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Volume 63, Number 8

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1998-11-01

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

Volume 63, N&1mber B
Interest in
overseas trips
remains steady
despite
perceived drop
by Gina Kanagawa
Recently I here have been ru­
mors circulauns, 1ha1 lhe num•
ber of apphcanas for Lewis &
Clark overseas programs have
shown a signifacanl drop. This
is not true. With the prcsaigc
that the LC overseas and off­
rampus progmms have acquired
all over 1hc Uniaed States, 11 is
liatle wonder 1hat people are
consaanaly talking about 1his
particular aspect of ,he college,
Because of 1hc reputation 1ha1
the overseas programs com•
mand, n 1s no wonder that many
students have been c1ucstioning
wh:u nppc:1rs to be a decrease in
1hc number of applicanas.
However, Larry A Meyers,
the director of Overseas and Off­
Campus Programs, quickly dis­
pelled 1h,s rumor and cxplamed
1hat 1hconly progmm whh lcwc1
numbers ni panic1pan1, than
normal th!$ ycur 1> 1hc l<cnya
program Th,s. in Meyers opm-
1on, 1.s a posmvc ch:rngc because
n me.ms that fewer students will
be tun'u!d ,nvay Iron, the 1np. In
Jdd11ton. the overseas dcp21rt­
m1.:nt is fouling 1ha1 the students
who aclltJlly du apply ore more
focused and arc planning belttr.
Meyers believes 1he
dep.1r1 mena's most pressing issue
remains how 10 accommodate
everyone who shows an interest
In 1hc overseas and off-campus
programs. The dcpanmcm tnes
10 1akc into account 1he fac11ha1
s1udymg anoahcr culture ,span
or the rcqu,rcd curriculum and
ii can be fulfilled by overseas
mwel and cultural immersion.
Despllc the stable numb.,r ol
~pph<,mas ao LC programs.
many Stlldt':nl!> consukr and go
on ou1side overseas journeys.
Meyers a11ribu1cs 1his to 1hc
;1mplc fact that people have d,f.
fucnt needs and desircs-­
,ccomodanngall ol ahem would
be 1mposs1blc .. One 1h1ng 10 re­
member 1s that we can't do ev­
tryahing, go everywhere nil the
time.•
Mq•crs explained 1ha1 the
saudents who generally choose
10 paraicipaac in an unaffiliaaed
progmm choose 10 do so eh her
because the school does nol of­
for s1ucly m thm parucubr :.1rea
(such asSwnzcrland, Sweden or
she Scandinavian coun1r1es). or
because the student hod planned
to paruc1pa1e m :m LC overseas
or off-campus program bu1 was
see Overseas, page 3 the
neer
Lewis & Clark Colleges student-run newspaper Cross-country
meet, page 10
Friday, November 6, 1998 http://w-.lclaric.edu/-piolog1
LC janitors unionize, seek campus support
by Matthias Fripp
Lewis & Clark's janiaors this
week declared their membership
in a union and went public ,vith
a call for suppon from the ~-am­
pus communiay as they begin
nego1ia1ions with Skyline Build­
ing Mahue:nance, the company
conlracled to dean at LC.
At a meeaing Monday night at
the Burlingame Burger King.
mos, of the campus' janitors
signed a pe1i1ion which desig•
naaed Service Employees ln1cr­
na1ional Union (SElU) Local 49
as a heir represcntaaive and asked
for collccaive bargaining on
wages, heahh insurance, firing policies and workplace safeay.
The next day. 1hc union re­
quested oflicml recognition from
Skyline by sending the pcailion,
signed by 15 of LC's 25-30 jani-
1ors, 10 James lee, presidem or
Skyline Building Maintenance.
They also sent a copy 10 Michael
Mooney, president of Lewis &
Clark College.
The SEIU is 1hc third largest
labor union in the Uniaed Sta1es;
Local 49 is re.sponsible for orga­
nizing Oregon janitors and
heahh care workers. The activ­
ity 01 LC is part of 1he umon's
national ':)usaice for Janilors"
campa,gn. Organizer Emile
Jorgensen says the campaign cnlisls community support 10
get la.rge organizaaions 10 take
rcsponsibiliay for working con­
dil ions wiLhin the companies
they hire for cleaning services.
In addh.ion to solicitingcommu•
nity support by meetings and
announcemcms. the campaign
sometimes employs civil disobe­
dience 1acuc-s, such as occupy•
ing employex offices, 10 draw
aucntion to the janitors' cause.
LC is ,he second Skylioe-con-
1rac1ed college 10 receive the
SElU's a11e111ion. According 10
Jorgensen, the union's recent ef•
fortsa1 Western Oregon Univcr­
sily in Salem were me1 by saall­
ing tactics from Skyline. Jorgensen says workers gamed
support in the campus commu­
niay and the union filed nine
unfair-prataiccs claims. Skyline
los11hcco111ract wilh WOU,and
1hc janilors were hired direcaly
by 1hc univershy, whh SEIU rep­
resenrntion.
The SEIU's le11er 10 Lee and
Mooney 1his week himed at
Skylmc's recent black eye, say­
ing, "We clearly would prefer 10
avoid the type of public cam­
paign that Qccurred at Western
Oregon Univcrsiay which re­
suhed in so much disruption on
campus ...
see Janitors, page 3
,,---
1 plan on
never bring­
ing my car to
campus, now
that we have
this.
Michael Surface
parking and
transportation
manager
'' Parking and
transportation
manager Michael
Surface gets
ready for the
inaugural run of
LC's new shuttle
service. See story.
page 3.
PMOTO BY lOfll COflSO
Speaker dispels the myth of borders
A Stanford history
professor discusses
the indefinable
borders of the West
by Jues Kopel-Bailey
Where exactly docs 1hc West
begm? 11 1s 1h1s qucsuon that
lueled S1anford Professor Rich­
ard White's lecture las, Sunday
in Stamm. In Lhe event spon­
sored by the Caughey Founda­
tion, Professor While analyzed
both the rigid northern and
souahcm borders, as wcJI as the
ephemeral eastern edge 10 1 he
American West.
As Professor Wh11csmd, "The
West 1s wriuen about as if it is
the most AmeriCtin o[ lheAmeri­
can secuons." yet hislOrians
have never agreed on where the.
"Wes,• begins. He discussed
how what we 1hink of ns the
Wes,. in fact. ignores the bound-,,----­
He's the kind of pro­
fessor that when ...
you hear his lecture,
you're pulled into it
as if by a magnet.
Stephen Beckham
professor of history ----,,
arics or na1ion-sta1es and spills
over into Canada and Mexico. ln
addilion. he spoke on 1he role
of 1he railroads in incorporating
the Wesacrn 1crri1ory inao 1hc
United Staacs, and shaping
American 1mmigration and bor­
der policies.
Whiae is one of America's 1op
h1stort~11s, and has \vrittcn sev­
eral in0ucnaial books and essays.
In Roou of Dtptndenty: Substs­
lcnu, Environment, and Soc:iul
Chang< Among 1hr Choctaws, PHOTO BY DIAN£ NICKlSON•MENDHEIM
Richard White offers new ways to understand borders.
Pawnees and Navajos (!983), he
inaenwines 1hc subjects of
Amcncan environmemal history,
Native American cultures. and
social change.
So great is his comribuLion 10
1hc field 1ha1 he has been
awarded the MacAnhur Found­
aaion's Genius Award, a S300,000 award given 10 ,he
grca1cs1 minds m the co11n1ry. As
Or. Stephen Beckham, Pamplin
Professor of History. describes
h,m, "He·s ,he kind of professor
that when you're walking down
1he hail and you hear his lccaure,
you're pulled 11110 II as if by a
magnet."
November 6, 1998 Pioneer Log 1 =Pi=on=ee=='r=Lo::2:g======·N ews=========
LC installs new computer system
by Andrew Zahler
Information Technology con•
vcncd masswc ,:t,nounts or stu­
dem data over the Oct. 9 fall
break 10 work wnh an updated
version or 1hc computersof1warc
used to manage records a, Lewis
& Clark College.
According 1,, Brad Wilkin.
Managu or lnform.mon Systems
•• IT, 1h1s final conversion in a
series of six ran from 5 pm
Thursday, Oct. 8, to the ofter­
noon or Sunday, Oct. 11. It
marked the complete upgrade
rrorn "Release 13" (R-13) 10 "Re­
lease 15" (R-15) of the Colleague
system software Created by
Da1a1cl. Inc., Colleague manages
1hc complex system of studem.
financial nnd human resource
records through separote but
connected computer applica•
1ions
Smee the conversion, the
Registrnrs Office and the Stu•
dent Ocvclopmcnt Cc.mer have
experienced complicauons. Ac­
cording lo the Office or the Reg•
1strnr. students rcquesung vari­
ous academic repons have had
10 deal wnh unexpected delays
clue h> printing problems.
According 10 Barbara Roady,
staff assistant for the S1uden1
Development Center, R-15 has
forced staff 10 invest more in
what used 10 be routine com­
puter fonctions "R-15 is built
hke a high-rise building," she
sa,d. "We start tn ,he penthouse
•\nd mus\ go down on 1hc eleva­
tor 10 find things.·
According 10 Roady, R-15 ., ,,----­
It's odd, one of those
things you have to
learn by doing.
Barbara Roady
Assistant
Student Development Center -----,,
complica1cs data entry pertain­
ing 10 academic records. For ex­
ample, an advisor c.hangc could
be noted by re.placing the old
advisor's name with 1hc. new
name under R-13. Under R-15.
however, advisor changes must
be accompanied by a start date
and end date.
But Roady does 001 ulLi•
maicly cast the upgrade in a
negative light. According 10
Roady, IT has been working dili•
gently 10 aid in the transition,
assisung with complicauons as
they arise. •we have some chal­
lenges but ,here are very talented
people at this college," she said.
Wilkin remains optimistic
about the fine-tuning, "Most lof
,he problems! have been very
minor. some more. mvolved, but
none insurmountable," Wilkin
wrote in an Oct. 27 email.
Problems with the data con•
version arose because LC's situ•
ation is more complicated than
Daia1el expected. Data must be
incorporated from the Coilegcof
Arts 6t Sciences, the Graduate
School of Professional Studies
and the Northwestern School of
Law, each of which adheres 10 Its
own methods . The decision 10 update 10 R-
15 was '"not revolutionary, but
cvoluuonary," Wilkin said, as the
college wanted 10 stay current
with the latest developments in
the Colleague software. The new
version offers cnhanccmcnt.s
such as bc.ncr tracking of stu­
dent correspondence, faculty
assignments and campus organi­
zations.
According 10 Wilkin, the new
S111den1 Systems version has
been operational at LC on test•
mg and training accounts for
over a year. The offices 1h,u were
most affected by the change have
l>een learning ahout it for ahnost
lwo years.
Early in the conversion pro•
ccss, the college formed an
nnplcrnentation team consisting
or representatives from IT and
the offices of the Registrar, the
Cashier, Student Financial Ser­
v1ces, Residence Lire and Admts•
sions. The group gathered info,.
mation about the new system
and dispersed it 10 future users.
