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1999-2000: The Year in Review
PHOTO BY GtHI WIXSON See page 8 & 9,
Year in Review
As this academic year
draws to a close, we
find the opportunity
to reflect on the
events that have
transpired. Join us as
we look back through
the pictures and
words that have made
this year.
When we arrived on
campus after the summer,
we disc.:;vered that things
looked a little different than
they had when we'd left.
Particularly with the
contentious destruction of
Canada to address seniors
by Gene Wixson ------
The Commencement speaker
101 1 hb yei,r':, gmcluating class
has been ,rnnounccd Dr Ben
C,nada. the supermtentfcm of
Por1l:1nd l'ubltc Schools has
been sckucd io dcli,•cr the guest
icldrc.s~ during 1h,: cmnmcnu:­
mrnl CL'rcmon)' Dr C.1na<l:, has
;pent more than three decades
111 cduc,Hwn, ,ts u~.tehcr v1cc.
pnnupal, pnnc1pal1 ass1.stanl
,upenmcndcnt, depmy ,upcrm-
1rnJen1 ;.ml ,upcnn1enclcnt
Linndn led the Atlanta l>Ubhc
I SL.lu.iul ~>•~u;m pnur 10 commg
Ill Pcr1f.tnd m 1998, where he
hasachic,·ed both cnticism and
critical acclaim.
However. due lO ., number or
f.1c1ors there has nm been• for•
t4nal communuy :111nouncemc.nt
1hou1 1 h ,~. even I hough It has
• bern known rorquilc some time
Opimon on I he subject tends 10
be mixed, with [cw student<
knowmg wlm Dr Canada 1s or
what hr ha, Jone 1n hL< pmfcs•
sion:11 career. Several stUdcnts
Mprcssed frustration wnh ., pro­
Cl.'S> that I hey feel did 1101 allow
them 10 co111ribu1e their opinion
and thoughts 10 the process. "In
1he past I here have always been
updates abou1 the shon list _,f
candidate,, bm 1hb year I clicln"1
heat anyt hmg, • Salli one frus­
trated senior. The tcsponsibill1y of securing
n comm1.:.nccmcnt speaker for­
mally falls on the PrcsiJe111 or
the College, because 1hespcakcr
receives an honomry doctorate
conveyed by the Boord of Trust­
ees. In the Grntluale an<l La,v
c;chools 1hc1r respective Deans
make suggestions tfl the Prcsi­
dc111, hlll in I he past there has
been., con11nil1ec csrnblishcd 10
research speakers at the College
of Arts and Sciences graduation
Th1s yea1 l he c:ommiuct never
fonnctl nnlf the Denn o[ 1hc
College Jan,• /\lkmson am! ASLC
President Gene Wixson np­
pro\'ctl " po1cmial speaker hs1
th"I "asa composite or the shon
11st from the past two year<.
Hnwcvcr, none or t hcsc speak­
ers were able 10 visit 1hc College
dt1ring commencement and the
holidays c::nnc aml wenl wi1hcmt
solidHymg ., guest prcscmcr
Suddcniy 1hc ceremony was ,inly
., few months away nnd there
,till was no speaker seicc1ed. A
facuhy member suggested that
Cana,la would be a worthy
choice. Atkinson and Wixson
agreed "nd President Mooney
secured his panlcipation.
Even though I his was on a
much tighter schedule than
would ideally happen, Presidem
Mooney has stressed that
Canada is an exccllen1 choice,
undc.r any drcumst.anccs. "'For over 10 years in public educa­
tion, most ol those in leadership
roles. Dr. Canadn has shown a
rare blend or competence, com•
passion, and common sense. If
cvert· public school 1n America
combined lhc dcmandmg teach­
ers and engaged parc1ns th.tl 1s
his ideal, we would be a blessed
nation mclccd. His message to
our gradu,ucs will ht an m,p1r­
ing one." Mosl students. srnIT
ancl foCLilty seem hopeful that
Cnnacb will deltvcr a pemnent
.1nd cxcttmg speech.
To bc11er manage the drnl­
lcngcs ul sclcrnng ., spc.1ker m
n litncl)• manner, the College has
made the tlccis1on co mn11uain a
S1anding Lisi of potennal speak­
ers. This wuuld ensure 1hn1 1f an
opportunity to secure a clcsuablc
speaker occurs, 1 hey arc able 10
do so promptly. Thts new np•
proach wns unve,lcd ln a March
2➔ lcncr lo students, bu1 there
were some confos1on :tbout
whether the College was seek­
ing a speaker for the current
year's commencement. The Dc:.tn
or the College 1s cager to hear
who commun;l)' ·members
,v'bulcl like to sec speak m the
fmure. However, for 1h1s year.
Dr. Ben Canada, a mnn with a
subs1nntial personal rcpu1n11on
and an Jn1crcs1ing story 10 1ell
will join us. Sec everyone nt
graduation. many tress as part of the
creation of the "grassy
knoll" (above left). Other
changes took place over the
course of the year, including
the erection of the famous
"statues" and their constant subsequent decoration by
students (above). Other
students directed their
energies to issues beyond
LC; many students travelled
to Seattle to protest the
WTO.
Luau 2000: Hawaii Club
shares a bit of the tropics
Hawaii Club students
hosted annual Luau,
brought elements of
Hawaiian culture • from
food to dance to music -
to the LC Community
by Erin Haick
The lln""" Cl11b's annual
Lu'au. The Bones LIVc, was pre·
sentccl on S,nurdny, Apnl 7th, 10
a dinner crowd of over 900 stu­
dents and members ol the out•
s,de communny A colorful fcs-
1ivnl or cos111mc. food. ""cl
cl,mce, 1hc Lu'au celcbra,ed na­
tive J fawauan and Polynesian
cullure.
"The purpose or I he Lu'au is
to ~hare our culLUre wuh 1he
people here in Oregon It also
brings lhe Hawau Cl\lb wgc1her
to reach a common goal." said
Tunlia Tu'ua. one -01 the pnmar)'
orgamzers
"Working on a proJect of this
magmtudc, like Ln'nu. really
p\ltS a Stram on your social re1a-
1ionsh1ps. bu1 IS success proves
1hc strength of 1he f-bwnn stu•
dents no1 as a dub, bm as n fam­
ily," said Knmoa Castro. a thml­
ycar student and organizer
The Lu'au started wnh a ban­
quet-style dinner of tradttlonnl
food, including Kalua pig and haupid. which .. -g;,ve;1n oho taste
of 1-lnwmf', according to C1ss1c
~ego.
E111enainmcn1 provickd by ,l
four-piece hand of Lewis &
Clark studenl5 "l'h"I we were
abic LO bring 10gc1 her four mJ,.
,11du:ds w11h mu~u.:~11 back ...
grounds rnngmg from punk In
1-law,mnn 10 blues to Kenny G IS
a testnment to 1hc growth ,,c·vc
nKtdc as a group townrcb ., com­
mon goai," Kukm Awana smd
1 he s1udcn1 bond waj f,ncr
rchcvcd by the four,omc Pacific
Yihc, who cntenarncd the
crowed w11h tracl11 ,on.ii ,ind
rnore modern Hawanan songs
ror over ,m hour Pacilic Vibe
was also rc,pons,blc for 1hc live
music clurmg the nctu:il show.
which began at 6;30. Then the
dnncmg began
r-e~uurmg spectacular btH.:k•
drop dcpic11ng oneol the Hawai­
ian goudcsscs, Pelc, nnd sur­
rounded by hundreds or nowers
and greens ll11wn In from Ha­
wa11, the dancers performed acts
rrom Hawaii, Samoa, and Tahi•
"""· Ench dance also fc~tured
cos1umcs n~1uvc to 1ts island.
The Lu'nu \.'l.ilmmatcd wi1h ;t
dance composed of the various
customs and costumes Qr the
n1gh1. As cv1denced by 1he ex­
tended ova11011, Lu'"u 2000 was
a marvelous success. =Pi=on=ee='rl=o::2:g======N ews=========
Faculty discuss pressing issues
Crime Beat
courtesy of Gregg J. Wanciak, Campus Safety
March 29 -April 10, 1999
March 29, 2000
A Swiss Army kni re WIIS 510·
lcn from .1 locked office in
Miller. The knirc, red III color,
with the traditional logo on
the ,ides, and housing fournt­
tachments {a knifo blade, two
combin:u ion scrcwdnvcr/
bottle-can opener blades, and
an awl) held gTcat sc.ntimcn­
Lal value for lhc owner, a fo.c­
ult )' mem bcr The owner had
owned t lu-knife for 44 years,
since htS scrvkc ln 1hc Swiss
Army. The rewrn or the kr,ifc.
,,,,.ilh no questions asked, Is de­
sired.
Someone smashed the pas­
senger side window or a vc ...
hicle parked 111 the law lot and
100k a briefcase from the vc•
hicle. The briefcase con~1ined
cash and receipts from the cof­
fee stand in the legal Rcsc.m:h
Center. That the thief targeted
this particular vehicle and
struck almost immcdia1cly af­
ter a Campus Safet)' vehicle
had passed suggests that 1 he
thid saw the money and re•
ccipts go into the bricfc.'1Se and
the briefcase get placed i1110
the vehicle and waited for an
opponunc lime to steal same
March 30, 2000
A law smclent left her back•
pack una11endcd fora few ino•
mcnts and her wallet was
taken from the backpack. parked her car and goi a cup
of coffee. When she returned,
1he laptop was gone.
April 1, 2000
At •bout 4 40 am a Cam­
pus <;afe1y officer responded
to complaints of:, naked stu­
dent banging on doors in
1-loword. The student was
known lO some of the com•
pla,nants The officer found
the student in Platt, still bang•
ing on doors, and visibly
drunk. The student also
smelled strongly of alcohol.
The officer ,·vcntually con­
vinced the student to cress
and go back to his room in
Odell.
April 6, 2000
A Compaq model 1245
laptop was stolen, The laptop
was left unattended at a study
carrel in Lhc approximate cen­
ter of the law library forabou1
a half hour.
April 10, 2000
A CD case comaining 30
CDs was taken from a room
in Mowarcl sometime bcLwccn
,\prtl 7 and April 9. The resi•
dent or 1he roonl felt sure that
the room was left locked. by Cody Hoesly
LC gets surprise
gift
President Michael Mooney
announced 1ha1 .. many cxc11tng
things are happening tor the
College now• ai 1he Apnl 12
meeting ol the College or Ans
and Sciences faculty.such things
as an unexpected 54. 7 m1lhon
dollar gift. Though the admin-
1.strauon 1s unsure, after con­
duct 111g some rcsct,rch ll appc:1.rs
that I he donor tame from a Prcs­
by1enan fanu ly, one which do­
nated muluplc 11111es 10 Albany
College (LC before 11 was LC).
Avoid LC this
summer
Mooney next spoke on 1hc
issues of campus expansion and
improvcmcnl, updating t]l(• fac­
ulty on key areas (for a full dis•
cussion on lhcsc lOpics1 sec the
March 17, 2000 issue of the f'io­
nrcr Log). In 1hc immccli,uc fu­
ture, Mooney warned th:\l many
trees wou1<l come down over the
summer, but tJ,at man)' or 1hem
arc diseased anyway. This 1s 111
addition 10 a barrage ofunprove­
ments 1he campus will sec. ··tr
you can avo,d this place during
the summer. 1 recommend you
do so: he s1a1ed.
Mooney goes to
battle
The College has sought IO
purchase the l'rnnc,scan Re­
newal Center land across lhe
sircct from Har1zfcld Mooney
envisions this tract as becoming
the "new cllgs· of the graduate
school Additionally, there Is a
March 31, 2000
A vehicle was reponcd hav-
1 ng been stolen from the
Gnswoltl lot 1hc evening be ..
fore The vehicle is a black
Mcrcu ry Capn "" h ,1 bro""
to1wcn Ible top The h,·c-nsc "
WAI-I OM A wallet was taken from n.
smdy carrel in th<" law library,
The wallet was left unat•
tended lor ,bout a half hour
while the owner was in the house for visittng dignnnncs. I small house on the propcr1y 1ha1
Mooney would 111m into a guest
i:0111pt1tcr morn. Currc111 ly, 1he Riverdale school
dJStnct is vying wuh the College
10 buy the property. As the
school district 1s pan of the state
A l:iw <tudent left her
laptop m the hbrnn• while she g,ovcrnmrnt II could purchase
the land under public domain
l.,ws, thu< iakmg LC 0111 of the
p,cturc Thts would perhaps
mean the ercc11on or a high
<cho<1l nc" do01 to campus To
prc,1cnI 1hat end. Muoncy is
AIDS Education group started,
organizations visit campus
by Jesse Clarke
The newly founded group on
campus Students for AIDS Edu­
cation. launched their tirst :u ..
tempt al orgamzmg an cvenI this
past March 27. 2000 Radical
ALDS Actmsm: What you can do
rn your communny. wa~ a con­
lerence designed to foster greater
networking among LC students
and tht HIV/i\lDS focused
NGOs (Non-Govcrnmemal Or­
gamzauons) 111 Ponland. The
conference consisted ol n sIu­
dcm run brown b~,g lunch~ two
workshops lead by loc:tl NGOs,
oncl" panel discussion lughltgh1-
mg currcn1 struggles 1n Portland
prc,•cnuon and care.
infonnauon 1nblcs were also
sci up m SLamm offering lilcm­
ture on HlV/AlDS, as well as the various organ1zauons 1hcm­
sc l\'cS, and whnt needs they have
which could be fulfilled by sw­
dents. Jud11h Rtzzlo frnm OUR
House or Ponlancl, Donna
Stnnding Rock from The
Women's I nlcrcommum1y A IDS
Resource (WIAR), and Scan Cox
from For Us Nor1hwcs1 (Fl.JN),
all a11cnded and nbo spoke on
the panel.
The three orgamzanons rep­
resent services 1ari:c1111g people
111fcctecl w11h 1-llV or livmg 111
lanulics affected by HIV who
lack the soctal support necessary
lordealmg wuh the illness. Ser•
vices arc aimed to help women
mfcctcd wnh HIV :md services
aimed al children and youth.
The speakers were wonderful
and informatwe; we were lucky
to host them on our campus.
2 Pioneer Log April 14, 2000 Unf,.>rtunatcly the overnll
tun1out was a disappointment
due to timing and stress_ Alas.
the Stuclcnts for AIDS Education
1s planning another event this
fall for World AIDS Day, Det.
1st, to provule this unique op ..
ponunuy again. In the mean•
mnc, we arc still mtercstcd in
fostering connections among
students am) NGOs So If any­
one is interested in volumecring
or wanb infornuuion in this
urc.,, please contact Dayna Kirk
(kirk@lclJrk.Nlu) or Jesse
Cl,,rke (jczzc23l@yahoo.com).
For Us Northwest in p:1rtiGU•
Jar is looking for Spanish speak­
ers to spend time.-having fun
with kids. This expcric.nce as
well as others would be as un­
forgettable as It is rewording. w<,>rki 11g hard to point out to city
officials that LC hns hccn a good
neighbor, one which consis-
1cn1ly works to improve life in
the city by following zoning laws
and rcducmg trnmc Nonethe­
less. Mooney says, "we may be
headed for a showdown with
Riverside ...
LC to buy
cemetery
Graveyards near campus .1rc
also on the College's "buy-list"
According to zoning laws, the
property could no, be 11sccl for
tlassrooms, but perhaps sports
fields, Thi> would free up a great
deal or space on the currc.nt cam­
pus to create housing for law
school students Acldittonally,
LC rccemly acquired the prop•
crty on the corner of Boones
Ferry a11d Terwilliger. The
houses on this land will be
rented 10 low school swdents.
Grad and law
schools elevated
The G raduatc School of Pro­
rcssional S1udics ,s up for ac­
credll:uion soon. If accrediled, tt
would be one or but a handful
of such schools run by liberal
ans colle&csacross lhe mu ion to
earn the honor. The Northwest·
ern School of L1w ts currently
workmg lO change !IS rocus
somcwha1 away from environ•
mc.ntal law. \Vhilc mnInuunlng
the Strength or that program, the
school hopes 10 add patent law,
small business-law, and tmellec­
rnal prop en y law to its list of
streng1hs. Applkations lo the
l:.tw school arc on the rise.
Mooney
promotes OTC
drugs
The health plan !acuity mem­
bers receive ns pan of 1hc1rrr111gc
bcncfJts p:w 1.s bc«:onung more
expensive Spcc1f1call)•, costs for
prescription drugs ore skyr<,c•k­
cting Muoney encourngcd ull
faculty mctnbcrs 10 buy generic
dn1g, i 11 place or pre« rip11on
mc1..lionions whenever medical
care wou lcl nm be lcc;scncd l le c.:autimtcd that fatuity 1ncmben
should cun-.uh thctr doCLors bf..
furc making the switch. Th,
College w,11 absorb the nsmg
<:osts £or ncxl year and facuh)
will not see a change.
