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Volume 65, NGmber 11 • the
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Lewis & Clark College's sluclenL-run newspaper
Friday, February 23, 2001 http://w-.lclark.edu/-piolog
WE HERCBY
QUESTION
THE
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OF TIHE
• EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
OF
A S
Agreed upon iq Portland
BY THE
STUDENTS
.AND
Divers F R E .. E: M EN of the aforefaid -.
PIONEER LOG
Tobe f urthcr Explained and Confirmed titer~ bv th"
info11.nation herein on page 5.
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COV£R.
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Pione~r
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Nrws Eono1t: Joe CLOCK
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FEATURES EOITOR: MEAGHAN
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ARTS Eono111: ER1N HA.toe
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The Pionetr Log is funded by
your student fees. SAAB SCOOP
This week five students
recieved grants of more
than $250 each to attend
conferences all over the
country.
by Buuy Nielsen
In the last two weeks, SAAB
once ag::un gave grnms to some
oulSlandmg grantees. In fact. we
had so mnn)' apphc,uions that
we d1dn'1 have mnc 10 L:ilk about
anything else! Herc arc the lucky
rolks who received the grants, mus1rnmicists and c;cram1cs :irt
educators from -around the
world to tc~c.h workshops, $hare
tcch111qucs. aml in general pro­
vick a good network for the cc­
mmics comnuunity. This year's
conrcrencc will focus on the rid,
histoncal and nr1istic tradition of
ceramtcs. Knulterinc is attending
this conference in hopes of gath­
ering information and skills for
herSemor1\n Project next year.
Senior Philosoph)• major
\,\lendy Clark was granted $493
to allcttd both the 25th Annual
Midsouth Philosophy Con!cr­
encc nnd the Unlvcrsity of Mem~
phis.Undergraduate Philosophy
Conference, both in Memphis,
TN. During the first conference,
Wendy will be prcscming a pa­
per she co-amhorcd with LC
Professor of Philosophy John
Frilzm:.n, SAAB's own Faculty
Advisor. on the prom11,cn1
scholar Kenley R Dove's inter•
prerntlon of Hegel, the philoso•
pher best known !or his dinlcc­
tic:tl sys1e111. At the second con­
ference, Wendy will be prcsenl·
mg her own p;tpcr on Soc:rntc$'
umty of the '1inues. 1hc nouon
1hat things like wisdom, bravery,
:md rnoderalion arc :,ctually re•
lated. Wendy's grant covers
food, conference regis1rn1ion,
and airfare. ,, ____ _
Senior Psychology
major Samantha
Naliboff was awarded
$950 to present her
research at the An­
nual Meeting of the
Western Psychologi­
cal Association to be
held from May third
to the sixth in Maui,
Hawaii.
'' Senior ,\rt major Elhe
Lochmlgc was awarded 5300 10
attend the 38th National Confer•
cncc o! the Society for Photo•
graphic Educ11ion in Sa,smnah,
Georgia. There, Ellie hopes 10
get new 111sightson photography
through a varie1y or lccrnres,
panels, ,rnd portfolio reviews
The conrcrence will also include
career mformation, including
infonnauon on MFA progr.ims
in studio art. While at the con­
!ercnce, Elhc will also have l he
opportunit)' to visn the Savan­
nah College or Art and Design
and plans 10 take many photo•
gr:1phs or Georgia to bring back
or display at Lewis & Clark.
Ellie's grant covers airfare, lodg­
ing. and registration.
Semor Music Education ma·
]ors Larry Williams, Darci
Shimabukuro, and lngerBomzln
were awarded $297 10 attend the
Music Edurntors Natfonal Asso­
ciation Biennial NorihweSl Di­
vision Conference in Spokane,
Washington. Al the con!ercnce
Lhcse three will have the oppor­
tunily to :11tend various panels
:wd workshops on musk ccluca·
tlon, check ouL the latest ,, __
Senior Philosophy
major Wendy Clark
was granted $493 to
attend both the 25th
Annual Midsouth
Philosophy Confer­
ence and the Univer­
sity of Memphis Un­
dergraduate Philoso­
phy Conference.
'' Senior Psychology major
Samantha N,iliboff was awarded
S9SO to prc,.cnt her n:scarch at
the Annual Mecungor the We.s1-
cn1 Psychologic;.11 Associ:uion hl
be held fronn may 3rd to 61h in
Maui. Hawaii. Sam1rnthn's re ..
search, conch1c1cd 1ogethcr wnh
!cllow LC Slltdent Sefona
Stallings, is entitled "Rape
Myths: effects of Association,
Gender, and Rape myLh Accep­
tancc.-
This is a very uniqw situa-
1ion since undergraduate re­
search is not gcncrnlly occep1cd
10 the main session of I he WPA
con£crc.nce. 1n adclilion to prc­
scnring her research during a
poster session, Samantha will
have 1hc opportunity to network
with many ground-breaking and
wcll-know·n psychologists,
surely a boon for when she at•
tends gr:1dunte school l:11cr in
her 1trc.
For those of you who arc m­
Lcrcstcd, SAAB Is also in the
market for a new Tutoring Di­
rector. Basically, this pcr<on is
responsible tor all aspects of our
extensive program: hiring 1uiors
and traming them, publicity,
working wtth academic dcpar1•
men1s. :1nd coordin:uing nuor­
lngactivitic:s and programs cam•
pus-widcl If you're interested,
drop by pick up an applkation
next to Olrr office. 1ncy·re due
Monda)', M~rch l21h.
As alwn)'s, ir you'd like to ap•
ply ro, a grant. talk abom ndvts•
ing, address some academic con­
cerns, or jttSI feel like chatting,
my door is open. Until next time,
h:1vt ~ great week, and don't for­
get 10 vote in the ASLC Elcc­
iions!
SAAB grants are
available for
attending
conferences, hosting
visiting scholars,
conducting research,
and giving
performances. Pick up
applications in
Templeton.
2 Pioneer Log February 23, 2001 Elections begin this week
ASLC goes 21st century, elections to be held online
by Erin Halek corrcll the low voter turnouts or
past years. •1t sh,,uld help wuh
ASLC Elections will be a little stuclcn1 apai hy-there's more
difft·rc.nt 1his yc::ir-thc absence
or paper in the voting process is
the Orsi major change. The np­
provol of the ASLC Bylaws and
1hc election or the new Council
members will be emirely onlinc
this year.
M:t.kmg h "'eas1e.r for every­
one" is the drwing force hchind
the decision h.l go d1girnl. f;lcc•
Lions Conrnussion ch:111 Andy
Keeler said, "We thought ii
w~uld be easier for the Execu­
tive Council, mul for thl' over­
seas s1ude:nts-l'or 1hc1i, lO find
a computer."
ASLC Pres1dcn1 Joe Bielecki
concurred. He said 1hac the Ex­
ecutive Council had studied 1hc
actions ,,r other schools, and
those wt1h onlinc voting oppor­
tuniucs reported greatly in­
creased voter turnouts.
"ll's accessible to everyone­
we've 1riplccl the hours that
people tan vote." he said.
Keelcrs.,id this change would Lime lO vote this way, .. said chc
EJcc11ons chair.
The pr<>eess rcqmre:s an email
logm and password. B1cleck1
says llus combina11on was cho•
sen be.en.use. in Lest nms and 111
1he experience or 01 her colleges,
"the UNIX login was the easiest
tom make most secure. and the
rnost pr:.ictical."
The digital vot mg ,s also be•
licvccl more secure. Keeler s.11d
1 hai l he Comm1ss1on has been
111 con1;1c1 with IT, and workmg
together. he believes 1ha1 all se­
curity concerns have bcc.n ad•
dressed.
The currcn1 clec11on. whH:h
runs unul 3:30 pm Friday arter•
noon. concerns the new ASLC
Bylaws.
Next week the online polling
booth will dcul with ASLC
Council clcmons,
See more election mforma­
t1on and the candida1c s1atc­
mcnts on pages 8 ancl 9,
Bielecki urges students to pass bylaw revisions
De:., r Snulenls.
l have long held to the quote,
"If 11 am't broke. don't nx n,"
this plnlosoph)• makes sense 10
me and lo anyone w1th a rc4
sourccful nttndset. The ,mphccl
corollary to this :tphortStll IS, ·1r
il's broke, fix n good.· This ts
exact!)' what ASLC Council has
done this year with the ASLC
Bylaws. We hove_ tJkcn • [JVC·
year-old document and brough 1
it up 10 d>1c. We ha"c danficd
language, lixcd the language
rendered incorrect b)' the pos·
sage or time and changtng or
College policies. and have m­
crc-ase.cl the func1101wl11y or 1his
1mpor1an1 document But
howl??
Language and snnplc reword­
ing correc11ons as,dc, here arc
the notable rcv1s1ons 10 1hc new
Bylaws wtt h 1ustffic:iuons fol­
lowing. 1 ask you .tll 10 keep m
mmd 1ha1 the prnnary purpose
or this document 1S 10 lay down
a base of rules under which y,>ur
Stud cm Council. Smdcm Media
Board, Student Academic Alfa,rs
Board1 Electtons Comm1ss1011,
Charier and Budge, Comm,s•
sion, Peer Review Board. and
01.hcrs opcrmc. Furthermore,
this revision takes the step in
referencing the Rules o! Proce­
dure (ROP) or 1hc vanous
Boards ancl Commissions rm her
than writ mg 1.hc mies mncx,bly
into the Bylaws. The ROP arc
more dynam,c 10 !h 1he chang­
mg drcums1ances or our com­
munity. In sunpli('icd form: we
I ixcd what needed 10 be hxcd
Student Representatives (Art. V Sec. 5)
The current Bylaws stipulate
duties for these elected and ap•
pointed posiuons. Over the last
five years, these johs have
c.hangcd, become non-existent,
or ha\!e become impraclical.
Under the revised edition, lhtst
jobs have been rcwriucn 10 make
more sense !or Councils operat­
ing now and in Lhc. future.
Non,Voting Advisors (Art. V Sec. 71
This addilion was obvious 1
especially in these days of expo­
ncmrnlly rncrc.i.sing informa1ion
technology. It makes sense for Council I() be able to lure stu­
dcms with cmlCmg skills 1ha1
will work lor all students,
Student Media Board (Art. VI Sec. 4)
The nirrcnt Bylaws describe
:1 'Stuclcnl Communic.:auons
Board.' This Board doesn'1 ex­
ist-the Swdcn1 Media Board
(5MB) has existed in 11s place !or
scvcnl years V1lc now reference
the SMB ROP rather than "ASLC
Rules of Procedure" (which do
not exist). We have sunplificd
the sec1ion on the SMB to allow
them the ntllonumynnd ncxib1l­
ily under 1Jmr own ROP Tltts
L~C :tlso high ligh1s one ol I he
only policy changes in a Board
or Commission. The SMB Chair
shall now he an ex-officio, non­
voting mcmhc.r or ASLC Coun­
cil, :.rnd his/her ~ppomuncnt as
Chair or the SMB is subject 10 2/
3rds Council approval. as arc all
appointed Council members.
Thi.s increases the over:111 ac­
countab1h1y of this Bonrd 10 the
Executive Council, while allow­
Ing it more r rcedom ol internal
policy adjustment. -
Peer Review Board
There is ::a lot or new m:t1crinl
in 1he .sections rclallng to the
Chid Justice and the Peer Re­
view Board (PRB). New adch­
ttons mclude: clarifimLi<m on
Chief Justice vncancks (Art VII
Seciion I C): darHico.tion on
m;.u1ers of administration if a
conOict orintcrcst exists (An VII
Sect ion l B); new language to
formalize the rights of students
when before the l'RB (Art VII
Section 3): and new language to
ensure measures or accounmbil•
ity (Art VII Section 2 B).
Know 1ha1 these revisions
occurred over the course o!
months by the hard work or )'Ollr
elected Counc;if rcprcsc111a1ivcs
and our :-ulv1sors.
Please 1ake I he time to vote
on line at hup://www.lclark.edu/
-ask and please consider I he
thoughtful work 1ha1 has gone
into fixing well what needed 10
be fixed.
Thank you,
Joe Bidccki
ASLC President =========News Pioneer Log~
Lech Walsea selected as commencement speaker
Lech Wal~ea will be this ye_ar's commencement speaker. He was the first
democratically elected president of Poland, nme Magazine's 1991 Man of the Year Students' choices "fell through"
the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize Laureat, and the leader of the Lech Walsea Institute. '
by Dusty Hoesly
Lech Walesa (b. 1943). l99J
Tin,c Magazines Man or1hc Yc~r.
l 983 Nobel Peace Pnze l..aure•
ate. first dcntocral!cally elcc1ed
President ol Poland, and leader
of the Lech Walesa lnSLnutc, is
1his ye:-tr's Commenccmen1
speaker lor the Class of 2001.
The Roman Catholic former
leader of the Solidarity mc,ve­
ment has grown lO become. :1
lc;,dcr of intctmllional fame and
11nport~u1cc. Mc ts a proud hus­
band and the father of eight ch,1-
drcn.
Asked about the legacy of
co1nmunis111 tn Pobnd he said.
.. Polish commumsts were just
like radishes. They were red
only on the outsiclc ...
Born in 1943 10 a farming
family, he bccamcnn clcctricinn
and :1Jlcr two years served wiU1
the military. where he was dis­
charged as a Corporal. He re-,, ____ _
Polish communists
were just like rad­
ishes. They were red
only on the outside.
Polish Pres. Lech Walsea
'' rnrnccl 10 work 1111he SLntc Ma­
c hmcri Center, and began work
111 1he Gdansk Shipyard as a
slnp clccmc,an 111 1967. Rccop.­
n1=c.d ns a prom1s1ngac11v1st. he
became the occupn11onal s.11c1y
supervisor for 1he 1mdc unions
,md was later fired for clehvcr-
111g :an mnammn1ory speech m
1976.
Thereafter. work mg as nn op•
posmon acnv1st. work became
scarce as his fomc grew. because
he was hrcd :ind arrested sev­
eral 11mcs
~oon. he was Jcadmp. the
rcvoluuon 1h:u would bccornc
1 he model lor I he ·velvet revo­
lu11ons" 1ha1 Look place all over
Eastern Europe 111 the J 980s
Instead or hgh11ng for wage
chums, \Vulcsa moved forward
wuh •1 morc-progn.·ss1vc pol111-
cal demand; free.trade umons.
Eventually, ,he Polish govern­
ment conceded and granted the
new Sol,darnosc (Solidarny)
umon which soon aumnecl tc11
nu I hon members. Though s1nv•
mg for modcrntion, he ul11-
ma1cly upset the Pany olltcrnls.
who declared mar1inl law and
1n1crncd h1.m for eleven
months. Upon Ins release. he
again cmicizcd the govcrn­
mem, wh1ch wns st1ll under
threa1 rora possible invasion by
the U.S.S.R. With the support
of the C,iholic Church. rcllow
Pole Pope John Paul II invited
,Walesa 101he Vacic::m.10 discuss
,he problem. He lacer ,raveled
all over Europe on behalf or the
lntcrna1ional Lnbor Orgamza•
11011. In 1989 Walesa became
the third person, alongside 1hc
Marqms de Lafayc11e and Win­
ston Churchill. 10 address a
joint session or the United
Simes Congress.
h wnsn·1 until lhe ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev, where
1 he Sovie, Umon was no longer
prepared rouse nu I nary force 10
keep communist p:.trt1cs m sm­
cllllc s1mcs m power. 1h:u the
l'ohsh government began coop•
crauvc cffons. Pan or the suc­
cess of these 1989 cl1scussions
was the first a11cmp1 at free clcc­
uons where Polnncl elected us
r,rst non-Cornmums1 Pnmc
Mimstcr tn over 40 years. This
ach1cvcmcn1 was shon lived. :.tS
top Solidanty advisors collabo­
r.ucd wuh ronncr commumst.s.
ultimaicly shonclrnng111g the
Polish people. W:des.1 declared own poliucal part)', Walesa finds
11 difficult 10 become merely a
figure or lns,ory.
Much cruicism hos been
placed on Walesa's mantel, how­
ever. For example, in his candi­
dacy lor President he ran n mud•
shngmg campaign. Never quite
comfortable ,s prcsidcn1. his
s1alwar1 s1ylc offended many as
no1 befiuing a na11onal leader.
He developed a rep111a11on as an
unprcdic1nble poli11c1an, an­
other example or :in ideal agcn1
in the struggle ror rrcedom bul
inadequa1e in pe-acc1imc po!icy:
a political agilmor tunH:d cxccu-
Lech Walsea played an important role in Poland as the
Co_ld War came to a close. He fought for free trade
unions. and eventually was elected President of Poland.
war tm h1s own I,:iny and~ in
J 9\IO. a, Solid.trnysScco11d Na-
11onul Conircss. wns elected
chn1rman with nr:u1y cighl)'
pcrccm or lhc votes. ln Decem­
ber 1990. Walesa was dcctcd
Prcs1cle111 of 1he Republic ol Po•
land by general b.tllot.
In 1995 1 he mcrcunol
Wales.~ Jost his re-clccuon cam-,, __ _
His erratic political
policy upset most of
his colleagues. Dur­
ing Poland's struggle
to join NATO, he
abruptly proposed a
"NATO bis," a shad­
owy "second NATO"
for those in waiting. ____ ,,
paign lo former communis1
Alexander Kw:1.snicwski, 1ht
head of the Democratic Left Al·
liancc. and lost again in 2000.
After losing I he presidency he
became an electrician in the.
Gdansk shipyard. Recently an­
nouncing the formation of his I1vc. lawhrtakcr cOmL'. bw­
makc.r. A former chnuITcr. and
1nbk 1mms panncr. bcca,uc his
closest acl\1scr. H,s c, rauc polill­
cal policy upset mos• of his tol­
lcagues. During Polnnd's
struggle 10 join NATO. be
abruptly proposed o "NATO
b,s; a shadmvv ·se-con I N1\TO"
for 1hosc in ,v;iting. Con.serva-
11ve vnlucs further allcn:ucd
Wolcsa from his <:011sll111ency,
such ns his strong C:uho1ic
views and hi,; fierce patrintism,
which bordtrcd on nntion:i.lism.
Close tics with military and sc•
curtly services branded him as
aulhoritnrian. a. "PrL'.Si<lcnl with
an nx."
