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Volume 70, Number 14

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2006-02-01

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Volume 70, Number 14 ___________ Friday, February 10, 2006
President strives for
resolution of Skyline
janitorial issues
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
In a reporr ro rhe faculty released
on Dec. 7, President Hochsrerder
announced rhar the nine Skyline
janitors who had their hours re­
duced and their benefits voided as
a result of LC budget cuts had been
reinstated ar previous work levels.
The move was made in re­
sponse to pressure from students
and faculty. The cuts, along wirh mulr of last semester's scandal, a
group called SLAM (Student La­
bor Action Movement) formed to
confronr worker's rights issues on
campus, locally, and globally. The
group currently consisrs entirely of
students, but sraif and faculty have
been supportive and intermittenr­
ly involved in the ja11 irorial issues
SLAM is presently dealing wirh.
"The janitors are some of the
most vulnerable workers here at
"We have made it very clear that our in­
tentions in reducing the contracted service
level were not that individual Skyline em­
ployees suff er.n
-Presiden'r Hochstettler
rhe suspect suspension of a Skyline
employee, awakened the ire of LC
worker's rights activists last semes­
ter. The president came under fire
from these agirarors at a Multicul­
rural Symposium event hosted by
Prof. Eliot Young. There, he admit­
ted rhar he had confused the Port­
land-based Skyline Building Main­
renance, Inc., with whicli Lewis &
Clark concracrs, with a larger com­
pany based in Chicago, and rhus
did not know that che college's cuts
would so directly and adversely af­
fect janitors' livelihoods. He also
agreed co meet with the night crew
of janitors co hear their concerns. LC," said SLAM member Debo­
rah Schwanz. "Parr of rhe reason
for that is that they're subcontract­
ed." Subcontracting is a practice in
which an insrirurion, in this case,
Lewis & Clark College, subcon­
tracts with a company, Skyline, for
a service, such as maintenance. le
lowers costs and cedes duries to a
speciali7.ed company. The problem
with subcontracting is that the col­
lege's legal responsibilities resr wirh
che company, nor with individual
employees. This makes it difficult
ro ensure char workers are being
treated well and paid fairly by their
employers.•
"The janitors are some of
the most vulnerable work­
ers here at LC." Skyline has been re­
peatedly accused of la­
bor violations. In 1998,
LC activists and janirors
faced an uphill union-
ization drive. At the
-Deborah Schwartz ('06) time, the company had
12 labo'r,,violations filed
Although the meeci~g was tainted
by the fact that the janitors' transla­
tor was also their supervisor, Hocb­
stecler's letter is evidence rhac some
undemanding was achieved.
"We have made it very clear
that our intentions in reducing the
contracted service level were not
rhar individual Skyline employees
suffer, and we will do all that we
can to ensure that the interests of
Skyline's workers are protected in
furure contract negotiations with
char firmt said Hochstettler in his
report.
The larger issue, however, is
not yet resolved, Am.id the cu-against them at tl're Na­
tional Labor Relations Board. That
year, Western Oregon University
discontinued subcontracting wirh
Skyline because of repeated labor
problems.
Here ar LC, unconfirmed allega­
tions about Skyline labor violations
abound. One such allegation is that
Skyline has an unwritten policy that
janitors are not allowed ro speak to
studencs while on the job. Janitors
may have even been told to take
their lunch breaks ouc of sight.
Although SIAM does not en­
dorse subcontracting, they do want
ro protect current workers in their
SEE 'SKYLINE.' PAGE 2 Co-Op won't be moving next year
PHOTO SY JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG
The LC Student Co-Op will continue to host events like the Poetry Slam and be a student
hangout in its current location in Tamarack dufing the next school year. Budget money
was not set aside to fund the move to Templeton, as rumors have erronously stated.
by Craig Beebe
After weeks of rumors, ASLC
and Campus Planning officials
confrrmed chis week chat the LC
Co-Op's proposed relocation to
Templeton Student Center is nor
part of the 2006-07 budget.
This news, reported ro Co-Op
coordinators by ASLC President
James Atkin and Activities Con­
gress First Speaker Maura Ross at a meeting Tuesday, ends several
weeks of confusion and misinfor­
mation. The Pioneer Log reported
January 27 that rhe Capital Budget
Committee had approved the Co­
Op relocation.
Campus Planner Michael Ses­
rric, who was quoted in that article
saying that construction would be­
gin on the Co-Op "this summer,"
said the misreporting had been
due entirely to his own error. He said chat he had mistakenly idemi­
fied the Co-Op relocation as part
of Templeton remodeling funds
that were approved by the Com­
mittee.
The approved funds-in rhe
amount of $285,805-were actual­
ly earmarked for the other student­
proposed Templeton remodels, in­
cluding the relocation of scudenr
group offices, and a redesign of the
SEE 'CO-OP,' PAGE 3
Cell phone reception to improve at
LC, but only for Cingular customers
by Craig Beebe
A portion of the Lewis & Clark
community will soon get relief
from the dismal cell phone service
on campus, which has long been a
hassle for the many students, staff
and faculry. The one catch: only
Cingular users will reap the ben­
efits of more bars on rhe Hill.
LC Chief Technology Officer
Dan Terrio confirmed this week
that the College had completed
lease agreements with Cingular to
have the company install a num-ber of transmitters ar various poin cs
around the campus.
The facilities, which are ro be
small and mostly unnoticeable,
were to be completed by !are De­
cember, bur weather and ocher
problems have likely pushed their
installation back to !are February,
Terrio said.
Terrio said that the College's
negotiators had taken "a hard-line
stance" thar the facilities· be unob­
trusive, in keeping with a natural
setting at the campus.
"Their intention is that we shouldn't even see the devices at
all," he said.
College General Counsel David
Ellis agreed. EUis was on the team
char negotiated wid1 Cingular, and
said rhe College's main interest was
"that if they [Cingular] were going
to serve the campus char it would
reach the encire campus, and char
the installation would be aestheti­
cally acceptable."
Asked what he meant by "aes­
thetically acceptable," Ellis said the
College wanted to make sure the
SEE 'PHONES," PAGE 2 -:SPioneer Log
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THINGS JiJST NEED TO BE HEARD, the Pioneer Log, February 10, 2006
Seniors won't give Skyline: student
rock climbing boulder group advocates for
by Josh Silverman
The 2006 Senior Gift Commit-
tee reported lase Wednesday rhere
were nor enough pledges in sup­
port of the rock climbing boulder
co warrant its purchase. The Com­
mittee is instead putting their mon­quire low. "There were a couple
gung-ho and vocal supporters of
the rock climbing wall, but the rest
[of the Senior class) either didn'r
pay attention or vote." She added
that many seniors seem to have
changed their mind~ between vot­
ing and pledging.
ey toward
developing
a student
scholarship. The boulder would cost
$20,000 to purchase. For now the
Committee
will be accively
working co raise
money for the In early
January seniors received an email
from Committee Chair Maris­
sa Hirt ('06) explaining that the
boulder would cost $20,000 co
purchase and $10,000 to install
and maintain. Ir was slated to be
installed in the Templeton atrium
as a parr of the grearer Templeton
renovation efforcs. .
Commjcree member Laurel
Galsmire ('06) speculated that the
weak pledge support could be due
to a number of factors. "Perhaps
not many knew about the gift in
general," Glasmire said, pointing
out char initial voter turnout was student scholarship. This Saturday
they will be hosting a Texas Hold
'em Tournament at 7:00pm in the
Trail Room. This tournament,
running simultaneous co the West­
ern-themed Casino Night, is ao ef­
fort co gather funds for the scholar­
ship. The committee js asking for
$20 donations from participants.
The grand prize: one night for rwo
ac the Chinook Winds Casino Ho­
tel.
Jfyptt have any comments or sug·
gestiom regarding the Senior Gift,
email Marissa Hirt at mlhirt@ic!ark.
edu. more workers' rights
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
existing jobs rather than switch co
in-house employment.
uWe're stuck with subconrracr­
ing," Schwarcz said, "so how can
~deal with that?"
The group wants the college to Reed College (which employs its
janitors in-house) ro discuss how 10
reconcile the problems with subcon•
cracting. Alcl1ough the group and
its plans are still nascent, one de6•
nice actio~ nappcning this semesta
is a forum on labor issues at Lewis
((The fact of the matter is we're dealing
with people's livelihoods. LC students
can't push their ideologies."
-Deborah Schwartz ('06)
take more responsibility as a con­
rraccor. Specifically; they want LC
t0 adopt a responsible cootracring
policy rhar would require all com­
panies with which this insrirution
subconrracts co pay a living wage
and adhere co an employer code of
conduct. In addition, diey plan
t0 speak wirh institutions like & Clark to take place at the end of
February.
The issue remains sensitive.
"How do we bring up issues regard­
ing workplace violations and nor put
jobs in jeopardy?" Schwarcz asked.
"The fact of the marrer is we're deal­
ing with people's livelilioods. LC
students can't push d1eir ideologies.'
Phones: other companies considering towers
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
facilities ~do not look Hke a big
cell phone cower."
'The College will receive a
modesc amount of revenue from
Cingular, which will lease the
spaces ic uses for its facilities, Ellis
said. While he did not have the
exact figures, he estimated based
on similar contracts lltl" had seen
that the College would earn about
$800 ro $1200 a mooch.
Terrio said chat rhe company
bases its leasing rares on rhe ex­
pected traffic '!It a given site. ihe
on-campus facilities will only ser­
vice the campus and a small pare
of rhe surrounding neighbor­
hood.
Cingular's new facilities will
by Tim Kelly
I occasionally cell the ed icors of
chis fine publication that we should
be more willing co produce articles
that provoke people and cause a
reaction. I like ouclandish over­
the-cop-comrnenrary char uses hy­
perbole co reveal the absurdities
of life. Recent events have clearly
shown rhar there can be too much
of a good thing. In Muslim com­
munities around rhe world, there
have been repeated violent pro­
tests against newspaper cartoon
portrayals of the prophet Mo­
hammad published in Denmark.
Most of this anger stems from the
fact that it is an Islamk tenet nor co
produce images of rhe prophet, ler
alone images of him looking Like a
villain with a bomb in his rurban.
Most Westerners, of course, value
freedom of speech much more r.han
religious or cultural sensitivity, as
the recently formed LC facebook
dub '1 Support Denmark and the
Freedom of Expression" clearly in-only benefit Cingular users. In­
formation Technology and other
departments already use Cingular,
and so will also benefir from rhe
service.
"Ir's good news for us," Terrio phone provider to install facilities
in the immediate area around cam­
pus, bur it may not be the lase. T­
Mobile has expressed interest in in­
stalling a transmission cower arop
the green water cower between the
"If people want better service, they can
choose whether to change providers."
said.
He added char the College is noc
trying IO force people into choosing
Cingular, bur ''if people want berter
service, they can choose whether ro
change providers."
Cingular is rhe firsr wireless -Dan Terrio
Fir Acres Campus and Sourh Cam­
pus. The company is in negotia­
tions with rhe Palatine Hill Water
District, which owns the cower, but
LC will also be fovolved in chose
negotiations because it controls the
land the tower sits on.
Outside the Bubble
dicares.
M e a n -
while, the vio­
lence continues, and on
Wednesday police killed
four Afghans as enraged
protesters marched on a
U.S. military base in a
volatile southern ptov­
ince.
Despite this latest example of
Afghans behaving badly, the im­
poverished warcoro counLry has re­
cently received a nice carrot from
the bigger kids on the international
scene. A series of debt cancella­
tions from the Unjted States,
Russia and Germany has forgiven
more than $150 million of the
Afghan national debt. This doesn't mean that
the nation is
going to be self­
sufficient anytime
soon. of course. More
than 90 percent of the
government's budget in
2005 was financed by
international donors.
If repeared stories of reli­
gious conflict and worldwide pov­
erty are getting you down, it may
help co rake a bigger view of things.
NASA just performed a survey in­
spection of 60 of the brightest scars
in rhe sky, using their new Spitzer
Space Telescope. Astronomers
have spotted evidence of two
mega-solar systems, giant stars
enveloped by what appears co be General Counsel Ellis said che
College's interests in chose nego­
tiations would again be ''primarily
aesthetic.''
Verizon also has previously
been in negotiations with the Col­
lege co install facilities on campus,
Terrio said.
Terrio emphasized that the new
Cingular facilities will nor neces­
sarily mean great coverage every·
where on campus.