Course
evaluations
faulted
The Honor BoarJ return,..!
wnh its rccommentl:nions con•
terning the issue ol sludents
talking to ench other as they nu!
om course evaluations at I hr end
of every semester. The Board
identified three major problcn\l
with the practice· l) that st\!·
dent> read, " verbal group con­
sensus. 2) thal s1utlcnts display
a lack of seriousness, and 3) 1ha1
student> ignore the rules To
remedy the situation, the Board
suggested 1ha1 its Chair speak to
students at New St udtnt Orien­
tation 10 highhght the gravity ol
the evaluations, or thM perhaps
campus media could be used tu
encourage s1udents to lake thr
n1'l1ter senously. The suggc.s11on
of perhaps leavmg the facult)
member 111 the room as 1hc
evaluations were completed was
met with disgust. One policy
that will emerge from this dis•
cusslon affects the directions
given to 1he !acuity mcmbet.
proctor and studcnlS Instead o/
giving each separate guidelines,
there will he one longer set of
ansirucuons that facullt wLII
read nloud before leaving th,
ruom This will also solve th~
problem of proctor> not read in
their di rectlon,, :tS they :trc sup­
posed 10 do.
Miscellany
Portland Schools Surerinien•
dent Ben C1natla w,11 speak ••
(!Ommenccmcnt. LC has n lot o
studenls who won Trum:in.
Goldwater aml numerous oth<r
scholarship, thb )c.ir The law
school lacult) prdcr In rccc1\t
their bcncfns m the lorn, ol,
higher salary. The undcrgr.1du­
a1c facult} mewng, slated to
hcgm at }: 15pm, d,d nu, ,1<111-
ally hegm unttl 3:28pm.
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Cynic lays down final word on really bad ideas
final commentary by Colin J. Beck
So receru ly 11 ,11me 10 my a1-
1e111ion that I would be graduat­
ing in a couple of weeks This
was not the s1\rprise 1ha1 h cc,ulcl
have been, at some point I did
register for a cap and gown, but
nonc:1hclcss, somehow the ,<lea
ol ac1uolly graduating had
slipped my mind. I realized 1ha1
l would onl)' ha"c one more op­
p,t1r1t.111ity to wntc :.1 commentar)'
on wh.11evcr 1ssu...-l decided m
be upset about Now 1110s1 final
commcniancs by seniors arc d­
ther spiteful, such as ·we have
'1n adm1nisumaon th,u ~uc:ks," or
"1<1f11I, <uch ns "college bn't
about the grades, it's about
f nends and/or beer.· No offense
to people who wrote 1hcsc com­
mcnunics in ycnr, p:t~t, but
1hey'rc both stuptd
So instead I've dec1<lcd to
write about a few bad ideas I've
heard of recently.
The first bad idea has to do
with Lhl'. nunnery :,cross the
road. The College fmally wants
to purchase 11. ancl It's about
lime. Mowcver, the Riverdale ,, ___ _
Bad idea number
four comes from the
proverbial gift-horse
Bob Pamplin. His
latest idea is so bad,
that I have to look
him in the mouth
and send him back
to the stable. He
proposed construct­
ing a separate build­
ing for the Pamplin
Society.
'' Sl110ol Ois1ric1 would also lik,·
1he prvpcny-tu build a high
school on. Who thought 1ha1
puttmg a lngh school next to a
college campus would be a good
idea? h's the most s1upio thing
I've ever heard. If it comes to
pass. I imagine a campus rull or
lugh schoolers, parronizing LC drug dealers •nd trndlng sex for
alcohol. Not only would this be
a bad idc11 for a rcspccrnble
school dis1ric1, ii woul,1 also drn­
nrn1 ically change life on this
campus rrom ivory 1owcr
bubblcdom 10 a ju,•enile de1cn­
tion center For 1hc first lime, t
can say, "President Mooney, you
have my full support.• Please
buy 1ha1 property as quickly os
possible.
Bad idea number two is the
faculty~ fix 10 problems whh the
professor evaluation process. h
seems that our profrssors think
rhe problem is 1ha1 stmlcnt proc­
tors do 001 fully read the word­
oJ'-god instructions Jnd allow
thscussion during the cvalu.1tton
penod To fix this, they propose
having ins1ruclions 1ha1 rhe pro­
fessor reads to the class before
deparlfng. This IS also a s1up1d
iJca. The problem with laculty
cvaluaLions is not 1ha1 studcnLS
don't know or don't [ollow in­
s1ruc11ons. n's thal 1hc evalua­
tion rorm is the worst example
of questionnaire w111ing I've ever
seen. Whai the hell do those
questions actually mean? Why docs it Jsk If the professor was
prcpnrcd for class, but not if the
class was worth rnk,ng? The
q11es1ions arr mindless :ind don't
really cell anybody anything
about the worth of1hcclassorir
you ac11rnlly learned anythmg.
Another bad idea ts picking
our commencement speaker in
March. I recall lase year being
asked 10 ,er"c on the com­
mcnctmcn1 spcakC'r c:ommiuec.
I was prc11y cxmccl, I'd heard
1 hat my fovornc documcmarian.
James Burke, was s11II ahve and
mighL be a,•Jilablc Falling that,
I thought mayhc we could get
someone likt'. Chine.Sc human•
nghl!o cn.,sadcr llarry Wu But,
111' toursc, I was wrong The Col­
lege never got 11s .tct together,
and lite lOmmiuec I w;,s so cx­
cuc<l abou1 never mcl. As a re­
sult or thinking that n 1hird-11er
college could get a cu1-ra1e
speaker 1wo months before
graduation, we ended up wuh
Ben Canada. Portland Schools
Su~rimendent. Also a bad tdca.
Bad idea number rour comes
from the proverbial gift-horse
Bob Pamplin. Mis latest idea is so bad, that 1 have 10 look htm
111 the mouth and send him hack
10 , he stable. Mc prop<1scd con•
structing a scpara1c building ror
the Pamplin Society Thts idea
was so bad, 1 hat even l he prcs-
1 ige-hu ngry Pamplin Fellows
turned II down Enough said
Fmally. the los1 bad idea is the
stotu~ ou1Sidc the Art Gallery.
A while ago, I heard that they
puI up some 3r1 <lown there, so
I wandered over 10 check i1 out.
I have to admit, when I got there,
I was confused I dt<hi't sec any
art, but there were two giganur
monoliths, sprouting a 111ulti-
1ude uf fraugh1-wi1h-mcanlng
ohjects These mm1s1rns11ics
scared me so much that I quickly
kit. and haven't been back since
Whoever comtntssioncd the
suttoc.s .• md whoever conceived
or them, was defln11cly having a
bad day.
So that's most of the had 1cleas
I've heard or recently. But I'm
sure some more will come up.
Oh, wait, I just 1hough1 of an­
oLhcr Who the hell had the idea
orlctting me be the editor of the
school newspaper?
Fellow hands over key to the Pamplin Society
commentary by Aaron Blackwell
You've all seen it rn rour mail•
boxes (nt lcnst if you thctk your
111;111}, rhc coll from Jane
Atkmson for nominations for
the Or. Robert 8. Pam1ilin, Jr.,
Socict )' of Fellows. If you look
on the back of the form, there's
" profile describing the society
and the s1uden1S rhcrcin. But
how much docs this form really
tell you nb-Out the society, how
it functions, what ii docs. nnd
more importantly, how 10 gel
yourself selected as a member?
I I doesn't say much.
As a three-year mcmbc_r or 1he
Pamplin Society. I feel qualirkd
lo address some of these qucs­
lions.
Let's begin with how the so­
ciety functions There arc b:·tsi­
eally two type.< of Pamplin Fel­
lows, the Fellow who is embar­
rassed 10 he a Fellow, and the
Fellow who is proud 10 be a Fel­
low. All Society fonctions arc a
clash between these two. The
Society has monthly dinner
meetings. where we altcrmnc
between discussing how 1101 to
alienate Lhc campus community
by inclutlmg them in our func•
tlons, making the Pamplin room
more public, ancl participating
more m actual on c-ampus lead­
ership, and discussing how best
10 use our privilege 10 obtain
more scholnrsh,ps. lurthcr 1he
bureaucrncy ul the Pamplin So­
det)•. and keep the Pamplin
room for our uwn private use..
We strive in this sLrugglc 10
nnJ a11 ult11na1c purpose for the
society. Shoukl wc be servmg Lhc
community more' Should we
ai.:wall)' do comnnmuy service
instl.';td of slmpl)' miking about
ft? Wh:at ,ire our rcspons1b1li11~
as Fellows, nml how ,.,n we put
lhc-1n url wh1ll" w-..· pursue nur
own personal go.,l~,)
The Sot1c1y seeks some der.­
nttlon of p11rposc, )'Cl the lntc
rca-.on we struggle 1~ 1ha1 the
purpose 1>f 1 he sot1c1y is dtsmrb-,, ___ _
The purpose of the
society is disturb­
ingly clear-the
creation of a good
reputation for Bob
Pamplin and Lewis &
Clark College. '' lngly clear-the neation of a
good rcpltlatton for Bob Pamplin
and Lewis & Clark College As
evidence, at a recent meeting
with Bob we e.,11ected to be ad­
monished for the lack of things
ac1ually accomplished by the
society (we constnnily talk about
service, bm never actually do ii).
But instead Bob said that he
wanted 10 build us our own
building and send us to Oxford
for the summer. Both would
make• name for Bob, and nei­
ther clarities what it is we're ac•
t.Unlly supposed 10 do as Fellows.
Oxford sounds nice, though.
So clo extra money for books .ind
1hc words "Pamplin Society Fel•
low" on your rtsmM. Despite
the problems of the society, nll
of1hc freshmen reading thb arc
going 10 be wondering, "How
can I become n Pamplin Fel­
low?" Well. the first step is 10
be nomin:11ed. That much is
easy, :tnyone can nQminate
you-your roommate, boy­
friend. professor or roommatc­
boyfnend-profcssor. Then you
wrhe :m cs.say and send ii in,
where n's Judged b)' a panel or
deans :mu professors, who
choose l'ounctn to he inter­
viewed by a panel or current
Pamplin Fellows. The current
f-cllo,v!-1 re<;ommcnd !>even can ..
dul.llC-$ to the deans :tnd profes­
>CHS, who promptly ,idJUst 1he
hst I<' [11 1 hci r own wlums and
re1ccp11ons of wh1ll :i Fellow
sh,,ultl be
What are 1hc~e p,tnds loo~-i ng for when they choose llnal­
ists and Fellows? Let's look at
the proHlc from Jane Atkinson.
It says •(I) superior ln1cllec1Ual
promise and perfonnance 111 a
challenging academic program,
with a m;nimum cumubuve 3.5
grndc p9mL average.· This is
none 100 clear. What exactly ,s
mcan1 b)' challenging ac.,clcmic
program? Basically it means Lim
Comm majors. So/An majors,
Art majors. and Theatre majors
need not apply. The Pamplin
Society docs not view these ma­
jors as challenging or academic.
ls all hope lost l No! For ex­
ample, if you happen to be an
Art major, but have taken one
chemistry class, simply tell the
interviewers tJ1a1 you are plan•
ning a double major with bio•
chemistry. After being accepted,
you arc under no obligation to
llnish your second major.
The prome then says, "(2)
dcmons1ra1ed cledica1ion 10 the
,,1clforc of onc:S communily and
10 the use of one's individual 1al•
ents in capaciLkS or lcadexship
on behalf of a [rec and demo­
cr.uic society." Let me rephrase
this 10 ·personal ombition for
glory with Lhc appear.mce of al•
truism for [dlow man." Its not
11nponan1 that you actually per­
fonn community service, :md
doing so will get you nowhere
in the Society. Rather, Its nnpor­
tant 10 phrase your personal
amb11ions in a way t h.11 sounds
altrms1ic, even If 1hc end result
Is really personal glory. Aca•
demic pcrfonnance (:, personal
,1ccomplishmen1) is far more
import3nl than .my community
itwolvcmcnt
Number three ,ays. "(3) corn-
11111111cn1 10 physical fitness."
This agam isa beneft1, but by n,1
mcan.scons,dercd equally by the
selcc11on tc!tm when compared
to ac:ukmt( ngor tn fat 1, il
might hcttcr he phrased "com•
mluncnt lu physk.11 :mrncuvc•
nt!):s; as the interview panel
(lms1.M~ of currcm :;.tt1dents cas-,, ____ _
It's important to
phrase your personal_
ambitions in a way
that sounds altruis­
tic, even if the end
result is really per­
sonal glory. Aca­
demic performance
(a personal accom­
plishment) is far
more important than
any community
involvement. _____ ,,
ily swayed by a pretty face.
Finally, Pamplin Fellows
should have "(4) unimpeachable
integrity." This, or course, is 1he
least tmponant quali1y for a
Pamplin Fdlow to actually pos­
sess, and one of the most impor-
1an1 for an applicant 10 persuade 1he.se.lcction team he or she has.
After all, there will be no com­
prehensive background checks.
If you have a number of convlc:­
tionssimply keep them quiet, or
beuer yc1, ,alk in your 1111erview
or essay about how your wa111
to help undcrpnvtlcgcd children
with their moral dilemmas.
Similarly, sex and drinking arc
not tonsidcred Impeachable of­
[enscs, and discussmg them dur•
ing the mterview may actually
help your chances by making
you appear more passionale
about lire.
The nnal quality of a Pamplin
Fellow is luck. There arc a lot of
applkants for the Society of Fel­
lows, ond all of them nrc good.
In 1he end, though, it will be the
liule, unimportam things 1ha1
sway the decision for or against
you. I mean 1his in ihc way or
consola11on-if you aren't se­
lected as a Fellow, tis probably
not your fault. It probably has
more to do ,vith whal the in1cr•
viewers and dc.1ns had for break•
fast.
Corrections
It has come to our attention at the Pioneer Log
that certain members of the Lewis & Clark
community took the satirical article in the April 1
issue, "Harcore realist Partovi a changed man,"
as truthful reporting. As far as we know, Partovi
is still a hardcore realist who prefers Tomahawk
cruise missiles to homeless puppies. •
We apologize for anything that might have
offended you, the reader, in this year's issues, but
we are not sorry. Don't be surprised If we do it
again in the future.
We would like to thank all of our contributors and
smile patronizing smiles at those of you, the
readers, who portented to be too busy to come to
our meetings yet really do care about "the
issues" at Lewis & Clark.
April 14. 2000 Pioneer Log 3 ===Pio===n:::::::::::e'er=L::::::J;og2======Foru m========
The true story of a boy, his cause, and censorship
commentary by Joe Collver
For 1h,s lns1 iss•·c or 1hc SC·
mes1cr my cdnor 10lcl me that I
)houlcl wn1e ;1n arucle abou1
"'lo\'I.' and loss." Now I hnvc no
,clca why my editor would sug­
gest such ;t topic-l mean, 11
cloc,n'l really seem hke 111)' t)1>C
ol ll11ng All I know ahou1 love
,s that n's somdar olf land where
mtlhon~ hght m v:un ()\'Cr ~
wonhle,s piece of Jungle. I'd go
then· too hut I'm a consc1cn•
Uotb ohJcctor, and I <lon't hu)
nll 1hn1 ,pn:,1cl ,1f communbm"
ho~w.1sh And ~~ hlr luss., well,
Ii•!--~ bll I .myt hmJ! imp"nnnt.
lidl mt,l<la)·,\\orld1l1n11fosc
~(lmcthtng all )OU h;1, c 10 ,t,: 1s
~pc-nd livt.: n11n,11c~ on the
Internet .ind )<lti'II fmrl a 1hou•
,.-md hustntssc~ hcgglng tfl UPS
you h.1ck .1 nc\\ one Yeah lo,'i
tsn 1 .mything to -') .1l10U1 In
[,let, In 1hc le.sl year ahotll the
only thing I've lost is 1hc d11ld­
ho,1tl lanlasy thnt a thousand
ga_:tllton meleors crushing 1h1s
phtn~I 111tt1 smithereens would
be ,t b.,d 1hlng.
Whal the hell """' my ecli1or
1h1nldng? In 1hc m1crcst of wn1-
ing a column piece 1hn1 clocsn't
call.SC boredom ancVor an upset
stomach, rm gain~ 10 ditch che
topic I was given nnd 1hmk ol
something new. Lei me think.
,Oh, I know. I can tell you a s1ory,
because stories are Oct ions. fic­
tions arc hes. and as everyone
knows love has nothing 10 do ,,--~­
People would be
better off if they
ditched the noble
fictions our society
holds about love,
material happiness,
the benefits of com­
placency, and all
that other crap that
we've absorbed
over the years.
'' "nh Ii Ing Th,H• ngh1 11, gc11
no1h1ng .11 .111 to do\\ 1th tlccct\ ~
mg) uur~df c,r uthcr, Love b ,1s
pure a!'t thn1 brand TIC\\ sllln) b.u
nl ,ilver 1hat goes in the Imel­
case 1h01 goes wuh 1hc Shell
husmcs:~man ,vho goe:. to a thud
world coumrr so he can pa)'
n1crcenilnes to k,11 people who
d,m't like oil drifllng, I'd even
go so for ,\S to say that the cmo-
1 ions 1wo people in love feel for
each 01 her arc ns sincere as the
Nazi-Soviet Non~aggrcssion P.lct
of 1939. Bui I chgress Let's gc1
to the story.
Once &here was a college SIii·
dent who pui a peace nag 0111-
sidc hi.s w1ndow because his
dorm was In a !ugh I) visible lo­
cation on campus, and because he was a bil of an cxhib1uonis1.
