Daily Vanguard May 18, 2010

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 110

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INSIDE OPINION Online Comments A look at what you’re saying online PAGE 2

Sea lions vs. fishermen Cute but pesky PAGE 3

NEWS PSU recognized as top “green” college Miller Foundation helps PSU stand out as a sustainable college PAGE 5

ARTS

Encouraging nod to craft brewers American Craft Beer Week celebrates with events in town and nationally PAGE 6

Basement cell reception PSU installs new system to extend cellular phone and radio coverage on campus Sharon Rhodes Vanguard staff

Students may soon be able to use cell phones in the basement levels of most Portland State buildings.

Near the end of April, Portland State University’s Networking and Telecom Services began installing new wiring in many campus buildings to improve cell phone coverage and public safety radio frequency coverage at ground level and below.

Timothy Johnston, director of Networking and Telecom Services in the Office of Information Technologies said, “The system that’s currently being installed is referred to as a wireless Distributed Antenna System.”

A Distributed Antenna System “is a network of spatially separated antenna nodes connected to a common source via a transport medium that provides wireless service within a geographic area or structure,” according to the thedasforum.org.

Essentially, the DAS uses the distributed antennae to boost cellular phone coverage in a manner similar to that in which a Linksys home wireless router would allow one to access the Internet wirelessly at home. In this case, the antennae rebroadcasts radio waves, like cellular phone signals, underground.

Because “the DAS solution selected is not cellular carrier specific,” Johnston said, “It will extend coverage for essentially all service providers in the Portland metro area.”

At the least, Johnston said, this project should improve the subterranean cell phone coverage of those using AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint/Nextel, Cricket and Clearwire.

In addition to Networking and Telecom Services, a subdivision of OIT, the cell phone coverage expansion project involves both the Campus Public Safety Office and Facilities and Planning, Johnston said.

Accordingly, the DAS will also extend public safety radio frequency coverage in the basements and ground level floors to improve campus safety.

“We had to focus initially on those locations where CPSO, OIT

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Underground talk: New wiring will allow phone reception in underground areas.

and FAP need expanded coverage,” Johnston said.

The involved departments have established a three-year contract with Wireless Applications Consulting, Inc. via a Request for Proposal process.

According to its website, Wireless Applications Consulting, Inc., a veteran owned company based in Oregon City, has completed similar projects everywhere from Portland to Houston, Texas, for organizations like local high schools and Microsoft.

Johnston said, “The cost for Phase 1 is about $360,000. That’s a one-time cost for the equipment, installation labor, testing and commissioning of the DAS system.”

Additionally, Portland State will pay a yearly fee of approximately $18,000 to Wireless Applications Consulting, Inc. for maintenance.

In short, the cost of the new DAS for the first three years will total almost $400,000.

According to Johnston, funding for the DAS comes from all three of the departments involved; OIT, CPSO and FAP set the money aside for the specific purpose of expanding cellular phone and public safety radio coverage.

Johnston said all three departments “have put in a request for additional funding for next fiscal year to expand this DAS system to other building locations around the campus.”

The Cellular Signal Enhancement, the website said, “provide[s] consistent and reliable wireless coverage for your cellular/ PCS phones, two-way radios or pagers inside your buildings.”

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Student Senate endorses 2014 closure of Boardman Coal Plant

The soundtrack to your life Former music critic reaches out to all the “drooling fanatics” out there PAGE 7

SPORTS

PGE’s power plant is slated to close in 2020 with some modifications Courtney Graham Vanguard Staff

Heralded recruits Men’s basketball coach Tyler Geving ushers in a new class of stars PAGE 9 Ducks dominate badminton tournament PSU wins men’s singles, Oregon wins the rest PAGE 10

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David Nokovic

The ASPSU Student Senate recently passed a resolution calling on Portland General Electric to close its only remaining coal-fired plant in the Northwest, located in Boardman, Ore., by 2014. David Nokovic, student leadership liaison for economics at the Portland State Sustainability Leadership Center, submitted the resolution, which was sponsored

by Senator and vice-president elect Selina Poulsen.

PSU is one of six colleges, universities and high schools in Oregon whose student governments passed the resolution to completely shut down the coal plant by 2014, including Reed College, Pacific University and Lane Community College.

The plant, which opened in 1980, produces 15 percent of Oregon’s energy and operates at a variable cost of one-third to one-half of the market rate cost for electricity, according to PGE’s website. In addition, 24 percent of the energy provided by PGE is derived from coal.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has found that oxides of nitrogen and sulphur dioxide emissions from the Boardman plant contribute to regional haze and reduced visibility in at least 14 wilderness areas around Oregon and Washington.

According to a report released by the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, after a public hearing held on Boardman in 2007, “[the] PGE Boardman plant emits carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter and mercury, among other pollutants.”

The DEQ has found that the Boardman power plant emits

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Vanguard 2 | Opinion May 18, 2010

OPINION Online Comments

Sarah J. Christensen Editor-in-Chief Virginia Vickery News Editor Theodora Karatzas Arts & Culture Editor Richard D. Oxley Opinion Editor Robert Britt Sports Editor Bryan Morgan Production Manager Marni Cohen Photo Editor Zach Chastaine Online Editor Kristin Pugmire Copy Chief Kristin Pugmire Calendar Editor Jae Specht Advertising Manager William Prior Marketing Manager Judson Randall Adviser Ann Roman Advertising Adviser Illustrator Kira Meyrick

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

Misinformation on Arizona You are spreading misinformation and you should read the bill, it simply enforces existing Federal immigration laws [“Racially suspicious,” May 7]. It is easy to read and is only 19 pages. Even someone from a fifth tier school like you can understand it. Or maybe not?

The bill enforces the law and is the right thing for all 50 states.

—ScottD Volunteering I would like to point out that the student teachers are paid a stipend (1000 or less per term), therefore they are not volunteering their time [“Chiron Studies program seeks new leadership,” May 5].

—Anonymous

Voluntarily paid perhaps As a former Chiron instructor and board member, let me say that the coordinator and teachers get paid for their time [“Chiron Studies program seeks new leadership,” May 5]. If you are interested in the coordinator position, it has a monthly stipend of $550, which might be increased for the upcoming school year.

—Chiron Vice-Chair Holly ASPSU fail This sounds like a failure by the administration [“ASPSU office in turmoil,” April 30]. Where is the SALP advisor that is supposed to fix things like this and possibly select our next election board? Nowhere!

Administration wants these students to fail and set them up to do so with this whole exec structure. If they were elected, we as students could fire them. Unfortunately, we have seen what it is like to “fire” an ASPSU member via impeachment. So we are then left with no option but to shut up and pay everyone for “life terms” in ASPSU no matter how little they do on the Senate, SFC, or presidency.

How about as part of the year-end elections, we vote on whether to pay the outgoing ASPSU stipends. If it passes, they get a lump sum, if it does

not, they know how we felt about their performance.

—K.B. Duyck I agree ASPSU fail I agree! The president was elected by 400+ people (out of 701), that is NOT representative at all [“ASPSU office in turmoil,” April 30]! She does not represents us, and this is in no way personally directed at Katie Markey, just pointing out the fact that, mathematically, the president-elect does not represents 28k students at PSU. Not even one percent! This is a pathetic institution and I have to blame them for their own failure, every time we heard about them in the press, it’s something negative that THEY did. Bitching left and right doesn’t solve anything. I want my student fee back!

