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2005-12-01

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Lewis & Clark College's Student-Run Newspaper
Volume 70, Number 11 -~~~~----- Friday, December 2. 2005
Copeland RAs resign
over use of fake IDs
by Josh Silverman
Copeland Resident Assistants
Katie Crawford ('06) and Made­
line Tuson-Turner ('07) were asked
to resign Tuesday, Nov. 21 in re­
sponse to their use of fake 1Ds co
obrain access to a local bar che pre­
vious Friday.
According co Crawford, the two
RAs went our dancing bur did nor
use rheir lDs to purchase alcohol.
However, their actions were a seri­
ous enough breach of RA responsi­
bility co warrant their resignations,
said Sachiko Vidourek, Director of
Residence Life. Though Yidourek
would nor comment on the specif­
ics of the incident out of respect
for the RAs' privacy, she explained,
"[Residence Life] have expectations
of RAs and how they fulfill cheir
role on can1pus, and they didn't
fulfill chose in such a way that ic
was not appropriate for them ro
continue being on che staff" Tu­
son-Tumer declined co comment.
Residents in the halls of both
RAs have generally reacted quite
negatively to che Residence Life
decision. D-wing resident Ce-leste Kelley ('09) was shocked by
the news and was quick co defend
Tuson-Turner's performance as an
RA. "Madeline was a really good
RA. She was always available and
had a great attitude. She definitely
enforced policy," said Kelley. Mara
Cameron echoed these sentiments.
"Maddie is an amazing person. No
one saw this coming."
E-wing residents have likewise
rushed co the defense of their RA
Crawford. Resident AJeca Scorch
('09) said chat ''everyone on rhe
Aoor is pissed off [about the deci­
sion] because she was a really good
RA."
Even Residence Life staff mem­
bers involved in rhe decision were
quick co highlight the cwo RAs'
strengths as staff members. Vi­
dourek emphasized how difficult
the decision was when consider­
ing how much the two RAs gave
ro rheir communities. "[Kare] and
[Maddie] have done some really
great things in their .communities
and in Residence Life and we really
acknowledge chat," said Vidourek.
"If they hadn't been, it would have
SEE "RA." PAGE 2 Templeton decks the halls
PHOTO COURTESY MEGAN MESFORO
The Activities Congress got into the holiday spirit as they decorated Templeton
. on Wednesday night. Student groups were also invited to decorate their offices,
which will be open to visitors on Saturday evening after the Holiday Gala. From
left: Bobby McHugh ('07), Jenny Maki ('06), First Speaker Maur:a Ross ('06), Brandon
Wiebe ('08), and Megan Mesford ('08).
Lewis & Clark veterans share their experiences
overseas while serving with the U.S. military forces
PHOTO COURTESY TREVOR PARKER
Trevor Parker ('07, center) served as a Marine in Iraq. by Lexie Briggs
Here at Lewis & Clark, it al-left," Bussell said." I gee out Septem­
ber 26, 2006 and I've been in since
January I 5, 1999 when I signed the
mosr seems easy ro forger abour papers."
rhe milirary. Military recruiters are Bussell's family has a long history
not allowed on the LC campus, chis of military service. "Ir's kind of era­
publication stopped running the dition in my family," she said. "My
Army's ads, and we have no ROTC dad was in the Navy, my brother's
program. Yer several students at LC in rhe Army, my grandpa was Air
are veterans. Two fought in Iraq, Force, rny uncle is in the Navy. ----duty for six months in rhe Mid­
dle East in 2002. She spent three
monrhs in Qatar and three months
in Afghanistan. Those six months
have had a profound impact on
her views on education. "In Qatar
and Afghanistan, you're going co a
1l1ird World nation where women
are suppressed and they don't have
rhe opportunity to go co school.
--- --You can come ro one helped
build air strips
in Afghani­
stan, and one
was stationed
14 kilometers
from rhe DMZ
in South Ko­
rea for al most "In Qatar and Afghanistan, you're going school and hate
Th d Id h studying, it really to a ir Wor nation w ere women are makes you appre-
Suppressed and they don't have the oppor- ciate ir when you see someone who's
tuniry to go to school." nor offered rhar."
Not chat she
rwo years. Most
are on Individual Ready Reserve­
-meaning that their conrracr with
the military has nor yet expired and
they are not getting paid--bur Cara
Bussell ('05), is still active in the
Air National Guard.
. Cara Bussell joined the Air Force
Reserve right out of nigh school.
Lacer she cransferred into the air
national guard. "I've gor l O months -Cara Bussell ('05) hates Studying,
They're all service connected so I
was just brought up with that kind
of mind sec: you do ir and char way
you can do what you want lacer in
life." Bussell explained that joining
the Air Force Reserve seemed like
a good financial decision. "I joined
the service so tbac I would be able ro
come to school," she said.
Bussell was deployed on active Bussell is quick
co point out. "I feel so spoiled here.
Lewis & Clark is just like a big
amusment park, never-never land.
I like ir a lot. In comparison to my
old school, I felr like I hit rh<; lot­
tery when I came our here."
'Right now l'm involved in a
medical unir. lf we did get called
up, it would be for a humanitarian
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JUWIJ). at Lewis & Oark? at first meeting of SBC
Masullo expressed the possibil­
ity of immediate support for rhe
rollover plan, said Burkhart, while
decisions on other issues were post­
poned for deeper inspection. Wirh
respect to the issue of the meal plan
prices, Masullo deferred tl1e SBC
ro John Eldridge and Resident
Life. Burkhart said rhar although
he was personally willing to make
che Bon's financial records avail­
able ro rhe SBC, Masullo preferred
char rhey first address rhe issue with
Residence Life, which plays a large
parr in designing the campus meal
plans. by Craig Beebe
In rhe midsc of a week of lec­
tures and workshops relating to the
Ray Warrt'.n Mulriculrural Sympo­
sium, an interdeparcmenral group
of nine faculty members submitced
a proposal for a new Ethnic Studies
minor at Lewis & Clark College.
1he proposal, which currently
sraces char rhe minor will consist of said chat now was an important
time ro consider such an endeavor.
"We see Ethnic Studies as an
exciting new addition to the intel­
lectual life of the college," said Das­
Gupta.
The course proposal, a tentative
copy of which was made available
ro the PioLog, scaces chat the pro­
posed minor "will give our students
the analytic rools to understand
"Ethnic Studies gives us all a chance to
learn about who we are, who our neigh­
bors are, and how we all came to be here
h " toget er. -TJ Harrison
a broad selection of courses from a
variety of departments, could pos­
sibly be considered in a fuculty­
wide vote in February.
Meanwhile, supporters of the
proposed minor hope to raise
awareness and support among the
campus community.
Assistant Professor Rima Das­
Gupta (Sociology/Anthropology),
who was one of the nine faculty
members to propose the minor, better both rhe historical devel­
opmenc and contemporary con­
sequences of chis powerful social
force [ethnicity]."
The proposal also emphasized
that many of LC's peer instirurions
have already developed programs
suited specifically co Ethnic Stud­
ies. Programs already exist at Arn­
hem, Swarthmore, Wellesley, and
Pomona. Mills College, located in
SEE "ETHNIC," PAGE 16
Student Organiza-
,, tions leaders resign
by Alex Jqbnson
Due t-0 time constraints,
Vke President for Stu~enc Or­
ganizations Jon Ching ('07} and
his Vice Chair, Karen Hooper
('06). have resigned from their
respenive positions. Tuey sub­
mitted their resignacion.s co
ASLC President James Arkin
('06), who accepted them.
Arkin wro~c later of Ching's
resignation, "While I am sad ro
see him go, I understand and
support bis decision,'' and went
on to scare that, "It is impera-tiv:e that ASLC move quickfy
to fill these positions befqre the
end of the semester."
To fill che vacancy, the Char­
tering and Budgeting Board
will meet under the direction of
Chief Justice Charlie Blackmar
('06). 1he board will select one
of its members to fill the vacan­
cy left by Ching, and this per­
s.on will select a vke chair co be
approved by the Charrerirtg a!ld
Budgeting Board.
Atkin aims to have rhis tran­
sition completed by December
5d1.
Representative Earl
Blumenauerspeaks
by Lexie Briggs
On Monday evening, Repre­
sentative Earl Blumenauer came
to Lewis & Clark campus to dis­
cuss his plan to withdraw troops
from lraq. More than I 00 students
and community members came to
hear the Congressman's views and
participate in the town-hall style
meeting, despite little advance ad­
virtising for rhe event.
Recently, Congressman Blume­
nauer added his voice co the grow­
ing dissenc over American troop
presence in Iraq. He released "The
Blumenauer Plan for Iraq," a docu­
ment derailing whar he sees as US
goals in Iraq. This plan involves
bringing the 46,000 Guard and
Reserve forces back to the US im­
mediately following the December elections. Monday's meeting was
an opporruniry for students to dis­
cuss their own views on Iraq with
the Congressman.
"Ic's useful co be able co put
these issues ourt BJumenauer said.
"We'll be getting emails about this
parr of rhe decision-making pro­
cess that you can't get from reports.
Ir helps ir come alive.''
"] cry co come to Lewis & Clark
campus often in part because I'm
a Pioneer," he said. Blumenauer
graduared from LC in 1970. "One
of·my first big meetings on Iraq
was here in 2003," he said.
"Essentially, I want consensus
on good common sense," Blume­
nauer said. "I'm more concerned
with having everybody put their
issues our than building consensus
on what we should do in Iraq." by Nathanael Massey
After the successful esrablish­
mell't of the Student Bon Comrnit­
cee, ASLC is shifting responsibility
from icself to rhe members of che
SBC, ASLC Executive Vice Presi­
dent Rhett Tatum said in a recent
email. The members of the new
com~rcee cook up their respon­
sibiliries Wed~day, Nov. 16, at
their first official meecing.
During the firsc half-hour of
the meeting, members brought co.
rhe table a range of issues, which
they had gathered from their vari­
ous backgrounds and peer groups,
said Kiersi Burkhart ('09), who
serves on che committee. Those
issues were then weighed by the
commiccee as a whole, she said, and
rhe most prevalent presented co the
Bon Apperir's general manager, Bill
Masullo, who arcended rhe second
half of the meeting.
The issues under discussion in­
cluded areas of student concern in
terms oflack of subsr:10 rial vegetar­
ian options, concern over the high
prices of meal plans, a rake-out
food system, and an amendment to
the meal plan wh.ich would allow
extra meals co roll over from week
co week. The function of cl1e SBC is co
acr as an intermediary between che
student body and the General Bon
Committee, as well as having di­
rect communication with the Bon,
as they did at their last meeting.
Madeline Tuson-Turner {'07), who
was selected ro lead the SBC. will
act as representacive ro the.General
Bon Commicree, Tatum said. She,
along with Burld1arc, tbe infor­
mal vice chair, will take over many
overseeing responsibilities as ASLC
withdraws its own involvement.
Tatum said that ASLC will con­
tinue ro support che SBC in the fu­
rure, especially in the recruitment
of new committee members.
RA: off-campus pol­
icy for RAs is vague
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 how it can be frustrating because
it seems kind of vague, but pare of
been easy to jusc say they're done." char is really crusting [RAs] co make
This incident highlights an as-good decisions," Vidourek said.
pect of Residence Life char many Many residents and RAs qui­
studencs find confusing. Just what etly voiced annoyance ar the fucc
responsibilities does an RA have char Crawford and Tuson-Turner's
when off campus? Numerous Co-transgressions seemed relatively mi­
peland residenrs voiced complaints nor when compared to that of many
similar co Storch's, who seated, "J od1er RAs. Crawford claimed that chink that che _______ __;:...c.......:__.::..:..:.:=-:..:..=:.......:..:.:.......:..:.~=
Just what responsibilities does
an RA have when off campus? school needs co
scop worrying
abouc the RA's
social lives off
campus and srarr worrying about
some serious problem~ on cam­
pus."
Vidourek said char while there
is no strict policy concerning off­
campus RA responsibilities, Resi­
dence Life is clear on what they
expect from their RAs. The staff
is rold during training, "If you do
anything char makes your or any
other staff member's job more diffi­
cult, cl1en ic is probably nor a good
decision for you ro make." She also
said RAs were told, ~You may not
be on-duty in rhe traditional sched­
uled sense [while off-campus], but
you're never off-duty." This, Vi­
dourek explained, is co ensure that
RAs are not put in che position of
enforcing a policy rhar RAs on staff
have been br~aking.
Yet Crawford claimed thar this
ambiguity makes RAs' jobs even
harder. "[Off-campus conduct]
is noc left up to your discretion,"
Crawford said. "You get fired for
ir." Furrhermore, "Residence Life
should be clear, especially when
people's jobs are on the line."
Vidourek said she was nor deaf
to these complaints. ''I understand there are "RAs [who] break rhe
rules way more than us. They drink
with their residents, rhey go ro par­
ties with their residents ... they have
the biggest stashes of weed in their
rooms."
