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Volume 69, Number 23

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2005-04-01

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

called the
d they're oll
read what Tom
Hochstettler said
about YOU! p. 2
omg. 101
ked Mile AP!_._• 1.._7._ eoking and ent
in the library!
Survivor of Auschwitz
shares her experiences
by Lexie Briggs
Last ,,rfck Renee Firestom-­
came 10 l.ew1s & Clark 10 mark
cite 60'' anniversary .,r the libcr­
.,uon nf the Au.schwnz conccn-
1ra1ion camp and speak abou1
her experiences as a survivor of
the Hc,locaus1. The Jewish Stu­
dem Union, along w11h SAA6,
the lmerfaith Council. and the
History and Rehg,ous Studies
depanments, and sc,·ernl other campus organiz:tlions arraigned
for Firestone's , hree-day ,ss11.
During her vislc, she led a dis­
cussion at a show111g of T/1c Last
Days, an Acaclem)' award-win­
ning show 1hn1 features her siory,
spoke in Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
and ,isiced several classes.
Firestone was l 9 when she
was tmpnsoned in Auschw11z for
13 momhs. Since then she has
worked toward educa11ng people
about the persistent probkms of mtole-rnnce
"I thought World War II would
be the last war of genocide: Fire­
stone s.Jid during her speech.
·rwemy )'Cars lacer, I found my­
self in Washington, pleading for
the lives of the Cambodian chil­
dren:
·we were hoping that wiLh 1he
1wenue1h century, the violence
would diminish. Then there came
an mrnck on the hcan of Amcri-
SEE "SURVIVOR,- PAGE 2
PHOTOBYA£9ECCAGa.OSCHM01
Renee Firestone is a survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp. She is 79 years old. this is the lost issue of
volume 69, issue 23!
there is as
in the presi
Naked Mile runs
through library
by Rebecca Goldschmidt
Ah yes, rhe Nuked Mile­
haced by some. embraced hy
ochers, feared by all This years
Mile took place tliis past S1,n­
day, ironically coinciding wnh
Lhe prosp<:ctive smdent open
house weekend Runners gach­
erecl at the scaning line at the
Co,Op, got naked, and listened
10 a "naked mL~• 10 prepare for
their dauming cask.
Afcer a naked scretch and a
bit of body painting,, the group
of 18-odd (no pun irncndccl)
bt>clies srnned cheir run towards
Templeton, accompanied by ,1
single naked biker. They bolted
chrough the halls of the studem
cencer, making rounds through
each of the computer lobs. and
continued on t<> the library.
There chey were joined by Kace
Hilburger ('07), who jumped
tit I he chance 10 be naked Jncl
stnpped m the middle of the li­
brmy to run ""'h the others.
After umncenuonally clis­
rnpting all work bcmg done at
the library, the nude group chen
continued on 1owards Cope•
land, celcbracing their bareness.
Brian I loberg ('08). one of cite
four boys 1l1a1 panicipaccd chis
year, said the run was "libcm­
ing. 1.0 say the le'ISt • and chat
"there [was] no hiding, no wor­
nes. JUSL uh1malt freedo1n."
He added 1ha1 most people he
encountered didn'L wmn to run because they chought that people
would look at them runny after­
wards. He responded "'F*** that.
I am me and nothings going tn
change that.•
Brian also stated that he "espe­
cially liked clie people who didn't
,vnm to stare but couldn't look
away!"
Dam Yates ('07) cons,dered
che rui, a protest against soc,-
"Naked Mile cel­
ebrares our bodies."
-Dani Yates
ecal norms. "In a society that
condemns being naked as a sin,
m which (',encsLs tells us that
our bodies are something 10 be
ashamed or and must be covered
up with fig leaves, Naked Mile
celebrates our b,,dies as beauti­
ful crcacions and someching to
be proud or in whatever shape
orfonn."
The Naked Mile hns been a
Lewis, & Clark tradition for the
past s,x yea,s.11 started as a fond­
raiser 10 make money for smdems
arrested at a pro1est and has since
become an annual 1rnd1uon. If
you arc Interested In running the
Naked Mill' next year, be sure
nm 10 contact che cross councry
coaches because I hey are not ar­
filiatecl. And no running experi­
ence is required. --B-lP-io-n-ee-r~----News--------
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J.R. Howard Hall will be dedicated during the Lewis &
Clark Earth Day celebration today.
by Craig Beebe
By Monday morn,ng, the
prepam1 ,ons were drarly m the
works. Tables were moved m.
chairs stacked. And on Tuesday a
.ponrau of former Lewis & dork
rrr..•sidcnt John J-lowm-d ,tppc:ucd
al the base of the grand staircase.
more evidence of the evems to
c:ome.
Tbc LC comnumicy will cel­
ebrate the orficial dcdicalion or
Howard Hall today in a ➔:30pm
ceremony featunng lours, lire
knife perfonnances, and an ap•
pearance by the building's name­
sake. former LC Presidem John
Howard.
The dedication 1s pan or "
brger E:mh Day celebration by
the College, 1Vhich will also m•
elude Lhe signing or Lhe TJ1lloires
Declarn1lon or ln1erna1ional Sus­
rnmability. LC is the first college
in Oregon lo sign the documem.
wh,ch establishes a commitment
to sus1amable practices college­
wide through facdn,es. educa­
tion, and community hwolvc.~
ment. Oregon $e('rttaf)' of Staie
Bill Bradbury will be on hand for
1ha1 C\'ent.
Since ILS mcepnon, design,
and opening. Howard I lall has
been w1dcli praised ror its green
design, ns well ,s iLS rnnov:mons
m classroom and office arrnngc­
mem. Rep'3cmg 1he old porwblc
buildings torn down in 2003. the
hall is o vasLly improved location for faculty orfices ,md learning
settings The process included
a number or smdem groups and
classes. along with s1gniticam m•
pui from facuhy and swrr
The hall w,s also the first m
LCs h1sLory to include a specific
budsri for :m, wJJich rcsult~d
m 1he presence of a number of
pennanem works by local arust
Mark SmiLh, alo,1g wuh a variety
of other rotating installa1ions.
Today, after a semester or use,
Howard Hall is beginning Lo feel
"nonnaL" Students st ream In and
out or its doors, si1 and talk on
iLS steps, and ga1hcr around the
television to wmch everything
from 1mponam breaking news
on CNN lo music videos on BET.
Professors ore gming used 10 us
iechnolog1cal quirks. and adap1-
ing 1hc spaces LO their specific
needs.
Friday's dedica1lon will begin
at 3:30pm. with Lhe signing or
the Talloires Declaration, fol­
lowed by music from 1he LC Jazz
Band The official decl1cauon
wlll iake place m 4:00, presided
over by Dean Ha1Ty Schlccr. Fi­
nally. 1wo ijrc knife shows will
be perfomted by members of 1he
Hawail Club, SI 5:25pm and 5
45pnt.
In an e-mail LO the campus
con1mumty, !'resident Hochstct­
tler showed excitement about the
clcd1cauon. "The day promises 10
be a nch cdebrauon of our past.
prcse111, and future,-he wrote.
Phi Beta Kappa in­
ducts 37 members
by Abi Kurfman
Phi Bern Kappa (PBK) is a re­
nowned national honor society
1ha1 has ex1sied since 1776, and
las, Thursday, April l5 37 Lew,s
& Clark students were 111ducted.
30 of the 37 indUCLl'CS were se­
niors, all carefully selec1ed arter
faculty members made nominn-­
tions.
A studem docs not join PBK
merely because he or she has a
high GPA. The student must also
show a commitment lO learning
of all kinds. not JUSI within his
or her maior. PBKs cmch phrase
,s 1ne love or knowledge. the
guide 10 life." and 1he organiza-
1ion prides itself on honoring lire­
Lime learners. Many of these pre,1ously in­
ducted life-1Jme learners are now
professors. The Lewis &t Clark
undergraduate college has 29 fac­
uhy members who were inducted
imo PBK at their alma maLers.
Each year, 1hese facuhy members
cJecL honorary board members 10
serve as Presidcm. \r,cc-Prcsidem,
Secretary-Treasurer and Historian
•phi Be1a Kappa is explicitly
devoied to Lhe life or Lhe mind,"
said professor of Mis1ory and cur­
rent PBK VP Andrew Bernstein.
"Joining Ph, lleta Kappa indicates
one's dedicauon LO a life of learn­
ing."
n,e LC chapLer o[ PBK is the
Gamma chapter, 1hird to join in
Oregon af1er University or Oregon
and Reed College.
2 the Pioneer Log, April 22. 2005 Graduates pledge
commitment to
sustainability
by Sierra Jenkins
This May, Lewis & Clnrk
College scnion; will have a
ehnnce w show their t ru~ C<>l•
ors by sporting a buL1011 on
1helr graclualion gowns mdi­
c<111ng ,heir plc(jge ro consider
susi.ainab1l1ty m tlteir endeav­
ors beyond college. Semors
musL $ign the pledge before
gr:aduruion in _an official book
so the}' can rea:ive theJr bm­
tons. which will be malled next
week.
"Th( g<Mf ts ta rm:,e ,tW.1N;­
ness abouL environmental and
social sus1ninab,ULy. Al LC. we
real!)' pride ourselves 011 1his
and l11,s ts raking 11 1mo rhe
future fhlO the jobs peo1)le do."
s:nd Mc,-Ym Sh,m, with the Of­
fice or Studem Leadershlp and
Service.
Organi.ze<S hope that the
pledge itself will become a sus•
tainable tradition.
Envimnmemal Studtes ma"
Jor Liz Fehrenbach ('05) planL­
ed the seed for tJ)is project,
proving students' ability to ap­
ply Lheir ac.:adem1c knqwledge
LO pmcuo.11 endeavors For her
Environmental Studies thesis,
Fehrenb3ch evaluated LO
campus sUS1ain:1bility based
on 52 indicmors. She drew her
conclusions by looking at simi"
lar studies from other eollcges.
'I found. a 101 of 1he 11me, one or the indicators (of n
schools emironmcm~l SUS•
tninabfllly) was whether Lhr)'
had a W-d}' for smdenLS to
rommit to suscainab1lit)' wbcn
the) graduate." Fehrenbach
said ii was this md,cator
tltaL prompted h~r 10 I/ring
1he idea of Lhc buttons before
Lbe Sustainabiluy Council
11,e Council w:JS enthus!asuc
about the project nod tramed
up wilh the Office ol Sm­
dent Leadership and Sef\•tce
so scudenLS could have the
d11mc< 10 grv,, their pledges
by graduation tlus ,l)nng.
HumbolclL State Univers11,y 111
,.alifom1a was the firs, 10 of­
lcr such tt pledge nnd sumlar
programs ore now m place m
over-a hundred schools across
the coumry.
