M arch 02, 2011 ®*i* ^ìortlanò ©bseruer This page IN S ID E L aw & J ustice pages 6-7 w \ i\ W S \ \ ■ \ W \P - — .¿V At « * B >» M S B W »„ 'X a»N •* uv » I .¿ss-.. OP BB Nfci'JtóxJRKOOP MV^, pages 8-9 C lassifieds page 15 ..... t S ports A uto R eview page 19 F o o d page 28 Esperanza Spalding draws crowd to PSU Esperanza Spalding, winner Best New Artist at the 2011 Grammy Awards, drew a crowd of nearly 300 jazz lovers, musi­ cians and members of the news media on Thursday, during a master class at Portland State University. Spalding, a Portland native, en­ rolled in PSU’s music program in 2000 at 16 years old after earning her GED. She later earned a bach­ elors degree from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, and hold back on tough criticism of became an instructor there in 2005 aspiring female musicians. at the age of 20. "To all the girls out there who But she said her experience at are young and pretty, just know PSU was more difficult and rig­ that when someone gives you orous than at Berklee. advice and tells you to do some­ “It gave me the first taste of thing, double it. If you want to be how hard music was. Before I heard, you have to work twice as came to PSU, it was just fun. It much as you think you do. wasn’t until I got here that I "And for the male teachers began to really understand. It out there, we can take it. So made the lifestyle of a jazz musi­ dish it out. Tell the truth,” she cian real to me,” she said. said. Students from PSU’s jazz mu­ She made those comments sic program p erfo rm ed for after The Opposite Sextet, an S p alding, and S palding re ­ all-women ensemble of PSU jazz sponded with words of experi­ students, perform ed “Really ence - especially of what it’s Very Small,” one of Spalding’s like to be a woman in a male- own compositions. dominated field, where critics “I’m flattered. That one’s MMMMNNNMMI page 17 C alendar What's on your list today?» Grammy Winner Welcome .L i , .. S ustainability O pinion FrecfMeyer pages5 .'»*?• ìÀ'i ii Sponsored by: Page 3 Esperanza Spalding tricky,” she said. The group followed it with a piece composed by their key­ board player, Becca Schultz. PSU’s Department of Music o ffe rs a b a c h e lo r’s and a m aster’s degree in jazz studies, and will add another jazz pro­ fessor next year. “ H aving a stu d e n t like Esperanza Spalding is a boon to our program,” said PSU pro­ fessor Darrell Grant, who in­ structed Spalding in jazz impro­ visation when she was a stu­ dent there. Spalding was in town as the Artistic and Community Am­ bassador for the Portland Jazz Festival. M OM M I Jefferson Breaks 80 Year Tradition page 18 No representative on Rose Festival Court For the first time in the 80 year history of the Rose Festival Court, Jefferson High School will not be represented in the annual high school schol­ arship program. The school recently disqualified its lone repre­ sentative from the princess selection process be­ cause the student faced disciplinary action for an incident at school, officials said. It was a difficult decision to withdraw,” said Jefferson Vice Principal Ricky Allen. Jefferson had only one qualified girl vying as a Rose Festival princess this year, a result blamed on competing interests for students’ time, like sports, other activities and academics. The school had been part of the court every year since 1930. Rose Festival officials were disappointed. “It’s sad. We did not want to see it happen,” Rose Festival spokesman Rich Jarvis said. Jarvis said there are many qualified students, “great young ladies,” at Jefferson and other schools, who are choosing not to participate because they are busy. “We ask a lot of the girls, he said. Joining Jefferson this year, Grant, Madison, Marshall, St. Mary’s and Parkrose all failed to generate the five princess candidates needed to keep each school with an automatic placement on the court in future years.Once this year’s Rose Festival ends, a court committee will re-examine the program’s rules for attracting students.