Residence Life has responded
co the incident by treating the two
RAs as employees, and if any fur­
ther disciplinary proves necessary,
it would occur ch rough the Student
Conduct Process, and nor Resi­
dence Life.
Alternates are currently being
notified and rwo new RAs will be
joining the Copeland staff chis se­
mester. These alrernares have al­
ready been trained and will be
raking on official duties before the
semester concludes.
Vidourek declined co commenc
on how the RAs' housing compen­
sation would be handled, though
Crawford said that Residence Life
would continue ro pay for her on­
campus housing for the remainder
of the semester. She also said that
she had until Dec. 5 co move our of
her current room in Copeland E­
wing and was as of Wednesday un­
sure of where she would be staying. .1h_e_P_i_on_e_e_r_L_o,.g
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Janitorial issues be­
coming h.ot topic
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
The circumspect three-day
suspension ofa Skyline employ­
ee last month has again raised
the contentious topic of jani­
corial issues ar Lewis & Clark.
Tue employee's suspension
ca.me after she aJlowed So/An
student Ilana Adleson ('08) ro
"shadow'' her on the job as part
of a project for Pro£ Oren I{o­
sansky's "Qualitative Research
Methods~ course. Although the
college intervel)ed and the em­
ployee was reinstated with back
pay (bankrolled by the college),
questions srill surround rhe in­
cident. Ir remains unknown ex­
actly why the employee was sus­
pended, whether the incident
will remain on her record, and
whether this particular employ­
ee was being harassed because
she is a vocal union delegare.
The incidcmt's main effect
has bee°' ro stir the ashes of an
ongojpg debate ac LC over jani­
torial issues. ln the-past, stu­
dencs have agitated for janitors
to get proper cleaning attire and
on-campus parking permits,
Last year, srudems organized
a "get to know your janitor"
event at the Co-Op. Presently, a
group of scudents tutor the day­
time janitors in English rwice
a week. According to ,student
and acriviSt Debo.rah Schwartz
('06), "students and fuculty are
in the initial stages of forming
a group dedicated ro advocar­
jng for janitors righrs. One of
the goals of the group will be to.
ger Lewis & Clark co commit to
socially responsible contracting.
The group will also se1ve as a re­
source for janitors on campus."
Around 1997, Lewis &
Clark stopped employing its
own janitors and began subcon­
rracting them through Skyline.
This means that the college has
a contract with Skyline, bur
not with the individual jaoi­
mrs. The goal of subcontract­
ing with Skyline was tO lower
costs and cede mainrenance du­
ties to a company that'special­
izes in them. Thjs arrangemenc:,
said General Counsel David El­
lis, results in the college hawng
"very few, if any direct [contrac­
tual] obligations to the Skyline
employees."
"The question is," said Pro£
Ellfotr Young, ''what kind of
responsibility does an institu­
tion like LewiS"& Clark have
to employees of subcontractors?
Even if they don't have legal ob­
ligations to the employees, they
have an ethical obligation."
The college's ethical obliga­
tions to janitors has been a con­
cern since budget cuts made ar
the end oflast semester resulced
in Skyline reducing the hours of
nine workers to rhe point where
they lost their health benefits.
"Given th.e.si:te ohhe budget ...
1 don't think it's ethical to bal­
ance the budget on the backs of
the most vulnerable sectors of
t>Ut community," said Young. Prof. Bru,ce Pod◊bnik was
similarly ourraged at the-cuts.
Soon after he found our about
them, he mer with Provost Jane
Arkinson. According to Podob­
nik, Atkinson claimed that the
janicors work for Skyline, not
for, Lewis & Clark, so the col­
lege is not responsible for their
loss of benefics. Un,satisfi.ed,
Podobnik continued ro rally
foI th.e college to remedy the
situation. In one tense meet­
ing with Pres.ide.nr Hochstenler
and Atkinson, he suggested that
the budger curs coosriruted iJi­
srimtional racism because rhe
janitots are completely Latino.
The President told Podobnik to
"tone down the rhetoric."
Last mooch, at a Multicul­
ruul Symposium event hosted
by Young, studems had an op­
portunity to ask the Prc;sidem
questions about jaoitodal is­
sues. 'There, he admit_ted that
he dia not realize budger cuts
would qirect!y effecr janitors
because he confused the SkyHne
that serves Lewis & Clark with
a larger company by the same.
name. He announced that he
would meet with a night crew
of janitors to discuss their con­
cerns about their work situ~
tion.
At the meeting, the recently­
suspended janitor expressed a.
d<!Sire for the nine workers who
lost their penefi_ts to get them
back. and told Hochstettler that
with more and rnore students
on earn.pus, the staff is being
spread roo thin. Podobnik's per­
sonal interactions with the jani­
rors have revealed that they are
being pressured ro work harder,
even through their breaks. Sky~
line may have even told janitors
to be as unobtrusive as possible
by not interacting with:srutlepts
-and eati,n.g in out-ot:.the-way
areas like janitorial closets.
Atkinson said chat the Exec­
utive Council is currendy con­
sidering 11h_e issues confronting
Skyline Janitors, but preferred
ro make no furrhe,r comment.
"We as a co!lege are nor going
to just rnm a blind eye co em­
ployee conditions, but beyond
char-discussions are ongoing,"
said Ellis, the legal representa­
tive of the college, but he too
opted to make no further com­
ment.
"I'd like to hold [the
Presidenr]'s feet ro''ihefire to en­
sure that the workecs ... get1'air
pay and benefits," said Podob--­
njk. Others, including Young
and the newly formed janitor
advocacy group, are also eager
to acr. Next semester, a forum
for janirors, Skyline manage­
mema, and LC students, faculty,
and staff will be convened to
discuss college employee condi­
tions. Currently, ,Lewis & Clark
has no code of conduct fo,t em­
ployers, no l:ibor code of ethics,
and no living y.rage policy: As
these labor issues are becoming
more heated, the college may be
force,_d to ,on-front them. President supports football
by Craig Gilden
Two weeks before the start of
Lewis & Clark's foorbaJI season,
the ream gathered for a meeting
with President Hochsretcler in
which he informed them that the
majority of their season would be
cancelled. During this meeting,
he announced tl1e formation of a
football com.mission which "would
determine what needs ro be done
in order co maintain football and
whether or nor this would be a fea­
sible proposition.''
On Monday, Nov. 21, President
Hochsrettler gathered the members
of tl1e football team together once
again, bur this time, he had much
better news for the players. Hoch­
scertler reported co rhe players chac
the commission's findings "have re­
affirmed the importance of football
and of other intercollegiate sports
as vical element~ within the life of
rhe College."
The news came as a giant sigh
of relief for players who had been
nervously awaiting the President's
decision. Although the cask of the
commission was co figure our how
football could successfully fie into
che overall scheme of the college,
the ream knew in the back of their
minds that the elimination of the
program was still a distinct possi­
bility. Now chat the p.layers know
football at LC will be a part of their
future they can continue to work
cowards pr:eparing for next season
without having those doubts in the
back of cheir heads.
Receiver Mike Anchustegui
('08) also was relieved that the
administration appears to be sup­
portive of the football program,
saying that "it's reassuring co know
th~t we have a.n administration and
ochers who are backing the arhleric
program at a school that has such a
high academic standing."
Being able to recruit athletes
that can qualify academically and
are able ro afford LC has been a
major problem for the foocbal.l
program in the past. One of the
proposals by the commission was
ro make a slight change in the ad­
missions process. In the past, SAT
scores and GPA's have been che
main factors in admitting students
into LC. Admissions will now be
looking at more factors in select­
ing applicants, putting more fo­
cus into extracurricular activities.
These changes wiJ.I noc only benefit
the athletic programs, but also de­
parrmencs such as theatre and mu­
sic. Having a well-balanced and
diverse student body is a prioriry of
the new administration, and these
changes in the admissions process
will attempt to admit scudencs
who will he active in the campus
community, whether it is through
sports or theatre.
These changes do not mean that
LC will let students in which de­
crease the school's academic repu­
tation. According co a member of
the football team, if LC would have
admitted applicancs who had 1200
SAT scores and 3.5 GPAs, the team
would have had more than enough
players to field a compecirive squad
this season.
"We have .never had a problem
attracting athletes ro the school, only a problem of gerring chem ad­
mitted and providing an adequate
financial aid package," said defen­
sive back Ryan Lockard ('07).
Nor everyone was thrilled with
the President's announcement.
A group of q scudents wrote an
email to members of the LC ad­
ministration asking For more dia­
logue with the community before
any new policies are enacted. Evan
Higgins ('08), one of the authors of
rhe email. put rhe goal of the email
this way:
"While we support LC spores
(a few of us are athletes and we
have many friends that play), we
feel char academics muse be the
prioriry. With this lerrer, we are
nor making accusations or saying
what the adminiStration is doing
is wrong. We are hoping to get a
clearer statement as ro che actions
the adminisrradon will be taking
to restore LC football to its former
position. The language of rhe letter
implies that drastic measures will
be taken, and, frankly, that worries
us."
Yer comparable colleges, such as
Occidental and Puget Sound, have
been able to balance strong football
programs with srrong academics.
Players also believe char the
foorba.lJ program can do their pan
in becoming more attractive to re­
cruits. Linebacker Josh Houk ('07)
chinks chat having a fresh stare
could give the Pios one recruiting
ad van rage.
"We 'can offer more playing
c.ime than anyone else 1ight now
because of our small roster and
need for players. The elimination
of redshirring io Division 3 also
has helped our cause in rhe playing
time area. Now the bigger schools
can not redsrurr their freshman
and give them a year to learn and
fir into their program. Players will
waste a year of eligibility by go­
ing co places such as Linl:ield and
Whitworth. Hopefully we ca.n cap­
italize on this."
Lineman Mike Brooder ('07)
secs communication as a crucial
part of the recruiting process and
so.meching rhac the football pro­
gram can improve on.
"I know chat we, as a football
program, can rake it upon ourselves
ro do a beaer job of communicat­
ing with prospective student ath­
letes who meer or surpass the aca­
demic srandards of the college by
encouraging them to participate in
the early application process, help­
ing them establish a dialogue wich
the .financial aid office, and keeping
them updated with the progress of
their application."
According to Brooder, who
served as a member of the inter­
nal commission, student reaction
played a major role in the decision
making process.
"TI1e support expressed during
student focus groups concerning
the possible elimination of football
and che student presence at the rwo
home games allowed the external
commission to focus their efforts
on addressing problems aside from
a lack of student support. l feel tl1e
entire investigation and resolution
processes of the internal and exter­
nal commission would have played
out much differently had there nor been a strong student presence at
the games this year."
Members of the ream were
thrilled with the newfound sup­
port cowards Football and apprecia­
tive of the large crowds during the
home games. The crowds were a
definite help co the ·ream.
"T chink that this past season
has really helped the program
gain more support from the stu­
dent body and the campus as a
whole. The crowds at our rwo
home games were amazing and re­
ally changed the atmosphere of the
game." said Anchustegui.
The team hopes tl1ar the sup­
port will continue into the future
as well.
"The football program situation
definirely has changed the support
for football, not just the student
body bur cl1e faculty as well. Hope­
fully, it wasn't just a situational
thing and in che future rhe stands
will be filled just the same because
of a new winning tradition," added
Lockard.
As fat as the immediate future
is concerned, there will be a foot­
ball ream oexr season. In order ro
have a more competitive roster, rhe
football team hopes co add around
30 new players to rhe school next
year. In his meeting wirh the ream,
Hochscettler said that 26 new play­
ers have already applied for early
admission, which is a record num­
ber.
The tean1 will also remain in
the Northwest Conference instead
of opting co play an independenc
schedule. This will allow che pro­
gram to view its growth horn year
to year and evenrua!Jy become a
conference contender. Whatev­
er the future holds for football at
LC, we all know char this admin­
istration will do its best to have a
competitive program. It also muse
be understood that significant im­
provement may not be visible im­
mediately.
"I think it is important co re­
member, however, that chis is nor
going to be an overnight rum
around of the football program.
Such circui;nstances as ours are jusr
abour the definirion of needing to
rebuild, and we intend co do just
that,u s.-tld Brooder.
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Street Issues: Portland's homeless facing difficulties
by Nathanael Massey
'TI1e reali ry of homelessness was
brought home to Lewis & Clark
on Tuesday, Nov. 8, when attor­
ney Marc Jolin visited che campus
to speak about rhe many difficul­
ties, and often impossibilities, wich
which Portland's homeless popu-insritucional level, in regard to the
laws and policies che ciry employs
ro deal with homelessness, and on
a personal level, in dealing with
law makers, enforcers, the general
public and especially in corning co
know the homeless themselves.
"Ir's nor just che system," he
said, "its people who have a deep
The ten-year plan emphasizes its intention
as a permanent solution, and in doing so
brings to light the problems many people
experiencing homelessness face in extricat­
ing themselves from their situation.
larion struggles. Jolin, who works
with issues ofhomelessness rhrnugh
his position on the board of JOIN:
A Center for Involvemem, stressed
a need for understanding in mat­
ters of homelessness-boch at an desire for digniry and respect, just
like you do." The academic envi­
tonmenc of coUege caused him co
think of homelessness on a socio­
logical level, he said: as a failure of
social welfare, society and so on. Only after working on
the street level did he
come to understand char
homelessness was more
than just a symbol, bur
an experience that affects
thousands of individual
lives in this ciry every
day.