"Until they have the system in­
stalled, we don't know how good ir
will be in buildings," he said.
fn the meantime, students and
fuculcy will have ro prepare for
more cell phones ringing in class
and an[iciparc less dropped call1
on the walk across campus.
enormous disks of planer-form­
ing dust. This .is somewhat sur-
prising because such massive stars
(30-70 rimes bigger than the sun)
were thought ro be inhospirable 10
the formatjon of planers.
lf you aren't a science geek like
me, such llews might nor comfort
you, but instead just make you feel
small. If that is the case, perha)l!
you will find welcome refuge in
the latest developments of Ameri·
can culture. In Super Bowl XI.
the Pittsburg Steele.rs beat out
the Seattle Seahawks 21-10. Of
course, you either knew that dayi
ago, or you d6n'r care at all. Then
there was the Grammys, where
Mariah Carey made a comeback~
U2 snatched up five rrophies, and
the original American Idol Kdfy
Clarkson yoinked rwo awards, lea.1°
ing people who loathe that show
wondering: "despite a real.ly cool
first name, what does that woman
have going for her?" _1h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_.g_,_F_e_b_ru_ary...,_1_0_,_2_00_6 _________ ... ,m\f£ ______________________ 3_
Co-Op: funding may be absent,
but support for move is strong
CONTlt,jUED FROM PAGE 1
main Boor lobby area. The Co­
Op relocation was not pan of' that
suite of remodels, bur insread was
officially a separate proposal.
Thar proposal was nor approved
due to a lack of funds, Sesrric and
ASLC President James Atkin said.
The Capital Budget Commit-tion had.actually been disapproved
in this year's budget, Co-Op Orga­
nizational Development Coordina­
tor Erik Tyler Kettenberg said.
«Most members have been sur­
prised at the lack of communica­
tion between the Co-Op and the
Administration and were surprised
to hear the news," Kettenberg said Kettenberg said. He said char af­
ter receiving the news thar they
would nor be going ro Templeton
nexr year, Co-Op coordinators
had decided to insread seek funds
for renovating their current space
in Tama.rack. "We feel the Admin­
iscration should be doing more to
ensure we have a suitable space,"
he said. tee, which
oversees major
work on cam­
pus buildings
and facilities,
has a very fi­
nite amount
of funds, Ses­
cric said, add-Atkin and Sestric, in separate interviews,
confirmed that priority had been given to
projects that included safety concerns, such
as sprinkler replacements and roofing repairs
in residence halls. Sesrric
said that
he hoped
the Co-Op
would con­
tinue to seek
funds for re-
location to
Templeton, ing that many
were nor given fimding.
Atkin and Sestric, in separate
interviews, confirmed that prior­
ity had been given to projects that
included safety concerns, such as
sprinkler replacements and roof­
ing repairs in residence hails. Af­
ter money was secured for those
proj~crs, money was made avail­
able for other projects, including
the remod-in an e-mail message after the meer-•
ing in which they had been told of
the development.
Atkin also said he was ''con­
cerned that students know what's
going on," and added that the ad­
ministration needed to work to
make sure that srudenrs remained a
pare of the planning process. "Ir's
our srudenc cencer," he said. however, though they may have
ro wait another year ro get chose
funds approved. He said that the
overall Templeron remodel might
have to be a phased project, but
that did nor mean that the Ad­
ministration does nor want the
Co-Op 0ro be a part of it.
"Absence of funding does nor
mean absence of support" for the
eling of sru­
denr groups'
offices and
the main lev­
el lobby. "Absence of funding does not mean absence
of support. The message is not that nobody
likes the Co-Op." Co-Op, Se­
stric said.
"The mes-
sage is not
chat nobody
likes the Co­
Arkin said
char the Co-
Op had been
a "high prioriry" when ASLC sub­
mitted the two proposals to the
Capital Budget Committee, but
was not sure how the Committee
might have used this designarion.
«There's no guarantee chat these
priorities were raken into account"
by the committee, Atkin said.
Co-Op members, meanwhile,
have been left in a place of confu­
sion, wondering why rhey were not
informed earlier char their reloca--Campus Planner Michael Sestric Op."
The Cap-
Sesrric said char he intends ro in­
clude students in further planning
this spring. He said that while it
had been hoped that renovations
would begin this summer, secur­
ing building permits and confirm­
ing the design of the remodel might
take longer, which could push the
actual construction back inro fall
semester or even Winter Break.
In the meanrime, Co-Op lead­
ers are considering what to do next, ital Bud-
get Committee's budger has nor
yet been officiaUy approved, ei­
ther. -!bar will have to wait until
the Board of Trustee.s meets later
this momh. Bur Sescric and At­
kin both expressed confidence
char the Board would approve the
$285,805 for the current round of
Templeton remodels. As part of
a $90 million overall budgec, the
Templeton remodel is actually
quite small, Atkin said.
The Co-Op sells various goods in Tamarack, where they will stay for at least one more year. International career
fair draw-s students
by Sara Caldwell
Tuesday, February 7 marked the
first lntemational Career Fair at
Lewis & Clark. Students_ looking
for summer jobs, inrernships, and
parr-time jobs Rocked towards Al­
bany Quadrangle in hopes of find­about six months up to a year. They
were looking for students with edu­
cation in fields of economics or pre­
law. Northwest interpreters Inc. was
a little closer to home. Nor only are
they a more locally based company,
they were looking for srudenrs who
are bilingual. The representatives
ing work.
Michael
Stewart, "We need way more noted that
this was a
growing
marker and
as a con-a
career coun­
selor and
the founder
of rhe fair
saw such job
fairs at other
schools such [job recruiters]. We don't
have many [resources] for
graduating students." tract agen­
cy wanes to
expand it
services and
languages. -Simran Sudan ('06)
as Portland Stace University. He
said, char because of the high per­
centage of students that are study­
ing in the international affairs field,
"it would be worthwhile" to have a
fair rhar focused on that.
He said the goal of "career ad­
vising is to reach students' needs."
Although the fair was small, it
brought that much more opportu­
nity for srudems looking for work.
Some companies present in­
cluded, Adidas, rhe Peace Corps, Students were interested as well
as disappointed. Simran Sudan
('06) said, "We need way more [job
recruiters). We don't have many [re­
sources] for graduating studems."
For chis being the first event of its
kind, there was a fairly good turn­
out of students. With only about
10 companies represented rhere just
was not tl1e represencarion of firms
needed for students to really gee
into it.
As the first year tl1is was an ex-
"It is Jmportant to remind students that
career advising services should be a part of
their education so it will make graduating an
easier transition into the business world."
-Michael Stewart, career counselor
Federal Bureau of lnvescigation,
and Northwest interpreters inc.
Representatives of rhe companies
were looking for juniors and se­
niors co work full rime in the sum­
mer or parr rime throughout the
year. Adidas representatives stared
rbar they were looking for students
interested in markering fields. Sru­
dents would work for the company
on projects and would work for perimenr to see how many srudencs
would take advantage of the oppor­
runities. Because of the large num­
ber of students present, it is likely
char there will be more and larger
fairs co come. Srewarc said, "Ir is
important ro remind students that
career advising services should be
a part of their education so it will
make graduating an easier cransi­
tion inro rhe business world."
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by Katrin Gibb
The Red Cross blood drive had
a great turnout in Stamm on Feb.
2. All of the blood collected in
this drive will be used in hospitals
throughout rhe Pacific Norrhwesc.
Running the blood drive chis
year was Nonna Crook, who
worked at Lewis & Clark's blood
ruive lasr year.
Crook explained that "it is dif6-
"If I ever need
blood, I know that
someone would
have already do­
nated for me, and
that is reassuring."
-Jessica Segal ('08)
cuh ro staff [blood drives] because
you never know how many people
will show up. Usually we expect 1 /3
of the appoinrmencs nor to show."
Crook said char there was a con­
scan r influx of studenrs donating
blood throughout the morning
and rhat the tumour was "really
good." PHOTO BY SARA RUWITCli
After donating a pint of blood during the Red Cross Blood Drive, Elyse Hulse ('09), Anna Rodgers ('08) and Nikki Wyman
('06) ate cookies and raisins and drank water and juice to replenish their energy.
While chose in charge of che
Red Cross blood drive encourage
scudencs to make appointments,
they do accept walk-ins. This was
pare of the reason chat there was
such a steady flow of scudencs do-nating blood during the day.
The Red Cross only accepts vol­
unteers and never pays for rhe blood
rhey accept during rhe drives. They
collect 5000 uni rs of blood a week
for the Pacific Northwest.
Crook believes char donating
blood is a good way to give back co your community. "[People] never
know when [they] may need ir,"
she said. Crook stressed chat ir is
imporcanc to give blood so chat
ir will always be there in case you
need ir in the future.
Jessica Segal ('08) donated
blood during the drive. Segal, who has been donating blood
since high school, said char she
knows she is helping some­
one when she is able to donate.
"l have heard that the amount of
blood tl1ar one person donates in
one sicring can save up co three
lives. There is also the reciprocal component to donating blood.
That is, ifl ever need blood, l know
that someone would have already
donated for me, and char is reas­
SUring."
111e lase Red Cross blood drive
at Lewis & Clark was in October
2005.
Open space and fleeting time collide at 43rd annual
Throckmorton lecture, given by Dr. William Cronon
by Nathanael Massey
Council Chambers, February
6 -The forcy-rhird annual Ar­
thur L. Throckmorton Memorial
Lecture featured a seventy-minute speech by Dr. William Cronon,
of Madison, Wisconsin. Cronon's
credentials include the titles of
Fredrick Jackson Turner Professor
of History, Geography and Envi­
ronmencal Studies and Vilas Re-search Professor ar the Universiry
of Madison.
His lecture, enritled lhe Por­
tage: How to Read a landscape, ex­
plored the geography and, more
notably, the historical significance
of a short stretch of the
Fox River. In his opening
comments, Cronon guided
the audience through slide
s~ow images of various fea-notable figures as Jefferson Davis,
Fredrick Jackson Turner and John
Mueller, as well as ochers less well
known but hiscorically significant
in their own right, could be traced
back co chat shore stretch of Wis­
consin rerrain. His focus, both
within the conrexr of the lecture
and as an academic: co understand
how an ecosystem becomes a hu­
man place.
"The purpose of history as a discipline
is to draw the connections that make it
possible for long vanished lives to live
again through your stories. History is
not the past-it is the stories you tell."
-Dr. William Cronon
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ing his listeners to imagine
what links to the past they
might provide. "There's
something worth remem­
bering here," Cronon said;
and indeed, the map of his­
torical significance he drew
from those seemingly com­
monplace images was im­
pressive. "The purpose of history as a
discipline," he said, "is to draw the
connections that make ic possible
for long vanished lives to live again
through your stories. History is
nor the past-it is the stories you
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Professor of History, Geog­
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Studies at the University of
Madison in Wisconsin.
and era of heightened environ­
mental awareness. And so on.
This modest bite of the Ameri­
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as a microcosm of the nation.
"Seen in a broad enough scope, ir
becomes the story of America writ
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Save face on Valentine's Day
PHOTO SY SARA RUWITCH by Stephanie Beechem
Being alone on Valentine's Day
• 'r nearly as bad as getting your
n off by a dog while you
our on sleeping pills.
e French woman
o lase week in rhe
_,._._,~- rime l hear some-
eir poor linle de­
abom Valentine's
nr ro rap rhem on rhe
and remjnd them that
ill have rhe lower half of
and 2) rhere are worse
n being alone on Va.len-
t's pretty much all I have
ro say on rhe matter, except that I rhink we should aHget used to tbe
idea char we will spe11d many Feb­
ruary I 4rhs alone in our lives­
and char rhere are· worse things
rhan raising a coast co your own
silly one-person show, an<l thank­
ing Luck or God or Kharmic Forc­
es or whatever you kneel clown co
ar night for the facr rhat your dog
prefers kjbbles to human flesh.
My funny
Valentine.
Misnom.er causes right-wing con­
fusion, results in failed protest
by Kevin Stark
R ecently the Co-Op was a buzz with whispers of theft and ran­
som notes; behind the counter an empty space stood out, om­
inously bereft of a metallic cylinderical coffee maker. The smell of
right wing conservative conspiracy lingered in the cooperative air
replacing the freshness of fair trade coffee grounds.
Adding insult co injury, rhe hooligans condemned casionally have bands come and play on a Friday
the cooperative in a political ransom note announc- night. The pyramid of cigarettes rhat piled up in
ing char their ''hippie & leftist propaganda hypocrisy the ashtray each day reached astonishing propor­
will not be tolerated anymore." Scenesters and Gra-cions. Sound familiar? lt should. Thar is exactly
nola Hippies alike wandered around in astonished whar our Co-op does, but instead of just coming
disbelief, seemingly lost without their morning fair up with a clever name, they labeled it a coopera­
rrade fix. They huddled in a circle outside of lower rive; unimaginative and grossly misleading.
