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Volume 70, Number 20

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2006-03-02

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Volume 70, Number 20 ------~---- Friday, March 24, 2006
Moja campaign seeks to alleviate hunger in Africa
Organizers were inspired by personal relationships that they developed with East Africans during their time studying there.
by Valerie Hunsinger with
Josh Silverman
As che scope of the drought and
impending humanitarian catastro­
phe in East Africa became clear co
incernacional obser'\ers, a group
of 25 scudems with a special con­
necrion co the region were driven
to action last week, collecting over
$1400 for the United Nations
World Food Program (WFP).
These studenrn participated in
an overseas program in Kenya and
Tanzania lase semester, a trip chat
involved volunreering in an or­
phanage and helping farmers culti­
vare sustainable forming practices.
Jherefore the news of the drought
hie these students particularly hard.
"These are people we met and lived
with, not just anorhec famine in the
world," Megan Clark ('06) said.
Jhe group quickly formed a
donation campaigned with the
slogan "Moja," the Swahili world
for uone." Their goal was co rais·e
$ I 946, or one dollar for every stu­
dent ac LC. I3y WecLiesday the
group had already collected $ I 400,
which Likarish considered a signif­
icant su~ considering char many
srudenrs are currently abroad.
11ie idea for che Moja Cam­
paign came to Likarish while she
was fundraising in her hometown.
Likarish said, "I thought that ifl goc
a dollar from each person at a large
church community, ir would he a
huge amounr of money, especially
in Africa, and chat most people are
williJ1g co give a dollar. A doll4r is '< ...
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LC students Megan Clark ('06) and Erika Arnold ('06) helped fetch water with their Maasai
host mothers while studying overseas in East Africa.
so liule co us: nor even enough for
a soda in a lot of cases. ln Africa, a
poor family was living off three dol­
lars pee month."
Likarish mentioned chis idea to
rhe East Africa group and they in­
scandy sprung inco action, "dorm­
storming" to kick-scare the project,
plast~ring the campus walls with posters, and setting up colleccion
areas throughout campus.
They wiU be sending the funds
to the World Food Program within
the week, wliich will distribute re­
lief aid to che re&ion.
The Famine
As early as December the U.S.
funded Famine Early Warning Sys-rems Nerwork warned internation­
al groups chat the latest in a succes­
sion of failed rains would rip the
;tlready fragile Easr African region
on ,che brink of famine.
Shortages of water have already
severely damaged crop yields and
desuoyed herds of livestock. Now
as the dry season approaches reports ofhunger-relaced dearhs are begin­
ning to mount. Already Ethiopia
and Kenya are facing pre-famine
conditions. In Kenya alone, over
3.5 million people are facing food
shortages, according co John Mu­
nyes, minister of state for special
programs.
WFP Execucive Director James
Morris visited Nairobi last week
and warned, "These people have
run out of water and food. Unless
we reach chem all very soon chey
will run our of rime."
Currencly the death rate re­
mains low due to inrernarional do­
nations, but rhe region remains ex­
tremely vulnerable. "We fear chat
any break in food supply co the
most vulnerable people will lead
to suffering and death on a much
larger scale," said Morris. who not­
ed it has been an enormous chal­
lenge to reach victims in rural and
remote areas.
111e long-rerm ramifications of
chis current drought conrinue co
worry incernacional aid workers,
who note chat chat survivors of
pervious famines are simply "worn
out." "Many Kenyans -facing a
fifth consecutive season of failed
or poor rains -are already Living
on che edge and unless donors re­
spond immediately, we fear for che
worst," said WFP Country Direc­
tor Tesema Negash.
A spokesperson for die WFP
noted char new rains would do lie­
de to aid chose farmers whose live­
stock and livelihood had already
SEE "MOJA,' PAGE 4
Thousands protest on third-year First-annual Native
anniversary of Iraq invasion Student powwow
by Nathanael Massey
Sunday, March 19-as the
United States concluded its third
year of military occupation in Iraq,
thousands of Pordanders turned
our upon che grass of Waterfront
Park lO demonstrate against the
war, social injustice, and unchecked
governmenral power. Among diem
were a number of Lewis & Clark
students.
With some estimates placing
the numbc::r of protesters at I 0,000,
che narrow park was packed shoul­
der to shoulder for almost a quarter
of a mile. At chc base of the Mor­
rison Bridge, an elevated stage and
speaker system projected music '-,
and speeches over the heads of the
rallying ground. The speakers ad­
dressed a range of issues, and none
minced their words. Iraqi journal­
ist Eman Ahmed Khamas called
the occupation "the largest human
rights violation in che world to­
day," urging the American people
to push against inrernacional poli­
cies reminiscenr of colonialism.
Keynote speaker Ramon Ramirez
attacked the war from another
angle, citing rhe disproponiona1e
number of minorities and poor
fighting and dying in Iraq. "Those
are our people," he said.
A little after 2:00pm, org-.mizers
mobilized the crowd in a protest
March arow1d a 25-block circuic of the metro area. ted by a group
of veterans and their families, the
crowd marched up Burnside- and
along Broadway, passing Pioneer
Square before turning back to the
river a-nd returning co the park.
Marchers' sentiments 'varied.
• Some signs voiced a direct arrack
on president Bush, while ochers
criticized the wider issues of aggres­
sive US foreign policy and global
capiralism. Many ochers called for
the immediate withdrawal of U.S.
forces from Iraq. While many ex­
pressed anger and frusuacion, the
protest remained nonviolent.
'Die only norable confrontarion
between police and procestors oc­
SEE "PROTEST,' PAGE 3 by Wendy Dwyer
St. Patrick's Day saw many
more colors than green last Fri­
day evening as the Native Student
Union (NSU) hosred the First An­
nual Lewis & Clark College Pow­
wow. Srudencs, community mem­
bers, and tribes from Oregon and
around the nacion came together in
Fields Dining Hall co celebrate Na­
tive American traditions.
The entire aff:.tir brimmed wich
life. There were five different groups
of drummers, each a containing at
lease half a dozen men and wom­
en around a traditional drum. The
music was an alluring rnixrure of
regular drumbeats, low chants of men, and a single woman wirh a
high, haunting wail. The groups
had names like Northwest Connec­
tion, Eagle' nmnder, and Scar Dog.
The • master of ceremonies David
West joked, "Afterwards, make
sure thar Four Directions meets up
with Highway Three so char chey
can find dicir way home."
1hen there were the dancers. Of
all differenr age groups and cul rural
origins, many of the dancers were::
dressed. in the I radirional attire of
their particular tribe. Shawls, ban­
gles, feacliers, mirrors, beads, and
bright colors adorned their robes.
They danced in a dazzling array of
different styles around the make-
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tHINGS JUST NEED TO IJE HEARD. Students argue that LC should sell products moni­
tored by the Workers Rights Consortium rather than
the Fair Labor Association because they watch com­
panies more closely for use of sweatshop labor.
by Alex Johnson •
The ASLC Executive Council
voted last week ro propose that the
college switch labor rights moni­
tors. Currently, the college pays
the Fair Labor Association an an­
nual fee to moniwr sites where
Lewis. & Clark clothing and mer­
chandise is produced. The ASLC
Executive Council endorsed an­
ocl1er monitoring group called the
Worker Rights Consorcium.
Man Savage and Jonathon
Frochczwajg spoke in front of the
council advocating the Worker
Rights Consortium with printed
documents on the cwo groups" and
well-presented arguments. There
was little discussion on the issue af-
ter their presentation. _
lhe Fair Labor Association, cl1e
service the college currently uses,
was starred by the Clinron Admin­
isuation. Savage and Frochtzwajg
argued that the service has many
problems. For example, they only
inspect 5% of production sites of a
company in one year, they use for­
profit monitoring companies to do
their work, and r.he corporations
and non-governmental organiza­
tions (NGOs) have more power:
than the workers. One of the big­
gest problems with the Fair Labor
Association, Savage and Frochrz­
wajg argued, was tha1 workers'
complaints of bad conditions or
other problems were d.iricted back at cl1e coinpany before going any­
where else. Essentially, the com­
pany putting rhe workers in this
situation in the first place w,1s now
being expected to fix it.
TI1e Worker Rights Consortium
was starred by college and univer­
sity administrations, srudents, and
worker's rights experts. The consor­
tium evaluates factories on a case
by case basis, rather than seeking to
accredit an enrire brand.
The Worker Rights Consorrium
is currently affiliated wich 152
schools across the coun1ry. In chc
pasc, The Worker Rights Consor­
tium has been known to \york out
problems in factories for which the
Fair Labor Association eventually
takes credit.
Jane Atkinson, the provost for
cl1e College of Artt and Sciences,
is expected ro approve the switch
to r.he Worker Righcs Consortium.
It will cosr Lewis & Clark about
$1 ,000 per year.
However, there is still much
co be done on campus, according
to Frochr-1.wajg, who is currently
working wicl1 other students on
campus co evaluate the college's
relationship wich Skyline Building
Maintenance. Frochr-1.wajg men­
tioned in the meeting that "Lewis
and Clark supports swearshop la­
bor in a variecy of ways," and noced
the possibility that cl1e uniforms
used by Skyline may be made with
sweatshop labor. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
shifc powwow area.
A poirit of interest was the diver­
sity of the different dancers. There
were the solemn and traditional
women that barely rapped their way
around cl1e floor. They stood in con­
rrasr co the constant rwirling ·of the in the diverse and multigeneracional
crowd.
1he evening started with a few
jokes and introductions from the
MC, and a Grass Dance up and
down the floor. West explained that
the purpose of the Grass Dance was
co lay Sat che grass before the pow-
The poyvwow ·was "a way
for many Native American
tribes to promote, cel­
ebrate, and continue the
traditions and culture of
the Native people." VofOW,
From there on, the
night took ·off with vari­
ous other • i1m:rtribal
dances. There was a cou­
ple's dance, a friendship
dance, a youth dance
among others. There
were older generations
dancing with young ones,
students and parents and
grandparents. -Cheryle Anderson
A favorite of the eve-
more contemporary women, who
used -their shawls co their advantage
as they lighted past the orhers.'TI1c
men also danced with rhythm and
grace, swinging wirh light and sur­
prisingly complex seeps.
The powwow served ics purpose
of being "a way for many Native
American tribes to promoce, cel­
ebrate, and continue the craditions
and culture of the Native people,"
said NSU president and powwow
coordinator Cheryle Anderson.
"NSU has planned d1e powwow
to be an annual event and ic will hap­
pen again next·year. Judging by the
amazing turnout it will need to be
in the gym," continued Anderson.
Almost every seat in the triple row
lining the exren<lea hall was taken
throughout the evening. Many LC
students and faculcy could be found ning was the tiny roes_
dance, where children seven and
under cook cl1e floor. lr was wonder­
ful ro see the animated a11d adorable
yow1ger members of che cribe get
out and dance. Full of cassels, feath­
ers, and shawls, the kids mimicked
the seeps of cl1e older generations
with little worry and a loc of en­
thusiasm. Once, a befead1ered boy
of six tripped on a particularly long
• string of pearls from his outfit, du­
tifolly checked to make sure ic was
secure, and continued dancing.
The LC and local community
were readily invited to join in the
festivities. 1he invitation was ac­
cepted, if a lircle self-consciously.
More non-Native Americans were
found on the floor later inco the
night, fleshing out the dancers with
more embarrassed and substanrially
more green-clothed participants.
Outside the Bubble
by Tim Kelly
So to mop up a few lefcovers from
last week:
Slobodan Milosevic died. Big
deal. You know how many times
throughout history there have been
petty diccarors who inflict suffering
and localized genocide on people?
All the time, chis is just more of tl1e
same. This dude's been sitting in;i
cell for years, and except for briefly
raising some more arrention on rhe
slow pace of international justice
and the atrocity of his past crimes,
nor too much will happen.
Bur the real top international
story from last week is rhe Saturn
geyser. Sarurn's geyser carries huge
long term implications. Now, some
people will claim char the fact that
a geyser went off on some moon in
space means nothing in the grand
scheme of things. That's true. The
face cl1ar creatures on this planet
caught images of it from the Cas­
sini spacecraft should mean a lot
to us. Why? Well scientists gen­
erally agree char several ingredients
are needed for extrarerresrrial life to
emerge, including liquid water and
a stable heat source. TI1e surprising
images of what appears to be water
geyser on the moon Enceladus rep­
resent some of the most dramatic
evidence yet that both these 'ingre­
dients' may be present beyond the Ea rrh.
Excited by
the discovery,
some sci en I iscs said
Enceladus should be added
ro rhe short lisr of places
wirhin rhe solar sysrem
most likely to have exrra­
rerresuial life. Now, it's
possible, though exceed­
ingly unlikely, char the con-
cept of exrraccrresuial life will jar
our sensibilities, expand our con­
sciousness, encourage us to stop
killing and hating each other, and
rake on cl1e individual and collec­
tive responsibility of srriving to
achieve the moral and imellectual
potential of the human race. And
wouldn't drnt be an international
,event?
