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The Pioneer Log is lunded by
your student fees. Hangers demonstrate SAAB SCOOP
pro-choice argument
by Erin Haick
One woulahavc to be blind
10 have missed the prolikrntion
uf coat hangers bearing pro­
choice slogans hung aero,,
<·ampus. The sign, were
organized b)' the newly opened
\.Vomyn':; Center, '3nd 1ht.·~rnt to
com111cnior;uc i«ir I Wack Day, .. It's gucnilla art-very rn·
your-face:· ~he cuntmuc:d.
Lm<l,,tl' Vuld said 1ha11he an
wat, m pMt i,purtcd by lhl· n.·cer'll
thange Hi prc:,1<lcnt1al
n<lntinistrauon:o. She nolcd lh~l
hoth Prc>1dcn1 C.curge W. Bush
and h1s nl-;inlncc rur Anorncy
l'HOTO BY £Rm HAICK
Among other topics the coat hangers commented on
President Bush and his appointee for Attoney General, John
Ashcroft.
,he 28'~ annivcrs~ny or the
Supreme Couri decision lhat
made abonion lcg~I.
"Notlting ever happens on
Roe v. Wade Day, and after
wol'king at NARAL (National
Abortion Rights Action League).
I really wan1cd to do
something," sai(l Susie Cohen.
one of the org:rnizcr..-. or 1hc
event. General.John Ashcror,. arc vocal
opponems or ,he right 10 choice.
"This is the mosI anti~choicc
pany we've seen in years, and for
Congress to be so heavily
Republican. this is a dangerous
time for Roe v. Wade." said Vold.
The Wornyn's Center pfans to
continue to moni1or threats to
,vomcn·s issues and involve the
student body about these cases.
· After 51 years Akin will house men
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• by Erin Hai ck
Jus1 artcr celebrating its
flfticLh anniversary as the all­
womcn1s dorrn on campus last
year, Akin !iall will next year
become co-cd. The change w111
occur because the number or
swdcnts intcrcsied ln living in
an all~women environrncm has
s1cadily decreased over I he
years. For 1he 2001-2002 school
year, Akin will house the E1hnic
Culq1rcs and l1Herna1ion<\I
Awareness theme lloors, ,, ____ _
"Over the last few
years, it has been
increasingly difficult
to fill Akin with
women who list it as
their first or second
choice."
Jon EMridge ___ ,,
curremly loca1cd in Jumper Hali.
"Oven he las, fewycars.11 has
hccn lncrcasingly difficuh to n11
Akin with women who lis1 ii as
thci r first or second choice.,"' said
Jon Eldridge, the De,111 of
Swdcms, "We have still rilled ii,
lmt some oft hose who live there
arc placed ,here ou1 of necc,ssi!y
ra1hcr than by their desire.•
Elclndgesaicl 1hat movmg the
E1hnic Cuhures and
lnternational Awareness floors
rnade sense in terms ol donn
capachy and progn,mming space. Currently Juniper houses
twenty-seven ,md Akin holds
sixty-six.
.. The lmcma1ional Awareness
thpnc has been so popular we
added the firs, floor or
Manzani1a," s,,id Eldridge. The
move 10 1hc Akin facilities is
cxpcttc<l t0 allcvia1c some
crowding issues ancl allow
s1 udcnts on 1 hose i heme 0oors
to hold campus-wldc activities in
one of A kin's il1rcc lollngcs.
Elclriclgc sa)'S that no one
turrcm]y living in Akin will be
moved if they wish 10 s1a.y in the
dorm.
However. some n:Sidcnls or
Akin arc disturbed by the
acln1inis1ration•s decisions.
.. l'm really angry that 1hey'rc
making lhc all-women's dorm a
small~ run .. down parr or ForcsL,"
said Tricia Pcarson1 a sophomore
in her second )'Car or living in
Akin. •1 like Akin. I like how
rncndly i.t is, and I don't think
there arc Olhcr quitl dorms on
c:unpus. ThtL tlanzfrld wing is
impossible to get into."
.. h's ::1 sell-out on the part o[
our sclu,ol atlmin1stnuion~"
added Christina Matci. ;ilso m
her second yc::ir living in Akin
"IThc decision! is very greedy."
As far the rcponcd curse on
males rnhabidng Akin, winch
wou Id make. kc cream in lhc Bon
disappear and 01hcr dastardly
misdeeds, Eldridge says this is
only "urban legend. But I'll be
keeping a careful e)'C on 111)'
kidneys an<l any chain e-mail just
in case i1 mlgl11 get me that free
trip to Disneyland." by Buzzy Nielsen
\1/ckomc hack rrom what l
hope w.,~ a great \Vmlcr hrcak1
\,\'c havt.· an cxdtinJt ~cmc~tcr'
planned for you mduchng more
~rants. nHltc tutormA, an ~ca­
demK l;11r. and more ~dvorn•·
mg ol )'Ol1t :.\cilcktnu: m:cds1 On
that uot<,. why dnn'1 we s1att ol
the sc1"c!>tct by hc;;u'it'lg, !tOJllt.•
posi11vc new:;;; c.oint ()f lhc grc.-l
gl'an1s w1;· (licln't get a ch31,cc tci
1c1I yll\l ahmu
Scruor. Da\'l· Smith.~ Phr,-
1cs rn~jor, was awarded Si 1,579
IO auend the 251h Annual Con­
densed Mauer M ccting in New
Zealand. Dave 1s aucncling the
conference Lo scc current re­
search on supcrcon<lucl(HS,
substancts 1ht1l cone.Jun charges
wilh li11lc or no push. Particu­
larly. he wishes Io ncl work wu h
Or.Joe Trodahl. one of the lead•
ing experts in d,c world on "U­
pcrconductivit y. D,wc works
with professor cmcrin1s John
Abele of Lewis&: Clark, and the
Solid S1a1e Lab here at LC has
colh1bora1cd much 1vi1h labs in
New Zealand. SAAB was so nu­
prc.;;;;scd whh Davc'sapphcation
1ha1 ii was wilhng 10 dip $1,500
in10 ncxL semester$ Conrcrcncc
funds for his grant.
Moa Ucnt,:l~ Yonamine. a se:-
11 ior SOAN mr~or. was :1wardcd
aSJ.381 research granuo study
Okinawan women and Lhc1r re­
lationship 10 US military per•
sonncl sta1ioned in Japan.
There have been many ind-­
dents of rape and sexual 1nis­
conduc1 bc1wccn lhcsc lWO
groups, and Moa would like 10
discover more abom this. She
will be inves1iga1ing 1he day-to•
day intcratlions bctwcc.n young
Okinawan women and military
personnel. She would like to in·
tcrvicw boLh womC:'n and 1bc
personnel tO red O\ll their pcr­
c.:cplions or the ::,itua.li0n.
Junior ln1crno.11ional Affairs
major Danielle O"Conncll was
awarded S1.500 LO iravcl to
Paris, rrance. 10 .s1udy
Senegalese imm1granIs,
Through pcrson:;\I i1ncrvicws
and visits 10 Senegalese areas or
Paris, Danielle hopes LO dis•
cover whether 1hc Senegalese
have an idcnn1y unique 10
l,hcrnselvcs or tr 1hcir idcnti1y is
inextricably tied with France's.
Junior Religious Studies m:1-
jor Desiree Miller was awarded
S2,547 to 1ravcl 10 Lcl,anon 10
Sludy Islam, particularly ncga .. tion dialrclic5, 1hc 1endentv of
rch,g1on~ 10 ddmc ahemsclvc~ by
what 1ht)' arc not. Destree is vrry
~xrncd Lil he broa<lc.nmiz not only
her t)Wn honzons 1hrough tht5
'!»IUd)', but also lo brwg.a btt mort
mfltrtumurn ab1Jut bl,un lO LC.
Kristin Fabbl'. a ~cu1or history
nrnjor~ was.. ;nvartltd S l J 32 to
uavtl hl various lihr:1rit-s rn Lon­
don, England. LO study llmish
policies or appcascnmu ol Gcr­
'""ni•dut111g l\i35-39. ~he hopes
LO s1udy "hy Britain ol'fcrctl
some ol us rolo11,cs LO Germany
during tins pcnod. Krisun hopes
to learn how Brilain51mpcri:i.hst
1<lcn tit y shaped 11:-dc1.. Isions.
Senior f:nvnonmcntal S1ucl1cs
ma1nr l;nc Boggs wa,;; awarded
S1,87(110 s1udy the Adani:,Rawm
Archipelago 111 Thailand. This
rcsourcc-nch area is under much
pressure from developers clue to
us abunda11cc1 and 11s indigenous
people, 1hc Urnk Lawoi sea 110-
mads, MC being challenged by
developers and cc.O·lolu·is1n
groups to open up the-Archi­
pelago which is prcscnlly ;Ul cn­
vironmcnrnlly-1n0Lccled arc.a.
1!ric hopes to seek soluuons '°
Lh1s problem and wrnc about h
ror his. senior 1 hcs1s.
r-lnally, senior Environmcn­
ta·I Stuches and lntcrnallunal Ar­
lairs double maj<>r J ulcs Kopel­
Bailey was awarded S 1,527 l0
travel to New Zcalan<l 10 study a
new form or ocean protect ion
called no .. , akc zones !.lnd reserves
(NTRs). NTRs arc areas desig•
nated as pro1ected where no r,sh•
ing. diving, or other activuics
th~1L thrc;nco cnvironrnc111 m~y
occur. Oregon is experiencing
problems whh over-fishing and
habitat dc:s1ruc1ion in various ar ..
cas or our waters, and it is now
lookmg for ways to control this
clegradalion. NTRs seem to l,c a
viable, ir tlrastic.solut10ri lo lhis.
and New Zealand has temper.Uc
waters such as <mr own where
NTRs have been successfully ap•
plied. Julos wishes tel study
NTRs, sc~ 1hcir viability for Or•
cgon, and ,vr'ilc his scnlor thesis
in t.11vironnt<:11tal Studies for­
this.
So how ~bout all of you 0111
lhcrc? I\J'l)'0l'IC lmcrcsted in ;•lP·
plying for one or our four grants
or using SAAB equipment for a
projccl? \Ve have even more
f'noncy lO dcvmc: 10 grcaI S'IUdcnl­
moovaI eel projects t Ills scmcsln.
so 1r you're in,crcstccl, plc:1sc
drop by ::md sec me. I wish you
all 1he bes, or luck will, classes!
