Portland State Vanguard, Vol. 73, Issue 18

PORTLAND STATE VANGUARD

VOLUME 73 • ISSUE 18 • FEBRUARY 26, 2019

CRIME BLOTTER

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CHLOE DYSART FEB. 18 Trespass arrest

At approximately 7:14 a.m. CPSO arrested a non-student for trespassing and failing to register as a sex offender. The individual is allegedly a frequent trespasser and was found in the south stairwell of the Academic Student Recreation Center.

FEB. 21 Disorderly conduct

A PSU student contacted CPSO at approximately 1:54 p.m. about an incident of road rage where racial language was used.

FEB. 19 Vandalism

FEB. 22 Domestic Violence

FEB. 20 Vandalism

FEB. 23 Harassment

At approximately 7:28 a.m., CPSO responded to reports from University Place hotel that a guest was breaking windows in one of the rooms. The non-student was taken to be referred to mental health resources.

Vandalism was reported to CPSO at approximately 9:32 a.m. on the second floor men’s restroom of Cramer Hall. The sharps container was taken off the wall and into the wheelchairaccessible stall. The case is closed due to lack of leads.

CPSO responded to a report at 4:29 a.m. from a non-student that their ex-boyfriend, who was a non-student, assaulted them in the University Pointe apartments. The ex-boyfriend was arrested for domestic violence assault.

At approximately 10:55 a.m., CPSO responded to a report that a student employee was threatened by a male as they walked to the reception desk at the computer annex of the first floor of the Millar Library. The case remains open.

CONTENTS COVER BY SAVANNAH QUARUM NEWS STUDENTS GATHER IN SALEM FOR ANTI-LOBBYING DAY

CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT RELEASED, SPECIAL BOARD MEETING SET

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INTERNATIONAL ‘WE ARE SCARED, LISTEN TO US’

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TRUMP DECLARES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY OVER BORDER WALL

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OCAC TO SHUT ITS DOORS FOR GOOD

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ARTS & CULTURE ‘BLIND FURY,’ AKA THE ONE WHERE RUTGER HAUER IS A BLIND SAMURAI

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QSL DRAFT RESOLUTION SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE

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SNAKE-ISH TENDENCIES

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INTERNATIONAL THIS WEEK AROUND THE WORLD

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OPINION PORTLAND, YOU ARE RACIST

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TURKEY TURNS TO RUSSIA AFTER NATO FALLOUT

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EVENTS CALENDAR

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COVER PSU PRESIDENT SITS DOWN FOR PRESS CONFERENCE

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STAFF

ONLINE EDITOR Sangi Lama

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NEWS

FEB. 18­–23

STUDENTS GATHER IN SALEM FOR ANTI-LOBBYING DAY

SOPHIE CONCANNON

FEB. 18: PAST EMPLOYEES SUE FORMER OREGON STATE SENATOR FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT Two law students filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against former Oregon Senator Jeff Kruse. Both students are also suing the Legislature and Senate President Peter Courtney, D–Oregon, for failing to address their situation and making the Capitol a “hostile workplace,” according to The Oregonian. They both had previously worked as interns for Kruse, who resigned from office after an investigation was made public determining he had sexually assaulted several women at the Capitol. Kruse has denied the allegations but previously stated he had “no recollection” and his behavior was “instinctual,” according The Associated Press. The two students are suing for a collective $6.7 million.

FEB. 22: WHITE HOUSE TIGHTENS RULES FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS The Department of Health and Human Services ruled to deny taxpayer-funded abortion clinics the ability to make abortion referrals. The ruling also prevents family-funded “planning clinics” to be housed in the same building as abortion providers, according to The Oregonian. The White House amended the family planning program under Title X, rolling back a Clinton-era requirement that abortion must be discussed as an option—planning clinic employees are no longer required to do so. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said she would sue the Trump administration to support the use of federal funds on abortion services.

FEB. 22: FACEBOOK SHUTS DOWN APP AFTER ANOTHER PRIVACY SCANDAL Facebook shut down the Onavo VPN app on Android six months after removing it from iOS. The Onavo app was designed to keep other users’ personal information protected in a secure network.

Facebook had been using the app to monitor website usage and pay users for access to their web history. According to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook has been collecting similar data from 11 apps, including data on ovulation, heart rate and real estate sales— despite an applicable EU privacy law requiring companies to “secure explicit consent to collect, process or share such data.”

FEB. 23: MUELLER ENDORSES STRICT PUNISHMENT FOR TRUMP’S FORMER CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN In a court filing partially revealed to the public, Special Investigator Robert Mueller said of Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, “his deceit...extended to banks...the FBI, the Special Counsel’s office, the grand jury [and] his own legal counsel.”

Manafort was previously charged with eight campaign-finance related crimes on Aug. 21, 2018, including filing false tax returns and bank fraud. He pled guilty to two unrelated charges of conspiracy on Sept. 14, 2018, admitting to obstructing justice and money laundering, according to The New York Times. Manafort will be sentenced for up to 24 years on March 13.

DEMONSTRATORS GATHER IN FRONT OF THE THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SALEM, ORE., FEB 18. ALEX KIRK AMEN/PSU VANGUARD ALEX KIRK AMEN Thousands of teachers, students and supporters gathered on Feb. 18 outside the Capitol Building in Salem for the March for our Students, a rally organized by the Oregon Education Association to convince lawmakers to invest more in public education.

Members of the Associated Students of Portland State University attended the march to protest tuition increases at PSU. ASPSU has refused to lobby the state congress this year for additional funding for PSU until the university agrees to a tuition freeze.

The march made its way around the Capitol Building and the Oregon State Capitol State Park. Notable speakers included Speaker of the House Tina Kotek and Representative Diego Hernandez.

“We wanted to make it obvious that we weren’t lobbying alongside the [PSU] administration, and it wasn’t because we’re apathetic or don’t agree that we require more state funding—we absolutely do,” said ASPSU Legislative Affairs Director Camilo Abreu A. “Our perspective is that we need an even higher level of funding than [the PSU administration] is fighting for.”

