Portland State Vanguard, Vol. 73, Issue 22

PORTLAND STATE VANGUARD

VOLUME 73 • ISSUE 22 • APRIL 9, 2019

S TES! CANDIDA P S S P A S A ? ?

O O H H W W MEET THE

MOTUTAMA

HANNA

VIOLET

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HAKAN

SOPHIE

NAYELI

KYLE

NICHOLAS HANNAH

PETER

DEVON

AIMEE

INTERNATIONAL COMPARING INTERNATIONAL GUN-RELATED CRIME STATISTICS • COVER ASPSU ELECTIONS VOTER GUIDE • ARTS & CULTURE POST-PUNK LIVES IN THE SHADOWS

CRIME BLOTTER

April 3–6

DYLAN JEFFERIES APRIL 3 Suspicious Activity

Theft/Recovery

At 4:52 a.m., CPSO stopped a non-student for hiding behind a vehicle in Parking Structure 3. The person was released after receiving a verbal warning.

Fraud/Counterfeiting

University Market in the Smith Memorial Student Union reported receiving four suspected counterfeit bills at around 3:30 p.m. The bills were used between March 18–28.

APRIL 4 Vandalism

At around 2:31 a.m., CPSO responded to a broken vehicle window on SW 4th and Harrison by a non-student. No items were taken from the vehicle.

Theft

A student had property stolen in the cafeteria in SMSU at around 2:55 p.m.

At around 5:49 p.m., a student had property stolen from a men’s restroom on the first floor of Cramer Hall. The property was later recovered.

APRIL 5 Vehicle Break-In

Between April 1–5, CPSO responded to five vehicle break-ins. Four of the five reports said property was stolen. The break-ins occurred at Parking Structure 3, SW 5th and Mill, SW 4th and Harrison, Ondine Residence Hall Parking and the Art Building.

APRIL 6 Theft/Recovery

At around 2:55 p.m., a purse belonging to a non-student was turned into CPSO. The purse was later found to have been stolen at Pizza Schmizza.

CONTENTS COVER BY ROBBY DAY

NEWS COVER HILL TO HALL P. 3 MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR ASPSU

RESISTANCE WITHIN ASPSU TO SUPPORT SMITH RENOVATION P. 3 INTERNATIONAL THIS WEEK AROUND THE WORLD BUDGET FORUM REVEALS SHORTCOMINGS IN STATE TUITION P. 4 GUN CONTROL AROUND THE WORLD PRIVATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING EXCLUDES STUDENT MEDIA P. 4 ARTS & CULTURE OPINION COME OUT FROM THE SHADOWS BLACK BOYS ARE BLUE IN THE MOONLIGHT P. 5 HAIRCUTTING FOR THE HEART INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SAUDI ACTIVISTS TEMPORARILY RELEASED P. 6 EVENTS CALENDAR ‘WORST HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN MOZAMBIQUE’

STAFF

EDIT ORI A L EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nada Sewidan MANAGING EDITOR Marta Yousif NEWS EDITORS Sophie Concannon Anamika Vaughan INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Madison Cecil ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Cervanté Pope OPINION EDITOR Taylar Rivers ONLINE EDITOR Sangi Lama

LEAD DESIGNER Zak Stone

COPY EDITOR A.M. LaVey

DESIGNERS Danielle Emeka Robby Day

PHO T O & MULTIMEDI A PHOTO EDITOR Bo Koering MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Huilyn Loo PRODUC TION & DE SIGN CREATIVE DIRECTOR John Rojas

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COPY CHIEF Hannah Welbourn

Contributors Sabrina Achar-Winkels Chloe Dysart Emily Price Marena Riggan Kevin Shank

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DIS T RIBU TION & M A R K E TING DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING MANAGER Dylan Jefferies T ECHNOL OGY & W EB SIT E STUDENT MEDIA TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR Corrine Nightingale TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANTS Damaris Dusciuc Long V. Nguyen Annie Ton

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NEWS

APRIL 1–5 SOPHIE CONCANNON

APRIL 1: BILL TO PROVIDE FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MOVES FORWARD IN COMMITTEE

A bill that would require at least half of all public middle and high schools in Oregon to provide free menstrual products passed through the Ways and Means committee. Students of South Eugene High School originally brought the bill to Rep. Julie Fahey, D–Ore., who is now chief sponsor of H.B. 3020. The bill could potentially affect over 500 schools in Oregon, but legislators have concerns with the bill’s status as an unfunded mandate. According to Portland Tribune, lawmakers in the Oregon Congress are also considering H.B. 2515, which would provide free menstrual products to women in state prisons and detention facilities.

APRIL 2: USDA ENDS TAXPAYER-FUNDED EXPERIMENTS ON KITTENS

The United States Department of Agriculture ended the practice of euthanizing kittens involved in research experiments after Sen. Jeff Merkley, D–Ore., and Congressman Jimmy Panetta, D–CA., sponsored H.B. 1622—known as the KITTEN act—pushing for animal rights reform. Almost 3,000 kittens have been killed for USDA research practices. The KITTEN—Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now—act was introduced on March 7 as a bipartisan bill to stop the practice of euthanizing kittens after their involvement in medical experiments is over.

APRIL 4: OREGON SENATE APPROVES MEASURE TO ABOLISH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Lawmakers in the Oregon Senate voted 23-4 in favor of permanent daylight savings time. If it passes in the Oregon House of Representatives and is signed by Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon will not add an hour to the clock in the fall of 2019. Florida, Arizona and Hawaii are currently the only states to abide by standard time permanently. The measure only applies to the areas of Oregon in the Pacific Time Zone—Oregon residents in the Mountain Time Zone will continue to adjust their clocks every year in the spring and fall. Brown has previously voiced her support for permanent daylight savings time.

APRIL 5: NEW DATA SAYS DOE FAILED TO AWARD ANY DEBT RELIEF FOR STUDENTS IN JUNE TO DECEMBER OF 2018

According to new data reviewed by The New York Times, the U.S. Department of Education has failed to approve any application for federal student loan relief in the six months between June and December of 2018. The DOE receives over 2,000 applications a week, with 150,000 pending claims for student loan relief in total. Despite a ruling from a federal judge in September of 2018 declaring Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ freeze on federal aid review unconstitutional, the DOE has not announced a plan to deal with the backlog of claims.

RESISTANCE WITHIN ASPSU TO SUPPORT SMITH RENOVATION ANAMIKA VAUGHAN The proposed renovation of Smith Memorial Student Union presented to the Associated Students of Portland State University senate on April 1 was met with opposition.

Director of Campus Planning and Design Jason Franklin presented the proposal, which included a survey set to go out on May 6 intending to gauge student interest in the renovation of SMSU, putting forth the option to either completely renovate the building or to reject any renovations. Franklin’s presentation of the proposed new SMSU included a fifth floor, removal of all mezzanine floors and a greater focus on wayfinding and safety.