Tibet symposium comes to LC
Keith Dede
On 1hursday. February J,
The Orc:gun Consortium for
,\sian Studies. The fats• Ash
Studies Progra1n and Dcpart-
111cnl of Foreign Languages and
Literatures al Lewis & Clark arc
giving. :.1. symposium cnt111cd
··social Change Md Cultural
PoliLics in Pos1-M:io Tibe1" rn
Olin room 101 beginning a,
2:30 PM.
The symposium will fcatul'C
three speakers. Mr. Peug
Wcnbin of theUnlvcrsity or
Washington will give a talk en·
tilled "Tourism, Cuhural
Change and E1hnk ldcmi1y in
Jiuzhaigou"; ProlcssorCharlcnc
Makley of Recd College will give a talk emitled, "The Erotic
r:romicr: Sexuality and l<lcnu1y
in P0Sl-Mno Amdo"~ and Prorcs­
sor L1-,vrcncc l!pstc..iJ1 of the Uni­
"c-rsity or \.\1:,shiJHOll will give-;_\
talk eniitled. "'The Processes of
Meaning in a Tibetan Folk
Ritu:1l." The rcporls arc con­
cerned wuh changing conditions
in Tibcwn .ireas of 1hc People's
Republic of Chiua as ohscrvccl
while d1>ing nc1r1 work there
1hroughouuhc 1990s. Each talk
will be followed by j question
and ~lnswcr period~ You arc
strong!)' encouraged w autnd
and panicipatc in the cliscus...:;ion.
The program is runclcd by 1he
Oregon Consorli1,1m for Asian
St u<lics with a grant from Tht
Ford Founcl,uion.
2 Pioneer Log January 26, 2001 ==========News======P=io=ne='er=l=og=
Construction to change the face of our campus
In the next few weeks
construction will begin
leading to the building of
three new residence halls
along Huddleson Lane.
Among other changes
there will be loss of
parking spaces, traffic
delays and shuttle bus
pick-up changes.
by Joe Clock
Beginning over th.c next few
weeks, consLrucLion will begin
to dc;,r away the lluddlcson
Houses and m;:1kc room for the
new residence halls.
College Ou Ldoors is 1n.o,1ing
its cc1oip1ncm lrom il's currcm
warehouse in the McAffcc house
Lo the gym (HI South C:.1mpus
(formerly the Franciscan Re­
ncw:11 Cc111cr) in order 10 empty
the McMfcc llousc, which will
be demolished a1 1he end ol
January. ,\ prt>conslrUClC<I
building will go 11110 McMfec!;
place 10 house the College Rela­
uons offices, which i11cludcs
Alumni Development and Pub­
lica11ons. College Rcla11ons
plans 10 be in i1s new bu1kling
m 1hc nrs, half of ,1pril.
111 January and early Febru­
ary Lcmporary above ground
tanks for hc:uing oil will go in10
Huddleson houses one. lwo. and
lhrcc LO replace the current un-. &~= -~c< ~ ~[~;~,-r-,..._...
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Construction leading to the building of the new residence
halls will begin in the next few weeks.
dcrground tank, which is being
decommissioned lOcomply with
DcpanmenL or Environmental
Quality requirements. The oil
provides heat to the Muddleson
houses. bul Lhc. current tank is old and could potentially leak
into the soil. As the Huddleson
I louses arc removed the c,.,urrent
oil Lank will also be removed and
wc:>rkers will dispose or any soil
tha1 has been affected by an oil leak. The new residence halls
will be heated by natural gas,
which is more environmentally
friendly and efficient 1han 011, so
with lhc removal or the
liuddlcson houses an oil tank
will not be necessary.
From early February 10 111id
April a new "commumcauons
backbone" will go in along 1he
road in front of Templeton and
Odell to connect the new rcs1•
<lcnce halls with the computer
network centered in \Vatzck Li­
brary. This construction w111
have some effect on parking and
traffic in front of Templc1on,
traffic will be rerouted and fif.
Leen staff and resident p.ukmg
spaces will be lost.
As part of the mstalation of
lhc new communications back­
bone. 1herc will be no parking
on lluddlcson L;nc (across from
the lluddlcson llouscs) or m
front of TcmplNon unul Febru­
ary 27 The construcuon will
also change 1he drop off and pick
up points for shuulc busscs.
During 1hc construction shu11le
busses will pick up at the en­
trance 10 the Akm parking area.
Construcuon will be coin­
ple1ed by February first in the
basement of Odell to make room
for ISALC which will move there
from ilS currcnl home.
Huddleson hou:scs one and ,wo.
in the middle of February.
In February and March Huddleson houses one and two
will come down. The bmldmgs
will he cleconsiructccl, which
means lha1 the building materi­
als w,11 be salvaged and donated
10 The Rehmldmg Cemer of Our
Untied Villages .
Fmally in the las, week of
April and 1hc f1rst week of May ,, ____ _
This is an exciting
project and LC stu­
dents will be the big
winners when it is
completed.
Jon Eldridge
'' Huddleson houses three, four,
and five will be demolished.
These buildings will no, be
decons1ruc1cd hke Huddleson
one and two because the con­
struc11on schedule docs not al-
low enough
dcconstructmn. lime ror
A~ construc1ion bnngs n1..'w
changes to campus throughout
the semester Rcsidem:c Life will
work with facilities services lO
notify s1uclen1sof changes ahead
of time. As Jon Eldridge, Dean
of Students. said~ ·'This is an ex ..
ciling projec1 and LC students
will be the big winners when it
is complc1ed."
ASLC elections /Jus 11ess, C1111111111u1ty & 11-i,;: Cnt, r1Jn111eu1
• are coming
ASLC annual elections are coming soon.
This is a great chance for any student to get
involved in student government in our
community. All students who will be on
campus for the full year are encouraged to
run and make a difference for Lewis and
Clark College. Many positions are up for
election:
-President
-Chief Justice
-Vice President for Student Academic Affairs
-Vice Presldent for Student Organizations
-Vice President for Budget and Finance
-3 Student Representative positions
Petitions will be available outside the ASLC
offices in Templeton near the main informa­
tion desk. Come and pick one up.
Also, positions are open for the Elections
Commission, which oversees the process
and makes sure it is a fair election. Come
help make the elections run smoothly.
If you have any questions about the elec­
tions or the commission please contact
Elections Commissioner Andy Keeler at
x7149 or keeler@lclark, President Joe
Bielecki at x7152 or bielecki@lclark. As
always, feel free to email <aslc> or check
out the webpage http://www.lclark.edu/
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January 26, 2001 Pioneer log 3 ===h®===WL=.=Qo===Features====
Featuring Boulder's second most-famous citizen
by Corey Long
This article (hopefully)
marks the beginning or a series
or reatures we at the Log will be
wrilmg about senior su..tdcnts
who will be graduating after this
scmcSlcr. The corKCJJl of such a
series 1.s. u~ually more prornising
than the reality of it, however we
will do our best 10 rollow up this
week's ,,ror,k with another in
our ncxl ISSHC ;1ncl anoll,cr the
l!-iSUl' .lhcr that. II you know a
senior tha1 you would hkc 10
wruc :1houl. please let us know.
Ask anyone, we need all the help
we can muster. You can say
whatC\lcr you want 'c:-\usc. :tS you
know, we prim evcrydung.
Anyway, the senior kalllrcd
tins week is a native or Boulder
Colorado, the my fomous for
housing t,..,tork when he visited
from Ork back in the early eight•
ics. t-lcr name is Anna Salim. She
is a 21-)'ear-old self designed
.. Mts administration" major. who
has done just about everything
one could possibly think to <lur­
ing her four )'ears at the College.
Along with being a Copeland
Resident Assis1an1 during her
sophomore year (a dangerous
ven1ure to say 1hc 1c~1sl). she has
essentially run the theatre de­
partment. She swgc rn;.1n:1gccl
three plays, produced one, de­
signed the lights for two others
(as well as the fall edition or the
Dance Extravaganza). and most
reccn1ly served as dramaturge
for Big Love. Anna was also the
founding aclminis1ra10r Qf ,he
Plaueau An Center and used to
work al the now defunct Plall­
form Cafe :u the same location.
This past semester she wzi,s Senior Anna Salim poses for a portrait in the Platteau
awarded a SAAB grant 10 con­
duct research in New York for
her senior project: "Fund Rais•
ing Strategies for Performing
Arts Organizations." Ann:, is also
a member or the "Ans Alive"
committee and she just finished
an internship "'it h the Oregon
Symphony. This semes1 er, she is
\\10rking in the main office or the
Fir Acres Thea1rc; how bloody
artsy can one person be? ltsecms
in Anna's case, very. for four
years she has been a staple in Lhc
an1s1ic community al Lewis &
Clark and her hard work and
behind-the-scenes contributions
to so man)' aspects or 1ha, com­
nnrnity will surely be ,mssed
once she graduates.
"h's been qui1c a ride," s.1ys
Anna. '•fl amazed me that I could
learn so much in so li1tlc limc.n
for Anna, this learning included
lessons both inside and outside the ch1ssroom. Wha, happens to
one :11 college was subtle for her,
and the maturity one obt:lins
occurs withou1 one really bcmg
aware of it. "I found out what il
means t0 grO\v up," she claims.
"The transition from teenager LO
adu11 just happens. Yo1..1 don't
consciously work :u lt. A ncl I ha1
clichC about gcuing from your
edue:uion wh:,u you put inio il
is devastatingly true."
When asked what professors
h~d helped her most during her
career m Lewis & Clark, Anna
was quick lO nomi,,;ne three tha1
had affected her. These profes­
sors include Ben \Vestervclt in
the l lis1ory departmCnl, Stephen
\Vccks in the Thealrc dcpan­
ment and Jim Gr:ml in the t:co­
nomics department. She had
glowing words 10 say abou1 each.
"Ben is brilliant. and con•
firmed my belief 1ha1 his1ory is
4 Pioneer Log January 26, 2001 one or the greatest subjects 10
study: she says. "Stephen has an
amazing insight into, no1just the
the:aue, btll 1hc arts in general
and the sociological, historical
and psycholog,cal aspects that
are included, I was really able to
connec110 lhat insight.Jim un­
derstands 1ha1 not everyone
thinks like a mathematician. and
that an anal)•lical edge is not
necessarily needed 10 under­
stand economics."
