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Volume 70, Number 23

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2006-04-01

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Volume 70, Number 23 Friday, April 14, 2006
Cartoonist to speak Take Back the Night brings
at commencement stark message to Lewis & Clark
by Christie Wright
After rnonrhs of anticipation
and frustration on behalf of the
Class of 2006, Professor Charles
Johnson was finally chosen co
speak at chis year's commencement
ceremony.
While che selection commiccee
usually reviews nominations and
finalizes the speaker during the fall
semester, the announcement for
this year's speaker was noc sent co
the srudent body unril early April.
Dean of the College Julio De­
Paula said this was due co schedul­
ing con£licrs that prevented many
speakers from accepting Lewis &
Clark's invitation co speak at tbe
comn1encemen c ceremony.
A commircee of students, fac­
ulty and staff solicit nominations
from the College community in
rhe early fall. The commirtee dis­
cusses rhe nominations and makes
a recommendation to the President
of the College wbo makes the final
decision. The commiccee focuses
on candidates who exhibit excel­
lence and a breadth of experience.
While past speakers have largely
represented certain political experi­
ences, chis year's committee rook
a more ''outside of the box" ap­
proach in their selection criteria,
said, ASLC President, James Arkin
('06), who also sac on the commit-cee.
"We wanted something differ­
ent," said Atkin. The committee
screened applicants based on what
types of experiences they could share
with the Lewis & Clark communi­
cy and chen looked cowards chose
who were known for their speaking
skills. The commirree looked ar a
range of speakers from Astronauts
co Sandra Day O'Conner.
Johnson is an internationally ac­
daimed writer, scholar and speaker.
He is the recipient of the MacAr­
thur Genius award and the 1990
Nadonal Book award. "He offers
an important perspective on Afri­
can American idenricy," said Dean
of the College, Julio DePaula, who
was on the committee chat selected
Johnson.
"le wasn't so much that we said
we had to have a woman or we had
co have an Af.rican-American," said
Atkin.
DePau.la said rhac special at­
tention is given co artists, teach­
ers, scholars and journa.lisrs. Ar­
kin added chat rhe committee even
considered inviting a jazz musician
co speak.
Some srudenrs have expressed
frustration coward rhe commir­
ree for announcing the speaker so
.lace i11 the year. "I found it disap­
pointing and frustrating rhat the
SEE "SPEAKER," PAGE 2
Identity & allegiance
International Affairs Symposium
by Andrew Saunderson
E:ich year, international speak­
ers face off in Templeton Council
Chambers as part of rhe srudenc­
organized Internacional Affairs
Symposium. This year's debates
centered around the theme of iden­
tity, and included 12 guest speakers
repesenting ten countries.
The symposium, entitled Pledg­
es of Allegiance? Identity in a Chang­
ing \Yi'odd, ran from April l 0-12.
!rs purpose was co educate srudenrs
about rhe integral aspect of iden­
tity across the globe; it also allowed
srudents co engage with the speak­
ers in an open-floor discussion.
On the night of April 11, speak­
ers addressed the formation of the
European Union and its effects on
national identities. The se.ssion
was led by two speakers: Jen-Peter
Bonde, a representative ro the Eu-ropean Parliament from Denmark,
and T.R. Reid, a nationally known
journalise and burou chief for the
Washington Post. The two had de­
bated a similar issue previously on
the BBC and enrered the forum
convinced chat they held oppos­
ing views. However, by the end of
the debate they seemed to reacil a
kind of consensus. Both appreciate
the concept of the EU, although
Bonde believes strongly that ir has
nor yet reached its optimal level of
efficiency.
Student co-chair Beau Barnes
('06) said ic is imporranr rhar rhe
symposium have these multiple
perspectives in order to better in­
form rhe audience about the issues.
"You had a politician, academ­
ic and journalist challenging each
ocher," he said. "le provides many
clarifications co supporr a kind of
SEE "IA,' PAGE 2 PHOTO BY REBECCA GOLDSCHMIDT
T-shirts protesting domestic violence waved in the breeze as they hung from a clothsline
in front of the Manor House on April 6. The display was part of the Take Back the Night
events that occured at LC last week.
by Nathanael Massey
With a roof of cilerry blos­
soms overhead, the £lapping c­
shirrs looked almost like Tibetan
prayer flags blowing in the wind.
Inscribed on chem in children's
marker were messages like "Hands
are for hugging, nor hitting," and
"What they see as children srays
with them for into the Forest complex and down
again, singing Twisted Sister and
chanting "People! Un ice! Take Back
the Night!"
The march wrapped up an eve­
nrng of self-defense, speeches, poet­
ry and shared experience, compris­
ing the final and principal event in
~ series geared towards heighrening
awareness on a range of issues, in-Muscio, aurhor of Czmt: A .Decla­
ration of lndependence. They were
prefaced by a martial arrs/self de­
fense demonstration by tbe Tulen
Center for Marcial Arts and Well­
ness, also called One with Heart.
The series, parr of LC's annual
Take Back the Night, was entirely
student organized and facilitated.
Coordinator Katherine Harmer
('06) said chat a lifetime."
Many walkers
were diverted
from the path
co take a mo­
ment and
read; others
stopped at a
nearby table "It's about gender and healthy sexuality and
nurturing relationships. It's about me walk­
ing from the library to the apartments and
~ot being afraid that I might be attacked." although LC
has housed
a Take Back
che Nighc
event annu­
ally since she
can1e to the
college as a
freshman,she
and other or-where stu-
dents sold
shires and
buttons to raise money for the
Monica House, a bartered women's
shelter.
The clothesline was gone che
next day, folded into storage for
another year. But perhaps you saw,
instead, the colored stake driven
into the ground a hundred yards
away--one of half a dozen form­
jng a loose perimeter around the
campus, marking the path a group
of marchers rook from Albany
across rhe Platt-Howard bridge, up -Ann Jensen ('07), Take Back the
Night event coodinator
ganizers were
eluding discrimination agafast sex,
violence against women and chil­
dren, and gender equality. It fol­
lowed a Rubberware parry hosted
by Ir's My Pleasure sex shop, and
a video screening of the film "The
Bandit Queen."
The speakers included Annette
Klinefelter, Executive Director of
Girls Inc., a national non-profit or­
ganization that helps girls confront
societal messages downgrading
their value and potential; and Inga passed down
onJy a rough framework, and had
co build the program up from the
ground. "Ir was a learning process,"
she said.
After weeks of planning, Hart­
ner was pleased with the end result.
Attendance, while nor overwhelm­
ing, was notably better than that
of last year's, she said. She is con­
cerned, however, with the negative
perception the program has contin­
ually received from some corners of
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Safety to retire in June IA: identity key theme
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
Director of Campus Safety Bill
Curtin will retire on June 2"J af­
ter lifceen years at LC. Asked why.
Curtin flippantly replied, "Because
I'm old." The graying officer says
he wiU rake chis su,mmer off, thet1
enrenain consulting opporruniries
at other colleges.
ReAeccing on his time here,
Curtin marveled ar the physical
and administrative changes he has
seen. Campus Safety, he said, has
had irs ups and downs with stu­
dents. "lc's been interesting ngur­
ing our how ro keep public safety
viable,'' he said. "[e's been a chal-­
lenging time."
Currin said he believes stu­
denrs today are less hostile towards
Campus Safety. "St_udents," he
said, "are more conservative than
chey were 10 years ago." He arrrib­
ured the dampening of students'
remperamenr ro events like Col­
umbine and 9/11. "Students U5ed
ro think they were more invulner­
able," he said.
Curtin said the hardest pare of
his job has been enforcing alco­
hol and drug policy. "I won't miss
enforcing the drug and alcohol
policy,'' he said. "[ enjoy my job,
but. .. you're the person who has
co say no ro people about things."
Currin says that his experiences PHOTO COURTESY WWW.LCtARK.EDV
Bill Curtin, director of Cam•
pus Safety, will retire at the
end of this school year.
have numbed him ro chis unpleas­
ancness.
Lasr semester, Currin mid the
Pioneer Log rhac he felr alcohol was
becoming a bigger problem ar LC,
citing an inAUl( in hard alcohol on
campus. 11,is semester, Curtin said
he has seen less hard alcohol. Still,
he said, "l think tl1e abuse of alco­
hol by college studencs is. a very se­
rious problem."
"My job hasn'c been that hard,"
Currin reAecced. "There are a loc
rougher places co do this job than
Lewis & Clark College."
People are currently applying
for Currin's position, and a new
Director will be in place before the
2006-2007 academic ye,Lr. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
macrocosmic view."
Bob Mandel, director of the
symposium and chair of the Incer­
national Affairs Department, also
stressed the importance of having
two conflicting presenters speaking
with and against each ocher.
"This is missing ar ot.her events.
Ar other schools you wouldn't have
heard chem rogerher,'' said Mandel
The' identity, marrers addressed
during the ev~t' ranged from im­
migration in America ro global
identity conAiccs, and erhnic, reli­
gious, and European Union identi­
ties. 1J1e assortment and depth of
the issues covered necessitates the
Symposium's loose srrucrure.
"They merge different realms
and different views Lnco one room,"
said international Affairs major Ian
Hooper ('08). Hooper commemed
on che significance of the diversity
and the benefits it can have for non­
IA majors, saying, "le raises aware­
ness of salienc issues in inrerna­
rional affairs an<l world policies for
srudencs from a variety of fields."
The mixture of perspectives an<l
arguments also allowed insight into
nacional current evenrs. TI1c open­
ing session of rhe Symposium dealr
with immigrant loyalties and their
effect on national identity, an issue
char is currently being debated in
the United Scares Congress.
Barnes, along with co-chair
Beka Feathers ('06) and a student
sreecing comminee, finalized the
program approximately thTee and
Speaker for 2007 already chosen
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commencement committee es­
sentially kept seniors u1 tl1e dark
throughout rhe entire process,"
said Charlie Blackmar ('06). "Se­
niors were asked to nominate
speaker in September but did not
hear any additional information
until April when Mr. Johnson was
announced."
De Paula sai4_ the delay was due
co rhe inability for many speakers
by Tim Kelly
The 'hoc' issue righc now in the
legislative branch of government
is immigration reform. If you've
glanced ar any other major papers,
you've probably seen some men­
tion of the pcoposed changes in
immigration law, and the nation­
wide protests and rallies thac it
has produced. This new 'get-rough'
proposal allows some illegal im­
migrants currently in America ro
acquire citizenship, while pushing
for the deportation of others, and
tightening border security. The
bill has passed through the House
of Representatives, bur has been
stalled by Democrats in the Senate.
Cricks say thar the measure would
rum millions of illegal immigrants
into felons, and are concerned that
people who provide immigrants
with humanitarian relief would be
punished. Top Republicans insisred
that neither is their intent. These
concerns have become greatly pub-ro coordinate schedules.
Blackmar added that he felr
tl1e voice of rhe graduating class
had been mirigated regarding the
choice of commencemem speaker.
"·fhat being said, l am extremely
pleased with the selection of Mr.
Johnson and look forward to hear­
ing his speech," said Blackmar.
The Class of 2007 has already
selected d1eir speaker in an acrempt
ro accelerate rhe selection process. The 2007 commencement com­
mittee has announced d1ac Vivian
Paley, an inAuential author and the
only kindergarten teacher ro re­
ceive a MacArthur Genius award,
will speak ar chat year's graduation
ceremonies. The Class of2008 will
be asked co nominate its gradua­
rion speaker next fall.
Johnson and Paley will receive
honorary degrees for speaking at
the 2006 commencement.
Outside the Bubble
licized by the
massive rallies
of immigranrs; across
the country hundreds of
thousands of people have
joined marches, protests,
and rallies.
While chese throngs
protested for the US fulfill­
ment of cheir 'land of opportunity'
pledge, other countries mimicked
our example by throwing... con­
tested election parries. In Italy, in­
cumbent Prime Minister Silvio
Berluscon.i announced on Tuesday
chat he will not (in essence) bend
over for the apparent victory· of
challenger Romano Prodi. the While
Iral-
ian government
shuffles around in
chaos, grear changes
were also occurring in
the more clandestine
realms of Italian politi­
cal power. On April 11th
the Italian police final-
ly tracked down Bernardo
Provenzano, the bead boss of the
Italian mafia, and quire possibly
the closest thing ro a real life God­
father. The 73-year-old Provenzano
has been on the run for 43 years,
and was a symbol of the Italian
government's inability' ro eradicate
the mafia.
This closes a chapter in the Ma-a half weeks ago. Barnes said che . . . ~-nmmg was appropriate, m corre-
lation to the immigration rallies in
Washington."
