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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

Volume 71, Number 4 ~- Friday, October 6, 2006 ======e-~c ( the editor's birthday)
::: inside :::
The Clery report [News, p. 3]
Gotham tackles trans fats [Foru1n, p. 8]
LC GOP is right [Limelight, p. 10]
Entering the blogosphere (A&E, p. 19]
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nvn~"l"f'FI'~ The Darfur Crisis: Challenge and Complexity
by Daniel Cochran
Lewis & Clark's Amnesty ln1er­
natio11al chapter invired Unir~d N-a•
tions worker Lloyd Sacks 10 speak
on Tbursdny, Sepr. 28 abour his
experiences in the Darfur region
of wescern Sudan, As a United Na­
tions Field Communica1ions officer,
Sacks, who has speru time in v:.ui­
ous p-MtS of Africa, most recently
worked in Darfur distributing re­
sources co displaced fumilies. While
Sudan's 20-ycar Civil War reached
resolution in 2002, a bonlo sriJI
persists bct\veen rebels i1l Darfur
and the govcmmenr's hired militia,
\Yhere borh sides are considered to
be blatantly disregarding human
righrs.
Speaking co a J»Cked crowd of
over 150 ,rudenr, and fuculcy, Sacks
rook a somber ycr objective ap­
proach in his lccrurc. "1 'm sorry this
is so depressing. It's what we'\lf: got,"
Sacks s;iid at one point. "There are
gun-toting, horse-riding Arab n,j ...
litia. going into villages and raping
women, depleting seed stocks. do­
ing whatever chcy can to make: tht.!
land mrirdy uninhabitable.• Sacks
further attribured the difficulty of
survivaJ in Darfur to ·various water­
borne diseases, a nonexisc<:m sanita­
tion system and a lack of sufficient
resources,"
When speaking of a potential
end to the conflict, Sacks said, "It's
an erhnic~based conflict char doesn't
need 10 exist, but it do~. So long as
the govcrnmtm comjnues to fond militias and allow thc:m to commit
atrocities~ rh<.·rc's always going to be
civil war. Sudan is the epito,rte of a
fuikd stare."
Sacks also believes ,hat the lack
of international supporr will doom
the region, claiming that the Unjc­
ed States is unable to effectively
help, owing w their comminnem
in the Mid die Easr, Sack, exrend­
ed the respor1sibilicy elsewhere as
well: "China and Russia each have
strong comniercial tics with Sudan
because of ,heir oil supply, and
thus strong diplomatic tics. It ben­
efits ,hem for Sudan 10 be in cha­
os." Additionally, Sacks said chat
the Sudanese government has n:­
fus,d the assiStancc of some 17,000
Uni,ed Na,ions uoops, nllowing
for funher unrest.
Professor Richard Peck, of ,he
ln1ernational Affairs depanmenr,
said the comenr of the lecture was
"very, "cry accurate." Peck, hold­
ing a book titled "Afric.1n l'olicics."
also ,poke of Sacks' possible rem•
edies. "The solutions he of!cnccl
are the-best anyone has rig}u now,
but none of rhem arc particularly
promising. However, rhe mrnour
for this lecrure is encouraging."
1 Colleen Marion ('08), a coor•
dinamr for LC's Amnc:sry lntt:r­
na<ional group. discussed plans <O
raise awareness on campus. "'We
thought t!•is year it would be better
ro inform everyone of the issue first
before we. attempt to raise money.
Lasr sernesrcr we raised S 1.200. lll'tA
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Darfur, a regiolJ of Sudan, has been a crisis site for decades.
and v:e're looking to improve upon
thar number.*
Vanessa Srine ('08), a co-coor­
djnaror along with Marion. noted
ano,her step rhe group intends to
rake ... There will be a lene.r writ­
ing campaign on campus soon, and
we're askh1g students to write their
Congwssmen and other elecrcd
officials ro encourage aid for Dar­
fur." Sack< agreed char such a mra•
sure would be a building block
to\vards an eventual resolution.
During the qucStion and answer
section of rhe lecture, one scudcnr
asked, "Whac can we do?" Hes~·
raring momenrarily, Sacks rcplil-d,
.. Make this issue important, write
co your rcprescnratives and don1r
let this full off the map. Now is rhe
rime lO be urgcnr."
Community voices raised at BTA workshop
by Kristen Ludwigsen
Members of the Bicycle Trans­
portation Alliance, Metro, the SW
Trails and mcrnbers of ,he Porrland
and Lake Oswego communicies
met for a community design work­
shop Tuesday. Oct. 3 ac the Adulr
Community Ctncc:r in Lake Oswe­
go 10 discuss possible bike rroils­
light rail or sueercar alrernarives­
along rhe Pordand 10 Lake Oswego
corridor.