Her acknowledgement of pro­
fess.ors in three separate aca•
<lcmic dcparuncnts ls ru1mg1
considering Anna's expcncncc m
so many raee1s of Lewis & Clark
College. She hchcvcs tt io be
good preparation for one to be­
come aware of as many parts or
your college um verse as you can.
"College ,s hkc a m1crocosm
of society: she says. "It has ev­
erything society has, And going
to college is like entering a safe
socie1y model, and when you
Mork from Ork, and his
wife Mindy, are Boulder's
most famous citizens,
Nanoo-Nanoo. walk out, you a,e better prepared
10 deal wi1h 1he real, less rorgiv­
mg onc ...
In preparing to cn1er her ver­
sion of rc~l lilc, Anna is p1annmg
tO work with a fellow LC alum
and focu1ty rncmbcr to start a
non-profit technical theatre
company. 81g surpnse. consider~
ing the amount of 11me she has
spc111 on 1hat craft wlulc al che
College, Yet, such a hfe chmcc
holds wuh lhc a<lvJCc she o£Icrs
to those Slill unsure about their
maJor and what tht)' plan to do
af1c, they leave the friendly con­
rmcs of Palatine liill
"Ma1or in wha1 you love, not
in what you t1unk as a good idea
for your c;1:recr,'' she advises.' lt
is more important 10 get somc­
thmg 0111 or your cclucation, not
to do what you ·t111n k' you
should." Even 1hough Anna is
from a ci1y as famous as Boulder
(I mean t(mlt" on. Mork is no
ordinary visitor!). she lives in
Portland throughout the yc:ir,
and she plans to st:iy here alter
graduation. So even though
Boulder and Lewis & Clark will
be losing out dlle 10 her depar­
ture, she will still be around for
us 10 t"njoy and bother abom her
Jove for p::nhcuc 80:S movies and
her (dangerous) obsessions with
Cameron Crowe and John
Cusack.
Again, if you know a senior
who is an athlete, act0r, musi­
cian or JUSt all~around decent
person. lei us know and ,vc'll
feature them. 11 isn't hard. A
snnplc recommendation will do.
We, at 1hc Log would nOl think
of asking )'(ltl, the reader, 10 ac-•
wally do an}' writing because
that would just be wrong. ========Foru m=====Pi=·on=ee="rl=o=g =
The only thing we have
to fear is fear itself
Succeeding against the
personal villain: fear
by Melissa Almquist
MonSlcrs arc m I he c1oset.
The boogicman is under I he bed.
We all grow-up. We all fall
down. Change is always occur•
rihg and what else is there 10 be
afraid of? Ye, fear we do. often
10 1hc poih1 of paralysis wi1hin
our lives. I-low many opportu ..
ilitics have been missed due ro
1he unwarranted insccuri1y we
have wilh the unknown? Who
in 1hcir right mind would walk
inio traffic blindfolded and ex•
pect to ever find the safety of the
sidewalk again?
The truth is that we are all liv•
ing with our own personal enig..­
matic arch villain comprised of
our fears, the fears of our par•
cnts that we have adopted and
the fears that society has instilled
in U.S. ,, ____ _ ,he villain and if this paltern gets
ou, of hand, we SI.art 10 lose all
comrol of c,ur hves: we become
possessed by the. '1unknown ''.
The "unknown·•~ the "ou1 there .. :
the undefined thal we can no~
)'C:l conceive because il is beyond
the barriers of time. People make
every cffon to secure Lhcir ru~
turc. h~wc. control and the means
to preve.m any sufkring. but <ll
what cost? Too much fear is not
being able to live the life before
you today because tomorrow's
seemingly forcbo<ling neon signs
arc LOO distracting,
The past in retrospect looks
like a bandaged wound that is
now called glory. Eve1-y bump
and scrape in Lh<:. road is sLOrcd
wilhin us like the genetic mnLc­
rial that guides our biology­
even when we have 1m1de thnt
mistake fifty times-the knowl­
edge 10 transcend and grow
snongcr is with us.
There arc t,vo great miscon-
There are two great misconceptions of life:
first, that it is supposed to be a wildly com­
fortable place where most of our journey is
marked by peace and second, that a good life
contains no suffering. If I could gather the
tears that I have shed, I would take them one
by one, encase them and leave them as evi­
dence of a good life. ____________ ,,
On " daily basis we fi~h,
against this villain and reassure
ourselves with dreams, plans
and hopes. Every clay we consc1•
cnuouslyovcrndc 1l11sviHa111 by
makmg choices in our own best
imcrcq. despite lhc prcoccupa·
11011s that may accompany thf
decision. We succettl -against
fear, but wh,11 happens when fear
is the greater forct in our lives
And WC' bc1ng lO lose our~clvcs
IO ll?
Every 1imc that we 1nakc a
decision out or rear. we make a
chmce a)?.amst ourselves and for ccrtions of life: hrst. 1ha1 1t ts
supposed to bl· a wildlycomfon.
ahlc pla,e where mo~t or onr
Journey ,s marked hy peace and
second. that ;1 good life co111;1ins
no suffering, ff I could gather the
tears that I l1;1ve shed, I would
Lake them one h)' one-, cntase­
thcm and leave them as cv1dcncc
ofa i:ood I ifr.
That which 1s stauc mlgh1 b{'
more co111£on~blc. that which is
kuown and understood might be
more acccpt:ihlc, huL what 1s bc­
hmcl door number "1hrcc' as
opposed 10 the frequcn1ed "one" ,, ___ _
The past in retrospect
looks like a bandaged
wound that is now
called glory. Every
bump and scrape in
the road is stored
within us like the
genetic material that
guides our biology ... _____ ,,
and "1wo'? There will always be
poinLS in our lifo where we fo-ar
door number three hcc:rnse H
invo·kcs are greatest insecurities
and forces us to cxan1inc ,he: tnic
cxten1 or our capabihties.
Therefore, perhaps I he solu-
1 ion to fear 1s I he rcsolu11on to
believe in oncsclr. dcspatc what~
ever threatens to change us bc,­
hind the door we might choose.
Take the hlinclfold, place it over
your eyes and gmcle yourself
1hrough 1he irarnc ol life. Learn
1he potholes like every tragedy
and know th,i the sidewalk ex­
ists, bu, lire is no, an cxistcn~
or paralysb, il is dynamit 'and
challenging.
Always in question 1s 1hc role
or destiny in our lives: how
much of my life ts my own cl~­
vicc and how much is lhat or my
God> 11 is certainly no1 easy 10
h;wnJ over the n:1gn~ h> Got!.
shed the responsibility of navi­
ga1io11 in this chaotic world and
expect only 111:ll wh1ch ,s f~•cd.
However, perhn,ps the most 11,\­
port~nt factor in ceding the con­
lrol is «<:hvos.ing" your own
growth by all<)wmg the dynam­
ics of life to reach you. Life ha~
no guarantees and we arc all p1•
lotmg wtthout pcrm11s, bu1 we
would n01 be here ,r we ,vcrc. not
capable of rhis life.
Fear 15 not 3 v111:iin al1cr all,
bm rather only a httlc hcs1ta11on
we focc cvcry day we choose to
wi,kc Up and hvc. Do rrnt hcsi­
Ltl.lc to live; rnkc a chance and ll'y
dour nttmhcr three. --Letters to the Editor-
Bielecki lays his muster down
Dear Fellow Studcms.
I hope that you are all enjoy·
ing your spring se-m(I-Ster thus
for. Spring always se-ems to be
the busier half of our school
ye.H, and these next few monlhs
wiJI ccrrai n ly be no cxccpt:ion.
Your studcnl govcrnrncn1
wrapped up tht books for las,
semester and is now folly reen­
gaged in work chi.sspnog. h1 the
fall, /\$LC worked 10 cxiend 1he
Trailroom hours. represented
student concerns on vanous
Colkgc commh1ces and hoards,
funded $20,000 dollars to Stu•
cle111s 1hrough 1he S1udem /\ca­
demic i\ffairs Board (SAAB),
funded s1udcn1s and student
projec1s and events nearly
Sll,000 1hrough the General
/\llocaiions Board (G/\B), and
conducted numerous lm<:rnal
and 01hcr policy 1111prcwcmems.
This semester your council
members. will have 1hc large
tasks of 1he ASLC Elections, 1he
Charter and Budgeting process.
revisions 10 our bylaws, and a
Quality of Life Improvement
project. We have pioneered new
technology to bring onhnc vot­
mg to the campus. This 1s a re•
ally ncai deal, and one 1ha1 will
hoper1tlly help get voter turnout
to dimb. In addition, we've got
a new !,emcsLcr or cOJnmit lets
a11d boan.ls lO rcprcscn1 student
concerns un. 1r you tm\'e issues
or 1.'.0nccrns, plc:1st :1pproach
your stmlcni body offi<'crs ,md
let us know what we can do for
)'011.
\Vh~t \•~114 cun do [or A'iLC
Counctl is par1icipate. and there
arc numerous w,iys in whkh this
can be done I.cuing us know
wha.t your c:atnpus a,nd commu­
nH)' concern~ arc ts the mtmhe:r
one way to make things happen.
furthe.rinort. thcrc i.l.l'c opc1~ings
for Adnnnbtr,Hi"c thsis1ants to
SOlnl' or the Vice Prcs1dcnls,
opcnmg:; on tht Elccttons Com­
m1ss1on (group or st ucfoms who
run the clectJOns.), and on the
Charter and Budget Cornm1ss1on
(reviews charters and bttdgcls
for s1udcnt grnups).
This will be my la,t scn\estcr
as your stt1dc111 body president,
and more th~n I'd lil;c to do an awesome job. I want ,o sec Lhc
makings of another stupendous
/\SLC C<)t111cil. This means 1ha1
you mot1va1ed and in1ercs1ed
folks need to 1hink about run­
ning for an /\$LC l)fficc. I'd love
10 talk 10 any or you ab()UI ,hesc
jobs. so please. cQmc sec me. L
have pc,sted office bours. an<l am
LtSually in my orrice-n whole lot
more thnn wh:11 is on the sign
Check out the webpagc too!
