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Volume 64, Number 11

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2000-02-01

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Guide, page 10 Lewis & Clark College's sludent-run newspaper Darth Vader for
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Volume 6-4, Number ,11 Friday, February 18, 2000 http://www.lclark.edu/~piolog
Surface announces resignation
l"HQIO rt ,\NORl\',' ZAHlEII
"Impoverished" students grab for handfuls of plain rice
at the Feb. 16 Hunger Banquet. The banquet divided
diners into elite, middle and poverty classes with
relative portions and fare. Bon Appetit with the help of
donated student meals, gave 150 lb's. of tuna and 200
lbs. of peanut butter to the Oregon Food Bank. The
event featured speakers from weet roots, Portland's
homeless population newspaper.
Ethical activist forum
welcomes discussion
by Andrew Dally
On Thursday, February 10,
four experienced acuvlsts and
mtellec\llals gave a unique
t:ilk conce:mingac1ivism 1 mo•
ralhy, violence and social
change. The forum was org••
nized and promo1ed by •
group of students as commu•
ni1y res1iLu11on for the
Mooney/WTO lcuer hoax of
last semester. The SlUdems
had composed and dchver<d
• fokc lcucr from President
Michael Mooney Informing
students that he had c'1ncclled
classes on November 30th so
students would be able to I m.vel to Seattle 10 protest the
WTO ministerial confercucc.
The students were caught in
the act of stuffiug mnllboxes,
and as pan of the sanc1ions
found agains1 ,hem, they were
required to develop and pro­
duce a forum 10 discu:;s cthl•
cal activism.
The speakers included in
1he conference were Dean of
the Chapel Mark Duntley, As­
sisi ant Professor of Latin
American Hiscory Ellto11
Young, Cascadia Forest Alll·
ance acllvisl and l.aw School
Student Brenna Bell, and ac
see forum, page 2 by Robert McCracken
Michael Surface, Lewis &
Clark's Manager of Tmnsporta•
non and Parking since Augusc
1997, has decided to resign from
his posmon a, the College and
relurn 10 his hometown or
Charlcs1on, Somh Carolina.
Durmg his tenure a1 LC, Sur­
lace managed and directed I he
cvolu11on or new lronsport:uion
programs for 1hc College. He
played a key role , n I he devel•
opmc111 of the shunle, bus pass.
carpool, nde,bornc programs, as
well as 11nposmg the porkmg recs
to p~y for these scrv1ct:s. In an
mtcrv1ew. Surface chscusscd Ins
1unc a1 LC, ,he challenges and
responsibilines he experienced,
and his reasons for leaving.
A self-described trouble­
shooter, Surface has worked on
the design. 1mplcmc.mation, and
fine•tumng of urban develop•
mcm projects for the last 26
years. He came 1<> LC III Augt1st
I 997 10 piny• role m the chang•
111g uansponauon situation al
the College, H1ssu11cd goal upon
arrival was to achieve a ten per­
cent reduc11on m ,he 86% smgle
occupant vehicle commuter rate
at LC, ~s w:is rcqmred by new
legislation. Complaints rrom
neighbors :ibom crowded roads.
and unau1honzcd parkmg in 1he
neighborhood also served as an
lmpctus to resLn1crnre 1ranspor­
rn11on policies. E.<panded shuuk
serv1ct, subsidized bus passc:S,
and mccn11ves for carpooling in
hght of the enacted parkmg fee
served 10 achieve this goal.
The new variety of services
provided hns been funded pn•
m:trily by 1he parkmg kcs en­
acted last year. The 1ranspon:-1-
ll0n rmant:c architcclllrC' IS scll­
sustammg. In addmon to paymg
Professor pay determined by
pressures of market, not college
by Cody Hoesly
S1udc111s :n Lewis & Clark
often complmn tha1 , he profes­
sors here arc underp:ml. But how
docs LC's facuhy compensauon
coniparc 10 t ha1 of othu
schools? How docs 1he pay lor
professors differ from that ol
adjuncts :rnd v1s-111ng instruc­
tors? According to Jane
Atkinson. Dean of 1hc College.
Lewis & dark pays its +5 pro•
fcssors, 011 average, 567,204 for
the 1999-2000 ncademlc year.
Your 26 assoc1a1c professors
make S52,152 on average, and
your 30 assistant professors,
$42,465. This represents a
1.67% increase in average real
wages over last yca,r.
Your visiting lecturers and
prorcssors typically enrn be­
tween $32,000 and $38,000 per
year. The H adjuncts employed b)' 1he college, pnnrnnly tn 1he
Music and l'orc,gn L1ngungc
dcpamnents, w, 11 e:1rn appro.~1-
matcly $3-4,000 per➔ c,cdil
course. This docs not mclude
the sabnes of the "lecturers• or
"ms1rue1ors• also hired by 1he
college,many of whom work 111
Physical Educanon.
"While the lower pay for ad•
juncLS and other visnmg !acuity
may smkc some people as ex­
plo11a11on," 1101csAssoc1a1c Pro­
rcssor S1Uan Kaplan, "u is 1he
market 1ha1 establishes ,hose pay
levels. As long as there are quah•
fied people willing 10 do pan­
umc or 1cmporary teaching for
the pay offered by the College.
then those are the pay levels Lhat
they will be offered. Colleges arc
no less innuenced by the prin·
c1ples of the marke1placc 1han
are other kmds of employers."
According to the Journal Aw-Jane. Lcw1s & Clark. cump,,rtd
to un,versules and colleges
,1cT05s the TH\llon, ranks h1gh 111
both faculty salary and benef11s
In comrns1, U.S. News & World
Repon', rnnkmg system onl)'
compMcs LC IO other hbcrnl arts
colleges Tins system, which
rnnked LC in the 1hird 11cr(8lst)
overall, "1s hascd on a weighted
set ot seven component rit•
tribmes, • according 1u Sccrc1.1ry
of, he College Mervyn Brockeu
These auributes mcludc Jca•
dcnuc repuumon, sclcctivlly, 3n<.J
faculty resources, 1he lancr or
which is also divided mto such
sub-components as focuhy sala•
nes. classs,zc, and perce111age of
faculiy wuh PhD. While
8rockeu could no1 say where we
mnked on each of the sub-com•
ponems, "as a whole we ranked
61 Olll of 162 tn the middle or
the second tier. m otl,cr words."" for shunies, rides home, and bus
passes. the fees go 10 perfom1
mmor mamtcnanccon 1hc park­
mg lots like s1 riping, s1orm
catch-bas111 deanou1s, 1,nd 101
sweeping.
Enac1111cm of the parking fee.
a subject of no small controversy
on campus was, indeed, comc11-
11ous. Surface described the new
policy ns going againsl the gmm
of popular opimon, and 1ha1
much 1ime and debate wa, dedi•
eatcd 10 1 he issue. Surface him•
self received a vas1 amoun1 of
correspondence renec1ing the
views or cnmpus members dur­
ing that ume: ·•t didn't know my
in box could hold so many mes•
sages." Suppon from 1he com•
munily, however, did make a dif­
ference. and Surface made. c1car
1hat 1he challenge wns reward•
Ing In the end. lnnovaiions m
transponation 10 and rrom cam•
pus emerged from the process
which have grea1ly benefi1ed 1he
college, Surf.tee explained.
Shuulc ridership has greatly
expanded since the first
Burlingame shuule was estab­
lished six years '1go. In its first
year of opera11on, 1here were
20,000 rides, From the begin·
mng ol 1hu. school year to the
end of Janu:iry Burlingame rid·
ership has reached 22,000, nnd
61,000 for all shuules. lnpu1
from studenL5, s~,ff. and facuh)'
has served 10 Improve transpor­
tation services over the course
of 1ime; 1he East-Wes1 shuuk
1 hat began ope.rating !his las1 fall
was a direct result of stude111 m•
put. Shu11le publications and
schedules have also improved
wilh community inpul. The Col•
lcge has received ,1 number of
"Employer of the Year• award,
for tr;insportalton-rcloted 1sS1..1e.~.
Including a Leadership Award "1010 COURT UY Of C.WJ'US WHY
Michael Surface, LC
Manager of Transportation
and Parking, recently
annouced his resignation.
His-last day will be Feb. 29.
Surface directed the shuttle
program among others.
from Tri-Met. Surface expressed
satisfaction whh 1he new and
improved 1mnsportation policies
and programs, clung an overall
drop in single-occupant vc_hicle
cc,mmuler rates of fourteen per•
cem from 1997 to 1999.
Surface, having seen his main
goals com pitted since his amval,
decided to resign his position
earlier this semcsu:r. Originally
from Charleston, South Caro­
lina, he plans to move back 10
live near his family for the first
1ime in 26 years. •T111s has been
a very rewarding professional
experience here," he said. "'Now
I feel like my work is done; it's
time to move on." He plans to
continue in the field of urban
planning, ah hough he ind,crucd
1 hat he has made no dcfinile de•
c1s10115 on anytl11ng pamcular,
ye1. His fiMI day 011 1he Job will
he February 29.
SEED's Garden yet to be
threatened by Master Plan
by Andrew Zahler
Misunderstanding and a
lack of concrete answers ubou1
future campus enhancements
3t Lewis & Cbrk College have
evoked fe3rs about the fate of
the garden o( SEEDcn. a prt)•
duce p:uch mainlilined by Stu•
tlents Engaged in Eco-Defense
(SEED). Accordlng 10 Michael
Sestric, Oirtdor of Fnciltties
Planning, the cons1rucuon
slated for 1blssummer -..111 no!
displace tht g3rden.
Workers will make several
changes to the c~mpus this
~ummer, none of \\!hkh will
Infringe ,:m lhe 1,>1rden·s space,
Sestric said. The summer
-projcct.s indude finishing 1he
central lancl:;capmg, rework­
ing the cmmnc,:- ~nd road n1
Gait l o[ the north parking
urea, and making improve•
mems where the campus bor•
tiers on public streets. Confusion 1,bont the
gardens fate can be Lraced lo
quesnons about the planned
Lewts -and Clark expeditton
b1cen1ennial hall. l..a\St semes­
ter, SEED member and avid
gardener Amy Harwood heard
that construcuon of the hall
would begin I his summer m
the ,1cini1y of Olin FhysJcs and
Chcm,suy buildtng. •J came 10
the conclus1on 1httt we should
eA'.pCCl
whal most construcuon
sights look llkc: a Jo, of debris
and possibly che need for sup­
port.s \)lll mto Lhe very s1eep
slope at 1he edge o[ the hill,"
Harwood s.1id. Horwood wor­
ried that the cons, ruc11on
migh1 impccle -nccess to the
garden.
This prel!m1nary site has
since been rccon,mlcred. A fea.
sibilll)' report to be comple1ed
see ga(den, page 3
February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 1 =Pi=on=ee== .. r=LQg::Q:=...::::,::::::=====News=====-=======~
Discussion addresses roles of
religion, violence in activism
f f 1 about violence and us often 111-crauon of us peoples. Dcspuc an
orum, rom page bl I i -1 h f • • R f cvita e ro e n soc1a c angc. o ten pcssumsuc cone, earn o •
tivist/cnvironmentalist Tim Drnwmg on examples lrom Lalin (creel ghmmcrs of hope and
Ream. The speakers spoke with America, Professor Young ar-stressed ,he role and power of
and nnswered questions from gucd 1hat violence 1s often the the inchv1dua.l in social change.
over 100 tC stuclcnts for neorly only answer in many s1tua11ons. Only through the net ions of in­
three hours, until the forum and that we can not categorically d1v1du:1ls working together. ar­
endcd due 10 fatigue and the condemn its use as a tool of self-gued Ream, can people reach
lateness of the hour. However, defense. While never the prcler- 1.hat beautiful world, free of ills,
those who lasted the whole time able choice. violence is some-1.ha1 many carry inside.
were offered a unique ta.kc on t.imes the last and only resort of l'<>llowing introductions. the
politics, economics and social oppressed peoples. Prolcssor panelists answered questions
change. The panelists started Young felt that violence has little posed by many of the students
with brief talks of their own on role in social activism here 111 tlie assembled. and debated amongst
the subject of activism, fie.lded United States, as citizens do not themselves concerning the is­
questions from the audience and face the pressures often found in sues and dilemmas raised by the
debated amongst themselves. Laun America. However, Young d1scuss1on. A debate over vio-
Dcan of the Chapel Mark said, it is vital 1ha1 ac11v1sts be lence proved to be the foremost
Duntley initiated thdontm with willing to accept varying degrees concern of srndents, a,; well as
a brief talk concerning religion of action. In some situations. the morality of tactics and prop­
and social activism, and how the especially in the third world. vio-eny destruction. After almost
two often intenningle. Taking lcncc might be the only defense. two hours of questions, the pan­
examples from the past hundred Tim Ream wrapped up the clislS, worn om, adjourned the
years, Dean Oumleyspokca.bout talk with a much bleaker view mee11ng. Though no answers
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 1hc of the state of activism, and the were hammered out, the forum
Revere11d Dr. Mart in tut her necessity for struggle and even opened an mtcrcsting dialogue
King Jr .. Dorothy Dix and the for the defense of a critically addressmgt.henaturcandtactics
Dalai uima, and discussed the wounded Eanh and for 1hc lib-of ac11vism.
religious impetus 10 their lives
of acIivism and service. Dean
Duntley found in these figures
ideal models for an activism
based on love, respect and cour•
age, which also brought real and
meaningful change
Brenna Bell followed with a
short talk about her own ac11v­
isn,, how her own experiences
ond morals compclkd her to a
life of activi:,m, am! informed
her ethics roncerning ptotcs1
and socio! change. Beginning
with her childhood love of trees,
and cvt>lvtng 10 a profound r<,1!,
izauon regarding her car and en­
vnonmcnlal stickers, Ms. Bells
talk centered on the con0ict he­
tween the pcrsonruand poiiucal,
arguing that the two should bc
seen as synonomous. How one.
ac1s in the political spheres
should be reinforced by one's
personal life, and vice versa.
Following Ms. Bell, Assistant
Professor Elliott Young spoke Student Media Board
meeting minutes
held February 8 • courtesy of Megan Roseman
Check-ups
Yearbook: mailed CDs,
prool's, fixrog mistakes. Book
wtll be out) days be fort gra,lu.­
atJon. Senior adds prrn1ed lo­
calli can exttnd deadline I ill
later. New miff; every1l11ng
dtgiu>I means Cj)n sc~n pho1os.
also can lose files. Ovrrnll bet­
ter than before, Adding 8 pages
of senior .ids @S25 eac.h. Had
to cut pages due tc> 53000 bud­
get cut
Meridion: meeting rvery,
week to Teview submissions,
Filing sniff into PageMakcr
thls weekend. Keeping last
years layout. Book out In time
for international "fair.
Synergia: VQtt next week
on which submissums 10 m­
dudc/exclude. No dc,dllne
yet. Will be mc.orpora1ing old
stuff from previous copies into
this years for 10th ,nniversnry
commemOrtlLivt issue.. An­
noyed tbn\ GAB didnt give
$500 to print 4-~olor cover.
v,r,11 re-apply,
KLC; s1ill no one for Sun­
burn. Joint venture with tClV
& SOl'A nwct Saturday: c;:pcri­
mcntol film fos1,1va.l
LCTV: doing one show pcr
week, a.s alw,1ys, Got more
money from Pamplin, Still
showing in Dubach in addition
,v nu1ll room, but no lccdb~ck
from viewers about it,
Pioneer Log: now printing
paper every two weeks. Found
new prlntermor~ e.l'pensi ve
b111 fits needs better, (:olill
Beck says all mcdfo ne«I more
money.
LiL Rc,icw; finnl submis­
sion deadlme LS Thursday.
Book will ~ out week before
finals.
M\chncl Ford jum~ in, ~ug­
ge-sts tha1 since everyone
seems IQ be ha,ing budgeting
problems, all annual public:1•
nons should combint 10 form
one bo11k tl1at ts mcer <St l>1g• gcr ond that people will ,v-,1.11(
to hang on to, Amanda Storer
says maybe yearbook should
still be scpor-.ttc. Some l)C0plc
agr(t. <>tlu,rs tlont want 10
cvmbin~ anyt.h,ng.
Administrative Issues
A. Bullclin Soard used hy
Gender Symposium, okay?
(Yes)
B. Time cards need 10 know
wh1l works for which medlll
C purchases Chicago
Manual ofS1i•le &: new'!licti<>·
nary for publications
D. Amanda Storer St\)'S Pu)>­
licat,lons Office is coming out
wltli styltsheeL will let people
km:,w when ii is available.
Pathfinder policy
A Visitors· Michatl Ford &:
Gene Wixson
13.Summ•ry ofOiscus,slon
l. Michael Ford says p,,licy
not good bccaust SM8 wants
freedoms. but won\ actcpt re•
sponS1liili1icr. Sai>s issu,: is noL
wording/ informal language.
Also. lntStCCS 3pprove<l 69
document and would have u,
approve <:.hangc,;.
ii People ask if we con go
before the Board ol Trus1ces
wltll what we .have, Ford say~
tn>t b not the issue. He docs
nl)t like polity and must go
l.hrough him and possibly Jane
Atki.n,on firs,
iii. Next issue Is that th.e
college is t«.hnicruly the pub•
lisber and must make the call
on controversial issues. Who
is ihc "college'? L&Ccomm,1-
n.ttyl No. ford says \eg:il cn­
tlt)' callccl Lhe "collrge• 1.hc
board of nustees.
iv. Conclusion; ~urrcnt
complaint processing sys1em
works, re-wrltJng policy is 100
much of a ha$$1e llnd will be
100 l~1rd to get post l:l'llstces
l'ornow, issue not won.h SMB's
time.