The proposed renovation would cost students an additional $78 per term for at least the next 20 years.

Many senators said the project had not adequately considered student voices or student financial strains thus far.

“If it’s going to make up 23% of the student fee, I want to know if even close to 23% of students actively utilize Smith, because this is mostly a commuter campus and not a lot of students have time to spend here,” said Legislative Affairs Director Camilo Abreu A. ASPSU Operations Director Hakan Kutgun said it was important that if students are going to be paying so much for a new building, they should be the primary decision-making body for SMSU. “[Students] do not even choose which food vendor we can get our food from—with our own student fees within this building that was built with student fees,” Kutgun said.

Abreu A. and other senators also took issue with how the project was being promoted to students, citing a recent InsidePSU article. Abreu A. said the “loaded language” used in the article might make students feel the project should happen, in particular the way Smith is described as an “aging building” and the way the project is described as an effort to “make students feel safer.”

“It’s really propagandistic in that way,” Abreu A. said.

There were also some senators who said the project was important.

“It is an old, aging building with a lot of deferred maintenance that needs to be rebuilt,” said Student Fee Committee member Tristin Crum. “I’d love to see a student union where students want to spend time, because that’s not this building.”

Crum described issues with accessibility many students face within the building, saying students with dis-

POSSIBLE DESIGN CONCEPT FOR SMSU RENOVATION. COURTESY OF PSU abilities often have difficulty navigating the building efficiently and accessing mezzanine floors.

The results of the survey will be presented to ASPSU in June, at which time the senate will vote on whether to push the project forward or not. If the project is pushed forward, the proposal will be sent to PSU President Rahmat Shoureshi and the Board of Trustees during the 2019–20 academic year.

After requesting funds from the state legislature during the 2021 legislative session, construction wouldn’t start until 2022 or 2023. Franklin predicted the new Smith would be completed by 2025.

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NEWS

BUDGET FORUM REVEALS SHORTCOMINGS IN STATE FUNDING KEVIN REYNOLDS SPEAKS DURING BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING ON MARCH 14, 2018. COURTESY OF BRIAN MCGLOIN

CHLOE DYSART Students and financial advisors gathered to discuss the lack of state funding and how the new budget will affect potential tuition raises at the last of a series of four budget town halls on April 4.

Provost Susan Jeffords, Vice President of Finance and Administration Kevin Reynolds and Luis Balderas-Villagrana—president of the Associated Students of Portland State University—presented at the town hall, voicing their concerns for a potential tuition raise due to the lack of federal funds from the state.

“The bigger implication of [raising tuition] is that underrepresented communities are impacted, specifically our undocumented students who don’t get any federal financial aid, so a potential tuition raise could kick them out of the university system,” Balderas-Villigrana said.

In order to offset a raise in tuition, presenters discussed alternatives such as renting out the university’s space and moving funding to more popular degree programs to entice future students.

In order to have a zero percent tuition increase, PSU would have to make $25–27 million worth of cuts. The overall estimated increase in costs under the new budget also comes in at 6.1%.

“The current operating assumption is that we’ll receive around $40 million in additional resources,” said Kevin Neeley, PSU’s head lobbyist and associate vice president of government relations. “Unfortunately because of the way that money comes to the university, it means a very small increase in our actual operating funds.”

The quality and availability of advising would suffer under the lower budget, as it

would create a higher student to advisor ratio.

On funding not being allocated toward higher education, Neeley said the “principal reason is flat-out politics. Pre-Kindergarten and K-12 [institutions] have more stakeholders in the state. There are more kids with more parents going to pre-K and K-12 than going to university.”

PSU Lobby Day, a day for students to travel to Salem and convince the state’s legislators to fund public education, approaches on April 16.

ASPSU reaffirmed their decision to not formally lobby the Oregon Legislature for money for higher education.

Balderas-Villagrana said this decision was made when ASPSU “noticed a trend in the last decade of students going to Salem, giving up work time, having to find childcare, giving up class time

to go lobby for more funding and then they come back and they still see a tuition increase.”

Zia Laboff, a student organizer and former member of ASPSU, expressed a similar frustration with her own lobbying experience at the town hall.

Laboff said they consistently drew a crowd to lobby at the capitol and then received scripts on how to lobby legislators for building fee money, even though the funding for buildings on campus comes from a capital fund from the state which cannot be intermixed with the public university support fund to lower tuition.

“Constantly we’re using our time, taking entire days off to go to Salem,” Laboff said. “That partnership is not an equal partnership between students and administration, because we go lobby and tuition increases regardless.”

PRIVATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING EXCLUDES STUDENT MEDIA SOPHIE CONCANNON

Despite a previous statement by the Board of Trustees saying media would be allowed to attend the special executive meeting April 2, an identified representative of Vanguard was barred from the meeting room and instructed to wait in the lobby.

In the official notice of public meeting published on March 29, the Board stated that “representatives of the media may attend the executive session, on the condition that they agree not to disclose information discussed.”

According to Associate Vice President for University Communications Chris Broderick, PSU general counsel Cindy Starke said if a reporter from student media had been at the law firm, “that individual would have been

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allowed into the meeting under the Open Meetings Law with the same restrictions that applied to other news media.”

However, once a Vanguard representative attempted to enter the meeting, they were told to stay outside. Barring a representative of student media from attending the Board of Trustees meeting is a violation of the Open Meetings law.

Broderick stated “executive sessions of state and local governing boards that discuss exempt topics such as personnel or legal issues are confidential…but credentialed news media are allowed to attend.”

Stark confirmed representatives from The Oregonian and Oregon Public Broadcasting attended the meeting.

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Vanguard was not informed these representatives were present in the meeting, as directions from the Board of Trustees were to keep media waiting outside in the lobby.

The official notice also stated the Board intended to discuss “information or records that are exempt by law from public inspection based on attorney-client privilege.”

“Information exempt by law from public inspection” refers to the public records released to The Oregonian in February for a piece written about PSU President Rahmat Shoureshi regarding the controversy within his 17 months in office. The PSU faculty senate requested access to those public records but has not received a response from the administration.

The meeting was held in Stoel Rives, a business law firm located off campus in downtown Portland. Stoel Rives is the largest law firm in Oregon and provides legal representation in a host of fields including education.

In this field, Stoel Rives “identifies and resolves potential liability and avoids litigation through policy development, compliance audits and training programs.”

Board meetings are conventionally held in the Academic and Student Recreation Center in the university boardroom on campus.

A representative of Stoel Rives said in a voicemail they could not comment on “the executive session held on [April 2] or the attorney representing the university.”

