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Volume 70, Number 7

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2005-10-02

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Volume 70. Number 7 -~~-------- Friday. October 28 2005
Alcohol fuels clash
after Lems & Clark
Homecoming dance
by Kevin Stark
Everybody has a Homecom­
ing story. With the football season
suspended and no Homecoming
game to ralk about, all these sto­
ries revolved around the next best
rhing: rhe dance. The campus
has been buu.ing with stories of
Homecoming madness and de­
bauchery. Rumors flutter of stu­
denis so intoxicated that they
faile'a-even co make ic to the dance scribed srndents this year as be­
ing quire a bit more "hands on."
One story from Homecoming
is carrying a lor more than a wick­
ed hangover as the consequence
of drunken "hands on" mistakes.
The report of the incident, shown
to the Pioneer Log by one of the in­
volved parties, classified the event
as an instance of "Verbal Alrcr­
carion, Assault, Alcohol, Theft,
and Police Involvement." le began
with what observer Nate Carrey-
Webb ('08) described
These stories involving
Homecoming all seem to
have a single element in
common: alcohol. as "drunken shit-talk,"
and eventually escalated
into a siruarion in which
a student of Lewis &
Clark was brought up
on felony charges. All
charges have been dis­
missed as of 0cc. 24.
-either because they were sropped
by security due to visible intoxica­
tion, or because they had passed
our in some bathroom before
the shuttles even began running.
For those Lewis & Clark stu­
dents fonunare enough to have
stumbled inro che Crystal Ball­
room, it was an evening of ruckus
dancing, becoming so rowdy ac
one 'point that smdents rushed off
the dance floor and up onto the
stage in a fury of party madness.
When asked if this dance was more
exciting than in years past, Cam-According to eyewitness reports
and the incidenr report, at around
12:25~ Evan Furey ('08) and an
"unknown individual" were in a
verbal altercation outside of the
Crystal Ballroom that was bro­
ken up by students and Robbie
Fung, Director of Student Activi­
cies. According co the report Mr.
Fung heard men shouting outside
of the ballroom, and upon inves­
tigation found Furey shouting ob­
scenities in the direction of a large
group of people. The report sraces,
"Mr. Furey continued to raunr
It began with what observer Nate Car­
rey-Webb ('08) described as "drunken
shit-talk," and eventually escalated into a
situation in which a student of Lewis &
Clark was brought up on felony charges.
pus Safety Supervisor Benny Yanez.
simply wrinkled his brow, smiled,
and nodded his head in affirmation.
11,ese stories involving Home­
coming all seem co have a single
element in common: alcohol. This
may be representative of some sore
of symbolic change in campus cuJ­
rure. YanC2 remarked that this year
has shown many fewer violations
regarding marijuana, bur that Cam­
pus Safety has responded to many
more incidents involving alcohol.
He added rhar it isn't just beer, bur
quite a bit of hard liquor as well.
Another trend char the
dance represented is alcohol­
related aggression. Yanez de-rhe w,known individual bur soon
calmed down at the request of Mr.
Fung." However, at approximately
12:35am Mr. Fungwimessed Furey
scare a verbal ahercacion with Josh­
ua Swake ('08). Furey's friends were
reportedly quick to diffuse the situ­
ation and brought Furey to the back
of the bus away from Swake. Mr.
Fung reportedly intervened again
and was assured by Swake that the
incident was over. According co the
report, Fung allowed both parties
to stay on the.full shuttle, Furey
at the rear and Swake in the front.
According to Ben Elkind ('07),
Furey was obviously intoxicated
SEE 'HOMECOMING." PAGE 3 Howard bridge delayed again
PHOTO BY NOAA GAY
Support scaffolding fails to hold up bridge and must be replaced, delaying construction.
by Carmen Krol
Lase month, Facilities Manag­
er David lageson promised that
the footbridge near Platt-How­
ard would be walk-able by Octo­
ber l. However, as many students
have probably have noticed, the
bridge is stiU closed ro the public.
The further delays are due
co new concerns over the stabil­
ity of the bridge. When work­
ers were crying to replace rot­
ten supports, the bridge dropped
partially even though the scaf­
folding system being used was
supposed ro hold the bridge.
Lageson had to temporar­
ily scop work on the underside of the bridge and contact the com­
pany who built the scaffolding
system, since they had guaran­
teed its structural competency to
support the bridge temporarily.
Because a larger company had
boughr it our, the company rook
almost five weeks co reinstall the
scaffolding system. The new ma­
terials were delivered on October
20 and the expected completion
date for the new scaffolding is
sometime this week.
Lageson has been trying to de­
crease delays by having other parts
of the bridge completed. The work
on the top portion of the bridge,
which contains the decking and
rails, is done .. However, the end pieces, or the railing near the en­
trances of the bridge, will nor be
installed until the rest of the bridge
is finished. Lageson also tried to
gain permission from the City of
Portland co open the bridge while
the reconstruction underneath the
bridge was being completed. De­
spite his assurance of pedestrian
safety during such repairs, the
City of Portland declined his re­
quest due to concerns over safety.
Lageson predicts that the
bridge will be open to the pub­
lic on November 7. He hopes
that these will be the last delays.
"Nothing has gone as -we [facili­
ties) planned it," Lageson said,
"but sometimes that happens."
Templeton facing renovations
by Lexie Briggs and Beka
Feathers the subject of several hours of "I want Thayer to be open
debate at the meetings. Eventu- and I want the Co-op ro move
ally, several goals were identified into the space created by the de-
After a series of meetings in-as essential. Templeton should srruccion of Thayer's walls," Josh
corporating private students and include a quier, safe space for Thorngren ('07) said. "There
representatives from several stu-student groups, as well as space also needs co be communal space
dent groups, a proposal co reno-in which to be loud, give perfor- for student groups char don't
vare Templeton in the short-term mances, and generally hang out. have space already," he added.
was submitred to Campus Plan- "Ir's a space I want to have own- The meetings were created to
ner Michael Sestric and Dean of ership of," Erika Spangler ('07) give srudenc groups a voice in the
Scudenrs Jon El-----------'-------'--'------'----- upcoming remod-
dridge lasr Thurs. "Compromise was clearly a goal by the eling. The first
Te m p I econ d Th d d d all meeting, held on
has long been a en • e StU ent groups i a re Y Tuesday, was given
source of frus-good )0 ob under the rushed conditions over tO brainStOrm-
tration for both ing and resulted in
faculty and scu-set forth by the budgeting process." several proposed
dents. Ar times, renovations, which
the student cen--Maura Ross ('06) were then refined
ter seems co be
devoid of srudencs, except those
studying in the Dubach labs. The
administration and the Board of
Trustees have recently expressed a
desire to renovate Templeton in the
short cerm. Ar Tuesday nigh r's meer­
ing, the consensus view expressed
the need for short-term change
providing more student space.
Tue specifics of how Temple­
ton should change, however, were said. "Without central space, you
don't have a cohesive community.
Ir's broken down into several dif­
ferenr factions. The community is
dispersed on campus; ir is noc re­
ally a community ifir's dispersed."
"The space should be more
oriented to studenrs: there
should be couches, pool ra­
bies, and walls with funky col­
ors," Jenny ~rerling ,('08) said. into one proposal,
submitted to a slighdy smaller
groupofsrudentsWednesdaynighr.
The Wednesday night propos­
al created several open spaces for
students to hang our rhar were to
be ma.naged by rhe Co-op and by
ocher srudem organizations. Ir
rearranged some student group
offices. requested more windows
and berrer lighring, and proposed
SEE 'TEMPLETON,' PAGE 3 2 - the Pioneer Log, October 28, 2005 ~===~---- ---------.£Pioneer
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THJNGS JUST NEW TO BE
HEARD. Skyline employees, mainly janitorial staft
bear brunt of LC's summer budget cuts
by Nathanael Massey
An amendment to Lewis &
Clark's spending budgec this past
summer resulted in shift curs, a de­
crease in work hours and some loss
of health benefits for Skyline BujJd­
ingand Maintenance employees, ac­
cording ro sources close to the issue.
Skyline, which is subcontracted
by rhe school, adjusts its range and
frequency of service depending on
the budget the college is willing to
provide. When the College cut char
budget chis summer, the company
was placed in the position of having
to do the same amount of work on
reduced funds. They compensated
for the loss by terminating one re­
cent hire and decreasing rhe work
hours. of ren ochers, shifting their
positions from full-to pare-time em­
ployees. 1l10se who lose their full-rime srarus also lost their company
provided health care insurance.
In 1999, students brought a
worker unionization proposal ro
the cable during a President's Fo-rent issue warrants concern, it is
roo complicated and sensitive co
be taken on aggressively by the srn­
dent body; at least at this· point.
One point of complication is
When the college cut [Skyline's] budget
• this summer ... they compensate<;! for the
loss by terminating one recent-hire and
decreasing the work hours of ten others,
shifting their positions f~om full to part
time employees.
rum, said Lindsey Millar ('06).
Millar, with Alliso~ Sander ('07),
started an on-campus English tu­
toring program for members of
Skyline's janitorial staff lase year.
Millar said that, rhough the cur-fore to minimize the effects of the
staff cuts on tbe employees. Though
they were able to bargain .a slight
redress in Skyline's plan, the com•
pany had lirtle room for compro­
mise. Thus, the Union i~ currently
deadlocked as well. "We-will work
with Skyline ~ much as possible
considering the cues,'' said Jones.
Jones said that alrhough the
school does no£ oversee Skyline's
decision, it also does not charge
the subcontracted company to
adhere ro a Responsible Contract•
ing Policy (RCP), as many institu­
tions require. An RCP is a public
commitment by an institution to
obey certain standards in hiring
conrraccors. Such scandards can
include allowance of unionization
and a mandatory wage tlueshold.
Such a policy would protect m~ny
aspeccs of che staffs p_ositions.
Taskforce to decide
''focus" of college accounrabiliry, said Wesley Jones,
Union Representative for the jani­
torial staff Skyline, on rhe one
hand, is responsible for making its
workers' healthcare the collateral
in the spending cuts; on che ocher,
said Jones, the school would have
known that the effecrs of cutting rhe
cleaning budget would be felt most
by the janitors themselves, as clean­
ing staff members make up ninery­
five percent of Skyline's employees.
Over the summer, Jones and
other members of SEIU's (Service
Employees Internacional Union)
local Chapter 49 maintained com­
munication with Skyline in an ef-As for the student body's own
actions regarding the issue, Millar
emphasized the necessity for race. le
is viral, she said, ro be sensitive ro
the feelings of the staff themselves,
many of whom find overt public
attention uncomfortable. Their
discomfort is understandable since,
should serious conflict arise over
the issue, ir is likely char Skyline's
staff might again take the fall. by Ben Waterhouse
Lewis & Clark undergraduates
Mike Strout ('07) and Alina Du­
micrasc ('06) have been selected
to sic on che Strategic Planning
Task Force called for by Presi­
dent Hochsrectler in his "White
Papei on Strategic Thinking."
The white paper, which was
made public at the end of Sep­
tember, lays our a framework for
a cask force ro "undertake an in­
quiry into the strategic direction
of the College" and create a co­
hesive ·plan for the "preferred fu­
ture" of Lewis & Clark College.
"lf I had ro narrow [the pur­
pose of the cask force] down ro
one word, I ch.ink char word would
be 'focus,"' Hochsrerrler said.
The Task Force will consist
of four members of the Board of
Trustees, ten faculry members,
students from the College of Arcs
and Sciences, the Law School and
compiled by Tim Kelly
The World Series ended
Wednesday night with che victory
going co the White Socks. This is
the second year in a row chat the
mos~ widely watched baseball game
played host ro a 'Cinderella' story
of an underdog ream rising to the
cop. But for the White Socks, the
88 years without a title was just
one of the bad marks they wanred
ro wipe away. Ir was the rh.ird title
for.the White Sox, following wins
in 1906 and 19_17, and it was the
first since "Shoeless" Joe-Jackson
and the "Black Sox" threw rhe
1919 Series against Cincinnati.
The gambling scandal that sur­
rounded the 1·919 World Series
was one of the most infamous mo­
ments in American Spores history.
News from the rest of the world
was slightly less inspiring. A Uni red the graduate school, and alum­
ni from all three institutions.
ASLC Presidem James Arkin
('06) appointed che rwo students
on the cask force. He made hjs deci­
sion based on written applications
and interviews with candidates.
"I received eight applications
and about 20 emails from people
saying char they were very interested
in the cask force but would not have
had time to participate," Arkin said.
"1 've talked to many people who
wanted to apply but were over-com­
mitted. All of the applications I re­
ceived were ex.cellenr, and I'm sure
Mike and Alina will do a great job."
The members of the Task force
will meet several times over the
course of the next 13-14 months,
and will probably divide themselves
into subgroups ro deal with specific
issues such as sustainabiliry and in­
ternationalism, the President said.
"l would expect chat there
SEE "TASKFORCE,' PAGE 4 ASLC Update~
Mark your calendars!! SMB Arcs Expression Granes are due on
November 8th by 3:00 PM . .Email saab@lclark.edu with questions.
Leve the Bon? Hace the Bon? Have an opinion abour foocher­
vice at LC? Join_ the Student BonAppetjr Com mi nee! Applications
are available under the ASLC Bulletin Board.
Corne join. scudencs, alumni, trustees, and other members of the
LC Community for the State of Students Address on November
2 6:30pm in Council Chambers. Maura Ross, First Speaker of the
Activities Congress and James Atkin, ASLC President, wiJl be pre­
senting.
A local newspaper for free? Yes! Look for the Oregonian around
campus this week!
Outside the Bubble
Nations report
released this week
described the manner
in which more than
half of the 4,500 compa­
nies char rook pare in the
United Nations oil-for­
food program paid illegal
surcharges and kickbacks
to Saddam Hussein, according co
the independent committee inves­
tigating the program. The findings
are in che committee's . fifth and
final report, a qocumenr of more
than 500 pages that will detail how
outside companies from more than
60 couorries were able to evade
United Nations controls and make
money for themselves as well as for the Hussein
government.
Just when you
thought things
couldn't gee any more
~--convoluted and violenr
in the middle East; the
recently elected presi­
dent of Iran steps us to the plate
with a scunning new example of
demagogy. Mahmoud Ahmadine­
jad was the mayor of Tehran from
May 3, 2003 until June 28, 2005,
and is widely considered to be a re­
ligious conservative with lslamist
and populist views. Ahmadine­
jad, told a group of students at an
anti-Israeli event on Wednesday char Israel "muse be wiped off the
map" and that attacks by Palestin­
ians would destroy it, che JSNA
news agency reported. He was
speaking co about 4,000 students
at a program called "The World
Without Zionism," in prepara­
tion for an annual anti-Israel dem­
onstration held on the last Friday
of the holy month of Ramadan.
Domestically, senators con­
tinue to express concern over
nominee Harriet Miers' fitness
as a Supreme Court justice, with
conservatives jumping ship at a
concerning rate. The most rcq::nt
defector is Senator Jeff Session
(R-Ala.), who had previously sup­
ported the President's choice, and
who now says he "uneasy" about
Miers' nomination. Democrats
conti1me to condemn the choice
of Miers, calling for a nominee
with more judicial experience. 4 - the Pioneer Log, October 28, 2005 ~-------- ---------------------
Taskforce: not just
a rehashing of CAP Campus crime report released
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2
would be six or seven of these
subgroups, which would have
members of the task force as the
core of rhe subgroups, but rhat
woulJ then add interested indi­
viduals wirhout regard for rhcir
numbrrs." Hochsterrler also saiJ
that he would like ro ~ee srudencs
rake an ,tcrive role in the plan-Commission on Academic Pri­
orities reporr. (CAP) Hochsrectler
s,1id that che rwo projects are en­
tirely different in focus and ,cope.
"The CAP report did nor look
at this inscirution as a whole. It
looked at academic priorities.
Ir b a much more comprehen­
sive document char l am look­
ing for from d1is rask force. I
''What1s wrong with occasionally stop­
ping and asking what your priorities are?''
-President Hochstetrler
ning for the future of the College.
"Students are at the core of chis
institurion," he said. "l11ey are ar
rhe forefrom of everything chat is
righr and wrong with rhis institu­
tion .... I would like students lO
be very vocal, to be demonsrra­
rive, ro srand up and give voice
ro their aspirations and ro their
concerns for rhis inscinirions."
In the White Paper on Strate­
gic l11inking, Hochsrcrrler wrote
thac he would prefer to "err on
rhe side of inclusivity" rather than
exclude anyone who might be
able to conrribuce ~o the project.
In response to accusations by
some srudents that he is just re­
hashing former LC Presidenr
Michael Mooney's controversial am nm looking for individual
iniliarives," said Hochsrett!er.
"Whar's wrong wirh occa~ion­
ally stopping and asking whar >'our
priorities are?" he said, "Any orga­
nization that doesn't do rhar runs
che risk of becoming stagnanr."
Hochstectler also said that
srudent arhle~ics, while by no
means a primary focus of the Task
Force, will cenainly be addressed.
