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The Pioneer Log: Lewis & Clark College's Student-Run Newspaper

Volume 61, Number 10

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1996-11-01

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/ The Real Michael Ford They Might Be Giants Focus on Kamu Lee
Sbident expeled from residence hals
by Mami Handley
and Jeff Shaw
A student was exp<:llcd from the Residence Halls 01
Lewis & Clark on Wednesday. N<>v. 20. Sanctions
levied against Keith Bernhard 1. a junior, also mandme that
he never enter the donns again during his stay at LC.
Bernhardl now has until Saturday 10 vacate the donns.
Citing the Buckley Amendment, which pro1ec1s a
s1udcn1·, right 10 privacy on conduct issues, Dean of Stu•
dents Michael Ford and Resident Director Hannah Buch
"I don '1 want this to be a c,y for
'poor Keirh. • ,.
-Keith Bernhard,
did 1101 comment on chc particulars of the situation~
"It would nol be appropriate for rne to comment on
ony student's conr.dcn1ial record." said Buch.
Certain studc111s came forward 10 protest what they
foll was unfair treatment of Bernhardt: Whitney Pasquesi
and Amy Cook. both second-year students and Bernhardt's
rricnds, expressed surprise thai the sanctions were so harsh
and said they expected nothing like an eviction 10 happen.
Pasquesi and Cook both foh f:tmiliar with all aspects of the
situation.
"Keith wasn't even in the room when they took the
narnes," said Cook.
Bernhardt himself, however. opted not 10 complain
about his own case. "1 don't want this 10 be n cry for 'poor
Keith,'" Bernhardt said. Junior Keith Bernhardc stands near Oswald
West Beach on the Oregon Coast in mid-
september. ,,.,
The situation developed during Monday's power out•
age. Bernhardt was in a room in Copeland where a stu•
dent. Thuy Nguyen. was burning candles. According 10
Honor Board tries fi'st case of academic dishonesty
by Marni Handley
The College Honor Board tried it's fir,;1 case of academic
dishonesty recently.
Two students were held responsible for violming the
Academic Integrity Policy after cheating on a midtcrn,.
'The Honor Board held a trial and made rccommcn­
da.tions 10 the appropriate panics. They recommended 10
~,c faculty member involved that the students be given nn
'F' for the course. They also suggested 10 Dean of Stu­
dents Michael Ford that they be placed on deferred suspen­
sion.
Deferred suspension could tum into two semesters
qf suspension if either student is found violating the AIP
again lhi~ academic year.
"We arc sending a really sirong message 10 LC that
the Board will no11olcraic these types of academic behav­
ior," Students Chair Steve Chan said,
Two years of work done by ~1e Academic Integrity
Tusk Force culmina1cd with !he formation of the AlP and the College Honor Board.
111c group was fonncd after a survey, done by the
s1uden1judicial board, showed there was a need for policy
regarding academic dishonesty,
The new policy is in a booklet that students should
have received at the beginning of the year. It is also printed
on the inside of Examination Bo<>klets sold m the book­
store. Dernilcd information can be found in the Student
Code of Conduct as printed in The l'atlifinder.
The College Honor Board is made up of a non voling
student chair, Steve Chan, a nonvoting advisor. Dean of
S1uden1S Michael Ford, three faculty members and three
students.
The sludcnts members include Leah Berman. senior;
Amie Hunter. senior; and Ashley Schmin, freshman.
Faculty board members include Profcss<>rofHumani­
tics John F. Callahan, Assistant Pwfessor of Political Sci­
ence Robert Eisinger and Professor of Chemistry William
Randall. the students involved. Buch entered the room 10 stop lhis
violation or the new candle policy.
Al the lime, according 10 Pasquesi and Cook. it
seemed like no write-up would occurtL~ a result <>f the inci•
dent, However. a bag of marijunna was found in 1hc room.
Bernhardt allegedly picked up the bag 10 prevent Buch
from seeing it. No one in the room wns smoking mari•
juana. both Pasqucsi and Co(ik said.
Pa.squcsi and Cook also reported thut the bag of mari­
juana did nOl belong 10 J3cmhnrdt. Neither claimed 10 know
the identity of the bag's owner.
One of the main objections Pnsqucsi and Cook raised
10 the eviction of Bernhardt was the two-day delay of his
no1irica1ion. Though the incident oc.curred on Mondtty, no
indication was given that any sanctions would be applied
10 Bernhard~ "Today [Wednesday. I JnOJ was the first
we've heard of i1;• snid Pasqucsi.
When Dean of Students Michael Ford was reuched
for comment, he declined 10 discuss the dcrnils or
Bernhardt's case. citing the Buckley Amendment. Still. he
defended the College's actions in the cnse. Ford said d1a1
the two-day delay is explained hy the time it took 10 get ii
written repori and consider all nspcc1s of lhc situnti<>n.
"We moved rntherquickly on this situation." he said.
Ford did not think the college's swifi action was un­
justified. Though unable 10 discuss specific instances, he
did say Lha1 .. ,he sanction was no1 a function of one acr
alone." He men1ioncd there had been prior instances or
violmions or the Residence Hall con1tac1 on Bernhardt's
part, n.nd said Bernhardt had been given warnings that 1his
sanction might be used.
"We were fundamentally fair," said Ford.
Bernhardt acknowledged that he didn't especially take
issue wi1h 1hc way Lhc sancrions were carried out
"My problem isn't necessarily with Michael Ford or
the rest of Residence Life or even with my eviction from
the dorms ... thcy did follow procedure in this case." he said,
Instead. he used the opp<irlunhy to declare his oppo­
sirion 10 "greater crcnds" \\lhich he said the incident mani,
fes1ed.
"My problem is with Hannah Buch us Res1den1 Di­
rector. I believe she is an untrus1ing woman who is coming
from o "guil1y-un1il-proven-innocen1· sta.ndpoinL .. I believe
she is breeding an atmosphere of fear in Copeland,"
Bernhardt said.
Nguyen expressed displeasure m the manner in which
Buch 1tcatcd her situation. "Whal upscl me was she didn't
ask my pem1ission .. .l didn't think she had the right 10 pick
up my stuff and examine it without my permission," When
she told Buch her concerns, Nguyen said. the problems just
got worse. "Everything I'm telling you about, I've told her
already, She didn't say ·rm sorry; she didn't say 'I hod a
right 10 check your room' or anything. And she's still tell­
ing n,e I haven vo,ce," Nguyen said.
Committee chooses list of possible graduation speakers
by Colin Ryono
The commencemem speaker for this
year's graduation is in the process of
being chosen. from a list of ten pos.,iblc can­
didates uecumuloted by the Commencemem
Spcfikor commiucc.
The commiuec tonsists of ASLC
President Joe Greenman, senior Leah
Berman, Dean oftheCollegeJaneAtkinson.
aod Professor of History fanc Hunter. They
took the suggestions from the students, fac­
ulty and smff of Lewis & Clark. and nar­
rowed it 10 cen names.
The list of commencement speaker
condidates is catergorized into rim and sec­
ond choices.
The first set or names includes (in
alphabetical order) Chinua Achebe, Nige­
rian novelist, currently teaching al Bard
College in New York: Stephen Ambrose, his1orian and biographer of fonner President
Eiscnhowerand Meriwether Lewis; Roben
Pyle. essayist and natural isl from Southern
Washington; economist Alice Rivlin, for­
merly Director
of u1e Oflice or subject of the 1989 movie "Lean on Me:"
Marge Piercy, novelist, poet and playwright:
and Laurcl111atcher Ulrich, profcssorofhis-
1ory at Harvard,
Management
and Budget, now
at the Federal
Reserve; and
Jack Ward Tho-The choice should be an effec­
tive and inspirational speaker
for a diverse audience. TI1ese names
have been scnl to
President Michael
Mooney so that he
cnn, 111 mm. secure
n speaker for this
year's commence·•
menl ocaivily in mas, outgoing
bead of the Forest Service.
111e SJlCOnd list of choices consislS of
(in alphabetical order) Former Prime Min­
ister Arias of Costa Rica: James Burke, BBC
commen1a1or. best known for two major
television series, "'The Day the Universe
Changed" and "Connections;" Joe Clark.
former inner city high school principal and May.
Atkinson sent out a le11er 10 the 1997
graduating class last May. inviting students
lo send in their suggestions for this year's
commencement speaker. In that leuer.
Atkinson noted Ute mailers 1ha1 should be
considered when nominating an individual,
including the fact that the person should be wonhy or nn honorary degree from Lcwb
& Clark. Atkinson also emphasized lhlll "die
choice should be an effective :and inspira­
tionaJ speaker for a diverse amJience."
11,e r.rsl le11cr did not receive n very
large response from the cla.ss, so Atkinson
senl another one out in Dember, again tL\ik•
ing the students 10 send in possible candi­
dates for the honor.
This le11er received a much larger re­
sponse from 1his year's class ns Alkinson
cs1imn1ed Lliat sherecei ved atx,u1 25-30 sug­
gestions. In addition, sugges1io1t~ also came
from the LC faculty.
Atkinson believes strongly in the com­
mencement as a college-wide function
which can be enjoyed by a diversified audi­
ence of s1Uden1s, their families and friends,
the faculty, staff. the Board of Trustees. and
friends of the college.
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- --News Bri~fs
LC mailroom offers suggestions to stop
mail delays
There have been delays in receiving some mail because of
confusion in addressing. Plca.~c note change:
Your name
Lewis & Clark College -Box XXX
0615 SW. Palatine Hill Road
Ponland, OR 97219
Do not use P.O. Box or mail goes to a downtown post of­
fice before rerouted here. Plca.sc notify those writing to
you--espccially bank and magazines-because lols of er­
rors have occurred in this area. This will help you get your
m:1il more quickly. If you have any questions, contact Vir•
ginia Larsen, Director of Mail Services.
