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Volume 70, Number 8 _____ ~-~-------=== Friday. November 4, 2005
Former
UN am­
bassador
speaks
by Josh Silverman
The retired German statesman
and political intellectual Dr. Hans
Arnold arrived on campus this
Monday ro speak with studenrs
on the state of U.S. -European
relations. Yet noticeably absenr
from the whole affair was che self­
CO_,!lg~aculatory cone rhat typically
marks these sorts of cross-cultural
exchanges. In his opening remarks
for the lecture ricled Europe And
The U.S.: Where Do We Go From
Here?, the former ambassador to
the UN and head of the Foreign
Minister's office starnd, "I can't re­
member a -situation of difficulties
as paramounr as this," going on
to explain how transatlantic rela­
tions were in a state of "disarray."
With his grey tweed spores
coat, side-parred hair, and cir­
cular eyeglasses, Dr. Arnold had
every marker of a 1950s German
intellectual, an image augmented
by his chick German accent and
thoughtful, deliberate manner of
speech. And chis German intel­
lectual was definitely in professor­
mode as he outlined to approxi­
mately fifty students and faculty
members how relations between
cl1e U.S. and the various Euro­
pean governments have slowly
deteriorated since the Cold War.
Dr. Arnold's focus was primar­
ily on how rhe nature of transat­
lantic alliances has shifted with
the disappearance of the mutual
threat of communism. Specifi­
cally, Dr. Arnold looked at how
this threat united the various
governments into an unequal al­
liance with the U.S. under the
North Adami~ ·Treaty Organi­
zation (NATO) and how that
framework is no longer relevant
in guiding transa0tlancic action.
The ulcimate demise of NATO,
according to Dr. Arnold, was the
U.S. response to the September 11
attacks. NATO offered military
aid, citing its responsibility for
protecting member nations under
to combat. The U.S-'s response
was chat it would conduce its own
military operation. The "soft hege­
mon" around which NATO was
formed had sealed NATO as an
anachronism of the Cold War era.
And this is a good thing, at
SEE "ARNOLD,' PAGE 2 School District levy sole issue on ballot
PHOTO BY CRAIG BEEBE
Riverdale Elementary School receives funds from an additional local property tax.
by Craig Beebe
Ir is election season on cam­
pus once again. Unlike last year,
however, there is relatively licde tion Tax for Disrrict Operations."
le seems insignificant, an issue char
does not really concern LCstuden ts.
That is precisely the fear of
College neighbors with kids in schools, money rhac if not provid­
ed will cosr che district six certified
teachers, in addition co programs
that the schools currently offer.
Riverdale School District Su-ey," he said. "We cannoL do it
on the state's funding program."
Hagerman was referring ro a
rollback in funding for schools
that has occmred since the mid-
1990s, when anti-tax revolts left
many schools wid1out local op­
tions for funding, leaving chem
instead in rhe hands of an al­
ready overburdened state budget.
1l1e struggle-including Mea­
sure 5, which changed rhe source
of funds from being primarily
property tax ro primarily income
tax, and Measure 50, which limit­
ed the amounc government could
increase taxes in a given year­
forced many districts ro scramble
(pr fu!1-ding, which they have been
doing since then. After the Or­
egon Legislature allowed local dis­
trictS to fill in gaps in funding with
cheir own local taxes, Riverdale
approved a five-year property tax
levy in 2000. That levy is now run­
ning out, and Hagerman said stu­
dents badly need ir co be renewed.
One section of current tax law
makes the renewal process espe­
cially onerous, however. In order
to raise taxes in an odd-numbered
excitement in the air,
as there are no candi­
dates, no constitutional
measures and no TV
ads co entice campus
residents who are regis­
tered to vote in Oregon.
lndeed, there is only
one measure on the bal-Riverdale School District Superintendent Thomas
Hagerman said the money was vital if Riverdale was to
maintain its operations. "It all costs money," he said.
"We cannot do it on the state's funding program." year, a supermajority is
necessary. Thac is, over
50% of registered vot­
ers must cast a ballot, of
which a majority must
approve rhe measure.
That is why LC
votes are so crucial
lot for che November 2005 Special
Election: Measure 26-75, which on
the ballot recently mailed to voters
has the title, "Five Year Local Op-the Riverdale School Discrict.
1l1e measure's purpose is to re­
new a local property tax to pro­
vide $640,000 for the Riverdale perintendenc Thomas Hager­
man said the money was vital
if Riverdale was to maintain its
operations. "Ir all costs mon-if the levy .is co pass,
Hagerman said, though he noted
he cannot, as a public official, go
on the record as supporting this
SEE "LEVY,' PAGE 3
Behind the scenes: Lewis & Clark symposia
Editors' Note: This is the first of a three-part series inves­
tigating the role of Symposia and lecture series at Lewis &
Clark College. The following installments will examine
the Gender Symposium, the Multicultural Symposium, the
Physics Col!,equium, the Civility in Politics lecture series,
and the annuhl lect~s offered by various departments.
by Lexie Briggs
Each year, LC plays hose to an
amazing range of speakers. In the
pasc, LC has featured such speakers
as international relations theorist
Hans Morgenchau, environmen­
talist and author Terry Tempest
Williams, and transsexual advo­
cate and writer Leslie Feinberg.
There are four annual sympo­
sia on campus: the Environmen­
tal Affairs Symposium, the Inter­
national Affairs Symposium, the
Gender Studies Symposium, and
the Multicultural Symposium.
Each has a different mission, a different topic area, and a differ­
ent organizational structure. Yet
each plays an important role in
the ongoing debate ac LC about
issues of importance or concern
chat reach beyond our campus.
The Environmental Affairs Sym­
posium
This October, LC's Environ­
mental Affairs program presented
the Eighth Annual Environmental
Affairs Symposium, which seeks
to "provide an interactive forum
for some of the crucial environ­
mental issues of our time." Unique
in its lack of a single unifying
theme, the symposium deals in-stead with a wide range of topics.
"Ours is the most free-wheel­
ing symposium," said Eban
Goodstein, faculty coordinator
for d1e Environmental Affairs
Symposium for the past three
years. "We don't have a theme;
there's no submission process."
Students are a driving force
behind the symposium. The de­
partment has a planning meeting
in the spring where Environmen­
tal Stud.ies seniors and ocher stu­
dents begin to design the panels
in teams of one to three students.
The students then handle the
details and bear many of the re­
sponsibilities for the symposium_
"It's neat," Goodstein said.
"There's very high involve­
ment in the symposium. Pret­
ry much the whole senior class
is involved in publicizing and
designing things like the bike
to work week or art shows." The mmunum attendance at
the symposium events was about
forty chis year. "The keynote
speakers tend co draw communi­
ty members, while the panels are
focused more toward the campus
community,'' Goodstein said. "We
only have about fifteen majors ev­
ery year, so it's obvious char we're
drawing from outside the major_"
The structure of the sympo­
sium might be changing in the
years to come_ The department is
brainstorming ways to improve
upon the current structure and
perhaps "tighten it up," Good­
stein explained. No matter what,
the high level of student involve­
ment would remain an integral
part of the symposium, be said.
"Students get a real sense of ac­
complishmentfromputtingtogeth­
er a successful panel,'' said Good­
stein. "Look for bi&ger and better."
SEE "SYMPOSIA,' PAGE 3 ~2~~~~~~~~~=""------------ the Pioneer Log, November 4, 2005
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lease according to Dr. Arnold. In
an exclusive interview wii:h the
Pioneer Log preceding the lecmre,
Dr. Arnold srressed chat NATO
had served irs purpose well, bur
should have been dissolved when
rhe need for it had ended. ''We
"We should try to
find a new trans­
atlantic commu­
nity to face these
ne~ changes of a
globalized world."
-Hans Arnold
should nor rry co restore some­
thing which cannot be restored.
We should try to find a new trans­
atlantic community to face rhese
new changes of a globalized world,
which is completely difterenr from
the bipolar Cold War world."
And this cransaclanric commu­
niry already has a mutual starr­
ing point. "Threat perception is
the san1c," Dr. Arnold said, cit­
ing public surveys conducted in
2003 and 2005. The populations
of Europe and America generally
fear the same things: terrorism, Hans Arnold is the former German ambassador to the
United Nations. He spoke at LC last Monday.
economic recession, bird-flu, etc.
Yet these two communities dif­
fer greatly in how they respond to
i:hrears. In Dr Arnold's hometown
of Munich, for ex.ample 500,000
of 1.2 millio.n residems took to i:he
streets to i:he streets in mass prorest
of i:he Iraq war. This response was echoed by poll scacisrics chat found
chat 80% of Germans opposed i:he
war and a government policy chat
kept German troops out of Iraq. the iceberg in understanding the
differences of political culturtS in
the U.S. and Europe. Many Ger­
mans, for example, received their
education in a post WWI l world
very different from our own. "The
generation which is today in lead­
ing posi Lions ... were educated rha1
war is wrong," Dr. Arnold said.
''And today i:hcy stick wirh that''
Addit_ionally, many Germans
are concerrted wirh i:he lad:· of
public ourrage in d,e U.S. over
abuses in Guanranomo Bay and
Abu Ghraib. Dr. Arnold explained
that d,is is symptomatic of diver­
gent political cultures. ''We can't
understand that chose facts [con­
cerning Guanranomo Bay and Abu
Ghraib] don't arise public procesr
permanently and on a broad ba~is."
Up to 225 lives saved In his lecture, Dr. Arnold sug­
gested that i:he U.S.'s response to
the September 11 attacks reflects
how long it's been since i:he coun­
try's population has faced an out­
side aggressor on its own soil. Yet
in his interview, Arnold hinted
chat this may be che mere tip of Though Dr. Arnold's message
was a somber one, he did remain
optimistic thar a dialogue between
i:he rwo counuies and rwo conti­
nents could rebuild a strong rrans­
aclanric community. In 6ghcing
terrorism, for example, Dr. Arnold
suggested chat an effective strategy
could be for che U.S. to provide
i:he "hard power" through mili­
tary intervention and for Europe ro
provide i:he "soft powe.r" through
diplomacy. He also pointed our
chat while there will be no policy
shift in foreign policy wii:h che elec­
tion of Germany's new chancellor,
Angela Merkel, it will still be an
opportunity for a fresh dialogue
between Germany and the U.S.
by Becky Jones
They travel from Aberdeen to
Corvallis. They work all day, every
day, continuously drawing blood
in an efforr to save lives. These are
the front men a.pd women of i:he
Red Cross, and rhey were on rhe
LC campus on Oct. 25 to do just
mac. As I was seated in the lovely
reclining lawn chair, the nice blood
man chaued amiably about what it
is like to work for the Red Cross.
According to him, blood has a shelf
life of six months and each draw
can save up to three people after it
is separated into plasma, red blood
cells, and platelets. At LC, no less
than 75 people signed up to donate
and additional people char had not
signed up were turned away due to
by Tim Kelly
Domestic media focus contin­
ues to center on the judicial branch
of government as Bush nominates
his third Supreme Court pick.
With the successful appointment of
John Robem as Chief Justice, and
the recent withdrawal of Harriet
Miers as a nominee for Justice San­
dra Day O'Connor's place, Presi­
dent Bush is now batting 500. The
newest nominee is Samuel A.Alito,
a man whose judicial record indi­
cates chat he leans strongly toward
the conservative side. O'Connor
was a crucial swing vote on numer­
ous issues such as abortion and gay
rights, and her replacement would
be in a position to similarly influ­
ence the high court's decisions.
A domestic srory that has been
pushed to the back pages by the
Ali to nomination is the indictment lack of time and space. However,
dtis was a relatively small conven­
tion for these blood bankers. At
bigger venues i:hey have around
250 people come through per day.
In case you're curious, chat's a po­
tential 75.0 saved lives in one day.
After my blood was safed away,
I was carefully escorted to some
scrumptious cookies and smiling
Red Cross volunteers. One wom­
an, Pat, was a 30-year volunteer. I
asked her what she liked best about
her chosen cause and she replied, "I
like talking to people. I like seeing
what i:he new generation is doing
and not doing. lr's also a good way
ro help people; it inspires you to get
going." So mere you have it. They'll
be back next year, but if you want a
piece ofir, you'd bercer sign up early! Bridge construction
delayed once again
by AleX' Johnson
According to Facilities Man­
ager David Lageson, the com­
pletion of Howard bri<ige will
be delay1:d again. Tuesdays
rain "caused a Sblall 1artdslide
op one side of me raviµe tiiat
has compromised' ,me· bridges
suppor~. Inspections have also
.re.vealed the ~indications of
rbe beginnit1gs of diy tot" h1 two of the bridge's supporrs,
whic;h will .n,eed more care in
replacing. Despite these set­
backs, J4g¢SOn would still like
to err on the conservative side
of safety to ensu.re that no o.ne
is RUt in gapger. Based o.n cur­
rent progress, • the structural
work on the bridge is predicted
to be completed by November
11 th, and it should be open, to
pedescrjan traflk on. the-2,lsr.
Outside the Bubble
and
pend-
ing trial
ofTom Delay.
Delay has stepped down
from his posr as Republi­
can Majority Leader in
i:he House under charg­
es of money laundering
and conspiracy. This is
i:he latest in a series of eth­
ical accusations chat Delay
has faced over the course of his ca­
reer. An abbreviated list of the re­
cent ones is as follows: In 2002, he
was indicted under charge of mon­
ey laundering and conspiracy. In
2003, the House Ei:hics Commit­
tee unanimously admonished De-actions in
i:he Texas redis­
tricting warrant con­
troversy of that year.
