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Volume 64, Number 7

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1999-11-01

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

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Lewis & Clark College's student-run newspaper
'Volume 64, Number 7 Friday, November 12, 1999
Student governments
create shuttle safety net
Student leaders at the
College and Law School
pick up slack of ineffective
Transportation and
Parking Committee and
adopt and fund programs
for stranded students
by the Pioneer log Slaff
Lewis & Clarks much-touted
shun le program has become a
staple o[ the campus. Three
ytars in the making, the program
now conncCLs the campus wilh
numerous poinLS in the Por1land
area, including downtown,
Mountam Park, Burlingame,
John's Landing, and Scllwood.
Over 700 ndcrs depend on the
sbutdcs every day. So what hap­
pens when a shuttle doesn't
show up?
That question has been re­
peatedly asked by srnclents and
su,lf since the program began.
On Valentines Day las1 academic
year, law student Alexandra
West was pass«l up by the P,o­
neu Express on i1s las, run or
the mgh1, when the dnverdrove
past 1he "flag stop· on
Terwilliger across Crom I he Law
Schuol wi1hou1 looking for nd•
crs. In an email to Transpona•
non and Park1ng Manager
M,chacl Surface the next week,
West dubbed the experience "a
total breakdown or Lewis &
Clark's transportation sys1cm."
The J1roblem Wes1 encoun-
1<red tha1 night conunues. ln
fact, ii has gotten worse. The
company u,at runs IWO or the
shuules this year. Blue Siar, tS
no1orious for passing nclcrs.
skipping s1ops. and ,,king mys•
tcrious routes that cause the
shuules 10 be laic. Surface has
heard numerous complaints
from dis1raugh1 students. s131f,
and £acuity who have been
sironded. both on and off cam­
pus.
Who is supposed 10 hx the
sltuauon? "This 1s exactly the
son or problem , he TPC was
designed to solve,• commented
law student and Student Bar As­
sociation (SBA) Pres1dcn1
Naihan Baker. Pres1den1 Mooney
created the Transponai1on and
Parking Committee (TPC) las,
spring. According to Mooney.
one or the s1a1ed rcsponsibililies
0[1he TPC is 10 "evalua1e on an
ongoing basis the efficiency and
effec1iveness of 1he tr:mspona­
uon and parking program, :md
to propose improvemems 10 pro­
cednres and regulations "
Unfortunately, 1he TPC has
fallen into disrepa,r this year,
having had only one official
meeting, and £ailing to ad­
equately address 1he problem or
stranded riders. • Actually, the TPC hasn'1 voied on a smgle is­
sue since April or las1 school
year." says Baker. "I have Ileen
askmg Surface 10 put the issue
on I he TPC agenda si nee the
bcgmnmg o[ the school year."
Despi1c Baker's pers1s1cncc, as
well as support from 01 hrr TPC
members. Surface has failed 10
have the group address the ,ssue
substantively.
"The solu1ion to 1his problem
seems pretty simple," com•
mented ASLC President Gene
Wixson. "'ll is-n'l rocket science.
You set up a program to provide
1ax1 ndes to shuttle users who
brcome stranded.'" Wixson ini•
11ally proposed that Campus
Safety orficcrs use the ASLC van
for the same purpose. However,
Bill Cu run, D1rector or Campus
S:lfe1y. quickly ve1ocd Wixson's
idea.
Frnstra1cd wnh the lack of
aCllon or 1hc TPC, the Srndent
Bar Association took matters
into their own hands. SBA
worked wilhjeremy Emmi, TPC
law sntdcn1 represent.alive. to
crah a program that solves 1hc
problem on 1hc law school cam•
pus. The progrnm offers taxi
rides home 10 anyone stranded
ar1cr 7 pm when a shun le passes
them up or fails 10 arrive. The
program was unanimously ap­
proved in SBA:s Oc1. H mee1ing
and will be In effect uniil Dec.
22. ,, ____ _
Actually, the TPC
hasn't voted on a
single issue since April
of last school year.
Nathan Baker,
SBA President _____ ,,
Following 1hc resolution at
the law school, the ASLC Coun­
cil lnvl1cd Surface 10 attend its
meeting of Nov. I. Several of the
Council members were frus­
trated by having been lch down­
town and asked fora solution to
the problem o[ 1he shut1lc leav­
ing riders downtown. After hear­
ing from Council members, Sur­
face smed, "We will solve this
problem! I am going to s1art de­
dueling taxi recs from Blue Siars
monthly check. It is ridiculous
for us 10 pay for 1his twice." Af-
1cr [unher discussion, Surface
quickly rccan1cd. "This could
1ake 1hree years to get through
commiltce."
"I wasn't sure what he was
trying to say. Does he have the
au1hority 10 do 1hisornot?" que­
ried ASLC representative Joe
Bielecki. Confused by Surface's
about-face, Council members
decided 1ha1 it was 1ime 10 take
mailers into their own hands. ,, ____ _
It isn't rocket science.
You set up a program
to provide taxi rides
to shuttle users who
become stranded.
Gene Wixson,
ASlC President _____ ,,
ASLC has approved the idea of
using student foes to fund lhc
program and goes even funhcr
1han 1he SBA program, by ac­
commodaling not only riders
who ~\re su::mclcd on campttS,
but also riders s1ranclccl off cam­
pus.
"Lf we expect students 10 be­
lieve in our shuulc program, a ,
policy like 1his is absoh11cly nec­
essary," emphasized ASLC 1u1or­
lng direc1or Jillian Schmich. who
has been stranded downtown
1wice this semester. While the
finer points or 1hc ASLC pro­
gram are s1ill bring fim•lizcd, it
ts expected 10 be 1n place by
early next week.
lntcres1ingly. a program
called the Guaranteed Ride
Home Program has been in place
since September 1998-ai least
on paper. In a September 4, 1998
letter. Pres\dcnt Mooney prom­
ised that "employees and non
resident studen1s partidpa1ing
in transponation altcmalivc pro­
grams will be able 10 request a
free ride home rrom the College
for• family or household emer­
gency."
Early I his scmcslcr, law stu­
dent JeH Day was lert stranded
a1 the same stop where West had
been sirandcd las1 February
when the Pioneer Express driver
drove past him. Day called Cam­
pus Sa[cty to request a iaxi ride
home under the Guaranteed
Ride Home Program. The dis­
pa1chcr who answered 1hc call
refused to grant Day's request,
staling tha1 the program was no1
designed [or people who arc
s1randed by a Lewis & Clark
shuttle and have no means to gc1
home.
Tri-Met con1ributes the fund­
ing for employees who use 1he
Guaran1ced Ride Home pro­
gram. A year a[tcr the progrnm
went into effect, Surface hasjus1
secured funding £rom 1he Col•
lege for s1udents who use 1hc
program. He has not clarified,
however, whether this funding
will apply to suandcd shunlc
riders.
"h's frustra1ing,• said Emmi.
''I'd like to I hink the College will
do the responsible thing and
adop1 a program similar 10 1 he
SBA:s or ASLC's, hu1 experience
says 1ha11he administrators will
keep deferring the issue.• http://www:lclark.edu/-piolog
l'HO EN{ WIXSON
Early risers last Thursday morning were treated to
the sight of John Buck's statues coming out in
support of Lewis & Clark's janitorial staff. Art never
looked so good or so concerned with social justice.
The repeated incidents of statue decorating since
their installation appear to becoming a tradition of
civic-minded students as well as lingerie fetishists.
'Bye Plattform, hello Platteau
by Morgan Keller
Plau Hall's brand new multi­
purpose ans facility had its
grand opening on Friday, Oc1.