According 10 Wilken, IT has
been working with staff 10 iden­
tify and solve problems as they
appear. "Some of the issues arc
not conversion issues but qucs­
lions about how 10 use and
lmpkment the new system,"
Wilkin said.
For Roady, the adaptation
process is ongoing because the
training she received earlier was
100 far removed from real sce­
narios. Her education on R-15
continues daily. "It's odd, one uf
those things you have to learn
by doing," she said.
ASLC Up~ate
by Colin Ryono
Student Media Board
Update
Luca Viola, the chair ol the
Student Media Board {incor•
rectly referred 10 as the Com•
munication Board al times,
the name was changed last
year in order 10 a.void confu­
s1011 as lO I he Board's 1t11s­
sio n), attended Monday's
mcc&tng to give. council an
update on what the Board is.
wha, they do, and how they
work, The St uclen I Media
Board ts made up or the re•
spccttve heads or Student•
run. student-funded media
groups on the Lcw,s 6t Clark
campus. These include KLC,
the Pioneer Log, LCTV.
Synergia, the Meridian, the
Lit Review, and the yearbook.
The board meets tri•weekly 10
chscuss ideas, budgetn ry 1s·
sucs. lmure even LS and ndv1se
one another. Vlola, having
chaired the Board before, is
very impressed al the perfect
attendance of meetings so for
by 1he media he.ids this year
and believes tha1. there is a
much bener hold on 1h111gs
I his yenr Viola hope, IO give
other updates and lo con• tinuc regular communicauon
wnh council.
OSPIRG Attendance
Eric Ludwig, OSPIRG C1m•
pus Organ1Zer. anendcd
Monday's meeung as well. First,
he thanked councillor their do•
nation of their old printer. He
brought signature sheets 10
council hoping they would sign.
It regards the attempted attack
by "legal and legislative initia•
tivcs to s1i0c Lhc voices of Stu•
dent organitations by restricting
access 10 student fees and cam­
pus resources" (to quote from
the statement). The statement
also read: "I/we ftnnly oppose
any auempt LO mfnngc on the
rights of students and their
elected representatives 10 found
and fund their own programs or
engage in advocacy, lobbying, or
debate I/we also support stu•
dent efforts 10 organize and en•
gage tn public policy debates
that are so critical 10 the health
or our clcmocr:1cy. Furthermore,
our leg1sla11vc bodies should
take no acuon dun would inter•
fcrc w11h n Umversily"s nghl to
dctennmc progr:unmtuk con­
t~nt of extra-curricular pro•
2 Pioneer Log November 6, 1998 grams.· Ludwig also noted that
such initiatives against student
fees would not affect LC (as
we're a private school), but
would heavily effect public
schools like University or Or­
egon. OSPIRG is working 10 get
students involved with stopping
these measures from become
policy tn I he state legislamre.
Office Space Allocation
In the near future, ASLC
President Gene Wixson will be
meeting with student group
members 10 look at how space
would be better allocated. spe­
cifically in Templeton Student
Center. There has been some
concern that some spt1ce 1s not
being used 10 its full potential
with some s1udcn1 groups.
Sound System
It was noted by Dan Metcalf,
Peer Review Board Chiefjusllce,
that student groups need a new
sound system. wanting to make
sure council was aware of Lhis
necessity, The current system
broke down permanently dunng
a recent show in the Planform
and (in order not 10 spend
money on hmng sound tcchm-Crime
Beat
courtesy of Greg Wanciak, Campus Safety
October 26, 1998 • November 2, 1998
October 29
A faculty member re­
turned 10 htS car. parked in
the Fir Acres Theater lot, 10
find damage 10 his front
bumper from a hit and rnn
collision.
October 30
A resident or Howard Hall
was transported 10 OHSU by
EMTs after complaining of
stomach pain and dizziness. October 31
Doors were torn off or
their rrames in Alder and
Manzanita and groffiti was
found on sever.ti walls in Al•
der.
A refrigerotor was stolen
from the Momclth room of
Templeton some1ime during
the Environmental Sympo•
sium.
A door was damaged on a
bathroom stall sometime
around 11 p.m. inJunipcr.
Great American Smokeout
!
Myth #3: When you've been a nonsmoker for over a
year, it's safe to have an occasional smoke.
It's true that a few people
can srnoke a cigarette on a
Saturday night and not get
hooked again. But it's also
true that some people, ac ..
cording 10 the study of 5,000
smokers and quitters, ·cycle
from smoking 10 nonsmok­
ing and back again" most or
their lives. Having "just one• Is never won h the risk. If
you're tempted, remind
yourself how hard it was to
q11i1, and review the benefits
you've enjoyed as a non~
smoker: "I've saved money, I
don't cough all the time, I'm
proud or myself, I don'< bum
my clothes, I'm more fun 10
kisst and so on.
PART) OF-A SLRIH l=ROM lKt sruorm 1-([Al.JM Cf.NTtR
cmns for shows) a new system
should be bought as soon as pos•
sible, Metcalr expressed. ASLC
council cannot write a formal
statement on the issue. but
MctcaJf's concerns were duly
noted
Accounls From last Year
Several unse11lcd accounts
have been discovered from the
previous year. M.1ny were sub­
mi11ed and 1hus settled, the
money coming from the general
funds nccount. It was agreed by
council that something needs 10
be done to prevent old accounts
affecting current budgets. Vice
President of SAAB Erin Bailey
motioned 10 approve S84 2: S266
10 pa)' Jessica Cini for a research
grant and $576 for unpaid SAAB
tutors) 10 be taken from General
Funds in order to pay the out­
standing ace:ounlS. The motion
was seconded and approved
unanimously.
Miscellaneous
Vice President for Budget 6t
Finance Hillary Drummond
stated that she has been speak•
mg lO Candace Maynard In ,he
study program m Washmg10n D.C.. regarding related ,ssues.
Maynard will be replacing
Drnmmond upon the begin•
ning of the spring semester.
Elections Chair Ginger Beck
has bcc:o working on rewrit­
ing the Elections Rules of
Procedures with Buzzy
Nlclsen after finding present
inconsistencies and loop­
holes.
Wixson has been working
along with ASLC Computer
Coordinator Emerson Lenon
on the official ASLC web
page. It is still a work-in­
progrcss, bu1 is available at
h11p://www.lclark.edu/-aslc.
Wi,,son also noted that Mon­
day was I he first day £or the
new Pioneer Express shuttle.
At the last General Alloca­
ttons Board mccttng, GAB
fonded I he Oven ones (LC's A
Cappell• group) $216. To
express their thanks, the sing­
ing group sang a couple of
pieces ror the Board in
Dubach Student Lounge on
Wednesday. They will be
having a rrcc concert IICXI
Monday 111 the Chapel at 8:00
p.m. Janitors unionize
Janitors, from front page
Tht u111un .mnounccd meet ..
ings 10 srmpa1hc1ic l•cuhy >nd
s1mlen1S, ,nd on Wednesday,
1hree LC janilors went wi1h
Jorgensen to an evening class on
Politics and Soc1c1y 10 explain
,heir decision 1ojoin the union
and request suppon from the
campus The workers. spcakmg
w11hJorgcnsen as an ln1erprcter.
s.~id I ha, 1 hey had decided 10
unionize because working con•
di1ions were. bccom.ing intolcr•
able In panicular, they com•
plained of unfairly res1ric1ivc
rules, deccp11ve wage policies
. md mbit rnry firings
Skyline's manager a1 LC. Al
Heriford. said m an 1merview on
Wednesday 1hai 1hc pc1i1ion
took 111111 by surpnse. He said
thaL working cortdiuons under
Skyline a1 tC arc exemplary,
with tl>lllJ'll'HIIVL' wages and ben• cfits. He explained 1he company
has volun1arily given workers
raisesrecen1ly and rntrcascd 1hc
heahh and dental coverage this
scmes1cr from a 60/40
copayrnent plan 10 a I 00-perccm
employer-paid plan. "l've been
exposed 10 more 1han one jani­
torial company, and this com ..
pany 1s a cut above the rest," he
said.
The union daimed in a press
release on Tuesday lhat two
workers were llrcd arbl1rarily
las1 week, one of1cr talking 10
union organizers and ancnher
1he day afler raising ques1ions
about cleaning supplies .
Heriford said 1hat he's not able
10 talk about spec,llc employ­
ment cases. but said that Skyline
would never flrc an employee
arbitrarily, because the company
works closely wnh the college to
keep turnover low, nn<l lxcnusc
11 1s difficult 10 rcploce good I
employees in 1he righ1 Por1land
labor market 1'\'ou don'1 dare
arbitrarily fire people because or
whai they think," he said. "You
Jus1 can'1 do that. l'irs1 of all, its
illegal. And second, its jllSI SIii·
pid."
Heriford said 1ha1 1he recenl
ac1ivily is based more on lhe
union's n3uonol agenda than on
any1hmg happenmg here. "Th,s
is not a Lewis & Clark issue. lls
a west coast i.ssue: he said. "ltS
not that there's anything intrin~
sically wrong here, n's j11s1 1ha1
Lewis & Clark was next."
Claire Peterson, opcradons
manager for LC's lacili1ies set•
vices ofnce, said 1hai 1he college
has been very happy with I he
quali1y or work done by Skyline
and has seen Ihde nirnover
among 1heir workers. She said
the college recognizes the righ1
of Skyline workers 10 organize
as 1hey see fit, bur s1ays out of
Overseas trips still draw participants
Overseas. from front page
no1 selcc1ecl by the comm111ce.
Accordmg to Meyers. SLUdcms
don'1 normally go 1hrough OUI•
s1de programs to countries that
are. also served h}' L..C progrnms.
PHOTO COUA:lESY OF NICO~E MS•A-OUXPAJUS I towcvcr. the overseas office
still has :i conncuwn to these
~tudcnts and ,heir plans To os­
sist 1hosc lookmg.u oms1dc pro•
grams 1he college maml3ms •
resource hbr:1ry on them How­
ever, Meyers said, .. I've been here
fot eigh1 years and 1here arc nl­
w:iys 1hosc smdcnts who want
10 do other 1hmgs, ,hose SIU•
dents who h,ve a sense of inde­
pendence. . . I don't see any
lncrc:\Sc (in Sludents choosmg
outside programs over LC over­
seas programsl. and I 1hink 1ha1
1hc Regis1rar's Office would
probably say the same thing." Students and faculty flourish on an overseas trip to France.
To accommod:nc 1 he growing
dl'mancl and ln1cre)l for new.
dynamic programs, 1hc l111crna-
1ional S1ud1cs Coordinaiing
Commme.e is auempung to de ..
1•elop new programs like a 1rip
10 Senegal, Africa. Meyers said,
"The Senegal program came ou1
or the idea 1ha1 ,here's a tremen­
dous imcrcsl in Africa, and that
1hcrc arc many students who
come wilh a background in 1hc
French bnguage ... who would
like exposure 10 developmental
ISSUcs. The ind1ca1ions :ire tha1
11 is going 10 be • possible pro-gram bo1h for s1udcn1s and
French majors who want 10 go
to Africa."