OPINION

BLACK BOYS ARE BLUE IN THE MOONLIGHT

PEOPLE OF COLOR DESERVE TO BE PROPERLY PORTRAYED

JUAN TEACHING LITTLE TO SWIM. SCREENSHOT FROM ‘MOONLIGHT’ TRAILER TAYLAR RIVERS Representation in film is important, but simply including a Black actor is not enough. The lighting in film is not geared toward, or more often not flattering to, people of color.

When we tell stories about Black characters the go-to style is often a bleak realism, meaning there is no effort to heighten the beauty of these actors who are often portrayed through the lens of dark colors and harsh lighting.

Films such as Moonlight, Us, Get Out and If Beale Street Could Talk oppose this standard. These films utilize lighting to transcend, reframe and illuminate Black characters.

“There’s been a conversation happening over the past couple of years surrounding the skill it takes to properly light black skin on film,” Nadia Latif said via The Guardian. “It doesn’t seem like something people should still be struggling with—it’s not like Black people were only put in front of cameras over the past five years or something.”

The technology of cinema has always revolved around the idea that its rightful subjects are white. Only in this new age of technology are we beginning to see lighting move beyond previous standards. An important thing to note is that the prime example of films that have specifically highlighted Black people are also written, directed and produced by Black people.

In Moonlight, clichés and tropes exist only so they can be upended. This is done substantively, with the emotional ter-

rain of the characters, and it’s done visually with angles and light. The most mesmerizing scene immerses you in the bluegreen water of the Atlantic Ocean as Juan teaches Little to swim, complicating notions of masculinity and fatherhood while overturning a racist stereotype. In another shot, Little’s mom, Paula, played by Naomie Harris, is bathed in pink light as she fumes at her son.

“In that moment, when she’s very angry at her son, the pink light tips the audience to a different aspect of her, a different side to her,” explained James Laxton in an interview with Vogue, who worked on the lighting for both Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk.

In an interview with Nylon, Laxton said he never consciously thought about lighting Black actors. “It was sort of part and parcel to me learning to make films,” Laxton said.

“It came, in the same way, other lessons about, you know, film stocks or lighting generally. It never felt as if I had to relearn something or I had to re-apply a technique when I was lighting white people, for example. Black skin has never felt unfamiliar to me.”

Unfortunately, this is not true for all cinematographers.

Films such as Suicide Squad failed to pay justice to the range of skin tones within their cast. In most scenes, the cinematography is extremely dark and brooding which is

not peculiar for the DC Marvel Universe. The prominent characters in the movie are Harley Quinn, the Joker and Deadshot. The first two villians are in a costume throughout the movie that requires them to wear white paint/make up across their face. In the majority of the film, the lighting is dimmed and leaves everyone to rise in the midst due to their lighter appearance except Deadstone, who is played

by Will Smith.

There is no longer an excuse for not knowing how to cater to different skin tones. Our understanding and affiliation with lighting in video and film production has become more advanced over time. Technology has ensured pursuits in lighting production have developed and adapted fittingly to the pace and demand of the video and film industry. Lighting equipment has become more compact, diverse and designed to tailor for specific genres and types of video and film.

Lighting should be used to sculpt an actor. It does not take a specialist to correctly light a large community of actors who have been on camera for decades. It is unjustifiable to disregard the talent of an actor’s performance in a film by not properly portraying POC and thus not amplifying their beauty.

This issue is not new, and as inclusivity in film is increasing, it will only become more problematic.

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INTERNATIONAL

FEMALE SAUDI ACTIVISTS TEMPORARILY RELEASED

‘WORST HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN MOZAMBIQUE’

CYCLONE IDAI WREAKS HAVOC

EMILY PRICE Nearly a dozen Saudi women appeared in front of a three-judge panel on March 27 to recount the stories of torture and sexual harrassment they experienced while imprisoned for the last year.

The women are all women’s rights activists arrested for a variety of crimes and were all detained for more than a year while awaiting their trial.

Loujain al-Hathloul is one of many genderequality activists imprisoned last year. She recently told her family she had been sexually harassed and beaten during her time in prison. She also said she found a male guard sitting next to her while she was sleeping.

According to Al Jazeera, Rokaya al-Mohareb, Aziza al-Youssef and Eman al-Nafjan, three of the 10 women who testified, were temporarily released on March 28. Their release requires that they continue to show up for any and all further hearings or testimonies.

Several of the women face charges which fall under Saudi Arabia’s cybercrime laws. These charges come with a maximum five-year sentence. All of the women were detained sometime in the last year while campaigning for gender equality in Saudi Arabia. Several of the women arrested face retribution for speaking to human rights organizations and other foreign agencies.

“After nearly a year of accusations in Saudi government media that these brave champions of women’s rights are ‘foreign agents,’ the actual charges against them appear to be simply a list of their efforts to promote women’s rights,” said Deputy Middle East Director at Human Rights Watch Michael Page.

According to The Washington Post, witnesses say the women displayed “apparent signs of abuse.” These signs included inability to stand and “uncontrollable shaking.”

In response to the accusations, an anonymous Saudi official told The Washington Post, “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s judiciary system does not condone, promote or allow the use of torture. Anyone, whether male or female, being investigated is going through the standard judiciary process led by the public prosecution while being held for questioning,

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IMAGE TAKEN BY COPERNICUS SENTINEL-1. BLUE-PURPLE REPRESENT WHERE THE FLOOD WATER HAS SUBSIDED, AND THE AREAS SHOWN IN RED ARE UNDERWATER AS OF MARCH 25, 2019 KEVIN SHANK

LOUJAIN AL-HATHLOUL IS A GENDER EQUALITY ACTIVIST WHO WAS SENT TO PRISON AND STATED SHE WAS HARASSED AND BEATEN WHILE LOCKED UP. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS which does not in any way rely on torture either physical, sexual or psychological.”

The Saudi government now faces international criticism over its human rights record.

As of March 7, 36 countries had signed a letter questioning whether or not Saudi Arabia is upholding equal and fair human rights. The letter called for the release of human rights activists who were exercising their right to criticize the government.

According to human rights organization ALQST, the Saudi government made promises to release the remaining eight women by March 31. The organization tweeted on April 3 that no more women had been released, contrary to statements made by the Saudi courts. The final hearing and sentencing is set for April 17.

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Approximately 1.8 million people are in “urgent need” after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi on March 14.

In Mozambique alone, nearly 136,000 people were displaced and more than 50,000 homes were destroyed, according to ABC News.

One of the hardest hit cities is Beira, Mozambique, a main port of entry for many countries in the region. Currently many areas east of Beria are cut off from regular supply routes, and flooding continues to impact the region. Up to 90% of Beira has been “damaged or destroyed by the cyclone.”

