PSU Magazine Fall 2003

FEATURES Wine: It's in the Dirt 6 What makes a great wine7 The climate, the winemaker, and the dirt. Taking a Byte Out of Crime 9 As society has computerized, so have the bad guys. School's Out Forever? 12 Life can be hard for those who drop out of high school. What does it take to rise to the challenge7 Finding Refuge 14 The successful relocation of 12,000 Somali Bantu is the mi~sion of two PSU professors. DEPARTMENTS Around the Park Blocks 2 'Mister History' Passes Away, Bowling for Columbine Director to Speak, New Native American Student Center, Helping Start-up Company, Tennis Program Cut, Camp Provides Respite and Care, History Journal~Winning Ways, DePreist Wows Graduates Letters 4 How Risky is Hantavirus?, Freedom Flies Live On Off the Shelf 5 Little Girl Lost, Early Byzantine Empresses, Marlied to My Garden, Three Weeks in October, Brother Wolf, Getting Funded Alumni Association News 16 Letter from the Board President, Experience 'La Dolce Vita ' at PSU Weekend, Benson House Back on National Register, New and Retired Board Members, PSUAA Has Banner Year page 28 Philanthropy in Action 18 New Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute, Gift-Giver Fascinated with Structural Failure Alum Notes 19 Nancy Tice '68 is the Wedding Singer Planner, Fonner Ambassador Marisa Lino '71 takes 011 Education Job in Italy, J.C. Stites '98 Masters the Web from a Kentucky Church, William Kallimanis '62 Writes 'Gardening with Bouzouki' Sports 28 Call Me 'Sir,' Three-Time Hall of Farner Cover Vineyards in the Dundee Hills are producing premium wine grapes thanks, in part, to the dirt they are grown in . See story on pages 6-8. Photo by Doreen L. Wynja EDITOR Kathryn Kirkland CONTRIBUTORS icole Ramsey, Douglas Swanson, Jean Tuomi, Martha Wagner DESIGN CONSULTA T 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 ADORE S CHANGES PSU Foundation Demographics P.O. Box 243 Portland , OR 97207-0243 503-725-4911 E-MAIL: psuupdates@pdx.edu ALUM I RELATIO S OFFICE Pat Squire MPA '95, Director Simon Benson House P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-4948 E-MAIL: psualum@pdx.edu ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gerry Craig '66, Pres ident Kori Allen '84 Jeff Austin '77 Jacqueline Bell '71 Roger Capps '60 Trish Ciliberti MSW '90, PhD '97 Donna Derington '79 Brian EagleHeart '99 Craig Gilbert '89, MS '02 Michelle Girts '83 Chris Groener '99 Bob Hormel '62 Komi Kalevor '88 Bill Lemman, Vanport Tamara Lewis '69 Roberta McEniry '76 Terry Pinnell '01 Gary Purpura '71 Don Riggs '83 Rosanna Schewerda '91 , MT '93 Gerry Scovil '65 , MS '68 Ann Takamura MPA '97 Trish Trout MA '88 Cathy Williams '56 Angela Wykoff '72, MS '75, '80 ALUM I AMBASSADORS JonJalali '67, MBA '71 , Medford Mary Mertens James '78, Salem Jack Ohman '99, Portland Dennis Olson '68, MS '80, Pendleton Cathy Williams '56, Bend PSU Magazine is published three times a year during fall , winter, and spring terms. Contents may be reprinted only by permis– sion of the editor. The magazine is printed on recycled paper. Four-color printing is paid for by the P U Foundation . Portland State niversity is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity institution . FALL 2003 PSU MAGAZINE 1