< ht tp://www, le I ark. ed u/-as le>
Good luck to y'all this year!
Joe Bielecki
ASLC Prtsiclcnt
Need a Friend?
We here c~L Ore Piolog Jwvc a
policy trguinsl 11asomd cul), but.
·wid1 d1is one wt just Jell, wdl,
compelled by l11ml(miwrio11 ,.ea-­
sons. Being imprisoned is hard
enough. mul wfth the hig11est pt,:
tc1piw ir1cc11'CeraLion rme of ,my in•
clusrriolized (01uury, its only a
mmur 6f time before it ,wpptns
u, someo11t you hnO\~ That1 (Wei
we\1t nevtr curually gotten u per­
sonal ,,d before. Let alone one with
hcrn<lwriti11g as coo, ll..S Mi:
Ru.s~eUS.
I mprisoncd sl nglc bh,ck
male: This lonely man 1s 27,
5'11". 190 lhs .. enjoys writmg
hut h;15 no one w write LO. Ncvc1
been marnccl. no children. Seek­
ing c:orrcsponde:nce wi1h opcn­
m111cled female for frknclsh1p.
Charles Russell #7265-18,
MCC/ 8-4-17, PO l1ox 771
(WSR), Monroe. Washington.
()~212
The
Mystery
Box
Sec tins IJO.~? Puc a11yrl1i11g
iu Jicrc yoti \V(UH, fl:S-an
,111011ymo11~ forum for you,
tJ1c LC community member.
Send till .)ubmb~fQn~ tv
piolog@ld<1rlu,l11 wrllt tlie
subjeCL ··myswy box",
Images around campus leave a
hanging message about abortion Fucking N,vleritcs. As
hangers .,cross campus pro­
claime(I the am1iversary of
1he. victory of reason art<! a
woman's right lO chose.
President Bush 10,1k almost
half a billion dollars awa)'
rrom our sisters overseas.
All 1he Nacleritcs I know
claimed to have "vo1ed
llhcirl conscumce". Now~
because of those self-righ­
teous pricks, in squahcl vil­
lages in China :md inner•
city slums in India those
hangers will again go back
inLo use. Bc.caust: some
fuckmg upper-middle class
shit-for-brains hippies
could11't compromise and
wamed to send a message
to Washington (how about
a fucking letter), babies will
be drowned because their
parents can't feed them,
:md wo1ncn will die in back
alley abortions. /\ncl we got
four more years or this. /\II
you Naderites om there Slill
gm a clear conscience? by James Christie
On I he n rst day of classes I
was walking to my mailbox
when L noticed some1hing odd
in the comer of my eye. I turned
around lO set a wire. coat hanger
on the wall. The same type of
wire coat hanger I hal you rmd
in an apartment closets when
you firsL move in,
I noti~ed a sign under the
hanger and decided to read it
smce it's not every day yo11 £incl
yourself starmg at a coat hanger
tacked up to a wall. The words
on 1hc sign was wriucn in_
bubble letter that had been filled
in wi1 h a diffcreni color crayon
much like something a fourth
grader with very impressive
band writing would <:reate (my
apologies to the ;tctual artisL or lhc poster. Thal statement in no
war was rn,cnded to slander
your arnstic ahililles). The
huhhle leu,rs read, "Ncxi Mon­
day Jan 22nd. Donotc Wire Coat
Hangers for RO<! v. Wade Day.~
l'm not really sure if I can
describe to you wha1 occurred
ln my mtnd when I realized the
full meaning behind the sign. I
wouldn'1 use the word disgusted
and I wouldn't use the word of­
fended, I wasn't feeling either of
those things. In fact this piece
1sn'1 even about lhc poli1ic;.:1I
point behind the posters and
how they offended me because
rhe sign v10la1ed 111)' pofi11cal
scnsibifitics. Because in reality J
wasn, offended and I don't hold
political views that wou Id legiti·
matizc mysclfbcing offended by
the witty and uuerly blunt 1ru-ism of the poster.
The reason I'm wnting this
ar1iclc is because of ,he odd feel•
mg, 1hc shock, ihai rcadmg the
sign gave IO me. It was \'Cry sim1-
lar 10 the feeling I had when I
tried hallucrnogcns in high
school.
You go through your daily life
not cxpccti11g to encounter any­
thing or anyone who wtll ac•
knowledge to you one of 1hc dis,
1urhing fea1ures of illegal abor•
1ion. Havingsomelhing or some•
one pornt this out to you 1s
shocking. You do11'1 expect it.
Especially rrom a poster that
could have been consirucced by
a fourth grader who was bored
one day and decided 10 get her
cr~yons out.
Just pictllrc a little fourth
grade girl saying 10 herself, "Hmm ICL's sec what should I do
today? Should I go jump rope
with my fncncls or make a pro­
choice sign for the Womyn's
Group at Lewis&: Clark College
with one of my w1rc coat hang-
ers and Cta)'Ons? I think I'll go 1
make thal pro-choice poster."
The unagc of the fourth
grader is rathcrd,sturbing if not
a total con1raclic11on or one:~ slc•
rcotyp1cal image of a fourth
gmdc girl.
I suppose I have only onr re­
quest for the Wom)•ns Center for
11ex1 year's Roe •· Wad, clay. If
you're going 10 pm up the same
pos1cr please use a fell lip pen.
Re;icling chat extremely politi•
cally potent message ifl crayon
a1 leasl for me added an extra
degree of shock thal wasn', nec­
essary.
January 26, 2001 Pioneer Log 5 Pioneer Log Dorm Culture ---~------------~ I like the community 1n which I live: SA/A
Campus-Wide 84%
Copeland 90% 0/$0
5%
2% N
11%
8%
13%
13%
12% Residence Life 101: the conceptions
Fo/Ha 82% 5%
Platt/Howard 83% 4%
SOA and misperceptions of dorm life
81%
I am able to study in my room when
I chOO$e: SA/A
Campus-Wide 77%
Copeland 77%
Fo/Ha 79%
Platt/Howard 65%
SOA 87% 7%
D/5D
10%
8%
9%
16%
5% N
13%
15%
12%
19%
8%
SuNt:ys ,ompteted by residents as part of semester RA evaluations.
Su(Veys created and results compiled by the Office of Residence Life. As we slan 10 break ground
for l11c constmction of the new
Residence Halls, we ,hough,
this was a good opponunity to
examine the culture of our cur•
ren, Residence M3lls. We sem
reports io the for readies of
campus. from the prudish cor-ncrs of Stewart and "the Nun•
ncry• to the lascivious hal~ of
Pla11-Howard.
We asked residents whai ,hey
1hougln about life in 1hcir qwn
donns and about their percep­
tions of the other dorms. We
topped il off with the results or surveys completed by resi­
de.ms aL lhc c.nd of last semes­
ter.
h's all here in the words of
the residents 1hc111sdves:
Copeland parties, the Akin
sugma, the Japanese baths -
lire on campus.
Copeland: A maze for all seasons '' Forest-Hartzfeld: The
by James Christie
We've all had trite conversa­
tions while eatll,g in the bon
among individuals whom we do
1101 know. h's one of 1hc many
rituals of college life. While
munching on grade D 1-neal and
stale doughnuts people ask us
aboul our major. our place: _of
origin, what classes we arc t:1k­
it1g, whal dorm you live in. etc.
One of these topics is the scope
of Lhis ankle, namely yourdonn
or more specifically Copeland
Hall. liow do Copeland Hall
residents feel ahou1 their home
and how do they feel about the
Residence Halls?
Copeland Hall was built in
l9C>3 and is named after some­
one who ell her do·natcd a lot of
money to the college or was a
prestigious faculty member lor
a very long lime. Chances arc it
was the fonner. This person was
very generous and felt a deep
love for 1hc college. If we work
hard enough, one cby we might
be rh..h gcncrou!lo enough lo 4-.lo­
natc latge sums of money to our
ahna 111acler so I ha, lhey t<:><> can
na111c a building after us like this
Copeland person. If anything, a\
lc:;15~ doing so will give us a spiri­
tual peace as ir we really ~1ccom­
phshccl something in our mor-
111.I wonhlc..i;s nOL to mention.ab­
surd a,nd rncaninglcss lives.
The Mall is divided into six
wings (c~ch na,mccl aher one or
the firsl six lc11ers of the alpha, ,, bet) and are connected via hall­
ways and one skybrid.ge thal of­
ten tend to confuse visitors.
Copeland Freshman Cl,ua
Elias commented the odd geog•
raphy of Lhc hall by saying,
"People sec it as ;1 maze. Uecausc
of this a 101 of people arc scared
tO come here."
CopeJand has a better view of
1he woodshehiml Lewis & Clark
College then docs Forest­
l-landielcl (at kas1 A,B, and E
wing do) bu, no ever bothers 10
mcn1ion ,his. lts ccmcr ls domi­
nated by it.s lounge, which has a
very prc11y fireplace that rc­
lnlnds one Qf a summer camp
lounge and a skylight for the few
days a year 1ha1 it is actually
sun11y in Portland. The resi­
dence hall e<;mncil is abnonnally
active and is only second 10 For­
cs1-Ha mficld in dorm popula­
Lion site. The Rusty Nail, the
only s1udc111 run coffee shopicn­
tcrwinmcnt venue on campus is
also located withm ,he confines
of the hall. The people who live
111 Copeland like it there. In !act
ill)I\C: QI the Copd,md rC:;tdcnts
fn1crvicwcd ror this-arndc indi•
catcd Olhcrwise. The Jcasons
mentioned vaned frnm .. the
hands on au nude of the people
h1 charge·1 lo '"1hc people who
live here ... Alrnosl ever)' person
i'ntcrviewecl mcn1ioned lhcir like
of fellow Copclanders as one of
1hc reasons they enjoy living
there. Freshmen resident Rachel
Rogers said 1n rcrcrencc to her
hallmates "I like the people around me. They're friendly and
warm."
This comment was echoed b)'
Copel,ind Sophomores Lis
Mortimer and Toni Rose who
said, "Coptland is big but it has
sm.all floors. This allows you to
bond with small groups of
people and have a family while
having an extended family a, ,he
same time ...
The proximity 10 ,he classes
"'as ano1hcr positive th:ll a few
Copeland rcsiclcn1s mentioned
while being intcrviC\\1Cd. The
only aspetl of Copeland could in
anyway be construed as 11cgat ivc
is: thal many residents have ob­
served "1ha1 a 101 of jocks live
here."
