Daily Vanguard January 26, 2010

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 56

Event of the day All votes must be received today for Measures 66 and 67 (see artice below for details). Check the Multnomah County Web site for the closest official drop box near you.

When: By 5 p.m.

Where: Nearest drop box to campus is in Pioneer Courthouse Square (next to Starbucks).

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Hasty Haitian adoptions Relief for Haiti through adoption is going to take some time PAGE 3

NEWS Shattuck Hall awarded for engineering excellence Innovative heating and ventilation system garners attention PAGE 5 Saving lives, space and money OTREC: creating intentional, sustainable transportation PAGE 5

Dedicated to voting: Katie Markey, ASPSU legislative affairs director, and Matt Fleskes.

Today is the deadline to vote in Oregon’s special election Amy Staples Vanguard staff

Today is the last day to drop off ballots and vote on Measures 66 and 67.

Ballots can be dropped at a number of places on campus including the Millar Library, the info desk in Smith Memorial Student Union, the ASPSU office or Neuberger Hall. The deadline to mail in ballots was last week, so ballots must be hand delivered to the elections office by voters or delivery volunteers.

Even if students have not yet received a ballot, they may still be able to vote.

“If you don’t have a ballot call the elections office, call your old roomies. If you registered before the deadline or if you’ve voted in Oregon in the past, call the elections office and they can work with you,” said Katie Markey, ASPSU legislative affairs director.

For students who cannot get to an elections office and need a ballot, ASPSU is running a shuttle so students can work out their ballot concerns.

Elections offices close at 6 p.m.

Ballots must be dropped off at the elections office or collection boxes before 5 p.m.

ASPSU has worked for months to register voters and educate students about the ballot measures.

“We’re a nonpartisan group so we can’t tell you how to vote. The information we disseminate [is] provided by the state,” Markey said.

Last day to

vote

Every night, Markey collects ballots on campus and delivers them to the Multnomah County Elections Office at 1040 SE Morrison St. ASPSU began registering students to vote during fall term.

“We registered well over 2,700 students, surpassing our original goal,” she said.

After the voter drive ended, numbers were tallied and ASPSU registered a total of 2,755 voters, beating its goal of 2,000. Statewide, there are currently just over 2 million people registered to vote.

ASPSU made more than 40 ballot measure presentations that were conducted in classrooms to inform students of the consequences of voting “yes” or “no.” The organization has since moved on to collecting ballots, enlisting the aid of volunteers from other student

groups and organizations.

“Thursday night, we had six members from Phi Delta Theta fraternity calling students to ensure they have ballots or have any questions,” Markey said.

Friday, she and volunteers went to residence halls to distribute door hangers reminding students to turn in their ballots.

“Special elections don’t get a lot of publicity, not like regular elections when you elect candidates,” she said.

Secretary of State Kate Brown is projecting a voter turnout of 62 percent. In the 2008 general election, 85.7 percent of registered voters turned in ballots. The last special election in Oregon was in 2004 and it saw 63 percent of registered voters participate.

VOTE continued on page four

ARTS

PSU’s International Cultural Service Program Catrice Stanley Vanguard staff

Reconstructing the map An innovative look at maps with John Mann PAGE 6

The new meat guys in town Olympic Provisions breaks ground with innovative, wellcrafted cuisine PAGE 8

SPORTS

Snowed out Portland State indoor track teams head for Arizona, but end up in Vegas PAGE 10

In 1983, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education approved a small-but-impactful scholarship program for international students.

Mustafa Mahmood, 21, first began speaking to groups about his home country of Iraq long before he heard about the International Cultural Service Program (ICSP.) In 2008, he was accepted into the scholarship program, and he brought his presentations with him.

“Our mission is to promote awareness and to educate people about our own culture by going to the students face to face. They can meet someone from that culture, and learn something new instead of hearing it from someone that isn’t from that culture,” Mahmood said.

He and his fellow students visit classrooms and events across the state and share stories and information about their home countries and cultural customs.

Currently, 27 students from 22 different countries hold ICSP scholarships at PSU. The countries represented in this group include Tajikistan, Turkey, Germany, Pakistan, Kenya, China, Korea, Nigeria, Iraq, Maynamar, India, France, Mexico, Vietnam, Congo, Nepal, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Brazil and Taiwan.

Students in the program must complete over 90 hours of community service.

To fulfill this requirement, international students not only give

Educating the world about the world presentations about their unique heritages, they also organize and participate in international events on campus.

“For example, if someone was interested in a certain country, and they wanted some firsthand information, they could go online and fill out a request form,” said Hamza Khan Sherwani, ICSP student coordinator. “Then we take that request and find the person best suited.”

The ICSP has a Web site, fully equipped with biographies about each student, which can be used to select the appropriate student for a particular subject.

Sherwani, 23, is an accounting and finance major, with a minor in communication studies.

Originally from Pakistan, he has participated in ICSP since 2007.

“It is important, especially for those coming from an eastern country like me, when displayed to the public [is] CNN or other news channels who I sometimes feel are incomplete [in their coverage],” Sherwani said.

ICSP students also assist teachers with classroom lectures at all grade levels. Sometimes, students have even been asked to consult with businesses, industries, or governmental agencies about their home country.

“It is a wonderful program and resource to our university as well as local community,” said Anna Gindlesperger, current ICSP program coordinator.

This year, the ICSP realized that they were slowing down during the fall. They were not getting as many presentation requests, so they decided to expand their services.

This slow period allowed ICSP students to team up with the International Student Mentoring Program (ISMP), which allows its participants to mentor international students new to campus.

“The entire fall term we were working with ISMP, a program for new international students coming to Portland, who need a mentor. The program helps them transition into PSU, because it may be a culture shock for some,” Mahmood said.

Gindlesperger has experienced ICSP as both a student and as faculty.

In March 2009, she was appointed the International Student Life Programmer, also making her ICSP program coordinator.

ICSP continued on page four

All photos by Liana Shewey/Portland State Vanguard

ICSP: Scholarship recipients educate the community about their cultures.

Vanguard 2 | Opinion January 26, 2010

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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 recent online comments.

Actually…

“It’s a free ride on the TriMet Streetcar from Portland State...”

Actually, riding from PSU to the Pearl District isn’t free (“Is the Pearl in peril?,” Jan. 22) You will travel outside of the Free Rail Zone, which means you must pay the $2 one- or two-zone fare. Notice that 23rd and 21st Avenue, the most popular areas of the district, are outside of the shaded area.

Wouldn’t want anyone to get slapped with a $175 fine because of misinformation in the Vanguard.

“The TriMet Code and Administrative Rules includes penalties for fare evasion and disruptive behavior on the system. The base fine is $175.

Riders can also be immediately excluded from the system for up to six hours and excluded for up to 90 days.” http://trimet.org/howtoride/ security.htm —Mary

Mary just got schooled!

Mary, 23rd and 21st are not in the Pearl. The “Pearl” pretty much stops at I-405. http://pearl-district-lofts.com/ pearl-district-map.html That being said, the last “free” stop on the streetcar is Glisan, pretty much the heart of the pearl.

(“Is the Pearl in peril?,” Jan. 22) —john

The Pearl is diverse To understand The Pearl one thing to be clear on is that there are more low-income people in that neighborhood than all but one in the city (“Is the Pearl in peril?,” Jan. 22). The Pearl is interesting because the daily mix is homeless and pan-handlers, elders with little money but some health issues, street kids, regular kids (see Jamison Sq. summers), artists and would-be artists (PNWCA, Arts & Crafts, galleries), Powell’s shoppers, bicyclists, tourists, and, of course, rich people and the rest.

