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1999-10-01

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Environmental Symposium
promises heated debates
by Laurel Brauns and Gene Wl~son Professor Evan Williams who aspcc1s of the: environmental
has been Instrumental in mak• movement. 11 is one of the best
Encompassmg a wuk vanety ing the symposium a reality al features of the environmental
of 1optcs over its live day run, LC. swdies major at 1his college,"
the Second Annual Symposium The symposium, which will said Georgiana Hale, a junior at
on Environmental Affairs w,11 be Oct. 18-22, is designed lO be LC.
bring panelists or diverse view• equally appealing to under- The ~rgank beginnings of 1he
pomts on cnv1ronmcn1al issues graduale students, law studcms, symposmm were m the spnng
10 Lew15 & Clark College. The faculty. srnff and the Pon land semester of 1997. when a group
nine panel discussions arc de-cominunily. Following the great or Environmental Studies stu•
S1gned 10 bnng" spectrum of successoflast)'ear'ssymposium dents go1 1oge1her to discuss
op1111<,ns 10 the table 10 discuss 1ha1 wasanended by nearly 1500 what would be a relevant culmi­
rclcvant and pressing environ- par1icipams the organizers arc nation of their four years at LC.
mcninl issues. "We hope 10 rnise siriving to provide a wide spec-These ten s1udems, who would
awareness of env,ronmenial irum of interesting topics and be the first graduanng class of
problems and their resultant SO· engaging speakers. "The S)'mpo- Environmenrnl Studies maJors,
lm1ons, ,\fhilc maimaimnga ho• sium is an incrcdibk opponu- had an cnom·1ous enthusiasm for
lisuc balance between the three nity tomcc, i11Spira1ional people the major and wished w make a
academic divisions," explained who are involved with the many very public demonslrallon for
------------------------, their flnal projccl. Out or 1h1s ex-
~--.~ traordinary enthusiasm Lhr. idea
FtfOlO I'/ GfN!: WIXSON
On Thursday, Sept. 30, the Manor House was
rededicated as the Frank Manor House in honor of the
original owner on which Lewis & Clark College rests. of a wccklong Symposium on a
variety of cnvLronmcntal topics
emerged. The First Annual Sym­
posium occured in Oct. or 1998
to great reviews and £ull .. aud;­
tnccs.
One of the challenge.• this
ycar·s organi zcrs faced was
bulldi11g upon 1he success of 1hc
lirsl Sympasmm without becom­
ing yesterda)''S news. ln the
sprint or 1998 thestudcms who
arc currently Environmrmal
see symposium, page 2
SAAB extends grant deadline
by Andrew Zahler
1 he Student Academic Affairs
Board (SAAB) vo1cd las1 wee.k 10
crcaic a rolling dcadhnc for perfor­
mnnce grant apphC11tions The dc­
cis1011 came m response to com·
plaints abou1 thcshon notice or 1hc
original Sept. l7 tlcadhne
In .i.ddiuon. concern has 11sen
abou1 the slow start for 1hc tu1or­
mg program thlS year. Dcspllc the
tarly cn1iclsm, the new ASLC Vice
President for Student Academic Af.
fairs, senior Kaile Thomas, has
brough1 a number of ideas for im­
proving and expanding 1hc pro­
grams under SAAB. ,, ____ _
"We realize that this
was awfully short
notice for senior art,
music and theater
majors."
'' Thomas says 1h01 confus,on
abou11he perfonnance grants s1c111S
from l'Onsohdatmg 1hc apphcmon
deadhnc m10 one do), lt1 1hc pasl
all prrformance gran1 applica1ions
were awarded on• rolling b:1sisdur­
mg 1hc fall semmer. According to
Thomas and Katherine Bovee, tht
SAAB rtpresen1ativc from the an
depanmcn1, the board vo1ed last
year 10 hold one deadline 10 ensure
1h01 gr.mis wcni 10 1hc strongcs1
proposals, not Just to 1hose 1umed
in Ois1. "1l,.1st yearl our budget for per­
formance grants ran out early on in
the semester Many members ex­
pressed frustr.ttion when we were
not abk 10 give stronger grnnts that
nppearcd la1er in the semester an
adequa1c amount or money,· Bovee,
a sophomore, said,
The single dL'll<lline, ahhough
lniendcd 10 make 1he process faim,
caugh1 many art, musk and ,healer
majors who depend on granls iu
fund senior proiects by surprise.
Angela Kearney, a s.:nior major­
ing m art and biology. found out
nboltl 1hegra01 appliC111ion deadline
1he Friday before ii was due. "h is
occepiable for a person 10 come up
with the applic3lion over a week­
end, btt1 to expect your advisor to
make time 10 wriLC a rccommcnda-
1ion whh such shorl notice ls no1
okay," she saul SAAB granted
Kearney 5400 1oward materials for
her senior ceramics project. 01he,
than the short notice, she [ch that
the applica1ion process wcnl well.
In light of the confuston. 1hc
board voted to rei1151a1e the rolling
deadline while honoring the pro•
posals submiucd xp1 27. "We rc­
.1lize 1ha1 this was awfully short
no1icc for senior11n, music nnd 1hc­
atcr majors," Thomas said.
Bui ,he seven proposals that
1he board reviewed Oct. 2 actu­
ally represent an Increase from
last year, when the board re­
ceived four performance grants
total. Thomas hopes 1ha1 the
rolhng deadline will encourage
more students 10 apply. ·1 1hink the response for all
granl5 will be big this year," Tho,
mas projccrcd. With I he help of
smclem representatives from the
departments. such as Bovee, she
has orgamzed a pubhcuy drive
to cducale studcnl5 abom SAAB.
Also, with an CXll':I $4,000 on
1hc budgc1, Thomas looks for­
ward to doling ou, more research
and performance grani.s this year
,vi1hout cutting away from 01her
grants or the t·utonng program.
According to the SAAB by­
laws, SAAB was created in 1982
"'to suppon r~scarch and cur•
riculum cnhanc.e.mcnt at depart•
mental and inter-departmental
levels through the collabor:itive
efforts of s1udcn1S and faculty.·
Today, the board oversees the
distribution of grants for re­
search, conferences, perfor­
mances and visiung scholars,
and runs n 1u1oringprogram that
employs majors from the aca­
dcm,c dcparunen1s.
SAAB tutoring has s1ancd up
more slowly than usual this )'tar.
Acconhng 10 Thomas. the direc­
tor of llttoring, Jillian Schmidt,
lacked comple1e records from
last year and several depart•
mcnts have been slow in re•
spondong 10 SAAB's requests for
tutors. Speaking at the faculty
meeting this week, Thomas rx­
plnined the boo.rd's expectations
from the departments in ex­
change for providing a free m-
see SAAB, page 2 Critical Mass ride
unites bicyclists
by Andrew Parker gets to conve~e -and demon•
stra1c a susmnable ahema•
Once again, a diverse crew
ofbike-cr.uy commu1ersga1h•
ercd under the Burnside
bridge on Sept. 2'! for Crhi•
cal Mass. Over 100 bicyclists
from all over Portland congre­
gated for the monthly evc.111
conirived in the efforts 10 m­
crease bicycle awareness.
Cri1ical Mass, spawned in
1992 as a direc1-ac1ion re•
sponsc 10 increasing 1raffic
eongcstion in the San Fran•
cisco Bay area, has become an
lnternatio'nall)' recognized
icon of the ahemarive trans­
porllltion movemenl. ln cel­
t-bration of the growing de­
m:rnd for alternative 1cchnolo•
gies around the globe, along
with the Increasing need 10
promo1e bicycle awareness,
Ponlands Critical Mass pro•
v,des a direct vehicle for ex­
pressing the magnitude of the
bicycle movement.
But bikes aren't all that
Cri1kal Mass is aboul. Enconh
passing multiple sociaVenvi•
ronm<ntal issues sueh as green
technology, sel[-sufl'lcicncy,
sustainable transponation,
3nd social equity, Critical Mass
becomes much more 1han just
your afternoon bike ride.
Many acllvisl5 recognize 1he
intrinsic connections among
many of these sociaVcnviron­
mental issues 3nd, in mm. a1-
tcmp1 10 bring greater mean­
Ing and dfccliveness 10 the
mon1hly excursion.
