3 RAPS club reports Bridge Group deals 2 nd Tuesday of the month The RAPS Bridge Group meets at 1:00 pm Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Friendly House (corner of NW 26 th and Thurman). For information about the group, please call Colin Dunkeld, 503-292-0838. If you would like to play, please call before noon Friday, Nov. 1. This gives us time to invite guests to join us if we need to make up a table. --Colin Dunkeld Book Club reads novel set in Pacific Northwest The RAPS Book Club meets at 1:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the home of Dez Roberts, 2610 SW 84th in Portland. Contact her at dezrob@comcast.net or 503-292-6095 to RSVP and for directions. We will discuss Jamie Ford’s debut novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. According to Publishers Weekly, Ford’s novel . . . concerns Henry Lee, a Chinese-American in Seattle who, in 1986, has just lost his wife to cancer. After Henry hears that the belongings of Japanese immigrants interned during WWII have been found in the basement of the Panama Hotel, the narrative shuttles between 1986 and the 1940s in a predictable story that chronicles the losses of old age and the bewilderment of youth. Henry recalls the difficulties of life in America during WWII, when he and his Japanese-American school friend, Keiko, wandered through wartime Seattle. Keiko and her family are later interned in a camp, and Henry, horrified by America's anti-Japanese hysteria, is further conflicted because of his Chinese father's antiJapanese sentiment. Looking ahead to December, we will discuss The Plain Truth by Jodie Picoult. --Mary Brannan RAPS Hikers hike locally as winter approaches The RAPS Hikers are shifting to local hikes for the winter. On Friday, Nov. 11 we will hike the pathway along the west bank of the Willamette River and dine at the Spaghetti Factory afterwards. This is a level hike on a paved walkway. Meet at the parking lot of the Spaghetti Factory at 9:30 am. The streetcar turns around about two blocks from there. RSVP to Larry Sawyer by Nov. 10 at 503-771-1616 or larry_sawyer@comcast.net. In early December or possibly early January after the holidays, we will hold our annual potluck and planning session at one of the hiker’s homes. Potluck plans will be discussed on the November hike. --Larry Sawyer PAST TENSE SBA students join the PC revolution 1981 BC (Before Computers) hen IBM introduced its breakthrough personal computer (PC) in 1981, it was not cheap -- $2,880 without screen, according to one source, putting it far out of reach financially for most students. Recognizing the importance of introducing this new technology to students and providing both access and training, the School of Business Administration secured a $50,000 grant in 1984 from the Chiles Foundation to establish a microcomputer laboratory on the second floor of East Hall, at that time the home of SBA. The lab equipment consisted of 12 latest model IBM PCs with two floppy disk drives, six NEC dot matrix printers, and a Radio Shack daisy wheel printer. The Chiles Foundation continued its support of this program in 1985 and 1986, providing an additional $50,000 each year. In the spring of 1987, the Foundation granted $200,000 to provide for new and upgraded quarters in the new SBA Building and another $50,000 in 1988 for further development. Today the School of Business Administration has three computers labs: one for instruction, one for undergraduate students, and one for graduate students. Current computer equipment consists of 110 Dell PCs, one high-speed printer in each lab for graduate student and instructional use, and three in the lab for undergraduate student use. These labs are appropriately staffed for convenient student access. --Professors Emeritus Roger Moseley and Alan Raedels PAST TENSE features glimpses into Portland State’s history. To submit a story (or an idea for one), email the RAPS History Preservation Committee at raps@pdx.edu. Save the date! RAPS Annual Holiday Party Thursday, Dec. 15 Multnomah Athletic Club W
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