Daily Vanguard April 6, 2010

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TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 86

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INSIDE OPINION Guest Opinion How to deal with haters PAGE 2 The Lottery Gap Revenue loss from the smoking ban should have been considered PAGE 3

NEWS News Briefs PAGE 4

ARTS

Alone at the end of the world Fragile Dreams explores isolation and humanity in a post-apocalyptic world PAGE 6

Good humor and healthy breasts Comedy tour supports breast cancer awareness PAGE 7

SPORTS

Rec Center holds Grand Opening

Ball in SFC’s Court

PSU’s newest Gold LEED certified building now fully open for business

The committee must now review the Senate’s proposed budget changes

Tamara K. Kennedy Vanguard staff

Stacy Austin

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CAMPAIGNS UNDERWAY Elections are one week from today Vanguard staff

Cougars scratch Vikings Women’s tennis increases losing streak to five PAGE 10

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Grandeur: After four months of operation, the ASRC held grand opening events.

ASPSU Corie Charnley

Athlete of the week Sophomore Geronne Black, the Big Sky’s reigning 55m champion PAGE 9

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Though the new rec center has been in use since early January, grand opening ceremonies for the Academic and Student Recreation Center took place on April 1 and 2.

The event was celebrated with speeches, concerts and games.

“It is an exciting time to be here, as the university recreates itself,” said Alex Accetta, director of campus rec.

The Elections Board has released the final official list of 2010 ASPSU candidates. The updated list includes late-registration candidates, whose applications were due on Thursday, April 1.

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STUDENT ELECTION COVERAGE 2010

President and vice-president candidates Katherine Markey-President/Selina Poulsen-VP

Markey, ASPSU’s interim legislative affairs director, and Poulsen, a current Student Senator, are running on the platform “Students First.” Both are committed to student representation within the university administration, according to their candidate statement.

Markey and Poulsen have been involved with the university restructuring discussions and have successfully lobbied for an increase in additional funds for the Oregon Opportunity Grant.

“These successes work hand-inhand with our campaigns for next year: Ensuring that PSU has a voice at the state level, actively participating in Oregon University System restructuring, institutionalizing the food pantry and taking back student space,” Markey and Poulsen said in their statement.

Jil Heimensen-President/Johnnie Ozimkowski-VP (Write-in Candidates)

Heimensen is currently a member of the Student Fee Committee, and was the SFC vice chair until January 2010. Ozimkowski is the current SFC chair.

According to their candidate statements, both intend to apply “the lessons learned on the SFC to the larger issues directly affecting the 28,000 students at PSU. “We would both embrace the possibility of rolling up our sleeves to work together in a sincere effort to improve the lives of our students and the PSU community, and would welcome your ideas on how we could better serve you in that capacity,” Heimensen and Ozimkowski said in their statement.

Student Senate candidates James Au Rowen Griffith Patricia Binder Makoto Matt Blasa (Write-in Candidate) Matt Fleskes Sephinesh A. Guild Alejandro Hoyer Adam Rahmlow Armenia Sarabia Lucius Shields Jared M. Stromer Cathy Symes Karen Ulbright Pearce Whitehead (Write-in Candidate)

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The Student Senate gave its budget allocation review for the 2010–11 academic year on Tuesday, March 30 to the Student Fee Committee, which presented its budget to the Senate on March 9. The Senate had to review and respond to the budget within 21 days, as per its bylaws, and now the committee must consider the proposed changes.

The Senate Finance Committee suggested increases to several groups’ budgets for the Student Fee Committee to consider. It recommended increasing the Las Mujeres’ budget by $12,529.

The newly placed caps affected the Las Mujeres’ budget after the initial budget allocation by the SFC. The group initially requested $3,969 for its coordinator stipend, but the SFC capped the total amount for student group stipends at $3,000 per year.

Also, Las Mujeres initially requested $1,000 for a PSU Chicano/Latino scholarship, but it was eliminated by the SFC because it says that student fee funds cannot be used for donations.

The Senate Finance Committee additionally recommended an increase in budgets for the PSU Debate Team, KPSU and the Jim Sells Childcare Assistance Program.

The SFC has ten days to review the Senate’s recommendations and must make any changes by this Friday. The budget will then return to the Senate for further review prior to the final approval process.

SFC Member Jil Heimensen said that the student fee budget presented to the Senate had some excess funds left over to be used as a cushion.

“We do not want next year’s Student Fee Committee to be forced into having to allocate every penny,” she said.

The initial budget allocation presented to the Senate did not raise the student fee and the SFC hopes that the final budget will help next year’s committee operate with that goal in mind.

“The budget does set long term goals…and we are building a long term strategic plan,” SFC Chair Johnnie Ozimkowski said.

“Members of the Senate are rational, understanding people,” he said, in regards to working with the Senate Finance Committee.

Past and present allocation results are available to view online at www. sa.pdx.edu/budgets, by selecting the year and group or department, in the upper left hand corner.

Vanguard 2 | Opinion April 6, 2010

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Where is the transparency?

The Portland police union has a closed contract with the city of Portland. This means that police officers are the ones that review other police officers, not the citizens of Portland. The last two police shootings were handled very poorly by the police [and] they did not release any information until hours afterward. Why? Citizens of this city need to be able to give the police the benefit of a doubt, and when they shoot one of us they better have a good reason! If they don’t then they should get fired from being a police officer. We don’t currently have the ability to fire bad police officers, and as a person of color I especially don’t trust the police to protect me. This has been a problem in Portland for years. Many people have died needlessly at the hands of the police without them getting any repercussions. James Chase was killed in 2006 at the hands of the police as they just watched him bleed to death on the sidewalk to name one that stands out in my

mind. The homeless man who was just killed and the suicidal Aaron Campbell all needed mental help instead they received bullets. The protest on Monday March 29th was an illustration of the frustration many people in Portland feel towards the police. Was it effective?

It got conversations started on the subject so I would say yes it was.

Will it change anything? I hope that it will or you can expect to see more of the same in the not too distant future. Portland police hold yourselves accountable for your bad police officers because if you don’t the city of Portland will.

—Brent Georgeson Portrayal of protestors not accurate On Monday evening, I was a student leaving my graduate-level class to meet my boyfriend in the Smith Memorial Student Union to do homework.

Four hours later, I was being called a “violent anarchist” on all of the major local news shows.

Guest Opinion How to deal with haters Robert Bakhshai Daily Barometer staff

Haters.

They are always there, watching and waiting, creeping in the shadows, just waiting for you to make a small mistake so they can exploit and humiliate you.

Regardless of gender, area of study or political preference, there are individuals who simply love to hate other people and different ideas.

