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1998-10-02

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Volume 63, Number 7 Friday, October 30, 1998
Health Expo draws students
by Andrew Zahler
In the 1mercs1 ol " he•lrhtcr
Lcw,s & Clark communny, the
Wellness Commi11ec sponsored
:1 health prc!l-cnwuon \)ledncs•
day, Oct. 28.
The commitLee of staff and
f.1cul1v members opened the
doors of Stamm dining hall to
groups and andividuals with
conntction5 10 hcahh Crom LC
.tnd 1hi;:grcatcr' PorLlnnd nrca for
illl' fourth bi:mnual Health Ex­
posuion
The expo auractcd a vanety
or panic1pants, including several
members or the 1.C eommuni1y.
Rcprcscnuu1vcs from College
Ou1doors, the health ,md cour1-
scling centers, the Cenlcr for
Service and Work ( CSa W), Bon
Appcttt, the PE and Athletics dc­
p~,nmcm and 1hc \Vcllm--ss Com•
miuce all manned tables.
Many exhibitors rrom fields
pcru,inmg to 1rn1urup3thic and
holistic he.ahh :ilso participated.
Alumna J•cqueline Jac4ue~ re­
l um eel ta LC to represent , he
Acupunc1urc and Natural Mcdl­
unr Chnu.+ .1~ un a'-=creducd
nn1uropa1h1c physician Jacques
d1scoverccl 1lll' liclli alter c•rn•
tng her rnassage hccnsc while
,ult .11 I C W11h a four-year
gr.uh1:llc dcgrn.· 0l I he Nat 1ona1
College 11r Namropathic Mcdi-
1..h1e m down Lown Portland, she:
wcnl to work at the Beaverton
clinic.
"!L's a hug< business. It's be­
come cnom1ou~." Jnn.1ucs said,
referring 10 the surge In the
pop11lamy ol herbal remedies,
one clcmcnl ol naturopathic
medicine
Sheryl Elclenc, propnetor or
Creatl\'C Therapies. also pre­
scntcJ allcrna1ivcs l0 modern
mctlu.:mc. l:ldrnc. a 1iccnscd
massngc therapist (LMT) and
rei kt (energy work) master, liem­
l111!11 r.Hi:d :1 roma1 hcrnpy while:
her rollcaguc V,llcnc fcrguson.
LMT rr.w1<lcd rrce ch,m mas­
sages
The exp<> .1lso intluded pro-Tim Ridolfi recieves a massage from Valerie Ferguson at
the Health Exposition on Wednesday.
viders, such as the Red Cross
and Planned Parenthood, and
disc:ise-relatcd groups, such as
the American lican Association
and Alcoholics Anonymous.
According to committee
memher Greg W,ilters, director
or Human Resources at 1.C, the
expo aurncted about 250 stu•
dents, staff and faculty. Megan
C1.lm. a first year student, came
10 the expo with a very specific
purpose but wok the opportu­
nit)' to explore as well. Accord­
ing to Cahn. her mtercst 111 medicine and a first-hand obser­
vation of the effects of breast
cancer led her 10 seek out a re•
search group specializing in that
area.
The Wellness Commi11ec, a
group of volun1cers rrom 1.C
s1aff and faculty, has been on
campus since 1992. W•lters sa)'S
the C'llmmittce is organized
around the mission of promot•
i ng ph)'sical and mental health
for all communily member>.
Commlltce member Sharon
Bame., coordinated the event http://w-.lclarlc.edu/-plolog
LC introduces extended
shuttle service
by Gene Wh,son '' --------
EnJoymg a cup of coffee, cat•
ing a fresh donut, with time 10
do reading for class, students
and srnff will m:i.ke chcir way 10
Pnla11nc Hill. Unconcerned
nbou1 the falling rain, dealing
with trafnc or impending park•
mg rc,cs, these commuters will
be enjoying the opening clay of
1hc Pioneer Express. Joining
them on their trip LO the top or
Palatine Hill will be several
members or the E.,ecUtive Co1m­
cil and studcm body presidents
from both 1he law and under­
graduate schools.
A shuulc nmning nonstop to
downtown Porlland has hcen :tn
idea on th~ radar screen o[ the
school for several years. as we
have gone through the ,nnstcr
planning process and a shortage
of parking spaces. However, it
look the rccommcnda1ion of the
Transponation Advisory Group
(TAG) and an incrc.asc>d push to
reduce single-occupancy ve­
hicles to bring the idea 10 frui­
tion. Starting Monday, Nov. 2,
thc r,onccr 1:.xprt>S will run on
an hourly basis with stops at
Temple1on, 1hc law school, and
Pioneer Coun house. Square.
R,\Z Trnnsport:11,on has been
brought mas n com met or 10 pro~
vlde the b\lS and the drtvcrs It
will be capable ol holding up 10
H riders and soon will be
equipped with a bicycle rack.
Once the contract was signed. it
W<\S up to Parking :,od ·rranspor•
tat ion Manager Mich:tcl Surface
lo set a workable schedule for
students, staff, and faculty. ·crc­
~ting :, sehcdu1e is tm exercise
in making people unh;,ppy," said
Surface
Mc noted the dtfficuhy of try•
mg 10 accommoda1e the 140
cbsscs held a1 the h1w and up­
per campuses each day, in addi­
tion to the variety or staff •nd
focuh y work scltcdules "i know
that it won't work perfectly for
everyone. but w<· tncd lti make
the best possihle compromise, I know that it won't
work perfectly for
everyone, but we
tried to make the best
possible compromise,
and can reevaluate
the schedule over
winter break.
Michael Surface
Parking and Transportation
Manager -----,,
and c.an recvalwuc. the schedule
over winter bre.ak, ir necessary, ..
he explnincd.
With the Portl:md m:i.ss tran­
sit inrrt1s1rucwre feeding into•
ccmralized hub loc,,ted in down­
town Pon land, suburban neigh­
borhoods often suffer a shortage
of approprtatc bus conncc11ons.
l.cwis & Clark College has long
b,Cn ill-served by Trt-Met. How­
ever, wu h the recent construc­
tion or the Wc:st Side l.1gh1 Rail.
.1n even bigger pan nf the mc.lr0
uca is quickly accessible vrn
transit options. With the intro­
ductton ol the Pioneer Express,
the college olfers a c1u1ck and
free way 10 read, the transpor-
1a11on hub dowmown
Modeled after the earlier Pio­
neer Express, which prcdomi­
nntcly provided cvcnmg service
for resldcmial stUclcnts, this all­
day service will help commmcrs,
<:;lmpus re.sidcms. and smdems
wirh jobs or community service
commilmcnLS downtown. By
starting early and running late,
Surface hopes thnt every person
who has LO travel 10 the college
will consider using the shuttle
:tl least several days per week
And if s1>111cone ritlcs the shu11lc
111orc often than driving, 1ltey
will realize significant moncwry
gam stanmg m January, when
the new p•rkmg fees begin sh;,p­
ing the way people travel 10 and
from our campus
Debate team triumphs in weekend tournament
by Jared Hager
The Pioneer speech and de­
bate teom went somh last week­
end to Eugene to compete in the
flrst Nonhwcst-designatcd tour­
nament or lhc ycflr. This years·
team includes several key play­
ers from last years squad, indud­
mg sc111or J.,rc,1 Ellis, juniors
Nick He.>terhcrg, Jared Hager
nnd Alca\';J Sayre, .ind sopho­
more-N:.tSrccn tlt.1:,. New men, ..
bcr~ also lnwckd ,o Eugene 1h1s
weekend and gol ., run l>SIC or
1hc lun rind cxc ncmcm Lh:u £o. rcns1cs offers.
The team saw an impact from
new as well as old faces en route
to a favorable showing. In indi­
vidual events, Sayre and
Hes1erberg performed impres­
sively in senior clivlsion extem­
poraneous speaking. They unex­
pectedly ousted the favorites
rrom Carroll College, to place
second and 1h1rd respectively.
New members Leigh Johnson
and Eleanor Wcrshow also per­
f ormecl well In their events
Johnson was third place In jun­
ior prose and \Vcrshow was :1 n ... n:ilist in junior poetry.
In dcbotc, 1he Pioneers also
pcrrormecl well. In junior div1-
s1on of parliamcmary debate,
Nasrecn llias and Leigh Johnson
finished asquancrfinalists, beat•
ing Seattle University 3-0 m the
octafinals, bm losing to Clark
College in the q11artcrs round. ln
junior CEOA, veterans Ellis and
Hesterbcrg took the Northwest
by storm, going 5-l In prcllms
and advancing to th< finals
where I hey won a 3-0 decision
over tbe University of Puget
Sound. Mnkmg it a total or 14-1 for the tournament and the first
place honors. In addition to the
impressive win-loss record, Ellis
ended up second speaker over­
all, only outdone by the junior
Hes,crbcrg, who was the
lOurnttmcm•s 1op speaker. Or.
Steve Hunt, 1he dtrec1orof foren­
sics, responded 10 the debaters
perfonnance by s:iying, "First
place is good. First pince 1s
good."
Ocsplt~ the fact th,H few
members 1r:-.vclc.d to the tuumri-
111e111 LC pcrfonncd rcnsonahly
well f,,r ,he first designa1ed tour• namc.nt or 1hc year. The next
designated toum•n1cnt will be
held nt Lower Col11111b1a College
November 6-8 The weekend af­
lcr th:n, the senior clcb:nc teams
are headed to Norih Carolina for
on NDT/CEOA mi.xcd tourrrn­
mem. Over 150 teams :1rc ex­
pected in :lllc:ndancc for th~H
t0umament, two from Lewis &
Cbrk. and 1hc competttlon will
be tough. Bm tor now, focus ts
on the LC tournament this up•
coming weekend, where the Pm•
nccrs hope on<.:c agam llJ bring
home vic1ory.
October 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 1 =Pi=on=e·e=·r=Lo~g======N ews==========-~
College Outdoors hires
environmental coordinator
New coordinator
and AmeriCorp
member organizes
environmental and
scientific trips
by Anne Ramzy
fh1s scmcs1cr, College O111-
dooh ha~ .-Hided ., ncv1o• ~t,1rl
,nembc:r. L~1 Juhnson, n mem­
ber of AmcnLorps, JOlllc<l the
c,,llcgc Ou1doors s.,n 10 help
organize environmental service
proJCCIS nncl educa11onnl pro•
grams.
Johnson, a graduate of 1hc
Univcrsil)' or New Mexico, has
.t long Jm,tory of pmmo11ng cn­
vironincnt:1I :-cI·vu.c and cdu<.·a-
1,on Through the Student Con•
!1-L'.n.,uun th::.th:i,utort m t.ulo­
r;Hlo,Johnson worked on mam-
1ammg 1ra1 Is nnd helped 10 lead
hvt.• week ::.ummcr progr~mls for
h1gh school s1udenis. Also
1 hrough the SCA. Johnson trav­
eled IC> South Cnrolma 10 help
reslOrc h;tbHauons ul endan­
gered 3111111:tls. This p:isl year.
lhrough the Minnesota lnsntutc
for Agricuh,uc and Trade Policy,
Johnson spen1 six months ln
Gu.llc111.1la un u pwgrnm Lallcd
Gu.<Lcm.11., l'e.«:c Coffee Wh,le
overseas, Johnson s1ud1cd 1hc
sot10 .. ccunomic needs or rural
Mayan Janner, :ind hcle',,!) 10
assess their nctds and methods
ol organic coffee larmmg.
lniually, an mtcrcst tn the
Northwest !>crv1ce ,\cndcmy led
Johnson 10 the AmcnCorps pro•
~rnm. "I w,1n1cd 10 work on an
orgamz:111onal level, and to de ..
velop progrnms," said Johnson PHOTO 9¥ OtA-Nl NlCtC(SQN,MtNOI-IEIM
Lea Johson is a new addition to College Outdoors staff.
She has coordinated- numerous new programs through the
department.
The NSA LS one of the largest
program..:; withm t\mcnCorps. h
primarily focuses on environ•
mental scrvkt and education
through such progrums as the
E1w1r0Corps which do commu•
m1y cdurn1ion and service.
Since bcginmng at LC in Sep•
1cmber,Johnson has eoordina,cd
several service-based tnps and
learning oppommnies. She has
found sciemi0cully oncntecl pro•
gmmsare very populnral LC and tend 10 Oil up quickly. One of 1hc
first projects she worket.1 on wns
educating 1hes1udcnts tha1 work
for College Outdoors. Johnson
led students on afternoon An­
cient Fores, Walks and coorcli•
natcd both a sc;, kayaking excur­
sion 10 help stock winier shel-
1ers at Waldo Lake and a mush•
room scrv,cc project 10 help bi­
ologists study types or soil 1ha1
have hnd different kinds or tree
cu1ting practiced on 1hcm.
~ ASLC Update
by Colin Ryono
Sound System
SLUclcm A<:11v111es Director
M~lrisa T~b1z.on aucndcd 1hc
mccung wuh an mformal pro•
pos:11 regarding a new sound sys.•
1cm 10 he used by SOFA, lhc
Rus1y Nail, the Ploufonn, KLC,
.mcl :tny ,nhcr student group thnt
shuuld need ll The old <1nc
(uwncd by SOFA) recrnlly
bn,t..c t\ nc,, h1gh-t.lu.dH)1 ~y~­
tcm (from T:1b1zon's c:s111n:u1on)
would hem 1heS5,000-$l0,O00
range ~111d would l~,st lor ten to
1wc111y )'Cars m the future No
on(' student group would be able
10 pay lor tins by themselves.
ond T:tbizon wa!) interested to
know whether ASLCcould help
b)' buying u ou1 of their <le pre•
ci,ilon funds (for use b)' nil Sill·
clcn1 groups) Discussion en·
.:;ucd rcgnrdmg 1hc l"tSUC', lnclucl•
mg possible d1ffcrcn1 opt10ns
f:lbl%<>11 will bo doing more rc­
sc.1rch on lhc assLH: Parking Issue
ASLC President Gene
Wixson, ln collabomtion wi1h
1hc Law School. has created a
parking survey 10 1ry 10 deter­
mine if a neighborhood shu11le
is feasible and 10 help 1he LC
community coordmatc carpools.
\Vixson :,lso solicit\;d opmions
regarding reacuori 10 Prcsicleni
M1ch3cJ Mooney's l:itcsl memo
on the 1»rk111g issue ln general
(according 10 what Council has
hcnrd). there seems 10 be less
complainl and more acceptance.
Book List Proposal
Vice President or SAAB Erm
Bailey suggested 1ha1 Council
sponsor a b-Ook/film list which
would be made out of suggeslccl
submissions by s1uden1s, staff.
und faculty of books nnd films
1l1n1 h:ivc made• particular 1m­
p,1ct on Lhcir lives. Submissions
would be sohcucd and everyone
2 Pioneer Log October 30, 1998 would be given a copy of the fin­
ished produc1. It "l"t agreed by
Council 1..hal more infonnation
on 1hc 111ne frame and possible
cost of such a project was
needed.
Miscellaneous
Dean of S1uden1s Michael
ford made some suggestions in
regard 10 cl:irifiealion on lhc
proposed Honor Board Rules or
Procedure changes. Wixson
noted thnt the Environmental
Affairs Symposium was success•
fol beyond expectations. Auen­
dancc at 1-hc ten sessions was in
excess of 1500 and the College
received excellent press as a re•
suit of the event.
The Council will be meeting
for dinner in Stamm with 1ncrn­
bers of 1he Board ofTrus1ecs im•
med lately rollowing the meeting
on Nov. 9. Crime!
Beat
courtesy of Greg Wanciak, Campus Safety
October 19, 1998 • October 26, 1998
October 24, 1998
A woman ancnding Lhe LC
vs. Linlleld football game [ell
dow11 the s1adium steps. The
only Injury immcdfatd)• •r·
p:-i.rcnt was n cm I 1p. Paramed­
ics noticed I he odor of alco­
hol 011 1he womnn's brealh
and 1hcy ind1ca1ed tha1 the
wom:m appeared d1sorlentcd
:md hnd d1fficuhy lollow111g
1hc1r d1rc<:.Lions and qucs-Lions. The woman was trans.
ported to Providence medical
cemer by relatives.
October 26, 1998
1'hc coin machine m Al•
bany w~ls s10lcn sometime
over 1he weekend pnor. An
unknown cutting tool was
used to defcai 1he cable 1ha1
secured Lhc coin machint.
OSPIRG proposes
Dubach change
by Lakin Soldate
There will be a mccllng next
week 10 dismss a recent OSPI RG
proposal 10 convert part of
Dubach S1udcnt Lounge in
Templeton into office and acuv ..
hyspace for Lewis & Clark clubs
and organizations.
According 10 Erich Ludwig,
LC's OSPIRG coordinalor, the
proposal is designed to give "LC
clubs and organiza1lons an area
more accessible 10 s1uden1s."
lns1eacl of a lounge, Lhe space
would be tr:rnsforrncd Into J
communal area holding research
on various club :1c1ivities ... The
bouom line is that we arc trymg
10 make 1hcse organ1zauons
more visible to s1Udents. while
ofrcrmg research ma.Lcrial m
their specific areas," he said
The OSPlRG proposal was
mcl with some. opposition from
students. ASI.C prcsidcm Gene
Wixson says he thinks 1ha1so111e
students sec the proposal as a
ploy l0 increase OSPIRG power
over the LC community. Others
frar 1hn1 the loss of public spa,·e
In Dubach would have a ncgn•
uve 1mpac1 on studcn1s whoc.ur·
ren1ly use 1he lounge for e-ma,1. private tlmc or 5tudymg.
However, for the groups ,f.
£cctcd by 1hc move, additional
space m1gh1 be mvaluablc. These
include StudenLS Engaged m
Eco-Defense (SEED). OSPIRG,
Amnesty 1ntcmation,d and
Circle K. OSPIRG is the only one
of these orga1·1iz.~uions dun cur­
rcmly has defined office space LO
promo1c its goals nnd .ictivhies.
1'hc creation of such an area,
whether in Dubach lounge or
another localion would nllow
these groups to have a ccntr.11
mceung and a<lvcrl 1sing pine,.
Th1s would give 1hem more. v1s­
ihilhy, while creating a central
resource :.rc:t thal allows SlU·
dents 10 make use of ,heir mfor•
mauon resources ..
The proposal mises • cJ,.
lemma: it would make more
space available for clubs and Or·
ganizaLions, but 1hai space
would come :.11 the expense of
currcm users. A meeting will he
held 1.111 Tuesday, Nov. 3, oi 6
p.m., hl discuss whclhcr the
sp"ce should remnin nv:>ilablc 10
1he public or be convericd for
use by the mtcrcstccl orgamia·
uons, The locntion for 1hc meet•
mg hns not yet been announced.
Great American Smokeout
Myth #2: Heavy smokers can't quil
There's been some argument ahou1 whcLhcr 1l1c failure r:uc
is highedor heavy smokers ( more 1han a pack a d,,y) who try
10 qui 1, companed 10 light somkers (less 1han a pack a day).
As reported in o recent Issue of 1\mcrica11 Psyehologis1, in­
vcsugators moniloring data on over 5.000 smokers found 1 hat
light smokers were I wicc as likely to quil and stny dgarcnc
rrcc ns heavy smokers. 8u1 if you'r in the muhiplc-pack•a•
day category, don~ despair. A new study from the University
of Ken1ucky Medical Center 111 Lexington followed 108 heavy
smokers enrolled in a hospi1al-bascd progr.1111 tha1 provided
group sessions and nicotine gum. Al the end or onl'. year 45%
or them were vcn£1ed :LS nonsmokers (1ho 01hcrs had relapsed
or dropped oul). Three years la1cr 80% of 1hosc who had
ntant1gcd 10 s1ay off cigare11es lor a year were still off them.
