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The Pacific Sentinel, Maypril 2019 Portland State University PDXScholar University Archives: Campus Publications & The Pacific Sentinel Productions Spring 2019 The Pacific Sentinel, Maypril 2019 Portland State University. Student Publications Board Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pacificsentinel Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Portland State University. Student Publications Board, "The Pacific Sentinel, Maypril 2019" (2019). The Pacific Sentinel. 21. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pacificsentinel/21 This Book is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Pacific Sentinel by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. 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. Saqif Maqsud Raz Mostaghimi Sydney McBee Zoe Sandvigen Amy Seufert Van Vanderwall Designers Haley Riley FIND US ON TWITTER @pac_sentinel INSTAGRAM@psuPacificSentinel FACEBOOK@psuPacificSentinel CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE thepacificsentinel.com 2 THE PACIFIC SENTINEL ~ Satire pieces are not real, ~ , they are completely fabricated works offiction PSU Chemistry Professor Facing Child Porn Charges PSU scrambles in unpublicized meeting to determine out how to address the university's latest PR nightmare. by Margo Craig On April 9, 2019 The Oregonian reported that tion went unanswered. deal and pied guilty to delivery of meth). "He is PSU chemistry professor Niles E. Lehman, 56, Dr. Gwen Shusterman, chemistry professor, out of prison, back with his kids and he has a nice was arrested in February. Lehman was indicted commented, "This community needs healing job. 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?" The ques- methamphetamine in 2014 (he reached a plea (Left) Niles E. Lehman's PSU cheml<IJY professor mmed 2018 Outstanding Oregon sctenttst Multnomah County Author Cnn1na RoJH, Collegit of Ubtral Am and Scicncu Posted March 1, 2018 Sherrif's Office mugshot; taken from Oregon Live's NtJes Leh~ . a Port.11.nd State Uniw.nity chemistry professor whose wor'k 1n molecular evolution explores the origins of life , has bttn natMd m;s year's Outstanding Oregon Scientist bv the 0f"e90n Academy of Sc.enu website. Ldlman hu t•ught at PSU's Cotleg,e: of Uberal Ans and Sciencu sinu 2001 and runs a ,..,..,o t.h, which (Right) Sc reen capture inYHtigt.tes the biochemic&I and _gene.tK. processes that drow th orto1ns of l;tt so~ 4 bilhon years •OO .nd m.y taken al 11 p.m. 412112019 sull 1nfluencit t~ ev<Mution of organisms tod.y from PSU's article (still -it's ont: of the greatest unsolved problems in posted) announcing that se1ence and • lot of peopte want to know where: they came: from au the way down lO the in 2018 Lehman was aauat first beoinntngs, so I can't beliew I get named as an Outstand­ p.1td to study a beautiful problem," he ~id ing Oregon Scientist by Lehman uud he was honored by the awvd the Oregon Academy of and hopes rt helps. raise the: profile of Portland State as a pl.ce to do research Science and PSU 's subse­ quent "hopes it helps raise Dirk hwata- R•uvt, ch-.tr of the chemistry depan.ment, wrote 1n nom1Nt1no Lehman that the profile of Portland hts •breadth and depth of knowledge m Stale as a place to do chemistry •nd biology has aJtowed him to address questions In motecular evolution in a research." hohst.c: manner th.It 1s almost without Dr. Niles Lehman - Portland State University I Profile Niles Lehman - Google Scholar Citations https://www.pdx.edu , Profiles • scholar.google.comtcitatlons?user=MTl5k04AAAAJ&hl=en • Postdoctoral Fellow I The ScfWs Research Institute, 1990-1993 Postdoctoral Fellow I Unoversity of M Lynch. M Plrender. K Spitz@, N Lehman. J Hicks, D Allen. L Latta, Evolution 53 (1). 100-11 0. 1999 Oregon, 1993-1995. 503-725-8769. [email protected] 245. 1999 The quantitative and molecular genetic . (middle L/R and bottom right) Screen captures of Google search results that lead to nowhere.
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