29. The new addition, formerly
the Plattfonn, has been given 1he
name the Plaucau, as voted by
the Visual And Performing Arts
(VAPA) rcs!den1s wh,1 contrib­
uied much or their lime and ef­
fort to its finished procluc1. The
fom,al opening was cclehrated
with refreshmen1s by VAPA as
well as other members or the
Lewis 6r Clark communil y. De­
scrip1ions of the Plaueau's facili-
1ies and mies were also dis1rib­
utcd at 1he opening. The Pla11cau's opening was
1 he end or a short road to es1ab­
l i sh ment when compar«l to
campus endeavors like 1he new
glade, planned in the rtrs1 years
or this decade. Though 1he
Plaucau's construction was a
pai11slaldng process, i1 was first
planned las1 spring. At thai 1imc
1hc space was 1hc Plauform, a
studcn1-run eatery in compcti-
1ion with 1he Rusty Nail. 8usi­
ncssa1 the Plan(om, noundcrcd
because mos1 LC students
floe kcd 10 1 he big screen TV,
numerous sofas, an<l live musk
of 1hc Nail. Kelly Hoover, Resi­
den1 Director of Plan-Howard
see Platteau, page 2
Students enjoy the comforts of the Student Art Center in
the basement of Platt West. A dancing room, dark room,
and ceramics studio will soon be available for student use. =·Pi=on=~e=·r=Lo:.!:::!:g======·N ews==========
Native American
storyteller to be
Platteau's first guest
by Katherine Bovee
S1ory1cllcr Thomas Doty will
come to lhe Plalleau this com•
mg Sunday, Novcmlx:r 1-t to spm
his talcs or nntivc mythology.
Dot)"s pcrfonnancc will start at
1:45 PM. Refreshments will be
served prior to the pcrformnncc.
Due to ,h,· nature of 111s perfor­
mance, ,he doors will be locked
aflcr Do,ys performance begins.
The hour-long performance will
be followed by several mformal
workshops designed for people
of nil ngcs. Workshops will range
from visual nrt to theater and will
be run by the residents of I he Vi­
sual nnd Performing Arts Floors
(VAPA) This perlorm:rnce
marks one or the first CVCnlS in
the new student ar1 center. and
1s a unique collnbor:11,on be­
tween SOFA and the members or
VAPA,
Ooty's performances arc
rooted in a long trad11ion or
myth-makmgand s1ory1elling in
Amcnca's mcligenous tribes. His
ongmal stories reveal a deep rev­
erence lor 1he land upon which
we live and the ways in which
humans relate 10 land. A resident
of Ashland, Oregon. Doty has
published books, prints, and re­
cordings and received a Ulctime
Achicvcmenl Award by the Na­
tional American Indian Program. Art Center complete
Platteau, from page 1
Hal-1,-,-,o-,-i-ce-d the Plattform's
slump and suggested 1ha1 ii be
converted m10 a mulupurposc
:,rts focih1y run by VAPA, for
VAPA and 01her 1111crcstcd LC
students. Direc1or or Residence
Life Jon Eldridge, Head ol Pho-
1ography Robert Miller, Head or
Ceramics Ted Vogel, represcntn-
1 ivcs from Fac1Hucs Services,
smden1s from last year's VAPA,
and Kelly lioover mc1 several
times lO plan the conversion of
the Pla11fom1 to the the Plnucnu.
The conversion was not n cheap
process and LC's budge, was
light at the lime. Nc\1erthckss.
the LC a.dministr:nion re.cog~
mzed the imponancc of this new
facih1y to VAPA and 01her I.C
students and managed LO
•scrape-up $75,000 ,bey did 1101
have: sa,dJon Eldrtdgc. Me be­
lieves the expense or the Plalleau
was well worih 1he purpose it
will serve for LC s1Udc111s. He
cmphas,zcd. "The pttrpose or the
Plaucau ,s 10 bridge 1hc aca­
demic and social life for LC SIU•
dents."
With Slate-of-the-an focih1ics
for students who want 10 have
access 10 facilities in a social cQn~
tcxl, 1hc Planeau is exac1ly 1he
bridge Eldridge wanted. Its fea­
tur('S include three pottery
wheels, a kiln, a photography
darkroom.a dance s1Udio,draw-Ing horses and easels, a check­
ered 0oor, and a fireplace.
Three student managers over­
see the Platteau. Anna Salim ts
tht General Manager. Mariana
Omntcs Ores up the kiln and Is
1hc Ce1·amics Manager.and Nick
La1111. who ls 3 current VAPA
res1den1, 1s the Photo L1h Mon­
ager
There is a $10 fee for those
imerested in using the Ceram­
ics Swdio or Pho10 Lnb, which
pays for supplies and a $5 frc for
equipment Lraining that goes to
1hc Plottcau budget for luture
C\14.'.'nts or the purchast of new
supplies.
The beauty ol 1he Plaucau lies
in 1hc voice of the VAPA resi•
dents. Me1anie Nead. a freshman
VJ\PA resulent ac11vc in a weekly
poetry circle said or the new fa.
cili1y. •1 applied 10 VAPA because
I kn('w that 1his new place where
smdents can express their MliS·
tic 1alcms w;1.s in 1hc ·works'.
Wha1 l likc abou1 the Phmcau is
the rac, 1hat it IS run by VAPA."
Salim works wilh VAPA 10
schedule events al 1he Pfaueau
making sure the focili1y is not
overcrowded like other arl facili­
ties on demand around campus.
Perhaps the grca1es1 aspect or
1 he Plaueau is ils openness to all
LC SIUdcnts. One docs not have
to be a VAPA resident to enjoy
1hc facility.
Students observe tree sit-in protest
News-feature by Steve Buback
Early on a Sunday morning,
the day proscribed by the Lord
for rc.si, a group or live men lrolt\
Lewis & Clark College had a dif­
ferent idea. They met early, some
a li11lc earlier than 01hers, and
set off for on a ques1 for trulh
and knowledge. They were go­
ing to Eagle Creek, asite of a.tree
Sil in protest or" I imber sale that
wuld pollute the water for Or­
egon Chy and scvcrn) otherco1n•
rnunitics. What they found was
morcth3njus1 a tree sh: II was a
small piece or wisdom in the
wildcn1cs$,
The pilgrimage tn the site was
long and difficult. The ftrs1 spcc­
rnde was a blpod designed 10
block the road rrom logging
trucks. though not many were
1rying to get 1hrough. The com•
pany tha1 had purchased the lim­
ber from the foder.tl government,
Vanporc, has since had• change
of hcan, They \\'Cre now. won•
dcr or all wonders. seckmg to
reclaim 1hcir money from the
Feds and leave 1his forest alone.
A logging company was work•
ing in conjunction whh environ•
mentalists 10 preserve some­
thing. Surely this was a good
omen for 1he irip. They 1hen
began 1he pilgrimage. A six-mile
ride 1hrough rather large hills, a,
least 10 a Midwes1crncr. They set
off rrom a burned outjunkcrand
wound through many areas thal
h:od •lready been cut in ,their
sc;1rch or 1hc cruci•I area tha1
was to be cut. At las,. after only
a couple of foils. they s1ashed
lhcir bikes in some underbrush
and cut off the road I<> the hal­
lowed spoL
"Hello?" yelled several mem­
bers a1 the building In 1he trees. PHOTO 8V GlNE WI.XSON It seemed a liulc
rcminisccn1 of
forts we used 10
build when we
were kids. Lil•
tercd around the
area was much
lCSlim0n)' 10 the
hahi1ahili1y of
1rces. /\ knifo, scv­
cra I candles, a
sweater, a sponge.
Ye, 1 he irce rc­
tumtd uo nnswcr.
Just as 1hc group
w:1s ready 10 tum
back, a voice re•
plied "Hello?"
The 1rcc could in­
deed 1alk. And
amazingly
enough, 1he 1rcc
too had attended
Lewis & Clark
College, gradu­
:ucd two )'Cars LC College Outdoors recently sponsored an
excursion into the woods to observe and
discuss a tree sit-in. The protester with
which participants spoke was an LC alum,
ago. and went by 1he name of
Eddie. Eddie, it seems, had re•
treated rrom our modern
lifestyle. He was ·conluscd and
clis1ressed" with chy life, but
now, he was "a1 peace. in 1hc
trees.'"
The 1rec, through the voice
piece or Eddie continued to
spoUI rclcvam informa1ion. The
tree was in protcs1 over the ac•
tions or "the puerile, snobbish
rcderal govcrnmcn1," 11 foll that
1he Fore.SI Service should pay
Vanpon back its $2 million,
which to the fodcrnlgovc.rnmcnt
is "chump change.• He also
urged citizens to call or write
dtcfr Congressman h,1 protect
Eagle Creek, and 1hen he began
to g1Vc us :ulv1c.:c on hfc.
