Vol. 72 Issue 17 Portland State Vanguard

PORTLAND STATE VANGUARD

VOLUME 72 • ISSUE 17 • JANUARY 23, 2018

RESILIENCE A week fighting against discrimination NEWS Queer students struggle with Concordia University administration P. 6

#Metoo

takes to the streets P. 8

Children

lead fourth annual march against racism P. 5

INTERNATIONAL

OPINION

ARTS

Korean American culture P. 10

A push for student-centered education P. 11

‘I Am Cuba,’ Soviet marvel P. 12

CORRECTION TO ‘MARGINALIZED OVER MINORITY VOICES’ ANNA WILLIAMS

In November 2017, then-President of Portland State University Pro-Life emailed Portland State Vanguard asking for a correction to its Oct. 30, 2017, story “Marginalized over minority voices: ASPSU leaders draw the line.”

In the article, Vanguard reported that Associated Students of Portland State University Vice President Donald Thompson tore down a banner in Smith Memorial Student Union in midOctober. The banner advertised volunteer training for students working at the controversial Genocide Awareness Project.

Thompson told Vanguard he checked to see if the pro-life group obtained permission to hang its banner in SMSU and found it had not.

Vanguard reported, “though it’s not common for ASPSU members to enforce poster or banner codes in SMSU because most messages displayed are ‘celebrated’ on campus, Thompson said he took advantage of his authority in this situation and enforced the rules by pulling the banner down.”

PSU Pro-Life contested Thompson’s claim that it broke the rules.

As confirmed Jan. 19, 2018, PSU Pro-Life obtained proper permission from Student Activities and Leadership Programs to hang its banner. By tearing it down, Thompson was not enforcing any rules.

In Vanguard’s interview, Thompson said that after he

tore down the banner, he confirmed with Facilities and Property Management that PSU Pro-Life did not get proper permission to hang it. Executive Administrative Coordinator for Planning, Construction & Real Estate Sarah Kenney, who took the phone call from Thompson in October, denies telling him this information.

On Jan. 19, Kenney said she told Thompson that SALP, not FPM, would grant permission for the banner because it was hung in SMSU. Kenney also said she could not conclusively tell Thompson whether or not PSU Pro-Life had obtained proper permission. Additionally, Kenney did not know Thompson had already torn down the banner when he called.

Vanguard cannot conclude whether Thompson misled the publication or if Thompson truly had a miscommunication with someone else about the banner. Thompson has not responded to repeated requests for comment.

Vanguard apologizes to PSU Pro-Life and the student body for failing to adequately fact-check statements from our student leaders. This article touched on contentious topics including First Amendment rights and our student government’s role in protecting them.

No matter who or what topics we cover, Vanguard is dedicated to writing the truth with accuracy and fairness as outlined by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics.

PSU PRO-LIFE SIGN TORN IN SMSU OCTOBER 2017. COLLEEN LEARY/PSU VANGUARD

NEWS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AWARDED GRANT

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GOVERNMENT GRINDS TO HALT

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RECLAIM MLK MARCH 2018

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QUEER STUDENT GROUP VICTORIOUS OVER CONSERAVATIVE ADMINISTRATION

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SECOND ANNUAL WOMEN’S MARCH

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INTERNATIONAL THIS WEEK AROUND THE WORLD

EDITORS, REPORTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND MULTIMEDIA CONTRIBUTORS.

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KOREAN AMERICAN DAY CELEBRATION

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STAFF EDIT ORI A L EDITORIAL-IN-CHIEF Evan Smiley MANAGING EDITOR Danielle Horn NEWS EDITORS Alanna Madden Anna Williams INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Fiona Spring ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR NOW HIRING OPINION EDITOR NOW HIRING

ONLINE EDITOR NOW HIRING

PHOTOGRAPHERS & VIDEOGRAPHERS Brian McGloin

COPY CHIEF Missy Hannen COPY EDITORS Nada Sewidan Jesika Westbrook CONTRIBUTORS Alex-Jon Earl Eve Echternach Andrew Gaines Brian McGloin

PHO T O & MULTIMEDI A PHOTO EDITOR Zell Thomas MULTIMEDIA MANAGER Emma Josephson

CR E ATI V E DIR EC TION & DE SIGN CREATIVE DIRECTOR Aaron Ughoc LEAD DESIGNERS Robby Day Chloe Kendall DESIGNERS Georgia Hatchett Elena Kim Lisa Kohn Jenny Vu

OPINION A GUIDE ON THE SIDE RATHER THAN A SAGE ON THE STAGE

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ARTS ‘I AM CUBA,’ SOVIET MARVEL

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NEWS

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AWARDED DIVERSITY GRANT

BY ALEX-JON EARL

ROBBY DAY

Portland State’s Graduate School of Education announced a $113,000 award from the Meyer Memorial Trust on Jan. 10 to fund Leadership for Equality and Diversity. Project LEAD aims to increase the number of school administrators of color in Oregon.

GSE Professors Deborah Peterson and Susan Carlile and the Initial Administrator Licensure program will manage the two-year program.

Project LEAD benefits school districts with a minority student population of 50 percent or more.

The Oregon Departmnt of Education reports 36 percent of Oregon K-12 students are people of color, while only 10 percent of teachers and 11 percent of administrators are from minority populations. Only nine percent of individuals seeking training as administrators are POC.

“This grant is the next step in our longtime work for our curriculum to be culturally responsive and our efforts to increase the diversity of school leaders in Oregon,” Deborah Peterson said via press release.

“With these funds, we will be able to convene educational leaders who better reflect the diversity of our students.”

As part of the process of enhancing this training, the funds will also assist in building partnerships with “leaders of tribal nations, Oregon Association of Latino Administrators, Oregon Leadership Network, PSU’s Bilingual Teacher Pathway program, PSU’s American Indian Teacher Program and The Chalkboard Project.”

The GSE has been a part of PSU since the school’s founding, and as a whole, it is the largest school of education in the state.

CRIME BLOTTER JAN. 9 — JAN. 22 JAN. 9 Theft from vehicle 1600 Block SW 13th Shortly after 4:30 p.m., Campus Public Safety Officers responded to a theft where a bag containing an iPod, credit cards and clothing was stolen from a vehicle.