Much the same can be said for downtown and NW, but neither are so much a mix as the Pearl.

—Michael Blakeslee

Absurd policy I believe it be to absurd to have a policy so strict, and quite frankly unsafe (“PSU’s unsafe policy,” Jan 20).

Thank you for bringing this rule to my attention. It is very well written.

—Jessica Lennon

Well-intentioned-yet-bad policies A few things missing from the article that I think bear mentioning (“PSU’s unsafe policy,” Jan 20).

Should someone walking across the campus late one night be confronted by someone with a gun (or knife, or even pepper spray), how are they expected to protect themselves?

Will the bad guy stand idly by while the potential victim calls for campus security or rings 911?

Well-intentioned and poorly drafted policies like this often have the opposite effect from what was originally intended. The only people disarmed by such policies are the law-abiding public, in other words, the people least likely to be a problem to anyone.

—Will

Tough talk from anonymous Your story is full of inaccuracies and exaggerations. There is absolutely no value to this story. You are extremely irresponsible. (“An investigation of our own,” Jan. 22) —Anonymous

Peeing into the wind And it’s the Legislature’s brilliant idea to increase taxes on large corporations to stimulate growth and spending...wait no, that’s right it has the opposite economic effect (“Facing Oregon’s inconvenient truth,” Jan. 19). Oh well, who said peeing into the wind was bad anyway?!

—Andrew

Acceptance I enjoyed reading your commentary (“The dangerous pursuit of normal,” Jan. 15). You bring up the complexity of the issue. It is nearly impossible to talk about the “obesity epidemic” without the collateral damage of stigmatization, eating disorder behaviors and shame… what a healthy size is for one person is different for another. And you cannot know the status of someone’s complete health simply by looking at their body…it is size acceptance…not just fat acceptance. Although I realize translating as only fat acceptance way grabs headlines and makes it seem like a radical idea.

It is not radical to love yourself, I don’t care if you are 100 pounds or 700 pounds. Unhealthy behaviors— disordered eating, starving, dieting, obsessive exercising, binge eating, etc—cause damage and are not loving acts toward oneself.

Thank you for sharing your personal struggle with an eating disorder. It is important that people understand the long-term physical effects and the strength it takes to survive.

[Read the full, unedited version of this comment online] —Deb Lemire, President, The Association of Size Diversity and Health

Vanguard Opinion | 3 January 26, 2010

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

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Illustration by Kira Meyrick

Hasty Haitian adoptions Relief for Haiti through adoption is going to take some time Patrick Guild Vanguard staff

Widely publicized celebrity adoptions capture images of wealthy, glittering white women toting around their children like the latest Gucci purse. When Madonna and Angelina Jolie treat Third World orphanages as private baby farms, the message is that children can be bought and sold for the right price.

Hollywood stars’ multiethnic families and their presence in the media belie the true statistics and ignore the dangers of hasty international adoption. The disaster in Haiti prompted hundreds of Oregonians to contact their local adoption agencies, hoping to pluck newly orphaned Haitians from their plight.

While their intentions may be noble, their actions indicate a disturbing problem with our nation’s view of poorer countries and human life as a commodity.

Media outlets, including The Oregonian, have been inundating their

newspapers with silver lining pieces highlighting Haitian adoptees joining their new families in Oregon.

What many of the articles fail to address is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s humanitarian parole policy, which allows orphaned children from Haiti to enter the United States to be cared for by their adoptive parents. This serves to expedite the placement process for children that have already been in the bureaucratic Haitian system for years. It doesn’t mean that Haitian kids are up for grabs.

I spoke with Susan Cox, Eugenebased adoption agency Holt International’s Vice President of Policy and External Affairs. She confirmed that many of the inquiries coming in from families seeking to adopt from Haiti are in response to stories they read on the amount of orphans in the country. She explained that Holt International is not accepting new applications since perceived orphans could merely be separated from family members.

“It’s going to take some time,” says Cox. “We have to wait for families to come forward.”

The people of Holt International, many of them adult adoptees themselves, should be applauded for

their understanding and cautious approach to a precarious situation.

The danger is that many of these supposedly “orphaned” children could be separated from other family, like grandparents or aunts and uncles, or become victims of trafficking.

In a country with an annual per capita income of $400, the $5,000 to $30,000 cost of adoption is a lucrative offer to child traffickers.

Holt International is making sure to process the 21 children that were already in the system for two to four years before the earthquake devastated their country. Holt and other humanitarian aid groups like the British Red Cross are urging people interested in helping the orphans of Haiti to donate so that other family members can be found.

It’s easy to have the misguided idea that these children will automatically have a better life in the United States—that we are somehow “saving” them from more than leveled cities and unstable government. Let’s weigh the facts. Haiti is the poorest country in the Northern Hemisphere with more than 80 percent of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2009, Haiti was eighth in the list of top 10 countries with adoptees entering the United States.

According to a study by the Search Institute, a Minneapolis-based youth and community research organiza-

tion, adopted children fare better in school, have more stable home lives and greater access to health care than all other groups.

All of these reasons seem to point to adoption as the best route for these children, even if grandparents or other family members can care for them. But this is a crucial time for these children. To separate children from surviving family unnecessarily would only compound the trauma already inflicted by the earthquake. Adoption should only be used as a last resort with extreme compassion and a reverence for the child’s homeland.

People like Madonna, whose second Malawi-native child still has a father, are tarnishing a complex and bittersweet process that can only be remotely understood by the families involved. The rash of people seeking to help Haiti through adoption is beautiful, and I am not placing them in the same category as Madonna at all. I hope that many of them still feel the same way after they are fully briefed on the process.

The United Nations Children’s Fund reports that there were 380,000 children in orphanages or group homes before the quake even hit.

When the dust settles, these angels will help to ease the emotional scars left from the earthquake. Soon, but not now.

A younger generation steps in Rudy Soto runs for Portland Commissioner Natalia Grozina Vanguard staff

It is not everyday I talk to someone who may be the next Commissioner Dan Saltzman, but better. One of the benefits of working as a journalist is you have an excuse to interview people who otherwise would not answer your questions. I recently had an opportunity to talk to Rudy Soto, the 24-year-old Portland State senior who is running for City Commissioner.

“Energy, diversity of thought and concern for the common person in terms of my background,” Soto said, in regard to what he will contribute to Portland if he were elected commissioner.

And it is true. Soto is an unconventional student who had a rough upbringing but was able to overcome them and see the bigger picture.

“Who I am is someone deeply disturbed by the poverty and oppression,” Soto said. “I want to maintain effective policies but bring new ideas of how to put people to work. Tap into new ideas that are often unexplored.”

Because he is so young, people often speculate that he may be inadequate to run for office and represent people far more educated than him. But Rudy Soto contributes something that the older generation can’t.

“Older people are always encouraging young people to be involved,” Soto said. “Something I’ve done is sought out internships and volunteer opportunities to get a sense of who you are. Connections are important—it is who you know and not what you know.”

Soto brings new ideas of how to put people to work. His background is not of a wealthy family with generations of family members who give you a free pass to become the next president, but rather of a hardworking, poverty-stricken family that the majority of citizens can relate to.

Not everyone earns $250,000 salaries, and those that do don’t have the same concerns as people just trying to find a bed to sleep in at night. It is encouraging to know that someone like Soto—who was once incarcerated in juvenile prison—can pull themselves up and still have the willpower to succeed and the desire to help people.

We hear about young people being successful everywhere, and oftentimes we wonder how they do it, because we want to also.

Take for example Xiao-Yue Han, now a junior at New York University studying biochemistry and math, who during high school and early college worked as a research assistant in a cardiac fluid and imaging lab and in radiation oncology. He too did not get that job because of connections but rather by volunteering a lot.