Reccn1ly, Eddie has been rC.ld­
i n g the Au1obiography of
Gandhi, and hod found much 10 concur wi1h in 1here, lie argued
forihe simplicity oflife, aml the
relaxed pace or mnurc. Hr also
rcctlmmc.ndcd .. extending your
stay at LC as long as possible.
because wi1hou1 cenam precau-
1ions, reali1y really suck.s," Eddie
was not all answers though,
many qucs1 ions, especially I hose
regarding how long 1he pro1cs1
had been in aclion were an•
swcrccl with a ... , am not prescn1ly
disposed 1odivulge that informa­
l ion," a quote purportedly rrom
Apoc,1'ypse Now,
Unfortunately, 1he group had
10 leave 1hc wisdom of the for­
ests. As a piece ol 1>ar1ingadvicc,
1hough. we were left wnh 1hc
words. "We're going 10 >t.iy here
uniil the federal govcrnntcn1 gets
1beir heads out or their buu," IL
seems poor Eddie could be there
quite 1:1 while.
2 Pioneer Log November 12, 1999 PHOTO av ol.NGH.A ({ARNO'
Janet Davidson, Assistant Professor of Psychology,
discusses merit criteria and access to higher education
at the first ever President's Forum. Though not well­
received by many, the series will continue.
~ Crime Beat <sic)
courtesy of Gregg J. Wanciak, Campus Safety
November 1, 1999
Marijuana and a pipe were
confiscated from a room in
Ponderosa after Campus
Safc1y responded 10 a call or
the smell or marijuana.
November 2, 1999
A Copeland resident spent
1hc nigh1away from her room,
leaving her door unlocked,
When she rc1urned the next
ar1ernoon she found a blue bag
she had lefl under her'°d'fsk
missiiig. She soon foun,l'the
bag bu1 the money she had lefl
in 1hc bag was gone. It was re•
ported th.at her door was seen
standing ajar earl)' on 1he
morning or her rewrn,
A Manzanirn resident re­
tired for 1hc evening a1 abou1
l 2,30atn, leaving his wallc1 on
his dresser, When he awoke,
al abou1 8.30 am, 1hc wallc1
was gone. The n-siden1 had lefl
his door unlocked.
A faculty member in Evans
ldt her purse under h~r cl~k.
al about LOO pm. When she
rctric,·ccl 1hc purse two hours
la1cr she found her wallet
missing rrom the purse. The
wallet was found. shonly af­
ter, in lhc wo1ncn·s b:uhroom
hut the cash in 1hc walle, was
gone.
November 3, 1999
A Hartzfeld resident parked
his rar in 1hc Hanzfcld 101 on
Oct. 31. When he rel urned 10
his car on this date he found
1 he front passenger door lock
dcfca1cd and his Pioneer CD
player 1aken from his dash.
A Copeland residcnl
parked her car in the
Copeland lot between 3.30 pm
and 9.45 pm. When she rc-
1umcd to her vehicle 1he pas­
senger door lock was found
dcfca1cd and her CD player
w;ls grmc. A law school s1aff member
parked her car in the law lot
bc1wcen 12.30 pm and 5.15
pm. When she re1urned to her
vehicle she discovered 1he pas­
senger door lock ddca1cd and
her Alpine CD player taken
from her dash.
A vehicle parked in 1he
Tcmplc1on lot, between I 1.00
am and 6.00 pm, was found by
its owner with 1hc passenger
side door lock defoa1cd and
the Slt/t;,~.sysic.m t.1ken Crom
the clash.
Campus Safety responded
10a repor1 of 1hc smell or mari­
juana coming from a room in
Platt. Controlled substances
and a bong were confiscated.
November 4, 1999
A Howard resident parked
her car in the Howard lot at
about 2.00 pm, Nov 3. When
she returned, ai ahom 11.➔5
am, this da1e, she found her
driver's ~idc door lock defeaied
ancl her Ecll1>se stereo, her
amp and her subwoofcr gone.
November 5, 1999
Muffins, rolls and a glass
shclr stand were 1akcn from
llon Appctil. The skylight was
found unlocked.
A s1t1dc111 was round, un­
conscious, ouiside Olin. The
studem has a hist<lry of these
episodes hu110 insure tha11he
s1Udcn1 had no1 suffcrcrcd any
injuries in a fall she was trans~
poncd 10 OI-ISU.
November 6, 1999
A resident of Alder decided
to do numerous tequila shots
be1ween 7.00 pm and 10.00
pm. Al abou1 11.30 pm. alter
she. spent an hour continu•
ously vomiting, her friends
called for assistance. Paramed­
ics were. summoned nnd the)'
determined tha1 the Alder resi­
dent would not need detox but
could be allowed to remain
and sleep it off. ========Forum'=========~o=n=ecr=L:32og
Think next time before you Shell™ out for gas
Student activists
organize protest of
oil company's human
rights and
environmental
records in Nigeria
commentary by laurel Brauns
\Vhy would over :i dozen
Lewis & Clark Colkgc srndcnts
stand outside :1 Shell gas station
on a cold ;rncl rainy Oregon night
urging pas.sing cars noi to stop
•nd get gns from ShcJI? The SIU·
dents. who come rrom hoth Lhc
College of Ans and Sciences and
the law school, were commemo•
rating the hanging of Ken Saro­
Wiwa and eight other Ogoni en­
\'ironmcntalists from Nigeria
who were murdered for protest~
ing Shell destruction of the land
3nd air on the Niger Delta.
The protest al the intersection
of 10'' and Powell was organized
by two stu<lcms: Kate Warman.
an ln1crna1ional Affairs major
and Jeremy Emmi, an environ•
mental law student. The protest•
crs held signs that read "lloycou ,, ____ _
The company drills
anywhere they
choose to, with
absolutely no re­
gard for native
people such as the
Ogoni. If the na­
tives refuse to give
up their residence
and land to Shell,
the police force the
natives out. _____ ,,
Shell," and "Is There Blood in
Your Oil?" Many cars that were
going 10 get gas from ,he station
turned around, and some driv•
crs even s1opped to get mers.
nearly killing 1hcmselves while
running across the highway to
talk 10 the protesters. The most
exciting pan or the demonstrn•
tion ,va.s the appearance or an
arinorcd truck. The driver
slopped 10 talk 10 the activists 1hrough lus loud speaker and,
after learning 1he 1rmh about
Shell, he proceeded to circle 1he
\•ictnity or the pr'0tCSl nnnounc­
lng through h,s loud speaker.
"Do not buy Shell gasolme!"
Whoc ,s so bad abou1 Shell
1 hat even a passing armored car
driver would Join the fight? Shell
Oil Company h,IS been a domi­
n.int presence in Nigeria ever
sine< 1 he i 960s when oil was
discovered there. The liming was
1>crfcct tor the company because
JUSt as the 8ri1ish colonial gov­
ernment was pulling 001, the
country was l:lkC1l over by a se­
ries or military dicrn1orships.
The new government and 1hc
police force have ac1cd as She.ll's
wa,ch dogs, willingly assernng
mihtary power over ptopk. who
pro1es1 Shell's destruction of the
cnvironrncnt. The govcrnm.cn1
has supported Shell's presence in
Nigeria from day one because
Shell brings in 60 percent of
Nigeria's GNP. yet only I percent
of 1he popuia,ion is employed in
the oil industry. During British
comrol, 70 percent of 1he people
were employed in agriculture;
now much of the land is unfit
for crops because it have been
Censorship of Akin wall art
squelches potential debate
commenta,y by Erin Haldc
' and Samantha Seller's
For those of you who
haven't visited first-floor
Akin Hall lately. the walls
here are a little different. Al­
though they normally boast
that shade of industrial egg­
shell white so prevalent on
c•mpus, the dreadfol color
bas been a.II but covered up
by the residents. In an e!Ton
10 decorate and give neigh•
bors some idea of the person­
ality of the occupant's of a
room. most people have
decorated the walls outside
1heir rooms with cutouts.
magazine articles, pictures,
and other expressions. Until
recently, the walls on both
sides of a particular door fea•
r-urcd numerous pictures or
scantily clad individuals of
the male persuasion, taken
mostly from Calvin Klein and
underwear ads. Another fea­
tures a sign declaring the oe­
cupanl a "Volunteer Orgasm
Donor." But th.ere arc some
more serious issues on dis-­
play, anything from religious
beliefs to women's rights to
gun control. And the one that
has lnspin:d controversy in
Akin is gun control.
Tricia Pearson, resident of
first-floor Akin, believes
strongly in gun control. Dis•
played outside her door are
fact shee1s about accidental
shootings, and, most strik­
ingly, a photo essay about gun
owners and the things that
are important in their lives.