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al 8517 SW Terwilliger Environmental Affairs Symposium
covers wide range of topics
by Kathy Carlson
Even at the crack of dawn, .tp­
prox1ma1cly 50 cytl1sts com­
memorated 1hr bcginnmgof1hc
Firs1 Annual Symposium on En­
\11runn,c.ntal Aff:urs as 1hcy ar­
nvcd m v.-riou.s groups on cam.­
pus Monday, Oct. I 9. The s1u­
dcnlS lhcn convened at
Templeton for a free Bon brcak­
fasl and met with rcprcsenuuives
from Critlc:.I Mass and 1~1kes1de
Bic-yclcs.
The week-long Symposium
cclebr:i1ed Lewis & Clark's new
environmental Sluches rnaJor
wi1h approx1ma1ely 40 speakers
and 1,500 people 10 aucndancc.
The 10 seniors or 1he depart•
mcnt's first graduating class or­
g:m1zc<l the entire cvem wi1h 1he
help or Dr. Evan Williams. de­
puunc.nt chair and professor of
chemistry.
Monday ar1crnoon's Trans­
pornnion Fair caught the aucn­
uon (l mos1 stuclcnLS as numer­
ous companies displayed 1hcir
ultra-low c1n1ss1on vehicles
(ULEVs) outside Watzck Li­
brary. The vehicles on display
included a nawral gas-powered
bus, namrnl gas cars from North-west Natural and Honda, an
clcc1nc drag-racing car, and a
hybrid car by Toyota that n.ins
on both gasolmc and electricity.
S1udcn1s \Vere also invited to
1cs1•dnvc vanous models or eJec-
1nc bikes
The panel session 1hat arter•
noon focused on transporrnuon
choices nnd challenges. Andrew
Cotugno, d irec1or or transpona-
11on and planning or Metro,
spoke on Metro's mission 10 plan
and accommodate urban growth
while protec11ng outside re­
sources He also placed an em­
phasis on Metro's efforts to co·
ordinate chy planning around
cx1sung public trnnsponauon,
such as the Max light rail sys•
tem. Karen Fros1 Mcccy of the
Portland Bicycle Transpona11on
Alliance spoke nbout 1hc BTAs
dfons to improve bicycle access
throughout Portland. Next. Bar­
bara Carey from tbe Oregon De­
panmcm or Energy explained
how telecommuting could ben­
dh 1hc employee, 1he employer
and the environment Jerry
Boone of The Oregonian spoke
of the vas1 1mprovcmc111s and
,he hmit:uions of ahcrnative~
energy vehicles. Lana Nelson
You are lnvitrd ro ,mend
International
Masters Presentation
with
Debbie Bigelow
Admissions Officer
MONTEREY
INSTITUTE
OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
\I(), 11 RI\ • t \I II OR'-!\• l, \
Thursday• November 5, 1998
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
The Grey Room
The Templeton Student Center
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT.
Monterey lns1itutr of lntcma1ional Studies
Admissions Office
425 Van llurcn Snee1 • Mon1crc.y. California 939◄0 USA
Phone (831) 647-4123 • Fax (831) 647-6405
£..Mail: a.dmi1@miis.edu
www.miis.edu then 1:ilkcd abou1 Tri-Mel's rc­
ccm 11nprovemen1s and plans for
1hc rurnre.
ln Mol"1day evening's session
on poliLics and the cm•ironmcm
Congressman Earl Blume:nauer
(O-Ore.) explained that congres­
sional policies on water and
transportation will hnve a pro•
found cITec1 on our future and
emphasized the importnnee of
focusing on communities In the
politie:tl process. Fonner Deputy
Adminis1rator or Lhc EPA, Fred
Hanson gave numerous sugge.~•
tions to make cnvil'onm:-ntal
policies more cffccd,•c. Mike.
Bunon from Metro explained
that we. need to overcome our
ideas of consumption and land
use to solve these problems.
Tuesday aflcmoon D'1vid
Davis, author of "Energy Poli-
1ics, • summarized the history of
;1ltcnunivc energy generation,
followed by Jean Murray who
spoke on the potential of high-
1cmpera1urc solar energy. Angus
Duncan from Port land $late cx­
platncd how renewable resource
technology has nnproved,
though its biggest problem re­
mains price.
Thot evening David Brook­
shire spoke on the importance
of critical habitat. Terry Ander­
son followed by cxplainini; the
Importance of providing market
incentives for people to see 1hc
bcncnts of helping the environ­
ment. Professor Eban Goodstein
dosed 1he session by covering
the complexities of trying 10 end
fossil foci dependence.
On Wednesday, Katherine
Hollar or 1hc U.S. Fish and Wild-PHO?OS 8V KATH\' CARLSON
Top left: Natural gas bus from Tri-Met. Top: Crowds
gathered for speakers in Council Chamber. Above: Richard
Nelson spoke as part of the Forgotten Language Tour.
life Service introduced some
tools of 1he Endangered Species
Ac1 (ESA) and how ii works, fol­
lowed by John Behon who ex­
plained some ol the shoncom•
ings of I he nc1. Sybil Ackerman
or the Na1ional Science Founda­
tion 'lucs1ioncd 1hc (11nc11on or
Habi1at Conservaiion Plans
(MCPs) and Ike Sugg expressed
scnous doubLs about 1hc efforts
and objcc1lvcs or the ESA.
In 1hc evening session, Ken­
ne1h Schatten discussed the role
oflhe sun in climate change on
Earth and Peter Clark of Oregon
SrnLe Umvcrsity demonstrntccl
the corre1ation between am10-­
spheric pollutants and 1empera­
ture increase. After Jeffrey Kiehl
explained the role or climate
modeling, Jonathan Adler dis­
cussed the difficuhy or conclud­
ing anything because there is no
C3S)' solu1ion lo the global cli-mate si1ua1ion. Richard Hill or
,'l,e Oregonian suggested 1h:,1
everyone keep an open mind On
controversial issues such as glo ..
bal w.1nnmg.
Thursday oftemoon included
nn mfonnal roundtable discus•
sion between studcn1s, faculty,
and environmental ac11vists who
expressed their optlm,sm lhaL
our gcner.:ilion will solve many
of lQc.fayS enviromncnlal prob•
lems. 1.n I he following sessio"
James Quinn discussed the pos•
sibililics or a susiainable forcsL
Stan Amy, presidcnl or Na1ure's
Fresh Northwest, then talked
about his company's cITons 10
change the values behind our
economic community. begin•
ning wilh 1.hc consumers. Larry
Chalfan. CEO or Oki Se111icon­
duct0r, spoke ab-0111 the benefi1s
see Symposium, page 4
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October 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 3 Pioneer Log News=======~.......:=
Koont's presentation gives insight into Hegel
by Kate Keck
On Wcdnc.sday afternoon
l cwis & Cl.irk ph1lo,ophy pro­
fc,sor S1.•v111 Kot>nt prc::.en1ccl ;\
c.h~Luso;1un 1:mulcd .. I legel\ Co­
petnu.,m RcHJlu11uu Mnml1t)•
w1th11ut ltu.lH11H10n~ and l'as­
:i-lon:,, b Empty· lndlna11011s and
l'a!1i~tnn-, w11hom Commun11y
,ire B1111rt W11h such n compel·
ling 11de, ,hr philosophy
<.:c,lloqumm <lrcw :m cncour.1g­
,11~I)' brge number of s1udenos
who par11c1pntcd cagnh• in the
extcn!tl\'e cli~cussion following
KnontS rniliuJ prcscmauon
l he hcan ol l<uontS paper
l.0nrc1 rwd I kgcl's con~lnu..uon
of n"'rahL)', especially as co11-
1 rns1ed w11h the moraluy of
Kant She argued 1hai Hegel's
pnmnry 111s1gl11 (which she
tcnnecl h1~ Copl'rr11can Rcvolu­
tum) was th:u moralhy cannm
Ill· 1nercly the voice of rc.-:,son
constrnrning 1hc n:11urnl pas-s1ons :md dcslrcs (as Kan l ar­
gued), hu1 must neccs,only in•
dude rassu>n, and desire; ir 11
1s 10 he an dfo:cuvc means or
guidmg ncuon f-rom dl1S1 she
,,rguccl 1ha, moiahty 1s nOI a
CiCp:tratc code that we should
1 mpos.c on ou rsclvc~ dcspne our
n:nur.11 tndmauons Olhc.rw1sc
but rather a na1ural part of the
humnn condi1ion Morality
needs t<> he mformccl by thccon­
,;cqucnccs of ac.llon, nc:corthng
to KoonL She called for mor.d-
11 y ILi be judged by hmv well n
bU1Ucs hum:tns to moral .,cuon,
r.uhcr 1h;,n hy how lund::ttncn­
rnlly ngh1 11 is
Kuont did 1101, however, .ul­
rnit cht rchuivlsuc. vague, ~,ncl
subJcc1lvc no1ion of moralny
that dm; argumcm implies. Mo­
ralhy, accorclmg 10 Koom's 1mcr­
prcrn11011 or Hegel, is a social
force and :m mtersubjcc1ivc phe­
nomenon.
The very nolion ()f n con ..
Symposium teaches LC
about the environment
con ttnued from page 3
or green blL'illlt.:.,".'J :.rnd how their
i.:lfoni;;: drive mnnv.u1on Nancy
Wllkm "' ShoreBank l'ac,hc ex•
plnmcd hO\, 1hey suppnn bus1•
ne"i,X.!» that w:.im to develop lhc1r
l.,,nl 1n c1w1ronmcntjlly-rncnclly
w:,ys Lhrmy <.,eorgc ol NPRs
"M:irke,plncc· discussed 1hc
ways varHn1s groups arc 3J?•
proachmg conservation cto--:
nonucs nnd the issue of con­
sumpI1on
That evening, Rol,.:n Michael
Pyk. Pauiann Rogers and Rich-
11rd Nelson ol 1hc Orion Socic1ys
rnrgotten L.1nguagc Tours read
frosu I hen r works.
F,icl:iy ;irtcrnoun Rev. Sincho
Ta11:1kn discussed, with Lhc help
ol a Lranshnor, his effons ~nd
rc=-sonmg 111 opposmg a dam on
1hc river by his Buddh1s1 1cmplc
m Kyo10.Jnpan Rev. t:ko Susan
Noble helped bnng llus mw 1he
co111cx1 ol Bucldhm beliefs by
cxpl:unmg 11s closc conncctwns
THE
PIO LOG I
NEEDS
YOU!
come to
monday
story
meetings
@ 6pm 10 Shlnio teachings. Thut
evening, auomey James Johnson
emphasized 1h01 lndtan mbes
should also be held 10 1he 1cm1<
ol I he l:ndnngcrccl Species Ac1.
while Rebecca Tsosie of Anzona
SrnLc Umvcrs11y explamcd 1hc
ellons ul Na1ivc Americans lo
establish environmental
sus1ninahil11y. Ted Strong of 1hc
Columbia River I mer-Tribal Fish
Commission alluclctl to govern­
rncm hypornsy in 1ribal sover­
eignty :rnd mcnuoned 1hn1 cn­
vironmentnlism will always be a
complex issue. Winona LaDuke
ol 1he Whnc Eanh Land Recov­
<ry Project srokc on natural law
versus man's law and explained
the imponancc or fish and other
natural resources in the Indian
way of lire. To bring 1he Sympo­
sium to an exci11ng cn<l. pane.I•
1s1s and s1udcnis dcbaied 1hese
issues to dose v,tith overwhelm­
ing applause and n sumdingova­
lion.
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4 Pioneer Log October 30, 1998 science 1s a soc1al and culLurnl
cons1ruc1, ancl all 1he hl1ers
through winch we Judge moml-
11 y arc soc,aliy dc1ermincd.
Therefore. she con,endecl. an ac­
non can be judged inornl If 11
provides for the wcll-hcing o( aU
the members of 1hc tommumty
1h31 form lt. She said 1hnt all
thmgs are lntcrconncc1ccl and
the good of the md1"1dual Is in­
separnblc from I he good of t be
many~ 1hi:re ban .. organic unity
bc1wccn one's ll\\'n wcll-bcmg
.md lhc well-being or 01hcrs.·
Hegel ,.,w lusmry ~s • [>ro•
grl'SSI01l or tommunillcs. each
:111emp1111g 10 promo1c morality
1hrough their msutuuons nnd
prncuccs. Kooni wish('S to ex•
lend h,s argumcm m10 1hc 201h
century. R1gh1 now, she argued,
1 he global c:nv1ronmcntal c..111as,-
1 rophc 1s puumg pressure on us
10 create a global moral commu­
nity. one that recognizes the or­
gnnic uni1y or all life on 1he '' Morality must necessarily include passions
and desires if it is to be an effective means of
guiding action.
plane, aml :1dn11ts I he
1111crconnc.·ctccl11c~ or all mem­
her5 of Chi! commu1my.
In a soc1c1y where :mytlung
smaller 1han a global cffon to
save 1he env1ronmcm must utu.
mutely foil, Koonl says, ·we can
more rully realize ourselves by
serving the earth." Our own
wcll•hclng 1.s synl)llymous wuh
1he wcli.bcJng or I he c:rn h be­
ca u$c we arc all p~n of the same
moral communh)' m the face of
,he cnv1ronmcntal cns1s. She en­
couraged students to learn that
"hy bccommg linked hl a lnggcr Sevin Koon!
philosophy professor
'' purpose you en hnncc voursctr
and that "you c:1.11'1 bl1 moral un•
ltss 1hcrc 11rc morn) cond1uuns
around you.• The c1ucs1 for in·
diviclual mor>illy e,n1101 be
scpam1ed rrom 1hc qucs1 for so­
c,:il morality.
Through Hegel~ work, Koont
formed a c::ompelhng argumcm
for vast social ch,mgc tUld .1 sh1r1
in the wny we pcrLc1ve ourselves
as moral mdiv1du:ds. The num ..
her of students prcscm 111 the
discussion 1s encouraging evi­
dence 1h01 her cry is no, folhng
on deaf cars here al LC.
www.oregonliue.com Forum Pioneer log_
Where do initiative measures fit into democracy?
Initiatives are
the public's
voice in politics
commentary by Matthias Fripp
Tiu: 111her tbv I met., gmup of fncnds
,11 a l·orh.•t.: ... hup lO t .. \lk about I I-us year's
l,31Jw IIIHt,lll\lc'-' Prompted bv th(• n,~n­
surC"'i we goi 1111(.1 a d1,;i;.usc.wn ul somt
1,rcll\ fui1d.uncn1.1I L,,;uco;, l,lc1ng Oregon,
JUd1 ,.,, whc1hcr 1hc Sl~lc should use 1hc
l,mcry IU 11111<1 ns prOJC~IS. or how Ill
bu,ld a hc;,hhy cwnomy wl11lc n-cog111:­
mg "non•miukct'" .,;oal~ suth .is ctw1rnn­
mental protcc11on or aclcqu:uc mtmmum
w:'lgts.
1 lu!> w:\$ .1 <hscuss1on l hm we 1111gh1
noL have had m ano1hcr st.He Orl'gon 1s
one of 011lv 22 s1~ncs 1ha1 allow cmzcm,
10 pn1 mc-,,'"-urcs on th..:. hnllut ~rnd ..-rea1e
their O\\" lnws. In ot hn states, we would
havr tu thoosc ~tnuly from a two-p:irty.
"f1xtd-mc11u '"-Y'IL'lll. ptt-k the candubll"
)'OU like 1hc. most. amJ IH>pc ht· ut ,he
will ~h,1n· )'4.lUt v11.,•w,; ,\ht:n thl· 11ml'.
LOt1u.·-, w \'Ott· 011 laws Sm.h .1 .;y..,tL'm ,:.an
take puwcr ,l\\,,y rto111 lhL' pcopk- ,t't
rarclu11y ;1~ w1.: inay drno~c we tan never
e"pcc1 ,11\) \.JOdHfatc to lmvc v1CW!> tha1
c:xncdy mntch mu own
nw 1m11:11wc '-)Stem let~ us m:,kc>urc
1hc mo<il nnpon:uu decisions arc mndc
by-o true 11,,.1Jori1y or the sta~c's cmzcns,
r.uhcrthan 1us1 the few people who have
d11nhc<l 1hc p>rty hierarchy mu, office. I
like h,wing 1he chonce to hclt> make clc•
dst0ns that will shape oursrnLC. lt's atnn?•
mg 10 1hmk 1ll.l1 ii I had nn tclca for Or•
cgon 1ha1 I cored nbou1 deeply, 1hcn I
rn111<l wm k m gi:t II un 1hc h:1111.11 .md
pO!i~1hl) p'1SSC'c.l lntu l,m If'> ,1111.1.!ang to
1h111k that I have .1 vo1tl" 111 dcc1tling wha1
Oregon's lores\> ,houhl he hkc r:uh<r
t1urn 1cnvmg l1 tu rcmotr ll'gtslouors
t'klllcn m111auvcs arc ;1 powerful wol for
exprcs,,111)! the will ol 1hc people c,pc·
nolly when lcgisl:uor.. lock the will nr the
bad,bone td puss necessary laws
Wonll'n'-, suITrngc lirst came lO Arncnc:n
through bt1!101 rniu:utvc~s m Oregon.
WJShmgton :uni c~1llfor-ni:1. nnd election
hnan1.r rdurm today mU)' lrnvc lu. hcs1
Lhanlc 1hru~1gh tht· 111111:uwc pruc.:css
The 11111la11vc process is :1lso well•
ma1thcJ 10 1hc 1ypc of p11h11rnl inform:I•
11011 voter> have access tc., 1och1} M:tS~
media h..1vc shrunk our world in thl~ c.cn-
1ury1 and chrc:ct democracy ha!:i bt.!co1m:
more pracucal than ever Two hundred
years ago. 11 m:adc sense to dclcg_atc au·
1hon1y 10 someone from a v11lngc or
ncighhorho11d 10 go io the s1.11c lcg1sla•
Lure Most news sources were 1ocn.l.
Peupk rnultl make > well-informed
thotcc for their local representative, but
1hcy didn\ have enough 1nfonn:tt1on or
speedy conunumcauon to decide suuc:­
w1dc lcg1:,huv,~ t.1ues1ions cli·rcclly The
~htrn11011 is now rc,•crscd. i11Slc,1d or
,;tnltly loc.:al rnfonnauuu ~ourccs, most
uf our ncws5'.mrccs:\rc ..:ity•wldc or s1alc•
w,de. We may t»rcly know ""r local rep·
rese.nrnovcs. l>llt we have more inform~\­
uon thnn ever co use m clcd<.hllg smte•
wide mmauvcs
Some tn11cs ol the 11111ia11vc syslcm say
lh,1l our ,lcmocracy should be rcprcscn-
1011vc rather than direc1. because lcg,sl,­
tor.> h:ivt the time. cxpcncncc and ~u,ff
10 look 1r110 matters cardully before draft•
mg laws. I agree I hat some bws. cspc­
c1.1lly the tlet.ukd. pro(cdurnl bills re•
qmrcd to run 1hc govcrnmeru, ,uc best
lch In 1hc hantls of legislators. Voters
don .. , have tht.! tmw to 1hink about C\'Cf) .pro
l:,w m the ~late. and nrnny btlls rcqutrc
c,,rclul 1mcgrauon wuh the cx1~ung lcg-
1slattvc lrarncwork, wh1ch a mass vote
Gm'1 pro, IC.le.