Members of ASPSU who attended the rally did not interact directly with Oregon legislators, according to

ASPSU President Luis Balderas Villagrana. Balderas Villagrana added, “There is currently no specific bill about the tuition freeze but it sounds like Rep. Hernandez is working on it.”

ASPSU, students and teachers across the state can expect changes in this legislative session.

The Joint Committee on Student Success released an outline of state priorities in public education on Jan. 28, 2018. The outline addressed classroom size and quality, college and career readiness and students being ready and able to learn. These policy recommendations are estimated to cost up to $3 billion.

Gov. Kate Brown has said that education is a priority for this legislative session and both the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon Senate have introduced multiple bills relating to education funding, class sizes and quality control.

Following the march, teachers, students and OEA organizers filled the Capitol Building to talk to their representatives and drop off written testimony addressing school funding, classroom size, tuition and other important issues.

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NEWS

CAMPUS PUBLIC OCAC TO SHUT ITS SAFETY ASSESSMENT DOORS FOR GOOD RELEASED, SPECIAL BOARD MEETING SET THE OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN AFTER 112 YEARS OF OPERATION. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS CHLOE DYSART

IN THE WAKE OF JASON WASHINGTON’S DEATH, STUDENTS OCCUPIED CPSO FOR 10 DAYS WHILE DEMANDING DISARMAMENT OF CAMPUS POLICE. CHRIS MAY/PSU VANGUARD CHRIS MAY Margolis Healy released on Feb. 22 its final report on campus safety, which includes a recommendation that Portland State maintain the 2015 Board of Trustees decision to arm sworn campus police officers.

The report states, “Disarming CPSO officers would make PSU an outlier amongst its peers and would represent an abnormal step with respect to campus safety models in higher education.”

Other recommendations include improving officer training, including racial and bias training, requiring the use of mandatory body cams and increasing the number of non-sworn police officers. The report also recommended the development of a community liaison unit, deployment of certified mental health professionals and an expansion of CPSO’s relationship with PSU’s Homelessness Research and

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Action Collaborative and Portland’s Joint Office of Homeless Services.

Recently, PSU administrators have confirmed that Officer James Dewey, who was one of the officers involved in the Jason Washington shooting, no longer works for PSU and has taken a job elsewhere. Officer Shawn McKenzie, the other officer involved, took a new job in a police force outside Portland as of October 2018.

A special meeting of PSU’s Board of Trustees is scheduled for 9 a.m. on March 7 in Smith Memorial Student Union. At the meeting, board members will have an opportunity to ask questions to Margolis Healy about the content of their report, followed by a public comment session. There will be no voting on the recommendations at the meeting.

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After being in operation for 110 years, Oregon College of Art & Craft has decided to close its doors on May 19, 2019.

According to current student Talya Johnson, most students didn’t see the closure coming.

“Most of the student anger seems to be directed at the Board of Trustees, but there is some resentment toward administrators and admissions from students who started this winter term,” Johnson said. “They feel deceived—no one told them the school was in trouble.”

OCAC had previously tried to merge with both Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland State, but both merges fell through.

“We were told [the merger with PNCA] was a preemptive move to avoid the trend of small art colleges closing,” Johnson said. “[OCAC’s interim president] felt it would open new opportunities for our school and that PNCA and OCAC have had talks off and on for years about merging.”

“There was no indication at the time our school was in financial trouble other than the usual budget concerns involved with running a small private college,” Johnson said.

Johnson added students knew about the potential PSU buy-out through the media, but OCAC had never addressed students directly about it.

PSU issued a statement in late January that they would not absorb OCAC after deciding it wasn’t financially feasible for the university. “[PSU] explored this because we were excited about the potential opportunity that an acquisition would honor the legacy of art

and craft at OCAC, support the arts in our region and bolster our own College of the Arts,” President Rahmat Shoureshi stated.

“But our study of different acquisition scenarios, including those involving private philanthropy, showed the potential costs would be too high for PSU.” In Gov. Kate Brown’s 2019–21 preliminary budget, PSU was denied requests for more funding.

OCAC states on their website students who complete their degree requirements by spring 2019 will receive a degree, but those who do not “will be referred to a partner institution for completion” “OCAC worked out a teach-out contract for third years and MFA’s with Pacific Northwest College of Art,” Johnson said.

“It’s really an extraordinary deal.”

PNCA will honor all credits earned at OCAC, maintain OCAC’s lower tuition and honor all OCAC scholarships for transferring students in good standing.

“PNCA can’t be making money off of this deal; I’m impressed with their generosity, and [the OCAC interim president’s] ability to advocate for us” Johnson said. “It warms my heart. This year’s current thesis year students will graduate as normal.”

As for OCAC staff, the closure will impact all staff, but “[OCAC has] not yet been able to gather answers to many questions regarding what this means for our valued staff and faculty,” according to the website’s FAQ page.

“The faculty are putting on brave faces, but I can tell it’s hitting them hard,” Johnson said. “Some of them have been here 20 or more years, but they are all putting the student needs first.”

QSL DRAFT RESOLUTION SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE

NEWS

ANAMIKA VAUGHAN

A resolution to preserve the quiet study lounge drafted by the University Affairs Committee was sent back for revisions by the Associated Students of Portland State University senate Feb. 18. Senate members motioned to send the resolution back to the UAC to be amended.

During public comment, six student representatives spoke on behalf of the Women’s Resource Center in favor of moving the WRC into the space currently occupied by the QSL. “The resolution you are proposing today is concerning to us,” said Janit Saechao, administrative coordinator for the WRC. “Not because we oppose the existence of a quiet study space on campus, but in the dangerous ways the resolution pits students against each other as if to support some students means to take away resources and support for others.”

The QSL’s space, located on the fourth floor of Smith Memorial Student Union, was promised to the WRC in July 2017 by the SMSU Space Allocation Committee.