One photo in particular fea­
mred a man, self-posed, hold-,, ____ _
One of the crucial
things that we're
supposed to be
learning in the dorm
situation is tolerance
for other people's
beliefs and the value
of communication
between diverse
people. _____ ,,
ing his ba.by in one hand a.nd his
gun in the other. The way he has
positioned himself, the baby and
the gun creates the illusion that
he is holding the gun to the
'child's head. This is surely a dis­
tu.rbing image, but interesting in
that the photographer had no
input in the set-up of the picture.
h's a thought-provoking image,
and, apparently. it provoked too
much thought for some resi•
dents.
Some time after the photo
had been placed outside
Pearson's door, with several 01h­
e.1-s that didn't relate to gun co.n•
trol, someone tap<:d a piece or
paper up to cover the image. A
liule while after this paper was
removed, Pcarson came home to
find the picture missing entirely.
She later reclaimed il from the
Residem Assistant of this 0oor
of Akin, with the cNpianation
that the picture was upsetting to
unnamed people within the hall
and 1ha1 it would have 10 come
down. Up until 1his point, no
one had mentioned anything but
praise for the picture to Pearson. What's disturbing about
the. above situation is lhat
people were willing 10 mm
10 the authority figure in the
hall but unwilling to dJseuss
the picture, or even ask in
person that it be removed.
Besides the obvious issue of
free speech, one of the cru­
cial things that we're sup­
posea 10 be learning in the
dorm situation is tolerance
for other people's beliefs and
the value of commuiticarion
between div~ people.
When any picture was
placed outside the door, it
was meant to provoke
thought and discussion he­
tween the viewer and the in­
habitant of that room. It was
assumed, perhaps wrongly.
that free speech was impor•
1an1 a, Lewis & Clark and
that we should be able to
post our expressions without
fear of censorship. Besides
the issue of free speech, one
of the crucial things that
we're supposed to be practic­
ing in the dorm situation is
tolerance for other people's
beliefs and-the value of com­
munication between
di!Terering people. It's also
upsetting that the authority
figure in question here was
willing 10 simply remove the
picture, no ques1lons asked,
rather than facililllt.ing dis•
cussion between ,he upset
students (who still remain
nameless) and Pearson, This
issue concerns the entire
campus, because when the
right 10 expression of contro­
versial beliefs is iaken away,
all ideas, controversial or
not, arc restricted. GAAJ'loCCO\JIUlS'l'Of lSSE-tHWACflON
dcsiroyed in oil spills and hori•
zon1al gas narcs,
How bad is Shell really hurt•
mg the cnv•rotuncnt? Thq· are
jus1 drilling for 011 right? In the
last 1wcmy >1c::irs there has been
between i ,000 nnd 2,000 oil
spills. The company drills any•
whcr'e they choose to, with ab­
sohncly no regard for native
people such as 1he Ogoni. If 1he
muivcs rdusc to give up their
residence ,md land to Shell, the
police force 1hc na\ives out. Shell
runs pipes right through the in­
digeno,ts people's fanns and or­
ten the forms arc destroyed when
the pipes burs1. According 10 Eu­
ropean standards, pollution lev•
els in Nigeria are 700 times the
legal limit. Many may wondfr wh:1.t 1hc
mdigenous people m Nigcna arc
doing 1<> figh1 tlus deS1mc1ion
The Ogon1 1s the tnC>.$1 well
known group for their objccuon
In 1995, mnt pron11ne111 Ogom
cnvir0nmcnrnlists were han~cd
for voicing opposnion to Shell.
II is estimated tha1 over two
th<m.liand N1gcrions h:ivc been
murd('rcd for suspected ac1ivny
:igarnst Shell und the govcrn­
nn~nt.
I 9991s 1hc one-year :mnivcr­
s:1ry of democracy in Nigeria.
While many Americans may be
qu,ck to conclude that nil is well
in Nigeria. this IS: for rrom the
rnse The Nigerian leader,
Obasanjo. believes 1h:11 it is un­
necessary to have human righ1s
organizations in the counLry.
which makes man)' people sus­
picious of his loyalties. As re­
cently as Oct. 29, four peaceful
prmcsters were sbot dead by an
American subcontractor to
Shell.
One thing we can all do right
now 10 s1op 1hesc atrocities is
stop buying gas from Shell.
America is 1hc number one-t·on­
sumer of Nigerian oil. Sur•
prised?
Transportation committee
shirks responsibilities
commentary by Colin J. B•dt '' _______ _
1t has rcccn1ly come to my
attention that great new things
arc,l,appcJ>in,g with the transpor•
talion dilemmas on this campus.
A bike repair room has opened
up in 1he basement of Alder.
there ar, bike racks up and run­
ning on 1hc shuules, and now it
seems that there will be "guar­
anteed ride home" program for
those who gc1 stran.Jed on cam­
pus in the evenings. 1 think ifs
wonderful that the College is ad­
dressing commu1crs' concerns so
promp1ly. There's only one prob•
lem with this picmre. It isn\ the
College that has been solving
these problems; it's ASLC, our
student government.
Due 10 inaction by the
ofndaldom of Lewis & Clark,
Michael Surface and hi.s Trans•
portation and Parking Commit·
tee, ASLC has had to pick up the
slack. ASLC bough, 1hc bike
racks for the shuttle when
Michael 5urfacc wouldn't. ASLC
funded the bike repair room
when the Committee wouldn't.
ASLC is going to fund a ride
home program. Where does
ASLC get this money? Our stu·
dent fees.
It is ridiculous that ASLC is
having 10 USC our student recs 10
pay £or transportation services
on this campus. The student fee
is actually a "studem activity fee"
10 pay for our studcn1 groups
and our sLudtnt government. It
is nof called 1he "s1udcnt trans­
portation kc" .i.nd for gl>Od rea•
son. There cxis1s an official body
and an official budget for trans•
portation on this campus. We
pay a parking fee to fund aher­
nativc transportation. I cannot
fathom why these monies have
not been used to solve 1ranspor­
ta11on problems.
The only answer I can 1hink Due to inaction by the
officialdom of Lewis &
Clark, ASLC has had
to pick up the slack. _____ ,,
of is that the Transportation and
Parking Comn,iuec is purpose­
fully ignoring these issues. I ac•
tually went to the Commiuec's
first and only meeting, which
was in October. The bike racks
wcnc installed in September. The
bike room was funded before the
mec1ing, as well. The ride home
program is bcing funded now.
These arc all transporiation and
parking issues, but a, the mec1•
ing there was no serious discus­
sion about any of them. I am dis­
appoimed.
lt's obvious tha1 the Commit­
tee hasn't been doing its job. h's
lucky for commuters. both SIU·
dents and srnfT, that ASLC is
picking up ,he slack. But it ,s
entirely inappropria1e that Sill·
den, activity fre n1oney pay for
transporta1ion improvements.
The College should be doing
this-that's why there is a park­
ing fee; that's why 1here is a
Transpona1ion Commi11cc:
1ha,'s why there is a Michael Sur•
face.
I thank ASLC for taking care
of these issues, bu1 this docs not
mean ,hat the College and its
Committee can shirk that re­
sponsibility. They need 10 be
addressing these problems. Thci•
need 10 reimburse ASLC for the
student recs it has spent to cover
then official asses. O1hcrw1se,
we can only expect that the
Comm11tce wf11 onlycon1inuc10
c"adc Its obliga1ions and hope
that ASLC will save them :1gai11
in the future.
November 12, 1999 Pioneer log 3 Pioneer Log
Slow campus safety
response cause for
concern
Recently Campus Safety has
rcc-cived pt'Jor publicity in re­
gards toils enforcement policies
I would like 10 hnng 10 light a
rcccnr 1nc1dcm 1h:.11 I believe to
be :-i more scnous indicator of
Campus Safety's lackada,s,cal
pc.rformancc and <lcos1on-111nk4
ing. After leaving a class last Fri­
day. someone told me dnu a girl
had collapsed outside of Olin.. I
mn u1> and, bcrng one of 1he nrst
there, I rnlled the Campus Safety
emergency line and explained
the silu:itlon. I informed them
that a girl had colJapscd and was
Lu1conscious I asked 1h,1t they
cn11 an ambulance and ge1 an
,,mccr 10 the scene as quickly as:
possible To Ill)' surprise, it iook
a campus safety vehicle four and
a huff 1ninmcs :1f1cr I hung up ,o
get 1.0 the scene, a trip that could
not be rnore than a few hundred
yards. The omcer cased Olli of
his car, as if this was roulinc, and
:i,kcd if 1hc girl w:is breathing.