Whe1hcr it's trom the bike
sc.tt or ,he side street, panic!•
pants and onlookers alike are
undoubleclly h1teres1ed ln the
passionate_ energy that many
of the bike activists Cl<Udc. •tr
nothing else, people arc forced
10 s1op, take a brtathex from
the fast-paced life in a cat, and
think about the potential cf.
fects of their bchaviot, • says
junior Cris1ina Marino. "Eq­
uitv is essential here. Bikers
sh;uld have equal representa•
tion on the road.• Herc,
Marino Cl<prcsses a common
qualm felt amongst many o(
the. Critical Mass riders.
Some bicycllstsfccl thereis
inadequate respect and sup­
port exhibited towards their
chosen method of 1ranspor1a­
tio11. Man)' feel that the
present transportation sys­
tems heavily favor the pct•
sonal automobile, and there­
fore are not only socially and
economically unjtl5t, bt11 also
ecological.ly unsustainable.
These bikci:s want to bring is­
sues of resource <kplclion and
environm~nutl pollutlon by
automobiles 10 the forefr11nt
and sho..,,1 what can be done to
counteract them. Critics! Mass
enables bike acuvlsts, bike
commuters, and bike mcssen-tive.
Cor1Seque11tly, the intense
passion for pedals exhibited
by the mass riders can some­
times invigorate spomaneous
action and, in response, in•
spire imervention from local
au1hori1ies. ln many casts,
red lights are run, traflk is
blocked, and emotioM nare.
This can and has led 10 ar•
reslS, citations. and ammos­
ily among bike.rs, drivers, and
police. Jn addilion, due_ 10 the
diverse contrast In perspec•
1lves on biking ethics and re•
sponslble behavior, the cohe­
sion of the_ mass can some­
limes be questlonable. Some­
times, riders will behave ag­
gressively. violating trafffc
laws and di.sTespec1ing those
driving around them. This be­
havior brings up many tlcbat·
able aspects of the underlying
motives andethit:tl =ning
behind the mo...ss Itself.
Some bikers feel thot mu­
tual respect and compromise
is the only way to receive eq•
ulty In a transportation svs­
tem geared toward car use,
while others promote :i.nd ex­
hibit civil disobedience as the
most effcc_1ivc means ln
achieving social change.
There was one citatlon given
at last mon1h's ride, in which
a police 1>fficer pulled over a
Lewis & Clark student ac­
cused 1>f running a red lighL
This Instance inspired •
heated discussion bet ween
police and bikers about
whether breaking laws was
necessary for social change to
occur. Tbe police agreed that
bikers had the Tight 10 be
demonstrating ond were in
support of the cause, however
thcv insisted that riders must
pro'm.ote beliefs in a legal and
respectful manner. Once
again, the mass dispersed, and
another months ride trickled
back Into the city.
The mass entailed expo­
sure, communal expencncc,
and emotional expression.
and as always, mi11ds were
-racing with ideas of wha, to
do differently next month.
and bow commonalilks
might be bridged. Senior
Kristin Casper concluded af­
ter the ride, •There delinltcly
has 10 be more open commu­
nication between activists and
a111hori1y regal'ding effec,ive
social change and civil dis­
obedience. Whtn people talk
with each 0th.er, they realize
where people are coming
from. This undersl.~nding is
necessarv for harmonious re-­
latlons t~ occur between con­
flicung opimons. • =Pi=on=ee=·r =Lo:Q:g======N e'WS============
Environmental Symposium
invites intelligent dialogue
continued from page 1
S1ud1es seniors met :ind de ..
cadcd lO retain Lhc ronmu from
1he previous year, They also
made n dcc1..<;1on to nm Connally
announce n theme, but to focus
their tlllcnllon on providing m ..
tcresting panels that embraced
the concept of lhc •·cn\litonml'n·
tal tripod" on whith the major
is founded. This has led to pml·
ds ranging from Soda) and Ec;o­
los:1c1l Implications of Or12anic
Agriculture 10 Salmon Recovery·
I$ Dam Rt·mov;!) 1hr An$w<:r.
•we have foc11scd our aucntion
predomiJ>ately on importMt en­
vironmental problems right here
in the Pacific Northwest," said
Gene Wixson, astuclcnt who has
been active In the planning of
the Symposium.
The first d.ay of the Sympo­
smm will open with a clean en­
ergy fair Lhat brings clecuic bi­
cycles and n natural gas van to
1 he quad near the I ibrary. This
practical application or cnviron­
mcn ta 1 solutions will be fol­
lowed that afternoon from J:J0-
5:30. with a discussion of a pro­
posal 10 deepen the Columbia
River shipping channel. This
proposal, which has serious tm•
plications lO 1hc local commu•
nitics, has received <:nllc1sm
rrom in:my citizens. but is sup~
ported by the shipping industry and the Pon of Por1land.
On Monday evening m the
chapel. David Brower. former
President of I he Sierra Club and
current cha1minn of 1hc Earth
Island lns111u1e, will dehvcr an
address cn11llcd Enviroomcmal
Aruv1sm m 1hr New Millen·
nium Also appearmg 10 speak
brie0)• and ask <1ucs11ons ol
Brower will be £our loc.,I c,mscr­
va uon leaders. Brower, now
cigh1y-sc,•cn years old, w11h
nearly scvcmy years: or ncuvist
experience is well <1ualified 10
speak on how the c1wironmcn•
tal movement must rhange and
evolve to engage a new genera•
tion of committed stewards ol
the cnvironmcnl. '"Brower 1s a
living legend, and we are hon­
ored to have him come to Lewis
& Clark," said Kristin Casper,
another of thr student organiz•
ers.
For the entire week. sessions
will continue every aflernoon
and evening, always providing
an opportunily to raise Lhe dis~
cussion and awareness of these
issues to a regional and nmional
kvel. Of special note is Thurs.
day, when debates abou1 policy
nrc set aside and cost / benefit
analysis is no longercoMidercd.
There will be a celebration of the
more artistic side of 1hc environ­
mental movement. That day the
Tea Horse, a projecl sponsored by City Repair d,csignecl 10 pro­
mote tf)mmunlty and raise
owarcnts.s, will visit our campus.
There will be a poetry slam, an
an show, and modern dancer
Lmda K.Johnson will present an
. msiallailon of a dance projecl
lhat c.xamincs the: impact of tht:
Urhan Growth Boundary. That
cvcnrng Kim Stafford, the direc­
tor of the Nori hwcs1 Wri11ng
lns1i1111c, will ho~, am hors Rob­
ert P)'k. Robm Cody and Molly
Gloss tv read from their works.
l'ollowmg I h,s, ac11vis1
songwrilcr Peg M1lle1 wlll close
the evening w11h inspiration lyr­
ics abo111 her dcc'1dcs in the con­
servation movement.
On Friday, the Symposium
looks beyond simply local issues
, whh panels on possible human
rights violations associated with
pesticide use and the c<:onomk
and environmental tradeoffs of
globalization. With hoth of 1hese
topics currently present in both
legal and lc.gisla1;ve baules, they
promise to provide a fitting close
10 a full week or ,exciting topics.
"-We have so met hmg for every•
one, so come out and see as
many panels as possible," said
Andy Parker, ano1hc.r one of the
students who has been ex­
tremely active in organizing this
event. A full sc hcdulc can be
folll>d in this Pioneer Log or at
(www.lclark.edu/-csm.)
SAAB focuses on curriculum issues
continued from page 1
-toring program.
To bolster 1hc program, 1he
board has created mandatory
tr:uning sessions and a hand•
book of learning s1ylcs and
teaching 1cchniqucs. TIH>mas
anticipa1cs a large demand for
tutoring from 1hc rccord-sc1ting
lreshman class.
The SAAB bylaws identify an­
other funcuon of 1hc board:
"where appropnate. SAAB shall
lormulatc and rct:ommcncl ,.policy 10 the facuhy and admm•
is1ra1ion through established
channels.· The bylaws describe
such channels as !acuity meet­
mgs, consultalions w1lh che
Dean of the College and mcc1-
mgs with the faculty Comm,nec
on rhc Curnculum buL don't de•
fine "where appropriate."