The LC summer programs
offer a solu1ion 10 1hose who
c.:an't or don'l want lo be
overscaas during the academic
year because or on-campus com­
mi uncnts. Sierra Huff, a jumor
majoring in lmcrna1lonal Affairs
parucipated in a summer lan­
guage intensive program 10 Ee•
uador and is now applying for a
position in the overseas program
to India. She describes her 1.ime
spent in EcuadorasjtlSL "an awe­
some experience." She also says
1 hat only five people applied for
I he progrnm and nvc were: :lt­
ceptcd, so compe1ilion was no1
News briefs
A cappella concert
The Overiones, a distinc­
tive LC a <-appella group, will
give ;i concert at 8 pm on
Monday, No,• 9, in Agnes
Flanagan Chapel The Over•
10nes is a newly fonncd a
cappella group and will per•
form conicmporary, 1radl­
tlonal, sacred and secular
pieces. They will mtegraie
lmprov1Sat1onsand audience
panicipation Into the perfor­
mance. The concen is free
and open 10 the public,
John Nance to speak
On Nov, 13, Journalist John Nance will speak to
Lewis & Clark students in
Bodine 300 from 91o!Oa.m.
John Nance is known across
the globe for his work wilh
lhc Tasacl.~y, a group of cave­
dwellers 1ha1 he me1 in the
Philippine_ rainfores1 In
J 97l, just days af1er 1heir
clispu1<d firs1 known con1act
wl1h 1hc modern world The
focus of his presen1a1ion will
be on the Tasadays confron-
1a11on with moclernhy. Alier
a short film, he will show
slides and discuss their cur­
rcnl shuat.ion. nearly al 1hc same level as for 1he
India program. 35 or more
people have applied for I he In­
dia program, ou1 of which 25
will be selec1cd.
Meyers says. "There arc al­
ways gorng lo be rumors ... but
the demand is not down and
thercSa continual search on how
10 accommodate and how to rec­
ognize this tremendous intcresl.
We're unusual in the sense that
over 50% ol 1he graduating class
will have gone overseas. Olli of
your peers na1ionally, abou110%
go overseas. Thal in itself is a
rccognhion of both the facul1y
and smdenl support. As a result,
we. have an obligauon to try to
meet that."'
Correction
On page 11 of 1he Oct.
30 issue of the Pioneer Log
it was err()neousl)' rc­
por1ed 1ha1 Thea Eaglish
ploys Maria in Twdjrlt
Nig/11 Leah Signs plays
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LC janitors Sandra Pliego, Anamaria Acuna and Georgina
Sarmiento spoke to students Wednesday about their
reasons for unioni.zing.
1 he details or Skyline's employee
rcla1ions. "They can exercise
1hcir righis, and I'm sure thai's
wha1 they're doing. We have 10
stay 0111 of 1ha1. We cnn only
hope 1h31 1hey cominue doing
,is good a JOb as they have been,
with as low turnover as they've
had." she said.
According 10 Jorgensen. 1he
umon will try to ncgouatc :icon~
tract wi1h Skyline 1hrough col-leclive bargaining, but also holds
1he college responsihlc for work
conditions. "Our feeling is 1ha1
the university is 100 pcrccrn re­
sponsible, jus1 as Nike is for
choosing who it hires in Indo­
nesia," he said.
The union planned a public
mec1ing for Thursday afternoon
(1.hc day after the Piu11cer Lug's
press 111ne) 10 seek support lrom
the campus commtmlly.
Pioneer Express is good
enough for the deans
b G w· people another mean< of geuing
Y ene ,xson 10 and from the campus. Also
As 1hc sun gradually l1gh1-
cned 1hc steady gray drizzle of
another Ponland Monday morn­
ing. a small group ol 1hc Lewis
& Clark communhy were ga1h­
crecl 10 be 1he n rs1 riders on the
new Pioneer Express downtown
shu, 1lc. Deans Jim Huffm,n and
Jtmc Alkinson, from Lhc Law
school and College ol Ans and
Sciences. rcspectwcly, were
among ihc lirs1 to sample 1hc
com[onnblc sea,s of the lm­
macula1e 34-passengcr bus.
Joining the Deans were studem
body presidents from both the
law and undcrg·raduatc cam ..
puses; Greg Wailers. Dircc1or of
Human Resources; Bill Curiin,
D1rector of Campus Safety;
Michael Surface, pa·rking and
1ransponalion manager and sev•
cral students and s111ff.
The Pioneer Express is 1he
result of combined cflons of s1u-
dents, staff, and administration
10 help geL people 10 our cam­
pus effeciively withou1 forcing
them to drive lhcir own automo~
biles. LC is poorly served by 1he
Tri•Met mass transit sys1em and
1he shuulc is an impor1an1 link
10 connect the campus with 1hc
mass transit infrastructure al­
ready es1abhshed m Portland.
The college is smdying 1.he pos­
si b1 Ii I y of neighborhood
shuttles, which would allow planned arc ,he addition of bike
racks 10 the Burlingame shuulc
and 1he Pioneer Express, 10 help
people who mix q1cUngancl bus­
sing.
Running on:, trial basi.s ex•
,ending umil M"y ol 1999 ,he
success of the Pioneer Express
will be de1crminccl by 1he rider­
Slff)> numbers. Michael Surface
reporis 1ha1 on the first 1wodnys
of service, nearly 150 trips per
day were being made. • As Sl.ll·
dems and siaff see how effec1ivc,
safe and easy h i.s, those num­
bers will Increase," Surface con­
Rclc111ly predic1ed. He also noted
1hat awareness or the program
and word ol mouth will help in·
crease 1hose numbers.
•11 makes ridmg 1he bus IO
the college very feasible for me,"
noted Dean Jane Atkinson, an
enthuslaslic supporter of the
new program.
"I pl:m on never bringing my
car to campus, now Lhat we have
1his," said Surface. Several 01htr
srnff me.mbers expressed intercs1
in taking it downtown for lunch
or for class 1rips to museums,
lectures and 01hcr eventS. How~
ever you choose to use it, the
Pioneer Express will provide real
alten1:11ivcs co rhe LC commu•
nity and make It casiu for cv•
eryone 10 make 1he decision 10
drive one less t-ar.
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LC all the worse for technology
ful prcscn1auon such as PowcrPomt make strong commentary by
Coby Hoesly
,,)n..: wondt·rs whc1 her
Meriwether I.C\\'tS and W1l11am
Clark made heller use ol thc,r
resources I hnn the college that
now bears l11c1r nrtmcs.
When I came to LcwtS &
Clark College this fall ,,t Ne"
S1uch.·1H Oncmauon. I wi1s re­
p,:a1cdly told that there would be
:..1.1tl'·ol-1hc-arL t·omputcrs. cdlL·
mg equipment, nncl 01hcr 1cch•
nology he re As , he semester
progressed, I was plc~ctl to ere·
:-itr my vrry own Ire<.' wchpagc-,
.md 10 sec 1cachcr!, u~mg c:m:ul
and d1s<..uss10n groups so well
Nnw I ha,,c hcc.:ome :. hehcver
that thts school dcfimtdy due,
own high qu.1ht)', ,f not top of
1!1L hnc. cqu1pincn1
!he prohkm lie, 111 tlJ.tt "' lar
1 hav',' COl1lUllh:n.·cl lt..·W whu
kn11,, hQ\\ hi properly uuh:r
th,s tcchnulugy Whethrr 1111<
.... the luuh ol an :.<lm1mSlruuon
"Inch lmb to proper!) educ.He
us facult). or the l.1c11it) mem,
lwrs thl"msdvc.·~ l do not know
\11 11..rn I .in. ,lh11111 IS.\\ h.ll l ,rt•
I --1111 nnt mtt.·1csu.:J in l.tull bu1
111 hcttu lu1urr \'\JR'rtl'IILC~
Hd,tH:d 1, th,: d1\.Jpputnllll):
n.11urc of Prulu,>tH Ltu-11~
J11hn,011 .111<1 Pre,t,knt M1d1;1cl
MootlC)'' lnv1.·n11ng Amcric.~1 In:~
ture." ,111~ fall Huth men =iccmccl
-:x1rt..·11u.·ly oul 111 wnrh w11h
lhcu .HHhcnr-..·~ J he.·> 1cli me
wondcnng why I will bother to
-.:vtn\' ttc:-..l mnc hopclu11v to ,cc
~n m1provcincnL in qunlity,
In today',; tcchnologtcal age a
lcuurc becomes no sitltplc
' -.pc1.·1.-h htH .l prt·~t..•nt.Hton ol m•
lorn,:mun, H mus, hl·t..ompdhn~
II lls lt:!tSVn'l Jrc w h-= lc:u11c-d
Man)' ,,111 do thl'> wtLhout the""'
ol tcchnolug), b11L lhe technol­
ogy 1< nhvays there 10 help. The
;1bovc mentioned lcclurcs, be­
sides other problems, showed a
lack uf unclerst:mdmj\ of the true
nature 1,f a <.:Ompclling. power-Johnson's lecture of Oc, l, prcscn1a1!011,. Possibly Joh11>1>n
althou~h n d,d d.inly some con-and Mooney arc unaware of the
fusing ponm 111 the textbook. ,cdmology nvmbblc to them, 111
started off on a had note. The wh,ch case I encourage them 10
humlreds of<opies of hisspeech learn more -11 could only tm•
oullinc distributc<l 10 the stu• prove their fmurc lccl\ucs. Ilut
dents 011 1hcir wa)' m proved " surely the equipment used in tl1e
tremendous waste of paper when October lectures should be sub­
he promptly informed everyone s1andaTd for a college which
that he would 1101 be following J>rides itself on its cutung edge
that outlme. HIS 1r.msparenc1es, technology.
merely hurnedly scrmvlcd notes. Another case or LC faculty
were projec1<d wnh a now an, bemgou1of1ouchwi1h1he1ech•
c1cm machmc, nnd oltcn drew nology· my Genn3n 201 course
aucnuon awa)' from what he was shows films every T\ttsday and
saymg Thursday m Bodmc, but my pro-
Prcs1dcnt Mooney w:'ls g1Vcn lessor docs not lully know how
; slightly more modem projcc- 10 operate the equipment She
tur for his lecture of Oct.16. rehcs on n student who works
Even bwcr was hi> u.,c of color at ·1osLruc1ional Media Services.
pictures and the !act that liulr When he ts not there, valuable
ol the info1111<111011111 his lecture class ttmc is wnstcd in finding
multi be luuml m the tc.~thook. someone who knows how to
Agam, though, what was mtss­
mg wns 1hc ckc1run1c ~hdc pre·
sentnnun w11h handhcld shde
nclvancc.r sucb ns lS common m
bustnessc, oru11nd the globe
Mooney contmually hncl HJ w.1lk
L>Vcr to the projector to ch:mgt
~ltd..-~ dL"trauing llom h1, pre•
"tClll.tlh.m
l nfnrtu11.11t•h· ~luon1.·\'1, u-.,·
ul tl.'c.hlh)h.lg), '>lrongcr thorn
Jnhn:,.c.m·~. thd nm mnkc. h~ pn:·
::.cnt,1uun much h1.ui:r r\(lcr
rnnnmg pa.,;1 h1) allo11cd lime
Moonq• conunuctl !!-pcakmg
even when students began 10
leave He did not qmcken hl'>
pate, Jump to the conclus1on, or
t.·vcn make nolh:e of Ins error.