The storm has affected thousands of people and disrupted commerce, electrical power grids, government operations and hospitals and destroyed roads, homes, farms and overall daily living.

The UN has provided $20 million in aid money, according to Sky News. The British government announced it will provide about $8 million in humanitarian aid, according to BBC. They will also be sending tents and shelter kits to Mozambique.

The majority of people affected by the cyclone depend on farming for their food supply. With thousands of acres of land destroyed by the cyclone, World Vision reports that “it will be a real challenge for people

here to find work and look after their families. The risk of hunger and disease spreading are high.”

Cholera has become a major concern following Cyclone Idai. Cholera leads to diarrhea and loss of fluids and is spread by bacteria present in infected water, usually water contaminated by untreated sewage. The illness is already a main concern in the country, which has dealt with outbreaks on a semi-regular basis for several years.

As of April 3, more than a thousand people had been infected, according to Reuters.

Medical leaders around the world are concerned this could lead to an epidemic in the region. According to The Guardian, The World Health Organization has sent 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine to the country and began vaccinating people on April 3.

“The next few weeks are crucial, and speed is of the essence if we are to save lives and limit suffering,” WHO Chief for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said.

President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique announced rescue efforts were to cease on March 28. He said Cyclone Idai was the “worst humanitarian disaster in Mozambique.” He also thanked the 945 rescuers who had participated in the search and rescue operation, saying, “They are heroes.”

ELECTION

MEET THE CANDIDATES 2019–20 ELECTION GUIDE

FOR PRESIDENT KYLE LESLIE-CHRISTY

VIOLET GIBSON

SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Kyle is the current student life director for ASPSU and the chair of the SALP space committee. He is also on the Student Sustainability and Leadership Counsel, the SALP advisory board and the Campus Recreation Advisory Board.

Kyle is a transfer student from Portland Community College and Lane Community College and wants to build community as a foundation in the student body.

He wants to engage the PSU community around issues such as tuition reduction, housing insecurity and food insecurity.

Violet is a quantitative economics major and has been with ASPSU for five years, working first as a civil leadership intern, then as a senator, and then finally as a student fee committee member.

“We will be more successful as a student body and a student government on those initiatives if we have community-based systems where everyone feels engaged, everyone feels like their voices are heard and they feel like their voice is actually taken into account and used efficiently.”

“I’ve seen a lot of presidential candidates who have won, and I’ve seen what they’ve wanted with ASPSU, and they said they wanted to hear from the students. But in all actuality they were just perpetuating their own ideas, and since they were elected officials, they were assuming that’s what students want. With my campaign, I want to actually give voices back to the students, and I want to throughout the year be asking the students, ‘What do you want, what do you need, what can ASPSU do to represent you better to the administration?’”

VICE PRESIDENT MOTUTAMA SIPELII

NAYELI NARANJO-ROBLES

SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Motu is a first-generation, non-resident student. He feels he understands what it’s like to be a PSU student. He wants to make a community where students feel safe to be who they are and express their thoughts and opinions about PSU.

Violet Gibson on running-mate Nayeli Naranjo-Robles: “Nayeli is the general manager for Portland State Professional Sound…she is also a first-generation American, so that’s something that she really wants to push for, getting those extra resources for those communities.”

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ELECTION

SENATE

NATHAN MAPES SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Nathan hopes to one day dedicate his life to public service and is looking to get more involved in PSU to make a positive impact.

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Wyatt the voices student government. “I hav with autism. I believe in cam to be included. I want the student body.”

SLATE: INDEPENDENT

Hanna wants to increase the transparency between ASPSU and the student body to help empower students to make their voices heard. She says ASPSU is often content with the bare minimum in terms of transparency. She has a few ideas she could implement to help inform students. Hanna said she wants to provide the tools needed to empower student voices.

MALLORY HAWKE SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

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GRACE HAGEMANN SLATE: INDEPEDENT

AIMEE MARENTETTE SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Aimee is a first-year student at PSU. When she first came here, she didn’t know about ASPSU, and when she found out, she didn’t like the way it was run. She wants to make sure everyone in the school knows about ASPSU, so if they don’t agree with the current members’ positions, they have the option to run.

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INDIA WYNNE SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Peter is a fi in politics. For the past yea legislature with Represent whose focus is on educat issues facing student gover between what ASPSU is d aware of it. He also hopes ASPSU is doing, more stud

HANNAH GRAZIAN SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Hannah is running because she enjoys pushing herself and seeing what she is capable of. She thinks she can bring a lot of good to the slate and to the senate as a new face with new ideas. She wants to see this school grow, new ideas come to light and have student government represent what students want, rather than what ASPSU wants.

ELECTION

WYATT ISAACS SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

Wyatt is hoping to better include ices of people with disabilities into I have autism and want to help people n campus diversity and for all students t there to be transparency with the

ALEXANDRE DASSISE SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

Alex wants to increase transparency between the administration and the students, and to help connect students with resources on campus, such as housing, food, health and mental health. Alex believes that students should be aware of what they have available to them and how much power and control they have on campus.

AYDIA JOHNSON SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

PETER WEDLAKE

SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

is a first-year student with experience st year, he has been working in the state esentative Susan McClain, D–Hillsboro, ducation. Peter said one of the biggest government right now is the disconnect U is doing and how much students are opes that by telling more students what e students will turn up to vote.

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SOPHIE BALTHAZAAR SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

Sophie is a junior studying health science for pre-nursing. This is her second year running for student senate because she wants to be involved in her community and make a difference at the PSU campus.

NICHOLAS LAHUSEN SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

Nicholas, a business management major, is currently a senator for the student life and academic affairs committee. He hopes to focus on increased transparency and communication within ASPSU and to bring more open education—such as free and reduced-cost textbooks— to students.

ALLEN LAM SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

JARED CHIN SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

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ELECTION

STUDENT FEE COMMITTEE MEMBER HAKAN KUTGUN SLATE: INDEPENDENT

GABRIEL HAGEMANN SLATE: INDEPENDENT

Hakan is an international PhD student in engineering and technology management and has been with ASPSU for two years. He is currently serving as the operations director and has served as the legislative affairs director as well.

JOSE ROJAS-FALLAS DEVON WANDERON

SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Devon is an accounting major in his third year at PSU. He’s worked with student media in the past, mentored at Alder elementary school and worked for Alternative Spring Break in San Francisco through PSU. He has also worked with the Student Sustainability Center.

SIRRA ANDERSON SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

FOUAD MOHIADEEN SLATE: NEW POSSIBILITIES, TRUE LEADERSHIP

Fouad is a third-year student at PSU and wants to contribute and be more involved in the inner workings of the school. He is in the School of Business at PSU. He thinks change is good regardless of who is running.