Tamarack, as their kjnd often do, caffeine withdraw- You may be askfog yourself, why do I care if
al draining their tired pale faces as they try in vain they call it a co-op? Well, because of their grave
to lighr their American Spirits. The Aame dances mislabeling, the Co-Op has unintelligent ingrates
around the organic cigarette -che trembling of their believing that breiling into che building to sreal a
fingers cannot comrol their Zippos. Tourene-like coffee machine will cause the entire establisment to
ourbursts of, "Republican Assholes" ripple angrily break down. Ir's as if, by undermining the hippies'
through the crowd of quieted Liberals. The stark real-coffee consumprion, they would also be undermin­
iiy of life without caffination has proved too much ing the cooperative soul, causing the cooperative
co muster any more than this. world to come crashing down in a quake of "lefr-
The rheft of the coffee macrune from the Co-op ist propaganda hypocrisy," to quore the thieves. (I
is blatant example of what __________________ have to apologi-ze for
is enrirely patheric and It is_n't a Co-op,· it's a place for char quote because I
shameful about our cam- feel rhat by reading any
pus. Some students at thjs socialites and coffee junkies. part of their note we
school regard the Co-op as __________________ are all in fact less in-
some sore of shining liberal telJigenr, and if jc were
beacon rhat the world can rum to for inspirarion, not necessary to emphasize my point I would nor
when in reality it is simply a student-run social spot th.ink of doing it.) They seem to believe that the
similar co rhe Mt1X from the glory days of Saved by coffee machine heist would create a domino effecr
the Bell. Instead of han1burgers they serve organic co end the condemnation of"non-leftist views" on
vegan browrues and instead of Michael Jackson campus.
playing in the background they have Groundacion. I The innocent coffee machine was taken because
think you will 6nd chat many campuses around the there isn't anything else that the right-wing ruffians
country have places organized and run by students could do once inside the building. Ir isn't a Co-op;
on campus for kids to come and study, or enjoy a it's a place for socialites and coffee junkies. lf in or­
cup of coffee in cushy seating. In each case, because gan.izing tbe coffee lounge they had tided ir differ­
they are srudem run, they represent the interests and encly, then the right wing minority may have opted
feelings of the campus. lf the school is really into._ ro lash our ar the left majority in a way that accen­
sporcs, then they might have banners promoting '\ ruated ~_eeir point, and facilitated discussion. By
school spirit draped abour the place. In the Co-Op's, doing so the campus may have been blessed with
case they sell organic food and free trade coffee. a viewpoint other than liberal, which is abour as
My high school had The Depor, a place for sru-rare on this campus as minority groups. So I say ger
dents to come and drink coffee and ralk; they could over yourselves, Co-op. And to the Bush-burc-bud­
also study if the inspiration arose. They would play dies thac wrote the ransom note, next time leave a
good music, srudenrs would cover all rhe shifts and lircle room in my coffee for intelligence -my last
provide most of rhe food sold, and r.hey would oc-cup had none.
M B 50 words or less on a subject of your
Ystery · OX choice. submitted anonymously (it's a
Mystery Box, stupid!)
Stop with the secondary headlines!
Or. Enough is enough Christie Wright Sex: and Christianity are not
so exclusive
To the Editor:
While J agree with Valerie
Hunsinger in her article about
religion and sex in rhe Febru­
ary 3 issue of the PioLog in
that many Americans are now
engaging in sexual activity at
roo young an age, I cake issue
wich her characterization of
Christianity, which dominares
much of her article. Hav­
jng been born and raised as
a Christian in Kansas, a stare ing purpose of Ms. Hunsinger's
article seems to be highlighting
the practices of a distinct minor­
ity in the faith without offering
a disclaimer that rhis is nor rep­
resentative of Christianity as a
whole, nor arrempting co convey
how other Christian denomjna­
tions address sexuality. When
the population of this student
body is overwhelmingly secular
and may nor have much direct
experience with organized reli­
gion, it is disconcerting ro cl1ink
rhat this article is whar others
wHI use co
Ms. Hunsinger's article plays
directly into that horrendously
flawed stereotype of a Chris­
tian who ... professes extremely
conservative political views. judge an en­
tire religion.
I would
th.ink that
such a con­
sequence of
publishing
this article
------------------ as is would
dominated by the religious
right, I, too, grew up sur­
rounded by similar repressive
dogma. However, when near­
ly clnee-fourths of her article
is dedicated to recounting rhe
ridiculous ,methods by which
the faith attempi;s to dictate
the sexual urges of its youth, I
cannot help but wonder if she
is simply pandering to an anti­
Christian sentiment that is,
unfortunately, alive and well
ar Lewis & Clark.
I cou:ld offer my own laun­
dry list of anecdotes of the
prejudices and insults I. have
both beard and received from
a variety of people on campus,
but I won't. Suffice it to say
that after nearly rwo years as a
Lewis & Clark student, I have
come to believe thar there ex.­
ists a mistaken srereorype on
this campus of what consti­
tutes a Christian. Ms. Hun­
singer's article plays directly
into that horrendoµsly flawed be obvious,
and that it is irresponsible for a
newspaper ro lea<l its readership
to believe that this is an accurate
representation of the largest reli­
gion on the globe.
-Eric Atcheson, '08
'Sexnion' needs critique: Sex
isn't always p1easurable
I found the Pioneer Log's
six-page spread on sex mis p,ast
Friday (February 3, 2006) to be
interesting and informative. It
represented a wide array of opin­
ions and offered useful health
advice. I was, however, disap­
pointed in the portrayal of sex as
an always consensual, often plea­
surable ~cc.
1 cannot describe how jeal­
ous I was to read Val Hunsinger's
words: "For the majority of my
Life, sex was a piece of cake; it just
didn't exist."
I certainly hope thar those
people who are lucky enough to
have made sex (or rhe lack there-
stereotype of a
Christian who
over
societal rules,
attempts to
deny ochers any Sex ... can also be a violent,
painful, physical act.
sort of worldly pleasure, de­
sires to convert humanity, and
professes extremely conserva­
tive political' views. None of
these is ultimately true of most
m;iinstream Christians-who
are numerkalJy far larger than
the evangelical right wing of
the faith which gers the head­
lines and which, consequendy,
further entrenches this e.r:rone­
ous 1mage.
Speaking as a poHtically lib­
eral mainstream Christian, I
am dismayecl that the underly-of) a choice realize how fortunate
they are. Sex can be a beautiful,
pleasurable, spiritual experience;
but it can also be a violent, pain•
ful, physical act. I beseech the
Lewis & Clark community to be
more conscious of the complex­
icy of sex, and I am sure that wirh
the advent of the Take Back the
Night season, the Pioneer Log will
see this topic p.wperly addressed.
Thank you for so thoroughly ex­
amining one side of rhis issue,
now let's see the other side.
-Christine MifleI ('07) _6 ________________________ ....,_jellllH __________ th_e_P_io.n_e_e_r_L_o.011110., F_eb_ru.ary
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VOX saves campus from
debilitating idealism
Student group inspires participation because of
connections with Planned Parenthood
by Sara Ruwitch
When I fuse arrived at Lewis
& Clark as a bright eyed, moti­
vated liberal, the world was full
of possibilities, and all of them
were conveniently located right
on my campus. Needless co say,
I was overwhelmed. After my fuse
month I cur myself off from the
world of campus activities and
political activism. This cesspool
of open-mindedness and liberal­
ism was too much; there was no
way I could possibly make a dif­
ference surrounded by all of chese
ambitious, idealistic people.
Although 1 still maimain
much of my cynicism about civic
involvement, I am becoming far
more rational about it. Upon its
creation chis year, l found my­
self as a part of the VOX group
-the Larin vox meaning voice, as
in Voices for Choice. In chis case
it is a Planned Parenthood spon­
sored grassroots-organizing group
on campus. This group somehow
fulfilled my masochistic desire ro
make a difference by allowing me
co parcicipate in a nation-wide
pro-choice campaign.
Part of the appeal of VOX is
rhat the campus group is part of
the larger pro-choice effort. As
this is che case, it is easy for vol­
unrcers co see the effect of their
efforts beyond the boundaries of
this campus. In October, several
of the VOX members and I went
ro the Planned Parend10od in
Southwest Porcland ro participate
in a phone bank. The California
ballot measure we were fighting
was one char required parenral noti.ficacjon for minors getting an
abortion. It was defeated narrow­
ly, in part due to the efforts of vol­
unteers such as ourselves. Planned
Parenthood is now gearing up for
a similar fight over parental noti­
fication thac is likely to be on the
Oregon ballot this fall.
Being connected with Planned
Parenthood's larger political ac­
tion group gives many of our
acriviries a kind of purpose that
many ocher political groups lack.
When J stare co lose the motiva­
tion co go to meetings and be an
active participant, I remember
rhat we are pace of a larger effort.
We have goals for every semester:
for example getting more people
signed up for Planned Parent­
hood's Action Network, which is
a group of pro-choice voters that
Planned Parenthood calls upon to
vote, volunteer, and raise aware­
ness.
As rhe intern for chis semes­
ter, l work closely with Planned
Parenthood's regional coordina­
tor for the area. We work cogerher
thinking of ways co incorporate
Planned Parenthood's goals with
rhe ideas of the VOX group.
Sometimes these go together
seamlessly, like a forum at Reed
with a panel of professors and
lawyer talking about the nomi­
nees for the then vacanc scars
on rhe Supreme Court. Jn ocher
cases, we end up passing around
petitions and email lists ar movie
nights. The end result is a small,
dedicared group thac, des~ice ics
limited scope, is actively making a
difference in maintaining a wom­
an's right to choose. Hanister dissects Bush's
Anierica Alito is looking hot in that judicial
robe, we're still oil hungry and hu­
man-animal hybrids are a no-go
by Matt Savage
For those of you who followed
che Stace of the Union address last
Tuesday (sober, drunk, on The
Daily Show, the next day in che
paper, the SNL spoof, ere.), you
got to witness what any pundit
will tell you is Bush's lase Scare of
the Union Address. Technical­
lx, he has one more, bur baning
another terrorist attack or North
Korea nuking somebody, nobody
on either side is going to care whar
Busb has to say -anymore come
2007. There will be a new Con­
gress, and the presidential elecrion
will have already begun. 1his isn't
hamster angry ac-Bush, this is true
for any executive in power.
So what did our fearl~ leader
have ro say?:
1) We are addicred ro oil.
2) Iraq is going great.
3) We need co have more math
and science teachers.
4) Aliro looks good •in supreme
court robes.
5) 1l1ere will be no more human­
animal hybrids.
What did our fe-<1rless lead­
er not say anything substantial
about?:
l) Rebuilding New Orleans
2) Healrh-carc
3) Fighting terrorism (minus lraq
and spying on Americans wirhouc
a warrant),
4) Spying on American citizens
without a warrant, ere.
Like him or loarhe him, Bush
has done a loc as President. He
has been responsible for huge tax
cuts, reforming Medicare, invad­
ing Iraq and Afghanistan, keep­
ing control of all three branches of government for 7 our of 8 years,
and a lor of pork-barrel spending.
While America has lots of huge
problems looming ahead, it's fair
co say rhat Bush probably is nor
going ro solve chem.
5b what ~d he say?
We are addicted to oil. Every-Bush probably nominated the
besr Supreme Court juscices he
could. They are both smart, ca­
pable judges who will nor legis­
larc from the bench as much as
Scalia-Thomas. I know many of
you are clutching your dildos/gay
lover/aborted lover/ ere. in fear,
one knows char Bush isn't going ro bur ir could have been worse.
do a damn thing about this prob­
lem; he couldn'r even ifhe actually
wanted to. Bur ic is still a signifi­There will be no more hu­
man-animal hybrids. -Yes, it
sounds funny, bur biotech corpo·
cant shift in policy, ----------------
and something that ... John Kerry will probably
even Republicans
will have ro solve ruri. He will lose. I will
in '06 and 'OS. En-never again ask anyone to
joy the binge while
it lasts, because the vote for/ canvass for/think
United Scares will
probably not get gas about him. I apologize. I w
below $1.50 in the desperate.
near future, or ever.
Iraq is go­
fog great Yes, Bush made a lor
of mistakes in Lraq. Bur he is
still the commander-in-chief for
d1e next two years, and any exit­
srracegy will have to go through
him. This is an imporrant thing
co keep in mind. As I. write, there
is a low-probability of significant
troop withdraw( under Bush (but
it's Iraq, no one knows whar could
happen).
We need to have more math
and science teachers. Like Iraq
in foreign policy, Bush is currendy
considering education co be one of
his greatest domestic poli9' iniria­
rives. Like Iraq, he has done a lor,
whether or not you like.
Alito looks good in Supreme
Court robes. Yes, Harriet Miers rations do actually have proposals
ro do experiments of chis kind.
They will probably still occur, bur
overseas. We can all have a good
chuckle, bur realize char people
would do this kind of experimen­
tation if there Were not laws to
stop it.
I hope rhac Bush's speech
makes more sense now. lf you
arc a Bush fun, look back at how
much your fearless leader accom­
plished -ir was a 101. If you arc
not a Bush fan, the damage has
mosrly been dealt; srarr thinking
about who you want ncxr.
