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1999-10-01

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Lewis & Clark College's student-run newspaper In memory of
Katie Mills, page 8
Volume 64, Number 4 Frida , October l"l, 1999 htt ://www.lclari<.edu/~ iolog
Students question ''Off-Campus Safety'' patrols
by Daniel Ruprecht
Recent mvolvcmcm by 1he
Ofl,ccol Campus Safe•)' and ,he
Coord111a1or or Jud,c,al A£fo,rs
Jon Eldridgcin repor1 ing an 01£-
0,mpu~ p:tny and its aflem1:Hh
h.<tvc: rJ1scd ~mc:,1udcnts' ques,.
1ions about the rok or College
ofnees in off-c,mpus •lfoirs.
The concerns stem from :1
Scpl. 24 p•ny 31 one ,.r 1he SO•
called •box houses" on
T,rwilliger. loc,tcd abou1 a h,ilf
nnlc rrom campus Campus
S.1fe1y reponed ,he part)' to the
Oregon Liquor Control Com-
11\lss1on (OLCC) alter Olf1tcr
Gregg \Vanciak nsccrtaine.d 1ha1
underage Lewis & Clark stu•
dw1s were in nuc.ndanc:c.
Wanciok hod localed the
party by following a group ol
smdcnts on their way to the
gathcrin&,
Eldridge became involved in
1hc days artcr the incident when
he sent loners tot he hosts of the
porty and several s,udems al leg•
cdlyat 1hc party informing them 1hat their names were mdudcd
on the incident report filed by
Campus Safety.
He obrnmed the names· from
C•mpus Safety, which tmecd
them from license phne numbers
collected at the party.
Several scudems expressed
surprise that C:,mpus$afcty had
taken action off tampus. "Cam•
pus Salety has no right 10 inter­
fore ,,d1h off-campus s1udcnts."
senior Eli Madrone s.u.d. Several
cu her students agreed.
"OH-ca1npus studcnLs
sho\lldn't h:1vc to deal with Carn­
pus Safety," senior Rob Mueller
said.
Director ol Campus Safety
Bill Curtin tldcnclccl the nction,
.saying that thcdcci:.ion to inter•
vcnc was in the best interest or
the College.
Curtin acknowledged thll
Campus Safety is ·no, really sup­
posed to" take action off cam•
pus. "We don, have the author­
ity 10 do any1h111g off-campus."
he said.
"It's not our rcsponslbilily unless u hos 1mplicat1ons on the
College. Otherwise the OLCC
or the police cnn take care of it.
Btu we're rc~ponsiblc fo,-what
happens on campus." Eldridge
said.
Eldridge said ,he pa<ty be­
came 1hc Collegc'solTair l>ccausc
srndcms returning to c:unpus
from the party bcgitn creating
"havoc• and vandalizing College
property.
·'Propeny damngc and distur­
bances on campus resulted from
studcms having :Htended 1his
off-campus par1y," Eldridge said
m the !cue"'. "The College 1s
concerned for this reason. ~,s
well as !or the general safety of
i1.s studen1s. whether resi,clcntial
or commuter."
According to the C:impus
Safety Crime. Bea1, smdcnts tore
down (:.1rpool signs on carupus
after returning rrom the: party
tha, night. Eldridge dctued tha,
1hc s1udents were cx;1c1 ing re•
vcnge on Campus sarcty for re­
poning the party. Curtin said it
\'l:l.S ;,irrclcvnnL • Both Curnn and Eldridge
cmph:,su:cd the huge increase. in
1hcrt. vandah.sm,scxual miscon•
duct and other problems on
campu~ that rc:,uh frnm execs~
sivc alcohol consump11on
Curtin soid Compus Safety
docs not have a policy for dca l­
ing with off-campus incidents. ,, _____ _
We don't have the
authority to do any­
thing off-campus."
-Bill Curtin,
Director of Campus
Safety _____ ,,
His office decided 10 take action
o-n rhi.s party because or hs size,
loudness and proximity to cam•
pus
It wns "'obvious" 1h:u stuJcms
wQc walking 10 :m off.campus
party and :1 '"rc3sonahlc suspi•
cion• that some of them were
min.ors. C\min said. 6c1wecn 100 anJ 200 sm­
clcnts were observed walkmg
towards the p;trty.
Ahhough no cornplmnt:i or
vandalism hud occurre<l, Cam­
pus Safety became involved at
uboUl 9'.35 p.111. when an officer
noticed a group of stuclcn1s
walking down Pala1ine Hill Rd.
tow-ard.s Terwilliger.
-Rcahzing that the studcms
were probably walking to an off.
campus party and 1ha1 a1 least
so1t1c of rhc studcntS would be
mmors, Sgt, Couch :.iss1gncd me
10 learn where the part)' was oc­
curnng so 1h,tt QI.CC could he
conrnctcd 10 msure. 1hcrc were
no ,•iolations of Oregon liquor
laws," smd Vlanci,1k in his re•
port.
Wanciak collected license
pl-:nc numbers from at least tc-n
('..ors in the vicinity of 1hc party.
By checking ,he plate numbers
with C:unpus S.,1fc1y vehicle rcg-
1suauon datnbases, Wnnciak col•
lccted I he names of :n least n\lc
see Security, page 4
Mooney explains drop in US News rari'kings
by Meaghan Lamarre
At thr Ors, !acuity meeting ol
the yeu on Oct. 6. President
Mirhael Mooney addressed the
issue ol Lewis & Clark·s drop
(rom 1hesecond tier to the third
1krin the rnnking of the nations
umvers111cs done annuully hy US
Nrws Mooney cxplamcd th:n
LC was rlnkcd 8 ls1 om of 162
n,uonal liberal ans colleges.
This rank is not significantly
1owcr1han past ycrtrs. Sc .. crc1:1ry
ol thr College Mervyn Brockell
said, ·ror 1hc paSI five or six
)'tars, we have hovered around
the Olticth percentile. Whe.n we
happen to fand Just above It, we
111·c a second tier school. When
we come in Just below ic, we are
a third 11cr school." The dis1inc-
11on bc1wcen the second and
third tiers 1hcn is ~:i. rdativc.ly in­
conscqucn11al one.
US News reportS the top forty
,chools (this year, the top 42)
numeric.ally. and then separates
1he rcm:i.inlng schools imo tiers
and lists them alphabetic-ally by
tier. There arc 38 schools listed
in 1he second 1icr, 1hus putting
LC, with its rank ol 81, just be­
low the cutoff for the second 1ier.
In the past, LC has hovered right
around this area, ranking83/l60
(50'" percentile) in l 994 and 68/
140 (48'" percentile) m 1993.
8rocken explained, "Our rank­
mg has maybe changed by (lnc
position up or down rmrn year
10 year, will,in a population or
150-160 schools and yet we
mcktl or IUmblc rrom tier to lier
like someone on a wheel of for•
mnl' " Bcc:mse the difference
ht:twt:cn the second and thlrd
tiers, when looked at in 1cnns of
:lctual numcncal ranks. sec.ms so unimportant, Mooneyex1iresscd
frustration at this method of
ranking used by US Nms. He
called the ranking system .. one
or the most pc.rve.rse. but mOu·
eminl foe tors in aur:1c11ng SIU•
dents." and chasused US News
for their cowardice and unw1II•
ingncss 10 print n. numerical hst
of all schools, saying that they
-'re "too gutless 10 rank a school
dead last •
Another reason for LCs shift
among the ranks, Is change in
US News~ method of measuring
schools In the past, US Nms ,, __
Our ranking has
maybe changed by
one position up or
down from year to
year, within a popula­
tion of 150-160
schools and yet we
rocket or tumble from
tier to tier like some­
one on a wheel of
fortune.
Mervyn Brockett,
Secretary of
the College _____ ,,
placed more weight on sclccth·­
lty, a catego,y in which LC scores
well, and less on retention ratt.
in which LC's scorr is well be­
low average..
US News ranks each school in
six categories: nc::1dem1c rcpu1a-
1ion. se1ccuvny, in~truc1io11al
resources. financial re.sources, retention. and nlumni s:atisfac•
1ion. Each school receives a
score in cnch or 1hese ca1egorics
and the scores arc conibincd,
son,c categories carrym_g more
wClght than others, for a 1otal
score ou, ol 100. The schools arc
1hen corn pared and rankccl from
I to 162.
LC's larges1 wcakn~ :rre in
alun,ni ~a1isfaclion and rccc.n­
tion rate.
The categol')• of alumm satis­
foClion i..~ based on the percent­
age of :alumni who provide <lo­
na1ions, averaged ovrr 1997 and
l998. Accouming for only5% of
the total score, LC was ranked
at 142 out of 162 w11h an
alumn1-g1ving rate of 24%.
Mooney explained thiu, unlike
many colleges, LC docs not
"spend a dollar for every dollar
brought in;"' in other words, the
college docs not spend a lot ol
money on recrui1ing donations.
He mentioned, howc\tt:r, that
such things are being discussed
,nd that, in the future. LC miglu
create more programs and ex·
pend money 10 bnng in more
alumni dona1ions.
A more .signiricam poruon 0£
the total score. 25 pcrccn,,
comes from re1c.n1ion rate. In
1h1s category, LC ranked I 13th
wuh • rate or only 64%. ol SIU·
dents grncluating within 6 years.
Mooney noted 1ha1 LC .. mt1kes
every effort to rct.1in su.1dcn1.s"
and conduct.s exit interviews
with students who don'11 return
to LC ln an ;utcmp1 to discover
why swdcnt,choosc 10 leave the
college. Mooney 3lso com­
mented 1 h:11 h .,is not mcvirnblv
an obJC.Ctive n,e:asurc, .. cla11ning
thal LC tends to :ntrac1 "more
restless. rcsourcdul. advcntur· ous and loorloose s1udc111s."'
Lewis & Clork performed
rnuch bcucr on 1hc mhcr catego­
ries. Ten percent of lhe total
score is basecl on nn:.Htcial re•
sources. or expenditure per stu•
dem, for which LC rnnked 89 or
162. Even I his measure. MoonC)'
exp1:11ncd, is n01 entirely accu·
rate as i.~ docsn'1 include dcbl
paymcn1s or dcprccrntion ex•
pc.nscs.
LC scored well in the cat­
ego,y ol sclcc1ivi1y, rank111g 72
out of 162. Selectivity IS based
on pcrccnt~gc or s1udents in 1hc
to1> I 0% or their graduating
class. SAT and 01hcr test scores,
acceptance nitc and yield (ratio
of snukms who enroll 10 1hosc
who were accepted), Mooney
noted that LC was rntcd 40/162
in tenns of smdcn1 SAT scores
and 43/162 in terms of acccp•
1ancc..
Twenty pcrcem or the tolal
score rcpfCSt'nlS instilUtional re•
sources. :t category in which LC
ranked 61/162. This ca•c&ory included chiss sizes, percem of
faculty wuh Ph.D.s, percent of
foll-ume faculty, student/faculty
ratio ;.:ind facu hy compensation
Finally, LC also ranked 61/
162 in 1em1.S or ac;idcmic rcpu•
uuion, a c:ucgory which. whh
sclcctiv11y, ,,ccoun1s ror the
grca1cs1 portion (25%) ol the
total score. According to US
Nt•ws, this is an imponant cat•
cgory because ii indicates how
highly• diploma from a spenOc
school is ,•alued. An opm,on poll
of prcs1clcnts. provosts and
de-ans of adnuss1ons or snnil:u
colleges clctcrm,nes academic
reputation~ In 1ts cxpl,mnuon 0£
its ranking system (located a,
www.usnews.com). US New'(
explains that each inclividu~I
was asked 10 nnc a school's ;ttl·
dcmic program on n sc•lc of I
(margin:11) 10 S (distingllished)
and was given the 01)1 ion or SC•
Jcc1ing .. don't know." This rank
i.s more subjec1ivc, said Mooney,
and is based on LC's reputa11on
among 1hosc m academia.
US News Rating Matrix
CATEGORY LC RANK WEIGHT
Academic (out of 162)
Reputation 61 25%
Selectivity 72 25%
Instructional 61 20% Resources
Financial 89 15% Resources
R<lenlion, Grad .. 1100 113 10% and Gt1d. Ptrlomw,c,
Alumni 142 5% Satisfaction Pioneer Log N ews===========i
SEED promotes awareness
by Andrew Zahler
Students Engaged in Eco•De•
fcnsc (SEED) organized cnviron­
me.n1al awareness evems at
Lewis & Clark College on Oct.
12 in recognition of the Earth's
population surpassing six billion
this year. The group focused on
1hc consequences of ovcrcon•
sumpllon and growth on a
planet already Stretched for re­
sources
Esumatcs of when the eanhs
popula11on actually hit six b,J.
lion vary. bu1 the United Nauons
SCI aside Oc~ 12 as "1he day or
six billion .. in order to recognize
the challenges facing a growing
population.
SEED promoted the day in
recognition of 1 he resource con~
sLraints a growing population
puts on the Eanh. "As a student
group, SEED is working to in•
crease awareness on campus rc-
1;ar<l!ng cnvironmemal problems
of all magnitudes.· snid
Georgiana Hale. a JUmor m"jor-
1 ng in environmental affairs.
"Popula11on growth and re•
source dcpleLion are serious is­
sues that touch everyone on this
planet, including students a1
classy institutions such as Lewis
& Clark College. "There's al ready a large short•
age of resources, including food
and clean water, in the world, ycl
we let faucets drip and bur pack•
aged goods as if there's no 1omor•
row: Halt said. "I feel like to­
morrow is already here. and we
had brner open our eyes and
make major cffons to lead lives
tha1 have less impact on our lim­
ited resources.,.
The day's evcnis included a
brown bag discussion In
Templeton about solutions for
controlling population growth
:ind a "'you arc what you eat•
theme night in 1he Bon, which
featured a mea1less menu. SEED
members rewarded Sllldcnts
who left no food on their trays
with mcmbe.rsh1pml0 Lhe .. clean
plate club". while diners con­
sumed their meals 10 the sounds
or a SIUdcnt band
But the absence of tnc,,1 a.lso
sparked a mild controversy. Out•
side the Bon. LCTV handed out
free McDonald's hamburgers 10
meal lovers as part or a skiL
According to Cody Hoesly,
LCTV director. 1hc skit's timmg
was mtcndcd lO capuahze on.
but no, necessarily explo11,
SEED's activities.
"It was great PR for vegans
everywhere. ;\nd we got a great skit,• Hoesly said, posting to Lhe
soapbox electronic bulletin
board.
Other soapbox conrribmors.
when prompted, expressed vary­
ing degrees of annoya.ncc with
the event.
Sophomore Eric Martichuski
confessed a feeling of shgh1 per­
secution by the event .. To accept
that culinary philosophy should
not be 10 force it upon mhcrs,"
he said.
Louie Bones, General Man­
agerof the Bon Appe1il. received
both positive and negauve feed­
back [roan the event. •1 had a
dozen or so guests walk up to
me personally and 1ell me how
much they loved dinner that
night." he said. Bones received
around 50 commcni cards,
about 30 or which were posmvc.
Despite studcnlS' mixed rcac•
lions abom the dinner, SEE-0
viewed I he day's cvcnLc. wilh a
sense or accomplishment ... We
have the opportunities tu learn
and make changes," said Hale
"I hope that our awareness day
at least made a few people stop
and thin'k about how they can
help slow ~nvironmental degra•
da1ion in 1hc1r day 10 day lives.'"
Cockroaches infest Alder
by Antonia Gledwoyn
Frustra1ion has been
mounting as residems of up­
per Alder con1fnuc 10 live with
cockroaches on the premi.ses.
Facilities Services' attcmplS to
exterminate the Insects have
so for been unsucc.essrUt
1'he cockroaches were first
spotted in upper Alder as early
as mid-August, and have been
seen as recemlyassevcral days
ago. According to Alder RA
Ginger Beck, pes1swerc In her
room upon her late summer
arrival. The unwanted lodgers
continue to occupy the upper
Norrh side's kitchen.
BeckSllys 1hat when she lnJ­
ually noticed the insects she
dismissed them as •some k,nd
of shiny brown bug that mus,
have gonen in through the
window," so she '"rtlcased
1hem ou1slde." When she
idemifled the bugs' species,
she began to kill them
She SIJltes that she learned
her room had been occupied
1hroughoul 1he summer,
therefore there was linle time
for Facilities Services to in­
s-pcct or dean the room prior to her arrival, because notes
Beck, "they were there when I
moved in." The RA explains tha1
she has never kept any food In
her room. yet 1he bugs shared
her pri.vate living quarters until
just recently,
The insects, which have clic-
11cd a grea1 deal or disgust and
trepidation. seem to be restricted
to the upper Nonh kitchen ac­
cording to Beck. "It~ not even
used, ... the cupboards ar.e
bore." stated Beck Oddly
enough, 1be nearby kitchens that
contain large quantities or food
are apparently bug-free.
Facilities Servicts hired •n
exterminator who hns been
spraying the kitchen w11h a non-
1oxic, eeo-fric.ndly chcm,cal.
This hasn'l• however, dlmin•
ished the problem. Director of
Residence I.ire John Eldridge
spoke on bchaU or Fadli1ics Ser­
viccs 1 staung tbal the sprays
have been effective in killing the
bugs. bu1 no1 entirely effective
in solving 1hc problem due 10
confusion surrounding the exact
location or the ins«is.