It is no secret char biking on
Macadam and Highway 43 is nor
only dangerous and unple.uanr,
especially during rush hour and
a1 night, bur a.lso unavoidable for
many Lewis & Clark CoUegc stu­
den<S. The BTA liswd ir in tl1e
Blueprint for Better Biking Reporr
last year as a primary barrier to bi ...
cycling in the region. Some bicy­
clim resort 10 paying full bus fure ;osr ro ger over ct:rrai n, more dan­
gerous pares of the highway. It is an
issue chat incites both passion and
dcccrmination.
JessiC3 Robens, a community
volunteer and represenrativc of the
BTA said, "I can ,ell you ,his is one
of the single.-. worst, most danger­
ous stretches for bikes iu dte en­
tire metro regio1\ crnd this process
beuer come our wi,h a great rrail
option or ir will be a m:mcndous
missed opportuniry."
Don Baacl,. chair of SW Trails.
raggt-d on 10 Roberts ,nd s;iid,
'"Ain't no way we're nor gonna have
a trail!"
Trail ahernativcs for the cor­
ridor were developed a< a design
workshop held in J,me, One op­
tion included splining rhe trail in
Job.n,~ L,nding inro two rrailsl one
on the Willanm!c shoreline eight of way, a former freight rajl route
between Portland and Lake Oswe­
go ,bar is currently being used for
excursion trolleys, and rheorheron
the C>:istirlg grecnwa.y trail. Merro
me,nbers claimed the cwo uails
could be used co separate fast and
slow traffic. Bur a major challenge
in designing the trail this w~y i$
6nding ways 10 cross rhe trestles
and 10 pass , hrough or around rhc
runnel on 43.
TriMer and the Oregon Dcpart­
mcnr of Transportation are also
working with Metro, who own:s
the Willame11e shoreline righr of
way. A likely option is co i.nsrall a
streetcar system, which would be
cheaper and more efficient th;m
light rail. A smctcar also might Cut
back on traffic in the da1lgerous
biking area,
\Xfith the entire process still in its bc..--ginning sragcs. where exact­
ly rho porential bike path will be
and where ic will con necc with the
Sellwood Bridge are yer co be de­
termined. 1hc STA has been com­
municating with many community
members over che years -about ere-
' ating a bike trail with lirf1e success.
but tbeir de,ermin:uion still per~
sisrs.
11,ere is also the issue of fund­
ing. Even if there will be some fed­
eral funding, public and privar<
fundra.ising v,,iJI more than likely
still be required,
Several meerings have been
planned ln chc ncxcsix momhs with
the next one scheduled next Tues­
day, Oct. 10 from S:30-7:30pm ar
the Seventh Day Adventist Church
in $\'\f Portland. Visit the: Mctro­
region.org wcbsicc for more infor­
mation. • • • • • • • 1 • • • • News
The Clery Report· Tr~n~si~LC • Cr1m1nal1ty
by Nathanael Massey
In accordance with the femme Clery Dis•
clomre of Camp11J S,c11rity Poli,y and Campus
Crime Statisrics Act, Lewis & Clark~ Cam­
pus S:tfety dcparuncnr recemly disclosed ,he
sr:uisrics of criminal aces pcrpcrraced on or
around campus during the 2005 academic
year. 7/Je Pio11,er Lng has prepar,-<l a syaopsis
of these scatisdcs, highlighting notable fca-
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...... fl),,~•·· .. rures a.~ well some of' rhc trends from preyj.
ous years.
The highest figures fall imo the grid ofli­
qoor-law and drug .. rdarcd violations. Over a
three-year period on campus, alcohol viola­
tions rose and th.en declined, wirh disciplin­
ary referrals increasing from 247 to 290 from
the years 2003 ro 2004, then decreasing to
272 in 2005. Drug citations, on the ocher
hand, haw riseu steadily over
• • the last tbr<-c years. In 2003. 61
• • discipli1l:1.ry referrals were givcm
in 2004. 75; in 2005, 84. , ' 1luce oflasr ye.1r's drug relat-
, , ed incidents rc.-sulted in arrests,
• •
• • DISCJPUNARY
I REFl:RRALS:
• • remaining on par with 2004 a1,d slig)nly
lower than 2003. No alcohol law ,·iolations
led U) artests.
All arrests and referrals pertained co vio­
larions raking place on campus-,rbc Clery
report records no off-campus citations over
the last ,hrcc years.
11,ere arc no recorded citation,S for weap­
ons possession, mocor vehicle theft or rob-
ff I h bery on or o Clmpus over t tc c ree-year
period.
Burglary, which is disr_ioguished from
robbery in chc re-pon, rlas improved dra-
morically from last year. 1lic Clery lists eighr
~ counts of c:1mpus burglary iu 2005, down
Liquori.aw V !---violations On campus-•• • 1/
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• • In dormitories or other residential racllitles
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Jorug-related Ion campus~·• • • .,/ ,, " I --I from 20 in 2004. Of those eighr, only two
were reported as having occurred wirhin dor­
mirories or other rcsid,·ncial facilities.