JAN. 10 Burglary Growler USA, Karl Miller Center An employee of Growler USA’s reported a stolen iPhone 8 between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The suspect was described as a white male, approximately 30 years old, with a proportionate build who wore distinctive Romeo brown leather slip-on shoes.

JAN. 11 Warrant arrest Cramer Hall A non-student was arrested for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant after CPSO responded to a report of snoring within the locked single occupancy bathroom on the first floor of CH. CPSO found the individual under the influence of heroin.

JAN. 12 Car prowl and theft Parking Structure 3 A student reported at 2:30 p.m. that their vehicle was broken into and burglarized of snowboarding gear on the fourth floor of PS3.

JAN. 13 Warrant arrests Parking Structure 2 Officers arrested two non-students with misdemeanor warrants around 8:45 a.m. for trespassing in PS2 and providing false information to a police officer.

JAN. 15 Harassment Cramer Hall Basement Around 8:35 p.m., non-students placed a 911 call regarding a drunk individual who they claimed punched them in the face. According to the CPSO report, the suspect was described as a dark-skinned white male, six feet tall, 180 pounds, and wearing dark clothing with multiple jackets.

JAN. 16 Gunpoint robbery Academic and Student Recreation Center CPSO received a report from a non-student who was robbed at gunpoint near the entrance of the ASRC on SW 6th and Montgomery. The suspect was reportedly an acquaintance of the victim.

JAN. 18 Trespassing Smith Memorial Student Union CPSO arrested Stephen Pustay, a non-student frequently found trespassing on campus. Pustay was found sleeping in the men’s restroom on the first floor of SMSU a day after he was arrested for trespassing in LH and threatening to physically attack a responding officer.

Warrant Arrest Cramer Hall A non-student was arrested for a felony warrant and trespassing in CH after CPSO found him in possession of counterfeit $20 bills and imitation heroin.

Death investigation SW 6th and Hall Portland Police Bureau and CPSO responded to a report at 3 a.m. regarding a deceased individual. No community safety concerns are included in the report.

JAN. 22 Possible suicide Parking Structure 1 PPB responded to a report of a deceased woman found inside or near PS1 on SW Broadway and Hall. Officers claim no foul play was suspected, and the incident may have been a suicide.

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NEWS NEWS

HILL TO THE ‘HALL JAN. 9–15

ALEX-JON EARL

BLAME FOR SHUTDOWN BECOMES MORE POINTED

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) addressed the shutdown impasse by claiming the White House was muzzling action by Congress, specifically saying, “As long as [senior advisor] Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we’re going nowhere.”

ILLINOIS SENATOR REPLIES TO SHUTDOWN

United States Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) gave a speech Saturday, Jan. 20, asking, “Does [President Donald Trump] even know that there are service members in harm’s way right now looking for their commander in chief to show leadership, rather than deflect blame?”

SHUTDOWN CLOSURE UPDATE

Interpretive centers at National Parks, including the Multnomah Falls visitor center, closed over the weekend. However, concessions-funded

locations, such as the restaurant at Multnomah Falls and Timberline Lodge, remained open.

WOMEN’S MARCH 2.0 HITS THE STREETS

The first anniversary of Trump’s inauguration saw the second Women’s March in cities across the country. Preliminary attendance counts collected by Vanity Fair show 300,000 marching in Chicago, 500,000 in Los Angeles and 100,000 in San Francisco. Thousands more protested in other cities, including Portland and Seattle. See p. 8 for local coverage.

THIS WEEK AT PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL

Sewer system Wednesday, Jan. 24, 9:30 a.m.

Multiple items on the morning agenda will be dedicated to sewers. The first of these is a 20-minute discussion on NE 57th and Killingsworth, where improvements to the

street and sewer situation are soon to be underway. Item 79 is a potentially $250 million bond package for improvements to the sewer system and for financing purposes. Item 81 issues bids for a $6

million-a-year project for fixes to sanitary and storm sewers. Finally, 83 and 84 will see SE 80th and Mill get the nod for a future upgrade to their own streets and sewers.

GOVERNMENT GRINDS TO HALT

BY ALEX-JON EARL

After an impasse in Congress over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the federal government shut down on Friday, Jan. 19. With no compromise reached before the midnight EST deadline, funding for the government lapsed, meaning most federal agencies cannot function at full capacity.

This is the first shutdown since 2013, when the Republican Party forced a shutdown for two weeks over the Affordable Care Act. This is also the first shutdown to occur while a single party holds control of Congress and the executive branch.

Shutdowns are generally an orderly process where non-essential staff and offices are put on furlough.

Citizens who depend on federal services will feel the impact in some ways, but they will not necessarily be devastating. The postal service should still deliver Social Security checks on time, housing services for the houseless will continue and veterans can still access medical care.

While the Internal Revenue Service still expects you to file your taxes, you’re unlikely to

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be able to visit the pandas at the National Zoo or the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Though many National Park rangers will be off-duty during the shut down, National Parks will not be gated off to visitors.

Senate Democrats agreed to support a measure to reopen the government on Monday, Jan. 22 after Republicans promised to address DACA by Feb. 8.

For the current status of services, readers can check individual federal agencies’ websites.

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JENNY VU

NEWS

Reclaim MLK Children lead fourth annual march against racism

GLENN WACO LEADS CHANTS DURING RECLAIM MLK. BRIAN MCGLOIN /PSU VANGUARD

BRIAN MCGLOIN Members of the greater Portland community gathered Monday, Jan. 15, at Peninsula Park Community Center for the fourth annual Reclaim MLK Freedom and Unity March. Hosted by Don’t Shoot Portland, Oregon Black Lives Matter and the Children’s Art Social Justice Council, the event commemorated the legacy of Dr. Martin King Luther, Jr. on his 89th birthday.

Participants held up colorful posters with phrases promoting peace and denouncing racism and police brutality. All the artwork displayed on the posters was made by children from the CASJC, according to DSP Executive Director Teressa Raiford.

The reason for having children central to the march was to let them experience protest and non-violent direct action, Raiford said. In her eyes, this is Portland’s next generation of effective leaders.

