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Portland Center Stage presents Ms. Holmes and Ms.

Portland Center Stage presents Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson
A modern twist on the beloved classic
Kat Leon

The game is afoot here in Portland, Oregon, with Portland Center Stage’s newest theater production Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson. Playing at The Armory until Feb. 12, the classic story of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is told with a modern twist and female leads.

Many in the audience might recognize many of the main characters and major plot points. “I think in terms of familiarity, just characters, you have Watson and Homes—you have Mrs. Hudson, so there’s definitely a cast of familiar characters,” said Kimberly Chatterjee, who plays Dr. Joan Watson. “If you’re familiar with any of the stories, they might be presented in slightly different ways, but you know who they are and what their archetypes are. The nature of just the mysteries unfolding and Sherlock always being ten steps ahead. That’s absolutely true in this production.”

Every cast member was incredibly talented, and the lead, Ashley Song, makes an incredible Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock is a complex character, written with the manic energy that playwright Kate Hamill imbued. Maintaining that energy level without breaking character for the show’s duration takes an actor with incredible talent, and Ashley Song met that bar and far exceeded it. Link to full review in bio…

Photos courtesy of Portland Center Stage

https://psuvanguard.com/portland-center-stage-presents-ms-holmes-and-ms-watson/

#PortlandCenterStage #MsHolmesandMsWatson #Theater

Missing the forest for the EVs Electric vehicles o

Missing the forest for the EVs
Electric vehicles only perpetuate car dependency and urban sprawl
Nick Gatlin

The electric car market is booming in Oregon. Drivers in the state have ranked number two in the United States in EV sales for two years straight, tying in 2022 with Hawaii and Washington, according to OPB. But we shouldn’t let the positive glow of automobile electrification distract from the real issue: cars themselves. If we want a more sustainable, healthier future, we must reduce car usership altogether in favor of person-centric infrastructure.

Electric vehicles certainly help in the fight against climate change, at least when compared side-by-side to a gas-powered car. According to the Oregon Department of Energy 2020 Biennial Energy Report, Oregon’s transportation sector makes up 40% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, with 95.4% of those coming from vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel. “For electric vehicle drivers,” the report states, “no matter where a car is fueled in Oregon, drivers are reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 95 percent by fueling with electricity.”

However, greenhouse gas emissions are not the only criteria by which we should judge electric vehicles. An article in the Jan. 2022 issue of the journal Cities titled “Revisiting car dependency: A worldwide analysis of car travel in global metropolitan areas” breaks down the issues with car dependency. The authors note that 86% of personal trips in U.S. cities are made by car, and such reliance on personal vehicles causes a slew of negative effects. Cars contribute to climate change, air pollution, traffic congestion, noise pollution and crashes. Switching to electric vehicles only addresses the first two, while leaving the rest virtually unchanged. Link to full opinion in bio…

Photos by Alberto Alonso Pujazon Bogani

https://psuvanguard.com/missing-the-forest-for-the-evs/

#ELECTRICVEHICLES #CARDEPENDENCY

Defusing tensions on TriMet Mentally ill riders ne

Defusing tensions on TriMet
Mentally ill riders need help, not harm
Ian McMeekan

In recent years, TriMet has seen increasing violence towards both operators and riders alike. This is due to many factors, but one of them is the mental health of transit riders. TriMet needs to create policies and training for their staff on how to defuse this kind of violence quickly and peacefully.

Attacks on TriMet drivers are common: one example is former driver Richard Williams, who “says he was assaulted during his four years working for the transit agency and was never told if the suspect was arrested,” reported Brandon Thompson of Koin 6 News. “He says drivers are the first people to interact with someone having a mental break. Most drivers don’t know how to handle it. It can get very confrontational very quick and it can get very physical and dangerous very fast.”

In order to deal with incidents like these, one thing TriMet plans to do is to hire more security officers. This is because “transit officers, historically, have been the security on the TriMet system, using 18 deputies from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office,” Thompson reported. “TriMet said they would like to have 65.” Yet this is a step in the wrong direction—it would make TriMet more militant by adding more and more officers on trains, buses and streetcars. Meeting violence with violence will only perpetuate a cycle of militarization. Link to full opinion in bio…

Photos by Alberto Alonso Pujazon Bogani

https://psuvanguard.com/defusing-tensions-on-trimet/

#TRIMET #PORTLAND #MENTALHEALTH #PUBLICSAFETY #PUBLICTRANSIT

PSU Russian Club speaks on LGBTQ+ activism Student

PSU Russian Club speaks on LGBTQ+ activism
Student organization hosts event discussing LGBTQ+ rights in St. Petersburg
Abby Jobe

Portland State’s Russian Club, a student organization that meets to practice the Russian language and celebrate Slavic and Eastern European cultures, is working to further their education on social differences between the United States and Russian cities. On Friday, the club invited guest speaker Timofey Sozaev—Russian native, gay activist and co-founder of the St. Petersburg LGBTQ+ Organization—to talk about LGBTQ+ issues within Russia and specifically in St. Petersburg.

