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Volume 71, Number 1

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2006-09-01

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461 S SW PA1.,nnie Hru. Ro.
MSC1u LC shuttle cut to
save Trimet line 39
by Abi Kurfman
TriMer line 39 is on probatio,1,
bur Lewis & Clark College is doing
what it C::tn to_ incre:1se line 39 rid­
ership this semester.
The lhnsportarion and Parking
Comminec submincd a munber
of changes t0 shuttle service, all of
which \vere approved. 1·1tis semes­
ter, the Burlingame-Mt. Park shut•
tie was cancelled due ro overlap
with the 39 roure. While rhc Pio­
neer Ex_prcss will continue to run
downtown, it wiJJ no longer srop at
Fred Meyer's during the hours rhe
39 r~111s.
These are nor d,e only chan.g•
es, however. 1bc line 39 route it­
self has changed, and now ruas ro
Hillsdale, to "your fuvori1e coffee
shop or any of several popular res­
t>uro.nrs a.nd shops in ,he Hillsdale
area.," as the TriMet posters around
campus read.
lbc route has changed in an­
otber way, as wdL Di.recror of
Transportation and Parking Mo.rk
Morgan .said he wanrs co "make
[line 39] a more visible rransporca•
tion option."
Whereas the bus previously
sropp,xl on the road behind Hactt­
feld and ar the Csmpus Safery
building. ir now srops direerly in fronr ofTempleron, and has a loy­
over near rhe Fol"e.$1 complex as
well.
What do these changes mean to
rhc LC communiry?
,\!ready, Morgan has norcd a
"tremendous increase" in che subsi­
dized bus pa~es LC provides. "We
acrually rail out t')f momhly passes,"
he said1 adding that such !1n event
was unpr<..x:cdcmcd -SO t.-arly in che
semester. ln additioo ro die balf­
pricc monthly pa.sses, rhe cashier~
office also sells trip tickers for half
price-anorher first for the scmes ..
cer.
A:; Jaime Miller ('08) said,
"money is lhe issue." so the sob­
sidiied lickers and bus pas,;es 3re
crucial. Miller rides and supports
the 39.
"I bought a monthly pass, bur if
l had 10 think about it every lime I
gor on the bus ... it'd feel like o lot
of mon<T," she s.iid.
"Pm definitely in support of
keeping d1e 39." said Shami Odell
('09). echoing Miller and many
other srudcnts. However, Odell felt
the inconvcnicnc¢ as weU. "I really'
do miss having rhe shunle co rake
me co Freddies for free," she .said.
The new emphasis on the 39
requires planning ahead and ei­
rhcr spare change or a uip co tbe Burli
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PHOTOSCOIJijl Y ftll,lfl
Trimet bus line 39 tries out a new bus route until Dec.
cash.icr•s oAkc. "I jusr really ha\'en'r
bothered (to rake the 39]," said Liz
Ordand ('09).
Onland said she is happy with
the bus systi:m and supporrs rhe
39; even so, she s::iid, "now I'm
more likely to look for a ride rhan
borher with the bus." Miller and
Odell echoed the usdiJncss ofha,•-ing friends with cars in the new
system.
!fsrudtms have questions or con­
trtns 11bo11t the changM 10 the sh111-
1/e and TriMet line 39, emails can
be sent ro pa.rki11g@klark.edu or
mmorga11@lcbzrk.edu 71Jey t:an 11/so
be voiced in orJ,er medlums, mch as
let.UN It> the editor.
Numbers on binge drinking are down:
Has LC re~~!!l;an1Co~~ffi-i !c~ol~~:a!~ on~~r~!~i~ scver.J wiU likcly be di~
by Ethan Stone • • Is • d. th ,_ • & Cl k d • th· fi "· • d
After a surprising increase in
the consumption of h:mi alcobol
on campus las·t ye3.r which sent
the number of policy violarions
skyrocketing, initial reports from c,a m Jattc . at 1.,\;w1s ar campus urmg . c rsc two wee~ m1ssc •
stu.dents living on campus rhis )'Car of cbe fuJJ 2005 semester, including "Students ~1ppe:1r to be drink--­
have backed off on the booze. two c::ascs whjch required immedi~ irlg more responsibly;" said Rcsi~
Acoordi11g ro figures provided ace medic:,1 :urention for overly~ dent Director Jen Crowder. "Most
by the Dean of Srudcms' office, 47 pickled undergrads. of [thjs year's) reports involve small
srudenrs were found responsible for i\clruioisrrators fingered baxd amounrs ofbc-cr, whereas lasr ye:ir's
alcohol as the cu_lprir il'1 the clr!nk• reports involved large :imoums of
ing biuge, while campus pundits hard alcohol."
debared wherher LC's traditionally However, Crowder no«'<I thar
herb-friendly srudencs had rurncd alrhough aggressive inebriation has
in their bongs for the bocde. largely subsided, report, of prop-
1 □ contrast, 36 srudentS have crty damage <'<'used by off-aunpus
run afoul of che drinking policy parties has administrarors worried.
this semesr.er ro dare. Meanwhile, policy violation.s
PHOTOBYNATHAHAEl.tMSSE.Y
LC students have improved upon last year's drinking record. A)rhough at 6,st glance the rare involving marijuana during ,he
appears similar, the 2005 num-"1me period have dropped from 13
bers rdkct acrual policy violations1 cases in 2005 to eight this se.mes ..
while this years cases are only pos-tcr, meaning that LC's cannabis
sible infractions and have yet to conS\1.ners have eichcrdccr<.-.ascd in
be filtered through the CoUcgc's number, or arc simply being more
newly revised judicial proce.ss, dur-cautious. .1h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o..;g;;;,.s_e..;p.1_e_m_b_e_r_1_s_._2_0_0_6 __________ .jjbfi.1£
Law & Order: Timothy O'Dwyer
becomes LCs New Director of
Campus Safety
by Aron Phillips
Afcer rec.iring from a twenty-eight :md
a half year career working for the Porrland
Police Bureau, former Police Derccrive
Timod1y O'Dwyer joined Lewis & Clark
this fuJI .1s its new Director of Campus
Safety. He occupies ,he position laccly held
1,y former longtime dircc<Or Bill Curtain.
O'Dwyer h<-ard about the job possibili­
cy back in December when his former com•
mand<r, Porrland Chief of Police Rosanne
Siicr, n~entioned rhe position might be a
good fir.
O'Dwyer, mosr r<..-cently the Detcc.t.ive
Sergeant ar the Southeast Procincr on 471 h
and Burnside, beg:rn che lengthy applica•
tion process in April of 2006. He was final­
ly notified by Provosr Jane Atkinson chat
he had been aw•rdcd chc position on Mon­
day. July 31. 'lbrcc days lacer, on Thursdoy,
August 3, O'Dwyer officially retired from
police work .
.. ,r \\1:U a long process," said O'Dwyer.
"Bill (Cumin] retired on June 2, and we
all though, char whomever got the job
would gcr here a month or so befo,,he lefr.
Two months lalcr I'm here."
With lirde tr:msicioo rime} O'Dwyer
h:1s been forrunare enough to have Cam~
pus Safety Supervisor Benny Yanez as his
righr .. hand man from the start.
"Benny's very lmowlcdgoble and he's
been extrcmdy helpfol so far. There arc a
number of officers rhat ha\~e been here for
a while too rhar know a 1or as well. ·rhc
rransition for me has bc..~n rclarivdy easy,
bur there's a lot of ching for me to le:m1
bcrc though."
As Director of C1mpus Safety here
ar Lewis & Clark, it should be a bit of a
change of pace for che vecera.n Det(.'CI ivc
and once FBI caskforcc member. During
O'DwycrS I 7-ycar run as Deu:ctivci he
manag<..-<l ro work i11 narcotics, sex crimes,
homicide, fraud and internal :1ffuirs, before
joining an FBI raskforce rhat focused on
rhe apprehension of sro1cn property fences.
dealing mostly in the rcaLn of jewelry.
"Worlting with the FBI on :, taskforce
wa.s something ,hat I was very lucky to
get involved wirh," said O'Dwyer. "I wcnr
rhere in tbc spring of 1993 and I expect•
ed ir ro be six momhs, maybe a year-long
deal, and I ended up there for seven and a
half years."
As somebody d10t '""" a police officer
in this cicy for ;as long a~ he was, O'Dwyer
amassed an abundance of experience and
key comae.ts in d1e Portland community.
Bur from all hi.s knowledge, O'Dwyer has
taken a\v.ty one idea that is more impor-tam rhan Ole rcsr: conununicuion.
"'Communication i.s :1 huge issue. [r's
imporra.ru at all levels working here at the
campus-. The staff here have been wonder­
ful, especially all the RDs and RAs that
I've mer," said O'Dwyct "We, as Campus
Safrty, have a close worlting relaric>,;ship
wfrh them and everyone's welcomed me
wich open arms."
One of I he main reasons for O'Dwyer's
warm reception L'i his inuoducrion of a
new concept co campus: community po­
licing.
"Effc..."Ctively what ic is," s..1id O'Dwyer,
.. is involving everybody in the community
in rhe s.1fery effon. In this case, our corn­
muniry is the college. Bur it's nor onJy the
people rhat arc here at cbc college- it's also
people in ,he Collins View neighborhood
~the greater neighborhood around che col­
lc.-ge). h's working ,vi1h the srudents and
staff and faculty ro identify problems and
allowing people from all of chose areas to
have a voice in how we do our job.
"That's my philosophy. I wan, ro be
able to involve all of rhesc p!'()ple, espe•
cially students, 10 h:we some connection
in our siru:1tion here. I wanr our place co
be rransparenr as much as possible -there
aren't any great secrets here. \Xlhen you al­
low people to b,-.:omc par< of ,J,e process,
tbcy buy in10 it and rhey ,hen feel a re•
sponsibiliry ro become a real pare of char.
Particularly, I think J'm approachable and I
chink l"'ople like ,ha, about me. When I'm
willing co work with people and gh,c lhern
a stake in problems. Lhen they have a \1C$t­
cd intcresta,nd w:mr 10 he.Ip and that along
with communic.uing, i.s really imporranr."
Since O'Dwyer's arrival, Campus Safety
has been involved with ,he Dean's Office
in rt-gards ro Residence Life's future deal­
ings with sorne of d1c issues in d1e-dorms.
For example, ROs aJld RAs will be able co
ha~?c;lle sima~ons by themselves char in che
pa.st meant an immediate phone calt co
Campus Safc.-cy-namcly, chose situations
involving drug and alcohol use.
..This is what community policing is all
about: collabor:1ting wil-h your parmers,.,
said O'Dwyer. "In the, case. rhc Ills, RAs
and Residence Life gee ,o sec if rhey can
resolve the issues independently. I d,ink
rhac those people arc in a tmiquc position
co somccimcs deal with Wosc issues as ef­
fectively, maybe roinetimes eveo more ef.
fec,ively, th~n we can. And so I weko,ne
rh:.u ch:1nge."
O'Dwyer, who grew up in Pontiac,
Michigan about 40 miles north of Detroit,
;mended Oakland Ur1iversity io neighbor•
ing Rochester, M.ichig~n from 1968-1972 3 _4 _________________ ._.§j¥ _________ th_e_P_io_ne_e_r Lo....,.g_. S_e_p1_em_be_r_1s_,_200_6
The Pioneer Fair, subtitled It's an LC Beach
Party! took place over the afternoon of Friday,
September 8. It combined live music and free
food with the traditional displays of student
groups seducing new membership from the
freshmen class.
Counterclock-
wise from right to
center: The sailing
dub; circus group;
Bon Appetit staff
serving the outdoor
meal; Director of
Studenc Activities
Robbie Fung; Pre.
zident Hochsrettler
with son Taylor
Clas•Hochstettler
('i 0) and Scott
Moyer ('07). Photography by
Aron Phillips _1h_e_P_1_·0_11_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_s_e_p_1e_m_b_e_r_1_s_._2_00_6 _______ __.lllllllsli# ...... ______________________ 5_
:_p· ·o· D ·r·. L. -~ .N •• ·o· : Amendments within punitive policy
1" ~ • hint at broader scope of change • • • BEAT •
• • Spackle and Supports:
• City Repair cements communities in Portland • • • In order ro lcr some light ii-1 to thi~ opaque Academic grtcnhol.lSC
• of ours. Pon/and .Bem will highlight evenrs and org:miz.at.ions within
the Portland area and abroad. Ir is our hope that rhis will provide • :1 resource to students from which they c.ao berrcr connect wirh the
• goings on beyond our immediate campus comrnuniry.
• By Peter Beland • Ciry Repafr is a 10-year-old
• non•profir otgn1li-z..1,tion found­
ed to fudlirate community
• growth and promo,e sustainable
• resource awareness. 1hrough
such projec1s and progrnms as
• •T-horse," 1he "Village Build-
• ing Convergence" and "l nccr­
scc:don Repair," they sdmul:ue
• t.hosc inrcrts:ccd in bccorning
• more acquainted nor only with
the people in their ir'ntncdiacc
• cnvironmenr bur aJso che envi-
• ron.mcnt as a whole.
According 10 Ciry Repair,
• American neigbborhoods arc
• socially isolating and do not
promote culrure. Oslensibly, vcrgence" is a 10--day loi\g
evcor in May. During the nigh,
there arc musical performances
as wdl as presentations by lcad­
el'$ in fields soch as permacul­
mre, narurnl co1lSI ruction and
canh-bascd spirirualiry. DuriQg
o:hc <!aY o:hc VBC sponsor< vari­
ous building workshops and
projeccs such as "'Jnrcrs<.-a:ion
Repair" in more rha.n cwcmy
neighborhoods across 1he ciry.
By encouraging neighbor­
hoods to come cog·ether and
"humaniu:" strecc intersccrions.
"l111erscc1ion Repair" fulfills
Ciry Repair's goals of bringing
communities together while
integrating ccologicaJ aware-
ness inm • I h Cy
e sa:k ro
inspire
• people
e both 10
under-
• Stand A local group dedi­
cated to community
developement. the inccr-
sections.