Raiford, Glenn Waco—a member of hip-hop collective The Resistance—

“I believe that love is natural.

It’s in fear where hate festers and births racism.”

-Glenn Waco

and other adult leaders made sure the march stayed in order with children out in front holding signs and banners followed by adult marchers.

From the community center and occupying the width of the street, they marched east on East Rosa Parks Way for 10 blocks before turning south onto Northeast

MARCHERS FOLLOWED MLK BLVD SOUTH TO A STATUE OF DR. KING. BRIAN MCGLOIN /PSU VANGUARD

Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

The march ended at the Oregon Convention Center, where the remaining marchers gathered around The Dream, a bronze statue featuring King and several symbolic figures.

While the children and adults gathered on and around the statue, Waco read aloud the 20-page letter King wrote from a jail cell in Birmingham.

“I believe that hate is taught,” Waco said.

“I believe that love is natural. It’s in fear where hate festers and births racism. I don’t believe in love versus hate. I believe in love versus fear.”

View Images from the fourth annual Reclaim MLK march at psuvanguard.com

CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN RECLAIM MLK. BRIAN MCGLOIN/PSU VANGUARD

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NEWS

Queer Straight Alliance reinstated as recognized student group Concordia University students struggle with administration ANNA WILLIAMS Four days after local press covered an emotional final Queer Straight Alliance meeting at Concordia University-Portland, the conservative university reinstated the group as an official, funded student organization Jan. 19.

Despite the victory, the QSA is hesitant to accept the university’s offer.

On Monday, Jan. 15, the QSA announced CUP no longer recognized the group because of its statement of goals, which reads, “many folks—including LGBTQ folks— think that someone can’t be LGBTQ and Christian, or that Christian folks do not support LGBTQ folks. We want to change these perceptions and ensure that everyone is understood for their own values and identities.”

CUP’s Events Review Committee wrote in an email to QSA founder Ernesto “E” Dominguez, this section of the charter was “maybe not respectful/honoring of the University’s Christian identity and values or of Christian values.”

Dominguez claimed CUP had accepted their charter every year since 2014 with no contention. CUP’s Strategic Communications and Partnerships Advisor Madeline Turnock wrote in an email that the ERC is simply reviewing every club’s charter this academic year to make sure they are in compliance with the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion policy.

Dominguez claimed the QSA is the only club the ERC has repeatedly denied charter approval this year and the only club that “went through weeks and weeks of vetting” to make sure its charter met policy.

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QSA GRIEVES DURING FINAL MEETING

Several QSA members at the final meeting Jan. 15 expressed dismay that a university in Portland would not accept the queer, transgender or allied community.

room. “It just baffles me that the school cannot see you guys the way God sees you.”

Livermore—a former QSA member—graduated from CUP in 2017 and said he became a Christian while he was a student.

“The whole us versus them mentality is

Several QSA members at the final meeting expressed dismay that a university in Portland would not accept the queer, transgender or allied community.

Dominguez and fellow QSA leader Amber Reeves shared a tearful embrace while listening to messages of support from people across the country who had seen the QSA’s story on social media.

A handful of faculty and staff along with 18 students crowded the couches lining CUP’s small commuter lounge in the Hagen Campus Center.

“It’s a fucking disgrace,” said former CUP student Ethan Livermore, addressing the

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outdated and not biblically true,” Livermore added. “God does not make mistakes. God’s love does not discriminate.”

CONCORDIA MAY FACE PRESSURE FROM LCMS

While CUP denies discriminating against QSA members, pressure from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, a small and conservative branch of the Lutheran church that oversees the 10 Concordia University System

schools, may have influenced the decision.

The LCMS stance on queer identity starkly contrasts with Portland’s liberal reputation.

According to an online statement from LCMS: “There has been a growing increase in the influence of the ‘gay rights’ movement, even within some Protestant churches. The ‘gay rights’ movement wants our culture to accept homosexuality as an alternative natural lifestyle in which human beings may express their sexuality. We have reached the point where even the idea of ‘gay marriages’ is considered an acceptable possibility. The church must resist these attitudes with the truth of God’s Word.”

Dominguez claimed the LCMS President Rev. Matthew C. Harrison wrote a letter to CUP President Charles Schlimpert when he found out the QSA was hosting a drag queen bingo with PSU alumnus Anthony Hudson, aka performer Carla Rossi. Two days before the event, after the group secured funding and booked Rossi, CUP cancelled.

On the night of the QSA’s last meeting, Hudson penned an open letter featured in Viking Voices about his relationship with the QSA over the last few years.

Another performer, Loretta Good Lordchild, also wrote on the QSA’s Facebook page that an organization asked them to hold a fundraiser on CUP’s campus. Lordchild said they were disinvited when higher-ups found out about it.

Portland-based Facebook user Denver David also commented on the page, “Looks like my upcoming queer-themed exhibition at Concordia, slated to open at the end of the month, is now ‘postponed.’” They added, “I’ve

NEWS invested already quite a bit of time and money on dates I thought were official.”

The LCMS church asked CUP in May to consider separating from the CU system.

Turnock said CUP is still discussing the matter with LCMS. It is unclear whether LCMS has had any influence on the QSA’s charter, but some CUP employees said they feel suspicious.

“What’s happening on the campus for our [QSA] students is more about people off this campus and outside of even, probably, this state, putting pressure on the administration,” said a CUP employee who did not want their name published.

2017 TITLE IX VIOLATION AGAINST THE TERM QUEER

QSA CAUTIOUS REMAINING CONDITIONS

After pressure from students, staff and local press, CUP chose to reinstate the QSA as an official student group, accepting its charter without revision.

Schlimpert wrote in an open letter Jan. 19: “As a Christian university, in the spirit of respect, love, and humility, Concordia University-Portland accepts the charter as proposed by the Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) club. We remain committed to diver-

a safe space program and train employees in LGBTQ+ issues, talk to community and church members about LGBTQ+ issues and “re-open the discussion around the club and events policy.”

In response, the QSA stated on Facebook: “We are cautious about the university’s ability to follow through on these promises under current policies and LCMS ownership.

Under current Clubs & Events Policies, our club cannot exist and operate as intended.

