2009.10.02

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 12

Niels Jensen, an official from the Traffic and Road Department of Copenhagen, Denmark, is lecturing today. He will discuss ways Portland can learn from Copenhagen in creating a “City of Cyclists.”

When: Noon to 1 p.m.

Where: PSU Urban Center Building, room 204

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OPINION Insane policies Hopefully lessons have been learned PAGE 3 Viking voice What do you think of PSU’s school spirit?

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piggy stayed home

Portland State working to prevent and prepare for possible swine flu outbreak Virginia Vickery

ARTS

Cyborg blues from the near future Mattress takes genre bending to a new level PAGE 5

Judgment day Three-day birthday festival packs a punch of talent into three days PAGE 7

NEWS Important innovations Daasch and students at forefront of microchip research PAGE 8 Movin’ on up Tutoring center holding open house, celebrating services PAGE 9

SPORTS

Vanguard staff

As classes began this week, students were greeted with warnings about the possible spread of H1N1 swine flu at Portland State. Swine flu appeared in Mexico last April and is expected to reach pandemic levels during the 2009–10 flu season, according to the World Health Organization Web site.

Portland State President Wim Wiewel told teachers not to pass out papers in class, in hopes of preventing the possible spread of H1N1, and to send home students who appear to be sick.

Students are being instructed by professors and on fliers around campus to wash their hands frequently and to stay home if they feel sick, especially if they have a fever.

Symptoms of H1N1 are similar to the seasonal flu and one can only tell the difference through lab testing.

Testing for the flu can take several days to come back positive, so a student with flu symptoms should stay home even if they are not sure that it’s H1N1, advised Mary Beth Collins, director for Student Health and Counseling.

Prevention of transmission “[H1N1] seems to be breaking out in clusters,” said Collins. “We’re just keeping our fingers crossed.”

As of the week of Sept. 18, the American College Heath Association reported about 9,000 total confirmed H1N1 flu cases in Oregon since the disease began to spread last spring.

The disease is transmitted through fluid droplets but is not believed to be airborne, Collins said.

The germs can live on surfaces for several hours, up to a day. The virus enters hosts through the nose and throat and it takes one to four days

for a person to develop symptoms.

Someone with the flu virus can be infectious for up to one day before symptoms develop and for up to seven days afterwards, according to the WHO Web site.

To prevent the spread of infectious droplets, one should wash their hands frequently and use alcohol-based hand sanitizers between scrubbings.

People should also not cough into their hands, only into a tissue, their shoulder or the crook of their elbow.

“Like a vampire cough,” Collins said.

People’s habits do seem to be changing to follow the advice.

“Normally, in the bathroom, men just splash their hands with water as courtesy,” said Portland State junior Aaron Rayburn. “But now in the [Smith Memorial Student Union] bathroom there are lines, not for the urinals or stalls, but for the sinks.

Men standing 20 seconds or more using actual soap and fervor.”

Vaccination “Supply [of the vaccine] has been a problem,” Collins said. “We have only received a portion of what we ordered, but we have created an exhaustive list of where people can go to be vaccinated.” (See page eight.)

Portland State has already received shipments of the seasonal type A and B flu vaccine, but is still awaiting the arrival of the H1N1 vaccine. When it does arrive, a flu shot clinic will be organized, Collins said.

Only seven companies produce flu vaccines in the United States, and larger than average orders for this season is likely the cause of the delay, she said.

The seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccines will be administered on a priority bases to those considered high risk for flu-related complications or death.

Those in this high risk category are: pregnant women, individuals from 6 months to 24 years of age, those in close vicinity to a baby 6 months or younger, those with chronic illness, a compromised im-

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Flu shot clinic: Lauren Gurley, RN, BSN, of SHAC, gave students vaccinations at a seasonal flu

shot clinic held in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom Oct. 25.

mune system, diabetes, cardiovascular or pulmonary conditions and anyone who has recently undergone chemotherapy. “[H1N1] has been about the same as seasonal flu for some, and deadly for those with underlying conditions,” Collins said.

University policy “If you’re sick, you should not come to class,” said Jil Freeman, a communications professor. “This is really about the community’s health—you can have an effect on the life of other people.”

University staff and administrators have been meeting for several years to plan for the possibility of a pandemic disease outbreak.

“We are very well prepared at this point,” Collins said.

Students are not required to provide a doctor’s note to be excused for the flu, but should contact their professors immediately to make arrangements for make up work, according to the university policy.

Faculty has been asked to consider

Symptoms of H1N1 swine flu

Racing to the top PSU cyclist earns second- and thirdplace medals in national championship PAGE 10

No pain, no gain: P’Lar Dorsett received a seasonal flu vaccination from Gurly.

Cough Sore throat Body aches Headache Chills Fatigue Fever of 100 degrees or more

alternate means of conducting class via e-mail or BlackBoard in the case of widespread infection.

There is no clear school closure policy in the case of an outbreak, but if there are many classrooms empty, Portland State would likely consult with the state Health Department about closing school if needed, Collins said.

Western Oregon University closed for a short time last spring after several cases were reported.

“They were some of the first cases in Oregon and no one was sure how it would spread,” Collins said. “But closing events is not going to prevent the spread of the disease.”

CDC Prevention Tips Wash hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, especially after coughing or sneezing.

Use alcohol-based hand cleaners.

Do not use your hands to cover your sneeze or cough.

Stay home when sick until you have not had a fever for over 24 hours.

Get vaccinated, especially if you are in a high-risk group for complications of the flu.

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OPINION Editorial

We got spirit! Yes we do! We got spirit! How about… anyone?

School spirit—two words that drum up images of sports, cheerleaders and mascots. At Portland State, we may have Victor E. Viking and the rest of the ingredients, but we definitely lack execution of the concept.

The support that a university’s athletics program receives from its students and faculty has long been an indicator of institutional pride, and with good reason.

People connect with sports teams and are drawn to sports for the same reason we are drawn to literature: the characters, conflict, action and sometimes, as it was in last week’s football game against Weber State, the heartbreaking resolution.

In college, the connection between student and team can become ingrained. Students are generally young and impressionable, and when the bond between the individual and the larger whole is made at that stage in life, it leaves an impact the person will take with him or her far beyond the academic days.

Yet, here at Portland State, the connection between student and team—to borrow an electrical term—is a faulty one.

There is a disconnect.

The most readily available gauge for measuring our esprit de corps, or lack thereof, is to attend a Portland State athletic event and take note of the multitude of unoccupied seats.

Attendance at Portland State athletic events is nearly laughable. To use men’s basketball as an example, last year an average of 1,106 fans was in attendance at the games, compared to the nearly 3,000 our opponents managed to draw.

In a year when the Vikings managed to make it to the NCAA Tournament and take part in March Madness, fan

support was lacking. The Stott Center, the second-smallest basketball venue in the Big Sky Conference, was sold out only three times.

Some might point blame at the distinctly urban nature of our school. We are not your typical university with a grandiose football stadium that seats 40,000 rabid, face-painted fans all chanting our school’s fight song.

We do, however, have a stadium that mirrors our unique university. PGE Park sits in the heart of downtown and is right off the MAX line, just like Portland State itself. Even so, during a Vikings game it’s more a reflection of a Cramer Hall classroom at the end of summer term—vastly empty.

Portland State football games, on average, manage to fill roughly 7,000 of the nearly 20,000 seats in PGE Park. Our attendance is lower than the rest of the NCAA Division I FCS averages, and is about 3,500 shy of the Big Sky average.

Sadly, football represents the high end of the scale. While we have more students attending Portland State than any other school in the Oregon University System, we average less than 300 fans for our soccer matches and about 500 for volleyball.

Our lack of support for athletics illustrates the lack of connection students have to this institution. It shows that instead of connecting to it, we just come here for class and a diploma, and then we leave.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

We have what we need to make the connection at Portland State. In these times, it would be refreshing to see so many different people coming together to cheer and rally for the same cause.

Sarah J. Christensen, Editor-in-Chief | Danielle Kulczyk, News Editor Theodora Karatzas, Arts & Culture Editor | Richard D. Oxley, Opinion Editor Robert Britt, Sports Editor | Marni Cohen, Photo Editor Shannon Vincent, Production Manager | Shane Danaher, Online Editor Jennifer Wolff, Chief Copy Editor

Letters It’s a good idea … in theory It’s definitely an interesting idea [Portland needs a public bicycle option, Sept. 29], but I don’t know if I’d want to pedal a 20-kilo (a little over 44 pounds) bike up the hills in Portland!