!(Human-. . . 11..1ng a1)
intcrsec-
don in-
• 1hem- eludes
.selves as a larger communiry painting the St.reecs., consuucc-
• and rn fulfill individual creative ing benches from susrainablc
• poienrial. Addirionally, they resources and other railored
' wam ro endow members oF a ;.idditious-. thrnugh which the
• neighborhood wio:h ,he power seeds of a genuine membership
• 10 dererntlne its furure. are sowo i11 a truJy organic way
"T-hol'$e; one of Ciry Re-According ro A.ssoeiare
• pair's many projeeu, is tl,e Bar Professor of Sociology Bruce
• Mobile for tea en1husiasu- Podobuik, PSU has iakcn pare
and a vehicle for community in "'Intersection Repair" He, • grow1h. In essence i1 is a 1970s among others, feels o:har such
• pickup rruck equipped wio:h an addi1ion would help ro build
mas.<.ive Leonardo Davind-csqe LC's sense of community . • wings that se.rve as shades from If you are inrercsre9 in City
• che sun. Under thC$e in.tSSive Repafr, you can find our more
pinfons one can sir back and n...~ ;ibout them at www.dryrepair. • la,c on a pillow and chat with an org. Who knows, maybe some-
• old friend (ora new one!) while day 1he "T-horse" wil.l Ry into
enjoying a n.iee cup of free tea. our bubble and make it a lirtle • 1be "Village Buildi,ig Con-more brea,hable. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• by Christie Wright
• Srudcm conducr leners are
looking a little dilfcrcnr 1his year.
• Acornmirt<-cofSrudcmLifead-
• ministrarors revised the lecrcrs tlus
summer to be less dense and accu­• s:ative. lhc lercers, which students
• receive afccr being documented in
• an informat1on reporr citing a po­
remial college violation, norify re-
• cipients of conduct hearings and
• the: omcomes of said hearings.
11,e mosr obvious change is ap-
• parcm in rhe lener rhar iJ,i1i:ucs a
• conduct rnceiing by a Srudent Life
.a.dminismuor and the srudcnr.
• The old letter cited o:he da,c of o:he
• incidenr repori and read: "The be­
haviors described allege a poien1ial
• violarion of rhe S1udenr Code of
• Conduct, wbich has prompt«! a
meecing ... " Furthermore, the let•
• rer informs the studcnc that a djs ..
• ciplinary file will be creaied ia !heir
name in order ro document the
• process.
• ibjs leccer now reads: ") am
writing regarding the enclosed in--
• formation report... I would like to
• ,neet wirh you 3bout this situation;
please take a momenr to review chc
• r~porc and come prepared ro d.is-
• cuss ir in derail." The new lerter
in~1kes no meatioa of a disciplin­
e ary file.
• ·n,.e old lercers made students
inhercndy defer1sive, Forest Resi-
• denr Dim:tor, David B. Rosenga.rd,
• said. This ardrude mn,oned con•
versations about potential prob,.
• !ems ,h~r were mosr likely larger
• o:han O)llege policy violations.
ASLC Chief Just ice, Sr eve Som-
• mer ('06) said o:hai 1he letter rt'
• sfon.s are parr of a larger parr'
c:hangcs concerning Stu
• denr Life's approach
• policy enforcemen1.
will be a more
• ing and personal
• tio1ting process,"
he s.1id. • A survey of o:he
• conduct process also
accompanies the new let-
• 1ers. The survey specifically
• asks if the policy and ,he our­
come or the situation were clearly
• communicated and wUl allow sru-
• dems ro give anonymous feedback
aboUl rhcir experience .
• "If f've failed ro explain the pol-
• icy 10 !hat person, o:ha11s pardy my
fuult," Rosengard, said. Roscngard • has voiced concem over the vague • and legalistic language 1har daunrs
College policy as ir is oudined
in the Pathfi,,tkr. He and Som­
mer wiU dediaJ.C<."'.time this year co
evaluating rhe Pat/,ji,,d,:r and rec­
ommending revisions ro oe,.\f Dea.a
of Siudcms. Housron Dougharty.
The aim wUl be ro redefine policy
·,o berrcr 6, srudems aad berrer fit
the Collt:ge," Roscngard said .
"'There's a lor of stuff [ wio:hin
CoUege policy) !hat's super vague
and su_per unclear/" Soml'ner said .
"\X'hich crearcs more problems.•
HO\y_£vcr, Sommer notes that
this year's conduce process will
rely less on 1he Patl,jittdrr to deter­
mine conduct outcomes. College
policy will be referred t◊ as more
of a guide. "You can fall back on
policy, but firsc know the comml.1-
olty," Sommer said. "1bcrc will be
a lot less reprcssh•c sanctions and a
lot more positive sanctions."
Sommer and Rosengard borh
support individual srudent rescai:ch
on College policy as a sancrion. In
thi.s case, a student would be able
ro critique how the policy is sraccd
and reporcbackabou1 how rhe pol­
icy could be becrer communicated.
The old_ lcrcers were drafred c,:,
years ago by rhen D,...-
of Sn,-dcms, John £Id ridge.
Sommer described process of
receiving one Of these letters as in ..
ricnjdating. Studencs would. receive
notice of a. ooo.6dcnti.al document
in fheir mailboxes and would have
to sign the not.ice before personild
at che mailroom could deliver an
envelope stamped with "coofiden ...
rial" in red that contained the con ...
duct lener.
The ne,.v conduct Jertcrs will be
ddh•ere:d in normal envelopes. The
student will receive an ern:aiJ re­
minding chem to check cheir mail­
boxes. Som,ncr said that 1.his pro-­
cess v.,as less accusadv<.· .
The changes in atrimdc tow:ud
o:he conduct process by Student Life
arc largely due ro a large rornO\'Cr in
campus administration, Rosenga.rd
no1cd. He poimcd ro Doughany's
new posicioa as Dean of Students.
"[DougruirryJ providt-s us wirh 1hc
opportuniry ro change," he saicl . _6 ___________________________ ,.,.,,,,_ .. _________ ,b1,1e1.,1P;,j11,Q1,1Q1,1e.ie.ic.l1,,1,0i;: 0.,.S;iie.i11,1)11,1C,101,j11,b!liC;i.C.li.5 ... ?"'Q1o1i.Q:i.6
Letter from the Editors
To the members of the Lewis & Clark community:
As the LC comrnunit)' changes and grows, so must its .scl1ool newspaper. We have been
working hard co ensure cha, rhc 2006-2007 Pioneer Log is one cha, speaks co and for the
.smdc:nrs whom it serves. To bener represcm you, dear reader, we have implemented a few
change.s-sume of which may be obvious. others which we'd like to. tell you ibour.
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what's going on in the communiry surrounding them if articles and photos ;.'Ire visually ap-­
pealing. Furthermore. chc de.sign is more conducive co re-prese11r the attitudes of the srudcnrs
who rnakc up the comrnunicy.
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equipped ro represcnr chc mu!riplc fuccts of !l,e LC community.
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The Editorial Board is comprised of Editor­
in-Chief Christie Wright and Forum Editor
Jonathan Frochtzwajg.
ln an :urempr co s,reamline informacion about srudcms ar higher education <.-scablish­
ments, 1he Commission on rhe Future of Higher Educacion, deemed cbc Spellings Com­
mission, has proposed a federal dacabase to track studcnrs• perform:mce .
President Hochstcnlcr argued in support of such a dat:Jbase in his editorial t0 the Wash~
ingron P0S1 (Sec "Numbers 10 Make Our Colleges Beerer(' Aug. 30). He wrocc, • ... I st-ca
porcntial for advancir~ our ind.!vidual insrirutions and for identifying with grca1cr prc:ci­
sion those areas where 011r nariorlal education policy needs to bt· sut·ngthcned."
\Y/e're wary of rhc effcccivencss of the Department of Education ln ics: pursuir ro gather
infonn:uion about our higher education endeavors. \Xfhile we understand rhar dara on
what happens co college students after thc.:y gradmue, drop our or a1 rend graduate school
is limited, our generation is dise11chanted by the governmem in general, but particularly
by a Department of EduC3tion th:u bases legislation recommendations on quancic:ttivc
information. \V/e have beerl subjected co che effcc'ts of standardi1.cd testjng and .. No Child
Ld'rBehind."
Furthermore, Hochsrccrlcr's support of the database comes at an alarming cirnc. Hoch~
stenler addre.~cs the sccuriry concerns brought up by crirics of ,he data base. but di.Smisscs
them by citing the Com.mission's i1,sisrcnce char dat.abase wouJd not identify individual
smdcnts. However, the Nelu York Times reported on Sepe. I char the Department ofEduc.1-
cion shared hundreds of srudem loan applicants' information with the FBI ~1frer the Sept.
1 l ,error :mack~.
He wrires, "\'<fherc some sec the spec.rer of governmenr intrusion, I see the possibiliry of
1ransforming ourcum.·nt separate dam-reporting schemes inco a streamlined system tha, is
beneficial to students a.nd useful 10 faculty and administrators." \"V/c'rc hcsirant to supporr
an action chat intrudes on our j,ri\'acy, particu.lar1y when thar action is jw,tified as a benefit
to a srude,u population char has no proposed mechanism t-0 ope-out of the database.
ll1e editorial board suggests a more qualitative approach. \V/e feel thar if rhe ~ovcrn­
mem is curious about '".,hy students follow the path rhac they do after tht-y have lcti thc:ir
higher education institutions. perhaps they should jusr ask. \Y/c might have an answer.
Letter to the Editor
My name is Sech Kin?ie ('08) and I,
along with a very large lewis & Clark
contingency. arc concerned about the
srare of ou.r dear mascot. Finally. with
che resurrcctioo of a sp.anking new
foocball rc.,m. we feel that a mere pio­
ocxr does not convey the ferocious na­
mre of our srudenc~afhlctt"S. The name
by wl,ich our dr-M campus used 10 'be
called (rim being ,he pirate$) should be
reinsratcd immed.iocely for 1he good of
chis fine in~titucion.
Alcbough a few feel char the piona:r
rn.igl11 be:1,er represent our srudeno, we
dis:agree. A pioneer scarcht-s in vain, yet
never is contcnr with its findin~. However. the pirate is :t doer. They cre­
ate those beautifol buried rrcasurc maps
for other worthy rapscallions to di.scover.
Picture this image; A bcauciful shipsening
forch on the que,,c for trul.h. knowledge,
and suce<:Ss (che American way). They
know nOl 1he descinadon, bur they srilJ es­
tablish .1 firm sense of commuoity. Thoy
sh;.re djscovcrio wich rhtir brothers and
sisters of the nauric.'ll world. \VhaL an ex­
citing and dangerous idenriry. Rec.d's jc--al­
ou.sy will be off ,he waU!
Relating lo current cvcncs, Reed's rq>·
rescnratlve (chc gciffin) i& d~1royiog us in
a bartlc of imagery. lfche pirace rebellion
succeeds against tht! pioneer overlords. fi ..
nally the-crown of Ponbnd's g.rcate\t col­
It-gt· will r!'rurn co lrs rightful owner.
With shiv~ing ,;mbeJS.
Pricnds of the salry sea •
• _ih_e __ r_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_._s_e_p_1e_1_n_b_e_r_1_s_,_2_0_0_6 ________ ... ,.1uj,e .... ______________________ 7_
...
OUT OF THE LOOP?
The New York nmes
reported in December that
the Notional Security Agen·
cy (NSA) hos been eaves·
dropping on phone coils to
or from those suspected of
terrorism (including Ameri•
cons) without warrants
since 9/11 .
...
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
A New York Ciry fedeml judge wok up
the is.sue of , he National Security Agency'.<
(NSA) warrandcss surveillance program last
week. puttiJ1g the con1rovcrsial subject back
in headlines.
According 10 1he N,iu York 7imes, the
judge, Gerold£. Lynch, heard ,hree hours of
'"livelylt argumenrs and "i1,dicared ... rhar he
had serious r<-scrvacions about the lcgaUty" of
the program. ""I h:avc no idea how I'm going
to come out on this," he said.
.. n,is is nor the fitsc time thar a case against
tl,e NSA program has been considered. l.'ISr
momh, a federal judge in Oetroi, ruled the
NSA program unconstirudonal and ordered
it halted. bm myed her decision when the
govemment pledged to appeal. So, here we
go again.
Nine.• months bave passed since "'Snoop­
ga,e• broke, and ycr coverage of cl,e scandal
continues ro command my anc.mion and
rankle my sense_ of justice. As I write chis
article, .ind as you read it, rhc NSA co,uio­
ucs co unjusdy surveill people. And ,hough
it's hearctni ng that the govcroqH:nt is being
llken to rask for this, its equally dishearten­
ing bow slowly justice S<"ems robe_ moving tn
lialriog a program that is probably uoconsti•
1mional aod certainly illegal and unethical.
When President Bush authorized the
NSA co commence spying on Americans afp
ter 9/1 I, he allegedly had the intention of
protecting che country from another terror­
ist ::mack. Bur, M with so many of his ocher
initiacives in the '\vat on rerror/' che presi­
dent seriously overstepped h.is bounds. First of :1ll, d1.ere has been a mechauism
by which the government may do ck·ctronic
surveillance since 1978-,he Foreign lncd­
ligencc Surveillance Act, or FISA. 11tat legis­
lation authorizes c.hc Depanmcnc of Ju.sticc
to ask the secret Forcigo lnteUigence Surveil­
lance Court (FISC) ror 1he OK co conduct
electronic surveillance on somebody up to
72 hours afrer surveillance has ~lready be­
gun; so long as "1bc,e is probable c:11,se to
believe dm ... the rargct of cl,c electronic
survciUancc is a foreign power or an agent of
a foreigt, power."
'lbe Deparrmenr of Jus1icc bas made
multiple excuses for why they <Udn't use this
mechanism. Going ,hrough the FISC would
be too slow, they said, and ro gee Congress'
go-ahead co crcacc a spccdkr sysccm would
expose U.S. intelligence's c.1pabilities. h's
hardly .. ~onvincin__g, however, rhar because rhe
government found cxi.scing law cun1bcrsomc,
it was justified ia circumventing it.
