Author: Nathan Hellman

Each second of every day, Toeutu Faaleava racks his brain to solve complex formulas. He contemplates a route to and from the Goose Hallow MAX station, where he rides to work at Portland State every day, in order to maximize the number of steps he takes. He considers how much of a workout he could get by strolling over to a colleague’s office instead of shooting them an e-mail. He parks his car as far away from store entrances as possible. “I try to create new ways to lose weight, and integrate them into my daily routine,” Faaleava said.

After a week of spectacular late-game heroics and game-winning shots, Portland State junior point guard Jeremiah Dominguez was honored with the Big Sky Player of the Week award Monday.

The plans for Walk of the Heroines were written on a napkin a decade ago. And with the scoop of a shovel into the dirt of a garden resting in front of Hoffmann Hall Thursday afternoon, plans for the tribute to women who have contributed to society and daily life moved one step closer to fruition.

So the Vikings tallied another victory Saturday. It was Portland State’s 15th of the season to be exact. In the win, the women’s basketball squad banded together, rallying to defeat conference foe Eastern Washington by a 21-point margin after holding a three-point halftime lead.

Celebrity treatment is not something Gretta Siegel has grown accustomed to during her 23-year career as a librarian. But, in a recent trip to China, the Portland State science librarian discovered what it feels like to be in the spotlight.

There is a moment in every season where a team is on the precipice of a successful year and an undesirable finish. It’s the crossroads between a team achieving its wildest dreams and living its most frightening nightmares.

As she finalized her plans last November to study abroad in Chile for winter term, Krista Wishart went to the University Housing office to give notice that she planned to move out of her Broadway Residence Hall apartment in December. Wishart ran into a problem. She had missed Portland State’s fall term Nov. 1 contract cancellation deadline, and if she wanted to move out of her apartment, she would have to pay $843 in fees. If University Housing residents fail to cancel their contracts before a prescribed deadline each term, they are responsible for all rent charges for the rest of the term, face a charge of $9 per day for the following academic term and forfeit their $150 apartment deposit.

Despite the fact that the Portland State Lacrosse Club has been around less than a year, it is already competing in a state-of-the-art arena.

Call Viking athletics’ “Stuff the Stott” promotion at Saturday’s Portland State-Idaho State matchup a complete failure. Because, after all, this game was billed as a coming-out party for Portland State, as the Viks were gunning to break the 1999 record-attendance of 1,056 fans at a women’s basketball game and fell short by 227 butts in the stands.

After two enormously successful weeks on the air, there is only one question millions of viewers should have for NBC–why was American Gladiators on an 11-year hiatus? The American Gladiator revolution is here. The show has been rescued from oblivion, enhanced and (most importantly for NBC) it’s receiving top billing in the rating department, with 10.7 million viewers tuning in at the 8 p.m. slot this past Monday night.

We all know it’s tough to keep those New Year’s resolutions, especially as a busy student. The Vanguard has compiled advice from experts around the university on how to eat right, lose that extra weight, stay sane and find a date–even with classes and a job.