·J think It~ Just a very
simple way for people LO ex­
press their suppon. I think 1be
idea fort.he fuL11re will be that
people keep sustainability aJ
the back of Lheir mind$; Feh­
renbach said.
Supponers or the sustain­
abil11y pledge will be tabling
on Eanh Day-and seniors can
drop by the Student Leader­
ship Office ln the basemem
of Temple1on nt ~ny time 10
sign their plec\ge. Questions
abouL the projeCT should
be $e-lll LO Mei-Yfn Shui al
shui@ldark.edu.
Survivor: 60 years
later, stories touch
hearts of listeners
CONTIIIUED FR.OM PAGE 1
ca." Firestone said.
Sixty years after her imprison­
ment, Lhe tales of her experiences
Louchcd students who heard her
speak.
"'It was very hean wrench ..
ing and Louchlng." Dawson Law
('07) said. ·1 have alwars been in• go111g 1hrough ,hese thmgs ,odai:
and having someone tell Lhcir sto­
ry today really personalizes it.'
Some stude111s were surprised
by her speech. "it ,..,,s really
interesting because she was so
hopeful about it." Shannon Brady
('06) said. "She didn"t spend the
enlire 1ime ralking abou1 Lhe hor-
rors of Aus-
"These are real people with real
experiences and reaJ emotions."
-Dawson Law chwilZ ...
In addi­
tion 10 her
experiences
at. the con­
ccnt nnion
camp, Fires- trigued by World War 11 and her
speech brought home the poioL
thaL its nm just people ,n histOf)'
books and on TV These are real
people wh h re.ii expenences and
rc:al cmOLlons."
"I thought iL was really impor­
tant to have her speak six1y years
later so tha1 we could put faces LO
1he numbers and ha,•e a personal
1ouch 10 the mrocl1ies," Corinne
Snooks ("07) saicl. "We arc still tone spoke about her family his­
tory, the history or the conflic1,
Md what has happened to her
artef\vards.
"So many stories are 1old about
Auschwllz that we don\ really
gN to see what happened later,"
Brady said.
•The speech was mesmer­
izing," Law smd. "Shes p.in or a
genera1ion that is truly dying off_" , Forum
Pioneer Log reporters
break the law -and like it
by Stephanie Beechem
In defense of breaking
and entering, hanging
out in the library, hiding
from Campus Safety and
then writing about it.
My earrings were making too
much noise-that's how quiet
it was. My fingers trembled. L
could feel, acutely. every single
point where my body touched
the 0oor-clbows and knees and
chin-because I was practically
laying on it, there in the dark.
My nerves tingled, ,ny hean
surged. TIil)' hairs bristled on the
back of my neck.
It's 1:00am in Waaek Library.
On Sunday. And we've been
sighted. Ln the two minutes It
t3kes us to get 11110 this hiding
place, I've devolved lmo pure
nerve jelly.
Amazing what tl1e body can
do in sltual ions of extreme suess.
It sharpens. Our shallow breath­
ing fills my ears. We haven't been
there for five minutes before the
6.rs1 officer strolls through the
room. I watch him disbeliev•
ingly. as if this situa11on is a sole
manirestation 0£ my overaCLiVC
brain. liis pace is excruc,mmgly ,....,\\_ .. ~_ ~% tttE
slow, and he pauses every few
seconds to glance down the aisles
of books. From the depths of
And by
ered. Suddenly my com­
panion puts his finger 10 his
lips and motions to get down
again; a second officer has ap­
peared over Ill)' right shoulder.
We crouch down. the rustle of
my jacket sounds disproponion­
ately loud. My hean leaps in my
chest, and I think, How romanticl
How glamorous! for one precise
moment before 1be sentimem is
trumped by ourcight terror,
The second officer does an any moves.
I think, if another of­
ficer swee.p< this room my
hearl will JafL My heart~ out of
s!,ape as it i.s. And tl1en noth•
ing.
No one comes.
My fellow outlaw gets down
from our spot and surveys the I dose my eyes. Somehow it's
easier 10 convince my body that
we won\ be seen this way, We're
in plain view just above their
heads. slma,ed on a ledge just
out of the ordinary line of sight.
lf any of them would think to
glance towards tbe ceiling. we'd
be done for. My companion
says, In hide and go sah, no one
ever looks up. -----------------------
I think, suddenly, irrationally, of being
hauled out of che library on my knees. I
picture myself yelling at them: I'm a terri­
bly good student, I went to private school.
Eleven years of good Catholic educa.cion,
sir! I'm no deviant! top noor, ex·
plaining that of.
ficers are outside
combing through
the bushes with
0ashlights. 1 think, sud·
denly, irratio­
nally, of being
hauled out of
1he library on
my knees. I
picture my­
self yeUing at
them: I'm a
ruribly good
s11<de111, I -----------------------Minutes later,
convinced the
coast is clear, we
barrel down 1 he
stairs, dimb over
the gates, and
rush 0.11 1 he side
went ro 11rlvatc
scnool. El,ven years of !;"'"1 Catho­
lic education, sir! I'm no devlanU
My fellow Pioneer Log outlaw
grasps my elbow, and we wait
it out. the first officer le3ves.
My over•sensitizcd ears pick up
voices downstairs; they're talk•
Ing 10 each other on their damn
walkie talkies. After laying there
prostrate for a good fifteen min•
utes more, we sit up, collecl our­
selves-my body slill on pins and
needles, over-sensitized, both• even slower sweSP. of the room. I . . door. mlo the
can hear the languorous swisb of open air:
his black athlelic pants, He stops Oh, be still, my tcmpestu•
walking for • moment, some• ous heart!
where out of the.line of my vision I-low terrible, I thought, how
and my throat constricts. • wonclerfu!J-two deviant intel·
He sees us, 1 think. We've blln lectuals cascading out of those
owtd. I squeeze my eyes shut, side doors. elbows bumping
clench my hands. the hairs on together, umouched, unseen,
my foreann stand up. And lhen The exuberant promise of the
he stans walking agam. rnoment. the thrill of the for•
This ume we lie there for 3 bidden. 1 saw the luck and
good h.\lf-hour before we make luxury of that hour.
Editorial Board
Gender-neutral housing should be
open to campus for t.t;ial u \
Unisex's long awaited proj­
ect will finall)' be implemented
next )'ear. "Gender,neuual" (not
blind!) housing WJII hit campus in
the fall and hopefully will do so
smoothly and without much op• the ,dca that the college ,snot
turning their back 10 sexual•
ity and gender; rather, 1he)' are
acknowledgmg a diverse student
body and working toward accom•
modating everybody's needs.
LC decided it would be better co open up
gender-neutral rooms in various dorms.
_This allows gender-neutral sn1dencs to
participate in existing theme floors across
campus and avoids segregating students
who choose this living option.
position. The Editorial Board is composed of the Forum Editor,
one or two editors-n-cheif and an assortment of staff
writers. This week, the editorial is dedicated to PBS.
Keep on Truck'n.
considered for the ltvmg option
are reviewed.
Perhaps that's because Lewis
& Clark has decided to structure
our gender•neutral option differ•
ently from other colleges. While
the task force in charge of deve.l•
oping the program looked at the
structure of gender-blind housing
at Wesleyan, Brown. Swarthmore
and Haverford. they ultimately decided 10 cre~te their own
policy.
Where other colleges have
implemented lhe gender-blind
housmg option as a theme
lloor, LC dec!cled it would be
better 10 open up gender-neu­
tral rooms in various dorms.
this allows gender-neutral stu­
dents to paniclpate in existing
SEE 'RESUFI: TOACCOMODAlE .. .' PAGE 4 Fi htin Hamster
Pope:
a bad
choice
for all
On Tuesday, whtte
smoke e_merged, nn•
nouncing a new
leader for the
worlds 1.1 billion
Catholics. the larg·
est sect of the largest
religion m 1hc world. Car­
dinal Joseph R.\tzinger chose
the name Benedict XVI. Tens
of thousands of well-wishers
cheered at the annouoce­
mem, but with reservation.
Whal does Ratzinger's selec­
tion signal from the Catholic
Church?
Pope John Paul II has left
quite a legacy 10 live up to.
Seen as a progressive outsid­
er when he was nomlnated
in 1978, John Paul II was
the first non-ltalian pope m
Raczinger is
strongly against
homosexuaIS:- ----
secularism, moral
relativism, abor-
aon, contracep-
tion, feminism,
married priests,
female priests, sex-
ual promiscuity,
and euthanasia.
over 500 years, and was !he
first from Poland. An-ardent
opponent of Communism,
John Paul II stood up for the
worlds poor and did not let
capitalism go blameless for
the inequalit)' 1t caused. A
fom1er actor, John Paul II
was a popular Pope who was
good in front of television
cameras. He visited over
l 00 countries and was well
loved by 1he Third World.
Many thought he would lead
1he Church into a more pro­
gressive era.
But after several assassina•
tion attempts and tbe fall of
1he Berlin Wall, the visioo
of Pope John Pau I ll took an
abrupt tum. Once down•
playing his views on social
issues, he called upon C,uh­
olics 10 embrace a "culture of
life." He was especially hard
on poht ic.ians, warning them
that it was unacceptable to
be pro•cho1ce, even if they
were personally opposed
SEE 'CAlllOUC CHURCH .. .' PAGE 4 The task force involved in
nnplementing this poUcy, Reslife
and Unisex, all agreed to term our
version of ·gender-blind" hous­
ing as ·gendcr,ncutral" hous­
ing. This decision was based on Other schools have had 10
overcome disagreements with the
alumnus and students' parents
when their policies were enactetl
So far, there seems to be no llack
coming from either group as the
year ends and applications to be
the Pioneer Log, April 22, 2005 J Reslife to accomo­
date G LBT students
COIITll'/UEO FROM PAGE 3
Iheme lloors across campus
and 3\'0ids segrega1ing Stll:
dents who choose this hvmg
option
The program is open to
GLBT students and 1heu·
alhes ResUfc is allowing
students who'd hke to be
roommates with studentS
who have chosen 1his op1ion
10 panicipate too. StudcntS
may chose their roommate,
but the opuon is not de­
signed for co-habi1a1ion be­
tween couples of any sexu­
ality and ResLife warns 1ha1
studems who violate this
rule will be subject to disci•
plinary pr<>CA!edings.
The application process
consists of an interview
where ResUfe attempts to
place students with room•
mates who'd make an ,deal
match.
ResLife stresses that this
polic)' is open for all stu•
clcms, but 1hc policy doesn't
seem 10 apply 10 smdcotS
who happen 10 be of the op-posile sex and Just want 10 live
1<1ge1her A 1nily gender "neu-
1m1· campus would skip the ap•
plicauon process and allow stu­
dems to make a mature dec1s1on
as lO whom ,hey room wiLh.