Now on ro this week:
Wicl1 his approval racing stuck
in low gear, President Bush went
on a campaign to convince an in­
creasingly skeptical nation char he
has a clear plan for winning the war
in Iraq and infusing che Middle
East with democracy. Neicher the
president's stubbornness, nor his
dropping approval rating came as much
surprise
to certain po-
Ii rical observers
who note that watch­
ing his approval rating
since Sepe. 11th is like
watching a logurirhmic
__ r:; decay model. After an­
nouncing d1ar he ex-
pects to leave troops in af­
ter 2008, Bush scared, "We will nor
leave rhac counrry to rhe cerrori~cs
who attacked America and want to
anack us again."
Meanwhile, an American man
and his Uruguayan girlfriend were
arrested Wednesday after bombs
severely damaged two low-bud­
get hotels in Bolivia's capital, kill­
ing rwo people and injuring at least
seven. (Hey, some couples have
weird ways of bonding.) Police ini­
tially said the biases were "cypical of
terrorist crime," and President Evo
Morales lost no time in denounc­
ing them as an arrack on Bolivia's
democracy. "This American was
purring bombs in hotels," Morales
said .. "The U.S. government fights
terrorism, and they send us terror-isrs." Some Bolivian officials
suggested mental illness, or the
possibilicy that chis was a very
misguided man's ac~empt at mak­
ing an iwnical scacement.
Hut even as rogue cici1.ens get
into the terrorist game, others are
creeping our of it. The Basque
separatist group ETA announced a
permanent cease-fire Wednesday.
ETA, which has killed more chan
800 people and terrorized Span­
ish sociecy for nearly 40 years, said
that it would turn its attention ro
achieving independence for the
Basque region of Spain through
politics. Yaaaay.
Scientists say they've found a
reason why bird flu isn't spread­
ing easily from person co person:
The virus concentrates itself too
deeply in cl1~ respira1ory rracr to be
spewed out by coughing and sneez­
ing. HastiJy crying to avoid depriv­
ing tht: public of the scate offear we
cling ro so tighcly, scientists added
char the virus could change chat be­
havior by genetic mutation, caking
a step roward unleashing a world­
wide outbreak of lethal flu (insert
fearful gasp here). To increase para­
noia, cl1ey should have added char
rhe dire consequences of this could
best be observed in the opening
twenty minutes of the documen­
tary film, "The 1welve Monkeys." _rh_e_P_i_on_e_e_r_L_o~g_,_M_ar_c_h_2_4_,_20_0_6 ___________ ij@)j ______________________ 3_
Protest: groups of LC stud~nts part of larger crowd
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
curred when one group, wearing
hoods and masks and carrying up­
side-down American flags, halted
in the middle of the parade in pro­
resr of unwanted police scrutiny.
"We'll move on when you move
on," a·leader of the group yelled at
a group of security personnel :>vhich
had been railing them. However,
organizers quickly redirected rhe
Bow of the march and litde time
was lost. Traffic was blocked at sev­
eral intersections, bur the police
halred the march periodically ro let
automobiles, buses and the occa­
sional MAX train through.
Groups of LC studenrs were
scanered throughour rhe march­
ers, a visible presence even among
rhousands of orhers. Represe'nra­
rives from the groups Organization
for Peace and Prorest and SAFER
were also in arrendence. Jeffrey
Hayes, a member of SAFER, said
his group was attending the protest
to show their dissent against Don't
ask, don't tell military recruitement
policies.
He added that the protest re.so­
nared on an individual level as well.
"I cl1ink what this is mostly about
is proving co ourselves-and co the
rest of the world-that not every­
one in America is with the admin­
istration on this war," he said.
LectU:re explores
the War on Terror
by Kevin Stark
Dr. Saskia Sassen visited
Lewis & Clark College's Coun­
cil Chambers on Tuesday to
give a lecture entitled "1he War
on Terror as Camouflage for
Deeper Transformation." She
is the author of Territory, Au­
thority and Rights: _From Medi­
eval to Global Assemblages. Her
lecture couched on subjects
that Dr. Sassen engages in fur­
ther derail in her book includ­
ing privatization, globalization,
and the "illegal extension of
the executive power." Dr. Sas­
sen is a member of the Council
on Foreign Relations, and the
National Academy of Sciences
Panel on Cities.
Dr. Sassen was introduced
by Political Science Depart­
ment chair Robert Eisinger
before speaking to a crowd of
mainly LC students and staff for close to an hour. A brief half
hour q11estion-and-answer ses­
sion followed the lecture where
students and faculty were given
a chance to question Dr. Sassen
about her facts.
Dr. $assen is the Ralph Lew­
is Professor of Sociology at the
University ofChicag~and Cen­
tennial Visiting Professor at th'e
London School of Economics.
Dr. Sassen's lecture was part
of the "The Civility in Politics
Lecture Series" which is pre­
sented by LC's Political Science
department, the Office of the
President, the Office of the Pro­
vost, and the Office of the Dean,
and also funded largely by an
Arkay Foundations grant. The
next lecture in me series will be
by George F. Bishop, Professor
of Political Science at the Univer­
sity of Cincinnati and will be on
Th~rsday, April 20, 2006 in the
Council Chambers. GH OL
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PHOTOS BY NATHANAEL MASSEY
Solutions t() global warming?
by Valerie Hunsinger
Eban Goodstein, LC under­
graduate Economics professor, pre­
sented "Global Warming and the
Meaning of Life" on March 15, as
pare of Lewis & Clark Law School
Sustainability Week sponsored by
SABER (Srudem Advocates for
Business and ~nvironmemal Re­
sponsibility). Over 45 law and
undergraduate srudents showed up
at the Law School t~ learn more
about the threat of global warm­
ing. Goodstein reported on ·che
consequenr::es of unchecked global
warming and the possibility that
it could kill more people than any
other industrial movement.
Goodstein said that the earth
in the past l O years has reached
an unfathomably scorching tem­
perature, and the debate continues
about how hot it's going get. The
• consequences of just a few degrees
can cause Aoods, drought, extinc­
tion of species, more health prob­
lems, and a rise in ocean levels.
Goodstein explained that the solu­
tion is not a matter of technology or cost efficiency, because that has
been solved, bur chat it is a politi­
cal..con8.ict. As an educator, Good­
stein feels he owes it ro studenrs ro
bring these issues to their atten­
tion. "Students face many issues,
but none have the capability ro ir­
reversibly impoverish the world;
nocl1ing w~ do will impact us li.ke
global warming," said Goodstein.
Also, for the first time ever,
Goodstein presented a proposed
educational initiative called Focus
The Nation. Goodstein has been
working with other colleges such
as Middlebury to coordinate teams
of faculty and students from col­
leges and high schools nationwide
for a one-day symposium entitled
"Stabilizing the Climate in the 21"
Century."
This idea was sparked by Dr.
Hansen, a US government di;
mate scientist, who said, "The last
time me world was three degrees
warmed ... the sea levels were 25
meters high .... We have to stabilize
emissions of carbon dioxkie within
a decade or temperatures will warm
by more than one degree. That will be warmer than it has been for a
half million years, and many things
could become unstoppable." In
February 2008, Goodstein wants
to bring mousands of people to
collaborate on a solution. lt will be
a wonderful opporrunity for small
groups to take leadership and he
hopes LC will be the first member.
The lecture ended on a cheerful
note by providing organic beer and
food. "Ir was the first time I've ever
had a kegger after a lecrure. Ir was
great," said Goodstein.
Goodstein is currendy writing a
book called Fighting for Love in a
Century of Extinction: How Passion
and Politics Can Change the Future
and he also plans to go on sabbari­
cal to work more on the issue of
global warming.
The Sustainability Week also
included a sustainable food fair, a
workshop on how ro live a sustain­
able life in the 21st century, lec­
tures on the history and economics
of the environmental movement in
the United States, and a presenta­
tion by the Southface company
about building sustainable homes. _4 _____________________ .,...-.gt=Jf+t$_., _________ 1_h_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g_,_M_ar_c_h_2_4_, _200_6
Moja: not a matter o_f charity, but of justice
"It's not a matter of charity-not the idea that we are
blessed to be born here and you were not so we should
give-it is a matter of justice. We fill ourselves day after
day with food we don't need while others die. If we think
about that, really think, it is disgusting: it's easy to ignore it
with schoolwork, boyfriends, friends, or whatever distrac­
tions we can muster, but in the end, it's not just a statistic,
it's people -children, wives, husbands, friends, and com­
munities -who are dying."
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
been desuoyed by rhe droughr.
Additionally, hijackings off Som:tlia
cominue co hamper WFP food disuibu­
tion efforts, forcing aid workers co rake
more costly overland supply roures.
Donations Still Needed
The WFP estimares chat it still re­
quires $189 million to continue its life­
sustaining food operations through the
end of the year. "Moja" group members
continue to urge srudencs to donate and
stay involved with chis and other hu­
manitarian issues in Africa.
Theresa Likarish ('07) explained, "It's
not a matter of charity-not the idea
char we are blessed to be born here and
you were not so we should give-it is a
matter of justice. We fill ourselves day -Theresa Likarish ('07)
after day with food we don't need while
ochers die. If we chink about thac, re­
ally Lhink, ic is disgusri11g: ir's easy co
ignore it with schoolwork, boyfriends,
friends, or whatever distractions we
can muster, but in the end, it's not just
a statistic, it's people -children, wives,
husbands, friends, and communities -
who arc dying."
With che help of Amnesty Interna­
tional, alumni and the generous dona­
tions from the studem body, "Moja"
group members are calling chis cam­
pus-wide joint effort an initial success.
Bue group members such as Phoebe
Adams ('07) expressed their hope that
th.is "'{ill just be the beginning in an at­
tempt bring the realities of Africa to the
LC community. _t_h_e_P_i_o_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_M_ar_c_h_2_4_,_2_00_6 ____________ ,•j11111 _______________________ 5_
Project Censored: Media Watchdog
offers alternatiVe source of inforlllation
by Craig Beebe
In January, just as the New YeaF's celebrations dimmed, the Wil­
lamette Week published a list of the nine most censored stories of
the year, as determined by a media watchdog group called Proj­
ect Censored. On the list were disturbing headlines like "Bush Ad­
ministration Moves to Limit Open Government," and "U.S. Uses
The Tsunami to Military Advantage in South Asia."
Each scory was given a small summary (as dictat­
ed by the limits of column inches in a given news­
paper), with just enough background co whet your
interest and show chey weren't making it up. Ac
the end of the article, any reasonably aware reader
would probably have been quite disturbed and upset.
Whether the more upsetting face is rhat
these things are calcing place, or chat they
simp'iy haven't been largely reported, is up
for debate.
news we
read-Project Censored is based at Sonoma
State University, and is run by 200 stu­
dents, staff, and faculty. According co its
websire-projectcensored.org-che staff even if
we read receives about I 000 story suggestions a
year "from journalists, scholars, librarians,
and concerned citizens around the world." it three
or four
places a
day-is
not all· It rhen filters these suggestions-from in­
dependent journals and newsletters-co
choose what it chinks are the 25 most im­
portant. These 25 are finally ranked by
a changing group of experts, which have
included figures such as Nqam Chomsky,
Susan Faludi, Mike Walla~, and Howard
Zinn. The whole collection is then pub­
lished in a book. The project started in
1976 and has been slowly growing in pro-the news.
file since then, its organizers write.
In the Information Age in which we undoubtedly
live today, it·is shocking what slips through the cracks
of press coverage. Despite the countless newspapers,
magazines, TV channels, radio stations-don't even
get me scarred on biogs and podcascs-somehow at
the end of the day we find ourselves nearly as igno­
rant as when we got out of bed.
Being somewhat of a news junkie myself, I am
nearly always shocked at what little l know abour
what's really happening around the world. I read
the New York Times, and I listen co NPR, and I'm
known to check out the BBC News website regu­
larly. But still so much is missed; I am frustrated by
ignorance and helpless to do much about it--except chase down more news.
What is worse, I am probably better informed
than most people are coday. For one thing, I read
more news. For another, I gee it from a variety of
sources, two of which are nonprofits (in theory, at
least), and all of which are supposedly unbiased. I
do not watch Fox News, except when 1 am in the
mood co be angry at infuriating television hoses. I
do not watch the local television news, except when
I want co know what child molester has moved next
door coday.
Th~ problem is compounded by corp0rate own­
ership. Beyond the issue of what large media com­
panies-like News Corporation, which owns Fox
News-might leave out due to their own business
interests, the simple fact chat there ar~ fewer and
fewer ''true," independent media outlets severely
limits what news gets our. And a profit-driven pub­
licly traded company will keep expanding revenues
as its goal, not the public interest.