AccordJng to Eldridge, the
pes1 control team has been
spraying and slaying 1he roaches, yet a steady popula­
tion of cockroaches cominuc
to emerge. Beck and residents
report having noticed no sl~·
nifican1 decrease in the num­
ber or insecL<. and in {act state
having seen "a new group of
ha.by roaches• just s,:veral days
ago. Eldridgeaunbutcs !his 10
what he describes as the di­
lemma or trying lO employ
non-invasive measures (spray­
ing only public areas) ond the
growmg necessity to pursue
more aggressive tac1ics. such
t1s spraying priva1e rooms ,n
conjunc'tion with public
Sp,!~S.
On Monday, Oc1obcr 25,
Facili1icsScr"ices will Ulkc 1hc
laucrappmach. Together with
Porest/Horu[eld RD Sam
Jennings. Facili11es Services
will mec l wil b residents to
answer questions and pro\1idc
accommodauons during a
brief evacuation of student
rooms. A'L this tirnc cxte.nnl•
nators will apply the previ•
ously used non-10,dc spray
with more comprehensive c;ov•
eragc. Eldridge slJltes that he
is confident the problem will
be resolved soon.
Transportation and Parking
Committee ASLC Update
SAAB Grant Categories such grants are awarded only lo
Gene Wixson heard from a
couple of students who were
interested in being on the
Transportation and Parking
Committee. Council briefly
discussed parking issues and
came to the recommendation
that the parking area behind
ForesVHa.rtrleld should be
opened up to commuten. and
that the area near SOA should
not be closed to residents. Gene
look these recommendations lo
the committee meeting. Katte Thomas, Vice President for
Student Academic Affain., raised
lhe Issue that grants have come
before SAAB which don't fit
nicely into SAAB's grant catego•
ries. The possibility of adding a
fifth category for Student
Leadership was discussed. Points
were raised about limiting the
amount of money used for these
kinds of grants, about asking
specific questions on the
application to determine the
student's interest in the program,
and about making certain that
2 Pioneer log October 22, 1999 students whose conference
would benefit the community as
a whole. No official decision was
reached but Katie took notes
from Council's discussion and the
general proposal for a fifth
category lo the meeting of the
Student Academic Affain. Board.
Council would like to encourage
students to attend meetingr on
Monday afternoons at 4:40 In
U1e meeting rooms across the
hall from Dubach Lounge in
Templetor, Student Center. ~Crime Beat
courtesy of Gregg J. Wanclak. Campus Safety
Oct. 4-17, 1999
October 7, 1999
The Pubhc Relarions office
was burglarized An exterior
window was broken ond the
eontenis of lhc office were
rlned. No property was rc­
poned missing.
A faculty member found 1hc
lock broken on his locker in the
men's locker room of Pamplin.
He also found 1hecash missing
from his wallet.
October 8, 1999
A StUde1u m Howard m,'ltcd
a white male subject back 101he
campus 10 spend the night
when 1he s1uden1 learned the
white male had been evicted
from his dwelling in downtown
Pon land. While the subjccl was
on campus he made a threat­
ening phone coll from the
students room phone C1111pus
S.~[cty was called by the recipi­
ent or the threatening phone
call l0 mvestigale. The white
nmlesubject 1hre:uencd the in­
vcs1igating officer and was la1er
escorted off campus by Pon­
land Police
October 10, 1999
Someone placed a whisk
broom on top of one ol the
Buck sculptures in front or 1he
Contemporary An Gallery and
tied a kerchief on 1op of the
other sculp1ure. The officer did
not observe any change in the
aesthetic quality of either
sculpture.
Several incidents or graffiu
occurred over 1he weekend.
The incide.nts centered around
the vicinll)' or Akin. Plall•
Howard. and Copeland. Thr
majority of the graffni was
made ustng the same imple­
ments ~nd presented 1hc s;1111c
words and symhols Some or
these were 'DFM', 'Dnmk Funk
Mob'. 'ESQ'. and 'Esqmrc' October 13, 1999
A student parked his car in
the Gnswold 101 a, about 2:30
pm. When he returned four
hours later he found his CD
dee~ missing from his dash
and 1hc speakers gone [rom
behind the ,cat.
October 14, 1999
A smdent parked his car in
1he Law School parking l01 at
abou1 5:00 pm. When he re•
turned two hours la1cr he
found that someone had bro­
ken imo his car, ddcatcd 1he
('ar alam1, and stolen his s1c­
reo S)'Stem. arnplificr, and
speakers.
At abou1 7:20 pn1 1wo s1u­
dentS ran m10 each 01herwhile
playing b,sketball Both re­
ceived cuts on 1hc1r faces :md
were 1ransported to OHSU by
an RD.
J\t .1bout 2:30 am a fire ex­
Lmguisherw:is clisclH1rged in a
stairwell at Wa1zek Library.
The fire alarm engaged and
Portland Fire Bureau re•
spondcd before CampusS.,rcty
discovered 1he nacure or the
alarm.
October 15, 1999
Three people were found
soliciling magazine subscrip­
tions on Oct. H anti Oct. 15.
They were. issued written tres­
pass warnings and csconcd orr
can1pus.
Campus Safety responded
10 a c•II or 1hc smell of man•
juuna [rorn a room m Odell ,\
bong, rol ltng paper.. 15 con•
1ai11er, ol beer and a bo11le ol
vodka were confiscaled.
October 17, 1999
The Jenee posts protecting
1he gm<s ,n 1he gmssy knoll
glade were pulletl up and
placed on the llucksculptur~
111 fron1 ot 1hc Lomcmporary
An Gallery.
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On Oct 3 five Lewis and Clark student-athletes, including Tessa Poncelet, pictured
above with North Oak Grove Elementary students, visited two classrooms. The first of
many LC student-athletes traveled to North Oak Grove Elementary School this month
lo initiate their Elementary School Art Project
This year-long project, organized by the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SMC),
requires that two representatives from each varsity sport visit the elementary school
and talk about the role athletics plays in their lives. In congruence with a theme
developed by the elementary school, the student-athletes spoke about becoming
Involved In their particular sport, training, and how they measure their own success.
Afterwards, the elementary school students were encouraged to draw what sports
meant to them Their artwork can currently be seen on various walls inside of the
Pamplin Sports Center As new LC student-athletes visit the school each month, the
artwork will change.
•
on 11:30 .. 1:30
i" w-n\ of L ~•'1 Homecoming dance gives
" ... Somewhere To Go"
by Andrew Zahler -------
Over 200 Lewis & Clark Col­
lege s1uden1s a11endcd 1he
~hoolS r,,s1 homecoming danc('
In yc.,rs. Saurday, Oct 16, a11hc
Ponland Cc.mfcn·nrc Center.
Sorhomorcs Nicole Kolh.
Mau Millet mul Rar.htl \lhcbn<l
led 1hc movl·ment to hold .,
honlcc:ommg dance. rrv1vmg ~
1rach11on 1h01 died w11h 1hc
Greek sys1em at LC "\Vi1h 1hc
bck or school spirit 1ha1 thcstU•
dcn1 body h:15 had m 1 he 11;1st,
we I h()u~ht J homrcoming
dance would be J grca, oppor•
1unity 1n achieve more sp1n1."
Kolhsald
Acconling 1n Kull,, 1he ad•
minasnation pcrcc1"cd liulc in­
terest omong srndrn1s £or .,
dance: and hcsumc<l lo lund the
cvcnl. Kolb rccogl'uzcd the po•
1cn11al 1nh1b111ons th•U swdcm~
nugln harbor ,,hom a homccorn.­
mg <lance "'l hr.re w~s )u1m: ap­
prchens1\ln lahou1 1hc d.mccl
bemuse ol 1hc ,v.,y ho11u;cmmn1,?,
was sci up m high srhonl ," ;he
,.ud "[Lim 1b1.S dunce[ a,; rc.,lly
)u>l ,in oppnr111n11)' tor people 10 gc1 dressed up and go out woh
1hcir fr1cncb"'
Encouraged by 1he popubr­
lly of .mnual c\'cnts such ;lS ca­
sum night and 1 he holiday gala,
,he planners went .,hc:'l<l with
..-rrnngt•mc-,us. intcndmg to use
the d.incr J.!-J IC.SI r'tf •audcn11;'
tmcrest In campus-orgun1;<:J
socin1 funruons lor the future
Thl" planners :m11c1p:ucJ no
lmanc1:11 suppon lrom thC' a<l­
m1msmnmn and approached the:
General Allocat1on:. Board
(GAB) ,ll llS 5':Jll 29 mcc11ng.
The stuclcnt~nm ho.ml .1llocatcd
S3 406 10 cover costs such :is 1 he
conference 1,;cntcr.shu11lc 1ran_s.
pona1ion to .md rrom rntnpus,
ond hiring n DJ ,ntl bartender
Doncc org:\nizcrs s-pcn1.110ml of
Sl,525.87 wi1h lcflo"cr funds
~nd rtturns Crom 11cke1 sale:>
~omi; h.,ck 10 G,\B.
()rg;.m1zc~ and scudcms who
,u1endcd 1hc donCl' gauged H ::i
~UCC{'!,'.:>,
Kolb hope:, 1hc po,l11vc r<•
sponsc will ~1ar1 a new 1r;uJ111on
,11 Lewis & (.brk 1ha1 will c"rn·
1u.tll) rc(CJ\'C lund,n.A rrom tht.:
.1.dminis1rn11on
Transportation
Committee
discusses
parking ·1ot
controversy
by Colin Beck
The Trnnspor1ation nnd Parking Comminee had
Its £irst meeting of Lht semester on Friday, Ocl.
l5 Michael Surface, Transpor1:11ion Dircc1or. up­
doted llw Commiuce on clc\•clopmcms related 10
parking. 1 he shuu le service, and b,cyclcs. The larg­
cs1 issue resolved was the av;nlrtbiluy of parking
for commuters.
Surfoce proposed m.-ikmg the lols be1wccn
S1cwar1 and Odell commuter parking or doing
1101hing as "ii isn't a problem." John Eldridge, Di­
rector or Residence Life, did nol like 1hc idea or
1aking awny lo1s r rom rcsidcn1s, but he proposed
making 1hc 101 in be1ween Hartzfeld •nd Forcs1 •
commmcr lol.
The n'IOSl controversial proposal came rrom
Gene Wixson, ASLC !'resident. Wixson pu1 forih
the idea or eradicating the dislinc1ion between
commuter and resident parkmg ... You have a per•
mit. you can park anywhere on campus," he rea­
soned.
V.cs1, 1""-"•E :
f I•• H ow,r~
Cepel•WM ff\~£ fo Multi· ~+io11C\I
C«p•to.-t, o~.s ! \\11xson~ propOSHI w.1s 001 wc.ll received. bUl
kw reasons were offered for why II would nol
work The only specific reason 1ncnrionccJ came
from Bill Curtin, Direc1or or Campus S:irc1y, who
poin1cd ou1 1ha1 residents have been parking by
Fir Acres. kading 10 congestion in that 101,
After some dcb:i1c. 1hc Comminec decided to
make all 1hc lots by Fores1 and Hartzfrld open to
bo1h CQmmutexs and rcsidcnlS. Mcrv)'n Brockell,
Sccrc1ary or 1hc College. poi med ou1 that ,his could
be a 1cs1 ofWixson·s proposal. These lots are to be
opened up to commuters next week ttr1er residents
arc infom,cd or 1he change. fir A,n~ f R\i lo9s;~ roo.Js pQ;d for
b'j +ox -po.~ ii('s !
CLEAR C,\)1 1HE. CA1"\PU45
ANO CJ\ S\\ II\)!
-:i< '",is ~emohSt-ro.+ion is broLljh+ +o '/OU bj ~EE 0 Throughou 11 he meet mg. on a varic1y or issues,
Wixsorl and Nathan B.'lkcr, pres1dem of che Stu•
elem Bar Associa1ion or ,he Law School. expressed
their disappoin1mcn1 and frustration with the
Commincc. As a resuh or inaction, ASLC has al­
ready purchased bike racks [or 1he shunlcs and
crca1cd a bike rcp:iir room in the bascmem of Al•
bany, which will open on Monday. \Vixson foh tha1
1hcse issues should ha"c been addressed by ,he
Committee. but the lack or an earlier incc1ingand
in1ercs1 had no, allowed action.
October 22, 1999 Pioneer Log 3 Pioneer Log -News=========
Guest speaker discusses alcohol consumption
by Antonia Giedwoyn
(.111 Mondu)•, Oct I I, Mike
Green, J mulonally respected ,11-
cohol cducauon spc:ikcr,
luunder ol "Collegiate Consuh­
:ints on Drugs and Alcohol," Jntl
former defensive line roach ill
\iVl'1tchcs1er UnH'l'rsity. ad­
dressed college alcohol con­
~ump11on during his prcsc1rn1-
11on m ~,amrn rn11dcd ..... On~
N1J(I tcr
f,rcc11 ,peak, ~1 .1bou1 150
c:(1llcgcs ~ )'Car m .rn effort to
hdp,t0<.knts cx•tn-unc their 11\vn
,1n<I pei·r:, .1h.:ohol ust.· He began
1hc progr.m, by tfdtmn~ .l ·•nm:
mghlcr ..t.c; • a ~hnrr-tcr-m proh-
14-"'ltt of omi night lh;tt ,maid have
11 lifctnnc of ron~c:qucnu.~:s .. He
wc:nr un Lu th!>c:u.:.s !>Uch po1en-
11.1I consequences os 11H,·lu<l111g,.
but not hnmcd to . .l!>Sauh, prcK•
nanc)', .STDs, and ucc1dcnt:1I deaih
A sdl-descrlbcd rccovcnng
.,koholic, who has heen sober­
lor the 1.ast 1wcn1y-onc years,
Green ~1:ucd 1h:u 1hc word .. al~
cohohc'" 1~ ovcm~tcl .. There LS J
lack of terms for pc,,ple with
sl10n-1ctlll problems," said
Green. "anU 1herc I~ .1 disrm,­
uon between those wuh one
nr)\ht problems and ,1kohohc,
T htoughou, lus program,
C..recn made u clcnr that he dor.s
not argue u,:mmt alcohol con•
sumpuon. ln~Lc3d he ad,·ocat('.:,.
mpr111,,hlc dnnking far those
who ,hoose Lo <lnnk f!) pr(;Cnl-
111~ lnc:tu.;,I mlurm.Hlon in cun-
111nct1on wish hunwmu:-. .tn(c.­
dt1tt'S, pn.'.'L·•muon~ .. an<l nch-1u,
Green ,lppcJ.red tu keep the .iu­
d1cn<:t! bmh tntcrtarnc•d an<l 1h-
1rospc~ll\'c OunnAonc of manv
humorous moments. he dc­
scr1hcd an rncuJcnt uwo1vmg ,l U.P.I. -an umdcn11ficd party
injury. Minu1es bier he probed
demcn1> of human psychology
pcruunmg 10 alcohol use.
"I! 11 doesn't 1as,c good, 1hen
why du we drink 11>" Green m•
quired or the audience "Often
ii< cur,oslly ond ,he rower u(
~U&gl'Stion _ J sense that \\c
have: something lo p1ov~. com•
pcuuon.. gcum~ c,rn~ht up m
1h..: moment, -sa,d GrccH
The ,peakcr brouj\hl 10 a11en-
11on ,he 1endcnC) "' 1.1kc bcer­
dr111k111g tor ;:raml'd ~:e noied
that someone who drank!,, 1w11:c
• w«k will h.wc spent approx1•
m,udr nnc hundred day!>, n~rly
• third nl ,he yc.ir, drinking.
f-lc ;1h.v , I 1scus!',ed I h~ frc
qucnc,• with \\'hld1 he. hc:Jrs m­
dividtmb stt), I'm ~um~ co ~ct
<lrunk bccJusc I dese1\'C II"
Blll quc.:;uonec.l Green 'doc:,.
anyom· real!) dnt't\'C to ~ct
Last Lecture series offers
i11sight and inspiration
by Jill Teasley
Have ynu ever l>een sl111ng
in cl:ISS ond wondered what
your professor really thinks
about llfe beyond molecules,
social theory, and 1es, grade~?
Have you ever bcef'I_ curious
about 1hcir passions and cxpe•
1icnccs? Too often in the for.
mal conOnes of classroom dy­
nunucs, we;1rc. forced uno the
Lmdiuonal professor-s1uden1
rela1ionship ,vi1hom ever get•
ting 10 lmow the person who
suinds before us several hours
a \Ycc.k. ChnncCS ·'are. Lhcir
b>ckground and wealth o( ex­
periences have given them
wisdom and insights that do
1101 come 10 light In a s1ri<1ly
acadcnuc sctllng,
Tlus ,s the reason for the
ex1s1ence. of I he l..ls1 Letltlrc
Series. 11 studcm•run sencs
1ha, mvi1cs focuhyand staff to
address the lewis & Clark
community under 1hc premise
1hll1 1he words they give wlll
be their last.
Speakers must considerond
deliver the message, lfany, 1hnt
1 hey most want 10 leave wilh
us ar1er their lime 01\ earth..
