Daily Vanguard January 5, 2010

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The road to the rec center

INSIDE

Major project milestones 1987 2000 2002

- Jay Kenton, Oregon University System vice president, works with student leaders and Campus Recreation staff to initiate research into building of new Student Rec Center, approves use of land on Southwest Market Street between Southwest 11th and 12th streets.

2003

- Yost Grube Hall (YGH) architects complete first pre-design of potential dedicated Student Rec Center

2004

- ASPSU elections pass a referendum for every student to pay a minimum of $41 per quarter towards construction and long-term maintenance of the Student Rec Center - President Bernstein accepts referendum results and moves project forward - Students allocate Student Building Fee money to the project - Cathy Dyck, interim vice president for Finance and Administration (FADM), moves building to Urban Plaza

2005

Brain freeze Snowstorms cloud Portlanders’ judgment PAGE 3

- Mahlum Architects completes first master plan, not utilized by campus

- Planning firm Brailsford & Dunlavey survey over 2,600 students and find a 66 percent approval rating - Oregon Legislature approves $42 million in bonds for the entire building

2006

makes use of new rec center treadmills.

-­ Presidential Task Force deems Stott Center too small for growing campus

- Lindsay Desrochers, vice president of FADM, initiates a building committee chaired by Mark Gregory, associate vice president of FADM - OUS Chancellor’s Board becomes a partner in the building - State of Oregon gives final approval for project

2007

Michaelangelo Anastasiou: The grad student

- Skanska Construction and YGH win the rights to build the Academic and Student Rec Center - City of Portland Archives become the third official partner in the building

2010

OPINION

- Academic and Student Rec Center opens to the public

NEWS Parking policy becomes clearer Portland State updated signs for handicapped parking spaces PAGE 4

All photos by Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Mike Kukla: The senior utilizes the new climbing wall, free to students who are certified.

Crime Blotter Who steals a plastic owl?

PAGE 4

ARTS

New beers for a new year Deschutes Cinder Cone Red Ale swaps out for NWPA PAGE 6

Jimena Alvarado: The grad student takes a dip in the new pool.

New rec center is

up and running

After much planning and construction, students may now use new facility for free Danielle Kulczyk

SPORTS

Vanguard staff

The new Student Rec Center opened at noon on Sunday, Jan. 3, and students gathered in large crowds on Monday morning to use the facility.

Long-term locker rentals went on sale yesterday at 7 a.m.

Viks earn double honors Enneking and Ross recognized for athleticism and academics PAGE 9

Veteran guidance Fencing club looks forward to increased numbers in Student Rec Center PAGE 10

Marni Cohen/Portland State Vanguard

Twitter feed A timeline of the rec center’s development, via @psureccenter 10:44 a.m.

July 16, 2009 “Pool is getting closer”

9:54 a.m.

Dec. 3, 2009 “We are MOVING!”

“It’s been fun crazy [here], but people have been lined up at the desks all day,” said Nicole Todd, student marketing coordinator for Campus Recreation, of Monday’s opening. “The line for the lockers was first come, first served, so people started coming here at 6 a.m.”

To enter the new building, students need a PSU OneCard with their photo on it. Non-students can take tours of the rec center to see the amenities. Campus Rec will be conducting up to eight tours a day during this first week.

12:37 p.m.

June 4, 2009 “Basketball nets and Big Ass Fans are up in the new gym.”

6:40 p.m.

Aug. 10, 2009 “Laying the track down.”

1:44 p.m.

Dec. 31, 2009 “Pumping up all the balls in the #NewStudentRecCenter all the last minute stuff !”

“Funded by your student fees, the Student Rec Center heralds a new commitment to student engagement and retention by encouraging healthy lifestyles,” said Alex Accetta, Campus Rec director, in a letter to students on the Campus Rec Web site. “The building itself reflects our University’s commitment to leading positive change through sustainability initiatives and education by being on track to be LEED (an internationally recognized green building certification system) Gold certified.”

11:55 a.m.

June 11, 2009 “Pool is getting final concrete layer”

11:04 a.m.

Sept. 1, 2009 “Main lobby is 99 percent done!”

12:28 p.m.

Jan. 3, 2010 “Our first swimmer!”

—www.pdx.edu/recreation/ timeline All photos courtesy of PSU Rec Center’s Twitter

Vanguard 2 | Opinion January 5, 2010

OPINION

Sarah J. Christensen Editor-in-Chief

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A look at what you’re saying online at www.dailyvanguard.com The story doesn’t stop when the print hits the page. Don’t like something that you read, want us to cover a story or feel that there is more to be said? You have the opportunity to praise or rip us apart here at the Vanguard. Post a comment online or write us a letter and tell us what you think. Here are some highlights from your online comments.

Sheep!

Bah. This is just another example of how programmable people really are (“A more accurate Christmas story,” Dec. 4). We’re like little memory chips with legs. And, we can vote according to our programming.

Which often profits other people more than us. Nothing like being milked once a year. Those who truly control the world consider us all cattle, you know?

—xexon

Say what!

