups and rotated through the workstations, discussing the strategies with the students while offering their own insights and concerns. By the end of the meeting, attendees had emphasized affordable child care and the establishment of a community center as the neighborhood’s priorities.

According to Rebecca Kennedy, another student working on the project, the group supplements the workshops with outreach efforts aimed at community residents who, for various reasons, are unable to attend the larger meetings. This broadens the scope of the input they receive from the community as a whole, she said.

The students, who began the project in January, are working alongside three nonprofit organizations that operate in the neighborhood: Verde, Hacienda Community Development Corporation and the Native American Youth and Family Center. These organizations established the “Living Cully: A Cully Ecodistrict” anti-poverty strategy in 2010 “to drive environmental investments into the Cully [n]eighborhood in response to existing community needs,” according to a press release.

The Cully neighborhood is Portland’s most ethnically diverse, but suffers from “poor street connectivity and a lack

of basic infrastructure,” according to the City of Portland’s “Cully Commercial Corridor and Local Street Plan” dated September 2012.

“Of all Portland neighborhoods,” it continues, “Cully ranks second in the most number of miles of unpaved streets.” Just under two-thirds of the neighborhood’s streets lack sidewalks, which “makes walking and cycling more difficult and fosters dependency on the automobile.”

A lack of commercial zoning means that the neighborhood lacks a strong core of businesses serving the neighborhood. Two percent of Cully is zoned for commercial use, while in the rest of Portland 10 percent is more common.

According to the “Portland Plan,” a 2035-oriented action plan for the city that addresses things like public health, education and social equity, only 17 percent of residents in Cully (and its adjacent neighborhood, Roseway) live within half a mile of a grocery store.

So how did Cully end up this way? According to the Cully street plan, the neighborhood “developed as an unincorporated neighborhood in Multnomah County, and, as such, did not receive urban-level investments in street system infrastructure, parks and recreation facilities and services.”

The report adds that many Cully residents may not have the means to remain in the area if development drove up

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Cary watters, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning student, addresses residents gathered at Thursday’s workshop. the cost of living in the neighborhood and “gentrification were to occur.”

It’s this sort of displacement that the MURP students and Living Cully are working to prevent.

Tony DeFalco, a staff member at Verde and the coordinator of Living Cully, said the neighborhood was selected for this work due to its being identified as vulnerable to involuntary displacement in a report currently being drafted by the City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

DeFalco is optimistic that current efforts can help to maintain community stability while improving residents’ well-being, including their access to “environmental wealth” like parks and open space.

“We feel like we have a chance

here,” to bring effective strategies to bear, DeFalco said.

“I think this community has shown a lot of support,” for this kind of effort, he added. The goal, he said at the workshop, is to guide investment in a way that doesn’t displace people from the neighborhood.

The information gleaned from the MURP students’ work will culminate in a report that will be distributed in June to Living Cully’s member organizations, who from that point will follow up on the report’s findings and suggestions as they see fit.

“This is really the beginning,” DeFalco said as he addressed the group at the end of the workshop. “We have a responsibility to help guide investment in a way that doesn’t displace people from the neighborhood.”

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Students offer opinions on SALP Student organization leaders list pros and cons of working with group Ashley Rask Vanguard Staff

Starting or running a student organization can be a taxing experience, filled with lots of paperwork and bureaucracy.

That’s where the Student Activities and Leadership Programs at Portland State comes in—the organization helps students with support and advising to make sure their group runs smoothly.

“We are more than just student groups,” said Aimee Shattuck, the SALP director.

Some of the programs that SALP oversees are student organizations, student-run businesses, student government, the programming board, the Quiet Prayer and Meditation Lounge and many more.

While some student organizations enjoy working with SALP, a few report having difficulty with some of SALP’s processes.

“We have four professional advisors [who] work with 150 or so student organizations,” Shattuck said. “The advisor’s role is to recognize the groups, support their leadership development and provide administrative support in navigating the bureaucracy, [which includes] funding spending, event planning, et cetera.”

According to Shattuck, SALP offers training, mediation in group conflicts and ideas to help organizations grow.

“SALP also provides an immense amount of administrative support,” she said, “including a full accounting team and office manager who processes spending and resource requests.”

For some student organizations, SALP’s support has been nothing but helpful.

“Knowing that SALP is there to help us has given us the confidence to grow as an organization and organize events,” said Cody Gehring, the president of Scholars for Awareness of Neuroscience Education.

The Vanguard spoke to several student organizations, only two of which were comfortable sharing their problems with SALP on the record.

Those problems ranged from funding issues, lack of communication, inconsistent policies and an arduous application process.

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From left: Ryan Jenson, E-Club President Nick Simms, Treasurer Heber Miguel and Vice President Enoch Aggrey dialogue at the Entrepreneurship Club’s weekly meeting. SALP helped the club get off the ground.

“My first experience starting an organization was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done on campus,” said Nick Simms, the president of the PSU Entrepreneurship Club. “I had to go through so many hoops and things to get this club started.”

Simms said there was a lot of paperwork, and that he was constantly being sent to different people.

“The experience was a little tough,” he said.

However, he also noted that he enjoyed interacting with the people who work at SALP. “The people [who] work there are really genuine,” Simms said. “They love to help student organizations grow.”

Amy VanDitti, the American Marketing Association executive vice president, explained that the AMA has had their own issues with SALP. VanDitti explained that, previously, the AMA was able to use funds for food, but this year they were given limitations that prevented them from doing so.

“I think the restrictions have gotten too strict,” VanDitti said.

They had also planned on using funds for AMA T-shirts.

At the time they had permission to use the funds and had set everything up. However, at the last minute they were told that this was no longer something they could use funding for.

“We’ve had plenty of issues with SALP,” VanDitti said.

Funds for student organizations are decided on by the organization budget council, which is made up of five students who construct their own guidelines and distribute funds.

Shattuck noted that budgets and funding are determined by the OBC, not SALP. Being a PSU-recognized student organization gives you

certain rights, privileges and access to resources within the university, but also requires a level of responsibility.

“We do require that [a PSUrecognized] group have us handle all of their accounting,” Shattuck said. “They don’t have to have funding— they could do things like get a grant, get a sponsorship and bring in money—but we need to be involved in it.”

Simms also struggled with funding issues.

“I think it’s great that they offer us money to use—that’s amazing,” Simms said. “There could just be an easier way to use the money we have, instead of having to sign all these papers, do all this stuff online and go through OrgSync.”

OrgSync is a database where students can look up organizations and programs offered by their school. PSU’s student organizations also host a page through the website, which offers contact information, a description of each organization and a hub for organization activity.

One way for student organizations to take charge of their own funding is to be an affiliate group. “[Being] an affiliate group means that you really belong to some sort of national or regional organization, but we’re recognizing that you’re organizing on campus,” Shattuck said.

SALP doesn’t do the accounting for affiliate groups and isn’t in charge of them.

“Their money is with this outside group,” Shattuck explained.

According to Shattuck, the OBC has $575,000 to allocate to student groups, and there are typically around 100 groups that apply.

“Our department processes the highest volume of

contracts of any department on campus,” Shattuck said.

Enoch Aggrey, the vice president of the PSU Entrepreneurship Club, expressed frustration with SALP’s change in leadership.

“SALP changes leadership so rapidly you have to deal with new leadership all the time, and that’s very frustrating because every leader that comes in comes…with all new stuff,” Aggrey said.

Shattuck explained that SALP’s new leaders receive a thorough run-through of all the rules and regulations so that SALP stays consistent. “[W]e have a great onboarding system with new staff,” Shattuck said. “Their first two weeks [involve] going over all the skills and knowledge, and they have a good deal [of ] meetings with students and other staff to help them navigate their new job.”

In addition to that, new leaders are supervised by experienced staff members.

“They also…have weekly supervision and [are] supervised by staff that have been part of SALP for multiple years,” Shattuck said.

Simms hopes to deviate from SALP and turn the Entrepreneurship Club into a self-sustaining group.

“We’re trying to find a way for our club to make its own money to sustain itself and maybe offer student jobs,” Simms said.

Shattuck mentioned that students are the leaders of student organizations, and that SALP tries to support and advise them, not tell them what to do.

“The groups select their own leadership and choose their own projects,” Shattuck said. “We support them in those initiatives.”

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ASPSU from page 1

Judicial review board chooses Emily Kunkel as new chief justice Currently, ELSA dollar amounts are set in a tier system. The proposed dean of student life ELSA committee would decide which tier a certain job belongs in. The SFC would retain control over how many people can have that job and how much the award for that job is.

The proposed bylaw changes also address the SFC fund balance. This specific fund can function as an emergency reserve. If, while creating a budget, the SFC finds it would have to make such drastic cuts to student groups’ budgets that the groups would lose the ability to perform essential services, the SFC could use some of the money in this fund to help ease the financial stress. Rather than having to take a large budget cut in one year, money from the fund would be used to slowly decrease the budget of a program over the course of a few years.

The SFC’s goal is to constantly have 10 percent of the total fees collected in the fund.

For example, if $14 million in fees were collected, the fund should have a balance of $1.4 million. If the balance of the fund drops below 5 percent of the total fees, the SFC is required to reallocate money into the fund. If the balance of the fund exceeds 15 percent of the total fees, the SFC must come up with a five-year plan to redistribute the excess funds.

The senate also confirmed the nomination of a new JRB member, Shane O’Brien, who has been a longtime intern for ASPSU. O’Brien, a senior in political science, began his role as a JRB member the next day; he and the rest of the JRB voted unanimously for Emily Kunkel as successor to former Chief Justice Aubrey Hoffman, who left the JRB as planned when her term expired on April 30.

At the JRB’s Thursday meeting, the board spent a large portion of their time hearing an attention request brought by student Cody Bakken.

Bakken, a postbaccalaureate student in psychology, asked the JRB to point out what he called a “logical fallacy in the current constitution regarding the process and existence of the judicial board.”

Bakken saw conflicts in the language of the constitution regarding whether the judicial board is separate from the senate or the senate has power over the judicial board. His concern, Bakken said, is that the senate could bully the judicial board by overturning the judicial board’s rulings.

The members of the JRB agreed that the area required clarification. “We need to decide how to define the relationship between the judicial board and the senate,” Kunkel said.

The constitution currently says that in order to repeal a ruling by the JRB the senate must have a three-fourths majority vote to repeal the ruling.

They must then write a referendum to do so, and approve that referendum by a threefourths majority. The senate has been understanding that number as a three-fourths majority of the senators at the meeting during which the vote is held.

However, after some discussion, the JRB issued an interpretation saying that the senate needs a three-fourths majority vote of all senators.

In theory, the interpretation should help resolve an issue that has had the JRB and the senate clashing with each other over the the last year. But while the JRB members were confident in their decision, they agreed with senate liaison Tom Worth that the senate wouldn’t like it.

“It’s a big problem,” Kunkel said.

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Coal discussion glows hot at PSU

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Administration encourages residents to stop ‘tailgating’ at entrance “[The residents seem to only] get brief glimpses of the suspect—he comes into the room and then slips away quickly,” Horton said.

