Daily Vanguard June 4, 2010

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010 • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY • VOLUME 64, ISSUE 119

Event of the day The 13th Annual John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Awards ceremony is today—come out and celebrate the inspirational teachers from our College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

When: 3 p.m.

Where: Hoffman Hall Auditorium

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INSIDE OPINION Education lost in translation Oregon students dropping out like flies PAGE 4

Church protests high school’s Gay-Straight Alliance Picketers wage peaceful counter-protest against Westboro Baptist Church Tamara K. Kennedy Vanguard staff

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Burgers, bathing suits and babes Guantanamo Baywatch is set to rock the Hawthorne Burgerville pAgE 5

Sex, drugs, but not much rock ’n’ roll Get Him to the Greek is not Apatow’s best, but it’s certainly not his worst pAgE 6

On Thursday morning, members from the Westboro Baptist Church convened at Grant High School to protest its Gay-Straight Alliance.

However, the protesters were overwhelmed by the response of an estimated 200 counter-protesters that carried completely unrelated signs designed to draw attention away from the subject.

In a letter addressed to Portland Police Chief Rozie Sizer and three commanders of the Portland Police Department, the Westboro Baptist Church’s attorneys advised that it would be in the WBC’s jurisdiction to stage “public demonstrations regarding the dangers of promoting homosexuality.”

In addition, the letter requested that law enforcement “place a reasonable ‘dead zone’ between the groups to deter attacks against [WBC] members.”

Attached to the letter was a press release, headlined, “WBC will

picket these fag-infested, pervertrun, Oregon and Washington High Schools [sic].” Portland’s Grant High School, among other schools, was listed as the site for Thursday’s demonstration.

Kelly Welch, a 25-year-old Portland State graduate who is now a student of the PSU Graduate School of Education, felt that the most effective way to combat the protest was to not to give the WBC any attention.

“However, we’re Portlanders. We are not quiet people,” she said.

Welch therefore organized a counter-protest via Facebook.

According to Welch, the WBC’s goal is to destroy gay-straight alliances. In order to curb this, Welch and the other counter-protestors raised $144.19 during the protest.

Welch said she is in communication with Grant High School’s GSA advisers to figure out the logistics of how to donate the money to the GSA. She expects the money to be released to the GSA by next week.

Welch is also asking the GSA to help “kill the WBC with kindness” by sending the WBC a thank-you card for their help with fundraising.

Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

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Counter-protest: Portland Community College student Josh Olsen protests Westboro Baptist Church.

PORTLAND STATE IPA The results are in for Rogue’s new “sustainable” beer

Spellchecking some musical theatre Spelling Bee comes out a lot more fun than real spelling bee PAGE 5

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Timbers give Boca J’s the axe Portland Timbers deafeat Boca Juniors in lastminute thriller PAGE 8

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Gerry Blake Memorial Scholarship Students interested in sustainability will be considered next spring PAGE 3

All photos by Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Kurt Schmidt: Geology graduate student tries Rogue’s new Portland State IPA.

A beer bearing the name of a university will likely find itself at sporting events, graduation parties and general gatherings. Portland State now has its own Rogue ale, dubbed “Portland State IPA.” The beer is dedicated to sustainability, something both Rogue and PSU are known for.

A lunch meeting at the Rogue brewpub in northwest Portland between Rogue owner Jack Joyce and PSU President Wim Wiewel resulted in the creation of the IPA. The honor places PSU on a list of Rogue beers that include Eugene, Ore., one of the first homes to Rogue.

The company has also dedicated beers to jazz lovers, Shakespeare, a 16th century Spanish author, dads, moms and even a bull that fathered the cows served in the Kobe beef dishes at the Rogue restaurants.

The bottle is decorated with PSU’s logo and a drawing of a bicycle, and has the words “Think local, buy local, learn local” inscribed on it.

Rogue—a uniquely Oregon company—oversees each aspect of the bottling process, from the bottle manufacturing to the brewing of the contents.

A $25 million grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation has brought a lot

of attention and events to the university, from sustainability conferences to creating the Green Building Research Laboratory and funding sustainability research.

Commenting on the new brew, Wiewel said, “I don’t like real bitter IPAs, but I find this one just mild enough. It has real body, lots of rich flavor, and after having one of these every other beer tastes like water.”

The university does not receive royalties for the use of its name and logo. According to Wiewel, the main benefit of the partnership is free advertising.

“That will be worth far more than royalties would ever be,” he said. “Also, [PSU] did not pay for any of the design or production or marketing costs.”

Concerns about the university being associated with an alcoholic product were another reason for the decision. Wiewel said he would not have supported the partnership if the university had a younger undergraduate student body.

“At the same time, I did not want any suggestion that we would financially benefit from the sale of alcohol,” he said. “It seems to me this project is a perfect example of co-branding, where both organizations benefit from doing something together, but neither has to compensate the other.”

ROGUE continued on page three

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NEWS Executive staff summer plans ASPSU president and VP fill positions, plan first campaign Stacy Austin Vanguard staff

Now that ASPSU President Katie Markey and Vice President Selina Poulsen have taken office, they plan to work with their executive staff over the summer.

Markey and Poulsen—who were elected last April—said they are excited to be working for Portland State students.

One of Poulsen’s summer goals is to have the new staff work as a team.

“This is the time the executive staff has together where we can get to know each others’ strengths and weaknesses,” Poulsen said.

As vice president, Poulsen is also responsible for overseeing the Student Senate. She said that the first Senate training meeting, held on June 1, went very well.

In addition, she said she looks forward “to working with senators on leadership development.” Over the summer, she will continue to train the new senators in order to have a good start in the fall.

Aside from seeing ASPSU working as a cohesive unit, Markey said she would like to see the Senate make quorum at its meetings.

“The senators who have been elected and appointed are an

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amazing group and I think they will accomplish great things this year,” she said. “I would like to see them embrace their position as the largest representative body of ASPSU and work to represent students.”

During the summer months, Markey will also be preparing for her first campaign.

“We will be hitting the ground running this summer,” she said.