Tlus gives audiences some in• slght 1010 the 1hmgs 1ha1 have
impacted the lives or prolcssors
and Olher LC stall, and allows
nn informalscuing for tlus com•
munion or stories and ,dens.
The lasL Lcctur~ Series was
founded four years ago by a
group of RAs who wished 10
strengthen connections between
faeultv, staff, and students l11e
lectu;es. usually held In resi­
dence holls. arc popular ond
wcU-a11cnded. Speakers come
from • range of dlsclplmcs and
~peak on vanous academic and
non•:scadc:1mr themes.
One or the most mcmordblc
leclurcs was given by Diane
Nelson in the Sj)ring o( l996. In
her u,Jk enrhled "linle Death
and the l..lst l.3ugh," the p!J)fcs­
sor ofSoc,ology and An1lfropol­
ogy philosophized on how lire
should 1101 be l,ved like a male
orgasm, m continuous su1vmg
for one final climax: ra1·hcr iL
should be ,:xpenenced o.s a sc•
rics of smaller. happy fulfill.
mt-nl.5
Physics professor Herschel
Snodgrass wowed thf' audience
with slides or supernovas,
Jupncrs gian, red spoL and h<S
own naked posterior. Othu last
Lecrurers have included Chana Cox, Robert Goldmon. Jane
Atkinson, Michael Ford, Todd
Lhtlc-Se1bold and Kns-ti Will­
iams.
This ycurl; lecture series will
be kicked off by music profes­
sor Norn lkck Beck hos been
innuencing minds ~nd chang­
ing perspectives at LC slnte
1992. Her lecture, "Fcsrn
Decameron," will open up the
stage to student musicians-~
poets and dimccrs Her pas•
sion for scli,express1on will be
sure to infuse Lhis event with
unforge11ahle magic.
The L'5L lecture Series Is
curren1ly coordinated by four
seniors. Fiona Garlich, Bndgct
Milchell, Lauren Olerio. and
Jill Teasley. Teasley, who has
been involved in organizing
1he series for I lte past three
years, Is • student o! Deck.
·This will be an incredible
cvcnrng," Teasley remarked at
a recent commutce meeting.
"Nora ,s great and I'm lookmg
forword 10 the performances,
too.'"
Noto Beck's lost Lecture
wUI be held in Evans Audito­
rium 31 8:00 pm on OtL 28.
Admission is r...,; refresh•
mcnts will be provided.
Nora Beck to kick off series
by Fiona Gartlch and JIii Teasley
"Music ,s my lire: declares
Nora Beck, LC's music history
professor, •dding, •1 dont hke
10 spend a day without ii.•
Which is why, oddc<l 10 a love
for teaching, researching, and
writing or all kinds, Beck
adores her Job.
She is cerrnmly appn:cintcd
htr students, who she says
have always been her "gn::it•
est happiness ::ind inspirnuon'",
vo1cd her Teacher of the Year
in 1998: LC alum[ Katie
Davidson '99, Marianna
Ri1chey'99, and Ryon Wisc '99
named their band, "Dear
Nora," after her.
Part or her appeal lo SIU• dents, many or whom MC ntusi­
dans. pnin1ers, dancers, :and
writers, is her insl~tencc that one
can be ho1h an artist ond a
scholar, lead a •1wo-prongcd
life," as she coils il, Publishing
c.verything rrom articles on hal-
1an medieval asLrology and mu•
sic m the Oxford-based "Early
Music" journal 10 a poem in LC's
own gender expression
Joumal.Synergia. she practices
wl1.11 she prc.ichcs.
ln addition 10 her renowned
career as a musicologist and lec­
turer, Beck is a baseball !an, an
accomplished basketball player
(she was both All-American and
Jewish All-American in her sc•
nior year at Barnard College in
New York City),• pianist and a
poet.
4 Pioneer Log October 22, 1999 Her favorite mus1c 1s 1ha1 or
Dcbuss) and al111os1 anything
tu.Han, -"medieval, renass•
sanre. opera, even Luciano
Berio and Mozart, tven wben
Mozan went 10 Italy, be was
hali.tn," she claims.
Beck's enthusiasm for these
and other inttrcsts will be
showcased m her Lasr Lccmre,
• Fest• Deca,ncron." Beck wUI
discuss the Dccamcron, a col­
lection or stories wrinen by
Giovanni Boccaccio as 1hc
)llaguc ravaged Europe in the
mid-lJOOs. A cclcbra1ion or
life in 1he mids, or tragedy,
Boccaccio"s work will be
complemen1cd by next
Thursday's c,·.ening or music,
dancing. food, and story tell­
ing. wastcdr'" The word "in1oxica-
11011· conrnms 1hc word -toxic"
which me:rns po1~00, he nolcd
·~ocml drinkmg should he a
1rc;u. not ,11hrcat, .. which ii may
hccom~ when one get.!) clrunl-..
Jernrdmg 10 Green Mr 11lso
commented on rite lack nr thv-
11nc11on betwern ~oci:11 <lnnkmg
nnd gcn111~ drunk. Green en­
couraged dri rt kers lO bl' con ..
trolled social dnnker-. ra1lwr
than se111ng ouL 10 get drunk.
exprcssmg his bchcl I hat r,-spon­
s1hle dnnkcrs cn1oy ., few dnnks
wuhoul becoming mehna1cd
"Tl11nk n mu d1)n'1 dr111k 11
out -...ud (,tctn Odore urging
1 he ,1ud1cncc nol lLl tolerate: cc:r•
lJm l)l'e• nr hch,v,or P·"' I< u-
1.irlv dnnkm,: ,md dnvmg If he
ubscrv,oe; ~Oml·onc who h~ been
drinking prcp;:irc to dnvc home.
Green poses this ofier 10 rhc pv­
~on. rll bu,· rou )'our next drink lf you give me your car
key~ _ and." said the fonner
coach. --dun almost never fails
According 10 Green, some or
the risk1c!>I cucumsrnnccs m
which to dnnk arc-when an in­
d,v,dual Is hungry. angry, lonely
or 11red. Ucforc-rc:tdun~ for 1
d1111k, then, he cmph:1.!,1:,·d. 1.1kt
J mnmcn1 -H /\ LT -u, ron­
!ildcr lhL· ,u:runym
Grc.cn also stressed 1ht tm­
porta1u:t ul spuning. or takmg
t:3r..: ol one ::mother when lncnd.s
.1rc tinder 1h1 1un11cn1:c It's nee•
c~.1n· to "st~md uµ .m<l Ix. JC'.•
coum;ablc h) w ;11c.: h lht1r
h.tcks, ~,ud <.,rct"n
1-luur-long video prcsenHI•
tlon-. nnd shon d1sru"-),JOns (lf
Mike (irccn·'.'t 1migr,11n will be
he.Id In hn1,.r,1rk l.oun~c fn"n
7 lll-'l·()O pm nn Tuesday, Na,
'l, n« 7 Jan l5 Feh 21. March
H, .1ml :\prll 11
Campus Safety officers
cover neighborhood
beat, raise concerns
conlinued from Security, page 1
tninors ~ssoC'itlle<l wilh the Ii•
cc.nsc plates nnd conrnctcd
ULCC.
Uniformed OLCC olf,ccrs
and ,he Ponland Police nmved
and g,,ve the party hosts "a good
talkmg to,* said Ollv1:1 l:.11\1ha.
who hves 1n I he bux house:. The
officers asked all minors 10 leave
the pany but did not confisca1<
the two kegs.
According ,o Emilia, OLCC
said It h::td received an nnoay•
mous complain1 ahom 1hc p.1rty.
Curtin said he w{lsn·, sure If
Campus Salc1y o!nccrs had re•
poncd ,he part)' nnonymousl),
Emiho s;ud Campus Sa!c1y
otnccrs ncvenolked 10 n11y of the
box house rcS1dcms \.Vancaak's
rcpon makes no me.niion uf il11)'
interac11on wuh cuhcr part)
hosts or-attc.nclces. In fac.t, the
rcpon ,nd Eldridge's lcucrs nti<­
si,ie the house's address.
Curtin s:.ud Wancink was act­
ing rully unde, the ouspiccs of
the Orfttc of Camplis Safe1y
when he reported rhe pan)'. bu1
added ,ha, h,s nc1ions were :ilso
thos.c of u concerned nc1ghhor
Emihn agreed 1ha1 ·as• cul­
zi:n, he ha~ the righl to com•
plam" bu1 added "as:, Campus
Sa!ct) 01T1ce1·, he wa, Olli orlinc •
"Wanc1Jk 1l1d the right
1hlng. Curtin ,,ml "Hes one
or our better officers."
8Qth Cunln and Eldridge
cmphllslzcd the role of the Col•
lcge as• good neighbor.
Elclndgc sent ·s1r1c1ly infor•
m311on:1l'" lcucrs 10 1hc box
house occupants and ,.three or
four" studcnrs whose names
were supplied by Campus Safely
"I nm writing to advise you
that 1 have received the enclosed
incidc.n1 report ... which indud~
your name. (Jt) was written clue
10 the presence or alcohol and
minors ou an off.campus party,"
said Eldridge.
The leucr goes on 10 '"stress
the importance of our College
policies :md sia1c law .. and en-courages rec1p1cnu. to.mend 1hr
One Nightrr alcohol aw:ucnes.s
CVCI\I,
\Vhilc the kttcr to the ~Ill•
dents mdudcd .1 (Op)I of rhc in­
cident report, the box l1ousc oc•
cupams rcce1\'cd copies of per•
uncm Oregon suuc t,ws and the
Pori land Chrome Nwsancc Cn•
tcr1a
"'It wa.:ion't my tn,cn1 to
thr!!ntcn or 5-Carc anyon~:
EJdmlgc said, adding 1h.11 there
were no C(lllcgc s:mctions .1sso­
d>1ctl with the incident 'I JUSI
wanted everyone lO be 1.1wau!
1 h31 1 ht)' were mcnuonc<l in tht
rcpon.·
•1 didn't sec any need for
(Eldndgc) 10 get involvc<l.
E1mha said "It bothered me 1hoL
friends or mine who weren't even
a, 1he pany got lcncr,;."
Eldridge ucknnwlcdgcd 1h01
.somr letter recipients may nor
have been .ii the pariy. •1 iUSI
t:skc the. nounc..s 1hat Campus
Salcl)' gives me • he s,ud
En111in also 1huught II wa:!t
improper that names of other
students were Included in lht!
material 1ha1 she :1nd her
houscm:ncs rcccrvcd
For instance, Muc.l!er's n:une
and LC commuter number ;1p­
pcarcd on :m email from Curun
10 Eldridg .. • ~lung wi1h .)cvcr31
01hcr nnme!> 1111hc matcnnl !tent
to 1hc b1.lx house octupnnt),
Mueller, whn is 21 was al the
party bm dtd not rccclvc u 1cuer
rrom Eldridge. .
Emilia said she plans 10 Ole a
compl1im with Eldridge. "I don't
wanl to just s11 and bitch ahout
Residence Lifo or Campus Sa!c1y,
because that isn't cons1ruc11vc."'
she said "'1-lowcvcr, u's 11npor-
1an1 to address lht:,c l!,Sues I
1hink thal some questionable
choices were made from 1 he be•
ginning, :tnd I don't want 10 let
them Just pass by.•
"I don·, ,Junk 1hey should
have done II, bu1 I can under•
srnnd why 1hey did," Mueller
said, summarizing what sccmc<l
to he the prevailmg artiiude
among swdc:nts. (
,. =Pio=ne='er=L::::::&og2:::::=====· Forum=======-===
Students' grumbling has no ground to stand on
commentary by Joe Collver
S1u<lcnt Actwi.sm at Lewis&:
Clark College reminds me or a
f'.ash1on show of sons Ideas arc
brough1 ou1 ,n bnght. llashy
cloihing, parndcd around lor a
shori wh,lc 011 the stage, then
pu1 away to serve as molh rod ..
dcr in the closet. Y-Ou never ac­
tually sec .myone wearing I hr
clo1hes, nor docs 1he clo1hlng
hscl[ have any J>rac1 ical voluc off
the stage.
This foll season, as everyone
rame hustling back into the
classroom, the ln-thiag for stu­
dents to complain abom was 1he
pncc or on LC cducauon, and
how 1h1s exorbilam foe seemed
somehow to not <.:over every
Jiule service and privilege stu•
dcnlS [ch they had a right Lo ex•
peel. I can·1 recall how many
1iincs In the last two mon1hs rve
heard or seen the figure
"$27,000" used in conj11nc1ion
wnh someone's expression or
dissatisfac:tion. as if the number
In and of ilself is an argument
worth)' of swaying the college's
president M1chacl Mooney to
our very beck and call.
S1utlcn1· My to1lc1 p•pcr rs
100 rough 11 chaffs m)' Imm
Mooney- <rgnorrng- her>
Hmmmm. Havcn'I 1 ,1 golr game
wirh ,hose Lru>1cc.s 1odn)'l
Student. S27.0001
Moone)': «wrtltd> Whatl?
\Vhar's this!' ls that how much
)'OU students pay1 Secl't'lal) • B)'
-all mcan.s, get 1hisg1rl some 1wo­
plyl
The fact of the mailer 1s.
S26,534 (lower lor rc1urnmg
s1udcms, an<l 1hosc who live uff
campus) 1s a very folr pnc-c 10
pay for the upportunll)' ol lcam­
tng 3l LC cspectall) when )'OU
con<1dcr who\; uuu.tlly loo11ng
the b,11
I ch:illcngc Jnyru1c to °'h(1w
me th:u thq• .tn: P•l)'lng 1hc. en• \2-1,00of
Ure tullion, room and board Cce.,
hy I hcmsclvcs Unless )'OU won
the lonery or arc heir 10 J large
company m the condiment bust•
ness there is no way )'OU could
possibly have accrued lhat much
wealth m your c:igh1een•plus
years, •nd ii you had you
wouldn'1 be at LC m the fmt
pince. Truthfully, there 1s prob­
•bly very linle of thur sum that
)'OU are paymg yoursel r Most
stuJenlS at LC receive ftnnnci:11
:ucl m some fonn or another, ,m<l
1ho:;c wlu, don't hnvr 1hr hank
.ICCOUlllCii ur P~lh:ntc. .ind grnnd­
parents to 1um tn 1 cnnci:dc thJI
m;1ny ~lUdcnt5o hnvc l,1kcn ou1
loans to fund their education, but these loans tlo nol cnmr
dose 10 the actual cost or u111lon
Students would not hilvc come
here in the first place were there
not other factors outside their
own purchasing powu that were
paying I he COSIS.
Even if a stroke of bad luck
such as a stock markc1 era.sh,
natural disasrcr or sudden dearh
or a protec1mg fa,ry godmother
chanced upon )'OU, and you were
forced to cover 1hc S27,000 ,II
by yourself, you would ,ull not
hrpaymg the cnurccost nl )'Ollr
cduc,111on rhe aggregate sum of
-.,rndcnl 1u111011 fees Jocs nOI
rover the cmltl' opcr:tttng t:Pf,i,ts
of LC Annual gilts lrom gencr-
Savoring that sweet stench
commentary by Aaron Blackwell
Somewhere down the road
roull rhmk back on your collc~e
d.1ys. and you won, remember
much (Heck, I don't remember
much now) Thu1 as, unul you
find a bag of ronmg apricot> m
the back ol your pan1ry Then
rh< good old days will come
Ooodrng b.,ck to you, and all of
ih< knowledge 1har )'OU once
knew wlil ,,gain be ,11 your beck
,ntl recall
Anyone who has ever taken
"" Intro Lo psychology ci,ss or
kepi a collection of other
people's clothing knows that
scents can bnng up Jong buncd
memories ihar's why 1he ad•
1nmlstrn11on takes grcal pa111s
each year 10 ensure that lewis
&: Cl,rk College hn, 11s own spe·
ctal scent h'~ th~re 10 give us an
a.s«Muon In later day, ., key
that we c•n never lose Somed,,i',
wht"n your mind 1s wasung aw;,y
fmm Ahheimcr's, h will Ix there,
otirrlng the p:1Sl, .md youth w1Lb
clarity of mind will once •&ain
be yours.
How to charac1erizc th1s key?
Rouing apricots-that's how I
described ii. and 1hai"s how IL
smells 10 me. Maybe n's differ, cnr •~you.I've heard II described
Js c,·erytbmg lroro week olJ OS·
pnragus lo diapers or a one. year,
rhrcc month. five d:ty old baby
who's been spoon fed cream of
spmncb for ,he lns1 four months
Jnd ,s in an Ill temper It ,s cv­
eryrhmg and norhing. Regard­
leS!!-e1I chc pccuh;1ntics 0£ your
own nose. y(H,t know what I'm
inlkmg"bout. 1hc,weetsccn1 or
compos1 in tht mornrng It
smells hke .. smells hke ... vic­
tory.
'' I welcome the
smell. It makes me
feel alive and ready
to learn. It stirs my
loins in apprecia­
tion of man-made
nature.
'' Well. in a tcrtail1 sense at
least. I speak of course o[ thai
which resides in the nose. Why
docs 11 smell like victory,
1hough? Because II means lh:u I
made it 10 schoo1 once more without folllng off of my bicycle
and dymg slowly in a duch 1h01
smells slighrly less of ro111ng
npnco1s. I welcome 1hc smell It
makes me £eel ah\'c and ready to
learn. It surs my loans m apprc•
ci:1uon or man•mode muurc.