—Leafblower The Blazers bandwagon It would be nice if someone who was a fan of the Blazers wrote about them. This guy is obviously one of those bandwagoners that loves them when they win and hates them when they lose. A true fan sees the entire picture, not just a moment in time.

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Portland police woes

A lot of eyes roll when you bring up Portland’s police. Where does one start? With the Chasse case? The bean-bagging of teenagers? Perhaps the multiple fatal shootings?

The protests?

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the way, but realistically they were lucky to have made it to the playoffs.

They should be congratulated for finishing sixth when no one credible thought they would place at all after the injuries started. Name one other team in the NBA that could have had their roster reduced by half and still compete against the league’s top teams. You can’t. There are too many one-man shows that fall under the protective wing of David Stern, but even he can’t force players on the court with injuries. The Blazers proved they are a team in the best sense of the word, and we the true fans, couldn’t be more proud.

—Anonymous Say what?

How is this a bandwagon piece [“For the Blazers, Game 6 sucks,” May 4]? How is a sports writer supposed to cover the entire Blazer history in one article? It’s their job to react to what’s happening now, and what happened was an early playoff exit. If you want to read a bunch of articles defending their loss to the better Suns team, go to a fan blog, not a sports section of a paper.

—C. West In the wake of all these issues, last week Mayor Sam Adams dismissed—rather fired—Chief Rosie Sizer, promoting Central Precinct Commander Mike Reese to be her replacement. Sizer was a vocal critic of the mayor’s police budget. Adding to an eventful news weekend involving Portland police, an embarrassing—and costly—$1.6 million settlement was reached regarding the death of James Chasse, a mentally ill man who died while under police custody in 2006.

The wide array of issues associated with the Portland police draw a diverse range of opinions. Everyone seems to have their own perspective.

But what do you think? What is your view on our city’s police? Are there some bad apples, or is the whole system corrupt? What are some solutions to solve what could be a weakened police force?

Write us a letter and email it to opinion@dailyvanguard.com. Or make it easy on yourself and use the letter to the editor option on our website. Let us know what is on your mind.

SEA LIONS VS. FISHERMEN

Mount Saint Helens Anniversary

Cute but pesky Amy Fylan Vanguard staff

Sea lions: Smart and playful mammals that are a spectacle to see. Entertaining crowds nationwide in marine shows seen in parks such as Sea World, these beloved animals have taken a special spot in the hearts of many.

Locally in Oregon, these marine mammals can be seen up and down the coast in either captive aquariums or in their natural environment such as the caves near Florence or lounging among the docks of Newport. But in recent years, Portland locals as well as those living in the surrounding areas don’t have to travel further than the Oregon Zoo or the Willamette and Columbia rivers to catch a glimpse of a sea lion.

With the migration of sea lions from California to the Oregon Coast, many sea lions have found, and traveled to, Bonneville Dam and Willamette Falls in search of an easy meal of our treasured salmon.

Therefore, they are becoming somewhat of an annoyance to fishermen as well as fisheries that protect our wild salmon. Not only do the sea lions eat salmon that we so desperately try to preserve and limit ourselves to catch, but they have been also been known to steal a catch right from a fisherman’s line.

“Everywhere you go you see them. Fishermen are losing fish and

sea lions are quite good at catching them on their own, too,” local fishing guide, John Krauthoefer, told NewsChannel 8.

Sea lions have become such a problem that hazing along both rivers and the lethal injection program conducted at Bonneville Dam aren’t solving the issue anymore. The sea lions merely hang out on nearby docks to wait the hazing out. So what else can the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife do without committing a sea lion massacre?

Well, they could follow the example instituted along another Oregon waterway, the Rogue River. With sea lions threatening to decline the sport of fishing along the Rogue River estuary, the community came up with a plan which included seven-day-a-week hazing, barricades on docks so that the sea lions are prevented from lounging and waiting out and the ceasing of feeding the mammals at fish cleaning stations. The best part is, the plan has worked. There have been less sea lions during peak salmon runs and the Rogue community did not have to kill one sea lion.

NewsChannel 8 also recently featured fish biologist Todd Alsbury, who said that the plans implemented by the Rogue River community could work in Oregon City and that plans to install barricades on popular sea lion dock sites have been made.

“So what else can the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife do without committing a sea lion massacre?”

“We can quickly move them out so that they’ll [sea lions] understand this isn’t an easy place to feed— hopefully, we move them further downstream where they won’t take so many of the wild fish we’re trying to protect,” Alsbury said.

Killing never is the answer. We cause the problem of extinction by killing. There is always another option. Hopefully by following in the footsteps of the Rogue River community, we satisfy the fisheries, the fishermen and the entire community.

Guest Opinion Mark Costigan Daily Emerald staff

Americans have managed to dress the gown of “necessity” with a silver lining.

It’s a product of a capitalist economy, aggressive ad-campaigns and the consumer culture we embody—and there’s no doubt it’s taking a toll on the planet. Our culture encourages Americans to think they “need” to buy the latest hybrid or smart phone. If they can’t sell their old hunk of junk, they get rid of it.

When my Dad attended MIT science fairs during his time at Northeastern University in the 1980s, students showcased engines that got 110 miles to the gallon. One paycheck later and those engines forever disappeared from the scientific community.

The idea of a durable product threatens the durability of business itself.

Like many American products, cars depreciate in value. They’re

designed to run for a given amount of time before parts start to fail and expensive maintenance bills rack up. This helps keep production costs down and increases the appeal of newer products. It’s a precarious system for the consumer, but a highly profitable model for the producer.

As we’ve entered the digitalinformation age, technology companies have mastered this production model. While technology advances, companies produce more and more electronics in more and more countries overseas. They use more and more coal to power more and more factories that require more ships to transport more products to more consumers.

And then consumers want more.

Unlike used cars that can be easily resold, used cell phones and computers often cannot. According to Time Magazine, “Americans throw out more than 350,000 cell phones and 130,000 computers every day, making electronic waste the fastest-growing part of the U.S. garbage stream.” Because of a lack of refuse regulation, companies continue to export waste to China, where it rots the most populated area of the earth.

In the recycling hub of Guiyu, China, it’s not uncommon to see middle-aged women burning laptop adapters in acid fires. Rivers of ash pour out of their houses as they bathe circuit boards in chemicals in order to mine lead, gold and copper. Much of the waste from the burning coal ends up in the rivers and canals that poison the wells and groundwater for the cities. It’s no surprise Guiyu has the highest level of cancer-causing dioxins in the world and an elevated rate of miscarriages. And eventually those airborne toxins will make their way back to the U.S. Ironically, overpopulated China isn’t Guiyu’s biggest e-waste contributor. More than 80 percent of the e-waste in Guiyu comes from countries like the U.S., and strict health guidelines that exist in developing countries are virtually non-existent in China, allowing Guiyu’s e-waste business to thrive.

As long as Apple continues to roll out new gadgets every year, Guiyu will continue to give education the shaft and instead teach its youth the latest chemical burning techniques.

Because of strict privacy regulations, all e-waste at the University must be cleansed before it’s disposed of. The same regulations make it difficult for the University to offer any drop boxes for old cell phones or computers, but here in Eugene and Springfield we’re very lucky to have a donation/ receiving center called NextStep Recycling.

NextStep started as a Macintosh computer fix-it-and-pass-it-on resource and has grown into a prominent community organization.

By selling refurbished computers and cell phones, NextStep empowers and educates low-income

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Mount Saint Helens’ massive eruption.

There were many warning signs in the months prior to the mountain’s epic explosion.

On March 20, 1980, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook the area. Seven days later, steam was sighted venting from its face.

