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Volume 70, Number 5

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2005-09-02

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Lewis & Clark College's Student-Run Newspaper
Volume 70, Number 5 =========== Friday, September 30, 2005
KLC Studios: an·
electric medium
by Nathanael Massey
The people at KLC Studios
have big plans for the semester,
but it's taken a little longer rhan
expected co get off the ground.
This is due in part to mechani­
cal hang-ups and an Information
Technology department who
d1cy say doesn't return their calls.
Ir's linked, as well, tO the studio's
srigma of being an isolated orga­
nization, distanced from the rest
of che Lewis & Clark community.
KLC hopes t0 renovate its
f;;iage, and in doing so, ex­
rend irs advantages to a wider
slice of the student population.
"Everyone on the board this
year is looking to open up the sra­
tion to the LC communicy," said
General Manager Josh Thorn­
gren ('07). This means easier
access to the studios on all lev­
els, from access to KLC produc­
tions co increased participation
in die productions themselves. cable channel run throughout
campus called KLCTV The cable
channel, which is currently oper­
ating but not yet fuUy employed,
wiJI ideally become a vehicle for
community's exposmons-par­
rially srndent work, partially live
coverage of Theater department
productions, speakers and other
events happening on campus.
Radio, accessible through the
smdio's website at KLCradio,
ng, wiH soon be upgraded from
Apple QuickTime co a higher­
quality mp3 scream. KLC Radio
airs shows pur on by srudenrs,
as well as programming licensed
from outside LC, usually public
radio or independent journalism.
The Studios' operations con­
sist of radio streamed from KLC's
website, recording services locat­
ed 11djacent the sration's offices in
Templeton, and a closed circuit AJI radio time slots are cur­
rencly filled; however, for groups
and individuals lookfog to get
a word out to the campus com­
munity, KLC is more than hap­
py co include announcements
in rh·eir programming. For
srudems interested in produc­
ing work ro be aired on KLC
TV, rhe studio has video equip­
ment-if you're on rhe staff. So,
for all you aspiring directors, now
is a good rime to get on board. PHOTO BY REBECCA GOLDSCHMIDT
KLC renovated their space in Templeton earlier this year, giving it a new coat of paint.
"Face to Face" panel discusses diversity
by Anne Swift
Yesterday marked the culmina­
tion of a three pan "Face to Face"
panel series intended co promor_e
campus awareness about multicul­
turalism, diversity, and tolerance.
TI1e "Face rci Face" panel dis­
cussions featured administration,
faculty, and students and encour-aged audience participation. They
were· organized into a moderated,
forum-style event apd allowed each
speaker approximately ten minutes.
The first discussion, which fo­
cused on "introducing the other,"
was followed with panels cover­
ing issues such as culrural identi­
ties and "toleration, aceeprance,
appreciation, and celebration." Bruce Podobnik (Socio!- alism and diversity on-campus.
ogy), who spoke at the second Other panel speakers ad­
panel discussion, stressed that dressed the development of cul­
it was important for Lewis & rural identities and the possibil­
Clark to increase diversity and icy of multiple cultural identities.
multiculturalism because "we Assistant Director of Ethnic Seu­
live in a multicultural world." dent Services Tana Atchley-Juarez
"We are experiencing a new wa-and Rima DasGupra (Sociology)
rershed," said Podobnik, citing the spoke of their own heritage and
arrival of Dean Julio de Paula and citizenships and how these issues
other recent related to rheir identities, while
events as op-Paul Powers (Religious Smdies)
portunities discussed the effects ·of travel.
for reoewed The "Face ro Face" pan­
interest in dj--els were introduced as a re­
versification. sponse ro recent acts of intol­
erance and discrimination.
The lnrernational Students of
Lewis & Clark (ISLC) organized
the discussions, which they hope
will address issues of multicultur­
alism; tolerance, ana diversity both
on campus and in a global context.
PHOTO BY REBECCA GOLDSCHMIDT During his
speech at rhe
panel; Podob­
n ik referred co
a 200 l survey
that indicated
chai: mem­
bers of ~he
LC commu­
nity, faculty
and smdenrs
alike, were
interested
The second "Face to Face" panel featured Rich Peck, Agustin Vizcaino ('06), in • increased
Paul Powers, Bruce Podob,:iik, Tana Atchley-Juarez and Rima Das-Gupta. multiculrur-"I think die panels are a good
idea because· they help promote·
acceptance of ocher cultures and
ethnicities, whkh is important
to a school like Lewis & Clark,
which puts such a strong em­
phasis on international relation­
ships," said Rachel Arbir ('09). Menacing.
telephone
calls niade
by Craig Beebe
A series of threatening and
disturbing phone calls were re­
ceived by Lewis & Clark Col­
l~ge staff members last week,
according ro an email sent by
Campus Safety on Monday,
Sept. 21 to staff and facul ry.
The series of five calls, which
were all received between Friday,
• Sept. 16 and Monday, were placed
through the LC switchboard co var­
ious female staff members around
campus, Campus Safety direcror
Bill Currin said. The caller claimed
co have kidnapped another staff
member's 11 year-old daughter, in
one instance even naming the staff
member whose daughter he had
supposedly kidnapped. When the
caller had thus "hooked" the lis­
tener, he proceeded co "discuss vul­
gar and obscene scenarios and de-
SEE "PHONE CALLS," PAGE 2 2
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Activities Outside the Bubble Phone
Congress
by Kelly Garbarino
The votes were cast and che win­
ners are ... the srudenr body of Lewis
& Clark College, hopefully. ul think
it is a great opportunity to get a di­
verse group of students to collabo­
rate on school events and discuss
issues chat affect the srudenc body,"
said First Speaker Maura Ross ('06).
The new bylaws for ASLC created
theActivicies Congress t0 be the cen­
tral organizing force for ASLC. They
were met with hearty voter approval
lase semester and now ASLC needs
to prove that drastic reorganization
will acrually translate to an improve­
ment for srudenrs' quality of life.
"The members of this year's congress
have the unique opportunity to de­
velop the role of d1e Congress on this
campus in a way they see fit,'' said
Jam~ Atkin ('06), ASLC President.
"We had a lot of interest and there
was a prerty good turnout i11 last
weeks election," said Arkin. Scott
Devlin ('07), Chief Elections Offi­
cer, said rhar he was overall "pleased
with how this election came ouc"
despite minor pitfalls and shortcom­
ings inherent to any electoral process.
The Acrivicies Congress con­
sists of representatives elected
from each residence hall, as well
as proportional representation
from off-campus students. The
winners and cheir statements can
be found on the ASLC website
(www.lclark.edu/ org/ congress).
There are, however, seven po­
sitions still waiting to • be deter­
mined due to a lack of candidates.
The representatives are now
awaiting appointments to one of che
sixcommissionswichin the Congress.
The Central Planning Com-
mission will coordinate the
yearlong planning of stu-
dent events and activmes.
The Student Audits and Over­
sight Commission is responsible
for the audfrs and oversight of
monetary matrers within ASLC.
The General Accounting
Commission will deal with fi­
nancial records and disuibution
of funds wichin the Congress.
The General Movie and Music
Commission is composed of the
Lewis & Clark Music Coalition
and che Congressional Movie Of­
fice. The LCMC is charged with
bringing musicians to campus and
CMO maintains che Congressional
Movie Library so srudenrs can check
our movies for individual viewing.
The Publicity Commissi<;m will
be promoting Congress events
and comm1ss1ons on campus.
Finally the Congressional Scuden t
Organizations Commission will ad­
vise and help· coordinate srudenr
groups. "The Congress will be meet­
ing throughout che semester and all
members of che campus community
are welcome to acrend," said Ross.
The srudenr hall represenra­
cives will be the foot Soldiers of
LC's centralized scudenc govern­
ment and serve as the pivotal link
ro make campus events actually
happen. "Obviously we don'r know
how chings will go once rhe mem­
bers cake cheir seats this week, but
I am confident in the leadership
char is already in place," Atkin said. s,
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compiled
by Tim Kelly
Update on . che pro­
longed election results -
in Germany: Chancel­
lor Gerhard Schroeder
and conservative leader
Angela Merkel . voiced
optimism after talks on
Wednesday to forge a power-shar­
ing coalition, despite disagreeing
on who should lead the country.
Lase week, this secrion discussed
the extremely dose qational elec­
tion in Germany where both sides
claimed a victorious mandate.
The indictment of House Ma­
jority Leader Tom Delay by a
Travis County, Texas grand jury
forced che powerful politician to
resign his position as the House
majority leader. The 58-year old
Republican congressmen was in­
dicted on one count of criminal
conspiracy. The case alleges chat
Delay and two political associates
laundered corpoTate contributions
to a now-defunct Texas politi­
cal action committee in violation
of state campaign -fin~1ce laws. A
defiant Delay said he had done
nothing wrong .tnd denounced
the Democratic. prosecutor who
pursued the case as a "partisan fa­
natic." He said, "This is one of
the weakest, most baseless indict-ments in Amer­
ican history. Ir's a
sham.." Observers are
pointing out the irony
of DeLay's response be­
ing similar to the critics
of the Clinton impeach­
ment trial, which Delay
headed. Even if the charge
is beaten in court, it is a note-
worthy event, since no member
of Congress in a leadership po­
sition has ever been i.ndicted.
The Federal Emergency Man­
agement Agency is under fue
again for d1eir response ro Hurri­
cane Rica. Saying chey were caught
off-guard by the number of people
in need, FEMA officials closed a
relief center early on Wednesday
after some of the hundreds of hur­
ricane victims in line began faint­
ing in triple-digit heat. Although
devastating certain areas in Texas
and ocher parts of che Gulf Coast,
Rita's damage was much less se­
vere than many expected and far
less cacasuophic than Katrina.
Two Japanese scientis£s re­
port in a biological journal rhac
they have made the first obser­
vations of a giant squid in the
wild, shedding lighr on a leg­
endary creature chat has been
extremely difficulc to study. calls tnade
around
Portland
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rails," according co Curtin's email,
In an mrerview chis week,
Curtin said Campus Safery had
not direcdy notified scudencs of
the incidents, since «no students
were involved.'' He said chat af­
cer the email notice had been
sent out the calls ceased, and chat
no one was seriously harmed.
The same caller apparendy ha­
rassed ocher people in Pordand and
Gresham, according to rhe email
and a recent report on KATU, a lo­
cal television station. Though chose
calls have also ceased, Curtin said
that the Portland and Gresham
police were investigating the issue.
"LC has been involved in
char investigation, he said.
The College has not had a prob­
lem with threareni.ng phone calls
in rhe past, Currin said. Though
d1ere have always been prank
calls, noching on this level had
ever been done. ''Hooking peo­
ple [with a story about kidnap·
ping a girl] is sinister," he said.
"We've never had that before."
Currin urged anyone who re­
ceives a threatening call, wheth­
er a student or staff member, to
hang ul;' immediarely and then
report-che inc.i:dent to Campus
Safety. However, he said there
was lirde cause for concern.
"These people are cowards," ·he
said.
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Dear J ournat I can't stand American girls abroad
(Qr, why Josh Silverman will never get laid again!)
Hoodies, Nalgenes and bad conversation disturb
~ditor during overseas experience
by Josh Silverman
Dear Journal,
I have developed an irratio­
nal aversion towards an unlikely
target: American girls. Perhaps
this seems from my inability co
get any of chem ro sleep wirh me.
Or maybe, just maybe, rhey re­
flect my own cultural inferiority
complex. Eitber way, their cute­
sy antics have lose their charm.
Let's start wirh their appear­
ance. First off, they are always
wearing hoodie sweatshirts loudly
displaying tbe expensive university
their mommies and daddies .are
paying for. Always. In ocher coun-
tries (Australia included), such bla­
tant displays of wealth and class
are considered uncouth or gaudy,
if not downright tactless. lt is the
collegiate equivalent of the Let­
terman Jacket, a phenomenon I
find equally puzzling. Th.ese girls
are basically walking around with
their nationaliry, GPA and income
bracket stitched to their chests.
