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endorsements,
Page 8
LC Jazz Band
and Choir
profiles, Page 5
The struggle of
the women's
soccer team,
Page 11
Requiem for The
Rocket, Page 1 O
Attempted
arson, Page 2
The Phantom
Accomplishment,
Page 9
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as a new focus for the
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until the end of the
semester, we will be
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The Pioneer Log is funded by
your student fees. Bradley speaks on campus Sam Drevor LC
Paddle Club founder,
returns to guide
aspiring paddlers by Joe Clock
On October 26. former sena­
tor Bill Bradley spoke 10 the
LevJlS & Clark community to
1>romo1e Viet President Al Gore's
presidential campaign.
Bradley spent most of his time
promoting Gore o,•er George W.
Bush, however at the end or his
speech he addressed the differ­
ences between Gore and Nader.
and the problems with third par­
ties,
Oregon governor John
Kitzhaber int.roduced Bradley,
who ran against (,ore for the
Democra1ic Party's presldemial
nommauon. Kuzhaber com•
pared his own environmental
record Lo Texas governor George
W. Bush's. 1-te appealed 10 voters
10 •keep Oregon looking like
Oregon.• Kitzhaber also praised
Al Gore's environmental poli­
cies, and emphasized 1he impor­
tance or vo1ing. KiLzhaber ended
by praising Bradley's accom­
plishme1us as a senaLOr.
Bradley began by talking
abou1 his own campaign for tl1c
Dernocrntic nomination. l-l_e dis­
cussed I he two premises on
which he had run for president.
The first was the prosperity LhaL
1 he coumry is experiencing. Bra­
illey proposed to use 1hc re­
sources created by our prosper­
lty 10 help give Americans health
insurance, and to help stop child
poverty. Bradley's second
premise was an t1;ppea1 10 ideal­
ism. 1-te encouraged everyone to
be proud of his or her country
and work for change.
From h'is discussion or his
, own cunpaign, Bradley moved
into his suppon for Al Gore. He
~began by discussing low voter
111rnouts, and again appealing 10
the audic.ncc 10 vote. Bradley
made it clear that he had con­
sidered the candidate's issues
and did not au1oma1ically ,um PHOTO COORJfSV HTIP-/IW\WJ.IJLlBAAOUVCOM by Joe Clock
--S-am Orevo, a proicss1onal
kayakcr who has paddled and
competed all over the world and
one of the founder,, of the Lewis
& Clark Paddle ClubTcturncd 10
LC on Sunday, Ocwbcr 22 ro
help teach one ol ,he paddle
club\, pool sess1011s.
Bradley praised Al Gore in his speech at LC on October 26. Every Sunday, the Paddle
Club gives lessons on bas,e
kayaking 1cehniq11c in 1hcsw1m­
ming pool. 1 he scss,ons an· an
hour and a hair lon~. and SlU·
clcnlS mu~, :mend th1cc sessions
to be ehg1blc lO partmpatcin one
of the Paddle Club's nvcr mps,
Students can reserve spots 111
coming pool sessions on the
Paddle Club's Web Site. to suppor1 Gore.
Bradley gave a lh•cly impres­
sion of Bush's unclear answers to
questions abou I his opinion of
Af!lrmative Aqion, and praised
Gore's clear suppon or the pro•
gram. He also warned vo1ers Lhat
Bush had 1101 supported ha1e
<:rime legislation in Texas. and
1ha1 he was against it on the Fed­
eral level.
Bradlc)• also supported Gore's
plan 10 use the federal budget
surplus on education, healLh in­
surance and fighting child pov­
erty C>ver Bush's plan of a rax cut.
Bradley claimed that 40 percem
of the cut w<:>uld go 10 1he
country's most wealthy one per•
cent. Bradley continued by prais­
ing Gores plcJu for soda.I sc.cu­
rity and campaig11 finance rt•
fonn.
Bradley moved imo an appeal
to the sLUdents' support of pro­
tecting the environmem. 1-te
again memioned 'Bush's environ•
mental record in Tc.xas. He also
spoke about Gore's opposition LO
opt-ning the Arctic Na1ional
Wildlife Refuge 10 oil drilling, and Gore's work w1L11 the Kyoto Drevo isan extremely cxpcri-eonferencc to [ind~ so Im ion 10 enced paddler, who has been on
global warming. the US C:rnoc and Kayak team, From his discussion of Gore's inwclcd LO Norway as a paddling
e.nvironmenl~I views Bradle)' ambass.1dor, and run clinics ::i.11
moved imo a,n argumcnl ror over Norih Americ:;:i. ·frc <11s0
Gore over Ralph Nader. He foundecl the LC Paddle Club in drew a strong reaction rrom 1he 1996_
crowd by saying that a vote for The club s1aned wiLh an $800
Nader was a \'OlC for ·aush. grant to take SlUrlem.s on a cnp 1-te also emphasized 1ha1 Or-m 1996, and the nex1 year gol a egon was a swing sta1c. and I I budge, of $2550 IL cum:nt y 1as
votes for Nader could really more than S6000 wonh ofboais hun Gore's campaign against h97 and equipment. In h Bush. When a s1ude111's ques-P~uagonia and Wavcspon, a Lion pressed Bradley LO elabo- r Kayak manu acturer, became rate on his reasons for suppori• sponsors of ,he Paddle Club. In ing Gore over Nader, he men• 1998 the club hosted the Indoor
1ioned weaknesses in Nader's Pool Slalom Na11onals.
stance on trade and lack or ex-. ;...:::.====....:;.;==:......---,
pcrfencc with intcrn,uional
problems.
l'lradky also urged voters to
work for change wi1hi'n l.hc. 1wo
party system ins1ead of going 10
a third pany. He said 1h:11 his­
torically third panics have 1101
been feasible, and that the ll­
nancing that Nader got for re­
ceiving five percent of the voLe
would 1101 be significan1. ~~Crime
·-~Beat
Oe1ober 26, 2000
Damage was done to a
laptop compu1er in a stu•
dcms room in Pondcroi.1.
Campus Safety avoids flames Assisted with a medical
call 10 the Mat Room in
Pampli11 where a SLUllcnt
inj urccl her knee doillg kick,
ing exercises.
by Erin Haick
Midnight on Halloween
brought on more 1han the
normal spat of mischief, when
Campus Safely be.came I he
victims of vehicle arson. The
white Cheverole1 S-10 pickup
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• us Safery
~OTO COUftTtSY CAMPOS wav
A firecracker was placed in
a half full can of gas below
a Campus Safety truck; gas
was poured beneath the
vehicle and set aflame.
sustained minor damage when
unknown persons placed a
half-full gas cm and an M-100
nrcwork under the front of the
1ruck and seL fire.
The can was originally
found near lhc barricades that
are stacked next 1he Campus Safety building, probably placed
there by an officer after being
collecte<l from elsewhere on
campl1S.
The can was la1er moved near
Lhe office door and ld1 ovcr­
nighL. Around 12:00 am, the can
was moved under the pickup.
Gas was poured onto theground,
and the lank-and-firework com­
binatl,on was lit.
Neither the rocket nor the can
exploded. but a fire wM s1aned
on the gravel, which scorched
1he ,Lrivcr's side of the vehicle.
The burning truck was noticed
by a driver on S'W Palatine Hill
Road, and this person called the
Pot1land Fire l)cparuncm, who
arrived to extinguish the blaze.
Dirccwr of umpus Safety Bill
Cmtin expressed relief 1h31 the
fire was relatively small. He said
1haL i r the device had exploded
under Lhe truck, which had a full
1ank of gas at the Lime, the truck
would be completely destroyed
and txtensive damage would
have been done 10 the Campus
Safety bullcling i1self.
"It's 1-talloween, and some
students are angry al us, and
we've become a source or
cliscontent, and 1ha1's really 100 bad." Curtin said.
"The result of this is very
serious, because il's beyond
prankslcrism and into property
damage and damage LO human
life."
The arson is currently under
invesfigaLion by the Portland
Fire Dcpanmcnt, and
PHOTO COURTESY C~P\IS SAIU't
The driver's side door of
the truck was scorched, but
the device did not explode,
sparing not only the vehicle
but the nearby building.
fingerprinting and other ICSLS
are being conducted 10
determine the perpetrators.
Curtins1resscd 1ha1 Campus
Safely would be very interested
in speaking wilh any s1uder11s
who feel 1hey have any
informa1ion regarding chis
arson, October 27, 2000
Baked goods were 1aken
from lhe Tempi Lon Bakery
in the early morning hours
by unknown subjects.
Damage wa$ done to
signagc and I he lawn at Gale
7 road.
Responded to a student
wilh a diabetk seizure in
Howard. He was trans ..
ported LO the Oregon Health
Science University.
October 29, 2000
t\n unknown subjc<.:l
pulled a fire alarm pull sta­
tion in liOward .'.ll 3:26am.
Octt>bcr 30, 2000
A Marijuana call in Plau
Eas1.
Nqvcmber I, 2000
An ancmplcd arson LO a
Campus Sarc,y vehicle in
from or 1he Campus sare1y
Oificc a1 12:35am. This in­
ciclenL is presently under in­
ves1iga1 ion by I he Pon land
Fire Bureau Arson Unil.
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SAAB SCOOP
by Buzzy Nielsen
Well, guess what, rolks? Yet
more congrallllations go om this
week 10 lucky SAAB grantees!
Our rirst kudos ~o out 10 Madi/
Computer Science maJor
Jenniler Cranfill who last
Thursday received $600 for I he
Cluster 2000 conference in
Germany. This summer1Jennlkr
along with lwo other s1uclcnls
researched clustering, a method
hy which computers can hooked
1ogc1her in order to combine
1heir speeds and memory, thus
resuh1ng in a £aster, larger
system hy recychng old
1echnology. Jennifer specifically
worked on the most effective
ways to save riles on such a
sysrem. Al the conference, she
along with CS professor Jens
Mache will present their
research during a poster session.
Again, congratulations,Jcnni[er!
A nrl do you remember
Jennifer Wegmann, SAAB's first
grantee of 1he year? Well, as you
might recall, Jennifer will be.
;1ucnding a conference on
Climate Change, more
specifically the Kyoto Protocol
10 reduce emission or
greenhouse gases, in The Mague,
Ne,hcrlands. Well, las,
Thursday, SAAB also granted
Jennifer 1he use of our cligii.11
vitlco c1.111crn so thnl she can
record the exciting happenings.
This will surely make Jennifer's
prcsemauons on her nndlngs
lh:11 much more interesting and
cxcumg!
"Wh.11's tlrnt ?'' you say,
"SAAfl has a digital video
c;uncra!? .. \Ve do indeed, along
wiLh several other pieces of
cqmpmcnt forstudcnl use. Over
the years, we have acquired
many pieces or cquipmenL that·
we make available for checkout lO s1uden1s who are doing
academic research or projects.
Currently, SAAB has the
following: Canon Xll Digital
Video Camera, Garmin GPS LIi
Global Positioning Receiver,
Panasonic Mic rocassell e
Recorder, Panasonic VCR, Pe1zl
Headlamp, Sony Audio Casselle
Recorder, Sony MierocasseHe
Recorder, and a Sony Mmidisc
Recorder & Condenser
Microphone. If y011 are
interesung in using any or this
equipment, juSl grah an
equlpmcn1 rcc1ues1 fom1 off the
wall by 1he Info Desk. Reques1s
arc due by 5.00pm the Friday
before you'd like 10 use the
cquipmenl.
As for other 1hings tha1 are
nc,"'t wor<l on the street is (or
maybe lhM's 1hc Curriculum
Comminec) 1ha1 the RcgisLrar's
Office 01.ly move I he regislration
booklet primarily to the Web.
The rationale Cor 1his is 1ha1 the
registration booklet becomes
obsole1c almost immcdia1ely
after it's published, but 1he Web
is continually upda1ecl wi1h
additions, cancellations, and
alterations of classes. The
booklet will s1ill be printed in
modest amoums for those who
have a difficult time accessing
Lhe Internet and oLhcrs Who
request them. The. Registrar's
Office will also continue 10
publish information such as
finals schedules and genernl
education re(1ulrerncnts.
1-lowcvcr, SAAB and the
Registrar would ;1ppreciaIe your
mput. What do you 1hink oflhis
idea? \.Vould it be rnorc or less
convcniern for you? How would
this affec1 your registration for
classes? rf you h:wc thoughts on
this, please don't hcsila1e lo
contact Ii1c.
Religious leaders discuss homosexuality
By Brianna Golan
Since 1979, the Lewis &
Clark Chapel has been pulling
on Charnbcrlain lec1Urc..c; m an
effort to fulrill the Chapel's mis•
sion to be "Dedicated to the
Glory or God, :is a place for ask­
mg qucsLions, speaking I he pro­
phenc word, and the exploding
of righteous anger into ntlio·n."'
This year's lecture, held on Oc-
1ober 24, was 1i1lcd "Spirituality,
Sens\1ality. and Homosexuality:
a Jewish-Chnsuan Dialogue,"
The featured speakers were
Rahb1 Schmuley Botc.sch, an or•
thoclox rabbi. and author or Ko•
,1,er 5cxancl Dr,1111g Sarcts of t/,c
Ten Command111rnts, aml Andrew
Sulllvan, PhD: an active Catho­
lic. writer for the New York
Times, and amhor of Love U11•
1le1ccwblr: Noles 011 frie11</shiJ>,
Sex, and Survival.
