As head coach Amy Hayes was busy leading her Portland State softball squad to a 31-27 record, she was also undertaking a side project: assembling a team of Northwest all-stars to coach in a game against the U.S. Olympic team that will play in Beijing in August.
The arrival of the summer months and the completion of the school year brought bunches of youngsters to the South Park Blocks last week to take part in youth football and basketball camps.
Creature Creator reminds me a lot of those little keychain Tamagotchis that were all the rage back in fifth grade. Only now, instead of waiting for your digital critter to “hatch” or spending agonizing hours feeding it, you just get to create it and then watch it go. It’s like being on the god side of the digital beast universe. Which is, obviously, effing sweet.
Michael Malinowski, a former student and campus accessibility advocate, died of a heart attack June 17 while giving a presentation on Web site accessibility. Malinowski served as the coordinator for the Disabilities Advocacy Cultural Association (DACA) during the 2006-07 academic year.
Scattered on bulletin boards, tables and phone booths across campus are various fliers and postings for employment, one of which is for workforstudents.com, a flier advertising $12 to $16 per base/appointment. The flier promises students real work experience and the possibility for a highly sought after internship.
Depending on who you are there is some good news and some bad news about Hancock.
A few years ago, I was passed along a CD from a friend whose musical predilections I greatly respected. “Listen and thank me later,” he said. So I threw it on in my office, aka my 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon, for musical reflection and criticism.
After serving as interim assistant director of Student Activities and Leadership Programs (SALP) for the 2007-08 academic year, Natalee Webb was not hired to permanently fill the position. Dominic Thomas will become the new assistant director, following a decision made by SALP Director Aimee Shattuck on June 24.
With the academic year winding down, summer brings promises of road trips, waterfront music festivals and, of course, lazy afternoons escaping the heat indoors with friends. While the majority of 2008’s most-anticipated games were released in the last few months, here’s a look at the rockin’ games of summer.
It’s here! Aren’t you excited? It’s been four long years since the bestselling Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim was published, and now David Sedaris finally has a new book out. When You Are Engulfed in Flames includes 22 new personal essays from the funniest writer alive. Sedaris delivers the same deft wit and insight as in his other four essay collections, with more ease than ever before. His talent for finding meaning in the mundane seems endless and Sedaris never ceases to impress or offer humor about the world.
The school year is roaring down to a finish and the oasis of summer is just on the horizon. Yet, you shouldn’t get too distracted by the increasing amounts of exposed flesh on display or the return of the sun. There is work to do. After you take that much needed break to parts of the world with less clothing (Cabo, I’m looking at you), be sure to get back soon. It’s time to start planning your schedule. No, not for school or your job … for the upcoming television season. Obviously.