“I must have volunteered over 600 to 700 hours at various hospitals before I really understood that medicine was something that I wanted to do. This was the difference between my 3.0 GPA freshman

year and my 4.0 sophomore year of high school,” Xiao-Yue said. “The motivation I’d developed as a volunteer working with amazing physicians, nurses, and staff that simply said, ‘Hey kid, come here and take a look at this.’”

The same drive Soto and Xiao-Yue share is what makes them a perfect example of someone who can really understand public needs. They listened to the encouraging words of the older generation to get involved. They worked and earned their accomplishments. There are many young people in the U.S. doing the same things, and feeling inspired because of politicians such as President Obama who reach out to them, making them feel like one person can make a difference.

If Soto believes youth involvement in government and civic engagement are really important and they are the youth that is involved in making those important changes, then they are probably right. If they can do it, there is no reason why you can’t.

Rudy Soto for office?

Rudy Soto has been a rather involved figure in PSU over the past few years. He has made a number of Vanguard headlines, and has been a part of many stories in one way or another.

Many know him as a classmate, some know him as a member of the National Guard while others simply know him as a former ASPSU president.

But are we ready to know Soto, the public official?

Soto is set to graduate this year as he heads into a campaign for City Commissioner, running against incumbent Dan Saltzman. It brings up concerns about experience, wisdom and knowledge amidst the idea of career politicians.

While having newer faces in politics or younger blood involved in public service is always a good thing— is a freshly graduated college student an appropriate candidate for public office? Could such a person even be ready for the position?

Can someone with limited experience hold his own against veteran politicians or members of the community who have been around the block?

What do you txhink?

Can Soto win? Should he even run? Let us know. Send us a letter to the editor at opinion @dailyvanguard.com, or leave a comment online. Let your voice be heard and contribute to the public discussion!

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Vanguard 4 | News January 26, 2010

NEWS

News Editor:

Vote |

Virginia Vickery 503-725-5690

ASPSU collecting last-minute ballots today

news@dailyvanguard.com

Bits and pieces Asteroids Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100 meters that can come closer to Earth than 4,647,794 miles.

None of the known PHAs are on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.

On Jan. 26, 2010 there were 1,094 PHAs. Mt. Hood Meadows snow report 14 inches of new snow Base depth of 81 to 86 inches

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Nationally, people between the ages of 18 and 24 tend to vote less regularly than those who are older.

In November 2006, 27 percent of younger citizens with some college experience or an associate’s degree voted, compared to 36 percent of young citizens with a bachelor’s degree and 34 percent of 18 to 24 year olds with an advanced degree.

Among the general population, 18 years of age and over, 49 percent of citizens with some college or an associate’s degree reported they voted in 2006, compared to 61 percent of citizens with a bachelor’s degree and 70 percent of citizens with an advanced degree.

The Secretary of State’s office also reports that 45 percent of ballots have been returned as of Sunday.

Multnomah County voting rates are consistent with the statewide average, with 41 percent of ballots returned thus far.

Voting facts - 85.7 percent of registered voters in Oregon voted in the 2008 general election - 77 percent of the eligible U.S. population registered in 2008 - The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Oregon’s population (as of July 1, 2009) at 3,825,657 - Of the 3,745,455 people in Oregon, 2,867,908 people are of the eligible voting age - 71,698 of those people are ineligible to vote for some legal reason or another - 1,845,251 people voted in 2008 - 426,580 people in Multnomah County were registered to vote in 2008 - In the 2004 general election, 86.5 registered voters in the county made it to the polls - 60.3 percent of registered county voters voted in the last nonpresidential election, Nov. 6, 2006

—Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division Web site

Activists: Yes on 66 and 67 volunteers in the Park Blocks collecting ballots.

Eight lifts open No snow expected tonight It’s the stupid economy The unemployment rate is 10.8 percent in Oregon as of December 2009. This beats the statistics in California, where unemployment reached 12.1 percent around the same time.

Washington is making the rest of the West look bad at 9.5 percent. Our non-contiguous-yetPacific-Ocean-related neighbors Alaska and Hawaii weigh in with 9 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively.

—spaceweather.com, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Photos by Liana Shewey/Portland State Vanguard

ICSP |

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ICSP scholarship recipients educating on their cultures Years before she gained this title, she was just another international student and ICSP member.

“I was an international student from Poland, and this program helped me to become a leader and gave me an opportunity to expand my horizons,” Gindlesperger said.

Working directly with international students, she has a lot of insight into their lives.

“I learn so much just by talking to students from different cultures. They are all very bright, compassionate, and hardworking.

They have so much to offer,” Gindlesperger said.

Although this statewide scholarship program is replicated in many of Oregon’s universities, Portland State’s own International Cultural Service Program (ICSP) is particularly impressive.

Last year, ICSP coordinated events such as an annual global

knowledge competition called “World Quest”, hosted by World Affairs Council of Oregon, and a conference for K-12 educators called Teach the Middle East, in which Mahmood represented his home country. “[ICSP] is just a great organization to be part of. It is like a little international family—we all like to help each other and we all

understand each other,” Mahmood said. “Plus, every student in the ICSP is in one way or another in need of financial help.”

For Mahmood, this scholarship has provided much more than just financial stability.

“I am more aware of the world around me, the different cultures.

It is one of the most diverse organizations I have been a part of,” Mahmood said.

Gindlesperger sees nothing but positive outcomes for the students of ICSP. “This program is incredibly important. It gives financial support, so the students can successfully complete their program of study. It

allows them to gain cross-cultural leadership skills and get connected with many wonderful organizations,” she said. “Students can practice their communication skills by sharing their extensive global knowledge.”

For many of the 27 international students participating in ICSP, the organization has taught them things not easily learned in a classroom setting.

“I’ve learned to be more compassionate, to be more aware of all the cultures that are represented in Oregon and the Portland metropolitan area and to be more understanding of different people,” Mahmood said.

To be eligible for this scholarship, students must - Hold an F-1 student visa - Be a full-time student each term (12 credits for undergraduate students, nine for graduate students) - Maintain satisfactory progress toward a degree with an overall GPA of 3.00 or higher - Complete the cultural service commitments of 90 hours (approximately) for the year - Demonstrate financial need Applications can be found online at www.icsp.pdx.edu/icsp/apply

Shattuck Hall awarded for engineering excellence

Vanguard News | 5 January 26, 2010

Bits and pieces

Innovative heating and ventilation system garners attention Gogul Krishnan Vanguard staff

Shattuck Hall this month was awarded the Engineering Excellence 2010 Project of the Year by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Oregon. Built in 1915, the brick building was recently renovated and now has an energyefficient heat, ventilation and airconditioning system.

“It’s the third award that Shattuck Hall has received, after the Honor Award and the Sustainability Award given by the Portland Chapter of American Institute of Architects,” said Clive Robert Knights, Department of Architecture chairman.

The 95-year-old building was renovated to us a hydronic heating and cooling system, which means that hot and cold water run through the pipes to maintain a fixed temperature.

“Shattuck Hall has the largest hydronic system on the West Coast,” Knights said. “It was a daring

attempt made by the engineers to make use of a hydronic system for the whole building as the technology was not widely used and tested previously.”

After the successful demonstration of the system, several organizations have expressed interest in making use of the innovative technology. The building’s renovation took 13 months and cost $9.5 million before it reopened in fall 2008, yet the same ductwork built in 1915 is still in use for circulating air.

“Use of old ducts to bring in fresh air is an innovative use of an existing system rather than reintroducing a new one. It was not only cost effective but also helped in the success of heating systems,” Knights said.