Accordingly. Thomas has sci
an addu,onal goal of improvmg
1h1s area of SAAB's mandate.
"Last year we never had enough
11mc to t::ilk abom the currtcu4
lum." she soid. "Tlus year 1'1n making time; eilher the meetings
will go longer or we won't have
as much discussion on the
grams."
Acknowledging 1he cxhaus­
tivceffons of Erin Bailc.y '99, her
predecessor, in revamping ,he
grant progrnrns, 'Thomas and the
board want 10 "focus on student
academic affairs, 1nclud1ng con-­
cems students have abom cur•
nculum and faculty rcLcnuon
1ss11cs. I really bc:lievc this is one
of the mosl imponam reasons
for havmg a group hke tlus.·
SAAB Update
Tins week w,,s a very eventful
week In s1Udcn1 ac.1den11c affaus,
The Board nm 011 S.11urday morn­
Ing 10 hear presen1a11011s from eiglu
performance grani apphca111s The
followmg projects were ,,warded
funds
Christnrn ftltgerald received
S525 10 hire three sinng players 10
accompany heqxrformancc 0111 he
oboe. Christrna's recital program
.w1ll l11ghhgl11 arlim or 1hc 1we111l­
c1h century, indudmg ., new work
hy Joseph Waiers, Composnwn
!'rofcssur here a1 LC
Angela Kc:arncy was .aw:1rdcd
HOO 10 purchase materials for her
~t"mor an projcc1 in ceranucs 5hr
l re::llin_g 1hrec-dimcns1onal, hrt!~
«I human figures made of clay,
.. ire, pho1ographs, and willow
Jnches. Her work will be on dis­
.ty :u Lhc: Senior An Show m htte
.irch.
Leah Murphy, Erik Yates, and
I rik Knight combined their three
>epara1< grant applications and
were awarded $1200 10 hire a string quartet Leah Murphy's senior mu­
>iC rcci1'1l will include her pcrfor­
numcc on 1hc flule ,1.s well as the
perfornm,cc of h<r own composl­
uons by the wing quorlCI Erik
\'ates w,11 also use the siring quar·
1e1 10 perform 111s co111posi1ion "The
Marmgc of Heaven an<l Hell'. Erik':,
piece will lncorpornte 1he readmg
aloud ol excerpts of the Blake pocm
of 1heso1ne n,nnc. faik Kmgh1 rcp­
n:S<nted lus composition cl.1>s In his
apphcallon, and will use 1he stnng
qurirtct to perform 1hc compos-iuoos
written b)' >1uden1s in his cl:lss at a
concert free 10 1hc Lcw,s & Clark
,ommurmy.
l.cif Peterson. was awarded $85-1
to bu)' 1he addi1t0nal ,upplies
needed for lus senior an project
combining sculpture wn h film I.ti[
as using thtS combination 10 explore
mystery and memory m a unique
way. His project will also be on dis,
play al 1hc Senior Ari Show 1his
Spring,
Jcnnikr Cameron was awarded
$2000 10 hire professional musi,
2 Pioneer Log October 8, 1999 dans to pcrlonn pieces thot she wlll
be conducting. Jenny is I.Cs ftrsi
music conducting major and plans
la pursue 3 gmduatc degree In con­
ducung.
The Boa«! will continue lo ac­
cept performance grunt apphca1ions
for rrv,ew 1his semester due 10 the
exccp1ion,1lly c,rly deadline. Applt­
cauon, arc due on the Wednesday
bdore the Mond•y 1h01 1he applt­
c.mt would like 10 presenl to 1he
Board
ln tlus Monday's meeting, the
Board ~lso rn·icwcd a conference
grant Aaron Green was aw.udc<l
S35-1.95 to aucnd and present 01 a
conference at Duke University en-
111 lcd "ldcnufying and Mobili:ing
Resonrce., for Aco demic Integrity."
A,ron 1s a member of LCs Honor
Board and will be presenting along
w11h p:1st Honor Board chairs on 1ht:
ways m which the Honor Board
implements 1he Colleges Academic
ln1cgri1y Policy. Mellon Grant strengthens
Environmental Stucfles
by Aaron Blackwell
Lewis Sr Clark College has
been given a S300,000 grant
from 1he Andnw W. Mellon
Foundation, for th< purpose or
enriching the Envi1onmeni.l
S1udics prognm. The gron1's
main purpose is lo provide fund,
Ing for the creation of• new foc-
1d1y posllion In Eanh Science.
The new faculty member
will be hired primarily 10 te:ich
an introductory class in environ­
mental geology. 1'he addition of
such a course Is cxpcc1ed to
s1rcng1hcn the Environmental
Studies major by building on
whai is n:.ferrcd to in 1be gnnt
proposal as 1ht "tn\'lronmcntal­
rripod principle.' whlch ls a vi­
sion of environmental studies as
built on the S<icnces, social sci­
ences, particularly politics and
economics. and the. humanities,
panicularly ethical and moral ls·
sues.
The search for someone to
fill the new posilion will begin
la1er 1hls year. The hiring corn•
mince will be looking at appli•
cants with a wide range of back•
grounds, but most likely will be
hiring someone wil.h a Ph.D. in
geophysics, geochemistry or an•
olher ear1h science wi1ha relaird
specialty. Evan Williams,chairof
1he Environmental Studits pro­
gram, said !hat they may be look­
ing for someone with interests
from 'atmospheric dynamics 10
paleontology,•
With such a broad spectrum of possible interests, a vast range
of upper level courses could also
come 11110 being m the ncxt!ew
ycors Cours,ssuchasae1ivc1ec-
1onlcs, geomorphology, palcocli­
nmology, or hydrology could be
offered on • ro1a1lng bas,s
The gntnt will also be used
to stan ~1 leas1 1wo new course.,,
which will furthers11cng1hen 1he
·environmental-tripod." An en•
vironmemal law colloqmum for
upp<:r level studies will be ere•
ated wi1h help from che North•
wcslem School or Law. For this
clas.<, each of the environmental
btw faculty, the program direc-
1or and 1he •nnual na111ral•re•
sources fellow will give. one or
1wo lectures on their area of ex•
pcnise.
Another class. tentatively
titled Philosophy and Practice of
EnvironmcntaVEcological Edu­
cation will also be created for
Environmen1al S1udies majors
who have taken Educa1ion 201,
Educa1ion fn Modern Socic1y.
Thls class will be based around
a classroom practicum with a
Portland area K-12 teacher who
incorporates environmental
s1udits in10 hls or her cunlcu­
lum. The cour~ ·will also focus
on "ecologlcal" education,
meaning du1 il will focus on Ilic
relationships between org•n•
isms, including humans.
"h's really exc.iting! • said
Professor Evan'Williains, stress­
ing again the extent to which
this grnnl will enrich Ifie Envi­
ronment:tl S1udics major, =11~~bs; Update -
After a lengthy discussion a1 the
fall retreat, Council voted 10 in­
crease the salaries of all Council
members and Council stulT mem­
bers by 5 percent as is provided for
in the ASLC Council bylaws. Ac­
cordingly, Council has decided 10
review all ASLC-funded salaries (m•
eluding those for media staffs and
the s1affs o[ the student puhlica•
lions) l!tter this year Shuttle complaints
Some compla1111s were brought
up a1 the council mee1ing and d1-
rcc1ed 10 Gene Wixson. The discus­
sion included eomplamts abou1 the
danger of 1in1ed windows on the van
and the tardiness of the downtown
shun le. These issues will J-.,dlrecttd
10 Ilic appropriate nu1hon1ics.
~ Crime Beat
courtesy of Gregg J. Wanciak, Campus Safety
Sept. 11-18, 1999
September 27, 1999 September 29, 1999
A student suffered a seizure A room ,n Copeland was
while m class 1n Bodine. and searched, based on mforma•
was 1ranspor1cd 10 OHSU by I Ion received by Campus
ambulance. Safe1y Marijuona and a glass
Al abom l 1.20 pm the glas.<
m 1hc doorio 1hc Bon 1\ppc1i1
orl1ce was found smashed
The.re w,1..'i no ~vidcncc or en•
1ry 10 the office 01 thdt No
wuncsscs we.re lound.