Finally, on May 18, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake agitated the mountain once again, causing the north side to give way as ash and magma bled from within.

After mountainous mayhem died down, 57 people had perished.

Mt. St. Helens itself was 1,300 feet shorter with a crater half a mile deep. Ash from the volcano was reported more than 900 miles away.

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E-waste poses a growing problem

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and disadvantaged Oregonians who can’t afford the latest technology.

They even transition unemployable Oregonians back into the workforce.

It’s ecological and economic sustainability at its finest.

NextStep has collections on campus twice a year for old electronics. Donating your e-waste to a reuse center prevents toxinrelease in our air, employs locals, and provides a wider range of Americans access to the electronic information students enjoy daily. Additionally, supporting organizations like NextStep increases the political clout of sustainable ideas in Washington, D.C. The U.S. could stop fueling the e-waste phenomenon if we passed some decent refuse reform. A law prohibiting garbage companies from dumping on the rest of the world would save lives and our planet. If electronics companies were forced to stop using mercury and hazardous materials in their products, e-waste disposal wouldn’t have close to the toll it currently takes on Mother Nature.

Unfortunately, there are some jobs only government can do.

Until our leaders step up to the powerful interests of large corporations, we need to take the next step as consumers and demand our electronics use reusable and interchangeable parts. The more you donate and use, the more such a utopian fantasy will become a reality.

Thinking of throwing out that old MacBook? Think again. The wellbeing of future generations and our planet are depending on it. *This article was originally published in the Daily Emerald. It is reprinted here in its original form.

While many residents took note of the various warning signs and evacuated the area prior to its eruption, one resident became famous, and a local legend, due to his refusal to leave.

Harry Randall Truman lived in a lakeside lodge under the shadow of the former Mt. St. Helens.

Truman did not believe that any real danger was posed by the mountain and stubbornly stood his ground where he lived.

The landslide from the eruption engulfed Truman’s lodge, which now resides 150 feet underground.

—Richard D. Oxley

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Equal rights advocate to speak at PSU Equal rights advocate Beate Sirota Gordon will speak at Portland State tonight in the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom.

Gordon, now 86, was 22 when she was assigned to a subcommittee to write the equal rights clause of the Japanese Constitution, securing rights for the nation’s women, according to an article published

by The Oregonian on May 17. Over half a century later, Japan’s constitution remains unrevised.

The resulting article, according to The Oregonian, established, “essential equalities of the sexes.”

Gordon first arrived in Japan from Russia in 1929 at the age of five. She tells her story in her book The Only Woman in the Room, published in 1997.

Gordon’s advocacy laid the groundwork for many Japanese women entering into politics. For example, Takako Doi, Japan’s first female Speaker of the House, took office in 1993.

“Considering [Japan has] had only 60 years to change things from a feudal, militaristic society, which is the society I grew up in before the war in Japan, it’s unbelievable,” Gordon told The Oregonian.

The lecture, hosted by the Center for Japanese Studies, will be held this evening from 6–9 p.m. The event is free to the public.

—oregonlive.com

Facebook introduces new personal security features Facebook recently launched new security features that claim to protect users from hackers, an issue the popular social networking website is currently dealing with.

Hackers are growing in numbers on Facebook, and many fake profiles are infiltrating the site.

Under the new security features, which are similar to what banks use to protect their customers, Facebook users can identify approved computers and cell phones that are allowed to access their Facebook accounts. If an unauthorized device tries to log in, the user will be notified of that activity by e-mail or text message to allow them to shut down an attack before any information is stolen.

“Over the last few weeks, we’ve been testing a new feature that allows you to approve the devices you commonly use to log in and then to be notified whenever your account is accessed from a device you haven’t approved. This feature is now available to everyone,” according to Facebook’s blog post, “Staying in Control of Your Facebook Logins.”

To use the new feature, users can go to the “Account Settings”

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page and click on the link next to “Account Security” at the bottom of the page to select the option to get notifications for logging in with new devices. Every time users log in, they will be asked to name and save the devices they use to access Facebook, according to the blog.

The blog advises users to be careful where they enter in their passwords and not to download suspicious-looking software.

Facebook has created a Security Page users can “Like” to receive updates.

Meanwhile, through blog posts and Twitter feeds, users have expressed a growing concern for their privacy in reaction to Facebook teaming up with more third-party websites than ever before for Facebook’s new instant personalization program. The feature links users’ personal information to third-party websites such as Pandora and Yelp. Facebook users are automatically opted into this new program.

—Alex Tomchak Scott, Oregon Daily Emerald

Students’ chances of grant affected by budget overages The Oregon Student Assistance Commission, which administers the Oregon Opportunity Grant, recently

came under scrutiny for its inability to balance its budget, which in turn affects its ability to administer the opportunity grants with consistency.

The agency displayed difficulty working within its allotted $57 million budget in the 2009–10 academic year, and announced significant budget overages twice in the past three months. The budget overages of $19 million will affect the chances of thousands of students seeking need-based assistance and left many in the state legislature disgruntled with OSAC’s management.

Oregon Speaker of the House Dave Hunt, who was a major player in the state’s decision for double funding of the Oregon Opportunity Grant in 2007, said OSAC had to make some tough calculations given the recent influx of students and state money in the student assistance arena, but that the program needed to show improvement. “(OSAC) had great difficulty estimating exactly how many students are coming into the system,” Hunt said. “Part of that was very legitimate because we had such a dramatic increase in the number of students, the economy was tanking and people were going back to school. But they also had just some flawed internal procedures

we’re actually trying to track.”

OSAC is responsible for administering the Oregon Opportunity Grant since the need-based grant’s establishment in 1971. The grant was created to help Oregon students obtain their educational goals by assisting with the high costs of a college education.

The Oregonian reported in March that for every $1 million of overages in OSAC’s budget, about 630 students will be denied a state grant next year, naturally leading to concern for the thousands of students who will no longer have access to the financial assistance.

OSAC initially announced in February that it had over-committed funds to the tune of $9.7 million, which the Oregon legislature promptly appropriated to cover OSAC’s Oregon Opportunity Grant commitments and to restore previously announced spring reductions of $120 for all full-time grant recipients and $60 for all half-time recipients.

In late March, OSAC’s overcommitments ballooned by an additional $9 million, which caused exasperation with some in the state legislature, including Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

—Ian Geronimo, Oregon Daily Emerald

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Most high-traffic buildings have been wired for reception “The initial phase is scheduled to be completed by the first week of June,” Johnston said.

Johnston said, among others, that Smith Memorial Student Union, Cramer Hall, Neuberger Hall, the Urban Center, the Broadway Building, the Engineering Building

and Millar Library will have the wiring for the new DAS installed.

“Should additional funding become available next fiscal year, we’ll look at further expansion of the DAS system into other PSU building locations as needed,” Johnston said.

In other wireless communication news, Johnston said that over the summer OIT and University Housing “plan to install wireless on all floors of the residence halls.”

The new wireless service should be available at the start of fall term, Johnston said.

Nokovic also said that because PGE is a relatively progressive energy company, the prospect of nearly immediate payback with green jobs created after Boardman closes should be reassuring.

The fact that PSU’s student government passed a resolution in solidarity with a network of local environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club and the Cascade Climate Network, makes a statement that a large portion of the metro area population is unsatisfied with the way PGE provides its energy.

PSU is also one of the largest purchasers of energy in the Oregon University System, due in large part to the fact that PSU is not a land grant school and does not have onsite energy production, according to Nokovic.

