Portland State Magazine Fall 2019
3 LETTERS “Reimagining the Burnside Bridge” in the spring 2019 issue was thought-provoking and perhaps may cause us to think about preparing for the inevitable catastrophe of the Cascadia Subduction Zone “going live.” Professor Schnabel’s architecture students apparently did a laudable job creating various schemes for apparent replacement of the Burnside Bridge. But how about a “design scenario” that takes a comprehensive look at the survival of all the Willamette bridges and project a survival plan for that event? Maybe look at what would happen when the Vista Bridge collapses from Cascadia. ~Nick Steffanoff In the latest issue of the PSU magazine [spring 2019], you took the easy way out on the resigning university president. You hid the reasons behind it, and never even mentioned the "why." I had to go online to another source to find out why he was being removed. This didn't happen when I was a student at PSU when it came to the school newspaper or subjects. We addressed it. ~Tony Hepner ’84 Imagine my surprise, as I read through the spring issue of Portland State Magazine to see the photo on page 32 commemorating the 50th anniversary of Portland State becoming a university. I am the person on the ladder on the right side, then Terrie Todd and a graduate student. This photo has special meaning to me, not only because of my long connection to PSU but also because of my mother, Elinor Martindale Todd, who as a student lobbied for four-year college status for Portland State. My three degrees from Portland State have served me well. After 17 years as the public health dean at Brown University, I am enjoying being “just” a professor once again. When I return to Oregon each summer to visit family and friends, I am amazed by the beautiful Portland State campus. PSU will always have a special place in my heart. ~Terrie Fox Wetle ’68, MS ’71, PhD ’76 Your report on the census [“Census may undercount Oregonians” in the spring 2019 Portland State Magazine ] displays the intellectual dishonesty and political bias of PSU in general, and your magazine in particular. You don’t explain why a citizenship question would make children, renters, or “people of color” hard to count, as they have no reason to evade the question. Neither do legal immigrants. [But] counting illegal aliens steals congressional representation from American citizens in favor of lawbreakers. ~Lyneil Vandermolen Portland State Magazine wants to hear from you. Email your comments to psumag@pdx.edu or send them to Portland State Magazine, Office of University Communications, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751.We reserve the right to edit for space and clarity. I’ve retired, which means this is my last—and 97th—issue of Portland State Magazine . For 31 years I’ve had one of the best jobs in the world. There is nothing more remarkable and varied than the stories that come out of a university. And it has been a family affair. My husband, John Kirkland, has written many of the magazine's feature articles through the years. Our sons grew up with PSU as a big part of their lives, and our oldest son, Ian, earned a Portland State degree in mechanical engineering. As a child, he happily posed for photos for a magazine story or two. And I don’t know if he remembers, but in 1998, one of his heavily corrected third-grade spelling tests appeared in the magazine when John interviewed an education professor about the difficulties of English spelling. It’s been a joy editing the magazine. Except for the deadlines and the infrequent vacations, I am pretty sure I am going to miss it. I am ready to start anew and see what stories now come out of my life. ~Kathryn Kirkland From the editor More scenarios wanted Where’s the real story? That ’s me A question of citizenship
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