The timely warning sent to the Broadway housing community by CPSO reminded students of measures they can take to promote their safety, including being aware of people in the hall, preventing unauthorized people “tailgating” students into the building and keeping doors closed and locked. CPSO asked that students call them at 503-725-4404 to report anyone in Broadway they believe is not authorized to be there, or any suspicious activity.

Toppe also stressed the importance of being aware of your surroundings.

“We are also working to help our student community to see that they are important partners in developing and implementing safety strategies,” she said. “For example, we have identified a major problem in our residence halls [is] ‘tailgating,’ whereby individuals who do not have legitimate access to the residential building are allowed to enter a main door without an access badge by a person who has unlocked the door in front of them.”

While it might seem like a simple, polite action, something like that can decrease security for the entire building, Toppe said.

“This behavior, while perhaps seeming like the courteous thing to do, can threaten the safety of

the residential community,” she said. “Encouraging folks to help us to ensure that only individuals with legitimate access to the building be allowed to enter is one way our whole community can work together to keep our spaces more safe.”

CPSO also advised residents who have concerns about this or any other related matter to contact PSU’s University Housing and Residence Life at 503-725-4370.

As always, anyone affected by these incidents is encouraged to seek support services available to them from the Women’s Resource Center and the Center for Student Health and Counseling.

Information and updates about these incidents will be available on CPSO’s website at pdx.edu/cpso. Students with nonemergency concerns regarding campus safety are advised to contact the Campus Public Safety Office at 503-725-4407.

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health vs. jobs: On Thursday, panelists Lauri Hennessey, left, Daniel Serres, Liz Fuller and Andy Harris discussed the pros and cons of coal exports on the Columbia River.

Panel gets emotional over coal export issues Ashley Rask Vanguard Staff

Tensions were high at the “Can We Talk about Coal?” panel discussion Thursday night, which focused on coal export in the Pacific Northwest.

Panelists and audience members alike got emotional during the discussion as dialogue was opened on this complex issue.

“This year we have chosen the format of a panel discussion on a really important issue in the region, and that is the export of coal through the Pacific Northwest,” PSU Environmental Sciences and Management professor Angela Strecker said. The event drew about 65 people.

The discussion was moderated by the Portland Tribune’s editor of sustainable life, Steve Law, and panelists represented both sides of the coal export debate.

Dr. Andy Harris from Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and Dan Serres from Columbia Riverkeeper were both against coal export and touched on the health risks of coal dust and export trains.

Proponents of coal export included Lauri Hennessey from Alliance for Northwest Jobs and Exports and Liz Fuller from Gard Communications, representing Morrow Pacific.

“Why would we want coal dust in the air we breathe and water we drink and the food we eat, including fish and crops?” Harris asked.

Harris went on to say that coal dust contains heavy metals like mercury, cadmium,

arsenic and lead, which are all carcinogenic and can lead to major health issues.

“Coal dust is also a trigger for asthma and causes emphysema and chronic bronchitis,” Harris said.

He explained that this is simply unacceptable, and that combined with diesel emissions from trains, citizens of the Pacific Northwest are in for some serious health problems.

“I really think that the mining and shipping of coal is a bit irresponsible,” Harris said.

Serres agreed with many of Harris’ points, citing coal dust and export trains as a serious problem.

“I [want] to bring it back to this coal dust issue…it’s a real thing—so much so that we’re finding coal in the Columbia River right now,” Harris said.

“They lost about 3 percent of their load over the course of the travel from Wyoming and Montana out to here.”

One of Serres’ other worries is the effect of coal export on climate change.

“The climate change stakes are enormous,” Harris said.

“In fact, the local export proposals here in the Northwest exceed their carbon impact.”

Serres directly addressed new proposals that opposing panelists brought up on coal export, saying that ideas that allegedly were supposed to be better for the environment were actually making things worse.

“What we’re seeing is an unprecedented onslaught of coal export proposals, to bring the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet down the Columbia River,” Harris said.

Both Hennessey and Fuller brought up the world’s reliance on coal as an energy

source and the positive impact that new proposals will have on the job market.

Fuller stated that in the last year 42 percent of the world’s energy came from coal—45 percent in the United States.

“It’s a dominant source of energy both here in this country and internationally,” Fuller said. “And that’s not projected to change in the next 30 to 50 years.”

Hennessey reiterated this sentiment, explaining that even though people want to get rid of coal export it’s not going to disappear quickly.

She added that this is true not only for the United States but for other countries as well.

“They’re not going to stop using coal as their power source,” Hennessey said.

Hennessey and Fuller also brought up the significant number of jobs that new coal export proposals will create.

According to Fuller, the Morrow Pacific coal export project will create about 3,100 jobs— around 1,000 of those being ongoing-operations-related and the rest construction-related.

Fuller also brought up the fact that the project is aimed at reducing the negative environmental impact that coal export is known for.

The project is using covered barges instead of trains to reduce coal dust.

“You wouldn’t see any coal trains going by your house in North Portland,” Fuller said.

Following the panel discussion was a question-andanswer portion, then a reception where attendees could meet the panelists and continue the discussion on coal export.

“This is a really challenging issue and [there are] a lot of different sides and perspectives to it,” Strecker said.

Sketch of suspect released Stephanie Tshappat Vanguard Staff

On Saturday, April 27, at 8:10 p.m., the Campus Public Safety Office and the Portland Police Bureau responded to a report that a female student walking on the second floor of Neuberger Hall was grabbed from behind and restrained by an unknown male subject who removed her phone and fled toward Hall Street. The victim was uninjured.

A sketch of the suspect was released by CPSO on May 2.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Matt Horton of CPSO at 503-725-2425.

Updates and additional information about this incident will be available on CPSO’s website at pdx.edu/cpso.

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For those affected by this or other similar incidents, the Women’s Resource Center and the Center for Student Health and Counseling have support

services available.

Students with nonemergency concerns regarding campus safety can contact the Campus Public Safety Office at 503-725-4407.

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Immigration system ‘broken,’ PSU professor says “The immigration system today can be summed up as a broken system. It’s a system that doesn’t work, either for those that need immigrant labor or for those seeking employment,” de Anda said.

De Anda gave his own history lesson, drawing a potential parallel between the Bracero Program of the 1940s and the guest worker program offered in the latest legislation proposal. In particular, he expressed surprise that labor unions and civil rights groups aren’t more concerned about the potential abuses that could arise from a guest worker program, as they did from the Bracero Program. Additionally, he said that guest worker programs do not work because employers use guest workers as a flexible workforce to break organized labor.

Schrader cited the changing opinions in some states as a harbinger for change in Congress. In particular, he cited Oregon laws allowing undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses and giving children of undocumented immigrants in-state tuition.

These citations earned the congressman a

round of applause from the crowd.

He went on to explain the importance of creating a federal solution to the issue of immigration reform, since the costs of immigration enforcement fall largely on the states.

This is aside from the clear inefficiencies in the current immigration process. Referring to the system as “byzantine,” Schrader provided examples of constituents who had faced decades of waiting for approval of their citizenship.

Despite the congressman’s optimism about the future of immigration reform and long history of U.S. policy, he provided little detail about the specifics of what is currently being proposed in the legislation offered in the Senate.

Schrader seemed to answer to this lack of detail when he stated that “we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the necessary.”

Ultimately, de Anda provided the most universal reason for reforming immigration policies: “We cannot tolerate in a democracy…a group of legal residents who are barred from [becoming] citizens. We cannot allow this to happen.”

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Creating community spaces Pride, shared responsibility emphasized at lecture Jesse Sawyer Vanguard staff

Portland State hosted its first Walk of the Heroines lecture last week, to commemorate efforts made on campus to create community spaces as a way to promote sustainability.

The Walk of Heroines was first conceived in 1998 by what was then the Women’s Studies program at PSU. The site was completed in June 2011 with the help of Mayer/Reed, a Portland-based design firm. It was built to pay tribute to the women who have made an impact on all our lives.

The lecture was a testament to the achievements of those the walk honors. A message of creating a community space that instills a sense of pride was at the heart of the lecture’s message.

“Developing citizen pride is the most important part of creating peace,” said Meera Norris, one of the panelists and a recent graduate from the Women, Gender and Sexuality

Studies program at PSU. The legacy of the walk is creating community spaces that the public can be proud to have and share, she said.

In the spirit of social sustainability, the walk was praised for its ability to strengthen the community connection to shared spaces. “This is the best way to promote peace,” Norris said.

“How does the land inform who we are?” asked Judy Bluehorse Skelton, a PSU faculty member, activist and panelist. This is the question the public was asked to consider. In response, the panel focused on awareness of what a community does with its public space.

Following the message of shared space was the emphasis of shared responsibility. As the panel stressed, the importance of places like the walk is that they demand that the public be active. This active engagement with place is meant to show that the entire public has a say in the making of shared space.

The idea is that the community will develop a sense of responsibility not only toward the land but also toward fellow community members by

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judy bluehorse skelton holds up a Douglas fir sprig at the Walk of the Heroines lecture on Thursday. participating in public projects like community gardens.

Community spaces like the walk provide a space for people to share, including sharing in its maintenance. These spaces are for all, and the hope is that the walk can also help do away with any sense of “otherness.”

These public spaces are also

meant to be passed down.

Community gardens like the walk provide “intergenerational ties shared through gardening,” said Carol MayerReed, partner-in-charge of landscape architecture and urban design at Mayer/Reed.

“We want to create a space that will last,” MayerReed said.

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Celebrating student writing English department hosts annual Kellogg Awards Megan Fresh Vanguard Staff

With graduation—or at least finals—looming, it’s easy to get so buried in our studies that we forget how enjoyable and integral it is to our sense of community to commemorate one another for all the hard work we do.

Portland State is home to many talented student writers of all genres, and the upcoming 49th annual Nina Mae Kellogg Awards ceremony on May 13 will be an opportunity to join the PSU Department of English in celebrating some of the diverse writing that emerges from our classrooms every year.

Both undergraduate and graduate English department students will receive scholarships and awards, which include the John Redman Freshman Writing Award, the Tom Bates awards for nonfiction writing, the Tom Doulis Graduate Fiction Writing awards and the Shelley Reece Award in Poetry.

This year’s master of ceremonies will be professor A.B. Paulson, who teaches fiction writing and American literature at PSU. The ceremony and lecture are organized by the Department of English Events and Outreach Committee.

The awards are funded by various donors and sponsors, and were founded by PSU English professor Carl Dahlstrom. Dahlstrom, who died in 1981, named the ceremony after his wife.

“We call it the Kellogg Awards after Nina Mae Kellogg, and that’s also the name of one of our major awards,” said Hildy Miller, a PSU English professor and EOC member. “But we have many

writing awards, in all sorts of areas, including creative writing and academic [or] scholarly writing.

“This year we have two new awards that we’re really excited about,” she said. “ One is the Duncan Carter Writing Award. [Carter] is retiring this year, and this award will be for the best writing in a composition course.”

Carter teaches in the English department and is also the associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at PSU. The other new award this year is the Dennis Stovall First Edition Award. Stovall founded the graduate book publishing program and taught at PSU for more than a decade. The award will go to a student who exemplifies the publishing program’s mission.

“We’re really excited about these two new awards, but we have many that recognize all the brilliant student writing we have in the English department,” Miller said. “Some of these awards even go beyond the English department, so that [non-English-major] students who are taking English courses, or in some cases courses in University Studies, can also compete.”