He thinks whether students agree with how their money is being spent or not, it’s important to understand why certain decisions are made.

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SAMSON R. SWAN SLATE: CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY

INTERNATIONAL

THIS WEEK

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VENEZUELA

Legislators have stripped opposition leader Juan Guaidó of parliamentary immunity which would allow for his arrest and prosecution, The Telegraph reported. Guaidó declared himself president on Jan. 23 following Venezuela’s May 2018 elections, in which President Nicolás Maduro secured re-election amid the country’s continuing economic and political crisis and claims of election meddling. Diosdado Cabello, head of the Constituent Assembly which voted to strip Guaidó’s immunity, said, “[Gauido’s prosecution] is officially authorized,” Al Jazeera reported.

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BRUNEI

The South Asian island of Brunei gained widespread international focus after new laws went into effect on April 3, expanding the list of crimes viable for capital punishment. According to Deutsche Welle, gay sex and adultery are now punishable by death from stoning, as well

as crimes of rape, robbery and insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammed. Additionally, the law will allow for the amputation of limbs for crimes of theft. In reaction to the new laws many are calling draconian, international boycotts are underway, including boycotting of hotels owned by the country’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, reported Business Insider.

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April 4–5

WASHINGTON, D.C.

For the first time since its inception, Congress has used the War Powers Act of 1973 after the House of Representatives approved a resolution on April 4 calling for the end to United States support and involvement in the war in Yemen.

Democracy Now! reported the vote received 247 for and 175 against, with Congresswoman Barbara Lee quoted saying, “We’ve helped create and worsen the world’s greatest, largest humanitarian crisis: 22.2 million Yemenis—that’s 75% of the population—needs humanitarian assistance.”

The resolution will now head to the desk of President Donald Trump, who is expected to veto it.

Separately, the Trump administration revealed on April 5 reuniting families separated at the border could take upwards of two years.

According to The New York Times, the Justice Department has 47,000 cases to review, many of which did not have specific data collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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LIBYA

due to armed clashes, Secretary General of the UN António Guterres announced he had ended a mission in the country. Air raids began on April 6 against the LNA as G7 foreign ministers urged Haftar to halt his military advancements.

Tensions have risen in the war-torn country of Libya after Khalifa Haftar, general of the rebel Libyan National Army, ordered a military advancement on the city of Tripoli on April 4 to begin the following day, Al Jazeera reported. Libya has been embroiled in a civil war after NATO forces killed longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, splitting the country between rival governments with the UN-backed government in Tripoli and the opposition government based in Tobruk. On April 5, armed clashes took place as the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting, but

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IRAN

Floods which began in March continue as the government ordered the evacuation of 70 villages in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on April 2. As reported by Al Jazeera, around 70 people have been killed in the floods which have destroyed infrastructure and homes and displaced thousands of people. Additionally, roads to 275 villages in the neighboring province of Lorestan have been blocked off, with some 200 bridges and 250 miles of roads reported destroyed on April 7 by the deputy minister of roads and urban development. According to Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, some 400,000 people could be affected by flooding.

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GUN CONTROL SABRINA ACHCAR-WINKELS AND MADISON CECIL

UNITED STATES It is estimated that roughly 48% of the world’s civilian-owned guns are in the U.S. The total number of firearms in the country is about 310 million.

The “right to bear arms” is written in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, giving all American citizens the freedom to own a gun at the government’s discretion. In 1968, the Gun Control Act was passed, requiring the minimum age to purchase and own shotguns, rifles and ammunition be set at 18 years of age. In order to purchase any other form of firearm, a person must be 21 years old.

No matter the weapon, anyone who has been convicted of a felony or is considered a danger to society is prohibited from owning a gun. Fugitives, those who were involuntarily committed to a mental hospital and anyone who has been found guilty of possessing or using controlled substances within the last year are also not allowed to purchase a firearm in the U.S. While state and local governments are capable of regulating some aspects of gun control, it is the federal government’s responsibility to regulate who can purchase a gun, as well as what types of guns are legal in the U.S. The National Firearms Act of 1934 allows automatic weapons made before 1986 and all semi-automatic weapons to be legal. It is up to the states’ discretion to limit these within their jurisdiction.

According to PBS, in 2016, there were 37,200 gun-related deaths in the U.S. That is a rate of 10.6 deaths per every 100,000 people.

ARGENTINA In order to legally purchase a gun in this South American country, a person must be 21 years old and have no criminal record. Argentinians have to prove they have a space to responsibly store the weapon they wish to purchase.

They are required to go through physical and mental health checks, official firearm training and provide proof of income. After a year, legal gun owners in Argentina are required to resubmit all necessary documents in order to renew their permit.

The government has installed an anonymous program which allows citizens to sell their guns back to the government. The program, known as PEVAF, resulted in the collection and destruction of over 300,000 guns from 2007 to 2015.

According to PBS, in 2016 the gun-related death rate was seven deaths per every 100,000 people.

ISRAEL Israel does not recognize a person’s right to bear arms. They consider gun ownership a highly regulated privilege. A person must fulfill many requirements and have a justifiable reason to carry a firearm.

The country allows each person to own no more than one gun at any time, and they must ask the government before they sell their gun to another individual. If an individual does obtain a gun license, they are only allowed to have 50 bullets in their possession at any time.

Israel rejects approximately 40% of all gun permit requests, more than any Western country according to the National Center for Biotechnology Industry. The country automatically rejects a permit request if the applicant has any history of drug or domestic violence charges. In order to own a gun, a person must be able to pass a Hebrew fluency test and be 21 years of age.

In 2014, Israel was ranked 78 in the world for gun-related crime rates.

There were approximately seven gun-related crimes per 100,000 people the same year.

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INTERNATIONAL

AROUND THE WORLD

EXPLORING DIFFERENT COUNTRIES’ APPROACH TO FIREARMS JAPAN Under Japan’s Firearm and Sword Possession Control Law, the only firearms permitted in the nation are shotguns, air rifles or guns with specific research or industrial purposes. Before citizens are allowed to own a gun, they must attend a full-day class, understand the mechanics of the weapon, as well as have a 95% accuracy at a shooting range.

Japan also requires extremely thorough background checks and mental health evaluations for every individual who requests a gun ownership permit. At times, friends and family will be interviewed regarding a permit request. The entire process must be repeated every three years in order to maintain gun ownership eligibility.

According to NPR, Japan has one of the lowest gun violence rates in the world. It is rare for the country to have more than 10 gun-related deaths a year, despite their population of 127 million people.

NEW ZEALAND After 50 people were killed in the mosque shootings on March 15, New Zealand quickly drafted new legislation which will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles. Similar bills have failed to pass through the country’s parliament four times in the last 20 years.