\Vha\ mac.le. 1bis dialogue so
intcres1ing were Lhc l,,10 men's
views on ho111oscxt1;-1hLy.
Sullivan speaks nationally about
bigoiry and gay righis and is
openly gay. Rabbi Boteach has a
bro1hrr who is hon1oscxual, btu
s1il1 proclaims thal i( .-1 gay 1nan
can find some happiness with a
,vo1mm he $houtd marry her ~md
:utcmpt to live a hctcroscxu.al
lifo. Sullivan argncd tha1 homo­
scxuals shoulcl, like hctcroscxu­
::ils. have the right w marriilge.
Mc talked about marrfagc as a sacrifice and ennobling experi­
ence ,ha, should be considered
a •basic human right." I-le does
not believe it fair that homo­
sexuals are nOl allowed to havt
dial type or fulfillment. He
ended by saying that "until 1hc
church allows lgaysl 10 love :rnd
be loved, we :ill will never be
whole." While Rabbi 8olcach
did concede Sullivan's point, he
also s1a1cd that smcc the tradi­
tional value of marringc was
crumbling (1 in 2 marriages end
in divorce in 1odayssoc,c1y), 1he
clcJinition should be held strong
and no< complicaicd by 1 he is­
sue of gay marriage. Rabbi
Boteach discussed Lhe lack or
intimacy in today's relationships.
He said that the fear 1s or the 10-
1al nakedness (i.e. body and
soul) required for m1c intimacy.
He said the: way lO salvage com ..
mhmcnl in loday's society was
10 realize that •there is only one
God and you're nol il." This
means is to lislcll'·in relation•
ships, to dlrc. and LO allow for
"101al nakedness." While Rabbi
Botcach said the point was not
that he could not condone ho­
mosexuality. One should search
for love, intimacy, and commit ...
mcm in whatever way one can
nnd 11, seemed 10 be the com­
bined message from the lwo men
from such seemingly diffcrc.n,
camps. Symposium: designing a green city
by Laurel Brauns
Even for 1hosc studcnts who
remained clueless abouuhe En­
viron mental Symposium on
Monday morning, 1he liule clcc­
tricscooH:rsancl bikes that were
0ying arou,lCI campus by Mon­
day afternoon were difficult 10
miss. Also on display omside the
library were hybrid cars that run
on both gas and electricity as
well as represen1a11ves from the
car-shanng company in Port­
land.
Debates began Tuesday
11igh1 in 1hc basemen! of Miller
where s1udcms, faculty, alumni
an<l conununity members
crowded imo 1hc small lccwre
hall to hear speakers address is­
sues of the Design of Urban
Communities and Public Space.
Ali four speakers used Portland
as a reference lO explain lheir
dilTerent perspectives.
The first speaker was David
Bragdon who now works part­
time for rhc mctro~council,
which is part or Portland's re­
gional government. He began his
speech by 1elling a funny story
aho111 mec1ingso111e LC students
back in his cab driving days and
having a long talk with them
about endangered species. h was
ironic that he h;1d any ~cabdriv•
ing days" because it said in ihe
program that he wen, to
Harvard.
His speech focused on Lhe
different si1ua1ions which make
growth either positive or nega­
tive. In the 1Q80's, because there
was no growth in Oregon, fund­
ing for the arts and public spaces
like parks could not be provided.
Yet now that this trend 1s re~
versed. growth in Oregon has
become non-sus1ainabk. A hair­
million people will be born here
or Inove here in the next twenty
years, Bragdon said.
An important point that he
noted about govemn'\CJU plan•
ning is that it is not omnipotem:
market forces and people's tastes
also play a large role in how ccr-Panelists at the Environmental Symposium discuss the
environmental impact of urban planning.
a parking 101 and Waterfront
Park was a major highway! Mc
spoke or some new plans 10
bring trains to the airport in or­
der to cut down on t hal lTafnc.
Kelly Ross of 1he Home
Builders Association spoke of ,, ___ _
The audience was left
with the feeling that
community members
can take matters into
their own hands to
revive their surround­
ings, whether it be by
starting their own
Demonstration
Project or making
their voice heard in
city government _____ ,,
1he inevitability or growth. He
was very mttch agalns1 1he Ur­
ban Growth Boundary, yet he
claimed be "'as in consensus
with 1110S1 or Oregon about ur­
ban planning because he felt like
it should be denser within the
ci1y. In contradiclion 10 this, he
PHOTO IV KELLY HAYO(tt 1ioned weather or noL our
present siluation or urban
growlh is truly a rellcCLion of a
dcmocralic process or inclusive
involvement at all levels. He
emphasized dial a communuy
should be involved in the
growth and not reel like i1 is a
vic1inl: of iL. City Repair is an ex­
pression ofthings tha, peopleclo
together. The organiza1ion seeks
Lo ac1iva1e people in 1hc process
of city regeneralion.
Ahhough Michael Ogan or
1he PDC said that it was his gov•
ernment.al organization that c.re•
ated Pioneer Square and \Vatcr·
fron1 Park, L1.kcman said 11 ,vas
actually 1.he activists of Pon land
"who rallied for these changes.
During his slide show he dem­
onslr:uccl thed1ffcrcntc between
a European neighborhood and
a Ponland neighborhood al
noontime. 1n the European
neighborhood, the sircets were
filled wi1 h markclS anti fl.Ctiviry
wlule 1he Portland rcsidcniial
neighborhood was dead. He
talked abou1 placing more value
on public ga1hcring places like
Pioneer Square.
1"he new "'environmentally
souncl" neighborhood of Orcnco
Station is jus, an illusion or a
village, Lakeman said. Mos1
people do not work there and it
is also abandoned m 1he middle
of the day.
With the Environmental Studies Symposium came the
infamous and popular Tea Horse. Wuh this in mmd, how can
we bring our conunumucs hac-k
IO life? One example he shared
with the aud1cnce Commun11r
DcmonsLration Pr0JCCI locatccl
in Scllwood. Every year, resi­
dents g.nher to repmm lhl: in­
terseclion of the street, City Re­
pair secs llus 1nte:rsccli0tt as tl
place for neighbors 10 co111c to­
gether. AL the comers or the m­
tersecuon are: a liulc tort, a com­
munity bullelit1 l,oard, and a
Jillie lea •able. Someday he
hopes lhal mtcrsccrion will tum
into a weekend markcl place.
Tuesday's speeches gave
m;1ny inlcrcsting pcrspccuvcs
on the subjcc1 of urban plan•
ning, cspeciolly wi1hi11 the Port­
land area. As in most scss1ons
or the symposium, all sides were
well represented by lhe g11cs1s.
The audience W>lS left w11h the
reeling thaL communit)' mc·m•
bcrs c;in take matters into Lhcn
own hal'ldS ir they W:.ltll 10 TC•
vive their surroundings,
whether it be by s1ar1111g their
own Dcmon~ara1io11 ProJCCl or
being ;.\Cl WC m dly govcrnmcm. lain areas gcI developed. I lis
own vision is that planning will
become more interdisciplinary
and include ideas aboul trans­
portation :incl social interaction
instead of simply buildings.
Michael Ogan of 1he Portland
DcvelopnlcnL Commission
spoke about some recent posi-
1ive dcvelopmenis supported by
1 he PDC such as W:ucrrront Park
ancl Pioneer Square. He showed
slides or older pic1urcs of Port­
land. Pioneer Square used 10 be said that density would leave no
place for parks and no more per•
mcable ground. Mc g::ive srnns ..
tics :tbom places outside of 1he
urban growth boun<l:lf)' that
have grown by 100% 111 1 he last
20 years while inside the bound­
ary the population has only in­
creased by 20%.
Perhaps Lhc most insp11;ng of
Tuesday's speakers was Mark
Lakeman from Cily Repair, He
:1rgned against the my1h 1ha1
growl h is m..:vllablc and qucs ..
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MP3s: love 'em or hate 'em, they're here to stay
by Joe Clock ---------- t07.
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12. ..-Jrt>ovnd ✓O.rault
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"'"" 87,:ll< The price of a new CD is of.
,en close ,o twenty dollars, whik
the price of more than eight hun•
clrcd thousand MP3s, available
through Napstcr, is a small
amoum of a compulcr owner's:
1irnc. To those who arc com­
pletely computer 1llneratc. MP3
stands for "Mo1 ion P,cmre Ex·
pen Group One, Audio Layer
Three," and is a way to encode
music files thai lakes up sigl)m­
can tly less of a compu1er's
memory than 01 her common for­
mats. To many college students,
the wide availability of MP3s is
a blessing; they do no, have ,o
use 1hcir often-limited funds io
buy CDs that they may end up
1101 hkmg, Record companies
howcvcr1 believe th.\t M P3s, and
1he services that provide them.
take away chcir business. ancl
facilitate large-sea le piracy. Re­
ccrHly there have been well-pub•
liClzcd lawsuils agains1
Mp3.com, and Napster for their
roles in distributing MP3s. How­
ever. while lawyers debate copy•
righl issues in c.ounrooms.
MP3°s continue to now in10 ■ 7. /J~indoc,ltt,td,,ai 4:).$( 4
2 The number of songs that the
s1udems claim l0 have vanes
grea1ly. Some hacl fewer 1han ten.
whlle 01hcrs had several hun•
drcd. Record <:ompames may nol
he losing out a, Lewis & Clark,
though. Two lhmls of the SIU•
dents survt'ycd who download
music s,,id that ,hey did nol feel
they buy fewer CDs because they
have access LO M 1'3s. and almosl
half the stude111s surveyed had
bouglH a CD within thr last
momh. Students were divided
over whclhcr or not anists
shou Id be paid for downloads of
their songs, with a slim major ..
ity of 53% saying that they
should not he paid. Also, sixty
percent of the: Napstcr users sur ..
vcycd said they would not con ..
tlnuc lO use Nap5ler if 1hey had
,o pay a few dollars each month.
This rnay ,ncan th:u Napstc·r use
is abotll ,o dechnc at Lewis &
Clark. Recently Naps1er seulcd
wilh one of the record compa•
nics bringing the suit, agreeing
to charge users a small monthly
fee in order to pay royahics to
musicians.
dorm rooms a1 Lewis and Clark.
and around the world.
It was found tbat Cihy-fivc
percent of the students who re•
spondecl 10 a survey in Pla11.
1-lowarcl, and Copeland rcsi•
dcncc halls said they download
1nusic, ,111d the vast majority of
those who do use N:opster. One
reason for lhis is that Napslcr
a11ows its users to share music.
A user can search for a band or ::i
song and download I he music
they wan, from other users. U,s­
crs can also find out what other
bands someone with simila"r·
musical 1.~s1c listens 10. Naps1er
' "'
Z27.
itself docs not directly provide
its users with music, hut 11 fa.
cilitatcs the exchange of files,
almost ninety percent of which
record companies clann are pro­
tected under copyrigh1s.
Record companies sued
Napster for violations of copy•
right law, and on July 26, a Fed•
eral District Coun in Northern
California issued an injonCLion
against Napster. Two days laLer
judges from the Ninth Circuit
stayed the injunction. and
Napster 1s curremly preparing
for an appeal or the niHng. In
their charges agains1 Naps,er
lawyers for the recordmg inclus­
"Y claimed that "Napstcr
has ... misused and is misusing
1hc remarkable potemial of the
lntcrntl, cssentia11y runmng an
onlinc bazaar devoted 101he pi­
rating or music." Naps1er how­
ever, claims thaL i1 canno1 con­
trol 1he actions of iis users, and
it is not at fault if copyrighted
music is traded by those users.
Scour, anoLher service. lhtn
provides MP3s as well as video
files, is also racing a lawsui1 by
the recording inclusiry. Record
companies are using similar ar•
gumcnts agains1 Scour as Lhcy
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■10. /J~tffv-Viclt-o
All ottwr cl.-sHS
~riodl l-1t0n,:h
did agains1 Napster. However
Scour msists th>tt they ·respect
copyrights ,iml it11cllcc1,rnl prop­
erty rightS." And that their "ser­
vices h:we always been and will
continue ,o be complc1cly legal.•
Recently Scour filed for bank­
ruptcy because of the cost of
defending usclf against lawsuits
and a potcmial $ I 00 million
fine.
Nearly forty percent <>f
Napstcr's 1wenty-fivc m,illion
users arc college-aged, and
Napster and MP3 trading have
become an issue on college cam­
puses all over the country. Aside
from the issue of copyright is•
sues, some colleges have banned
Naps1er because they feel that
music downloads were taking up
LOO much space on their servers.
The Lewis & Clark student
handbook, in its section on Lbc
responsible use of computers,
says that no one should do any­
thing 1hat limi,s sornconc c-lse~
ahility 10 use 1echnological re­
sources, and lists one possible
way or inlptding someone's use
of the resources as violation of
copyright laws. The handbook,
however, docs not specifically
memion Naps,cr or MP3s. Chris <16.tk
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CAAPHIC COURTfSY lEWfS ~ ClARI< MlOIA SIRYICfS
Stevens of Informal ion Technol•
ogy says that 1T docs not police
or sensor student's c;:omputcr
activities. So. unless a cop)'nght
holder complains 10 the college
about a student's ,llegal MP3s
they will not take acuon.