Speaking on the topic was Pro­
fessor of Internacional L"lw ar tl1e
University of Virginia Law School
David A. Martin and Law Profes­
sor ar Lewis & Clark Law School
Paula Abrams. Martin claimed
diar multiple national identities do
nor have to be an either/or choice.
A better way co rhink about dual
citizenship, he said, is chrough the
perspective of a parenr who has
two children and loves them equal­
ly providing "che reality of multiple
actachmencs.''
Abrams agreed with Marrin in
many respects, bur brought up the
subject of narivist movements, es­
pecially those that occur during
rimes of war. Abrams finished her
speech by saying, "inclusion is only
a memory in a folk song" in refer­
ence to 'This L"\nd ls Your Land.'
The speeches concluded on
Wednesday, April 12th with a ses­
sion on the role of religious iden­
tity modern srares.
Barnes said that the sessions bad
gone well despite some setbacks.
"We did have two cancellations
and had ro quickly find replace­
ments,'· said Barnes.
For the future of the Sympo­
sium, Barnes indicared the impor­
tance of che event being student
organized. "7 he student involve­
ment provides connections for tl1e
speakers co the students," and vice
versa, be sai.d.
Barnes believes that che current
debace format should also remain
intact. This way, studenrs can .re­
ceive a high-quality, diverse mix­
ture of perspecrive and insight into
the realm of inrernarional affairs.
Correction
Dean of the College Julio
de Pau.la was misquoted in a
story about the Lu'au in last
week's Piolog. He seated that
«dancing and eating are among
our favotice past~times," not
"eatif\g and drinking."
fia's stotyemphasizing that gang-
ster villains are really old school.
The new bad guys are terrorists and
Iraqi insurgents, and apparently
they're getting more fearsome. Af­
ter months of decline, the rate of
American deaths in Iraq has be­
gun to rapidly increase. The an­
nouncement of the death of five
soldiers on Tuesday brings the total
roll co 2,348 since che beginning of
the Iraq war. Scary stuff.
But even if we do manage co get
things in Iraq under control, the
next member of che infamous 'Evil
Axis' is rapidly rising inro promi­
nence. Iran announced Tuesday
that its nuclear engineers bad
advanced. to a new phase in the
enrichment of uranium. Iranian
president Ahmadinejad declared
that the country would now speed
ahead ro produce nuclear fuel on
an industrial scale, in defiance of a
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Take Back the Night: live openly without fear
PHOTO BY REBECCA GOlOSCHMIDT
Rebecca Duncan and Callie Bishop sold T-shirts to raise money for a battered women's shelter. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
the Lewis & Clark community
both this year and in the pasr.
During last Thursday's march, for
example, as marchers took a mo­
ment in the Copeland parking lot
to share their thoughts, a nearby
car alarm was repeatedly acti­
vated, forcing them ro move on.
More dismrbingly, in che weeks
leading up ro the night, much
of the event's publiciry was torn
down. As Residence Life Direc­
tor David Rosengard wrote in a
cam pus-wide email, " ... whatev­
er the motivation ... tbe 'impact'
is far less savory, and is actually
harmful to other members of our
community." ln years past, Han­
ner said, marchers have been as­
saulted by water balloons and ver­
bal abuse.
Harmer believes that many
people harbor misperceptions
about the event,'.and about the
message behind it. "People are just turned of by the noise of the
march," she said, and added that
the force behind parcicipanrs' voices
may be inrerprered as antagonism
or aggression by some.
The opposite is true, according
to evenr organizers. 1hey contend
that while the nighr's message advo­
cates raking a stand and insrigaring
change, it is at a fundamenraJ level
abour allowing people co live their
Lives openly without fear of aggres­
sion from others. "Ir's about gender
and healthy sexuality and nurtur­
ing relationships," said Ann Jensen
('07), evenr coordinaror. "Jr's abour
me walking from the library ro rhe
aparrmentS and not being afraid
that I might be attacked."
"One of rhe most frustrating
things we ran into when we were
planning this event was when peo­
ple would say, 'Well, do rhings like
that really happen here?"' Jensen
said, ''And the answer is yes, unfor­
rnnately, they do."
Will the genocide in Rwanda continue in the future?
by Kevin Stark
Wispy cirrus clouds floated
across the large white projection
screen of Lewis & Clark's Coun­
cil Chambers, as a quiet voice
resonated poignantly through the
room's speakers, saying, "the pain
of killing yourself is nothing com­
pared to the pain of living." The
first event of Rwanda Remem­
brance Day was coming to an end
with the final segment of Ghosts of
Rwanda, an emotional fiJm fea­
turing eye wicness accounts of the
genocide.
Or. Robert Hamil con, PHd Pro­
gressive RX LLC and board mem­
ber of the ltafari Foundation- an
organization that raises funds and
awareness and creates partnership
programs that directly support the
people of Rwanda- stands up,
pressing down on his open blue
blazer and adjusts bis black and
white SP.eckled tie. Golden buttons
line his jacker ne.xt co the small
white ribbon pinned just above his
righr breast pocket. Candles were lit during Rwanda Rememberance day to represent prayers for the victims of the Rwandan genocide.
Hamilton addresses the hushed
crowd posing the question, "what
can I do?" His eyes water and his
voice seems ro righten in his throat.
The video's emotional stories seems
co hold Hamilron in their grasp, as
he struggles with tbe beginning of
his speech before gaining momen­
tum and engaging his lecture rop­
ic, "Genocide in Rwanda: Does It
Have a Future?."
As the crowd listens inrently,
one student crou~hes alone on
tbe staircase, concentrating on the
small screen of his video camera.
A white bandana hangs, untied,
around his face, a black baseball
cap pulled low over his eyes. His
dark angular cheekbones poke our
from under the hat, and he is wear­
ing a white sweatshirt which reads
San Francisco across the chest; a
testament to a world far different
from his home country in Africa.
When Hamilroa finishes his
short lecture he fields an array of
questions fro~ the audience. Af­
ter a few are posed, one student
raises her hand and asks simply,
"What can we do next?" In place of a response Hamilton gestures co
the staircase, where Romeo Umilisa
still sits, bandana pulled around his
face.
Romeo UmiUsa is a Rwandan
born in the Congo in 1986, and is
the first recipient of LC's Romeo
Dallaire Scholarship. The scholar­
ship was set up co-:allow qualified
students from Sub-Saharan.•Africa
co pursue higher education in the
United States".
Umilisa is well spoken; as Col­
leen Marion ('08) of Amnesty In­
ternational points out, he has a
grasp of sarcasm and wit, rwo of the
subtler points of rhe language.
Umilisa was living in the East
Congo in 1994 when the genocide
took place, and remembers being
very detached from what was go­
ing on. "I remember hear of the
president being shot. For me it was
much like a joke, I couldn't under­
stand anything."
Umilisa remembers his friend,
Remmy, coming from Rwanda and
telling him about the "killings and people in the street" and-scill•it was
not real co him at age eight. How­
ever, Umilisa writes, it did become
real for him: "When l was 14 years
old, I chose a direction for my life.
It was human rights teaching."
This statement turns out to be
a perfect metaphor for the dedi­
cation that seems to be instilled
in Umilisa. Ar a time when most
Students are navigating the social­
ly awkward eighth grade, Umilisa
was committing to a life of social
education.
Documentary and film have
become Umilisa's medium through
which he channels his voice and
reaches the masses. Umilisa and
LC student Michael Graham ('06)
spent a month talking and inter­
viewing everyone from survivors co
prisoners about the genocide and
the following years of rebuilding.
Umilisa is now in the process of
editing a film that should be avail­
able in June.
Marion points out that Umilisa
has a unique position as a film­
maker in Rwanda. His family uee hoStS branches of both Tutsi
and Hutu- Umilisa himself re­
fuses the classifications and is vo­
cal about this-bur this fact allows
him to be "able to get to the story."
Marion explains that many of the
Rwandan people refuse access co
Western film makers.
Umilisa has been studying at
LC all semester, and has been us­
ing opportunities like Rwanda Re­
membered co educate the student
body on campus. Ashley Smith of
the Romeo Dallaire Scholarship
Fund says ofUmilisa', "we learn as
much, if nor more, from him as he
does from us."
Marion said that Umilisa has
also been valuable because "he has
been important co putting a human
face to Rwanda. I feel like it's easy
to think of Rwanda in the frame­
work of the Genocide."
Umilisa tries to put it in the
framework of humaniry. This is
exemplified by his one-act play,
performed as pare of the Rwan­
da Remembered evenrs. Inspired
by his interviews and experiences while working on his documenta­
ry, Umilisa was able to write and
perfect his play in only a month's
time.
"I knew the story," says Umili­
sa, "ic was something I had inside
of me. It wasn't hard. The topic was
much inside of me. What was difE­
cult was how to present it to people
who have not been tO Rwanda."
A crowd of roughly fifty stu­
dents, staff, and others sat en­
thralled in the dims lighrs of LC's
chapel as Romeo's voice walked
them through his play; a srory that
stuck with him from his work on
the Rawanda documentary.
Umilisa says, "There are a mil­
lion stories. Everyone has a story
that is horrible. Tr was Rwandan vs.
Rwandan."
Mark Duntley Dean of the
Chapel quoted Elie Wiesel, Ho­
locaust survivor and Nobel Peace
Prize winner, after the play.
"To hear a srory is to play a part
in it, to cake sides, to say yes or no,
to move one way or the other," he
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Seniors pledge to foster social
and environmental sustainability President issues
senior gift challenge
"I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental
consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of
any organizations for which I work." -national senior pledge by Josh Silverman
To scimulace giving for
the senior gift, President Tom
Hochsretcler announced in
an email lase Monday that he
would personally contribute
$20.06 to the Senior Gift fund
fop._every participation percent­
age point eahied. of$24.06.
As of Wednesday, 17% of
the class had contributed, fall­
ing far shore of rhe Committee's
ambitious goal of 60% class
participation. Yee Senior Gift
Committee members remain
optimistic. by Craig Beebe
As seniors prepare for gradua­
tion, many are chinking of what
comes nexr. Some are planning to
work; others are making prepara­
tions for graduate school or intern­
ships. Bue whatever seniors do,
Caiclin Sampson ('06) hopes thac
fostering social and environmental
sustainabiliry will be part of any job
decision this year's graduates make,
for the rest of their lives. And she
hopes seniors will demonstrate a
commitment to char goal by sign­
ing the Graduation Pledge, part of
a nationwide campaign char Samp­
son is leading at LC.
The words of the pledge are sim­
ple: "I pledge to explore and take
into account the social and envi­
ronmental consequences of any job
l consider and will cry to improve
rhese aspects of any organizarions
for which I work." Thar might
mean different things to different
people, bur Sampson hopes the
overarching goal is clear enough.
Develop a generation of young
people concerned about social and
environmental responsibility, she
and ocher organizers reason, and
perhaps some of the extreme prob­
lems now facing the Earth can see
some resolution.
Sampson said she thinks the
pledge is important because it sig­
nals commitment to a greater cause
and a guiding goal for seniors as
they consider rhe next step in their
lives. "Ifin your years at LC, you've
come co care about environmental
and social issues, it's a good way to
tie it all cogecher," she said.
The national pledge was begun ar Humboldt Scare Universiry in
Arcata, California, in 1987. Since
that time, its national organiz­
ers claim, it has been adopted by
graduates at over one hundred col­
leges and univer$ities nationally,
has received significant press cov­
erage, and been signed by thou­
sands. (The national organizers do
not keep offidal numbers.) Occa­
sionally it has caused debate among
graduating students, staff, and fac­
ulry ar a number of institutions,
bur since its inception it has experk
enced mostly positive reactions.
Graduating undergraduates ar
Lewis & Clark first had rhe chance
to sign the pledge last year, after
student Liz Fehrenbach ('05) initi­
ated a signing campaign, with co­
operation from Mei-Lin Shui in
the Office for Student Leadership
and Service, and the Suscainabiliry
Cow1cil. Fehrenbach and other
organizers gathered about 170 sig­
natures lase year, Sampson said.
The pledge had been the sub­
ject of a vigorous debate at the
Law School during the 1999-2000
school year, but it had disappeared
until Fehrenbach revived it.
Sampson, an environmental
studies major, said she "picked
up where [Fehrenbach) left off,"
changing the name slightly from
Sustainabiliry Pledge to Gradua­
tion Pledge bur keeping almost ev­
erything else che same.