“Once the executive staff is fully hired we will begin deciding on summer and fall campaigns and starting to work on them. We will also be attending trainings, meeting with PSU administration and participating in candidate visits.”

Markey, who will be a senior next year, would like to leave ASPSU and PSU in a better position.

Currently, Markey and Paulsen are also concentrating on hiring staff members. Markey said that all executive staff positions are scheduled to be filled by July 1.

“So far we have hired three positions,” she said.

According to Markey, they are waiting to release names until the hiring process is complete.

Poulsen said she is looking forward to working with the new staff, once it is finalized.

“I am excited for the new team dynamic,” she said.

Deviating from prior years, Markey and Poulsen have decided to use hiring committees for staffing purposes.

For the most part, Poulsen has organized the hiring committees.

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ASPSU President Katie Markey and Vice President Selina Paulsen.

Markey, on the other hand, makes the final decision on hiring after receiving input from the hiring committees. After someone new is hired, they will also be appointed to various hiring committees to help fill other open positions.

In previous years, the president, vice president and chief of staff selected all new-hires without any outside input.

Markey said she chose to use hiring committees this year because she “wanted a diverse group coming from across the Portland State campus to be a part of the process.”

“It is important to me to remember that ASPSU works for students, so students should be a part of the hiring process,” she said.

“I also wanted some professional staff on the hiring committees in order to provide feedback to not only myself and Selina, but to the candidates that we interview.”

The committees consist partly of individuals with prior experience

in hiring, education and other backgrounds helpful to the specific positions they are filling, according to Markey.

“The hiring committee is great,” Poulsen said. “I enjoy working with a diverse committee to make sure we gather a lot of different perspectives before we hire anyone.”

Markey said that she and Poulsen believe that the executive staff, so far, is a team that works and communicates well together.

“The staff is a talented group of individuals who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experience,” Markey said.

She and Poulsen also encourage PSU students to get involved with ASPSU or other student groups and committees to ensure that students’ voices are heard. According to Markey, involvement also enhances the college experience.

“College is a place for learning and growing, not just attaining a degree,” she said.

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Church protests high school’s Gay-Straight Alliance She and PSU student Badger Vance, who also worked on the counter-protest, originally designed the card to give to Pastor Phelps of the WBC, who did not attend the protest, according to Welch.

Vance planned to respond to the protest with humorous slogans on signs, such as “I can’t find my keys” and “More hot pockets,” rather than add fuel to the WBC’s cause.

Other groups came to the counter-protest with signs that read, “Is this where the spaceship is landing?” and “This is boob.”

PCC student Josh Olsen, a counter-protester who held a Pacman game sign, brought it with the idea that a sign about something silly would satirize the WBC. On Thursday morning, counterprotesters had already arrived at the scene when the WBC showed up 30 minutes before their announced arrival time, according to Welch.

After a few minutes, the protesters left and the crowd cheered, although counterprotesters stayed for an hour or more before dispersing, Welch said.

“It makes me really proud to live in Portland when I see the community rally like this with such love and understanding,” she said.

Metropolitan Learning Center student Aaron Schroeder, 16, saw about seven people protesting against the GSA at Grant High School at around 7 a.m. In the meantime, counter-protesters covered the sidewalks and street corners, he said.

Aaron’s 13-year-old brother Zachary was also present. The teenagers’ father called the MLC to let them know that the students would be protesting, Aaron said.

Dustin McSherry, 21, graduated from Grant High School in 2007 and was a member of its GSA. He said that the protest is personal to him because the Grant High School area is where he grew up.

According to McSherry, the GSA is a safe place for students of all sexualities to express their voices.

After researching the WBC, he said he could not stay away from the protest.

McSherry thought the signs he and other counter-protesters carried were positive and drew attention

away from the focus of the protesters.

The spokesperson for the Portland Public School District, Matt Shelby, arrived at the school at 7:30 a.m. on the day of the protest to find the front lawn roped off as planned. In addition, the Grant High School Choir was singing on the steps of the school, he said.

“The WBC folks were already gone [by then],” Shelby said.

Though students were originally encouraged to come in through the school’s rear entrance, Grant High School’s administrators were allowing students to come in through the front entrance, according to Shelby.

A few of the school’s students snuck under the rope with signs, but were asked to demonstrate from the sidewalk, Shelby said. Other curious high school students stood around watching.

Among the other counterprotesters, Shelby said he also saw clergy members from other churches and a group of women in their late sixties.

According to Shelby, everyone he saw was counter-protesting with signs and banners in a positive way.

Overall, Shelby believes the protest was a success, even though school started late. In addition, he said that students conducted themselves in a peaceful and productive manner.

Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

Peaceful picketing: Students and community members held creative signs to draw attention away from original protest.

Students interested in sustainability will be considered next spring Catrice Stanley Vanguard staff

More than 20 years ago, when Dr. Gerald Blake was a professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State, the Community Environmental Services unit was in its infancy.

Now, years after Blake began one of the very successful service units in the Center for Urban Studies in the College of Urban Studies and Public Affairs, he has become the namesake of a scholarship devoted to helping students interested in sustainability.

The Gerry Blake Memorial Scholarship Though the scholarship will not be awarded this year, funds are currently being collected.

The department hopes to have a process for deciding on the scholarship winner by the time spring 2011 rolls around.

“The time frame for the nomination of the scholarship will not fit with the rest of the university’s nomination awards, so we will not be selecting any CES staff this fiscal year,” said Aymie Reynolds, the resource conservation specialist at CES. Reynolds said that the scholarship was just revived last month, and therefore all of the details have not been worked out.

According to Shanna Eller-Segal, director of CES, though funds existed prior to this year, it had not been financed yet.

Although the process for determining a winner is still undecided, CES knows which students they would like to see apply for this scholarship.

According to a press release, the Gerry Blake Memorial Scholarship is offered to “deserving students” concerned with urban environmental issues.

The primary target for the scholarship will be CES’ current and past employees, EllerSegal said. Both graduate and undergraduate students will be considered.

