THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 34
Event of the day Portland State faculty member Rachel Hardesty presents a lecture today addressing the issues that face women as they access tertiary education. When: 1 p.m. Where: Women's Resource Center lounge
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INSIDE NEWS Take Back the Land: an event focused on homelessness solutions Max Rameau will present Friday at Portland State PAGE 2 Dean Kaiser to stay at Portland State Kaiser had sought provost position at Kansas State University PAGE 3
Arts
Steam and chilled water lines
In the loop: an all-around improvement Stimulus money utilized for better, more efficient heating and cooling Klara Cachau-Hansgardh Vanguard staff
KPSU shows selected for syndication in Taiwan Shows to broadcast on "All English, All the Time" online radio station PAGE 5
Mad old hatters The story of those old ladies with the red hats PAGE 4
Sports
Brown delivers Record-breaking kicker has been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy season PAGE 6
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Portland State is in the middle of the transition to a more efficient and sustainable system of highpressure steam and chilled water supported heating and cooling. In collaboration with Fortis Construction, Portland State is using stimulus money it received last year to fund the project. “This is a big undertaking,” said Marc Luce, refrigeration mechanic for Facilities and Planning. Construction began nearly a year ago and is scheduled for completion in late August of 2010. The project includes an upgrade to highpressure steam—from 15 pounds of pressure to 150—in addition to exchanging old pipes, most of which are over 20–30 years old. All of the high-pressure steam and chilled-water lines are also being connected into a closed circuit, establishing the most efficient method of heating and cooling for Portland State yet. “Right now our campus is so big,
low-pressure steam—by the time you get to the end—just doesn’t have enough energy left,” Luce said. The circuit will have three primary tunnels for the transportation of chilled water and high-pressure steam. These will not be open to the public and are solely for maintenance and the lines themselves. The north tunnel runs between Cramer Hall and Science Buildings 1 and 2, the east tunnel runs from Millar Library to Shattuck Hall and the south tunnel between the West Heating Plant and the Peter W. Stott Center. A total of seven boilers and over 10 chillers will continually reheat or cool steam and water, respectively, as they run along a loop of lines— three steam lines and two chilledwater lines—eliminating the need for the water to go all the way back to a primary heating and cooling location. According to an article in Oregon’s Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland State received $29 million from the state’s stimulus package, nearly one-sixth of total state funds. Approximately $19 million of that sum went to the renovation of the heating and cooling system and the conversion to high-pressure steam. Luce attested that the school
always intended to pursue the project, but had to delay in the past for a lack of funding. Notified of the disbursement, Portland State had to move quickly in order to get the deal through contractors and create local jobs. “They had to turn this over once they found out they’d get stimulus money, in a very short time,” Luce said, “within a month period, which
is completely unheard of.” Luce said that with the project came a vast number of job opportunities. “You’ve got hundreds of trade workers, from welders, plumbers, fitters, that are employed,” Luce said. Inefficiency and unnecessary complexity are two of the greater
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Craig White: Mechanical, electrical and plumbing superintendent for Fortis Construction.
Portland State veterans perform for Obama Pair of students shared stories of their service with The Telling Project Virginia Vickery Vanguard staff
The Telling Project
Two Portland State student veterans got the chance yesterday to tell President Barack Obama stories from their time serving in the military as part of The Telling Project. Jeremiah Washburn and Brian Friend were invited to Washington, D.C., with The Telling Project, a veteran-civilian collaboration using the medium of theater to open up communication between veterans and their communities, according to its Web site. The 22-minute performance was the finale of a daylong event called
“Mission Serve: Forging a Continuum of Service,” an event recognizing civilian and military partnerships in national service. Also in attendance were First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, according to a university press release. Since February 2008, The Telling Project has produced 10 performances throughout the Pacific Northwest. More than 50 veterans and their family members were interviewed for the project, 21 one of whom have so far been chosen to tell their stories on stage, according to the press release. Friend is studying business administration full time at Portland State and was deployed to Iraq twice. During his second tour, he elected to extend his deployment time voluntarily. Washburn, a full time student at Portland State, has served in Iraq and is a single father of two. He still serves in the Oregon Army National Guard.
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