As many as sevenceen
thousand people may
experience homelessness
over the course of a year,
Jolin said. The majority
of these are only transi­
tionally or episodically
homeless, as a Citizen's
Commission on Home­
lessness shows, but there
is still a significant mar­
gin, around ten percent,
who experience home­
lessness chronically. On
any given night, Jolin
said, over three thou­
sand people are borne­
less in Portland, and less
than half of these pass che
night in shelters: the rest
sleep on the street.
Portland has ap-
proached che problem
from several different an­
gles in recem years. The
most visible right now
is Portland Ciry's Home
Again resolution, a ten­
year plan co end home­
lessness. The plan focuses
on creating immediate
housing for people ex­
periencing homelessness, t
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PHOTOS BY REBECCA GOLDSCHMIDT
as well as coordinacing Unable to find work, many homeless people must resort to begging.
and reforming local ser-
Without a space to call their own, homeless people must
carry around all of their material possesions with them. vices chat provide basic necessities
to chose people. Currencly most
homeless services are private non-profit organizations, with the ex­
ception of che state's mental health
system. The state, which receives
money from the
federal government
co combat home­
lessness, channels
the money co che
private non-prof-
its.
The
plan ten-year
emphasizes
its intention as a
permanent solu­
tion, and in doing
so brings co light
the problems many
people experienc­
ing homelessness
face in extricating
themselves from
their situation. Jo­
lin addressed chis
difficulry as the
produce of severaJ
factors, includ­
ing laws against
vagrancy and
camping in pub­
lic places, a lack
of laws protecr­
ing the homeless
against discrimina­
tion from employ­
ers and landlords
and the di fficul­
ties in ascertaining
forms of identifica­
tion and access to
overworked public
defenders for legal
assistance.
As many as 17,000 people may experience homelessness during one year, and 10 percent of these
people are chronocally homeless. On any given night, about 3,000 people are homeless in Portland. Basic healthcare
for the homeless is non-existent, and alchough hos­
pitals have an obligation to admit
anyone in critical condition, there
are no laws ensuring healthcare to
a person dying of a terminal illness
in che street, Jolin said.
Ocher recent legislation per­
taining co homelessness has raised
concern among advocates and
skepticism from che homeless pop­
ulation. The November edition
of Street Roots, a newspaper about
issues related co homelessness,
describes one such instance-a
measure, under the designation of
Mayor Tom Potter and under the
leadership of the new Public Safety
Action Committee, co crack down
on aggressive panhandling and im­
prove the safery of the city's image.
So far this has only involved
conversations between the six po­
lice officers assigned and panhan­
dlers about what does and does
nor involve aggressive behavior.
Ac che same rime, advocates like
MoJJica Beemer, executive direc­
tor of Sisters of the Road Cafe, ex­
press doubt about the overall effect
such a measure may have co the
ciry's homeless community. Beem­
er noted in che article that blanket
legislation such as the PSACs gen­
erally affects a wider range of che
population than chose directly im­
plicated.
k is critical, Jolin reiterated, that
people experiencing homelessness
be created wirh respect. Successful
reform will take more than changes
co the system. Relationships must
be built, he said, and the homeless
themselves muse be allowed ro rake
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A thrift store find turns into
a sociology lesson on race
Or, we don't have Confederate flags in Idaho
by Christie Wright
\Y/e don't have Confederate Aags
in Idaho. We don't really have black
people either, for chat matter. (Seri­
ously, the last scare census reports
char only .04% of the poplulacion
identifies as African-American).
So when I purchased my favor­
ice chrifr score find (a t-snirc com­
memorating a civil war bacde in
Arkansas with a big-honking Con­
federate Aag next co che U.S. Aag),
I did so because it was the first
time I'd actually seen a Confeder­
ate Bag not printed in a text book.
I viewed my r-shirr as a historical
novelty rhar symbolized rebellion.
I was regionally misguided. 1
found this out almost a year later as
I was picking up cwo friends from
che Greyhound station in Old
Town. As r awaited my comrades'
arrival, r ordered a cup of tea From
the concession stand just inside the
station. The woman working the
counter was black. I did not notice
chis until after she asked co see my
t-shirc and 1 naively moved my car­
digan ouc of che way so she could
get a fuU view.
She mumbled something like,
"I can't believe it" and walked away,
shouting something co someone in
a backroom. I suddenly became
acutely aware of my .race and my
surroundings. I was a white girl
adorned in a Confederate Aag in
che middle of a city where real, live
black people live.
I clidn't know what to do. I bur­
toned up my cardigan and thought
about calling the woman back and PHOTO BY ALICE WAARVJCK
A commemorative t-shirt is the cause of social inquiry.
fied in her perspective than f was
in mine. I argued with myself char
the meaning of the Confederate
Aag was debatable and perhaps chis
could be related co a. more concrete
symbol. All I could come up with
was the swastika, and who am I (of
German descent) co cell a Jew what
a swastika means?
With chis in mind, the shin was
almost thrown away. It stayed in
my closet until recently.
I don't notice racial differences
because of where 1 grew up. Sure,
Idaho is famous for rwo things: po­
tatoes and white supremacists. But
the latter have been almost com­
pletely eraclicared through lawsuits
on behalf of the scare. The north-Bur I'm ignorant to race relations
between African-Americans and
European-Americans because of
my regional background. J was
caught that "everybody is rhe
same" no matter what their skin
color was. 1 identified anti-racist
as nor noticing racial differences
between myself and others. 1c
wasn't until college that I learned
chat the freedom to ignore racial
differences is a white privilege.
The lase three semesters at Lew­
is & Clark have confirmed many
lessons J learned from Idaho poli­
tics: sexual and gender norms are
societal constructs; therefore we
should not legislate against spe­
cific sexualities, every human de­
explaining my-_________________________ _ serves to ear, and
religious monu­
ments do not be­
long in che srate
Capital builcling. sel£ I wanted
co cell her char
l wasn't a rac­
ist. I'm a liberal
ans student! I
wanted co ex­
plain co herrhac
in Idaho, the
demog rap h­
ies to crea ce a I identified anti-racist as not noticing ra­
cial differences between myself and others.
It wasn't until college that I learned that
the freedom to ignore racial differences is a
white privilege. However, I
have. co unlearn
my propensity
to be blind when
concerning ra­
cial differences.
strong racist issue between
African-Americans and Caucasians
just didn't exist; rather, I grew up
fighcmg for the rights of Mexican
workers who were relegated co the
harsh segregation of rural Idaho
towns. l fought against staunch
conservatives for gay rights! I in­
terned with a liberal lobbyist group
chat supported a healthcare plan
for illegal immigrants. I wanted
her co know that I was friends with
the only black girl from my gradu­
ating class. We <;_arpooled together,
went co basketball camp together,
cook classes cogether!
[ wanted co tell her all this and
more, as ific would justify my wear­
ing a Confederate Bag r-shin. I felt
like I couldn't engage in a debate
with her over the meaning of the
confederate Rag or what I meant
by wearing it. She was more jusci-ern Idaho neo-Naz.i compound has
been replaced with a peace park
celebrating cliversicy and tolerance.
Downtown Boise hosts an Anne
Frank memorial that encourages all
of us to just get along. The state
has adopted the cutesy phrase "Ida­
ho is too great for hate" as its motto
to simplify complicated issues that
cannot be comprehended easily by
its legislators.
Fred Phelps created quite a Stir
when he tried ~ erect an anti-gay
monument in a cicy-owfred park.
Bue Idahoans (as conservarive as
they are perceived) fought off his
legal arguments at the cost of their
precious Ten Comman~lmems
monument so as not to violate
the same establishment clause that
Phelps was trying to manipulate.
Idaho is hardly a basrion for di­
versity or acceprance of any kind. I have co re-learn co acknowledge
those differences in a manner cl1ar
will allow me to conuibuce to a
solution.
Unforrunatcly, l have learned
these things through classroom
theoretical rhetoric racl1er than
the reality of chis campus. le
seems rhac LC has fallen to a fate
similar to Idaho's in that we tend
co ignore the ethnic and racial cli­
vide of che student body. Maybe
if we quit ignoring the lack of in­
tegration between students, we
could acknowledge the differenc­
es char make our life experiences
unique and begin ro formulate a
dialogue thac could deconsrruct
the intersecting institutions that
separate us.
All this from a grungy, old c­
shirt that cost me six bucks. Banks is a worthy
speaker with a cause
by Matt Wilson
Sitting around the grill at our
annual 4th ofJuly parry lase sum­
mer while we were an unusual
point was made during a politi­
cal conversation. "It's time for the
US ro break up," a family friend
said. ''We're coo big now." ll1e
comment was not debated, just
absorbed by chose who heard it
and the conversation moved on. l
could nor help bur think back to
it though as J read the dishearten­
ing comments regarding Russell
Banks' lecuu-e in last weeks Pio­
Log. Perhaps the most misguided
point of all was one writer's com­
ment that there was no correla­
tion between French and British
origin myths and contemporary
governmental policy in rhose
cwo countries. Running a close
second was the claim, echoed by
many, that Russell Banks did not
have the credentials to speak on
t.l\e topic of an origin myth, let chinking. We need the guidance
and unification chat comes only
from an origin myth.
Banks' call for rhis mycl1 to
t'ocus on the African Diaspora is
nor misguided. After all, it is the
single struggle char has defined
our entire existence as a nation.
Ir dominated the drafring of the
constitution, led ro the Civil
War, and most recently co che
civil rights movement. No, if one
is to pick one theme to span tl1e
entirety of American history it
must be che African Diaspora.
As for the second point, that
Russell Banks is unqual,ified to
make chis call for an origin myth;
that too is an unfounded and
misguided claim. As has been
aforesaid in this piece, che argu­
ment being made is not academic
but emotional. The goal is not to
prove we are one people, but to
evoke a convincing feeling to the
same effect. To rhis end Russell
Banks is as qualified as anyone ro
The argument that Russell Banks is mak­
ing is not an academic argument; it's an ,
emotional one. French and British origin
myths do not affect contemporary policy
in those two countries, nor should they.
They are impprtant because they unify
those countries populations.
alone one based on past racial in~
justice.
Let's be clear. The argument
that Russell Banks is making is
not an academic argument; it's
an emotional one. French and
British origin myths do nor af,
feet contemporary policy in
cbose two countries, no,r should
they. They are imPonant because
they unify chose countries popu­
lation~. As Winston Churchill
famously said "che farther back­
ward you can look. the farther
forward you are likely to see."
That is a primary putpose of any
origin myth. They ex.isr so that
we may see where we as a people
came from in order co see where
it is we should be going.
As Americans we desperate­
ly need rhjs guidance. We are a
country that has done extraordi­
nary things, yes, but we M"e also a
country frQzen by increasing po•
larity. The col'lcept of .one nation
seems to be lose on most Amer­
icans. Instead we arc stuck in a
rut of us vs. them dichotomy of write this srory ot call for its pub­
lication. In a sense jc .is probabJy
onJy a fiction writer who could
generate the necessary emotion
within an origin myth to con­
vince us of ics legitimacy.
Whlch brings me back to that
afu:mooo conversation on the 4th
of July, Was it a comment to be
ignored? Perhaps in another time
yes, but to do so today I believe
would be a mistake. Our political
maps are no longer patchworks.
They are starkly clivlded. We are'
not one nation; we are a nation
clivided by faith, inrerest groups,
and culture. If we fail to create a
story rhat sometiow transcends
these differences it is hard to see
the trend toward polarity abaring.
Some claim that is this diversity
that makes us strong, unique, but
that does not absolve the fact that
we are still noc one nadon. To
ignore rhat fact, to claim it is an
unimportant distraction is to risk
che comment I heard on July 4th
becoming more chan jusr a pass­
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Editorial Board
Depth perception,
creativity and stealth
Or, the Ed. Board relates their pathetic insights and
bad anecdotes
It would be inappropriate, we
think, co end th.is semester's edito­
rial column with some son of sage
advice or ethical edicr-as we are
(at least one fourth of us) quite
immoral. Nonetheless, we feel
obliged-<:ompelled! charged!­
with rhe cask of offering you, gen­
tle readers (certain members of
ResLife and various insurgent stu­
dent groups excepted, narurally),
some lessons that have emerged
th.is semester on the riny, godless
PioLogcurting room floor.
Christie, On the subject of ex­
perimentation and creativity­
sexual and otherwise:
There's only so much you can
do with three or four pages worth
of college angst-ridden forum
pieces. Picking away at how a sec­
tion looks umil the wee hours of a
Thursday morning will nor make
content better, arguments more
constructive, logic more coherent,
satire more apparenr or biting eu­
phemisms more offensive. How­
ever, many of us consider this rag
to be a reflection of ourselves and
every misplaced watermark or
grammatical error is a slap in the
face come Friday morning when
that mistake is subject to the
eyes of an observant and overly­
pronoun-sensirive student body.