In order to own a gun in New Zealand, a person must go through a criminal background check, which takes into account any history of mental illness, addiction or domestic violence. A person will not receive their gun license if they cite personal protection as their reason for wanting to own a gun. The applicant must also go through a firearms safety course, and licenses must be renewed every 10 years. Police may revoke a license if they believe a person may pose a threat or is no longer fit to own a firearm.

There were nine gun-related murders in 2016, according to Radio NewZealand.

YEMEN Despite Yemen having legal restrictions on the possession of firearms, the laws are not implemented. Yemeni gun buyers are technically required to buy from licensed arms dealers, and register any and all firearms with the authorities. The New York Times reports “the law is largely unenforced.”

Many Yemeni citizens argue they need a gun for self-defense purposes if they are going to live in the country, regardless of their socioeconomic status.

“In Yemen, no matter if you’re rich or poor, you must have guns. Even if it’s just one piece,” tribal sheikh Abdul Wahab al-Ammari told The Atlantic. “I have maybe 14 high-powered weapons, and three handguns [at home].”

According to a 2007 Small Arms Survey, there is more than one firearm per two citizens in Yemen.

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Lesotho is a small kingdom in Southern Africa. In 1984, the kingdom passed the Internal Security (General) Act or IHL. The act outlines specific weapons that are considered illegal in the country and what the exceptions are.

The act states any person who instructs or receives instruction on how to operate any firearm will face consequences. The maximum sentence if a person is charged is 10 years in prison as well as a fine of 10,000 Maloti, the equivalent of approximately $710. The only exception to this law is if the training is for government-approved purposes. The act does not specify what falls into this category.

Lesotho has recently experienced an increase in gun-related crimes.

It is believed the guns are being smuggled across the border between South Africa and Lesotho. While there is limited data available, the U.S. State Department reports there seems to be a rise in violent crime in the kingdom.

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ARTS & CULTURE

COME OUT FROM THE SHADOWS MUSIC FESTIVAL BRIGHTENS THE DARKNESS OF POST-PUNK

BANDS PERFORMING IN OUT OF THE SHADOWS THREE-DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL. CERVANTÉ POPE/PSU VANGUARD

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CERVANTÉ POPE Post-punks are dedicated people. Not just to music, but to the aesthetically defined yet mentally and emotionally ambiguous lifestyle that accompanies it. It takes time to develop your character into a definitive interpretation of a scene—the hair, the makeup, the ripped-in-all-the-right-places clothing—it’s all enjoyably performative without being a binding fraudulent mask.

To that same degree, post-punks are just as dedicated to the bands they feel truly represent themselves and the designated qualities of the genre. Out From The Shadows is a festival and benefit that speaks exactly to that, providing an avenue for the collective praising of a music style informed by mystery and darkness. Over the course of three days, it was all exhibited through late nights of brooding basslines, the dim illuminance of red-hued lights and fog machines.

In a benefit sense, the festival’s proceeds go to both XRAY.fm and a rotation of LGBTQ organizations—this year, it was Trans Lifeline—in an effort to keep music in people’s ears and freedom in people’s lives.

Even though OFTS is rooted in the interest of the local community, it hosts bands from around the world. That’s the way festival founder Dave Cantrell likes it, also booking bands based on how well known they are.

“To some extent, the bands choose Out From The Shadows themselves,” Cantrell said. “I like to include one or two kinds of dark horses each year that don’t have that high of name recognition but are pretty excellent and feel they deserve a slot if they’re able. That’s proven to be a source of great unexpected delight.”

He considers some of those dark horses to be bands such as Baltimore’s Dark Narrows and Parisian solo act The Wheal, who both played the opening day after a triad of Portland bands— Walking Scarlet, Coloring Electric Light and Darkswoon, respectively—kicked off the festivities.

Dark Narrows do more of a poppish, alternative take on the classically dark genre, cleverly calling their approach “rhythm and goth.” A screen displaying “PERCEPTION. DEMONSTRATION.” cast a bright white light behind them as they trekked through their set, giving off an entirely opposite vibe than that of The Wheal. Up there all alone, in a full latex ensemble embellished by a fuzzy beret and fake eyelashes the size of butterfly wings, The Wheal blared pre-recorded backing beats while screaming in a combination of English and French. A big bass drum stood beside them, occasionally struck by the force of their slender wrists in between moments of vogueing and intense eye contact. They closed their set out by fiercely pulling off their latex gloves, spraying sweat all over the stage.

This is the kind of energy that first drew in Cantrell and keeps him coming back for more. He started OFTS in 2015, but his love affair with post-punk and darkwave started decades before that.

“To me, 1979 was year zero, but this resurgence and renaissance is more exciting, devotional, passionate and accomplished than I would ever believe would be possible,” Cantrell said. “To have the great fortune to be allowed to experience it again in such a vivid, visceral way again is everything to me.”

Words such as “vivid” and “visceral” work as descriptors for damn near all the acts on the festival’s bill. Despite playing the same styles of music there was variance in what each brought to the table. Take Xibling, for example, who was second up on the second day. The duo didn’t have any traditional instruments present—a pretty typical characteristic for many bands in this genre, actually—yet their set was one of the more encompassing.

Vocalist Moriah West caterwauled at a deafening pitch, frenetically shrieking lyrics that, if you’re in any way able to decipher them, are like some type of apocalyptic poetry. Her iridescent platform goth boots reflected light beams onto the front row of

the crowd as she jostled about the stage, pretending to choke herself at random moments during their set. They were a particular crowd favorite, much like the night’s headlining act Light Asylum, who didn’t really have to move much at all to get a room full of closed off goths to open up.

Based on her reception, it seems that Shannon Funchess is Light Asylum, and the festival was at its highest capacity during her presence. She chose to grace the stage in almost complete darkness, most of her movement obscured by the absence of light. Funchess’ voice is rich and deep like a more buttery version of Ian Curtis’ from Joy Division. It barrelled over backing tracks from the project’s only two releases, a self-titled full length and the EP In Tension. She held the complete attention of those who waited until the early hours of the morning to see her. Their eyes solidly fixed into the hollows of the stage, eager to catch as many clear glimpses as possible. Light Asylum doesn’t perform very often anymore, so everyone wanted to take in as much of her as possible before she returned to her musical seclusion.

Witnessing that type of engagement between an audience of fans and an artist is part of what makes the arduous task of putting together the festival all worth it. Coordinating days worth of bands isn’t necessarily easy, and even though Cantrell himself questions his continual participation, it’s not enough to stop him from bearing the weight.

“As to why I keep doing it, there are moments naturally where I wonder that myself but the feeling one gets during those three days is in itself enough of a drive to keep at it,” Cantrell said. “That may sound overblown, but anyone that’s been to it could attest to that. The other reason? I want to see these bands play live, and I want everyone else to experience that as well. It’s kind of like a live version of feverishly sharing records with your friends.”