But o popubi vote 1s lhe ngh1 WO) 10
decide the ·b1g' issues. when: one scL 0£
vJluc.s tomes u1, aga1ma another n.ml an
,·1h,cal Ut1.:1~1on must be made ll doesn't
1akc ., lcg1sla1or's <pcc111I skills io judi;c
whether Oregon should allow .,ss,s1cJ
sulculc, as vo1crs ucci<lcd .1 couple of
)'tnrs >go. ur whether the stale should
olk)\\ marijuana t() he used for medical
p,uposcs a::,. wr ,1rc Jrc,.-idmg tlus week
These arc dec.:1'i1on,\ ,hat can be tn:ulc.
most amhontauvcly by:\ dnc.:t vutf or
1hc people ~o for, Orcgoni~111!!t 111.1\'C
shown 1hcm,ch•cs 1(1 be up 10 the Jnb.
'' It doesn't take a legislator's
special skills to judge
whether Oregon should
allow assisted suicide ... or
whether the state should
allow marijuana to be used
for medical purposes ...
'' Initiatives are
special interest
"monsters"
commentary by Jeremy Brown
The 111111n11vc n,ovcmcnt hcgnn m Or ..
cgon around 1hc lurn-of-thc-,.:cnmry ,as
:1 populist backlash ag:nnsl n corrupt kg·
1.sl:11urc. Aller more ihan mne,y years,
th:u mnotenl cxpcrnncm has mut:ncd
lnt,1 an u11ror1unme creature Tocby.
Oregon's lnnlaH,•c pmccs~ 1~ a monster
run 31l'lllk. m:.u1ipul.1tl'.d by speei;.1111,1e.•r~
csts am.I big munq. obsessed with over~
h.llllmg 1he suuc i:ons111uuon am.I repu•
t11:111ng the rcprcscntauvc pnndplcs ._-,f
Amcnc:,rn ,k111otr.1C.) Tins beast mu~t b,·
!:tu.I tt, 1 ~st. or .u k:isL mu~t undergo .1
mnJor !>Urgkul procedure.
F1~1 nnd fnrcmo.,t. 1hc lnHlllivc pro ..
ccss ~p1b rn the lace ol 1hc Foundmg
,,-
Regardless of one's populist
or representative leanings,
the initiative process as it
exists today in Oregon is
deeply flawed and is more
of a threat than a boon to
democracy.
'' con
F:ttlu:rs' rear ur the tyranny llf the 111:lJOr•
II)' rhi.: r,.,mcr> n( tht'" Con-.11L\lll01l
nghlly drc,1drcl :m Amcnc:1 wlwrc m'h.·
group would wilhngly 1n£ringc upo11 t1u:
ngln~ nl another In order 10 proh:ct
.1g:11ns1 1h1s. 1hc)· designed n n:puhl1c11n
systcm w11h cht·<.·k!-. .111d IMIJncc:s.. so th,ll
expert rcprcscnl:111vcs could dd1Uer:1tc :ill
sides or 1hc ,ssucs lmagmc 11 a pubhc
rdcrcndun, would h,wc clcc 1dcd d1c hue
of bl;1cks In 1hc south m the 1900s. 01
the right ofwom~n to vote in the 1Q20~.
In these cases ., 111,lJOTil)' woul<l h:iv(•
squn ... hed the nght~ or the Olll\Ol ll)'· ·1 he
very same phc.nmncnon has oc.:currcd I\.~·
rcn1ly ,n Califnrnrn. where a lll3JUrll)' uf
voters has rum<.:hc<.I minonllcs. h)' l'JJ.._..,_
,ng .IIUhl£rirm:UIVt.' ,ICIH.>n .1nh-lnHIH·
grant .md nnt1-hlhngual i.:d11cat10n mt•a­
suics \\'e m·ctl v1S1onary lcgi,la1ive lc:ttl•
crs prompted hy ~l coni-cmccl clcdor.ui.:
no1 nn 1rrat10nal r;.1bbk movr<l h)1 ~u.
concern or oulsHlc n1t1n1pul:&tw11
Gramed, the lcg1sl..mvc pl\>cCSS ts tnr from
prncc1 bu1 wh)· not 11nprovc II instead
of c.:omplctcly c1rcumvtnt1ng 11?
Regardless I)( unc's pop11lis1 or rcprc•
sent.alive lcJnlngs. the inittativc pror~
as IL cx1>1s lO<la) m Oregon is tkcpl)'
0:twccl .. 1nd 15 mureo( a 1hrc;111h:m a boun
10 democracy. These day,, only cxccllc111
organiz.atton gets :, inc••sure on the bal­
lot, and onlr rich special i111crcs1s have
the power and cnpit:11 to carry out thiil
01gamz:mon S1mpl)' collcctmg 1hc ncc­
c.·, .... ,ry !:,tgn;\lUIC~ lo tlH~hly 1hh yt·,,r':--m\•
u~uvcs cos, sponsors over S2 milhnn
:accorchng to n rcn·nt \,V;.\sh1 ngton Post
art1clc Republican guhcm::norm1 c,11ul1-
d.11e Bill 51:cmon- has lash10ncd a c,irccr
out or sponsonng 111111tu1vcs He and 01h•
cts like him generously p:ty ~1gnalurc
rollcctors. tmmy llf whom arc not fJ1nH­
lilr wuh the m<.·.,!,urcs thl'Y supposed()
.supp11rt M,ltl)' I.lo n(n c\'e.n live. :111U v<Hc
In On:gon Is 11 nol di,turhmg 1lm .my•
one with ;, few hundrc<l thousand dol­
lars ;md a cause can buy 1hc1r way onh>
1hc b.111017 Even hbeml or p,ogrcssivc
measures arc domm.ueJ hy Ing mom·y. A
grour supported by muh11mlhon:11rc
George Soros bankrollccl 1hc mcdlc:tl
man1u:m:-t 1111u:m,·c, an<l Nike cha1m1nn
1'h1I Kmgh1 con1r1bu1ed hcav,ly 111 the
cons111ution:1I ,,mcndmcnt 1nu1a11vc th:lt
would c1.1J'm3rk l 5ll, of loucry revenues
fur p:trks and strc:mtS.
This )'Car's 164-p:tgc Oregon Voters
Pamphlet is pockmarked wi1h obsturc
measures and manipulntivc l.mgu:1gc lhn.1
sidetrack :incl befuddle even the mosi
cduca1cd :mcl concerned voters. for in­
stance. Measure 59 is mnocuously prc­
scntc<l asan :uncnclmcnl th:H would ''pro­
hibn usmg public n:sources to collcCl
please see Initiative page 7
October 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 5 Pioneer Log Forum========
Measure 64 benefits Oregon people and forests
"I saw in Louisiana a live oak growing.
All alone stood it and the moss hung down from the
branches.
Without any companion it grew there uttering joyous
leaves of dark green
And its look ... unbendlng, lusty. made me think of myself,
But I wondered how it could utter joyous leaves standing
alone
there wilhoul its friend near. for I knew I could not.. "
-Walt Whitman
commentary by
Antonia Giedwoyn
I here 1c;, of tour~c. not hmg
wmng with uttl1ung natural rc­
.. ou n.:c~ The <1ucsuon posed by
~tc.'l..,ure 6'f-however, 1s n<>l ;1
qut:.llon ol whether, bm lu)w we
(will) d10osc tu do sn \Vill we
,l!<i Orcgonl<Hh, t.:onscnt tu tht
de.s:1nu.:11un of hab11.1t, lhc cl111u•
n,111,10 of odh.-r >pct.tr~. and the
po1.somng or OU f pl;mct In I he
process?
Measure 64 w;as created to
protect Oregon fores1s agains1
tlcarcn1 loggmg and the slaugh­
tcnng or ancient ol<l•growth.
L'lrgc tnnbcr Ct)mp:m1cs, man)'
()I which .m? out-of-st.He ht1si• ncssc.s, c,pposc lhe mc~\Surc since
u wt)uld prcvcm lhcse compa•
mes lrom cxplomng our indig·
rnous forcs1s; compamcs th:11
rupc 01'cgc.rn's nawral resources,
secure lnrgc profilS. und leave
nCHhmg hut mmusculcsccdlings
In their wake. These corpora­
I10ns replace diverse forests with
a single, la$t•growmg specie.< of
t rec .1s if 1 ~11s were an acccp1able
pr.1c11ce.1hough the very idea is
mhcrcntly ludicrous. Any fourth
grader with the sligh1es1 scicn•
uf,c knowledge could point out
the fact ,ha, nol all Lrces arc
equal nor m1crchangc.1ble, and
lh:n this pracuce creates a mo­
uocnhnre highly suscepnblc 10
d,sc:isc nnd other 1hreats. Any grade school child could ,lso
discourse the absurdity o[ ex•
changing vcncmble old growth
with seedlings 1bat need hun•
drcds of years 10 mature into the
,recs that arc currently being cuL
The rcsultS of such ignorant
practices are: e.n,1ironmemally
devastating Wuhoul enough
aged trees. mud shdcs he:c.~omc
prcvalcm; 1 he soil is robbed of
nutncn1s (makmg Lhc land bar­
ren). and our c-cosysLcm is en•
d,,ngcrccl.
Smne opponents don'1 sup­
port Measure 64 because they
hclicvc it i.sn'l pmgm:nic- they
fc~r it would cost too much :ind
climmatc JObs. This is exactly
what the big limber companies
would like voters 10 believe.
These powerful corporn1ions
have spen1 millions or dollars
funding antl•Measiirc 64 cam­
paigns winch prcsem misleading
:irguml'nts. \'cs, .stale revenues
would decrease mn,ally How­
e,•cr. long•tcrm savings would
more thffn compensate lor this.
The tn11h is 1ha1 selcttivr cuuin~.
not clc:.ue:ut logging. crc:ues
When Those Kids Come a' Knockin'
The freshman
commentary by
Joe Collver .
Ah )It.:) 11!-o th,11 1h11i: ol year~"'
.,g~,111 I h\.' ~\'~blllh Jrc t.:hang1ng,
nmJ everyone- lcds the hnsknc.ss
ol 1hc au :,~ 1hcy walk between
d,lSSC~ Leaves arc alive with
color. l.,lhng lro111 1he mnny trees
around campus Th~ 1s 1hc ume
ut lhc rc~lr when we all gcI lil·
gclhn wuh our fom1hcs ,md tell
l'ath other how much we <.:arc,
ghtng th,rnks fur our m~nv
hlc.s,an~s Oli w:.u-lh:u's
Th.1nksg1v111g 11111.1lk111gabout
Ah )'CS it!, 1h.1l 11111c of >•c:,r
ag:.un The sc:t!<IOllS ,Hr ch.tngmg,
and everyone lctls the mcrc:l.Scd
chlhu1hy of walkmg 1hrough
durm hall,, with conon spider
webs and clrcornuon~ strewn
lrom C\'Cl) <lo,.H. h's 11mc lor
llullowc~n. 1hn1 special twl,day
where little duldrcn dress up In
t.n .. ttmH:.S .rnd Iecn:lgcrs 1ry to
sc.Hl: thi.: hell out of lhc111,
t llon'1 rcnH!mbcr muc.h nboul
the actual trick or trcaung pro­
n,s l15cll I 1l11nk 11 had some­
dung to Ju w11h st.mding up ror
;111 hour and a hall while your
mom got 1 he uutkcup anti w1g ~m
Jns, nght Then you had 10 go
.,long w11h y<._lUr p:m.:n1s, when
vou really JUSI wanted tO run
~,ro\u\d b) )1nurscll and get more c;inciy. Your parents only
slowed you do,vn in I h<
whole candy accumuln­
t 10n process And I h:11
was the purpose of llal­
ll)\'l,'cen when you were
young. Not 1he silly costumes,
or 1hc change of 1hc season. but
the tmLkloads of sweets. free for
the taking
Then you got older, and
people didn't give you candy
:)nymorc when you knocked on
1he1r doors. The other children's
parents glared a., you wnlk down
the s,dewalks. nnd the old ladies
wouldn't even i;1ve you npplcs.
Their hostile ncuons left you bu,
one :1hcm!u1vc: you joined the
dark side of the lorce and started
gmng 1ricks i11stC11d of gwlng
1n!aL< My high 5'ho,,I H.1llow­
ccn mghu. arc hlurrcd memories
or runnmg as fast AS I cou1cl away
from the parents o[ children who
just lost 1hcir candy bags, and
nmnmg even faster away fnnn
members or my school's admin-
1Slrn11on who h:td JUSt lost lhc
pumpkms on 1hclf rront lawn.
Just bcca<1sc we're in college
now docsn °l mean we have to
stop tcrroriiing nll those hulc
huggers d rcssed in the Monikn
Lewinsky :md Sill Clinton cos-
1umcs. In fact, the evcr~vigUant
Hall Council has given us the
pcrlcct op1>onu1111y 1n do so. by
mv11lng YMCA kids 10 come
here and mck or treal 1hrnugh
our dorms \Vho says ,vc don't
gl"I provided wuh any1hmg for
our enormous wi11on r:ucs? This
1s a perfect ch~ncc IO ltvc up 10
adults' expcc1:uions ol us. as
m1scl11cvous youth wnh 100
much fret time on our hands.
l"hosc v.•ho question the mo­
rnlil)' or frightening children
when they -are at such a roung
age and susceptible 10 perm••
ncnl mcmal 1rauma, clon'l be
such worrywarts! All ol ,ha, re•
6 Pioneer Log October 30, 1998 ,,-----
1 think it had some­
thing to do with
standing up for an
hour and a half while
your mom got the
makeup and wig on
just right. -----,,
pressed memory baloney is
u'iercly spccula1io11 crc,11ed by
psychologists who want 10 ,ell
books; kids arc actually mac1e of
rubber,JusL like Dumbo. When
the mean downs were makmg
fun ol lum, did Dumbo have any
[eehngs that ct>uld be hurt] No
way, und neither do kid.,! G1v•
tng them a httle surprise wilh
lheir candy wontl cause :my se ..
nous harm. Think of 11 as their
method ol paying for the candy,
after ull nothing in life ls free.
Besides, I know Platt•Moward
already has n ha11111ed house
ph1nnccl for their Halloween [cs•
11vilics. Why should they be al­
lowed to have a monopoly on
terror?
I won·, tell you any spcdf,c
sugges1 ions for what )'OU should
uo when the link kids knock on
your door this Fridny arlcmo1m
Personally I believe that so,t of
thing is a decision between you
and your roommate, and any
:tdvice on In)' part would be ,1
suOingo[ your crcMivity. I'll only
tell you 1 hni my roommate and I
plan 10 mnkc very t:rfcc1ivc use
ol :i walkmg cane, our stereo sys•
1cm. and a large bowl of cream
cheese we procured from an un•
disclosed source. Have a great
Halloween weekend. bul 1nakc
sure to start it off right by mak­
mg it enjoyable for someone else
a.< well (God bless ,l,,,se liulc
tykes!) more jobs. Clearcuning is highly
mechanized whereas selective
cutnng requires ten umes Lhc
number or employees to accom­
phsh such labor intensive work.
As far as sune revenues arc
concerned. preserving Oregon's
m11ln-m1llion dollar (environ•
mentally-hosed) tourist mduStr)'
would 111crcasc SHI.le l•arnangs
which. 111 turn. would alloc:11c
more 111011ey to schools In direct
contrast l0 the measure·::. rtdvcr•
sarics. mc~1surc supponcrs have.
no financrnl motives propc111ng
them h)w.:m.l their srnncc. Smee
1>roponems of Measure 64 don't
mcluclc wealthy Limber bus,­
ncsscs, they hnvc 1.0 rely on mm1 ..
mum funding. What are 1he 1111•
phcauons of 1his? Compamcs
wi1h a 101 or money comrol pub•
lie opinion.
I don't ustrnlly echo s1a1e­
ments from the LC Pa1hflml<.r,
but, when I recently lllpped to
1hc c:tlendar on page 38, I found
a quote mos• appropriate forth is
subject The pathlmder stales,
'"h's nol aboUl hugging trees or
holdmg powcrcrystaJs. lt'sabou1 laking care of cite c1wlronmen1
,hat tnkes care o[ us. It's living
wilhln the system. not as ir we
were above it." A hcffhhy
economy and ;1. healthy ccosys•
1cm need not be mutually cxclu•
SIVC
Unless Measure 6-f passes, we
will expcncncc shon•tcrm g:uns
lor a select few. and irrcplacc.tblc
losses for • nanon Orq;on for­
CS15 arc the lungs ol our planet,
.,nd ,hey arc being destroyed.
Why don'L we let hisll)ry spe.1k
for nscU., Do we want Oregon
l0 imitale California, where a
couple of pi1if11I hule clusters ol
redwoods sL~lncl ns monuments
10 wha1 used to be? \Ve cannot
allow Oregon 10 he robbed or a
legacy that belongs 10 everyone,
.ind be converted mlo a wnsu:.•
land. Plc:1sc vote yes on Measure
64.
Read, and live a
comfortable life.
Write, and
enlightenment will be
yours.
the Pioneer Log
What is your
Halloween costume?
"I want to get a
wookiee suit, but I
don't know if I can
find one."
Erik Goranson
"Isadora Duncan. I
have to be dead,
that's the theme."
Kate Frankin
"The queen of
hearts."
Leah Signs
"Jesse's dressing up, he's going to
be a leprechaun."
Seth Dolinsky cs
0
~
( LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Show
Misrepresented
I'm sorry that 1 reel II is ncc­
essa·ry to write this, bul I do. I
was very olTen<led b)'yourartlcle
on Modest Mouse• that you did
not give credit to the Rusty N:iil
many way. We pa1djus1 as much
as KLC and dedicated a lot more
tune. 1 have man}' fncnd.s on the
board of KLC who wou Id :iucst
lO that fact. Also. blaming the
bad sotu'ld on the venue was
prohahl)' not the mos1 nccurme
thmg that could have been sa,cl,
I don'1 know if you•vc ever seen
Modest Mouse live before. bu1,
that's wlm ,hey sound like. with
few exceptions. Maybe the in­
ability 10 distinguish what the
singer was saymg comes from
the fact that only minu1es before
the show the singer polished off
an entire bonlc of Jack Daniels
and then rc1rtatcd to h1s van co
take pan m illegal drugs with 1he
sound m~tn. H that's the w~1y 1hcy
wam to do ;.1 show, I h:ivc no
from Initiative, page 5 objecuons, but I he bad sound
had no1hing to do w11h 1he
venue. 1f you have any ques-
1ions, l worked as a sound tech
for three )'C:trs for bands such as
CCR, Big Head Todcl and The
Monsters, Cril.sh Test Dummies.
c1c...-not Ill)' favorites, but defi­
nitely accomplished performer.;.
I would be more than happy Lo
expla111 the logistics of wh:11
makes 1 he :lcoustics of a room
beneficial with you. Also, if you
have any sugges1ions on how to
make the Nail a beucr venue. I
would be glad 10 hear them. 1'111
sorry ,f I sound upset, bu, lam.
In only a few shon paragraphs
you made the Nail sound like a
total nop. and I don't apprcciaie
the bad press. l worked very
hard with Caroline from SOFA
to make 1-ha1 concert work,
spending man)' valuable hours,
and I feel lhat you have given no
credit 10 my establishment.
Thank you for your time.