The other problem I see is budget.

Many of the states and cities are already operating under deficits. With property taxes, vehicle registration fees and gasoline taxes already at or near their highest, I doubt residents would support a vote to increase taxes to secure funding for a program like this. Sounds like a good opportunity for a private business venture, provided they can make the bicycles just a little lighter, using some of this magic money the current Congress keeps pulling out of its ass (and our children and grandchildren’s pockets). —Troy

Don’t disregard the importance of physical education With ballooning obesity rates in the U.S. and the tendency for college students to put on the freshman-15 followed by the sophomore-10, etc., perhaps there should be more emphasis put on health and fitness, not less. Any successful student will tell you that physical activity and exercise is an integral part of maintaining and developing a healthy mind. —JTT

Junk it! *This letter has been edited from an online comment. See the full version at www.dailyvanguard.com.

It’s very interesting that staff members have felt the need to so vociferously defend UNST but I’ve got to say that (as a soon-to-be graduating senior) I’m coming down on the “junk it” side of this argument [Well-rounded education, Sept. 10]. As someone who can be said in all fairness to have used his University Studies credits to their best effect, I want express my opinion that the program is a well intentioned but failed attempt at revolutionizing higher education. I am a firm believer in knowledge for knowledge’s sake and I have thoroughly enjoyed most of the classes I have taken through University Studies. The learning I have gained through them has been interesting, enlightening and for the most part engaging.

However, I firmly believe in junking the program and this is because I have found myself to be a radical exception in my experience. The program is developed by scholars, it has a focus on scholarship and at its core is a belief in the universal importance of knowledge and analysis. This is precisely why it fails. While it is certainly true that higher education isn’t forced on anyone I think that in framing this debate it’s high time we do away with the fiction in which students embark on their undergraduate education at PSU in order to “grow as [students] and scholars.” This may be a happy byproduct of students’ experience at PSU (sometimes) but for a majority of students, the choice to attend this university (or any university for that matter) is not a thrilling exploration of knowledge, it is a ticket into another social class.

At this point in history there are resources available to almost anyone who’s interested wherein the actual content of most liberal arts courses are available for free. I have an intimate knowledge of the Peloponnesian War not because I took a class at PSU but because I bought several books on Ancient Greek History and

then watched a Yale lecture series on the subject at academicearth.org.

Knowledge is available, it’s cheap and you don’t need to attend a university to access it. So if the knowledge is out there, why are people still showing up here every fall?

The answer lies in opportunity. A majority of students attend college for the networking, the internship opportunities, the alumni rolls front loaded with the CEOs of minor American monarchies. UNST attempts to take these people and pump them through an organ grinder meant to transform them into scholars and the results are laughable. Rather than finding my classes at PSU to be an exciting scholarly exploration I was instead put through a factory-style education system, put to the task of discussing Horkheimer with accounting majors who didn’t get it when the class started and sure as hell didn’t get it when the class got out. My classmates were great people and very intelligent. They went through the motions and put effort into the class but at the end of the day it was just another institutional requirement they had to fulfill.

My experience of University Studies has been that of a well-meaning tool that is miles off the mark in terms of its real world application. When UNST fails it is due to the fact that the system’s philosophical underpinnings are so far removed from the reality of system’s practice that the whole affair is ruled a moot point. UNST is a system clearly developed by scholars and it promotes scholarship amiably. In fact, were one interested in a life of scholarship UNST would be an invaluable tool. I agree that the option should be there to pursue an academic potpourri if a student is so interested, but UNST is a program developed by scholars within the shortsighted bubble of scholarship and for all its varied academic offerings the scope of the program is embarrassingly small.

And while UNST is not by any means the worst punishment to offer these students I think something we can do is change the program to offer a truly diverse educational pallet to students. By altering the University basic requirements we can offer students educational options without turning academics into a game that students have to best in order to obtain their degree.

In my UNST classes I have seen countless examples of the allegorical horse being led to water and despite the multitude times professors and mentors have shoved its head in the water, the thing is simply not going to drink. This is because the interest of many of the students in UNST is in the grade they receive, not the scholarship they are participating in. By forcing these students through the program, PSU is reinforcing to its students that their education is something to be endured, something to be trudged through and tolerated until money and time allow them to move on to something else. UNST is a tool developed by scholars who, in their passion for its development, forgot that not everyone is a scholar (in fact they many people don’t even want to be scholars) and the resultant program is not the passionate cornucopia of knowledge they had planned but instead a hulking bureaucratic mess that is at this point so large that its opponents find it easier to let it sit rotting in its corner than make an actual effort to clean up.

This will be my final year at PSU and it my hope that the next generation of students at the university will have actual options with their education.

—Martin

Insane policies Hopefully lessons have been learned Robin Tinker Vanguard staff

On Sept. 17, Philip Arnold Paul was on a field trip from Eastern State Mental Hospital to the Spokane County Fair when he escaped.

He was captured three days and $37,000 later. As the media dug up the details, it became glaringly obvious that his escape could easily have been prevented if someone had been paying more attention. But it also could have been much worse.

Authorities found him in clichéd maniac style: hitchhiking on the side of a rural road with a scythe in his backpack. For those of you not familiar, a scythe is a long, curved blade attached to a handle that is used as a primitive harvesting tool as well as the weapon typically shown in illustrations of the Grim Reaper. I wonder where he even got that.

In 1987, Paul was 25 years old and living in Sunnyside, Wash. He was hearing voices in his head telling him an elderly woman was a witch who was casting spells on him. He then proceeded to murder 78-yearold Ruth Motley by snapping her neck and slashing her throat. He soaked the body in gasoline and buried the woman in her own flower garden. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and labeled criminally insane. His brother, Tom Paul, told Associated Press reporters that Philip has spent most of his life institutionalized while being on and off a variety of medications. He has repeatedly proven he is too unstable to live in society, according to Tom. Washington state law (RCW 10.77.010) defines a criminally insane person as “any person who has been acquitted of a crime charged by reason of insanity, and thereupon

found to be a substantial danger to other persons or to present a substantial likelihood of committing criminal acts jeopardizing public safety or security unless kept under further control by the court or other persons or institutions.”

According to the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Web site, Eastern State Hospital—where Paul resided— has an 83-bed forensic services unit where patients with a history of criminal or sexual offenses are housed.

It was remodeled in 2000 with stateof-the-art security construction, including locked and controlled buildings with security fences. The site goes on to say that patients can earn privileges, which progress into trips off of the ward and sometimes into the community. These privileges are under “doctor’s orders” and patients are not allowed to leave the hospital without a security agent if they are a danger to themselves or the community.

According to the Associated Press, Paul had petitioned to be released to a downtown Spokane residential facility in early September and had been turned down by a judge who found him to be “a threat to society.”

Clearly, the conditions and restrictions described on the department’s Web site were not followed.

Either Paul should not have even been on the field trip, or there should have been a security agent along to monitor him. It seems that this procedure hasn’t been followed in some time because, in 1991, Paul escaped on a similar field trip just four years after he committed the murder.

The Washington Federation of State Employees is a union representing some of Eastern State Hospital’s workers. After Paul’s escape, the union released a statement saying they had long opposed such field trips and the union workers believed Paul to be an extreme escape risk. These same workers had previously fought for

Growing the

Expanding Portland’s urban sprawl needs more regulation Will Blackford Vanguard staff

An urban growth boundary (UGB) is a system that ensures the steady and supervised growth of urban and suburban sprawl. The line is drawn to effectively separate urban growth from rural development, which is less dense. In Portland, it allows the city to maintain farmland and the beautiful wilderness that is a point of pride for many Oregonians.

A problem arises, however, when it comes time to expand the growth boundary to allow for healthy growth. The question of how far the boundary should expand, and in which areas, is answered in a variety of ways.

The boundary was designed in the 1970s by Metro’s predecessor, the Columbia Region Association of Governments, and implemented soon thereafter. The stated purpose of the UGB, according to Metro’s official literature, is to control urban expansion onto farm and forest lands while still allowing a given amount of space for development over a given time period. In other words, the line is drawn and Metro says to stay behind it. However, the boundary has been increased about three dozen times, contrary to its original intention. What is the point of drawing a line in the sand if it can

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Opinion Editor: Richard D. Oxley 503-725-5692 opinion@dailyvanguard.com

Portland’s urban growth boundary By law, Metro must have enough land to supply 20 years worth of residential development.

The Metro council reviews the state of the land supply for the urban growth boundary every five years.

In 1998, the boundary was expanded by 3,500 acres for 14,000 jobs and 23,000 houses.

