Portland State Magazine, Spring 2021

34 // PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 4. WHICH OF THESE HAS NEVER BEEN A PSU VIKINGS LOGO? 2. PORTLAND STATE BOASTS ONE OF THE NATION’S ONLY COMIC STUDIES PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE COMPLETE DARK HORSE COMICS ARCHIVE. WHAT IMPORTANT FIGURE(S) OF THE COMICS WORLD DOES THE UNIVERSITY COUNT AMONG ITS ALUMNI? A. Dark Horse Comics founder Mike Richardson ’77 B. Cartoonist John Callahan ’83 C. Editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman ’99 D. All of the above 1. “POKEY” ALLEN, PSU’S BELOVED HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FROM 1986-1992, WAS KNOWN NOT ONLY FOR WINNING GAMES, BUT ALSO FOR ZANY TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND GAME-DAY ANTICS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID HE DO? a) Bet a month’s salary on attendance at a game b) Ride an elephant c) Get shot out of a cannon d) All of the above a) b) c) d) 3. HOW DID PORTLAND STATE COME TO OWN OREGON’S ONLY STUDENT-RUN CINEMA? a) A student group secured funding from the University b) The film department bought it with donor support c) A theater chain donated it to PSU d) The University built the theater A SIMPLE GAME OF TRIVIA launched Portland State onto the national scene in 1965. With five straight wins, our team became record-breaking champions of the nationally televised college trivia game show, the G.E. College Bowl (see page 26). Think you’ve got what it takes to continue the tradition? Test your knowledge of all things PSU. 5. WHAT CONFERENCE DO THE VIKINGS COMPETE IN? a) West Coast Conference b) Big Sky Conference c) Mountain West Conference d) Pac 12 Conference EST. 1946