Our goal chis semester was to give
the PioLog a sexy edge and while
«sexy" is open to discussion, the
newspaper has definitely under­
gone some son of transformation.
For becrer or foe worse, the staff
has dedicated countless hours to
producing a weekly publication
thar entertains, informs, questions
and looks good. There are times
when the articles are unreadable,
uninrelligible or just plain irratio­
nal-bur these weeks are born of
a desire to deliver a product that is
factual bur also unique in rerms of
layout and ideas.
Stephanie, lo the throes of a se-mantle tangle:
It appears I have learned very lit­
tle ac all chis semesrer-grammad­
cally, synractically, erymologically,
thematically, morally, ere. ere. As
far as'the pape.[ is concerned I still
make pesky editorial fild/or typo­
graphical errors in photo captions
and lead paragraphs chat subse­
quenr.ly haunr my days and chill
my dreaming nights. Bur A&E
is improving, and the PioLog as a
whole is improving, even ifl myself
am nor improving in a particularly
meaningful way. Such is to be ex­
pected, these days.
Lexie, Lost forever to the depths
of time:
You know, the Piolog is a labor
of love and hatred. I don't think
many people realize that. I cer­
tainly don't, because l only gee to
do the fun things: write stories, talk·
to interesting people, and go to bed
ar a reasonable hour on Wednes­
day nights. Thus, f don't have the
cynicism that seems to result at
about 3:00am Thursday morning.
As dorky as it sounds, being a sraff
writer rocks!
I learned so much chis semes­
ter: from che inrricare inner work­
ings of cbe symposia (a scintillaring
topic, let me cell you) to how to get
a bold of obstinate congressmen in
Washington DC (threaten to write
about how difficult it was co get a
hold of chem). I got to talk to bof­
fers and a Congressman. a morcer­
man and anti-sweatshop activists.
As for advice, l'd have to say r.l,ar
people will talk to you (and prob­
ably won't stop you from going
places you maybe shouldn't go) if
you have a notepad and pen, a con­
fident gait, and an inflated sense
of self-importance (a necessity for
any media representative). Also,
satire is not meant to be taken seri­
ously-find r.l,e grain of truth em­
bedded in what makes you angry,
but realize that it's just one big joke anyway. And cbe photo? Yeah, 1
honestly don't know.
Josh, On depth perception:
l was finishing up a day of
work at OPS when I beard a louc,l
crash, the brea.l'ung of glass, and a
woman scream "Oh my god, I'm
bleeding everywhere!" 1 poked
my head our from my cubicle
and found an older woman lying
on her back in a pool of broken
glass, grasping her eye socket.
Blood oozed th.rough her fin­
gers as she struggled co bold her
eyeball in place. Apparently the
woman tripped, landed on the
corner of a glass table, and sliced
her eye open. She may never see
out of chat eye again. From chat
moment forth, I pledged chat I
would never again take for grant­
ed the facr that I have two func­
tioning eyeballs, without which
it would nor be possible to do
many things I do. Like see out of
my left eye.
Christie: Maybe you're angry at
some outlandish claim made by a
forum writer or just shocked that
your precious Bon pastries were
created by a man accused of at
least 20 counts of child molesta­
tion, but hopefully Olli creative
endeavors have engaged you ar
some point. We have received
more submissions from rhe scu­
dent body chis semester in terms
of letters co the editor and guest
editorials then ever before-we
think this means chat you're in­
terested in whar your peers have
to say about this tiny bubble of a
campus and this makes us happy.
Granted, some Fridays have felt
like the morning after a night of
drunken debauchery--we look at
whar we've done and ask, "Whar
was 1 thinking?" Bur these mo­
ments are few and far between­
for the mosr pare, we think we've
done a good job and look for­
ward ro next semester.
Casual confusion: w-hat to w-ear?
Though Portlanders may have their own sense of style, "casual wear" has differ­
ent connotations depending on the coast. What is appropriate and what is not?
by Carmen Krol
This article is nor meant to bash
the informality of Pore.landers, but
rather to explain the confusion d1ar
I derive from the funcrion of fash­
ion here. Going through my clos­
er for any occasion always causes
much anxiery, and I never seem co
be dressed correcrly for any sicua­
tion.
Case in point: I overdressed for
Thanksgiving. At other Thanks­
givings I bave attended, J was al­
ways expected to be at least in nice
slacks and a formal shirr. This year,
I wore a long wool skirt topped
with a black French Coonecdon
shirt, and I even put on make-up
(which 1 almost never wear). I ar­
rived overdressed. My friends were
dressed in normal attire -though,
not messily in any means -and I
felt Like I had dressed for a ball. No one said anything; I th.ink they
have become accustomed to me
not fitting into any social sicuation
due to my attire.
Many social siruarions carch me
by surprise when it comes co dress­
ing; such siruacions include restau­
rants, anending the rhearer, and
going to work. When ir comes to
dini.ng out, J cry to dress according
ro what rype of resraurant I am at­
tending and also with whom T am
attending. In my lasr three years
in Portland, I visited a vast array of
rescauranrs, and I still can nor seem
to pinpoint what to wear in what
restaurant. Even the upscale plac­
es, like Papa Haydn, don't necessar­
ily have an upscale dress code.
Sometimes a dinner at a more
ordinary place might have a more
formal feel, especially depend­
ing on the company present. Ar
the thearer, Porclanders tend to be dressed very formally. However,
reporrs have surfaced of people
dressed in Aip-Aops arrending the
ballet or opera.
Work is probably where I suffer
rhe most confusion when ir comes
to attire. Living in New York Ciry,
I was always expecred co come co
work very well dressed -wearing a
skirt, dress, or very formal slacks.
However, working ar rhe graduate
school, 1 can come to work every
day in jeans and no one even blinks
an eye. Such a sighr would never
been seen where I come from.
1 wish I had a berter idea of how
to dress in Portland .. I would love
to integrate myself better into che
culture, bur l never seem co get
used ro the fashion here.
Perhaps there are no regulations
to dressing and if l were simply
happy with my attire, I would fit
perfectly. .th_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g .. ,_o_e_c_e_m_b_e_r_2_,_2_o_o_s ___________ ,•ll•H•-•-------------------•7--
Giving thanks requires earning
thanks, not a turkey dinner
or, Get out of the kitchen and build a house!------
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by Beka Feathers
Every year, it's the·same. Sandwiched in be.tween
the faintly nauseating commercialized Halloween
and the outright vomitous commercialization of
Christmas, a Jircle holiday called Thanksgiving el­
bows its way into the calendar.
Thanksgiving, bereft of pre-holiday commercial
opportunities and ultimately little more than a gate­
way to the massive capitalise orgy of Black Friday,
becomes a less and less meaningful event every year.
It's a perfect Hallmark holiday, actually; full of ba­
nal Kodak moments and trire expressions, signify­
ing nothing.
For me, the most frustrating and meaningless women, and children are starving in refugee camps
and dying because of non-potable water and in­
adequate medical care. In Darfur, they can't leave
the camps and go home, or seek out their families,
because if they do, government-sponsored militia
might kill them. In Darfur, rhey're thankful to be
alive and have a day's ration.
ln China, families in Harbin are hoping that
the massive quantifies of benzene spilled into the
Songhua River won't have horrific long-term ef­
fects on the fish or the water. ln China, they're
thankful that, after a week, rbe city has running
water again, even if they can't drink it.
The point is, chirping out "I'm thankful for my mother" just
before you dig into the feast doesn't mean much, and it shouldn't
satisfy you. What you're really thankful for is that you aren't
starving, unemployed, or homeless ....
of all the trite expressions th.is holiday offers is the
phrase nl'm thankful." Ir's a phrase reserved almost
exclusively for the last few minutes before the tur­
key gees on the cable, when everyone tries to dis­
tract themselves from the smell of gravy by reciting
a litany of rh.ings they're thankful for on this special
day. The resltlt is about as heartfelt as a corporate
icebreaker game, and honestly, it makes me sick to
my stomach.
First, a perry complaint. I know you're thartk­
fw to be with your family, sharing this day. If you
weren't thankful, you wouldn't be there. You'd be
sitting at home, or hanging our with friends. or in­
vading a small West African dictatorship for fun
and profit, or whatever does make you happy. And
if you are unable ro let your family know chat you
love them and enjoy being around chem outside of a
ricualiz.ed and meaningless fo1mula phrase, rhen you
have bigger things to worry about than getting the
names of everyone ac the cable inro your lnanksgiv­
ing speech.
Now, the complaint char lies at the hearr of all
my ocl1er complaints: don't give thanks just because
ir's Thanksgiving and it's ritual. There are a lot of
things co be m1ly thankful for, and I've never heard a
single person give thanks for one of them around the
mashed potatoes and cornbread.
I'll clarify chis point by returning to that small
West African dictatorship for a moment. Or maybe,
just for this year, I'll go to Darfur. In Darfur, men, In Detroit and other Midwest cities, some peo­
ple are thankful that their Genera.I Motors factories
haven't closed-yet. In Portland, New York, and
Housron, some people are rhankfw that a home­
less shelter got enough donations to feed .them a
meal.
The point is, chirping out 'Tm thankful for my
mother" just before you dig into che feast doesn't
mean much, and it shouldn't satisfy you. \Vhar
you're really thankful for is char you aren't starv­
ing, unemployed, or homeless, and that should re­
mind you chat some people are, even on holidays.
Thanksgiving isn't just a day about giving thanks;
it's about thanks giving, which means giving other
people a reason to be thankful when they might
not have had one otherwise.
l encourage you to spend ne.xc 'Thanksgiving
wirh your family. I even encourage you to sir down
to a huge meal and make mushy smiles at each oth­
er. Buel also encourage you co remember that dtis
day isn't all about how sickeningly sweet you can
be. Spend the day with your family-working on
a project for Habitat for Humanity. Sir down ro a
big meal-after serving dinner at a homeless shel­
ter. Remember that tomorrow, there will still be
homeless people, sick people, and people in need.
Don'r give thanks if you don't have a reason for
it. .Be thankful because you've done something
rhar's worthy of thanks. And don't let your thanks
giving stop when you finish your pumpkin pie_ ILWSTRATION BY JESSE FOX-NYSTROM
Buy nothing day ac­
cOmplishes nothing
Moral elitists savor their consumer-free day, every­
one else revels in their product-happy gluttony
by Katrin Gibb
Buy Nothing Day has haunt­
ed me since high school. 'This
regular day turned political state­
ment and pseudo-holiday has
caused me to question my pur­
chases, morals, and desire for sales.
Buy Nothing Day is rhe biggest
shopping day of the year-the day
after Thanksgiving, in which al­
most all stores attract consumers
with low prices and competition
berween shoppers.
According to the website www.
. buynothjngday.co.uk/, Buy Norh-encourage an awareness of the u.n­
equal distribution of weal ch. How­
ever, if everyone partook in the
sentiments of this day year round,
economies would fail.
While l would prefer co view
myself as a minimalist rather than
a consumer, I don't feel like the
society I live in encourages this
behavior. Instead, I have tried ro
balance myself becween these rwo
exrremes.
For example, ch.is Buy Nothing
Day; I only bought a $20 shirr (and
received a free purse for rhe pur­
chase). Even those people I know
The holiday claims to encourage inter­
actions with family and friends, instead
of shopping for them. However, I have
found that shopping allows me to spend
more time with family and friends.
ing Day's primary purposes are
ro spend more rime with fam­
ily and friends i11stead of spending
money on them, and to consider
rhat 20% of the world's popula­
tion is consuming over 80% of
the earth's natural resources.
The rwo main purposes of this hol­
iday, while noble, are flawed. The
holiday claims to encourage inrt.r­
acrions wicl1 family and friends, in­
stead of shopping for them. How­
ever, I have found rhac shopping
over this holiday break allows me
co spend more time with family
and friends. While some people
do shop alone, the main reason I
shopped on Buy Nothing Day this
year was ro spend time with my
best friend from home.
Buy Nothing Day also claims to who buy many things on Buy
Nothing Day do so mainly because
they need things for themselves or
gifts for others, and why shouldn't
they purchase chem when chey are
on sale and more affordable?
While certain purchases seem ro
suggest Uber-consumerism, like the
beanie baby buying epidemic a few
years ago, purchasing a few gifcs or
articles of clothing while on sale
does not seem like consumerism,
bur rather smart shoppi11g.
While I respect Buy Nothing
Day, I also don't think it is for me.