And, God yes. we know the
trees appreciare It The)' pine
awny each winter In withdrawal,
then perk up as tbey get ovrr It
In the spnng and summer, finally
rus1ling m antic1pa11on as thC)'
remember ag:iin what they love
each foll. when they get their
annual dose of compos1. h's 1hc
smell that docs it; 11 brings back
memories of chc1r green
youths-memories 1ha1 hold a
rructirymg virtue which makes
1he sap 1h1ckcn and le;,vcs grow
brigl11
So hold 1ha1 nose no longer•
fair IS rout :md foul is lair Clc.rr
1 hai proboscis w11h fingers
grown soh rmm 1mslcat..l love ol
01hcr J)"'i> and Inhale the fc1id
.ur. h carries nu1ricnts and a Ilk
that will live within your nund
~nd wake again upon reception
of Its other self. Immortality or
memory is what you breathc­
placmg a door witbm the dark
prison of ,he mmd. Mmmmm,
odor of foul fruu MU fl'f CATl $,\YIU
ous alumm, local community
husincsscs, and whoever else
whose pockcthooks Mooney')
swce1 words h.appl.'.n to persuade
,lll help 10 nor ,mly fund college
scholarships, but also specific
proicc1s, endowed prolcssor­
shrps. and general opcmung ex•
pcnditurc.o;. 1\nd clon'l rorgcr w
thunk your fovorite local timber
cxcruuvcs~ whose enormous
capnal gifts have helped fund
cnurc buildings (and tennis
hubbies) In 01hcr words, sm•
dents, your cducauon costs nrc
subsidized, ,1nd you're abso­
lutely nght when you sat you're
nnt gculng yout money'... wonh
You re getting more
One of the .1hsnlu1c: wurs1 rm•
,;ons l'\'c hc.Jrd pcuplc use u,
complJln llbout tumun foes ts
LC's recent drop In 1hc U 5. News & World Report rankings,
::a change rro1n second ucr to
Lhird 11er_ Docs ;,1n)1onc scnously
bel1cvl' 1h01 11 lower score 1hLs
ycur~m a ch.stoned scale set by
a h1as .. innucnccd mcchn 1h~1 ca­
ter~ to mo1hers searchmg for
bragging rights for I heir sppll­
ca11on-complcung high school
students- actually affec1, rhc
quality of cducarion we rcc.'cl\'c?
Have pages been torn from the
textbooks in the bookstore. lmvc
the prokssors swallowed "stu­
pid. pills. or have 1hc compu1-
ers rn 1hc library been replaced
wnh postage surn1ps and o deck
of cards? No. Your education h.1s
the s•me value regardless of
what ran.king ii is given in :m
"accredited'" publication.
WheLhcr you agree that the
price of an LC educa1 ion is 100
high or not, the.re is no fu10ris ..
tic device nround your neck 1ha1
explodes should you decide 10
transfer. And if you seriously feel
that there is some service that
you should be pro"1dcd with
tha1 you do 1101 curremly have.,
mstcad or yclhng "27,00011" to
everyone you mcc, m
Tcm11lc1on, why nor try workmg
with I he adm1 n1Mration nnd SIU·
dcm go,.·crnm~nl to look for .i
solution to the problem' S1udcn1
Representatives are meant to
represent. and Michael Mooney
docs ha\lc nn email address (If
yt>u wan110 email him I strongly
suggest you write respectfully
and express- your op101on"
clcarly);complainrng witholll an
attempt co reform quickly de­
volves mto mere whining, Pcr­
hap, 1he be.st advice I c.,n offe,
students ,s 10 not w1t:i1t: 1hr
money rhci• have paid Gelling
involved in ~1udcn1 group< ,nd
takmgadv.rnt.,gc or 1hr C<lllcgc'<
manv opponum11cs will hdp
you lO get I he moM our c\f your
parcn1s', 1hc ~ovl':rnmcm's 1md
Bob Pamplin·s nwncy.
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Starbucks, like rampant capitalism, is slimy
response by Julian Dautremont-Smith
Imagine this sccnano You are
the owner or a small. local cor­
rec shop and have been servmg
the communny lor, say.11 years
when a colossal ch:un wuh
stores across lhc country called
Starbucks moves in JUSl across
the stree1, Srnrbucks, ,._.,ilh more
resources, can alford to under­
price you. Ah hough ronhe mos,
part. the local connnunnt con­
tinues 10 suppon your shop.
some of your customers head for
Srnrhucks for ,he cheaper prod­
uct. ln adchuon, almos( all non­
locals. 1hose people who arc ju.st
passing 1hrough, head 10
Starbucks. not necessarily be­
cause II tastes bcucr, buLbccausc
ii is prcdicrnble. Since 1hcse non­
locals have no prior knowledge
whaisocver or your coffee, ,hey
will almost invariably go 10
Srnrbucks because ah hough 1hcy
may 1101 paniculnrly like
S1arbucks' coffee, a1 leas, they
know i1 isn't horrible. whereas
yours 111igh1 be. As a result, you
lose nearly half or yourdicntcle
10 Srnrbuck,. You mnnagc lo
hold 0111 for a li11lc while bu1
cvcn1uall)' you nrc lorced 10
close c.lown. As soon n~ your
doors close, Starbucks in1mcdi­
;ucly raises prices and because
your shop has closed, everyone
111 1he rirea i; forced to go to
S1arbucks for coffee Darnen
Gilland would have you believe
1ha1 such business iacncs arc all
part of the 1mraclc f.lr c:ipu;,h,;111
Gilland's fundnmcnt.tl(and
simplis1il) nrgumcnL is 1hat
Starhucks ·enjoy, such prosper­
")' becau,c II Is m fac1,11-supc·
nor t~uah1y swrc" I low~·vcr. as
the hypo1hc1lcal example above
dcm,ms1ra1cd, people don, nee•
c.ssaril)' go 10 Siar bucks hcca,Lsc
or superior product, but he<.;3llSC
of price and prcd1c1ab1lil)'. Even
though you, the owner of a sma11
coffee shop hnvc a supcri<>r
produc1. 1>eoplc head to
Starlmcks for the cheaper prices '
and predicmhlc coffee. Gilland's
argument only holds up if every­
one has perfect information i.c
1hC)' know wha1 bmh your cof­
fee ,11111 Starhucks' coffee lasle<
hkc and how much each cost,.
Bui in the real world 1h1s sunpl)'
t,,'Tl'I 1rue: non-locals and new­
comers to the commu1111y proh­
ahly don) know wha1 your cof­
fee ta.sics like, ancl 1f they have
h,,d even • sem1-dcccn1 cup ol
coffee al a Starhucks, the)" will
likely go there ra1hcr I han, rf'sk
havtng bad coffee at your shop
According 10 Gilland, 1he
charges thai S1arh11cks engages
m "predaior) and an, i-compcti·
tivc business practit-es" arc "ah• ARJ B'f IQ.ltA FOGAAlY
surd." J-lc bases his claim on ,he
belief thOI i1 is lnc,pcnstve to
s1an a coffee sho1>, J-lc conve­
niently neglects to no1c tlm al-
1hough 1he <1an-u11costs may he
inexpensive, the cos1 to compete
wilh a Starbucks is pmhibilh•c
As noted 111 the hypothetical sec•
narw :1bovc, S1arbut.:ks can ,af ..
ford l<l rcdue< t hcf r pnccs 1n
under-price you Knuwmg this,
tt would he foohsh 10 stan from
scra,ch and wilhou1 any hasr
withm 1hc communily 10 lry to
compete wtth a Starbucks.
Gilland also asscns 1ha1 one
could buy nn espresso machine
Lhcm.sclvcs lo avoid gomg to -a
S1arbucks. Aside from being COSl•prohibitive, this proposal
foils to take Imo accounl that
going 10 a coffee shop is a social
int erac1ion. People go 10 coffee
shops 10 hang 0111. read, or meet
new people, not just to drink
coffee. Gilland ts nght about "no
charges ever bcmg nlcd by l he
Justice Dcpanmcn1," but really.
the Jus11ce Depanment ha.sn't
filed any charges agams, Wal­
Man cuher and 1hey arc almos1
umvcrsall)' recognized for their
.. predatory and anu-compe:111,vr
busmcss practices." The Jusuce
Deparimcni is 100 busy lockmg
up manJuann users (a rnarijuan~
smoker is arrcs1ed every 54 sec­
onds) and bu1ld1ng new prisons
10 worry :tbou1 an nsy-bnsy
thmg like corporaLe crime.
Gilland chas11ses 1he
Starbucks prou:sters for using
s1crco1Y)XS as betraying "a lack
or s\1stcnta,cul:1r evidence on the
pan of ,he protcs1crs." Bu,
Gilland himsclr s1creo1ypes pro•
1esting college students when
maint:uns that thinysomcihmg
wh.itc males :tre "'1he tradmonal
enemy <>f the protcsnng college
siuden1." I feel sligh1cd. I have
parucipatcd ma number or pro•
lCSIS yc1 I have no ill will towards
Lhirty-somcthmg•whitc males~
In fact. in 12 years, I will be a
1hir1y-some1hlng-whitc male. In
any case, Gllland's use of stereo·
1ypcs "hc11ays a lack of sus1cn-
1acular evulc.ncc· on his p~n
Gilland temcranously (sec,
lcf1is1S can use big words ion -
1hi~ one means rccklcs!i>I)' m
rashly) argues 1hn1 "The succcSs
of Srnrbucks 1s n,, accident, a 101
nr gcnumc hard work anJ
1hough1 hnvt: g,lnc: ln10 ll ..
Mayhe sv, bu1 does Gilland
mean IL' imply that chc owners
of the th<1usands or small and
loc;il coffee shops that S1arhucks
has dri\'Cn Olli or busmrs~ arc
not hard workers' The owner<
of S1arbuck.< mny lrnvc worked
hard but 1ha1 doesn't give them
a right to plll everyone else ou1
or business and turn diverse.
Watch what you waste as population grows
commenwy by ~leve S.tlelta
Imagine a world without
hunger, Imagine. yourself in a
position of io1ense starvation.
l111:1gine w:ikiug up everyday 10
greet the question of whether or
no1 there will be enough food
for me 1.0 sustain myself 1oday.
Imagine all of this. I'm not go­
ing 10 throw 0111 loads on loads
of focis 1ha1 emphasize the ur•
gen, need 10 use less and waste
less food. I'm not gomg 10 de­
press you wi1h 1hc more dra­
maric side of the story. I don'1
in1end 10 bore you with num­
bers and ffgures about popula­
lion growth, food shor1age. and
1he number of si.arving, mal­
nourished people In the \vorld.
I ac1ually hope 10 change you,
Someone once said that the only
pcfson 1hat etn change you is
tours,lf. I hopc10 disprove that
statement
Last Tuesday was 1he •day of
six billion: According 10 the
Umted Nations popula1lon
clock. approxima1elysuc billion
people were existing on the face
of the plane1asof OcL 12, 1999. Six billion people! As much as I
love. the diverse range of culture,nd
ethnicity, I abhor 1he though, of 6
billion people. As much as I cher­
ish every crcaLure on th1s planet, l
catechize 1he rate ol populallon
growth. Wha1 does this mean? It
means 1ha1 we as humankind arc
reproducing at an a Janning rate. As
a popularton of c,Jls grows expo·
nenunlly, so are we gro\Ving expo­
nemfally. In 180'1 the world popu­
lalfon reached one bllUon. In 1927
tha1 figure reached two billion. On
Tuesday, Oc.t. 12, 1he population
reached six billio1~ One could write
for days and days on the subject of
population growth. As complicaied
as it may seem, and as many Slllna!.S
as there arc. ii is really quite simple.
We are reproducing out of control
and our planet and ourselves nre
being degraded and jcopardfzcd In
the process.
The Day of Six Billion acllvitles
on our campus were ln1ended 10
poinL ouc tbe facts tlm niany of us
art oblivious lo This Lewis 6t
Clark bubble 1hat so many of us re­
fer 10 inhibits our aw:ircness of lhc
outside world. Bu, as much as our
knowledge is inhibittd, I would
6 Pioneer Log October 22, 1999 ven1ure LO say that we don't care,
We.don', care because It docsn\ af.
fee, us dllwly. We live in an amu­
cn1 society which blocks our view
of lhe world around us·. But if we
con1inuc. to ignore the silualion, it
will cvemually affect us as well. As
far off or far ou1 as lhaL may seem
right now, I conjec1ure tha1 It will
alfecl us rather soon. Here~ a fact
If food were disnibu1ed evenly
throughout 1he world, OnMhird of
the popula1lon would be malnour­
ished. According 10 the United
Nations Population Fund, by the
year 2015 abou1 three billion people
In 48 countries wlll be affec1cd by
cl'ltical water shor1ages for all or
part of 1he year. Face the facts-
1his js in our lifotime!
Let me digress and give you a
piece of crude infonnatio11. On OcL
II, 1999, Lewis oSt Cl.irk s1udents,
faculty, and su,O who dined in the
Bon Appeth 1hrcw •way400 lbs. of
uneaten food, This was1e came
from ourpla1es alone. Probably 100
more pounds of unserved food are
thrown away each day In 1hc
lcitchtn let's say that roughly 400
lbs. of food are thrown away eacb
day. This is 2800 lbs. a week,11200 lbs. a mon1h and 89,600 lbs. for
the eight months that we're
here. h's :istonLshingand absurd
al the same time. It's also very
Teal. Imagine these figures be­
ing tltlcndcd 10 schools
1hroughou1 1he Uniled S1a1c,s
and the world. Imagine other
busf11£SSes, such as res1aurams
or catering sm1Ees 1hat 1hrow
away u~1en food day afar day,
Now imagine a hanaru1 of food
(if at all) 1ha1 a person In 1he.
rural countryside of Ecuador or
Bolivia migh1 eat in a day.
My grandfather always used
19 say, •,ake all you want, bu1
eat all you geL • In my adoles­
cence thai s1a1emcnt seemed
ou1-of-da1c. Today it.seems very
accuraie when I c.otisider the
facis and assess 1he stmation.
When I hear lhfngs like I men­
tioned above, II inakts me won­
der if my grandfa1her was a
propheL No, I don~ think~
I 1hink he jus1 had common
sense.
Think a Uule bit next lime
you order food nnd throw h
away. thriving communities ln10 sol;
cn,ngly uniform, m,11-li
Corpora1cvilles.
ln1eres11ngly. Gilland sl3e
that '"1hc most important thl!
ts that in all cases the consum
wtl! hnvc 1hc nb,hty to frc~
choose I he products on wlnj
they want to spend thc1r monn!
Th,s 1s csac1 ly whll I he pro,cs,
crs want; aficra St.irbucks moi.;.
m and the local busmessesa
forced 10 close fori he aforcmo
uoned reasons. coffee dnnl<e
~re nm g1\'CO ;1 real cho1ce.
1hey wnni coffee wi1hou1 h;1Y1~
10 dnve a long way, 1hcy mu,,
go to Starbucks Wi1h each~
cal coffee shop t!m S1nrbud:'
rums, the choice <lccrc:iscs mo11. ,, ____ _
The owners of
Starbucks may
have worked
hard but that
doesn't give them
a right to put
everyone else out
of business and
turn diverse,
thriving commu­
nities into sicken­
ingly uniform,
mall-like
Corporatevilles.
'' rh,· pru1e,1<•r,, d.ums arc 1llJI
11nluunded 1herc ,,re plcniy al
reasons 10 avoid Sinrbucks
' S1arbucks' grow1h has been d~
scnhed as hkc that of ., cane•
cell Ono dmy tnck used bi
Srnrhucks in their lnsauablc d,,
s<re fo, growth ,s IO literally bui
1hc leases om lrom under th,
owners of local coffee <hops. Fot
example, Norm:,n We1111raub,1
coffee shop owner rrom Sa,
Francisco. s~w hi.._ rent 1nplcal\:
was rorctd to pay an cxm
$30,000 lump sum arte1
S1arbucks inma1ed a biddmg "'"
wilh his landlord for 1hc spa,"
S1arbucks has also rcponcdly
strong-armed su1>plicrs in10 ex­
clusive C()ntr.u:ts by tluc:ltcning
10 rnkc their business elscwhcn
if the supplier sells to S1arbucks
compciilors Fur1hcrmort
Starbucks practices sa1ura1ion
mnrkcting in which it lotatn
several s1ores In the s.,me gen­
eral area 10 clrivc out n.ny com­
petition and create. a monopol}
si1uation. Does Gillancl think
these arc fair business prac1iecs1
When one shops n1 a local busi­
ness 1hcy nrc supporting 1he lo­
cal communily. The money got1
10 people in the commuuily and
is spcru in the communil y. Con­
versely, when one shops a, an)
chain, the money leaves 1hr
commumty and goes tu Lhc cor•
por:ue headquaricrs somewhcrt
else. Local bus,ncsses also play
an important p•ri in defining 1ht
character of an area, whereas.
chains play an inponant pan in
destroying 1hc charac1cr of an
are;t
In conclusion. F• ..