"We are a very arhleric instiru­
tion. Fifty-four ro fifry-five per
cent of students are engaged in ath­
letics. l'm nor sure that we are do­
ing everything we can for studenrs
in terms of giving them enough
resources ro fulfill their needs in
chat regard, and if we are not we
need to make sure chat we do." by Craig Beebe
According tO a federal !aw
known as rhe Clery Act, insriru­
tion~ of higher e<lucarion are re­
quired co make publicly available
crime statistics in which rhey are
involved. Lewis & Clark College
Campus Safety recently released
the most current edition of the
Crime Awareness and Security Re­
port mandated by rhe law, with
lirrk fanfare and w !irrle surprise.
1n 2004, crime was virruJily ab­
sent from campus for rhe third year
in a row. Among the fow exceptions
were one forcibll" sex offense, 20
burglaries and over 250 alcohol and
drug disciplinary referrals (though
few resulted in acrual arrests).
Much of the safety of rhe LC
c;impus is likely owed ro irs loca­
tion, removed from the central
city of Porcland and ;ilso in one
of che wealrhiesr neighborhoods
in the city. But Oirecror of Cam­
pus Safety Hill Curtin said LC's
crime races are reAecrive of col­
leges generally. "Can1puses usu­
ally b:.tve a lower crime rare than
surrounding cines, he said.
Even considering tl1e above,
LC has very low crime races, Cur­
rin said. He said rhe only recent
violent crime he could recall was
a robbery outside Ponderosa that
occurred ''five or six years ago."
Compared ro previous years'
scarisrics, 2004 saw few changes.
Of note was a doubling of report-
Wedding bells ring for RD
by Rosi Moffet
Anyone who rried to email
Forest Resident Director D:wid
Roscngard last week received a
shore, polite, automatic response
informing the sender that Rosen­
gard was away. ''on account of a
wedding." Ir was crucial char he
attend, because he happeued to
be playing a very principal role
in this wedding: the groom.
The wedding ceremony foe
Dia,na Marie Wiener, and David
Benjamin Rosengard was per­
formed on Friday, October 14, at
McMenamin's Edgefield, in the
Arcic. Ninety people were pres­
ent, among which there were a
great number of currenc LC stu­
dents and aiumni, some of whom
participated in the ceremony.
Wedding ceremonies can be
a complicated patt of wedding
planning, particularly if the
bride and groom are of differ­
ent faiths. Diana is Catholic and
David is pagan, so the ceremon)'
reflected both faiths, and was, in
the words of David, "extremely
spi rirual, bur nor specific or ex­
clusive to any religion." Former
LC student Keith West helped
David and Diana plan che cere­
mony. His was help rhatthey ad­
mitted co needing badly. because
«historians do not know how
ro plan modern ceremonies."
·1 he music for the wedding
was prov-ided in pare by Jeremy
Innis (pianist aod 2005 alum)
and Cristina Garcia, (vocal• isr and Diana's friend), and also
in pare by Diana's computer and
its iTunes lisr. Diana wore a $300
dress from David's Bridal, which is
oorable for two reasons. One, Re­
nae Roemmich ('07) and Ashley
Srnirh ('06), bridesmaids and For­
est Resident Assistants, found it,
and rwo, David wore .1 cradirion­
al dress kilt wirh an argyle jacker
char was senr from Scotland chat
cosr ... somewhat more than Diana's
dress, d10ugh he requested chat
the acrual price not be specified.
Beyond the actual purpose, ( rhar
is, the purpose of getting married)
rhe wedding served ro bring friends
together to spend time with each
other. Indeed, wedding receptions
seem oo be and ideal setting to be
with friends. In addition to a festive
environment, rhere are generally co­
pious qu.anciries of delicious things
to ear and ddnk. For instance, at
David and Diana's wedding, one
might have bad PorrobeUo mush­
room ravioli, Caesar salad and
wedding cake or, co be more specif­
ic, lemon pound cake with butter
cream frosting. Oh, yes, and a keg
of Hammerhead and hard cider.
David seemed pleased to discuss
the gerring-rogether side of the
weddin.g, bur -said, "The wedding
nighr is a little problematic for chat
side of things because, you lrnow,
we're busy getting married, so we
had everyone who came in out of
town sray overnight, and we all ate
brunch rogecher rhe next morning.''
All of this may not sow1d much
like thesis writing, and yet accord-ing to David theses and plan­
ning weddings are equivalents.
"They're the same because
chey'ce borh a lot of work and
really stressful, buc when you've
finished and you know chac you
can do that, you also know chat
you can do anything. If you can
gee through planninga wedding
with someone, you know char
you can gee through anything."
However, in a conversation
with Diana, she said, "If I were
co do it all over again there's
one rhing I would change,
and rhac is, we would elope."
She didn't say where they
would elope ro, but perhaps
it would be Yem10nr. This is
where they went for rheir hon­
eymoon-with a two-day scop
in Salem, Mass. Salem's two
atcracrions were witches and
pu:ares. Salem is (somewhat
surprisingly) "all about wircb­
es." Unsurprising, though, is
David and Diana's visit to the
Pirate museum, where David
was chided for comjng to work
late. lhis chiding was due to
his' pirate arrire, because as we
all know, Oavid does not work
ar a museurn in Massachu­
serts. In Vermont they dro~e
around rhe state and ate maple
flavored chings. Maple syrup,
m:i.p!e lactes ... While aU of that
sounds extremely pleasam, it
apparently didn't compare to
the acrual wedding day, be­
cause David did say chat it was
"rhe happiest day of my life." ed burglaries from 2003, whid1
Currin said was due ro a "rash" of
burglaries by a man breaking into
office~. He alrn blamed rcpcaced
break-ins ar 1he Ron by smdems.
The onlv ocher criminal acr
receiving more than five inci­
dents noted in th<' report was ar­
son. Currin said rhac rhis rcAccc­
ed relatively minor criminal aces,
such as couches being set on fire
in lounges at rhe end of rhe year.
Such" crimes, ,.however, arc scriou~
enough rhar ;hey are reported co
the Portland Police, which merirs
their inclusion in rhe Clery reporc.
Orher colleges and llltiver­
sirie~ in Portland h:.tvc rcle.'t~ed
similar sracisric.~ 10 the public.
The number& for Portland
Stale Univcrsicy. which is located
in the center of downrown, rcll a
slighcly different scory than LC's.
ln 2003, rhe last year for which
srac1sncs were available, PSU
dealr wirh five forcible sexual of­
fenses, six robberies, four aggr:i­
vated assaults and 23 burglaries.
PSU also reported well • over
30 arrests for a variety of of­
fenses at irs downtown campus,
while LC reported only a handful.
Reed College, which is also
located in a relatively wealthy
neighborhood, reported no vio­
lent crimes on its campus from
2001 to 2003, rhe only years for
which information was public­
ly available. However, as irs East
Pordand campus is a bit closer co
downtown, its seven motor vehicle
tl1efts are perhaps exemplary of rhe
location's increased level of crime.
Reed's reporting has been calleJ
into dispute, however. Last De­
cember, local press reported a sro­
ry in which one srudenc claimed
her rape had nor been included
in Reed's 2003 srarisrics. The Or­
egonian reported rhat the student,
Alison Mahan, had mer wirh the
dean of srudcncs ar Reed ro dis-cuss what had happened co her.
But when Reed published ir.s au•
nual statistics, rhe college listed
the numher of rapes that oc­
curred on its campus as "zero.''
At rhe time, Reed refused
ro comment beyond releas­
ing a sraremenr char pledged
LO ,,mend its 2004 sratistic.s
"ro reflect that a sexual as­
sault occurreJ on our' campus.'
Currin ~id that Reed's ordeal
was a reminder of how serious
the crime reports are taken by rhe
Department of Education, the
public and ulrimately rhe victims
of crimes 1hat occur on campus.
ll1e penalty for misreporting is
$25,000 per omincJ sratiscic, a11d
repeated errors can lt"ad to suspcn•
sion of ft:JeraJ funds for a college.
Regarding this, Curtin said he
was especially vigilant ro avoid any
troubles for LC. ''1 go overboard
co reporr every sratisric," he said.
The Clery Ace, originally
known as the Crime Awareness
and Campus Security Ace of
1990, was renamed in 1998 for
Jeanne Clery, a 19 year-old fresh­
man ac Lehigh University who
was raped and murdered in her
residence ball in 1986. After her
death, her parenrs discovered that
rhe university had nor revealed co
potential srudents char 38 viole.nc
crimes had occurred on irs cam­
pus in the previous three ye-.irs.
Since its passage, tlte Ace has
been expanded at various times
ro include more stringent report•
ing requiremenrs and also provi­
sions about protecting the basic
rights of sexual assault victims.
Members of the LC communi•
cy who are interested in obtaining
a copy of the mosr rece~"!L_Crime
Awareness and Security Report,
which.also includes detailed expla­
nations of college crime reporting
and sexual assault policies, should
visit rhe Campus Safety office.
President finishes
first leg of US tour
by Rachel Schiff
Last Friday, Ocrober 21, Presi­
dent Hochsterrler completed che
firsr leg of his eighr-ciry U.S. rour.
The rour, d1emed "Beyond Ex­
pectations," emphasizes rhe over­
whelming progress char Lewis &
Clark has made since its found­
ing l38 yea.rs ago and the college's
goals for continuing rhis progress.
Accompanied by new Dean
of the CoUege Jtdio de Paula,
Hochsrercer visited Washing­
ton D.C., New York, and Boston
lase week. Over 100 alums, par­
enrs and friends of the college ar­
rended Hocbscerrer's reception in
rhe capital. "There is a lor for us
co be proud of," said Hochsrec­
der, "considering wbar our politi­
cal science and international affairs
graduates are in doiJ1g in Wash-
• • • ,► 111gron m government service.
Hochsrectler said rhe tours pur­
pose was, "basically ro rouch base
with people that are imporranr to
the college and to encourage alumni
connection. Ten, twenty years our of colle.ge, alums ger ro the point
where they have rhe influence and
experience co help recen rgraduates.~
He also reAecced on rhe prog­
ress of die College. "The college
was founded in the 1860's wichour
rwo nickels ro rub rogether, just a
hope and prayer ro launch this lit­
tle school," he said. "Fifty years ago
we were Portland's little commuter
school. Now we are a narionall)' re­
spected institution." Hochsrener
discussed LC's recenr rise in the na­
tional rankings aud the changes char
come with a growing repuration.
Yer, despite all rhe changes Lewis
& Clark has gone through, Hoch­
stetter seemed to find srabiliry con­
tinuity .in the alumni, "People who
never met. who graduated in differ­
ent generations," and then ''found
chat they had similar experiences.''
Hochsrecrer will continue his
tour next month, visiting Minne­
apolis on November l O and cl1en
Denver in November, too. In
December, Hochsrercer will com­
plete chc tour with visirs ro San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle. .1h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_._o_ct.o.b_e_r_2_s_,_2_o_o_s ____________ i•J1•Hp _______________________ s_.
The power of Harry Potter~
compels me and other a~•
7 j;,. ""'/ ,.,.~
by Sarah DiSabatino ...,,. ... ~ ... ~
I confess: I had doubts about chis Many ·"'"-~/vt:,,., ~~. ~;'f::!i,, .. t"
Harry Potter party. I pictured members con- ; • ,,,.e~v~.; ""',
eight or ten people sitting around fessed depression , ;.;JI'_/ ..,
ln a lounge waxing geek on the plot when they realized • ~
l d h h d they would never get a comp exities an t e c aracter ra-lercer anached co the foot of
mas of the most popular series to-an owl, inviting chem co attend
day. For the most part this was true; Hogwarcs School of Wicchcrafc
except roughly sixty people showed and Wizardry. Others requested putting up a giant
up, some in full costume, and the painting over their door to simulate the portrait hole
atmosphere rivaled that of the night Harry muse pass through co gee imo his dorm. We
of the next movie release. In the end, will go to great lengths co maintain this liminal realm
of fancasy and realiry. Do not be a!armed if you see I wondered why I ever doubted that robe-dad, ''Quidditch"-playing scudents parading
chi~ p:irty would be truly fun and around on broomsticks across che way from a boff­
sat1sty1ng. . ing match. We coo practice odd and nerdy-looking,
Party planner Helana Berks-Darwin ('08) en-spons.
sured the event went down with the ucmosc arcen- I knew chat there were millions of Potter fans,
tion co detail. Posters warned that attendees muse but ic was harder for me to imagine such a strong
have read che six books available in the series, and following on a college campus-especially one chat
she was not joking. In order to enter the room I subscribes to things like buying real wands or own­
had to explain what a horcrux is (as I have read all ing a quill set. Of course, nor everything HP has a
the books I had no problem). This was co protect place at LC. The S.P.E.W (Society for Protection of
those who had not finished reading from any spoil-Elvish Welfare) club, for instance, cried to establish
ers. Also provided was an array of treats of author a parallel miJsion on campus, but since LC supports
J.IC. Rowling's creation, including pumpkin pas-nothing like enslaved house elves, they found chis a
ties, cauldron cakes and butterbeer. difficult and aimless cask.
Quill (yes, quill) .in hand, I cook my seat among Nevertheless, fans from all classes, including a
fellow "Potterheads" as the discussion began. For non-LC student, cook advantage of che HP elitist
anyone who has perused an online forum, this crowd co discuss the upcoming movie. "The trailers
parry was like the face-ro-face equivalent. The col-look amazing, bur I hope ir sticks co che plot," said
lecti-rc.-knowledge of che fans • Maddie Kozloff {'09). ----------------pr es en r amounted to an end- Ochers are even more
less encyclopedia of HP in-Do not be alarmed if you cynical. ''I've already read
formation. Theories and ar-b 1 d "Q • dd" h" a synopsis of the movie,
gumencs Aew left and right, see ro e-c a ' Ul l tC -and ir sucks," said Dakota
and I could not help but playing students parading Frisk ('09). Despite the
contribute. LC Harry Potter IJ}ediocre hopes, all of us
fans demonstrated the pas-around on broomsticks will no doubt spend half
sion and intensity of those h fj b ffin an hour in line co buy tick­
who have found something across t e way ro ma O g ecs to the first showing of
they truly love. The self-match. We too practice odd the next movie. This is a
proclaimed D\lmbledore's testament co our unwaver­
Army, or the DA, found and nerdy-looking sports; ing allegiance [0 everything
its launching point, and I Harry Potter.
found a niche for one of my Embracing the inner
obsessions.
In a world of tests and papers, being away from
family, and dealing with natural disasters, some­
rimes my best refuge lies among the pages of HP.
For fans, Harry Potter's charm "reminds people to
nor be.grown up," said Berks-Darwin. For me, the
forming of the DA, which intends to follow up
with more meetings and a trip to see the midnight
showing of Harry Potter and the Goble.t of Fire in
mid-November, marks a trend of trying to relive
the Harry Potter world in the "real" world. child--another form of escapism-- seems co hold
many adults captive. Yes, I can pay my own bills,
cook my own food and do my own laundry, but does
that mean that f have to surrender my sense of won­
der and faith in humanity entirely? Ir is far coo early
in my life to be a cynical, realist bastard just yet.
I would much ra~her retreat into a big, squashy
armchair in Gryffindor tower, eating chocolate frogs
while watching an elf-conjured fire crackle and pop.
I guess for now my cluttered desk and vegan brownie
will have co do.
PHOTO BY SARAH DISABATINO
Wands at the ready, Maddie Kozloff ('09), Dakota Frisk ('09), Alice Weber ('08) and Helana
Berks-Darwin ('08) prepare to duel after the Harry Potter party, which drew about 60 fans. Liberal college students miss their mainstream American
culture. Wherefore art thou, Abercrombie-conformists?
LC brands individ~ty;
• • creates a new mainstream
Why is LC so anti-popular culture, and why is this
fact pushing some students more-to the middle?
by Sara Caldwell
Don't get me wrong here. I love finding the
underground, the odd and alternative things
other people do not really know about. But after
being at Lewis & Clark College for two months,
I have founa it somewhat strange that the average
person here does not like the average American
things. At first I thought it was cool that everyone
here knew of underground bands and indepen­
dent films. Now I find it strange that a number
of people at LC tend·to like things because they
are odd. .
At L~ it is "uncool" or even a
little "sketch" to like mings thacfo
into the American culture. Peo­
ple seem to be pessimistic in giv­
ing mainstream fads a t:ry. Besides
iPods, LC is sumer produces, but also poli­
tics. I found chat when I left my
small borne of normal Amer­
ica I was almost too liberal to
function, but now I see myself
arguing
its own con-
sumer group.
We would
rather' go vin­
tage shop­
ping than be
caught dead
at Abercrom­
bie & Fitch.
I have co ad­
mit, I am part
of this cult of Besides iPods, LC wir.h left­
ists quite
ofren. Es­
sentially
my views
have not
changed,
but I find
it odd that
l entered
this school is its own consumer
group. We would rath­
er go vintage shopping
than be caught dead at
Abercrombie & ·Fitch.
abnormal, geeky, would-rather­
read-than-watch-TV LC stu-
dent cult.