Now the mean Rcs1cknct Life
O1rcc1or didn't like this nag be­
cause ii nnrnctcd the n.ucmion
or girl scouts nnd prospect 1ve
s111clen1s. and 1he las1 1hmg 1h1s
"cominunuy'" needed was for
yo11ng children to be exposed 10
1hc concept or p~1ce, or for !ugh
srhool s1uclcms' nch parents 10
chscovcr 1lte .1bsoh11cly clccrepu
St3lC or Out hYing tondiuons. So
our poor college >1uden1 was
told he coul,ln't have .my1h1ng
l1J.n~1111t ou1s1de his wmduw.
where pcopl< would ,1c1Uallv
nouc;c H hut lh,u 11 ,., a~ h1> l'V­
en ng,ht hi h;mg pO!>lCf~. n.,g,
.1nd whatc, a c1..,c on I hr inside
ol h~ m1u11
t In, d1oal0r111I nt'1n<l.uc "-'r
the .tro11.:mcnt1unctl RcsulctU,.'C
I 1k ,lir,·uor who we'll c,111
jHUlll\ ltolll llO\\ Oil lo prc\'Clll
pron1)tm ronfuston. woult.1 h,,vc
,oiled m,my .111 kKUv1st s drLn•
nnnu11on. but out noble hero
,vas no mere lul rhe,,ncd so(;1al
rclormlSI ~oon he lud lnsh-
1011ed. Wllh the .,d or l11s dih­
gcnl roommat,:, 3 ~COCS of 1ct­
lCrS on the ms1de or h1s wmdow
1haL would seem cxphcu in con-
1ex1. but whose real meamng
wns open 10 the 1n1erprcia1ion of
each inchvldual viewer. Mis work
was 1he rival ol the aspiring
a\':ll1t•gardc nrusts an the =-'rca.
People came from near Md far
10 read wha1 he had wrmen on
Ins window, and the words gave
hope and inspirauon LO count-less I housands. All were com­
foried by 1hc simple down-home
wisdom of 1he message.
All, 1hn1 Is, except for 1hc
mean t>ld Residence Life D,rcc•
1or Jmuny on<l all 1hosc who be•
llcvcd in du.:. m111dlcs.s "\.orrcc•
11ona1• lltcraiurt he .dways
seemed io he hand111g ou1.
Jimmy w,1sn'1 happy ai all about
,duu wa< gomg on I le was ge1-
ling angry phone call< from sdf­
ngh 1cou, r.,rulty an,l lllhcr
sp.1cc l·aJ.~~. th1.• ktmf L)I pt!oplc
"hu llunk MtCanh}· ,houltl'vc
hccn prc~itknt .. tml tlu-u'l kt their
17-vc,r llltl kids walch l'G-13
inos,c-s Jlmm) <11cln'1 like gelling
hl, c.•r chc\\ ell u(( h)' lhcsc
p1.:,>pk. :ind whcu the .1dn11ui,­
tr.1t1on '.'ltancJ luc-.ttiung duwn
Jn~ nnk he lOUhJn't h.111dh: u
1.tnpnurc. Su he Jul wlrnt ,111)
tlc(Cllt pcrc;.t.-.n In lw, poSHhHI
wuulJ h,t\e du111.•, ,1nd wc.111 ba1..k
011 in.-. won! tll th1.· ,tutknt, lou
m& lttm to remove the words
from the wim.low llr be punished
when till rule h>ll been broken
Jimmy ralionnhzcd his hypu•
crillcal nctions by rnlling the <lU•
<lenl a subversive, disrespectful
delinquent. &.>ides, he though,,
people who get really drunk and
run around naked hanging on
peoples' cllH>rs at 3 a.rn. arcn'l
C\!Cn humnn, so why worry
about being honcs1 wnh lhemr
So our poor hero was givert, for
all his questionable actions dur­
ing the semester, n punislnncnt
so exccss1vc lhat the.re was no reasonable way he could serve
ii before the given tleadhne. Bui
hey, 1h:n's what happen~ when
rou have power and you com•
mil a ,vrong. )'OU tell somcon('
dsc: hcS c:om1111Hcd the wrung
nnJ you pumsh 1hat person for
1hc hmh ur )'UU
Well 1ha1's 1hc end of m)
~tury. I hope you ltketl ii II d,dn·,
rc:,lly hiwc Jny1hmg h) llu wi1li
h-.vr nm.l Jos ... ," cx1..cp1 1ha1
1nn)•l-,.c 1hr proplc: 111 my '-llil} w1
lost wht·n II c,-.nlC':, Hi hwc '-:ot
th.u th,ll\ ., h.·uJ dung rll 1.'tlll·
tlude thisJru,lr \\ 1th urh• oJ nw
st, 1(:u1yp1<..tl U\-'l'rgc:1w1.1Hz.1thmo;
th.11 .\mv J l.uwrnH.I tk·,p1q• .. <tt1
much I 1h111k pet•pk ,.,inl.t he
heller 1111 lf 1hq d11dml 1hc
11ohk hlthtn\ uur ... n• ll'I\' h1,Jd,
.1h11ut lu\l', mu11:1ul IMpp1nt·, .. ,
lhl' ht:ud1t-. o[ \'lllnpl,tn·11t \', .uul
,1!1lh,11111hc1 cm1• (hke \I ll.11, on
)Imm)":, 1ia11111ltlch) 1h.11 we've
nb:,orhctl O\'L'l the ,·car~-f c1\
loc;c tltJt lrt>t·k .ind !!ot.1r1 re.,11y
hv111g for ont:c Oh wail-wh,H
am I S.1)'11ig. )'OU've go1 hnols 10
s1utly lor. Sec, none ol yvu ,;rn
he 101all)' nga,ns1 1hc sys1c111,
hct>ausc H you were you
wouldn'\ he hr-rt! rlgh1 IW\\'. Btu
I hope you finish 1hc senws1cr
ln style. and I hope you haven
good sun1111cr, You mny 1101 be
able to 1h111k outside tbe box,
bul nt least throw a shoe m lhc:
gears ever)' once: 111 :i. whik. And
no maucr how much I hate 10
say ii, the same probably goes for
love.
Take initiative and action, but also take responsibility
guest commentary by
Jon Eldridge ..... '' ------­
• If you believe in
I find myself writing 1his something, care
piece becnuse l promised two
SlUclems I wo11ld, And because I about something,
am 1roublcd by some rccenl whether juvenile or
cvcms on c:unpus. And because f b k
11 seems like 1hc righ1 thing 10 0 SU Stance, ta e
do, cve11 for a "C3pitalist Op· responsibility for it-.
prcssor· such as m)'Selr. (Those Otherwise, you
men who use the restroom by
1he lnforma1ion Desk in cheapen the free-
Templet011 likely understand d [t k
1his reference, as this is wh:11 I Om O spea
ha,•e been brnndcd on 1hc 1oile1 freely].
paper dispenser in 1hc back stall.
Ancl while 1hisdoesni bother me
100 much-since I have b<:en
called mud1 worse on Bon
1rnys-i1 Is a symp1om of 1he
problem I will ge1 10 shortl)•.}
Back 10 the impetus for 1his
articlt As mosL :myonc who has
walked p:ISI Odell H:ill over the
lns1 couple or mon1hs knows,
Julian Oau1mnon1-Smilh and
Jefferson utllcy have been ask­
ing us 10 "FUCK SHIT UP"
They h:,ven'1 exactly been ask­
ing, I suppose. To many, 11 seems
more hke a command. To 01h•
ers, :, call to action. To 01hers
s11II, 11 seems clear 1hat 1hcy j1is1
w:1.nt a1tc111ion, forcrng cuss
words upon us in a swnt remi­
niscent of 1ha1 kid in fifth grade
whom I he 1c:tchcr called,
"1nmblcmaker" or ·1tooligan."
How do I kn,>w what others
think of ,heir window dccora·
lion, you ask? Well, I have (I
1hink as a result ol my dual po·
siuons as Director of Residence
Life :mt! Coordina1or of Judicial
Affotrs) been on the reccivi ng
end of many of 1he complaints _____ ,,
about these nca1ly cul•0UI paper
leuers 1ha1 look down upon
Templeion.
Now, despile someones feel­
ing 1ha1 I am an oppressor (of
whnl, I am not entirely clear, al•
1hough I have also been referred
10 in the ba1hroom stall as myo­
pic. so maybe I jus1 cn11'1 sec
what II is) I happen 10 feel 1ha1
if Mr.s Lalley and Oa111remon1-
Smi1h wan1 10 encourage 01hers
in the pursuit or shit fucking up,
so be h. If 1hey wan1 10 do 1his
by sia1ing such in 1heir window,
why should I tell 1he111 no1 1011
clon'1 Lhink I should.
Free expression, in my
humble cs1lmn1lon, is an impor-
1a111 thing 1ha1 sho11lcln'1 be
tri0cd whh. Havmg said 1ha1, ii
is also my 1hough11hat our good
fortune (10 be able 10 express
oneself r rccly) demands a sub­
s1a111i;1I rcsponsib1l11y from all of
us as we f rec ly ex press oursc-lvcs.
By 1111s I mean 1ha1 wink we may
have a rig/11 10 do some1 hing, we
may also have a rcs1ionsibilily lo
4 Pioneer Log April 14, 2000 nol do it. This m•y be the •~asc
because ii has neg:11we or unin­
tended outcomes, or huns ot h­
ers, or hinders others• rights m
some way.
Whether Mr. L:,frcy·s and Mr.
o'tiutremont4Smi1 Ifs window
cln·ssing has had nny of t hcse
effects is a ma11cr of dcbaic­
somcthing, coupled with a dose
or civility, lhtn Wt could use. :.t
bil more of .round here. But I
must give 1hcm credit for II few
things. Firs1, they have taken
responsibili1y for the sign. Un·
like recent inddcms 111 which
foriy-some pieces of pofi1icizcd
graffi1i found 1hctr way huo 1he
bathrooms of Wa1zck and 1he
Facul1y OITicc Building. Mr.'s
Laffey and Dau1remon1-Smi1h
h,we said m effctl, "Me.re's what
,ve think. ;tnd you know where
tu find us." They oren'1 hiding
behind any1hing but 1hcir wm•
clow, which all of us can sec imo,
"FUCK SHIT UP" isn't by a long
s1rctch the most 1111ellcc111ally
s11mul:11ing m,ucri:11, lnu iL hns
more 1111egri1y 10111h11n •L,"ing
Wage a1 LC" scrawled 011 a b,11h­
room ~tnll door. Who needs a liv­
mg wage a1 LC more Lltnn Jny•
one? The Housekeeping staff.
Who has 10 clean 1111s gmll111 off
1hc walls? The Housekeeping
Stoll. Pathc1ic,
This is where 1ha1 responsi­
bility s1nns 10 kirk in. H you
l>chcve m something, care about
some1hing, whe1hcr juvenile or
of substance (where is all of 1hc
color in faculty and siaff?) toke
rcsponsib1hl)' for ii. O1herw1se,
you cheapen ,he rrccclom. You
also <lo a di.sscrv1<:c to your
cause. And you say to everyone ,, ____ _
Our good fortune
(to be able to ex­
press oneself freely)
demands a substan­
tial responsibility
from all of us as we
freely express our­
selves. _____ ,,
in the community, "l will force
myself upon you, wi1hou1 1he
in1egri1y 10 show you my face,
and you will deal with it." Can
you 1hmk of a crime besides
graffi11 where the perpeirat0r
says this? I can. Nchhcr sit very
well wll h me. But I digress ..
Mr.~ Laffey and D11u1rcmon1-
Sm11h have tnkcn respons1bil11y
for I heir public exprcss,ons.
They ha"c met wah nt lcasi one
in our communi1y who has com­
plained (ini1inlly 10 me) of 1he
obscene muurc ol their cal1 lo
have sexual re1:uions with feces.
I undcrs~1nd thai ii was a good
conversation. rm not surprised.
Usually when people actually
talk, 11 goes prcuy well. They
also have 1akcn down the sign.
rh ,s sends a powerful message
10 all 1hosc offended by 11: We
undc,srm,cl our ,espcmsilnlrry m
tl11s communiry (md talu.· ,t sen•
Ou.)ly-lomc lwve e:<pre:.~ed con•
cern, so we lwvc responded.
This tS the second 1hrng l give
1hcm ercdi1 for. Our interdepen­
dence obliga1es us to g,vc••nd­
inke. The righi.s of 1he one, 1he needs of 1he many. The need 10
challenge 1he many. The need 10
support the many dunng t h.lt
challenge. so 1hey migh1 see 1hc
01her perspecllvc. Challenge
with 1he slogan. iake ii down as
support, cxpcc1 chaloguc Hl re•
turn
The 1hird thing I wam 10 give
1hcse guys crccln loris 1hctr will­
ingness 10 be challenged t 11 1 his
instance. I know rrom expcn­
ence I h:u they h:.we not ahvays
been so willing. 8\11 in 1h1s case,
I have challenged ahem c1u11c a
bu and I hey have agreed to put
action behind 1hetr words. I find
i1 sad 1hu1 1he)' reel 1hc only real
way to effcc1 others, 1hc only
wny to have erno11on:1I 101pnc.1
with 1hcir thoughis, ,s to choose
ll1cst words. However. they :'Ire
inking rcsponstb,fhy wnhin 1hc
Lewis & Clark com111un11y for
1hc words They have indicated
a desire to haven prog-mm on 1hc
issue ol uncornpronnsct.l expres­
sion ;.md cornmun11y rcspons1-
bili1y. I encourage 01hcrs 10 Join
us in 1hc planning and 1111ple·
mentalion. Maybe It c;m be one
of 1hc firs11opicsof Res Rap, wtth
Director Jon
Juhan nnclJcflcrson have also
111cl1ca1cd a desire 10 p\lt "FUCK
SHIT UP" b:,ck 111 their wmdow.
I 1hmk most nr \IS have goucn
all we can out of tha1 slogan, but
I supporl 1hem 111 Lh1.s desire.
Personally, I hope 1hcy cu, out a
few mor(' let1crs and put up
"TAKE RESPONSIBI LlTY,
DAMN lTI" While II n,ay crowd
their wmduw u bit, this IS one
challenge we all """' 1 hink
about on nclmly bas,s. Especially
we Cap11alis1 Oppressors ==========Forum=====P=0=n=eei:::::rL=og~
Abolish death penalty, clean up justice in U.S.
by Josh Wallaert
In 1111110,s las1 year, Anthony
('>oner was sa
1\1cd rr('lm wrongful
cxccu11on-flt'H by compcLctH
lnw)1crs or ;t symp:11hc,1c judgr.
Inn by n d"ss of college journal-
1~m ~IUllcOIS
Chalk one up lor the Amtn•
t.111 legal ,ys1cm
ll 100k student 1ournali~1i; .11
Nunhwcs1crn UnrvCf'.'.IIV four
mnnlh!> 10 d,l wh:11 tnvc~ug.11m~
had l.lllcd lo f.ln m s1xIc,·n yc.ir,
cxoncr.,ti.: Portt:r ,,f .1 ll)8l LOl1·
\ h,ll1in r('lf dmthk munlc:r Ahcr
nn._:o,crmg~vttlcrH,'f 1ha1 pohcc
h;1d prc.s)ltrcd a wunc~, 10 ll'':\·
11ly .1gams1 Porlcr :u his tn:il, 1he
s111clents 1rnck,·d dc,wn 1hc real
k,llcr, ,·onlmnied hun and v1d­
compcd Ins conkss10n.
Tl11s yco,, Lrn1s & Clark ,111-
de111s h,wc :'111 even bc1tcr oppur­
umlly to help prevent wrongful
l"ic<.:u1ion.s. The.re isu movcmcni
afoot w ;1hohsh lhc stcnc's death
penally.
No one knows how man)' or
Oregon's 25 dc.11h row 1nma1cs
may in foct be innocent, bm om:
1 hmg ,s ccnam: An1hony Porter's
case is noL unique..
Smc< l 976 :,lone, 85 mno­
ccm '"crimlnals'" have been re-,, ____ _
[The death penalty] is
a cruel, unjust, arbi-•
trary, racist, class­
biased, spiritually
corrupt mode of law
enforcement.
'' k.hcJ from tka1h fV\\S auoss
1hr \:llUnlr)', m.tny at th.: dt\'­
cn1h hPnr AnJ 1n lhc past lcn­
wrv L 0111..·<l S1.ncs go\'crnmcnl.5
h,Wl' C:\C:t.:Ull'd Ul lr~\(jt 23 huw­
,ct11 pcopk or Wlll'iC, 1hose .ire
only 1hc Jew we know about.
Welcome 10 1hc world's ol,1-
L'~I u1nc;t11lHtonal lkmoc raLy,
whose h,gh«.1 lorn, uf jusuce-
1 he ,lcn1h pcnaltv-has been
ct1mlcmncd b)' ,he Un11ed Na­
nuns Comm1ssu.>n on Human
R1gh1s Jnd 1hc Council uf fn­
rope-
The 1imc is right 10 abolish
the dca1h penally in 1he Unncd
Srn1es. II 1sa cruel, unjus1. arbi-
1rary. racist, class-biased, spiri­
iually rorrup1 mode of law en­
forcemenl. 11 achieves no1hing
bm thcconslitlllional legilimiza-
1ion of revenge.