~tarbucksl • Debating globalization's tradeoffs
The following commentators will participate in the panel discussion, "Globalization:
The Economic/Environmental Tradeoffs" tonight as the closing event of the Symposium
on Environmental Affairs. The discussion begins at 7:30 pm in the Council Chamber
The World Trade
Organization: New Arena
for Forest and Biodiversity
Protection
commenta,y by Victor Menotti
Forest pro1cc1ion advoca1cs
never before had l0 1hink much
abou1 1he World Trade Organi­
zation (\VTO), but thal's abou1
1ochangc. When trade ministers
from 135 nations mec1 in Seattle
for 1lw wro·s Third Minis1crial
(November 30 • December 3,
1999), 1hey plan 10 introduce a
sweeping new :agenda l~ increase
consumplion of wood products
worldwide, open up naiivc for­
tsts to logging. weaken c.1wiron­
mcn1al pro1cc1ions, and open the
door 10 Invasive species. The
most urgent inili.3tivc is :, new
global agreement on fores1 prod­
uc1s that U.S. Trade Rcprcscnia-
1ivc Charlene B:irshcCsky iold
Congress is a 1op ncgo1ia1ing
priorhy. A number of olher
agenda items could have even
grealcr impacls on forests. Ad­
\rising her :trc executives rrom
logging giants like Weyer•
hawser. Boisc-uscadc, ln1ema•
1ional Paper, and Georgia-Pa•
cific. No one reprcseming pro•
tcctions for forc!-tt ecosystems,
workers, orcommunitcs isat the
1.1hle. Below is an overview or
the new WTO Agenda for for•
tsts.
Stimulating Demand for
Wood Products
The U.S. is pushing l0 sign in
Scaitlc a new global agreement
on forest products co eliminate
bo1h tariff barriers (i111por1
taxes) and non-tariff barriers
(which can mean any govcn1•
mcnt measure, even environ•
menial laws, 1ha1 mhibiis or dis­
lOIIS trade). Industry s1ud1cs
projec1 1ha1 by climma11ng all
tariffs on wood products con•
sump1ion will increase by 3•4
percent worldwide, adding new
pressure 10 1he world's already­
overburdened forcsLs.
Opening Up Native Forests
logging corporations arc in­
creasingly invcs1ing abroad in
search of larger forcs1 reserves :,nd less coslly labor and envl•
ronmental regula1ions. The
WTO 1s preparing 10 iniroclucc
a broad agenda 10 promoic and
1iro1cc1 such foreign invest•
mcnts. Among 1he ideas being
advanced is 1ha1 of Na1ional
Treatment, wluch would require
nations Lo trcal forcign hwcslOrs
on Lhe same tcnns as domcs1ic
ones. Brazil, Russia, Mexico, In­
donesia, and other countries
\vilh significant tractS of native
fores1s have 1raditionally limited
foreign access to natural re­
sources to prevent their c.xploi4
tat ion by absemce owners. Pro•
posed WTO inves1mc111 rules
would remove such government
controls, institutionalizing .. cut­
and run• logging around lhc
glob<:.
Pro
Environment
Weakening Environmcnttll
Protections
Also on the inveslmen1
agenda isa propos:il to dcnne 1hc
"exproprialion" of a foreign in•
vesuncnl so broadly lha1 ii
would allow corpornuons 10 sue
foreign govcn1mcnts for enact4
ing measures that -'have. the ef.
reel" of reducing 1hc foreign
invcslor's "planned profi1s.•
Such invcslmcnt n1lcs already
exis1 under NAFTA. lf ndoptcd
as a global rule via 1he WTO.
new government measures to
protect forests (111dccd,anylhing
in 1he public i111cres1) could be
challenged as an illegal ·cxpro•
prrntion: requiring full cash
compensation to the foreign in•
vestor. Known by cnttcs as the
"Pay the l'ollu1er• principle, 1hc
WTO's proposed mves1men1
mies would cas1 a chill over new
environmental protcc1ions
around 1hc glob<:.
Threatening Cer1ificalion
ln.itia1ivcs
An ugly showdown is coming
10 SCI new global rules on log­
ging practices thal will pil indus­
try-set guidelines (such as lhc Sustainable Forcs1ry l11i1fa1ivc,
or SFl) against more rigorous
siandards set In partlcpatory
processes Oikc 1he Forest S1cw­
a rdsh i p Council. or FSC).
An1erican industry now says ll
cannot compete agains1 logging
opcralions in countries wilh
little or no envnonmcntal regu­
la1ion or enforcement, specifi­
cally naming the U.S. Endan•
gercd Species Act as the biggcs1
burden on American competi•
1h•cness. They now want to ere­
ale a se1 of harmonized global
rules lo "level lhc playing
field." If adop1cd. industry-sci
slandards would lock-down
weak prolCClions in countries
where there is major logging of
nalivc forests s1ill 10 be dohc
(Canada. Mexico. Chile, Brazil,
Indonesia. Russia, etc.), while
exposing relalivcly sironger
prolcctions (as in 1he U.S.) 10
challenge under lhe WTO.
The WTO: New Policy
Arena for Forest Protection
F<>rcst prolec11on groups
around 1he world can no longer
ignore the WTO. Whelher one
is working to protect endan•
gcrccl species, reduce wood fl.
bcr consumption, promote cer­
tified timber, encourage com­
munity-based forestry. or pro­
tect old-grow1h areas. the new
wro agenda. is on a colhs1on
course with your efforts.
We must begin immcdia1ely
10 build a Slrong voice for the
prOlCCli0n or forcs1s and
biodiversity. We need 10 exam·
inc how current trade and in•
VCSllllCnl policies arTCCl forests.
how proposed ch•nges migh1
affccl them. and put fonh our
positive vision for a new set of
international rules governing
1rade and inves1mcn1 that will
ensure I he protection of forest
ecosy1ems and the people who
inhabil them. Only then will
forest proleclion advocalCS ftnd
their place in I he growing in­
ternational movcmcnc to re­
write the rules of the global
economy.
Victor Menoni is Director
of the lntcrruitional Forum on
Globalization's Environment
Program. The Environmental
Benefits of Globalization
commenta,y by John A. Cha,les
The conventional wisdom
wilhin the mains1ream en\'iron~
mt:ntal movement is 1h:.1t our
m:trkCL economy is not sustain~
obi• because it promotes crass
consumerism that l, depicting 1hc
eanh's finilc resources. Environ­
mcncalists arc particular!)'
alarmed 1hal millions or people
around 1hc world aspire 10 1he
level of nmenal com£om that
Americans take for gramccl. They
fear 1ha1 the globalizaiion of capi­
talism ,s a recipe for ecological di­
saster. thereforr we mus1 move to
some as-yet undefined sys1em,
one wilh greater government
comrol.
Formna1cly. 1he ac111al da1a
irends all point in a much more
posillvc direction. so readers
need not £ear the end of the mod·
cm conveniences we all take for
granted. Nor is 1here any reason
10 feel gmhy abou1 the typical
Amcncan li£es1ylc. Our economy
has been becoming more environ•
mentally benign for well over 50
years, and there is no reason to
Lhink this 1rend will reverse itself.
Let's examine jus1 a few of 1he
more significam irends. The in•
fom monali1y r.ue in 1hc United
S1a1es dropped from 29.2 per
thousand in 1950 10 7.7 In 1995.
Since 1980. the death rnte for can­
cer has dropped more than 11.4
pcrcenl for individuals be1wcen
1he ages or 25 and 64. As a result
of 1hese and 01her similar lrcnds,
1he lire expectancy for all Ameri­
cans rose from 70.Sycars in 1970
10 75.8 by 1995. The levels of
cnvironmen1al pollution havr
dropped drama1ically, despite (or
more accurn1ely, because of) eco­
nomic grow1h. For example, be­
tween 1970and 1991, total high­
WllY vehicle emissions of hydro­
carbons dropped 66 parccni, c:ir­
bon monoxide emissions by 59%,
and nitrogen oxide emissions by
21 percent, e,·en 1hough the nu111-
ber of miles driven wcn1 up by
I 00 pen:enl.
The growth or our economy
has generated 1hc necessary
weahh 10 invest in pollution con•
trol 1cchnologics and processes.
Nationwide, the amoun1 of
money spcnl annually by lhe
business sec1or on pollution
abatemcnl rose [rom S3i .9 billion
in 1973 10 S59.3 billion in 1993,
in rnns1an1 dollars.
One of 1hc mos1 idling s1atis•
1ics is the rcla1ionship bc1wecn
emissions and grow1h in Gross
National Produc1 (GNP). A1mo•
spheric emissions per constant
$1,000 or GNP have been consis•
1en1ly declining by appro,imatcly
3.6 percent per year since before
WWII from 380 pounds per Sl,000 of GNP in 1940 10 60
pounds in 1988. Emissions per
copila during those years also de­
clined, from 1.1 tons per person 10
0.5 tons. Energy consumption dc­
clmed per conslan1 S 1.000 of GNP.
a1 1hc rate or 1 percent per year.
How 1s ii 1ha1 as 1he economy
grows, emissions keep falhngl The
answer 1s simple: market competi·
1ion imposes 3 nevc:r•ending drive
for efficiency and lnnova1ion. Smee
pollulion resuhs [rom 1he was1c of
a resource inpu1, rising mdusinal
effimncy resuhs m lowered pollu-
1ton. Wasterul business may survive
for a while, but in a competitive
market, they will uhima1ely be
forced to lower their pollution J,-•.
els or go out of business.
lromcally, it's 1he unnecessary
mtcrvenuon of the regulatory sia1e
Pro
Economy
into markets that results in greater
pollution and waste. Huge [ederal
agencies have been d.1mming rive.rs.
over-grazing federal lands, clcar­
cu11ing forests, and using condem­
nauon proceedings 10 Jam highways
through residentiol neighborhoods
for much of this cemury. No1 only
ha;,e mos1 of 1hcse ae11"11ics been
ham1ful 10 1he environment, 1hc)'
have required massl\•c. ta.x subsidies
as well. The ptivaic sector could 1101
possibly do 1hese dcs1ructivc 1hings
because only 1he govemmen1 can
levy taxes or forcibl)' 1akc )'our
property.
On a global level, 1he s1a1e in•
1cr\'en1ionist model has been 1ried
numerous times and has been
shown 10 be a dismal failure. Some
of the mos1 pollu1ed cilics on 1hc
face or 1he earth arc in coun1ries
formerly under socialist rule. Lead•
ers of 1he Sovic1 Union nnd East
Gemi:my were as confident in their
abilit)' 10 run the economy as local
"sus1ainable devdopmen1" advo•
ca1es are in Oregon, bu11hcy found
out 1ha1 dimina1ing marke1 tompe•
thion also dimina1cd incentives to
develop innova1ive tcehnologic.s
1hat use resources more efficicnlly.
During this wc,k's environmtn-
1al symposium, we should •cknowl•
edge 1hal the sran:h for a sus1aln•
able economy is over. We've aln:ady
got one; we just need 10 pro1ec1 ii
from 1he meddling or selr-sening
environmental elites who simply
can'l stand 1he idcn or ·unplanned"
voluntary exchange in a market
economy.
John Charles served as exccu-
1ivc director of the Oregon Envi­
ronmental Council from 1980 lo
I 997 and is now mvironmcntal
policy director of the Cascade
Policy Institute, a fr,c-marke1
lhink 1ank in Portland.
Writers co.me hither
Story, meetings Mondars @ 6
in lhe Pioneer Log office
October 22, 1999 Pioneer Log 7 C> /?ernernberirlfj _j(alie
PHOTO l'f l'UlA8CT .. 1CiJltH ,, __
When I think about Kate all I can do is smile.
I am smiling at all those memories and adven­
tures that we embarked on together. I am
smiling at the blessing of a wonderful friend,
who though for onl5' a short while, made a
huge impact on my life. But most of all I am
smiling with Kate because I know that she is
smiling down on me with her beautiful and
unforgettable smile.
Elizabeth Kuhn ____________ ,, Rarely m lire do rou meet people who you know ror such a small ,m1oun1 or woe hul have ~uch an
1mp;,ct on your hie That ,s what Kate Mills,; lO me. I met unJ gol 10 know Kn11c last spring on the
overseas progrou, m Ecuador I have been thankCul tor the program ever since. I mcl ~o many wonder•
lul people :111<1 had such" great cxpcncncc 1ha1 only our group could have had Kauc was one of 1hc
people who I chcl not know before I he program but g01 to know so well m Ecuador. She became one .,r
my closes, fncnds.
The thmg about Kate 1s she wa:,. such a free spint. She was always s.o sure or hcrsdf and thai
confidence sh,,wcd In cvcrythmg 1h.n she did. She knew how 10 lnugh ,11 herself when ,he fell down or
mn into a pole (whtth hnppcnc<l or1cn) i;1nd her smile wns ahsolult"l)' conrng1ous She knew how 10
have a good t1111c tand she km:w how H1 hstcn ir you needed to Ialk.
K,nr, Ehz.ibcth Kuhn and I m1vdccl wgc1h« during our Lune 111 Ecuador. We had an mcrcd,hi)'
imerc~ung w<-ekcnd ~trnndcd 1n a bc:u:h 1own m E,u:-uJur lh:11 ld1 u~ wuh sun hums :ind amoebas. BuL
ii really did 1101 m.111cr because we laughed a lot .ind mack hgln of washed ou1 hndgcs. overahumlnncc
\l( ram, losmg )'OUT r:w<1nte shoes (:tncl ;k1rt) \\TI 1hc: bl.!ach. and our mtcrcs1ing accommodauons. \Ve
Jusi had fun hcmg 1ogc1her 1a1lkmg ahou1 fmml)' friends s,-honl. Su111h America, and Iha< really hot
surfer lrom Venezuela 1h,11 jusl asked for Lhc <ah shak«
Our uavel1ng tno llcw nunh to Cana.gen~,. Colomh1a for Sc!m:ma Santa We were so unsure and so
nervous about gomg and how our parents would feel ahou1 us gomg to Colombia Blll I will never
forget hmclmg in Cartagena ~m<l the excitement 1hat overcame U5. We had 1hc mos1 inncd1bk week.
We rcfaxcd on 1hc bc.,ch, mc1 rncrcc.libk people. inwckd 10 the Ros,1no lslnnds. :md wcn1 ou1 dancing
every 111gh1. I jus1 remember si11ing ou1 on the beach at 2:00 1111lw monnng smging "Closer 10 Fine•
by 1hc Indigo Girls The 1rlp would not have been the ,aim· 1f Ka1c h.1<1 noL hccn there. Together, we
h1tcl an nmnz1ng 1imc.
I guess wha1 I am 1rymg to ,ay is how wonderful Kate Mills wa$, 1s. and always wlll be I told Kale
1ht! lasl 1ime: I saw her to take care and have a wonderful umc m her travc.ls, her lime al home before
her Ch,k program. and in Chile. From the e-mails I got from her. I know she d1cl I cannot lls1cn 10
Indigo Girls. Cai S1cvcns, Joni Mitchell, Madonna or the song "1\111crica11 Pie" wi1hou1 1hmkmg of
Kate. I c:1nno1 dance sals:, rn Ch, Chi Pcr;iha w11hout 1hink111g of Ka1c I cannot sec someone wnlk a
lmlc pigeon toed "11hou11h111kmg of Ka1e I guess 1h,111< how I knu" she is sull wuh me and alwa)'S
will be
1'hr pl~,tc was B~mos, ;i small tounst 1own ln
Ecuador. 11 Is said th,11 If you dm,b to 1hc top of
1hc mountain you can pick oul Iw1cc as many
grmgos as n:ulves nukmg 1heir way 1hrough the
streets There were Hof us from Lcwb & Cl.irk
who had mvat.1..:d lh1s ~innll h.JWII It.> SUI)' over•
night bcforr we entered 1he jungle. Ka1c. Celis,
Nikki and I were Hrcd from the long drive and
just wanted to take a walk around the town and
explore a bit before we turned m for the night.
Upon emcnng the town on 1he bits we noticed a
trarlor pulling several cars behind ,ha, were
painted like a ouerpillar. After looking around
\vc-came 10 the cQndusion 1ha1 there must he a
Eur in town and before 1he night was over we
should definitely have a look. h was not 100 hard
10 find the •foir grounds" because there wns a
mhcr large ferris wheel 1hn1 was probably 1hc
rnllcst 1hing in Banos at the 1imc. We made o,1r
wa)' 10 1he park area wilh the purpose of riding Nikki Wallin
1lu: Ferns wheel. In s01nc way~ we wanted 10 set
what :.1 Ferris wheel was like in [;cu:u.lor but we
also figured we could get good views from such
a height. As we approached I he ndc, no one w.,s
around and 1hc wheel v .. 1;15 nOl runmng \Ve
1houghl maybe II was ch.1i:.ctJ hut when we askc<l
he shu£ned Kate and Celia on the wheel ,md told
Nikki and 1 we would have 10 wa1L I was no,
sure at the lime why we had 10 wail hut it all
became rather clcar '"meas I saw the process ul
s1ar1mg 1he Fems wheel. Firsl he began D)' Slick­
ing lWO live clec.tric31 wires togcthcrcreaLrng blue
sparks and smoke 1ha1 I did 1101 hchc,•c would
meet 1hc safety standards at Six Flags Amusement
Park. Next a second man hcgan 10 pull on 1hr
actual Fcrrt$ wheel to stan it in mo1ion. To keep
1hc wheel in motion there was :1 motor rrom an
old 1rnc1or where a man was frantically pushing
pedals to gel some ac1ion out or the machine To
top it off, Ihc entire wheel seemed to be rotaling
on one old. small, dc1criorn1cd car lire. The wheel
began slowly and picked up :i liuk more speed
every 1imC" i1 came hack down hut ncvc.-r making
a foll drclc. I guc<< af1cr Cella and Kate saw how
exact]), th1s wheel w:i.~ m mution the)' became a
l111le fearlul and wnn1cd off. I did nm 1lunk that
is wni. l1,.H) much tu ask the m;m 10 stoI> the ma~
thine s1n<:1,.• u wnsn'1 C\'Cn mnkmg lull c1rclcs, JUSl
going ha.ck and lorth. I hrs1 asked the man to
<lop the Ferris wheel nnd 1hai Ill)' lncml< were
ready 10 get off, 10 whirh he rcspomlcd wuh a
shrug of 1hc shoulders. a 11101lvn I 1o<>k 10 mean
he rcall)' dnl nl)l <:an· wh,ll my lnem.ls ,,.,anted.