Outside of the actual record exchange that OFTS offers, the music sharing lied within the community connection. Artists interacted with concertgoers after their sets; strangers bonded over cigarettes and protecting their crafted coifs from the rain.

It’d be hard not to formulate some level of new friendship after being packed in a dimly lit room for three days, and the last day was when any spectator would be easily able to see that.

Everyone hit a zombie-like trance at this point—powered only by the fuel of booze and the figurative light at the end of the festival tunnel. Still, everyone danced. Mexico City trio Cruz De Navajas even elicited a loud “Navajas!” chant from the crowd before leaving the stage, warming it up before the Siouxsie and the Banshees-like energy of Seattle’s Nox Novacula.

The venue slowly cleared out as the night crept closer to its headlining acts, but those who forged on were treated to more rare performances from locals Lunch and The Estranged. It was bittersweet to close out another year of OFTS. Many had joked about how the Tonic Lounge felt like their new home considering how much time they’d spent there over the days.

As far as where OFTS is heading, Cantrell hopes it’ll grow to be a festival recognized worldwide, with factions going all the way out to Germany or Eastern Europe. It’s a pretty lofty feat that, if it does happen, will take filling up goth clubs in other West Coast cities first.

In the meantime, Cantrell already has some idea in mind for next year’s festival. “I’m interested in OFTS being an event that everyone involved feels they have something important invested, something well beyond what anyone’s getting paid,” Cantrell said. “It seems to be working out that way and that’s what makes me happiest by far.”

There are quite a few acts already invested in their chance to grace an OFTS stage, but Cantrell won’t reveal who yet. He’s keeping that information hush-hush. It’ll remain in the shadows.

ARTS & CULTURE

HAIRCUTTING FOR THE HEART BARBERS CLIP AND SHEER 24 HOURS STRAIGHT FOR HEART RESEARCH CERVANTÉ POPE In a fairly large space off of SW Canyon Rd, Franklin “Paco” Whatley clipped, cut and brushed his 10th client of the day around his sixth hour. He’s got four other barbers working with him in his Classic Man barbershop, their seats also filled with customers getting lineups and fades. A red countdown clock ticked away as the latest Final Four basketball game streamed at a moderate volume for those in the barber chairs and in the waiting area.

The barbers and their buzzing framed a wooden box in the center of the room that read “Donate here, Cut For The Heart.”

Whatley’s got 18 hours and some odd minutes to go if he’s going to make it through his Cut For The Heart 24-hour haircut-athon, and the 24-hour mark is key to the reason why he’s doing this—his dad.

“I wanted to do something that kind of honored my father who passed away from heart disease in 2016,” Whatley said.

“One thing I remember most about my father was that to pay for my private school education, he would be up for 24 hours one day a week working as a bus driver, on the night crew at Sears and other odd jobs. I wanted to honor him by doing 24 hours as well.”

As soon as a customer would get up, another one came and filled that empty seat. When Whatley first announced his idea for the event, he was overwhelmed with support, having to divert from his original plan to one of fairly rigid bookings that saw a heavy rotation of people coming in and out specifically for him.

A small crew of barbers who volunteered to assist him have their chairs open just for walk-in clients. “Thank you, fellas.

Good luck with everything,” one customer remarked as he left satisfied. Another, more familiar customer joked, “I can’t even be myself when I come in here, with all these cameras running.

Check you out!”

That chill, familial atmosphere that’s characteristic of barbershops was definitely present in Whatley’s. It’s the ideal rapport for spreading important information, especially to a community that may not have as easy of access to it as others.

“By doing this, I also wanted to bring awareness to this part of the country, especially to the black community,” Whatley said. “They don’t get the information that people sometimes get in other cities, and I wanted to bring awareness to that as well.”

According to the Center for Disease Control, 48% of African American women and 44% of African American men will develop some form of heart disease. There are certain preventative measures that can be taken, such as monitoring blood pressure, eating right and having regular visits with the doctor. Yet even with those, a Black person is still at high risk, especially since heart disease is hereditary and common for the Black race.

“It’s staggering to think that when you talk about the heart, the one organ that doctors know the most about, we don’t realize exactly what we’re doing to ourselves,” Whatley said with a slight sullen expression as he gives a customer in his chair a fade. “I’m at a high risk because my dad died from it and his dad had it. Not only am I helping other people, but I’m also bringing awareness to myself. I’m getting older so I need to make sure that I hone in on these things and live a healthier lifestyle.”

For him, that healthier lifestyle included switching to a vegetarian diet. He admits it’s made him feel tremendously better but he still holds concern over whether it’ll ultimately end up helping him in the long run—his father became a vegetarian around the age of 40 and still passed, so Whatley is ad-

PACO WHATLEY CUTTING A CUSTOMER’S HAIR DURING THE ‘CUT FOR THE HEART 24 HOUR CUT-A-THON’ AT CLASSIC MEN BARBER SHOP TO RAISE MONEY FOR HEART RESEARCH, PORTLAND, ORE. BO KOERING/PSU VANGUARD amant about tackling the potentials for heart disease from all sides. “You can’t just do one thing, you’ve got to do a plethora of things to be better,” Whatley said.

That’s why his Cut For The Heart event also featured a tabling from BFit Gym, as well as a certified professional there to take clients’ blood pressures and explain to them what all the numbers mean. Whatley is dedicated to his mission and at the end of it, he’s hoping to have $3500 to donate to the Association of Black Cardiologists. At that sixth hour he totaled out at around $1500 from his GoFundMe and money in the donation box, but that figure doesn’t include card donations from the cuts.

Originally he was going to focus on donating his proceeds to the American Heart Association but thought there may be another organization better suited for his community. “After a while, I started thinking about my race and where the main issue is,” Whatley said. “It’s mostly within African Americans, so I wanted to find a smaller organization that has that focus and initiative.”

He’s now the only member of the organization on this side of the country and hopes his event will encourage more people to join in.

His future attempts at getting awareness out won’t involve staying up for an entire day, though. He wanted this to be a one-time honoring of his father, but he said he will continue to hold events and share information in other ways. His spirits were high but it was clear the constant go of it all was taking its toll on him. Nevertheless, he soldiered on, sharing an Instagram story post counting down the final seconds on the timer, soundtracked by the exhausted cheers coming from the barbers and clients in the shop.

“Yes, the goal is to stay up for 24 hours, but it’s not just to do that, it’s also do a good job, with my best effort forward,” Whatley said. “I think there’s a victory at the end of this and I want to experience that.”

You can still donate to Whatley’s cause by heading to gofundme. com/cutfortheheart.