In 2002, another 18,867 acres were added to the boundary for 2,671 jobs and 38,657 units of housing.

Illustration by Kira Meyrick

an end to such outings for forensic patients. Obviously, the escape could have been avoided if someone in authority had listened to these workers.

Susan Dreyfus, secretary for the Washington DSHS, ordered a halt to all such field trips for forensic patients in all three of Washington’s state mental institutions shortly after Paul’s escape. Harold Wilson, CEO for 10 years at Eastern State Hospital, has submitted his resignation effective Oct. 1, Washington DSHS announced.

So now it seems the administrators are, in a sense, acknowledging their glaring oversights. Oops—I guess hindsight is 20/20.

The Seattle Times reported that Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is saying he will bill the state for the $37,000 it cost to find and capture Paul. He obviously thinks someone wasn’t paying enough attention, either.

This story has attracted a ton of negative media attention and it’s easy to see why. Perhaps if other states have similar lax policies and procedures in place for criminally insane mental patients, they will take notice and make the necessary changes to keep the public safe. As for Washington, one can only hope that they learned their lesson.

urban growth

boundary

be moved for a multitude of different reasons? The line needs to be set, not dynamic, and the rules need to be stricter on why, when and by whom the line may be moved.

The groups who are, perhaps, most strongly against the UGB are commercial developers who say they need room for mini-malls and apartment complexes—basically, more sprawl. This not only leads to more driving and more highways, but eventually leads to new homes and suburban communities filled with those who wish to live or work near the newly built area which already happens to be on the edge of the boundary. Though Metro “encourages” efficient land use, the rules regarding what is efficient and what is not are vague.

What some of these developers seem not to realize is the vast amount of unused space already contained within the boundary. Vacant lots and empty buildings are not in short supply throughout the metro area. In fact, Michael Jordan, the chief administrator at Metro, says, “There are 15,000 acres of vacant, buildable land inside the existing urban growth boundary, including 10,000 acres that can accommodate new employment.”

Not all of this land is usable

for commercial development, but the amount of land left is more than enough to justify keeping the boundary where it is. However, another problem arises when we talk about building within an established urban development.

It is no secret that the majority of residents in the Rose City are progreen, pro-sustainability. Even so, there are those who ascribe to the “not in my backyard” philosophy of cohabitation—those who wish for development to stay within the boundary as long as said development is nowhere near their house.

A recent survey conducted by Davis, Hibbitts and Midghall, Inc., shows that while 80 percent of voters found it preferable to build within the boundary rather than extend it, about 43 percent said that they would be opposed to even the most posh of apartments being constructed on the busiest street near their community.

Where is it that these folks expect development to happen, then?

The rules involving development outside of the boundary, which is supposed to be rural, are not incredibly well defined. In fact, there are those who take advantage of the rules to build themselves a large house away from the hustle and bustle of the

Metro area. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that between 2000 and 2004, in over 98 percent of instances of domestic immigration, people moved into counties outside of the boundary. Many single-family homes with no farmland can be seen outside the boundary simply using Google Earth. Designating a certain use for land outside of the UGB is not generally required. This is, effectively, still sprawl. The only difference is that the plots on which the houses are built are generally bigger than the plots within the boundary. This also does not help with freeway and highway congestion, or efficient land use.

Drawing a line just to cross it does not really serve anyone’s interests— just look at Yosemite Sam. The rules governing the expansion of the UGB need to be well defined and well understood, and folks within the boundary need to be willing to concede some of their neighborhood space to allow for development that will keep forests and farmlands from being encroached upon by housing developments, if not obliterated completely. Draw the line and keep it there until it is prudent and necessary to move it. Preserving the Oregon wilderness is worth adding a little more density to the metro area.

In 2004, even more acres were thrown into the boundary, with 1,956 acres being added for industrial lands.

Portland saw 345 acres added in 2005 for more industrial land.

The urban growth boundary works along with Metro’s 2040 Growth Concept, which plans for the metro area’s transportation, community and other needs by the year 2040.

Source: www. oregonmetro.gov

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What do you think of PSU’s school spirit?

Unusual Mascots

VikingVoice

Diana Cillalpanzo

Kenneth Marks

Junior

When you think about it, Portland State has a pretty awesome mascot. Victor E. Viking stands up for the Vikings and shows PSU pride. However, not all schools boast clever or intimidating mascots.

Here are a few of the more unusual mascots running around the country.

Senior

“I think we are such a city commuter school that not many people really take the time to appreciate the kind of community that we could build here at Portland State…it just feels like people don’t have time or they just don’t care to be a part of Portland State…we have one of the largest populations, at this university, in Oregon. And if we all had some kind of spirit we could top out Oregon State or U of O.”

“I don’t think Portland State lacks school spirit at all. The last couple years with the NCAA tournament the turnout for basketball was crazy. And we can get the same enthusiasm about football, too. I don’t think we lack school spirit. It’s just a matter of getting everybody knowing about the events.”

Cody Sharp

Daniel Lyons

Freshman Artie the Fighting Artichoke Scottsdale Community College As long as he fights with some melted garlic butter, he’s OK with me. Mmm, fighting artichoke heart.

Speedy the Geoduck Evergreen State College I’ve seen a geoduck— they’re not so fast.

Sammy the Banana Slug University of California Santa Cruz Eeew! I suppose opposing teams just bring salt to the games.

Gladys the Fighting Squirrel Mary Baldwin College, Virginia

Student Senate President Pro-Tempore

“I don’t really know yet…but everyone seems to like their classes. We’re all friendly. I see a lot of people wearing [PSU] shirts. On the MAX, and I’ve noticed in Tualatin, where I live, I’ll see a PSU t-shirt.”

“It once did [lack school spirit]. A couple years back I think we were trying to figure out where we are within the city of Portland, and we are a very major campus…but I think right now with a new university president, and with the student government under Jonathan Sanford, I think we are able to see more students trying to understand what Portland State is all about, and trying to be more inclusive.”

Amber Rachei

Tuan Lee

Freshman

Senior

“I believe school spirit is kept in individual pockets or groups of students. I feel that there are students who, generally speaking, are more misanthropic to begin with, and feel that there are people who also project school spirit. I see a lot of green on Fridays here, regardless of whether or not the green Friday school spirit is being advertised.”

“We have a lot of school spirit. I can’t believe the turnout today [at Party in the Park]. I mean it’s incredible to see this many people out and interacting with each other.”

Micah Ashford

Hannah Muller

“I see a lot of people wearing PSU sweaters…however it is an inner city and downtown school so I think a lot of people [who] come here kind of come and go.”

“I’ve heard it does lack a little bit. As far as sports go it’s probably lacking a little.”

Has no idea when PSU will let her go

Junior

Actually, this one is pretty awesome.

Phlash the Phoenix University of Wisconsin OK, we get it: “Ph” instead of an “F.” But still, come on.

Otto the Orange Syracuse University How do they make school chants when nothing rhymes with orange? We’re the mighty orange, we will …er?

Gaylord the Camel Campbell University Tee-hee! Come on! Don’t feel bad. It’s funny.

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NA T I ONAL

with Richard D. Oxley Playing team politics Should President Obama be killed? That was the question posed to Facebook users last weekend in a poll. After the poll grabbed the attention of the press, Facebook pulled it off the Web site while the Secret Service was called to look into the matter, as with any threat to the president.

The issue goes beyond mere social networking site surveys. It is hard to deny the growing wedge between political teams with entertainers standing in as our coaches. Notice I call them teams, and not parties, ideals or philosophies. For what really is plaguing America is not that we have a divide between our parties, but that we have turned politics into a sporting match. The danger being that this game never ends, and is far more personal.

The options offered to participants of the Facebook poll were “yes,” “no,” “maybe,” and “if he cuts my health care.” Other polls floating around the Facebook realm in the same vein include, “Do you think Obama is leading America down the road to socialism?” and “Do you think Obama should be

impeached?” Most recently, a poll asked, “Should the person who started the Facebook ‘Should Obama Be Killed’ poll be arrested?” The surveys speak more to a radical division in our political mindset than they do to any scientific reflection, as well as a lack of wisdom within our civic dialogue. An educated person could easily understand the difference between Obama and socialism. And what has the man done in less than a year that would warrant an impeachable offense?

Some have come to call it a culture war. Two opposing sides engaged in combat on the battlefields of cable news networks, radio shows and, now, online social networks.

Listening to any one of a plethora of radio personalities—whom aren’t entirely the root cause in the matter but are a good example—it is easy to hear the war rage on. Take one listen to Rush Limbaugh or Mike Malloy.