In summer, fans continuously circulate air and help to conserve energy because the cooling system can be operated at a higher temperature as the circulating air reduces the heat latent inside the building.

The three-story, 66,000-square-foot building uses special panels to help limit the use of heating and air conditioning, lowering total energy costs.

Project manager Nick Collins of PAE Consulting Engineers, Inc., said, “These are systems to be admired.

They show off the new without

Shattuck Hall quick facts - Three stories tall - 66,000 square feet - 1915 year built - $9.5 million renovation finished last year - 1,000, 3-foot-by-5foot aluminum ceiling panels OTREC

Aaron Leopold/Portland State Vanguard

Shattuck Hall: Old duct work utilized for new, state-of-the-art HVAC system.

detracting from the historical nature of the building.”

According to Collins, PAE focused not only on reduction of energy, but also on keeping the mechanical systems, architecture, and high ceilings in tact so to preserve its historical beauty.

The interior, designed by SRG Partnership, Inc., (architecture and interior design), features an open plan, naturally lit studios, a rooftop gallery, and a materials lab with

model making, woodworking, metalworking and a casting shop.

The building, which houses the architecture department and classrooms, utilizes ambient light available through the use of large windows, and the lighting system has sensors that control the brightness of electric bulbs by sensing the natural light available.

“The award came as a surprise, as there were more than 70 contestants for the award,” Knights said.

The Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium is now accepting proposals for funding, and $2 million is available.

OTREC is seeking proposals that support work related to national transportation priorities, initiatives and needs. Proposals are due at 5 p.m. on April 9, 2010.

—otrec.us Population stats Population increase from April 2000 to July 2008: 8.2 percent, Multnomah County

Saving lives, space and money

10.8 percent, Oregon 8.0 percent national Median value of owneroccupied homes: $152,100, Oregon $119,600, national Feeling stressed?

OTREC: creating intentional, sustainable transportation Sharon E. Rhodes Vanguard staff

A state partner of Portland State wants to make biking, riding and walking easier and safer. The Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) funds and manages the research behind Portland’s green bike boxes, and it pushes for more bike lanes, paths and public policies that allows Oregonians to walk from their homes to schools, work and groceries.

A federally funded program, OTREC is partnered with the following Oregon universities: Portland State, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and the Oregon Institute of Technology.

Every year OTREC receives $3 million from the federal government, which it matches with money from various sources including the involved universities, the City of Portland, Oregon Department of Transportation and faculty research grants.

The consortium’s interdisciplinary research informs transportation authorities in the best use of advanced technology—such as light rail systems—and how to support and encourage healthy communities.

OTREC is one of 60 University Transportation Centers (UTC) sponsored by a U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) group called the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) The sponsorship efforts are, “to increase the number of talented individuals working in the field of surface transportation,” according to the 2008–2009 Annual Report.

OTREC is one of only 10 UTCs designated as a national center.

“It’s getting a lot of national

attention—USDOT uses OTREC as a model of successful UTCs,” said Hau Hagedorn, research program manager of OTREC. According to its stated mission, “OTREC is committed to providing relevant and high-quality research to assist local, state and regional agencies in their work and expanding the pool of highly trained graduates who choose to work in transportationrelated fields.”

The most visible impact of OTREC can be seen all over town.

“The city decided to install the bike boxes directly in response to the two fatal right-hook accidents that occurred nearly back-to-back a few years ago,” according to Jon Makler, OTREC’s education and technology transfer program manager.

A second, and highly valued, part of OTREC’s mission is “to build upon our collective efforts and expertise to make Oregon a place where innovation, creativity and multidisciplinary collaboration on surface transportation research, education and technology transfer lead to more sustainable communities.”

It funds researchers in disciplines like urban studies and planning, computer science, civil and environmental engineering, business, geography, architecture and economics.

“A lot of disciplines are necessary to better our understanding of current transportation related issues,” Hagedorn says.

Last fall, PSU hosted the first Oregon Transportation Summit, at which 200 transportation professionals and almost 50 of the 82 OTREC faculty partners attended.

One project, headed by Dr. John Gliebe, professor of PSU’s urban studies and planning, developed a system to forecast travel that takes into account the “usage of bicycle infrastructure,” such as bike lanes, paths and other peculiarities of bicyclists’ chosen routes. Most travel-

Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

OTREC: Partners with PSU to improve bike and car travel in Portland.

forecasting systems, which local and regional governments use in the planning of roads, sidewalks, etc., assume that any given traveler will take the shortest path to a destination, an assumption that rarely holds true for bicyclists. Dr. Gliebe’s model accounts for bicyclists’ deviations from shortest routes in favor of routes with bike lanes and paths.

John Jeffrey Schnabel, associate professor of architecture, is looking into “capping”, the creation of space to cover existing freeways and rail yards. Often the created spaces are parks. In Seattle, Duluth, and Barcelona, capping has improved “walkability.” Schnabel is investigating whether capping the Brooklyn Rail Yard in Southeast Portland could have similar positive effects.

Last August, Dr. Jennifer Dill, associate professor of urban studies and planning, became director of OTREC, after former director Dr. Robert Bertini moved on from OTREC to work as deputy administrator for RITA. In a recent project, Dill examined ways in which governments can encourage and promote bicycling as a regular mode of transportation.

While many Americans bicycle recreationally, very few commute on two wheels even though her study notes that 60 percent of personal trips are five miles or less.

Bicycling simultaneously reduces traffic problems and increases physical activity. Her research highlights the importance of bike lanes and protected boulevards in encouraging the use of bicycles for regular transportation. She also found that to increase bicycle use it is important to encourage a greater mix of land uses, such as combining residential and retail zoning to make errands via bike less daunting.

One of OTREC’s most significant accomplishments is the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) lab, which aims to save lives, time and money. “[Portland State’s] ITS lab is one of the only and best ITS labs in the country,” according to Makler.

The ITS lab, an interdisciplinary effort, takes raw data provided by local transportation authorities like TriMet buses, traffic meters, on ramps and even some parking garages, and uses it to create arterial maps and models of traffic flow.

The models the ITS lab makes to determine things like: is mid-week traffic really better and how and when traffic back-ups occur.

This year, OTREC will fund 23 projects involving 18 graduate and seven undergraduate students. Also, OTREC funding has allowed OIT to offer a master’s in civil engineering, Makler said.

OTREC’s student of the year is Portland State’s Nathan McNeil, a master’s student in urban and regional planning. Currently, he is working with Dr. Dill and Dr. Christopher Monsere, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering to identify policies that improve active transportation—like bicycling and walking—outside of city centers.

You can learn more about OTREC’s work at www.otrec.us or keep up with their plans and future projects at www.facebook.com/otrec and www.twitter.com/otrec.

Learn to meditate in Ondine Hall, room 220, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight.

Call 503-725-9890 for more information.

International management information session Interested in earning your Master’s of international information? Attend the information session at Clark College today at noon.

18700 SE Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, Wash.

Vanguard 6 | Arts & Culture January 26, 2010

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

Billboard Top 10 Week of Jan. 30 Pop “Bad Romance” Lady Gaga “TiK ToK” Ke$ha “Replay” Iyaz “Sexy Chick” David Guetta ft. Akon “Fireflies” Owl City “Empire State of Mind” Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

ARTS & CULTURE Reconstructing the map An innovative look at maps with John Mann Roger Wightman Vanguard staff

If you’re going somewhere new and you want to understand that place, what do you do? Well, you look at a map. Your eyes gaze across the sheet of organized chaos until you find meaning in the layers of lines, dots and figures. The map is how we understand our world; so, how can we push maps to tell us more than just spatial data?

