Portland State Magazine Spring 2009

CONTENTS Departments 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT Celebrating leadership through partnership 4 LETTERS Sustainable beef? Real cost of transportation 4 AROUND THE PARK BLOCKS Are you FBI material? The tides, they are a-changi n' It's an angel of a deal 6 19 20 21 22 29 FANFARE The art of puppetry Mind detective Amateur filmmaker meets success New Works ATHLETICS Basketball wins! GIVING Honoring generosity ALUMNI CONNECTIONS Getting together Puzzle master to keynote PSU Weekend ALUMNI NOTES Bringing solutions off the hill Dentist with a heart LOOKING BACK 1969: It's your thi ng Students and faculty are using the $25 m ill ion Miller gift to make sustainable things happen. See story on page l 0. Photo by Kelly James. Faculty, Portlanders, and alumni and delegates from around the world attended President WimWiewel's SPRING 2009 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 1