You will hear more approaches that devolve into raging insults than you will logical and, more importantly, factual arguments. Next time you are in a massive debate with your friends or family, try just calling your opponents “whackos” and see how

far that will get you. Or invent a little word play like Limbaugh’s clever “feminazis.” Or even my favorite, Bill O’Reilly’s famous “shut up.” The “shut up” debate tactic has always been a favorite of mine. Now, if only I could cut off my opponents’ microphone when I am in an argument. I would kick so much ass.

Though beyond the screaming fits floating through the air and into your radio lies a new level of obscenity towards our political intelligence. Like O’Reilly, Glenn Beck is by no means alone in this field, but provides yet another good example of a misleading television authority. One video on his Web site shows Beck explaining how Obama is indoctrinating children across the nation. “If he’s not doing it, someone else is doing it for him,” he confidently states. He presents his audience with video footage of teachers coming down on children for thinking in manners straying from their own, or students being taught songs of Obama praise. And while it is very true these images and practices are immensely disturbing on any level, what Beck uses these disturbances for could not be called

anything less than taking advantage of his audience’s shock and frustration. But by taking little bits of truth, and the upset he incites, he is able to weave not an argument, but a view. In my book, taking bits of truth to do as such is called propaganda.

And like I said before, Beck is not alone. A whole article could be dedicated to the practices of the popular filmmaker Michael Moore, who would have people believe that any American could simply walk into a bank and walk out with a gun, or make their way to Cuba and leave with bags full of prescription drugs. By the end of Moore’s movies, he has done nothing better than any of his right-winged counterparts.

What America needs is to take a step back and realize the only team on the field is, in fact, America.

There are no opposing sides, rather different players who each work a different angle for, what they perceive, the betterment of the team. So be wary of personalities selling you their spin, and be aware that there is a reality beyond talking heads, radio personalities and yes, even newspaper columnists. Irony!

ARTS & CULTURE Cyborg blues from the near future Mattress takes genre bending to a new level Stephanie Fine Sasse Vanguard staff

It is no new feat to be a genrebending indie artist in Portland. In fact, single-style bands have become a sort of endangered species in the music world. On Mattress’ new release, Low Blows, mastermind Rex Marshall continues his unapologetic mingling of old-school blues and electro-synthesizers, taking the idea of blending influences to the next level. The end result is something similar to what you would imagine prison blues to sound like in a futuristic society of robots with very deep voices.

Marshall, who also works at the Portland State library, has been producing interesting tunes under the pseudonym Mattress for over four years. In that time, his sound has maintained a common thread based on the noises he’s consistently drawn to.

“I like a lot of new wave, but what inspires me a lot is old blues music,” said Marshall. “Mixed with Kraftwerk or Suicide. I don’t want to be totally techno-dance-Depeche Mode-rave but I do want to blend

that with poor man’s blues.”

He certainly succeeded in making an album with an original sound.

Those familiar with his work would undoubtedly be able to pick a Mattress song out of a lineup. The music on Low Blows is dark in an unconventional way—far more quirky than creepy. He intelligibly masks hardship with eccentricity, exploiting his demons to keep them at bay.

“You find these themes that keep popping up in your life and try to get rid of them,” said Marshall. “That’s it.

Then you sing the song 30 times in a month. It keeps it alive but makes it really annoying so you don’t want to talk about it anymore.”

Acknowledging those themes, with oddball panache to spare, has landed Mattress a mob of followers across the country. Touring with Portland’s Experimental Dental School, Mattress made its way from Sacramento to Brooklyn during the month of September. The tour had been a goal of Marshall’s for quite some time, allowing him an opportunity to interact with audiences outside the Portland area. His preferences while performing live are simple, but specific.

“I like to have a few people there that will give me a reason to play really well,” said Marshall. “I’ve heard my songs way too many times.

Mattress: What you don’t know is these men are actually robots, stealing your soul with music

I’m not playing them for myself anymore.”

He does, however, continue to record new music regularly. Unlike his previous releases, Low Blows took a turn for the slightly more professional and time consuming, which is evident in the album’s superior sound quality and details.

Staying true to his apocalypticwith-a-twist nature, the new release allows you to hear all of the signature low-fi stylings of Mattress without a sub-par production quality getting in the way.

“It took me a while to make it,” admits Marshall. “It took like four months, that’s the longest I’ve ever taken. Usually I can write a song every day and just nail it out. I thought this one [through] and mixed it more carefully than I’ve ever done. I also had this one mastered. I kind of got more serious.”

Of course, not everything about Mattress is to be taken seriously.

Marshall decided on the name of his project based on very little.

“I like it because it has two t’s and two s’s. And it’s comfortable but dirty, too.”

Shamelessly confined by nothing, listening to a Mattress song is like the audible equivalent to looking at a Bosch painting through rose colored glasses: haunting, layered, yet strangely solacing, just as Marshall intends.

“I like to write about struggle and survival and inspiration–I guess.”

Mattress CD release w/ Atole, Junkface and E*Rock Berbati’s Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St. Oct. 2, 9 p.m. $5 advance, $7 door All ages

Arts Editor: Theodora Karatzas 503-725-5694 arts@dailyvanguard.com

Friday night is all right for a fight (or music) Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard, Shipa Ray, Twigs Like a female Kimya Dawson (who’s been known to play with the group), Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard have an honest, real quality to their music. Falling somewhere between the anti-folk movement and traditional lo-fi country, Lewis is not only a talented musician, but a brilliant song writer who never hesitates to say what’s on his mind.

Backspace, 8 p.m., $7 advance or $10 door, all ages Datarock, Esser, Kav Datarock could not have picked a better place to play in Portland than the sweaty dance floors at Holocene. Their impatient beats and fast strumming guitar work are more than danceable and oh-so-hip when you take into account the alternating monotone and breathy vocalizing with super catchy hooks.

Holocene, 9 p.m., $12 advance or $14 door, 21+ Kelli Rudick, Jatun, Wishyunu, Matt Menovcik Wishyunu is the definition of ambient pop rock. Soothing female vocals, rolling drums and perfectly mixed keyboard and guitar parts roll into a rich musical package that will be sure to transport the listener to a better place away from the clutter of the real world, even if only for an evening.

Questionable content Least I Could Do is a good mix of pop-culture and sexual humor, but read it online

The Woods, 9 p.m., $7, 21+

Steve Haske Vanguard staff

Rayne Summers is a douche. No, really. He’s the kind of asshole you’d probably just want to punch in the face if you met him in real life. He’s got a high-income job, is cocky as hell and women are constantly falling all over him, even as he continuously looks for new sexual conquests.

Yet, the more I read of Velcro Pants are Awesome, volume two of the Least I Could Do web comic’s print edition, I actually kind of started to like the guy. He’s a scoundrel, yes, but in the same vein as Indiana Jones or Han Solo. It’s clear that this trait is on purpose, as Rayne is also a huge nerd (as I imagine authors Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza are).

So instead of coming off like a total bastard, over the course of the book Rayne becomes like a close friend that you’re glad never chose a frat to join and still loves to get drunk and hit the town or just play video games with you.

Having never read the comic

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before, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started reading Velcro Pants. At first glance, a comic about an arrogant, perpetually sex-driven 20-something and his high jinks doesn’t sound like it’d be all that great to read.

But, surprisingly, Least I Could Do has two things going for it: A refreshingly honest approach to sex (or at least talking about sex) and a continuous bombardment of pop-cultural jokes about anything from Star Trek and Battlefield 1942 to Apple commercials and porn stars. There are also a couple Keira Knightley boob grabs.

There’s even a particularly good reference to Calvin and Hobbes, which, at the very least, makes me respect the creators of Least I Could Do a lot more than I might have—it shows they know their stuff and appreciate elevated work in newspaper format comics.

The authors of the strip also aren’t afraid to make jokes about blow jobs, masturbation or even

necrophilia. This is less like a teenage sex comedy than it sounds, thankfully.

Actually, minus a lot of cursing, the dialogue here isn’t much different from an exchange you might overhear between two 20-somethings bitching about sex or women, which gives the comic a demographic limited to that age range.

It also means there are plenty of nerdy things Rayne does, like imagining his Audi is a Transformer or building a house resembling Minas Tirith (alongside numerous obligatory references to Star Wars).

You might say overall, the strip is like Penny Arcade if it weren’t solely focused on video games, or a far raunchier and slightly nerdier Questionable Content. It ain’t The New Yorker, but there is a certain audience that will appreciate this humor.

