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Safety dressed in green Portland’s green bike boxes may not be as safe as they seem PAGE 3

NEWS Hate crimes and the Deaf Event highlights Deaf oppression PAGE 5

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They blinded me with science Dinosaurs, lasers and beer with OMSI After Dark PAGE 6

Presidential pay cuts

Wiewel and other OUS presidents take voluntary pay cuts Stacy Austin Vanguard staff

Due to budget cuts in higher education during the 2009 Oregon Legislative Session, the chancellor and presidents at all seven of Oregon’s public institutions agreed to a voluntary 4.6 percent salary cut from March through June 2009 and a pay freeze, keeping their salaries at 2008 levels, until the end of the 2009–10 school year, according to the Oregon University System.

Diane Saunders, director of communication for OUS, explained that presidents serve under multi-year contracts so they are not forced to take any reduction in pay or benefits.

ASPSU leaders say protest was meant to be a conversation starter Virginia Vickery Vanguard staff

Local Film Highlights New and classic flicks playing locally this week PAGE 7

SPORTS

Nearly 80 students gathered on the South Park Blocks at noon on Friday to protest against the university administration for allegedly not including students in the greater conversation over the Frohnmayer Report, which calls for the financial restructure of PSU. “We just want to take the

According to an annual report by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray has a total compensation of $592,292, University of Oregon’s former President David B. Frohnmayer was listed with a total compensation of $636,445 and PSU President Wim Wiewel has a total compensation of $323,276.

Wiewel’s benefits include the use of a car, use of a house and a $23,084 retirement pay package.

The Chronicle report found most university presidents in the nation earn between $400,000 and $500,000.

When the 2009 Oregon Legislative Session came to a close, it was obvious that OUS would have to make some very important

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Wim Wiewel: PSU President and other OUS presidents took a 4.6 percent salary cut.

Restructure resistance conversation with students as high as we can,” said ASPSU President Jonathan Sanford.

On Nov. 18, the night before the report’s release, PSU President Wim Wiewel addressed the Student Senate and asked its members to form a committee to communicate with him about the university’s response to the report, which outlines a public corporation funding model for PSU, the University of Oregon and

Oregon State University. Former UO president David Frohnmayer, who was commissioned by the Oregon University System, conducted the report.

Two months later, the Senate formed the requested committee, but many of the seats have yet to be filled. On Feb. 5, Wiewel will meet with representatives from ASPSU to hear their input regarding a possible restructuring.

As Friday’s student-government lead event began, Wiewel left for Salem to meet with the presidents of other Oregon University System schools and members of the governor’s reset education subcommittee to discuss possible solutions to the chronic underfunding of higher education.

Sanford claimed that Wiewel

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Leading the pack Cycling Club earns national recognition from parent organization PAGE 10

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Protest: ASPSU Chief of Staff Zaki Bucharest addresses the crowd gathered to protest the university administration for its perceived stance on the Frohnmayer Report.

Vanguard 2 | Opinion February 2, 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 last week’s online comments.

Keeping cool, but not professional I am deeply concerned by the lack of professionalism ASPSU continues to put forth, as this reflects upon the entire University (“ASPSU protest planned,” Jan. 28). The picture above shows the President and his “Chief of Staff ” wearing hats at a serious meeting? This is not the first time I have encountered this working here at PSU. I have also been present for the “Chief of Staff ” swearing, texting, and playing with his hat during serious meetings with both students, staff and administration. I do not expect ties, but I do ask for professionalism for a person to be taken seriously. Students should be outraged by this and see through the facade of “cool” versus how a serious leader should present themselves. This is a shame for students.

—Concerned staff member

Don’t ask Mr. Oxley questions online, he can’t respond A fairly disappointing ruling (“The National: Supremely legislating,” Jan. 29)…I’m all for free speech, but I’d have to agree with you that giving corporations nearly limitless leeway in throwing money at whatever candidate/issue they wish could have negative consequences.

It could definitely harm the “Average Joe’s” ability to vote based on issues alone, because they’re going to be inundated by the opinion of whoever is willing to spend the most money and win through exposure, not who is going to present the most compelling, well thought-out arguments...

But I’ve got to ask you, Mr. Oxley: How do you feel about regulating airtime for politicians on broadcast News? Some of the mainstream media outlets definitely display political bias. They can greatly influence the outcome of voting issues without contributing directly to any campaign, solely by choosing what to cover or how to cover it. Do you also feel this should be regulated?

Controlling how much one corporation can give in advertising seems awfully similar to controlling how much another corporation can give in airtime and how they choose to represent information.

—Troy

Very demanding Vanguard, how about you get the facts right instead of making your own bias (“Editorial: Dude, where’s my Senate?,” Jan. 29)? the Senate has the largest responsibility and are paid the lowest. it is not surprising that so many senators burned out before the year is over.

So to answer your question as to where your senate is, your senate is busy getting burned out by an outdated consitution [sic], overwhelming admininstration [sic] and lack of support as students.

I demand that the Vanguard do proper coverage and get all of the details, for you sound alot [sic] like fox.

—Pv

Jumping on the bandwagon Read the Frohnmayer Report for yourself and you’ll see that ASPSU is a crock of bull shit (“ASPSU protest planned,” Jan. 28). Seriously, they jump on the bandwagon too fast without even thinking about what they’re doing.

—Leafblower

What do ya think?

The Frohnmayer Report has caused quite a stir on campus with its novel idea of turning the Oregon University System into a public corporation. ASPSU has certainly taken a stance, and protests have been planned.

But what do you think? Could the proposal of turning the OUS into a public corporation be a good or a bad thing? Would tuition rise or could such a move help out students here at PSU? Write a letter to the editor and e-mail it to opinion@dailyvanguard. com to make your voice heard.

While you’re at it, head on over to the Vanguard’s Facebook page and take our Frohnmayer Report poll. There is always something we would like to know from you so check our Facebook often!

Safety dressed in green Portland’s green bike boxes may not be as safe as they seem Will Blackford Vanguard staff

Most of us on campus have seen those green box things surrounding a stencil of a bike, punctuating intersections along Southwest Broadway, but how many of us actually know what they’re for?

A recent study sponsored by the City of Portland and conducted at Portland State finds that most drivers do know what to do in the presence of the green boxes, but whether or not they actually make intersections safer for cyclists is still under debate. Making the road safer for cyclists is a task of utmost importance, especially here in Portland where many ride to school and work.