Copeland residents also com­
memcd on the quality or the fa­
cililies when compared 10 Lhc
other Residence Malls. Sopho­
more Jell Fenton said. "
Copeland's has got prc11y nice la­
ciliiic.s when compared lO
1hc rest of campus- err­
well at least when
just compared to
Plau-How::m.l. ·•
When asked
:1bout hovv he
felt abou1
Pla11-
Mowar<l
Jeff said,
" T h e
place is
prtll)'
111llCh a
cess­
pool.•
Forest-Hartzfeld: It's small enough to feel like there's
a community. Tamarack is the closest thing we have to
a student union, but only for our complex. I like it, but
wish there was a more cozy one for the whole campus.
Forest-Hartzfeld
by Kai Hsing
The name Forest-Hanzfcld
sounds, b)' name, like so111e
meSS)' ctnpor:11c merger, but
unlike petroleum h1eccl, artili­
c,ally produccd,nack 1)roclucts,
1hcre Is no one lhing th~l truly
unifies those involved m 1hc
f-nrest-ManzfekL
Even 1he cxhibraung
Wednesday mght study breaks
anti heated tango nights !ail 10
a11rac1 ,he crowds.
Bt11 Lh31 seems 10 he l11c m, ..
wrc of forest I and dare I s:ay,
ll'1rtzfcld Tins 1s a diverse
' group of people with a vane11•
of interests, and 1hcl'ccannot be
a single pe-rc<:plio11 ol wh,u For ...
est (and Honzlcl<.I) people arc
like.
Mar1tfclcl 1s tcthnicall y pan
ol the Forcs1-Har1zfdd comnm­
nity, though it's more isolated than 1he individual sections or
Forest. The dorm 1s in iLS own
sector, and looks like I he bastard
child (good or b;id) of LC hous­
ing. But 1t ts definitely differcni
in archi1eetural style, with its
ql•~si-rnodcm1s1 design. wluch
m lhc opinion many residents,
seems more Hkc a dungeon than
a Frank Lloyd Wright creation,
Hantfcld •~ deli ni,cly the upper­
classmen hall, and II is more iso­
la1ccl hy cho1cc. For man)',
Hartzfeld is more like the Hid­
den Fortress th:m anylhing else.
The rest of the communily ,s
jl\SI as fractured with its person­
a lilies and Jntcrcsts. Mosl
people in Forest seem 10 be over­
all comcnt where they ~ue, or al
leas, happ)• to no, be in Pbtl­
J-10,vard. also k11-own as lhe
ghcuo, and Copeland.
Forest rcsidcnLS tend 10 gen­
erally be a mixture of freshmen
6 Pioneer Log January 26, 2001 ''
and upperdassmcn,
which provides a solid bal­
ance, and wi1h the smaller
communal atmospheres, the liv­
rng spaces tend to be a hit
cleaner, comfonablc, and qu1-
Clcr. w11 h 1 he exception of
Spntcc 225 who never stop play­
ing music.
The different buildmgs that
fonn Forest• Ponclcrosa, Spruce,
Juniper, Alder. ancl Manz.tni1a -
all have different personalities.
Poncio has a combination of
rowdmess and quiet, as docs
Manzanita, while Spruce and
Ju111pcr lend to be a bit quic,cr,
and Alder is known as a place lor
sobstancc•ial action.
13ul overall, the life here. as
perceived by residents and non­
residents ahkc, tends to be qui­
eter and a place supreme for re­
tiring a[tcr a night or LC's "no-
1oriou.s" parly scene. Other Copeland Rcside111s held
strong feelings abou1 ,he Resi­
dence liall closes• 10 them. Not
all of which could be construed
as ncgativ<·. Sophomore Margot
Lindsay s:1id, ·1 like Plau­
How'1rd. Thc)"re ou1 of control,
crazy freshmen.•
Lis and Toni answertd the
question asked of them about
Plau-llowarcl using only 1wo
words, "liigh energy." About hall
of thC' Copeland Hall res,clen ts
imcrviewcd hrid no opinion on
S1ewar1, Odell, ,111cl Akin because
they had never been there. The
01her half saw il :1s a quicl dorm
wi1h nice people.
Clam hesl summ.uized every
cQmment expressed by
Copeland residcnLS about For­
est•Hartzfclcl, "Fores, ,s like a
cliffercnt universe. h's so far
away." diversity. The ability
to gather with friends
outside Tamarack.
The ease to study in
my room, but also
being able to hang
out in the dorms.
The size means you
can meet most
people with little
effort.
'' '' Platt-Howard: No
more bong dramas! _,,
Dorm
d
Forest-Hartzfeld: Shower curtains that are big
enough to cover anything would be nice.
'' Dorm Culture====Pi=·on=ee="rL~og~
Howard: Four floors of diversity
by Brianna Golan
Living in Howard is definitely
a unique experience. While con­
nec1ecl w Plau, Howard has cre­
ated its own very l,\lliqut cuhurc.
The tulLure actually changes as
one moves from floor 10 floor.
Yes, 1 he hall quote may be
·wh:n's that smell?" and we all
know wh:u that means but there
is more 10 l·loward. then Lewis
& Clark's fovorile pastime.
Howard houses mainly uncJcr ..
classmcn. in four very different
noors.
The Smoking Floor;
Third fl<>or Howard is ddi­
niLcly Lhe liveJicsL or Howard's
four Ooors. Certa.i n rooms on
third floor host parcics basically
all day, evcryda)', while others
remain tmpty until 4 in the
morning whc.n its inhabitants rt­
nally stumble imo bccl Strangely
enough. most or the pan yi ng on
third noor is begun by people or
oLJ,crdorms. ln fact, most of 1hc
.. parcy rooms" very rarely ha.ve.
its owners in it. And with the. rrc­
quenl parade of LC swclen1s on
third noor. the noor receives a
lot of disrespect. Signs gc1
ripped, trash is left in the hall,
door decorations arc constantly
l'iolatcd. Yet third noor consisLS
of a close-knit group o[studems.
The students there arc real friends and can always find
someone 10 give a hug simply
by heading anywhere down 1hc
hall.
Ou1door Pursu.its:
When asked how a st11dc111
[ch about living on the Outdoor
Pursuits floor, she replied 1ha1
ln0$l SI udems Qn I hat noor .. had
cHher pursuits as wel1.'" How ..
ever, students on tht Outdoor
Pursuits noor arc c()mmill(:cl 10
0U1door activhics, environmcn•
tal issues, skills improvement,
and sa[ety awarcne;s. People
hvfng on this Ooor arc supplied
with informal ion on trips such
a.scamping trip 10 Moun I Hood,
a ra[ung trip on the Clackamas
or Deschutes rivers, or a back•
packing trip. Second rloor
Howard is somewhat separated
from 1hc rest or 1hc building by
being the only theme noor ex­
isting ln Howard.
The Convcnti
First floor lioward is one of
the rare places at Lewis & Clark
timt consisls of only women,
hence the name, "the convent."
"Besides 'fohhfuls'. meaning
boy[ricncls. few men come
do,v11 here. They're afraid of
us," ~ll tin identified convttnt
dweller stated. The Convent is
b)' for the cleanest or 11oward"s
noors and lhc girls living 011 i1
seem ,veil bonded. It also has a wider range of age groups on it.
Freshman, sophomores, and jun­
iors co-cxisl nic:Cl)' in the con­
vcnl. Also in the convcnl cxisLS
th< Howard kitchen, one or the
nicc-r ones on campus. The _girls
sh,.rc dishes, food. ""d cleaning
responsibility and at all hou,·s of
1 he day someone may be found
m ,here avoiding Bon food by
cooking for thcm~elves.
The Bomb Shelter:
··11•s jusi really cold clown
there, hkc, all chc time." ln Lhc
basement ol' Howard hvc. a few
students, a TV, the laundry room,
and a storage closet. The bomb
shelter has the fcwesl number of
smdcms per floor hving on il.
And besides for the TV or laun•
dry, very few srndcnu; voluntar­
il)' hang out in the bomb sheller.
The bomb shelter can be consid•
ered the "los1 Ooor" of Howard.
While 1hc people down there ,uc
friendly and willing to talk. somc-
1 hi ng about 1hc Ooor seems to
just puL people off.
Living in Howard is its own
experience, whe1hcr good or had
is hard 10 say. All or us inhabit•
ams describe it as the "gheuo•
aml other such things. And RAs
seem m be the hardest worked i [
they live in 1-loward. Howtvc.r,
Howard docs have ils good
poi ms. Al ~lll hours one· can find
someone in 1hc mood for a du,·(
or~ rare excursion off cam-r----c=-u~l~t-u---r e---c........_a,...
~---------......._ I~
We asked students
about the noise,
the showers, and those
too-thin walls. ,, ___ _
Copeland: I really enjoy the atmosphere at
Copeland: laid back, but at the same time
enough policy so that people don't get out of
hand. I love my hall! '' SOA: Quiet rooms,
nice neighbors
by Erin Haick
If, as convemion:d wisdom
seems LO hold, LC hippies live
in Forest and jocks live in
Copeland, then who lives in
SOA? The "good kicls." Yell hat
dcs~ription might nol bccniircly
lruc~ 1he resiclcn1s of SOA carnc
across as dwcrsc, involved, and
dedicated LO their studies, 1101 to
memion socrnl-all adjccLivcs Lha1
ddy the derisive -good kids" la•
bel.
Steward, Odell, and Akin
Halls octup)' Lhe space directly
in fronl of Templeton Student
Center. The residents or 1hese
hal Is cited the large roon1s and
clean\ reasonably quicl living
conditions as major .-ppcals, "h
wasn't my choice, but [ like il
wrll enough," sa1CJ Emil)' Mallin,
RA in lower Akm. "It's a li1de
quiet, a liulc mellow-I'd like a
place whh a lillle more aC.Livity."
"As a freshman, the)' dumped
me 1n here .... said Chrisllna
Matci, a sophomore in her sc.c­
ond year m Akin. "I wascrccpcd
ouL by livmg wiiJ1 all--wonn.·.11,
and I wanted the experience, like
in ,he movies. of rncn walking
around in J'l(;I hoxcrc; ·•
"When I got here, the girls
were really supportive" and
Lhcrc was no compct1tion.