Adam Shearer
Managemem, Rusty Na,I
"McDonald's is the largest
and best-known global
foodservice retailer, with
more than 24,100 restau­
rants in over 100 countries." "McDonald's Reports
Double Digit Increase In
Quarterly Net Income Per
Share." money for poliucal purposes."
but is acrnally ,argcted at pro·
hibitmg unions r rom spending
member dues on political
causes. A <:oun1cr .. mcasure
(62) is also presented as cam•
paign finance reform but is in
fact intended 10 attack and am•
eel out Measure 59. BOlh mea­
sures arc decep1ivc and tonfos•
ing. And should Oregon citi•
zcns really make public policy
on the bonded indebtedness of Oregon and its ci1 izens must
focus on improving the legisla­
tive process and fostering bc1-
1er candidates for public ofncc
msteacl of simpl)• turning to bal-
101 mmatives :lS a pam,ce.., for
1hc naws of our rc1nescmativc
S)'Sleln. However, Oregon prob•
ably will not 1rash the miuativc
sys1em entirely. so ii should a,
least overhaul and severely
Hmi1 the messy monster. Slgna•
turc requirements should be
nuicft higher for placing con•
s1i1utional amendments on the
ballot, signature gatherers
shoulJ bi:. rcg1.Mcrccl Ore.gun
voters who care abou1 1 he is­
sues they push. and their pay­
ment should be closely regu­
lated. Fmally, the cons1i1tnion•
ality, viabilily :md clarit)'ofbal•
101 measures should be sub­
JCCted to a thorough jud,crnl
and :.\chninistrauvc review be­
fore 1he)' arc prcsemccl 10
\IOICfS. -INFORMATION FROM RECENT PRESS RELEASES
Horror fills year's first last lecture
commentary by
Meaghan Lamarre ----
Whal do horror 0ction and
Flaw have m common? At first.
I mighl have nnswcrccl, "'Noth ..
1ng • But alter lis1enlng 10
Ch•na Cox's lecture 011 Tuesday,
Oct 27, 1 realized 1ha1 they arc
very in1ercs1 ingly rch11cd Cox',;
lecture was so deep, 1h:u even n
lcw days later, I am s11ll ponder­
ing her ideas and digcsung her
words.
I encourage everyone to al~
tend tins series of lcc1ures called
the "Las, Lecture" series in
which professors are asked what
th<y would leclllrc on if 1hcy
could only give one more lecture
before they,
It's a wonderful opponunit)'
for ,he professors to t•lk about
a favonLc subjc<.:1, hut il's an cvc11
greater oppon umt)' for us. the
slUdcms, t<> knn1 about somc-
1hmg we may never have SlUd·
1ed before. or to explore some­
thing m 3 new Wl:\)', while lis1cn•
Ing 10 a professor who ,s encr­
gc1lc. and emhus,asuL nbo01 Ins
11rher 1op1c
\V11h fervor •nd zeal Chana
Cox connected her ,h~like of
horror fk11on wi1h her fondness
for plulosophy. :1ncl exp lured the
1wo m w:1ys new 10 me.
Cox began h)' explaining her
love of what she calls •schlock
f1l11on, .. s;1,ymg more lh:tn once,
•1 devour pulp fiwon." Bm she
cm ncnhcr w1·nc nor en JOY hor•
ror llc1loo. The hulk or her Ice·
tun~ wns spcnl 011 cxplauung
why.
ln hnktng horrur ftc..·uon 10
Ploto, Cox explamcd th:11 tc> Plato, reality is good, uue and
beamilul bu, horror ficuon clc­
pic1s a realny 1h:1t 1s sc.:try ancV
or bad. Mos, people who like
horror fiction, then. 3rc 1ike
Pla10, and can "indulge in hor­
ror withom the fear that the hor­
ror will be real " For those who
disagree with Plato and sec thn1
1hcrc is something 10 fear in re­
ality. horror fiction is dil[icult to
swallow ns ii is, 10 them, some·
thing that is very possible and
very real. The more 1 think
abom it, the more 1 realize that
n's very 1ruc. For cxrimplc. in
terms of cliffcren1 kinds of hor­
ror inovies. I don\ mmd scary
movies abouL alien mv:1s1ons
because l don) believe that scary
nlien invasions ::tre possible: but
because l legi11Jna1ely fear scnal
killers as a hornbk reality, t do
not cnj0)' horror movies on
1 hose subjects
Although 1hc pnmary topic
was horror ncuon, Cox <lid not
stray fnr from her passion -phi­
losophy. She shared a metaphor
wllh \IS 1na1 was told 10 her by
herrabb,. "All of hfc." she said,
.. 1s a very narrow bndgc bei;wecn
eternity and e1ernity, and as we
walk across we must remember
nol IO fear." Whcn we fear, she
s-ays, we cannot walk across Lhc.
bndge wilhout worrying about
falling into the horrible realll)'
below It is th~ same with hor­
ror movies. when we fear, we can
not watch them withom worry­
mg that it will be reality.
1n only an hour's umc. Ch~mn
Cox managed 10 expose a
plethora ol ques11ons and 1tle;is
ahou1 a subject as sccmm~ly
simple as horror f1ct1on Though she answered a number of those
questions, more of thcin were
left merely mmd exploration and
I went back to my room 1haL
night struggling 10 figure 0111 all
the answers. Needless 10 say, I
have yet lO figure them all om.
Bul tha1's JUSI par1 of the won­
der or going 10 a lccrnre like
this-that you can spend an
hour listening 10 someone speak
and 1he ideas they share can last
forever as you build on and al­
ter them.
Like a good movie. Chana
Cox's lecture brought laughter
and tears (well, almost). I
laughed as she described her re­
ac11on to movies like. o,jlnvasion
of The Body Snalchers·, and
cringed as she recounted terrible:
rc;ililies of the Holocaust. She
seemed to speak to me on a gen­
eral level as she discussed some
human psychology. and also on
a personal level as she explained,
"lean11ng is my escape r rom my
rears"'
Although I certainly haven't
discovcn:d nil the answers 10 the
questions Chana Cox raised for
me . l have discovered that I
ih111k Chana Cox ts an amatmg.
womnn ancl I hope to take many
classes from her. AL the end of
her lecture. Chana Cox told us
the. story of her mothcl'-111•law
who receml)1 passed aw:,y, In
telling the story. Cox returned 10
her love. philosoph)', aml left me
with a thought that "111 grace my
nun.I for quite a while, her
mother-In-law's philosophy on
life "There's n trick 10 liv,ng:
s1ore up the happy tune, ,111d
forge, lhe TCSI • educauon dis1ricLs,
supermaJonty tcqu1rcmcnls,
and the legislative review of ad-
1ninistrativc rules? These nrc
issues 1ha1 cry out for 1hc cx­
penise and knowledge ol
clec1ed officials. Voting on
these measures wm be an un­
mfonned and essentially mean•
ingless guessing game. Is this
really the w;i.y we wnru to run
the state?
Pione~rLog
Eo,r0Rs•1N-C..1E,: Mallh,as Fripp, Angela Nusom
Nrws Eo11o•s: Jennifer Cranfill, Kate Pham
FoRuM EonoR: Andrew Hudak
FEATURES EorroR ANO WEaMASTEA: Ryan Wise
ARTS Eorro•: Michelle Knoetgen
SPORTS Eo1To.: Linnea Jean Thompson
PHoro Eo110R: Diane Nickeson-Mendheim
ARr1m: Mike Skrzynski, Aubrey Lyon
SENIOR STAFF W•nus: Meaghan Lamarre, Andrew Zahler, Lakin
Soldate
SrAFF WRrrEAs: Antonia Giedwoyn. Carolyn O'Connor, Gina
Kanagawa. Joe Collver, Kelly Christopherson, Marisa
Quinn, Colin Ryono
CONTRIBUTING W•11«1: Jeremy Brown, Kathy Carlson, Kesey
Cordell. Jared Hager, Kate Keck, Bess Korey. Jake
Longstreth. Anne Ramzy. Jason Rosenblatt, Lee Thomas,
Gene Wixson
C,RcuLAno•: Rocky Campbell
Co.v EonoRs: Midori Wilson-Seppa. Meegan Thompson
Aos MANAGER: Molly Freeland
Aov,m: Jeff Strange
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October 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 7 J
Student service assists physi
by Meaghan Lamarre
One often hears smdems com•
plain about the hike from Copeland
Residence Hall 10 Templeton Sm­
den, Center, orthe long, uphill trek
from Wa12ek ubrary to 1-tamfcld
Residence I-tall But imagine what
u mus, be like for someone in a
wheelchair orwilh a visual 1mp~ur~
ment Each Journey to and from
class offers a challenge to our
physically disabled student.s.
Certainly. Lewis & Clark is not
1 he easiest campus to navigate for
a person wllh a physical disability: •endemic lire here affords them sul I
other challenges.
The College ,s. according to tlS
brochure on Disabil11y Services,
.. comm,ucd to serving the needs of
disabled students, staff, and visi­
tors.• The College is bound by law
10 follow ,he equal opportunity leg­
islature of Title IX of the Educauon
Amendments or 1972, Secuon 50-!
or ,he Rehabilitation Act or 1973.
and the Americans wuh Disabdi•
tics Act or 1990.
Furthermore. the College must
abide by Title VII or the Civil Rights
Act or 1964. a poruon of which s1aiesspec1focallr tlut "Any
that orfcrs exammauonso, c
related 10 applications. ht,
ceruricauon. or credtnua1lfl&
secondary or poslsccon
educouon ... shall offer such
naLlons or courses in a pba
manner accessible to persoo1
disabihues or offer altem1tnt
cesstble arrangements foriod
div1duals. •• In order LO ach1C\t
goals and 10 ass,st studtn~
disabilities. Student Suppon •
vices (SSS) was created.
Student Support Scrvicts
a number of ncadem1c acco
how
Students struggle, overcome learning disabilities
by Angela Nusom
Forsomes1udems, 1hc infamous
all-n,ght paper writing session. and
the car,)' morning teSl•Crnms work
efficiently. For others. the process
of learning is more eomplicattd and
involves a perseverance bcYc;,nd
what people might expect.
For students with learning dis­
abilities, the college atmosphere is
more than ti step into the academic
world: it involves an organized and
strategic pion or aCLlon to £igureout
how to study and learn efnciently
within a challenging environment.
Student Support Services (SSS)
i.s a Lewis & Clark organization
that providesassisrnnce to learning
,hsabled studmts. According 10
Dale lfolloway. the coordinator or
Stmknt Support Sen•ices, the pro­
cess of preparing incoming LO stu-dents for college begins in the sum­
mer. Follo,..,ing notification from
student of disability, the SSS staff
sends more literature to studcnLS
iofonn111g 1hcm of app~opruue
accomodation opponunities.
Mowever, Holloway said tha1
many LD studems came to LC un­
aware of their disability. lnstc•d
early academic struggles prompt
them to ask for assi1ance and some­
times testing,.
A lot of the time, she explamed,
they "have struggled in high school
and, since learning disabiliucs arc
invisible, manystudentSdon'1 wa.0I
to acknowledge that the)' have one"
until they are faced with the high
pressure of college academics.
liollow:i)' believes that taking
this first step early is crucial 10
making the tnOSl or your cduca­
lional career. LC offers various ac• commodauons for smdems with
documented learning disabilines.
mcluding. but not limited to, books
on Lape, 1mors. untimcd tests. and
t1cadem1c adv,sang.
"Theres a group of smdentS that
have come lo terms wilh the learn­
ing d1s.,bility and are up from about
ll and want I hmgs set m place
qutckly." she said, "and then ,here's
another group that really hopes
1hey can make n withoul accom­
modauons"
Justm Oswald, a Sludcm with
dyslexia, came LO LC knowing of
his learning disability. Prepared for
a challenge in college, he met with
Hollowa}' to discuss his options.
"She told me about all the stuff
av11ilable for mt and told me which
classes 10 go to," he explained.
Oswald has learned that books
on l3pe arc more cfficicnc for him. ,,-------------~
There's a group of students that have come to
terms with the learning disability and are up
front about it and want things set in place
quickly.
Dale Holl
Coordinator of Student Support Se
.. I can read, bu1 11 lakes me a long
time and my eyes gel Lircd and stan
10 mix up words," he sud. "'l'hat's
a common problem for dyslexia ...
For Oswald, learning to accepI
his disability i.s not hlS primary con­
cern~ instc.ad he focuses on how he.
can overcome 11 :rnd make the best
use or his college career. "You just
have to learn how you learn." he
said. "'and I .1ust went on from
there, .. For Abbey Funk. who ha,
ttntion Deficit Disorder aod
auditory dencu. the classroom
mospherc is often a distraction
compensalc for this she uses a
taker • I can't locus ideas and
ccntratc." she said, •so it helps
someone 10 do that for me--l
can orgamze it and file it awa,
my brain."
see learning. page
Kenney witnesses improvements first-hand
by Ryan Wise
Every undergrad at Lewis &
Clark has to take 1wo Physical
Education or Athlc1ic: credit~ to
graduate. But, unlike Summer
Kenney. most students leave
their athletic struggles "
Pamplin's door Bound to a
wheelchair, Kenney is a student
whose college career takes end­
less ph)'Stcal strain and admi­
rable courage JU>! to get from
one class 10 1he next.
/\ last minute decision found
Kenney, a senior Bio-Chtm ma­
JOr, appl)'tng to Lewis & Clark
after taking a year off after htgh
school Followmg a frknd to
Portland from her hometown of
Medford, Oregon, she visued
the campus once and talked to
then-junior Arwcn Bird, about her experiences as • disabled stu­
dent.
Kenney spent her first two years
in Stewart, which she speaks or
with mixed feelings. "Stewart itself
ts fine, even though it's M the top
of the hill, but when I was living
there, the only laundry facilities
were in the basemcut or Odell.
which meant l had to car,;· my
laundry outside and around the
building.·
The cons1ructioo on Watzek LJ.
brory, Miller, and Fields posed •
problem for Kenney!; first two yeors
n.s well Wh,k an mconvenience for
most students. construction w~
even more or a ltteral obstacle for
Kenney, as somet11ncs workers
would leave p•t~ blocked with
equ1pme111 Kenney would have to
tmck a worker down •nd ask them
to move 1h• equipment before she
8 Pioneer Log October 30, 1998 could move on to class. •1 was late
for some classes at the beginning.
but they got better about leaving
the paths open." she said
Wb,lc Kenne)''s classes are
checked for acccssibilit)• and, If
necessary, reassigned before they
begin, buildings such as Bodine and
Bio-Psych still ha"e professors of­
fices that are completely inacces­
sible In order 10 talk with profes­
sors m Lhose nrcas. Kenney must
make appointmcnLS beforehand,
precluding any possibility or s,m­
pl)' "drop~mg by"
Living on campus also forced
Kenney to get up and clown 1he
large hill bet\\ ccn Templc1on,
S1ewar1, nnd the classrooms. "It's
hard." Kenney confessed, "h's •
workout even for someone else to
push me up the hill• Now 1hatshe
has her own ,•ehfcle. Kenney by-passes the hill by drivmg whenever
she can rrom building to building.
Campus Safety allows her to park
behind the Edmonds complex,
makmg it easier to get 10 the library
and any classrooms on tha1 level
Alternate routes become the
norm for Kenney, looking for easier
ways to wheel across campus~ .. If I
have to go up from Olin, I enter 1he
bot1om of Miller and take the el­
evator up to the ground Ooor • This
strategy also is cas,ly applied 10
Templeton, porkmg in the lower lot
and usmg Lhe elevacor to t.he mi.un
Ooor
"My dream design would have
a ski•brtdgc con11ectmg M Jlcr and
1he I ibrary," said Kenney, "PSU tS
really mce that waic" From the ,hird
floor of the library, Kenney mus,
t.'I ke two e.levarnrs lo Lhe ground
floor, then wheel over to the I-tu-manities building, taking an.
o,hcr clevaLor to her desir~
• Ooor. In Miller's defense, ho:'1
• ever. Kenney commends the
bu,ldmgin several ways. •1 don~
have • problem geumg aroun/
Miller or Fields There'.s batb1 rooms on every floor. and evet'fi
Ooor 1s very accessible."
Kenney panpo1nts tht.
college's expansion of availabl1
handicapped parking spots ai
another, improvement that has.
made h'er college career much
easier. •1t used 10 be kind of 1
race [pr the few handicapped
spois.
Strong arn1s ;ind dctcrmma•
tion have fueled Summe,
Kenney through four years"
Lewis & Clark. Mer comr1ctior
proves that d1sab1hl)' is onli-,
word. ' y disabled AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 1990
• .. SubjecL 10 the provisions of this title. no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of
such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied Lhe benefits of the services, programs, or
activttics of a public entity, or be subiected to discrimination by any such entity.
j ¢11ions !or plws1ca1ly disabled stu•
lmts lncludrng notciakers. peer
unors. 1apccl (oursc 1na1crials.
utm arcommodauons. sign lan-­
pgc interpreters, scr1bes. cn­
btg<d reading matcnals, relocation
ti dasses and acliv111e~ <cheduled
~r Inaccessible locattons, closed
arcuit u:IC\'iSion enlargers, and
~rtcn reading software SSS has
bun known to relocate a disabled
sudentS class if he or she cannot
kfflS the room and is often help­
ful in moving uiblcs for a wheel•
duir bound student or providing
tpodium for a student who can nm s11 for long periods of time
Furthermore, $S5 1s a lmk be­
tween studems and professors so
that a studem may get help or
needed assostancc from the proles•
sor. SSS has also requested adap­
uvc technology m the library that
would allow students for whon, it
is difficult to type to talk to a com­
puter. Such 1cchnology should be
available in Lhe next year or two
SSS also advocates for the needs
of disabled students. Specirically. m
the case o{ campus archnectural
see sss. page 1 O 35.151 New consLruc1ion and alterations.
(a) Design and consLrUction Each facility or part o[ a facllily consm1c1ed by, on behalf of, or for the
use of a public entity shall be designed and cons1Tucted in such manner that the facility or part of the
facility Is readily accessible 10 and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the consttuction was com•
mcnced after January 26, 1992
(b) Alteration. Each facility or pan of• facility altered by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity
in a manner that affects or could affect the usability of the facility or pan or the facility shall, 10 the
maximum extent feasible, be altered in sucl, manner thaL the altered portion of the fa.cility Is readily
accessible 10 and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the alteration was commenced after January
26. 1992."
commodating is Lewis & Clark
to disabled students?
Volunteer becomes 'disabled' for one week
Pioneer Log editor
Ryan Wise confines
himself to a
wheelchair for five
days
Rain drips onto my white
inuckles. I try and push a few more
mches, but my arms won't budge.
lt'sSamrday evening. and I'm half­
nybetween Pamplin Sports Cen­
t<r and Templeton, stuck pushing
,wheelchair up Palatine Hill. The
purpose of this excursion is 10 pre•
p.ut for my upcoming week. l've
chosen, volunteered. ac1uall)', to
uttnd LC in a wheelchair for the
otxt five days, to get a first-hand
look at how accessible Lewis &
Chrk ls for disabled students. Wlm
follows is my thoughts and obscr­
ntlons during the week.
But a small disclaimer is neces•
!al)', I only stayed in the wheelchair
while on campus. and only then to
stt.how easy or di£ncuh h was to
gt'l around. If a class was com­
plttrly inaccessible. which did oc•
rur, I did gctout of the wheelchair.
lw,s not willing 10 let an expcri­
mtm Jeopardize my grades.