DeLay has been ac­
cused by the LA Times
of sickening hypocrisy
for publicly labeling the
removal of Terri Schiavo's
feeding tube 'an act of barbarism.'
Delay had previously consented to
ending the life suppon of his own
fa.mer who was in a comatose scare
after being in a debilitating auto ac­
cident in 1988. Delay scored a small
victory this week in his court fight by getting i:he Court to agree to
a new judge, after it was revealed
chat his initial judge had made
contributions co • MoveOn.org.
Outside i:he US, a severe
drought in Africa has created
afamine, leaving millions in need
of food aid. 1his is the second ma­
jor hunger crisis in five months and
i:he second in which the developed
world has been slow to respond.
On a more positive note, the
governments of North and South
Korea have agreed to form a joint
Olympic team for 2006 and 2008.
Optimises see this as a serious seep
toward reconciliation between i:he
two countries. They seem willing
to tean1 up to win more Olym­
pic medals. Maybe soon i:hey will
stop aiming massive amounts of
bombs and artillery at each ocher. _lh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o ... g_,_N_o_v_em_b_e_r4
111111111,2_o_o_s ____________________________ ..... 3 ___ _
Levy: only supports Riverdale,
not other local public schools
CONTINUED FROM
PAGE 1
measure directly.
LC srudents
make up abour
a third of regis­
tered vorers in
tbe Riverdale
district, so non­
participation on
their part would
effectively kill
che measure.
"lf it was just
rhe neighbor­
hood [and nor
LC srudenrs],
chere would
he no issue,"
Hagerman said.
He said the
issue ''is co lee
people know"
whar che election
means, adding
thar neighbor­
hood residents
hoped LC sru­
denrs would be
supportive of
education gen­
erally, and rhus
vore"'yes" on chis
ballor. PHOTO BY CRAIG BEEBE
The reputation of the Riverdale School District "has contributed to a
substantial elevation in the property value of neighboorhood homes,"
according to an argument by the Committee for Riverdale Schools.
Thar is an interesting position
for some College neighbors, said
Professor Jennifer Johnson (Law),
who is also a longtime resident of
che Riverdale neighborhood. At
times in rhe past, some neighbors
bave been resentful of the undue
influence char LC srudents can
have on property tax measures in
rhe area. She said that had led sup­
porters of tax measures co shy away
from soliciting srudent votes, to
avoid strife in the neighborhood.
"Many in accompanying the ballot argued
for the levy renewal in part by
pointing our chat "100 percent of
community resources [would stay]
in Riverdale." The argument, writ­
ten by a group of College neigh­
bors calling itself Committee for
Riverdale Schools, noted chat
the tax renewal was important co
maintain tl1e schools' repurarion,
which ir said "has contributed ro a
substantial elevation in the proper­
ty value of neighborhood homes." he said. "We all need ro be con­
cerned about public education."
Hagerman added that there had
been lirtle opposition in the district
by residents, bur he stressed char
without a substantial vote on the
partofsrudencs, the measure would
most likely automatically fail. "A
non-vote is a no vote," he said.
In Oregon's Voce By Mail sys­
tem, ballots muse be received at the
Elections office by 8:00pm, Tues­
day, Nov. 8. According to an Elec-
dons website,
che commu­
nity felt tha r
it rnighr be a
little unfair
for support­
ers of tax
measures ro
ask for stu­
dent support
given that "We're in a better financial situation than
Portland schools." But [Superintendent
Hagerman] blamed that on Portland voters'
reluctance to pass levies to support _their own
schools. ('Portland feels they can let them go." postmarks do
nor counr. If
i c is too lare
ro mail the
ballot. vot­
ers may leave
their com­
pieced ballot
at an official
che scudencs do nor pay rhe raxes.''
Johnson wrote in an email. "'ll1ere­
fore, supporrers of tax increases gen­
erally did nor solicit student votes."
Bur as with many elections,
other issues are raised in me River­
dale tax levy vore. One such thing
is rhe separation between River­
dale schools and Portland Pub­
lic Schools. The .,Riverdale School
• District is a small districr in a very
wealthy community, mostly lo­
cared in areas ourside the ciry lim­
its of Portland and Lake Oswego.
The money raised by chis levy
will not be used ro suppon schools
just a short drive away, like Capi­
rol Hill Elememary School, which
is a Portland Public School. In­
stead, it will sray inside the dis­
Lricr, beneficing the kids whose
parents live in rhe area, or the
few who can afford the added tu­
ition of attending Riverdale if
they do nor live in che district.
lndeed, the Argument in Favor
provided in the Voter's PamphJet Superintendenc Hagerm:in
acknowledged such disparities.
"We're in a becrer financial siru­
arioo than Porrland schools," he
said, poi~ring our char as a resi­
dent of Southeast Portland, his
own children attend puhlic schools
in the Porcland district. But he
blamed thar o Portland voters'
reluctance ro pass levies...i:o sup­
port cheir own schools. "Portland
feels they can let rhem go," he said.
1l1ere was Lierle poim in not­
ing those differences when con­
sidering rhe current Riverdale levy drop sire lo­
cation by rhar same dead­
line, and it will be counred.
1l1e Unofficial Drop Box out­
side che mailroom, according
ro a Multnomah Councy Elec­
tions spokesman, is legal bur less
secure, so an official drop box
is preferable. An official drop
site is located in the parking lot
of rhe A-Boy on Barbur Blvd.
For more information regard­
ing this election, or any elec­
tion procedures in Oregon, call
the Multnomah Co1mry El.ec­
tions office at 503-988-3720.
PioLog Correction
An article lase Friday regarding the effects of Lewis &
Clatk's summer budget cuts on Skyline's janatorial employ-
• ecs misstated the school's ammendment to Skylines's con­
tract. The school reduced Skyline's ~orkload along with
its budget; they did not ask tbc company to do the same
amount of work on ~duced funds, .as the atticle states. Symposia: different
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
The International Affairs Sym­
posium
The oldest symposium on
campus, the Inremational Af­
fairs Symposium is also the old­
est student-run symposium in
the country. 1his spring, LC will
hosr the 44'1' Annual Interna­
tional Affairs Symposium on rhe
topic of "Pledges of Allegiance?
ldentity in a Changing World."
While the other symposia
have a high level of sLUdenr in­
volvement, the, Internacional
Affairs Symposium is run al­
most exclusively by scudenrs.
"What makes it special is that
it is completely student-run. Stu­
denrs pick che topics, srudenrs
pick che sessions, students pick the
speakers," said Bob Mandel, rhe
faculcyadvisor for che symposium.
The symposium is also
unique in its structure. While
other symposia are organized
into panel discussions and key­
note speakers in addition to de­
bates, me lnremational Affairs
Symposium is organized exclu­
sively in a debare-style format.
"We emphasize controversy
and disagreement so that rhe au­
dience is fully aware of born sides
of the issue rather than simply
subjecr co an-elegant bur one­
sided presentation," Mandel said.
"Ir provides a more compre­
hensive view of the issues," said
Beau Barnes ('06), Co-Chair of
rhe symposium. "When a schol­
ar is challenged, it forces chem
co examine rneir views and ir
can ger at what is a good argu­
ment and noc a good argument."
"I mink, for anyone interested
in policies, ir is a valuable experi­
ence co work with che different de­
partments and diverse opinions on
campus," Barnes said. "I chink it's
valuable chat you can rub elbows
with important people," Barnes
adde.d, citing his experience host­
ing che Seventh Day Adventist
Liaison to d1e Uniced Nations
when he was a firsr-year student. Symposia at large
11,e symposia have very little in­
teraction with each other ar an orga­
nizational level. "The symposia don't
ralk to each other as much as they
should," Ba.mes pointed our. "Ev­
ery cycle of srudents is different. Jr
would behoove srudenrs and faculcy
to talk with fuculcy who have been
involved in the past. If inrrasympo­
sia communication were better, we
could be sure that we wouldn't have
overlapping copies." Barnes specifi­
cally cited che Environmental Ar­
fairs Symposium's panel on water in
the developing world and die Gen­
der Srudies Symposium's emphasis
on idenrity. "Students should gee
a breadth of symposia,'' he added.
"I would welcome discus­
sion among the four coordinating
groups about how best co do rhings
and common problems," Mandel
said. "Because each symposium
has such a different form of orga­
nizarion, there may be limits to
how much we can work wged1er."
"We work a lirde bit with Mi­
chael Ford's office to coordinate me
keynote speakers wirn me Arc:, and
ldeas series," Goodstein said. "A
joinr symposia on some collabora­
tive theme is an interesting idea."
No matter how different rhe
symposia are, however, everyone
agrees char they enrich campus life.
"We know what it's like in
the Ivory Tower, but it's nice to
hear anecdotes from what ir's
like when you get our into the
chick of things," said Barnes.
"LC scudcms and community
should appreciare char they have
so many vital and exciting sympo­
sia," said Mandel. "People may nor
realize char it is unusual to have so
many organized and formal sympo­
sia. Every year is unique. lr enriches
the college experience for everyone.''
In addition co rheirconuibucions
ro tl1e on-campus debate about per­
rinent issues, the vari~us symposia
also add ro the LC fashion scene.
"We starred the tradition of che
tattoos!" said Goodstein. "The LA
Symposium got the idea from us." .4---------------------------i•ufiu __________ th_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g __ , N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_4_,_2_00_5
Living off campus
is cheaper ... duh!
How does living on campus cost up to $8,000?
Even after adding it up, room and board is still a
pretty stiff bill. What is this, the Bay Area?
by Sarah DiSabatino
lne COS( of on-campus living
is something that underclassmen
tend nor 'to think about too of­
ten. le gets absorbed into the iiber­
big cost of tuition in most of our
minds-that is uncil you consider
moving off" campus for junior year.
A litt.le marh reveals some rather
aggrnvating news about the rrue
cost of living. Living off campus is
far more affordable.
Relative ro other areas of the
country-namely my home stare
of California-housing in Portland
is wicked cheap. ln South Portland
and around LC, I have seen hous-ability ro eat within your means in­
stead of grazing the salad bar for a
$6.50 place of spinach, the cost of
on-campus housing just seems ri­
diculous.
I am not crying to downplay the
advancages of living on campus.
Certainly, I waste no time crying
ro prepare meals on a regular basis
and I enjoy the fact that I can roll
out of bed ten minutes before class
scans, but the economk incentive
to live off-campus is causing many
students to wane to leave-nor ro
mentionthe freedom from Resi­
dence Life restrictions that off­
campus living allows.
A few sophomores rook advan-
We are paying just under $1,000 a month
just to live in that 14 x 16 cubicle they
call a dorm room ..•• Compared to $300 a
month to live in a real house •..• The cost of
on-campus housing just seems ridiculous.
ing from the low $1,000 ro the low
$2,000 a month range for mul­
tiple bedroom homes. You could
gee a rar-hole studio aparunenr in
San Francisco for that amoum of
money, if it hadn't already been
snatched up. Nevertheless, when
shared with a few roommates (who
will have their own rooms-joy!
No more sex-locking), the rent
becomes a few hundred bucks a
month, which you can pay in in­
srallmenrs, giving you more rime to
come up with rhe money.
LC housing, on rhe other hand,
is markedly different. They charge
us $3,974 for a year, bur we have
ro pay half of that up from each
semester. Add rhar ro che $3,612
we pay for the average, required
meal plan each year, and thar to­
tals $7,586 for the year (another
$1,100 a year if you live in those
nice apartments).
Now these may just seem like
big numbers, but once broken
down the picture becomes a liccle
dearer. We are in school ac LC for
roughly eight months. That means
we are paying just under $1,000
a month just to live in char 14 x
16 cubicle they call a dorm room,
with no kitchen, no living room,
laundry cards, bunk beds and sub­
standard access to food. Compared
to $300 a montl1 co live in a real
house with people you like and the cage of the off-campus option in
lase year's housing lorcery, yet many
older students seem inclined to
fooc the bill for the upperclassmen
apartments. Although Sandi Botte­
miller said this option "was a one
rime thing" for sophomores, off­
campus housing is certainly some­
thing to should consider if you
wane to save money.
Pare of chis may be due co the
face rhar to live off-campus, hav­
ing a car is a real concern. There are
very few houses available within
walking distance of campus, and
even the ones that are in dose prox­
imity require at least a bike ride or
a decent amounr of walking- the
walking, ar least, not particular­
ly desirable for a 9: 10 class. Sure,
it's easy to walk to that house on
a Saturday night for a parry, bur
ir is different walking ro class on a
daily basis. Plus, I cannot imagine
having to carry my 40-odd pound
softball bag co-and-fro everyday for
softball practice. Whether good or
bad, a car is a necessity for many
students. In addition, the cost of
purchasing food and preparing
it can be fairly high if you do not
know how to micromanage it.
If the ten extra minutes of sleep
mean that much, then on-cam­
pus living is a solid option. Bur
it makes one wonder what we are
paying for.
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Amnesty International hosts a benefit concert for Darfur on Saturday, November 5th from
2pm-12am. The sign in Templeton reads "All proceeds will go to relief efforts for refugees."