Seriously? I am not majoring in any of the majors you are deeming

“useless,” in fact my major is in my view a very sensible one (“Worth your while—and tuition,” Dec. 4). However, your disdain for the arts and culture and philosophy is troubling. Perhaps film or dance or philosophy or art history are not the majors for you—as they certainly are not for me—but these disciplines are part of our collective knowledge and culture. There has been a tragic decline in education dedicated to the arts in the last couple of decades and we all suffer for it. Culture has value, and I’m sorry you’re too shortsighted to see it.

Also, as a 30-year-old PSU freshman who has spent more than a decade out there in the “real world,” I can say definitively that no bachelor’s degree is useless. I couldn’t tell you how many job opportunities I missed out on in the last 12 years because I didn’t have one. Many jobs—good paying jobs with benefits, health care and retirement packages—require a bachelor’s degree of any kind. Even if it’s in philosophy.

Perhaps when you grow up a little, get some experience out in the

world, and learn to look outside of your narrow view of what you think is useful you will realize that this column is insulting and ignorant.

—Alison H. I’m getting my degree in one of your supposed legitimate career paths and I still disagree with you (“Worth your while—and tuition”, Dec. 4). “This isn’t ancient Greece” is the most idiotic justification I have ever hard [sic] for why someone shouldn’t get a philosophy degree. You know what the favored undergrad degree by law schools is?

Philosophy. On that note, I suggest you go take a couple courses in basic logic. It might help you with your terribly flawed reasoning and lack of basic writing skills.

—Anonymous

bean bag (non-lethal means) she stopped resisting. What would the public think if she got hurt because of her own self. This bean bag round was develop [sic] (as well as a Taser) to take the so called fight out of someone. Lets see how someone in that position reacts to this or any other situation. [sic] They have to make split second decisions that involves life or death situation. Cops get killed on routine traffic stops. Look what happened to Officer Damon Coates shot in hit [sic] face by a teenager in 2003 by Nick Teixeira then 15. The teenager shot the officer with .45-caliber bullet striking him in the carotid artery and a vertebrae leaving the officer paralyzed on the left side.

You should be thanking the [sic] instead of demonizing them.

—PPatch

Non-lethal means

He should have known better

Somebody resisting arrest often time [sic] get injured simply from resisting (“Law and order,” Dec. 4). After the being [sic] shot by the

Please, under what circumstances are you willing to condemn a police officer ( feel free to name a few). By taking time to defend this officer, you are blindly offering support (“Law and order,” Dec. 4). And to argue against using weapons against preteen girls, is certainly not blindly condemning.

It just depends if your allegiance lies first with your fellow American citizens, or with those committing the majority of violence out on our streets (the police). Now I, for one, understand that no good can come from resisting arrest.

But, the girl was a juvenile, and probably a troubled one at that.

There are situations with juveniles, the mentally ill, the handicapped, and those involved in non-violent protest, that must be handled delicately by true professionals.

This officer should have known better, but he is used to instigating violence and thereby increasing tensions in a public situation. That should not be defended, for either Humphreys is poorly trained, or not too bright.

—JTWilliams

Flawed reasoning

Smoking pot doesn’t help Not everyone is interested in the same thing and to tell people that drug use is better than an education is not only irresponsible, it shows that you have no respect for other students, or for education (“Worth your while—and tuition,” Dec. 4). Smoking pot isn’t going to give anyone a better chance of getting a job, but getting a degree, even in philosophy or dance might.

—Film student

We prefer bedlam You have a bad situation evolving in America (“Law and order,” Dec. 4). On one hand, children are not taken to church anymore to teach them morality or right & wrong, which would not be an issue if they were trained with some other method. The problem is they are not learning right from wrong and are developing into adults with low moral character. On the other hand you have a society that wants to take authority away from the very police that protect them. I don’t even understand why anyone would want to be a police officer in the USA anymore. We prefer bedlam.

—T.W.N.

Brain freeze

Vanguard Opinion | 3 January 5, 2010

Opinion Editor: Richard D. Oxley 503-725-5962 opinion@dailyvanguard.com

Snowstorms cloud Portlanders’ judgment Patrick Guild Vanguard staff

It was not so long ago that Portland was known for its hardy, pioneer spirit, a city full of lumberjacks and sailors that belched self-reliance and ingenuity. The last remnants of a recent snowstorm have melted away, along with any hope we had of regaining our robust reputation.

I enjoy the new Portlander. We’re tech-savvy, beer-swilling, bike-riding eco-mentalists and we’re friendly to boot. We wear Columbia jackets and duck boots to show that at any minute, we really could dart in to Forest Park and “really live, bro.”

But as soon as a little snow falls on Highway 26, we lose it. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the most recent snowstorm was responsible for 1,000 abandoned vehicles and 291 reported crashes. The news touts the snowfall in the middle of winter as a “surprise.”

Commuters were caught without chains in their vehicles or proper winter garb to help them brave the cold as they waited for public transit.

A family returning from Idaho, using a route that follows the Oregon Trail, no less, almost died because their GPS suggested a shortcut that turned out to be full of snow banks. They were forced to walk 17 miles to find cell phone service. This is a perfect example of how far we have fallen. We assume technology and city officials will

provide for us and we’ve forgotten how to depend on ourselves.