Advoca1es of 1he tkn1h pen•
Wrasslin' dolls suited
for LC hotheads
commentary by Katie Tobin
Ah, spring is In ,he air.
The flowers are blooming,
1he grass is green, everyone's
showing more skin 1han
usual...and people arc getting
a liule stressed. Perhaps It's
simply 1he rcsulL of seven
long months of school or one
100 many lnvcnling America
papers. Or maybe we're not
very good at disguising the
foci we'd rather be frolicking
in 1he merry. mclanoma-hl­
ducing sun instead of suffer­
ing through Bon food and ge­
ometry projects.
I ha,•e a proposal 1ha1
would help you, my fellow
students, survive the often
crankiness-Inducing. con­
Oict-of-imerest time known.
as finals week. I'm sure that
rrom all I hose childhoodSat­
urtlny morningsspcn1 ,v:,tch­
lng canoons. you are all fa.
mlliar w11h 1he el'er-populru
WWF Wrestling Buddy@.
For those of )'Dll who ,tren't.
I'll cxpl•m: A WWF Wres­
tling 811ddy® ls a 1wo-roo1
tall stuffed doll lhat young
whippersnnppcrS Ukc your­
selves used 10 let out all )'OUT
cl1ild rambunctiousness, like
seeing what II ft,11 like to be
the one taking the lunch
money. 1w1 the Qther way
arouncl.
For the opponunlty 10 al­
low all LC studen1s a chance
at eight-)•ear old catharsis, I
propose the distribution of
WWLC Wrestling Buddies®
(patent pending). They
would be similar to 1he cL'\S•
sic Wres1llng Buddies®, though wiih idenriues mak­
ing lhe.111-mote 11ppealing to
the LC community than, say,
Ted Dibiase. For example, H
you•ve ever w~nted to give
Campo a piece of your mind
(or your fist), now you can
without all 1hose nasty legal
repercussions.Judging by the
buzz I've been hearing from
s1udeni.s, 1 th1nk Mike 1'ord
and John Eldridge Wres11ing
Buddies® would also be quite
popular,
Please no1e thnt these
WWLC Wrestling Buddies®
are nQI intended for use as
voodoo dolls (though 1hnnks
10 Inventing America, I ~now
1ha1 1h1s would be con~tltu·
tionally A-OK). but ra1her as
a safe and fun way to bring
ou1 the tiger in you while iak­
mg some of the stress ou1 of
the final weeks of school.
Contrary to whot "soc.10l0•
g1s1S" and •,1olen1crimesta•
1is11cs• might 1ell u,s, the ln­
rroduc1ion of these WWI.I:.
Wres11ing Buddies® shot,ld
m no way lead 10 an mcrease
m school ,,,olenec_
Just 1hmk when you see•
Campo officer, msu,ad. of gri1-
ting yotir 1eeth and thinking.
"®If$ I% Campo ... glve. me a
!%&•s wrne-up." you can
snule with ,he knowledge
1hat you gave his alter eg,;, a
piece of your mmcl las, night.
before the effects of the t1ko­
hol hnd wom off. And a ~-mil­
mg campus ts a happy ccun•
pus, right? Now go out there
and wrassle your cares away
out on 1he grassy knoll, b~
fore you s1an l0 no1ice. I he
sun spolS on your upper
anns. 83°/o 90°/o
01 persons exec1.1tO<I ,n recent )18!!<,
woro convicted leu k,ning wht14;
allhoough a ma)Or'1ty or m~
v1e1,rns am pooi,ie 01 c J
1 •
105 11 Rsons who lace c.aprtal
\lfeflOns a,e lndlgon1
nd ore compelled by
I.he• povortv 10 use
cxpenencecl court,
ppoinb:!-d deferrse lawyers.
count""• have abolls!,oo /.
lh8 doalh pooatly ,n ta
or m pracuce. i
aP of Nortl\ecn
We1:1:mm Europe
4.5
people are convcle
at caPQI cnmes
each year who
a,e a.ctually 1mcx:t3fl1 97°/o
01 dtSbict anomovs
m deatfl penalty
Stam ruewMo
3rd
wt1at I US ran-lCS-lntomabonaJy In
numbers ol executtons-bOhlnd Cf'tina
and lho Oemocraoc Republic: ol CoflgO
ond jUSl ahead or Iran WO mnk tirS1
1nt0mauonal1y -,, f!xecutln-g ctl!ktrvn
Illinois and Oregon ai-e all.k.e in lhal tlilllher swio hils a law
torbldding·ttte oxocutlon of the mentally ceiaraied
al1y will 1cll you 1hot II discour­
ages v101cm cnmc Nm so. V.vo
thirds of law cnrorcemenl om­
cmls believe 1hai capual pumsh•
mcnt 1s nol a de1crrcnt to cnmc,
and s1ud1es have shown 1ha1
murder raIes m sunes with 1hc
dea1h pcnahyarc nearly 1wice ,s
high as m aboliuonist siaics.
Today there are 1wclve such
aboli11oms1 si.ues. Bui soon, by t;RAJ't« IV At«)P.lW ~
,he people'$ l11f1rn11vc. Orcgl)n
may be the 1h1ncen1h.
Aboli1fonis1s are pu,-hmg for
an amcndmenl to I he Oregon
Consli1u11on 1ha, would replace
the dea,h penah)' with a man­
cla1or)' senlcncc of lire imprison­
ment and victim res1i1111ion. 1r
organizersga1he1· 115.000signa­
tures in the next 1hree mon1hs,
1he amcndmenl will appear on the general clcc1ion ballot in
November.
Early next week, Lewis &
Clark studen1s will be helping 10
colkc1 signatures for the 111111.t•
1lvc 10 abolish the death pen.1hr
Look for pe1ilioncrs ou1sidc 1hc
1n;1il room and in 1hc library. II
you arc o rcg1s1crcd Oregon
voter, pka~c 1 :..kc ,l mom cm 10
s,gn
1\1 il'> hc,;,t, llcmovacy rne.,ns
direct a.ct1011. The Oregon ~)S·
tcm .. of ballot mIt1at1,·c!, ~,nd rel
ci:cndJ 1~ ., tcstnmcnt 10 our
Sunc's lt1gaC)' l>f progrc!,s1,·t.• ~md
cnhglue11rtl pulill<S. S11Kr l9l12
we huvc ch·hbcr,uecl on some
300 rnt"c;urc~. more 1h:.1n lhc
c.·ll1zrns uf .Hl) othc1 state
Bypassing kgisla1ors and rn•
1renchcd burc:1u1,.r,11s the Or­
egon people have passed rn1t1a•
uvcs h1 ban r.1.cial cliscnmm;\llon
on railro:,d, (1902), demand
equal sufrrage fM women
( 1912). provide pensions for 1he
elderly (1948}, rrcczc nuclear
weapons dcvclopmcm (1982),
allow assisted suicide (I 994),
ancl sonc11on the use ol mcd1r.1 I
rnarijuana (1996).
This ye~,r. we have a very
good chance w abohsh the clea1h
penally.
Elian needs home, home needs help
commentary by
Damen B Gilland
Smee his arrival Eli~n
Gonz31tl has been a pawn in a
,ick !111crna1ional game. Al long
lns1 II looks like 1ha1 game is go­
ing 1ocnd: Elian's fo1her has been
allowed into I he U.S. presumably
to 1akc Elian home 10 Cuba.
While 1hc media has 1akcn ev­
ery <>pponunily 10 cash 111 on
Elian's iragcdy. 1hcy have no1
cared enough 10 address I he roo1
of 1he problem nor 10 utilize
1heir abililicS 10 promo1c poli1i­
cal and social change.
Here's 1.hc deal: Elian, regard­
less of how adorable 1hc press
finds him, is no1 a legal citiicn
or 1his na1ion. Moral consis1cncy,
and a number of an1i-cliscrlmi­
muion h,ws, would demand that
we treat Elian no bcner or worse
1han we 1rea1 any 01hcr illegal
alien. 1'he U.S. sends hundreds
or people back 10 1hdr nath·e
lands every ,lny; sending one
more Cuban hoy home shouldn'1
be 100 hnrcl for 1hc lmm1grn1ion
and Natur.11i:-auon Servile
llowcv.·r, l>CThnps thanks 10
how photugcnu.: Eh;in is, ,ome-
1hmg ,,range happened and n's
CJHbmg ol kH o( cotll fOVCT'Gf'. WC
acwnlly want 10 t!o what is rrg/11
ms1cad of merely legal. On unc
hand we rc:ihzc 1ha1 rcahsllcJII)
the U.S. can·, h.wc c1>mplc1cl)'
open borders. on the t>1hcr we all
kno" 1hat Cuh.1 is no1 a very
good na11on for hulc hO)'S, or
anyone d,c, IO hve m
Eh:ln would be much beucr
ofr ,f he s1nycd 111 the US.: our
conscience telb us 1h1s much In
Cuba Elian would be forever
poor :md mi~s out on many op·
ponunities. Even 1fEli:ln, hke his
fother, were 10 ttllttln ;i much
sough1 after JOb m 1hc wuris1
industry he would s1ill only make a small fraciion or wha1 hi;.
would be able 10 make here. In
Cuba, even the wcahh1es1
people don·, make vcr)' much
money; doctors lor 1nsrnncc
make on average only $30 per
monlh.
Since wealth ,s no1 1hc sole
prcrcquisnc for happiness-yes
some il'I0ney 1s required lor hap•
pmcss--wc should look ai 1he
poh11cal and cultural s11ua11011
in Cuba now. Fidel Cas1ro has
loosened up a bi1 since 1he fall
or Russin, bu1 1.hc changes he's
ullowcd were the bare muumum
to keep 1he people from openly
revolting. While Fidel allows
some lirnitcd market and reli­
gious practices. Cuba has never
even 1ricd LO accommodate the
Universal Dcclar.u1on of Human
Rights.
H Elian. aflcrhc was released
rrom the years ol si.1tc-rcqu1rcd
boardingscho<>l, ever relt dissai•
isfinl wnh the govcmntcm m
Cuba, or more np1ly ,r he ever
tried to :.\Cl on his discontcn11 he
could be lmpnsonccl for 20 years
for merely disiribu11ng a pam­
phlet. Spe.,king uu1 1s not nl­
hiwccl m Cuba because Fidel
like a true <lic1a1or, lo:uhes any-
1lung 1hat quesmms his J)owcr
for rc.ar 1ha1 ll will lnC'llC' rl'voh
Oppressive governments ol-
1en go hond in hand w11h 1hc
impovi:-rtshm ... nl ur their Clll•
zens. Cub" 1s ., lmc example ol
this. There 1s a perpetual shon­
age of food, consumer goods,
and mcdic:il supplies. Whot
would happen to EU:ln If he go1
mjurrd in nn :1ctitknL? (n lhc
U.S. he'd pa) dearly lor some
form of medical insurance, hu1
1hc hospuals arc S~'lle or I h~ an
and woul<I ct0nmnly be ttblc ,..,
hdp hun. In Cuba f'i<lel would
pick up I he 1ab, bu1 regardless
of how well trained the doctors
arc 1hcy wouldn't 1teccssanly have all or 1hc supplies needed
10 help him.
Fidel Castro, like all or his
perverse polu ical 1 he...-,rics1 1s :.1
sorry rtinnam of the cold war
1hat needs 10 be abolished.S.1dly,
Fidel can'1 be removed while our
government st HI empowers hun,
Lhc embargo h:1s go1 to go. By
deprivmg I he citizens of Cuba ol
the opponunily 10 u1ihte 1hcir
own 11mb11.ion we arc forcing
them 10 rely on Fidel for wc:ihh.
N:111onal cmb.1rgosarc an :tbsurd
prnc1 ,cc I hat IS as obsole1c today
as roiary 1clcphones and 01gh1-
1racks We can't change 1he way
people are by shunning 1hem,
we've got to mteracl wnh them
ma healthy manner.
H we want lO put an end to
the 1yrnnn,cal fonr-year reign of
Fidel Castro-and we should
wnm to do th,s-lhen 1he bes1
way 1s by opcrung up 1r.ide with
his COUOlr)'- If 1he people of
Cuba arc exposed to intern••
uon:11 11wc.sunems and Inten1a~
11onal oppomm,uc, tben they
will surely sec how 1cmblc their
leader 1s, lorns Mike Moo,c ch­
rcc1or-gcncrol or I he \\'TO, said,
"Open socic.ucs do better ,.
Al Gore did a ,•cry human
1 hing :\ lcw wee.ks b:u.:k when he
decl.1rcd 1ha, he wuntcd 1<1 granl
EH,rn :1 visa to Mav·1n the-U.S:
Al d1dn'1 have the.big legal p1c-
1un~ m nund, bu, his hc:1r1 w~
m 1hc ngl11 pla« Ra1hcr 1han
s1mpl) lei Ehan 5tay here we
shou Id LI')' 10 help hts co1111111
bcucr tl!',CH lO prevent ~1111il:lt
cases m the lurnrc. rrce craclc
n1,d fr\!c mtcracuon, 1hc rl'al :Ic•
comphshmcni.s ol I he Chm on/
Gore odmm1s1ra11on, should be
embraced and cnhnnccd. II Cuba
werc1i't such 3 poorly managed
counuy we would h:.1.v,• no prob~
lems sending Ehan bnck 10 h,s
fn1hcr. where he ngh1fully be•
longs.
April 14, 2000 Pioneer Log 5 Pioneer Log Letters====
Graffiti makes
destructive outcry, not
constructive protest
One sunnr Fnday morning,
April 7, I found myself giving a
tour lo some prosptctivc slu­
clc.nts and their parl'nlS J\rLcr
pausin~ a moment LO vic,v Ml.
I lood, we proceeded 10 Milla
where, m bnght rrcl leucrs, lhC:
words "l'igh1 1hc cap1talis1
powcrcrcc1ton,. were sprayed.
AflL'r pomnng om 1h1s van­
dalism-dcnymg 1hc grart111·s
existence wou lt.1 have bcc-n un•
produc1ive-l con11nued wuh
1hc tour :mcl my da)'· However.
on Mondny morning, 1 was d1s­
lUrbcd 10 learn that this was nm
o lone lncidcm bul 1ha1 the c:.nn•
pus wnsscaucrcd wuh forty-five
01hcr such pirces of graffi11 :it
Wa1iek, 1he faculty offices,
Tcmplccon. and various other
places. saying such things as
"Fuck shi1 up,' "Property is
1hef1: and "LC needs a living
wage."'
Other 1han showing tha1 some people obviously don't
have enough homework. I linnk,
1h::11 this incident r:uscs some
qucsuons abou1 our communny
al LC
What am I supposed to tell
prospce11vc s1uden1s and their
p~1rcnts abou11l11s? "Oh. y1know,
LC swdcnts Just don', have an)'
respect for their school,' 10
wh1ch :i response 1mght be,
"Well, aren"t 1hcy paying to go
here?" Yes, we arc You would
1hmk we would have more rc­
>ptct for the catnp\ls ThlS graf­
fiti has show11 me 1ha1 I obvi­
ously cnnnot make that asstinlp·
11011 When I dole ou, that tu·
mon money every )'l"ar, 1 don't
give il ou1 to clean someone'?.
gra fl i l1 ofl campus bm ldl ng,.
r-urihcrmorc. I really don) thmk
"")' of the scholarship donors do
cnhcr. That money could be go­
mg to add more professors, 11n­
provc health services, 1>r give
jannors a hving wage.
Judging from the messages, I
asslnnc that ,he "'taggers" sup­
port soc,ahsm or communism.
Don't these sys1erns depend on a Cund:11ncntal rcspcc1 for 1hc
commun11y? By dcfanng com­
munal property, all 1hcse 1;1ggers
:1re domg I!> ~how, ng I h::i.1 , hc}1
TCJCt:l lhc very (oundi\1100 or that
which 1hcy purport to uphold
Mow can we e,1cr lorm :.1 sense
ul co1nmun11y when we go .1bou1
acuvcly dcstroymg ports ol it? I
feel ,Ins vnndah_sm ,s a dctnmcnl
lO our community. ,h:.11 ii foster:.
disrespect £or onts fellow Silt·
dents nnd wnst'-' of resources.
Nol only could th< money used
to dc.111 this h,l\'c been used for
somcllnng muth more produc­
uvc, but the energy pu1 tnto crc­
aung these could have been used
to, say, lobby for a ll\'lng wage
for jamtors, so111cthmg that the
taggers support, nuhcr ,h:\n
making more work for them
ln conclusion. I bchc,1c-l111s
vandahsm was hateful and 1hn1
it undcrmmc$ ll1c community
we all seek 10 achieve, We'll
never fos1er global justice when
we ranno1 e.vtn do so on our
campus. let's 1hink about being
construc1ivc, not des1ructive.
Buzzy Nici.sen So/ An class survey
reveals student
opinions of LC
rm wntmg about :m mtcrcst­
ing project students in a clas:,
of mrnc worked on llw1 1111gh1
be of mtcrcsl 10 1hc wld~r LC
communll)'
StudcnLS 111 lll) 1.-oursc Quan~
mouvc Research Method, crc­
:ucd .1 survey, which was sent
out to a r.111domly-,dcc1ed
group of LC students.