This year, LC bestows yet
ano1her honomry degree on
Lech Wales.~. ASLC President
Joe Bielecki defines the Monor•
•ry Degree as such: "a fom1al
recognition on belialf or Lewis
& Clark College that an incli­
vidunl is worthy of honor." Fur•
thennorc. "The College may
grnnt multiple Honorary De­
grees, and the person or persons
chosen -ns Comimcnccmcnl
speaker arc granted such de­
grees." by Dusty Hoesly
like las1 y<'ar, this year'.s Un­
dergraduate Commencement
speaker is not one of the speak•
ers suggcs1cd by studcnLS. Un•
like last year, 1his ye0t· students
actually offered viable cand1-
da1es for the pos11io11. Four
shon-listed choices, which were
seriously examined and ap­
proved by the Honorary Degree
CommiLtce, became unviablc.
ASLC President Joe Bielecki said,
•They ·fell 1hrough."
Lewis & Clark College Pres,­
dem Michael Mooney 1ned 10
book those top lour choices, but
10 no nvail. The choice a1 the top
ol Dean Curtis Johns.m's list,
Lech Walesa, 1hough not among
lhc top lour, was unanimou5ly
approved.
Sohcitc<l student submissions
seem to be hiurng an :111-umc
low, as now two years runnmg
the Cornmcnccn"lcnt spe..1ker hns
not been a soliciled student sug­
gcsuon. and the 1rcnd may con­
tinue.
Most hkcly. next year's Com­
mencement speaker will no, be
one of 1he s111den1-s11ggcs1cd
c.ho1ccs ns only two candidates
were submiucd, mclud1ng Port ..
lttnd Trail Blazer cenler Arvvdas
Sabonis There 1s no rcaso~1 to
worry. however as B,cletki
no1cs. "The Com111111ce has aJ.
rcad y tnkcn high frtvor w11h
Arvydas Saboms. and continues
lurrhcr research on hnn as well
as nuinc:rous 01hcr candidates.,
A rig<>rous apprnach, de•
signed to fos1cr studcm voice. is
tmplcmc111ed Ill I he annual
srarch process for~ Commence
speaker. Student p:ir11c1pauon 1s
solicucd through • vanc1y of
me1hods. ··1 he group that ultim31cly
makes 1he decision is the Honor­
ary Degree Comrniuec, a six-per­
son team comprised or faculty
and s1udc111s, mclucling the A.SLC
President and a Studcm Rcprc•
scnt::iuvc, the latter 1wo being
elected rcprcscntat1vcs of the su, ..
dent body. Nex, year, tl11s Com•
mattce: will consist or seven mem•
bers, wilh the addt11on of ASLC
Vice Pres1den1 for Student Acn­
dernic Affairs. Nornimuions may
come from s1uden1s or fatuity.
and n11 are gwen equal consider•
:lltc>n. The Comm111ce·s top
chotees are presented to l'resi•
dcn1 Mooney, who then attempts
to book a Commenccmcn1
speaker .
Bielecki nntcd, "This process
1s a commi11ee effort followed by
1he President's nclion"
Lase year's Undergraduate
Commencement speaker, Pon•
land Public Schools superintcn•
denl Ben Canada, surprised 404
graduaung semors wh h a mod.
eratcly-rcckvccl speech. Tl11s ,s
counter to President Mooney's
predittion that, "Mis message 10
our graduates will be an insp1r­
mg onc."'
II will suffice 10 say 1h01 he
began his speech, "Life is a relay
race."
Of late, Cnnadn hns come un­
der rire In Porilnnd, though in
Ma)' he became Prc.,ident of the
Amcnc:m Assoc1at1on of School
Adm1111s1ra1ors. Also, Canada re•
cc1vcd nn f-lonornr)' Degree from
Lewis & Clark College. Canadas
selecuon as speaker last year Joi­
lowed I he College's successfu I
b,d. agnms1 Portland Public
Schools. ror the lormcr
f-nmc1s(.}111 Rencw::il Ccnlcr.
To be sure, Walesa's speech
will be nn nnprovcmem.
Crime Beat
by Julie Layton Couch
HFeb
Marijuana was found by 1hc
s1atrs ouLSulc of Tam.1rack and
lUtncd over 10 Cnmpus sarc,y
where u was weighed and placed
In the evidence locker.
The phone loca1cd In front or
Copeland Mall was damaged.
The l}honc cover was bent like
someone had leaned up ag:1ins1
it while talking 011 1hc phone.
16 Feb
Garbage was illegally
dcposi1cd ,n the college
dumpster located a, 1hc Baseball
field.
Officers were dispn1chcd 10
Spruce in regards 10 a possible
drug overdose. Thcs1uden1 was
crnnsponcd to St. Vincent
Mospirnl for further evaluation.
17 Feb
Two laptop computers were
s10lcn from a unlocked room 111
Manzanita dunng the early
morning hours while 1hc
residents were sleeping. l8 Feb
Campus Satc1y WllS conl3Cted
b)• the baker m Templeton that
two lnd1v1duals had ju>t stolen
a tray or doughnuts.
Campus Snfo1y and Portland
Fire Bureau were dispa1ched 10
~loward because of :i fire alarm
In progress. A dis~hargecl Ore
tCXtinguishcrwas found 10 be the
cause. Poriland Police was also
dispatched a, 1he req11cs1 of
Portland Fire Bureau because or
two s1udents falling 10 vacate
t.heir room during 1he alarm.
t\ student conrne1cd Campus
Safc1 y 10 file a rcpor1 or assault
by another swdcnt al a party off
campus on the 17th of Feb.
19 reh
A 1her1 or n Jade plant was
rcponed HJ Campus Sare,y. The
plam was sining on top or the
m formalion desk when h was
stolen.
Grafrltl was found in Juni~r
on the first noor.
February 23, 2001 Pioneer Log 3 =Pi=on=ee=·r=Lo::2:g======N ews=========
Sculpture accurately reflects Lewis & Clark spirit
by Nicole Adriance
It wns iromc for mr to .sec I he
owl ,vh1ch now .stnncl\ oub1dc
or the Watzck L,brnr)' Over
Christmas hrcak, I hod nm,ccd
ho"" friends of mtnr were-hom•
barded w11h school par,1phcma­
ha ('31cndars, magncis, T-sl11r1S)
,\don1mg 1hc.r rc-c.pcc1ivc. mns­
tt•IS I hcgan 10 think ahout LCs
ma.sent, 1 hr Pioneer. mmblc to
anach cu her a personal uc nor a
'' After hearing the
stories that lay behind
the sculpture, I can
say that I am proud
and honored to have
it represent our li­
brary. if not the entire
LC community. _____ ,,
visible rcprescnt:ition to the
name. I lhen thought abou1 the
owl and hnlc witch that have
shown their foccs around school,
inside the covers of our library
books, on posrcards. coffee mugs
and binders. Realizing I could
1dcntffy wiLh tills tcon by anach­
ing Lewis & Clark to it, I was
surprised to find 11 mysteriously
Standing in from or I he library.
After hearing Lhc stories ,hat lay
behind ,he srnlpmre, I can say
that I :im proud and honored to
have it represem our library, ff
News Briefs PHOTO COURliW \V\W/,lCl.ARIC/EDUI .. (HAJ'El
A cast of the Agnes Flanagan Chapel sculptures has been placed outside the library.
not 1he entire LC community. I
ongmaUy was imercstcd in the
owl as a s11nplc mascot and ldt
my mlcrv1cw with a touching
stori• and newfound respect.
His1ory prorcssor Steven
Beckham wa$ kmd enough 10
d,scuss 1hc owl's history in great
lengLh w11h me. A m>n by 1hc
nnmc or Ch":f Lclooska, a Na•
11ve Anwncan arust. r:1con1cur,
,cacher and great fncnd to
Beckham, is responsible tor LhC
owl carving. He is also 1he artist
or the to1em pole, double-headed sea ser1>cnt in the libniry
and the four carvings on the
third floor. The sculpture cur­
rent!)• siuing O\ltsidc of Wauck
wns cast from Lhe or;ginal, which
is now, unfonunatcly, missing.
The owl used to sit by the old
en,mncc to the hbmry. When the
library ( which has suggesuons of
Nonhwcsl Native American an
111 its design) w:1s rcmodclc<l, the
owl was removed.
For the past five years, the
owl had been sitting in 1]1c main•
tcn::ince yard on a crunched wooden pallet. Beckham ,nd
others ha\lC done us tht honor
of restoring the sculpture in
honor of Beckham's brother who
h,d recently died nnd Chid
Lclooska. Beckham, his wife
Patty ( a gradu,ne or 1he low
school) and t rustcc Becky
Johnson gathered the funds with
which 10 restore die owl an<l
move it onto the ccmcnl pole
upon which ii currently resides.
Beckham thought Lhal II was
unforn,nntc thntour "noble owl
w:is missed by a whole genera-tion or students". We arc lucki•
to hove thi..s prominent icon w
the College hack in our pres•
cncc L would like to thnnk the
•cstorer<; for tins privilege.
fhe owl ••• symbol or WIS·
<lom and lcarnmH as well a!> 1hc
nn of the Northwest 1.s m no
doubt and rcpmnblc :ind appro•
pntuc rcprcsema1mn of Lewis&
Clark. Personally, I have 101111d
that mnsco1s help to provide co•
'' The owl as a symbol
of wisdom and learn­
ing as well as the art
of the Northwest is in
no doubt and repu­
table and appropriate
representation of
Lewis & Clark. '' hes-ion bcnvccn school and out~
side community. Although it ls
nm LCs official mascot, I believe
that Chief Lclooska's owl ex­
ceeds tts role as symbol of 1he
Watzek Library, As a reprcscn•
1111ion of w,sdom. or aca<lcmlcs,
and 1hc an or the Northwest, 1hc
owl Isa fining school icon tll the
community a1 large. (You can
find more informauon abo\11
Chic£ Lclooska and h,s :1r1 Ill h,s
books: Echoes or the Elders.
wluch $Leven Beckham wrote
1 he mtroduction Cor. and rn
Spirit of the Cedar People.)
ASLC raises student fees Bus ness, Community & the Env l'Onmcnt
by Pioneer log staff
The ASLC Executive Council voted at iis Feb. 5 meet•
mg 10 raise ma11Clatory smdcnt fees b)' five percent, in­
creasmg the per-semester charge from ninety-five to one
hundred dollars.
According to President Joe Bielecki, Council made the
move LO keep up with economic in0anon and In the belief
,hat ,he prograiris that student fees fond add to the strength
or Lewis & Clark College.
At the meeting, fee hike opponcms responded 10 the
mo1ion with arguments echoing a SLaLcmcnt or pnnciples
issued by the 1999-2000 Council, which opted not to in­
crease srndcnt fees. The statcnw11 backed the idea that "in
the fate or consistent College tuition and fee increases,
ASLC and studen1 groups could operate on less-{hat we
do not have to overspend," Bielecki said.
W11h the economic concerns prevailing, howe,·er, Com1-
cil moved to raise fees for the first rime In thl'ec years. In
1998, ASLC raised fees from nine!)' to the current nmcty•
five dollars.
Student fees arc a munclatory pan of LC tuillon a11cl fund
all stuclem programs, groups and clui>s. The collcc1ccl fees
l'or 1his past year totaled around $330,000,
Pamplin starts Tribune
by Joe Clock
On February 9 the Porrland Tri/Ju11c published its first
issue. The newspaper was founded by Robcri Pamplin,Jr.,
an alumni and one or LC's most generous donors.
The Tri/Junr publishes twice each week. and focuses on
news and issues that conccm Portland directly. As Editor
Roger Anthony writes In his letter 10 readers in ,he pre­
mier issue. "The news that surrounds us is news fro111
Washington or New York. We hear much more about Wall
Street than Stark Street."
As well as focusing on lo,-.1 issues, l he lii/m,rc hopes to
show all sides of the issues i,l covers, and ii hopes that by
publishing twice weekly instead of daily it will have more
time to fully analyze a story before priming it.
Pamplin is the second largest donor 10 LC. In l 993 he
donated $12 million to the college for faculty positions
and studem scholarships. This gift also established the
Pamplin Society of Fellows, modeled af1cr Lhc Rhodes
Scholarships. The Pamplin Society is designed to bring
together "teachers and studenL~ of the highest caliber."
4 Pioneer log February 23, 2001 THERE IS BEAUTY
/ IN ARITHMETIC.
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SHOREBANK PACIFIC Sports========h=·on=e~IT~L~og~=
Homeless Lacrosse Club loses to mighty Ducks
by Corey Long
feeling like qrangcrs in their
own home, lhe Lewis &: Clurk
I nnossc Oub openc<l their <co­
son with a 10-5 loss to the Uni­
versity or Oregon Sunday 3her­
noon m Gri.s\vold Stadium.
Numcrou~ pcnalLil's Jntl
c..omc carl)" .. SC!\SOn nt.'illll~!_.. hin­
dered the Pmnecrs earl)' in this
t:C>111c."s1. although the 11:~,m tol•
intc,1 uselr ancl pL1yc<l us m,,rc
nt u unit 111 the game\ scc,mtl
h~II.
Pcrhap-s .;omc ol 1hnt ru~ti•
ncss hnd ll' do wnh the Clubs
h:wrng 10 rt'•famtli3nzc itself
with the Stadium. Club prnc­
uccs h~l\lC been rc-loc.ncd to nl-
1crn,:.uivc location$ due 10 tl
scheduling conllict witlt the
College's Tr.ick and Field Team.
Nevertheless. consitlcring
that the Ducks had three games
alrc.1dy u11der their belts and a
roster with more cxpcricncec.l
players. the Pioneers have good
reason lo feel positive about be­
ing able to ht>ld their own in this
initial cffo11.
"l was plc::tSc<l th:u we wcr<:
able to improve with every quar­
tc r." says head-coach Kiley
Mack. "Plus. this is our firs, game. where lthe Ducks! have
already played three.· he n<lded.
The Univcrsily i>f Oregon
jumped out to ;1 2-0 llrst l[ttnr1cr
lead The Pioneers responded
ju.s1 O\'cr 1w11 minmcs imo the
c;ct.ont.l quarter when Roh
Gcnov,1 su11ct.l wuh an as~ist
lrom Pelc Dcmp-..c.y. I lnwc,•er,
the Ducks rcspnmlcd wnh live
unanswered gll,1ls, lnro 7-1 kad
L:uc m the hrs, hall, the Pioneers
uu the lr:ul to ln1c when Ben
Stodtlanl putted his hrst of two.
wuh an ,lMist from Genova
The Pmnccrs entered I he scc­
<md half with more ,if an nrkn­
s1vc game plan nnc-1 were able
stay g11al for goal wuh the Ducks
for the rest of the game.
Stoddard scored early in 1he
third quar1cr, Genova added an-
01her and Dempsey scored wi1h
five minutes remaining to dose
ouL the Pit')nccrS ~coring. Dan
Donegan :-1ssis1cd on Gcnova's
goal.
Coach M:,ck was 11uick lO
address the practic-c conOict and
us effect on his sc1uaclS pcrfor­
manc.:c. Pnn of the athletic
prc:parauon process is b<'coming
familiar with the playing [itld,
nncl hccause of alleged com­
plaints from members of the
Women sweep,
Men split in final
weekend of the
regular season
by Corey Long
The Lewi, & Chirk Women\
Basketball Team cclch~atccl •Na-
11onal Girl,. .,nd Women in
Sporu Day· l:1St 5nturd~)' with,,
58~5+ oVCrlllllC' \'ICHlr)' O\'Cr
Whitworth College. It w.1s the
Women's second \i.·m ll1 as mnny
d-•)''· On Friday. thC) ,klca,cJ
Whitman 64-52 to ,nap a losing
sucak they probably 1h1>ugh1
was never goir~g lo L-nd
Sophomore Courtney
Spellacy lend the way for the Pius
in 001h games She scored 13
points nga111s1 \Vhn nrnn and col-
1 ec t ed J 7 more ag:11ns1
Whnwonh. L1mlS,<)' Swcctlond
scored 20 points and Kai
McPherson had l l ,1gains1
Whitman, while Yuuki Terada
added nine against Whuwurth.
The Men'.s Baskc1ball Team
split their final two regular sea­
son games, picking up a 73-60
win against \Vhilman last Frfcfa,y
and dropping a 66-63 decision
against Wh11worlh, ~ltgh scor­
ers for thc: Pios ag'11nst Whitman
were Kris Speier wiih 26 points.
John Mietus with 21 points and
Sco11 Davis wi1h 11 points
Davis also hnd 21 tallies against
Whi1wor1h.
The Men's quest for 1he
Nonhwcst Conference chnmpi­
onsh1p began last night at
Pamplin wi1h 1hcir first NWC 14.HU namc1H game ng1.1insl
Whitworth (al press time, score>
nut ava1lnhlc). The Pioneers
crH<:r th!! lournamcnt us du.·
numhcr 1wu seed. Whitworth
enter~ mnkcd tlnnl. Check out
www.ldnrk.edu/dcplfspor1s/ for
the rcsulc. uf last night\, game.
Junior Scott Davis and the
Men's Basketball Team are
seeded 2nd in NWC
tournemen t. I. -
Griswald's atrificial green splender is the coveted by club
and varsity teams alike. Conflict has arisen as lacrosse and
tracky practice times have been conflicting.
Tr.ick & Field program, the La­
crosse Club has 1101 been able 10
do so,
·rhc College is noi wilhng l0
let ns practice a, Griswold," says
Mack. "ll's a cons,am r,ght l0
use 1he r.cld and havmg to relo­
cate 10 middle schools and other
locauons 1s a hasslt because
many or the pla)•Crs do 1101 have
cars
"We"ve been shafted by the
At hle11c Depa runent." ,says S1odclnrd. •we're n w11rnlng
Club Lenm, and we have to give
up our pracnce lime co 3 v:irshy
tc:un th;u docsn'1 produce!"
Judy McMullc.n, assoc1a1c
athlenc dircc1or, feels that the
amoum of , rnffic on the llcld
when both teams arc practicing
has become a clanger to athletes
and coaches. She also suggests
that 111 the p:1Sl varsity coaches
have ovcr•cxtcndcd themselves
100 much to :tcc.ommod:ue club
LC Hockey Club
plays with heart at
Memorial Coliseum ..
by Corey Long
The Lewts &: Clark Hockey
Cluh wnduded its season with
style playmg tw"", games .1gamst
1hc. Ut11,1i.:rsll} ol \:VashinglOn nt
1hc bc.11111[111 Memonnl C.:oh­
scu111 Sot. nnd Sun February IO'''
anti 11'1' 1\hhough Washmgton
(rather easily. I rcgn:tfully admit)
gm the heuerof 1he Pios III hoth
ct..lntcsts, H w::1,; a gTcal cxpc1i•
cllc~ for the Cluh 10 pby in such
., hcauurul faciluy
,\ hr'1hhy nu 111hcr of P111ncer
supp11r1crs 1110k In Satunla)'<
game and did their hest to pro­
mote Psoncc.r sc:C1ri ng and hassle
1hc up1,oshlo11, Crowd-f.worucs
like Ned I IJrkncss C\'Cn hml fans
111:1 l..c Slgn,; ant.l hanncrs np,­
tlnlly !or 111111 t
Che Pit>necrs d1annelcd their
fan's suppori m tci a solid cffor1
agains1 the powcrlul, ealcul.ucd
offense lrom U or w Both LC
goaltenders did their best to con-
1 en cl with 1hc onslaugh1 of
\Vnshing1on -;coring chancts
wi1 h which he was faced. Nev­
en hclcss, aside from a few de­
fc11s1vc lapses througho1n tlw
1wo co111cs1s. 1hc Pioneers were
able to maintain :1 rc.l:11 i\fcly even
pace with one or the P✓\C l"c.ns
top teams. The two losses,
coupled with two dcfcaLS m Spo­
kane earlier in the momh left 1hc
Pioneers with :• record just un­
der .500 for 1hc season. This is
.l rcspcc1able. accomplishment
considering the modc.c;1 size and
of the progr.im and 1ha1 this is
only the Club's second season.