Although some have .criticized
the pledge as being coo broad and
meaningless, Sampson dismissed
these concerns. "Because it's so
broad, more people will sign ic," she
saiq, pointing our char the pledge's
goal is to create a generation of
George F. Bishop environmenrally and socially con­
scious people, nor to force rhem all
to mal<e the same decisions and ac­
tions in their lives.
Sampson said about 60 people
had signed the Pledge so far. Se­
niors have had the -opportunity
to sign the pledge since the Com­
mencement Countdown in March.
Seniors who are still interested in
signing can do so at the Cap &
Gown Pickup, May 4 and 5, on
Commencement day, or at any
time at the Student Leadership and
Service office. Those who add their
names co the large book Sampson
is compiling _will be given a _p.in to
wear ar Commencement on May
7. "I chink it's great," said Lau­
rel Glasmire ('06) of the Senior
Gift Committee. "The main
thing we're inreresred in is par­
ticipation and getting everyone
in the class co contribute." She
emphasized that for a Senior's
contribution to be counted, it
only needs to be $1 and that
four students make up one per­
centage point. Therefore four
students contributing $1 apiece
would in fact be raising a total "We hope ·[che President's
pledge] will encourage more
participation from the class,"
Glasmire said.
The Senior Gift endows a
Class of 195()/2006 Scholarship
which benefits student's with
demonstrated financial need.
Hochstercler called the scholar­
ship "a reminder chat ambitious
goals are more attainable when
people of good will combine
their experience, energy, and
enthusiasm for a common pur­
pose."
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New prayer study blemishes science and society
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
0 n March 31, a front page article in the Washington Post reported that "praying for other people to recover
from an illness is ineffective, according to the largest, best-designed study to examine the power of prayer
to heal strangers at a distance." Up to this point, scientific investigation of the interplay between religion
and health had come to mixed and controversial conclusions. Multiple studies have found that devout people are
healthier-a finding for which there are many secular explanations. Far more controversial are studies dealing with
distant or intercessory prayer, or prayer intended co heal those distant and often unaware. Both a 1988 study and
a 1999 study of imercessory prayer found benefics, but have
since been largely discredired because ofAaws in their merl1-
ods.
This new srudy, led by Herbert Benson of Harvard Uni­
versiry, is much more trustworthy. The $2.4 million study
was funded primarily by rhe John Templecon Foundation,
an inscirurion char, according co its website, seeks "ro pursue
new insights at rhe boundary between theology and science
through a rigorous, open-minded and empirically focused
methodology." Researchers separated 1,802 heart-bypass
pacienrs at six hospitals into three groups. Two groups
were uncertain whether they would be prayed for or not.
The third group was told they were being prayed for. Two
Catholic groups and one Protestant group then prayed "for
a successfol surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no
complications" for each pacient, beginning on rhe nighr be­
fore their surgery, for 14 days, using the patient's first name
and lasr initial. The researchers concluded char rhose who
didn't know they were being prayed for fared just as well
as those who did know they were being prayed for. In face,
59% of chose who knew they were being prayed for experi­
enced complications.
Obviously, the srudy's outcome has sparked a lor of con­
troversy. In a March 24 Washington Post article anticipating
the study results' release, Paul Parker, a professor of rheology
and religion at Elmhurst College, pointed out why. "Every
religion believes in prayer for healing," he said. "'Ine word
or posrure may vary. But in rimes of illness, all religions look
cowards their source of authority." The same article also
reported rhar surveys have indicated that "perhaps half of
Americans regularly pray for their own health, and ar lease a
quarter have ochers pray for them." Proponems of the scudy
argue char its investigation is worthwhile because prayer is
such a commonly used tool against iUness.
These proponents are mistaken. This scudy, and ochers
like ir, should never have been conducted for rwo reasons.
Firsc, no marcer how conclusive its resulcs, a secular study
of a religious question can never be useful. Science is based
in reason while religion defies it. Thus, no matter how
sound the logic used in disproving the effectiveness of heal­
ing prayer, it won't convince anybody, least of all the pious.
Religiosity is so deeply ingrained in people's psyches char ro
challenge it is furile.
Second, if anything, this srudy is derrimental ro science.
The scientific merhod is supposed to be used to investigate
observed phenomena, not supernatural speculation. Rich­
ard Sloan, a behavioral researcher ar Columbia University,
points our in che Post article chat "There's nothing we know
about rhc physical universe rhar could account for how the
prayers of someone in Washingcon, D.C., could influence
the health of a group of people in Iowa-notliing wharsoev­
er." Thus, ir made no sense ro embark on chis study. Those
who have tried co justify rhe study have relied on dubious
pseudoscience or stretched existing theories. For example,
Mirchell W Krucoff of Duke University suggested in an
edirorial accompanying rhe research results char rhe study
could be justified based on Einstein's writing about "spooky
interactions between particles at a distance" and Krucoff's
own speculation .about the delicate human equilibrium,
which he asserrs might be affected by "energy" from prayer.
Further, che slipperiness of religious terms and ideas like
"prayer" are inappropriate for use in scientific study, which
is supposed co use only exact definitions and precise quanti­
ties.
Left and right, religious people are easily evading the re­
sulrs of the study, jumping through the generous loopholes
char have susrained religion for so long. Rev. Raymond J.
Lawrence of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Colum­
bia University Medical Center is quoted in the Post article
pointing out one such loophole. "l don't see bow you could
quantify prayer-either the results or rhe substance of ir,"
be says. The article also points ouc char "There is no way co
quantify the 'dose,' [of prayer) and no way to know whether
people outside the study may be praying for its subjects,
diluting the effects." In a lerrer ro the editor printed in the enotS o, abllSt m.ay
New York Times on March 31, Vickery Eckhoff of New York
pointed our char the Bible instructs believers co pray in se­
cret, and has no information about praying by committee
or how co rest the results afterward. "No wonder the prayer
reams in chis srudy weren't successful in aiding rhe recovery
of parienrs," Eckhoff writes, "they ignored the most basic
"' guidelines, as any Sunday school scudenr would know."
The most pathetic thing about chis srudy is char, on cop
of all its obvious faults, the researchers rendered ic com­
pletely devoid of any significance in the press. The Post ar­
ticle char broke rhe scary reported that «the researchers cau­
tioned that the study was nor designed co test che existence
of God or the benefits of other types of prayer, such as pray­
ing for oneself or praying at the bedside of friends or rela­
tives. They also did not rule our that ocher types of distant
prayer may be effective for ocher types of patients.'' In es­
sence (and perhaps motivated by the facr chat their research
had been bankroUed by a vaguely religious foundation), the
researchers backed away from their provocative findings
and, in doing so, compromised their scientific credentials.
Why would praying at the bedside of friends and relatives
be any different than strangers praying for strangers at a
distance? Does the power of prayer to heal only work be-Ul'OJS or~ ma.y
• ....itin It
•
tween people who are related? Is it genetic? Does ir dissipate
over distance, like sound waves? Why would other types of
distant prayer be effective for ocher types of parienrs? Does
the magical energy of prayer noc work only on hearr-bypa.ss
surgery patients?
Of course, in chis country we have freedom of scientific
inquiry. Foolish scienrists like Benson, backed by foolish
private groups like the John Templeton Foundation, wiU al­
ways do foolish experiments. Bur while this srudy was fund­
ed by a private foundarion, orher studies concerning prayer
are being funded with public money. According ro the Post,
in the past five years che federal government has spent $2.2
million on such studies. Clearly, rhis is a breach of rhe sepa­
ration of church and stare enshrined in chis coumry's con­
srirurion.
Public funding of rhe scienrific invesrigacion of religious
issues should be immediately halted. Further, like misbe­
having children, wayward scientists should nor be given
encouragement by our society. Parr of rhe reason that chis·
srudy gor so much arrenrion was because it received so much
undeserved press. The only way char we can resist rhe incur­
sion of religion into che arenas of society now thankfully
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Stealing"is good cause its easy
says Sarah the big thief person
by Sarah DiSabatino
I would put a fair wager on the fact that most of this campus partici­
pates in some form of illegal downloading. I would also bet that is
because most of us are smart. A simple cost benefit analysis quickly
proves that we save $16.99 if we steal a CD off the internet rather
than buy one at the store, or even on iTunes. The costs are nearly neg­
ligible-so long as you don't get caught-save for picking up a couple
viruses through sketchy peer-ro-peer programs.
So, that's ir, right? Downloading Free music off the
incernet or rhrough shared networks is rhe best option.
Well, sort of. ~11,e online infringement of copyright­
ed music can be punished by up to 3 years in prison
and $250,000 in fines," ac-public and college radio stations. These laws clearly cry
(hue fail) ro protect the record industry's interests at
the cost to the public.
The recording industry wanes us ro believe that
typical downloading can be prosecuted-which it
cordfog ro rhe Recording
lndustry Association of
America (RIAA), a pow­
erful coalition of record
industry interests who are
seeking ro make it very Of course, they're still p~ddling us
crap-but now it's multi-media crap.
difficult ro steal music off the internet and take a slice
out of their profits. For the most part they try co target
the producers both domestically and internationally;
however, they have also been behind the prosecution
of the average college student downloader.
Take the April 3 article in the LA. Times, "Sinking
a music pirate," written by a senior at the lJniversity
of North Carolina ac Charlotte. The student laments
over getting into the downloading hobby after being
investigated and prosecuted by che FBL Well, sure­
that sucks. He wrote this article in order to "gee the
message out ro young people who might nor otherwise
undersrand-copyrigh r
i nfringemenr ... has
very serious conse­
quences." This is also
the message the record
industry is trying ro
send, which seems al­
most as fabricated and
manufacrured as their
latest pop releases.
The fact is chat there
are risks associated
with downloading
music illegally, even if
done without profit,
bur the IUAA knows
that they cannot even
begin to put a dent in
the amount of music
chat is downloaded il­
legally, so they cry to
scare us by making ex­
am pies of stupid kids.
The passing of leg­
is\arion Uke the Digi­
ral Millennium Copy­
right Act (DMCA)
and the No Electronic
Theft Law (NET Act)
in the 90s attempted
to address this prob­
lem that has caused
what RIM estimates
is over $300 million
in losses. With so much profir forfeit-
ed to the digital age of music, it is no wm1der the re­
cord industry wanes quick acrion, bur these bills have
significant downsides. The DMCA has made webcast­
ing and broadcasting music roo expensive for many can-bur rhe chances are extremely low chat the typi­
cal downloader will be caught. Mickey, for example,
joined an online group that asked him to put up some
CDs in exchange for access co a library. One could ar­
gue char he just didn't go about it the right way, but
even if he did, he represents the fact that the majority
of music buyers are dissatisfied.
The RlAA contests on their website: "The music
business and its artists are the biggesr vicrim and, ul­
ti:marely rhe consumers suffer also." Silly recording in­
dustry, the consumers were the victims before, when
the companies were peddling us unoriginal, recycled
crap at marked up prices.
With rhe advent of dig­
ital downloading-far
more expedient than re­
cording capes-compa­
nies have been forced co
e creative and offer rhe
onsumer incentives co
buy the disc rather than
gee it off the internet
illegally. Th.is means
for us, concert DVDs,
bonus cracks, internee
fearures, and loads of
ocher extras available
, on the average CD. Of
course, they're still ped­
dling us crap--bur now
it's mulri-media crap.
I buy a lot more
CDs now chan l did be­
fore I ever downloaded
a song, especially from
bands I want co sup­
port. lf the issue is really
guile about shafting the
bands our of royalties,
go co a concert; bands
make significantly larg­
er revenue from con­
certs than they do from
CD sales.
The choice becomes,
be like Mickey-the
cool che record industry wants you to be--or keep
sticking it co the man, demandfag better quality. Hey,
it has worked so far, even if only a little; the new Kai­
ser Chief release is $14.50 on amazon.com, and char is
$2.50 in my pocket. Keep plugging.
M B 50 words or less on a subject of your
Ystery OX choice, submitted anonymously (it's a
Mystery Box, stupid!)
Ice Age II was okay. Not good, not bad.
Just okay. Mr. Hatnster
provides some.__~
background
on ''The Hatntner''
' Delay's legacy will be a cornerstone for conser-
vative ideology in Congress
by Matt Savage
Lasr week, one of the most
inBuential and controver­
sial leaders of che conservative
movement, Representative Tom
Delay, announced char he would
resign his sear in the House after
over 20 years of service. Who
was Tom Delay, and how did he
change politics, and che Repub­
lican Parry? And what is rhe fu­
ture of"rhe movement" withour
him?