September 28, 1999
The Resident Director of
Forest/tlarukld noticed the
smell or martj<tana coming
from n room in Alder Campus
Sn.fct)' was called. Mn.rijuana.
rolling p•pers. and• glass pipe
were confiscated from the
room. pipe were conf1sca1cd,
October 2, 1999
So111co11c ancrnptcd 10 dc­
lcat 1hc locking device on the
lower campus nn.gpolc by I ry-
111g 10 burn 1hrough a plasuc
coated steel cable, prubahly
w11h a hghtrr. Failing at that,
the person burned through the
!lag-pole rope instead
October 3. 1999
The Rcsiclcn1 Director of
Copeland found the gas cap
missing from h,s vehicle. He
also found a note taped 10 his
vehicle. The note consisted of
the leuers 'TM/\:. ==Pio==n==ee=lir L~og~=====Foru 171========
etegonian series lambasts environmentalists
Biased reporting
labels activists as
'eco-terrprists'
commentary by laurel Brauns
I am writing in response to
The Orcgottian's series on eco•ter•
rorism, which ran for four con•
sccu1 ive days on the front page.
Although there are numerous
slanderous and conspiratorial
implications 10 these articles, the
primary problem is that The Or­
egonian plots environmentalists
against society. Throughout the
series, the only rcpresemalion of
envi.ronmcntali.sts is as violent
cxtrcroisLS. The authors even go
so far as to equate cnvironmcn•
talis1s with the Oklahoma City
bombers. These harmful por­
trayals appear 10 be a purpose­
ful a11emp1 10 instill fear of ac­
tivism in the ch izens or Oregon. ,, ____ _
As students and citi­
zens of this country
we cannot let such a
blatant display of
media mind control
go unquestioned. _____ ,,
they chose 10 represent the en·
tire movement. In addition. the
articles continually highlight the
same incidents, such as the
burning of a ski area in Vail, in
orderto make it seem as if I hese
displ.ays are actually common•
place. Nowhere in the series is
there mention of the average
peaceful protest that character•
izcs the environmental move•
ment. In addition, there is no
mention of the posiuve aspects
The articles examine radical
activists such as Craig
Rosebraugh, the spokesperson .. •
[or various animal protection """'
groups, and present him in a
manner in which he does seem
irrational and violc111. and yet he
is one of the only the activists of envtronmemahsm: m rae1 TI1e
Oregonian makes corporations
lhar have been rnconvemcnccd
by new rcgulatlo:ns cxpcdnecl by
the movement look like victims.
L"lSt, there ,s no detailed exami­
nation of why some people Feel
the need to reson 10 such ex•
1rcmism. To 1he average reader,
the voice of 1hc environmemal
movcmcm is warped. v1olem,
and ex1re1ne.
Beyond the mi.srepresen1a1ion or cnvironmen1alism and the
lack of explanation for the cause
of protest. these articles bring
10 light some overwhelming
shoncomings or I.he me­
dia in general. Given that nc.irly all o( our media m
this country arc controlled by
fower than six corporations, we
must ask ourselves wh,u the mo•
1iva11on of the Oregonian was 10
write a four par1 series I hat se•
ve.rcly crllicizes the actions of
citizens that are lighting against
the government and these cor•
porations. Believe ii or not, most
Americans do no1 read newspa• pers and watch TV with a cri1i•
cal eye. If this report has such
obviously diseased mo11vatlons,
wh:u else. do we as citizens rwd
every day 1ha1 perpetuates the
SlalUS quo?
The power I hat the media
have ove_r the people becomes
dear when the effects of 1his se­
ries are examined. Shortly a her
this series ran. politicians re•
ceived hundreds of phone calls
requesting 1ha1 more be done 10
stop this "underground am,y" in
addition 10 demanding that tree•
siuers be removed from Eagle
Creek. Sadly, the very next day
the National Forest Service ar­
rived al Eagle Creek to harass
these peaceful protesters.
These articles are severely bi­
ased towards the timber indus­
try, large corporations and the
government. As students and
citizens or this country we can•
not let such a blatant display of
media mind control go unques­
tioned. II is up to all of us 10 sup•
port the rights of citizens 10 pro­
test and 10 make ii our duty LO
stand up against these strong­
holds that arc ckstroying our
beautifol environment.
Starbucks, .like capitalism, is a great institution
a response by Darnen B. Gilland
Back in 1971, a coffee shop
opened in a small open-air mar•
kct located In 1ht heart of down­
town Seaule. All the coffee shop
sold, as all coffee shops d,d at
the time, was simple black cof•
fee and ma)•be a doughnut or
two. The name of this store was
probably unknown 10 all but the
most loy,i l of patrons.
Since then, Starbucks has
grown into 1hc gigan1ic franchise
that we know and lo"c
today. Somehow along the way
it became worth)' of protest from
Lewis & Clark students and
alumni. "Is h some coincidence
1ha1 there arc Starbucks on ev­
ery s1rcc1 comer? I think not."
The success of Starbucks is no
accident: a 101 of genuine bard
work and thought have gone
mto it~
it's hard for me to sec wh>•
anyone wouldn't like Starbucks:
n has the two main things that
people want in a coffee shop:
good coffee and a good atmo­
sphere. I find ii quecnhat people
would feel the need 10 protest a
business for doing what all busi­
nesses do. I think then that a
protest of Slarbucks is not in truth a protest of Starbucks, bu1
rather of economic freedom (or
for 1he more cynical, just an•
other method of expressing teen•
age angsl).
Freedom is very good; this
concept is universal. Capitalism
is ail about free choice.
Starbucks has succeeded be•
c..-nuse people want what ii can
provide: they are willing 10 give
their money. the physical cm•
bodimenl of their labor, in ex•
change for a cup of Joe. Nobody
is forced 10 go 10 Starbucks, and
Starbucks certainly doesn't re­
ceive any income from the gov­
!'rnmcnt -Starbucks has made
iL big by co,wincing people that
it has a product worthy of t.htir
consump1ion.
in a free capitalistic society,
unlike oppressive socialistic and
communistic sodc1ies. all some•
one has 10 do in order to make
it big is provide • good that
people wan1 more than any other
good available 10 1 hem.
Starbucks distinguished itself in
l98S by hringing the espresso
stand. a major fixture from many
European ciues, 10 Sea11lc -
thus the Emerald Cny became
the coffee '3pital of America.
Despite n'> charges ever he• ing filed by the Justice Depart•
ment, one protcstor claimed d1at
Starbucks uses "predatory and
anti•compctitivc business prac•
ticcs ... Smee lite co.st of srnrting
a colTec shop (or simply buying
an espresso machine so you.
wouldn't have to go 10 a coffee
shop) isn\ that extreme, this is
an absurd assertion. Since other
viable opt.ions arc widcl)' avail•
able, one must conclude Lha1 1he
threat of a Starbucks monopoly
is nonexisu:nt and Starbucks
enjoys such prosperil y because
it is in fact a superior qualh y
s10re.
So long as we keep govern•
mcnt inLervcn tion small, all
businesses, includingSiarbucks,
will be pcrpe1uaily forced 10
strive to compete in areas such
as product quality, availability,
store ambiance -the list goes
on and on. l n some cases
Starbucks will prosper and in
some ii will fail, but the most
important thing is that in all
cases lhe consumer will h.,vc tht
ability to frcc.ly choose the prod­
ucts on which llt~y want to
spend their money.
Some or the pr0LCSLOrs were
reduced LO taking cheap sho,s 10
try 10 establish their faulty
Letters to the Editor
A call to strike
intolerance from
our campus
"l believed I was in a pince
where I could feel s.,fc and se­
cure m my 1dcn11ty,10 wrote Kito
Alvarez m a United Scxu~tl111cs
le11er to the Piolog last week.
Th-a1 tcncrwas In response to th.:
homoph11b1c grnffill rnmlcnl 3l
a Unncd Scxunhucs mceung. lt
should go w11hout <1ncstton that
lhc .iudents uf Lewis & Cl.irk
oughl to be a con1mun11y4re•
,ponsibic student body.
