PSU Magazine Fall 1987

---·AROUND THE PARK BLOCKS·--- Letters Bravo! A belated Bravo! for your new alumni magazine. I think it's just what you need. Steve Forrester Washington, D.C. Beautiful Congratulations on a beautiful new format. Bet Borgeson Portland, Ore. Great Your magazine is great. R. Burke Morden Alice Ann Morden Portland, Ore. Dial 464 for PSU Portland State has a new telephone prefix: 464. Department extensions will remain the same. All departments listed in the Portland phone directory can be reached by dialing the old prefix (229) until the new directories come out in December. Other departments can be· reached only with the 464 prefix. The change came about when PSU switched over to ·a Digital Centrex telephone system, which offers more features at a lower cost. KSGO carries Vikings KSGO Radio will broadcast Viking football beginning this fall, giving PSU one of the strongest signals in the metropolitan area. A multi-year agreement valued at more than $70,000 per year was signed recently by PSU Athletic Director Dave Coffey and KSGO General Manager Dan Hern. The package includes addi– tional promotion for the University through outdoor advertising and on KGON (KSGO's sister FM station). Viking fans who can't make it to Civic Stadium can tune in 1520 AM to hear KPTV Sports Director Mike O'Brien do the Saturday afternoon play-by– play. Give a book Books make wonderful gifts. But how many people have thought of giving a book to a library? PSU's Millar Library will be doubling its space with the upcoming $11 million expansion. This opportun– ity to expand the collection is an important step in PSU's growth as a major academic institution. Alumni and friends can make a last– ing contribution to Millar Library and to the community that depends on it by helping to fill the new she lves. A donation of $38 can purchase one new book for the library. In return, a specially designed bookplate will be placed inside one of the new books to honor the donor, a designated indi– vidual, or a PSU school or department. For more information about this gift that lasts forever, call Floyd Harmon at 464-4480. Japanese for business Businesspersons who want to communicate more successfully with their Japanese counterparts will benefit from a new course to be offered at PSU starting this fall. 'JPN 101: First-Year Japanese-Business" will help students gain spoken proficiency and cultural competence for situations they may face when traveling and doing business in Japan. ThanKs in part to a three-year grant of $96,539 from the Tektronix Foundation, PSU has hired Mari oda of Tokyo, Japan, to develop and teach the course. Noda is the author of the text.Japanese: The Spoken Language, which she will use in her class. With the help of PSU's International Trade Institute, the course will also include five expert speakers discussing topics related to Japanese business. PSU MAGAZINE PAGE2 Daring dancers Avant-garde French troupe Compagnie Maguy Marin opens the l 987-88 Contemporary Dance Season on a provocative note Oct. 13-14 in PSU's Lincoln Hall Auditorium. The company, whose work has been described as witty, outrageous and disturbing, will present "May B," based on the writing of Samuel Beckett. Season tickets for the five Contemporary Dance productions are $45. Single tickets, at $10, will go on sale after Oct. 1 at the PSU Box Office. Next on the Contemporary Dance schedule will be the Japanese performance group Sankai J uku, inspired by the traditions of Noh and Kubuki but characterized by unorthodox style. SankaiJuku performs Nov. 30. The remaining three productions in the 1987-88 dance season are: Stephen Petronio Company (Jan. 29-30); David Parsons (Mar. 11-12); and PSU's own The Company We Keep (Apr. 15-16). For more information, call 464-3131. PSU President Natale Sicuro joins Chinese Ambassador and Mrs. Han Xu after receiving an award from the World Affairs Council ofOregon. The award recognizes PSU's leadership in inter– national education. Han Xu, the senior representative to the U.S. for the People's Republic ofChina, was the honored guest at the annual awards banquet.