Some of it’s even pretty funny!

Which is fine, for online. But unless you really like the art style, want to support the artist—which is generally a good thing—or would

want to read this again, there’s not much point in owning a print edition of Least I Could Do. Like just about all daily Web comics, their story arcs are fairly short and there are plenty of one-off strips, but all of the content here is also readily available online at www. leasticoulddo.com, where you can read everything the authors have written since 2003 for free.

It’s a funnier comic than I thought it was going to be, but do yourself a favor: save a tree and read the e-version. That way, at the very least, you don’t have to deal with that ultra-annoying long rectangular book format used by few comics aside from Garfield. Ick.

Least I Could Do Blind Ferret Publishing $11.95

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Top 10 Qualities of a Great Filmmaker It’s every filmmaker’s dream to have their ideas hit the big screen, but to see a film through to completion, one must have certain qualities to ensure production goes smoothly. Want to be a top filmmaker? You’ll need the following qualities:

1. Authority Great filmmakers must have a strong sense of authority. They are responsible for leading a team to create an outstanding finished product and must command the team to ensure they are working at their best.

2. Communication Great filmmakers must have excellent communication skills.

They must be able to clearly articulate what their production goals are and be able to work with all team members to accomplish that goal.

3. Creativity They must be very creative, and able to generate ideas for stories, backgrounds, music and other elements involved in a film production.

4. Decisiveness Great filmmakers must be able to make firm decisions and stick to them to help ensure production stays on track.

5. Drive A great filmmaker has a tremendous sense of drive and ambition. He or she is willing to do whatever it takes to rise to the top of the industry and make great films.

6. Grace under pressure Great filmmakers are able to handle pressure well.

They understand that complications will arise during the film making process and are able to handle the stress.

7. Open-mindedness Great filmmakers are openminded to changes in their ideas. They accept input readily and consider other points of view without judgment.

8. Problem-solving skills Great filmmakers can quickly address problems that arise during production. They are able to identify problems and figure out the best way to fix them.

9. Technological Savvy A great filmmaker is familiar with many, if not all, of the technological elements that are involved in the film making process, and has a grasp on what is feasible and what is not.

10. Vision Great filmmakers have terrific vision and can see the film from its conception through to its final product.

They never lose sight of the ultimate goal.

­—www.filmschools.com

Full throttle Need For Speed: Shift reboots EA’s venerable racing series the right way Steve Haske Vanguard staff

For those keeping score, EA’s Need for Speed series has been through a lot of different iterations over the past few years, with varying degrees of success.

Somewhere along the way the developers got too caught up in making NFS a cross between Driver and Burnout, leaving recent installments a mess of open-world driving and ludicrous, not to mention completely unnecessary, storyline.

Well, I’ve got some good news, racing fans. NFS: Shift isn’t just a reboot. It’s exactly the kind of retooling the franchise has desperately needed for a long time—one that refocuses your driving from operating in a staid street racing environment to ascending the pro circuit.

While the significant reconstitution and narrative strippingdown seen in Shift are absolutely welcome, the game has also been tuned toward the simulation end of things, while maintaining enough of an arcade edge so as to not completely alienate fans.

That doesn’t mean you should expect Shift to compete with the likes of Forza or Gran Turismo in terms of realism, however. Sliding through curves, physics and crashes have all been tweaked to give both seasoned and novice drivers a heady, realistic-yet-fun, pedal-tothe-metal experience.

Shift’s versatility isn’t just confined to its amalgamation of simulation and arcade elements, either.

One of the sweetest aspects of the game is career mode’s experience point system.

Need for Speed: Wait a second, I thought the British drove on the other side of the road.

Essentially, Shift tracks what kind of driver you are by measuring any aggressive and technical maneuvers you perform on the track.

No matter how you drive, the game intuitively awards you experience points that unlock new events, tracks, cars and upgrade kits.

But I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Shift’s best feature: its pure, unadulterated and visceral sense of speed. There’s a lot of racers that elicit a certain amount of panic when you pass the 200 mph mark (and Shift does this particularly well) but here, even the slightest shift of the track or nudge of the steering wheel at a high speed can be disastrous if you don’t release the throttle and ease into your move.

What this means is that Shift demands to be played from the excellent driver’s cockpit view— the sheer exhilaration of flying down a straightaway throws you

Funny sociopaths The perplexing morality of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Ed Johnson Vanguard staff

The nugget at the heart of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia—for my money, the best comedy on television—is its insistence on making its characters into monsters.

The five people who inhabit Paddy’s Bar, the world in which the show takes place, are each selfish, stupid and, frankly, sociopaths. Dennis, Sweet Dee, Frank, Charlie and Mac don’t care about anyone but themselves. Moreover, they don’t even seem aware that they could be living in a different way.

Maybe this makes Sunny, which just started its fifth season on F/X, sound like a dark and gloomy experience. The thing is, it’s not. While the show has tackled topics such as abortion, child molestation and drug ad-

diction, its madcap free-associative style—like if Arrested Development was angrier and more offensive— keeps the episodes oddly inviting.

The detachment of the characters from any real emotional grounding is what carries the concept, I think. The best moments in the show are when normal people unwittingly become part of the gang’s nest of insanity. Usually, they just kind of stare.

If an episode of Sunny has a standard plot, it’s this: The gang hatches a plan, but because of their conflicting interests, they never get it done. The social dynamics of a group of sociopaths, it turns out, are hilarious.

For example, in the second episode of this most recent season, the gang decides to go on a road trip. Simple enough. They start out fine, but soon get sidetracked. Not only has Charlie never left Philly, he’s never eaten a pear. So the gang goes to the Italian market to “haggle with gypsies” and find some fruit. Somewhere in the middle they throw beer bottles at a bicyclist, destroy a Range Rover, buy

Need for Speed: Corvettes galore as seen from the dashboard in Shift.

into a complete, gut-wrenchingspeed high and must be seen to be believed.

Bottom line: buckle up, because Shift is right up there with DiRT 2 as one of the best racers released in recent memory.

wicker furniture for the trailer they’re toting, burn that down and fail miserably at playing a drinking game while driving.

And I’m not even describing everything that happens in the 20-minute episode. Basically, the humor in Sunny comes from each of the characters’ inability to balance others’ needs with their own.

The show started when creator Rob McElhenney and his friends shot a pilot on a cheap-ass digital camcorder and somehow got it into the hands of F/X programmers.

They got a deal, and now the show is guaranteed to last into a seventh season. Because all of the show’s core actors are longtime friends— except for the terrific Danny DeVito, who was added in the second season—they wear the writing and acting like a comfortable glove.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a show on television that has the same level of chemistry between its main actors as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

All of this adds up to a show that feels like a post-modern combination of the different tropes of comedic television, but still entirely unique.

It’s about a group of friends who run a bar, sure, but I like to think of it as a high-concept show about a world where people who are all missing the same part of their brain try to live together.

It’s about insanity, and it’s awesome.

Need for Speed: Shift Electronic Arts PS3, Xbox 360 $59.99

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia F/X Thursday, 10 p.m.

It’s Always Sunny: The gang plots their next

idiotic but entertaining move.

J uu dd g m e n tt DD aa yy Three-day birthday festival packs a punch of talent into three days Carlee Winsor Vanguard staff

Local DJ and music aficionado Arya Imig has been organizing Portland’s Sound Judgment Festival to celebrate his birthdays for three successful years. With an impressive lineup and enough bands to fill a three-day festival, it had to take a mastermind to think of such a creative show year after year.

“It started in October of 2007 when I turned 25 and invited 25 bands to play over three days. Last year, 26 bands played over two nights.” Imig came up with the idea to have a birthday show after realizing he had enough friends and connections to support an impressive lineup.

“I basically decided that since I had the connections to have a diverse and enjoyable festival and couldn’t really pick just a few favorite bands to

play a normal birthday show, I’d make a weekend out of it!”

This year’s lineup promises to be very entertaining. One of the headliners, Reporter, has been creating quite a buzz around the local music scene. This year is their first year playing at Sound Judgment.

“Our old band (Wet Confetti) was asked to do it another year, but we didn’t agree with Arya aging so we said ‘no,’” said vocalist Alberta Poon.

The “European-electronic” band has been together for about two years and is known for their eclectic sound. “We combine live rock instruments with samples and loops so it’s really sonically impressive live.” If you have ever heard Reporter live, it’s hard to disagree.