P.S.: Yes, John Kerry will prob­
ably run. He will lose. I will
never again ~sk anyone to vote
for/canvass for/think about him.
was a rremendous fucking mis-I apologize. I was desperate.
take ... anyway, in my opinion,
:[>erhaps we use the term hippie a tad too liberally
Extreme liberalism? Not
so much for Bob Marley
fanatics.
by Craig Gilden
Hippie: We hear the word all
rhe rime. Ir is used prominencly
in our Lewis & Clark vocabulary.
Many students see rhemselves or
their classmates ns hippies, bur
whar does the word really mean,
and should it really be used so of­
ten here ar LC?
According to Webster's Diction­
ary, a hippie is "a person who op­
poses and rejects many of the con­
ventional Standards and customs of
sociery, especially one who advo­
cates extreme liberalism in socio­
political attitudes and lifestyles."
The origin of rhe word hippie
actually has more ro do with jazz
than anti-esrablishmenr. It derives
from the word hip and was first
used in the 1950s by jazz musicians
as an insulr to describe someone
who was unsuccessfully artempting
to be hip. However, in the I %Os,
rhe meaning of the word shifted co­
wards whar we think of roday-ac­
cording to randomhouse.org, the
word became synonymous with young, long-haired
people who dressed
unco o veo tionally,
held various anries­
tablishmem attitudes
and beliefs, and typi­
cally advocated commu-
nal living, free love, pacifisr
or radical policies, and the use of
hallucinogenic drugs." The word
was popularized by media cover­
age chat depicred members of the
teenage drug scene as "hippies."
So what does any of this have
co do with us? In my experiences
ac LC, my peers and I have gen­
eralized about how many hippies
there are on campus, bur the lon­
ger I have been here, the less sure
I become.
A couple of weeks into my P!IOTO 8Y SAAA RUWITCH
study abroad trip, one of
my group mates said to
me that she thought I was
going to be a "jock asshole"
coming into the trip. I was
taken aback at this assump­
tion, more because of the
word jock than asshole, bur
also because this line of thinking
arose m,tinly from che face tbar I
had worn a har co all our pre-trip
meetings. At first I thought thar
this was ridiculous, bur I then real­
ized that I have made these simi­
lar assumptions in rhe past. My
friends and I have looked at people
on campus and assumed they acr
and chink a specific way based only
on appearance. Yer after being at
LC for three years and getting ro
know more and more people, I am scarring ro chink that from lase week's PioLog prow are
this hippie perception not rrue of students here at LC.
might just not be true. While smoking weed or doing hal-
Aftec looking inro lucinogenic drugs does happen ar
rhe origins of rhe word, LC, they arc by no means relarcd
I am even more con-ro anriestablishmcnr beliefs. To-
vinced. The definition day, che decision ro cake a hit has
of hippie is someone lirrlc or nothing co do with fighc-
thar rcjeccs social norms ing the government. So why is
and advocates extreme LC's perceprion chat of a bunch of
liberalism. While most hippies?
LC scudents are liberal, When I decided to leave my life
are we really char ex-in conservative Texas for LC, my
creme of a group? Enrolling biggest fear was that I would be
at a liberal arts col- ---
lege in a ciry such as
Portland. Oregon
suggests a liberal
environment in the
first place, so the
facr thar a student
at LC supported
John Kerry cenain-The definition of hippie is
someone that rejects social
norms and advocates extreme
liberalism.
ly would not make chem a hippie.
1n d1e I 960s, hippies were gener­
ally seen as longhaired, bur does
thar really apply roday? At LC, nor
shaving or gecring a haircut is mosr
likely a result oflaziness rather than
a protest againsr "The Man."
The term "free love" was also
associated with hippies, bur this is
again another phrase that statistics surrounded by procesting students
that I could not identify with.
While many LC students see their
peers as a hippie community, after
three years, I have found our com­
munity co be much closer to just
plain normal than wc'would like ro
think. While being differenc can
be cool, being just normal mighr
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Ex-rebel gives up skipping class
for n1ore subtle forn1s of revolt
Middle class sob story determines alternative definition for rebellion
by Christie Wright
Somebody told me the other day rhar I'm such an
outcast 1 don't even fit in with the other outcasts.
My social history supporrs this: l arrived on my
first day of high school in vinyl blue pants, a Hor
Topic Power Puff Girl shirr, and a pair of junky Er­
nie sneakers. My face was covered in black eyeliner
and glitter, my bangs were bright red, and I wore this
obnoxious orange, dog-collar-looking Chain around
my neck. I smoked at lease cwo Camels behind the
seminary building ac break and snuck out at night to
drink some sort of wretched mix of cheap vodka and
Mountain Dew, onJy co come home rwo hours before
J had ro rake a geomerry test in first period. But l
was a waJking contradiction: I was also a starter on the
volleybalJ team, edited the newspaper, and attended a
Mormon church on Sundays. l kinda liked geometry
rescs, too.
I dicLl't fir in with my friends because I was coo in­
volved in school activities. They just didn't understat1d
why I would choose ro stay at school Friday nights
co lay out the newspaper or run around in a gym. l
dicL1'r fie in with my newspaper sraff or volleyball ream
because I always smelled like smoke. And I didn't fit
in with my Mormon friends because the bishop re­
fused co allow me in tbe temple with red hair.
I lived for institutions I couJd react co-confin­
i.ng structures chat would alienate me. I wouJd rebel
against my rebelljon. There was some sort of satis­
faction in going to church afrer staying up aJJ night
parrying. Or getting suspended from school the day
before I won first place for ~ article I'd written at a
stare journalism competition. l wasn't abiding by any
set lifestyle.
Maybe I was afraid of what would happen if I did
subscribe to someone's expectations. Family psychol­
ogists would probably blame my actions on a lack of
solid funily structure or the fact that I refused to see
my father for two years for realJy no other reason than
that he called me a brat when my hormone-i11duced­
hosriliry ruined a family dinner.
Blall, blah, blah. This is a white, middle-class sob
story. I'll get to the point.
These rebeUfons made me interesting. Nor to other
people, but to myself. But 20 years of age has found
me much more complacent and, as I reflect on my
recent attempts co live up to the teenager I once was,
I realize that I may be slipping into a world of dull,
dull obscuriry.
While it may be pretentious and somewhat typical
co say, I feel like Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause­
anxious, bored and somewhat rejected by my funily
and friends who just don't care anymore.
For instance, my mother gave me a relatively jaded response when I Rashed my freshJy pierced sternum
ar her last October after she picked me up from the
airporr. She just sighed and asked, "What is that
for?" -as if I had installed some mechanism be­
tween my breasts chat would make me a better writ­
er or more efficient reader.
I was let down-1 wanted a reaction similar to
the one I got when I was thirteen and died my hair
blue before a No Doubt concert. Or like rbe one 1
got when I was 15 afrer she read the part of my jour­
nal chat stated oh-so-matter-of-factly why I bated
her. If the sternum piercing couldn't elicit such re­
sponses, could wything!
... I'm dropping out of school
to become a stripper in some
small town in Wyoming.
I've cried taking my aggression out on rwo wea-•
ry newspaper editors. My rebellion bas been miti­
gated to fighting over column widths, high-contrast
graphics, or the placement of photo credits. But
even tl1is activity lacks the gratification tbar comple­
mented even my most minor adolescent revolts.
I am looking for the instant oatmeal of rebeWons.
A quick-fix co feed what lingers of my adolescent n.a­
cure. I am searching for one lase hurrah before I kiss
my unfounded teenage angst goodbye. I'm looking
for something that will make me less dull. Less part
of che college crowd. Less mediocre.
I feel like good closure for this article would be
a declaration that I'm dropping out of school to be­
come a stripper in some small cown in Wyoming.
But my old age prevents me from doing anything
as oven as taking my clothes off. Perhaps chat's the
point-my rebellion has had co become much more
subtle. I express my angst by nor buying Ikea furni­
cure or not listening to the Killers or not taking a job
just because they seem like the right things to do.
Maybe the uJtimace rebellion is not settling for
something just because its there.
It's dropping a major when I've decided I'm sick
of it, or changing my mind about a boy right before
l kiss him, or deciding to eat cheese for the first time
in four years. It's about allowing myself to believe
in contradicting ideas or commit irrational actions
even on the most frivolous oflevels, just to keep my­
self in check.
I think l might have to accept this and do what
I can with it. Thar's a huge step for someone who
used to skip class co drink beer and cur debate cri­
tiques. Liberals need to accept
their political reality
~ tttE~W JlpV6~~R
Qr'il:S,ill;y,fil>eral, no cookie for you!
by Lexie Briggs
A conservacive friend and I once
bad a line of obsequious banter
that seemed ro spring up whenever
we ralked politics for more than
a minute and a half. "You're coo
smart to be a Democrat!'' he wouJd
say. "You're roo nice to be a Repub­
lican!" l'd retort, thinking myself
quite tl1e wit.
In those rwo lines, we summed
up the dilemmas fucing each party.
lne Republicans represented small
government and self-sufficienty. ln
many ways, the Republican Parry
was the "smart'; parry, but they
weren't n.ice.
The Democrats had "nice" in
the bag. TI1e Democrats' main
platform is the epitome of nice:
rake care of those less fortunate, be
open-minded and politicalJy cor­
rect. But, mosr of the time liberals
are idiots.
In the 2000 campaign, Bush's
"compassionate conservatism" got
him elected. Suddenly, the Repub­
licans were smart and nice. Dem­
ocrats, fielding Gore, thought he
could give them the smarts they
needed. Unforcunately for us, he
didn't, and no one has rried very
hard since.
If we liberals want to gain back
any semblance of power or sway
in the government, we have got to
smarten up and st0p our whining.
The mantra "George Bush is not
my president" just serves to further
mass denial and set back che liberal
cause. What use is there in deny­
ing what is constitutionalJy man­
dated just because we don't like it?
Liberals felt betrayed and left
behind afrer the last election. We
let apathy rake over, convinced that
the system no longer works for us.
.Denial changes nothing. The point
of democracy is that sometimes the other side wins, but you've always
gor a chance for a comeback.
Ir is time to move on. Whining
about it will not help anything.
With the 2006 election so dose,
liberals should be concentrating on
the task allead: ensuring a Demo­
cratic Congress. instead, anti-war
protesters booed Nancy Pelosi at
a town hall meeti11g three weeks
ago when she said she thought we
could "solve chjs issue electoral!/
and urged chem to channel their
energy into the 2006 campaign.
During che Scare of rhe Union,
a parade of protesters took to the
sueers of LA, hoping to symboli­
cally "drown out" Bush's words and
calling on him to step down.
Then, of course, rhere are in­
stances of stupid liberalism on our
campus. Two weeks ago, a coffee­
maker was "taken hostage" and left
with a note.
So, this is what we liberals have
come co? Stealing a coffeemaker to
make a point? A poorly articuJated
poim at chat, full of obscenity and
grammatical errors.
If the Democracs have any hope
for winning a future election, we
liberals need to stop being idiots.
We need to accept reality and act
on it rather than waste time crying
to figure our ways to impeach Bush.
We need to recognize char democ­
racy still works. Liberals in gov­
ernment are Aoundering because
liberals in the ciri7.enry at large are
running around stealing coffee­
makers and howling our angst ro
the heavens. We have the power to
change things-if we concentrate.
As perhaps the greatest Demo­
cratic president once said, "Do
what you can, wirh what you have,
where: you are." We liberals need to
accept reality and make some real
change in tl1e world, nor just whine
about what might have been. 8 the Pioneer Log, February 10, 2006
Zack Mann brings LC into
e list of legendary Lewis &
one name, the infamous Monica
could change that. For many students,
ch Mann is remembered for his hugs,
·s, being an RA, or even being the Piolog's m
ent, and sometimes only, sports writer. Last Jl;'8l;
, things sudde~changed when a LQ frie;°d
Man_, . ..,. R~af:i'j,rla audition. From
at moment on, his e woul'.d never be-the sam,. Mann
was cast as the "die p;overbia.hrlce guy you ~alf. to take
home to Mom" on MTV's The Real World, wh~ lte ex­
perienced Uving with seven other peqple tb,ro.'l,
and hwdcan.es in K~ West; Florida. Despite ,
'7"'' ' the b~z has,,exeloded all over campus as stud
aw~ our new celebrity's debut !>n Feb. 28. z.:k
Mann rcpo~ on-the ,r~ty of The Re~l Wo!~.r
,,, ,t' ~
Hqwdid you get involved with the raf~ence?
What'was the selection ~~
'1 was drivingmy-{riend Petet ~open
""tall audition at,a local ~at;_, cl ,hould probably go
ahead and btjng ~,Plihu:l6n and head shoi. I got adled
-bade for a few more interiiews. Then I went to LA for • 6na1
blte.rview and then aft.ei: 3 1/2 months of waiting I found 011t
while I was wo,~ at uwruner cam~ in .Maine .......
What was the best thing about the whole ~t:ience?
I learned a,lorabo~t myself aftcdka.vi!?l the ho~ !gained
s~ttdy good lnends. I lea(Ded:wm,t I want in life; what I like
about people; and also tliat there are many types o-f people in
die US.
