Timeline

Timelines can be confusing in books, especially when there's an occasional flashback.
So this page is just for my notes right now - to try to keep track of when things happened in Newsroom PDX events in chronological order.
A proper table can be constructed later :)
1996 - Ryan born
1997 - Emily and Cage born
2002 - Ryan's mother kills his 3yo brother
2006 - Ryan is adopted by his biological grandparents
2008 - Ryan's father, David Peters, is released from jail.
2008 - In 2020, Ryan has a memory of watching himself in a mirror while someone gives him lashes. He later finds a photograph showing this and estimates his age as being 12.
2010 - Kevin Tighe is editor in chief for EWN, secures EWN building. 
2011 - John Cooper starts as faculty advisor for EWN.
2012 - 16yo Ryan starts partying in club scene; Ryan gets dragon tattoo to cover scars on his right shoulder. Ryan and his grandparents go to opening night at Arlene Schnitzer Hall, where Ryan is approached by an older woman and invited to a party. After he takes his grandmother home, Ryan goes the party - part of which is in her sex playroom. She explains basic BDSM concepts like safe words.
2014 - Ryan turns 18, meets Ruby. Dr Michelle Stewart from Media Studies becomes chair of the Media Board.
Fall 2014 - Ryan enrolls at Portland Community College
Fall 2015 - Emily, Cage Ryan start at PSU, Doug is editor-in-chief.
2015/16 - The Maestro dies.
2016 - Ryan moves into the Loft
**Spring 2017? - Emily, Cage and Ryan all start at EWN, doing News 101 together. Emily says she started at EWN in her 2nd year at PSU(3:195/726) .
May 27, 2017 - Teresa returns to her family in Yakima and tells her mother that she is pregnant(3:222/726).
June 5, 2017 - ICE raid the company during a staff meeting, and arrest Teresa's father(3:224/726)
Jun 28, 2017 - 
November 10, 2017 - Birth of Rafael Matthews Valdez
November 24, 2017 - Ian Black approaches Ryan at Embers nightclub, and invites Ryan to join him at a large party at a well-known BDSM club. Later in the evening, Black brings Ryan a drink, but from that point Ryan's memories are fractured. Master A put him in a taxi, but when he gets home Ryan realizes he's in trouble and he calls Cage. Cage saves his life - takes him to OHSU where Ryan's stomach is pumped(3:347-355/726).
Valentine's Day, February 14, 2018 - Ryan goes into detox, and leaves the club scene
June 2018 - Beginning of Occupy ICE protests in Portland
Friday May 22, 2020 to Friday June 5, 2020 - Period covered by Stories We Tell
June 2020 - Carroll is abducted and tortured for 24hrs before being dumped injured at an emergency room.
Monday, October 12, 2020 to Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - period covered by Choose
Tuesday October 20, 2020 - Sunday November 15, 2020 - period covered by Don't Go
November 15, 2020 to Monday December 14, 2020 - period covered by Hold Me
=== 4: Hold Me ===
The Alumni Association pressures the PSU president to allow the basketball team to travel to Boise ID for an inter-college tournament on the Thanksgiving weekend, threatening to pull funding for the PSU Athletics program if the teams are not allowed to compete. The PSU president agrees
Thursday Nov 26, 2020: The Oregonian reports an increase in COVID cases in Portland. 
Thanksgiving weekend November 28-29, 2020: The basketball team players have been in isolation for 14days. A total of 424 people from PSU fly to Boise, including Joanna Montgomery, the EWN sports editor. There is a party for the 8 teams, with 30 players and a dozen cheerleaders on each team. The Boise Booster Club has an event for all visiting booster club members and the team coaches. There are 7000 spectators at the final game.