Another band worth seeing will be Blue Skies for Black Hearts. They began as a solo project, with lead vocalist Pat Kearns releasing an album in 2002. By 2005, the current band had come together and began opening for bands like Of Montreal and The Minders. Blue Skies for Black Hearts describes themselves as “the

classic side of pop…Goffin and King, Boyce and Hart, Lennon and McCartney.” They are also newcomers to Sound Judgment.

A band that many may be pleasantly surprised by at the festival is Duck. Little Brother, Duck! Their unique math-rock-inspired style is a fresh sound to Portland. Founded last March, they are excited about getting their name out at this weekend’s festivities. Their music is hard to place into a specific genre.

“We were inspired to form Duck.

Little Brother, Duck! because of all of the bands we loved back in high school,” frontman John Scheid said.

With such an array of sounds and characters coming together for this Friday’s festival, you would think that things are bound to get pretty wild. Poon recalled a show from this summer at Ghost Realm that apparently “got so hot and sweaty, the condensation from sweat had collected on the ceiling and started to rain back down. I almost threw up when droplets were hitting me.”

Even Scheid had a stinging slap in the face from his microphone while playing a show this summer.

“Some kid just got too crazy and knocked it into my face, and then spilled beer all over the foot equipment,” he recalls. Despite all the strange things that can happen at a music festival, Imig said he hasn’t had to deal with too many problems during past Sound Judgment Fests.

“I can’t recall anything super crazy or out of control. We have discouraged drugs and alcohol at the festival over the past few years, and this has made it run smoothly. Everybody still has a really good time,” he explains. “Some favorite moments I guess would be The Rainy States covering ‘Making Time’ by The Creation ( from the Rushmore soundtrack) last year, and Starfucker playing ‘Emma,’ a Sexton Blake song (Josh Hodges’ preStarfucker band) at the 2007 festival.”

With so much to look forward to and so many memories to make, Sound Judgment Festival should be a refreshing way to spend the days off after that first tedious school week.

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Sound Judgment Schedule Friday, Oct. 2

The Blood Bank, 5120 SE Bybee St. 6:00 p.m. Pardee Shorts 6:35 p.m. Sarcastic Dharma Society 7:10 p.m. Zoo Girl 7:45 p.m. Duck. Little Brother, Duck!

8:20 p.m. Yeah Great Fine 8:55 p.m. Yoyodyne 9:30 p.m. Wampire 10:05 p.m. Blue Skies for Black Hearts 10:40 p.m. Reporter

Saturday, Oct. 2

The Green House, 612 NE Jarrett St. 5:00 p.m. Glass Teeth 5:40 p.m. Radar Skinny 6:15 p.m. Valkyrie Rodeo 6:45 p.m. The Woolen Men 7:20 p.m. Silent Majority 7:55 p.m. Welcome Home Walker 8:30 p.m. Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside 9:05 p.m. May Ling 9:40 p.m. Copy

Sunday October 4

Baller Tower, 3631 SE Belmont St. 5:00 p.m. Sweeping Exits 5:40 p.m. JonnyX and the Groadies 6:20 p.m. Teeath 7:00 p.m. Starparty 7:40 p.m. Meyercord 8:20 p.m. Paper Brain 9:00 p.m. Dragging An Ox Through Water 9:50 p.m. Very International Love 10:30 p.m. Kusikia

Sound Judgment: Rocking out with Duck. Little Brother, Duck! (above) and keeping it dapper with the stylish members of Reporter (below).

Vanguard 88||News News Month October Day, 2, 2009

News Editor: Danielle Kulczyk 503-725-5690 news@dailyvanguard.com

Vaccine locations The seasonal flu vaccine is being administered at the following locations: Costco Cost: $20 For locations visit: www.findaflushot. com/Costco.

Multnomah County Health Department Community Immunization Clinic Cost: $30 Phone: 503-988-3828 Location: 426 SW Stark St., third floor Time: Mondays by appointment only, Tuesdays by drop-in from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Notes: Students should bring their Portland State ID but do not have to be Multnomah County residents.

Rite Aid Cost: $30 Phone: 503-226-6791 Location: 622 SW Alder St. Time: Shots are available at the store by appointment or drop-in. Best hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Safeway Cost: $28 Phone: 503-205-1860 Time: By appointment Notes: Flu clinics offered Oct. 8 to Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on a drop-in basis. Visit www.safeway.com for other locations.

Walgreens Cost: $24.99 Phone: 503-205-1860 Time: Appointments encouraged.

Notes: Flu clinics offered Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Nov. 18 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Visit www. walgreens.com for other locations.

For additional flu clinics in Oregon and Washington, visit www.getaflushot.com.

NEWS

Important innovations Daasch and students at forefront of microchip research Maggi White and Virginia Vickery Vanguard staff

At the age of 9, Portland Statebased engineer W. Robert “Bob” Daasch lived in northern Minnesota with his grandfather, who once asked Daasch to take apart a lawn mower and then put it back together. He was unable to do it, but his grandfather wasn’t angry.

“He wanted me to learn the value of taking care in your work,” Daasch said. “It was the drill.”

Years later he helped his grandfather build several houses, but has since moved on to build the tiny but important technological building blocks of our day-to-day lives: semiconductor microchips.

Dr. Daasch is the founder and director of the Portland State University Integrated Circuitry Design and Test Laboratory, which contains about $3 million worth of test research equipment and is one of only a handful in the United States.

Daasch’s statistical test research has received national attention.

In November, he will speak before several thousand people at the International Test Conference in Austin, Texas. In collaboration with two of his graduate students, he has received awards for academic research papers and was awarded the Semiconductor Research Corporation 2008 National Technical Merit in Research Award for

“Our students are in the forefront of making this happen.”

–Dr. Robert Daasch, on increasing access to semiconductor microchips

their research on adaptive test flows for burn-in reduction.

Daasch has taught at Portland State for 23 years. He credits his graduate students for receiving major international awards for papers in their field.

Testing of semiconductor chips for imperfections is important work. Daasch and his colleagues are engaged in ongoing research in efficient and accurate ways to test the ever-changing microchips, which are critical to computers, cell phones, DVD players, iPods, planes, automobiles and satellites.

“They work their way into our lifestyles in every way, from your iPod to the brakes on your car,” said Daasch.

SRC2008NTMRA: Dr. Daasch, along with two of his graduate students, received the Semiconductor Research

Corporation 2008 National Technical Merit in Research Award.

His lab also estimates the lifetime of chips and hopes in the years ahead to be able to design chips that will issue warnings when they are wearing out. This achievement would result in lower replacement costs and unwanted failure.

“GPSs, for example, are extremely valuable for farmers when they plant crops. You can’t have satellites without chips. They permeate our lives,” Daasch said. “We need chips to operate correctly and we

Running tests: Daasch runs tests on semiconductor microchips in his lab.

need an alert system so we can replace them before they fail, lowering the impact.”

Students who go into the field of researching and testing semiconductor microchips can expect to earn an entry-level salary of approximately $70,000 with a master’s degree and $90,000 with a doctorate, Daasch said.

Many get jobs in major corporations like Intel.

“Design and testing is largely a U.S. industry,” Daasch said.

Students in the test lab are also researching ways to make access to testing chips easier. A chip is made up of 10 million to 50 million transistors. The cost of manufacturing one transistor equals the cost for testing, he said. The lab is also looking for more versatility so chips can be used in multiple environments.

“Our students are in the forefront of making this happen,” Daasch said.

All photos by Liana Shewey/Portland State Vanguard

Movin’ on up

Freebie frenzy High turnout for Party in the Park 2009, organizers now looking to future Erica DeCouteau Vanguard staff

Portland State students, numbering around 4,500, turned out for Party in the Park 2009 in hopes of getting students involved with various student groups and campus activities.

The event, which took place yesterday in the South Park Blocks outside Smith Memorial Student Union, has been an annual campus tradition since 1990. It is organized by Student Activities and Leadership Programs with the help of Campus Recreation, and is meant to promote student involvement and showcase as many student groups as possible.

Christian Aniciete, events coordinator for SALP, expressed his satisfaction with the turnout.

“I’m very, very pleased. I’m inspired,” Aniciete said. “It’s so amazing to be able to see the campus come together at such a large scale event. It was fun.”

Many groups utilized unique displays on their tables to attract prospective members. The Jewish Student Union had a hookah set up because it is both attention-grabbing and a part of Middle Eastern culture, JSU treasurer and sophomore Austin Riley said.

The Women’s Resource Center had free condoms available at its table, as well as T-shirts with feminist messages.

Party in the Park also offered free lunch to students who visited at least four groups, an offer that most attendees took full advantage of.