For those who don’t know, the green bike boxes are designed to make cyclists more visible to drivers and lower the potential for fatal so-called right hook crashes. Cars are required to wait behind the boxes and are forbidden from attempting a right turn on a red light unless they want to incur a $24 fine.

The green boxes, and even some unpainted bike boxes, can be seen on Southwest Broadway near PSU, as well as Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and scattered around the Pearl District.

A plea to end stereotypes Yesenia Chavez Guest opinion

I grew up in a small I guess you would say city; for many of you who didn’t grow up there, it is known for the large Walmart supercenter visible from I-5 and the Woodburn outlet mall right across the street.

Woodburn is also known for being a predominately Latino-populated city, so coming to Corvallis was actually a cultural shock for me.

The reality of going from the majority to the minority never really hit me until I got to Oregon State University. Granted, I would go shopping outside of Woodburn and would at times get followed at a department store, or stared at when holding my baby nephews or nieces at the mall and then told, “Oh, what a beautiful son or daughter you have.”

These are just a few of the realities that I have faced as a Latina. The reality is that as much as we try to fight these stereotypes and misconceptions, most of us are left tired and frustrated at always having to educate others on who we are, and even then, our community itself is so broad and diverse that we can only speak of our own personal experiences.

The reality is that our Latino or Chicano communities are as diverse as you can imagine; we come from places such as Mexico,

This is a great direction to go in the pursuit of road safety, but there are many factors to consider when deciding how effective the boxes are and where we can go from here.

The most important question to consider is whether the bike boxes are actually making intersections safer for cyclists or if they merely create the illusion of safety. Jennifer Dill associate professor of Urban Studies and Planning, who helped conduct the study, said that there is definitely a perception of safety, yet “the observed data are less clear.”

The study also shows that cyclists aren’t too confident in drivers’ ability to understand how the bike boxes work, as only 37 percent of bikers polled thought that most drivers understood their purpose. These are the same cyclists that may be at risk when their faith

in drivers leads them to take actions which, combined with a driver’s ignorance of the rules, could cause an unfortunate accident.

Political science major Sage Kurtz, who often rides his bike to campus, said that even though the bike boxes are more of an attempt at safety than anything previously, they don’t really present any more safety than the bike lanes already offered and that overall safety has not improved.

Drivers, especially those who have never cycled in the bike boxes,

likely to take precautions as they put their safety into the hands of the little green boxes. We need to be making sure that drivers and cyclists sharing the road are more aware of each other, not less.

On the opposite side, we have history major Brandon Shartley, who frequently drives to campus.

Shartley is knowledgeable of the rules and thinks that the boxes are effective at making intersections safer. It seems pretty clear from this and the survey data that drivers are more impressed by the bike boxes than those who actually ride their bikes in them on a regular basis. It’s the cyclists’ opinions that we should be considering here, especially since they’re the ones at greater risk for fatal injury in a collision.

So what can we do to make things better?

More driver awareness and education on how the boxes work and why they’re there—aside from having cops pulling over and citing drivers for infractions based on ignorance not of their own fault, which may just breed animosity toward cyclists—is the obvious place to start. More advanced techniques such as overt signage and maybe a mirror or signal at intersections should also be considered.

Regardless of what Illustration by Kira Meyrick/Portland State Vanguard the City of Portland decides to do, they are more likely than cyclists to should be taking the results of the perceive intersections as safer due to study as well as the opinions of the boxes, according to the study. cyclists into account in order to Strangely enough, this could ensure the safety of all who share actually be harmful in the long run. the road. The green bike boxes are a If both cyclists and motorists feel great start in the right direction, but safer, even though the same level educating drivers and cyclists alike of danger remains, they will be less is a must.

Latino longing Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, etc. Just like in the United States, we come in many different shades—from light-skinned, blueeyed, blonde-haired individuals to the dark-skinned, dark-eyed, blackhaired ones. So the reality is that the individual most people picture as Latino is the stereotype we see in the media: short with dark brown skin, brown-eyed, black-haired, and let’s face it, Mexican.

Yes, even though I identify myself as Mexican (both of my parent [sic] emigrated here from Mexico), we are not all from Mexico. I have many friends from other countries who at times get fed up with always being asked what part of Mexico they are from. Immigration to the U.S. isn’t just from Mexico, individuals come from all of Latin America. There are also some that have been here for hundreds of years, hence, “The border crossed us, we didn’t cross the border.”

Our university has approximately 900 plus students that identify themselves as Latino.

The reality is, though, that so many of us are involved with various organizations, clubs or sports that it is impossible to know every single Latino student. So when someone that met another Latino student asks me if I know them, then

describes them as short, black hair and brown eyes, that doesn’t really help. And no, we do not know every Latino student on campus.

As I said earlier, because of our diversity, it is hard to distinguish who is Latino. The truth is that many times, I’ve been at the Native American Longhouse and asked what tribe I’m from, at times wishing I could answer that question: our culture has been so intermixed with those who conquered our countries, with the few exceptions of those indigenous groups that have managed to preserve that history, I can’t really answer it.

However, the one thing that many of us are facing here on campus is the feeling of inadequacy.

Deciding to leave your family, friends and everything you know in order to attend a university is a very hard decision to make.

We aren’t here because of affirmative action, or any other reason people like to use as a scapegoat: Just like every student here, we have worked for and earned where we are today, much like our parents and grandparents.

There is always this feeling of having to prove yourself as a student, of needing to work a little harder in order to prove you deserve to be here, but with the

help of the university’s cultural centers and programs—like the College Assistant Migrant Program, Intercultural Student Services (particularly Gustavo Martinez-Padilla from CASA Latino) and the Educational Opportunities Program—we have had the support needed to succeed, along with that from our families and friends.

We never let ourselves fail as students. As much as every student here is struggling, our struggles go a little deeper in that we have to find and create our “home away from home” here at the university.

With the help of faculty of color and various organizations, we have slowly created that family atmosphere.

Cesar E. Chavez once said, “We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community—and this nation.” The hope is that the stereotypes individuals have of our community will change and we all begin to educate our thinking of each other, not just the Latino community. *This article was originally published in the Daily Barometer and is printed here in its original form.

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On this day in history 1653 New Amsterdam is founded as a city. It eventually is renamed New York City, but how cool would it have been to have an Amsterdam in the U.S.!

