PSU Magazine Fall 1992

SP 0 NS 0 RED By PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY I ALUMNI ASSOCATION Come back for PSU weekend! Alumni, friends, and members of the Portland community are invited to campus Nov. 13 and 14 for PSU Weekend. Formerly called Alumni Weekend, the series of events is PSU's answer to homecoming. This year's lineup of activities will feature Na– tional Public Radio correspondent Susan Stamberg as luncheon guest speaker, as well as a repeat of last year's highly successful Seminar Day with new speakers and lectures. There will also be a "backstage tour" of the Theater Department's production of Julius Caesar and the return of the popular Viking football pre– game party in the ballroom-with extra shuttle bus service to the game. Don't miss out on the fun! Brochures detail– ing the weekend's events will be mailed in mid– October. For more information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 725-4948. Everyone's invited to the fourth annual Viking Night The fourth annual Viking Night, a pre-football game party for alums and friends, will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on campus Saturday, Nov. 14. Northwest microbrews and wines will be fea– tured, along with plenty of good food. Come relax, mingle with others after Seminar Day, and get football fever for the final regular season game of the year. The Vikings will take on Cal Poly at 7 p.m. in Civic Stadium. This year, extra shuttle bus service will be added to get party goers to and from Civic Stadium and the campus (where there is plenty of free parking). Lunch with Susan Stamberg: All sorts of things considered Nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg will be the guest speaker for PSU Weekend, Portland State's annual "non– traditional" homecoming. Stamberg is best known as a former host of National Public Radio's award-winning newsmagazine "All Things Considered." She will discuss her ex– periences as a broadcaster and her observations of the U.S. news media at a luncheon talk, "All Sorts of Things Considered," Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon on the PSU campus. Now a special correspondent for NPR, Stam– berg was the first woman to anchor a national nightly radio news program in the United States. She joined the fledgling "All Things Considered" broadcast in 1971 as a tape cutter; two years later she was co-hosting the show. Together, Stamberg and her co-host, Bob Edwards, took "All Things Considered" to a new level of profes– sionalism and popularity; the show now has 5 million lis– teners. After leaving the show, Stamberg served as host of NPR's Sunday morning program, "Weekend Edition." Author of the book, "Every Night at Five: Susan Stamberg's All Things Con– sidered Book," the popular journalist has received many honors and awards, including the Distinguished Broadcaster Award from the American Women in Radio and Television and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corpora– tion for Public Broadcasting. Stamberg is currently writing a book about her 20 years with National Public Radio. For more information about her lecture, contact the Portland State University Office of Alumni Relations at 725-4948. Shakespeare with a 'Central' twist Theater goers will want to reserve the evening of Friday, Nov. 13, to attend PSU's production of Julius Caesar. Set in contemporary Central America, the show promises to be a unique and interesting version of Shakespeare's play. Along with an evening of great theater, the Alumni Association and the School of Fine and Performing Arts are sponsoring a reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. outside of the auditorium in the north hall of Lincoln Hall. At 7 p.m., Theater Department Chair Jack