With 1ha1 said, so begins my
"'"k
The Trncer Wheelchair. rented
from the Personal Mobility Center
1nNonhcas1 Portland, sports a du­
nblr chrt>tn<•pl.ued carbon-steel
fame and a name-retardant, mll•
dew-resistant. smgle embossed
n,I')' blue upholstery. reinforced
•1th a b:tc1eri.1-rc,,1s,.rn1 hner
But for all 1hc bdbnnd whmles,
this S380 wheelchair b li11lc mnre
t,h:m aglonfkd shopping c,trt, com­
pltt< wuh • pull 10 1 he lcf1 under
.1nrs1rain. such as Lrnvchng uphill
l'lt:kmg a wheel up .md spmmng 11
1n tbtatr shows small bends, msk-ing me. apprehensive about higher
speeds.
The wheels are covered 1n
smooth hard rubber, offering Huie
traction. and the "brakes" are lock-
1 ng arms 1ha1 have two levels:
·Stop" and •Go.• Slowing down
will have 10 be accomplished with
kinetic friction between my hands
and the wheel rims. ...
My first impression of tl,e cam­
pus from the chair ls, of course, de­
fined in terms of The Hill. I first
tried 10 scale it for practice on S;u.
urday: the effort 100k a ha! r hour
and several s10ps, and left my arms
aching the rest of the night. As I
sat in the chair on Monday, my
anns seemed to know what was
coming. 3nd screamed in protest.
My day began by pushing
through Templeton out 10 1he paths
leading to classes. As the path con•
tinue..s. it steadily slopes downward.
The first day I used e..x1ra caution navigating this slope. Noviga1ing
small bumps is a hassle. 1 laving al­
wa)'S ignored various imperfections
In pavement, I blindly steered into
difficulty several times along the
Wa)',
1 never knew Lhe unforgivable
scourge of cobblestones before.
What before seemed hkc an inno·
cent, quaint method or pavement
now appears to me in its true form:
1he enemy of all wheelchairs. Even
though only a small stretch of
cobblestone remains be1wcc:n Olin
and the library, it's plenty long
enough.
As my chnir crossed the thresh•
old, my tiny vessel began instantly
to toss. Bearing down £or 1racuon,
I discovered Lhat my wheels wcren~t
always touching the ground, which
is the key to remaining in control
of the chair, My poor navigational
instincts sent me into a raised gral•
ing, 1hen spun me around 90 de-grccs.
It took me a few seconds 10 fig­
ure out how to movcag3in. \Ve take
it for granted that we (usual!)•)
know where our body pans arc I
found myself having 10 reassess
where everything was each lime 1
changed dncction.
The fiercest baule came trying
10 exit Olin. I made my way to the
elevator. located conveniently on
the side opposite the lecture halls
where general LOO•level classes are
held. Arriving on the 1op (ground)
0oor. I pushed around and made
my way toward lhe hill. Leaming
from my previous experience. with
cobblcs1ones, I swung to the oppo•
site side from 1he light poles in or­
der to avoid them. aimjng for the
paved secLion lining the pathway,
That """ when I remembered the
artistic way that Oli1\~ rron1 yard is
laid out. If it hasn't been noted be­
fore, Lhc concrete on the inner edge
issl:rntcd 10wards the: cobblestones.
Ryan Wise pushes a rented wheelchair out of Templeton as
part of a week-long experiment to explore campus
accessibility for disabled students and staff •makmg your average wheelchair
nder fight every inch ag•inst its in­
exorahle pull.
The I ltll is a den,on. It takes
your arms as its sacrifice
I push, adjust for the chair's ler,.
ward pull. and uy again. Sometime,,
the pull turns me 90degrees. Push­
ing fonvard at this point doesn't
help, because the leftward drift will
send me back down the hill Turn­
ing to the right breaks any fon-11rd
momentum, but 1 have no choice.
l 1's either break momentum or start
over.
Tr)dng to compete with 1hc
chair. I steer right. which doesn't
qunc work. It mcrcl)' succeeds in
p-0in1ing nte hard righL Same. situ•
nlion.
I've learned how to utilize ev­
ery muscle ;n my ann. lnstcad or
simply pushing from the top of ,he
wheel, you have 10 pull from the
back or ,he wheel, then complc1e
the. motion with the aCoremcn-
11oncd push This way, the chair
covers more ground, and biceps.
1rlc~ps, and forearms become
cqu:1llv sore.
Downward is easier. but stlll
frus1rniing. Just lc11ing go is the
opt Ion my J0kmg friends offer. In
reaiit)\ aftera certain speed, the left
wheel s1arts shaking uncontroll:t­
bl>; 1hrcatemng IP toss the chair
see wheelchair, page 10
Odober 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 9 Experimenter explores campus accessibility
wheelchair, from page 9
mio ti 1.ul sp111. I sacrmcc the skin
nn my left httnd to save my body.
The older lhc building. 1he
wor:,c the ;u:cc~s fhe :»11nplc
~,xiom holds true for every bmld•
I rig on 1.: ;unpu!!i l'h(' top Ounr ol
Bod11u:. tc, where 1ht M:uh <lc­
parnncrn w:1!> rcccn1ly movcU. ,~
,1ccessihlc 011ly ... ,a two Otglll!,, nr
s1eepstair,, Grnnte,I. ,r I was 1ruly
disahle,I. 1 he college would rclo­
c;ltc my cbssc:». but l still hatl 10
walk tQ Number Theory
l'ampliu Sports Cen1cr pLtccs
1111: men's an<l women's. locker
ro-0111.s on different levels, cn~ur•
ing 1ha1 whu:hcvcr room is 1he:
fin:11 dcsllnauon. one gender will
h•tvc w n,1v1gn1c .)l,11r:i. to gel
there The only way 10 wheel 10 a
chffcrcn1 kvcl 1s a scc111c route via
C;1111pus S::ifcty. The :,w1mmmg
pool inside Zehn1baucr hilS"
wheelchair rnmp, bUI the door is
currcn1ly locked in one dircc1io11
Being n mu.sic mrnor, my duss
schedule JUSI happens 10 I ndudc
classes h\ C!va11s M us1c 8u1ldrng, .tnd somcumcs, JUSI SOlllClllllCS,
I need to gel 10 1he bonom noor.
lnvesugatc Evans dos.cir and you
,hould Oncl whai I found. There
::ire only two ways to get 10 the
honorn noor· the ltrst ,s vin 1hc
liyclrnul1c pmno h(, on 1hc mnm
stage. which opens ,hrough ;rn
1ndu:,1rml roll~clown mc1al door
and look!, very uscr-unrncndly. or
1he sloped gr.·1vd driveway :1long
,he wes1 side or lhc budding
\Vh1lc urwclmg 10 my clcc­
lronic music dass. I chose 1he
gravel A1 1hc 1op. perched like a
warrior surveymg the future
b•11leOeld, I ploued my course.
Taking a rirs1 rew cau11ous
pushes, I found 1he gravel yield­
ing, but slill resilient, My cauuon
ebbed.
Which was the exact lime I
los1 con1rol
Gnining speed, 1 he chair
qu,tkly became harder and
harder ro brake rand steer My
Lrusty steed soon nrnde: 11s way
in10 1hc. muddy grass unrncd1-
a1cly 10 my lcf1. IJ11d, I 1hough1,
and applied pressure 10 the
wheels once. more. As anyone familmr wi1h anlf­
lock brake 1necho01sms will 1cll
you, 1urnmg wheels will keep !I
brakmg vehicle m bcuer comrol
1h:rn skidding wheels. '\.Vorst, I
1l1ough1. I had sk,dcling wheels. I
hnd no con1rol. 1\drenahnc rac­
ong. I fough1 10 stop 1hc chair,
which decided 10 srnp 1LSelf mo•
ments later, ninging my back
wheels 111 the air and pbn11ng my
feet on the. ground. After catch•
mg my bmuh, I cheated <1nd used
my fee, 10 shde 10 sare1y. ...
Push. adjusL Push. ;1djus1,
C11ch brca1h. Repeal.
h was n comical scene the first
time I tried t0 get through a non­
mo1onzed door. Ryan pushes on
door. Door begins 10 open.
Ncw1on's Lnws or Motion engage.
pushing Ryan backwards wi1h an
equ:ol rorce. Ryan 111advenen1ly
closes door with his newfound
backwards momentum.
\Vlrnt never occurred to me
before was how somc1i111cs tcr­
ram 1s uneven. bu1 looks suspi-ciously Oat and smooth ns • pool
rnblc Even some.thmg as inno­
cent 3S a crnck in the pavcmcn1
sends me spinning.
LC's fovorilc me1hod or
smoo1hing jutting corners is to
s.,nd them Jway. leaving a dccc11-
1lve slopc tha1 plays hell wnh my
righ1 wheel ltSa terribly fun sen­
sation when you slccl yuur tri­
ceps for an c.1rth-shaking bom or
torque, and 1he wheel, having los1
contacr,spins in the air like o. top.
Your nrm races down. slamming
the armrcs1 and adding Lo the
growing hn1isc. \'ou grumble and
cry ugmn.
•••
As the week goes on. rny nnns
become less sore, and rm ob1c tO
scale The Hill wi1h a minimum
or dimculty. Ifs no, n cake walk.
bm I don'1 have 10 slop anymore.
My swollen leh hnnd has
trouble making a fis1 when I wake
up m the mornings. The tendons
arc sore from 1he consuint read•
JUS1men1. The rubber on the
wheels has ripped in places, leav­
mg juuing edges that scrape my palms.
I've mas,erccl pulling myself
1hrough doors using 1he frames
and handles as levers (1hough I
s1111 h:ivc 1rouble going across th,
sills, especiall)' 1he 3 inch iall
one$ in Olin). I fin:1lly got 1hc
hang or 1he bumpy asphalt In
rron1 of Thaxter. nnd ils :"tccom ..
panying rim where it conncC'IS 10
the concrete.
The. communuy :11 LC was
unexpectedly helpful Complete
strangers ns well as friends offered
a helping hnnd. I wam to person•
ally 1hnnk 1hem, and hope 1hn1
such unprovoked kindness is of.
fercd as willingly 10 others who
ttuly need i1.
But gcuing used 10 these
1hings docsn·, make life magically
easier. la's easy 10 make light of a
difficult silua1ion, especially
when there 3rc no serious rcpcr•
cussions. But defense mcch:i•
nisms can't help when a door is
locked, or the elevator is out, The
Huth s1lll rcmruns. one shouldn'l
have 10 be Mr, or Ms. Universe 10
ge1 around LC.
College provides many services for the disabled
SSS, rrom page 9 Copeland hall whh a wheelchair
n«c.<siblc path le:tdmg 10 ii In
b:uncrs for s1udcntS, SSS is ,•cry acldi1ion, 1hcre. arc new. hnndi­
hdprul A lcw years .,go. a s1u-capped-.,cccssible doors in
,km w,,s p>rll,tlly paralyzed in :1 li:mplctonandmanyoldcrbuild­
c.1.r JC.Lic..h:n1 111 the !l,U11t111cr he-In~ have bcc.n upgraded Also,
fore her ,ophomorc )'ear here tu plant~ ntxl to rhc st;1irs in
LC S:>S wa> 1ns1rumcnial Ill hu-Templeton help visually imp:lircd
1ia1ing rc11ova1ion on 1hc c;unpus swdcnLS know where the stairs
c:o 1hat shr would bt able rn re-nrc nnd roadway 1narkcrs htwe
\Urn mschtml m the fall and func-beer, strntcg,caU)• placed on p;11hs
tion here on campus in a wheel.. through campus co signffy where
chair As n result. 1hcrc-is now·a an automobile road crosses 1he
wheelchair acccssibll! noor in-~ path. SSS has been inslrumemal
Stc.w:trt I hill and a rtoor in in future planning for the cam-pus :1.ncl, nsa result. all l'lCw build­
ings mus1 be accessible 10 wheel ..
chairs and I here arc pfrms to 1111•
prove 1hc ligh1ing near 1he library.
The campus ,s not a dosablccl
slUclcms' h:nicn. however. The
wheelchair r:nnp m the back or
Stewar1 Mall, for example. has no
card-swipe lock on the door, nor
is 1he door hand1capped-acccs­
s1blc. so the r:11n1, 1s useless for
anyone trying to enter, further•
more, many or 1he older buildings
arc still inaccessible to wheel-chairs and some arc dangerous
for 1hc visually impaired Dale
1-!olloway, coordmator ofSSS. ad•
mus 1h:u LC '"ts no, an easy cam­
pus" and acknowledges 1ha1 one
of the 1oughes1 problems facrng
S1ude111 Suppon Services and 1he
College 1s 1he issue or how 10 up­
d,11e old buildings.
According IO Holloway. "The
most 11nportam thmg for our di$­
abled s1udcn1s is communica-
11011.· In order 10 offer assistance,
1he SSS mus, know or ,he student's dis:1bili1y. 11 is 1he
student's responsibility 10 lake
lhc ~ppropriatc 1es1s or 10 docu­
rncru in some way his or her dis­
nbility. SSS. once awnrc or :1
studcncS needs, can offer the stu­
dent a number or services so that
he or she can he successful here
al LC. According 10 I lolloway, SSS
is not hmilcd only 10 convcn-
11onal soluuons to problems, but
ohcn engages in finding "cre.1.tive
ideas ,md solu1ions• 10 help dis­
abled s1udents here.
Students wrestle with learning disabilities
learning. from page 8
1-lollow·ny emphasizes the idea
1 hat le~uning <lisabili1ics: arc rc:llly
JHS1 learning d1ffc.rences "Lcan,­
rng disahlcd s1uden1s make Phi
Ile'" Kappu." she explained.
"They span 1hc gamm jus1 like
everyone else People nssume 1h:u
they :,re a1 1hc bonotn rung, bui
1hcy'rc not,· she said
Dcsp11c 1hc positive st.1ppor1
LC' offers 10 chsablcd m1dcn1s.
I 1<,llow,1y ~1111 feds 1h01 1hcrt is a
1msC'onccp11011 on c:ampu~ 1h:1t
:.omc :,tuclcm~ olrc "gelling nwny
with somc1hmg,' She ths.1.grccs,
pmntmgc1ut clli.11 .. all 1hcstudcnts
I h:avt known would prefer not
to lmvc ;1 learnmg chsablli1y and
11ccd accommodauons, but wha1
happens when y()\.l have:., lcam•
mg <lis:.1b1l11y 1s 1h:11 you hav<.· to
1,;0111pcns.11e for 11 "
She :1lso sircsscd 1hc need tor
undcrstrmdrng from other SIU•
c.lcn1s and facuhy .. h's very h::ird
on :l person\,, st:lf-cstccm 10 feel
hke people 1hlnk 1hey arc geumg
spcc.•1;11 treatment." she s,ud, "And
th.it's undc.crvcd '
\Vhcn sss orrcr~ .. 11.:,Y,mmocfa ..
ttoll.) for Mudents wuh drs:1.bih ..
11cs, 1hcy :ore folhlHng 1heor re­
sp<llls1hil11y lo create -.m CIWlr(JO­
mi:nl 111 ,vh1ch ,111 studems can
1hrlvc. llollowai expla111ccl
"They arc really Jus1 leorn111g Ji(­
forcnces,"' she sard, •and we help
them show wh:n 1h,,:y know in
;mother way" funk agrees "11th J-lolloway.
cxplammg thin 1113ny people whh
auen11on disorders have an ex-
1remcly lugh level 0£ crea11vity
and m1elligcnce. She bdieves I ha1
modern education should em­
ploy 1he "hands-on approach- or
learning 1hings by doing 1hem-"
.is the pnmary LOOI.
1 lowC\•er, Funk also thinks
thm balancing lecture w11h v1sua1
examples 1s rut cffic1cm teaching
sira1egy "There's s11II more 1hcy
could do," she sa,d, 'bu1 ia's 1hc
best here 1ha1 I've come 1mo c-on•
cact wuh so for ...
In addition to the impan of
leammg disabilities on students'
academic success. 11 can also in­
nuence other oreas of 1heir lives.
for Shawn Hazen. who hr,s a
non-,•crbal learning disabili1y
which inhibits his ability 10 read
:ind concentrate effic1cnll)', tl1e
J,s1r.1ctlons of campus Hfe anti
the classroom sctung orten inter ..
rcre wuh his abilhy 10 learn. Be­
cause of 1h1s, t-1:tzcn chooses 10
Hvc orf-campu.s where he can bc1-
1cr focus on academics '"I hvc off•
c:m,pus because, the W.t)' I am, I
c:;.111'1 leam wnh al1 the d1s1rac ..
lions." he said.
As1cle lrom Ins environment.
Hazen struggles w11h conccntr1u-
111g and tollo,, mg class lcc1urcs.
-for me. wrning and lis1ening arc
1wo 1lungs 1 cannot do n1 1hc
same 11mc ... he s.1rd. ~sot rcccl\lc
notes as an accommodnt1on,"' rr
he d1dn'1 ge1 this suppori he
10 Pioneer Log October 30, 1998 -would be missing whatever 1hc
professor 1s saying ns I write ...
Time 1s very important for
studtnts with teaming disabili•
Iles ... Tnnc m:inagcn'lent is their
biggest issue," said Mollowa)',
'":md sometimes rherc just isn't
enough I imc in I he day to get cv­
c.ry1 bing done and the)' have to
le, 1hings shdc," she said. Mow­
evcr, ·'most of us can lei 1hings
shde a linle bi1 ;1nd still catch up,
but for 1he LO SIUdcnt, 1ha1's nor
a good idea," she warned.
Omh Hazen and Oswald agree
the kc)' to inakmg their accom­
modations work Is organizing
lhcir time dficicnt1y. "For me. it's
a matter of rnking cxLcndc.<l time
mc.uculousl)• planning everything
I have 10 do," said tlazen.
Oswald's most exhaustive
lime-crusher is writing papers.
The. process u1kcs a lot of parkncc
and perseverance on his pan. "I
have, rouble pulling my 1houghts
1ogcthcr," he said But, "once I ge1
it, I can do it.•
Tlollowaysaid 1hat p:1pcr-writ­
tng was a eo11s1stenl s1rug,glc for
smde:nts with learning. disabili­
ties. "Many LO smdcnts arc d(l·
mg four nnd five draf1s hcfore
IUnung ma paper-they can't just
pull an all-nigh1er," she s,dd.
While mos, people respond
pos1t1vel}' 10 different student
learning s1ylcs. l'unk am! Hazen
bchc.vc thai au i ntrcascd aware­
ness of 1heir existence and stnn­
cgics would be helpful in order '' It's a real thing-it's not just some mass-delu-
sional construct- it's something that people
with LD go to bed with and wake up with. It's
always a factor that you have to consider.
Shawn Hazen
Learning Disabled student ------------,,
10 make people more understand­
ing towards those who s1rugglc.