And what English department get-together would be complete without an exciting literary discussion? This year’s ceremony is co-sponsored by the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program, and its visiting speaker is author and contemporary gender- and queer-theorist Jack Halberstam.

Halberstam is a professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and gender studies at the University of Southern California. His most recent book is Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal, and his PSU lecture is titled “No Church in the Wild: Queer Anarchy and Gaga Feminism.” (That’s right: a fantastic Watch the Throne/Lady Gaga mash-up.)

“It is a talk about new forms of anarchy and looks closely at queer art and aesthetics and the

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Jack Halberstam, a gender- and queer-theorist, will be the visiting speaker at the year’s award ceremony.

use of performance within new modes of protest and contestation,” Halberstam said in an email. “[Halberstam’s lecture is] based on his new book, and he’s practicing a kind of low theory that is using examples from popular culture, like the work of Lady Gaga,” Miller said. “He’s especially taken with her video [for] ‘Telephone’ because it shows all the possibilities for gender flexibility and getting beyond binaries such as man/woman, gay/straight; in the video she’s doing it all. “[Lady Gaga]’s performing gender in all sorts of anarchic ways, and that’s what Halberstam is calling for in this book,” Miller continued. “He’s saying we’ve come to the end of some of the conventional arrangements for relationships and conventional performances of gender, and that we need to go gaga.

“It’s time to think of all the possibilities for nonnormative performances of gender and non-normative relationships of all sorts,” Miller said. “So that’s what’s inspiring both the interesting title and the talk itself.”

The territory explored in Halberstam’s work should make for a very interesting lecture, even for those who are new to queer and gender theory. Halberstam’s appearance will also include a question-and-answer session, discussion and book signing.

“He is one of the most vital and engaging speakers I’ve ever heard,” Miller said. “His talks are always lively and intellectually stimulating, often with wonderful visuals, and always provocative.”

PSU’s Department of English presents The 49th annual Nina Mae Kellogg Awards ceremony, featuring Jack Halberstam Monday, May 13, 7–9 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 335 Ceremony open to PSU students, faculty and staff Lecture open to the public

Slow violence Northwest Film Center’s Claire Denis retrospective continues Tristan Cooper Vanguard Staff

In the second week of the Northwest Film Center’s “The Lyrical Space of Claire Denis” film series, audiences will have a chance to see where the filmmaker ended up 25 years after her debut feature film.

Since 1988’s Chocolat (nope, not that one), Denis’ renown has grown as her filmmaking has matured, but her grasp on both the real and the ethereal remains firm.

“Her films aren’t like anyone else’s movies,” said Nick Bruno, the NWFC’s public relations and marketing associate. “They’re topical and yet…in a very personal mode of storytelling.”

Denis also has a knack for shocking (almost inexplicable) endings, as in her films Beau Travail and White Material. “[The endings] are not only unexpected, but they’re jarring in that there’s no rational explanation for what just happened,” Bruno said. “You can…[explain] what it might mean in several different ways, and yet there’s no way to pin down meaning specifically.”

The Vanguard previewed two of Denis’ newest films ahead of their screenings at the center.

35 Shots of Rum (2008) Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 12, 4:45 p.m.

Denis is known for her commentaries on race, war and colonialism, but her uncanny ability to depict day-to-day reality is what makes her work so powerful.

The film centers on Lionel and Josephine, a father and daughter living a simple middle-class

life in a Paris apartment. They’re about as close as relatives can get, to the point that watching the scenes of their mutual routine feels like intruding on a sacred ritual.

The movie is all about these shared moments, the intimacy of an unspoken bond. Even when the two are separate, there’s an unmistakable person-shaped void that bends the room like light around a black hole.

This balance is disrupted by the moody neighbor boy Noe, whose greasy hair and pencil-thin mustache Josephine finds alluring. There aren’t any pratfalls or cathartic outbursts between the parties in question. Denis grounds 35 Shots and its small problems in the moment-to-moment banality of life.

Staring out the window of a train. Small talk over dinner made in the new rice cooker. A moment of solitude on the couch punctuated by flatulence. These are the scenes between the big events in typical movies, but they’re the minutes and hours that make up most of our lives—and most of this film.

Though 35 Shots of Rum has an almost entirely black cast, Denis’ usual social and racial commentary simmers beneath the surface of the film rather than boiling over. The focus is on the intense relationship between Lionel and Josephine and that familiar tension between loving someone and letting them go.

This is a quiet, ambiguous film. Even though most will probably watch it with a friend or a loved one, there’s something about Denis’ style that gives one the inescapable feeling of being alone in the dark.

White Material (2009) Sunday, May 12, 7 p.m.

If 35 Shots of Rum makes the ordinary extraordinary, White Material does the reverse.

Isabelle Huppert plays Maria, a French woman who refuses to abandon her coffee plantation in

On the road: Isabelle Huppert stars as Maria in Claire Denis’ film White Material, which screens this weekend.

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the face of a violent civil war in a nonspecific African country. Bodies line dirt roads, child soldiers patrol the area and still Maria will not budge.

As warnings on the radio become more severe, the locals clear out for fear of being caught between the crossfire of the warring factions.

Excepting Maria, those who stay are forced to by poverty or sick loved ones.

Doom is written on the wall. This dread of inevitable oblivion permeates White Material.

Even with the war closing in, Denis manages to cultivate ordinary human moments, bloodstained though they may be. Children run out of school gleeful and cheering—holding machetes and rifles.

We see a lot of Maria in the normal routine of processing coffee beans on the farm, interrupted once by the discovery of a severed goat head in the harvest—a pointed and unmistakable threat.

Maria’s ex-husband, Andre, played by Christophe Lambert, pleads for her to leave with their troubled son. Just as Maria seems at once brave and insane, Andre is both reasonable and cowardly.

Everyone tells Maria that she should leave, including the wounded rebel officer she harbors for a time. She’s tied inexorably to her farm and her land for reasons no one can fathom. We’re reminded of that famous hermit who vowed to stick it out on Mount St. Helens despite warnings of an impending eruption.

While the content is vastly different from 35 Shots of Rum, White Material similarly lives and dies by its genuine human moments.

Denis has a way of making a terrible conflict seem

everyday—horrific in its commonality.

Bodies continue to pile up throughout the film, but very little violence is depicted onscreen. The result is a movie that shows us what surrounds that violence, and it is all the more haunting for it.

Northwest Film Center presents The Lyrical Space of Claire Denis May 9–16 Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Ave. $9 general admission, $8 students For more showtimes, visit nwfilm.org

SCHEDULE Beau Travail Thursday, May 9, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 11, 5 p.m.

Wings of Desire Saturday, May 11, 2 p.m.

35 Shots of Rum Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 12, 4:45 p.m.

The Intruder Sunday, May 12, 2 p.m.

Monday, May 13, 7 p.m.

White Material Sunday, May 12, 7 p.m.

Man No Run Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m.

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Rise of the robot unicorns PikPok releases sequel to addictive iOS game

one horn to rule them all: Use your robot unicorn to collect tears in Robot Unicorn Attack 2.

Brandon Staley Vanguard Staff

The original Robot Unicorn Attack, released in 2010 as a flash game and later ported to mobile platforms, became an immediate smash hit by virtue of its eccentric aesthetic, falling somewhere between childlike wonderment and the Lisa Frank layer of hell.

If the sickeningly cute visuals weren’t enough, the game’s main theme song, “Always” by Erasure, was an injection of poppy ’80s exuberance that never stopped playing and urged you to keep going. Few could have guessed from outward appearances that what lay beneath was in fact a hellish endless-runner-style game that demanded perfection.

In this regard, little of Robot Unicorn Attack 2’s core experience has changed from its predecessor.

You’re still a literal robot unicorn running endlessly from left to right collecting fairies and tears.

You’re still tapping the left or right side of the screen to jump or dash and avoiding all the various pitfalls and obstacles that could end your run.

You’re still chasing that high score by running as far as possible.

That being said, developer PikPok was not idle in its update to the series.

One potentially controversial change is that the game has gone free-to-play. Unfortunately, this means that the game is rife with microtransactions: Tears are the game’s currency and can be picked up either during your run or by ranking up.

Ranking up is done by completing challenges during your runs, such as collecting 20 fairies or slaying a particular number of giants. Tears are most commonly used to acquire boosts before runs.

Time and space MFA thesis shows offer immersive video, minimalist architecture Jeoffry Ray Vanguard Staff

Last week, Portland State’s Master of Fine Arts candidates opened their final show of the year, complete with a pair of artist lectures and receptions.

But not to worry: Viewers will have the rest of the week to take a peek at the closing thesis exhibitions.

The shows, which opened Monday, April 29, and run through Friday, May 10, feature the works of MFA candidates Rene Allen and Steve Brown.

Allen’s exhibition, titled “Close Quarters,” stands on display at Neuberger Hall’s Autzen Gallery and features a mix of architectural installation, drawing and writing. Brown’s video exhibition, “Liquid Whisper,” displays as a single projected piece in the Art Building’s AB Lobby Gallery.

In the Autzen Gallery, Allen fixed a collection of framed floor plans on graph paper along the wall.

The line of plans, some intentionally incomplete, offer an ambiguous look at rooms of all shapes and sizes.

Toward the end of the line, the frames get stacked and staggered three or four high at points.

The plans, 41 total, represent all of the bedrooms Allen remembers over the course of her life.

“I did a version of this piece in an architecture class before deciding to expand on it,” Allen said. “I was thinking about home and what that means to different people and to me. What’s

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Boosts are items that slightly augment your unicorn’s abilities during your allotted three lives, or “wishes,” of a given run. Once you have died three times and the run is over, you’ll need to purchase new boosts for your next run.

Certain boosts are critical to success, such as the Collection Vacuum Boost, which draws collectible items like fairies and tears toward you. Even with the Collection Vacuum Boost equipped, it is not unreasonable to eventually feel as though you are not breaking even on the number of tears you’ve collected versus the number you need to keep dumping into your boosts.

It doesn’t help that your rank-up challenges are sometimes overly difficult or just plain beyond your ability, forcing you to use tears in order to skip the especially tricky challenges. This hinders experimentation with the boost mechanic and made me feel as though I were being not-so-subtly nudged toward the “pay real money for tears” button, when in fact there are better things you could be spending your money on in Robot Unicorn Attack 2.

The default music in Robot Unicorn Attack 2 is catchy, but let us be very clear about one thing:

really interesting to me was that I remembered the rooms but I couldn’t remember when or in what order I stayed in them.”

On the wall in front of the door, Allen fixed a large sheet of paper with penciled text on it. The work offers a story arranged in a series of questions and instructions.

The reader, asked to consider a space and a collection of things stored in cupboards, begins to visualize what might populate their imagined space as they read.

Allen pointed to the influence of acclaimed artist Bruce Nauman as part of her inspiration for the written work. She also noted her interest in keeping the writing personal through handwritten text.

“There’s nothing more alienating in an art show than a wall of vinyl text,” she said. “I chose pencil and paper because it’s person-to-person.”

Allen also put her building background on display with a minimalistic, abstracted house that dominates the floor space. The crisp white structure faces the gallery windows, inviting visitors to duck under the shoulder-height roof to have a peek inside. Within can be heard the looped sounds of the house being built.