Instances of repoucd :arson arc also on the
dccliae. ·n,e trend maxes our during 2004,
with six counts, u'p from fom il'1 2003~ hist
re:n only one coum of arson was reported..
Forcible sex offense charges have re­
mained s1e:1dy over tbc th rec y,-ars, with a
smg e counr r«orc e t. onng lC I I d l d course of
each.
Over the las, ,brce )'e:u-s, ,here h as been•
in 2005.
emain ar single account of a.ssaulc, occurring
Homicides :md manslaughrcr r
zero. \X'e:11 done, everyone.
2003 2004 2005
247 290 272
241 2BO 246
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Keynote address meets with interest, opposition
by Christie Wright
"Environmenrnlism is in Lhc way." Michael Shellenberger said in
the kc-ynotc address char concluded the Ninth Annual Symposiu,n on
Environmental Affiiirs on Wednesday night. Shellenberger and co•au­
rhor Ted Nordhaus. famous for a 2004 article esiriquing the U.S. envi­
ronmenral move1nenc, spoke lO a Lewis & Clark fuculiy p:mcl as well
as a full audience in Agnes Flanagan Chapel. The ride of rhe ~tlk was
i..rhe Death of Envfronment.1lism and the Policies of Overcoming."
The address bc.-gan with an inrroduc1ion by Environrncncal $1ud­
ic.s professor) Jim Proccor. 'The arcicle emitled .. The D(.-ath of Envi~
ronme:malism: Global-\V~uming Politics in a Posr-EnvironmtmaJ
World," wrirrcn by Shellenberger and Nordhaus, "sec oi'f a Auny of
critique and suppon" when it was published in 2004, Proc1or said.
The address ;Jlowcd rhc authors co exp:md on the ideas prcsenred in
che arricle aod hear argumcncs from Ofher symposia speakers, f.tcuhy
and srudcn rs.
The ralk emphasized how the left has polirically desrroyed environ­
rnemalism and .suggested that liberals depart from the movement i1l
order to construct a new campaign. "h's pan of Earth's cycle for things
co die." Shellenberger said in defense of his cri1ique. "[It's Environ ...
mcmalism•s- rime) ro whither away."
ShcUcnbcrgcr poi need our 1h:it enviro11mcotaJ laws weren't spur·red
hy environmemalisr action and ch:H global cnvironmcnral problems
were 1101 pn!valent only in the 1970s when rhe enviroamcnral move• rnem began m gain ill0mentum. R:ubcr, environ memalisn, is
o product of whar Shellenberger referred ,o as a posr-marerial
envirorHncnt~r an environment of aAluence that allows in­
dividuals ro pur stake in issues ,hat doll't concern their wcll•
bciJ1g. Nordhaus advocaccd :1 new movement char was linked
(0 pros~riry rather than 1ragedy. He advocated a rejecrion of
"apocalypcic futures~ described by so many <.·nvironmentalisu,
he said.
Faculty panel member Paulette 13ieriychudek, • biology
professor, responded ro the address by pointing 0111 rha, while
SheUcnbergcr and Nordho,,s '1dvoeare a perfect knowledge
among those concerned_, America,1 voters ju.$C don•c quire un•
detsrnnd bow, "CO, can be borh bad ond good at rbc same
rime." she said.
Bicriychudek concluded ,hat she dot-sn'r complerely ogree
with Shellenberger and Nord ha us. "I don•r know what ir me:;ins
to 'kiU off em•ironmenralism,"' she said. "But l wouldn't be
opposed 10 o lirclc blood rransnasion.''
·111e Syrnposiurn's theme w·as "Beyond Environmemalism?
Debating New Ideas and Srraccgi"5" and was organi1.ed by ,he
Enviro11mc:ntal Studies deparunentand scnfors Ben Schifma11
and Aortijke \Xladc. ihe symposium was a three-day cvenr and
focused on six differcm topics including clirnace, species, na~
rure and global place. Jordan Stern ('08) spoke during the
Symposium's Tuesday's lecture. .4.;;;;. ____________________ ...., .... ~j4@ .... i.--------t-he_P_io,;.,nee,;.,r_L;..;;.o.,~0:., O,;.,c_10:.b:.e:.r_6;.•:..2:.0:..0:..6:..-_
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J AUTUMN MOON
~OES -DOWN lN CHlNATO
by Nathanael Massey
Portland's Chinatown celc:br.ued the
completion of a six•y<."J.r re,,o,·ation elfon
lasr weekend wi1h a festival of music. martial
ans, inrcrnational performance and food.
rhc c..·vent. coinciding wirh the Chinese
~·1oon t~1iv.1I. repr<."scmc:<l a diverse ;1rray of
the culrurt>s fhat c..tll Portland\ oldesc quar­
ter home.