“Students who receive awards will be selected based on their leadership strengths and dedication to their assigned projects [within the CES program],” Eller-Segal said in the press release. “These students will also show initiative in their field and address challenges positively.”

Students interested in applying for the scholarship will have the opportunity to do so next school year through the PSU Scholarship Search Engine. “[The Gerry Blake Memorial] Scholarship will become part of the master online scholarship application process,” Eller-Segal

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

Outstanding Teacher Awards Each year, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has given out Outstanding Teacher Awards to various faculty members in each of its departments. This year’s ceremony will take place tonight from 3:30–5 p.m. in Hoffman Hall. It is open to the public.

said. “The university currently administers the bulk of its undergraduate and graduate scholarships through an online process. This [scholarship] will be incorporated [into that system].”

Professor Scott Burns, who is also the chair of the geology department, created the awards 13 years ago. Students are entirely responsible for the selection process, Burns said.

They nominate the candidates and designate the winners for each department.

Community Environmental Services CES is made up of a collection of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Though these members come from many diverse disciplines, they share an interest in “resource conservation and environmentally sustainable practices,” according to the press release.

“CES is committed to building the foundation for deserving students that are passionate about sustainability and resource conservation,” Eller-Segal said.

The aim of the scholarship is to support research in the U.S., as well as other countries around the world. It will help with the cost of student travel to professional conferences, according to the press release.

“We equally serve two missions: to provide high quality technical and research services to the region and to provide students the opportunity to apply their academic work in real world settings,” Eller-Segal said.

Blake and Dr. Barry Messer— who still teaches as an associate professor in Urban Studies and Planning—first created CES 1986.

At the time, it was known as the Recycling Education Projects, according to CES’ website.

As the program expanded its projects, the name was changed in order to reflect its widening scope.

Eller-Segal acknowledges the influence CES has had in the community over the years.

“CES has provided high quality research, technical assistance, data collection and educational outreach services in the areas of solid waste management, recycling, waste prevention and other resource conservation areas since the late 1980s,” she said.

This year’s winners are: —Ken Ames, anthropology Adam Wickham/Portland State Vanguard

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—Michael Murphey, biology

Portland State IPA Undergraduate and graduate geology students at PSU—all self-coined beer experts­—volunteered to taste and comment on the new Rogue creation:

Russell Tunes, junior: “Good smell, medium hoppy flavor.”

Cameron Tompkins, junior: “Has a light, citrus sweet taste.”

Tamara Linde, junior: “The aftertaste is mild and allows for a clean feel.”

—Carl Wamser, chemistry —Leslie Rill, communication —Amanda Byron, conflict resolution —Andreluis Oliveira, economics

And the verdict is…

Angus Leger, graduate student: “Refreshing. A tad sour, but in a good way.”

—Lynn Santelmann, applied linguistics

Esther Duggan, senior: “It’s hoppy.”

—Debra Gwartney, English (writing) —Christine Rose, English (literature) —Yangdong Pan, environmental sciences and management

Josh Brockway, senior: “Nice clean flavor, though the hop profile is a little weak for an IPA.”

—Margaret Elliott, foreign language

Jen Shempert, senior: “A little fruity, a little bitter. Not an IPA, but I like it.”

—Ken Cruikshank, geology

—Hunter Shobe, geography

—John Ott, history

Tiana Wallace, senior: “A little light flavored and lightly hopped for a typical Northwest IPA, but very smooth. A good summer beer.”

Ryan Cole, graduate student: “Tastes like most every other Northwest IPA I’ve had.”

Stacy Olivier, senior: “I like it, but I’m not a regular IPA fan.”

Phil Marcy, senior: “The PSU IPA is a smooth, robust beer with a clean finish.”

Erin Temple, junior: “I’m not a huge IPA fan normally but this IPA aftertaste is very light and smooth.”

—Allison Brown, Intensive English Language Program —Leopoldo Rodriquez, international studies —Steven Bleiler, mathematics —Cornel Pewewardy, Native American studies —Tom Seppalainen, philosophy —Erik Sanchez, physics —Dennis Swiercinsky, psychology

Make a donation

—Daniel Sullivan, sociology

CES is currently accepting gifts to help fund the Gerry Blake Memorial Scholarship. To make a donation, contact CES Director Shanna Eller-Segal at 503-725-8207 or ces@pdx.edu.

—Bill Griesar, speech and hearing sciences —Subash Kocher, statistics —Priya Kandaswamy, women’s studies

“Please join us in making a gift and help deserving students move forward and excel. Every gift helps,” Eller-Segal said.

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Hoppiness: Undergraduate and graduate geology students rate the “sustainable” ale.

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The Grammar Grouch

Education lost in translation

by Robert Seitzinger

The Grouch graduates I’ve spent several months trashing Portland State students as clowncollege attendees—oh, those Bozos. It’s been enjoyable blending insults with grammatical instruction but like everything else, this column must come to an end.

I’ve written about the correct usage of punctuation marks and the appropriate transition of the spoken word to the page. However, through it all, I must confess I love the Bozos. I wrote this column as though most of you aren’t able to walk and chew gum simultaneously, all while knowing our campus is mostly populated with punctuation-literate, grammar-savvy students.

English isn’t the first language for many students, and yet several international groups and clubs post notices of events, classes and even old textbook sales written in perfect English.

From kids fresh out of high school to elder students attending their first course in 30 years, much of the student population here is capable of top-notch spelling, punctuation and grammar.

I have a last lesson for the Bozos about to graduate who are still insecure in their writing abilities: persevere.

You’d probably learn better from someone who doesn’t make sardonic comments at every turn (like me), but the real trick to great grammar, punctuation and writing in general is to remember that it’s a process. There is always going to be some way to improve your skill with the craft. If some pompous ass insults you without being facetious—and I certainly hope you’ve taken my column to be facetious when I was snide or condescending—just remember that they’re grammar bullies preying on your insecurities as a way to hide their own.

It’s been a fun, challenging ride to graduation, and I am proud to call myself a member of the graduating class of 2010 Portland State Clown College Bozos.

Now, go find yourself some real world to thrive in! Huzzah!