“I was thinking about the iconic house that kids draw, and thinking of how to abstract that shape,” Allen said.

Allen also explained the planning process, in which she sized the house to her own dimensions, leveling the roof at her shoulder height and the width according to her wingspan. She noted a recent trend in her work: exploring personal, nonstandard dimensions in the architectural process.

“I was thinking about a house designed and made by one person, for one person,” she said.

“The only point that I have to go from is my own point of view. That’s been a big leap for me. I always wanted to be removed from the work.”

Brown’s “Liquid Whisper” consists of a standalone piece that takes over the space of the AB Lobby Gallery. Black curtains sweep over the doors and windows, blocking all light.

The video, made on tape, features an ambiguous narrative taking place in fantastical environments derived from album covers and other imaginings.

it is not “Always” by Erasure. The good news is that you can unlock “Always.” The bad news is that you’ll have to dole out 99 cents to do so.

While not having the song that was arguably one of the most memorable parts of the original game available from the get-go is annoying, PikPok gets some credit for including other equally choice musical picks for purchase, such as “The NeverEnding Story” by Limahl.

You can also play dress-up, if the idea of guiding a robotic unicorn through a land inhabited by unicorn-whales and fairies isn’t enough to sate your thirst for all things “kawaii.” The actual ingame term is “customization,” and by spending tears you can unlock various skins and accessories for your unicorn.

Most of these unlock-able items have beneficial qualities, such as allowing you to accelerate more quickly or fly once you have reached top speed. Yes, Robot Unicorn Attack 2 encourages you to equip your unicorn with wings that allow it to fly. No, it does not acknowledge the difference between a unicorn and Pegasus, nor does it make any attempt to explain the hybridization of the two—truly a missed opportunity.

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For some befuddling reason, Robot Unicorn Attack 2 includes two online factions. Players choose their faction (either Team Inferno or Team Rainbow) after they have reached a certain level. The two teams compete in daily challenges, and the winning team receives tears as a reward.

While fascinating in theory, the entire concept seems a little half-baked since Team Inferno has been dominating Team Rainbow for the past week with no end in sight. This raises the question of balance and why someone just new to the game would join Team Rainbow if the squad is perpetually getting its unicorn ass kicked.

Perhaps in the future joining the flagging team will be incentivized. Until then, it’s a choice between the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals.

The game controls very well­—when it does.

Touch screen controls are notoriously finicky when it comes to twitch inputs, which are a big part of Robot Unicorn Attack 2. On rare occasions I experienced jump or dash inputs that simply did not register.

Unfortunately, in a game like this, a missed input is an immediate death. Besides a few dropped taps here and there, though, the game handles buttery smooth.

I found Robot Unicorn Attack 2 to be a wonderful game for a commute. Each run is liable to take less than 10 minutes, and the sheer joyful spectacle contained therein is bound to block out the harsh realities of public transit.

But Robot Unicorn Attack 2 is more than that. It’s great fun spending a half an hour here or there listening to the quirky music, picking out all of the hidden details and just generally feeling awesome when you break through that wall and reach totally new ground.

PikPok presents Robot Unicorn Attack 2 Available for free download on iPhone and IPad

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An appreciator of art stops to gaze at Rene Allen’s exhibit “Close Quarters.”

Actors in simplified costumes navigate the environment without dialogue, using gesture to explain their efforts to escape entrapment and otherwise negotiate their immersion in the surrealistic other-space.

Brown explained his interest in leaving behind his previous work when applying to Portland State. Previously a painter, he acknowledged hitting a wall with his earlier work and subsequently developing a taste for performance and video.

“I had some specific goals when I came to PSU. I wanted to reference things less, and make things that were truly my own,” he said, pointing to a series of paintings depicting Alice Cooper’s bassist, Dennis Dunaway.

“Like a lot of awkward kids, I probably idolized rock stars too much,” Brown joked.

Brown showed a series of videos produced during his studio sessions at the university, in which he explored the assets and limits of VHS and digital video alike. He explored placing figures and characters in imaginary spaces and the lightcapturing properties of jelly.

Brown also worked on other work-generating experiments, such as starting a rumor that he was starting a band called Caramel Apple. That rumor led him to develop a video for the band for last year’s Open Engagement art conference at PSU. “I really wanted to make work that wasn’t about my autobiography,” he said. “The faculty

really encouraged me to include more of myself in my work.”

Brown pointed out that, in the end, he was most interested in working with VHS, and he ultimately eschewed a digital format altogether for his final production of “Liquid Whisper.”

“The grain is almost like a painting,” he said.

“The mistakes and distortions remind me of paint and experimental music. You can make it a wash or a liquid or [a] fluid. As a medium, it has more value than just nostalgia.”

After the lectures, Boas extended her praise to the recent master’s candidates and graduates more generally, citing their efforts to work together and share their skills.

“Within the last couple of years we’ve had a generous, collaborative group of students,” she said. “People have always collaborated formally, but there’s also been an informal collaboration that’s been wonderfully supportive of the arts.”

PSU’s Master of Fine Arts program presents Art MFA candidates’ exhibitions “Close Quarters” by Rene Allen Autzen Gallery, Neuberger Hall, room 205 “Liquid Whisper” by Steve Brown AB Lobby Gallery, Art Building lobby On view through Friday, May 10

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Cruising the airwaves KPSU’s second cruise concept helps bring FM frequency Robin Crowell Vanguard Staff

Portland State radio station KPSU is at the tail end of its quest to bring an FM signal to campus with the end of its three-week fundraiser, Radio Revival.

This Friday, KPSU will hold its second annual KPSU Kruise. Students and fans can board the Portland Spirit for a late-night cruise with Portland bands Grandparents and Onuinu, all in an effort to raise funds and help KPSU achieve FM airwave status.

“Radio Revival is a series of events from April 22 through May 10,” KPSU Station Manager Jay Turk said. “The events are all aimed with the common goal of raising funds, raising friends and raising enthusiasm around KPSU’s [upcoming] opportunity to get a LPFM signal.”

LPFM, short for low-power frequency modulation, is an FM signal less strong than commercial signals. An LPFM signal only gets 100 watts to a commercial’s near-1,000, but an LPFM signal would cover KPSU’s key demographics.

The events held to raise funds for the LPFM signal have ranged from trivia nights to live music to a car smash that charged per swing.

“It’s taking the place of our annual pledge drive, which we do every year around this time, but we kind of repurposed it a little bit by putting it under the banner of Radio Revival,” Turk said. “We feel that there’s something lacking in the Portland radio spectrum.

The vast majority are owned by corporate media conglomerations: Clear Channel, Intercom, CBS Radio—and there’s one group called Alpha Broadcasting that is an Oregon-based company, but it’s still very much

a commercial radio conglomerate. They own about seven stations in the Portland area.”

Commercial radio often lacks “the voices of college students, the voices of women, the voices of racial and sexual minorities—you’re really just getting one side of the picture, one side of the story,” Turk said.

Keegan Meyer, current promotions director and recent manager-elect for KPSU, thinks that the best is yet to come for the station.

“I am really excited to reform and be a part of the golden age of FM radio,” Meyer said.

“Although KPSU has this opportunity for FM frequency, the LCRA [Local Community Radio Act] is making it a golden age for radio again.

“In a way it’s like we are competing with these commercial radio companies, potentially changing how corporate radio does its programming,” Meyer continued. “ I’m really stoked to be able to be a part of that movement and to change how people think about radio.”

The LCRA was passed by Congress in 2010 and soon after signed into law by President Barack Obama. The act aims to get smaller, 100-watt frequencies (like the frequency that KPSU is trying to obtain), traditionally used by commercial radio stations to push their signals to greater distances, set up for smaller stations.

“These giant corporate behemoths came in with bags of money and tons of lawyers and applied for these signals,” Turk said.

“Even today, years later, there’s a backlog of these applications. Organizations like KPSU haven’t been able to get in there. The LCRA removes that backlog.

“We feel that as a media representative of Portland State, the largest university in Oregon, we…have a voice to add to the public dialogue that isn’t there now,” Turk explained.

“Nobody has a voice for students in that capacity. There are at least 100,000 listeners in Portland that would have a vested interest in a station coming from PSU. Everything we’re doing right now is with that interest in mind.”

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not your grandparents’ grandparents: Portland psych quintet Grandparents will play KPSU’s second annual KPSU Kruise this weekend.

The KPSU Kruise II serves as the culmination of Radio Revival’s fundraising run. The first KPSU Kruise was a big success for the station, and the second in the series, according to Meyer, is shaping up similarly.

“The outlook on the cruise that is coming up is for it to be a lot more genuine,” he said.

“Last year’s was our first concert…on the Portland Spirit. It was one of the biggest concerts we’ve ever done. We’ve never dealt with that kind of money before.

“This year we know what to expect and we know how to prepare for it,” he continued.

“It’s more genuine and more KPSU. The staff is planning to wear captain hats, it should be a lot more of a genuine cruise this year, and there’s no shakiness from our end this time, no nervousness.”

Tickets for last year’s cruise ran for $22 apiece, and this year’s cruise costs $15. There

is a special code for currently enrolled students that will grant $10 tickets. The code for the student discount is LPFM. “The $10 ticket price for the Portland Spirit cruise is a steal for students,” Meyer said.

“Cruises on the Portland Spirit are generally always over $40. This is a steal.”

KPSU presents KPSU Kruise II Featuring Grandparents and Oniunu Friday, May 10, 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

The Portland Spirit On the Waterfront Esplanade $15 regular price, $10 for students with LPFM code For more info, go to kpsu.org

Sloppy Jims Isn’t it interesting how “Sloppy Jim” sounds dirty but “Sloppy Joe” doesn’t?

Kat Audick Vanguard Staff

Sloppy Joes are a cornerstone food of school cafeterias around the world. Originally invented to help bulk up smaller rations of protein, Joes continue to be a fond memory from the schoolyard days. This recipe is a fresh new take on the classic meal.

The thing old Joes were missing was balanced nutrition. These reinvented Sloppy Jims cut back on fat by swapping beef for ground turkey that rests healthily on a whole-wheat bun.

Topped with tangy and delicious parsley, tomatoes and crisp cucumber, this dish has a sweet Mediterranean twist. It can also easily be made vegan by trading out turkey for a vegetarian, beef-less ground and switching out the bun for a vegan whzeat pita.

This Sloppy Jim recipe can be used for a variety of dishes. The mighty protein mixture is great for stuffing burritos or layering into lasagna, or as a thick, meaty sauce for pasta. You can serve it on crunchy romaine lettuce leaves as a wholesome appetizer. Or you can try it my favorite way: bowl, spoon, mouth—good to go.

Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 lb ground turkey 1/4 cup light brown sugar 1 tbsp steak seasoning (I like McCormick’s Montreal Mix) 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp paprika 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/3 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp dried basil 1 6-oz can tomato paste 1 cup tomato sauce 4 whole-wheat buns Veggie topping 1 cup curly parsley, minced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tomato, seeded and chopped 1 stalk green onion, chopped 1/2 cup English cucumber, chopped 1 tsp lemon juice

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Instructions In a large pan, heat olive oil over mediumhigh heat and add ground turkey. Spread out and break up meat with a large spoon.