For example, the McClatchy Company, a rel­
atively small newspaper corporation with only 26
newspapers under its belt, recently purchased Knight
Ridder, one of the largest newspaper companies in
the country, publish'er of the San Jose Mercury News
and the Philadelphia Inquirer, among other large pa­
pers. In a move to be more profitable, and to avoid
federal regulators, McClatchy might spin off some
of the newspapers it just purchased in the Knight
Ridder bundle. Also, it will likely initiate another
round of newsroom layoffs, which have frightened
newspaper journalists and led co an overall decline
in the quality of what gets published-simply be­
cause there are less people co do the journalism.
In shore, so much of the news that we watch or
read has been filtered or altered, and for every one
article char is in the paper there is at least one left
out, unreported or discarded, for whatever reasons.
Some of these are no doubt conspiratorial in nature;
some are probably more innocuous. But the point
is, the news we read--even if we read it three or
four places a day-is not ail the news. In fact, the
news we read may have been intentionally tampered PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LAURA SNIDER
Peter Philli~s and ProJ,ct Censored
IMAGE PROJECTCENSOREO.ORG
Project Censored publishes an annual
book of the top 25 censored news stories.
with. 'There's just no way to say.
lc's for these and ocher reasons chat Project Cen­
sored's mission and activities are vital, co us as in­
formed citizens and co the counr.ry as a whole.
Although many of their stories only make it co al­
ternative papers like the Willamette Week, they are
given at least a small breath of air. Hopefully, they
raise we readers' eyebrows, get us to hunt down more
information, and maybe even co rake some action­
like writing co our newspaper, or even our Senator.
Maybe nor all of the stories on the website are ful­
ly proven; indeed, many are emerging stories with
incomplete versions of the faces. So a~ readers of
Project Censored we need co be skeptical and willing
co question what has been written, just as we need to
be when we read the New York Times. But the stories
at Project Censored encourage-no, demand-that
we dig further, beyond the glossy or limited things
we are cold in ocher news outlets.
What's on the website this week? "New US Mili­
tary Installation in Paraguay." "Halliburton to Build
Domestic Detention Facility."
I don't know what to make of those scories out­
right, but they sure make me want co look for more
information. And while I'm not ready to drop my
New York Times and call ic censored garbage, I am
happy for another source of information, another
chance to pick up a Big Story char has been neglecr­
ed or, as the organization's name suggests, censored.
Project Censored's stories just may change the way
I look at the world. What higher purpose is there
than that? _6 _________________________ i,iii,11 ____________ th_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o
111g .. ,
111M_a_rc.h_2_4.,, 2_00_6
"Wmning your pool tips'"
infringes on NCAA no­
gambling rules
The last full-page .spread
of the Piolog bas been the
''Sports Section" for a while
now, which I really appreci­
ate. It keeps the rest of' cbe
LC Community up to date
with what's going on in LC
Athletics, in which 20~25%
of the srudenc body partici­
pates.
However, the spon:s sec­
tion in rbe March 1Qih edi­
tion of the PioLog included
an article that had 110,thing
to do with LC Athletics,
with which l have no prob­
lem in and o( itself. le was
'd1e content of che article
chat bothered me. The ar­
ticle was entitled "Five tips
to winning your pool,» and
it gave suggestions on how
to come our of March Mad­
ness with a little extra cash
in your pocket. What many
students probabJy don't.
know is that Lewis & Oark
College, despite beii;lg Di­
vision IIl, is still a niem.ber
of the NCAA, which has
very strict policies regarding
sports gambling. Which
b.rings me to my main point
-nearly a: quarter of the sru­
den r body is not allowed to
pacticipate in March M~d­
ness. It is not only a viola­
tion of the NCAA.rules, but
also a violation of Lewis &
Clatk's policy for student­
athletes to pacricipate in
any activity of gambling at
the interrollegiate or pro-"
fessional level of athletics.
Consequences for' partici­
pation can include loss of
athletic eligibility, which
for many of us would be ex­
tremely severe.
As stated above, rhe
NCAA has very specific
guideHnes, one of which de­
fines gambling. Basically, if
you parr_icipate sin anything
where you have the poren-:
rial to gain or the risk ro lose
anything 't®gible based on
me outcome of a sporting
event, tr is considered sports
gambling (recall: this means
Joss of arhletic eligibility).
So fqr example, Facebook's
College Basketball Tour­
nament Pool is considered
gambling because the win­
ner receives a prize, and the
athletic adminisuation bas
access to Facebook. Keep
ln milid that our school
is very small -everybody
knows everybody, and word
spreads fast.
Thanks for raking the
time to read this: le was
not meant as an attack on
me author of the article,
or oo anyone who partici­
pates in· March Madness.
I just wanted to make sure
that everyone doing so had
a better understanding of
the rules involved, and the
potential consequences for
breaking sa.id rules.
-Burdett MacLean ('06) Guest Editorial
Minority-based scholarships enforce prejudice
Stop being so racist! Scholarship bias undermines academic excellence
by Ben Schifman
Colleges and universmes
across rhe country award a ~er­
tain amount of scholarships ex­
plicitly on race. We have a word
for this-racism-and it cannot
be jusrified on a philosophical
or practical level. l t is therefore
an encouraging sign that schools
across the country are caking a
race blind approach, as the New
York Times reported on March
14. 1 applaud me action of mese
schools and I would urge Lewis
& Clark to adopt a similar pol­
icy.
Race-based scholarships are
discriminatory by nature both in
favor of and against people based
upon che color of their skin. This
is rhe very definition of racism.
Ir may be argued that mis mea-sure is necessary to correct for
disadvantages faced by minori­
ties. However, economist Dr.
·n1omas Sewell has demonsuated
char affirmative action programs
empirically rend to benefit pri­
marily the most fortunate among
the preferred group (such as black
millionaires),· at the expense of
the least fortunate among non­
preferred groups (such as poor
whites). If scholarships were truly
meant to correct for disadvan­
tage, men they should be open to
all races.
It is perhaps because of this
criticism rhar colleges and uni­
versities have shied away from a
purely race-based rationale and
have tended to justify such schol­
arship programs on cl,e basis of
"diversity." However, this justifi­
cation resrs upon the assumption chat only racial minorities can have
certain experiences, perspectives
and ideas. This assumption is nor
only patently false bur also offen­
sive-it implies chat all minorities
think in a certain way. lt is naive at
best to assume rhac a recent immi­
gr~r from Chad and a black sub­
urba'nite froff\ Bakersfield will have
the same characteristics or ideas
simply because their skin kind of
looks the same. If diversity were
rruly the goal, scholarships would
be awarded not on the basis of race
bur rather on imerescing idiosyn­
crasies or charaneristics, life expe­
riences, or perhaps political views.
The practical consequences
of race-based scholarships have
sadly also proven councerproduc­
rive. Because iris impossible ro tell
whether a given student received a
scholarship based upon their merit or the pigments in their skin,
the legitimate accomplishments
of minoriry students are under­
mined. Thus those who are in
fact racist can write off accom­
plishments by minoricies sim­
ply as a preference for their race
rather than a product their hard
work or intelligence.
Because of this, a focus on
race-for scholarships or och­
envise-is nor justified. LC
should join other institutions
across the councry in abandon­
ing chis counterproductive and
objectionable system atid join
Dr. Marcin Lurher King, Jr.
who had a dream almost half a
century ago, rhat his "children
would one day live in a nation
where they will not be judged
by me color of their skin but by
the content of theii; character."
Virtual child pornography should be
protected under the First Amendment
by Christie Wright
Dwight Whorley ~encenced
to 240 months in prison after a
federal jury convicted him on sev­
eral counts of child pornography
charges. The Justice Department's
pcess release reporred cl1at Whorley
was convicted under a 2003 federal
statute that criminalizes the "pro­
duction, distribution, or receipt
of, or the possession wim inrenr ro
distribute obscene drawings, car­
toons, sculprurfs, paintings or oth­
er obscene visual representations
of sexual abuse of children." The
conviction raises a constiturional
red Aag.
11,is was a simple case for the
prosecution: Not only was Whor­
ley a convicted sex offender who
was downloading illegal images on
a Virginia srare-owned computer,
but he was also disrributing explicit
marerial to a minor and download­
ing real child pornography. lr was
unnecessary for the prosecution
to convict Whorley on charges of
virtual pornography-this digital­
age Humbert Humbert was going
to prison regardless of whar the de­
fense could have argued.
And rightly so. Bur me premise
under which the ruling was decid­
ed is disconcerting. The message
the court is sending contradicts
wirh First Amendment riglus. Fur­
thermore, the virtual pornographic
images chat Whorley was convicted
for downloading all came from an­
ime websites. They weren't digital­
ly altered, real images.
1l1e precedenc for child por­
nography was set in the 1982 case,
New York 11. Ferber. The Supreme Court supported the prohibition of
che production and distribution of
child pornography on me basis that
it's "intrinsically related" to the ex­
ploitation and abuse of children.
However, in the 2002 Ashcroft
vs. Free Speech Coalition case, the
Supreme Court distinguished chat
virtual pornography was nor "in­
trinsically related" to the exploita­
tion and abuse of children. The
ruling caused a flurry among vari­
ous legislators who quickly drafted
rhe PROTECT acr, which, despite
efforrs by the ACLU and various
other free speech lobbyists, became
law in 2003 with almost unani­
mous support in both me Senare
and House of Representatives. Ti­
tle V of the law bans virrual child
pornography, which it defines as
digital, computer, or computer­
generated images that are "indis­
tin6uishable from that of a minor
engaging in sexually explicit con­
duct."
Free speech protects an individ­
ual's right to chink of whatever he
or she wanes to. Media expresses
these thoughrs all the time: people
are murdered, raped and tortured
in books, movies and art. Look to
Hollywood, which produces mov­
ies like Romeo + Juliet or American
Beaury-bod1 of which dcpicr mi­
nors in sexually exploitive roles.
These images are legal because
it's uoderstood chat they a.ren'r real.
Similarly, pornography depicting
women and men in scenarios chat
would be illegal are legal because
the images are scripted. The same
should bold true for virtual child
pornography-which depicts ~ex­
pressions of tl10ughc without ex-ploiting or hurting a child.
Essentially, it's bad law to draw
the line at v-irrual child pornogra­
phy just because prosecutors or
the average spectator cannot dis­
tinguish between images that are
real and those which are digitally
created.' An individual cannot be
convicted of thinking about mur­
dering someone, an individual
cannor be convicred
for constructing a
graphic representa­
tion of that thought
and those who view
me image are also
not in violation of
law. Likewise, virtu­
al child pornography
should not be pros­
ecuted.
If the concern is
distinction between
Whorley was
convicted on
charges of
virtual child
porn·ography
that he had
downloaded
off anime
websites.
IUUSTRATION BY
CHRISTIE WRIGHT real and virtual, the law needs to
be aimed ar the producers of such
pornography rather than those who
choose to view it. I would support
a measure cliar forces graphic artists
to include a disclaimer on their im­
ages that clarifies that the graphic is
completely digital.
Until then, the Whorley case
secs a bad precedenc for future cases
mac deal with me issue of virtual
child pornography. 7 r_h_e_P_io_n_e_e_1_· Lo_ .. 8_,_M_ar_c_h_2_4_,_2_0_0_6 ____________ ~i•u•iu--------------------------
Guest Editorial
A game of power, money and persuasion:
Government blackmail jeopardizes higher education
by Professor John Holzwarth
I n a recent decision, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the federal government can require colleges and
universities that accept its funding to open ~heir campuses to military recruiters. As. a legal matter, the issue is
settled, but as a moral issue, there remains much to say. The Court simply ruled that Congress can do so. But
should it? Most of the opposition to this policy- both legally and morally -has centered around the military's "don't
ask, don't tell" policy regarding homosexuality. While I admire this principled stance, I disagree with the reasoning,
mostly because I think that recruiting on college campuses is one of the best ways to nudge the armed forces toward
a more enlightened and progressive view of homosexuality. Those who oppdse "don't ask, don't tell" ought to argue
against it, bur 1 suspect chese argumencs
will lead nowhere until a significant change
occurs in the culture of the military, and de­
nying recruiters access co places like Lewis
& Clark scrikes me as a poor way to begin
chat process. Granced, some institutions are
so morally bankrupt char it would be mor­
ally wrong to lee chem recruit here, even in
the hopes of improving their policies. But
I don't chink rhe military fies chis descrip­
tion. Social views of homosexuality have
changed drarnarically in che lase twenty
years, and like most social institutions, the
military is wresding with these changes. It
ought to be encouraged by the most pro­
gressive portions of society, nor alienated
from chem -ac least for now.