Tom Delay was a pesr-exrer­
minacor from a Houston suburb
who was elected co the House of
Representatives in 1984, back
when Texas was still relatively
Democratic. He immediately
stood out for his ability to strike
political retribution from his
opponents and ensure char ocher
Republicans voted along pacey
lines. "The Hammer," as be was
called by friends and foes alike,
was promoted co deputy mi­
nority whip in 1988. He then
helped write Newt Gingrirch's
"Contract with America," and
led a conservative revolution
that gave Republicans control
of the House for the first time
in 40 years
He was then promoted Ma­
jority Whip and scarred the "K
Street Project," which rewarded
lobbying firms char hired Re­
publicans and punished those
char continued ro hire Demo­
crats. This action led co his
first reprimand from che House
Ethics Committee. He also led
the drive co impeach President
Clinton in 1998.
After President Bush was
elected in 2000, Delay saw
an opportunity co ensure and
strengthen Republican control
of all three branches of govern­
ment. He staned Americans
for a Republican Majority and
Texans for a Republican Ma­
jority. Both were involved in
scandal and the lacer led co his
prosecution by the Texas disrricc attorney. He was promoted co
House majority leader in 2002,
bur stepped down last year amid
the scandal previously men­
tioned and bis connections co
Jack Abarmoff.
f would argue char after
President Bush and former
House Majority Leader Newt
Gingritch, Tom Delay was the
most influential conservative
of the past ten years. He trans­
formed the party by solidifying
che party's connections wich
businesses, reaching out ro the
religious right (he was very in­
volved with the Terri Scbfavo
controversy), and ensuring Re­
publican victory at any cost.
But what w.ill become of
th.is controversial figure and his
movement? Delay will doubt­
lessly continue his involvement
in polirics, bur in a more behind­
the-scenes role. Americans for a
Republican Majority is already a
major force in politics, and I'm
sure he will be as well. And his
bowing our should be good for
the Republican Parry, because
Delay was ofren a pariah for crit­
ics of rhe right's scandals.
As for the movement, an­
other standard-bearer will surely
appear. Bill Frist, John McCain,
Rudy Guilliani, and Mirr Rom­
ney have all been suggested as
potential presidential nominees.
They ace all leaders within the
party, and have all been rumored
as thinking about potential pres­
idential bids. They are all active
within rhe Republican Parry and
the conservative movement, al­
beit with different facets of both.
And all of them have platforms
they have clear differences char
distinguish them from Bush.
And of course, there are oth­
ers that will definitively emerge
as we gee closer ro the '08 Presi­
dential Primaries (nor to men­
tion those of all other political
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The faces of meth
Meth controversy pits weekly against Oregonian
by Craig Beebe
0 regonians are always talking about methamphetamine. We're_ not alone in this-meth is an issue
that's getting quite a bit of discussion these days all around the country. Some fear that it is the
superdrug of the future, a new scourge of the underclass, the fuel for crime and desperation. In
response, lawmakers all over are crafting strict anti-meth policies, hoping to nip this problem before it be­
comes a full-blown epidemic. Much of Oregon's concern about meth has been fueled, so to speak, by the
Oregonian's reporting on the subject. Even if you're not a regular reader of the 0, if you've picked it up a few
times in the past couple of years there's pretty good
chance that you've seen something about meth. Maybe
you saw something about how 50% of Oregon's foster
kids are meth babies. Or maybe something about how
a great deal of che state's property crimes are commicced
while the perpetrator is high on the substance. Perhaps
it was an article on how a stare legislator recently pleaded
guilty to possession of merh.
I've read those articles, too, and I saw the recenr
Frontline report on PBS char used rhe O's reporting as
ics primary foundation. So I've been concerned about
methamphecamine, too, as anyone who's read rhe articles
and watched that report would be. To see che impacts
meth has on people's lives and on communities, and to
hear char the problem may be geuing worse-ir's enough
to ger anyone a bit disturbed.
So, when the Willamette Week published its expo­
se "Meth Madness" a couple of weeks ago, then, I felr
slightly confused by what WWs reporter, Angela Valdez,
wrote. In a carefully documented reporr, Valdez outlined
numerous instances of reporting by the O char were ei­
ther exaggerated, unsupported, or completely baseless.
The scory that meth rares were rising? Likely nor true.
The property crimes rate? Equally unclear. The fosrer
kids? Nor directly supported by facts.
I'm nor quire sure whac to make of the U2p7s accu­
sations. On the one hand, I am inclined to pin "Mech,,
Madnesl' down to pure, dirty newspaper competition.
WW, an alternative weekly that won its first Pulitzer last
year, may simply be continuing its effort to discredit the
0 and thus do its job of acting as counterweight to the
"established" media. (Of course, WW has been in busi­
ness long enough that it really can't claim not to be es­
tablished itself.)
Maybe WW is just trying to gain readers, then. May­
be it's also just sensationalizing, attempting to garner at­
tention by purporting to have uncovered a scandal it­
self. Not a scandal of drugs and crime and lost kids, but
a scandal of exaggeration and misrepresentation by che
Oregonian.
But then again, perhaps WW is driven by the good
old desire to serve the public interest, as newspapers a.re
supposed co do. If it is doing so, and its allegations ace
as true and damning as they seem to be, then it is to be applauded.
As a simple media consumer, though, I am hard­
pressed to find an easy way to solve this dilemma. Yes, it
appears chat some of the Oregonian's coverage of mech­
amphetamine-related issues has been sensationalized or
at least not very firmly grounded. Bue chen again, isn't
there che possibility char WW, through ics report that
maybe meth isn't as bad as we thought, risks denial of
the worst ki·nd? The weekly bas been taking some heat
in its Comments section by readers who claim just this,
although overall commenrs seem co be generally positive,
thanking WW for its coverage.
Meth is undoubtedly an major issue in Oregon today.
(The legislator who just pleaded guilty
co possession? That, sadly, is an unargu­
ably true story.) But WWs research has
shown the problem may not be as bad as
the Oregonian has claimed.
Or maybe it hasn't. Maybe the only
lesson to be learned here is that news­
papers-and all those who would ad­
vocate a position or even describe a
problem-should be careful to check
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meth rhetoric a lirrle, although it doesn't seem co have
done so yer. WW will probably keep looking for ways
to discredit ics older counterpart. And readers all over
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Peter Parker and Clark
Kent mean more to
America's youth than
certain politicians. Even
some politcal activists
show signs of waning
participation. So how do
we rectify voting in an
age that's largely disillu­
sioned by the system?
Superhero myths take the the place
of Greek gods, solve political apathy
by Tim Kelly
atching the last student election w~s a rather cµsturbing ex­
perience for me, partially because it made me realize just
how little I cared about it. Most of this indifference is due to
the fact that I'm a soon to be graduate, and the identity of the success­
ful candidate just didn't matter much to me. Also, I think that a lot of
srudenrs (and nor all of them seniors) feel chis way, and
chat borbers me. This elecrion had a coral of350 votes;
last year, rhc mark hit almost 900. Student government
has grown, and the Activities Congress, which creates
more pathways m srudenl involvement with their gov­
ernment, has been operating all year. So why rhe huge
drop-off?
l believe rhe reason is that public apathy persists and
thrives. Seeing the scores of that in addition to rhe world affecting us, we affect
rhe world. \Ve are each capable of far more than we
usually rh.ink. As much as ic may seem otherwise, ev­
erything marcers.
I believe char heroes are tremendously important
and char this country is hungry and yearning for them.
ln an age of cynicism and obsession with scandal, we
regard public figures with jealousy and scrutinize chem
for faults, bm we lack worthy
campaign posrers up remind­
ed me of last year when l was
ar the cenrer of the srudenr
election maelstrom. 111is year,
I was reminded of how vague
phrases like •increased trans­
parency" and 'strengrhenillg
tics witb student groups' seem
when they are placed in bul­
let point lists. The differences
berween the candidates seems
small and insignificant. If we can't find them in paragons to fill rhis void. An
iodicatioo of this has been
the resurging inreresr and suc­
cess in Hollywood superhero
movies. Looking over the cop­
grossing movies of the last few
years, it is amazing to see how
much the top slots are domi­
nated by Hicks like Spiderman
and X-men, movies featuring
the triumph of common peo-our real-life leaders, per­
haps we can summon
these traits in ourselves by
looking at the characters
of fantasy and fiction.
This is probably rrue. Al-
though l haven't closely examined the platforms of
each candidate, l know rhere is some truth to rhe C\)m­
plaint rhar it is a popularity or resume-building con­
tesr. This is nor co sell a.ny of the candidates short, or
to suggesr rhar they did nor have gooJ ideas for die\
school. Ir is merely an observation that many sr11denrs
didn't seem to know or care. If students are conracced
by their friends or che candidates themselves, they may
take rhe rwo minutes requfred to vote. Otherwise they
probably will nor borher.
This is not so surprising; our larger society has a po­
litical system d1ac often makes citizens feel alienated
or aggravated, a media that rrcacs policies more Like
a horserace rban a relevant choice. and a culture rhat
encourages individuality and immediate gratification
through distraction. None of chis promotes thoughtful
political participation.
This is sad, because democracy definfrely works, at
least locally. If you are audacious enough and work hard
enough, you can create change in the world around
you. You'll inspire some, piss otf od1ers, and make a
whole bunch of people sit up and rake notice, at least
for a bit. Trust me, I know. Yee many, many people
seem unwilling to put forth this effort. Even among
people who are politic.1.lly aware and interested, there
was a large number who didn't get their shit rogecher
enough to vote in the national election. It wasn't that
they didn't care about the outcome, they just weren't
inspired ro act on ir. They were passive.
In a letter I wrote to many friends during the 2004
election, I told them that 1 put faith in the Democrats
and Republicans, Muslims and Christians and Athe­
ists chat I have called my friends. 1 guess ic is human
nature co look for distant heroes to pledge allegiance
ro, but f chink it is important for each of us ro realize ple over corrupt leaders.
l believe rhac whar makes
these movies successful is rhe allure of the concept.
We cynics dismiss these movies as being overly sim­
plisrk plots with corny dialogue, bur there is a deep
appeal in the sentiments that rbese characters iJ1Spire
in our minds.
We want to believe in heroes, but more than that
we wane co believe in rhe things heroes represent. Su­
perheroes are a modern collective mythology of our
culrure; they are stories we all know and share. More
people know chat Superman's real name is Clark Kent
and Spider Man's real name is Peter Parker rhan rhey
know rhe real names of their members of Congress.
Back in ancient rimes, rhe culrural myths were
represenred by gods. They represented exaggerated
traits that each of us possess and rhereby allowed us to
glimpse aspects of ourselves. Superheroes aren't some­
thing char people believe in the most literal sense, bur
the draw of comics anJ movies is still based on che
face char these characters represent our own drives and
emotions.
These cultural icons are the modern heroes and
gods. The Greeks had temples for cheir gods, where
rbey prayed and made sacrifices. We have stores and
cheaters where we pay and applaud. Humans make
sacrifices because rhey hope to possess the strength
and abilities of their heroes.
To summari1..e, I'm nor sure char the increase in po­
lirical apathy is either a direct cause or an effect of
an increase i.n superhero interest. I do know, however,
chat iu order to achieve our maximum potential, we
need heroes. If we can't find chem in our real-life lead­
ers, perhaps we call summon chese traits in ourselves
by looking ac rhe characters of fantasy and ficcion. So
call out your own inner hero, put on a costume, go
tear up the night and chan_ge the world. Guest Editorial
Ham.ster.sized solu­
tions don't work for
global sized probletns
Rodent rhetoric has gone too far
by Nathan Hughes
generally don't concern
myself with hamsters-even
the l'iolog's hamster. I mean.
what harm could he do? Bur I
wanted co congratulate the l'i­
olog's hamster for single-hand­
edly solving the inrracrable dif­
ficulties of lraq. All we need w
do is withdraw National Guard
rroops. Why didn't rhe mili­
rary's best and brightest figure it
out sooner?
1here is, however, one riny,
little hamster-sized problem-a
common problem for which we
can hardly faulr a bamscer. Ap­
parencly, rwo and a half years of
liberal arcs education qualifies
undergraduates co make sweep­
ing statemenrs about matters
which they have abso-and Afghanisran. Oh, righr.
Afghanistan. We ~rill have over
16,000 soldiers and Marines
there (although uoop levels will
be dropping drastically in May,
when the BriLish cake over com­
mand). -[hey are a.ho Jeploycd
ac sea co respond co rhe ne.xt
emergency, wherher ir is raking
an airfield in a hostile country
or providing humanitarian as­
sistance after :i tsunami or mud­
slide.