Mayor Sam Adams has been working on a new emergency response system since the winter of 2008, the last time a freak snowstorm hit Portland exactly one year before this year’s surprise. The recent E. coli scare in November proved that the city needs a streamlined flow of information from officials to Portland residents. A great new Web site, www.publicalerts.org, was created to provide regular updates on current conditions and closures in the Portland area. They even have a Twitter stream on the clean, easy to read homepage. Mayor Adams is a regular contributor.

Say what you will about his politics, but it cannot be denied that Mayor Adams loves this city. He spent the first day of the storm, during his vacation, on his Twitter account posting updates from ODOT and rescue crews, forwarding live reports from commuters.

The Oregonian posted a Twitteresque page on their website that provided updates on road closures and quick, personal tales from stranded Portlanders. On the city’s end, it was a great experiment and a hopeful sign of things to come.

Twitter and Google Wave are cheap services that could save the city millions of dollars and save lives.

All of these advances in technology and a more accessible government are wonderful tools residents can use to stay informed and safe.

Twitter streams, radios and cell phones are great for emergency notification. However, common

sense is the most effective emergency response system. The city is actually doing a fine job on its part, though the snowstorm shows that we’ve failed on ours. Snow chains and an emergency-preparedness kit should be in every vehicle. And it’s winter— wear a real jacket.

It’s amazing to me how few drivers know how to control their vehicle in inclement weather in a state that is constantly trying to kill you. Our roads are always plagued by torrential rain, black ice, hail and snow. In Finland, every driver is trained on skid pads to control a car in a spin.

They also get 20 hours of driving theory lessons that help young drivers fully understand their vehicle. As a result, Finland has produced the most Formula One drivers per capita than any other

country in the world. The average American is granted a driver’s license if they can parallel park.

Portland International Raceway offers defensive driving classes for about $200. Weigh that against the cost of repairs and insurance, and it seems like a pittance.

Portlanders still enjoy a little of our storied pioneer past. Take a look around at any bearded, plaid-shirt-wearing Portland State student digging through his enormous, waterproof backpack. It’s time for all of us to stop dressing the part and actually practice the independence and personal responsibility that made our state so revered. The pioneers didn’t use GPS systems or the latest, fancy gadgets. Trust me, I play Oregon Trail on my iPhone.

What to know when taking on the snow For just one night’s worth of snow, the weather sure caused a lot of trouble last week.

Cars were abandoned while others crashed into everything from other cars to fences. Are we just not prepared enough in Portland? Here is what the Oregon Department of Transportation says you should do for winter driving.

Check the roads before you go out Go to www.tripcheck.com where you can see maps of Portland roads, traffic cameras and other important information about road conditions.

Be prepared It seems silly but a good number of people don’t keep chains or even an emergency kit in their car. Even something as simple as flares and a tire jack can help out when you are stuck on the side of the road.

Slow down

Illustration by Kira Meyrick

You aren’t going to get where you need to be any faster when you’re sliding all over the road, or worse. Not to mention that cars need much more time and distance to slow down or stop in harsh conditions.

Turn on your headlights

The

Again, it seems silly, but some people just don’t get it. Headlights, even in the daytime, make you more visible.

NA T I ONA L

Don’t depend on your car

with Richard D. Oxley Not all frogs are green Richard D. Oxley Vanguard staff

As a new year starts, we can all take a sigh of relief that some of us have made it through the holidays with our families intact, while others may need therapy. For as we all know, getting together with our relatives generally causes a lot of tongue holding, gossiping and allout clashes of ideologies. But in the end, we all do it because we love each other.

So, how are you? Did you make it through OK? I have found that bringing along a couple of my friends to the old family gatherings has helped me settle a bit more easily. Let’s call them Mr. Jameson and Mr. Cutty Sark. I spared myself a few clashes and held my tongue well. Mostly with one of my most cherished relations, let’s call him Jimmy, who enjoys throwing out a bit of his knowledge and views, as we all do.

However, one thing that Jimmy said stuck with me, mainly because it tends to reflect upon an attitude

that one would assume most Americans would have moved past, given our history of mistakes to learn from.

With the failed bombing aboard an airplane by Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, feelings are being stirred once again regarding Islamic citizens of the world.

“Now I’ve read the Quran,” Jimmy says, which is the first ingredient in his recipe for credibility, usually followed by a dash of him mentioning his military time served in the Middle East. “And it’s in there, the stuff they do, it’s in there,” he states regarding terrorist attacks.

That, of course, is not verbatim, as Mr. Cutty Sark was distracting me at the time. But could there be something to what Jimmy was saying?

My well-thought-out response in the end was to say, “Man, that’s bullshit.” Though had I more time, I would have been able to illustrate the flaw in Jimmy’s innocent logic, a logic followed by many in our culture, such as famed commentator Bill O’Reilly who has made similar statements a number of times to his viewers.

It’s the old scientific wisdom that not all things are green. You

see, as an old science teacher told me, frogs are green, but not all frogs are green and not all green things are frogs. It’s a metaphor meant to teach how not to assume. And by following it, I can understand that Muslims are terrorists, but not all Muslims are terrorists and not all terrorists are Muslims.

In fact, the largest terrorist attack before 9/11 was the Oklahoma City bombing carried out by an American with no Islamic or other religious connections at all. Not to mention various shootings or bombings of abortion clinics over the years, which brings to mind the shooting and murder of Dr. George Tiller in his church just last year.