Artcra"klng p1,.1Jucl) St:.'Ycral time, and gc11ing the
same response I tried to 1cll Jum that he hacl to
stup the wheel an<l that they were rcnJl)' sick arid
were going to throw up ull over his Ferris wheel
He dic.l no1 care Mc3nwhilc Celia and Kate wcrr
tummg a bll p:,lc and scrca111111g to gc1 off from
the 1op or the wheel l suppose someone hcmd
l"lur screams bcc.'1!ltsc n d11rcl man came 1wcr nnt.I
saw Nikki and I standing there :rnd Jctu;illy re­
sponded to our request nnd stopped the wheel.
Upon Kate ond Ccha's cxi1 the man asked Nikki
and Li( we were· really to get on, we c!cclincd :mcl
took:, p1c1urc inslcacl.
Kate Mills and Celia Maysles ride a Ferris wheel in Ecuador Elizabeth Kuhn
8 Pioneer Log October 22, 1999 ... Cefebralion a
I nc\lcr had the pleasure or meeting
Kate Mills person:illy. Yc1 111 1 he past
mom h since her tragic dea1h on Sep1em­
bcr 15, I have come 10 k11ow her in a pro­
found way 1lm1ugh shared remembrances
or her many friends a, 1he College, b)' lis•
ienmg 10 L1rry Meyers 1ell or the memo•
nal scrvkc ln Snnuago, and b)' mce11ng
her pan:nu,, sister,,, :md • number of their
friends at the memorial service on Sep­
tember 25th. ;11 F:unnouni Pre:sbylerian
Church In Cleveland Hc,glus, Oh,o
11 was my privilege 10 mccl and then
Jom three of Kate~ close friends, Becca
B,•:,nrnn, El1zabc1h Kuhn, ,111d Nikki
Wall111, for what Reverend ~fanhcw
Peterson and Kn1c's f:uml) called "A Ser­
vice or Thanksg1v111g and !'misc 10 God
for 1he Life of Katherine S.B. Mills".
A, l would soon learn, at home grow•
Ing op, she was called "Katie". When she
j<1111cd 1he Lcwts & Clark comntunuy 111
Fall, J9Q7, shr was called "Knie" by her
ntall)' frknds. Bccc•, Ehzahcth, and Nikki
knew Kale well, having traveled and stud•
ictl with her m Ecuador. They shared SIO•
ncs and pit~mrcs wuh me duiingour stay.
ht;lpmg me to know Kate nnd lO lc-arn
nhoul them as well.
There's nn olLI sayrng lh:.tt "you're
known hy the compan}· you keep". l <:an
say this with absolute certamty· Kate kept
grc-a.1 compan)', anJ my hfe has been L'll•
ric-hctl hy coming t<.> know several or her
friends, Including a very special pcrs:on
with whom she shared her name ~mt.I with
whom she was pl:mmng to ll\lC when she
rc1umecl from Chile. Ano1hcr l<atc Mills.
Ka1hcnn l~ Mills from $1. Paul, Mmne•
sota. Also :'I Junior at Lewis & Clark. Also
an extraordinary young woni.111. 1 would
meet 1h1s Kate Mills under the most dil­
hcu h or circumstances when I totd her
of the dca1h of her dear friend before
PrestdcnL Mooney made the formnl an•
nounccmcn1 of our, r~g1c loss to the com­
munuy.
We earned wuh us numerous car<ls
and leuers of condolence from students,
faculty. and staff as ~he four of us JOined
over 600 others at I he mcmonal service
m the beauty of the h1s1<>nc church on a
glorious b1c summer clay. t was simply
O\'Cn\·hclmcd al the ompounng of care.
concern, and love lor Ka1e ancl for her
family.
h was a service of thank$g1vmg and
prmsc, but 1he fact remamecl ... dcath had
intruded on one so young and so vibra.n,.
Dc~th 1s supposed 10 come 111 1hc end of a long life, well lived.
I-low can we dc,il with the irra1ional.
1hc uncx11ec1cd, the death 1h,u every par­
cm rears? How can we absorb 1he >eel·
demal death of a s1udcn1, one of our own,
who did not hve to celcbrn1e her 21si
birthday?
Perhaps I hcsc question, cannot be
answered, but of this I am certain the
memorial !-Crviccs in San1ingo :md in
Clc,•cland, all(! tins celehrntiun of Kate's
hre 1oda)' al Lewis & Clark College. arc
,.commuml)' momcnb., where the human
.md the d1vmc come tnw close nncl mll­
mntc ptox111uty.
And ,IS we face I Ins mystery. we m\lSI ten 1ogc1hcr, talk of fncndsh1ps, read
poetry, sav<1r pho1ogTaphs, wrne of 111ncs
shared, eulogize, laugh and cry. In so
doing, we learn anew 1ha1 loss is painful
because life Is good, life Is precious, life
IS. gilt
And m our pain~ we can also ccle.brntc
whai:, precious gff1 Kate was 10 so man>
:n home in Oino, in Ecuador. an Sannago,
.md he1e n1 1.cwis & Clark.
Katt, the l!>:traordin:.1r)1 young
woman with tht· m:,gnclll snulc and in­
!cc1t.,us laugh who gathered so man)'
friends aruund hrr
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond's glint on the
snow.
I am the gentle autumn's rain,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
When you waken to the morning's
hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the soft stars that shine at
night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
hold onto each other in whatever way we
can because we share a common human•
ity. We 111t1st moum death and celebrate
1hc beauty ol li[e in conum111ity. We can•
1101 do this alone.
\Ne must open our anns 10 one an•
olher. V•lc must reach ou1 for a hand or
someone we don't know and 1rcasurc 1hc
moment or shared cmolion. \Ve mus1 be
present for each other in ways 1h,11 make
us vulnerable. \Ve mus1 smg mge1hcr, 11.s• • Kntc. the youngest daughter or
Victona and Os, 1he liulc girl in 1hc pic­
ture a1 1he. rccepuon m Oluo. situng m
the pumpkin pa1ch on a clear and crisp
October afternoon wuh her am, around
the pumpkin she had chosen. In 1hat pic­
ture, she l$ every chtlcl wilh a zest ror lire,
a sense of discovery. and a love ot na1urc
• Kate, the youngest or three sisters
who bear a s1riking resemblance 10 c.ach
f'HOlO IY N!IOtl WAlllN other ctnd lo their 11101hcr Victoria and
Chnsunc remembered their sister lov•
ingl)' and wnh gra1itudc in their eulogy
which ended wl1h these words. "k'.itlic,
you will always be wi1h us.• They .1r­
fmned the call 10 cclcbratu>n of her life
and sp1r11 1 nnd 1hcir po1gna111 word~
s1>esk 10 1hc nnpon:mcc ol rcmcmhenng
and the rcahty ul choice Ph)'sical dca1h
mtrulled \Ve. chno:,c whether or not 1hrrc
will be a dcnih uf I he spi ri1
-Ka1c, 1hc teenage girl passing b11tk•
Cl~ or ccmcm '° Other.:; while bmltlin~
home< w11h her ,hurd, group in 1he Do-
111111,can Republic. So much given 10 .1
world 111 need, seckmg nothmg m rc1urn
-Kate, the special friend of David.•
young man ol profound faith and shared
commumcnt to reach Llut tu others m
need, :.t person wtth an inner peace and
maturity far beyond his years
-Kate. llte spirited one who loved nn•
nu·c. whether on a sen ka)1.,king 1np to
Waldo uikc with College Outdoors n1
New Student Oncnrn\ion, runnmg h:ue~
foot along the beaches of Oregon, In a
bo;ll on the ,\mazon huggmg fnends. or
cnjo}'mg 1hc w:.irm P;1eiflc. waters m Ee•
uodor. wondcnng who took her d01hcs
frotn 1hc hc~.\d1 where G"hc ld1 them
-Kate. the dedicated studenl or SOCI•
ology, anthropology and h1spa111c s1ud-
1cs, known by her focuhy ~•s .. bright. cu•
nous. lrnrd-workms;, brn\lc, and gener•
ous."
As Reverend Mau hc,v Peterson spoke
ol Kauc nt the mcmonal service 1n Cleve•
hind, h~ quoted lrom her applicanon to
smdy overseas :n Lewis & Clark. aud m
so domg underscored the csscm:.c or her
\apbnngmg by a lo"mg 1mnhcr =ind fat hct
"My parcllt.:, have alw·ays 1rus,cd me
to clo what I lch was ngh I nn<l 10 follow
my pursmlS wuh <kd1t:auon. 1 lecl fortu•
nale 1 hai I was allowed 1hc freedom 10
grownnd develop 1nw my own mdiv1clual
person.'"
Her pns1or knew her well, and he
kmdly sent me a copy of 111s rcnec1ions
at 1hc memonal. 1 ask 1ha1 you cclebr:11c
1hc life of Kate Mills with these nn:il
words or eulogy rrom Reverend Peterson:
''Her presence is a pan or our collec•
tivc life and memory now: her humor. her
love is ours now 10 sh,are with others. I
pmy th>1 her heruagc or compassion. sen­
silivity :1ncl re."G"pect for nalurc becomes
our inhcrirnncc.. l pray 1hat whatever hu.1•
rel wrea,hcs and accolades were given
Ka11e in her hfo, transfer to us to u,r ~,s
exemplars in our lives. Kalle's w:b .uu.l 15
;1 laudable spirit. This magnlf,ccnl ,pirll
h~l!i n,,w passed from our lim11ccl ~t.•o:,c
to he wllh hcranct-slors. who ~,re ptq1,11-
mg I() wekomc us ,tll homr. c,u .. h Ul HH
own 1,mc. •
May )'OU n:1.,1 now in 1hc ltwm)t tml\
of God, Kate Mills
\.Ve nc,1l'r met. hut tl 1s ~• pr1, tlcg.c l1•
kn,,w yftll
Michael Ford
Dean of Students
Nikki Wallin, Katie Mills
and Elizabeth Kuhm in
Cartagena, Columbia, for
Semana Santa in March
1999.
October 22, 1999 Pioneer Log 9 Family and friends celebrate Kate
The community gathers to
remember and celebrate
the life of Katie Mills, and
to mourn her passing.
By Fauna Doyle
Friends, family, students,
stall, and faculty gathered at the
/\lurnni Circle last Friday. Oct
l5'" to remember and celebrate
the life of Katherine S.ll. Mills.
They read poems, gave speeches.
sang songs. and offered prayers
They were Lherc to share. in ,heir
grief over her death and 10 pay
tribute to her life. Those who
attended gained a sense of clo­
sure and a realization or how
precious lire is.
The sun shone wam,ly on 1he
people that gathered around
3:30 in the afternoon. In the
movies 11 always rains dunng
outdoor memorial services. On
Fnday the sun emphasized the
fact that the community had
chosen 10 celebrate Katie's l,fe.
Friends hugged and smiled at
each 01hcr. /\ few young women
passed out yellow and white dai­
s,es while others passed om pro­
grams. Many people began to su
m the folding chatrs 1.hai had
been Sel up, but some, in the
typical LC student fashion. sat
on the steps that ring the circle.
/\ recording of Van Morrison's
Brown-Eyed Girl played from
the speakers.
Jane Atkmson 01,cncd the cel­
ebration. She thanked Kate~ par­
enLS and two older sisters £or ,,t-
1cnding. and she told the crowd
thot they were a community
gathered 10 "celebrate 1he life
and mourn the passing• of Ka1e
Mills. Ray W:im:n and Larry Myers
•lso spoke. They told the crowd
abou1 Ka1e's love of home and
nature, her s1rong conr\ccuo.ns
10 her family, and her raclian1
smile. The group laughed and
cned as they listened 10 Jane
Atkinson read an essay whlc.h
Kate wrote about her .. begin­
nings" and how she had never
considered hcrselr a tomboy be­
cause she never wanted to be a
boy. 11 was s,id and cclcbrat0ry
at the s.1mc time. In the won!., ,, ____ _
They shared their love
for a girl who was
somewhat clumsy but
very adventuresome.
They told stories
about her life in Ecua­
dor, in Brazil, and
about her love for
photography. _____ ,,
of Micheal Ford. "Death is sup­
posed 10 come a1 1he encl of a
life well lived; and 1he crowd
mourned lor her loss.
The microphone picked up
,he sound of the w,nd as II be­
gan 10 blow, and 1he sun slowly
sank bchmd the An Gallery as
one by one. ·Kate"s friends re4
ncc1ed on her I ife. They shared
1 heir IQVC ro·r 3 girl who was
somewhat clumsy hut very ad­
venturesome. They ,old swnes
about her life in Ecuador, tn Bra­
zil, and abou1 her love for pho­
tography. The crowd heard
abou1 her affirmation of lriend­
sh,p in :m airport and about her
desire 10 be a photographer for
Morning Has Broken National Geograplnc. Her
friends shared their bchef 1ha1
hcst way 10 remember Kate
would be by con1inuing 10 re­
spcc1 nature and by "specializ­
ing in the unpossiblc. • Tc,-Jrs glis­
ten eel on the faces or the audi­
ence and they shivered from the
cold even as they laughed. Even
those who didn't know Kate
were moved by the joy and grid
felt by 1hosc who loved her.
Towards , he end of the cer­
emony, little sirips of red yard
were passed 0111. Elizabeth Kuhn
explained 10 the audience that
il wns a 1raUition in KatcS fam­
ily 10 tic the yam around some•
one else\; wrist. As each person
lied a knot on ano1hcr person's
wrist, 1hat person made a wish,
and according to Lradition when
the yarn falls off, the wish Is
granted. /\ group 1ha1 had ear­
lier sung •closer 10 fine" by 1hc
Indigo Girls. sang "Listen More
Often• by Sweet Honey In the
Rock. and once again the com­
munity was moved lO ccars.
The celebra1ion ended with a
Gaelic Blessing and it was a som­
ber crowd that moved forward
to put their daises in a vase.
Many people hugged each other
and c:ricd. Bui ii was a healing
grier; t.he celebration lu,d helped
to put closure on the tragedy of
Kate's death. People lelt in ones
ancl twos, and I hey were drained.
but they had a renewed commit­
ment to living lifo 10 the fulles1.
Kate's death reminds every­
one 1 hat at any titne loved ones
can be lost. and so we musl cher­
ish them. In remembering her.
we remember that she would
have told us to enjoy our lives.
If we do. her memory will live
on.
Morning has broken Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing Fresh from the Word!
Sweet the rain's new fall Sunlit from heaven,
Like the first dewfall On the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness Of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness Where His feet pass.
Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning
Born of theone light Eden saw play!
Praise with elation, Praise every morning,
God's recreation Of the new day!
A Gaelic Blessing
Deep peace of the running wave to you,
deep peace of the flowing air to you,
deep peace of the quiet earth to you,
deep peace of the shining stars to you,
deep peace of the gentle night to you,
moon and stars pour their healing light on you,
deep peace of Christ the light of the world to you.
-adapted from an old Gaelic rune
10 Pioneer Log October 22. 1999 A celebration of the
life of Kate Mills
Memorial Program
Music
Welcome -Jane Atkinson
Poem -Becc:a Wasserman
Song-"Closer to Fine" -Indigo Grrls
Steve Saletta, guitar
Re0ections- "A Tribute to Kate Mills" -Ray Warren
by Michael Ford
Poem- "Nnce"rh ,s Born" -Lucrecia Choto
by Pablo Ncrud:1
Rc0ections -Larry Meyers
Song ( unison) -"Mormng Has Broken•
Slcvc Salena, guitar&. Cristina Matint), vocalisl
Reflec11ons -Ton & Christ me Mills
Silent Mediu11ion & Prayers -Mark Duntley
Reflect ions by Kate's f'ricncls
"El desnudo"rSiancling Naked• -Bee-a Beeman
by Pablo Neruda
A Symbol or Connection & Unity -Elizabeth Kuhn
Song "Listen More Often• -Sweet Honey in the Rock
Gaelic Blessing (unison) -Jenny Bae
Closing -Nikki Wallin
Music
Meyers meets students
and family in Chile
By Colin Bede
As part of Lewis & Clark's
reaction 10 Katie Mills' tragic
accident, Lury Meyers. the
director of the Overseas Of•
fice, traveled 10 Chile to visit
with students, faculty and
01hers involved with 1he in­
tensive language and aca­
demic program. Meyers
wan1ed to assure 1he well-be­
ing of 1hc four LC s1uden1s
who are on the program as
well as suppon Ka1ic Mills'
parents who iravcled to
S:mliago for the memorial sc.r­
vice: there.