A hater is an individual “whose jealousy of another person’s success or achievements makes them verbally nitpick any flaws, no matter how small, or just make up flaws in order to somehow try and belittle the successful person.”

Stand-up comedian Katt Williams knows all about haters, and he implies that our friends, loved ones and those we trust hate on us the most. “They are closer than you think,” he says, “but they be hating quiet!”

For example, I recently overheard two girls conversing noisily in the library about some other girl in their sorority.

They verbally demolished the girl by dissecting all of her flaws, and then proceeded to collude about everything they hated about the poor girl.

One girl said that she couldn’t “believe they were still friends with her” since second grade and cautiously reminded the other girl not to mention anything they said to their unsuspecting friend, because it would hurt her feelings.

Now, it’s a fact of life that girls are going to talk about each other with

I listened for a while and then joined the group of protesters on Monday as they went through the PSU campus and were continually blocked by masses of police officers—even though they were just walking on the sidewalks.

After four hours of running in the rain while being chased and hassled by police on horseback, motorcycles, and bikes, I had enough. I did not participate in any violence of any kind.

I was pushed and harassed. I ran from one police officer who was bumping into people purposefully with his motorcycle. I ducked as a cop on horseback pushed his horse’s face at me while it was biting at my head. When another officer shoved me into the crowd as I was trying to take a picture of a cop punching a student, I didn’t push back.

I am extremely disappointed that the overwhelming majority of local media have portrayed [last] Monday’s protesters as a “violent group of anarchists,” rather than what we really were—a diverse

group of students, concerned community members, and, yes, anarchists.

Our demands were very simple: Make the police accountable for their actions and require that police be reviewed by the community, not by other officers. The present system is obviously not working.

This issue not only affects the city’s homeless or African American community. Research has found that approximately 42 percent of Native people in Portland have suffered violence at the hands of police.

Just last week, a Native woman was brutally beaten by police and came to my organization for help.

This problem doesn’t just affect one group or race of people: It is affecting us all.

If you are a concerned citizen, please find a way to express your concern at this time and stand in solidarity with us.

And if you are a member of the media, please tell them the truth.

—Leah Gibson-Blackfeather

disdain, often based on physical appearance, but men can be equally guilty of something similar.

For men, it is usually only present in the context of relationships, because we aren’t going to hate on a guy for wearing a low cut shirt or not having a matching outfit—not in Corvallis, anyway.

Even wearing the previously unthinkable color of pink is becoming more acceptable among straight males.

But if you are successful with women, you are undoubtedly going to get hated on. There are always going to be those guys who have secret schoolboy crushes on the girl you are with, and you are nothing but an invasive threat to them.

They won’t ever bring it up to you like a man; they will just find other ways to bring you down—mainly by talking trash behind your back.

Even if you are in a time-honored relationship there will always be sleazy guys who want to get with your girlfriend and who love nothing more than disrespecting you when you are not present.

They usually do this when a relationship is at a crossroads. There is a special place in man-hell for these vultures.

You shouldn’t let it get you down though, because haters will only hate you if you are doing something worthwhile with your life.

Williams reminds us that it’s a

hater’s job to hate, “so let them do their job!” he says. “Even Jesus had haters. He was perfect and he only had 12 friends, and one of them was a hater!”

Haters don’t hate us, they hate their own lives, and your success reminds them of their dismal existence. There is no room for hatred in the psyche of a happy person.

If you have a great life, and you are content with what you have, you will radiate happiness.

Sadly, there are actually people out there whose entire sense of self is based on a negative outlook on the world. They have no real thoughts or opinions of their own—they simply hate everything.

These people will either change their ways or grow up to be quite lost.

But know this: Haters are people too. Under the veil of abhorrence is a person who is genuine and vulnerable.

Maybe they just don’t realize that being negative without fail is not attractive —even to “emos”—and that a healthy relationship is built on the opposite emotion: Love.

Approach them with kindness, and you might find that your hater is just a lonely child who needs a hug, although a slap might be in order too. *This article was originally published in the Daily Barometer. It is reprinted here in its original form but has been edited for brevity.

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Revenue loss from the smoking ban should have been considered Will Blackford Vanguard staff

Portland State’s athletics department has recently run into a problem—their budget is $300,000 short. This kind of budgeting problem could, and should, have been foreseen.

Athletic Director Torre Chrisholm believes the problem stems from a decrease in lottery revenue due to the indoor smoking ban instituted last year. Lottery funds have long been an essential resource for the funding of public programs like job creation, public parks or education.

Thanks to a 1995 amendment, 67 percent of lottery profits are directed towards education, with a portion of that going to the public universities.

The Oregon Lottery’s Web site even cites intercollegiate athletics as a benefactor of lottery funds.

The smoking bans can affect lottery revenues by reducing the amount of time people spend in front of the machines because they cannot sit and smoke anymore.

Therefore, the amount of money those people would potentially be paying to the lottery, which would then go to fund public programs, begins to decline.

Some folks, such as the Providence Heart and Vascular

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Institute’s Director of the Coronary Care Unit Ty Gluckman, prefer to blame the decrease in lottery funds solely on the recent recession.

Gluckman and his contemporaries have a point, to be sure, but it would be foolish to think that the recession is the only cause.

Folks with this mindset, such as Gluckman, need only turn their attention toward the Indian casinos, which are exempt from the 2010 smoking ban.

The Oregon Indian Casinos, even in the face of recession, had only a 1.2 percent decline in

revenue last year, whereas the Oregon Lottery’s weekly video poker revenues are down 20 percent from last year according to OPB. Bar owners like Jim Prenty, who owns the Home Turf Sports Bar in Tigard, was quoted in a Beaverton Valley Times article as saying that “sales are down 50 percent since the smoking ban was instated.” That is not the kind of revenue decline that can simply be blamed on the recession.

Smoking is an easy target.

Passing laws against the big, bad smokers seems to be no difficult task as of late. But it seems that legislators, in their fervor to scapegoat smoking, neglected to consider the

wide range effects that such a ban may cause.

Budget holes were created by, among other things, Oregon’s smoking ban—that was to be expected. The problem, however, is that no one decided it was important to address how those holes would be filled, leaving PSU’s Athletics Department wanting for $300,000.

Funds for important public programs, like college athletics for example, should be coming from a reliable source. If a source becomes unreliable, a new one needs to be found. It should not have been a great surprise to anyone that picking on smoking in bars would directly affect lottery revenues.

Apparently scapegoat-ing is easier than careful planning and consideration of budgets and economic development. Lawmakers can and should have seen this coming.

Perhaps they just don’t care, or they just didn’t think about it because picking on smokers was too easy.

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Think

Do grades even matter?