Oregon students dropping out like flies Amy Fylan Vanguard staff

High school, the supposed best years of your life—carefree, full of fun, without the worries and responsibilities of the impending “real world”—are being wasted on today’s high school students. When an education is proving to be more and more important for securing a good-paying job, this fact and realization is somewhere being lost in translation or ignored.

On May 25, 2010, the Oregon Department of Education

announced that only two out of three high school students in the class of 2009 graduated within four years. That calculates to 66 percent who graduated on time, 28 percent that dropped out, four percent who enrolled in the following fall, and the remaining 2 percent received a special-ed diploma.

This calculation, the Cohort Graduation Rate, is the first of its kind and performed a year ahead of federal requirements. It measures and keeps track of students who graduated with a regular diploma within four years. Before this calculation, Oregon relied on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) formula, which only took into account the number

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with? Right now these questions are unknown and can only be hypothesized.

One thing is for sure: The matter at hand needs to be dealt with immediately. Oregon is the first state to put this new rating to the test, so a state-by-state comparison is non-existent.

Once established, the Cohort Graduation Rate could find we have a nation-wide epidemic of low graduation rates. If that is the case, hopefully Oregon will have some solutions on solving the problem.

President Obama said it best in his Back to School event last September in Arlington, Va.: “No matter what you do in life—I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need an education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work and train for it and learn for it.”

Where the lost translation is being made, no one right now can pinpoint, but for the sake of the future, this problem needs correcting.

Editorial The good, the bad and the noteworthy

Fast food chains step up to help customers stay healthy Natalia Grozina Vanguard staff

Do you know how many calories are in the burger you are eating right now? Would you like to know?

Well, some local fast food chains are stepping up to help you keep track of your caloric intake.

According to an article in the Portland Tribune, “The Vancouver, Wash., based Burgerville, which runs 24 restaurants in Oregon, became the first restaurant chain in the country to use a new technology (Nutricate) that provides customers with complete nutritional information for the specific meals they have ordered.”

What a great idea that puts Washington a year ahead of everyone in promoting healthier eating habits and way of life.

Unfortunately it won’t be until January 11 that state regulations will require all chain restaurants to post calories for each item right on their big board menu.

The benefits of putting calories and nutritional information on receipts or menus are huge. Not only will it educate people on what they are eating, but it will help them maintain a diet that can help them get the results they want. Good nutrition is essential in everyone’s life and more people need to be educated on the negative effects of fast-food milkshakes and deep fried chicken.

For a young female weighing 120 lbs, the daily calorie intake is around 2,000 calories to maintain weight. For a young male weighing 180 lbs, the daily calorie intake is around 2,300 calories. You might think that drinking diet soda and eating fat free food will help you lose weight, but the effects can actually be worse—without proper nutrition, you can’t just assume that if you fall within the requirements for your calorie intake it will help you lose the excess weight.

What is great about the Nutricate system is that not only does it give you the calories you are consuming, but it also provides you with educational information that promotes healthier eating habits.

The Portland Tribune reports that

of students who graduated along with the drop-out rate of that year.

The NCES graduation rate for the 2008–09 school year was a more accepting one of 85 percent, but not as reliable as the Cohort rating.

“As a state, this is not acceptable, absolutely not, and we have got to have a coordinated effort on this,” state superintendent, Susan Castillo, told The Oregonian recently.

“Whether you have kids or not, this matters to you. When students are not getting the education they need, we all pay the price.”

Portland Public Schools had one of the lowest ratings in surrounding areas with a 53 percent graduation rate. And it is now known that the re-design is an effort to correcting this problem. Castillo’s goal is to make the district’s high schools into larger, equitable ones.

While it is wonderful that within its first year the Cohort Graduation Rating has made it known to educators that Oregon has a serious problem, some questions we are left with are what were the causes of the dropout rate, why is there a need for a student to complete a fifth year, and what could have caused such a low graduation rate to begin

Photo courtesy of Richard Oxley

“The receipt goes a step further by including educational information.

For instance, a chocolate milkshake at Burgerville contains 790 calories and 36 grams of fat. Order one and you’re likely to see a message at the bottom of the receipt telling you that a chocolate smoothie, same size, would have netted you 340 fewer calories without any fat.”

Although this information is making America healthier, it may draw customers away from the restaurants because they might feel guilty about what they are eating.

But isn’t that the point?

If we are serious about making America less fat, then the least we can do is provide people with information. You can’t hide behind the fact that this is the only way to convince people to stop eating crap, so we need to stop pretending there are other “better” alternatives.

You can’t make America “less fat” with customers coming back to McDonalds every lunch break. I would think the public response would be positive if this is what America wanted to do.

Whether it is to help better plan their diets and hopefully stay healthier, or steer clear when they are tuned in to their own calorie intake, fast food customers are being provided with tools they can use to better manage their diets. It’s up to the customer to use them.

It has been a busy year full of excitement, adventure and long sleepless nights for the staff of the Daily Vanguard. Looking back, we would like to reflect on some of our achievements and some areas we hope to strengthen in the future.

We printed on every one of the 119 scheduled production nights, including an evening when the campus server was down and the paper was forced to set up a makeshift production office off-campus.

From the depths of the Smith subbasement, deprived of sunlight and fresh air, the Vanguard powered through the months. We covered controversial events such as the incident between professor John Hall and Zaki Bucharest, and also maintained constant coverage of the ASPSU election…or lack thereof.

We boasted a comprehensive and critical news section, a diverse and culturally infused arts section, an up-to-date and in-depth sports section and an opinion section that both challenged and engaged readers. All of the issues were graced by a crack team of photographers, writers, designers and copy editors who came together to make the paper fantastic.

Our staff took home over 16 honors this year from the annual Oregon Newspaper Publishers

Association awards when we went head-tohead with other school papers from around the state. Some of the awards included a Best Feature story, two Best Columnists and a sweep of the Best Section category.

As students, the team here at the Vanguard has always sought to maintain strong ties with our peers, and consistently print a quality paper for the Portland State community.

In the future, the paper hopes to provide stronger follow-ups to stories and bring about a greater centricity with PSU. Another area we wish to improve upon is our level of engagement with our readers.