1863 Southerner Samuel Clemens insists upon being referred to as Mark Twain. His friends say it will never catch on.

1869 The removable tempered-steel plow blade is first invented

by James Oliver. Good thing too, I don’t know what I’d do without my removable temperedsteel plow blade.

1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is first printed in Paris, France. Fans of Greek epics experience a strange form of déjà vu.

1932 Al Capone heads to prison.

1933 Shortly after becoming chancellor, Adolph Hitler ends the German Parliament.

They weren’t using it anyway.

1942 The auto factories in the U.S. move to war production. Wait, hold on—we had factories in America? We made stuff here?

1959 The day the music died. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash.

1964 G.I. Joe debuts and becomes the new American toy craze—it later inspires one of the worst movies of 2009.

1982 Late Night first airs on NBC as David Letterman puts in his time, earning his place on the Tonight Show.

NBC will totally honor that, right?

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Vanguard 4 | News February 2, 2010

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Presidents wanted to be first to sacrifice some pay

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Bits and Pieces Postsecondary teacher earnings The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the median annual earnings for May 2008 at $58,830.

The middle 50 percent earned between $41,600 and $83,960.

The lowest 10 percent earned $28,870 or less and the top 10 percent earned $121,850 or more. A survey by the American Association of University Professors report that salary for full-time faculty averaged $79,439 and is ranked as follows: $108,749 professors $76,147 associate professors $63,827 assistant professors $45,977 instructors $52,436 lecturers For the 2008–09 school year full time faculty salaries averaged $77,009 in public colleges and universities.

—bls.gov

Guess who’s coming to Portland Howard Dean, former Democratic Party chairman, will be in Oregon next week to raise money for Secretary of State Bill Bradbury’s gubernatorial bid. Bradbury is planning a Feb. 11 lunch and another event later that day featuring Dean, a former presidential candidate.

—ap.org

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decisions because of budget cuts.

According to the OUS Web site, Oregon Legislature appropriated $807.5 million for the 2009–11 higher education operating budget.

That is a reduction of $118 million, or 13 percent, from the OUS’s essential budget level of $925.3 million, the level needed to maintain current programs and services. The reduction occurs at a time that enrollment is at a record high and continuing to grow at Oregon’s universities. Saunders explained that reductions had to be made.

“Campuses do not want to harm student instruction so each campus looked at how we can continue,” she said.

When considering reductions, Saunders said it was important to maintain affordability for students, to make sure university access was available to as many students as possible and to provide the programs and services necessary for students to stay in school and

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successfully graduate.

“There was a close scrutiny of the budget,” Saunders said.

Many options were exercised, and they differed per campus.

Some cuts included student tuition increases, staff salary reductions, cuts of low enrollment classes, class sizes increasing and fewer sections being offered.

Cuts in the numbers of classes and course sections could make it more difficult for students to get into the classes they need to graduate, thus increasing the time it takes for some students to earn degrees.

Wiewel said that the presidents at all seven of Oregon’s public institutions collectively agreed to take their pay cuts, because they wanted to be “the first to sacrifice.”

“When it became clear last year that the university was going to experience significant budget cuts, we knew we would have to ask faculty and staff to take a pay cut, and students to pay higher tuition then we would have liked,” Wiewel said.

They also asked top administrators, including deans, vice provosts and associate vice presidents, to take a voluntary pay cut and they overwhelmingly did so.

Saunders said that higher education in Oregon cannot afford more budget cuts. She will work with the legislature this month concering any further cuts and how they could affect students.

“We need the support of students, staff, faculty and alumni [to prevent] restrictions on enrollment on some campuses, and program and course cuts…we can take no more cuts to higher education because it is affecting students,” Saunders said.

She also said she worries that Oregon is sending out a message that the state doesn’t care about higher education, and she believes that is the wrong message to relay. She believes valuing higher education will keep more companies in Oregon and attract new businesses as well.

“College degrees are the ticket to better-paying jobs … [and] careers [students] want to pursue,” she said.

When asked if decreasing salaries will hamper the state in attracting or retaining employees, Wiewel said, “Yes, it does. Not the first day or first month. So many other states have similar problems…but paying people less than they deserve is a disadvantage.”

Wiewel urges “more students, alumni, parents, relatives, friends to become more involved in the political process reform of revenue structure of the Oregon [because] the tax revenue system of Oregon is broken and must change so higher education gets its fair share…and pays competitive salaries to everyone.”

Further information on the PSU budget can also be found online at www.pdx.edu/budget.

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Student leaders say that a resturcte would lead to cuts was presenting PSU’s position as favorable to financial restructure at the meeting without student input. He also said that he called the OUS Chancellor’s Office to get the location of the meeting in Salem, but was told that it was private.

“I think they smelled a protest or rally and wouldn’t tell us the location,” he said.

The university presidents were invited to meet with the Reset Committee to discuss various ideas about how higher education might be restructured, but Wiewel did not present a proposal for how to restructure, according to Wiewel’s Chief of Staff Lois Davis in an e-mail

to the Vanguard last Wednesday.

After the report’s release last fall, Wiewel began circulating a draft document, called a white paper, containing guiding principles concerning any future restructuring process. Sanford said ASPSU intends to deliver something they are referring to as the “black paper” to Wiewel’s office sometime this week.

It is unknown at this time what that document contains.

During the protest, Sanford and several members of his staff gave speeches and lead the crowd in chants. Many attendees held neon signs rejecting “corporate take over.”

ASPSU Chief of Staff Zaki

Bucharest said in a speech to the crowd that within a corporate model of education “any unprofitable areas of academia will be axed—there will be a systematic elimination of the liberal arts.”

In the e-mail Davis said, “There is nothing in any of the various discussion pieces on restructuring that supports this claim in any way.

In fact, as both the PSU discussion draft and the principles adopted by all of the seven OUS presidents make clear, the very reason for looking for alternative ways to fund and govern Oregon public higher education is so that we can preserve and protect our important public missions.”

Adam Sanchez, student teacher at Lincoln High School and a member of the International Socialist Organization, also gave a speech to the group.

“We need to build a student movement,” Sanchez said.

He encouraged students to attend a follow-up forum to be held this Wednesday in Parkway North. Fliers were distributed to the crowd with information about the forum and a suggestion to students to call Oregon Legislature and tell their representatives to publicly fund education, to fund schools over prisons and to reject any restructuring.

The U.S. Census reports that 2.3 million singlerace Black military veterans in 2008. Black veterans make up the largest minority group of military veterans.