We fear that these policies will continue to discriminate against clubs and events when they seem to misalign with LCMS doctrine and values.”

Part of CUP’s ruling to revoke the QSA’s official status included the reason it cancelled Hudson’s Drag Queen Bingo. The ERC wrote in an email to Dominguez “[it] did not approve of the event due to concerns that had been raised previously related to the event seeming to conflict with the University’s Lutheran values and the need for the University’s ‘Lutheran lens’ to be an active part of the process.”

The QSA’s Facebook statement continued, “We are reticent to reinstate the QSA under these policies, which clearly do not allow for the celebration, empowerment, or advocacy of the LGBTQ+ community.”

Some QSA members said they feel conflicted about CUP as a whole.

“We fear that these policies will continue to discriminate against clubs and events when they seem to misalign with LCMS doctrine and values.”

-QSA

In June 2017, CUP was found to be in violation of student nondiscrimination policy. According to a statement, the violation specifically related to the People Respecting Individuality, Diversity and Equality—aka PRIDE—club that represented the queer, transgender and allied community on campus.

According to Dominguez, this is how the QSA got its name.

When Dominguez founded the club in 2014, Schlimpert reportedly told Dominguez he could not use the word queer in the club’s name. After Dominguez filed a Title IX grievance in 2017, the school relented and the PRIDE club changed its name back to the QSA. Turnock would neither confirm nor deny whether the Title IX violation directly led the ERC to reevaluate student organization charters. Turnock said CUP’s responsibilities to LCMS and Title IX are not mutually exclusive.

Additionally, CUP does not intend to apply for a Title IX exemption. The ERC first contacted clubs on Oct. 16, 2017, with a flexible deadline of Jan. 19, 2018, for charter resubmittal.

sity, equity, and inclusion, and we support all students, particularly people from groups who have historically been marginalized.”

Schlimpert added in his open letter that along with approving the QSA’s charter, CUP will expand its equity initiative to include

Current QSA President Marox Johnson said the QSA originally drew them to Concordia.

Johnson, a Dallas native, said they have experienced a much different kind of homophobia on campus than they have at home.

“It’s interesting to come here and have people...who don’t believe in who I am as a person,” Johnson said. “They don’t accept who I am, but they still act nice to me, and they are still nice to me [to] my face. Just that whole ‘love the sinner, hate the sin’ type thing.”

This is Johnson’s first semester at CUP. They added, “I can’t do another year.”

Dominguez and Reeves both have stuck with CUP for years. Dominguez, who graduates in three months, said he appreciates many of the CUP faculty and staff and hopes the university finds its way.

“I honestly do believe that our school can make a turn for the better,” Dominguez wrote in a message. “I just think they need a huge push in the right direction. The school tends to respond to outside pressures, but I don’t believe it is malicious.”

“The faculty [is] amazing,” Dominguez added. “The classes are small, my program is amazing, and the faculty really focused on social justice. Our staff care about our students.”

Whether the charter conflict is a misunderstanding or an act of discrimination, an earlier-quoted employee said they feel CUP’s reputation has been tarnished.

“While there are allies, this is not an inclusive community,” said the employee, who described themselves as “out.” “I have not had one-on-one encounters that have been homophobic, but if [the QSA is] not welcome, I don’t feel welcome.”

Friday Jan. 19, the QSA offered “a resounding thank you for all the support that continues to pour in across campus.”

Read Vanguard’s full coverage of CUP’s QSA at psuvanguard.com.

AMBER REEVES AND ERNESTO DOMINGUEZ AT THE LAST QSA MEETING. KATIE SHEPHERD/WILLAMETTE WEEK

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#MeToo NEWS

Second annual Women’s March highlights viral movement

#METOO RALLY SPEAKER TELLS PERSONAL STORY. BRIAN MCGLOIN/PSUVANGUARD

ANNELISE PIXLER Over 200 protesters and activists spoke out against sexual assault during the #MeToo Speakout and March hosted

by Socialist Alternative Portland Saturday, Jan. 20. The day marked one year since the Women’s March in protest of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

On the event’s Facebook page, Portland State student and lead organizer of the march Olivia Pace said the event would create a safe space where victims of sexual violence were encouraged to share their own experiences. “#MeToo means coming together,” said Nicole Adams, protester and Oregon State University student. “It means standing up for other people who are still too afraid to speak up for themselves like I used to be. We’re not going to be quiet anymore.”

“I’m tired of being quiet,” Adams added. “We don’t deserve to be treated the way we’re treated, and we need to stop being silent and stand up for ourselves.”

Though several other protests filled downtown Portland’s streets on Saturday, the #MeToo march remained peaceful. A handful of police on motorcycles trailed behind and observed.

The march started at Pioneer Courthouse Square and moved south to PSU, then through the Park Blocks and back toward the city center. The marchers chanted, “MeToo coming into the streets, no justice, no peace.”

Pace posted a video on the event’s Facebook page elaborating on the goal and mission of the march.

“Society sends us the message that those who are not cisgender men are inherently subordinate,” Pace said. “[This] effectively creates a culture that premises sexual violence toward them, infecting those with privilege they can leverage in this society to believe they have a right to take advantage of our bodies.”

“This reality is especially acute for trans women and women of color,” Pace added.

“Because of this, this fight must be aimed at the entirety of the white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchal systems which create the conditions under which we so frequently suffer this kind of violence. The #MeToo movement has been critical in reaching a new level of consciousness across our society about the prevalence of sexual violence.”

The #MeToo movement, founded by Tarana Burke in 2006, initially started to “support survivors of sexual violence, in particular black and brown girls,” Burke said in an interview with Business Insider. “It has grown since then to include supporting grown people, women, and men and other survivors, as well as helping people to understand what community action looks like in the fight to end sexual violence.”

As dozens of women brought allegations of sexual assault against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, United States Sen. Al Franken, former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, Trump and other influential

“#MeToo means I’m fighting back...#MeToo means no more.”

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­—Danielle Clark

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MARCHERS TAKE TO THE STREETS. BRIAN MCGLOIN/PSU VANGUARD

NEWS

PARTICIPANTS GATHER IN PIONEER SQUARE. BRIAN MCGLOIN/PSU VANGUARD men in 2017 and 2018, the hashtag spread across social media, used by women, men and others to publicly share their experiences with sexual violence.