All of the Hockey Club's
members would lik,· to thank Dan Rosedahl and Bnnn Sadler
for their tireless efToru not only
to .stnblish tl1c Club. but also 10
maintain it over I.ht l:ls1 1wo sea ..
wns. Dan nnd Broin were re•
<pon.sihlc for sew ring ,he Clubs
bmlget, gcumg sponsorship.
frndmg and donating equip­
ment, resc.rvmg itc time. sched­
uling games and conchmg. In
other words, wlthou11hcm. the
LC Hockey Cluh would have
never come inlo cx1.stcncc.
l lowcvcr, both are scmors and
will graduate this vear. The
Hockey Oub LS in need or I hose
who would be willing to con­
tinue Dan and Brian:S work, so
that st0dc1us will have access ltl
such a great duh experience in
the ru,urc.
•Brian an,1 I arc just ha1>py to
have had the oppormnity to start
this great ch•b." says Rosedahl.
·we need people willing w dedi­
cate themselves to the program
U) take up lhe reins,"
Dun nlso mcnlioned how
helpful the Gener.ii Allocauons
Board at Lewis & Clark has been
m helping to finance the Club.
"GAB supported us every step
of the way," says Roscdahl.
Dan also wa111cd to th,tnk the
player and loyal fans for making
this such a memorable and cn-
1oyablc sc:1Son. sports. Varsu y teams do have
p.nomy over Clubs w11h regards
to the College's primary prawce
areas. An)' 11mc where a club 1s
allowed 10 pramce at ,he same
nmc as a va.rsny 1carn, 1l LS b<"­
causc I he v.:1rs11y coach has
granted access.
"h 1s like a magnel elkc,,"
says: McMlLllcn .. As soon as one
group secs another on 1hc f,cld,
1he)' wonder why ,heir group 1s
1101 able 10 use IGnswolcll us
well.·
McMullen also suggcs1s ahcr•
11auvc practtcc hclds and prac-
11cc umcs are av;ulablc, bUl un•
derstand, the d1flicuhy m plc:i,,­
lllg everyone.
'"Ever)ronc wan LS accL'Ss to the
most convcmcnt pbymgun:as,"
she acknowledges.
Rcganllcss of pracucing dir­
ficulties, 1he Lacrosse Club
promises LO have anolhcr suc­
cessful year. Al1h11ugh Sundny's
effort s1aned off shakily. 11 of­
fered the team an opportun11y to
get their fee, wet against prob­
ably the best compctiuon ,hey
w1l1 encounter LhlS year. Coach
Mack and his playc:rs arc confi­
dan 1 1ha1 the Club will
conuunuc us suc<-cssful run of
last season.
Support
Your
Pioneers!
Women's Tennis:
Friday, Feb. 23. 3:30 p.m.
vs, Pacific Luthrcn
Smu(day. Feb. 24, 9 a.m,
vs. Puget Sound
Tuesday. Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m.
vs. George Fox.
Men's Tennis:
WedncsdAy, Feb. 28,
3:30 p.m. vs. George Fox..
Friday, Mar. 2, 3:30 p.m vs.
Whitmon.
Saturday, Mar. 3. 911.m. vs.
Whitwonh
Wednesday, Mar. 7. 3:30
p.m. vs Pacific.
B.iseball:
Sunday, Feb. 25, Noon vs.
Concordia (double­
header).
Friday, Mar. 2, Noon vs.
Northwest Nazarene
(doubleheader}.
Sunday. Mar. 4, Noon
vs. SL Manins (double­
header).
Softball:
Saturday. Feb. 24. Noon vs.
Eastern Oregon.
Sawrday, Mar. 3, 2 p.m. vs.
George Fox.
4 p.m. vs. NW Christian.
Swimming:
Saturday Mar. 3, l p.m. vs.
Willamette.
February 23, 2001 Pioneer Log 5 Pionecrlog Questioning the Efficacy====
Elections are here; it's time again to investigate
the effectiveness of ASLC Executive Council
commentary from Meaghan Lamarre
ASLC elections season is the time for
some to consider running for Council posi­
tions. and for more to ignore the election,
altogether. and for some to openly reject
the idea of status quo Student Government large of some issues of concern. Furthermore,
we want to encourage students. to give some
thought to the effectiveness of Student Gov•
ernment. It can make a big difference in our
experience here and, as a community. we show
too much apathy in this arena.
This year, elections season happened to
correspond with a messy little controversy
between ASL C and Student Media Board.
The debated hinged on issues of autonomy.
the kind of autonomy that allows us to print
articles like these that offer a critical look at
ASLC Executive Council. Being a former Exec. Council member, i know
what it's like to do the work and to receive the
criticism. Kudos to this year's Council for keep­
ing everything going and for e·xtending
Trailroom hours.
Although apathy generally rules ASLC
elections. some of us have taken a genuine
Interest and think that the community
should as well. Rather than as an unfounded
attack on Executive Council, these articles
are intended to inform the community at I believe. however. that Student Government
can and should be more proactive. It all depends
on student involvement. I encourage readers
to take some interest in Student Government.
at least enough to vote. I hope that some of
you will get more involved in the future; maybe
next year we can have more than one candi•
date per position. In the meantime, be informed
of the workings of the current Council.
ASLC Elections once again
show low student interest
Lack of publicity partly blamed
by Dusty Hoesly
ASLC E,ccutive Council
launched an aggressive cam•
pa1gn this year to energize active
students to take a pan m c1ec-
1ions lorne,1 year's Council. The
Elcc1 ions Commission scm ou1
a fow e-mails regarding the mai­
ler m an cffon to recruit c.ancli­
da1es. Also. a couple of posters
were hung abo,•e lhe mailboxes
in Tcmple1011 Srndem Center.
Andy Keeler, ASLC Executive
Council Student Representative
and Elections Corniniss1on
Ch:ur, runs Lhis year's clccLions.
111s his JOb 10 recruit c:tndida1cs
and facilitate the cleC11ons. and
also 10 enforce I he EkcLions
Com1111ssion Rules of Procedure
(ROP). Elccuons were an•
nounccd m December and a few
pe1i11ons for candidacy trickled
in, bUl Huie m1ercs1 was ex•
pressed. By the deadline, Keeler
had less tl1an one pcLtLion per
posiLion. So, after unammous
approval by ASLC Executive
Council, the deadline was ex­
tended one week. though the
righ1 LO do so is not explicilly ,, ____ _
In the end, the voice
of the student body
was heard, and it
resoundingly said,
"No Party! ____ ,,
gmntccl in cit.her Elec1ions Com­
mission ROP or ASLC Bylaws.
Several interesting incidents
arose, challenging tl,e ethics or
the Commission and Keeler's
acl111inisLra1ion or the elecLions.
Junior /\my Harwood, currently
on lcavc.-of-abscncc from the
College. med a peLition for Prtsl•
dent. Technically,since Harwood,.,
is on leave-of-absence she is no1
:i student, hence she is nol ma­
triculated in 1 he College of Ans
and Sciences, aml hence she is
ineligible 10 vote or petition for
s1uclcnt govemmenl. Keeler
took the matter 10 Chief Justice J:1mcs ChrisLic, who is the for­
mal and Ona! interpreter of the
ASLC Bylaws. Through his re­
search, il became a mauer of the
dclinilion of the term .. ma1ricu­
la1ion," as ASLC Bylaws state
lhat any candidate must be a
member or the Associated Stu­
dents of Lewis & Clark, mem­
bers defined as, "All swdcnts
matriculated in the College ,,r
Ar~ ;me\ Sdc.ncc~ ;md the l~ti·
1u1e for 1he S1udy of American ,, ___ _
Junior Amy Harwood,
currently on leave-of­
absence from the
College, filed a peti­
tion for President.
Technically, since
Harwood is on leave­
of-absence she is not
a student, is ineligible
to vote or petition for
student government. _____ ,,
L,mguage:md Culture." Christie
judged. as per definition. that
since she is not currently regis­
tered in the College. since she is
Ml now taking classes, she is not
eligible for candidaq•. Thus,
Keeler excluded her pcntlon.
Christie also found himselfin
a quandary. Already selcc1ed 10
be a part ol next year's overseas
program 10 India, the Ch1efJus-
1ice debated the possihility or
petitioning for President as well.
He submiucd a pc1i11on. with ,he
requisite Lhirty-five signatures,
in 1imc 10 nm. He also signed a
waiver, declaring that ff elected
he would not go on the pmgram
or take a leave of absence. as per
Elcc1 ions Comn1ission ROP.. Fi­
nally, as the days neared the ex­
tcnclcd deadline, Christie pulled
Olli of the r>ce. ;\1 the Lime or
his ruling on the Harwood case,
however, Christie had already
dcddcd not 10 run for omceancl
his pc1i1ion had already been
voided. "/\my 1-larwoc>d would
cont'd on page 7
6 Pioneer Log February 23, 2001 From the Elections
Commission Rules of
Procedure
"All Elections Co mission
members are expected to
familiarize themselves
with the relevant
elections guidelines laid
out in the ASLC Bylaws,
the ASLC Student
Council Rules of
Procedure. the Elections
Commission Rules of
Procedure, and other
ASLC elections. policies
and documents.
-Art. 11, 2, B
The Elections
Commission "is
responsible for ensuring
that all rules and
procedures are followed
by all ASLC members
petitioning for
candidacy."
-Art. II, 2, D, 1
"Any petition not
meeting these
requirements shall be
declare void by the ASLC
Elections Commission."
-Art. IV, 1, C, 1
"The Elections
Commission small
prepare. provide, and
publicize the election
petitions and any
requisite election
information at least one
prior to the election date.
-Art. IV, 1, B, 2
"Publicity shall include
but not be limited to
mailbox flyers, posters
distributed around
campus, and an
advertisement in the
student newsFaper
during the fal semester
targeting ASLC members
and overseas and off­
campus students.
-Art. IV. 1. B. 2 Petition voided,
ethics questioned
by Erin Haick class Friday. She and Keeler
-- ma1111amcd ,hal lhLS was merely
An emergency mee1ing of 1hc :, tech111c:.11i1y.
ASLC Elections Conumllcc was ASLC Prcs,dcnLJoc Bielecki,
held Monday night at 9:00p.m., wh<l was also present.
ioaddrcss theelig1bili1yorTerra concurred. saying. "The
Tolley as a candidate for s1Udem deadline was not umlcrstood by
rcprcscniadve. Thr issue. or all parucs ...
Tolley's candidacy was in doubt Mocsly dis:,grccd, saying.
because she had turned m the "These petitions have been
reqmrcd signed peLit1on nr1y availabksmccOcwbcr~it is just
mimllcslatctofriday'scx1cndec.l lOO hnc now LO be worry-mg
dc~u'llmc. The mat1cr was about 1hc ,rrcsponsibilhy of
brought before the commi11ccby 1uming iL m late. We all had our
Dusty Hoesly, himselr running chance."
for student reprcscntaltve. Hoesly also cited 1he case of
Hocsl)rhcld th:o 1hcco111rni1tcc, Amy l-larwood, who \Y:tS not
which was aL 1hc tune allowing allowed to n1n because she 1s
Tolley to run regardless of the currently on a leave of absence.
la1c petllion. was cons,stcntly ASLC byhlws s1ipula1c th:H :l
neglecting or ,gnoMng the its student must be a member of
own rules of procedure. ASLC and mairicula1cd into the
The confusion about the College of Aris and Sciences.
deadline for filing for candidacy which Harwood is not, 10 nm for
arose because of the clcrth or office. He summarized his case
people running ror ASLC office. as a mauer of sketchy
When the initial filing date of enforcement of the rules. "In
Fcb.9 had passed. some some instances, holding fast and
positions were still lacking in h,ud 10 1he rttles, and sometimes
any candidate, so the Elections allowing exceptions 10 the
Committee, in accordance wi1h rules," he said.
their ROl's. ex1cndc<l the "There's no million ways of
dcadlinconcwcek,tocncouragc rules, bu1 1hcrc arc a million
more students 10 nm for office ways of feelings." Hoesly
and 10 possibly gcner:11e some con11nued.
challenge in the races. Tins Former Vice Prcs1den1 for
change in the official deadline Student Organizations Meaghan
was 1hc first piece of confusion: Lamarre said, "I think this
1hc second arose bcc"usc 1hc commiss10111s crc:ucd I() follow
new pe1i11on still showed the ,111d enforce these rules. And the
origln:d deadline-Friday n, vnlidi1y or 1hls commission is
4:00pm.-whcn the actual entirely comingcnt 011 whether
deadline for filing was Friday nL Lhosc rules arc followed.'
2:00p.m. Tolley's petition was Moesly also stated that he
received at 2:50p.m. Friday. believes I he EC cit her ncglcc1cd
Elcc1ion Commutec or ignored olhcr rules or
Chairman Andy Keeler procedure, including the
expbined the deadline specifics of publicizing the
extension. "We e,1enclcd all [or election 10 the student body.
1hcposi1ionsl1ono1onlyfill1he "11 should be noted that
vacant positions. bul to 1hroughou1 this year's elections
encourage more people to nm." process, the EC has been in
Commission member dereliction or their du1ics.
Christine Slaven said the negligent and ignorant of Lhcir
problem was I he "two hour charge, and responsible for 111:tSS
window. This isn't just so cm confusion and frustration ...
and dried, Some pcop1t" were The open ,nee.ting lasted
confused." nc•uly an hultr. The commission
Hoesly h,ld out the gist of his voted in secret, and returned
grievance saying, ""The Elections three to one to void the petition,
Commission set a pctillon Keeler said that Tolley would be
deadline for Friday the 9•• at able to run as a write-in.
4:00pm. They received
insllfficicn1 pc1i11ons
and voted, ,n
concurrence with ASLC
Executive Council. to
extend 1he deadline.
This procedure is not
explicitly outlined or
granted in the ROP, and
may be a violation of
1 he Bylaws."
Tolley had turned
1he candidate's
statement in r,arlier in
the week. She assencd
1ha1 this was "half" of
the apphca1ion. and
should therefore hav·c
indicated 1haL she
imcndecl 10 run. She
1umcd in the petition at
2:50pm after her last ASLC Council
MeetintS
Mondays, 4:40 pm,
Dubach
tive -~ eauJJCil Of ASLC Executive Council Pioneerlog
Session raises doubts about motives of Council
by Dusty Hoesly
On Monday, February 12,
ASLC Exccu1ive Council. al
their usual 4:40pm mcc1ing in
Dubach, approved a 111011011 for
cxcculivc. session. Afrc.r having
lnvhed 1hcS1uclen1 Medin Board
(SM8) Chair and any intcres1ccl
SM8 members, consis1 Ing or s1u­
dems who run 1hc ,\S1.C-fondcd
s1 udcm media groups, Council
:is keel everyone Io leave.
The issue or why 1hc SM8 was
evicted is a c:omplcx one, involv­
ing over three years wonh or
possible revisions 10 1hc SMB
Rules or Procedure (ROP). 1hc
rules by which 1hey operate. A1
the 5MB meeting or Feb. l.
members or Council were in­
vl1cd 10 a11cnd and address con­
cerns abou1 the proposed ROP.
which 1hcy did. Vice Presidenl
for Budge, & Finance Dylan
Parkins and Vice Prcsidcn1 for
S111dcn1 Organiza1ions Cullen
Brady, 1he principle opponents
or I he new ROI~ bo1 h n11cndcd.
alongside ASLC Prcsidcn1 Joe
Bielecki. Through 1he discussion
nnd dcbale 1hn1 followed, a pre•
lirninnry agreement was csu'lb­
lishcd. nad 1he SMB was hope­
ful for 1he passage or 1he ROP.
On Feb. 8. 1he SMB, af1er mak­
ing minor alterations according
10 grnnunntical edilorship,
un;1nimously approved a new
ROP. Anxiou.s 10 sec 1hese ap­
proved in 111rn by ASLC Execu­
tive Council, 1heSMBsubmi11ed
them and requested 1iine in 1hc
next Council meeting's Agcnch1.
Bielecki, whil 1,ar1kipa1ed 111
SMB mce1ings 1hroughou1 1hc
ROP draf1ing process. gramcd
1 he acldil Ion 10 1 he agenda. I.ct!
10 believe, 1hrough 1hc open dis•
cussion with Bielecki and oihcr
Council members, 1ha1 1he ROP
would pass successfully, 5MB
members were shocked to hear 8iclccki's candid adnuss,011 tha1
they were not likely 10 be ap­
proved.
The ASLC Exccu1ive Council
mee11ng of I he 12th began as is
usual~ with introduCLions :ind
weekly progress reports. Coun•
cal seemed excited tQ havc.guL-SlS
al Lhc mecling. The nrs, item or
busmess was 1 he approvaJ of this
year's Charier and Budge, Com•
1111ss1on (CBC), picked by 1he VP
for Swde111 Orgamzauons :and
1hc VP for Budge, & Fin:u1cc.
Parkins moved to approve the
CBC, which included 1wo Coun­
cil vo1ing members. ThisclireciJy
challenges 1he separation of
Council and CBC, and stibse­
qucmly 1hc nnanci.al au1onomy ,, ___ _
Several years ago an
article in the Pioneer
Log critical of the
ASLC President re­
sulted in a retaliatory
reduced Pioneer Log
budget.
In order to insure that
this will no longer be
the case, it is impera­
tive that the SMB
secures financial
autonomy. _____ ,,
or 1he 5MB. h 1s important tha,
1 he SM B has financial a111ono111y
lrom Council because 1hlt 1S pre,
ciscly why ,he SMB came imo
CXlSlCncc.
