inbox WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send your letters and comments to psumag@ pdx.edu. We reserve the right to determine the suitability of letters for publication and to edit them for clarity, accuracy and length. Received the latest copy of @Portland_State Magazine today. Thanks for the shout out on the award from @NCSE. As a proud @PSU_Biology alum, it means a lot for y’all to be proud of me too. —Jason R. Wiles ’99 SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA “We look forward to our upcoming May 11 ‘50 + 2’ ceremony to be held in the Park Blocks commemorating the PSU Strike, where we will be able to set the record straight.” @portlandstate always keeping LCP alive much love to all #friendsofcowpigeon #read #portlandstatemagazine #letknowledgeservethecity —Little Cow Pigeon COURTESY OF THE OREGONIAN 100% organized by our group of PSU student activists.This photo [above] clearly shows the strike leadership—all PSU students—peacefully standing in front of the famous hospital tent in the Park Blocks across from Smith Center on the afternoon of May 11, 1970, just moments before hundreds of Portland Police officers violently attacked us, sending 30 students to the hospital. We look forward to our upcoming May 11“50 + 2” ceremony to be held in the Park Blocks commemorating the PSU Strike, where we will be able to set the record straight on all of the actual events of May, 1970. [See bit.ly/RememberingMay11 for event details.] —Doug Weiskopf ’71 The recent editions of Portland State Magazine brought back a flood of memories, especially the photo of “Mim”McKee [in Inbox]. I was a 23-year-old Marine Corps veteran in my sophomore year at Portland State College and flunking out of my pre-med biology major. I had just left the counseling center where I was told I could expect to succeed in any career field except law or medicine. Luckily, I met an old friend I had not seen since high school, Jay Sturgill ’67, who had just graduated with a geology degree. He introduced me to lab instructor Miriam McKee. Her love of geology was infectious and sharing her geology experiences in Arizona and Alaska led me to become a geology major, then an exploration geologist, and then an environmental geologist. Other classmates with geology careers included James Basille, Mike Free ’71, Kathy Manning, Kent Mathiot ’71 and Ruth Simmon ’69. Oftentimes we gathered at the old Cheerful Tortoise to socialize. —Mike McCarthy ’70 4 // PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE
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