Next you will notice the water
bottle. It's as if rh~e 'girls travel in
perpetual fear of dying of thirst in
an urban environment. Sometimes
it's just a regular clear plastic wa­
ter bortle, bur usually they're· tot-•
ing a brightly colored, indestruc­
tible, high-density polyethylene
one-liter Nalgene plastered with
stickers relating to their extracur­
ricular activities. And, usually,
these Nalgenes are connected by a
rock-climbing carabineer ro their
full-support backpacks . stuffed
with all their creature comforts. In
chis stare they're less globetrotter
and more urban astronaut, explor­
ing unfamiliar and hostile territory
but armed with enough equip-\ •
ILLUSTRATION BY JESSE FOX-l'IYSTR
ment to render any interaction Flatbacker Barbie comes complete with cell phone, backpack and creepy-smoking Ken.
with local inhabitants unnecessary. --iiiiii~iii~iliifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifi~iii;:::-:::.-:.----.c....:.-----":__---Cast your gaze lower and you II lase-five-minutes question.
will notice their pajama pants 2. The question
[oh, the much-maligned pajama impressed that's really a challenge based
pants]. They neat everywhere . at ihe way on something rhey read in Time.
they go like their personal bed-counterparts. Our geographic loca-these girls are able to .steer all con- I blame our secondary education
room. How is it that everyone tion also brings us into very little versations in their own direction. system for drumming inro these
but American girls are able ro get contact with foreigners. Thus rhe Almost every sentence contains rhe girls' heads rhac a) they are special,
enough sleep at night? Oh wait... American girl hears an accent and pronouns "I" or "me." Not than b) there is no such tbing as a dumb
The tourist and hospitaliry is already pulling off the hoodie any of these first-person. narratives question, and c) everyone is enri­
wqrkers in Australia have affec-sweatshirt. She hears a foreign Ian-a.re chat entertaining. They usually tied to express their opinion. First
tionately dubbed American back-guage, at}d she's barely vertical. 1, refer to something at college, ofren off, there are tons of dumb ques­
packers "Barbackers," due ro their unfortunately, can't fake an accent. bragging about how shit-faced they tions, especially ones based on an
relative, um, sexual eagerness. My And yet for chose precious few got at some party and how rhey individual's inability to pay atten­
restaurant coworkers, who share weeks chat American girls do leave said something really silly and how tion. Secondly, there are certainly
an ·equal distaste for American
girls, became quite interested
when I ex:plained chat Americans in
Melbourne typically stick to rhe few
tourist bars in rhe center of town.
The next week I was subjected to
endless stories of how tbey were
able to pick up two, no three, no
five of my fellow U.S. citizens over
tbe course of rhe weekend, and what
awesome things these American
chicks could do wirh their mouths
when rhey finally stopped speaking
in chat grating American accent,
and so on. This became a Mon­
day-morning ritual. Only I, tbe
lone American boy, was unable ro
gee into these Yankee chicks' pants.
However, I do not attribute
rhe failure of my many anempted
sexual conquests to any shortcom­
ing of my own. Instead, I blame
rhe American fascination with
the exotic, rendering our coun­
trywomen blind to rhe charms
of American guys, but helpless to
those foreign guys simply because
they see so few of chem in their
daily lives. We Americans travel far
less and for a far shorter duration
than our European and Australian their home country, rhey barely funny the whole thing was blah, bad opinions based on ignorance,
interact with non-Americans out-blah, blah ... And when they're not false information and pure stupid­
·side the bedroom context. It's as talking about themselves, they're icy. We have empowered these girls
if rhey are terrified of being alone spouting out some sophomoric po-to the point chat they are embar­
and perhaps forced co speak wirh a litical opinion rhey obtained from rassing themselves, spewing their
fellow traveler, or, worse, a local. In-rhe book jacket of some biography verbal vomit over the rest of us.
stead rhey travel the world in packs, rhey were required to read for a Finally, and most importantly,
. relegating themselves ro an Ameri- poli-sci class, or, worse, from some American girls are che worst tippers.
can bubble chat distorts all tbey see. very moving movie. Example: This is likely the source of most of
Now, I've already alluded co Yank 1: I was, like watch- my animosity, bur it is.also highly
their grating accents, but it's not ing Hotel Rwanda, and I was symptomatic of cultural ignorance
just rhe tonality of their speech. just thinking chat, like, the UN in action. If you read your travel
Really, it's the volume. Oftentimes really should have done more! guides, they will tell you rhatyou do
these girls will enter the restaurant Yank 2: I agree. Like in my not tip in Australia. This is no Ion­
in a style reminiscent of a military po!i-sci class we were talking about ger true. If you are at a nice rescau­
occupation, taking control of the the same thing, and we all agre~d rant you should at least round up to
far corners and coordinating rhe chat people just need to be less rhe nearest five dollars. Ocher crav­
attack by barking orders ar each racist towards Rwandaneesers. elers usually discover chis within rhe
ocher over rhe heads of the room's And what's really sad is that first week .of their trip rhe first time
other occupants, oblivious to how these prodigious speakers are such they interact with an Australian in a
peaceful rhe place was before rhey terrible listeners. If anyone else gets bar or restaurant, bur Yankee girls,
a.rrived. Then they'll take control of . a word in, without fail an American as earlier seated, travel in all-Arneri­
cwo or three tables and slide chem girl will chime in wirh "yeah, chat's can packs. Thus rhey remain bliss­
togerher to ensure chat no one rocally like this one time when I ... " fully ignorant of any social custom
is out of contact witb rhe whole and an£ully steer che conversation not outlined iri the Lonely Planet
group for even a few minutes. And back to herself. Worse are American and continue co piss rhe rest of their
with their thirty-foot cable, rhey girls on tours. They ~II always ask host country off wirh their lack of
are forced to be even louder, sub-the dumbest questions, questions social tact and cultural awareness.
jeering rhe rest of the restaurant co chat fall into cwo main categories. And having printed this, I real­
their pitifully banal conversations. 1. The 1-was-too- ize that at least one trend will not
Having been forced to overhear busy-gabbing-with-my-girl- change. I've been unable to con­
dozens of their dinner conversa- friends -co-pay- a ere n ti on -vince these American girls that
tions, r cannot resist noting a few and-am-now-wonderin·g-if sleeping with me would be a good
trends. First off, I am continually _ y O u -c O u I d -re p e a r -t be -idea. Now it will be impossible. _4 _______________________ -.i,j 1j111~--------•t•h•e-P.io.n.e.er_Lo .... g,111S.e_.p_r.em_h_er.· _30,.,_2_0_05
Empty rhetoric dominates our
reactions to diversity issues
by Kelly Garbarino
Lewis & Clark College may employ won­
derful professors, be located in a culrurally vi­
brant ciry, and boast one of the strongest in­
ternational affairs programs in the country.
However it stiJI lacks something pivora.k,in prepar­
ing its graduates for the international business and
academic communiry of the 21" century. Diversity.
This is not news ro LC's faculry or students. LC's
own _website claims diversity to be a core issue, we
consistently host ourside speakers on rhe issue and question. Ar the same ,rime the Ethnic Srudent Ser­
vices Department spirits off minoriry students to
separate dinners, somehow thinking chis \"ill help
them integrate with the rest of LC community. "]
am in there with a bunch of ocher' minority students
earing dessert and they tell us not co be afraid of all
the white kids in the Bon," said Hoda Ilias ('08).
Granted diversity issues wid1in America have
often been centered on race, bur it is important
ro acknowledge that diversity also includes differ­
ences such as class, facuJry members
have composed
reports advocat­
ing rhar the ad­
ministration take
steps ro increase
diversiry in the
LC communiry.
This Thursday
will be the 6-
n;tl panel of the
three part Face­
co-Face series
discussing diver-When we engage in these discussions
but cr~ate no change, our disc;:?urse
becomes meaningless rhetoric. We are
merely reminding ourselves each year
that we are predominately a white,
upper-middle class community and
entrenching it. religion, sexual ori­
entations and politi­
cal allegiances. We
should acknowledge
race as part of the
many faeces of rhe
human being. If we
center our defini­
tion of diversity, chac
which make us dif-
ferent, on race, then
we are saying race
siry, tolerance and multiculruralism on our campus.
We have these panels, speakers, and reports.every
year just to see the issue reemerge the next year. When
we engage in these discussions but create no change,
our discourse rhen becomes meaningless rhecoric.
We are merely reminding ourselves each year that we
are a predominately white upper-middle class com­
muniry and entrenching it. This is morally repre­
hensible because we are nor ignorant co the prol:ilem
yet we remain unwilling to take the steps co solve it.
It also appears chat LC has narrowed its definition
o(diversicy ro race. Jnthe Face-to-Face series, the pan­
el consistently referred to cuJrure as a produce of race
-antl...used rh-etoric such as· "the white boy,'.' ''students
of color;' ·and'¼>hi re privilege.'' The issue of class was
~ noc2~nbrought up until :a.student directly asked a
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The "other" opinion ...
I hate your iPod
or, Maybe it's just you
by Ben Waterhouse
I hate your iPod. Ever since the damn things got they are spoken ro. Noc so anymore.
really popular a couple years ago, I have felt Alcogether t.oo many iPod users
haunted by the white plastic devils everywhere I go. have ab~doned ~hes~ standards of
I fl. h h · I h · f · f I . personal rnteracnon m favor of a me eac nme catc stte o a half o porce am-" al d k,, h. h •
h. . _ person soun trac , w 1c 1so-
~ ue_ ear-buds 1:escled smugly m t e ears of a pass- laces chem in a musical world inhab-
mg hipster. I grmd my teeth when I see an oblong ited only by themselves and the oth­
oudine bouncing along in a back pocket. I hate them er white-ear-budded anrisocialiscs.
the way other people hate mullets-or Hummers. This kind of self-isolation is bad
• for society. If we plug ourselves into
machines and cease ro interact with
ochers while walking, eating or rid­
ing the bus, then the bonds ofWest My aver;ion to the iPod has places where listening ro your iPod
nothing to do with the thing it-simply is not appropriate. While
self-as gadgets go, it is rela-talking to someone, for example.
tively well designed and func-Or in class.
tional-and everything to do Last week
with the behavior of iPod owners. I saw a stu-
Remember Tamagocchi? Those dent in the
anthropomorphic key chains chat back of
everyone was nuts over in the Olin 204,
sixth &!:~9e? Remember how cliqu-earphones
isb they made people? Remember in, content­
how no one would talk about any-edly bob­
thing but his or her virtual pee? bing her
il,>ods are the Tamagocchis of to-head in the
day, only more expensive and more middle of
likely to be owned by adults. When a lecture.
iPod owners congregate they imme- The rise
diacely whip out their little darlings of the iPod
and compare model years, number has ushered
of songs, days of music, ere. Any an unprece­
non-owners unfortunate enough dented and
to be present are badgered in.to ex-unhealthy
plaining why they haven't bought amount of
one yet. Remarks to the order of" I
don't wane one" are mer with slack-
jawed horror by the Pod-heads. 1ou can't expect j
someone to dro_Pi
~400 on a glorifird
Walkman an9 n<;>t
gloat. But there are
times and places
where listening to
your iPod simply is
not appropriate. Coast civility will
collapse and we
will all turn inro
New Yorkers, run­
ning around with
our heads bowed
and our collars up.
Do your part
ro curb the spread
of social indif­
ference and hos-.
tility. Say hello
ro vour fri~nds
while you're walk­
ing to class, talk
to a stranger on
the bus, turn off
the
of "soundtrack
your life"
l suppose I shouldn't blame iPod
owners for their obsessive beh~ior.
You can't expecr someone to drop
$400 on a glori.fied Walkman-and
nor gloat. But there are times and incivility into Arneric~ university
culture. In healthy societies, people
greer each other on the street, talk to
their neighbors and respond when for a moment and take in
the real world around you.
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BUSINESS
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ANDMORE Oh, and take out your goddamn
ear-buds when I'm talking to you. "Lesbian romp fest"
conjures up wrong im­
ages
This letter is about the
Logs promotion of
. hearsay and lack of active
journalism on the "Publick
Occurrences" page. In your
promotion of the·Black Box
production, Stop Kiss, you seat­
ed the play might be "a lesbian
romp fest. We're not sure."
