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Maypril 2019 The Pacific Sentinel Volume IV Issue VI MAYPRIL FOOLS! @A satl8fulng selection ofslly sadre scattered systematically throughoot an otherwise serafous Issue CONTENTS News 24 Hop on This and Go for a Spin 3 PSU Chemistry Professor Facing Child Porn Charges Trimet phases out paper ticket options 4 Should CPSO Carry Guns? which dismisses riders needs ASPSU presidential candidates debate the topic 26 Weirdness Is White 6 Frida Fest .:J 28 Green Zebra Sampling System Indicates 8 Dr. Jay Nadeau and the Quest for Aliens Greater Ills in Our Society 10 The Green New Deal Isn't New Arts and Culture 14Denim Day 29 Return of the Vampires! %"16 Shoureshi's New Cross-Disciplinary New Music From Vampire Weekend Has Me Shook Internship Program 30 Artists on Campus: Eleanor Erskine Opinion -;!(-' 32 The Complete Oral History of the Time The Beatles 17 Love for Gas-Powered Cars Died on Tokyo Disneyland Splash Mountain 18 The Necessity of Late-Term Abortions 20 Still Fighting for Stonewall Back cover: Drawing of the artist's giant cat, Declan. Being an LGBTQ Ally Is Important illustration by Josh Gates Front cover: HAHAHAHAHA by Josh Gates Maypril Fools Satire Specials indicated with l 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. Editorial Staff: Executive Editor, Jake Johnson; News Editor, Margo Craig; Opinion Editor, Daniel J. Nickolas; and Arts and Culture Editor, Shane Johnson. Featured Contributors Jon Bordas Cory Elia Josh Gates Morton Gregly * Dylan Jeffries Brooke Jones M. 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People are able to turn their lives around and on charges of first- and second-degree encour­ from this:' not be defined by their worst actions:' aging sexual abuse. He is accused of viewing and The HR representative sternly discouraged the lwata-Reuyl added, "There's no way this makes distributing images of child pornography be­ attendees from asking questions about the case. PSU look bad because this is dealing with [Leh­ tween October 2017 and September 2018. Public They said repeatedly that they have limited infor­ man's] personal life, not his profess ional life:' records show that Lehman posted bail in March mation and are limited in what they can share, People in the crowd began to debate whether it and that the trial is set for May. citing Oregon law. As long as they were present, is possible to morally separate Lehman's personal The Oregonian reported PSU confirmed in a he said, "the meeting is officially on record. How life from his profession and speculated the extent statement that Lehman was placed on paid ad­ you all talk about this once we leave the room is a to which the nature of the indictment is in fact a ministrative leave. Kenny Ma, PSU Communica­ separate matter:' professional matter. tions Director, declined to specify when Lehman Shusterman characterized HR's position on Regarding the rules and protocol for an inves­ was placed on leave. Lehman has not resigned. limiting discussion of the matter as "stern:' She tigation, one attendee asked, "If this is a profes­ PSU has not sent an official email to the PSU eventually asked the university representatives to sional matter, what is the time course and what community addressing the matter. leave: "! politely ask all of you to leave so that the are you going to do about this?" On April 15th, a Monday afternoon, an HR community can discuss this now:' lwata-Reuyl said he was unable to answer the representative of PSU and several university rep­ After HR left, lwata-Reuyl told attendees, question. resentatives unassociated with the Chemistry De­ "We are here to assure you that Niles Lehman Portland State University has removed Leh­ partment, along with Dr. Dirk Iwata-Reuyl, Chair has been off campus and will not be on campus:' man's PDX.edu faculty profile and research lab, of the Chemistry Department, held a discreet lwata-Reuyl declined to answer many questions, Lehman Lab, from its site. Google search is still meeting in SBl 107 to address the approximately citing his "official role in this:' One question Iwa­ picking up results for the pages, but when clicked 40 people, presumably associated with the Chem­ ta-Reuyl declined to answer was whether Leh­ on to navigate to them, the pages cannot be found. istry Department, that attended. man is still on medical leave: "We are not allowed Additionally a search result for Niles Lehman on PSU has not sent an official email to the PSU to discuss personnel matters by Oregon Law:' Google Scholar Citations has a similar dead end. community addressing the matter. Professor Carl C. Wamser said from his seat in As of 11 p.m. on April 21, 2019, PSU has not Dr. Mark Woods, a chemistry professor, the front row, "We need to send our thoughts and emailed its community about the situation. lamented the fact that PSU has not formally ad­ prayers for somebody who is hurting and that It is unclear what will happen to the Lehman dressed the matter with the PSU community, person is Niles '.' Lab, however several graduate students that had telling the HR representative to "send an email Wamser continued, ''I've talked to my old stu­ been conducting research chose to transfer doc­ tomorrow, and even that will be 6 days late:' dent recently;' referring to Alexander Rudine, a torate advisors in the wake of these revelations. • One attendee asked, "How are you going to former PSU doctorate student who was charged change the communication chain so that we find with manufacturing, possession and delivery of out about this in a different manner?" 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