Several years ago an aruclc m
1he Pioneer Log crmcal or 1hc
ASLC Pres1den1 resuhcd ma re•
iaha1ory reduced Pioneer Log
budge1. ln order 10 insure 1hat
1h1s will no longer be 1hc case, it is unpcrauve 1ha1 1hc SMll sc•
cures financ1:1t amonomy.
Earlier, in SM6 mee1ings, a
connicl arose where Parkins dis•
pu1ecl 1he rauonale or 1hc SMB's
demanded aulonorny, claiming
1hai ,he CBC is aulonomous
enough It became apparent co
the SMB tha1 1his :m1onomy was
being challenged :md memlx:rs
objcc1ed, bu1 1l1c CBC members,
including 1hc cwo Council vot­
ing members, we-re approved. In
1he following week, 1he two vol•
ing Council memlx:rs resigned
from 1he CBC. pending replace•
men1. The SMB ROP became the
next 1opic or discussion. (mmc­
dia1cly, VP for S1uden1 Organi•
zations Parkins moved to go into
executive session, which would
exclude a11 non-council mem­
bers. Parkins undcrs1ood the
Council 10 be making a motion
10 approve 1he SMB ROP, when
in fac1 Bielecki merely opened
1hc 1opic for discussion. General
policy dictates 1hai voting
should occur only among Coun­
cil members so 1ha1 authors of a
proposition are not present
while vo1ing 1ikes place. Bielecki
qucs1ioned the intent of the
mo1ion and suggested 1ha1 5MB
members would be bes1 suited
to answer any questions the
Council migh1 have. P,Jr,kins
held thai his questions h,is been
answered in 1hcSMBmce1ingof
the ls<, bu1 [ch 1ha, 1hc proposed
ROP did no1 include 1wo details
tha1 he felt had been resolved
upon in lhat "arlicr SM8 meet­
ing. Namely, the proposed ROP
ditl not mclmtc a cl;1usc ~1;111ng
Lhn1 1hc 5MB mus1 follow CBC
guidelines. and Lha1 1he SM8
Chair was 10 be an elected posi­
tion. '"Perhaps ccr1ain Council
members would be more com•
Conable discussing the issue in
a more inti male setting, such as
executive session," said Parkins. Surprise and frus1ra1ion cycled
1hrough 1hc SMB members, who
!ch ambushed. Some Council
members wt:rc also clisap•
pomted. Bielecki asked if 1hc
moLion was seconded, ,vhich it
was noL The mo1ion died and
debate proceeded.
VP for Studem Academic A[.
fairs Buzzy Nielsen asked <1ucs-
1ions and debaied 1hc ROP wi1h
SM8 members and SMB Chair
Travis Lhman.
As 1he di:ilogue con1inucd.
the discussion neared the par-
1icular passage in 1he ROP 1hal
Parkins wanted to discuss in pri­
vate. Nielsen moved 10 provi­
sionally approve 1he new 5MB
ROP pending 1he cdi1orial
changes discussed, which was
seconded by S1udcm Represen•
1ative Andy Keekr. Parkins ob­
jec1ccl tha1 his motion was still
on the 1able, andsho,1lcl be vo1cd
upon firs1. Though his 11101km
was no1 on 1he table, because h
had no1 been seconded, ii s1ill
took precedence as a mo1ion of
privilege drn1 is enterLaincd
above all 01her mo1ions, and S111-
dent Representative Lakin
Sold:ue then seconded Parkins'
motion. Council voted upon the
motion for executive session, the
nrst such nt0lion in al least three
years, and approved i1. Council
later voted while in executive
session 10 nol approve the SMB
ROP. "This was done proccdur•
ally correcily, although I do dis­
:1gree whh its spiri1," Nielsen
commented. 1a-
During the executive session
Council discussed the proposed
ROP considerably. According 10
Parkins, ccr1ain viewpoints di­
vided I he Council. and some
,1uestions orose 1hat 1he SM8
could have addressed in 1hc pub­
lic mcc1ing. "We discussed more
1han i anticipa1ed aher we wcnl
into executive session," he said_ •1 expected ii 10 be a vote, and
mstcnd there ,vas more discus•
s,on 1han is usual. I don·, 1hink
lhc outcome would have
clrnngecl, ,hough."
ln the fallou1 of 1hc decision
to enter executive session,
Nielsen la1cr said, "May I say
1 ha1 I grea1ly regret I he events or
las, nigh,.•
Parkins and like-minded
Council members drnr1ed a lc1-
tcr in an auempt to assuage hos•
tiHty, ameliorate c.:onccn1s and
define clear goals for 1he revision
ol 1he SMB ROP. This lc1ter
specified three simple solutions,
reflecting Parkins"s original con­
cerns, 1he acceptance or which
by the SM8 would seal 1hc deal
and Council would approve.
Still, while these resolu1ions
were quickly assc.niccl 10 al the
followingSMB mee1ing. ii is ob­
scure why 1hese issues could not
have been discussed al I he
Council meeting or the 121h.
Perhaps, wi1h studenl input and
community involvement, these
s1ipula1ions could haw been
reached a1 1 he Council meel ing,
and the ROP. pending agreed re­
visions, passed 1ha1 d•y.
Communications Professor
Stuart Kaplan expressed 1ha1
since executive session is such
:.m extrc.rnc measure, usually re ..
served for personnel dispu1cs,
and since the a11i1ude or Coun·
cil suggests an open community
cnvironmcn1, ii should have a
stronger and more reasonable
foundaiion for entering execu­
tive se:ss:ion th~n w~s 1hc case at
1hc Co\111til mcc1ing,
As Council 1his year has
sirive.n 10 be inclusive of s111dcn1
input and open 10 1he diversity
of stud en I voices, they seem ,o
have nega1ed 1his principle by
excluding the very students who
show in1ercst, and who repon
and crilie:izc Council ac1ions.
Low participation continues to hinder elections
cnt' d from page 6 for the position, so he threw in 1ion, and later resigned. The haved adnurably and ceded most Elections Commission. speclfi-
a p..:lilion and tvcntu:\11)' was Pany exposed i11co1u;istcncies of I he Par1y's demands. 1hough ca lly Keeler, ncglccuheir du11cs
have made 3n cxcellem c~ncli• clcetc<l for n scconcl tcnn. Fur-and deficiencies in ASl..C Execu• 1hey changed many rules such as per 1he Elec1ions Commission
elate for Prcsiden1," Chris1ic 1hcr examples of s1udcn1 apa1hy 1ivc Council. f'or example, ,bid-1ha1 sinular Incidents could no, ROP, bu1 also 1he manner m
commented on the £om1cr Pe.er '' ing by both Elcc11ons Comm,s• happen m the fo1ure. In 1he end. which 1hey did fotnll pan or the
Review Board member, "'l wish sion ROP and ASLC Bylaws, ex• 1he voice of 1hc student body requirements was msurficicn1,
1hal I hadn'I have had 10 make These examples of cep, posting ;guidelines, Pariy was heard. and ll resoundingly AL the close ol lius year's
that decision."" disreputable behavior members w<:re able 10 manipu• said, "No Panyl" deadline, one person per posi-
Two other candidates, both hue rcgulalions in Lheir favor. Three or this year's vo1ing lion had rued pe111lons for can-
seeking Studem Represcniative in the elections pro- The Pany wns nblc 10 procure Council mtmbcrs were not clidacy. The Elec11ons Comm1s-
positlons, were denied cancli-cess, and the inability $50 per eandicla1e in which LO elcc1ed 111 las, year's elcciion. sion will review Lhcsc candi-
dacy af1er their p<1hions arrived of Council and the run their camp:iigns. Party mem• They were chosen c.1rlicr this dates, candidate staten,cnts run
after the cxLcntlc:d dc~,dlinc. hers used the runds 10 rcn1 year. The fac1 1ha1 nearly hair of in 1he Pioneer Log, and the SIU·
They ho1h e-mailed Keeler wilh Elections Commission chicken suits and Darth Vader Council was not elected in a gen-den, body will vote on them m
c.mdlda1e s1a1cments, bltl since to thwart the Party. COSlumes. Thie)' also mocked '' the upcoming general elewons.
their pc1i1ions arrived laic 1hey student government in their Perhaps Council would have
were cvcnrnnlly, amid comro-'' tone, and in 1hcir presence a1 the The fact that n.early s.ccn greater interest and more
vcrsy, excluclctl. A grkvance, a official dcba1cs (weoring foam half of Council was candidates if it would have ex•
motion lO prohibit one or the in 1hc pas1 few )'cars follow. cowboy hais ancl 1hrowing pandecl their promo11on or lhc
pctilions, was brough1 before 1he ReOec1ing on las1 yc.,r's tum-candy) and 1hrough the media. not elected in a gen- open posiLions and aclvernsed
Commission before 1he second 0111, if no1 for The Pan y, 1hcre One Party member ran for all eral election suggests more effec1ivcly. On 1he 01her
canclid,uc was excluded and 1he would not even have been a one-positions as a write-in canclicL·He. both that Council is hand, perhaps 1he s1uden1 bodys
pe1ilion voided, Candicla1e candidate-pcr•position ratio in These examples or disrepu1ablc voice was heard on 1he deadline
Dus1.y Hoesly changed his pe1i-the elections. The Party was nn bchovior in the clccrions pro• not representative of date, and sLUdents Just aren't in-
tion last minute, changing from anarchist outfit that no, as a eess, and the inabili1y or Coun• the student body and 1crcsLed in school poli1ics or s1u-
seeking Presiclcnl 10 one o( 1he tkkct :md advocatl'd 3n :then1a- cil n,nd the E.lce1ions Commis, extreme student dent govemmcnl. Perhaps SIU·
1hree S1uden1 Reprcsenintivc tivc, n1tu-studcnt-govcrnmen1 sion to thwar1 Lhc Pany. evi• den, apa1hy wlll be reflected no,
posillons. The original deadline. ideology. Council did nol 1hink dcnees 1he mep111uclc or last apathy. only m their candidacy, bu1 also
only one candida1c had applied thot certain Party tnembcrs were year's student rcprcscntallves. '' in ,heir VOiing. tr last years vo1cr
for 1he 1hrce Studenl Rcpresen- capable of fulfilling elected or-L1s1 year u1e Par1y was the only turnout 1s pred1c11ve or this
tativc positions. 0cc and urged s111dcnts 10 run opposition for many of I he ASLC year·s imeres1, we should sec
Two years ago, ASLC Presi-agai1tS1 Party members. 011e can-positions, ancl for some ll was era) elect.ion suggcs1.s ho, h I hat merely ,hiny percen1 ol the s1u-
dc111 Gene Wixson ran again for clida1c, ai Councils behest. ron 1he only choice on the ballo1. Council is no, reprcsen1a1ivc or elem body voling, or less. And
Ptcsidcncy. Two minutes before agains1 a Party member as a This year, there is even less va-1he s1udc.n1 body and exiremc at tha1. we cxpec1 the usual five
1he deadline no one had applied writc•in candidate.. won the dee> riety. For 1hcir pan, Council be• studenl apathy. Not only did the percent for Danh Vader.
February 23, 2001 Pioneer Log 7 Pioneer Log ASLC Elections==-==
Candidate for Vice President
for Student Academic Affairs
Matthew
"Buzzy"
Nielsen
Year in College: Junior
Major: Philosophy
Residency Next Year:
Stewart Hall
Previous Organizational
Experience:
-VP for Student
Academic Affairs & Chair
of SAAB, 2000-Present
-Administrative Assistant, Student Academic Affairs Board
(SAAB), 1998-2000
-Registered Parliamentarian, National Association of
Parliamentarians (NAP), 1998-Present
-Junior Counselor, Oregon Association of Student Councils
(OASC) Middle Level Summer Workshop, 1998, 1999,
2000
-Past Ambassador, Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY)
Leadership, Oregon Conference, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
-Residence Life Staff, Greater Oregon Academy for
Leadership & Service (GOALS), 1999
-ASB Vice President, Pacific High School, 1996-97
-ASB President, Pacific High School, 1997-99
For the past year, I had the pleasure of serving you as
the VP for Student Academic Affairs and chair of
SAAB. As VP for SAA, I've represented your interests
to the faculty, improved the grant program by
1 making it resemble a real-world nonprofit, and helped
implement a peer academic advising program. But
my job is far from over! Just like a good car, SAAB
needs care and lov"e in order to run smoothly. That's
why I'd like to further increase peer academic
advising, to coordinate tutoring services campus­
wide, and to offer more peer support for finding
scholarships and applying to graduate schools'.' And
with three years of SAAB experience behind me, I feel
that I'm qualified to bring those things about. I
appreciate the support that you've given me this past
year and hope that I can further support you in the
year to come.
Candidate for Vice President
for Budget and Finance
Dylan Parkins
Year in College: Junior
Major: Business/Econ
Residency Next Year: off canipus
Previous Organizational Experience:
Present V.P. for Budeget & Finance
A.A. to Katie Phares V.P. fpr B&F 99/2000
A.A to V.P. for S.O. and B&F 98/99 Elections are being held February
27, February 28 and March 1.
Voting will take place online, at
http:/ /www.lclark.edu/ ~aslc/
and can be accessed by any
computer. An Elections forum
will be held Sunday, February 25,
at 6 pm in Stamm.
For more info1111ation aboutonline voting, see page 2.
Candidate for Vice President
for Student Organizations
Lakin Soldate
Year in Colleg: Junior
Major: English and History
Residency Next Year: Off­
campus
Previous Organizational
Experience: Student life
advisory council 1998-1999,
Hall Council Rep 1998-1999,
Elections Board committee
member 1999, ASLC Student
Rep 2000-present,
Community Liason for ASLC
2000-present, Programming Board Chair 2000,
AAAS committee member 2000-present. South Campus
Committee member 2000-present
Hi! My name is Lakin Soldate, and I am running for
the position of Vice President of Student
Organizations.
What exactly does the position of Vice President of
Student Organizations do? In short, it is the liason
between student council and student groups-both
official and non-official. The VP of SO keeps
student groups in financial continuity as well as
arranging scheduling and space commitments.
I feel that I have the necessary qualifications to be
the VP of SO because of my current position as
Student Representative for ASLC. My previous
experience [sic] include Hall council and host of
many different committees. Those who work with
me know that I am dedicated to helping anybody
who has a question, concern or comment regarding
ASLC, or their life on campus. If elected, 1 would
continue this service and would endeavor to better
the communication between ASLC and student
groups.
For the second consecutive year, I am pursuing the position of Vice President for Budget and Finance. As the
current holder of this position, I know a great deal about the inner workings of ASLC. Not only do I have a
background in this area as a Business/Economics major, I have acquired the skills that are necessary to successfully
work in this department within the larger organization. If elected, my goals for this office are vast and multi­
faceted. For example, I would like to strengthen the position of GAB by increasing its funding in order to provide
more resources for students and organizations. I also hope to shift financial responsibility of our numerous club
sports to the PE Department; one of the benefits of such an endeavor is the creation of soccer and lacrosse varsity
teams. Please re-elect me and I will do my best to serve you well.
8 Pioneer Log February 23, 2001 ASL C f / ecti On S ======Pi===one::::::::::::'er::::=:::Lo:2=:g
Candidate for
President
Cody Hoesly
College is about fun. Let
me do the boring stuff so
you can go out and
Party. I'm a nerd, and to
me, it's not so boring. I
want to make sure that
we as L&C students keep
on looking into matters
such as divestment and
sweatshop sweatshirts at
our school, participate in
radical actions, and
watch L&C rugby
matches-they're really
cool. Let's make sure that
the new residence halls
to be built under the
1 Master Plan are what we
Candidate for
Chief Justice
Julian
Dautremont­
Smith Year in college: Junior
Major: German Studies/
Business-Economics
Residency Next Year: off­
campus
Previous Organizational
Experience: LCTV Presi­
dent (1999-2000)
want them to be. Let's
not repeat the mistake of
Platt-Howard. Here's a
bit of information about
me: I'm travelin° in Eu­
rope right now. 7 voted
for Nader. I support na­
ked swimming in the
outdoor pool. I encour­
age comparisons be­
tween German light beer
and Budweiser based on
physical appearances
only. I think Travis E.
Litman is the very model
of a modern Maior-Gen­
eral. And yes, I love Neil
Young.
Year in College: Sophomore
Major: Environmental Studies
Residency Next Year: likely off but potentially still on­
campus
Previous Organizational Experience: Coalition
Coordinator for Green Corps Fall 99
Amnesty International Fall 99-now
Radical Action Group Fall 99-now
Students Engaged in EcoDefense Fall99-now
Peer Review Board Jan. 01-now
If someone chooses to use pot or alcohol responsibly
and does so in a manner that does not negatively
impact others, I do not believe they should be
punished and will do my best as Chief Justice to carry
this out. "Busting" students will not stop them from
using pot or alcohol but instead will make they try
harder not to get caught, in which case drunk
students may be afraid to seek help when they need it
if they fear being written up. Alternatively, students
will move their partying off-campus and the chance of
students getting hurt increases as drunk students
return from off-campus parties. Drug violations should
only become a problem when they negatively affect
other students in which case we should deal with
these as we do for noise violations. I also want a
Student Bill of Rights, including clear rules for Campus
Safety searches. Free Mumia! Candidates for Student
Representative Positions
Satya Bullock
Year in College: Freshman
Major: So/an or Poli Sci
Residency Next Year: on campus
Previous Organizational Experience:
Member of : Boys and Girls Club board in Missoula MT.
Citizens advisory Board to the Police Dept in Missoula MT.
Safer Schools Committee -Hellgate High -Missoula. Di­
versity week organizing -Hellgate High -Missoula. Helped
with Green Party Campaign in MT. OR, WA.
Next to academics, perhaps the most important part
of the college is the community. The people that a
student interacts worth [sic] on a daily basis, the op­
portunities that are available to the population, and the
general communication and bonds that develop be­
tween people seems [sic] to be very integral pieces of
how one can truly enjoy and grow through their time
on campus. My interest in the position of Student
Representative roots from this issue. I want to be a
Rart of nurturing the sense of community at Lewis &
Clark, and I want to help engage discussion related to
I how this key piece of our education can be engaged in
a way that Is beneficial for everyone.
Dusty Hoesly
Year in College: Junior
Major: ~nglish and Philosophy
Residency Next Year: off­
campus
Previous Organizational Expe­
rience: LCTV-Asst. Director
1999-2000, KLC -Circulation
Director 1999-2000, KLC -
Station Manager 2000-2001,
!Philosophy Club -Director
1999-2000, Peer Review Board member 2000-2001, The­
atre actor 1998, Gender Studies Symposium -panelist 1999-
2000
LC is much to [sic] diverse for any status quo outfit
to rule this roost. That is why I am running. 1 want to
change the way we view student administration, and
as a part of an outstanding group of people running for
elected office, I think I can. We will march onward,
leaving weeping former pillars of ancient systems be­
hind us. This wm never look the same. Choose some­
one critical of the administration, someone who wont
{sic] stand up for falling down. Think progressively. It is
up to you. As Dick says, Pay your money, take your
pick.