But the government's willingness to
coerce colleges into accepting military re­
cruicers is parr of a highly disturbing view
of _che purposes of higher education. 1n
short, the policy on military recruiting sug­
gesrs a broader view that coUeges and uni­
versities-including privare colleges like
LC-arc here to serve rhe srare's ends, or
at least pardy so. This, J chink, is a rerri- ~
bly miscaken view, and one chat oughr to be
opposed in every case. IWANT ·· consent. The offer of financial aid co pri­
vate colleges is a wise and good social policy,
designed to make sure that the life chances
of young adults do not depend entirely on
che good fortune of having been born into
privilege. As a pol.icy, it is ac leasr benevo­
lent; it might also be argued char it is mor­
ally required in a nation where life chances
are ried not only to birth, but also to dis­
criminatory social policies, both past and
present. Bue whether one regards rhis fed­
eral support as benevolence or as a ducy, it
is something we do because it is good to do
so. 1he government should never threaten
to cease co behave righrly in order co compel
free institutions to obey wuelared policies.
Of course, the government may request chat
we open the campus to military recruiters,
and ir mighr well be argued chat it would be
a good decision for us to accept this request.
But co force our hand in this manner is sim­
ply wrong -the choice should remain ours,
just as it would be in die absence of federal
fonding.
If I am right abour this, one might ask
how the federal governmenc can force che
hands of colleges in ocher areas. For ex­
ample, surely it would be morally legit­
imate to deny funding to a school chat Thus far, the government's abuses of chis
power have not been especially egregious,
and have not, to my knowledge, imposed
much of a burden. As I have suggested,
military recruiting on liberal arts campuses
mighr actually be a good thing. A compa­
rable policy required us lasr September to
stage a panel discussion in horior of "Con­
sri~ution Day." Nothing about chis require-ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTIE WRIGHT discriminates among applicants on the
basis of race. l11is case is different for cwo
reasons. First of all, in the case of racial dis­
crimination, che government can invoke its
moral aucboricy to procect the individuals
who would be harmed by such a policy.
l11is extreme case is different in kind from
ment forced us to view the Constitution or our history in a
favorable way, and one could argue that ic became a healthy
occasion for public discussion of our constitutional legacy. At
worst, the requirement was inane, but nor a dangerous intru­
sion imo our academic freedom (and the panel itself was quite
good).
Bur consider another example. A month ago, the Pioneer
log reported char the Bush administration is pondering stan­
dardized resting in higher education, not only at public col­
leges a11d w1iversiries, bur ac private ones as well. Given the
crack record of srandardiz.ed testing at the secondary level, this
prospect is almost too horrific to ponder. How would che gov­
ernment ensure chat schools like LC comply with such a mea­
sure? The same way that it guarancees thar we permit aq:ess to
military recruiters-by making our federal funding contingent
upon it. One hopes that the Congress will value academic
freedom coo highly to make such a thing possible-but one
also should not have to rely on hope alone.
My c~ncern is not merely with the prospect of horrendous
policy. It is with the logic that suggests due in giving us mon­
ey, the government acquires a righc to put us to its uses. What
is the moral problem? Simply put, with each case, the govern­
ment is anempting to change the terms of a deal on which we,
and our most needy srudenrs, have come to rely. Such exploi­
tation of our vulnerable position, except perhaps under condi­
tions of the most dire necessity, is 1:ssentially a form of extor­
tion. If the policy of supporting higher ed!-Jcarion is a good
one, as all but the most radical of libertarians would agree,
then it is morally wrong in the extrt:me to threaten to withhold
chis good in order co achieve other ends. Even in cases like
"Constitution Day," in which the trade seems beneficial from
our perspective-a few easily met requirements in exchange
for considerable federal aid for our worst-off students-it rep-resents an unwarranted and morally unjustifiable policy on
the part of the federal government.
Of course, ir mighr be argued, no one has a gun co our
heads-if we find the requirements roo burdensome, we are
more than free co decline the funding. Bue the cost would
be tremendous- without chis funding, our nar1onal stand­
ing would undoubtedly decline, and we would become un­
able to provide financial aid at anything close to the current
level for our neediest students. Part of cbe goal of chis federal
funding is to make institutions lik~ LC ·accessible to students
who would otherwise be unable to enroll. Ir is deeply wrong
ro force us to choose between compliance with an undesir­
able policy and the kind of harm chat might result from our
refusal.
..... Consider an analogy: suppose char two or three rimes a
week, I give ten dollars to a homeless person on my block so
char he may buy a square meal. Now suppose chat one day I
cell him chat I wane him co vote for ;i particular candidate in
an upcoming election, and chat ifhe declines, I say, "Then no
more money for you." It can reasonably be argued chat in chis
case, he retains the meaningful freedom to decline; refusing
my further aid leaves him no worse off than he was before he
mer me. However, rhis does not warrant the conclusion that J
am making a morally acceptable choice in exploiting his state
of quasi-dependence upon me in chis way. Decisions made
under financial duress can perhaps be free, at leasr in some
technic.11 sense, but it is nevertheless wrong, in virtually all
cases, LO force a person to make these kinds of choices (and of
course in chis case, I would be violating election laws as well).
Quite simply, this is a paradigmatic case of exploitation.
The same moral wrong is done when the government
threatens 10 withhold federal funds unless recipient colleges
comply with demands to which they would not otherwise chose cited above because no one is unfairly
targeted, harmed, or deprived of a substantial opportu­
nity when a college fails to honor "Constitution Day" or
makes the military set up its recruiting rabies outside ics
gates. Secondly, racial discrimination is a difterent stan­
dard because ir would warrant federal intrusion even if
there were no federal funding co serve as a pretext. In
requiring a racist institution co end discriminatory poli­
cies, the government would achieve a moral purpose chat
would be warranted even in regard to schools that refuse
federal funds. The fact chat ir needs the "hook" of federal
funding to impose it~ will in ocher cases is by itself suffi­
cienr reason to regard chem with deep suspicion.
Private colleges and universities are not a part of the
stare, and in fact, d1ey are the mosc important places for
the kind of chinking chat challenges and sometimes use­
fully undermines state policy. They are the places where
dissent is most likely to arise, and the places where it is
most likely co be valued. Justice Roberts was no doubt
correct co argue for the Court chat dissent can survive oc­
casional campus visits by milicary recruiters. Bue his ar­
gument, while probably legally sound, ignores die clear
fact thar refusing entry to such recruiters-whether a wise
policy or an unwise one-is itself a form of dissent. In
choosing chis policy, institutions express a principled op­
positi<ln co a govcrnmcncal policy; by making such expres­
sions almpst suicidal for an institution, the government
renders this form of dissent near impossible. This form of
dissent ought co be prorecced by Congress without excep­
tion. Even when we regard che dissent as unwise or even
foolish, we need to rem.ind ourselves char such foolishness
is an occasional-and very much rolerabJe---<:onsequence
of the crucial .freedom to voice dissent wichour recribution
from the state. _8 _______________________ ... i•ll•H•-----------th.e.P.1.·o.n.e.er.· L_o,.,g_, M_ar.·c_h_2_4_, 2_0_0_6_
Film-makers emphasize
effects of subtle racism
Crash brings to life the issues that plague cities
outside the gated communities of the L.A. hills and
the grassy bubbl_e of Lewis & Clark.
by Sarah DiSabatino
For much of rhe Lewis & Clark
communiry, racism is something
we encouncer only in academia.
We read theories on che embodied
experience of African-American
women by bell hooks OT we dis­
cuss the sociological implicarions
of policies like Affirmative Acrion.
We may even argue over the defini­
tion of racism while eating lunch.
Inventing America makes ir clear
chat rhe evolution of American so­
ciery is unique because of che his­
tory of race and racism char is so
deeply ingrained in our culture.
ll1e movie Crash explores the ren­
sions that define race in this coun­
try and sheds a contemporary light
on the racism of our Inventing
Ameri·ca reader.
With Crash's best picture up­
set over Brokebtick Mounttlin at
chis year's Oscars, che little film
about racism proved chat weighry
topics don't need a big budget or
mass marketing in order to get no­
ticed. Of course, Crash packs a lor
of punch. ll1e movie· is one of the
most intense, heartbreaking, and
breailitaking stories I have ever
seen unfud on screen. Ln realiry,
race is often the clephanc in the
room we ignore. In Crmh, race is
the adolescent gorilla we cannot
ignore, both aggressively confron­
tational and anxiously unmoving.
Nevertheless, films with hot
ropics have historically dominated
rhe major Academy Award catego­
ries. This year, the competition for
best picture was a showdown of
racism versus gay cowboys. Ok, so
iliac is oversimplification in the ex­
treme, but these hoc bucron issues
are nor foreign to ilie Academy
Awards. Hollywood is know,n for
its voting bloc of liberal elite, so
it is no surprise that Million Dol­
lar Baby-wiili an assisted suicide
twist ending-rook home the prize
last year, and why V for Vendetta­
a dire warning against a conserva­
tive government with too much
power-has garnered so much at­
tention already.
The point is char Crash grabbed
rhe attention of Hollywood liber­
als because rhe movie brought co
life-in a packaged, though hardly
easy-co-swallow way-ilie issues
that plague American cities outside
rhe gated communities of the L.A h.ills, or the grassy bubble of LC.
Furiliermore, ilie movie presented
those issues in the real, abstract
mold they rake on in everyday life.
For example, in one of d1e most
gut-wrenching scenes in ilie mov­
ie, a Persian man, consrandy mis­
taken for an Arab (insert terror­
ist), brandishes a gun at the Latino
locksmith who he wrongly suspects
was responsible for the hate crime
against his convenience store. The_
viewer watches with growing panic
as d1e locksmith's daughter jumps
in front of her failier to save him
just as ilie gun fires. The film deli­
cately balances stereotypes with
trud1s, racist guile with race incit­
ed anger. This is only one strand
of many that weave together d1e
complic;ated story, and ilie message
is clear: we are all connected one
way or another. Even us, nestled
upon Palatine Hill.
Regardless of what d1e self-grat­
ifying Academy voters or guile-rid­
den liberals chink, Crash was in­
deed a powerful story, or collection
of interconnected stories that cast
racism in shades of grey. Just when
the chain of events caused by one
racial clash comes to a seemingly
enlighrened conclusion, another
crash starts ilie cycle over again.
Perhaps ch is cycle is part of ilie
American story, bur how much
does the average LC stu.~nt do
abour it? How much can we do
about ir? According the movie, we
are just as involved in racism and
its effects as the locksmith and ilie
convenience store owner-we can­
not esGape it.
That is certainly a question
word1 addressing in Inventing
America, or Exploration and Dis­
covery, or wharever d1e faculty de­
cides to call ilie course next year.
For all that we've\:xplored and dis­
covered, an. understanding of race
in America has srill eluded many
of us.
By no means is racism a new
frontier, but ilierc are still aspects
of it iliar manage to flutter both in
ilie middle and on me periphery of
America's consciousness.
How and if we can reconcile
racism and its consequences will
be a tremendous cycle for boili our
country and academic community
to break. College Board's flop affects
more than the SAT results
by Matt Savage
0 n March 8th, the Associated Press reported that 4,000 students
who took the SAT college entrance exam received incorrect
scores. By March 14th, dw New York Times reported that another
1,600 exam results «had not been checked for errors." It is under­
standable that many students, whether they have been accepted to
the university of their choice or not, are eagerly awaiting/ dreading
ing the results of an exam
iliac will supposedly re­
veal how ready rhey are for ,
college. The chance that
d1eir results could be wrong
is even more unsettling.
Many counuies outside
the United Scares have ilieir
own nationalized testing
systems, often required be­
tween one's secondary and
tertiary education. But
thanks to American Fi:;d­
eralism, America has ne
official testing system. So
in 190 I the Scholastic
Achievement Test was de­
veloped to aid the admis­
sions departments of several
northeastern universities. It
served as a guide co measure
"scholastic achievement" in
a social scientific way, in ad­
dition to students' grades/
recommendations/etc. le
was such a good idea iliac
College Board was devel­
oped in 194 I to administer
ilie sexed-up Scholastic Ap­
titude Test (SAT). It's com­
petitor, ilie ACT, was also
developed in 1959.
Fast forward co the go­
go nineties! Kaplan er al.
make a growing business
out of helping students "srudy for rhe rest." The rest
has been renamed the Scholastic Assessmenr Test and
for the 2006 incoming class, a whole new score sys­
tem-based on 2400 points railier ilian ilie uadi­
tional 1600-has been integrated in attempt to more
accurately capture the collegiate abilities of fuse-year
applicants.
There are many potential flaws with rhe test. Some
argue that the rest is racially and/or gender biased.
Ochers argue that ir does not adequately measure in­
telligence (od1ers aren't sure what intelligence is or
how it could be measured). And since the College
Board admitted char results may be incorrect, critics
of the test have spared no time preparing new argu­
ments aimed at the test's accuracy as well as empha­
sizing old critiques.
The revised score reports perrain to tests taken in
October. Dean of Admissions, Mi.ke Sexton reported
that LC received seven revised score reports, six of
which were for applicants. Five reported an increase
of ten points in students SATs ,rnd one reported an
increase of 30 points.
"Does it affect lives? Sure," said Sexron. Sexron
clarified mar while changes could affect a students'
acceptance status, the more tangible issue is auto-matic scholarships-most
of which deadlines have al­
ready passed.
