Actor will speak on affordable medicationActor Joey Pantoliano will be on campus on Monday to speak out regarding prescription medication access for people of all income levels.
The Portland State stop is part of the Oregon leg of the “Help is Here Express” nationwide bus tour, a drug accessibility campaign put on by the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. The PPA, through funding by various pharmaceutical research companies across America, hopes to raise awareness of patient assistance programs and the increase of chronic disease in Americans.
Pantoliano, who has starred in The Matrix and in The Sopranos, will be speaking regarding his own struggle with mental depression and will be joined by Ken Johnson, senior vice president of Communications for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
The tour’s stop in Portland will run from 10 a.m. to noon in the South Park Blocks. In addition to the speakers, staffers will be on-hand to field questions regarding drug accessibility.
Other Oregon stops for the Help Is Here Express include Salem, Eugene, Coos Bay and Grants Pass.–Melinda Bardon
Future of 82nd focus of Friday seminarPSU grad students Jamison Kellehr and Steve Szigethy, of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, will be presenting the results of their planning workshop at this Friday’s Transportation Seminar. The workshop, entitled “Imagine 82nd,” brought together businesses, residents, property owners and students of a 1.3 mile-long stretch of NE 82nd Ave. to develop a working concept for the future of their neighborhood.
The research group gathered information from participants who answered questions such as “In 20 years I want 82nd Avenue to be …” At the transportation seminar, the pair will reveal the concepts built on the collaboration with the 82nd Ave. community, with a focus on the aspects of land use and transportation.
The seminar will be held at noon in the PSU Urban Center building, room 204.–Melinda Bardon
Environmentalist to plead guilty to arsonRadical environmentalist Tre Arrow plans to plead guilty to arson and conspiracy charges.
Arrow said on his Web site last weekend he did not want to risk life in prison.
He called the plea deal an offer he “couldn’t refuse” and said it takes into account time he spent in prison in Canada awaiting extradition to the United States. He didn’t say what sentence he expected.
Arrow became a fugitive after he was indicted in 2002. He’s been in custody since March 2004, when he was arrested in British Columbia on local charges resulting from shoplifting.
Arrow was charged with firebombing three cement trucks at Ross Island Sand & Gravel in Portland and setting fire to logging trucks and a tractor near Estacada in 2001.
A hearing for the plea is scheduled Tuesday.–Associated Press