Every day I see people taking photos of themselves on the Burnside bridge with the glittering Made in Oregon sign in the background. The University of Oregon grad school that inhabits that building, however, has betrayed the city it sits in. I go there daily, a beacon of intellectual Have's in the middle of gritty Old Town Have-Not's. This school will fool you with it's "open to the public" policy, but rest assured, if you don't "look like you attend/work here" you will be flagged and tagged by security. The local homeless population is huge in this area- and though in theory all are welcome to come in, sit down, and have a look at the art displays and chill in the library a while- it's not uncommon for discrimination to happen the moment someone walks in the door, particularly if that person looks like they could use a break. People are watched, followed, and sometimes asked to leave just for the crime of making the pretty people uncomfortable. So many of the students and faculty there have NEVER gone to bed hungry once in their lives, and ironically, attend architecture school there to build homes- how dare they vilify the homeless? That school accepts state and federal funding. It isn't a private institution. You want to design sustainable homes? Here's a few hundred people at your door that could offer input. UO, your attitude doesn't belong in Portland.