Unlike 01hcr colleges tha1
have banned Lhc program.
Napstcr takes up only a small
amount or Lewis& Clark's band­
width. Over the past week, only
four percent of the College's
Internet iraffic came from
Naps1er, compared with thirty
percent from 01.her h1•bouncl
web traffic. The College's only
restriction on MP3 downloads is
unintcnlionnl: a four•ycar .. old
firewall that separates the gen­
eral Internet and the can1pus for
sccurhy reasons. However. over
winter break a new firewall will
be ms1allccl 1hat w,11 he much
less restncllve 10 compulers in
dorm rooms.
Also. the school's network
h:mdlcs close to its maximum
possible use. When the network
gets busy applications slow
down, and Napster downloads
are often interrupted. The ad­
minis1ra1ion 1s looking in10 in•
creasing ,he colleges bandwidth Court <lecisions on Napstcr
and Scour have. and will con­
tinue to {lr3w attention on cam•
pus and across the country. Also,
even if Napster and Scour arc
shut d<,wn. there is some qucs•
tion as to whclher or n0l record
,omp:mics can aclua11y do an)'·
1hing to stop people from sh:or­
ing MP3s.
New programs come u 11 as
<1uickly as old uncs arc shut
down, and wi1 h new protect ions
against la,vsui1s. Whe1 her or 1101
h is proven that their providers
violate copyright law, MP35 will
unqucs1ionably play an imp<>r•
tan1 role in 1hc future or music.
Surely
someone
around
here is
interesting.
The Pioneer Log
seeks to feature
unique individuals
around campus. If
you know one, the
Pioneer Log wants
you!
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LC Jazz band stoked with fiery Latin rhythms
by Corey Long
Warren Murray. one or the
percussionists for the Lewis &
Clark jazz band, has been de­
scribed by a colleague as "in-
1cnsc." Regar(lless or whether
1his description addresses his
pcrsonalily or his drumming
style, it fits. When 1alkrng 10
W.1rren, or lis1ening 10 him
dnun, his m1ensi1y cannot help
hut show, nor can h,s love or
music ;111<1 the jazz band. He is,
in the words of a fellow band
member, "the outspoken leader o[ the jazz hand," not to men•
tion 1he backbone of its rhythm
section. The jazz band will per­
form its ran concert loniglu a, 8
p.m. at the Evans Mus,c Aud1-
1oriurn.
"Jazz is my favorite genre,"
says Murn>y. "And I really value
my experience wilh the band.•
Murray is a perfortnance ma•
ior and he 1s quick to dismiss the
asscr11on that performance ma•
jors should not come to Lewis
& Clark.
·1r you think this is not a
school for performance m:ljors,
PHOTO 8Y COfl{Y LONG
The LC Jazz Band, lead by David Becker, will perform a
mix of jazz standards incorporating hot Latin rhythms. you are not motivated," he
cl-aims. ..Here there is :)n inli­
mate a1mosphere. one-on-one
instruction and you don'l feel
like you are at a music factory
as you woulcl at a big university.
There is always access~ I
wouldn't 1rade my expcrknce
here foranyrhmg." Warren and
the band Will reamrc an assort­
mcn, or studcm soloists and a
mix of well-known jazz Stan•
dards and uph<!at Latin rhythms.
Senior Lecturer in Music and
DirecrorofBands, David Becker
rs quick 10 praise the ensemble's
work e1h1c and dedication. "I
am impressed with how hard­
workmg and commHletl this
year's band members :ire," says
Becker. ·we ha,·e a collection
of exceptional soloists and this
conecn will give people an op­
portunity to hear them work and
to enjoy some ho1 L1nn num­
bers.• Among others, these
oloists include Murray on 1hc
drums and firs,-year student
Alexandra Dalmau on tenor
saxophone. Both will share I he
spotlight on ,he Buddy Rich clas­
sic, "Channel One Suite." "Re•
hearsals have been going really
well and a great deal or time has
been spem geuing the reel or
, hesc Latin jan pieces," s,ays
Dalmau. "It's good toaddalatin
sound." acids Murray. "It's a dif-
Choir hits hot, diverse notes
by Corey Long
Wa1ching Gil eclcy conduct
a choir praclkc is like watching
a excited ra,her teaching his
first-born lus 1raclc. His enthu­
siasm 1s uncontamablc, as is his
love for his cra£t. His studcms
arc trying to get rhrough a dirri­
cuh piece which is based on the
work or Spanish poeL Fcdcriko
Lorka ancl Seeley is doing ever)'•
thing he can to help rhe gro,q>
achieve the sound and feeling he
1 hinks will serve L he piece besL
Wuh hands Oail_i_ng and voice
jumping, he pt1shes and prods
usmg 11nagcry 10 help explain cappclla nova in rhcirconcen on
Thursda)', Nov. JO at 8 p.m. at
the Evans Music Audilorium.
The choir, wbich consists or 19
women and 12 men, will per•
fonn a diverse set, including
works by Handel, Arcadeh,
Josquin. Ramavaara, Estevez.
Sondheim, Porter, Gershwin and
Ellingon, as well as an MTican
processional. and musical inter ..
pret;Jtions or no, only Lorka, bm
also William Shakespeare.
041 like to explore a divcrsit)'
of styles for both singers and au­
cliences." says Seeley.
"Gil likes to pick eclcc1ic
music that will stimulate a wide
PHOTO~ CORlY LONG
Dr. Gil Seeley will conduct the mixed choir, cappelra nova
Nov. 30. The choir's set will emphasize musical diversity.
1hc11oi.sc.and to guide the voices
10 'lhat place' where happiness
in music is found. He is very
p:iucnl and as the sound he
wants is finally produced, his joy
resonates wilh a bois1crous "Yes!
That's it!" Dr. Seeley, the James
r: Rogers Professor or Mu.sic and
dcpartmenr chair at the College
will lead 1hc mixed choir, range of ~u(Licncc tastc-s," says
junior Fauna Ooylc, who sings
soprano. "It is so challenging for
a choir 10 change from full, clas­
sical pieces like Handel l's 'lei
the Celestial Voices,' 10 some•
thing hotter like Ellington's 'Hit
Mc With a Hot Note,' says Doyle.
"But that'$ what good choirs do:
chr111gc and evolve." This year's choir consists or
the swndMd four sections in­
cluding bass, tenor, alto and so•
prano. IL is a well-balanced
group that, under Seeley'sclirec­
tion and positive Mti1ude, is im•
provil1g on a regular basis de­
spire 1he things tba1 seem 10
hamper ever)' college orgamza­
tion. 1'lt was hard at the begin•
ning." s.1ys Doyle. "Among other
thi11gs, we had to deal with
people having labs and over seas
trips. There has also been a big
lurnovcr and not too man)' se•
nior students."
Such raciors make SecJcy's
cxpcr1ise and patience irHan·
gible. His passion for music is
contagious, according 10 hiSSlll•
dents, and he creates an c1wiron•
mcm conducive to musical eclu ..
cation and exploration.
"Gil is an excellent artistic
director. and he loves ll\Usic,"
says Doyle. "This is• great place
for those who w~nl lO sing. ,and
10 learn. We are gcuing stronger
all lhc lime and our allO section.
especially, has become really
bcau11ful. And in pieces with
C,1ur, five or stx parts when all
lhc sections hit lhcir nolcs, it is
really incredible. •
The Nov. 30 performance will
include solos by sophomore
Lynelle Taner and junior Aaron
Forbon. Tbc choir is, in the
opinion or some of its membtts,
nor well known. They hope this
conccn will give the campus an
opponu nhy to learn more about
a group that is looking to set a
precedent for fu1ure members.
Take the 1imc 10 experience the
bcauti[ul noise Lhe)' have been
honing. The concert is just un­
der a month away, so plan ahead,
pull your rooma1c away from his
or hcrsinglc's chat room. and a1•
tend. 1'1-iOlO BY COllfY l~
Warren Murray, percussionist for the LC jazz band, in
rehersal for tonight's concert, 8 pm, in Evans. Be there.
fercn1gcnrcwithsomccomplcx Lwo guiLans1s. and a, ptt1ho
rhythms. It's a challenge to lock player.
in, but when you do ... " The The band played a warm-up
smile on his race ends that sen-concerL last Tuesday •~lhc Trail
tence better 1han any words Roomwithsomemcmbersofthc
could. The jazz band isa stnaller Portland State University jazz
uni1 1han in past years. which program in prepa,ra1ion for 1hcir
acids ,o the vnity of 1.he group's performance tonight, This is the
sound. Pan of the rt,tson forth1s only on-campus concert 1ha1 the
is the absence or a trombone sec• band will play rhis semester, so
Lion "We arc much tighter than leave the Pabst Blue Rtbbon un
in past years," says scmor Peter ice ror an hour longer and show
Berkhout, who plays the trum-"I'· They rehearse every Mon­
pct. The band weighs in with day and Wednesday at 3:30. so
six trumpets, five saxophones. if you cannot attend their per•
and a six piece rhythm section fonnance. sneak up lO Evans
mcluding lWO basses, as v~,cll as and calch a listen.
Help Smoke-out
cigarette addiction
by Emily Hoke
We all know that smoking is
bad for one's health. Still, many
people conunue to light ltp.
Upon arriving al LC, )'OU mriy
have noticed the large number
of Sltldent smokers. This may
not h;1ve flt with )'Our picture of
Lhc Lewis & Clark famed cnvi•
romnentally conscious lifestyle.
However, Lewis & Clark is not
alone in ils rising smoking rate
among stude1us: .Sl;ttistics show
,ha, the smoking rate has gone
up in colleges around the coun•
try. Many attribute these rising
staustics (>artially l0 the fact that
Lhc kids who were inOucnccd by
Joe Camel arc now college-aged.
The American Cancer
SocieLy's Great Amcrica1,
Smokeout will take place Thurs­
day, November IB. Look for the
table SC\ up ou1sicle or the Trail
Room. We will offer free stick­
ers, Sllck•IIS, and other run
1h1ngs to promOle a lobacco-free
li[estylc. Y,1u'II also be able to
find li1erat11re on both quiuing
met hods and places to find sup­
po n. The Great American
Smokcou1 is not about con­
dcnming those who smoke-it's
abou, encouraging and support­
ing all the nonsmoking
wannabes 0111 there. Though
quitting is one or 1hc most diffi­
cult struggles one c.1n face, it is
as rewarding as it is challenging.
Hooray! Yott quit! Mere is
what to expect according lO the.
American Ca,nccr Socicly:
Whhin 20 minutes your blood
pressure. pulse rate and body
temperature return to normal.
In 8 hours your body begins 10
heal itself. The c"rbon monox• tAMERICAN
CANCER
SOCIETY'
tl,,J..t.. ~
NJWA.Y.EIU EAS M
icle level in your blood drops to
normal while your oxygen level
increases '° normal 24 hours:
your chances or a heart attack
decrease. 48 hours: nerve end­
ings start regrowing and your
ability to smell and wste 1s en­
hanced. 72 hours: bronchial
tubes relax, lung c.1pacity in­
creases, and breathing becomes
easier. 2 weeks to 3 months: cir­
culation improves. walking be­
COtl'ICS easier. and lung function
rncreascs up to 30%. I to 9
mon1hs: cilia rcactivalc in the
lungs, increasing their ability to
handle mucous, clcai1 1he lungs
and reduce inrection. Coughmg.
sinus infection, foriguc a□d
shonness of brea1h decrease and
your overall energy level in•
creases. S years: the lung cancer
death rote [or the average
smoker decreases almost 50 per­
cent. 10 years: the lung cancer
death rate for the averag<'
Smoker drops to almost the ra1c
of a nonsmoker. The risk for
other cancers also decreases.
Giving up " pack-a-day
smoking habit is the health
equivalent or losing 50 10 70
pounds or excess weight!
So on Nov. 18, don't light up,
butt out. and join us in 1he fight
to help those who may need i1.
The lh111lc agamst cigarcues 1s far
from caS)'. and anyone in 1hc
midst of it needs all the suporr
possible. Their bodies will thank
YOll!
November 3, 2000 Pioneer Log 5 :::::::=:::::Pione========erlo~g =Reed Infiltration
Student pretends to be prospie, gets inside scoop
by James Christie
If you arc a student from
Lewis & Clark College you've
probably heard stories about
Recd, that small liberal ans
school that's across the river
from us. You might have heard
that the people who go to Reecl
Lend to be lonely, depressed,
crnck smokers who periodically
run around naked and kill them•
selves. There arc 01 her stones
about Reed that you might have
heard, like suicides bemg so
common under one particular
1 ree on campus that the tree has
noweamed itself the name "the
suicide tree." Or that everyone
at the college is a Goth who docs
hardcore drugs. Or maybe
you've heard that in foct drugs
-are Sll much +l p.-irt or the lilc at
Recd that the student council
ha, bon_g,; th,ll people can check
QUI.