1hc rcnov;nio1,, sponsored primarily by
an alignm<:nr of neighborhood busi,,~se~
and community groups, included 1he instal­
lation of l 26 new uccs, new .sidewalks, a bike
lane from Burmidc to Cli~1n and rhe trans­
formation of !K-ct.i01\S of Flanders and Davis
streets into parallel public squares. Artwork
and 20 commemorarivc plaques were also
added co the area.
~Inc renovation, while;: hard!)• an histori­
cal reconstruction, aligned wdl with the
disuicc's various aesrhedc. 10.c festival alld
renovations drtw a large crowd.
Dating back to the Xia and $hang Dynas•
tie$ (2000 BC-1066 BC), rhe Chinese Moon
fesriva.l ccJcbrateS h~•rvesr, abundance and
rest. Portland's ow1'1 celebration, howcver 1
strcs.sl-<l the mulriculmralism of the disuicc with performance and food from African,
Scandinavian, Hung::iri:rn. Jazz and Cabarc:t
groups added co the mix.
The performances were fcamred 01'1 t\VO
stages :rnd ran non-stop while the festival
was in swing. Some highlights included the
Gypsy Caravan dance company, the Port·
land Chinese Yo-Yo te.am and an exhibitio1'I of skill, srrcngrh and dis,:ipline by a troupe of
Shaolir, mpnks.
On Sunday, the Chinese garderu suspend­
ed admi~ion charges and opened irs doors
to ,he public. Neighborhood walking ,ours,
me:.lm to familiari1..e ,he public wirh rhc dis­
uict1s history, as well as the ncv.• renovations,
were likewise cooducred free of charge.
Clockwise from top left: 1he Lion's Gare entrance of
Chinatown; the Vagabond Opera performing on the
Festival \Y/orld Stage; a young shoalin monk demon­
strates the science of his art; rope dragons were part
of the craft display at the \Xforld Bazaar; steel statues
spout fire between acts on the main stage. N the Pioneer Log, October 6. 2006 ---§j4'4 _______________________ 5_
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Residence Life Committee: • • • • A new voice for old concerns
by Rosi Moffett
'The Lewis & Clark Residence Life wcbsirc describes an LC residence hall as •a place
• where the sacredn~ of the person is ho1,orcd ... wh{·rc the weU~bei.ng of each member is
sensi1ively supporrcd ... la place] where individuals acccpr their obligations to the group
• .ind where well defined governance procedures guide behavior for Lh<: common good."
• H.owcvcr, students Uviug on campus often find their re.1:uionship with Res Life to be less
rosy than rhe picture this paints . • Archimedes Movement: • 1he tensions berwecn rC$iden1.1 ,md Reslife came co a head last .spring wirh lssues such
' • A new dawn for healthcare reform? • as the pai,uing o,•er of the morals, rhe closure of chc Rusty Nail and the sc.-arch for a new
Dean of Srudcncs. Residents' issues began ro be formally recognized in srudcnr leners dur-
•
• by Peter Beland
t While many still love rhe lkades, some
.a.spccrs of the sixti~ are le$$ r.lmdcss-~uch
• as a burning harred of Russians. Our current
, Health Oue sy>tern. formed by the social re­
,lities of the sixties, is oae such specrer of rhc
• post d,a1, according 10 Isaac Holeman ("09),
t lcadcr of rhe Lewis & Clark chapter of the
Archimedes movement, needs ro have ics sys­
I tcmic walls rakca down.
t ·n,e Archimedes movement is one of
heahh care reforms founded by former Or-
• ,gon Governor Jol1n Kinhaber rhar seeks ''to
• maxi mil<' the health of Oregonians by creat•
ing a susra.inablc system whicb uses the pub-­
I Uc resources spent on heaJth care ro ensure
t that everyone has access ro a defined si;r of
dfecrivc health services." Empowered by this
• ,ision, chc Archimedes movement hopes ro
t bring to :mention chc gross impou.·Dcy of our
current bealth care system and dms catalyze
• unilateral and prngmatic reform.
t Much like Bilbo 8aggins, the curren,
Health Care system is " ... rhin, like burrer
• sprtad over 100 much bread." During che six ..
t ties, the ;average worker to retiree ratio was
l'•v<Mo-.on(!, with poverty among tbc elderly 1 twice that of the general popularion. 'Jhe al­
t location of current hc.1lrh care funds is ba.<ed
t upon ,bis rario, under ,he logic rhar ,hose
who work now are paying for the health care
t coverage of those of re[iring :ige ;u we.II as
cai,gori1.ed groups of people ,ho, •re ''mos,
• deserving" of public health care.
t Today, tha1 ratio is completely reversed,
with one work<:r for every rwo rcrircc..-s. While 1 the wor.king peoples of che sixties controlled
I, luger pa(! of rhe economy, those who are of
, retiring age today parndoxically reprcsenr rhe
ricliest portion of 1he present economy. Thus
t 1he poorer populace of ow country is paying
' 1 for the health care of lhose who are s-tatistj­
cally more well off, as well as C'\VO times their
I size. Moreover, remaining funds are restrict-
• ed ro tbe outdarcd "most deserving" groups
•nd d,us leave many nc<-dy without health
I c:ue co~r:.ige.