LC alumnus receives 1996 Iowa Short
Fiction Award
The University of Iowa Press is pleased to announce the
publication of the 1996 Iowa Short Fiction Award. Hi111.r of
Hi.r Mortality by David Borofka. 13orofka is a 1976 Lewis
& Clark English Graduate. Bewildered, guilt-ridden, hy­
persensitive characters adrift in a sea of changing roles and
expectations, the citizens of Borofka's book yearns for the
ide:1I.
Volunteers sought to help prevent child
abuse and domestic violence
During 1995 in Oregon, 36 children died as the result of
child abuse and neglect. Domestic violence has been sta­
tistically identified as a risk factor for child abuse. In lhe
tri-county area during the I995-96school year, over 12,000
children ages 3-12 will have panicipated in Community
Advocates' child abuse and domestic violence prevention
programs KIDS CAN and NO PUNCHING JUDY. Com­
munity Advocates is looking for volunteers 10 teach or as­
sis1 with these presentations. Volunteer training offers an
in-dep1h examination of chi Id abuse issues. For an applica­
tion or more information. call Community Advocates ac
244-7226.
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Board
votes to endorse boycott
The Board of Directors of Ecumenical Mfois1ties of Or­
egon (EMO), at its regular meeting on Wednesday, Novem•
ber 13, voted 10 endorse the economic boycou of Kraemer
Farms and NORPAC Foods, Inc., urging each member de­
nomination of EMO 10 join in the effon on behalf of work­
ers' rights 10 organize and join in collective bargaining for
improved bcnelics and working conditions. Informational
packets will be prepared and made available. Call the EMO
office at 221-1054.
Undergoing transition to new ownership,
The City Nightclub continues to offer stage
shows and special events
Even though The City Nightclub will be undergoing a
change in ownership in the near fucurc., the nationally known
nightclub concinucs 10 operate nnd present a full line-up of
shows and special events. Localed between Burnside and
NW Couch at 13 NW 13th, the club's new hours are Friday
from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. wich a S5 cover. and Saturday from
IO p.rn. 10 4 a.m. with a $6 cover. Additional informal ion
can be obtained by calling 224-CITY.
Edward James Olmos is keynote speaker
at OCHA's 12th annual conference
Hollywood mm star and socinl uctivisc Edward James
Olmos will be chc keynme luncheon speaker at the 12th
annual conference of the Oregon Council for Hispanic Ad·
,unccmcnt (OCHA) on Tuesday. Novcmher 12. Bl lhe Red
Lion Janm:n Beach. 1nc event is open 10 the public. The
theme of chis year's conference i, "Latinos: A Vibrnnl Re­
source: TI1c event will focus on ~,c powcrantl potenual in
che rapidly growing Hispanic population, which has in­
cre.'\Scd 23 percent m th~ Northwest since 1990. ASLC LJpdatc
by Colin Ryono
Changes in Student Fees
ASLC scudcnt council discussed a possible change
in student body fees at their weekly meeting Wednesday.
ASLC has several options in the mutter. UltimaIely, ASLC
decided to wait until their nexl meeting on Dec. 4 (having
no meeting next week because of Th8nksgiving break).
Sec related article on page I for more information.
ASLC Rules of Procedure
ASLC President Joe Greenman is still working on
the new draft oftheASLC Rules of Pr()(;ctlurc (ROP) since
ASLCmade the amendments 10 itat che lase meeting. ASLC
agreed thauhey should wait until the linal draft is produced
before they approve the new. mncnded ROP.
United Sexunlitie.< Funding Issue
ASLCagain discussed the on-going is.sue of whether
Classi ficds
Extra Income for '96
Earn $500-$1000 weekly sluffing envelopes. For
de1ails -RUSH $1.00 wi1h SASE to: GROUP,
6547 N. Academy Blvd. Dept N., Colorado
Springs, CO 80918
Help Wanted
Men/Women earn $480 weekly assembling cir­
cuil boards/ elecironic components at home. Ex­
perience unnecessary, will train. Immediate open­
ings in your local area Call l-52()..680-7891. Ext.
C200
Help Wanted
Responsible female 10 help in my Bvin. Daycare.
15-20 hours a week. $5.50/hr. Approxima1ely 5-
6 kids. Prefer applicams wi1h background.
Pizzicato Gourmet Pizza
West Linn localion seeks ki1chen help. FT/PT.
Apply in person after 2 pm.
19098 Willamelle Dr., orcall 697-1877-Brian.
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Russi.an Tutor Development
of Writing and conversational skills. Accenl re­
duclion for Students Studying Russian. Call:
(503) 284-1985. Ask for Margarite.
You are not alone!
If you are a woman who has experienced mental,
physical, or sexual abuse by a female partner, !here
is support available. Clackamas Women's Ser­
vices and the Portland Women's Crisis Line offer
confidemial support groups for lesbians and bi­
sexual women.
For more informa1ion, call Jan French at
722-2366. orno1 they should Fund United Sexualic ies, despite chec~
tract United Scxualitic..s drnfted wilhout going thrnughtlr
proper channels (1I,us making che contruct invalid).
Vice President of Budget & Finance Alisha Bcamo
repo11ed on this issue at the conclusion of Wednesdn)'•
meeting. Afler discussion concerning che matter, a m01101
to not Fund United Sexualities was proposed, secondcdao!
passed with Beamer nbscaining.
Miscellaneous
Student Representative Erica Somes has been waf.
ing on the organization of lhc Holiday Gala, and she aska!
the 01her ASLC members for help decorating in Dcccmhq.
Chief Justice Nalhan Hobbs discussed the policyd
dogs on campus, which is also a subjecl that has recel\ll)
appeared on soapbox.
He adamancly insisted that lhis policy should be en­
forced, ,c~ it's completely ignored presently,
In his weekly report. Grecnm1m mentioned Iha1 ti,
applications for the recencly vacant Elections Board pos1.
1ion arc available and notices about the available positiot
have also be posted.
Are you stress.ing about student. loans??
Call today for free information on how 10 pay
them before you graduate! 977-2139.
Parry Center for Children
Position: Family enrichment specialist.
Basic funclion: Provide parenl-child psychosocial
skills training, groups, etc.
Schedule: 5hrs/week to slart, potential for in­
creased hours as program grows.
Qualifica1ions: Bachelors in psychology, social
work, counseling or three years experience in re­
la1ed field (QMHA qualified) and 2+ years work­
ing with children & families.
Applicalion: Human Resources Director
Parry Center for Children
3415 SE l"owell Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202
Apply ASAP.
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Frnnk Byars fmm Pinero, y Campesinos Unidos dcl
Noroe,tc (i1CUN), Oregon's union of fann workers.
n!ITTCry and reforestation workers. came to Lewis & Clark
oo Nov. 14 il> speak to s111de111s about the concerns and
oeoos or fann workers and the programs which PCl!N
leads.
The event. held at4:30 in Council Chambers. began
>'ith a brief introduction by Byars about PCUN.
PCUN's major goal. Byars told students. is to help
farm workers organize and Lake ac1ion against unfair cx­
ploitalioo by some growers.
Next. students watched a 20..minute video titled Boy•
<I/ti For J,isrice i11 1/,e Fields.
The video explained how companies send recruiters Dorm IICIP systmn on ho d
by Mami Handley
The donn ·s security system and card swipes will not be
operational ior nn unknown amount of time.
At the time or publication. Physical Plant Services
•,s awaiting a report from Simplex regarding a new acti­
"1ion date.
Although testing of the system started over three
...,,b ago. it still has not been turned on.
The Simplex system was fully installed after many
problems this !-Um1ncr which m3.de. it necessary to com•
plctely rli!wirc. Please see "Low Security to Continue/' in
the Oct. 4 issue of the Pioneer leg.
"I am more than a bit displeased.'' Director of Physi­
d Plant Services Rich Benega said. Many college offi­
mlsshare this fecli ng. down to Mexico to recruit mnny more workers lhon Job
openings.
Often. entire families travel thousands or miles to
work on Oregon's fanns.
WI0t high compc111ion ror JObs. workers are forced to
accept Jobs with sub-
standard working and
living conditions. Students decided 10 ronn n group on campus lO learn
more ubou1 the issues facing Oregon ·s fann workers and to
plan activities on campus to help PCUN.
Some ideas include cducnLing student~ ahout poor
housing anc.1 working conditions nn Oregon's form~.
Other ideas in-
cl udc boycotting
PCUN seeks to
educate workers aboul
their rights~ and to
achieve co11cctivc bar•
gaining agreements
that would mandate foir
treatment on the job. Some ideas include educating studems about
poor housing and working conditions on
Oregon :S farms and boycotting GardenBurgcrs nnd
other producis asso­
ciated with g.rowcrs
who rcfust! to nego­
tia1e wi1h their work•
111cy ore nlso try­
ing to establish basic
job sccunty guarantees Garden Burgers and other products associ­
ated with growers who refuse to negotiate
with their workers. ers.
To find out
more abou1 how you
can help. nncnd the
PCUN mceungs on
through seniority sys•
tcm, provide fringe bent!fits. raise wages, ond gua.rnntcc
workers a say in workplace issues.
After the video. students went around and shared their
past cxpcrienc-es in community development. Thursday !II 4:30 in
Council Chambers.
Also. available is the Grassroots Action Commi11ce
(GAC) meetings every Tuesday ul 4:45 in Dubach Student
Lounge.
111.C dlscll8181 changing student 1881
by Colin R-yono
D uc 10 recent budgeiary constraints, the
ASLC Student Council discussed n possible change
in student recs al their meeting on Wednes\jl,y.
Currently, every student who is enrolled in classes
on•campus has 10 pay a $90 rec per semester, which, in
tum. funds student groups.
media. and programming. also received about $4,000 in SAAB grant,.
