Portland State Magazine Fall 2008

00 0 0 N co· ,.... r!. .... Q) .0 0 t 0 8 The Demographic Storm: How Demography will Reshape America and the World JOST LOTTES '01, ' 04 Ph .D. - Director, PSU Senior Adult Learning Center Back by popular demand , Jost will talk about the most important trend to shape the social, economic, and geopolitical order throughout the developed and developing world in the next I 00 years-global popula– tion aging. 11 am The Trouble with English, or the Trouble with Cockney, Depending upon your Point of View WILLIAM TATE ' 66 Ph.D. -ProfessorofTheaterArts, PSU Enjoy a bit of history, some sampling, and a lot of practice in the singular Cockney dialect as Bill explores the sounds Cockneys make and teaches you how to speak the "MuvverTongue," with some rhyming slang thrown in. The Sky is Falling: Meteorites, Fireballs and their Impact DICK PUGH ' 64 - Field Scientist, Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, PSU Unlocking the mysteries of space debris, Dick offers a scientific look at the rocks that fall from the sky. You can touch actual meteorites! Think you might have a celestial nugget? Dick will assess and identify your treasure during this deep space discussion.