But if not all Muslims are terrorists, then what should be made of this view of Islam as a backward and outdated religion of violence?

After all, Jimmy seemed to put a lot of weight on that idea, which I somewhat understand.

I too have read through parts of the Quran, though I admit not all of it. And I might come to a similar conclusion of not for being a fan of the Christian Bible myself. You see, reading through the Bible, one also finds similar backward and

outdated philosophies that, when studied out of context, are also very barbaric.

Jimmy might not be aware of this, but the apostle Luke told us it was OK to beat servants and slaves.

Portions of the Bible also instruct us to kill our brothers for working on the Sabbath, rebellious sons and women who are raped or otherwise not virgins when they get married.

Furthermore, it says to not eat pork or shellfish, a rule my father taught me to break very well on the barbecue.

And I don’t want to break the hearts of so many fans of Christmas, but in the book of Jeremiah, we are told not to put up what we know now as Christmas trees.

Do Christians follow many of the instructions clearly stated in their religious canon? Obviously not. And the same could be said for Muslims. The core philosophies seem to be the timeless part.

With America’s history of assuming negatively about certain groups, we should be wary of repeating the same mistakes. Casting clouds of bigotry over all our Muslims neighbors, as we have done to others in the past, just makes a much bigger mess in the end.

Just because you have a gigantic, four-wheeled, all-terrain SUV doesn’t mean that it won’t slide on ice. If anything, it just makes for a much bigger wrecking ball on the road. In the end, it all comes down to how safe the driver is.

Besides, let’s face it, most of you large vehicle drivers barely take that thing out into the wild and rough terrain to begin with. What makes you think you can handle it in the snow?

—www.oregon.gov/odot

Vanguard 4 | News January 5, 2010

NEWS

News Editor:

crimeBlotter

Danielle Kulczyk 503-725-5690 news@dailyvanguard.com

(Times and dates are when incidents were reported.)

How to keep your New Year’s Eve resolutions

Who steals a plastic owl?

Focus on the internal If you focus on the bigger and more important reasons for your resolution, you’ll be constantly reminded of the importance of keeping it.

Put it in writing Take a quiet moment to sit down and write about what resolution you’re making and why, to make sure that you and the universe both know its full meaning and importance.

Find healthy (and fun) replacements If your resolution involves giving something up, the best way to avoid breaking your resolution is to find a healthy replacement that you actually enjoy.

Schedule it Take a look at your life, find the free time that’s hiding in tiny chunks here and there, and make a new schedule for yourself.

Leave room to wiggle Quitting anything cold turkey can feel next to impossible, and the whole “all or nothing” attitude can be dangerous.

Keeping things in moderation will keep you on the wagon for much, much longer.

Don’t wait for New Year’s Eve! Possibly the best way to keep your resolutions as the year progresses is to change whatever it is in your life that needs changing as soon as you realize that it does.

—The Huffington Post

Policy: Students must have a handicapped placard as well as a Portland State parking permit.

Parking policy becomes

12/13/09

Broadway Housing – 4:20 a.m.

Male fondled female’s breast and buttocks while in the computer lab

Parking Structure 1 – 7:24 p.m.

Hit and run between level two and three

11/26/09 Southwest Sixth and Mill Street – 12:48 a.m.

Subject trespassed and refused to leave when given warning

clearer

Stott Center – 11:18 a.m.

Suspect arrested on two outstanding warrants

Portland State updated signs for handicapped parking spaces

11/30/09 Neuberger Hall – 3:31 p.m.

Acoustic guitar stolen from Neuberger Hall, room 81C

Holly K. Millar Vanguard staff

Portland State has updated the signs for handicapped spaces on campus, according to Sarah Renkens, manager of Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS).

The new signs state that to park in these spaces, a student must have a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) handicapped placard and a Portland State parking permit.

“This has been the policy for a very long time,” Renkens said. “We improved the signs to make sure that people knew about the policy, but didn’t actually change the policy.”

Renkens said that because drivers with DMV placards may park for free on Portland city streets, there was some confusion about parking on Southwest 10th Avenue because it looks like ordinary city parking, which led to tickets and complaints.

“I think it’s a good idea to make it more obvious what the policy is,” said Nathan Kerr, a computer science major, referring to TAPS expenditures. “I think it’s interesting that they have to spend money so that other people don’t have to spend money.”

11/25/09

New signage: While TAPS policy has not

changed, new signs hope to clarify rules and prevent unnecessary tickets.

According to TAPS’ list of Parking Accommodations for Disabled Placard Holders—which has been made available to the Disability Resource Center—there are several options available to anyone with a DMV placard: - Portland State students with DMV-issued disabled placards and at least one credit may purchase any type of term permit, including those listed as “sold out.”

- Term permits can be used with a disabled placard in any non-assigned disabled space on campus.

- Reserving term permits in advance is highly recommended, as students may then opt to have a permit mailed to them, rather than picking it up in person. Students must be registered for classes to reserve a permit in advance.

- TAPS staff cannot make exceptions for students with disabilities who do not have a DMV-issued disabled placard.

Parking Structure 2 – 5:28 p.m.