Buel have come to notice chat
the more rime I spend here, the
more I slowly head towards the
middle. I feel my own unique
ways are now the norm and am
in desperate need of sometning
new.
Now, I am not the rype to be
someone because it will make me
unique. I have just found that
my indinarion cowards certain
things has begun to dwindle.
This not only goes for con-a unique
individual, and h_ave found rhat
it has turned me into the aver­
age American.
( do nor know what it is
about rhe LC atmosphere, but I
am not sure l want 'tO be con­
sidered an average American. I
do not know if ic is my inner
need ro have some sore of politi­
cal conflict, but I miss having to
fight about my liberalism.
I still am trying co figure
our why a large portion of the
students ac LC move towards
similar things chat are normally
uncommon and away from the _6 _______________________ .... ij,j .. 111 ___________ t_h_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o
11111g .. ,_o_c_t_o_b_er_28_,_2_oos_ ■
PHOTO BY REBECCA GOI.OSCHMlll
The Editorial Board: what happens when you put a supple A&E editor (Stephanie
Beechem), a sultry Forum editor (Christie Wright), a luscious staff writer (Lexie Briggs)
and a sexually frustrated editor-in-chief (Josh Silverman) in a room together for an hour.
See the Piolog website [www.lclark.edu/-piolog) for the complete sexy photo shoot. We
use the term "sexy" relatively.
Editorial Board
Ed. Board defines sarcasm as tear-
ingflesh, offers perspective on satire
Wit, irony and sarcasm are the ingredients for a good critique
The word sarcasm stems from
the Greek word sarkasmo mean­
ing to tear flesh. When used cor­
reccly, sarcasm can be an effeccive
method for a writer to critique a
policy or group. Sarcasm is ex­
cellent way co advocate· change
to the status quo. Yer iris always
sardonic. After all, rearing flesh
is supposed to hurt.
Many of you have no doubt
found yourselves on the receiving
end of our Forum writers' sar­
castic critiques. It may be pain­
ful, but please understand Perhaps sarcasm is most effec­
tive 'when it is combined with irony
and wit. In chis form, it takes on
the name of satire. However, the
entomology of satire is not impor­
canc; rhe matter we wish ro stress is
that satire has been an effective me­
dium for social commentary since
the days of Aristophanes. Satire is
supposed to expose the social and
• political fallacies <:>fits subject. It is
often crude in attempt tO provoke
its readers and ir is definitely offen-
sive co someone.
Satire is supposed to ex­
pose the social and politi­
cal fallacies of its subject. Satire persists coday in pop­
ular form such, The Onion and
The Daily Show, which parody
the American news media .. The
Simpsom and 1he Family Guy
are satires on the working-class
American family. Taken our
of context, se.gments of these
shows could be interpreted as
racist, sexist and/or homopho­
bic. Instead, we laugh at these
TV shows rhar cleverly c-ritique
some social phenomenon-in
other words, they are sarcastic.
Granted, satire does not
always have ro be politically
biting or encourage social
change. Ir can jusc blatantly
make fun of stupid things.
Rob Riener's mockumen-chat we do not .empower
op-ed pieces that are reck­
lessly derisive or without a
point. We're not asking you
to agree with our opinions.
On the conttary, we love re­
ceiving letters to the editor
blasting the argumencs pre­
sented che previous week.
The writers of chose contro­
versial pieces hope co trigger
passionate, and ultimately,
informed debate about is-It is often crude in attempt
to provoke its readers and
it is definitely supposed to
be offensive to someone. tary, This is Spinal Tap, is a
brilliant example of how
sarire can reveal social ab-
surdities. The film is subcle
enough that critics confused
it for a real rock documen­
tary, bur its a.im was merely
to humiliate the glurconous
1980s "hair" band cLurure. sues of relevance to LC stu­
dents.
There is no -question that the
Forum section of the Pioneer Log
is offensive. lf on any given week
you are able co read through ev­
ery editorial piece without feel­
ing at lease mildly insulted, we
haven't done our job. Even the
Editorial Board routinely finds
itself smarting from the often­
scathing editorials made by
our own members. Stephanie
Beechem resents rhe implica­
tions of Josh Silverman's Why I
can't stand American girls abroad
piece, and Silverman main­
tains a defensive posture due co
Beech em's The Pussification of the
American Male. Bue both under­
stand each ocher's points (even if
they aren't speaking to each other
an more. Mark ,Twain, George Orwell,
AJdous Huxley and Kure Vonnegut
are all satirists who have used rhe
form co critique Stalinist Russia,
dysropia, politics and religion or
some other societal fallacy. Jona­
than Swift's A Modest Proposal en­
courages Irish peasaors co consume
their children as a solution co cl1e
hunger, poverty and unemploy­
ment char swept rhe country dur­
ing the Irish poraco famine. Swift,
a staunch supporter of human
rights. was actually making a com­
mentary on the· social injustices
of objectification char were exac­
erbated by che society he lived in.
Unfortunately, chis irony was lost
on the Irish-most of whom were
outraged by rhe idea of baby-eating
rhar chey presumed Swift was pro­
mocin . We feel for a., man. lc's good to ruffle a few feath­
ers from cime to time. We be­
lieve char the freedom co push
the limits of our readers' toler­
ance cuts co the hearr of key
issues chat need co be ralked
about. We want encourage dia­
logue that will reveal rhe strains
of social dissent char have ofcen
been smothered by the weight of
political correctness. Sarcasm,
satire and irony are often rhe besr
cools for doing so in a meaning­
ful manner, even if it sometimes
feels like a rearing flesh.
1he Editorial Board is Christie
Wright, Stephanie Beechem, Josh
Silverman and Lexie Briggs t .h.e_P_i_o_n_e_e_r_L_o .. g
111,.O_ct.o.b_e_r_2_8_,_2_0_0_5 _____________ ,,,. .. 11 ________________________ 7_
"Pussification'' sparks cat 6ght
across the gender line. Meow!
American prejudice toward "girly men" is more typical than
than the media celebration of the beta male
by Nathanael Massey
I n her October 13 op-ed tirade against ''soft" Amer-
ican-male fa,shion trends, Stephanie Beechem
claims to be "making an argument for a[n] ... en­
lightened macho man." I must assume that this is a
misstatement, as the piece contains no semblance of
an argument. The chief fault of the "tighe-
-pants-wearing, relentlessly pretty
rocker boys" seems to be thar' they
make her want to throw up .. To my
•'mind, a physical response-or lack
/I ,
thereof, when she speaks of sexual
~--1 -cl ali anractton arer on oes not v -, ... de an intellectual .ugumenr.
Letters to the Editor
"Confirm the facts" on
Ultimate Frisbee
Make sure your writers check
their facts, I am not advocating
prior review, just make sure your
wrilers have confirmed the faces
in their stories. This is a problem
J have seen multiple rimes over the
course of the semester. ·
In Alyssa Larkin's piece on LC
Ultimaee. There are three factual
errors char could have been easily
corrected through a bie oflegwork,
or a phone call. .
l) 3rd paragraph: "The wom­
en's ream seaned only a year ago,
while the men's ream has been
around for six ye.,rs," facts: six
years ago the Open (which can i11-
clude women) Team changed its
11;1me co "Bacchus" which is the
current incarnatiQn of LC Men's
• ulrimare. Previously LC ultimate
had ocher names such as ''Supersri­
tious" and UChicken Skin".
Why rhis is a problem: The­
prose as wrirren misleads rhe read­
er by indicaring char LC ultimare
didn'r exist prior to six years ago.
2) 7th paragraph: "A major-.
ity of the players are also on ocher
LC sports ceams, such as soccer"
Pacr.s: some of ch.e LC Ulrimare
community are also on otheJ
sports reams· such as soccer bur
not a majority. Of ehe 20 mem­
bers of the Men's Team that will
be competing this coming week·
end in Chico, CA less rhan 5 are Undoubtedly, Beechem's subject
a ~nts some s~ial concern. The
er-image consciousness of our
·ery generates huge prc;,blems of
curity and enough se!f-destruc-.
beautification to break your
. It is certauµy worth noting
t this iroage-consciousness, so
• verwhelmingly directed at women
and girls, is moving across the gen­
aer line. Obsession with self-image • a societal dilemma, and should
• ue to be addressed in both
g~n~rs.
Beechem's article, however,
es no mention of such social
.1 plication. Irs .main focus seems 1,i be the author's d!sgust with an
, image of maleness, whicb she calls -· '\p~ificarion," thatdevfatesfrom
• tffeditional gender norms-that
~11fr th "b . ' ts,· om e razen, swaggenng,
Jip: ha male"-and her personal 'ti • preference for the latter. ,
members of other sports teams, I be­
lieve there are 3 soccer players, Nick
Cassela, Riley Meinershagen, and
Tom Wingerd. This precemage is
represenracive of borh· the men's and
women's reams as on the whole.
Why this is a problem: This inac­
curately describes the rime commit­
ment that Ultimate requires making
it seem like a secondary spore. For
many members of the ream,. this is
there only sport, one char they prac­
tice with rhe vigor of any other inter­
collegiate athletic endeavor,
3) Final paragraph: " ... a game
against Portland State University"
Facts: we played University of Port­
land
Why this is a problem: l emailed
the resulrs in to the paper and scill
they were misprih\ed, As far as I
know PSU doesn't have a rea'm, UP
is in rheir inaugural season. The
email is below (boldface added).
I hope that during your meetings
you will address nor only the particu­
lar errors above but the more impor­
ranr issue of gerring rhe facts right
and checking chem. 1 hope some
good comes our of chis.
· Terry Stratton ('06)
Men should folJow their hearts
First and foremost, I would like
to wish Stephanie Beechem rhe
besr of luck in finding her ineel­
leccual cowboy, I know plenty of
women who agree rhae "manly"
men are superior by far, anaby all As a Forum piece and admit­
ted opinion, the article is harm­
less enough. The problem is
that Beechem's opinion reflects
a stronger societal undercurrent
which too often manifests itself as
hostility, discrimination and even
violence. Since the civil rights
tevolutions of the twentieth cen­
tury-specificalJy the women's
movements, as well as the gay and
lesbian movemencs-the "alpha
male" image has been: under con­
stant strain. That strain is visible
in the hyper-masculine images we
are now so accustomed too--the
Rambos, the Rocks, the action
figures. Although DdtJ,ils may
celebrate "softer, gentler, better
groomed" men, there is yet a sub­
stantial portion of the America,n
population that views feminin­
ity in males as unnatural, or as a
purposefully antagonistic lifestyle
choice. It is this wider prejudice,
reflected in the article, that gives.
cause for concern.
Most of all, f want to say
this: It's hard enough, as a kid,
to forge yourself into a worth­
while human being. Iis harder
still to do it on your own terms,
withoue buying into some given
image. I don't care whether it's
hyper-male or beta boy.: let evety­
one make of themselves what they
can. Please don't try to convince
us that there's only one "correct"
way to be a man.
means, you are as encitled eo your
opiruon as are chey.
However, what disturbs me
about her article is the way she
gender stereotypes specific ac­
tions; for instance, shopping ae
Louis Vuitcon, moisturizacion
and being overall considered
''soft" are nor things chae fir the
role of"rnale.''
This disturbs me because it
helps to perpetuate negative ste­
reotypes on boeh sides of the
fence. It is, as far as I'm con­
cerned, just as bad co carego­
rize exfoliaeion as a feminine or
"pussified" acrion, as ro stereo­
type shore haircuts as masculine
or "buech,"
Beechem wcites, "I would
like al.I those smart, enlightened,
American beta-male boys ro for­
ger about rhe blow dryer and obey
their basic instincts from rime to
rime." Ok, so l'm assuming chis
is where rhe desire co be "shoved
hard againsr the wall and caken"
comes in? Personally, 1 think che
only basic inseinccs a man should
follow are rhose which he feel$ -
whether he prefers guns or blow
dryers, Perhaps Beechem should
spend less rime earmarking me­
crosexual men as somehow less
manly; and more rime in Mon­
tana looking for che rough sex
loving dark horse of her dreams.
-Dana Clark, BA '05 The ''cockification''
of Alllerican fetnales
---- Or, collect yourselves, ladies! ---­
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
Stephanie Beechem's winy and
incisive article "Th~ Pussificarion of
the American Male,'' primed in lasr
week's Pioneer Log, was in my opin­
ion a grear read, As a "chest-thump­
ing alpha male," I sympathize with
her plighe. I, too, have mourned
the progression of men away from
gender scereorypes and inco a new
territory ·of behaviorial freedom.
1 definitely agree with Steph chat
men should act like men (and be­
lieve you me, these primped and
coiffed men who are in touch with
their emotions, consider themselves
free from societal scrutiny and ace
as they please are nor real men). eyelash can be found. Unshaven
legs abound on campus, and ev­
ery raised hand in class reveals an
unsightly armpit bush. And didn't
androgyny go out with Oingo Bo­
ingo? Enough with the pageboy
and scene cuts, girls.
Here is what I think. I'm all
foe a classy woman with brains in
her head, I don't want to go back
to the stodgy ideal of an empty­
headed trophy wife.
The problem is that che femi­
nist movemenc has pushed worn-
• en inco such alien territory that
chey hardly know what it is to be a
woman anymore! A real woman is
The probJem is that the feminist move­
ment has pushed women into such alien
territory that they hardly know what it is
to be a woman anymore! A real woman is
subtly sexy, yet proper.
I actually have a similar philoso­
phy thae concerns women. I chink
that they should act like women,
The graceful and delicate nature
of the true lady seems to be lost on
today's generation of females, Take
"Miss"' Beechem, for example. Her
aggressive posturing isn't very lady­
like, if you ask me. T guess the days .
when women looked gorgeous for
their husbands every night, hair
done up and dinner dress donned,
are over.
Now, men are lucky to get a mi­
crowave dinner and a note when
their wives are off on some corpo­
rate errand. From Miss to the Spice
G_irls, everyone seems to rhink char
this realignment of gender expecta­
tions is a great idea.
T musr dissenc. The fact is that
chis new breed of female disguses
me. Everyday I am bombarded
by women wearing whatever they
please-men's panes, blazers, dress
shires, polo shires, even pajamas!
What happened to the classic skirt?
Even when these women wear gen­
der-appropriate clothing, they do
it with sexually confident bravado,
skircs short and busrlines low, ls it
any wonder they're harassed? The
''liberated'' woman's hygiene and
beaueificacion habirs are despicable,
Nary a lipseick-laden lip or curled ·subtly sexy, yet proper. She should
ger out of bed in che morning, put
on something d~enr, apply make­
up, and do her hair properly. She
should wear clothing designed ro
Aatter the beautiful female form,
She should be reserved, nurturing
and elegant.
I mean maybe it's just my raw
sexual drive talking, but I just want
women to forget their copy of 1he
Second Sex and calm down a little,
I don't wane to regress co the age
of dowries, bur I also don't wane a
riot grrrl as my wife. My hormones
are screami~g for that receptive,
come-hither woman who will let
me shove her against a wall and rav­
age her.
Here I was thinking that these
women didn't exist, and chat the
so-called rape myth was, indeed,
a myth. Ms. Beechem's comments
provide evidence chat these women
are alive and well, Unfortunately,
we live in a Hillary Rodham Clin­
.ton world. Most women a.re too far
gone to satisfy my criteria. These
poised ladies exiseed once, in an age
long before Rosie the Riveter, Ma­
donna and Kathleen Hanna.
I would hope .char they haven't
gone ehe way ?f rhe dinosaurs, but
I'm noe holding my breath. Maybe
my luck would be bereer ar BYU?
Mystery Box
50 words or less on a subject of your choice, sub­
mitted anonymously (it's a Mystery Box, stupid!)
I like my men the way
they are. Leave them
alone. _8 ______________________ ...,.~j•J1•m-----------•t•h•e-P.i_o_n_ee.r.L.o111g_,,_o_ct_o_b_e_r_2_s_, 2_00_5
PHOTO COURTES,V ROSI MOFFETT
As one car peels around a turn, others race to total their vehicles. What fun!