This was n fatal error-it ruined
the lecmre. Fmally1 20 minutes
after the lecture's schedulcll end,
in lhc !,tee ul mass s1udcm cxo•
dus, he stopped speakmg.
The presentation o! the·
1wcn1y-first cc111ury will 111c:or­
poratc elcctromc slides w11h
color images and key ,hemes
pro1cc1ccl wnh a lngh quality
1irojec11011 madnne (such as
mode by lnFocus). and possibly
.tltomprmying musk Programs ;how the film. I would thmk
1h:1.1 an msr1tu110n as prcsug1ous
as LC. would make sure proh­
lems s\lch as t hlS chd 1101 occur .
The lnve.nnng Amcnca !>how­
,ng of A Midwifes Tai, on Nov 3
m the CounCll Chamber proved
another example. fifteen 1n111-
111cs :1t1cr die rnov1c w:1,;; sci to
bei:m, and Ion!\ .1flcr studcnl'>
h:\cl teased :'lrriving. 11 wac. .m­
nounced that the show would he
postponed, for hours pcuplc had
been 1rymg 10 get the equipment
h> work, hut hacl failed Every•
one was told 10 go home and
Willi unul the next ,la>• when
1hc1r lnvcn1ing Amenc::i profes­
sors would give them forthcr
mforrna11on. Surely a t.v.uasLro­
phc such as this should never oc­
cur at~ school otthc twenty-first
LCntury.
One(' :tgain, l wntc mH h>
blame faculty or admmistration
I do nol core who is ,ti fault, thut
"is not nnportJIH. I wrt1c. tncrtl)'
10 <1ucs1ion why occurrences
such us the ahovc happen, and
lO ensure ,hat 1hc snuauon will
improve.
Time sets its own agenda on campus
commentary by
Meaghan Lamarre
Hov1o m:m)' 11mcs h:1vc you
no11c<:cl 1h:1,, ahcr workmg on
your paper lor wh:11 seems hkc
live minute!,. vou look at the
duck und no11,e that fllttcn
imnutD have p:1ssctP Or how
;ibout when yuu'rc 51lllng there
111 dass and you lmlk :u your
w.11<1, .1!te1 th,· professor has
hcc11 lec111rtng forabout an hom,
only 10 lrnd that It's been ten
whok m1nu1cs1 I'm sure you've
no11ccd 11 100 \Vha1 you're ex~
pmencmg 1s the Palaune llill
[frn1
\her c1rchtl ohscnauon, I
huvc lr.arucd th.tl ttm~ here mt
Pal.11111e I hll docs not pas, as II
does cl,cwhcrc So111c11111cs min­
ute~ l:\~t longl'r th,in MXty sct:­
unds Some11m1.:s mmu1cs are
lost mto .1 hole m the space-tune
contmuum Mere on Pnl.umc
l-1111. there ts a force 1hn1 can
mampulatc 11111c and controls us
p:tssagc !>0 thnt JttSl when you
need 11 rc,v tx1rn minutes. you
hnd )'OU0TC five minutes httc. or <:oursr, we experience the usual
tnnr .._,rttch,·s. Ltkc the way the
few ,lay, before Chnstmas seem
lo lasl ,,bout three Lia)'S each.
And the wny the dn)'S hcforr you
have tu go and vlsu your aunt
(ytp, you know, the one who al­
ways pinches your checks and
generally makes your hie maser~
able while you're there) seem 10
disappear with amazing speed.
It's the same here. The da)'S pre•
ceding your huge math test van­
ish hdorc you have time to smdy
wlnle the clays heforc that Dave
Mallhcws Band concrn Inst for­
i:.vcr But it's more: 1h;1n thtH here
I mean, thmk about II Th!S
past Sunday marked the two•
month anmvcn,ary ol the st:tn
ol 1l11s school year. On the one
hand. can you bchcve you've
bt·cn here two mon1hs already?
Seems like we JUSt started school
• few weeks ago i·lavc I really
been here tn Portland for sixty
days? Docs that mean I've had
Bemus for lundt every day for
six1y dnys? If I've been here for
a whole two months, how come
4 Pioneer Log November 6, 1998 l still don'l know where cvcry­
thmg is and how the 'system'
works?
Blll on lhc 01 her hand. I c.11ch
myself saymgjus, as frequently.
"I've only been here two
months?!" ,\s :l rirst--ycar Slll•
dem, I can't behcve how quickly
I've made fnends-: ll feels like
we·ve known each other forever
but I mel t hcsc people less than
two months ago! All lhat money
l'vcspelllon groceries and I still
have more than five monlhs to
pay for? All those papers I've
writLen used up an mk cartridge
already, and ti's only been sixty
days?
So the next lime you !eel hke
nn hour passed m ,he urnc 11
took your clock to move ftve
mmutes forward.just shrug IL orr
and say. "There's lhaL Pallltine
Hill Effect again.• Who knows,
m•>•bc it will help you get into
the Bon when they've just dosed
the door. Or even better, maybe
a professor will grant lhc Pa­
latine Hill Effect as an excuse for
not hovmg your paper wriucn. Letters of outrage,
words of calm
The freshman
commentary by
Joe Collver
After receiving several
nega1ive responses 10 my ar•
11cles in 1he Pioneer Log, I feel
compelled to respond. It
bothCTs me lhat such • large
number or people take offense
LO my column, as I write hop­
ing ltl entertain, not disgust.
I do not like being per­
cci,•cd as the bad guy The
Freshman Perspective has
rrom I he beginning had an
empha51s on humor, yet at the
same fm1c. I uttc.mpl to <lJscuss
and add subtle criucisrn 10 is­
sues peninent to Inst year stu•
dents at Le\Vls & Clark. I
lltlcd 111y column the "Fresh•
man Perspective"' be.cause ini­
tially I wanted '" Clnly write
about Lhmg;. rhat I 1101lc"'1
wert on the nunds uf all rresh­
mcn, such •s the fnventmg
America t:urncuh1m .ind
whether or Ml tu steal food
from the cafeteria. B111 I am
ev(r n saunsl m hcan. and I
found the wonls I 1yped nno
the computer each week never
failed Lo rub somebody the
wrong way. I'd like 10 clarify
sonte of my articles, clearing
up sbme or the confusion so
people will see that I am not a
malicious person
After 01)' second arucle was
printed, I was under the Im­
pression thttt ~vtryonc wns
cnJoyrng whai I wrote. I hnd
heard 1101 hmg bm favorable
commcms £rom my friends
and contemporaries. Then I
read the Dean of Students,
Mike Ford's l<11cr 10 tl,e eel!-• tor and was 1osay1he
leasl very surprised,
Al first I took it as
light comedy, not
su.<pecting Ford was
earnest in his reprimands.
After all, who after reading the
articles seriously believed I
was encouraging students 10
coerce others into doing
schoolwork !or I hem? i
thought "Come now Dean,
you're just having some fun
with the duties of your srnrion
arcn)l you; you really don11
think I was inciting disrespccr
for tcacher5, and scorn for
football players, do you Mr.
Ford?"
The "Path!lndcr is n lousy
date for Friday night" article,
which ,vns my uno!ftcial re­
sponse 10 Ford's lcuer, also
earned me sornc cciuc1sm
from other sources The
Chairman of the Food Advi­
sory Commincc mfnnncd me
that 1 was offensive to him~
clircctl)':tltnck111g his posh ion
ah hough ncit her he, nor h1,
utlc ,u Chmnnan were oner
mentioned lie also told me
that Resident Assistants h:t<l
caken offense ol m, proposal
for Students 10 parnctpnte in
a "walk along,· where they fol•
lowed the RA's on their Friday
night rounds. In my discus•
sion with 1he Chainnan I
found the words or my article
grossly e,mggernted, and theit
original meaning slanted to
appear hateful in nature.. Arc
my words 10 he r<ded by how
others perceive them? I meant
lO s.11irize the Friday night en•
1enainment opuons open to
students. not undc·rn,me lhc
JOb of an RA
I think that 1s the prtnciplc
problem. Euher I am writing
see Collver, a e 5
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http://www.lclark.edu/-piolog LC-brand life causes a jolt and a sigh
Open minds 1h111g1hatsoundcdhkchcsup- Liberals are
poncd Karl Marx's idea, or even
are a surpr·,se might be a full-blown commu• no big deal There \V'JS-at lcm,t one other
maJor cuhurc shock waiung
for me when I came to LC: 1he
way people dress lt was a run­
ning gag to have someone use
a perky, high-pnched voice
and sugges, that we go 10 the
Gap, something we never se­
riously con1empla1cd doing.
We did this whenever we were commentary by
Kate Keck nisl. Any teacher who even
showed n link tinge of pink
would have been drummed out
of my town fas1er than the heal commentary by
Linnea Jean Thompson
Less 1han a week aher 1 came of a hummingbird's wmgs. Now In my educa1ional career K·
12. I went to 6 differem schools.
Of ,hose schools, 4 were public
and 2 were private. Staning in
7th grade. I had been in nothing
bu, ·alternative schools,"
schools which wanted 10 do
something 01her than teach the
1racli1ional su.bjcc1s in ,he tradi­
tional manner. These schools, at
least those which 1 anendcd.
tended to be fairly liberal in 0\tt•
look. For example, at Mciropoli­
tan Learning Cente_r (MLC), the
school I attended for the las, four to Lewis & Clark, l was con•
v1ncccl that h was the most lib--
era) placi: on earl b. I remc1nhcr
I used to ,ell people back home
who asked about my school tha1
we were only allowed 10 attend
classes niter we h3d saved our
rl·qu1s111.· number o( spoued
owls. Compared to my lugh
school, LC was • luwcn of en•
lightenmenl.
I'll never forget opening the
lnven1ing America reader and
thinking 1ha1 i1 was so 'PC I'd
probably never survive 1he class.
I mean, it talked about blacks,
women, even lndians, Back in
my hometown public school in
Pennsylvani;.\. we were 1a,1ght
that racism was wrong by teach­
ers who never seemed to notice
the studcms who were wearing
confederate nag ptuchcs un their
jackets. The aclnumstnuion's
idc~, of fe1mmsm was makmgaH
seventh graders inke a hair year
of shop and a half year of home
cc, a radical step up rrorn 1hc
sex-segregated policy of previ­
ous years
Yes, lnvcming America was
,he llrst place l noticed the ram•
pam, out-of-control liberalism
on this campus. Then, I got into
Intro 10 Economics with Manin
Man-Landsberg. I took AP Eco­
nomics ln high school and felt
like I knew prcuy tnuch wh:,t to
exvcct: I had the invisible hand
down pal, and was quite secure
in i1s mampulations. l knew.
rrom my high school teacher,
that the real problem with 1he
economy was that the govern­
mem interfered whh things and
,r they would just le, cvery1hing
alone. all would be well, because
we would move closer 10 a per•
feet market system.
My high school econ ,cacher
was convinced that welfare was
the problem, not the solmion,
~md that m1crf<.·r111g wuh the dis~
1ribu1ion of weallh only encour­
aged laziness among 1hc poor.