We tried to make the paper more eco-friendly with projects such as the 2010 Green Guide, of which we printed fewer copies using less ink.

However, the Vanguard would like to further increase its sustainability efforts by placing a greater emphasis on webbased content.

While mistakes were made and there is always room for improvement, this year has been a good one, and the paper has made us proud. Consumption of gallons of coffee, hundreds of burritos and several dozen Ding Dongs has resulted in a sexy paper, which successfully referenced Robocop in context not once, but twice (now thrice).

Sarah J. Christensen, Editor-in-Chief | Virginia Vickery, News Editor Theodora Karatzas, Arts & Culture Editor | Richard D. Oxley, Opinion Editor Robert Britt, Sports Editor | Marni Cohen, Photo Editor Bryan Morgan, Production Manager | Zach Chastaine, Online Editor Kristin Pugmire, Copy Chief

Arts & Culture Spellchecking some musical theater Spelling Bee comes out a lot more fun than a real spelling bee Andrea Vedder Vanguard staff

For those of us West Coasters who were never given the opportunity to participate in—or even see—a good old-fashioned spelling bee, Portland Center Stage is providing the opportunity now.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a fictional (and musical) spelling contest directed

by Rose Riordan, is actually good.

It’s even funny. This may not be the most enticing way to pass two hours of your time, but it’s surprisingly satisfying. If you’ve been meaning to take your grandmother on a date, then this is the event for you.

Originally a book, Spelling Bee was adapted to the stage and later granted the addition of song and dance routines. At PCS, an orchestra provides Spelling Bee’s backing music.

Six contestants in the very beginnings of their adolescence have qualified for the Putnam County Spelling Bee. Some are overachievers, pressured by their parents to succeed on their terms, some are teased for being stupid and are surprised they made it this far. All of them are strange.

Annoyingly, each of the child characters fits neatly into a wellpackaged and easily explained stereotype. Normally considered an egregious and lazy approach to script writing, this flaw is forgivable because of how cute and entertaining the characters become—thanks entirely to the actors and their director.

A standout example is Connor Bond as Leaf Coneybear, a dimwitted boy in a poncho-turnedmonster-costume (à la Max of Where The Wild Things Are), who has been homeschooled with his seven brothers and sisters. He sings a song titled “I’m Not Smart.” His is a flat,

contrived “dumb hippy” character who we’ve met many times in film and on stage but (unsurprisingly) never in real life.

This is an irritating character.

Bond, however, embraces Leaf Coneybear and breathes a lot of lovable life into the role. Clearly a talented actor (and vocalist), Bond had won over every member of the audience by the halfway point of the production.

The script’s clever utilization of its bad stereotypes is also noteworthy. Leaf Coneybear, for example, is always asked to spell the names of South American rodents.

The defending champion, Chip Tolentino (Raymond J. Lee), is a four-eyed Asian who uses his fanny pack to cover an inappropriately timed erection.

Even Mitch Mahoney (Gavin Gregory), the ex-con-turned“Comfort Counselor” who gives hugs and juice boxes to losing spellers, gets to sing his musical numbers as Motown throwbacks and wear a pair of hideously awesome red leather boots.

There are absolutely fabulous performances from Isaac Lamb (as William Barfee) and Darius Pierce (as Vice Principal Douglas Panch).

Lamb is wonderful as an awkward, oversized boy who has a “magic foot” and some serious tics, and he stole the show with a musical number, bringing his character to a whole new level. Pierce was hilariously deadpan, entrusted to speak the play’s best lines and, in the end, not one of them could have been better delivered.

Spelling Bee’s greatest asset may be its strange and intriguing inclusion of the audience. There was the somewhat standard “breaking the fourth wall” approach (in which cast members directly address the audience, and even move through the auditorium as part of the audience), but there were also audience volunteers.

Anyone who arrived 30 minutes prior to show time could submit their name for a volunteer drawing.

Burgers, bathing suits and babes Guantanamo Baywatch is set to rock the Hawthorne Burgerville Leah Bodenhamer Vanguard staff

No band can make mullets, sailor stripes and surfer rock seem as cool as the electrifying young trio Guantanamo Baywatch. With a live show that will leave you bubbling to your toes and feeling fervently alive, the trio creates a wall of sound that is both raging with punkish energy and that catchy surf reverb that everyone secretly adores.

Jason Powell, lead singer and guitarist, adds the perfect vocal supplement. Over the distorted guitar and steady bass line his voice pops, high-pitched and wavering.

Hailing from Seattle, Wash., Powell named and nourished the soon-tobe surf rock band while selling highquality body creams to international models for minimum wage.

“I came up with the name while I was walking to Slabtown,” Powell

said. “I called up Chevelle and originally I told her I wanted to make like a speed surf band where we all wore like Abu Ghraib hoods and put electroids on ourselves and got electrocuted and played really fast while wearing bathing suits. So we started practicing.”

A necessary asset to any fly punk band is a groovy female bassist who rocks platinum hair and performs in bathing suits. Chevelle Wiseman, from the Bay Area, embellishes the Baywatch sound with heartfelt screams, veins bulging from her neck. She’s a die-hard Elvis fan and a recent graduate from PNCA. The newest addition is drummer Devin Trainer from Portland, holding down the steady punk beats, typically adorned in skimpy tank tops. One can expect painted faces, feathers, blow up sharks and sweaty sailor stripes at any show.

Expect the unexpected.

The band puts on a great performance, especially considering how long they’ve been together.

They’ve been Guantanamo Baywatch less than two years and only have been playing with

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

Big, fat list of shows: Friday’s live music lineup White Fang, The Mean Jeans, Cafeteria Dance Fever, Guantanamo Baywatch The Artistery, 8 p.m., $6, all ages Basic Shapes, Moddswing, Ate21, Guerilla Chillin, The Volt Per Octaves, Salmon River Project, Demune Ash St. Saloon, 9:30 p.m., $5, 21+ Jon Davidson, Russell Stafford, Crown Point Doug Fir, 9 p.m., $6, 21+ Don’t, The Neat, Whips and the Whales The Know, 7 p.m., free, 21+ First Aid Kit, Samantha Crain, Brothers Young Mississippi Studios, 9 p.m., $12, 21+

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The four selected would be given a brief orientation and then called to stage during the show. Though their inclusion was over by the 40-minute mark, the audience members’ interactions with the cast and their participation in the spelling bee were some of its highlights.