Many attendees of the march emphasized that feminism does not have to take the body of any specific type of person.

Grace Sobieralski, a student at Portland Community College and speaker at the event, said the movement inspired them to attend the march because they are a victim of rape.

“I belong in this movement,” Sobieralski said.

“I feel like every woman has experienced some belittling,” said Laura Lee, protester and activist. “Some stories are definitely more severe than others, but as females, everyone has experienced it, and men too.”

Lee attended the march with activist Danielle Clark who said the #MeToo movement means “exerting power for those who can’t fight for themselves and those that are put in a position where they [say] ‘I need this job, need this paycheck, and can’t do anything about it, other than take it.’”

“#MeToo means I’m fighting back,” Clark said. “#MeToo means no more. People need to get involved. If you don’t do the work, it’s not going to happen. So get out there, do the work, and make the change.”

The Socialist Alternative Portland will host a public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 24, in SMSU 294 to discuss the ‘Socialist Approach to Fighting Rape Culture.’

MARCHERS WALK EAST ON SW YAMHILL. BRIAN MCGLOIN/PSU VANGUARD

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS NEWS

KOREAN AMERICAN DAY SHOWCASES CULTURAL PRIDE EVE ECHTERNACH

Portlanders celebrated Korean American Day with bibimbap and a culture show Jan. 13 at the Old Church downtown.

The holiday honors the first arrival of Korean immigrants into the United States in 1903 and their contributions to American culture.

Joy Foods, originating in Seoul, South Korea, catered the event. In his opening speech, Joy Foods President Justin Hwang expressed his honor to be part of the KoreanAmerican community and to share the culture and pride of his country. This sentiment continued when the national anthem of Korea began to play and those within the church, young and old, began to sing along.

President of Korean Society of Oregon David Kang prepared a speech in Korean. This created an authentic and direct address to the Korean community.

Multnomah County Commissioner Lori Stegmann spoke after Kang. Stegmann—the first Korean and Asian-American woman on the board of Multnomah County—told the history of the first Korean immigrants.

These immigrants worked on plantations in Hawaii and railroads in Montana. They were subject to prejudice after the

bombing of Pearl Harbor, building their lives in the U.S. and contributing to American society along the way.

Greg Caldwell of the Honorary Consul of Korea focused his speech on the contributions of Korean-Americans to American society. From food and fashion to music and architecture, Korean culture has power of influence.

Following the formal speeches, Oregon Korean Performing Arts commenced the festivities with a performance of Buchaechum, a traditional Korean fan dance. Five performers danced with large folding fans flicked expertly across the stage.

Guitarist Khoa Le and saxophonist Michael Do performed “River Flows in You” by Yiruma, “Bogoshipda” by Kim Bum Soo and “Arirang”.

The show featured Portland State students who danced to various K-pop songs, showcasing the growing popularity of modern Korean culture in the U.S. today.

To finish off the event, Oregon Korean Performing Arts held a Hanbok fashion show. The fashion featured a vast array of colors and glittering headpieces.

CHLOE KENDALL DANCERS FROM KOREAN CULTURE SHOW JAN. 13 EVE ECHTERNACH/PSU VANGUARD

JAN. 15 LIBYA: TRIPOLI AIRPORT CLOSED AFTER VIOLENT CLASHES Fighting broke out between two armed groups in the Libyan capital resulting in at least 20 deaths, 60 wounded and the closure of the Mitiga International Airport. The clashes reportedly erupted when a rebel group attempted to free militants from a nearby prison and were intercepted by the military police unit known as RADA Special Deterrence Forces.

JAN. 16 CHILE: POPE GREETED BY PROTESTS OVER SEX ABUSE SCANDAL Pope Francis began his Latin American papal tour in Chile amid protests over issues of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The pope’s decision to name Father Juan Barros, accused of covering up for infamous sexual abuser Fernando Karadima, as Bishop of Orsono sparked outrage throughout the country. Demonstrations occurred in the capital city throughout the day.

JAN. 17 NIGERIA: 10 KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBING A suicide bombing attack killed at least 10 people and injured at least 65 more at a market in Muna Garage, a camp for displaced people located in the northeastern state of Borno. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack as of Jan. 21.

JAN. 17 HONG KONG: ACTIVIST JAILED FOR ROLE IN 2014 PROTESTS Prominent activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to three months in jail for his role in the 2014 street protests related to the prodemocracy “Umbrella Movement.” Wong, who came to prominence as a leading player in the movement when he was only 17, was found guilty of criminal contempt of court after refusing to leave a protest zone.

Jan. 15–Jan. 21 Fiona Spring

JAN. 18 RUSSIA: STUDENT INJURES SIX IN AX ATTACK A ninth-grade student attacked a group of younger students with an ax before setting the room on fire at his school outside the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude. Five students and one teacher were injured. The attacker has since been hospitalized.

JAN. 19 LEBANON: REFUGEES FREEZE TO DEATH NEAR SYRIAN BORDER The Lebanese army recovered the frozen bodies of nine Syrian refugees along a people-smuggling route near the Syria-Lebanon border after a snowstorm hit the region. Six other refugees were rescued alive, one of whom later died of frostbite.

JAN. 21 JORDAN: KING ABDULLAH ADVOCATES TWO-STATE SOLUTION IN MEETING WITH PENCE Jordan’s King Abdullah II reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a meeting with United States Vice President Mike Pence in Amman. Pence visited Jordan as part of his four-day tour in the Middle East, which began on Jan. 20 in Egypt where he met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

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PSU Vanguard • JANUARY 23, 2018 • psuvanguard.com

OPINION

GUIDE ON THE SIDE RATHER THAN A SAGE ON THE STAGE A PUSH FOR STUDENT-FOCUSED EDUCATION

The Take Claire Meyer ancient Greek biographer Plutarch said, “The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”

Dissatisfaction with the current education system, particularly in universities, is not a new sentiment. Needed change in education seems to be continual problem.

I learned the disparities and injustices of the education system when I took a class on different methods of teaching.

This class made me question many commonly accepted aspects of traditional American university education, like the types of readings professors require students to do.