Mier checking the girl out for
ano1hcr minu1c I he officer srokc
into his md,o. "Ycnh, I guess you
hencr scnct n paramedic." I was
outr"gc<l that given the shun­
tion, given the lack of infonna-
1ion I was :,blc 10 supply to the
Campus Safc1y office. and given
that I spccafoeally asked ,o have
n paramcchc scm. they ,\1a11ed
nve ond a h:.,lr minutes u111i1 a
Campus Salc1y officer could
check tt om until making 1he
decision u, call an ambulance.
When I c:illed the CampusSafc1y
office I only said I hat the girl was
unconscious. I did not kl\OW if
she w,1s breathing or even alive.
II she had nm been breathing,
1he cxtta 1imc i1 took bcforccall­
mg an ambulance could easily
have cosl her lilc. A fire truck
arnvcd only (1vc mmu1cs la1cr. impressively fo.sl when com­
pared 10 Campus Safety's re­
sponse 1ime.
The Pathfinder ,iude.111 guide
says to call 1he Campus Safely
office in case or an emergency.
They arc supposed to call 911
thcrnselvcs so 1ha1 an officer can
escort the. pnorucdic lO 1he
scene. It seems n-asonablc thaL
i( 1hc si1ua1ion ls ques1ionable,
the Campus Sarc,y off,ce would
ra1her err on 1he side or s1Ude.m
safety and call " possibly un­
needed paramedic than to risk a
student!; life by waiting. In re•
ccm arguments, Campus Safety
hns been c1uick 10 poi111 ou1 1ha1
1hcir main concern is our snrcty,
I jus1 don't feel like they are all
th:u conrcmcd.
Nicholas M. Perera '00
WTO supports
democratic policy­
making
After reading D:ivid Gck,cres
commcniaryon 1he World Tracie
Organiza.1ion in lase week~ Pio­
neer Ltig, I asked myself, as the
,n,uhor suggested, whether I
wanted 10 live in "the world
imagined b)' the WTO's 1radc
bureaucrats." My answer was.
and still is, ''Yes."
As I read his anicle, I looked
n, 1hc provided facts:
840 million people arc mal­
nourished worldwide.
1.3 billion people hve on less
than SI a day.
Then I thought, wouldn't the
best way 10 feed I hesc people
and 10 provide them with money
be 10 employ them? Isn't the lack
of economic globalization keep­
ing 1hese 840 million malnour­
ished' As Gtkierc notes, the
199Q Human Development Re­
port, furnished b)• the United
Nations. s1alcs ,h:11 "1hc oppor­
tuni11cs nncl benefits or
globah,;111011 need 10 be sh~rcd
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4 Pioneer Log November 12, 1999 Letters=======
nn.1ch 1Horc widely ... S\1ch shor­
ing will no doubt be discussed
at the upcommg VlTO meeting
next momh in Seaulc.
Environmentalists, like
Gekiere. will be trying lo inter•
tupt these: talks. Environmerual­
ists arc worried because the
WTO has never upheld a US
cnvuon mental law. They fed
that 1hc acceptance or US cnvl­
ronmcnial la,~s by foreign na•
uons superccdes the need for
sovereignty or foreign narions.
Environmentalists believe that
US laws should blanket , he en•
tire world. Thn1 wny, ns Gekicrc
pu1s it, he and oLhcr "rcspon~
siblc ci1izens, ran rnke democ­
racy back into lthcirl hands."
Tim doesn·1 sound like a good
Idea.
Gckicre cites Venezuelan oil
rcfincncsnnd 1hc1r reccm gricv­
nncc ngainst 1he US Clean Air
Ac1 The Venezuelan refineries
1hough1 n was unfair for US poh­
c1cs 10 affect them. In order co
pass inspcc1ion, ,he rdincries
would have had 10 make very
cosily improveanems 10 pass US
standards. The WTO ruled in
Venezuela's fovor, placing the
needs or the Venezuel>,,s before
the needs or a US cnvironmcn ..
tal law. That sounds pre11y
dcmocraric.
If Gekicre aJ1J other envlron­
menialis1s had their way, US
trade regulotions would apply 10
all nations. compronnsing their
sovereignty. The WTO, on 1hc
other hand. sponsors the sover•
cignty of each nation. The Wl'O
is working to help nll na1ions
Risque vandals spice
up Buck statues,
shoot for 'Crime Beat'
During English class on Fn­
day, 007 (a guy from my English
cl:iss) and I were reading our
colleges magmncem specimen
of a weekly newspaper, ond de­
cided 1ha1 we wamcd io be foa­
turcd in 1hcmos1 honorable and
noteworthy section or all:
"Crime Beat."
Last week, someone had pm
a broom and kerchief on one of
1hc new bronze1 hcnn:iphrodilic.
extremely ugly s1atucs near the
humanities buil<l'ing. '"The aes­
thc11c quality of 1he srniucs was
noi changed,· according to the
paper. Well, if you can get into
the paper for that. then what
would happen if we did some­
thing:, little. bit morc ... creativc?
Mcnee was born "Mission: Sup­
pon." Samrday ahcrnoon. we
went into Portland and bought
some really cheap, really sluuy.
really ugly thong underwear and
matronly bras from Ross. Wow,
I must admit l'd never gone lin­
gerie shopping with a guy who
wasso ... cnthusiastic: ·Hey. wha1
about the leopard print thong?
That's dangerous!" was a com­
men1 1ha1 raised a few eyebrows
from other Ross shoppers. At
midnight, we agreed 10 rendez­
vous a1 his room. Our goal: play
,.dress up" wi1h 1hesuuues, 1ake
piclurcs, and leave the scene
before campus security arrived.
I dressed in black, carrying a
backpack containing a camera
and stapler (we had 10 cut the
underwear and staple ii b.,ck
1ogc1hcr. since logically 1ve
couldn't dress the statues nor-crca1e their own policies. Many
of 1hcse p<>licics arc modeled af­
ter US policies. liu1 thanks 10 1he
\VTO. each nation participating
Is developing unique regula­
tions. The WTO serves as• gov­
erning body 10 try and make
these v;irying systems work 10-
gcthcr to foster lr~de, Working
t◊gether i::; often a charac1eristic
of a democracy. Gckicre doesn't
1h10k so.
Ford ng US fows on foreign
nanons is not very democratic.
Gckicrc and 01hcr environme.n ..
ialists do not fully recognize the
imporrnncc or nations working
together. II is not an easy ,ask. •
\Vithoul 1he \VTO, nations
would not work iogether. If
Gckiere is afraid that US corpo­
rations arc ''iaking over, .. maybe
he should support the wruing of
foreign na1ions• rcgul;uions.
Then foreign na11ons cou1d pre•
vent US monopoliz:.nion. When
cnv1ronmc.malisls support US
cnvironmc1ual laws, 1hey sup­
port US corporations. US corpo•
rations. after •II. arc often the
only ones tha1 can afford co con•
form 10 US laws
The WTO is not an1i-envlron­
men1 a$ Gckicre. and mnn)' en•
vironmcntnlisL-; bc.lievc: 11 is pro­
dcmocracy. Environmentalists
should lobby roreign counLries
10 adop1 1 heir own cnvironmcn•
tal regulations. Forcing ,he
WTO out would mean forcing
US laws on foreign cou n1 racs.
Force 1s not democratic. The
World Tmdc Organization serves
to aid all nations, 001 just the
United Stales. Environmentalists
PHOro COUltf£SVOf S1ATU( Of.COIVJOAS
A saboteur poses beside his
act of civil disobedience.
Despite their hijinx, the
lingerie bandits were not
reported in "Crime Beat."
mally). When 007 opened the
door. I could 1ell 1ha1 he was
ready: camou0age cargo pants,
hiking boots, polypropylene
(navy seal?) shirt. Very profes•
sional. He produced 2 draw­
string 1hrowbags, con1aining 1hc
garments for each or the s1a1ues.
However. we still needed :10-
othcr stapler, 10 make 1he opera­
tion more cfficicnL We knocked
on 1hc door of the room across
the hall. "Hi. can we please bor­
row a stapler? We should have
i1 back to you in ... abou1 an
hour." The person gave a weird
look, bu, obliged. We then
headed down to the statues, sur•
mlsed the silua1ion, doubled
back. "Hey. 007. who, do we do
if someone comes? Yun for Lhe should remember that selfish­
ness is not clcmocnuic.