I recognize its purpose, bur I feel
there are better ways to spend time
with family and friends and better
ways ro makeasraremenrabout un­
equal disrribution of wealth than by
not shopping on one particular day. .8,,;;;.., _______________________ i¥1m@_.._ ________ t_h_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g_. D_e_c_em_b_e_r_2_, _2_oo_s
LC ACCESSORIZES • • • • •
by Kevin Stark
Lewis & Clark students boast very unique perspectives on style; mullets, dreadlocks, and
taiJs are well-received in this eclectic environment. One of the most permanent ways LC stu­
dents accessorize themselves is through the ancient yet oftentimes painful process of tattoo
art. Struck by the face chat so many individuals have permanendy dyed their own skin, I de­
cided to investigate the reasoning and significance behind some of the coolest, weirdest, and
most meaningful tattoos on chis campus.
Many of the kids that I talked co use tattoos as a form of symbolism or as a way to mark
important moments in time. For example, Kelly Rogala's ('08) design of a redwood encom­
passed by a circle chat lies between his shoulder blades is symbolic both of a friendship and of
the face that, "most of my transcendental outdoo:-experiences have been around redwoods."
An environmental advocate, Rogal.i's tattoo speaks co his passions.
Similarly, Nate Carrey-Webb ('08) received the first of his two tattoos (both Native Amer­
ica art designs, one on his bicep and the other above his ankle) as a permanent symbol of his
time spent with his friends in Mexico.
Nick Bjork's ('08) tribal arm band is also a lasting reminder of rimes spent south of the
border. Bjork got his tattoo while he was partying in Mexico with his high school friends sev­
eral years ago.· Bjork chuckled as he recounted his own nervousness after watching the Mexi­
can artist painfully ruining the tattoo on the inside of his friend's bicep. "That is why I opted
to only have mine done on the outside of the arm."
Cody Pickering ('07) also chose co get inked while traveling; the first of his tattoos was
done while he was traveling in Spain with his best friends from high school. He chose an in­
tricate design of a shooting star across his belly and onto hi~ back. Pickering was quick co ac­
knowledge the addictiveness of getting ink done. Nostalgia resonated from Pickering's face as
he reminisced about his third and most recent design. The tattoo is a turquoise forearm sleeve
with an inspirational Latin phrase interwoven throughout it.
Taking a slightly more comical air, Evan Furey's ('08) only tattoo is a permanent proclama­
tion of his state pride. Rested high and right on the natural curve of his right ass cheek, Furey
has Texas tattooed whh pink filler. Furey giggled and said, "The fact it's Texas and pink ... I
think it is hilarious."
These tattooed individuals have more in common than just the ink chat lies beneath their
skin; their tattoos serve as extensions their personalities. The crick is finding a design you Jove
char means something. In my own personal case, it's got me chinking a purple Minnesota
might look pretty special across my ass. 3. Evan Furey
4. Kelly Rogala
Holiday cheer around Portland
day season, all char gold and jewels. But a simple request is all you need
PHOTO BY REBECCA GOLDSCHMIDT
Turkey Trot Anyone?
Several parcicipants, including Dean of Studencs Jobn Eldridge,
warmed up for the Arhleric depacrment's Turkey Trot, a fundraiser
for the Oregon Food Bank, chat took place on Nov. 22. The trot
helped those panicipating make room for rhe coming feast while
also helping fill the stomachs of those less privilaged. by Rebecca Goldschmidt Beautiful! I personally love ogling at Srumptown, where they'll hook
Wintertime is here! at the antiques and relics, especial- you up wich special vegan cocoa,
The giant Christmas rree has ly ones of incredibly wealthy dead complete with a pretty lirrle swirl
finally been erected i.n Pioneer people. on top. For those of you who hate
Square, the houses around cam- vegans, boring cocoa can be made
pus have been draped with strings Magnificent Desolation: with regular, fatty, boring rriilk,
of lights, and it even snowed the Walking on the Moon Omnimax coo.
ocher day outside rhe city. Could Oregon Museum of Science and
the signs of rhe holiday season be InduStry (OMSI)
any clearer? Scores have had their I've always wanred to go to the
Christmas merchandise on shelves moon. Because I'm nor an astro­
since the day afrer Halloween, 50 naur, rhe only feasible way ro at-
1 guess it's rime for us co start get-tend co chis dream is by caking the
ring ready. next step down-Omnimax! I mag-
i haven't spent winter in a place ine the dreary grey afternoons of
other chan Chicago since I was six Porcland turning into the crarered
years old, bur when I realized rhac grey face of the earth's moon! ln­
cickecs home were over $300, I de-credible.
cided ro save the money and srick
our my Chanukah in Portland. Ir
can't be char bad, righc? Here's a
sample of what I (and you, if you
choose ro sray in chis mildly-rem­
peracured rown), could be doing
and spending money on over the
winter break:
Holiday Ale Festival
Dec. 1-4@ Pioneer Square
Beer. Lots of Beer. Drink ic out­
side, in the cold, and ger warm,
downtown! lc's not like che PioLog
condones drinking, but if you're
of age and can appreciate a good
brew, jusr rake che shuttle down
and enjoy a couple mugs. Plus, you
gee a free (w/donarion) collectable
mug! Yes!
Hesse: A Princely German
Collection
Tiuough 3/19 @ Portland Art
Museum
Apparently this exhibit features
an entire dining set and cable made
of GOLD! Wbac could be greater?
And how appropriate for the holi-Oregon Historical Society New
Year's Eve Costume Ball
12/31 @OHS
If the tickers ro ch is don'r cost
a million dollars, I'll be there rub­
bing elbows wich rhe richest of the
rich of Portland. All I need is my
ninja costume and a digital camera,
and l'm in as an undercover pho­
tographer!
Ice Skating @ Lloyd Center Mall
Now you can combine the ul­
timate winter sport with rhe ulti­
mate winter activity-shopping!
Rent skates and cruise the ice while
checking out the hoccies going in
and our of Meir & Frank. Take a
brake, peruse rhe mall and sit in the
massage; chai_rs just like you did i.n
grade school. Maybe you can even
6nd a new cell phone cover!
Vegan Hot Cocoa @ Stumptown
Coffee
Hoc Cocoa is a winter staple. If
you're vegan, and/or lactose intol­
erant, ic can pose many problems. Tempurpedic Slippers
@Tempurpedic.com or
Brookstone
You know those crazy expensive
super soft Tempurpedic slippers
thcJy advertise on lace night TV
infomercials? Don't you wish you
could have something chat com­
fortable co relax on in your own
home? Well now you can for 1/16
of the price! Tempurpedic now
makes slippers, a perfect gift for
your father, boyfriend, or se!P. I'm
not kidding, I have a pair and these
things are amazing-my feer have
never felt so good and warm and
toasty. Ahhh ...
Skiing, Snowboardmg &
Sledding@ Mt. Hood & Other
mountains ...
[ don't really know how ro ski,
bur I'd like ro try! There are some
cool deals for students including a
bus-ride and life ticker combo, and
you can always rent skis and a les­
son, if you suck like I do. So hir the
slopes and don't forger your poles.
www.skihood.com
National Lampoon's Christmas
Vacation
My # 1 Christmas movie (and
I'm Jewish!), scarring Chevy Chase,
is another installation of the infa­
mous Vacation movies, bur chis
time it involves cars on 6re and
broken sewage pipes. Let the holi­
day havoc begin! _1h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o.;g_, o ..... e.ce ... m ..... be_r_2_,_2_O ... o_s ___________ i¥IM1¥.- ..... ___________________ 9_
THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE LEWIS &. ClARK VETERANS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE I
m1ss1on like Mississippi or going
over there and sercing up a medi­
cal unit.
"We were deployed acrive duty
May of 2002 through December
of 2002. That's the only Stine of
active duty I've done. We've done
linle two week deployments here
3J1d there, bur chat was our accive
duty parr.
Although Bussell is consider­
ing leaving rhe services for a few
years after her enlistment is up, she
is planning on framing her career
around Post Traumatic Stress Dis­
order (PTSD). "lt's given me my
passion in life now," she said. "One
in seven of the troops coming back
from Iraq now are coming back
with Post Traumatic Stress Disor­
der, amdety disorders, that sort of
thing. I wane co scudy PTSD to
see whether there's a predisposition
co ic or see whether what happens
during che traumatic ex:perience
is what causes the change in brain
structure.
"I would definitely do ic all over
again, even without the educa­
tional experience," Bussell said. "I
mean, I'm not all for the military,
I'm nor all for war bur I just think
the experience of doing what I did
has just given me a great founda-.
tion to go on.
"Ir's definitely been a positive
experience," she added. "There's
definitely srill rimes that I get frus­
trated with chem and I hate every­
ch.i ng that they do and everything
chat rhey stand for, but in general,
I believe it was a very positive ex­
perience."
Jim Chatham ('09), a corporal
in the Army, has had a very differ­
ent experience. He joined the Army
right out of high school and served
for almost two years at a base char
was forreen kilometers from rhe de­
militarized zone (DMZ) bet·ween
North and South Korea. "My dad •
wanted all his kids co do the mili­
tary thing," Chatham explained.
"] find it hilarious chat people
stress our abou r college, because
chis is such a nor stress-our envi­
ronment," he said.
Chatham explained rhar every
month while he was stationed in
South Korea, there would be an
alert at 4 am. "You basically pre­
tend char North Korea is attacking,"
he said. When the alert sounded,
everyone had ro put their armor
on and run to their Stations. The
troops would guard che perimiter
for however many hours the pow­
ers that be decided to keep chem
there, and then they would go co
work at 8am. "And~people chink
8:00 am classes are early? My word,
people," Chatham exclaimed. "f
wake up and have hoc running wa­
ter and it's cool."
"Overall, college is fairly easy,"
he said. "The only reason I'm busy
is because I involve myself. In rhe
Army, you get 30 days of leave per
year and those days are so nice.
Here you gee winter vacation and
summer vacation."
Chatham sees a big difference
in attitudes between LC and the
Army. "People are really whiny,"
Chatham said. "Being in cheArmy
solidified my view chat people are
happy reliciviscically. Quire frank-ly, l can't have a bad day. 1 have
friends in lraq and Afghanistan and
they have bad days. Bur nobody is
shooting at me: it's a good day."
"If 1 had gone co lraq," Cha­
tham said, "l would be intolerable.
Had I been there, l would not be
able co put up with any shir."
Although his annoyance with
the differenr attirndes he encoun­
ters is palpable, his time at LC has
made him more coleram of ideal­
ism, al.hough thac's not to say he
does not find fault with it. "Ideal­
ism is very annoying when you're
dealing with it hery day," he said.
"lt's nor a matter of 'We're in
Iraq for justice' or 'We're in Iraq
for lies.' Ir's not char simple. By and
large, Afghanis, Iraqis, and Koreans
are normal people."
Would he do it over again? "It
depends on how well my day is
going. I'm out for a reason. It was
a good experience, bur it wasn't
worrh che time spent to get char
expel'ience. The way l sort of think
abour it is that the military gives
you a way co reach your poremial.
lc's basically blue collar work."
Nathan Hughes ('06) was a Ma­
rine corporal serving in Iraq during
che invasion in 2003. Because he
and his unit had been serving for
six months before chat, they were
at the cop of the list co gee cycled
back our. "We were home by June
2003, which is ridiculous anyway,"
Hughes said. "Especially looking at
it now, when deploymencs are years
long.''
Hughes lefr high school a year
early to go into the service. "I wa.'i
done wich high school and I was
looking for a way out of town. But
it's more than chat, I've never been
able co articulate why exactly I
joined. Nobody expected it of me,
least of all me."
He finds it is difficult to separate
how the service has had an effect on
his academic life. "Ir's such a forma­
tive time in your life. Ir's definitely
part of who I am, bur it'~ not aU of
who I am, by any means.''
When asked co describe his ex­
perience in Iraq, Hughes said, "It's
one of chose experiences that's re­
ally hard w communic.ate. It was
a very different thing then, during
the invasion, than it is now during
the occupation. It's much more dif­
ficult now than it was then. The
political climate has changed since
then. l left feeling like something
could happen bur now you can see
chat there was no plan at all for rhe
reconstruction, and chat's really
kind of depressing.''.._
Hughes doesn't 0ew his ,qpin­
ions as radically different from
those held by rhe majoriry of rhe
campus. He does disagree, howev­
er, wich che scope of some of those
opinions. ''People are righdy criti­
cal of rhe things che US has done
and what the US is doing and isn't
doing," he said. "Bur l don't chink
people see char the United Scares is
a country char allows Portland and
Crawford, Texas co coexist. It's been
through a lot and ir holds itself co­
gecher, even under really incom­
petent leadership. You spend a lot
of time critiquing the government
and it turns inco critiquing the
cow1try in general. Unfortunately,
people have kind of succumbed co chat at chis school a lirde bit. I
wish people made chat disrincrion
a lircle bit berter. I don't chink peo­
ple are proud co be Arneric.ans any
more a.nd chat's really a shame.
"Very few people were in favor
the war ar this school. Bur when
you srart to make excuses for some­
one like Saddam Hussein, that's
kind of missing the point entirely.
People also need to distinguish be­
tween a war char was poorly con­
ceived and poorly coordinated and
chat we've now committed our­
selves to Iraq. We owe chem some­
thing. We can't just leave.