2.5 million Black students were enrolled in college in fall 2008, about double the amount from 1993.

55 percent of 18- to 34-year-old Black voters went to the polls for the 2008 presidential election, an increase of 8 percent from 2004.

—census.gov

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Adam Sanchez: A member of the International Socialist Organization speaks to the group.

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ASPSU President: Jonathan Sanford addresses the nearly 80 students gathered outside of SMSU.

Hate crimes and the Deaf Event highlights Deaf oppression Sharon E. Rhodes Vanguard staff

Some forms of hate lead to war or murder, but hate can also lead to oppression and hegemony.

Carl N. Schroeder, president of the Oregon Association of the Deaf (OAD), gave a lecture last Wednesday called “Hate Crime and the Deaf.” Schroeder’s lecture examined how oppression impacts the Deaf community.

Schroeder moved from Holland to the United States at age 10, where he attended the Maryland School for the Deaf. Deafness has been common in his family since the 11th century.

“I grew up in a deaf family, a vast deaf family, and I never realized the world was full of people who hear through their ears until I was 5,” Schroeder said.

In the lecture, Schroeder said that public schools in California teach deaf children orally—teaching speech and lip reading as opposed to sign language. Many members of the Deaf community, Schroeder said, oppose oralism, not only because they doubt its efficacy, but also because “the deaf do have language and culture heritage,” Schroeder says on the OAD Web site (www.deaforegon.org).

In discussing the naturalness of signing, Schroeder referenced a study that revealed that many people find it difficult to speak without free movement of their hands. He also mentioned Italians as an example of notorious gesturers.

Schroeder suggested that many

crimes against the deaf begin at birth. According to Schroeder, after doctors diagnose a child as deaf they tell parents about what is wrong with American Sign Language (ASL) and tend to encourage the use of cochlear implants, also a subject of contention in Deaf culture.

Schroeder recalled one child he taught who had a bad experience with a cochlear implant. He described the implant’s effect as “noise in his head” and, after becoming ill, had it removed.

Schroeder also noted that while hearing mothers often embrace ASL when they learn that their child is deaf, many fathers reject signing and consequently have limited interactions with their deaf children.

Key to understanding Schroeder’s mission is a rejection of audism—a term he defines as “the belief that the ability to hear and speak is better than being deaf ”—and the belief that ASL is in any way less of a language than spoken languages.

Schroeder traces the suppression of sign languages to the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf held in Milan in 1880. The end result was government suppression of sign language. Deaf teachers of the deaf were replaced with hearing teachers to instruct using oral methods.

To illustrate how the hearing have oppressed the deaf through the suppression of ASL, Schroeder recounted how, at his first teaching job, a school official reported him for using sign language in the classroom. The school at which Schroeder taught was overtly oratory in its teaching and to get the job, Schroeder had portrayed himself as an oralist and supportive of the school’s goals.

According to Schroeder,

another crime against the deaf is the frequent placement of ASL in Special Education departments, which unfairly implies that the deaf are learning disabled. PSU is in the process of moving ASL to the foreign languages and literatures department from the speech and hearing department.

“Denying the full status of ASL as a language inspires belittlement and hate crimes,” Schroeder wrote on the OAD Web site.

In an interview after the lecture, Schroeder said, “I want to empower people to discuss what hate crimes are and how they are generated.”

He also wants people in the hearing community to recognize “that some of their actions are wrong and they have hurt deaf people and deaf children.”

Vanguard News | 5 February 2, 2010

The Kitchen Sink NASA to launch Endeavor NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is preparing for Endeavor’s Feb. 7 liftoff.

The official countdown begins Feb. 4 at 2 a.m. EST. A water suppression pipe broke at Kennedy’s Launch Control Center but is not expected to impede the liftoff schedule.

—nasa.gov UK stomping out the cigarette industry The U.K. wants to cut the number of smokers in half by 2020, and the government will consider banning cigarette vending machines.

Currently, 21 percent of Brits smoke. Health ministers put the number of deaths attributed to smoking at 80,000 a year.

Several policies have led to a decrease in the number of smokers in Britain, including a ban on advertising, raising the legal age to smoke and banning smoking in almost all public places.

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Carl N. Schroeder: President of the Oregon Association of the Deaf speaks at an event last Wednesday.

The government is also considering removing branding from cigarette packages, which will require them to be sold in plain wrappers.

—reuters.com

Vanguard 6 | Arts & Culture February 2, 2010

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

ARTS & CULTURE They blinded me with science

Billboard Top 10

Dinosaurs, lasers and beer with OMSI After Dark

Week of Feb. 6

Bianca Blankenship Vanguard staff

Pop Song: “TiK ToK” Artist: Ke$ha Song: “Bad Romance” Artist: Lady Gaga Song: “Replay” Artist: Iyaz Song: “Sexy Chick” Artist: David Guetta ft. Akon Song: “Empire State of Mind” Artist: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Song: “Do You Remember” Artist: Jay Sean ft.

Sean Paul and Lil Jon Song: “Two Is Better Than One” Artist: Boys Like Girls ft. Taylor Swift Song: “Fireflies” Artist: Owl City Song: “According To You” Artist: Orianthi Song: “Whatcha Say” Artist: Jason Derulo

Rock Song: “Break” Artist: Three Days Grace

It happens all the time: Adults visit the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and avoid playing with the interactive exhibits.

While they may be tempted to play, they feel guilty for exploring the exhibits that seem to be reserved for children. OMSI After Dark was designed just for those folks. A 21-and-over event that happens once a month, it begins this year in February and allows adults to play without the kids around.

OMSI After Dark is a dream come true for science nerds, geeks and dweebs who also happen to enjoy beer, and it’s even better if they also aren’t keen on mobs of children.

It’s a chance for adults to check out all the exhibits—from playing with robots to looking up in awe at dinosaur bones—without worrying that they are going to cut into kids’ time to play.

Local companies and artisans provide food and drinks to choose from, often in the form of free samples. Cupcake Jones, Dave’s Killer Bread and Hip Chicks Do Wine are some businesses that will be setting up booths for the event.

There will be plenty of beer and wine available for purchase, but since these can be costly, it’s not a bad idea to indulge in a little prefunk drinking.