We’ve all had classes where getting that ‘A’ grade was perhaps a little easier than in other classes. Some people believe grades don’t play much of a role in education, while others hold to the standard that they sufficiently evaluate a student’s progress and capability.

Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., for example, doesn’t use a grading system. Students are gauged by narrative evaluations, meaning that the students and teachers communicate with each other on the student’s progress and achievement in class.

In the end, they gain a written evaluation of their time in the class.

‘They address what a student did far better than a grade,’ said Charlee Holt, registration coordinator at Evergreen State University.

Yet some students feel more comfortable learning in a graded structure.

So which is best? Are grades still relevant in today’s educational world? Do grades truly reflect a student’s achievement, or do they fail to tell what they learned in a course?

Illustration by Kira Meyrick/Portland State Vanguard

Tell us what you think about grades.

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Why grade inflation devalues your education Robin Tinker Vanguard staff

Grades are major sources of stress as well as fulfillment. We spend a lot of time and energy focusing on our grades. We want to be validated for our hard work by seeing those A’s and B’s, but, according to some, those marks are probably watered down and our ability to achieve them is probably exaggerated.

More American college students than ever are receiving A’s and B’s which are traditionally thought of as above-average grades, but this does not mean that we are all above average intelligence. According to the Inside Higher Ed Web site, the mean GPA at American colleges in the 1950s was 2.52, and by 2006–07 it was 3.11. This data shows that grading in colleges is easier than it was in the past, and B is in fact the new C. Stuart Rojstaczer, a former Duke University professor, has been studying and compiling grade inflation data since 2003 and has started the Web site www.gradeinflation.com to

try and institute some kind of transparency in higher education grading. According to his study, the average grade awarded to fall term undergraduate students at Portland State in 1991 was 2.94, and by 2007 that average had risen to 3.10, so following national trends, B is the new average right here too.

Why does this matter? Making college easier may seem like a good answer to improve overall quality of life by producing more graduates, but really it just makes college degrees less valuable. The easier it is to get a bachelor’s degree, the more employers will seek out candidates with graduate degrees, in effect making master’s degrees the new bachelor’s degrees. If grade inflation continues, bachelor’s degrees may be well on their way to being the new high school diploma.

This concept is especially evident in engineering and science programs whose grades have not inflated as much as more liberal studies. According to Rojstaczer, this causes students to be less likely

to pursue degrees in engineering and science, which translates into foreign students having the edge not only in American colleges but globally as well. This will no doubt further America lagging behind in the global race for new technology.

America’s complacency is making us lose our edge, and this will have consequences for all of us.

The evaluations, which are standard at Portland State, have been shown to influence the harshness of grading by professors.

Professors who grade easier get better evaluations. Better evaluations mean more job security, especially for adjunct professors who have minimal control of their teaching assignments.

With A’s and B’s being so easy to receive, students are losing out on a thorough and challenging education that would better prepare them for careers or graduate school. College graduates are soon to be a dime a dozen, and with grade inflation they are not even necessarily that smart or hardworking. For every student

who actually excels, there could be a student who just slides by, both ending up with the same degree, and maybe even the same GPA. This hardly seems fair and takes value away from the education of the student who actually excels.

Another reason commonly cited for grade inflation is that now more than ever colleges are businesses.

They want to show a high average GPA to entice students to attend and get those tuition checks. It is competitive because everyone is going to college now and they have a lot of choices. Potential students can check on reputations of several colleges and choose the one with the best average GPA. Working your butt off for that A is almost not necessary. It should be challenging to get an A, and not everyone is, or should be, smart enough. Working hard is great, but it should not guarantee an A. Excelling academically should be the result of intelligence combined with hard work, not a right of attending college and simply trying.

Vanguard 4 | News April 6, 2010

News Editor: Virginia Vickery 503-725-5690 news@dailyvanguard.com

Earthquake alert tool released At a press conference, Mayor Sam Adams demonstrated a new feature on Portland’s public alerts Web site that could warn residents of earthquakes that occur in the metro area.

In order to receive the emergency alerts, residents must sign up online at www.publicalerts.org.

The alerts are then automatically sent to cell phones.

NEWS NEWS brief Applications open for President’s Award Every year, Portland State University awards students for their local involvement with the President’s Award for Outstanding Community Engagement. A maximum of 12 students will be honored this year in grade levels junior through graduate.

This year’s applications are due on Friday, April 16, 2010 to askdos@pdx. edu by 5 p.m. Recipients must not have received this award before and must have maintained a cumulative GPA of 2.5.

Required materials include GPA, major, degree sought, an essay and

a letter of recommendation. For a full list of materials, visit www. pdx.edu/dos/presidents-awardcommunity-engagement.

SALPies nominations open May 14th is the last day to nominate student groups and student leaders for their hard work and accomplishments this year. The Student and Leadership Programs’ annual SALPies Award nomination form has been opened online at www.salp.pdx.edu.

Individuals can be nominated for the following categories: Student Organization of the Year, New Student Organization of the Year, Event of the Year, Student Leader of the Year, Outstanding Student Organization Website, Outstanding Marketing

Campaign and Most Supportive Faculty/Community Partner.

The Just for Fun Awards include: Future President of The United States, Best Dressed, Most Inspirational, Greenest, Most School Spirit and Best Groundbreaking Advocacy.

Winners will be announced at the SALPies, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom. Questions can be directed to the Events Coordinator, Christian Aniciete, in the SALP office.

Wiewel Advocates for SAAM University President Wim Wiewel signed his name to a proclamation on March 31, 2010, to make April Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Portland State. April is already identified as Sexual Assault

RED FLAGS FOR ASSAULT

The tool was launched on Monday to recognize Earthquake Preparedness Week.

The release fell just one day after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the border between California and Mexico.

President Wim Wiewel issued a proclamation declaring April “Sexual Assault Awareness Month.”

The month starts with the Red Flag campaign, a visual awareness and education effort created by the campus-wide display of flags and posters. The flags are meant to bring attention to the “red flags” we encounter within the context of unhealthy or dangerous relationships, and provide examples of how students can intervene when they see these red flags, according to materials from the Women’s Resource Center.

According to an article published on CNN’s Web site on April 5, the quake left at least two dead and 100 people injured.

No injuries were reported in California or its neighboring states.

Statistics indicate that one in five women will have experienced sexual assault by the time they complete college but only an estimated 12 percent of rapes are reported to law enforcement.

“President Wiewel’s proclamation provides an opportunity for PSU to confront the problem of sexual violence and look at what we can do create a safer campus community,” says Jessica Amo of the Women’s Resource Center.

The quake was the largest in the Baja California area since 1992, when a series of earthquakes struck southern California and Nevada.

