Page 2 Minority & Small Business Week Former PSU President Dies Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes free- lance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All creat- ed design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or person- al usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERV- ER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRO- DUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIB- ITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representa- tive Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin Former Portland State University president Daniel Bernstine passed away last week at the age of 69. Bernstine served as the universi- ty’s president from 1997 to 2007 and was the school’s first and only black president. His cause of death is not yet known. Black Lives Matter Protest Hundreds came together Friday for a Black Lives Matter protest that spanned across the city. The march, a response to recent shoot- ings in Charlotte, N.C. and Tulsa, The September 28, 2016 Week Review Okla., started in northeast Portland and made its way through Lloyd Center and City Hall, downtown, where protestors demanded to speak with Mayor Hales. The en- tire march was closely followed by riot police. Deadly Mall Shootings Five people were killed Friday when a man when on a shooting rampage at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., and then on Monday, another shooter at a strip mall in Houston was shot dead by police after injuring nine people in a spray of bullets. The Houston at- in Palmer passed away Sunday at the age of 87. At the time of his death, Palmer was at a hospital in Pitts- tack was said to be out of anger he burgh waiting to receive cardiac had for his law firm. He had Nazi surgery, according to a statement paraphernalia on his person and in released by his company. his home. Cycling for Support A mass of local bikers joined a “rolling rally” Sunday in support of Patricia Garner, Foia Frazier and her three boys. The northeast Portland family had been attacked with bear spray in a racially mo- tivated crime by a cyclist earlier this month, police said. Once the rally was over, participants pre- sented a handwritten sign of sup- Golf Legend Palmer Dies Considered the king of golfing, port outside the family home. professional golfing great Arnold Minority Business Columbia Tugboat Sinks A U.S. Coast Guard official said an 82 foot tugboat sank in the Columbia River Sunday night, causing oil to spill into the river, but there were no reports of oil af- fecting wildlife or hindering navi- gation. The tugboat was privately owned by Clay Jonak, who had intentions of scrapping the vessel for parts. Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt Reporter/Web Editor: Cervante Pope P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. Clinton Trumps Debate CALL 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 The first of the 2016 Presidential Debates was held Monday and revealed a fairly shaken Donald Trump and relatively calm and rehearsed Hillary Clinton. Topics ranged from Trump’s not paying taxes to Clinton’s deletions of emails as moderator Lester Holt tried to keep everything on track. According to most reports, Clin- ton won the debate. Because of persistent sniffles, Trump was ac- cused of being on cocaine by for- mer Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.