Sprinkle with brown sugar and steak seasoning and continue to mix and cook until lightly browned and cooked through (approximately 5 to 8 minutes.) Once turkey has cooked, reduce heat to medium and add onion, garlic,

bell pepper, Worcestershire, red wine vinegar, cumin, paprika and cayenne. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add oregano, basil, tomato paste and tomato sauce, mix thoroughly and simmer 7 minutes. While meat simmers, combine parsley, garlic, tomato, green onion, cucumber and lemon juice and toss lightly. Serve Sloppy Jims on toasted whole-wheat buns topped with parsley greens. Mix and eat immediately!

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Library on wheels Digital Bookmobile stops in town on May 8 and 9 Ms. Fudge’s Sweet Nothings Stephanie Fudge-Bernard

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emember way back in the day when the bookmobile would come to town? You’d step inside a little van and find a miniature library right at your fingertips, with colorful picture books, chunky VHS tapes and even games to play with.

Now it’s 2013, and the cute little bookmobile you outgrew with your childhood is stopping into town—and it’s been doing some growing of its own.

The new and improved traveling library is bigger and better than ever, with a huge emphasis on “bigger.”

This contemporary library on wheels travels in style in a giant, 74-foot long, 18-wheel semi-trailer.

The world just got a little bit more awesome.

Instead of traditional library books, though, this new, modern bookmobile showcases a digital library and ways to access e-books and audiobooks through local libraries. This isn’t a new thing, even if you haven’t heard about it. In 2012 alone, readers checked out more than 70 million e-books and audiobooks, according to OverDrive Inc., a worldwide e-book and audiobook distributor and the Digital Bookmobile’s developer.

That’s a hell of a lot of downloads.

While digital media has spread like wildfire in popularity, many libraries have faced challenges funding traditional print collections and the staff needed to keep libraries open to the public. They’ve also faced challenges engaging their local communities.

Enter digital library collections! The Digital Bookmobile

is here to save the day and make libraries seem a little less stuffy. With sexy exhibits and “virtual branch” website access, it’s like Bruce Wayne created a traveling Batcave and decided to open it up to strangers.

The truck has its own welcome and orientation area that sits flush with the enormous trailer and has laptop stations to play with and a giant flat screen TV displaying information.

Visitors step inside to see a Gadget Gallery, which is pretty much as cool as it sounds.

Adults and kids alike can smudge their fingers across a variety of devices—including iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, NOOK, Sony Reader and Kindle—to see how library rentals work on different mediums.

The library monster truck doesn’t stop there, though.

The thing is enormous and has several sections for visitors to explore. There’s Audiobook Alley, with screens and headsets for searching through and discovering how to rent audiobooks, a Video Lounge with seating, a Digital Catalog area and the E-book Experience section.

Anyone with a kid (or any book-lover for that matter) in Portland shouldn’t be ashamed to jump up and down with indecent glee, especially when you have the opportunity to get onto the beastly truck and experience the excitement of the bookmobile again by living vicariously through new eyes.

The implications of the evolving bookmobile are huge. We’ve taken something that started in a horse-drawn

wagon only a century ago and transformed it into an epic, traveling instigator with technological badassery.

As someone in her early 20s, it’s incredible to me that times have changed so dramatically in such a short span. If someone had asserted 20 years ago that the bookmobile would drive into town without actually carrying any physical books, I think most of us would have laughed. Hysterically.

Which really makes me curious to see how the future of reading and learning will grow. Who knows, maybe a flying bookmobile hover car or a librarian in a jet pack will become the future bookmobiles.

Perhaps I’m too pumped over a silly truck with a few computers in it, but I can’t help but imagine myself as a child in wonder of what the bookmobile has become.

Of course, today’s children have already been inundated with and desensitized to such technology, but the magic of a roaming library still hopefully holds appeal for children growing up with seemingly endless access to information.

The most wonderful experience anyone can hope to glean from a bookmobile is a newfound desire to read, to learn and to explore. For all of us old college students, this motivation came in the form of a little van filled with a small selection of books that inspired a joy akin to hearing the ice cream man coming down the street.

Times change and evolve, and the new and improved version of this classic will hopefully engage the children growing up in our fast-paced world and help them to take a moment and find pleasure in a simple library e-book.

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akenya Ntaiya is a hero.

Never heard of her?

Not surprising. She’s not the kind of person you hear about, or the kind that particularly cares if you have.

She’s a woman who has quietly taken the pain and suffering of her own life and turned it into hope and opportunity for others.

CNN recently told her story, and it left me speechless.

Ntaiya is from Enoosaen, a Maasai village in Kenya. In 1993, when she was 14 years old, she wasn’t worrying about pimples or whether her parents would let her have a cell phone: She was preparing for a rite of passage that every Maasai girl has faced for generations. Not a glittery quinceanera or bat-mitzvahlike like event complete with family and friends honoring your coming of age—this was very different.

There was a crowd watching, but instead of being hoisted up on somebody’s shoulders—her womanhood being celebrated—Ntaiya’s skirt was hoisted up and her womanhood taken.

She was experiencing what, according to CNN, approximately 140 million girls and women, some as young as 10 years old, have endured worldwide: female circumcision. Or, less politely, female genital mutilation. Girls’ most intimate body parts are cut out, and then they are pronounced fit to be married. Most drop out of school after the ceremony and

spend the rest of their youth bearing children, the CNN article stated.

That’s the thing—having your clitoris cut out doesn’t mean you can’t have sex or lots of kids. It just means you will never feel pleasure down there ever again. It’s how good girls stay good girls.

“It [was] really painful. I fainted,” Ntaiya said in a CNN interview. “You’re not supposed to cry.”

She didn’t, however, resist this horrible experience. Why? First, because that would have been futile; second, she knew it was her only piece of leverage to get the one thing she desperately wanted: an education. She made a bargain with her father, threatening to run away unless he let her return to high school after the mutilation ceremony.

“I really liked going to school,” she said. “I knew that once I went through the cutting I was going to be married off. And my dream of becoming a teacher was going to end.”

When he realized how serious she was, her father reluctantly agreed. Although she paid dearly for it, she got her wish. She was an exemplary student and received a scholarship to study in the U.S. Fast forward to today: She has a doctoral degree in education.

Ntaiya reached a place where her womanhood is no longer a bargaining chip for a different life—a place far away from a mutilation table. The amazing thing is that instead of leaving all that behind her,

she returned to Kenya to make sure hundreds of other little girls can climb just as high.

In 2009, she started the first primary school for girls in Enoosaen, the Kakenya Center for Excellence, and so far 150 girls have walked through its doors. Before they do, however, their parents are required to promise that they will not put them through mutilation or force them into early marriages.

What’s special about this story are the choices Ntaiya made for herself. She started out having to make an unthinkable one so she’d have an education— something that most of us have automatic and easy access to.

She could have been destroyed by it, decided that it was all too hard, that it wasn’t worth losing a piece of herself (literally). But she didn’t. She turned it into infinitely more choices that not only saved her own life but also hundreds and potentially thousands of others.

Ntaiya teaches us how unglittery and flashy heroism really is—that really, it’s about how you choose to use your life. Often we feel like we’re defined by one choice, eternally subject to its consequences, like we’ll never be more than a single, pinnacle event in our lives.

Ntaiya defies that thinking.

She took an injustice and created justice for a village of girls. What if we saw our own choices as stepping stones to creating justice in this world?

Even choices that we regret.

It’s doubtful that Ntaiya saw her mutilation as anything but regrettable, but decided it wouldn’t define her future.

This was the result, in her words: “Fathers are now saying, ‘My daughter could do better than my son.’”

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Parking vs. affordable housing Debates overshadow a much bigger issue than lack of parking A Critical Glance Adam E. Bushen

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ecently there’s been an ongoing debate over the construction of apartment complexes built without reserved parking for their residents. While some people applaud the effort to increase the incentives to forgo owning a car, others claim it’s impractical and will lead to more crowded and competitive curbside parking in residential areas.

Despite the validity of this debate, what people should instead be considering is the city’s overwhelming lack of affordable housing.

During the 1999 legislative session, Oregon cities lost the ability to require homebuilders to provide a certain amount of affordable housing. In addition to this, Portland has seen a consistent decrease in apartment vacancy and a steady increase in the average price of rent.

According to The Oregonian, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment rose from $706 in 2011 to $774 in 2012. In 2012, Portland’s vacancy rate was 2.2 percent— the second lowest in the entire nation. The average length of time that an apartment remained vacant between tenants fell from 43 days to 37, and in inner Southeast Portland apartments are vacant for an average of 11 days.

So, in addition to rising costs, it’s almost impossible to even find a place to rent. A report issued by Reis Inc. (a commercial real estate firm) found that Portland was just behind the New York City metro area in vacancy rates, The Oregonian reported.

All those things you’ve heard about it being impossible to find a place to live in NYC? It’s happening right here. In your city.

This affordable housing desert has more than its fair

share of detrimental effects: Rising rent, increased competition for apartments and substandard housing are just a small sample. This leaves Portland residents expending more time and effort trying to find apartments and paying more for them than they did in the past.

The problem doesn’t end there, either. The demand for cheap housing is already pretty high, and it’ll only increase.

We need to stop constructing high-rise condo buildings for the affluent and increase construction of affordable housing. It would be an added bonus if said housing wasn’t just built on the outskirts of town either but actually placed near public transit lines.

Another major consequence is how the lack of affordable housing contributes to an already serious concern: homelessness. Take a look anywhere in Portland, but especially downtown, and you’ll see just how prevalent it is.

Unlike many other metropolises that I’ve lived in or visited, it’s absolutely impossible for you to ignore.

Interlink Counseling Services, an organization dedicated to assisting the homeless and the poor, states on its website that “between 1973 and 1993, 2.2 million low-rent units disappeared from the market,” which directly correlates to the “housing crisis for poor people.”

Linking homelessness and affordable housing is the disappearance of single-room occupancy housing, which is used to house the poor as well as those suffering from mental illness or substance abuse. According to Interlink, from 1970 to 1986 Portland lost 59 percent of its SRO hotels, putting out on the street people who may not be able to afford a traditional apartment or are too

dependent to obtain one. For many, SROs made the difference between stable housing and no housing at all.

Part of the blame for this has to be put on city officials. Back in 2003, they promised to construct affordable housing on the South Waterfront by creating 430 apartments or condos for low-income residents.

However, not one of these has been built. Rather, the area remains entirely for affluent residents, despite a $125 million contribution from taxpayers.

The issue of affordable living also includes student housing. My time living in the Saint Helen’s Court Residence Hall went well enough. However, the size and quality of the unit and facilities didn’t match the price. I certainly didn’t mind living there, except for the price I paid for it.

An apartment building that still has actual iceboxes shouldn’t cost as much as what I paid—things like that don’t add charm; they’re a reminder of the building’s age (and don’t get me started on the tub-only bathrooms, where installing a shower head is strictly prohibited).

When contrasting that building with the newer student housing buildings, it would seem obvious that a corresponding difference in price should exist, yet the rates don’t greatly differ.

Living on campus offers many advantages, but it’s not much cheaper (if at all) than any of the apartments I’ve lived in since. The path to obtaining a higher education has enough hurdles and obstacles as it is, usually placing an unprecedented financial burden on students and their families.