The ques11onnairc a,kcd
about rncc and gender relations
on nunpus, as well as uthl·r
questions. You can look at a
bl.ink COP)' ol the questionnaire
b)· gomg to this address: h11p:/
/www.lclark.edu/-podohn1k/
survey.hun
We go1 back , deccn1 n11m•
bet of completed question•
naires, and have been examin­
ing the responses. Some of the
highlights of what students said
include the following:
By a huge majority. while
and non•white sIuclents al LC want" more chvcrs1ficd ;1udcn1
body, faculty .. md adnunisLra­
uon.
Some while studen1,. and a
mn1ority of nu11-whiIc Mude11b,
w311l <1 student group created to
cl iscuss issues of r~1c...: \,nd
cthmcit)' on c:ampu.s
$4 pcrccnc of sItu.JcnIs womt
some say m how LC allocates
u~ budget
72 perc,'nt of studems would
make use of free, confidc1111ol
ll'Sling for ~cxunll)• trnn~miuctl
diseases it su"'h n scrvh.:c were
offered
64 percent of l.C students
have had clifficul1y gcuing into
cl:is;es they wanted (esp art
classes).
Qucs11011.s on r;tcc .rnd gen­
der n:l:uion!'- showc.-d \\1IHn ap­
pear 10 be healthy intcrouions,
though there arc a ccn:un num­
ber of swdcms whl'l report hav­
ing experienced harassment
due 10 their e1hnicity, sexual
orientation, or gender.
Bn,cc Podobnik. Ass1. Pro•
fcssor of Sociology/An1hror.ol•
ogy
Diversity also refers to variety of opinions
commentary by
Antonia Giedwoyn
"'New opinions are always
suspected, and usually opposed,
wuhout any oLher reason. but
because they arc nOl already
common.'"
-John Locke, A11 Essery Con­
ccnung liumtm Umlcrsrandi,1g
h 1s unfortunau.: lh~u m ~n
ms1ftution of higher learnmg.
1hat great god Diversny 1s made 10 appear worshipped but 1s m
fact largely degraded. For al-
1hough one often hears 01hcrs
lament our school's "lack of d,.
versny." n seems 1hat such com­
ments arc Lhc result of an over•
snnphncation. While WC Lhc Stu­
dcm body of Lewis & Clark arc
uMble to boast a large rauo of,
say, ethnic mmorlucs on cam­
pus, we do in fact posses a
myn~ul of t<>nll1lsting opinions
and 1dens. YcI, i1 rippcars Lhru we
arc 111f1111tcly less 1olcrnn1 of another's opinion if it differs
from our own than we are of one.
a1101her's external appearances.
We pride ourselves on how ··ac•
ccp1ing" we arc of others• d1flcr•
cnces, yet many of us are 1oler­
an1 only so long as 1hcse dilfcr­
cnccs rcmam superficial.
In a liberal arts college, as 1n
01hcr:trCMS of hfc, one ,s bound
Lo C":ncoumcr sub1cc1i\11ty. Math­
cmaucs and science generally arc
noL sub,ccuvc, bUL the hmnan1-
1ics arc to varymg degrees The
Admin let~your love shine true
commentary by Cody Hoesly
Michael Ford loves me. So
does the adminis1ra1ion. Mor~­
ovcr, they love you, too.
Bui why do 1hcr have to do 11
behind n1y batk? C1n'1 they love
me 10 my face?
I complain all the time thai
the adminis1r:ttion of this college
is blind 10 the desires of the SIU·
den IS; 1ha1 it simply doesn't care
what we Lhink. And when it docs
listen. It ignores the student
voice, I learned recently tha1 this
is just not 1rue. Not always, any•
way,
I was talking wllh Cliff Bckar.
a professor of Economics, about
The Party, He said he supported
some of what we were doing, but
tha1 there w:,sone pla1form tha1
he just did not understand.
name1r.. 1he \IOtc of no conf-i•
drncc i11 Mike Forcl. He s1a1ed
that he has worked w11h Ford,
1 he Dean of Students, numerous
umcs in his two yea.rs :u Lewis
& Clark and 1ha1 Ford has n 1-
wuys c.tmpaigncd passiomuely
on behalf of the s1uclen1s:
whether it be to committees,
boards, faculty or the prcsidcn1
of 1he College. lie described In•
stances where • studcni had
dearly violated ,1lcohol or aca­
demic honcs1y policies, and yc1
Ford fough1 for the student, and
often convinced the Honor
Board, or whoever n wns who
was deciding 1he case, to let 1he
student off. He said The Party
could not he more wrong m its 111dicL1ncn1 tlf Michael rord.
I was 0abbcrgas1cd. In all my
dealb1gs with him. Ford had al­
ways worked :igains1 me. There
w:is the LCTV fiasco or last year
where he went wny ou1 of ,he
bounds of his office in an effort
squash free speech. There was
the 11mc 1his year where he lriccl
10 force LCTV from l he mail­
boxes and into Dubach, because
of the possibility that a person
unaffiliated with the College
might be offended ancVor sue.
He was an awful bear as the Sw­
dent Media Board a11cmp1cd to
rewrite 115 guidelines. He would
1hrca1cn the Board, and beli11lc
ns decisions. Looking through
newspapers from 1992 10 the
present, I found example after
example of l'ord putting a stu•
dent down in public or snidely
making potshots.
It amazed me that my experi•
encescould be so drastically dif­
ferem from Cliff's. I though,
about the conversaLion for days;
then it hn me.
I recalled the particular tn·
stances where I was unhappy
with how LC is being run. I
wan Led a student cen1er, ins1ead
of1hc monolith Templeton with
l1s offices and meeting rooms
full of weird old people who
don't belong there. Then I re•
membered: LC is working on
building a s1uden1 cen1er; it's in
the Master Plan! As is a new so•
tial sciences building, new and
improved dorms (donns people
will actually live in)-morc Stu-
6 Pioneer Log April 14, 2000 dent space! In 1he encl. the Stu­
dc,µ Media Board go1 us lcgisla­
tfim passed through /\SLC My
cri1idsms,wcrc fas, becoming
hollow complaints, as they were
all being rcctiOed.
Now why doesn'1 the admin•
istrm ion make a bigger de.al oul
of this Master Plan thing? If they
would only let the studen1s
know that they're not just un•
feeling corporate whores. but
1ha1 they're thinking of the stu•
den IS, t haLLhey'rc working on it,
th<-11 the students would love
them a whole lot more in return.
Don't hide that love, Michael
Mooney! Come out and hug a
Comm major! Mingle with r:tn·
dom studl'ntsl Let them know
what you're doing! Let 1hc111
know you care!
You. 100, Dean Atkinson! Let
that love just ripple through the
Manor House.
Perhaps if Dean l'ord would
let the media heads know all the
good he docs for them, come out
and lay all the cards down, they
would love h11n even as 11 son
loves his father. P111 away that
nas1y frown, turn ii upside
clown! Next time you see me, tell
me what you did for students
today, and I'll 1cll you wha1 I did
for 1he students. Tell me how
much you loved 1ha1 LCTV skll
and I'll thank you for lighting for
thai studcn1 in• front or the Peer
Review Board.
Let's 1akc off 1he masks of
coldness and heanlcssnessl Let's
love each other! In public! ,, ___ _
In a liberal arts college,
as in other arenas of
life, one is bound to
encounter subjectivity. _____ ,,
visual ,md perfonning arts arc
among the most subjective dis­
ciplim:s ~vailable II is ironic
then, thai art -based on free­
dom of expression -often re•
suhs m :tt11,1gonism towards m•
,hviduals who exercise [rccdom
or cxprcss1on in responsl' 10 art.
It is as if an unspoken rule sadly
governs our campus, ancl hu•
manlty at lorgc· "Please keep
your opinions 10 yoursdf unless
)'Our views correspond to those
of the majority.• On amtpu.s, this
often translates into :mother si­
lent edict: "Please keep your opimons to yoursdf unless your
view 1scntircly laudatory." Is 1his
really• rule that deserves to be
SUJ)ported and perpc1uaicd1
Whatever happened to the idea
that one individual op1mon is as
valid as the next! Ah hough one
cons1aml)' hc.1rs the l.1ner sen•
timctll preached, one rarely ob­
serves it put to practice.
Though 1hey oltcn breed a
hos, of react ions h,clucling hos•
tility, thank goodness for d1ffcr•
cnt opinions. wnhout which the
world would be :1 homogeneous
bore h 1s a sham.: 1ha1 so m~1ny
or us forget 1hn1 opmion IS CX·
actly 1ha1 -opinion .. As the
Roman Emperor Marcus
Aurclh.is s1.:11ccl,"' u is in )'Our
powers 10 think as you please."
\Vhcn con1ras11ng oprnions
cease Lo exist. rndiv1dualism
dies, ancl what a pity that would
be.
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11:59pm The Holy Mountain
The Wizard
Office Space
Orgazmo
Intermission
Man Bites Dog
Reservoir Dogs
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking
Barrels
Intermission
Masters of the Universe
Monday, Apri I 24 ..
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3:28a1n
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Closure ,,_ ..
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Death Race 2000 ~C.'1-,
Intermission ~~~ 'tj~~ ',
Straight to Hell \ ..
Gates of Heaven ~~. •
Cannibal Women in the Avocado
Jungle of Death
Willy Wonka &The Chocolate
Factory
Interniission
Dead Poets Society
Donald in Mathmagic Land
Spike & Mike's Festival of
Animation
Princess Mononoke
Intermission
Breakfast at Tiffany's
American Pie
The Best of LCTV
South Park ~~l',fll,1••
Tuesday, Apri I 25
12:21am
12:36am
2:23am
3:48am
5:08am
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Urban Menace .. ./m~ 1 f
Theater of Magic j~: ,.J'. • . ·,
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Death Spa ? . ; . ~-, ,.
Intermission : U
Metropolis
The Gods Must Be Crazy
KuTosawa's Drean1s
111termissio11
Where the Buffalo Roam
UHF
PCU
Intermission
Fight Club
The Best of LCTV
Run Lola Run
Fist of Legend
Intermission
Scarface
Cleopatra Jones
The Day the Earth Stood Still
lnterniission
Cobra Verde
Triumph des Willens
Black Cat White Cat
April 14, 2000 Pioneer Log 7 =1999-2000: the Year in Review=
student activities,
such as the effort
to save the Eagle
Creek wilderness,
the creation of this
field seemed ironic
to many, as it
involved the
removal of a
number of trees
~~ from the campus.
~---- -~=--~......--:_5--;;;.iirr7 Other changes
~ • included the -
The school year
saw a tremendous
boom in activism.
Dubach Lounge
beca1ne the
Student Activist
Center. Many • .,,.
students made the
journey to Seattle
to join others in
protesting the
meeting of the
World Trade
Organization.
Recently, students
protested the
involvement of
Fidelity
Investments in
Occidental Oil, a
company
threatening to drill
on the land of an
indigenous tribe in
Columbia. In that
protest a number
of students were
arrested. (Later, in
April, some of
those arrested, and
others, ran a
"Naked Mile"
around campus as
part of an effort to
raise money to pay
the fines incurred.) The Lewis & Clark
Campus saw
numerous changes
this year, including
the creation of the
new "grassy
knoll." In
comparison to
8 Pioneer Log April 14, 2000 replacement of
what was once
The Platform with
the new Plateau
student art center,
featuring a dance
floor, ceramics
center and
darkroom. During
the course of the
year, this became
the home of many
concerts and
celebrations.
Speaking of
parties, Campus
Safety traveled off
the boundaries of
LC to bust a few in the local
neighborhood. Not
surprisingly, this
caused much
controversy and
even resulted in a
open forum to
discuss Campus
Safety policies LC
rankings both rose
and fell this year. The ·college
moved to the third
tier in US News
and World Report,
but moved up in
The Princeton
Review, ranking
first in the
category of
"students who
ignore god."
The LC community
came together in
September to
honor the memory
of Katie Mills.
Friends, students,
teachers, and
family gathered to
share and
celebrate the life of
this young
woman.
Women gathered
to celebrate
continued on page 9 = 1999-2000: the Year in Review=
from page 8 --
femininity in the
annual Take Back
the Night march.
One of the major
goals of this year's
planning
committee was
fulfilled, when
almost 1 /3 of participants who
showed up for
events were male. The Party helped to
spice up ASLC elections
this year, carrying an
anti-student­
government attitude
and calling for major
reforms within the
system. To their dismay,
only one of the many
elected positions was
filled by a Party
member. Yet many
issues were brought to
the attention of current
and future members of
the council. Future
plans included the
development of the
Master Plan, which
detailed reconstruction
of many campus
buildings.
Misconceptions of
1999-2000
The shuttles would be on time.
Those in power would care about the
previous misconception.
Astronomy would be easier than taking a
"real" math class.
Campus Safety: to protect and serve.
Student government would be effective.
The Party would be effective.
You could pick Mike Mooney out of a
lineup.
LCTV: quality programming.
People read the Piolog. Someone will hate Michael Ford.
People will once again forget what
the letters "ASLC" stand for.
KLC wil~still be seeking that double-
digit listening audience.
The Commencement speaker will be
someone else we've never heard of.
Our "hippies" will still wear Gap T-
shirts.
So/ An majors will get arrested ... and
reverin It.
Campus Safety: to protect and serve.
The administration will try to fire
another popular professor.
People will read the Piolog.
Predictions for
2000-2001
April 14, 2000 Pioneer Log 9 Presenting ... The LCTV
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72 continuous hours of rrovies to entertain you as you crash and burn during finals week
The Holy Mountain A Christ-hke Ogurc wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious •nd sacrikg,ou, nnagcry. Perfcc, for Easier Sunday.
The \Vizat·d Fred Savage's brother plays Nintendo better than anyone else in the world. Well, in the 80's he did. Fred Savage is not God. His
movie-brother is not God. Office Space From Beavis & Bullhead~ creator. And you thought the mnilroom workers were odd. And it's got thai guy l"rom News Radio No, noi Jesus.
Orgazmo Mau Stone & Trey P:rrkcr made a live acuon movie: this ,s i1, Trey is n Monnon missionary in the porn bus111ess. Expla111 that one 10 Jesus
Man Bites Dog A camera crew follows a serial killer/lhid around as he exercises hiscraft. He cxpoundS<1n an, music, nature, soc1c1y, and life as he offs
Reservoir Dogs mailmen, pensioners, and randon\ people.
Quentin TaranLino's first film, with liar"•)' Keitel and Sieve Buscemi, Lots of acLion. obscc.nity, men m black suiLs gomg under cool aliases. and other stuff
Lock, Stock, & Two Brit dudes have one week 10 come 1111 with one million pounds. Funnier than Pulp l'ic1ion, which n's often comparccl to. Nu Jesus.
Smoking Barrels Masters of the Universe Dolph Lundgren as He-Man. He has the power. Sus pi ria IL IS 1101 a perfect film, bl!l ll comes closer than any other film Ill the genre. This IS how horror mov,es should be: tcmfymg.
Death Race 2000 ~~~.~@ Nine Inch Nails. Ami not n smglc file 10 be lound,
Roger Corman's 1op-of-1hc-linc low-budge1 cult film nbou1 a race where the drivers acquire points by run111ng down pedestrians. The way it should be.
8-t;:rEa-igJ:i -t; 1;o :Hell A story of blood, money, gt111s. coffee, and sexual 1en>1on,
Gates of Heaven ER:pl Morris' r,rs, clocumen,ary, about pet cemetancs. This is 1he film Werner Hcnog ate his footwear over.
Cannibal in the Avocado Jungle of Death Reread 1hc title.
JJ/,1~'1 ?lmd'ff uutl //,,, 'f.1/J1fl':f1lrd,, ,1'f1rl1u/l The nctual taglme from che mo,r1c: h*s everybody's non-pollutionary, antl•instuu1ionary1 pro-confectionery foctory of fon!
DEAD POETS SOCIETY Robin Williams plays the greatest college professor ever known to student. He's even beucr than Cyrus Panov1 and Joe Waicrs combined
Donald in Mathmagic Land Thn, cl:1Ss1c Donald Duck movie you remember. You know, with all the math stuff? Yes. that one. •
SPIKE & MIKFS FISTIVAL OF ANIMATION Yeah, Just some of the pieces we like the ,nosL
PrinCQSS MononOK<I Anune w11h the voices of Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, Claire Danes, and others. Set in a fores, and with an envlronmcntnl theme. Epic
B-.~,Ua,1 C1I Tiffo1111', Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard fall m love, Holly Golightl)' style. Based on Truman Capote's story.
American Pie A guy has sex w1th a tube sock, n pie. and, of course. his hand Other dudes have sex wnh real 1>coplc
The Best of LCTV Yes, ,here were good bits. Come anu sec them.
SOUTH PARK Cod d,unn this is• fmmy movie. lf you have any problems with the words, Uncle Fukka, you can Just blame Canada
Urban Down By Law For fans of Tom Wairs,JimJarmuseh, Robe.no Benigni, and all the rest of you To sec m,c beamy, one has 10 1,c patient.
Menace H you want 10 sec a horrible. horrible, horrible movie. be sure and rent this one as soon as possible Snoop Doggy Dogg plays n pre,,chcr bcm on revenge
Death Spa What else can you say about a mo"ic where someone gets killed by an aggressive frozen fish' Chces)• chaloguc also acids ,o the cnJoymcnt.