“You have to have a certain kind of brain to understand the dead language they write in textbooks,” said Gerald Celente, publisher of Trends Journal.

We’re so accustomed to the dry and often confusing scholarly language used in our required readings, the idea that readings can be enjoyable and informative at the same time seems preposterous. Readings that don’t use a dull, academic tone seem almost frivolous because we’ve been trained these are the only sources we should take seriously.

“You don’t know how to think because they told you how to think their way,” Celente said.

Teacher-focused styles often associated with American university education can also be monotonous and even impractical.

“There are not too many times in life when someone’s just going to be giving you information and off you go,” said Todd Cherner, Portland State assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education’s Curriculum and Instruction Department.

Cherner explained traditional teacher-centered teaching is not the most true-to-life method of teaching. Most likely, whatever your career is, you’ll be doing something more interactive and collaborative.

With traditional teaching, which mainly refers to lecturestyle teaching, it often feels as if the information is spoonfed to the students and establishes a social hierarchy with the teacher at the top of the pyramid.

“You’re supporting students as they go through some sort of learning activity,” Cherner said. “It isn’t you that’s giving

them info, but rather the co-instruction of information or supporting them through a learning task.”

GSE Associate Professor Anita Bright said she believes the ideal role of a professor should be invitational.

“The role of the professor is to provide some sort of overarching framework but then to help elicit from the students what they already know about the content… and build on what the students bring to the work.”

With this kind of frame work, it’s always the students who have to do the heavy lifting.

“I know I’ve taught a good lesson if I don’t really say that much,” Cherner said when asked how involved the professor should be in class discussion.

While I think this more supportive style of teaching has many benefits in the long run, complications still arise from trying to implement change into traditional teaching.

“Students aren’t used to it,” Cherner said. “It’s this huge change of mindset, especially if they go all through their K-12 and undergrad with that teacher-centered focus and then suddenly you say, ‘You need to do this work.’”

Shifting a student’s gears from transactional to active learning may take time as students have been indoctrinated with this type of education. Another reason why students have a hard time adjusting is because it puts more power in their hands.

“Part of the complication comes when we as faculty members or professors want to flatten that hierarchy and be engaged as co-learners with our students,” Bright said. “So as I say to my students, ‘I am excited to get to learn with and from you.’”

With student-centered teaching, the goal isn’t simply to transfer knowledge to the students; it’s to excite and inspire them.

GSE Associate Professor Ingrid Anderson said, “If we are really doing our job, we are celebrating, supporting, and connecting to students’ funds of knowledge.”

LISA KOHN

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ARTS

‘IA SOVIET AM CUBA’ TECHNICAL MARVEL

PRO-CASTRO DRAMA SCREENS AT PSU ANDREW GAINES However you feel about the politics of a pro-Castro drama funded by the Soviets screening on Portland State campus, you owe it to yourself to see I Am Cuba.

In 1964, the United Soviet States of Russia recruited Russian cinematographer Mikhail Kalatozov to direct a film about pre-revolutionary Cuba’s struggles in order to bolster socialist morale in both countries. I Am Cuba is an anthology film full of breathtaking speeches about the fight for freedom and the necessity of a government that works for its people, not the other way around.

Kalatozov utilizes every cinematographic technique in the book, including many that weren’t widely used at the time, to capture sweeping vistas, claustrophobic nightclubs and massive marches through city streets.

Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola oversaw a restoration, rendering every frame in crisp detail. The film uses an archaic predecessor to the Steadicam for its many tracking shots, including one gorgeous set piece that takes the audience up the side of a building through an open-air factory and out over the city.

The film may not have you leaving the theater with a completely changed outlook on the time period, but it’s nevertheless easy to get swept up in the raw emotions on display. The shots of young men and women getting drenched by fire hoses outside a courthouse bear a certainly unintentional but powerful similarity to images from the American Civil Rights Movement, while the scenes of debauched dance parties filled with sexist Americans have a sense of disdain so thick you could cut it with a knife.

These scenes take on an uncomfortable relevance in America’s current political climate, even if it was entirely unintentional on Kalatozov’s part.

Unfortunately, the audio did not completely survive the restoration. Many conversations drop out halfway through, and most of Cuba’s scenes are devoid of foley work (background noise) to fill long, silent periods. That said, the silence can lend an eerie atmosphere to the film, reminding audiences that this is an artifact from a lost time, and that we’re lucky to be able to see it at all. If you’re going to see one propaganda film this year, skip the multitudes of flagwaving military action films that Hollywood pumps out and go see I Am Cuba.

You won’t regret it.

I Am Cuba screens Jan. 26–28 at 5th Avenue Cinema. Admission is $4–5 or free with a PSU ID. For more information, visit 5thavecinema.com.

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Jan. 23–Jan. 29

ON CAMPUS FEATURED EVENT

THURSDAY, JAN. 25

FRIDAY, JAN. 26

SUNDAY, JAN. 28

FESTIVAL 11 A.M. MOCHITSUKI SMSU BALLROOM PORTLAND $12 ($9 W/PSU ID), ALL SUNDAY, JAN. 28 AGES Welcome the 2018 Japanese New Year with the Mochitsuki Festival, a celebration of the Portland Japanese–American community.

The event will include a stage show, information booths and traditional food.

LECTURE 7:30 P.M. TENEMENT STORIES: SMSU BALLROOM NEW YORK’S JEWISH FREE, OPEN TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE PUBLIC Tenement Museum Vice President Annie Polland hosts a public lecture on New York’s Jewish Lower East Side, highlighting origins, history and evolution from late 19th–early 20th centuries. The lecture will focus on the museum’s latest exhibit Under One Roof, while discussing topics on 1950s post-war Holocaust refugees and Chinese and Puerto Rican communities, as well as exploring immigrants and their journey in America.

CHORAL MUSIC ARLENE SCHNITZER VOICES OF LIGHT CONCERT HALL 7:30 P.M. $5–55, ALL AGES As part of Northwest Film Center’s 34th Reel Music Festival, three PSU choirs will collaborate with NW Film Center and All Classical Portland in a performance of Carl Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc.