Student housing should be significantly cheaper than offcampus living and represent one less discouragement to attending university.

There isn’t a single cure, but one thing that would make a big difference is fewer highrise condos and more affordable apartments.

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or most students experiencing their journey through college, one of the terrifying inevitabilities to face is the world of dating.

Whether it be rubbing elbows at the movies, drunkenly hooking up at a Halloween party or making eyes at the library, dating is something that permeates our lives and makes us weak in the knees.

Living in the technologydriven society we do, however, the ways of dating have changed.

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince hit the nail on the head when they proclaimed, “Parents just don’t understand.”

Our parents’ generation couldn’t have fathomed online dating. Dating in the baby boomer generation consisted of banana splits, bowling alleys and ‘parking’ while listening to classic rock or Simon and Garfunkel.

Your mom or dad might pose the question, “Why in the world would you want to meet a stranger online?” This is a valid and deserving question, albeit one with a simple answer. It’s an arduous task to meet people in lecture classes.

It becomes even harder if you live off campus or have a job.

Taking a full course load, having a job and living off campus, it’s hard enough to make new friends—how in the world are you supposed to meet a lover?

Enter OkCupid, one of the various online dating websites that matches you with complete strangers based on your profile/personality survey. OkCupid allows you to rate people, add people as favorites and message anyone of your choosing. On each profile you’re able to see a match percentage, friend percentage

and, of course, enemy percentage (for those who believe opposites attract).

Living a busy college lifestyle, I realized the difficulty of meeting new people.

And it occurred to me that OkCupid may not be so bad after all. If I could take a personality survey and be matched with someone attractive and intellectual, why not? Who wouldn’t want that? What could go wrong?

I decided to go on three dates to see if I could find a connection with anyone. The names have been changed in order to protect the privacy of the individuals.

Date No. 1: Sally After some lengthy and enticing conversation on OkCupid, Sally and I decided to meet up. On the way to pick her up I was filled with nerves and overcome by a small case of sweaty armpits. Not ideal things to have happen previous to meeting someone, but it made me feel alive.

We went to Montage, a safe bet for any date. Great Southern food, loud atmosphere and low lighting. The conversation was fun and both of us were enjoying ourselves. But! Sally forgot to mention she was slightly lactose intolerant. After indulging in macaroni and cheese we went back to my apartment, where she threw up on my hardwood floors, couch and bedsheets.

There was no second date.

Date No. 2: Marie After cleaning up and Swiffering three different times to get the stench out of my apartment, I was ready for date two. From her pictures, Marie looked like my type.

Fair skin, brunette and good style. We had two phone calls,

which were dynamite, before meeting up.

We decided to meet up in my neighborhood and walk to Potato Champion for dinner. When we met, I honestly didn’t think it was her. She looked nothing like her photographs and had sideburns. No offense to girls with facial hair, but if you have more of it than I do, I’d like to keep things in the friend zone.

There was no second date.

Date No. 3: Stella I received a message from Stella saying she was in Florida until May but would like to hang out when she got back to Portland. We exchanged numbers and text-messaged a bit, getting to know each other slowly but surely. She ended up coming home a month early.

After much anticipation we decided to go to Red Robin for chicken tenders and endless fries. Stella is drop-dead gorgeous—one of those girls that when you see her you’re immediately taken aback by her beauty.

However, the conversation just wasn’t there. I inquired about her feelings and thoughts in regard to an variety of subjects, but she rarely had any answers. This just goes to show it really is the personality that counts.

Once again, no second date.

After having no luck on OkCupid, I decided to ask out a ravishing redhead from one of Portland State’s convenience stores. Let me just say there was a second date, a third date and more dates to follow.

Perusing OkCupid is like online shopping for a significant other. It’s strange and exciting and weird. If you feel up for the task, go for it. However, while you’re sitting on your bed spending hours looking at profiles you might be missing the magic that’s happening right outside your door.

Don’t miss the magic.

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We’ll think about it— scout’s honor The Boy Scouts of America could see some big changes One Step Off Emily Lakehomer

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ay is always an interesting month.

May 1 marks International Workers’ Day, May 5 is Cinco de Mayo, and now May 20 might begin to mark something interesting as well.

Late last month, the Boy Scouts of America announced that the organization will soon be voting on whether it will allow gay youth to become members. The announcement was made on April 19 to mixed feedback.

The proposal originally included a lift on the ban against gay scoutmasters and older members, but “conservatives and religious groups objected,” according to The Huffington Post. The initial proposal was definitely a step in the right direction. According to the article, Herndon Graddick, the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, stated that the change in BSA’s policy could “only strengthen its core principles of fairness and respect.”

And people all over the U.S. are rallying behind the change in policy.

Dave and Joe McGrath, a father-son duo, are willing to bike 1,800 miles “from their Idaho Falls home to the BSA headquarters in Irving, Texas, where they will present scouting officials with their objections to the anti-gay policy,” HuffPost reported.

Dave, who has served in the army, told an Idaho-based news station that many of his family members are gay and involved with the Boy and Eagle Scouts. He stated, “I wish [the BSA] all the best, and yet

they discriminate against the people I love.”

The fact that the organization is making this decision based on concern and the need to include queer youth is comforting. With many states rallying to legalize gay marriage, it’s easy to forget that there are other issues present in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

Queer youth need inclusion, and exclusion from something ingrained in American culture like the Boy Scouts can be very traumatic for youth.

As expected, there are many counterarguments to this proposal. Some are actually based in logic rather than solely in religious belief. Paul Bedard of The Washington Examiner brought up the fact that the BSA gets a huge amount of funding from “church-based troops.” These troops are threatening to leave if the proposal is passed, but in all honesty the BSA has been around for a good long while.

I really don’t think it’ll be going away just because some troops stuck in the Old Testament are angry.

Bedard also pointed out that the “potential for sexual harassment and bullying could lead to massive legal fees.”

That claim is—excuse me— utter bullshit. It plays into non-inclusive, close-minded stereotypes and stigmas that do nothing to fuel any form of all-inclusive community (or, as feminist writer bell hooks would say, a “beloved community”).

The BSA’s use of the phrase “sexual preference,” Bedard

said, could “be used by LGBT activists to push for transgendered girls in the BSA.” Oh, yeah, because that’s what we really need to be afraid of. The biggest threat to American culture is definitely the idea that queer youth could be joining the Boy Scouts. Puh-leaze.

Religious groups make up the majority of the opposition, but some opposition also comes from left-leaning individuals.

Many self-identified gay individuals have made it clear that they find the proposal prejudiced as it excludes older Eagle Scouts and scoutmasters.

An NBC news affiliate quoted Jeffrey Stevens, who identifies as gay, as saying, “It’s really prejudice…There’s this hidden assumption that grown gay men are going to molest children.”

Tag onto this the depressing fact that only around 5 percent of BSA members earn the title of Eagle Scout.

On May 20, the BSA will vote. If the policy change is approved, it will take effect on January 1, 2014.

Despite the opposition, this would be a small step in the right direction. If the BSA begins allowing queer youth to become members, it’s only a matter of time before queer adults are allowed to join as well.

However, there should be no “allowed” to begin with. The BSA should have granted admission to anyone who wanted to be a part of the organization. Communities aren’t built on hatred and prejudice. They are cultivated through love, acceptance and inclusion.

If we’re to keep moving along the path to a better world, these are the kinds of things we need to be thinking about.

psumatters April 22 The hubris is amazing.

Just because you use energy efficient light bulbs doesn’t make you sustainable... it makes you more efficient. The light bulbs are still made in China from finite resources that one day will be waste... Is a family who buys a more fuel efficient car more sustainable although they still buy gas?

But practicing what PSU preaches? What about the fact that Smith Student Union sewer flushes into the Willamette? Is that sustainable? Is hiring Aramark who under pays employees and “guest workers” sustainable? Is PERS sustainable?

Sustainability falls short of the true conversation.

Resiliency includes the ideals of sustainability while being honest about the earth’s impact on humans (ie flooding, drought, etc) and humans impact on the earth. Resiliency is a more realistic approach to the problems we face. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11...

But saying the emperor has no clothes is not often popular...

“Election season hits PSU”

Vol. 67 No. 51 Jen April 19 James Au: “I want to throw parties as president!”

Harris Foster: “I want to fix things that need fixing.” This is not a tough choice people.

“Tim Wise tackles racism questions”

Vol. 67 No. 50

Beulah April 12 A major issue that keeps some white folks from being engaged in race related dialogues often isn’t fear of looking stupid, but rather, dismissive attitudes of their thoughts and experiences.

Targeting one group by race (in this case, whites) and making generalizations about them and their beliefs- is racism. It alienates them from the movement and causes divisions to deepen.

“On beauty”

Vol. 67 No. 50 Caroline April 12 Thank you! I just heard about this not long ago, and was blown away. Having the body of a woman and not the body of a string bean is something to be proud of!!

Sang April 11 Awesome post! Criticizing women (bc it’s not just girls) who want a thigh gap is akin to criticizing men for obsessing about six pack abs and bigger biceps, or those “lift heavy” women for obsessing about increasing their lifts. Everyone wants different things and it’s OKAY! Furthermore, this is not a new trend. Women have been wanting thinner thighs for eons because some people happen to think its feminine; as well as for practical reasons such as getting rid of rubbing thighs, cellulite, stretch marks, loose jiggly skin, etc.

For those looking to effectively thin out their inner and outer thighs without starvation diets and knowing the right exercises to do as well as to avoid, I’d recommend checking out the book “The Thigh Gap Hack” (google it or check out http:// www.thighgaphack.com)

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Urban Tellers is a storytelling series that features people sharing tales of their fascinating experiences with life. This round boasts stories of secret siblings, band groupies, visits to hash dens and more. Light snacks will be served as a complimentary service during the event, and beers and wine will be on sale for those of age. 21+

Sunday, May 12

A Manual for Creating Atheists

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Dr. Dori Laub survived the Holocaust as a child, and as an adult psychoanalyst he offers insight on trauma and how the manifestations of it can present in survivors. His talk will take place Friday, May 10, at 10 a.m in Neuberger Hall, room 407.

Tuesday, MAY 7

Tuesday Night Tango 7 p.m. class, 8 p.m. open dance Bossanova Ballroom 722 E Burnside St.

On Tuesday nights, the Bossanova Ballroom offers you the chance to learn to tango. Bring a partner or come alone for free dance from 8 p.m. to midnight. All skill levels are welcome, including beginners, and a lesson will be offered from 7–8 p.m. for those who would like to learn the steps. Admission is $8 per person.

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Wednesday, May 8

Bicycle Legal Clinic Noon–1 p.m.

PSU Bike Hub 1818 SW Sixth Ave.

If you have legal questions regarding owning and operating a bicycle on the street this workshop can provide answers. From traffic laws to insurance, local attorney Ray Thomas can tell you what you need to know and offer you a free copy of his book, Pedal Power: A Legal Guide for Oregon Bicyclists. Please RSVP for this event by emailing clint@pdx.

FREE edu.

Thursday, May 9

Spring Career Fair 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union ballroom 1825 SW Broadway

Advising and Career Services will host a career fair featuring more than 50 employers from varied fields of work looking to connect with stuFREE dents at Portland State.