The songs are a little long, but not too cheesy—atypical for musical theater. Overall, it is an impressive production. Costume designer Jeff Cone deserves serious props for perfectly dressing his 30-something actors as 10-year-olds.

Trainer since July of last year. A big part of their success is due to how dedicated they have been, since the beginning, to playing shows.

“We started by taking any show possible,” said Wiseman, “and playing everywhere and never turning anything down. That kicked our ass a little bit.”

“I’m glad we’ve played so many shows because you learn which people want to do those crazy things

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but actually can’t do them,” said Trainer. “The Burgerville show, which sounds like a crazy idea, is actually going to be a really awesome show.”

Guantanamo Baywatch will be playing at Burgerville this Sunday, encouraging the mass consumption of as many burgers as possible, as quickly as possible. It goes right along with the essence of Baywatch: vulgar, fast-paced and riotous. It will be an evening to remember, to say the least.

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Detainee babes: Chevelle Wiseman lays down some deep bass at a show.

Ac/Dc, El Swampo Mt. Tabor Theatre, 9 p.m., $7 advance, $10 door, 21+ O Bruxo, Astrology, Dinner And The Maincourse Mudai Lounge, 9 p.m., free, 21+ Bloody Panda, Trees, Chasma, Story Of Rats Plan B, 9 p.m., $5, 21+

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This weekend at the NW Film Center Head-On Faith Akin, Germany 2004 “After a night of heavy drinking, 40-yearold Cahit, on a path of self-destruction, drives his car head-on into a building in Hamburg. Sent to a psychiatric clinic, he is approached by the young, somewhat carefree Sibel, who impulsively asks him to marry her.

Desperate to escape the constraints of her fanatic MuslimTurkish-German family, Sibel sees a culturally acceptable marriage as her only means to freedom.

Reluctantly, Cahit agrees to the union and the two move in together. Against the odds, the mismatch works; with regular meals and a clean apartment, Cahit starts to clean up his act, while Sibel relishes her new life, going clubbing and picking up guys as she wishes.

But convenience and friendship soon turn to love, a complication that sends Cahit towards destruction, Sibel to Istanbul, and the relationship onto the rocks.”

Sex, drugs, but not much rock ’n’ roll Get Him to the Greek is not Apatow’s best, but it’s certainly not his worst Sarah Esterman Vanguard staff

It has been a couple of years since we’ve had a hilarious yet smart film from the perverted, immature mind of producer Judd Apatow. Last year’s Funny People was anything but funny and Year One left a lot to be desired.

Don’t you worry though—the wait for penis jokes, innuendo in every line of dialogue and the awkward acting of Jonah Hill is over. Get Him to the Greek, Apatow’s latest—somewhat of a spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall—is a giant step in the right cinematic direction.

In the opening sequence of Get Him to the Greek, we are introduced to rocker Aldous Snow through a series of news clips. Tried and true Apatow fans will recognize Russel Brand’s character from the celebrity that Sarah Marshall left Jason Segel’s character for in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Turns out that Snow has been having some career problems

since those sunny days on the beach.

After releasing the racist album African Child, Aldous’ career crashed and burned. Although, let’s be honest, his songs about getting the clap and in-your-face lyrics about sexual intercourse didn’t really make for good music—which makes it even funnier when everyone loves it.

Meanwhile, Aaron Green, played

by Jonah Hill, is struggling to succeed in his job. Working for a music production company headed

by Sergio Roma (P. Diddy) isn’t easy, and home life isn’t much better.

His long-time girlfriend, Daphne (Elizabeth Moss), is an on-call nurse at the hospital and is rarely home.

Things change for Aaron when Sergio holds a meeting asking for ideas to bring in some cash flow to the company. Aaron suggests that they bring Aldous Snow in for an anniversary concert. He’s berated on the spot, and Sergio tells him that they need something fresh (he then procedes to turn on some obscenitylaced gangster rap, proving that he’s a monumental idiot).

Sergio comes around after a few days and sends Aaron on a mission to pick up Aldous in London, bring him to New York for a media blast and then head to Los Angeles for the concert. He has 72 hours.

What follows is a drug and alcohol-filled trip that one would expect from an Apatow film.

Aaron ends up having sex with several women (never enjoying it), throwing up on himself more than once and attempting to develop a friendship with his rock star idol.

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It’s carnival time in Portland, a time to reflect on peculiarity and marvel at the bizarre. The tiny upstairs gallery space at Land on North Mississippi Street is prepared for the unveiling of Emily Martin’s newest collection of art.

If the dog-faced boy doesn’t have you looking behind you on the dark walk home, maybe one of the carnival-themed dolls with their beady little eyes will awaken you from your dreams.

Martin must get most of her carnie fascination from an upbringing in the south. As we westerners know, a true carnival is a hard thing to find. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Martin savored the arts and picked up painting, her current trade. With a healthy impulse for the quaint, Martin migrated to Portland where she has since been able to awaken the stranger side to her work.

The Black Apple is the online alias of Martin, who has become something of a celebrity on etsy.com.

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The Edge of Heaven Faith Akin, Germany 2007

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“The Edge of Heaven is an intricate, moving humanist drama in which six lives intersect in a neverending search for love across the cultural lines that connect and distance Germany and Turkey. Ali, a lonely Turkish immigrant in Germany, falls in love with Yeter, a Turkish prostitute. Ali invites Yeter to live with him, despite the objections of his son Nejat, a college professor.

When a tragic accident befalls Ali and Yeter, Nejat embarks on a journey to Turkey to find Yeterís daughter, a young woman he feels has been wronged. His quest is full of surprising twists and turns, and raises many questions about family, homeland, and sexuality.”