"In general, people cxcep1 ii as
an LO, .. she said, "bu1 of cnursc
1hereart :1 few who don·1," Hazen
has stronger feelings about 1hc
campus. "I find th:11 1hcrc arc
good 1hings and bad things. I
have come ntross prejudices ,hat
LD's arc a yuppie disease," he
said, but In general "1he LC cam­
pus is learning more :1bou1 LO·
chat it's a re.al 1hmgand no1jus1 a
figmc;nt or the imagination "
As Hazen said, n lcnrning dis•
abili1y 1remendously affects
people. "l1's a real 1hing-h's not
jus1 some mass-delusional con­
s1ruct~ It's something 1hat pc:01,lc
wilh LD go to bed wttlt and wake.
up wich. ltS always a rac1or 1hn1
you have to consider."
llolloway agrees, and has no­
ticed an increase in 1hc level of
campus awareness 1hrough the
years. "We. have: n very soc1ally
minded campus where studcnis
wan1 H) he.Ip each 01hcr .tnd tr')'
to understnnd;' she srmJ. Though anyone who s1rugglcs
whh a learning disnbili1y under•
stands how ii me-consuming :md
energy draining 1hc nccommoda­
tiOn!:> can be, J-lolloway watches
many of them gradm11e wuh hon­
ors and feels ~1 sense or pride in
1hcir i1<·complishmc111s. "When
1 hcse s1udcn1s gradua1c, 1he)'
have :.1 rc.,lly strongsc.nsc of their
le~1rning strcng1hs and ,veak­
ncsscs." she said ... Af1cr gradut1-
1ion, I think 1hcrc'sa higherle:vel
of self-.iwa.rcncss than mnny
01hcr s1uclcnts hc:c,msc they've
had to :,truggle. •
"The posl1ivc quali1y tha,
mnny of our LD S\udcms have,•
she continued ... is that they have
1c~,rncd to persevere withom ex­
tern~! palS on the back• 1hey JUSI
kind or plug away and hnvc
learned 10 Oncl 1ha1 kind or Slip·
port i nlemally They arc jus1 le•
n:.1dous so 1hat sometimes 1hcy
can ou1las, those: for whom learn•
ing is easier. They don't give up
as easily." l ==============Arts==========P=1=·o=n===ee=1
"r=L=oie~b
Actors prepare energetically for Twelfth Night
The swge will be ;1dorncd
wi1h curtains, hung un wires
across lhc srngc. These nre ma ..
nipul,ued to indica1c 1he chang­
ing of 1he scning. This, Weeks
commcnLS, cn:tb1~ the crew to
change ,he play'sscnmg w11huu1
much l;tg umc in bc,wccn
scenes. The minimalist and or,cn
rrn1urc of the stage ;.'liso retains
the open-space qualily of 1he
ongm:tl Shakespearean stage, he
rtclds. The coswmes are an run:tl­
gam orE:.lSlern and 'A'cstcrn in ..
flucnce, described as
'"(,uu:,stic;,\" b)' 1hc sct/coslumc
designer Professor John Genh.
A huge blue drape hangs OV<'r
.scvcr:tl rows or scrus; n will rep­
resent the: sc:1 111 the fm,11 pro•
duclion. Musk .,lso is included
as transitions bclwctn the
scenes, played by violinisL Liza
Ric1z and nau1ist Erik Ya1es. member in costume at the re-large dwersificd Gl.Sts, rcpre.scnl•
mg d1ffercn1 face1s of sooc1 y. by Colin Ryono
The energy and confidence
prcsenl In 1hc cas1 or William
Shakespeare's Twqlf1h Nigh! is
m1mcd1:udy cvi<lem The set is
sull :1 skclclon with gcnenC'
chairs ,rnd props substnuung tor
rent one::,. Lmt.:.!> ,nc occ.:as1ormlly
Slltmbled over, hul 1hc cas1 1s brother whom she bchcvcs has
drowned. Subsequently, d1s­
guiscd as a man, she cmcrs the
coun of a Duke Orsino (Peter
Pressman). Orsino isdespera1cly
in love. with the also ... mourmng
Ohvin (Ashana Chenoa). who
falls: in love with the. male V101a
m turn. Aside from this come• henrsal, comments thnt she
never wams 10 take 11 off. as n's
npparemly very comforrnble ln
addi1ion to 1.hc strong opunusm
prcscn1, everyone 1s particularly Besides being a greaL comedy,
Weeks said tha1 ''l'liveUilo N1gl11]
hos scenes of melancholy and
even cruclty .... Not everyone
sirong 111 then conv1cllon th.11
1lus wall be an outs1muling pro~
Jue11on. ;\her the rchcarsnl of
1hi: flrSl few (H.:ts or the produc­
tion, dirccrnr Stephen Weeks
addresses the ens,, i:.a)'ing 1hal
thry re .. dcl1nuclv m~tloug
progress. but lrnvc s1ill got n
ways 10 go .. ,,----die love trhmg1c, ttnother inter­
est mg t WI-St comes from I he. hu­
mihnuon ofM:ilvolio, n steward
111 Ohv,a's coun (Ian Malcolm),
hy bo1s1crous Sir Toby (Eh Mad­
ronc), awkward ::,ir Andrew
Agucchcek Qusun Sanders) t1nd
Oltv,a's ma,J, M•ria (l hea En•
ghsh). Throughou, 1hc pL,y, the
down Fcs1e ( Caroline Jolrnson)
tll()\'C'.S rrccly between the tWO
households. No one 1s spared
from her double-edged insights
nncl wu. Feslc is often consuJ­
crcd the mos1 wise of 1.he P._.0T0 8Y DIAN£ N!CKESON•MENOMftM [The play] has scenes
of melancholy and
even cruelty .... Not
everyone wins ln
Twelfth Night. comedy's characters. In nddilion
to the m1s1aken 1dentn1cs :uuJ
reversed genders, 1he 1.cx1 of the
play is sa1ura1ed wilh bawdy
puns, many of wh,ch 1hc cas1 are
pamculnrly fond or and clchvcr
whh comic relish. 11 Is consid­
ered 10 be I he most popular and
cclebra1ecl of Shakespeare's com­
edies. Megan Kohl (Viola) and Justin Sanders (Sir Andrew)
rehearse a satirical sword fight in Twelfth Night. During rehears:,!, Madronc,
S::mdcrs :ind Johnson cncrge11•
c•lly d•nce across 1.he siage with
near-acrobaucs, lauglung hrs-
1eriC:1lly as thei• doso. -1.oudcr1"
Weeks shouis, smtlmg himself.
11 is hard 10 sec where 1he acung
ends and these ~•ctors' own h:,p­
pmcss and passion begins 0ack­
st3gc. the other actors wau £or
1heir scenes, snulingal tht! jokes
as 1ltc)' come. 1\gain. 11 lS nc-­
knowlcdgecl 1h,11a11h1s point n's
sull rough and a w,irk-in­
progrcss. but :ill arc confident
nmJ.s1alwar1 In 1hctr belier 1ha1
1.his play will be fon10stic. Stephen Weeks
Director
'' wins in Twdf1h Nigh1 " "Bui al
i1s hcan," \+Vccks cominucs, "'the
play is ;lbO\ll two young women,
Viola and Olivla .... Each is le:trn-
Bclorc the rehcnrsul coin­
rncnc:cs (ns .1 w◄'nn-u1>), 1hc cast
staml> togcthi.~r on srngc, repeat­
mg parucular spccchc:i. of their
charnctcrs, ,·mph:1s1z.1ng ccrnun
nm ... 1"1 words. Ahhough \1 as
1mposs1blc 10 m:1.kc l)UI one
,·oicc w11h a dozen at·tor~ speak•
mg at once. then;• 1, .1 .;;1rnngc
chaollc bcsu1y crc,icd Indeed.
I frh blessed to be nblc 10 see a
moment of 1hc1r proclucuon's
cvo1utH>n.
The plot ol Twdf11t Night rn­
,.,lvcs Viola (pl:iycd b)' Megan
K\1hl) who survives a "ih1pwrcck
bu1 is in mourmng for her 1wm Beyond I he main singe itself,
,he actors and crew arc highl)•
dcclica1ed to crc:11ing a great pc.r­
lormnncc nnd mmnrnming ~ ccr­
lnm an,mm1 of levity. B::1cks1age,
Johnson pan·s wlulc pract1c1ng
hercharat..tcr's o;;ong. w1.:anog the
purple ha1 whieh mnkcs up 11
chst,ncttvc pan of her costume
Molcolm and ChcMa 1okc back
aml forth about ,heir rcs1>cc11vc
characters, rdcrting to Cdch
other as ,r they genuinely had
;'-ISSumed 1hc identities of their
Lharac1crs English, 1hc only cas1 cxci1ed abou1 1he fact that, ap
proprintcly. 1he1r dcb111 is on
November 12, 1hc twelfth night.
Weeks was parttcularly cxci1.cd
about the chance 10 bring 1he
Twelf1h Nig!11 1.0 1he LC
m:11nSLngc this year. in n
Shakespearean co med)', I here arc
more opponuniucs tor women
to plai• key roles: Shakespe"rcon
tragedy, by L1.>ltl r:m, tS generally
mJle-dommatetl A COU()lc or the
roles 1racl111on.1lly played by men
arc played hy women in I his pro•
ducuon Weck, has been 1111-
prcssed by 1hc 1111cracuon ol 1.hc
cast. He also Sl;ttr:d tha1 the t:ast
1s very diverse, as II should be
One of 1hc wonderful 1h111gs
about do1ng~hakespe:1rc, Weeks
satd. is the oppormnily to have mgahoul ll1c limiLationsand op~
ponumues m the world; each Is
makmg choices and discovencs.
As Lhc convcnuons of rom~nllc
comedy dict:uc. each will move
tuwlr<l marriage wnh a pan1cu­
lnr mate W,11 they ho1h find an
nppropriate par1.11cr' Will 1hey
be able 10 resolve 1he ploy', c11-
1:.1nglcmcms to their sati<::fac•
lion? 1'hcy arc young people fo,·­
mg the mul11ple.,somc111nescon•
,r.H.lictory possib1li1ics the wl,rld
~•vcs them The cho,ccs 1hcy
make arc somcttmcs com1c und
delogh1ful and somcumes d,s-
1.urbmg.· Twelj1h N,ght will be playing
11' the P1r At:rcs Thc-atcr mmn
s1.1gc on November 12, l3, 14
oncl 19, 20, 21 at 8 p.m. T1ckc1s
are Sl rorihc LCcommumty, $3
(or sttu.lc111.s. alumnt or senior
citizens, and S6 general admis-
,;ion.
German author charms students
by Rocky Campbell
On Mo11dayOc1obcr26th, Fclichas
Hoppe,, a young Germru, a111hor, vls­
llcd 1hc Lewis and Clark communi1y.
Having won several renowned literary
prizes in her native land, such as 1he
"IISpt!:te• Li1eraturpreis or the Erns1
Willner Preis, she is considered by
many a rising SL"\r in lhe: German lit­
erary scene. Mi.er only one book, she
has be.:n compared to many grco.1 writ­
ers, Including Kafka. On an 18-day
speaking 10,ir of the United Su11cs,
Felicitas Hoppe spent, wha, she called
" ml\ch enjoyable da)' at. the. college­
It was not her llrs1 Lrip to Oregon, hav­
mg previously studied and taugh1 a1
Lhe Universi1.y or Oregon. A truly in•
tema1io11"\ student, she also s1.udied
111 Tllbingen, Berlin, and Rome. She
currently resides in Basel, Switzerland.
ln11 lives pem1anently in Berlin.
Felidms Noppe spent her morning
a\ the college visitfng German classes,
where she discussed one of her short
stories, Die Sommtnierbrr:chtr. In shar ...
Ing how she sL~rtcd as a writer. she
openly spoke of her life with German
students. She grew u1i in • family,
which focused strongly on writing. She
began wri1.ing a1 a young age, her par­
ents organized pottr)' eontes1.s
amongst her siblings. She also remem­
ber.; creating bedtime stories for her younger brother. AILhough none of her
siblings nave beco111e writers, she told
students that writing is still the major
form or communicatibn in her family
1.oday. ln the classes she also discussed
literary analysis as well as her own per­
sonal writing process. She also spoke
o( her sonn to be published book.
which ls based upon experiences from
an around-the-world trip spent on a
cargo ship. S1uden1.S, who unfortu­
nately do not spe>l< German, will have
10 wait in order to read most of her
work. To date 0)1ly 1hree of her s1ories
have been 1ransla1cd inio English, and
,hose wlthou1. Lhc consulm1ion or the
au1.hor, who speaks English 0uen1ly.
In the afternoon she read three
shon srories from her book, Pi,h11 i!t
dcr Friscure, 10 a group, which in­
cluded studenl.S and faculty from other
local colleges. J\£1.er reading one of the
short s1.ories. she read i1. again fn t-rans­
latfon and discussed problems with the
translacion. Following tbe reading, she
fielded questions from 1.he audience
abouL various topics, including her
work, the s1.a1c or coniemporary Ger­
man littrature and comparisons with
American literature. Af1.erwards. she
ate dinner with several LC snidents,
who wlll 1.esLify 10 her approachabil­
lly and friendliness. Felicitas Hoppe's
visit 10 LC was a success for her as well
as for many students. Beyond the Curve splashes
into the surrealistic world
by Lakin Soldate
ll<yo11<I 1l1e Curve, wri11en by 1hcJapa•
nese surrealis1 a,nlwr Kobo Abe, is a c11I•
lccuon of twelve short stories cemcrcd
on I he complex harshness of life. Abe tl­
lus1 ra1.es his masterful prose 1hrough the
hvcs of 1ofo sellers. lawyers. convicts :111d
poets. His ability 10 use late 201h century
life while adding surrenlis1 1oncs in his
wrttmg has dls1ingmshcd him as a bril­
hant explorer of 1.he human psyche and
imagmation.
Abe llSCS everyday events 10 begin his
s1oncs. "Dcndrocacalia", for example.
descnbes 1hc hfe of Common, a mnn
slowli• becoming a !•rge irce. Abe uses
1h1rd person narratwc 10 describe the
harsh rcali1y of his lire Common cats,
sleeps. 1alks, led, 1sol,11c<I lrom soci,·1y.
etc. In im,:uon ,,11th Abe~ wriun~, his S\11'­
roundu,gs and fcchngs arc thoroughly
documcn1cd and cxam,ncd, allowing for
the reader to experience what the m:nn
ch::1 raclcr lives.
Dcndrocacalia brings 1he subjcc1 or
mor1alily 10 ligh1 1hrough Common's
1hough1s as he we1,kly acqu,csccs io be­
comrng a Dcn<lroca<,.'alia lrec in order to
preserve Im, -;urviva1
Conunons overseer laughs cruelly a1
how pitiful a 1rcc Common becomes This
:,.1ory is lm:'lg111at1vc m its pln1 whcr('in a
man escapes dea1h by h.commg a 1rce. Book
Review
"The lnirudcrs", one 0£ 1hc longest
stones wi1hin Beyond rhc Curve, illus­
Lratcs the emotional isolation :and soci­
c1al pressure wilhm one man. \Vriucn m
1 he firsl person. 1 he reader never learns
the narrator's name. We ;1re led mound
1hc world through 1.hc eyes of this main
<:haracLer, leitrmng how weird and ~Ur•
real his life becomes a1'1cr 1hc arnval of
nine strangers. These people take over
the main char:ic1.ers lifo 1hrough impos­
ing financial res1rie1ions and s1calint all
foud, sleep :ind space [or themselves As
rc:idcrs. we reel anger ;.nd frustnuion for
the m;nn ch:trnc,crs resignation to the
disrup11on of his life.
Many stones In Bcyoncl lh< Cun•c deal
wnh 1sola11on, alienauon. love :tncl ocqui•
csccncc. Ahc ,akcs these 1hc1nes ll Ml'P
funher by addmg a surrcalis1 lint Lo hf<,
ortcn ln 1hc fonn an 11npbus1ble event or
ac1.1on. 11 ,s dcligh1ful 10 rea<l 1hcse off­
the~wall ~,ones, each one chfrcrcnt 3-nd
clistlnc1 due lO their haunting impossi­
bilny. Beyond lh( Curve is 247 pages,
$8.00 and is 1ransla1ed from Japanese hy
Juloc1. Wimers C:irpcnier.
October 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 11 Pione1er Loa Arts ~2'=== ==========
l<LC's
Latest
by Carolyn O'Connor
. Artist: Geri Allen
Album: The Gathering
Label: Verve Records
Geri Allen's long-awnitcd debut on
the lending ja:z lnbel, Verve
Records, is here for your lis1entng
pleasure. Detroit born pinnist Geri
Allen has a beautiful style. She
keeps ;t unique rhythm, accompa­
nied by a strong harmony. Allen ,s
a well-respected artl.St who hns re­
cc1vccl many awards. including
Denmark's outstanding Jazz Par
Pnze. nncl she hns exposed h<r
wonderful 1:1let1t with this "gllllcr­
ing" c11Sembk.
Mood Outcome: It's modern
jazz .. you decide what you ,lo.
Artist: Shirley Horn
Album: / Remember Miles
Label: Verve Records
Shirley Horn first met Miles
Davis when she opened for him in
the early l 960's auhe Village Van­
guard in New York Cny The nlbum
ls a tribme to Davis, a man who was
himself one ol Hom's biggest fans
I Remember Miles. Horn's 10th al­
bum on the Verve Record label, 1s
sedate and amazingly benu1Irul.
Most of I he songs were tnspired by
DavlS. ~uc.h a.s .. Blue m Green . ''
Hom~ hushed voice gr:tdng the ti•
egan1 piano is the epitome of this ,r album ,
Mood Outcome: Ohhh ...
wannn hsten 10 this album while
drinking hot chocoln1c :mcl sitting
by a crockling /\re while it snows
outside . awww, yeah ..
Artist:
Oranj Symphonette
Album: The Orani Album
Label: Rykodisc
ThcOrnnj Symphoncue is one
crazy clan. When lls1ening 10 the
album. I was expecring something
symphony-csc1uc. N-no. that Is not
what the Oranj Symphonette is
abouL It srnrts off with the tuning
of strings (confirnung my sym­
phony thoughts) ... You then hear
a strange man tolking ... Jl1en a baby
whines ... then n therm ion kicks 111
... "What fn the world?" ... then it
starts groovin'. Some of the mus,.
cal instruments that they so unusu­
ally mix arc a processed cello, a
sy111hcsizcr, drums, guitar, bass.
baritone hom, a 0ute, a Turkish
clarinet, baritone sax. duck caU,
and slide wlustle and th:u's just In
the one song! l dig the. Oranj
Sy111phone11e: I respect any bnnd
that will go to that extreme.
Mood Outcome: You Just
wanna be silly ... il's a run album 10
began your weekend ... tog~, you
ln10 thnt silly, "Fun-Dip• eating
mood War crime mystique and blackmail
consumes Apt PutJi/
commentary by Jason Rosenblatt
\Ve :ill r..:mcmbcr the 111nes when
c;omrd11ng "'lrlkt•~ our 11uc-rc.st. l rci.:ull
lc:1rmng ahou1 tlu_• (._\vii \Var am.I 1cu<l111g
up 011 ll .so l'xtcnswcly th,H f wanted tu
ask Gencr:tl lee wh.11 the hell he was
thinking or fmd uut tf (,cncral Grant re­
.ill)'"·" urunk 1ha1 day I'm sure 1ha1 .11
'>Otnl' potn1 I knew more nbou1 Ston,:w:,11
J.1ck~on tlinn about n1y own uncle Well,
for 'rodtJ Bowtlen (Brad Renfro) 1hc m­
lCrcst tlmt s1rikl."s. ham 1.s 1he Holo<:;1us1
Ami one clay, he "l~CS a man on Lhc bus
who looks s1r;111gcly fom11inr ton focc m
the history books. Bowden confronts the
m:rn :111cl demands th:u 1hc Na:1 W.,r
mmmal. Kun Oussandcr (),in McKcllcn).
describe ev,•ry1l11ng th:it "the tC'1Chcrsarc
afraid 10 t.1lk ,bout," otherwise l)owdcn
will expo,,e him.
Thr 1..harntLl·ri.lcvclopmcn11~ n.,wlcs.<.
t111<J Brv.m S111gcr'c; hlsn ~ cnucmg :rnd m­
Irigumg. A11t P1111JI rcv~1b :111 cngro!:-.'illlg
world of hl.ltkm.111 Like any dr.11na11c
g:1n1c 111 which th< ~lakc:s.cont1nue to rise,
you c-an hr:ir 1hc clnck ttckmg louder and
louder, :,1gnal1ng 1hc :irriv:,l of somc1l11ng
tcrnhle The him cxcmphhcs 1hc nature
o( suspense it.sdf; McKellcn nnght rcccl\'c
;.lu 0!,Gn lor h1s performance.