Firstly; lase I checked when
journalists aren't sure of some­
thing they ask questions,
which you obviously didn't.
Secondly, describing "Stop
Kiss" as a "lesbian romp fest"
cheapens, misrepresents and
utterly detraccs from what the
play is truly about. "Romp
fest" implies pajama party,
great (un and raucous sex.
That implication belittles the
play and the issues with which
it deals. The overarching
theme of"Stop Kiss" has little
co do with lesbianism. Instead fine and dandy, but even the
New York Tunes has the cross­
word puzzle! I suppose for now
I'll just have to find solace in the
capable arms of Craig Beebe ...
Anyway; if indeed you did can­
cel them on purpose, I hope
chat you know that there are dil­
igent readers who do care about
the loss and are saddened by it.
Sincerely,
Paul Muzi ('07)
Ed. Note: Mystery Box and
~" Caught~ Eye are com­
pletely dependent on submis­
mms from YOU. So ... submit.
Pleau.
"Tie Teachers" engenders
domination in class­
rooms
Regarding last week's edito­
rial that used professorial attire
as a metaphor for teac.hing ef­
fectiveness, we have an opinion.
We agree that there are good and
bad teachers at this college. We
of basing as-
sumpdon.s
ononephoro
ofcwo worn-aJso agree
------------- that a
" ... describing Stop professor
en, come and Kiss as a 'lesbian romp ;:t to;;
see the play fest' cheapens, mis-• for a sup-
fur your- d J portive
selves to find represents an Utter y andrigor-
out what its detracts from what the ous learn-
all b ing envi-re y a out. ,
Leah Yanoff play is truly about.' ronment.
• l-Ie or
('06) -Leah Yanoff ('06) she must
A myste-
rious disapearante of
boxes and eyes is dis­
tressing
To whom it may concern,
I have been reading the
Pi<meer Log, for good and
_ill, for two years now. The
rwo consistently amusing
things, the ones that moti­
vated me co venrure co Tem­
pleton on Fridays, were the
"You Caught My Eye" blurbs
[oJJ. rhe back page] and the
"Mystery Box'' [in the Fo­
rum section]. Therefore, it
was to my severe disappoint­
ment that I found my favor­
ite elements missing chis year!
The last couple of weeks, I
have been hoping rhat they
would be reins ta red (I fig­
ured you were waiting for
material to be submitted),
but now, they appear to have
been stricken out entirely .
I kno'o/ that many of my
acquaintances enjoyed pe­
rusing them and one of
my friends acrually scarred
swearing vehemently when
he could nor find chose
amusing anecdotes. These -
pieces made me feel like
the paper was a part of the
LC community, something
that many people put ef­
fort imo for tl1e enjoymenc
of orhers and I can feel that
mood slipping away rapidJy.
News and Tnformarion is demand
a cer-
tain level of respect and class­
room decorum. However, we
God the chosen metaphor of
"tie-teachers'' to be inherent­
ly gendered and alienating to
both teachers and scudencs.
Metaphors are useful com­
munication tools, but fram~
ing this argument in terms of
fash,ion detracts from a more
important discussion about
teacher aptitude and elfective­
ness. The incendiary narure of
a gendered metaphor alienates
and exclades those srudencs who
have had experiences that do not
match this edirorial's purported
observarion. ihis is especially
true for students who have e,.x_­
perienced gendered discrimhla­
cion from said "tie-teachers.''
In gendering this discus­
sion, you also gender reach­
ing merhods. This editorial has
linked qualities chat we hope
for in every reacher, "author­
ity ... • weight of personalir[y]"
and high e)fpectations for sru­
dents, to a symbol of "old
school teaching philosophy."
This emphasis on "old school
reaching"' coprains subtly ap­
parent references to a patri­
archy char none of us wish to
imitate. We wane our teachers
to be engaging, thoughtful and
inspiring, but we refuse ro link
these qualities ro masculinity.
Karen Hooper '06 &Jes­
sica Johnson '06 .6 .... _______________________ i•ii•M- .. ________ th_e_P_•_·o_n_e_er_L_o_g_, _s_ep_t_e_m_b_e_r_3_0_,_2_0_05
Fighting Hamster
Democrats rejoic·e in
DeLay' s indictment
House Majority Leader is accused of conspir­
acy to use corporate money to elect a candi­
date. The charges come at the right time for
Democrats.
by Matt Savage knows what the repercus­
sions on his career will be?
dieted. After over a
year of inves­
tigation and
speculation,
House Majori­
ty Leader Tom
Delay has fi-
nally been in­
He has been accused of
conspira9' to use corporate mon­
ey to elect a candidate, which is
illegal under Texas law. If con­
victed, he faces up to rwo years
in prison, and he has temporarily
stepped down as majori~ leader)
according to Bouse tules. What
does this mean for Delay, the Regardless of whether he is
found guilty of another crime,
his current indictment has
damaged the reputacion of the
Republican Party ~mong in­
dependents and further mo­
bilized Democrats. With
dropping polls for Congte$­
sional leadership and for die
Republican Party as a whole,
this could not have come at
a worse time. Senate Major­
ity leader Bill Frist has already
raised suspicions due to a stock
deal and the President's suppon
has been suffering for months
due to Iraq 'ffld now Katrina.
The extent of the harm done to the
party depends on how far the charges
will go. About half a dozen former lob­
byists and others working With DeLay·
have already been indicted, and there is
a good chance that more charges will be
uncovered in future criminal investiga­
tions.
Republican Party, and America?
Even if Delay is never con­
victed, this wUI forever be a stain
on his career. Unlike Trent Lott,
who stepped-down without pro­
test after making radally;insensi­
tive remarks, Delay has already
denied any wrongdoing and
vows to fight what he clait;nS are
"partisan attacks". If both the
courts and the American people
find hirn innocent, it is possible
chat this could neurrali~ a lor of
the political fallout ro the Re­
publican Party, or even shore up
support among those who now
doubt his innocence. But if he
is fo~nd guilty, his denial tac­
tic will ceroiinly ruin his career
and hurr the Republican Party.
The extent of the harm done
to the party depends on how
far the charges will go. About
half a dozen former lobbyists
and others wot.king with De­
Lay have already been indicted,
and there is a good chance that
more charges wW be uncovered
1\1 future criminal investigacions.
Th.ere is also suspicion that
an associate of Mr. DeLay's,
Jack Abam1ofl: was involved in
gie killing of a politically active
businessman in Florida. Al­
chougli Abarmoff has admitted
to having a business relationship
with the man, he has claimed in­
nocence in bis death. If Delay
is even loosely c,onnecred with
a crime of this magnitude, who 1bese events will certainly
be bad news for Republicans
in 2006 and possibly 2008.
Unfortunately for the
Democratic Party, Repub­
lican troubles in 2006 will
not mean a repeat of '94.
In 1994, the ethical troubles
and dropping support of the
Democratic Party lead them to
lose control of both Houses of·
Congress, something the Dem­
ocrats hope will happen to the
Republican Parry. l3ut the Re­
publicans will stay in power,
albeit with narrower margins.
The Democratic Party has
failed to capitalize on the enor,s
of Republicans, and their poU
numbers are not much higher
than those of their opposition.
Without a broad policy agen­
da, similar to Newt Gingrich's
"Contract with America" in
1994, the Democrats will re­
main a bitter opposition party.
The ultimate result of De•
Lay's it1dictmen~t, Uke many
of the follies of Congress and
the Presidency, will ~e a gen­
eral mistrust of the governtnent
and ocher pubHc inscitutions.
With both parties unable to
escape the mudslinging, pub­
lic dissatisfaction will prolifer­
ate. Until Congress can rise
above its juvenile behavior
and • lead America, partisan­
ship will continue to emerge
while America craves leadership. Ed1tor1al Board
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Do you feel strongly
about an issue chat's not getting
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idea how to sp1ead your propa­
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prerogatives that differ &om their
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my rhat they wouldn't be the same
without. In the past year, the Pio­
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with numerous student groups
such as Unisex and BSU, not to
mention our ongoing rivalry with
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So, if you have unfocused angst,
direct it at us and write a letter or
guest edirorial. We won't take ir
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No anime means fewer fees for you
by Ben Schifman
Without the United States fed­
eral governrnenr, we wouldn'r have
chat many highways. Pe_ople like co
use highways, but it is unlikely chat
they would get together out of their
own volicion to build them; they
would be expending a great deal
of rime and money for the benefit
of ochers. Thus the government
is necessary on some level to col-
• leer people's money and do things
cl1at they wane co do, but would
not otherwise do on their own.
Roughly analogous to the col­
lection of taxes by rhe govern­
ment is collection of st~dent fees
ar Lewis & Clark College. At LC,
student fees are collected and dis­
tributed co student groups and or-.
ganizarions. 1 contend that many
of these groups should not get stu­
dent funds; not because chey are
not worthwhile, bur because they
are nor activities which all stu­
dents enjoy, but none would take
the rime ro fund and organize.
If the funding of rhese groups
were cut out, it would free up money for activities which other­
wise could not occur, and would
lower the student fees; giving you
more money that could be spent on
the activity which you enjoy most.
An example of an activity which
many srudencs participate in and
enjoy, but that srudents would
have a hard time organizing and
funding on their own is Casino
Night. This is a very widely at­
tended and enjoyed event. How­
ever, ir is unlikely that a group of
srudents would ger together and
to plan and raise the money to
fund casino night on their own.
This is nor the case with many
things that Chartering & Budget­
ing Board (CBB) and your student
fees do fund, however. Let's look
ro ''go club," and "anime club."
Go is a board game. Is it prohibi:
rively expensive or hard co orga­
nize go matches? No. Ditto with
a.nimae. Anime watching is nor
a large undertaking which every­
one at LC wanes co do, bur not
one wants to cake the rime to or­
ganize and raise money for. How­
ever, it is something that all sru-dents at LC are payin·g for. This
isn't to say that people shouldn't
warch anime (they shouldn't, bur
char is another editorial). I am
merely saying chat anime watch­
ing is not the kind of activity char
every student should be paying for.
If groups sue~ as these did nor
receive funds, then everyone's stu•
de.~c fees would be cheaper. This
means you would have more mon­
ey; money you could spend on your
favorite activity. After all, who is
the best judge of where yo~ money
would bring the mosr enjoyment:
you or CBB? Do you like anime?
lake the extra money and buy
Naruto DVDs. I'U rake my extra
money and buy some concert tick­
ets and everyone will be better off.
CBB will be accepting appli­
cations shortly, and [ would urge
tltose who have the time co par•
ticipate to .exercise restraint, and
leave the student fees co events
that couldn't exist without them.
Like the USFG, we should be do­
ing things that only a large body
could or would do, and leaving rhe
rest co people to do on their own. the Pioneer Log, September 30, 2005
Distracted
Insightful interactions with
everyday thoughts
by Craig Beebe
Last Saturday I found myself
in an unlikely buc very welcom­
ing setting: Griswold Srndium. I
was there, for the first time in over
lhree years at Lewis & Clark Col­
lege, to watch a football game.
lr was one in the afternoon­
a rime and day when many all
over the country would be pack­
ing into stadiums and bowls ro
warch the spectacle of grit and
comperidon that is college fooc­
ball. Indeed, this ritual was a
way o( life for most of my child­
hood, as well. Growing up in a
large college, small town type of
environmenc, football was an ob-
, session for us in the fall months.
I am reluctant to
blame the majority
of the LC student
bo4,y's lack of atten­
tion to LC sports
on any one factor.
Even if we weren't ar the sta­
dium, even if our team was los­
ing-and, let me say; the Wash­
ington State Cougars have lost a
lot of games over the years-foot­
ball was what we did. le was what
we talked about all weekend, what
we played at 11.]nch, the sport
whose players-even che mi.nor
ones--could visit our elementary
school classroom and make our
monrh. And later, when 1 went
to chat university for a little over
a semester, litde could seem bet­
ter than huddling for warmth
in the middle of a packed stu­
dent secti.on, with November
winds circling all around us.
BU(, when I came to LC, that
all changed. Football suddenly qe­
came peripheral, ar best. I'm not
sure what happened-perhaps it
never was that imporcan.t to me
anyway. Maybe rhe claims made
by certain former coaches-that
foorbaJl never was chat important
on this campus, anyway, and was
even actively disparaged-were
right. Maybe I was a part of that.