“We have been patient, thoughtful and collaborative in our approach,” Saechao said. “On the other hand, the University Affairs Committee did not make any effort to reach out to the WRC to understand our needs or priorities or gather student statements. Neither did they tell us that they were working on a proposal to block our moving. We don’t believe these actions embody the values of ASPSU.” Reasons for moving the WRC to SMSU include increased safety, accessibility and proximity to other resource centers.

Emily Korte, director of the UAC and primary author of the resolution, did not attend the meeting. Korte is also a member of the Smith Advisory Board, which provides recommendations to the SAC on how SMSU space should be allocated. Senators Isaac Harper and Mohammed Rezayee of the UAC presented the resolution to the senate.

Over email, Korte stated she was currently reaching out to Franklin and the QRC to satisfy senate inclusivity concerns. “I am not necessarily expecting the senate to vote this through, but I think it is important to at least get the word out to students that this is even happening.”

Harper announced there was no record of committee voting that the resolution be sent to the senate and for that reason did not feel comfortable presenting it on the senate floor. The vote had occurred and passed through the senate, but had not been recorded nor published to the ASPSU public drive. The draft resolution was read aloud by Harper and Rezayee.

“I would also like to state the University Affairs Committee was derelict in its duties and did not reach out to the WRC about the impact it would have on that resource center,” Harper said.

ASPSU senate members asked for the WRC, accessibility committee, SMSU, SAC and Director of Campus Planning and Design Jason Franklin to be included in the next draft. They also asked Korte to attend the resolution’s presentation.

THE WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER WAS ALLOCATED THE QUIET STUDY LOUNGE SPACE BY THE SPACE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE IN JULY 2017. BO KOERING/PSU VANGUARD

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INTERNATIONAL

THIS WEEK

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Feb. 17

MUNICH, GERMANY

The 55th Munich Security Conference ended on Feb. 17 after three days of events, deliberation and debates designed to build policy surrounding international security while tackling impediments to global security. “The Munich security conference is one place where ideas can be tested, alliances can be developed and preparations can be made to move peace processes forward or to start engaging in a peacemaking effort,” Conference Chief Wolfgang Ischinger said via Deutsche Welle. Around 35 leaders, 80 foreign ministers and 600 policy experts were in attendance, with topics surrounding issues such as trade relations, security in the Sahel, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, climate change and the Syrian conflict. German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a standing ovation for a speech critical of United States foreign policy such as the withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the more recent decision to withdraw from Syria.

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Feb. 17–22

PAKISTAN; INDIA; CHINA

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) embarked on his tour of Asia in an effort to strengthen diplomatic ties with Pakistan, India and China, while also looking to boost the kingdom’s image following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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According to Middle East Eye, MBS arrived in Pakistan on Feb. 17 where he signed an investment agreement with the country in the amount of $20 billion and ordered the release of over 2,000 Pakistani prisoners held in Saudi prisons. He then traveled to India on Feb. 19, where he met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss infrastructure, trade and intelligence sharing in the wake of the most recent surge in violence in Kashmir, as reported by Al Jazeera. The two countries signed five agreements in total before the crown prince departed for his final destination, arriving in China—Saudi Arabia’s biggest trade partner—on Feb. 20. During his two-day visit, Saudi Aramco signed a $10 billion agreement for a petrochemical project with China, while the crown prince supported China’s right to conduct anti-terrorism measures in a blow to Uighur rights activists and supporters.

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Feb. 18

COSTA RICA

For the first time since 2014, the Central American country has a confirmed case of measles after an unvaccinated 5-year-old child arrived in the country on Feb. 18 from France with his parents on vacation. According to The Independent, the boy is being treated under isolation at the Monseñor Sanabria Hospital. However, children at the boy’s school in France have also been diagnosed with measles. The Health Ministry of Costa Rica is urging anyone who may have come in contact with the boy or is exhibiting symptoms of measles including fever and

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skin rashes to contact health authorities immediately. The World Health Organization reported a 30 percent increase in measles cases between 2016 and 2017 amid a growing global movement against vaccinations.

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Feb. 18–23

INDIA-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR

Only days after a suicide blast conducted by the Pakistani-based Jaish-e-Mohammed rebel group, which killed 42 of India’s security forces, at least nine more people were killed while exchanging fire on Feb. 18, including both armed rebels and Indian soldiers, as reported by Al Jazeera. In response to the surge in violence and India’s decision last week to recall its ambassador to Islamabad, Pakistan recalled their ambassador from New Delhi that day as well. India responded to the growing unrest by conducting mass arrests of separatists, including top leaders and activists such as JEM Chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz. At least 150 people were arrested during the raids which began on the evening of Feb. 22 and continued into the next day.

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Feb. 24

BANGLADESH

Bangladeshi special forces opened fire on a suspect who attempted to hijack a plane flying from the capital of Dhaka to Dubai of the United Arab Emirates. According to eye witness accounts reported by Deutsche Welle,

the man fired a gun twice after the plane took off while claiming he had a bomb, after which the Biman Bangladeshi aircraft made an emergency landing at the Shah Amanat International Airport in the city of Chattogram. Special forces then stormed the aircraft, at which point they wounded the suspect when he resisted arrest. All 150 passengers on board were evacuated safely. However, the suspect died later from his wounds.

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Feb. 24

EGYPT

The first ever EU-Arab League summit opened in the resort city of Sharm ElSheikh in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, as 24 European heads of state and government arrived with only France, Spain, Lithuania and Latvia sending foreign ministers in their stead, Deutsche Welle reported. A majority of the 22 Arab League member states were in attendance with the exception of Syria, whose membership has been suspended due to the ongoing civil war. Migration, security, climate change, Middle East peace process, trade, the PalestinianIsraeli conflict and the continued wars raging in Syria, Yemen and Libya were the main topics of discussion on the agenda as reported by Middle East Eye. The summit comes amid continued uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from the EU and tension between European leaders and the Trump Administration over Middle East policy.

INTERNATIONAL

TURKEY TURNS TO RUSSIA AFTER NATO FALLOUT

AMANDA GUTHU Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused NATO allies on Feb. 18 of giving the People’s Protection Unit (YPG), a Kurdish separatist group, thousands of truckloads of weapons while ignoring Turkey’s request to buy arms.