We understand that the up­
plicatio11 pr<>CA!ss is designed 10
better accommodate students'
needs, and while stuclems aren't
required 10 reveal their sexu­
ality 10 Reslife, the interview
undermines a students abilit)' 10
make responsible cho,res. We
are adults, after all, and have
been given enough au1onomy
to live on our own. Why are
we lintited in which gender we
live with?
What is the difference be­
tween the dorms and the apart­
ments-which already have a
ge11der-neutml policy imple­
mented?
We suggest that Reslife open
the pollcy up to all studcntS, at
least for a trial run. From there,
as with a11y program, ResUfe
can make adjustments to better
fit the campus' needs
Catholic church
• goes conservative
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3
to abonion.. This lack
of transparency 111 the
church hierarchy helped
lead to the abuse scandals
that rocked the Ca1holic
Church in America.
Be.nedic1 XVI, howe1•er,
is everrthing bad about
John Paul II, and none of
the good.
His nomination 1s a
slap m the face to Third
World nations who
thought ii was their tum
10 have a pope who repre­
sen1ed them, Almost 2/3
of Cmholics worldwide,
Catholics make up less
than 1/3 of the College
of Cardinals that chooses
the Pope.
Instead, another Euro•
ccmric priest who has not
been involved in running
a diocese in twenty )•ears
will replace a pope that
many Third Worlders
saw as one of their own,
Rather 1ban rallying for
economic and social jus­
tice like lus predecessor,
Ratzmger de1es1ed libera-
1ion theology, denouncing
policies that called for lift­
ing the poor up from des•
,itution as .. MarxisL ...
But perhaps even worse
are Benedicts stances on
social issues. Appointed
chief of doctrinal issues
b)' John Paul LI in l 981,
he was behmcl the Pope's
harsh rhetoric on social issues, :md often wanted the
Pope to go farther on these
1ssues.
Ratzmger was one of the
firs1 cardinals lo say tbat pro­
choice polilicians should not
1ake Communion. Unlike
John Paul II, who worked
hard 10 embrnce other
faiths, Ra1zinger authored
1hc cOtlln)versial ·oommus
Jesus· doctrine assertir1g Ro­
man Catholicism above aU
other rehgions. Ratzmger is
strongly against homosexu•
als, secuhrism, moral rehtiv­
ism, abortion, contraception,
feminism, married priests,
female pricstS, sexual pro­
miscuity, and euthanasia,
Ratzinger is a bad choice
for the new Pope. His Euro­
pean background and repu­
diation of liberatfon theology
wil I make it harder 10 find
support in the Third World.
His harsh stances on social
issues wil I make it harder 10
keep the faithful in I he First
World. Pope Benedict XVI
will be hard pressed 10 keep
his promise of bringing 10-
gethcr a 1>olarized church.
The fighting hamster
reserves the right to kick
the Pope's ass.
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by Sierra Jenkins
Lewis & Clark College is often
charactenzed as ·eco•conscious•
or ·environmentally minded.' At
tlie same time, people often talk
abom how this is one of the "least
religious• campuses in the nation.
Anyone who goes here know that
It Is much more complicated
than that and that LC students'
awmdes toward sp,rltuality and
roward the envu'Onmem mtersecL
In diverse ways.
Earth-based spiritualities
Jeremy Innis, a senior music
major. is al tl1c conrluence of
two c,wironmemally• and spi ri•
wally•orlented student groups:
the Pagan discussion group and
the free-university Deep Ecology
group. The pantheistic pagan be·
lief system has been described as
•nanire-based:" for the way that it
sees the divine in 1llmire and re•
veres the natural world.
"I think what both groups
share is a love of being outdoors,
close 10 the eanh and apprecia1-
ing its beauty," I 11nis said. He said
both groups attract " variety of
people.
"What I see on this campus is a
huge number of people interested
In spirituality on an mdividual
level ln that sense. Lewis &
Clark is a very spiritual campus,
becaµsr we have so much interest and energy going into that area."
Innis said.
In canh spimualit1es like p:1•
ganism, there is an mherem ques•
tioning of society-which most
LC students do academically if
not spiritually.
These lead 10 seeing limits on
and price of: industrial develop•
ment, relying on science or rca•
son alone without having il sense
or morality wtth thal and sepaml•
mg ourselves from the eaJ'th phys•
,cally. mentally and emouonally.
Innis said.
He has seen disparate ideas
on campus. often through cam•
pus groups, that indicaie an
eanh•ccmcred worldview and
w:iy of hfc. The sense that canh
is a blessed place, rather than a damned one due 10 some son of
original sin, the feeling 1ha1 hu­
manity is a pan of the eanh, not
alien to it and the nouon of God/
divimty as panthc,suc and that
this world is God are just a few.
He s.iid these beliefs mesh
well with ecology, which sees In·
terconnected webs of life. Deep
Ecology is a fair!)• recent move•
mem of a number of ~ientists,
academics and environmentalists
who believe we must first change
our ideas m order to shape mans
treatment of Lhc enV1ron,mem.
·Deep ecologists s.iy, 'We've
messed things up that we need to
worry about. The solution is we
need 10 see the world differently.
Change(ingloursclves is tbe first
step," Innis said. "Most people
are antbrocentcic. Deep ecology
is ccocennic."
'"fie said the. ideas 11re very ap•
pealing to many people in this
day and age.
"There is so much indiv1dual­
lty in dominant culmre, both eco•
nomlcally and religiously. tha1 11 Is
liberating (to sec yoursel0 as pan
of the larger whole." Innis said.
"The mdivldual Is both freed from
the society and group they see
themselves a pan of and comes to
understanding that they arc pan
of a larger group on eanh."
Ahhough Deep Ecology is on
the more radical side of environ-mental spirituality, a love for na•
ture fits imo most belief s~ems
and religions.
"'This world we have Is a gift
from God.' a Christian would say,
so we need to protect 11. cherish
It and everi ~nd God in 11," In­
nis said. There are a number of
Christian envlronment:tl groups
In the US. They come from a long
tradition of nature and spiritual•
ily.
"Religio,ts people and myslics
of all falLhs have gone into the
wilds to search for Goel. We need
this wlidness." Innis said.
Environmental Activism
Students Engaged m Eco•
Defense (SEED) is defined by
its belief In proteCling the Cll·
,rironment. bm the extent 1ha1
members' involvement is spiri­
tu:11 varies drastically. There are
those who very nmcn reel their
spirituality 10 be lmponam in
their work: there arc others who
simply do not give it thought, or
think Lhat it is even distracting
from the matter at hand.
"Nature is not the place that
I find my spirituality." said Liz
Fehrenbach ('05), an Environ•
mental Studies major and one of
the SEED coordinators. "I'm nm
so much of like a wilderness ac•
tivlst. 1 haven\ worked 100 much
on workmg to preserve spaces
umoucl1ed by humans.· The issue of whether to protect
lands umouched or to use them
in a controlled wa)' is or constan1
debate among activists. and Feh•
renbach said that it gets them
m trouble in terms of reaching
populauons that don\ thmk wtl­
derness has an mnme value.
What she personally finds
n1osl fascinating is not 1he pris•
Line ,vilderness, but the places
where humans and nature: intL~r­
act.
"I understand thal human
communities exist In an ecologi­
cal context In a larger ecological
world and my acu"fsm and Inter•
es, is in mediating that interac•
tion," Fehrenbach said.
·1 find my spmtuality in renl­
ity. ·1nat sounds so New Age but
I see tl1is Goel or a greater be.ing
in human imerac:tion and l see
it In creauon 100. ou could say
preserving that or sUStaining that
or alleviating that between people
and the environment embodies
my complete spirituality. . .l've
never thought about it that way,
but you could say that all of my
ac11vism is a spiritual endeavor.'"
she added.
Fehrenbach said that without
a doubt spirit!lnlity Is lmponam
in enviromne.ntal activism
•vou lose steam if you doni
understand why you care." she
SEE 'SPtRJTUALllY.' PAGE 7
Sparse options remain for summer jobs in POX
by Leandra Bernstein
With fuial exams occupying
most students' plans for tl1e near
future, a number or Lewis &
Clark College undergrads have
pm their search for a summer JOb
on the back burner. One stressed•
om junior who \VIshes LO remain
anonymous said, "I have 10 fu1d
a pbce LO live for the summer.
I'm taking my last final twelve
hours before I get kicked out of
• the dom1 Then I have to get on
Craig's List to look for a job. I n:•
ally don'1 want 10 wind up back at
Starbucks this summer."
Admiueclly. these are not the
most favorable conditions to be
searching for summer employ­
ment. According to Career Ad·
visor Adonica DeVault, the best
time to begin searching for sum•
mer emplormem is right after
returning from Winter Break. For
those who have found themselves
m the less ideal situation and are just starting their job search,
DeVault warns. •The economy in
Ponfand is sluggish. There ls In­
creased competluon for jobs and
because there are lots of colleges
in the area, positions get absorbed
fairl>• quickly."
De Vault ,ind other career advl•
sors workmg in the LC Office of
Career Advising located in Albany
Quadrangle urge students 10 be­
gin contemplating future career
goals. S1udents should also con•
sider summer jobs that ,viii give
them experiences that will com•
plimc.nt their future ambitions.
"My goal as a career advisor is 10
help students think long•tenn."
said DeVaulL
As students currently grapple
,v11h the prospects of a limited job
market, they must also co mend
with the fact that, as application
1in1e decreases and other colleges
get out for the summer, they are
less likely to find the kinds of
positions th.1t will give tlwm the opponunfty to integrate their aca­
demics Into a paid posltion,
Always considering the future.
De Vault suggests that students in•
terestcd In a career dealing with
environmental issues, for ex•
ample. might L'Onsider a summer
Job working in a nauonal park.
Students pursmng biology, chem•
istl)\ or health may find a position
in a local clinic or hospual 10 be a great expe_nence if you make it
that. You can always extend above
and beyond the skills required for
1he job."
De Vault emphasizes I hat stu•
dents in the job market should
be. "always asking questions:
'What's going 10 be the best fit [or
me?'" Employers look ror indl\,jd­
uals who w\11 personally benefit
from the position they're applying
----------------- for. In a mutually
"Any experience is a great ex­
perience ... " -Adonica DeVaulr beneficial work
e.nviron.ment. em•
ployers recognize
that their employ•
the greatest benefit.
"Summer employment Is re•
ally criticnl for the Junior and the
sophomt,rc so the)' can be com•
peuuve (in the job 01arke1 I when
they graduate." said DeVaulL
This, however, docs nOL rnean
1lrnt all is lost if students can only
find jobs folding burritos or wait•
ingtablcs. De Vault hopes students
keep in mind, • Any experience is ees are most likely LO work loyalli•
and work hard.
Students arc also encouraged
not to be put off by corporate or
government positions. "The skills
learned in these posiuons can be
translated later Imo work thm
goes along with your "alues," said
OeVauh.