However. studenis studying overscns do not have the
oppo1tu11i1y for work study or the other opportunities that
studentS use 10 p:,y 0,cir student fees.
In addi1ion. sludcnts who go overseas already have
10 pay $400,5()0 more.
ASLC Vice Presi-
dent for Student Organi­
However. currently,
students studying ,wer•
seas do not have to pay n
student fee. This policy
may be changed in the
near future. "Everything is growing on campus, the
number of groups and the activities, and
( ASLC's} income has stayed the same for
the past five years." iations, Lauren
Bocancgrn. showing sup~
port for ovcr~cns ~ludent:i.
p:1ying the recs, said, ··Ev•
crything is growing on
campus, the numhcr or
grQups ond lhc activities,
and IASLC',) incomehns
st:1yed the same for the There are several
different options facing
ASLC presently. The Jirst
option is to misc all stu­
dents' recs, including 01c -Lauren Bocanegra,
VP of Student Orga11izmio11s
overseas students; the second is 10 only misc the fees for
the students whc, nre not studying overseas, the third is to
only raise the fees for the students who are studying over•
seas; the fourth opuon is 10 do nothing.
ASLC discus.sed the pros and cons of ll11s situation.
Students studying overseas may benefit from the Student
foes when they return 10 campus.
Also. they receive the Pioneer log and other student
publications (which arc funded by student fees) at the year's
conclusion. Studenis who arc on overseas programs have pa>l five years."
Alisha Bcmncr, the
VP for Budget nnd Finance. nlso surported the chnnge. ns
did Nathan Hobbs. Chief Justice. However, the dcc1s,011
on whether or not and how studem fees will be changed
hti,; been deferred 10 the Dec. 4 mecll ng Students nre en•
coumgcd 10 n11end this mectmg for the purpose or discuss­
ing Lhis issue.
Beamer and ASLC president Joe Gn:cnman want 10
discuss with Dean J:me Atkinson 01c feasibility of the dif­
ferent options and (for purposes of comparison) the amount
or student fees at other local colleges nnd univcr>1tics.
Campus c,~111ll1ClllS I 'Waulll Y• ,alllar axcbanga Y• 11Xt-
11Dok1 wD 11111,_ IP 111111111 ta 1111 bookltaraT''
Shawn Kilburn -sophomore Erk Utterhack -junior Ebenezer Bond -sophomore
1am a book fanatic. I will keep all of my ,;Exchange. You get more money that way." ''I'd rather sell them 10 Powell's and get
looks." more money." Ashleigh Adams -senior
'Td like 10 exchange them 10 someone else,
because I'd like 10 have as little 10 do with
Barnes and Noble as possible." ,4 FEATURES Nn,·cmbcr 22. 1')96
Michael Ford: Student advocate or the dean of our discontent?
by Jeremy Brown hol policy-that's not his way. il's the way the United
Michael Ford was in his element. Shirting his tall rmme States docs things.''
in his choir. 1he Dean of S1uden1s gcs1urcd delibcr- Nonetheless, students are questioning the way
ately as his words gradually gained steam. "The minu1c I Pord has made decisions. TI1e new candle, sage, and
walked in 1he door in this job, people were after me," he incense policy is• prime example. Hobbse<Jmplaincd,
recounted. Almost four years since he became Denn of Stu• .. He can be very impulsive. The candle, sage. and in­
dents and 1wenty years since he joined the staff at Lewis & cense policy was an impulsive reaction of his. He is a
Clark. people are still after Michncl Ford. really well•intentioned guy. but he underestimates how
This past summer. the unpopular candle. sage. and strongly we feel. Hc·s a perfoctionist with very linle
incense missive w:t~.scnl from his desk. ------------- tolerance for things that arc not done
·ntcdcsign and enforcement of the cam-•· ff I see something that I hls way:·
pus drug and alcohol policy comes from think needs to be The fac1 that the ban was pro-
his office. For while Ford coordina1cs posed and implcmen1ed during sum-
Residence Life. College Outdoors, Stu• challenged, then I'll mer break lcf1 many students rescn1-
dcn1 Ac1ivi1ics, New Student Oricnla• challenge it. ff/ think ful. Sophomore Josh Pease said,
1ion, and other programs. it is his im- "1l1epolicyisacrock.S1uden1swcre something is wrong, is age as 1hc "campus rules mao .. 1hn1 left out on 1ha1 decision ... Alicia Gil-
mnkes him 1hc mos1 coniroversiol lig- OW of sync with 01/r bcr1,Rcsiden1Assis1an1 in Copeland.
urc at LC. Jundam.enral comm1111iry agreed. "As a student." she said, .. ,
Ford, the recent winner of Pacific strongly dislike aoy ·summer slam
Lu1hcrnn Universi1y's Outstanding Slalldards of civjlity an.d dunk' policy. no mnuer what ii is ...
Alumni Award. recognizes this. •·1 think mutual respect, I'll go Ford acknowledged the criti•
there's a perception oul there that I'm to the ma/ on it," eism but defended his dc<:ision. "I
enamored wuh this notion of creating made a tough call this summer based
rules and imposing 1hiog, on s1udcn1s -Michael Ford, upon some evidence that had been
wil(mu1 consulting with 1hem ... he said. Dea11 of Students mounting abou1 the dangers assocl-
.. 1 come undercnticism for1ha1. in some atcd with [candles!, as well as uur
ca.-,,cs foir, in some cases unfoir"
I'nr l>ener or wC>rse. Ford's dual pofaion a., student
advocnte anu communicator of college policies is governed
by l11s decr>-scntcd plulosophy of how studem life should
be defined ... I learned a long time ago lhnl sornclllnes tllc
bcs1 way 10 help ns1ude111 is 10 provide a thoughtful bound•
nry." he said. These walls of uccoun1nbili1y. he said. nrc
"designed 10 pro1cc1 the many rrom the few. so 1hn1 the
many who ore tnklng full advan1agc of 1his place cnn be
very succc,<c~ful. But there nrc a few people who arc not
here for the right reasons and who make choices 1h01 put
other people in jcop:irdy ... concern~ for Jrug use: on campus. I knew ii would he
controversial and I knew Lha1 people would be nngry
abou1 11. I don't particulnrly like 1t1 make decisions
where students aren ·1 IO the thick of it. hut from time
10 ume I'll do that:·
Working in teams 1s 1mponan1. Ford siresscd. but
sometnnes he has 10 have the final word "I· ve gol m make
some prcuy tough decisions :tround here ... he srud ... But
I'll make them based on my best judgment. h didn·1 come
wiggling out of some commjuee somewhere. it came from
me because I was charged wilh making that decision." do anythmg he could to ~top whi1t he wa~ doing, go ha\'t
coffee or lunch wuh them nnd 11,len."
According 10 Ford. who rercrrcd 10 him,clr a.< '·the
alcohol czar." 1he alcohol and drug,r,olicy is one such safe­
guard for s1uucn1s. Some students find this notion over•
bearing. Nathan Hobbs. ASLC Chief Ju~ticc. ,aid, "He
thinks 1hc alcohol policy is necessary in order 10 protect
students. I find 1ha1 a bit pntemalistic." Not only is I'ord comfortable making difficult calls,
he won't shy away from an occasional banle. "(fl sce<ome•
thing that J think needs to be chnllenged, then I'll challenge
ii. If I thin~ something is wrong, is ou1 of sync wi1h our
fundamental com1nuniLy standards of civili1y and 111u1uul
respect. I'll go lo the mnl on it, .. he said. Gilbcr1 v1s11ed Ford earlier this seme<1er w1lh a prob­
lem of her own and was satisfied w11h lhc result '·He IOQl
ume away from his schedule nnd wa...; very responsive, ..
Gilbert said. "If you have c<1ns1ruc11vc criticism. he 1s 10-
1ally willing 10 take iL TI1c key word is construc1ivc. Cal~
rng him names doesn ·t help. I think perceptions of Michael
Ford arc falsely based-he ls supportive tlf sluclcnlt."
In the end. Ford points toward his record of scrvict
a1 LC:md away from the criticism he foccsevcry dny ... What
I lry 10 do is net with honesty nnd integrity. I try 10 do the
righl thing and then do it the right way," he said ... I want 10
be perceived a~ somebody who has dedicated his profC$•
sionnl life 10 this ins1i1u1ion.'' Ford drinks an occasional beer or chardonnay. but
added.·'( don't dnnk to impairment. ever:· He argued that
LC is beuer off now than i1 was before the policy was imple•
mentcd in 1989. ·'I've seen what happens 01 1his college
when the policy was, not in crrccr. ll was nol sarc. There
\\'as a lot more nssauh, sexual assauh. $cxunl harn.ssrncnl.
and property Llnmagc ... he said ... People got hun, This was
001 u place where people were taking their education seri­
ously,'' While Ford's role in controversial issues is wh:u
shapes his imogc for many students, he finds his job as u
problem solver,and cns1s manager "engaging and reward•
ing:· He said ... I meet a lot
I'ord and members ,,r his sL'll'f stressed 1ha1 the
~h01ll's policy is in keeping wiLh federal ;.rnndords. He
osked. "Whnl federal guideline wnuld you like us to ig­
nore? To me, if you're going 10 gel nid from the federal
govcmmcn1. 1hen we need 10 behave in a responsible man­
ner as an institution." To FQrd. that means s1rict cnfon.:c•
mcm of the current regultuions. "V,/e can't ignore ii and we
won'1 ignore ii:· he said.
Cherie St. Michel Clark. Fores1-Hartzfcld Resident
Director, agreed. "I think students think that he's silting up
in his office making rules 10 make Lheir lives hell. Tirn1·s
nol the way It is at all. .. she said. "Students arc challenging
him on unrealis1ic is.sues. 11·s unrealistic 10 drop the alco-
Fmmfm
llicbulFon of students on very real
and very challenging prob-
lems. I'm the pen.on 1hey
come 10 if they can't get it
solved. I want lO be viewed
as n person who is np­
proaehnhle and who is
available 10 students. Quite
fmnkly, thal's my history
here."