'Ihewol'st?
Li& ge~ examined under a microscope. There are a4o f~
whe.o itsbows because friendships mightchanrse. Also, the bur-
1:icanes were horrible. We hadn't started filmi_.g, b~t mosC::Of us
were in the area. There were mandatory evacuations the day we
were to start filming. It was hard to watch the devastation,tliat
happened to mends and people in the area, loss of homes, cars,
plctures, jobs, and money. It was hard because we were liv,.ing
in a beautiful mansion while there was complete devastation.
around us. It was also very stressful because we didn't know
tbe extent of what was g9ii;tg on ~ound us; I was taUdng to my
dad., and he kept telling me how horrible things looked.
Will you continue to pursue an acting or reality 1V ca­
reerl
No. lf the opportunity arose in the field, I would really have
to think about it. Being the talent or actor was liard, I'm hum­
ble. I didn't have to act; I just Jived my life. I would love an
opportunity to work on the business side, the production side,
maybe as an age~t.
In hindsight would you change anything?
Absolutely not. It i;s weird getting to watch and relive my
life. I realized that the present has a long lasting impact. As a
communication major the show was a helpful tool to approach
communicating in very dUferent situations. fHE REAL ,, WORLP
KEY WEST
Would you do it again? ,
lwould love ~o be a'Part o
' ever, I'd like,io be in a differe
town, which made things h
bte: and beh.g-.iµ a small to
lating, As,to wlfether 'I
question in six months. m~ like tbis again. How-•· §wu a,m.U already a bub-
ted anoth ble, ~ iso-
do it again... uk me that
• interests or big fights? '
owever, I will say that I was fo,tunate
enough, to Ii three really; beautiful women aqcl three
awesome giq$. Also, as far ~ fights the.re will always be ten­
sions in that type of sitU,.ttion.
Wllat stereotype did you fit (the wil<'i one, virgm, etc)?
Were you true to yourself on the show?
Ask LC students; they will kno~ l think I was portta)W. as
the nice guy that you would bring }tome to Moin, but we will
see how I come across in the show after the editing, which will
bring out all my sides. We will 6p,"d out together. I Wa$ true to
wholam. ~
Do you keep in touch with the people you met?
We talk every day; I try to call or contact at least one cast
member everyday. We are making strong bonds now, especially
because we will.be working together with promotional a,Ppeai:­
ances. When the sh.ow airs, relationships might be different.
But at the end of the day we all realize that frust:a:ations will oc­
cur hut we should' be civil, that bygones will be bygones.
"What comes next in the real world of Zach Mann? Any
upcoming appearances?
Plans are to travel but to bave Portland as my home base.
I want to enjoy this time; l'm not going to be money hungry.
When the fun is over I'm going to get a real job. My real goals
haven't been met. l want to pursue a job with a sports agency.
Where are }'OU going to watch the show? On campus?
In my apartment and maybe in Council Chambers. if the
student body wants me to come. I really don\ want. to make a
big deal of it.
PIIOTOCOUATESYMT\I l 10, 2006 Features
SUDOKU: nine little nufllhers
that bring the planet together
by Wendy Dwyer
It can be found in bookstores, cafes, and newspapers across the world.
It captivates all ages and types from middled-aged housewives to
college students. There are books, magazines, and websites on it. It is a
craze sweeping the nation and the world. What is it? Sudoku.
While a year ago many people crossed over into Western culrure. complete a one star Sudoku. If I'm
wouldn't have known rhe difference In late 2004, a version was intro-looking for a way ro really lacer­
berween chose little squares and duced ro 7he Times in London, and ate an afternoon our of existence, I
numbers and a crossword, today it it has expanded from there. Now waste my brainpower on a six star."
can be seen everywhere. What ex-it can be found in many different Given the right amount of variety,
acdy is it, though? And where did magazines and newspapers across Sudoku can take as much time as
it come from? Why, in the age of the globe, including USA Today, you want to spend. It is mobile and
technology, does the global phe-the New York Post, Games Maga- affordable and can be done at any
nomenon only require a pen, pa-zine, and our own Oregonian just time; all you need is a pencil.
per, squares and numbers? Ir's time ro name a few. Is it the perfect puzzle?
to break the code of Sudoku. Why is it so popular? Unfortunately, no. Its greatest
What is it? Amazingly enough, it is the sim-strength can also be considered its
For those of you that are still plicity of Sudoku that has such a greatest downfall. "Be warned,"
clueless to the trend mon-__________________ said Heiman. "Although
srer raking the world by "Sudokus are kind of like the Sudoku puzzles are fun,
srorm, Sudoku is a puzzle. they can still drive you
lr'sanumbergarnewithche friend I always wanted but crazy. Jc rakes a Sudo-
dimensions of an everyday never found. They are chal- kuer to truly understand
word search. It's a square the feeling of frustration
of nine boxes CU[ into nine lenging, fun to be with, some- and stupidity that comes
smaller squares. Some of times frustrating, and can be with spending a chunk of
the squares are filled in your time trying ro figure
with numbers, most are discarded when you're done out a puzzle, only tO sud-
lefr blank. The only pur-with them." denly realize that you put
pose of the game is to fill a wrong number in one of
everysquarewithone-digit . -Brandon Wiebe ('08) the boxes."
numbers, filling each hori-__________________ Wiebe also admitted
wmal row, each vertical ro the occasional frustu-
column, and each box with wide populace hooked. Its straight- ration of these puzzles but
rhe numbers one through nine. It forward concept and wide range of elaborated in metaphor: "Sudokus
requires no addition, subtraction, level of difficulty has encouraged are kind of like the friend I always
or any math skills of any kind. The many people who would normally wanted ·bur never found," he said.
only thing you need is the abiliry to rum down a puzzle to step up to its "They are challenging, fun to be
recognize the numbers one through challenge. "I am absolutely awful at with, sometimes frustrating, and
nine. Seems simple, right? Hard to crossword puzzles," confessed Jesse can be discarded when you're done
believe chis lircle formula is a source Heiman ('09). "I don't think I have with chem."
of joy and agony for many around ever managed ro successfully com- So if crosswords have become
the world. plere a crossword chat wasn't in-roo dull, if you're looking to jump
Where did it come from? tended for a 10-ycar-old. But I can on the world-wide bandwagon, or
Sudoku originated in Japan. The do Sudoku, and that helps my ego if you are still searching for the per­
name Sudoku actually is the short-recover a little from the previously feet friend, check out Sudoku puz-
ened version of its Japanese name, mentioned crossword troubles." zles, available everywhere.
which means "the numbers must to Sophomore Brandon Weibe Information used in this article
be single." It could be found in Jap-said that he enjoys • rhe diversity taken from Su Doku for Dummies
anese papers since the eighties, but of involvedness Sudoku offers. "If by Andrew Heron and Edmund
it wasn't until very recently chat it I have five minutes, f can easily James.
Plwlo of lhe week----
by Jocelyn Stokes Cal in lhe Lag 9
DISTRACTED
Insightful interactions with
everyday thoughts
by Craig Beebe
4,.aSt Sunday was beautiful,
wasn't it? The sun finally re­
turned from its long exile, the
temperature was a bit warmer
than it has been recently, ancd
bulbs all acound the city begw to
bloom.
Now, you'd think tbat Port­
landers would be out in masses to
celebrate d1e arrival of bountiful
spring, with its glorious sunshine
and flowers and warmth. Sun­
day happened co be Candlemas,
fhe traditional Christian holiday
when the arrival of spring is cel­
ebrated.
So, were we out celebrating
thar light, hiking and biking and
basking with our homework on
the Pac-Man Lawn?
No, we most certainly weren't
Why not? Super Bowl XL, of
course. And I'm not referring to
the size of the players' T-shirts.
Super Bowl XXXL isn't an actual
Roman numeJ"al.
Okay, I know that many
readers of this column were not
watching the Super Bowl last
Sunday. In fuct, many of you
may read this and automatical­
ly thtnk that I am just another
brainks,s American, giving inro
the spectacle and artifice that is
the Big Game: outlandish, over­
priced ads; gluttony of terrible
snack foods and pizza; a sexage­
narian rock band; and of course,
a mildly .interesting sporrs com­
petition that is mostly ignored!
Perhaps I am such a brainless
American. In my defense, l rare­
ly watch football. Actually. this
was the first Super 'Bowl l had
watched for any length oftime in
four years -since I carl)e to Lewis
& Clark. in fact. Go figure.
Bur this year, one of the com­
peting reams is my homerown
team, a perennial loser that has
caused shame and frustration
throughout all the years of my
childhood: the Seattle Seahawks.
There was no way I • was go­
• ing to miss this game. And since to be hosting a parry, I had no ex­
cuse ro miss it1 either.
So there I found myself, on
Sunday afternoon with 30 or so
people packed into tWO rooms in
a Sellwood house, all eyes focused
intently on one of c-.vo screens,
drinks and food comfortably sur­
'rounding all of us.
And what a game it was. I'm
not much of a watcher of foot­
ball, as I've said. But as-3h enjoy-­
er of social events, especially odd
ones, this was a home run. Yes,
r know I'm mixing-spores meta­
phors here, but just play along.
For one thing, there was rhe
rime delay between the two tele­
visions in the house. One was
getting its feed via the airwaves,
while the other was connected
to a cable outlet. For some un­
known reason, che first television
was five seconds ahead of the ca­
ble-c;onnecred o•ne. And since I
happened to be watching rhe first
television, it worked our well.
I felt like I could predict the
future. Those of us watching that
television could see the outcome
of plays, as well as advertisements,
a full five seconds before the peo­
ple in the other room. You might
think this uninteresting, but it
became very cool, very quickly.
We would see the play, cheer, and
be done cheering by the time the
other room got to see it.
While it was all fun at first, ir
didn't talce long for the time dif­
ference to become annoying to
the other room. By halftime, 1
feared that l was going to have
things thrown at me.
In any case, it was a good
game. It was shorter than l re­
membered past games being, in
pan because my Seahawks got
pounded almost the entire time.
lbats okay. Even tho1.1gh I said
they were my hometown team, I
lied. I live 300 miles away. l'II
choose another team for my alle­
giances nexr year. I mean, if I'll
even be warching rhe game .
f bet I will.
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Oregon Symphony, LC bookstore Music dept. courts
pair up to offer cheap tickets new 'Golden Age'
by Stephanie Beechem
1his spring, Oregon Symphony
and rhe Lewis & Clark College
Booksrore have paired up ro offer
$ l O srndenr cickecs co five spring
symphonies. Tickers to Sunday
Oregon Symphony p1:rformances
cypically case $20-$27 dollars and
have been reduced by up to 60
percem through rhe partnership.
All of chese tickecs are available ar
rhe LC bookstore.
Three of these Symphony events
are still to come. On Sunday,
February 26, che Mambo Kings, a
five person Latin jaz.z combo, srart
-a three day gig with the Symphony
ac the Arlene Schnitz.er Concerc
Hall, where conccrr-goers can bask
in rhe warm electric glow of rhe
Schnin's gianr marquee before rhe
show.
On Sunday, March 12, break
our the borscht for an all-Russian
night with the Symphony and
special guest pianist Yakov
Kasman. Yasman will perform
Pt1 yy IMA Rachmanfooff Piano Concerco
No. 1, the first in a series of
four notoriously complicated
Rachmaninoffconcertos. Kasman's
performance will be sandwiched
berween a performance of
Suavinsky's Concerto in E-Aat
and Tchaikovsky's Suire No. 3 for
orchestra. Spend a cheap night at the Schnitz with the OR Symphony.
Finally, on Sunday, April 9. the Schwantner's Aftertones of Infinity,
and Joseph Strauss' Music of the
Spheres Waln. Any symphony­
goer worth their salt would do well
to preface this nighr wich readings
of Percy Bysshe Shelley's "To rhe
Moon" and Longfellow's "Hymn co
On Sunday, March 12, break out the
borscht for an all-Russian night with the
Symphony and special guest pianisr-Y-as­
man Kasman ... [who] will perform Rach­
maninoff Piano Concerto No. I.
Symphony, together with marimba
player Neil DaPonte, wiU perform a
concert entitled" Mysceries of Time
and Space.» which the Oregon
Symphony websice promises wiJI
"evoke memories of velvety-dark
nighcs spent contemplating a scarry
sky wich planets eternally moving
with clock-like regularity." If you
have chat sore of memory in your
repercoire, rhey will be performing
Haydn's Symphony IO 1 D Major,
Cresron's Concerto for Marimba. the Nighc."
LC alumni inceresced in
arrending "Mysteries of Time and
Space" should cake advantage of
a l O percent alumni discount by
calling the Oregon Symphony box
office at (503)228-1353.