FILM WHITSELL AUDITORIUM KING KONG (1933) $8–9, ALL AGES 2 P.M. If you don’t know the story, it goes like this: Carl Denham and Ann Darrow embark on a mission to find the mysterious Kong on an island in the South Pacific. King Kong and Ann form a bond which enable the two to bring the ape back to New York City. The story and action unfold once the ape breaks loose and terrorizes its people.

TUESDAY, JAN. 23 OPERA 4 P.M. ALBERT HERRING: LINCOLN HALL 337 OPEN REHEARSAL FREE, ALL AGES A behind-the-scenes view of Portland State Opera’s spring production of Albert Herring.

WORKSHOP NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE STUDENT AND REVITALIZATION: COMMUNITY CENTER ICHISHKIN FREE, ALL AGES 6 P.M. (JAN. 23, 25) Native American language teachers Linda Meanus and Jermayne Tuckta hold a seminar for PSU students to learn about the Ichishkin language of Warm Springs, Ore. and the history of its people.

COMEDY 8 P.M. ADAM SANDLER, ARLENE SCHNITZER DAVID SPADE, NICK CONCERT HALL SWARDSON, ROB $75–250, 18+ SCHNEIDER Actor Adam Sandler and guests come to Portland on The Do-Over Tour. Sandler is currently working on multiple Netflix comedies including The Week Of and The Meyerowitz Stories.

WORKSHOP 7 P.M. BASSOON LINCOLN HALL 75 MASTERCLASS FREE, ALL AGES Learn the ins and outs of the bassoon with PSU instructor Evan Kuhlmann. Open to students of all skill levels.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 CHAMBER MUSIC 7:30 P.M. INSTRUMENTAL AREA LINCOLN HALL CONCERT FREE, ALL AGES Experience PSU’s instrumental group in this concert featuring a range of ensembles.

LECTURE 1927–1936 A FRIEND IN DEED: LU 6:30 P.M. XUN AND UCHIMURA SMSU 296-8 KANZŌ IN SHANGHAI, FREE, ALL AGES The lecture focuses on the friendship between 20th century Chinese writer Lu Xun and Shanghainese bookstore founder Kanzo Uchiyama and the significance of their relationship during a period of Japanese-Chinese conflict between 1927–1936.

LECTURE 12:30 P.M. REVERSING THE SMSU 228 SCHOOL TO PRISON FREE, ALL AGES PIPELINE This lecture discusses the importance of education opportunity and how it has influenced incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students.

FESTIVAL GUATEMALA! 5:30 P.M.

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT AND COMMUNITY CENTER FREE, ALL AGES Discover the history, people and culture of Guatemala. Enjoy traditional Guatemalan food, arts and crafts and other activities!

SATURDAY, JAN. 27 THEATER LINCOLN RECITAL HALL THE SECOND COMING $5 SUGGESTED OF JOAN OF ARC DONATION (FREE W/ 4 P.M. PSU ID), ALL AGES Award-winning playwright Carolyn Gage portrays Joan as a lesbian runaway who’s returned to Earth in this one-woman show performed by Julie Reddy.

SINGER-SONGWRITER PSU SMITH BALLROOM JOE KYE $12 ($9 W/PSU ID), ALL 11 A.M. AGES Violinist and singer-songwriter Joe Kye will be performing as a part of the 2018 Japanese New Year celebration.

MONDAY, JAN. 29 FILM WHITSELL AUDITORIUM THE DEPARTURE (2016) $8–9, ALL AGES 7 P.M. The documentary follows Ittetsu Nemoto, a once rebellious young man who becomes a Zen Buddhist priest. The Departure portrays the complexities of Nemoto’s life, from counseling the troubled to his daily routine.

WORKSHOP LINCOLN HALL STUDIO EXPLORING (LOWER LEVEL) SHAKESPEARE FREE, ALL AGES 1 P.M. An interactive lesson inviting students to learn how actors best represent Shakespearean characters, from body exercises and movements to voice dramatizations.

WORKSHOP LINCOLN HALL 326 RECORDING THE GIG FREE, ALL AGES 1 P.M. PSU Jazz is recording and invites students to participate in the process. Students can help mix, route and record different instruments for the jazz group and learn about the recording process and control booth.

JAZZ CRAMER HALL 453 VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE FREE, ALL AGES 4 P.M. Students have the opportunity to watch the behind-the-scenes of PSU’s Jazz Vocal Ensemble as they perform the music of iconic vocal jazz artists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross.

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FILM 5TH AVENUE THEATER I AM CUBA (1964) $4–5 (FREE W/PSU ID), 7:30 P.M. (ALSO JAN. 27) ALL AGES 3 P.M. (JAN. 28) This anthology follows four different people’s lives to dramatize Cuba’s socialist revolution. Martin Scorsese once said the film has the “potential to inspire young people due to the perseverance and creativity that Kalatozov and Sergey Urusevsky had during the making of the film.”

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JAKE JOHNSON & NADA SEWIDAN

OFF CAMPUS FEATURED EVENT FILM CLINTON STREET UNSTATED (2017) THEATER 3:30 P.M. $7–10, ALL AGES This documentary follows the challenges a single mother and her children face during their first year living in Portland as refugees. Unstated was created by Paul Newman, the Andries Deinum Prize winner and Portland State student who doesn’t make salad dressing.

TUESDAY, JAN. 23 ART SHOW (THROUGH FEB. 25) ROBERT FRANK BLUE SKY GALLERY RETROSPECTIVE FREE, ALL AGES 12–5 P.M. TUES.–SUN. “The inventor of street photography.” Images are on newsprint, and the show and images will be destroyed upon closing. Frank thinks the idea is “cheap, quick, and dirty, that’s how I like it!” NW Film Center is also running a companion film series of Frank’s work.

OPEN AUDITION FUNHOUSE LOUNGE POINT BREAK LIVE! FREE, 21+ 6 P.M. Funhouse lounge is seeking actors for a comedic parody of the film that simultaneous pays tribute and pokes fun while also skewering toxic masculinity. Keanu’s part is played by an audience member who uses cue cards at each showing. Send headshots and resume to andy@funhouselounge.com.