He said that because PSU is situated in the sustainability discourse, students and the university have a unique opportunity to realize its potential to push the envelope with sustainable practices, starting at the local and university level.

“PSU has a great opportunity to be a part of a solutions-based learning program,” Nokovic said.

A major first step is convincing the administration that there is a way to change PSU’s purchasing and procurement policies to change the local market for major products, such as building materials and water bottles, according to Nokovic.

This is especially pertinent considering that PSU is one of the largest purchasers of plastic water bottles in the Portland Metro area, and could very easily choose to ban the use of them in campus spaces, thus making a huge impact both environmentally and economically.

There is also space to push local contractors and producers of building materials with whom the university contracts with to create and employ sustainable and environmentally friendly practices and materials.

Nokovic said that choosing to pressure PGE to close Boardman six years ahead of schedule is an equally admirable and desirable outcome. Not only would the plant’s closure be environmentally beneficial, but it would also show that local organizations are willing to “step up to the plate to be more socially responsible than the power companies.”

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PGE already plans to close the plant in 2020 about 6 percent of Oregon’s total greenhouse gas emissions per year, or 4.3 million metric tons. It produces the most greenhouse gas emissions of any major industrial source in the state.

To address these emissions and to comply with new air quality standards released by the DEQ, PGE announced in January that it would reduce its timeline for closure of the Boardman plant by 20 years, from 2040 to 2020.

Under this new plan—the Revised Integrated Resources Plan—PGE would install emissions controls that would cut mercury by 90 percent, and nitrogen oxide emissions by 50 percent, according to the company.

PGE’s decision to close the plant in 2020 as opposed to 2014 follows from concerns that early closure would lead to an undue burden on the 110 people that the plant employs, as well as higher costs

on consumers who would need to bear the brunt of a less-thansmooth transition to natural gas or alternative energy resources in the vacant plant.

However, according to the Sierra Club Student Coalition–the organization heading the effort to close the plant–it is inevitable that a natural gas or other alternative energy source would appear on the Boardman site before 2020, and it would behoove the company to provide a very comfortable pension package to its employees who would need to retire early.

Despite concerns about the livelihoods of Boardman residents, Nokovic said that the major consumers of electricity produced at the coal-fired plant are Portland residents, and therefore the urban area should bear the responsibility of both pushing for sustainable and progressive energy policies, and taking care of those put out by the change.

PSU recognized as top “green” college Miller Foundation helps PSU stand out as a sustainable college Stacy Austin Vanguard staff

Portland State was recently named as one of the top “green” colleges in the U.S. by The Princeton Review, and is featured in the organization’s new book, Guide to 286 Green Colleges.

The Princeton Review chose the top green colleges based on their “Green Rating” scores, ranging from 60 to 99, developed in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council. To be represented in the guide, the school must have scored in the 80th or higher percentile in the “Green Rating.”

PSU is not the only university in Portland recognized for its sustainable practices; the University of Portland is also featured in the guide.

Overall, six Oregon-based universities and colleges made it into the top 286, including

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National recognition: Portland State is known for its sustainable initiatives like the

implementation of “ecoroofs” around campus.

Oregon State University, the University of Oregon and Linfield College, according to The Princeton Review’s website.

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Professor David Sailor said that the 10-year $25 million commitment to PSU by the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation is a “key element that helps PSU stand out.”

The foundation offers resources that help the university do something substantial, Sailor said, in addition to providing huge opportunities for student- and faculty-led research projects.

“It doesn’t hurt that PSU is in Portland,” he said. “[The city] has an international and national reputation of sustainability.”

Currently, Sailor is working on research dealing with energy and the environment with a focus on the urban climate system. Last year, Sailor, along with members from the chemistry and biology faculty at PSU, was awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project researching the benefits of combining green roofs with solar arrays.

According to Sailor, PSU is somewhat unique in terms of how it is moving forward in sustainability because of its multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies.

“[Different departments working together] answers bigger questions…and breaks down traditional barriers,” he said.

As a result, PSU students are given the opportunity to work with several departments, including the architecture, chemistry, engineering and biology departments, Sailor said.

For faculty and students, cross-departmental collaboration provides a framework for studying complex problems, according to Sailor. Both can understand problems and apply their disciplinary expertise.

Sailor said it is a move in the right direction to have a full-time director overseeing PSU’s sustainability efforts. Robert Costanza, from University of Vermont, has been appointed as the director of PSU’s Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices. “[Costanza] is a big name in sustainability,” Sailor said. “In some ways it shows that PSU can compete with the best…in sustainability when we attract talent like him.”

The Princeton Review published the green guide to help students looking for colleges to attend, according to its vice president Robert Franek. Its aim is to highlight colleges that have shown a commitment to sustainability.

“We created this guide to help [students] evaluate how institutions like Portland State University focus on environmental responsibility so that they can make informed decisions as they move through the college assessment and application process,” Franek said in the press release.

The Princeton Review’s complete green guide can be found at www. princetonreview.com/greenguide.

Vanguard News | 5 May 18, 2010

PARC comes to PSU Today, the Portland Archives and Records Center will re-open in its new location in the Academic and Student Recreation Center. For 28 years, the PARC was located in North Portland until its move to PSU. PARC is the official repository for city records, according to PSU’s website. Its mission is to preserve city records for future generations, while providing access to current citizens and city employees.

The PARC’s opening ceremony will take place today from noon to 4 p.m. in its new location in ASRC room 550.

For more information, visit www. portlandoregon.gov.

—pdx.edu/events

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

Out today: New music releases Ellen Allien: Dust (BPitch Control) Band of Horses: Infinite Arms (Brown Records/Fat Possum/Columbia) The Black Keys: Brothers (Nonesuch) Club 8: The People’s Record (Labrador) The Depreciation Guild: Spirit Youth (Kanine) Friendo: Cold Toads (St. Ives) Harvey Milk: A Small Turn of Human Kindness (Hydra Head) Daniel Higgs: Say God (Thrill Jockey) Guilty Simpson: OJ Simpson (Stones Throw) Keepaway: Baby Style EP (Lefse)

ARTS & CULTURE An encouraging nod to craft brewers American Craft Beer Week celebrates with events in town and nationally Bianca Blankenship Vanguard staff

This week is a reminder that Portland isn’t the only beer-crazed city in America. Craft beer is celebrated throughout the entire country, as American Craft Beer Week is underway as of yesterday.

The annual week of craft beer festivities is in its fourth year now and has aroused a large amount of interest this year. Stephen Colbert inspired curiosity in the event when he said on his television show, “This isn’t one of those fake holidays. No, this is officially sanctioned by Congress,” which is a fair assessment.

Indeed, the House of Representatives introduced resolution 1297 on April 22, a resolution “supporting the goals and ideals of American Craft Beer Week.”

The Brewers Association—an organization of brewers, big and small—organizes the week of festivities and others involved in the

beer industry. Events this week will be held nationwide and include brewery tours, beer releases and festivals, among others.

A number of local breweries and taprooms are participating.

Green Dragon will feature over 50 different American craft beers throughout the week. On Wednesday, members of Oregon Brew Crew, a local non-profit, will pour at the pub and share their knowledge of home brewing and beer appreciation.

Lompoc Brewery will pour a special beer at each of their pubs throughout the week. They are also advocating that beer lovers sign the Declaration of Beer Independence, which can be found at any of their pubs, as well as online. The Brewers Association wrote the declaration in an effort to reveal the widespread support for the nation’s small and independent craft brewers.