During an election campaign in southwestern Turkey, Erdoğan questioned, “What kind of NATO alliance is this?” while characterizing the YPG as a terrorist organization. “You give terrorists around 23,000 truckloads of weapons and tools through Iraq, but when we asked, you won’t even sell them to us,” Erdoğan said, but did not specify which NATO allies were providing the arms.

The YPG, a longtime United States ally, is mainly a Kurdish militia in Syria but has significant Arab and other foreign memberships, from the U.S. and Europe to the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the self-declared Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Erdoğan considers the YPG to be tied to the banned Kurdistan

PRESIDENT OF TURKEY RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN ARRIVES WITH OTHER LEADERS TO NATO, JULY 11 2018. COURTESY OF NATO Workers’ Party (PKK), a group that seeks Kurdish sovereignty through violence which waged a decades-long armed conflict in the country that killed an estimated 40,000 people.

Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, along with other U.S. officials, acknowledged the ties between the PKK and the YPG. However, officially the U.S. does not recognize ties between the two groups.

The YPG has largely been considered the strongest onthe-ground opposition against ISIS in the Syrian civil war and provides the U.S. with a foothold in the conflict as their ally. The U.S. began giving arms to YPG in May of 2017 two years after U.S. troops arrived in Syria under the Obama administration. Turkey’s top officials were quick to criticize the move to arm the Syrian Kurdish forces. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in a press conference in Ankara expressed his disbelief that the U.S. would side with a “terrorist organization” over Turkey, in reference to the YPG. According to estimates by Turkish authorities, Washington

has used 5,000 trucks and 2,000 cargo planes to deliver weapons to the YPG in recent years.

After NATO’s refusal to sell arms to Turkey, Erdoğan has turned to Russia in securing an arms deal to counter “regional threats,” insinuating the YPG and PKK are regional threats alongside ISIS. The deal with Russia has been highly criticized

by U.S. officials. Vice President Mike Pence said, “We will not stand idly by while NATO allies purchase weapons from our adversaries. We cannot ensure the defense of the West if our allies grow dependent on the East,” underlining the U.S.’ stance at the Munich Security Conference.

Turkey claims it will redesign the software of the Russian S-400 missiles to nationalize the system, ensuring that it aligns with national and NATO accords. According to Al Jazeera, Turkish officials accused the U.S. of politicizing the purchase of the arms after the division over Washington’s support for the Kurdish YPG militia in the fight against ISIS in Syria.

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COVER

PSU PRESIDENT SITS DOWN FOR PRESS CONFERENCE

SHOURESHI DISCUSSES INVESTIGATIONS, CAMPUS SAFETY, ACCREDITATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS CHRIS MAY During a Student Media press conference on Feb. 22, Portland State President Rahmat Shoureshi announced the completion of a comprehensive campus public safety review and commented on topics ranging from an investigation by The Oregonian to accreditation and student success.

PRESIDENT SHOURESHI ANSWERS QUESTIONS DURING THE QUARTERLY PRESS CONFERENCE WITH STUDENT MEDIA, FEB. 22, 2019. BO KOERING/PSU VANGUARD

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COVER THE OREGONIAN INVESTIGATION

BUDGET

CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY

While speaking to the Faculty Senate on Feb. 4, Shoureshi announced a reporter for The Oregonian had requested a large number of public records related to his activities since becoming president of the university.

“I’m not really sure what they are looking for or what specifically they are asking,” Shoureshi said during the press conference.

A source with knowledge of the records requests said one path of inquiry involved a trip Shoureshi took with prominent Portland philanthropist and businessman Jordan Schnitzer in the summer of 2018.

Shoureshi confirmed he accompanied Schnitzer on his private jet to attend the annual, secretive gathering of powerful and wealthy men in northern California’s Bohemian Grove campground.

“I paid Jordan for the cost of that trip,” Shoureshi said, noting that the outing occured during his vacation.

Schnitzer has a long history of charitable giving at PSU, most recently donating $5 million through a family foundation to establish the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the first floor of the building located on 724 SW Harrison St., formerly known as Neuberger Hall.

Schnitzer was also involved in lobbying Shoureshi to acquire the Oregon College of Art and Craft, a deal which ultimately fell through because it was not “financially feasible.” The college recently announced it will be closing its doors in May. “God knows what story [The Oregonian] is going to write,” Shoureshi told faculty and administrators on Feb. 4. “Most likely it will be about me and what I have done. But the key is, if we focus and do the right thing, no matter what people say, we are here to make sure our students are successful and PSU is successful.”

On the subject of budget concerns over less-than-anticipated levels of state funding, Shoureshi said, “The last thing I want to do is increase or raise tuition. But we are really at the mercy of the state because we have fixed costs and we also have to satisfy our contractual obligations with faculty and staff.”

Associated Students of Portland State University members traveled to Salem on Feb. 18 to bring awareness to rising higher education costs. ASPSU President Luis Balderas Villagrana has refused to cooperate with the administration on lobbying efforts without a commitment to freeze tuition increases and work toward tuition-free education.

Vice President of Finance & Administration Kevin Reynolds will host a series of student-focused Budget Town Forums on Feb. 28, March 6 and April 4. The forums will cover the tuitionsetting process and cover the overall budget of the university as a whole.

There will also be a faculty and staff focused forum on March 18.

Shoureshi announced a March 7 special meeting of the Board of Trustees to review the recently completed review of campus public safety by external consultant Margolis Healy.

The 209-page report came about in response to the fatal shooting of Black Navy veteran Jason Washington, who was killed by Campus Public Safety Officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie on the morning of June 29, 2018, while attempting to break up a fight outside a bar near campus. Both officers have since accepted job offers elsewhere and departed PSU, according to the university.

