Portland State Magazine Fall 2010

2 3 4 6 CONTENTS Departments FROM THE PRESIDENT 22 ATHLETICS Helping Latino students succeed Winning women's reams defend Big Sky cities LETTERS See d1em play at Hillsboro Noc 'alternative' any more Stadium Campus protests still stir debate Ir was a rough call 23 GIVING Twenty years of new beginnings PARK BLOCKS Professor rakes to police work 24 ALUMNI Stacked, racked bicycles Welcome new alumni-class of From a comic book expert 2010 Working together Board comings and goings Help us honor rnose we admire FANFARE Give back by being a mentor The stuff we buy Dishing up tradition uccess from born sides of the camera Legacy of learning Come to campus for fall play New Works 33 LOOKING BACK 1960 Page 16 ON THE COVER Longtime state legislator Margaret Career '72 is familiar with the unequal social and economic realities that people of color experience in Multnomah County. See story on page 8. Photo by Kelly James. Alvin, a U.S. Navy-owned submarine, allows professor Anna-Louise Reysenbach to study microscopic life in deep