Also unconvincing is i:he govemmem·~
argument chat Congress ga\•e cbc president
che power to enact the NSA program when it
passed 1he A111 hori,,uion for ,he Use of Mili­
rary Force Against Terrorists (AUMF) afrer
9/ I 1. In ,hat lcgisla,ion, lawmakers gave the
presidem free reign 10 '•use all necessary and
approprlace force against rhose narions, orga•
nizations. or persons he determines planned,
~,uchorized, committed, or aided the terrorise
attacks char occurred on Seprember I J ."
111cgovcrnmcnt has argued that electronic
surveillance is included under ,he phrase "all
necessary and appropriare force.it This seems
an awful srrctch. considering chat the AUMF (MACRO}
A weekly pie<:e that examines issues outside of Lewis & Clark.
Th~ Warning
Is In The
Warrantless
Wiretapping
was a broad s-rntute clearly nor intended to
address such a specific siruarion as rhe NSA
program. The government has also claimed
chat the Constitution gives rhe plt"sident che
power to single.handedly authorize such a
program as the NSA one without Congr<-s­
sionaJ approval. Th_is claim is bast,-d on a con­
troversial reading of"cbe Conscir11tion known
... the NSA program is
still an issue on which we
muse rake a stand as co
which direction we want
co see this country go in.
as the "'Unirary Execurive theory." The mos-t
promincm advoc.acc of chis theory is pre.s­
endy John Yoo. • law professor who h:as
advocated that under rhe Constitution. the
c.·xccucivc brancb has almost limiclc.-ss power,
especially during wartime.
In December, at a debare in Chicago, Yoo
even said char no law or crc.-:ny could stop the
president from torturing a person by crush­
ing their childts resticles. "'I rhink ir depends
on why cl1c President cl1inks he needs to do
thac: he said. Clearly, Yoo and the Unitary
&<eutive theory are on the fringe ofconsri­
rurionaJ inrerpreiuion. \'Q'hecher rhe presi•
dent overstepped his ConstiturionaJ clout in
aothoriztng rhis program is ;i complex ,ssue,
one th-ar is unclear.
What is dcar is that chc president be­
haved illcg;uly ·when he kept ,he NSA pro-gram a secret from aU bur eight Congre,-s
membe~. The Congressional Research Ser­
vice, a nonpartisan branch of the Library of
Congress, wrote in a report relc..-ased in Janu­
ary that, given tht1:cco,1gressional intelligence
conuninces are supposed co be kept in the
know and up to date on all intelligence ac­
tivities, Bush's actions were "inconsi.stenr
wirh rhe law.'' Also cle:u is rhe: fo:ct 1~;11 Bwd1
publicly lied about ,he NSA program during
his weekly radio address on April 20. In chat
address. the presidenr s::tid that "'a wiremp re­
quires a courr ordert a11d rhat "nothing bas
changed" about that.
Aside from rhe tricky issues of whether
the president acted unoon,stitmionally. itle-­
gally, or dishonestly in this matter, dw NS/\
program is srilJ an issue on which we must
take a smnd as co which direction we waot to
sec chis country go in.
On ,he day after 9111, Sen. Patrick Leahy
ofVermom prophetically warned 1hat •1r we
abandon our democrac)'· <O [rhe tcrrorisrsl,
they wio ... We will maintain our dc.·mocracy,
and with justice, we will use our Strength.
\Xie will not lose our commirmenr 10 i:hc
rule of law, no macrer how much provoca~
tion, because ,har nJe or law has pro1ecrtd
us throughour 1he centuries. Ir h:1s cre:ned
our democracy. It has made us what we arc in
history. We arc a good and ju.st nation," Five
years later, the NSA program represen1s the
nacion's reerering on the brink of jusr such
an abandonment of dcmocrac)' in favor of a
syscern where rhe president has power ::iOOve
dte: Consticur.ion, the law, Congress, and the
people. _:8:.;:_ _______________________ jejuju __ l-________ th_e_P_io_1_1e_e_r_L_o..;g.,_s_e..;p_1_en_1_b_e_r_1_s_,_2_00_6
May I Help You
(Off a Cliff)?
By Stephanie Beechem
Old women order chocolate soft .. scrvc
cones-this I know. Old people in general
~tre exrn:mdy fond of the A:wor "'banan:1
cream pie.l!O People our parenrs' age. order
peanur buster parfaics: hor fudge and Span•
ish peanurs and vanilla soft serve layered to­
gether in call clear plastic cups.. and invari­
ably served with those ubiquirous long red
DQ spoons. Young people order 20-ounce
cookie dough or caramel chip cheesecake Qr
'Chocolate Exrremc' Bli1.1.ards (the larrcr be­
ing a hcdonisticaJly decadent mess of brown­
ie pieces, cocoa fudge and chocolate chunks
frapped together with ice cream) and I /2 lb.
Flamerbrowc.r burgers and baskets of friC$­
ond thar's jusr one person.
Sure, I ber rou work hard ar your office
job, talking on the phone wirh people, send­
ing e .. maHs. fa.'<ing chings, purring rogcchcr
project plans-but the real shit g= down
oc 9:30pm on a Friday night at the Gar­
den Home Road Dairy Queen in souch­
wes, Portland, \Vhen an entire L.inle Lelgue.
b:iseball re:un comes in and orders en masse.
rhcir beady black lirtle eyes dancing over
the menu, and my co~workcr and J have to
spend the acxt twenty minutes up ro our el­
bows in Oreos and bananas •nd M&Ms ,nd
,rrawberry pie filling, whipping up one high
mainte.na,,ce Dairy Queen creation afre-r :in-..
od1cr, rrying ro keep a sense of humor whiJc
coared in a thln, sricky layer of fudge.
A sense of humor in this job is absolutely
vital-because the rcsr of the employee$ and
I 3« pissed off that we have 10 m;,lce seven
banana splits for rhc mom rhar looked right
p.1sr d1e cashier ar the menu like the cashier
wasn't even a person. B<..-cause. perhaps most
lmportantly, we're all ever so slightly insecure
about what Working a Fast Food Job really
means for us. Does ir means ·we've missed
somccruci3l crossroad ro Re.,I Job Land. and
:ue doomed ro k~p missing it unriJ we find
ourselves behlnd yer another counter at 45?
Bccausc I can'r help but think, l am a lib­
eral arts srudenr with a 3.7gpa peddling soft
s(•rvcl Because l know whar it feels like ro
say "Will th•t be all for you roniglu?" thirty
times an hour.
Working as the drive-thm girl at Dairy
Queen was supposed 10 Ix: my th.ir<l "sup­
plemencal" job this summer, a space filler for
the empty afternoon hours afrer my rwo le­
gitimate office jobs, and it wa.< rhe hatdesr
I've worked for $7.50 an hour in my life.
You tblnk you're needed ar your $12/
hour behlnd-the-dcsk office job? Doubtful,
\'(/1:,en you're needed, really truly honest-to-god ne¢dcd, is when rhe drive-rhru backs up
i1tto lhe grocery swre parking l01 uexr door
at 8:00pm some weeknight,, and you've gor
fifrccn large Bliwirds stacked on cop of a
brillianr 11cvcr-cnding hodgepodge of 011iou
rings and double srack chcc,eburgers and
crispy chicken salads with rwo cx.rra orders
of honey mustard, pleast, on the side, and a
banana splir with pineapple and scrawberry
and could you jusr SU BSTlTUTE hot fudge
for chocolarc sauce, thanks-that's when ic's
do or die.
But as sricky as the job can be-lirerally,
figurarively-wh:tr I came ro realiie as rhc
summer progressed is rhat there. was a sun•
nier side co ir. f\'e never borne witness ro so
much gossiping, back-ralkingand passive-ag•
grcssivc, or just O.ar out aggressive., behavior
as I have ar some of my office jobs; at Dairy
Queen, I had no choice but to lean heavy on
my co-workers aod co ger along with them.
\'Vichour rheir help and their humor, I was
doomed.
Working where people come
to eat ... well, it eats you.
Terrance, for in.stance, was a crucial pare
of our silly crew: he was 26, 6'2", and carved
our of muscle, an aspiring pro-achlctc by
day and a comically rducrant burger Sipper
for u, at nigh, who jabbered constantly to
anyone who would Hsren. and some1ilnc.f ro
people who wouldn't. Every girl in the place
was, invariably. in love with him. Michelle,
roo, was inccgral: 17, loud, showy, an Ama­
zon, had dropped out of high school and was
always hopped up on meds ond c:iffeine and
her own gigantic personality, and ended up
being one of rhe mosr enjoyable people I've
met in 1ny years in Portland.
Then add me inco the mix-an admit­
rcd.Jy sclf-iavolvcd, overly articuhttc, ma­
nipulative grammar sno~n drive, dealing
direcrly with rhe people who pay our cl1<'Cks.
And Kari and Jeremy and Carol and l abitba
and Amanda and Mdissa and-wdl, the lisr
g= on, We may bave been fuclrnps, in one
way or ~nother-and almost everyone would
readily admir ro rhar-but we were_. ar rhc
end of rhe night, rhe all-singing all-danc­
ing blue-srriped-polo--wearing Dairy Que-en
army of southwc.<r Pordand. Some of the
most touching moments of the summ<!'r hap­
pened just beyond that drive-tltru window,
and I_ mainrain to this day rhar I have never
found such an une-x1>ecred and c:onsistenr re ..
serve of all-purpose good humor, camarade­
rie and unrelenting hard work as 1 found in >
my Dairy Queen co-workers ..
Chances arc, if you ordered a Blizzard
this summer in southwest between
rhe hours of 4-10, I had·my
hands 011 ir. And screw
you:--l'm proud of
it. I'm nor say ..
ing. of course.
,har peddling
io: cream is It
for me. I ,<1as
ahvays s1ca,( ..
ing away
during my
lunch breaks
tO re.\d Vir­
ginia Woolf
and remind
myself
of, wcU,
who I was
in rhe 9ff
hours. Working
where people
come m cat ...
well, it cats you.
Bur I savored it
in my own s:tvage
way-because. in
thardepravcd, life­
sucking black hole
I call my heart, I
hungered for the
messiness of ir, the
9:00pm Blizzard
rush craziness of
ir, the ad-lib, do
whar you can,
help our your
co--workers in
the clurch side
of i1-aU ,be
messy, goo~'Y• up to
your elbows in chocol:ue
~•uff you never have ro
deal wirh in the office.
I figure the best I
c.,n hope for in the
grand ,pectrum of Fu­
cure O,rcers is • job
where l can get up to
my elbows, or up ro
my neck, in whatt"vtr
I'm doing, and ear up
evc,y sweet ll:Unutc.
In rhac sense, [his
summer wasn •r a
bad scare.
PHOTO f1f
ORSTIE WRIGHT • .l.he_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_s_e_p._t_e_n_1b_e_r_J_S_._2_00_6 __________ jej11ju._..._ _____________________ 9_
The Mooney
Michael Mooney was a former LC president. He
resigned in 2003 after it was revealed that he had
invested $10.5 million worth of College funds in
a risky business venture. Each week, the Piolog
will award "The Mooney" to somebody who has
fucked up as badly as Mr. Mooney did.
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
Herc: at the Pioneer l.A>g, we l.boughc it would be
cough to decide to whom rhe dubiou,s honor of being
the ~rsr redpienr ever of The Mooney wo,tld go. But
it soon became obvious who shduld be shamed- Tl,e
Bon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everybody knows the qualiry of
Bon cuisine a1akes a meal in Fields far from fine din•
i ng. But it's nor for rhar reason chat we arc giving chem
rhis week's Mooney. Rather, it is for che Bon's m<>st re­
cent transgression- their di..minatiou of die $3.ndwich
lfoc ..
11,c sandwich I ioe was formerly a regular feature of
lunch a1 che Uon.. ~n amx1.Hng scation char offered a
oor11ucopia of gasrronomical delighrs to be assembled
inco a delicious sandwich.
Tuna, pickles, mayo, white bread-those old friends
we know and love from ye;us of bro\YI\ b:ig lunches ..
were all <here as a safeguard agains, rheother unapp..>al•
iog opriortS thor ofrcn populace <he Boo.
IIH h I 0 o.
needing lond .. r peSk!:f PioS
flu:s an~ lon~eT'!" In shorr, the sandwich line was an old and
trusry friend. And the Bon killed ir.
Students have put up a good fight against the
sandwich line's decim3don. During chc first few
days of the semesrerJ as returning students awoke
to rhe cruel rcaliry <bar <he sandwich line hod
been raken from them. the "'Comment$)> board in
,he Bon w,u bomb.,ded with requesrs to bring
<he Ii ne back.
11,e Bon management impaled die pile of
pie.as a_nd posted a written response explaining
chat the sandwich Une wou.ld continue co cxisr,
bur only on Fridays. The od1er four days of the
week chat lu.nch is served. the station formerly oc•
cupied by the sandwich line would fearure nor­
quice-sa.ndwich ireins like wraps and pan in.is.
Frou-frou ilems like wraps and pa.ninis are not
sand.wichl'S. Not even close., Nice cry, Bon.
A.rcn•c students supposed. co have 3 say in the
J::lyf l'jli OJ\
wj\houl
REPRESENff\TIOfl planning of Bon
menus via somt.
rype of comnut•
ccc? If so. that
body must really
be :asleep at rbe
wheel. In facr, .
itS a rravescy chat
<hcsc supposed
guardians of our
intercscs have aJ:
lowed this co hap­
pen.
See here: Why
fix what ain't
broke, Bon? Seep
oCf, n nd give us
back our sand•
wich line.
After all, ic"'s not
the upperclassmen
who arc burr most
by its removal. Ir s
the fresh-faced
"firsr-rears"' who
arc blissfully un•
aware of the grave
injustiGe lhac bas
Ix-en pcrpeuared
•irinst them. It's
for rl!ose inno­
cenrs that we give
<he Mooney ro <he
Bon.
