Viking Classic road race introduces new 8K distance This year's Viking Classic road race on Sunday. May 22, has dropped two kilometers and added three. The annual 10K race sponsored by Westem Family and Nike has been shortened to 8K, a newly established national race distance. And a non-certJfied 3K race has been added to get even more people InvolVed in the "Classic challenge." 80th races begin on PSU's Park Blocks at 9 a.m. and follow a gentle course through downtown Portland. Splits w;1I be gtven every mile, and all entries Will recefve electronk: finish times. The TAG-sanctioned 8K race Is one of five Nlke Masters Grand Prix races in the U.S., so masters will have a chance to quality for the Grand Prix Final. The Viking Classic also features a Corporate Team Competition in each distance, to encourage healthy athletic competition between businesses. Awards will go to the top three teams In each of eight categories, which range in size from five to over 750 employees. Entry fees are $3 before 5:00 p.m. on May 20, and $5 for late registration on May 21 or 22. T-shirts are available for $4. For more information, call 229-4000 or pick up regIstration forms at Nike Downtown. Nike Beaverton or the PSU Athletic TIcket Office at 1633 S.W. Park. Briefly. .. FlICulty approves ROTC In a mail election heid in February, PSU faculty voted 274-214 to uphold the Faculty Senate's endorsement of a proposal to establish an Army ROTC program at PSU. The vote was decided before 36 absentee ballots were retumed. PreSident Blumel approved the faculty vote during March, but reduced the number of ROTC Cfed~ hours which would count toward PSU graduation from 27 to 21. ROTC courses will be availaible on campus beginning fall term. Play selected for D.C. 'Waltz of the Toreadors" was presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. by PSU's Theater Arts Department during the American College Theatre Festivai In April. Directed by Jack Featheringlll, the Jean Anouilh play was presented at Uncoln Hall last November, and was selected for the national festivaf at a r&gjonal competition in March. This is tile third PSU production by Featheringillto be selected for tile prestigious festival In the past decade. In 1972, "The Misanthrope" was selected, and in 1978, "Equus" earned tile honor. Student places In design con_ Mechanical engineering senior Mira Vowles took second place hono", in SeaHIe April 22-23 during a regional studenl design competition sponsored by the American Society Computer school result of vision, fast work By now we nearty are accustomed to the rapid pace of technological development in computer science and engineering. But when that same quick tempo Is reflected in the deveiopment of academic programs at a university, It takes some getting used to. less than a year ago, a national consu~ing firm (SRI International) told the Portland Chamber of Commerce that lim~ed technical educational opportunHies In Portland were a serious detriment to attracting high tech industry to the stale. The changes which have occurred since then - through a combination of vision, economic factors, and the support of business and city leaders - are little short 01 rernarl<able. By the time summer has passed, PSU will be oIfering degree programs in computer sciences and computer engineering in the 20,000 SQuare-foot Portland Center for Advanced Technology (PCAn, 1800 S.W. Sixth. There will be nine new faculty induding a new head for the new Oepartment of Computer ScIence, laszlo Csanky, fresh from the computer research labs of Exxon Corp, In Texas. 18 Work continues on tile development of graduate degree programs In the School of Engineering and Applied Science, cited as a need for the Portland metropolitan area by national consultants and finally acknowfedged by the State Board 01 Higher Education's strategic plan. At the PCAT building, more than 800 engineering and computer SCience majors will be working with state of the art equipment, including a V/VI. 780 computer system with 30 student terminals, assorted rnicro-oomputers, and a design center lor large-scale integrated circuits which enables tile design of electronic chips containing up to half a million transistors. New computer sciences head Csanky, who reported to the campus officially May 1, already was participating In faculty recruitment and Inillating talks with Iocel industry In late March, Immediately following his appointment. "He's a real fireball," says William Paudler, dean of the College of Uberal Arts and ScIences. BesIdes establishing the computer science degree program, Csanky will be asked to work on establishment 01 PSU as a national computer netwondng center. The center, as envisioned by Paudler, would allow access to national data banks for regional subscribers through the University. He betleves the center could begin producing revenue for PSU within two or three years. The University will show off its new Center for Advanced Technology on Thursday, July 7, with an open house, luncheon and special programs. PSU alumni are cordially invited. of Mechanical Engineers. Vowles' "Auidyne Stirling Engine" won an earlier statewide contest. then competed against entries from 21 other students representing 12 cotleges and universities in the Northwest. Vowles' entry, which won her a $100 cash prize, Is considered a promising altemative to the Internal combustion engine. This was the first time PSU entered the cornpetiUon, which Is restricted to schools aocredHed by the A=edHation Board lor Engineering and Technology. PSU's School of Mechanical Engineering received ABET a=ed~ation last August. "The Tender lAnd" Music and theater artistry are combined in Aaron Copland's moving opera, '"The Tender Land," to be produced by PSU's School of Pertorming Arts this month. Featured in the work about a farm family in the 1930s are the PSU Opera Workshop, the Chamber Choir and the Sinfonietta. Music director is Dean John Trudeau, and stage director is Patsy Maxon. The opera opens Thursday, May 26 at 8 p.m. in Uncaln Hall, and continues May 26, and June 2 and 4. TICkets are $4.50 general, 52.50 staff and senior crtizens and can be purchased from the PSU 80x Office, 229-4440. Scholarship dtnner The annual Viking Athletic Association scholarship dinner will be held on Thursday, June 8 at the Smith Memorial Center ballroom. Following the cocktail hour and prime rib dinner, 150 couples will have the chance to win $4,000 In an mimination drawing, and many other prizes will be given out during the evening. TICkets for the event are $100 per couple ($75 of which is tax deductible), with proceeds going to the men's and women's athletic scholarship fund. For tickets, call the Athletic Development office at 229-4000. Franchere dies after illness Former dean of the Division of Arts and LeHers Hoyt Franchere died March 24 after a k>ng illness. He was 78. An emeritus professor of English, Franchere had retired from PSU in 1969. As Supervisor of English Studies for the General Extension Division and dean 01 the newfy established Portland State College starting in 1955, Franchere helped guide Portland State through its formative years. Franchere's published works Include AdVenture at Astoria. a translation of the journal his great-grandfather kept while on the Astor expedition. Franchere Is survived by his wife, also a writer, and their deughter, both of Lake Oswego, Ore.
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