He was good friends with my
history ,cacher who thought tha,
F.DR'.s New Deal was what had
really ruined thts coumry for
good. So, as any or you who have
taken a class from Marty c,1n well
11nagine, l was stunned, to say
the least. when he said some-
from Collver, page 4
my stories so poorly that they
arc unclear and easily misun•
dcrs1ood, or people are read­
Ing them incorrectly. The let•
,er to the editor from Deborah
Layne ln this week's issue of
the Pioneer Log is a perfect ex•
ample. My Halloween story
is auackcd as promoting vio­
lence to children, and l my•
sci( am labdcd a child abuser!
I thought I was making it ri•
diculo11sly clear tha1 1 was
being as far from serious as
possible. I don't really per•
ceive children 1n 1he same
ma.nne:r as the clowns saw
Dumbo, as creatures immune I have grea1 respect for Many
and his brand of socialism. but
at Lhc tirnc I wasalmos1 offended
1ha1 anyone would actually tt-:tch
that kind of thing.
One more 3rca was parlicu­
larly shocking to me when I got
10 LC. I remember seeing two
women walking along holding
hands and caught myself almost
staring, 1 was so surprised. Now,
I'm very proud of I.C's openness
about sexuality and its suppon
of alterna1ive lifestyles, bu, in
the environment I was used to
at home, being seen too ortcn
with a member of the same sex ,,-----
The administration's
idea of feminism was
making all seventh
graders take a half year
of shop and a half year
of Home Ee.
'' t:ould incite vicious rumors and
spell social death. Derogatory
tenns for homosexuals were the
norm. and were often applied 10
straight people as a very deep
msult. No one was openly gay,
and those who were suspected
of bcmg gay were blacklis1cd by
the inore vicious Sltldems m 1hc
school. It was dangerous even
for nlc because even though I am
very straight, I lilted weights and
did martial ans, which was
enough 10 start the rumor mill
going from time 10 1ime. Seeing
openly proud gays and lesbians
was a very eye-opening experi•
cncc.
Coming from a school where
it was no1 unusual for teachers
to carefully explain to us that if
God had mean, people 10 be vcg­
ernrian He wouldn ►t have given
us canine teeth, LC was, and still
is, a ·granola' hippie school 10
me. Now 1ha1 I'm acclimated, 1
find 1hesc true (and
unexaggcratcd) stories from my
high school unbelievably ar•
chaic. People tell me tha1 more
liberal places exist. When I first
got here, i wouldn'l have be­
lieved ii.
.from ph)'sical and psychological
harm! Perhaps it wou Id serve
as solace 10 Ms. Layne 10 let her
know that I have ac,ually never
celebrated Halloween, never
gone trick or treati.ng, and mos1
of all never snatched a c.bilds bag
or smashed someone else's
pumpkin. Thi! cn1irc story was
a fabricat.ion of Halloween, as
,old from the perspective or an
outsider who only had irmges
and popular notions Lo serve as
lus guide when frantically finish­
ing a story before the deadline.
Has the politically cor•
rcct world we live in lost. its con­
ception of salire? People of
JonathanSwif1'sagc did not take
literally his Modest Proposal, in years and from which 1 gradu­
ated, grades were,asslgned only
at the reques, of the individual
student, and very £ew studems
made such requests. All of our
classes were of mixed grade lev•
els, at least within the ·,earns·
of Kx3. 4x6, 7x8, and 9xl2.
Other than our math and foreign
language classes, none of our
classes had prerequisites. We
had only Rve teachers in the high
school, our "9xl2 team." Hence.
coming to LC was a big adjus••
mcnt for me. The freshman class
here is about the same size as the
KxU population of my high
school. Back at my high school,
we had only one dance per year
most years, and that was Prom.
Tickets were sold individually,
and the cn1ire high school was
invited. Imagine my surprise
when 1hcre was a dance during
NSO, and another one nol 100
long niter!
Another thing that really sur­
prised me here at LC is how
many Christians there are. I only
knew one girl who was a prac­
ticing Christian at MLC. There
were many people of various
pagan or earth religions, and
some who followed eastern ide­
als, but there were virtually no
Christians. We certainly had no
Christian club or any kind, and
we never would have been able
to gc1 up enough interest for the
several bible-focused religious
studies classes we have here. I
know LC has a rcputalion for be­
ing fairly non-religious, but for
someone coming from a high
school where an inforn,al survey
of my friends determined 1hat
only one of us could recite The
Lord's Prayer. it seems very
Christian 10 111c.
which he suggested Ireland's
hunger problem could be re­
solved by consuming the flesh
of their children! ln a time
where satire was a practiced and
accepted art, people saw his
writing as an anack on English
oppression in Ireland, not as an
invitation to cannibalism. l con­
fess my articles do no, concern
issues of such wcigh1y matters
as Swift's, bUI I was hoping tha1
while writing more people
would recognize them for ,heir
irony. differentiating the speaker
from the amhor, and realizing
the playful nature of not 1aking
everything in life seriously.
I would foe! upset th,11
people have taken offense to my trying to come up with some­
thing to do. Here, many
people wear brand name
clothing, and shop at places
such as the Gap and J. Crew.
My high school friends ch her
dressed m shnple clothes from
places like Target. or in spe•
cial clothes.such as one friend
who wore a full length green
cloak. I only knew one girl
with a Gap ,-shirt, and she
bought it cheap a, the Good­
will, and then stopped wear­
ing it because she kit stupid ,,-----
It was a running gag
to have someone use
a perky, high-pitched
voice and suggest that
we go to the Gap. -----,,
we_aring it. Very few o[ our
clotl,es have brand names on
them, ,md many of us did nol
even wear brand name shoes.
Academ,cally, MLC was
also different. We had no one
class that everyone was re•
quired to take. We had certain
broad subject areas in which
we need to get credit before: we
graduated. and we could get
those credits either by attend•
ing classes or by working in­
dependently. Many of ou.r
classes were unique to the
tcnn tha, they were offered,
and no class would be taught
in exactly the same way twice.
Even the morning and after­
noon sessions or the same
class. taught by 1hc same
teacher, would be quite differ­
ent.
Even ,hough LC is liberal
by most standards which you
could measure it against, it
s,ill seems conservative. hide­
bound and restrictive after my
1irne at MLC. Corning from a
high school where 1he 1cach­
ers worked together with ,he
students to plan what they
would teach the nexl semes­
ter, how could it not?
articles. if it were not for the
large majori1y who recognize
them for what they are: mis­
chievous criticism disguised
:is humor. I still apologize 10
all who do dislike wh.1t I write,
or feel hurt by it, for I give al­
lowance that perhaps my sa•
1irical skills arc not refined
enough a, tlus pomt to exhibit
themselves before all readers.
And I do mean this as a sin­
cere apology. Let us make a
truce; in the future, I will try
harder to sound ridiculous
when 1 mean to be ridiculous,
and you, the reader, will try 10
not take a single thing I say
seriously. -LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR-
Nothing funny
about Halloween
"mischief"
1 have JUSt finished rea<lmg
Joe Collver's October 30 Fresh•
men Perspective. I'm a staff
member. alld I have worked wuh
students for a long lime. 1 think
that 1 have a sense of humor. But
I am also the mother of a thrcc­
year-old. I re-read that column
to sec ir my initial nausea was
just one or those ovcr-scnsittvc
rno1her things.
I just couldn't find anything
funny inn. Let's watch the news
for 1he next few days and see
how many children arc harmed
by people with Mr.Collver's
sense of mischief toward chil­
dren.
My impulse is 10 rant and
rave about how he was once a
child and may someday be a
parent and how abuse. is never
funny, bu1 I don't think ii would
help. Let's jus1 say that lam ill.
ls ,h,s the funniest thing he
could 1hmk of ror a Halloween
Column?
1 will certainly keep my son
away from the residence halls
i£ he c.vcrwants to visi1 the cam­
pus.
Deborah Layne
End of book
exchange not
the moral of this
story
Did our book swa1,die? Well,
ln the Oct. 16 issue. there was
an artklc !hat t0ld about the
foiled internet version of 1h,s
great money-saving system. I
would like 10 make it known
that ,here will be another, if I am
successful. 1 need to make ii
known all over that OSPIRG and
1 arc puuing 1ogether an inde­
pendent book swap, which
would no doub, be a wonderful
thing for the students to save lots
of money on nexl semesters'
books. h cou Id nlso serve as a
fundraiser for charity or 01her
student groups on campus, if u
is successful.
But I need your help. If you
wnn110 volun1cer with this, call
Peter at x8874. his 100 bad that
1he lntemct-based swap failed,
so it is time to try another ap­
proach. If this is successful, it
can only grow bigger and belier,
and eventually save everyone
tons of money at the same time
as it raises 1rcmcndous ;,mounts
of cash forwonhyorganizations.
In fact, one college tha, has an
OSPIRG chapter draws about
$20,000 each year from its book
swap.
So le, everyone know 1hat
this ,s going 011 and please help
if you can. S1op by 1he OSPIRG
office or call I he nbove number
if you have any ,<leas or ques•
lions.
Chauncey Nilges
Victory will be yours.
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November 6, 1998 Pioneer Log 5 =Pioo:z::::::nee=r Lo:::!.2:g ==;;;;;;:::-=Feature S=::::a:a:mz====
Commander-
in-Chie
Student government president Gene Wixson
devotes himself to projects in and out of the office
by Anne 0. Ramzy
A~I C pn"'1dcn1 Gent! Wixson
Is no str.tngcr lu hdpmg others
R.usccl ,n 1ltc ,m"II nnnhcrn
Califom1.1 1own uf Zenia, w.,,.
<on aucntktl ,1 sd,ool 1ha1 h;1d
unly one room Mier llvmg 111
C d<;l.1 Rtt:.1 for:, vr.lr, .md then
l>ack In D1n,1narc C.1111
W,xwn n,ovnl lu Po11iand dur­
mg 1he 1cnih grade
En1cnng LC 111 the foll or
l 995 Wixson began h,s service
through LC on un NSO cnviron­
nmual strvicc mp Wixson be­
gan working for 1hc Coinmum1y
Encrg) Projcc1 t hnt snmi: year
"It """ ,,nc ol 1he bes, 1hings
1h31 happened 10 me my first
yc.1r .11 LC." said Wixson.
Through 1he CEP. he helped
,veathentc hornes for low-m­
come scnwr tlllzcn, and ,IJs ..
obied rrndcms Wixson w,s also
o humhar lace on LC service
projec1s, induding stream wafks
wi1h OSPlRG and hosung at
Sunnyside homeless shclte"'./:J
saw firs1-hnnd 1he changes
which we were able to impact in
the comn,unny :1nd how the ser­
vice chunged 1he hvcs or 1hc vol­
u ntecrs," he sai<I.