Still. that doesn't add up to
650,000, does ic? lt cums our
d1ac there a.re ten Marines for
every rifleman serving in an in­
fantry plaroon. The Army's ra­
tio is even larger. Only a small
fr-action of active-duty troops
lurely no undemanding.
A while back, the Piolog's The truth is, there
hamster suggested that
Iraqis should be allowed
to vote on wherber U.S. aren't enough troops­
even with Guard and
troops should scay or go.
I let chat one slide. After reserve deploy1nents.
all, I'm no political science
major. But I did study
marb in elememary school,
and I rhought I might be able
to contribure somed1i.ng co the
idea rhar che problem is deploy­
ing National Guard troops.
Take 650,000 active duty sol­
diers and Marines, subtract rhe
165,000 deployed i11 lraq at rhe
end of last year and you have,
well, a little under 500,000 le~
sitting around doing nothing,
right? Accually, ir's quire a bir
more. The J 65,000 soldiers
and Marines in Iraq right now
include activated Guard and
Reserve units. Clearly we don't
need the Guard in there screw­
ing ic all up. do we?
First of all, National Guard
and reserve units are making
some of the biggest sacrifices
right now (of course, they all
vohmceered, coo). Soldiers
who signed up co make some
extra money to pay for school
and help their community in a
disaster are finding rhemselves
ta.ken out of school mid-se­
mester and deployed for a year.
Sure, active duty troops are
more 'on it.' They do this for
a living. Bue as an undergrad, I
wouldn't disparage thar.
Second, no one is prepared
co deal with casualties unril
they have raken casualties.
Third, U.S. troops srationed
in Germany and Japan aren't sir­
ring around drinking beer and
playing cards. Almost 18,000
soldiers and Marines stationed
overseas have been re-deployed
in support of operations in Iraq are the infu.ncry and military
police barralions rhac are so es­
sential co security in Iraq. Of
course, in only rhree years of
conflict, almost no one has es­
caped deployment, and supporr
units are as necessary as front­
li.ne units themselves. A lot
more than a little hamster can
conceive of goes into fielding
every single infantryman and
military policcpcrson in Iraq.
1l1e truth is, rhere aren't enough
of chem-even wirh Guard and
reserve deployments.
Furrhermore, a unit goes
chrough a substantial and
lengcby trai11ing process be­
fore ir deploys, and another
substantial process when ir re­
turns-including helping cl1e
nexr unit train for its own de­
ployment. Before Iraq. deploy­
ing active duty units spent six of
every twenty-four months over­
seas. Breaking up families for
six monchs is a life-altering ex­
perience for everyone involved,
illustrated vividly in the movie
Jarhead. This bas always been
a lot ro ask of our Marines and
sailors. From 2002 co 2005, the
3.i Bacca.lion of the I" Marines
(3/ l) spent nearly two years de­
ployed overseas, predominantly
in Iraq. That is the nature of
this war.
Pulling Guard units out of
rhe equation would place an al­
mosc impossible burden on ac­
tive duty forces and necessarily
result in abbreviated training
cycles. the Pioneer Log, April l~ -2006 Features
Leadership beyond the bubble
PHOTO BY REBECCA GOI.OSCHMIDT
Beau Barnes ('06) has been actively involved in the City's Charter Review Commission.
by Carmen Krol
As the semester draws co a close, most of us feel
like we have too much on our plates with final papers,
presenracions, and exams. One Lewis & Clark senior
has much more co worry about: the future of the city
of Portland. To satisfy his hunger for poUtics, Beau
Barnes ('06) has joined The City of Portland's Char­
ter Review Commission. He is also a member of the
subcommittee: form of government, which is decid­
ing how co rearrange che current system of Portland's
government.
The commission reviews how tl1e city is governed
in hopes of improving it. Barnes said cbat LC gees so
"world-orientated char we lose focus on Portland and
our local surroundings." Sure, ir mighr be imporranr
ro study che European Un.ion and rhe uoubles in the
Middle Ease, bur according co Barnes, we need co en­
sure chat our community is living up to its potential.
Unlike the federal governmenc, Portland's govern­
mental system is nor broken up inro three branch­
es. Instead, rhe city has four commissioners and
rhe mayor who, as a group, ace as rhe executive and
legislature. They also have some judicial power, such
as in cases coacern.ing land use.
This system has caused some problems for d1e cicy,
such as designating who is responsible for what. The example that came co Barnes' mind concernsx the Wa­
ter Bureau and a new billing system they established.
The tech people under the Commissioner wanted it
done one way and the Mayor's people wanted it done
aaochec way. Because the tech people decided on the
bi]Ung without rhe inpur of ochers, software problems
wirh the billing cosr che ciry cens of millions of dol­
lars. With stronger supervision, the software problems
might have been avoided.
Another issue with the current commission is chat
rhey ate elected "at-large" as opposed to being elect­
ed by discricc. This means char every Portland citizen
votes for each commissioner instead of the ciri1.ens of
each disrricr only voting for a commissioner represent­
ing their disrricr.
This has also caused problems, because places such
as rhe outer limits of Northeast and Southeast Porr­
land have felt underrcpresenred.
LC might nor seem inAuenced by these recent
events in Portland, bur the d.icration of the city's gov­
ernment could inAuence the way certain things are
on campus. For instance, a new goveromenr system
might ensure faster replies to build.ing structures, in­
sread of che months' delay o.n the bridge reconsrruc­
cion earlier chis year.
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THE END IS COMING
by Craig Beebe
lhcre are only cwo weeks left
of school. Just cl1ought you ntight
like ro know rhar. 'lliat m ... a.s1s this
is my second-co lasr Distracted,
and rhe last days of school are rap­
idly d.iminishing. We're down to
the wire, fo!ks. And what a sharp
wire iris.
On "The West Wing'' this week,
President Barcletc was coming to
grips with the fact that he is now
a lame duck, since a new president
was being elected. "Planned obso­
lescence," he said, as he considered
his fare. "Mid-size family sedans
an<l presidents." ( would add ''col­
lege seniors" to chose two.
We, coo, are beginning to feel
more and more like lame ducks
around campus, l'm afraid. It seems
we arc now just gq_ing through the
final motions before graduarion,
as our spot as the elders and lead­
ers of the scudeot body falls away as
quickly as the days on the calendar.
That's not co say that we should
necessarily mourn this trend roo
much. Last week, at least one group
of seniors got ro celebrate the com­puc the finishing touches on my
own thesis, and I'm sure thac oth­
er seniors have similar emotions
are their last works of college are
completed. Certainly there is a
lot of pride and happiness char it's
almost' over, but if ochers are any­
rhing like me, there's a great de­
gree of trepidation, as well.
And as we finish these lase
things, the College prepares to
move on. Next year's thesis writ­
ers and senior art majors are meet­
ing t<> discuss their own projens.
Registration rook place last week;
for the first rin1c, we were nor
given a rime to rake part. People
ate already discussing where chey
will live and whar classes they will
take in che fall. We seniors can't
have rhat coaversacioa. Most of
our college career is now said and
done.
Meanwhile, multiple groups of
ptospectivesrudents visit rhe cam­
pus daily. They are taken along
me paths chat I've w<1lked for four
years here, in and our of the build­
ings where J have lived my life
ing end a little more
jovially than most of
us yet can. For this
group of' people, the
hard part's mostly
over: the culmination
of their years ac Lewis
& Clark finally hap­Last week, senior Art ma­
jors got to celebr~te the
coming end a little more
jovially than most of us yet
pened, and ic's easy can.
coasting from h.ere.
I'm talking about the senior Art
majors, who celebrated the gala
opening of their Senior Arc Show
on llmrsday, April 6. Although
I'm a bad judge of crowd size, it's
safe to say that the Hoffman Gal­
lery was crowded enough ro make
me feel I was ar a popular event.
And judging by how quickly the
refreshmenrs d.isappeared, d,e place
was swarmed.
Full disclosure: My lady friend
is an Arc major, and her delicious
drawings of homemade baked
goc_>ds occupy one side of Hoffman's
from room. But even if l were not
daring one of the anists, the show
would have astounded me, in a few
w.iys. First, of course, there was the
arc: phorographs of city scenes and
family histories; four marvelous
ceramic anisrs' works; a fascinat­
ing graphic design project; a lovely
series of ;µtarpieces; and numerous
drawings of a variety of subjects in
a variety of colors. [ was intrigued
by every artist's work, each in its
own way. And I certainly wanted
to go back later co appreciate them
more fully.
, But l wonder whether now
that their projects are over, the Art
majors feel the sense of loss l am
talking about. Their pieces-the
culmination of their four yea.rs as
LC srudents-are now on display.
What is left to do? WeH, finish
thefr other classes, of course. But I
imagine tha,r there is a certain sense
of loss and aimless.n• that aczcom­
paoies the completion of the Senior
Project. I mean, you can onJy cel­
ebrate so long, and then me ques­
tion ar~: Whar now?
I'm fearing the"same thlng as l and pursued my studies. l pass
them quicl<ly, sometimes annoyed
by che way rbey block the narrow
halls ofTempleron, or the stairs at
Waczek. As I do so, I sometimes
ponder whether rhey take any no­
tice of me. the guy who iswcighc­
ed so heavily by one or even two
bags filled wirl~ the books I'm us­
iJ1g to write my chcsis. \'v'hat do I
look like ro them, these focure LC
students, who will have their own
lives and studies here?
I suppose I'm really just anoth­
er face in a crowd of people like
me, hurriedly paS!iing from c1ass
to library, to work and to relax­
ation. When these students arrive
ac LC as freshmen in one or two
years, my presence here Will be
mostly forgonen. My thesis will
be in an envelope, locked in a box
on the rhird Aoor of Howard. I
will be somewhere fur away, most
likely.
But hey, at leasr I ger chat
chance to explore someplace else.
Finishing up is certainly not a
death sentence, and I'm glad that
other people will get the cl,ance
to experience this place for them­
selves, just as l'm glad chat I ger
a chance co experience something
else. Wherher I'm remembered or
not isn't all chat important.
Planned obsolescence. That's
what it is. 6u1 that also means an
opportunity is coming for some­
thing new. I'll let that guide me
through the next few weeks, and
urge my fellow seniors, if they
ever fed down about finishing, to
keep it in mind. As for the rest of
you, don't worry. Your time will
come, too, _l __ o _______________________ i¥11!i@ ____________ t_h_e_P_i_o_n_e_er_L_o,ig.,,A.p_r_i1_1_4_,_2_0_0_6
The art of thrifting:
a second-hand guide for the Portland shopper
T by Rebecca Goldschmidt
hrifting is not for the weak-hearted. Not only do you need patience, stamina, and a keen eye, but you
also need to know where to go to use your skills. The Red Light is not a thrift store. Neither is Buffalo Ex­
change. A real thrift store has things that you probably would have thrown away yourself-Tupperware, candle­
sticks, early 90s floral denim dresses, and crusty construction boots. Shopping at a real thrift store doesn't take
ten minutes; it takes three hours. Having a plan of attack, knowing the layout of the store and the quality of
the merchandise is key to a successful shopping trip. The best part of thrifting is that you get to find everything
yourself by not allowing some snotty hipster to choose
whar he or she chinks you wou.ld wear. So, as a thrifrer of
more rhan six years, I offer you my advice, secrets, and a
guide co chrifting in che Porrland area. \
The Goodwill Outlet
SE Milwaukie & SE Ochoco (8 blocks south of Tacoma) in
Milwaukie
Known simply as "The Bins," chis is the king of all
thrift stores. All of the rejected items from Goodwills
throughout the area get shipped to a giant warehouse
in Sellwood and then are dumped into gigantic rolling
bins. You can find furniture, books, clothes, shoes, and
pretty much any other piece of crap you can think of at
The Bins, bur ir rakes a long-ass rime. Prepare to spend at
least 2 hours sifting through leftover Christmas decora­
tions, broken glass, and stale old lady underwear.
The best part is that everything is by the pound (ex­
cept fu(niture), so you can get 20 lbs of whatever you
want for $0.99/lb. There are ocher ourlets in Hillsboro
and Vancouver, but this is the closest co campus. You can
even rake the Sellwood shun.le co New Seasons and it's a
shore walk.
Tips:
-Bring tissues. I always get sneezy because of the
dust.
-Gloves are optional if you're really char squeamish.
They can protect from dirt, as well as random sticky scuff
on suitcases and sharp objects in rhe piles of cloches.
-Don't expect everything ro be perfect; remember,
you are digging through huge piles of leftover GoodwilJ
items.