"I really wish chat rhere was
more consciousness and more con­
cern for our soldiers. When people
see char 2,000 American soldiers
have died, it's another statistic
against rhe Bush administration
and nor 2,000 of my brothers and
sisters and our classmates who have
died. Whether you like rhe war or
nor is a complecely separate thing
from supporting the troops. It is
our generacion chat's fighting and
dying over there."
By strange coincidence, Trevor
Parker ('07) and Hughes served
together in rhe same platoon. "We
made completely independent de­
cisions to come here," Parker said.
In fact, Parker had no idea Hughes
was even attending LC until last
year when the admissions office
suggested chat the two gee into con­
tact because they had similar back­
grounds. "fr was definitely weird,
especially since l hadn't talked to
him for two years," Parker sajd.
In contrast to the other service
members, Parker joined the Ma­
rines after anending college for a
year. "I joined when college wasn't
working out," he said. When asked
why he joined, Parker was quick ro
answer. "The uniforms," he said. "I
saw them and I was like 'Yeah, ro­
rally, go.' The recruiters shov,.ed me
a video of guys on infantry sliding
down ropes from helicopters and
doing all chis amazing stuff." He
was hasty co add, ''le was a com­
bination of wanting co go back to
school--che Marines would be a
good way co do char."
ln Iraq, he worked as a mortar­
man, a position in a weapons com­
pany. A mortar is a large ballistic
weapon that can fire high explo­
sives, smoke, or illumination up co
570,000 meters.
Did the Marines live up to his
expecrarions? "Yes," he said.
Parker transferred to LC rhis
semester from a community col­
lege in California. As sucl1, char he
doesn't have much co judge how
different his view is from orher LC
srudems, he said. "I do rnink I have
a better understanding of the real­
ity of cbe military," he said.
Although Parker's experience
wich the Marines was good overall
a good one, he said chat he feels like
he missed the true college experi­
ence many scudencs enjoy here ac
LC. "I'm married, I went ro Iraq,"
he said. "I feel Uke I grew up a lot
before I wenc back to school. lr
makes me rake it more seriously."
"Ir's been th<' formative experi­
ence probably for my whole life. I
feel like going to Iraq, fighting, and
being involved in combat opera­
tions definitely changed me." PHOTO COURTESY JIM CHATHAM
Jim Chatham ('09), far left, poses with his unit at the site of
the armistice signing between North and South Korea.
l'tlOTO COURTESY JIM CHAIBAM
Chatham peaks out of North Korean tank while serving
around the DMZ between North and South Korea.
PHOTO COURTESY TREVOR PARKER
Parker, far right, poses with some friends from his unit in
the Iraqi desert after a long day's work far from home.
PHOTO COURTESY NATHAN HUGHES
Nathan Hughes ('06) during his tour of duty in Iraq in the
summer of 2003 where he held the rank of Marine corporal. .J_9 __ . ______________________ iil ____ .,, •••• , .. _ , , :""• .... ;:n, the Pioneer Log, December 2, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chemistry vs. Physics:
the ultitnate acadetnic battle
by Carmen Krol
Deep within Olin, where the Chemistry and
Physics departments reside, a battle has been brew­
ing for many years. No one is sure when the rivalry
started, but the establishment of the Olin Cup -a
trivial pursuit tournament between the two depart­
ments which happened on Nov. 14 -has cemented
the competition. •
One large point of contention
between these two left-brain de­
partments is their different systems
of measurements; this difference
makes comparing results across
rhe disiplines almost impossible.
Boch physics students and profes­
sors have stated rhat rheir math­
ematical expertise is much higher
than rhar of the chemists, often
noting the simple integrals that
chemises use compared to the more
complex ones chat physics students
integrate.
Physicists also note rhat much
of what they do is simply "cooler''
than that of what the chemists do.
While a physics student is observ­
ing the morion and positions of
stars, a chemistry student is ob­
serving rhe motion of a unknown
chemical in small glass flask.
Jenny Maki ('06), a senior
Chemisrry major, came to the de­
fence of her preferred deparrmenr.
Maki believes that the rivalry was
scarred by the physics students be­
cause "they were jealous of all the
chemists and rhe fact rhat_ [rhe
chemises] knew more than they
did."
She also claimed rhac the ri-valry is perpetuaeed by the Physics
departments; according co Maki,
rhere are far more anti-chemistry
comments than anti-physics com­
ments floating around the cor­
ddors of Olin. The Chem major
was actually at a loss for examples
of anti-physics insults because she
claimed they simply didn't exist.
However, Maki did note chat
many chemistry students look
down on the Physics department
students because the entire co~cenr
of rhe Physics quantum class covers
only the first monrh of the chemis­
try quantum class.
Maki elaborated, "It's silly how
chemises know more of the quan­
tum mechanics side than the physi­
cists." She smugly noted chat the
chemists did win this year's Olin
Cup, signaling which department
is better.
Even if the physicists did scare
chis underground battle, David
Honegger ('06), president of the
Physics Club, wanted to clarify the
competition and set it in a friend­
lier light: "Our [the chemists and
the physicists] shared love of coffee,
Vicamin-D deficiency, and worship
for Sceve Tufte the Foosball God The Chemistry department
achieved glory this year in
winning the ever-elusive
Olin Cup, beating out the
Physics department and in­
creasing the existing rivarly.
brings us all together in one big,
happy family."
"Boch [of us] are trying to
cake over the world," joked Hon­
egger. He continued, referencing
the beloved cartoon Pinky and rhe
Brain. "The Brain (physics) has
the big picture in mind at all times
and is boggled senseless as co why
he is strangely dependent on such
a simple, unique creature as Pinky
(chemistry)."
If this was the case, why didn't
the physicists win this year's Olin
Cup? "[We're] jusr waiting for che
time when Cliemistry feels confi­
dent enough to puc a wager on the
march," said Honegger.
Perhaps the best way to char­
acterize this love-hate relationship
is the way siblings tend co ridicule
and mock each other in purely fra­
ternal love.
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by Craig Beebe
Thanksgiving has come and
gone. Chilly weather and frigid
drops of rain so big they seem like
extremely wet sQowflakes c1.,1le the
day. People are wearing long un­
derwear to,classes, and looking es­
pecially tired.
Yup, it's beginning to feel a lot
!~finals,
Thanksg~ng Break can be
such a cruel rease. The cloud of
work chat must be done hangs
over our heads while the stuffing
of one's face with various types of
food must also be accomplished.
In addition, many students doesn't take away the enjoyment
of ir.
Also, Chrisrmas decorati00$
have gorte up around town. I
know that nothing pleases me
more than people using all that
electricity to make sure that the
sidewalk in from of their house
shines like·irs noon in July, even
though it's 4:00pm in December.
That, by the way, means it might
as well be midnight, because the
sun doesn't stick around very late
chis time of year.
We can also be happy about
soup. This is a great time of year
travel long to eat soup.
distances to Alas' the return to cam-w h a t 's
visit family not ro
and friends pus after Thanksgiving like about
we rarely finds us in the same soup?
gee co see, A I I
and who predicament we were eight, so
wants to do in before break, except perhaps
homework there aren't
when they now, every deadline has many rea-
cowd be inched four or five days sons to be
sitting in } very ex-
a food-in-C Oser. cited about
duced haze, loads of
wal'ching whatever Thanksgiving deadli,nes, cold temperatures, and
TV marathon is available? weekends spent working. But if
Alas, the return. to campus nothing else, I try to keep a cer­
finds us in the same predicament tain truism in mind. Maybe you'll
we were in before break, except like it, too. Here goes.
now, every deadline has inched A lot of people would give any-
four or five days closer. thing to have the chance to be do-
Coflege strikes yet another ing what we are doing. Very few
merciless blow. people get the chance co go to col-
Scill, there are plenty of rea-lege, and would love to do so, de­
sons ro be happy right now. For spite the things we despise about
one, a1l chat cold weather could the process. So whether you're
potentially bring snow, ancf we all here on financial aid or your faro.
know what thar means. Yes, snow Hy is foodng the bill, you're quite
on the mountains, bur I'm nor a lucky regardless.
skier. That may be like celling some•
No, as is well known to any-ooe who has food poisoning that
one who was here for the Novem- ar least they gor co eat, but there
bee 2003 snow "storm" (actually you go.
a few inches), even a blanket of Now go have some soup and
snow causes enough panic in rhe get back ro work, you lucky dog.
streets of.Portland to cancel every- le will aU be over soon, and you'U
thing from bus routes co classes. be better for the wear.
And while we might have co make Happy Finals and Holidays,
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Get sconed at Merritts: the art of the country cafe
b Ch · f W . ht front entrance. Two signs placed in
Y ris ie rig the window take care of the essential
The sign is visible
from blocks down the road:
"Merritts Country Cafe."
This is the scone Mecca of rhe
mountain region. You know-the
doughy pastry char is most often
associated with afternoon tea.
Bur in Idaho, the pronunciation
of scone emphasizes the o, so it
rhymes with bone, and Idahoans
don't eat scones for an afternoon
tea snack. Merritts offers a greasy,
buttery and deep-fried 2:00am,
pose-bar hopping meal chat only
tastes good if you haven't sobered
up. An Idaho scone comes with
all the fixin's: cinnamon, sugar,
apple copping, and a medley of
berries or maple syrup. If you
ever visit this run-down shack,
located just within the city limits
of Boise, you'll understand char
what Merritts and ocher Idaho
countty cafes have co offer is arr.
And nor of the culinary kind.
Like che steel diner was co the
ease in the 1950s, the rural west
was won over by the country cafe.
These places aren't easy to find.
They aren't located in che cenual
pans of cities or on main strips.
Rescaurams like Merricts have been information: "God Bless America"
and "Open 24 hours." Basically,
you're either with us or against us,
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
There's not much more on the
inside, either. Drab booths line
the far wall, and there are some
cables scarcered throughout the
room. The centerpiece of the cafe
is an old jukebox chat has been
"updated" throughout rhe decades
and contains an awkward mix of
genres like old country, disco, 80s
new wave and metal. Four quarters
allow customers co mix and match
three of their favorite songs. What
resulcs is a playlist like '' Dancing
Queen" (Abba), "Save a Horse,
Ride a Cowboy'' (Big and Rich) and
"Love is a Battlefield" (Pac Benacar).
But on an early Saturday
morning, the atmosphere at Merritts
comes alive. The bars close down at
two am in Boise, and the bar crowd
needs a place to sober up. Ford
pickup trucks flood che parking Joe,
and another type of customer takes
over the booths and tables. The
restaurant turns from a patriotic,
family joint into a sanctuary for the
lonely, creepy and/or wasted losers
of the -Boise nightlife co convene.
More often than not, chat
Two signs placed in the
window take care of the experience is sing-a-long
of Johnny Cash's "Ring of
Fire," performed loudly
and out of rune by the
inebriated pool of Merritts'
lace-night customers. essential information:
"God Bless America" and
"Open 24 hours." Sadly, country cafes
are increasingly being
replaced by McDonalds-
relegated co the outskirts of towns
and are only mentioned by name
between locals. Only regulars truly
know the glory of the countty cafe.
They can be identified by pies,
bad coffee, milkshakes and chili
cheese fries. The day crowd may
be overly patriotic, bur they mean
well. These customers have put in
a hard day's work and want some
grub. They don't want to engage
in philosophical discussions or
political discourse-just good old
fashioned complex carbohydrates.
The building Merrius inhabits
is unimpressive, co say the least.
The parking lot has never been
paved, and paint is peeling off the type eateries or, worse yet,
by che cheesy 1950s diner "replicas"
that are popuJar in suburban strip
malls. Merritts is one of the
handful of establishments that
still serves a satisfying and cheap
meal co their customers, no matter
what scare the cuscomer is in (that
is, as long as they don't put their
feet on che new chairs). Noc very
many people understand the niche
Merritts and other restaurants of
its caliber fill. There are not very
many places tl1at allow consumers
to indulge in the Dixie Chicks
AND Evanescence AND the Blue
Oyster Cult whJe ingesting a fatty
breakfast char tastes the same going
down as it wUI coming back up.
PHOTO BY NOAA GAY
Two student dancers rehearse for their performance. PHOTO COURTESY CHRISTIE WRIGHT
A calorie-laden plate of chili fry goodness at Merritts Country Cafe in Boise, Idaho: not
for the faint of heart!
PHOTO COURTESY CHRISTIE WRIGHT
Forum editor Christie Wright (second from right) braves a breakfast at Merritts Country
Cafe in rural Idaho. "Just a bunch of good 'ol Idaho kids discussing Nietsche over carbo­
hydrates," Wright said.
Lords (and ladies) of the dance
by Abi Kurfman
If you've been to the Lewis &
Clark Dance Exrravaganza before,
you know you can't miss it chis
Friday and Saturday (Dec. 2 &
3), either at 7:30pm or 10:00pm.
However, if you haven't
gone---0ut of foolishness,
unforrunate timing or because
you're new co LC-you might
need a little convincing. Even
then, it shouldn't rake much.