P:in ul lostcnng this respon-sibility ,s the existence and ac•
1ion or such groups as Uni1ccl
Sexualities. They take the posi•
uon or ··an :ic1ive group, n social
nwnrencss group, a supporl
group, and a social club." These
qu.ihtics ofbcmg acuvc. socu,lly
t1warc, ;1nd suppor11vc 111 the
community .trc nil cxcrc1scs 111
rcsponsth1l11y. An ouack on such
r1 group 1s an auack on rcspon•
G1hlc ethic.-;. J u~t week Lhcrr was
~n mcidcnt of M'Xu,11 a~:mll on
our t·:unpus ln a rcsponSJblc.
canng comrnumty. 1m:u.lcn1s
~m 1t .l.S these umnot an<l w,11 not
be 1olcra1eJ Let u, tqert tins
rntolcrancc .Hid work 10 strcngLhcn our community. Sc­
heve in being a rcsponsH,lc com•
munuy, and make it happen, For
mformation on ASLC or
Untied Scxuali11es, please
email «1slc@lclark.edu> or
<us@kbrk.edu>.
ASLC Executive Council
Correction
The Pioneer Log incorrectly
referred to Ivan Malusk, as
lhe leader of the Cascad,a
Forest Revue an the last issue.
II IS aclually th• Cascad,a
Forest Alliance, and Malusk1
Is nol lht sole le,,d« The
P1onee, log regrets. the erro1 claims. One protestor pointed Surely they m<LSI see 1ha1 pro•
out 1hn1 many of the people 10 testing is no way 10 go about
support Starbucks were "'thirty',., shutting down an economic m­
somcthing white males,· the tra· s1i1111ion. So long as Starbucks
ditional enemy 0£ the protesting COtHinucs to produce. goods that
college student. Discrimination are superior to that of the com­
against anyone based on gender. pclilion, people will choose LO
ethnicity, or age should not be a go to Starbucks. If the goal of the
quality we foster at LC. More- protcstors was to close down
over, using stereotypes 10 de• Starbucks they would do beucr
value the opinior• of dissenters to put their effort mto starung a
betrays a lack of sustcnLacular rival company capable of pro­
evidence on the part of the pro• ducing goods Lha1 have a higher
testers. demand I han Starbucks coffee.
The overall motives of the Un11l something bcuer comes
pro1es1ors arc unclear 10 me. along, Starbucks is here to stay.
Eo1TORS•IN•CH1u: Colin J. Seek, Meaghan Lamarre
N,ws Eonoos: Rocky Campbell, Janelle Lamoreaux
FoRUM EonoR: And<ew Zahler
Furu1us EonoR: Aa<on Blackwell
Aats ED1roR: laurel Brauns
s,om Eono•: Dusty Holden
CAUNDAR EonOR; Hillary Panzer
PHOTO EDITOR: Angela Kearney
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Keller, Daisy Morton. Andy Parker, Daniel Ruprecht, Enca
Sebastian, Gene Wixson
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C••C:ULATIOH MANAGER: Peter Bcrkhoul
COMPUTER SPtC1A1JST: Brent Fontana
Wf8MASn.: Linnea Jean Thompson
ADvtsoR: Peter Christensen
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October 8, 1999 Pioneer Log 3 Monday18
, ... .
Tuesday19 ---· -· ... ... ·­-· ·­-·­-Symposit1m on
Environmental
Affairs
Sessions take place in Templeton Student Center, Council
Chamber. except the Monday evening session, which is in
Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
Afternoons 3:30-5:30 p.m.
The Columbia Channel:
Growth of the Port vs. Health of the•
River
Moderator: Charles Ault, Jr., professor of
education, Lewis & Clark College
Graduate School
of Professional Studies
Kathy Taylor, director, Columbia River
Estuary Study Taskforce
Alan Willis, channel deepening project
manager, Port of Portland
Jack Tobin, director, Wahkiakum County
Public Works
Laura Hicks, project manager, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
The Willamette River: Is Superfund
Listing Justified?
Bill Lunch, professor of political science,
Oregon State University
Dan Saltzman, city commissioner,
Portland
Mike Rosen, technical manager, Oregon
Department of Environmental
Quality
Craig Johnston, associate professor of
law, Northwestern School of Law of
Lewis & Clark College Evenings 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Environmental Activism in the New
Millennium
Moderator: Malt Follett '99
David Brower, chair, Earth Island
Institute
Matt Blevins, program director,
Oregon League of Conservation
Voters
Robert Liberty, director, 1000 Friends
of Oregon
Chris Beck, project manager, Trust for
Public Land
Dick Roy, executive director,
Northwest Earth Institute
Location: Agnes Flanagan Chapel
Salmon Recovery: ls Dam Removal
the Answer?
Moderator: James Huffman, professor
of law and dean, Northwestern
School of Law of Lewis & Clark
College
James Buchal, complex civil litigation
specialist and author
Dan Rohlf, instructor 1n law and
director, Pacific Environmental
Advocacy Center
Information: 503-768-7699 or www.lclark.edu/ ~esm
4 Pioneer Log October 8, 1999 Wednesday20
Thursday21
Friday22 Social and Ecological
Implications of Organic Agriculture
Jeff Fairchild, head produce purchaser,
Nature's Northwest
Pablo Produce, People's Food
Cooperative .
Will Newman, owner, Natural Harvest
Farm
A Celebration of Community
Sustainability:
Workshops and Music
Check our Web site at
www.lclark.edu/-esm
for the latest details.
Times: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Pesticide Use:
An Agricultural Need or a Civil Rights
Violation?
Migrant farmworker panel on
pesticide-related illness.
Eileen McCarthy, California Rural Legal
Assistance Corporation
Cesar Hernandez, California Rural
Legal Assistance Corporati:on
Terry Witt, Oregonians for Food and
Shelter
Other panelists to be announced Global Warming and Its Impact
on the Pacific Northwest
George Taylor. director, o·regon Climate
Service
Sam Sadler, energy analyst. Oregon
Department of Energy
Wayne Lei, director of envi1onmental
affairs, PG[
Patrick Ma:zza. research director, Climate
Solutions
Environmental Words and Song
Host-Kim Stafford, director, Northwest
Writing Institute
Robert Pyle, author
Robin Cody, author
Molly Gloss, author
Peg Millett, activist and singer
Globalization:
The Economic/Environmental
Tradeoffs ·•
Victor Menotti, chair, Committee on
Environmental Impact of Economic
Globalization
John Charles, environmental policy
director, Cascade Policy Institute
Chns Wold, instructor in law,
Northwestern School of Law of
Lewis & Oark College
The basic principle of Lewis & Clark's environmental affairs major
1s that every single environmental issue has connections to the
three major acaden1ic subdivisions of the liberal arts:
the natural sciences the social sciences. and the humanities
We like to refer to this as our "environmental-tripod principle."
The goal of this sy1nposiu1n is to create an interactive r orum
for some of the crucial environmental issues of our time
where students, faculty, and visitors, coming fro1n a va1iety of
perspectives can share ideas and learn f'ron, each other.
The sy1nposiu1n is open to the public at no charge.
October 8, 1999 Pioneer Log 5 _Pi_·o_n_e_'er_._Lo..,.g;;;i.,. __________ Arts---------------
Stafford walks in the footsteps of his _father
by Morgan Keller babbled and then a fr.w min mes fruit on campus, a privilege Kim before William seuled at LC course m speak mg nest scmes­
On Tuesday. September 28 at
7:00 pm. while Lhc great major•
ity of the freshman class was
madly studying for iLS first In·
venting America midtenn, Kim
Stafford was reading poems,
singing songs. and strumming
an acoustic guitar in the Manor
House. For an hour and a half
Stafford captivated a sizable au­
dience of community members
and Lewis & Clark staff and s1u­
dcnLS with his lively recitations
of poems from his latest collec­
tion spanning from 1976-1998
entitled A Thousand Friends and
Poems and his soothing lyrics
and melodies on the acoustic
guimr.
Stafford's reading was excep­
tional because ii was not strictly
a reading of his poetry, but also
a mixture of song and story. Be­
fore he read each poem he ex­
plained the experience which
inspired it, giving 1he listeners
an insight 10 his poe1 ry they
could only receive al a live read­
ing. Mis poems usually focused
on an experience he had wil h a
unique charac1c.r such as "'Dug ..
ou1 Dick", a hermit he met in
Idaho, and "Clint Skinner", an
apathetic cowboy he met in ccn­
ual Oregon at a family reunion.