Met ropo 1 is The 1aglmc: There can be no undcrstand111g between ,he hands and the brain unless the hcurt nets as mcdralllr. Workers vs. Thinkers. 1927 version
THE Ce•1 Alln •• fB•D Coca-Cola symbolizes civ11ization for the bushmen who find a soda bo11lc they believe came from the Gods
Kurosawa's Dreams A collection or tales based upon the acrnnl dreams of director Ak1ra Kurosawa. Some of the greatest cmemaiography ever E"cr.
tt'l1e1•e the B11ffalo lfoum Bill Murray plays Humcr S. Thompson (writer of Fear and Loathmg) in this crazy nmvic abom the reporter.
UHF What 1f you gave Weird Al Yankovic and Kramer their own TV station? You wouldn't get LCTV, but marbe shows hkt "Wheel of Fish" or "Conan the Lihranan•
PCU What i1·s really like to go to LC. No other film has the same effect in showing 1he struggle between the swdcnrs and "The Man"
Fight Club Forge, the rules. Sec the movie. And for God's sake, use 1hc soap.
The Best of LCTV Yes, there were good birs. Come and sec them.
Run Lola Run Germans rule. and 1h1s proves 11. Tech no souncltr.tck rocks. Red-head girl has 10 find lots of 111oncy in very li11lc time,'"" she gcL, ilucc tries 10 clo so.
Fist of Jct Li makes kicking someone's ass look absolutely bcallliful, like a balle1. What the fight scenes llck in wire-fu acrob;111cs and superhuman 1hca1ncs,
they more than 11111kt up for in precision, crca1ivicy, be:lievabilny and ploclinc rclcv:mcc.
Legend Scaiface Al Paci no introduces )'01110 the world of ,he obscenity. This mobster nick is cool as hell and much more cntcna,nrng.
Cleopatra Jones Actual 1agline; She's 'Ten Miles of Bad Road" For Every Hood in Town I A classic blaxploitation film w1Lh plenty of action and badassncss.
The Day the Earth Stood Still In addition 10 immorral~zing the statement, 'Gon, Klaa111 barado nikto," this film is 1he grand-daddy of good sci-fi.
Cobra Verde Werner Herzog brilliantly dirccrs as Klaus Kinski goes mad, again. Who ore these women? They arc our fu1urc murderesses.
This documemary/propag:mda piece of,he 1934 Nuremberg Nazi Rally will not make you laugh. 1t docs n<>1 tell us wha, we should believe in (1101
Triumph 111 words anyway). ii seduces us imo it. The 1111pac1 ,s emotional, not rauonal. There is no debate, tto argument. There arc speeches, but these
de S Willens speeches resemble more the rellg,ous ramblings of prophcLs than the reasoning, of n modern politician, Ricfens1ahl appeals to our herd-animal
ins1mcrs, our desire to be engulfed In a large group and contribmmg 10 it, Watch i1: you have never seen anything like it, nor will you again.
Black Cat White Cat
I Crna mack a, beli macor) Emir Kusterica's rum has Gypsy mobsters running right loony. At one point, they tic large blocks of ice 10 • dead 111:111 so that the
inevitable funeral, which would 01hcrwise occur ir anyone smelled the body, will nm interfere with a wedding. LIT¥
10 Pioneer Log April 14, 2000 :...::P=io=n=e='e'=r=L=og~==========Arts===============
Strong lyrics, arrangements
make a stellar Ferris show
by Meaghan Lamarre
Bc~in with J lnu.lttic..,n~I ska
bc.ll, ,\ll<l some talented horn
pl,1Vers. sprinkle., dash ol pu,,k
roc..k cncrgr ond gulttn riffs,
thn,,, 111 ... ornt· po\\ c1 (ul g1rl­
toc.:k lvrtL, ,111tl wc.,p 1l J 1l up tn
:.-otnc gl.unour 1\nd , on'vc gu1
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11u11k ncwromc1'S 12 Jnc:ks ,111d
ruck's h:1nd-of-1hc-111omcn1, Lu
l\ ou nughl kno" thi:m for thc1 r
llll Slhglc 'M) Own Woisl C:n­
cmv"). s~we: ferns phwcd to J
sellout trowd ,IL the Lr,•stJI B"ll•
mum on Murch 31 I he ,hversc
crow<l lnclmlc<l prc-pubcscct\l
boys mushing to thdr hearts'
,lcsire and adolescent girls try­
mg to impress lhc prc~pubcsccnt
boys in on~ corner. d1c-ha:rcl ska
fons skankin· nw:,y In another
comer, nnd bl:isc 21-an<l-ovcrs
mingling in another. 8)' the tnd
o[ the set, however, Save Ferris
had the whole audience tapping
their tot:s4
With the glamour of No
Doubt's Gwen Stcfoni, the funny
bone of Jancanc Garofolo, the
energy of Punky Brewster, an<l
the presence of Elizabeth Tnylar,
fronLwoman Monique Powel)
captured an<l engaged the audi-,, ____ _
With the glamour of
No Doubt's Gwen
Stefani, the funny •,
bone of. Janeane
Garofalo, the energy
of Punky Brewster,
and the presence of
Elizabeth Taylor,
frontwoman
Monique Powell
captured and en­
gaged the audience
in a short but lively
set. _____ ,, entc an a short Inn hvcl)' set.
Mtcropcning wuh "Turn u up,"
Lhc opc11111g song or Lhcir lntcst
album, Mm/if,rcl, Powell cmcr­
t&incd the rmclience with a joke
abom our famed alum, Monka.
As the band pla)'ccl songs from
pre,~ous albums as well as their
new one, Powell encouraged the
audience 10 get up and dance.
Though many were re1uc1nnt1 by
,he time Save Ferris finished
with 1hcir famous cover n£
"'Come On Eileen", mosL every­
one in 1hc room was :11 lcasL
smiling and bouncing along with
the rhythm.
Powell is backed by many tal­
cmcd musicians including Bill
Ucchl 011 b:>SS, Jost Castdlailos
on Ln11npet, Eric Zamora on alto
saxophone, Brian Mashhum on
guitar, Evan Kilbourne on drums
and T-Bone Willy 011 trombone.
While brass players arc becom­
ing increasingly comm.on in pop
music, they arc often limited 10
simple, rhythmic accompani• ..
ments; however, Save: Ferris'
brass players master those
simple sb rhythms and take 1he
music to a higher level with
Oamboyan1 solos and improvisa­
uons. With so many ialemed
musicians 10 listen to, one woulJ
hope that 1he sound 1tnginecring
would enhance Lhe music. In•
stead, It was difficult, as tt often
is at concerts, to hear the lead
singer and to make out her lyr• ics-a pit)' for a smgc-r wilh surh
a heamiful \'01ce.
Save Fnris put on a show
,, encrg)' and enthusiasm.
While brass players
are becoming increas­
ingly common in pop
music, they are often
limited to simple,
rhythmic acco:.1pani­
ments; however, Save
Ferris' brass players
master simple ska
rhythms and take the
music to a higher
level with flamboyant
solos and improvisa­
tions. ____ ,,
Powell riled the audience with
her jokes and her lyrics. Her in­
tensity and go"d humor extend
e\'en beyond I he stage; after the
show, she spoke wi1h fans and
signed :,u1ographs and fo\\,ied
over a fan who had broken her
nose at the last Save Fems show
she attended. ,\n emcr1:uncr m
the best sense of the worcl,
Powell and her b:rndmatcs play
·.1 show wi1h ,·1m and vigor that
leaves you excited :.tnd humming
"Come On Eileen" as you walk
away. Canadian Celts
rock the high seas
by Joanna Staebler-Kimmel
l1tH:hy nine-, a bounc-y love <.ong
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Turn
Great Big Sea, a hand rcla­
uvcly unknown m the United
Stutes, is att11;11ly
Newroundl:md's biggcsL cxpor1.
A compil:ttlon .dhum ol their
second .md third Cnnaclian rc­
corthngs. Rant &-Ruur-. ,v.1s re­
leased here in 1998, bu1 Tim,,
1 heir fourth C..'tnadian disc, is I h~
first 10 also be rclcnsc<l m the
States They pl:oy rock and folk­
mfused Celtic, v.irymg from Ira•
ditlonal tunes 10 pop songs that
:1.rc only Ccluc m lheir instnl•
mcntation They have been com•
pared 10 bands such as the
Pogues, the Corrs, and ,he lrish
Rovere; Band mcmhcrs Alan
Doyle, Scan MrCann, Bob
Hallcn, and Darrell Power rom­
brnc 10 creau:: an cnergeuc.
blended sound, whether in a
cappella sea sh:1n1lcs or the rn•
clio-oriented "Consequence
Free". The songs 011 this album
hiWt several common 1hcmt-!'t,
makmg It a cohcrem CD rather
than jusi a colketlon of songs.
There ts sull vancty, though, as
Great Big Sea ha, recorded an
almosl equal number of trndi­
Honal and original songs. "'Con­
sequence free". their first single.
is a feel-good ant hem ask mg for
"a liltlc bu of anarchy, but not
the hurting kind" and n rtspnc
from their u,tholic consciences.
"C.in't Stop Falling" ,s a similarly ~
,m<l ovc1.dl ._ot11h.l
The lvnt.!-.ire .,II tm­
:igcr)' .1nd 1111.•1.tplwr.
.;ml111g m ~mnc )trc~H
,1 ,41ppi:ll,1 harnH1mc,.
J.tek Hmk;". the llrst
1r.uh1 iun,,1 -.ung on
the CO, •~ uhuut ., Newluun<l­
l:,nd folk hero, ,111pa«·u1ly one 111
~, whulc gcnn: '-)r ~uth lUl\t.$.
"Bostou lo St. Jolms· Is the only
really sapp)' love song <>n the al­
bum, bu1 ii's,ung wuh such feel­
ing th:u thesen11mcn1 ponr:1yctl
by the sailor who has to leave his
love behmJ again seems gcnu•
int rather I han s:Lct.:han nc.
"Trois Navircs de Blc" is notable
as 1he only non•Enghsh song
Grc:11 Big Sea h:os ever recorded,
»nd is surprisingly enough 1101
ir.1di11onal French or rrench-Ca•
n:1clian, but a Newfoundland
song. There ,s still a small com•
munny m Newfoundlan<l tha1 is
primarily French spcakmg. "Old
• Brown's D,,uglner" is a wonder­
ful .& ~,,ppell.1 .trrangc.nh:nl or
anoLher traditional tune, and
shows 1hat Great B1g Sc.a ,s
equally comfortable without
I heir inslrumcnb, of which Bob
Hallet l playst1m1c a few: fiddle,
accorchon. whistle~. guilar,
mandol:t, and Irish bcmzoukl. A.<
a whole., this album manages to
he polished but s1ill spontane•
ous and energetic. h's easy tQ
hear the enthusiasm 1h:11 Great
Big Sea has for t hci r music. Inn
n's e:ts1cr l0 he~1r in concert. Bm
guess wha1, you're in luckJ Great
Big Sea wtll be playmg In down­
town l'ortland, at the Aladdin,
on Saturday, April 29 al 8:00pm.
Tickets are available al the
Aladdin hox office or ,11
Ticket master, for SI •I.SO presak
or $18.00 al 1hc door.
Cubanismo, angst-free, shakes the Ballroom
by Aaron Blackwell
ln a mll!,icnl dil!llltc domi­
nntcd by biting a.lterllllllVC,
too-cheesy pop, gangsui-rnp,
angrr fcminisl folk, and
weepy love songs, Its a relic£
10 find a band that plays mu­
sic thats 100% happy.
The Cuban salsa band,
Cubnnismo, is one such
group On Th\irsruty, March.
30'" they thrilled a packed
(and happy) crowd at the
Cr)'Stal Ballroom iTI dowTI­
lown PonL,nd.
Led by Jesus Alema"y, the
fourteen-man band played
for a Full three hours with
only one brief break.
People of all ages, from
teenagers to grandmothers,
gathered 10 listen and dance. Cubanismo's infectious rhythms captivated audiences and
their 9ancing feet last Thursday at the Crystal Balroom
12 Pioneer Log April 14. 2000 Probabl)' a third of the crowd
wns La1ln-1he rest c,1111c
from all backgrounds, pro,·•
ing the umversal appeal ol'
CubJnismo
A!, Cubanismo arri\'Cd on
stage and began 10 piny their
unique Cuban jazz, 1 rumpeis
bin ring and maracas •h•kmg,
dancing ensued almost im•
me<iiately. Whether alone, or
in pairs, h•J>S were shakmg.
Eve:n lhose who had no idea
how lo salsa W\!re S<>On mov•
i11gin lhelrown v.,riatlonson
the classic step.
Bul none in Lhe crowd
could compare 10 the musi­
cians on stage. When be
wasn't singing or playing the
trumpet, Alemany would take
the_ opportunity 10 wow the crowd with his lan1as11c pel­
vic g)'mtlonJ>
The band IQOk only one
brcnk duri11g 1hc night, dunng
which the lTistructors for the
Crystal's T\iesday night s.1lsa
classes exhibited their highly
Sl!'flSURI move$.
'Following the-break, the
band played for sever.ii !tours
straight, l!lldlng "~th a Latin
cover of Bob M:irley's "Get Up,
Stand Up • I the verses were
sung in Spanish and the cho­
rus In English, whkh much of
1 he crowd Joined in singing
along
The Bob Marley song w:is a
preview from their upcoming
album, which will contain sev­
eral such cove_rs. ======Features====p~~~ru~Lo~g
Playwright David Mamet refreshes and repels
by Antonia Giedwoyn ----
Oavad M:nnct is not one to
c:i.ut10usly consider a strangers
£cchngs. Th1s 1s no cnmc, bm
•·omcs :tS :, bit of surprise in {In
:,gc ol ol1cn n:iuscntmg poli11,·,u­
corrcc111css. l'crhnps 11 shouldn'i
The mul11-1.1lcnicd. lughly suc­
ccssf ul. widely known play­
w nght/scrcc 11 wnt cr/aut hor/ch•
rcc1or/ac1or need not adhere lO
the conve1111on or pohtcncss, ol
bc•-:Jt•all .. 11mcs-mcc•ncss. One
nn~ht clcb:i.tc1 however. whether
such poslllrc ts ult1mmcly re•
rrcshinj!_ or repellent Maybe II 1S
a bn of bo1h.
A Im le ovcra momh ago I had
dw opportum1y 10 hcnr David
Mame, spc;,k a, a book-promo­
uon cvc111 w11h Bnush amhor
I-Jal J,tcobson Having arrived
1wo and a half hours early a1
Queen Elizabeth Hall, where
Mame, was to speak, I was 1lnrd
m line for mum uckc1s 10 the
sold-ou1 o<:cas1on. The I wo and
a hair hours were only half 1hc
1,mc I had spcn1 in hne the pre•
vaous cvemng lo oblain rclurn
uckcls 10 lhc performance or
M:1mc1·s play A111crirn11 /Ju.ff<tlo at
1he Don mar Warehouse.
While wa1t1ng m h nc, the dis­
cussion be1wccn mysclfand 1hc
1wo people m from of me largely
conccrnrd M:m1c1. The woman
beside us began renec11ng on
how prolific Mame, 1s .• md how
sclf-d1sc1phncd he must be,
winch in turn remrnclcd me of
:in 1mcrv1cw I had rend 111 wh1ch
Mamet was quoted as havmg
s:ud tho1 he docs 1101 bchcvc m
talcm, only hard work ... I saw an
1111crv1cw." said the woman .... m
which 1hc m1crv1<'wer was rust
not a1 oll on 1hc sume wave-length as Mame, • She c,plmncd
1ha1 1hc playwngh1's response
was to answer all further qucs•
11ons wtlh monosyllabl.es. Ap·
parcmly. for Mamet such a dis•
l)by or disregard 1s no dcv1a11on
from hts norm
This 1s no, 1os.1y 1ha1 dunng
1 he course of I he evening's event
Mame, was unplcasam Mos, of
1hc mnc he wns laccuous an his
rcphcs 10 qucs11ons. Often he
was w1uy. Once or twice he was
rude A1 one poin1 1hc hos, ol
the event remarked wuh msou­
cmnce thm Mamet was not pro~ ,, ____ _
That's like getting
married and worrying
that you'll have noth­
ing to talk about. If
that's the case, then
you've married the
wrong person.
David Mamet _____ ,,
v1dmg him wllh a single s1raigh1
nnswcr. Mamet snnply leaned
back 111 h,s ·chair. his body Ian•
guagc seeming 10 project self­
assurance and complacency. I
1hink he cracked a smile.