UIJSTRIJjONS'tBRAO J0AAS The Fighting Hamster
What hos and hos not changed since 9 / 11
by Matt Savage
Monday was the fifrh anniversa­
ry of a norional rragedy. A< we wenc
::1bout our normal lives. mshing co
get ro class or eating lunch with
friends in the Bon. we ccrnc.mlx:red
and mourned cbe deaths of rhrce
thouso.od. But on this fifd, anni•
vers.1ry of a horrendous evenr, we
should 001 dweU on the tragedy
of the past. Ra<hcr, we should cel­
ebra« <he Fururc, and <he freedoms
and libCI1ics <bar we are able to en­
joy. ln a. world where so rnany oth•
crs cannor.
We also should focus on <he
steps we have cakcn co make us saf'­
c,r, and the steps we haven't taken.
AJbcic wicb mixed succcss. we h:we
mrned Afghanisra1l into a quasi ..
democracy. \V/e have our rakcn chc
leadership of a country that once
harbo~d terrorism. We have im­
proved airport security immensely
and reinforced oockpit doors on
airlines. Although the PATRIOT
Aet has m:ljor ff.\WS, chc: provisions
thar srrengthencd communicacion
berwecn intelligence- agencies have
doubtlessly helped. We hod done
a lot to change b:mking lows and
m.-de it harder for ccrrori.scs ro get
funding. And although far more
roam free, we have captured many
AI ... Qaeda tenori.srs and operatives.
Bue there arc $0 many things
<hat we haverit done to make u1
safer. \'<le ;He 1)c)w more clcpeo•
dent on Middle Eastern oil th;111
we were before chc-arucks, p,c:.rhaps
rhe worse mistake our country bas
made in the past 6vc years. le i.s no
secret tbor 15 of <he 19 hijackers
were Saudi, the counrry char has
the world's largest oil reserves. And
ir is common knowledge char chi.s
oil money helps fund terrorists. Ycr
gawline costs far more than it did
on 9/ I I and we wiU pay the price.
Wi<h <he hundreds of billions we
have spent fightillg terrorism in so
m:toy ocher ways, we have failed co
Fund ,hi$ far d1caper option.
Another accion chat was sup-posed co make us safer has made
us far less safe, and killed nearly
as many Americans as rhc 9/11 at­
tacks: rhe ·war in .Iraq. The war did
not strengthen our position. bu.tdi·
luted forces we desperately needed
co 6glu terrorism i.n A.fghanismn.
We enr:1ged the Muslim world
and provided <he perfect recruit•
mcnr rool for AJ,Qatsla. i\nd we
did all <his to a counrrywbosclead­
er, wMJcsurdycvil, ,vas a s«:ufarist
with uo connection to Al-Qaeda.
Becouse of our impe,ial hubris
iu (r.aq :md el~ewherc and our cow ..
bqy style diplomacy, we have ru­
ined ,he good intentions chat the
world bad for Americans on 9/1 I.
We scowed our allies and silenced
moderate$ in the Muslim world
with our :tctions .and our rhetoric.
A, a time when America needed
tbe most help, we dccid«l to go it
alone. \Vic have lost huge ground in
the war for hearts :.1nd minds in rhc
Muslim 1vorld.
\Vie h.ave also done a poor job
llncning ro che recommendations
ofthe9/I I commission,somcthlng
that, tragically, tht Bush adminis­
rracion didn't wa.n.t and blocked :u
every step of rhe way.
We have failed ro secure loose
oudear material &om chc: former
Soviet Un.ioa, wbich could end
u,p in rhe United Stares as a "dirry
bomb" -<ir worse. Wt have roiled
to gjv¢ reaJ kCl1rity c-o our chemi•
C:J.I weapons plams, whlch could
e:1Sily be used in a rcrcorist arntc.k.
We have failed co inspccr ,he cargo
coming imo ou.r short.s. And the
rccommcnda('ion co appoint 3 di­
rcctoc of inu:lligencc co supercede
the CIA ond FBI has been a bu­
reaucratic nightmare.
In this week, we all oa:d to de­
mand more efforts on these fronts.
and others, from our olecred lead­
ers in both panies. Five yea~ ago,
a□ attack or chis nugniwde was
une>:pecred, and ,ve were not pre.­
pared.
If we arc attacked again, will we
be prepar<sl for it <his time? .l...,_Q ________________________ •M@•1•jij .. ., ________ t1_1e_P_io_,_1e_e_r_Lo __ g_,_s_'e_p_t_e_m_b_e_r_1_s_,_2_0_0_6
Paddling forward: student revitalizes, rejuvinates club
, PHOTOSB'Yl!EWfSTARK Junior Dan West (left) and Ethan Weston ('08) battle rapids at a kayaking competition in Reno. LC's presence m Reno was a triumph for the Paddling Club.
by K!!vin Stark
N ear the end of spring semester on the morning of Thursday, April 20, a duo representing Lewis &
Clark Paddle Club (LCPC)-a club of experienced and aspiring river kayakers-sat red-eyed and
sleep creased, waiting in a turquoise Windstar minivan outside of the Forest donns. In fact, Dan West
('08)-owner of said Windstar- and his companion Ethan Weston ('08) were waiting for the third member of
LCPC representing Lewis & Clark at the National Collegic Kayaking Competition. They would be making the
10 hour drive that day, and ardvi1lg in Reno, Nevada rhar
evening. Also expecred was a Viking of a kayakcr with wide­
defined shoulders. standing a few inches over six foe,. Bit;
Jimmy Conon ('08) was late. "A:; usual," remarks West,
chuckling and recalling a similar morning when Cotton­
-also accomplished telemark skier-w:u holding up a c.1ravan
to Mt. Hood.
lo frustcitionJ after laying on his horn and conducting
severaJ phone conversations in which Cotton pleaded im­
ponanc business, West bursts inco Cotton's dorm nx,m to
discover him fut7.ing around on Faccbook.
This seems to be representative o( the mindset of the trio
of civc.r tbrashers \\•ho have :l s1range perception of social pri­
orities. They rake :1 differenr, more rugged path in life. Or
maybe even one srcp further, as some mt-a.ndcr c.hc ups and
downs of the road less ttavded: they choose to By by, boating
the rapids of a river path, throwing a miMle finger up in d,e
face of the aforementioned social pr·ioriries.
For example, the representuives of LCPC were going ro \
miss rwo days of da.~ just one week before finals co com­
pere. West himsdf had taken a thrt-c week ttip down the Sal­
ween River in d1c. nonhwesr Yunnan Province, 15 miles oif
the Burma border in China.
West missed class in order to accompany rhe head of his
former kayaking school, Scott Doherty ('05), down the river
for the 6rst tiine. Doheny is planning on raking furureclass­
es down the Salween.
The rurquois, minivan with six boats roped to the ,oof symbofo.es the refurbishmenr of the LCPC. Pionccml
roughly ren years ago by the fully sponsored LC almnnus
Sam Orcvo, the club had very much fallen intO hard times.
Drevo bad devoted his spare time a1 LC to the paddle
club, amassing a budget of around $5-6,000 and organizing
weekly trips with aspiring kayakers down rivers as well as
Dan West ('08) has striven to
rebuild the LC Paddle Club, or­
ganizing Sunday night pool ses­
sions to help students become
comfortable in boats and to teach
them to roll under water once
they have capsized.
pracrice sessions in Lhc swimming pool Acc9rding co Wcsc,
D,evo maintained high standards for his kayaking inscruc­
rors, making sure they passed all the Americ:w Canoe As­
sociation standards for in.stwcting; LCPC w.is, afce.r:ill, the
only h.igh-risk organii.ition run eorirely by srudems. High
sca.ndards were a must.
WeSt also said Drevo l~ft large shoes ro fill, and panicipa•
t.ion and organization began to dwindle. LCPC was passed
down through four heads, slowly deteriorating until. it land-ed on rhc ,boulders of Nat Chalkley, West's predecessor.
Wbco Chalkley p•ssc<l the reins t0 Wesr ,be dub wa., ba­
sically i1011-ex.isten.r. \X'est bas striven ro rebuiJd what Ore:vo
had built, organi,.ing Sunday night pool sessions with Cot­
ron and Wcsron as well as Turin Hill ('09) helping students
become comfonablc in boars and tcachiug them tQ roU from
under-water once they have capsi_lted.
He even caravanned a trip with Corron, Wesron and Hill
during the spri.ng semester. Wesr, however, forgot his paddle
back ar school, and wa, forced to paddle the river by hand.
The separate tdp to the kayaking competition io Reuo
was the culmination of West's cffons; although m,ybe nor
the best LC kayakiag outing, with West only :idva11ci11g 10
the semifo,als, it showcased how revitalized and refunded the
dub had become.
lhis year West has doubled his funding and is enjoying a
nice buzz about campus regarding the paddling dub. He has
plans to update the website, cootinue with weekly pool ses­
sions, and cventualJy take out some virgin k.ayaker$ for thc.ir
_6rst river roos.
West said, •My goal this year is to get lsrudents without
kayaking experience] comfortable in moving water. includ­
ing bearing the cold, Ripping over, and rolling."
For mo" infonnation qn th~ Uwis and Clark Paddling
Club, visit hnp:/!www.klarlt.,du/,paddkl, you ran email th,
c.lub a.t pnddl~@ltlark.edu .. or ;rou Mn eqmact Dan Wt.-st or
Erhan W.,,ron. .t1.1e_P_io_n_c_e_r_L_o_.,_0
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September 11th: Five years later, LC community
chooses silence over words to remember the tragedy
by Kevin Stark
With just live yc-,rs distance,
how docs one begin to comptehcnd
,he push of the hallds of September
11? How doc.>s one pinpoint che in•
Auence~, from polirical to personal.
economic to religious? The disrinct
ft·ding of history unfolding that
cttpt in ,he back of ,he worlJ's
mind as television secs first Ro.shed
the falling of ,J,e rowers has settled
in now, conscaru and reminding.
All one has ·m do is look at a
newspapc.r or Wp on the television
:.ind they see the haod pushi1lg fur­
ther, cxrending ir.s re.1ch.
Ir would be near impossible
to disregard the knowledge refer­
enced, so often in ausarion for so
much th~t if it were not so heavily
loaded with power. i, would have
become clich~.
How does one formulate words
of mourning when the historical
rubble has no, settled?
Christopher Hitchens in an
opinioo piece ri1led 4Solidaricy,!I) printed in the September 11, 2006
Wall Srrm joumal. chided ,nose
r.hac ~vould c:negorize rhat day as
:in "American 'loss of innocence"'
saring, "Nobody, o, nobody se­
rious, though, this store-bought
phrase would quite rise to the oc­
casior\ of the incinerarion of down­
rown Manhan:tn and 3,000 of it.s
workers."'
Lewis & Clark College and the
Dean of the Ch,pcl, Mark D11111-
ley, chose silence rather than strug­
gle to find words of remembrance,
lening the Ricker of a candle light
vigil speak to students who felt it
nt"Cessary to stop in the Chapel la.sr
Monday.
Srudents could scrarch rhoughcs
and feelings down on small nore
cards, read varying words of peace
from authors such as Deng Ming
0-,o and Satish Kllmar. Under the
headi11g of Na1ive American, rhe
words readt "Let us know peace.
For as long as ,he moon shall rise ...
Lcr us know peace . .,
Duntley-who was 011 an e-maH limervc of Chaplains and Church
k-aden for schools across th«:: coun­
try-mentioned that m"ny schools
offered similar momencs of silence
or vigils, bur more action wai rakcn
to remember in schools rhat were
closer to the East Coast.
Dundey attributes mi> to the
direct connection of ~cudenrs. fac­
ulty, and s12ff at schools out East 10
rhose thal died or were injured on
September 11.
"We ptobably would hO\'C done
more here if there had been more
of ,, direct connccriont Duntley
said. mentioning that a majority of
LC srudcnrs and staff were one or
rwo steps removed.
For example, Ben Manne's (' I 0)
p,arentS lu,d a frielld rh-at w3s work­
ing in one of the rowers rhar per­
ished. Manne1 whose mom is from
New York, made phone calls to re­
lations in New York, but did uot
attend the vigil.
Roberr Eisinger1 Associate Pro ..
fcssor of Political Science/Depart•
menr Chair Political Science. had \
a Jircct conn1.."Ction in a distanr
friend from Haverford College
\\' here he :mended undergraduate
school. Eisinger did nor mend any
ccremonio or vigils, bur attributes
char to rhc way ~c ii, coping wirh
September II.
Sec,mryofOefen.<e Donald H.
Rumsfeld in his own .uriclc print­
ed in the same edition of the \(11/J
Streer-Jo11mal placed the tcadcr at
the Pentagon, writing, "At 9:38 am,
the entire Pentagon shook. I went
ourside -and saw che horrific face of
\Ya.r in the 21 .._ cenmry. Those pres-­
cm could foci the heat of the /lames
aDd smell the burning jet fuel-all
that remained of .AJnerian Airlines
6igl1177."
ihe aftermath of September
11 condnues co run its course. af,.
fccring millions of pt'Oplc across
the country and across the world
in many dHfereru ways. Pcrh:,ps
all ,hac one can do :n this point is
remember in silence aH chose who
1ost rhcir li\fes rhat day five years
ago. IUUSTRAOOH SY JONATHN-1 FROCKJZWAJG
The candlelight vigil was
the centerpiece of the 9/11
memorial at LC this year.
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COMMUNITY BUILDER, OE'\N OF STUDEN IS, AD~
New dean attributes lack of LC identity tt:
Dougharty discusses his role as Dean of Students in his office. Dougharty
describes LC as a "middle school dance ... There's a heck of a lot of energy,
but everybody's off on the side lines, dancing with their pals," he said. There's more than one-way to k
by Nathanael Massey II photos by Jocelyn Stokes
hen he arrived here last spring, new
Dean of Students W. Houston Dough­
arty discovered what might be termed
the Scylla dile1nma: he found, in the
community of Lewis & Clark, a con­
glomeration of separate minds; each chasing-with
shared intensity-different objects in different direc­
tions. "Right now, the groups chat make up LC seem
terrific, but they're also al'mos~ entirely autonomous f
[from each ocher]," he said while recounting his initial
impres,ion of LC. Referring co both Stu•
denr and administrative organizations, he
said thar whik impressed by the dose ties
and inccrnaJ efficiency of thes< groups, he
was concerned by rt.e high degre,, of isola­
tion existing benveen 1hem.