Tuesday Dec 1, 2020 - Gregory notifies Cage that Brandon, an EWN ad rep, has COVID - the ad rep's roommate is on the basketball team. Joanna is taken to OHSU by her roommate Carrie, both test positive. The sports copy editor, who had contact with Joanna on Monday, and another ad rep, who had contact with Brandon, both test positive. All the sports reports are sick. The senior basketball coach is on a respirator in ICU in Boise, he didn't make the flight back. The PSU president is on a respirator at OHSU, and Andrew McShane becomes acting PSU president. Kevin Tighe and other EWN alumni help furnish the Crow's Nest so it can be used as a quarantine/isolation ward for EWN staff. The News 101 class led by Blair is used for EWN contact tracing, as interviewing practice. The downtown BLM protests are reduced to Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays - everyone is scared of COVID, and they don't want the protests to become super-spreader events. 
Wednesday Dec 2, 2020 - Gregory tests positive. All of the advertising reps are, including the two who weren't in the EWN office the day before. The Health Center nurse suggests the Crow's Nest have two wards: one for exposed, one for positive. Martha Washington took Clyde to hospital at 2am. He is in ICU and family are unable to visit.
Friday Dec 4, 2020 - Will's interview with Vice President (Student Affairs) Benjamin Davis is postponed til the following day. PSU's head basketball coach dies.
Saturday December 5, 2020 - JJ finds Miguel unconscious in the EWN newsroom, he is taken away by ambulance. Cage interviews Joanne at OHSU. Sarah develops a high temperature and loses her sense of taste; she is taken to the VA hospital by ambulance. Will interviews Vice President (Student Affairs) Benjamin Davis. Davis claims there is no evidence that the basketball trip should have been cancelled, that the COVID surge could not have been foreseen or planned for, and denies that his support of the Alumni Association's demand for the trip was in exchange for their support of his promotion when President Byrd retires. He ends the interview by threatening both EWN and Will - on the record. Rev. Washington dies in the afternoon.
December 6, 2020 - The Board of Trustees has called a special executive session for December 7. Sarah dies that evening. Emily finds the letter left by Sarah.
Of the 424 PSU people who flew to the basketball tournament in Boise, 345 contracted COVID, and 85 had died. Those numbers don't include the first and second generation of exposed people who contracted it from the people who traveled. By mid-December PSU is nearing 1000 total cases, and 132 deaths. 
=== Book 5 ===
December 14, 2020 - Ryan returns from Mexico, after Gregory had called him, concerned for Cage. Ryan finds him in his father's office at the Portsmouth Baptist church. They go next door to the parsonage to find Martha Washington packing. The church deacons have already hired a new preacher as Clyde's replacement, and the parsonage is his by right.
December 16, 2020 - Sarah's eldest brother takes her ashes, her car and all her belongings in the residence hall home with him, despite Sarah's stated wishes. He does not contact EWN, Emily or Cage.
Dec 17, 2020 - Ryan goes to the Portland Heights house.
Dec 18, 2020 - Memorial service for Rev. Clyde Washington. A BLM protest in downtown Portland is firebombed by white supremacists in six trucks. Five protesters died. Police declared a riot, and started shooting at the BLM protesters. J.J., Turk and Carroll are injured, and hide in the SW corner of Terry Schrunk Plaza. J.J. passes out, and has breathing difficulty. Ryan drops Emily and Cage at EWN, and goes to get JJ, Turk, and Carroll. Karin and Jason have joined them. Jason has been beaten. Ryan takes JJ, Jason and Carroll to his car. Turk and Karin head to EWN on foot. Ryan drops Jason and the video-cameras at EWN, then takes J.J. and Carroll to OHSU. J.J.'s video shows the license plates of each of the trucks, and the face of the man lobbing IEDs at the BLM protesters. Ryan matches the video to the mugshots of Carroll's attackers from October.
Dec 19, 2020 - Turk picks up Carroll and J.J. from OHSU. Ryan meets with Vic Ruiz about the Matthews Trust documents, and talks to Kevin Tighe about a memorial party for Joanna and Sarah. Emily and Cage discover a 'Blue Lives Matter' picket outside EWN. They film it from the carpark of the Mormon church on the corner of Market and 11th. When a picketer tries to assault Emily, they interview him. When they are seen by the other picketers, they run to the Campus Police office to report the assault attempt. The Campus Police officer refuses to file a report. McShane agrees to Cage's request for keys to the PSU's side of the EWN building, so they have a second entry/exit, as a blockade of the only front entry could prevent news broadcasts. Corey agrees to look into remote broadcasts.