Historically there are similarities between Portland’s methods of activism and those in St. Petersburg, but while across the U.S. states have progressed in their policies, Russian politics have oppressed the LGBTQ+ community.

Sozaev, who is vying for activism and gay liberation in St. Petersburg, shared that historically Russia has gone back and forth between liberation of LGBTQ+ individuals and conservatism. “Since February of 2021, there has been a wave of repression over all civil organizations, including those that advocate for LGBT individuals,” he said.

Illustration by Casey Litchfield

https://psuvanguard.com/psu-russian-club-speaks-on-lgbtq-activism/

#PSURussianClub #PortlandStateUniversity #News #LGBTQ+

Making parking and streets more green City of Port

Making parking and streets more green
City of Portland’s Transportation Bureau tests new pilot program
PIPPA MASSEY

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is on a mission to lessen urban heat over sunny seasons and to provide green stormwater management during the rainy months. Their proposed solution? To substitute street curb zones with trees.

The project aims to support the broader habitability of neighborhoods in Portland. “This program is the attempt by the city to explore the feasibility of adding street trees within the public street space in areas where we have inadequate tree canopy,” said Dylan Rivera, PBOT’s Public Information Officer. “We think this will support the livability of Portland neighborhoods, especially neighborhoods that are underserved historically by transportation and by the tree canopy that so many other parts of Portland have come to enjoy for many generations. And in addition, there’s concerns about climate change and impacts of the lack of canopy and potential benefits of expanding the city’s tree canopy, so this is an attempt to really expand the tree canopy in a way that we’ve not been able to do at any significant scale in the past because of the constraints of a dense urban environment.” Link to full article in bio

Illustration by Hanna Oberlander

https://psuvanguard.com/making-parking-and-streets-more-green/

#PBOT #Portland #News

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The latest edition of the PSU Vanguard is out! Pick up a copy or read at the link in our bio.

#PSUVanguard #News #PortlandStateUniversity

Blue Sky Galleries presents The Architecture of L’Ancien Village
Capturing the joy, strength and spirit of West Africa
Macie Harreld

Representation of West Africa within the contemporary Western world is hardly present, and what little exists is highly skewed. To this end, a celebrated professor of photography at Santa Clara University, David Pace, devoted his craft to a more genuine portrayal of Burkina Faso, a country teeming with vibrancy, festivity and community.

From now until Jan. 28, Blue Sky Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts is exhibiting Pace’s photographic collection showcasing West African heritage. Titled The Architecture of L’Ancien Village, this series captures the everyday essence of a scenic village in Burkina Faso: Bereba. The photos feature earth-toned buildings supporting wooden ladders in the foreground of sprawling greenery and brilliant blue skies. The lack of human subjects provokes an appreciation for Bereba’s architecture and striking aesthetic.

Photos by David Pace at The Blue Sky Center. PSU Vanguard/Macie Harreld.

https://psuvanguard.com/blue-sky-galleries-presents-the-architecture-of-lancien-village/

#Portland #BlueSkyOregon #BlueSkyGalleries #DavidPace

OP: Why is it so hard to pee in the city? The shit

OP: Why is it so hard to pee in the city?
The shitty side of hostile architecture

It’s easier to pee in Portland than most cities in the United States. But public restrooms still aren’t accessible to everyone—and the ones that are can hardly be considered dignified. The debate around public bathrooms in Portland, like in most cities, is driven by anti-homeless politics. Everyone needs to use the restroom, and everyone deserves a safe, private, dependable place to go. Unfortunately, Portland has not yet met this goal.

According to QS Supplies, a United Kingdom bathroom wholesaler, Portland has a total of 109 public toilets, or 17 per 100,000 people. That statistic includes all restrooms explicitly available to the general public, including restrooms in public buildings like City Hall and some on the Portland State campus. Compared to cities like New York or Los Angeles—with 4 and 5 public restrooms per capita, respectively—Portland is certainly ahead.

What accounts for Portland’s relative headstart? LINK TO FULL OP IN BIO

Photos by Alberto Alonso Pujazon

https://psuvanguard.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-pee-in-the-city/

#Portland #HostileArchitecture #PublicRestrooms

Link to full spotlight in bio - Artist Spotlight:

Link to full spotlight in bio - Artist Spotlight: Eli Durst
Photography that searches for meaning in suburbia

Throughout the past few years of pandemic isolation, the value of in-person community has become more apparent than ever. Eli Durst’s photography project, The Community, explores a variety of gatherings and settings where people come together and foster connection. Blue Sky Gallery, also known as Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, will display the exhibit until Saturday, Jan. 28.

Durst’s current work originates from his undergraduate time at Wesleyan University, where he majored in American Studies and took his first photography classes. “My undergrad work focused on using the camera to look at the construction of that normative American identity,” Durst said. “Not that it actually exists, and of course, that’s the great thing about America, but of course we think it exists. It’s a politicized issue and is obviously extremely contested on who gets to be a normative American.”

Photo by Eli Durst at The Blue Sky Center. PSU Vanguard/Jesse Ropers

https://psuvanguard.com/artist-spotlight-eli-durst/

#PSUVanguard #ArtistSpotlight #EliDurst

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