A plea to LC: save Darfur by
def eating cognitive dissonance
Darfur is still happening, and what are you going to do about it?
by Valarie Hunsinger but a more accurate picture shows For far too long, the international
close to 400,000, including the community's approach to the crisis
deaths resulting from the displace- in Sudan has been defined by rough
First and foremost this is a plug ment of over a million people. This rheroric, followed by half-measures
for the Amnesty International catastrophe of crimes daces back and inaction. Benjamin Barbur,
Darfur benefit concert that will to early 2003, when black Afri-who recently spoke at our school,
be held comorrow from 2:00pm- cans form Darfur rebelled against made a salient point in terms of
12:00am in che Ruscy Nail. This is che country's Arab Muslim leader- civil engagement: char involvemem
a plug but a plug chat hasn't been ship, demanding a power-sharing should not be our end point bur
plugged enough, and here is why. government. The government also that our goal should be the elirni-
J use imagine for one__mo.men~r-=re~p~o=r=te~dl=sy'-""o-=,rg"'a~n=i=ze=d~an=d~s=u""p""p=li=ed~~n=a=ti=o=n_o=f~t!=1e problem. I esteem
a government that L £ h ld b h h ,vr Lewis & Clark for
would support and i e S OU e our ig est priority. we its unique reper-
even fund theviolenr attend our liberal arts school and learn toire of itTVolve­
rape of your mother menc, buc recently,
and the torturous of mathematics, politics, arts and such, like the world gov­
slaughter of your fa-b h .11 h . f ernmenrs, and me-
clm. Imagine your-Ut W at Wl t at matter 1 a govern- dia, the importance
self being driven from ment or the world sits around while of Darfur hasdwin-
your home to roam dled for us. If LC, a
tl1e desert in a limbo genocide happens. The first step is be- politically involved
of possible death from • kn ld bl d . £ d place, is not acting,
starvation or exposure.coming owe gea e an lniorme . then how can we
This is what is happen- assume that ochers
ing in Darfur, and this is whar is~ the Janjaweed, an Arab militia to
currently happening to Toona, a combat these rebels. Sudan's Khar­
woman whose husband and 5 kids
were killed by government forces.
We are failing co scop geno­
cide. The blood of Toona's fam­
ily will be on our hands because
we are the responsible generation.
Clincon, in a dedicatory speech
to the Holocaust Museum, said
that the monument would stand
as a memory ro prevent this from
happening in the future. Months
lacer, rhe Rwandan genocide hap­
pened. I questioned my fellow
Americans' apathy in Rwanda, say­
ing that f wouldn't have sat around
and watch such atrocities. Well it
is happening again, and I too am
plagued by inaction.
In Sudan, Africa's largest coun­
rry, in a region the size of Texas,
Darfur is the center of what the
United Nation calls the greatest cri­
sis in rhe world and what rhe Unit­
ed States calls genocide. Genocide,
tl1e act or intent co destroy a whole
or subscancial part of a national,
ethnic, racial, or religious group, is
happening as you read this.
In Darfur, more than ] 80,000
deaths have been accounced for toum based government is using
these militias as proxies for ethnic
cleansing, for the killing of mostly
black African Muslims. One refu­
gee reported that "the Arabs want to
get rid of anyone with black skin ...
there are no blacks left (in the area
I fled])." The Committee on Con­
science reports that government­
sponsored actions are not limited
to killing bur include fanning the
flames of the ethnic conflict, im­
peding international humanitarian
access that threatens the life of the
displaced refugees, bombings of ci­
vilians, and the raping of counrless
women.
Life should be our highest prior­
ity. We attend our liberal arcs school
and learn of mathematics, politics,
arts and such, bur what will that
matter if world governments or the
world sit around while genocide
happens. Th.e first step to stopping
chis is to become knowledgeable
and well informed.
However, if this knowledge is
divorced from values, if our heads
are without a heart, than our hu­
manity will become a nightmare. will?
As a student, I feel we know
and care about human rights but
all coo often ger crapped in a sense
of cognitive dissonance, acting in
a way that is inconsistent with our
beliefs.
We know what we should do,
bur we justify our inaction by say­
ing that our meager selves couldn't
possibly make a difference or that
rhe problem is coo distant. How can
we overcome this, how can we help
put an end ro this? We can keep
informed and spread the word.
We can contact our government
officials. We can protest. We can
sacrifice our beer money to donate
money co relief. And tomorrow we
can attend the informational and
enjoyable benefit concert hosted by
Amnesty International. Starring at
2:00pm in the Rusty Nail, bands
from all genres ranging from Jazz
to punk will be playing all day.
I ask you how many people have
ro die before you ger involved ro
fully put stop this genocide? This
is not just a liberal or conservative
concern; it crosses all boundaries,
it is a world concern, LC, help be
the stare to an end. _1h_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g .. ,_N_o_v_e_m_b_er_4_,_2_o_o_s __________ ,_llllH ______________________ s_
Your Facebook can suck MySpace
Obsessive online profiling is becoming more and more common, sparking a
debate over which is better, Facebook.com or MySpace.com. Yes. it is trivial,
but you know you care anyway.
by Rebecca Goldschmidt
L et's set things straight once and for all, Ms. DiSabatino and all of
you Facebookers out there. MySpace is obviously the superior of
the online stalker tools, err ... communities, for the following reasons:
I) Facebook limits your online world to college
students and alumni. But what about those fortu­
nate (or arguably 1mfortzmate) individuals char do
not walk, daily, the halls of educational institutions?
What about kids who cap'c afford or do not choose
to attend Lewis & Clark or Princeton? And why
aren't the myriad of community and junior colleges
throughout the country listed on chis so-called com­
munity? What is a community chat neglects that huge
portion of the 18-35 year old demographic? How are
we supposed co techno-
logically connect wich char rebecca
slice of humanity on the
Facebook? On the other
hand, MySpace has no re­
quiremen rs. Everyone can
join-all ages, creeds and
levels of education.
2) Why reminisce about
insipid childhood com­
puter games, like Oregon
Trail, when you can move
on to the furure and meet
new people and play new L
games? MySpace is _pro­
~essive, not regressive. Yet i
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it still allows you to connect with old flames, chemis­
try partners or hook up buddies. The possibilities of
meeting new people, or at lease learning new things
about chem, are endless.
3) MySpace lees you look at any member's pro­
file whenever you wane. You can jump wichou1 prob-
MySpace ... is NOT a dating
service!
lem from friends of friends, co boyfriend's friends'
friends, co friends of your old friends from chose kids
you used ·co hang out wich in high school. ll1e Face­
book, however, only allows you co view the informa­
tion of people you are direcdy connected to. l don'r
care what rhe girl I sac next co in Calculus my junior
year looks like now, or how many keg stands she did
last night, neither do l care what dorm she lives in
at whatever school she's ac. Bue l do care about what._
strangers friends say about pictures of themselves fall-
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;My Bfo~~p~~log.myspace.com/360 .. ~~~:;-- .. J ing down stairs or what asuological sign they are or
who they'd like to meet someday.
4) We don't even need co go into the picture
issue. We all know rhac 12 picrures is superior to
one, especially when you can actually enlarge them
co get a better look at the person you're intending
ro stalk/befriend/ date.
5) For chose of you who would like a little elit­
ism in your life, the new Top 8 feature on MySpace
gives you the option co choose which of your
friends pop up on your
profile. When I log inro
the Facebook, eight peo­
"i did it all for the pie's faces appear whom
gnocchi" I don't even talk to. You
Female
18 years old
chicago/portland,
ILLINOIS
United States
Last Login:
11/2/2005 are the company you
keep, as d1e adage says,
so why would you want
co associate yourself with
people who don't even
know you that well?
6) In regards co the
irrational statement char
MySpace is a "greasy on­
line daring service chat
masquerades as a clever
method of intercollegiate connection," I would
like ro say chat although l am willing ro admit
char I mer my boyfriend unintentionally through
MySpace, it is NOT a dating service! If it were,
they wouldn't bod1er including an extensive ner­
work for musicians and bands, che option co post
and read biogs, a classified section and forums co
discuss cars and vacations.And finally, what the
fuck is poking? What does that even mean? Can
anyone tell me what the point of rhar is?
Although I've matured through various online
communities, srarcing years ago with the simple yet
immensely popular makeoutclub.com, l bave fi­
nally come to rhe conclusion rhar MySpace is the
answer ro all our virtual problems. Facebook may
be good for finding out what your homework is for
rhe class you slept through last Wednesday, bur in
terms of a real, thriving community char all people
can benefit from, MySpace cakes the cake. So suck
it, Facebook!
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This is the image of a typical myspace.com account page. Though it displays more adver­
tising than other profiler sites, MySpace.com features benefits like open membership and
easier access to other people's profiles. ,rNecrophilia" re­
veals more than just a
sick and twisted inte­
rior; some people are
just intolerant
To the ediror,
In his edito{ial, "In de­
fense of necrophilia or, dead
girls rell no tales," Matt
Pardy blatantly insults Uni­
sex, but the far more strik­
ing abuses in his article are
i.n regards co homosexual­
iiy and chose of us at Lewis
& Clark that consider our­
selves liberal th.inkers.
Pardy uses the ideals of
Pardy's edito­
rial seems to be
a direct address
from the ''right­
leaning" side of
campus to what
he considers the
liberal, open­
minded, free­
thinkers.
necrophilia to illustrate rhar
while LC claims to be an ac­
cepting and tolerant cam­
pus, the srudent body rruly
doesn,'t accept chose with
.differing sexual _preferences.
What Pardy negleccs r.o real­
ize is that necrophilia is not
a sexual preference between
cwo individuals, but rather
the sex:ual desires of one in­
dividual; a corpse can never
assent to sex.
Pardy's editorial .seems ro
be a direct address from the
"righr-leaning" side of cam­
pus co what he consider~ th'e
liberal, open-minded, free­
chjnkers. However, chis ad­
dress is a low blow because it
equates these liberal thinkers
with the tolernnce of crude
and illegal aces. When Pardy
suggesrs rhac I ibcral thinkers
should accept necrophilia.,
ir is as if he is saying liber­
;ils should accepr destruc­
tive sexual practices, such as
child molestation.
The necrophiliac persona
that Pardy rakes on in his
editorial, discusses rhe desire
for an accommodating cam­
pus. However, after read­
ing his article we'.re afraid
chat individuals on chis
campus are nQt as wl.erant
as we once believed. While
we find ir positive to have
a wide spectrum of politi­
cal and philosophical ideals
on campus, it is disturbing
when one degrades ocher's
personal preferences and be­
liefs. Discourse is welcome,
but it is hard ro respect chose
who mock the students they
are in daily contacr with.
Claire Studholme ('08)
& K.atrin Gibb ('08)
Residents should
"grow some balls,.
and stop being so passive aggressive.
ResLife will respond
better to constructive
criticism than white
board slander
To rbe editor,
The Present Discontents of an
RA:
Why is there so much pas­
sive aggressive shit on campus?
Take bulletin boards. RAs cake
time and effort to put these
together. They are chock foU
of information, ranging from
the Health Center's hours to
sex positions.
So why is it rbat people
chink that it is OK ro vandal­
ize these? Really?! People on
chis campus are so eager ro raise
their voice in p.rotest, bur when
it comes to ResLife, l)O one will
own up to cheil' opinions, leav~
ing anonymous bitchy com­
ments all over someone else's
hardwo.ck.
For FUCKS sake people,
grow some balls. You have an
i$Sue with something? You
don't like the bulletin board
telling you to drink respon­
sibly? Then talk to someone
about it. Change won't occur
because you write a witty little
blurb about how you enjoy a
chilled can of PBR on a Tues­
day morning before class.
I hear rumblings of, "I am
an adult" and «t don't want to
be ttell.red like a child." Well,
that is great. Acr like an adult
and have a conversation. You
have a problem with an RA?
You don'r like a policy? Well,
writing bitch on my white erase
board is nor only rhe most un­
original response to a problem
that yoll have With me, but ic
Change won't
occur because
you write a witty
little blurb about
how you enjoy
a chilled can of
PBR on a Tuesday
morning before
class.
also doesn't do anyone any
good. The nice thing about
RA.s and all of the Resl.ife
staff is that we are all willing
to talk jr our wirh you. We are
equipped with the information
co ger you ro the right people so
that change can happen.
The moral? Don't be passive
aggressive. le makes people nor
respect you or your time. Also,
and chis is just a side note, RA.s
are cbe people who get your
lock-ourkeysat2 AM, give you
Halloween candy, help pick
you 1,1p when you are down,
and are some of the few peo­
ple on campus that will care as
much -as you if your roommate
grinds their cecth at night, .. so
don't make rhem noc wane ro
help you out, because they are
the be~, ally rhat a resident will
ever gee.
Kate Crawford ('07) _6 __________________________ #•ji!111 __ .,_ ________ t_h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_._N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_4_,_2_0_0_5
Corporate franchises sprawl on
college campuses nationwide
or, take your Starbucks-owned coffee and shove it
by Ben Waterhouse
Q ne of the most frequently report-
ed trends in secondary education
in the last ten years or so has been the
proliferation of corporate franchises
on college campuses across the nation.
Even private institutions as respected
as Georgetown and Columbia have
invited chain stores and restaurants
into their residence halls and student
centers.
George Washingron has gone so far as to franchise
its enrire meal service, offering students a Aexible
"GWorld'' cash card that can be used ar some off­
campus stores and resraurant~. Studenrs can spend
their food money at McOonalds, Subway or Ameri­
can Eagle (although they cannot buy alcohol or ciga­
rertes).
Contracting institutional services to corporate
franchises is nothing new-Sedexho and Aramark
have been running college cafeterias for decades,
and most instirutions rely on private conrcactors for
cleaning services.
What is surprising abour the current trend is the
blatant commercialism or McCormick
& Schmick's .
All of the
above are locally
owned business­
es, and many
(although cer­
tainly nor all) are
environmentally
conscious and
treat thl!ir em­
ployees passably
well. Several of
chese chains al­
ready operate
tiny annexes
rhac could easµy
serve as models
foe a window at
LC.