2 Pioneer Log February 18, 2000 Crime Beat
courtesy of Gregg Wanciak, Campus Safety
February 2, 2000
Three malr sn,dents at­
tempted 10 steal one of the ar­
cade games from the lower
level of Tamarack Lounge.
Students upstairs watching
television s.;w what was hap­
pening and confronted the
Lhie:\les. The thi('ves nan away.
as irresponsible cowards gen­
erally will.
The VCR in Tamarack
Lounge was stolen sometime
between the evening of Feb­
ruary 2nd and the morning of
February 3rd.
Facilities took down sev­
eral coaxial cables that had
bec.n connected between vari•
ous dorm rooms and the cable
television hookup in
Hartzfeld D.
February 5, 2000
A white male wi1h gray
hair, a beard, mustache and
glasses entered the law library
at about l 125 am The man,
who was accmnpnniccl by a
whne female, did not sign 111
at the front desk and rtfusecl
10 leave when told that the h­
hrnry was dosed to the gcn­
cr,11 pubhc on weekends. fhc
man yelled at a library worker
and pushed her The m.tn .md
his rnmpamon then !cit
shortly bclore the arrl\al ol
Cum pus Safety.
An imoxicatccl swdcn1 was
cJCCtcd from Casino Night
Several times, February 8, 2000
A law school staff member
found a llat tire on her car as
she were leaving for the
evening. Later, while the tire
was being repaired, it was dis­
covered Lhat the tire had been
sin.shed with a sha.rp object.
Because the car had been used
during the day, and there ,vcre
indicators of a slow lc;ik, it
was indctermina'te ,..,hen or
where the tire might have
been slashed.
February 9, 2000
A student left her backpack
and jacket, a red Northfaee
brand with hood, at a table in
1he library while she went
down to I he vending ma­
chines on the first lloor. When
the student returned, a half
hour later, the jacket was
gone.
Cash. totalling S948.00,
was taken from the bookstore
safe sometime between 12.30
pm and l.00 pm. t\ny infor­
mation would be a1>prccto1ed.
If you see someone llashing a
lot of ca.sh, or someone who
w:t.S brok,• suddenly buys a
new toy, ur you hear someone
braggmg. or you know somc­
<>nc who was rc;illy dcsperntc
for money please trll us .tbollt
tt. You can c,tll a1wnymousl)
February 13, 2000
J\ nrn.nJuana smell wns n.::•
poncd coming rrom n room m
Copeland. Marijuana was
confiscated
Faci I ities Services/
Residence Life cluster
meeting minutes
held Friday, February 11 • courtesy of John Eldridge
An Internet &Teleeommu111-
c.ations Cabhng ProJt::ct is now
underway for Forest, Stewart,
a.nd Odell halls. This project will
result in ethcmet in these build­
ings, along w11h ,l new phone
Jack (bcllcr located m the room).
The project has been a prior­
ity for some time and will result
in all residence halls httvmg di­
rect internet nccess. Students In
these halls were informed of 1hc
work. Disruption ""II be mini­
mal.
The projcc1 is scheduled for
completion at spring break, with
some of the Forest Malls being
complc1cd prior 10 March I st.
Any questions sh"uld be di­
rected 10 Sam Jennings, Forest/
Marufeld RD, Brian L.~wrcnce tn
Facilittcs Scn•1ccs, or Jon
Eldridge. DirccLOr of Residence
Life.
Cubbies in the £irs1 floor
Odell restroom will be installed
prior 10 spnng break. No more lrcquent-llycr mjlcs forsh:impoo
and soap bet ,vccn rooms and the
halhroom
This summer Akm h:,11 will
have new <lomcsuc w~tcr supply
line.< and horizontal waste lines
insrnlle<l. Th,s project w,11 be a
mn.jnr 1mprovcmcnL to 1hc
plumbing In Akin. OK, so the
waste lines probably woi,'t tnily
be "horizom;11'". as this would
impede t.he llo" of waste, which
usually relics on n bit of gravity
11.1 be wh.isked nway
Also this summer. StcwJn
and Odell hnlls will receive new
roors. n project scvcr-ol )'c..-irs
overdue. Umbrellas will no
longer be given out to Stewart/
Odcli s111dcms at NSO.
Pending and future projects
include alarm system upgrades,
new carpet in A kin1 and reup·
holstered ancVor new lounge fur·
nnure III several hnlls.
Plc:1sc feel free 10 contnct me
\\1th any questions. 1
Students speculate on Vader SEEDen safe for now
election news by Colin J. Beck
Now that the time for ASLC
clcc:11011s has come around
ag~1tn, u 1s iniportant LO srnrt
thinking or your wnte-m candt•
dates who may no, have been
:tble to get on the ballot. Last
yeur's lllustn9us wrlle•ms for
/\SLC Prcs,clcnt ranged Crom
Pope)'C LO Mickey MO\tSC and
Ross Perot. Tradiuonnlly. our
own Dean ol Students. Michael
rord ~tlw:tys gets ,l vote or two.
l\S well
Other posuwns were als(>
honored w1th votes lor Anarchy.
Judge Judy. and Friedrich
Nict:sche. McWorld made a
strong slu.>wmg m the studcm
represen1auvcs hcldmg Ronald
McDonald. Gmnacc. and the
Ham burglar.
Bm onl:! cancl,mc tr:1d111on::tlly
stands above and beyond the
usual lflvol11y of wrllc•ms­
Danh Vader.
Though Mr. Vader only got a
few votes last ycM Ctymg with
Michael Ford). in previous elec­
uons. 1he evil Sith Lord has got•
t~n ~s inuch as five pcrcen1 ol 1hc VOie. Much or this popular­
ity seems due to his legions or
fans among I he sLUdem body.
Alumnus Linsel Greene. '98, was
known ror his constam suppon
0£ Mr. Vader's candidacy. "Well.
1hc !"di trammg aside, I've al­
ways found Darth appealing as
COUIITlSV OF WWW VA0UiSOR:2000O11.G
Vader's Co~mo interview
shocked Jedi traditionalists.
a candidate because orh,s donn­
n:mce as a unoffical leader. He's
deluntcly a man who has his prt­
on11cs stn11gh1. and he's not
al raid 1<> make the difficult deci­
sions,"' Greene cxplams Mr. Vader's prospects and
strong showing arc so well
known, ,hat even current /\SLC
President Gene Wixson 1s m•
trigucd: "Whale Vader's chances
for prcs1dem are scarce, I ihmk
tha1 \\~lh 1h1s year's candidates
for student rcprcsen1::iuve. he
1mght be a welcome adchuon."
Wixson also no1es I ha1 some•
limes Tem plcton "docs lccl a
little like 1hc Death Star·
While 11 1s no, clear whe1her
Mr Vader would accep1 any of,
fice d clcctcd, he 1s s11 II hkcly u>
be a lorcc an years 10 come
The.re 1s also spcculauon among
I he candidatfS call111g ,hcm­
selves • The Pany", 1ha1 Mr
Vader might endorse them. "We
expec1 Darth Vader 10 ofrtcmlly
endorse ussomcumc- m tbc nl'xl
few days: says Trnv,s Luman
However. Wixson nsser1s th:ll
"Vader's me1hocls arc opposed 10
1he Party's platfonn."
Mr. Vaclcrssupponcrsarc not
cl1srnared by the less I han
hoped-for resuhs of last year
"Never unde.rcs11rna1c lhe power
ol the Dark Side." ca1111ons
Greene. garden, from page 1 He anticipate.-; dfaloguc with
by the end cifl"ehn!~ty will SEED members whc11 the time
provide more spectlic:mswets for garden relocation orrh-es.
abom the b1cy;nt¢ttnlal build- Pan o,( this dialogue could
ing. Acc11rding to Sc$1rlc, the occur in tlte conto,_x1 of plan­
report will "rr~mc th~ picture ning for new r<:$idcnccs. 5'!sirk
a U11k better so we know what n.nd SE!:P niprescmari,•cs h:ivt
we can do physically" wllh the discussed I.he possibllily or al­
bic~me1mial ball Tht rcpor, loninggnrdcnspaccwfthfn1h,
Will include approxim:iuons of nrw residence hqll sclJl'lne.
1hes1ze and s-ost of the ptojtc1 C1ve:n tl11< garden's u11ccrl.un
and the r~asilnht)' of ~.enam fate anti th< resrrittivr prlc.e ol
sites for ,onsiruclion frull-btaTing lR.CS, SE.ED has
SEE{)'s £ears aren'I com-reccmly rc<:011sidcred ideas for
ple1elyunfounded S,-suic ad-an orchard .1djacen1 10 the gar­
m1ned 1ha1 the Prr Acres park-clcn Ses,ric ,e,,.,n,ly utrnded
ing lol. which borders Olm lhc posstbilhy ,;,f i.,ploctng the
~nd the SEED gordtn, would elderly apple 1rces rn Albany
be• suitable spot for lhl! hall Ql1andranglt with new trees
But Sestric, ~vi!'ionmg 1hc 1h31 SEED would htlp nu1n­
biccn1enniol ball's place in the tom
latgcr Lewis & Cl,1rk (<>liege At th• moment, M11$ter Plan
Master Plan, has other ideas components st1cl) it$ bicenten•
for the location, One of 1,he mal hall rem3ln ,sl)'touded in
more a11ractive possibilities vngue 1erms, atldlng 10 the un­
w~11ld be the she cun'cnily ccnnnuy nf the gardl!It issu,.
l>C!!llpi«l by Zenlbauer Swim-Atcord1ng ti) Harwood, the ln­
m)ng ea~llfon, due to lLs loca-fonnation awi)able b, a Feb. 16
1\on ne:it 1.hc: (Slade. i ntcrYie.w \yt th Se~tric had
College establishes Emergency Ride
Home Program for shuttle users '!'he Mnster Plan ~niains changcdco11sidcrably (rom l:ist
projcc1cJ a11crauons for the scmcs1cr .. S,:stric ~dmiucd rha1
campus over the next several the current pos,ibiJitjes were
years. Aecordh,g 10 Sesirfc, the equnlly subjcc1 10 rcadJu$1-
campus ,.;11 eventually be mcnt, she added,
more de:irly divided into ath- Sestric cx:presscd similar
lctlc, academic a.nd residen1ial ,sentimcnis. •fThe Masll:I' Pfan]
spates In the Master Phi1.1 is like a chess game or domi•
contcxl, the currem slte of (b.e noes." Scstric said. 'We can't
'Fir Acres parking lol wou1il plan to build some things un•
bcuer ,ui1 expansion of per-Lil we've built otl\crs." by Jen Cranfill
Studcnis who use ahemanve
means or trnnsporrntion 10
school need no longer worry
about being stranded on cam­
pns: now campus safc1ywill call
a taxicab for s1udenis ;r 1hcy
have been lch by ,me ol the
shmtles. The Tnmsportnlion and
Parking Commince (TPC) cre­
ated a college sponsored cmcr­
gcnq, ride hotnc progrnm for
students onjanum, 271h
This program prO\odcs a ndc
home £or students who arc
stranded on 1..3mp,1s m 1hr CYCnt
o[s1,kne<.S, f.nmly = oras ,he
rcsuh ol a sht1111f n11ssmg a stop
ahcr 1:00 p.111 C,cne Wixson,
ASLC prrndc111 and " member
ol 1hr Tl'C, s;ud the school is
pruv1<l111g thr ~trvtn· bcc;,\US~
'"we rt!> an 1nsutu1ion have.:" n·­
spons1h1hl)' to provide backup transportation.'"
For the m:my students who
nde shunks or 1hc bus to and
from school, 1 he college's spon­
sorship of1his program provides
a measure of clcpcnclabilit)'. The
service ts provided to students
who do no1 use smgle occupant
vchlclC.S for Lurn,pon:1t10n LO
school and consislS or a ta'1cnb
ride 10 the S1t1dc111's nnal desli•
nn1lon. However. 1he emergency
nde home proposal does no1
provide ndes for studenas whu
arc sirundcd an 1he grcalcr Pon•
land area as the rcsull or 1he
shuLLlc missing an off compu,
s1op
W1xson pointed out th.it th1~
1s a lmlmg of 1hc c;urrenl pro­
gr:am as many smdl!nts. call cam­
pus home and 1hey should be
chgi blc for a college spon,on::d
emergency nde. ASLC's guanm-
1ecd nde home progrnm will pny for a cab ride if a studenl Is
s1randcd in Port land as 1he re­
s uh of shunlc failure. Wixson,
however, feels like I his service
should be provided w1th college
funds: •1he bouom lane is 1ha1
we IASLCI do11'1 feel hke IL
should be s1udcn1 fee money
1haa lS paytng [or the guaranteed
ride home, ii sh0l1ld be money
gcnero1ed rrom the parking
fees·
According to 1hc emergency
mle home program. srnclcnts
who use ,1l1ema11vc nm hod, of
1ranspona11on, and who arc
strnnclctl on campus, should
conL:1ct campus sakl)' abou1 get~
1111g o mlc home For informa­
cion .1lx.10t 1he guaranteed nde
home program, 1hit1 provides
cab rid"5 10 ,1udems lef1 w11h­
out tmnspor1~u1on m Ponland.
COlllllCI ASLC. tormancc arl spare. Sestri, expcc1s the comple-
Ptojec;1ed c~eansion Qf, tion of th¢ l\icl!nttnnlal hall
Olin will evcn1ually impede. •fc:isibiliLy tepQrl to pro,•iclc
on the gnclcn spncc, but more concrete an,,wers abom
$e;s1Tfe 1Sa}'$ f]i!s cQns.1ruc1ion now current .s))ace on campus
ha~ no1 yet been scheduled. will be used.
f'HOtO av <ow, J.. ua
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February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 3 =Pi=on=ee=rL=o~g======Forum========
Prospies, pamphlets and the passive voice
commentary by Andrew Zahler
There ls an emptiness in my
lile, an unmistakable void Re­
cently I nailed down 1he root or
this condition: I don·, visit Frank
Manor House nearly enough. So
on a beautiful Friday ahcrnoon
last week 1 matched up to Frank
Manor and prepared to let my
passions run wilJ.
1 didn't make tt pas, the mam
entry hallway.
For once, it wasn't the help­
ful ad1mss1ons receptionist tha1
stopped me, askmg tr 1 needed a
lunch host or a tour. Nor was ll
the sight or Mount Mood per­
rectly framed by the lower cam­
pus landscapmg. 1 was halted,
quue simply, by htcrature.
Every year Lcwts & Clark
College's ofrke or admissions
produces a delitio11s burrct of
pamphlets, brochures and news­
letters ror prospective students
and parents. These publications
reamre not only beautiful pho­
tography and stnnulattng lay­
outs, bul n1so nvccmg, vivid
prose. I .sa)' it's ume l<) stop let·
ting prospies and their folks
monopolize these resources. 1
say current students have over•
looked these invaluable guides to
literary style ·and rhetorical ex•
pression for 100 long.
To begin. lcl's examine the.
carefo1 d1cuon and sentence
structure that makes these pro­
saic gems so mtcllig,blc. ln one
brochure, simply titled, "Lewis
& Clark College ... •, a pan1graph
. on faculty reads, "our goal is to
increase )'Our academic and 0in-• ,, ____ _
the reader can imme­
diately tell that LC
likes its students to
look beyond their
lives on Palatine Hill,
occasionally escaping
the removed-from­
reality nature of
academia. ____ ,,
tcllectual independence.• Set­
t1ng aside ror now the anful :ol­
litcration or 11111tellectual mdc­
pcndcnce .. " nonce how clear this
language 1s: one can mst~10tly
grasp the number one goal of the
College's faculty. Now that\; wrn­
ing for :m audience.
Look also to 1h1s sen1cncc.
also in the faculty paragraph:
"The first pnonty or the Lewis
& Clark College focult y is teach­
ing." Much like the previous
sentence, the subject (in tl11s
case ··nm priority·) is tdenllfied
immediately. allowing the reader
to quickly apprehend what
Lewis & Clark College expects
from its faculty: great teaching
Now let us retun, 10 the beau•
tiful USC or alliteration. Ex-
a1nplcs abound. For mstancc. m
•· Music at Lewis & Clark Col­
lege." the rcpernion or ·s· em­
phasizes a dichotomous rcln­
tionship: "Whether exploring
the world of so1md and silence._."
(emphasis added}. In the same
pamphlet we find another ex• ample or allhcra11011: "these
courses deal wnh the sounds or
unique musical language as well
as lhc culcurnf comcxc l11ai frames
1hosc languages.· The remark­
able now in this scmcnce makes
re:aclmg fun!
Note also 1hc use ol concrete
diction and specifics. Remrmng
to the music brochure we hnd,
"students can explore aspecis of
mus1ciansh1p and creauvuy
through ofkringssuch as Music
Fundamentals, Bcgmmng Com•
posmon and electromc com•
putcr music f..~ourses ... The
reader can tnstantly ,ell 1h:11 al­
though t he.se 1 hree courses rep­
resent just a saniphng of ,he
music dcparuncnt's curricu1um, the College must be especially
proud of us luncbmcntnls. com~
position :md clcctromc mus1c
offerings.
The omnipresence or these
styhsllc strengths docs not pre•
dude d1c occa.,;1omd weakness.