The rollowing year, ar1cr a
summer of riding fre1gh1 muns,
Gene was a studcn1 coord1mnor
on 1hc NSO Envtronmcn1al Ser­
\'1L:C l'roJct:t Nm long there-a lier,
he 100k off t0 hike ,nd backp>ck
1hroughou1 Nepal One or 1h, thing,< 1ha1 mumlly
led Gene 10 come back 10 LC 1hc
lollowmg year was 1hc •pprovol
ol the Environmental Studies
rnaJor, which comhmcs the
study or sciences, sotinl sci­
entcs, and ltumanitic~ \V1xson
s:1ys th:11 the major '"docs an ex•
ccllcnl Job of exposing sLUdcnls
to a vnnct)' ('>( cnvironmc111.,1
problem< ,nd ms11lb 1hc con,
ccp1 I ba1 solunons lo these prob•
lcm~ drl' not simple " Accord­
ingly. Wixson led 1he Environ­
rnenrnl Service Projen 1hnt year.
That foll semester, olong with
fellow student L·mra Benson and
Ccnicr for Service and Work co­
ordinators Kris1in Rkhmnn and
Sco11 Hamihon, Gene helped 10
wmea gram applica1ion, focus•
Ing on .. education. action and rc­
necnon on • curricular level "
l'hc. grnn1 w.-:, ;,pprovrd and
Wixson went 10 Sou1h Carohna
lor a Cnmpus OuLrn,ch Oppor­
tunily League (COOL) confer• dcm represt"ntauvc on the Tr:1ns~
por1a11011 Advisor)' Group
(TAGJ-has spmt much or his
umc coumcnng nusrnfonnauon
and liste.nmg 10 students, com•
plainlS. After compiling re•
$iponses from students, Wixson
wrote a letter Ill 1hc cxc<.utive
LOllntil rcla1ing plans ror Stll·
dent council 10 support TAG
encc. where he met wi1h 01hcr Wixson hopes 10 change the
campus leaders. That spnng, public perception of ASLC 1his
Benson and Wixson led a Spring year. He poin,s out 1ha1 ASLC
Break Habi1a1 for Humanity trip has $90 per swdem. per scmes­
lO Bend, Ore. 1er 10 spend on student aclivi•
Elec1cd as ASLC presidcn1 1Jcs. •11 is t>re 1hat a s1Uden1
la.st sprmg, Wixson has found, .,.comes and talks to me," he said.
1ha1Lhc job carries quilc a heavy ·t highly encourage them 10."
workload. •11 is run, though, 10 Wixson has office hours nearly
take leadership roles. and the every weekday.
work is rewarding," he sa,d. In h,s spare time, which has
One of lhc maJor issues on become increasingly limilcd this
compus 1h1s year has been park-year, Gene enjoys doing what he
mg. and Wixson-who is a s1u-calls "silly h.1ed s1uff. • Some of 1hcse excursions have included
walking around Mount SL
liclcns in a day. climbing ML
Hood by moonlight, and biking
across the country Lhis summer
with his girlfriend, Emily. Future
"silly hard s1ull" includes a de­
sire 10 climb Mt. Denali and bike
the Continental Divide. In addi­
tion. Wixson runs his own small
construc11on company that
builds decks and ,ddilions and
does remodeling.
Reminiscing about his child-hood in nor1hern Cali£ornia1
Wixson says that he longs 10 go
back. buLqucsllons hisdTcc1ive­
ncss in a rural seuing. •11 will
probably be a while before I can
do 1hat," he said wilh his 1ypl•
cal wry humor, .. , JI h:wc to savt
1he world firs1."
As a tireless volunteer,
Wixson cominucs l0 give hls
lime lo olhers and mspirc their
respect.
LC jazz artist and teacher releases fifth album
by Antonia Giedwoyn
lnrngmc convcJ'smg wilh an
1n1cm:111onaJlv.rccog11izcd mu•
Slc1.m whose warmth :1nd rricnd­
lml-ss 1.s noi only inlcc11ous hm
ubu rcpr~cnti.lllvc llf hi~ mL>d•
tSt) and l,1t.:I< ol prrtc.·nsaon
Th11sc whu km"' pu aficionado
,uul LC g~111 ,:ir 111s1 nu. tor Dan
B:tlmcr will ltll you 1ha1 11ne
need 1101 louk run her than Evans
music h111lchng w do so f'or
umong the m:Hl) rcspcc1ccl
mc:mhcrs ol the mustc clcpan•
mcnt s1ands B:1hncr bo1h n cnu­
cally .,ecla,m,·d composer nnd
musttian whllSC fifth solo al•
burn, If \Ve Never Meet ilg11i11, de•
bu1ed las1 month.
LLkc many successful mu$i•
cl.m!>, B:d1m:1 ::,~I)'!-1 h,11 mu ... 1c. ha~
been a p.irt nf Im hie ,1111.c duld,
hood "Mu.:,1\'. \\'.b .tlw.1y~ m my
household growing up. and ,ny
mother 1s a piano ,cacher, .. Balmer renects. The point a1
which he became conscious of
his budding passion seems 10 be
clearly etched in h,s memory.
"The dny I got my hrst guitar,"
Balmer rccaJl.s wnh a smile ... w:is
1hc tla\' of my rcdcmp1ion."
,\ lewis and Cl.irk alumnus.
Balmer first began 1cach1ng a1
LC while pur;,u111g ., mnjor 111
econom1cs. •·1 ,v.,mcd some1hmg
10 ra II back on " he cxplams
Fon11n>1cly, Balmer duln'l-h:we
to rely on 111s degree. A1 ;1bou1
1 he same lime he bcg.m teach•
mg as an undergr.,duatc, he and
friends surted performing 31 lo­
c.,I clubs, L111lc chd he suspect
thal those early U>)'S would serve
as ., launcl11ng pad 10 what
would eventually become a sue•
r.:cssfol career in the. musK tn·
dus1ry \Vhen \lucs11unccl abo1n
h1s succcs:,, howc,1cr, Balmer Js
rclociam 10 acknowlci.lgc the
role of Ins own skill and 1ale111
6 Pioneer Log November 6, 1998 Instead, he nt·
tr1bu1es much of
b,s standing 10
dcchca1ion and a
lot of luck. -You
need 10 work really
hnrd. for a long
lime. 11 1akcs per•
scveranct and
honing your cr.,fl,"
Bahner says He
also emphasizes.
•·,Ne were the nght
1,coplc a1 the right
pbce a1 the right
Lime." M1s 5l3tC·
mem then evolves
inlo a discussion
of an as commod-­
il)', and the mhcr­
ent problems whh LC guitar teacher Dan Balmer will perform in Agnes Flanagan Chapel,
Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 pm, in support of his new album If We Never
Meet Again.
1hc concept. Bolmcr cxpbins 1he
conOict of a career m the cmer­
t~inment world ns compnsmg or
1hc desire to be successful ac­
cording 10 onel; own siandards, coupled wuh 1he 11npc1us 10 sur­
vive hnancmlly '"The entertain•
mcm world ,s re.>lly hard, >nd
n's no, abou1 quality, u's ubout
uends.'' stales Balmer. "My goal 1s to be successful on my own
tcm1s and th:u may or may nut
be possible. Thts society ,sn'1
see Balmer, page 7 1 Fear and loathing in the Big Apple
commentary by
Joe C. Guest
NEW YORK-Wt step
away from the theatre. My
brain is swfling with dra­
matic. tension, An ambulance:
speeds pasl, sirens wailing.
Manin Storcese rolls a cam­
era half• block awny. 1 inhale
deeply-the smell of srnle
unne Hlls my nosmls-and
as l look to my right. l see
Disney orawhng slowly down
Wes, 4 2nd, sahva drtppmg
out of It's menacing grin as it
squashes every lap-dancer In
lts pal11. Thin cluuds part 10
reveal a full moon. and a crisp
wind blows through my hnir
M)• senses arc alive, and I AM
IN NEW YORK
As J walk towards Times
Square, prostitutes gr.ib al my
nousers-and a,ce quickly
swept away by gruff pohce
officers wuh vacams1.1res 11.nd
•GtULLANl POLICE STATE"
stamped across Lheir bac.ks. A
sircel perfot'mer l>angs on a
full set of drums and lam no,
surprised when a babbling
drunk tells me tbat he "never
done notlung wrong nobody.• l he and tell hlm I never done
nothing wrong either, All o[ this
lakes place wlthln the space of
thteemmutcs and l think of how
glad L am Lo be gcuing such a
fantastic education at Le.Wls &
Clark College.
The neict morning l w<1ke up
with a splluing 11cad-ache1tnd a
strange Haitian won1an in my
bed, l splash water on my face
and stumble up 10 the sprawl­
mg suite of our fearless trip
lender and co-cba<r of the LC art
depann1em. erofcssor W
Stewart Bucuncr. This charnung
man pays me hard cash m ex•
change for par11c1pating m a fo.
vcrish (and theatric) cliscuss1on
about 1lnevery of the.soul, nos­
mlg1a, life. de.1th, and the Amen•
c:in drtam. In thi:aftccnocm, Slu•
dents explain 1h:11 the)" usually
have just enough time. 10 "seorc
some China Whtie'' before meet­
Ing at one of New York's world­
class museums for our afternoon
class.
The "Art of New York" course
rnkes us 10 world-renowned
museums, galleries. and ahema-
1l vc spaces to sec the work of
some of the most fantastical art•
lslsin history. We stroll past the work ofBruegel. Bonnard, Goya,
Raphul, Caravaggio-and
yawn. Van Gogh, l'icasso. Pol­
lock, and Mir cause some eyes
10 sparkle. And we pause tQ ntar•
vel at Kime, RothkQ. Ral!Schen•
berg, De Marla. Noguchi. and
Lichtenstein. Our collccuve con•
sdousncss bnstles with cxdte­
mcnt, the amount or an to be
seen in this ciLy iss,mply appall­
ing.
"lo.iklng a, the artist's work,
I feel that I am being thrown into
confronLll\lOtl with questions of
knowing and ri,membenng."
one student comments
"We arc all searching for
wholeness. but ln what?" an­
other sLudcnt wonders Our ac•
complished archilccture profes­
sor, Mr. Andrew Dolkan. tt1kcs
Us on strolls through Brooklyn
HcighlS 10 examine nineteenth
ccnL\U}' archilecturnl style. 10 the
lower Eas1Si1k lO sec tenement
housing. LO Wall StTCCI forsky­
scmpers. and 10 the Upper West
Side to learn about brown-stone
row-houses Dolkan 1s in pos.ses.­
s1on of an uncanny ab1lit)' to
guide us in the ngln direcllon.
whether were looldng 10 mves­
tigate abandoned subway stops or sin11,>ly searching for a good
Moroccan restaurant There is so
much more l0 tell about our es­
capades In New York-alas,
there is too l!il.lc space here. So
I£ you find yourself pounding
beers in Lhe walk-in (ooltr at
Burlingame Fred Meyer (ag.1in)
or taking your fifth trip to the Tigard amemas this week,
stop to co1\Stdcr a weekend
visit with your fncndly col­
league$ a, Lhe Hotel Olcott tn
the c_entc.r or the world. New
York City, There's pltnty of
noor space. endless excite•
,ncni. and our rates arc dirt
cheap.