Dec 20, 2020 - EWN's Facebook page shows a large number of racist and hate speech comments were blocked by Corey from publication overnight. The comments are directed at the EWN staff, not at the contents of the news broadcast. The comments were all posted between 11:14pm and 11:34pm, from 6 root accounts using different puppet accounts, and posted from PSU servers. 
Mon Dec 21, 2020 - Ryan has appointment with McShane, during which Randy Daily is positively identified as the owner of one of the trucks using in the firebombing on Dec 18. Ryan then meets with Rita Morales. Will has returned from Amity. Corey has filled a complaint with University Computing on behalf of EWN. Cage is invited to speak for 20min at the BLM protest on Wednesday evening. Teresa is given a permanent residency card and a passport for Rafael. Her father tells her to go to Portland for Christmas.
Tues Dec 22, 2020 - Memorial celebration for Sarah, Joanna and Brandon at the Loft.
Wed Dec 23, 2020 - Ryan has appointment with Dr Clarke at OHSU, then goes to the Portland Heights house and changes the entry codes. He plans to fly to Mexico the following morning. Dr Berenice King, daughter of Martin Luther King, is to speak at BLM protest. Ryan has been unable to contact Teresa all day. Cage is shot by Randy Daily near the end of his speech, and taken to OHSU. McShane tellls Ryan to be at the courthouse steps at 10am the following day. Ryan finally contacts Teresa, and she is at Portland Airport. 
Thurs Dec 24, 2020 - Press conference on steps of County courthouse.
Fri Dec 25, 2020 - Cage is discharged from hospital.
=== Book 6 ===
Thurs Dec 31, 2020 - Riot on New Year's Eve in downtown Portland.
Sun Jan 3, 2021 - Cage goes downtown to see aftermath of NYE riot. Ryan is invited to the McShane home in Eastmoreland. The McShane's show him a portfolio of BDSM drawings, featuring Ryan, and a USB flash drive, and advise him to take them to his attorney. He accepts their invitation for dinner, and they discuss him enrolling to do his masters at Reed. When he returns to the Goose Hollow apartment, his father, David Peters is there holding Rafael.
Mon Jan 4, 2021 - Prof Cooper meets Dr McShane in the president's PSU office. The president of the Men's Rights Interest Group has been nominated to the Media Board. Prof McGee has volunteered to fill the faculty vacancy. Cooper supports Eugene Cathcart's proposed conservative commentary broadcast. While he doesn't think it will last, EWN needs more programming to keep their expanded coverage. However he will recommend the same opportunity be offered to other student clubs, such as LBGTQ and the Black Student Union. The group should be able to demonstrate they can produce at least 3 shows, to be run starting at 1am. McShane joins 4pm Zoom editors meeting to propose a teach-in day about Oregon racial history.
Tues Jan5, 2021 - 10am in person 2hr meeting for student fee proposal - Prof Cooper, bookkeeper, Gregory, Ryan, Cage, Emily in person, others on Zoom. Radio station needs 2nd paid position & newsroom content. Portland Review needs a copyeditor. Two more videocamera needed (one is in police evidence indefinately), and another video-editing computer. Geek Cave needs 2 assistants, in view of moderation of social media comments. The television station needs an assistant station manager for the tech side and one for the lead anchor. University Computing have responded to complaint about hate crime barrage, and give source as Honor's College computer lab. Many are likely to have keys to the lab, but fewer to the building after hours. Teresa enrols herself and Ryan in McGee's class on Men's Rights - she got 2 permissions using Ryan's email. Ryan suggests Blair as another student for the course. Randy Daily is released on bail.