According to Adams, user information will be kept private.

In addition, residents can also discontinue the service at any time.

According to an article published in the Vanguard on March 12, Portland is located on the Cascadian subduction zone, which runs from Arcata, Calif. to Vancouver, British Columbia.

—kgw.com

Awareness Month (SAAM) across the nation, but this proclamation calls the university to action.

This gesture ensures that the university is made aware of the impact of “rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment of all genders” on the student body. It also coincides with a month of events sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center on campus.

Wiewel’s signature was on a proclamation that highlights the need for the community to become involved, not only in the prevention of violence, but also in the education of community members to recognize violence.

More information on the month of awareness, events and Wiewel’s proclamation can be found at www.pdx.edu/wrc.

—Sarah J. Christensen

For the full proclamation and calendar of events, visit the Women’s Resource Center at: www.pdx.edu/wrc.

Michael Pascual/Portland State Vanguard

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Candidate list includes late registrants SFC chair candidates James M. Gent

Gent has served as president of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and is currently vice chair of the SFC. According to his candidate statement, Gent will work towards keeping the student fees from increasing.

“I would work to hold the fee-funded programs to an extremely high level of integrity and accountability,” Gent said in his statement.

Krystine A. McCants

McCants has over six years experience as a business owner, and

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spent her junior year as an intern learning about the SFC. According to her candidate statement, McCants has experience using limited funds efficiently and plans to keep student funds down while still effectively funding student groups.

“I know how important every dollar is in this economy, and I want to make sure that you are treated as a whole person rather than as the fees you pay,” she said.

Syed Qasimuddin

Qasimuddin has run a small business and worked at a public relations firm. This is his first year at PSU, but he has had experience in

other student governments.

“Ultimately, I intend to stand apart from my fellow candidates in offering the right set of expertise and experience in collaboration with invigorating perspective that will best serve the students’ needs,” Qasimuddin said.

SFC member candidates Aaron Aikin Aaron Baker Sid Gandhinathan (Write-in Candidate) Yusuf Godil Xiaoxi Mei Molly Shove (Write-in Candidate)

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ASRC received plaque for LEED certification The building, located at SW Sixth Avenue and Montgomery Street, is the seventh LEED certified building on the Portland State campus and was built at a cost of $72.8 million. Though the center has been functioning, there was not a ceremonial opening until last week, according to Accetta, who said that a LEED Gold plaque was unveiled during the opening.

The grand opening gives closure and the ability to move on from a process that took eight years, said Accetta, who believes the contribution of the ASRC to Portland State is significant.

Accetta and the ASRC staff recognize students, the school of social work, the City of Portland, campus recreation, chancellor of the Oregon University System and

TriMet as being part of putting on the grand opening.

The building houses outdoor recreation, the school of social work, five classrooms, parking and transportation, a bike hub, Portland city archives, the chancellor’s office and assorted retail outlets, according to Accetta.

The grand opening events included a breakfast for cyclists, music and

Mart Stewart-Smith (Write-in Candidate)

Important elections dates Today, April 6 - Student Senate debate in Parkway North from noon to 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 7 - President/ VP debate in Parkway North from noon to 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 7 - SFC debate from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (room TBA) Tuesday, April 13 - Elections will begin at 9 a.m.

Tuesday, April 20 - Elections will end at 5 p.m.

an information fair. There was also a faculty/staff vs. students basketball game and an open house after the opening ceremony on Thursday.

On Friday, a celebration was held on the sixth floor at the school of social work featuring a dedication of the John Longres Ph.D. suite and the Donna M. Beegle community classrooms, along with a reception and tours, according to the press release.

Scheduled speakers included Portland State President Wim Wiewel, Commissioner Randy Leonard and City Auditor LaVonne Griffen-Valade.

Vanguard 6 | Arts & Culture April 6, 2010

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

ARTS & CULTURE

Alone at the end of the world

Weekend box office: Top 10 highestgrossing films for the weekend of April 2–4 1. Clash of the Titans Weekend Gross: $61,235,105 Gross to Date: $63,890,110 2. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? Weekend Gross: $29,289,537 Gross to Date: $29,289,537 3. How to Train Your Dragon Weekend Gross: $29,010,044 Gross to Date: $92,135,916 4. The Last Song Weekend Gross: $16,007,426 Gross to Date: $25,395,041 5. Alice in Wonderland Weekend Gross: $8,208,060 Gross to Date: $309,733,753 6. Hot Tub Time Machine Weekend Gross: $8,070,716 Gross to Date: $27,910,213 7. The Bounty Hunter Weekend Gross: $8,070,716 Gross to Date: $27,910,213 8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Weekend Gross: $5,302,369 Gross to Date: $46,013,347 9. She’s Out of My League Weekend Gross: $1,516,952 Gross to Date: $28,712,974 10. Shutter Island Weekend Gross: $1,488,403 Gross to Date: $123,440,937

—boxofficemojo.com

All photos courtesy of Namco Bandai

Fragile Dreams: Taking on the popular topic of post-apocalyptic angst using lush animation and the interactivity of videogames.

Fragile Dreams explores isolation and humanity in a post-apocalyptic world Steve Haske Vanguard staff

The post-apocalyptic wasteland usually results in two things: Bombed-out remnants of a world gone to hell, and some kind of battle or struggle pitting doomsday survivors against monsters, mutants or other survivors over real estate, property or food.

Very rarely, if ever, do we see personal, introspective stories of people trying to survive after the world has essentially ended.

However, Fragile Dreams’ narrative dynamic involves this exact scenario. The game tells the story of Seto, a young boy who lives with an old man in an observatory following an unknown cataclysmic event.

The old man dies of natural causes in the game’s opening, leaving the boy a cryptic letter that

Koifusion goes from truck to restaurant with style and originality

tells him he must head east. There may in fact be other survivors, the letter says, and thus begins Seto’s journey. The world’s population has all but disappeared, and, although Seto does encounter a handful of people throughout his travels, he is most often alone.

This sets the tone for the game, whose thematic dealings are concerned with Seto’s isolation and his psychological struggle for a sense of self, as well as certain desperation for human connection. There are some game design prerequisites— because a game about a boy who simply wanders around environments looking at things just wouldn’t sell.

In this case, the game’s combat is one such example. The thought signatures of those who died haunt the land. This basically makes the world, while almost entirely devoid of human life, populated with malevolent ghosts who wish to do Seto harm.

But rather than taking a horror angle (despite some pretty creepy

and grotesque enemy design) Fragile Dreams refreshingly remains a narrative-heavy adventure game.

Exploration takes precedence over combat, meaning most of the time you’re going to be looking around dark rooms with your flashlight for clues, keys and other assorted items.

