Portland State University Alumni Newspaper Fall, 1981 PSU .Scenes from .an urban camDu! Mitch Hi1 - der h ow far is the Portland State campus from here?" I asked at the front desk of the Mallory Hotel. "I walk it in about 12 minutes," the woman replied. "You go down Yamhill and tum right at Park. If you walk faster, you'll probably do it in 10 minutes." I took 12, at least. At SW Park & Salmon, fly plastered on the back of the Paramount Theater looked IIn- u campus bulletin board. A gu by reading a tabloid and he small nylon pack, popular fo carrying books. "Where's thl campus?" I asked. "Just ket, going," he said. "It's that building. That's the start of it." The building was Lincoln Hall and yes, the start of the campus if ypu're walking from downtownthat way. The sign is there: PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. A sturdy sign, an Oregon sign. And right there in the first of the serenity, on the trees opposite Lincoln Hall, were tied yellow ribbons. Strange, I thought, so long after the hostages have been freed. The ribbons were a political statement about how minori sentenced excessively, or SI handouts attached to the tre ("Take one." I did). This is L campus, all right. There in front of Lincoln Hall it felt like a campus but there was a distant roar of traffic, a sound that's non to many campuses 3 more than others. the next few blocks, be Will & Montgomery, a f~ ,.Uu2nts sat on the grass 01 benches and read or just st; after all, it was only 8:30. DI into the campus on the park the elevation rises easily an naturally. Birds in the trees : to whisper, "Louise." y walked wore a r e m.. On the Inside PSU declares financlal exigency President Blumel stresses quality...... 2 Admlsslon standards toughen in effort to limit enrollment .................. 3 Camp gives kids & counselors lesson in confidence ............ 4 Alumni News Alumni Fund 11 shoots for $50,000 .... 6 Alumni Notes Kristina Carlson makin! in grand opera style .... .. 7 Norm Winningstad crez Floating Point .................................. In Scenes fron The Bleak P Andries Dt Lake Reseal PC! 1 ' ~ nffvt to maintail ties are D said !es i now, 1 an urban c 'rofessor ?inurn on Ind rch :ampus ........ Fviduality ...... 12 In SWI "I I ared: eeper : blocks, d , .," " -,." qualrty in ( Calendar of sports ......... Jregon ......... fall events. seemed on page 8 Continued
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