1 Encumbered by bureaucrocy, revenue.
from Oregon destined for public health care
I must first be "lalCed" to ,he Federal govern-
• ment and only reallocated if used in fc-dcral
programs such ~s Medic.ue. These snucrural. ••••••••••• • ing a Commuajcy Relations 8-oard inform:uio11 garhering c.1mpaJg11. Furrhermorc, this
• was a good rime co work to gain a bcncr undersranding of rhe resident simation in order
to give as much iolOnnati~ as possible co chc new Dean of Smdtms, \VJ. Housron Dough ... • prob1cms create fin:mci.al disincemive~ for
do<:rors to provide good health care to the •
grcatcSt number of people because rhc "in­
visible hand" releases the surgeon's hand only •
10 those with health care coverage, pubUc or • arty.
privare.
lndccd, many doctors offices have em­
ployees-paid roughly °JOk a year-whose
sole purpose is to mitigate insurancr issues
and financial accouar.ibility. The Archime-The creation of a Rcsideoce Life Comrniuec is :1 cominuing effort co address srudcm
concerns with policy. '"lt"s a bridge," ,aid ASLC Prcsidcn1 Bobby McHugh ('07). ·1ts •
firsl step in c.hc right dirccrion." McHugh explained rhat rhe new comminec hopes to
function asa liaison bctwl'en srudcnts and Residence Lifc--ic plans co g1ve srndenrs a voice
in rhe :1ciual Residence Ufi: policy exceptions committee. The com mince is an anc.mpc 10
• quell the mounting opinion that the .:1dminis1ration ignores the concerns of the residcnr.
• 'The plan is co have open foru,ns rhrce times per seinesrc.r is wcU as on an ad-hoc net.xi
basis, Meli ugh said. Students can ask quesrions or complain about policies rha, they find
• confusing or un r,asonablc.
des movement feels chat rhe Americ:H1 heahh • It will also give 1·hc CoU,-gc a chance ro explain ics vision and why the policy is as Ir is.
care system has born its ring of power for coo
long and must make a visit co Mordor and
rid itself of such a corrupting force. Individual problem$ can be resolved and recurring issues can be addrt.'sscd. Noc only will
• there be RAs and RDs on 1hc committee, it will be chaired bya smdcnt and it will include
\'Vich such srark, apoliric..'ll fuas, it is no
surprise. char rhc Archimedes l'novemenc is
gaining considerable 1nomenrum. As Hole•
man maner-of-fuctly pur it," Ev,·ryont wanes • non-RcsLifc srudcnlS. "I chink chesuccess will co1ne from in1eracting with studenrs," said
McHugh. Rt'$idcnrs wicb a concern need only to contacr r.he members of rhe Residence
• life Comminoo-who will be announced-via e~mail or in person co address their prob-
• lem.
• 10 be heahl1y." With evolving draft legisla-
rion based on ir1pu1 fro1n il\tercsr groups- •
docrors. consumers, erc-rhey propose ~­
more wise allocation of funds based on 10 • An additional purpose of rhe comminee will be to disseminate information about what
is being done with school policy. For example, rhe Campus S:1fery se:1rch policy is being
revisited and will ulrimaccly be rcwrinc11, said McHugh. \Xfhen rhis is done d•e new· policy
will be announced and explained.
Issues ro be addre$SCd include meal-plan exccpcious, rhe 24-hour move-out policy, rhe
• dorm-~urvey process and whether chalk art is 10 be allow<-d. The Residence Life Commit•
h .. -c will provide "a place rd review policy and make ir bener for swdenu;· said McHugh. • principles enumerated wichin chc current
draft proposal. Among ,be principles arc
rrar1sparency of fundi11g priorititiltion co en­
sure accounrabilicy and realig1)ed financi:tl •
incentives. ibis move:me.m is gras..~roors aod • is reliant on g:rusroocs .support. As Holeman
StMed so ominously, "\Ve need pc-oplc ro be •
concerned enough with 1he current sy.srern • co acr boldly in cerms of making a new sys-
rem." • Poi111edly, the people of whom Holeman • speaks areLtbe youth in Orc...-gon. [c casts a
shadow Oil ,.he credibility or health care re-•
form if those who have rhe most ro lose are • woefully aparherk. This begs the qucsrion,
"what can I do?" While unforruna1dy it is •
nor as simple as slaying Ores, rbere arc many •
ways young people C.1tJ help. Holeman hopes
co hold discussion groups a few 1iines per sc-•
mcsccr ro facilitate conversationl as well as ro • disseminate chc movemcm co 01hcr colleges.
The LC chipter is the first group of college •
srudentS ro mke part in the rnov¢mCnt and • chus is che ''poior of chespe::tr." \X'hcther it is
one hour a week or 20, stude!ttS can co11rrib- •
me to this progressive reform movement rhat •
rnay very well rC\'Olutionizc our society.