The au1.hors of LC's admiss,ons
luera,urc often fall back heavily
on 1hc passive voice. Read the
(ollowmg 1,assagc on the Pacific
Nonhwest from "Lewis & Clark
College ... •: "Eighty miles west
of Lcw,s & Cbrkis the Oregon
coast .... Flf1y miles cast arc
the Cascade Mountains .... It
lthc Northwest I Is also rcnile
ground for s1Udy111g 1he. impact
humans have on 1 he natural en•
v1romncnl." Fur1hcm,ore, .. ,he campus is
loc.:.ltcd m .1 wooded residential
arc:t, six mile..~ from downtown
Porthnd" and "Lew,s & Clark
College is located m a progres•
Sl\'e. livable Ctl)' surrounded by
unparalleled na,ural beauty."
While the passive voice may be
used to excess, here it serves 1hc
purpose or clearly Stating yet
another or the College's a,ms
encour.:1gmgstuclcms 10 i111crnc1
m du· surrounclhtg urb1m and
rural envnonmcnt, thc ::.o-callcd
"real world." Thanks 10 the un-
cqulvoc.11 nmure ol this passive
vmct usage. the reader can im­
medi,uely ,ell 1ha1 LC hkcs 11s
students to look beyond their
hvcs on l';ilnune Mill, occasion­
ally escaping the rcmoved-front­
realtty nature ol at·ndc·mi:1.
Wnh strnlghtforwarcl ver­
biage, smO\.lth allucr:.uivc clc­
mems, specific diction trnd p:-1s­
s1vc voice cons1ruc1ions, Lewis
& Clark admissions literature
makes for a great study In style
and rhetoric.
But even more so, this all-100-
brid fon,y into the admisStons
publications illustr;ttes how 1he
proper use of stylistic clements
can dearly serve an audtcnt'e
and a purpose. ln this C'1SC, pro•
spccuvc students :tre wld a lew
or this College's priorities and
prided reaturcs• a facuh)' com­
milted lO tcachmg, a music dc­
pan mem lhal infuses cuuing·
edge te.chnolog)' inro its curricu­
lum. and connec1cclncss 10 the
world outside or Palatine M,11.
Wr could all lc.im a ksson rrom
,his stuff.
Pollin's jl.iving wage' argument doesn't add up
commentary by Darnen Gilland
This year the annual
S1em hardt Lcc1 urc in economics
was given by Robert Poll in, pro­
ressor of economics a, the Uni­
versity or Massachusetts at
Amherst. The focus of 1he lec­
ture was Pollin's book Tf" U,·­
i,ig Wage: Buiftling a Fair
Economy.
Polltn talked about the
"'grassroots campaign"' 10 raise
1hc minimum wage, or what he
called "cstabhshing a living
wage • Pollin essenttally
claimed that because 1herc were
people who worked full time
jobs and couldn't afford housing,
tlw go,,c.mment should inter­
vene and raise. chl' rnininnun
wage so that all working 1>eoplc
could be able 10 arrord housing.
On the surface 11 seem, like a
nice gesture.
To Pollin'scrcdit, he did bring
up the law of unintended con­
sequences, which basically smtcs
that unprcdic1ablc things will
occur whcnrvl'r external forces,
in this tase govcrnme.nt, inter•
vc.ncs This pomt was raised in
an aucmpt to quell rears that
raising Lhc minimum w:tgc
would increase the record-low
unemployment lcvcJ, he admit­
ted 1hat raising the minimum
wngc would cause an increase in
tnna1ion In 1he case of raising
the minimum wage however, the
consequences have been clearly
outlined. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow
at the Cato Institute. claims, "No
serious economist doubts tha1
the minimum wage destroys
jobs. The only question is, how
many?" Economists Richnd
Burkhauscr, Kc:nneth Collch and
David Wittenberg estimate that
every 10 percent increase. in the
rninimurn w:.1ge reduces employ•
ment b)' between 2 percent and
6 percent. Pollin claimed, based
on some convcrsauons with
small business owners. th:11 this
wouldn't happen.
The truth, which is qunc eas­
il)' understandable, is that busi­
nesses have a limited amount of
money available. A.~ksmall busi­
ness owners who arc competing
wtth Wal-Mart orSt.irbucksancl
1hey will tell you that they sim­
ply don'l have enough money to
pay their workers morc.-mnny
would like h>,•but the reality is
that they can't. Money ,s a lim­
ited resource
Pollin also cbnnetl 1hat be­
cause the national productivily
is rising, workers wage.~ should
be rising in tandem; he grossly
ovcrslmplifted , he cqua11on.
Productivity is rising, but Its
most clramauc gams have been
in distinct sccL1011s of 1hc
economy; 1hc computer related
industr)' is just one example A
parking lot attendam doesn't do
any more now than heorshcdtd
in 1968, when 1l1c buying power
of the nunimum wage peaked.
Perhaps the largest of Polhns
4 Pioneer Log February 18, 2000 fallacies was his claim tha1 ,r
wages wcrC': raised then produc­
tion would rise due to increased
worker sa1isfoe1ion lf this were
true then businesses would have
already done u-m 1h1s age of
globaliza1ion "only the para­
noid" survive Ha business
docsu·1 strive for maximum effi­
ciency then it will die ol f; there
is no way around thaL The as­
sumption that business owners
arc two-dimensional ch:tn.lCters
out 10 exploit their workers is
omdatccl; excessive: greed is not
good.
With all o[ the arguments that
I've made against Pollin, one
might come to conclude that I'm
not in fovor of a mmimum wage
at all-well, I'm not. To recycle
" little bit or logic, the go,,em•
mcm doesn't belong in the work•
place [or the s.~mc reasons as the
governmem doesn't belong In
the bcdr<>om. As economist Jim
Cox says, "It takes an appalling
level of arrogance for a third
party to I prcvcm a I mutually
satis-fnctoq, and voluntary ar•
rangcmcnt ... If one ltuH,1iclual
is willing 10 ,-.•ork ;11 n wage uf
54.00 per hour and another in­
d"·,dual is wtlltng to hire this
person At S4.00 per hour, that is
entirely and solely their busi­
ness." I have 10 agree,
Poverty is a problem 1 hat
needs 10 be aclclresscd, but at tlte
same time the.re arc systems in
place that can fix this problem
without relying on govcmnmu intcrfcrcocc. By fonmng unwns
people tan work w ge1 wnges
and benefits Increased. The
Boeing workers m Seaule. who
by ancl large rnll under the C'1t­
egory of manual laborers, ore a
testimony to the power of
unions; 1 hcy'vc got wng.cs th1u
arc three to four 1ime.s 1he nuni­
mum.
Remembering the Cold War,
specifically what caused the de•
m.ise of Russia, \Vas the notion
that a government could regu­
late its way 10 success Around the globe we have seen 1 he fo,1-
urc of communism. and we arc
currently wuncssing the l:ulurc
of socialism. These coumncs:.rc
b,·mg brought down by a lack or
the fundamental understanding
of liberty; they don't acknowl­
edge that the people closest 10
the source were bcs1 at making
dcc1stons. Remember Prcs1clcnl
Gerald Ford's warning: "a gov•
ernmcnt l>tg enough LO give you
cvcry1h1ngyou wan11s a govern•
mcm big enough to t:1kc. I rom
you everything you have:•
Just the facts, ma'am
galhered by Damm Gilland
From Robert Rector. Senior
Research Fellow at the
Heritage Foundation and a
leading authorities on US
poverty statistics and the
US welfare system:
Increasing the minimum
wage Is not an effective
way to reduce poverty or
change the-distribution of
Income. The popular belief
that minimum wage
workers are poor adults
working full-time, year
round, and trying to raise a
family is simply untrue. An
analysis of March 1999
Census Bureau data shows
that:
• Of workers who would
be affected by a minimum
wage increase from $5.15 to $6.15 per hour, over half
are either teenagers or
young adults under 25; a
third are enrolled In
school; nearly three­
quarters are single; and
only 7 .4 percent are poor
family heads.
• The median family
income of those who
would be affected by a
minimum wa~e increase
from $5.15 to S6.15 per
hour Is S33,000. Nearly 60
percent have household
Incomes two or more times
the poverty level.
•only 2.8 percent of
workers over the age of 30
are receiving the minimum
wage. One calm feminist speaks out against separatism
commentary by Dusty Hoesly
In response to the article,
•one :mgry fominisl speak$ 0U1
for women's cc.mu", I would like
to say that this perversion of
reminism alienates 1ncn.., causes
mc.n to bccomt frns1m1cd with
the aims of feminism, and clouds
the goals of feminism nself wi1h
sadly misguided auempisai gen•
der equality. Cohen's a1te111p1s
seem to sug,gcsl a fominisl .sepa­
ratism. a kind of sexism (cer­
tainly discriminatory) against
men.
I am a feminist. l believe 1lrn1
women arc equal in C\'Cry re­
spect with men l'urther, I be­
lieve that this 1s the key daim
any feminist holds. and 1ha1
most additions to this cl:lirn ei­
ther deny rncn equal rights or
promote special righ1s for
women, bo1h of which arc un­
just Also. I believe just abou1
everybody is a feminist; I think
one would be hard pressed to
find an LC Student who truly
believes women (or men) de­
serve unec1ual treatment or fewer
rights.
My first problem wnh Susie
Cohc_n·s article is her claim that ,, ____ _
Feminism became
twisted when it devi­
ated from its goals of
equality and turned
toward separatism.
'' "'I nm one angry woman." 1t can
be okay 10 let people know we're
angry about how we arc being
1rca1ed, but I think most of the
time people just 1.unc ou1 an an­
gry voice (perhaps ,hey have
heard 100 many). To be eliche,
you get more with honey 1han
you <lo with vinegar.
Cohen nrgucs lha1 feminism
has been "twisted into some­
thing foul and ugly rather than
the powerhouse of change 1ha1
it once was.'" I agree wil h Cohen
here, but nol in a way I think she
would want. I claim that her
"'feminism" is a perversion of
wha1 feminism Lruly is. The
powerhouse of change it used 10
be wM; the women's suffrage
movement, fighting for 1he po•
litical and economic cquali1y of
women. asserting women as ra-tional beings equal to men.
Feminism he:camc twisted when
II deviotccl from its goals of
equality and turned 1oward ~pa­
nuism.
Where docs this scpara1ism
evidence i1self? The proposed
women's cenLcr. As Cohen ar~
gues for It, it can be~ 111feminis1
collective, a place for Take Back
the Night and Synergia IO work
out of, a library of women·s
books, magazines, videos, and
music. infonn-ation on womens
hcahh." Where is the role of men
in 1his group? ·'Men should be
promoting :inti-sexist auitudcs
and supponmg women," Cohen
asserts. Nothing could be more
sexist! Why shouldn't women
also support rne.n, and listen 10
their rnlstrations and attitudes?
Both panics should help each
other be recognized as equal In­
dividuals in a community; both
working for each other and with
each other, Wh)• not make the
proposed women's center a gen­
der center? Allow both male and
[emale orkn1ed groups 10 meet,
as well as .1ltemativc sexualities?
Or why have a separate place at
all? Why not Just organize meet•
ings in one of the many meeting ,, ____ _
The idea of a
women's center is
separatist. Instead,
there should be a
gender center, if there
nee9s to be a center
of this nature at all, as
I think there is a lack
of interest. _____ ,,
areas on campus (such as
Dubach, Thayer, Tamarack,
CIC.)?
One ma}' sny thnt l'eminism
serves two purposes: 10 es1ablish
political and economic equal
righ1s, and, in a broadc.r sense.
10 weed out the oppression of
women on all levels, public and
private. Peminism becomes per­
verted when H strives for sepa­
raL ism or sexism. Alienating
men, or subjugating men singu ..
larly to the needs of a pro­
women's center aniludc. is sex­
is1. The idea of a women's cen­
ter is separatist. Instead, there should be a gender center, if
there needs 10 be a center of this
nature at all, as I 1hink there is a
lack of in1erc,~1.
As Cohen nolcs, over sixl)'
percent or college students arc
women. That means that women
arc no longer the minority, b111
1he majority. And what happens
when men claim that they arc
gcning the raw deal due to scpa­
ratisl or sexist women? B,n that
is a lttnl in the wrong d1reclion;
that makes wonwn Just as bad
as men were (or maybe arc?).
Historically, women luve
been opprcss,d, nnd radical
change has been implemented to
change 1his un£onumuc view
But :1s we have seen in the past
wnh mhcr social reforms, tip­
ping 1he balances in the 01her
direction is the wrong icle~L It
breeds resciumcnt and frustm4
tion in both parties. Inequality
must be cldeatcd by equality, not
more sepanuism and discri1nina•
1ion. Lets look 10 the future. Let's
look toward equality. not one
group having more than the
other. There should not be a sis­
terhood of women, nor a broth­
erhood of men, bu1 a
person hood of humanily.
It's the year 2000, where the hell is my@*#! flying car!?!
commentary by James Christie
Owning a flymg car b~,s been
the dream of many Amencans
SlllCC lhe dawn or the twentieth
cemury. ln fact, many Amcncans
believed 1ha1 1l11s dream would
become a reality by the year
2000. Like mos, of the other the
dreams we've held for the lt11urc.
the dream of own mg a nying ear
by the year 2000 has crumbled
10 dust before our eyes. Much
like the dream or finding inner
peace via the const1mp1ion of
products. Because of this, I sur•
vcyed 89 Lewis & Clarks1udents t0 sec whether ot no1 the sm•
dents :u Lewis & Clark shore
Americans' d1sappornuncnt
about the absence of ny111g cars
m the year 2000.
Fony-five pcrccm or 1hose
surveyed were disappointed 1ha1
we still lacked Oymg cars a1 the
end of the 1wcn11c1h century
(1hcre wns never a year zero, so
please siop say111g that we're in
the 1wcmy-first ccmury bcc!mSc
we're 1101!). Fifty-five percent
were not dis.ippo1med. Males
were a.bout JO percent more
likely to be disapponned I han
females. None of the 89 s1udems
I surveyed didn't care abou1 Oy-
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The Pioneer Log Is lunded by your student fees. mg ca.rs. In other words, 1'00
pcrcen1 of those surveyed had an
opimon on 1he topic of Oying
cars. From the data 11 can be con­
cluded that a liule less than half
of the students a1 Lewis & Clark
share Americans· diSi1ppohll­
men1 abo111 the lack of Oying
cars 111 1he year 2000.
According 10 the Fcbruaq•
I 989 cdilion of Smi1h,011ia11
magazme, 1he nrst Oying canvas
built in 1917. Since then a1-
1cmp1s to nrn.ss-produce the Oy­
mg car have ~en made by Henry
Ford. the Rooscvcl1 Admmistra•
lion, Gore \"idal's dad, and some
random yahoo named Moulton Taylor. Since on a typical day one source for this article is not
you don't sec allying car, all at-because I'm a bad researcher. h's
tempts have obviously failed. All because our library doesn'1 have
efforts 10 mass-produce the Oy-any copies of Maclcmoiscllc(ycs.
ing car have failed because one. Mmlemoisdle had an ar1iclc on
or the last things 1he Uni1ecf..,Oring cars in ii. Don'1 ask me
S1a1es government wants Me why). I'm nOI sure why our Ii­
million upon millions of unli-l,rary lacks a subscription 10
ccnscd pilois llrlng abot11 In nu-Mmlemolscllc. J think it has 10 do
tomobilcs. Moulton Taylor is with how the magazine encour­
still anempting 10 mass-produce ages fcmaks 10 ha1c Lheir own
a Oying motor vehicle Either bodies if 1hey don·1 have the fig­
th~u llr he's dead, smcc the onl)' urc that anorexic h<:roin addicts
source that I could find for 1h1s have. Sy the way, I'd like all the
article ts 11 ye,us old and Mr. gender studies minors reachng
Taylorwas:in old fogy when that this IO know that I don·1 have a
source was written. girllriencl. My number is 8542
The rcasun why I have only and I live nt 225 Alder
Intimacy with expressed written
consent, just like Cupid intended
I, Sarah Brown. consent 10 hnve sex w11h Dusly
Hoes I)'. This conscn1 ,s informed, lrccly and acuvdy
given, m mutually 1111ders1ondahlc words and actmns
w1uch md1cate my w11hngness 10 panic,pau.~ m a mu•
111allv agreed upon sexual ac11v1I)", tha1 is I consem 10
lu:wc sex.
Signed. S.1rah Brown
St-loUL l> WE
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l'W ~Et'( lllN~ OH '{Et\H
MV 9'Sl\Nc.E~ a, 1
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) I, Dusty Hoesly. con.,cnl l<I h,we sex w11h Sarah
Brown This consent I> mforincd, !reel) and awwli•
given, 111 mutually understandable words and ,1<11011,
which mdlcate my w1l1mgnt:s:, to p.1rm.:1pate in a n\U·
tu:,lly agreed up<>n sexual actl\ity; 1h,u 1s I <01tse111 to
have !l-CX.
Signed, Ous1y Hoesly
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February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 5 Pioneer Log Forum=========
New year and bin Laden been lazy
commentary by Damen Gilland shame 1ha1 you have1f1 looked
into l11rmg some mercenaries: if
llcy Osamn, li11le buddy. what you w:1111 10 gc1 1hc job done
happened? h's been almos1 1wo 1hcre's no1hmg belier. l hear 1ha1
months smce I las1 heard from 1he US m,lhary has a number o[
you-are you all ngh,r highly 1ramcd 1roops on food
Corrcci me ,r I'm wroni:, but stamps; )'OU m1gh1 wam 10 look
I 1hough1 llrn1 2000 was sup• 1herc. IL', 100 had thm we don·,
posed 10 usher ,n yournew Jihad p•y our iroops 1m)rc. bu1 you
ngmns1 1hc evils and opprcss1ons know how Lhc Clinton t1d1111ms•
or Amcncanfrer<lo111 Hnvc )'Ou trauon 1s. Bill can't spend has
been spending 100 much umc ln tune worrying :1boul tcrronsm.
the sun? Did you foll off your cenainly not when there .ire
camel agam' I 101d you last 111nc more nnponam 1hmgs to do-.