In response to Washington’s death, the first fatal shooting by PSU police officers, the university also announced a separate review of the shooting to be conducted by California-based consultant OIR Group. OIR, which has provided independent reviews of fatal shootings by Portland Police Bureau officers for the last seven years, agreed to provide a report on the use of deadly force by CPSO officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie, along with a review of the PSU administration’s response to the incident.

That report is currently delayed, Shoureshi said, and the university does not have an estimate from OIR on when the report will be completed.

“I don’t want to say I’m surprised,” Shoureshi said. “Basically, they have been looking for the opportunity to finish some of their interviews and they have run into obstacles.”

According to the contract between OIR and the university, the total amount billed to PSU for all services related to the review is not to exceed $40,000.

ACCREDITATION Responding to the recent announcement that PSU is currently out of compliance with Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accreditation requirements for assessment practices, Shoureshi reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to getting back in compliance while also acknowledging the most recent warning is related to the same issues the university was cited for in 2015.

“I have to admit that both for me and for the provost, it was a surprise because neither of us knew about this,” Shoureshi said. “We are taking immediate action to make sure this issue will be resolved.”

Shoureshi also noted PSU programs with additional, stricter accreditation requirements, such as the School of Business, the College of Education and other professionally accredited programs were all in compliance.

The university will conduct a campus-wide assessment in March of whether academic programs have defined learning outcomes for students and are also assessing themselves to find areas for self-improvement.

STUDENT SUCCESS This year’s Winter Symposium will be dedicated to student success, Shoureshi said. The event will take place from 8 a.m.– 2 p.m. on Feb. 28 in the Smith Memorial Student Union ballroom. “We have an outside speaker with expertise in this area, and we’ll be formulating a number of initiatives around the whole student success activities.”

The president has previously called student success as his “top priority.”

The current definition of student success comprises four primary elements: graduating, graduating on time, graduating with no or minimal debt and ensuring students are placed in a job that serves their skills and potentials.

Shoureshi said this definition is something he put together based on his own experience and discussion with students, and that there are additional aspects contributing to student success, such as food security and housing.

University media relations staff refused to allow Vanguard to livestream the press conference.

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‘WE ARE SCARED, LISTEN TO US’ STUDENT-LED CLIMATE CHANGE PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS EUROPE

STUDENT MARCH AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. JAN. 2019. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS EMILY PRICE Thousands of young students throughout Europe are skipping school and gathering in protest, demanding immediate action against climate change.

The protests began in August when 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg began protesting outside the Swedish parliament. “Why should any young person be made to study for a future when no one is doing enough to save that future?” Thunberg wrote in The Guardian.

It’s estimated by BBC News that 30,000 students protested in Belgium, and 10,000 skipped school in Germany in January.

Others have been gathering in Scandinavia and Australia. They are confronting their governments to address the environmental crisis and “declare a climate emergency.”

The students fenced the streets with signs reading “The ocean is rising and so are we,” “Act now or swim later,” “Climate change is worse than homework” and other slogans.

“We want those empowered to know that we are not doing enough at the moment,” Anna Taylor, a protest organizer told Al Jazeera. “Young people feel betrayed. We’re here because the burden has fallen on us to protect the future.”

An agreement was reached in Paris in 2015 along with 195 countries to limit global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Despite the Paris Agreement, temperatures are on course to rise from 3 C to 5 C this coming cen-

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“Why should any young person be made to study for a future when no one is doing enough to save that future?”

–16-YEAR-OLD SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG

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tury, according to the UN World Meteorological Organization.

It is expected climate change damages will become irreversible in 12 years, according to the United States’ Intergovernmental Panel. The Panel has predicted the likelihood of future worldwide food shortages, flooding, drought and extreme weather storms.

The list of countries in which the strikes are occurring is growing. Students are planning a global strike on March 15 that will take place in the UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Australia and the U.S. “We have to act now,” 14-year-old Jolante Vogel told The Washington Post. “I’m worried that one day we can’t live on this planet anymore, that there will be vast poverty and storms and that we won’t be able to do anything to reverse the trend.”

Mathias Albery, a youth researcher and political-science professor at the University of Bielefeld commented that “this is the first movement that really addresses the older generations for being responsible.”

“The perceived lack of action when it comes to governments dealing with climate change head-on has led to a growing youth movement that’s taking its future in its own hands,” according to Al Jazeera reporter Neave Barker.

“If we want to live, we need to make changes now,” said Zakiyya, a 14-year old student protester carrying a sign pleading, “We are scared. Listen to us!”

INTERNATIONAL

TRUMP DECLARES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY OVER BORDER WALL MADISON CECIL

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the United States-Mexico border Feb. 15 in order to access more than $5 billion to build security on the border wall after Congress denied him the funds.

“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border, and we’re going to do it one way or the other,” Trump said in a televised statement, reported by The New York Times. “It’s an invasion. We have an invasion of drugs and criminals coming into our country.”

In the same announcement, Trump acknowledged that his lawyers warned him he would not only get sued for initiating a national emergency, but he would also probably lose. States, lawmakers and other advocacy groups almost immediately responded with promises to pursue legal action against the Trump administration.

On Feb. 18, 16 states announced they are pursuing legal action in response to the national emergency. Among these 16 states are Oregon, California, New York, and Maryland. The lawsuit was originally filed in the Federal District Court of San Francisco.

According to The New York Times, the lawsuit stated, “Contrary to the will of Congress, the president has used the pretext of a manufactured ‘crisis’ of unlawful immigration to declare a national emergency and redirect federal dollars appropriated for drug interdiction, military construction and law enforcement initiatives toward building a wall on the United States-Mexico border.”

While Congress can potentially block the emergency, it requires the agreement of both houses. Democrats currently dominate the House of Representatives while there is still a Republican-dominated Senate. Several Republican senators, however, have voiced their concern with the president’s national emergency. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R–Ala., said Trump’s action was “of dubious constitutionality.”

Trump admitted it wasn’t necessary for him to invoke his emergency powers in his speech, saying “I could do the wall over a longer period of time. I didn’t need to do this. But I’d rather do it much faster.”