Max Miller
Year in College: Freshman
Major: So/an
!Residency Next Year: on­
campus
Previous Organizational
Experience: LCTV, Rag,
SEED, Food not bombs Las
Vegas, Free Radio Las
Vegas
I may have inhaled
once or twice, but hey, ,,,_ , •
who's counting? I may
have drunk my weight in
whiskey, but liey, who hasn't? Either way_, I'm not as
bad as Reagan or any of the bushes. I will fight
against any tyranny that may come about and end the
oppressive capitalist regime. Unlike Stalin I will not
purge the campus of people that may disagree with
me, but like Johnny Cash I won't take shit.
February 23, 2001 Pioneer Log 9 =Pt~on=&=rL=o~g======Forum=========
Embracing insanity Opening doors gets man in
Afterall,who'stosay? cci1cdal'ehumans1~a11cstth:11 trouble· he d"1dn't mean no harm they know what rcnluy consists r
of/ Yet, we hold to the standard by Melissa Almquist and e"eryone is secretly afraid to by James Christie
1 cannot imagine wha1 i1 1s
like 10 lwe your life; however, if
I could sec through your eyes. I
p1cturc rc-:1'i1y would seem very
sirange. What docs it all look
like when it is my life 1hrough
my eyes? There is a standard re­
ality that we all accept, a basic
understanding or how life func•
11ons and the nonns 1ha1 char•
acterlze i1. Yet, if you could be
msidc of my head for twenty­
four hours. I am convinced th:n
you would ultimately find insan­
ity,
Admit it: you don't know any
more than L do what is nomu11
and whal is real. At some point
in our lives. we begin to ques­
t ion ... well, e"erything. The
world seems to be characterized
more by .. them" than "'me" or
·us•, Things begin to seem de­
Lached. impersonal. in a word,
surreal. You make attempts to
dis1inguish yourself from this
world. "them•. and tha1 which break rrom it while sirnuha­
ncously 1rying 10 do so. I am
writing 1his cdilorial, flirting
wilh 1_he idea or billions o[ renli-
1ies coexisting, but am I going
to divulge mine?
Perhaps one of 1 he greatest
cauS<'Sordcprcssion in the world
Is setr-dcnial. Why arc some
people so afraid 10 ,urn inward
and cx·plore 1hcir 1>ersonal
world? Because 1hcy nrny not
like wha1 thcy nnd. Regardless
of what you do or who you a-re
or what you have done, none or
these things Inat1cr in the
scheme or right or wrong.
Do you measure the quality
or li[e agains1 the standard real­
ity? Li\'e without illusion and
realize if you bring your inter­
nal world i1110 your external en­
"ironment. life is simply more
run. "The good life" is a paper
diorama: don,t be [ooled. In
01hcr words, 11rcalily" does not
exist and if you have not been
true to your inner world, your For some really odd reason
l'm a polite person. Ever since I
was a li11lc kid I would shake
people's hands whenever l was
introduced to anyone and say
please and 1hank you. This ar­
ticle isn•1 a limdc 3hout how nLdt
people nrc 1hese days though.
It"s about a problem I discovered
bec:tuse of my extreme polite­
ness. 1 olways hold doors open
for people. It's just one or those
poli1e things that I tan always
remember tloing ever since 1 was
child. I've been doing it ror so
long that it':s become a knee jerk
reaction for me. l or course con­
tinued this habit when l arrived
at Lewis & Clark las1 year as a
[rcshman. But then I noticed
something. About one m ten of
every person I would hold a door
open for gave me a look that
made me want to shrivel up and
die. In 1he eyes of these indh•idn•
als I was commilting a hig so•
dal no ... no. seems so ordered in comparison
\Vilh what is going on inside. It
is the epiphany that never ends.
Why are you who you are? reality and yourself, 1hcn discov- '' ________ _
cring Lhis mar le.1wc you forever
changed.
There are many layers to
identity. It is easier Lo travel
Lhrough and explore the exter­
nal world than it is to odyssey
into the in1emal world where
things may no, fit as you once
imagined. After journeying in­
ward, Lhe world outside may
never be the same
A realizat.lon of I he self as
unique is perhaps 1he single
most powerful moment in your
life and 1he sooner you pa~
through it, the less you ,..,ill suf­
fer in fotilc attempts to convcn
yourself into something more
.. nonnnJ", A way to lCSl your sanity is to
ask yourself ir you ever feel iso­
lated. Then ask yourself if you
have ever siruggled to "join the
group", and was it bccu1sc you
didn't flt in on the outside or
because things were changing on
the inside? Then ask yourselr
Lhis question: who :,m 1 1hat l
don't l"it this mold? The answer
is you arc not crazy, insane or
incompcLcnt. For some odd reason
[feminists] are angry
because members of
their sex only own
one percent of the
world's property, that
one third of them will
be a victim of domes­
tic violence sometime
in their lives and no
one seems to really
care ... _____ ,,
I con[css: 1 ha\'C nbsolutdy no
idea wha1 it is like to be you and
neither docs anyone else, but
this does 1101 mean you arc alone
nor LhaL you fire insane. \Vha1
needs to change is 1his percep­
tion that Lhcrc is ..-i slanclard to
normalcy and reality. How con-You arc 3 lcgilima1c person
with a view on reality 1ha1 1hc
world has not seen yet. The ,v:,y
10 stop feeling isolated is to join
you in the inner world and own
up to not being quite sure where ' Then l realized something
the boundary lines around "re-about all the people who would
alit.y" rcall)• fall. glare at tnc if I would open a
And if you don'.1 know what I door for 1hcm, They all had sec­
am talkingabou11henjust know ondary SC>< d1aracteris1ics of a
that i am completely insanennd group or humans we call
you have been m my reality for "'women" in our society. You
1he las, few hundred words. know they had these lmcrcsung
,--------------------------, 1hi11gs that we firs, started notic­
The Mystery Box
Su. this box7 Pu1 anything in hon: you want; its art uno11y•
~ions forum for you, 1he LC community member. Send all sub­
missions to plolog@lclarh.edu with 1he subject "mystery bo.x•.
To students who use the library:
I realize that you have a cleaning service
that comes to clean the mess that you make in your
dorms, but your fellow students )lave to clean up
after you in the library. I admit that l'm b.eing paid
minimum wage to do my job, but my job is supposed
to be to pick up the books left on tbe carts wbich
are clearly labeled-not be a garbage collector.
Tbere are so many garbage cans and recycling bins
in the library that you'd be bard-pressed to not find
one by where you 're sitting or on die way out. Why
do so many of you find the need to leave soda cans,
notebook paper, pencils, paper shreddings, old food,
wrappers., and cold coffee for someone else to pick
up? Antl what I'd really like to know is who bas
been drinking be~r in tbe library-is that really the
best place that you can find to drink? At the very
least destroy the evidence! Please, if you use die
library, do all of us a favor-throw away or recycle
your garbage in one of the many garbage or
recycling bins.
Signed, A fellow LC studem
10 Pioneer log February 23, 2001 ing in middle school and 1hat a
101 o( my friends would talk
about when we would hang out
together. They als<> tended to
have wider l11ps then another
group of people called ·men".
Some people have even called
them "child bearing hips', One
other dHfcrcnce between men
and women ,hat people have
told me about or I've been able
to figure ou1 somehow ,s that
men C11n grow facial ha.r while
only :1bout one or two women
cnn grow foci31 h::iir I don't re­
call ir any or the women who
would glare at me had beards or
not b11t I don"t 1hmk II really
mnttcrs
After I disco\'ered tl11s 1 soon
learned an0Lherin1eresting face
.. Men" ol\d ··women" aren't
tre:ucd the same. For example
let's say you're a dad. You ha"e
1wins, a girl and a boy. The boy
comes up to you and asks for the
car keys so he can go on a date
with th~• nice young girl who
just happens 10 be two years
younger tit.an l11m. Without puL­
ting much 1hought into it )'OU
hand over the car keys to your son while giving him a sly grin
anti a slap on the shoulder while
saying .. Go get cm· liger!" Actu­
ally you probably don·, say that
but for the sake or exaggeration
let's pretend 1ha1 you did. Then
you daughter comes up (I bet
you nll know where th1s story is
going) and asks for 1he car keys
so she can also go on a date with
some chap 1wo years older than
hcrthat you've heen sltgh1ly sus­
picious of since why would a
ninelccn year old wanl to d,ne
your claugh1er!? After focling
silly fornot 1rustmg yourclaugh•
tcr you reach into your pockeL
for the keys and realize 1ha1
Lhcy·rc gone. Someone has sto•
len your car kcysl
Ac1u•lly no one has but for a
few seconds you think they have
since you're forty•six and su1n­
ing 10 suffer from short-term
memory loss. You then tell your
daughIer 1hat she c:1n't since her
brother already has 1hc car. The
point of ,his story ls that the fo-
1her had to think abou1 a bu
more when the daugl11cr asked
tl,cn for the son. This reluctance
reflects the assun,puon 1hat
males can take care or thcm-­
scl"cs be11er than females. Now
I know 1ha1 this is a silly ex•
ample that hardly proves tha1
men and women are treated dif­
ferently. Hell. it could easily be
argued that the [emale m the
story was a clinically diagnosed
nymphomaniac and could not
be trusted with the car keys and
a boy.
What's imponam. though. is
Lhat there is a group or women
who don·1 shave their armpiLs.
These women call themselves
fcmimst.s. For some odd reason
this group of women are angry
because members or their sex
only own one percem of the
world's propeny. Lhat one third
of 1hem will be a .,,ciun of do•
mcsuc violence somclimc m
lhcir lives and no one seems ,o
really care. nol to mcnuon n
bunch or 01hcr run filled inJus-
1iccs.
FcmrntSlS also hnvc 1hc m ..
ability 10 laugh a, jokes 1hnt sau­
rizc s1crcotypcs made of them.
For example some fcmrn1s1
might wme some lcuer to the
editor complam,ng about ,he
hairy annpHS commcm I made
earlier in Lh1s paragraph. The
femimsts who would glare m me
saw my acI of courtesy as a mes­
sage that remforccd a beher 1ha1
.;women'" arc mfcriur to .. men"
111 tha1 they needed doors
opened for them. The fact that I
would slap their buu ahcr 1hcy
walked through the door chdn'1
hdp either. Fenumsts don't re­
ally like ii when you slap them
in the buns.
After realmng that I was of­
fending a temh or the inchv1du­
als whom I would open doors lor
a, LC I decided to alter my door
openmg habit a wee bu. lns1c:ad
of opening 1he door fora person
and holding It for 1hem unul
they walked nil the way through
I would open the door for 1 hem
and hold it until they where
,vithin holding distance or II and
let go of 11 with 1hc assumpuon
1ha1 they would 1 hen hold the door open for 1hemsclvcs as 1hC)'
walked I hrough.
By domg so i wou lei be ac•
knowlcdging 10 ,hose bloonung
fc1mnis1.s Lhnt Lhcy where JU.St as
bloommg ca1>ablc or holding a
door open and hence not infe­
rior to me. This caused the glares
10 stop.
l contmucd lhis w;,1y or open ...
ing doors whenever 1 would
leave Lewis & Clark and go out
into the real world, wht<:.h our
campus is In no way symbolic
ol (in 1hc reol world ,here arc
black people and people who
vornd for George Bush. although
no black people who voted for
George Bush).
Tins crea,cd another problem
for me. Aboul a tenth or the
people whom I would hold
doors open for weren't cxpec1-
ing me 10 le, go of it when 1hcy
goL wilhin anns cl1srnncc or 1hc
door. This led to quite a few cm­
barrassmg snua11on.s not I<> men­
non some broken hmbcd grnn<l-
mas.
So I now ftnd myself faced
w11h a dilemma. Should I risk
offending a [cw femims1s or kill­
ing gnmchna by havmg :t door
she was expecting me 1.0 hold
open slam imo her? There arc
good arguments [or both sides.
for sinners Gr:mdma is old and
is gomg 10 die anyway, So why
no1 JUSt give her an adrenaline
rush before she goes? The big­
ges1 problem with 1hisis that the
reason I hold doors open for
people is because I enjoy bcmg
poltte and killing someone isn"t
exactly a polite thing to do.
Some people even consider it to
be very rude.
The argumem in favor or nOl
!cuing go ol 1hc door when
someone gets whhin anns reach
or ii ts that 1101 many people re·
ally seem lO care ,11hat fcmini.SlS
1hink. What I mean when I say
,his IS that a lot or people Imel it
very easy to Ig·nore the opinions
offommis1s by beliuling them as
a group of angry mcn-ha1ing
ra,hcals. So why shouldn't I be­
li11lc like ah11os1 e"eryho<lyclsc?
The ;rnswer 10 1 h1s question
,s that feminists scare the bcjcsus
oul or me: (or more corn.~c1ly
radical fcmmis1s who lack the
abil11y Lo sec the world objcc­
ti.,ely) and I've always been a
believer in the whole. gender
cqualily 1hing.
The las1 thing I want any or
1hem to be 1hinking is that I'm
somehow pcrpeniating patrittr­
chy or whatever else that gets
1heir panties an a hunch 1hcsc
days. They might yell unkind
tlnni,:s 10 me while 1hmkmg 1hey
where somehow destroying my
"'sexist" views and making the
world a better place.
!,o should I kill grandma or
risks having a mob of feminists
anack me? The best answer Is
nenhcr. 1 should just stop open­
mg doors for people_ I mean il's
not like people need me to open
doors for them. Or maybe I
should jus1 stop worrying and
JUSt do wha1ever I feel is natural
when an oppommily to open "
door for someone presents itsc.lL
Hopefully 1h01 won't include
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-Letters to the Editor-
Looking Trendy
Being from New Jersey, 1hc
ou1door look was a 101ally new
conccpl for me. I am 101ally 11110
lL now. but at nrs1 I was con­
fused. I though1 10 myself,
'"aren't Carhart jeans for brick­
layers and rorcs1 rangers? How
do I hose clogs siay on? Docs
Nalgcnc sponsor LC S1Udcn1s?"
I am scr;1111bling 10 gc1 the look
down no"' because I love 1hc
outdoor lifcs1ylc. That said, I've
become an asttnc observer of
John and Jane Camper and I'd
like 10 share LO fashion tips I(>
hcl1> you conform in your own,
rrec way.
I) No laces! If you have 10 pu1
duel 1ape around yo,ir old Nikcs,
do it. (Co\1cr up the swoosh sign.
100.) Flip Oops, Birkws1ocks.
and clogs arc good hcLS. If you're
confused. any shoe 1hat 1akcs
less than three seconds lO put on
is a good be1.
2) While socks ore BAD!!! Jr
)'OU h:tvl' 10 wcnr socks. mnkc
sure they arc colored ancVor pa1-
tcmcd. Some guys arc still work­
ing on 1his, bu1 mos1 or 1he girls
arc pros when il comes 10 styl­
ish socks.
3) Old. fot.lcd jeans arc a
mtLSI. The)' should look like you
w:,,lkccl through a car wash and
1hen fell off a cliff. Tattered
around 1hc nnklc, cove.reel wi1h
pa1chcs. and ideally, bough1
from Buffalo Exchange. They
should be snug enough 10 show
off those skier/rock climhcr legs.
bu1 not 100 tigh1. -I) Corduroys nrc dcllnhcly
In They're comfy. wnrm, and
0111doorsy. l..ook for unique col­
ors such :1s sl:uc. tnupc. and
mahogany. llig cord lines arc a
li11 le more advcmurous.
5) You can'1 have enough
Occcc.. Do whmcVer it Lnkcs to
gel your hancls on 1his verSlltilc
fabric. Any color or 1cx1urc is
acccpiablc bu1 1hc bumpy tex­
ture i.s more Sl)'lish \Vhcn wear­
ing Occcc jackcls. il's okay 10
show the hraml label. However,
the more obscure the name., the.
bcucr.
6) !lead necklaces. ~I back.
sexy. cco,fricndly.
7) Old band tee-shins. There
is no1 hmg cooler 1han a Led Zcp­
pcli n shiri with a pair of jcm1s.
Van Halen. G&R, Pink Floyd or
Rolling S1oncs shins will give
you a rebellious. rc1ro look 1ha1
girls find irresistible.
8) lluy a ski h,i regardless of
whc,hcr you ski or have ever
sc<·n snow. One shoultl be a ba•
sic bowl-shaped ha1 withou1 any
frills. The 01hcr should be col•
or[ul with 1asscls on 1op or hang­
ing t.lown by 1hc car naps.
9) Layer your shins regard­
less of color and wck them in
parily. £:very la)'Cr should show
bu1 1hc 1rick is 10 no1 make ii
look ln1cn1 ional.
JO) Casual and comfonablc
is the It I rule! Unless you're go­
ing oul on a da1c or it's 20 de-•
grces, you should be able 10 play
a game or Ultima1e in whatever
}'Ou'rc. wearing. You shouldn't
worry about sittmg in the grass.
Do vou UK£ 10 s£w?
fiap SEW THE 1'N.NU1'L UJ1'U
COSn.t1£S
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Ethnic diversity within our
faculty
Many SIUdcm.s desire an cdu•
t...-nlion diverse in the sc11.~c tha1
1hc ins1ruc1ors come rrom vari­
uus backgrounds I hai reOects
1 he breach h or experiences in the
Unucd Stales, or In the world.
l.cwis and Clark severely lacks
1his divcrsily. Every college
should rcrlccl our currctll glo­
bal society. A d.ivcrsc facul1y
grants students an oppor1uniLy
to learn from different perspec­
tives and opinions. Negotiating
dilTerences and learning how 10
1hink crilically and runc1ioning
in new situntions nnd preparc.,i;
onr s1ude111s 10 b,ccomc produc­
tive ci1izens in promoting a just,
democratic socic1y.