Indeed, the consen•
sus is that Ford is readily
available for counsel nnd
support. St. Michel Cla.rk
said. ·'He•s been really
support.ivc in difficull situ•
mions. He's extremely ac•
cessible. Ir n student goes
up 10 his office, he would
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Satan's -ycare, Where the walls are covered with imagination
by Dave Kolek
It's not everyday that you rind n room known a.< "Satan's
Daycare." h&1 if you look hord enough an the mazes of
COJ!Clund Hal~you will stumble across It here nt Lewis &
Clark. Within the C1,peland labyrinth. there is a hallway
known as "The lnrerno.'" and at the dark end of this "'hell-
1sh" hallway is "Satan's Daycare··
Tbis spacious and notorious quad Is Inhabited by
sophomores Errk Frank, Jason Roscnblau, and Mike
Skr-,ynski. The room·s decor acts a.s the fourth personnli1y
for the quad. Its over-
whelming array of horri• the notion 1ha1 they arc hanging precariously above
the head has o tremendously unse11llng affect on nil
visnors. Rosenblatt admits that his roommates were
wnry of lhe knives at first. ··when the knives went
up my roommates were like. ·Nol They arc coming
down now!"' Yet they have been up since before
Halloween. nnd show nosignsofhcing Inken down,
except perhaps by gravity. Frank, who wn; appre­
hensive nbou1 the precarious arrangcmen1 of knives
m lirsl, said, "You get u,ed 10 them after awhile.··
Just hchmd
the kmves in hor­
fying nrtwork, original
ornaments and 01 her
oddities gives it ii life of
hsown.
The primary dcco­
ra1or of the room is
Rosenblatt. "I got here
before anybody else and
so I started decorating as "When the knives wem up my roommates
were like, 'No! They are coming down
now, "' says Rosenblatt. Yet they show no
signs of being taken down, unless
gravity intercedes. rifying decorative
originality nrc the
nnils. Rosenblatt
auachcd an army
of hardware nails
to hnng with their
sharp point down­
wards across-lhc
soon as I could." Once he
completed the Room Condi1inn Report he began 10 adorn
1he stark. blnnk walls that arc characteristic of new dom1
rooms. ··r don·, like white walls, I think they arc for sani­
lllriums." There are no white spaces t<l worry abou1 in this
room; every inch of sU1lionary space is covered wilh some•
1hing creative.
Many students solve the '"plain wall dilemma" by
purchasing un•inventive Pulp Ffo1io11 or N/fwi,w posters
0< tapestries from Saturday Market, whercils Rosenblnn re­
Jie,s on his crca1ive imagina1ion to cover 1hc walls. •·r chink
I kind of exploded and became 1he person that I am when I
c:une to college." TI1is ··explosion· includes a varied amount
of media such as drawings by horror master Clive Barker
oo 1he walls. u pentagram taped on the floor. grotesque pic­
tures from countless horror ftJms, ghastly weapons hang­
mg from the walls, and other unique photos and decora­
tions.
TI1c most memorable decoration of the room is the
!!rnngemcnt of five serrated kni vcs hanging from tho ccil,
ing directly over the points of the aforementioned pentn­
gram. The knives arc securely anchored 10 the ceiling. but entire door jamb.
When the door is
closed, nails 1ha1 arc auachcd 10 the top of the door
mesh 1ogether with the one,_~ hanging down like the
jaw of some menacing beast. The nails act as a warn­
ing of what awaits visitors within the room. "My
[Resident Oircctor]jokcd that we must have some­
thing against tall people:· says a laughing Rosenblatt.
11 is true that taller visitors are well advised to hunch
n I inle lower when they come 10 visit to avoid the
unwelcome greeting of oails.
One might wonder if all of 1hc,;e atti~ic con­
trop1ions arc safe and within the bounds of-Residence
Lifc"s living standards, "I was worried 1h01 they
might not like it,"' Roscnblan says referring 10 his
Resident Assistant and RD. "But they never said
anything against it. It just intrigued them. It didn"1
bother them." It seems that Residence Life was simi­
larly impressed with Rosenbla11·s interior decorat­
ing. "There is a picture of my room in last year's
Pathfinder:· Rosenblatt says with a proud smile. The photo.
which displays Rosenblau 's door from Inst year (complete
with hnnging skclc1011), introduces incoming students to
donn life here at Lewis & Clark. It is doubt­
ful that this year's doorway (which meludes
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY a police body outline on the noor, a gas mask
on the door. o.nd U1e intimidating nnils) will
grace U1e pages of the fonhcoming Pathlinder.
Invest 10 months for
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Willamette University offers an excellent 10 month program
leading to a Master of Arts (MATI degree and It would seem reasonable to assume
that Roscnblnu had a similarly decorated
room al home before coming 10 college.
"No," he says. "My room is white walls a1
home. My mom freaks out whenever I put
anything up'" His parents hove recogni1.ed
1heir son ·s new talent wi1h unique dccom ..
tions, and have begun to encourage him.
"Somewhere along 1he way my dad realized
that he had a weird son so he recently said,
'Hey son. do you want this bedpan 10 dccb-
nuc your room?'"
One of the best room's best features is
U1at it is always changing, with new things -.. -
added all the 1ime. As Rosenblatt says. ''111is wasn't all sct
up. 1 didn'1 have a Master Plan. TI,ings arc moving all the
time:· TI1is 0uidi1y :illows for the other members or the
room to add things as well. Skrzynski's rnlcn1 with rrrt is
apparent in his corner of the room. "I add little things to
cover the while s5,0Ls," he says. J L also encourages new cre­
ations all the time, including the reccnl addition of "The
Gimp." TI,e Gimp was once a cute. cuddly and cheap imi­
tation of a Barney doll. which Rosenblatt covered with black
clec1rical tape to achieve a more menacing 0Jfcc1. lls in­
rimidnLing sunure looms over the entire room. and instills
fear and respect in al I who visi1.
The room known o.s Satan's Daycare is a line example
of 1hc different types of s1udcn1s that live here u1 Lewis &
Clark. The diversity of decorn1ions on the walls mirror the
divergent personalities that live in 1hc mom. Despite the
fearful composition of many of 1he decorations, a comfort­
able feeling steals over a visitor 1ha1 scuys for more than a
few minutes. Whether you sleep un entire night under the
knives in the pentagram, or Slop to see the nails on the door­
way, you are cen.ain 10 be exposed to a new way or 1hink~
ing. 171is exploration of new ideas is the epitome or chc
liberal ans education Ihm we are all pursuing here. an Oregon Teaching license, with teacher license
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Barbra Streisand versus Nlchael Jordan: the audience loses
~ .\lovic Review
lry Brett Beach
0 n screen. personality and charisma
counl for a whole helluva lot One of
lhe reasons people go lo a movie is nol sim­
ply lo sec an actor or acucss towering
1wenly-five fce1 in the air. but 10 sec a STAR
on the big screen and marvel al the way in
which they can inslnnlly capliva1e an audi­
ence.
I bring this up because two new re•
leases. The Mirror Nas Twn Faces and
Space Jam have 1hu1 lead 10 1rue love. Looking for the perfect
woman, Gregory places n lonely heans ad,
which Rose's sister answers for Rose.
Soon Gregory and Rose arc going oul
and 1hough she at first agrees lo go along
with his purely platonic notions, we have
seen her explain 10 her class that she loves
everything about romance. especially the
physical side.
This leads 10 the cen1.ral dilemma of
the film: Is Rose hcing true 10 herself by
staying with Gre­
star wnuage, and al­
mosl nothing else.
going for them.
The fom1er is
1hc latest project
from :1ctrcss-pro­
ducer-direc1or-diva gory and can Gre­
gory honestly say
he loves Rose if it
is not with soul and
body? 1 don't think 1 ever really
wanted 10 hear Porky Pig
say, "I just wet myself."
Within lhat
paradox lies room
for an incredibly
sman and romanlic film. But though there
is a lot C>f talking in Mirror. it all ends up
seeming much ado about nothing. Barbra Streisand and the laucr is the screen
debut of hoop-grc:11/produc1 spokesman
extraordinaire Michael Jordan. The wny!<:
in which they both prove 10 be ultimately
disappointing say a lot about whn1 it takes
(and what ii doesn'l) 10 gel a film made these
days.
Mirmr is the belier film, hul also lhe
more disnppoin1ing due 10 how much pos­
sibility it friuers nway from an intriguing
premise. Streisand plays Rose Morgan. a
fur-from-homely Romantic Lit professor al
Columbia. who allows her self esteem 10 be
trampled on by her more glamorous sisler
(Mimi Rogers) and mo1her(Lauren Bacall).
Rose has resigned herself 10 a life of
watching. ,he Yankees <,n lclcvision :ind din•
ing wi1h Mom. Meanwhile. Grcg<>ry Larkin
(Jeff Bridges). a mnth prof nl Columbia,
comes to 1hcconclusion that only a platonic
relationship between rnan nnd woman can The film works in a herky-jerky
rhythm, uneasily combining physical mo­
ments of humor with forced auempls at poi­
gnancy (wi1h one exception) and some con­
voluted plot developments in ~,c final 1hird.
Streisand the Star is as winning and
lovable a~ ever, combining self-deprecating
wit with astute comments that she delivers
in her splendidly ironic tone. When Rose
changes her image midway through allow•
ing her real "self' to emerge, Streisand plays
the moment for all it is worth and allows
lhe camera 10 linger on her jaw-droppingly
beautiful forn1. 11•~ a "Siar'' moment 10 be
sure.