Food not your thing? How
about books? The LC bookstore is currently run by
Barnes & Noble, who have done a less-than-stellar
job. Why not hand that contract over co Powell's?
They already run a dozen or so locations besides the
Aagship store, and give
associated wirh bring­
ing major consumer
brands into the edu­
cational environmenr.
Franchising allows
colleges ro cur costs
and students to exer­
cise consumer choice
among meal options.
But is the trend really
good for all involved?
Some critics worry
that the diversification
of franchises will cor­
rupt che pure academ­
ic milieu-a fantastic
beast if ever there was The LC bookstore is currently
run by Barnes & Noble, who
have done a less than stellar job.
Why not hand that contract over
to Powell's? They already run a
dozen or so locations besides the
flagship store, and give much
better prices for used textbooks
than our current contractors. much better prices for
used textbooks than our
currenc contractors.
Nike, Portland's
own evil empire, cur­
rently makes our ream
uniforms. To hell with
chat! Call up American
Apparel, and have them
start producing jerseys
and football pants.
Our business isn't big
enough co scare a new
product line, but if LC
reamed up with a few
other schools in peti-
one-and distract srudenrs from their labors with
the allure of Aashing lights and instant gratification.
Supporters of the trend contend that ic is merely the
natural development of free-market education.
Socialist-minded, environmentally conscious lib­
erals (i.e. stereotypical Lewis & Clark scudenrs) tend
to react negatively to the idea of campus franchises.
"Big business in the scudent center?" they might say,
"lck! Huge corporations are soulless and mean! Pass
me another ClifBar, would you?"
The Icks have a point. Multinational corporations
like McDonald's and Aramark do rend to mistreat
cheir employees, destroy the environment and con­
tribute to the terrifying homogeni7..ation of human
sociery. Ick indeed.
Bue allowing privace businesses co sec up shop on
campus does not have co mean opening your college's
doors co many-headed multinationals and other such
centacle-beasts. It is enrirely possible for a universiry
to reap the financial benefits of franchising and of­
fer more choice to its scudents wirhouc giving in to
soulless mega-business by granting contraccs to local
businesses and conscientious corporacions.
Ar Lewis & Clark, for instance, food services could
be expanded by granting franchises not co Starbucks
and Subway but to Stumptown Coffee or Papacci­
no's, Hor Lips or Pizza Schmizza, Cha Cha Cha! or
Taco <lei Mar, Elmer's or Burgerville, Mcmenamin's tioning their business,
the offer mighc be too good to turn down.
Some of my readers will no doubt protest at this
point, shouting, "Wait! Why bring in outside busi­
nesses at all? Just let to Co-op do it all!"
Sorry, my unshaven comrade. "fhe Co-op is a
great organization and has done some very good
things for student life ac LC. But it does not now
and never wW have the resources to be a truly ef­
ficient recailer.
It rakes a very large populacion co enable a sru­
denc co-op ro compece with an organization (like
Bon Apetic) thac has its own distribution network.
UC Berkeley has chat population. We do nor. We
may as well accept char we can't do everything our­
selves, and look for a conscionable alternative.
1l1e upshor is chis: the students of LC and che
institution as a whole would benefic greatly from
an injection of free-marker competition into our
little economy. Having more options for our busi­
ness could drive down costs and increase our abiliry
to choose.
Unfortunately, tl1e College's current franchises
have en trenched contracts char disallow any compe­
tition from emerging. Thar's why your group can'c
sell donuts to raise funds. Unless the College rene­
gotiates the current contracts, ir is highly unlikely
that we will see more variery on campus any time
soon. Oh, well. We c:u, always hope.
M B 50 words or less on a subject of your
Ystery OX choice, submitted anonymously (it's a
Mystery Box, stupid!)
Stick your gender up your
ass. Society neglects iden­
tity of white males
by Abi Kurfman
There has been a lor of dis­
cussion recently abouc what ir
means co be a man in our soci­
ety today-in the Pioneer Log,
in ocher publications, in my
own.,fonversacions. My person­
al re0ecrion on tllis subject was
prompced by one of chose Bon
conversations that actually had
merit. A rariry, I know.
Now, I am not a man. I can't
speak co what it feels like to be
che dominant gender-in a his­
torica.l and working-on-equality
sense. [ also don't belong co any
otl1er marginalized group. I may
be female, but I'm suaighr, white
and from the middle class. The
only way I could be more the
more default American, would join Bobby in playing with his
trucks, how will Bobby find his
niche? How does he understand
che world he's in? We have ex­
panded the roles char arc accept­
able for women. Feminism bas
renovated our understanding
of whac it rrfe.tns co be Wom­
an. Ocher movements explore
rhe finer distinctions of various
marginalized groups. We look
ac what it means to be Woman,
Lesbian, Gay, Trans. We explore
the meanings of herirage from
American Indians and the full,
confused collection of ethnic hy­
phenaces. Bue whar, in this new,
relarively progressive era, does it
mean co be Man?
Man, one might say, is nor a
category that needs exploration.
The concept is one of default.
The thing is, while we haven't worried
about men, their role has changed. The
structure has changed, that's the point.
We've changed how we identity with
gender, sexuality and race, and, in doing
so, redefined the individual's place within
this structure. That is, except for the
straight, white, middle-class, American
male.
be if I were male. However, my
point is co spur dialogue. l like
dialogue-I like worthwhile
Bon conversations and discus­
sions in general. We should have
more conversations chat focus on
the bizarre position men hold in
our society.
le all scares when we're kids.
These days, parents often en­
courage their daughters to play
with rrucks as much as dolls, if
not more. It's okay for girls co
wear sryles of cloches that are
traditionally "boy's clothes." If
a girl wants to play football or
wresde, she can't be stopped. As
she is growing up, she may be
shown a lot of conflicting images
of what it means co be a woman,
buc included among the deluge
are many excellenr role models.
She is taught char she can be
equally aggressive, equally intel­
ligent and equally successful as
any man, and tl1ac anyone who
tells her differently must be chal­
lenged.
What about boys? What
message does our culrure send
chem as they grow up to become
American men? If boys and girls
can both play with trucks, bur
only girls are given dolls, what
does mean? Most parents do not
encourage their young sons to
play with dolls. Even as sociery
increasingly accepts the well­
groomed and considerate male,
we still resist the boys and men
who fill roles rhat are considered
overly feminine.
If little Bobby's parents are
uncomforcable with the idea of
him playing with little Susie's
dolls, but encourage Susie to The white, heterosexual male has
had a certain rype of power for
hundreds of years while others
have struggled under patriarchy.
We don't have to worry about
men, because they've been fine
for a long time.
The thing is, while we haven't
worried about men, their role
has changed. lhe structure has
changed; that's the point. We've
changed how we identity with
gender, sexualiry and race, and,
in doing so, redefined the indi­
vidual's place within this struc­
ture. That is, except for the
straight, white, middle-class,
American male.
The so-called "mccrosexual"
phenomenon appears to be a
response to chis disparity, an ac­
tempc to define masculiniry in
a less limiced, less archaic way
than the notion of masculiniry
that was perpetuared for hun­
dreds of years. Howe.ver, this
definition only provides a super­
ficial confrontation of die actual
problem.
Where are the great leaders,
the great role models-the great
men who can exemplify what it
means to be a man in chis soci­
ety? If the rough-and-ready cow­
boy archerype is no longer appli­
cable to our new age ideals, then
who leads the way co conceptu­
alize a progressive masculinity?
Anyone? l challenge you co find
a man who is a role model for
che new male. If there is no one,
our men are in danger of falling
to the old anachronistic cowboy
paradigm or, perhaps even more
grave, of being pushed co soci­
eral periphery. .th_e_P_1_·o_n_e_er_L_oiiig1111, N_o_v_em_b_e_r_4_,_2o_o_s ___________ ,_llllll _____________________ 7_
The Hamster fi hts
Girl, you've got to let me know ...
Should we stay or
should we go (Iraq)
Common sense dictates that th,e people in an
occupied country ravaged with civil war should
be able to choose when occupying soldiers stay
orgo
by Matt Savage
After rwo
years, rwo
, hundred bil­
lion dollars,
and two thou­
sand deaths
in Iraq, many
in America and the world are
questioning where the war in
l(aq is going. Havewe fu16lled
che goals that we 'set before we
invaded? Can our troops return
home? When we invaded Iraq, ofAmericans wane the troops to
leave, why are American soldiers
still there?
There are two competing the~
o,ries for why Amecicans are still
in Iraq. One is shaced by xnost
. ~ople inAmerica: we are there
iJl order to help the Iraqi ser up
a government. We care about
Iraqi people and we, don•t want
their nation to be used by terror­
ists ro threaten us, ou,c ;llies, or
our [ncerests. But there is anoth-
The majority of .Americans "'.'ant our
troops to leave as soon as possible,
and an overwhelming majority now
_says the war wasn't worth it in the first
place. So if the majority of Americans
want the soldiers to leave, why'are
American soldiers still there?
we set three 'goals fur the mili~
tary operatio)l. The first was to
destroy Saddam Hussein's abil­
ity to produce and use,weapons
of mass destruction, the second
Wat to replace his brutal regime
w'ith a liberal democr.acy, and
the third was to destroy his po~
tential to assist terrorists, espe­
cia!lywith the procurS!ment and
production of weapons of mass
desrruction.
Though America has had
some limited successes, rhey are
easily outweighed by the cam­
paign's failures. When Ameri­
can troops iliscovered that Iraq
had little or no capability for the
production of weapons of mass
descruccion, that left d1e se,cond
rwo goals tO be fulfilled. We
succeeded at capturing Saddam
Hussein, but we have been un­
able co replace his regime with
a liberal democracy. We have
replaced his rule with a power
vacuum, with no real constitu­
tion, no real government, a11d
in the eyes of-the Iraqis, no le­
gitimate reason to be there. And
although ~addani Hussein has
no ability to aid terrorists, their
power contlnues to grow at a
rate undreamt of before Sad­
dam Aussein_ was removed from
power.
Not only are we failing
to achieve our goals in 'Iraq,
but we are also losing the war
domestically. The majority of
Americans want our soldiers to
leave as soon as possible, and
an overwhelming majority now
says the wac wasn't ~orth it in
the first place. So if ihc majority e,c theory, shared by mosr in the
Muslim world, which is helping
re fuel terrorism and f~ in the
region: Iraq .is a strate.gic inva­
sion in order to give America
an even greater foothold in the
Middle E;ist in ord:er tg gain
greace,r control over its resomces
and its people.
We obviously want to prove
to the world that we are therefor
the good of the Iraqi people and
not for ourselves, so we should
prove this by leaving when the
Iraqis wanr us to leave.
If cl1e Iraqis want us to leave,
we will, and if the nation be­
comes a hotbed of tercor and
anarchy that man,y in America
have predicted, we will know
that we did aJI we could <lo to
stop it. And if they vote for us
to scay, we wi-ll be there with far
more legitimacy char we have
now.
There should be a nation­
wide refeien~m held every six
months in Iraq. If th5,., major-
~iry wants us to lea\'e, we will 'be
gone in six iuonths; otherwise
we'll stay until the next referen­
dum is held.
We need to prove to the
world that we are there for the
benefit of the Iraqi people, and
not for our own selfish interests.
This will take the h,lcl out of
the £re of insU(gents that cla:im
that our invasion of Iraq was an
imperial conquesr.
1f we are truly there for the
f raqis, an.d not American in­
terests, we'll rrust the Iraqis to
.e:1ake eiJs deciiion, whetbe.r or
hot we '.think it lS' the riih,t on~. Guest Editorial
Guest editorialist enraged by
opposition to bristling fur
or, you're just jealous because your morals are frigid
by Mackenzie Harms
With winter approaching and the Howard
Bridge closed, it tends to be a long, cold walk
back from class. Lewis & Clark students crowd
the paths around me in tiny, huddled groups to
stay warm. As I watch my fellow students ,
shiver I can't help but be grateful for the ,: "
warm mink pelt scarf tied snugly around,
my neck. With my thick scarf and my
Chinese fox-fur trimmed jacket I strut
towards my room as warm and toasty
as the cuddly rabbits were once whose
fur now lines the inside of my Brom­
ley Duck Boots.
I find it unfortunate that
people feel che need co throw
me scathing glares over my ob­
vious disregard for che lives of
rhe animals whose fur I'm now
wearing, buc it's hacd co care
when you're wrapped in pieces
of thick, glossy perfection like
these. And, really, my philoso­
phy has aJways been this: if it wear it.
T h es e
people dared
co give me a
speech about the
lives of innocent
animals being bru-
tally terminated in
order to make cloth­
ing. As if l could give a
It is absolutely outrageous that
these people had the audacity to
walk into my place of business,
uninvited ... especially if they
refus~ to ... dress in clothing that
doesn't look like the child labor­
er who made it was blind.
looks good, Aaunc ic.
Ir was abour two weeks ago,
while I was working the wom­
en's Aoor of J. Crew on a mun­
dane, cloudy Tuesday, d1at a
small group of people gathered
outside of rhe score co proresc.
A few ventured in and began
asking angry questions about
cl1e use of fur in our clothing. l
explained what cypes of fur we
had used on various articles of
clothing and you know what
their response was? "J. Crew is
a bunch of fuckers." How elo­
quent.
Ir is absolutely outrageous
that these people ha<l the au­
dacity to walk into my place of
business, uninvited, and share
their views with me, especially
if they refuse co shower, wear
deodorant or dress in clothing
that doesn't look like the child
laborer who made it was blind.