College Board is also
only informing colleges of
scores th.at were too low
and nor iliose iliac were
too high. "Thar's not very
endearing ro d-te colleges,"
said Sexton. College 8oard
also failed to cell universi­
ties of their error during
regional meetings iliac were
held in February. Instead,
they announced che error
afterward on d1eir website.
Their initial notice did nor
even include an apology,
said Sexron.
"They'll probably lose i·n
ilie marketplace,'' said Sex­
ton. "I'll bet me ACT has a
better year next year."
Despite its flaws, many
of which are intrinsic, stan­
-dardized resting does serve a
purpose. The education re­
ceived at some high schools
is better than oiliers. Thar
being said, teachers can
"teach" to the test. It is di f­
ficulr when oilier countries
(and different areas/stu­
dents in this country) take
IMAGEFLYINGWILD.ORG different rests. And finally,
true intelligence, if it does exist, cannot be mea­
sured by one test. Taking the test multiple rimes,
taking ocher tests, and building up od1er areas on
one's application can help as well.
Since d1is is such a hot bucron issue, it could easily
come up in future education policy debates. Many
on ilie left (especially reacher's unions) are already
furious about testing, and will surely use the SAT
issue as another point in their canvassing, if not
policy decisions. As for long-term implications,
d1e question remains if further errors will be re­
ported or not. Both the general public and news
organizations will be especially sensitive ro furd1er
errors, and if reports of error continue to escalate,
there could be real policy changes. For a rest iliac
has morphed and face lifted itself so much during
ilie past decade, and as d1e number and diversity
of students who take ilie test continue to accelerate
with the coses of higher education, ilie situation
could be further exasperated.
Sexton said iliac mere would probably be law­
suits over ilie issue. As for remedying the short­
term effects: "[College Board] is not about to tell
us what co do," he said. "That wouldn't go over
well.'' the Pioneer Log, March 24, 2006 --@•11@--1..., ____________________ 9_
==~~~~~~~LC's non-traditional students DISTRACTED
SaHing the Seas of Jazz
by Craig Beebe
I . .
I have been. rediscovering a
long neglected passion lacely. It's
not some deeplf butied love af­
fuir way back fa tt1Y past, or even
mu,;:h of a guilty pleasure. Bur it
is something l have managed co
avoid for at least ~o years, leav­
ing it bubbling and. festering just
barely in i;he background of my
life. l've beett aware of it like a
voice in the back of the head. and·
lately (rlianks to som~ friends)
I've welcomed it, right back:'whete
it belongs. • •
The passion is jazz. And nor
just jazz itself; .not on the radio
or a en. I'm t-alki.ngjaz.z right in
fronr,. of me, in a small club opo a
weekriigh,r, w1iere there: is simply
no putpose to be _present except
for the company of a few friends unb:e.lievable or most raieAted mu­
sicians l have ever seen, bur they
were as great a,s anyrhlng 1 could
ask for at that speci&c moment:
they were offering a perfect escape
into an evening 6( freedom t;hat {
undoubtedly ne-eded.
Jimmy Mak'~ is a quinccssl!r;t-
• tial Portland·placei for jazzJover:s­
and for novices alike, It's tiny and .
dark. but with big window tlm
£.tom OU! onto l Oil> Avenue and
Everett S(reec. A meetcar 111:ight
~ide by: while you're t_akiog in rhe
music.. bur it only seems to be a
pm of µ1~$0,og. ,
On. the menu -are numer6us
offerings ofl&ial mkrobrews and
wine, buuhere is also an extensive
Greqk food menu, and a few tMty­
looking .desserts. lJut t_he food is
I have been rediscov­
ering a long neglected
passion lately: jazz. far fiom tht main· reason
co go there,, !r's the !tSoape.,
Even. the music"'can.seem
important primarify as a
c911duh t-0 <:.$cape, rhe sort
of );encle encouragement
we sorne,times need 'to just
let go ~d take it Uh
and the musi6 chat· do~n'r eve,n
allow simplt' conversations. Jazz
with a capit,al J.
I have had'<! long history with
this suay(:' lever o( mi;ne, but -as
l have 'id it has lately heen ne,.
glected. By "n-egiecred," I mean
.almost tQt,ulr absent,
l went t0 Jbmriy Ma..k's-cfu:
dub at NW l 01~ ana Evetett 1
whlchis to move practically across
rhe street on April 15-on my
21"' birthday last year, with a good
friend, and the two of us marvded
at how we had let -ourselves miss
this amazing pare of our lives for
so long: And then, almost right
away, I !er it go again-:-mY: friend
went to Japan fot a semester, so he _
had a better ex<tuse than I did.
' I djdnt sec foot back inside rhe
place fot probably a y.ear ang .a
hat£ Bur a couple o.fmoo.ihs ago1
an oilier friend of miJJe gor ,t sroal I
group rogefher to rerurn t6 • the
venue. 11lat • first day I was, again
.scruc.k by what 1 had been miss­
ing, and l resolved to Sta.rt going
regularly. Maybe it was the;: drink
1 had, but once again 1 was enliv­
ened and exdred by what I heard
and s.iw,
Sur once again, I missed ittlie
next week And the next. A.liq
before I knew what was happen­
tng, a.ri◊ther rnooth had passed.
But eek, desperate for some
vari . from the old dn.id~ry of
schoolwork, 1 jofoedJtie;ids were
once again.
1 was. late. bl;lt upQo aujy­
iog telt that I cotildn't be mos;e
on time. 'The music was in full
swing. The band--'-Q. sjlver­
haired, serious-fucedgUitar.man; a
young bearqed b;\$Sistw.ho 1ooked
as though he was pained 'by how
marvelou~ his solos were; and a
ponyr.ailed drummer who looked·
almost uncannily at ea$e, or c;ven
bored, with c,hecomplicated heacs
he was playiug.
They were magnificent. It
wasn't that they were the most A glass 0£ wine and a: set artd a
b:alf llitet, l was on,<.e agaiJi tJiily­
hooked on jw,,1 and espedilly on
ja1JZ,, at Jimmy .Mak's, The small_
crowd tliat was still la(ge enoqgli
to make me small place see¢' fu:.lJ
cenainly seemed to reinforce my
ideas. People ate laughing, 1isten­
ingsand capping our feet io-what­
ever the guys on stage Wanted to
play.
Most ofrhe.ir songs were name­
less, justshort r~frains and chord
progressions co justify furthc;r ex.­
ploratioo of the song, rhe jnscrn-
• menr, the city. Ahd Cllch period
of silently listening was a chance
for the audl¢nce, too, co impro-,
vise, exploring . 9ur :choughts lik~
they were stri~gs on a oass, won­
dering if we mo had waoge 11?6ks
on 01.u faces,as we did so.
And as tl1e hour goc l~ter, :che
tefi,:a.in of "I s.h:e,uld· bewqdung''·
disal'pearld i:nto -0ur owrr intel­
lectual imp,rovisatio(ls, ttvi the •
narrow constraints o.f everyday
life seemed use!ess except as the
buJfers whlch surround oux ex_-•
ploration. All else fad<:$, and why
shouldn't it?
HopefuJly this time I won't
stay away-from for SQ lo:1_1g. r don't
p!ao on sracy.ing my passjon fot
jazz aqy more tba:n I have to.
Jt,nmy Ma/e's is /,oe4'(e/i, for three
more weeks, ,at t~orner ofNort/k.
· w«t J (Jh and Everett, 7hW-is no
cover. .on Montl!iy nigMs, when [:<Zs
own Dan Balmer is the 1isual head~
liner (altho11gh . ke w.@ gorle lmt
M.oJiiuty when. I was there): Oth­
er nights there is us_1tt1lry a ,cover,
thaugh It's worth it. Minors ttre
allowed until 9 PM Pbtme: 503-
2!J5-6542. •
On April 15, jhnit~y Mak's wi/L
do.re its cu1-rwt. loca.tioll, and will
reopen May 1 at a ne111 locatiorr a
little farther south on 1 rJ'> Auertue.
1 suggest checking it 1mr at it; tur­
rmt locm'ion bf:fore it t11ow.s-ther4
somethi11g special about jazz ill, a
tight pace. offer experience, perspectives
by Valarie Hunsinger
While a majority of _LC students have just $raduated from
high school and view college as preparation for the real
world, Senior Kelli Roesch ('07) has experienced the world and
now, at the age of 36 she is erolled in college. Roes':h, from South­
ern Indiana, has served seven and a halfyears of active duty for the
US Navy, traveled to seven different countries including Japan,
Monaco, Morocco, Spain, Austra- the only time she has to herself- fie in, even walking around campus
lia and even Antarctica where she then she gets her three kids off co for a whole day and not saying Hi
-,vorked with tbe National Science school by 8:00. She gets co LC by to anyone,
Association on Operation Deep 9:00 am for class and usually stays Roesch says chat although
Freeze, With che Navy she was on campus until 9:00 pm working school has had co sacrify her social
sent co a cop-secret school but she on her senior thesis. While school social or romantic to a degree, she
has also followed careers as jour-is her full time job, she also some- knows she is representing all the
nalisr, broadcaster, and disc jockey. how finds cime ro rake her kids ro women in che world who don't
Ten years ago she was sent to Port-basketball and girl scour meetings, make co college, From delivering
Kelli Roesch ('07) has experi­
enced the world helps chem with pizza co LC ro graduating from LC,
homework and she certainly has co.me full circle.
school projects, In terms of how LC approach-
all while being a es these non-rradicional scudencs,
~ingle mom who Sexton says chat although these stu­
land co work in public relations.
However, due co her three kids, she
becan1e a stay at home mom.
When her marriage became
rocky, she realized rhar ~he might
become the major provider for her
Family She had picked up a few
jobs, one that ironically included
delivering piz~ to LC. After some
ti.me in the work field she realized
char she was getting paid much less
than she was with worth, In Janu­
ary of 2002 she started at Portland
Community College, paying for
college with the Montgomery GI
Bill. During this rime she applied
ro the Ford Family Opportunity
Scholarship, which provides for
the cost of schooling and living, In
2004 she got the scholarship and
was on her way co LC.
While a rypicalstudencs' life may
include rolling out of bed, going to
class, doing some ex.rracurricular
activities, and hanging our and par­
rying with friends, Roesch wakes
up every day at 5: 15 co workout-can fir io cooking, cleaning, and dents don't disrupt the age demo­
paying bills. "lt has caken lots of graphic desired by the college, LC
blood, swear and rears co make chis does not offer a curriculum such
come true," she said, as degree completion programs or
Coming to LC can be a huge weekend class geared cowards adult
adjustment for old- ,
er students. Dianna "It has taken lots of blood,
Weiner, a LC alumni s. weat and tears to mak, e who came co LC as a
22-year-old freshman,
realizecj,bow much she
stood our compared co
ocher students. Weiner this cdream come true."
-Kelli Roesch ('07)
had gotten used co paying rent,
working, and nor having room­
mates; buL all that changed when
she came ro college.
Roesch reports char because of
her age and rhe ways she dress­
es, numerous students have ap­
proached her thinking chat she was
a reacher. Also, while most sru­
dencs have a week during NSO ro
get to know each ocher, non-rradi­
rional students don't have char op­
p6rtuniry, Roesch said ir was hard
not knowing anyone and rrying co learners.
Weiner also points out that the
undergraduate campus does noc
provide marriage housing, which
might otherwise attract older sru­
denrs. LC does offer a program
called ANTS (Alliance for Non
Traditional Students), which con­
neccs these non-traditional sru­
denrs. Bonnie Klees, the ANTS
coordinator, reports I hat every se­
n'lescer rhey have a dinner ro con­
nect these 40 srudeocs, and allow
d1e111 to share life experiences,
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The on-es that leave:
by Nathanael Massey
Joe Sixta only attended Lewis
& Clark for two years, bur it wok
him less time than char to leave a
lasting mark on the College. An
acLive member of CSAW-now
OSLS-he both volunti::ered in
and organized student le.1dership
events; an avid runner, he earned
rhe LC rrack ream points in mul­
tiple evenrs;· he even lefr his name
in rhe archives of the Pioneer Log.
He was, in short, a perfect poster
boy for the liberal arts education,
and exactly the kind of student a
school like LC would wanr to hold
on to.
In 2004, however, Sixta with­
drew from LC and transferred to
Portland Scare In an interview last week, he said the de­
cision to change schools was predi­
cated by his reflections on the di­
recrion of his life ·weighed against
the steep costs of an LC education.
Individuals choose to leave col­
lege for different rea.mns. "For me,
when I looked ar rhe cost of [LCJ
ruirion-with an investment that
big-I really had ro stop and think
about what I was planning ro do
with my educarion," Sixta said.
"Ultimately, rime was more impor­
tant [an investment) than money."
After solidifying his decision ro
pursue a career in community de­
velopment, Sixta waved goodbye
ro LC.
