Portland State Magazine Fall 2015

FALL 2015 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 9 YOU VOTED and Lincoln Hall was chosen as the iconic image that best represents the University. Printmakers Stephen Sasser ’70 and Lyn Nance-Sasser created this print and presented it to Laurel Butman MPA ’10, whose name was picked from those who ventured an opinion. Butman is deputy administrator for Clackamas County. The Sassers, who met and fell in love while art students at PSU, have been making prints together for 35 years. They plan to make a gift to the PSU Foundation from sales of the Lincoln Hall print. Their work is on display at YouAreHerePortland.com . It’s the winning print New Works MOTIVATE FROM WITHIN: A YOUNG ADULT’S GUIDE TO SHOOTING FOR THE STARS By Camille Adana ’99, ADANA Dynamics, 2015 LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED By Emily Adrian ’09, Dial Books, 2015 PORTLANDNESS: A CULTURAL ATLAS By David Banis and Hunter Shobe (Geography faculty), Sasquatch Books, 2015 THE ACTIVIST’S TOOLKIT By Rex Burkholder ’84, CreateSpace, 2015 CROSSING THE LINE: A NOVEL By Thomas Doulis (English emeritus faculty), Archway Publishing, 2015 GETTING THERE: AN AMERICAN CULTURAL ODYSSEY By David Horowitz (history faculty), Inkwater Press, 2015 CONFESSIONS OF A COLLEGE PROFESSOR: WHAT WE NEVER TAUGHT YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR CAREER By William Manning (business emeritus faculty), WAM Publishing, 2015 PhDIVA: THE SMART GIRL’S GUIDE TO GRADUATE SCHOOL SUCCESS By Goal Auzeen Saedi ’07, Corby Books, 2015 DANGEROUS SPIRITS: THE WINDIGO IN MYTH AND HISTORY By Shawn Smallman (International Studies faculty), Heritage House, 2015 F A N F A R E Big screen release LATE ACTOR Robin Williams’ last dramatic role was in an independent film that he chose: Boulevard , written by alumnus Doug Soesbe ’71, MA ’76 and released in July by Starz Digital. Soesbe’s script revolves around married banker Nolan Mack, played by Williams. At 60 years old, Mack is acknowledging his homosexuality and attempting to finally live a new, true life. “Williams sparked to the material and wanted very much to do it,” says Soesbe. “I was honored by his participation.” Boulevard is Soesbe’s fifth produced movie, and his first feature film. The longtime Los Angeles-area resident also has worked as a story analyst and editor for Tri-Star and Universal, assisting such well-known directors as Martin Scorcese and Judd Apatow.