I don't really care that they don't
rhink animals should be killed
for fushion purposes; if they
don't like it, they don't have to rat's (or mink's) ass.
I find their speeches
on cruelty to animals
faughable. Of course
it's ,too bad that in or­
der ro reap the benefi rs
of rhe fur from most of
these anin1als their I ives
have co be cut shorr, bur
rhe best part about us­
ing animaJ fur is that y.ou
don't have to ask their per­
mission co cake it. Jr's not
cruel to kill them and rake
their fur; i e's cruel co expect
your fellow human beings co'"
have co be cold in the winter
just because they weren't fortu­
nate enough to be born with a
thick pelt of fur covering their
bodies.
AnimaJ rights advocates
bring up the point that the
method in which the animals
are killed is the most inhumane
part about wearing the fur. I
disagree. Sure, the animals are
sometimes electrocuted to gee
their fur, but that's just so blood ILLUSTRATION BY JESSE FOX-NYSTROM
doesn't stain the produce.
People say it's cruel to kill ani­
mals just so we can wear their fur
and you know what I say co char?
Scalp their asses, Mama needs a
new coat!
Check out indymedia.com for
upcoming}Crew protest rallies Rogers finds joy in philanthropy
by Ben Waterhouse
John S. Rogers, who is
without question one of
Lewis & Clark College's
most generous support­
ers, did not graduate
from LC. His association
with the College instead
honors the memory of
his brother, James W
Rogers ('64).
"My brother was a graduate
here," Rogers said. "He loved the
place, and we decided to help ouc
Lewis & Clark. The Mary Smarr
Rogers Foundacion has co have a
connection, and thac connection is
my brother. Willamette University
is my connection. So that's why we
support Lewis & Clark."
ll1e Mary Sruarc Rogers Foun­
dation, which Rogers chairs, has
given che college one building,
one endowed chair in the Music
deparcrnenr (currently held by Gil
Seely), the Rogers summer research
program, and donations of money
rowards countless od1er initiatives.
Rogers' mother created the
Foundation when she decided co
scare a charitable organization after
unexpectedly coming into money
when the Carnation Company, in
which she owned stock, was sold to
Nestle.
"She scarred it with some of her
own funds and gave me the respon­
sibiliry of the foundation when
she died. The day afcer she died,
as a matter of face," said Rogers. "I
didn'r know anything about it un­
til she died. My brother and I w~re
both in charge of it, but my broth­
er pas~ed away a year lacer, so rhac
lefr me in charge."
Rogers, who is rarely seen with­
out a wide smile gracing his Eisen­
hower-like features, seems to take a
genuine joy in philanthropy.
Some readers may have PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LEWIS & CLARK CHRONICLE
John Rogers (left) rings a school bell to open Rogers Hall
on South campus with Former President Michael Mooney.
seen photos of him enthusiastically
ringing a school bell at the open­
ing of Rogers Hali at the Graduate
School of Education and Counsel-
ing in 2001.
Bur Rogers has more on his
plate than charitable giving. He is •
passionate abouc aviation, and has
worked as a pilot for much of his
life.
"It's hours and hours
of boredom punctuat­
ed by moments of stark
terror. I've had my mo­
ments, but basically
Ryi ng is a lot safer than
driving_ cars."
-John S. Rogers
"I love to Ay airplanes. 1 Aew air­
planes for 26 years for the Air Force,
and I still. own an aviation .agency •
which cham:rs airplanes," he said,
"so I am srill currendy qualified at
Aying airplanes."
Rogers said that he had no real
advenrures co recount. "It's hours
and hours of boredom pLmctuared
by moments of stark terror. I've had
my momenrs, bur basically Aying is
a lor s-Jfer l han driving cars." Love of music runs in rhe Rog­
ers family. Rogers sings in his
church's choir in Modesto, Calif.,
and every year joins LC's Capella
Nova choir at the James W Rog­
ers Concert. The concert is held in
honor of Rogers' brother, who sang
in the choir for four years at LC.
Ar chis year's concert last Thurs­
day, Rogers joined Capella Nova
in a rendition of "Loudly Lee the
Trumpet Bray" from Gilbert and
Sullivan's Iolanthe. His srrong bari­
tone and enrhusiasric performance
were a welcome addition to Capel­
la Nova's perennially tepid men's
secnon.
When asked if he bad any ad­
vice to impart to the s1Udenrs of
Lewis & Clark, Rogers said to
"study hard."
"Srudy hard. Ir's a pretry easy
formula. Take advanrage of what
you have, it's a wonderful univer­
sity, it offers a Jor in a lot of dif-,
ferenr areas, and even though you
don't know what you wanr co
do righr now it's nor imporcanr,
what's important is ro get an edu­
cation, to rake advantage of being
here at Lewis&: Clark or at any in­
srirurion, for thar matter,'' Rogers
said. "Seay in school because tl1ar's
where ir's at."
Student puts privilege aside to
volunteer at Potluck in the Park
by Rachel Schiff
Lasr Sunday, I rook the l :40pm
sh.uttle downtown. Just ;i few ~hort
blocks from Pioneer Square. a
friendly, green truck filled wirh
day-old bakery goods and last
nigh e's catered dinners pulled up co
che park at SW Nimh and Wash-
i ngron. A fow hungry men and
women were hanging around the
park, scuffing their fcer, waiting
for what could be their only hor
meal, perhaps their only meal, of
the day.
At 2:30pm, for each patron of
the Potluck, there were two volun­
teers. While most' of che patrons
were over forry,-the majority of
the volunteers were under rwenty.
I helped unload the rruck and lay
our rhe food with several srudenrs
from surrounding colleges 'and over
a dozen young Sunday school sru­
denrs. There were more hands than
cables ro ser up and food co ser our.
Volunteers milled around, feeling
superfluous.
I briefly considered leaving, bur
found some dishes ro organize in­
stead. When I lookeq up from the PHOTO COURTESTY OF ISALC FRIENDSHIP FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT
A woman serves food to man at Portland's Potluck in the Park.
dishes, the park was packed. The
organizer of che Potluck estimated
that 450 people had arrived. Vol­
tmteers mshed berween tables, sud­
denly ~ery busy. Witl1 the people,
came dogs. Many of d1e dogs were
better fed and cared for than their
doting owners.
. That afrernoon I got the chance
ro serve hot dogs co the owners of
tl1e dogs, many shivering senior
citizens, several children and a very
feisry man in a wheelchair. "Don't let chis chair fool you!" he yelled,
rising up ro defend his place in rhe
seemingly endless line that snaked
around rhe park.
When rhe food was gone, many
of rhe diners stayed co help clean
up. As we loaded rhe empry dishes
onto che truck, I could hardly be­
lieve that rwo hours had passed. Ir
was refresh.ing to spend an after­
noon away from Lewis & Clark's
privileged scudenrs, with the mem­
bers of a Portland community that
I ofren look past. DISTRACTED
Insightful interactions with
everyday thoughts
by Craig Beebe
Wherever we walk about campus, we are met
with bulletin boards. They are an insidious lot,
hiding under stairwells, outside classrooms, and
in break rooms. Many of the notices posted on
these lowly devices of community information
are, rather useless to most passersby. • ... ...
We might rl~ice an advcr- Crush Day. Now that's certain­
tisemenc for a concert that hap-ly exciting news. I know I'll be
pened a week ago, or a rental ad taking part in said event.
that's either far too expensive for Further-more, a group that
our tighr, budgets or a remfoder calls itself Make Friday Fun
of the dingy places college stu­
dents are forced to live because
of those budgets. We migbr even
spot a job posting or a military
recruittnen.r--okay, perhaps nor
a military reGCUionenc poster. If
they put those up around here,
I'm not sure bow long they'd
last.
ful'yway, in rhe midst of all
chis rubbish, a shining new se­
ries of posters have begun to ap­
pear recently. They arc a refresh­
ing break from the ordinary and
mundane, and at the same time
have puzzled me just enough ro
• ger me to wrire about them.
1l1ese posters, each marked in
a lower comer by a hand~drawn
image of a tank top wich the
word ''PRANK" Written across
its chest, advertise nor just the
usual crappy rental or unknown
rocker wannabes. Instead, PrankTank
seeks to remind me
that I should not let
my schooling get in
the way of my educa­
tion, as a recent poste.r
instructed me, quot­
ing Mark Twain.
apparently cosponsors today's
evenr. Crazy-apparently we
have some sore of coalition of
the willing forr,ning. Hqw long
until the res.t of us fall into k,
coo?
l don't mean to sound sar-
castic abour these new move­
ments on campus, for lack of
beccer word.
Actually, their aims are
somewhat heartening, at a place
where the only things on walls
... as a recent poster instructed me, Prank
Tank seeks to remind me that I should not let
my schooling get in che way of my education._
fostead, the l)OSc.ings of Lhe
group d1a£ calls itself Prank
Tank I nrernational seek to reach
far beyond rhose mundane af­
fairs.
Instead, as a recent poster in­
structed me, Prank T aI).k. seeks
ro n-:mind me ch;u I should nor
!er my schooling get in rhe way
of my education.
Thar's excellent advice. What
other wisdom can you pass
down to th.is unenlightened and
wa:nderiirg campus, oh Prank
Tank?
Well, l discovered (roo lace,
l'm afraid) due last Friday was
Dress Uke A Cowboy-or Cow­
girl (as che Prank Tankers seem
to be gender neucral)-Day,
which if nothing else explained
why a number of people jn my
classes were dressed in such a>
manner.
And earlier this week J dis­
covered d1at coday is Kiss Your I've seen lately char were acru­
ally interesting were bathroom
graffiti.
(Especially the conversation
happening on the wall in one
of rhe Ttmpleton bathrooms,
above the urinals. Ir all scarred
when someone wrote, «Every
rime you do1ic flush, I'll flush
rwice," which has been an­
swered by a few things we can'r
print here, l'm afraid. Now
that's educated discourse.)
So 1 saJure you, Prank 1ank­
ers. May your mission be long
and fruitful. Hey, if you can
keep tl1t: attention of anyone
on this campus for more rh;in
a week o.r two, you'll be more
successful than some otl1er or­
ganizations. If tl1ar's what you
call yourself.
Now. dear readers, find your
crush and give rhem a nice big
one. Tell rhern Prank Tank senc
you. 9 1 0 --the Pioneer Log, November 4, 2005 _______________________ ....., iw111115f -----------------------
Off campus sophomores: the
benefits outweigh the costs
by Craig Gilden
As most of us have noticed, with each pass­
ing year the freshman classes have been grow­
ing. The growing number of students have
brought a number of housing issues with them.
Last year some sophomores were asked to put
three people into doubles because there was just
not enough housing to accommodate all of the
underclassmen. Older students who wanted to
stay on campus or live in the apartments have
been turned away because there is simply not
enough room. This year the administration de­
cided to allow sophomores to live off campus s0
that there would be more housing for incoming
students. While most sophomores have chosen
to remain on campus, a few have chosen to ven­
ture out into Portland and live on their own.
Socially ir has been easy
for the off campus students to
adapt even though most of their
classmates are scill living in the
dorms. Since Lewis & Clark is
such a small community it is
easy co keep up with friends and
what is going on in the campus
scene; and since they now have
their own places it is even bet­
ter to "have friends over to hang
ouc.
Once students move
away, they rarely choose
to go back and live on
campus. This speaks
to how much students
value their freedom and
privacy away from the
world of RAs.
Having more freedom is defi­
nitely a major plus to off cam-pus living. Jeff O'Harrow ('08)
listed freedom· and privacy as his
favorite parts of being away from
the dorms.
"There were just roo many regu­
lations on campus and I didn't re­
ally gee along with my first room­
mate, plus the Copeland showers
never got warm. Now I can have
my privacy when I want to, but I
also still see my friends whenever I
want. It's the best of both worlds."
Commuting to and from school
can be a problem for any stu­
denr, bur with efficient bus
systems it seems to not be
much of a hassle for most
commucers. AJso many
srudents have access co
a car which makes the
trip no real problem
at al].
A key to easy
commuting is also
the class sched­
ule, which if
Saturday Nov. 5
l~s an~ Clark Co~~e
@ The Rusty Nail
2-Midnight done right can mm1m1ze the
amount of transportation time
and costs that students spend.
Having classes at similar rimes as
roommates also helps with car­
pooling issues.
O'Harrow has had no prob­
lem getting to and from campus,
"Mose of my classes are lare so ic
has nor been much of a hassle,''
he said.
Overall, allowing sopho­
mores to live off campus ap­
pears to have been a success.
Once studencs move away they
rarely choose to go back and live
on campus. This speaks to ho~
much students value their free­
dom and privacy away From the
world of RAs.
Many students believe that a
one year residency requirement
enough; one year of living in
dorms is certainly a good expe­
rience for anyone, but forcing
s[lldents to sl?end· cwo years may
seem to be a little much.
O'Harrow agreed with chis
sentiment, "Living in the dorms
was good for a year, but one year
is enough -On campus. Tue col­
lege should only have housing •
. requirements for the first year,"
he said.
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ne~ty enjoys success
by Wendy Dwyer
Things are looking good for Lewis &
Clark's ·chapter of Amnesty lqternational.
The human rights organization had a huge
success wi.th tlie Amnescy International Film
Festival, and is now loo King forward to their
mo~ current aud largest collaboration, the'
Benefit Cancert for Darfur.
"People are really eJ!thusias­
tic about human rights this year,"
said Co-coordinator Van~ Stine
('08). She and others in Amnesty
were surprised at the large turn­
out for the documentaries shown
earlier last week. Tue showings at­
tracted at times upwards of a hun­
dred neopJe a film.