Af1er reading several emer•
taining exccrp1s [rom his new
novel Wilson, which he de•
scribed as bcingabou11hml-mil•
lcnnium ncadcnucs on Mars ,ma•
lyzmg rcmnanis ol earthly 1ext
from previous nullennia. Mamet
conversed wllhJacobson and 1he
host, then responded 10 qucs-
11ons rrom 1he audknce. Topics
ranged from 1hc differences be­
t ween wri11ng lor the siagc and
wrmng tor Olm. 10 nn 1.1s com• modily as well as his mnucncc5
and favome wrncrs who mclmlc
Willa Cather, Tchncsstc Wlll-
1~1ms, Samuel Bcckcu, .incl
Harold Pi 111e-r Whcri asked wha1
krnd or audience member he
makes a, producuons of his own
plays. Mame, confided thai al-
1hougb 1he namre ofplaywn11ng
,s such tha1 1hc writer must lei
go of each work, he personally
can never comple1ely relax dur-
111g a performance. "Ou )'OU
wrnc pnmanly for monernry
success, or personal sn1isfoc­
uon r asked one audience. mem­
ber. "Monetary success· rc.wncd
Mamc1 "Did you sec I he current
production or A111aiccr11 IJuf•
f"lo?" asked ano1her, 10 which
the (>laywrigh1 joked 1ha1 he
couldn't get a 1icke1_ (He ac1u­
ally anended 1he production the
prc,1ous nigh1. Several audience
members including myscl[spicd
him si11ingnex110 aciress Glenn
Close, also in London ro~ a
work•rc1atcd visit.)
One individual asked aques-
1ion regardmg Mamet's play
Olcanna. and lhe 1 reatmcnt or l\S
female character. The incn.-asmg
charactcnzc1uon or her as de­
praved, said Lhe m:m, '1dis­
turbed" h,m. It seemed 10
cqualc, he suggcsiecl, feminism
with extreme b('hrtvlOr; it indtcd
.. rcac1ionary s<:mime:m." \Yha1
was Mamet's response? 11What
you fmled 10 mcniion, is that the
male characccr tnes to beal :ltT
with a chnir,"' began Mamet. He
ended his reply saymg 1ha1 the
man asking the question, and
1hc man's limned undersiandmg
of 1he play disturbed him. An
awkward moment passed, One
could feel 1he comrachc,ory om•
pulses LO chuckle and frown.
Alumni create ufat" search engine
by Marika Engelhardt
\.Vilh an mcrc:,smg number of
specialized wcbsitcs­
rufrwear.com offers La1lorcc..l
ram-pcke1s for your dog-1he
race 10 find a mchc m the c•com•
mcrce market nncl to acqmrc in•
vestments can Ix-a fornudablc
barncr LO asp1nng clo1 .com COffl•
pamcs. Emer Fa1Earth.com. 1he
first search engine 10 market
cnv1ronmemal issues as a pri~
mary focus.
Chris James. founder and
l.ewis & Clark alumnus, ex­
plained 1ha1 he conceived 1he
idea lor Fa1Eanh.com ou1 of
lrusmi1ton wnh 1he lack of ac­
cessible cnv1ronmcmal informa­
uon available to consumers .... 1
was mtcn1ing wilh government
agencies. and they were doing all
of this ninazmg research for non­
profit agcncics ... bu1 they weren'1
presen1ing it righ1. This infonna-
11011 was noL being made avail­
able to consumers."
The concept of a search en­
gmc winch could make such in­
forma1ion obtamnblc emerged
ou1 of 1h1s 1dc.1. with James even­
tually cnlis1mg 1hc help of other
alumni, Chns Stringer and Dave
Severson. and c.urrem studcn1s
L,z Fisher and Liz Weber.
James explains that there arc
fundamcnrnl questions abou1
envuonmental issues tha1 need
answers from a reliable source. fatearth.com
ART COURTESY IATEAIITMCOM
"Why buy orgamc? Docs orgamc
necessarily mean healthier!
Docs i1 make a difference if I buy
my produce from Fred Meyer or
Namrc's?"
The goa.l of Fa1 Earth will be
10 answer these questions m an
objec11ve manner. James gives
this example: ·some pcs1iddes
arc organic," he explains, "and
people should know things like
1ha1. •
Employee Liz Fisher s:ud that
FatEar1h.com will be unique_
because it is not lnnitcd to a nar­
row procluc1 focus. Ahhough
tl1erc might no, be a high de­
mand for a search engine par-
11cularly, 1hc market is out there.
"50% of US consumers want
to purchase producis with less
environment.al 11npacL. A lot of
people don'I know wha1 Steps
1 hey cou Id be iaking.' said
Fisher.
James stresses that the site
aims 10 be objective. simply prc­
seniing 1he facts and leaving 1he
decisions up 10 the consumer.
The sile will cre.ue a forum in which consumer$ can compare
1wo produc1s and determine
which one suiis their needs.
"A key reature of the she will
be 10 discovc-r 1hc best way 10
inform the consurner," said
James. "Gomg 10 a cash register
can Ix more imponan1 than go­
mg 10 1 he polls; the consumer
makes a c.ruc1nl vote .,
Another key aspect of 1.hc si1e
will be the services ii provides
m linking businesses. Fisher ex­
plains "1he bes1 way for envi-ron­
mcntalists to gain capital for rt­
search and development is by
utilizing Lhc consumer market.'"
Fa1 Earth will allow busi­
nesses to mtcracl via the. sne and
negotiate service exchanges,
with Fa1 Eanh keeping a per•
ccntage of commission. In add1-
11on 10 business 10 business
transactions. the she will allow
users 10 shop direc1ly for ciw1•
ronmcmal produc1s and read
rccem amcles regarding cnv1•
ronmcntal issues.
Earih day 2000 will mark 1he
trial launch, a time when those
who log on will be welcome 10
submit suggcs11ons and cr111quc
the s11e's services. Fat Eanh will
1hen officially launch on June
21, 1hc summer solstice. Fisher,
James. and 1hc rest of Fa1 Earth
Inc. hope 1ha1 Lcw,s &-Clark
siuclen1s will show in1crcs1 and
suppon. Log on and check n
OUL The man who had asked 1he
question lrnd no1 sounded accu•
saiory. bu1 Mamcl apparently
had lntle 1olcr.mce for a c1ucs-
11on ol 1hc son; he wordlessly
conveyed 1hc message '"choose
your words c,rc£ullr if you dore
pose a question "'
Ncwrthelcss. I uianaged w
;,sk 1he final question or 1hr
evening. I had a legion of ques­
uons I wamed 10 ask. I sc11lccl
for wha, I considered a I hrec­
d1sg11ised-in-one qucsL10n rc­
gardmg fear. motivallon, and
,nsplranon. "'lt seems." I said,
"1hat:\Spiring wntcrs somc111ncs
indulge in 1hc mational re.tr thnt
they m1gl11 run ou1 of mn1erial
Do you have spcci fie people or
places you seek for mspiration,
or do you rely primarily on sell•
disciplfnc, and force yourself 10
sh down and wriLc?" I was hop­
ing for an i11-dep1h discussion on
1he philosophy of wrl1ing, and
for a descrip1ion of his typical
work day; I 1hough1 he migh1
address how it is 1101 uncommon
for theaduh brain to subjec1 ii•
seJ( 10 needless censorship. Ear­
lier in the evening he had re• marked, ··we: 1end IO wriie :,bout
whai happened 10 us when we
wc.ren·l aware that it W;I~ lrnp­
pemng," however. m response tO
my ques1ion Mamet only said
"That's like gctung married and
worrylng 1ha1 you'll have no1h­
lng to 1alk abou1. If 1ha1's 1hc
case. then you've 111•rned 1hc
wrong person."
Perhaps he wos so lncot11L
bccatL'tt tht progmm wa~ corn­
ing 1u • close. After ii had fin­
ished, aulhor Hal Jacobson re­
sumed convc:rs..11ion with othrrs
in 1hc hu,lding·s loyer, <luring
which , ime he also grac,ousl )'
signed books. Momel was far less
social In foci. whether of lus
own volillon or no. he had 1i11le
opportunuy to show :1 convivial
side 10 himscll since he cni!rcly
shun net! 1hc crowd, {Mamcl was
allegedly on his way 10 mccl
wilh an ac1or.) Was he obliVJ0US.
or merely incliffcren1101he pre­
dicwble group or us waiting Lo
speak wilh him personally?
Whichever 1he case may have
been, shonly af1e_r 1he program
ended 1hc evasive playwrigh1 lert
the premises.
Bicentennial Center and
summer seminar explore the
journey of Lewis and Clark
by Collin Trail
A Bi<:cn1cnn1al Commiuee
has been fqrmcd .tt Lewis &
Clark College in order LO com­
memor:ue the Lewis and Clark
expedition of l803-Hl06. The
Albany buildings will be remod­
eled, and whh the addition of a
new bmlding to Its s0111h, will
he reopened as 1he Bicentennial
Cen1er and used :is" base o[ op·
crn1ions for 1hc projec1.
Beginning in 2003. 1he com­
mlacc plans 10 develop a series
of educational programs, includ­
ing lec1urcs, con[erences. exhl­
bilion.s, and travel; 10 assemble
1he world's best collection (lf
books about 1hc cxpcdi1ion at
our cqllegc; and to create a \'OI•
ume of mtcrprctive essays about
the expedilion.
Addilionally a seminar will
occur 1hissummer fromJuly 14
10 20 tha1 will iakc s1uclcn1S from
Lewis & Clark 10 Moniana and
Idaho. Participants will 1ra\'el
across I he Lolo Trnil used by
Lewis and Clark as 1hey traveled
1hrough 1he Selway Bi11crroo1
Wilderness.
Professors S1ephcn Dow
Beckham and Clay Jenkinson
w,11 boch accompany 1he exp•·
d111on, engagingsrndenis in dis•
cuss1on abou1 1he leadership
skills oflcw,s and Clark and the
impac1 of 1hc expcdi1ion upon
the Natl\1c Arnc.ricans, among
other 1opics.
Prcs1den1 Michael Mooney
and Assistant Vice President for
College Relations Holly Bard,
who arc both deeply 111volved in
,his projec1, also stressed the fo­
cus of 1his projcc1 on 1hc signifi­
c,nce and impac1 of 1hc expedi-
1ion, as opposed 10 the physiC11l
and h1s1oncal m1nu1ia. The
cvem occurred wnhin the con­
tex1 of 1hc Enlightenment, and
because of lhe systematic exami­
na11on and disclosure of the sci-PHOTO fll.OM TH( fllOtlUR. LOG AAo-t!VtS
Stephen Dow Beckham is
one of the professors
leading a seminar on the
explorers Lewis and Clark
this summer.
cntific daia which it discovered,
and ils role as a form of govern-
11,cnt•sponsored, sustained re­
search, il can be seen as a pre·
cursor 10 1he ins1itu1ion of 1hc
research university.
The expedition also hod a
dualis1ic sociological sig111fi­
cancc.. On one hand, the event
served commercial interests that
uhima1ely harmed 1he native
popula1ions. On 1he 01her, the
irip was only possible 1hrough
coopern1ion with 1hc indigenous
popula1ions and a level of cul­
tural sensl11vi1y vinually un•
known before 1his poin1, ancl
which has developed into a mod­
ern awareness of 1hc rights or
01her cuhures.
The Biceniennial Coniminec
hopes 10 focus on these issues
and 01hers of similar complex•
ily in hs cxplonuion or 1he Lewis
and Clark Expedition.
April 14, 2000 Pioneer Log 11 ==========-=--=-=-===Arts===========Pi==· o=n=e='er=L=o~g_2=
Punk Suicide Machines deliver high-octane,
high energy show at the Crystal Ballroom
by Dani Franco
"\Vc"re real!) a punk rock
hand . for anyone
who',;; wondering .....
-nuu L.11lu1tit1\J:y.
.S111cidt MtrthHlt\ guf­
fmt,1
fhcrr is ,,nr dung
th.11 ,, gu.or.,mcrd II
yu11 gu w ., Su1dd,·
M.u. l11nc~ show a
htgh , 11agy palur-
1n.11u:c The --.how on
~und,1) M.m h I(, .u
, hr lr) ot~I R,1llroom
w~,s 110 CXLqHlon
1 lih Dctrult- born
h,md plai•cd third in
the ltve h,111d Imo-up,
preceded by Osmosis,
a11d Culbpscs and followed by
Goldfingcr anti Methods of M,1y­
hcm Most songs in their set came rrom I he1r firs1 IWO albums
(D,stmctitm by Dcf,11111011, and
811111, Hym11s) which have do1111-
nan1 ska,o.md punk demcnts
Their newest sell-
1ltled CD, wluch came out this
past l'cbruary, surprised their fo11s by incorpornting a pop
sound Into the pu11k style. In an
hncrvicw ~clorc they played the
Ponlnnd show, gmtarha Dan
Lukacinsky admiucd thnt this
new style of music from the
m·wcs, CD is merely an ex­
perimental sound, Ile ex­
pressed l'Cpcatcdly that 1hcy
,m:stlll a punk band a11d 1he1r
fans should lo,,k forward to
., mote punk/ska ~und In
lulluwrng alhun» The P<ln-
1.mtl ,ltuw rxprcsscd 1111, Jr­
StTl" u-. r~grt-ss 11> d1c1r h.udc.r
,ouml. 1hcv played pnnr.irllv
., hC<n·> punt.. ~ct wuh mosl
,;ongs ronw,g rrom thr1r~c•
and mo<t punk album .tntl
wtth <1nl) 3 sougs coming ,,tr
their new Jlbum and the fa­
m,ms cighucs cover "Who1
I Like About You" (u tlchnh•
remake hit) The songs
played in 1bcir set were fast
paced with an aggressive edge and lhe musicians I hcmselvcs
performed with a conrngoous v1-
1olily. Between the songs, they
would say a few words or b:ilSS·
l$l Royce Nunley would shake
hi~ r<.-nr in the crowd~ dirrcuon
and dcdica,e 1hc £ollowmg song
(much 10 the aowd's delight) 10
,,•,••nmcn or Ponlancl and par-
The Suicide Ma­
chines' bassist, Royce
Nunley, would shake
his rear in the crowd's
direction and dedicate
the following song
(much to the crowd's
delight) to the
women of Portland
and particular indi­
viduals in the crowd. '' licubr melt v1duals m ,he crowd..
Basically, the crowd loved die
show and tins led 10 an unus11-
nlly large mosh pn area Advice
for any i111cres1cd 111 gomg to•
Su1c1dc Machmcs show ,n the
focurc: stay dear or th~ m1<ldle
unless you are wcnnng ?:ttcel
dtpp<:d boo1s and .ire n:ally huff
When asked how I he hand
members were cnJoy1ng1hc way
lifo IS mov11111 fort hem s111cc the
release ol I he tlmd al hum
Lukacmskv .,d11111, 1 hat every·
thing is hnc and cnJoys 1ourmg
but IS ·wamni: lor tt to pick up a
ltttlc morr .\1 a show m ~ou1h
Carolina, two S,11,irlc Machines
lans "ctually gut marncd on
~iage much 10 the band'sanni<c•
mcnt nnd surprise Currently.
the band has Just hmshcd tour•
mg the U5 with No Ooubt bu,
you can look lorwnrd 10 secmg
The Su1c.1de Mnchmcs on the
Warped Tour 1h1s summer.
The sexualization of knowledge in The Matrix
by Colin J. Beck ---So this last weekend I hap•
pcncd to wa1ch The M"trh
ngmn And I mean again. One
w,rnlcl thtnk thn1 around its
cighll1 viewing in :.,s many
months. even ., fine Olm would
begin lO lose some of its mean•
mg. But 1his was not thl~ case
Wnh some help from my good
buddy Josh Nov1s and the spm•
lual support or a llacd1analian
deity known as Mook. I discov­
ered cmirely nc.w levels or me;.n-­
ing in this rilm about ;1 post•
apocalyptic. n1:1n•versus .. ma•
dune \\1orlcl
Now for those or you who
havcn'l seen lhc movie. I won't
c,·cn begin to contextualize the
following ideas. This is for those
;unkics that end up scch,g mov•
tcs with special effects, 1cchno
and kung fu, like Tfie Mcurix, over nve mnes The rcsl or you
please move on.
Let us consider one of the
most bas,c ideas ol 11,e Matnx:
knowledge 1s parnmou n I and
can be delivered as easily as
copymg nlcs onw a hard dnvc. ,,_
Consider Keanu
Reeve's expression
when first uploaded
with martial skills. His
back arches, his face
screws up, and finally
he lets out a long
gasp. Much like many
of his fans have
imagined his sexual
climaxes. _____ ,, Man, in effect, becomes ,, ma•
chmc. Mowever, if we look at I he
process or knowledge transfer,
we c-nn sec th:n hum~mlly is pre•
served. This is done I hrough the
sexualizanon or the learning
proccs~. Consadcr Keanu
Recvcs's expression when first
uploaded wilh martial arts skills.
1-lis back :irches, Ins face screws
up, and finally he lets om a long
gasp. Much Uke many of his fans
have 1111agmcd 1115 sexual cli­
maxes~
Knowledge as sex also ap-
1>,;;,rs in tl,c other charncters. All
of Tli, Matdx·s ca.st seems 10
quite enjoy (in a rather desper­
;uc ,,,3y), ,he nee ion or having a
large phallus inserted Int~ the
back ol their head, transporting
1hem away to a dreamy
dreamland where the)' can fly. ,, ____ _
When they aren't
k1cking some digital
representation of a
computer program's
butt, Trinity, Neo,
Morpheus and the
rest walk and talk like
bad flashbacks of
some hipster bar
pick-up scene. _____ ,,
shoo, guns. and cat red me:11
happily. In fact. when the)' aren't
kicklngsotnc digit.al represcnt>­
tlon of a con1pu1cr program's
butl, Trinity, Nco. Morpheus and
tll<' rest walk and talk like bncl
flashbacks of some hipster bar
pick-up scene. or coursr, WC the :mdicnce en JOY this fontasy, as in
our OM1 fantasy world, we look
good tn I cot hcrt rench coats and
trendy sunglasses. 100,
Perhaps it is this dimension
of appealing to the a11dicncc's
own sexual fantasy that makes
Tli, MCII, Ix such enjoyable cm­
ema. Wcfecl hkcavoyeurasthc
characters engage in c.-pllcl1
knowledge as $CX acts, and
project unagcs or scxu:,I polency
that we ourst.lvcs imagmc wc
project on sunny days s1ru11ing
about campus. And for those or
us that dont1 aspire to wearmg
classy suits as" way of picking­
up p;1rtncrs, I rccommentl sec•
ing 011rafw-pay special a11c11-
lion to the streams or whuc
clouds 1ha1 begin nnd end the
mm.