The Oregon Symphony has
planned an impressive array of
shows for lacer this spring-alas, no
cheap rickets are available through
the book.score-bur chey may well
be wonh che full ticker price. From February 18-19 the Symphony
will recreace an American jazz club
wirh a performance of Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue, Ravel's Piano
Concerco in G minor, and
Gruber's Manhattan Brqadcasts.
In mid-Maich the Symphony will
conduct a 50s and 60s Rock, Soul,
and Doo Wop tribute alongside
the Jerry Butler Orchestra and
Willy Winfield and the Harptones.
From May 13-15 rhe Symphony
will be forming Mozarc's famous
Requiem mass-an unfinished
masterpiece he wrore, in pare, for
himself. The performance is parr
of che city-wide Month of Mozart,
which will commemorace Mozart's
25o•h birthday with 11 music and
dance performances across rhe
city, encompassing everything
from performances of his operas
and sonatas to contemporary
dances choreographed co his string
quarcets.
1l1ese shows are only a small
selection of the Symphony's 2006
program. For more informacion
about discounred or regular price
shows, call the Symphony box
office or visit orsymphony.org.
Sundays: Symphony or bust!
by Kristin Godwin
Ar 3:00pm on Sunday, Feb. 5,
one had che option of either viewing
rhe Super Bowl, or attending the
concerc "Song and Dance," pare of
the Oregon Symphony's Sundays a1
Two performance series. While che
Super Bowl does conrain elements
of song and dance during che
halftime show; the typical fare ac
the Arlene Schniner Concerc Hall
is far differenr than the glircery
drum lines and cheerleaders.
The concert was conducted by
guesr conduccor Eri Klas and began
wich Eduard Tubin's "Esronian
Dance Su ice." Klashimselfisa native
Estonian, which only deepened
his conneccion ro rhe suite. The songs were played mindfully and
were well-arriculaced, charming,
and lighr-hearced. Gregory Ewer,
a member of rhe second violin
secrion in the Oregon Symphony,
played "Humoresque I in D minor,
Op. 87, No. i," and "Humorcsque challenging violin pyrorechnics,
such as the lighrning-fast pizzicaLOs,
buc somehow was unconvincing in
capturing the righr mood ro bring
either piece co life. The lase item
on rhe short program-the whole
concerc was a licrle over a hour
. The pieces are semi-melancholy in nature,
despite the typically playful spirit of the
humoresque genre.
II in D major, Op. 87, No. 2," both
by Jean Sibelius. -111e pieces are
semi-melancholy in narure, despice
the cypically playful spirit of rhe
humorcsque genre. Ewer disp!:tyed
his technical expertise dtuing his long-was Dmitri Shoscakovich's
first major work, "Symphony No.
1 in F minor, Op. IO." By far rhe
longest selection on the program.
che music was ponderous and a
trifle roo introspective w1der Klas' by Nathanael Massey
From rhe 1950s ro che lace
1970s, a period of almost d1irty
years, rhe arcs ac Lewis & Clark
enjoyed something of a "Golden
Age," during which che music
program achieved the status of
conset'½tory, and rhe school irself
actained a su6sranrive measure
of recognition from che oarional
musical communiry.
Towards the end of tl1e
seventies, however, music became
less and less of a priority. This was,
in large pan, because of a decision
by rhe previous adminiscration char
conservarory-style music educacion
was coo focused ro fie che aims of rhe
liberal arcs. The deparcmenr, which
had for a time enjoyed a posirion
of some focus, became increasingly
supplementary co ocher, more
popular disciplines. The school in
turn ceased its issue of rentue lines
ro music facuJcy.
Recent events and developments
within the depanment may suggest
thar music is regainingac least pare of
its former level of precedence. The
lase six years have seen che addicions
of four new faculty co che tenure
track. Partly by their resource, and
pardy chrough a general drive-as
Eleonora Beck, Chair of the Music
Department said, co" ... kick things
up a notch ... "-the department is
seeing changes which do, indeed,
seem co suggest revitalization.
There's a grear deal of energy
in the air, faculty agreed, and the
department's goals are progressing
sceadily. Orla McDonagh, Professor
of Piano, said that che number
of musical performances at LC
has doubled in the lase few years;
and, while still experiencing some
ebb and Row in enrollment, the
number of Music majors has also
increased. of Verdi's Orierta di Lesbo, a work
char has been archived for more
than one-hundred· and fifty years.
There arc renovations in every
field of music. McOonagh is
bringing in an intcrnacionally
renowned pianist for the fourth
year in a rovt for a performance
and master class' this spring. Forest
Pierce, Composition professor and
anocher recenr renure, is adding
a songwriting class, a pet project
of his, ro the school's summer
curriculum.
"The pop song is che single mosc
important musical form," in terms
of compositional maturity, " ... of
cbe last fifcy years,·• he contended.
Pierce will a.lso see performance
of one of his recent compositions,
a percussion concerco, by chc
Portland symphony chis semester.
These are jusc a few examples.
Each member of the music faculty
brings someching different from
cheir professional musical careers,
said McDonagh.
TI1e issue now is recruitment.
"We have wonderful faculty,"
said Beck. "The nexr step is to
scare recruiting more musically
focused players." Pierce added chat
the school has a.II the pocencial
co arcracr musicians: a rich
urban environmenr, professional
musicians among che faculty whose
work goes beyond che school, and a
suong reputation for liberal arts.
The shift, said Pierce, has co
be mental as well. "lc's importanr
co understand char the music
deparrmenr doesn't just exist to
make beccer-rounded physicists and
policical scientisrs," he said. "The
world needs developed musicians,
coo ... artists trained as thinkers,
scholars, scientists."
All agree chat the upper levels
of adminiscration have been
accommodating to proposed
"It's important to understand that
the music department doesn't just ex-
ist to make better-rounded physicists
and political scientists ... the world needs
developed musicians, too ... artists
trained as thinkers, scholars, scientists."
-Forest Pierce
After thirteen years withour, the
school has finally reestablished irs
full orchestra under rhc direction
George Skipworth. Skipworth,
who has worked internarionally for
years, said char nostalgia drew him
back co rhe Northwest.
This year, on cop of directing
the orchescra co a performance of
Beethoven's ninth, Skipworth is
bringing a very special event co
LC: the performance, for the firsc
time in the Western hemisphere,
baron. The solos Shostakovich
sprinkled rhroughour the piece co
highlight particubr instruments
were performed admirably.
"Sundays ac Two" is a relarively
new series char features 90-minure
concerrs chat are more casual in
cone than rhe evening concercs. devclopmencs. "We find the new
President and Dean very sensirivl'.',"
said Beck. ~They know and care
about music." George Skipworth,
Conductor of the LC orchestra,
was pleasantly surprised to find rhac
the school was willing co support
his programs. "I'm accuscomed
ro opposition," he said, "And
adminisrracions where you have co
fighc ro get anything through." LC
is renewing its focus on music.
Tickets for the Sundays at Two
series are general admission-no
assigned seats. Srudenr tickets are
$10 and can be bought either ar che
doo1 or up to a week in advance for
Sunday and Monday performances
and both Classical and Pops series
concerts. the Pioneer Log, February 10, 2006
ru,~~JhaAss:
Cormac McCarthy's
Blood Meridian
"The country before them lay clouded and dark. They rode
through the long twilight and the sun set and no moon
rose and to the west the mountains shuddered again and
again in clattering frames and burned to final darkness and •
the rain hissed in the blind night land.
--from Blood Meridian
by Nathanael Massey
Cormac McCarthy's Blood
Meridian is an intimidating
work. le is, first of all, relentlessly,
crushingly dark-there is as much
bope ro be found between ics first
and last words as there are stars in
an inkwell. McCarthy's portrait
of the landscape ac che edge of
manifest destiny echoes witl1 the
footfalls of a reasonless God; a
song of senseless violence, hanging
t(ees and burning houses and rhe
shades of men who've lost whar
lirtle humaniry they had to the
great gaping void of the desert.
To describe the book it is not
enough co speak of the characrers­
of the Kid, whose youth is his
tragedy in its lovelessness. and in explain or at least draw attention
co aspects of the real world,
McCarthy's world exists on a
different plane alrogedu:;r. The
novel moves along some indefinable
limit, a border between order and
chaos, hell and earth. As the story
moves forward, rhac limir. become.s
less and less defined.
I don't mean to wrirc off
tht> value of McCarthy's craft
as a novelty. Ir is novel, as is
the aurhor-he appears almost
completely removed from the
world of contemporary autl1orship,
and ambivalent bordering on
disdainful of the public eye. For
this reason, perhaps, McCarthy's
work,-especially his early work,
including Blood Meridian--retain
something gennine, and entirely
McCarthy's portrait of the landscape at
the.edge of manifest destiny echoes with
the footfalls of a reasonless God: a song of
senseless violence, hanging trees and burn­
ing houses and the shades of men who've
lost what little humanity they had to the
great gaping void of the desert.
the violence which builds within
him early and rises till ir has lose
all focus of action and become
something as vast and terrible as
the landscape; n<>r of the judge, the
prophet of enigma, the reasonless
God whose hairless, innocent face
stretches vast as the landscape and
terrible; nor of any other of the
Glanton Gang of scalp hunters
dragging themselves through the
desert. le is nor enough ro speak of
the plot, or the violence icself.
This is the second, and perhaps
more prevalent reason why Blood
Meridian is such a difficult book
to read. Ir is not a conventional
work, one that can be declphe.ed
by a summery of case and plocline.
Whereas most modern novels­
excepting science fiction-seek to self-reliant. That an independent
sryle has achieved as much
recognition as McCarthy's has is
" a testament to lts strength. The
beauty of the language a~d depth
of description alone are incredible.
And it is not science fiction, a
fact I had some turmoil accepring.
McCarthy writes Westerns.
Specifically, he writes about the •
mortality of che Western era, of
cowboys and the legends that
outlasted them. He writes about
the mortaliry of the Meridian,
whose very nature is ephemeral
and terminable. And yet, through
his writing, time too loses focus,
till rhe meridian spans the entire
world and all its slumbering
consciousness, whispering rhe a
possibility of orderless violence. e.1t1:l§dt41M11ihGie\M ·11
Filnt festival raises aw-areness,
challenges conceptions of.Africa
by Anne Swift
The Sixteenth Annual Cascade
Festival of African Films, which
covers five weeks of Afrocentric
cinema, opened Friday, Feb. 3 and
will continue through March 4.
The festival was created in 1991
and is entirely organized and run by
volumeers. Each year, ir presencs
a large collection of feature and
documentary films from Africa.
While most of the films were
directed and created by Africans,
ochers address the issue of African
people in Mexico and che hisrory
of that story.
This year, the festival hopes
to pre.sent films covering war
and peace, freedom and justice,
HIV and AIDS, globalization,
class-relations and love, cultural
and artistic heritage, and the
struggle for women's equaliry and
independence.
Since its founding by four
Portland Community College
faculty members, the festival has
aimed to educate people about
Africa through films by Africans. 4,000 people attend the festival
annually, and it generally includes
around 20 fiJms. Every 61m is free
and open to the public (although
some are restricted to chose 21 or
older), and sears are filled on a first
come, first serve basis. now found in Lake Vicroria co
commenc on the relationship
between globalization and the
environment.
From Feb. 9-11, the festival
will focus on the African legacy
in Mexico. Mexican film director
The Hero, a fil~ from Angola .. .is the
story of Vit6rio, an army veteran, in his
quest for a prosthetic leg.
This year, tl1e festival opened
with 1he Hero, a film from Angola.
The movie featured Porrugese
speakers, but had English subtitles.
It is the story of Vit6rio, an army
veteran, in his quest for a prosthetic
leg. Vir6rio also becomes entangled
with an orphan, and as their
destinies intermingle, the story
becomes more and more moving.
7he Hero (or O Heroi) won the
World Dramatic Grand Prize at
2005's Sundance Film Festival.
Last weekend also presented
Darwin'$ Nightmare, a film chat
used the history of the Nile Perch Rafael Rebollar Corono will
present his film 7he Forgotten Root,
among ochers; and Dr. Sagrario
Cruz of che University of Veracruz
will lecture on the. importance
and complexity of AfroMexican
identity.
Ocher notable events within
the festival include an HfV/AIDS
forum-which will include both
films and discussion--on Saturday,
Feb. 25, and Women Filmmakers
Week, which will be held from
March 2 through the end of the
festival on March 4.
For more information, please
visit www.africanfiJmfestival.org. 12 Nfl;t§lit41Mitih#ii\M the Pioneer Log, February 10, 2006
A home for every reader: Portland's bookstores
I
by Nora Gay
Everybody Reads. That's the motto of
Multnomah County Library's annual community­
wide book project, which aims to get Pordanders
reading and discussing the same book; this year's
selection is Khaled Hosseini's 7he Kite Runner.
Whether or nor you want to get involved with
that project, the idea that everybody reads,
whether it's award-winning literature, the front
page of the newspaper, or an old magazine, is
powerful.