The most popular one was the
showing on Tuesday, Oct. 25 of
Invisible Children, a documenta­
.ry about Ugandan child soldiers.
The lilm had brought oucat least
120 people, and many stayed for
die discussion afterwards. "We re­
ceived a lot of Positive feedbaclt
about the festival asweU as recom­
mendations . for improvement,"
said Co-coordinator Colleen
Marion ('08). "We hope to make
this a semescerly event!'
'The Film Festjval was vexy
popular, and the group has hopes
that the concert w:illmatch or sur­
pass it in popularity.
The Benefit Concert for Par,
furwill be_presei:iced cll,is Saturd~y,
Nov. 5. lt is an event put together
through the combined effoi:rs.. of
Amnesty anu the Lewis & Clark,
Music Coalition. 60th organiza­
tions have been working for wee~
on this proje~t aQd ·it promises to
be time wdl spent. '1.h.e c6ncert
is a 6ig one, feacuring •off~ and
on-campus bands from 3:00Rm-
11 :00pm at the Rusty Nail. It has a little bit of everything,
with fefflale guita~ soloists in the
afternoon, rwo LC jazz ensembles
starting at 4:30pm, and then hip­
hop, experuru:ntaland indiebands
till rhe ertd. Among the LC bands
"We received a lot of
positive feedback about
the festival as well as rec­
ommendations for im­
provement," said CQ-co­
ordinator Colleen Marion
('08). "We hope co .make
this a sem.esterly event."
there will be cwo from Portland,
Ever We Fall and Bright Red Pa­
per, and also an indje band all the
way from New Mexico called Kid
Crash. As well as entertainment
there will be food and merclian­
dise, including silk screened shirts
designed by LC's Michael Rae
('09). All proceeds will be donated
,tQ the organiµtion Oxf.u:n, which
helps aid .people in Darfur. There
wHI be more information about
th~ cause at tbe con~, a$ weU as
other ways to contribute.
• If you feel insei,red to gcu, "in-
~ volved with Amnesty and help in
the'tlght against genoci<;!e in Dar­
Jur along with ocher pertinent is­
sues, check out their meetings on
Thursdays at 6:00 pm in Thayer,
They won't mean to. But having a car full of distracting friends is
one of the biggest reasons young drivers get in fatal crashes twice
as often as everyone else. That's especially true if you're drinking,
speeding or cruising around after dark. So buckle up, drive sober,
slow down and drive without passengers. And live past 21.
Drive Safely. TIie Way to Go.
Transportation Safety -ODOT the Pioneer Log, November 4, 2005 MHd:li11&UMM 11We1i 11
Genet's The Balcony Collins' Trouble with Poetry
opens on Main Stage byStephanieBeechem
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
The Lewis & Clark Theatre
Department will open 7he Balcony,
their first Main Stage production
of the academic year, at 7:30pm on
Friday, Nov. 4 at Fir Acres 1l1eatre.
The play, originally penned by
the French absurdist playwright
Jean Genet in 1956, to fruition. Case member Matt Poole
('08) said that "the amount of work
that is going into this play would be
overwhelming for any other college
theatre department, but not for us."
'llie play will run Friday and
Saturday of this weekend and next
week from Thursday, Nov. 10 to
Saturday, Nov. 12. All performances
was adapted for LC's
use by Stepan Simek,
theatre professor
and director of
The Balcony. le is
a symbolic work
about power and
the illusions used to "The audience is going to
come away shocked by the
boldness of this production,"
Poole said.
attain it. At the center of the story
is a brothel called The House of
Illusions, where diminished men
may go to enact their fantasies.
These fantasies are acted out on
stage until the line between ilJusion
and reality blurs and, Simek said,
"Ir soon becomes apparent that
in the brothel and in the political
struggle outside, the symbols and
rituals of power assume even more
importance than power itself."
A horde of LC students
contributed to the production of
this. play. Nearly 20 cast members
and 50 crew members collaborated
co bring chis cheacrical production will begin at 7:30pm. The audience
can participate in a brief question
and answer format discussion with
student actors after the Nov. 11
performance. Admission for the
general public is $8, $5 for faculty,
staff, alumni and non-LC students
and only $3 for LC students.
Tickets may be purchased at the
box office from 1:00-5:00pm on
weekdays and during the hour prior
to performance time. "The audience
is going co come away shocked by
the boldness of the production,"
Poole said intriguingly, with a
mysce.rious twinkle in his eye, "but
strangely familiar with the content."
THE,BALGQ~
opens Friday,' Nov. 4@.7:30.
,in Fit Acres Theatre
Shows on Nov 5,, 10, 11, 12 at. 7:30
$3 for LC stud~nts; $5 for non ...
LC students, LC alumni, faculty,
and staff; $8 General admission 1l1e lase rime Billy Collins­
celebrated two-term Poet Laureate
of the United Scares, author of
eight books of contemporary
poems, and current poet laureate of
New York State-visited Portland,
he packed the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall. Completely sold
the place out: all 2,700 seats, at
more than 24 dollars each. Ir's
astounding, really: twenty-four
hundred people in a medium sized
American city packed inro one
venue to see a man do nothing but
read his own poems. He's the o□ly
poet writing coday who could do it.
ll1is past week, Random
House released Collins' eighth
book of poems, Jhe Trouble with
Poetry, and it's the most important
new book of contemporary verse
yec published this year. If you've
never heard of him, Collins' stint
as United Scares Poet Laureate
from 2001-3 (extended a year
due to his immense populariry)
catapulted him into a sore of
unexpected literary celebrity-as
celebrated as a living contemporary
poet can be, of course. His Poetry
180 Project, which aimed co being
modern poets into high school
classrooms, spawned a website
and two separate anthologies,
all supervised by Collins. BILLY
COLLINS
For chose who are familiar
with Collins, don't worry; he
hasn't changed a bit in The Trouble
with Poetry. In face, he means not
co. He once told an interviewer,
'Tm not interested too much in
stylistic development ... I think
development is overrated. Emily
Dickinson never developed."
Accordingly, nothing in The
Trouble with Poetry suggests a "new
and improved" version of Collins;
the same wise, calm, vaguely
Wordsworchian middle American
male narracor populaces every poem
with the objects of the everyday: a
morning ac a hotel coffee shop, a
day in June "all lawn and sky, / the
kind that gives you no choice/ but the tradition in his latest effort.
One poem, "The Introduction,"
directly lan1poons the sore of
poems whose contents can only
be understood with foocnoces,
gently kidding: "Maybe I should
just mention / chat whenever I use
the word five / I'm referring to that
group of Russian composers I who
came co be known as "The Five," /
Balakriev, Moussorgsky, Borodin­
that crowd." Mose of his poems
start with the most ordinary of
premises: a close examination of a
class picture, the care and keeping
of dogs, even a meditation on the
see-hear-speak no evil monkeys:
"No one expected all three of them
/ co sic there on their tree stumps
forever, / their senses covered with
their sinuous paws / so as to shut
out the vile, nefarious world."
Collins once said, "My poetry is subur­
ban, it's domestic, it's middle class, and it's
sort of unashamedly that."
co unbutton your shire / and sit
outside in a rough wooden chair,"
or simply "an ordinary night at che
kitchen table, / at ease in a box of
Rora! wallpaper, / whire cabinets
full of glass, / the telephone silent,
/ a pen tilted back in my hand."
Collins' poems, for the most
part, are expansions of these simple
scenes-small poems that begin in
the everyday and end in eternity.
Their root in the everyday is crucial
co his poems' uncanny charm. The
back-cover blurbs on The Trouble
with Poetry describe his verse as
"understandable," "accessible,"
"profound," and ''charming," and
chose words couldn't ring truer
than they do in Trouble. Collins
has a well-deserved reputation
as a poet of the people, a poet
whose poems do not require
extensive knowledge of literature
or Poetry or Art co be understood
or enjoyed, and he continues ln a world full of verse that is
whimsical and profound in equal
turns, that is determinedly ordinary
and yet somehow magical, what is
the rrouble with poetry, then? ls
there one? According co Collins'
ride poem, "che trouble with poetry
is I that it encourages the writing of
more poetry ... and how will it ever
end? / unless the day finally arrives /
when we have compared everything
in the world / co everything else in
the world." He continues on to
say chat poetry makes l1im wanr co
write even more poetry, and when
all the images seem exhausted,
he feels "the longing co steal, / co
break inco the poems of othe.rs I
with a Aashlighr and a ski mask."
And here's where the poem,
and the book, hies its highest and
srrongesr nore: "And what an
unmerry band of thieves we are, /
cut purses, common shoplifters, / l
thoughc co myself/ as a cold wave PHOTO COURTESY POWEUS.COM
swirled around my feet / and the
lighthouse moved its megaphone
over the sea, / which is an image
I stole directly from Lawrence
Ferlingherci- / co be perfeccly
honest for a momenr- II the
bicycling poet of San Francisco I
whose little amusement park of a
book I l carried in a side pocket
of my w1iform / up and down the
treacherous halls of high school."
ll1e funny thing is, I know
the book to which Collins is
referring. It's called A Coney Island
of the Mind, and it's Ferlinghetti's
strangest and most interesting
effort, a tiny liccle whip of a book
that I, coo, read in high school.
But no one need know about the
specific reference co Coney Island
co understand the point of "The
Trouble with Poecry"-cl1at poetry
doesn't have to be full of difficult or
incomprehensible references co be
good. And chat, in a greacer sense,
is the real impetus behind The
Trouble with Poetry and Collins'
work in general. The real trouble
with poetry isn't that poetry
engenders more poetry, it's that
some authors and critics feel a poem
isn't worthwhile if ic isn't stacked
full of difficult literary allusions.
Collins once said, "My
poetry is suburban, it's domestic,
it's middle class, and it's sore of
unashamedly that, but l hope
there's enough imaginative play
in there char it's not simply poems
about barbequ.ing." The Trouble
with Poetry is yet another testament
co Collins' poetic imagination at
its most magnanimous, where
barbecues and classrooms and
warm days in June arc delightful
little worlds of their own, and
where it is perfectly alright-if
not preferable--co celebrate "the
dear ovals of a glass of water, / a
small crate of oranges, / a book on
Stalin, / an odd snarling fish in a
frame on the wall,/ and these three
candles, / each a different height,
singing in perfect harmony." 12
Clatter a menagerie of color, sound
by Abi Kurfman
The colorful produccion of
Patter Chatter Clatter -music of
Gilbert & Sullivan, the tide of chis
year's James W. Rogers Concert,
contrasted with the chilly, damp
weather on Thursday, 0cc. 27.
While che quality of the concert
hit both low and high notes, it
was fun through and through,
as promised by Professor Gil
Seeley in his opening remarks.
'The Chamber Orchestra
provided the Iolanthe overture ro
starr off the concert, and it was
after their performance (and after
all the lace comers had found their
way ro a seat in the packed Evan's
auditorium) chat Seeley spoke.
l11e jovial professor then
offered ilie treat of a small group
of his Oregon Repertory Singers
Chamber Choir, singing "I'm a
Train." They were very good and it
was very amusing, bur it was rather
odd to have the introduction about
Seeley's own interest in trains, and
men his silly antics during the
song. The audience also showed
its poor training during mis piece
(and several ochers throughout the
night) by clapping prematurely.
Tsk, tsk. The following piece,
Rock Ecude #6, performed by rhe
Men's Ensemble of mose same,
foreign (a.k.a. non-LC) Rep Singers, was less than memorable.
The highlight of the nexr
section, me LC Wind Symphony
(conducted by Professor David
Becker), was the entrance of the
trumpets. The piece, "Syrtaki,"
began to play and suddenly me
audience heard it in semi-surround
sound as che five crumpets
marched in, playing beautifully.
Although it would have been
stronger if more people could
have marched in, perhaps through
both back entrances, it was highly
entertaining and one of the
highlights of the concert for me.
A person such as myself cannot
help but look at a concert in terms
of theatricality, especially when it
is a memed but eclectic collection
of works wid1 intent ro have
fun and hold audience interest.
Speaking of audience interest
and concert highlights, after
the Wind Symphony played. we
watched, spellbound, as a tuxedoed
CharlieMlquist ('07) painstakingly
moved a mat with two cymbals set
up upon it across d1e floor. (Sadly,
after that performance, Professor
Brett Paschal found it necessary to
slightly adjust me cymbals). The
set up led to an astonishing and
ambitious percussion performance
by Paschal; he was equipped with
only a.n individual cymbal in
each hand and a set of cymbals comrolled by each foot. The
performance, despite its simple
equipment, was fully engaging
and multi-layered. The quality and
complexity of that performance
had as much ro say about the
individual talent of me musician
as the overall power of me music.
After Paschal's semi-avant
garde cymbal performance came
something that was all che more
off-beat. "(More) Lessons," an
electronic music piece by Reid
Neuman, was visually appealing
as well as musically interesting.
Finishing the concert came
the Cappella Nova choral group,
conducted by Susan McBerry. The
inconsistency of quality was clearest
with th.is choir, although iris likely
that most of the audience entirely
overlooked these mistakes. As
they sang, they staged mini-scenes
from Gilbert & Sullivan operas.
The most incredible
performance, both musically and
theatrically, was Annika Brumpton
('07)'s performance as an operatic
andenticingandencirelycaptivating
Mabel to Mlquist's Frederick.
Ending with the infamous
song containing ilie lyrics "To sit
in solemn silence ... ,'' the concert
crescendoed to uproarious
applause, and a mad rush. to
the refreshments and post­
performance friends outside.