It ended up being a 101
more fun than 111)' lus1ful
dcsircs. I n1c1 sornc of
my best friends m the
:lll-womcn donns.'" she
continued.
Residents or 5Lew­
ard and Odell ha.cl simi­
larly posili\lc expcri•
c11ccs in lhcir halls.
Davey Jones 1s a fresh­
man living in SLcwarL
"I picked livfng
there-I liked the idea of
a drug-free hall. I don't
need that kind o[ distrac-
t.ion," he said. "l kno,v ev­
cryonc in lllY hall. h has a
nice cozy. homey reeling. I re-
'' fer lO campus as home more
than I do home-home."
Jon Shelton. another fresh­
man, agreed ... [ knc,,v everyone
there, ancJ h's periodically quiet."
Julian Dau1rcmont-Smith ls
in his second year in Odell. ·1
hkc the rooms-thcfrc a nicer
size than Plau's. [L's dose to
Tcmplclon, and th.at1s conve­
nic.m.""
Roze Dotson said that Akin
w~lS the most :rn1i•social place
she'd cvc.r lived, "l1II say 'hi' lO
people in the hall ancl they'll
Look away,"' she said.
Matei 1>0Lcd that the quiet
llOrms did have their drawbacks,
"A IOI of the girls arc somcwh-:.H
isolated. hsquict.soyqusomc•
tilnes feel a lhtlc invasive, in­
truding on people just 10 say
'hi"."
As ror other dorms? Ma1ci
cited 1he pMty image of Plau­
Howard: "For some reason, i1 is
the panyclorn1. 1"his is the place
where a drunken naked guy pro­
posed 1hat I sleep with his drunk
1-;irlfriend. And she screamed,
and ii was biggest rejection or
my life. l1 was great.
"It's a surreal dorm. Slleh a
1mxcd ha.g l WO\.l.ldn\ wan1,. l()
live 1herc; it's much 100 loud. IL~
like w<.1fklng through tI Dali
pahning."
"I saw a bong for I ht· first
limt· m my lire in 1-10\vard,'' said
Stephanie Rayburn, a sopho­
more living 1·n Slcwan.
The chicrimagc of Forest wa.s
chstancc--"Some. or the buildings
are falling aparl and the whole
thing is lOO far away," said
Dautrcmont-Smilh.
S1udcn1> all agreed thn1
Copeland was too large and ca5)'
to get lost in. Madin rcmcm•
bercd going on du1y in Copeland
and being immediately lost.
•1 ended up on the sky bridge
four Linies trying 10 find my way
out."
Ma.tci said th:u it ·was like 1hc.
maze m Labyrimh.
2001 SOA: Akin, not Stewart or Odell, is quiet but fun
in an understated way. I wouldn't want to live in
any other dorm ever.
'' Platt: A cold dorm with a warm atmosphere
by Joe Clock
Typical responses tha1 a fresh­
man might receive when he t0ld
an upperclassman that he lived
in Plan:
'Oh, 1hc jlrOJCcts,"
"Dnnk much?"
•Well, you'll mcc, a lot of
people.·
Pia.It is known for ils s1n.:.1II
ro9n15, noise a.nd parties, and
mosi,. residents would nol dis­
agree with these dassi[;caiions.
The strong points 1hat many residents pointed O\ll abo111
PlaLL involve the commu11il)'
and the people wl10 live there,
and their comphtin1; mostly
centered on Lhe bmhJin~ itself.
Almost everyone livu1g m
Platt ate freshmen. and they
generally knew very liulc about
any of 1hc dorms at LC before
they moved it;. The PlaLtcau
Stt1dc111 An Center or the VAPA
theme noors drew some, but
most Siu.dents \vho live in Plall,
especi•ll)' Pia.It East, live there
because, as Kristen Forbes said. "the letter 1ha1 said who your
roommate was said P1au•Howard
on n."
Forbes. howe,•cr, enjoys living
in Plau. She points out tha1 the
people she hvcs with arc friendly.
loud, and easy to get along wfth.
and that 1hc dorm has a s11ong
sense of comnrnni1y.
Some re..;idcnts even went as
far~s to say that rcsldcnLS or Plan
have more f11n in their donns
than studenLS in other residence
halls, Plans rcsidcnLS do no, have
an cmircly posilive view of their donn, however. Many residents
complained about small rooms.
bad lighting, and slow network
conneclions.
Plau is 1he 1mlr dor,n with
DSL c<1nncc11ons in the rooms
instead of d1recL Ethernet con­
nections. Another common
con1plain1 that Plaus residents
hav,:, is that the dorm is too cold.
Finally, one resident pointed ou1
1ha1 "somc1imcs the level of
mamril)' drops because we're all
freshmen•
While many reside ms of Platt arc happy where they live, most
do not plan to continue to live
m the building.
Plan's rcs1den1s have varied
views of 1hc other residence
halls, however Pla11 rcS1dems
said th~t Forest and Slcw:tr1 ,tr.e
quiet, people_ m Howard smoke
a 101 or marijuana, ,rnd LLLat
Copeland 1s easy to g<L lost in.
One resident even expressed
ftar of Akm. As Forbes said,
though, "all the dor111s have
Lhcir adv11ntagcs, thcfrc l1avtng
"good Lime.•
January 26, 2001 Pioneer Log 7 Pi 1hc L oneer og
GREAT AMERICAN FILM SERIES
SPRING 2001
A couple of years ago, several Lewis & Clark College faculty members noted that movies were
not an integral part of the campus experience. On weekends, popular movies were shown, but
the classics were not. Films are an endemic part of American culture, so much so that faculty
and staff had little trouble recommending movies they thought were worthy of being shown on
campus. It is important to note, however, that the Great American Film Series is designed to
expose students to films that have been critically acclaimed. The series is not intended to mirror
the Inventing America syllabus, although on occasion, there is a little overlap.
Robert Eisinger, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Each Friday at 7:30 pm one movie will be shown in Miller 105 (Lindner Auditorium). All
showings are free, and all members of the campus community are invited and encouraged to
attend.
January 26. Utopia
Wtsaid o/ OJ. (1939).
Judy Garland,
Margaret
Hamilton, Ray
Bolger, Bert Lahr,
Jack Haley. Di­
rected by Victor
Fleming. Best
Song ("Over the
Rainbow"): Best
Original Score.
<:;lick your heels
and see this film. 101_minutes.
February 2. Race and Respect
,ri Patclt o/ 'clt«e. (1965). March 16. Leading Ladies
'80,11 1feateida'f (1950).
Judy
Holliday,
Broderick
Crawford,
William
Holden.
Does Billie
Dawn
(Holliday)
need to be
'educated'?
Best Actre-ss
(Holliday). •
103 min­
utes. Sidney Poitier,
Elizabeth
Hartman,
Shelley Winters.
Best supporting
Actress Directed
by Elia Kazan.
Death in New
Orleans. 96
minutes. 1 April 6. Booze
March 9. Brando
Ou tlte Watei/io,,t. (1954).
Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger. Directed
by Elia Kazan.
New York dock
workers. Who
could be a
contenda?
Loads of Os­
cars, including
Best Actor
(Brando); Best
Director
(Kazan); and
Best Picture.
108 minutes.
8 Pioneer Log September 29, 2000 71.e
minutes. (1945).
Ray Milland,
Jane Wyman.
Directed by
Billy Wilder.
Arguably the
best cinematic
portrayal of
alcoholism.
Oscars include
Best Actor
(Milland): Best
Director
(Wilder) Best
Picture, and
Best Screen­
play. 100
Ml PHOT(XCOVlll{S'r THE tN'l[ANO f.10Vll t>,\TA~l N-t()M!,AZOt,I COM April 13. Robert Altman
?ltter,ca Lt~e U4. (19 74).
Keith
Carrandine,
Shelley Duvall.
Directed by
Robert Altman.
Depression era
bank robbers.
Critically ac­
claimed. 123
minutes.
April 20. Jane Fonda
April 27.
?lte
Dustin
Hoffman,
Anne
Bancroft.
Here's to
you, Mrs.
Robinson.
Best Direc­
tor (Mike
Nichols).
106 min­
utes. eat 'i!laUoet.
(1965).
Jane Fonda, Lee
Marvin. Gives
new meaning to
spoofing a West­
ern. Best Actor
(Marvin). 96
minutes.
The College Classic
{jiaduate. (1967).
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•• Crouching Tiger'' marks a
new height in Asian cinema
by Kai Hsing
It 1s somc,vhat lronic tha1
Crouching Tiger Hitlclt·n
Dragon is being hailed as a post­
Matrix acLion rnovie m~s,er­
piccc. when 1l was films of this
genre, Chinese wu x1a (martial
ans), that were influential on the
creation or The Matnx In Lhc
rirst place. The Ma1nx truly de­
serves much of l he res pee~ 1 hat
il gets, as it was a ground break•
ing action film that will sc, the
srnndar<l ror some umc, but now.
finally, the Asian style of <tction
and (i(mmaking finally gets the
worldwide respect that it de•
serves.
Croutbine Iivcr is 1ru1y an
intcrnation;i.l production. a rare
but increasingly common phe-
11omcnon. with cast and crew
most Iv of Cluncse descent. but
scatl~rcc.l aroun<l the world.
C::vcn w1th a Taiwanese chrcc1or
(Ang Lee). a Hong Kong male
lead (Chow Yun Fat), a Malay­
sian female lead (Michelle
Ycoh). and /\mcrican funding,
the production was incredibly
coherent, with the unifying force
of making the first truly inter•
national Asian movie wiLh world
wide appeal (a.k.a. blockbuster).
It has bceJ1 wrinen in the Chi­
nese (and Asian) prc.ss as a cin­
cnlJtic symbol or a rising A.si~
m lhc new century.
h almos1 seems appropri:HC·
,hal such an llnprcss1VC -and
hyped movie goes back 19 1 he
roots of Chinese cul Lure, alm<>sL
as a remmder of the chffcrenccs
1h:tl exist between the E:1st"'hnd
Wcs1, no rnattcr how similar
their economic systems become
The swry of Cmudurw Tiger is
a tradiuonal one, adapted for
t0da)', an 1nst::illmcm m 1hc kg­
cncfary stories of ll Mu 8ai1 :l
grcm \V:.uiior who is nrecl of the
l,fe ancl has choosen 10 renounce
his sword, a powerful move for
any warnor, but especially for a
Wu-Dan master and posscssorof
lhc potcn1 Green DcsL111y. a weapon of mfmhc SLrcng1h and
force. Along die way, 1he sword
becomes sLolcn and there arc
wild chases and an anemplcd
mystery of who is responsible,
as well as much bewilderment
:.bout :tn uui<lcntificd out1aw
who seems 10 be a prodigy of the
Wu-Dan but the plot 1s not the
foremost thing that capmres the
au<lic.--nce.