-There are ALWAYS crying babies ar thrift stores, bur particularly at The Bins. Try to get over it. Ic's hard, but cry.
The Dig/$3 Clothing Outlet
SE McGUJughlin & SE Courtney, by the Bomber Restaurant
Ok, not really a thrift score, bur kind of a cheaper-buc-prercy­
much-srill-rhe-same-level-of-q uaJ icy-Buffalo-Exchange. Every­
ch ing is berween $3 and $8. A lot of it is our of season Old Navy
and Abercrombie, but some scuff is alright and the prices are
OK. Nothing co write home abour, bur worrh a stop if you're
looking for newer clothes.
Tips:
-TONS of boots! If you have a thing for boots, check it out.
-Decent guy's section-soft vintage shirts, polos, and plaid
shirrs (an LC guy staple).
-Organized by size!
-Bad for handbags, good for hars.
Value Village
SE Mcg/Qughiin & a few blacks south of SE Jennings in Gladstone
One of the many W locations, this one has a large erotic
novel section and a !or of creepy porcelain dolls. Good for shoes,
but they can be pricey, getting up to $ I 0. Men's shoe selecr_ion
is horrible, as is their clothing. I found a Diane von Furstenberg
shirt here once for a few bucks, and some nice, old soft shirrs.
Clothes scare ar $2. 99
Tips:
-Two words--dressing rooms! Thank you! But if you don't
feel like it, you can always put on a big skin and try on panes
undernearh. Or just cake off your panes.
-If you go often enough, get a punch card and rack up points
towards a percentage offyour next purchase.
-This store is having a promotion on Monday, April 17-50%
off all used items. -VV also has locations in Australia & Canada! Who
knew?
Red Wnite and Blue 'Thrift Store
SE McGloughlin & a bit south of Value Village
Proceeds go co something that benefits Veterans,
chink. They always have 1/2 off certain tag colors, but I /2
off items are rare. Awesome shoe selection, huge kids de­
partment, but really bad for furniture. Some things are re­
ally overpriced, bur I've found some good vintage shoes
and dresses for less than 5 bucks. Most vintage is less than
$5, newer scuff can get up to $25.
Tips:
-Bagged items are great, especially for art projects. Get
a big plastic bag of random crap for less than $5.
-Book/record selection is sparse.
-The sign actually says that rhey have "Bric a brae."
Awesome.
-Avoid the overpriced jeans ($13!)
-Bring cash or else the rip-off ATM will rip you off $2.
This is only a small sample of scores, which happen co
all be in SE. There are various Goodwills, Value Villages,
and Salvation Armies throughout rhe city, as well as a con
of small, independent stores. Check out rhe NW 23«1 area,
rhe Hollywood district, and Division/Hawthorne/Bel­
mont for more.
But the best places to go are outside of town, into rhe
suburbs and neighboring towns because that is where all
che gems are! And don't forget, summer is coming, so make
sure co check out yard, garage, and estate sales. There you
can heckle for even lower prices because people just want
to get rid of scuff. Good luck! .th_e_P_1_·o_n_e_e_r_L_o_.g_,_A_.p .. r_i1_14 .. ,1112_00_6 ___________ _._4¥n11@ _____________________ 1 __ 1_
Issues of sustainability: E-car club forging ahead
by Nathanaael Massey
Mario Landau-Holdsworth
('08) and Adan Vielma ('08) were
only casually acquainted when, in
the span of a conversation, they re­
alized their capacity to catalyze se­
rious world change.
'Td been thinking about sus­
rainability since high school,"
elCplained Landau-Holdsworth.
"Then one day Adan and l were sir­
ring our on the SOA lawn talking,
and he rook my ideas and started
looking at them from all these dif­
ferent angles ... we realized that we
could work well together; not jusr
on electric cars, but anything."
"I was working on ocher proj­
ects of my own when Mario first
talked ro me about it," said Vielma.
"We talk for more than an hour,
and I really felt like I was attaching
myself to the idea. So I told myself
No, you've got your own projects,
don't ger involved. Then maybe
a day or two lacer Mario asks if 1
wane to get work with him on it
and I'm just like yes yes yes yes yes­
please! I don't know what it is; the
project is enthralling."
As they researched the field,
_they quickly realized che potential
of their situation-both in terms
of available resources and the his­
torical circumstance they found
themselves in. Advances in bat­
tery technology-in the same tech­
nologies char power iPods and cell­
phones-have greatly expanded
the possibilities of electric motor
development, Landau-Holdsworth
said.
Their combined inspiration
quickly manifested itself as a se­
rious project. "It turned into an
obsession," said Landau-Hold­
sworth. "We were spending more
time chinking and talking about
sustainability than we were on our
classes."
The vision Landau-Holdsworth
and Vielma shared, which would PHOTO COIJRTESEY THE LC ELECTRIC CAA CLUB
E-Car Club board members from left to right: Joey Bramen ('09), Adan Vielma ('08), Mario
Landu Holdsworth ('08), and Benjamen Thonney ('0~)-Amber Case ('08) is absent.
later develop into Lewis & Clark's while later, Amber Case ('08) got poet, and an incredible writer; and
first Electric Car club, does in-on board, and then things really Amber's a societal guru."
deed go beyond prototyping new took off. We all have something "I was actually trying co ~vork
and more efficient technologies, different ro throw at the problem." for another starter company when
although chat is one of the group's "We have a really good dy-I cook up with the e-club," said aims. Ultimately __ ...;__;.__ ___________________ _
automotive sus­
tainability requires
an infrastructure
where all cars in the
United States run
off renewable en­
ergy. "Ir would be
profitable and eco­
nomically viable," "It turned into an obsession. We
were spending more time think­
ing and talking about sustainabil­
ity than we were on our classes." Case. "This one
just worked to­
gether better."
Though it is
still a relatively
new endeavor, the
club has already
made serious ad­
vances. They al­
ready have two
said Landau-Holdsworth, "The
motivation is there."
The two began to meet regular­
ly, and made some headway. How­
ever, "Ir was a landmark real break­
through when Ben (Thonney, '08)
and Joey (Bramen, '09) joined the
team, said Vielma. "Theo a little -Mario Landau Holdsworth
namic," said Vielma. "We're all
sceryocypes: Mario's the inspiration­
al genius-he can convince anyone
of anything ("I like to think of him
as a young Steve Jopps," said Case);
then there's me, the science geek;
Joey's our businessman, and whoo
is he ever! Ben's our inspirational vehicles to experiment with--golf
carts donated by one James Fitch
of Washington. Fitch don aced the
cares with the instructions chat nei­
ther was operational; however, be­
tween the two of them there were
enough workable pares co build
one moving vehicle. "So the carrs didn't work, and ic
was really frustrating trying to gee
chem around," said Vielma. "Just
rry rolling a five hundred pound
ball of steel-it's hard. But we cook
it co Jabu Boka, who does mainte­
nance on all tl1e facilities vehicles,
and he just starred poking. He gave
us this safety session and kept pok­
ing, and then he says, 'Give me an
alligator clip.' So we do. He puts it
in, and tl1e care turns on. We look
up to chis guy like there is no sky."
They say they have also received
support and advice from President
Hochscettler, with whom they have
met on multiple occasions. "We've
found the President co be extreme­
ly open and supportive," said Lan­
dau-Holdsworth.
Although they are not currently
pursuing it, the group was recently
extended an offer from a business­
man with connections in Washing­
ton co help chem establish support
and funding.
The club is actually u11der the
wing of a larger project-the cre­
ation of sustainability forums na­
tionwide. "We want ro create a net­
work for campuses across the US so
chat anybody working on this can
share information," said Landau­
Holdsworth.
At a sustainability forum lase
week end, the group had a chance
to share some of the progress with
others working cowards similar
aims. "We were in the audience in
the morning, and I was thin.king to
myself, someday I'll be up there,"
said Vielma. "Then in the after­
noon they called us up on stage."
He said chat at the conference they
made a number of valuable con­
tacts, including one PSU student
seriously invested in a networking
project of her own.
"The Srainability Forums have
just come to life," said Landau­
Holdsworch.
Check our the E-Car Club web­
site: hrrp:llwww.lclark.edu/-ecar/
Student earns internship in intentional community
by Wendy Dwyer
As the school semester comes
ro an end and many seniors are
scrambling for jobs and career op­
portunities, one senior at least has a
head scare on what they wanr to do
after college. Sarah Mackay ('07), a
foreign languages major, has been
accepted for a Windward Cen­make money in interesting ways.
"Windward hoses hippy weddings,
Norse weddings, and things like
chat co earn money for the commu­
nity," confessed Mackay.
Mackay found out about che
program over the Lewis & Clark
Environmental Studies website.
She found the application process
very easy and informal. "They just how it will help obtain her long
term goals. "I would like to know
the hands-on skills sustainable liv­
ing provides. My goal is to go inco
the Peace Corps and those kinds
of skills are useful for rhat kind of
scuff."
She is very excited for her elCpe­
rience. "It's not your ordinary type
of thing. There is such a variety of
ter Sustainable Living
lnternship when she
graduates.
Windward is an
intentional commu­
nity in South Central
Washington, close to
the Columbia River
and 30 miles from
Portland. This sum-Sarah Mackay ('07) has been ac­
cepted for a Windward Center Sus­
tainable Living Internsliip where
she'll be working on solar cooking
equipment that can be used in third
world countries. things to do; such
Rex:ibilicy," Mackay
said.
While ac Wind­
ward, one of Mack­
ay's focuses i.$ look­
ing at solar cooking
equipment that can
be used in third world
countries. She'll be
mer they are accepting
five or six interns wich Mackay be­
ing one of the first three chosen.
It's a small, largely sustainable
community char is committed co
building working models of a va­
riety of sustainable systems in order
co show that appropriate technol­
ogy is viable, affordable and prac­
tical.
When they are living off their
own resources, they find ways to want people ro be real," she said.
Ar the first meeting, they were very
friendly and excited about her ap­
plying. Most applicants are male,
and they strive for a diverse group
of people. Once accepted they now
include her in che process of choos­
ing the ocher interns.
When asked why she decided
co live on a commune right out of
college, she answered readily on developing solar ov­
ens chat don't require wood so less
of natural resources are used.
Mackay and tbe ocher interns
of 2006 will be arriving at Wind­
ward's 131-acre site in the high­
lands above the Klickitat River in
south-central Washington in June
ro begin 3-monch on-site intern­
ships, and from then on Mackay
will decide whether or not she
wants to stay longer. PHOTO COURTESY WINDWARD CENTER
Sarah Mackay ('07) in the Dominican Republic in 2005. 12 •41il•l¥iiit41&1 11111€i11M the Pioneer Log, April 14, 2006
All -wofllen, no holds barred: the (pjf()/)e ~-
PHOTO COURTESY STEPHEN PRICE
by Nora Gay
0 n Friday, March 25, four all-women roller
derby teams met at the Portland Expo Center
for two head to head bouts: the Guns N
Rollers vs. the Breakneck Betties, and the Heartless
Heathers vs. the High Rollers. All the girls are decked
out in technicolor makeup and fishnets and thigh-high
dresses-kelly green, blood red, sky blue with puffy
white borders. It is not the kind of Friday night outing
that requires heels-only wheels.
Yes!-Porcland does, indeed, have its own
women's roller derby, the Rose City Rollers,
founded a year ago by a group of Portland­
area friends. They init.ially practiciced in a
parking lot; luckily, roller derby has exploded
across the states in recent days, a full-fl.edged
revival of its 1930s inception.
Recent derbies differ markedly from
early derbies, as they are no longer scripted;
instead, anything can happen in chis very
physical sport.
Sarah Compton ('06) found ouc about
che Rose Ciry Rollers lase summer and knew
immediately chat ic was what she wanted
co do. She is even writing her thesis on it,
which has allowed her co devote enough time
co practice.
Portland has four competing roller reams
in the league. Compton skates on the High
Rollers; the other teams are the Heartless
Heathers, Guns N RoUers, and Breakneck
Betties. Nso, everyone in the roller derby
has a roller name such as Vominatrix., Black
Sabbacha, or JahNasty. Compton goes by
Calamity Vain. The names fit with the
common perception chat rollergirls are
alternative, hardcore and tattooed females.
"Names can also be adapted inco a whole
persona that che roller girl rakes on for the
bouts and involves costume and behavior,"
said Compton.
Each team has 10-15 girls ranging in ages
from the early 20s to late 50s, with over 60
girls total in the Rose Ciry Rollers. Portland
even has a traveling team made up of girls
from each team, the NI-Star Traveling Team.