If imut1t~d, ~Ontact Hukman at •
iholem1111@ldark.edu or go to ,ht ,uebsiu at •
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Editorial Board
The editorial board is comprised of Forum Editor
Jonathan Frochczwajg, Sara Caldwell and Amy Pombo.
lo 1995, Reed College got fed
up with the way U.S. Nnus & \~orld
Report rankc-d institutions of higher
cduc..uion in its well-known lists of
America's "best" collcgts. Al tlwugh
many colleges feel chat chc ranking
sysrem is unfair, Reed is the mosr
promincm of a small number of
schools th;u have refused co submh
rhc survey U.S. News sends t0 col­
lcgl-s l.tch year 10 generate irs lists.
ln a recent 1Veu, l1.irk Tsma (.,-d.irori­
al, Colin S. Diver, Reetl's president,
agJin criticized. cbc.-11rnking sy.stcm. Reed College and
other schools have
forged the path to
buck US. News's were dropped to chc bot1om of the
ranked by die board that composes
the lists. Altl,ough this may sound
I iko if we followed suir, it could
be the ds-ach of LC, Reed is now
holding its own. Reed's :1dmissions
speak for itself.
hegemonic rating
system. Now, lee's
follow it. If LC were to refuse to submir
U.S. Nnvls survey, it would no, be
th.e end all of good press. 111c well­
read publication still keeps schools
char do not submit chc survey on
chc rankings, bi.it with a foornore
One of the main things he poirued out was the fact r:hat
not all schools rcqujrc the submission of SAT scores for
admission, thus unfujrly inffaring their ran long.
One of these schools h,ppens to be LC. And wl1ile we
think the Ponfolio Pach i,S :1 fubulous system thar :Htracts
diversity and reminds us that a 1est doesn't really measure
the success of a person, tlte Ed Board agrc.:s with Diver
tbat this rouu-: w admission may cause inflated rankings.
The Portfolio Parh isn't going an)"vhere-- it has bt--cn
here for over 15 yea.rs. Bue we think it is import:;tm that
we do not seem as if we :ue trying to move up rJ1e r:utk­
ings and be miSrcprcscnred by U.S. N~u,s. So we d1i11k
ir's time th,t LC suck ir up and follows in tht sreps of
Recd by rehtsing ro fill our the annual $11rvey scm out by
U.S. N,w,. Not only do we think that 1.his school's repu•
tario,1 speaks for itself. bur ~ve think thac if the sysrem is
so corrupt, c'1ensomconc should do something about it.
Oh, wai,, Reed did. So what arc we doing?
1110 year Reed refused to rerurn 1he survey, they
I chat says 1hcy had 10 gather the in­
formation ii:_t orher ways.
As long as LC's Admissions Dept. decide$ co keep
d,e Portfolio Path as a.n option of admission, LC
.shottJd v.iork to noc appear o:, be uying ro infface our
SAT score·:l\•Cr-J.ge by refusing ro take pan in impc.r•
focr college rankjng programs.
For rJu neord ...
in the Sept. 22 inu, of th, Pioneer Log, r/g Edito­
rial Board en/ling far letui, 6-Cktil:s AdmiJsions Dr­
partmem u, drop its early admissiom pr~am 11uuk the
uror of t/Ot diffirmtiating b,rwem LC; Early Action
progmm and Harvards Single Choiu Early Artion pro­
gram, Harvard's program requires early applicams ro
apply only UJ Harvard. LCs program ha; no 111ch re­
quin~ntnl, \\7( regret 1ht tnYJr. Letters to the Editor
Ir is With great rclucunce. and
remorse that r wrirc this lerrer. I
am especially disturbed at the lan­
guage used in the two last issues
of che Piolog. Recent refe,cnces
of.,The Mooney Award" given co
denote the 'biggest fuck-up" of
the week n,veal a shameful disre­
gard for civ~icy and i:Ompassion,
not t◊ mention professional jour­
nalisriaf':Uldards.
Mike Mooney r<moins largely
rc,,pon,ible for greatly improv•
ing our college. Many of tl•• do­
mkiles aod classrooms in which
you comfo,tably scribble profan­
ities referenced tQ him no doubt
djrectly arc a product ofhisdedi­
. cation to 1.he College.
For the record, Mike Mooney
and I had • genial, distant, posi­
tive working relationship. We
also had our iliffercnccs as wdl,
cspecially ar rhe end of his prtsi•
denC)·-We are ncicher friends nor
acquaintances; I am no longer in touch wirh him, although I wi<h
him the very be.t in his !inure
cnd<avors. whatever they may
be.