Generally. the first step in find•
Ing employment is having a solid. working resume. Some find it dir·
ficult to reflect on tlteir past work
experience and accomplishments.
·we tend 10 take I past expcn­
encesl for granted. Its imponam
to ask oursel"es: how do we com•
municatc, how do we deal wuh
others. how do we promote our
ideas, motivate others, or man•
age conOict?." said Devault. The
Office of Career 1\d,,jsing offers
services 10 help students put
wgctbcr a resume. Career Peer
AdVlsors and Career Advisors
have available hours to meet ,vith
students and the Career Ad,osrng
website has sample resumes.
John Ariollo ('07) is conn•
dent in his resume, which he
has submiucd LO a number of
potential employers since return•
Ing from Winter Break "lots of
employers ask about leadership
expenence,"sa,d Arlotto. "So on
my resume. I don't say I worked
as the manager of a Taco Bell: I
was a Taco Ombudsman:
the Pioneer Log, April 22. 2005 5 ----Features---­
Presidential progeny tell all
by Lizzie Acker
If you wcnL LO Sunburn a
couple weeks ago you probably
saw the gang of nearly pubes­
cent skatel>oardcrs in KLC shirts
who were hanging around all af­
ternoon. As a ticket seller/hand
stamper guarding the door be-­
tween 2:00 and 4:00pm, I was
given specific msuuctions about
the strangely incongruous nuddlc
schoolers. "Oh," s.1id the person I
was relieving, "tluus Tom Hoch­
stettlers son Ben and his friends.
They can preny much do what­
ever they w:int."
Needless 10 sa)', lll)' !merest
was piqued. My dad used 10 work
a, Oregon Stale Univers11y but
the only benefit I ever s.1w was
his kftovcr file folders and an
unwanted chaperone on forest-
PHOTOCCUllESV THE CHRONKU
Will, Tom, Marcia, Taylor
and Ben Hochstettler with
the family dog.
related field trips. But my dnd was
only an ass1stam professor Imag­
ine, I thought, if my dad had been
the President!
It didn'L take me long lo realize
)'Oung Ben had no limits in Tem• pleton. What started with free
t-shirts from KLC for him and
all of his awkwardly-emering­
their-teens fnends quickly turned
into free Ice cream cones from the
Bon. At this point, I stepped in.
"Hey," I said to the boys, •can I
have your autograph?'
At first Ben was reluctant. Af.
ter all, he is a celebnty, but my
cajoling persuaded him 10 sign
my Sunburn poster aod soon we
were practically best friends. Not
only did he steal me a delicious
vanilla ice cream cone from the
Bon (which he should NOT get
m trouble for), buL he ";llingl)'
responded LO my suggestion and
wrote "I'm Tom Hochsteulers
Son• on the back of his Sunburn
shin,
Arter meeting Ben. I needed
to know more of the Hochstet­
tkr progeny. So, because I am a
reponcr with serious credibility,
Tom Hochstmler ga"e me his son
\Viii\; email address, h turns out
Will is 20 years old and stayed
1n Germany when his family re­
located to Portland. While Ben.
the youngest Hochstetdcr, is uuo
skateboarding and bemg .IJ. Will
seems 10 be following his father in
his studies. Will speaks three lan­
guages: English, German and 1~11-
in. HeS not sure wh:tt he wants to
do in the future, but hes leaning
towards politics or maybe law. Ln
the fall Will probably will auend
Rice UnivcrsiL)' 111 Houston, ·rex.
When asked about the positive
and negative effects of having a
presidential dad. Will points out
that he can get free tuition al vari­
ous colleges (positive) but some
Limes. at least in some social cir-cles 111 Ponland, h,s name is 100
recognizable. But while he doesn't
hove the san1e urge 10 be known
that Ben does, be does seem to
appreciate the most impor1anl
aspecL of tbe life of a presiclem's
son· the In-house skate park.
"M)' youngest brother enjoys
skateboarding and due 10 ,h.e fact
that the basement i.s basically on
large concrete room, he has put
ln a few extras He has ramps
and bars where he can grind. I
wouldn't quite call it a full-blown
park, but it sure must seem like
1>aradise to a twelve year old skm­
(r," s.1.id Will via e-mail.
The LC Alumm Magazine,
The Chromcle, commented on the
basement of the school-owned
Presidents mansion, saying,
"Thanks to the ingenuity of Je[f
Becker, propeny manager, and
Kun Arnistrong, events prepara­
tion supervisor, Ben now enjoys
a S<'L of skateboard ramps in Lhe
basement of the Cooley Mouse."
Apparemly. the benefits to
having such an 1mponan1 foLher
just keep corning.
Presidem Hochstcttler and his
\\;fe, Marcia. have one other soo.
17 year-old Taylor, who I was un­
able to contac't. I can only imag­
ine the rewards he receives from
his fathers fame Bue as a junior
at Lake Oswego High School who
ls, according to The Oironicle,
imerested in soccer. computers
and instant messaging, I would
bet hes pretty popular w11h the
ladies. After all he lives in a man­
sion with a skate park in the
basement, And I bet hes even
tough enough 10 beat up Michael
Mooney.
Q & A on Overseas programs
by Sierra Jenkins
Sometimes students corning
back from studying abroad have
more quesLions about Lewis &
Clark\; Overseas depan nient
than Lh.e starry.eyed sopho­
mM:s turning in applications.
Having glimpsed the depan­
mcms workmgs rrom the inside
on a trip 10 Cuba In Spring '0'1,
I recemly sat down with Larry
Meyers, Director or Overseas
and Off-campus programs, to
dist."USS 0. rew of rt.llrrned SIU·
dents' common queries,
Why do I have to pay the
same for my program in the
developing world as ~tud4'nts
pay for programs in Europe
and New York? Shouldn't it be
a lot cheaper?
"The philosophy ts th.at this
is a depanmem and so as a de­
panmcnt, any student who Is
qualified can paniopacc in 1he
program." Meyers said. When
you are abroad, you are still at-
1e_nding LC. II die pricJng. were
cliffcrent for various programs,
certain programs would become
exclusive mther I han 111clus1ve.
Many swdents feel It IS unfa1 r
that the mont.y they pay may be
going to suppon other students·
studies abro.,d. Meyers pointed
out thlll, in the same way. SW· dents who are pa}•ng foll rumon
subsidize Students rece1vmg fi.
nancial aid and those in depan­
mems with lower overhead sub­
sidize more expensive disciplines,
·vou don, hear any<me saying rm
a bistory major and I d(m'l want
to subsidi;:c the sciences; Mey­
ers said
Also, students may be sur­
pnsed which programs are mos,
·e,qiens1ve-Eas1 Africa and .Aus­
tralia-on account of their exten­
sive Geld study component and a
30 percent ta., levied by the Aus­
tralian governmenL New York
ls usu:!lly more expellSi\'e than
London. Exchange rates and U.S.
government policy affect prices
fTl')m ye..r to year.
What makes LC~ ov,:rseas
depanmcot unique?
the sheer number or students
who 110 3broad. At 63%. LC ls
1 r• in the nnrion for students
who go ov~rseas. Not that. many
schools h,vc suffioiem student
interest, commitment or funds
to fully suppon programs lor
only their own students. Meyers
calls the programs of mt1ny large
unive(Siues 'cash cow• programs,
Lhat rely on recruiung students
from other schools 10 make them
viable.
Also, ol all American smde.nts
who srudy abroad, 60'¥> go I<>
6 the Pioneer Log, April 22, 2005 three coumnes: England. France
and Italy. but at LC. 65% of stu•
dents who go ,broad go some­
where outside of the wtstern
world, whctherin Asia, Africa or
South America.
Why aren't students al­
lowed to go on multiple pro­
grams?
The Overseas depanmem
does 1101 baye a policy agamsL
students gomg on two programs.
Meyers estimates , hat about 7 to
9 srudents embark on a second
proginm each year. as many ns
15 if 1>ne includes tho.se in lan­
guage-intensive programs who
split a year abroad between two
toumrles The ukimate decision
lies with the progn,m leader.
Latin Ame11~11J1 history pro•
fessor ElhotL Young, who led .a
gronp ro Cuba, suppons people
going on multiple programs lf it
fit$ Into their academic program.
He baS<:d hls decision on who
had the most compelling cases
for going and would benefit
most from thA: program.
Profe,;sor Jon Fntzman, who
will lead the Lnd.ia trip ,n the
£all. said he had three cntenn
in assessmg students for Lhe
upcoming lndia program. leg,tl•
mnte academic interest, ability
LO work within a group and the
SEE 'OVERSEAS,' PAGE 7 Distracted
Insightful interactions with
everyday thoughts
by Craig Beebe
After a semester run,
Distracted reflects on
the future, the past and
what might have been
So, it's 1he end of the year.
That means iL i.s also I he end of
what l hope is only one semes­
ter of this Dis1rac1cd series of
columns, which ha"c dclim1ely
distracted me verr much from
domg 01 her, more ·necessary"
things, but In its own little way
has been a way of dealing "ith
them,
Bue it's not really the end of
the year, IS it? Unfortunately, as
you arc reading tlils, the dock
,s ticking down on the 11umber
or days, hours. even m111u1es
unul those papers are due, un­
til the moment you'll be siumg
down "1th that pleasam linle
blue book in from of you and
the soon-to-be cramp-causing An Incognito trip Imo the
Co-op, 10 de1ern11ne 1f veg,1n
browmes taste as good as regu•
lar~
More exciting trips imo tlte
greater Ponland area, SLtclt as a
visit to the Self-Cleaning House
in McMinnville and a search
for the coldest beer in town
(ostensibly avaiLsble at the Pen­
guin Pub in Sellwood).
And so, so much more.
We all knmv how difficult
it is 10 stay up with the goals
we make for ourselves at die
beginning of a semester. Bm
time passes nic length of
my hair today-as opposed
10 its length i11 the photo of
me displayed aL the beginning
to my column, taken over a
dozen weeks :1go-1.S ev1clence
enough of 1ba1.
BUL it has been a good se­
mester. anyway. In my first col-
pcncU in your band. ------------­
So enjoy these mo­
ments while you can,
The tough stuff isn't
over yet.
Then agam, ll will
be soon r.nough. So
maybe lt's nOI too early
to start thinking about
summer, and then
again about next year,
I know I am, As we emerge from
class chis May ... rhe
past fifteen weeks
For one d1ing, I
know that I didll't
cover nearly as many
thmgs as i'd hoped
,o cover 111 this space
during the semester.
I don't know what
happened-I guess
life does that ,o you.
But there were a lot 1>f have indeed affected
us deeply. We have
struggled over papers,
relationships, lives­
and we have probably
emerged a bit fa­
tigued, but certainly a
good deal further into
our adult lives.
things overlooked, a 101 of rocks
1101 ovenumed and a lot of av­
enues left to <."])lore.