According to an interview between White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller and Fox News, even if Congress does manage to terminate the national emergency, Trump will likely veto the action. According to NPR, in order to overturn a presidential veto, both houses of Congress will need to have a twothirds majority in favor of ending the emergency, which—given the current political makeup of the Senate—is extremely unlikely.

Presidents have used emergency powers for decades.

However, Trump’s use of executive power to secure funding for something that Congress has previously and explicitly refused to fund is a first.

SAVANNAH QUARUM

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ARTS & CULTURE

GARBAGE DAY ‘BLIND FURY,’ AKA THE ONE WHERE RUTGER HAUER IS A BLIND SAMURAI ANDREW GAINES I want to start by emphasizing the above statement: This is a film where Rutger Hauer—best known for playing Roy Batty in Blade Runner and the titular killer in The Hitcher—plays a blind Vietnam veteran who was trained by a small Vietnamese village in the art of swordsmanship. If that sounds like your sort of thing, you should probably just go watch it now. If you’re not convinced, stick around.

Strangely enough, the 1989 movie has deeper origins than “a mountain of cocaine and a script.” It’s an official, though loose, remake of Zatoichi Challenged, one of the films in the long-running Japanese film series about a blind samurai. The remake trades Edo-period Japan for ‘89 Miami and brings in a large subplot about a drug trafficking syndicate, but the bare bones of the story—blind swordsman protects a child from “bad dudes”—remain the same.

The film doesn’t waste time getting to the main premise of the movie either. Hauer plays Nick Parker, a Vietnam veteran who was blinded in a mortar strike and left for dead. A child from a small village rescues him, and the villagers train him in the art of radical sword tricks…as naturally, you do. The film jumps to modern day, as Nick attempts to reconnect with an old war friend Frank, played by Terry O’Quinn. Nick learns from Frank’s wife that he ran into some bad business in Reno and he’s being held hostage there by the evil drug lord Claude Macready (Noble Willingham). As luck would have it, in bursts a couple of Macready’s goons, Frank’s wife gets the absolute shit murdered out of her with a shotgun and Nick runs off with her child on a quest to free Frank. We’re not even at the 20-minute mark here. This movie doesn’t fuck around.

Most of the film is Nick and Frank’s son Billy on the run, dodging armed goons on the way to Nevada. Of course, Billy doesn’t like Nick at first, because that’s how these sort of things go. They warm up to each other eventually as their adventures go on. Also, a ton of limb-chopping, bone-crunching action happens along the way. Nick’s walking cane is also a samurai sword, and every henchman in this movie ends up on the receiving end of it. There’s a big fight in a cornfield.

There’s a car chase where one of the cars is driven by a blind man. A ninja shows up at one point, played by (probably real) ninja Sho Kosugi, because again, that’s just how these things happen in 1989-action-movieland. A ninja is going to show up at some point.

Now, I only watched like three episodes of the Netflix Daredevil show, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is better than all seasons of that. Where Daredevil attempts to be dark and gritty, Blind Fury has tons of fun with the concept, and all the primary actors involved are clearly having a blast. The whole thing is directed by Philip Noyce, who also directed the Tom Clancy adaptation Patriot Games and the Val Kilmer feature The Saint.

He gives the action scenes a speed and sense of fun that allows the movie to have constant forward momentum. So, if you’ve got a free afternoon and need some stupid fun in your life, I highly recommend it. Blind Fury is streaming for free (with ads) through the IMDB Freedive service.

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JOHN ROJAS

ARTS & CULTURE

SNAKE-ISH TENDENCIES

SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSES SCHEMERS, SCAMMERS AND SUBVERTERS MAGGIE LOMBARD Ssssssssssssss. Hear that? That’s the sound of the sneaky snakes scheming to scam you at this very moment. Curious to learn how you can subvert them? There’s a symposium for that.

“SSSS” might be an onomatopoeia for a snake hissing, but it’s also an acronym for the Schemers, Scammers and Subverters Symposium. Organized by adjunct Portland State professor Roz Crews and former PSU student Ralph Pugay, the symposium was a day filled with workshops, lectures and discussions that flowed in and out of a single ballroom. The small-scale event didn’t force you to pick and choose which speakers you wanted to hear and which ones you would skip, as most conferences do.

First question: What’s the point of a symposium like this?

Scheming sounds like something a young adult literature villain does. Scams aren’t even that relevant, are they?

The answer: Yeah, they are. Look at the news, and you’ll see instances of scams and fraud all over the world. In particular, our lovely country constantly targets and undermines unprotected and vulnerable peoples. The founders of the event explained that “coming to terms with this history amplified in the present can feel painful, especially for those who are most victimized.”

The symposium was created to shine a light on “different ways that society is susceptible or culpable to such predatory acts.” What do you do when you notice rugs being pulled out from under your feet? How can you safeguard yourself against the rug-pullers? Or, are you the person pulling rugs, but you have good reasons to do so?

Second question: What sorts of topics do you even learn about at a symposium about our society’s snake-ish tendencies?

The answer: pirating, game theory, horoscopes, housing rights, the Kardashians, sex work, colonialism, museums… you name it. Nine different panels discussed these topics and more, providing great knowledge that—even if it didn’t apply to you or you had no prior experience with it—was information you still needed to know.

On the quantum side of things, PSU professor Steve Bleiler gave a talk entitled “Risky Business–Good Decision Making When the Outcomes are Uncertain.” Within his 45-minute slot, Bleiler covered topics such as probability and risk, joking to the audience, “You’re about to learn a year’s worth of quantum mechanics in five minutes.” Bleiler led the room in various risk-taking games which made his points much easier to understand than if he just shuffled through a PowerPoint presentation. To make sure the audience was following, he initiated a call and response, straight from old school cartoon Ren and Stimpy: “Happy happy joy joy.” As he boiled Russian Roulette down to its most mathematical foundations, he kept his lessons entertaining with Star Trek impressions and Calvin And Hobbes references. Whenever it seemed like the guests were getting lost, he’d pause his lecture. “Happy happy?” he’d ask.

