PSU Magazine Fall 2000

• • Co NT ENT s FEATURES Our Bodies, Our Cells? 8 Faculty engage in the ethical debate surrounding genetic privacy. Vikings Go West 11 The ~ otball team makes Hillsboro its home away from home. A Century of Women 12 Photos and stories shed light on the history of Portland's YWCA. Mural Master 16 After 35 years, the artist who painted the mural in Smith Center ha returned to campus. Burn, Buddy, Burn 18 An economic profe or's fiery invention could help people of the Third World. DEPARTMENTS page 21 Around the Park Blocks 2 Drug Use Surprise, Airport on Holding Pattern, Prof Honored by King, Bemstine Helps Urban League , Engineering Receives $5 Million Letters 5 Inclusiveness Praised , Terminology Confusion Off the Shelf 6 Garden Retreats: Creating an Outdoor Sanctuary, The First Fifty: Portland State's History from 1946 to 1996 Sports 29 Philanthropy in Action 19 Small Donations Make Scholarship, Helping Women Students Alumni Association News 20 Tell Your Story, New to the Board, Dream of Teaching Motivates Alumni Scholar, Benson House: Look at Us Now Alum Notes 22 Setting the Scene on Broadway, A Talent Agency that Specializes in Minorities Athletics Cam/)aign a Winner, Looking Ahead at Fall S/)Orts, New Athletic Director, Spring Sports Wrap-up Cover Faculty look at the question, Who owns our DNA? See story on pages 8-10. Illustration of double helix and nucleotide sequences by Chad Baker. page 16 EDITOR Kathryn Kirkland CONTRIBUTORS Mary Coniglio, Myrna Duray, Clarence Hein '65, Pat Squire MPA '95, Douglas Swanson, Jean Tuomi, Martha Wagner DESIGN CONSULTANT Terry Daline EDITORIAL OFFICE 325 Cramer Hall P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-4451, FAX: 503-725-4465 E-MAIL: psumag@pdx.edu ADDRESS CHANGES PSU Foundation Demographics P.O. Box 243 Portland, OR 97207-0243 503-725-4911 E-MAIL: psuupdates@yahoo.com ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE Pat Squire MPA '95, Director Mary Coniglio, Events Coordinator Myrna Ouray, Administrative Assistant l Cramer Hall P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-4948 E-MAIL: psualum@pdx.edu ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Pamela Gesme Miller '84, President Roger Capps '60 Gerry Craig '66 Patsie Dant '77 David Fitzpatrick '75, MS '77 Ann Gardner '77 Craig Gilbert '89 Michelle Girts '83 Ken Hart '90 Laila H irr MS '94 Tamara Kelley '69 Eva Kripalani '83 Bill Lemman, Vanport Carolyn Leonard '77, MS '79 Jack Ohman '99 Brian Ray '85 Don Riggs '83 Gary Salyers '57 Rosanna Schewerda '91, MT '93 Eric Stromquist '81 Cathy Williams '56 ALUMNI AMBASSADORS Jon Jalali '67, MBA '71, Medford Mary Mertens James '78, Salem Dennis Olson '68, MS '80, Pendleton Cathy Williams '56, Bend PSU Magazine is published three times a year during fall, winter, and spring terms for alumni and friends of Portland State University. Contents may be reprinted only by permission of the editor. The magazine is printed on recycled paper. PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. FALL 2000 P U MAGAZINE 1