I feel that I owe ll to you.
reader. 10 outline a few of these,
just for posterity's sake. So here
you are-the list of things I nev­
er gOl to write abom this year:
A full survey of the variety of
bathroom grafGti in mens bath­
rooms around campus, espe­
cially the remarkable poetry one
finds in I he small bathroom by
the elevators 111 the library;
A thorough examination or
the Trail Rooms choices of avail­
able food, including the recent
strange replacement of brown
rice for the wtaps with "Spanish
rice;" more properly known as
"orange rice;TJ
An t."J)lomtion of the feasi­
bility of a full ASL( President
campaign for Cunis Johnson\;
left testicle;
A call co action for cross­
word puzzlers to unite 111 their
efforts to solve the monstrously
difficult -rt,ursday, and Friday
if possible, puzzles m 1hc Nnv
Yori, Times; umn I said thaL I hese months
had the potential to be am<1ng
the most signifiernt of <Jur
young lives. Whtther that is
mtc may take a few years to
de1crm111e-pcrhaps we won,
know umil we're all m our fif.
ties. writing our memoi-rs nnd
pondering where the good
limes of our youth wem.
Still, I said in my first col­
umn that this semester migh1
change us in amaziog wars.
As we emerge from class this
May, whether we are returning
or not, the pnst fif,ecn weeks
have 1ndee.d affected us deeply.
We have sm,gglcd over pape,'S,
relationships, Uvcs--and we
have probabl)' emerged a bit
fatigued, but cenainly a good
deal funher into ou1 adult
hes.
Or so it seems. AL least until
one examines the-newes1 graf•
fiti ill the batllr()Oll'l.
Anyway, diank you LC for
another great year. Have a
safe summer, and hopefully
I'll catch your eyes wa1tdcring
next year. ----Features----
Spirituality: at LC thru Deep Ecology, outdoors
COITTINUEO FROM PAGE 5
said. A, many SEED mee,ings, the
conversauon takes on a spintual
Lone when members talk about
what drives their activism and
what keeps them going.
Although Fehrenbach. thought
for a time that Deep Ecology was
the way her thinking would go,
•1 haven"t fully allowed humans to become Just another species
on ,he planet.' she said. ·(Deep
Ecology! is so far from the main­
stream. Its so hard to break down
1 hose pre-conceptions.'
One influence on her spiritual­
ity and acti,~sm was being raised
Catholic.
"I'm no1 a rellgious person.
I'm a recovering Catholic. but
PHOt08YI.AOA£N \'ALONE
Nature is of prominent importance at LC as either some•
thing to interact with, something to protect or just some•
thing to hang out in, enjoying the sunshine. one thing that is left behind from
being a Cmholic is social Justicr
teachings," Fehrenbach said.
The scientific approach
Spuituallly doesn't casually en­
ter Environmental Studies classes
In the same way that it does SEED
meetings. Academic communl•
ties divide strongly between the­
ory and action. as well as 011 the
ideas that underpin conclusi<>ns.
Even if many majors are initially
drawn to lhe held because thq
mnaiely value Lhe envLronmem,
m the department, they learn 10
ground their conclus,ons m hard
evidence
"In stud)•ing environmental
studies, I started to look at the
world scltntifically and began to
see this universe that hadn\ been
explained in Catholicism. where
we were a small part of this big
whole ... Thc God that I imagined
crcaung mm system or workmg
through il didn't fit lhe God I
learned about In Catholicism:
Fehrenbach s.1id.
Mer spirituallty is not static,
and continues to change.
"In this 'atheistic' plate that
Trip promotes AIDS awareness
by Anna Rodgers
Nine students. including two
student leaders, went on an al­
ternative spring break trip and
worked with nine dilTercnl orga•
nizations that spread MIV/AI.DS
awareness in San Francisco. This
was the runth year that the Office
[or Student Leadership and Ser•
vice has sent a group o do service
work in 1he Bay Arca.
The paniclpams spcm all or
Saturda)'. March 19 driving down
to San Francisco, CahL They
slayccl in the Elements 11ospital
on Mission Street during tlicir
time in the cit)'. They spem Sun­
day reflecting on their mo,iva•
tions for going on the mp. aad
what they wanted to do while
there. They also wem to a concert
by the Soweto Gospel Choir, vis­
ited the Golden Gate Bridge and
ate dinner in Chinatown.
On Monday the work began.
Throughout tl,e week tl1e group
would help nine dilTerent organl•
zations in various ways. Because
Lewis &: Clark has been sending
studems to San Francisco for nine
years, they've ·established rela­
tionships with the otgan(zanon (sl
that we work with," said student
leader Mci-Yen Mui ('05). "We like
to see what's new. what's changed
and whats still the same.•
The first morning. the LC
students helped at Project In­
form, which works 10 spread
AIDS awareness. d1s1ribute flyers
for a bike ride fundrmser. In the
artemoon they talked with the
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (Al.RP).
AUU' is a group of lawyers that
works to solve AIDS patients' le­
gal problems.
The group r rom LC learned
about one or ALRP's missions lO
help illegal immigrants who come 10 the US 10 escape social and cul­
tural problems surrounding their
condition in their home country.
The students also spen1 tlie after­
noon cleaning al , he Hazel Betsey
Hou'?C, which provides housing
for HIV-positive women and their
children. The residents were so
thankful that they cooked dinner
fol' the team.
The next day the group helped
clean at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgcndcr (LGBT) cemer. They
also helped anis1s with HIV pre•
pare for an an show at the Visual
Aid center
At I.be Tenderloin AIDS Re-out free condoms and asked club­
bcrs to take a survey.
On the final day in the city, the
group tfl.'lpcct the' San Francisco
AIDS Foundation prepare for a
bike ride rrom San Francisco Lo
Los Angeles that It ,viii be spon•
soring as a funclraiser in June
Then tl1ey had rree time down­
to\vn and some time. to reflect
back on the enure mp.
•1 went on thtS 1np because I
thought it would be worthwltile."
said Teo.zing Yangdol ('07). ·1
like volunteering. and l relt thaL
this was a good opponunity to
work with LC students for a good
---------------- cause." She adds,
"Their bravery and determi-"To see the otber
girls. how inter­
ested and enthu­
siasuc they -.vere,
really inspired . . . . " nation was an 1nsp1rat1on.
-Kate Phillips
sources Center (TARC) the
group did odd Jobs around the
center. from Inputting data imo
1.he computers to organizing 1.he
rood storage room. TARC spreads
AIDS awareness. administers Cree
HJV tes,s and providesw many
other services to the Tenderloin
neighborhood m San FranCLSC0.
That evening the group served
a fancy dinner to ~UV-positive
men and women at a Friendship
Banqt1ct at SL. Paulus Lutheran
Church. They also enjoyed some
rree time in Haigh1-Ashbt1ry.
On Thursday morning the
group spem some time reflecting
on the week as It had progressed
They discussed their elfediveness
and goals while al me Palate of
the Fine Ans. n1en they went to
Glide Memorial Church to serve
food to the homeless. Arter•
wards. they went ,vith Ba)' Posi•
Lives to a popular gay nightdub
area, where the students passed me."
Kate Phillips ('08) ss1d. 'I
learned so mucl1 rrom my fe.llow
LC students and from all of the
people we worked ,vi1h. Their
bravery and detemlinntlon was
an inspiralion, I couldn't think
of a betler way to spend spring
break."
The groups enthusiasm did
not end when they returned to
school. They want 10 continue to
make a difTerenee at LC, plan111ng
to distribute condoms along with
infonnation abouL
safe sex. •There~ a
lot of condoms (on
the LC eampusl, buL
not the information
,vith them." said top
leader Liz Fehren­
bach ('05). The idea
Originated with the
students, and they've
already held meet­
ings 10 plan for the
-projecL is LC, we·re all stlll searching for
some belief S)•Slem." Fehrenbach
said "It's hard when you feel es•
tranged Crom this belie[ system
you once had. It's a loncl)' place."
Emsronmental Studies MaJor.
Anna Henry ('05) said that lhe
spiritual aspect or the environ­
ment is usually treated early on
In her classes as one school of
thought on the topic, before mov­
ing on to ecological or more prag­
mauc urguments for preserv:uion,
conservation ,nd sustainability.
She summed up her own foeJ­
mgs very succinctly: ""I know na­
wrc and stufT is probably a big
pan o/ my spiritualuy or what•
ever, but I go. 'Today I'm going to
the coast.' and I go."
Just loving I.be outdoor
life
' Many studenLS at LC slmply
love the outdoor life and thats
all there ,s 10 iL Young, not star­
mg monalicy m the face. and ""h
plemy or eanhly concerns like
geulng 1h,11 paper in on tune, a
lot of studei1LS just don't give
the issue or spiriluality too muc.h
thought. One of I he rew places ma, stu­
dents have tlme LO kick back and
tl,ink about such things is on Col­
lege Outdoors I rips, even I[ 1 hese
don't have an explicit spiritual
program.
Noah Kersey. Adm1mstrative
Coordinator for College Out•
doors and an LC alumnus him•
self, said that troop leaders make
a personal decision on how much
to pull reflection time and some
bmnd or spirituaLlly imo their
uips. h depends on the group
and the leader.
College Outdoors ls not a wil­
derness programs like Outward
Bom1d, which has an underlying
philosophy lo promote social and
environmental responsibility in
participants.
A love of just being outside
ls the main thing that leaders of
and participants in Collcgr Ottl­
cloors share. Whether someone
first loved nature. then wanted
lO s1udy u, or whetl1e.r they came
lO see the divine at work as they
sLudicd, it is ofren an unanswer­
able question, even if interesting
to consider ,his Earth Day.
Overseas
leammg Spanish, but Meyers
calls the schools multi-pie loca­
uons in So111h America and the
Ombbean. "on mveslmem m a COITTl~UEO FROM PAGE 6
way the stuaem would use their
experiences m comnbute 1q tbc
campus community when they
returned. ------'llll,1"'-!li.lD!l,'1,"1:11 u~ll?'1.fflffl:ll,'.1',~"B'ISTl!l .... ::-.i----
Australia trip-leader Debbie portant."
Anholt based herchoicesonslm• How do new programs
liar criteria to that of Friwnan
and Young. "One of the benefits
(to LC] <lf students pantcipating
is that they ean share their new
Insights Jod wider world-view
\\1th other studenl3 {both 1n
cJa.ss and outside class) when
they return from their overSC'IS
program, A student graduatLng
ltnmedtBttly will hot make thaL
contribution. therefore. l might
have used that as a criteria to c:ut
11 l had needed lo limit my total
number. Fonunntely I didn't
have w1• Anhol,said.
How d~s LC decide what
programs to offer?
