DECEMBER 20, 2017
Seasons Greetings from all of us at
Portland and Seattle Volume XL No. 12
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CENTS
News ...............................3,9-11 A & E .....................................6-7
Opinion ...................................2 Every Student Succeeds ..9
Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11
CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW
PHOTO COURTESY OF GLOBALORIA
HOLIDAY PARTY
The grant was awarded
by the National Science
Foundation to PSU’s
Maseeh College
The Skanner News Staff
I
t’s no secret that jobs within the tech
industry are predominantly filled by
White men, while a lack of diversity
spans the entire trade.
But James Hook, associate dean of the
GEORGE MARTELL/BOSTON HERALD VIA AP, POOL
See PSU on page 3
In this Aug. 2, 2002 file photo, Cardinal Bernard
Law, of the Boston archdiocese of the Roman
Catholic Church, pauses during testimony in Suffolk
Superior Court in Boston. Law was answering
questions about his knowledge and handling of the
Father John Geoghan child sex abuse case.
World News
Briefs page 11
Trump at Civil Rights
Museum Opening
Viewed as Insult page 10
More than 2,500 children under the age of 12 attended the annual holiday party sponsored by Country Doctor Dec. 16 at Miller Community Center. The
families that attended had lunch, visited with Santa, played games, decorated cookies, made ornaments, danced and of course received toys. More than
50 volunteers, and several vendors including Rick Rizzs Toys for Kids, Fresh Table, the Capitol Hill Police Department, Ed Troyer with Crimestoppers and
Walgreens contributed toys, time and money to help make the event a success.
Homeless Deaths Reached 80 in 2016
More than one-third of the deaths occurred in public spaces
By Melanie Sevcenko
Of The Skanner News
E
ighty people experi-
encing homelessness
died on local streets in
2016, according to the
Multnomah County Health
Department’s sixth annual
Domicile Unknown report,
released last week.
Health officials have
found at least 359 home-
less people have died since
the analysis began in 2011.
This year’s number is a
slight decrease since 2015,
when 88 lives were lost.
“We are again seeing peo-
ple die decades ahead of
their time, of preventable
deaths, all around us,’’ said
Israel Bayer, the outgoing
executive director of Street
Roots, in a county state-
ment. “This is not normal
and it is not acceptable.’’
Among the report’s key
findings for 2016:
• Deaths occurred in ev-
ery geographic quadrant
of the county.
• The number of people,
as well as their age, race
and gender were simi-
lar to those who died the
year prior.
• More than one third of
the deaths occurred in
public spaces.
• Opioids were a factor in
half of the deaths where
alcohol or drug overdose
was the primary or con-
tributing cause.
Sponsored each year by
Multnomah County Chair
Deborah Kafoury, in coop-
eration with Street Roots,
the Domicile Unknown
report is intended to help
“the public, elected offi-
cials and social service
providers identify how re-
sources and policies can be
directed to save lives,” said
the county.
Since 2016, the county
and the city joined forces
to create a Joint Office of
Homeless Services, which
oversees homeless ser-
vices and funding.
Among recent accom-
plishments, the county
chair noted doubling the
number of beds, as well as
opening shelters for cou-
See HOMELESSNESS on page 3
Beaverton Beauty Company Serves Women of Color
Paula Hayes’ Hue Noir products include shades
for darker skin
By Christen McCurdy
Of The Skanner News
P
aula Hayes always loved make-
up.
She started experimenting
with her mother’s lipstick
when she was little, and continued to
experiment as she got older. But she
also struggled with it.
“I started to have an issue with
makeup,” Hayes said. She had a hard
time finding shades for darker skin,
and when she did find a shade that
looked right, often the formula didn’t
work for her sensitive skin.
Hayes had always loved science,
and majored in biology at Lewis and
Clark College in Portland. Initially,
the Los Angeles native considered
a career in medicine, but decided
against it.
Most open positions were on the
East Coast, and Hayes decided against
uprooting herself, instead returning
to Los Angeles to take a job at a food
See MAKEUP on page 3
PHOTO COURTESY OF PAULA HAYES
PSU Grant
Brings Tech
Courses to
High School
Students
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
Computer science curriculum will be available
to high school students of all backgrounds
across Oregon, particularly those who have been
historically underrepresented in these classes.
Paula Hayes’ Beaverton-based company, Hue
Noir, specializes in makeup for darker-skinned
women.