Crash course in detno derbies
or, Cooler ways to spend your time
A road trip to. Idaho over
Fall Break proves to be
unusually fun. Most LC
students are missing out
on a world of mile-high
fries and bashing cars
by Rosi Moffet ol' salt-of-the-earrh rype folks who rant ro give up, and continued to
just want co get a lirtle drunk and spin his wheels (the tires for which
play bumper cars. All the Demoli- were lying srrewn ac_ross the dirt ar •
tion Derbies char I attended were rhis point) until the announcer says
held in big dusty (or in this case, something like, ''Number 37, pull
muddy) rodeo-arenas. Inevitably, in your aag! Number 37-Larry!
they opened with some singing and PulJ in your goddam Rag!" Ar any
Rag-waving; likely a rank rumbled time, Rames could have shot our
around che ring for a while as peo-from under a dented hood co the \!C-
Whac could motivate three rea-pie yelped and hollered. When that tendon of the wholly incompetent
sonably racional college scudencs to died down, the racing began. Size-"Crash 'n Burn Crew" who even­
borrow a car on Friday afternoon regulated heats of cars slide figure- cually would respond by waddling
and spend seven or eight hours eights around rwo big tractor tires, across rhe ring in their fire gear, by
struggling to see through che furi-all the while shedding those less which rime the Rames would have
ous swishing of windshield wipers essential car pares, spontaneously already been extinguished by some
and pouring rain?To ----------------------- mysterious man in a
brave such daunting Rodeos, cowboy boots, gun racks, red sweatshirt witb a
obstacles as Kenne- fire-extinguisher (No
wick, WA, and hours -8-potato blocks of freedom-fries, and explanation. This re-
of creepy horror-all h d l' 1 f h h mains an unsolved
movie-esque "shore-t OSe goo O Sa t-O -t e-eart phenomenon). Forru-
curs"? Was it tempo-type folks who just want to get a little nacely, an overturned
rary insanity? Or was car elicited a quicker
the thought of "de-drunk an~ play bumper cars. response, which may
scrucrion ar ics best" have been crucial in
so enticing chat high gas prices and coughing flames and smoke from
hundreds of miles couldn't keep us hood or tail-pipe. Sometimes some
away from the 32nd annual Smash recognizably pathetic crumpled car
'n Bash Demolirion Derby? would cease co go and there will
T have nothing bur pity for all be a little pile-up, or two drivers
you LC kids who stayed in Pore-would gee into a feud and spend
land, or {worse yet) on campus tbat • the whole race on che oucskircs just
weekend, perhaps drinkin_g some . hitting each ocher. The real carnage,
beer, and likely engaging in some however, came ac che end when che
sore of stimulating discussion of acrual demolition commenced.
liberal policies, or environmental is-This is when the cars, perhaps
sue. Meanwhile, we cool kids were already a licde mangled (bur still
off in Lewiston, Idaho living ic up, running strong!) lined up around
breaching in cbe glorious smelJs of che ring, and chen proceeded (at the
ketchup, exhaust, and burning car blast of che air-horn and a wave of
parts. a green Rag) co try to be the lase car
Maybe I should explain a little co be able ro "go''. When one's car
about Demo Derbies to those of stalled, the driver was required co
you who.have spent your lives far pull in nis attached Rag co indicate
from such things as rodeos, cowboy char further accempcs ac disabling
boors, gun racks, 8-potato blocks the car were unwelcome. Often
of freedom-fries, and alf,cbose good cimes though, a driver was reluc-che case of Earl. It may be danger­
ous, bur there is nothing quite like
seeing che face of a twelve year-old
girl as her father emerges alive and
triumphant from under his Ripped­
over car.
If the thought of hoc-dogs and
lukewarm cups of Coors (or indeed
Idaho at all) makes you feel a liccle
sick co your stomach, I want you to
remember two things; people with
names like Willie "Gic-R-Done"
Humphrey or Rob "The Redneck"
Woollerc know how to win at de­
molition derbies and you do nor.
They know the honor of making
their vicrory speeches while stand­
ing proudly atop their faithful
junkers and breaching in the fire­
extinguisher chalk char their pie­
crews were spraying around their
feet for dramatic effect ... and you The Hamster f1 hts
Miers' nomination
is bad for :women
by Matt Savage
Even after
an outstanding
performance
in from of che
Senate Judi-
ciary Commit­
tee, it was With
L;;:il..---,-----1 \-., greac hesita-
tion chat I reluctantly endorsed
John Roberts as Chief Justice of
che Supreme Court. Barring a
small miracle, the same could not
be sa.id of Harrier Miers.
Sandra Day O'Connor is al­
ready a difficult justice ro replace.
She is a smarr, savvy, independent
and relatively apolitical woman
who is capable of writing brilliant
opinions. As rhe swing opinion
in many court decisions, she was
in many ways the most powerful
justice and her legacy of indepen­
dence and skill with che law will
leave a mark on Ame1ican Juris­President George W. Bush has
appointed friends and allies co
the mosr ludicrous of poses. Mi­
chael Brown, who was the Judges
and Stewards Commissioner for
the International Arabian Hoese
Associario!f before his appoint­
ment as FEMA chie£ stands out
in most recent memory. Because
judges serve for life, ir i5 essential
that they are as nonpartisan and
unbiased as possible. Putting a
justice on die Supreme Court
wirh even a hint of partiality is
a danger co democracy and our
independent judiciary.
My skepricism of Miers goes
beyond the complementary im­
ages of nepotism and incompe­
tence projected by che media.
There are many similarities be­
tween the image of Mi6rs now
and rhe image of Bu.~h during
.ltis 2000 campaign. Both are
portrayed prudence
for years to
come. While ... Miers' lack of experi- as "kind
of dumb
I sharply dis-ence only exacerbates
agreed with h £"_ 1 • h
some of t e raise stereotype t at compas­
sion ate
conser­
vatives,"
neither
of whom
h a v e
much her ruJings, women are not intelli-
most memo­
rably Bush
v. Gore, she
was my fa-gent enough to interpret
constitutional law.
vorite jusrice
and I will
sorely miss her.
Harriet Miers is an insult
to the legacy of O'Connor-a
mockery of the role of women in
constitutional jurisprudence and
a cerdble example for the public's
perceptior- ~f women in power.
As Clarence Thomas failed co ful­
fill Thurgood Marshall's promise
for the civil rights movement,
token-appointments like Miers'
are a seep backwards for wom­
en. Thomas and Miers mock the
ability of minorities in positions
of power, and Miers' lack of expe­
rience only exacerbates che false
stereotype chat women are nor
intelligent eu;ough to interpret
consrirutional law. • Fmchermore, Miers' nomina-
tion is the embodiment of politi­
cal cronyism in the worst form.
Everyday Occurences knowl­
edge of
politics. But even if he still can't
pronounce 'nuclear,' Bush has
dramati~ly changed American
policies. This is because there are
rowerful men and woman be­
hind him, celling him what to do
and say. Meanwhile, due to his
clear inadequacy, his adversaries
continually underestimate him.
Like Bush, there i5 a good chance
that Miers may have the same ef­
fei::c on the American judiciary,
but with more irrevocable conse­
quences.
. In absence of clear judicial
opinions, che same close-knit net­
work of conservative ideologues
rhat advise Bush will influence
Miers' decisions.
This is the lase thing char
America needs in a Supreme
Court justice.
by Laura Freeman
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age drinking and faulty IDs
by Kevin Stark
A popular spot for those Lewis & Clark students
who are of legal age to consume alcoholic beverages
is Tryon Creek Bar and Grill, located just down the
road from our campus. It's convenient, comfortable
and with special offers like their two-dollar Tuesdays
(two dollar pints from 9:00-11:00 PM), it h~lds a
significant draw. for impoverished college students
looking for a decent happy hour.
Lately, however, this· draw has
been bringing some unwanted visi­
cors co the bar: underage Pioneer
partiers armed with fake or altered
drivers' licenses. Because of these
rapscallions, Tryon distributed an
apology to its customers that reads,
"Due· to circumstances involving
Lewis & Clark College we will
be diJjgently checking IDs upon
your arrival, and doing random
JD checks throughout the day and
evening. We. thank you for _your
understanding!!"
These "circumstances," bring to
mind many questions abom the
availability of alcohol and differ­
ent methods that studentS use to
obtain it. For example, how are LC
scudencs obraining these tools of
d~ption?
Kim Brown ('08) admics to have
owned a fake 1D in rhe pasr and an­
swered, "I think a large population
is getting chem from home cowns,
using older siblings or friends' IDs
or through connections [produc­
ers of faJse driver's licenses]. Some
probably. ger them through the LC
community although that seems to
be less frequent."
Long gone are the days of
"shoulder rapping," where under­
age kids looking for a six pack me­
andered around outside of a liquor
score asking strangers ro purchase
booze for them. Students are show­
ing more bravado and choosing co
face the muscle-bound bouncers
and daunting Fred Meyers check­
out people themselves, or at least as
someone who looks like them.
However, many of LC students seem co be in the dark about what
the consequences would be if one
of these bouncers were co call rhe
Portland Police Department.
As it srands now, the specific
laws that surround fake IDs in Or­
egon are tricky, and there seems to
be at best a vague underrunding of
the consequences around campus.
Rafael Cuevas ('08), . when ques-
While it is true
there is a difference
in consequences be­
tween having an al­
tered or a fake ID
and having some­
one else's DMV-is-·
sued drivers license,
the actual laws may
be of some shock to
students.
tioned about his understanding of
the laws said, "lam not really sure,
bur from what I have heard the pen­
alty is not as bad with an ID that
has your own picture ~s opposed co
a real ID that is of someone else,
and 1 believe the consequences
correspond to the srare your ID is
from. So if I have a fake ID from
New Jersey. the punishment ifl am
caught will depend on the laws of
New Jersey. I think in Oregon it is
a felony though."
The consensus around cam­
pus regarding the specifics of rhe
law does seem to come from word
OPPORTUNITIES IN
BUSINESS
EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY
HEALTH
THE ENVIRONMENT
AND MORE of mouth, and is usually wrong.
While it is true there is a difference
in consequences between having
an altered or a fake lD and having
someo.ne else's OMV-issued driv­
ers license, the actual laws come as
a shock co students. The way the
Oregon law is written, both forms
of fake ID (altered, false, or some­
one else's borrowed ID) share some
of the same consequences. A minor
bearing a false ID can be charged
for being a ''Minor attempting co
purchase alcohol," a class B viola­
tion or ticket with a $360 fine, or
for "Misrepresenrarion of age by
a minor," a class C Misdemeanor
that can result in $1,250 fine and
possibility of losing one's drivers
license and doing community ser­
vice. With a real form of identifica­
tion rhar has been borrowed from
someone who is over 21, chat is
all rhe minor will only be charged
with ..
However, if a minor is caught
trying co use an altered drixers li­
cense or a home-made license, they
could also be charged with Forgery
I or II. Forgery II is a Class A mis­
demeanor carrying a $6,250 fine
and che possibility of community
service and loss of drivers license,
and Forgery I is a Class C Felony
carrying up to five years in prison.
That is how a minor would be
charged if they were arrested ro­
day; bur with the introduction of
the House Bill 2857 to the Or­
egon Legislative Assembly this
• summer, che fees could increase
dramatically. If chis bill passes, all
class 3 violarions and class misde­
meanor fines will show a sharp in­
crease in the penalty. For example,
a Forgery II charge will be raised
from $6,250 co $8,000. "Two dol­
lar pint night" would not quite be
so economical with an $8,000 fine
ragged on co the bill.
For more information about the
consequences of underage drink­
ing in Oregon, visit http://www.leg.
state. or. us/ors/. DISTRACTED
Insightful interactions with
everyday thoughts
by Craig Beebe
Tue Class of 2006 were recent- the Class of 2Q06 would be cruly
ly invited to place their votes for represenrative and truly beneficial
Senior Gift. Tue email informs co the campus community of co­
seniors of their four choices (plus day and of tomorrow. After a bir
. the option of write~ins}, and that of reflection, 1 became less sure of
voting will continue until October that choice.
28. 1 don't chink that a climbing
The annual tradition of the boulder is an appropriate gitt for
Senior Gift has admirable .inten- che Class of2006 ro leave as a leg­
tions: to give somethfog back co a acy to the College. I believe chat
alJJl(?US that has given us so much, a rock-climbing boulder is_an ap­
no marrer how valuable one might propriace thlng for the College ro
judge a liberal arcs degree to be. provide to its scu<lents, but I am
However you look at it, four years uneasy about making that the leg•
at LC leaves an indelible mark on acy of my class.
anyone stubborn .enough to per- .My uneasiness stems from my
sist in education. own experience at LC. 1 was able
Of course, recognizing this de-to come ro this school solely due
sire, one question inevitably rises. to financial aid. I know that I am
To what shall we donate our lim-• not the only person in that boar,
ired fu.rtds? Who do we want to nor am I one of a small handful.
benefit from the money we scrape
together, and why do we see that
them as worthy?
The most recent plea for voting
comes after an origi.na1 vote fulled;
anyone could vore more than
once, and underclassmen could
too, if they found the website.
The second round involves more
secure voting methods-a direct
email to be written by students to
che College's director of giving­
but also includes a new choice for
senior gift.
Tue first round had included
only three options: a Class of2006.
scholarship, funds to be donated
. ro the Ray Warren Multicultural
Symposium, and a new dance
.floor ~or our fledgling dance pro­
graro.
The new round includes a new
choice: a rock climbing boulder,
which would make us unique in
that wt,. would be one of the only
schOQls our sii:e co offer this fea­
ture on-campus.
Now, that's pretty impressive.
And so, like many other students,
I nearly instinctively went for the
climbing boulder. But l lreld off
for a few days, just to let it stew.
I did this because l wanted to
make sure that the gift given by Nearly all students receive some
aid. By allowing scµdents co af­
ford the extremely high prices
of tuition and fees, fil_)ancial aid
becomes the backbone of rhe
student body. Regardless of our
• opinions abour LC's supposed di­
versity, it is obvious that a failUie
co provide adequate financial aid
will only worsen that situation.
So it becomes necessary to
look at what the future classes of
LC deserve. I trunk they deserve
to be part of a student body that
includes a wide range of income
backgrounds, not to mention
a multitude of culrural back­
grounds a.nd personal beliefs.
Providing a scholarship would, I
believe, help to ensure such a stu­
dent body more efficiently than a
rock-climbing boulder.
I'd rather see our legacy be fut­
ther-reaching and deeper-running
than a rock climbing boulder. And
I can tell you from experience,
nothing could have more impact
than providing for one more per­
son, or a multitude of people, to
be able to afford an education at
this school. lhac benefit will reach
far more than a subset of climbers
in the student pop-ulation. Jc may
affect the College as a whole.
EXC.EPTIONAL
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ATHLETES: AN INSIDE LOOK AT SOME OF LC'S MOST DEDICATED
by Haley Tripp
We all notice it. They sit at certain tables in the
Bon. They congregate in the same row of the. class-•
room. They even have an entire residence hall im­
plicitly allocated to them. Athletes just seem to ex­
perience a separate reality .at LC. But when former
football coach Tom Smythe stated LC football play­
ers were "demeaned and harassed on a daily basis"
in the September 13 issue of the Portland Tribune, I
• had to wonder: regardless of whether or not Smythe's
particular assertions are accurate, how do athletes·re­
ally feel at LC?
Stereotypes ing athletics and academics. "May­
be our GPAs are lower, but that's
because we're doing other things,"
argued Elkind. "How many people
at LC would commit to something
chat begins months in advance?"
Thierry expanded on rhe time
predicament: "Arhleres do spend
around 20 hours a week, be it in
games or practice. Many also have
work-study, which can account for
5-23 more hours a week; I know
I work 14 hours a week. So time
management-wise we struggle
more than, say, the average job-
less student." Coach Jepsen said
coaches "emphasize that athletes
lt begins with a stereotype. basketball player Nick Thierry ('OS) are students first
stated "LC is much different than and athletes sec-Elkind, noting that, in his view,
previous knowledge of any given
professors' political views discour­
ages class participation. "Here, you
just know professors are liberal.
l think it..,would be cool if profes­
sors didn't lee you laa._ow where they
stood." Wallo expressed similar
frustrations: 'TH bring up the oth­
er side of a topic, but people just
won't listen to you."
Both players cited incidences
where they or someone they knew
felt discriminated against by fac­
ulty. Wallo even referenced a time
when a faculty member singled out
the baseball ream by referring co concluded, "l think it discourages,
just. .. ideas."
The future
Girls basketball coach Juli' Fulks
noted, "Coll~ge· cultures change:'
like everything, and my perception
ar LC is the current college ac:!min­
istrarors, faculty, staff, and students
are very supportive of athletics and
understand the value of co-curricu­
lar activities."
Elkind felt similarly, express­
ing that, since his freshmen year,
"things are changing," noting the
great support the football team re­
ceived this year. He also pointed
out that athletes
"Isn't all you guys do is drink?" re­
calls football player Jon Van Nest
('07), rolling his eyes at the mem­
ory of a fellow studem confronting
him with the quest(on. Excessive
drinking, troublemaking, and poor
academic commitment are all ele-­
ments of the "jock" stereotype ath­
letes are confronted with. "I think
sometimes they are unf;irly labeled
as troublemakers or singled out
simply because they are athletes,"
said LC volleyball coach Lori Jep­
sen. "But I have not heard a lot of
that." my previous institution, the Uni-• • ond," but play­
versity of Montana. Here I haven't ers report it is no
gotten the feeling char athletics gees simple task, Ac­
the support from students and fac-cording to baseball
ulry that it deserves." Thierry and player Bryan Wal­
fellow basketball player Jeff Chris- lo ('0?), "Off sea­
tensen ('08) agree there is a stereo- son you see a little
type of intimidation surrounding more what it's like
athletes. "I have met a few people to be a regular stu­
that have said the basketball ream dent." ''Athletes do spend around 20 hours a
week, be it in games or practice. Many
also have work-study, which can account
for 5-23 more hours a week; I know I
work 14 hours a week. So time manage­
ment-wise we struggle more than, say, the
average jobless stuaent."