There is also a team for che "fresh meat," che
new girls who are just learning. the "blockers'.'.- cry co stop the jammers from
scoring. It may sound simple enough, but with
al I of the girls skating and jostling through each
other, an entertaining chaos ensues.
The games are called "bouts" and consist of
four 20-minure periods. Within che bours are
individual plays called "jams" that are akin to
the downs in football. The bours are quite the
event complere with lights, rock music, and rhe
girls costumed in their extravagant uniforms.
"People might be tempted co say it's just a
show, but first and foremost, it's a sport," said
\ Compton.
Compcon, who was a "regular at the roller
rink" in her homecown, was already familiar
with roller-skating when she joined. However,
she has learned 6ve different ways co st0p, how
co skate backwards, how co jump, and a number
of ocher skills co keep her competitive.
The Rose City Rollers practice two times
a week with che entire league at Oaks Park
or in Gresham. Without a permanent space,
they have co rent out places to skate. Each
of the teams also practices at least once more
each week. At the practices they scrimmage,
work on endurance and just skate.
For now, the bouts are mostly within the
Portland league. The traveling ream traveled
q:i Tuscan for the Dust Devil Invitational in
February where the rollergirls got ro see their
competition across rhe nation. The Rose City
Rollers is still a young ream, but it should be
ready for the bout against Seattle's Rae City
Rollergirls in July. PHOTO COURTESY STEPHEN PRICE
Five girls from each team are on che crack
at a rime, with one pivor, one jammer, and
rhree blockers. The "pivot" sets che pace,
the "jammer" is che only one who can score
by passing the ocher ream's members, and Currently the Rose City Rollers are
not taking any new members since they
had so many new applicants last fall. For
information on when rhe league will be
accepting new rollergirls, check our www.
rosecityrollers.com. ln the meantime see
the Rose City Rollers at their next bouts on PHOTOCOORTESYSTEPHENPRICE
May 6, June IO, or July 8 at the Portland Expo Top: Sarah Compton ('06), aka 'Calamity Vein,' suits up for a roller derby
Center. Tickers are $12 through Ticketswest. bout. Below: The Heartless Heathers and the High Rollers rumble in March. the Pioneer Log, April 14, 2006 13
Nat'l Poetry Month 'a synthesis of hyacinths & biscuits'
by Stephanie Beechem
In addition to being Internation­
al Guitar Month, Keep America
Beautiful Month, National Anxiety
Month, National Sexual Assault Aware­
ness Month, National Humor Month,
Alcohol Awareness Month, Math Educa­
tion Month, National Welding Month,
Pharmacists War. on Diabetes Month
(what?), National Garden Month, Cou­
ple Appreciation Month, Young Chil­
dren's Month, Out-and-About Month,
and (ahem) Pick Your Nose Month and
Neuter Your Pomeranian Month, it is,
with no further adieu, National Poetry
Month, rung in with a great clashing of
bells and ringing of sirens by ... me.
Carl Sandburg once said thar
poetry "is rhe successful synthe­
sis of hyacinths and biscuits," and
it is-absurd, bizarre, surly and
sweet, highbrow, lowbrow, smart,
silly, furious, allusive, elusive, and
mean and terrible and cool. If char
sounds like your bag, it's NationaJ
Poetry Month, the second most ex­
citing April 'month' after Nation­
al Welding Monrh. Scads of new
books are being released, literary
prizes awarded, contests held, read­
ings and lecrures given, essays writ­
ten: "Why Poetry Matters" and all
that gab.
On a locaJ level, rhe most excit­
ing poets ro alight in the city are
Wordsrock speakers and nationally
known poets David Lehman, Ed­
ward Hirsch, Dorianne Laux, Joyce
Carol Oates, and Donald HaJl,
who will all be visiting Porrland i.n
a span of three days next weekend,
April 21-23. Many more poets are
among the 250 authors slated co
speak at the fesrivaJ; a dizzyingly
large complete schedule of speakers
can be found online at Wordscock
Festival's smartly designed website.
Literary Arcs hosts Portland's most illustrious annual poetry se­
ries, enrirled Poetry Downtown,
and there's still. one poet left in rhe
2006 season, Jane Hirschfield; she
will be reading on April 18 at First
Congregational Church down­
town. In addition to rhe Poetry
Downtown series and the equally
renowned Portland Arts and Lec­
tures series, Literary Arts is also
responsible for the poetry placards
jammed in the top of most metro
Trimer buses, and..the. whole-fleet
is being updated in honor of po­
etry monrh. Keep your eye out
for these new 'poems in motion'
on Trimer buses starting in mid­
April. They will feature such na­
tionally known poets as Robert Bly
and Philip Levine alongside lesser
known local and regional poets.
Lewis & Clark aJso hosts its
fair share of local poets, including
some of our own professors. Jerry
Harp, a professor of English brave
enough to teach Intro to Poetry
Writing (yikes!), gives consistently
spunky, humorous, and warm­
hearted readings in the bookstore;
his collecrions Creature and Gath­
erings are both available ar Waczek Library. Likewise, check out Mary
Szybist's Granted, which was nomi­
nated for the NationaJ Book Crit­
ics Circle Award, or Vern RursaJa's
1he Moment's Equation, or, to drop
a more famous LC name, William
Sratford's Even in Quiet Places.
Also, this Sacurday, April 15,
Portland is officially "Poecland" -
as officially decreed by mayor Tom
Potter. All in all, eighty poets will
read across Porrland in eight differ­
enc venues=1,ooking Glass Book­
store, Mississippi Pizza Pub, Broad­
way Books, Powell's, Rake Gallery,
New American Art Union, and
Tugboat Brewing. Going to read­
ings like these, where in all likeli­
hood you will nor know the names
or faces of the poets, is like antique
shopping: you have to do a Jot of
searching before you find a gem,
but there is always that dogged
hope egging you on.
Ir's a strange experience, of
course, co bring one's love for po­
etry-which is, for me at least, an
especially sensitive, private fasci­
nation-into a public forum, as
is practically required during Na­
tionaJ Poetry Month. 1 discovered
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Books or1 Tape
The Robot Ate Me
Quiet Conntrie~ this last April when Ted Kooser,
rwo term nationaJ Poer Laureate,
came to re.ad at the WiedeniKen­
nedy Atrium downtown, and I was
so overwhelmed by his poems (and
righrfully so!-they won the Pulit­
zer) that I cried: quire innocuously,
or so "f thought. Afrerwards my
date nudged me with a look ofter­
rible shock, wanting to know what
had happened; I shook my head
and said, a poetry snob through
ai1d through, "Like a bowl_of ros­
es, a poem should not have to be
explained." It was a line I'd stolen
from Lawrence Ferlinghetti, bur he
didn't know ir and I, of course, felr
little need ro explain.
April-TS. Eliot called it the
cruellest month, and it is here
again. I recommend chat you
drink a glass of cheap wine while
reading Charles Bukowski's Last
Night of the Earth Poems and cake
care of National Anxiety Month
and Alcohol Awareness Month and
Nariona.l Poetry Month in one fell
swoop. In it Bukowski writes, "the
f!Oem isn't much / bur let me cell
you / if I hadn't discovered / it / I
would be dead." So, too, would 1. 5 Good Books
for Poetry Beginners
I. The Art of Drowning
by Billy Collins
2. 1he Wellspring
by Sharon Olds
3. New Addresses
by Kenneth Koch
4. The Pill vs. the Springhill
Afi,ie IJ.isasteh by Richar,.d _
Brautigan
5. Forlove,
by Roberc Creeley
5 Good Books
for Poetry Snobs
I. Helen in Egypt,
bytLD.
2. 1he Cantos,
by Ezra Pound
3. The Triumph of Achilles,
by Louise Gluck
4. Self Portrait in a Convex
Mi"°r, by John Ashbery
5. Life Studies,
by Robert Lowell 14
pcom1ng
Events S arts
Baseball:
April 14@ Whitworth 12:00pm DH
A ril 15 Whitworth 12:00 m \
~-/ ,.~--..
~ ~ .,
• r_. "" -the Pioneer Log, April 14, 2006
Softball:
April 14@ Whitworth 12:00pm DH
A ril 15 Whitworth 12:00 m DH
Bottom of the ninth: pair of seniors close out careers
by Aron Phillips
Far too ofren in spores rbc besr
srories go untold. To remedy char,
meet Dave Berry and Dan Paldino,
two scnjors on rhe Lewis & Clark
baseball ream thac have had an un­
believable journey co gee to where
chey are today. They may not have
rhe best numbers 011 rhe team, bur
one thing is for sure -Dave and
Dan certainly embody che heart.
Dave grew up in Tacoma, Wasb­
ingron and srartcd playing baseball
in elementary school. An All-Nar­
rows League seleccion playing for
Sradium High School during che
school year and a star on che Mid­
Sound Krushers during his young­
er years, one would be hard-pressed
to find Dave wichouc a ball and
glove in hand.
"I loved growing up there," says
Dave. "T had a loc of wonderfol
people and experiences in my life. I
wasn't obsessed wirh basebalJ en­
rirely, buc I loved rhe game a great
deal."
Dan on the ocher hand grew up in Beaverton. Oregon and scarred
playing baseball when he was four
years old. AJl-League during his ju­
nfor and senior year in high school,
Dan also somehow managed ro
make time for other sports as well.
"Growing up, 1 played a lot of
golf, basketball and soccer," says
Dan, "bur I loved baseball the
mosr. l wasn't rhe most achleric kid
in terms of running fast or jumping
high, bur I could control my body
well and make adjustments quickly
-baseball rewards boch of those
qualities." But after high school
things changed, for these rwo it was
for the worse.
After being recruited to play Di:­
vision l baseball at the University of
San Francisco, things got compli­
cated. Owing to lace merucal re.d­
shirrs and roster limit, Dave ended
up being cur from rhe team. Still
longing co suit up each weekend
for a double-header, Dave decided
to transfer co Lewis & Clark. "I
rransferred co LC because 1 wanted
to continue playing baseball," says
Dave, "and I could do chat here
PHOTO COORTESY MELISSA DUDEK
Dan Paldino ('06) has been a fixture at 3rd base for the Pios. boch withouc sitting out a year
and on foll scholarship because my
mom works at the University of
Pugec Sound."
Dan, on rhe ocher hand, chose
to go }O Oregon Stare University
after high school, a school where
he knew he wouldn't be able co
play baseball. Bur after spending
a semester at OSU, Dan realized
char he couldn't give up a chance
co play che game that he loved so
much. "I missed playing base­
ba.11 so much chat I transferred to
Southwestern Oregon Communi­
ty College to play again,'' says Dan.
"During my first year at SWOCC,
I was #raid to make mistakes be­
cause I wanted to be known as a
talented baseball player, and it was
my ex.pericnc-e there char led me to
come to LC for my junior year. I
decided co transfer here because I
wanted co play ball while I went to
school."
1n looking back, borh Dave and
Dan have nuxed feelings· about
transferring co Lewis & Clark, but
at che same rime, they will both
graduate this spring with no re­
grets about their decision.
"I was promised a lot of things
when l was recruited here that
didn't end up being nuc," said
Dave. "One thing for sure, I didn't
expect co lose as much as we did
over my career here. However, LC
bas been a growing experience for
me and l can sincerely say I am a
better person for having experi­
enced ir. For che most pare, l will
remember my rime at LC fondly."
"l didn't fit in all coo well here
at first, to cell you the truth," said
Dan. "Overall though, I'm proud
of what I've done here and I have
no regrets."
This season, the Pioneers have
amassed a record of 10-23 (5-13
in che Northwest Conference)
with four games remaining on the
schedule. Although their personal
scar lines are nor exceptional, Dave
and Dan have each recorded over
I 00 at-bars and logged 24 hits on
the season. They have played in 30 PHOTO BY HUNTER FRANKS
Versatile outfielder Dave Berry ('06) takes a vicious hack.
games, starting in a.II of chem, a feat
only accomplished by cwo ocher
players on the ream. "My solitary
goal for chis season was ro be above
.500," says Dave. "I really wanted
to go om a wiJrner. Thar's hon­
esdy all l wanted -I had zero per­
sonal goals. Bue like Coach said ac
the beginning of che season when
he addressed rhe ceam, 'Whatever
happens, you guys will be proud of
what we've done chis year,' and char
is true. I am not completely satis­
fied, I never had a winning season
ac LC, but I am really proud of our
guys and that 1 got to be a part of
this ream."
Being che only two seniors on
the roster, Dave and Dan -even if
d1ey wouldn't agree -were leaders
and mentors for this young squad.