There arc many benefits u>
hnving an eLlmically diverse fac ..
uhy ai Lewis and Clark. Diverse
facul1y members serve as posi­
tive and very inllucn1ial role
models. This is no1 10 say tlm
the LC facuhy arc not diverse in
their experiences, but that these
experiences arc no1 rencctivc or
1 he world. much less I he fmurc
of the US. An increasing num­
ber of our s1udc11LS and prospec­
tive students arc members of the
minorily population. The inac­
cu.rntc. representation of diver•
si1y in 1hc faculty is 10 1hc dc1ri-
111cnt or all SlttdenLS. S111dcn1s
Lhtnk of faculty :as aflluem pro-fcssionals. Consequcmly i1 is
impcr.itive tlutl LC facuhy in­
clude people from 111inori1y
groups w provide role models
Minorily role models on 1hc
focuh)' also benefit non•minor•
i1y s1uden1s. In the ru1ure.
graduates will conrronL minor•
IL)' members as professional col­
leagues and supervisors. h is
impor1an1 that they recognize
that cxcc1lcncc is encountered in
all races. n,cy lllUSl relinquish
any prior stereotypes. Numerous
faculty mc.mbers tnay have simi•
lar innate stereotypes. or a lack
or appreciation of how the needs
or minority smdenis ma)' differ
rrom those or non-minorhy SLU•
dents. Diversity on Lewis and
Clark focuhy will help improve
1hc understanding of 1he enurc
focul1y in these maucrs.
A second bcncfl1 c,f d!vcrsl1y
is on enriched intelleCLual envi­
ronmcn1. MinoriLy faculty mem­
bers bring 10 1hc deparunc111 an
overall different perspective.
Whc1 her because ol experience
or cuhure, minonties usually
tend to have somewhat cliITcrcnt
beliefs abou1 whn1 is imporiant.
These distinct feelings and char­
:mcris1icsshould be rcprcscn1ccl
on campus. Non-nunority fac ..
uhy members have a difficult
Lime apprccia1ing these beliefs
because so fow of them have
minority members as close
friends, and because these differ­
ences a.re more sub1 le and harder
to o.nicuJa1e. A student's educa­
tion is lncomple.te wi1hout them.
AJ101her benefit c,f divcrsi1y is counselmg and mcntonng. The
fonclions or our faculty include
academic counseling nncl mfor­
mal mentoring. Although nunor­
tty s1udcnts can generally be
mentored and advised sa11sfac-
1orily by non-mmonly faculty,
there arc two potcnLinl prob­
lems. First, facul1y counselors
and mentors should be sens11 lvc
10 the needs or a broad spcc1rum
of students. Second. all s1udcnts
may. especially al a rime or per­
sonal cri.s,s, hnvc a greater than
average need for help from
people wi1h whom 1hey can
identify; only a diverse faculty
can serve I hat role ror a diverse
student body.
As Lewis and Clark College
enters the 1wcnLy-first century.
we will need 10 rcl1cc1 1h, co­
lossal culwr.il changes tha1 arc
occurring in the nauon as a
whole. A diverse s1uclcn1 body
is .tlread)' a realuy in many
stales. In order 10 prepare all Sill­
dents for 1hc new global rcali1y.
our college must provide an en­
virom11en11ha1 values the differ­
ences 1ha1 make every mdiv1dual
umquc and inspires all st_udcn1s
and faculty 10 reach their foll
potential.
Congra1ula1ions 10 1he fol­
lowing dcpanmems wi1h 0%
m;nority focu1Ly members:
lliology, Communica1ions.
Economics. English. His1ory.
Math. Music, Philosophy. Ph)'S­
ics. Poli1ical Science. Psychology
& Theatre. They have won 1hc
firsL annual Zero Awards.
Myah M Moore
From the editor's desk
by Meaghan Lamarre
In rcccn1 weeks. we have rc­
cc1vecl two rather mystenous
pieces or critic,sm from mem•
bers o! the communi1y. Some­
one, apparently irked by our
Valcn1ine·s lss,Le. shredded a
copy or the paper and put the
rcm:uns m an C'nvclopc under
1hc door or the troom or one or
my subordinates. On the follow­
ing Monday, we received under
the door or our otncc n copy ol
the firs1 ,ssuc or 1his scmcsicr.
marked up cxtc:nswcly lO show
our typos, gramm:.tr errors and
s1ylistic troubles. l address these
1wo critics. and 11hc community
a1 large. with 1h,s call for ac­
coun1abili1y and responsibility.
To 1hc person who shredded
the copy or the newspaper. I am
1101 moved by )'Our ac1. Because
you did no1 bother 10 cxplam
your reasons for oblilerating our
paper, I can nm 'begin 10 under­
stand wha1 parl or the paper so
angered you, and can only as-­
smne 1hai you were jus1 being
mean. H 1his is false, and you
have reasoned concerns about
1 he paper. 1 encourage you to
nitcnd any or our s1ory meetings
on Monday nights a1 5:30 pm.
I am more concerned abom
1 he proofread copy or the paper
we rccctvecl from our mysterious
editor. While I appreciate that
you wanted lO help us with our
copy edillng. it docsn·1 do us
much good aftc-r 1hc paper has
come out -two weeks nftcr the
issue came om. m facL It's hardly fair lor you I<> expCCl us. eluting
our one night of layout, to do
wuh such perfccLion what took
you 1wo weeks. I grant 1ha1 you
ccr1ainly have knowledge of
copy editing and newspaper
s1ylc and I'll even granl tha1 most
of your recomme.ndaLions were
good ones. However. 1hat you
were bo1h \.HlWilling lO take re~
sponsibili1y for your commcnis
and disinclined 10 approach the
edhors with your corrccuons,
we nrc lo;uhc to take your criti•
e:1sms very seriously. l cx1cnd 10
you the same offer 1ha1 I did 10
our ot.hcr criuc: 1 hat H you
choose 10 be held accountable
for and s1ancl behind your cor­
rections. we wcl.comc you 10 our
s10ry meeungs Monday nigh LS at
5:30. I will even offer you• job
as a copy editor, should you wish
to become a more constructive
cniic or the paper.
While I apprec1a1e 1ha1 our
crnics have at leasl dcmon­
s1ra1ccl 1ha1 people arc indeed
reading 1he paper, 1hey bo1h il­
lusiratc a frustraung lack or ac­
countability. E\lery 1wo weeks.
my srnrr and I work dihgcntly LO
put om our newspaper. ln put­
ting our names in the St:lIT box.
we lake accou111abili1y for 1he
paper -its successes ns well as
iis typographical nnd 01her er­
rors. in doing this. we pm our•
selves in a posil1on 10 be chal­
lenged and cri1icizcd by 1hc
comm\lnity. We welcome these
challenges and crilicisms. bu1 we
ask of our critics ,he sa1ne. re•
spec1 and rcsponsibilily with which we create I he paper.
I behcve that criticism can
only be positive when mulUnl
respect ,s given b)' bo1h parncs;
tt can only be constructive when
a dialogue is involved. Anony­
mous critic.ism dot.S noL show
respect for our work. docs nol
encourage us Lo respect 1hccom­
mcnts of the cril.ic, and does not
allow for an ac1ive dio.loguc. h
is only through communication
Lh:n l can undersund what was
so offensive <.\S to make.someone
shred :on issue of 1he paper. 11 is
only 1hrough discussion thai our
mysterious editor can explain
where. we arc failing in tenns of
S\yle and layoo1.
E.arHcr this year. we were
held "ccouninblc for our news­
paper in dealing wi1h the imtnl­
gr~uion ad controversy. By pl:n:­
ing our names on the paper, we
made ourselves responsible for
placing said ad. In writing to us
and signing 1hcir names, 1hose
s1Uden1s who were offended int-
1ia1cd a discussion 1hat ended in
a suiiable rcsoluuon or the mal­
tcr.
As the Editor-in-Chief, I rc­
olizc that we can not please ev­
eryone and that we sornctimcs
fail ,o rcprcscnl the en1irc con,­
munny. It 1s only through your
responsible. accounrnblc panici­
pation, whether 1hrough auend•
ing story rncctlngs, wn1ing le1-
lCrs to the editor, emailing me
or in s01nc way engaging in re•
spectfol communication, th,11 we
can be more rcprcsemacivc or
and bcnellcial to 1he communi1y.
February 23, 2001 Pioneer Log 11 ~Pio~n~~'rL~o====Features======
Ryan Yokoyama: Hero solves complex equations by day
and various irksome computer problems by night
by Andrew Zahler
For the past three yc3rs. ot1
rlicrs posted in ever)• dorm
:tcross Lhc l.cW1s & Clnrk cam­
pus. h1s name has beckoned like
swccL rclid lO 1roublcd com•
putcr users. He.· ts Ry:111
Yokoyama :., senior compu,cr
sc1cncdm;uhcma11c.s mnJor :incl
sclf-de,cribcd ,,cc,plc pcrs<1n
and he has been helping fcllo"
students us the Residence Lile
computer tcchn1cn1n lor the past
three years. I
PHOTO COURmY RYAN YOKOYNM \ok0}'31113 came cu LC rrom
the Pc,nland area. 111 search or.,
small libero! orts school where
he could connect with profc,.
sors as more than "just a num•
bcr on 3 Walling lisl. • a,1i
Yoko)"'ma soon found .1 knack
for pursuing the more personal
aspects or a small campus 1101
only wnh faculty, but w11h fel•
low sm<lcrus as well. discover• Ryan Yokoyama is the friendly, heroic on-call computer
technician hired by Residence Life to solve all your
computer problems after IT has gone home for the day.
1ng a passion for lending a help-saw who could use an cxtr~
mg hand. hand. Uponsecings1udenL<wi1h
Before coming 10 LC, physical handicaps or karmng
Yoko)'nma nnishcd a scnes of leg disabiliues, Yokoyama cxpcri•
surgeries 1ha1 lcfi him on enccd n surge or empathy- he
cn11chcs for mos, or h,s nrst year now considers helping out Siu•
or college. Dunng 1his ume he dents wi1h special needs "one or
was glad lo have ass1srnnce rroin my cxlra•curncu1ar ac1ivmes . .,.
Student Support Services ,n As pa.rt of tlus ac11vi1y. he rre-
m:ik1ng sure his classes and qucntly volunteers w 13kc notes
dom1 rooms were easily acccs- for his classmarcs.
s1bleand1lmhewas,mgencr:1I, At 1hc beginning of his
comfonablc. "They were totally sophomore year, Yokoyama
accommodaung. I thought they found another wa>• 10 lend n
provtdcdagrea1 scrviceanclclefi- hand. Arter hcanng 1ha1 Resi­
mtcl) made mv hfc e3s1cr ldur-clcncc urc \v:1.mcd to cmplov 11
ingl my lreshman year. s1Ude111 10 assist residents wuh
Yokoyama says. computer problems nfier lnfor-
Dcsmng 10 Imel n "way or g,v-mat ion Technology technicJans
ing back 10 1hem and sa>•,ng,, had gone home :n five o'clock,
thank you." Yokoynma sianed 'Yokoyama applied lor the .1ob.
coming 10 1hc a1cl of s1uclcn1s he Given h1s cxpcrusc with com• pu1crs and personable people
skills. he wn.sa n;.UUial choice for
1he residence hall compu1er tech
posmon.
Since 1hen Yokoyama has
worked as ltis own boss around
1 went)' hours per week, ma nag•
Ing an unpredictable schedule of
phone calls from computer us•
crs. "'trying to run the show, rat
the same time lrying 10 hal:mc-c
I 1hc job I with aC'1dc1111cs."
The Residence Life c..·otr1putcr
tech program has proven popu­
lar. ,\ loL of the problems
Yokov:nna ~1ddrc.ssc.s .1rc rcb~
lively simple a ncl ca.n be solved
over the phone. Yokoy,1110 be­
lieves lhts rna'k:r;s his service a
convcmcnt ahtmativc to wml•
Ir1g ror informauon lcchnolugy
10 send i, tcchn1c1~n or holdmg for hours on corn pm er manufoc•
lUrcr hotline.
MO>I of lhc problem,
Yokoyrnm1 has l'l'ICOUntl'rcd arc
related I~, wnrd-procc'ising or
111tcmtl lhC Occ,:.;1,;1on.1lly, huw•
e.•vcr. he cntnumcr, ~omc1h111g
more excnmg. i.;omc v;1nathlll t~r
1hc mnny "'w.1ck\• tlnng~ c;1u­
Llcm-., do wJth their mnchmcs
Tlus usu:tlly uwnlvc~ o,•cr--c:x•
pcnntcn11ng wuh wh,H ,l com•
putcr c:tn do ;rncl a call1n~
Yoko~n.1 [or lwlp Soh'lnl\
prohkms 1h.11 l;ick .111 uhrn:ius
.;;-oluuon IS• thnt 1lnng thal ~ave.
me an ndrcnahnc tush wilh thi:.
Jut>," he sa)'S. "Not nnl)• do you
get Ill meet new people. bu1 It\;
a challenge for me.·
Yokoyama$ interests extend
hcyontl comp111crs. He enjoys
gcuing ou1dMrs for a ,•nric1y of
:tctivi1ics. such .ts hiking nnd
hiking. as well a.s bowlmg -and
c:i.tching movies wiLh fricnc..ls. He
hns been an ::ictivc p:trLicip:ml Ill
1hc Hawaii club's annual luau,
and he has helped ou1 a, a pro­
gram for underprivileged public
school SlUdcnts on the cast side­
of PonL,nd.
Yokoyama,; fmure plans arc
in1cn1innally loose. Before nail­
ing himself ma full time career
and 01her responsibililics. he
wotild like 10 experience more
ol what lire has 10 offer hoping
10 travel sumc in Europe and
p,,ssibl)' Asin.
"I hear a lcu of people 1hn1 :trc
our parcm~· age ;-ind thty ~1y, 'ii
l were m your shtle:s right now I
would take advantage of your
youth nnd timcan<l nL, cqmmu­
mcnts ~intl make the bL~t out of
11 Travel 1hc world. sec all you
<:an :rnd tlo cvcrvlhing lhtll vou wa111 10 do," he says "My goal
111 h[e 1< ,hat hy 1he 1i111c I'm re-
1ircd, hopefully I w(,n) have.any
rrgrcL.._ 111 ILrc
Fm rnn:cr plans. Yukoruma
c..·nv1-.io11.~ ., _1oh an 1hc..· t:omputcr
Industry. pu.::<;.1hly In ,, comhm,1-
Ulltl ul ln.h ~upron ur ntl\\'Urk
111an.,gen1cn1. Ewn1u;1II)•. he
would hkt: w wur"-a<;. a system
.1dmm1s1r.11or for ;1 scho,,I, una­
vcrs11> or t.:urpor:mon
For the tune being, Yokoy;11na
w, II take ,m.,11 steps wwarJ ad­
Jrcssmi; "c,·crr senior's ntgh1-
marc" or riguring OUI wha, IO du
.1rtcr gr.1du:1tmn. He h-:1s ;i re­
sume and ,s looking for 1hc •r·
propria1c channels 10 dis1Mhu1c
11 wnhm 1hc co111puier 111dus1ry
As pan or preparing the LC
community for his dcp:trturc,
Yokoyam:, has been training first
year s1udcn1 Davy Jones os his
rcplaceme111, Spli111ng 1hc 1ech
support cluucs in 1hc donns :tncl
generally leaching him 1hc trade,
Yokoyamn has helped guara111cc
1ha1 even when he ha., gr:1du­
a1cd, the or:111ge and blue llicrs
advertising residence:: hall tech
suppori will comi,rne 10 adorn
1 he dorm cniryw:iys.
Whcre,•cr he ends up,
Yokoyama hopes to continue
wh:u has been a rocus during his
four )'Cars al LC, whc1her
through ~111tlen1 S11ppon Ser•
vices or tech t;Uppon inttrnct­
ing wilh people and hclptng
them howc"cr he am .. l guess
I1w p,Iss10n is he.mg ahlt· to US("
my rcsoLtrces :md knowledge Ill
help <lthcr ~c<lple," he says
'Tha1's 1lw central 1hemc 1h111 all
my .tcti-.1it1cs ,;;urrouncl, wht·thc1
ii is volunt..:.crmg or computn
teth support..,
3600 miles by bike can teach volumes about global justice
by Joe Clock
"Reali)' 1hcre's just Ill> bc11cr
way Ill sec I he coumry I han on
a bike. ils slow enough 10 enjoy
the view. hut not so c;low 1hat
you ge1 horcd." said sophomore
Stt.ph Bleyer, who spent nine
weeks las, summer Inking from
Scaule 10 Washington, D.C.
Bl,·ycr Ls one of a few students
01 LC wh1> has pamc11>a1c<l ,n the
Bike Aid progmm, wl11ch teaches
part1t.ipan1s about issues c.:011-
ccrnmg social activism as 1hey
bikt across the coun1ry.
Three Bike Aid ,rip< rode
across the country bs1 summer.
One left from San Francisco.
nnot..her rrom Montreal. ancl the
trip the Bleyer took par, in left
from Sca11lc, Seven1een 10
t\vcniy riders from -ages eighteen
w f1f1y-1wo rode on each rouie.
and all three I ripsended 1oge1 her
111 Washing1on, D.C.
Planning and getting ready
for her irip was Bleyer's first
challenge. She worked as the
documemarian a1 Oxygen. an all
women's cable ne1work, and
wamed to film her c.~pcnc.nce On
Bike Aid for 1he nc1work. Each
rider on Bike Aid is rcspon$ible
for pledges of a do Ila r for cv.-,ry
mile they 1ravcl, and Johnson &
Johnson dona1cd Blcyer's $3600.
She also received donations or
her bike and bicycling equip-mcm from ,,n all women's l,1kc
ou1fiucr, .md campmg Cl)lllp·
mc.nL from Planctomdoors.com.
Powerbar. Camellmck. and Grro
also sponsored Bleyer She did
not, however, ilo much physkal
1mm1ng lllryer i.s a fonner 1ri­
a1hlc1c but she li,til in New
York Ci1y, which she faund was
no1 a bike-fricndly place.
Bleyer, and the res1 of 1hc Bike
Ale.I riders quick!)' got in shape
once 1hcir lnp hcgan In 1hc,r
first week 1hcy crossed 1hc
Rocky Mounrnms About her
preparauon, Bleyer SJtid, • Its all
will rowerand idealism.and 1he
nm day we biked SiXI)' nulcsout
or Scaulc nncl il was 1\01 :l
problem ... h's scvc111y percent
mental and 1hir1y percent physi•
cal·
The hikers averaged between
seventy and a hundred and
1weniy miles L"1ch day, and rode
six days every week. i\ "Support
and Gear Vehicle" carried the
rider's camping cquip1nen1,
clothes and food. and a different
ncler would drive ii every day.
The bikers spent 1he 111gh"' in a
vanety of different places. They
spcn1 some 1imc on :, Ntuivc
American rc.scrva11on; they vis•
ttcd a rnonastery. and stayed on
an organic Cann People in the
areas thai the group passed
1hrough would also generally
donate food 10 1he bikers.
12 Pioneer Log February 23, 2001 On 1hcir day off from biking,
the group would do community
SCf\licc pro1cc1.s m the commu•
ni1y 1hcy wen: passing through.