-Nick Thierry ('08) are involved in
more than just
athletics. "I went
and saw the Va­
gina Monologues
last year," said
Elkind, "ir was
funny as heck!"
Athletes sup­
port other school
events all the time
As football player Ben Elkind
('07) pointed our, the "jock" image
is not necessarily specific to LC. "lt
was even like that in high school,"
he said. But sophomore transfer and is intimidating, something that not
one of us is trying to appear to be;
it is jusr a stereotype of being an
athlete," said Christensen.
Athletics vs. Academics
Perhaps a challenge greater than
overcoming stereotypes noted by
athleres is the challenge of balanc-Politics in the
classroom
It was not long before my dis­
cussions with athletes came around
to politics, in particular, politics
within the classroom. "I think a
lot of harassment comes from an
overall left-leaning school," said members in the class as "the base­
ball players." ''It honestly felt like
she graded us down because of it,"
he said, bur also added such inci;
dents are "definitely in the ~inor­
iry." Overall, players expressed that
knowing their professors' political
leanings can be difficulc. Elkind according to El­
kind, "We just don't hold up signs
saying Tm a foorball player!'"
Elkind and others hope that
athleti~ will begin to feel more
inregraded with time. Ultirnarely,
he said, "We chose to come co LC
for more than jusr the football, we
like the school." the Pioneer Lbg, October 28, 2005 -i¥n111¥ _____________________ 1 __ 1_
Kaz contributes flavor and--mystery to Bon • experience
by Sarah DiSabatino
As I sar down co a meal in the Bon, 1 was graced with this appetizing
poem scratched eloquently in my cray:
"On January 24th,
Jenna Perena ate 2002
a mixture com-
posed of:
caramel
chocolate sauce
vinegar
pineapple
steak sauce
strawberries mustard
soy sauce
parmesan cheese
mayonnaise
and
ketchup
It looked like a ·combination of
puke and menstrual fluids.
We were impressed.
God rest her soul."
"Kaz" and other graffitisrs have
left their legacy on the Bon trays
over rhe past few years, bur sru­
denrs now note a decline in the
mist's work. Phrases like "Chow­
der House" and "Put down rhc fork
faery" have populated the signature
blue trays for years, to both the
enjoyment and disgust of many.
Overwhelmingly, "Kaz" claims re­
sponsibility for the graffiti that he
modifies from common sayings to
be humorous, or, depending on
one's opinion, crude.
The question becomes: who is
this Kaz? Seniors have witnessed
writing on the rrays since at least
their brst year at LC.
"There. has always been writing
on the rrays. They make for good
conversation starters," said Na­
thalie Marson ('06).
The content of the graffiti has
become a favorite pastime of Bon
frequenters. "Some of them are
fairly simple," said Thomas Broz
('08), "but others show a surprising depth in their use of pun." Kaz has
arguably earned the reputation of
"tray satirist."
Rumors suggest char Kaz may
have graduated from LC with the
class of 2005. One tray reads, "Kaz:
feeding rhe world since 1983." If
this is indeed his birch-year, rhen
he could have gra9uated last year.
Some of the etchings point co the
possibility that Kaz was involved
in one of the athletic reams, as he
mentions, "And it's Paul Gros.field
by a nose." This only leads co more
speculation, though, since no one
named Paul Grosfield goes co LC.
Nevertheless, many lament
the lack of new entries. Laura Su­
arez ('08) noticed the decreasing
amount of graffiti on the trays with
a bit of sadness: "There' haven't
been any new ones. Ir is disheart­
enircg. Ir makes my 'Bon-ing' expe­
rience better when I have scuff to
read while I am eati.ng my shitty
food," she said.
Others depend less on the trays Students reach for trays in the Bon, many of which have become forums for campus life.
for enterrainmenc and food-quality
enhancemenr. Sam Stender ('09)
said, "I haven't really noticed any­
thing on· the trays. I'll look next
time."
If this Kaz has indeed left LC's
midst, then others have attempted
ro fill his or her space. "Odell, we
have a bobsled ream" has appeared
on several trays as well as "Rizzo"
with amibucion to Kaz. Still, the
quantity has not been able to com­
pete with past years.
Although the Bon appears to
be cracking down on students who
have a penchant for stretching the
rules, no effort has been made ro
purify the uay selection. Signs
posted around the fruit baskets and
' the exit ask students not co take
more chan one piece of fruit since
the Bon is "all you pin eat, not all
"There has always
been writing on the
trays. They make _for
good ,fonversauon
starters.
-Nathalie Matson('06).
you can take." For the most part,
however, the trays have gone un­
touched by the catering company.
The Bon ''encourages arr," said
General Manager of Bon Appetit
. Bill Masullo, "although [the trays) are someone else's property."
''I'd like co see art on che walls,"
he said, "It's nice to be able ro share
that with people." Masullo said
that graffici on the trays is "part of
college," even though in the sum­
mer LC hosts eight and nine-year­
olds for camps. Nevertheless, he
did not feel a need to regulate the
student art since they are "your
' " guys trays.
In years past, ace students have
provided the Bon with glazed cof­
fee mugs. Though some were sto­
len, rl1e student artwork added an
LC touch· to dining at che Bon.
Tray graffiti has been and will re­
main yet another medium of stu­
dent arc.
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Booze 101: students Ananda
get the low down
by Rosi Moffett
Perhaps you were one of the
drunken homecoming attendees
who stumbled home ro find a
"Drunk?'' flyer tucked, into your
panrs pocket. Or perhaps you
soberly noticed the pink flyers
floating around the Bon with
"Hung-over?" written in squig­
gly Letters at the cop.
Perhaps the pizza was not
enough co lure you to a class co
• learn about how alcohol affects
your body, bur you still won­
dered what it entailed.
Yes kids, it was about alcohol,
and there was pizza. LC student
Steve Sommer, who admittedly
gave the class as pan of disci-Alcohol Level) rises. Basically,
the chart showed that, beyorid
a cenain point, more _ is not
bener. When one starrs drink­
ing they are in the fim of rwo
differing phases. So, until your
BAL is at .055 you are report­
edly likely co feel "buzzed and
excited." This is the stimulus
effect of alcohol, and beyond
it one begins to feel the depres­
sant effects.
This is a nice thing to be able
co remind yourself 0£ However,
it is possible thar you or one of
your friends will end up wasted.
Why? Well, the most probable
cause of chis is the consump­
tion of coo much alcohol, but
there may al$o be ocher faccors
Perhaps the pizza: was not enough to
lure you to a class to learn about ho~
alcohol affects your body, but you still
wondered what it entailed.
pHnary santdons, the seminar.
However, there are certain ben­
efits to attending a class run by
a student with similar interests.
For instance, the discussion was
opened with the words, "We
may end up d~inking together
for the next few y~s, and f
want to be able co do it nght.''
Learning to drink right was
the overall achievement of the
class. Does drinking right mean
that we learned to drink in such
a way to maximize our happi­
ness and minimize our mental
and bodily pain? Does it mean
that we learned how we can
... it is possible
that you or one of
your friends will
end up wasted.
Why? Well, the
most probable
cause of this is the
consumption of
too much alcohol,
but t4ere may also
be other factors
involved as w.dl. involved as well. .
If you are female, you are ap­
parently in luck: you don't need
ro spend as much money as
your male counterparts. What's
more, it is likely that your al­
coholic beverage of choice is
not really all char tasty, and you
need not have as much ofic pass
over your tongue as do boys.
Why is this che case? l, for o_ne,
never knew that girls contain
10% less water than boys, nor
did I know that they have less
of an enzyme that helps process
alcohol. Even manger, I learned
that the presence of premen­
strual hormones makes it easier
to feel drunker.
Not to be exclusive, che class
had a tip that applies to males
as well as females. When '}'OU­
walk into a place where you
commonly drink, like a bar or
a friend's house, and go through
the familiar moti9ns of greeting
people, and so on, your body
may be responding to these
cues and preparing icself for the
consumpt~on of alcohol.
Thus, when you go into an
unfamiliar place your body Jails
ro recognize these cues, and the
se5~ock.
ale, the seminar
from differ.ent
giare_angles,­
tening les­
dents' pre­•·
COURTESY OF WWV/_CM'ORGIIJK !joga: LC' s pursuit
of truth by means of reflection
by Amber Case
A small collection of curious souls showed up in the Albany Quadrangle last
Sunday to see Stayki of the Ananda Sangha Center of Portland speak. The man
had slightly wavy red hair and an easy slouch to him, and spoke to us in a serene,
relaxed voice. It came as some surprise to learn chat he'd work for nine years at
Microsoft until retiring at the age of 28. He called himself Satyaki, bu} added
that we coul~ call him Craig.
"What is true? What's the truth
about life?" he asked with a definite
gleam in his eyes.
"I wanted co look at differenr
aspects of life and truth, so I start­
ed reading a lot of bopks. Th~ one
thing I noticed was chat, in books,
everyone is looking at the same
sorts of concepts &om different
angles.· The more I read, the
more questions I had, and che
more questions I had, the
more I wanted to read." ~ thing of Yoga postures has been
blown way out of proportion. Now
you have all the little outfits, and
all the little equipment pieces, and
all d1e litcle books. Consumerism!
An ancient sage once said that rhe
perfect Yoga position would allow
one to sit still for a period of duee
homs. You sit down, you shut up,
and you focus on the mind."
He explained that his
prodigious reading habit
had become a prob­
lem. Soon enough,
he was bringing his
books co his job At rhis point he intro­
duced us ro 'superconscious'
exercises, short ninety sec­
ond "energization" exer­
cises useful for. uplifting
the spirit in a hurry.
''lf you no longer
want co be selfish, PHOTO COURTESY OF ANANOA MARGA COM
Founded by Paramhansa Yogananda, Ananda
yoga combines regimented poses and reflection. you don't say,
'I am not self- and sneaking a
quick peak every
once and a while as he worked.
"The problem was char I ~ev­
er encountered a book that really
said. I wanted what everyone looks
for-happiness."
He said that some people's
search for happiness is in avoiding
miserable things.
"In our society, pec:,ple believe
chat avoiding pain makes you hap­
py. People cry co recreate happi­
ness; that trip co the beach, or that
wonderfuJ•dinner. The problem is
chat people look to the outside and
not co the inside, where happiness
can actually be found."
But one day, Craig found a book
by a man named Paramhama .Yoga­
nanda, the founder of Ananda.
"I was like, 'Hey! Wow! Now I
don't have to put all of these ocher
books together co find an answer!'
In it there was 80% of what I'd
already discovered, and the other
20% was 'new' material-mate­
rial I don't think 1 could have ever
found." He smiled. "-You can't get that kind o( knowledge from
books; you can only get it through
life experience."
"Ananda basically means 'Joy.'
Everyone • chat overindulges in
sensual pleasures finds chat those
pleasures become old after a while.
Keep eating ice cream over and
over and it gees old. What it really
is that people seek is the response
inside the self that's being awak­
ened inside oneself by the sensual
pleasure. Bur we sell ourselves on
getting a new experience all the
time. New clothes, new friends,
new loves."
"This is what happens in Ameri­
ca; this is consumerism. Bue rheJoy
we're really seeking is inherently in­
side ourselves. We just don't know
how to find it."
This is Ananda. It is sitting scill.
le is taking what the world has giv­
en you and stopping for a while.
To sit still, one must use a form of
Yoga posture.
Craig added that, "The whole
Make a cliff erence. • •
• • . change lives ish', because
the brain will ignore the words 'I',
'am', and 'not' and will focus on
the word 'selfish'. Essentially, you're
just telling yourself 'Selfish! Selfish!
Selfish!' over and over again! It is
much more productive to say, 'lov­
ing kindness' instead."
He explained chat rhe Anan­
da group in Porclarid is a circle
of people unified by the desire ro
find Truth through the practice of
Ananda yoga.
"People live together to search
for this truth cogether.''. jje said
they've never had any problems
with each other either.
Posters pertaining to Aoanda
can be found on bulletin boards
throughout the school. Odell R.A
Helena Berks-Darwin is the cam-
pus contact for Ananda exercise
participation.
For more information about
Ananda yoga, the founder Param•
hansa .Yogananda, or, Satyaki, or,
Craig, check out www.anandaport­
iand.org
• Master ef Arts
in School Psychology
m
GEORGE Fox
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
800-493-4937
counselin9.9eor9efox.edu the Pioneer Log, October 28, 2005 1
Fiery thrills and savage spectacles with Vaudevillians
by Stephanie Beachem
Technically, cbe word
''vaudeville" means "a program
of separace and varied acrs" or "a
light theatrical piece interspersed
with songs and dances."
A fight theatrical piece? This
definition doesn't even come
close ro capturing what the LC
Vaudevillians, a savage bunch
you've likely seen lighting things
on fire on the basketball court
near Pac-mau lawn, actually do.
Fourfder Craig Winston calls it
"white knuckle thrills, edge of your
sear excitement, and best-thjng­
you've seen all year spectacles,"
and that is the truth. Any LC
student jonesing for strange and
unusuaJ thrills need look no
funhcr than the LC Vaudevillians.
"We're basically a performing
arcs group ... we're crying to
bring ci.rcus arc wd culcure
and vaudeville performance
on campus," Winsron said.
Currently, the group has about
twelve members-fire arriscs,
jugglers, and aspiring acrobats.
They generally practice rwo to
cluee times a week, but they've been
meecing more frequently in recent
days ro prac-cice lighting up (setting
their coys on fire) in preparation
for rheir first big showcase on
campus, "The Damned Dance:
A tialloween Fire Carnival and
Masquerade." It's a vaudevillian­
scyle celebration caking place th.is
Saturday, Oct. 29th, in Tamarack,
the Co-op, and the Pac-man Lawn.
There wiJI be foe-breathing, fire­
dancing, fire-juggling, spinni;'1g, aud fire-poi, along with a
coscume parry and music specially
selected by the Vaudevillians.
"We're also having a cosmme
contest, where the grand prize is
a box of voodoo doll donuts from
Voodoo Donut-the kind shaped
like linle men that bleed when
you bite them," Winston said.
The Vaudevillians are a new
club this year. Winston created long chains with weighted pads
that can be twirled and spun. They
can be lie on fire, coo, and when she
whips them around, bright arcs of
light follow their path in the air.
"I started looking at videos
online this summer and teaching
myself with rwo socks stuffed
m kneeh.ighs," Nuss said.
Vaudevillian Emma Smith
('08) specializes in spinning with
"The Damned Dance" is a vaudevillian
style celebration taking place this Satur­
day, Oct. 29 ... there will be fire-breathing,
fire-dancing, fire-juggling, spinning, and
fire-poi, along with a costume party.
the club because there was a lack
of circus-themed clubs on campus.
"I first got into fire dancing
when I wem ro Goth Night at che
Crystal Ballroom. Ir was cancelled,
and they cold us to go down ro
Danc~'s Inferno on Burnside--they
were having their cabaret night.
The Suicide Girls were there, and a
bunch of fire dancers were there. le
was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.
And a couple nights lacer we saw the
fire-knife club perform on Pac-man
lawn. I don'.t know ... after the first
rime I lit up I could not stop doing it.
Though Winston's specialty is
fire dancing, each vaudevillian has a
different special'cy or favorite trick.
Vaudevillian Megan Nuss ('07)
specializes in fire poi. "Poi" is che
Maori word for "baU" on a chain,
and Nuss's fire toy is just that: rwo a staff. She is learning the fire­
knife, roo-a club that several
Vaudevillians are also members of.
"I scarred learning staff over
the pastsummerac my workplace, a
summer camp in north California.
l had• a good friend who was
also a counselor at the summer
camp who works as a fire ~treer
performer, and he showed me the
basics ... and I couldn't help but fall
in love with spinning!" Smith said.
Another vaudevillian, Parker
Lewis ('08), is a juggling specialist.
He picked up a friend's set lase year
and became engrossed in the arr of
juggling. He has since purchased a
varied assorrmenr of juggling toys:
two secs of balls (regular and glow­
in-the-dark) and rwo sets of pins,
one for everyday use and another
special set that can be ser on fire. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BEECHEM
The LC Vaudevillians' Megan Nuss ('07) performs fire poi
on the basketball court near Pac-man lawn in preparation
for the Vaudevillians' "The Damned Dance" this Saturday.
was strewn· across rhe lawn."
As for the club's plans after
HalJoween weekend, they hope
J__o begin w_orldng with Free our dinner to see us perform," she
s~id. Winston also hopes the club
will be able ro put on a more large­
scale circus production before the
Night Watch a strange,
bitter disappointment "1 wenr ro Lopez Island.pare of
cl1e San] uan Islands in Washington,
ro the annual Jugglefest," Lewis
said. "It was held at the home of
a local family and they dedicated
their yard for a weeken'd of nonstop
juggling. There were probably
200 people and every kind of
juggling equipment imaginable Winston also hopes the club will be able
to put on a more large-scale circus pro­
duction ... complete with stilt-walkers, ad­
vanced acrobatics, dancing, and ev~n more
fire tricks.