Vehicle broken into on level two and two items listed stolen

12/03/09

Parking Structure 1 – 6:21 p.m.

Suspect broke into victim’s vehicle, items stolen

Urban Center Building – 10:40 a.m.

Damage to wheel chair lift

12/04/09 Stephen Epler Hall – 10:20 a.m.

Chalk graffiti drawn onto building

12/21/09 Urban Center Building – 12:02 p.m.

Compressor stolen off of building backup generator

Science Building 2 – 10:48 a.m.

Tools stolen from lab

Urban Center grounds – 9:28 p.m.

Suspect urinating on the building

12/05/09

12/24/09

Southwest 10th and Mill Street – 1:41 a.m.

Suspect arrested for Disorderly Conduct II and Criminal Mischief III

Plaid Pantry – 3:09 a.m.

Theft of items from store

SMSU – 3:30 p.m.

Backpack with MacBook stolen

PSU Bookstore – 12:44 p.m.

Unknown persons attempt to break exterior glass window

12/10/09 Ondine Housing – 12:43 a.m.

Suspect arrested for Criminal Trespass II in student housing All photos by Marni Cohen/Portland State Vanguard

503-725-3442 psupark@pdx.edu www.transportation.pdx.edu Corner of Southwest Sixth Avenue and Harrison Street

12/18/09

Stott Center – 1:58 a.m.

Male arrested on felony warrant Male arrested on misdemeanor warrant

12/09/09

503-725-4150 TTY or Relay: 503-725-6504 drc@pdx.edu www.drc.pdx.edu Smith Memorial Student Union, room 116

SMSU – 8:22 p.m.

Suspect arrested on outstanding warrants Suspect arrested for Criminal Trespass II

12/01/09

Cramer Hall – 6:14 p.m.

Suspect was in possession of pepper spray inside a Portland State building

Transportation and Parking Services

12/17/09

Parking Structure 2 – 5:07 p.m.

Suspect broke into victim’s car by breaking window and then stole car stereo

12/08/09

Disability Resource Center

Distance Learning Center – 8:26 a.m.

Exterior doors to building pried open Door lock damaged

12/11/09 Ondine Housing – 12:34 a.m.

Providing liquor to a minor

12/12/09 Southwest Jackson Street – 11:08 p.m.

Water balloon thrown from window of Broadway Housing Building, broke a car windshield

Sidewalk, Southwest Sixth Avenue – 4:30 p.m.

Subject urinates on United States Post Office building Plaid Pantry – 10:36 p.m.

Subject stole two 18-packs of beer

12/26/09 Stratford Building – 11:58 p.m.

Plastic owl stolen from behind window bars

12/28/09 Parking Structure 1 – 10:38 a.m.

Vehicle break-in Parking Structure 2 – 12:38 p.m.

Vehicle break-in Candlelight Café and Bar – 3:19 p.m.

Criminal trespass of the Candlelight —Information from Campus Public Safety Office campus crime log

The Daily Cut

Vanguard News | 5 January 5, 2010

Your world in brief

Local: Baby sperm whale washes ashore in Cannon Beach CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP)— A baby whale washed ashore in Cannon Beach during New Year’s weekend.

A research team from Portland State University performed a necropsy Sunday, but did not immediately determine the cause of death.

“There were some signs that something traumatic occurred, and there were some signs of illness,” said Dr. Debbie Duffield, biology professor from Portland State University.

The 15-foot long female, which apparently washed ashore on Saturday, was less decayed than other sperm whales that have been found here in recent years, giving researchers a good opportunity for study.

“It gives us a chance to know something more about a species we don’t know much about,” Duffield said. “It’s an insight into a world we don’t see very often.”

The whale’s heart and a lung were removed during the necropsy, as were tissue samples from the liver, kidney, reproductive tract and lymph nodes.

Researchers will look for infections and biotoxins, as well as contaminants, such as PCBs and DDT.

The head also was removed, allowing biology students to study the head’s structure and look for bruising and damage to the blow hole. The whale was a “very, very young baby” that might have been only a few weeks or a month old, Duffield said. The whale’s umbilical area was still raw, indicating the birth had occurred recently.

Adult female sperm whales could grow to 65 feet, said Tiffany Boothe, of the Seaside Aquarium, who helped perform the necropsy.

Some pus in the whale’s lung indicated an infection may have been present, Boothe said. There was some air in the lung, so the whale “probably took at least one breath” and was not stillborn, she said.

A safe New Year’s weekend on Oregon roads PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—For just the second time since 1970, no fatal traffic accidents occurred on Oregon roads during the New Year’s holiday period.

The Oregon State Police says this year’s reporting period was 102 hours long—from Wednesday night through Sunday night. That’s longer

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than usual, making this year’s lack of fatalities particularly notable.

The only other recent New Year’s to be fatality free was 2003, a holiday period lasting only 30 hours.

Last year, seven people died in five separate New Year’s crashes. The 10-year average is five deaths.

State troopers also reported fewer drunk-driving arrests during this holiday period in comparison to last year’s. Enforcement of the new cell phone law was light as troopers reported seeing less use by drivers after the law took effect Jan. 1.

Portland’s homicides down in 2009 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—There were 21 homicides in Portland in 2009, the lowest number in nearly 40 years, but the slayings included some horrific cases.