It can be difficult to find the time to sit down
with a good boo~ with assigned reading for class,
papers, spores and whatever social obligations
you might have; bur fortunately Portland offers
. a number of independent and used bookstores to
cater to any reader's taste.
The most famous Portland-area bookstore
is Powell's. Covering an entire city block, wich_
4 floors and over 1,000,000 items in inventory,
it stands as the flagship City of Books. Located
on Burnside in the Pearl District, it's about time
you cook a scroll over ro Powell's from the Raz's
Pioneer Square stop if you haven't already. There
are also subsidiary locations such as Powell's
Technical Books, just a couple blocks down on
Park Ave. There are also several scores in the
Hawthorne District.
In the Burnside location, there are nine rooms
with their own themes to help you can navigate
your way. It's easy to get lost, especially if you're and art thrown in coo. They specialize in 'girly'
media, and they're open from 11 :00am to 7:00pm
Monday through Saturday and 12pm to 6pm on
Sundays.
The Looking Glass Bookstore on Taylor once
served as a political bookstore opposed to the
Viernam War. Ir's much larger on the inside than
it looks, with three levels and shelves of current
and classic literature. Although Powell's probably
carries everything the Looking Glass has and then
some, there's something intrinsically appealing
about the amicability of a smaller bookstore; the
personal quality and attention that they give is
irreplaceable. They're in operation until 6:00pm
Monday through Saturday, opening ar 9:00am on
weekdays and 10:00am on Saturday.
For the northerners, Broadway Books on
NE Broadway offers a specialty of memoirs and
biographies. Also in NE Portland is In Other
Words, a nonprofit feminist shop chat sells, among
books, information and gifts regarding feminist
issues. Twenty-Third Avenue Books on NW 23ro
features the usual array of fiction and nonfiction,
though they're noted for their extensive gay and
lesbian section.
For a selection of used books or magazines on
this side of the river, there's Cameron's Books on
SW 3ni, You can find an old magazine published
on your birch date, although it's best to ask the
staff for help, as the heaps of periodicals can get
confusing. They'll also buy books and magazines.
Another option for used magazines is
Although Powell's probably carries everything Looking Glass
has and then some, there's something intrinsically appealing
about the amicability of a smaller bookstore; the personal
quality and attention that they give is irreplaceable.
with some friends, bur you can always regroup
in che coffee room and grab a cup of joe while
yot1're at it. Powell's will also buy used books, and
they sell an assortment ofbesrsellers, our-of-print
rides, older editions, and anything else you can
rhink 0£ Open daily fro~ 9:00am to 11:00pm,
Powell's is a uice geraway if you like losing
yourself in books or losing yourself, literally, in
one of Powell's many rooms.
While Powell's is world renowned, there
are several ocher Portland-area bookstores that
deserve some attention. [f you're cruising along
Oak Srreer, you could stop at Reading Frenzy, an
independent alternative media bookstore.
Jr'II f1+l like a closet compared ro Powell's, bur
they sell hard-to-find books with an emphasis
on culture, policies, lifestyles, with some comics Per.iodicals and Books Paradise on Hawthorne.
Their amazing selection of backdated and current
issues is easily organized, so you can find anything
from Rolling Stone to Martha Stewart living for
about a quarter of the newsstand price. They also
carry stacks of magazine collectibles for the serious
buyers and boast being the largest magazine
retailer in America.
In terms of lirerarure, you won't find much,
Bur if you are inro mysteries or romances, there
are a plethora, and most of them sell for $1 a
piece. Plus they sell new and used furniture at
reasonable prices and offer free delivery.
Portland has some great bookstores, and the
community is so supportive of its independent
sellers. And wich great stores like these, it's easy to
see why. Everybody reads-you should too. pcom1ng
Events 10, 2006 S orts
Swimming:
Northwest Conference Championships
Feb. 10-12 PLU All Da 13
Women's Basketball:
Feb. 1 0 @ George Fox 6:00 pm
Feb. 11 Pacific 4:00 m
LC ultim.ate teatn devoted to fun,· frisbees, and facial hair
by Tim Kelly
Alt.hough sometimes dismissed
as a 'quasi-sport' by the unenlight­
ened, Ulcimate Frisbee at LC is
an athletic and committed Saturday, however, was special for
rwo reasons: I) It was hosted by
Reed college which meant it was
one of the closest tournamenrs to
campus in recent memory, and 2) al.
Neverrheless, LC started strong
and began blazing a clear path to­
wards victory, bearing Whitworth,
Willamecce and Western Wash-
team. Perhaps more than
any other sport on campus,
they remember that at rhe
core of all che achleticism is
a game that they just really The Reed athletic director came
out just before the final game,
saw that the entire field had ington B. Soon, all the LC
players were caked wir.h
mud, and rhe air was filled
with enthusiastic voices
shouting rhe strange jargon
of rhe game like, "Blade",
"Hammer", or "Cranky
Baby." love playing.
The LC Ultimate team
is also renowned for cheir
willingness co drive great
distances just co compete
with other schools, in such
locations as California and
Las Vegas. The men's tour­
nament they had this past been transformed into a mud­
pit, and promptly called the
tournament off. This caused a
good bit of consternation. Unforcunarely, rhe Reed
athletic direcror came ouc
just before the final game,
saw r.har the entire field
had been transformed into
a mud-pie, and promptly
It was the mustache invitational.
While the current world mustache
champion, pictured left, did nor
show up, there were plenty of joy­
ous sights for those who enjoy fa­
cial hair.
Teams at rhe tournament in­
cluded PLU, Western Washing­
ton B, Whitworch, Reed, Simon
Frasier- a cool ream all r.he way
from Canada- Sofa King (Lewis
and Clark A-squad) Distressing Fa­
cial Dilemma (Lewis and Clark B­
squad), University of Portland, and
Willamette. called rhe cournamenr off. This
caused a good bir of consternation
among a number of LC players
who were looking forward ro fan
visits from tbeir friends and loved
ones. A brief effort was made co
move the final playoff games to LC
campus. Soon, however most of
r.he ream rerired to enjoy the com­
forts of Reed's campus. In the pose
tournamenr fesriviries, LC lost in a
boar race to Reed, but beat PLU.
TI1ey also destroyed more grass by
playing cricket.
PHOTO COURTESY LC ULTIMATE
The tournament was titled
"The Mustache Invitational". le was a rainy and_ windy morn­
ing, causing boch rhe plays and che
players to be even messier r.han usu-The three LC represencatives for
Best Mustaches were Woody Jones,
Terry Stratton and Grant Cole,
who sported a stunning spiral. PHOTO BY ALEX JOHNSON
LC brought two teams to the tournament at Reed College.
Pro sports in Portland: something for everyone
The Piolog visits the vari­
ous professional sports
venues available in the
City of Roses.
Trail Blazers
by Aron Phillips
Question: What is Portland's
only cop tier professional spores
franchise? Answer: The Portland
Trail Blazers. Thar's right folks, r.he
Blazers are the best show in cown.
Hop on che Raz co Pioneer SqLtare,
then hop on the Max over to the
Rose Garden and for as Little as $10
you can see LeBron James, Kobe
Bryant or perhaps everybody's fa-
vorice troublemaker Ron Arrest.
(Nore: Just don't tbrow any beer. .. )
Although it's no Thirsty Thursday,
when the Blazers score more rhan
100 points in a home game (un­
fortunately a feat they've only ac­
complished twice this season), ev­
erybody in attendance wins a free
Chalupa from Taco BeU. I can hear
the chant now: Chalupa... Cha­
lupa .... Lumber Jax
by Kevin Stark
The history of lacrosse dates
back to the
early days of
the Native
Americans.
Originally a
game played
in training
for battle
or sometimes in coral subsrirurion
for war, a game would lase days
with hundreds of parcicipanrs and
end up in the sacrifice of the los­
ing ream. The game has adapted
and evolved through the cencuries,
eliminating rhe excessive rirual kill­
ings of rhe losing ream, bur main­
taining r.he animalistic aggression
rhat makes it so wonderful and en-
The game has~
adapted and evolved
through the cen­
turies, eliminating
the excessive ritual
killings of the losing
team ....
rerraining ro watch. Ten years ago
the game was mainly played on
r.he Ease coast, bur it has migrated
across r.he country sparking inter­
est with the young and old alike. le
has proved to be r.he nation's fast-est growing sport with professional
reams sprouting up all around the
counrry. Portland has adopted irs
own lacrosse ream, che Lumber­
Jax, whom have just kicked off che
start of their inaugural season. Un­
like the lacrosse chat studenrs may
have enjoyed on campus, the Lum­
ber Jax are an indoor lacrosse ream
who play inside of the Rose Gar­
den. This means faster shoes, hard­
er hits, and the availability of beer
and an assortment of various snack
foods for fans to enjoy. In other
words, more fun for everyone!
Beavers
by Craig Gilden
Does the term Thirsty Thurs­
day mean anything co you? If not
then you have been missing our.
All drinks are $1 on Thursdays at
Portland Beavers games and char
isn't the only reason to head over
co PGE rhis spring for some base­
ball. While rhe Beavers may only
be a minor
league
team, the
games are
just as fun
as the big
leagues at
only ha.l.f
the price.
For any true baseball fan, it doesn't
get any better than seeing a former
Major League All Scar struggling to
hang on co his career while barding
against future Major Leaguers. Or,
if you're not into baseball as much, All drinks are $1 on
Thursdays at Port­
land Beavers games
and... they are just
as fun as the big
leagues at only half
the price.
a Beavers game is still a good way
to spend a relaxing evening with
friends or that special someone.
And if none of this sounds appeal­
ing to you, there is stiU T!iirsty
Thursdays and $1 beer! Now that's
a good deal..
Winterhawks
by Hunter Franks
Free prizes, cheap tickers, excit­
ing play, all-out brawls, and chose
are just a few of the reasons why
che Winrerhawks, Portland's semi­
pro hockey team, are the best deal
in cown. Even for chose who are
not hockey fans, a Wincerhawks
game is sure co provide thrilling ac­
tion on the ice and at Least one fight
per game. No ocher sport can offer
such a consistent brawling record.
Shoving leads to pushing and then
the gloves hie the ice, rhe players
take r.heir respective fighting posi­
tion, and they throw down.
And if the exciting hockey or the
numerous scufHes are nor enough to get you on the edge of your scat,
then perhaps the inexpensive $5
ticket or
the chance
to wm
a brand
new iPod
will draw
you ro
the game.
The Win-
rerhawks split r.hei.r home games
between the Rose Garden and
r.he Memorial Coliseum, borh of
which can easily be reached via rhe
Max from Pioneer Square. So cake
a short rrip, see some great hock­
ey, win some free stuff, and watch
grown men knock each other's
teeth our.
Timbers
We wanted to have a column
on Portland's professional soccer
team, tl1e Timbers, but could not
find anyone who has actually at­
tended a game. We apologizl! for
rhis inconvience.
PHOTOS COURTESY RESPECTIVE TEAMS ,.li!!!4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!~--------------...i-§ti•aU ....... ________ th_e_P_io_n_e_e_r _L_o_g_, _F_eb_ru_ary ___ i_o_, 2_00_6_
pcom1ng
Events Men's Basketball:
Feb. 1 0 @ George Fox 8:00 pm
Feb. 11 @ Pacific 6:00 pm Spring Sports
Softball: Feb. 12 Concordia @ LC 1 :00 pm
Rowin : Feb. 12 Indoor Er Race
Three point shooting Women pick up one victory, one
earns split decision loss, on the road to the playoffs
dence, I think not? All the
kid needed was the rock in
his hands. Christensen was
high-scorer in the game with
18 points.
Poinc guard Thomas Til­
lery ('08) also chipped in 15
points in the effort. Saturday
was a different srory. The
Pios came to play but forgot
about one thing -defense -
falling to the visiting Whit­
worth Pirates 78-70.
PHOTOBVARONPHIWPS The Pios did not go down
Dave Berregren ('09) and Thomas without a fight. Needing to
Tillery ('08) double team on defense. srep up as the team's lone se­
nior, Wells took the Pios on
by Aron Phillips
Live by rhe three, die by the
three -that's the LC Men's Basket­
ball mamra, and on Friday, the liv­
ing was good.
Coming in on a two-game los­
ing sueak, rhe men's hoop squad
needed a win on Friday to sray in
the playoff picture and they came
through. The Pioneers pulled our a
10 po inc victory, (75-65) over the
visiring Whitman Missionaries to
improve ro I 0-10 overall and 5-6
in rhe NWC.
'The Pios came out of the gate on
fire, getting off to a quick 14-2 run,
fueled by three early threes from
Dave Berggren ('09). If you haven't
noticed, the kid is lights out. Berg­
gren is leading the team in scoring.
with 13.9 points per game and has
made 72-181 three pointers so far
this season. Berggren ended the
game with 14 points. Nor want­
ing to be outdone by his freshman
counrerparr, Ryan Wells ('06) also
dropped 14 points in the victory
with three treys of his own.