11,e current levels of communication
are insufficient m unite rhc various bodies
as one community, Dougharty said. In od­
djcion, studcncs tend co limir their suppon
to activities they are liirecdy involved in or
identify with through membership.
Dougharty said that ,he role of commu­
nity builder would be his fim and foremosc
cask. His posicion, previously occupied by
Former Deon of Smden1s Jon FJdridge,
cypically involves the adminisrratioo of
and communjcarion between various de­
panmems of student support, including
Srudcnr Support Services, Career Support
Services, Srudenc Success and Wellness and
Srudcnc Life Jn,emship; ro "provide these
organizacions with borh rope and rcsourv
es," as Dougharty said.
He has so far received an enthusiastic
reception from student leaders and admin•
iscrarnrs. Speaking of tl1e sclecrion process, ASLC Presidenc Bobb)' Mcl-lugh said rhai
Dougharty ... seemed energized, not imimi­
datcd, by our passionate and outspoken
smdem advocates and {he ,vasj genuinely
excited [ro help meer their concerns]."
lloth McHugh and Administrative
Coordinacor Amy De La Cuba messed
Dougharty's imerpenonal approach co his
posidon ... Houston's very rdation~tl in his
approach co things," wrote De L, Cuba.
"He rcaJ.iies chat there is more ro look ac
tban just Slatis1ics and what's written on
paper when making decisions. He's abom
being transparent, so people, including
srudents. will hear about what's going on."
llto issue of tronsporency is on char has
been ca.ken up by s-cudcnrs--in opinions
voiced \V"ithin this publication and else­
where--mulriplc cirnes in che last sew:r.-1
years. Residence Lift: ha.s oome un_~cr par•
ticuJar .scrutiny. Due in parr ro his con•
versations with s1Udcnis ► Dougharty has
rccognittd this i.ssue and propose-cl a solu­
tion.
''One of the things 1 bring wi1h me
from me previous backgt0und is :1 heavy
scase of assessment," he said. He proposes the Pioneer Log. September 15. 2006 --- 13 ---------------------------------
WIS I RATOR, COMMUNICATOR, ROPE, A.S9ESSOR
~ack of • unity
:,,«,n LC-stude t, he says
a program through which cvety depart­
ment of student servic.cs could evalu,,re
i1>tlf, focusing on c.,ch department'$ inrer­
:lClion wirh rhc srudcnr body and calcular•
ing exrcnr co which each cnhancc.-s snidcnt
wellness, involvcmcnr. satisfuction and
learning.
In addition to t"1.nsparcncy, Dougharty
secs his primary goals as rhc advancemcnr
of srudenr success and inremionaliry. He
will aJso work rowards creating an cnvi­
ronmenr in whkh students arc their own
best advocates, he said.
111\m -0r the colkge experience is de-­
seloping responsibilitr-<lcvcloping a
sense of self.' he added. ·n,is philosophy
mends ,o parcn!S as wdl: pan of h.is job.
Dougharty said, is to bclp parctltS Stan ,o
rdlnqui$l1 responsibility over their chil­
drenJ rhus allowing srndcnrs ro develop
autonomy. 10 rhar c.xccm ir is importanr
for lhc college to be a supportive environ­
mcm and a united community.
1l1is unity, he said, is currently un­
derreprcscmed. Ci1ing low tumour at
sporr.s. 1nusic and club events. he stressed
the imponancc of idcmificarion not
only through thing,< like Bon meals and
eolk-ctivc suffc,ing during ~nals, but
i sense of 1he ~wis & Cbrk comrnu­
nit)' as :li\ affiliated group wi,h legiri•
mate interest in k~ members' activities.
"ll1c most eff<.'Cti\'C way [ to build commu­
nity) is ro supporl each ocher, co crust c.·.ach
olher," he said.
Dougharty himself appro:iches his po­
sition hands--on. ''(He) brings a unique
ability co connect with srudcms on issues,
help dctcnnine what needs ,o happen and
then f-acWtatc those students in makhlg
these changes." said McHugh. Dougharty, who was featured in this season's edition of LC's
alumni magazine, will work to bridge the gap between students
and campus administration. "I think right now there's a perception
that academics and student life are separate. But college doesn't stop
when you're outside of class. $tudents are developing their intellectual curios­
ity 24 hours a day," he said.
He has also expressed interest in fu­
cilira1jng better comn.rnnication bef\ve<:n
Student Admir)isrra1 ion and F~culry.
'"I think righr now there's a perception
that academics and student life arc sepa­
rate." he said. "Bm colkgc doesn't stop
when you're outside of class. Students ::i.re
devdoping their inrdlectual curiosiry 24
hours a dly.r
Some sren, have already been taken
in this vein. For instance, scv<.·ral in sru­
dcnr life were involved in rhe oricnmtion
of new faculty members this fall, he said.
He hopes 10 mengrhen and develop these
bonds i11 rhc future.
Doughari:y .said rhac his communiry
building would occur on all levels, from
his work with adminisuativc bodies to conversations v~·ith iridividuaJ Students.
He has ser aside ;1 chunk oi tirne each
week co meec and converse with srudems,
and while he may not be an expcrr on ev..­
cry problem that comes co him, be s;dd,
he can probably di«-ct you to the person
who is.
He has ilieady made• visible mark on
c.1mpus with his involvemem ill last Fri­
day$ Pioneer fair, which received a good
mm out and has been widely regarded as a
success. Scon Moyer ('07) originally pro­
posed cxpandiog the form of the foir to
a large-sc:ilc, beach-themed celebration of
the rerm)s co,nmencemenr. said McHugh.
but Dougharcy played an instrumemal
tole in dcvdoping and supporting ,he
cvcm. While the accompa•
nying request co wear school
colors to ,he t'\'Cnt smack<."<I co
some of cnforcoo high school pep,
Dougharry insisred that ir was a sense of
community, 1101 an affection of false semi--­
mcms, which he was trying to encourage.
"Just because we wear orange and black
doesn't m<-an we all have to be Piobo!S."
he said ... There isn'1 just one way to be an
LC stud en,."
Continuing., Dougharty said "'"lhe
school is kind of like a middle school
dance ... Thcrc's a heck of .i lor of cncrg_y,
bm cvctybody's off on the side lines, danc­
ing with their pals. Maybe we just need
permission to ger ou1 there io rhe middle
of rhc room and scan dancing rngerher."
"He realizes chat there is more co look at than just statistics and what's written on
paper when inak.ing decisions. He's about being transparent, so people, including
students, will hear about what's going on."
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Aron PhiJJ;ps ('07}
Hometown: Shelburne, Vf
Favorite Brands: Akomplice, Crcarive Recreation, Jordan
Inspiration: .. J gc1 my inspiracion fro1n everything around me and
Michael Jord,m. Usually what c~•erybody else chinks is uocool, I think
is cool. You gorra be unique. In srores, it's straight to 1he clearance rack
lx:c:iuse nor only is it all cheoper, but ,he fuct that ir has made it that fur
mCaJ\S nobody else will be wearing ic."
\Vhat l'm wc...-aring: "For rhis ensemble I chose to incorporate my fa.
cial hair into the equation. The rnousr:iche is a symbol of po,-.•er-some­
thing that nor everyone can grow. 1l1e aviacors and the popped co1lar
on the blue buuon•down sigllify status. A workingman who knows
how ro gcr down. Bur remember, you always have ro match.Also. being
that it is full, it's all abour rhe khalo shorts and hemp sandals. You gona
be able ,o bre-,the.•
Jocelyn Stokes ('07)
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Favorite Brands: My greac,•grandmorher's jewelry box, Livcd.-in
Lover
Inspiration: "When I ger dressed in the morning, I think abour
complirnenr:try hues. I dtink abour comrast. 1 think about whM Leon­
ardo da Vinci would like co painr me in and whether or not James Bond
would dig what I'm we..1ring. Shires withour bras arc sweet, bur only for
1he weekend. Re,ne,nber, mode.sty is an important trait. I like co stay
re1ativdy classy, rnosr of the time. ~lhink, mermaid ... "
Wba1 I'm wearing; "Basically, it's all about the vintage accessories." _1h_e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_o_g_, s_e_p_1_em_b_er_1 s_,_2_00_6 _______ ... •j,e@•!tlp .... .._ __________________ l....;S;...
How to not get busted
Tips to av:oid the pink slip
by Kevin Stark' with illustrations by Emily Block
Underage boozing and dope smoking are illegal activities. While the Pio­
neer Log does not encourage the participation of minors in the conswnption
of alcohol or the recreational use of marijuana, we understand that a portion
of the student body enjoys the afore1nentioned activities.
In fair representation of the Lewis & Clark student body, we offer a few
tricks of the trade for the dormitory folk who enjoy such activities, but don't
particularly have a desire to be held accountable via Campus Security and
Residence Life for their partying.
I) LC is not your average college campus, bur racher is compa­
rable co most mansion estates, with its finely manicured lawns and
ravine crails lirrered with couches and benches. If one is caught
herb-facing in one's room than they should, above all, be repri­
manded for laii ness. Take the shake and bake it oursidc.
2) So you're saying ro yourself right now, "Portland is notorious for lazy-hazy rainy days, right, how
am l supposed to get glaicy-blaz.ey in dle drizzle rain?" l would first say wear a rain jacker, sconer, but
will admit that c.he melancholy Saturday mornings of the winter months are ape for a bong in bed.
Quads with separate .sleeping roo01s work best (the nocorious Spruce 225 foe example}, but if you're an
unforrunace heady residing in a sin.glc room, put a cowel in the crack of the door and spray ir (the cowel)
wich Febreeze or Lysol.
3) Form relationships with the boys in blue. Campus Safety officers for the. most part.are not looking
to bust scudenrs-usually they will come as a cesulc of some form of complainc by an RA or student. Be­
friend them: They pacrol the campus all night and a student willjng ro converse could come as a welcome
break, and may mean rhe difference between a warning and a write-up lacer on.
4) You should probably accept tile I.ace that an alcohol violation is
bound ro happen. Forrunarely, LC is rather liberal with pwtishing sru­
denrs foe their 6.rsc couple of offences. Some tips: Use Nalgcne bordcs
(they also will prevencyour drunk~ass breaking a glass boccie); dorm room
dance parries/beer pong work only in Hartzfeld; and drink in lounges­
chis way if you're caught, the punishment will be a school-funded "situ•
acion" (party) proving that alcohol is nor necessary for a fun atmosphere
(pizza and party favors have even been supplied in rhe pasc).
5) Keg in the woods. Go deep past the skeletal remains of the car. _l __ 6 ___________________ 11111111111m111 ________ 1_h_e_P_io_n_ee_r_Lo __ g_._s_ep_1_em_be_r_1_s_,_200_6
Old Crow is rockin'
good medicine
moved ro rhe front ro dance as
by Sara Caldwell
1be stomping of fccr shook chc
Aoor while swe.11 dripped from the
dancing bodies. Obviously this Ls
not just any old college concert­
chis is Oki Crow Medicine Show.~
On Monday, Sepr. 13, Old
Crow Medicine Show rocked
the blue grass world at 11,e Alad­
din 'l'hcarer in SOurheasr Potrl:rnd.
\Xlhile everyone got down ro ,he
sounds of the soucl,, the smell of
beer lingered in lhe air and Port­
land was transponed to a different
time and place.
Although tbe average age of I he
people in anendance was a bit older
than those in college. it was stiU an
amazing show. 11,e "Old Crow$"
kepr 1he people moving and sir1g­
ing along as they all wished for a
more simple rime. With the long­
awaired release of ics ,,ew record,
Big Iron World, the band has proved
once again why ic is making it in
t.he 01usic world as a five-member
string band.
Although The Aladdin is a venue
with mostly seating, everyone lead singer and 6ddlcr Ketch Secor
made bluegrass feel as it was meant
10 feel.
About a decade ago the "Old
Crows" made it to Portland and
played under rhe llurnside Bridge
for dps.Lhesc days, however, they
come to town and easily sell out a
rnedhun-siied venue.
This success was nor by cha.nee~
,he band has proven that it has both
t-.i.Jenr and looks. AmJ with rare
names like Criner Fuqua, \'Q'illie
Warson, Morgan Jahing and Kc-vin
Hayes. everything matches up.
If •nyrhing, Old Crow
Medicine Show should be known
for its originality. As a String band
they are bringing the feel ot 1he
Depression co the 2 lsr ccnmry.
They arc creating an atmosphere
that takes people back ro n place
where the band themselves has nor
even been, but they art doi.ng it
with original songs and capturing
a young new audience with ir.. Old
Crow Medicine Show knows how
10 get a crowd going and keep it
lar-e i,uo rhe nighr. and may be the
revival of Bluegrass.
\ PHOTOCOORTESYOCMS.OOM
Old Crow Medicine Show of Nashville, TN, play at the
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in 2005. Student media spotlight
around the world in eighty days (or two semesters): Polyglot & Meridian
~
Nombre: Polyglot (adj., or n.: person who speaks,
wriccs. or reads a number of languages
What? Journal 9f Foreign L1nguage & Culrural
E.xpres.,;ion
Why read it? Poems wri1ten in Russian; rravel dia­
ries in Spanish; phoros from Berlin, Cairo, Samiago,
and Belfast
Who's in charge? fall semester: Zven Anderson
(e-mail iven@lclark); Spring SCITIC$1er: u,:ty Spayde
and Anna Rodgers (spayde@, arodgers@)
Random exerpt: "Jc suis un hommc magnilique,
un chevaHer s:.111s ega1. Ou bien ► c'esr ce que rout le
monde dir.') (I am a magnificenr man, a krtighr with­
out equal. Or ar least. c.hac's whar <.,-vcryonc says) M II • I
D
I
A
N
Name: The Meridian
What> Journal of International and Cross­
Culrural Perspectives
Why read it? Lofty manifesros abour
in.rernacionril policies, Cold \Xlar conspiracy
theories, gossip about NATO.