Arc these rumors true: or are
they a bunch of mumbo Jumbo?
b the small Liberal Arts College
'1tross one of the most polluted
nvtrs in the world from us re•
ally a cesspit of huma11 agony,
mind warping drugs, and self,
innictcd death? Or arc all these
myths just examples of cgocen-
1rism in which Lewis & Clark
has projected it's own dark side
onto its neighbor?
To answer lhcsc questions the
1>ionccr Log decided LO send a
rcponcr whose mission was to
infiltrate the campus and dis•
cover what really goes on in that
small liberal arts school across
the river. That reporter was me.
So. in the mid-morning hours
of October the 27th I shaved my
goatee and, with a mini no1c:.1.,
book in my back pocket, I leh
the safe confines of LC and ven­
tured across 1 he Willameue un­
der lhe guise that I was an 18
)'Car old senior from Lake Os­
wego high school. Earlier in the
month I had made reservations
to stay over night, have a cam­
pus tour, and all 1ha1 other fun­
filled hub-buo we had to go
through when we where visiting
a college as a prospective stu­
dcn 1. The irony or this is 1ha1
Recd students inspired my plan.
Two years ago. t,vo students
from Reed's college newspaper
visited LC as prospective su,­
dcms and wro1c an article about
their impressions of our school
for their paper.
I remember on my bus ride
over :.1 tingle or cxc.ilemcnt in my
bcl ly as i r l was cute.ring a ,v;.r
zone. During my ride over I
scribbled down some o( the fol,
lowing thougbts into my nole­
book: "Am I going to he offered
crack?" "What am I gelling my•
self into?", trnd "What ,f "')'
cover gets blown? What will the
,veird Recdics do 10 me then'
Will they force me 10 smoke
crack? I <lon't want 10 smoke
crack I"
There ·was also another anX:a-­
ety noating around 111 my mmd.
My best rnend'sex-g1rlrncnq_at-
1cnded Reed. The I\VO or them
had a very 11gly break up 1h1s
summer. If she found out I was
there would she blow my cover
10 sp,tc me? Would she auack
me? Would her friends stick
heroin needles 11110 me or ror<:e: me to panicipalc in one of 1heir
Reed like ceremonies? Another
source or paranoia for me was
that I had missed I he l'irsl bus
ride ancl was al read)' klle for my
VISll.
My watch read 1:50 when I
final!)' stepped onto Reed's cam­
pus. I w:1s suppose to have been
there at 12:00. The first thing I
s:,w was two females rolling
around under a tree throwing
lc,1ves at each other. Maybe the
1ree they were playing under ,v:1s
the suicide tree? Maybe they
where about 10 kill themselves?
Maybe the joy they where ex­
pressing was the pseudo peace­
fulness one feels knowing that
in a rcw mo me.ms all of I he pain
would be gone? Or maybe they
where just playing under a nor•
mal tree for the sake of having
fun? After I had observed them
for a minute, they stopped play•
ing under tbe ircc and walked
away. "Wen: I thought 10 my·
self, "I'll probably have more
opporttU'lilics Lo wilncss a
Recdic's sclf-innic1cd demise.
Meck, I've only been here for a
minulc."
l arrived al the admissions
office to find out that I had
missed the two and only classes
that I had been scheduled to at­
tend. Slightly disappointed I
took a seat and wailed for my
tour guide LO come. While wail­
ing. l eavesdropped on a convcr•
sat ion be1wce.n two females and
a male. One of the fcma lcs was
sharing her plans 10 emasculate
her 6'1" boyfriend: during this
she grabbed her crotch a rew
1imcs. So far my impressions of
Rcedies (thats what they call
GRAPHK AAT 8Y MO,GHAH v.MAA!tl
6 Pioneer Log November 3, 2000 1hemselvcs) defied the s1creo­
Lypes I held of them. lns1eacl or
seeming depressed, they ap•
pcared happy.
My tour was typical. A female
Rcc<lic showed ::t fcv,t prospective
students. their parents. :.tnd inc
the campus. On my tour I noted
a few similaril ics bet ween R.ccd
and LC. Reed has a radio Stalion
1 hat hardly anyone listens 10 and
it has a canyon that could be
compared to LC's ravine. The
difference between the 1wo is
tha1 one is filled with water and
ducks while the other 1s filled
with trees. Recd also has a build­
ing named Watzck. Their gym is
named aJtcr the same g\1y our
library is named after. There
were also dogs everywhere I
looked. Reed even has its own
small hippie population.
After my tour I wandered
around campus killing time un­
til I was suppose LO meet my
overnight host. IL was at lhis
time that l really staned notic­
ing what was around me. The.
people at Reed appeared at I wo
ex1remes. Some individuals
came off as eccentric while other
individuals made huge efforts 10
avoid eye con1acL with ine.
These same people walked very
fast. I found out later lhat these
Reedies were the ones who
spend all their time studying and
that I was lucky thal I saw tl,esc
studious individuals outside of
the confines of their room. the
I ibrary. or one of I heir classes.
Both the eccentric and tense
individuals appeared SI ressed. In
fact, stress permeated the whole
campus. l rclt ii and saw it cv•
erywherc I went. Even the happy people I si,w had a. 1ensencss
~bout them. I found out latct
1h,11 Recd is considered one or
the most academically challeng-
111g undergraduate colleges 111
the nat10n (some even c<)ns1<icr
it the most academically de-
1nanding in 1he nalion). I even
heard one story of an individual
who spends on average 1wclvc
hours • night studying. The
word .. sLress" came up more
limes than any Olhcr word when
I asked people what life was like
at Recd. With the strcs~ level this
high the rumors or eccentricity
of this pbce made sense. Stress
nee.els to be released and one
very e.ffectivc form of releasing
Slress isl he act of gomg "crazy'".
1 hadn'L seen anyone go .. crazy"
yet hut 1 had a feeling I would
before my slay a, Recd was done
since lherc ,vas uo way anyo11c
could remained this stressed
wuhoUI going crazy.
There was one lhing aboul
Recd 1ha1 didn't rnvolve the su,­
dcms that I observed while wan­
dering aro,1nd the campus. /\1
one poinL I c:.uncacross a rouing
squirrel corp~c lymg under a
tree. At first I 1hough1 I had
found the infamous suicide ,rec
and that 1hc linlc fellah had got­
ten stressed because he couldn't
r, nd any nuts aml k,llcd himsell.
But then it occurred to me that
you \voul<l nc\1cr sc<· a smal I am­
m al corp$c lyrng around on
Lewis & Clark's campus cspc-ciall)' ir you where a prospective
studcm. \A/c h:.1vc too anal of a
grQunds crew LO allow 1h:1t to
happen. Our campus must be
beautiful. h's as if we need a
beautiful campus in order lO at•
tract prospective students. Recd
on the other hand can get aw:iy
with leaving a rcw squirrd
corpse~ lying around wuhou1
fear or losmg prospcc11ve !'.;l\J•
{lcms. For Recd i..:; more I han JtL<;I
., preuy fate 11•~ a squirrel car­
ca.s.s.
,,r,cr walking.uouml c:11npU!:1
obstr\11ng an<l cakmg 1unc.s or
wh;u I s:awl nl('I upwuh lll)'S:IU­
<lcnl hos1. \Ve went to his 100m
where I met one ol his fncncb
Tlw three of us had a conversa­
tion. I would ask them questions
ahout Recd and they wnul,I an•
swcr lhl'lll. rvcry now and then
they won Id ask me about where
I w:1s from ,tnd what 01hcr t0I•
lq;cs I wanted to apply tu .,s 11 I
wrrc a real pr~pcc..·uvc s1udcn1
During lhc <hscuss1on I. wa."
h.wing with my student host and
his [ricnd the inevnablc topic of
the college's ac:tdemic rcpuwuon
c:.me up. The answer he gave
me was one or the most i111cr­
es11ng thmgs I heard during my
whole v1s11. .i\:Vc;:11 we where
ranked numhcr J or something
in lhc Prmcclon Review two
)'Cars ago hUl 1 hen we had a re•
ally big drop but that was be•
c.iusc 1 he adm1ss1ons ofhce
·11:
doesn't bother sending in ,he
information thal the Prmccton
Review rcc1ucs1s anymore."
I'm 1101 sure 1f I grinned or
that my jaw dropped wide open
when hes,nd lhis to me for who
ever thought of a college being
audacious enough 1101 10 send 111
1he rcqucsled information to the
Princeton Review? Hell, could
you picwrc whal our admission
omc.e would do in order Ill get a
number I ranking in 1hc
Princeton Review> I bet they'd
even start admnung lrcshmcn
preppies just bcc.1usc that dcmo­
grap hi c tends 10 have high
alumni donation rates. Oh wait
a mintuc.
When I asked hnn why the
ad111iss1ons office stopped scnd­
lng in the information that tht·
Pnnccton Review wanlcd he
,old lllC, "Well, ,f the school was
ranked numhcr l we woultl be­
come popular and lhal would
cause more normal people lo
come h<;rc and we wonldn I want
See Reed, page 8 Reed Infiltration Pioneerlog
LC is an inferior school, say Reed students
by Melissa Almoquist
Recd College has long-held
the reputation of being a left•
wing subversive 1hink•L;rnk for
drug-addicted hippies who pre•
fer a good research paper 10 a
shower and .. commune wiLh na•
turc,. on every occasion. 'Nell at
least in the minds of most LC
studcnls. liowcvcr, where this
may be common knowledge to
most Lewis & Clark students.
what 1s not common knowledge
i.s 1hc rcplllauon that Lewis &
Clark holds at Recd.
Formally a Pon land ::.1a1e stu­
dent for the occasion, this re­
porter dined wuh Recd studC'ntS
'' All of the students
interviewed felt that
LC prepared students
better for careers
immediately after
school. Some even
compared it to a
vocational school. ___ ,,
:rnd listcnc<l to the ins and outs
or a private school cduc~tion,
moreover a "Recd" education­
an e111ircly differcn1 cxpenencc
from tha1 which we know al L
C. '1Lcwis & Clark struck me as kids who liked high school and
did well there,·• commented
Reed sophomore Dylan Burns, a ,, ____ _
Lewis & Clark struck
me as kids who liked
high school and did
well there.
Dylan Burns
Reed student ____ ,,
classics religion major who took
a third year Japanese class last
year at Lewis & Clark. Lewis &
Clark. according to all of the
Recd swdcms interviewed. has
the reputation of an inlcnor edu­
cauon of high school likeness 111
whlch 1 he academics are just no,
challenging.
Burns commented funher
1 ha1 l.cw1s & Clark students had
"more knowledge of movies and
c11lture-1hings that Recd stu­
dents don't have ti Ille for." for
Recd students, the difference be­
tween 1hc two colleges 1s clear:
most students freely no1ed lhc
high level of stress swdents will­
ing!)' coped with a1 Reed and for•
wardlr s1a1ed 1ha1 such stress did
not exist ~ll Lewis & Clark as far
as they knew. Junior Reid
Burkland seemed 10 have a more
vague and quasi-phobic pcrccp­
uon ofl.C, he commented, "both
my Aun1 and Uncle wcm there and had a miscrabk experience."
\Vhen presented with their
own '"stereotype". most studenlS
outwardly professed to a degree
of accuracy on the issue of drugs,
commitment to academics and
general naked-occurrences on
campus. Freshman Scan
Thomson commented, "There is
some nakedness. The nakedness
is good." This seemed IO be 1he
consensus when h came lO na•
ke<lness as well as drugs. Most
swdcnis felt that there existed
no more recrca1ional dn..rg use a,
Recd than al other schools, \!)it
ralhcr fostered an m mosphcre of
.. open and safe cxplontion."
"We all do drugs. It is all in1dli­
gcnl drug use, in my opinion," added Thomson.
Ano1hcr shining disparity
between Lewis & Clark and
Recd perceived by the students
inlervicwcd, was the general
goals of enrolling students. Recd
students perceived themselves to
be mOrc on an imcllccu.1al track.
focusing on the learning rather
than the achieving aspects or a
privalc education. At Rcc<l stu­
dents arc not given their grades,
bu1 rn1 her 1101 i ficd of their per­
fonnancc. Grades are recorded,
but arc onl)' seen b)1 the s1uden1
upon request. According to Reed
students, this prcvcnl5 compe­
tition and emphasizes the focus
on knowledge. Most people in­
terviewed reh Recd had noL pre-pared Lhcm for the profes­
sional world, b,n rather for
more education, All of the
Sll~Cnts interviewed rch
thin LC prepared students
better for c:i.rccrs i1nmcdi­
atcly after school and some
even compared 11 10 a vo­
ca1ional school.
DespiLc the fact I.Cstu•
dents and Recd s111dcn1s
both perceive each 01 her as
··complc1ely cliffcrcm" aud
would charaucnzc 1hc1r
schools the same. most
slUdcnts brought up smu­
lar concerns when ll came
to campus life and fman­
ctal aid. Whilt O)'lan
Burns characterizes the
tnaJOnt)' of students as
·•,generally apa1he11c ' he
and l11s peers all agreed
1ha1 the ld1-wmg actl\'1s1s
often set the tone of the
school and made others
feel m1im1datcd. Sc111or
English major Jennifer
Gr:,ham mentioned, "h
makes me really uncom­
fortable sometimes. Some
people arc very an1agoms•
cic about Christiani1y."