Rock Bottom Brewery will feature a different beer each day of the week, including the Sour Patch Pale Ale and Syttende Maibock.

Widmer Brothers has chosen to use the week as an opportunity to release their summer seasonal, Sunburn Summer Brew.

The light-colored ale uses citra hops, a type of hops that is relatively new and

gaining popularity. Sierra Nevada is known for dry-hopping citra to make Torpedo Extra IPA. Citra delivers tropical fruity flavors like papaya and passion fruit and is most often used for IPAs. Widmer will also host pub specials and brewery tours this week.

Vertigo Brewing in Hillsboro is releasing two of its most popular seasonals: Arctic Blast Vanilla Porter and JD Blackjack Stout. Saturday is a chance to meet Vertigo’s brewers at the brewery.

Full Sail Brewing is releasing a special beer for the week. Vendell Veizen, a German style weizen bock,

is light red in color and maltier than a wheat beer. The Veizen was released Monday and is now available.

American Craft Beer Week is a good opportunity for a small trip out of Portland as well. This weekend Rogue will host the Fourth Annual Brewers Memorial Ale Fest at its Newport location. There will additionally be a number of brewery tours and Rogue’s recurring garage sale.

Brewer Paul Arney from Deschutes Brewing will be sharing his home brew at the brewery’s Bend location, as well as free tours and tastings.

Photo courtesy of American Craft Beer Week

Craft beer: Declare your independence this week by signing the Declaration of Beer Independence.

LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening (DFA/Virgin) (U.S. release) Jamie Lidell: Compass (Warp) Marching Band: Pop Cycle (Urband & Lazar) Janelle Monae: The ArchAndroid (Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy) Nas and Damian Marley: Distant Relatives (Universal Republic) Pearly Gate Music: Pearly Gate Music (Barsuk) The Poison Control Center: Sad Sour Future (Afternoon/Warner Music Group) Pontiak: Living (Thrill Jockey) Rangda: False Flag (Drag City) Rhymefest: El Che (dNBe Entertainment) The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St. (Universal) (Deluxe Edition reissue) (U.S. release) Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek: Revolutions Per Minute (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.)

Tracey Thorn: Love and Its Opposite (Merge/Strange Feeling) Various Artists: Sing Me to Sleep: Indie Lullabies (American Laundromat)

All photos by Justin Flood/Portland State Vanguard

Woven Bones: In and Out and Back Again (Hozac) —pitchfork.com

All photos by Justin Flood/Portland State Vanguard

The Second Annual Open Engagement Conference brought a number of international artists and visitors to the PSU campus this weekend. The conference featured lectures and events focused on public and socially engaged art practices. For this year’s conference, Rozzell Medina and Judy Fleming, the team behind Public Social University and winners of the

November STOCK Art Grant, created a mobile listening space with a library of recorded historical interviews for the public to peruse, as well as a daily lecture series on oral storytelling traditions. Medina and Fleming were caught setting up their space this Friday, on the corner of SW 12th and Park Ave. downtown.

—Justin Flood

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Billboard Top 10 Week of May 22 Pop 1. “Nothin’ On You,” B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars 2. “Rude Boy,” Rihanna 3. “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris 4. “Hey, Soul Sister,” Train 5. “In My Head,” Jason Derulo 6. “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha 7. “Breakeven,” The Script 8. “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum 9. “OMG,” Usher feat. will.i.am 10. “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga Rock

Steve Almond: The famed music critic, who comes to Portland tonight, pictured above getting mischievous with his wife.

All photos courtesy of Steve Almond

THE SOUNDTRACK to your life

1. “Between the Lines,” Stone Temple Pilots 2. “The Good Life,” Three Days Grace 3. “Lay Me Down,” The Dirty Heads feat. Rome 4. “Uprising,” Muse 5. “1901,” Phoenix 6. “Savior,” Rise Against 7. “Cryin’ Like A Bitch!”

Godsmack 8. “Your Decision,” Alice in Chains 9. “Resistance,” Muse 10. “Odd One,” Sick Puppies —Billboard

DV: You make the argument that we’re all “drooling fanatics” in some ways, just on different degrees and through different expressions. How did you come to that conclusion?

SA: There’s really no single person on earth who doesn’t have a song or album that doesn’t completely bring them back to some dramatic moment or era of their life. Everyone has a song that takes them right back to high school, or college, or that time you got your heart broken.

And that’s because music has been around a lot longer than words. It’s the first and final language of our hearts.

Former music critic reaches out to all the “drooling fanatics” out there Wendy Shortman Vanguard staff

Ever hear that song or album that changes your life forever? Or that artist or group you can’t seem to not talk about to your friends— to the point that they have to ask you to shut up? If so, you can probably relate to Steve Almond’s new book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life—which is dedicated to music groupies, wannabe rock stars and “drooling fanatics” alike.

The true test of your status as a “drooling fanatic” will be judged by how many music references you understand from the book without consulting YouTube. Are you not just a music fan, but a “drooling fanatic”?

Daily Vanguard: When and how did you realize you weren’t an average music fan, but a “drooling fanatic”?

DV: How did working as a music critic facilitate your nature as a huge music fan?

Steve Almond: There wasn’t really a “eureka” moment. It was more a gradual dawning that I was one of those people who needed music to gain access to the feelings inside me.

There were other more obvious symptoms, such as the fact that I thought and talked about music way too much, and that I had more albums than my friends. And that I tended to fall in love with particular bands and refer to the band members by their first names, as if they were friends of mine—which they weren’t.

DV: What was the first album you fell in love with?

SA: Probably Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. I must have listened to that record, like, a million times when I was nine years old. I would just sit with the album on my lap and listen and listen. I loved the more popular songs, like “Sir Duke” and “I Wish,” but I also got way into the more obscure ones like “Village Ghetto Land” and “Ebony Eyes.”

SA: Mostly that it gave me access to lots and lots of music. It was really just an enabler in that sense. The essential sickness was mine.

DV: What do you hope readers get from your book?

SA: Mostly just that they dig reading it—laugh a little bit—and think about how awesome music is, and how much gratitude we should feel for our favorite musicians—who have saved our lives. Or at least allowed us to feel less alone with our misery at particular moments.

DV: Anything else you’d like to share about your book or the upcoming visit to Portland?

SA: Only that you guys reading this should come out and rock with me at Powell’s on Tuesday night. I’ll be playing lots of music, and showing an original slideshow I call “Steve Almond’s Museum of Bad Hair,” which is full of some of the most awful hairstyles imaginable, many of them mine.

Reading with Steve Almond Powell’s City of Books 1005 W Burnside St. Tonight, 7:30 p.m.

Free

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Dio-bituary In his lifetime, Ronald James Dio slayed countless mechanical dragons onstage with lasers attached to his guitar. On Sunday, Dio went up against an unslayable enemy: stomach cancer. Dio lost the most important duel of his life. He was 67.

Dio’s metal pedigree is of higher stock than most of his peers. In 1967, he joined a band with the most metal name of the last half-century, The Electric Elves (which was later shortened to Elf). Following that, he formed Rainbow, joined Black Sabbath after Ozzy Osbourne quit and later fronted his own band, simply called Dio. It is this band which drunken hipsters singing “Holy Diver” at Chopsticks every week most notably know him from.

Local film highlights New and classic films playing locally this week

Tuesday

Wednesday

No One Knows About Persian Cats

The 39 Steps

Sarah Esterman

There is something extraawesome about this faux documentary from director Bahman Ghobadi: It was shot in secret.