Photographer John Mann’s newest collection Folded in Place attempts to challenge our current attitudes towards this cartographic data. Contrasting pieces of maps and globes with often-bleak

backgrounds, the map loses its enormity and scale, and instead focuses on the immediate.

Mann’s technique involves subtle folds, creases, and cuts laid out on coffee tables, pinned to poorly painted walls, or propped up on top of an ocean of blue. His gestures are delicate and clearly precise yet leave room for ambiguity.

Landscape is a theme in most of Mann’s work, improvising new ways to view and interpret place—following the unknown path of telephone lines into the forest, or capturing the scowls of other wanderers on an isolated Appalachian trail. His work is about exploration, and the intricacy of what surrounds us right now.

In one piece, a strip of map labeled Florianopolis lies pinned across a paint chipped wall—the natural white of the inner layer of

paint surrounded by the crumbling and jagged edges of the flesh color that will soon be gone. But what is this Florianopolis we wonder, left to dream as we stare into the blank space of the aging wall.

In another, the equator sits alone on a dark gray counter top, true to its inherent latitude expect for a small section that bulges up to include an unknown island chain.

Mann suggests the novelty of such a place wedged between opposing hemispheres, season less, and connected only unto itself.

Mann’s work is not simply an attempt to recreate maps, but is also an effort to reevaluate the ones that we have. His work establishes connections that are otherwise invisible or that have simply overlooked the importance of scale, the enormity of an ocean and the influence of borders.

Geographical contemplation is not the only value to Mann’s new exhibit—the photographs themselves are hauntingly compelling to view. The use of

blurred backgrounds, monotone coloring, and the creative arrangements of map fragments each play a part invoking the viewer to expand on his or her ideas of what a map means and should be.

A towering spiral of map stands alone on top of a flat metropolis white dominating the lens. It is the contrast of the bleak with the playful that draws our eyes in; and then comes the realization that this is our world, a concrete jungle dominated by the things that we build.

Folded in Place is a quaint and titillating exhibit for the map lover in all of us.

Folded in Place PDX Across the Hall 929 NW Flanders St. Tue through Sat, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Runs through Jan 30

“Whatcha Say” Jason Derulo “3” Britney Spears “Do You Remember” Jay Sean ft. Sean Paul and Lil Jon “Two Is Better Than One” Boys Like Girls ft.

Taylor Swift Rock “Break” Three Days Grace “I Will Not Bow” Breaking Benjamin Song: “Uprising” Artist: Muse “(If Youíre Wondering If I Want To) I Want To” Weezer “If You Only Knew” Shinedown “Kings and Queens” 30 Seconds to Mars “1901” Phoenix “Savior” Rise Against “Just Breathe” Pearl Jam —Billboard

Photos courtesy of John Mann

John Mann: Taking a fresh look at something many of us rarely give a second thought—maps.

Traveling north Cannons and Clouds hit the road, stopping in tonight at the Doug Fir Scott Ostlund Vanguard staff

Portland artists Johan the Angel and Justin Power have been classified as epic folk, and their show tonight will be no exception to the genre when they are joined by San Francisco natives Cannons and Clouds at the Doug Fir Lounge.

Cannons and Clouds started with singer Zachary Blizzard and current basisst Joshua Kane. Eventually, the group added Steven Medd, Louis Santucci and Brittany Gale,

moving farther away from pure acoustic by adding new vocal and instrumental layers. Cannons and Clouds are known for their original sounds and harmonies due not only to their vocal talents but also their incorporation of original sounds such as the electric harp.

In a similar fashion as Johan the Angel, Cannons and Clouds mixes folk with classical overtones, creating complexity in each of their albums. Often compared to the likes of Iron and Wine and The Decemberists, the group has solidified itself as an up and coming indie-rock band. Their debut album, After All, was a self-financed project from their own label Slow and Steady. Each song on the album is meant to flow together and the

mix of five-part harmonies and instrumental layers makes that a simple process.

Cannons and Clouds will share the stage tonight with local talent Johan the Angel and Justin Power.

Power, who started out in 2006, fits the mold of many artists that have graced the stage of the Doug Fir because of his classical-folk sound.

Power has played and recorded with the Portland Cello Project and was a large part of the album The Thao and Justin Power Sessions. Though Power is featured with the Portland Cello Project he has gone on to produce solo recordings that he will be performing tonight including, Lay Some Time on You. Brett Pedersen, Britt R. White, Lisa Ruefenacht, Regan Johnson, Carl Hoiland and Ashley Mae Christensen make up Johan the Angel. The band integrates orchestra composition and tight knit vocal harmonies, which show an attention to detail unlike many

others. Their latest production is an EP entitled The General’s Son and it is no exception to this musical theme as the title tracks are full of orchestral layering and musical complexity. In 2007 the band put out their first full-length, self-titled record, pushing them into the Portland indie scene.

Cannons and Clouds are coming through Portland as a part of a Northwest tour, which includes Medford, Salem, Olympia, and Seattle. After tonight’s show, the band will head back down Interstate 5 for three California concerts in Arcata, Chico and Santa Rosa.

Cannons and Clouds Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St. Tonight, 9 p.m. $6 21+

Photos courtesy of Cannons and Clouds

From left to right: Zachary Blizzard, Brittany Gale, Louis Santucci and Steven Medd (not pictured: Joshua Kane).

local film highlights New and classic flicks playing locally this week

Arts Editor: Theodora Karatzas 503-725-5694

Sarah Esterman

arts@dailyvanguard.com

Vanguard staff

There are a lot of sweet films playing at local theaters around town this week and unless you’re sitting around and counting the few minutes of sunshine, you probably don’t have time to pick out the best ones. But don’t worry about it. We’ve searched through them for you.

Weekend box office: Top 10 highestgrossing films for the weekend of Jan. 22–24

Tuesday North by Northwest This 1959 Alfred Hitchcock classic tells the story of Roger O. Thornhill, a New York advertising executive, who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign thugs and is chased around the country while he looks for a way to survive.

If that crazy Hitchcock plot isn’t enough to pull you in, then you’ll be glad to know that Thornhill is played

by Cary Grant. And how can you go wrong with Cary Grant?

1. Avatar Weekend gross: $34,944,081 Gross to date: $551,741,499 2. Legion Weekend gross: $17,501,625 Gross to date: $17,501,625

North by Northwest

Photo courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Living Room Theaters 1:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m. $6 w/ PSU ID 21+ after 4:30 p.m.

5. The Lovely Bones Weekend gross: $8,418,192 Gross to date: $31,242,633

Virgin Suicides Part of Laurelhurst Theater’s 10 Year Anniversary Viewer’s Choice Month is this 2000 film about a group of mysterious sisters sheltered by their parents after their sister commits suicide, and the boys who are obsessed with them. The film stars Kirsten Dunst (Spiderman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Josh Hartnett (Wicker Park, Pearl Harbor).

Thursday Chicago If you haven’t seen the film adaptation of the musical Chicago, then you had best not miss this chance to see it on a big screen. With incredible musical performances from Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah, Chicago is a definite must-see.

Bagdad Theater 9:30 p.m. $5 general admission, $25 VIP 21+

Friday Princess Mononoke Also part of Laurelhurst Theater’s 10 Year Viewer’s Choice Month is this Japanese epic of civilization versus nature. If you like incredible Japanese animation and intense environmental conflict, this is the one to see.

