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MAY N ative American Cultural Awareness Week kicked off May 6 with a contempo– rary and traditional Native American fashion show and an official decree by Portland Mayor Bud Clark. The week-long celebration on campus included lecturers, discussions and films . and concluded with a lunchtime salmon bake and a three-day Pow-Wow. May 8- Tobias Wolff, an award-winning au– thor, delivered the annual Nina Mae Kellogg Lec– ture in conjunction with the presentations of the Kellogg Student Awards in English. May 8 -The possibility of the Portland Trail Blazers reaching the NBA finals caused PSU to move graduation from a 7 p.m. ceremony to noon. Although many students were upset and the Blazers never made it past the Lakers, the graduation ceremony was not shifted back to its original time The Portland City Council in May allocated $100,000 to Portland State to support and start an institute that will address regional government problems. The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies will address problems ranging from Ballot Measure 5 issues, consolidation of area govern– ments, transportation problems and environmen– tal issues. Opening was set for July. Portland State's top-ranked softball team earned a trip to the NCAA Division II sofrball World Series in Michigan after a dramatic come– back to win the West Regional Championships. African Cultural Night, May 17, ended the African Cultural Night, drawing thousands of stu– dents. Native food, performers and a dance with music by the Dub Squad made the evening one of the favorites annually of many students. Photo by Sara Henderson Photo by Kathy Schassen News/Monthly