Who's in charge? Tan>"' Sloan (e-n,ail
1a,1ya@). Currently ooking for a co-editor:
applications can be found on the bulletin
board outside the SMB office, due Sepr. 22
Random excrpt: "11,e events surrounding
this monumental nuclear mi.sundcrstanding
remain shrouded in mystery ro this day."
"Solitary P,eople don't have relationships; they are quite unrelatable. If y,ou and I
were caP,able of be~ng a{fogether house-trained aniJ made jolly, we should be nicer
people, but not writers. -'Louise Bogan piolog arts & ent-ertainment 5 -_1h_e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_L_o_g_._s_e.,p1_e_m_b_e_r_1_s_, 2_00 __ 6 ___________ .._ __________________ 1....,7_
Get off your @SS
by Saooe Stieostra
If you don't love rhcm already. you should ll)Qk imo Ratatat, :m
electronic, cechno. hip-hop. ja~. sa,,s lyrics duo from New York.
The group, origin.~lyc:illed Cherry. rele3S<d a new full-length ;album
calJcJ Ckusirs this August and is now touring with Eric Mast, a.k.a.
E'Rock, ,he older brorherofltuatJt's symh man, Evan. See Ratat:it
and E"Rock with Envelope and Panrhcr on Saturday, Sepe. 16 at
9:00pm. Berhari"s Pan (21 +), 231 SW Ankeny. $12. (For thoS<"
\lnder 21, a uck to sc.."t Rmar-.u at the El Cora1.on tonjght ~t 7:00pm
in Seatde is highly m:ommended.J
Wirhour question, Andy Warhol helped shape An,eric•n pop
culture into what we all know i< .is today. In h.is new four .. hour
documonrary, filmmaker Ric Burn,-who has profiled in 61m
such artists as An.sci Adanis ,nil Eugene O'Ncill-ddvC$ into ,he
quesrion of whether or nor Warhol's influence w.i.s truly l positivt·
one:. W}lile c.hronicli..n.g Warhol:S life fro,n his mmulmous cirly
years ro his rravails rhrough crime and drug.<, Burns aigues th•c
he wa., one of the gre.11cst artists of rhc 20th cenuuy A11dy 'iX1,rl,o/
premieres Tuesday, Sept. 19 ac 6:30pm. Whitsell Audirorium, J 219
SW Park Ave. S4-$7.
For those with an fottrcst in musk of different culmn-s or those
who simply enjoy good live music, Dr. Rajeeb Chakrabonywill be
performing classical Nonh Indian music romormw nigh,on campus.
Chakraborty is a well-known sarod (classical Indian insrrumenr
simil.tr ro • lute) player from Kolkata and will pcrfonn wirh Jess
Banni<ier (s1>ophone) and Subhen Ch,trerjee (r2bla-Indian band
drums). The musicians wUI perform classical [ndian jug.Jbandi
.ind also combine Indian classical music with WeStcrn· music
and technology. Samrd.ty. Sept. I 6. 7:30pm. Evans Auditorium. ""'4-go around in life
lookingfor the perfect tuna
sa11d111ich, ,wtf;iottr wift
makts a pretty good 11m11
1111ulwich"
A Face
Only a ( Grand) Mother
Could Love
was rhe only non-orth6pt.-dic shoe in rhe
house las, Friday, Sept. 8, when G,rrison Keillor
hit the Sdmit't for a rwo .. nighc concert evi.:.nt.
Unfortunarcly, the radio host, novelist, arts god,
columnisr and, of course, fomous Minnesoran
caused a gig:inrk ya\vning pedestrian traffic
jam along Broadway about lO minutes before
the show, in which l was ir1evirably cnsna.red.
& L stood in the inrenninab1y long Hnc. wbich
wound l>zily across the fronr doorstep of the
Schnitz and down the road in front of the
Heathman RC$ca.ur:lnt-where -diners gawked
openly at the Senior Parade in which I was
helplessly raking parc-~nd then slouched across
tbc srrcc, toward Pioneer Square, l hypothesized
,hat the jain hld more ro do with chc extremely
slow•moving pace and ~yopic vision of rhc
ancodccs than the actual number of d1em. Turns
om, ir was a bir of both; by rhe time I found my
se;1r cherewas nary an empty ch.Ur in che whole
place. The entire orchcsrra level subsumed, as
ir wc,e, by an endless sea of \'qhire Diamonds­
seemed 70-year-old ladies and the men who
IO\'e rhem. l was younger than the median age
by four de6des.
Jr says something important aborn Garrison
Keillor, I chink, rhat he stepped onto rhe sragc
wearing a suit with p:mr legs char hit just above
rhe ankles, a brighr red tic and matching red
~uconys. Jr is a pc..-cu1iar .scnsarion, coo, ro hear
such a dcxp, recogniiable, rnelodious voice coming out of a man who you never sec-and what
uunatural good forrune for Keillor, as he has, one
might s.1y, a face made for radio.
Noncthdcss. the concerr wem something like
,his. Keillor told gentle, good-humored SIOries
abour his childhood, his marriage, Lutherans,
polirics, and monogamy, while rhc: orchcsua cu<..-d
in brightly during rhe lulls. Occasionally Keillor
himself broke inro song-he has an unexpectedly
beautiful singing voice-with rhe orchestra backing:
mosdy folk mdodics. song.< your grandfarhcr would
have known in his chiJdhood. For a te\Y numbers
he stepped offoage complecely and the band would
start up an easygoing number by Mendelssohn or
Dworsky, because ir was, after all, an .mdience of
oldies. Accordingly, rhe general mood in rhe Schnitz
was good tempered, calm, and rclaxed ... or perhaps
that's sedated. You can only enjoy a concert so much
v,rhen your hearing's shot co pieces.
Ah, fogey jokes aside-Keillor was as
approachable and warm in person as his voice is
on rite r~-tdio: chat same injmirable. round, down
home charm inviting you in. and I fclr very much
at home sitting there in my orchestra scat-as if, for
a momenr, I had drifrcd into ,he Lake Wobegon of
Keillor's novels, a place where everyone hobnobs
cheerfully with their neighbors at the grocery score,
real'$ above✓.tvcrage children who chew wirh rheir
mourhs closed, and gathers around a wise old uncle
or aum at night for bed.rime stories. Friday night, for
me-, rh:1r: 'uncle' was Garrison Keillor.
-"God was watching us ... and rhen he turned it over tO R•lph Nader." notable quotes
-"Robert Burns hod a lot of friends, many of rhem women"
-"After you're around inreUecmals fgr awhile you find they arc Still c:ipable of doing stupid and
destructive thlugs"
-"F0<u:ball. .. like boor camp for bozos"
_ .. She's a reader, bc's a viewer"
-"Every rdacionship has its own Nevada ... some turn back, and orhers keep going until chey reach Urah." .. l ..... 8 ... __________________ ._ _______ 1_he_P_io_n_e_er_Lo_g;;;;,_S_e.;.p_te_m_b_e_r_1_s_._2_00_6
11bove: Squirrel, .ft.fan, anti
\~mum, by Sut Joh,wm
(phowgram)
b11ckgro11n,I: Ok,ft11okee
S,u,mtp. looking 250
D,gre,s from G,itor Hole,
71,ret Days \'o'orki11g in
" Canoe. b)' Tony Fo,r,,.
(u,,11erco/or) Man.
Woman.
·Squirrel.
Documenting Contemporary Experience
at the Hoffman II by Stephanie Beechem
Man, woman, squirrel. The new Hoffman Gallery show tackles them all: men, as in the
collective humrzn race and the: vast parade of things we compulsively acquire ,llld deify:
woman, in che gender role sense of the word, as in, How do las a woman feel about db­
mestic life, ,ind children, and ttll the assorted paraphernalia that accompanies them both?; and lastly, in a
broader treannenr, the squirrel-the collection, documentation, and preservation of wild animals in
field srudy, and the precarious narnral environment in which chey live. Man, woman, squirrel.
.Artisn anti Specimem: Documfnting Ctmtempomry Fsptri£11tt is an
ambitious and s,.virling)y engaging exhibit curared by our own Hoff•
11w, director and g.,llerina Linda Tesncr. "(S]ps-cimens hold the
power to inform coltecrivc knowledge. C\'¢n cernurics after ,he col-­
kcror/1.:xplorcr acquired the,u.'" Tesner writes in the exhibition's caca~
logue, J.nd she's dead on. Six contemporary arris,s all c:ngag<" lhis idea
of 1he sptdmm in a swc.-eping range of media: C\'C'rything from a rare
photograph of a preserved Tn1mperer Swan, delicarely swaddled and
beanbr<Slkingly captured by 1erry Evans, ro rhc madcap arrangement
or sc~h•cngcd pop cuJmrc 'arrifact:s:' in the deeply :.unusjng :.u1of Barton
1 idke Bcnl'S,
The fr<mL doors of rhe Hoffman open into Benes' brilliant 'arcifuct'
co1npilarions in their hand .. collagcd frames, where strange, unu.sull. or
even ancient objects arc indjvidually mo,1otcd and framcd,with loopy
handwritten dt.:,.<eripLions henearh each. Each objt-ct is organi1.cd by
lheme; Poul Pl,ryi. for exampfc, whjch features a liny blue rile shi.1rd
front John Gonfs indoor t,-wi.Jnming pool, :t piece of the bathroom
Ooor from the Chelsea ho1el room whm· Nancy Spungcr was foUJ1d
murdered by Sid Vicious, and Phil Sp<..·'<:tor'".s GOllar ~ray, i~ fr:1mecl with
a phoro collage of barbc-d wire.
Acro,s from Benes' pop culture 'arrifam' hang rlic neatly Jcraikd
and idca,liied n:irurc watercolors ofTony f'Oster. who anua.lly :ntended
the Hoffm:ln opening :.Uld, at tbc go.,ding ofTcsncr. ga\'e a warm and
impromptu srx·ech ~bour :i ft:w of his piecl'S. including chc: time he.­
spent p.1in<ing alligators on the Okefenokee Swamp. He highligl11-
ed each component of his pieces: tiny copogrnphical maps. physical
'spccimc:nS salvaglXI from his work sites (e.g., ice, now a riny vfaJ of
w~ncr, $Cr-.1ped from a glacier he spcnc weeks observing.), and abridged
journ,11 emries wrim:n carefully around the t-dges of the watercolor in
soft pencil.
Sue Johnsoo's Nnu Ark-Pr,s,rvation Project dominarcs the lmck
l'OOrn: :t gigantic s,vath of walJ oovcrt"<I Ooot tO ceiliog wilh found
objccrs related to domestic life (baking molds, children·, toys. Barbi<-s,
urcnsils, switchpl•tes, p•ntyhose), all of them neatly vacuum sealed in
Food Saver pla.,iic bags and mounrcd with individual binder dips. The pi<-ce's newly added vidc-o oomponem pl•y• on• TV nearby: Johoson's
arms and hands vaccm,un sealing Beanie Babies in little bags. their
beanie faces going squashed and disrorted as the air sucks out.
Johnson's 35 Stuffed 1igm (AIL ,peeimtns collm,d ar Amhm,. Vir­
gin;a, July I I, 2003). • srand alone virrinc jammt-d full of various wide­
eyed r.ech:nicolor cigcrs, is a humorous and light-heaned t:ike on rhc
more somber specimen photographs of'Ttrry Evans and the inrricatdy
derailed watercolor drawings ofbeerles and bugs by the artist Cornelia
Hessc-HOJlegger. Both of rhe laucr anises• ,vorks are meticulous limd­
ics in the intricate details of living (or once living) spechnens: Evans'
Field /1,fa,rum, Bbtebirds features severa.1 rows of birds, aU slightly dif­
fer<nt, rhat have been srored antl then photographed in the giganric
drawers of a rcst.·,uch facility, :.and Hesse-Honegger's vlatercolors"are.
dose up, a mess or r.tzor-rhin lines and riny precise dots. ~ll\crc b a
n:.Hurali.sr Aavor inherent in both ardscs' work. aod in r-os1er's as well;
t-Jch arrisc is dc.--arly invc.'-Stcd in the <:01uinued existence and prescrva#
tion of the 'specimen~' ch:u inhabit rheir artwork. wht.·tht.·r ir is a rare,
species of swan. a uce bug. or an isolated glacial h,1bitat.
"'!he final arcisr in the !ihow is M~ck Dion, whose Kunz ,md A1ar­
loru (two pith hdmetS orranged side hy side) is an homag<' of som to
Joseph Conrad's Hftlrt of Dt1rlmm, and ir's the quiet simplicity of the
objecis, considered wirh the full spectrum of Conrad'.< novel behind
them, that's so moving. It's e:lS)' to miss amid the hubbub of d1<.·
~how's loudtr pieces, so keep an eye out.