MUSICAL (THROUGH JAN. 28) THE BOOK OF MORMON KELLER AUDITORIUM 7:30 P.M. $40–165, ALL AGES A hilarious musical from the creators of South Park that follows a group of Mormon missionaries who question their faith and subsequently have it restored.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 SPEAKING ALBERTA ROSE THEATRE THINK & DRINK $10, 18+ (MINORS W/ 6:30 P.M. GUARDIANS ALLOWED) Oregon Humanities hosts a conversation with Jess Campbell of the Rural Organizing Project, writer and activist Jacqueline Keeler and Scot Nakagawa of ChangeLab about community organizing in Oregon.

TRIVIA BLACKBIRD PIZZA BRIDGETOWN TRIVIA FREE, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Bridgetown Trivia hosts it’s weekly trivia night where teens and kids are invited to play, too. Pizza and brain games make this a real no-brainer.

BASKETBALL 7 P.M. BLAZERS VS. MODA CENTER TIMBERWOLVES $30–2,500, ALL AGES Portland is now sixth in the Western Conference after winning their sixth straight home game!

HIP HOP HOLOCENE MAARQUII $8, 21+ 8:30 P.M. Experimental artist inspired by Erykah Badu and the underground queer club scene is debuting a music video and performing. With a sub-genre style they call “snatch-your-edgesbooty-house,” this event is going be a party.

THURSDAY, JAN. 25 ART SHOW ANTLER PDX BRINK FREE, ALL AGES 6 P.M. Antler Gallery is hosting its sixth anniversary and annual Audubon Society of Portland Benefit exhibit. Antler’s tendency toward nature-based art makes this pairing of events perfect. Top notch contemporary art for a good cause.

DRAG QUEENS 8 P.M. RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: SCANDALS ALL STARS 3 PREMIERE FREE, 21+ Watch the return of RuPaul’s Drag Race on their TV and root for your favorite queen.

FRIDAY, JAN. 26 FILM MISSION THEATER DIRTY DANCING (1987) $11, 21+ (ALL AGES 8:45 P.M. SHOWINGS AVAILABLE) Sing along with Dirty Dancing and enjoy a complimentary “I carried a watermelon” cocktail: Midori, vodka, soda. Yes, this will be ridiculous.

ROCK 9 P.M. PDX MUSIC SHOWCASE BUNK BAR FEAT. DEATHLIST $10, 21+ Do503 and Pabst teamed up to bring local talent together for a night of buzzy guitar and discounted cans of beer.

DANCE PARTY 9 P.M. SNAP! ‘90S DANCE HOLOCENE PARTY $7, 21+ Yes you can find a place to shake it to ‘90s hip hop, house, R&B and club remixes. Party people unite and get down.

SAT, JAN. 27 AUTHOR EVENT POWELL’S CITY OF GREG RUCKA AND BOOKS STEVE LIEBER FREE, ALL AGES 2 P.M. Author Greg Rucka and artist Steve Lieber talking about and signing copies of their graphic novel: The Whiteout Compendium.

A U.S. Marshal enforcing the law in Antarctica, what?!

CONVENTION 3 P.M. (SAT. & SUN. INTERNATIONAL CAT 9 A.M.–6 P.M.) SHOW AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN SATURDAY, JAN. 27 $10, ALL AGES See dozens of different cat breeds from around the world. There will be adoptable cats and kitties, unique cat products and discounted admission if you bring two cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank! Free admission for kids under 12.

HIP HOP VETERANS MEMORIAL TYLER, THE CREATOR COLISEUM AND VINCE STAPLES $32–160, ALL AGES 6:30 P.M. Tyler, the Creator does not just have a clever name. Relentless creation, vague cult status and his various TV parts create a nagging curiosity to see what the Creator will do live.

THEATER PORTLAND CENTER ASTORIA: PART TWO STAGE AT THE ARMORY 7:30 P.M. $25–87, ALL AGES Astoria is based on the extensively researched book by Peter Stark about the adventure of settling Astoria. Early birds can hear Stark in conversation with the director at 6:45 p.m.

MON, JAN. 29 LECTURE 7 P.M. ANTARCTICA: LIFE ARTISTS REPERTORY AND SCIENCE ON A THEATRE CHANGING CONTINENT $10, ALL AGES Todd Rosenstiel, Ph.D., and Andrew G. Fountain, Ph.D., talk about living and working in Antarctica. Mosses are greening the continent and climate change is shifting the snow and ice. Collaborating with the venue’s production Magellanica.

FILM CENTURY HONG KIL-DONG (1986) FREE, 21+ 9:30 P.M. The Church of Film presents a North Korean movie about an outcast who learns not only martial arts but also divination and magic.

“One of the DPRK’s most popular films!”

KARAOKE DANTE’S KARAOKE FROM HELL $3, 21+ 9 P.M. A live band will take you straight to hell as you sing Karaoke? Only one way to find out.

CLASSICAL (THROUGH JAN. 28) BRAHMS’ FIRST ARLENE SCHNITZER SYMPHONY CONCERT HALL 7:30 P.M. $25–120, ALL AGES Conducted by David Danzmayr featuring violinist Benjamin Beilman. Brahms’ infamous Symphony No. 1 performed in pure form is an important follow up to the Oregon Symphony’s recent Radiohead mashup.

SUN, JAN. 28 THEATER NEWMARK THEATRE PETE THE CAT: THE (THROUGH FEB. 18) MUSICAL $14–32, ALL AGES 11 A.M. Rockin’ rebel Pete the Cat teaches an organized kid how to be creative in art class. This is produced by the Oregon Children’s Theatre but sounds insane.

LECTURE PARANORMAL PUB AT ENTHEOGENS: HISTORY MISSION THEATER AND EXPERIENCES FREE, ALL AGES 6 P.M. Entheogens are plant-based drugs that alter states of being. This is a talk about drugs, spirituality and being in touch with the divine as part of McMenamins’ Paranormal Pub series with the Oregon chapter of the Mutual UFO Network.

FILM 7 P.M. OVARIAN PSYCOS HOLLYWOOD THEATRE (2016) $9, ALL AGES A feminist activist Latina bicycle crew seeks to reclaim East Los Angeles and protect each other.

JENNY VU

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