Meyers says that 1he other
s1udcn1s arc clearly shaken
up, bu1 handling the situation
well. II was obvious that Kate
had had an effect on the pro­
gram and the other students,
which Meyers says "speak.s 10
the goodness of her soul.•
Kate's hos, mother has also
l,ccn very distraught by the
event, reeling "like a daugh•
tcr had died." Mc also noted
that the trip has helped Kaie's
mo1hcr unders<and Kate's
reason for aucnding the pro•
gram.
Meyers said that many fac­
ulty and staff have come by his office asking wha1 1hcy
can do and expressing con­
cern for the other s1udents on
1hc progr•m. Overall, the re­
sponse by the LC community
has been "a good one with
lots of compassion."
Meyers aucnded the me•
morlal service in Chile which
he says was a tradillonal Latin
American way of grieving a
lost one. He pointed out that
Lhc three services, in Chile,
Cleveland ( where Kate was
from) and at LC have been
good progressions of mourn­
ing, with the LC service in­
tended to be a celebration of
Kate's life.
The accident has not had
an effect on interest in LC
overseas programs ond. says
Meyers. "probably won·,
frighten people unnecessar­
ily.• He added t ha1 LC stu•
dents are "better risk takers•
with a "diflcrent level of so­
phistication" than most. The
"desire 10 learn about the
world" motivates LC st11-
den1s. and 1hcre arc never
problems filling "high-risk"
programs like India or ones • Pioneer Log Arts--------------
Lenny Kravitz electrifies the Rose Garden
Opening band, Buckcherry, leaves something to be desired
by Oliver Tuholske
For 111os1 people, Wednesday,
Oc1. 13 was Jus1 an01her week•
nigh1, bu1 for those lucky
enough 10 sec ,he Freedom Tour,
headlined by Lenny Krnviiz, roll
mto the Rose Garden, it \\!'as an
evening to remember.
The show oprncd wi1h
Buckchcrry, a new group mak·
ing a name for itsclr on the air­
w:ivcs whh the hit single "for
The Movies." Unfonunalely, 1hc
band left a lot 10 he desired. The
k:ad singer. a greasy. muh1-tal•
toocd kllo\l,' with-a MtckJ~tggcr
complex. seemed more. con­
cerned w11h snorling cocaine
than nm king music. and 1hc ga­
rage band backing him had
many people muucring abolll
•SuckcJ1erry.. The group
whipped 1hrough a set of good
old-fashioned bull rock, bu1 lch
mos, people looking at 1hcir
watches or wande,ring back out
to the concession stand. A few
lucky concerigocrs even nodded ,, ____ _
Buckcherry's lead
singer, a greasy,
multi-tattooed fellow
with a Mick Jagger
complex, seemed
more concerned with
cocaine than making
music, and the ga­
rage band backing
him had many people
muttering about
'Suckcherry.'
'' off When l.luckcherry nnished
people applauded, if only be•
cause the waili-ng was nnnlly
over.
The nexi act 10 hi1 1hc stage
was that bastion of c;andy-cov•
crcd punk-pop, Smash Mou1h.
Opening with the hi1 song "Can'1
Ge1 Enough Of You I.lab)•." 1he
The London Suede
sings about sex and drugs
with glam rock style
by Erin Haick
Remember 1he days when
nobody complained that rcx:k­
ers had only sex and drugs on
1hclr minds and only sang
abou1 thaL fas1 and furious
lifos1ylt? On 1his, 1heir ialcsl
album, The London Suede
cover all 1hree of 1hcsc topics
in dt1aU. and wilh such glee
and glam that it 1nakcs one
long whole-hcanedly for those
days ... and poli1ical correcl•
ncss be damned.
"E.lectricil y" staris the disc
wilh spark and gli111,r, and
enough sampled effeclS 10 rm
anyone'.scup. This craekshow•
cases The London Suede's
sound, inspired strongly by
1he 70's glam rock of David
Bowie and Lou Recd. From the
crooked nasal swagger of
singer Breu Anderson's voice
10 the fuzz.f1llcd guitar, ii's
clear 1his band is all about
s1ylc. Midway 1hrough 1he
disc comes 1he second single
"She'.s in Fashion·. a gorgeous
pop number highligh1ed by
strings and a 1humping bass
line.Just before 1hc tide lrack
comes .. Asbestos"', with a
slithery rhy1hm, mu1cd 1n1m•
pc1 solo, and Anderson's croon
abou1 suburban girls making
eyes a1 suburban boys
There is an evolution 10
lhis disc. The Orsi bi1 of I he
record, with the notable ex­
ception of the ghos1ly ballud "Down", ls hcody and exuber·
:tnL, ·:md culmm:ucs wilh the
tide 1rack "Head Music• Af.
ter 1ha1, the album becomes
mon: lmros1>ecuvc, even som•
bcr, •s Anderson ~1eklcs tbo;,c
thmgs 1hat happen arter a
night or drinking and sex. The
las1 six tracks on 1his fouriecn•
1rackalbum are lower-key, but
no less tcchnicall)• prol'ic1em,
aod sing or sadness and los1
love. One of the mos1 beauli•
fol 1racks on 1he album is 1hc
last, "Crack in I he Union ,, ____ _
The London Suede's
sound (is] inspired
strongly by the ?O's
glam rock of David
Bowie and Lou Reed. _____ ,,
Jack", where, whh lhc sole•c•
companimcnl of an acoustic
guitar, Anderson sings about
a crack that's been discovered
in the Union Jack-01hcrwisc
known as 1hc English flag. The
starkness of the song only
adds 10 ilS sense or nos1algia
and remorse.
Anderson tackles his lyrics
whhasure hand. and his con•
fldcn, delivery lends
c.rtcdcncc to even I he most
impossible vocal couplets.
This lyricist also has a fine
rumd for melodrama, singing
in •1ks Gone" that" ... like the
leaves on the trees/like 1hc
Carpen1er's song/like tbe
planes and the ,rains and the
lives 1ha1 were yo\lng/he 1s
gone, and II feels like 1hc
words to a song". group looked Lo liven 1hings u11
• bil As 1he)' dehly worked
though an upbeat SCI, 1hc band
displayed pronciency !or per•
forming, if no1 a wcahh or mu­
skaltalcni. Even still, the catchy
melodics were enough to gel
heads bobbin' and 1ocs tappin',
and a cover of House of Pain's
"Jump Around" brough1 1hc
crowd 10 ilS reeL The b.ind fin­
ished WllhJazzcd•up ve.rs1onsor
ils latcs1 anthem, "All Star," and
i1s original hil, "Walkin' On The
Sun." leaving people rc,•vcd for
the act they rcr,lly came 10 sec·
Lenny Krnvhz.
To pu1 it blun1ly, Kravilz
rocked. 1=rom the first gmtt1.r riIT
hlaring lrom a blackened siagc
to the second encore, Kr.wilt
grabbed 1he crowd ond dicln'1 lei
go. The mirrored siage and puls•
ing ligh1 show had pipes spark­
mg up all over 1hc arena, and
provided 1hc perrec1 backdrop 10
an incredible set. Wearing a
purple and wh11c spandex Oul·
r,, siraigh1 from the 70's. 1he ani• mated Kra\'itz ,~ everywhere,
pos111g and posLUrlng and rip­
ping oul song arte.r song. After
performing classics from his pre•
vious albums such as "Rock And
Roll ls Dc;,d" and 1he splendid
ballod "It Ain't Over Til 11'.s
Over," Kravilz and his arsenal of
supportrng musicians moved
oruo songs I rom lus currcnr :ii•
bum,5.
The new songs blended funk
,rnd rock, and were: punctuated
by Kravi1z·s screaming guitar
'' To put it bluntly,
Kravitz rocked. From
the first guitar riff
blaring from a black­
ened stage to the
second encore,
Kravitz grabbed the
crowd and didn't let
go. _____ ,, riffs and cncrgc1icsQlos from the
n:s1 or1hc band. Toward the end
or the SCI Kravit? preached a
tt\CSS:lge or love and rngethcr•
ncss, then moved into the crowd
10 perform 3 sing-along version
or "Let Love Ruic· 1ha1 ac1ually
brough1 tear; 10 peoples eyes.
He exl1cd 10 thunderous •r·
plausc, leaving people begging
for an encore. Kravitz w.1s
happy 10 oblige, rc1urning 10
bang om his two latest luts,
.. American Woman .. and "Fly
Awa)'·., Still 1101 finished, Kmv1lz
cnmc back for one rnore encore.
:rnd performed :i powerhouse
\lcrs1on or .. ,\re You Gonn:. Go
My Way" 1ha1 brougln 1he house
down
Dcspi1c 1he disappom1ing
Buckcherry and 1hc :idcquaie
Smash Mou1h, the Frec<lorn
Tour was well worih 1he S35
rickct price. .. Lenn)' l<ravitz is 1101
only ;1 One nmsicl:m bm also a
great performer. Anyone given
another opportunity to sec hnn
should dcfinilely nol nuss i1
Minnesota in the house:
The Big Wu raises the roof
The members of The Big Wu, all Minnesotans, got their start in 1992 while they were
attending St. Olaf College. Their music has taken them out of Minnesota to the far
corners of the United States and even to Europe. Alas. their horses were left at home.
"Tracking Buffalo through
the Bathtub" traces the
musical roots of the artists
from bluegrass to R&B.
by Antonia Giedwoyn
I freely adm111ha1 I possess u
profound appredauon lor free
smff So I jumped ai 1he chance
10 review, and subsequently own
a po1en1ially dcccn1 CD. II
turned out that this appreciation
paid off.
The band's name is The Big
Wt1, and its debut album is
1illcd, ·Tracking Buffalo through
1hc Ba1h1ub." No1 only is 1hc
design on the actual disc acs•
1hc1irnlly plcn.sing. (all ngln, so
that 1nay not be very imponam:
however. It's ahvays an added
plus) bu1 1he music, like 1he dlsc
dccorauon, ,s really quuc enjoy­
able. The songs' musu:.il s1yb
var) -the CD seem~ to hr .1
composite of rock, Jan, and bluegrass. One song even con­
lams O M:gmcnt or melodic whis,.
1ling-a simple :md seemingly
losl an that lacks repl'C!-tcnrn1icm
in 1odny's high-1cch music:il
~rcm1
The. cn1lrc: alhum is mfusc.d
w11h energy. and crc;.uc::; the. tnl•
press-inn that the five nlcn who
compose: the group arc musi­
cians who 1ruly cn;oy their craf1.
The song lyrics rcncc, playful•
ncss, ("Kang:iroo!/You mean
more to me/than jus, another
wallaby/my kangaroo•) com­
mcmary. ( .. Mere comes sugardaJdio dirccl/1-lc ,1111'1
abou11he good 1hings ull 1hc;oy
and all tht lough1er/bccause he
docsn·1 1rca1 that woman with
rc.,pcct") ;tnd sarcastic realism,
( .. 1 don't drc-:1111 :lbou1 my
woman. I dream about my
debt").
"Tracking Buffalo 1hrough ,he
Bathtub'" contams a mellow in1x
or JmprCSSl\'C funk grooves,
ca1ch)• rhythms, ;111d honcsly in
1l11s mos1ly upbeat album •The
Big Wu," as chc name sugge~b.
is a pie.a.sure to lis1cn 10 and sing
along w11h.
Good Free Stuff Comin' Up!
We've got some great classes coming up \0/P
soon -ond they're free. Here's port of
the line-up for next week (Nov. I -5);
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October 22, 7999 Pioneer Log 11 _Pi_·o_n_e·_er_L_o""'g _____________ Arts---------------
Two talented Portland bands shake the Rusty Nail
The "Jive Talkin' Robots"
and "The Mourning After"
attracted very different
crowds to The Rusty Nail.
by Erin Halek
TheJ,vc Talkon' Robo1s. ;1 lo­
cal ronland hand on 1hc eve ol
a US tour, kicked off 1hc nigh,
wilh a sound th;a1 set toes
1hroughout 1hc room •-tapping.
Opening wi1h • new song by
keyboardisl)cff Baxter, , he Ro•
bots ployed a lengthy sci of funk­
inOcctcd rock 1ha1. showcased
1hc improvisa1iom\l talents or1hc
band members.
The band's lineup consis1ed
or drums. hass, gui1ar, rcnor sax
and keyboard/organ, and the
music ,ha1 echoed throughout
the Nail was bright and livcl)•,
encouraging some pa1rons 10 get
off the couches and dance.
Even with sirongsoloisLS, th('
song structure was not complex
enough 10 leave every note ring•
ing ln the listener's cars. Rather,
what rcmamccl was a pleasam,
1frcpe1111vc, memory of the mu• sic. Songs fell in10 a prcdic1ablt
rormula of tenor sax inuoduc•
uon ;mcl dr:.l\vn•OUI solos. wi1h
each member 1akmg his 1um m
the mac Because of lhc cxlcn•
s1vc m1prav1sat1on::il nature or
the songs. 1hc las, hall of 1hc
show began 1<1 hlur togcahcr
And wklh the less•• han-opmn.1I
,1cous1ks In 1hc Rus1y Nail, 1he
more powc.rrul rhy1hm section
drowned out some of the organ
solos
The Robots' sc, ran long, be­
cause or an nudicncc•dcm:mt1cd
encore. The band left 1he s,agc
a, nhou1 9:50 pm. Abou, tha,
umc, Lhc aucl1cnce m d1c Nail
underwent a. dram:mc ch:Hlgc.
From 1hc Robots' sec, which
seemed like 1hc average college
crowd Ill Jeans. shirt!i anJ swtftl·
crs, Tht Mourning Arter, Lhc SCC·
ond band of the nigh,, brough1
in a diffcrcn1. black-dad crowd
Crom the ou1side Portland com•
munily.
Aside rrom rcchnical diITicul­
ties and a late s1nr1 due to nil the
problems inherent m moving
two b:tnds wilh extensive cqmp•
men, on and off ,he siagc, The ,WOTO 1Y ANUl,.A ICl,U:Nf;Y
The Rusty Nail hosted two Portland Bands on campus on
October 1, 1999. The bands entertained both students
from Lewis & Clark College and young people from the
Portland community.
Mourning After delivered a
unique Sel or dark, glittering
music
Comparisons 10 Si<.HIXSie
Sioux and The Cure came to
mmd as vocalis1 PJ Vanek
crooned out songs ma low. sul•
The Mourning
After, a local
band,
entertained
the masses at
the Rusty Nail
with their
dark, glittering
sound. iry voice. The band disdained
the use. of a guilar, and instead
made up for that instrurnem
1hrough keyboards and exten­
sive effects rrom Cameron Hays'
bnss guilar. which at times cmi1-
1cd the sounds 0£ a bass, guuar.
and keyboards. ,, ____ _
From the Robots' set,
which seemed like
the average college
crowd, The Mourning
After, the second
band of the night,
brought in a different,
black-clad crowd
from the outside
Portland community. ____ ,,
Olll.
Sadly, the la1e siar, mean, 1ha1
The Mourning Arter were unable
to utilize some or their more ex•
otic ins1rumc.nts-liuys lrnd ;i
sitar near the s1agc which never
did sec playing 1imc.
Towards 1hc end of 1hcir set,
The Mourning Mier brougl11 out
their trademark "sticker" song
"Go1h Milk". The band over­
came some of 1hc technical di f­
ncuhies which plagued 1hcm
and 1hc keyboards shone
through. adding a ghoslly. radi•
ant aspect 10 1hc music, soften•
,ng, 1hc sound but by oo mcf'IIU..
decreasing tts intensity.
lo con1ras1 10 the previou~
nudicncc's obviou:; panicipouion
in the shaw, the audience-or rhls
IJm:r show seemed murh more
reserved, bu, ii seems 1ha1 they
.:tpprecimc<l the music
'J<l"TO COUltTHY M-•um HAIL The sound was bouomcd ou1
by CcdrkJustke playing a s1nn•
d:ird drum ku expanded wilh
roto ... toms, 1amhourinc. :ind ~1
giant cymbal 1ha1 landcd with all
1hcsuhtlc1yoC a load of po1sand
J>ans. Subtlety was dis1inctly
l.1ckmg from this musician's per•
formanc~thert was no sw11ch
1n his druntmmg style between
"off" and "high" Th,s 1111cns11y
mean1 1ha1 some of the 1norc
delic3tc a.pcc,s or the band's
sound were constandy drowned Ill hough thcJlvt· T,lkin' Ro­
bo1s delivered a more tcchmcally
agreeable show. Thr Mourning
After showed that they were un­
.-lrn1d 10 take nsks-u~ually
wnh foscm:mng rc..-,uhs.
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ARllSlS!
Grab your
sketchbooks and
paintbrushes,
we'd like you to
paint a mural in
our office!