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Aaron does end up getting Aldous to the concert, but it is not without trouble—trouble that includes sticking a ball of heroin up his rear end to get on a plane, which is more painful to watch than it is funny.

While Jonah Hill is well cast for Aaron, only going out of character once or twice, Russell Brand is the star of this film. He’s raunchy, disgusting, sleazy and yet incredibly sexy at the same time. Even when he’s a monumental douche bag, the audience will still want him.

Most of the other actors perform well too, that is, except for P. Diddy.

Sure, he plays the crazy music producer to a T, but sometimes it’s a bit much. While his lines are funny and he is able to pull it off, it was pretty clear that P. Diddy was playing himself. Though he looks the part, I would have rather seen someone else in the role—perhaps a real actor.

Even the miscasting of P. Diddy can’t bring this movie down, though. Get Him to the Greek is funny, inappropriate and one of Apatow’s better films. It’s certainly no Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Knocked Up, but it’s on the right track.

store also brought her praise from New York Times Magazine, as well as getting her voted Venus Zine’s Best Indie Business in 2007.

These days, Martin is kept busy with her collection of masterpieces, slowly building up an arsenal to unveil at the right moment. Inside a Black Apple is Martin’s blog, which is haven for Martin’s small base of devoted fans.

Much of her painted work has a similar look. All of the characters fall into the genre of oddity and seem to almost be a population of people and things that inhabit another universe entirely. Oddfellow’s Orphanage is a collection of portrait paintings of fake beings within a fake orphanage.

The description of the past show reads, “Through the Ordinary Forest, on the outskirts of Milkland, there stands a grand home for orphaned and wayward boys and girls, as well as other creatures in need of a roof over their head.” It’s this sort of thing that makes Martin immensely appealing and refreshing within a society of artists constantly trying to shock and awe.

Intellectual titillation will not be on display anytime soon with a Martin signature at the bottom corner, but this doesn’t diminish the rewards of the far-off lands her craft will take you to. Lost on the Midway is Martin’s newest exhibit featuring characters inspired by all things carnival.

Named after Martin’s favorite Tom Waits song, Lost on the Midway is an occasion for the Portland art world, which is rarely seen.

The muted colorings of seemingly historical portraits are a thrill to discover, not to mention the free cotton candy.

Lost on the Midway: Emily Martin Land 3925 N. Mississippi Street Thu–Sat, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

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Portland Timbers defeat Boca Juniors in last-minute thriller Nilesh Tendolkar Vanguard staff

The Portland Timbers pulled off an unprecedented 3-2 upset over Argentinian giants Boca Juniors in an international exhibition played at PGE Park on Saturday. Rodrigo Lopez led Portland back from a 2-1 deficit in the second half with an assist and a free kick goal in the dying seconds.

One of the most successful clubs

Baseball Ken Griffey Jr. ends storied career that he started and finished in Seattle SEATTLE (AP)—Ken Griffey Jr. retired Wednesday night, ending one of the great careers in baseball history.

The 40-year-old Griffey told the Mariners that he was done playing, and manager Don Wakamatsu made the announcement before Seattle faced Minnesota.

“While I feel I am still able to make a contribution on the field and nobody in the Mariners front office has asked me to retire, I told the Mariners when I met with them prior to the 2009 season and was invited back that I will never allow myself to become a distraction,” Griffey said in a statement.

“I feel that without enough occasional starts to be sharper coming off the bench, my continued presence as a player would be an unfair distraction to my teammates and their success as a team is what the ultimate goal should be,” he said.

Griffey was hitting only .184 with no homers and seven RBIs this year and recently went a week without playing. There was a report earlier this season—which Griffey denied—that he’d fallen asleep in the clubhouse during a game.

Griffey was a perennial All-Star outfielder and ranks fifth on the career home run list with 630. He won an MVP award and was a Gold Glover. The only thing missing on his resume was a trip to the World Series.

A star from the get-go, he played 22 years in the majors with Seattle, his hometown Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox. He hit .284 lifetime with 1,836 RBIs. For a time in the 1990s, he was considered the best player in

in the world, the Boca Juniors have amassed an impressive 18 international titles—a feat only surpassed by AC Milan—and soccer legend Diego Maradona began his professional career at the club. The Timbers, on the other hand, had not scored a league goal since May 15 going into Saturday’s match.

On its U.S. tour this season, 23-time Argentina first division champion Boca has lost to the LA Galaxy and suffered an embarrassing defeat against the Seattle Sounders.

The game against the Timbers was its last match of the tour.

As expected, Boca dominated the match in the opening minutes with superior passing and worldclass players, but in the 16th minute

baseball. But then injuries began to take their toll and his production started to decline.

Hockey Flyers beat Blackhawks 4-3 in OT in Game 3 PHILADELPHIA (AP)—When the Philadelphia Flyers drafted Claude Giroux four years ago, then-general manager Bob Clarke forgot his name at the podium.

Everyone who roots for the orange and black will remember Giroux now.

Giroux scored 5:59 into overtime to give the Flyers a 4-3 victory over Chicago in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night, cutting the Blackhawks’ series lead to 2-1. Game 4 is Friday night in Philadelphia.

Minutes after the Flyers thought they scored the winner only to have a video review uphold the on-ice call of no goal, Giroux redirected Matt Carle’s pass past Antti Niemi to end the third straight one-goal game in the series.

“I was taking a nap, and my buddy texted me,” Giroux said. “He said, ‘I have a feeling you’re going to score the overtime winner tonight.’

I texted back and said, ‘You’re crazy.’ I’m going to call him now. It’s obviously a big goal.”

Clarke, who led the Flyers to their only two championships in 197475, blanked on Giroux’s name after the team chose him with the 22nd overall pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft. It was Clarke who scored Philadelphia’s last overtime goal in the finals against Boston in Game 2 of the 1974 series.

Giroux is making quite a name for himself with nine goals in the playoffs after tallying 16 in the regular season. If Giroux keeps this up and Philadelphia wins the Cup,

Timbers midfielder Alex Nimo crossed the ball to Ryan Pore, who was left unmarked in the penalty area. Pore took his time and calmly slotted the ball into an empty net, giving the Timbers a 1-0 lead.