Though the joy of wandering aimlessly and inebriated through the exhibits is likely to keep people engaged, there are some special shows worth checking out in case

Photo courtesy of Sam Grover/Flickr

OMSI After Dark: Leave the kids with a sitter and come get your drink on this Wednesday night at Portland’s favorite science museum.

anyone’s restless. Starry Night LIVE! shows in OMSI’s Kendall Planetarium at 7:30 p.m., where the night sky is projected on a huge dome ceiling. The show points out different stars, planets and even satellites and provides stories about various constellations.

A much less scientific show appears later at 9 p.m. :Laser Michael Jackson. As might be assumed, this is a laser light show in the dome that features Michael Jackson’s music. For those who are die-hard M.J. fans or have simply had enough of the science exhibits by then, sitting back and watching laser lights dance overhead to 1980s beats might be fun. Then again, anyone who is properly inebriated by 9 p.m.

might not appreciate the quickly flashing lights, especially when there aren’t sick bags at hand.

The star of the show this year is, of course, a sweet little skeleton named Samson. Samson is a 40-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex and is believed to be the third most complete skeleton of its kind ever discovered. After being found in Buffalo, S.D., in 1987, Samson was fully excavated by 1992. In other words, he’s a local. The massive carnivore will be on loan at the museum through September.

It might seem that science geeks tend to stay at home with their microscopes, but it certainly doesn’t appear that way at OMSI After Dark. The event tends to get fairly

crowded. Don’t expect to find any kids running around, but do expect a crowd of adults perhaps in an equally juvenile state.

While OMSI After Dark fell on the last Wednesday of the month last year, this year the event will tentatively be held on first Wednesdays and continue through July.

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look you’ve seen on your mother’s face too many times to still notice, rediscovering the people they’ve always loved, and understanding that no matter how well you know something, there’s always something to be discovered.

After the Portland exhibition, Subjective will be traveling to the Corvallis Art Center in March and the Pence Gallery at Pinckney Center in Bend in April.

OMSI After Dark OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave. Wednesday, 6 p.m.–10 p.m. $10 nonmembers, free for members 21+

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Portland artists provide a unique perspective on each other’s loved ones Roger Wightman Vanguard staff

An artist is supposed to strive for originality—at least, that’s what we’re told. Rarely would you see a novelist comparing their manuscript beside that of Moby Dick or Chuck Palahniuk’s Diary to ensure that paragraphs have similar indentation, sentence structure and stylistic language that, without a byline, would function as the famous authors long lost masterpiece.

Subjective, the newest exhibit now showing at Portland Community College’s North View Gallery, defies this artistic mantra and proves that the creative process will always provide something original simply because perception is unique for everyone.

The exhibit is a showcasing of Portland artists Becca Bernstein’s and Gwenn Seemel’s latest portraiture work. The concept is simple: Both artists paint the same thing and see how interpretation and perception changes between individuals. To add an even greater

dichotomy between how the artist’s perceive their subjects, the subjects themselves are family members or close friends with one of the artists.

One of the subjects is Bernstein’s husband, and Seemel’s portrait of her partner’s lover is safe. She chooses to remain small scale, the acrylic capturing only the point of his nose, the glow of his eyes, and a charismatic smile, with colors in full use. Bernstein sees what is real: The mild colors that make up the day to day, her husband’s red bike, his scrawny chest and his slowly receding hairline.

In a self-portrait, Seemel paints herself facing a mirror combing her shoulder length sandy blond hair.

In the mirror she poses an elegant grin and wears a T-shirt of a flying unicorn, all while serpents weave their way through the back of her hair just out of sight of the mirror.

Bernstein’s brush doesn’t sense this Medusa-like side of Seemel. Instead she paints Seemel the artist, sitting cozily on the floor stroking her brush back and forth with the faintest hint of sadness behind her eyes.

Artists have understood the individuality of the human eye for centuries, so the idea behind Subjective is not shockingly refreshing. What’s compelling is the shear talent these artists have in capturing each other’s loved ones.

The bright linear and splotched acrylic descriptions from Seemel provide foundation for how she views the world and the objects around her. Bernstein’s canvases are more detailed, fine tuned, and observant of the objects that surround her subjects.

Bernstein and Seemel have described their work as being more than just about painting the human figure. They claim to try and capture the experience of humanity—the hopes, dreams, and emotions that make up everyone of us. But their work is ultimately still about perspective. It’s about capturing that

Subjective by Becca Bernstein and Gwenn Seemel North View Gallery PCC Sylvania Campus 12000 SW 49th Ave. Mon through Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

Through Feb. 5

Subjective: An exploration of those close to the artists.

Photo courtesy of Gwenn Seemel and Becca Bernstein

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Weekend box office: Top 10 highestgrossing films for the weekend of Jan. 29–31

Local Film Highlights

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New and classic flicks playing locally this week Sarah Esterman Vanguard staff

There are a lot of sweet films playing at local theaters around town this week and unless you’re one of the lucky few without a midterm to study for, you probably don’t have the time to pick out the best ones. But don’t worry about it— we’ve searched through them for you.

Today Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this 1966 American drama. Based off the play by Edward Albee and adapted for film by Ernest Lehman (West Side Story, Sound of Music), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? “cordially invites you to George and Martha’s for an evening of fun and games,” as the tag reads. And since it’s a part of Bagdad Theater’s $2 Tuesdays, this isn’t an offer you ought to turn down.

Bagdad Theater and Pub 3:15 p.m.

Adults $2, Children $1 Minor w/ parent Thursday Chicano Rock! The Sounds of East Los Angeles East Los Angeles is home to the largest Mexican-American community in the United States. Over the years, a unique musical voice has arisen from this community and given the world pachuco swing, Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos, among others. Directed by Jon Wilkman, this film takes viewers on a cruise through the musical legends. It is followed by Till the Last Drop...My Heart!, which shows the deeper roots of Mexican music.

Whitsell Auditorium 7 p.m. $7 w/ PSU ID All ages

Demons

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2. Edge of Darkness Weekend gross: $17,214,384 Gross to date: $17,214,384 3. When in Rome Weekend gross: $12,350,041 Gross to date: $12,350,041 4. The Tooth Fairy Weekend gross: $9,998,109 Gross to date: $26,104,387 5. The Book of Eli Weekend gross: $8,908,286 Gross to date: $74,511,765

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6. Legion Weekend gross: $7,176,375 Gross to date: $29,022,786

Kill Bill: Volume 1 If you haven’t seen Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill volumes, then I’m not sure we can be friends anymore. Here’s the gist of it: After waking up from a four-year coma, the Bride immediately sets out on a path of revenge and tracking down the five people that destroyed her life. Word of warning though: as with all Tarantino films, if you get queasy by the sight of blood, then this film is not for you.