Having just been released from prison, a pair of young musicians is attempting to bring the band to Europe. The problem? Rock bands are forbidden by law to play in Iran.

As the band figures out how to play its music and escape abroad, the viewer is brought along on a cultural journey through the underground music scene, home to over 2,000 illegal bands.

It’s “classics month” at the Laurelhurst, and that can mean only one thing: A kickass collection of films that includes The 39 Steps, an early film from Alfred Hitchcock.

Canadian rancher Richard Hannay is on vacation in London when shots ring out at a vaudeville act he’s attending. A young woman approaches Hannay, telling him that foreign spies searching for military secrets are after her. When she is later killed, Hannay is both the main suspect for the murder and the next victim in the spy ring.

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There are a lot of sweet films playing at local theaters this week and unless you’re the king or queen of finals procrastination, 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.

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Though his music is very near and dear to most metal fans’ hearts, his stage theatrics will be remembered forever as so over-the-top that they can’t help but be enjoyed. On nearly every tour for 20 years, Dio strived to one-up himself, usually attempting to slay some manner of mechanical beast by musical means.

His go-to animatronic was normally a giant mechanized dragon.

Over the years, Dio devised different ways to kill it, usually coinciding with current lighting technology.

Since there hasn’t been much technological advancement in the commercial laser field in the last few years, lasers mounted to guitars were Dio’s weapons of choice.

Photo courtesy of Galen Huckins/Filmusik

Living Room Theaters 11:50 a.m., 2:40 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 10:05 p.m. $5 21+ after 4:30 p.m.

Laurelhurst Theater 7 p.m. $3 21+

Thursday

Friday

Hercules vs. Vampires

The Exploding Girl

The Red Shoes

Let’s not lie, this is probably the most awesome film I’ve ever put on this list. Not only is the premise of this film fabulous (read: Hercules and Theseus must venture through hell to rescue the beautiful Daianara from eternal servitude by the vampiremaster), but it is also an opera. Yes, an opera. And what could be better than the combination of opera, Hercules and blood-sucking fiends?

This coming-of-age film from director Bradley Rust Gray follows 21-year-old Ivy who suffers from epilepsy. When she heads home for spring break with a new romance in her life and her friend Al needs a place to stay, Ivy and her mother take him in. Soon, as she and Al grow closer, Ivy becomes aware of her conflicting feelings.

Playing in restored print, this 1948 U.K. film follows young ballerina Victoria Page. Dancing in impresario Boris Lermontov’s company, Page has the potential for superstardom. That is, until she earns the ire of Lermontov when she falls in love with Julian Craster, the composer of The Red Shoes, the ballet staged to showcase her ability.

Hollywood Theatre Noon $6.50 All ages

Cinema 21 4 p.m. $5 w/PSU ID All ages

Hollywood Theatre 7:30 p.m. $6.50 All ages

He will be missed by the aforementioned “Holy Diver” crooners, and 95 percent of men over 45 who own leather jackets. Oh, and his wife.

—Nicholas Kula

BACK from the Midwest Cat Stalks Bird has given a new identity to the duo rock scene Scott Ostlund Vanguard staff

After a move to Portland from northern Michigan, Portland band Cat Stalks Bird has noticed the more communal music scene and performance opportunities Portland has to offer. Whether it’s local house shows or the interconnected venues, Portland has become the right fit for the duo of Nate Weber and Jake Early.

“Cat Stalks Bird was just going to be a temporary band, so that

when we got out to Portland we would have something that we could perform and meet more musicians basically and start a full band,” Weber said.

Cat Stalks Bird features Weber on percussion, vocals and some guitar, while Early also plays guitar for the band. With Weber playing different instruments, the band is able to create an original sound that doesn’t rely only on one looping guitar as in many duo bands. Though the strong rock influences are noticeable, the duo from Michigan uses guitars to enhance the melodies and create a complexity in their sound.

“It just...kept developing and becoming more comfortable and we kind of decided to keep working with that,” Weber said.

The band has produced one self-titled album but currently performs with almost completely new material that they hope to produce in the near future.

“Hopefully within this next month we are going to record all of those and probably make a tape and a CD and just kind of give those out to everyone,” Weber said.

“As far as our live show we pretty much only play, per set, we only play like one song that is actually off that album we have...it’s all new.”

Weber and Early both moved from Marquette, Mich., which is near the Canadian border, to the Northwest and started this project after performing with other less successful groups. The two have played music together for around nine years, with their most recent stint in Portland gaining them some quick notoriety.

“All my friends were going to school so our schedules didn’t really line up,” Weber said. “I started kind of messing around with the guitar, drums, vocals thing. I just wrote some stuff and brought it to Jake...we performed once on our way out to Portland.”

Cat Stalks Bird is playing tonight at Ash Street Saloon, which is a venue they know well and enjoy playing at. Apes of

Photo courtesy of So and Brad

Wrath and Hotel St. George will join them.

“Yeah we’ve played there two or three times already...it sounds really good, it holds a lot of people,” Weber said.

Tonight’s show with Cat Stalks Bird is bound to give you a different perspective of the two-man rock band with a host of new songs and a solid venue.

Cat Stalks Bird Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash Street Tonight, 8 p.m.

21+ Free

All photos courtesy of Kadi Rae

SPORTS

Heralded recruits Men’s basketball coach Tyler Geving ushers in a new class of stars J. Logue Vanguard staff

With one year under his belt as head coach of the men’s basketball team, Tyler Geving continues to pound the recruiting pavement and bring in the type of talent that Portland State has used to go to the NCAA Tournament two out of the last three years.

Despite a rollercoaster 2009–2010 season, Geving was able to fill the immediate holes created from the exodus of players that included AllBig Sky players Dominic Waters and Jamie Jones. With so many freshmen and transfers coming onto the squad, a brief introduction is in order.

Michael Harthun Guard, 6’3” 185 Washington State Harthun started at South Medford High School where he paired with Kyle Singler for two state titles and won All-State honors three times. Playing for Washington State for two seasons before coming to the South Park Blocks, Harthun averaged 1.7 points

Chehales Tapscott

and 10 minutes per game in his last season. Despite receiving limited playing time, he made appearances in 28 games and managed to start one game as well. Described as a winner by Geving, Harthun is an outstanding shooter that can distribute the ball as well.

Pros: A shooter with a winning pedigree.

Cons: Must redshirt until the 2011– 12 season.

Brandon Cataldo Center, 6’10” 270 Rainer High School Rated the 12th-best center on ESPN.com, Cataldo is considered by many to be one of the elite center prospects on the west coast. Singlehandedly elevating the Vikings recruiting class to the top of the Big Sky, Geving and company will be expecting him to do much of the same come time for conference play. With a massive wingspan to go with his immense size, Cataldo has Division-I size coming out of high school and should be a factor immediately.

Pros: A combination of skill and feel for the game that makes him a true threat in the paint.

Cons: Up to this point, he hasn’t played against much top talent.

Forward, 6’5” 210 Clackamas Community College Having played the last two years in Portland State’s backyard at Clackamas CC, Tapscott knows his way around town. Averaging a double-double during his career, the two-time MVP at the community college level was a proven scorer that could move the ball around and get everyone involved. Tapscott helps to immediately replace the height that the men’s basketball team lost with players such as Phillip “Tree” Thomas moving on to graduation. Tapscott is a can’t-miss talent, and should see starter minutes if he plays half as well as he is advertised.

Pros: A good passer with a feel for the game and can step in right away.

Cons: We only get him for two years.