The school suppons a lot of
popular long-St.mding programs
on .m annual basis so that stu­
clcnts ean plan ahead. The Over­
seas department tries Lo saike
a l:ialance of locat Ions ,icross
the Amerii;as, A[ri,-a, Europe
and Asia, and u.i g"'e studems
multiple options for the same
langu.;gc (ie: France and Senegal
for French). Son,e would argue
tl1at LC only needs to ofTer a
program m Spain [or studems come about?
New prog,cams are often
developed by particularly pas•
slonatc professors like sociology
ptt,fes.sor Dick Adams. who led
a trip on social Justice in Z1mb.1-
bwe, or hisu:,ry professor David
Savage, who got the India pro­
gram s1arted. There tS an Inter•
national Studies Coordina,lng
Committee composed or (WO
students and !our faculty who
also recommend programs.
What locations does the
Overseas department have in
the works?
TI1e school has been looldng
at V1etu.1m as a rurnre location,
lllthough a tnp leader has yet t.O
come forward. Some have pro•
posed having a program in the
Middle East. perhaps In Egypt
or Israel, that could tie Into LCs
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the Pioneer Log, April 22, 2005 7 -Arts & Entertainment-
Latino acts performed by cl~~ The Amityville
. who is drastically handicapped The class has S)•nthesizcd m-H t
by Ab1 Kurfman by Lhc effects of tJ,c •Hispruiic forrnaUon from. many differem orror• n O scary
'fhis springs Theatre semimar Love C.~nal." dLsc,phncs, and 1L drew from the •
is on Latino Theatre, taught b)' Finally. after the m1ermission, students' own experiences.
professor S1ephame Arnold, cul-the audience is treated LO the Three of u,e sLudcnts had
h• Fri'· d c. cl cl d C b I I -1 by Stephanie Beecham nunates L ,s u.1)' an .>atur ay sometimes silly bm .,!ways en-s1u ic in u a, anc one ,ai s and eveT)~hmg to do "~Lh hu­
man loneliness, despcrnuon, and
dLsappo1mmcn1. lsolauon w11hln
the lllllc worlds we've created for
ourselves Slcepi ng alone LOgcth­
er. The mind-numbmg repetition
or ge11ing up every day, eating,
shll Ling and scrc\\1ng, and doing
IL all 0\'er again Lhe nc,~1 day, and
the day after that, for e1gl11y years.
In short, 1he real world scares me
more than any demon world l cau
pa)' $7 10 buy 11110 on a Monday
night. Besides. Lhere must be bet­
ter ways to get your kicks than
movies like this. Hell, I've got
more demons in my head than
there are in this entire film. Stop
by my room in Forest and I'll un­
leash them free of charge. nt 8:00pm in the Black Oox of F,r tcrtaming Dog !Ady, a one-:1c1 by from Venezuela, so 1hey had a
Acres Theatre. free of charge All Milcha Sanchez-Scott 101 10 learn from each other, as
12 of I he students, ranging from The class rec1eved help from well as Arnold and the nwnerous
those w11h no previous acLmg ex-other theatre studems w11h hghL-plays they read.
penenccwhatsocverto fourofthe Ing, sound, and set production. "For me, LIS jus1 a tremcn­
actors who were recemly seen in The play will be complin1en1ed by dously s.1tisf)ing way LO study
this semesters Main Stage show, a lobby display thnl will provide and to teach," s:iid Arnold. ·we're
will be pantc1paung m the on hisLoric:il background for two of not separating the personal and
s1agc acuon to some extent. 1he pieces. historical. wc·rc putting Lhc lWt.l
The play biU consists of an ·we kind or explain the his-Logcther •
adaptation or a shon story, two tory," said sophomore Becc., "Its been a very interesting
scenes from plays and a one-ac1 Crocket. a Hispanic Studies and experience bringing together
comedy, and there will be one in• history major. "The lobby display 1100-thcater people and theater
tennission All four of the pieces ,s really gomg 10 explain a lot of people." said Sage Howard ('06),
were originally wriLten in Eng-what's happening lcspcciallyl in a theaLre and Hispanic SrudLes
hsh, and all four ofter something LW0 of our plays: major.
unique lO the audience.
The first IS an adaptation or
Sandra Clsneross short story
"Little Miracles, Kepi Promises,"
which is a collection or leners lef1
at a shrine of Lhe Virgin or Guade­
lupc and adaplable for dramalil'
monologues.
The second piece is n scene
from N,glu Tmi11 ro Bolina, a play
by PuliLzcr-pnze wmnmg play•
wright Nilo Cruz (whose brilliant
Arma 111 r.lre Tropics was recently
perfonned at Pol'tland Center
Stage.) Cruz's excellent craftsman­
ship promises 10 shine. The other
scene is from Hcl'(J($ und Saints
by Cherrie Morcgo, and fcaLLLrCS
ll compellingly tragit young girl PHOTO 8Y SNril STIGLER
Students perform a scene from "Dog Lady," the last of the
series that will be porformecUhJs week_eod b_y the class.
Fast Cars EP bursts onto hip
hop scene as solid album
by Sam Pollach brand of esoteric rhyming ihm
onl)' he can do. Lines like "My
The EP is a lost an in I he world son or a dove cry, humbled, even
of hip hop. In a world where con-doves die, I took the blackout as
sumers demand the m,,sL for their something 10 Judge I he lung by."
money, producers have forgollen may not make sense even when
that many seminal classics in hip you know what Aesop is saying,
hop were very shon albums. If bm his voice blends so well with
anis1s manage 10 squeeze even the beat thaL even his seemingly
seven gn.>aL songs onto a full nonsensical ramblings can bring
length album, the album can be a tear Lo one's eye.
considct'ed a resounding success. "Zodiaccupuncmre• wins the
Emer Fa.,1 Cars, Danger, Fin: award for coolest song mle or the
and K111ves, Aesop Rock's latesL year, Aesop pro,ides his own beat
EP. Aesop Rock's last album. Ba-for 1his one, and it's a mean one.
zooka Tooth, took Aesop Rock in "Headaches, nausea, vomiting,
a new direction, from both a lyri-facial paralysis, these are a few of
cal and a production standpoint. my favotite venomous side effects.
Fast Cars .•. cominucs Lhls trend, Mamba, water moc, pit viper,
seeing Aesop mp over harsh beats diamondback, anaconda, boom
about some very complex. subjecL slang, cobra. bite em back. Spinal
maner. Bui Aesop Rock is in fine tap crabs 10 the clapper, Aesop
form here, delivering a solid EP Rock LS the Cadillac of natural
that can rank among Lhe lx,51 al-disasters." Aesops abilll)' to weave
bums of the last few years. be1ween physical ailments, ven-
Fast Cars... opens with a omous snakes. pestilence and
banging lTack entitled, appro- natural disasters, all while main­
priately enough. "Fast Cars." mining some sense of connectMty
Blockhead, long time producer is mind-b<lggllng, not 10 meatlon
for Aesop Rock, provides a blaz-incrcdibl)' fun 10 listen 10.
ing sonic backdrop for Aesops •L-·Holy Smokes· sees Blockhead
1ack on the sc11us quo. Aesop jabs back at 1he boards, providmg an
at the military industrial complex mcredibly well-layered, dark,
with lines llke ·be all )'OU can be melancholy backdrop for Ae­
jusL ne\'er soothed us, you lost me soi> Rocks assaulL on the Catholic
in that pan abouL scrubbing piss Chmch. The song has some of
,vi1h a toothbrush." Aesop's best lines ever, such as "It
Blockhead provides the track am\ the nif1y faith of 1958 before
for"Number Nine• as well, where the new new testament approved
Aesop showcases his trademark altar boy fisting rape, and take me
8 the Pioneer Log, April 22, 2005 10 )'our leader long as he don\
mampulate toddler beaver. CaU
me crazy, buL I bet that wasn't
God's demeanor." Aesop also
scores with "Just a little bmised
in the back of the pews, acting
amused with a mask on them
Vatican blues. for in the eyes or
the orgamza1ion l was raised in,
Aesop is just ano1her sinning
bnck m Hell's basement, cubicle
adjacent 10 Lhe killers and rapists.
For whaL? Drugs and f•••••• is
pan of growing up." The out­
standing production c,mpled
with some of Aesop's bcsL lyrics
since Labor DC1ys help make this
track the standout or the album,
S.1dly, the lauer half of Lhe EP
can\ li\'e up 10 the tone set by the
first three songs, though the blaz­
ing posse cm "Rtcket)' Rackety" LS
certainly a keeper. But despue the
EP's short leng1 h, It ha.~ no real
weaknesses. In fact, it scores ex­
Lrn points by Including a booklet
Lhat contains Aesop Rock's lyrics
from every song off his last live
albums, This k,:epsake Is a must­
have for any fan of Aesop Rock.
Couple Aesop's lyric.ii crib
notes with some fantaSuc songs
and you have an EP that's well
wonh the price of admission. ls it
as good as lflmalic or Paid in full?
Of course not, Bm it is a far cry
be11er from most full-length al­
bums you'll hear today. Fast Car,
Danger, fir, und Knives is a wor­
thy addition 10 any collection. On November 14. 1974. Ron­
ald Defeo Jr. fatally shoL his par­
m ts and four younger siblings in
their beds al 112 Ocean Avenue
in Amuyville, NY. The Amityville
Hormr picks up one ycai· later,
when a new family-George
and Kathy Lutz and Lheir I hree
children-mo,·es into 1he DeFeo
house.
The movie ,s based on Jay
Anson's 1977 book The Amityville
Horror, which contains real ele•
menls (the DeFeo slayings) and
fiction'\] ones (the Lutz family)
at,d was made Imo a 1979 movie
of the smne title. The Amil)'\1lle
Horror is a story we've all heard
before: crime happens in • big, You see, the best horror movie.
The £Lm is full of creaking stairs, sud­
dent thunderstorms, scary bathroon1
scenes, Bickering lighrs, strange faces in
the mirror and blood oozing from the
walls--your standard horror movie fare.
old house. New people move in
and discover house is haumcd
and nee m 1he last momem 10
avoid being killed.
As if 1he hackneyed plot isn't
enough, this ftlm is full of creak­
ing stairs, sudden 1hunders1orn,s,
scary bathroom scenes, fficker­
ing lighLS, strange faces in the
mirror. and blood oozlng from
the walls-your standard horror
movie fare.
Together \\1lh ,he book, the
previous mo,oe, and coumless
websites devoted to the "real"
Amilyvllle sLOry, lliere is a danger­
ously high level of saturation in
an already blood-soaked genre.
One hundred minuLes of cheap
LhriUs arc all Lhat l"lll1 be found
here kiddies, and you won't be
scared for a second after you leave
the theatre.
Ironically, the movies that
scare me most have nothing to
do wiLh demons. killers, haunted
houses, dead children, or blood
oozing from electrical ouLlets, will make you squeamish about
the batht11b for a momh after­
wards and make your nund Jump
to ghouls :md goblins as soon
as you hear a creaky noisc. But
what a waste of time and energy
ii is, worrying in 1he bath1uh and
looking around fort he undead.