7. The Lovely Bones Weekend gross: $4,726,828 Gross to date: $38,005,738

Chicano Rock! The Sounds of East Los Angeles

Photo courtesy of Latino Public Broadcasting

8. Sherlock Holmes Weekend gross: $4,515,344 Gross to date: $197,601,522 9. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Weekend gross: $3,997,136 Gross to date: $209,294,997

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

10. It’s Complicated Weekend gross: $3,804,215 Gross to date: $104,111,035

North Face Directed by Philipp Stölzl, North Face tells the story of a 1936 competition to climb the so-called “Murder Wall” the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Based on a true story, the film is in French, German and Italian, with English subtitles.

Cinema 21 4:15 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:20 p.m. $5 before 6 p.m. w/ PSU ID $7 after 6 p.m. w/ PSU ID 21+ after 6 p.m.

1. Avatar Weekend gross: $31,280,029 Gross to date: $595,752,416

—boxofficemojo.com

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Saturday Demons This 1985 Italian horror flick takes place in a movie theater in West Berlin. When an infestation of demons attacks the theater, the lives of the filmgoers become linked to the situation in the movie onscreen.

Directed by Lamberto Bava, Demons is the third installment in Cinema 21’s Grindhouse Film Festival: Late Night European Horror Series.

Cinema 21 11:30 p.m. $7 w/ PSU ID 21+ Kill Bill: Volume 1

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Vanguard 8 | Arts & Culture February 2, 2010

This week at the 5th Ave. Cinema: Ma Vie en Rose dir. Alain Berliner 88 min “Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, but one child isn’t so sure in this Belgian comedy drama. The 7-yearold Ludovic (Georges DuFresne) is happy, healthy and goodnatured, but there’s a bit of a problem—he has decided that he’s a girl. While his parents Hanna (Michele Laroque) and Pierre (JeanPhilippe Ecoffey) try to understand, Ludovic stubbornly refuses to listen to reason from his parents, teachers, or schoolmates.

His fondness for wearing girl’s clothes and frequent pronouncements to strangers that he’s going to be a woman when he grows up become increasingly worrying, and things come to a head when Ludovic declares that when he’s older, he plans to marry Jerome (Julien Riviere), the boy next door.”

These dark family secrets Kevin Sampsell reveals it all in his frank new memoir Wendy Shortman Vanguard staff

As a Powell’s Books employee, editor and founder of Future Tense Publishing and aspiring writer whose new book is getting some major attention, Kevin Sampsell’s life seems to revolve around one thing: books.

“It’s just great to be around so many books, and see what’s going on in the book world,” Sampsell said about working at Powell’s. “I get to be right on the pulse of what’s coming out, all the exciting stuff people are putting out.”

Now Sampsell is one of those people putting out exciting stuff.

In his new memoir, A Common Pornography, the author invites us to take a look at his childhood after dark family secrets are revealed.

Feb. 5 and Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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Dealing with the death of his father in March 2008, Sampsell’s mother uncovered some hidden details of the family’s past.

Sampsell explains how he always felt things were normal in his family while growing up, but at the same time he noticed some differences.

Especially when he would go to his friend’s houses and noticed their parents hugging, kissing and acting differently.

“There wasn’t a lot of affection, communication, and we didn’t say I love you to each other,” Sampsell said. “It was a very oppressed kind of atmosphere in the household.

Everyone was very quiet and kind of kept to themselves.”

In learning about the secrets that were hidden from him at a young age, he says it made him understand why the members of his family acted a certain way. “[I thought] maybe if my dad hadn’t done these things, maybe it would be different,” Samspell said.

“Maybe it would be different if my dad was a different person.”

Sampsell said he doesn’t feel embarrassed or ashamed about what he talks about in his book, about his family, or himself. Part of it may be that the book talks about things that happened 20 years ago, and there’s a certain amount of disconnect now in his adult life.

“I don’t know if it’s because I’ve gotten to a certain age that I don’t really care what people think about what I’ve done in the past, or if they think some family story shouldn’t be told,” Sampsell said. “I don’t necessarily believe in burying that kind of stuff.”

So far, Sampsell has gotten remarkable responses about the honesty and sincerity of his book.

Not only does his writing have an underlying sense of darkness, he really tries to balance it out with happy stories of his childhood in separate chapters, making sure to keep them apart.

“It was important to balance the sad, American family with the sort of funny, nostalgic parts,” Sampsell said.

From his family, the response was one of minimal distress. Sampsell

interviewed his mother and sister, and talked to his brother about it.

They didn’t seem too concerned about being in the book, he said.

He wasn’t sure, though, if they understood just how widespread the book’s distribution would be, with bookstores all over the country slated to carry it.

“I’m still kind of curious and nervous to see what some of the members might think if they see the book or pick it up,” Sampsell said.

The author seems to have no regrets about telling such an intimate story from his life. If anything, it makes the book more interesting and inspiring to see someone being so frank about their own life, especially if you see it as being far from normal.

“I like it when I can meet people, read books, or watch movies about people that reveal these dark sides to them,” Sampsell said. “Nobody’s perfect and everyone has a dark story to tell.”

Reading with Kevin Sampsell Powell’s City of Books 1005 W Burnside St. Today, 7:30 p.m.

Photos courtesy of Future Tense Books

Kevin Sampsell: Outside Powell’s Books where he will be reading from his new memoir.

SPORTS

Vanguard Sports | 9 February 2, 2010

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

“Star Spangled Banner” performers at the Super Bowl

Rollin’ through All photos courtesy of PSU Athletics

Vikings earn a much-needed win on the road over Eastern Washington Eagles J. Logue

Vanguard staff

Heading to Cheney, Wash. on Saturday, the Portland State men’s basketball team was dealing with some of the worst news they had received all season: senior forward Phil Nelson was out for the season with a broken foot. The loss of Nelson was a major blow to the Vikings’ playoff hopes, and it means any postseason effort will be without one of their best players.

That, however, did not stop Portland State (9–12, 4–5 Big Sky) from playing all out and winning their first game on the road in seven tries with a 85–77 win over a tougher-than-expected Eastern Washington (6–16, 2–7 Big Sky).

That wasn’t before the Vikings nearly let the game slip away.