S1uden1s also complained
of a lack of diversity, high
tuition pnces and conscr­
v:.uivc financial aid pack­
ages-regular topics that
arc dealt with at Lewis &
Clark every )'ear .
•
Fond and not-so-fond reminiscences of a Reed prospie
by Meaghan Lamarre
1\bOlll four )'Cars ;1go, l was a
jonior in high school. excited
and anxious .1bot11 where I
would he going 10 college. At
1ha11imc, Recd was very high on
my Iha.
My mo1hcr first read about
Recd in a book called "Colleges
that Change l.1ves." Al first. I
wasn't 100 i111crcs1cd. I had Ill)'
hcan set on D:1r1rnouth. my dad's
alma mancr. The more l read
:1hou1 1hc school, 1h,H1!!.h, the
more excited I got.
The l11cra1t1rc I rc(·civcd rtom
Recd ravccl about the commit­
ment 10 learning lor learning's
sake. ,he rigorous acack1nics,
ancl the lughly inicllcctual atmo­
sphere. All of these thongs drew
me m, making me more nnc.l
mortsurc that Recd was the col­
lege for me.
\Vhc11 the 1i1nc came w v1si1. I could harely sit still in the car
as we he:tclccl to the cmnpus.
\Vhcn we arrived, 1 was struck
by the 1vy-le·aguc archnecturc
and the sheer beauty of the
place. I saw tht infamous swing
set which I h~1cl written about in
my admissions essay. And l saw
s1udcn1s •· lots of them•· each
one lookmg 1111u1uc and interest­
ing. My 1110111 looked scared. I
was thrilled.
At first, my cxpericm:e at
Recd confirmed my cx1,cc1a­
tions. l went to a math d-.,ss ~md
was plcas:1111 ly surprised 10 llnd
lh:11 lhC)' were reading Newton.
no, some c;ilculus textbook. And
they were discussing the theory
behind the rna1h. not just caku­
laung problems,
I hstened 10 current s1udcn1s
discuss thcar academic interests
with passion. One math ma1or
demon~tratcd p.1r1 of his thesis
which fontssed on the intrica-cies of paper-folding. Another
fascinating young man talked 10
me aL length abom his double­
major in Thcaire and Psychol•
ogy as he: g~wc me a tour or thl"
Thesis Tower in the librar)',
I enjoyed their n1ains1agc the­
;ttrc production that evening,
during which there were men
maslurbaLing (with their hands
in ,heir pants) on swgc. I was
s11111ncd. but c.,citecl at the free­
dom of it all.
But as the sky grew darker
and Friday 111gh1 began to de­
scend on Reeds campus, the col­
lege seemed 10 change and my
c~pcricncc took a tum for the
worse.
At dinner, I :,!II with a ft.·w
prospics and our hosts. To my
d1.sma)', the convcrsauon did not
center around political theory or
plulosophy. bm ral her who was
having the party ,hat night. So
much for in1cllec1Ual s1i111ula• tion, I thought.
And then they lOok me to the
Swdent Union. In high school,
I was opposed lo drinking and
drugs bo1h morally and because
I ,vas j,fraid of them. So when I
walked in to a swdcm union foll
of drunk people and smelling
like poi, I was dcvas1a1cd. Suf­
fering from my first contact
high, I almost wcm crazy. Herc
was this supposed academic
heav('I\, ;.\ pbce where everyone
was supposed 10 be in1ellccw­
ally curious <Ind engaged in the
relentless pursuil or learning.
And ye1. here on this Friday
nigh,, not a sol\l was domg any­
thing in1cllcc1ual --b)' my lim­
ited dcfiniuon: instead, they
were all destroying their bodies
and behaving, like lhc drunk
jocks and cheerleaders I imag­
ined at high school parties. the
same kids I was 1ryi11g 10 csG1pe.
I spcm the night 111 the lounAc of one of the residence
halls as 1hc Admissions
Office. and ~ssigncd ,welvc
prospics to one host.
When I ldt in 1hc morn ..
ing. ll was wi1h great chs­
apporntmcnt tha1 Recd
had ll\>l wrnccl out to be
the school l had unagined.
With three rears of col­
lege now under my belt, I
have a betlcr unclcrstancl­
ing of the need 10 part)'· I
have rnorc tokr:mcc for
those "drunken cheerlead­
ers" ~· I 'vc even bet·n one
once or twice.
1 still wonclcr cxat:tly
what it's like lo gl) to a
pk,cc where ) ou work "i.O
h~rd dunng the week lh.n
you have to part)' as lmn.1
as the)' were th:u n1glu.
Bm I guc,s that's pan ol
the paradox 1ha1 ,s Recd
College.
November 3, 2000 Pioneer Log 7 ~Pione~'erlo,Q=g =Reed Infiltration
Undercover experience at Reed disproves rumors
continued from page 6
that.• In fact 1hc only problem
Rccdics seem 10 have with the
outside world was that 11 is lOO
normaL This was even the big­
gest complaint that Reed1e.s have
about Lewis & Clark. Accord­
ing to them our school is 100
normal
II was odd pretending to be
someone who I wasn't. Yet il
wasn't very difficult I had been
through the ritual of visiting col­
leges before so I knew about all
the typical questions that would
be exchanged in my cnco1.1nters.
It's amazing how easy decepl ion
can be unless you run mLo some ..
body who knows your real iden­
tity. or course this is exactly
what happened to me when l
was eat ml( dinner with my host
student and his friends.
While eating dinner my best
friend's ex-girlfriend walked into
the cafeteria. At llrst she didn't
noucc me and I avoided eye con•
iact wilh her. This didn't last for
very long for she was a friend of
my student host. She came up
10 him 10 say "hi• ,rnd while do­
ing so noticed me trying Lo avoid
eye contact with her, For some
reason her seeing her ex•
boyfriend's best friend eating
dinner with one of her college
pals pui her in a state of shock
for I noticed that her eyes were
as round as Sftuccrs.
"Umm ... hi James: she said
to me in~ disbelieving voice.
In response I just kept on star­
ing down at my pla1e of pasta.
Maybe if I didn't respond to she
would lhink I \vasn't who she
thought I was and go away.,
Then before my host and all
or his friends could realize w'hat
was going on a rnira,c1e occurred.
Everyone at the table got up to
go over 10 a bigger table. My best
friend's ex-girlfriend (who was
still in a state of shock) and my­
selr were now the only people
left at the table. I quickly whis­
pered to her, "My name is Wally
and I am a prospective student.
I am a senior in high school.
\Vi11k. \Vink. \Vink. l'm writing
an ,u1 icle for my school news­
paper about Reed. If you have
any questions I will answer them
lauer. Don, blow my cover!•
After sayrng this she
LC Elections Poll
Are you planing to vote in
the upcoming presidential
election?
Yes 93 83.78%
No 18
Total 111 16.22%
100.00%
Who are you planning lo vote
for?
Al Gore 35 37.63%
Ralph Nader 33 35.48%
Undecided 24 25.81%
George W, 8ush 1 1.08%
Harry Browne 0 0.00%
John Hagelin 0 0.00%
Howard Phillips 0 0.00%
Total 93 100% mumbled a c,,nfusecl "Okay.•
The two of us then walked
over to l he larger table to where
everyone had move.cl. Dinner
continued.
While eating clinner I heard
the following story concerning
an annual campus wide. Rcc<l
tradition callcd Ren fest. Al it
people get drunk, have lots of
fun and go crazy (m fact people
wcn1 so crazy that during the
1999 Ren fest tha1 S 15.000
worth of damage was caused to
the school), The problem wuh
this though ts that there 1s a
nuclc:-ar reactor on campus and
drunken people and nuclear re•
act0rs do nm 1n1x. Because of
this the people m charge of the
reactor go on emergency alert
(this is a fancy way of saying
they lock the door lO ,he reac­
tor). They do this for fear 1ha1 a
few drunken people might kill
themselves by taking a swim in
lhc nuclear reactor since lhe re•
actor is located alt.he bouom or
a 25 foot deep pool.
I also noticed a bunch of
weird looking people hanging
out where everyone dropped off
their trays to be cleaned. l was
curious so I asked 1r1y dorm host
and his friends abotu these m•
d1vicluals.
··oh they're scroungers," one
oft hem answered.
"What?" I asked-
"They scroungers. They're
people who live off campus and
who arc too cheap to buy a me.al
plan so they eat pco1>lc's left­
overs."
One lhing became clear to me
while eating dinner. The people
at Recd are weird, Reedies know
that they're weird. My student
host even told me that if he were
to use one word 10 describe Recd
he would use "weird". More evi­
dence of tltis is the content of
the conversation Lhat occurred
while l was at dinner. The con­
versation was centered on a red
stuffed lizard that everyone was
playing with. Every now and
then they would nip the lizard
on its back and say somethi11g
about it being dead. Then they
would bend it a lot and say an•
other silly thing that would
make everyone at the table
laugh.
At about this point my memory and wriucn record of
my Recd experience becomes
very [uzzy. l vaguely recall wan­
tiering back 10 my student host's
room while watching a bunch of
people on bikes make really loud
noises. It was also the mght of
the tlallowccn part)' so everyone
I snw around me started appear­
ing in odd costumes. The
surrealncss of Recd had finally
gouen 10 me. Not only that but
I was experiencing all of this
under an assumed identity
which had it's own emotion~!
consequences. l felt physically
cxhactstccl ancl confused. I began
writing really weird things in my
notes like "The James Christje I
k11c"' six hours ago seems so dis­
tant and crazy. I mean blurry.
The normalcy of LC now seems
absurd to me. Yet LC isn't nor­
mal. There's nothing normal
about hippies environmentalists,
a losing football team and the
confusion that is at the stem of
LC's identity." After I wrote these
things I fell asleep exhausted.
I woke up an hour later feel­
ing bcucr. As I mentioned ear­
lier the Halloween party was oc­
curring that mght so I asked my
host s1uclcm to ta kc me 10 it.
Without a doub1 I had an in1cr­
es1ing"txpcrience. The Red Elvis'
(\',•ho appe:1n:d in 1hc movie
"The Six String Samur:u") were
playing. They're a surfer rock
hand from Siberia. h seemed
appropriate 1ha1 ,hey where
playing at Reed for a normal
surfer rock would11'1 have n, in
there. It had to have been a
surrer rock band from • place
1hat has more annual snowfall
than Iceland. The costume.s of
Reedies also testified to ,he cam­
pus• uniqueness. I recall 1wo
people who came dressed as a
penis and a vagina. Sometimes
the two of them would simulate
,... the sexual act while dancing.
Another couple came dressed as
bathroom stalls and they would
allow people 10 wri1e graffiti on
them.
1'hat's one 1h111g that is differ­
ent about Recd and LC. The
ba1hrooms at Reed are saturated
with graffiti. The~dministra1ion
doesn't care if you choose 10 ex­
press yoursctr in tha1 manner.
They also don't care if you drink
in p\1blic. You can do so with ..
Elections out any fear of getting in trouhlc
at Recd. Reeds ad1ninis1rauon
w~s described h) inc as l:nsscz
faire. People can pretty much do
wh:il they want at Reed aS-long
as they respect the people
around them, As my tour guide
dcsenbcd it the Recd admrnis•
trauon ire.a.LS you like an aduh.
Because of this 1hccampussafe1y
at Recd has a bit of a dilfcrent
job then at LC. The campus
safety has two main rcspons1hih•
ucs. (A) They let people in who
are locked Out or their room and
(B) they keep the Portland po­
lice off of the campus.
While enjoying myself at the
Ha.Jlowcen Dance my bcs-1
friend's ex-girlfriend c-•me up to
me ,rnd asked if l wanted 10 go
for-a walk with her. She was ob­
viously very curious about why
I was at her school. The l wo of
us went for a walk 11nd I told her
what was up. She didn't seem to
mind. ln fact she offered t0 help
me by telling me that she would
answer any question I had about
Recd. Sol asked her all the ques­
tions I co,ild ,hink of.
During lhisconversation, the
other convcrsa1 ions I had while
visiting Recd, and my own ob­
scr\la1ions I condudc.d thal most
of the rumors about the place are
absurd. Very few if any individu­
als aL Recd smoke crack or do hardcore drugs. The only reason
why people think this is because
a few years ago an article dc­
snibingand giving advice on 1hr
use of hardcore drugs appeared
in 1he Recd Student Handhook.
Th 1s bec:unc national news and
everybody in the ouis1dc world
concluded thal Rcedics were a
hunch of hardcore dnig addicts.