While Sixta reiterated that fi­
nancing his education was a sec­
ondary fact0r in his decision ro
PHOTO BY NATHANAEL MASSEY
Sarah Gob~ts ('08, center) had second thoughts about the
high cost of tuition after deciding to finance herself. Students who opt-out of LC
leave, others have found LC's tu­
ition costs a more compelling mo­
tive. One of these is Sarah Gobets
('08). Gobers' cancelled her enroll­
menc at LC_after a semester-long
leave of absence, during which she
taught elementary school at an or­
phanage in Tiber. .
"After coming back from my
rime overseas, I decided that I
wanted .ro pay for college myself,''
she said. "When I saw the mas­
sive loans I'd have to rake [at LC]
and rhought about how long I'd be
paying them off ... the obligation or
money was too much." •
Brandon Berg, LC's Assistant
Women's Volleyball coach, is on the
ocher end of the spectrum. After
three years at LC, he said, he just
needed some breathing room. "Ir
was about raking rime off person­
ally," he, said. Berg says his leave
of absense has convinced him co re­
rurn. "I love rhe school," he said.
'Tm definitely coming back ro fin­
ish up."
The last rhing the school wa.rrrs
is to Aush our its participants. In
his a.nnouncement two. weeks ago
regarding rhe seven-and-a-half per­
cent ndrion increase going into ef­
fect fall 2006, President Hochstet­
tler pledged that the school would
do everyt:hing in its power ro help
students facing financiaJ difficul­
ties. Glendi Gaddis, Director of
Student Financial Services, echoed
his sentiment.
"Ir's my hope char anytime a
srudenr's decision [to stay at LCl
is based fully on their finances, I
would hope that they-would meet
with me, or a staff member, so we
could make sure we've explored all
possible options," she said.
The school cakes rwo main mea-Brandon Berg ('07, right) took time off from school, but
means to return to LC in the fall.
sures into account when evaluat­
ing the Demonstrated Financial
Need-and therefore the eligibility
for loans--of individual students.
First, it measures the Cost of Ac­
renda.nce, which varies depending
on whether tl1e student lives on
campus, off campus or is enrolled
in an overseas program; and second
the Estimated Financial Contribu­
tion, or rhe estimated amount that
che slUdent's family can contribute
to the cost of education. The dif­
ference between the rwo represents
the student's DFN.
Gaddis said that, while it may
nor generate a perfect picture of
a srudent's financial situation, ic
is the best the school has co work
with because it is implemented
uniformly across the nation. The college is taking exua steps
this year to accommodate upper­
classmen char may be facing finan­
cial barriers, Gaddis said. Specifi­
cally, LC will exrend eligibility for
federal Stafford Loans to students
in lugher grades. While first-yea.rs
can receive between $2,500-2,600
from such loans, sophomores can
receive $3,500, and juniors a fur­
ther $2,000.
However, srudencs need ro be
mindful and realistic about their
own situations. There a.re two sides
to a.id, said Gaddis. On the one
hand, SFS looks at individuals re­
spectively, buc rhey must also con­
sider the larger picmrc-~ar is, the
other students in similar or more
pressing economic circumstances
competing for the same aid.
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Lewis & Clark addresses growing issue of diversity
by Kathryn Klopp
Wh~n Ramon Gutierrez-the man
who started the Ethnic Studies pro­
gram at University of California San Di­
ego-lectured at Lewis & Clark, he listed
four rrovisions for achieving diversity at a
school. First, he called for a vision from
the president or a top official at the school.­
President Hochstettler's open commitment
to recruiting more minority students meets
Gutierrez's first requirement. Second, Guti­
errez called for a change in curriculum that
would include education about diversity
and ethnicity. If LC's push for an Ethnic
Studies minor is successful, the school will
will also meet the second require- alike.
menr.
Third, Gutierrez ca.lied for
meeting acrual quotas of ethnic
students. Fourth, he adds that the
numbers a school must have are ir­
relevant if the school does nor have
sufficient programs to serve those
smdents. Ir is necessary that these
programs create a "receptive di-•
mate" such that minority students
are not alienated on campus.
LC's Ethnic Student Services is
advanced with respect to this final
requirement. Students and Faculty
attest to rhe number of programs
for and about ethnicity, as well as
to their success. The LINCS Pro­
gram-LC lnterculrural Network
for Connecting Srudents-joins
new and returning srudents who
posse "unique characteristics"
• and "different cu.ltural perspec­
tives." They are invited to connect
through numerous LINCS pro­
grams and a.re offered access to re­
sources for integrating into the LC
community.
"In addition to UNCS, we sup­
port students in coordinating the
Ray Warren Multicultural Sym­
posium, Black History Month,
rhe ~uau, and the Powwow. Our
office coordinated the Manin Lu-"Ray Warren, rhe first director
of ESS and rhe first person I met
connected to LC, was a large part
in bringing me to LC. I know chat
Ray Warren was a huge encourage­
ment to a lot of students, minor­
ity and nor, to come to this school
an_d stay here. Today Lisa Webb
and Tana Archley-Juare7- contin­
ue his legacy in the ESS office by
providing students with resources,
their personal time and encourage­
ment," added Uwagbae.
LC is host to Black, Asian, La­
tino, Native and Jewish Student
Unions and has a Hawaiian Club
as well as a new Arabic Club. LC
has two clubs representing d1e in­
terests of minority sexualities and
holds the Annual Gende~ Sympo­
sium-always with broad atten­
dance.
The White Privilege Group
is also a new addfrion to campus
where students can examine the
advantages given to people with
white skin in America. Every year
LC welcomes students from na­
tions around rhe world.
Bur rhe sampling of American
students LC shows its visitors is
misrepresentative of the number
of ethnic srudents pursuing higher
ccSome of the challenges students of color
face on predominantly white campuses
are isolation, racism, lack of role models,
and sometimes being called upon in their
classes to. represent the views of their entire
. " race or community.
rher King Day celebracion as well
as the bell hooks lecmre. We also
work with student groups and ac­
ademic departments co sponsor
lectures throughout the yeai·," said
Lisa Webb, the Associate Dean and
Director of Ethnic Student Service.
''We also facilirate diversity train­
ings for residence sraff and Swdent
Life Interns," she added.
Grace Uwagbae ('07) testified
to the imporrance of Ethnic Stu­
dent Services to her experience ar
LC. "Without iliis office, I know
that I would not be here," she said.
Ray Warren, rhe lace head of Eth­
nic Student Services, established
rhe office as an valuable resource
to minority and majority snidencs
" -Lisa Webb
education in t~is country. African
Americans repr~ent only one per­
cent of LC undergraduates, Nacive
Americans one percent, Hispanics
four percent, and Asian-Ameri­
cans six percent. LC is on its way
ro diversifying according Ramon
Gutierrez's first three criteria, bur
is severely lacking in his most basic
tenant-its numbers of minority
students.
l his has negative implications
for rhe few students of minority
ethnic backgrounds ar the college.
"Some of rhe challenges students of
color face on predominantly white
campuses are isolation, racism, lack
of role models, and sometimes be­
ing called upon in their classes. ro PHOTO BY NATHANAEL MASSEY
Sarah Straden ('09) is the only African-American student in this year's freshman class.
represent rhe views of their entire
race or communiry," said Webb.
Sa.ral1 Staben, LC's only black, fe­
male freshman confirmed, "My
[Inventing America] professor ex­
pected me to have chis higher in­
sight into d1e text even though I re­
a.lly dicLfr We were discussing race
so people didn't really wane to say
things because they were afraid of
offending me."
Uwagbae understood. "People
would talk about slavery and how
bad it was and then look at me as if
to get my approval. I look back at
it now and laugh but when I realJy
chink about it I wish that if they
agreed with slavery and thought it
was cool, I would rather chem say
that then say something that they
might not have believed in." She
also felt a responsibility ro students
after her.
'"For some people, meeting me
or having me in one of their classes
might be rhe first time they have
been in contact with a person of
color, chis means I have to make
St,J.Ie I don't make it cough for the
person of color after me who has to
come in contact with cliis person,"
she said.
The tendency to force individ­
ual minority student.~ to represent
their entire ethnic group in the
classroom can repeat itself in social
settings.
"In February they have black
hisrory mooch events. I went to
one and they were like, 'Guess
what guys! Sarah is tile only black
female freshman!' and l thought
it was awkward. le made me feel
accepted and popular, bur I won­
dered why anyone had ro say that.
lr's kind offunny that people would
be proud of having me as a friend
and feel the need to say, 'She's chat
one. She's my buddy. We hang
out,' even though he didn't mean it
that way," said Scaben.
Boch she and Uwagbae spoke of
pressure to lead rhe push for diver­
sity. "Because encouraging diversi­
ry is such a part of who I arn, I feel
iliac when issues of how to improve
LC come up I always have to be the
one to say something," she said.
"I've also run into rhe hypersen-sitive people who just don't like to
talk about race. I've acrua)ly had
a student here tell me that he just
doesn't talk about race. Ar first I
• was angry but I had to come to
terms with the face that he has d1ar
lu.xu2' of not having ro chink about
it. When he walks into a classroom that every student brings a new
perspective, black, Native Ameri­
can, Larino, Asian or white, and I
chink that LC is suffering because
we're missing perspectives such as
these," she added.
Rounds echoed her sentiments.
"I think that people here a.re miss-
"Because encouraging diversity is such a
part of who I am, I feel that when issues
of how to improve LC come up I always
have to be the one to say something."
-Sarah Staben ('09)
at Lewis & Clark College he's d1e
ma1onty. Staben also spoke of
pressure to go to 13SU meetings
though she does nor.
With so many programs to cel­
ebrate and accommodate diversity,
rhe actual lack of div.ersity has been
coasting just below the threshold of
open discussion. This year, things
are changing. Both ethnic and
• white students tend to recognize
the lack of diversiry as a problem
and rend to favor change. Most are
wil.ling or even adamant about dis­
cussing their feelings.
Maggie Rounds ('09), a wl'lite
student unaccustomed ro the lack
of diversity here, spoke our. "My
last school, East High School in
Denver, Co, was extremely diverse.
Ir was about 40 percent Caucasian,
45 percent Africai1 American, and
15 percent Hispanic. I miss rhe di­
versity a lot."
She argued that chis background
helped prepare her to confront real­
ity. "I chink 1 was able co see more
of how the real world functions,
in terms of race relations, diversi­
ty and different cultures. Lewis &
·clark is nor the real world because
it is almost 90 percent white."
The primary concern that fac­
ulty, and various srudears share is
that the LC education is limited
by a severe lack of diversity. "More
ethnic diversity on campus, spe­
cifically in the student population,
would allow for different experi­
ences to be shared within the ~­
room," said Uwagbae. "1 believe ing out by going ro Lewis & Clark.
Having little diversity on campus
allows people to form stereotypes
in their minds more formally. Peo­
ple are able ro look ar che students
on our campus chat are of other
erlinici_ties, and believe that every­
one from that racial group aces,
talks and looks like chem. lt is in
the school's interest to increase di­
versity because it would help d1e
students have a more comprehen­
sive education. It would also help
d1e faculty ro have oilier reachers
a.round them char are of different
races," said Rounds.
T11e concerns of so many snr­
dents do nor go unnoticed. "The
current administration is very com­
mitted to diversifying the srudent
body. Ir is definitely a high prior­
ity," promised Webb. President
Hochstercler inrend.~ to dedicate
funds from the tuition increase to
minority recruitment by Admis­
sions.
Though she conceded that rhe
process of diversifying is long and
difficult, Webb added, "Just d1is
year, we hired an African Ameri­
can and Hispanic faculty member.
In the fall, we will have an African
American counselor in the Coun­
seling Center. We need to celebrate
these successes and realize that ev­
ery step forward is progress."
"We have a loc of work to do."
she said. "We musr continue our
collaborarive efforts with faculty,
staff. and srudents if we rca.lly wdnr
to see any long-term changes." 12
Poets Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery at a taping for Daisy
Aldan's poetry magazine in New York City.
by Stephanie Beechem
Part of me chinks that if I had worked a
desk job at the Museum of Modern Art
in the 1960s and spent my lunch hour in
Times Square reading Rimbaud and Mallarme
and Mayakovsky and in the evenings rubbed
elbows with John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch
and James Schuyler and the rest of
the New York School, and Jackson
Pollack and Jasper Johns and Larry
Rivers, I could've written rhe book
Lunch Poems. The other part of-.
me knows chat's highly unlikely.
Lunch Poems, a pocker-sized
volume of poems chat Frank
O'Hara wrote on his lunch breaks
from a desk job ac che Museum
of Modern Arc, was published in
1964 and is widely considered co
be his besr work. Just Uke O'Hara
himself it's jumpy and jittery and
full of pop culcure references­
celebrities, pamtmgs, movies,
parties. It's melodramatic-asides,
many asides with exclamation
marks!-and it absolutely breaches
New York City. In "Seeps," he
writes, "How funny you are today
New York / like Ginger Rogers
in Swingcime / and St. Bridget's
steeple leaning a little to the left
[ ... ] oh god it's wonderful / co
get our of bed / and_drink coo
much coffee / and smoke too
many cigarettes / and love you so
much."
