PSU Magazine Fall 2004

ONTENTS FEATURES Unwired 6 New wireless technology, WiMAX, could change the way the world goes online. Discussing Life in the City 8 Jane Jacobs, author and visionary, speaks her mind. Slavery's Legacy 9 Campaign Transforms 14 With a goal of raising $100 million– Portland State announces it first-ever comprehensive fundraising campaign. A professor writes about her theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. Code of Ethics 12 Future caregivers grapple with life and death decisions. Opera without Subtitles 16 They were singers, conductors, and now they own an opera company. DEPARTMENTS Around the Park Blocks 2 Relearning a Language, Architecture Students in Space, Computer Science Faculty Come From OHSU, Helping Women Become Future Leaders, New Building on Campus, Honoring Chicano/Latino Students, A Roch Collection From Out of this World Letters 4 Sociology Explanation is 'Mind-Opening' Off the Shelf 5 Tractri.x, The Quarries of Sicily, Meus Ensis, Holywood, Questions and Answers for Physicians, Learning Online Alumni Association News 18 PSU Weehend, Survey Shows Positive Expe1ience, Free Permanent Email, MURP Alumni Events, Help Us Honor Alumni and Faculty, Plan Tahes Shape for Alumni Association Sports 20 Men's Bashetball Is Ready to Tahe to the Big Shy Alum Notes 21 page 12 Gl01ia Lohman Feves '72 to Tell the Story of Oregon Judaism, Dan Vance '97 Hopes to Bling His Movie to a Theater Near You, Vince Dimone MS '03 Offers Cost-Conscious Counseling Cover How we get Internet service is poised for change. See story on pages 6-7. IllustrationJDA Creative Color I Ae1ial Photo Bergman Photographic EDITOR Kathryn Kirkland CONTRIBUTORS Nicole Ramsey, 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@pdx.edu ALUM I RELATIONS 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 Trish Trout MA '88, President Kori Allen '84 Jeff Austin '77 Jacqueline Bell '71 Roger Capps '60 Trish Ciliberti MSW '90, PhD '97 Gerry Craig '66 Donna Derington '79 Brian EagleHeart '99 Michelle Girts '83 Chris Groener '99 Komi Kalevor '88 Bill Lemman, Vanport Tamara Lewis '69 Roberta McEniry '76 Terry Pinnell '01 Gary Purpura '71 Rosanna Schewerda '91 , MT '93 Gerry Scovil '65 , MS '68 Ann Takamura MPA '97 Cathy Williams '56 Angela Wykoff '72, MS '75, '80 ALUMNI AMBASSADORS JonJalali '67, MBA '71 , Medford Jack Ohman '99, Portland Dennis Olson '68, MS '80, Pendleton Cathy Williams '56, Sisters PSU Magazi11e is published three times a year during fall , winter, and spring terms. Contents may be reprinted only by permission or the editor. The magazine is printed on recycled paper. Portland State University is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity institution. FALL 200+ PSU MAGAZINE l