All semester, your friends and
classmates have been hard ac work
choreographing and rehearsing for
this show. Srudenc choreographers
have created carefully planned
masterpieces of original student
work. Thesrudenrdancers,scudenrs
with all levels of dance experience,
have put in che hours (and, oh,
such long hours) to make each piece shine. Some dancers are in one
show and some in chree, bur they
all are giving one hundred percent.
In addition, rhere is a one
hundred percent chance tl1at general admission is still only $8.
Whether you're a math major
or a tbeacre major, don't miss out
on seeing your fellow students put
on an incredible show. The show
you-yes, you­
know someone in
rhe show. Actually,
it's a solid wager co
say rhar you know
at lease five people.
You can see your
classmates and
friends do things [The Dance Extravaganza]
is a beautiful and relaxing
event, and a cheap date. For
LC students, it is only $3.
you never knew they could do! lf
you're faculty, you could see your
students in a whole new way.
Plus, it is a beautiful and
relaxing event-and a cheap date.
For LC srudents, it is only $3
co see this one of a kind show.
If you're a professor or student
from elsewhere, it's $5, and appeals to humanities and sciences
students alike, across a broad range
of interests and majors. Seeing
fellow students walk, drift, roll,
sashay, twirl, and leap across the
stage will awake not only awake
a sense of comaraderie with your
Lewis & Clark peers bur the lord
(or lady) of rhe dance in all of us. 12 Nil•i¥i11tm&h1111€i11a the Pioneer Log, December 2, 2005
PHOTO BY NORA GAY
Small town art: seek & you shall find
by Nora Gay
Ask almost any teenager, and
they'll tell you how boring this
place is and how badly they want
to gee out of ir. Where are you?
Thar would be my hometown
of Pore Angeles, WA. It's a small
town full of antique shops and
noc much else, known moscly for
its proximity to Victoria, British
Columbia. For the youngsters, that
means taking the ferry across the
water to our lower-drinking-aged
neighbors. Bue really, Port Angeles
isn't that bad. I guess l'm finally at
chat age where I can appreciate its
aesthetic beauty and quaint culture.
Or, perhaps I just missed home.
For a small town, we do
have some good things going for
us in the ans, although I rend
to leave town for better arcs and
entertainment. Nonetheless, the
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center has
always been che field trip hoc spot
for the elementary schools, and
the year round Art Outside exhibir
attracts visitors of all ages. Two
favorites are the random car pares
wrapped around trees and che giant
aluminum "pi" statue. Ir can also
be creepy walking aroidst curu­
covered tree trunks. Bue it never gets
old: strolling through the woods,
looking at the town and the harbor.
There are also sculptures downtown
as part of Arr on rhe Town.
Pon Angeles doesn't get coo
many celebrities, unless they're
passing through to Victoria; Marr
Le Blanc came through last summer,
which definitely made ir inro che
local paper. Irish tenor Anthony
Kearns recently visited and
performed here. 1l1e Symphony
and Community Concerts are moderately large. We've got
some great local artists, actors and
writers, bur no one coo prominent
In terms of entertainment,
I'm fairly biased-roward's the local
ceen band The Lonely H, a group
of young rockers that 1 hope will
make it big. Currently, they're
sticking to the Puget Sound area,
but maybe they'll someday come
down ro Portland for a show. A
few "teen hangout" centers have
come and gone, bur the current
hoppin' all ages venue for the local
shows is The Upside. Ir's one of the
few places open past l 0:00 pm for
minors besides Safeway, although
the predominance of punk bands Memorial Day weekend. lc's like
Seattle's Bumbershoor, bur on
a much smaller scale. You can
grab a gyro, an elephant ear, or
kettle corn and walk the meets
listening to the marimba bands
or go into the venues throughout
town co hear or see anything from
a string quartet to a swing dance
group. In JuJy we have Arcs .in
Action, another street fair with
food and music on che pier with a
sandcasrleconcestonourveryown
Hollywood Beach. Our Farmers'
Market is also growing with local
vegetables, fruit, clothing, jewelry
and ocher trinkets for sale.
l always liked those outdoors
rends to alienate a------------------
disproportionate Two favorites are the ran­
number of country
music lovers. Basically, dom car parts wrapped
there is no nightlife in d d h .
Port Angeles even if aroun trees an t e giant
you are of age, which aluminum "pi" Statue.
means getting creative
0 r getting wasted. ------------------
Holidays are pretty fun, with
seasonal activities like the Teddy
Bear Tea and Festival of Trees over
Thanksgiving weekend. Boch are
fundraisers for the hospital; the Tea
is a combination of middle school
bands or orchestras, youth dance
and otber performances, and the
Festival is one of rhe major black­
tie events, complete with a dance
and an auction for some decorated
Christmas trees. As I left town, I
noticed char people were putting
up their holiday lighrs, no doubt
rrying to make it on The Map that
tl1e local paper compiles, featuring
rhe most elaborately I it houses.
My personal favorite evenr
is che Juan de Fuca Festival of
the Arcs rhar rakes place over events, especially the ones with
musical enrercainmenr. In the
summer there are the Concerts
on the Pier, although they cater
to a much older crowd with big
band or jazz music. It. can be
entenaining, and at the very
lease, you get to see the fan lady
dancing crazily on the srreec.
Porr Angeles isn't really
known for much; we stay tucked
away on the Olympic Peninsula.
The arcs may be a bir lacking,
bur the local traditions and
annual events keep it alive. And
co be cliche, if you look hard
enough, you'll find something.
We are, as my favorite
local bookstore says, "the upper
left hand corner of tl1e map." PHOTO BY NORA GA.Y
An outdoor sculpture livens up the woods in Port Angeles,
Washington. Sculptures also decorate downtown Port
Angeles as part of "Art on the Town." the Pioneer Log, December 2, 2005
Potter 4 is a thrill ride
by Sarah DiSabatino
Let's get one thing straight.
The Harry Poner movies cannot
compare ro rhe books, not in rhat
elirisc the-books-are-always-berrer­
than-the-movie way, even though
chis is often uue. They are entirely
different media with entirely
differenr methods of pandering to
audjences, though both can thrive
from the same basic concepcs like
character development, humor,
and plot twisrs. That said, Harry
Potter rind the Goblet of Fire is an
exhilarating thrill ride through both
che wizard world and adolescence.
In che latesr movie, readers of
the books are rreared ro che best
Harry Porrer on-screen experience
yet. Once the movie gets starred,
it keeps on chugging like the
Hogwarrs Express and does nor slow
down in the slightest. The script,
written by Sreve Kolves, cleverly
omits extraneous characters
and plots and weaves together a
mosdy coherent screenplay, which
includes all the frenetic activiry of
both the· Quiddirch World Cup
and the Tri-Wizard Tournament.
If anything, the film suffers
from poor ecliting. ln particular,
rushed sequences do a massive
disservice ro what should have
been a heart-wrenching conclusion
to the final Tri-Wizard cask. If
readers of the book felr lost during
moments like chis one, then
non-readers will be even more
disoriented. Even so, the dialogue
is crisper and more engaging
than in the previous Potter films.
The new direcror, Mike
Newell of Four Weddings and a
Funeral, solicits the strongest
performance out of his young
actors to date. Harry's (Daniel
Radcliffe) relationship to his
friends Ron (Rupert Grine) and
Hermione (Emma Watson)
beca.mes even more compelling in
the fourth film. Ron and Harry
fight over Potter's fame, during
which Ron tells Harry co "piss off,"
and they all juggle budding love
wich older and/or foreign wizards. The characters' journey into
adolescence pea.ks at the Hogwarts
Yule Ball, rhe characters' first
foray into romance and formal
dancing. ll1e journey isn't an
especially smoorh one; some of
the young wizards (especially
Ron) can't seem ro recognize love
even rhough it's "dancing naked
in front of rhem wearing Debby's
tea cozy." Luckily, the movie
baJances rhe poignant moments
of youth with a furious dragon
chase, an underwater encounter
wirh triton-bearing mermaids,
and the disquieting resurrection
of Lord Voldemort, played by
the devilish Ralph Fiennes. Alan
Rickman, who plays Professor
Snape, and Maggie Smith, who
plays Professor McGonagall, also
turn our winning performances.
The movie succeeds most when
the script pays service co the heart
of the fourth book: the character
development. Fans will derive
joy from the scene where Neville
practices ballroom dancing alone
in his bedroom, or when Hermione
finally tells Ron off for treating her
like a slug, or worse--another guy.
The most surprising departure from
the book is Dumbledore's (Michael
Gambon) rransformation from
a silent, omniscienc headmaster
to an anxious, broocling father
figure. His dramatic reaction
to Harry's journey through rhe
giant maze is a far cry from
Dumbledore's subtle revelations
in author J.K. Rowling's portrayal.
Altogether, Mike Newell has
created an entertaining movie,
which is perhaps the only Porrer
flick chat will force a second
viewing. He doesn't waste time
trying co gloss the film for children,
as director Cluis Columbus did in
the first two Porter adaptations.
Unfortunately, he never achieves the
ease and fluidiry of Alfonso Cuar6n's
Prisoner of Azkaban. What Newell
does accomplish, beneath it all, is a
fast-paced, thoroughly entercaining
and well acted story that combines
wir and adventure and will
please the forgiving fan as well
as the unacquainted movie-goer. ntertainment
by Stephanie Beechem
It's almost impossible to
watch Wes Anderson's The Royal
Tenenbaurns witl1ollt thinking
of its literary precursor, J.D.
Salinger's Franny and Zooey,
which I first fell in love with
while crammed in the back seat
of a pickup driven by a man very
much like Zooey Glass-bur
that's another scory. Like 7he
Royal Tenenbaums, Franny and
Zooey is rhe tale of a precocious
family of geniuses who have
fallen on hard times. UnJike the
Tenenbaum trio, the Glass family
boasts seven child prodigies­
Seymour, Buddy, Boo Boo, Walt
and Waker {twins), Zooey, and
Franny, who were all featured
on the radio program "Jr's a
Wise Child" in their youth.
In these two stories, only
Zooey and Franny are heard
from directly, although Salinger
points our-in a nearly page
long foornore, no less-thar
"rhe remaining five ..... will be
stalking in and out of rhe plot
with considerable frequency,
like so many Banquo's ghosts."
As in The Royal 7enenbaurns,
there is no dearth of strange and
terrible characters in Franny
and Zooey. One of the most
memorable, aside from rhe
inordinately intelligent Glass
siblings, is Franny's boyfriend
Lane Coutell, an egotistical,
pretentious, self-imporcanr
bastard who, swad1ed in a
Burberry coat and a cashmere
muffler, spends a giga.nric porrion
of rhe first chapter bragging about
a paper he's jusr written abour
Flaubert's lack of "resricuhriry.''
He is an insufferable braggart. and
he lacks all semblances of genuine
human decency and insighr. He
is, as Franny points our, the sore
of narcissistic "section man" who
would rake over for a professor in
his absence, completely ruin rhe
material, and then brag about
his thesis. Next ro Franny's
impassioned spontaneiry, he
seems like even more of a monsrer.
someone who would spend hours
on cold, calculated, unreasonably formal letters to his lovers.
The youngest member of the
Glass family, Franny, is in many
ways the backbone of the book.
Her personal crisis, which begins
while drinking martinis with Lane
Coutell in rhe "Franny" portion
of che. book and intensifies in the
"Zooey" section, revolves around
a pressing sense of the world's­
and her own-egotism, and her
desire ro re-cemer her life around
something more honest and clean
than the ego. She thinks frequently
about Seymour, her oldest brother,
who killed himself eleven years
ago shortly after his wedd.ing. The
reader gets very little information
about the circumstances
surrounding Seymour's death
(though another Salinger .shore
story, "Seymour: An Introduction,"
provides a bit more comext for it),
but his suicide has deeply affected
both Franny and Zooey. Longing
for Seymour's calming inAuence,
together with a sense of impending
persona.I doom, cause Franny co
latch onto a book called "The Way
of the Pilgrim" which instructs ics
reader on the how-co of constant
prayer. Ir is her preoccupation with
rhis book, and her conversations
with Zooey abom their family
and the prayer's merits, chat form
rhe heart of Franny and Zooey.
Zooey Glass is a twenry-five
year old acror and the cleverest
and most beautifuJ of all the Glass
siblings. His physical beaury is
described at exhausting length by
Buddy, who narrates the "Zoocy"
section of rhe novel: "Close up,
either full-face or in profile, he
was surpassingly handsome,
even spectacularly so. His eldest
sister (who modestly prefers ro
be identified bcre as a Tuckahoe
homemaker) has asked me co
describe him as looking like "d1e
blue-eyed Jewish-Irish Mohican
scout who died in your arms at
the roulerre cable ar Monce Carlo."