Lunch Poems contains three
of che poems char made O'Hara
famous in the 60s, "Lana Turner,"
"Ave Maria," and "The Day Lady
Died." Those poems single­
handedly transformed O'Hara into
something like the laureate of the
New York School of poets. In the
blissfully concise "Lana Turner,"
he describes walking down a sueet
and seeing the headline "Lana
Turner has collapsed!" to which
he responds, "there is no snow in
Hollywood / there is no rain in
California / I have been to lots
of parties / and acted perfectly.
disgraceful / bur I never actually
collapsed/ oh Lana Turner we love
you get up." It's breathless with
love and wonder and it's absolutely
quintessentially O'Hara. "Ave Maria'' is equally sweet
though more long-winded than
"Lana Turner"-in it he beseeches,
"Mothers of America / let your kids
go to the movies!" so chat, one day,
when chose children are adolescents,
they won't be "up in their 1:£,0m /
hating you / prematurely since you
won't have done anything horribly
mean yet / except keeping from the
darker joys / it's unforgivable the
latter."
Pare of what makes Lunch Poems
so appealing, beyond all the pop
culture shouts and murmurs and
O'Hara's peculiar brand of cheeky
wisdom, is that everything about
chem is just so--oh, pardon me­
digestible. They're l\igh impact, and
smart and colorful and perky, like
the best Andy Warhols. They have
che appeal of a supermarket tabloid
and a strong cosmopolitan and an
uptown parry with the Bohemian
literati rolled up into• ten breezy
lines, all the dazzle and none of the
commiunent.
O'Hara wrote in his poetic
manifesto "Personism" (poetic
manifestos were The Thing in New
York in the 60s, everyone who was
anyone had one)-"l don't believe
in god, so I don't have to make
elaborately sounded structures. I
bate Vachel Lindsay, always have; I
don't even like rhythm, assonance,
all that stuff. You just go on your
nerve. O'Hara's Lunch Poems
are all about nerve, and they're
the perfect treat before lunch or
after it. Do yourself a favor and
read them as if it were "12:20 in
New York a Friday / three days
after Bastille day," as if you were
dashing across town on your way
to an impromptu cocktail parry
at Kenneth Koch's penthouse and
all the best people you knew were
going to be there. There are worse
ways to spend a lunch. -.Jd;l§11f=i1Gu1111€Hi ■ the Pioneer Log, March 24, 2006
Poets Barrington, LeGuin read
for the Watzek Library Series
by Stephanie Beechem
Judith Barrington and Ursula
LeGuin are in the same poetry
writing support group. "Every
month we challenge each ocher
wich assignrnents ... recently we all
wrote sarphics, this very beautiful
Greek form," LeGuin said.
The prominenc.Oregpn authors _
and friends gave a joint reading in
Council Chambers last Wednesday,
Mar. 22. Between 70-100 people
attended.
Barrington opened the reading
wich a poem from her latest book,
Horses and the Human S011/, entitled
"The Poem," about the perils of the
creative process. She followed with
"1l1e Dyke with No Name Thinks
about God,'' in which a Barringron
persona known as 'Dyke With No
Name' comme11ts on rhe state
of the world through a lesbian's
perspective.
"A lot of times discussion of
gay rights is based around gay
marriage," Barrington said. "_Bur
discrimination in marriage law is a
symptom, and homophobia is the
disease."
After reading a solemn poem
entitled "The London Bombs,"
modeled on an poem by W.H.
Auden, Barrington and LeGuin
stood rogecher to recite the poems
of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral.
"Mistral ... is the other Chilean
Nobel Prize winning poet," LeGuin
said. "She preceded Neruda."
LeGuin read her own English
translations of Mistral's work first,
whiJe Barrington followed with
a reading of che original Spanish
version.
LeGuin then moved into a
reading of her own poems-a few
from her col!ection Sixty Odd, and
several more from her newest book
Incredible Good Fortune, released PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BEECHEM
Judith Barrington and Ursula LeGuin sign broadsides (?f
their poems at a reading in the Council Chambers.
chis month. LeGuin wrote "AprV
in San Jose" after a summer spent
chere ("Such a strange town," she
said), and "Leaming Latin in
' Old Age" about the frustrations
of learning Larin and trying ro
translate Virgil.
LeGuin introduced her final
poem, "Futurology," by observing
that she is always puzzled when
critics and readers "'accuse [me]
of knowing'someching about [the
future] because I write sci-fi ... bur
I know nothing about the future."
LeGuin commented chat, even
though she has written many
novels and poems outside of the
sci-fi genre, chat critics "put you in
a box" and anything chat spills out
of ic, they ignore. She also pointed
out that many critics refuse to
consider genre literature to be
actttal Ii terature.
"They just don't know, because they've never read it. Everyone was
so surprised when Harry Potter
came out, everyone said, It's so
original. And I thought, Are you
kidding? Harry Potter is a good
story, bur it's nor original. They
just hadn't read any fantasy."
When asked about the act of
translation in the ensuing Q&A,
LeGuin explained that "translation
becomes a lot like composition ....
I mean, composition is like
translating from a nonexisting
original." Boch Barrington
and LeGuin have dabbled in
translation, though both admitted
chat they did nor feel "compelled"
co translate like they are compelled
to write their own verse.
"A lot of what writing poetry is
is just sitting around and waiting
for it, which is hard, because you
can fill up your mind with e-mail
so easily," LeGuin said.
Why I'~"~~rae~~,1 g~~cifq1,!oo
by Kevin Stark stop blinking and begin to crust." from viewing of Lost's first season.
1 used co be able to tell myself I'm sure any crack user will agree One character on Lost is a yellow
chis with all sincerity that I would whole-heartedly with me. Ir is not lab. Lost has connections to the
never fall ro the depths of crack-something chat is planned; it is just great philosophers John Locke and
cocaine addiction, but after chis something chat happe~s. Indeed Jean Jacques Rousseau. Lost has a
past Christmas I am a man in when my brother placed the first heroin addict who overcomes his
doubt. Don't get me wrong-I have disc of the first season of the Lost addiction in one episode, only to
not begun experimentation with in my parents DVD player I was stumble upon a drug trafficking
the drug, nor do I really have any not expecting addicriofl co be the plane that has crashed on their
interest in doing so. In facr the sore result. However, I sat and watched island in another. That's just good
of hyper-agitated fist-balling and seven episodes one after another television.
ceech clenching chat is a product on Christmas Eve, and my father I know what it is to be an addict.
of the high seems incredibly is a minister. Sacrilegious, maybe. I understand now how one can
unpleasant and overall too much Entertaining, definitely. become swept up in the high of an
work for me. I can now, however, You may be asking yourself, experience. I know the f~eling of
sympathize with the habitual user What's so great about Lost? Lost is needing just one more fix. I have felt
curned addict in a way chat was not an emotional train ride that makes the sharp pains of rock bottom and
possible before. srops at each of the significant the cold fingers of withdrawal creep
What brought upon chis new depots of compelling television up my spine as I finished the final
found sympathy? I answer this drama. Lost creates crude fanrasies episode of the first season. NBC is
by saying that I doubt that when in the deepest corners of my psyche a cruel drug dealer that will cut you
anyone looking co "de-virginize" with a strict focus on a sultry off at the apex of your addiction
themselves to the crack pipe does pregnant Australian blonde. Lost and laugh as you tumble back ro
so with the attitude chat, 'Tm scuck alleviates stereotypes chat I may dull reality. I sympatl1ize with the
in a rut; maybe I should try crack have about former Iraqi military crack addict because lost is in face
addiction?" It just does not seem a officers that fought in Desert Storm. visual cocaine. The user consumes
feasible consequence to a fuse time After watching the first season of the drug though his pupils and
user. Just as on the eve of our most Lost, every time I fly in an airplane the high is instant lasting for one
recent Christmas, as I reclined in and hit a patch of turbulence and hour with anoccasional break for
front of my parents television sec co my heart drops to my stomach, commercials. Reader, proceed with
watch my first ever episode of Lost-I hold my neighbor's hand. Any caution, but proceed indeed, for
on DVD, I did not say co myself significant lesson learned from the chis is one trip in which you won't
'Tm going to sit here for a solid D.A.R.E program abour drugs and mind being lost.
,. the Pioneer Log, March 24, 2006 •#ltl•i§11t=ii€hiii,i=i11M 13
Kick your heels up and dance!
Swing Dance Club, ResLife host starchy dance event
by Stephanie Beechem
Last Saturday, March 18, the Swing Dance
Club, in collaboration with Residence Life,
held a night of swing dancing in Stamm
Dining Room for a group of approximately 50
swingin' Lewis & Clark students and members of
the Portland communiry.
"Throughout the night at Least 50-100 people
showed up ... some people even saw the event posted
online and came all the way fro~ Washington," said
Val Hunsinger ('06); one of the event's organizers.
"[The Swing Club] hasn't been doing very much
this semester, but we still have 100 people signed
up, and a solid 10 or 15 go to meetings. Ir's really
good people too-there are men on this campus
who are·practically professionals."
"They were supposed to send a wood floor but
they sent a checkered linoleum one instead. So
we starched ic. .. otherwise it would stick," said
Scott Devlin ('07). Luckily for the Swing Dance
Club and its supporters, even a pesky layer of
corn powder couldn't dampen the mood. Student
musicians provided live tunes for the event, pairs
of dancers in their Saturday night finest swung
their way across the squeaky starched linoleum,
and-you know-It don't mean a thing if you ain't
got that swing ... 14
pcorn1ng
Events Sorts
Baseball:
Mar. 25 vs Pacific@ Huston 12:00pm DH
Mar. 26 vs Pacific Huston 12:00 m DH -\ .
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Softball:
Mar. 25 vs Hawaii Pacific @ Honolulu 9am
Mar. 26 vs Chaminade Honolulu 1 m
Pitching and timely hitting ignite four game streak
by Craig Gilden
After scarring 1he' season with
I 5 losses, rhe Pios knew all they
needed was one win co gee the sea­
son rurned around. This past week­
end the softball team finally got
char win and liked it so much that
. they just kept on winning, sweep­
ing all four games of a series against
George Fox. 111e Pios were led by
a senior and a freshman chis week­
end with Nathalie Matson ('06)
picking up three our of the four
wins and Cristy Harton ('09) col­
lecting nine hirs during the series.
Boch Marson and Harton earned
NWC honorable mention player
of rhe week honors.
Marson has baccled injuries, so
her presence on the mound was a
huge boost for the Pios. "This was
the first weekend Nathalie was
completely healthy and she is jusr
getting srarred in terms of what
she can offer us when healthy," said
head coach Jennifer Piper.
Being on the bench for almost
alJ of lase season, while difficult
for the ace pitcher, has helped her
rediscover her love for softball,
"I found our how much passion
I have for the game. Every time I
pitch now I harness chose emotions
from last season into my perfor­
mance," said Marson.
In the opening game of the
weekend ic wa~ Harton who deliv-PHOTO COURTESY JENNIFER PIPER
Jenny Badalich ('06), Emily Strawn ('07), Cristy Hatton ('09), and Janet Freerks ('07) gather around coach Jennifer Piper
during one of their offensive rallies. The Pios defeated George Fox in all four games with help from defense and offense.
ered the big hit which put the Pios
allead for good. in the bottom of
the fourth with the score knotted ar
three, Hatton laced an RBI single
imo che outfield to give the Pios a
4-3 lead. They would go on co win
the game 6-3 behind a complete
game from Marson.
"After getting the first win we
were throwing are mitts in r.he air
and jumping up and down, or at
lease I was," said Matson. "All the
self-imposed pressure to win a game
was lifted, it helped LIS relax me rest
of die way." In game two the Pios faced a
one run deficit going inro the bot­
com of the seventh bur rallied be­
hind hies from Sarah DiSabatino
('08) and Laura Parker ('09) co
tie the game and send it to exrra
innings. In extra innings the Pios
brought in Marson who shut down
the·Bruin offense allowing che Pios
time to ger rhe winning run. ln
the bottom of the ninth the Pios
strung togerner consecutive dou­
bles from Hatton and Stephanie
Lemon ('06) to win the game.
1l1ere was no slowing down the Pios on Sunday as they picked up
two dominating victories. In Sun­
day's first game che story was again
Matson, who scacrered five hirs
during her complete game effort
co pick up her third viccory of the
weekend.
The offense was once again sup­
plied by Hatton who picked up
rhree hits, Jenny Badalich ('06) also
picked up three hirs and scored two
runs during the 6-1 victory. Bada­
lich rotaled five hies and four runs
scored over cl1e four games.
1n the finale of the series the Pios cruised ro a 7-1 victory. lhis time it
was Roxanne Rircmaster ('07) and
Janet freerks ('07) combining co
shutdown the Bruin offense. Ritt­
master worked four innings to pick
up the win while Freerks pitd1ed
three ro pick up the save.