Dedicated to Diane Nelson,
keep rcacl1i11gfor 1/w1 rainbow/
Arts ·ltt[ at Lewis & Clark College Saving the world from pure evil-one issue at a time.
Write for the Pioneer Log. Section editors and writers
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Elegance
and Joy
E_xperiencc the beauty and tranquility
of tradinonal Korean music and dance.
Richly costumed performers preseni;
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April 14, 2000 Pioneer Log 13 =P1=·on=e=cr=L=o~g=======Sports===========
Playing for all the right reasons
by Dusty Holden
Keep II simple and ha\'e fun.
Words from Jerry Gatttl, a wise
man who enjoys hfc and who
also happens to be the long,umc
hascball coach at Lcw1s & Clark.
Baseball, which blossomed
deca<lcs ago as Amenca•s na•
1ional pasu11nc, has losl some of
11s stmpk plc;isurc ,n the hustk
and hustle ,,r a tcrhnolog,cally
:1dvnnccd soctcly. one m which
fom~ and ronunc nw:ut
ballplayers lucky enough 1<>
make I he Major Leagues.
6u1 ii the focus of baseball has
changed at the profcsswnal
level, it hasn't at Lewis &-Clark
Havmg fun and bmldmg s1run•
gcr in<hviduals through athletic
com pct i11on rem:uns a clear fo ..
C\IS.
Only one Pioneer ballplayer.
Justin Baughman, gTaduatcd in
rcccm years 10 play an the Major
Le,igues. All othus have 1aken
field because they enjoy the
game, not bc,11usc they harbored
illusiolls abom playmg for a fu.
wrc paycheck
"We compc1c a1hlc1ically. bm
1ha1's jus1 vnc ol many consid­
cm1ions mvolved in gcuing a
<1uality education at this fine col­
kgc ." says head coach Jerry
Gatto. who earned his master's
degree in counseling and gmcl•
ancc from Port land State
Gallo and h.a.s Pioneers have
c<Jmpcte<l well through the
years, racking up eight disrrin
11llcs, six conrcrcncc crowns ru,d
a trip 10 the World Series. lie
enjoys success as much as anr­
onc, but he emphasizes the im­
t>ortancc of developing strong
Individuals. "I'm not a mentor
but I W:lnt to earn trus1 and re•
NWC Standings
1. George Fox 10·2
2. Pacific L. 7-2
3. Unfleld 5-4
4. Willamette 4.5
5. L &C 5.7
6. Puget Sound 5-7
7. Whitworth 5-7
8. Whitman 3-6
9. Paclk 4-8 spec1 from my players. noL Just
ns a conch but as a human be­
mg. This IS~0111Clll11CS a chmcult
1hmg LO do"
Gotto know, that kw or his
players will get 1hc chance 10 live
ou1 childhood dreams on a pro­
fc,sionnl hall field. But he docs
expect hb 1>layers w develop I he
conf1dcncc thot will mnkc them ,, __ _
I'm not a mentor but
I want to earn trust
and respect from my
players, not just as a
coach but also as a
human being. This is
sometimes a difficult
thing to do.
Jerry Gatto
BB Head coach
_____ ,,
successful in 1he future mother
fields.
Thus rar ,his spring, the Pio•
ncers have had a season not
much diffcrem 1han the past four
years. The overall record stands
ai 10-14 and 5-7 In conference
pla)',
"We h:1vcn'1 been as success­
ful (on the field) as In the past,"
GntLO says "That certainly
<loe!:on'I make nu. thank ;my less-,.
or this great group or mdlvidu­
als I would like to have more
success for the veterans of 1he
ball club."
One of his )'Oungcr players,
sophomore Billy Allen, has been
LCs most consistent pitcher so
far. His record is 4-2 with a re­
spectable 3.30 earned run nvcr•
Upcoming Games:
April 14:
Menlo at l&C 3 p.m.
April 15:
Menlo at l&C (2) Noon
April 18:
Whtiman at l&C 3 p.m.
April 21:
Puget Sound at l&C 3p.m.
April 28:
l&C at Pacific L. (2) 1 p.m.
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Wnh 1hc res, or his pitching
s1,1ff lncking ln experience,
G:Ht<> has playc<l wil h his rma•
lion In search of the most favor•
able mntth-ups ngainst conkr­
l'.n<.:c opponents
Al the plate, the Pioneers
have shown ~ mLl' tendency to
mlli laLC In games They have
won six games m 1heir 0nat at­
bat On the other hand. the of­
fense hasn't been cons1s1e111ly
explosive, and the Pwnccrs·have
been omscorcc.l considcrnbl)•
early on In game,. On I he :ivcr­
agc, LC has been scormg just
one run for every three n sur­
renders. • We just need 10 get out
or the gate ,I 11111< foster with
wh.nt w~ h.tvc," Gano says.
PHOTO COVff\'t MTAICK STlWARl' Junior Rob Broberg has been
LCs lc.,derat the plate "Mc isn't
1he most natumlly 1alentcd ath­
lete, but he has a ,•cry good work
ethic," Gallo says "He is very
comptLilivc and has :a way or
consistently getting the job
done.• Hit1ing ot , .34 l clip,
Broberg has founcen RBI and
leads the team in doubles with
eight. Catcher Bryan Tull, pitcher Bill Allen and head coach Jerry
Gatto hold a conference out on the mound.
Other offensive leaders in­
clude Drew Moore and Bryan
Tull Moore has a .351 ave1,,gc,
three home runs and four RBI.
Tull has a .188 average with four
homers and 15 RBI. As a team,
LC is hitting .257.
..As wi1h all •pnn~pur.s, Lhc
academic schedule is especially
challcngmg during the baseball
season. Gallo says Final exams
and end-of-the-year projects give plnyers plenty 10 think
about, other than their next at•
bat
Bu, ,hat <m1gglc 10 balanc.•
baseb,111 and academics is not•
bad tl1111g, Gatto says. not when
students are pl:aymg for "all the
right r<.'5ons. •
As Gall<) notes, LC's one link
Lu the MoJor LC'1gues UMon
Baughman) left ,he University
of r\rtzona, a baseball school if
ever lhcrc was one, to finish hli;
caTcer al LC. Baughman was more than ready 10 exchange the
l'ivc•hot.1r prac11ccs :11 Arizona in
for the chanc«.· 10 experience
01her aspec1, of student life a,
LC.
Rain or shine, Pioneer
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field m~intcnaucc cxpcrl."» nnd
approachahlc inchv,<luals • great
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onc•dimcnsional guys who wc:u
a Major League unlfonn.
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14 Pioneer Log April 14, 2000 publick occurrences
Friday
AP.rill4
Internship fair at 1 :00 pm
In Templeton.
History Symposium: • Fact
and Fiction: What '5 All the
Fuss about Narrative
History,• with John Demos
at 3:15 pm 1n Miller 105.
Aris Alive/ presents
Elegance and Joy, Korean
Music and Dance al 7:30
pm m the Agnes Flanagan
Chapel.
Student and Faculty Dance
Concert: "Sqtnrrels, Girls,
and Fall mg Skin· at 8:00
pm at Ftr Acres Theatre on
the Main Stage.
Eledronic Music Marathon
at 8:00 pm in the Council
Chambers.
The Great American Film
Senes presents The AposUe
at 10:00 pm in MIiier 105.
Saturday
April 15
History 5ymposTum: "The
Truth of Fiction, the Fiction
of History" at 9:00 am in
Miller 207.
SOFA Cinemas presents
Three Kings at 7:30 and
10:00 pm in the Council
Chambef5.
Student and Faculty Dance
Concert: "Squirrels, Girls,
and Falling Skin" at 8:00
pm at Fir Acres Theatre on
the Main Stage. Choir Concert with Capella
Nova at 8:00 pm in the
Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
Sunday
April 16
SOFA Cmemas presents
Ronin at 12:30 pm m the
Councti Chambers.
World Music Concert with
Afncan manmba and
dance, North l11dlan music.
and Javanese game/an at
2:00 pm 1/l Evans
Auditorium.
Potluck In the Park: meet at
lhe CSAWoffice at 2:15
pm.
SOFA Cinemas presents
Bui/ft at 3:00 pm in the
Counc,J Chambers.
Game/an Co11cert at 7:30
pm in Evans Auditortum.
Monday
April 17 =
Concert at 8:00 pm in
Evans Auditorium.
The. Great /\mer/can Film
Series presents Klute at
10:00 pm in Miller 105.
Tuesday
April 18
The Great American FIim
Series presents American
Graffiti at 10:00 pm in
' Miller 105.
lit Review Reception at
4:00 pm in the Armstrong
Lounge of the Manor
House.
In one night there
were 46 acts of graffiti
on this campus.
Do you have any
information about it?
Many LC community
members would like to
know.
Please email aslc@ or stop by
the ASLC President's office.
16 Pioneer Log April 14, 2000 Wednesday
Aeril 19
Alumni Sile Visit at 3:00
pm m the CSAW office.
Sunburn at 7:00 pm in
Stamm.
The Great American Film
Series presents Ci11natown
at 10:00 pm tr1 MOier 105.
Thursday
A_flril 20
The Great Amencan Ftlm
Sertes presents Tax, Driver
at 10:00 pm In M,lfer 105.
Friday
April21
Good Friday prayer and
meditation seNtCe at 12:00
pm i11 the Agnes Flanagan
G1apel.
Men's baseball vs.
University of Puget Sound
al 3:00 pm at Hoston Field.
Physics Colloquium: "The
Cutting Edge of Physics
Education Research" with
Adam Johnston at 4:00 pm
111 Olin 204.
LCTV Alternative Movie
Night The Toxic Avenger
and Trorneo and Juliet at
8:00 pm.
The Great American Film
Series presents The China
Syndrome at 10:00 pm in
Miller 105. Saturday
April 22
Men's baseball vs.
University of Puget Sound
at 12:00 pm al Huston
Field.
LCTV 72 Hour Film Festival
,n the Council Chambers.
Sunday
April 23
Easter Morning Worship
Service al 11 :00 am /11 the
Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
LCTV 72 Hour Film Festival
m the Counc,I Chambers.
Monday
April 24
LCTV 72 Hour Film Festival
111 the Counc,1 Chambers.
Wednesday
April 26
LCTV 72 Heur Film Festival
in the Council Chambers.
Thursday
April 27
Fifth Annual Water
Conference al 8:00 am in
the Council Chambers.
Looking for a few good
men (and women) ...
to spend hours
putting together this
wonderful newspaper
to raise awareness of
important campus
issues
to facilitate necessary
discussions
to challenge "the
system"
to have parties with
us on layout nights
to create the campus
agenda
The Pioneer Log wants you. Frida}
AE!_il 28
Fifth Annual Water
Conference at 8:00 am ,n
the Council Chambers.
Honors Convocat10n at
1:30 pm ,n the Agnes
Flanagan Chapel.
Saturday
April 29
Champagne and
Strawbemes Reception at
10:00 am /11 tile Armstrong
Lounge of the Manor
House.
Legacy Recepl/011 at 2:30
pm 111 the Armstrong
Lounge of U1e Manor
House.
College of Aris and
Sciences Baccalaureate al
5:00 pm in the Agnes
Flanagan Chapel.
Senior Reception at 6:30
pm m Stamm Dini11g Room.
Sunday
April 30
College of Arts a11d
Sciences Commencement at
10:00 am at Griswold
Stadium.
College of Arts and
Sciences President's
Reception at 12:00 pm on
the Frank Manor Lawn.
FREE U. WANTS YOU ...
... to lead a course/dis­
cussion group next fall
on whatever topic 1mcr­
ests you. We need teach­
ers for .Knitting, Auco
Mech.mies, Bike Repair,
Reading groups, singing
choruses, d:mcc classes,
and stud>• groups.
OR
... to be our work•s1udy
administraLOr for next
year. As the work-study
position, you will be re­
sponsible £or recru1ung
new courses, suppor1ing
course facili1a1ors, keep•
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responding witJi campus
and community mem­
bers, and carrying out
other administrative
tasks. For more informa­
tion, please e-mail
freeu@lclark.edu. by
April 2'1. Increased success will come with experience
by Dusty Holden
rhcrc Is a 1.gh1ly kni1 group
of young women. mnc o( 1 hem
m .,II, whn pl:sy sor,ball for l.rwis
& Clnrk on she· mallcrcliamond
as H11s1on Field
Six arc freshmen. The one
and only pn•·heralso happens 10
f>c the one ,md only pitcher. Ev­
eryone has a speciric role, and
coach Miss')' Smhh docsn~ have
.1 whok 101 O)[ company on 1he
bench when her team 1akcs its
defensive 1ws11 ions. ,, ___ _
This team doesn't
give up, and I'm
really proud of the
way that they've
been hitting the ball
lately.
Missy Smith
SB head coach ____ ,,
Mer coaching decisions arc
lhnitcd n, limes. since ,here nrc
no ;wailablc pitchers wanning in
1he bullpen, no aging veterans to
pinch hi1 late in 1hc game, and
no fresh legs ready 10 run the
bases. Using a dcsign:ncd hiller
is another option 1101 at her dis­
posal.
Despite the lack of substitutes
and hench cheerleader,, Smnh
and her P,onccrcs have had 1heir
of success this spring. They
no1ched llirce s1raigh1 Nonh­
west Contcrcncc victories in
earl)• 1\pril, one of whith was a
6-0 shutou11hai Annie S1ock10n
tossed~, 1hc Linfield Wildcats.
"Annie p11chcs abou1 99.999
percen1 of the lime," Smi1h says.
A< of earlier 1his week, in fact, PHOlOCOl.l«TtWfATllCI( SUWAR.1
Sophomore Catcher Kyra Rohner has been a leader for the
Pioneers so far this season. She began the week hitting
.306 with a home run and 12 RBI.
S1ock1on's personal pitching
record encompassed 20 of LCs
22 games.
Kyra Rohner, LC's only
sophomore and primary ca1chcr,
Is the 01her team leader. She be­
gan the week hiuing .306 with a
home nm and 12 RBI. Other of­
fensive thrcaLS mclude 1wo of 1 he
first-year players, Tracy Jonas
(.319, 7 RBI) and Rhonda
OcVorc (.286, 10 RBI).
Heading 11110 Thursday's
1wmbill with George fox, the
PioncC'rs were 3-9 in conforcncc
play and 7-15 on the season. LC
also hos1S Pacific L,uhcran this
S:Hurday and Sunday ma three­
game conference sencs.
"We have really great people
on this lcnm, and we are concen•
1 raung on learning ns much as
possible for 1he fuwrc," Smi1h
said. •we will have a very strong
nucleus coming back nc.x1 year:
The dedication shown by at
least two ph,yers on Smi1h's bare­
bones rosier has been
cxcecdi nglycori'11iicn(@j]c.
She wasn't n:iming muncs, bu1
two players already lrnvc plans for surgery immedia1cly follow•
ing 1 he season.
Playmg through 1hc pain and
ever falling min has instilled a
real sense or team values in her
players, Smith says. "Tl11s 1cam
doe,;n'1 give up, and I'm really
proud of 1 he way 1 hey've beer,
hilling the ball la1cly."
It's a good be1 tha1 LCs num•
bcr of softball vic1orics will.rise
higher as this spring"s yuung
nucleus gains exper1cnce and
Pitcher Annie Stockton has
received the decision in 20
of LC's first 22 games.
!1H0l0COVRT(5Y o, PAllUCK STE\VAAT returns t<> 1he diamond in the
years ahead. The difference be•
tween losing an<.l winning 1s al­
ready a small one. Dcspne tlmr
relauvc mexpcliencc, the P10•
neers have lost 1hrce games bya
single run an<l four others hy JUSl cwo runs
Unfonunatcly, not enou
11111ely h1L, have yc1 fallen ir
place 01 the right times. Sml1h
convlnccU. however, th:H thr
hits and 1 hose 11 mes arc fas1 o
proachlng.
NWC Standings
1. Pacific L. 6-0
2. Puget Sound 8-1
3. Willamette 9.3
4. Linfield 6-3
5. Pacific 4.5
6. Whitworth 2-6
7. L&C 3.9
8. George Fox 1-12
Upcoming games:
April 15:
Pacific L. at L&C (2) 2p.m.
April 16:
Pacific L. at L&C 1 p.m.
April 20:
' L&C arPuget Sound 4 p.m.
April 21:
(2)l2p.m.
April 14, 2000 Pioneer Log 15