Pa1rick Cronin '02
Write Forest Service,
save some trees
On Wednesday. Oct. I J,
President Clinton announced
his rnitiauvc 10 pr<>lcct over 40
million acres of national fort"Sts
in our counrry. This s,1cp 1ow:uds
pro1ection is great. but not
enough. Clinton was vague in
the areas to be included or ex•
eluded, not specifying either.
Rig In now he is working wi1 h
1hc U.S. Forest Service to write
a flnnl policy concerning which
areas will be protected and how
much of ,hem. The U.S. r-oresl
Service 1s accepting solicited
comments until Der. 20, 1999.
This means pubhc input is im­
portant ond will serve as 1he ba­
sis on which 1hc policy will be
formed. If the Forest Service re­
ceives enough letters from chi­
zcns re.siding in 1hc: Nonhwes1,
1hey will be sure IO include tins
area In 1hc final policy. Our re­
sponses arc crucial; if we don'1
speak up now.11 will be 100 late.
So plc:1sc take the 1imc 10 write
Fores, Service Chief Dombeck al
USDA Forest Service CAET,
Aun: Roadlc.ss Areas NOi, PO
Box 221090. Salt Lake City.
Urnh. lie. sure 10 include your
n:imcand malling address. 1r you
care abom the r uture or OU r CCO·
system, take :.1 sm3II amoum of
time to write a lcucrl
Andrea Ross ·02
bushes? Play dumb' In mycasc,
that sure wouldn't be too hard ... "
He thought for a moment. "Well,
if it's another student walking by.
no problem, they'll probably just
cheer us on~ Howc\lcr, if h's cam­
pus sc.curily. rn gi"c 1hem some
BS abou1 how Pope Plus the
something found 1he ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel ·offensively
graphic, and had nil the nudity
replaced with leaves. I person­
ally am appalled al these nude
androgynous s1atucs, and am
taking action to rectify Lhc situ­
ation." Hn11nmmm. lei's just
hope nobody comes. \Ve sci lO
work, opening 1he bags and sta•
piing the undcrganncnts in ,heir
intended forms. Gosh, we sure
cm pick a size well (XL under•
wear and ➔0 DD bras. by the
way)!jus1 as we were abo111 half­
way done, a group of students
walked by. 1\s suspected, 1hcy
laughed and kept on walking:
because they appeared stoned, ii
was quhe unlikcl)1 they were
heading over to the campus se­
curity office to repor1 us. I am
proud 10 say that everything
worked out grcac, exccp1 1 hat we
ran ou1 of staples on the very last
bra strap and had to leave 11
hanging, thus adding a hmt of
seduc1ion to the piece. We 100k
a ton of photos, and hightailed
it before the real campus secu­
rity did happen 10 walk by. As
we crossed the footbridge back
10 007's dorm, we ran imo our
loyal fans. "Hey you guys pulled
it off!" they said. "You're
vandalistsl Do you know what
we do ,vi1h vandalists in these
pans?" and they burst into ap­
plause. We bowed humbly.
S~ndalous Statue Saboteur
'04 I =Pio====nee=r Lo:::2::::g ===--====·F ea tu res~~====a=:i=~
Goodstein gets out of the 'environmental ghetto'
by Andrew Zahler
Eban Goodstein, Assistant
Professor of Economics, has
can,cd a reputation ror environ•
mental acuvism at Lewis &
Clark College. But there's more
10 this man than his quest to
slow down glob:,) wanning, as
evidenced by his sabbatical
plans. Goodstein will be cxp•nd­
ing into new subjects, like aITir­
minivc -action. As Goodstein
puts it. "I'm trying 10 get out of
my cnvironmcnl3l ghetto."
l..1St fall Goodstein a11ended
a panel discussion on global
warming at the College's first
Symposium on Environme111al
Affairs. He listened patiently as
speakers from NASA, Oregon
State University and the Na­
tional Center for Atmospheric
Research discussed the scientific
evidence of climate change. And
then Jonathon Adler stepped up
10 the microphone.
Senior dircclor of environ•
mental policy at the Competitive
Enterprise Institute, a free mar•
kct think-tank, Adler explained
the economic dangers of the
Kyoto Protocol. The Protocol.
adopted in 1997 in Kyoto.Japan.
re11uires the U.S. and 37 other
industrialized counlrits to t.Ul
their emissions or greenhouse PHOTO COURllS't (I.AH GOODSTW-i
Prof. Eban Goodstein is
known for environmental
activism and Kyoto Now!
gases from 1990 levels by 2008
10 2012. The U.S. Senate, how•
ever, has not raLif'ied the agree­
ment, and the Pro1ocol can, be•
comt intcrn:ui.onal law until ft
is ratilicd by at least 55 of the
signers.
Goodstein was especially m•
trigucd by Adler's contnbullon
to the panel. given his back­
ground ln economics and keen
imercsl in clima,c change. ''I-le
was very nrtictilate and very well
spoken, bu1 ii was apparent to
me, as somebody who kno,,,s
somc1hmgabom the issue~. 1hnt
his argument w:,s wrong, ..
Goodstein said.
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So Goodstein presented a lcc-
1 u re at Lewis & Clark and
launched Kyoto Nowt, a group
bent. on educating the commu•
nity and lobbying Congress 10
ratify the Kymo Protocol. The
groop organized a 1cach-in al
Pon land State University and a
car smash at Lewis & Clark. This
mccHn event gave students a few
swings at a beat-up. <>id roadster
in exchange for signing a peti­
tion, aurncting rcponers from
T/,c Ortgo11im, and local 1clc,•1-
s10n stations. Goodslem 1hcn
took his message on the road.
addressing students at a dozen
um,•crsitic:s from \Veslen, \Vash~
ington University in Bellingham.
Wash., LO Stanford University in
Palo Alto. Calif.
Goodstein is now on sabbati­
cal, and despite last year's nurry
of cnvironmemal action, he says
his work will not focus on glo­
bal wnm1ing. Goodstem will de­
part on a national tour for lns
latest book. The Trmlc-Ojf My1l1:
Faci and Ficriot> 11bout Jo/Js and
au: Euvironm..:ni. m March and
plans 1ospencl the rest o[lus sab­
batical pursuing rese:1rch projects and writing anicles.
Goods1cin's latest book ar­
gut>S chat cnviromnemal pohc1es
arc over-credited with destroy­
ing jobs in the American
economy . .iAt the economy-wide
level. there is no trade-off be­
t ween a cleaner environment
and jobs." he said. summanzing
his thesis. ,, ____ _
At the economy-wide
level, there is no
trade-off between a
cleaner environment
and jobs.
Eban Goodstein
Assistant Prof. of Economics _____ ,,
... Wc'·ve gone through round
:,r1cr round of environmental
cleanup L hrough leg1slat ion,"
Goods1e111 continued. "Each
time there have been predictions
of massive job losses, and those
predictions have never mmcri:d­
izcd."
Goods1e111 1s also pursuing
two research proiccts ,md plans
10 amhor three articles. Work­
mg with a former collcag,,e :u
Skidmore College ill New York,
where Goodstein taught before
comtng io Lewis 6r Clark, Goodstem will be exammmg an
1ssuc of re.verse affirmauvc 3c­
Lton. The research will look for
a new quota system 10 colleges
and univcrsmes across the cou-n­
ll)' 1ha1. desperate LO maintain
gender balance. arc ttcrnally giv•
ing male applicants an extra
boost in the sekc1ion process.
To round out his sabbatical
experience, Goodstein enrolled
m Spanish 201 and ,s learning
what 11 rnkcs to be a smdent al
LewLS 6r Clark. "I'm not going
to class, I'm not doing my home­
work and I'm failing the quizzes.
I g,1ess ifs a lesson for rru." 1"
Goods1em said with a smile.
Despite focusing his sabb,11i­
cal on non-environmental re­
search, Goodstein is still very
ac1t11c on the g1obal wannmg
scene. His blend of cnvironmcn-
1al activ1s-m and economic per­
spectives, what he describes as
"a 11amral mix" for himself, re­
mains an important pan ot 111s
life beyond his job wnh the Col­
lege. He still advises Kyoto Now!
rrom ;l non•acadcmic advisory
position and volunteers off-cam•
pus with the Greenhouse Net•
work, a non-profit organfaaLion
that is furthering the global
wam1ing C:3.USC,
For Goodstcm, there ts truly
no escaping from I he ghe110
Elephant Bookstore hopes
for a stampede of students
Located at 6840 SW
Macadam, The Elephant
Bookstore and Coffee
House aims to attract
students for studying and
relaxing.
by Aaron Blackwell
Just a few miles from Lewis
6r Clark on Macadam Blvd. sits
the Elq,ham Bookstore and cor­
fec house. :t place for reading,
music and coffee.