Mike Mooney does no, nctd
m< co he bis apologist or d<­
fcndcr. He has wead,ercxl many
a scorm. I suspect the Piolog
is the leas, of ~iswon-ics and
probably abscnr from his rndar
screi;:n. 11ur wriucn, I sincere­
ly 1>ish that die Piolog editors
and wrirers exercise vallacular
rt'Strainr. Try t0 show the bet­
ter angels of your narure. At­
tcmpr 1.0 show a bif of compas­
sion. Seek ro pursue a modicum
of decency and decorum. In at)'
opinion, rhc Mooney Award,
and 1he Piolog's description of
it, is a linc<rosscr .
Robcrr M. Eisinger
Chair.Political Science Oepr.
·au, week's Mooney goes to ... u,. me Pionetr Log. Although gener­
ally in,penetrablc in its perfection, rhe Piolog doe-, indeed make tho
occasional 1nistake. ln inscimring "The MoonC"y". we made just such .i
mi, blunder. and for chat we apologize. I.er us explain.
The Mooney is based on Willametre \V,.,ks regular fearure "Rogue
of the Weck." which singles out something or somebody from Port-
1an<l to sh:1mc.
We wruued to take rhar ide,, and somehow make i, loc,,J by rcnam•
iog iL Because of Mooney's infamous squaodcring of college funds,
fus name imme<liarely came to mind a.~ somebody most LC srudents
would recognize, and someb"dy eml>lematic of the misrakcs we were
trying ro poiat out.
Whar did .uot q)m<.". to mind was that. as a st1.ff now made up en ..
tirdy of sn,den1'$ no, at LC during Mooney~ r<·signation, we could
1101 be aware of rhe sigm6cancc of the sordid episode to rhose sru­
der\tsJ faculty and sraff who wtre here when Moor'l<:y's actions came
to lighr. •
To us, Moonty and hi, end were merely pare of LC lore, and not a
touchy is.sue ro be handled delicately. We were instnticvc.
As for our '·scribbl(ingJ" of "profuniries, •· the Piologs policy on
profanity is gcnemlly ro use words that mighr be offensive (i.e. you
wou1dn'r hear tbcm on network rclcvision) only in the lCX.t of an ar­
ticle, nor in 3 prominent position like lht subhead.
• However. in rhe casc of .. Thc Jvtoonty,"' we made an exception. Ln
rhe fust rwo issues in which chc feature appeared. jc induded a short
subhead with a profane word in ic. We did not consid« dm soil><
would be offended b)' this usage. It was a lapse in judgement, and for
,bar we :i.lso npologiu.
1his will be the last issue in which ''The Mooney will appeat
Henceforth, ''The Mooney" shaJI he known as "The TempleroJl," to
rdlect die general dissa1isfuctio11 wich Templeton Student Ccmcr. We
hope chat i~ a more satsifuc1ory name. _1h_e_P_i_o_11e_e_r_L_o_g_._o_c_1_o_b_e_r_6_, 2_0_0_6 _________ ... ,.j••l••~----------------------7--
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Get a new name;
get a new issue
by Craig Gilden and
Christie Wright
To ,he 1ncmbers of SDS who were ar­
rmcd ar Republican Gordon Smi,h's of­
fice, err. shouJd we say. who were arrested
in from of Smith's escaJacor:
What was the poim anyway?
In last week's issue ot tht Pioneer log,
the question w3s posed "Where do you
stand?" in reference to SDS' proccsc at Re­
publican Senator Gordon Smith's office.
We h:we co say that we Jefi_nitely do not
stand with SOS in their "don't vote, orga•
nhe" campaign. ''Jbe movement is t00 an­
riquaied for American politics o.nd it's so
anrttgoniscic that even Lewis & Clark sru~
dents arc disenchanted by ir.
While we congl'arulace your auack 011
poLJ,ical apathy, we i1uplorc you to make
future actions less frivolous. If you wane
ro inspire a dormant political youth, smrt
on a more reosonable and local sc...Je. The
War in lraq is a passionate issue. However,
the symbolism behind your arre.scs is lost
in vasmess of rhac debate. Essentially, we
wonder why you <levotcd so much time
and energy in a senator's office who's own
,-ore, even if he had changed his mind
about the w:.tr, couldn't change the iorcrna~
tionaJ stams quo.
We· fed char civil disobedience was ef­
fccrive when the stude,u population of this
tountry was primed to unite. However, in
• daya,1d age c.hai is largely plural, iris dif­
ficulr ro mlly youth support for •ny issue.
Sit-ins may bave lost political effectiveness
and while you may mourn their deach, we
sec a need for creativity and noc ::i remrn i-o our parencs' mer hods of political protest.
With mat srn,ed. lose the name.
Rejecting rhc right co vote is coun•
rer-producrive. Voting is out mosr basic
right--3 right rhat has been given to us
through the hard work and sacrifices of
past gcnerat.ions of Arnericans. Our vore
is u,t! 1·11,1mber one way that WC can make
changes and voice our opjn.ions. By noc
voting we arc forfeiriag that most funda.­
memal concept of demQctacy.