Balmer presents concert for new album
Balmer, from page 6
about lculng you get away with
1hat; you're supposed 10 do what
people wa111 yon 10 do, and I
don't want to do 1ha1 because
,ha1•s not what an is about. Art
is not about being successful on
other peoples terms. Art is about
an :lttis-t being true to them­
selves. and success comes in the
~1rt.:; whi!'n 1hcsc two thmgs hap·
pen to ahgn lor some reason -
wh:u you do and what people
\Vant at the same time. Anything
else is sorne compromise ... My
goal IS 1101 to be successful, my
goal is 10 make grea1 music and
,hen hope that people like t1 •.•
Money doesn't mean anythmg to
me for its own sake, but ic is the
means 10 keep doing this.•
Jazz music, according Lo
B:ilme:r, is not an i:asy genre to
sell. ·t 111ca11. 1L0S not a popular
111us1c especially pzz hkc I play
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out and h's doing really well
which is exciting. lt"s getting a
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we're gcuing a l°' or critical re•
sponse .. and everybody who
hears ti really likes ii . . so l"m
very cxmed abouL 1ha1 and be­
cause of all this we're really try•
Ing 10 do more performances
and conccns "
indeed, Balmer's resume and
record reviews speak for Lhcm­
selves. He is who Lhe L.A. limes
call, • ... the model of what a con­
t cm porary guitarist should
be ... • A recent Oregoriion article
s1ntcs, "In h,s earlier days wlth
the Tom Gmnt Band and on has
own, Balmer has been perhaps
Pon land's premiere gu11ans1. His
album /.f\V(NrvcrMcc1Agoi11 finds him reaching new peaks.
1-\is movmg lyrical composmons
and smart. passionate playing
have the accessibiliL)' of smooLh
Jazz. but with none of the mar­
kcL tested aftenas1e. This is real
jazz that achkves I.he clarity and
cmoLional directness of the bes1
pop music.• The Oregonian has
also described Balmer·s music ns,
··a kind of post modern jazz
sound that IS disunc1ly h1S own."
A Seaule magazme affirms that.
•· ... Balmer asse111bles pieces or
Americana wilh the craft of n
jazz artist. The result is coher­
c.nt and provocative composi­
tions that arc melodic and acces•
sible on a surface that is sus­
tained by deeply cqlled com­
plexhics of time and harmony.
And he carries lL off with strik­
h1g techmquc that is both 0uid
and 0ec1. • Balmer's other works
have appeared on ,devision, 1n
nims, and have been choreo­
graphed by the Oregon Ballet.
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My goal is to be successful on my own terms
and that may or may not be possible. This
society isn't about letting you get away with
that; you're supposed to do what people
want you to do, and I don't want to do that.
Dan Balmer
-----------,,
His records have also achieved
Im success across Europe. where
they topped l he charts.
\Vith so many avenues avail­
able 10 him, why docs Bal111er
continue to teach? "'1 Jove the
kids." hr says with a sinccrily
1ha1 is difncult to ignore. "My
students are my lricnds. and I
constantly learn from them­
they keep me updated." 8.1.lmcr
says that he feels obliged to share
his knowledge with smdcnts,
and explains the teachcr-smdcnl
dynamics in lcrms or 3 symbi­
otic rclntionsh1p. •h's good for
1hcm and good for me 8111 also,"
confides Balmer with a grin. • l
i,ach because I have accc;;s to
such great adm111istra1wc assis­
tants as Denise GcrhardL She's
the besL."
This Sunday November
e1gh1h a, 2 pm. Balmer will pcr­
fom1 m the chapel 10gcthcr wnh
1lircc fellow mt1S1c1ans: George
Mnchcll on piano and keyboard. Dave Captcin on acoustic bass,
and Chris L£c on drums. Balmer
describes the upcoming concert
as a slight departure from his
usual sound~ the 1nusic pcr­
fonncd this weekend will have
more of an acous1ic 0ovor some.~
whal similar lo ch:tmher jau in
order t<> b<st accommodate the
chapel structurr :,nd atmo­
sphere. What can people expect
to hear? ·world class music,"
assures Balmer.
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November 6, 1998 Pioneer Log 7 =P=io=n=e·=er=L=o:::Sg2:::::==========Arts===============
Students' murals let us live amongst the art
Murals on campus
create mood and
enhance space
by Mike Skrzynskl
Students have limned oplions
when it comes to viewing an man
exhib11ion sp•cr on Lewis & Clark
campus. Sa~ically. there is cilhcr 1he
Gallery of Contemporary Arts tn the
library or the Arnol<l Gallery in
Fiel<ls Art Building. Wh>t students
,n:iy run realize is th;it there are scv•
crn1 informal venues in 1hc dorms.
housinJt mu.r;i.f,; th:u ~imply aw~II
1lu·lr an starvc<l eyes.
Some of the lesser known places
wllh murals on campus. cspeciall)'
to those who don\ travel from dorm
10 donn much, are in the student
lounges In the Moword basement,
•k• the Bomb Shelt<r, there arc only
a few items worthy 0£ mention, but
the multi-c11lorcd names painted on
the posts attract aucn1ion II\ and of them.selves.
Way up 111 Stewan,Odell, ii you
travel LO the bowels or the building,
you will find a more finished jewel,
even 1hough 1hc pictures are rather
spornd1c, Ncvenhelcss. there are
scvcrnl mmgumgs1.3nd-oulS among
the overall collccuon of an work. On
one side of the door 10 the lounge
ts a female angc.lic figure 111 ecstasy
and on the other side is a guy shoo1-
1ng up. Close to the guy is an 111).
s1ractly pamted nude woman frol•
tcktng, That one is qune fun, but, if
you look up as you Sil tn the
couC'hes, you will set a humorous.
yc1 censored. rcnduion o{ ,\clam and
God from M ,ehelangelo's Sistine
AIUW01tK IJY AUIREY l'f'ON Chapd ceiling fresco.
As far os famous pom11ngs go,
1herc tS one stand-alone pamung in
the C-30 lounge or Copeland Hall
done about two years ago by the
residents of that 0oor. Even as a
copy of Starry Night by van Gogh,
ics wavy lines and blue/green pal­
ette arc quite enjoyable and strongly
rcmln1sccm or 1he original h's per­
fect for swrgazing when the sky is
choked with c.louds. The mos, com•
plt:te mu_ra)s., however, arc 1he ones
that arc part or 1hc studcn1 run eat•
cries.
The be.<t known murals in the
domls are, or course, the: ones ex-
1s11ng in and around the Planform
•nd the Rusty Nail. Those who regu·
larly hang out a1 the Pla11lom1 may
be used to setlng the picture or the
nee, 1hc .sun. and the moon, but
12ke a look again an<l think what it
would be without them. Thes11n in
front of the moon, both dearly vis­
ible from the outside, cr<atc a
friendly atmosphm and the trees accen1ua1e and enhance the height
ol' the celling. They arc no, much
inore lhan lWO r~rs old and h.·tvc
added a nice charm 10 the Plaulonn.
The mural art In the Rusty Nail
is pleasing 100, but in a darker, more
relaxed way. By the entrance, the
wall is adorned with an angel, its
head hnng down, next 10 a devil
s1anding in a graveyard. There are
also several faces on tht walls along
with the "The Rusty Nail," all done
In a wonderful gram,; style. This
was para 0£ the make-over 1ha1 the
Rusty Nail got about two yurs ago.
Befort. there were more playful sub­
JetlS, like the Cookie Monster from
Sesame Street. The currenL work
makes it feel more like• calc.
Just outside the Nail you will
find a very complex dorm mural
composed of panel-like sections in­
dividually poin1ed in tempera. Part
of the fascination ls due 10 the fact
that you can see the lines where one
petSOn stopped and the next person
continued painting the. scene. It depicts a bar/cale wt1h • gl'C1lt as,
sonmem or pcrsonnlitles, which
then lea<ls 10 a stre<L and •lley out•
s,dc There arc drunks.Joi• ploycrs,
and even a guy who looks like Jerry
Garcia. Ont of 1hc more startling
images w1thm 1he care ,s the huge
head of Meduso staring off 10 1he
side. Beyond the bar/cafc, as the
mural spans across the hallwoy,
1hcre Le; a street scene 0£ a £cw people
walking outside, including a ghostly
non•pcrson tnd a man staring down
a beer. The creative elements th:u
come (rom group artistry arc often
diverse and lead to a jumbhng or
ideas 3nd techniques. yet 1his mu­
ral stands OUI •s bcmg very well put
together. Apparently, people still can
odd their 1wo cents 10 it, though
basically ,his exceptional multi-art­
ist mural is complete.
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can contribute a ntural 10 last be­
yond your swy,t LC, talk 10 the RD
in your hall and Lhty will help you
add your own vision.
Writer leads reader through bizarre narrative
hell-like prison mining garnets,
or to :u templ to find a way out
or tht caverns 10 whatever lies
beyond, many would choose the
unknown, no matter how likely
it was to be fatal. This column ltig/1/ig/11.s
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tiott.Ja11wsy 1111d horror 11ov­
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less.
commentary by
Linnea Jean Thomson
Chthon, one of Piers
i\ n1 hon)'°s carlic.-sl novels, is a
stra.ngc tale. Even the formawf
the book itself is unusual, con-
1aining n pr<'logue. intcrloguc.
·.rnd cp11ugu~. each tn what is
basicnlty rrce verse, o\Od six
chapters, oil of which ore bro­
ken into 1wo dis1inc1 parts, and
many smaller scc1ions.
The story it.self follows the character A10n. ~,nd each chnp-
1cr covers L wo separa1c p;,ns o(
his life. Hall of each chapter cov­
ers his "death" -his Ide tn the
prison of Chthon, tn which all
inmotcs arc legally "dead" and
there is no parole. The other half
covers a different por11on of his
life, in which he lived in the out­
side world. The chapters arc
identified whh one word mies,
and each of the 1wo scc1Jons
within only with the date.
The portion or the novel Out•
side of 1hc prison of Chthon
chronicles Aton's relationship
with a Minionettc- n gcncncally
engineered woman with special
abilities, whose entire subrace,
has been confined to 1hc world
or Minion, from which she es­
caped. Aton first meels 1hc
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8 Pioneer Log October 30, 1998 Book
Review ;md, or course, you would
have to make your find
known in order to claim
your freedom, and that
would be instantly fatal, as
the entire prison popula­
tion brawled for posses•
sion or the gornc, The
Minioncllt, who is named Mal­
ice., when he is se:vcn ye.1rs old
and he hears her playing music
near his home. He falls some­
what in love whh her even thtn.
and she visits him again at H
and 21, by which time he is
hopelessly in love with her. The
book chronicles his pursuit of
her, and their meelings, and we
slowly learn more about Malice
and the planet of Minion.