Terry Coleman Guard, 5’10” 180 Sullivan Community College An outstanding talent that played his last two years at Sullivan Community College, Coleman is a proven scorer that averaged 16.4 points per game and shot 47 percent from downtown. An effective defender as well as a solid rebounder, he averaged seven boards and two and a half steals per game. Despite coming

off an injury in March, look for Coleman to get some serious playing time when the season starts. Also look for Coleman to extend the recent string of success at the position, namely Dominic Waters and Jeremiah Dominguez.

Pros: A tough, athletic kid who’s strong enough to finish around the hoop and rebound effectively.

Cons: He’s more of a scorer than a passer at the point-guard position.

Charles Odum Guard, 6’0” 210 College of Southern Idaho An imposing figure at the point guard position, Odum is a physical player who knows how to use his size in the half-court. With the quickness to not only get to the rim but the size and physicality to finish shoots and draw fouls, he should definitely fix any lack of toughness some perceived as the biggest weakness from last year’s team. An outstanding perimeter defender, he nearly averaged an eyepopping five steals a game last year at Southern Idaho. Expect to see him early and often next year.

Pros: An athletic player who will compete day in and day out.

Cons: Less of a shooter than the other prospects, Odum is shooting only .339 from behind the arc.

Vanguard Sports | 9 May 18, 2010

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

Upcoming Outdoor Program trips Sauvie Island sea kayak May 22 Required pre-trip meeting: May 13, 4 p.m.

Smith Rock climbing weekend May 21–23 Required pre-trip meeting: May 19, 5 p.m.

Students/members $120 General public - $240 Columbia Gorge overnight backpacking May 29–31 Required pre-trip meeting: May 26, 5 p.m.

Students/members $132 General public - $293 Cascade Head and Oregon coast overnight photography hike June 5–6 Required pre-trip meeting: June 2, 6:30 p.m.

Students/members - $71 General public - $158 Olympic National Park backpacking June 14–18 Required pre-trip meeting: June 10, 6:30 p.m.

Students/members $216 General public - $480 *All pre-trip meetings in ASRC, room 101

Photo courtesy of John Lari Viere/Oregon Sports Photos

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England wins its first Cricket World Cup The English vanquish old foe Australia in the finals Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

England convincingly defeated favorites and archrivals Australia by seven wickets in the ICC World Twenty20 finals played at Barbados on Sunday. This was England’s first world cup win in any format of the game. Twenty20 is the shortest and the most entertaining version of the game.

“This is our first World Cup we’ve ever won and the boys deserve it,” said Paul Collingwood, England’s team captain, according to an Associated Press interview. “We’ve put a lot of hard work and effort in and the boys are absolutely thrilled we came out today and put that performance in.”

Star batsman Kevin Pietersen was named man of the tournament after scoring 248 runs, including 47 in the final.

“This trophy goes to all the lads,” Pietersen said. “They support each other and share each other’s success.

The more you play, the more you win and the more it becomes a habit, like the great Australians.”

Australia could only manage to score 147 in the allotted 20 overs and England chased it down with seven wickets to spare.

Australian captain Michael Clark said after the game, “I don’t think we scored enough runs. You’ve got to give credit to England, they outplayed us today. We’ve played really well throughout the whole tournament. We’re obviously disappointed in the final to not get the result but I think we should hold our heads high.”

Australia had staged a stunning comeback in the semifinals against Pakistan. Batting second, they chased down a mammoth 191 runs.

In the other semifinal, England convincingly beat Sri Lanka to march into the finals.

Portland State’s Rec Club Council recently added cricket to its arsenal of rec clubs last month. Cricket, often referred to as the gentlemen’s game, is the second most played game in the world after soccer. It is popular in pockets of the globe ranging from Australia and New Zealand to England and the Caribbean.

The Cricket Club is open to all Portland State students and a club fee of $10 is required to utilize the club accessories, gear and training facilities.

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Odum

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Campus Rec to host Spring Golf Tourney Campus Rec has announced the details of the Spring Golf Tournament, to be held next Friday, May 21, at the Heron Lakes Golf Course in northeast Portland.

The tournament is open to all PSU students, faculty and staff, as well as guests, and will feature prizes for lowest individual scores. Additional prizes for longest drive and closest to the pin competitions will also be awarded.

A registration fee of $60 per individual is required and covers green fees, golf carts and range balls. More information and registration is available at

Photo courtesy of Jeff the Trojan/Flickr

What Campus Rec Spring Golf Tournament When Friday, May 21 Tee times begin at 10 a.m.

Where Heron Lakes Golf Course, Great Blue Course 3500 N Victory Blvd.

Portland

www.pdx.edu/recreation/intramurals

or by contacting Skyler Archibald at im@pdx.edu or 503-725-9872.

Cost $60 fee covers fees, cart and range balls

Vanguard 10 | Sports May 18, 2010

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Ducks dominate

badminton tournament PSU wins men’s singles, Oregon wins the rest Nilesh Tendolkar

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Portland State won the men’s singles competition while University of Oregon swept the women’s singles, men’s doubles and the mixed doubles titles at the Portland State Badminton Club’s 2010 Spring Tournament held at the ASRC on Saturday.

Portland State freshman Connor Nguyen, a finance major who finished second at Oregon’s badminton tournament earlier this year, defeated Portland IT analyst Harry Hermawan, 21-10, 21-11, in the men’s final.

“I just tried my best,” Nguyen said.

“I haven’t been practicing that long and the final game was difficult.

Harry’s backhand is awesome, so I had to change my strategy and keep on aiming at his forehand.”

Hermawan offered accolades for his opponent, and added that the lighting in the ASRC could have had an effect on his play.

“Connor played very well, but I couldn’t have done better. I couldn’t see the birdie because it was too bright. The facility is pretty good except for the light.”

The women’s singles competition was an all-Ducks affair. Oregon’s Yiwen He took three sets to overcome teammate Orie Fukuda, 14-21, 21-9, 21-15.

The men’s doubles final saw

singles winner Nguyen team up with Portland State’s Tomo Muta.

However, Oregon’s Huy Nguyen and Yasuhiro Hiraya won that match 26-24, 23-21. The mixed doubles final matchup was also dominated

by Oregon, with Fukada and Hiraya coming up trumps against teammates He and Huy Nguyen, 12-21, 11-21.

This was the first tournament held at the newly opened ASRC. Although the glass walls at the ASRC allow for plenty of natural light on the court, this provided some difficulty for the players in spotting the birdie.

“The surface at the ASRC is newer and better but for playing competitively, the excess of light is a disadvantage,” Badminton Club

President Cherie Nguyen said. “It’s too bright to see the birdie, and we don’t have enough curtains to cover up the area.”

The prizes for the tournament were sponsored by Li Ning, a badminton equipment company, which opened its first store in the U.S. here in Portland.

“The event went very smoothly,” Cherie Nguyen said. “We had a separate area for warm-up, so that saved a lot of time. We also had the professional sound people and a scoreboard.

“We will have another tournament in the fall, and we plan to open it up and have a lot more participants.

Hopefully, it will be free for students of Portland State,” she said.

All photos by Drew Martig/Portland State Vanguard

Bye, bye birdie: Sponsored by the Badminton Club, the spring tournament attracted both students and local Portlanders to the ASRC over the weekend.