Ap1 1'11111I 1> adnptccl lrom ,, novella h)•
Stephen Kmg, 1>ubltshcd In 1hc book Dif­
{<,c:,u .'uct~tms, which .11.so in~pircd the
hims Swn,/ lly Mr uncl Sl111w.l11111k Re·
dnnptio11 No wr11cr hJs ever h:ul mon.·
matcrtal turnctl into movies 1h:111 Stcphc.n
King Thi, also marks the first 11111c 1hn1
dirretor flry:in Smger ( lltr U,iwf Sus­
fh'ch), has Jakcn 1111 • Stephen Kmg ltlm
O1herJircc1or, mclude.Rob Rclnor (Mi,-f'HOTO cou"tfW Of i'RlSS Rtl[All
Ian McKellen plays a Nazi War criminal In Apt Pupil.
cry) John C'1rpcn1cr (CltriSlinc), Briun
DePalma (Carne) David Cronncnbcrg
(The Dl'ad Zone), anti Stanle)' Kubrick
(Titc Shining). The lilms adnptcd from
Kings wntmg range from superh 10 me­
diocre (Tltr Ma11glt1, C/nfd1c11 uf 1hc Co111
!-5). and h:ovc <Lscd every mode of re•
kase (thca1r1c,1I, tclcv,sic,n mim-serles
,md s1r:11gh1-10-v1cleo). King's n01one1y
h,,s been :ntached 10 his films fo1 much
or his carccT as well He makes cameos
m many ol hi. [aim, (more 1hr bad ones
than 1he good ones) and his hrst bes1-selling novel, Cm ric, was not a hcsi o::cller
until It was released as the 1976 lllm \\1Lh
Stssy Spacek and John Travolt'1. n,c SLOry is altered shgh1ly from lhc
book (as al1 lil111 .1d:tp1ations are) but 1hc
1 heme of the ongmal lwok was kepi m­
t net One mnn blackmnils anothc.r :ind
controls lum t1n11I chc second man finds
a way to blackmail 1he ftrs1. thereby pu1-
1mg a handculr around the two ol them
lortver_ Whai makes this s1ory horrify­
tn)t as 1lm1 while Todd listens and learns,
.1 monslcr 1s rcbo111.
Chucky and bride serve up mayhem
Chucky and girlfriend team up for
killing spree. commentary by
Jake Longstreth
B, id,· 11/ Cftu, l:y L, a return to the
glory t h:01 Is I 980's horror The movie
opens with • shot of a polacc s1a11on
evidence room. Bchmd bars, locked
aw:iy, we catch glimpses ol Freckly
Knacgcrs dawed glove :mdJasonsand
Michael Myer's cenc m:osks. A police
officer steals a garbage bog containing
the rcmams of 1hc foblcd Chucky doll,
and the fun begins. Chucky 1s brough1
to lifr and 1hcn 111:magcs hl summon
the spirn of :i former lover into the
body or another doll. r-rom this, comes
Chucky's bride Boy nnd garl dolls arc
now unhed in ,t fury of bloodshed and
sclr-refcrcn1ial, ScrtcJm-i:squc. humor
I knew lh1s movie was brllliam
when I saw the sex scene between the
1wo dolls. I'm not gomg 10 hcs11a1e in call-ing th.u .!ttenc one of the mo.s1 crour in
[1lm hi~tory. rhc lilm c.1p1urcd 1hc d,­
t:hmomr hctwcc-n C hucky's mt1hc1ous,
murderous side and the lovmg and com­
pass1011n1e s,d,· 1hn1 his bnde brought out
m lum. It was like an upcla1cd version of
Bonny nncl Clyde or Macke)' •nd Mallory
except w11h pl•stlc, nnimntromc dnlls. If
you want 10 laugh, cry nnd be frigh1cncd
all a1. the same time, l recommend 1hc film a, itl< of Cl111cl1y. h's well worth II.
PHOTOS cou1m~v Oft flRIOE OF CtflJCICY W'fB PAG(
Some things are better left in the '80s
commentary by Bess Korey
SNFU started 17 years ago The)' come from 1he early 80s
hardcore scene ,vi1h bands ltkc Bad Religion. No Means No
and D.O.,\ While laclung the d1mens1onali1y of Bad Relig10n.
they share :1 co1nmon sound. Their new :ilbum LS cn1i1lccl ""Let's
Get 11 R1gh1 For The Firs1 'rune.• It 1s a live ·be.st or• album
wnh songs spanning 1hc1r long CMC(:r,
Win le 1his album showcases the band's strengths (good 111u­
s1ciansh1p ancl energy), It nlso rcprtscnts the band's weaknesses
(p0<.>r song wn11ng. subsrnndard vocnls and mmdless lyrics).
It is a very profcssmn.tl I ivc n:l'ordmg. Some :,ongs sound even
be11cr than their glossy, big produced s1ud10 versions.
SNFU fall 1n10 traps or other punk b,111ds or 1he 90s. Their
use uf musical segues imo popular songs and 1n111d numbmg
banter between songs ts unforgwablc. This album, at best. IS
uull. Pt«>TO COURT[SY Of ~NFU PRESS R[UASt
SNFU's "best of" album is less than thrilling.
12 Pioneer Log October 30, 1998 -===========Sports=z====--==~~·o~n=&=·r~l~o~~
LC volleyball team plays final home games of the season
The Pioneers give
Western Baptist a
close match in a
non-conference
game
by Kasey Cordell
I L,,\·,,mcn'-. ,1ollc)1bJ1l ll!~tm
5uffth·d two 1ough lossts lU
Wdl,1111c11, ,rntl l 1nlicl<l l.1s1
w«k hca<lmg 11110 the fm:11 day,
of then sc~1Son
Wedncs<l:1y Oct 21 the P,os
fell to W11iamcuc Umvcrsny Ill
four games :iftcr ntllvmg to wm
1hc tllll'cl i;ame 15-l l
Junior ouL.c;ide hiller Kasey
Corddl kd the Pios wi1h l2 kills
and 9 chg; Freshman Karo l'o.<
prov,dcd s"hd olfensc and de­
fense at the net, collecting 8 kills
and 3 solo blocks, while 1ea111-
mate Devon McGinnis provided
;mother olfcnsivt.· weapon. rnck•
mg \Ill i k,11,
Desp11c their cffons, the P1os
tell Vl(.;tlin 1n :) slm1br ra,c 1n
1hr1r c.l1srippoin11ng los~ 10
Lmhelcl College ,1n ~aturcby
The r,o, h.,nded over 1hc lust
two games. hm bounced bn.ck LU
ddc,11 1hc Wildcnis l5-3 In the
1hnd bcfnre fmnlly admitting
dcfe:11. Maile Barrett led the
charge :igamsl 1hc C:iis rnllcct­
lng 7 kills and 6 digs. Teammates
Fus and Cordell added 10 the
offense w11h 5 nnd 6 kills rcspcc-
1ivcl)'. fox w11s also named NWC
Notable At h lcte ul t ht Wtck for
her two g::imc pc:rlonnancc.
The Pios look 10 collect I wo
more conlcrencc wins 1h1s week•
encl as they iravcl 10 Spokane
and Walla-Walla 10 1ake on
Wlmman and \Vlutworth on
Halloween weekend.
The Pios dcfea,cd both teams
handily in their last mcc1ing, bu, ,his time face the possib1lty or
playing without McGinnis, who
was mjured in Satur<fay's grunc.
Sophomore Erin Coms1ock will
be lookmg 10 step things up on
the nght side in McGinnis's ab•
sencc. The Pios are also looking
10 junior middle blocker Amber
Crew team adjusts
wel I to varsity status
courtesy of Sports
Information Office
The 1998 Women's Crew
1cam is unlikl' any Lewis &
Clark has ever seen. No, only do
1hey h;tvc a new coach mul cx­
cclkn1 athletes. but thtS is 1he
lirs1 year the spon has gamed
\1arsuy status. Arter 25 success­
ful years, women's crew now
competes like LC"s 01her vnrs11y
spons at 1hc NCAA-Ill level.
Th,s change lrns been .,n easi•
one lur the Prns Coach Anne
S1lhcrnagd tommcntc<l on llu:
pc:rksas wcll .1s on thr new rules
under which 1hcy row In 1hc
past, teams unnpctcc.l 1n tcgo.1-
1:.s :11 1 heir own expcn<ic Now,
Crew receives a piece oft he Al h­
kue Dcp.in mcnt budget. Varsh y
s1a11LS also brings acldnionnl co•
opera11on from all those Ill·
volved m makmg a successful
season.
New rules rcgulaung llns sea­
son arc proving ui make dungs
1niere-,,;tmg.
\Vhcrc,t:» ht.fore dll• lcams could pracucc a11yume they
wanted, they :ire now commit•
ted 10 a 22-weck season. The
women must divide th:\l umc
between the fall and spring sea­
sons. Workouts during the sea­
son include 6 a.m. prncticc 5-6
days a week and acldmonal off­
water pracucc sessions.
This year's crew has a "'core
or senous athletes and works
very hard." Silbernagel s,ud
about her tc~un Arrivmg on
campus just 1h1s foll. she was
Impressed by the excellent tech­
nique her ,-.toincn dcmonsLratcd,
cv,dcnce t)f great past lOachcs.
So for Lhis season, the women
h:ivc only competed in one race,
1ak111g thml place in 1hc Pon­
land Race for the Cure. This
weekend, the Pios will compete
in a second local race, the Port­
land Loop
Coach S1lhrrnagel is very cx­
c11cd aboul dus wC"ekcnd and
expcctS her 1eam 10 do well.
Crew season will continue Ill 1hc
spring, wnh a full schedule •
Smith to help lead the w:,y 10 two
more wins this weekend.
This Wednesday's non league
match against Salem's Western
Bap11s1, for winch a Onal score
was unavailiblc at press time.
was the final home perfonnancc
for 1he Pio•s two seniors. Tara "' 10
~ n
I
'\,
Hockcll and Kin l-loward.
Hocteu has been a solid offen­
sive weapon 1his season, collec1-
ing 12 l kills and 21 service aces.
A llnec year varsity pl:ty~r,
Hockeu's presence will be
missed. Howard played all four
years of her ellgibilty. and is cur-~. \.. 11 12
The Pios lost their last home
volleyball match of the
season Wednesday, against
Western Baptist College. It
was a close match. and the
team put out a strong
effort. The team has pulled
together and the last few
games promise excitement.
Their next venue is Friday
Oct. 30, Whitman College,
in,,Walla Walla, Wash.
PHOTOS llY OIANE NIO:ESOtH,\ENOHllM
rcnlly sixth in the conference m
selling. Howard has amassed
474 :1ssis1S this season, averng•
ing 8.62 assisLs a game. Both se­
niors arc kc)1 players whose pres­
ence will be missed next year.
Pios lose to undefeated Wildcats
by Lee Thomas
The Le,vis & Clark Pioneers
los1 10 the undefeated L1nfield
W1ldca1s. 52-7. on Saturday, Oct.
H at a home game. The P10's
staned behind and never rcc:ov­
crcd.
The Wildcats began the
arlcrnoon's scoring with 311 S­
play. 46-yard drive 1ha1 was
capped by a 28•)oard field goal by
Scott Cannon. Linficld came
right back ,vith a 19-yard touch­
down run by Carl l·l:iberberger
with 5:49 left m 1he first quar­
ter.
The Pios only score or 1hc
game came m the second quar­
ter on a 20-yard pass lrom
sophomore- Drew Jordan to
freshman Steven Kramer. The
Wildcats answered back with
two touchdowns. The first came
with 10:26 left in the hall on a
9-yard pass to Nick f'orsey from
Bnan Higgins. The second came
wnh only I :26 leri in 1he half on
a 2-yard run by 1-labcrbcrgcr 1hat
ended a 5-play, 56-yard Jnve, for
• hall-11me score ol 24-7,
Lmhcld.
Jordan went 22-lor-32, to1al-ing 273 yards, but wus picked off
twice. Senior Aaron Schmidt had
7 recep1ions for 137 yards. while
junior Greg Ilk caugh1 7 passes
for I.O I yards. For the defense.
senior Jeremy Vlach totaled 10
tackles with I for a loss, in ,he
Pioneer effort.
For the season, senior Tony
Jones leads the Pioneers in rush•
ing with 112 yards on 50 carries
and 2 TO"s.Joncs is currcmly 7th
in all-purpose yards in the
NWC. Schmidt leads the confer­
ence m receiving, with 794 yards
on 84 rccepuons. and 1s 2nd
in all-purpose yards in 1hc
NWC. Quarterback Jordan
was named Notable NWC
Offensive Athlete of the
Weck for the week or Octn•
ber 19-25. He leads the con­
ference in total offense and
is l 20-for-216 for l·f96
yards, mth IO interceptions
and 9 TDs on I he season
Sophomore David llutt
leads the Pio defense with
4!! tncklcs (28 UT, 20 Ar).
111cl11dmiz 2 for a loss ol 9
yards.• sack. and l pass hro-
kcn up Jeremy Vlach was
named Notublc NWC De-fons1ve Athlete of the Weck for
the week of October 19-25.
Vlach is 3rd on the team with 44
total tackles (19 UT. 23 AT). m­
cluding 4 for losses of 15 yards.
a s:,ck, and a forced fumble.
Sophomore Jason Mill is 2nd in
intcrccpllons anJ takc .. aways in
the NWC.
The Pioneers will travel to
Spokane. WA in ., Northwest
Conferr.nce mntch-up aga111sl
the Pirates of Whitworth Col­
lege. Kickoff will be .11 I p.m.
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October 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 13 Campus groups
work to educate
student voters
by Joe Collver
The ASLC studcm council,
working closely with mem­
bers of three other organi,a­
Lions on campus. has col•
lected infonnation on ballot
measures 10 help LC studems
vote in Oregon's general clcc­
tlon next Tuesday. This infor­
mation has been kept as non­
p:trtisan as possible, and will
be available to students
through a display on the
ASLC board In Templeton,
:rnd this voters· guide. There
is also a web page for with
more in(ormation at
www.lclark.edu/-aslc.
The project started at the
beginning oft he fall tenn, led
by Gene Wixson. the ASLC
president; Erich Ludwig,
OSPI RGs campus organizer;
Marisa Tabizon, Coordinator
ofStudem Activities; ni,d Kim
McClay from the Cemer for
Service and Wor\<. These or­
gamzations joined 10gether to
form the V01er Education and
Registrauon Coalition filltl
considered possible solutions
to student apathy. One seri­
ous concern in their discus­
sions wns weak SlUde.m par­
ticipation in s1.11e and federal
government, On average, one:
in nine college students in
Oregon make it to the voting
l>ooth, a startlingly low figure
that the coalition is seeking
Lo raise.
The coalition initially fo.
cused on geuing students to
regisler to vote in the state of
Oregon. They collaborated
with several student organi­
zations and addressed all
members of the Inventing
America class prior to a lec­
ture in the cha1,el. The Hemp
Club, led by House District
12 candidate Barry Joe Stull,
also worked 10 rcgisttr stu­
dem voters. While not gen•
crating as much response: as
they hoped, the organ.i.ers were optimistic that aware­
ness had been raised. The
next step wl11 be 10 begin a
voter education campaign.
The Voter Education and
Registration Coalhion has
constructed a concise sum­
mary from the several re­
sources available 10 voters,
ranging from the Oregon Vot•
crs' Pamphlet to indcpc.n­
dently produced voting
guides, 10 online web sites.
"Finding the infonnalion is
easy," said ASLC President
Gene Wixson. "Geuing IL
condensed is the hard pan."
The guide covers only state•
,vide Oregon measures.
Wixson said that with such a
large number of measures this
year, it would be 100 large a
task 10 publicize county is­
sues and candidates. The
coalition's web site provides
links to candidate home
pag,;s tor additional Informa­
tion. "Everyone should take
rhc time 10 look at the web
page or rite voter's guide to
educate 1hc1nsdvcs about the
issues,'" Wixson said.
A pro and a con side is pro•
vided for each of the mea•
sures. but the coa1hion was
careful not to take a stand on
how students should vote.
The Voter Education Regis­
tration Coalition plans to
continue the pamphlet LO
help voter awareness, hoping
10 build up the momentum to
keep it going into the future.
Wixson said he hopes that
each ballot measure will be
given more attention in 1he
coming years, when the num­
ber of measures is less over­
whelming and the coalition is
more solidly established. The
coalition hopes that LC stu•
dents will defy the trend or
apathy and tum out in record
numbers for the Nov. 3 elec­
tion.
Gene Wixson conlributed to
this a,-tlcle.
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November3
in Pamplin
Sports Center
14 Pioneer Log Odober 30, 1998 '
A u1J1odzcs State
10 (;uaraJHee
IJomlccl lndebted-
11c$s of Ce.rimn
Educcuion Dis~
tricts
This comallutional amendment
would allow the slate govern~
mcm 10 guarnmcc 1hc debt m•
curred by school clistncts selling
bonds 10 bui Id or remodel
schools.
PRO: Projected 10 s:we S 70 mil•
hon during the next 20 years,
tins measure would allow school
districts 10 borrow money ,.u a
lower cost. No school clistnct
has defaulted on a l>ond since at
least World War II. (Registered
'"l'P"•trr~. Orrgmt Swt, Trca­
.)urr-r)
CON: If a deep recession pre­
vcmcd sch<>ols from collecting
money through pro pen y t>XCS
l'lf otherwise. a school district
might have LO default and poten­
tially cause harm lo the statc~s
credit rating. (Rcgfsrem/ appo•
nems: 11ont)
Prepaid College
Tuition Progrc1m
This measure is a
financial guaran•
tee by the State or
Oregon to allow for the .. pur•
chase" of up to lour years of tu•
11ion at a Stale inSlituliOn for
todays tUllt0n pnces.
PRO: The money collected nQw
would be invested w11h the as•
sumpuon tha1 the intcresl gen­
erated would cover any differ•
-'Cncc if the price of tuition rises.
Tutt ion at public schools in Or­
egon has risen by more than 80
percent during this decade. This
measure is designed 10 make tu·
ition affordable for middle-class
families who wish lo continue I<>
send their children to college.
(Rr.gistuttl supporters: Oregon
Sw1c Treasurer, Commiuee to
Mahe College Affordable)
CON: While this program could
be great for the middle-and up­
per-class residents of Oregon, it
does nothing Lo aid the low-in•
come families who need the
most help 10 pay for college.
Also, if the interest from the
state's mves1ments does not keep
up with the cost of the educa­
tion, the legislature could be re­
quired to pay for the difference,
n huge bailout for state institu•
1ions. Initial s1art•up costs arc
about S l.2 million. (Registered
opponent· Don Mct,uirt /dli~cn/)
Notic, Regarding
Land Use l.aws
Cl,angcs
Voting •yes· on
Measure 56 will
require the government Lo mail
notices to landow1,ers when
changes m land zomng ma)' de•
crease propeny values.
PRO: Measure 56 ensures fair-ness in the land use system. It
allows land owners to be in­
volved in decisions about their
land at the very beginning of any
potential changes. It also s11npli­
fies the process tor nottflcanon.