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APRIL 9–15 ART

MUSIC

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COMMUNITY

TROLL, MAESTUS, HRNN DOUG FIR LOUNGE 9 P.M. $10–12 Troll’s ready to debut a new folkloric album of mystifying stoner doom, and it’s going to be a doozy.

SAVION GLOVER ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL 7:30 P.M., THROUGH APRIL 10 $26 & UP Renowned tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover returns with an ensemble of dancers and a sixpiece band to share his new show All FuNKD’d Up, The Concert.

THE STORIES OF PORTLAND’S PARKS TOLD THROUGH THEIR BIRDS AUDUBON SOCIETY OF PORTLAND 7–8:30 P.M. FREE Come learn about the different birds in Portland’s parks and greenspaces—it’s free!

WED APR 10

“SPECULATIVE FRICTIONS” PDX CONTEMPORARY ART TUE–SAT: 11 A.M.–6 P.M. FREE Speculations come to life in these multimedia works by 0rphan Drift, Caspar Heinemann, Emily Jones and more and will be on display until April 30.

KONTRAVOID, DAMASCUS KNIVES, XIBLING STAR THEATER 8:30 P.M. $13–18, 21+ Soloist Kontravoid will scarily crawl into your mind with his industrial synthwave and EBM sounds.

LITTLE PUNK ROCK DRAG SHOW OF HORRORS BLACKWATER BAR 8 P.M. THROUGH APRIL 13 $18–35 Part musical, part genderbending drag show, it’ll be an entertaining nod at the classic Little Shop of Horrors 80s film.

80Z GOTH DANCE PARTY TONIC LOUNGE 10 P.M. NO COVER, 21+ If the name alone isn’t enough to sell you, the thought of getting down to The Cure, Bauhaus and Joy Division might.

THU APR 11

“PRINTS FOR THE PEOPLE” PORTLAND ART MUSEUM TUE–WED, SAT–SUN: 10 A.M.–5 P.M., THU– FRI 10 A.M.–8 P.M. $17–20 The latest exhibition at the Portland Art Museum includes works collected by the Associated American Artists.

HELP, FILOMENA, MOON SHY THE FIXIN’ TO 9 P.M. $7, 21+ Help and their raucous blend of noise rock and proto-punk are one of the best new things to come out of Portland lately. Trust us.

QUEER HORROR: ‘THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS’ HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 8:45 P.M. $10 Question horror and its relation to queerness with Hannibal Lecter and the next installment of the bimonthly fest Queer Horror.

AUSTIN KLEON POWELL’S CITY OF BOOKS 7:30 P.M. FREE

FRI APR 12

“QUADRAPHOTIQUE” ROLL UP PHOTO STUDIO FRI–SAT: NOON–5 P.M. AND BY APPOINTMENT FREE This group exhibition by photographers Jan Cook, Jayna Conkey, Anna Daedalus and Heidi Kirkpatrick will be on display until April 27.

MURS, LOCKSMITH, COJO, JETES HAWTHORNE THEATER 8 P.M. $16–20 Thank goodness prolific lyricist Murs is still making music, and he’s coming through town in support of his new record A Strange Journey Into The Unimaginable.

7 DEADLY SINS: KIDS THESE DAYS MISSION THEATER 7:30 P.M. $20–25, 18+ Local writer, auctioneer and performer Andrew Dickenson mixes comedy and TED-Talk style lecture in the latest of his 7 Deadly Sins series.

OREGON TATTOO EXPO OREGON CONVENTION CENTER FRI: 3–11 P.M., SAT: 11 A.M.–11 P.M., SUN: 11 A.M.–7 P.M. $20 GENERAL ADMISSION More than 100 artists will be at the 2nd annual Oregon Tattoo Expo. Come get tattooed!

“RUMORS” WOLFF GALLERY WED–SUN 11 A.M.–6 P.M. FREE Small Talk is a group of seven women photographers who formed in 2015.

Catch their exhibition “Rumors” through April 28.

MOM JEANS, MOVER SHAKER, ALIEN BOY, KING OF HECK PARIS THEATER 7 P.M. $15 Mom jeans aren’t just for wearing— they’re for listening and rocking out to.

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE NEWMARK THEATRE 2 P.M., 7:30 P.M. $29 & UP

PORTLAND NIGHT MARKET 100 SE ALDER ST 4–11 P.M. FREE Always free and all-ages, the Portland Night Market features 175 vendors with lots of food, art, merchants and more.

“AND NOW, SQUARE TREES” FOURTEEN30 CONTEMPORARY FRI–SAT: NOON–5 P.M. AND BY APPOINTMENT. FREE Sidony O’Neal’s work will be on display until April 27.

CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION, GHOST FROG, AYLA RAY DOUG FIR LOUNGE 9 P.M. $10–12, 21+ Cambrian Explosion’s doomy drone-rock is just as explosive as the evolutionary event it’s named after.

‘AMERICAN HONEY’ 5TH AVENUE CINEMA 3 P.M. $5 (FREE TO PSU STUDENTS) It’s an indie film about the Midwest featuring Shia LaBeouf. Let’s hope he freaks out in it.

MINDFULNESS FOR SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA Q CENTER 1–3 P.M. FREE

“MEMORY OF NEVER” CAMERAWORK GALLERY MON–SAT 9 A.M.–5 P.M., THROUGH MAY 3 FREE This exhibition by Portland photographer Ray Bidegain consists of pairing the artists’ old work with his newer to “create conversations previously unspoken.”

MAGGIE ROGERS CRYSTAL BALLROOM 8:30 P.M. $30 Like Feist and Jenny Lewis all rolled up into one.

‘REAR WINDOW’ MISSION THEATER

TRIVIA MONDAYS ALBERTA STREET PUB 7–10 P.M. For when you want to use your brain for something other than school and work—and have a drink while you do it.

TUE APR 9

“WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?” NATIONALE MON & TUE: NOON–5 P.M., THU–SUN: NOON–6 P.M., THROUGH APRIL 23 FREE Portland-based painter and sculptor Shohei Takasaki combines domestic life with the abstract in this solo exhibition.

SAT APR 13

Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Kevin Irving had his choice of three works and this time, it’s Nicolo Fonte’s Presto and Giants Before Us and Gioconda Barbuto’s BringingOutsideIn.

SUN APR 14 MON APR 15

5:30 P.M., 8:30 P.M.

$4 Alfred Hitchcock’s classic about a nosey-ass neighbor who becomes convinced his neighbor is a murderer.

Author of Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! Austin Kleon completes his trilogy with Keep Going.

Signed copies are available for preorder through the Powell’s website.

Hosted by Reimagining Recovery, this peer-to-peer group focuses on the potential harmfulness of being mindful and teaches new techniques for coping.