PHOTO BY BEN 'DRUNKEN MONKEY' WATERHOUSE
Our valiant Piolog reporter braves a not-quite-front seat at Patter Chatter Clatter, a musical
tribute to Gilbert and Sullivan, last week in the Evans Auditorium. the Pioneer Log, November 4, 2005
by Stephanie Beechem
I came into my worn paperback
copy of Charles Bukowski.'s 'W0men
by way of a relentlessly beautiful
19 year old writer nan1ed David.
Though he wrote like 81.!kowski,
he hardly looked like me man, in
all of his pockmarked, overweight,
dpped-undershirc glory. David
was compact and tightly ntus­
cled, with saucer-sized blue eyes,
an orgiastic copulation of litera­
ture and misadventure and sweat.
and sinew. I was franticaJly in love
with hin1, and, oh dear, I wasn't
the only on:e. David's Winnen, had
he written it, would have been a
whiding menagerie of glamor­
ous parties, rock and roll concerts,
and gorge6us, compliant girls.
I'd been head. over heels into
writing for years by that rime, and
I was just sixteen. But up to rhar
point, books, however startling
and revelatory, seemed like inert
objects, confined in the quiet aisles
of the local library: they wete an
arr, granted, bur no'C a Jifescyle,
w.ritcen by authors who sat rigid
in the English offices of presti­
gious universities while the rest
of us toiled away at the r;nundane
pursuits of everyday life--grocery
stores, schoolrooms, barbeques.
Oh, I knew I was a write.r then,
even mough my cotnputer was a
sub-Pencium wonder tucked into
rhe corner ofa basement bedroom.
And 1 ilioughr l was Sitting on rhe
ticket to getting there-four years
in a leading libe.ral arcs college,
followed by an Ivy League gradu­
ate school. Bur reading David's
sweaty copy of Women made me
wonder if the highbrow education
was the only pathway ro the kind
of books I aspired to write: books
that would arouse people in their
bedroor,ns at nighc, books that nostalgia:
my love
affair with
the
Buk
would never be left untouched
on coffee cables or musty shel.ves.
And maybe, I tho,ughr, maybe
Writing isn't just university pro­
fessors. Maybe it's ridiculously
amactiye boys like David, and
dirty old ,111en like Bukowski,
wriring half-naked and drunk in
their shit apartments at 3 a.tn.
Maybe it's sixteen-year-old girLs,
their fanatical odes to the ado~
Jescent tenets of sex and rock
ri roll, who will one day evolve
into tomorrow's cult authors,
with o.r wJthout Stanford degrees.
I chink every young writer
muse, at some i:,oinr, fall in love
with an author, past simple ap­
preciation and enjoyment, into
something decidedly mote vis­
ceral, more sexual. David was my
writer, and I'd have slept with that
boy's words if such a fear were pos­
sible. And David, with his crimi­
nal record, his substance abuse,
his two years in a public univer­
sity, wasn't exactly gunning for a
tenured position in a prestigious
English office, as I had so carefully
planned for myself. Born he and
Bukowski, even moagh they'll
never be the literary darlings of
me academic crowd, were writ­
ers who wrote our of compulsion
and genuine enjoyment of the arr.
And mey had complex, mystify­
ing, expansive lives apart from
their writing, lives I realized cotJcl
be every inch as satisfying aSTeacb­
ing and writing ar a university.
So today I write abour beau­
tiful men like Bukowski, like
David, :md how char copy of
Winnen pitched and sizzled in
my hands. And I write how the
art of liter-Jtttre has many faces:
the pretty and me pockmarked,
the young and the old, the clean
and the slovenly---an<l one
fuce that is, incorrigibly, mine. the Pioneer Log, November 4, 2005
Chocolate phalluses await
cooks and gardeners at Powells
. by Natalia Spampinato
Chocolate. lt contains more
antioxidams than blueberries, •
can help prevent cancer and hearr
disease, contains endorphins
that act as anti-depressants and
can even improve memory,
and of course, castes delicious.
On Saturday, 0cc. 29, Powell's
Books for Cooks and Gardeners
welcomed Michael Recchjuri,
author of Chocolate Obsession, as
well as several chocolatiers who
offered samples co the chocolate
lovers next door at Pastaworks.
ltwasquiteniceto be welcomed
into a warm shop off cold, drizzly
Hawthorne St. of Ponland and see
several tables filled with chocolates.
The first rable I visited was from
Pix Patisserie. They provided a
sample of their chocolate almond
cruffies, which had nice crunch.
The sweetness of the caramel
balanced the bitterness of the
dark chocolate. They also had a
sample of another candy, which
was completely dark chocolate
with no sugar added. I found it
a bit too intense, but I've always preferred milk chocolate to dark.
Sal1agun Homemade
Chocolates featured several
chocolates with creative flavors
like rosemary, cardamom,
and jasmine. They are also
unique in that each one is hand
painted giving each chocolate a
bright, shiny color co contrast
with rhe normal dark brown.
Cherry Counry brought
cherries covered in dark and
milk chocolate. All the cherries
used were grown in rheir own
organic cherry orchard in Salem.
My personal favorite was
"chocolate salami" from Pas ca works'
Bakery Bar. It was basically a
mixture of chocolate, shortbread,
dried fruits, and nuts which is
shaped into a salami shape, allowed
ro harden, then sliced. They also
served rich chocolate cupcakes
with chocolate icing and candied
orange peels dipped in chocolate.
In addition to all the chocolate
eating, chose who attended also
gor to listen to Michael Recchiuti
discuss his book Chocolate
Obsession. Recchiuti owns his
own artisan chocolate shop in San
Francisco and reveals his secrets and techniques for making amazing
chocolates in this book. Ir contains
over sixty recipes, ranging from
brownies to chocolate ganache.
Recchiuti spoke about his
experiences with chocolate and
definitely enhanced che chocolate
sampling. Atthe end of his calk, the
audience was eager to learn what
was next and if cl1ey should expect
another book. Sadly, Recchiuti
revealed no derails, bur ir doesn't
seem rhat he'll be quitting the
chocolate business any rime soon.
Even though l thouglu this
was a great event, there was not
a huge turnout. I came ready co
fighr my way through crowds co get
co the glorious chocolate samples,
but there was no need. This was
a bit disappointing, but I did
get to try more samples this way.
Oregon is definitely a good
place for chocolate lovers. There
are plenty of artisan chocolate
shops around to satisfy your
cravings. And if you feel like
delving even deeper into the world
of chocolates, Recchiuti's Chocolate
Obsession will rum you into a
chocolate connoisseur faster than
you can say "chocolate salami."
Pride & Prejudice a "true gem''
PHOTO COURTESY OWEN CAREY
Sisters Elizabeth (Jennifer Lee Taylor) and Jane (Molly Wright) laugh together in Marcus
Goodwin's adaptation of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice.
by Ben Waterhouse and
Deanna Oothoudt
Portland Cemer Srage's new
adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice is not a postmodern
exploration of feminism in 181h
Century England.' Neither is it a
misguided "update," in which Joe
Darcy, the captain of the debate
team, courts Lizzie Bennet, rhe
smarr and perky editor of the
high school newspaper. le is not
"groundbreaking" or "avant-garde."
ft is jusr pure, unmitigated fun.
Arguably tl1e most popular
romance novel of all time, Pride
and Prejudice recounts a familiar
story: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy
awkwardly courts Elizabeth
Bennet, and eventually succeeds
in gaining her hand in spire of
himself and her. The ra.le has been
and continues to inspire films,
novels and stage productions, including Bridget Jones's Diary and
Bollywood's Bride and Prejudice.
Unlike these adaptations,
PCS does not try to force
a play about-,, 18th century
England to be },contemporary,"
despite the the company's
reputation for producing
elitist, cascelessly "updated"
productions of popular classics.
Theproducrion, which borrows
a script, scar and director from Jane
Jones's Book-It Repertory rfheacre
in Seattle, faithfully translates
Austen's masterpiece from the page
to the stage wit.hour sacrificing any
of the author's transcendent prose.
Marcus Goodwin's script is noc
so much an adaptation of Austen's
novel as a transference of her prose.
The actors give their own voices
to Austen's subtle commentary
and her dry wit, adding their own
hilarious spin to the dialogue. Noc all of the actors are
successful in bringing Austen's
characters to life. Kelsey Tyler
is excessively effusi_ve as Mr.
Bingley, and Maya Lawson
and Stephanie Danna are
perhaps a bit roo rambunctious
as Kitty and Lydia Bennet.
The character who suffers
the most in tl1e production is
Jane Benner. In spice of Molly
Wright Stewart's efforts, her
character simply does not
have enough stage time co
endear herself to the audience.
Bur the shortcomings of
the minor players are more than
made up for by Jennifer Lee
Taylor and Andrew DeRycke's
stellar performances as Elizabeth
Benner and Mr. Darcy.
Taylor delivers her lines with
a dry enthusiasm chat would make
Austen proud, making Elizabeth's by Amber Case
For those who ha.vent read.
i~, Vpron Sinclair's 1he ju.ngle is a
chillingly e$Se11tial read. Envision
this: the year is 1~06, and you're
g9.rog· to Ametica! You're excited,
because you and your family have
been saving up for years to go on this
trip, lt,is the 'Land-ofOpportunity;'
after all. You think this .u,p.w you
(and ac Staten Islal):d1 ;41,d. 'then
d1ing~:go terrjbo/wrong. You r).:a}ize
1:har rhe Alrierkan, Pte.\.rn d~n1t
·reall~Jl · · • • • :ou're •
'Y(e:f
Workers were subjugated
g the \;irrte of the Spanish­
erican war. lt is, in $0 many
. s, a truly horrifying book.
Take, · for instance, chis
e:;cription of th.e m11in ·character's
b: "There was no hear upon the
'Hing beds; the men m.ight ~ccly
well h_ave,worked out of doors all
mer ... On the killing beds you
re-apt to be covered with blood,
d it woul.d freeu solid,; if you
aned .against 11 pillar, you· would
to that., a,nd if you, put your .
and upon the ·Blade ofyour krtite,
ou·would '.tlln ~ ~bance of leaving
skin og it The men would tie
• ' ' • .. papecs an.ii old
, • oulc\; be sol!ked
I ou:n: and then
. .so ◊n4. un:tiJ:. .by
• mme a man would ~ walking:
gi:eat Jump,fdit size of th
ruthless verbal assaults every bit
as destructive for a contemporary
audience as they muse have been for
the novel's 18th-century readers.
DeRycke cakes Mr. Darcy's
alluring social ineptitude and runs
with it, convincingly portraying
the Derbyshire bachelor-in all
of his deluded, self-aggrandizing
glory-co great comedic effect.
Overall, the production is a
true gem that has something co
offer all audiences. Austen fans
will appreciate the scripr's loyalty
to the text. Since there are very
few winking inside jokes, those
audience members who aren't
familiar with Austen or rhe book
can enjoy the play regardless. 11,e
play is accessible enough co appeal
to anyone over the age of rwelve, yet
is tense and entertaining enough to
please the older, theatre-going elite.
PCS's production of Pride and
Prejudice runs through Sept. 20 at
Portland Center for Performing
Arts. Tickets start ar $15. 13
books
that
kick
your
ass
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Events Women's Soccer:
Nov. 3 @ Griswold
Nov. 5 @ Griswold
Olympic madn~
b C • G'ld see if chere is any competition our
y ratg I en there for me."
We all\now one of those guys; Peterson came into che mur-
you know the one who constantly nament thinking he would be a
defeats all of his friends ar some shoe-in ro at lease make the fi­
game and ruins the fun for every­
one. Table tennis is the rype of
game that tends to lead co large
amounts of crash talk from chat
guy who thinks he is die bcsr
player ever just because he can
beat the same four people every
time. The past four Wednesdays,
Oct. 12, 19, 26, and finally Nov.
2. have provided all rhose "that
guys at Lewis & Clark a chance to nals, but ran into some stiff com­
petition. After winning his first
two matches he fell iJ1 the third
round, getting soundly beaten by
rhe eventual champion. Peterson
was surprised about rhe qualiry
of player chat rhe LC campus had
LO offer. ""The players were really
strong," he said, ''d1ey defiJ1itely
shur me up."
The qualJry of players was 1101
the only see if rhey really
are as good as
rhey think d1cy
arc.
While ,here
may not have I dominate every
aspect of the game
in Howard Hall. I surprising
aspect of
intramural
table 1en:
nis. The
been any future wanted to see if there turnout
was equal­
ly good.
More d1an
30 players
mrned our
to partici-Olympians-
that's right,
table renn is is
an Olympic
sport-the best
players the LC
community has was any competi-
tion out there for me.
-Chris Peterson ('08)
ro offer showed up to Pamplin co
compete against each orher. Any­
one is welcome to participate in
the incramurals, but unless you
c:rn really play, don't expect to be
playing in these rournaments past
the first round.
Studenrs were nor the only
talented players co show up on
Wednesday. Math professor Yung­
Pin Chen came our to represent
the faculry.
However, the competmon
drew mostly students. After a year
and a half of playing table tenn.is
against his friends, Chris Peter­
son ('08) choose ro participate in
rhe intramural co find some new
competition. "I dominate every
aspect of the game in Howard
Hall," he s.iid, "aJ1d I wanted to pate. In the
four-week span that the intramu­
ral lasted, there were over 50 dif­
ferent smdents and faculry mem­
bers who showed up in Pamplin
co be a part of the action. Almost
all of the participants were above
average players, bur a few showed
up jusr to hang our with friends
and cake a break from studying.
Peterson was impressed with the
large turnout.
"A lot more people showed up
than I thought would," he said.