Groups were pleased with the turnout and excited about sharing

their goals with new students.

“We want to let people know about our organization and how to get involved politically,” said Kira Woodworth, a member of the International Socialist Organization.

Organizers expect planning for next year’s event, its 20th year, to begin soon now that Party in the Park 2009 has wrapped.

All photos by Rodrigo Melgarejo/Portland State Vanguard

Tutoring center holding open house, celebrating services

4. Black bug bit a big black bear.

But where is the big black bear that the big black bug bit?

Photos by Liana Shewey/Portland State Vanguard

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Obama administration said Thursday it will seek to ban text messaging by interstate bus drivers and truckers, and push states to pass their own laws against driving cars while distracted.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the administration also would move to put restrictions on cell phone use by rail operators, truck drivers and interstate bus drivers.

“Driving while distracted should just feel wrong—just as driving without a seat belt or driving while intoxicated,” LaHood said at the end of a two-day conference on the problem.

“We’re not going to break everyone of their bad habits—but we are going to raise awareness and sharpen the consequences.”

As a first step, LaHood said President Barack Obama signed an executive order late Wednesday banning all federal workers from texting while driving on government business, driving government vehicles or

broad public awareness campaign was needed to reach tech-savvy young drivers. —Ken Thomas

Local: Student group sues OSU over newspaper distribution CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A dispute between Oregon State University and a student group that runs a conservative-leaning journal has reached the courts.

The Gazette-Times newspaper reports that supporters of The Liberty filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing school officials of arbitrarily limiting the paper’s distribution.

Will Rogers, The Liberty’s executive director, told the Gazette-Times this summer that school officials slashed the number of racks and bins containing his publication while granting the official campus newspaper numerous distribution bins.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene. It seeks an order barring OSU from restricting The Liberty’s distribution bins, along with compensatory and punitive damages.

OSU officials declined comment.

5. A skunk sat on a stump.

The stump thunk the skunk stunk.

The skunk thunk the stump stunk.

6. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, How many pickled peppers would Peter Piper pick?

Hit the books: The SETC is in such high demand, they moved to a larger room.

to help [at SETC]. The tutors are so knowledgeable and they really want to help—so if you need help, please ask!”

The tutoring center is also an asset for students attending Portland State after a long absence from the classroom.

“We have so many people come in that are like, ‘I don’t know what to do, I haven’t taken a math class in 10 years, I’m terrified!’” said Melody Tremaim, receptionist at SETC and a senior sociology major. “Don’t be scared—just bring in your questions. We’re here, you pay for it, you might as well use it.”

SETC open house Monday, Oct. 5 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Smith Memorial Student Union Room 439

Your world in brief

using government equipment.

The administration also will push to disqualify school bus drivers who are convicted of texting while driving from keeping their commercial driver’s licenses.

Researchers, safety groups, automakers and lawmakers gathered to discuss the perils of distracted driving, hearing sobering data from the government that underscored the safety threat as more motorists stay connected with cell phones and mobile devices.

The Transportation Department reported that 5,870 people were killed and 515,000 were injured last year in crashes connected to driver distraction, often involving mobile devices or cell phones. Driver distraction was involved in 16 percent of all fatal crashes in 2008 and was more prevalent among young drivers.

Some researchers cautioned that banning all cell phone use by drivers would undermine the development of in-vehicle safety technologies that alert emergency responders to crashes. Industry officials said a

1. She sells seashells by the seashore.

3. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

Vanguard staff

The Daily Cut National: Gov’t seeks ban on texting truckers, bus drivers

Ten tongue twisters to tie your tongue

2. The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick.

Mariah Frye-Keele

Portland State’s Skills Enhancement and Tutoring Center is hosting an open house Oct. 5 in Smith Memorial Student Union to celebrate its move to a bigger room.

The center was previously located in SMSU room 425, but due to growth and demand, it moved across the hall to room 439 on April 20.

The SETC staff will give a tour and detail the tutoring services offered at the center.

“We’ll have edible goodies, pencils, bookmarks and friendly people to show students and staff the tutoring center, and share with them all the services that we offer,” said Lisa Hatfield, coordinator of SETC. Last year, 6,500 tutoring sessions were held at the SETC, and sessions have increased by 1,700 sessions per year for the last six years.

“Moving here has afforded us more space so we can offer more tutors for longer hours, we now have lots of tables where students can study together or where tutors can meet with several students at once,” Hatfield said.

The SETC is open to all Portland State students and funded by student fees. Tutoring, supplemental information and workshops are available until 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

“All tutors are current PSU students, both graduate and undergraduate, and they have gone through a training process,” said Hatfield. “Our center is certified by the College Reading and Learning Association, a national organization that certifies learning centers.”

Maki Endo, a junior biology major, came to the SETC a year ago looking for a math tutor. Since then, her grades have improved drastically.

“There was nowhere else to go,” Endo said. “There is always someone

Vanguard News | 9 October 2, 2009

Local: Neb. man loses bid for new trial in case with Nike OMAHA, Neb. (AP)—An Omaha man who lost his patent-infringement lawsuit against Nike last year has lost his bid for a new trial.

Gerald Kellogg sued the Beaverton, Ore.-based athletic shoe and apparel company in 2007, saying Nike had stolen his design for a vented cap.

A federal jury determined last fall that the hat designs were not enough alike to constitute patent infringement.

In a ruling issued Wednesday, District Judge Joseph Bataillon denied Kellogg’s requests to overturn the jury’s verdict or grant a new trial.

Bataillon also awarded Kellogg costs in defending himself against Nike’s claims that his patent was invalid. The court had earlier concluded that Nike’s conduct in pursuing the argument frivolous and intended to delay the proceedings.

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Vanguard 10 | Sports October 2, 2009

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SPORTS PSU cyclist earns secondand third-place medals in national championship

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Big Sky Women’s Volleyball Standings (Big Sky record in parenthesis) t1. Eastern Washington

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(4-0) t1. Northern Colorado

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(3-0) 3. Portland State

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(1-2) t5. Northern Arizona

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On Sept. 26, senior Amelia BjessePuffin proved herself. A track cyclist for the Cycling Club, she claimed a silver and bronze medal at the U.S. Cycling National Collegiate Track Championships in Trexlertown, Pa. Bjesse-Puffin took bronze in the 500-meter, with a time of 39.195 seconds and the silver in the 200-meter sprints, making it through seven rounds of races.

With her time improving from 13.5 seconds to 13 seconds over the day, Bjesse-Puffin won the first two rounds and continued onto the semifinals, a best-two-out-of-three event.

Winning the first round and then losing the second, she went on to win the third to advance into the gold medal round where the top four competitors race. Bjesse-Puffin then advanced from the first gold medal round to the winner’s bracket to take second behind Colleen Hayduk of Kutztown University.

Tactical and technical perseverance as well as physical ability played a factor according to Bjesse-Puffin.

“Track sprinting is a very hard event because it continues all day,” she said. It is difficult for sprinters to endure that amount of racing, and racers must be able to pace themselves accordingly throughout the day.

Bjesse-Puffin was very pleased with her performance. Noting that Hayduk is a very strong competitor and athlete, she added, “It was really exciting hearing that 13-point-zero

Racing To The Top time and knowing that, over the course of the day, I had dropped that much time.”

Bjesse-Puffin said sprinting is a much more technical race than the 500m. “You have to surprise them—keep the other competitors pinned,” she said.

Sprinters will often burn themselves out before the end of the sprint.

“You have to remember to slow down sometimes, [to] look around and get tactical,” Bjesse-Puffin said.

According to her, sprinting was

weekend soccer Viks to battle Wolverines and Bulldogs

After the hard-fought loss at Oregon last week, the Vikings (4-5-1) will be looking to resume normal services on Friday at Utah Valley and again on Sunday against perennial foe Gonzaga. The home match against the Zags at the PCC-Rock Creek soccer complex will be the Viks’ final non-conference matchup before starting Big Sky play.

After goalkeeper Cris Lewis became Portland State’s new leader in career saves, wins and shutouts last month, it is now senior Dolly Enneking’s turn to make her mark in the books as she inches closer to the school’s all-time goals scored record.

Enneking has tallied 15 goals in her career, and is just two shy of the record set by Joanna Bowns in 1999.

Junior Frankie Ross, last season’s Big Sky Gold Boot Award winner,

is also due for some goals after hitting the net twice already this season. Ross is the currently leading the team in shots attempted, with 23 on the season.

In their previous matchup in 2005, Utah Valley needed a doubleovertime to upset the Vikings, 2-1.