10 wear your sea1 bd1 1NI me Al Gore can't get elected on lus
you thcln'1 buy 1mo the cl:11ms of own, )'OU know.
1hosc ''200l-is-1hc-new-n11llcn- I find II hard 10 fathom, hu1
11111111" 1i.:opk~ll1cy'resoannoy- maybe your thugs couldn't nc•
mg. Surely your lack ol' ac11vi1y go1ia1e past the Canad,an hordcr
wasn'1 caused by n lack of oppor- patrol. I low much did you spend
1u1Htyt Any ruffrnn w11h an scnchng lhcm to summer camp
Okabhoma GED should have ngam; oh, sorry, I know 1ha1s a
been able 10 blow somc,hmg up touch)• subiccl. You should look
by now~ chcln'1 things go accord• 1mo rc.nuiung 3 rcw Mou1111cs
mg 10 plan? lO help you wi1h 1rn111mg; 1hose
There 1s 1hc possib1h1y tha, Canadians arc repu1ed 10 be a
you JUSI co\1lcln11 rmd a Russm.n rea1 v1ciou~ bunch. You1vc gotta
general willing 10 pan wnh one admu that guy near Seanlc had
o[ h,s archaic nuclear warheads his towel 1iecl a h11lc 100 11gh,;
m exchange lor lood. Diel you 11)' even he should h3\•e known 1ha1
offcnng him some of the money running rrom l11s car a1 1he first
we gave you lor o,I (hear you s,gnofpohccwashound 1odr~w
made a k1lhng las, year)? Diel a11cn1ion. Can you remind me
you proposition hnn before or agam, what 1s u 1ha1 you arc
a[1cr he had lus morning vodka? training 1hem 10 do ex:a.c1ly'
Maybe you should have just 1old Diel you Ir)' coming In
wha1 you wamed 10 use II for: through Mexico' I hear some­
any number of 1hc111 would have 1h111g like 5.000 illegals gc1 in
been more than willing 10 help evel)• day unde1cc1ed, sorely you
-any1hmg 10 gc1 Motlier Russia could have paid a few unedu­
back 111 1hc global spo1hgh1_ ca Led form workers 10 show you
Or maybe you did gel a bomb how 10 sneak 11110 1hc coun1ry.
bm messed up smugghng 1111110 And ,r you were atCl(len1ally
the coumry. Dad you 11)' 10 use caught a1 1he Texas border ns
some m<:ompeten1 lan:tlicagatn? nm like mm1•Bush would know
You JUSI don'1 get 11, do you,0 J[ you 1old him a lie about where
1hosc religious mus can'1 be • you're lrom. While his old man
m1s1cd With your billions 11·s a w:as orr making deals over lunch
Bored? Try some of these
more in a series by James Christie
Li. Complain about lnvem•
ing America.
15. Complain about the Bon
food-
16. Complain about the mln.
17. Complain abo111 the Atl­
minisuntion.
)8. Complain about any of
your classes that scan before
10AM.
19. Giggle a1 the football
players who take themselves
serl(lllsly.
20. Giggle al anyone who
takes themselves seriously.
21. Ask someone in 1hc Bon
who you're eating a meal
wilh and don't know what
1hcirmajoris, where they are
from, how many siblings
the)• have, what classes they
are_ taking, and whtlhcr-they
like their protessors or no1.
22. Then forge1 all of rJ,al In•
formation and have the same
conversation wiLh the same
person 1wo months later,
while Lhinking 1he whole
time Lhey're droning on "I
swenr 10 God l've meet this
person before.•
23 Walk arow,d 1he halls of
Plau-Howard as if walking
abou1 aimlessly could give
me;ining to your meaning­
less e.xiste.nce You might as
well give up now. You're go-Ing to end just like your par•
enlS regardless of what you
do And yes 1haL mclude.s
you, you dank smoking hap•
pie.
2+. Take a shower w11hou1
shower shoes and gc1 fool
fungus,
25. Sclf-mu1tlation lvorkcd m
high school. hell 11 might
even work in college.
26. Ge1 offended al number
25 bccauseoneofyourlovecl
ones (or maybe even your­
sel[) seH-mudlated them­
selves while al 1be piis of de.­
spait In high school and
complain 10 Gene Wixson
about IL, By doing so you
might make the
world a bener place.
27 Decorate those weird
looking statues in front of 1he
An Gallery
28 Be ongln:a.l and hang a
Beatles poster on your wall.
29. Stand outside of the h•
brary while smokmg and
congregadng in groups of
people while not lllkmg a c1g
break from s1udymg.
30. Think abou1 that 11me
your fnend al Recd 1old you
that "Smoking crack was
kind of cool."
3J,. V9lunicer for Reed's 24-
hour smcide hotline.
6 Pioneer Log February 18, 2000 After a conspicuous absence from New Year's Eve 2000
festivities, many are speculating that Osama bin Laden has
become a mere shadow of his former terrorizing self.
with Soddam lor 1n1ssilcs, Jun•
lor was off snoriing blow: you
could tell hun you were from
China or someo1hcr na1ion thal
we're supposed 10 he [ricnds
with and he'd probahlv even let
you stay al his house.
I'm sorry about 1ha1 pansy
mayor in Sca11lc tanccling 1hc
New Year's celcbra1ions-<lon'1
wotr)', I won't vote to reek.cl
him. Mow can you terrorists
have any fun at bringing 1hc free
world lO n.s knees If the some
loc:,I 1in-po1 polilician goes and
docs ii fqr you> Reali)•. I am sorry
obou, 1ha1; I wish 1ha1 Sca11le borrowed some guts rrom New
l-lam1>sh1rc-1h.11 wa.sn·1 your
man 1herc was it? O1d1,~1 thmk
so. you would11'1 be s1upld
enough to threaten ;i stale where:
nearly evcr)'0nc has a gun and
subscnbcs 10 1hc l<>gll u/ 1hc1r
mouo. "Live free or die.· You
guys wouldn't h,s1 fi'1c 111mu1cs
agains1 Bob Smith and his
friends In Nashua
But really, Sea11lc was 1hc only
los1 opponunhy Wi1h as many
chances and possibilities, I'm
rindmg it hard 10 ,magmc 1hc
faul! lying in access. New York,
D.C., Los Angles. Clucago-there arc a lot of dues wonhy of
your airncks. For a guy who has
always had so much passion, I
do,ib1 you l<:>sl mot ivn11on Did
)'OU bavc a change of hc:m l 1\n
epiphany, perh•ps. while s1111ng
on 1hc iollc, rcaclmg Vog11el I
1hmk 1h01 you found uu1 1hal
your .rngcr townrds the Unftcd
S1a1cs wasn't, for l,1ck ofa heller
tern,, Y2K compli:1111
l1's ull righ1 1c1 ad11111 ll,
Q5ama, we all make 011sl;tk\'S
rrom 11111e lo umc, remember
1hosc foohsh kids from Eugene
ai 11,c WT.O pro1cs1s .1 [1·"
momhs ago' You guys tc>uld
lorm a support grmtp, tall It
"l'copk for 1he Prcscrva1ion ol
Obsolete Mc1ho,ls nnd Ciuscs·.
ur s9111cthlng .1long thnz,c Hnes
Terrorism may h:tvc worked
wonders for you In the pnsl, hut
.tnymurc ilS JU~l d wee bi1 pnsse,
do11·1 you 1h1nk? Why cl<> you
1hink we nil laughed so much ;11
those Austin Powers movies?
Terrorist 1hrc:us, JUSI like Dr
Evil'• demands ur ·• 1 mil hon dol­
lars". have d11111mshcd so mud1
as l<.'i make 1hcm uutngh1 lnlan­
ouS-)'uu c:111'1 ch.111gc 1hc "oriel
that way.
Your 1::unp.ngn woul<l gc1 btt­
lcr rcsuhs ,f you opted IO offer"
new idea 1hn1 ~ppcalcd 10 our
mchv1dual desire> [or ,elf-bcucr•
111cm nuhc:r 1han thrc;urning us
wnh 1mm,11c111 nrnrngccldon.Jcff
Bez<>s be" you foir nnd squ~rc
when 11 comes to rcvoltnionar)'
:lchicvcmcms because he urn..lcr­
s1ood 1his Maybe you could
st:u1 an c-busmcss; y1,.1u'd ha\lc a
bcncr chance u[ gcuing your
photograph in 1hc paper if you
did. If we lc.1rned any1h111g from
1he 20th ccniury ii was 1h1,
simple foe, fascism, 1 hat LS act•
mg ~lune to dtCtalc. ()vcr Others
1hrough force or terror, 1s 11011hc
wa)' of the future, frcctlom-for
bcuer or wors~1s.
Call your parents!
You know it's about time for a visit ...
Tell them you need a dinner or two off campus ...
And while you're at It, tell them they need to
come check out all the activities planned
for Family Weekend 2000!
Share accivities surrounding Family Weekend with your parents: rake a
nature hike, learn about phot0graphy, or enjoy the always popular Inter•
national Fair. We've already sent a postcard inviting them co campus.
The rest is up 10 you!
Questions? Call 503-768-7122.
Marisa Tabi.zon
Coordinator of Student Activities
Lewis & Clack College
Family Weekend 2000
Lewis & Clark College
March3-5 Why I'm going to vote for the 'Party'
Collegcg,ves the Student Coun­
cil conirol over 1hc money, but
,f there 1s no government 1hcn
, hcre-1s no one IO gwe I he monc)"
10 ancl Michael Ford should as•
sumc control. 01 course, he dis•
agrees with cen:nn students who
choose LO make videos every
week, so there m1ght not be
money m 1 he budget for v1c.lco
produc11on and rn,tybc a frn
other programs might get cu 1. 01
course, w11h the '"Party"" :1d,·oe:a.t­
,ng "pnmacy of the \ndtvtdual,"
there probably docs nol need to
be stmlc.m groups~ hav111g De.1n
Ford hand out the money makes
good sense. commentary by Gene Wixson
This week much of 1hc talk
on campus has been regarding
1he "Pan)'" run for ASLC posi­
tions. Of course, smcc oftkial
c>mpaigning hasn't begun yc1 I
don't re.·tlly know who ism 1he
"Party." hu1 word has a way of
tr..wchng around here. Since 1
have been prcs1clen I of ASLC for
n while now, some people have
.,skcd me how I fed about all
1has. Well, nt lirs1 I had some
mixed feelings, but I have cer­
tainly come aroulld. I plan 10
vme for the "Party~ for all the
positions.
Lei me 1c II you why
The "Party" has made the dis•
solution of 1he ASLC ., big goal
of theirs. or course. ASLC is cv-cry studecnt a1 1hc College. but
for argument's sake. let's assume
1hnt just bcc-Jusc the)' don't un•
demand how I he whole system
works doesn't mean that they
wou Id be bad elected officers. I
am going 10 •ssume that they
mean 10 dissolve the ASLC Stu­
dent Counc,I, 1he elected olfic­
ers of the student body. I 1hink
this is a great idea.
These people work far 100
hard, on issues or f.sr 100 liulc
importance, for for 100 liulc pay.
Having spent many a late night
in Templc1on Student Cemcr
work111g u11 propos:ils for new
shuulc, or the management of
our S325,000 budget, I 1h1nk
ahou1 ho" much beucr my col­
lege experience would have been
w11hou, 1hcsc d1s1rnc1ions. While I like 10 think I hnve
helped in a small WU)' to make
Lewis & Clark College n beuer
place, I will admit 10 not having
enjoyed much of the "beer, sex,
music, hfc anti love, w11h all
those hallmarks or you, h. I hat
the "Part)'" suggests for nll II all
the Studcn1 Council officers
acted a liuk more like "Party"
members, things would be dif­
ferent nround here, pcrhnps no,
tvcn so "orgamzcd." Of course
,-.•c might nol have lhc tune or
inclinntion to fund student
groups or give out SAAB gran1s,
bu1 we would cernunly be en•
gaged in the "[rec expression of
our rights.''
This ridiculous notion 1ha1
1hc swdcntsshould be in chnrgc
of wha1 happens to the s1uden1 fees Is outdated. Maybe some
Pia11er.,· Log readers don'1 know
1ha1 every siudem pays $95 per
scmes1cr 10 fund nearly all stu­
dent grou1>Sorac1ivuie.s on cam­
pus. Of course, 1h1s 1sn l111lc less
Lhan l percent of tm11on. bu, 1t
goes 10 fund a 101 of wondc.rlul
1h1ngs. mcludmg SEED, Am•
ncs1y lntcrnauonal, and 3001her
student groups. nll our smdent
media ( LCTV, KLC, Pioncrr Log,
etc.). ,11 SAAB gr.mis. and our
tutonng program. Well, ,f the
Student Council ,s "abohshecl
and replaced w11h ... no1l11ng" as
1he Party advocates. whnt might
happen wuh this moncyl
I think t ha1 M1chacl ford, as
1hc Dean of Students would (a11d
should) con1rol wha1 student
groups have 1he money. The I hope I ha,•e conveyed why I
1hmk there arc ccriamly some
good mmdsand 1deasbchind the
"Party." 0011·1 you agree?
Clinton's jenvironmental' legacy threatens old growth
commentary by Laurel Brauns
If you have lived in Oregon
for:my nrnounl of time you ha,,c
pmbabl)' heard of 1he Northwest
forest Plan. This plan was crc­
a1cd by the Clinton Adminis1ra-
11on in hopes of establishing an
cnv1mnmcma1 protcuion lcg:icy
before leaving the Wh11e House.
Whik the go,,d m1entlons of this
tloc.umcnt -arc easily rctognizcd.
it has s1111 left many residents of
Oregon unhappy because it al­
lows thousands of acres of old­
growth fores1s 10 be logged. Old
growth forests arc rrucial fur
mah11aimng diverse ccosystcn\S
1hat suppon unique plnnt nnd
animal species.
Much l>f the controversy
nbout protecting these forests
stems from the Ol)'lh 1hat loggers
have much to gain from the cur-rent sys1em. It ,s often 1hough1
thnt Jobs will be los1 if lin111s arc
pl need on lof,gln;\, 1 n these ted,­
nolog,cally advanced tunes, n
just docs nol work I h:u way. Log•
gcrs no longer go 1n10 1he forest
with mi:cs or even chain saws. ln•
stead, trees are ex1mctccl from
1hc earth with large mdus1nal
machinery which rnkcs only ~•
£cw humans to operate. Them•·
cragc logger isn't necrssarily
pleased ubou1 this s11uauon.
Many of them have already lost
their jobs and ore snnply trymg
10 sustam the rnral way or life
1h01 Lhcy have lived for gcncra­
lions. This 1s just one more situ•
n1lon in wlnch wc.ahhy corpora•
tions arc benefiting rrom the CX·
plo11a11on of the earth while
leaving both loggers and the
general public with liulc lo gam.
Wi1h th1s in mind II 1s not
surpnsing lhat the corporate conglomeraie ,sallied with the
Nationnl Forest Service and the
Bureau or L:rnd Manage1nc111
Toge1her, these par11cs are
scheming lO passnn amendment
that would cles1roy many uf the
pro1ec11ons 1hal the Northwest
Forest Plan hos established and
111 turn open up nearly one nul­
l ion more old-growlh acres 10
logg,ng The amendment 1s
called the Draft Environmental
ln,pac1 Statcmcnl (DEIS) an<l u
essentially cuts back even for-
1hcr on the mndcquntc survey
reqmremenLS in lhe foresLS for
endangered species
This amendment would sac­
rtfice almost 2,000 w1ldlifc sur­
vey JObs wink creaung only 140
logging and wood products johs.
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your views on Ll11s issue. The
H,morable George T. Frnmp1on,
Jr., Director, Council on Envl•
ronment:11 Qual11y, Old Exccu-
11vc Offtcc Building #360, Wa.sh­
ington, D.C. 20502 Wmmg 10
a Rrprc.scnta11,1r or Congress­
man in thl" Pncific Nonhwtst
would also be 1>articularly cffe<'·
I1ve. Our Oregon rcprcscnta-
1ives include Sena1or Ron
Wyden, .md Rcprcsemativcs Earl
Blumcnaucr. l'c1cr OcFazto,
Darlene Hoole)' and Oa,"d Wu
who will all receive mail by :1d­
drcssing 1hc U.S. House of Rep•
rcsen101ives, Washington. D.C.
20515.
One hazy night of
voyeurism and gambling
commentary by James Christie
On the mght o[Samrday, Feb.
5. about half of the s<Udcms a1
LcwtS & Clark go1 loaded and
dressed up for C.~smo Nigh1. The
nnnual evtnL took place in lhe
Bon and Siomm clmrng hall
where people could gamble :11
blackpck. craps, and some 01 her
game Lhat I don't remember
since I was drunk like everybody
else.
Also. abou1 three pcopk
spem then ume a, Casino N1gh1
dancing 10 a l \140s style b,g band
from .1 loc:il commumty college
Sally, one of 1hc three md1v1du­
als dancmg, asked me ... Where
ts everybody?" when I 1111er­
voewcd her. I answered 1ha1 they
were out socialmng m the halls,
gc.umg 111 my way whenever 1
wanted to walk anywhere.