,hough the story is solid and
far superior than most Holly-ce.c.s There are men in their ll\1es,
and though they feel like they
could do wilhom 1hem, love gets
ut the way, and both stdcs can•
not resist the feelings they have,
though on «1ual terms.
While the story and chamc­
ltnzations arc in tht end quite
good, cspcci;1lly £or a movie of
this scale and style, it ,s the ac­
tion sequences that arc still the
main draw to this fihn, and
deservingly so. The violence is
PHOTO COUfm~v YAMOO ,.•OVIES-
Zhang Zi-Yi stars as Jen in Crouching Tiger. Hidden
llil!gQn, directed by Ang Lee.
wood epics of comparable gran.. fa!>~ ancl funous, while remain•
<liosny, u 1s the sloryLclhng and mg lyrical al Lhc same lime; lhe
dr:.umnic touches by Ang Lee, as figtuing prcsc1ucd in this movie
wcU as the astounding buL lyri• is lruly an art, and gi\•es credence
cal aclions sequences which lo martial ans, showing off its
dmw lhc audience in and force ~1r1i.slic and expressive side. The
them lo feel the power of the sequencing is bnlliant, and con•
story and I he iraditions and tinues lO push the bow1d,1ricsof
beauty that are hemg presented action, in increasingly creaove
here. The pride shows 111 the ways. Just when one docs not
confidence shown by the char-think that there a,e any pl;ices
:incrs, especially the women, that have not yet hosted a fight,
who nrc central to the s1ory, in ~mother one 1s found, and an•
pcrh:,ps a ~urprisc 10 some. othc.rd:mccorf1st.s:md rcctmov•
\Vhik Chow Yun-fa1 receives,.,. ing m hanuon1ous mo11on is ere•
top billing, it is Michelle Yeoh atcd, giving the ,·1cwer a sense
ctnd Zhong Ziyi who ;ut the ccn-or immersion int0 dreams of the
tral characters or Lhc movie, as ethereal and mys1ict1I. Chinese
their characlc-rs rcilc<:1 a yc-arn- hmdsc:1pc- ~ind all of the cu lune
ing and cffon of the liberation and be;1uty th,ll 11 holds. i\
of women in society. Each H;ippy Chinese New Yearn will
wishes to choose her own path be with thoughtsofthiswondcr­
m l,fe, 10 varying degrees of sue-lul work to begin 11.
Return of the Compromise
by Erin Haick
The 3/5 Compromise will tri­
umphantly return to the Rusty
Nail this Saturday. After packing
the Nail for their October show.
Portland's premiere jazz-fttnk
ensemble plans lO exp11ncl even
further their fan base.
The J/5 Compromise consists
of bassist (and LC sophomore)
Aaron Landau, gltiiarist Jorge
Magn1,1m. percussionist Drew
Shoals, and saxophonist Chris
Hardin. The band h:,s also
added pianist Harold Roberts to
their ensemble. The band de­
scribes ils sound as a place some ..
where between \.Vcalhcr Rcpon
and Jamiroquai. When asked
about l he response to the J/5
Compromise's firsl show.
Landau responded, " We
changed lhe world. h's what we
do:·
The Pioneer Log's Corey Long
wrote, 'The jazz-funk roots they
claim arc obvious: they l raveled
from a jazz 10 a fl1nk beat dur-•
1"11g inorc than one number with
1-lMdin'ssax as the. icing. Thanks
to Shoals and L1nd,m, they also
threw Oul a rock sound that was
rcminiscenl of a Dave Ma1hcws
experience. This sound was
completed by Magnum's creative
guitar solos. The diverse mien ts
of each band member allowed
Lhern to examine a wide spec­
mm, or sound easily."
Lancl~u said that this show
will build on the strengths of
previous performances, "We'll
be playing a lot of new stuff, but
you'll be hearing some familiar
stuff, too," he said. "We've had
the chance to wnle some new
material and perfect the old
originals. We've definitely ex•
10 Pioneer Log January 26, 2001 pandc<l our stylcs-funher into
R&B, and playin' a little with
Latin. But it's still shake-your-ass
funk jazz."
And the name swi1ch?
··we've added a flft h member
10 the band, a guy named Harold
on keys. Me's r,,w, • said Landau,
"It fills out the sound, makes a
lot or stuff possible 1lw1 we
cottldn'1 do before. It'll be an in­
credible show.·
The 3/5 Compromise also
plans to compete in the year-end
B.lttlc of the Bands, sponsored by
KLC. Additionally, Landau snid
tha.L the band plans to record
San,rday's show in multiple for­
ma1.s, for .s,1.le 10 Lhelr growmg
legion of fans. by Corey long
Colclplay wil I play the
Aladdin Thea1re Feb. 12 and the
hand cou Id not have picked a
hcttcr mnc w v1s11. This quar1c1's
first US single. '"Yellow," is re~
cc1vmg widespread radio umc
and for good reason. It is a pre­
fect example of catchy gmtar­
based Brit-rock rnuplcd with
swec1 v<,cals in the 1rac.hti6n of
Travis, The Verve and U2.
As a result of "'Yellow's"' .sm:­
cess, Culdplay·s Portland en­
gagement is sold-oUl and indi­
cations :ire that these lads from
lc.)nclon arc. wtll on Lhcn way lo
tnainslrtartl populahty her<: in
the States. Purnc/wte>, Coldplay's
first US release for Parlophone,
rnclude.s "Yellow," m; well as mnr
other tracks 1ha1 showcase the
shiny vocals of Clms Mamn.
who also plays rhythm guttar.
Rou11dir1g ou, 1hc hand 1s Guy
Berryman on bass. Johnn)'
Buckland on lead guitar and Will
Champion on drums (great
name fora drummer!). Tht writ~
ing or all the songs on the album
arc nccrcdiLcc.l to all four me111-Coldplay
brings hot
album to
the Aladdin
bers.
The songs on Paracl111trs all
share a f«ding ofhcautirul siln­
phcil y. Sensitive lyncs are sur•
rounded hy light chord patterns
which a11m,; Lhc listener 10 get
lost in the heartfelt talcs that
Martm tells of optin11suc joy, as
he docs in "Yellow" am) µDon·L
Pan1t." and troubled uncertainty
,1s ,n ·•Trouble" and 'High
Speed.' In "We Never Change;
Manin smgs: "I wanna 0y/and
never come down, ,\ nd live my
hfc/and have friends around." It
seems that he and hos friends
from Coldplay ,uc gcttinga taste
o[ living their ltvcs as a success­
ful rock hand. It has been a swift
cvolu110n from a group of SIU·
dents at London \Jniverstty Col­
lege who tn 1998 ~ould only af­
ford a run of 500 cop1esof their
firsl release, Sttjtty, 10 a mccrna•
uonally known act w11h a hll
single :rncl -a sohd debut album.
Such fast, large steps fora young
band plants the promise of a suc­
Cl'-SSf ul encore to Pm·ocliutes, and
hopefully a string of albums 1ha1
employ the same charm and en­
lhusiasm.
Ben Franklin, minus
the kite and lightening
by Erin Haick
The seeds of "Ben f'rnnklin:
Unplugged" came to monologu•
1st Josh Kornbluth while sh.-·­
mg-1 he thort y-eigh l year uld
noticed a sLnking simil:ully be•
lwccn his own visage an<l that
of the [oundlng father That
spurred Kornbluth to check out
Franklin's ;1u1obiography and
tvtn1u,1l1y 1urn the slOr)' of
Franklin j11d hi.s son imo a mew­
phur for Kornbluth ,tnd his own
father. "Unpltiggcd", will Ix 1xr­
lonncd Thursday, Feb. I, at the
Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
ln reading franklin's autobi­
ography and other works,
Kornbluth discovered the trng1c
relationship between Benjamin
Franklin, Founding Father and
rcvolulionary, and Franklin's il­
lcgi1irna1e son, \.Villiarn, a pro ..
ressed Tory. William was named
Royal Governoro[ New Jersey in
1763, and the Revolutionar)'
\Var loomed on lhc horizon. re•
fused to abandon the British ar­
istocracy. For this, \.VUliam was
imprisoned and d,sowncd by
Ben Franklin.
The Franklin discovery
ju1np-s1aned Komblu1h's imagi­
nation. After exploring Ben
l'ronklin's life, the second act
bnngs the heart of the piece,
where Kornbluth addresses his
more personal relationship with
his father. "I'm obsessed with
being a son." Kornbluth told the
San Francisco Chronicle, "and
with the cxpecrntions thnl 1ny
father had [or me. Son of a com­
munist, my falhcr told me I was
going 10 lead the revolution, and
I didn'1. And there was Ben PHOTO CO~HSY JOSM X:OSINl!ltJJH
Expect Stalin, bears, and impieties
at "Ben Franklin: Unplugged."
f-ranklin, who did lead a rcvolu­
tiot1, and 111.s son \.Villiam \,,;is
the ,·oyal governor of New Jer­
Se)1 who didn'1 lead anything."
English professor I.yell /\sher
was instrumcn1a1 in bring llBcn
Franklin: Unplugged" to cam­
pus ... 1 learned about 1hc show
rrom Proressor Bernstein. who
came back m a Slate or giddy
clcclrifica110n,•• said Asher, "1ha1
same day, Susan Glosser [and I
l11l<I t ickcts I to the show, and we
discovered the source of Andys
vollS."
What 10 expect> Asher says,
"Joseph Stalin, a bc.ir, ilt1pictics
u11ercd, library rules broken,
and a belief that ,f Josh
Kornbluth had been Ben
Franklin. those hlackouts in
California wouldn't be rolling,
they'd be solid."