Even his morning .rituals are
rouched by his exrreme physical
beaury: "His lathering technique
was very much our of the ordinary,
although identical in spirit with his
actual shaving technique. 11,at is,
although he looked into the mirror 13
while he lathered, he didn't watch
where his brush was moving bur,
instead, looked directly into his
own eyes, as though his eyes were
neutral territory, a no man's land
in a private war against narcissism
he had been fighting since he was
seven or eight yea.rs old." He
isn't as sympathetic as FranJ1y, as
he often uses his eloquence and
wit in a cruel, insensitive way,
especially to goad bis mother
Bessie (whose wardrobe consists,
as Buddy points out, of one
item, a "hoary midnight-blue
Japanese komono) and mock
her unsophisticated world view.
I suppose I love Zooey Glass
for two reasons. The first is that
he's unreasonably clever and sharp
and smart, and his intelligence
is shot through with a terrible
twist of cruelty. There's this very
jaggep edge ro him char sets him
apart from all rhe other Glass
siblings. The second reason I
love him, horribly enough, is
because he is a beautiful rhing,
and there are very few d1ings more
appealing to me rhan insufferably
beaurifuJ and intelligent and
unavailable men like Zooey Glass.
When I first read Franny and
Zooey, after all, I was quire in love
with one-smarr and clever and
beautiful and tragically unavailable
ro me. ll1ere was something so
infuriating and tamalizing about
him, this real-life Zooey, that I
tuned alJ my menral frequencies
ro him jusr like Franny Glass tunes
her mind ro her silly Jesus Prayer.
Borh ventures are completely
illogical and comradicrory
and fundamentally misguided,
but-if d1ere is any salvageable
aspecr co eirher-rhey are never
em pry. And in a world filled with
people like Lane Coucell-who
can write brilliant lerrers and "A"
papers about Flaubert but are,
fundamentally, vacant-Franny's
rum to the prayer. even though it's
silly, seems refreshingly human.
Salinger's dogged insistence on the
virruesof rharwhich ishLu11an-no
matter how silly and complicated
and messy humans may be-is
what makes Franny and Zooey
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Balls but no turkey
for Thanksgiving
by Nora Gay
1hanksgiving is always the
weekend for family and for spores.
Well, how about if you combine
chose rwo? No, chis doesn't mean
the annual indoor family basket­
ball game with an 8-fooc rail hoop
and a bouncy ball on the carpet. lt
means spending rhe weekend like.
che Pioneer basketball players did,
away from home, giving thanks
on the rode and on the court.
Both rhe men's and women's
basketball reams played away
games over Thanksgiving break.
The men's ream traveled to Logan,
Urah, while che women's ream
traveled to Claremont, Califor­
nia.
Although it wasn't a weekend
of complete victory foe Lewis &
Clark, rhe morale remained high
for rhe players. Holiday spirits
were in the air as the·im1dents
spenr some quality time wich their
reams both on and off the courc.
"On Thanksgiving, we went
ro Marie Callender's, where they
served us massive amounts of
food," said Sara Kettler ('08).
1he women's team also got
the chance to go to Huntington
Beach and Boomers, where they
played arcade games and minia­
rure golf.
Post-Thanksgiving- and prob­
ably fuJI of turkey, stuffing and
pie-they got cheir share of basket­
ball in, playing in the David Wells
Classic. They barely lost co CMS
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) in
the first game of the tournament
with a score of 70-75 on Friday, Nov. 25.
Saturday's game against the Po­
mona-Pitzer Sagehens was a win for
the Pioneers. The final score of the
game was 74-57.
Jr was a weekend of career-highs
for Allison Farr ('08), who scored
21 points against CMS, and Crys­
tal Cascle ('08), who scored 18
points and rook 6 steals against Po­
mona-Pitzer. Farr and Cascle both
rook seven rebounds, Sarah Moon
('07) adding eleven more in Friday's
game. Moon also scored I 7 points
in Saturday's game.
The men's team played Utah
State on Saturday, Nov. 26. The
Pioneers were defeated 102-65 by
the Utah Aggies, who are ~n NCM
Division I team, falling 1-2 for the
season.
David Berggren ('09) brought in
a number of stats to the game, with
a team high of four. Berggren also
rook a game high of 21 points, go­
ing 3 for 3 at the free rhrow line and
making 6 of 10 three-poinr shots.
It looks like this first year has rhe
potential co bring some more score~
to rhe Pioneers for the remainder of
the season.
The Pioneers play tonight
against Puger Sound in Pamplin;
the women are ar 6:00pm and the
men follow with a game ar 8:00pm.
The men's team next plays ar home
on Monday, Dec. 5 at 7:30pm
ag-ainst Cascade, while the women
play another home.game ne'xt Tues,
Dec. 6 ar 7:00pm. The men will
play one more game away at Ev­
ergreen before the semester ends;
both teams will conrinue playing
over the break. 10th among all first-year competi­
tors at the NCAA championships
by Hunter Franks
On Saturday, Nov. 19,
thousands of speccarors from all
around the country congregared
in the lively meets of Delaware,
Ohio. They were there to
witness an unparalleled field of
200 Division 11l cross-country
runners compete in the NCAA
Division Ill Cross Country
Championships.
For Tamma Carleton, a Lewis
& Clark firsr-year and the lone
representative for the LC Cross
Country ream at Nationals, the
experience was something she
will treasure forever. The deafen­
ing cheers of'che spectators echo­
ing inside Carleton's head and
the fierce competition were in­
rimidacing, but Carleton's focus
remained on rhe task at hand.
"The armosphere was very dif­
ferent at Nationals. There were
thousands of people, schoQI
bands, and massive grandsrands.
I could barley see around the
nexr rum," said Carlecon.
Carleton managed to block
our all of che surrounding dis­
tracrions and ended up finishing
80'h Out of2 l 3 runners. She also
finished I 0'h among all freshman
at the competition, an impres­
sive accomplishmenr, consider­
ing chis is her first year running
cross-country.
"I am very happy with my
performance this year. I definire­
ly did nor expecr to go to Narion­
als at the beginning of the year.
It was just a far-away event that I PHOTO BY SARAH MOON
Tamma Carelton('09) represented Lewis & Clark at the
NCAA Divions Ill Cross Country Championships in Dela­
ware, Ohio. She placed 80th our of 213 runners and 10th
among all first-year competitors,
was not eve.n thinking about," said
Carleton.
Nationals soon became more
rhan just a dream to Carleton, who
became one of the Pioneers' top
runners. As rhe season came co a
close, Carleton ran a strong race,
despite a mild injury and a pre-vailing illness, and landed a spor
ar Nationals. She still feels chat
she could have run a better race at
Nationals. This mindset, coupled
with the valuable experience she
gained this year, only furthers her
chances to reach Nationals again
next year.
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a rugby team for the last three
years, but it may be on the way
back.
Jovon Staveland, a junior
frnm Bellingham, Washing­
ton, is spearheading an effort
to bring rugby back to LC. Nu­
merous practices have been
held, even though the numbers
have been low.
"OnJy six or eight people
showed up to die last practice.
People say that they are inter­
ested, but they don't always
show up," Staveland said.
Despite the low numbers, he
intends to continue to lead the
rugby movement next semester.
If rugby is destined to become a
fixture at LC, interest will have
to be turned into support. the Pioneer Loo-, December, 2 2005
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Proposal for an ethnic studies
minor is long overdue
CONTINUEDFROMPAGE2 employee. There would also be bors are, and how we all came to
Oakland, has established a some basi.c administrative costs. be here rogerher."
Deparrmenr of Erboic Studies, DasGupta said that she has seen "Thar's important knowledge
something chat has existed for de-a good deal of support for the new for students ro have," she added.
cades ar University of California, minor from smdeots, staff, and ad- Harrison also suggested chat
Berkeley, and at San Francisco minjmation, but that faculty sup-the minor might add to diver,sity
State University. port had been "mixed." of the student body and the fac-
As proposed, the minor would "Some faculty members wel-ulty by attracting a wide .range of
consist of 24 credits, most of come this proposal as something applicants who see that rhe Col­
which would come from 'a list long overdue for LC, while others lege is committed to such a goal.
of a few dozen courses available have questioned the usefulness and Though she recognized !hat there
in various deparcments. Socio!- academic merit of such an area of were many forms of diversity rus­
ogy/Anthwpology and History study;" DasGupca said. cussed by LC students, she added
would offer most of the minor's TJ Harrison, a So/ An major who that she thought ethnicity was
courses, but orher courses-would conducted a survey of the student important.
be offered in Psychology; English, body last month for a Quancica- ''Discussions of racial and eth­
Music, Communication, French rive Research Methods project, said nicdiversity don't have to replace
Studies, Bispanjc Studies, and, chat her data showed a good deal of discussions of other forms of di­
porencially, the Graduate School. inreresc from students in develop- versity," she said.
Four of the 24 credits would con-ing rhe minor. Though she had not DasGupta, however, empha­
sise of a Core class, and ---------------- sized char che faculty mem-
the minor would be com-"Some faculty members. wel­
pleced with a Capsrone
comse, to be taught as a co.me this proposal as some-bers who proposed the new
minor were not expressly
doing so for che purpose of
increasing diversity of the
student body and faculty. colloquium with rotating . l d £
copies each year. thing ong over ue 1or LC,
The c~urses . would while others have questioned cover a wide vanety of The minor "will increase
diversity of the curriculum,"
she said. "If it an:racts di­
verse students and faculty, topics related to erh,niciry. the usefulness and academic
The cour'5es would seek to
"highlight the interrelated
processes by which ideas,
institutions, econpm­merit of such an area of
study," DasGupta said. that's great,. but we see this
as an important inteUecrual
endeavor."
ic structures, and social--------~------- For the_ moment, the
practices concerning erh-
nicity have lken consc,ructed in
the United Stares and around the
globe," according m the proposal,
which also emphasized that the
minor would have a specifically
transnational approach.
The tentative proposal also
says that very few additional re­
sources would be necessary to run
rne minor program. Most of rhe
courses included in the program
are already offered. An addi­
tional pan-rime adjunct instruc­
tor would have to be hired each
year to fill one class for the faculty
member teaching the Capstone
course. as well as a program secre­
tary and possibly one work-smdy
• completely tabulated her results,
Harrison said that her preliminary
studr of the 600 responses she re­
ceived showed that more students
favored the minor than opposed it.
However, she added that a "de­
cent percentage" were either neu­
tral on the topic or wanted more
information.
Harrison herself supporrs the
minor because she feels that it will
allow for students to pursue inter­
ruscipJinary studies ofethniciry and
irs influence.
"The study of ethnicity and di­
versity is central to the purpose
of chis college," she said. "Ethnic
Studies gives us all a chance to learn
about who we are, who our neigh-
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wait to see whether the faculty as
a whole shares their view. After
making some changes to their
original proposal as suggested by
the Curriculum Committee, the
group resubmitted the proposal
for a faculty-wide vote. The ear­
liest possible vote will be in ~­
ruary,.DasGupta said.
Harrison said that a student
coalition was forming to suppon
the minor and that a community
forum would likely be held on
January 17 as part of the Marcin
Luther King Day activities at LC.
She said char students would be
able co voice their concerns and
interests at that rime.
5 TANS FOR$ t 5/ 10 TANS FOR $30 Friday, Dec. 2
All week: Giving Tree
Stop by the Student
Leadership & Service
Office to take part in
Giving Tree. They will
be collecting toys and
gifts for the Salvation
Army and for Growing
Gardens. The tree will
be decked with gift tags
for you to choose from.
Gifts will range from
$5.00 to $~f .00
7:30, 10:00pm: Dance
Extravaganza
@ Fir Acres
Student-produced,
student choreographed,
student-danced annual
dance event.
Sat.,Dec.3
1 :00pm: Christmas
Party with Friends of
People with AIDS
The Friends of People
with AIDS Foundation is
organizing the "Friends
Holiday Party." In years
past, the organization
has wrapped and
personally delivered
holiday gifts to children
infected and affected by
HIV/AIDS in the Portland
area. Since this program
has become too large,
this year the organization
has decided to organize
one huge holiday
celebration for families to
attend.
7:30, 10:00pm: Dance
Extravaganza
@ Fir Acres
7:30pm: Holiday Gala
Sunday, Dec. 4
2:00pm: World Music Concert
@ Evans
World music concert
featuring African
drummers and dancers,
Javanese gamelan,
Indian Raga and Tala
and Celtic music.
8:00pm: Orchestra Fall
Concert
@ Evans
Tuesday Dec. 6
7:00pm: Poet-Katie
Ford & Novelist-Josh
Emmons Reading
@Armstrong Lounge,
Manor House
Katie Ford will read
from her compelling
debut book of poetry,
Deposition. Josh
Emmons will read from
his recently published
book, The Loss of L,.eon
Meed. A book signing
and opportunity to speak
with the authors follows
the reading. Light
refreshments will be
served.
Wed. Dec. 7
6:00pm: Discussion:
Now Coming to Walmart:
Sustainability
@ Watzek Library,
Pamplin Room
Thurs. Dec. 8
7:30pm: Study Skills
Workshop
@Thayer
Study smarter using
your learning strengths.
Come to this short
workshop to get help
with your final papers
and studying for exams.
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