Wed Jan 6 2021 - 8am Teresa, Ryan and Blair attend first lecture by McGee. 11am Ryan has therapy appointment scheduled with Dr Clarke. However, her supervisory committee has informed her she must transfer Ryan to another therapist, and hand over his files to the committee for reassessment. Instead she gives them to him. Teresa drops Ryan at Rita Morales' office while she goes to pick up Rafael from Bianica Washington. Noon - News 101 class meet in EWN Newsroom. Ryan arrives a little late, Teresa picks him up after the meeting. Riot in Washington DC. McShane and Chief Wilson invited to join the 4pm editors Zoom meeting. A man dressed as a pizza delivery driver buzzes EWN. No one knows who placed the order. Just before Emily goes downstairs, Corey tells her to send down the elevator empty. The man shoots through the front door and into the elevator as it opens. Chief Wilson drives EWN staff to residence/TriMet/parking lot. J.J. goes to Turk's apartment. Miguel goes to the Goose Hollow apartment with Cage, Emily and Ryan. Chief Wilson chains and padlocks the EWN front door. Teresa has an 8am class and offers to be there for the PSU plant staff to do repairs.
Thurs Jan 7, 2021 - Ryan picks up keys for back door of EWN building. 8pm Media Board meeting to approve the EWN budget and student fee proposal for the next year. The Zoom meeting is broadcast live with delayed broadcast of comments and questions. The call line is repeatedly bombed with hate calls, blocking genuine callers. Emily has Corey take everyone off Zoom, other than the Board itself. One of the calls is from Eugene Cathcart, and is particularly unpleasant with hate speech and threats against Cage and Emily. The Board votes 7-0-0 to approve the budget and student fee proposal. The EWN Facebook page is also attacked.
Fri Jan 8, 2021 - 4pm JJ invites Tabitha Lake to meet Cage about teach-in. 9pm Blue Lives Matter protest outside EWN entrance. 40 BLM protesters from downtown march to EWN in solidarity. There is a clash between the 2 groups at the LDS church carpark across the road from EWN. Campus security officers are present, but don't intervene. Nor do the Portland Police. EWN plan to meet at 9:30am the next day at Old Church Concert Hall for those attending the welcome-to-term meeting. Bianca shares plans with Black Student Union, MEChA and LGBTQIA. Kevin Tighe offers to scrounge up a soapbox. As Cage, Emily and Ryan leave the EWN building, there are Campus Security officers standing either side of the front door.
Sat Jan 9 - 9:30am EWN staff to meet to march from Old Church Concert Hall to EWN building for the 10am welcome-to-term meeting. Andrew McShane has invited the Media Board, the Faculty Senate leadership, AAUP, AUW, Black Professors of PSU and a few others to join them. 11am Grief counselor from mental health center expected at EWN. Evening: The Blue Lives Matter group constructs a gibbet in the LDS church carpark and brings in 50gallon steel drums as burn barrels. There is a banner "Make this Country Great Again" across the back of the lot. Ryan estimates about 2 dozen people that look like the same crowd as the previous night. Jason films from the fire escape, joined by Miguel; JJ and Will go to the sidewalk of the church. Kevin and Pete go to scrounge equipment so that a projection of the night's broadcast can be made on the wall of a nearby building in sight of the protest, which they set up in one of the storage rooms on the third floor. 
Sun Jan 10 - 7am breakfast @ Goose Hollow apt. Miguel and Kevin arrive. Cage goes walkabout with his camera. Miguel goes to watch the LDS churchgoers arrive. Ryan warns Emily not to go anywhere alone, not even classes. Kevin and Pete plan to due a perimeter survey of the EWN building to look for security weak spots. Ryan invites Emily to join Teresa and him to look at a house. Emily admits she and Cage have a relationship problem. Ryan tells her Cage is afraid he isn't enough for Emily, on his own, without Sarah. That she'll leave him. Cage talks to Bill, who tells him of Daily being at the old homeless camp. Cage calls Ramirez, and Pete Madison. Daily is killed and Ramirez is injured. Cage talks to Marcus Whitcomb about his family name, then to McShane about a reconciliation exercise to be moderated by Martha Washington. 4pm: EWN leadership agree to reconciliation exercise. After the meeting Cage suggests that JJ talk to Whitcomb about his own story. 
Mon Jan 11, 2021 - Deadline for student fee applications. Both Emily and Cage have classes on Monday mornings. Cage asks Emily to marry him. 3pm? He takes her to her first appointment to women's clinic for her anorexia. 