The previous year, the Vikings defeated the Wolverines, 5-1. Defense is a concern for Utah Valley as they have forced only five goals, while conceding 20 in their nine matches this season.

Sunday’s match will be the 13th meeting between the Bulldogs and the Vikings, with Gonzaga holding the series lead at 8-2-2.

Portland State will be counting on their physically aggressive style of defending to improve their record against the Bulldogs.

The Viks have accumulated 100 fouls in 10 games this season and lead their opponents in bookings, 13-6. The series between the Viks and the Zags is Portland State’s longest non-conference rivalry, along with Oregon State.

What: Gonzaga Bulldogs (6-4-0) at Portland State (4-5-1) When: 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 4 Where: PCC-Rock Creek

What: Portland State (4-5-1) at Utah Valley (1-8-0) When: 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 2 Where: Orem, Utah

Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Hansen/USA Cycling

From left to right: Sierra Siebenlist, Mary Costelloe, Colleen Hayduk, Amelia Bjesse-Puffin and Elena Dorr.

not originally her strongest event, but over the years she has greatly improved. “One of the most exciting parts of the races was really just doing well at the timed event, remembering that—even when you’re tired —to keep your head in the game for the entire day,” she said.

Because track cycling is not an official sport at Portland State, funding does not come from the athletics department.

However, when Bjesse-Puffin initially spoke with Cycling Club President Adrian Richardson about participating, he said she was more than qualified to compete at the national level. He requested funding from the school, which they approved. Bjesse-Puffin said she was extremely grateful for the assistance.

When asked about his medalwinning fellow cyclist, Richardson said, “This weekend was a great opportunity for her to represent the

school and Portland. I am very excited to have her represent PSU.” He explained that she is well known on the local racing scene and is someone who is continually improving as an athlete.

Bjesse-Puffin is not only an outstanding athlete but also one that is very focused on academics and her future.

“For a whole term I had to do solo workouts,” she said. “Because if I worked out in the morning with my training group, I’d be too tired to do school work after, so I had to wake up for homework then work out on my own.”

After graduation, Bjesse-Puffin hopes to go into the medical field and continue to manage her balance of school and workouts. This weekend she competes in the Elite Nationals in Carson, Calif., and is looking to continue her climb to the top of the cycling circuit.

Gut check It’s now or never for Portland State J. Logue Vanguard staff

Heading into Saturday’s volleyball game, the Vikings, who are 8-6 in the season and 3-1 in Big Sky play, have come to a crossroads. After easily dispatching Trinity Western back to Canada with a swift finish in Wednesday night’s exhibition game, Portland State has a chance to build some real conference momentum this weekend.

While playing a Trinity Western team that clearly lacked the talent that Portland State possessed, the Vikings’ veteran-laden squad didn’t seem to turn it on until late in the first set and were saved from a much closer match by the 17 service errors committed by the Spartans.

The same will not be the case when Sacramento State, who are 9-7 and 1-1 in the Big Sky, come to the wood floor of the Stott Center on Saturday. A traditional powerhouse in volleyball, the Hornets have been mediocre thus far, but should not be overlooked by the Vikings if they plan to replicate the success of past years.

Portland State coach Michael Seemann does not discredit Sacramento State for their record. “It’s a young group. A lot of those losses came to very good teams, and a lot of them are ranked teams as well,” he said. “They are very skilled, and a very dangerous team.”

Look for the Vikings to try to get going early. So far this year, the Vikings are undefeated when winning the first set of the match and are 8-1 when they hit over .200.

Junior Whitney Phillips is a practical pick for at least 10-plus kills and look for senior Nique Fradella, as well as anyone else who develops a hot hand, to feed her the ball. The rest of the team will need to play sound, assignment-oriented defense and have solid passing in order to secure a win.

“As of late, what’s helped us win is our passing,” Seemann said.

“When your passing improves, in general, your offense has the opportunity to improve.”

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SPORTS EXTRA Up next:

Sacramento State Hornets A preview of this weekend’s football game Allison Whited Vanguard staff

This weekend, the Vikings face Sacramento State at home in their third of five consecutive games against Big Sky opponents. Both teams are winless against Big Sky competitors and could use a jump-start.

Kickoff saturday is at 1:05 p.m. at PGE Park.

Here’s what you need to know:

Records entering the game: Viks 1-3, Hornets 0-3. The Vikings are coming off two consecutive losses. The Hornets are on a four-game losing streak dating back to last year and have only played one home game so far this season.

Last year’s meeting:

Run rampant: Portland State seeks to improve on last week.

Rodrigo Melgarejo/Portland State Vanguard

41-31, Sacramento. The Hornets came from behind twice and running back Bryan Hilliard exploded in the second half with two touchdown runs. Going into that game, Portland State had won the previous eight meetings.

Two out of three: Portland State’s head coach Jerry Glanville and Sacramento State’s head coach Marshall Sperbeck are both entering their third year as heads of their programs.

They are 1-1 facing each other.

Scouting the Hornets:

Vanguard Sports | 12 October 2, 2009

This weekend in Portland State sports Friday Soccer at Utah Valley Where: Orem, Utah

Their defense, void of its tough linebackers of last season, is giving up an average of 44 points per game. Quarterback Jason Smith is proving himself to be very accurate with a 124.5 rating, and his favorite target is receiver Brandyn Reed who is grabbing 18.7 yards per catch. The running game is almost nonexistent with Hilliard out for the season.

When: 7 p.m.

Scouting the Vikings:

Saturday

After a heart-wrenching loss in the last minute against Weber State last week, the Viks have to try to avoid a hangover this week.

The team’s passing game is ranked second in the nation and quarterback Drew Hubel leads the conference in passing with 325 yards per game.

If the defensive line can get pressure, the Hornets are happy to give up the sack—last week they allowed three. Freshman fullback Ben Bowen will look to build on his 100 rushing yards from last week, the first time that milestone has been reached by a Viking in 19 games.

Cross country at Willamette Invitational Where: Salem, Ore. When: Friday, 3 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m.

Football vs. Sacramento State Where: PGE Park When: 1:05 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Sacramento State Where: Stott Center When: 7 p.m.

Sunday Soccer vs. Gonzaga Where: PCC-Rock Creek When: 1 p.m.

Victor E: The Viks face Sacramento State at home this week.

Aaron Leopold/Portland State Vanguard

Hugs abound: A win this week will be reason for celebration.

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Spotlight: Athlete of the Week Running back Aaron Woods named Big Sky and National Special Teams Player of the Week Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

Sticky “Ickey”: Woods deserves a free dish from Loco Locos

Daily Vanguard: Why did you choose to come to Portland State?

Aaron Woods: Because it was

DV: What is your favorite place to eat around campus?

AW: Loco Locos. And my favorite

DV: If you could change one of your sport’s rules, what would it be?

AW: When a running back fum-

DV: What is the first item you would buy if you won the lottery?

AW: I would buy my mom a

my hometown, and I played junior college at Santa Rosa, so it was like coming back home.

bles at the 20-yard line and goes to the back of the end zone, it’s still a touchdown instead of a touchback.

DV: What is your greatest strength?

AW: I would say my heart and my love for the game. Physically, I am 5 feet 5 inches, so I have to try harder than someone who is 6-foot-plus.

on the menu would be the number 21. Its not official, I just made it up. I also like Baan Thai. It’s spicy, but it’s pretty good.

house, wherever she would want it.

DV: What is your most embarrassing on-field moment?

AW: When playing against UC Davis, I returned a kickoff and was about to score and I fumbled. The ball got poked out and went out of the back of the end zone and I missed the touchdown. That was pretty embarrassing.

Rodrigo Melgarejo/Portland State Vanguard

for his performance last week.

DV: Do you have any nicknames? Why? AW: “Ickey.” [Elbert L.] “Ickey”

Woods was a professional football player, and my coach asked me if I was related to him and then he just started calling me “Ickey.”

DV: What was the last thing you cooked?

AW: A chicken club sandwich, two days ago.

DV: If you could attend one sporting event anywhere, what would it be?

AW: I would say the Olympics.

They don’t play football in the Olympics, but I would love to see the other athletes, especially Usain Bolt running.

DV: What has been your favorite class at Portland State?

AW: Social work with Dr. Briggs.

I am in my senior year and I want to get into social services after I graduate.

DV: What’s on your iPod right now?

AW: Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane. I’m into rap music.

DV: Do you read the Vanguard?

If so, how often?

AW: I do read the Vanguard, every couple of weeks. I look at the sports and the comics.