“Joy joy,” the audience grinned.

When their turn came around, the peach blazer-clad Philip King took the stage to present their lesson “Boned: Survival and the Sexual Revolution.” They discussed sex work and its various forms, misconceptions and negative attitudes toward the field and how sex workers subvert many of society’s norms such as a nuclear family and compulsory monogamy. Audience members seemed cautious to giggle, but King’s presentation was rife with witty quips about the bleak reality of how sex work is perceived

ATTENDEES OF THE SCHEMERS, SCAMMERS AND SUBVERTERS SYMPOSIUM LISTEN TO THE DESCRIPTION OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S ASTROLOGICAL CHART. BO KOERING/PSU VANGUARD versus how many sex workers thrive thanks to their career.

While moving from one slide to the next, they punned, “Girls just wanna have funds.” King made their informative presentation enticing to listen to. As they discussed the legal systems in place to harm sex workers, they pointed out prisons are a “bastion of backwards brutality” to incarcerated trans sex workers.

The symposium also included a mini marketplace called the Totally Honest Barter Bazaar, where vendors and buyers were encouraged to creatively exchange payment for goods. Unique

products, such as sculptures and scratching posts, and intangible goods, such as problem solving and conversations, were available for haggling. The “official merchandise” table was covered in brightly-hued rubber snakes.

If there’s anything the symposium taught all of its attendees, it’s that scams are everywhere, and there are plenty of things to do to stop them. If you weren’t able to attend the event, livestreamed footage can be viewed on YouTube under the title, “Schemers, Scammers & Subverters Symposium.”

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OPINION

PORTLAND, YOU ARE RACIST MCKINZIE SMITH Portland is a racist city and white liberals need to acknowledge its history.

Despite public perception of the city as über-liberal and accepting, these conceptions do little to protect people of color against continued violence. In fact, it may be making the situation worse. The faster white liberals admit that Portland has a racist history that carries strongly into the present, the faster we can begin to amend racial tension in our city.

Oregon history is embedded in racist ideologies. By the time it became a state in 1859, Black citizens had been banned from living in Oregon territory for 15 years. This law was not repealed until 1926.

Though slavery was illegal in the original state constitution, people of color were still treated as lesser than in the eyes of Oregon state law. Oregon was ratified as an all-white state, a state “intentionally settled by whites for whites,” according to professor Karen Gibson of Portland State in a statement to The Washington Post.

All of this is on top of the genocide of Native tribes to settle the land in the first place. An individual with the initials R.S.W wrote in 1851 that he and a party had been “searching about in the mountains, destroying villages, killing all the males we could find and capturing women and children.”

This is the foundation of the history of white people in Oregon.

It follows, then, that Oregon became a state favored by white supremacist groups. In the 1920s, the Oregon Ku Klux Klan chapter was the largest in western United States. The governor at the time, Walter M. Pierce, was a member, speaking to the popularity of such beliefs at the time.

The following year, in 1948, brought the Vanport flood, a natural disaster that displaced a largely Black population.

Vanport, once the second-largest city in Oregon, was washed away in a day. The Oregon Encyclopedia estimates more than 10,000 Black families were forced to relocate to a segregated Portland, settling in the north. Also in the 1940s, the Oregon Plan was implemented, creating the first farming labor camp during the era of WWII Japanese internment. This relocated a significant Japanese population to eastern Oregon in order to do what was essentially slave labor.

Present-day Portland makes more sense with this historical context. It is the whitest major city in America, with a 76.1 percent white population. The Black population in particular has faced significant struggles against gentrification. Albina, the northern neighborhood where many Vanport families moved to, was eventually so dilapidated and uninvested in, that residents left for other cities or neighborhoods. Now, Albina is in a state of total gentrification. As it turns out, Portland only invests in its neighborhoods when white people live there.

Tensions are not improving. In 2017, racist verbal abuse toward two teenage girls from a Portland man on the MAX Green Line escalated into a stabbing. The attack resulted in the deaths of two defenders of the girls. This act of violent racism toward two innocent children, one Muslim and the other Black, should have been a massive wake up call.

And yet, Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys continue to have permitted marches in the streets, despite Proud Boys be-

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DANIELLE EMEKA ing categorized as a hate group. Racism is glaringly obvious in Portland and no official actions are being enacted to stop it. Free speech is important, but at what cost? The right to free speech shouldn’t be abused and manipulated to excuse racist behavior.

To make things better, education must be improved. As of 2017, state Senate Bill 13 has passed into law that education on Native history in public schools be pushed further and elaborated upon in our state. This is a great start toward the integration of ideas outside of the whitewashed version of a consistently “progressive” Oregon, as well as more multicultural education. More must be done to include other communities and histories, but the passing of this bill is an indicator of what is possible.

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White liberals must pay attention. It’s tempting to classify your city as a progressive place of acceptance, but this simply isn’t true. PSU is insular and doesn’t always represent the city at large. Do your part by not being afraid to bring up racism in conversations about how to improve the city. Listen to communities of color about what they think can and should be done to improve Portland, and attend speaking events, panels or protests focusing on Portland diversity. To be a progressive white person, you must educate yourself about racial politics and refuse to be blind to the problems of others. To be otherwise isn’t really progressive at all.

We must acknowledge Portland’s problem with race and understand that it is embedded in our foundation. Only once we do this can we begin to move forward.

Cervanté Pope

FEB 26–MAR 4 MUSIC

ART TUE FEB 26

FILM & THEATRE

COMMUNITY

COME FROM AWAY KELLER AUDITORIUM FEB 26–MARCH 2: 7:30 P.M., MARCH 2: 2 P.M. & MARCH 3: 1 P.M., 6:30 P.M. • $35 & UP

IMMIGRATION STORY SWAP OREGON JEWISH MUSEUM & CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION 7 P.M. • $10 ($8 FOR MEMBERS)

Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s musical beautifully tells the true story of 7,000 stranded passengers who were stuck in Newfoundland and the community that welcomed them during the 9/11 attacks.

