Portland State Magazine Winter 2007

CONTENTS Departments 2 LETTERS Remembering a dynamic ceacher Influence led me to become a professor 3 AROUND THE PARK BLOCKS Sourcebook for metropolitan issues Taking classes in Afghanistan Remembering Celilo Falls What's new: Businesses around campus Prison exchange leads to new perceptions Viewpoint: bicentennial by-product 6 FANFARE On campus: Hedda Gabler cakes center stage Renowned director to stage Cosi fan tutte Story of the world's first antibiotic The life of a concertmaster Bookbriefs 18 ALUMNI CONNECTIONS Event snapshots Honoring our own If only you were there A job she can relace to Saudi Arabia conneccions 20 ATHLETICS Playing for che Blazers 21 ALUMNI NOTES Bel ief in children rewarded Bamboo cloching wich a message Being all that he can be 29 LOOKING BACK The crosswalk incident ON THE COVER Pat DiPrima-LeConche opened a true Italian-style bakery in North Porrland with help from the Business Outreach Program. See story on page 8. Photo by Steve Dipaola. WE MEAN BUSINESS From bakeries to salons, the Business Outreach Program turns dreams to reality.