He even read a poem from his
yomh about riding the ekctric
horse outside a shopping center
in Lake Oswego. At one Lime
early in the reading, he sang a
song one of his children had latcr complemented 11 with a enjoyed very much in his youth, granted Kfo1 a diverse upbring- 1er. His grca1es1 inspiration has
Middle English recitation of William passed away in 1993 Ing. Kim grew up in Iowa, lndi-been his grandmother because
"Pearl", his favorite classical leaving some big shoes for Kim ana, California, Alaska and Or-he says she 1s a "great hs1ener•,
poem. His wry humor surfaced 10 fill. cgon living a "rolling stone• a quality he deems essential m
constantly. For example, in his William $'!afford was the Poet childhood. This transient early life, especially a poet's life. Kim's
introduction 10 "Pearl" he joked, Laureate of Oregon for several life was like a "bank account" advice for aspiring poeLS is: "Lis­
"it's all been downhill since the )'ears and completed 67 vol-from which much oft he subject ten 10 everyone, but write your
l4th century!" umes, primarily of poetry, dur-mauer of his poems burgeoned. own way." With a sparkle in his
Stafford's reading was also ing his phenomenal life. He His diverse background also eye he also added his father's
filled with the knowledge of po• achieved numerous laurels in-made him a versatile writer, Be-philosophy on poetry: "I would
etry he has gained through his eluding the National Book sidesbeingaprolificpoeL.hchas exchange all I have wriucn for
years as a writer. He emphasized Award for his collection of po-written essays and reviews pub-1hc next thing," Perhaps 1he
1he importance of listening, etry Travtling Through th< Dnrh lished in the Atlantic Monthly mos1 interesting and wluy thing
reading a variety of poetry vora-and the Roben Frost AwaTd. In and the Nt\\l Yori, Times Book Stafford said that night came af­
ciously, and practicing different addition, he was a consultant in Revie\\l, wriuen a children's book 1er the reading. His favorite
exercises and experimentation. '' __________ entitled We Gol Hert Together, quote is: "1.n our time is a great
One of the poems he read was and collaborated with photogra• thing not yet done. ii is the mar•
the product of "Wabi-Sabi", an For an hour and a phcrs in writing stories based in riagc of Woody Guthrie's gusto
an of poerry in which one glori-half Stafford cap ti- the natural world such as in and the in1crnc1-thc compos-
fies the beauty in something that vated a sizable audi- Wind on the W/IV<S and Entering ing and wide sharing of songs,
is ruined and ugly. His innova- th< Grove, He believes his great-poems, and stories by those with
1ion as a poet was exemplified ence with his lively est achievement is his recent voice for 1hosc with need." Kim
when he read an inverted son-recitations of poems debut album release enLitled Stafford could very well be the
net in whkh all the rhymes were from his latest collec- Wheel Made of Wind in which he minister of that wedding.
placed in 1he first word of each sings and plays original songs on
line. One of the last poems tion... the acoustic guitar. However, if
Stafford read was one he wro1e _________ '' you like s1orlcs, he suggcsLS Hr,v-
in defense of the environment, fngJ:wrything Right, which won
personifying different species of poetry for the Library of Con• a Western States Book Award
flowers as "co1LSins", He finished gress, was on the Literary Com-Citation for Excellence in 1986.
the reading with a lullaby about mission ofthe National Council A Tl,ousand Friends and Poems is
a poor proud old woman and her of Teachers of English, and he the most recent and best collcc­
relationship with a young girl, wrote a collection of poetry en-tion of his poetry.
which was met with great praise titled The Darkness Around Us Is Kim has taught at LC since
from the audience. Detp, which was edited by re-1979 and received his Ph.D. in
Kim Stafford is not a new face nowned contemporory Ameri- Medieval Lilera1ure from the
on campus, Since his birth in can poet Robert Bly. He even University of Oregon. He ,s cur-
1949, he has walked the campus traveled m'!ch or the globe do-ren1ly spearheading 1he North­
as the son or William Stafford. ing readings in Germany, Aus-west Writing ins1i1u1c at LC.
He still remembers when his fo-tria, Poland, Egypt, Iron, India, This semester he is teaching a
thcr taught at LC for a $3,000 Bangladesh, and Pakistan. graduate course in song writing
annual salary and 1he nghts 10 The Staffords' traveling days and will teach another graclua1c If you are in1en:s1ed in ar­
rending a workshop in wl1ich
Kim Stalford will share his po­
etry, discttss the conventions of
poetry, and critique potms of
those who would like critique,
co111ac1 Morgan Ktlltr at
X8380 (a,h,llec@lclqrl1 «/u>,
Katherine Bovee at X8826
(hbovce@lclarh.edu), or
Melanie Ntad at X881 :5
(mnr{!d@lcforl;.ulul. Vern
Ruts11la, another one of LC~
own eminent potls, will be do­
ing a workshop in the near Ju­
ltire as well.
One-Acts rock the Black Box Hollywood hit 'American
Beauty' explores life, death
and the local drug dealer " This year's One-Act
performances were an
impressive display of
student talent as well as
an in-depth look at human
relationships.
by Antonia Gledwoyn
The Fir Acres Theater Black
Box exploded with life last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings as s1Ud.cn1 actors, di­
rcclors. crew members and
spectators united for the pro­
duction of two thought-pro•
voking ouc-acts. "Spring­
time,• asei:minglysimple play
wriucn by Maria Irene Fornes
and directed by si,nlor Alex
Reagan, explored the intrica­
cies of a precarious love affair
bctwce_n two New England
womi,n in the la1e 1950s.
Through a series of short
scenes, the audience followed
the progression of an affair
that appeared 10 have been
based purely on lo,•e felt be­
tween the couple Greta and
Rainbow. The arrangement of
scc.ne.s. however, revealed in•
c.onsis1encles and ambiguities
on !he pan of Rainbow. These
ambiguities in !Um called ln10
question her reason for pursu­
ing the rclationship, and sug­
gested as one posslbilily a
need 10 prove hersclf capable
o[ 0ndlng fulnllment indepen•
demlyof men
The play employed Iron)' m
m,·cs1iga1ing the idea tlf sac-rlfke and 1he disparity between
the romanticized notion of the
word and actual acts of sacrifice.
It was sacrifice 1ha1 initially ap­
peared 10 s1reng1hen, and yet ul­
timately desiroyed I.heir relation­
ship when iLS cost exceeded its
very wonh. ii was Rainbow's
"work• done 10 cam money for
Greia's medicine. and Greta's
subsequent reversal of who
shou Id ccmpromise herself for
1he sake of 1he other, 1ha1 In fact
yielded an acute sense of pain
and belra)'al Lo both characters,
convincingly played by Colleen
Pa11erson as Gre1a and Kelly
Sullivan as Rainbow.
"Defying Gravity.• the dosing
play directed b)' Guest Director
Jeff Meyers and wrinen by Jane
Anderson. poignantly pomayed
a web of inextTicably linked re­
lationships. This beautifully
wriuen, carefully crafted work of
dramatic litcramrc addressed a
number of themes through its
characters, such as the impulse
10 always search for the un­
known as exemplified by the
wandering married couple Betty
and l:cl. The topics of human
error and unin1cn1ional neglect
surfaced in the ground-crew
man's responsibility for the
teachers death, and were subtly
echoed in 1 he dynamics of the
mother/daughter rclauonship.
Ye1ano1herthough1ful motif was
developed and challenged
through re(erences 10 the 1cn­
sion be1wcen art and technology.
Through her fanciful use of
Monet as • char.icier Oontmg
freely in lime and evcnlu>lly
6 Pioneer Log October 8, 1999 painting from inside a spa.ce
shuule, Anderson's play of­
fered an alter.native 10 thisall­
tOO· common tension: coexist~
,ence.