Laurelhurst Theater Time TBA $3 21+

Saturday Burial Ground: Nights of Terror An Italian horror flick from 1981 with lots of fake blood and one of

3. The Book of Eli Weekend gross: $15,732,493 Gross to date: $60,735,686 4. The Tooth Fairy Weekend gross: $14,010,409 Gross to date: $14,010,409

Wednesday

Laurelhurst Theater 9:05 p.m. $3 21+

Vanguard Arts & Culture | 7 January 26, 2010

6. Sherlock Holmes Weekend gross: $6,628,069 Gross to date: $9,600,000

Photo courtesy of Toshio Suzuki

Princess Mononoke

7. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Weekend gross: $6,403,504 Gross to date: $204,140,348 8. Extraordinary Measures Weekend gross: $6,012,594 Gross to date: $6,012,594

the strangest casting choices you might ever see: A 30-something plays a 10 year old. With its distinct style and synthesized soundtrack, the film is the second installment in Cinema 21’s Grindhouse Film Festival: Late Night European Horror Series.

9. It’s Complicated Weekend gross: $5, 810,025 Gross to date: $98,270,085 10. The Spy Next Door Weekend gross: $4,584,524 Gross to date: $18,544,619

Cinema 21 11:30pm $7 w/ PSU ID 21+

—boxofficemojo.com

Sunday Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s On Me Part of the Northwest Film Center’s 27th edition of Reel Music, Johnny Mercer is a 2009 film directed by Bruce Ricker. In order to commemorate Mercer’s 100th birthday (he died in 1976), Ricker gives us a look at Mercer’s life through the eyes of Clint Eastwood, John Williams, Andre Pevin, Tony Bennett and plenty of others. Over the course of his career, Mercer collaborated with hundreds of composers to write movie songs like “Jeepers Creepers” and “Moon River.”

As an added bonus, there will be a special tribute performance after the film by the Tony Starlight Band.

Whitsell Auditorium 7 p.m.

Free w/ PSU ID All ages

Virgin Suicides

Burial Ground: Nights of Terror

Photo courtesy of Paramount

Photo courtesy of Shriek Show

Vanguard 8 | Arts & Culture January 26, 2010

This week at the 5th Ave. Cinema:

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure dir. Tim Burton 98 min.

“Tim Burton’s fulllength feature film directorial debut, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, is the story of a rebel and his bike.

Loosely based on Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 Italian neorealist film The Bicycle Thief, follow Pee Wee (Paul Reubens) as he searches for the love of his life, his beloved bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, Pee Wee hitchhikes across the country and the zany adventures ensue.

The film features cameos by Tim Burton, Phil Hartman, Cassandra ‘Elvira’ Peterson, James Brolin, Morgan Fairchild, Dee Snider and Milton Berle. Co-written by Paul Ruebens and the late, great Phil Hartman.”

Jan. 29 and Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Jan. 31 at 3 p.m.

5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall St. Free for PSU students. $2 all other students and seniors. $3 general admission.

Admission includes free popcorn for all.

The new meat guys in town Olympic Provisions breaks ground with innovative, well-crafted cuisine Katherine Vetrano Vanguard staff

Today, charcuteries seem to be emerging all across the culinary world. From Salumi in Seattle, Wash., to Fra’Mani in California, prepared meats and the institutions that create them are making some noise. Last month, Oregon put a new charcuterie on the map, Olympic Provisions. This restaurant takes all the stereotypes of what’s expected in a charcuterie and twists them, Portland style.

Olympic Provisions, Oregon’s first USDA-approved charcuterie, can be found on the first floor of the eclectic Olympic Mills Building on Southeast Washington Street.

The towering home of over 60 businesses provides a space for everyone from The Zimbabwe Artists Project to All Season Windows. Following this trend of interesting businesses, Olympic Provisions stands out as well.

The restaurant is cozy, with candles flickering on the tables and soft Spanish music playing in the background. Along with its romantic ambiance, there’s also a dash of a youthful, hip feeling with its open kitchen, concrete floors and blinking red sign that reads “MEAT.” Attention to detail is evident.

Behind the kitchen is an entire wall of wines and liquors, as well as a handful of old cookbooks nestled in the corner. With an aroma of simmering meats and fennel, it becomes clear that the meal you’re about to experience will be a memorable one.

Working the kitchen is former Clyde Common’s executive chef Jason Barwikowski. His menu changes daily and offers up much more than just cured meats. In addition to carnivorous options, there are a number of seasonal vegetable dishes to refresh the palate, such as a salad of shaved Brussels sprouts, sun chokes and olives tossed with anchovy and garlic.

Another great option is the escarole lightly dressed in refreshing mix of lemon and delicately grated parmesan. Seafood dishes take up part of the menu as well, with options like a calamari dish mixed with fresh sausage, fennel and olives in a spicy broth.

As one might expect, the meat plates are done just right at this American charcuterie.

The charcuterie plate includes

lamb bresaola, pork-liver mousse, country-style pork terrine with pistachios and their first batch of homemade chorizo rioja, allowing guests to enjoy a sampling of all the meats offered at the restaurant.

Another particularly spectacular meat dish offered was a comforting combination of polenta and chicken liver ragu, adorned with a perfectly fried egg.

To wash it all down, there is a lengthy and extremely well crafted assortment of wines offered, which can also be purchased for 25 percent off the menu price. In addition to the wine selection, there is also a cocktail list with European-influenced recipes that includes drinks like Campari and soda, as well as the blacklicorice-tasting pastis.

As a fairly new restaurant, the one element of Olympic Provisions that’s bound to be improved soon is the service. Upon my visit Friday, I had four different people come to my table, only seeing the actual server twice during the meal. When the charcuterie plate was given to us, there was no description until we were halfway through when a server asked, “Did she explain to you what you have here?”

This proved that the thought was there, just not necessarily the right execution. We also waited for our check for about half an hour with empty plates in front of us, which felt little inattentive on the part of the service staff. But it should be noted that the servers were well informed and helpful— throughout our meal I overheard expert explanations of dishes, drinks and wines to other guests around the restaurant.

Olympic Provisions is a great place for a date—perhaps for your upcoming Valentine’s Day meal— or just a casual spot to have a quiet conversation with loved ones over new dishes. Although cured meats may be out of some Portland State student’s regular food repertoire, this is one restaurant that is worth getting out of your comfort zone for.

Olympic Provisions 107 SE Washington St. Mon through Fri 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Closed Sat and Sun 503-954-3663

Photos courtesy of David Lanthan Reamer

SPORTS

Vanguard Sports | 9 January 26, 2010

Sports Editor: Robert Britt 503-725-4538 sports@dailyvanguard.com

Eric Jackson named defensive coordinator Portland State head football coach Nigel Burton has named Eric Jackson the Vikings’ new defensive coordinator. Jackson joins the Viking coaching staff after spending the past 10 seasons at Princeton.

Jackson, who once recruited Burton out of high school, will now be his defensive coordinator and safeties coach. He brings more than 20 years of coaching experience to Portland State.

“Eric is a guy I have known since high school,” said Burton, “He tried to recruit me to Cal Poly when he was the defensive coordinator there.

Photos by Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Double trouble: Senior guard Dominic Waters (left) leads the Big Sky Conference in assists and free-throw percentage. Junior guard Melvin Jones (right) leads the conference in threes.

The road less traveled Vikings drop both games on the road over the weekend, extending their losing streak to three

Players of the game

J. Logue

Friday

Vanguard staff

Heading into the weekend, there was plenty of hope and optimism that the Portland State men’s basketball team might turn things around on the road. Despite having just lost their first game at home in over a year, the Vikings had recently beaten previously top-ranked Northern Colorado a week earlier to prove they were still in the fight for postseason contention.

But after losing to both Weber State and Idaho State this weekend, their hope and optimism is slowly fading.