Tesner writes in cht program d1ar thjs exhibir addte.SSt's .,the com ..
plcxicy of what wt JS <l society preS("rve, rc\'ere. trcasun\ or disc-.ud." [
found it to be :ll'l incredibly scylish and brJ.ve comm cm on ,he srrang<:.
tllogkal, of,enrimcs pc.-rilous workfog:5, of modern indw;rriali1.cd life.
from rhe rc.-alm of Johnson's shrink-wrapped sparufas and Barbi(.'$ and
cro:ft materials 10. on ,he complece opposite end of the spcctn11'n, the
pristi11e, umouchcd landscapes of Foster's wat<;:.rcolors. lr1s quirJ...-y and
1hough1ful and surprising. a colorful menagerie of all rhc brillianr and
unusual rhi11g1 that' surround us. \Ve arc impossibl)• lucky, I think, co
be i,1 such g<>Od company. 1he Pioneer Log, September 15, 2006
top lefi: 35 S111.ffed Tigm, l,y S11,
joh,uon (toy stuffed ,mimals inn
vitrine)
remer kft: A11aro111 of P,g,uus
(Hrnd No. I), bJ Su, jolmJ011
(gounch, and watercolor)
borwm lefi: lef,ovm, bJ &rro11
Lidie, Bt11r, (objms, wood, paper,
ink, Plexiglas)
•
bortom n'ght: Fitld Museum. East­
ern Ftnt't liZArds. Various Locntitms
a11d Dnre,, by Tmy Evans {Iris
digital prim) 19
"a tinyliblue tile shard
,from Jo n Gotti's in­
door swimming_pool, a
Qiece of the batfiroom
Hoor from the Chel­
sea hotel room where
Nancy Spunger was
found murdered bx
Sid Vicious, and Phil
Spector's collar stay" _2 ___ 0 _____________________ ... §M•i•f----------1h_e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_L_o.,_0._s_e_p_1_em_b_e_r_1_s;., 2_00 __ 6
Football buries past, optimistic about what lies ahead
by Craig Gilden
SeprembcrS, 2005. A day mem•
bers of the Lewis & Clark football
team would rather forger. A wc<.·k
before ,heir first game, the squad
gathered for a meeting with Presi­
dc1H Tom Hochsrcrdcr expecting
t0 ht-ar words of encouragcmenr.
Instead. they were informed
that their se."5-0n would be cm
in half and ,har rhc future of the
football program was in (tUC$tion.
At the Lime rccdv('r Jon Bielawicz
('09) expressed his view of the de,
cision as, .. Very, very unfair is the
first thi11g rh:n comes co mind. \'(le
h:,..,e bonded as a ream and this has
hh us very hard."
After a year cbe team has re­
covered from that hard hie and
rhc atmosphere around chc foot­
baU progr.un is very different. On
November 21, 2005. Hochstenler
announced rhat rite foorball com•
mission "'has reaffirmed rhe impor­
tance of foo,ball and o,hcr inrcr­
coU<..-giate spons as vital clcruentS
within the life of rhc College." we have an acrual direction that
we're moving ro,vards. l11e school
has inve5rcd a lot of support in our
ream and the progr.1m, so we want
to show chern that their support
isn't for ,,orhing. \Y/c also want to
show everyone that we can com•
pere with the guys we have. Tuts
will hopdidly inspire recruits to
come here and be part of somerhiog
amaz.ing."
But Anchusrcgui and the rC$r
of the Pios know that ,he process
of becoming a winning program
won't happen overnight. To be ..
come a champio1lship caJibcr pro­
gram rhe Pios will need co consis­
tently recruit welJ, and so fur, so
good. Out of this ye:,r's roster of
43 players, there are 18 freshmen,
boding well for ,he Future. •
This season rhc team will h:we
to rn:tke do wich who they ha,•e,
vJhich is 43 determined gridiron
w·arriors who want to show thar
they can compere.
'The key to success on both side$
of the ball will b, the Pios ability
10 execute. "£very cooch and player
in America says '
The school has invested a rhis, bur it's rmc.
If we can't cxccmc
and pur point$ on
chc board, we put
our defense in a
bad position and
make mem pick
up our slack," said lot of support in our team
and che program, so we want
to show chem chat cheir
support isn't for nothing.
-Mike Anchustegui ('08) Anchusrcgui.
Lockard,
similarly bo-
Since rhar day che program has
been up and runnjng. A new coach•
ing staff, headlined by former assis­
tant Chris Sulages, was broughl in
,o improve recruiting and on.field
results.
The new found exciremem
around tbc footbaU re:;101 isn't only
limiml co the players. There bas
bcco ooriecable support from all
c:orr,ers of campus whkh h:;1s mo­
t.ivared this year's squad.
"Emotionally getting rc.1dy for
the season bas been a lor different
than last ye:ir. \VJe're not having
something we love stripped away
from us, but rather we have been
given rhe oppormnfry ro turn the
program around wid) rhe support
from chc entire adminismuion and
student body; said defensive back
Ryan Lockard ('07).
Wide receiver Mike Anchus­
regui ('08) is usi Ilg the sup pore as
morivation. "This season feds like lieves rhar de­
fensive success will be dcpcu­
dant on • simple formula, "\Y/e
need ro play a~ a unit 32d pursue
ro rhe ball. Everything else will
rake care of jtself."
On chc other side of the ball,
chc offense will ,ry and get the ball
to playmaker.< Br.rndon Zerr-Smith
('07) and Mike Wenncrlind ('08).
Last season Zcrr-Smi1 h aver-­
aged over a lOO ya«ls a game re­
ceiving and \Xlenne.rlind was the
«-am's leading scorer. The ability of
qmrrerback AJ Brown ('09) to get
the ball in rh~ hands of thC$e dy­
n:unic receivers will be crucial for
the offense to score points. For the
passing game to work the Pios wiU
have lO get some production out
of running backs Matt Mcad,em
('09) and R)•an Osborne ('07).
'The defensive unit wH1 have ex­
perience on d1e.ir side with l1 sc·
niors and juniors cxpc...-ctcd to see
sign ificonr playing time. With support from the student body and administrators, Pioneer football has good reason
to look towards the future.
The defensive line will an­
chor the unit and appears to be a
strength of the ream. Tackle$ Mike
Brooder ('07) aod Nick \Y/ells ('08)
arc both talented players, while all­
conference end Erik Gcrwick ('07)
returns alter missing last season
while srudying in Scotl,u,d. The
ability ro pressure opposing quar•
rerbacks should make life easier on
a secondary led by last season lead­
ing tackler Josh Schoonovc., ('07).
Tue ream is hopeful chat the
newfound cnrhusiastn surrounding
the program wiU transfer onto the
field. While rhey understand ,hat
with only 43 players the season may be an uphill climb, the team
is still expecting co be competirive.
"Our biggest goal tbis year is to
prove chat we aren'r a down .. and­
ouc program," said Anchustcgui.
«111e guys on the this cca.m h-'ve
a chance ro scan somethjng great
on Palatine Hill and I know ,he se­
niors wane to leave rhe. legacy thac
they helped begin a srrong, com­
petitive program. We also want 10
get our freshmen game experience
and h:1ve fun. Our freshntcn class is
very ralenred and th.is is 1he year ro
polish up their g,me." •
For the seniors rhc future is
now and they are intent oa )eavi1)g their mark on LC football., Locl<­
ard is well aware of what is ac stake
1his season and knows rhe ream is
up to the challenge, "\Ve cxpe« co
be compeLitive. in every game and
get ,_his program back on track, .. he
said.
1ne Pios traveled 10 Los Ange­
les and for their opener, falling t0
nationally ranked Occidental 49-7.
AJ Brown had a solid game arquar­
rerback going 14-27 for 148 yards.
Mike Wcnncrlind k-d the offensive
production by iota.ling 186 all pur­
pose yards.
Tue: Pios hosr Pomona-Pitur on
Saturday ar 1 p.m. the Pioneer Log, September 15, 2006 Sports 21
Experience is the key to success for Women's soccer
by Hunter Franks
As more ::and more teams come
,o know d\e bewis & Clark Wom­
en's Soccer ream as a threat in the
Norrhwesr Conference, the mem ..
bers of the ream are coming co
know each other even bencr. 1he
squad is loaded wirh experience.
Sixteen ouc of the nineteen Pio­
neer players are returning. ren arc
juniors and six are sophomores.
lhe ream hopes th.is e):periencc wiU
pay off in tbe win column.
"As a ream we will be able 10
connect a lot sooner rhan in past
rears. Ir should work out ,o our fa.
,•or," said midfielder Lis::a Housman
('08). "We have all worked 1ogcch­
er for a long time now so hopcfuUy
chat will transl:\1e co our pJay on
me 6<:ld."
Four games into rhc se:1son_, rhc
Pio11eers' experience h:1s rranslarcd
inro a 2 ... 2 record. 1lle ream startt-d
the year on the road in Minneso­
ta and Iowa, where they defeated
Ctntral College 4-1 and lose ro
Augsburg College 2-0.
They chen returned home and
hos,ed W<Stcrn Oregon, a well cs­
rablished Division fl program.
The game srancd off wdl as 1he
Pioneers scored the 6rs, goal and
led 1-0 ar the half. Bur Wesrcrn
Oregon was able ro leap over chc
Pioneer" in the second half. scoring
two goals and raking ,he game with
a 2-1 victory.
"Had we playt-d more consis-
1mdy we ,,·ould liave been able: to
6nish cha( game with a win/• .said
Brircany Larson ('08).
Although rhe game againsr
Wcsrern Oregon did go down in
the loss column it showed that che
Pioneers can compe1e with anyone:
on chcir scht-dule.
"The game again,r Western Or­
q;on proved a loc about che ,eam.
Ir w.s a very tough and ,•cry physi•
CJ.I ~me and we were in it for most
or ,he game. If we can play a full
90 minuccs 1he way we came out
against \Vcstern then we will be 3
scriou$ thttat in the Northwest
Conference," said Alison Hudson
('08).
Head Coach Lisa Unswo«h
knew <hat scheduling Western Or­
,:gon among the early non-confer­
enc, gomes would provide a chal­
lenge.
.. lhe rwo losses so for have been
cough. very physical losses. 'lhcyare
gcuing us read)' for conference,"
11,e Piooeers rebounded from
,he loss wi,h a 4-0 crushing of Al­
bmson College last Sunday. They Stevie Thurin ('09) battles for position during the Pios 2-1
loss to Western Oregon.
•re 2-2 heading into the grueling
conference schedule. Two years
ago, chc Pioneers finishc-d 2-16
and ii1 the cellar of the powerholL~
confer.:nce. 1he Pioneers also .ire cxucmdy
thankful co all 1he fans rhat came
out to support chc ccam during
ch~ir first several home games.
.. Having fans cheering for us is
awesome. Keep it up ;1nd bring
your friends." said Harricy.
The team hopes to continue to
grow with each game played. "Peo­
ple are st~uting co recognii.e Lewis
& Cl•rk Women's soccer;· said
Grc,nberg. PHOTOB'l'l'IIJNTER FRANKS
Lindsey Whitford('09) thwarts a Western Oregon attack by
booting the ball downfield. Lu, season they began slowly
making rhe ascent ro the 1op. fin­
ishing wirh a record of 7-10-3
and earning c:ixth place in confer­
ence. 1liis se.1son chey hope co keep
climbing the standings and gc1
closer co the penthouse a, ,he top
of the conforcnc.e.
"One of the goals for che sea­
son is to 6nish with a higher con­
ference rank than last year. \Ve are
picked rn finish in sixth place again
but I really feel that we are going
m do bctt~r. The ream went from
lase place 10 sixrh lase year so who
knows wh~t we will do rhis yelt,"
said midfielder Kelsey Harney
('09). New AD Yeager sees potential
lhe experience and rhe improv­
ing record go hand· in hand. "For
many of us, 1his is our rhir<l·yetr
playing toge,hcr so we expeet to be
abk to come together and play bet•
tc:r soccer, ... said Hudson.
Although it is early in ,he season,
the experience of rhe Pioneers is al­
ready show,ng. "lhc ream has so
much <leprh 1hac if we were 10 sub­
stitute one of our players we would
still maincain chc same rhythm and
co,,fidence as before rhe subscitu~
rion." said Nikki Grc,nberg ('08).
The: Pio11ecrs1 familiarity with
each other and ,heir knowledge
wiJI only continue co increase as
the season goes on. "I am excited
co see what level we can push ourp
selves to read,," s.tid Hudson. by Nick Bjork
As a new school year comes
upon us, there is never a better
rime chan now fur a fresh .sran.
The Lewis & Clark AtWctic
Dcparttncnc has embraced this
theory, and through hrud work
over the lasr several mom hs has
begun a much needed renovation.
l he biggest change is che hiring
of new athleric director, Clark
Yeager.
Yeager brings ov<r 40 years of
experience 10 Palatine Hill. He
has served as athletic director at
both Kun.town Universicy (in
Pennsylvania) and Chico S13te.
Also. 1he pas, 1wo years he served
as the assistant to rhc Provost at
Kuttrown.
Although ic seems 1har all the
ne-ws in the athletic department
lacdy has bten good and excit­
ing. Yeager reminds' us thaf ~we
must be pacienc." He continues
by adding: "chc numbers in fooc-ball remain scary, but it's not only
foorball, all sporrs need to grow in
size."' His immediacc goals rel3te ro
these worries. "Next year we hope
fO double rhc amounf of parcicip
pants in most sports." Bur, Yeager
isn't looking for jus1 any athlete.
"'We are uying co create an cnvi­
ronmem rh;n can help us cotnperc
for the finest Division Ill student•
3thleres, ones with ch;uacter and
drive." Yeager is looking for chc
type of p<rson thar is willing to bal­
ance both ac.1dcmics and athletics.
One of Yeager's past suengths
has been his ability and derermina•
tion to raise retention and gradu­
.lrion rates for student.ath1cccs.
I his will help keep scudcnc-atWctc:s
around long enough co have c.xpe­
ricncc on a ream, which has been a
problem for reams in the past.
J rl rhe long run, Yeager wams to
compere for k-ague titles, imprO\'C
chc focilicics and grow the endow­
ment. He believes rhis might come sooner than anyone thinks because
of tbe enrhusiasm and openness of
the em ire Lewis & Clark oommu ..
niry.
He also has b,en impressed
with the currenr arhlen.."S. '"When
1 warch«l ,he football ream lar
Occiden1>l). rhc players were mo-
1 iv:ned and courageous. I was very
impressed with their organization
and lack of turnovers." And he's
right; bt-cause thac's something
you don't usually sce from a 1e:1m
that h•s been through so much.
Wirh his vast k.n0\\1ledge jn
both academic and •thlctics. Yea­
ger brings a much needed fresh
srart 10 tlic Lewis & Clark Ath•
lcric Dcparrment.
So, as you embark on • new
school yt:ar wirh so many new op­
porrunitics in from of )'OU, make
rhe rime and effort fO show supp
porr for a department chat has
been hard a, work 1rying 10 get
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Women's basketball coach a slam dunk in Morocco
by Aron Phillips
Sports ore nor Super Bowl oom•
mcrcials. Nor steroids. Nor multi­
million dollar endorsement deaJs.