The Argentinians came back strong early in the second half and took the lead with two goals in two minutes from Matias Gimenez and Nicolas Blandi. In the 50th minute, Giminez slotted a low drive past the diving effort from Timbers keeper Steve Cronin. In the 52nd minute, Blandi’s shot from a distance ricocheted off the frame of the goal and into the net.

Timbers pulled level 2-2 in the 74th minute when Stephen Keel scored off an assist of substitute Rodrigo Lopez. However, deep into injury time, a foul just outside the box led to the game-winning play.

Lopez stepped up to take the free kick and drilled the shot from the left side and into the top right corner of the goal and beyond the goalkeeper’s reach, sending the crowd of 14,000-plus at PGE Park into raptures.

In an interview with The Oregonian after the game, Timbers defender Quavas Kirk said, “It’s been a rough month for us. To get that win was very important. Just being able to get that confidence under

he’ll be revered by the Flyers’ faithful the way Clarke, Bernie Parent, Reggie Leach and other heroes who played for the Broad Street Bullies in the 1970s were.

“I didn’t really care,” Giroux said about Clarke’s blunder. “I thought it was pretty funny.”

Looking to rally from a deficit for the second time in the playoffs, the Flyers had plenty of confidence despite losing the first two games in Chicago. They already came back from a 3-0 hole to beat the Boston Bruins in the semifinals.

“Like I said this morning, 2-0 for us is comfortable,” coach Peter Laviolette said. “We’re OK with that.

We know how to battle through it.”

World Cup Soccer Hahnemann thinks World Cup ball is bad invention IRENE, South Africa (AP)— Marcus Hahnemann is no fan of the new Adidas ball being used for the World Cup. “Technology is not everything,” the American goalkeeper said Thursday. “Scientists came up with the atom bomb, doesn’t mean we should have invented it.”

Adidas says the Jabulani, its 11th World Cup model, will travel more accurately because it has eight bonded panels and is perfectly round. Goalkeepers have said it is unpredictable.

“If you get no spin on the ball, it’s supposed to knuckle. If you get spin on it, it’s supposed to bend. This ball you don’t know what’s going to happen with it,” said Hahnemann, the starting goalkeeper for Wolverhampton in the English Premier League. “It’s a nightmare for us.”

Based on how much the ball moves, he predicted attacking players will have trouble connecting on crosses.

you, knowing that you can score goals and defend them.”

Lopez said of making the gamewinning goal, “I came in with the mindset of making a difference in the game. I understand there are going to be games where I’m not gonna play. I just have to wait for my chance and luckily I came through this time. It’s a moment I’ll never forget.”

The Timbers return to league play Sunday at PGE Park when they play host to the Carolina RailHawks. The club will face English Premier League’s Manchester City on July 17.

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

PSU’s 2009–10 sports milestones Sept. 20 Soccer goalkeeper Cris Lewis becomes PSU’s all-time leader in wins, shutouts and saves.

Oct. 30 PSU soccer wins Big Sky Championship.

Nov. 3 Soccer players Dolly Enneking and Cris Lewis named conference Offensive and Defensive MVPs, respectively.

Nov. 11 Laura Schott named Big Sky Soccer Coach of the Year.

Nov. 20 Volleyball wins conference regular season championship.

Team also wins recordsetting 25 straight sets.

Nov. 24 Football players Zach Brown, Bobby McClintock and Ryan Pedersen earn AllConference honors.

Nov. 26 Nique Fradella named conference volleyball Player of the Year; teammate Whitney Phillips named Top Newcomer.

“You’re going to see no headers on goal,” he said. “Nobody can judge anything.”

Bob Bradley thought Hahnemann’s predictions were overly dramatic. Besides, goalkeepers complain about the World Cup ball every, oh, four years.

“I think there’ll be a goal or two on headers in this World Cup,” he said. “This ball is new. It takes some getting used to. It also needs to be said that whenever you play at altitude, regardless of the ball, when you begin training, it takes a couple of days just to get used to the way the ball flies. The ball certainly takes off more.”

As an attacking player, Clint Dempsey likes the ball, whose name means “to celebrate” in isiZulu.

“If you just hit it solid, you can get a good knuckle on the ball, and I think that causes problems for the goalie,” he said. “The only thing is, you’ve just got to pay a little bit more, you know, attention when you pass the ball sometimes.”

That’s because the ball has little give.

“If you get the pass a little bit wrong, you can end up looking pretty silly,” he said. “It’s just focusing a little bit more. But, you know, I enjoy the ball, and I look forward to, you know, getting some shots on goal with it.”

Earlier in the week, Brazilian forward Luis Fabiano called the ball weird and goalkeeper Julio Cesar compared it unfavorably to those bought at supermarkets. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said the Jabulani’s “trajectory is really unpredictable,” and Spanish keeper Iker Casillas claimed the balls were in an “appalling condition.”

“The people are saying it’s a ball to score goals,” FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said this week. “It was the same in 2006; they called the ball the flying ball.”

Jan. 2 Basketball player Claire Faucher becomes the Big Sky Conference’s all-time assists leader.

Feb. 26 Joenisha Vinson wins bronze medal in the pentathlon at Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championship.

Feb. 27 Nick Trubachik wins gold medal in the heptathlon for the second consecutive year. Geronne Black, Joenisha Vinson and Karene King win gold, silver and bronze, respectively, in their events.

March 3 Jamie Jones and Dominic Waters given All-Big Sky honors.

March 8 Claire Faucher named First Team All-Big Sky Conference for third consecutive year.

March 13 The PSU women’s basketball team wins the Big Sky Tournament Championship.

March 20 PSU makes first-ever appearance at the Division-I level in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

April 21 Golf team wins Big Sky Conference Golf Championship.

April 23 Kathleen Takaishi named Big Sky Golf Coach of the Year.

April 29 Men’s tennis player Chris Rice named First Team All-Big Sky. May 8 Portland State softball claims the PCSC Mountain Division title.