Seto encounters a lot of discarded items on his journey, and he can “read” their stories when camping out in front of a fire. These little tidbits give you a small slice of humanity, telling stories of loss, joy, sorrow, regret, pain, fear and loneliness, echoing the changing dynamics of Seto’s own internal monologue as he makes his way through the world, alone.

Interestingly, the world of Fragile Dreams hasn’t been completely destroyed—the planet has clearly continued to live even as the ruins of humanity grow, wither and decay, making the game’s setting an interesting take on its well-worn subject matter.

The game isn’t going to appeal to everyone, given its slow, methodical

pacing, but the story is interesting even on the occasion that the design hitches (which is thankfully rare).

Personally, I wish the character designs were just a little less stylized, since it can be a little distracting watching such young, overlyanime-style characters deal with issues like depression, suicide and existentialism. But even with its unorthodox ways, Fragile Dreams is a thought-provoking game— something that’s very different— and, if just for its psychological fallout, is well worth the price of admission.

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Popping up with more surprises

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Korean taco truck Koifusion has always been a game-changer from the moment it first rolled onto the Portland culinary scene. Owner Bo Kwon, inspired by the Korean Mexican fusion taco trucks down in Los Angeles, took the idea and crafted it Portland style—with a heaping serving of sustainability and home-cooked ingredients.

In March, they participated in Mobile Chowdown III in Seattle, which highlighted the food carts of both Portland and Seattle. Last week, the ever-popular cart was turned into a restaurant at a new location called KoiFusion@1 in the old SOLO nightclub spot on 13th and Lovejoy Street.

Although many Koifans are brimming with excitement over a stationary place to munch on the tasty tacos and kimchi, there has been some question regarding the title of the restaurant. Recently, the Koifusion Web site revealed that the @1 is not just fun play on the Twitter aspect of Koifusion’s trucks, it is recognizing their involvement in a culinary and artistic trend that has blown up in major cities across the globe.

Already popular in Los Angeles, London and more, the “pop up shop” concept is an innovative way for chefs to share their menus in new locations

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Koifusion@1: This popular cart tones down the mobility a notch by adding in a stationary kitchen.

without committing to a lease or just one neighborhood. The way it works is a chef will choose a location to test out his/her menu in the neighborhood, not necessarily choosing to stay there for an extended period of time.

In other cities, new and upcoming chefs have used this model to test the success of a potential menu. Since Portland is already a fan of Koifusion, Bo Kwon and Chef Joe Anderson ( formerly the chef at Carlyle) will be using the model simply to highlight the mobility and creativity they’ve been using all along.

Kwon is excited for the new addition to Koifusion. “This gives us a chance to focus on what we do best—serve amazing food, while also allowing us the business flexibility to go to different

locations with a whole bunch of different atmospheres, diners, neighborhoods and vibes,” he said on the Koifusion Web site last Thursday.

Although still in its soft opening, Koifusion@1 is headed in the right direction, with all of the food cart favorites on their menu, plus some additions on the way. Korean fried chicken, a sticky and spicy offering that isn’t yet available from the carts can be found in the new spot, as well as spicy Korean fries with mango ketchup. There will be more additions soon as the new menu is revealed in the coming weeks, such as a noodle stir-fry and salad options.

A handcrafted drink menu with classic gimlets and fig pomegranate cosmopolitans is already available as

well, with dozens of house-infused liquors with everything from bacongarlic infused vodka to a mintinfused rum.

As the months go on, so will Koifusion, giving us the locations for @2, @3 and so on. The excitement of new locations and a new menu is enough to spark any gourmand’s interest, but most importantly we wonder: What will Koifusion do next?

Koifusion@1 1300 NW Lovejoy 503–867–8822 Tue-Sun 4 p.m.–midnight

Comedy tour supports breast cancer awareness

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Bianca Blankenship Vanguard staff

Breast cancer isn’t a laughing matter, but raising awareness for it doesn’t have to be dull. A group of four comedians will be performing in Portland this week, doling out some humor while promoting breast cancer awareness. They call themselves the Pink Ribbon Comedy Tour.

The tour has been on the road for nearly three months now and has performed almost 60 shows in 24 states. It will come to an end soon, with just two more stops after Portland.

Law Smith, Kevin Richards, Nick Hoff and Brendan T. Gleason are the comedians that put the tour together. All are based in Los Angeles, except for Richards, who comes from Seattle. Self-managed, self-promoted and responsible for everything from entertainment to clean-up, they’ve dedicated their full time to the tour over the past few months.

The tour isn’t just about showing off their stand-up. They’ve teamed up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization dedicated to ending breast cancer by raising money for breast cancer survivors and awareness, research and treatment. Thirty percent of the Pink Ribbon Comedy Tour’s ticket sales will go toward the organization.

When the tour began, they guaranteed Komen at least $10,000 in donations. To date, they have already raised over $20,000.

Law, Richards, Hoff and Gleason came up with the idea to promote an organization through comedy after they completed a small college tour last year.

“We thought we could do something that would benefit someone else,” Law said.

“Immediately, for some reason, all of us thought of breast cancer...

Kevin’s mother was at the doctor for a physical at the time...It turned out she’d had breast cancer for about five years. That became the catalyst.”

Comedy benefit shows are fairly common, but comedy benefit tours are pretty rare. With a mission to raise awareness of breast cancer, the four comics thought it best to tour the country. They started out in January, with a big pink ribbon

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Rock painted on their bus and four solid stand-up sets.

Don’t expect boob jokes, though.

Jokes on the tour have almost nothing to do with breast cancer.

“It’s really just a good comedy show,” Law said. “We’ll talk about [breast cancer] a little bit, but not really. Most people just want to see a good comedy show and want to give.”

The tour features all four comics, each of whom has their own distinct style. Hoff tends to improvise based on the crowd. Richards entertains a lot of “what if ” questions. Gleason’s act is mostly observational stand-up and Law utilizes pop culture references and admitted that his material can be a bit raunchy.

The tour’s motto, “laughter is the breast medicine,” hints at their tongue-in-cheek humor, but they’re

not looking to relate their comedy to their cause. They simply want to tour and help others along the way.

“I feel we’re on par with a lot of other comedy shows,” Law said.

“We just give part of our money to Komen for the Cure.”

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This week at the 5th Avenue Cinema Smiles of a Summer Night dir. Ingmar Bergman, 108 min.