Table tennis intramu.rals end­
ed this past Wednesday, but they
will certainly be a part of the in­
tramural lineup come spring.
Table tennis began this semester's
line-up of inrramurals, and the
hjgh participation is a good sign
for the rest of che semester.
Crew's fall finale
by Carmen Krol
Lewis & Clark Crew ream
wenc co Seattle this weekend ro
compete in rhe Falcon Fremont
four Miler, the last regatta for
d1e crew's fall season. The Pio­
neers made an impressive mark
on the tvent. llie men's Open
Double -with rowers James
Tinker ('07) and David Greeley
('07) -placed first with a rime
of 27:54. 1 he women's Novice
Four, the men's Novice Four and
che Men's Open Four placed sec­
ond in rheir respeccive events.
The rest of the Pioneer boats. in
the men's Open Eight, the wom­
en's Open Fmu and the women's
Open Eight placed fifth, seventh
and ni111h.
Last weekend's regana con­
sisted of a variety oF reams.
Some crews came from upper
divisions. such as Western Wash­
ington and Washington State
University and some crews were
"masrer" reams, or reams made
of older adults who wish co con­
tinue competing. The races were ''head races," where each team
scarred at a different time. This
meant it was nor possible ro cell
who won a race until ev_ery ream
had finished. Also, teams only
competed within their divisions.
so a boat could be rowing nexr co
another boar and nor technically
be competing wirh thac boat.
Even with the ambiguity,
Amanda Delzer ('07) enjoyed
the races, "lr was exciting to
race against all different types of
reams," said Delzer. She said d1ac
head races have their advantages.
~s do the era di tional sryle. of races
char will be used in the spring sea­
son.
Charlie Morgan ('08) said
that rhe OLttcome of the regatta
was a "good sign for spring" and
that che men's team is happy. He
also said that the regatta was a
grear culminating experience for
che seniors, as this is r.heir lasr
fall season at Lewis & Clark Col­
lege. Del·ter said she believes rhat
the performance of the women's
teaJu shows great promise for the
spring. M:ajor: l?-!ifd\
muni9t" Swimming:
NWC Sprints @ Whitworth
NWC Relays @ Spokane
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Events ross ountry:
Nov. 12 NCAA D-I11 West Regionals
9am@Salem Volleyball:
Nov. 4 @ Tacoma
Nov. 5 Pam lin
No mucking around for Cross Country; women
take second place while the men come in at fifth
by Sarah DiSabatino
Ir was a grey day in Salem, bur
notforrheLCCrossCounrryteam,
who outran much of the competi­
tion at the Northwest Conference
Cross Col\ntry Championships at
Willamette University on Satur­
day. The women performed excep­
tionally well, with Carla McHat­
rie ('06) placing first in the meet ('06), with 26:49.40 il1 24'1' place,
and David Berman ('09) with
26:50.90 for 25'". To top off the
event, coaches David Fix and
Keith Woodard were named the
NWC Women's Coaches of the
year.
The ground was muddy and
the sky was gray, bur spirits were
high for the scan of the races. The
meet drew a considerable amount the weather was in the 50s and
raining. Members of the women's
ream sported homemade r-shirts
that read, "My Hearr beats for
Keith" in praise of their coach.
Other schools showed their ex­
citement too, such as a gang of
PLU pancho-wearing bumble­
bees who buzzed from point to
poinr and the Willamette men
who ran shirtless and banged
with a rime
of 22:05.4, a
first-ever for
a female LC -------------------------- pots and pans.
runner, and
Tamma Car­
leton ('09) rak­
ing third with
22: 12.2. Laure
Sbordone ('07) Football players offered a return favor
for the Cross Country men's attendance
at their only home games shirtless and
painted in black and orange letters spell­
ing PIONEERS! The pre-
start excitement
matched the in­
tensity of the rac­
es. In the Women's
6K, McHattie led
most of the race
until the final hill
when a Willamette
supported their
unprecedented finish by placing
seventh with a time of 22:45.40,
putting three Pioneers in the first
team all-conference. The team fin­
ish;d second behind Willamene
in conference, something LC has
nor achieved since 1978.
The men also ran well, captur­
ing fifth place overall in confer­
ence. Leading the men were Alex
Henry ('06), who ran a time of
26:34.30 for 19'" place, Ty Mears of LC supporters, with the entire
women's basketball ream cheer­
ing on their fellow athletes before
their own scrimmage later chat day.
Football players offered a return fa­
vor for the Cross Country men's at­
tendance at their only home games
shirtless and painted in black and
orange letters spelling PIONEERS!
They came and showed their Pio
pride--one even showed up in
similar garb despite rhe fact that competicor edged
pasr her; however McHattie re­
gained a comfortable lead in
the lasr leg of the race, putting a
significant distance between her
and the second place finisher. Af­
terwards she said, "It's odd and
unreal, it's so exciting."
Carleton, fighting off an in­
jury tbat had her limping a day
earlier and doubting whether she
could race at all, started off at
the back of the leading pack, bur
PHOTO BY SARAH DISABATINO steadily passed
people to end
up with an
unchallenged
third place fin­
ish. Sbordone
also ran one of
her strongest
races co date.
The men's
8K race was
much more
closely rw1.
LC women prepare for the beginning of what will soon be a 2nd place race. Runners were
edging our
competitors all
the way into
the final chute.
Leif Bullock
('08) pushed
past Linfield
College run-PHOTO BY SARAH OISABATINO
Ty Mears ('06) grimaces toward the finish line, finishing
24th at the NWC Championship in Salem, Ore. this past
Saturday. The men's team came in fifth place, and the
women took second place overall.
ner Kelly Warren in rhe last few
meters to finish less than a second
ahead and in 45'" place.
Henry commented on te;im­
mate Berman's performance. "I'm
proud of David," said Henry of
teammate Berman's performance.
Berman rurned up the speed in
the last leg to finish just behind
Mears.
Despite the fact that the Cross
Country runners performed well,
many were dissatisfied. Upon com-
. piecing rhe course, Kitty Smith
('09) said, "l could have done ten
times better." This seemed ro be a
common sentiment, bur neverthe­
less most runners eventually found
peace with their performance.
"l feel fine," said Henry, "le was
an okay place to go from last race
[since] I'm in a better place than I started this season."
The entire event hosted nine
schools and dozens of fans. Cross
Country was apparently its own
culture, as the men's team from
Whitman cheered, "Missionaries,
missionaries, we're on top!"
Fans jogged-some sprinted,
some walked-to each vista point
so that they could see the progress
of the race. The crowd was warned
of the leaders coming around the
bend with a Aurry of banging cook­
ware and shouts.
The NWC teams pulled out
all scops for the conference meet,
and will return in rwo weeks for
me West Regional competition at
Willamette. Each school will bring
their top seven runners and aim for
a chance at racing in the National
Championships.
Despite a lea<!, volleyball could not come back
by Lexie Briggs
Despite good blocks, solid net
play and the power of the Presi­
dent, the Pioneers losrcheir mree
matches to the Linfield Wildcats
30-14, 30-24, 30:26.
The Wildcats cook an ear­
ly lead, easily winning the first
game. The Pioneers got off to a
bad start in the second game with
a 5-2 deficit. They came back for
a 7-5 lead on the Wildcats, only
to lose it again with six straight
points by Linfield. However,
they were able to hold out for a
win. Throughout the mird game,
the Pioneers exhibited meir re-~
silience, as they whittled Linfield's "We are closing the block more and
have a solid defense. We're hitting a lead down from seven points to
four. Linfield was able to -----------------
hold meir lead to win the
third match.
The matches exhib­
ited me team's blocking
abilities. Audrey Dilling
('06) and Kelsey Neussel
('09) had nine kills each
and several oilier team
members had impressive
blocks.
In spite of me loss, me
team remained upbeat.
"We've definitely come We've definitely come a
long ways since the begin­
ning of the season. We're
hitting a lot smarter and
we're mixing it up with the
tips and the hits as well.
-Danielle Espejo ('09)
a long ways since the beginning of
season;" Danielle Espejo ('09) said. lot smarter and we're mixing it up
with the tips and the hits as well." "If we kept at it, we could have
taken them to five and beat mem.
That's what's great about me team
mis year: we never stop fighting,"
Sara Kettler ('08) said.
"We obviously know thar we
can play with the big teams in our
conference like Linfield and PLU,"
Espejo said. This season, the Lin­
field Wildcats are ranked #9 in
the nation. LC won their match
against PLU on October 19.
''l thought we played very
hard," Kertler said. "Linfield's a
great team. I'm sure next time we
play them, we'll beat them."
The volleyball team uses what
they Hke co call a "secret weapon" in their home games. Every game,
a member of the LC community
is designated to be the honorary
coach. They sit on the sidelines and
provide "moral support from the
best seats in the house." The hon­
orary coach for Friday's game was
President Hochstetder.
"It was an honor having him
here to watch us play. We ~howed
hiln a little bit about what volley­
ball is because it was one of his first
times watching," Espejo said.
The next game is ·Friday, Nov.-
4, when the Pioneers travel to Puget
Sound. They finish off their 2005
season on Saturday, November 5,
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Friday, Nov. 4:
3:30pm: "Touch, Sound and Things
Without the Mind" a lecture by Prof.
James Van Cleve
7:30pm: "The Balcony"
@ Fir Acres
$8 Gen; $5 Sr. Cit, non-L&C students,
L&C alum, faculty, staff; $3 L&C
students
ln the midst of a violent revolution, a
majestically appointed brothel caters to
the elaborate fantasies of men of all walks
of life. The brothel, or The House of
Illusions, allows these frustrated little men
to reenact their fantasies of sex and power.
In a series of rituajjstic masquerades, the
images of power mirror each other to the
point where the line between illusion and
reality become blurred. It soon becomes
apparent that, just like in the brothel, in
the political struggle outside, the symbols
and rituals of power assume even more
importance than power itself.
Jean Genet's visceral and darkly comic
vision proves as timely today as it was
when originally penned in 1956.
Saturday, Nov. 5
9:00am: SAAB Research Grant
Presentations
@Howard 124
10:00am: Career Planning Symposium
Albany: Smith Hall
So you have a liberal arts degree and you
don't want to serve coffee all your life.
Join Adonica De Vault, Director of Career
Advising in this informative event.
7:30pm: "The Balcony"
@ Fir Acres
Sunday, Nov. 6
3:00pm: Songs of Healing Choir
Concert
@Flana an Cha I
Choirs and musicians from around the
city will share their healing music in a
meditational setting. Admission is free
however donations of canned food and
money will be solicited for Neighborhood
House, our Southwest service agency that
helps many of our neighbors heal some
of their brokenness with food, shelter,
communit and carin .
Monday, Nov. 7
4:00pm: Physics Colloquium: "First
Light from an Extrasolar Planet"
@ Olin 204
6: 15: Teacher Education Information
Meeting
@Albany 220
7:30pm: Russell Banks
@ Flanagan Chapel
Who Will Tell the People? On waiting,
still for the great Creole-American novel. 8:00pm: Electronic Music Concert
@ Evans Music Building
Tuesday, Nov. 8
12:30pm: Job search strategies
@Albany Quadrangle
6:00pm: Legal issues facing homeless
persons in Portland
@ Council Chambers
Lawyer Marc Jolin will be speaking on
campus regarding the legal issues facing
homeless persons in Portland.
Wednesday, Nov. 9
3:00pm: Non-Profit Career Fair
@ Albany Smith Hall
Career Advising and OSPIRG are
holding a career fair with local non­
profit organizations. Come meet and visit
with representatives from a variety of
organizations. Learn about internships,
volunteer opportunities and full-time
employ men~.
5:30pm: OSPIRG Info Session
@Miller 102
Laura Etherton, Field Director for Oregon
State Public Interest Research Group
(OSPIRG), will be on campus providing
information about OSPIRG and the State
PlRGS in general as well as recruiting for
some full-time opportunities. OSPlRG's
mission is to deliver persistent, result­
oriented public interest activism that
protects our environment, encourages
a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters
responsive, democratic government.
8:00pm: An Evening of Percussion
@ Evans Concert Hall
Percussion Ensemble, African Marimba
Ensemble, African Marimba Ensemble,
Gamalon, and other Percussion Faculty
here at LC.
Thursday, Nov. 10:
3:30pm: US Foreign Policy & the
Korean Peninsula
@Howard 102
In response to the growing danger of a new
war on the Korean peninsula, The Alliance
of Scholars Concerned About Kora has
decJared November l 0, 2005 to be Korea
Peace Day. On that day, college campuses
in the US and South Korea will be holding
events to promote greater understanding
of US-Korea relations, and a US foreign
policy toward North Korea based on
dialogue, cooperation, and the active
pursuit of peace.
6:30pm: ''Free Speech, Shameless
Speech: Socrates and a Democratic
Paradox"
@ Council Chambers
Arlene W. Saxonhouse, Professor of
Political Science at the University of
Michigan, will give the Civility in Politics
lecture.
7:30pm: "The Balcony"
@ Fir Acres -.; Yo"u caught my eye ...
I saw you writing about me in the PioLog. J love music.
Me: Man In Pink
You: Women with eyes for brilliance.
Most beautiful girl with the semi-circle glasses. I want
to take you out so we can see the other half of the circle
together.
You caught my Fancy,
when you run you Prancy
your eyelashes must make it hard to Glancey
your pr:esence makes me want to Dancey.
Your shaggy brown hair blowing as you run reminds me
that hot thangs come in pairs.
Your language skills make me want to Rush-in your
bedroom and spin your DreideJ.
Send submissions to piolog@lclark.edu
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