From rhe Olympics co· gras,roor;
culrural sport cxchonges. <porrs
can no longer be viewed as .,.just a
game.''
lncreosingly over the past dc­
c.1Je, sports have become an ave­
nue for intcmationaJ leaders in 1he
academic. busia~. government
and .tth1etic communities ro de ..
vtlop comn1unic:nion and culmral
unders1a11ding -something that
seems ro resonarc here at Lewis &
Clork.
'This past August, 1 he Lewis &
Clark women's head baskerball
coach. Juli Fulks. realized jusr how
powerful spons rcaJly arc as she
lr;tveled t.o Morocco to share hc.:r
love for rhe gainc.
Taking part in a program by the
name of Undc.:r~tand rhe Game,
an orgc111i1,a1ion 1har ac1s as a con­
duit for American goodwill, Fulks
mveled alongside a group of only
four mher coaches in their efforts
to share Americ:m culture wirh rhe
resr of 1he world.
.. Ir was truly :'In honor co be
there," says i-:ulks. "Not sp<.-aking
,he same language and still being
able ro communicate and get our
point across through the game of basketball was a rremcndous and
resounding success."'
Understand the Came is a bas ..
kerbaU diplom3cy exchange pro•
gmm administered by the Dcclef
S<:hre,npf Foundation (Schrcmpf
being a former Pordand Trailblazer
Ull] ERSIIUfD
I Se:mlc Sonic and NBA All-Star)
and financed partiaUy 1hrough a
federal grant fron1 the Uni red Stares
Department of State's Bureau of
Educ:11 ional and Cul rural Affairs. ..... , he grant came about after
September I Ith," ,ays Fulks, "for
groups to go into predominantly
MusUm countri~ and use basket•
ball as the medium ro share cxpc•
.rie1,ccs between rhc cwo cultures.
We're nor trying to change any•
oneS culture, bur rather let rhem
sec ours."
1lic rnulli-fuceted campaign
was offici:illy launched in Novem­
ber 2002, with irs first program
visiring in chc Philippines t.he
following year. L15t summer, rhe
campaign rook coaches ro Kua­
la Lumpur. Malaysia, while rhis
summer the program was hdd ia
~,bar, Morocco.
Understand the Game's mis­
sfon is co promote b:askecball in­
struction Strategies and rnctics ro
teach the techniques ofbaskerball,
while also h11ilding furure leaders
of baskeiball coaches ro carry on
the posicivc messages of Sports di­
plomacy abroad. Being thar the.(;e
campaigns happen irl Muslim na ..
tions, tbese SC$Sions can be espc-­
eially ernpo,ve:ring for the: women
who panicipacc.
"Being a woman in a place
where women don't ac:rually have
the same rights as men is espe­
cially powerful," says Fulks. "Ir is
diflieul1 for rhe guys ,here co be
correcced by m~ during ,he drills,
bur ir is cv<.·n more noroble for the
Football: -Saturday. Sept. 16th vs. Pomona-Pitzer. I :OOpm
Soccer:
Cross Country:
Volleyball: -Saturday, Sept. 16th @ Puget Sound, 12 noon
-Sunday, Sept. 17th @ Pacific Lutheran, 12 noon
-Thursday, Sept 21st vs. George Fox. 7:00pm
-Saturday, Sept. t-6th, Sundodger Invitational. 9:00am
in West Seattle, Washington
-Friday. Sept. 15th vs. La Verne. 7:00pm
-Saturday, Sept. I 6th vs. Pacific Lutheran, 7:00pm
IM Hoops League: -Play begins Sept. 20 at 10:00pm until 12:00am PHOlOCOlmTES'I' MJl"UIJ(S
Fulks has spent her last two summers in Morocco and
Malaysia teaching basketball to the world's youth.
women there co s<..-c chat t~ke place.
"Taking part in Undersrnnd ,he
Game 1..he p:u.r cwo ye:i.rs has not
only broadened my J)<'rspecrivc of
the world ► buc each time l con1e
b:1ck, I realize it has truly cxp:wded
rny appreciation for wh:·11 we have
here in this country."
Schremp(, a C:erman native and
United St:ues ciri7.en, r<..-alizcs rhe
effectivenc.~ and reward that Fulks
memions -ultimaccly the reason
why he founded the campaign .
~As :1 product of a sports ex­
change progr:un. I knov1o• the direct
imp:,c1 sports can have in facilicu­
ing diaJoguc and cultural under• standing,• s.,id Schrcmpf. "Par•
ricularly wirh the way Americans
are being viewed today. it was truly
an honor m have this Opi,>()nunir)'
to visit the beautiful =1nd diverse
oountry of Morocco and ro help
cl,e United Stares build relation·
ships wirh irs people." Although
chcr~ is no word now as co \Vherc
Understand che Ga me may end up
next, 1:ulks wi11 be ready and wafr­
i.ng wile,, the phone rings.
""I'd do it again in a heartbeat,"
says 1::ulks. "'These past two sum~
mcrs have been life-cha11glng ex­
periences. I jus1 hope I gcr rhc
chance.''
The run toward a
title begi'ns for XC
by Craig Gilden -1e:un all-confcrenc~ runner aud
The Pioneer runners gor off ro earned aU .. wc.s, reg.ion honors :tS :1.
a strong smrr rhis weekend at c.he junior. Overall, re11 differem Pio
Pioneer ln\•iradonal in &--racada, women scortd person:,! be..:.ts in the
Oregon. 'The women's c~m fin-lm•iratio113;I.
isht-d stcond overall and ~rst our of 1l1e men finished in fifth place
Norchw<.-st Confereclce opponcn1s.. and ,viii rdy on youth thjs seawn.
Unsurprisi1tgly, Tamrna Car- One of those young runners,
le1011 ('09) lead rhe way with a Yancey Lawrence ('09), had an im­
third place finish. prcssivc showing ;H the lnvirational
Carleton will be a suong con-with a fourlh-place finsih. Law­
render for a conference tide chis rcnce :;utd fellow sophomore Da­
ycar after hnishing second overa.ll vid Berman will be counted on to
as a frcshm:rn. She also b<..-cam(· chc le.1d rhc Pios. The squad re<:eived a
6rst Pioneer since 1998 co qualify plcasam surprise on Saturday from
for the n:1rional championships. freshman sensation Karl Dickman.
Carlcron will have ple111y of Despite ,nissing almosr al.I of rbc
help as rh<:' Pio women return wirh pn;:season workouts, Dickman had
a plethora of cxperic:nced and raJ• the seoo11d best Pioneer time, fin-
cntc.-d runners:. ishing behind only Lawrence.
Amanda l'hillips ('08) finished 1he Pios have a big challenge
founh :11 rhe lnvicational, while chis Saturday as they head up co
Laura Sbordone ('07) placed a sol, Scanlc for 1he Sundodger lnvira•
id cMrteench. Sbotdorie w:lS a fir.st tion~1I. _th_e_P_i_o_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_s_e_p_1e_m_b_e_r_1_s_, _2_0_0_6 _______ __, __ iE\@•\•€1----------------------2 __ 3_
What's happening this week at LC Hoops League Intramural (Co-Ed lncramural)
10:00 l'M
I Friday, September 15 I I Sunday, September 17 I Loc.ation: Pamplin
All fuculty and students ace invited.
Deschutes Rafting
7:00AM
Parcicipanr., paddle up the seven major mpids on the Oe•
schuct-s River. An opportunity ro learn basicwhitewarcr raft ...
ing skills and experience rhc beauty that Oregon's high desert
has ro offer. Additional trips will be offered on Scptcmbct 17
and September 22.
Mow1t St. Helens Backpack
7:00AM
This crip will cake its members firsr co a campsitc-beside a
lake, and the remainder of chc weekend wiU be spent explor­
ing cbc national monument,
Lewis & Clark Volleyball Match versus La Verne
7:00PM
Cose Free
Location: Pamplin
Enrique Henao Benefit Concert for the Chil­
dren of Cambodia
7:30 PM
Flanagan Chapel
Cost: $22 through Ticke,rnasrer or call (503) 224-4400
$10 for Lewis & Clark alumni
$5 for Lewis & Clark employees
I 1uemadonal recording artist Enrique Henao, r~rded as
one of chc world's 6.ncsc free spirited :1coustical guirariscs, will
be performing ro benefit Cambodia's young.
Saturday, September 16
Math & Computer Sciences Wilderness Hike
9:45AM
Srudents enrolled in Mad, or Co;npucer Science classes
are invited co hike Mc. Hood. play game-,; and have a BBQ
wirh the Math Sciences fucuky and staff. lnterested students
should meet in Fir Actt-s Parking Lot.
Lewis & Chu:k Football Game versus Pomona
1:00 PM
Cosr: Fcee for srudcnr., and staff
$5 for general public
Locuion: CriS\vold St3diu1n.
Lewis & Clark VoUeyball Match. vmus t>~cific Lu•
rheran
7:00PM
Cosi: Free
Location: Pamplin.
Sarod and Saxophone Duet with Dr. Rajeeb
Chak.raborty and Subben Cbaterjee
7:30PM
Cos-r: Free, but limited number uf tickets
Location: Evans Auditorium
For more information, sec chesrory in A&£. Catholic Eucharist
11:00 AM
Flanagan Chapel Womcn'~l.aw Caucus Lunch Chat ' . . 12:00 PM· l:00 PM
Location: Legal Rcsearcb Center
3-on-3 Volleyball Tournament (Co-Ed Intramural}
2:00PM A meeting ,'ltbcrc WLC members c:ui eu and ralk in an in•
formal secting.
Location: Pamplin Thursday, September 21
All srudentS and staff from undergr1duate, grnduate and law
schools arc invi,ed co J)lay. Artists and Specimens: Documenting Contem­
porary Experience
Monday, September 18 -I 5:00PM
Location: Miller I 05
Cose: Free The Constitution and the Unita.ry Imperial
Presidency Artist Terry Evans ralks about Prairie Explorati(HlS. See the
A&E section for a srory abour the~•" exhibit. 12:00 PM
Location: Council Chambers
A panel of corurirurional law experts from the Law School
d.iscuss tbc extreme asserrio11s of executive au1horiry hy rhc
current adminisu:ation and those of d1e past. Friday, September 22
Doing a Thesis this Year?
3:15 PM
L__li_u_e_sd_a-"y-'--, _Se__,p,_t_e_m_b_e_r _19_,I· Locatioo: ).It How;rd Hall, Room I 14
CAS Faculty-Student
Presentations
3:30 PM -5:00 PM
Location: J.R. Howard
Hall. Room 122
Prof.· Rishona Zinuing
and Allie Bronston ('07)
will present cheir ccse3rch
emided "Dance, Psycho­
analysis, and the Literary
Imagination in lmcrwar
Britain."
Wednesday,
September
20
Ultimate Frisbee
Intramural
3:30PM
l.ocation: Lower Grass
Field
Teams will be formed on­
si1e ;1_nd d1e chan1pions will
receive a Pioneer lmramu•
ml Champion ,-shire!
Alternative Tour of
Lewis & Clark
3:30PM
Sra" jn from ofTemplc.-ton
and receive an offbeat tour
of the campus. Learn about
tbc history and siories St.• r­
rounding certain obscure,
stn11ge sires on•campu.s. Collaborative Research \Vorkshop by the \'v'riting Cenrcr for seniors wriring cht"S<..'S.
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LIN ENS·N·TH I NGS" 24 BackDoor the Pioneer Log, September 15, 2006
You Caught My Want your best work published?
Eye ...
To che hottie who works in che regiscrar's office:
Can l register for Lovemaking 10 I?
Dear Reference Librru·ian,
Whac's cht' call number for books on getcin' down?
Lee me know via corkboard.
You: My awkward, yec so cute Exploration & Dis­
covery professor.
Me: Your awkward, yet so cute srudenc ready to
explore and discover.
1 sec you eating a salad in the Trailroom
everyday.
Can I toss it?
Hey new Dean! Will
you waic for me af­
ter Astronomy next
week? Houston,
have a problem ...
Somebody ca1ch
your eye? E--mail
piolog@lclark.edu or
dedare your love anony­
mously using pen a,l\d
P•P"'· Alma mater me:ins in L1tin .. nourishing mother," and in
American English commonly refers ,o ,he college or univer­
sity a person has anended. or rhe anttu;:rn or school song of
said institution. Believe it or not, Lewi, & Clark College has
:1n aim.a m,ncr too, though mosr of us h:1:Ve 1~n roo busy
suckling aw.,y ,u the acadt·mic tea, rn pay heed ,o this au­
gust and venerable tr:.'ldirion. This year, -as jusc one pare of I he
Colh.-gc's mufri .. faceted effort to fosrer a sense of community
and rcinvigorace school spirir, the alma mater has been rein­
,roduced.
In honor of our alma mater, we repri-nr the full tc:x.t here,
so rhac you ,Hay pore over its caprivaring cext, burn sponp-neously inro the chon1s during class, and. in years ro coml".
remember the words fondly as you dona,c thousands of dol­
lar$ b::ick to thaf place where your love will cenrcr ever. Or,
you can revise the alma maier wirh lyrics chat you find more
befitting, for ex..1n1ple:
.. S111ndi11g by th< Wil/11mrttis water, rvithill d1(
suburbs swank,
Rises our Mar ,tlma maier, tvhn? the smrll i.s
always dank."
Obviously, you can do bcrrcr, so email your revisions co
piolog@ldark.e,Ju. Tue be:et submissions will be fe.uured on
next weeks IJack Door.
ALMA MATER
Standing by the Willamette's waters, tow'ring ring o'er its blue,
Rises our dear Alma Mater, proudly to the view.
Swell the chorus, ever louder, full of joy and cheer,
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, Lewis & Clark, so dear.
Where the town and snow-capped mou.ntain, charm the ear and eye,
There our love will center ever, love that cannot die.
Swell the chorus, ever louder, full of joy and cheer,
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, Lewis & Clark, so dear.
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