“This romantic farce set in the 19thcentury European countryside chronicles the romantic trials, carnal temptations and jealous rage of four men and four women who are brought together for one weekend. Partners and love interests swap amongst the characters while the film pokes fun at the sexes, the bourgeois life, love, and lust. As a director typically known for his psychodramas, Bergman created a comedy that is considered to be one of his most acclaimed films. Smiles of a Summer Night is whimsical and amusing yet still manages to include the cynicism and symbolism characteristic of Bergman’s work.”

April 9 & 10 at 7 and 9:30 p.m., April 11 at 3 p.m.

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

Admission includes free popcorn for all.

Local film highlights New and classic films playing at local theaters this week Sarah Esterman Vanguard staff

There are a lot of sweet films playing at local theaters this week and unless you’re spending your time praying to the sun gods while you wait for your clothes to dry, 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.

Tombstone: Directed by Clint Eastwood, this film presents a dark tale of rape, the Old West and revenge.

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Tombstone It’s April Action Month at the Laurelhurst and they’ve kicked it off with a western. While westerns are not my favorite, Tombstone is a definite exception, with a badass cast that includes Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. It’s Arizona, 1879. Dodge City Marshall Wyatt Earp, with his wife Mattie and brothers Virgil and Morgan in tow, is heading into Tombstone—a town overrun by a villainous gang of infamous outlaws.

And as the film’s tag suggests: “Justice is coming.”

Invincible Armour Get ready, because it’s time for the Grindhouse Film Festival presents: Revenge of the Old School Kung Fu Masters. Where else can you experience the most awesome kung fu films ever made, screened in rare 35mm prints? This week’s installment is Invincible Armour, the elaborate showdown between the evil Eagle Claw master and the rookie kung fu warrior that he’s trying to take down.

Ran In restored print for its 25th anniversary, Ran is one you definitely do not want to miss.

Director Akira Kurosawa, using his interest in European literature, created an incredible east-meetswest version of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Ran runs in Japanese with English subtitles and is probably one of the greatest period action epics of all time.

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Sweetgrass Prepare to take a trip into the Absaroka-Beartooth mountain range in Montana as “recordists”— as they prefer to be called—Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash follow a family and their flock during their final sheep-herding season. The directors embrace their sense of humor (a stubborn flock of sheep has the potential to create some major laughs) while turning something fairly normal and routine into an outstanding cinematic event. The short El Cerco precedes the film.

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Vanguard Sports | 9 April 6, 2010

Sports Editor:

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Athlete of the week Sophomore Geronne Black, the Big Sky’s reigning 55m champion Rosemary Hanson Vanguard staff

Daily Vanguard: Why did you come to Portland State?

Geronne Black: I came to PSU be-

cause I lived on the East Coast and I wanted to be different from my graduating class. So, instead of going to school on the East Coast, I decided to come to Portland State for something new.

DV: What is your best moment on the track?

GB: At the Big Sky Conference

Indoor Championship—because we had one of the smallest teams at conference and [laughing] I think I had bigger supporters than the rest of the teams.

DV: If you could change one of your sport’s rules, what would it be?

GB: I would hold a 60-meter race in the outdoor season.

DV: What is your greatest strength?

GB: My determination. That’s the

Correction: In Friday’s edition of the Vanguard the photos on page 12 were mistakenly credited to Adam Wickman. The photo credit should have been given to Aaron Leopold. The Vanguard regrets the error.

DV: What is your favorite thing to do around Portland?

GB: I like to go to the waterfront.

I just go to go sometimes, just to walk—but only when it’s nice outside [laughing].

DV: What is the first item that you would buy if you won the lottery?

GB: I would probably just go to the

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Nike store and get one of each item!

DV: What is your most embarrassing moment on the track?

GB: I think when I was about 13, I was in the 4x100 relay. I was on the last leg, and right before the finish line my spike got caught in the track, and I got passed with only like 2 1/2 meters to go.

Photos by Robert Britt/Portland State Vanguard

Carly McEachran: The freshman infielder waits for a throw at third in the game against Oregon.

And because you never know when the occasion on which you might be called upon to know ten different terms synonymous with a base hit may arise, we provide the following lists of baseball euphemisms found on ESPN.com:

DV: Do you have any hidden talents?

GB: I’m very outspoken, so I don’t

think anything about me is hidden.

DV: Do you have any nicknames?

GB: For some reason my father and my boyfriend call me Geronimo. I hate it, but the meaning behind the word kind of symbolizes me.

DV: What is the last thing you cooked?

GB: That’s easy. BBQ ribs with

mashed potatoes, broccoli and corn.

only thing that got me to where I am right now. I think the physical aspect of track can sometimes be discouraging and sometimes you might compete and not get the outcome that you want, but I think my determination and perseverance keeps me going both on and off the track.

DV: If you could attend one concert or sporting event anywhere, what would it be?

GB: The Summer Olympics to see

DV: Which is your favorite place to eat around campus?

GB: Loco Locos!

Introduction to Business, because the professor was real hands-on about business, and I think it would

the track and field events.

DV: What has been your favorite class at Portland State?

GB: I would say it has to be

With a new baseball season now underway, it’s important to keep up-to-date on the terminology of the ballpark.

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Gerrone Black: The sophomore sprinter won the gold medal in the 55m at the Big Sky Indoor

Championship in February and is currently holding the second fastest time in the 100m.

help to know what I’m getting myself into. Whether someone’s trying to sell me something, or if I’m trying to start my own business, I would have tips from that class.

DV: What’s on your iPod right now?

GB: I listen to old music: Jill Scott and India.Arie.

DV: Do you read the Vanguard? If so, how often?

GB: I don’t really read it regularly, I’ll check it once a week to see what’s going on.

DV: If you could have dinner with two people from history—alive, dead, or fictional—who would they be?

GB: I would choose my grandfather,

because he was my best friend.

Growing up, he was actually teaching me a lot of stuff that I could use in high school and college before I even realized what he was doing. Then probably the man called Geronimo, because I would like to know more about him.

—Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

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The Portland State Vikings football team began spring practice yesterday afternoon at Stott Field under the guidance of new head coach Nigel Burton.

“Our biggest issue is making sure we have a sense of urgency about what we

do on the field,” Burton said in a statement released by the school.

Towards the end of the practice the Vikings ran live offense vs. defense, no-contact plays before finishing with a “Bull in the Ring” drill.

Full speed ahead

Vanguard 10 | Sports April 6, 2010

Karim, Davis and Crisofulli all place first in events at Willamette Invitational

Soccer announces spring schedule

Portland State will come out of the gate strong and face five teams, including a meeting with the 2008 Division II Champions, Seattle Pacific.

The offseason offered little time to rest for the Vikings. It featured weight training, distance running and individual work for the players, according to a statement released by the school. Head coach Laura Schott is pleased with the progress her team has shown in the offseason, and said she is looking forward to the spring schedule.