Regardless, last Saturday
was a rime for redemption.
And so l was rhere, on a warm
Saturday afternoon, wearing ar
least part of the school colors,
. with a good sp[inkling of fel­
low students and other mem­
bers of the LC community.
Of course, 1 loved i:r. I loved
the action, the exciremem, the
fact rhar I knew some of these
guys and could sec their faces as
they came off the field. I loved
the anger and frustration, the joy
and the exhaustion. l was amazed
that I could be so close to . the
game-far closer rhan even the
smallest Division I game-Jike
I was part of the action. I loved
the tact that President Hochster­
der was sitting a few rows behind
me, instead of in a skybox some­
place, and that the band was from
a 1ocal • school but seemed more into the game.: than anyone.
l was also quite distressed, how­
ever. I felt chat sense of Joss for
something I never realized I didn't
have: passion for sports at LC. J
watched fellow studenr fans­
many of chem athleres--who
seemed invested in Pioneer sports
in. a way char I never was, and I
envied chem. How did I miss out
on rhe experience of reaUy being
invested in a team here, the way
that I was as a child and a teen­
ager? Where did that fade away?
I am reluctant to blame the
majority of rhe LC student body's
lack of attention co LC spores on
any one faccor, though la rely many
people have been happy· to pro•
vide them. I do not want t0 pi11 it
down to the idea chat "Division III
sports don't matter," or to a sering
of bad seasons for certain of our
athletic reams. Perhaps it is a cul­
tural thing, bred by people with
unspoken and unre,;sonable ven­
de~ against athletics generally ..
But I doubt it, at least for myself.
For me, my failure co attend the
1:ompetirions of our football team,
and other teams, was something
chat began wirh simply having coo
many ocher options of rhings to
do. lt then became a habit, because
I had bMically forgotten the enjoy­
ment I once cook from watching
my fellow students as athletes, and
while I had nor lost my apprecia­
tion of thefr efforts, I was nor in~
dined to actually witness thero.
Our athletes, football players
and otherwise, deserve a round of
applause. Bur if few have attended
their games recently-and even if
football does not return to rhe LC
campus next fall-we cannot im­
mediately claim chat all smdents
hate athletics. Rather, we muse
think of the choices individuals
have made, and whether and why
athletic events were so often rel­
egated to the bottom of the list.
Also, we might consider the
changing face of athletics. Time
will cell whether football is a "dy­
ing" spore in the realm of LC
athletics. While the pages of·tlus
paper have focused recently on
Ultimate and its rise co promi­
nence, what about burgeoning in­
terest in lacrosse, soccer and even
rock climbing? Could these be the
new sports for which our school
recruits and for whicl1 we cheer?
Until November 15, with the an­
nouncemem of the spe~ com­
mission on the furure of football
here, we can only venmre a guess.
In che meantime, I am pleased
to have finally attended a Pioneers
football game. While the-enviroo­
men t may be very different from a
Division I stadium, and while ul­
timately it seemed pretty incoose:
quenrial to me, those three hours
spent in Griswold reconnected me
ro a past I had nearly forgotten,
and awoke in me some new appre­
ciation for chose among us that we
call srudenc-arhleres. I was sudden­
ly much more proud ro be orange.
So, goodbye for now,
LC football. Tiffie will tell
in. -i¥U11i¥.- ... _________________ 7 __
Rabbi Michael Lerner's visit
brings a mixture of reactions
by Amber Case
At 7:00 pm on Tuesday, Flanagan
.Ii.. Chapel was already filling with
people, excited about the 7:30 pm pre­
sentation. The presenter, Rabbi Michael
Lerner, was soon to arrive to give a lec­
ture on "Progressive Social Change: Why
America Needs a Spiritual Left."
ing ro see a man that
wanted ro bring peace
co the world, because
I myself am some­
one that wants to
bring peace inro the
world. And where­
as I am only able co
do it on a person by
person basis, here is
chis man chat pro­
poses co bring peace Rabbi Michael Lerner demands
such attention as the leader of Beyt
Tikkun and rhe editor ofTikkun
magazine, a bi-monthly Jewish
critique ;f politics, culture and so­
ciery. He is active in The Network
of Spiritual Progressives, and he is
working actively co foster a new
atmosphere iu liberal and progres­
sive culmre that is open to and cu­
rious about spiritual and religious
perspectives. Lerner has been re­
ferred co as "America's preeminent
liberal Jewish intellectual" and
he has distinguished himself as
a social activist since the 1960s. to many. I wanted . . PHOTO COURTESY OF LC WEBSITE
to see how he was. Rabbi Michael Lerner spoke to the LC com-
able to do this." munity about religion and liberalism today.
Positive Feedback
The majority of the audience
at Rabbi Lerner's was ecstatic and,
in some cases, awed by his ideas.
His rhetoric was strong and ef­
fective at getting his ideas across,
and he aroused excitement, hope,
and laughter. He preached a new
era of peace and love mac would
close the gap between the left
and the right that could also be
used ro decrease tensions between
the peoples of the Middle East.
Unachieved Expectations
Despite the high expectations
set forth by the Rabbi's impres­
sive resume and the overall pos1-
rive response, several students
were less than impressed wirh the
responses and views presented.
One atrendee expressed
her disappointement. "I went
in there [co see Lerner] com­
pletely exalted," she explained.
"J was excited that I was go-However, the
magic of the man who stood be­
fore her soon faded away. "Le­
rner cold me 'l go into a conver­
sation because my beliefs and
views are imporcanr to me, and
I completely expect co change
other people's beliefs and views.'
''And when I asked him how
he could expect others to adqpt
his views in lieu of their own
when he wouldn'r change his
own, he flirted around the sub­
ject and refused co answer, con­
tinuously changing the subject.
As he himself said, "! avoid those
conversarions at all cosrs.n And
thus I left disappointed. I left dis­
giisted. He's all words and no ac­
tion. He doesn't try co understand
the people he's trying to reach."
After the lecture, Lerner signed
copies of his published works and
urged interested individuals to
donate money to Tikkun's cause.
This caused some to feel rhat
his uc]jmate goal was not world
peace, but rather monetary prof-
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Another woman found Rabbi Le­
rner'sspeechinspu:ing,yetstiUlacking.
''Thank you for your inspiring
speech," she said at the question
and answer session following the
lecture. "Bur I'm wondering about
the practically of [your plan]. How
can I bring [your ideas] inco the
workplace? I'm afraid that if I sim­
ply go in preaching love and caring
that I'll be laughed our of a job!"
Lerner responded with his ver­
sion of how to go about changing
the wodd, tailored co 6r the given
scenario. When women wanted the
right to vote, he began, they built
up a coalition of like-mined peo­
ple. He suggesred char the woman
caJk to people at her job and see if
any of chem liked the ideas. 1hey
could then form scudy ·groups that
could read his published books to­
gether· and seek out new people
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Oueration
Nightwatch: not your average collegiate S?turday
by Alex Johnson
About 50 homeless and men­
cally disabled men and women
come to Operacion Nighrwatch in
downtown Porcland every Thurs­
day, Friday and Sacurday night.
Nighrwatch is a inclusive
street ministry thac was created
"to respond ro the physical, so­
cial, emotional and spiritual life
of low-income or oo income
persons living in rhe downtown
Porcland area," said the websire.
Lasr Saturday I anended Op­
eration Nighcwarch as a partici­
panr-observer for the Pioneer Log.
This is my story.
I had forgotten rhe address, but
the Nighrwatch building was eas­
ily spotted because of the Line of
homeless women and men wait­
ing co enter. 1he door was locked,
but I was let in afrer knocking.
The center wasn't supposed
to open until 8:00pm, and I was
early eno~gh that I had some time
co meet the ocher three volunteers
and learn a licde bit about what
they do at Operation Nighrwatch.
Debbie, the head volunteer
and Executive Director, showed
me around the small one-floored
building. It was basically made
up of a small room with tables
and chairs, an office, a kitchen
and cwo bathrooms. Out back
there was a secluded area for
smoking and conversing outside.
Debbie then introduced me to
my fellow volunteers, one woman
and two men from various church­
es around the city. Operation
Nighcwatch is actually run by the
sum effort of20 different churches
in Porrland, which altogether con­
rribute about 55 volunteers to help PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEX JOHNSON
Operation Nightwatch is a program put on by different Portland-congregations every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday that
focuses on the all the various difficulties associated with low-income and no-income lifes of many homeless indviduals.
out. Although churches support
the center, no preaching is allowed
during Operation Nightwatch.
According co Jim, who had
been -volunteering at the center
for four years, the women and
men who come into the center
are inuch more likely to break
this rule than rhe staff. After giv­
ing me a tour, Debbie outlined the
evening's events. The doors would
open at 8:00pm, sandwiches
would be served at 9:00pm, socks
passed out at 10:00pm and the
center would close at midnight.
By the time 1 had met my fellow
volunteers and been given a tour, it was time co open the doors. I wasn't
sure what to expect, which was
probably good because there was
no way to be sure what was coming.
Once the doors wete opened
the "friends" of Operation Night­
watch filed in and sat down at
tables. For fear of seeming stand­
offish, I quickly sac down with
cwo men and asked them if they
had any interest in playing cards.
Before long, we had been play­
ing the card game "War" for an
hour and a ha!£ I didn't even no­
tice my cransirion &om quiet cu­
riosity co joking and laughing
with two complete strangers. Al-though it would be idealistic co
say that every barrier between us
had been broken, we had certain­
ly expanded our comfort levels.
Afrer we grew tired of the ironi­
t:ally tactic-less game of War, we
began playing Five Card Draw,
and then Seven Cards No Peeky,
which was a new game for me.
Although I gathered· no infor­
mation about the two men be­
sides their names and brief his­
tories we had a wonderful time
joking over our card games. In
fact, I spent most of the night with
these two men playing cards, save
for a few minutes in the kitchen handing out toiletries and food.
By the time I left 1 was com­
pletely exhausted. I had had fun,
but the experience drained me.
le was very challenging to be in a
social environment so vastly dif­
ferent than my own, even though
I spent most of the night laughing
and having fun. It was an incredibly
worthwhlle experience and I urge
anyone who is interested to give it
a tty. Ir will certainly be worth it.
For more information on Op­
eration Nightwatch go to www.
operationnightwatch.qrg, ~F--vis­
it the Srudent Leadership and
Service Office in Templeton.
Gender-neutral housing makes its start
by Rosi Moffett
For first-years stu­
dents, it may have
been surprising co see a
gender-neutral housing
option included in the
housing packet sent out
last spring. The words
'gender-neutral housing'
may seem more famil­
iar to returning students
due to the movement to
implement it as a resi­
dence option chat be­
gan in January 2004.
This is the first year chat Lewis
& Clark has offered this program,
and it seems to have quiecly slipped
into the housing options as more
of a non-event than anything else.
For some, providing students
with the option of choosing the
gender of their roommate seems
like the obvious choice to make.
"We're all adults now. I under­
stand the 2-year-requiremenc for
living on campus, but I chink we
should be allowed to choose who
we live with while we're here,"
said one anonymous student
Thar rfiay be a litde too cut­
ting-edge for even the LC campus.
"The day has not come where we can allow students absolute
freedom in choosing the gen­
der of their roommate. Parents
are already hesitant about men
and women living next co· each
other," said Sandi • Boccemeiler,
Director of Residential Services.
As of pow, there is a relatively
strict application pcocedure for gen­
der-neutral housing, gender-neutral housing program.
Information regarding exaccly
how the college would find out
about such misconduct or what sore
of disciplinary action would be tak­
en was not provided, but situations
concerning romantically involved
students living together has report­
edly raised concerns in the past. the requirements," said Botremeiler.
Of the three remaining pairs,
two opted co live off campus when
the option was extended to sopho­
mores; of the remaining pair, one
deferred acceptance to LC and the
other paired with an "aUy," some­
one who is interested in support­
ing r,ersons of alternative sexuality.
including a personal
interview with a resi­
dence Life professional.