Trailing by six points at the end of the first half, Portland State looked like they might be letting themselves fall into old habits.

At the start of the second half, the Vikings continued to fall behind with the Eagles’ lead growing to a whopping 14 points. Then, thanks in part to a timely defensive switch by head coach Tyler Geving, the Vikings began to hit their shots and stifle the Eagles’ offense.

“We went with a 2–3 zone, put a little 2–2–1 press on them to use some clock and shorten their possessions. That made it tougher for them to score,” Geving said.

Leading all scorers with 26 points, senior forward Jamie Jones paced the Vikings with 15 points in the second half and grabbed a total of eight boards to match his career high points. Outshooting their opponent for the first time in four games, the Vikings also benefited from senior forward Julius Thomas’ double-double.

Scores by period Portland State Eastern Washington

1st 40 46

2nd 45 31

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Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

For Portland State’s tennis squads, the weekend was a mixed bag. The men’s team recorded its first victory of the season over Willamette University after losing to cross-town rival Portland Pilots the day before, but the women’s team extended their winless streak to four matches.

The men’s team defeated Willamette, 7–0, at the Irvington Club on Saturday, but the night before the Viks saw the reciprocal score when the Pilots blanked them, 7–0. The women’s team lost matches to both Colorado State and Northern Colorado on the road with identical 7–0 scores.

In their first match of the season, the men’s team lost to UP, but junior Alex VanDerschelden came close to a win when he lost 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 to Matthew Houser. Junior captain Chris Rice fell to Portland’s Filip Zivkovic 6–2, 6–7 (5), 6–4.

“The players competed very, very well with a strong University of Portland team, which should

give them confidence for the upcoming matches,” said head coach Brian Parrott.

The Vikings had better luck hosting Willamette the following day, where the Bearcats only won 16 games to the Vikings’ 73. Rice began the whitewash with a 7–5, 6–4 win over Matthew Houser and junior Jeff Caro completed the drubbing with a 6–2, 6–4 win over Jackson Martin.

“Since the guys won their matches rather convincingly, I think it bodes well for the future of the men’s team,” Parrott said. “I’m satisfied with the 1–1 result.”

The women’s team, however, is still seeking its first victory, and more bad news over the weekend did little to help. The NCAA has yet to clear two transfer student-athletes to play, so the team had to forfeit two singles and one doubles match.

“We have unfortunately lost two of our top players, Molly Knox and Victoria Bravo, and that changes the dynamics for the team,” Parrott said.

Freshman Nayantara Vadali managed to take her game against Veronika Wojakowska to a tiebreaker but eventually lost 6–4, 4–6, 1–0 (6).

Against Northern Colorado on Sunday, the result was another 7–0 blowout. Vadali was the only player to take a set from her opponent,

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“Those guys are warriors,” Geving said. “Jamie is unbelievable. I love [the way he plays]. His attitude is awesome. His mind is into what we are doing. He is fun to watch.”

Now standing at 1–2 on their current road series, the Vikings head to Sacramento State for a chance to break even on one of their longest road trips of the season.

Portland State now stands at 4–5 in the conference and will need to continue winning to improve their chances to draw a favorable seed in the conference tournament, where they will need to win outright in order to make it back to the NCAA bracket.

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Player of the game Jamie Jones Senior, forward 12–19 field goals 2–3 free throws 26 points 8 rebounds 2 assists 1 block 3 steals

but lost 6–4, 4–6, 10–3 to Northern Colorado’s Jenny Whateley.

The women’s team has time to recoup before their next match— they aren’t scheduled to play until Feb. 19 when they will square off against Southern Oregon.

“The team is improving its doubles and their ability to come

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Tennis roundup Men’s tennis splits games, while women’s team remains winless

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into the net to finish points,” Parrott said. “Those are some of the things we will be working on before playing Southern Oregon,” The men’s team heads out for a three-game away stretch next weekend against Montana State, Idaho and Oregon.

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Courtside woes: Sophomore Kylea Gleason and the Vikings are off to a slow start this season.

Vanguard 10 | Sports February 2, 2010

Annie Savoy’s speech from Bull Durham “I believe in the church of baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan.

I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn’t work out between us.

The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology.

You see, there’s no guilt in baseball, and it’s never boring… which makes it like sex. There’s never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn’t have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: You’ve just got to relax and concentrate. Besides, I’d never sleep with a player hitting under .250 unless he had a lot of RBIs or was a great glove man up the middle.

You see, there’s a certain amount of ‘life wisdom’ I give these boys. I can expand their minds.

Sometimes when I’ve got a ballplayer alone, I’ll just read Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman to him. The guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. Of course, a guy will listen to anything if he thinks it’s foreplay. I make them feel confident. They make me feel safe and pretty.

What I give them lasts a lifetime—what they give me lasts 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade.

But bad trades are part of baseball—who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God’s sake?

It’s a long season and you got to trust it. I’ve tried them all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball.”

—Bull Durham

Leading the pack Photos courtesy of PSU Cycling Club

Cycling Club earns national recognition from parent organization Allison Whited Vanguard staff

The Portland State Cycling Club is the best cycling club in America right now. Just ask USA Cycling, their national governing body.

This month, they are being awarded Club of the Month by their parent organization and after tallying up all of the club’s accomplishments, it is easy to see why.

“We have many dedicated riders who compete in all realms of cycling, and I think our diversity and location makes us great representatives for this recognition,” said club president Adrian Richardson.

A brief overview of their accomplishments from last year shows both success on the race track and in the community. The club sent cyclist Michael Palmer to road nationals and cyclist Amelia Bjessie-Puffin to track nationals.

According to Richardson, the club also racks up good placements

in the cyclo-cross races, an offseason alternative where riders slog through muddy off-road courses with numerous obstacles.

They also created the first collegiate category for hand cyclists within the conference and broader organization so team member Jeremy Robbins would be given the chance to compete. For his work in creating the new category, Vice President of Racing Miles Crumley received the Northwest Collegiate Cycling Conference’s Sportsmanship Award.

The Cycling Club contributed to the racing community at large by hosting a road race last April—an effort that required not only a hefty amount of bureaucratic wrangling, but also months of planning and preparation.

On top of that, the club volunteered with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and participated in a tree-planting drive with Friends of Trees, an experience that was particularly memorable to Julia Spahle, women’s team captain for the 2010 season.