"All of our pitchers combined
for a successful weekend because
they compliment each ocher well,"
said Piper of the all around pitch­
ing effort. Offensively DiSabatino
led the way with a pair of singles.
The Pios will now travel to Hawaii
ro play over spring break.
Leap to glory: Ross sets new school long jump mark
while qualifying for the National Championships
by Aron Phillips
For Kare Ross, cl1e long jump
certainly doesn't mean long shot.
Actually, at Lewis & Clark, the
name Kare Ross is now tanta­
mount to supremacy. Two week-
• ends ago at George Fox University,
Ross set a new school record in the
long jump with a mark of 18 feet
and 5'75".
This distance was nor only a
career best for Ross, . garnering
her Northwest Conference Ath­
lete of the Week honors, but also
an NCAA provisional qualifying
mark, hopefully providing her a
chance to compete at the National
Championships in May.
But even with all the accolades,
don't chink for a second char Ross
is satisfied. In addres.sing her new
record, Ross remarked: "It feels
great, but honestly, I know I can
go farther."
This forward chinking artirude
has driven this small-town girl her
whole life. Growing up in Skow­
hegan, Maine, a town of about
7,000 people with "nothing but a
Wal-Marr and fast food chains,"
Ross started running track at eight
years old.
"I ran track from age 8 until ag_e
J 4 on a youth team," said Ross,
"and then I ran all four years in
high school. I only ran indoor for
two years because I chose to swim
for' two instead. I swam on a team
for about as long as I competed in in, "Sometimes chey also throw in
a triple jump." Being one of only
three seniors on the Track & Field
team with 21 girls, Ross has also
ascended in terms of leadership
--especially with freshman jumper
Sara Caldwell .
"Sara's having a rough year in
terms of her marks," noted Ross,
"but I cry co give her a lot of en­
couragement. I also make sure all
the freshmen are caking care of
themselves in terms of their health.
A loc of rhem are too proud ro ad­co do better. Especially after last
weekend's loss, Ross continues to
progress, in an atremp1 ro regain
last season's lost form.
'Tm definicely not in as good
of shape as I was last year," said
Ross, "because I'm doing a whole
lot less running and a whole loc
more cross training. Bur my jumps
have been an1azing chis year. I've
jun1ped over a foot funher rhac my
best long jump lase year and about
a foor further in the triple co·o.
"My times in the 400m bur-
mit co Coach when-------------------
they're hurt, so I end "It feels great, but honestly, I
up being the media-kn I c h ,, R tor. ow can go rart er. -oss
"In addition co all------------------­
char, I'm also always perched at rhe
pit during the meets, watching all
the jumpers and helping out when
I can."
PHOTO COURTESY FRITZ FITZER
Kate Ross ('~6) competes in the triple jump during a meet
in Tacoma. Ross also runs hurdles· and two relay races. Ross may be the one watching
all the jumpers, bur all the jumpers
are also certainly watching her.
Lasr season, Ross won six of her
eight long jun1p competitions and
is off co an even better start so far
chis spring. After winning her first
cluee competitions, she dropped
one last weekend at Occidental
College. dles so far have been pretty good
-about the same or slightly faster
than lase year. They haven't felt as
smooth, though. It's like I'm mus­
cling my way around the crack. J'm
hoping my form smooches our by
the time conference hies."
Describing herself as "focused"
on the track and "boring" off it,
Ross strives robe me best in all as­
pects of her Ii fe. track."
Although Ross chose to focus
on crack once she got to college,
she did swim for one year here at
Lewis & Clark and still finds her
way to the pool amidst her incense
weekly training regimen.
"Mondays and Wednesdays I
lift legs and train for hurdles," said
Ross. "Tuesdays and Thursdays I
do a pool workout and sometimes
run-chroughs and pop-ups. Fridays I usually just do warm-ups.''
For the multisport scar Ross,
all her hard work has certainly not
gone unrecognized. Aside from her
recent success, the four-year Track
& Field star was All-Conference
lase season in borh the long jump "Grrrr," replied Ross in re-
and 400m hurdles. sponse to her first loss. "I could
This year, in addition to both have beaten her.''
of chose events, cbe versatile Ross Even amidst all her success,
also manages to run the 4x400 and -Ross is never completely satis­
che 4xl00 every meet. Ross added fied and conscandy pushes herself "I devote a lot of rime co school
work and working downtown at
my internship," said Ross.
"My ultimate goal is to become
a physician's assistant, bur before l
apply to PA school though, I will
have co get some medical experi­
ence. So, I'll probably become an
EMT for a while." ~th=e~P!!!io!!!n!!!e!!!e!!!r!!!L~o!!!g!!!, !!!M!!!ar~c_h_2_4_, _2_o_0
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Golf: .Crew: pcom1ng
Events Mar. 26 Men@ Pacific lnvitationql Mar. 25 Daffodil Cup @ Tacoma, WA
Apr. 1-2 Women @ Spring NWC Classic Apr. 1 NCRC Invite Vancouver Lake
Sophomores spark Pios victory Lax relies on seniors
by Craig Gilden
This past weekend d1e Pios
were able to cake one game from
Pacific Lutheran during their
three game series. The win came
in dramatic fashion on a home­
run down the lefLfield line from
Chris AJJen ('08) with the score
tied 1-1 in chc eighrh inning.
The Pios were paced by the
pitching performance of Jordan
Smiley ('08), who gave up only
one run over eight innings of
work. The Lutes managed only
seven hits and were struck our
five times during rhar span.
The play of d1e game was
Allen's homerun, which is just a
part of what has been a terrific
start to rhe conference season for
Allen. "Chris has been swinging
rhe bat really well lareiy, when he
hie ir we were all just jumping up
and down and yelling stay fair,
stay fair," said Smiley.
It was che second co~secu­
tive start in which Smiley has
only given up one run in more
than seven innings of work. "I've
been able co locate reaJJy well rhe
past couple weekends. I've been
keeping my pitches down, espe­
cially my changeup which has
been working great lacely," said
Smiley of his last rwo pitching
performances.
Andrew Barnes ('08) came on by Rachel Schiff
5:00pm last Saturday, the sunny
ky filled with clouds and a warm
ay turned into a chilly evening.
This change in weather was no deterrent to
the Lewis & Clark Women's Lacrosse Club
and the dozens of fans who huddled in the
cool gray bleachers to watch the Pioneers
defeat Pacific College 12-7.
"We've formally" been a club
since the mid-90's, but Aria re­
aJJy got ilie program up and run­
ning three years ago. She has
done wonderful iliings for LC
Women's Lacrosse. Ir's go1ten Capsalis. "We do have trouble
coming out strong. We cend co
let the score get away from us
during the firsr half, then really
hold rheother cean1 and score in
ilie second half, but nor enough
"The whole team has im-to make up ilie
deficit."
'The ream's
greatest weak­
ness, however,
may be practice
attendance.
Although the proved from one game to
the next, especially the first
years." -co-captain and coach
Aria Strack ('06) team has twen­
ty-two players
more and more together every
ye.a£ since she came," said co-cap­
tain/ coach Care Capsalis ('08)
of co-captain/coach Aria Strack
('06).
The club has had a busy, con­
densed season, with three week­
end rournamencs in a row in Eu­
gene, Walla WaJJa, and Boise. on the roster, less rhan sixteen
show up ar the biweekly prac­
tices.
Despire weak artendance,
the ream has shown remarkable
improvement from the start of
the season.
in che ninili inning, giving up no
hies co earn his first career save. PHOTO BY HUNTER FRANKS
Barnes is a converted infielder Jordan Smiley ('08) picked up the sole Pioneer victory this
who has played all over d1e dia-weekend giving up only one run over eight innings. "One week we'll play ilie Uni­
veristy of Washingcon, rhe next
week we'll play Willamerce," said
Capsalis. "Ac these tournaments,
we'll play two or three games on
Saturday and another game on
Sunday, ofren with only a few
subs." Despite tiring tourna­
ments and some imposing com­
petitors, the club has a respect­
able record of 4-7. "The whole ream has im­
proved from one game ro ilie
next. Our first year girls espe­
cially stepped it up. Those who
had never played before were
indistinguishable from rhe od1-
ers at this lase game," reflected
Strack. mond for the Pios. place scoring three runs and pick-
The Pios fell 12-10 in the first ing up a pair of RBI's. Jordan Shi-the loss. Before the loss Maroncelli
had won his prior three consecu­
tive _starts and ranks among ilie top
pitchers in che Noriliwesc Co~fer-AJd1ough ilie ream has no
definite games lefr on rhe roster,
Srrack and Capsalis are current­
ly trying ro schedule a rematch
against Pacific and encer a tour­
nament at the University of
Western Washington th.is April.
Lewis & Clark will also host che
Noriliwest Women's Lacrosse
All-Srar game. baca ('08) had
We were all just jumping up andhis usual Strong
d d 11. . f . day at rhe place
own an ye 1ng stay au, stay picking up three
fair," said Jordan Smiley ('08). hirs. Shibata has
been a fixture ar
game of the series. Dave Berry
('06) had his besr game as a Pio,
d1e right fielder went 4-5 at the shortstop and is
hitting .375 for ilie season. Eric
Maroncelli ('07) had an unchar­
acreriscicly rough outing caking
Crew sweeps races
PHOTO COURTESY MEGHANN PADDOCK
The Pios swept the dual race vs Willamette and Pacific
Lutheran on Vancouver Lake as all the teams won races. ence.
111e Pios fell in the final game
11-5 as they fell behind early and
could never catch up. The offense
was once again supplied by Allen,
who had three hies. The Pios will
cake on Pacific d1is weekend. "We have a lot of really expe­
rienced • players who concribuce
co a great field sense and pres­
ence. We also have really grear
communication" commented
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What's going on at L&C
before and after break?
I.__ F_n_· d_a_y_,_M_a~_._2_4_th ___ ____.l I Monday, Apr. 3rd
New Music by Northwest Composers
This concert will fealurc newly composed
• works by guest composers Bruce Hamilton
and Lesley Sommer (both on the faculty of
Weslcrn Washington University) as well as
music by Lev.ris and Clark faculty members
Michael Johanson and Forrest Pierce.
Evans Music Building
Auditorium
8:00 PM
Sacagawea Brown Bag Lunch Series
Dr. Randall A. Blutlstone, associate professor
of economics at Portland State University
will talk on, ·"Warehouses, Trucks and
PM2.5: Human, Health and Logistics
Industry Growth in the Eastern Inland
Empire".
John R. Howard Hall
Room 102
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Seminar
Mike Danilchik, an academic in Integrative
Biosciences al the OHSU School of Dentistry,
will speak opn his rc~earch area, cytoskeletal
interactions and membrane dvnamics in ccU
division. ,
John R. Howard Hall
Room 132
4:00PM
Physics Colloquia: Experimental
Particle Physics with the BaBar Detector
-Dr. Thomas Mallison-from the University of
British Columbia will speak.
Olin Phy_sics-Chemistry Building
4:00PM
I Tuesday, Apr. 4th
I I Bookstore Bookwarming for Paul Saturday, Mar. 25th Merchant
.__ _____________ __. Lewis & Clark College Bookstore invites
• everyone to join us for a Bookwarming
to celebrate Paul Merchant's new book,
"Some Question of Affinit)~ Selected
Poems and Translations" and also
"Monochords" written by Yannis R.itsos,
and translated by Paul Merchant. Coffee
and cookies will be served.
Temi>leton Student Center
L&C Bookstore
3:45 PM-5:00 PM
• Joann_ Farias Reading ·~
Play"vrightjoann Farias will read from
her new work, Road to Xixalba. Farias is
a 2005-2006 recipient of the NEA/TCG
Residency in Playwriting Program at
Miracle Theatre. Her new play CJ\.-plores
the ancienr Mayan text, the Popul\fuh in
a hallucinogenic encounter with modern
life. In addition lo extensive research on
the text itself and its correlation with
other mythic systems, Ms. Farias has
studied Quiche in Guatemala in order to
understand and work with the text in its
original language. This event is free and
open to the public.
Albany Quadrangle
Room22O
4:00 PM
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Week of 3/12-.3/18
-An unknown quantity of frujt drinks went
missing from the Trail Room. Really. rruit drinks.
-A militant anti-replicationist broke into a Law
Library copy room and rendered the copiers
therein nonfunctional. Viva la revolucion?
-The Pamplin men's locker room remained a
hotbed of crime this week-two students had
belonging~ stolen out of lockers. In one theft, the
locker was locked but the lock was broken.Jocks,
beware!
-An old Western Yew tree on south campus was
viciously attacked with a saw, a campus employee
recently noticed. LC's tree population remains on
high alert.
J
A spate of graffiti was discovered only
weeks after Residence Life nixed
an organized chalk display in
Hartzfeld. White spray paint was
discovered on the bridge over the
ravine, and chalk graffiti appeared
on Templeton, Spruce, Hartzfeld,
and Howard.