Jeff Christensen ('08), clearly
the floor general for chis new look
Pio team, had his eighth-straight
start and h.is eighc-straighr game
scoring in double figures. Coinci-h.is back and put on quite a shoot­
ing display. Coming off screens
and just pulling up in his defend-
The Pios came to play
but forgot about one
thing -defense.
er's face, Wells made sho.ts from
all over the court that showed off
his limjdess range. Wells ended the
game going 7-12 from beyond the
arc and finished with 25 points.
Berggren followed suit with
14, while Tillery added 11. Chris­
tensen ended his double-digit scor­
ing streak at eight, only attempting
four shots and ending with four
points. _ ..
The real story was Wbirworch's
swing man Lance Pecht who coyed
with the Pios from inside and out.
Pecht, playing che whole 40 min­
utes, put on quite a show dropping
38 poincs while going 13-17 from
the field, including going a perfect
4-4 &om deep and 8-8 from the
line.
Pecht also managed to grab
eight boards and t~ee steals in the
victory for the Pirates. by Craig Gilden
Heading into this past week­
end rhe Pioneer Women's basket­
ball ream controlled their own
fare in the race for the last NWC
playoff spot. Facing two of rheir
main competitors, Whitman and
Whitworth, the Pios had a chance
to seize control of rhe race or risk
falling behind rhe rest of the field.
Instead, the Pios ended rhe week­
end where they began it: no better,
no worse.
On Friday night, the Pios rook
on a surging Whitman squad that
was riding a three game win streak
into the contest. Early on LC got
off to a slow start offensively while
Whitman continued to extend
their lead. It appeared that the Mis­
sionaries would blow our the Pios
as the Pios struggled shooting for
most of the first half and did not
help their cause by repeatedly turn­
ing the ball over.
Whitman jumped all the way
out ro a 19 point lead with only
two minutes to play in the opening
half and appeared that they would
easily defeat the Pios, but in those
lase rwo minutes an entirely differ­
ent LC team took the floor.
Employing a pressing defense,
which has been a strong poinc of
the ream all year long, the Pios rat­
tled Whitman into multiple rum­
overs and rook advanrage of these
mistakes by going on an 11-0 run
to end the half and carrying all of
the momentum i.nto the second
half.
An Allison Farr ('08) three wir.b
14 mi1rnres remaining pulled the
Pios within three of the Mission­
aries, but char was as close as r.bey
would come. The rest of the second
half was a back and forth battle be­
rween rhe squads with Whitman
answering every LC challenge. In
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tory ove{.. the Pios. Farr was the
Player of the Game for the Pios,
' collecting 18 poincs, six rebounds
and four blocks. •
On Saturday night, the Pios en­
tered Pamplin knowing that they
had to defeat Whitworth to have
any shot of making the playoffs.
The increased level of intensity was
evident from the opening rip as the
Pios, instead of r.beir opponent,
jumped out to a big lead to srart
the game. A jumper from Shawna
Castle ('08) extended the LC ad­
vanrage to 17-7 midway through
the first period.
The Pios then wenr ice cold
from the field, only scor­
ing six more points r.be en­
tire half. Fortunately Whit­
worth suuggled offensively
as well as the Pios held a 23-
19 lead ar halftime. of timely free throw shooting and
solid ball handling.
The 48-39 ·victory, althougb
not glamorous, was big for LC and
marked rhe top defensive perfor­
mance by the Pios so far this sea­
son. Crystal Castle ('08) came up
with big play after big play down
the stretch for the Pios. She fin­
ished the gan1e witl1 13 points
and l 5 rebounds -a team higb for
boards this season.
The Pios enter rh.is weekend in.
a four way tie for third place at 7-
5 with Whitman, Whitworth, and
George Fox. They travel to George
Fox tonight in a crucial game be­
fore heading co Pacific on Satur­
day.
PHOTO BY ARON PHILLIPS The second half was a
defensive battle as neither
team could get going of­
fensively. The Pios appeared
to take conrrol of the game
midway through the half by
opening up a double digit
lead, bur Whitworth would
not quit and closed co with­
in five points late in che Number 30, Katie Curtis ('09),
contest. The Pios were able hustles back on defense during
co hold on though because _th_e_g_a_m_e_a_g_a_in_s_t_W_h_i_tw_o_rt_h_. __ _
Female athletes are
honored at halftime
by Janet Freerks Tuxbury. Audrey Dilling and
Lauren Lessner are the senior
Every year brings a fresh crop volleyball players. The senior fe~
of athletes r.o Lewis and Clark. male swimmers ace Nicole·Kaup,
but it also means char it is time Theresa Romeyo and Anne van
co recognize and say goodbye m Gessel. Aria Srrack and Ivy Ped­
many who have given their all ersen are the senior cross coun-
donpjng the i,n- try runners and
famous orange "I thought it was Kate Ross is
and black. Dur-l h the senior track
ing half time of COO tO~.. ave OUf and field par•
the Men's bas-day as fema)e ath-
ketball game ricipant.
There are
four fer:nale ath- against Whit-letes." -Randi
wortli on Sat-
utclay, 27 sen,ior Miura ('06).
female atliletes lercs rhat have
raken the job of
student athlete
were recognized for their partiG-­
ipation in Lew'is and Clark ath­
letics in honor of National Girls
and Women in Sports D~y.
"I thought it was cool to be
recognittd and to have our day as
female athleres."' said Raqdi Mi­
ura. She is OQ.e of the six senior
softball players, along with Jenni­
fer Badalich, Stacy Davis, Tiffany
Henning, Stephanie Lemon aod
Nathalie Matson. Representing
crew-were Lucinda Boyce, Di­
anne Bushmant Emilie Heiman,
Colleen McNally-Mu.cph~ Ellie
Noclke, Bi;eanna Parker aod Meg
Tremblay. Soccer's senior athleres
arc Mihaoa Diaz and Whitney to the nexr level by participating
in two spons. Tara Ganser was
recogni7.ed for her participation
in swimming and ttack and field,
Carla McHattie for cros,s toun­
try and crack and field, Jessica
Morales for volleyball and tennis
and Meghann Paddbck for crew
and soccer.
It is a bitter--sweet victory
for most finishing up their last
season with lewis and Clark adi­
letics. "I atn sad rhis is my last
ye.a, to pla,i softball. bur I am ex­
cited to see what it is going to be
like after I graduate and after I
am gone from u:wis and Ctark.•
said Miura. pcom1ng
Events 10, 2006 S arts
Baseball:
Feb. 11 @ Albertson College 11 :00 am
Feb. 12 Albertson Colle e 12:00 m
Toshi: Tennis star
by day, DJ by night
Room: Alder 200B
Home of Tennis player Toshi Goda ('08) this
single in the Forest complex demonstrates that
living alone can mean living it up with turn­
tables and a touch of home.
In this section, the lives of athletes are high­
lighted by catching a glimpse of where they
catch some Zzzs, watch movies, and chill out
when they are not practicing. You think you
know, but ·you have no idea.
"You can't miss my plant.
People chink I grow
weed but it's just my lit­
tle Pachira 'Good Luck
Money Tree.' le brings
the luck to me, ya know?
I water it every day."
"I started spinning a cou­
ple years ago. I wanted to
do something more with
music than just listening
to it. I use chem mainly
on the weekends -I just
don't have enou~h time
during che,~eek.' "My roo
comfortab
The futon is g~i
to my roots, man
my culture. I lov
like I love my
I've been playin
years. I'm the o
left from last yea
It's kinda sad. N
people appreciat
or even know we
team. ,,
"I got chat [Do
jersey when I li
L.A. You know [
Nomo? I used t
h. ,,
lm. 15
Track and Field:
Feb.25
Warner Pacific, Casade, & Concordia LC
by-Aron Phillips
• l
ILLUSTRATION BY JESSIE FOX-NYSTROM
"Japan is my homeland,
en though I've only
ere half my life.
• in L.A.,
• zerland,
"
Top 5 Favorite Al­
bums: Zapp & Roger
-One, Pete Rock &
C.L. Smooch -The Main
Ingredient, 2Pac -Me
Against the World, Don­
ald Byrd -Places. and
Spaces, and Warren G -/
Want It All."
PHOTOS BY ARON PHILLIPS • _1_6 ________________ ...,..,.jnij@l•WJilcHQ¥-l .... _______ th_e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_o_g_, F_e_b_ru_ar_y_1_0_, _200_6
What's going on
this week ....
I Saturday, Feb. 11th
Ski Bus #4
Take a day and tear up the slopes of Mt.
Hood! Student Activines Congress, Ski/
Snowboard Club, College Outdoors, and the
PE department have teamed up to offer seven
Saturday ski shuttles to Mt. Hood Meadows
ski area. Another shuttle runs on Tuesday.
See College Outdoors for more info.
Casino Night
Join studen_ts, staff and faculty for a Wild
Wild West-themed night at the Casino. Make
sure to wear your best western gear. All L&C
students are permitted one guest (non-L&C
student).
Templeton Student Center
Fields/Stamm
8 P.M.
I Monday, Feb. 13th
"Eyes On The Prize"
Celebrate Black History Month by_ attending
a screenin~ of the documentary "Eyes On
The Prize' . The film is split into four parts
and v,,i.ll be shown over four consecutive
nigh ls. It traces the civil right5 movement
from African-Americans' realization of tl1eir
own political and personal power to their
modern struggle for economic security under
a syslem of institutionalized racism enacted
by the ruling minority of whites. Playing on
this night: "] 964-1972: Ain't Gonna Shuffle
No More".
Templeton Student Center
Council Chambers
7P.M.
I Tuesday, Feb. 14th
"Eyes On The Prize"
The celebration of Black History Month
continues with the second installment of this
documentary, entitled "1968-1971: A Nation of
Law?"
Templeton Student Center
Council Chanibers
7. P.M.
I Wednesday, Feb. 15th
Securing An Internship Workshop
A workshop by the Career Center designed
to assist first year, sophomore, and junior
students who may be looking for internship
experiences that challenge and develop
new skill sets and expose them to new and
different working environments.
Albany Quadrangle
Room207
4 P.M.-5 P.M.
"Eyes On The Prize"
The celebration of Black History Month
continues with the third installment of this
documentary, entitled "1974-1980: The Keys
To T~e Kingdom?"
Templeton Student Center, Council
Chambers
7. P.M. I Thursday, Feb. 16th · I
Planning for Financial Security
Successful financial planning be2ins with
knowledge and cononues throughout your
life. Learn more about how to create your
own comprehensive financial plan. Attend
this educational seminar, run by VALIC,
that provides tools and resources to help
you achieve your dreams for tomorrow.
Albany Quadrangle
Room208
I P.M.-4 P.M.
"Construction of the Self inJewish
Mysticism"
Eitan Fishbane, Assistant Professor of
Jewish Religious Thought at Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
in Los Angeles, will lecture on his areas
of expertise- Je"'~sh Mysticism and Jewish
Thought from ancient to modern ti.mes.
Albany Quadrangle, Smith Hall
4P.M.
"Eyes On The Prize"
The celebration of Black History Month
continues ,-vith the fourth installment of
this documentary, entitled "1979-Mid
1980s: Back to the Movement".
Templeton Student Centel', Council
Chambers
7. P.M.
Ps-stl 'Don't forget
Vafentine's 'Dayl
'lt's next rr'uesday,
'Fe6. 14th.
. • 1111oao11:a ac p 110 f ·,
~ :
~ ~ You
Caught
My Eye ...
Dreamy McPie, the
peanut butter was all
gone, but you remained ...
an image that will burn
in our minds for all of time. More
satisfying than any mere
baked good. Devotedly yours, 3 bitches
hungry for love; hungry for your sweet
pie love. P.S. Bon beige suits you. •
You: Short blond hair, headphones,
smoking outside of Alder. Let me .put
my love into you, babe!
Newspaper dynamo with long braid.
Your aggression makes me hot! Let's
illuminate a poem together ... naked!
Hey daddy, I like that grill up on yo'
face. How many times you been to the
dentist? Let me see yo' grills! (etc.)
You: Skeezy Sprucian. Let's cuddle.
Sunday, Desperate Housewives?
Opportunities
and Classifieds
Willamette Writers and Barnes and
Noble offer Kate Herzog Writing
Scholarships to student writers in
grades 13-14. Scholarships from
$500 to $250 include attendance
at Willamette. Writers annual
conference August 4-6th in Portland.
For guidelines:
www.willamettewriters.com,
503-452-1592.
Entry deadfine February 28th.
ALUMNI LEADERSHIP
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE NOW
Are you a first-year-, sophomore or
junior? Do you consider yourself
a future leader within the Lewis &
Clark community? If so, apply for
one of three $2,500 scholarships!
Learn more by visiting wwwJclark.
edu/dept/alumni/alumleadscholars .
html or contact Erin Ogle at
eogle@lclark.edu or 503. 768. 7941.
Apply by February 28, 2006.