On Friday, Portland State (8–12, 3–5 Big Sky) headed to Ogden, Utah to face the Weber State Wildcats (13–7, 7–1 Big Sky) for the second matchup against a top-ranked team in the Big Sky. The Wildcats came into the game with the confidence of not only being the best rebounding team in the league, but also having only lost once at home in the all-time series with the Vikings. Unfortunately for Portland State, the Wildcats’ reputation followed them onto the court and the Vikings fell to Weber State 86–83 in a game that came down to the final minutes.

Head coach Tyler Geving recognizes the importance of taking a game against the top-ranked team to the wire, and the impact the outcome had on his squad.

“We are proud of the way we competed. I told the guys to keep their heads up,” he said in a statement released by the school.

Portland State lost by only three points in the end, and finished with two opportunities to send it to overtime, but before the final minutes the game was largely out of reach for the Viks. Trailing for much of the game, Portland State was down by 11 with 3:21 left to play, but three steals and three three-pointers during an 18–9 run brought PSU back into play.

Three Weber State free throws and a fast-break bucket by Portland State junior guard Melvin Jones brought the score to 86–83 with nine seconds left, but shots by senior guard Dominic Waters and Jones couldn’t find the net before the final buzzer.

In what has become a recurring theme, Portland State allowed their opponent to shoot over .500, which has led to tough losses. Five teams in a row have shot better than .500 against the Vikings, including Northern Arizona’s incredible .717 shooting night.

Heading to Idaho State (6–14, 3–5 Big Sky) on Saturday, the Vikings appeared to finally have an easy game on the road.

But once again a late-game comeback—this time sending the game into overtime—was not enough to stop the Bengals from walking off the court with an 88–80 victory. The game was the seventh-straight road loss for the Vikings, and brings their road record to 2–8 this season.

Statistically the teams were

Saturday Dominic Waters

Jamie Jones

Senior, guard 21 points* 6 assists 3 rebounds 6 of 6 free throws

Senior, forward 19 points 10 rebounds* 2 assists 1 block

*his ninth 20-point game this year

*his sixth double-double this season

Photos courtesy of PSU Athletics

Score by period Friday

1st 33 43

2nd 50 43

Final 83 86

Saturday

1st 29 30

2nd 44 43

OT 7 15

Portland State Weber State

Portland State Idaho State

nearly even in every category, but the Bengals came through where it counted. The Vikings failed to keep Idaho State’s shooting down, despite tallying fewer turnovers and matching them in rebounds. The Bengals shot .569 from the field, compared to the .420 the Vikings tallied.

On a positive note, Portland State continued to display their usual prowess in three–point shooting and continued to fire successfully from downtown. The Vikings sank a total of 17 threes over the weekend.

The Vikings continued to play hard down the stretch, which

“He has done a great job coaching on the East Coast, The West Coast, as a defensive coordinator and in the secondary. Year after year he has had one of the best secondaries and defenses in his league.

“He is also a guy who cares about kids. We have the same principles. I know that because I knew his value system when he recruited me way back when. He’s very familiar with our defensive system, so the transition here should be easy. The two of us will work very well together.”

Most recently, Jackson spent 10 seasons in the Ivy League with Princeton football. He was the secondary coach and special teams coordinator for the Tigers’ program.

Other credits include NFL internships with the Detroit Lions (1995ñ96) and the Carolina Panthers (1998). He also coached the Nevada Aces in the Spring Professional Football League in 1991.

Jackson has been a frequent clinician over the years and participated in the NCAA Expert Coaches Academy in 2009.

Jackson is a native of Ypsilanti, Mich. He graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1982. He earned a degree in h istory from Eastern Michigan in 1987.

Final 80 88

created opportunities to win both games. While neither outcome is ideal, it provides a flicker of optimism that Portland State might eventually turn the proverbial corner toward a winning season.

With two more games remaining on their current road trip, Portland State will continue to have opportunities to prove they can win games on the road before it’s too late. Next on the calendar for the Viks are the Eastern Washington Eagles on Saturday. Tip-off is slated for 7:05 p.m. in Cheney, Wash.

—Mike Lund, assistant athletics director

Vanguard 10 | Sports January 26, 2010

Useless “sports” trivia Anton Lewis of Brockton, Mass., set the record for bar chinning in England when he chinned himself 78 times in April 1913.

In May of 1966, Stephen Williams—of Altrincham Grammar School, England— set a Tiddledy-Winks speed record by potting 24 winks from 18 inches in 21.8 seconds.

In Wales, there is a sport called “purring” in which two men face each other with their hands on each other’s shoulders, then begin kicking each other in the shins with the reinforced toes of heavy shoes. The first man to let go of his opponent’s shoulders is the loser.

Robert Wyler, of Glendale, Calif., has played as many as 1,000 games at a time through his mail.

During World War II, Royal Air Force POWs frequently used chess games with German guards to distract their captors and help comrades escape.

The first U.S. chess champion, Paul Morphy, had such great powers of recall that he was able to recite the text of the civil code of Louisiana from memory, and he passed the state bar exam at age 19. When he was 21, he became the youngest world champion of chess and retired 3 years later due to lack of competition.

In 1900, Johann Huslinger walked from Vienna, Austria, to Paris, France—a distance of 871 miles—on his hands. At 10 hours a day, the journey took Huslinger 55 days.

John H. Schueter of Watertown, Wis., is suspected to be the world’s champion cigar smoker. He smoked 24 cigars a day, smoked 438,000 in his lifetime (an approximate value of $50,000) and lived until he was 81.

Perry Greene of Maine was considered the greatest wielder of the 11-lb. wood-chopping ax.

The sport is to sharpen an 11-pound ax until a man can literally shave with the tool, then hold it with one hand above one’s face and lower it toward the nose.

The slightest slip would split the contestant’s face.

Greene did this daily. Not one man in 10,000 can touch his nose with the 11-pound ax.

Snowed out Portland State indoor track teams head for Arizona, but end up in Vegas Nadya Ighani Vanguard staff

Inclement weather forced the Portland State indoor track and field teams to alter their plans over the weekend.

The Vikings were traveling through Nevada on Friday, on their way to Flagstaff, Ariz., when head coach Ronnye Harrison and his staff were informed the meet they were heading to was postponed due to winter weather.

Heavy snow in parts of Arizona and Nevada forced Northern Arizona University to postpone the Friday Night Challenge until the next morning. The snow also blanketed the roads and local authorities closed the road from Las Vegas to Flagstaff, which left the Portland State squads stranded in Vegas.

The road between Flagstaff and Vegas was set to open around noon on Saturday, so traveling to Arizona for the meet that was scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. was illogical.

“By the time we reached Northern Arizona from Vegas, the meet would

have been over,” said Harrison in a statement released by the school.

Not to be outdone by Mother Nature, Harrison began contacting local schools to see what options he and the Vikings had. After contacting UNLV’s head track coach Yvonne Scott, Harrison was able to secure a place on the roster to compete in the UNLV All-Comers Meet.

“We didn’t want to travel all the way down here without our athletes being able to compete,” Harrison said. “We don’t want to waste this trip.”

Although the Vikings were able to compete, none of the results from the All-Comers Meet would apply to the Big Sky Championships, so no additional qualifiers will be added to Portland State’s championship roster.

“It’s basically a glorified practice for us,” Harrison said.

The Vikings already have 10 competitors qualified for next month’s conference championship meet. Seven student-athletes from the women’s team and three members of the men’s squad will face the top competitors from the rest of the conference in Bozeman, Mont., beginning on Feb. 26.

Up next on the schedule for the Vikings is the UW Invitational in Seattle, Wash., on Friday.

Unforced errors Women’s tennis team opens 2010 campaign with twin losses Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

The Portland State women’s tennis team began their 2010 season with two consecutive losses to Eastern Washington and to Oregon.