Unfortunately. Streisand 1.he Director
seems woefully dis1rnc1ed much o( die time.
I 1l1ough the old-1jme feel of the film is fun
at first, Streisand drowns the film in 100
much back lighting nnd opls fora very plain,
static visual tone that renders the proceed•
ings walchablc, bul never very involving ..
The usually reliable Jeff Bridges
struggles with his character, who seems to
be all quirks thnt come and go. and exhibits
an underlying misanthropic biuer streak that
makes Gregory rather scary towards the end
of the liltn. Blame this on the weak scrip!
by the normally-reliable-as-well Richard
LaGravancse (The Fisher Ki11g).
A.< for the poignanl moment that
works, it ·s between Rose and her mothernnd
an old photo and it is fi lied with just the
right combination of things said and unsaid
and the combined charisma of two genera­
tions of stars. II stands as irrefutable proof
thalonc star may be bright, but 1wocan light
up the universe. And a weak lilm a< well.
A friend told me lhat Michael Jordan
once said he would make a lilm on three
conditions: I )He had 10 play himself; 2)
11,cre had 10 be a 101 of basketball; 3) There
had 10 be Looney Tunes canoon characters.
There's the high concept and that's exactly
what Spt1c~ Jam fc.cls like: a srn.r vehicle
e;er1n The Mirror Has Two Faces
Space Jam
with an immensely likable and wholly
wooden actor surrounded by $80 million
wonh of special effects and n script lhat m<lll
likely never saw a second revision.
In one of the strange.st plots ever. Jor•
dan does play himself and offers a reasoP
as 10 why he opted 10 return 10 baskc1ball
after his switch 10 baseball. His love for
the game was rekindled after Bugs, Daffy,
and the rest of the Warner Bros. charac1cr1
asked him 10 help them win a basketball
game against outer space invaders intent oa
enslaving the animated bunch. (I unders11100
that it's ONLY A FILM. but you have 10
admit lhe psychology is there on the sur•
face).
Jordan agrees and the basketball game
is the lilm's highlight, filled with enough
wit and spark to fuel a good 10 min. car•
toon.
The. special effccL~. however a,re never
very convincing nnd the live-action scenes
are enough of a vacuum that Hoover should
consider il as their next model. Plus, J don't
lhink I ever really wanted 1.0 hear Porky Pig
say, "I just wet myself."
Here's a case where star power docs
no good shining in a black hole. Nu\·cmber 22, 1996 ART::-r/•
Two JolllS, aa accm,b, nl 1800 sweaty Ms create··- at I.JI lJnl
by Joe GTossman
Quirky rocR icons They Migh1 Be Gian1s have nlways
defied ca1egorization.
Sporting a musical style somewhere beIween 1hose
of S1ccly Dan and Weczcr. lhe Ginnis have spcn1 11 f1ecn
)1'atS carefully carving ou11heir niche in 1he world of aher­
nativc pop. Titeir la1est album. FllC:rory Showroom, conLin­
llC.I 1he band's 1radition of combining only lhe bes1 pop
melodies wiIh generous quan1i1ies of cryplic lyrics and oc-
011ional off-killer Cunk. Their Salurday conccrl al La Lunn
did no less.
The show kicked off wi1h "S-E-X-X-Y." 1heir con•
vmcing lake on 1970s-style soul, comple1c with sleazy gui-
111r and vague lyrical innuendo ("There she was/ Sining on
lhe bed/ Cookie in one hand/ Tiie other hand. S-E-X-X­
Y"). A., the evening w(lre on, the Gia.nts relcn1Jcssly served
up a satisfying retrospective of their two most rceent al­
bums (Facto1y Showroom and I994°s 10h11 He,,ry, bo1h
available on Elektra Records. Buy them.)
They also played a few songs off I992's Apollo 18
a1¥!1heir 1990 brcaklhrough album, F/o()(/. lt's unlikely lhe
crowd would have let Ihe band get away wi1hou1 playing
such favorites as "11tc Gui1ar," .. Twis1ing." "Istanbul {Not
Conslllntinoplc),'' and the bouncily ca1chy "Birdhouse in
Your Soul," and the crowd-pleasing Giants did not disap•
poin1. Sndly. 1hcirdebu1 album. They Migh1 Be Giams. was
oompletely ignored. and their second, U11co/11. was rcpre•
ltnled only by a lumbering ·'Ana Ng:·
Bui when n band has us many grca1 s<mgs as Lhe Gi­
nnis, a fan is happy 10 hear almosI any1hing, Most songs
featured at least one clever Lwisl on the. record version. Their
cocking--cst recent song. ''AK.A Driver." was incorporated
into a medley with lhe Bee Gee·s classic .. Staying
Ali\'C,'•
Their foray inio sciencc-cduca1ion. "Why Does Lhe
Sun Shine'/." 1rnnsfom1ed from a children's song inlo a Mr .•
Wi1.ard-mcc1s-The Ramones-style nunk romp, "Exquisite
Dead Guy .. (their la1es1 in a string of dea1h--0bscsscd songs)
w,rnugmenIcd by lip-synching puppet heads mounted on
poles several feet above tlie Giants' heads, Eerie, but highly entcrrnining.
·n1cre: were also several new songs. including 1hc
country-1inged "Coun1erfci1 Fakir" and a peculiar ballnd
prcsumnbly called "They Migh1 Be Gian1s Go1 Lost Driv­
ing Around Town."
The most memorable moment for many concert-goers
In all the ruckus,
children were trampled.
loved ones were separ«ted,
and accidental gropings occurred ...
but the good-natured spectators
enjoyed eve,y second.
hnd 10 be 1he mandaiory mass conga line thm accompanied
"No One Knows My Pl3n." Singcr/Guirnri~1/Emcec­
Ex1raordinaire John Flansburgh (known 10 Gian1s fans as
"The Cap'n") ordered lhe packed crowd 10 form a single
conga line and circulate all around the tiny tl1ea1er. This moved almosI everyone awuy from !heir ini1ial spol. un­
doubIcdly annoying sorne of lhc "uptight" (Flansburgh's
word) people wiIh fron1-row views. In all the ruckus. chil­
dren were trampled, lovc.d ones were separated. and acci•
denial gropings occurred and were sheepishly apologized
for, bul 1hc good-natured spectators enjoyed every
second.
While Flansburgh played gracious host 10 the audi·
once, !he other chief-Gian!. accordionislfkeyboardist/singer
John Linnell (AKA "The Professor"), provided oecusionnl
sardonic commcniury. Overall. though. he stuck 10 1hc role
of musician. dcl ivcring his trademark organ and accordion
.stylings. eccentric and sloppily precise. In one ins1rumcn-
1al piece. he conducted the band and the audience in a loose
improvisation. with the :1udicncc screaming on cue to
complcmcn1 the band's chaotic musings.
Of course. 1he Giants weren'I the only band playing
1ha1 night Opening act :ind nor1hwcs1 rox1urcs Cub (whose
song "New York Ci1y" is covered by 1hc Giants on S/r()w•
room) set a good mood for 1hc evening.
Not only did they mke the stage on lime, hu1 1hey
handled 1hc crowd wilh charm and good humor. Their songs
were largely unintelligible 10 n lis1ener sianding direclly hy
a huge stack of amplilier,;, bul 1hcir charisma alone could
have carried 1heir performance. Churning ou1 powerful 1wo­
minu1e pop/punk songs one after another. Cub had 1he au­
dience slam dancing and jumping in place 1hroughou11hcir
entire sel. They won over many new rans lhnt
night.
Both b,1nds made lhe bes1 of La Luna·s "intimate"
setting. No1 only was 1hccrowd uncomfortably packed inlo
the 1hea1cr, Ihcrc was nlso a suffoca1ingl)• smoky a11no­
sphere (imagine watching a concerl from inside Larry
King·s lung.) And if 1ha1 wasn't enough. lhe condensation
dripping from 1hc ceiling provided moisl surprises for au­
dience and band alike.
Bui lhc crowd was chccr(ul and generally friendly
(one concert-goer even ceded his spot at the bnrrier in fron1
of the srngc so a twelvc~ycar o1d boy could gel a better
view). The bands rocked above and beyond 1he call of rock­
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Russian satellite crash reveals dangers of plutonillm-238 in space
by Jeff Shaw .
S omcwhcre over the South Pru:itic, the probe be
gan its descent. Al first, the military and poli1i­
cul leaders thought 1he Russian probc's deadly ca,-go would
cascade down over central Austrnlin. irradiating thousands
of aboragim,I peoples. Fonunniely. we were lucky-US
1n,ckingcquipmcn1 which hnd prcdictc<l 1Jrn1 resuh proved
lnaccur:ue, m,d the de:tdly hunks of steaming dchris
splashed down 01 31 degrees sou1h Ja1i1udc, 96 degrees 30
minutes west longitude, nboul 1,000 kilorncters wcs1 of
011ic, between Ens1cr Island nnd 1he South American
mninlnnd.
Somewhere m dtc former Soviet Union. a team of
scicnL,slS gnnshcd their teeth over 1hc latesl in o series of
sp::icc disaslcrs. TI1is M3rs probe WU..'i ~upposcd to rcv11a1-
lze the llagsong Russion space progrnm. once lhe envy of
the worJtl. Now. these scientists fear, lhc world may sec
just how fo.<l nnd loose lhe program hns been playing ii
with s:1fe1y concerns.
Somewhere on ~le World Wide Wch, NASA's web
page counts down 1he days un1il our own mini-Chernobyl
is launched, a1 much grca1cr risk 10 human life and the
environmcnl. Toduy, thal countor says ~,is: 318 days un­
lil launch.