University to I offer clinics in
juggling and fire spinning. Nuss
hopes co creare a travelling duo
ace, ''wandering the streets making
people gasp and smile and pay for year's out, complete with srilt­
walkers, advanced acrobatics,
dancing, and even more fire tricks.
"Good people, good
by Haley Tripp
I'd been looking forward to
seeing Nighr Watch at the Portland
Lesbian and Gay film festival all
week· long. I mean, what doesn't
sound enterrainingabouc indulging
in the life and exploits of sexy male
prostitutes on the streets of Buenos
Aires? It wasn't umil lacer cl1ar
my housemate managed to sum
up the whole experience in one
perfoct and appropriate srarement:
the 6lm was undoubtedly a
"colossal disappointment."
Victor, played by Gonzalo
Heredja, spent 81 minutes Roaring
aro,und aimlessly in a surrealistic
nightmare of cross-dressing
prostitutes, drug dealers, and, of
'course, the und"e.rd (I'll explain
' later). The plot was so direccionless
and unsolved it basically didn't exist.
Bur if were ro try and explain the
sequential progression of the film,
it would go something like this:
The film begins when Victor
is picked up by an older, seemingly
wealthy cop who is referred to as the
"protection," since he supposedly
protects those in the same sex and
drug industry as Victor. However
this is·the first and last time we sec
chls character ~oughouc the film,
and his significance is unexplained.
Victor chen rravels co a large
hotel where he does another drug deal with a high profiJe, but
unidentifiable, ambassador. Again
om on streets, Victor runs into an
old friend. 1J1e two men get dinner
and catch up, then go to a hotel,
relax in a Jacur.:i, and have sex. Yet
for some reason, also unexplained,
Victor's friend / lover attempts ro
smocher him •with a pillow in the
middle of the night, but Victor
manages to escape. When he then
meets up with an old girlfriend
(when is the sun coming up?) we
find out chat she, as well his old
friend, are both the members
of the living dead who have
renirned to earth ro kill Victor.
We never find out why. I know,
ir's excruciarin;_ and frustrating.
Night Watch suffers &.om more
fundamental troubles than a low
budget. Poor acting, writing and
directing (Edgardo Cozarinsky) do
little to elevate the piece from the
dredges of avant-garde-noir-gay­
erotic-filmschool Ruff But the there
were some definite hits at this year's
lesbian and Gay film festival: Guys
and Balls, a story about a gay soccer
team directed by Sherry Horman,
and Dorian Blues, a coming out
tale directed by Tennyson Bardell,
do the festival justice. Dorian
Blues will be playing later in the
year at Cinema 21 on NW 21"
Street. Get more information
on the festival at www.plgff.org. times, good fire," Smith said.
Books That Kick Your Ass:
Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
by Norwegian author Jonas
chis book of ghost stories brings Lie, is most unsettling. A _poor
me back co that imaginary realm, fisherman unwittingly harms a
:with a few goose bumps to boot. seal harboring the spirit of che by Sarah DiSabatino
"Good ghost stoi:ies, like good
children's books, are damnably
difficult ro write," said Roald Dahl
in the introduction of his collection
of chillin~ taJcs, Roald Dahl's Book
of Ghost Stories. This children's book
writer. assembles a fine assortment
of crc;:,epy stories that do not rely on
gore or spectral images of tortured
faces or any of the over-produced
special effects that today's movies
try to pass as frightening. These
stories rely on the subtleties of
human nature and the products of
our most -intense desires: namely, a
connection to the spiritual world.
I grew up reading Dahl's·
~nwai:a] novds jike, The Witc-ha,
Matild4, and 1he BFG, which all
dealt with some of the morosomber
issues of chjldhood 0U<e being an
orphan} while at the same rime
creating 40 entire new realm or
interaction and possibility ~Harry
Potter anyone?). DahJs stoties
were my imaginary friends-Now "Spookiness is:, after all, the Draug, "a se.a monster who sails
11:al purpose of a ghost story," a haJf-boat with a crew of men
Dahl ~aid, and he achieves this by lost ar sea who have nor received
invoking images of a hand with no a Chrisclan buria); he who sees
discernible body in "The Ghost of a the Draug ... will soon die.'' On
Hand" (by J. Sheridap. Le Fanu) or a voyage home with his family
the sound of disembodied sweeping in a new boar, the sea monster
in "The Sweeper" (by AM. shadows rhe fisherman's beat
Burrage). My favorite, though, is during a storm ;i.nd laughs in his
Burrage's "Playmates," which teUs face as che tossing waves gradually
of a young girl who had never even consume his wife and sons.
had a playmate. She w:i.knowingly lt ls fitting for a children's
befriends the shy ghostp of several author to have a taste for the
girls who inhabit her caretaker's supei:natural, for it is at our
mansion, much co the man's most innocent moments that
disbelief All of these stories stern we can more readily accept the
from the European experience, possibility of another realm of
mostly within a countryside manor, existence Dahl's stories take us
Nothing is creepier, than a hundred- back to that moment in time
year-oldmanorthaccreaksandshifrs when our reality was transcended
in the night, and Dahl takes full by our imaginatiC\n-a tru1y
advantage of chis in his selections. liberating feeling. 'This is why
The creepiest and saddest of we celebrate Halloween with
these stories, however, ~es place cosrumes and illusion, and this is
on the sea. "Eljas and the Draug" why we yearn for our childhoods. _1....,.,.4 .. ___________________________ t
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'Tis the season ... for
pumpkin theory! Sex & tattoos: the SuicideGirls
by Christie Wright
Missy Suicide spends 14 hours
nocion _rhar Halloween enthusiasts· a day, six days a week promoring
by Christie Wright II b a lifestyle on her website, wi e able to distinguish and
The thing about pumpkin appreciate the different styles suicidegirls.com. She, along wirh
carving is, ir never gees old. Age, ·each carver brings ro the arr. 800 models and photographers
sex, religion and/or political The functionalist approach from across the world, idencify
affiliations do nor decermine co pumpkin carving is 'che more themselves as suicide girls.
who may or may nor enjoy it. popular of rhe two methods. Ir Thererm "suicidegirl" describes
This may explain why pumpkin follows rh~ history of pumpkin a girl who doesn'r follow rhe
carving ha~ been able to endure carving which is comes from an mainSrream. Missy uses rhe term
to describe those who don'dit into as a tradirion for many families. Irish legend. The story goes char
For a holiday char emphasizes the a lazy farmer made a deal with a any specific alrernarive group and
d I don't necessarily define themselves excess consumprion of abundant evi in which he would never go
amounts of proc~sed sugar and to hell. When he died, he was too by the type of music they liSren
h h f c. too. Suicide girls are all srrong, r e pure ase o useless orange simw to go to Heaven, sp in order
and black screamers, pumpkin for che devil to scay his word, a creative and independent women
• who are nor afraid to show off carving replaces the ideological candle was placed inside a turnip
warfare char burdens families and the farmers face was ecched on their sensual side, even if char side
conAicrs with rhe conventional. during chis season. Pumpkin the.surface. He was dubbed "Jack · h f h " "Ir's a brand, a Lifestyle," she carvmg is r e most genuine o r e Lantern or "jack-o-lanrern.''
f th all said in a phone interview from practice o e H mark holidays. Artistically, chis merhoct does
With that in mind, there is no nor require much artistic effort Los Angeles. "So many people
wrong way to carve a pumpkin. ori behalf of the carver. Carving across the world identify with
However' I. have defined two d • II cal d ir." SuicideGirls is that brand. es1gns are usua y symmecri an
general schools of choughc on include V:\.riations of the triangle, SuicideGirls began in Portland
the subject. I have studied boch square and circle formations. As in the summer of 200 l. Missy
h conceived the idea when she met ods and am able to compare opposed ro Pumpkin Aestheticsim,
and contrast each. What follows rhe carver does not need ro "poke" returned home to finish her college
are brief account of the two major his design onto the pumpkin degree. As she began reconnecting
frameworks char dominate the art. beforehand. A sketch drawn with old friends, she realized that
because these women did nor fir I hope to elaborate on the pumpkin directly on to rhe pumpkin is · d' · 1· l h h d d b into the mainstream stereotype carvmg 1sc1p meac arge-w ic is recommen e , utitisnotrequired. of an Abercrombie & Fitch severely lacking cheoretical analysis. Some hardcore functionalists
Theaeschecicmodeofpumpkin prefer rouse no guide and choose model, they weren'c adeq~ately
h represented in the media. carving is a rat er new phenomena. co create their snarling or grinning
l I I d f, "I was taken aback by the ere ies on comp icate patterns and mani estations by freehand carving. fact chat chese women were so refined techniques. The method Being the eco-friendly campus confident and comfortable with requires the time and patience thac we are, this carver suggests
f h h their bodies. I scarred raking som~ o t e carver who must closely t ar you actually use the pulp,
study the shape and contours of a seed and "meat" of the pumpkin pin-up Sryle photos of chem. I
pumpkin before he or she begins to afcer it has been displayed. While wanted ro show char regular people
could be beautiful coo," she said. carve an intricately designed scene pumpkins decompose anyway,
on the surface of the pumpkin. they are a good source of vitamin A She was influenced by old pin-up
Unlike rhe often-overlooked and B as well as potassium, protein portraits, like chose of Betry Page.
Pumpkin Functionalism, which and iron. They ;tee also low in Missy creared SuicideGirls.
attempts ro emphasize the calories and fat. However, it is nor com co showcase her phoros. The
mythology surrounding pumpkin recommended char char you eat a website celebrates the DIY aspect
carving, aestheticism relies on the decomposed pumpkin. God no. of che underground alcernative r:::::::-==.,....._ ...... ___________ ,;;.____::__ _____ _, culture. Ir draws on music, images
and alternative culture to create
a place where girls can be sexy,
smart, entertaining and creative.
Here, sexuality does not have to
fie che mainstream definition.
PHOTO BY HALEY TRIPP
Two pieces of art from the Co-op's first Third Thursday
event, October 20. The exhibit features new art from LC
student artists. This month's show featured art by Diane
Grundy, Nathalie Cercone, Ann Warder, Michael Rae, Syd­
ney Mclune, and music by Lynnae Grifiths. The site promotes self-respect
and appreciarioo and ·each model
decides how she is prese~red in her
respective phoco shoot. Toe secs
are created co make each girl feel
sexy. The photos show how the
model identifies wich herself and
her sexuality. "lc's much more
about how she feels about herself,"
said Missy.
W h i I e
SuicideGirls
rries co promote
rhe idea char
incelligence,
individuality
and creativity are
compatible wirh
sexy, pin-up style
entertainment;
they have been
cri ricized for
jusr being an
alternative porn
sire and for
promoting anri­
femirlisc images
-of women. Bur
Missy maintains
chat the sire is
a celebration
of women.
She says char PHOTO COURTESY SUICIDEGIRLS.COM
SuicideGirl Mary strikes a seductive pose for the camera.
there are many different
interpretations of feminist.
"I think chat it's all abouc how
the girls decide to be presented,"
she said. "I can't think of another
place anywhere around the world
chat girls are pr~sented this way."
Since 2001, the site has grown
and now represents over 800
models and photographers from
every coorinenc (even Antarctica). Part of the expansion of
SuicideGirls is the burlesque cour
chat will be stopping ,it Dante's
in Portland on October 29. The
show combines elements of the
website and myriad references to
pop culcure. One act is a parody
of a scene from • Resevoir Dogs in
which one character gees her ear
bitten off. "[The show] is all about
[the girls] and their personalities.
Until recently, she had personally re­
viewed each of the 1,000 applications per
week from women wanting to be a part of
the SuicideGirls website.
Missy has photographed over
300 secs that are on the site and
personally communicated with
each model. Until recencly, she
had personally reviewed each of
rhe l 000 applications per week
from women wanting to be a part
the SuicideGirl website. Missy's
original idea has grown inro
something unimaginably large.
"We thought char maybe
[SuicideGirlsJ.- would be popular
in Portland, bur we thought char
people would have already done it
if they were .interested," she said. There's a lot of personalities
and theatrics," said Missy.
The idea for the burlesque show
came from the girls who wan red to
recreate che feeling char chey gor
from freely expressing tl1emselves in
the SuicideGirls photo shoors and
give it a bawdy, interactive twist.
"In che same sort of way that
the photos are an updated form
of pinups, rhe show is ail updaced
version of burlesque," said Missy.
"lc's modern. Ir takes the same sexy
feeling and slaps some tattoos on it." _r_he_P_io
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Chouinard's bODY_rEMIXa visual, emotional trip
by Josh Silverman
Rarely do I leave a modern
dance piece satisfied. Ir's nor char
I don't get "explorations of the hu­
man condition" or the "jwctaposi­
tion of aesthetic forms" or what­
ever. I r's nor that I chink they're
not "arc" (whatever that means
in this post-post-modern world).
)n truth, despite all the shock, aU
rhe rule-breaking, all the experi­
mentation, I simply find most
modern dance pieces quite boring.
Enter Marie Chouinard, a Ca­
nadian dancer/choreographer who
made a name for herself in 1978 by,
among other things, urinating in a
cup on stage. Now that doesn't nec­
es~arily write you off in my book­
for all I know her grand-plie while
UQ!J~ting mighf have been exqui­
site-bur I'm nacurally wary. To
make matters worse, rhe ride of her
newest piece is a mix of cAPITALS
aND lOWER cASE, signaling with
the su bdety of a sledgehammer that
this piece intends to challenge con­
_ventions. "bODY_rEMIXlgOLD­
BERG_variatiom"-how clever.
Yer l returned last Saturday PHOTO COURTESY MARIECHOUINARO.COM
even.ing from PSU's Lincoln Hall
complerely bowled over. Over­
whelmed. Chouinard's "rE­
MDC' is danrn good, a fact I am
forced to reporc without the usu­
al sense of irony, wry cynicism
or sassy underhanded potshots.
The dance at its core is a de­
construction of sound and image
in an attempt to explore cercain
tension-fraught themes: alien-A dancer with 12-inch met­
al crutches becomes a spindly,
arachnid-like creature stalking
around the stage. Another, with
both hands and feet jammed in
point shoes, becomes a convuls­
i.ng centaur, alternately lwnber­
ing amongst che orher dancers and
spasmin_g in a m_anner char can
only be described as inhuman. The
dancers seem stuck in their cre­
ations, embodying these creatures
witbour ever feeling comfortable.
Other times che dancers seem sruck
in the piece itself ln a particularly
unsettling scene a dancer struggles
to free herself from five parallel.
horiwntal bars only to find herself
further entangled. 11-ie intensity
of rhis type of imagery is relel"\t­
less. Ac times it felr like watching
the dancers slowly drown on stage.
Adding ro rhe intensity is che
horribly effective soundtrack. Of­
·centimes it is liccle more than the
amplified scratching of steel wires.
Metal cruches, ropes,. prosthetic limbs,
harnesses, microphones and gauze un­
derwear transform the dancers into the
disquieting creatures that inhabit Choui­
nard's nightmarish world.
acion and connection, entrap­
ment and freedom, disfigurement
and beauty. Metal crutches, ropes,
proscheric limbs, harnesses, mi­
crophones .and g,wze-underwear
transform rhe dancers into the dis­
quieting creatures rhat i11habir in
Chouinard's nightmarish world.
BOOKS THAT
KICK YOUR ASS Ochers it is a nightmarish remix of
spoken words. But most disconcert­
ing are the pieces chat sound like
classical ballet scores. While aes­
thetically these pieces sound quite
traditional, they are remixed and
overdubbed in a manner that scrips
them of any sense of merer or mel­
ody. Your foot keeps crying to find a
beat as the dancers vainly grasp for
a rhythm that simply does nor exist.
Sure, Chouinard's having fun
with aesthetics, but it's less "weird
for weirdness's sake" than a willing­
ness to break the rules to evoke a
desired response. An anti-ballet of
sores, "rEMIX" deconstructs el­
ements of traditional baller and
utiljzes them to new effect. One
memorable scene plays off the con­
vention that baller dancers are .ro
be silent while performing. The vi­
sual and auditory elements of the
dan<=;e are split as the performer
becomes two people, one danc-by Ben Waterhouse .
Reader beware: Katherine
Dunn's Geek Love is not a novel
for tbe faint of heart. Narrated
by Olympia Binewski, a bald,
hunchbacked, albino dwarf, this
is the tale of a successful family
-business gone horribly wrong.
Mr. and Mrs. Binewski
ingest horrible chemicals in hope
of breeding a family of freaks
ro attract more visitors 1:0 their
financially-unsuccessful traveling
carnival. Their experiments pay
off handsom.ely in the form of
Atruro the Aquaboy, siarnese
cwL,s Electra and Iphigenia,
and Chick, who would be
perfectly normal were it .nor
for his strange psychic powers.
The book really comes
into itS own _when Arturo the
Aquaboy, desperate for affection
in a cold family environment,
starrs a teHifying religion
of amputation chat attracts
thousands of followers across
the nation. The family strife
and emotional manipulation
chat his actions create are at
once horrible and fascinating­
much like the novel i~elf. Not sold y~c? I wasn't either.