This interview ex-
ists in part to assure
that the program is
not abused; that is,
chat applicants are
really in a. situation
where chey would
feel the most com­
fortable .and safest
living with someone
of a different gender. LC is one in just a handful of
colleges and universities with a
gender-neufral housing option,
but concerns from students and
parents have been few ... eight stu­
dents expressed interest in utiliz­
ing the program this year. Rosengard did nor feel
it was a bad sign char there
was only one room devot­
ed to the new program.
"We're accommodat­
ing one person's interests
and not inconvenienc­
ing anyone else. That
makes me happy," he said.
LC is one in just a hand­
ful of colleges and univer­
sities with a gender-neu­
tra1 housing option, buc
concerns from students
and parents have been few.
Gender-neu-
tral housing (and all housing,
for that matter) is specifically
not designed for those who are
interested in a romantic rela­
tionship with their ·roommate.
"Providing false information
about your status or intention is a
violation. of the College's code of
conduce and will result in disciplin-.
ary proceedings," said the Task Force
charged with the development of che "Drama. Lots of dra-
ma," said Resident Di-
rector David Rosengard.
According co Sandi Boccemei­
ler, eight students expressed in­
terest in utilizing che progran1
chis year. Only two of them
were rejected as ineligible based
on the quahficacion process.
"They were OK with it. They
understood that they didn't meet What is perhaps most
exciting about the program is the
fact chat other insticutions are now
looking to the success of gender­
neutral housing at LC and consid­
ering similar programs of their own.
The furure of gender-neutral
housing here at LC is unknown
but che seeps taken by Residence
Life seem to be going coward more
options and 8ex.ibililty for stu­
dents choosing to live on campus. .ch_e_P_i_o_n.ee_r_L_o_.g..,,_s_e..,p.te.m_be_r_3_01111,.2_0_0_5 ___________ ,,, ... u.-.------------------- .... 9--
LC peddles to save the earth and mone
by Natalia Spampinato
In Portland, the second
most biker-friendly
city in the country, it
sometimes feels as though
there is an equal number
of cars and bikes on the
roads. In such an envi­
ronmentally conscious
city, and in part due to
the dramatic increase in
gas prices and the sub­
sequent need for cheap,
easycransportation,many
Lewis & Clark students
have joi'ned the masses
of Portland bike riders.
Biking i.s an ideal way for scu­
denrs co get around 'campus and
take quick trips to the score or even
downtown. Racher than wait­
ing for the bus or planning activi­
ties ;iround the shuttle schedules,
one can simply hop on a bike
and make it co class, Fred Meyer,
or any ocher relatively close lo­
cation in a matter of minutes.
Almost all of the main streets
in Portland have bike lanes,
which make it safe for bikers to
rake high-traffic road.s and mini­
mizethe need to look for alter­
nate routes. Additionally, there's
almost always somewhere co lock
up a bike at che final destination.
If your bike is currently
out of commission, ic can be
fixed at the Bike Room, which
is adjacent to the Platteau ..
"It's basically a community - PHOTO BY NORA GAY
The bike rack at Watzek Library, a tem·porary home to the pride and joy of LC students ...
bike space," said Noah Mendell
('08), who works there regularly.
The Bike Room is student-run
and can help with bike repairs and
even teach students how co fix bikes
themselves. The best part? With the
exception of new parts, it's all free!
"The Bike Room is sweet,"
Megan Shannon ('09) said.
On Sunday, September 18, the
Bike Room sponsored a bike ride
. co downtown Portland, where they
showed students how to gee around
cown on a bike. "The Tour de Port-land" cook students any place they
were interested in. Everyone was
welcome, no matter what skiJl level.
"We left from Templeton
and rode all the way down co the
Community Cycling Center. We
stopped at show venues, bikes
shops, and a trail right along the
Willamette River," said Shannon.
The Bike Room also held
a bike sale on Friday, Sept. 23
on the Pac-Man Lawn. All the
bikes left on campus last year
were sold at for inexpensive pric-es ranging from $15 co $75.
More information about the
bike shop or bikes in general can
be found ac the bike shop meet­
ings, which are held every Thurs­
day at 7:30pm in the co-op.
Whether students need to run
co Fred Meyer for groc.eries, make
it from a dorm room in Forest co
a biology class in Bodine in record
time, or just wane a fun way to gee
in fantastic shape, they can just
hop on a bike, joining the legions
of LC students already on board.
Stitch 'n Bitch knits a tight community
amidst LC's w-ac • knittin enthusiasts
by Nora Gay
What bercer way to relieve your
scress than co grab a pair of needles
and stick chem through ... some
yarn? Every Wednesday from 3-
5p~, the ~oors to the Womyn's
Center are open co Stitch 'n Bitch,
a haven for knitters and crochet­
ers alike, or for anyone else re­
motely interested in having a
place ro hang out. Fear noc that
the group is simply for women
or experienced knirrers; everyone
is invited co give this craft a go.
It's an especially great opportu­
nity for first-years who might still
be finding their way around and
would like something to be pan of.
"It's important to have the
• space and time e';.cb week to do­
ing something you want," said
Julie Engle ('06) who, when she
finds herself bogged down with
school, knits co relieve her stress.
Engle founded Stitch 'n Bitch in
the fall of2004 co widen the already
open doors to Womyn's Center. Ar
the time of the group's origin, knit­
ting was "back" as a popular craft.
Although the Center isn't known
as a hangout spocon campus, people
are always welcome to stop by, knit,
do homework, chat, or whatever.
According co Engle, the "learn­
ing curve of knitting is steep," but
someone with even .the mosc ba­
sic skills can make many projects. Stitch 'n Bitch provides lessons and community for knitters and crocheters of all abilities.
In this friendly network, every­
one is -supportive .of che projects
rhac ochers cake on, lending a hand
when assistance is needed or shar­
ing tips abour the knitting trade.
Thus far, about 15 people of
varyingexpertise have attended each
week. Engle has been giving advice on what rypes of yarn or needles co
buy and where co find tl1em, and
she lends out her own supplies to
beginners. She stressed that Stitch
'n Bitch is a welcoming environ­
ment and is open co all, even males.
"The worlq needs more
male knitters!" said Engle. So if you're inceresced in find­
ing a spot to hang out or in learn­
ing a new trade, drop by and see
what Stitch 'n Bitch has co offer.
A.s Engle pointed out with en­
thusiasm, "Portland is the town
co wttar a scarf in. Everybody
should have a handmade scarP." JC's joint
by Ho'onani Andermann
Ar Lewis & Clark CoHege, che
word "joint" evokes a similar, hazy
meaning for many: por. Bur for a
certain group within the LC com­
munity, "Joint" is noc a special dg;i­
retce. Jnsread, ''Joint" is the name of
a gacheringone Wednesday a month
in LC's Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
ll1e latest Joint meeting was.held
lase Wednesday, September 21, and
bad about 30 people in actcndance.
Joint is a new evenc, sea.reed
a year and a half ago. Ir is collec-
. cively conducted by lncervarsiry
Christian Fellowship (NCF) and
O' For Christ's Sake (OFCS),
two Chrisriaa clubs on campus.
The monthly evenr generally con­
sists of a special speaker aad con­
temporary worship-complete
with a ~tudenc-led praise band
char showcases irs own guitars,
bass, keyboard, drums and vocals.
To the LC faith community,
Joint's name has a special meaning.
The founders of Joint named it af­
ter their commitment to seeing the
small Christian community at LC
join together. "Joint was spearhead­
ed by Amy Cohon ('05) and her
. desire to bring authentic commu­
nity to Lewis,, & Clark," said Kath­
ryn Myers {'04)~ an alumna who
came to see the serviGe Wednesday
njght. "So often people divide over
doctrinal issues, but Jesus p,reacbed
unity. In order ro bring heal­
ing to th~ LC community, Joint
is an attempt to mend and heal
split~ and differences within the
spiritual community within LC.
This is the vision that the found­
ers of Joint had," Hyman said;
Wednesday's Joint included
a personal testimony from Ellen
Van Voorhees ('07). In it, she shared
her story of Gods faithfulness in
her life. "I was depressed for 10-
plus years, and the ohly thing that
has captivated me and brought me
our of my suicidal depression was
rhe love of Jesus Christ," she said.
Studencs who came co the ser­
vice Wednesday said Joint was a
community where they felt safe
to express their faith. "I come be­
cause ir gives me a chance to wor­
ship with friends and ground my­
self after getting caught up in the
craziness of life," said Angela Fin­
ke ('08), "Joinr gives students che
opportunity to express their faith
in an inviting, friendly setting,
and all are welcome and encour­
aged to share in the experience."
"It's an opportunity to learn
about God and to be surrounded by
people with similar values and mor­
als.As a plus, my roommate plays in
the band," Scott Moyer ('07) said.
The special speaker this
Wedn~day was Michael Haven,
the IVCF leader for Reed Col­
lege. Accompany~ng him was
his wife Sarrah Lynne Haven.
To tne Havens, Joint meant
more than providing a link be­
tween students at LC. "We want­
ed to bring Reed and Lewis &
Clark together . as it rends co be
preny hard co be Christians at
Reed, and I've heard that it's sore
of similar here," Sarrah Lynne said.
The next Joint service is
scheduled for Wednesday,
Oct. 26, 200:5 at 8:00pm in
the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. 10
lndie rock band Arcade Fire performed last week in POX.
Arcade Fire gives a
red hot performance
by Nora Gay
With yet another sold our
show, che Monrreal indie rock ~and
the Arcade Fire surpassed their fans'
already sky-high expectations with
a knockout concert at the Crystal
Ballroom on Tuesday, Sept.-20.
Fellow Monrreal artists
BelJ Orchescre (which included
members of the Arcade Fire) and
Wolf Parade opened, setting the
atmosphere for an intriguing show.
The purely instrumental sounds of
Bell Orcbesrre rocked the crowd,
while Wolf Parade had a heavier
rock and folkish sound. However,
ir was the arrival of The Arcade
Fire Lhat made the crowd go wild.
With their offbeat yet pristine
vocals, Win and Regine Buder
led the seven member (with some
additions) band through an acray
of maretial, including songs from
their debut album Funera.l and
their self tided EP. Additionally,
the band played some new tunes.
Starring off with the single
"Tunnels," the Arcade Fire
entranced the crowd with their
hauntingly eclectic sounds. Every
fan on rhe floor sang along, but
even the enthusiasm of devoted
teenagers and college srudenrs
couldn't match the band's energy.
The mus1c1ans maintained
rheir incredible stage presence
chroughour, showing off their dexterity by switching instruments
and conscancly interacting with
one another. Band members WiU
Buder and Richard Parry wore
• helmets and drummed out the beat
on each other's heads. Ir was nearly
impossible to keep their excitement
from spilling into the crowd.
Drums, guitars, an accordion,
harmonica, violin, cello, keyboard
and orher somewhat atypical
instruments also made appearances
during their set. Violinist Sarah
Neufeld performed. the. majority
of the show with a broken bow
after her passionate playing broke
some strings. It's not often that
a violinist or cellist can rock a
crowd, but the Arcade Fire kept
their sound alive and kicking.
The crowd went wild screaming
out the lyrics to upbeat songs like
"Laika," "Power Ouc," or" Rebellion
(Lies)," bur became entranced as
Regine sang "Haiti" or "Backseat."
• For such a large group, the band
was amazingly 'in sync with each
ocher's voices, played cogether well,
and presented themselves as a group.
Closing with the eerily
beautiful "Backseat," the group
filed offstage through cl1e pathway
our of che Ballroom, still rapping
our the remaining chords. The
band lived up to the admittedly
high expecrarions sec for chem,
providing the crowd with a truly
concert the Pioneer Log, September ·29, 2005
Proof tr,ods in better films'
footsteps, fails to impress
by Sara Caldwell
Education. Intelligence.
The pressure of genius. You can
find chem all in Proof, starring
Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony
Hopkins. Though blander and
more prediccible than movies with
a similar focus, P1'oof will no doubt
bear comparison to films such
as Finding Forrester, Good Will
Hunting, and A Beautiful Mind.
The movie is centered around
Catherine (Paltrow) and he;
insane father (Hopkins), a genius
macliematician who revolutionized
his field but become mentally
unstable in hfa old age. Carherii;ie
spends her time taking care of her
father and puts her life on hold
for him, but when he dies, per
own life catapults back into reality.