This is one part of a three-part story series about identity and experience, featuring storytellers Marc Blattner, Rachel Nelson, Sankar Raman and Wafa Almaktari.

WED FEB 27 THU FEB 28 FRI MAR 1

“FABLE” FROELICK GALLERY TUE–SAT: 10:30 A.M.–5:30 P.M. • FREE

EMO NITE HOLOCENE 9 P.M. • $10

Terrell James works with the concepts of our oceans’ flow and movement in her abstract pieces.

It’s the first Emo Nite of the year so make sure that old My Chemical Romance shirt is clean.

“THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY” PORTLAND ART MUSEUM TUE, WED, SAT & SUN: 10 A.M.–5 P.M., THU & FRI: 10 A.M.–8 P.M. • $17 WITH STUDENT ID

DEAD MEADOW, DALLAS ACID STAR THEATER 9 P.M. • $15 • 21+

“JURY DUTY” HELIUM COMEDY CLUB 8 P.M. • $10

82ND AVENUE STUDY PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOUTHEAST 6 P.M. • FREE

Zone out to Dead Meadow’s moody, stoner psych rock.

Some of the funniest comics in the Northwest debate contested topics hilariously, and the audience gets to decide who has the most convincing argument.

The Bureau of Planning & Sustainability and the Portland Bureau of Transportation invite the community to an open discussion on transportation and zoning actions for the street.

BEIRUT, HELADO NEGRO ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL 8 P.M. • $34.50–54.50

COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI NEWMARK THEATRE 8 P.M. THROUGH MARCH 2 • $26 AND UP

GENDER AFFIRMING CLOTHING SWAP PCC SOUTHEAST QUEER RESOURCE CENTER 9 A.M.–5 P.M. • FREE

“Postcards from Italy” soundtracked 2006 for many, so it’ll be a trip down memory lane.

The French-Algerian dance company will perform one of their latest works, set to music mixing Algerian melodies with Mozart, Wagner and Fauré.

All shapes, sizes and gender identities are welcome to donate clothes and pick up some new ones.

WELLES, AND AND AND DOUG FIR LOUNGE 9 P.M. • $10–12 • 21+

URBAN TELLERS THE OLD CHURCH FIRST FRIDAYS AT 8 P.M. UNTIL JUNE 7 • $15–20

CHANGING LANDSCAPES PITTOCK MANSION 10 A.M. THROUGH MARCH 24 • FREE

The first in a triennial series, this exhibition features various Pacific Northwest artists who used the region as inspiration for their works.

“GOLDEN ONES” LITTMAN GALLERY MON–WED: NOON–5 P.M., THU & FRI: NOON– 6 P.M.• FREE Mui Easland curated this collection of mixed media works from Mayoly Prado Flores, Ch’áak’ Shaa, Ethan Angeldekao and more.

“CEREMONIAL VESTEMENTS” MELANIE FLOODS PROJECT FRI & SAT: NOON–5 P.M., BY APPOINTMENT UNTIL MARCH 23 • FREE Martha Daghlian uses sewing and embroidery in her works to speak on the struggle of women around the world.

SAT MAR 2

“EDGES” ROLL UP PHOTO STUDIO FRI & SAT: NOON–5 P.M. AND BY APPOINTMENT • FREE

Indie singer/songwriter Welles is touring through in support of his latest record Red Trees and White Trashes with And And And to round out the rocking.

SÓL, DAWN FADES, KARAS, DEEPHAVEN TWILIGHT CAFE & BAR 8:30 P.M. • $8 • 21+ Ambient black metal that will melt your face off.

Portland Story Theater is having local storytellers share their true tales with pieces perfected through their Art of Personal Narrative workshops.

‘LEONARD COHEN IS DEAD’ IMAGO THEATRE THU–SAT: 7:30 P.M., SUN: 2 P.M. THROUGH MARCH 16 • $15–30

Portland Parks and Recreation and OSU Master Gardener Program give a guided lesson on the physical changes to the property over the last 100 years.

BRICKS CASCADE OREGON CONVENTION CENTER 10 A.M. UNTIL MARCH 3 • $11

SUN MAR 3 MON MAR 4

This play actually has nothing to do with the Leonard Cohen you’re thinking of.

It’s a Lego convention! Just make sure you watch where you step since Legos are notorious killers.

REPTALIENS, SURFS DRUGS RONTOMS 9 P.M. • FREE

SPARE TIME THE SPARE ROOM 6 P.M. • FREE, EVERY FIRST SUNDAY

WOMXN’S MARCH & RALLY FOR ACTION PSU PARK BLOCKS NOON–3 P.M. • FREE

Help M. Acoff celebrate the opening of their collection of works focusing on climate change and how corporations contribute to it.

Reptaliens do fuzzy dream pop in a catchy and creative way with a stage performance that will trip you out.

David Mascorro hosts this free open mic sesh for those that feel like they’ve got a funny bone.

It’s obvious why you should go to this.

“HIGHLY VIBRATIONAL FRUIT” UNION KNOTT OPEN BY APPOINTMENT • FREE

VHS COLLECTION HOLOCENE 9 P.M. • $15–55 • 21+

‘THE LABYRINTH’ MISSION THEATER 5:30 P.M., 8:45 P.M., MARCH 5 & MARCH 12: 5:30 P.M. • $4 David Bowie is amazing. The Labyrinth is

BARLEY, BARRELS, BOTTLES & BREWS: 200 YEARS OF OREGON BEER OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM MON–SAT: 10 A.M.–5 P.M., SUN: NOON–5 P.M. • FREE

Thelonious Monk and a whole lot of motivation fueled Israel Hughes to create all of these pieces in under 24 hours.

“POLYGLOT PLUME” OPENING CARNATION CONTEMPORARY 6–9 P.M. • FREE •

Musician/visual artist Larry Yes created a series of very bright and colorful 3D pieces.

Disco electro-rock that’ll make you groove.

amazing. The Mission Theater is pretty cool, too.

It’s no secret that Oregonians are beerobsessed, and apparently there’s a long history to it.

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