(Rcg,srcretl supporters: Cit,:icns
for a11 Informed Public, Oregon
Assod<11ion of Realtors. Oregon
AFL-CIO, Oregon Staie GrnngeJ
CON: Measure 56 is unfunded
and expensive. It is possible that
1hc new requirements will rcsulL
1h a rcduc1ion of services from
staff members dealing with land
use laws Some opponents fear
thar the measure is designed as
a veiled attack on Oregon's land­
use plnnnmg system. (Rcgisrcrcd
oppom:nu: nqnc)
Possession of <1
Limited Amou111
uf Marijuana
Volmg .. yes" on
Measure 57
makes the possession of less
Lhan one ounce of manjuana a
Class "C" misdemeanor. Cur­
remly. a v10lation is issued for
,xople in possession ofless than
one ounce of mari1uana.
PRO: Under current legislation,
possession or small amounts of
marijuan;1 is no more serious
than a parking nne. However.
clue to the nsc in use by middle
and high school youth, a stron­
ger message needs to be sent
about the detrimental effects of
marijuana. (R,·gisw·cd SU/1/IOl't·
ers: For Our Cltildm,s Cl1ildre11.
O,cgon Police Chiefs For Safer
Comu11mi1ies)
CON: The financial cost of Mca•
sure 57 could be ve:ry high. This
money would he taken away
from 1mponmu issues such as
education. Stu.dies show 1rea1•
mem programs to be far more c£.
fcctivc than arrest and jail time.
It ts esttmatcd that this Measure
57 would result m 6,000 new ar­
rests per year, leading to addi­
uonnl overcrowding problems m
our jails. (Register«/ opponents:
American Civil Liberties Uttion.
No,>r157 Committee, Voter Powe.,;
Geo,.ge Eighmey /Stat< R,p,·em1-
tmivc/)
Issuing of Birth
Certifiwtes lo
Adoptces
Currently in Or•
cgon, law pro­
vides that upon decree of adop­
tion. a new birth certificate will
be substltutccl for the original.
If Measure 58 passes, people 21
and older who were adopted in
Oregon will be allowed 10 obtain
n copy of their original birth cer­
lificatc. It would be rc1roac11ve.
PRO: Supporters of t hts me••
sure believe most birth mothers
ancl children welcome comact
from one another. This would
make ii one step easier for
adop1ecs 10 find their birth fam­
ily. Backers assen that most adopttons do not occur with •
desire for secrecy. so this would
no& be n general violation or
rights. Adclluonally, all ci1i1ens,
except those who a re adop1cd,
are cnmlecl 10 a copy of 1hc1r
b1f'lh certificate. This measure
would allow adopted people ac­
cess 10 a personal document.
(Regisrc,-.:,1 supporters: The Ci,tle,
Open '98, numemu.s acloptces)
CON: Confidenttality between
birth parents and ado1>tive par­
ents would be destroyed by the
passage or this measure. Oppo•
nents believe mutual consent
programs alrca<ly allow most
people looking for their bir1h
families LO connect with othen
and lcam abo\ll rhcir birth par­
cntS. Opponents are concerned
about the lack of confidentiality
and Lhc lac:k of parity, as birth
fomtlics would nOl have g-rcatcr
access 10 look up 1he1r children.
(Reg,stcml O/Jponrnts: Concerned
A,loptio11 Professional,, F, icnds of
Adoption)
Proltibits Using
Public Rtsourccs
ta Collect Money
for Political Ptu•
,,oses
Voting "yes· on Measure 59
would prohibit using any pub­
lic funds, incl1Ld111g publicly re­
lated Hnancial. lime. and space
emtties, for the collecung or .IS·
s1s1mg in the collection of any
political funds, mducling any
expenditures supponing or op­
posmg a candidate. ballot mea•
sure. or pcunon in11tativc. This
measure has some conflicts with
Measure 62.
PRO: Related cases heard by the
Supreme Court have been ruled
in accordance with the proposal
in Measure 59. This measure is
designed Lo treat all pantes alike
and prohibit anyone from using
taxpayer resources for political
issues. Measure 59 gives public
employees freedom lo designate
how they wam their paycheck 10
be spent. (Registe,~d suppol'ttrs:
Hmry Beck, Bill Siicmorr, 01'lgon
Tror,1ayers United)
CON: This measure is bad for
democracy. If it pa.sses, no state•
mcnts supporting or opposing
candidates, Initiatives, or ballot
measures would be allowed to
appear in the voters' pamphlet.
Th.is measure. IS decepLive. It lsn,
bemg honest with Oregomans
abouL how n changes our politi•
cal future. The measure keeps
public employees from using
payroll-deducted union dues to
fund political activities. As such,
ft is unfair to a small group of
Oregonians: fi~e fighters, police
office.rs. nurses, Lcachers, etc. h
silences the ability or Orego•
nians to sec all of the choices on
a ballot. (Registered opponents:
Ore:gon Nuf'Ses t\ssocim ions, Tl1e
Former Deans Commwce, Amai~
can Civif Liberrics Union, Coali­
tion for Initiative Rights, John
Kittliabcr /Govunor/, Pl,il A brief guide to November's ballot
measures, for students on the go
Kmlin.~ /S« lw11y ,j Sr,uc/.
let1gul' of \Vumct1 Vc1(t't'}, Orc."gon
S1<1e< Publlr l11rnr>e Rc,corch
Grm11>)
Vore by Mail
6 Votmg ·yes" on 0 Meilsurc 60
would :.1mcnd an
-- cx1sung law and
re.quire vo11ng by mail in b1en4
ru.al pnmary :md general clcc•
11011s 11 ,vould chmmate 1he use
or polling ploces.
PRO: T1us measure h;,~ u grc~t
potcnual lor mcrcasmg ,·oter
,un1ou1-over 50 percent or cur­
rent voters arc already :,bsemee
votcr-s. No single party benefits
by n vote IJy in ail, but C\fcryonc
bcneli1s hy more voters. A recent
poll said that the number one
reason people don't vote is bc­
cnusc they .. ,re 100 husy to go tu
the polls Th,s measure wuulcl
give people the opportunity and
11mc to m.,ke Informed cho1ccs.
No schedule jugghng, worries
l\bou1 wc;:11hcr, trnnsportru,on,
polhng locauon-you sunpl)•
rccctvc your b:dlol in 1hc m:.111
ru,d vo1e f:sumated s:wmgs to
thl' suuc :1rc npprox1m:1tcly S3
tmlllon per primary or general
clcc1ion. (Regisrcrcd s11ppul'tcrs.
Oregon Elccrim1 Officials Commit•
tu, Oregan Associ111io11 ofRctin:d
Persons, Oregon Education A.Sso-­
cimwn, On:gou Stat!! Publu lmr1•
rsr Rrse11rcli Group, l.<agur of
\\1m1c11 Voirr\)
CON: lnsisung that all peopk
Vdlc b)' mail 1s Jrt mv11a11on to
r rnud, Those whu do not wlsh
w vote :1rC' more hkcl)· to lhrow
:1wa) 1hc1r hallcn, while others
could find these disposed ballot>
and vc,tc more 1.han t,mce Also,
w11hou1 lhc s:mclll)' or thl' vot­
mg booth, 11 1s easier to coerce
p<-ople mto votmg in a pnrucu­
lar manner, A sense or civ1c par•
ticipation :1.ncl 1rad1t1on 1s dimin­
ished and there is 1he possihtl•
ily for vnicrs to register ln mul­
tiple <.:uunuts .,s there i~ clir·
rcnily no stntcw1d~ voter rcg1s-
1ra11on computcrdarnbase (R,·g-
1strrcd 0111mncnt~. C11iZl'.HS Fm
Cl,olct of Vorrng, Ly1111 S11odgra,,
/Srntr Rtprcse11rarlvc/)
1\ilinimun1 Sen•
rcnces for Rep<at
Crimes
Re.moved rrom
ballot because i,
was louncl to be unconsu1u-
11onal.
Open tttul Fair
Elcclion, t\CI
Measure 62 pro­
poses an ,unend ..
ment 10 Orcgons
Constitution. Voting •yes·
would odd several provisions
relaung to clec1ion rrnancc in
:1rcl.S such as additional cnm­
pmgn fin~mcc disclosures, sign-a-ture gathering regulation, ,nd
the. gu.1rnncce of certain conLri·
but ion mc1 hods.
PRO: $500 or more ln don•­
tlons by an Individual or corpo•
rauon will have to be disclosed
to the voters Signature gather•
crs must be registered Oregon
voters. peo1>lc invested m the
causes There w,11 be :1 cleaner.
clearer. ttnd fo1rer opponunuy
lor Oregon's next generation ol
vmcrs 10 ~hapc their lun1re ma
much more open polmrnl pro·
cess. (RegL<irml ,11pporirrs:Jol111
Klr.:h11b<1 /Covc,norl. Orcgott
Nur.c;es Assocwuon, Oregon Stew:
Couutlf o/ScniorCftiz:,;ns, Grego•
nlans for Opc11 and Fed, Elcaio11s.
On:gm, Swee 1'11blic l111cmr Rc­
scwrh Group, Potrl1111d Rt1inJ,c:,w
Coalili1111J
CON: The measure impqses un­
realistic fines for election infrac­
tions Because it (O\'crs more
drnn one arcn, tl is seen ns u11-
consl1tutional. It i.s only on the
ballot 10 block Mc.,sure 59. Only
rcgis1crccl Oregon voters would
be allowed to collect Si)\llillUTes
tor Oregon mirnnivc pennons ..
Overall. there arc too nmny 1s­
sues rolled imo one p,ecc. and
llus nicasurc will only create :l
gre>t deal of complexity that
could be avoided. (Rcgisecrcd
opponc11ts: Associmcd Oregon In­
dustries, Tht Fotmcr Dc,m~ Com•
mirrec, Coalitio11 for Jnlllarivr
Rigltrs, Bill Sizcnw,,, Oregon Tc«•
l"'YUS Unirc,I)
Super-,lfojol'iey
Voiing Rc(1uire•
men rs
This measure
proposes an
amendment to Oregon's Const I•
nnion, Voting .. yes· on Measure
63 allows the pass•ge of grea1cr-
1h::tn•maJor11y voLmg require­
ments only by equally large ma­
jorities or the voting clcc1oro1cs
PRO: Called the ·dclcnse of de­
mocracy" act, 1h1s mc:1sun: \Viii
insure that a s1111plc majo111y or
voters canno1 impose s1nctcr
votinggllidclillc.S Many led that
allowtng easy passage of super­
maJ0rlly requirements would be
unfair because a rcl.ttively low
\'0tcr turnout could po1cn1ially
have drastic consr4ucnccs by
creating lnws in which relatively
few participate In the electoral
process. In lhe shon term, Mea­
sure 63 would make II difficult
for Bill Sizemore to pass a mea•
sure planned for 2000 which
would put supermojority votmg
rt<1u1remcnLs on many taxes and
fees. (Reg1srcrccl support<rs: Phil
Kclsli11g (Semtwy of Stare/, Or­
egon PTA, Ort>gon Stmi.: Coundl
of Senior Citizens, Orcg<miam~ for
Tax F11irness, Orc.~011 Swee Pub•
lie buc«sr Rcwm:/1 Group)
CON: Measure 63 would take
awa)' rrom basic majorily voting
ability, a Lrad1t1on in 1hc nation.
(Rcgisured oppo11rn1s· Orcgo11
Tcu:pt1yc,s United) Proliibiis Mcrny
Present Timbc,
Ht,rvcst Pr,,c.accs
tmd Imposes Re­
strictions
A "yes• vote adopts rcstrinion
on timher harvest prac:tkcs, ln­
cludmg redernl regulation, and
allows cnizcn-suil enforcement
or umber and pesticide law<
PRO: ClcM-CUlling. pesucicles,
and herbicides will be banned
rrorn Oregon forests, both pub­
lic. ;md privntl', whh the passage
ol this measure Additionall)',
umber harvcs1ing un pnvati::
land would he greatly rcstncted
Clcar-cuumg 1s nlways hannful
lO nnwre ,md sho11ld be rcg11-
la1cd, even on private land (Reg•
1sraed supporters: Orl'go11lm1~ Jo,
l..nbor lntcn.~1vc Foresr Econnm1cs,
Suvc Anie.rico:S Forest~ Fortsc
Goartlian.s, Naturcif Forest Co1w•
di, O«gu11 Sir.I rn crub, Grc<11
P<Ul)' uf Oregon)
CON: This measure 1s tM ex•
tremc. It tries LO lcgislmc respon•
slble m.1nagcmc111 of forests and
stops many landowners fr.oin
having hrtrvcsLablc mixed age
forests It m:'lkcs no allowance
for personal decision, times of
crisis, etc., and forces Limber
managers to harvcsl 1rei:s as a
crop. This measure would elimi­
nate 28,000 jobs in the Oregon
11111bcr industry. It infr111gcs 011
1he rights ofindivid11als who pri­
va1cly own land and puts thelu­
turc of umber III the hands of
lawyers and regulators. (Regis­
tued opl'onenrs: Orcgo11 S0<ie<yoj
t\merica11 foresters, Colfin) Pme
Cm111wny, Oregon Wo111rn Jo, Ag­
ricu ruuc. Tl1c Formfr Deans
Co111111iuu. On:gon Stare Grange,
Oregon Small Woc>dln11ch 1\ssocta•
Hon, Orcgo11 AFL-CJO, Oregon
Fann Burcm1, Oregon Foresr In~
dusrries Council)
Crt<Hcs Prnccss
for Requiring Leg­
islature to Review
A,I 111 i,, is t ra r i vc
Rules
Measure 65 proposes an amend­
ment w Orcgt:in's Cons1ituuon.
Vo1i11g •yes• ror Measure 65 will
create a S)'Slcm where vo1cr$ can
regularly call for the review or
any anti all ndnnnistmuve rules.
If the legislature doesn't upprovc
the rule or foils 10 vole on 11, the
rule or law is abolished. A single
pctit1un could affect large num•
bers of rules, laws, and regula­
tions.
PRO: Measure 65 will gi\'C 1he
lcgi.sla1 urc more comrol c>ver ad~
mi11is1ra11vc derails of differcnl
agencies. crc-aung consisteney, 11
creates a check system for state
agencies and makes them more
accountable to the clli1ens
Pcopk wanting to make changes
111us1 request a bill be drafted
and worked 1hrough the Legis•
laturc. It represents a chance for
average cil l1cns to rnkc control
away from special Interest groups. (Regisrcrod supporiers:
Citi.:ensfm· Arc01111rah11iey 1111\J.
ministrntivc Rufcs. Sr,uum Tlio•
111us Wildt (D-Po,tlm,d/. Sc,,aw,
Bill Fislicr (R-Roscb111g/, Oregon
Swtc Grange. Or,go1111msft1r Ex­
cellence in E1)11callo11, Oregon Ttu:­
l'<IYtrS Unired)
CON: This measure wo,tld tic
ur the state lcgi.shuure in the re ..
view or any number or laws 111
.,rcas such us building todcs.
~thool cu1 ncu1um reforms,
worker health and safety. clc:111-
air stand:ncl:i, ,md land-use rcgu ..
latlon. lhese would all happen
wtLhout a public vote. Cmzcns
already have the nght to rclorm
1he1r government directly (by
ballot measures) and
rcprcsentationnlly through
elected off'icials. Th,s measure
could b<: used as on otlack on the
rules lhat proLcct fann, mngc.
and forest land. It is seen by
many :,s a burdcns\1mc measure
that w,11 auack the quality or hte
'"Oregon. (Regisreietl 11ppo11rn1s
Ft11111rr Deon, Cmnmitrec, IOOO
frle11d< of Orcgo11, Swu Council
of 5e111or Cu, .;t11s,Jol111 Klrzhabcr
IC ovcrnor/, League of IV11111cn
Vocers. Porrla11d Cen,,.al Elccinc,
Numct11 Services Coalition of Or­
cgo11)
Dedicmcs Some
Lollery l'1111dh1g
,o Environnuml
Measure 66
would dedtcatc
7.5 pcrccm ol Oregon Lo11cry in­
come to a new fun<l to create and
111:untafn state parks and rccrc­
n1ion areas. Another 7.5 percent
wuuld go towards protecting
n;,1[ve salmon and w1lcllifc h:thi­
tat and watersheds. This mea­
sure, if passed, would come hock
10 the voters in 2014 for re-ap•
prov:11.
PRO: Measure 66 will pro\'icle
fundmg to pro1cc1 wildlife habt­
tal, hnpro\1C waler quali1y. nncl
help stop the dc1,'l'ada1Lo11 and
closure of parks m I he sia,e park
system, without 1he crcaoon or
any new 1:.1xcs. Th1s mtasurc
would provi<lc funds lo ensure
we don't lose 65 parks and cnmp·
grounds and lhnt we cnn sutn to
thmk ,1bou1 new parks. It tS es­
timated 1h01 $46 million per year
will be generated. (RcgiseCl'cd
suppQrters: Oregon Rccremio11 tmd
ParJ1 Assvcimlon, Friencl.s of Pw-hs
mul Safmo11, O,cgo11 Srarc l'urks
Tru:.t. Oregon Trotrl, Tl1e Nature;
Consr.rvancy)
CON: Oregon's parks need more
resources; however, 1hcse re­
sources shot1ld nOI come from
the lo11ery or state-run gam­
bling The money for this mea­
sure could potentially affect
fundins for cdu(.'lllLOn, which
curren1ly receives 25 pcn:en1 or
lo11cry funds. Oregon's natural
resources deserve a more s1ahlc
source of funding than the lot•
tery. (Rcgisw~d opponcnrs: Lloyd
M11rbre {Ortgon Conservancy
Fou111l111io11/) Allows Meclicc,I
Use of Marij'""'"
Votmg ''yes" 011
Measure 67 al-
- lows Lhc 111cdic;1l
use of martjunna wuhm spen•
ricd limits and cs1abl1shes a
statc·C.Ontrolled penmt system.
rcmm holders would be exempt
rrom some criminal possession
charges.
PRO: MatiJ1tann tS found to give
a huge omount or relief forcer­
tnin mcchcal c;oncl1t1ons, relief
that cannot be tqualc<l b)• any•
tlung else There has ncvc.r been
a death fr<lm overdose uf th•
subsrnnc<-. m::iking it a safe mccli·
,nl venture. The. O\lcrall cost of
growing marijuana i.s low and
not as prohibitive ,ts 01 her drugs
Tlus measure could s1g01fican1ly
enhance the qualhy or lire for a
number of people suffering from
ccna111 n1lmcnts, and II closely
comrols 1hc distnbuuon ol 1hc
dl'ug. (Jleg,stcml suppor·trrs: Or­
egon I nus fo, Mnlicat R,.~hts,
American Cf\•il Ul,rr(Je.s (J,uon,
R,gi,rcr,·cl Nurses)
CON: Manju,ma 1s acld,cuvc
t1nd unsafe. While there ha\'C
been no overdose deaths, 1hcrt
. is proven damage done to I he
1'ody of• mnl)ker. This measure
could send a messnge to young
people by calling marijuana a
ml.!dkanc. The length and com­
plexity of the Measure will ham­
per a11empts 10 rule appropri­
a1cly ott 1he subject. (Rrg,src,wl
opponents: For our Cl1i1,lren$
Children, D011 Norllc /Muh11omalt
County Sl,triffl. Save our SoCtcty
from Drugs, Oregon Pl,ys,cians
Rcsoura Cow1cit, Chr1si 1,m Co,1-
lie w1t of Or<R011)
This voters' guide
is brought to you
by the Voter
Registration and
Education Coalition
at Lewis & Clark
College.
More information
can be found on
the web at
www.lclark.edu/
-aslc. The site
contains
information on
candidates and
links to more
opinions on the
elections.
Voting booths will
be open in Pamplin
Sports Center from
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, November
3, 1998.
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