After her father's death, Catherine is faced wi,rh the
continuation of her searcl1 for
her own genius and the cask
of ensuring that she does not
follow in her father's footsteps.
Caclierine's sister, Claire
(Hope Davis) wants to take care
of Catherine and also fears fqr her
sister's sanity. The plot is somewhat
unoriginal; ir is surprisingly
similar to A Beautiful Mind.
Catherine is confronted with
fears for her own mental health
~hile falling for family friend and
colleague Hal Uake Gyllenhaal).
Hal and Catherine sift through
her father's nonsense in hope
of finding evidence mar he was
still brilliant during his sickness.
During chis search, they find an
amazing proof chat professors and
mathematicians in the field have
been crying to prove for years. PHOTO COURTESY YAHOO IMAGES
Catherine claims it is hers, not her
father's, but because rbey have the
same writing, she cannot pi;ove ir.
Ask anyone about the play
Proof, and you will hear nothint but
raves reviews. The play won several
awards including The Pulitzer Prize
and numerous Tony awards, but the
movie is not of the same quality.
While the film adaptation· is
interesting, it does nor live up co
the reputation the precedes it.
Ahhougb the movie focuses
on m;ichematical. ·concepts and
other ideas the average person
may not understand, Catherine's
identity cns1s is something
easily unders~od by many.
The c,haraqers bring enough
dynamic energy to tbe movie
co make it worth seeing, bur
it's no pressing marrer. I'd
recommend renting it on QVD.
PHOTOS COURTESY NORA GAY
Four members of the band Arcade Fire make music at last week's concert.
Nora Gay thinks they're great, and the A&E editor is boning the violinist. the Pioneer Log, September 29, 2005
Red Eye predictable, yet
strangely entertaining
by Christie Wright
Wes Crave n's 2005
psychological thriller Red Eye
has no parallel plots, twists or
significant . allusions-save char
for your pseudo-intellectual indie­
Aick. However, there are some
redeeming qualities in the movie
chat make it a worrhwhile rental.
While the cagline for themovie,
"fear rakes 8..ighc," does not hold
true, watching Cillian Murphy and
Rachel McAdams goat itfora couple
of hours is at lease entertaining.
The battle-of-the-sexes drama
begins when horel manager Lisa
Reisert (McAdams) encounters
rhe charming Jackson Ripner
{Murphy) while wamng to
board a red eye flight co Miami.
Lisa is delighted when she
discovers that her seat is right
next to Jackson's, but this perfect
coincidence quickly goes awry.
Jackson's line, "Waic, you're noc
stalking me, are you?" becomes
all too ironic when ic turns
out that Jackson has actually
been sralkin Lisa for months. the ~xpense of herself and her
family? Of course, she ends up
doing both. And herein begins
whac the plot has going for it-a
gendered psychological shootout
between Lisa and Jackson.
The culmination of this battle
is a scene where Lisa reveals the
srory about a scar on her chest.
She says, "Jc happened rwo years
ago ... the scar. Ir happened in a
parking lot, in broad daylight. ..
he held a knife ro my chroac the
entire rime." Jackson plays up
the fact that Lisa is at the mercy.
of a man yet again, but he only
inspires Lisa to .finally _take ~e
situation into her own hands.
She vowed that "it would
never happen again" and holds
true to her own promise by
scabbing Jackson in the throat
with a pen minutes after che
plane lands. The action comes
almost out of nowhere and is
phenomenally exciting. It's also a
dose of speed for the sluggish plor.
Thanks to her quick
thinking and rational judgment,
Lisa outruns ackson, kicks his
In her attempt to dissuade Jackson, Lisa
plays up the fact that he is merely a "yes"
man and can't think for himself.
Minutes after rake-off, Lisa
realizes chat she has been kidnapped
in order to help Jackson assassinate
the deputy secretary of Homeland
Security, a guest in Lisa's hotel.
Jackson threatens Lisa with
the murder of her father if she
fails to comply with his needs
(a mere phone call, actually).
The film is very elusive about
Jackson's motives for killing the
depury. The audience learns
char he has been hired by a client
rhac has been rubbed the wrong
way because of the deputy's
hardline policies (Oward terrorism.
In her attempt to dissuade
Jackson, Lisa plays up tl1e fact that
he is merely a "yes" man and can't
chink for himself She attempts
to get him ro "do rhe right thing"
and almost succeeds at ending the
movie45 minutes early, but Jackson
snaps our of this almost empathetic
medication just in time to give
Lisa some of her own medicine.
The rest of me ploc is based around
Lisa's moral dilemma: does
she help Jackson and save her
father? Or does she stand up for
what the filmmakers have framed
as right and save the depury at gunman's ass, saves her father,
gets Jackson arrested and saves
the deputy in no time. She
is our hero and culminates
her transformation by celling
guests at the hotel to stick their
commem cards up meir asses.
Red Eye is honesr about
what it is and, granted, ic's
bad. But it's not mat bad.
The plot line is cliche and
fraught with annoyingly sarcastic
one-liners, but Red Eye allows
its viewers to indulge in a srory
that doesn't comment on a whole
lot. It may try to combine post
9/ 1-1 apprehensions of airplanes
with subtle commentary on
Homeland Security, but the moral
of the Story is muddled at best.
This is a relief, after all, in a
world of action movies that uy
to say something about the state
of tl1e world. Red Eye is thought
provoking only so far as it causes
the viewer to wonder how Jackson
is able to chase Lisa for so long
with a hole through his throat.
Ultimately, Wes Craven delivers
nothing less than he always has:
a moderately terrifying film with
only moderat!:ly good acting.
PHOTO COURTESY YAHOO IMAGES
Don't say I didn't warn you. Cillian Murphy and Rachel
McAdams get close and personal in Red Eye. 11
MOVIE MADNESS MOVIE MADNESS
MOVIE MADNESS MOVIE MADNESS!'
PHOTO COURTESY YAHOO IMAGES
Constant Gardener's appeal is
in its bittersweet wake-up call
by Craig Beebe
The Constant Gardener opens
with a close shot of Ralph Fiennes
and Rachel Wiesz. embracing as
her character leaves to embark on
a journey. It's the sort of parring
in a movie that immediately
bodes poorly for one or all of the
characters, and as the cwo leading
actors separate in this opening
scene, it's hard .co be optimistic
about the rest of the film. Indeed,
Gardener is about as disturbing and
depressing a film as I've seen in a
long time. Yet it is simultaneously
eye opening in a way that
encourages action rather than
desperation, which one hopes is a
growing trend in 6lmmaking roday.
If the movies of Gardeners
director, Fernando Meirelles, are
'any indication, then one might
say the trend is growing. The
Brazilian director's last film, City
of God, depicted the terrible and
horribly violent conditions of life
in a slum outside Rio de Janeiro.
Its frenetic pace and bwral
portrayals moved and enlightened
many filmgoers around me world,
though they may have sickened
some, as well. The Constant
Gardener, though a significantly
higher-profile project-one of
the Harry Potter directors was
originally slated ro direct, and
the film is an adaptation of a
popular novel by John Le Carre­
still maintains that raw edge.
After char opening shot,
Meirelles' magic immediately
begins, with just as much wobbly
camerawork and an intense, loud
soundtrack. We are suddenly
immersed into the vibrancy and
suffering of a Nairobi slum, where
people gather around to hear an
educational production about
AIDS in an open area, and liner
piles up to a railway line passing
through-the only clear bit of land
for miles in any di-rection. People are
everywhere, and so are the reminders
of globalizarion and colonization's
impacts on their lives and homes.
Drug companies have set up
mobile pharma~utical dispersion
programs throughout che slums, a
seemingly charitable gesrure thac we later learn isfraughrwith malice.
Fiennes plays Justin Quayle,
an intelligent bur unremarkable
British diplomat. He is married to
a committed activist named Tessa
Quayle, portrayed wonderfully
by Weisz. Tessa has created many
problems for Justin and others at
the British High Commission; her
investiga.tiqns into rhe relationship
between large drug companies, the
British government and numerous
unexplained deaths of thQse who
have received the drugs given our
in the slums have made many
uncomfortable, ro say the least.
She keeps her work secret,
howev\:r, and in the process puts in
long hours with her one partner, a
Kenyan man named Arnold Bluhm
(Hubert Kounde). As a result,
suspicions fly about her relationship
with Bluhm, and with ochers at the
High Commission-at one point
she is called "the resident harlot." gardening-die namesake of the
film-is also revealed co be an
empry habit; as his ideas and world
unravel around him, nurturing
nasturtiums loses its significance,
and fighting weeds . seems a
little less like "the good 6ght."
As I have said, the "cwist" of
the film is not really very surprising
at all-it is something char even
slightly cynical but well-informed
people would tell you. The lack
of surprise of the film, however,
is what makes it so disturbing. As
(mostly) well-informed students, it
seems that many of us have become
desensitized co 91e horrors that exist
in our world today. At a time when
it is almost uncouth to speak of
Africa and its troubles-who would
want to ruin a nice discussion like
rhat?~7he Constant Gardener can
• be all too readily dismissed by some
as "yet another Africa-poverty­
blame-the-West" sore of film.
The realities Quayle discovers involve not
only the death of his wife, but the death of
his entire notion of a world built on mutual
goodwill between peoples and nations.
Before these suspicions can
be properly aired, she and Bluhm
are killed in a mysterious murder
in a remote region. Confused
and distraught, Quayle {Tlust
investigate, which leads him
down a dangerous trail in which
he is tracked by security cameras
throughout London, beaten by
tlrngs, and chased down roads in
the wilderness of Africa. All along,
be continually gees closer to a
conclusion that is nor surprising,
but very d.isrurbing. Fiennes
• plays ,Quayle beautifully, with
the careful understatement of
emotiocs chat one would expect
of a British diplomat-calm and
yet boiling over at rimes, when
his guard inevitably comes down.
The realities Quayle discovers
involve not only the deatl1 of his
wife, but also the death of his
entire notion of a world built on
mutual goodwill between peoples
and nations. His nearly obsessive Bue such a limired view
indicates a real insecurity that exists
within our own minds, I think, as
residents of the so-called Global
North. If that sort of inequity
exists in one part of our world,
what is ro prevent it from reaching
our own lives? Or has it already?
Sirring in the black box of a
movie theater, it is easy to ignore
the realities of che world. Sitting
in the isolated classrooms of a tree­
filled campus in Portland, Ore.
makes it similarly easy to claim
such ignorance. Whar The Constant
Gardener has done, in spite of some
faults, is to rear that veil away
from its viewers' eyes, which if
nothing else destroys our illusions
of relative global equality, and
forces an altogether uncomfortable
examination of ourselves and our
own implication in tl1e inequities
of tbe developing world. l can't
think of too many other films
today that accomplish char. 12
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MY SAD tV ADDICtlON:
I'd rather be watching VHI
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
As a freshman more than
1,000 miles from home, l am
still coping with the lObeliness of
being separated from Jny friends,
family; and home. Everything here
on campus is still comparatively
• unfamiljac to me: my classes,
my dorm, even my newly made
:friends. Time is the long-tetm cure,
I suppose. 1n the meat;Hime, I have
found a quick fix: I 6nd comfort
in the boob tube. There, awaiting
me, are all the characters J have
come to know intimately over the
years. If I can't spend time with
the people l chedsh in real life, the
next best thing is to hang out with
people I know in the T.V. world.
I swear L'm not a weirdo. My
relationship with my T. V. set is
totally natural. I watch Jess T. V.
than many people. l'm. pretty sure
that it's common for people to
find .reassurance and a soothing
presence in the 1:ube. People Watch
television because it is $OmethiJ1g
comform&le, simple, attd easy in a
comrlex World. Psychologjsc Karl
Jung had a theory that humans
subconsciously see telev.ision as
a mother figure; the pulsating
lighr of a television in a dark
room reminds us of being in the
womb. J'itng would probably posit
that I watch rhe 0.C. every week
because I miss the pte-nacal life.