The year began with Portland’s largest mass shooting, in which two teenagers were shot to death and seven other people were wounded before the gunman killed himself.

In May, one of two children found in the Willamette River died. Police allege their mother threw them off a bridge.

And late in the year, there was a

rash [sic] domestic murder-suicides throughout the metropolitan region, and an assistant federal public defender was killed in her home.

“The numbers are down, but the homicides we had were real doozies,” Portland detective division Sgt. Kraig McGlathery told The Oregonian.

The year’s death count was the lowest since 1971, when there were 15 homicides.

That mirrors a national trend.

FBI statistics show that nationwide, homicides fell 10 percent in the first half of 2009, compared with the same period the year before.

Portland’s overall crime, including aggravated assaults, robberies and burglaries, was down 10 percent.

That may be a reflection of the fact that America’s population is getting older, said James Alan Fox, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University in Boston.

In the Portland metro area, Clackamas and Clark counties saw fewer killings, but Washington County had 17 homicides, up from a yearly average of eight in the past decade.

A few anticipated movies of 2010 Alice in Wonderland (March 5). Directed by Tim Burton.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (April 30).

Iron Man 2 (May 7).

Sex and the City 2 (May 28).

Toy Story 3 (June 18).

The Other Guys (Aug. 6). Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg play desk-jockey cops who have to step up their game when the hotshots—Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson—are incapacitated.

The Green Hornet (Dec. 22). Seth Rogen: superhero! Slimmed down and bulked up, the comedian plays the masked avenger, and also wrote the screenplay with his old buddy Evan Goldberg.

—www.film.com

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Weekend box office: Top 10 highest-grossing films for the weekend of Jan. 1–3 1. Avatar Weekend gross: $68,490,688 Gross to date: $352,114,898 2. Sherlock Holmes Weekend gross: $36,685,000 Gross to date: $138.975,000 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Weekend gross: $35,189,653 Gross to date: $155,916,935 4. It’s Complicated Weekend gross: $18,802,965 Gross to date: $59,178,840 5. The Blind Side Weekend gross: $11,855,000 Gross to date: $208,258,000 6. Up in the Air Weekend gross: $10,720,052 Gross to date: $44,374,918

8. Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Weekend gross: $4,932,338 Gross to date: $25,312,384 9. Nine Weekend gross: $3,901,203 Gross to date: $13,745,956 10. Invictus Weekend gross: $3,890,000 Gross to date: $30,515,000 —www.boxofficemojo.com

All photos by Rodrigo Melgarejo/Portland State Vanguard

This past weekend, Rotture rang in the new year with Superfresh!, a local electronic and dance festival of epic proportions. Taking place over the nights of Jan. 2 and 3, the event featured notable

acts, including the Miracles Club (left), Atole (right) and May Ling (bottom left).

Too tuckered out from New Year’s Eve to have caught the two-day festival?

Supernature, the monthly music event

at Rotture put on by the same crew that organized Superfresh!, is coming up on Jan. 22 and will feature the musical stylings of Copy, The Polish Ambassador, Prizm, DJ BJ and E*Rock.

New beers for a new year Deschutes Cinder Cone Red Ale swaps out for NWPA Bianca Blankenship Vanguard staff

As Christmas trees hit the sidewalks come early January, so do some beloved seasonal ales take their leave. Today, Deschutes Brewery says farewell to its Cinder Cone Red Ale, which has been an annual staple of the brewery’s seasonal beers since 2003. The Portland and Bend breweries will be throwing a going-away party for the occasion, while also ushering in the new Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale (NWPA).

Cinder Cone has been a favorite among beer drinkers since its inception. In its first year, the beer won a gold medal for amber ales in the North American Beer Awards. It went on to win seven more awards in its seven-year life span, including being named one of the world’s 50 best beers by the International Beer Challenge in 2006.

The remaining stock of the red ale in six-packs, 12-packs and draft will be sold throughout Oregon and Washington. Today marks its going-away party while Deschutes additionally introduces Red Chair NWPA, a new seasonal ale that promises to be just as tasty.

The NWPA stands for Northwest Pale Ale, paying homage to the brewery’s Oregon roots. Like the former red ale, this beer has citrus notes, an abundance of hops and features the same robust 6.4 percent

alcohol by volume. The main difference lies in its lighter color and prominent malt overtones.

Red Chair NWPA’s name alludes to the oldest operating chairlift at Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort. Deschutes often names its beers after local figures or monuments, and just as Cinder Cone Red referred to the Red Hill slope on Mt. Bachelor, this beer again follows the former seasonal ale by taking its name from the local ski resort.

Red Chair NWPA is being officially released today at the Deschutes Breweries in Portland and Bend as part of the farewell to Cinder Cone Red Ale. In celebration, the Portland brewery is hosting a large raffle, which anyone visiting the brewery is welcome to enter.

Prizes range from pricey deals like ski lift tickets and ski resort lodging to lower-end awards such as beer.

Another seasonal ale from Deschutes, Hop Henge Experimental IPA, also makes its debut this month. A seriously hoppy ale that incorporates local Centennial and Cascade hops, this beer too is worth a taste.