Stop by the white­
walled Pioneer Log
office or cal I us at
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ffee T-thir1o!fer eil05 1111199 SMler1II null open •~~t¥'d'oretel)I t:lrfll'to rtceiretll t-sNn •WlilOM()tl'ClilSfllmtf~ supplies last Is Arto Lindsay the second Righteous· Babe?
by Aaron Blackwell C.C. ----- C.C.
\Vnh his nc,-.• album Pnzc.
Ario Lindsay creates a tenebrous
chmatc or heavy base. vrnlms.
kc11le drums and distoncJ gu1-
t~r. w11h undcnuncs or tvcrv­
th1ng rrom Morphrnc to the
Chcmirnl llrothcrs. 1-lca\'tly fla­
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October 22, 1999 Pioneer Log 13 Pioneer Log Sports
Stewart takes over as sports information director
by Dusty Holden
The new fore in the .11hh.~1k~
dcpar1111cn1 J(i Patrick Slcw.,rt.
who recently .1.ssumcd the du ..
11csol :,porl!ii rnformanon tlircc-
1or (~ID) Siewari, who r,lls 1he
void ld1 by 1he depnriure ol
Juhe L.Jpomorda, hnng~ with
h11n n highly professional re•
~umc .'5 well :I!-some uniqtu; cx­
pc-rlCncc Ill hrc,,kmg LIJ' ma.scot
hrawl'>
YL~. hchrvc It or no1. while
working .11 Soutl1 t,trolina':;
Ncwhcrr)1 College. Su:wnrt
broke up n bout bc1wccn mas­
cots in the encl z.onc of .1 foo1-
ball ~amc. "1 hey were tlukini
11 PLH. :rn lnd1:m vcrsu!o 11 Bue ..
c.tnccr, and I !\>lopped the
hr.mil. ~·ud l.,1cw.1rt 11 m.1tk
I he r:SPN h1gh1 hghl>
While ,11 Ohio lh11vctSil)',
wlu\..h 1.ompc1c.s .uhh.·11L,tllt JI
NCAA D1\·1sion I 1n the:-Mnl­
\rncru .• m Cunftrc·nn· Strw.1r1
JttcmkcJ w other, morr imrwr-
1.rn1 tluucs, !tllt.h as scrvmi as
the ~ccondary media conrat:I tn
promo11ni: baskc1ball player
C,ar)' frcnt That name 1s f.imil•
mr 10 local baskc1ball lans, smcc
Trcm evcmu.1lly st.:1rtccl his pro
c.irccr wuh 1hc Portland Trail•
bl:tzcrs :rnd is now domg well
-as ;1 Dallas Maverick Mo,t rcccndy. S1c.wnr1 served
,s Sllh1 1hc Um\'crsity of Alnsk.a
Anchorage, whtch corur,ctcs a~
an N(..AJ-\ Oh1i!.inn 11 school I hs
r1rM 1mpressaonsorPorthmd and
Lcw,s & Clark arc iood ones
"Evcryhocly I've me1 has made
me frcl like pan ol Lhe Pioneers ,, __ _
They were duking it
out, an Indian versus
a Buccaneer, and I
stopped the brawl. It
made the ESPN high­
lights.
Patrick Stewart,
Sports Information Director '' l.u11il)'. ".i-tc,..,-;srl ~•ml.
\\'hilc m.my \·c:tcran
Por1l.111tkrs have long smct
urcd uf lu~tng nrmuu..l our um­
hrcllns rmd raincoats, Stewart
looks fonvarcl to hv,ng in 1he
ra111y clim~u" of the Pacific
Northwest .. The weather 1s a
heck ol a lot warmer here, .. he
notcJ
/1(1cr gr.1dun1mg from Ohio
Umvcrsil)' with a bachelor:.;; de• New SID Stewart has gained prior experience at Newberry
College, Ohio University, and the University of Alaska. grcc m bo1h athlcLic adnnni.~1ra•
tion and org1z.aunnnl commu1n•
c:11ions, <;1cw~1r1 hol'-cnrnr-d
muny .Lccol;iJcs I le h,L'\ rcccivcc.l
20 national awards from the
College Spt1r15 lnfonuo1ion 01-
rcc1ors ol' America (CoSIDA).
mcluchng six .. Best in 1hc Na­
non" C-111\IIOOS
·we don, gc1 pa,d a whole loi
111 1h1s profossion so 11 1s rcaJlr
grniffymg 1ha1 01hcr people in
the: profession n:cvgn1tc 1hn1
)'OU do• good job." ~1cwnr1 said
Other career h1ghligh1s ro,
Stewart inclucl~ workmg wllh
ESPN and ESPN2 durm!\ the ait•
nual Great Alaska Shoo10111, oni;
or 1hc nuuon·s premiere cMI)·
~c~,son baskctb:.,II tournaments.
Stcw:m ,s cxcncd al,ou1 his
future m Ponl.m<l. bm he s:.iys 11
w,II inke 11mc 1.-, nJJt1S1 1n his
OC\\ home and role .11 LC "It·~
prob:1bly ~oing Hl 1i1kc me a )'Co1t
ui 1,ut ., 11:al ~lJnlfl <1n nl)' ollrcc
he -.,tl{I
l)vcr I mu: he ~1ys, his go,,I
is 10 make be.st poss1hle u:,.c. ol
hi~ profo.s..~ional cxpcne-ncc in
prumo1ing LC's 111hlc1ic pro,
grnms :rnd studcm n1hlc1cs
And, if need be. hc's alway,
a,·a,lablc 10 break up any hglus
thai 1mgh1 ensue when mascots
and fans gee a Jiu le 10n c.xcucd.
Men's soccer team fights its way to first victory
After a tough start of the
season, team shows
promise for future
by Ollver Tuholske ------After a slow start thi5 st·ason.
1he Lcwi.s & Clark men's club
soccer team is picking up s1cam,
Undaumed by a couple or dis­
appoin1ing losses early in the
year, the men have shown that
diligent practice and clean fiv.
ing pay oIT, as they chalked up
victories in consccmivc week­
ends.
The wcokcnd bclorc tall
break opened w11h a grudge
111n1eh al Portland Bible College,
a perennial riv:il. The field was
minisculc, and looked like II had
been r:iined on for fonyd:,ys nnd
fony nights, making attractive
piny impos.sibk The LC men,
used to playing on 1hc.ir cm,~•
mous. arlificial home field,
found it dlfficuh 10 ddcnd
agams1 1he Bible College's Simi·
cgy or kick 1he ball really far,
1 hen run a her ii LC fell hchmd
early m 1he first half on on own•
goal. Und•untecl, 1hc Pios
worked 1hemsclvcsb.1ck into the
game as Morgan Keller and Os­
car Martinez found the net. tnk•
ing o 2-l lead at 1hc half.
In 1he second half 1he play
grew e,•en sloppier, w11h b01h
reams commiuing numerous
fouls. La1e in ,he second h.alhhc
Bible College, perhaps w11h
some help from ,he big guy up•
stairs. managed to knot Lht score
at cwo apiece. As the clock
licked down. emotions r.m ho1,
bo1h 1camsdcsperoiely 1rying 10
pull ahead. \Vilh only 111inu1cs
10 spare, LC 111idflel1lct Oliver Tuholskc emerged r rom a throng
of defenders 10 rein in a bounc•
·ing pass from striker Arusi
Loprin11, nnd slomd ii past 1hr
cli\,ing keeper for ihc win. 801h
ol LC's fans exploded in cheers.
while 1he Bible Collcgcsuppon•
crs could only wonder whal
we.n1 wrong.
Bui 1hcgamcdidn\ encl there·
as Tuholskc lay under a heap or
players from bo1h ICMn,, a ,tis•
grun1lcd Bible College player
kicked him in 1hc face, Tuholskc
responded ins1inc1ivcly, pushing
1 he big g;alool 3\V3)', which
prompted several more players
to rel:,liatc further. A vicious
screaming and shoving match
ensued between the teams. lcav•
mg the hapless referee wuh no
choice hm to cancel the g:i.mc
with less than a minute to play.
Luckily, evcr)•c.me was able to
forgive one ano1hcr, and LC lef1
1hc Ocld wi1h its Rrsi win of 1he
year
The ncx1 day,• tired LC learn
rcconvtncd Ol Lhcir home field,
hoping to keep ils winning
streak alive. Its opponent was a
top team m the Portland Men~
League Bclorc a roanng crowd,
1hc Pios played I heir bes, soccer
or 1hcscason 10 dntc Rclymg on
srnunch defense and qmck coun.
tera11acks, the men were able to
create 111:my opponunilles. bm
couldn'I converi. Despi1c 1hc
highly skilled play or the oppo•
si1lon, LC hung on, and baulccl
to a scoreless firsl hnlr.
Although fa1igued, the Pios
c.::unc out strong in the second
half. until a ques1ionablc non­
call by 1hc line rdcrec allowed
1 he other team IO open up a 140
lead Even s1ill, LC rcrusctl 10
quit. The goalkeeper was out•
14 Pioneer Log October 22, 1999 srnndmg, Sa\lmg shots rrom all
sides, including " key penally
kick 1hut would have plll 1he
Pios Jown for good. The LC of­
rcnsc peppered the opposing
keeper wLlh shots. and had us
bcs1 chance late m the second
on an ind1rcc1 free kick inside
1hc pcn:ihy box. Unfortuna,cly,
1he sho1 by Senile Loprin,i
sailed Jus1 wide or 1he for posL The hnal whis1lc blew minutes
lnlc.r. forcing 1he men 10 be eon•
1en1 wilh a 1-1 record for 1hc
\\1c.ekc11d,
After taking lall break io rt:·
eupcr.nc fully, 1hc 1eorn was back
in fine form last weekend, cru1s4
ing 10 an easy 5·2 wm over 1he
forge bu1 uncoordinated men
who m:.,kc up leam Oregon Chai
Amsi Loprinzi netted a pair or goob, ;incl 1hrcc other players
aclJccl scores 10 ,col 1hc vic1ory,
Dcsphc a losing record so far
1his year, the men's 1cam has
showed enormous improvl'!n,cm
from the rng-iag bunch lhal
showed up for the first pracuce.
801h individual :ind 1cam skill
has increased. and the team will
surelys1an 10 chalk up more vtc•
1or1es as 1he season progresses.
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Aiitomotive Service, Ine. Tammela and Mayer lead way through another successful meet
by Daniel Ruprecht
Junior Chns Mayer comin•
uccl his s1cllar season Oc1obcr
91h wi1h a second-place inai­
v,dual finish al 1hc PI.U Cross
Country tnvita1ional ncAr
Tacoma. 3ncl senior Helen
Tanimeln once -:again led the
women's 1eam as she r..u:cd 10 a
personal record (PR) for the sec­
ond we.ck in ti row.
Mayer's time of 25:26.9 for
8000m (4.97 ,mies) put hnn
ahead ol all bu1 one or 1he 223
finishers-Dave Dav,s of Puge1
Sound, who remained undc­
rca1ed 1hi.s season w11h an im­
pressive 24: 16. 7 clocking.
"I wenl out fos1 ;md t ricd to
stay with Davis. but I could only
keep u1> whh him for abou1 100
mc1crs," Mayer said. "Then I
said 10 myscll. 'There's no way
I'll heal 1his guy ..
Although he couldn't catch
Davis. Mayer came from behind
to beat Nonhwes1 Conference
nval forrcs1 Gnek of PLU for1hc
firs, umc this season. Mayer S..'tid
he 1'pu1 the move.s 011 Forres1''
with lt'Ss 1han a mile tc:> go, ult1-
ma1ely linlshlng 1en seconds
ahead or him
.. He is racing helter ca.ch
week," said Coach l);wicl Fix o(
Mayer, who had l'inished ltnth
in his previous lWO races. "He. is
racing very, very well."
Varsity Results
voneyball
Fri., Oct. 16 vs. Whitworth
L (12-15), (15-11), (15·9),
(15-11)
Sat., Ocl 17 vs. Whitman
L (15-12), (15-5), (10-15),
(4-15), (15-7) On the womcn·s side,
Tammelo recorded a "huge• PR
or 19·2J.3 lor 5000m (3.10
,mks) en route 10 a 251h-placc
individual linish, Fix said. She
[inishcd 1cn1h among NWC
competitors.
A cransfor student in her Orst
yenr of competition ~n Lewis &
Clark, Tammela said she was
"very saLis£icd" with her race and ,, ____ _
Its hard not to be
really pleased with
the women's team.
They did really well.
David Fix
Head coach
Cross Country _____ ,,
attribulcd her recent racing sue•
ccss to a relaxed auituclc and
more: spccd,vork in practice.
The men's tt.am rinishcd
c1gh1h overall ina field 0123 and
four1h or nine NWC schools.
bca1lng George Fox for 1hc Ors,
umc 1his )'CM UPS won the
mens team tttlc with 73 points .
w11 h NWC opponen1s \Villnm­
cue ( 126) and PLU ( 166) also
1>cucnng LC's score of 198.
Sophomore Neil \.Vcarc
Tues., Oct. 19 vs. Western
Baptist
L (6-15), (11-15), (4-15)
Football
Sat., Oct. 16 vs. Puget
Sound
l (26-20) '
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Helen Tammela recorded a PR as she completed a tenth
place finish among NWC competitors.
Upcoming
Games
Volleyball
Fri., Oct. 22 @
Pacific Lutheran University
7pm Sat., Oct. 23
@ Northwest College
7pm
Wed., Ocl 27
@ Willamette University
7pm c,1ualcd his PR of 26:20 10 place
17th. The nexi Pioneers across
the hnt were Andrew Ault
(27:30), Theron Brown (27:34)
ond Ian Townley (27:55).
LC's women's team placed
temh of24 and was six1h in 1hc
NWC. The Plos ac1uall)' 1icd
GFU for ninth place hu1 10s11hc
tiebreokcr. Onl)' 1he top five run•
ners on c:1ch learn normally hg­
urc into 1hc lean, score. but the
sixth runner 1s counted whe.n ~
11c occ-urs, and GfU's sixch nm•
ncr bca1 LC's six1h
Cecil)' Pingree ( 19:53), Talia
Eps1ein (20· I 2), Colleen
McGrnw (20·H) and Emily
Erwin (20:41) rounded ou1 LC's
top n\le..
"lt.s hard not to be really
pleased with 1hc womens team, ..
said Fix, adding tba1 narrow ar­
eas on the women's course
caused a boulcncck and made
ror diflicuh racmg. "They did
really well •
Fix prmscd 1he team's dep1h
and the lop runners' progress in
moving forward 1hroughou11hc
season.
The womc.n's te:am is one: or
1he best in LC his1ory, and Fix,
who rnainlalns cxhaust,vc
records. has the srn.tislics to
prove ii-the average or the 1op
seven runners' times tll PLU was
the fourlh-fa.stcs1 ever and ,he
bes\ since 1984
Football
Sat., Oct. 23
@ Pacific Lutheran
1:30 pm
Men's soccer
Sat., Oct. 23 @ home
12:15 pm
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October 22, 1999 Pioneer Log 15 publilk occurrences
Hip Hop Dance in
Friday Tamarack lounge at 9:00
October 22 pm.
Drum Circle in Agnes
Foreign languages Fair on Flanagan Chapel at 10:00
the third floor of Mlller pm.
from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. Part-Ume and full-time ;ob
Environme11tal Affairs recruiter at the table
Symposium: various outside the bookstore from
speakers discuss the use of 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
pesticides at 3:30 pm i11
the Council Chamber. Saturday
Volleyball at Pacdic October 23
Lutheran U11iversity at 7:00
pm. Saturday in Service:
Environmental Affairs Community Energy Proied.
Symposium: the economic/ Meet at the info desk at
environmenral ttade-offs 8:30am.
of globalizatio11 at 7:30 pm
in the Council Chamber. Football at Pacific Lutheran
University at 1 :30 pm.
Student Recital in Evans
Auditorium at 8:00 pm. Volleyball at Northwest
College at 2:00 pm.
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16 Pioneer Log October 22, 1999 Murder Mystery Dinner at Tuesday Poetry reading at lower
7:00pm. campus above the
October 26 reflection pool at 10:00
SOFA Cinemas present pm.
Shakespeare in love at Japan Exchange and 7:30 a11d 10:00 pm in the
Council Chamber. Teaching Program Thursday Information meeting in the
Chamber Music Northwest Gray Room at 3:00 pm. October 28
Concert in the Agnes Rogers Scholars Banquet in Fla11aga11 Chapel at 8:00 Mathematical Sciences
pm. Stamm Dining Room at Colloqwum prese11ted by 6:00 pm. Professor Jeff Ely from 3:45
Sunday to 4:45 pm in Thaxter 3.
October24 Wednesday
October 27 Friday
SOFA Cinemas present The October 29
Nightmare Before The Philosophy
Christmas at 3:00 pm in Department presents
the Council Chamber. "Hume's Moral Theory in Volleyball vs. Pacific
Context" with Jim Baille University at 7:00 pm in
Gay and lesbian History from the University of Pamplin Sports Center.
Month Movie: "Measure Portland at 3: 15 pm in
Nine• at 7:00 pm in the Miller 305. LCTV Friday Night Movie:
Council Chamber. Evil Dead Night at 8:00 pm
Volleyball at Willamette in the Council Chamber.
University at 7:00 pm.
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