The,c projects ancludc<l scntlmg
books 10 women 111 prison In
Chicago, clean, ng up the Ml-;s,s.
Mppl River 111 Mtnncso1a, aml
working on how;e;, for people
1hn1 needed the help. Everyone
alw had a rcadi;r Lhnt gave 1hem
mforn1a1ion nbou1 d1ffcren1 15•
~ucs ,n the areas I hey passed
1hrough. and I he group wo1ild
discuss wha1 thC)' had read once
a week
In late August, the group
ended Lhcir irip in Washington,
l).C., when: each mlcr nm wuh
Ins or her leglslator Lo discuss
the issues 1hc}' had learned
about 1hrough Lhe I rip. As Bleyer
snid. "We arc basically primary
sources or infornuttion now. we
arc 1hc ones who got ou1 1hen
and saw the cn1ire country and
met people In 1he one horse
towns, ln the shanty towns, in
1hc big cities, and on 1he farms."
Bleyer also said that while the
physical component of Bike Aid
was secondary r or her 10 what
she lcamccl abou1 social justice,
ii helped give her confidence in
whn1 she cou lei do for change.
·1r I C-dn ride 3600 miles then
maybe I can make a
differencc ... mlliybc things aren)
as unanainablc as we think they Bleyer spent laM se111cs1cr ctl•
11mg 1hc film she tnadc on her
1np. :md 1urnc<l h nno J sl.x p~tr1
se:ncs 1h:11 is ;1 10ml of 1wenty•
nvc numues long. The series was
shown on Oxygen C'1rlicr 1h1s
year. Arter complcung her series,
Bleyer 1r:1nsrerrcd to Lew,, &
Clark /\111ong her reasons [or
choosing 10 come here was
Porilaml's reputation as a bikc­
fricnclli• cily. Bleyer has been
1111prcsscd wilh 1he bike racks on
buss,,s In Pon land, and the many
bike hints and bike racks In the
ci1y. Since her ride across 1he
cou111ry Bleyer has been car-free.
At Lewis & Clark, Bleyer is tak­
ing~, Free Umvershy course on
bike maimcnancc. and hopes 10
get involved wuh RAG ;md Am-ncsty lntcrnational
Bleyer docs no1 plan 10 rlclc
:1cross the country agam, but she
hopes 10 go on a lcw more long
bike lnps. In a few years she
h<Jpes lo ndc with Bike Aid from
Montreal lo Washington, D.C..
an<l m lwo years she hopes to
ride across Cuba.
Bleyer was proud of her irip,
and is working 10 teach the LC
communny about Bike Aid and
1he ~lies 1ha1 she learned about
a long hcrride. Bleyer described
wha1 she go1 from her mp say­
ing, "h has broadened my 111111d
nbout how huge 1hc country is.
how diverse ll 1.s, hQw gcncro\ls
people arc. and I have learned
some issues ahout gh,1bal jus­
uc..:c." =====Featu res=====Pi=one::::::::::='~r L===dog!=
Looking for a change, Foster comes back to College
by Erin Halek
Professor Jnmcs Fosrer 1s a
new fncc oo 1hc LCs1udent body,
bu1 he brings wi1h h,m from
OrcgcHt SlntC Uruvcrsil)' tt
breadth uf new idc.,< As Chmr
of !he Political Science Dept at
Orc,gon Srntc. he '-ptc1r1l1z-c:s m
l,,w and jtulicial affml'$. genclcr
~ud r-;.ltC iss.u,·s, .,111(] roli11cal
theory Wh,k at LC, he's dr:iw•
Ing dircttly nn those fields lor
Lhc Con:;tilu11onal Lnw class
:ind in(u~lng an lmro 10 Pohucs
d:iss w1Lh nclvancccl Jnd t.,r­
rcachtng 11lcas.
Foster was 1rt1lu'lll)' <lr:w,1n
back h> tC m 1993. An alum of
tC, he was 1111ngucd l>y the
prospcc1 of a new nnd diffcr­
cnll)'•mo1iva1cd group or SIU·
dcn1..s. Th,s year, his second st1111
tcnchmg nt the College, he cues
··nost.'1 lgi:1 for a good experience
in '93'" as o factor 111 his return.
Teaching a., LC also offered a
change of scenery: ·1 get restless
in once place. 1 think Corvallis
is a nice place to live, and an
even nicer place to leave.•
"Teaching at LC gets me out
ton new area," he cominucd. The ,,ppor1uni1y to teach 10
a new group of students was also
appealing-he says that s1udcms
at tC tend 10 be more e1hmcall)•
oml geographkall)• dwcrse.
more scll'-dircc1cd. and more fo•
cused ac:i.dcmu.::1llr toward .1 c:1-­
rccr or gr.id sthool.
l don't have 1o·scll' 1hc v.1lue
ul ., Ii her.ii ,ms cducauon here
he s.ucl.
The Consmuuonal l~,w class
is a I 5-wccl, stroll through the
Consmuuon a!I 11uerpre1ccl by
the Supreme Coun • The class
focuses 011 tlcc1s1ons arrccung
cw1I nghts. liber11cs. and pow­
ers Esscnually, the two text­
books. both wnuco by Foster, ,,_
I don't have to 'sell'
the value of a liberal
arts education here.
Professor James Foster _____ ,,
are summancs and opmions of
the Supreme Court, so s1udems
can look direc,ly at the language
that current civil libenies arc
Psych major's future is open, may
include teaching English in Japan
by Casia Freitas
It Is or1cn s.1id 1ha1 most col­
lege freshmen have no idea whaL
1 hey'II end up majonng in. I mag•
me. for example. entering n1l­
lege and thinking 1hA1 you're
going 10 major in English, but
during your sophomore year you
change from l>eing an English
major 10 • biology major. How­
ever. when you realize how
much math is required [or the
biology major, you decide to
major in psychology 111s1cad.
Now it's almost time to gradu•
ate and you still have no idea
whaL kind of counseling or psy­
chology you w:ml 10 go into.
Docs 1l11ssound familiar? 1t docs
if you're Mike Tengan.
Mike, hke most college sc­
niors1 is 1101 rc-:.111)' sure abom
wha\ comes after four yc•rs at
Lewis & Clnr,k. But wh h gr.iclu­
a,ion day rapidly approaching,
Mike says he's excited. "Al­
though I he last couple of years
here have been good, I'm ready
LO move on lO somethmg new.'"
Mike is a psychology major
and a Japanese minor. Though
he has enjoyed his classes in
thcscdepanmcni,,, hc'>a bit dis­
appointed 1ha1 as " psychology
major he never learned how to
hypnotize people Lns1 year,
Mike spent a semester abroad
through LCs program in Japan.
You might recognlu Mike·
from the campus bookstore,
where he h~1s worked for about
a year and a hair. Mike ha., be­
come involved in Lhc Japanese
Club I his year as well, due 10 Im
experiences in Japan. He also
enjoys spending 1h11c on the
computer and he has a passion
for music. Mike plays both 1hc
gui1.ar and lhe. ukulclt.
Originally from the island ol
Maui, Mike has been o part of
the Hawaii Club here for four
years. "When I n rst came 10 LC, ,, ____ _
Although the last
couple of years here
have been good, I'm
ready to move on to
something new.
senior Mike Tengan _____ ,,
1 was very scared about being ou1
of the cnvironmcnl I ,v:1s used
10. Asa rc.sult. I 1ricd to rtcrc:ne
il here."' In his opinion, most stu­
dents coming rrom Hawaii need
Lhis CXlCl'ISlon or ,heir cuhurc lO
feel at home here in Oregon.
Deciding 10 become a RA in•
troduccd him to a varitl}' or new
people 01 Lewis & Clark. Mike
is nt,w sc.rving m his second year
as an RA, and most of his resi­
dents nre fomilillr wnh his bus,•
schedule. "I wish that I'd known
four years ago that h's okay 10
leave your comfort zone. You
reall)• do bcnell1 from experienc­
ing new things "
Mike says he doc.~n•1 really
feel prepared for what comes af-
1cr graduation, hut he's noI wor­
ried about ii. "I sec a 101 of va,ia­
Lion I in life! and s1Udying isn't
the s.1111c.,. h•ving 1h,11 expcri•
cnce.· He hopes 10 work in Ja•
pan through the JET Program,
teaching as an English language
assistant at a junior high school
there. Even i[ he doesn't gc1 into
the JET Program Mike thinks
he'll go back to J•p•n nnywa)'
Eventually he plans 10 go to
gradut11c school, but says, "I'm
in ml rush 10 get there " The
more dist:lnl ruwre is also "still
very blank. It's like a piece of
paper ancl I still h,1ven'1 figured
out what tO put on it."' M1kc
thinks that he will eventually
encl up living in Maw:1ii again,
but he wants 10 experience all
life has 10 offer while he's young
enough 10 enjoy it. ,, ____ _
In a lot of ways, I still
feel like 18, s.till like
an undergrad.
Professor James Foster _,,
couched 111
-·1 he struggles of women :mcl
mmorntcs arc a key po1n1 or the
s1ory," sa1d foster about 1he fo.
cus ol ,he class
Students whu approach
james Foster omslde ol class will
Imel an endlessly interested pro­
fessor who mes High Fide/fly
:md Oest in 51,ow <1s h15 favon1c
mov,es from the pas1 year. liis
imrrcsts arc ··whatever l find
m1ercs1ing and cngaging-mov­
tcs, cooking, rcadit1g, travel. I've
wugh1 1wice m L()ndon, and I
like 10 travel in !England and
elsewhere,"'
lt seems the new millennium
has given Foster some perspec•
11vc on life. He rcmcmhcrs
thmking, when he: graduated in
1969, 1ha1 2001 was a long way
off.
"I'm at I he point in my life-PHOTO COIJltT(SY WWWORSTlDU
An LC alum, Professor James Foster is taking a break from
his position at Oregon State and visiting his alma mater this
term, teaching Intro. to Politics and Constitutional Law.
2001-wherc I wam to rc1irc
and do something else," said the
5+-yc,or-olcl. • I might go 10 chef
school because I like 10 cook. I
might go ln1ck to England be­
cause I like 10 1ravel.• "In a lot of ways, 1 still feel
like LS, still like an undergrad,"
he said, "My daughter (who
graduates from UC Santa Cruz
this spring! is the same age as 1
was when I gmcluatccl from LC.·
Restaurant Review
THE Roxv
1121 SW Stark St
Open 24 hours
by Erin Halek
A haven for the sullen. black
lea1her'd and chalns crowd and
the overdressed prom girl-Lhe
Roxy makes ils m:irk as• racher
unique spot on the Portland so­
cial scene. The smokc-llllcd 24·
hour diner is the closest approxi­
mation ol a sleazy bar for those
not of yet of age. The dining
room is adorned wn h Quentin
Taran Lino worship on every wall,
a jukebox specializing in ob­
scure, underground tunes, and
is arrestingly cent creel around a
huge crucified Christ with a
neon halo. The Roxy somehow
maintains its cool, though it's
almost always packed, when iL
should have become 100 hip
years ago.
One of ,he chid appeals of the diner. aside from the dfcor,
is the cheap menu. Prices arc
lower than Denny's-a cup or
coffee will run you a dollar, but
comes in a small carafe that's
actually more like four cups
Heaven [or the late-night,
starving musician kind or crowd,
1he menu items arc nol only
cheap but gcncro11S, and ex1en­
sive. Brcakras, is served a II day,
perfect for 1hc ravers who've
l>cen dancing all night. and the
pancakes Oop over the sides of
the plate. The side-order menu
offers hearty portions of fries.
onion rings and variaLions on
1he theme ol hashbrow11S.
No1 10 be overlooked arc 1he
"'creative" food. names, The
menu reatures everything from
the Stupid Europe Sandwich and
the Tonya Harding (aka.:, Club
sandwich) 10 endless other plays
on cclehrily names.
The Roxy also draws the
crowds with a wide sc1cction or
kc-cream-laden espresso drinks, and has a fo_w genuine ice cream
and chocolate desserts (and
lru ffi CS !) ,
Cheap prices and fancy
names aside, it's re.,lly the a,1110-
spherc cultivated at the Roxy
lhat makes it wonh visiting
again and again. A great place for
people-watching, the staff and
patrons radiate personality. And,
as a 24-hour joint in the hearto[
downtown, the palrons can be a
sight 10 sec.
Spending a [cw hours at the
Roxy is real!)' an experience.
From a seal near lhe back, star•
ing out through the clouds of
smoke lo the door with Joan
Je11's "I Love Rock 'n' Roil" or
some tc<:huo piece hlasting from
the jukebox, one feels caughL in
a scene from a Tarantino fllm.
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Monologues provoke thought U1~­
able
album by James Christie
·u your vagina got dressed
whal would it wear? H your va ..
gin• could talk whnt would it
sa>,? ·what does your vo.glm1
smell liker At nrs1 glance these
questions seem absurd. Since
vagmas clearly can', talk (even
though they have lips), there's no
way one would ever be able 10
wear clothes, and. as anyone
who has ever been n.round a
group of angsty adolescent boys
can tell you, 1hcy smell like fish.
It was these sccnungly silly
questions nmong many 01hcrs
that were adclrcssccl 111 the •The
Vagma Monologues." an off­
Broadway piny 1h01 wa.s per­
formed and sronsoreJ on l'cb­
ruary l4 by Lewis & Clark's
Womyn's Cenier and Hypatia, ,, ___ _ mg convcrsattcm wi1h my room•
males my rrcshman year in
wluch 1 somehow used l11c word
'"vagina" m a sentence of mine.
All three ot my roommates
Oinched when I said the word as
if I had thrown a barrel of muck
upon them. One of them then
asked me never 10 say I hn1 word
agam.
"What word?" I asked.
"'Thal word!''
.. Vag111a? What's wrong wiLh
saymg Lhe word 11vagin..1"?'"
Arter all 1hrcc or ,hem had
nnished wincing in pain, the
bravest of them told me, "It's just
one or those words you just don',
say."
I Lricd 10 press lh1s convcrsa•
tion lurthcr' by rcmmding Lhcm
how much they talked about sex,
of which. the last tune 1 checked,
vaginas ,,1crc an csstnLml part.
How could they talk about sex
so much if they where so dis-
turbed by the vagina?
l bchcve it was this interac•
non and its unanswered ques•
uons 1haL drove me IO ancnd
"The Vagina Monologues". Ac­
ltlally, that's a he. The reason I
was a, "The Vagma Monologues·
was because my ecluor told me
'' 10 write abom I hem. But for the
sake of making this antcle more
,he Collegc·s women's group, c111cnaimng, let's pretend 1ha1 by
The monologues where wriuen nuending "The Vngma Mono­
b)' Eve Enslcr and arc based on logues" I wns embarking on
the 200 Interviews of women some spintunl questlooking for
about their nmtudes and views answers 10 some of the deepest
of vagmas They covered 1op1cs and darkest questions that have
<uch topics ns the pubic hair. plagued humanssmcc the be!(in­
masturbauon. ,he clnons. pert• nmg ol 1unc. After all three of
them had finished
wincing in pain, the
bravest of them told
me, "It's just one of
those words you just
don't say.
ods, the gynecologist, lc.,bians. Ahhough 1ha1 Ins, sentence
and ..1 woman who sawn ns her was mtcnc.ltd os n Joke. there ts
calling ,r, life to please the va• ., .i. lot 11·u1h 10 11 fm· many of the
g,na jx:oplc who hncl 011cndccl 'The
About 400 stnclcn,s (or Vaima Monologues" that night.
roughly 115th of the school's For one of the mntn po1111s the
populnuon) jammed themsclV<"s monologncs arc 1ry111g 10 get
into St;m1m to w:uch the pcrfor- acros...o; is thn1 '"there's so much
mancc. 01 those m attendance a d:1rkncss surrounclmg I vagt­
s1gnif1can1 number appeared nasl .. Many women arc laugh,
male lldorc 1he monologues 10 lx:cmbarrasscd orashnmecl ol
began, a rcmale s,umg 111 from their vaginas. About 75% of ,h·e
of me asked a preppy lookmg monologues snurizcd 1h1s m nn
chnp whether he was nervous or clfon 10 111duce co1har11c lough-
001. 1cr rrom members or the audl-
He said he wasn't hut I wrote
m my notes that he wns shakmg
slightly and hardly looked com•
fonablc, In foct. the vl'Ty first
lmc m the pcrform:mcc was .. ,
bc-1 you're wornrcl " Clearly va­
gm~,s arc not a topic 1h::i1 many
people ore comfonable d,seuss­
ing
I remember once when hav• encc Uhmiately, the subtext of
1he monologues 1s thnt the cm­
bnrrnssmcnt one ts 1augh1 10
have nbom their v:tg1nas is air
surd The view of any vngu1a (or or vagmas m general) should be
one of pndc (or anythmg pos,­
uvc) rather Lhan cmbarrassmcm.
Yc1 as I looked around the
audience durrng the perfor-mnncc, I saw 1n~my stoic look­
ing faces among a sea of gut
lnugluer, One of these Included
the preppy chop next 10 me. lie
looked so uncomfor~1blc-as if ,, _
"Why are some
males so disturbed by
vaginas?" This lack of
comfort for the fe­
male genitalia is
counter-intuitive. For
how can someone
who is so obsessed
with the sexual act
such as the stereo­
typical male be so
repulsed by one of its
necessary compo­
nents? ______ ,,
he wamcd 10 ,hg a hole and hide
from oil this vagina talk that wns
go·ing on aroun<l him. \Valching
him made me ask I he s.imc qucs•
tion that I had asked myself bc­
rorc, "Why :m; some males so
disturbed by vaginas?• This lack
or comfort for the fcmak gc111-
1:1lrn is cotHHCr-rn1uu1vc. For
how can sorncvnc who 1s so ob­
sessed with the sc,,ual act such
as the s1ereot)1}1Cal male be so
repulsed by one of ns necessary
components? Maybe 1hc guy ts
a Chnsuan and felt 11 was n sin
LO w)k ;1l,uu1 n.ny vagina other
1 han the one his wife has?
The only 1h1ng I do know Is
1ha1 ,here is a 101 of baggage c.tr­
rkcl around wath 1h~ tern, vagrna
winch has • tn,mcndottS emo­
tional cffec1 on many ind1v1du­
als regardless or 1hm ,ex. I'd like
10 !b,nk I hat wmdnng "The Va­
gma Monolog.urs• somehow
made I he preppy lookmg chap
and others
that had
s11n1lnr rc-VAULT
by Erin Haick
The l/11fo,g<11able Firt marks
lhe end of the yelling Bono and
the beginning of the singing
Bono. Sure, The Yell,
foll of outraged pas­
sion and righteous
anger., makes an ap­
pcaranc-e or two on
latc.r albums (•Bullet
the Blue Sky"), but for
all intenlS and pur•
poses, il dies here.