Women, War and Human Rights: Lessons from Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine Noon Smith Memorial Student Union, room 294 1825 SW Broadway

Therese Saliba, faculty of third

world feminist studies at Evergreen State College in Washington and former Fulbright scholar in Palestine, will be speaking about women’s rights and how they have been cited as a source to justify military intervention in parts of FREE the Middle East.

Friday, May 10

Knowing and Not Knowing: Forms of Traumatic Memory 10 a.m.

Neuberger Hall, room 407 724 SW Harrison St.

Join the Portland Center for Public Humanities for a talk by Dr. Dori Laub, a child survivor of a Nazi concentration camp and practicing psychoanalyst, on the various ways that traumatic memories can manifest in survivors without a psychiatFREE ric history.

Saturday, May 11

2013 St. Johns Bizarre 10 a.m.–7 p.m.

St. Johns, between North Philadelphia and Leavitt avenues

The seventh annual St. Johns Bizarre offers visitors a variety of food and more than 70 craft vendors, live local music of multiple styles and the finest locally made beer. This festival is a great way to kick off Mother’s Day weekend. FREE

WhiskeyFest NorthWest 11 a.m.–10 p.m.

Portland Pearl District, Lot 15 Northwest 11th Avenue and Northrup Street

More than 60 distillers offering more than 100 local, national and international types of whiskey will be present this year at WhiskeyFest NorthWest, the Northwest’s largest whiskey centered event. Tastings, themed lounges, good cigars and live music await those willing to pay the $25 entrance fee.

Urban Tellers 8 p.m.

Portland Story Theater 1847 E Burnside St.

7:30 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 238 1825 SW Broadway

Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe, professor of global history and world civilizations at California State University, Monterey Bay, and current editor of the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, will provide lecture attendees with a talk on the ancient Egyptian god Seth, his origins and the misunderstandings associated with them that often lead to the label of “evil” being placed on his FREE character.

Bicycle Maintenance 101

10–11:30 a.m.

Friendly House 1737 NW 26th Ave.

Noon–1 p.m.

PSU Bike Hub 1818 SW Sixth Ave.

Professor Peter Boghossian, noted lecturer and philosophy teacher at Portland State, will be giving an abstract of his new book, A Manual for Creating Atheists, and answering questions about the content during this lecture. People of all of belief systems FREE are welcome to attend.

If you are a bike owner or enthusiast, the Portland State Bike Hub offers you the chance to learn about the art of maintaining a bicycle.

With subjects like proper methods of lubricating your drivetrain, adjusting your brakes and properly maintaining your tires, the Bike Hub will make sure you know how to take care of your bike. Participants are free to bring their own bicycles to learn exactly how they should be cared for.

Mother’s Day Brunch 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

East Burn 1800 E Burnside St.

EastBurn will be offering a special menu this Mother’s Day weekend so that you may bring whatever woman or women fit into that special role in your life and celebrate with breakfast. Reservations are a good idea; for more information on how to make them, visit theeastburn.com.

Monday, May 13

Seth: Ancient Egypt’s Evil God of Power and Might

FREE

Dads Group 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union, room 462 1825 SW Broadway

If you are a father as well as a student at Portland State, the Resource Center for Students with Children welcomes you to Monday meetings, where you have the chance to connect with others in your position and FREE enjoy some free snacks.

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Lesbian Fiction as Historical Fiction: Gender, Nationalism and Sexual Politics in the South Asian Novel 4 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center 1802 SW 10th Ave.

Drawing on her recent research, Dr. Sri Nair, assistant professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Portland State, will discuss two Indian novels about lesbian relationships and examine how these particular novels take a turn from sexual desire toward political history as the protagonists become involved in caste systems FREE and religion.

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On with the show in the NBA playoffs Stakes are raised as second round begins Drew Lazzara Vanguard Staff

We are finally ready to start Round 2 of the NBA playoffs.

Which is fine, because Round 2 is where the playoffs really start, anyway. Every playoff pretender (basically everyone in the East who lost in Round 1) is out of the way. We can begin to think seriously about the teams remaining as title contenders. Here’s a look at what’s great about the matchups in Round 2.

Heat vs. Bulls This matchup isn’t especially interesting, but there is a tiny possibility for intrigue under the right circumstances. Chicago bows to no one in terms of toughness, are as physical and disciplined on defense as any team in the league, have an excellent coach and were the team that ended Miami’s 27-game win streak this season. They aren’t pushovers.

Another potential wrinkle in a Bulls-Heat series is the health and possible return of Derrick Rose. I don’t really know what to make of Rose’s slow return from an anterior cruciate ligament tear suffered in last year’s playoffs.

Maybe it’s shifting expectations; an ACL injury used to require a full year recovery period, with a few months of “getting a feel for it on the court” in there for good measure. Now we see people like Adrian Peterson come

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stephen curry leads the explosive Warriors offense into the conference semifinals against San Antonio. The competition becomes even more intense as teams move closer to a championship. back from the injury after a long weekend, we hear about Robert Griffin III being ready for Week 1 after suffering ligament tears in the playoffs this past winter, and so we start to expect everyone to be like that. It’s still a gruesome

“Round 2 is where the playoffs really start, anyway. Every playoff pretender (basically everyone in the East who lost in Round 1) is out of the way.”

injury, and I’m inclined to just let D-Rose tell us when he’s ready to come back.

On the other hand, he has been medically cleared to play for two months. His bruised and banged-up teammates killed themselves in Round 1, playing hurt and with passion. Shouldn’t he be out there if he’s physically able? Wouldn’t his return

put a legitimate scare into the Heat in Round 2?

Knicks vs. Pacers The renewal of a historic rivalry. I would be much more excited by this series if I felt like either team had the passion and pride that those 1990s Knicks/Pacers teams had.

They had a sense of history, a sense of the moment, a sense of intense mutual dislike/respect for one another that inspired them to play their hearts out every time they met.

I just don’t know about these teams. Carmelo Anthony is the best player in the series, and his game has been otherworldly for the last two months. He’s an absolute offensive force, but he’s never really had any playoff success or any especially memorable big-time moments in the NBA. And his supporting cast is made up of the erratic (to put it nicely) J.R. Smith, the intermittently fat Raymond Felton and the lipstick-kiss-neck-tattooed

Kenyon Martin. Jason Kidd and Tyson Chandler are dignified champions, but this mix doesn’t scream “let’s go to war together.”

The Pacers are even worse.

I follow this team very closely,

“Durant has been a warrior, but he looks frustrated, and a mefirst approach truly doesn’t suit him.” and they are one of the most mentally weak teams I have ever watched. They have no on-court leadership, no real playoff experience, no deepseated vitriol that they can convert into passion, and a generally wretched offense.

They are well coached (Frank Vogel is entirely underrated; his Pacers teams play superior defense and always kick ass in the third quarter, both testaments to his schemes and adjustments) and they pushed Miami in the playoffs last year,

but I’m afraid they don’t have the offensive wherewithal or the underlying hatred of the Knicks to get this done. Prove me wrong, Pacers.

Thunder vs.

Grizzlies The Grizzlies are everything that the Pacers should be: a defensively dominant team that plays with a massive size advantage in the frontcourt, works their offense from the inside out and in the high post and has the perfect mix of leadership, experience, coaching and trust in one another. They are really unique and fun to watch.

The Thunder are…some of those things? I really don’t know anymore. This season I thought they were their usual offensively intimidating selves, better on defense than in years past and with a bit of a chip on their shoulders when people dismissed them after the James Harden trade.

But when Russell Westbrook went down for the rest of the postseason with an injury and

the burden shifted entirely to Kevin Durant and the coaching “acumen” of Scott Brooks, things kind of came unglued. If it weren’t for Houston’s inexperience, the Rockets would have absolutely taken this version of the Thunder to seven games, and might even have stolen the series. Durant has been a warrior, but he looks frustrated, and a me-first approach truly doesn’t suit him. His supporting cast has played terribly, and the team is relying on flop-master Derek Fisher to play meaningful minutes.

The Thunder are about to get ground into a pulp, probably for seven games. I really don’t know who will win this series, but in my gut it feels like the Griz. Either way, these are likable franchises that pit strength against strength.

Should be a blast.

Spurs vs. Warriors Love both of these teams. I don’t really think the Warriors stand a chance against the finely tuned machine that is San Antonio, but I am interested in what Stephen Curry can do.

Curry’s getting tons of attention for the incredible show he put on in Round 1, and rightfully so; he’s earning comparisons to Reggie Miller and Ray Allen in the pure shooter pantheon, and rightfully so.

But while he’s been absolutely brilliant, I want to see him take command of the moment. When a shooter like Reggie Miller took over a game, it was the most exciting thing in the world to watch. And Miller did it over and over and over again, in big moments. If the Warriors have a prayer in the series, it is that Steph Curry will take them on his back and will them to victory with some legendary performances. I will be watching.

Track and field gets set for Big Sky meet Vikings headed to conference championships on a high note Alex Moore Vanguard Staff

Competing at the Pacific Twilight meet in Forest Grove, the Portland State track and field squad showed why they will be tough to handle at the Big Sky Championships next week, with several first-place finishes. The team prepares to compete at the same site this coming weekend.

“We could not have had a better tune-up for [the] outdoor championships,”

assistant coach Seth Henson said. “We have trained for this all year, and we did what we were expected to do at this meet.”

The men’s and women’s teams both made their mark on the event. Freshman Bianca Martin and senior Amber Rozcicha took first and second place in the 800-meter, respectively, while senior Hannah Johnson posted a new PSU record in the shot put, improving upon the record she set last week. On the men’s side, Tony Crisofulli finished in first place in the 800-meter and freshman Rockwell Tufty took first in the high jump. Despite the big weekend, the team

is being careful not to get ahead of itself.

“We still have a lot of work to do,” Henson said. “Our conference is really talented and really deep this year.”

Along with the thrill of a Big Sky title run, winning the conference championship would be a tremendous boon for PSU’s recruiting efforts. Success in recent years is already starting to pay dividends for the program, which is benefitting from a slew of new talent this year, including junior transfer Camelia Mayfield.

“I think it would be awesome [to win the conference championship],” Mayfield said. “We definitely have what it takes to get it done.”

The Big Sky Conference Championships are scheduled for May 8–11.

jazmin ratcliff took first place in the 100-meter hurdles as the Vikings scored high marks in the last meet of the outdoor season.

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Softball claims share of Big Sky title Portland State sweeps North Dakota in final series of the season Rosemary Hanson Vanguard Staff

The Vikings softball team needed a sweep against the University of North Dakota in the last weekend of regularseason play to have a chance at the conference championship, and they did exactly that, outscoring their opponents 17-3 in three games on the road.

Idaho State University, the other team in contention for the title, also took care of business, getting the two wins they needed against California State University, Sacramento, to ensure that the Vikings wouldn’t sneak past them at the finish line. The two schools will share the 2013 regularseason championship.

The Bengals won the season series against Portland State and with it the privilege of hosting the inaugural Big Sky softball tournament. Despite just missing the chance to host, the Vikings went out with a bang in the regular season, and will go into the tournament with plenty of momentum.

“It’s a big compliment to our girls to win a partial share of the Big Sky,” head coach Tobin

Echo-Hawk said. “That’s a huge accomplishment, and I couldn’t be more proud.”