=== Book 7 ===
Tues Jan 12, 2021 - 10am Emily has first appointment with nutritionist. 1pm Emily has a class. While Cage has a nap, Ryan and Teresa set up a special evening for Cage and Emily. 4pm Editors meeting - Ryan has submitted budget for TIP; McShane and Michelle Stewart join towards the end. A second student's name has been put forward by VP Student Affairs for the Media Board vacancy: Trish McCarthy. McShane doesn't think he can reject both Cathcart and McGee. Two years earlier, Trish McCarthy had campaigned for the Pledge of Allegience to be said at the end of every broadcast, and petitioned the Faculty Senate for it to be required at the beginning of each class. Ryan suggests Cathcart isn't really all that smart, but McCarthy is a nutter - even the Christian groups on campus have rejected her. So of the two, Cathcart is the better choice, particular if that means McGee's appointment can be blocked. Ryan suggests Dr Maria Lopez as an alternative faculty nominee. After the meeting, Emily and Cage walk back to Goose Hollow. Ryan, Teresa and Rafael have left for the night, leaving champagne, cake and chocolate-dipped strawberries. Emily has signed up for a Zoom dance class in PE. Ryan and his family stay in a self-contained suite in a hotel off NW 23rd and have their own celebration.
Wed Jan 13, 2021 - 8:30 Ryan, Teresa and Blair at McGee's lecture. McGee again calls Teresa 'Mrs Matthews'. She corrects him and calls him Mr McGee. He corrects her. He again talks to her about recording the class, she gives him a note from Disability Support Services which underlines PSU policy. In discussion, Blair asks McGee about his mask policy. On way back to EWN, Ryan suggests Corey set up an online poll - are professors wearing masks? are they requiring their students to wear masks? Noon: Blair goes to EWN. Ryan and Teresa drive to the Portland Heights house. Teresa recalls running up Montgomery St, and mentions she wants to lose weight. Ryan suggests she do Emily's workout with her - for Teresa to become fitter, and Emily to have someone to coach, and for girl time. As they enter the house, Ryan smells cigar smoke, Teresa does not. They encounter Bill Matthews Jr coming out of the kitchen. He had entered through the downstairs door, and has been staying at the house when in town on family business. Bill Jr is of Ryan's hieght, a generation older, bigger through chest and gut. He looks like his father, and there is a familial resemblance to Ryan. They have never previously met. Ryan and Teresa leave, Ryan has a migraine and asks Teresa to drive. The brakes fail on the way down the hill. Unable to slow, they cross the Vista Ave Viaduct, stopping on the cnr of Main St. Ryan suspects the brake lines have been cut while they were at the house. Ryan tells Teresa that Rita Morales suggested the McShanes as guardians for Rafael. Teresa says she will talk to Abigail on Wednesday. Ryan calls the rental company, and they replace the car. Teresa is exhausted, so Ryan carefully drives to pick up Rafael and they return to the Goose Hollow apartment. Cage has a doctor's appointment at the Campus Health Service. Will asks Emily's advice about asking Blair out. Teresa meets Emily at EWN, and on the walk home with there asks if they can exercise together. Ryan gets confirmation the brake lines were cut, and his meds aren't working. It can't have been Bill Jr or planned, so there must be a stalker who followed them there. Cage says doc told him to rest more, no stress, no work, very little play, more sleep. 
Thurs Jan 14, 21 - 8:30 Ryan has course on historical research methods. Afterwards, he visits Dr Maria Lopez in Sociology, to persuade her to nominate her for the Media Board, and also to ask her to participate in the Teach-In project, perhaps use it as a class project. Students might present their information to a group of middle school students instead of a research paper, or for service learning credits etc. Ryan has Ryan and Teresa go car shopping. 
Fri Jan 15, 21 - Emily's first therapy appt. Faculty Senate meeting, including Teach-In project.
Wed Jan 20, 21 - Teresa to talk to Abigail about guardianship of Rafael.
Jan 29, 2021 - Progress report due from Rita Morales to Ryan.
March 16-17 - Proposed dates of Teach-in Project.