Ffr, ls the end of
"Three guitar chords
and 1hc truth,"'­
when the smoke
dears. U2's work wiU always be
marked by some electronically
produced sounds,
In Lyptcal fashion, I came
upon !'ire late in the game. It
seems strange that I would wait
so long 10 listen 10 the album
thal laid the groundwork for all
the gorgeous clectrlc pop that
U2 has since produced. luook
n Sl. 49 tape al Value Vlllnge for
me lO 0nally do my homework.
flr, nue1ua1cs between the
dnving, ,dcalistic TOck that
charaetcnzcd their earhcr al­
bums nnd slower, more aLmo-­
sphcric pieces 1hn1 renect most
heavily the innuencc or new
producer Bnan Eno. Eno 1s
regarded as Lhc founder of l he
ambient branch of the clec•
tromc music. and he mtro•
duccs lhcsc layer, upon layers
of machlne-gcncratecl sounds
10 the band
Though The Yell might be
being laid to rest. Lhat doesn't
mean tl1a11he passion that hns infused every U2 album before
Fire and since was too. Quite
tl,c concmry-raw urgcnc_y in­
fuses "Pride On the Nnme of
Love)' and "The Un[orge1-
mble Fire.• The title track has
a few quimcsscntially "'80;"
moments during lhc bridge,
whercsynlhcsizcrs a11cmp1 to
trumpcl a melody. Enos touch
i.s rrtost obvious on the nearly
indcciphcm.ble "Elvis Presley
and America." a song that
might fit into U2's great love
11(fair with American culture,
if it could be understood
through the dense fog of ab­
stract kc)'board work.
Passion ls also cvulcnt
through the repeatedly-In•
voked spirit of Mnnln Lulhcr
King, Jr,, who shows up di­
rectly In no less than three
songs. •nd who serves as n
bmdmg theme of lhc album,
The last song fs perfectly p<>t•
gnant-ov.er :., sof1 ambient
hum comes Bono•s voice,
nontmg h>~nn-llke:
"SleCJllSleep tontghVAnd
may your dreams be realizeJ/
1f the thun dcrcloud pas$CS
mm/Let IL ram/Ram dnwn on
me.n
:i cl Ions
more com•
foriable
wuh the Va•
g I n 3
Maybe ti Did you call?
d1cll tr it
cl1d11'1 at
least some
people hacl
agrem tune
laughing You need money .. ,
You haven't seen your parents since the holidays ...
And you want to show your parents all the cool
stuff going on at Family Weekend 20011
Rollins lecture cancelled
by Erin Haick
On February 19, the Arts
Alive! Commiuce
or Lcwts & Clark
College notfficd
the campus that
artist nm Rollins
would no longer
be conducting a
residency on
campus.
Rollins, a col­
labora1ivc •rtis1
from New York
City, was sched­
uled to show
slides of his an-making pro• ccsscs on February 22, and work
for three days with LC art stu­
clcnts 10 creme a series or visual
images based on literary classics.
14 Pioneer Log February 23, 2001 Accord­
Ing lO
Michael
F o r d .
Rollins ex­
pressed
personal
concerns as
his reason
for the last
m In u I c
cancella­
lion.
The re
arc no
plans 10 re•
schedule
the arList. Share Family Weekend 200 I with your parents. Pmtake of culture
and cuisine at the popular International Fair. and choose from a
variety ofactivi1ies on topics such as nature. residence life planning,
geckos and an. We've already sent your parents a postcard inviting
them 10 campus March 2 10 4. The rest is np to you!
Questions? Call 503-768-7121
or check out www.lclark.edu/org/family
Family Weekend 200 I
Lewis & Clark College
March 2 -4 ==============Arts==========Pi=·o=n=e=·e=r=L=og_~
Cuban film, music exhibits passion and complexity
by Dusty Hoesly
6cfo,c Nig/11 Fulls (2000) is a
beautifully phutographccl film,
8,\Sed on the life and memoir of
lhc late ho111oscxuul Cuban au­
thor Reinaldo Arenas, the movie
and the sound1r:1ck both present 1he pas, several years, including
rcemdlnga music:tlbum (I <l95's
Every Sliver Lirtirtg!fosA Cloud).
The lllm is based on Arcnas's
memoir Re/ore Nig/,t Full,. a
deq,ly poc1 ic work that exam­
mes his rural childhood and ilS
affect on lus life, including his
PHOTO couiu:m VCR\11 RKOlDS
Javier Barden stars as Cuban poet and playwright Reinaldo
Arenas in Before Night Falls.
pro•rcvolul1onury adolescence,
homosexuality, posl-rrvo1ution­
;1ry opprcs!-1011, unpnsonmcnt.
and Cmally Ins em1grauon 10
New York. The film explores the
cc111ral themes of his authorship.
and why Arenas lells his stones
in I he manner he dots. " full acco\mt or Cuba m ILS ch-
vcrsity and cuhurc.
This IS Julian 5d111ab,·l'• film,
as he wrote, cli1·ccted, nnd pro­
duced It, as well as producing
1hc soundtrack Julinn
Schn:ihel's mhcr film, ,he siar­
studdcd 8as,1u1t1r (19\l(>), al,ou1
1 he anist ol l hm name, 1s an cs-
1 :lblishcd nco-cxprcssto111s1 an•
ISt, most foinous for p:unting on
hroken J>la1cs and rrockery.
!·laving submc.rgccJ hunsdf in
Latin American culture. cscap•
ing the stranglehold of the eight­
ies New York art world, Schnabel
has focused on various pursuil!t Arenas 1s nlso ,he author or
Sing111g from ihc Well, Color of
Swnmfr. Tl1c Dool'mar1, 711c Pal­
ate of llrr \Vlrirc Skunks. and Old
Rosa; A Novel rn Two Sroncs.
Javier Bardem, a Spanish nctor.
compellingly portrays the perse­
cuted Arenas, bmlding a charac­
t c r of powerful complexuy Barrlem's performance allows the
audience 10 cxp,cricncc. 1hc ha•
trcd, bnualit)•, loss, love and t:011·
fusion that surrounded Arcnas's
life.
Film festiva"ls around the
world have recognized Bardem"s
enormous acting ability in his
depiction of Arenas. I ic is nomi­
nated for the Be.st Actor Oscar,
and he has olrcady won Best Ac­
tor awnrds at the National Board
of Review, National Society of
Film CriLics, and Southeastern
Film Critics Association. The
nlm is nolllinatcd for several
Golden Globe an<l lndepcnclcnt
Spirit aw:1rcls, and won the fol.
lowing at thl' Venice Film Festi­
val: Gntnd Jury Prize, Specioi
Mcnlion, Soundtrack Award,
and tl1c Volpi Cup for Best Ac­
lor.
The low points in the film
ccn1cr around L!hc .. n:1.mc" nc-
1ors, m contrast LO the: unknown
ialcnt I ha, f1 II OU I the rtsl of the
nlm. Sean Penn m::ikcs 3 cameo
appearance as Lhc grungy cart
clnvcr who molests Arcoas.
Johnny Depp is excellent in his
two roles, pL,ying both charac­
ters ,v1th hil::iriOlLS dextcrily. On
1he 01hcr hand, his performance
seems Lo detract from the por­
trait of Arenas that the rest of the
fllm tries 10 dc,•clop As,Bon
Bon, the. prison's lransscxual
messenger, Depp carries notes
(and novel manuscripts) up his/
her ass. And as Lt. Victor, the
Communist parole officer who
dupes Arenas with sexual ad­
v,nces. Depp finds plenty of
umc for gratuitous Mi<:hndjack­
son-like cro1ch-g;rnbbing.
The finals scenes in New York
seem lO uncknninc the plot es­
tablished earlier Ill the mm. Bu,
Lhis is not a pr.iblcm because the
film is not about :-.ny part1cular
plot. but rather" 1>0rtr:iit or the
1He of an anist in nprcssivc con•
ditions. As pointed narrative the
film rnils, bu, it ,iever purporLS
to be such. n,Jorc Niglir F11Us,
like Basquiat, is one artist's por­
lr..tH of ano1hcr artist, full or
complcx11y and passion, the bold nnd One.
Also. because the film ts
somcwhal of an ode to Arenas.
one winch Schnabel rnkcs his
sweet 1imc relating. the film
tends 10 move slowly. The ho­
mosexuality in 1hc film is not
overplayed or devalued, bu,
rather it is prcscn1C<J just as a
foceL or Arenas's life, though
c.irly parts of the Olm auempt to
tmdcrstand why Arenas was ho­
m oscx ua l. Lazaro Gomez
Carillcs, Arcnas's lover and lit­
entry exccmor, well-played i>y
Olivier Martinez in the film,
helped ,yritc the screenplay.
Schnabel filmed Be/ore Nfglu
Falls in New York and Mexico
because Cas1ro still censors ar1-
isLS in Cuba today. In keeping
with Schnabel's showcasing of
suppressed Cubon talent, the fi­
nal credits play over a censored
experimental lllm.
Do not see Lhis movie expect ..
ing a biography or a film of
Arcnas's tncmoir, but rather
Schnabel's interpretation of
Arenas·s life and :tmhorship. At
that, the film's artistry is on par
with Arenas~ artistic vision and
ability-poetic, searching and
emotionally brutal.
Reinaldo Arenas oppears in
Just one other film: Nstor
Ahnendros's I 984 Bad Conduct
(Mauvt1isc tonduitt). a documen ..
ta.ry examining the homophobic
"'moral pu.rg('s" of poSt•rtvolu­
tionary Cuba. The film dis­
cusses conccntraLion camps for
gays. the use of eleciro-shock
LreaLmc.nt for the conversion
front homosc.xualny, ~nd ,he
dclewon of artists and mtcllec­
tuals. The camps held those
who were found guilty of "ht1-
prnpcr conduce," marnly be­
cause I hey exhibited errcminatc
mannerisms: what rhc s1atc
c.allc<l "'extravagant behavior."
New York Films has released
a video collec11on called Cuban
Cinema, making available supe­
rior Cuban films. These include
mostly films by the legendary
Cuban filmmaker Toms Gutirrez
Alea. such as Dwr/1 of a Bureau• crnt (La M1trr1r de un butcraltl-
1966): Mcmori<s of U11clerclevd-
011111w1 (Mc111orit1s de/
s11t,dcsarrol/o-l968)-the first
1fosL-revolutionary Cuban film
to be rclea.,;cd in the U.S.: U11 To
u Certain Point (Hasw cienv
purtro-1984), and Gua11ta11a111crn
(1994). Alea alsoclircctcd J993's
Sttawberry and Chocolate (Fresa
)' chocoltltc), which won the Spe•
dalJury prize fordirccticm al the
Sundance Film Festival, every
award at the Havana Film Fes1i•
val, and became the only Cuban
film ever nominated for Best
Foreign Language Film Oscar
The collection also feature.~ Pas­
tor Vega's 1979 £llm Portrnir of
Teresa (Retrato de Teresa). An­
other rccem film 1hat explore.<
Cuban cuhul'e is Wim Wenclers's
crilically acclaimed Buena Vista
Socit1l Club (1999), a documcn­
,ary tha1 features Ry Cooderancl
many legendary Cuban musi­
cians.
Hopefully, following on the
heels of 1he hugely successful
1Jucnt1 Vist11 Social Clul,
soundtrack, Lhc soundtrack 10
Bcf11rr: Nighr Falls will also re­
ceive due praise AILhough Lou
Rtcd provides mcidcntnl music,
the soundtrack prominently fca-
1.urcs characteristic Cuban mu•
sic.. Some tracks, such as 1wo
love ballads, an E.mesto Lecuona
classical piano piece, and the
Javier Vasquez classic "Dcsc.~rgn
Sonora" offer some diversity and
round out the experience of con•
temporary Cuban culture. Fea­
tured players include
The film credit$ Caner
Burwell for the music, by which
two pieces are featured on the
soundtrack, both subtle and sad.
The second Burwell piece fea­
tures dialogue from the fiim,
specifically Bardem reciting Are­
nas poetry. This soundtrack is
more a mixture of various Cu ..
ban musicnl heritages, and ode
to the culture., rather than the
jam session Buena Vista is.
These artistic canvasses of
elhnic life celebrate the cultural
carniv:i.l that is Cuba.
Shared underground history leads to perfection
by Aaron Landau
1991: We ,vw: just gcuin'
over M!nnmtr•pants and wave•
layered sideburns. and nobody
knew just what to d,, with that
copy of Vanilla kc's ·ro TI1t fa­
rrcmc_ Teddy Riley had new­
jacked every radio station on
the dial, and if you weren't bob­
bin' your head to his Rump
Shaker, you were probably over
there wi1h the Ul kids-in
which case you're reading the
wrong review.
Anyhow, I he early 90's found
hip-hop splil bc1wcen rhc
glossy. high-fidelity worlcJ of rap
a la pop-radio and the 1h11g-nt'SS
of LA hardcore. Meanwhile
however, UC D:wis was hous­
ing a crop of MCs who had
some altogether different plans.
ln early 1991, L:neef The
Tru1h Speaker and Lyrics Born
(who would later come together
under the moniker LaLyrx) as
well as The Gif1 or Gah and
Chief Xcel (brncr known as Blackaliscio11s) st um hied across
a young all-bu1-unknown
record-hound going by 1he
rmmc of OJ Shadow.
The SolcSides Crew-and
cvcn1ually the Quannum
ProjecLS label-was born Over ,, ____ _
They represent a
nearly perfect guide
to the last decade of
Bay-Area under­
ground hip-hop.
'' 1hc next O yc-ars or so, SolcSides
released a number of single.<,
and various collaborations and
solo vcmurcs produced more
than a dozen SolcSidcs LPs.
As a whole, they represent a
nearly perfect guide 10 Lhc last
decade or Ba)•-Area under­
ground hip-ho11 Naturally, a
SolcSicles bcsL-of project show­
casing the highlights of the
crews 1imc logc1hc.r was a ne-ccsshy.
Thus we
have Great•
CSl Bumps, a
2-CD set
exhibiting
some of the
be.st, most
creative
s1yles or­
fcrcd by
90s-cra
West Coast
hip-hop.
The collec­
tion begins
with the first SolcSiclcs s1ud10
work, an early Gift of Gab cm
cmitlcd "Rhyme Like a Nut!"
The I r:lck serves as a perfect m­
troduction to the crew: Gab is
absolute!)• scnous abou1 the
music. yet offers a laid-back and
at times :111110s1 comedic flow
(name-checking r\u111 Jemima
and Uncle Ben) over a rclaxcd­
yct-hard-hiuing rhythm cour­
tesy DJ Shadow.
1.yries Born (known as Asrn Born :11
1 h e
tune) of•
r C r S ,
through•
out both
CDs,
some of
Lhc most
casual.
ofr,the•
c " f f
styles
1•ve ever
heard.
In tracks
like "Asia's Verse" and .. The
Quickening· Lynes nncl L'1ed
spit machine-gun s1yles to let
Ludacns know where he can go
when he's done wlLh his moment
in ,he spotligh,.
Each MC ha~ his chance to
show off, he slower, more subtle
side-Blackahsc1ous with the
super-mellow "Swan l..ake" and
LaLyrx w1Lh 1he ,ruly romantic
"Lady 0011'1 Tck No"
For those looking for instru-mental hip-hop. two tr:icks arc
devoLcd 10 DJ Shnclow alone: the
r1rst, enmled "Entropy; hims at
1 he rhythms he would later fully
uncover in the groundbreaking
E11d1roduci11g. The second, re­
corded 3 years lalcr, breaks from
his comJJlex, serious sLyles 10
play around with simple, shakc­
yo-ass-off beaLS.
Conunually changing 1hc
styles like this creates• slightly
disjointed feel to the record, but
its to be expected in a 6-ycar rel­
rospective or3 MCs. 2 DJs. and
multiple guests.
The tracks arc arranged in
chronological order. though not
a single one seems the least bit
outdated. h's further evidence
that 1he music of the SoleSiclcs
crew was not only years ahead
or Its Lime. but is endurmg.
The Gr,aust 811111ps collcc­
Lion, along with the full LPs from
which Lhc music is taken, 1s a
near-perfect example or real h1p­
hop-h1mcst, intelligent. and
funky as anything out there.
February 23, 2001 Pioneer Log 15 publick occurrences
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February 23
Women's Tennis vs. Pacific
Lutheran. Tennis Courts,
3:30 pm.
One-Act Plays. Black Box
Theatre, 6:30 pm.
Black History Month TGIF
Movie Night, Black Films.
Tamarack Lounge, 7:00 pm.
One-Ad Plays. Black Box
Theatre, 10:00 pm.
Saturday
February 24
Community Energy Pro;ect.
CSAW. 8:30 am.
Women's Tennis
vs. Puget Sound. Tennis
Courts, 9:00 am.
Softball vs. Eastern Oregon.
Huston Field, 12:00 pm.
SOFA Movie: Remember
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Council Chamber, 7:30 pm.
One-Ad Plays. Black Box
Theatre. 8:00 pm.
SOFA Movie: Remember
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Family Fun Day. Gallery of
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Tuesday
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Women's Tennis
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Black History Month Finale:
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February 28
Men's Tennis
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March 2
Baseball vs. Norhtwest
Nazarene. Huston Field,
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Men's Tennis vs. Whitman.
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TaizE. South Campus
Chapel. 7:30 pm.
Poetry Slam.
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Family Weekend.
Campus-Wide, all day.
Saturday
March3
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Whitworth. Tennis Courts,
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International Fair.
Templeton Student Center
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Sunday
March 4
Baseball vs. St.Martin's.
Huston Field, 12:00 pm.
Family Weekend. Campus­
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Monday
MarchS
Peace Corps interviews.
Monteith, all day.
Tuesday
March 6
Four Winds Westward Ho
Summer Job Recruiter
(Orcas Is., WA). Outside
the Bookstore, 11 :00 am.
Wednesday
March 7
Men's Tennis vs. Pacific.
Tennis Courts-, 3:30 pm. Thursday
March 8
Oregon Zoo Job Recruiter.
Outside the Bookstore,
11:00 am.
Killing Game. Fir Acres
Theatre, 8:00 pm.
Friday
March 9
Northwest Invitational Band
Festival. Campus-wide,
8:00am.
Women's Tennis vs.
Evergreen State. Tennis
Courts, 3:30 pm.
Philosophy Colloquium:
Robert Almeder.
Miller 319, 4:30 pm.
Festival Wind Symphony.
Evans, 6:00 pm.
Killing Game. Fir Acres
Theatre, 8:00 pm.
Rollerball and 6 foot sloth.
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