The story itself was pre­
sented in an alternating fash­
ion of narrated 0ashbacks and
direct jumps into the dialogue
and in1erac1lon of 1he actual
(past) moment, combined
with a few shifts in the chro­
nology and .moderate use of
freezes. One of the last stage
directions involved ElizabeLh
on a ladder. extending hcrann
and hand upward towards
where her deceased mother
stood, seemingly in heaven,
likewise rcachl.ng her hand
towards her daughter in a
manner reminiscent of
Michelangelo\; Sistine Chapel.
The cast as a whole dis­
played an impressive degree of
1nlent and timing, and worked
powerfully :is an ensemble.
Alexa Reynolds played a po­
tenlially annoying role (Belly)
in an endearing, and touch­
ingly funny wa)'-Brnd Slitz,
who played her husband Ed,
assumed. the physical chamc­
teristlcs of an older mao with
seeming dfonlessncss. Kate
Bayley portrayed Donna with
h11moro1LS sincerity: Barbam
Teixeira ponraycd 1he grown
n•rrntor Elizabeth, re-enacLing
her childhood with sa1Jsfy­
mgl)' Intense emotion, and the
subtler char:.1c1ers played by
lldiko ,\mdt. Micah Saul, and
Zack Ross were evoked ,vi1h
cqu.,I mcri1. Bravo 10 all by Daisy Morton
By now those of )'OU inter­
ested in movies have probabl)•
already heard all the hype about
• American Beau1y," Even if you
hate hyped-up mo,~cs. ii would
be hard to watch this one and
not find it cntenaining in some
nspecLS. The selling is suburban
America in the lives of a 1ypical,
unhappy middle class family.
Kevin Spacey pla)'s Lhe dad and
does 1he narrating. We learn
right in the beginning 1h31 by the
end of I he movie he ,viii be dead.
Throughout the film his e,harnc•
tcr goes through a change 1ha1
stems mainly from the fact Lhat
he reall)' has nothing 10 lose and
is also triggered b)' his lust for
hisdaugl11er's best fnend ployed
by Mena Suv;m. The other char­
acters mvolvcd mcludc Annc11c
Be111ng, the mom, who docs a
good job of ponra)'mg c neu­
rone, monc)• obsessed pcrlec­
tionist, and 1hc drug dealing bo)•
next door who is played hy Wes
Bent I)', The daughter has a ra1rl)•
shaUow characlcr With no1 much
10 say besides how much she
hales her parents. Howcvc:r. the.
lmv next cloor seems to find her
mttr~tmg. so that bnng) her up
• notch m 1hc eyes of the audi­
cm.:c.
Wes Bently pl.1ys the m,lsl
tnttrcs11ng,1ml likahll· chnractcr
hc•1dcs Kc,•ln Sp.1tC) Perhaps
thlS tS bl:c.:aust: hl' l!. .tbk tn ~c-r ,, ____ _
Even if you hate
hyped-up movies,
it would be hard to
watch this one and
not find it enter­
taining in some
aspects. _____ ,,
the world m a different way,
mainly because of his video cam­
era, which :,ccompanics him
1 hrough most of the movie
From Lhc beginning, all the char­
acters are unhappy, and you find
yourself wondering after the
movie 1s over 1f 1hey will ever be
content A I least Kcvm Spacey
dies happy. There LS l he poss1-
b1lily 1ha1 Wes Bcntly's chamc•
1crwill some clay become happ)',
hu1 for 1hc time being he still has
IC> deal w11h the fact 1ha1 his fa.
I her 1s an cx•m1litnry
homophobic who ucc:Lsionally
hcalS hnn up. Thi> movie ts ,II
tnnes funny and at other umcs
w,11 make you wan1 10 ningr,
hut overall, 11 Is a1 the le.1st
1hough1 pr<>voking Perhaps .1
lesson tn he lc.amL'd from w:1tt.h­
lng Lh1s muv1c C, 1u find.~ much
hc,1my m the world .is yuu pos­
~1h1y 4.:.~m ,rnd .,pprcaatc II for
wh,11 11 1s hl·r.:.,usc )OU ,tn not
going lll ll\'t. (urc\'CE I •
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Sixteen runners record personal bests at Willamette
by Daniel Ruprecht
Runmng what Coach Dnvid
Fix called ·one of the best rac~.,;
ercr• by a Lewis E,-, Clark ath•
lttr. cross coun1ry phcnom
Cbns Mayer sped to a tenth•
place hmsh Inst Saturd:t) m Sa­
lr.m ac the W,llamcctc lnv11;1-
jj,,nal, 1hc larges, collcg1a1c cross
rourury meet m the Wcsl.
M;iycr, ;1 JUnior, covered the
SOO0m course In H:41 7, the
third-fastest mark in LC history.
!hr only two P,oncers 10 have
ercr run faster e1rc the lcgendnry
Norm Dick and Coach fix him­
><lf. Senior Helen Tammcla was
lhc first LC won11111 across the
tine, placmg 97th with a time of
19:50.8 fur 5000m.
As.sisumt coach and Watzek
library employee Jeremy
McWilliams. running for the
Proletarian RiH.:ing Tc~m. fan­
ishtd Just behind Mayer in I Ith
puce a, 24:43. Fix smd the race represented
a "huge breakthrough" for
Mayer, who trimmccl over a
mmute from his previous per­
sonal record (PR). Only two of
the nm~ nmncrs ahead or hun
were collegiate athletes-the
others were scm1•prolcss10nal
club runner::,, and wmnCT Knrl
Kcskn ran ,,, the World Tr.,ck
and Field Championships In
Seville, Sp.1in, In Augus1. Addi­
tionally, Mayer bca1 every Divi­
sion l runner m the field
Racing m an equally loaded
women':. field, Tamrncla broke
··into new territory'" with :.1 PR.
otcpplng up 10 prowlc the 1c:tm
with a much-needed leader, F,x
said
Top LC finishers M:iyer and
Tammcla weren'1 1he only Pio­
neer runners who had a banner
day. All told, nine women and
seven men, or well over half or
the team, finished with a PR. l'ix
said the large field-335 men '' It's encouraging that
we can run with
essentially half the
team and still be
competitive.
David Fix
Head Coach
Cross Country '' and 284 women represemmg 41
clubs and teams from s,x
statcs-comb1ned wuh the
mostly nm course and near-pcr­
fccL conditions to account for the
fast times.
The men's squad finished
l81h out of 36 teams hn the small
college/club division. Mayer was
followccl by Theron Brown in
26:46. B1ian Schoenemmm in
26:59. lan Townley in 27:18 and
Andrew Aull m 27:23. Brown.
Schoenenman and Townley all recorded PRs.
tn spne ol the sirong mdt·
vidunl showings. Fix said he was
d1soppo1111cd wnh some aspects
ol the men's perlonnancc "The
men's team didn~ run up 10 ns
po1en11al today," he sa,d Two
runners om of 1he top group
d1cln'1 compete because or sick•
ncss, and 1wo more dropped om
dunng the race
"On tht other hand, n's en·
couragmg that we can run w1lh
esscnually half the team and s1111
be compctmvc.." Fix said, not­
mg 1ha1 Northwest Conference
opponents George Fox. Pac,nc
Lutheran and Willamrnc fin­
ished Just ahc:1cl of LC en 13th,
!4th, and 16th place, respec­
tively.
The women's team was 16th
of 31 m ns div1sio11. Ccctly
Pingree (20:03), Colleen
McGraw (20:19), Talia Eps,em
(20:27) and Emily Erwin
(20:53) joined Tammcla in the scormg five. wuh Pmgrc.e and
Epstcm ach,cvmg l'Rs
F,x said he wllS pleased that
the women's ,cam ran m ~ nght
pack agam, bu, added 1ha1 he
wo"ld ltke 10 sec the whole
group move up
LC lS 111 action agam tomor•
row a1 ,he PLU lnv11auon m
Tacoma. W11h all rune NWC
schools schcdulccl to cumpctc,
the race will be ctn imporuint
preview of the. conference: cham•
pionsh1ps three wl'cks rrom now.
•The men's conference race 1.s
a logJam," F,x sa,<l. "On any
given day. one or five 1c:1ms
could win. and LC ,s one ol
them. It hasn't been wide open
ltkc this for a long t,mc."
The women's [icld IS also not
as clear-cm as in previous years.
With the top 1c,n1is not as strong
and rcwcrdommam runners, LC
has a chance lO place higher •1
1hc NWC Champiorish,ps than
,n years past. Fix said.
