Portland State Magazine Winter 2012

CONTENTS Departments 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT Portlanders give high marks to PSU 3 LETTERS Objecting to Condoleezza Rice No boss is the best boss A likeness of evil? Taking it to the streets 4 PARK BLOCKS Postcards from the world What's new on campus? Greening the Portland skyline Unsettling news Team science 6 18 19 20 28 FANFARE Sharing a love of music Conveying the passion of pastry Remembering Haiti A sisterhood of voices New Works GIVING Families honored, top numhers achieved ATHLETICS Winning spikes and passes ALUMNI Bringing an adventurous approach Anatomy of an engaged alum A Qadhafi insider Superlawyer The core of an idea LOOKING BACK Freeman Williams and the three-pointer ON THE COVER With new Innovation Program funding, engineering students are perfecting rockets for launches such as this in Central Oregon. Photo courtesy of the PSU Aerospace Sociery. See story on page 8. PORTLAND S VOL. 26 J NO. 2 A criminal justice professor created a database to map burglaries with similar characteristics, including location and timeframe. WINTER 2012 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 1