The dangers of plutonium in space nre well-known
and well-documcn1cd. One pound ofplu1onium.1hc mos1
toxic substance known to humans, can cause lung cancer
nnd hone cnnccr in every person on earth if 1he distribu•
tion is uniform. TI1e United Stmcs· space program has the
best record in the world :it handling the stuff-frighten­
ing, given lhal our space program has had accidents In 3
oul of ~,c 24 space missions we·ve used the deadly s1urr.
ll's lime 10 use lhc curre,11 cri~is from the failure or
1he Russian space probe 10 rccvuluatc our entire space pro­
gram. In doing so. I um confidcnL we will come 10 two
conclusions. First, we should immedimely hall the launch
of 1he Ca.~sini probe. a United Stales deep-space mission
10 Saturn. Tire Pioneer Log first reponcd on the dangers
of plutonium-based missions, the Cassini probe in panicu-
1:tr, in our 0<:1obcr 4th issue.
Second, we in 1he United States should radically re­
orient our sp:1cc progrnm's priorities. While exploration
of space and scienrific knowledge are compelling to our
innate human desire to understand the mysteries c,f the
universe. the way we have been going oboul doing so has
served to disconnect us from canhly prohlcms, prevent4
ing solu1ions for those problems. 111e European Space
Agency developed new pho1ovohnic solar cells in 1994
which achieve a near-unprcccden1cd 25% efficiency, and
m much less ecological risk than plu1onium-powercd
spacecraft Even NASA was forced 10 admil lhe effec­
tiveness of these devices-suppressed studies from
NASA's Jc1-Propulsion Lab revealed as much when they
were auained through 1hc Freedom of lnl'onnalion Ac1.
With this established, it becomes clcarthat we can ·1
risk our planet or ourselves any longer. As Nuclear Phys­
ics Professor Michio Kaku has st.med. "we nre here to save
1he space program from itself." Re-orienting our space
program around the earth, ironically enough, might be the
best way to save it and the pfnnel ai 1he same time.
lnicially, though. we must focus on n more imrncdi•
a1e concern. Next October. 1hc Cassini probe will be
launched, and 1he foi lure of the Mars probe onl)' serves to
highlight 1he dangers. Such luminaries as Karl Grossman.
Professor at 1hc State Universi1y of New York, and Bruce
Gagnon of lhe Florida Coalition for P<Utcc and Justice have
idcn1ificd 1hrec sccnorios by which the probe could re­
lease its deadly plutonium on 1hc curth. One of those sce­
narios. somc1imesdismissed by NASA "expcns," is called
1he "sub-orbital tumble." where the spacecraft fails 10 reach
proper orbit and then re-enters 1hc canh's n1mospherc.
huming up on re-en1ry. This is almost exactly whnl hnp­
pencd to the Russian craft: ii shows us 1he danger of the
Cossini probe. especially since Cassin! mes on Topaz rock­
eis we purchased from Russia.
Consider a., well the disparate amounts or plutonium
on 1he 1wo spacccn,fis. According 10 US govcmmcn1
sources a$ quoted in the Jnp1111 Ecm,omic Ntwswirr.
Russin', probe carried foursniall baucry-cams1crs filled
with around 200 gram, of plutonium-less 1hun u pound.
Cas.sini will carry lhe lnrgest nmo,mt of plu1onium ever
earned intu spacc-72.3 p()unds. Think about thal m con­
JUncuon with 1he po1en11al hen Ith hanns which could come
rrom one pound. Even the govcmmen1 ·s orriciul sources
concede that, had the Plu1on1um been rclcnscd nbovc wa­
ler, it could hnvc ··created n ~mn11 rndioac1ive cloud 1hnl
could be lelhnl to humans."
The :.caricsl foci for me is th:tl nrninsiream nmlfo seems 10 be paying liulc auention. Since the probe splasbcd
down in lhe Ocean and promptly sank. scarce aucn1ion is
being paid 10 this po1en1ial eaiaclys111. probably b.:eause
of the fallacious rationale 1hnt i1 can do us no ham1 as long
as it's beneath the sea. The problem with this is twofold: include cancer deaths alone. Perhaps this crash is jusl what
we need 10 wake us up: beucr we arc scared by Jess 1han a
pound of plutonium 1h~n choking on 72.3.
This one wa< supposed 10 come down on populated
areas. Perhaps the next one will.
First, we can'l reco,•er the stuff. Two sourc.es-Alan We have 318 doys lefl.
Hodges. director or an Australian
federal agenc.y 1ha1 coordinates l O
emergency services: nationwide, and
n Chilean Navpfficer-bolh con­
cluded 1ha1 1he prospects ror recov­
ering the plutonium are slim since neer
1he probe splnshed down over a
deeper pnn of lhc ocean.
The second problem IS thai
the deep ocean contains some of ~1c
highest levels ofbiodiversily known
on earth. and 10 poison that
hiodivcrsity is not (mly to commil
an ecological sin but also to put the
entire oceanic food chain at risk.
Even more so than above the water,
oceanic life is interconnected, and
10 lose even one species risks un•
foreseen and po1cn1ially 1n1giccon-
sequences.
The military and government
mighl protest that pluionium-238,
1he lype used in 1he probe. is less
radioac1ivc than some 01,hcr vari~
ants-ii has a hair-life of 87.5 years
'by most es1ima1es. Still, 10 risk oce•
anic life for lhnt Jong, and 10 permit
1he risk of a similar aecidcnl hap•
pening in under a year, is simply in-
excusable.
And remember. this is 1hc
/Jc.11-cose ,cenario for n crash like
this The cn1f1 could have (and
should have, 11ccording 10 Ur111ed
S1a1es tmcking devices> come d'1wn
uvcr populated ureas m Aus1rnlm.
Prorcssor or Radiolog,co.l Physics
Ernest Stcmglass eslimntes 1ho1. If
this happens, 5 billion people would
gal 99% exposure ond risk cnncer­
ous dcalh. At "bnrc minimum, IO·
20 million would die, more likely
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llrQl bad< 1he IIM: --lhe ~itell States' callle C0111EX
by Natlianiel Patrick Hobbs
/ and Jeff Sl1aw
In 1890, the Census bureau declared
the western fronLier closed. Tha1
)tot, 388 counlics in tbe wesl had fewer Lhan
six persons per square mile. In 1990, that
figure had grown 10 397 counties. The my~l
llu.L we have ''sctcled" the wcsl seems to be
1001C and more mmsparen1. Of those
Jrl counties, over one hundred have
populations less t.han two persons
per square mile. The question is,
what do we do with thai land for the
AU.I century?
For starters. we can begin to
understand just what we· ve done to
lbc environment in the US. We've
dcarcut most of 1he timber in the
wcsi. and ,iithough the timber pro­
pagandists claim that we have "
liable number of growing foreSL<,
1hcy fail 10 tell you 1hu1 much of
,hat t_hey count is new growth ortcr
•t'vc raped lhc forests. More in­
'Sidious. however. is what our call le
\0n1plcx has done 10 our habua1.
The recent defeat of the clean
Sit~ms in11in11ve demonstrates thnt
thepoblic really is misled os 10 the
dfects of cattle gnmng in stream­
lido (riparian) habilllt~. h's so bnd
llul noturolists like Edwurd Ahbey
ltivc proclaimed thut caulc gra,ing
1w done more harm th:m nny other
t~lruclion we've wreaked on Lhe
!md.
So why did WC smn lhis off
with 1he observation thnt the west is
Yill largely unsettled'! Well, our
~Slll IO you mighl sound rodi­
QJ, but we think it's n sound one.
We should do our pan 10 reverse the destruc­
DOD we've wrought on the land by rcs1or­
mt, not just preserving, lhc ecosystems of
lb< wcsL !l's time 10 give up on caule and
witch-to bis()n.
Back in 19&7, Frank and Deborah
l'1lwcr wrote a piece called "Dust 10 Dust,"
,bich was a mostly playful urticlc about
bow wo should 1car down the rences in the
111,11 snd create a "Buffalo Commons"
•here bison could hvc in harmony with
fl"Slands and people. like tliey did for Lhou­
"'1<ls of years before the Europeans arrived.
Thisoniclc sci off a firesiorm of protest, but
111h!1en years since. much more acadcn11c
1111 poliucal i ntercst htas begun lO coalesce
JOOnd this idea. The Poppers. for their part,
,~ dtnwgraphcrs. Their idea stemmed
lrom the obser>'ntion that thc mid west nnd
1t11has been depopulating since the 1920s.
llldhas been steadily declining in economic
Jatngth. And then c,une tltc 1990 census,
•hich yielded the stark statistics I quoted to you at the beginning of this aniclc. To
put it another way, some 40 percent of the
country has one percent or the national po1>u­
la1ion. Why not create an :area 1h31 could
produce economic as well as environmen­
tal benefits? The economic benefits of a
"Buffalo Commons" are as follows:
1. Tou.rism. In Yellowstone, lhe bi-
..
son herds arc already one of the star attrnc­
tions. Tourists Oock 10 Ted Turner's ranch
in Montana to see the stately beasts, and in
Norm's home stnte or Oklnhoma, two of 1hc
top aurnctions are Wichita Sutic Park. which
hns a siiable herd or bison, and the Tall gross
Prairie Reserve, which is JUSI beginning 10
build rts herd of bison. A Notional Park
stretching millions of acres tbrough the great
plains would probably be an lrrcsis1iblc n1-
trac1ion to millions of tourists around the
globe, who nlready Oock 10 the West at­
tracted 10 "all things Wes1cm,"
2. llison as meaL Moy we recom­
mend the bis11n burgers at the Buffalo Oap'!
Ir any of you hnve doubt, as 10 its rnste or
competitive edge compared with beef, try it
and he convinced Bison Is grca, because ic
1:is1cs what beef used to taste like until it
became pumped lull of chernicnls. Besides,
b,son naturally have less tltan 3% fo1 and
their ncsh docsn ·1 marble. meaning leanness
ls 1hc rule One ol the reasons why bison isn't sold as much is that no1 enough bison
is grown. However. if permits for bison
culling through the Buffalo Commons are
alloc:tted, then the huge herds that could be
sustained in that area could handle quite a
bit of turnover- after all, millions or Plains
NntiveAmericans lived almost SOLELY on
bison for thousands or years-predation by
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humans is the niche they've adapted 10.