Bur there is much more to Geek
Love than one would expect.
From its nauseating premise,
Dunn crafts an engaging love
srory, an inspiring tale· of
circumstaoces overcome, and a
hilarious satire of American excess
and the culr of personality. Her
characters, for all their physical
and ethical deformities, are
endearing and oddly u11iversal.
Dunn-who wrore a
much-loved Q&A column for
Willamecre W~ek in the' 80s-is a
shining example of the successful
novelists to come our of Portland.
Her work offers a glimpse of the
city's sordid underbelly wichour
stooping to che gratuitous shock­
schlock of Chuck Palahniuk.
· Geek Love doesn't just kjck
your a$S-it picks you up at a
club, cakes you home, and treats
you co chekindoflovin' chat leaves
you feeling bruised and used,
but strangely desirous for more.
If you find 'Palahniuk's ideas
intriguing buc his prose tepid and
his characters shallow, then chis
is the book for you. Geek Love is·
one novel you will never forget. ing and one gasping and wincing
in sync into che microphone. ln
another, dancers limp across srage
each wearing one point shoe. YeJ
rhe' bare feet are the he.al thy feec
and the bound feet the handicap.
While edgy and satirical, rhe
piece remains refreshingly apolici­
cal. Chouinard is more interested
in experimenting with various PHOTO COURTESY MARIECHOUINARD.COM
the audience is able to relate. The
dancers are clearly being pushed
to great emotional excremes and
they bring the audience wich chem.
A sense of collective relief ac­
companied the final curtain fall,
and this is much to the piece's credit.
After a 90-minute journey of such
intense emotive darkness, we were
all a bic relieved to be back home.
While edgy and satirical, the piece re­
mains refreshingly apolitical.
forms oflocomotion and wich the
juxtaposition of images and themes
than with the dissemination of any
sort of message. The bizarre trans­
formations these dancers undergo
in the 90-minuce piece is impressive
in itself. More impressive is the way "rEMIX" is a part of the White
Bird PSU dance series, a program
that continually arcracts talented
and innovative dance companies
from around the world. More
information on this series can be
obtained at www.whitebird.org. 16
Art meets ecosystems as Burns,
Sjess, and Bower -give speeches
by Nora Gay
EnviJonmencal art is like a
growing relationship chat connects
arr with the earth; the definition
irself grows as artists find their own
ways co explore and depict nature.
Last Thursday,· Oct. 13 at the
Environmental Affairs Symposium,
three panelists spoke of this growing
environmental arc movement.
Robert Glenn Ketchum, Katrin
Spiess and Sam Bower s~ared their
contributions ro the arc community
and methods to raise awareness
and improve the environment.
Photographer Robert Glenn
Ketchum, whose exhibit of
nature photographs "Southwest
Alaska: A World of National
Parks and Wildlife Refuges" was
on exhibit ar the Hoffman Art
Gallery earlier this year, started
the afternoon symposium by
explaining che influences for his
photographk achievements. Like
some of his predecessors (Elliott
Porrer, Ansel Adams), Ketchum
initially portrayed the landscape
in its inherent beauty; unlike
them, he chose co cake what he
described as an "overtly politically
active" seance in his work.
Ketchum prefers co cackle
landscapes and environmental
issues ·as they emerge, using
his photographs to bring
forth recognition, rather than
photographing landscapes that
were already at the forefront of
the media. His past work includes
photos chat call attention co.the
industrial scene of the Hudson
River Greenway Development and
the Tongas Rainforest in Alaska,
both of which ended successfully
with wide distribution of his books and heightened awareness
of the situation in Congress.
His on-campus exhibit at che
Hoffman Arr Gallery showcased
a series of photos from south~esc
Alaska. The exhibit is intended
co draw the public's attention co
the fragile Alaskan ecosystems
threatened by a dramatic rise in
oil, gas, and mining developments
in the region. Ketchum wanes the •
show co "wake up" the media and
create a ripple effect that could lead
co legislation to protect the area.
Anne-Katrin Spiess also uses
photography, as well as film and
print, to share her thoughts and
concerns about nature. As a land
artist, she focuses her work on wide­
open spaces and often chooses co
portray herself in the environment,
away from the chaos of society.
She rook the idea of
"nothingness" and expanded it
in an empty prairie where she
constructed her "thinking box," a
white wooden box with the exact
dimensions of a person. Inside
there were platforms on which co
sit, stand or wrire, and of course
co think. Through her slide.show,
Spiess showed how che chinking
box became a Boating box, a
lighthouse, or a sanctuary; the
centerpiece of the open land. The
space allowed for an escape from
the city and the civilized world.
Spiess also uses her work co
preserve the landscape, using the
land itself to create her pieces. For
one project, she adopted one mile of
land and documented each piece of
liner, washing every beer bottle or
can and separating chem by color.
She rook these sorted crash items
and enclosed them in Plexiglas boxes
co advocate reusing and recycling. Spiess is also raising awareness
,about deforestation resulting from
the manufacture of disposable
wooden chopsticks. Thousands
of square • miles of forests are
clear-cut for chopsticks, and
Spiess' "Chopsticks" exhibition
displayed her sentiments on the
issue: "Carry your own chopsticks,
prevenr glob~ warming.''
Further plumbing the depths
of nothingness, Spiess once
spent time on a deserced island
removed &om other humans. Her
documentation of chis project
is a cesrament co her faith in
sustainability, a common ·theme
throughout the week's symposia.
The final panelist," Sam
Bower, discussed his work
through greenmuseum.org,
che online sire char houses che
work of ocher environmental
artists. Bower also recognizes
the importance of combining
arc, the "sustainable world
culture," with the environment.
Created in 200 I,
greenmuseum.org serves to amplify
the efforts of environmental
artists,' showcasing their artistic
and political projects. The arcists
fight against issues Like pollution,
waste, global warming, etc.
"One successful project
can go on to influence
many others," Bower said.
Their work (photographs of
endangered landscapes, found
art arranged co make political
statements, and w~bsites geared
to unite environmentally concered
artists) may seem like a small step
towards preservation, but the
impact is huge. These artists seek
recognition not for themselves,
but for the environment. Hey, Mates -~rs:t;k
by Rebecca Goltlsc.hmidt
Free beer? Free sandwiches
and Asian pears? Free c-shircs and
concert tickets? Shocking, bur true!
The Alumni Association, as pare
of lase week's Alumni Weekend,
hosted a free, OR-campus concert
featuring the infamous indie rock­
organ-playing and baby-roting
married couple, Mates of Scace.
I'm a college student, and
we all know that college kids will
take whatever you give them, as
long as it's free. Who cares if ir's
your friend's dirty sock or soggy
copies of Maxim? Ir's free! I'll take
it! So when I found out chat one
of my favorite bands was playing
for free, and I walked in and saw
che free bubbly wacer, my heart
skipped a bear. No, cwo beats.
Openingforthegroupwaslocal
talent Poinr Juncture, Washington,
whose droning harmonies and flooded the aisles of rhe auditorium
like in a pseudo-MTV pop-punk
music video. You know, where kids
are chewing gum and sneering at
the lame band on stage until they
realize char they cotally rock and
jump up and sea.re dancing. The
show ~as hardly as lame as chat
played scene, although it did very
much resemble ic. My mind was
drowning in high school reveries as
they played cracks off of their older
albums, Our Constant Concern
and My Solo Project. The newer
songs played will be released on
their fourth full length, which has
yer to have a name or release date.
In addition co the bands
playing, KLC Radio raffled off a
pair of tickets co a Decemberiscs
concert and gave away free T-shirts
as a pare of their station promotion.
Bon Appetic provided food and
other refreshments as well as a 21 +
beer garden for those of age. Mose
of che attendees
We all know that college kids
will take whatever you give
them, as long as it's free. Who
cares if it's your friend's dirty
sock or soggy copies of Max­
im? It's free! I'll take it! were current
students, and
--as the band
also pointed
out--some were
completely
unaffiliated
with the
school. • ~e
alumni turnout
two-person drumming echoed
hauntingly through the auditorium.
No matter how unconventional
che venue was (Evans is
hardly appropriate for a dance
extravaganza), Point Juncture, WA
\
played on without much difficulty.
As Mares of State began their
set, the audience, one by one, seemed low
compared to
the other members of the al!dience,
bur their presence was made
known in that darn beer garden.
If I learned anything from
the show it was chis: if actually
graduating gets me these kind of
rewards, I'm willing to stick out
the next cwo years of my life here
and the next 25 paying off loans. the Pioneer Log, October 28, 2005 _____________ 17_
Recent regatta leaves crew poised for su~ in fall
Crew kicked off the "fun"
part of their season last
weekend with several
wins at the Charlie S.
Brown Re·gatta in Port­
land
by Sarah DiSabatino
Waking up ar 5:00am four days
a week seems miserable, bur for the
LC crew te:rn1s ir paid off in the
Charlie S. Brown reg:ma, Sarurday,
Oct. 22 on the Willamette. All the
boats performed above par, wirh
rhe Men's Varsiry 8, Women's Nov­
ice 4 and the Men's and Women's
Novice 8 boars all placing first. In
addition, the Women's Varsiry 8,
Men's Novice 4 and Men's Varsiry
4 all placed t0 crew's success in the spring.
Part of their winning results
could be due tO rhe early workouts,
bur members of crew attribuce rheir
success tO a commitment to the
team. Ocher people on campus of­
ten refer to chis as "cultish" behav­
ior, bur rhe crew team defends chis
image.
"We do 'become one,"' said
Chelsea Householder ('08).
McNeil said, "We have hu­
mor ... there's something about
crew, we naturally rock." Her team­
mates seemed to share her enthu­
siasm as rhey cheered on the ocher
boars still competing.
The regarra's, name was changed
from the Lewis & Clark lnvirarion-
al to rhe
second in
rheir respec­
rive races.
The Wom­
en's Varsiry4
placed third
with a rime
of 18:14. Men's crew, as a club sport,
embodies the ultimate phi­
losophy of competing at Charlie
S. Brown
Regarra
last Sat­
urday as
a rribure
to rhc
former
LC head the division III level that
Though
all the crew
boars put up
competitive
times, for
most team all LC athletics share. The
art of competition is what
keeps these athletes moti­
vated. c r e w
coach.
T h i s
year's
e v e 11 r
drew a members,
rhe fall is the fun part of the sea­
son. "Fall doesn't count; spring will
be game-time," said Macs McNeil
('07), a member of Women's Var­
sity.
Kendall Elfrink ('08) agreed.
"Fall is completely different,'' she
said. Nevercheless, their fall perfor­
mance has historically contributed decent showing of fans, especially
compared co most LC spores events.
Parents, friends and supporters
from all rhe schools lined rhe beach
by rhe launching point at Oaks
Park. Dogs fetched sticks from the
river-not advisable for humans,
of course. -11ie brown and orange
leaves littered the grass where the ,,"
~~4• PHOTO BY SARAH 0ISABATINO
Sliding through their fall season, which is also a giant warm-up to the spring season,
the men's 8 boat practices on the Willamette River. The LC crew team as a whole is still
riding on the success of the recent Charlie S. Brown regatta and hoping to carry it over
into the Freemont Four Miller regatta in Seattle, Wash. this weekend.
reams unloaded their boats. All
this lent to r.he casual annospbere
of fall crew.
The crew program has rowed
well, bur onJy the women's ream
is officially NCAA. The men's
team is considered a club ream,
competing wirh club programs
from rhe Northwest, including
Universiry of Portland, Univer­
siry of Puget Sound and Willa­
mette University. Puget Sound poses the biggest competition,
however, for .both reams. "We held
off UPS, which was good (for mo­
rale]," said Thomas Broz ('08).
Men's crew logs in rhe same hours
and effort bur without rhe benefit
of being a nationally recognized
NCAA spore. ln rhe pasr years, the
women's ream has been narion­
ally ranked in Division III schools,
topping at temh last year.
So, why has men's crew main-rained such a strong presence in rhe
LC arhlerics program? Men's crew,
as a club sport, embodies the ulti­
mate philosophy of competing ar
the division Ill level that LC ath­
letics share. Competition is what
keeps these arhleres morivared.
"I've never lost a head race,"
said James Tinker ('06). Others
agree, "Wirh commitment you can
have a good crew club," said Tim
Kelly ('06).
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Events Sports
Women's Soccer:
Oct. 29 vs. Linfield
11 am in McMinnville
Dilemmas of club soccer
PHOTO BY CRAIG GILDEN
Andrew Conner ('07), LC men's soccer goalie practicing for their few games.
by Craig Gilden
The men's soccer ream has
grown from 19 players two seasons
ago co over 40 players this season.
Despite the increase in p:micipa­
tion, the team has found difficul­
ries this season with scheduling and
finding times to practice. Men's
soccer is a dub sport at Lewis &
Clark. Club sports do nor usually
receive much funding, and the ad­
dirional cuts this year have left soc­
cer with few resources.
In the past, rbe ream has had
a volunteer coach who has come
co practices and games. This
year, though, the ream is with­
out a coach and runs practices
and games on their own. Andrew
Miller ('07), who played Division 1
soccer, is acting ream captain and
runs the practices so that the team
can maximize their time. Goalie
Andrew Conner ('07) has enjoyed
the new practice format.
"We do drills and· pass work
like you would in a normal prac­
tice, but it is a lot more fun," he
said. "It is also fun when everyone
shows up co practice and we have
35-40 guys running around and
we can do ful.l scrimmages."
Although the practices are fun
and the ream has an all-are-wel­
come policy, they have found
many difficulties associated with being a club team. Finding prac­
tice times is diffi.cult because the
varsity sports get first priority and
other dub spores such as Ulcimace
Frisbee use the turf as well. In addi­
tion, Riverdale High School some­
rimes uses Griswald Stadium for
their football and soccer games.
The team has encountered ocher
issues in addition co practice rime.
They have a middle-of-the-week
practice, bur muse share the field
with rhe women's Ulcimace Frisbee
team. The team usually gets about
30 people to attend chese practic­
es, bur is unable co have full scrim­
mages with only half a field. The
ream only gees the entire field is on
a Friday night. Unsurprisingly, ar­
cendance is lower at these practices
than the ones during the week.
"We end up using only half of
the field because we don't have the
numbers to fill the field on Friday
nights," said Conner. "So when
we have enough players co fill the
entire field, we do nor have it, but
when we have rhe field there are
usually nor enough people to make
use of ir."
The biggest obsracle the soc­
cer ream has had co face chis sea­
son has been finding teams co play.
Lewis & Clark is the only school
in the Norrhwest Conference chat
does nor have a varsity men's soc­
cer team. This means that the normal competition for Pioneer
athletics, such as Linfield and Wil­
lamette, do nor have club teams co
face. Last season, the team played
in a league against other area col­
leges such as Oregon Seate and
University of Portland, bur this sea­
son most of chose schools decided
to go their own way. This has left
the Pios scrambling co tty and find
opponents on a week-co-week ba­
sis. Blaze Starkey ('08) and Shawn
Pan.krarz. ('07) have taken on the
responsibilities of setting up prac­
tice times and rrying to find reams
to play.
Last season at this time the ream
had played five games, as opposed
co only two games chis season. In
the pasc, che teatn has played in
an indoor soccer league during the
spring, bur may be in jeopardy chis
season because of the smaller bud­
get.
The Pios have had mixed re­
sulcs in their two games thus far.
In the first game they easily defeat­
ed Reed 4-l, but lost the second
game against Central Oregon 3-2
in a double-overtime hearrbreaker.
There is a game scheduled for this
upcoming weekend, bur he did not
yet know when or where it would
be played. They would hope ro be­
able co schedule some more games
and continue what could be a tre­
mendous season for Pio soccer.
Volleyball's surprising upset
by Haley Tripp
The Pioneer volleyball team
defeated the Pacific Lutheran
Lures for the first cime in four­
teen years at the Pamplin Sports
Center last Friday.
The Lures started off strong
in game one, 35-33, leading
into a dose fight. Things were
still looking tighr by game four
but Audrey Dilling ('06) pushed
the Pioneers into a 31-29 vicco­
ry. Multiple errors by the Lutes
in game five allowed the Pio­
neers a fighting chance at their
15-9 win for the game and a 3-2
march victory. Oucside hitter Andrea Chase
('09) and Nicki Smith ('08) both
gave all-time high performances
((This defeat was
huge for the team.
The confidence
boost that we got
from it was very
much needed."
-Jessica Morales ('06)
and Tamara Moores ('09) gave
che single best performance since 1991.
The following week brought
viccories and defeacs for the LC
Pioneer volleyball ream. Saturday
night the Pioneers defeated the
Willamette Bearcats 30-27, 27-30,
30-26, 30-26 with ease. The win
was the first time the Pioneers held
consecutive conference vicrories
since 1998.