This isn't true. People do smoke
a lot of pot at Recd and people
do experiment with hallucino­
gens but that's normal for any
small liberal arts college (or al
lc~st for any lu<..'a,rd 111 Porl­
lancl). I was unable lo rind 0111
th()ugh wheLhcr the student
council had a bong that one
could check out
The suitic.k rumor 1s a)so a
bunch of mu,nbo jumbo. There
hasn'1 been ;1 suici<le at Recd m
eight years. In the early nineties
though there was a string nf SUI•
cides ,hat also got quite a bit of
auenlion from the media. Hence,
everybody now believes that
people at Recd kill themscll'cs all
the time. This isn't true. I also
wasn't able tO figure out if there
was a suicide tree or not but
since the.re hasn'1 been a smcidc
at Reed m eight years I doubt
that il really maucrs. Even
though I d1d Ont! a smc1de lrcc
for small furry ammals such as
squirrels who get s1rcsscd be­
cause they <:::Hl'I nnd :my lllllS.
The one rumor that 1s rnr•
tially true is 1ha1 people do get
naked quiet a bu al Recd. In fa<t
if I had stayed nn c:1tnpus for a
few hours longer l would have
been able to see people mail their
ballots in the nude. But, people
aren't naked all the time at Recd,
People only gel naked when it's
practical. They don't walk
around naked during the rainy
season.Just in Seplemher, Octo­
ber, April, and May.
l left the campus , he follow­
ing morning with ,he conclusion
1 hal Recd i.s a P,uaclox. h's a t:Om·
lnlll\llY or individuals who 3(}­
pcar 10 be happy yet sad al the
same lime. They're stressed but
laid back. Any stereotype or
myth will fad 10 fully capture ,he
paradox that is Recd. Even the
words stressed, ccccnu1c, or
weird docsn'I do it any justice.
To fully understand Recd you
have LO experience it.
Pioneer Log Endorsements
President: Al Gore
Though Gore has his 0aws,
the Pioneer Log endorses him be­
cause of his pro-choice, pro-cn­
v iron men l record and his
commiumem 10 civil rights, Al­
though we admit that Nader is
a)so a strong candidate, a rcalis•
tic look at this ekc1ion requires
that we support Gore.
Measure 9: No
Do we even have lo explain?
1r you vote on anyd1il1g 1his
Tuesday, vote No on 9, Measure 94: Yes
Granted, this 1s not the ideal
measure lO repea1 the harm
caused by Measure 11 (manda­
t0ry n,;nilnum scntcncc-s), but it
goes a long way. Manda1ory
minimums are a grevious sore on
the system of checks and bal­
ances, stripping the judiciary of
Lheir power, .1nd moves 1hc
prison·industrial complex in
this country just one step closer
LO an assembly line. Measure 26-25: No
Few arc the school honcl mca ..
surcs we oppose, bu, this is defi­
nnely one of them, Seeking 10
break away rrom 1he already af­
nucnt L>kc Oswego School Dis­
cricl, the Rivcr<lak districr wants
to increase taxes in Lhis neigh­
borhood (thus raising our ru­
ition).so that their kids Clln at­
tend an even more clitcst school.
And they wa.m us 10 pay for it.
No dice. Attorney General: Hardy
Meyers
To hear Kevin Manmx tell 11,
you'd think if Hardy Meyers
were elected. hundreds of mp·
ists would immediately he re·
leased and dropped off at your
daughter's school. Not so.
Mannix is liti1e more thrin 3
sc:Hc-mongcr; Meyers has 1hc
experience '1.nd 1hc tempcrencc
necessary for the job. Vote
Meyers.
The Rest: Democratic
Where idc:iHsm and rc;,lisrn
mccl. Liberals Unite!
8 Pioneer Log November 3, 2000 =========-==Foru m=====Pi=·on=ee="rL=o~g =
New Jersey sets limits on book learnin'
By Joe Clock
i\n article i1, the October 10
Nc,v York Times rcporiccl that
the school board in Piscataway.
New Jersey voted to restrict the
amoun1 of homework lhal leach­
ers could give their swclcnts.
The restrictions limh homework
to Lwo hours on weeknights, and
discourage it on ·weekends.
They also do not allow teachers
lO use homework as punish­
rncnc, or even to gr~ck it. I went
to a private high school in Min­
ncsow, and spcm rn:my a cold
winter's evening doing home ..
work. If someone had proposed
restricLions like Lh1s at ITI)' high
school a rcw years ago I would
have been strongly in favor of
them. Thal did not happen,
lhough, and ju$t n few months
after leaving high school, I found
that I disagreed with almost all
of the reasons that persuaded I he
Piscataway school board 10 limit homework. Also, by not allow­
ing lcachcrs to grade homework
the school board wok away a
Strong nlOLiv:uor for mOSl SIU­
dC O l S to do il. P;scataway
schools made a mistake in lim­
iting homework; they will de­
prive lhcir students of valw1blc
time management skills. and
lose a valuable Leaching tool.
Parcn lS argued l hat home­
work docs nOl allow st udenLS 10
partidpi.uc in extracurricular ac-
1 i vi tics, ~tnd takes ~lway rrom
time they would spend with
Lhcir families. Stucl~nts need to
le:nn 10 lirni1 the nui-nber or ac­
Livities 1hcy participate in, and
to find a time lO do 1hcir home­
work t hal cloc.s not conflict wi lh
their activi11es or family time.
Also, students can lean, to be
more efficient with their home­
work~ and learn to do in three
hours wha1 a1 one time wou Id
have taken 1hcm r,vc.
Parents in Pisca1away ob-jected to thcai-nount of cime 1ha1
s1Uclerus spent on homework
each night, but the purpose of
homework 1s not just to lake up
a swdcnt's time. Homework a) ..
lows a stud en l to learn 1 he ma­
lcrial before the stuclem goes to
class, so cha1 the leachers can
spend class time going more in­
depth mw the material and an•
swcring any questions lhal 1hc
studcnLs mighL have.
1fs1uden1sdo less homework,
le;;1chcrs will have to spend more
class lime on background infor•
ma1ion about what they teach,
and classes will be able to cover
less material. Also, homework
gives swdents practice applying
the concepts they !cam in class,
011c parent was quoted m the
New York Times saying, •1 just
didn't sec why thC)' had 10 give
40 math problems when 10
would show that they get it.•
The purpose of homework is not
jus1 to show that a st uclcnt '"gets h." Forty math problems would
give the student four times more
praclice. and leave one tha1
much more comfonablc wi1h the
concepts.
There is a point, however,
where more homework is no
longer beneficial, and some ac­
tivities do just take tip time in­
stead of helping a student learn.
Lnniting Lhc amount of home­
work that students receive, how•
c.vcr, is nol the solmion. Teach•
crs should make sure that the
work they assign is actually ben•
cllcial to students.
If a te,,chcr docs not explain
,an assignrnent or ,r 1he material
is not clear, 1 he problem is not
with , he amoun I of homework
but wil h I he homework itsc Ir.
Teachers should make sure Lhc
homework they ass,gn is bencfl­
cial to their s1udents, bin they
should not have to follow arbi­
trary time limits, and I hey
shou Id be able to use a swdent's homework to evaluate that .stu•
dent.
The reslric1ions that the
1'1sca1away school district placed
on homework will take away
much of the value that home•
work acids to a s1uden1's educa­
tion, and wlule i1 might solve
some problems h w,I1 create.
many new ones. How much
homework students can handle,
and the quality or 1hc homework
should be left 10 ,he swclents
and teachers to work out. There
as a poim when homework be·
come. excessive, but parents arc
not l he ones who should decide
where: that poin1 is. Maybe I am
just jealous ol some punks in
Piscataway t.h.u do no1. have 10
work as much as I did, but I hke
10 think that all of 1ha1 1ime I
spent in high school and con•
tinuc to spend on homework chcl
more for me than give me some•
thing 10 do on a Sunday after­
noon.
The Phantom Acomplishment vs. Reality
A personal journey,
through sickness and
health, and towards
enlightenment
By Melissa Almquist
I have a horrible habit and I
w-ant to confess h to everyone: I
chase lhc phan1om of accom­
phshmcnt and have for lonicr
d1-an 1 can l:'.Vcn begin to remem­
ber.
A "promising" mind at a
young age, I was quickly tit·
rcctcd lOwards gihcd ~nd lal­
entcd prograrns, given :i 1nusi­
cal inslrumcnt-3ny musical in­
;trumcnt will do-, signed up
on tu 1hc basketball team, the
softball team, the student gov­
ernment, volunlccr programs
and any od1cr Slructurc<l-pro­
gram-lur-acaclc:m1calty--oncn1cd ..
lmgh t •m 111<ls-who•arc-,urc• to•
suctcc<l. fvCI)' parent wants to
sec 1he1r clnldren he the best he
or she can he, and l pursued each
;H.:comphshmcn1 and cnJnyccl
ever)· mmu1c ol their apprecia­
tion.
In February ,,1 1999, my
trcshm;:1n year of college, I came
down wt1h a terrible cold that
aflcr several weeks of d:,ily vas-
11s lo the sympathetic health
ccntcrstalf, 1 ended wuh my flrsl
ambulance ride 10 OHSU where
pncumoma was lhc kC)' Lcrm
and heads shook :is the chagn11-
sis became so obvious lO all:
overwork anc.l personal ncglcn
arc a, one.way uckct.
In July of'()() I departed for
Santiago, Chile, 1hmkmg myself
preparccl-:1bou1 ao:; ready as a
blind man is to drive in10 ruc;h
ho11r 1raff1c. lnSan11ago, hesulcs
t.:ikmg in toxic doses of smog, I
read. lravelcd, s1 udicd and nb­
sorhecl as much as possible. I
went through the daily ha11le,
with wh1ch we arc fall so fomH•
iar, of falling in and out of love
w11h both our cuhwe and 1ha1
of another coumry's: Chile's. I
pushed forward, accomphshing
some arnbiguous process or
learning. as I nursed an of1cn•
sore bladder and tried 10 "push forward".
In September of'99, the beau­
tiful, wise and full-of-light l<aLe
Mills ldt the physical world,
shocking Lhe whole program.
her beaunful mother Victoria,
the cnurc Lewis and Clark earn­
pus ::incl every fiber of my spirit.
This was the beginning of the
most incredible girt Kate has left
wi1 h 1nc :mcl , hose who remem­
ber her: an awakenmg.
I returned to the US over win ...
tcr hrcak and rec.e1ved some
medical aucnlion for what had
now escalated to many ambigu­
ous and semi-serious health coo­
clitions-ancl for the curious, I
did see natmopathic doctors. A
somewhat successful and some­
wh;u futile a11emp~, 1 rc1t1rncd
to Clule 10 begin the nex1 semes­
ter I commucd to go forward,
signing up for challcng111g
classes at the Cnhohc Umvcr­
suy, COI\Llnuing lO CXJ>Ct':C cxcd­
lcnrc ol mystll anti journeying
deeper into the .. txptricncc" ol
living in Chile. I b<'c:unc in­
volved with children who had
AIDS. and I tried 10 be ror them
Ml cn1irc liktinw that they were
going to miss by simply bc111g
born. There arc no words co JUS•
1ily 1he experience.
By the heg111ningol May, I had
lost 30 pounds, developed severe
dcrmalllis on 11\)1 hands, roulcl
no longer balance myself up•
right. wa~ cons1antly rrcczing
and could no1 ,onsume more
than a pot,uo without feeling ill.
The experience ol a ,•cry prof es•
sional Chilean laborator)' helped
111c to identify the culpril­
blas1ocys1is hominis. a fairly
com.non and stubborn parasite­
I was given mcdic,uion ,mcl told
to smile, things are-abou110 get
bcner. Needless to say. they got
,vorsc.
Upon taking the mcclica1ion,
I Slopped feeling the bo11om of
my feet, lost my coordination
skills and had a nervous break•
down.
By the beginni1ig of June-11
w;is having my bags pac-kecl for
me and I le rt, a teary-eyed and
torn American, on the next Oighl back lo my parents' home in MD.
Upon immediately consulling
1he professionals, I was, of
course. given the exact cliagnp­
sis or a vague and persistent dis­
ease that could only be helped
by vague and unspecific rem­
edies. I shed more tears in June
1han il rained in Maryland, con­
siamly in physical pain from my
jomts 10 my muscles to my bhul­
cler. I hst cnccl to doctors tcll ,nc
I had lupus or better yet a not•
yet-defined auto-imrnunc dis•
case. I went from specialist to
professional to medical books
and back to herbs and
naturop,nhs once ag,,in. The
healing process has since been
an ongoing test of my patience,
my faith and my s1rcngth.
In August of this past year, I took
a gamhlc. I came back to Lewis
and Clark with a remedy no doc·
lOr cou Id have given me, but that
only came by askmg myself a
very straight forward question:
how chd I get 10 1h1s po1n1? If
someone had ,1skecl me this last
February, I would have thouglu
they were confused. July-they
were mosl obviously ignoring
the effect of the an11biottcs. De­
cember-maybe 11 was the
smog, maybe I need to work to
be healthier. May-it was surely
some rare form or punishment
lor no, bemg as pious as I never
h,wc been or perhaps I he devil.
Something wicked for sure.
The answer is: with all those
sleepless nighls, overworked
amb111ons, scJr.doubting prm­
cipks and nce1ing moments or
rcspi1c, I had created a void of
my life m which everything L
thought l should be was my ex~
tcrior image and I, Mcliss~,
Almquis1, had never even m-
1cmp1cd 10 begm 10 exist.