1110s. ecological symbiosis could be served
by lm,1mg bison nnd hurnans co•cxist.
3. Starvation. According 10 Jeremy
Rilldn. President of1he Foundation of Eco­
nomic Trends, the United States beef indu.~­
try is wreaking havoc with the food supply
of smaller n:ttio11s. Citing numerous stud­
ies. RiOdn's 1992 volume Beyond Beef
notes how n bcef-dri vcn United Suuc., is not
only lc.ss ecologically suslninable, bu1 re­
sponsible fornn unjust and inhumane "pro­
tein chain" which leaves 3.5 billion people
teetering on the
brink bet ween
"salvation and de-
spair. Nol only
i~ hormone nnd
grain-red beef
bad for our
d1e1. bu1 1hc
land we u,c
10 produce it
(and tho
rainforests
which are de•
stroycd because of
US beef industry
purchases) might be bcuer spen1 producing
grain, a much more crficrcnt means 10 feed
the world.
Rilldn also notes limt the impact of
1he grain-fed beef comple>. is dispropor­
tionately spread among chlldrcn nnd nmong
Third world nations. Fourty-60 million
people dieeach year. most or them children,
from not having access to our grain-grain
which could ea.,ily be produced if we eased
orr even u little on beef production. A fo­
cus on bison would eliminate this problem,
or at leas1 serve to substantially reduce 11.
4. Health. We speak no1 only or the
environment's health, but our health os well.
As Ernest Callcnbach wntes m his 1996
book, Bring /Jt1t'k 11,, /J11.ffalo!. we arc a na­
tion faced with the prospects of rising dis-ease. Because so much of our food is
pumped full of hormones and antibiotics
designed 10 grow cows bigger and faster
(like Bovine Somatmropin. the fumous Bo­
vine Growth Hom1one), when we cat beef
or drink milk our bodies gradually develop
a resistance 10 antibiotics. Sadly, this means
that diseases we were once able to cure e.a.s•
ily. liketuberculosis. can spread ou1
of control. Why should we allow
what Callenbach calls nn "increas-
ingly ominous problcm•· 10 continue
when deriving a substantial pan of
our mcai supply from free-range
bison. which arc not red ancibiotics
or hormones, could eliminate all
risk or these potential tragedies'/
Often. people underc_,timatc
the impact that the caulc complex
can have on Lhc ecology because it
takes a trained eye to comprehend
the dnmage cows do 10 forests and
streams. Witness the defeat orb:li-
101 measure 38--rmlny people just
don '1 recognize the problems cattle
ranching ant.I grnzmg can cau~e.
It is troubling that more
people don't recogmzc the h11voc
cows wreak on wcslcm rnn~clnnds
bccnusc ranching j.,. such a huge cn­
v,ronnu.::ntal problem. Chris Bright
of 1he Worldwatch lns1i1u1c argues,
for example, that cnulc ranching h:rs
dMe more dnmagc 10 the native
biodiversity <>f Nonh 1\mcricn than
"all the chainsaw, and bulldozer..
combined."
n1ere ;ue many rca-.ons: for
lhis: no1 only do cattle excrete ma•
nure directly inio the warer supply,
which kills salmon and is detrinicn-
ta! 10 the publrc health, but 1hese same cows
often contribute 10 soil erosion on
nverbanks. which leads 10 a pollution snow­
ball. Now there arc minern.ls OJtd sill which
seep Into 1he water supply as well.
Cnulc also alter species rclmlom;hips,
which can have for-reaching problems l'or
the ecology. The manipulation of the range
by human intervention ,:nn incrO<.luce exotic,
alien specie~ into western ccosys1cms. Be•
cause these species are oflen incompatible
with c.Xihtmg species m n given hioregion.
the ecosystem 3s n whole suffer.a. Free-
Ecological heallh in a Buffalo
Commons would be vastly
superior ro our current
svsrem. Simply allowing the
bison to roam free is the
mosr easily sustainable
system possible.
range bison, on the other hnnd1 don't over­
graze. Not only docs this assure the ere••
lures won '1 overexploit the ecosystems, but
11 also nllows 1he biulogicul systems In the
nrea lime m recover and dc\lclop, cri1ic::tl
for ecological ~usrninabili1y.
Ecological health in a Buffalo Com­
mons would be vastly superior 10 our cur­
rent system. Simply allowing bison 10 roam
free through the West is the most easily sus­
tainable system possible, wntes Cnlle11bach.
Granted, 10 adjust 10 such a radical change
would be u fairly jarring shock 10 many of
the communities of the Wcs1, bul probably
less jarring lo the towns than the shifl to
"civiliza1ion·• was to the ecosystem. All
lhings considered, restoring bison to the
West is the most forward-thinking polic~ we
could suggesL ---
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I Non:mht.:r 22. J 996 SPORTS 1•1•
W-dh friendly ways and tough play, Kamu Lee wins over LC
• Pio11eer f OCLlS
by Kerry Kemper
Don't let the picture fool you, senior of
fcnsivb lineman Kamu Lee is quite
friendly. Walking around campus he can
usually be seen with" large grin spanning
his face. Put that together with a very dis­
tinctive laugh and good sense of humor and
you have one happy Hawaiian. 'J11is may
not the demeanor you would expect from a
6-2. 300 pound 21-yea.r-old man, but this
Lewis & Clark senior can be described in
one word ... jolly !
A friendly guy olTthe field, Lcctrans­
fonned on game days putting on his game
face for a long day in the trenches. Playing
offensive line, he competed at the sports
i .,.,,, .. '"'" "" ""~""" """
Top Ten Signs That You're Going
To Fail Your Midterm.
JO. When you geryourtcst back, there
;s no grade, however, you 1101lce brown
s1reaks across the paper that smells w11nis•
taxably like l11111u111 poop.
9. /11s1ead of meeting with your study
group in the librmy, you end up checking
cut the actlon at Mary's Btlr across from
tlte Caribou dowmowJJ.
8. After an intense, solo study ses­
sion, yoa w,1ke up in your bed. naked with
tile book sprawled 011 the floor.
7. The night before the midterm you
rry 10 break i1110 your professor's office to
get the test. however. you can't find your
professor's office because you \,e never been
there.
6. While in class, you find it vet)•
difficult to follow along mul often daydream
abo111 8rya111 Cumbie.
5. Your notes could be mistaken for
Egyptian hyroglyphics and must be
decifered by the Rosseta stone.
4. A11emprs at bribing your profes­
sor lwve failed. she just <UJesn ~ like Poi,
(who'd a 1011ghr?).
3. Coming to class without a dog
has drawn ridlcule from class•mates and
thus broken your spirit to study.
2. Calling the professor by his or
lru first name while pulling ti hyphenated
"dog" on the end has gotten <l "egarive re•
spo11se.
I. All along you 1/w11gh1 they were
spe.akllJg French.
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ll and spirit. Bashing heads every offensive
play he accumulated no s1a1s, was never
carried off Ll1c field or named offensive
player of Ll1e week. This has never bolh­
ered ''Mu" who believes ii to be pa.rt of the
job description of nn offensive lineman. 10
be able 10 play knowing that he'll never re­
ceive the praise that a quarterback or re­
ceiver gets. His success comes with Lhat of
the team and those around him.
"My reward is when Tommy
I Blanchard] throws for over 5,000 yards in
his career, or when Jesse [Ortiz] leads tho
league in running.'' said Kamu, "when Lha1
happens. I know did my job."
Lee is definitely a major contributor
to those who he blocks for. A three year
starter. Kamu has been 1/locki ng for
Blanchard for most of his 5,182 passing
yards, which is the third most in LC his­
tory. After serving as a back-up in his first
season on Palatine H111. Lee broke out his
sophomore year starting every game and
earning Honorable Mention All-League.
The following season. he played mos1 of the
season with a broken finger. He had his hand
reca.sted numerous times 1hroughoul the sea­
son while playing with only one free hand.
This year, he returned 10 right guard as one
oflhe key members ofOLcorps. Each game
meant something a linle more this season
with the knowledge 1ha1 it would be the last
season of his career. He finished with Hon­
orable Mention honors in the NCIC. and a
head full of memories.
"When the clock ran out in the final
game, I 0ashed back 10 lhe firs1 day I set
foot on campus as a freshman," said Lee.
In a very emotional scene al the end
of last weekends game at Willan,cne most
of the seniors walked a.round hugging one
anolher, taking pictures and holding onto
their final mome.nts on the field. Although
teary-eyed, Kamu couldn't help grin as he
mingled with fans, 1eamma1cs and family.
But the memories don't include just foot­
ball. With a college experience he calls "in­
credible," Lee is very happy that he chose
to be a Pioneer .. Recruited by most of the
schools in the conforence, he chose LC be­
cause of academics and better chances of
playing early on in his college career. Most
of the past four years were not spent play­
ing football, he "met new people from all over America. and
grew up a lot" How•
ever. some or his
grcmcs1 memories are
ones that us mnin•
landers take advan­
tage of.
''You can drive
forever. " lhc Hawaii
n:uivc says with a
smile. "l lived on a
small island, I
thought I was going
to die on those eight
hour bus trips."
But the most
importan1 part of LC
10 Lee is the family he
has gained in the past
four years. Family
has always been a
large pa.rt of his life.
Encouraged 10 play
by his parents. they
were always very
supportive of his de­
cisions and kept him
motivated.
But since leav.
ing home he has built
a new family at LC.