All of the s1udcn1s I 1nter­
v,cwcd ror this art iclc '1fC fte-
110nal. This is bcca<tSe playing
video games ,s a lot more Jun
than m1crv1cwmg people. Espe­
trnlly drunken pcoplt dressed
up in 1920s style clothmg .
Some of 1hc people who 01-
tendc<l Casirio night were no1
dressed up m 1920s style cloth­
ing. One p<:rson c-:ime man Afro
Anmhcr umquc 1nd1vidual came
dressed up in 11nlo1I When I al-
1emp1cd 10 imerv,cw tmfotl bO)'
he ran awny muucnnJ.t some~
thmg about how he thought 1hn1
1 h,s was Reeds Casmo N1gh1. lie
dHln'I get very for unlil he
bumped mio n large group of rude people socializmg in 1h~
w:1lkw:l)'S.
I contemplated running after
hun but than I was clistractccl
when I spied • girl wcanng :,
very revealing black evening
dress. ll was al th1s momeal
when I realized what C:1sino
Night was all about It 1sn'1 about
gambling()rthc 1920s. lt'sabou1
voy('urism We went to Cnsmo
Night 10 wn1ch bust> hardly he­
mg hidden by a 11gh1 purple gel•
up or a nice muscular bLHlOm
bcmg squeezed by black dress
pants. We went to Casino Night
10 watch one -:mother dressed up
tn fancy and often revcalm11
do1hes.
There was a raffle at the cntl
of,hc 111gh1 "' which a bunch of
p<:ople won sn,rr. My roonuMt<
Jesse won a coffee maker I-le
only put m five uckels, ru, op­
posed to thts girl named Jenny
who put in 40 11ckcts. Jenny
didn't wm a11ything though be­
cause life, like Capitahsm, isn't
lair. Somctuncs dumb people arc
born 111to rich fom1hcs and nm
go 10 college while many smart
poor people can11 Somcumcs
you don1t wm anythmg even H
you put 40 uckcts 11110 the rnlnc
called human cx1s1cnce. When
1h1s happens you can e11her [eel
sorry for yourself or dnnk more
alcohol Many of the Lewis &
Clnrk s,udcnts who wont win
any1hrng m their lonhcommg
hvcs choose 1he lancr. OTai least
they did before they c~me clown
to C.1smo mgh,
February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 7 ==Pio=ne'e=l<rL~og=========-Features======
Cut out valentines for those you love
Did you forget to send valentines to some of those special people?
It's not too late!
The top 10 things we didn't
get on Valentine's Day
by Christine Goldenberg
Tl IINGS GUYS WANTED:
J Her 10 huy HIM fiowers,
2. Homemade dmncrnnd rc_serva11ons for a room a1 a hotel.
3 Some1hing handmade, no, store bough1 (cr1::111v11y!)
-t Her sncak1ng into his room 10 leave li11lc surprises for
him (co,nc on, use your 1mng111a1lon.,.)
5. A sweet picture with ,he 1wo of you together. 1n a mce
frame.
6. Sex (duh!)
7. Edible, warming massage oil
8. A ba1 h 1ogc1her.
9. Did I men1ion Sex? Yeah. 1h01 loo.
LO.Poetry written by her
THlNGS GIRLS WANTED;
l. Sexy lingerie
2 Handmade cards
3. Edibk, warrmng massage oil
'I A uniq\1e hair band for her dreads (LC style)
5 Choc()lalc syrup (almost alw,ys apprecrn1ed)
6. Strawbcmc_s and champl!gnc
7. Sex (need I say more??)
8 Him snt-akrng mto her room 10 leave nowcrs all over the
place.
9 A surprise dtnncr/p1cn1c
10.1 Um to find out something 1ha1 she had always wamed
10 do, but never had the c.hancc ... and doing II together!
And, as one chanmng LCStudcm commcmcd when asked
wha1 she wnmcd for Valenunc's Day, • A good ol' bou le of
Parrot Bay docs ii for m<i •
8 Pioneer Log February 18, 2000 <IJear <l!ro'fessor,
:J clwo-choo-':r----------------------------------------------
I Valentines from the garbage can
collected by James Christie
Dear Henry,
I'm having another one of those
selfrduced psychological crises agam.
I nee you to hold me, buy me chocolate
and pay a lot of attention to me tonight
But I won't tell you this
because if you really Jove me
you'll figute this out on you own.
If you don't realize this on your own,
rm going to give you a cold shoulder all night
arid when you ask me, •what's wrong?"
I'm going to say "Ooh nothing"
with a very angry
tone in my voice.
-Love Amy What's wrong with
Valentine's Day?
by Lisa Baum
Lame s.,ppy love songs on
the radio. Chocolale 1hatonly
has coconlll :1nd macadamia
rilled centers, Over-priced
dinner:; aL ttSiaurams so chic
nnd uppt.r-clnss 1ha1 reserva­
tl ons arc demanded two
months In advance for that
glorious occasion. Yes, that's
right kiddies. The one, the
only. 1hroulc-me-11ow­
couples-arl!-so-sickly-mush)'
, 1-cannot-wlthsumd-another­
episode-of-l-love-you-more­
co1wers.,tlon-ovcr-Valemine's
Day dinner,
Valentine's Day, The day
you waited for all momh­
no-all year. praying that Mr.
~ight might pop the question
and allevia\e your boredom
for one cveni11g, bringing
with him a llttle long-craved
affection. all 10 no avail. In­
stead, there you sat on the
sofa, drowning )'Our sorrows
in a pint of Kahlua Chocolate
H:iagcn-Dazs (you could11'1
even get a buzz off the Kahlua
10 drop you lnto that state of
tot.,! and utter depression,
where life no longer has any
significance and men really
are. just scumbags who take
advantage of the overage
be.,utff\tl woman like your­
self), while alt the other
Americans actively engaged
in baby Lalk with thcirso-sig-nificant others across candles
and gaudy nower arrangc­
menlS.
And remember that bitch
who stole your prom date/
(Vivian, Becky • you can't re­
member, i..:S been.so long, and
there arc so many anyway.)
Just 10 really suck 1hi11gs 10
you, she was out wining and
dining with sonic buff
beekakc of the month at one
of those swanky restaurants,
sharing Tlramlsu, and you
know that he was really only
there with her because he
1van1S a piece of ass, but that's
more ass than you're going to
get thisyear.
And back 10 you, and your
pathetic life. You tried hard to
crumble up and disappear, but
apparently, you were not even
w,mh a disappearance imo
your chintzy sofo. So, you
turned oo the 1clevtsion, par•
took in the most rcce111
Danielle Steele made for TV
romance, where everyone getS
luckier than you'll evct be, and
mentally killed off all the
happy couples. Hey, why
should they have all the fun?
Here's lO onother mind-numb­
ing life event-Happy
Valentine's Day 2000! Hope
ft sucked as much for you •s
-h,djd for the rest of us nuser­
abJe excuses for women.
Valentine's Day afterthoughts or how
Lewis & Clark made me lose my game
commentary by Joe Collver
Let'• tlarif)' s0111cthi11g before
1his JTHt.:k bcgm~ 1:xuttl) hm,
much game did this (oc gu) have
before he came to tollcge? In
order for lhis lmc in.;tnuuon to
have causc<l me 10 lose my game,
there would hnvc to he some
game there In 1hc lirst pl,,cc.
Now, t'm noi s-aymg I was l11l·
master pimp daddy in high
school 01· an)1thing~ but once l
Slopped reading books lung
enough to notice 1hat girls
looked a Im different than 1hcy
had back bclor~ puberty, I began
lO change howl intcraClc<l wath
them, planning 0111 the best way
10 gain I heir favor. M)' sudden
interest in girls ,vas a plc.isan1
surpri.se. for me, like omsidc the
dcpartmcnc store when the other
kid leaves the twcnty-Hvc cent
spaceship ride early, and you get
1hc last minute and a half of glee­
ful bumping up and down for
absolutely free
1=rom these earliest expcri ..
cnccs I bcgnn to clcvclo1> my ,iwn
"gnmc." my own style for draw­
ing in 1hc nice lady rricnds. I'd
use anything from Oining 111
cl:tss, 1alk111g on the phone.
sending love no1cs, even finish­
ing homework problem., for the
less mcnially-mdined Anything
was fair gnmc where s,,•e.ct,
Swecl teenage love was mvolvcd.
And once you actually got t0•
gcLhcr with someone, there were
even more interesting and ere• al IVC ways to keep lhc romance
alive You were young -you
were full of lile, And mos, im­
portanl of nll, you were really
s1up1d
If anythmg kills idealism
about love n's college H any•
1hmg kills the romantic part or
love it's college life. Sex becomes
the bcgmnmgand end by which
any rclat1onship 1s created and
appr:iised, Gone 1s the exClle-,, ____ _
... your body numbing
with pleasure and
excitement like when
your second grade
teacher read your
class stories ...
'' mcnt or ge.1ting to know some•
one, of falling in love with some­
one. ancl of livmg O\ll )'OUr own
personal, naive story-talc to its
complcuon. Now intcrncuons
between 1he sexes have become
n mcchamcal process, a cold cto­
nomic rcali1y where goods are
transferred, scrv1ccs rendered.
wherein nothing of substance
really exists. Is there ·game" m
the J'riday night conquests and
the Saturday mommg confes­
sions?
Not when ml one here can
make any type ol gesture. any
word or conunutticnuon that could conce1vabl)' be dass,l\cd
as: •an :tdvancc"" unless he or she
,s m the process or becoming or
alrcacl)' well on d1c1r way to be­
ing completely drunk off then
ass. Watchmg 1wo drunk people
mrtmg lS like watchmg two un­
scaled ?Ip lock bags ol Jell-O
sp1llmg strawberry banana ond
blueberry surprise until thmgs
become a complete mess. h 1us1
can~ be considered su:wc, debo­
nair or even remotely rom:muc
when 1he only reason the other
person 1s attracted 1s that they
arc m the same s1atc of inebna-
1,on.
Women. when was the last
ume a male LC student did
somethmg thnt was so passion~
ale, so unordinmy th3l you were
struck speechless wuh wonder?
Something so amaungly special
d1a1 you suddenly found it hard
to I h ink SL ra1gh 1, your b,>d y
numbing wnh pleasure and cx­
cncmcm like when your second
grade teacher read your class sto­
nes or just bcfprc you 100k the
step that sent )'OIi soartng out off
the high dive into thcswumnmg
pool where everyone was wateh­
i11g Or guys (you whose reccp•
tors have been dulled b)• your
gender). when was the last nme
• female LC student did some­
tlung thai d,cl more than jus1
make )'OU w::tnl 10 screw her.
somethrng that broke through
your vasl ddcnses or 111ascul111-
ity and scll'-reliance and mt1de you realize, ·Hey, hy G<1II)\ ~he
JUSt d,d something spec1t1ll"I
Never! That's right, 1\ hasn'1 hap~
pened1 Thats because 1hen, "
no1hmg hkc that gomgon here!
I shouldn't have I<> feel bad 1h:11
I'm not romanllc, bec,mse no­
body here isl
I 1h111k 1h,11 the samC•>cX
sweethearts are also struggling
wilh their game here on campus.
Why just last week I wasn't wll•
ness 10, but was mformed of the
perfect example. Two gay friends
of mine, Loran Joseph and Tan­
ner Hamlet, having found my
door unlocked while I was away,
proceeded to engage in cxphci1
acts with my person:,! belong­
,ngs,
Now I understand these two
men may have problems feeling
comfonablc express111g their
love 10 each other ,n this nor­
row-mmded shamc-b,.secl cul­
ture that we live in, b111 1hai gives
them no cause tt1 carry out their
sexual a.els associauvcly on my
laptop, playstatlon controllers,
and favome dog-cared ,·opy of
the Comp/ei, Wc,rb of
51,a,:tspcore! Where "' the ro­
mance ,n 1hatll II l hadn'1 been
so busy w11 h schoolwork I
would have sc111 I hem straight
10 some bc;,ch resort where they
could cat candlelight dinners
nnd d,mcf to waltz music and
brtng 1ha1 life to ,heir love 1ha1
jus1 c,m~ exist here on Palatine
Hill \Vh;u is the suluuon h,l th,~
problem of no one hen· uomg
wh.11 it 1.1kcs to >tlr a hnlc pa\•
srnn bnck Into the Pioneer
llfcs1ylc? Welt II sure as hell
beat,, me, I'm nght there ""th
you in 1lus sad srntc of :iffa11'>
La:,t mQnth a proposal or num·
for "some sug:tr" ended w1th me.
be111g laughed at, and no sugar'
I sure don'1 know what ll w<luld
take 10 get things k1ck111g again
at LC. Maybe they could give u.,
bmm dead homrwork hkc I he
state school kids, then lots ol
dances and social gatherings 10
a11cnd. so 1ha1 ii could be like
high school all over again wnh
friendly Michael Ford the Vice
Principle and Bill Cunm the hall
monitor. No. That wouldn't
work. Leave the rcac11onnry
dogmn lor the Republicans. II'
you want 1 he excitement back
you're going 10 have to figure out
how for yourself. Mc, I'm gct1ing
back to my st.11is1ics homework.
February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 9 =Pione='erlo~g ===ASLC Election
Candidates for President
Joe Bielecki
Sophomore, History
Howdy, I'm Joe
Bielecki, and heres 1hc
deal: As Prcs,dcm, I plan
10 work responsibly for
the Students or Lewis and
Clnrk l gc1 things.done,
and ge1 them done right.
ASLC Co\lncil exists to
provide students with an
avenue of help in work­
ing through adnli-nistra•
live and logis1icol ob­
srnclcs 10 provide win-wm
shuatlons-and that's
how I'm going to run IL
Communily nrst. busi•
ne$SCcond. 1 will ini1imc
more ac110n ancl coopcra­
u on between s1uden1
groups, make more op•
ponun1ucs for lmcrnc1ive
forums that deal w11h rc,I
slUdCnl issues. ,md com-municatc sincerely and 1nuhoriia•
uvcly the desires of the s1uden1
body 111 regards lo adnunis1rauvc
dccis1on-m:1kmg. I conrrom in1us-
11ce head-on, and shall uuhzc SI\I·
dcm govemmcm for that purpose.
Smdem govcrnmcnl requires a re­
sponsible. tommunil)'•orienlccl
Iheme of uctlon Bielecki for Presl­
dc111 Any qucsuonsl
Julia Davis
Junior, Psychology
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7,5, I ➔,5, lS,1.10.9, 15, I~;
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20,15, 5,l,18,12,25,
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15,6,
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9,6, l9,l.5, 20,8,5,14,
12.5,20,19, I l.5,5,/6,
4,1, 14,l,9,l~.7.
Travis Litman
Junior, History
Luman • fun. As :1
member of the p>rt)' l will
do my utmost to descro)
the idl."J of govcrnmc111 at
Lewis and Clark
America\; sick obsession
whh llu: state needs to be.
wecdcd ou1 ,II .,U levels
Lcl Lhis forever be my
motto: Death to govern•
mcnt und dcuth 10 ASLC. 9,1.l, 21,7,12,2.5,
23,9.20,8, l.
3,l,16.9,20,1,12, 21;
16,15.2 l,18, 19,15, l3,5,
19,21,7,1,18, 15,H, 13,5;
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20 I 12 II 20 15 135l
Candidate for Vice President
for Budget and Finance
Daniel Kroos
Sophomore, Philosophy
As a member of 1hc party I
wil1 do my urmos1 to destro)'
tbc idc;i of'governrnen1 at
Lewis and Clark. Amcnca's
sick obsession with the SIOIC
needs to be weeded ou, at
all levels. Let this forever be
my mo110: Death
to government and death
10 ASLC. I fe~rnny fur1her ln­
terjccuon of my pcr~onal views on my furn re role as your
VP ofBudget and Fmonce would
dcirac1 from the eloquently
scripted Pany Manifesto which
ou11inc oil or our rund1men1al
bcllc!s. I lughly recommend ev­
,·,yonc consult the Manifesto
cons1<lering it will soon become
ASLC charier guidelines This
clcc1ion year 1hink change. Vote
Party.
10 Pioneer Log February 18, 2000 Elections wi 11 be held
Monday, February 28th and
Tuesday, February 29th from
9am -4pm in the entrance
to Watzek Library.
Candidates for Vice President for
Student Academic Affairs
Brandon D. Marsh
Junior, History
All right, here's the deal
We all auend L&C, we "II
do the "college tlung" in
one fonn or .ano1 her. Bui
how much arc we re-a 11}'
gc11lng ou1 of 11> I-low
much Cun -arc we havmg?
L&C claims 10 he a su­
premely .. hbcral" institu•
cion un1il it$ hlue in 1he
focc -bu, 1s II all thal lib­
eral? We need 10 really
think about this Fun, ,rue
hberahs111, and 1h1nk1ng for onesclr make foragrcal
on<! potent p,ck11gc. The
MBllb quo doc....,n't want ~1
paLkagc th:11 even ,,:,gucly
1csemblcs 1his l.ct's <lo
somcthingaboul 1h1s Lc1S
change the lurrcnt suua•
1ion -from h-01h wnhtn
an<l without.~ ;1 mcrnhcr
of the Porty I wlll do my
u11nost 10 dcs1rcn+ she 1dc.J
of govern mcm ·a, L&C
America's sick obsession
w11h 1hc Mate ncccls 10 he
Matthew "Buzzy" Nielson
Sophomore, Philosophy
For 1 he pas I 1wo years,
l had 1he pleasure to work
as11dm11us1rmivc assis:mm
tor 1 wo ,ivondcrf ul Vin·
Presidents, Ka1ie Thomas
and Erin Bailey. Inspired
b)' their commumcm to
the Scuclcnt Ac.-.dcmic Al­
lairs Board (SAAB). 1'111
plc.ised 10 have 1hc oppor­
tun11 y to .nd 1ht studerH
h<>d)' by representing your
ncadcmit intercsLS as VP
for S1uden1 Academic Al­
hurs. My goals .,re many. 111)' mo, l\•ai Ion high I'd
like to publicize s1t1dc111
research l'd like to bring
nc:adt·mll' issuc-s rn ltgl11
not only in SAAB, but
omongst Lhc entire stuckm
body as well. I'd like 10
simplify tutoring for stu­
dents and tutors Bui.