Upon returning 10 LC. 1 was
often asked by friends, acquain­
Lanccs and the naturally curious,
of tny experience. 1 find myself
rererring much less to Clnlc. and
much more lO 1hc cxpcncncc
th.11 l was havmg withom e\'cr
rc.1hzing. Becommg ill was the
bcsl 1hing 1ha1 has ever hap­
pened lo me-ii is quite possi· bly the best Lhing that has ever
happened to anyone. urc is our
greatest teacher. it is relentless
and you cannot miss a c.lass. t l
will be with you lO guide )'OU
and show you every step of the
w;,y, this Kate knew very well
and she reminds me every day
in both memory and essence. Ill­
ness was 1he only thing that fi.
nal ly made me stop ~rnd look at
my,clr, the way I treated mysell
and the reasons that "pushrng
forward" were so necessary. if you remember this article, if
you have ever cried over a grade
or wamcd to be acknowledged;
if you have ever heen abroad,
hacl parasnes, or been ill; ff you
have ever been 100 ured to do
the next thing right now: ii you
have ever said a mean-thing to
yourself, or even thought it­
then say you are sorry. forgive
yourself :mcl foul om what you
can do lo earn tl,at scl[-rcs1icct.
Do not waste lifes lessons, be•
cause the pln11,wm ~ccomplish•
ment is onl)' th:u, a ph.-\nlom
and whatever .iccornplislnncn1 ii
is, is not nearly as importam as.
you arc. I have chased the phantom
accomplishmc111; I have sacri­
ficed all levels of personal sta•
bilil)' to find her and to pursue
her. I have
w"nled I he
be1ter grade,
the respect of
my professors
and the
pseudo-scll'­
rcspect that
comt:S from re• The Mystery Box
See this box? Put anytl,ing lit Jicrr you want;
ii~ a11 anonymous fonim for you, tlte LC com•
m11ni1y member. Sc11cl all sub111issiolls to
pio/og@ldarl1.td11 witlt the subject •111ys1ery box•.
cciving every ....
lokcn in the
game of soci­
ctal-progrl'~·
sion-towarcls­
adulthood. My
entire self-cs•
lCCll\ a.ncl iden•
tit y was based
on scnli-;q,.
parent Slan·
cfards that we
just don·, talk
abom here at
Lewis :.incl
Clark or ni
perh~tps an>'
mher inslillt­
lion. organiza­
tion or com­
munit)' acr.oss
the coumry.
I did not
listen when
111y body s01d
lilnC-lH.IL in
fchruary, i 1'1
July, in De•
tcrnbcr, in
Ftl:>ru.,ry, in
Jul)',
if you re­
member K~uc, The LC Paradox
It intrigues and saddens nie,
This hypocrisy I see
Present al1 around
The contrasts abound
Their minds are hardly "free"
They search for the perfect high
While trying lo touch Lhe sky
Here, at this school
Are they trying to be cool?
Why don't they try ...
To create he:1lthy bodies
When they're so consumed
By 1he Idea of
A healthy pfaneLl
They choose to go •vegan"
(Eating cheese would be treason)
They protest all they can
(Often a misguided plan)
Seeking morality is the reason.
Then, seeking to be "whole"
They'll go smoke a bowl
Where is the self-love?
Have they transcended above?
Sligluly misguided college souls.
November 3, 2000 Pioneer Log 9 Pioneer log Arts
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King Chango
by Joe Clock
Latin ska may seen, like an
acquired taste, buL King
Chango blends elements of
many different types of music
and lrns something for every­
one Their rnost recent CO, Th,
Return of El Santo shows the
clear elements of ska and dif­
ferent styles of Lann music, as
well as elements of hip-hop,
funk, reggae, and even a liule
techno. King Chango has a Th• Return O/ El 11110
unique sound, and the songs on
El Sanio vary greatly. Some
combinations of sounds also
work beucr 1.l1.tn oLhers, but
overall King Chango succeeds
In creating fost, upbeat and
happy songs. The lyrics ,witch
from English to Spanish to a
mix or the two Most of the
songs con1ain enough English
to give any listener an idea
about what Is gomg on. Unless
your musical tastes are strictly
Top 40, there will probably be
sometbln ou like on El S<111to. Dreamlike Believers good for study
by Jodi Garrington
Tlic Believe, is recorded live
[rom a 1999 European 1our by
the group Remember Shakti.
Two or the musicians, John
McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain
were members or the original
group Sh:ikti, ,n m,cl "'
la1e l 970's, while U. Shrinivas
and V Selvaganesh jomcd the
new group, The name lS de.nvccl
from the Indian religion Shakti.
French Theatre at Evans This album rcaturcssix lovely
intrumcntal p1eces, ranging from
seven to eighteen nunwcs. Some
of Lhc instruments such as 1he
tabla, kanjira, ghatam and mriclangam I've never heard of,
but would dc[inJtcly like to hear
more of in the future. O1hcrs,
such as the guitar and mandolin
are more familiar, btn no less
agreeable for that. The mixture
of stnng and perctLSSion instru­
ments is at once soothing and
upbca1. Some of 1hc pieces have
a fun beat while others have a
more somber feel, btn none ,n·c
depressing, for the haunting
sound of strings gives way to the
rhylhmic and invigoraHng hea,l
or 1he drums.
Most of the songs have a
dreamlike quality, often starting
wn h cmouve st rings and build-ing lowards a drumrncd chmax.
and while the sounds may be
somewhat exotic to many ears1
they arc undeniably beautiful,
For those who enJO)' foreign or
word I cs.,; music. such as jazz and
dru,sical, Remember Shakt1 pro•
vidcs :.'l mcc :ihcrnauve sound.
and is in fact categorized under
the jazz label in stores, due
largely to John McLaughhn's
work in jau gm tar. rflc llelit, cr's
only real fault lies in Hs
innocuohty, but it is pleasing
nonc,hcle,;.s. Tf you're loolqng to
explore 01hcr musu;al c1vcnucs,
or just want some study muc;ic,
this album would work. by Klaus Engelhardt
Not another lesson! ... 1101 on
a Saturday afternoon!
It ,s unlikely that you have
ever witnessed a lesson like
Ionesco's which will be pre­
sented by the Paris 1hca1er group
INTER-EUROPE SPECTACLES
in 1hc original French language
on Sarnrday. Novernbc.r 11, at 2
pm in Evans Auditorium.
The late Eugtnc Ionesco is
one of 1he g1ams of the Theater
of the Absurd which dominated
European s1udio 1hc.atcrs in the
50's and 60's. During those years
of rebuilding and re,hinking the
values and ideals o[ Western
civilization, many Post-Vv'ar Eu­
ropean intellectuals refused to
accept those. tradilional values
which had foikd 10 prevent bar­
barity, death camps, and mass
destruction. Many of those re­
sponsible for these a1rochies
were highly educated leaders of
"c1Vilized11 nations and Lbcirc.iti~
zcns.
Had the language of Racine
and Flaubert degenerated as a
result of hate-filled, naiionali's­
tic propaganda haules? Had it,
like London or Hamburg, also
been hombed into hollow, mean­
ingless cliches? These are the
questions Ionesco struggled
with in hls very first French play,
the hilariously absurd Bald So•
1ira110 (1951).
The lesson is nothing less
than :.'l searing satire of a private
lesson-any lesson-which ends
with the mc.ntal and physical cle•
st ruction or ,he Etudiantc. Aren't
lessons comracted freely for the
purpose or learning and intellec­
tual growth? Arc they not, since
Socrates, the universally ac•
ccpLcd formal of transferring
skills, knowledge and wlsdom?
Even In Ancient Greece,
pedagogy was never far from
pccleras,y, and all Ionesco docs
in his Lesson is to reveal another
104.lFM dark side of the much-idealized
master-pupil relationship: the
abuse of power. ~le breaks this
taboo in his own, exaggera1ecl
manner in whic.h numbers, Requiem for The Rocket
words and objects often prolif-by Erin Haick
crate. This has become the hall------------­
mark of many of 1he plays (e.g. The Northwest's own pan of
Chairs, Rl,inocf.ms) he was to rock history folded shop in late
write after The lesson. Oc1ober. Tl,c Rocl:et, a 20-year
"Theater of the Absurd11 vc1eran of the Pacinc Nonhwcst
indeed. The "knowledge" medi-scene, is ofr.cially out of busi­
ated by the Professcur, is uucr ness, and 1he region is smaller
nonsense. nothing but useless and colder because ol' it.
bits and piccesofari1.l>meticand Tlie Rochel wem kaput arter
philology -as are many things the plug was pulled by "c·.v
thal .1rc snid and heard in many owner David Robens, a Chicago
a real classroom, n'cst-ce pas? publisher who bought out the
Their absurdity, however, is a bi•weekly rock magazine this
clear indication that the '"lesson,. summer from San Francisco's
ol' 1'/ie lesso11 mus, be sough, BAM Media. According to the
elsewhere, namely in the inverse head honchos in Scaulc, rising
clevelopmern of the Lwo main costs and weak ad col1ection led
characters: the timid Professtur to bounced checks and major
evolves into an amocratic mon-distributions problems.and here
ster, the smiling. well-intended we arc now.
young lady, on the other hand, Admiucdl)', 1 may not be lhc
allows herself to slide, slowly b111 bes, person to wri1c an unbiased
surely, imo the role or a helpless report on The Rocliet's demise.
m\arder viclim, Growing up in eastern 'Washing•
Despite i1s grim conclusion, ton, I faithfully journeyed to
Ionesco has labeled his creation 4000 Holes, a high-quali1y and
"tlrame comique•. In fact, puns equally high-priced indie used
and other fonns or verbal humor store on Monroe Street in Spo•
permeate large portions or the kanc to pick up my Rocl1el. Ob·
dialog. None of these lingmsuc ,,-scssivc? Maybe a bit, but Roll•
firecrackers should-or will-ing Stone doesn't often give this
however dis1rac1 the spectator kind or coverage 10 bands that I
from the universal significance recognize by 11:.tmc. face, or pos-­
or Ionesco's delightfully disre-
spectful cri1ique of an oulwardly
banal lesson in ma1h and philol­
ogy.
For more than 40 years, both
the Bald Soprano and the Lesson
have been played nigh, after
night in the uny Paris Theatre
de la Huchwc. They have be­
come one of the be.st known al•
tracti()nS for gcncral1ons or for­
eign and domestic 1ravclcrs to
Paris. Even a spcci,uor with liulc
or no French will not be d,sap•
pomtcd from ,mending this au•
1hemic French Stage produc1ion. Bob Marley
Bob Mar/By
Wailers: on,
studio One
by Ben Rohlfing and thB
LOVB at
Like most folks, 111)' first ex­
posure to Jamaican music was
Bob Marley's Lcgwcl, a compi-
1 lation or his "hcst" work taken
rr<>m 1hc recordings he made
while signed 10 Island Recorcls.
Most of the songs on legend are
indeed classics, and the album
it.self, since being released in
1984, has proven to be one the
highest selling records or any
genre. world .. w1elc, enhancing
Marley's posthumous repULa­
tion as a supcr-sLar and univer•
sal icon. sibly wha1 coffee shop I las, saw
1hcm in. I was almost ridicu­
lously excited to realize that
moving 10 Pon land meam a lot
or things, and steady access 10
reading, and later wriL.ing for the
paper was n big draw.
Chief among Tlie Roc/1et's vir•
tues w.-s the extensive and
ecdcctic music review scc1ion,
1hc likes of which no current
mag on lhc scene can come
close. "Fron, of Book" covered
music-rcl,ue:d law and politics,
and was a lirclcss wa1chdog of
the Seaule and Ponland Police
and Liquour Conirol Boards LO
censor or inhibtl live music pcr­
fonnance. There were also fea­
tures ranging from local garage
bands to the m:1jor-label, major
paycheck types. And Johnn)
Renton, model forsmun-;\SS mu­
sic writers everywhere.
Before I get too dc.ep into
reminsccnce. i1 bears mcnlion­
mg that, like every mag:.1zinc
deeply mvolvecl in a local scene,
T/,e Rocliet dtcl occasionally suf­
fer from imlicr-than-Lhou atti­
u1dcs and shameless under­
ground namedropping. But af­
lcr consuming several publica­
tions or 1h1s ,ype. I can only as•
VAULT
lllClll of Vinyl Vault (though, let's
face it, most or us hs1en to CDs)
is dedicated to a compilation of
l he very first recordings Marley
cut: Bob Mailey and the Wmlers:
One love a, S11ulio One, a 2 CD
set on I ltartbcal Records. sumc thai Lhis comes with rcaUy
knowing your turf, and eye-roll•
ing is 1hc only response.
So what docs this meant<> the
average reader? Maybe nothing;
u's been 1en years since 1he
Nonhwcst was a household
name stationed in grunge-cen­
tral. Some c1i1ics have cited this,
and railed I hat The Rorhe1 was a
chnosuur past il's time. Pon land
Edil<>r John Chandler said, "You
can ialk ab()ul g<Jlden days, bu1
1he fact is, that was when N1r­
vana was selling millions or
records and Lhcrc was tons to
\Vrile about. People aren't as pa­
tient when you're pulling l lcav)'
Johnson Trio and Pinehurst Kids
on the cover and saying, 'This is
still preuy good, even if 1hese
bancls aren't ,dhng millions of
records.'"