“Not only was the operation I was involved with completed with the power of bikes, it introduced

me to new friends and new beautiful views of Mt. Hood,” Spahle said.

With the racing season set to begin in March, the club plans to continue the legacy that has earned them this month’s national honor, but with some minor tweaks to further set their club apart from the rest.

This year, there will be a bigger emphasis on racing.

“The face of membership has changed,” Crumley said.

The club would like to be more competitive and have even more cyclists qualify for national competitions. To bookend this endeavor, an increased effort in volunteering is planned.

“The community events we volunteer in are so important to the club that they are pretty much a requirement to be on the team,” Richardson said.

The club plans on continuing its relationship with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and with Friends of Trees, and will also be working with the Bike Hub on campus to hold clinics.

They will also host a road race again this year, which they started planning in October.

The women’s team is taking extra steps to form a cohesive, supportive team. According to Spahle, the racing experience is different for women and they face challenges that are physical and mental.

In response, the women’s team sponsors their own potlucks and allfemale rides, and are in the process of creating their own printed sweats.

On top of that, Spahle said the women are in constant contact with each other.

“This women’s team is more than just a couple of girls who love wearing spandex—it’s about women who like to wear their spandex together,” she said.

Racing season may only last seven weeks, but the Portland State Cycling Club’s off-track commitments make it a year-round organization. Taking into account their devotion to the sport of racing and to the community, it is easy to see how the club managed to achieve such a high level of success.

If you would like to join or learn more about the Cycling Club, e-mail cyclingclub@list.pdx.edu to get on the mailing list, or visit www.psucycling.com for more information.

Racing to the top: For their commitment to the Portland community and the sport of cycling the Portland State Cycling Club has been awarded the Club of the Month by USA Cycling.

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Campus Rec: ShimmyPhat 6:15 p.m.

Academic and Student Recreation Center Free exercise event

Thursday Oregon Ballet Theatre: “More than tights and tutus” 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

SMSU, room 228 Free discussion with OBT historian Linda Besant The MarshTitterington Piano Duo 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Sherman Clay Pianos 131 NW 13th Ave. Free concert as part of the Music Department’s Faculty Concerts series

Friday Falling Whistles 6 p.m.

Native American Student and Community Center Free event with a guest speaker who served as a child soldier in the Congo

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SPORTS EXTRA

Rattling their cage Vikings hand firstplaced Eagles their first conference loss Rosemary Hanson Vanguard staff

On Saturday afternoon at the Stott Center, a game that started extremely rough for the Vikings turned into an all-important win as Portland State took out top-ranked Eastern Washington, 67–60. The loss is the Eagles’ first in conference play this season.

The Vikings (12–9 overall, 6–2 Big Sky) came out to win, but didn’t prove that off the buzzer. At nine minutes in, they were shooting just one for 10 and had already turned the ball over five times to the Eagles (13–7 overall, 7–1 Big Sky). Eastern Washington controlled the ball for a good portion of the first half.

A breakaway layup by junior guard-forward Kelly Marchant with 4:05 left in the half gave way to a turnaround for the Vikings. After Marchant’s bucket, shots from junior forward Kate DePaepe, guard Eryn Jones and junior forward Kelli Valentine put the Vikings within five to head into the second half at 26–31.

The Vikings turned the game to their favor in the second half. At about three minutes in, they got the lead after a basket by freshman forward Erin Yankus to go 36–35.

From there, Portland State held the lead to their seven-point victory.

Head coach Sherri Murrell said the Vikings’ bench gave the team the edge they needed over the Eagles.

“Our bench really carried us.

They came in and executed the game plan,” she said.

Valentine led the Viks in points with 16, and had one of her strongest games of the season.

“She did a great job of facing the basket and hitting the open looks,” Murrell said. “She had her hand on a lot of tips on rebounds…[it was] probably the first solid game, from beginning to end, since the Washington game that I’ve seen her play.”

Scores by period Eastern Washington Portland State

1st 31 26

Also off the bench, Jones hit the first three-pointer for the Vikings and put up eight points with four rebounds and two assists.

Coming off the bench, DePaepe brought a great hustle to the court.

Point wise, she only put up five, but she also tallied a personal best of four assists.

“I think we were sitting on two points and she just came in and did a great job of rebounding, did a great job on defense, and she sparked us offensively,” Murrell said.

From the starters, junior guard Lexi Bishop put up 10 points and four rebounds. Senior guard Claire Faucher had a solid second half and ended the game with 11 points and seven assists.

“That’s why she’s here,” Murrell said. “She might have a rough first half, but she always finishes strong.”

It was a mix of the strength from the bench and the consistency of the starters that allowed the Vikings to come from an early 15-point deficit, to their largest lead of 54–41 with 10:33 left and to their seven-point victory over the Eagles.

The win on Saturday was important for the Viks, but unfortunately it will not move them up in standings as Eastern Washington still leads the Big Sky rankings. Murrell, though, is proud of the heart and effort displayed by the Eagles.

“They will not give up,” she said.

“They are just relentless.”

Portland State has more action at home next weekend, when they are set to take on the Sacramento State Hornets at the Stott Center at 7 p.m. on Friday.

Big Sky Conference standings Women’s basketball Eastern Washington 13—7 (7—1) L1 Montana 11—9 (6—2) W4

Eagle hunting: With help from the bench, the Vikings toppled Eastern Washington at the Stott.

Idaho State 9—12 (4—4) L3 Montana State 10—11 (3—5) W1 Northern Arizona 5—16 (3—5) L1 Northern Colorado 9—12 (2—6) L4 Weber State 7—14 (1—7) L5 Men’s basketball Weber State 14—7 (8—1) W5 Northern Colorado 18—5 (7—3) W1 Montana 15—7 (6—4) W2

Lexi Bishop: The junior guard chalked up 10 points and four rebounds in Saturday’s win.

Montana State 11—10 (6—4) L2 Northern Arizona 11—10 (5—5) L1 Portland State 9—12 (4—5) W1

Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics

2nd 29 41

Portland State 12—9 (6—2) W3 Sacramento State 8—12 (4—4) W4

Player of the game Kate DePaepe Junior, forward 14 minutes 5 points 3 rebounds 4 assists 1 block

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Idaho State 6—15 (3—6) L1

Final 60 67

Eastern Washington 6—16 (2—7) L5 Sacramento State 8—15 (2—8) W1

Photos by Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Basketball Jones: Sophomore guard Eryn Jones racked up eight points and two assists.