Cinder Cone Red Ale Going-Away Party Deschutes Brewery 210 NW 11th Ave. Tonight, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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7. The Princess and the Frog Weekend gross: $9,824,311 Gross to date: $85,859,339

The show is 21+ so if you’re of age and hot to dance then check out the electromadness later this month.

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Viks earn double honors Enneking and Ross recognized for athleticism and academics Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

Two members of the Portland State women’s soccer team were selected to the Scholar All-West Team of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America over the winter break.

Senior forward Dolly Enneking was honored on the Second Team, while junior midfielder Frankie Ross was named to the Third Team. The NSCAA also awarded Portland State with the College Team Academic Award for a 3.1 overall GPA. Enneking, who is Portland State’s all-time leading goal scorer, helped the Vikings win their second Big Sky regular season title this season. She was the Big Sky Offensive MVP and was awarded the Golden Boot for her 12 goals and three assists during the season.

This is Enneking’s second academic accolade of the year.

She was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA’s) Academic All-District VIII Team in October along with senior co-captain Nathalie Wollmann. Enneking currently holds a 3.54 GPA in business administration.

Ross, also a former Golden Boot awardee, has a 3.64 GPA in health sciences. Her previous academic laurels include two selections to the Academic All-Big Sky team. This season, Ross scored three goals and

three assists, with all of her goals coming during crucial conference matches. She will be spearheading the offense for the Viks in the upcoming season.

The selection of Enneking and Ross marks Portland State’s first selection to the NSCAA team.

“It’s great to see that both Dolly and Frankie are being recognized for their work off the field,” Laura Schott, head coach and conference coach of the year, said in a statement released by the school. “They both work very hard on and off the field, and they’ve been good students since they started here.”

The Vikings capped 2009 as Big Sky Regular Season Champions with a 10-6-4 record. They were the highest-ranked Big Sky team in the country and had nine selections to the All-Conference Team, including the offensive and defensive MVP. The team will kick off their 2010 season in April.

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A countdown of the top sports stories of the decade 10. The brothers quarterbacks The NFL is blessed with two howitzer-armed brothers from New Orleans.

Peyton Manning won Super Bowl MVP in 2007, and by the time little bro Eli captured the same honor in 2008, it was clear that the Mannings had become the first family of America’s favorite sport.

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Frankie Ross: The junior midfielder and former Golden Boot awardee continues to earn accolades.

Dolly Enneking 12 season goals 23 career goals 27 season points 57 career points 3.54 GPA Frankie Ross 9 season points 21 career points 113 shots taken 40 shots on goal 3.64 GPA

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Roger Federer is the king of Sunday afternoons, with a record 15 Grand Slams this decade and five straight Wimbledon titles. When he lost the epic Wimbledon final in 2008, he looked as shocked as anyone, part of a slump that cost him the No. 1 ranking. The reign of Roger was interrupted, but it was hardly over. He salvaged 2008 by winning the U.S. Open. This year he won the French Open, as well as Wimbledon, and he finishes the decade again ranked No. 1.

8. LeBron’s empire

All photos by Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Dolly Enneking: Her efforts led the Viks to the postseason and placed her name in the record books.

LeBron James was 16 at the start of the decade, and much has changed for James since. He hosted the ESPYs, was featured in a documentary, was the first African-American man to be on the cover of Vogue and was ranked No. 1 by Forbes in a list of top-20 earners under 25. All that’s left for James is a championship and no one doubts he will get it soon.

7. Vick and the dogs

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He was among the most entertaining athletes of the decade and then the most infamous.

From 2000 to 2006, Vick redefined the quarterback position, winning games with his legs more often than his arm.

But in 2007, Vick pleaded guilty to running a dogfighting ring, sparking as much debate as any story this decade. Vick’s career was derailed and the issue of dogfighting entered the national conversation.

Vick is back in the NFL, but he will be affected forever.

6. The long ride When the decade opened, Lance Armstrong had already survived cancer and come back to win the Tour de France. But that was only the beginning of his journey. He would win six more times this decade, transcend racing, raise millions for cancer research and start the yellowbracelet craze.

Armstrong retired from competitive cycling in 2005, only to return last summer. He has become a more controversial figure in recent years, but he is still an inspirational one.

—www.si.com Continued on Page 12

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NFL wild card weekend AFC

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Veteran guidance Fencing club looks forward to increased numbers in Student Rec Center James MacKenzie Vanguard staff

After moving to the new Student Rec Center, Jennifer Grant, president of the Portland State Fencing Club, is excited by the prospect of expanding the club’s practice space and possibly the club itself.

“We’re really excited about the new center because we have our own dedicated space,” Grant said. “In two of the three exercise rooms, they have painted us fencing strips, so it’s something new for us.”

The club, like most at Portland State, fields a gamut of skill levels and competitive abilities—though the fencing club focuses more on practice, relaxation and good times rather than on intense competition. However, the team is not without its stars, most of which choose to coach at this point in their career rather than compete.

Grant, who no longer competes, is one of the primary coaches for the team. Just this year the fencing team was able to hire the coaching prowess of Ethan Brown, a lifelong fencer who has proved invaluable to the team.

Perhaps the largest contribution though is Lacey Burt, who as recently as last year was competing in some of the highest levels of

fencing in Europe.