The portion of the novel in­
side Chthon covers the basic me­
chanics of how the prison is run,
and 1he social hierarchy of the
inmates. Chthon is a series of
underground tunnels, and 1he
prisoners mine gamcLS in ex­
change for food. Aton l<>rns the
legends of two different ways out
of Chthon- t.nding a blue gar­
net, or the Hord Trek. The ru­
mor says that you can buy )'Our
freedom if y,ou find a blue gar­
net. No one has ever found one other. the Hard Trek, is the
rwnor or :t way out or the cav­
erns onto the surface of the
planet. The location of the
prison ls a corcfully guarded se­
cret; no one knows what planet
they are actually on, but, 10
some, it still seems wor1h the
risk. \Vhen the choices arc to
spend the rest of your life in a ,,-----
When the choices are
to spend the rest of
your life in a hell-like
prison mining gar­
nets, or to attempt to
find a way out of the
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October 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 9 I 12 n.s~1 I u:;dioo
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Pios race tough at conference championship
I
Running for
the team
Sophomore Chris
Mayer finished in
8th place at the
Conference
Championship on
Oct. 31 with a
time of 26:11.
-
fll-iOfO COURT£SY OF MAIUSA 0U1NH
Cret._ ahead -by Marisa Quinn
The Pio Cross Country ,cam
spent liallowcen morning a1
PLU's cold soggy course thlsSM­
\,rday. IL wast he big Conference
Championship race. where fas,
times and team cffons make all
1he difference. The ten Nonh­
wcst Conference schools me1
Lhis weekend in t..hc showdown
of the season to establish team
and individual standings. Both
LC teams arrived with cagcmcss
and cxcittmcnt The conference
race is always the race that a
cross-cour11ry tc:lni trains
throughout the season for. In
bo1 h races, as the teams stepped
,o the line. 1hc1r eagerness
tun1cd 10 intensity and anxiety.
The women finished 1hc race
consis1enily in places and times,
almost everyone bare:I)' snagging
a season's best. "Despite the size
of our 1e.1ms, both the men nnd
women ran very well: com•
menicd Emilr Erwin, "a lot of
SC~tson!> bests came OUl or Con­
rcrcncc '" Senior Marisa Quinn
led the women with a pbcc of
25th m 19:27 Sophomore Emil)'
Erwin was next in 40lh place in
a time of 20:02. Sophomore
Christinn Oonchowcr finished
in 46th and freshman C.1hlln
Mitchell in 50th with times of '' Despite the size of
our teams, both the
men and women ran
very well
Emlly Erwin
team member -----,,
20:10 and 20:19. Freshmen
Talia Epstein finished in 66th
place and Lisa Bice completed
the team in 81st place with a p,r­
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For the men, sophomore
Chris Mnycr had a spectacular
finish of 8th place III a 11mc of
26: l l. Not for behind was fresh­
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grea, race with a finish of 16th
in a time of 26:52. Sophomore
Chris Jensen finished the race in
22nd with a strong time of
27:07. Next to cross the line
were freshman Jefferson Laffey
and sophomore Andy Ault tn
40th :md 41st places.
This Saturday, the teams wtll
rest and prepare for an excnmg
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10 Pioneer Log November 6, 1998 Football team struggles
through final conference
game of the season
by Lee Thomas
The P1t,)necr footb:dl team
ended 1h<ir NWC schedule lns1
weekend with a 50-7 loss to
Whnworth College.
Whitworth scored seven
umcs bdore Lc,~is 1st Clark got
on the board. Mau Stuccklt
caught Josh Parbon's 0rst touch­
down pass to open the scoring
for the Pirn1cs in the first hair.
Smecklc scored Whttwortlfs f,.
nal pomts of the first hair wilh a
32-yard field goal as time ex­
pired. O,,mian Putney carried 14
1l111es, for 123 yards. and scored
1wice, induding a 43-yord score
that g~ve Whttworth a 12-0 lead
in 1hc first quarter. Ben Vaday
fm,shcd wi1h 117 yards on 13
carries and scored on a 55-yard
run that made the score 33-0
la1cr in the first hair.
James RamlrCz caught five
passes for 16 l yards He scored
on a 55-yard screen pass in the
first quarter and a 74-yard bomb
on 1he second quarter 1hat made
the score 40-0. Josh Parbon fin­
ished with 215 yards passing
while complcting8-12 passes for
three touchdowns and no inter•
ccpuons. Tim Ml.,ovich scored
on the first dnvc of the second
hall on a l3-yard scramble for
Whitworth's final score or 1he
game and a 50-0 lead.
The Pioneers' only touch•
t.lown c.amt late in the third
quarter on a 6-yard run by Jacob
Blasquez (Fr., Albany OR) for a
game final 50-7. Whll\vorth.
LC managed 385 yards or to•
tal offense. Sophomore Drew
Jordan (Portland OR) went 8-
for-18, for 111 yards, and was
picked ofl 1w1ce. Sophomore
lcamm:ue Brian Schou
(Vancouver WA) went 8-for-15
for 152 yards. Junior William
Nunn (Marina CA) had 14 car•
rlcs for 4 2 yards. Senior Aaron
Schmidt (Lake Oswego OR)
caught 5 passes for 130 )'llrds.
Defensively, I.C's senior Jeremy
Vlach (Lake Oswego OR) totaled
to tackles (4 UT, 6 AT). Fresh­
man Tom Kofoed (Gresham OR)
had 8 tackles (6 UT, 2 AT), In-eluding l for a loss.
Brian Schott and Tom Kofoed
were recognized as Notable
NWC Offensive and Defensive
Athlc1es of the Week. Senior
Tony Jones (Vallejo, CA) is cur­
rently 9th in all-purpose yards
in the NWC. Aaron Schmidt led
the conference in receiving and
All-purpose yards, with 924
yards on 53 receptions. Drew
Jordan led In total offense and is
128-for-234 for 1607 )'lltds, IVith
12 in1ercepllons and 9 TDs on
the season. Sophomore Barry
Friedman (Kenwood. CA) leads
the Pio dclense with 53 tackles
(31 UT, 22 AT), including 2 for
a loss of 2 yards, a sack, and 1
pass broken up. Sophomore Ja­
son Mill (Grants Pass OR) is 2nd
in interceptions and takeaways
In the NWC.
Up next, thr Pioneers are :tt
home Saturday. Nov. 7 vs. the
Eastern Oregon University
Mountaineers. This will be the
Pios· last home game of the sea­
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wraps up season
by Kasey Cordell loss wllh 12 digs. formed well al the net w1th 7
The LC volleyball team ended
1heirsC11Son on the road th,s year
with tow disappointing losses.
The Pios headed into 1heir final
2 ma1chcs with high hopes. hav­
ing dcfoa,ed both teams in prior
match-ups. But the outcome was
not 10 be the same this time.
After survivfng canceled
0ights and a long drive from
Spokane 10 Walla Walla, the Plos
arrived .it Whitman Co11ege
looking for a win. But this was
nol the case, as lhe Pios were:
rebuffed in three straight games
(10-15, 9-15, 11-15). Freshman
Devon McGinnis. recovering
from an ankle sprain, was a
spark for the Pills, hitting 32
percent with 6 kills and 2 blocks.
Outside hitter Kasey Cordell also
contributed with 10 kills and 15
digs, while follow junior Amber
Smuh racked up 5 kUls and 15
digs. Senior setter Kim Howard
provided great defense m the 1'he Plos headed back to Spo-kills and 4 blocks. The bright
kane on SatUrday to take on spot of the Pioneer defense was
Whitworth College. The Plos sophomore Erin Comstock. col­
handled them easily in the llrst lecting a season best 19 digs in
game defeating the Pirates 15-5 the four game duel.
and then bounced out to an early The Pios ended their season
8-0 lead fn 1hc second game. 8-16overall, finlshingsc.vcn1h in
Then things 100k a tum for the the conference. The Pios have
wor!l<!. The Pirates slowly inched slowly but steadily been moving
back into l he second game and up m the league In the las, few
went on to win 15-8. The trend years and arc looking to some or
continued through the third and the younger players to step in
fourth games, which the Pirates nex, year and fill the holes
won 15-13 ,md 15-9. Seniors Howard and Hockett will le.we.
Tara Hockett and Kim l·loward
played well for the Pios in the
loss. however, as they bid foi-c­
well LO their LC volleyball ca•
rcers. Hockett collected l l kills
nnd 13 digs, while Howard had
48 assists and 8 digs. McGinnis
played well again amassing 7
kills while hitting at 26 percent.
Teammates Smilh and Cordell
added highlights collecting 9 and
16 kills respectively. Freshman
middle blocker Kara Fox per• Freshman Kate McKay looks 10
t:tke ove.r the reins ncxl year as
1he setter for the Pios, while jun­
ior Maile Barrell will step in as
an outside hitter. Barrcn's season
was plagued this year by• shoul­
der injury that ts being treated
surgically and should be healed
by next fall. With the now expe­
rienced freshman and , he four
retumingstaners. 1hc Pios hope
to continue their improvement
ncxl yc.1r.
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Friday
Nov. 6
Fall Jazz Night with the
Lewis & Clark Jazz
Ensemble at 8 pm in
Evans Auditorium.
Saturday
Nov. 7
Volleyball @ Northwest
Conference Tournament,
tunes and location Iba.
Football vs. Eastern
Oregon al 1 pm in
Griswold Stadium:
Reserved seats, $6 adults,
$4 students; general. $5
adults, $3 students; free to
LC community.
SOFA Cinema presents
the The Sweet Hereafter.
winner of the Grand Prix at
the Cannes Film Festival, at
7:30 and 10 pm in the
Council Chamber. Drum Circle without the
full moon is still meant to
be enjoyed ;ust the same.
No experience necessary
and there are extra drums
so come play or just dance
at 10 pm in the chapel. t ,
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Live Music with Flatland
who opened for Herbie
Hancock and will play their
acid jazz at 10 pm In
the Plattform.
Sunday
Nov. 8
SOFA Cinema Sunday
Matinee presents
Scream 2 starring
Neve Campbell at
1 :30 pm in the
Council Chamber. Chapel Concert Series
featuring the Dan Balmer
Trio at 2 pm in the chapel.
Cost: $5 general,
$1 LC community.
Monday
Nov. 9
Deadline: last day to
withdraw from classes that
just bog you down.
Physics Colloquium on
Quantum Mechanics,
Hidden Variables and Bell's
Theorem: An Introduction
to Quantum Philosophy by
Scol't Cohen, Reed College,
at 4 pm in Olin 204.
A Capella Concert
featuring the talents of The
Overtones at 8 pm in
the chapel. Tuesday
Nov.10
Reading/Open Mic co­
sponsored by Lit Review,
Pause., Polyglot, Synergia
featuring something from
each publication from last
year plus new material
from whoever has some at
9 pm in the Plattform.
Wednesday
Nov. 11
Fiction Reading by Robin
Hemley at 7 pm in the
Armstrong Lounge of the
Manor House.
INSTANT CREDIT Thursday
Nov. 12
Volleyball @ NCAA Ill
Regionals with times and
location tba.
Fall Play showcases
Twelfth Night by William
Shakespeare at 8 pm on the
Main Sl3ge in Fir Aaes
Theater. Prices: $6 general;
$3 alumni, senior citizens
and non-Lewis & Clark
students; $1 LC community.
Friday
Nov. 13
Volleyball @ NCAA Ill
Regionals with times and
location tba.
Fall Play featuring Twelfth
Night by William
Shakespeare at 8 pm on the
Main Stage in Fir Aae$
Theater. Cost: $6 general;
J3 alumni, senior citizens
and non-Lewis & Clark
students; $1 LC community.
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