March 25, 2015
Career & Education
INSIDE
The
Week in Review
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L OCAL N EWS
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O PINION
M ETRO
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Photo by M ike b ivins /t he P ortland o bserver
Benson High School’s recent decision not to compete in varsity football for at least one year because
the northeast Portland school is struggling to attract a sufficient number of players, apparantly will
not change plans to keep the Portland Interscholastic League at the 6A level, the category of play for
the largest high schools in the state.
No Turning Back
Setbacks won’t
change plans
for one league
least two high school football
programs which struggled to en-
roll enough players to compete
at the 6A level, the highest rank-
ing for the state’s largest high
schools.
by M ike b ivins
Portland Public Schools Ath-
P ortland o bserver
letic Director Marshall Haskins
Contributor
says he is still committed to
The re-establishment of the making athletics work at every
Portland Interscholastic League high school and in all sports pro-
at the 6A level will continue into grams. He plans to continue his
the next school year, despite set-
Marshall Haskins
C ontinued on P age 20
backs in its inaugural year for at
History, Passion and Drama
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C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
F OOD
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WSU Vancouver’s
marquee diversity
event scheduled
The off-Broadway play,
“Our Young Black Men are
Dying and Nobody Seems to
Care,” will be performed at
Washington State Universi-
ty Vancouver for the school’s
spring Marquee Diversity
event, Wednesday, April 1 at 7
WSU Vancouver will present a live onstage performance from the
p.m. in the Dengerink Admin-
C ontinued on P age 20
award winning play “Our Young Black Men are Dying and Nobody
Seems to Care,” Wednesday, April 1 at 7 p.m. in the Dengerink
Administration building.