"I wa111 the Elephant LO be"
place where students will come
to study," said Derck (;oos, pro­
prietor.
Small tables and chairs clot
the cozy space, and a [cw sofas
are arranged in ;10 elevated cor•
ner that doubles as a s1agc. The
walls arc covered in used books;
science fiction, romance, clas-­
sks, history. travel and others
can be found. While the El­
ephant doesn't have the selection
of Powell's, it has enough to in•
tercst just abom anyone.
There are a lot or used book­
stores in Portland, and a lot of
coffee shops. "I actually have 10
ship my books in from Seanlc."
Goos said, explaining that most
of the used books in Portland
end up at Powell's. ·1,•s very
competitive."
for this reason, the twen1y•
three year old owner is trying 10
auract the college crowd 10 his
hangout.
"I've scc_n people studying up
at Starbucks, so I Lhought maybe
people would rather come he.re,"
he said. Goos e><plaincd that in
addition 10 reaching out 10 LC
students, he hopes 10 a11rac1 buisincss rrom Mar)'lhurst,
OHSU. Northwest Natural
Pathic, Reed, and PSU.
Goos has extended his huurs
until tll least 11 :00 pm, in part
to accomodate I he college
Cl'OWci,
"I'd love 10 stay ope_n even
later, if people will come," he
said, explaining ,hat he closes
whenever people leave, since he
doesn't have set hours.
In addition to readmg and other favorite caffcinatcd drinks
arc served. Tea and hot choco­
late arc available. The hot cider
is delicious, and can be haJ for
only a dollar. The Elephant also
sells a few bagels and pastries.
Goos opc.ned Lhe Elephant
only two months ago, so he ,s
still adding 10 its channs. "I am
currently in the process of .,dd­
ing a nice gas heated fireplace,
internet computers, anti a large
selection or mag:,zincs," he said.
,t,10TO COUU{SY OF ~I/OOIHCt.l'OX H)Vt..PSU19l9UMLSAAfOOlfl>A/
Derrik Goos, proprietor of the Elephant Cafe, overlooks his
domain of print and coffee, and wishes he had more
students studying there beneath his watchful eye.
studying, the Elephant wel­
comes chess and card players.
Many evenings also have live
music or poetry readings, usu­
ally starting around 8:00 pm.
Occasionally there are_ open
mike nights.
The Elephant also offers a va­
riety of reasonably priced hot
drinks to aid your relaxing or
studying. Coffee, espresso,
cappuccino, mocha., lauc and To get to the Elephant from
L.ewis & Clark. head toward
Fred's. Tum right on Taylor's
Ferry Road. At Macadam Blvd.,
t.akc a left. The Elephant is about
L wo blocks down aL 6840 SW
Macadam, across from the Buf­
falo Gap and tucked back against
the Willamette Park.
For more infom1a1ion on the
Elephant, including the events
calendar, call 309-7739.
November 12, 1999 Pioneer log 5 ~2=== ==== Pioneer Log Arts
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Dur lady Peace Let your night jSlip' away
sue slices of rock 6, roll.
by Colin Flynn
The. first time t ever saw the.
Slip I didn't know what tu ex­
pect. All I knew was that they
pla)'Cd a seven and a hair hour
New Year's show and were part
of a sprouting n:11ional circuit
kn(lwn as "jam bands" Jatn
hands arc• large group ul'bands
that focus main!)' on the free
form improvisa11onal part of
then performance. In essence
the "jam• 1s 1hesinglcaspec11ha1
each act has in common. Jam
band musical styles range rrom
funk and jazz 10 tcchno and
bluegrass, which leaves one to
conclude that there arc really no
genres of 1nusic 1hat can'1 be in­
corpora1ccl imo the jam.
The Slip originated in
Marion, MA with brothers Brad
Barr on guitar, Andrew Barr on
drums. and Marc Friedman on
bass. After meeting and playing
1ogc1hcr in high school the trio
went on 10 study at the Bcrklce
School of Music In Boston.
While playing shows at school
the Slip developed a dedicated
fan base and would soon go on
to 1our extensively 1hrougho111
the Northeast. Since then they
have either opened for or shared
bills with John Scofield, moc.,
Charlie Hunter, The Funky
Meters. George Clinton, Jazz
Mandolin Project, and the String
Cheese Incident. This past sum­
mer they were invited back lo
many music festivals such as
"High Sierra• in California and
"Gathering of the Vibes" in Con­
necticut.
What's mosl exciting about
the Slip is not with whom they~
have played or where they have
played, but how they <:rea1c the
unique sound and environment
that encompasses their perfor.
mances. Andrew Barr put it best
in an interview when he de•
scribed his interpretation of the
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The Slip's music has been de­
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which each mcmbcr lays a foun­
dation that is tightly intertwined
with their sound as a whole. This
is a wall in the sense that each
member is on the same page as
the rest or 1hc group; no one is a
step behind or a step ahead. This
wall of sound presents a spring­
board for each mcmbcr 10 cre­
atively innucnce the momentum
and direction of each jam. Play­
ing together for so long has en•
ablcd the Slip to reach new
heights In their quest for peak
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After finishing up an East
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at the Wetlands-Preserve in New
York City, the Slip is headed west
for the third time this year. If you
didn't catch them last spring
you'll have ano1hcr chance Fri­
day at the Rusty Nail along with
Lewis &: Clark jazz group
Kaclclywhompus (formerly Mr.
Bigglcsworth). After playing the
Nail they arc embarking on a
two•-week tour with The Living
Daylights or Scaulc. What is spe•
cial about this tour is that 1hcrc
will be a set by each band and
then a third improvisational sci
by both bands. If you like what
you hear on Friday you can
check them out again on Sun•
day at the Aladdin Theater. I
leave you with one final thought,
the advice of New Yorks famed
Village Voice music columnist:
Richard Gehr, "Just go!" by Erin Haitk
Canadian rockers Our lady
Peace mav have a (ewccrtlfied
alt-rock hits under their belts
("Starsecd", "Superman's
Dead', and •Clumsy" come 10
mind), but they have a par­
ticularly strong collection on
thiu hands with this third al­
bum.
Happiness ls Not A Fish You
Can Catch opens with I he
straight-forward, bard-rock
rnn1 "One Man Anny", feat\lr•
ing lead singer Raine Maida's
soaring, octave hopping vo­
cals. He's sUll doing the Billy
Corgan impression beue:r lhah
Billy himself, bur"Miida's.tm•
prdsive nnge ~uenlly ven­
tures ltUD Lllsetto 1mi10ry.
Since Its 1997 success
Clumsy, the Toronto
collectives sound has matured
and expimded. Tliencw songs
]IOSSCS$ a swirling il~pth at•
lached 10 their melodic frame•
works. Songs care harder.and
mott filled out, f(llturlng sltr•
ling· drumming from Jettmy
Taggart out, -and keyboard
tracks courtesy of new
keyboardist Jamie Edwards.
Trncks like lite muted rage:r "ls
Anfbody Hom:e? ,• the crued
rhyl.Ml-dri~~n "$tcaling !la·
hies,• and itie.buildtng balwl
:lllistet~ me lnteiJsdy passion-
ISALC and ISLC present. .. The band h;is always fa.
vored Lhemes of confusion
and despair and continues 10
explore the same ideas on
Happiness. Bu, ne·re those
feelings, if not more focused,
at least carry a greater sense
of self. The opening track,
while lyrically a folder full or
nervous des and backward
glances, noneLhelcss takes a
melodkally unflinching
march through a terrain
where the lan!lmarks are un­
certainty, uneasy loss, and
qulel betrayill. "Take these
plastlc people/Read theirlips
now lei 11 linger/ls there any•
Lhing thaum.kcs them sound
sincere?,.
On "Ffappiness &: lh.e
Fish," Raine Maida neatly
sums up thdudlity of self-a•
ploration and/or self-medica­
tion wllh "I cojuess/Everyone
is overweight a11d l'm ob­
sessed/Talking is just mastur­
bating without the m~Ad­
dlction. le;ave$ you sad today
and unimpri:ssed. .. &ppiness
then. ls notonly unauairiable
but boring, so why bother?