111os1 1mponamly, l'd like
10 voice your academic
concerns to :1dminfsua-
1ors I h:wt the drive. I
have Lhc desire. 1,nd my or·
ganiuuiona1 experience weeded ou1 al all levels Ll'l I his
torcvc:r be my rnouo: Death llJ go"­
ernmen1 and death to A~LC
V· . ,"i --r,; ~ : ·ti,{!
.1'16',tt:.,.'
I
(
:.
'1:
shows 1ha1 I have 1hcnbiht) Thank
you for your aucntion. nnd I urge
you to voice your opmion m the up•
coming election.
Candidates for Vice President for
Student Organizations
f;C~~~~----
Jillian A. Schmidt ~::@I~ c'
Freshman, Economics I;"~ " :l~ .
I have many goals and gel :md coordin.11c tm:,cel• ; i.~·;.~ ~
reasons for runmng for the lancous chartered ~llldcn1 ~
om« of Vice Prcsidem for organ1z.11io11s. I ,lso will
Student Organiz_:.uions I conlinut to keep 1hc lines
am a VCI)' organized per-or commumcnuon open
son with a strong bnck~ bc1wecn stu.dcnls and ad­
ground m student acuvi- ministrntors, as well us the:
Lies.. I have been nc1ivc this various org:miz:nions on
y~ar in ASLC as the Tutor campus. This is r.x1rcmcly
Director of SAAB. I also I inportnnt 10 me bcc:msc
hod a strong background all students need to oe rcp-
111 student orgamz..mions m resented equally, have 1hc
high school. I want 10 abdny 10 voice ,heir opm­
connnue 10 keep ,he bud-1on,and be heard It ,s:ilso
Micah Saul
Freshman.Theatre and Math
There 1s a spectre
haun11ng Lewis and
Clark- The spectre of
1\SLC Wha1 is 11! Wh,11
docs II do? Is II m anyway
responsible for 1hc Glade,
Campus Sakty's off-earn-pus r•lds, or Plau­
Howard7 The Jnswcr,
courtesy of l'hc Party, 1s
""Who rcnlly cares?'" I
don't, you d<m't, ,,nd The
Pany doesn't As n mem­
ber of the party I will do very 1mponam 1hat nd1nimstra1ors
and smdcntS arc kept on 1hc same
page, understand, and rc:.pect each
Olhcr's views abom various lSSUC.S.
GO PlOSI
my u1mos1 10 cl<strdy 1he idea of
govem111en1 al Lewi~ ond C.lark
,\1ne.nca's sick oh-session with the
slate nccd.s to bl· weeded out ,ll .,II
lc>Jtls Lc11h1~ forever be nw mouo.
Death 10 govern men I and death 10
ASLC. Voter's Guide Pioneer Lo~
Candidates for ASLC Chief Justice
James Christie
Freshman, So/ An and Communication
I've been on 1 he Peer Review bo,ud
.-.ince 199Q and in that time I ha\fc come
to the conclusim, that Lewis & Clnrk's
present policy on misconduct involv•
111g alcoholic beverages is absurdly
strict lt's l'VCn more absurd when com•
pared 10 01ha collcies' policies on al­
cohol. Ever)' year 1hc Cl11cf Jus11cc
mc.·cts wuh Lhc Dean or Studcrus to look
over and omcnd the li.s1 or proh1hhcd
conducts At 1h1!t mcc11ng t pl;m to
amend 1he policy on alcohohc bevcr­
.,gc, ,o 1ha1 11 b le,, 51rict. If elected
as Chief Justice, I w,11 be e.mpa1hc11,
.and I 1,vlll Ircnt everyone wi1h respect
and fairness
Andrew Daily
Junior, History
Do you remember vour
Orst studen1 clccuon, way
back in lourih grade or
whenever it was? Wh:n
was 11? Yes, 1ha1S nght. a
pupularlly co111cs1. And
has a11y1hi11g cl1anged
smcc? Nope, no1 really
Govcrnmc.111 1s .1 joke~ we
an· convinced from the
youngest age 1h01 ,111 our
problems must be solved
1hrough govcrnmcn1,
throuih the state, lluough
coercion. Bul we from
THE PARTY sny, f@)#k
l.WU.l. Rather 1ns1cnd we
declare: J\s • member or
1he pony I will do my u1-
mos1 10 des1 ro>' 1 he iden ol
govt·rnmer'll :u Lewis ancl
Cody Hoesly C1nrk. America's sick obsession
wilh Lhc st.me must be weeded
ou1 a, all levels. Lc1 1h1s forever
be my motto: death to govem­
mclll and death to ASLC! For a
real dcmocrauc conunun1t)', for
chc end of a staw,m and irrc­
sponsibilny. lor equality and jus-
11cc, FOR THE PARTYI '
Junior, Business-Econ and German
As a member of
1hc party l will do my 111-
mo:c;1 lO des, roy I he. 1elc.a or
govcrnnlt.'.nl .H Lewi) and
Cl.irk America's sotk oh•
sc~swn wuh I he Slate
needs 10 be weeded 0111 01
all kvels. Let this lorever
be my mouo Dcn1h to
government and death to
ASL( Wh,11 hns ,\SLC
done for you latd) 7 Do
)'Ou cv1.•n knn,"'' who h, ,n
ii? When or wht're it
111ec1>1 Wh) 11 cx,,IS, Do
youc:ircl No And neither
doe.~ 1hc Pafl)' The Party
,,,JII chnng~ dungs. You
know thc-Party. You know
where the Part)' s1ancls.
You k1'\ow exactly wh:n the
Part)' will clo for )'OU. Oc-
Dusty Hoesly cause )'OU src 1hc Party. And br­
causc )'OU remember, and will al­
w,1ys n.·mcmbcr. On clc.ccicm day,
remember C)'rUS PartoVI. Rc-mcm-­
ber Joc Waters Remember your fo­
vori1c :tdjuncl professor who b,lrcly
makes a living wage working here.
And tc:n1cmbcr to vole. Because
you arc I he Pany.
Sophomore, English and Philosophy
As .t member of the
1>ariy I will do 01)' utmost
10 des1my the 1dct1 ol gov­
c.rnmcn 1 ;H Lewis .,nd
Cl.irk. Amencn's sick obse.s•
sion wuh the slntc-needs to
be weeder! t)lll n1 nil levels
L~1 this forever be my
mono 01.'"ath LO govcrn­
me111 and dcalh 10 ASLC
Vo1e The Party. Vo1c
Hoesly. Vo1c. Dave Smith
Junior, Physics
My name is Dave Smith, I will be a
senior in the coming year m:1joring in
Phrsics. I'm from lloulder, Colorado
where I served on the Youth opportuni•
tics Board of the Cil)'· I've been n mem­
ber or Lhc Peer review Bo11r<l Slll('C spring
of99 I 1he year 10 come. I would like to
con11nuc 1he bo;l.rd's presence and a s1u­
dem VOICC for ISSUCS on G1111pUS an<l off.
I would also like 10 have the hoard serve
;1s a slUdcn1 mlcrmccliury tn rcl:1tions In
rcla1ion;, w11h C.mpus $afe1y :md R<-;;1-
dcncc Life 11 Is 11nporL•n11hai the mcm­
bc.rs of 1he hoard express their opinion,
because from freshman 10 seniors and orr
campus 10 residence hall, they have pro­
vided good inpu1 in the past. In 1he fu-mrc. I llunk the board will mamtam
i1scJr as effective voice for srndi:ms
through the members of the board and
chief jus1icc.
Candidates for Student
Representative Positions
J. Andrew Keeler
Junior, International Affairs
IT'S NOT FOUR YEARS.
IT'SOUR FUTIJRE. As ac,m­
didntc for Student Represen­
tative. I wanl to make ce.rtain
1ha1 n LC diploma brigh1cns
your fmure. I will work hard
to raise LC~s-iatus among the.
elite t\nwncan collegiate. in­
stitutions. Programs I will
adarnantly pursue will not
only brighten every smdcnt's
ru,ure. but will also make
c:unpus hfc more cnJoyablc.
As Lhe: curren1 Presi•
den, of Lewis & Clark's Model UN progrnm, I have
used my lc:tdershlp quali-
1ic:. .md :irdlH)U> work
ethic 10 make this year's
MUN I he most prcstig,ous
yc.ar ever and set new s1an­
dards for 1hc orgnniza1io11.
I will bring the skills I have
learned from MUN, trav­
els abroad, and leadership
forums m DC, and three
years and LC 10 ensure
next year is 1he bes, for all
s1udems A new slandard
will be se1. VOTE FOR
Lindsay Kohn
Freshman, Undeclared
As Copeland Hall Coun•
di Prc-siclenl I love bcmg m•
volvcd here •• LC I found
dc.chcaLion to Lb1s school C.:J.r1
111:1kc • >1gnlficon1 d,ffcrcncc,
.,nd 1hc opporn11111y ,ll011ed
through a S1udcn1 Reprc,cn-
1ative po,111011 of ASLC
would allo\\ me to fur1hcr
pursue.-my dcvouon lU the
student body. I believe we
need :., sLronger sens..--of
cominun1ty on c.tmpus. Slu­
dcnts need to have :i stron-­
gcr ,,o,ce m the environment
inwluch 1hey hve and learn
Jefferson Laffey This can he acl11c\'ed by m•
volv1ng more. stuclcnl.5 in
1 he dec,ston makmg pro­
cess :ind 1hrough crca1ing
nwttrcness of unpnrrnnt is­
sue, Aud111on.1II)' the ll11•
pro'-=Cmcnt of ,e;1uclcm r1;la-
11on.s wuh focul1v and :.,.arr
wm e-nh:tnte our experi­
ences at LC I passiona1dy
cnjoyworki11g with others
:ind look forward to ac•
COl1\plishmcn1~ 1h01 pro­
mote campus hfc I have
discovered o numberol av­
enues 10 ge11h111gs done ai
Sophomore, Psychology and So/xAn
The fir~1 1 imc we ~mod to
plat.:c our hands over our
hcarL<, the bull 1ook hold. We
h,vc been repeatedly blud­
geoned o,,er the head b) a
force of ns1nipula1lon, deccp•
uon, nnd dogma .. GOVERN­
MENT. Today, no more. Herc
a, LC, ns m our high schools.
as 111 Wash111g1on D.C .. the
facade ol elcc1cd oll,c,als, rep•
rcscn11ng the pop1>la11on, 1s
the same unaccou,uablc.
unpoplLl1sLsystem thal works
to 111:unt;:nn 1hc cl1t1sc d1vlSion bclwccn the studcntS ~rnd
1hc.1r .. lcaders"'. ASLC clit•
1sts are using ,he "cxccu­
uve councLI" 10 build per­
sonal resum('S ond mnm­
tam 1hc1rcolossal cg<Mnp.
I run no, .. , to announce:
A~LC is no1 above being
mcssc<I \\·ith I As ;a mem­
ber of the l'any, I will do
my utmos1 tCI destroy the
1de., or gov,rnmen1 .11
Lewis &r Clark America's
sick 1.ihscssion with the
statr mus, be weeded 0111 t\NDY KEEi.ER. nnd your fumrc
will be a brighter path.
LC. and I will do even more m ,he
fmure.
al all levels. Lei 1hos forever be ,ny
n10110: Death to government and
Death 10 ASLC.
February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 11 =Pi=·o=n=e=er=L=o~g2===========Arts===~==========
Film Festival will
take you down
the 'Boulevard'
nU,\lf ~ I.Jib
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by Justin Krelndler
S11nsc1 Boulevard 15 1he defi­
nition of::i classic. ft is the story
of a young screenplay wruer
who is hired hy 1he agmg Nonna
Desmond. played by Gloria
Swanson. 1,he once legendary
s1ar or silent [ilms. Desmond
brings 1hc hack wri1cr Joe Gillis,
William Molden. 11110 her home
as her "literary and romantic
gigolo." Gillis slowly ensnares
himself in the web of illusion
that Desmond has spun for her­
self with the help of her bu1Jcr
Max (Erich von Strohcim) an
eerie addition to the film in his
own right
Desmond lives in a world
where she receives fan mail yet
has no fans; she says wnh great
ccnamty, •1 am big, H's the p~
tures tha1 go1 small." She con•
s1an1ly 1alks about the call from
1he movie studio that she wdl re­
ceive. When u fmal ly comes, she
refuses to answer because it is
not Cecil B. De Mille himsclL /Is
the screenplay comes along the ·--
twisted li[e of Desmond unmv­
els m rronl of Gilhs and the hes
slowly begin 10 surface.
The [ilm is full of humor,
poking lun at the film noir genre
and the group of has-been silent
film actors living through the
glory of their yesteryears. The
film is wuhout a bad perfor­
mance ancl received eleven Os•
car nominations and cvemually
three Oscars. There is nol a pe­
riod of more than ten nuJ>utes
,u any point or the movie with­
out an unforgeuablc. not to
mention quotablc1 line. Every
aspect or the production is top
notch. The cinematography, the
direction and especially the cast•
ing combined to produce a umc ..
less work that no movie bufrs
repertoire should be without. In
case you arc one of those unfor­
tunate movie burrs Olli there
who has never been fonunatc
enough to sec this remarkable
nlm, it ,s showing as part of the
Great American Film Scncs,
February 18 at 10 p.m. in the
Miller 105 Artist of the week:
Bridget Mitchell
by Amy Albertson --------
Bridget Mitchell is a scnwr.
double majoring m biology and
art at Lewis & Clark. When
asked how she managed to
double maJor wlulc spending all
of last year abroad m Africa,
Mitchell responded thal she had
alw:t}'S wkcn summer school
classes. which -1llowcd her 10
n,cet all ol the rcqu,rcmcms for
both of her nrnjors. She also said
that double majoring has helped
her maintain balance m her life.
This year she ,s taking some
or her most difficult biology
classes yet. and after working for
a long time. M11chcll said. "I
would just need 10 go paun :ind
not have 10 think about :inything
1hat made sense to nnyonc but
me."'
Mttchcll sa,d that Phil
Sylvester. a fonncr clrawrng pro­
fessor at LC. had a n>aJor inOu­
ence on her work. Sylveslcr
emphasized observational draw­
mg and encouraged lus students
10 stretch 1he boundaries ot art.
Mc also mamtainecl that al I
people should draw and that
drawing should be incredibly
fun.
Last year. Mitchell spent her
fall semester in Kenya wuh the
Lewis & Clark progmm where
she did small watercolor lancl­
scapc paintings that later pro­
vided a roundation for her senior
an proJect. After 1he progmm
was over. Bridget decided to stay
111 Afnca for spring semester as
well. Mitchell spent her clays
volumeertng for a clinic at the
Makuru Promouon Cc1ucr 10
Nairobc m the morning and
teachmg an classes to children
ii, the afternoon.
After her year in Africa,
Mitchell rcrnrnecl 10 face the challenge of planning her semor
project. lnitiall)'· this appeared
to be a monumcnta1 task because
it seemed that the proJCCt had to
reveal some transcendent tnnh
about 1hc universe. but ar1.cr
talking 10 professors tn the art
department, Mitchell realized
that she really wanted to build
on Lhc wrucrcolor lanclsrapc
1cchntqucs I hat she had used in
Africa.
The maJOrlly or M,tchcll's
wa1ercolor pa1ntrngs have
strctchmg panornnuc formats
that locus on the sky and use
wel•On•we.1 1cchmqucs. where
paint is applied to papen hat has
been prc•weued wilh water.
When asked where she
painted. M11ehcll saicl that she
liked 10 get 111 her car and dnve
un11l she got lost. Then she
would su by the side of the road,
sometimes on t0p of her car. and
pa 1111. She said I hat people were
often perplexed as to why she
was Silting by the side of the
road. and many would stop 10
sec if she needed help.
Mitchell said that one or her
favorite p.1rts about palnling on­
silt was 10 gc1 home and sec how
her pamtings had turned out.
She said that she was often in a
rush and didn't get a chance to
see how the paintings looked
once the)' were completely dry.