In what he calls a
"foo1ball.,fr.i1erni1y,"
the football team has
become his family
away from home. The foci that he, like most
college students, is separated from his fam­
ily has made the team a very tight knit group
. He felt as though he was "born into a new
family." The players around him and his
desire for 1he 1eam as a whole 10 succeed is
his largest motivation. Lee gives an example
giving credit to league leading running back
Jesse Ortiz.
"This summer I watched Jesse grow
up a lot this summer," says Lee. "he worked
his ass off and that motivated me because I
wanted to see him do good."
Ortiz was third in the na1ion with
137.1 yards per game.
In a mauerof months Kamu will leave
his LC family to en1er 1he real world. His
playing days behind him, he will never loss
his large grin or friendly manner. Finishing
Diamond recounts loss to VVIJ, '96
by Jamie Diamond
The Lewis & Clark Pioneers saw !heir
season come to an end at the hands of
the Willamette Bearcats. With 1he final
score 29-23. lhere were some dejec-1ed faces
wearing the black and orange pride. How­
ever, there were also some good memories
to be remembered.
Take the time that the sprinkler sys­
tem went off against Western Oregon, or the
time that we beat Paget Sound like it was
our job and we needed overtime pay. These
are the 1hings that the Pioneers of 1996 will
take with !hem as long as lhey live, not the
finaJ numbers or O\lerall record.
Foothall is a game of inches. nnd
yards and third down conversions. So is
life. Life has goal line stands and incom­
plete passes. but we don't let that get us
down. It's 1he way we handle victory and
defeat thnt truly defines our mtegnty and
our love for 1he game. The,e is no reason
to feel down about ending another season.
and as one great Pioneer quuncrbuck..once
sntd, "h's just the end of one part of your
life and the smn of a new one"
Back 10 the ga01e. the Bearcats
outrushed thePioncers251 -171. However,
Jesse Ortiz was crowned the leading rusher
in the league after amassing over 137 yards per game. Not only did he lead 1hc NCIC,
but was also third in the n"{ion among NAJA
rushers. Oniz heads a long list of all-con­
ference selec1ion for the Pioneers.
Tommy Blanchard came up just shy
of second place on the all-time Pioneer pass­
ing yardage list. Blanchard finished his ca­
reer with 5,182 yards. 25 yards short of
foz1er Pioneer Scou McCord.
Former Lakcridge Pacer standout
A ron Schmidt had another big game.
Schmidt hauled in six balls for 134 yards
and a score. 11tat gives Llie junior wide-out
a dozen cmches forover200 yards and three
score..~ in just the last two games.
Jeremy Cox ran down n gang of ball
carriers 10 surpru.s the century mark for 1:1ck­
les in the season. With eigln tackles against
Willamette, that gives him 106 for the sea­
,on Pre11y impress, ve being sandwiched
between all-leaguers Marc Miller and Jnn
Roofcner.
To all the seniors. we he,·e at the Pio­
neer Log would like to congmtulutc you on
a fine scn.wn a.nd c..:mcr here on Pall\tlne
Hill. We wish you well in all you do and
thanks: for the meinnries. Remember your
time here and always support Pioneer nth·
lctics wherever you go. See you next sea•
son in the Alumni game. GO PIOS!! with a solid career as a Pioneer, he would
like 10 continue to panicipate in 1hc game
as a coach while teaching math or business
at the high school level. Bui for know he
keeps his future open to all possibilities.
"If anyone reads !his who is looking
10 hire people, I'm looking for a job," he
says with a laugh.
Pioneers earn Al-
League honors
by Kerry Kemper
The recent rain and snow is a clear indi•
cator I.hat autumn is coming 10 a close
and winier is close at hand. With the end of
fall comes the close of various varsity sports
in the NCIC, three of which Lewis & Clark
participates in (football. volleyball. cross
country)
At the end of each season, coaches
nominate and vote for All-League selcc-
1jons. Below are the Pioneer athletes who
were honored by conference coaches.
FOOTBALL
Isl team-Jim Roofcncr. Derek
Jaques, Jason Wong. Jeremy Cox. Cletus
C-0ffey, and Michael Young.
2nd team-Tommy Blancha.rd, Eric
Brigham. J. Miller, Marc Miller. Beau
Lchncrz. and Cletus Coffey.
Honorable Mention- Brendan
Appleberry, Jamie Diamond. John Kinsey,
Craig Brigham, Kamu Lee, Scou Herron,
Oen Mckinley, James Taylor. and Corbin
Roberts.
VOLLEYBALL
2nd team-Jana Shorb
Honorable Mention- Kasey Cordell
Cross country does nnt vote Alf·
League sclccoons due 10 the individual na­
ture or the sport.
With the end or fall srurts comes the
start of winier a1hlctks. Men and Womens
basketball and swimming have begun train­
ing nnd will slarl league atLi<m in Decent•
ber. The swim team has already had one
meet and will panicipn1c ag:,in on Deccm•
ber 4-5 in Sca11le. The women hoopers •
travel to Albertson College this weekend for
a tournament. NOVEMBER 22 THROUGH DECEMBER &
FRIDAY 22
The Lewis & Clark Opera The­
ater presents 1wo one-act operas
thal will beat pesky ·01 Melrose
Place any day of the week. How
can you top love 1riangles, ma­
n i pu l a1 ion, a polygamous
dominatrix, and spousal abuse?
Answer:youcan'L THEMAN
ON THE BEARSKIN RUG
and RITA. wil I be performed at
8 PM in Evans Auditorium
(with a second showing on Sat­
urday, 8 PM). Tickets are $2 to
students and are available at the
door.
The STUDENT DANCE EX­
TRAVAGANZA continues in
the Black Box. Tickets are only
$ I 10 watch your fellow class­
mates prance around the stage
like Twyla Tharp. Continues
Saturday also. 8 PM.
Did you know 1ha1 high on a hill
when a lonely goat heard,
"Yodele, Yodele, Yodele Hee­
Hoon He yodeled back ...
Hmm ... Where was l going with
this? Oh yeah. ff you've been
practicing your yodeling talent
(or anything else for that mat­
ter) show it off at the Rusty
Nail's OPEN MIC NIGHT
starting at 9 PM. You might just
be good enough 10 be inducted
into the Von Trapp Hall of SATURDAY 23
He's no ac1or, bul he's got a
great bull. It's Tom Cruise and
his fellow spies in MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE, SOFA's movie
of the week. Heart-pounding
action rocks the Council Cham­
ber at 7:30 and JO PM. LCTV
premiers before each show.
IU3:Jii,\H-ii=!;I La Luna wel­
comes one of
the nation's houest new bands.
' GRAVITY KILLS, with I ALL AGES
Mother Earth and NY Loose. If
they were good enough to open
for the Sex Pistols then they're
• good enough for all of us. Tick­
ets are$ IO in advance. 9 PM.
Stuck on campus? The Rusty
Nail has a show for you!
TURNING 12 and CIRCUS
DOGS rock the house begin­
ning al 9:30 PM.
SUNDAY 24
It's either do or do not. There is
no try. With that in mind, SOFA
anempts once again to pull-off
something only slightly less am­
bitious than the new world
record for the biggesi-submarine
sandwich: The SOFA Sunday
Matinee. If you missed MIS-
SION IMPOSSIBLE on Sat­
urday night, no fear! It's play­
ing again today at I PM. Go
have brunch and procrastinate
that Sunday afternoon studying.
Who needs it anyway?
Get in touch with that halo you
wear home on break at the
CHAPEL SERVICE at 6 PM.
The LEWIS & CLARK OR­
CHESTRA perfom1s at 7:30
PM in the Chapel. Be 1here!
1 MONDAY 25
The Fourth Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker Series presents Martin
Hart-Landsberg in a lecture of
epic proportions. KOREAN UNIFICATfON: REJECT­
ING THE GERMAN EXPE­
RIENCE will start ar 3:30 PM
in Thayer 3.
TUESDAY 26
WEDNESDAY 27
lit3:Hi'l\.iii!;I Plane takes off
ALL AGES from Balti­
more and touches down at La
Luna as the PRIMITIVE
RADIO GODS (with Patti
Rothberg and Matchbox 20)
descend to do a show at 9 PM.
Tickets are $7 in advance.
THANKSGIVING
Eat lots, get sick. and buy
Valentine's Day stuff al the
greeting card store.
FRIDAY 29
ANN CHRISTENSEN. of the
Music Departmenl, will give a
recital on the violin in Evans
Auditorium at 8 PM. Free. FASTIXX
ALL AGES The Roseland
presents roots­
rockers, 1he BO-DEANS at 9
PM. Tickets are $12 in advance.
SATURDAY 30
ALL AGES Portland's own
HIGHER GROUND gives a
free performance at Music Mil­
lennium Northwest (NW 23rd
& Johnson) with complimen­
tary beverages! 5:30 PM.
SUNDAY 1
The M iuleman Jewish Commu­
nity Center (Capitol Highway &
Vermont) presents the 1996
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
HANUKKAH FAIR from 10
AM to 5 PM. Gifts, food. and
toys await you at this free event.
TUESDAY 3
It's a full-scale, frontal elec­
lronic music attack as students
present their own, unique com­
positions of ELECTRONIC
MUSIC in the Council Cham­
ber. 8 PM.
THURSDAY 5
ANONYMOUS 4, a High
Middle Ages musical group is
in the Chapel at 8 PM. $10 LC
Students. Tickets are selling
fast.
FRIDAY 6
ALL AGES You've heard
of Elvis. now see EL VEZ,
''The Mexican Elvis! ..
Newsweek describes him as,
" ... a multiethnic, multicultural,
multicosmmed revolu1ionary
who reinvents American rock
from a socialist perspective." lL
proves that with a liule ambi­
tion, anyone can be Elvis. The
show begins al 5 PM at Music
Millennium Northwe~.l (NW
23rd & Johnson). I
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