What is Lruly scary is being
alone in this world Rilke once
wr01e ... "I am much too alone in
this world, )'Cl not alone enough
to truly consecrn1e the hour."
What's scary is reeling alone even
when you're surrounded by all of
these people, and Lhings. What's
honest-lO•god terrifying isn't the
ghosts in your ~mc111, but the
demons in your head, and whats
up there is far more treacherous
than possessed houses and 1vin­
dows n)'ing open of their own
accorcl So sa"e yourself the $7
and spend Saturday mgh, taking
mental inven1ory, and I bet you'll
find some thmgs that ,viii really
make you l:iy awake in your bed
at night.
PttOTOccum:sY YOYU VAHOO.cOl,I
Melissa George and Ryan Reynolds play in the not so
great Amityville Horror. Too bad the audience won't be as
stunned as these two appear. -Arts & Entertainment-
Sweater Club branches out from OSU Annual
you'd buy rap
if )'Oll liked
that. right?)
Many of the
catch1cs1 nl!s
are played by
the brass sec­
uon. (The
band indudes
n tn11npe1.
saxophone
and Lrombone,
In addition to
the sUtple gui•
rnr, bass and
drums.)
To write 1hy. superficiality and perfection,
among oLher 1h111gs. Jazz night
by Ethan Stone
On Fnday, Apr 29 at i:OOpm
ln Evans Music bu1ldmg. the
Lewis & Clark 1azz ensembles
will present their spring Jazz
Night. l"hrec student groups will
play, utongStdc some of Portlands
l0<.11l 1alent.
Now that we've gotten p.isl the
first paragmph. let's get down to
the nmy griuy. Less t h,m a week
;igo I spcm a seven•hour car ndc
with two blockheads from Bend
and the enure ride they listened
to some shitty hip hop. their songs, the
members of
Sweater Club I grant that the band is not
perfect Someumcs the brnss is a
lntle bu behind when the tempo
really picks up. All the songs are
fast and rclatll'cly loud. so they
don '1 showcase a full mnge of
tempos and dynrurucs. Bui for
sL, college guys doing this In thcir
spare time, I tllink that they're
incredible. There are no sour or
off-key notes 10 grate on listeners·
ears. The CO Is dean and sounds
as good as any professional re­
cording. They 100k first place m
the highly compeliuve OSU battle
of the bands this year nnd wlll
Issue a full-length studio album
this summer.
brtng in ideas They have a website where
on anything you can buy tl,eir CO (011ly PHOTOCOURT£SYWNK.SV,~f'ERQ.U8.00M
The Sweater Club is composed of (left to right) David Stanley, Alec Kretc­
hun, Matt Jager, Grant Thomas, Guy Cappiccie and (not pictured) Evan
Churchill from a chord $7.00). plus stickers or a t-shin.
progression to a rilI to a rhythm l'hey have eight shows coming up
and collaborate, meshmg various m the oeKt month, some of which
elemems suggested by 1he group, are (ree. The closest to LC will be
so that the songs reflect all of the held at Willamette University in
band members. The group also Salem on Saturday. April 10 at 7:
uses Jam sessions to come up \\1th OOpm and w,,uld be an c.xce.ttcm
other ideas, which helps lend a study break right before finals. Don't get me wrong, hip Imp
is a' great genre witl1 several great
artists. liowever, l can\ even be­
gin 10 dcsctibe bow terrible this
music was. I wanted to tear off
both of my ears and shit in them
just tO block out the noise. by Anna Rodgers
I love small-tune local bands.
All their concerts are nearby so
you don't have to drive to Colo­
mdo in one day just to see them
live You can send them an e-mail
and they actually respond (and
Include a telephone number at
the bottom).
When you order a CD, they
throw m three free baad Stickers
and a handwritten note tllat reads
·Thanks Annal Hope all is well.
Peace: You get the self-satisfac­
tion that you are a fan of a band
that is ddinitely more indie than
your friends' favorite bands. The
lead singer and guitarist went to your higluchool.
Ok, so maybe the rest of you
can\ enjoy that last po1m, but ev•
erything else ts within your reach
if you order "The Exposition" by
Sweater Club. A mixmre o( ska.
regge and rock with jazz elemems
thrown in, these six guys from
Oregon State make some really
awesome mllsic. And I'm not just
saying that because I know the
lead singer and he threatened that
I wouldn) be invited Lo my 25th
high school reunion if I didn't.
Sweater Club really rocks,
Their music is catchy, but not m
tlmL annoying-bubblegum-pop
way. The vocals have style and
aren't just fiat monotones (hey, navor of jazz 10 their music. If you're actually pL1nning on
All six songs on 1hcirdebu1 EP studying the entire weekend, you
have thelr OWTI unique so11nd and can check them out on Saturday
don\ run together like so many May 7 at 7:00pm at the University
CDs seem tt1 do after l O times of Oregon, or at any of the other
through. Not only IS the sonnd of concerts hst.ed on their website.
the mus,c varied. the words are as Or order a CO and hope for some
welL Its worth pa)'lng attenuon free suckers and a hnndwrit­
to the lyrics, smce they're both ten note, though I cnn't promise
p~tive •nd7)00tic::- Swea1er-m1ytl\lng: You ,von'tb!"l!tttht!fllg­
Oub doesn\ just sing about love your 25th high school reunion
aod girls; they sing about apa-with the lead singer. I auemptcd to save m)• throb­
bing eardrums with a CD I just
happened 10 have brought along,
a fine jazz selection from a band
called The Slip,
Bm H didn't work. Only min­
utes afte• inserting the CD into
Lhe player, my companions were
fed up. They removed it along
with my last hope for sanity.
lt m?}' nOl make sense now,
but this 1s why you should go to
Jazz Night. II may help 10 restore
some-"'s3ntry.-0nrle11srposrpmre
the inevitable takeover o[ your
mind.
Summer happenings to keep
you cheaply entertained Get off your ass!
South Austin Jug Band and Todd Snider
The Aladdin Theam,
Saturday, Aprll 23
by Stephanie Beechem
Staying ,n Rose City for the
summer? You're in luck1 because
everything and the kitchen sink is
happening in Ponland (or near­
by) in the next.few months. Here
are S1ephanicl; picks for tl1c best
diversions;
The 2005 Oregon Zoo
Concert Series
The repertoire or anists com­
ing to tl1e Zoo this summer are
almost 100 good to be believed.
John Hiatt, the North Mississippi
All-Stars, Chris Isaac, the Indigo
Girls, Mare Cohn. Suzanne Vega,
Bruce Hornsby, the Gypsy King;.
Lo:; Lonely Boys. Pink Manlnl,
and Susan ledeschi are all com­
ing to Pontand between July 9
and August 22. I highly rectlm­
mend John liia11 and Susan Te­
deschi, especially if you've got a
weakness for folk.
Oregon Country Fair
The. Oregon Country Fair is,
quite simply. unparaUeled by
ru1y festival or fair I have ever
aucnded. Though itl; in VcneL1,
Oregon-not exactly dowmown
Ponland-its wett-wonh it to
drive. bike, or hitchhike 1here
July 8, 9, and I 0, or as early as a
week in advance, because people camp out In the Veneta wilder•
ness for days beforehand in an­
ticipation of the festival In ad­
d!Lion 10 over 700 artisan booths,
theres exotic food, musicians,
magi.ciaos. jugglers, jCSlelS, face
painters, and women who walk
amund topless with sunflowers
painted on their cbesLS.. Check
out <oregoncountryfair.org> for
all the details.
2005 Oregon
Brewers Festival
This years (estivat will take
place al Waterfront Park fromJuly
28-JI. Admission is free. but you
must purchase a H dollar souve­
nir mug ill order to drink Ap­
proximately 30 Oregon breweries
and 50 out of SL1lC Cr;lU brewedes
,Yilt pour their finest drinks aL the
festival. Be prepared fol'a spec­
tntJll or tastes-pale ates. Belgian
ales, ScoLtish ales, porters, choco•
laty stouts, aocl pilsner.;, There
wm also be food from seven local
restaurants, live music, crafts. and
a rooL beer garden for designated
drive~
Summer classes
atPSU
Get sman this summer at PSUI
Non-degree seeking students am
fill out a simple form, pay a $10
proccssmg fee. and register for classes anytime between May 2
and June 24. Learn how 10 speak
Swedish. Take a dass lo crimi­
nology. or aikido (self-<iefense),
or the history of jazz. I highly
recommend this opuon for alt the
Imbeciles m my first semester In­
venting America class.
Kah-Nee-Ta High
Desert Resort
& Casino
know you want to.
reet You
25,000
of slol nm•
chines, craps
tables. black­
jack. dizzying
lights, in­
tense carpet•
Ing. and old
people on va­
cation. This
option re­
quires a dnve
tO the innards
of our fine
state-Wann
Springs,
OR-but it:S
well worth the
expense. Play
care.fully and
well, friends,
because tu•
iuon's going
up again. Doors open at 7:00pm
Sl5 in advance, Sl7 al the door
The South Austin Jug band (from Austin. of course) wfll open
for singer-songwriter Todd Snidei:.
Enron: The Sma,U$1 Guys In du Room
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Friday, April 29 through Thursday, May 12
'tbnes vary
Interested in bow to end up m the headlines and In court?
Check out this movie and you'll walk away knowing it all.
the Pioneer Log, April 22, 2005 9 ----Sports
Coaches start luring new talent for next year
be h b I l0 a university jusl to be a good person lo be on llus by Sierra Jenkins way lO gel an idea of how hard lO find plnyers cause t e est ~ 10 goes h d . campus? Are lhcy going to fit into
Fall sports ha"c been done for
ages, spring spons a,c wrapping
up ... so wha1 in 1he world are all
the coaches domg? coaches work al recruiting is l0 players io Oregon weren't inter-pay a spon. L en en sup some- the program?'
work the numbers backwards. esled. Now, over half the team lS Yc h kn th nus year has
The athletics depanmeni brings from Oregon. Most coaches re-OU ave CO get to OW e been his best for
ln about 100 lo 120 sludems cruil rrom_ Lbe same ~egio~: O~-kid better than the [Division 1] recruiting since
In a word: recruiting. Getting
info to prospective smdenlS and
scouting players cm be as much
as one-rh1rd l'f coaches' jobs here
m LC. Being a sniall, private Di·
vision Iii school, lhai job is even
harder. because smdenlS' final
decision so orten comes down
to the financ.ial :ud they receive.
over which coaches have no cor1-
trol. The compc1i1ive academic
profile or admitted s1uden1s also
narrows the pool considerably.