Consistency emphasized after loss in football conference opener
by Dusty Holden
far away from the friendly
connncs of their newly reno-
111ed Griswold Stadium. first­
year head coach Mike Fanger
ind the Pioneers suffered a 65-
10 loss 10 the highly Louted
linfirld Wildcats last Saturday
m the Northwest Conference
op,ncr for both teams.
Fanger praised h,s ·super
)1Hmg" team lor 1LS cononued
Improvement on offense. The
Pioneers are a squad with only
five seniors 10 oflsc1 20 fresh­
man. Arter sconngjust 10 points
m their lmes1 outing, they gave
crcdn to L1nricld"s <lcfcns,ve
prowess. The Wildcais led the
kague last season m almost all
d(fcns1ve cmcgoncs
Danny MeManus. a sopho­
more receiver. sparked LCs of­
rms,vc au:ick with I l catches
for 98 yards No one ,s happier ,, ___ _
The biggest thing
that we need to get
across to the players
is that you can't take
a series of plays off.
You need to play
every down like it is
your last. •
David Fanger
Head Coach
Football _____ ,,
about the emergence of
McManus than quarterback
Drew Jordan, who lost his favor­
uc target, ftrst•team All-NWC re­
ceiver Aaron Schmidt. to gmdu•
auon las1 year \\11th Schmidt on
hand last fall, Jordan ranked
thml m the conference m pass-
Upcoming games
Volleyball
S3turdny
Octobc, 9th
@.Puget Sound
Wednesday
October 13th
@Lmlicld
s1arung limes;
7p.m Football
Saturday; 001obcr 9
vet:SUS Claremont
Gr!swQld Stadium
l p.m.
Homecoming
Saturday, October 16
versus Puget ~und
Griswold StacUum
1:30 p.m.
Latest varsity results
Volleyball
September 29
versus Willamette
L(7-15), (15-12)
(6-15). (15-13)
(11-15)
October 1
versus Paci0c
L(13-15), (15-13)
(15-7),(8-15)
(9-15) October 2
versus Colorado College
L (S-15). (11-15)
(12-15)
Football
Saturday, October 2
versus Linlicld
Loss 65-10
7 Pioneer Log October 8, 1999 Ing yards per game.
To become more competi­
uve in <'.Onforcnce play, fangcr
preaches the import once of
consistency. "The biggest
thing that we need to ge1
across 10 the players is that
you can't take series or plays
orr. You need LO play every
down like it is your las1. Good
teams never taken play off.•
Linficld's natural grass
proved to be an mhospitable
site for the Pioneers last Sat­
urday. Not only was the LC
secondary picked apart by the top-ranked Wildcat passmg at­
tack, it was handicoppcd by sc­
ri ous mjunes to 1wo of ns
cornerbacks.
"They made some big plays
throwing the football and we
weren't able to get a hand up to
knock it down,"said Fangcr. a
former LC player who holds the
school career records tor pass­
ing yards and touchdowns.
With Griswold Stadium's new
anificial surface in mmd. Fangcr
noted ,hat last Sa1urday·s inju­
ries "show that injuries can hap~
pen on any surface. One comcrback broke a leg and the
other ruined his knee on the
natural grass. On our turr. we've
only 1wcakcd some ankles."
Fanger, who took plenty or
h11s himsel[ as a pro in Austria
and the United Kingdom follow•
ing his playmg days here. re­
m'\i115 upbeat and philosoplucal
aboil1 1hc tough times his team
1s enduring thus for this season.
ln football and any number
of other things, Fanger noted.
"what doesn't kill you makes
you stronger."
Visit one of these local branches to slgn up for the Student Combo and receive a free T-Shlrt:
7615 SW 13th Ave. 7410 SW Oleson Rd.
Ree,.~ ofier endS 1111m. Sltmt'llroosc OPetl a dled:t9 acccu,tdcw <fflft cans to ,ec:cwe !he T-shir1 • lrtitonap,r cusnmir 'fldile wl>Pli!s laSt publick occurrences by Hillary Panzer
I nd.1,
lktoher 8
Forensics Tournament in
the Thayer rooms in
Templeton at 8:00 am.
Sa1urdav
Ocwber 9
Forensics Tournament in
the Thayer rooms In
Templeton at 8:00 am.
Volleyball at University of
Puget Sound at 7:00 pm.
SOFA Cinemas present
"Waking Ned Devine'' in
the Council Chamber at
7:30 pm and 10:00 pm.
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Forensics Tournament In
the Thayer rooms in
Templeton at 8:00 am.
Pacific Lutheran
Invitational Cross Country
Meet at FL Steilacoom
Park in Tacoma,
Washington at 10:30 am.
Second Sunday Chapel
Concert Series in the
Flanagan Chapel at 2:00
pm. Student admission $1.
Gay and Lesbian History
Month Movie: The
Celluloid Closet at 7:00
pm.
Monda}
October 11
Drug and Alcohol
Awareness Program "One
Nighter" In Stamm Dining
Room at 7:00 pm.
We'll Pay You
To Have Exciting
Weekends.
I
The Army Resei:vc will give you wcdc.end excitement like
you\,: never had before, ana you can earn more than $18,000
while you're enjoying you~lf during a standard enlistment.
Think about it On a part-time liasis, usually one weekend
a month plus two weeks' Annual Training, you could earn
good pay, have a good time, make good fiiends and even be
entided to good DeDefits and opporrunities 10 get money for
education.
You'll also be getting hands-on training in a skill that will
last you a lifetime.
Anny Reserve knows how to make weekends interesting.
Are you interested?
Think about it. Then think about us. Then call:
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8 Pioneer Log October 8, 1999 fue~d.n
October 12
SAAB Tutor Orientation
and information on
programs and procedures
in Thayer 3 at 5:00 pm.
Alumni Site Visit from
10:00 am to noon. Sign up
In the CSAW office.
\\cdncsJav
Octohcr l 3
Volleyball at Linfield
College in McMinnville at
7:00 pm.
National Coming Out
Week Event Guess the Het
Game Show in the Council
Chamber at 7:30 pm.
Poetry reading at lower
campus above the
reflection pool at 10:00
pm. r hurs<la>
Ounhcr I I
Blood Drive in Stamm
Dining Room at 11:30 am.
National Coming Out
Week Event: Brown bag
lunch with PBAISMYRC in
the Thayer rooms in
Templeton at 2:00 pm.
Orchestra Concert in the
Evans Auditorium at 8:00
pm.
Alumni Site Visit with a
News Reporter for KINK
Radio. Sign up in the
CSAW office.
Mathematical Sciences
Colloquium: Visualization
and the Fubini Principle in
Thaxter 3 at 3:45 pm. f rid,\\
Ouolll'1 15
SOFA Talent Show in
Stamm Dining Room at
7:00pm.
National Coming Out
Week Event: Drag Croquet
on Stewart lawn or Stamm
In case of rain at 3:30 pm.
Japanese food, music,
dance, and costumes in
Tamarack at 5:30 pm.
Admission $1.
Volleyball VS. Whitworth
College in Pamplin Sports
Center at 7:00 pm.
Student Recital in the
Evans Auditorium at 8:00
pm.
Foreign Languages Fair on
the 3rd floor of Miller from
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Transportation and Parking Committee
Undergraduate Representative Needed
This is an important committee that deals
with issues pertaining to transportation
and parking on campus. If you are
interested in serving on this
committee, please contact Gene
Wixson at x 7152 or
wixson@lclark.edu
Lc\\·i, & Clark College in,·ite, you to
The Paul S. Wright
Professor of Christian Scud ies Inaugural Lecture
Vegetating in the Teeth of Time:
The Social World of a Mediterranean
Peasant Jesus
Richard Rohrbaugh
Paul S. Wright Professor
of Christian Studies
Author or SIX books and a
pioneer in usmg anthropo­
logical studies of Mcditcrm­
ncan culture t<> place New
Tesl'ar11cnt and orhcr earl}'
Christian writings m their
social nnd cultural contexts.
5:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 12
Ltw,s & Cfarlc C'Allc-w.•. Aw, l"".t Aiuw~m Chapr I
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