But given 1hc frcqucnl1)1 ap•
palling Stale of Portland's music
scene, a.nd the s1ining music
rcslrkLUion laws turrcnlly un­
coniested in Washingl(m, The
Rodrnt's dca1h means:, hole has
been lcfl for a smart, savvy, and
passionate voice lo cover our
own corner of the sonic king•
dolll,
I'll miss it.
or the music that keep recmc.rg
ing. The recordings on this wm]
pilauon documcm Marley anc~
the original Wailers (Bunn>1
"Wailer" L1vmgston, Pc1er Tosh
and occasionally Bever!)' Kelso)
m their prime as one or 1hc top
vocal grou1>s m Jamaica,
Backed u1> by the Skainhtcs (a
loose collccuon ol session mu1
sitians who acted as the housj
band "l Studio One), the W,tilcrl
created some of the most rnstc
ful and soulrul music ever, brim
ming with youthful v11ality an
innocence (Marley and Co. werq
111 their teens when they begal"I
making these records).
~
~I Unforlllnatcly, 1he legend
album is the only bit (and I
stress "bi1") or Marley's legacy
most folks arc familiar wilh.
This is. in my opinion, a
shame. This maugural insiall-Way back in the early 1960s,
long before reggae existed, 1hc
music fueling the dance halls of
West Kingston was ska. Original
ska too, not the degradations
and approximations one gets
with all the various "new .. waves From their bouncy first hi
"Simmer Down," to the original
recording of Marley's dassic an
them "One Love," this is a su
pcrb collection of tunes, guaran
,eccl 10 lih the spirits or even thq
mos1 miserable. Go out and hu)I
i, or get a club, you won't be dis
appoin1cd. Can't get us on
your stereo?
Listen on the web ...
www.hlcradio.net
1 0 Pioneer Log November 3, 2000 Vin..yl V1uh is a nc\v fc~turc appeanng in the Ans secllon, designc.d lO focus on :\lbums tha1 have. been out
for seveml years but are still wonhy of some ink. The P1ont:tT Log welcomes submissions of 300 words or
tess LO lhe Vhlyl Vault from all interested studems, s1.1ff, or facully members. Ram, rave, or think critically.
Jhc Pfonctr Log rescn•,s the nghJ lo ,~fit for space ond clari1y ============Sports=======~=·o=n=tt=r=Lo~g~-=
LC women's soccer struggles to become varsity
by Tandy Awaya ------
M«r loo1ball players. decked
01u in shoulder pads and hc·l­
mets, disperse {rom 1\w green
1urf, 1hc girls 1ah on 1he field
m a "football" game of their
own. Twenty to lwcn1y-fivc dcdi­
catc<l wmncn m deals and jer­
seys, 1;1cklc soccer prncticc dur­
mg 1hc last hours or dayhgh1. A
popular dub spor1, women's soc·
(Cr continues to fight for a var­
<;Hy spot here in Lewis and
Clark'!; :uhlctks. The effons of
lhc.o;;c encrgc1k women, orLen go
w1Lhnu1 rtcogniLion as a duh
spon drowned 0111 by 1he high,
hgh1S of varsi1y a1hlc11cs. Each
ycor piomises of varslly ,u1111s go
unfulfillctl. la<I year ii was said
that 1n twu years they ;h.:,uld
have a spm~ bu, thls year the
sponsdepanmcnl prol()nF,cd or­
gan~z1ng a Lcam for another lwo
years.
'~l knew as a perspective .s1u­
dcn11ha111 was only a club spon,
but hemg new 10 the college
scene, When 1hcy said it would
be a varsil)' sport by my second
year I bcHeved 1hcm," remarked
Magda Phillips in her third sea•
son as a 1eammatc and now a
pnrnary coordinalOr. Title IX, a
Federal law created in the Edu­
cMion Amendments or 1972 that
prohthi1s discrin'limuion or gen•
cler m education programs and
activi1ics in colleges or u,niver•
silles 1hal receive kdcral funds,
may help to boos, the club s1••
ms of women's soccer to varsily.
.. There was a varsity program
here at one 1imc. I wish l knew
wha1 happened 10 it," Phillips
commented.
Mens football, which lacks a
female counterpart, suuc:sts the
possibill,ics 10 increase or redis­
tribute resources 10 ac<:ormno~
date more women's: progrnrns
and b·alancc lhe gender panici-pation in varsity a1hle1ics. It
looks like the wo111e11's soccer
program rnay be next in 1ine
with their "strong hiswry of par­
ticipa11on and ac1iv\ly," saysjudy
McMullen, Lewis and Clark's
a~sociatc dircc1or or physical
c<luca,ion, However, the lack of
money for equipment, facilities.
-a pcnn:1nc111 coach, ancl an op-,,_
I knew as a perspec­
tive student that it
was only a club sport.
but being new to the
college scene, when
they said it would be
a varsity sport on my
second year I be­
lieved them.
Magda Phillips
team member and
primary coordinator _____ ,,
cra1ional b11dge1 hinders
prol,'rcss. Ah hough the new rurf
on the roo1ball field ser"ed as a
posi1ive s1ep for bo1h football
and soccer, the need for field
lights and other equipment s1ill
goes uus,uisfied.
Currenily, 1he gtrls practice
under a stipend•based coach
whose pay is based on anen­
dancc to practices and games.
There is no obligation to ccmsis­
tcntly support 1he team. Bc1weei1
classes and organizing praciices
and games, ••it [eels like we do
more management raLher than
actuall)' playing soccer,., ex­
presses Julia Boehm an active
me1nbcr.
As their CO~\Ch rakes on the
honors at uhima1e Frisbee na-The women's club soccer team will play its final home games of the season November
5th at noon and 3 pm. at Griswold Stadium.
1ionals, 1hesc soccer ladies find
lheir own inoLivalion to push for
an exciting season. Joining a
le-ague lhis year makes organiz­
ing games easier, but the girLs,
s1ill don't panltipate in as mariy
as varsity sports lcams do.
The responsibility of l he dub
organizers goes beyond I racking
down referees, reserving trans­
portation. lidd time, an/I bud­
ge1ing equipn1enL purchases by
1he students, 11 also includes 1hc
care or injuries. Due to liabilily,
the college's trainers abs1ain
from 1rea1ing club sport athlc1es
wilh their specialized equip•
mcnt. Painrul muse.le strains.
spra_ins, bruises, and tcndonius
go treated with nothing more
than bags of crushed ice and
meager bandages. While il seems lha1 LC~ a1>•·
1hy 10warcls spons prcv~ils, the
positive lc:am altitudes and the
s,rort from roommates,
These girls are a great
bunch who will run
their butts off.
Meghan McCurk
team member • _____ ,,
r ricnds, and 1hc boy's soccer
,cam keeps 1hesc girls going.
Whc1 her 1 hey have been playing
competitively since 1hcy were
Hvc, have renewed their imeresL
af1er taking 1ime off. or arc try· ing the spon out for lhe first
t,me, "Lhcsc g1rls arc a grta1
bunch w.ho will run their butlS
off," ICammatc Mcghan McGurk
says proudly,
The girls also show 1heir ap•
prcciauon for 1hc help and ad•
vice 9f Judy McMullen, whom
Phillips describes as 1bcir
"?dop1ed soccer mom.• Home­
coming marked the end of the
tackling foo1ball season. bu11he
LC women's soccer team con tin•
ues wi1h hopes 1hat i,s cfforlS
will not be in vain. Success may
not mc;.1n change this year, or
even during 1heir years as stu~
dents here, bu, a1 least a change
for future leams. JusL because
the ball 1hrowing has lef1 1he
flclcl, it doesn't mean ,ve can't
suppori some b,,11 kicking!
Men's cross country team finishes 2nd at conference championships
By Daniel Ruprecht -----
At lhc Nonhwcs1 Conrcrencc
championships last Saturday in
Walla Walla, the LC uicn's cross
wtmiry 1eam placed 2nd, i1s bes,
finish in 20 years. ai1d the
women~ learn achieved ils goal
of beating rival Linfleld as it fin­
ished 7th.
Seniors Chris Mayer and An­
drew Auh led 1hc Pic,,s 10 their
runner-up finish, placing 9th
and ll1h rcspcc1ivel)' to cam
srtond-tcam a.ll•confo.rcncc hon­
ors. Junior Neil Weare also gar­
nered honors with a 13th-place
finish, followed by Andrew
Cody in 151h, Chris Jensen in
l81h and Brian Sc-hoencman in
201h.
For the women, freshman
Selena Harman led the way in
201h place. Notably, only 1wo
01her i're.~hmen finished ahead of
her. Freshmen Mary Finnan
(391h plate) and Odessa Weber
(41st) were next for 1he Pios,
followed hy Jauna Williams and
Sadie Grossman.
lo the mcn·s team standings.
Puget Sound ran 1oanupsct vic--
1</ry wi1h 29 poims. LC edged
rival Willamcue 66-69, avcngi ng
a dcfca1 earlier in 1 he season. The
olher six Lcains finished well behind.
VYH1a,mcuc won thi.: women's
side wi1h a score or 50. With 187
poims, LC finished ahead ol
Un field and P;1cific bu, just be­
hmd six1h-placc Puge1 Sound,
which had l 71.
The Pios wrn now rnrn their
sights to the NCAA Wes! Re­
gional mec1, held nex1 Saturday
in soulhcrn Californi:l, which
w'ill cktcrminc nalion:tls' bcr1hs.
Earlier in the season, LC
wn,cd m some notable 1cam and
individual perfonnancesa1 large
i11vha1ionals. On Oc1ober 71h,
\.Yea re nm the 3rd-fastcs1 time in
the hisiory of Lewis & Clark
cross country as he recorded a
top-10 finish al ,he Willameue
Invitational 111 Salc,n. the larg­
est collcg1a1e mecl in the Wcs1.
Weare finished 10th in the
llcJd of 307 racers.in a 1ime of
2,1:4l for 8,000 melcrs, 1vhich is
just under five miles. Only one
of the nine runners ahead or
Weare was a collegian; 1hc 01h­
crs were all semi-pro pos1-colle­
giaLc. cornpeti1ors.
To give perspeclivc on
\Vcare•s pcdonnar,cc, his pace
was cq_uivalcnt to running 20
consccu1 ive track laps at 74 sec­
onds each, or about 4:58 per
milc.Wearc's effort, which was his founh personal record (PR)
in a row. helped 1hc 1,.C men's
(cam ,,,ace 61h O\ll or 41 squads
ai 1he Willa111cnc tnvi1a1ional.
LC would have probably placed
higher, but 1hrt:e top n1ymcrs ei­
ther missed 1he race because of
skkMss or ran hampered by leg
injuries.
Finishing second for LC at
VVillmncuc was Ault, who ,,;as
33rd wi1h a time or 25:22, a PR.
by almost a rninutc. Mayer. who
finished 10th at 1hc same rocc
last year, was bo1hercd by pa1clla
tcndonitis and finished in 25:24
for 36th place. Jensen (26:10)
and Cody (26:19) bo1h recorded
PRs, as did Ian Townley (26:'ll)
and Derek Olclham (27:07).
On the womcn•ssidc. Finna1,
led 1he Pios wi1h a PR of 20:26.
The women did 1,ot rield a full
team that wcc·k doc IO • nu bug
that kept scvcr~I runners on the
sidelines.
On Ocwbcr 14 a1 1 he PLU
lnvirntional in Tacoma, Weare
finished 61h 0111 of 166 runners
in a 1imc of 25:21 as he led the
men's 1cam a 3rd-place finish out
or 2 L teams. Once again, unly
one collegian finished faster
1ha11 Weare.
Ault placed 131h in 25:45,
followed by Cody (2<;,:36). Schoenemaii (26:4 2), Jensen
(26:44), and Nick Kitzerow
(26:49). Theron Brown had a
season's bes1 and Man Chen and
Miles Mulcare ran PRs.
The women's 1eam recovered
with -:.1 strong p~rformancc tll
PLU. finishing 12th or 22 lcams,
ahead of conference rival Puge1
Sound and right bchmd Linficld.
Harman regained her spot as
LC's leading runner, f1nishing 49th oui ol l54 racers in a 1ime
of 19:43 for 5,000 mc1crs.
Harman was followed by We­
ber (20:15), f-innan (20:18).
Grossman (20:43). Monica
DePrics1 (21:05), and Williams
(21:27).
Finnan recorded another per­
sonal record, and Weber,
DePriest and Willi;1ms h'mh fin•
ishccl wilh personal bes1s ror 1hc
season.
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Friday
November 3
Volleyball VS Linfield
Pamplin Sports Center,
7:00pm.
Great American Film Series:
Robert Redford,
Ordinary People,
The Natural,
Miller 105, 7:30 pm.
Lewis & Clark Jazz Band
conert, Evans Auditorium,
8:00pm.
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Volleyball vs Pacific November 8
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Downtown Portland, Ian Jarvie, York University,
2:15 pm. Miller 319, 3:30 pm.
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Brown Bag Lunch •
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Mainstage Play: Big
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November 10
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