Whlit-makes lhese grim
and. ditt obset'vations, toler­
able is the malerial's crisp,
"direct construction and 1Unes
that, while tethered 10 a dy­
lng.planct,still reich upward.
Rcmeml)er how many p,eopl~
wat'<hed 'fitan,lc over an<!
over, even though rhey knew
1be ending? -Il's the ·sam.e
·slightly-sick fascination with
destruction tha~ fuels this al•
b~ II, i..ultimaAdy what
ffll!lces' ibe album $0 IQlettSl·
Ing,
The Fall 1999 Lewis & Clark
International FIim Festival
In the
Council Chambers
Free and open to the public
•tntem.atlonal" snack provided at each ftlm
November 15th (Monday)
6:30 La Famlglla Ct 987, Italy, 121 min.>
Directed by Ettore Scola
9:00 Beat (1997, Korea, 113 min.)
Directed by Kim seong-Su
November 16th (Tuesday)
6:15 Two Japanese Animation FIims:
The Grave of the Fireflies Ct 988, Japan, 88 min.>
Directed by Takahata
My Neighbor Totoro Ct 988, Japan, 86 min.>
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
9:00 Pieces D' ltentltles (1998, Congo/Belgium,
93 min.)
Directed by Mweze Ngangura
November 17th (Wednesday) -one film only
6:30 The Message (1976, Libya, 220 min.>
Directed by Moustapha Akkad • -..
Sports Pione'er Log
Young football team looks for success in future
by Du,ty Holden He's averaging 13.5 yards per
Wnh one ga1-nc: remaining in
a winless and inJury-plagued
season, the rcbullchng Pioneer
football team LS modern-day tcs•
11mony 10 the old sa}~ng that
Rome wasn't bmlt ma day.
uymg a sohd foundanon was
one key 10 Rome's eventual
greatness, however, and the
groundwork mmaied 1hos rail hy
the Pioneer foo1b,lll squad ts fo.
cuscd on one <lny achicvmg I he
same rcs\1 hs.
"I can't say enough about the
efforts or I he players and coaches
this season." Cirs1•ycar head
coach Mike Fanger says. "They
have been unbelievable. For the
most part, we have learned hl
keep focused on the task before
us. Opponents have just been
bigger. stronger and faster."
Individual ach1cvc.mcn1s by
se,•cral Pioneers have added con­
siderable brightness lo a season
dimmed by losses on 1hc
scoreboard. Junior linebacker
Barry Friedman, ror example,
has been a very talented work­
horse on defense, taking up the
slack for six injured starters. He
is current!)• tied for the league
lead in tackles at 9.4 per game.
A quartet of Pioneers have
triggered a very efficient passing
a11ack on ollcnsc. Junior quar­
terback Drew Jordan is ranked
fourth in the league in passing,
averaging 180 yards per game
through the air.
A trio of targets also grace \he
conference TOp'TO''cliart' in' tl,J
cep1 ions per game. Senior Greg
Ilk fills the No. 5 spot, based on
his 32 receptions in eight games. catch.
Sophomores Jeff Scheid and
Danny McMan\1$ have 27 and 26
ca1chcs, respectively, and arc
mnkcd ninth and tenth m rcccp­
nons per game.. 5<:hcid 1::t aver­
aging 13 yards per c;11ch, while
the 6-foot-7 McManus is avcmg-,, ___ _
Our progress hasn't
shown on the
scoreboard, but I
promise that all the
hardwork and dedica­
tion will pay off in the
future.
Mike Fanger
football coach _____ ,,
ing 8.5 yards per catch.
Senior Dan Reichenbach (5·
10. 260) and junior Jeremy
Pc1erson (6-4, 275) have been
su1ndou1s of ,he offensive line
that has given Jordan lime to
throw anti Pioneer running
backs room to ramble.
With a possible core of 14 tal­
ented players slated to return
next year. Fonger expects his
team 10 fare much beuer in the
immediate future. •our progress
hasn'1 shown on 1he the
scoreboard, but I promise that all
the hard work and dedication
will pay off in the future."
Fanger. a l 990 LC graduate
who set a number of still-s1ancl­
ilii stHbbl' passitfg'itcof'ds•lts a
quarterback, and his coaching
srnff plan to add to their pool of
young talent in the off season. PHOTOS COVRUSV 0~ PATRICK SftWART
Top (left to right) junior Scott Kennedy, junior Drew Jordan, senior Dan Reichenbach
Bottom (left to right) senior William Nunn, senior Greg Ilk, junior Barry Friedman
"We will work very hard a, re­
cruiting a lot of good football
players and students," he says.
The recruiting process shiflS
into full swing, after the season
with scouling and recruiting
trips planned for Arizona, Colo­
rado and Seaule. "We intend 10 hit the road really hard," Fangcr
s.1ys. "This is the first time at
L&C where we've really been
able 10 do this."
Despite" season of setbacks,
Fangcrsays this fall's experience
is positive one. "This team has
hecn an extremely rewarding ,g.roup to work with," he says.
"They give everything they have,
all of the time. We have a great
foundation on which 10 build."
For now, lhc Pioneers arc
headed to Spokane this Saturd"y
Lo close om the season against
the Whitworth Pirates .
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Friday Football at Whitworl11
College in Spokane, November 12 Washington at 1 :00 pm. ==
SOFA Cinemas present
Swim Meet: Lewis & "Life Is Beautiful" at
Clark vs. Whitman 7:30 pm and 10:00 pm in
College at 6: 30 pm in the the Council Chamber.
Zehntbauer Swimming
Pavillion. Fall Musical: "Into the
Fall Musical: "Into the Woods· at 8:00 pm in Fir
Acres Theatre on the
Woods" at 8:00 pm in Fir Main Stage.
Acres Theatre on the
Main Stage.
Sunday
LCTV Friday Night Movie November 14 Night at 8:00 pm in the
Council Chamber.
NCAA Ill West Cross-
Saturday Country Regionals at
Mciver Park in Estacada,
November 13 Oregon at 11:00 am.
SOFA presents:
Admissions Open House Storyteller Tom Doty in
for Colleges of Arts and the Platteau Student Art
Sciences at 8:30 am in Center at 1 :45 pm.
the Trail Room. Fall Musical: "Into the
Saturday in Service: Old Woods" at 2:00 pm in Fir
McDonald's Farm from Acres Theatre on the
Main Stage. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Meet at the information
desk at 8:30 am. Second Sunday Chapel
Concert Series: Flutist
Swim Meet: Lewis & Nancy Teskey al 2:00 pm
Clark vs. Whitworth in the Agnes Flanagan
College at 1 :00 pm in the Chapel.
Zehntbauer Swimming
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8 Pioneer Log November 12, 1999 Student Junior Recital International Film The Great American
with Heather Marshall Festival at 6:30 pm and Smokeout: information
and Warren Murray in 9:00 pm in the Council located at the desk
Evans Auditorium at 7:30 Chamber. outside the Bon.
pm.
Internship Resources Fall Musical: "Into the
Workshop from 3:30 pm Woods" at 8:00 pm in Fir
Mon<lay to 4:30 pm in Geary. Acres Theatre on the
November 15 Main Stage.
Wednesday Poetry Reading by Primus
St. John at 8:00 pm in Polyglot Submissions November 17 the Armstrong Lounge of Deadline at 12:00 am. the Manor House.
Open Forum with Philosophy Extravaganza: President Michael A panel of Lewis & Clark Friday Mooney at 4:30 pm in professors answer the November 19 the ASLC office in question: • Are We Templeton. Free?" in Miller 105
Recruiter from Jesuit from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Fall Musical: "Into the
Volunteer Corps at the Woods" at 8:00 pm in Fir
table outside the International Film Acres Theatre on the
bookstore from 11 :00 am Festival at 6:30 pm and Main Stage.
to 1:00 pm. 9:00 pm in the Council
Chamber. Faculty Recital with Ann
International Film Christensen and
Festival at 9:00 pm in the Lawrence Leighton Smith
Council Chamber. at 8:00 pm in the Agnes
Thursday Flanagan Chapel.
Tuesday November 18 LCTV Friday Night Movie
November 16 Night at 8:00 pm.
U.S. Army College Drum Circle at 10:00 pm Recruiter at the table in the Agnes Flanagan Sexual Harassment outside the bookstore Chapel. Workshop in Stamm East from 11 :00 am to 1 :00
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