The Pioneers weren't so lucky at
home last Tuesday when they suf­
fered a 30-27, 24-30, 30-27, 30-28
loss co the George Fox Bruins. But
it was a close march, tied 28-28
into the fourth game. Overall che
Pioneers have been putting up a
strong, solid fight. the Pioneer Log, October 28, 2005
Crew:
Freemont Four Mill Regatta
Oct. 29 @ Seattle
Eadymomingand
season for swimmers
by Craig Gilden Hav: you ever let out a yawn dur­
ing a 9: 1 0am class, complaining that it's
too early to be in class, only to get a mean
look from the person sitting next to you?
While it is possible that that individual
just does not like you, it is more prob­
able that they have been up swimming.
While the rest of us are sleep­
ing in our comfy beds, the swim
team is in the water doing laps at
6:00am. This may appear insane to
most of us, bur ro the swim ream
here at Lewis & Clark, it is just a
way of life. The ream believes that
their hard work will pay off this
season with improved talent and
experience in the water.
The men's ream, with only sev­
en swimmers, is smaller than most
of the competition, but despite
their size there is a solid amount
of talent. Owen Kenton ('08) and
Justin Lawton ('08) will anchor the
squad even though this the attitude, level of training and
comperjtiveness of che program to
a new level."
Since Sellman arrived on Pala­
tine Hill in 2004, the LC swim­
ming program has taken off. Ros­
ter sizes have grown quickly and
rhe talent level on both the men
and women's teams have increased.
Sellman has found recruiting
swimmers to LC to be fairly easy,
"Lewis & Clark just seems ro be
a good fir for swimmers; we rake
academics very seriously and the
campus environment is very ap­
pealing. Plus, Portland is a great
is only their second year ((Our freshmen are strong,
in the program. Coach
Matt Sellman believes along with our great up-
chat Pat Murray ('09) l ,, , d S 11
will compete for cop perc assman, Sal e Ilttln,
spots in the breasmroke "they have helped bring the
and individual medley
at the conference cham-attitude, level of training
pionships. Sellman sees f th
improvement from last and competitiveness O e
season's squad, "We are program to a new level."
small, bur we have solid
talent. They are training
at a complerely different level than
lase year," he said.
The women's team will be in a
different situation from cbe men.
The women boast a strong roster of
28 swimmers, which can compete
with any ream in the Nonhwesc
Conference. The ream has a strong
core of returnees as well as a num­
ber of firsr-years who can make an
impact. Senior captain Tara Gan­
ser will lead the team, said Sell­
man, since she "is really someone
the entire ream looks up co, for her
work ethic and (her] expectation
for success." Sarah Collins ('08),
Theresa Likarish ('07) and Anne
van Gessel ('06) will join Ganser
as returnees who will be looked ro
as leaders this season. Sellman said
that a number of first-years such as
Stacy Abrams, Koy Collier, Saric
Gluz and Jill Luis could all make a
difference for the Pios this season.
The Pioneers have high expec­
tations for this season; the team
believes that chere is potential
for a few national . cuts and bro­
ken school records from both rhe
women and men this season. "Our
freshmen are strong, along with
our great upperclassman," said
Sellman, "they have helped bring city."
This year's teams are filled with
firsr-years and sophomores, wh.ich
bodes well for the future. The
members of the ream have real­
ized char there is tremendous po­
tential for this year co be a special
one for the swimming program
and are looking forward co gecring
starred. Sellm~n has seen the ream
accept chis potential.
"In our early season goal meet­
ings, every member of the team
has commenced on how great the
ream attitude is, how fasc we are
going in practice, and rhe tremen­
dous talent in the water," he said.
Sellman said about the upcom­
ing season that, "With a group
such as ours that is committed to
making an impact, it's going co be
a great year for growth and build­
ing rradirion .... This ream is at
another level. If we can continue
on the road we've been on for the
lase four weeks, we are going to
have an incredible season."
The ream will begin che season
chis Saturday with an lnrersquad
scrimmage before starting com­
petition on October 29 in a meet
ac Albertson College in Caldwell,
Idaho. the Pioneer Log, October 28, 2005 Sports 19
pcommg
Events Cross Country: Volleyball:
NWC Championships Oct. 28 vs. Linfield
Oct. 29 Salem 7 tin
Soccer on the rise
by Craig Gilden
Led by a mong defense and
some clurch shooting the Pios fin­
ished this past week with 2 wins
and l loss. The Pios opened the
week with a 6-0 win against Ri­
pon College from Wisconsin in a
non-conference comest. The Pios
then picked up a big conference
victory by beating George Fox 1-
0, completing a season sweep of
cheir conference rivals. The Pios
were unable co sweep all three
home games, however, falling 2-0
to Willarnerce on Saturday.
The Pios easily defeated an
overmarched Ripon squad on
Tuesday night 6-0. Lisa Hous­
man('08) was the star of the game,
scoring three goals and adding an
assist. Katie Burnetr('08) starred
the scoring by firing a shor over
che goalie's head after receiving a
pass from Celeste Kelly('09). Kelly
continued her terrific performance­
by scoring the second goal of rhe
game off an assist from Hous­
man. Housman then added a goal
!are in the first half off a pass from
Kelly-for her firsr goal of the game.
After obtaining the 3-0 lead at the
half, the Pios cruised in the second
half scoring 3 more goals. Hous­
man added two !are second half
goals to get th.e har trick for the
game. The defense was dominant,
with Ripon unable co gee off even
a single shot.
·1n the second game of the week
against George Fox che Pios' de­
fense proved to be coo much for
the Bruins to bear. The Pios al­
lowed only four shors and suffo­
cared any attack chat George Fox
cried co muster. Lindsey Whit­
ford('09) had an outstanding game
stopping rhe Bruins attack time
after cime, and earning up with
key plays late in the game thwart­
ing any chance for the Bruins to
cie che game. The Pios' only goal
caine midway through the first half
when Brittany Larson('09) kicked
a spectacular shoe over the Bruins
goalie. Goalie Nora Germano('08)
had three saves and as usual played
a solid game. The srrong defensive efforts were not a surprise to rhe
ream.
"le takes a lot co hold a ream
from scoring and ir's· hard work,
bur with people like Nora and
'Lindsey in our back end we are
extremely strong," said Housman.
This was the Pios' fifth !hucouc of
the season.
The Pios continued their strong
defensive efforts on Samrday, but
were unable to get the victory
against Willamette. Whitford and
Mihana Diaz('06) led the defense
once again, allowing the Bearcacs
only 8 shoes. Unfortunately, rwo
of those shoes found che back of
rhe nee and the Pios were unable
co muster much offense against a
strong Willamette team, resulting
in roe only loss of the week for the
Pios.
In only th_eir second year as a
varsity sporr th-e women's soccer
team has made tremendous im­
provements from a year ago. Last
season the Pios went winless in
conference play, but this year they
already have three wins and a tie,
and two of the last four games are
against teams that the Pios have ei­
ther beat or tied earlier this season.
This year's squad is composed of
mainly freshman and sophomores,
which bodes well for the future.
The new players have been a big
reason for the success that the Pios
have exp.erienced this season. "We
have improved tremendously chis
year and we can attribute most of
this to che incoming class this year.
The freshman that joined the team
(five girls) have become important
players on our ream. Mose of che
girls start and all get in the game
at one poim or another," added
Housman.
The future looks bright for Pi­
oneer soccer as the team will only
improve with experience. There
are still games left co be played
chis season and goals to reach. The
Pios have a realistic chance to fin­
ish 5"' or 6•h in the league. The Pios
conclude the season ac home with
games on 1hursday, November 3
against Whitworth and Saturday,
November 5 against Whitman.
Upcoming L&C Intramural
5 on 5 Hoops League
Tuesday's@ 10pm
(Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15)
Table Tennis League
Wednesday's @ 7pm
(Oct. 26, Nov. 2)
3 on 3 Volleyball Toumamen~
Sunday, Nov. 13th@ 2pm
Turkey Trot 5K Run, 2KWalk
Tuesday, Nov. 22nd@ 11:45 am
Indoor Futsal (soccer) Tournament
Sunday, Nov. 20th@ 2pm
Check us out on the web:
http:/ /wwwJdaik.edu/deptlspom/intr.uJlUrais.html
or email imramur@lclark.edu to sign up Competing Teammates:
LC's top runner and rising star
chat about life in the fast lane
Interviews by Sarah Moon
Carla McHattie
Hometown: Minoeapofis, Minn.
Major. Sntdie Art
Year in school: Senior
Fa~te addete and why: Jackie
Joyner~Kersce. She is an incredible
hept-athle'te, and a mper suong
woman. And even when she was
hotani:l famous she ,never posed for
PlaybOJ at did advcrti.5¢meats th;at
rurned her from a powerful w:omao
into some son of sex symbol like
so many fan:!ous female athleteS
decide to dq. I also really 1ike Ju­
lie Foudy, dte midfield and capt;ain
for the US women's soccer team. I
a~y gor· t.o JD.Cd her last IISPl­
mcr. t ~ lhi ~ room assis­
tant .ti) the team when they came
to play Australia last summer in
Minnesota. lt is so odd to see your
cli1idbood ippl in her undies, but
super cool roo.
Favori~ mlldhood man9.-y:
My freshman year in high school,
the local paper had heard about
ihe three girls that: were wrestling
on the boys' team at my school:
my; sister, a frfond and I. lie came
loo~ng to write an article about
how we got beat up and it was too
bad. Both my smrer and rbe other
Tamma: Carleton
Hometown~ Elk, Calif.
'Major: Foreign language or fncer-girl won their matchesi I threw
my gU)t fur a pin in 53 seconds.
We impressed the crap out of the
newspaper guy, and the article~
really good. My grandma read it
and was not so worried about my
welfare as she had ~en.
Other interests: Ceramics, Soccer,
cooking.
One word to describe your sea­
son so far: Flippin' awesoroe.
How do you determine su«csS?:
Other people usually make sure I
know when l am successful. But I
feel like it is mostly a feeling I get
only when I know J really worked
hard for whaievct I ~ned. Tak­
ing tt. ittps to reach the gQ,1ls
that you rbougbt were lofty: when
you set them, and watching them
get closer until you get there. That
feeling of hard work paying off is
sua:ess tq me. Noc something you
can just srnmhje on.
What 8'XlOmpUsbment in life are
you l8ost proud oP.: G1>sh, hard
question, l would have to say that
finding my friendS', a great group
that I am ~r dose with. and
[who] are caring and supportive
for me-finding them and keep­
ing them. This may be corny, but
l ani totally serious.
national Affairs
.Year in school: First-y'ear
Other interests: Surfing, photog­
raphy, music, tt.t.veling
How has your tint season been?:
This ,season has been really awe-
. SQme. The LC XC. team is really
supp.ortiveand we're doing incred­
iblY, wdl. This is my first time ever
running Cross Country and so
t wasn't sure what to ~. bttt
I love the team, the training and
of course the racing. I'm looking
forward ro our -COnference and
.Regional meets coming up next
montb-we have the potential to
gp to Nationals!
What is you1'. pal fQ,r this sea­
son?: Ta tiiake jt to N~tionals!
Thar means I need to pmbabJ, be­
one of the top 6ve runnet1 ill the
tc;giPn.
What has been your toughest
dtalleage this season?: It's been a
challenge figuring out how to race
a new distance for me, but 1 tbink
my toughest >Challenge i,s coming
• • race that will PHOTO BY SARAH MOON
What has b«n the toughest
challenge for you this season?:
I would have to say the toughest
challeQgC bas been dealing with
ttnexpeaed success. Granted I ran
my butt off dais aunmet, know­
ing thar it wu hard, but not a•
pecdng to be wiru\ing races and
beating records. Wow others hltve
expectations an<l lam surrounde4
by numbers ... it is h:lrd to relax
apd just low what I am doing.
l an;,. doh~ well at keeping my
cool though, and hopefully I can
help the team get to nationals this
year.
Where do yous« yourself in 10
yeair.: Hey, how about having a
gallery [or} restaurant where I can
use, sell and make posrery. That
would be perfect.
determine who goes to Nationals.
What is your favorite thing
about m~: .Getting out$ide
e.veryday.
Why did you come to Lewis &
Clark College?: I ~me ro Lewis
& Clark beca11Se of the sense of
• community, the dose proximity
to Portland and rhc lntemarioo­
al Affairs and Study Abroad pro­
gr-ams.
Who is yout role modd and
wliy?: My role ll\odel, at least in a
running sense, is my former coa<:h
Ga~ Jen.nings, who will hope-
6.tlJx be running in the upcoming
Olympi~. I admire him tor his
<!edic.;adon and self-motivation.
Wm • you see yourself in
Awe ,ears?: I see myself either
tpvel.ing for ftro or working for
• an NGO abroad.
What clo you think about •JIMl
are ·ru.anio~f Ruoning. it gQod
for both focusing and for letting
things go. Sometimes I forget
about all the dungs rbat stress me
out. the Pioneer Log, Octpber 28, 2005
Friday, Oct. as
8:00pll: Juan Weblq
@tlleOHp
e to stu ents; or non-stu ents
Pop Culture Press seys: "Insightful and earnest
. songs bring you to tears. Make you sob bke your
mother died. Then, with his genius showing like
toilet paper on tbe shoe of a priest, Webley turns
his music into a drunken bar fight." The PioLog
staff is really looking forward to this accordion/
guitarist cum rook.star's performance tonight so
see you Qlere!
Saturday, Oct. 29
1:00pm Pumpkin Carving Party
@ Akin llain Louge
6:00pm: l'rlte ~tes Haunted House
9:00pm: Arts & Crafts Extravaganza
@Akin Basement
s a part o co o awareness wee , w not
disco!1Ilect yourself from the keg hose for Lhe
weekend and head down to the Akin ba.sement
for a chill evening of arts and crafts? Free
snacks and a le cider!
Sunday, Oct. 30
1:18pm: Potluck in the Park
roVi em
Student Leadership & SerVice Office t,o take part
in t,his project.
Monday, Oct. 31
11:30am: Author Joy Cutro Visits Lewis &
Clark
@Albany, Smith Hall
Join author Joy Castro for a noontime reading
from her memoir, "The Truth Book: Escaping a
Childhood of Abuse Amo1111 Jehovah's Witnesses."
3:15pm: Burope And The U.S.: Where Do We
Go From Here?
@llfller 108
Dr. Hans Arnold, former head of the German
Foreign Minister's office under Willy Brandt and
German ambassador to the Netherlands, ItalY and
the United Nations in Geneva, certainly knows
what he's talking about when he speaks about
U.S.-European relations. And with the-current
conflict in Iraq and the recent German Federal
Elections this lecture is as tirnelv as ever.
Tuesday, Nov. 1
10:00pm: Hoops Leagne
@ Pamplin Snnrts Center
We'll let the website speak for itself:
What is on the line?
YOUR TRASH TALKIN', YOUR "I GOT GAME"
SKILLS AND THE ABILITY TO SAY "I AM THE
BEST OF THE BEST ON PALATINE HILL."
Whoa. Wednesday, Nov. 2
1:50pm: Chemistry Seminar:. "Pree-Bue
Nicotine, Acid/Bue Chemistry, and Ma~rs of
Health and Addiction in Cigarette Smoking"
@Miller 102
5:00pm: Sophomore Fiesta
@ Stamm 'l'em leton
ri t you undec ared sophomores, this is the
school's oh-so-subtle reminder that it's high-time
you figure out what you're going to do with your
college career. Graduating seniors of various
majors will give short speeches about their
experiences in their respective departments and
give sophomores have a chance to ask questions.
6:30pm: State of the Student Government
Address
ASLC will not annow1ce that a certain dictator
has sought significant quantities of uranium
from Africa. Nor will it outline an Axis of Evil.
Instead the event will explain the organizational
structure of student government on our campus
and highlight the legislative and actiVity priorities
fOJ! this year. Sigh .. .if only James Atlan were-the
President of the United States.
6:50pm: Table Tennis Intramural
@ Pam lin S o n r
WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN SMACKING
YOUR OPPONENlf' AROUND THE TABLE FOR THE
RIGHT TO OWN A PALATINE HILL INTRAMURAL
CHAMPIONS T-SHIRT?! s· u at-intramur@lclark.edu
Wednesday, Nov. 3
12:00pm: Missing Pieces & Whole Stories
@Conference Center 107
Every first Thursdey-of the month at noon, the
Oregon Center will help give new-meaning to the
words, "ripped from the headlines," by sponsoring
conversations on matters of deep social concern.
Topics and speakers will be drawn from current
headlines, old headlines, course topics and
pertinent local, national and global issues.
8:00pm: Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora C. llace:
Woodland Drawlqs opening a\ the Hoffman
Gallery of Con\emporary Art
@ Hoffman Galle:rv
Kirkpatridk and Mace are best known as pioneers
of the studio glass movement. True exh1bition will
include glass, as well as drawings and sculpture.
Kirkpatrick and Mace's seminal series, The Bird
Pages, will be exhibited for the first time.
6:30pm: Civillty in Politi.cs Lecture Series,
"Bard 'l'ugeu: lvldence on the 'l'actlcal Use of
Suicide A\tacks
@ Council Chambers
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3:30pm: 11'1'ouch, Sound and 'l'hings Without the
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