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THE PACIFIC SENTINEL March 2020 Volume V Issue VI Canvassing for Bernie in Iowa Strip Club's Vegan Agenda Vote Local Vaccinations: Misinformation Spreads Disease A Year for Shoegaze Students: Th e "Eyes and Ears" of Campus Police MARCH 2020 CONTENTS Letter From the Editor 3 NEWS Safer Together? 4-6 NEWS ANALYSIS Vaccination: Spreading Misinformation Spreads Disease 7 Impeachment? What Just Happened? 8-9 OPINION Vote Local 10- 11 Under the Red Lights 12-15 Homeschool Pride 16-17 The Utopia of Animal Crossing 18-19 Not Too Cold to Canvas for Bernie 20-24 ARTS AND CULTURE The Top 5 Shoegaze Albums of 2019 25-26 Nick Fish’s Untimely Death and Enduring Legacy 27 Harry Styles Is a Mess 28 Dump Those Dumplings in My Mouth29 The Real Horror of The Turning is Its Disappointing Story 30 FUNNY PAGE 31 The Pacific Sentinel is a monthly student-run magazine at PSU. We seek to uplift student voices and advocate on behalf of the marginalized. We analyze culture, politics, and daily life to continually take the dialogue further. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jake Johnson NEWS EDITOR Vivian Veidt ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR Shane Johnson OPINIONS EDITOR McKinzie Smith PRODUCTION MANAGER Haley Riley DESIGNERS Kacie Cooper, Alison White, Bailey Granquist, May Walker, Haley Riley ILLUSTRATORS Josh Gates, Greer Siegel, Bailey Granquist, Ciaran Dillon, May Walker PHOTOGRAPHERS Wallace Milner, Van Vanderwall FRONT COVER Kacie Cooper BACK COVER Bailey Granquist FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS Margo Craig, Vivian Veidt, Sophie Meyers, Van Vanderwall, Nick Gatlin, Claire Golden, Wallace Milner, McKinzie Smith, Shane Johnson, Jake Johnson, Maggie Post WE NEED A MULTIMEDIA MANAGER Join our team! Apply at thepacificsentinel.com/jobs 2 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Marching Out Of The Winter And what a mild winter it has been so far. Like convicted of a “simple kind of extortion, the through the curation of mid-level career artists literal fog, the House impeachment inquiry punishment is imprisonment up to 3 years or and putting on shows they think are important and Senate trial of President Donald J. Trump a fine or both.” “...Extortion carries up to a 20- for the public to see. Littman Gallery has been left a lot of people confused. year prison sentence.” serving the PSU community in that space since Republican senators—not including Mitt Many Republican senators hoped Trump at least 1982. If you want to speak up to support Romney—concluded despite months spent learned his lesson. However, since the trial the gallery you can visit their google form here: saying Trump didn’t do what Democrats had ended, Trump has: fired U.S. Army Lt. Col. https://bit.ly/2V5ZpRp. PSU Space Allocation accused Trump of doing, it’s actually fine Alexander Vindman and his twin brother; Committee Board Members are expected to if he did it. They alleged that even if Trump heckled the Justice Department into reversing make a decision about Littman in mid-March. abused his power as president to get a personal sentencing recommendations of Roger Stone Panic about coronavirus created a shortage political favor from Ukraine’s president, that’s (who lied about his contact with Russians and of available face masks in the Portland area. not a crime—as long as Trump believes his threatened another witness during Special Some stores are being cleaned out of groceries. reelection benefits the U.S. Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into Some are avoiding Corona beer.(?!) Willamette “Purely non-criminal conduct, including Russian meddling in the 2016 election [Stone Week reported Walgreens within 50 miles of ‘abuse of power’ and ‘obstruction of justice,’ served as adviser to the Trump campaign]); Portland are out of hand sanitizer. are outside the range of impeachable offenses,” declared himself the “chief law enforcement The CDC is encouraging people to prevent alleged member of Trump’s defense counsel officer” of the U.S. (that position is William the spread or contraction of coronavirus by Alan Dershowitz during the Senate trial. Barr, the attorney general and head of the U.S. washing your hands thoroughly with soap Legaldictionary.net/extortion defines extortion Department of Justice [DOJ]). and water, not touching your face, and staying as: a noun which means “the act of obtaining After Stone’s sentencing recommendations home if you’re sick. something of value by using threats, force, or were changed, the four prosecutors who Yahoo reported the Dow dropped 1,190.95 abuse of authority.” prosecuted the case, quit the case and one points on Friday, February 28th for the worst dictionary.com/browse/authority definesjust quit being a U.S. attorney altogether. A point drop on a day in history, this is alleged authority as a noun: which means “the power bipartisan letter from 1,100 former DOJ officials to be connected to manufacturing and supply to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle asserted that Barr’s actions are representative of chain delays due to China’s coronavirus issues. issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to “autocracies” not constitutional republics and The drop is said to have “shredded” $1.33 control, command, or determine.” (definition “require Mr. Barr to resign.” trillion dollars. 