One of the more difficult aspects
of panrnng on sue. especially
during the w111Lcr, Is that Lhe
weather doesn't nlways cooper•
ate. A classma1c saw ont of
Mttehell's pamtmgs and asked
what technique waS used 10 cre­
ate the dynamic sky: "Ram.•
Mitcltell's work will be dis­
played in the Gallery of Contem­
porary An for the senior an
show. which opens Annl 1'"'. Fu Manchu
King of Ille Hoa//
by Andrew Daily
l run not sure why Mammqth
chose to send thts particular al•
hum for review; 11 is ~I rnost three
years old, nmJ Fu Manchu has a
new album out a.s we speak. Still,
far be II from me to gnpc and
moan about frc·c lllllSlC. For
those who htwt.· 1w1 heard of 1he
greatness 1h:u 1s r-o Manchu,
please hstcn. r-onncd m 1hc
eady 90's in the wastelands of
LA, Fu Manchu has spent the
las1 t:ight years h:unmering out
their own unique 1akc on early
Black Sabbath. Marci drums and
funky bass hold clown hluesy
rythyms as guitars, thick with
distortion, ruzzily squeeze
drugged-out rncloches behind
smger Scott H1ll•s nasal voice
RcOecung their homeland, Fu
Manchu isa fuzzy, h,1zy band. h's
l975 all ovcragah>, and the pot
smoke horngs hcnvy in 1hc air
while P,mmoi,l bl:ists out or the
cheap [our-track ,n an old T­
Bird. Still, it isn'1 pure Sabbath;
mixed wnh their Ozzy worship
,s a he:>hhy dose of punk rock.
The punk acslhcuc is rampant:
hard~dnvmg drums, obtuse lyr•
,cs. scrcamy vocals. and 1hc al­
bum ts ~-a ppcd b)• SSD's l lJSO"s
skatcpunk classic. "Nothtng
Done.• Bricny, Fu Manchu is
everything dun modern mernl
should be but 1sn·1 Eschewmg
Adidas swe;11su1ts and OJ pro­
grnmmmg for old skaie shoes
and a good old Big Muff clis1or•
110n pedal. Fu Manchu 1nkcs you
back 10 mewls early ;o•s glory
clays.
So. metalheads and 11011-
me,alheads ahkc. go pick up this
album, or bcucr yet, get their
Gndz,lla (Ea11"g 011s1) LP, rc­
ecmly released on M:,n's Ruin
records Recommended lor
summer days of skateboardmg,
pounchng beer and other awv,­
tics 1ha1 mo1111ny wouldn't ap­
prO\'C ol
'Hanging Up' feels like
a frontal lobotomy Arts ·t,tl at Lewis & Clark College
by l<atie Tobin
When I signed up 10 review
this movie, lWO words ran
through my mind: chi"i jlieh.
Evcn the "1>roduction infor­
mation" (propaganda) thestu­
dh> sent made me nervous:
'"Three sisters (Meg Ryan, Lisa
Kudrow, and Diane Kent0n)
do what they do bes1-<leal
with life, love. and lunacy on
the trlcphone lines that
bind-when thcir father lsad­
miued 10 a Los Angeles lios•
pital. After years of wrld liv­
ing, i.ntc.tminent affection and
constllnt phoning. he is OnaUy
threatening to die." From
these few lines, I pictured two
hours full o( crying. hugs,
pantyhose., and (>honccalls.
Now that l've seen the movlc.
were my predictions true?
Well, Lisa Kudrow SLill
doesn't play a MENSA candi­
date. Meg Ryan has yet an­
other new haircut. Uianc
Keaton is power-crazed and ei-gar-chomping. Walter Matthau
Is stlll grumpy and old. And
there w:,s plenty of crying, hug­
ging, and ddlnitely a plug for
Nokia. "WllS there 2nyth1ng
else?" you might ask. Well, I
have lo a(lmlt that Walter
Mauhnu makes an apl ranting
dirty old man, there was a mod­
erately funny'Part lnvoJvmg the
word "pecker;" and I got to sec
-a Mercedes involved in
c:runchtime. However. other
lhan that, l'm not Te.1dy ~o get
the movie's logo tauooed on my
body ornnything. Why?
Although the plot raised
quesllons In my mi,nd about the
difficulties involved in caring for
senile parents, and Meg Ryan
gets props for playing the
fra2zled, overextended middle
sister trying to keep her family
tied together via a (ironically
cordless) telephone, this movie
didn"t trust Itself to go beyond
the stereotypes dictated by Hol•
lywood. The humor Is obvious.
The drama can't hang on for
12 Pioneer Log February 18, 2000 more thnn twenty
s.cconds bdore
somconcc111cksa
lame joke. Every­
one is too bcauti•
ftd-even little
kids have home•
made L-lallowcen
costumes. ln th,s
day and agel Du­
bious. Also. Lis.1
l<udrow and
Diane Keaton,
though minor
characters. aren:t
developed be­
yond the evil sls­
t er caricature
stage. And with•
out giving any•
thing away, can
you guess the
ending? Con•
gratulatlons, you
just saved your•
self $6.50.
Rating: one
left earlobe (mt•
nus earring). The Baltimore Consort
11Few early music players have more lun.'' nto~YotA1>1
Sniurd"l'• Fcbni:iry 19, nt 7: 10 1>.111
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Unique one-acts
light up the stage
at Fir Acres
I by Aaron Blackwell
L1ghu; come up. Four people
m a pile on the Ooor. wc:1ring
boxer shorts :mcl nightgowns.
They wake up, s1rc1ch. go about
1hcir rou11nes~ and fall in love.
Lnlcr, anolhcr couple;: has "
densely packed conversation
over breaklast, ,md a drcammg
actor loses h,s line~ and h15 hcacl
Los, weekend the Spring
2000 One-Acts were pcrfonncd
01 Fir Acres Theatre. Three plays
were performed, begmnmg with
Ccr11 Con b)• Romulus Linney and
,I Li/r With No Joy In II by David
Mamet, bo1h directed by Tana
Wojczuk, and f,nishmg with The
i\ctor!i Nrghtnwrc by Chnslophcr
Dumny, directed by Turtle Sul­
um.
Can Ca11 followed two pairs
of lovers: An ex-GI, played by
Dan Orazen, falls for a French
woman, played by Willow
McConmck, while an Amcncan
housewife. Ursula Min1szewski.
and a country woman. Co11ccn
Patterson. explore rom:mc::c wuh
one :mother
The scnp1 was f, ne and 1 he
acting engagmg. Ahhough the
two stones never directly over•
lapped. 1hey mtertwmecl philo­
sophtcally :,s the play explored
love. McCormick ond Drazen
were conv1nc1ngly in love.
M1111szewsk1 and Pancrson were
oil and on in their lovcmnking.
There were moments where the
foci 1ha1 they were ac11ng be­
came apparent. The srngc kiss
belwccn lhc two women was pan1cularly 1mnsp:1rcm and un·
convincing h nppearcd that
their lips neverac1ually touched.
A Life With No Joy It was a
very differcm play. Typical of
Mamet. n was [ult of d,atogue
thal seemed 10 alnw~t make
sense, and kcp1 the audience
thinking and smunmg 10 rigure
ou1 what the play was about.
Dan Drazcn and Colleen Pater­
son starred agam, as a couple
with conl11ctsand trouble.-; never
clearl)• arncula1ecl. One suspects
the J)0111l or this play was that II
had no pomt excep1 wha1 one
gives 11-thc characlcrs them­
selves discuss modern an and
seem to be discussing I he play
nscll. The acung was excellem,
conveying emotion w11holLI lan­
guage to carry the meamng.
The fmal play. Tl,c Actor·'s
Nighrmcu-c. starred Enc
Sanunons as an actor who can•
not remember h1s lines, hts
name, or anything else. The re­
sult was mnrvclousand runny, as
he swnched from Becke11 10
Shakespeare 10 Noel Coward
and Bolt. He med to do Hamlet
al111os1 cnurcly by h1msetr, with­
out knowing any or the lines,
and engaged the audience,
speakmg directly 10 ,hem. A
I ight up applause sign above the
s1age lei the audience know
when LO clap. The play was sur­
real, like a dream, and at I he encl
it left the audience unsure
whether the play has ended. reel­
mg like lhC)' were still a pan or
it. Yume Bltsu
Yum, Bfllu
by Andrew Daily
I ha1c snooty record reviews
as 11111ch :IS 1he next guy, bUl 1h1s
record by Penland based quar­
tet and Lewis & Clark alums
Yumc Bitsu is far 100 beautiful
and complicated to use plain de­
scription. So here goes.
A dreamy, sparse guitar, shud­
dering with rcverb no,tts Out
over ne..1..rly non-cx1stcnl drums,
the occaslonal spacey tweak of
an old analog synth and the
minimalist pauer of a second
guitnr. So opens the first song off
Yume Bitsu·s latest album of
space rock. Rock is probably 100
harsh a 1enn 10 use for descrlb·
Ing Yume Bltsu's music; ills deli·
cate, constructed and carefully
deployed 10 wash over the lis­
tener. to envelop hin, or hc.r inn
bubble of tranquil and e1hercal
musical textures. Yumc Bitsu's
music is incredibly complex yet
quite sirnpk ";ll the same time.
The secret sec.ms 10 be not dras­
tic, quick chord progressions,
bu1 1hc subtle and slight varia­
tion and clcvdopmcnt of domi•
nan1 themes. not dislmilM from
d:1Ssical composition
Much of 1his album ls dis­
similnr and expands on Yume
Biu;u's first record (recorded in
1hc Elec1ronic Music Studio),
connnuing their aural expedi­
tions i1110 the subco1fscious. It
is a long album: the shor1cs1
track. ·1 Wall For You" clocks
in at nearly eight minutes, while
the final and longest 1rack, "The
Frigid, Frigid, Frigid Body of Dr.
T.J. Ecklcberg" wraps up in an
epic eighteen and a half minutes.
H()wcvcr, the album never drags.
and iL ends 100 soon. IL really
must be heard 10 be appreciated. by Erin Halek
For those of you who believe
The Cure's 1996 album WIid
Mood Swings was an embarrass•
ing blip on the band's record,
four years later Roben Sml1h
and Co. arc back Lo gloom and
eternally doom~d love. The
1'CW album, Bloudjlowers, ru­
mored 10 be Lheir lasl swdio
effon, returns the band 10 their
late 80s sound and isreportedly
the las1 1hird of" trilogy started
with Pornography and Disi11lc­
gra1io11. Given that (hose al­
bums are the weighties1 of The
Cure's back catalog, the new
album would have 10 be aw­
fuUy good 10 lfvc up. Thank•
fully, IL does.
"There Is No 1r· Utkcs The
Cures SOW\d LO a strum my gui­
tar with linleadomment, while the Ll-minllle opus 'Watch­
ing Me Fall" has all the swirl­
Ing keyboards and eima in­
strumentation of the band's
prime. The title irack and
•39•. which close ou1 1he al­
bum, showcase 1hc band.'s
fierce, layered sound, with
Robert Smith's anguished yowl
on ,op.
hyricnlly, Smith again lUTTIS
his thouj:hts and voice 10 dark
subjects, but he adds a reahza­
tlon of age to his subject mat­
ter. "There ls No LI" features
some tender words: "Rentero•
ber the first time l told you •t
love you"/lt was raining ruml
an<l you never heard''. a39~
m\'.)ves over more-angry 1crri-
1ory, with Smith proclaiming
his lack of fairh in his direc­
tion," Half my life In Drones/
Using all I ever had/To keep
the llre ablaze" Addi1ionally,
Smiths usually dramatic yet
impassive voice is shelved dur­
ing ·Watching Me Fall", as real
anger ·shows through b.ls
heavily Bntish accenL
This album hopefuUy
marks the return of The Cure
to some of thclr most intercst­
fng work lO date. If 1his was
to be a eulogy 10 the band, a
great one il is.
j American Movie'
a definiteJental
flttOTO (OUIUESY AMfRJCANMOYI( COM
by Ned Harkness
In the wake of the "Blair
Wnch" phenomenon, I tlunk
we've all learned a valuable les­
son nhout believing what we s,,c
on the big screen. Nalltrall)', the
subjects of Chns Smuh's latest
docuntenu1ry. Amt:ric,m Movie,
easil)' fall wider susp1c1on; the)'
j11s1 seem too real to be real. All
1h01 aside, aflcr seeing 1he film f01
myself at Cmema ll last week, I
couldn·1 be more convinced or
1hc.ir authcntidt)'
Wnh the s:-mc voyr.unsuc
St)'le that Terry Zwigofr brought
us the life of comic ar11s1 R.
Crumb, Smith expenly mcludcs
htrnsdf and his crew in 1he li\'eS
of Mark Borchardt, a Milwaukee
a111a1<ur film-maker, and hLS mot­
ley gang of companions Through
Smiths lc11.S we follow Mark on
his i11-fo1cd cn<lca,•ors to finally
make th< film o[ his dreams,
·Northwes1ern." Though he
never qui1c fnushcs his epic (lei
~lone start 11), we sec him finish
his almost decade-old project
·coven: funded with u $3000
"loan· from his decrepit and O\\'k•
w2rdly funrty uncle Bill All the
while, Mark expresses sucb des•
perate need 10 make films it's easy
10 assume thst he lacks the nec­
essary cognitive skills to live an ordinary life. Whe1hcr th>l's true or
riot, 1he.re we.re instances 1ha1 I 1ruly ' admired him for his genuine pas•
s,on for an and his relationship \\sth
his friends. who lre on the olhcr
hand, fuckmg nut cases. Mark's
dream 1sso ,cal 10 him 1ha1 he will•
mgly nsks everything tha1 he holds
dear to actun.li:ze it. Mc is evc:n so
commmed and adamanl about his
.. v,sion• lha1 he. refuses to pro•
noune< the ntle of his fihn "Coven"
corrcc1ly ("It's COE-ven. Coven
sounds 100 much like oven")
Much to Smi1h's credll, he
achieves an amazing sense of objcc­
rn•uy (as objective os a film can he)
while no1 foregoing the hys1erical
and often uncomfortable exploits of
Mark and l11s best friend Mike
Schank. Consequently, the Orst few
nnnmcs of ,he ritn, set me on edge,
not sure whether I should be laugh­
mg or crymg about the phgh1 of
Mark's d1sas1cr-ndden f,1111 career.
Ncvenhdcss. I let, the ,heater feel•
mg comforinble ihat the people I
had JUSl seen la,d bare on screen
wouldn't feel degraded by l heir pre•
sc111:mon. In foct, anyone who has
ever tried and la,led (espccinlly at
Mm making) w1ll likely shed a 1ear
ol empaihy for , he cflorts and cour­
age d1splnyed by M,irk and com­
pany, cxccp1 for maybe the par1s
about dn11krng Pabs1 111 a basemen!
m Milwaukee.
Above all, Ammct111 Moil< is
proof thm we need 10 keep our C)'es
on dtrtS Smuh, whose onl) other
film "AmencanJob" put \m11 on the
mnp as a new :md cxcnmg Ince In
modem Amcnc.tn cmema.
Note: American Movie has
left Portland as of yesterday,
but keep your eyes and ears
peeled for its premiere on
video.
February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 13 =Pi=on=e=e=rl=o~g2:::========Sports===========
Water warriors emphasize stroke technique
by Dusty Holden
Whe1 her he 1s ir.unmg Ol)'m•
pie gold medalists or mstrucung
competilors m the college level,
Lewis & Cbrk swim coach Tom
Wchchck emphasize-,; the unpor­
mncc of stroke 1cchmqul'
.. Wa1cr 1s the great tqualizcr,'"
SU)'S Wcl,chck "Sloppy swim•
1ncrs will gc1 beat up by 1he wa-
1cr
Along wnh stroke 1cchmque,
superb physic-al conchnonmg lS
tht• kC)' ir swnnmers hope lO wm
,hen war with water. Swnnmcrs
may look like nonnal people in
s1rce1 clothes, bu1 as soon :is they
sInp down to s-.vimsuhs, grc.nt
n1hlc1cs arc revealed
"Swunmcrs hav-e 11 much
stronger hean and vascular sys-
1em," Wcltchck says, "They have
ropcs for vcms. •
For sw1 mmcrs. prncucc times
center around correctly execut­
ing the vanous strokes (frccst)'lc.
bu11er0y, breaststroke, back­
s1roke, individual medle)•) 1hat
comprise the five mchvidual and
three relay 1eam eve111s. Coum­
mgstrokcsand monitoring hcan
rates arc often par1 ol prac11ce.
The unifying 1heme for 1h1s
years LC swim learn stems rrom L. PIONEERS l •
I
A-K>i0 IY Oum' tiO\OfN
Sophomore Joe Cerizo and freshman Samantha Raphael
have been leaders of the swim teams this year.
a movie 1hey saw while m Cali­
fornia for a meet Tnlcd Gala.<y
Que)t. 1hc ITI()VJC reawrcd the
concep1 of never g1vmg up. This
tenm of umque characters also
strives for 1oge1hcrncss. Dinner
together is a regular occurrence.
somcumes 1u new and excmng
places like Alnean bulfe1s. Af1cr
having (un and enJoymg each
othcr·s company, Pioneer $Wlm~
mcrs get down 10 business
Just prior to mccIs, leam
members typically engage 111 an cnthusias11c cheer accompamcd
by a circle ol snules. The words
1hcy chant art less imporrnm
1han the nmsc 1hey g.cncra1c.
O1s11nc11ve words tend 10 get 10s1
anyway m the cavernous bmld­
ings encircling the pool.
For teams 1hat want to win
dual niee1s, or 1he conference
chnmp1onhip mee1 ihat beg111s
Thursday nnd runs through Sai­
u rday at Lmricld College,
strength 1n numbers is cnucal.
The size of LCs swim team has ,,_
Swimmers have a
much stronger heart
and vascular system.
They have ropes for
veins.
Tom Wel!check
Head coach
Swimming
'' doubled smcc Wehchck;;,,rrival
on the scene, but he snll cncour•
ages more d1~c1phncd ,1nd :\th•
lc-uc students to t\.lrn out next
sc,Ison.
Thi~ season. LC's S\Vlm tcnms
have consisted or three semors
and mostly underclassmen.