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Vanguard Sports | 12 May 18, 2010

Portland State softball’s season stats leaders Batting average Brandi Scoggins, .367 Becca Diede, .294 Lacey Holm, .264 Slugging percentage Brandi Scoggins, .497 Becca Diede, .458 De’Chauna Skinner, .403 On base percentage Brandi Scoggins, .437 Danielle Lynn, .366 Becca Diede, .353

Softball season comes to an end Portland State falls to Saint Mary’s in PCSC Championship Series James MacKenzie Vanguard staff

Portland State’s 2010 softball season came to an end Saturday, as Saint Mary’s took the final two games of a best-of-three series to win the inaugural Pacific Coast Softball Conference Championship Series.

After a dominating start Friday in Game One, where freshman Anna Bertrand tossed a complete-game shutout for a 1-0 win, Portland State went on to lose the next two games 3-0 and 7-4.

With errors defining the last two losses of the Viking season, head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk is less than satisfied at how the season ended.

“It was pretty disappointing, pretty somber as far as everybody knowing that we were the better team and that we should have been the ones going on and we weren’t,” Echo-Hawk said. “It was all-around disappointing, and not to mention sad for the seniors. It was a great senior class and they had done a lot for Portland State—and this program—so it was sad to end their careers that way.”

The Vikings, who coasted into the league championship by virtue of an 18-2 run in conference action, were brimming with confidence after taking Game One in convincing fashion. Bertrand struck out 11 in seven innings, allowing only two hits and a walk as Saint Mary’s struggled to find offense against the PCSC Mountain Division’s Pitcher of the Year.

The Vikings, despite scoring just one run in Friday’s game, still managed six hits off of Saint Mary’s starting pitcher Brittany Linton, but weren’t able to bring a runner around to score until the top of the seventh inning.

After a leadoff single by freshman outfielder Sadie Lopez put a runner on with no outs, freshman infielder Carly McEachran laid down a sacrifice bunt to put Lopez in scoring position with one out.

Junior right fielder Brandi Campos, who was 4-11 on the series, worked a full count before hitting a single to right field that brought in the game-winning run.

With Bertrand dominant in Game One, the Vikings entered Saturday riding a wave of confidence. “[We were] pretty confident,” Echo-Hawk said. “[Bertrand had] been throwing well all year and we just had a ton of confidence,

thinking that we were going to win, and it just didn’t work out that way.”

Portland State’s confidence turned into disappointment as the defense faltered in Games Two and Three on Saturday, resulting in six of the ten runs scored by the Gaels being unearned.

While the game-saving action of the Portland State defense worked in Game One, with Becca Diede making a fully extended dive to complete a critical double play on a line drive that kept the Gaels from bringing in the tying run, the PSU defense faltered for the rest of the series.

Echo-Hawk believes that the pressure of a championship may have played a part.

“I think they were tight and trying to be perfect,” EchoHawk said. “They just weren’t being themselves and weren’t focusing on the little things that we needed to do. They just rushed themselves a lot.”

Defensive miscues would quickly betray Game Two-starter Nichole Latham, as Portland State committed an error in the top of the first that handed St. Mary’s an early 1-0 lead they would never relinquish. Linton, who would start each game of the series for the Gaels, silenced the Vikings lineup by allowing just four hits over seven innings and walking none.

Another PSU error in the third led to a second run for the Gaels, and an RBI-single in the seventh brought the final score to 3-0, Saint Mary’s. Junior pitcher Latham wound up being the tough-luck loser, taking the loss despite pitching a complete game— striking out seven while allowing three runs, only one of them earned.

With the offense sputtering in Game Two, the Vikings were quick to get on the board with two runs in the top of the first of Game Three.

With the benefit of a Saint Mary’s error, the Vikings scored two on a bases-loaded knock by senior first baseman De’Chauna Skinner that went through the legs of Gaels shortstop Rebecca Sabatini.

Perhaps though as the first sign of things that weren’t to come, Saint Mary’s answered right back in the bottom of the second on a two-run home run courtesy of Gaels left fielder Michelle Mounts. The home run, hit off Bertrand, was the first long ball she had given up since March 7 against New Mexico State.

The Vikings would take their last lead of the season in the top of the second, as freshman outfielder Danielle Lynn scored on a single by Campos after leading off the inning being hit by a pitch.

Portland State’s season unwound in the bottom of the second as the Gaels took advantage of two Viking

Runs scored Arielle Wiser, 27 Becca Diede, 26 Brandi Scoggins, 23 Hits Brandi Scoggins, 62 Becca Diede, 45 Arielle Wiser, 41 RBIs Becca Diede, 24 Danielle Lynn, 22 De’Chauna Skinner, 22 Doubles Becca Diede, 16 Brandi Scoggins, 15 Triples Brandi Campos, 2 Brandi Scoggins, 2 Home runs De’Chauna Skinner, 5 Danielle Lynn, 3 Becca Diede, 3 Lacey Holm, 2 Alexa Morales, 2 Earned run average Anna Bertrand, 1.61 Nichole Latham, 2.68 Tori Rogers, 4.02 Opposing batting average Anna Bertrand, .195 Tori Rogers, .271 Nichole Latham, .276

All photos courtesy of PSU Athletics

Nichole Latham: The junior pitcher chalked seven strikeouts over seven innings pitched.

Line scores Friday Game 1 Innings Portland State 000 000 1 - Saint Mary’s 000 000 0 -

R 1 0

H 6 2

E 1 0

Saturday Game 2 Saint Mary’s 101 000 1 - Portland State 000 000 0 -

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H 7 4

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Game 3 Portland State 210 010 0 - Saint Mary’s 240 010 X -

R 4 7

H 8 8

E 2 4

errors, leading to four runs, all of which were unearned. After Tiffany Gonzales singled to lead off the inning, an error by sophomore first basemen Lacey Holm allowed Mandy Camuso to reach base. Gonzales would come around to score the first run of the inning on a throwing error from McEachran at third before Kayla Gonzales and Maryanne Cronin drove in the rest of the runs on a single and double, respectively.

Despite losing the series on Saturday, it wasn’t for a lack of effort by the pitching corps. Both Bertrand and Latham pitched exceptionally well, a sentiment reflected by Echo-Hawk. “[The pitching] was exactly what we wanted and it’s just one of those things,” she said. “You wake up, and in the game of softball on any given day, it doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve done in the past, you just have to play the game and we weren’t on our A-game Saturday.”

Despite the loss at the PCSC

series, it’s hard to look at the Vikings 2010 season and not be happy with the end result. Considering that seven of the players were freshmen, four of which started all season, simply making it this far was a testament to the team in its own right. With the freshmen getting a taste of post-season play and the agony of defeat, Echo-Hawk hopes that this weekend’s lessons will be remembered next year.

“It’s one of those [experiences] where, if you look at where we were, as far as how many people we lost and how many newcomers we had and freshmen—freshmen that were starting—you couldn’t ask for a better experience to have in their freshmen year,” Echo-Hawk said. “So they know exactly what it takes to get there. That’s the thing I told them at the end of the game is ‘Remind yourself what this feels like next year, so that you do everything so that you’re not going to feel this way again.’”

Wins Anna Bertrand, 16 Nichole Latham, 9 Tori Rogers, 4 Kendra Suhr, 1 Losses Anna Bertrand, 10 Tori Rogers, 10 Nichole Latham, 7 Saves Nichole Latham, 3 Anna Bertrand, 2 Tori Rogers, 1 Strikeouts Anna Bertrand, 218 Tori Rogers, 64 Nichole Latham, 64 Innings pitched Anna Bertrand, 165 Nichole Latham, 104.2 Tori Rogers, 85.1 Hits allowed Tori Rogers, 95 Nichole Latham, 113 Anna Bertrand, 114