“She was very, very close to the Olympic team,” Grant said of her fellow coach. “She was living in Europe for three months just so she could go to a world cup every other weekend.”

For both Grant and Burt, the joy of imparting their knowledge to other fencers has taken precedence over the need to compete.

The addition of Burt, who just returned to Portland State this year, has been an obvious boon in the knowledge imparted to both veteran and amateur fencers alike.

“It’s really changed the dynamic of our practices,” Grant said.

For Burt, it’s all about making others better and passing along the knowledge and experience she has accumulated while fencing at the highest level.

“I’m helping out mostly as a coach-type person because I want to help them get better. It’s not the level that I have competed at, so I can show them how to get better,” Burt said.

Though the popularity of fencing is admittedly low on the West Coast, they both attribute the success of the fencing club to the visibility of fencing around Portland. Burt, who learned to fence in Roseburg,

Photo courtesy of Portland State Fencing Club

En garde: Portland State fencers competing with other collegiate teams at Longview

Community College. The club now trains and practices in the new Student Rec Center.

participated in her first tournaments in Beaverton.

“I came up to Portland to do some competitions and I didn’t know, but Portland is actually one of the premier places to learn about fencing. We have a national training center right here in Beaverton,” Burt said. The same was true for Grant, who learned to fence in Beaverton.

With a wealth of experience in the coaching department of excompetitors and a lifelong fencer in Brown, it is no surprise that the club’s coaches encourage participation and fun over competition. When it comes to tournaments, it is up to the individual to decide whether or not they would like to compete.

“It’s up to people on their own,” Grant said. “Starting last year, we started picking up more people who are more dedicated, so we’re able to get them to compete locally. A couple weekends ago we had a really high level tournament in Beaverton that a couple of our people went to.”

For Grant and Burt it’s all about enjoying fencing and spreading that joy through coaching. Grant encourages everyone to join.

“We are looking for everybody, every skill level, every ability,” she said. “It’s the cheapest fencing that anybody will do…$15 a term and we provide equipment and coaching.”

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A countdown of the top sports stories of the decade, continued 5. 2008 Olympics: Fastest on water, land The only person in Beijing who could catch Michael Phelps was Usain Bolt, and the only person who could catch Usain Bolt was Michael Phelps. In one of the greatest Olympics ever, they fought for the spotlight and, in the end, shared it.

4. Rise, fall and rise of Kobe

Midseason check-in A look at the major players on the men’s basketball team J. Logue Vanguard staff

Entering the second half of the season, the Portland State men’s basketball team (7-7, 1-0 Big Sky) begins the most crucial part of its season with a stretch of conference play that began last Saturday

against Sacramento State. After the end of the long winter break and the start of a new year, it’s only fitting to give a midseason report on the early frontrunners for individual honors on the team.

MVP Dominic Waters Senior, guard Leading the team in nearly every statistical category, Waters has been on fire from the beginning and shows no signs of letting up. Hitting an incredible .532 of his three-point attempts and making an even more unbelievable .914 of his free throws, you can count on him keeping his spot as the MVP of this team.

Big Man on Campus Jamie Jones Senior, forward Making his presence known under the hoop, Jones has blocked 29 shots so far this year with an average of just over two blocks a game. Keeping pace on the offensive end as well, Jones has started the season shooting a teamleading .620 while averaging nearly three offensive rebounds a game.

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Though Guede arrived in the South Park Blocks a year ago, he only played a total of 25 minutes before falling to injury and needing surgery to repair a broken foot. Inserted into the lineup after the Washington game in mid-November, the Vikings have gone on a tear, due largely to the lock-down defense of Guede.

Consecutive wins at the Stott Center.

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Team leaders: Stellar play by key squad

members is keeping the Viks in contention.

With a big win against Sacramento State last weekend and a two game road trip through Montana coming up, the Vikings finally seem to have all the pieces in place to make another run at the Big Sky Regular Season Championship and have a chance at a third consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament.

He started the decade with a championship and ended it with a championship, giving him four, an Olympic gold medal, two scoring titles, an MVP award and one unforgettable 81-point eruption.

But between the first championship and the last one, he was accused of sexual assault, feuded with teammates and publicly requested the Lakers trade him.

3. Patriots: What was, what could’ve been The Patriots won three Super Bowls in four years, built the NFL’s model organization and became only the second team in league history to finish a regular season undefeated.

They were a dynasty and a juggernaut, but they were also caught videotaping opponents’ signals.

2. Two sides of Tiger For nine years and 10 months, he appeared as flawless as a superstar could.

He won 12 major championships in the decade, and at one point, held all four. He made his fans admire him from afar, never letting the public get too close, and perhaps now we know why.

In the last month and a half of the decade, Tiger Woods has admitted infidelity, taken an indefinite leave from golf, been abandoned by sponsors and allegedly attacked by his wife.

1. Baseball’s steroid scandal Performanceenhancing drugs plagued almost every sport in the 2000s, but they made the most headlines in baseball.

The face of the scandal—fair or not— belonged to Barry Bonds, who passed the career home-run record as he was being investigated by a federal grand jury.

That scene provided the backdrop for the richest and saddest story of the decade.

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