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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 70
The Performance Attendance Recital Series presents Alan Jones for a free jazz concert at The Old Church. When: Noon Where: 1422 SW 11th Ave.
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Arts
Talent in the classroom Ooligan Press presents a new resource for teachers to get students published PAGE 4
Head for the hills Beer and a good cause make Pints for Peaks a worthwhile event PAGE 5
Sports
Events on Fri, Feb.19 3 p.m., convene at Pioneer Courthouse Square 3:30 p.m., march southbound on Southwest Broadway to PSU 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., rally and demonstration on both sides of SW Broadway in front of SMSU For more information call 503-962-9607 or 503-548-7537. Tuesday evening at Maranatha Church of God, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called for a protest at noon if Officer Ronald Frashour, of the Portland Police Bureau, returned to work at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. “[If] he returns to work [Wednesday]," Jackson said. "[Frashour] discredits the entire police department.” Frashour did return to work yesterday and Portland residents heeded Jackson’s suggestion. Hundreds of protesters gathered yesterday, according to The Oregonian.
Public meeting with Attorney General Kroger Fri, Feb.19, at 3:30 p.m. Urban Center, room 250
Jesse Jackson calls for justice in Portland after police shooting Tamara K. Kennedy Vanguard staff
The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Portland Tuesday to address the police shooting of an unarmed
African-American man. His words prompted protests, rallies and marches—one of which will take place on Portland State’s campus tomorrow. During the day’s events, a public meeting led by Oregon’s attorney general will be held to discuss the state’s new civil rights unit. Oregon Sen. Avel Louise Gordly, also a PSU adjunct associate
professor, called for justice and action along with Jackson and others in the case of the police shooting of 25-year-old Aaron Campbell on Jan. 29. The march, planned for Friday from Pioneer Courthouse Square to PSU, will be followed by a rally and peaceful demonstration on both
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“We stormed City Hall,” said Lyn Kirby, former PSU student orientation leader with a degree in Black studies and social sciences. According to Kirby, protesters walked peacefully in a nonviolent manner down Portland sidewalks to city hall and into Mayor Sam Adams office. Rev. Jesse Jackson: Speaking to a packed house at Maranatha Church of God in Portland
All photos courtesy of Tamara K. Kennedy
Tuesday night about the need to demand justice in a case of police brutality.
Student group travel freeze continues SFC and SALP working to determine appropriate funding and policies Stacy Austin Vanguard staff
Spotlight Athlete of the Week Senior guard Dominic Waters dominates on the court and has a big heart PAGE 6
March and rally at PSU
Student groups are still prohibited from traveling internationally after the Student Activities and Leadership Programs reviewed its travel policies last summer with Portland State’s legal counsel. International travel will remain frozen until new policies are devised and the Student Fee Committe determines the legitimacy of student-fee-funded travel. Domanic Thomas, assistant director of SALP, explained that after speaking with legal counsel, they understood the possible ramifications if problems did occur with students traveling internationally. “In the past, staff exposed themselves and the department to being sued if students were hurt [internationally],” Thomas said. He said that for several years, international travel paid for by the
SFC created a large exposure of risk for the staff. He said the staff did its best to minimize the risk, but it is not something to which they want to continue to be exposed. “If you perform duties outside of your job description and level of expertise, the university easily says you’re on your own,” Thomas adds.
He understands that there is also “danger traveling to [local cities such as] Salem, but best practices provides an assumed level of risk to be minimal.” Canada is currently a gray area, and they are reviewing whether limited international travel may be allowed in the future.
Travel funding: SFC closely examining the appropriateness of student-fee-funded travel.
A student group affected by the travel freeze is Engineers Without Borders. Due to these complications, Engineers Without Borders at PSU is no longer funded by SFC. “After four months of discussions with them, we concluded that SFC
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