“Right off the bat, we’ll see how we do, and with a couple new additions to our team this spring,” Schott said. “It will be great to evaluate the talent and see how they mesh with the team before we head into the fall.”

Schott begins her third season as the head of the women’s soccer program. Last year her team won the regular season title and a spot in the conference tournament for the third consecutive year, a first in the history of the program.

The Vikings fell to Northern Arizona in a 4–3 shootout in the semifinal.

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Tennis troubles: The Vikings are struggling to gain momentum for the remainder of the tennis season.

Cougars scratch Vikings Women’s tennis increases losing streak to five Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

The Portland State women’s tennis team was unable to snap out of a month-long losing streak on Friday after losing its fifth successive game to Washington State at the Club Green Meadows in Vancouver, Wash. This equals the Vikings’ longest losing streak of the season.

After Friday’s 7–0 non-conference loss, the Vikings drop to 2–14 this season and have lost all three of their conference games so far. The Viks last tasted victory against city rival Lewis & Clark in the first week of March.

The Vikings were competitive in the doubles rubber against the Cougars, but their singles play once again fell short.

Junior Anya Dalkin, who replaced Caitlin Stocking at the No. 1 singles slot, went down 6–2 and 6–0 to Washington State’s Elisabeth Fournier. No Portland State player could win more than two games in their singles matches.

The 2010 season has been a tough year for the women’s tennis team. First the team lost their captain, and then the head coach of the program resigned midway through the season. An injury to

Hawks drop two on home ice, face possible sweep in Vancouver, B.C. Robert Seitzinger Vanguard staff

The Portland Winterhawks lost a pair of matches to the Vancouver Giants in the WHL Western Conference Semifinals over the weekend at the Memorial Coliseum, and the next two games will be played on the road.

This is the first postseason trip for the Hawks in four years, and a perfect road record against the Spokane Chiefs marked their first round results. However, Portland has struggled at Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum in years past, and the Hawks and Giants split the regular-season series 2–2, each winning one at home and one away.

The Hawks outscored the Chiefs in seven games 24–23, whereas the Giants swept the Kamloops Blazers and outscored them 20–14.

So far this series, Vancouver has dominated the net and put away 16 goals to Portland’s 10.

During Saturday’s opener, the Hawks were outscored by the Giants in each period, and ended the game with a 9–6 loss. Even though Portland increased their goal tally each period, Vancouver found an answer at the offensive end for each Portland score, as the Giants put away one more goal per period than the Hawks.

key-player Molly Knox didn’t help the team’s prospects either.

Before interim head coach Jay Sterling took charge, the team had not won a singles match in 2010, but in February the Viks recorded their first victory of the season against Southern Oregon 6–1.

Portland State was picked to finish eighth in the Big Sky, ahead of Idaho State. Both teams currently languish at the bottom of the Big Sky standings and will face off against each other in the final game of the season.

The Vikings will have a chance to redeem themselves and make a final rally in the Big Sky Conference next weekend, when they take on conference rival Weber State and Northern Arizona in Vancouver, Wash.

The Vikings track and field teams kept charging at full speed last weekend at the Willamette Invitational in Salem, Ore., and featured three Viking runners with first-place finishes.

Sophomore Tony Crisofulli led the pack in the men’s 800m and junior shot putter Adrienne Davis finished first in her event. Senior Amirah Karim, meanwhile, placed first in the 200m and was also among the top five in two other events.

Karim took first in the 200m with a time of 25.86 seconds, over half a second faster than the second place runner. She also clocked a time of 12.51 seconds in the 100m to cross the finish line second, and in the long jump she ranked fifth with a leap of 16 feet, 7.25 inches. Karim has already qualified for the Big Sky Outdoor Championship in the long jump for her performance at last month’s Oregon Preview.

After throwing the shot put 43 feet, 11.25 inches in the past two meets, Davis broke her personal best and took first place with a

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The Portland State women’s soccer team is back in action. Just five months after the Vikings were crowned regular season champions of the Big Sky Conference, the team is beginning spring play.

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throw of 44–2. The mark places the Portland native just three feet short of the Big Sky Conference leader, Northern Arizona’s Arshiya Hoseyni.

Crisofulli finished the 800m with a time of 1:54.32 to take first place. He had already qualified for the Outdoor Championship in the event at last weekend’s Stanford Invitational, and going into the Willamette Invitational he held the third-fastest time in the Big Sky for the 800m.

Junior captain John Lawrence clocked in at 9:23.35 to place second in the 3000m steeplechase, and senior Nathan Endicott finished third with a time of 9:32.21. Lawrence qualified for the conference championship in the first meet of the season, the Mt. Hood Community College-hosted Saints Open, and Endicott, whose time in Salem qualifies him, will now join Lawrence.

Making his first appearance since the Indoor Championship in February, freshman Jeff Borgerson cleared 6 feet, 4 inches in the high jump to place second. Unfortunately he was one inch short of the qualification standard.

Freshman Nate Lightner finished the 200m with a time of 22.14 seconds, falling short of qualification by .14 seconds but faster than his indoor best by .27 seconds.

Next up for the Viking women is the Arizona State-hosted Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Ariz., on April 9–10. The men’s team will compete next at the Mt. SAC Relays at the Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., on April 14–15.

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Leaping ahead: The Vikings continue to qualify for the outdoor championship.

Senior Amirah Karim First place, 200m, 25.86 seconds Second place, 100m, 12.51 seconds Fifth place, Long jump, 16 feet, 7.25 inches

Second-round struggles The Giants took 49 shots, including 22 in the first period, and the Hawks fired 37 over three periods. Portland coach Mike Johnston tried changing up goaltending duties between starter Mac Carruth and backup Ian Curtis after Carruth let six go by, but 13 Portland penalties in the final period led to four Vancouver goals, sealing their victory.

Sunday’s match was similar to the first, with Vancouver’s offensive blitz resulting in a 7–4 victory. They ended the first period ahead 4–1, followed by three Portland goals in the second period. However, the Hawks also committed six penalties in the second period and went scoreless in the final period.

Portland took more shots in the second match, attacking the net 48 times compared to 50 tries from the Giants. Curtis had 17 saves in the second period to follow Carruth’s 16 in the first, and Giants goalie Mark Segal, who has played every minute of the series so far, had 44 saves to bring his series total to 75.

The high scoring and fierce play is to be expected, as these teams have a longstanding rivalry and both have something to prove: The last time Portland played in the conference semifinals, they lost to Vancouver in five games during the 2006 playoffs, when Vancouver went on to win the championship.

“It’s been an exciting series thus far,” said Vancouver assistant coach

Chad Scharff in a press release. “I don’t think we expected tonight to be the same as last night, but the more we look at the series, I think we understand the way they’re going to play.”