Jhe face that T.V. .is a mother
6gure and a substitute for friends
may explain why land milUons of
others not0nlyto.lerace, but a_ctually
enjoy utter ttipe. A great example
is VHl. This cable channel was
born in 1985 and has spent nearly
its entire life in the shadow of its
hippet sister cha.nod MTV, The
original idea behind ''Video Hits 1"
was ro mi:mic MTV's revolutionary
idea of showing music videos all
rhe time. VH 1 differentiated itself from th.e youth-oriented MTV
by targetlng an older audience.
This meant sho:wing music videos
by lame "adult contemporary"
bands. Both MTV and VH 1
spent the n~ fifteen years in.
decline as they shifted away from
showing music videos ro showing
music-and entertainment- related'
progran,mlng. Still, VHl lagged
behind MTV '-~because their
ptogrammiogwasntevenintentive.
MTV broadcast grouodb~g
shows like "Yo! M1V Raps", which
hel{>ed bring rap and hlp-hop to
che forefront of pop culture, and
''The Real World," which was the
pred~cessor to modem reality
shows. Meanwhile, YH 1 was airing
.. Behiod the Mij,Sjc,'1 an annoyingly
melodramatic and mundane show
that profiled muslt stars' caxeers.
VRl certainly hasn't
improved. In ,e<;ent years, its focus
has shifted from music to pop
cuJmre in general. This has be.en they're already on to anothe.c., and
you've forgotten what th;y just
covered. Almost no mental energy
is needed co Watch. Sometimes the
shows are funnx, but oftentimes
they're not. fn summary, watching
typical VH1 fare is like being in
an occasionally amusing: coma ..
And j"et, I.'ve spent countless,
hours watching' these shows,
engrossed by comedians like
Michael Ian Bla~k singing along
with TVjingles from 1981. I could
have been campaigning to end
genocide. lcQuJd pave been working
. at my local homeless shelter. I coul~
have been formin~ meaningful and
lasting relationships. Why did I
opt to watch YH l instead? Why
would I subject myself to hours of
humdrum television? Am l a sicW
person? Are all the people who waccH
terrible television afflicted witb
some 'horrible mass media disease~
Maybe we would just rather
look back at decades of arousinglr,
PsychologisrKarl Jung had a theory that
humans_ subconsciously see television as
a mother figure; the pulsating light of a
television in the qark reminds us of being
in the womb.
a successful shift, as exemplified.
by the popularity of such shows
as "Best Week Ever", "l Love 'lhe
70s", "I Lovelhe 80s", "I Love The
80s Strikes Ba<::k", and ·•t Love The
90s:'' That repetitive list doesn't
include the glut of counrdown
shows that the channel airs. All of
thesesbows have vircua:Uy rbe same
content-video clips intermi~ed
with comtnentaey by celebrities and
comedians. These shows are made
for people with attention spans of
15 seconds---'.by the time you get
bored with one facet of a decade, bad fashion than face the roaky
present or the uncertafo future,
P~h;ips we would railier preoccup~
ourselves with the invented
personas of bygonll celebrities
than fotus oo our friends, familyt
and ourselves. Maybe we prefer to
admire empty wealth we don't have
more than the non-monetaiygifts
we do have. Maybe when we are
lonesome,we look to our television
buddies for solace. Maybe we
really like the dull sensation of
minimal brain activity. Or maybe
we just all miss our mothers
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Oh my god, I have a giant boner! Sunkissed twentysomethings Marissa (Mischa Barton)
and Ryan (Benjamin Mackenzie) kiss on the second season of The OC. This show is bad
television at its very very best; you might hate yourself later, but it's too damn hard to
resist. Sort of like cocaine. the Pioneer Log, September 29, 2005 W♦flft:tiliic\ 116111111@11■ 13
Wow! Girl with a Pearl Earring, sans museum
by Lexie Briggs •
A library is usually a place for
books, reading, quiet study, and
re~ecrion. Wanek has never fit rhe
normal librarysrereorype, however.
Whether they are holding a concert
in the middle of the library or
completely failing to shush those
who need shushing, Watzek has
endeavored, intentionally or no,
to live up ro its ·unofficial -slogan
of "nor your mother's library."
Two new exhibits installed in
.the library continue ro shift our
paradigms on what exactly defines
a library. One exhibit features
incredible student artwork,
another is a whimsical rake on
the journey of Merriwether
Lewis aod William Clark,
recold through children's coys.
The toys on display include
everything from curn-of-.the­
century figurines to a Lincoln Log
sec featuring Lewis and Clark.
The exhibit focuses on children's
books more than roys, however,
including a work from l821
entitled "Scenes in America for
the Amusement and Instruction
of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers
[sic)" by Rev. Isaac Taylor.
Sacagawea and York also have
books and coys in the exhibition.
Most of these have been published
more recently, such as My
Name is York by Elizabeth Van
Steenwyk, published in 1997.
The twenty-nine canvas~es
on display in periodicals section
in the library e~phasize the
range of artistic talent of rhe
student body. Though the
work was produced in Barbara
Bartholomew's summer Painting
1 class, the beginners demonstrate
a broad arristic range. Jc features
a wide range of elementary
painting styles: everyrh.ing
from landscapes ro portraits.
The exhibit offers· an
interesting combination of fantasy
and realism. One canvas shows a
scene of a fantastical lavender and
baby blue landscape, the next, a
solitary figure on the beach. One
piece shows a furious fight between
a tiger and a dragon, locked in an
intensely colored battle. Another is
a beautiful rendition cif Johannes
Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring,
Works from seven di.fferent
student artists are displayed ~ong
the North wall until November
1. Exploring Lewis and Clark
through Children's Literature'
is in the reference section of
the librar,,y until December 31. PHOTO COORTESY REBECCA GOlOSCHMIOT
There are two new exhibits at Watzek Library this fall. Pictured above are three pieces from the student art exhibit.
The other exhibit showcases_ the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ... with children's toys.
Play Stop Kiss is "enchantingly sincere" . .
by Wendy Dwyer
Though "Srop Kiss" is no
rriple-X lesbian sex romp (and
I know you hoped it would
be), it's as good a way as any
to get your kicks chis weekend.
Diana Son's play "Stop Kiss''
opened chis Thursday in cheFirAcres
Theatre Black Box and copcinues
throughout the weekend.
Being the first performance
of the ,year, the crew had less
time to prepare, and worked
extra hard to get it out on time.
"It was difficult, since it was
[put together) so fast, but we had a lot of fun," says student
Mahria Lebow ('06), who plays
the role of Sara. "We have a
really close cast, which is good
considering the subject matter."
Originally produced in New
York in 1998, The New York
Times called it an "enchantingly
sincere play." Both heartwarming
and dramatic, the play is about a
relationship between two women.
Callie, played by Leah Yanoff
('06), is a New Yorker unsure
of everything until she meets·
newly arrived Sara. We are taken
chr~mgh various stages of their
t,\ .... .:s-
.• ~"" . .
. friendship, leapfrogging between
their new and unexpected love for
one another ro the tempestuous
aftermath of a hate crime, leaving
one of the characters seriously hurt.
Ir sweetly balances the humor .
and drama of both situations ro
make it more enjoyable. "Ir's
nor just about gay bashing," says
Yanoff, contesting chat ir's about·
love and "the necessity of moving
forward and making choices in life."
Together, the characters overcome
various obstacles, both physical and
emotional. It's a love story where
the characters nor only have move past the limitations of ochers, bur
preconceptions about themselves.
"Stop Kiss" is direct~d by Beth
Harper, founder and arcisticdirecror
of Portland Actors Conservatory,
and performed by Lebow and
Yanoff, as well as Ryan Miglavs
('07), Matt Poole ('08), Laura Moss
('09), and Morgan Shaw-Fox ('09).
"Srop Kiss" will be playing
chis weekend- only, Friday, Sept.
30, ar 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., and
Saturday, Oct. l, at 7:30 p.m.
in the Fir Acres Theatre Black
Box. Admission is $2, and can be
bought at the box office in ·advance.
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First-year sailors rock the sea Volleyball defeats •
by Valarie Hunsinger • Willlam~e· for first
Lewis & Clark's.top first-year ~IJ
students competed in the North- n£ •
west Singlehands championship co erence wm·,
regatta chis weekend perform­
ing extrodinarily well and barely
missing an unprecedenced trip
co the national championships.
Alan Plamer('09) and Callie
Burks('09) were joined by cap­
tain and coach Kyle Eaton ('06).
On _lake Whatcom in Belling­
ham, Wash. the regatta was
sailed in Lasers, the boar used
for Olympic sailjng. 1ne same
boar supports two differeor rigs,
a standard rig for men and the
radjal rig for women. This re­
gatta qualifies the top NW man
and woman sailor for the nation­
al championship which is to be
held in Hawaii this year.
"The men's fleet was domi­
nated by Brendan Fahey('06)
of University of Washington.
Fahey has qualified for nationals
for four years now and typically
places in the top 10 at nationals.
UW sailors A]ex Jones and Paul
Stewa.rr barded with PSU sailor
Jeff Causey to finish out the top
lmlrvlaw by Craig Gilden
Sport: Food,all
Poaltioa: Linebacker
Hoaaeluww Emmett, Idaho
Year in IClaool: Senior
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Major. Conunl.Ulicadons
faoritc morici JndJmt Ill
L«h.Nns
Fa'WOrite sport ouaicle of
footmU? Either Badminton
or PicldcbaU. rm nor swc how
PicldcbaD has not been added
as an Olympic sport yer.
Fawri1le Boole S,m,ir,or by
Chuck Palahniuk.
Last CD J011 lillaaecl to:?
John Prine Live
Aay pre game rhuafe or a.
pc,ICidonsl I always wear a
red rank top under my pads.
I've worn die same rank rop
evr:ry pme of my LC camer.
Plw for after ~l
I really ha~ not decided yet,
I am th.inking about going to
6lmscbooL
Foorite DlOlllat playiQg at
Lcwia at Clarld The: bus ride Callie Burks ('09) preparing to ra~ for a national spot last
weekend at Lake Whatcom in Bellingham, Wash.
three.
LC sailor Alan Platner joined
the fleet with no experience with
this particular boa~. While Alan's
sailing experience prior to LC was
quite extensive, he struggled chis
weekend with a new boar. Platner's
first few races found him in the wa-
back fiom Spobnc in 2003 afm
our pee with Whitworth. Jf you
were th.ere. you know why.
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with Conan O'Brien
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supply of beer, and of course Blair
Harrison
Mose inClereldng place,.,. .uft
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flee timer I like to read and most­
ly jUSt like to spend time chilling
and laughing with mends
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Baby Kiwi. cer on a number of occasions. How­
ever, Platner kept his spirits hlgh
and progressed over the weekend,
said coach Kyle Eaton.
He finished Sunday's races dry
and with far better boat handlrng
and a new interest in the Laser.
Plancher said he plans to stick it our
with the boat and hopes to return
next-year with a top three finish.
Callje Burks, on the ocher hand,
entered the regatta with prior Laser
experience. Although her last expe­
rience sailing chis particular boat
was over a year ago, she pushed
UWs top sailors Ellie Wilson('07)
and Hayley Siegenthaler('07)
throughout Saturday's races. Burks'
last cwo races on Saturday were a
physical challenge, but she kept up
with the UW girls who were far bet­
ter trained for the event. At the end
of the first day, Burks sat in third,
only a poinr behind Siegenthaler
and six points from Wilson in first.
Sunday's races began at noon
after a 2 hour postponement but
allowed for excellent sailing condi­
tions. Burks's· sailing continued co
push the UW girls and provided for
a very right regatta. Wilson's racing
slipped on Sunday and Siegentha­
ler filled in with much better con­
sistency. With .only one slip in the
secona-to-last race of the day, Burks
ended srrong with a bullet (a first
place finish) co make three first
places finishes out of Sunday) five
races.
The day ended with UW women
qualifying for nationals by only one
point. However, in the event that
Siegenthaler and Burks ried, Burks'
excellent Sunday performance and
her bullet in the final race would
have given the tie-breaker to her.
The LC team left the sailing center
having shaken the UW ream and
come close to qualifying for nation­
als.