1) “A power or right delegated or given,” Speaking of odd uses of bureaucracy, And the year is only just shaking the snow (definition 2) “a person or body of persons in Portland State is considering moving the off. This issue is incredible and full of a lot of whom authority is vested, as a governmental Littman Gallery out of its space on the second important, nuanced stories that I hope you find agency,” (definition 3) and definition 4: “Usually floor of Smith Memorial Student Union to a to be fascinating, enjoyable, and informative. authorities. Persons having the legal power to converted it into another conference room. make and enforce the law; government.” Littman + White Galleries have high Party on, extortion.uslegal.com/punishments writes that visibility and decent traffic in their location. “Generally, individuals charged with extortion The student-run galleries provide students the Jake Johnson faces [sic] serious penalties…” and those opportunity to engage the PSU community Executive Editor THE PACIFIC SENTINEL 3 Safer Together? by Margo Craig Illustrations by May Walker Student Safety Ambassadors On Patrol, New Officer Recruits In Training 4 NEWS Student safety ambassadors are the new your job?’ or, ‘What do you think about the years, wanted to become a police officer so he “eyes and ears” of campus security. New hires, police?’” clerked in the Multnomah County Courthouse persistent vacancies, and policy changes are The students don yellow safety vests that to get law experience. They were two of four some of the most recent developments in read “Student Safety Ambassador” across applicants chosen by a search committee for CPSO. Interim President Stephen Percy the back, and patrol by milling about campus their criminal justice backgrounds. answered questions about campus security on weekdays between 6–10 p.m., targeting Campus public safety officers are interviewed during the quarterly student media conference certain locations at certain times. For example, by a search committee and reviewed by the on January 31. The Pacific Sentinel followed outside buildings when evening classes let University Public Safety Oversight Committee up with Interim Campus Public Safety/Police out; someone may request a safety escort if (UPSOC) and the Police Review Committee Chief Joe Schilling to discuss CPSO’s various they feel unsafe walking on campus at night. before Schilling makes hiring decisions. ranks, responsibilities, hiring, and training as Percy clarified that student safety ambassadors Background checks disqualified the other well as some new policy developments. are not currently part of the Campus Safety applicants, cutting the pool in half. Once Background Escort Service and cannot be summoned Saldivar and Powell were approved by the Campus security was a highlighted topic to escort, but that may change in the future. committees, Schilling hired them both. during PSU’s Board of Trustees meeting They carry a messenger bag with a radio, and Saldivar and Powell are in Salem for three last October. It was the first opportunity first aid supplies. In the future, Schilling weeks of training at the Department of Public for members of the board and community says the ambassadors will carry tourniquets Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) to respond to recommendations made in a and emergency pressure dressings to manage Academy, Oregon’s police academy. Once they report released by the private campus security traumatic injuries. complete CPSO’s in-house training (including firm, Margolis Healy and Associates. The Student safety ambassadors undergo de-escalation training from Officer Ward), university commissioned the report in 2018, one month of training that covers CPR the new police officers are considered ready for after armed campus police officers shot and certification, CPSO policy and procedure active duty. killed Jason Washington, a legally-armed, orientation, and four hours of de-escalation Dispatchers are hired directly by CPSO black Navy veteran, outside of a bar on instruction from Campus Police Officer Peter without input from the committees.