For Vancouver, beating the Hawks would mean advancing to the conference finals and a shot at revenge against the Kelowna Rockets after they knocked the Giants out of last year’s playoff contention and went on to become the champions.

The Rockets are currently 1–1 in their semifinals against the Tri-City Americans.

The postseason continues at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia. Game Three starts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Game Four at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster and the games can be heard on Freedom 970 AM or viewed online, for a $6.95 fee, at livestream.whl.ca.

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CALENDAR Today Collaboration by Illuminating the Peripheries of Life 2:30 p.m.

Urban Center Building Free discussion about planning a better future while keeping in mind current issues and global trends.

Hosted by Dr. Bob Scarfo of Washington State University

Wednesday “Get Your Consent On!” 4 p.m.

Women’s Resource Center Free interactive workshop as part of Sexual Assault Awareness month “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Open Forum 7 p.m. Smith Memorial Student Union, room 327 An open forum in which four panelists will voice their opinions about the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

Hosted by the PSU Queer Resource Center and the Student Veterans Association

Thursday Brass Ensemble Noon The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave A free concert featuring students, faculty, community and professional musicians as part of the Performance Attendance Recital Series

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In Search of Lili’uokalani: Notes toward a biography of the last queen of the Independent Kingdom of Hawaii 7 p.m.

SMSU, room 236 Free presentation by author Elinor Langer who will discuss her work-in progress: In Search of Luliuokalani

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SPORTS EXTRA

Vanguard Sports | 12 April 6, 2010

Portland State men’s basketball 2009–10 season stats Portland State .477 shooting .374 3-pt shooting .717 FT shooting 31.8 rebounds/game 13.3 assists/game 431 turnovers 201 steals Opponents .485 shooting .395 3-pt shooting .728 FT shooting 34.7 rebounds/game 16.0 assists/game 426 turnovers 213 steals

A season of

All photos by Aaron Leopold/Portland State Vanguard

2009–10 season players

ups and Downs The 2009–10 men’s basketball campaign played out like a roller-coaster ride J. Logue Vanguard staff

Julius Thomas: The senior forward was an AllTournament selection for the second straight year.

Chris Harriel: As a freshman, Harriel played in 31 games and chalked 120 points and 17 steals.

Looking back on the 2009–10 men’s basketball season, it would be easy to compare this team’s performance with that of the past two years.

Sometimes, however, the easiest thing to do isn’t the right one.

“We were 13–19 and maybe two or three plays away from being 19–13,” said head coach Tyler Geving. “I felt like we were just always right there from turning the corner and getting over the hump.”

Despite a major coaching change and turnover on the roster that included losing Big Sky Player of the Year Jeremiah Dominguez, the Portland State men’s basketball team played every night like it was their last.

Losing the player that practically led them to the NCAA Tournament for two straight years would be hard for any team to handle. Adding in the loss of coach Ken Bone, who left the program for a job at Washington State, it’s easy to see exactly how stacked the cards were against the Vikings.

Never ones to give in to anything, Portland State proved to be a tough out on any given night and, on more than a few occasions, were too much for more than a couple teams that dared play them in the Stott Center— or in Portland for that matter. “[The] guys competed all year long, nobody quit,” Geving said.

“Everybody [played hard], all the way down to the end.”

That became apparent after the Vikings traveled to Seattle to play in the Athletes In Action Classic, the season-opening tournament hosted

by University of Washington.

After close losses in their first two games against Belmont and Wright State, two teams that had also played in the NCAA Tournament the previous years, they faced a ranked Washington team that had recently proven just how good they really are. What made this surprising was Portland State’s ability to stay close early on before falling to the Huskies.

After prodding through a rough early season, Portland State hit their stride against Northern Colorado with a 85–69 win over a team then thought to be one of the top midmajor teams in the NCAA. The Vikings overcame a poor night of shooting by relying on players like All-Big Sky selection senior forward Jamie Jones, who chalked his fourth of what would be a league-leading eight double-doubles of the season, to prove they still had the talent to play against top teams.

A win over the University of Portland Pilots in December, then ranked No. 25 in the nation, and later over regular season champion Weber State in the final conference game of the regular season proved the Vikings always possessed the talent to beat any team on any given night.

Despite their successes at home, Portland State seemingly fell apart when they hit the road, which was evident from their losses to Idaho State, Montana State and Seattle University.

Always led by the outstanding play of senior guard and All Big Sky selection for two straight years, Dominic Waters, the reliable play of Jones alongside senior forward and All Big Sky Tournament selection Julius Thomas, Portland State possessed three players that would account for 55 percent of the team’s scoring and 77 percent of its blocked shots.

“Dom was good for us all year,” Geving said. “Really, at the end of the season I felt like he played his best basketball.”

“Jamie was really good from start to finish,” Geving said.

The Vikings also received outstanding play all season long from junior guard Melvin Jones, junior forward Phillip “Tree” Thomas and junior guard Paul Guede.

The low of the season came when senior guard/forward Phil Nelson, the team’s best all-around player, went out with a broken foot in practice midway through the season. Adding insult to injury, it was Nelson’s final year of eligibility as well.

“Phil broke his foot and that hurt us,” said Geving. “Phil is obviously a talent.”

Peaking at just the right time, the Vikings closed out the season by clinching the final spot in the

Photos courtesy of PSU Athletics

Dominic Waters Senior, guard 32 starts 594 points 18.6 points/game .485 shooting .424 3-pt shooting .902 FT shooting 73 rebounds 151 assists 25 steals

Jamie Jones Senior, forward Dane Johnson: The sophomore played in 29 games as a backup point guard.

2009–10 milestones • Sixth straight postseason appearance

32 starts 442 points 13.8 points/game .583 shooting .739 FT shooting 245 rebounds 31 assists 75 blocks

• Three Big Sky Player of the Week honors • Five school records broken Big Sky Tournament. Again proving their worth, Portland State went into the tournament and won their first game against a Montana State team that they failed to beat twice during the regular season.

Just when it looked like they were going to end up with a fairy-tale ending, the Vikings fell to Weber State in the tournament semifinal, unable to recreate the late-season heroics that led to the earlier defeat over the Wildcats.

Although the 2009–10 season ended a two-year streak of conference titles and subsequent NCAA Tournament appearances, it still highlighted the fact that Portland State is a formidable opponent in the Big Sky Conference, able to overcome staffing changes, injuries and roster turnover.

Julius Thomas Senior, forward 19 starts 336 points 10.8 points/game .671 shooting .460 FT shooting 183 rebounds 58 assists 22 blocks 46 steals