The)' have normally spcm two
hours a day, six days a we,:k m
the pool. Wcl1chck emphasizes
1hm bccommga beucrsw1mmcr
1s simply and 1110s1 quickly
achtevcd by spc.nding more 11111c
m the water Sw11nmcrs also
build up "six packs• wnh thou­
sands or s11-ups and ,one 01her
muscles w11h somc1hmg called
"surgical tubing s1roke res1s•
tance cond111oning dnlls."
LC ice hockey ... kickin' ice
by Corey long
Despite only being in exist­
ence since October, the LC
hockey team is well on Its way
to becoming a permanent pan of
the colleges co-cd club spons
program The team is approach­
Ing the end of its first season
which. 10 1l11s point, has con­
s,sied of five exhibition games
against other collcgialc dub
teams in the area.
'' Junior player/coach,
Brian Sandler, is very
pleased with the
team's success tot his
point, and the out­
pouring of support
the program has
received from the
college.
'' Junior playcr/toach, Brian
Sadler is very pleased both wn h
the team's suncss 10 1h1s pomt.
and the outpourmg ul su1>por1
the progrnm has received from
the college "W1thuu1 the sup­
port of ASLC. GAB and the Ath­
lcuc Ocpanmcm 1herc would
hOI havr been a tc:1m," Sndlcr
said. lie was also c,,ger 10 e~­
pn:ss how well 1hr 1cam's gnmcs
have been aucnded by members
of 1he LC communil)'. Even
Michael ford hnnself was spot•
tcd 111 n game before Christmas.
Because esrnblished club
1~ntns create 1heir schedules the
February before eoch season be-Team photo-(top left) Collin Flynn, Theo Leikam, Erich Peitzch, Ben Smith, Ezra Spilke,
Alex Scott, Chad Loewen. (bottom left)-Josh Novis, DAn Satterlee, Jay Crosby, Brian
Sandler. Not pictured-Dan Rosedahl, Tim Schaaf, Rob Feingold, Colin Fiddes.
gins, It h:is been difficult for 1hc
learn 10 nnd 11130)' games. "I've
been pa)lng uvcr $100 a month
111 phone lulls trymg to set up
games:' Sadler s:11d
Nevenhdcss. tht! tc-:un .. oi; lht:y
have played h.we been unplcas­
anily surprised b)' tht pm1:nty
aml toughness of the LC Jllack.
these gnmes .ire b)' nu mc,,ns
Sunday schi>ol picmcs! They
beat Washington Staie Umver­
suy twice m two mce.tmgs, beat
Walla Walla College ,md spin
wnh Spokane Umvcrsity alter a
long road trip, :incl with only
nine skaters. This 1s nn 11npres­
sive srnrt for such a new squad,
Sadler a11ribu1es a lot of thlS SUCCCS$ to the "Eastern" navor
mcluded on 1 he 1eam. He IS from
Massa(huscu,, .mcl boas1s 1ha1
the team includes players from
tlhnolS, Minnesota ,md M1ch1-
g,m, ,111 .-re stales rich 111 hockey
l11s1oryand henLl!gc. nut 10111,·11-
uon .,re famotLS for protluc111g
lugh caliber players
The hockey 1cam has i11st r111-
tshcd ;1pplymg for the chnner
1ha1 would gl"c them ufficial
club s1a1us. If acccp1cd, ,he a1111
for the program next year.Sneller
believes, is LO help crc,,tc a Pn­
c,!lc Nor1h West hockey confer­
ence for club teams This would
hopefully lead 10 an acccpU!nce
into the American College liockcy Assoc1auon, mak111g LC
cligd,lc for no11onal par11c1pa­
uon-1hc ultimate goal Sadler
p1,Jintcd O\ll thnt none ur l hcsr
cxrnmg po<>1h11iucs couh.1 have
cvc:n been c.onsu.le.n:d withoul
the ~ontinu111g support un .md
off campus the tc•m h,1s rc­
«'IVCtl As1tlc fmm funclmg from
the ,o!lege, they have found
wppori from 1hc Beaverton \'31-
lcy and Vancouver Arenas, as
well :is North West Skate Au-
1horiiy.
There 1s a poss1bi111y the
team will have one more game
1his year. The 1ime and locnnon
will be pu1 on 1he bulle11n
boards around c:unpus.
14 Pioneer Log February 18, 2000 Prcp;uauon ,~ key in swim•
111mg nnd procr;1s1111:u1on 1s OUI•
lowed
..IC you wan1 ll done right,
don I wm1 unul the last mJnulc,*
Wehchck ")'S.
lnd1v1du.d succ:css ::ituncs dus
sc-ason have mcludccl sopho1mnt
Joe Ccnzo, senior And)' Holder
nnd lrcshmnn Samnnth., R.1plml
Cen:Q has led ;111 LC s"·•m­
mcr~ wnh mnC' hrst-placc fm-
1.!>hc~ und ,s ;tmong the cvntcr•
cnct· lc:nlcrs 111 1h1.· lrccs1ylc and
hu11crll) cvcn1s. Holder hns six
v1ctoncs to Ins crccl11 ;mcl S\\1ltb
1hc f1rs1 leg on the men's succ~5·
ful relay 1eam Raphael has LC\
bcs1 freestyle 11111c, and also
swims the hrst leg on Ihc
women's lrcesLylc rel:ly team
In large parl due 10 iLS rcla,
11vcly small rosters, LC's success
in dual meeLS was liinl1cd 1h15
sc,1son The rn,on f1111shcd 1hc
regular senson wi1h a 2-8 record,
wh1le the women were 1·9.
Tlus week's lree-lor-all confer•
ence chnmp1011slHp meet, how•
ever, g1vl·s the Pioneers :mother
opportunu y ,o b>tilc the bcs1 1 he
conkrcnce has lo offer, ;1nd to
wage 1hcir own rndiv1du:1l wars
wll h I he wain.
Pioneers
clinch men's
NWC title
courtesy of Patrick Stewart
Freshman standout Colin
Omrd rec:orded game highs
of 28 points nnd 12 rebounds
:is No, 23 L,:wis & Clark cap­
tured the Nor1hwes1 Confer­
ence regular-season ch11mpi­
onship with a hard-fought 75-
68 victory ,:,ver Pacific Unt­
versily before o cr9wd of
1,075 at Pampltn Spons Cen·
1er on Saturday mghl. The
Pioneers an: 18-+overall, 13-
.1 tn conference pin)' nncl havt
,,·on 15 consccunve games­
preakLng the old school
record SCI Ill 1963-64
Le,vls & Clark also got hne
performances from Scott
Davi.s (16points, 9 rcl)ouncls),
Todd Meyerding (12 points, 3
assists) and Josh UI mer (9
pqmts, 3.3 FGs. 2-2 3FGs).
The Boxers, who dip to l 'f·
6 and 9-5 NWC, were led by
l<evm Evers and Connelly
Esema11 wuh l➔ points
ap1e\;e, Scou Hamre and Jer­
emy Vernon also reached
double-figures m the sconng
column with 12 and 11
pomts, respccuvely,
There were 19 lead
changes in tbc game umil Lhe
16 29 marko( 1hcsec9nd half
when 1hr tioneers went
ahead for gqod (39-38) on 11
Jumper by Davis.
In wmnmg us first NWC
regular-season ude s111ce
1995, Lewis & Clark gams
the 1op seed in 1he con[crence
1oumament, ,vh1ch beg1rtS on
Feb. 23. The Pioneers have
won 12 conseaut1vt home
games since last season. National women's sports day From basket at age
four to LC basketball
by Sara Oetmering
Celebrating Na11onal
Girl and Women in SporlS
Day on Feb. l l, Lewis 6t
Clark College promo1ed 1he
panicipauon or women :1th•
letcs in sports. There was:\
barrage o[ activities for LC
s1udcms to participate In.
NGWSO began three
years ago LO recognize the
accomplishments or girls
and wo111cn in sports. Assis-­
tant A1hlc1k Dircct0r,Judy
McMullen hdpcd a1 LC be•
hind 1hc scenes wilh 1he
planning or NGWSD,
"The beauty of celebrat·
ing NGWSD is to recognize
1 he progress we have made
for girls and women in
sports," McMullen said,
"and 10 make sure those
opponunities not onl)' con­
tinue, but con1inuc LO ex­
pand.'"
Programs for Feb. 7-11
were put 1oge1 her by the
S1uden1 Athlc1ic Advisory
Council. After monihs or
prcpara1ion SAAC planned
10 have rugby, soccer and
ultimate frisbce on lower
campus, but Lurnout was
none.xisu:111. Due 10 late ad-
• vcr1 ising few on campus knew
about the games being held.
One or I he highlights or
NGWSD was the speaker on
Feb. 11. L~urie Milligan, a mem•
bcr of four NCAA basketball ,, ____ _
The beauty of cel­
ebrating NGWSD is
to recognize the
progress we have
made for girls and
women in sports.
Judy McMullen.
Assistant Athletic Director '' championship teams, spoke in
Miller.
Despite the relatively low
turnout for the speaker the stu•
dents in attendance found inspi•
ration in her talk. McMullen
I hought low attendance was due
10 the lime or the speaker which
was 3 p.m., and the lateness or
inviting various groups to at•
tend, Milligan's speech was still
warmly received b)' those in at ...
Len dance.
"lt was really awesome to lis­
ten 10 someone who has been through a lot in hfe and a 101
in sport." freshman softball
player Casie Runksmcicr said
Also part or NGWSD were the
halftime events during both
tl1e basketball games. At the
womcn•s halftime, a game of
basketball musiG1l chairs was
played.
During the men's halftime,
senior LC women athletes who
had played varsity fo11r years
or tl,rcc years with going over­
seas were honored. The nine
women honored played vol­
leyball, golr, basketball and
crew. They were given medals
engraved with their n:lmes and
the. date conuncmoraLing
NGWSD.
"The second highlight was
watching our male varsity ~uh­
letcs eagerly par11c1pate in the
recognition or our senior fe­
male athletes." McMullen said.
LC hopes to make a 1radi·
tion of NGWSD along with
honoring senior women ath•
letcs in the future. The idea or
making NGWSD a tradition
came from members of SMC.
·•1 would certainly hope
that the ceremony is contin•
ucd, and that SMC will make
sure it happens each year."
McMullen said. by Sara Detmering
Making her first basket at age
rour, Ricanna Gildner hns been
addicted 10 basketball ever
since.
Now finishing her first sea•
son playing collegiate basket•
ball at Lewis 6t Clark College,
Gildner feels happ)' about her
choice 10 play. Gildner rcmem•
bcrs practicing basketball when
she was only four, rcccivrng her
first basketball and playing on
her first orgamzed team in the
fourth grade. Now six lcet ,all
playing power forward for LC,
Gildner has proven herself on
lhc court tlns season as a versa•
tile player.
"Right now l play inside, but
l also ha,·c the ability to knock
down some outside shots and
handle the ball." Gildner said.
Gildner, who played at
Astoria H.igh School in As10ria.
Oregon never really thought
she'd play college basketball. lt
wasn't until 1he eighth grade she
learned that women could re•
ceive scholarships 10 play bas­
ketball. Then during her sopho­
more year in high school she set
the goal o( playing at the col­
lege level.
-My high school coach 1old
me not 10 think abom ii [play-
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about it." Gildner said. "I don~
think he realized it, but that was
one of my biggest motl\'ntions'"
Smee th:11 decisive l~llk wuh
her coach, Gildner has been de•
t ermined 10 play. She has spent
homs driving to camps, clinics,
and games during the past four
years' training. Gildner has also
dedicated 1wo to three hours a
day to practice basketball. She
admits that college basketball is
more intense than high school
ball. She not only nolices a di[­
frrencc on the court but off the
court as well.
"At college it's a struggle jusl
to find 1.ime to play basketball
and do homework," Gildner
said ... It's a real strain just to ac•
complish those tasks let alone
trying to find time for friends."
Almost finished with her first
season as a LC Pioneer, Gildner
feels that she has accomplished
a lot her first year on the team.
Despite her recent calr injury.
she still keeps a positive 31\iludc.
"Being injured is very difncuit."
Gildner said. "It's frnstrating not
bemg 100 percenL It's hard be•
ing on the court knowing what
I was capable of doing some•
thing when I was heahhy, and
not being able to do it an)'lll0rc.
It's frustrating,"
Whal never changes is
Gildner's love for basketball. She
loves the feeling of a basketball
in her hands and the way It
• iwishcs through the net. "l'vt
learned about life and baske1 hall
li's kept me away rrom so many
problems,• Gildner ,aid "There
arc ~o m::my pc:op1c l1vc. met
through baske1ball ioo.1 luve ev•
crythmg about the game•
Pios End 8-
Game Slide
courtesy of Patriclc Stewart
Gwen Forrest scored a
team-high 17 polnts and
grabbed a game-high 17 re­
bounds to lead Lewis &
Clark 10 a 70-56 Northwest
Conference victory over Pa­
cific University here lonight
at Pam1ilin Sports Center,
The win snnpped the Pio•
neers' eight-game losing
streak. The contest \\'llS close
throughout the first 20 min·
utes ns each tram staked a
six-point lead. Lewis &
Clark led 28-26 at tbe break.
There were l2 ties eluting the
g:une.
Arter the BoxetS had their
last lead of the game al 4<i•
-14 with 8:38 remaining,
Natalie Costa-who had just
checked mto the game mo•
ments before for the first
time-nailed a 3-potnter to
put the Pioneers nhead for
good,
l'ler nrst ,ouch or 1ht
night sparked a 23·10 run to
end the game. Courtney
Spellacy added 17 points,
four assisis and four steals
for LC, wluch unproved 10
7-14 overnll and 2-10 in the
NWC. Pacific's Margot led all
scorers wttb 23 pomlS on ll­
o(-15 shooting from the
field. 10 go along w11h nine
rebounds, S1l< blocked sho1S
and two steals,
February 18, 2000 Pioneer Log 15 publick occurrences
Friday Potluck in the Park Wednesday service pro;ed. Meet at Februart 18 the information desk at February 23
2:15 pm.
Student Recital at 8:00
pm in Evans Auditorium. Musical: "Can I Sing for Finding Spirituality in a
you Brother, " a one man Secular World at 7:00 pm
Full Moon Drum Circle at musical about Negro in the Main Lounge of
Spirituals performed by Copeland Residence Hall.
10:00 pm in the Agnes the African American Flanagan Chapel. Drama Company at 3:00 Philosophy Colloquium:
The Great American Film pm in Evans Auditorium. C.D.C. Reeve from Reed
College speaks on Series presents Sunset "Socrates the
Boulevard at 10:00 pm in Monday Apollonian?" at 3:30 pm Miller 105. in Miller 319. February 21
Saturday Farm Worker Rights: A
representative from
Febn1a!J:: 19 Physics Colloquium: PCUW, a local farm
• Three-dimensional worker/migrant
Mapping of Brain organizer, will speak
Saturday in Service: Activity" with speaker about farm workers' lack
Community Energy Dr. Thomas Ferree at of rights at 7:00 pm in
Pro;ect at 8:30 am in the 4:00 pm In Room 204 of the Council Chamber.
CSAW office. the Olin Physics-
Chemisuy Building.
Arts A/Ivel presents the Friday
Baltimore Consort, a Tuesday February 25 group of Elizabethan
musicians, at 7:30 pm In February 22
the Agnes Flanagan
Women's Basketball vs. Chapel.
Pacific Lutheran
SOFA Cinemas presents Soul Food Dinner in University at 6:00 pm in celebration of Black • The Wood at 7:30 and History Month at 5:00 Pamplin Sports Center.
10:00 pm in the Council
Chamber. pm in Fields Dining Club Stamm: Storytelling Room. with Greg Begin at 6:00
pm in Stamm. The Great American Film Sunday ,._ Series presents Harlan
i::ebruar~ 20 • Student Recital at 8:00 County, U.S.A. at 10:00 pm In Evans Auditorium. pm in Miller 105.
SOFA Cinemas presents
Soul Food at 3:00 pm in ..,
the Council Chamber.
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Share family Weekend 2000 with your parencs. Partake of culrurc and
cuisine at the popular lnrcrnatiunal Fair, and choose from a variety of
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Spanish. We've already sent your parents a posrcard inviting them
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Questions/ Call 503, 768-7 i 22.
Marisa Tahhon The Great American Film Tuesday Series presents Matewan
at 10:00 pm In Miller February 29
105.
Saturday Zen in Everyday Life at
7:00 pm in the Agnes February 26 Flanagan Chapel,
followed by a meditation
Saturday in Service: workshop at 8:00.
Oregon Food Bank. The Great American Film
Meet in the CSAW office Series presents Modern
at 8:30 am. Times at 10:00 pm in
Miller 105.
SOFA Cinemas presents
Bow finger at 7:30 and
10:00 pm in the Council Thursday
Chamber. March 2
Faculty Recital with Ann
Christensen, violin, and
Susan DeWitt Smith, Philosophy Colloquium:
piano at 8:00 pm in Professor Christopher A.
Evans Auditorium. Faraone from the
University of Chicago
will speak on • Rhetoric
Sunday and Magic in the
Democratic Courts of February 27 Athens" at 3:30 pm in
Miller 379.
SOFA Cinemas presents
'Round Midnight at 3:00 Friday
pm in the Council
Chamber. March 3
Monday Internship Resources
Workshop at 12:00 pm in
February 28 the Conference Room of
Watzek Library.
Denver Publishing The Great American Film
Institute Recruiter in Series presents Roger and
Thayer 1 and 2 at 12:00 Me at 10:00 pm in Miller
pm. 105.
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