Editor’s note, Oct. 27, 2005: This article has been removed from the web site by the editors because after review, we find it does not meet the editorial standards of the Vanguard. A statement on the article by the editorial board has been published and is linked below, along with other opinion pieces about this article.
Column “A city divided” should not have been published
Provocative ideas require civil discourse
A city divided, a campus united
Portland State faculty members find column crude and inflammatory