-rhis mon1h is the 1ense one. Stu­
denis heard !hey were admilted two
or lhrce weeks ago: deposiis are due
Mayl each year, 20 percen1 or 1he gon, Washmgton, Cahfo':'1•~• Mm- he sianed coach-
wial admits. Considenng that nesota and Colomdo. piddng up programs have to get to know ing here five
11 iakes gmmg abou1 30 with players through the high school and kid Ar th · b years ago. Most of
interest admitted lo get seven lo com111unily college coaches lhey the , e ey going to e a the coaches reel
actuallycomcou1.tha1~quilcabiL know, _going lO_ big tournaments, good person to be on this cam-positive about
or work. and gomg to vanous grunes. . . . prospec1s fornex,
Head football coach Roger The c':3chsjob is doubly hard pus? Are they going CO fit Into year. Crew coach
VanDeZande said that he and when hes head•~g 3 brand:~~w ~" Tessa Spillane
coach Chris Sulages have cor-program. like rodd Anckai~rs, the program. said that she bas
responded with nearly 1.000 who heads 1he womens varsuy __ .:..._.::._ ____________ had greal success
people since las1 sommer and soccer ieam (which played iis where that they are not con1fon- with picking up high school row-
persQnally visited dose lO 100 first season lasl fall). He has been able and then gei an injury or ers. Pony applied this year, and
schools. with 200 prospects who traveling 111 Oregon. Washmgton bl h h h have al~•a, dy said they arc com-k' r 'd have pro ems wiL L e coac es. .. actually applied. Out of that, the and California. as mg or '" eos I M Sell Ing. She "a·1d tl,a, 1 all of them "are h h • Swimming toac I au - ~ hope is to have 20 new student• from those girls t a1 e cant get man agreed. "We seU ihe school excellent rowers and coxswains
>1hie1es in the fall. out LO see. more than anything. We sell the and will make a huge impac, on "I Id tl"L the stu -rhings arc aiready looking bet- d. wou say '" • mentality of our program: the at• lhe varsity squa .
"April is very much a roller
coaster month ror os because we
know more applicams arc going
LO say no 1han yes." said Judy
McMullen, Associate Director or
Physical Educa1ion and Athletics. d thl th Onie in thal ter than last year, when Todd had · ·1 Lh ent a etes at c t.itude, the social group," he said. Nothing is cena1n unu e i be h l·n,pact type only heard from one player who d cl · tenc to more l e ' - "The LY"" of kid that comes LO LC depo;;iis arc pai . an , m some I h h I h was sore she was coming out for r II ath ete, t al e p l e program, is not Lhe type of kid thai would cases, umii 1he person actua y h I 0 by and large fall ,his year. he has six. r F he L ose peop e c me ' go anvwhere. You have to gel to shows u1> or Lry•ouis. or t f , I ach 1--s 'Ultimate!", I ,vant players tha, , • d rom t11e com:,cis 11e co ~ ,. know the kid beue.r than the IDi• moment, coaches are Ti Ing om d • , M II ·d. wam lo be in school al Lewis & d r · ma e, .. 1c u en sa, vision 1) programs have LO get to the storm and getting rea y or it Th b '· b 11 h Bob Clark,' Anckaitis said. He said e ass.et a coac , know the kicl. Are lhey going ,o to swn all over ag.,in.
Gaillord, had to go out-of-s~ite~ 1h:a:._1'..'._ iL''.:,.'.:sfru'.:s:1:,:ra:1i:'.:n!g,::to::_se:::e..:.:so:'::_:11::::eo:n.:::e~----------------------
7 McMullen said that the best
Spot I ight ~~e !y~~!n~he
by Rebecca Goldschmidt evenings together doing religious
studies homework and pla)•ing. Sports Profile: Zach Mann
1J you thought researching In addition to all of this, Jody
your i111en1a1ional Affairs pro} works twice a week al Providence by Rebllc:ca Gold8chmldt
ect, iaking your Econ final, and Hospital Homtt0wn: Vashon Island,
going 10 SEED meenngs ,vas a This past November, ~~n~~~~-------:---,---•11-!~-•-
fam packed week, you need to sh received one of nine1een Rogers !alls 10 me gn,und, lcav-team llmaten your op-
down and 1ake some advice from Scholarships. awarded 10 studenis Year: Senior iog you only lo question
Jody Swan. Betw~en rnking a full with outsi.mding achievemenls in his manhood."
course load, trailting for five dlf-areas bolh academic and person­
fercm mces on Lhe LC Women!; al. She is also gomg l0 lhe NCAA
Track &-Field team five days a Division Ill Track &-Field nation­
week, and working al Providence • als in Decatur, Illinois aL 1he end
Mospirnl. SwM somehow 6i1Cls of May to run 1he 400m race. Mer
Lime 1ornkecarcofhcr3 l/2 year Lime of 56.47 seconds pfoced her
old daughter, Trinity. and stay ninth among the nine1ec11 run­
mcredibiy sane. Her sincere mod• ncrs at the nationals. Bm Swan
esty was altogether unexpected mentioned 1ha1 her commitment
and struck me as inconceivable to the track team this season is
considering ,he amazing things "just the bare minimum." Her
she has achieved in the pasl few dedica1ion LO sporis was only one
years. of the many reasons for her nomi-
Swan, a 24•year-old nation for lhe scholarship.
Portland nati,•c, came to Le.wis &-Swan crediis Trinity as the
Clark three years ago in hopes of driving force behind her success•
becoming an elementary school es. "It's all because of my daughler
,cacher. She decided on a Rel,-tha, my eyes have opened up,"
gious Studies maJor mainly by confessed Swan. •My daughter
n1pp1ng through the caialogue changed my lire and brought
and picking the classes that me towards this life tl1a1 i now
seemed most interes1ing. Profes- know. I find lha1 i never would
sor Kugler's Old Testament class have 1hough1 1ha1 I would have
was one or the many classes that done the thmgs that I've done
opened her eyes to the world already.• Las1 summer the Swans
of religion. "I went to a private Lra\'eled LO Ecuador as pan of
Lmheran school, and I guess I one the Lewis &-Clark Overseas
jusl wanted 10 see my religion progrn.ms. They were the first par­
from 1he ouis,de." sa,d Swan in ent•child learn 10 participate in an
a phone interview. "The more l overseas Lrip, another one or her
learn. the more L'm like, 'What? remarkable accomplishmeois.
I never knew 1haL! .. Although she When asked about how she
finds religious siudies interestlng. manages her lime, she spoke very
she does not adhere LO any spe-assuredly: •1 Just realize that with
cific religion. evcrything. you just deal with iL
A typical day in lhe life of 1he If you were poor in South Amer­
Swans begins early in 1heir home ica and only had a cold shower,
near Gresham. aboul 40 minu1es you would jusl deal whh it, I reel
away r rom campus. Jody wakes privileged 10 h3\•e the opponu­
up early LO finish homework, nity 10 go 10 school ,vith a small
and then takes Trtnily to her dad's child and do sports. Everything I
house or to daycare. Classes last do is something thal l love. I love
umil 3:20 for Jody. who then goes school, my daughter. 1he people
10 track pmcticc [rom 3:30 l0 5: 1 work for. Ir I didn\ love every-
30 and picks up Triniry at the thing. iL would be a lot harder." 10 the Pioneer Log, April 22, 2005 Age: 22 as o[April 1..,.
Major: Communicauon
Spon: TennlS, Bowhuntlog
Position. "# I Singles and # l
Doubles. Yellow Bow (Tw6 away
from Plaid.)'
Ytar$ playing: "I have been
playing 1ennis since I could
walk, although you Couldn't tcll
if you watch((! me play, Being
Jewish, t was hm11cd IO un-ath•
leuc spons like cribbage, pio&'­
pong, and making money. •
Favorilc lc:c cream Oavor:
"Since l am bruise 1n1oluaru
(D~,-e Deny thinks my food aJ.
lcrgy is a .:onspnacy), my only
dairy comes from ice cream.
lbsiQlliy, I love_ every flavor Ben
and Jerry's has ~r come up
with. espeaally Phish Food and
the classic Olerry Galda."
What 1$ yom most embarrass­
ing spons moment? 'I was
playing doubles and my pen11Cr
pantsed me In front of the entire
crowd, boxers and all. Ok, I
lied. Nobody walcltes leMis
matcm.'
What's the best pan or play­
ing your spon? "Tht best pan
of ldUllS is 5ll1llShlng a n,rum
of seM 111 lhe net man af1er be
mocked your fans on the previ­
ous point. You know who you
are Wtllruneuel A clos,: second
is having 1bc entire ~ball When It comes clown
to ii, which is -im­
portanl 10 you: the OC
OT practice? "Damnl!
How did you know about
ruy obsession with Im!
OC? Well. 10 be honest,
1 :un on die fil'Sl season
cptsodc 14 or so and if
Summer and Anna were
lighting ovtr me (It is
possible, J am a lanky
Jewish boy), !hen. uh ...
what practice?"
no you have, any ptt-g1U11e ritu­
als or lucky things you cany
with you durlog the game? • l
used to have. linlc M&M bglus
that I would hold onto while
~tching the Seattle Manners
during_ 1hdr miraclc ~nnant run
in 1995 I mUSI have wast£d all
my superstition and luck then.
because 1oday I suuggle to find
happiness and only 6nd comfon
In a boule of 1.51 and a box of
purple Peeps." •
How do you &el about thi9 sea­
son? "Wt have had a sue~
year with many n,marlcat,le In­
dividual pedormanccs. Sopbo­
moic 'Ed Roessler won his roa1ch
at Unlield early In the staSOll.
Freshman Satoshi Goda was 1he
lirsl Pioneer lo over tm years 10
win a match aplnsl PW and Da­
vid Undsay beat his Unlitld op­
ponen1 ,tus1 las! ¥,-ttkend. I have
been dettntly happy with my IC·
suits. My goal Is to finish above
.500 at #I singles, win two team m;11ches
at Conference. and break less
than four rackelS {I have two
left!}."
Outside of Tennis. what is
your favorite spon 10 watch or
play? • 1 love pla)'ing all spons.
The one span lha1 I could wa1ch
all day is college football. I am
sucker for 1hc UW Huskies re­
gatdless or tbeir-re(em suuggles.
l was hR'.lllgbt up In Sea1de ~
I stlll bleed Purple and Gold.
As •for playing, I reall::ed at ll
arolll\d 11 thiu I was newt going
10 be !Ctn Grtlfey Ji: so I hung up
m)' glove, the light pants, and
Big League Chew. U I could do
It all ovct again Jowever, I still
would havt qulL •
AJq last wonlsl "I w,111 to
thank all 1hc fans lha1 came Olli
and watched us this year. Don\
worry, you will still be compen•
sa1ed for your woe but ~ have
had a hard time bruking the
news to SalOShi that he still has
no friends.• ----Sports---­Photo Gallery
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