Anna Bertrand took care of the circle for the Vikings, throwing two complete games in the Friday doubleheader. The senior did not give up a single earned run through all 14 innings and allowed just five hits.

North Dakota got on the board in the first game with a run in the bottom of the second, but the Vikings quickly responded. Sophomore first baseman Brittany Hendrickson drove in the first run of the weekend for PSU with a single that brought senior second baseman Carly McEachran across the plate.

Junior third baseman Crysta Conn then reached safely on an error that allowed Becca Bliss to score. The Vikings got another run on a solo shot by Alicia Fine in the fourth, and put the game out of reach when Becca Bliss slammed a two-run homer in the seventh.

“Even though we’re down early, we’re checking back in and doing the little things we needed to do,” Echo-Hawk said. “We continue to be confident regardless of the score and inning.”

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Brittany hendrickson slammed her first career grand slam in an 11-2 rout against North Dakota in the final game of the season, as the Vikings clinched the conference championship on the road.

Game 2 was all about defense, as Bertrand shut down the North Dakota lineup for the victory. The Viking hitters cooled down, getting only one run on 10 hits, but it proved to be enough. Bertrand sealed the game with a strikeout to give PSU a shot at the Big Sky title in the final game on Saturday.

The Vikings didn’t waste the opportunity, coming through with a dominant 11-2 win. As they did in the opening game of the weekend, North Dakota jumped out to an early lead, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. But the Vikings came back with four runs in the second to take the lead and never looked back.

North Dakota was still in the game until the sixth, when the Vikings exploded for five more runs, including a grand slam by Hendrickson.

The Vikings earned another run before the end of the sixth and two more in the seventh to take the win.

PSU now gets ready for the Big Sky tournament this

weekend in Pocatello, Idaho, scheduled for May 9–11. Regardless of the setting, the team is ready for whatever comes their way.

“It is a bummer [that we’re] not hosting, but we’re still cochamps,” Echo-Hawk said, “It doesn’t matter where we play—it’s a matter of winning those games.”

Timbers battle to a draw with New England Both teams held scoreless in defensive struggle Matt Deems Vanguard Staff

The Portland Timbers took to the pitch with plenty of confidence last Thursday for their meeting with the New England Revolution, especially considering the team was coming into the game fresh off a loss. Though the Timbers extended their unbeaten streak in the MLS last weekend on the road against Sporting Kansas City, they were taken down on Wednesday by an unlikely opponent—a youth soccer league team called The Green Machine.

The Green Machine was led by a young boy named Atticus Lane-Dupre, who is suffering from cancer and whose wish was to play a game against his favorite professional soccer club. After the scrimmage, which The Green Machine won 10-9, Atticus and the rest of the team were invited to attend Thursday’s game in a suite at Jeld-Wen Field.

Even as the stadium filled with noise in anticipation for the showdown against New England, The Green Machine

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Donovan ricketts and the Timbers defense held the New England Revolution at bay in Thursday’s matchup at Jeld-Wen Field, but the offense was unable to break through as Portland settled for a scoreless draw. players could be heard singing the name of their teammate above it all.

Portland came out strong in front of the 20,674 fans in attendance, marking their 39th

consecutive home sellout. The Timbers forced the action in the opening minutes, advancing into the Revolution’s box on a number of occasions, but New England refused to be

intimidated, pushing right back and going on the attack whenever they found an opening.

The tug-of-war continued all the way into halftime.

Portland held possession for

68 percent of the first half and had nearly twice as many attempts as their opponents, but the Revolution were more efficient, matching the Timbers with two shots on goal.

Portland’s Ryan Johnson got a good look at a goal in the 52nd minute but was repelled by Revolution goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth.

The ball then rolled slowly to the edge of the goal line, and Shuttleworth dove on top of it as Johnson lunged in for another attempt. In the 81st minute, Portland midfielder Diego Valeri missed a goal by inches after losing four defenders to get the opportunity.

Ricketts pulled off a fingertip save three minutes later, waking up the frustrated Timbers Army. Both defenses held their ground in the final minutes, and the Timbers kept their unbeaten streak alive with a 0-0 draw. Following the game, head coach Caleb Porter was disappointed but tried to maintain some perspective about the result.

“Well, it’s not what we wanted,” Porter said. “We expected to win, like we expect to win every game…[But] this is soccer—there are games when you just can’t find the goal.”

Next up for the Timbers is a road matchup against FC Dallas, the No. 1 ranked team in the MLS Western Conference, scheduled for May 8 at 6 p.m.

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The Rose Garden buzzed on Friday with the energy of 10,097 giddy spectators.

Cowbells clattered throughout

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Zach Bigalke

Game 1: Forfeiting home ice

Thursday, May 2

MLS

Winterhawks split first two games of WHL Championship against Edmonton As the warmth of early summertime descended on Portland over the weekend, the Winterhawks hosted the Edmonton Oil Kings at the Rose Garden Arena in the first two games of the WHL Championship series. A rematch of last year’s final, which Edmonton won in seven games, the series will determine who takes home the Ed Chynoweth Cup and goes on to represent the WHL in the Memorial Cup to determine junior hockey supremacy.

NHL scouts and beat writers were on hand for a firsthand glimpse of the prospects in action on both squads, including Seth Jones, the Portland defenseman projected as the first overall pick in next month’s draft. Portland had a hard time shaking off the rust of a weeklong layoff between rounds as Edmonton, fresh off a seven-game slog against the Calgary Hitmen, stole the first game. The Winterhawks came back and returned the favor on Saturday night, however, and the two WHL powerhouses exited Portland tied at 1-1 in the series.

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under attack from the outset, Portland was unable to break through against the Oil Kings in Game 1 at the Rose Garden.

the venue, and fans pushed up the decibel levels as they exhorted the Winterhawks to score. But with the exception of the vastly outnumbered contingent of Edmonton supporters that made the trip from Canada for the occasion, the crowd left the arena two hours later hoarse and deflated following a 4-1 defeat.

After Portland dominated the first two minutes of play, Edmonton got their first opportunity to counterattack, and the visitors made the chance count, scoring on their first shot of the game.

Coming fast across the blue line behind teammates Travis Ewanyk and Martin Gernat, Dylan Wruck finished the play to beat Mac Carruth and put Edmonton ahead in the early going.

The Winterhawks almost had the equalizer with 8:08 left in the period as Brendan Leipsic, Nicolas Petan and

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Defense was the theme of the night on Saturday, as Portland held Edmonton to just 16 shots and Mac Carruth recorded his eighth career playoff shutout.

Ty Rattie cycled the puck on a 3-on-1 breakaway. Petan hit Leipsic with a pass in front of the goalmouth, and it appeared that the winger had tapped the puck past Laurent Brossoit to even the score.

But referee Brett Iverson was quick to wave off the goal, and the video review confirmed that Leipsic had in fact gotten some help from his skate.

With two minutes left in the period, Petan and Rattie raced toward goal on a 2-on-1 shorthanded breakaway. Rattie bungled the chance, shooting low into the goalie’s pads—a rare misfire for the leading scorer in the postseason, and one that he would inexplicably replicate 40 seconds later.

“We weathered the storm.

We bent, didn’t break,” Edmonton coach Derek Laxdal said after the game. “[Brossoit] was outstanding with some of his saves in the first period—it was our goalie who got the first game here.”

Edmonton added to their lead midway through the second period, when Henrik Samuelsson collected Stephane Legault’s centering pass for the first of his two goals on the night, and the Oil Kings seized the momentum from there.

Taylor Leier pulled a goal back three minutes into the final period, directing the puck past Brossoit amidst the chaos in front of the crease. Less than a minute later, though, Edmonton restored their twogoal lead as Samuelsson beat Carruth for his second goal with assistance from Legault.

Curtis Lazar added some extra insurance midway through the third period, outracing Chase De Leo and Jones to take control of the puck on the boards and finding the net once more for the Oil Kings.

After the game, Winterhawks head coach Travis Green was disappointed by the setback, but remained unbowed.

“They’ve got home-ice advantage now, but our group’s

capable of winning anywhere,” Green said. “It’s one game. We’ll bounce back.”

Game 2: Responding with a shutout With less than 24 hours to recover from the sting of the opening game defeat, Green knew what Portland had to do to get back on track in the series.

“It’s that time of year where you’ve got to find ways to score greasy, dirty goals,” Green said after the loss on Friday night.

A capacity crowd of 10,947 packed the arena to find out if the home team would heed the message. And Winterhawks fans were not disappointed, as Rattie opened the scoring in the first period by cleaning up a rebound in front of the net. The Portland defense was equally determined, holding Edmonton to just 16 shots, all of which were turned away

by Carruth. Two quick goals by the Winterhawks late in the second period were more than enough to even the bestof-seven series in a 3-0 shutout on Saturday night.

Portland came out in control of the first period just as they had in Game 1, but this time the Winterhawks didn’t give Edmonton an opening to reply. Rattie’s 16th goal of the playoffs came on the power play nine minutes into the game, beginning with an outlet pass from team captain Troy Rutkowski to Petan, who then streaked up the left wing and snapped the puck on net. His shot was deflected by Brossoit, but Rattie was there to deposit the rebound.

The Oil Kings incurred four minor penalties in the first period while getting just three shots on goal. In the second period, Edmonton increased their offensive pressure,

creating 11 opportunities to score, but Carruth was there to shut them all down.

The Portland offense reasserted itself in the final three minutes of the period, scoring two goals in less than 90 seconds. Leipsic made it 2-0 with 2:40 left in the period. Collecting a pass from Taylor Peters, Leipsic got an open look from the left faceoff circle and beat Brossoit with a heavy shot high on Brossoit’s glove side. The crowd had barely settled from celebrating Leipsic’s marker when Derrick Pouliot found Oliver Bjorkstrand moving toward the net, and the rookie forward, taking notice of the last goal, unleashed another shot high to the glove side. As the puck entered the net to put Portland up 3-0, it appeared the Winterhawks had finally solved the riddle of Edmonton’s goaltender. Bjorkstrand was characteristically unassuming in his assessment of the scoring burst.

“I guess it was two excellent shots,” he said. “I got the puck from Derrick and just tried to shoot high, and it went in.”

Coming back from the second intermission, the Winterhawks clamped down defensively and Edmonton, unable to find any space to operate, put just two shots on net in the final period as Portland squashed any chance at an Oil Kings comeback bid.

“Your work ethic has to be at a high level to play well defensively,” Green said of his team’s performance. “We talked about doing the little things in the playoffs, and it’s not easy to win this time of year. You have to put a lot of effort in, and we obviously did [tonight].”

The series now shifts to Edmonton, where the Oil Kings will host the Winterhawks in back-to-back games tonight and Wednesday. The championship then returns to Portland on Friday night for Game 5 at the Rose Garden.

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Top performers Anna Bertrand: 7.0 IP, 7 strikeouts

WHL WHL Championship Game 1

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Top performers Taylor Leier: 1 goal

Saturday, May 4

Track and Field Oregon Twilight Eugene, Ore. Top performers Sierra Brooks: first place in the 100-meter dash, 12.04 Jazmin Ratcliff: first place in the 100-meter hurdles, 14.07

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WHL WHL Championship Game 2

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