The show is fL1nclcd by the
l'am11lin 1.ccture Series and pre­
sented by the English Dcpan­
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Rusty Nail to host a variety
of bands and music styles
by Erin Haick
rill' commx weeks-will show•
.:as~ ~ wide v.-.rit..·1 y of music al
LC', own Rusly Nail. Anollwr
vt~ro.,bk t< Rcc,lt<ls ~howcasc 1
1h1, h1liay will hrln" Karl Blau,
C,c1 lhc llcll Ou1 ul 1hc Wa)' nl
1hc VQk:tno, the M1Crophoncs,
aml LC. ah1h1 Ja,on Amlt-rson,
Wulr Colonel
Karl lllau will ,larl oil 1hc all•
acousuc 11igh1. Ulau has workcJ
wilh headliners the Micro•
S< M
The Microphones wraf the audience
in an audial blanket o sound.
phones in the post, and the)' de­
scribe him as "the kind or guy
that )'OU reel when he's gone. a
strolling possibility. Mc 111igh1
play 1hc show with ,he fallen
branches ou1side ins,ead or a
guitar. His voice is like miles of
tide pools teeming wuh ~iny
life." ,ooro CQlJft1HYWWWK~NJC ,COM
Lewis & Clark alumni Jason Anderson leads Wolf Colonel,
a band which prides itself on genuine pop sensibility.
Nc,;1 lip I> Gel the llcll Oul
ol 1hc Way of the Volcan,1.
l{hacla Maricich, also involved
wnh 1hc Mkrophon,·s. has a pic­
nic arid a pickaxl'. and ~hcS seal•
mg 1he craggy peak, le> dig down
arul h11 lhc lava vcm, hoping to
be launched up in names. Her
voitc is like aloe vcra.
Wolr Colonel come wnh "A
look out of lhc corn::r of the eye,
~ smirk. aml a 101ally hcanrch
explosion or real cmolion bub­
bling over. a molotov cocktail rn
a Mr. l>ibb boulc." In February
of 1999. when Wolf Colontl w:is
still an LC band, Ka1y Davidson
wroIe tha1. "Shows wcrcd,arac•
1crized by Anderson's 1ill 10-
wards humor and, more impor~
tan1ly, his views on comeinpo•
rary music. A 1ypital sei-lis1
might move from a though1-pro•
voking pop song. lo a pie.cc
about 'whaling on food,' to a
1nons1er ballad wilh fantasy lyr­
ics. and still seem cohcs1Ve.
The nigh1 wraps up wl1h
headliners 1hc Microphones.
The Microphones' theory on
music is lO try and wrap the rnu.s1c arou1,d 1hc hsu·ncrs'
heads and make ii reel like u's
coming from in!-1dc themselves.
kind of hkc how you lee! worm
rns1ele ,, .. h\!n you're acu.wlly
lrcc2111g rn poun<li ng snow,
Thick walls ol 1111pene1rablc
sound mixed in with soft brtaths
and occortlings ol 1he wind is 1hc
current a1tcmpt. Doors open 1his
Friday at 8:00 pm, wi1h music
slariing a, 9:00.
l'cbnrn,·y 2 brings another big
nigh, 10 ohc Nail. The New Dogs
and the Black Hean Procession.
Some Sl uclcnts rnay remember
lhc Black Hearl Pr(>cess1on's per•
formancc at last year's Sun•
burn-1he band's melancholy
songs arc accented by I he bowed
saws that carry the songs' mclo•
dies.
The New Dogs have been de­
scribed as a cross between Wtll
Oldham and Modest Mouse.
Doors opcm a\8:00 pm wi1h mu­
sic a1 9:00pm. Smdcn1s will need
Lo bring their sLUdcnt IDs, be­
cause this show will include a
cover charge lor non-LC auen­
danls. rA.JtWNG IIYDof!\l'IDt:ROLL. ,m l!Xll l~CHES Oil ON LINEHCi5tiiatOH Of TH£ AATITT, COl,IRTfW
GAHlRY Of co,m1-1P()RAAV ARl
The David Kroll exhibit, which runs from Jan. 25-Mar. 11,
will include pieces like Bluebird (1999), above.
Deceptively simple
Kroll visits Gallery
by Erin Haick
"The works of David Kroll
combine lhe grandeur of 191'1
~
century landscape pain1ing wuh
1he dark serenity of Du1ch s1ill
life," writes Susan Snodgrass.
Forty or these oil-on-linen works
in ,he +'Elcmc1us of Nature'' sc•
ries will be on display in the
Lewis & Cl:trk G:illcry of Con­
telnporary Arl from Thursday,
Jan.25,throughMarch 11,2001.
This show will survey Kroll's
life's work, and is 1he first retro­
spective of the arlistS career.
"While Kroll's pai1Hii1gs '"">'
inhially suggest nostalgia for a
more graceful era. there is a
brooding. forcbodmg edge 10 the
compositions." said Linda
l'esncr. curator of Lhe Gallery. "At. times, t<roll's pauuings
evoke a simslcr vulncrabihty.
The very ::irr-angcment amt order
of l he appks. oranges, or pears
sugg<'sts a human hand." s;ud
Tcsncr, 11a. nc-st lies on tht
ground, unpro1ec1cd, An egg hes
exposed: a11othcr is broken, A
snake eyeing Lhe a,rrangemcnt
prc1crnaturally hinis al the scr­
pem and 1hc apple, 1hc origin of
sin ...
The Platteau Kroll's work is clearly infiu­
enced by a wide knowledge of
art history. He cites both 19"'·
cenlUry still-life painters and
landscape painters Frederick
Church and George Inness as
infiucnccs. Krolls pain1ings arc
filled with seemingly mundane
trappings or life such as apples,
oranges, and crockery, l)u1 1he
comp9shion of che painlings
lends 1hesc works a foreboding
air. There is an unc;1sy balance
between nature and hum,anity­
a balance I haL, shown in Kroll's
work, could shauer al any time. A key point in Kroll's arListic
development occurred in 1990,
when, while on a backpacking
1 rip in I he Smok)' Mouncai ns, he
go, los1. "I gm Inst in the woods
for four days wi1hou1 gear-no
food or sheller," he ,old James
Yood, "I'd always had a roman-
1ic view of na1urc, but I almos1
died ou, ,here." l'his experience
was the impetus ror Kroll's em­
phasis on the fragility of lire,
The Kroll exhibil will include
pieces like Eiglor A/>/1fcs, which
Tcsner describes as "'a somber ar­
range men l or eight ·golden
apples and a lluucring moth Iii
against an ominous darkening
sky" and Ccrn,,,;,., named for 1hc
Cccropia moth in the middle or
the painting. by Katherine Bovee
The search is on! The
Platteau is looking for a gen­
eral manager to head up its
third year as LC's student-run
art space for th,e 2001-2002
school year. We are looking for student nrt ceote
someone wi\h an abundance of Eldridge's office in Templeton
energy and a. passion for the arts 10 pick up an applica1ion. The
who will provi<le general direc-deadline 10 apply is January 31.
lion for the Centers activilies, and 1raining will begin thisse•
oversee daily operations, and mcster. Please direct any and
organize music and visual arts all questions to 1he Platteau
oven1s. If you are imerested in General Manager, Katherine
this posilion. please stop by Jon Bovee, at sac@ldark.edu. The Gallery or Con1cmporary
Art is open rrom 1 lam 10 4 prn.
Tuesday-Sunday. and from 7 pm
to 9 pm on Thursday. Admission
lO l!Elcmcnts or Natllrc." is free.
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Friday
January 26
Great American Film Series:
Wizard of Oz (1939).
Miller 105, 7:30 pm.
Artist's Workshop: Painting
Materials and Techniques.
Miller 105, 2:00 pm.
Women's Basketball vs
Pacific LLJtheran. Pamplin
Sports Center, 6:00 pm.
Men's Basketball vs Pacific
Lutheran. Pamplin Sports
Center, 8:00 pm.
The Microphones, Wolf
Colonel, Get the Hell Out
of the Way of the Volcano,
Karl Blau. Rusty Nail, 9:00
pm.
Saturday
January 27
Swimming vs Puget Sound.
Zehntbauer, 1 :00 pm.
Monday
January 29
Teach for America Info
Session, Thayer 3, 6:30 prn
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Saturday Fund for Public Interest
Brown Bag Lunch with
February 3 Women's Basketball vs Research Job Recruitment
Episcopal Internship Unfield. Pamplin Sports Interviews. Monteith, 9:00
Program Center, 7:00 pm. am.
Speaker, Geary. 12 pm. Casino Night. Stamm, 8:00
pm. Men's Basketball vs Black History Month Movie
Untied/. Pamplin Sports Nighl Tamarack, 7:00 pm.
Thursday Center, 8:00 pm.
French Song Recital. Evans
February 1 Sunday
February 4 Auditorium, 8:00 pm.
Thursday Sherman A/exie Lecture.
Kaplan Education Center February 8 Chapel, 7:Q0 pm.
RecrLJiter, Table Outside Black History Month
Bookstore, 11 am. Gospel Concert. Chapel,
6:00pm. Alumni Site Visit -
Social Change and Cultural Volunteer Coordinater
Politics in Post-Mao Tibet, The Black Heart Procession CARES Northwest. CSA W. Saturday
Olin 301, 230 pm. and Special Guests. Rusty 3:00pm. February 10
Nail, 9:00 pm.
Ben Franklin: Unplugged. Fund tor Public Interest
Chapel. 7:30 pm. Research Job Recruitment French Song Workshop: The
Monday /Mo Session, Monteith, Songs Of Jacques
February 5 7:00pm. Leguerney. Evans, 9:00 am.
Friday Steinhardt Lecture in
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"Unveil the Mask" -KKK th Age of Globalization:
Issues. Fields, 12:00 pm. What Has Happened and Sunday
Great American Film Series: Why?" James Galbraith, February 11
A Patch of Blue. (1965). "Can I Speak tor You Professor of Economics,
Miller 105, 7:30 pm. Brother?,•· a one man play Lyndon 8. Johnson School Dialogue: In Search of
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Women's Basketball vs leaders. Council Chamber, of Texas at Austin will be Understanding, featuring
George Fox. Pamplin Sports 8:00pm. the guest speaker. Council Bishop Spong. Chapel, 3·00
Center, 6:00 pm. Chambers, 7:30 pm. pm.
Men's Basketball vs George
Fox. Pamplin Sports Center,
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