Coach Eaton comments that,
"Callie of course was the rockstar
of the weekend", said Eato)l, "her
first few races were a liccle shaky, but
Callie figured out the course and
was quick and was front in the pack
instantly. She kept cool under pres­
sure and she sailed her own race." by Craig Gilden
The Pios notched their first con-
ference victory Saturday night over
the visiting Willamette Bearcats.
The Pios defeated Willamene in
four games winrung 30-17, 21-30,
30-22, and 30-24. Senior Audrey
Dilling, who had 16 kills, and first­
year Kelly Neussel, who had 14
kills, paced the Pios to the victory.
Sophomore Lara Smirh added 12
kills to the arrack.
Lewis & Clark and Willamette
split the first two games of the
match with the Pios winning game
one 30-17. The Bearcats then took
game two 30-21.
In the opening game the Pios
had an impressive team attack per­
centage of .471. Lara Smith led the
attack with a percentage of .545 in
the first game. The Bearcats main­
tained control throughout game
.two, jumping out to a large lead
and then· holding on as the Pios
anempred a come back. The Pios
narrowed an 11 point margin to
28-21 late in the game, in rhe league and be successful,"
she said.
The Pios fell on Friday night in
three secs 30-24, 30-20 and 30-26
to the defending Northwest Con­
ference champion Pacific Lutheran
Lures. Sophomore Nicki Smith led
the Pios with eight kills while £rsr­
year Tamara Moores was the ream
leader in both digs, with 10, and
assists, totaling 30 our of the 34
Pioneer assists on the night.
The improved talent level dis­
played by the Pios has been no­
ticed by coaches all across the West
coast. Even with the losses, the Pios
have been competitive, winning
more points and games than in the
past. The mix of returning play­
ers along with a strong first-year
class has strengthened the overall
team chemistry, which has led to
more competition for playing time.
This has really beneficed the Pios as
there are multiple options ar each
position.
"We have depth in every
position. All the girls push one an-
but were unable to get
any closer.
ln game three the
Pios 'took command
with a seven point run
suecching a three-point
lead out ro ten. Kelly
Neussel asserted her
presence in this game,
dominating Willamene
with an assortment of
well-placed and hard­
hit kills. The seven point
run which suetched the «We have depth in ev­
ery position. All-the
girls push one another
in practice which allows
for us to improve each
day that we are playing."
-Jessica Morales('06)
lead from 14-11 ro 21-11 was the
turning point of the march. The
Pios cook control of the competi­
tive contest in this short span.
The Pios were able co carry the
momenrum from the third game
into gan1e four and put away the
Bearcars. Audrey Dilling was the
star of the final game, landing sev­
en kills as the Pios finished of the
march with an impressive 30-24
win. The match ended in exciting
fashion with a block by sophomore
Sara Kettler for the final point.
The win was a other in practice which allows for
us to improve each day that we are
playing," said Morales.
After the weekend the Pios are
now 5-6 on the season and 1-3 in
conference. They visit George Fox
on Tuesday before hosting Colo­
rado College in a rare non-league
game Thursday night and then re­
·sume conference play Friday night
at Linfield. 1f chis past Saturday
was any indication, thefios should
be adding quire a few victories co
the win column chis season.
huge boost for the-----------------,
team going into
the main ponion
of the conference
season. Senior Jes­
sica Morales saw
the victory as a Join Mensa? We Dar'e You!
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No more Griswold season games for football
by Kevin Stark
Despite surmounting a 21-3
deficit ro Colorado College, rhe
Pioneer football team lost 38-35,
lase Saturday, in a naU-biter that
came down to a failed onside kick
rhar was smothered by CC special
reams.
The big story of rhe day was the
support shown for the Pios, who ..
have had to cancel most of their
season because· they were playing
with a roster of roughly 30. 1l1e
Pios felt che support as the stands
were filled with rowdy fans char
came to thunder their approval.
Coming off a devastating loss
of52-J 7 the previous week against
Occidental College, the Pioneers,
led by Ryan Lockard '07 with 2
picks came to play on Saturday.
The Pios had a slow stare trail­
ing early 14 ro nothing and were
struggling offensively, until AJ
Brown ('09) connected on a 44-
yard reception to Mike Wenne­
rlind ('08) that sec up an Ian
Hooper field goal to put the Pios
on rhe board rrailing 14-3.
After giving up another CC
touchdown, the Pioneers were
down by 18 when the Pios' other QB, Scott Moyer ('07), was able
to barrel through the CC, defense
and into the end-wne with 23 sec­
onds left in the first half.
Moyer kept it going on the first
drive of the second half, pushing
the Pios down che field and into
the end-zone with a the touch­
down reception to James Connelly
('09).
CC stole the momentum, how­
ever, blocking a punt and return­
ing it for che touchdown and a 1 0 ,
-poi nr lead 28-18. Moyer answered
CC when he connected with Bran­
don Zerr-Smith ('07), to bring che
lead down to three. Zerr-Smith on
his first game of the season led che
Pios with 180 yards receiving on
14 catches and the touchdown.
Zerr-Smith in reflection of the
game said, "l rhoughr we played
CC very rough, we produced on
offense and had amazing plays
on defense and cag char with rhe
crowd and ir was an overall good
game. As far as the team goes, the
team has come togethe~ especially
with che seniors knowing that chis
is their lase game and the freshman
knowing char rhere first college ex­
perience has been cut, everyone has
come together ro create a family on our LC football team."
Right before che end of
the third quarter, CC pushed
their lead back to 10 on a 44
yard shuffic pass chat made
the score 35-25 CC.
After both teams boored
in a field goal and Moyer
connected again co Wenne­
rlind for a touchdown, the
Pios trailed by _onJy three
with 2:28 in the game. Un­
fortunately for rhe Pios, CC
smothered the onside kick
and rheir hopes of a having
a win in front of the ruckus
crowd. CC lee the clock run
our barely escaping with a
win 38-35.
Reflecring on lase game,
Sophmore Mike Anchusrigi
said, ''1he ream, as a whole,
felr very confident going into
che game, largely in parr co
the crowd. We did a lor of
chings really well and felt rbac
we were going co pull our a . . PHOTOBYVALARIEHUNSINGER
win and send the Seniors S-E-X. What does that spell? SEX! What does that mean? Score!
our wirh a bang. We didn'r These cheers were among many coming from the stands last
win bur once again the Saturday at the Pios last home game as Quarterback Scott Moyer
cro~d showed rbat the final ('08) threw a pass. Despite the innuendos, the team eventually fell
score didn't matter." to Colorado College 38-3.
Cross Country hopeful for Wilamette
Lady Pios finish fifth
out of 26 teams at the
Sun Dodger open in
Seattle. Men finish
fifth out of eight con­
ference schools
by Kim Greenberg
WOMEN
The Pioneer Women are high
in their amicipaci~n for a success­
ful meet for chis Saturday's Wil­
lamette Invitational where 30-40 •
teams will compete. Head Coach
David Fix is hopeful chat rhe
ream's efforts are paying off. On rhe 17,h, ac che Universiry
of Wash. Sundodger Open in Se~
attle, Washington, the women's
team managed to finish 5'h out of
26 reams overall. The women came
in only 5 poincs behind rival Wil­
lamette whom che ream hopes to
beat at this Saturday's Invitational.
While ac che Sundodger Open, the
women's team obtained impressive
resulcs, coming out of rhe slump of
past seasons.
Harlan Gandrud came in with
her season's best at 24:30, while
Therese McCaffrey ('07), Megan
Pfeiffer-Hoye ('07), Amapda Phil­
lips ('07), a'.nd Katelyn Parady ('07)
came with their own personal re­
cords of 23:49, 24:01, 24:43, and "The women are running forward, they're
doing extremely well." [The men] are run­
ning without their best because of injury
and illness, but they are succeeding."
-Coach Fix
24:54. Captain Carla McHartie
('06) and Tamma Carleton ('09)
came in with personal records of
22: 17 and 22:38 respectively after
McHatrie finished first for che con­
ference runners and Carleron get­
ting off co a bumpy scare. The wom­
en are now 33 and 4 for the season.
"The women are running for-ward", said Fix. "They're doing ex­
tremely well."
MEN
After facing some difficult chal­
lenges, the men's team managed to
finish 18th out of 36 teams and 5'1,
out of the 8 conference schools. Ty
Athlete Profile:
MihanaDiaz Favorite Quote: Well, "Its Sci­
~nce"
Interview by Craig Gilden
Sport: Soccer
Position: Defense
Hon,,etown: Kiunuela,
Hawaii
Year in School: This is my
last!
Age: 21 Majc,,r: Psychology
Favorite Movie: Big Fish
Favorite Sport Outside of Soccer:
Snowboarding
Favorite Book: I have cwo. Touch­
ing the Void and Rosari.o Tijenzs Prized Possesion: My skip ir. lt's
always a good time when you have
a skip it around.
Plans fur after graduation: I'm
planning on living in a van, down
by the river.
Favorite TV: I really jusr can'r gee
enough of the Discovery Channel.
Most interesting place you have
been: l 1hink hicchhilcing through
Brazil would definltely qualify as
an interesting experience.
Pl10T08'i awQGI.DEN Last CD you listened to? Tres Co­
ronas
Favorite Animal: The Jackalope. Myers ('06), Daniel McDuff ('09),
and Fritz Fitzer ('09). received per­
sonal records of 26: 11, 27: 17, and
29:29 respectfully while Alex Hen­
ry ('06) managed a season's best
rLme of26:21.
"They're running without their
best because of injury and illness,
but they are succeeding," com­
mented Fix.
The men's team is now 28 in 21,
bur hopes co survive under their
difficult circumstances. The Wil­
lamette Invitational will cake place
this Saturday, where cop confer­
ence reams such as Claremont and
Colorado College will be compet­
ing with LC and Willamette for the
cop spot.
Jackalopes are' really a very under­
rated species.
If yon were stuck on an_ island
what three things would you
want? my hatchet, my leacherman,
and a ooar with unlimited gas. I
t1iink I have to be rhe most clever
person whose ever been "sruck" on
this island.
Where do you like to spend your
free-time? Since I'm from Hawaii I
obviously love the beach. Basically
J just love to spend time near rbe
water any chance l gee.
Most influential people in your
life? My mom and dad Ii iday, September 30
9:00am Eleventh Annual Business
LawForum .
LAW:Wood Hall
11:00am Mensa Membership Informa­
tion and Testing Registration
Templeton Student Center, Fields
Foyer
3:00pm SAAB Honor Board Applic·a­
tions SAAB Office
4:00pm KLC is on the air party!
Templeton Student Center
Thayer Lounge
KLC is streaming! Come celebrate at
the first broadcast of Trojan Meltdown
Live!, a live audience variety show with
games, contests, and musical guests.
This week will feature a performance by
Fade 13, an electro-pop group.
6:35pm Ultimate Frisbee Intramural
The Lower Field (above the outdoor
pool)
All Day Bicentennial Program Sympo­
silun Rivers
Thursday-Saturday, Albany
laturday, October 1
11:00am Multicultural Fair
SOALawn
1:00pm Volunteer at Try/ on Farm
Tryon Park
The Try/on Farm is the intersection
of rural, urban, and wild. The Try/ on
Community Farm grows community
learning in Portland while preserving
co~on green space, restoring native
ecosystems, and demonstrating sus­
tainable urban density living. We are
sending a group of volunteers to partici­
pate in restoring a cob sauna, a central
component of the farm community.
There will be a home-made pizza party
at the end of the day. Bring clothes you
don't mind getting dirty! Publick Occurances
7: 1S pm Operation Nightwatch
Downtown Portland
Munday, October 2
2: lSpm Potluck in the Park
Downtown Portland
lf1onday, October 3
6: lSpm Teacher Education Informa­
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Albany Quadrangle
Room220
.. ednesday, Octob~r 5
8:00am Red Cross Type O Blood Drive
Templeton Student Center
Stamm
3: lSpm Faculty Meeting
Miller, Room 105
6: lSpm ASLC Meeting
Templeton, Thayer
-hursday, October 6
All Day: Habitat for Humanity- Fall
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Spend your Fall Break volunteering
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Oregon. Sign ups for the trip will take
place beginning on September 19th in
the Student Leadership & Service Of­
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and transportation for the weekend.
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