The Vikings, playing without their captain Molly Knox, went down 0–7 in their season opener on Friday against the Eastern Washington Eagles at the St. John’s Racquet Center in North Portland.

Against Eastern Washington, sophomore Martha Pellicano was the only Viking to stretch her game to three sets. She went down 4–6, 6­–4, 1 (10–4) to Chelsea Patton in a tiebreaker. The doubles matches were also tightly contested, with the Vikings losing each of their games with a margin of three sets or less.

The Viks suffered yet another whitewash on Sunday at Eugene, as they again succumbed 0–7 to the Ducks. Portland State won just eight of their games compared to Oregon’s 64 wins.

Surprisingly, Portland State had to default on two singles and one doubles match as the result of two of their transfers not being cleared to play by the NCAA. Earlier this month, the Vikings women’s tennis team was picked to finish eighth among the nine Big Sky Conference teams in the preseason coaches’ poll.

The team plays its next two games on the road in Colorado against Colorado State and Northern Colorado next weekend.

The Portland State men’s tennis team, who were picked to finish seventh in the coaches’ poll, begins their 2010 campaign against cross-town rivals University of Portland on Friday.

—trivia-library.com

Photos courtesy of PSU Athletics

Travel woes: The indoor track and field teams had a change of plans over the weekend.

NFL playoffs AFC championship New York Jets

M. Sanchez J. Cotchery B. Edwards

Indianapolis Colts

P. Manning P. Garcon J. Addai

17

17 of 30 for 257 yards, 2 TDs 5 catches for 102 yards 2 catches for 100 yards, 1 TD

30

26 of 39 for 377 yards, 3 TDs 11 catches for 151 yards, 1 TD 6 carries for 80 yards

NFC championship Minnesota Vikings

B. Favre A. Peterson B. Berrian

New Orleans Saints

D. Brees P. Thomas D. Henderson

28

28 of 46 for 310 yards, 1 TD 25 carries for 122 yards, 3 TDs 9 catches for 102 yards

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17 of 31 for 197 yards, 3 TDs 14 carries for 61 yards, 1 TD 4 catches for 39 yards, 1 TD

Weekend tennis results: Eastern Washington 7, Portland State 0 Singles: 1. Caitlin Bampton (EWU) def. Caitlin Stocking (PSU) 6–4, 7–5 2. Marie Demerath (EWU) def. Anya Dalkin (PSU) 6–3, 7–6 3. Kelsey Knight (EWU) def. Nayantara Vadali (PSU) 6–1, 6–4 4. Chelsea Patton (EWU) def. Martha Pellicano (PSU) 4–6, 6–4, 1 (10–4) 5. Ryann Warner (EWU) def. Kylea Gleason (PSU) 6–2, 6–0 6. Judy Liening (EWU) def. Emily McClaran (PSU) 6–1, 6–0 Doubles: 1. Demerath/Knight (EWU) def. Stocking/Dalkin (PSU) 9–8 (7–3) 2. Bampton/Patton (EWU) def. Vidali/Gleason (PSU) 8–5 3. Liening/Warner (EWU) def. Pellicano/McClaran (PSU) 9–7 Oregon 7, Portland State 0 Singles: 1. Julia Metzger (UO) def. Caitlin Stocking (PSU), 6–3, 6–0 2. Emmanuelle Cor (UO) def. Anya Dalkin (PSU), 6–0, 6–2 3. Sabine Fuchs (UO) def. Tara Vidali (PSU), 6–0, 6–1 4. Patricia Skowronski (UO) def. Kylea Gleason (PSU), 6–0, 6–0 5. Default 6. Default Doubles: 1. Metger/Fuchs (UO) def. Stocking/Dalkin (PSU), 8–2 2. Smatova/Cor (UO) def. Gleason/Vidali (PSU), 8–0 3. Default

Slow start: The women’s tennis team lost to Eastern Washington and Oregon this weekend.

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SPORTS EXTRA Vikings tame Wildcats, Bengals Portland State chalks up two wins at home this weekend Rosemary Hanson Vanguard staff

The Vikings had an impressive weekend at the Peter Stott Center, beating out Weber State 87–62 on Friday, and Idaho State 61–45 on Saturday. After a tough weekend on the road last week, these wins put the Vikings in second place in the Big Sky. In Friday night’s game, the Vikings led from the start, and their 25-point margin of victory is the largest the Vikings have seen over the Wildcats.

Stellar shooting and impressive rebounding helped Portland State keep control of the game.

Sophomore guard Eryn Jones and junior guard-forward Kelly Marchant led the Vikings in points—Jones with 17 and Marchant with 18. Both players hit above double digits before the end of the first half and at the halftime buzzer Jones hit a clean three-pointer to put Portland State up 44–28.

The second half proved to be as strong as the first. The Vikings ended up outrebounding the Wildcats 47 to 34. Senior forward Erin Yankus, and junior forward Kelli Valentine led with seven and eight boards, respectively.

The energy after coming off two losses was apparent.

“The last losses were attention grabbers,” Marchant said. “We knew we needed to pick it up and play our game.”

She attributes the win to not only strong shooting and strong rebounding, but also to tight defense.

“Our defense was really strong— everyone was just on the same page tonight,” she said.

The Vikings followed up Friday’s win with another stellar home

performance against the Idaho State Bengals on Saturday.

The early shots weren’t falling for the Viks and it wasn’t until late into the first half that Portland State displayed true energy. Freshman reserve guard Nichole Jackson and sophomore forward Katy Wade worked in tandem to hustle their team together and heat things up.

Jackson and Wade each snagged offensive rebounds with about a minute left on the clock to retain possession for the Viks, and Wade threw up a shot with eight seconds left in the half to bring the Portland State within two.

Going into the break, the Vikings were down 22–20 and had shot seven of 21 from the field.

Portland State came out strong in the first 10 minutes of the second half and pulled a 15–3 run over the Bengals. From there, the Bengals never caught up, and the Viks improved their lead to the final 16-point margin of victory.

Portland State pulled their shot accuracy up to 13 of 25 at the end of the game and ended by outrebounding the Bengals 44–28. Wade led the Viks with 10 rebounds, and was closely followed

by Yankus with eight.

For a team that often struggles on rebounds, this weekend was an impressive one off the boards, and head coach Sherri Murrell recognizes the connection.

“We know when we’ve lost games, it’s been mostly because of rebounding,” Murrell said. “So they are just stepping up and making a change.”

A change they have made. The Vikings are now out of their twogame losing slump and into a two-game winning streak. They will have to prove themselves in their next game when they take on No. 1-ranked Eastern Washington on Saturday at the Stott Center.

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Big Sky Conference standings Women’s basketball Eastern Washington 13–6 (7–0) W7 Portland State 11–9 (5–2) W2 Montana 9–9 (4–2) W2 Idaho State 9–11 (4–3) L2 Montana State 9–10 (2–4) L1 Northern Colorado 9–10 (2–4) L1 Sacramento State 6–12 (2–4) W2 Northern Arizona 4–15 (2–4) L1

Photos by Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Scores by period

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Weber State 7–13 (1–6) L4 Men’s basketball

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Weber State 13–7 (7–1) W4 Northern Colorado 17–4 (6–2) W2 Montana State 11–8 (6–2) W1 Montana 13–7 (4–4) L1 Northern Arizona 10–9 (4–4) W3 Portland State 8–12 (3–5) L3 Idaho State 6–14 (3–5) W2 Eastern Washington 6–15 (2–6) L4 Sacramento State 7–14 (1–7) L4

Eryn Jones: The sophomore guard (right) chalked eight points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in Saturday’s win over Idaho State. The Vikings are now second in conference standings.