"I don't see myself as a leader," says
Dave, "but ifl do lead, it's by exam­
ple. But since I'm nor very good. I
probably don'r do that either. I was
a caprain my junior year, but we
don't have them this year." "I would noc call myself a lead­
er on chis ream," says Dan, "buc l
view myself, however, as one of d1e
guys that everyone can come ro if
they need advice or help. Even if
they don't think my ideas are all
char great, rhey know char 1 mean
well. I've tried to show them char
rhe team should always come first
and chat ic is necessary ro conrrol
the licde things char you can con­
trol in order ro be successful in
baseball."
Dave and Dan will take the
field for the last time wearing a
Pioneer uniform on Sunday, April
23 at noon down in Huscon Spores
Complex. And although Dave and
Dan were never able co have a win­
ning season here at LC, rhey're in­
deed confidenr fur the future.
"le will happen soon," says
Dave. "L&C baseball will be a win­
ning ceam in a very shore amount
of time. My largest regret is rhac l
won't be in the dugout for it, bur I
will definitely be in rhe stands."
Optimism is key when looking into Blazers future
dismal NBA ream always has one players in this year's drafr, there Portland basketball co an end. Commissioner David Seem doesn't
believe it will go that far. Consider­
ing the problems Portland is having
with supporting public education,
giving tax payers money co the
fourth richest person in the world
is not on the top of the co do list for
Mayor Tom Potter. by Nick Bjork
Let's talk Trail Blazers basket­
ball. Never heard of them? How
about the Jail Blazers? The NBA
ream, Pordand's sole major profes­
sional athletics franchise, wraps up
its season in the next few weeks,
right around che same time Lewis
& Clark students finish finals.
You may now be asking, what
does chis have to do wich me? A
combination of low ticker sales, che
worst stadium deal in the history of
sports, and multi-billionaire owner
Paul Allen threatening to move the
ream is leaving many sports fans
skeptical about the future of bas­
kecba.11 in Portland.
Allen has recently expressed che
need co set up a public-private dual
ownership deal with the city and
him due to substantial monetary
losses. If the city doesn't agree co
the deal, he has threatened co move
chem to a new city, although NBA Tickets cost as little as $ I 0, and
considering che scaruum is usu­
ally ar half occupancy, anyone can
move down to practically courc­
side. Going ro a few games will not
only save baskecbalJ in Portland,
but other forms of entertainment
also. Portland is already known as
a small major city. Wichout loyaJ
fan support, Oregonians can kiss
hopes of professional baseball and
stadium concerts goodbye.
Ir may be hard to find much
optimism in a team whose playoff
hopes were gone at the a.11-srar break
and who have locked down che lase
place spot in the Power Rankings
for the past month, but lee's try. A thing co look forward ro as rhe sea-are a lor of quality players around
son comes to a close: dra.fr rime. which to build a young franchise. AJso, with a midseason trade of
a.lleged wife-bearer Ruben Parter­
son and che talk of an off-season The Blazers, who are fighting A recent poll on Otegonlive.com
with Seattle for the first pick in the showed chat 70% of Oregonians trade of Darius Miles, who has had
a better acting chan basketball ca­
reer (a.~ sad as chat sounds for any­
one who has seen The Perfect Score),
perhaps the Jail Blazer stigma can
finally come to an end. 1be Blaz­
ers may have cleared up enough
cap room to sign a big-name player
with no police record. draft, are living on che hope char wanted the Blazers ro choose jUJ1ior
they can fight off cheir 22-year Adam Morrison from Gonzaga.
curse of draft day doom. ~uch like Morrison is just what the franchise
che curse of Babe Ruth in Boston, needs: a kid known for his stripper
Portland has been crying, without stash, throwing temper tantrums in
success, co pick a big-rime scar in a sweet sixteen loss ro UCLA, and
the firsr round ever since they cook a defensive mentality chat says, if I
Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan score more points than che person
wich the second overall. pick in guarding me, it's good defense.
1984. Bowie went on co play rwo Ocher projected lottery picks
injury-stricken seasons while ]or-include sophomore Rudy Gay
clan became the greatest player in from Connecticut, a lethaJ shooter,
the history of basketball. The ocher and sophomore LaMarcus Aldridge
first round picks include a bunch from Texas who is known for his
of no-names, wich the exception blue-collar work ethic.
of Jermaine O'Neal, who rode che There are other bright spots in
pine in Portland until being traded the Trail Blazers future. General
co che Pacers where he became an Manager John Nash's contract will
instant all-scar. expire at the end ofJUJ1e, hopefully
AJchough there are no Michael bringing the Bob Wicsic regime,
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che same as in the Bill Walton or
Clyde Drexler era, but the ream is
young, athletic, and fun to watch.
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and a great coach like Nate Mc­
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April 15 @ Linfield
April 21-22 NWC Championships @ Willamette
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ply of ice cream, chocolate and cookies. You know,
the essentials. That box of chocolate up on top there,
I ate the whole thing yesterday.'' -Maddy Crew:
April 22 NCRC Championships
Lake Stevens, Washin ton
"The fridge is covered with all the stupid shit
that people say -just random moments chat
we chink ate funny and write down. We have
random numbers from guys char work at Fred
Meyer -especially the ones chat work at the
deli. Maddy likes her meac."-Meghann
Ul titnate heads east
by Hunter Franks
Over Spring Break the Wom­
en's Ulrimace Frisbee ream com­
peted in the Easterns Tournament
in North Carolina. They finished
tied with the University of Virginia
for third place. Highlights of the
tournament included beating 17th
ranked Wake Forest and scoring
more points against 13th ranked
Emory than any other team. They
lost to Emory in che semifinals and
Emory would go on to win the
tournament.
The team enjoyed themselves
both on and off the playing field.
"We gor co practice laying out on
the North Carolina beaches," said
Kelsey Hermann ('09). And as for
the tournament, "Everyone stepped
up and represented the west coast
in the best way we could," said
Captain Haley McNabb ('06).
The Men's Ultimate team, split
into an A and B team, participat­
ed in Sectionals in California lase weekend. The B team went 0-5.
The A tean1 won their pool and
advanced all the way to the finals
where they suffered a 13-9 defeat
ar the hands of nationally ranked
University of Oregon.
Co-captain Terry Stratton ('06)
feels che squad 'could have per­
formed even better if _they liad nor
split into rwo teams. "We were
playing with about rwelve players
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What's happening at
Lewis & Clark this week?
( L-F_n_· d_a~_,_A_p_r:_. _1_4t_h ___ ______.l I Tuesday, Apr. 18th
L&C Thinking Outside the Box
Olympics
ff you want to stretch your imagination, be
involved in some competecion, rock your
creative skills, and maybe win some cool
prizes come join in I.he fun!
SOALawn
In case of rain: Thayer
3:00 PM-6:00 PM
Dance Concert
L&C students will perform pieces
choreographed by Minh Tran and Tahni
Hoh. This is the opening night of a concert
that will be performed on Saturday as well.
Tickets will be available in the Box Office
beginning on Monday, April 10th through
Friday; 1-5 PM and during the hour before
the performances.
Fir Acres Theatre
Main Stage
7:30PM
Cost: $8 general; $5 L&C fac/staff/
alum, sr cit, non L&C students; $3 L&C
students
Lewis & ClarkJazz Night
A night of jazz featuring Dan Balmer on jazz
guitar, Gary Versace on organ, a surprise
guest drummer, and LC's own Jazz Band!
Evans Music Building
Auditorium SAAB Grant Presentation Night
SAAB helps students conduct cutting-edge
research, bring disti9guished scholars to
campus, travef around to world to attend
conferences and programs, and create
artistic projects. Listen to students discuss
their experiences and ask questions about
how to write and receive academic grants
from SAAB.
Templeton Student Center
Council Chambers
5:30 PM
I Wednesday, Apr. 19th
State of Student Government
Address
An opportunity to meet next year's
Executive Council and
hear what the future of ASLC will bring.
Council Chambers
6:00PM
ComedianJosh Blue I
Come see the comedian that "uses a rare
combination of comedic timing and stage
presence to help crowds laugh at their own
stereotypes and misconceptions about
all types of people."
Council Chambers
7:30 PM
8:00 PM Teacher of the Year Ceremony
I I The faculty finalists for the Teacher of the Saturday, Apr. 15th Year award will be inlroduced and feted. ,..._ ______________ ____. The ~nner will be announed.
KLC Radio Presents Sunburn
KLC Radio presents its annual concert bash.
The set list: Dead Moon, The Hunches, The
Photo Atlas, Books on Tape, The Robot Ate
Me, Quiet Countries.
Templeton Student Center
Stamm Hall Albany Quadrangle
Smith Hall
3:00PM
"Cuban Music from it's African­
European origins to today's mixture
of Salsa and Hip Hop"
5:00 PM-12:00 AM Pablo Menendez, founder of musical group
I I Mezcla in Cuba will speak. This is a rare
S d A 16th o_pportunity to hear a perspective from L.._u_n __ a--=-~-'--=p'-r:_. _______ _..\ Cuba given the US government's policy or
Easter Worship Service
This ecumenical Christian worship service
celebrates the joy of Easter. Rev. Mark
Duntley, the Dean of the Chapel, will lead
worship. denying visas to virtually all Cubans except
those who seek exile.
Miller Center for the Humanities
Room 105
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Frnch Play: "Trois pretendants ... Un
mari" You
Caught
My Eye ...
Me: Sleeping ip Roberts
Lounge, on a Wednesday
afternoon, displaced •
and exhausted.
You: Sweet soul who brought me a daffodil,
quite stealili1Jy.
I must know who, and I will not get used to
disappointment!
Sunday. Brunch. The Bon. Look to the
windows ...
-The Wanderer at Night
To the lovely ladies of the Lilly & BM,
Who be bonin' in the monin',
Gettin' freaky before the sun comes up,
I love the way you. tap that,
Hitting the shaft just right,
Wlien it ~ts too hot
Take it off. Take it all off
We like the way you stroke it
In our boat ...
We're long, and we're strong, and we're
down to ...
Get our freak sh*t on,
So ladies, yeah, ladie7 if you wanna roll to
New Jersey,
I wantcha to choke some loggers, sink some
Yikings
Baby you gotsta lean back.
(By this we mean we love your gut\ let's get
'er done ... with a purpose!!!)
Somebody catch your eye? E-mrul pioJog@lclark.edu!
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Weeks of 4/2-4/8
4/2. 8:00 PM. The jacket thief
of LC lore left his distinctive
mark-a missing jacket-in the
1ib~ary on Sunday night. A
student briefly vacated her chair
to use the restroom and returned to
find her raincoat gone! This put a
"damper" on her whole night.
4ll. 9:44 PM. A student reported a boot-shaped
hole in the first floor wall of Platt Hall. What Agnes Flanagan Chapel
11:00 AM
Easter Egg Hunt The French play "Trois _2retendants ... Un caused the puncture remains a source of mystery
mari" ("Three Suitors ... One Husband") and speculation.
Hunt for easter eggs around our beautiful
campus. adapted from the African writer Guillaume :=====================================::;====: Oyono Mbia from Cameroon, will be
performed by French students on the 19th
Behind the Manor House and 20th of April.
10:00 AM Agnes Flanagan Chapel
I 7:30PM I Monday, April 17th I
1-.. __ ___;__.;;.;,_________ Thursday, Apr. 20th
LC Olympics -
Civility in Politics Lecture Series,
This annual event begins with a Half- "Religious Beliefs and Illusions in
Court Basketball Shooting Concert a from Amenca"
6-7 PM in the Gym and continues all
week! On Tuesday, there will be a Poker
Tournament from 7-9 PM in the Trailroom.
On Wednesday, from 5-5:30 PM in the Bon
there will be aJambaJuice Brrun Freeze. On
Thursday, from 5-5:45 PM there will be an
Eating Contest in the Bon.
All week, in multiple places. George F. Bishop, Professor of Political
Science at the U. of Cincinnati, will speak
on how religion, politics and public opinion
intersect in 20th Century American
politics.
Council Chambers
6:30PM CLASSIFIEDS
College Students
'06 HS Grads
$15 base-appt, start now or after finals, sales/ svc,
no exper nee, all ages 17 & older, conditions apply,
Beaverton 503-646~ 1900
Portland 503-353-7509
SummerWOl'k
Excellent Pay
Flexible schedules. Start now or after finals. Cus­
tomer sa1es / service. No experience necessary. All
majors welcome. All ages 17+, conditions apply.
Beaverton 503-646-1900
Portland 503-353-7507.