The fuct that SOS' protest was the first
ace of civil disobedience that we have wit­
nessed in the last four years -at tbis c.~n­
pus might infer that LC studencs are moce
autonomous than apathetic. There is no
need for srudems ro be led in polltical sic­
ins. LC srudents are choosiog co vote in
order to have their voices heard.
And their voices have been heard.
American history is littered with examples
of politicians who make signi6cam chang­
es. Jn the 1950s Frank Church, a Demo­
cratic senaror from Idaho, laid the ground
for rnost environ_mem:al initiadves we abide
by today. Barak Obama, a Democratic
senator From Illinois, is leading the cam­
paign oo prog~ive i111migration laws. [e's
worth considering char each of these sena-­
cors was put in office by vores. ;:ind nor by
orgnnii.'lr.io11 aJone. So despite your views,
we fed that it is possible co clca candidates
who can speak on our behalf.
\Vie charge SDS to ger a new go<ldamo
name, a new goddamn issu<-and a ncv.•
go<ldamn form of protest. Textbook warfare
by Katie Walter
I know tha, b'tching and moaning about
lexcbook pricc:s is p<1r for I he course fur any
college student, and has been foe years. 111.c
complaining has gone on For so long rhai I
have heard many professors get quite frri ..
raced and «II students ,ha, ,hey just have co
ge't used to ridiculous ccxLbook pricing and
cou1u it a.span of the cost of a higher educa­
tion.
However, it appears that a miracle has oc­
curred: Somcon<.-has responded ro die ever-­
rising costs of textbooks. ...
A congres:siona.l advisory commincc met
lace las1 moor.I, 10 discuss la.sr year's report by
United $rares Government Accounrnbiliry
Office (GAO), which Found noc only rhac
textbook prices bave risen ac C\Yicc the rate
of inAation over ,he last 20 ye.rs, bu, also
that cexrbooks cotint :l.S a $ig1ti6ca.nt porcion
of overall school cosrs, ranging from 72 per­
cent of ruicion coses for a two year coUege t(?
8 percent at a private 4•ycar institution such
as Lewis & Clark. The ceport also addr<-sses
publisher pr~tCLices that contribute ro rising
rexrbook coses. Congressman Oa.vid \Xlu
(D). of our own beloved Oregon First
CongrcssionaJ Dist.rice, along with
Howard P. McKoon (R-CA) requested
tt"" ,he GAO conduct ,he ,ex,book sur­
veys last year.
Many Srudenr Public Research l11rerest
Gcoups (PRJGs) have bocn working cogccher
since 2003 on ,he Make Textbooks Alford­
able Campaign, which is based bcrc in
Oregoll. ·rhe Ounpaigo has conduct­
ed irs own· surveys showing rhe un~
necessary aspects o(skyrock<Ling
cexcbook coses. 11,c Make Text­
books Affordable Campaign
has also created :m o,uine
community called ,he
Campus Book Swap, and
encourages srudrncs ro order books
from overseas, where publish~
ers often sell textbooks ar
lialf ,he price 1hac is
charged in ,he
U.S.
They
also pro­
videinfor­
malion on how
to sc-r up textbook rental
sc:rviCl-S on campus. a practice
,hat can cm textbook costs down ,o
as low as S 130-$240 per year.
i'RJGs in I 4 scares were enough 10 raik
thC' awareness of manyt including congress­
men \Xfu and McKcon. le was also enough co
r:tisc cairipu$ 3\YafCnCS), in somt areas to tht'
j)Oinr of .action: ln a recent .article iu the \'{!all
Strttt Journil. it was reporred chat Portland
Community College (a school cha, owns its own bookstore, unlike LC) has formed a
Textbook Task Force co fight hjgh «xcbook
costs. One mccic involves gcning professors
• of 3 p:1rricular subject to .1grec on course: cexc.s
For higher bargaining power wi1b publishers.
1-hc Congressional Comminee thar mer
las, momh is planning on holding ,cvcral
regional m<.,"Ctlngs in the coming momhs to'
find n1ethods on che govcrumc-ot, state and
inscirutional levds tO c,ub texcbook cost$.
l'he Comminee has been a long lime
coming, and I am glad co be able co cell those
grumpy professors thac we did really have a
valid point after all. Let's just hope char the
Commiuee gets their results to us sooner
rather than lacer.
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NYC correctly cracks down
on calories
by Liz Holliday 0 besil)' rates have more than dou­
bled over the past three decodes, and it is
about rime sorneone stepped in. Ne\\' York
City's Department of Heald, prcscn red
one of two proposaJs in a pr<.-ss release on
Sept. 26. New York is aiming to eliminate
all foods conrainirlg more rha1l 0.5 grams
of rrans fatty acids (trans fat) from all New
York City restaurants. The second proposal
requires restaurants to publicly post calorie
content on their menus or menu boards by
March I, 2007.
Bold mm•e? Yes. After a11 inefficient ye.'lr­
long promotional campaign on the dan­
gerous impact trans furs have on citi1.cn•s
heaJth, restaurants were still serving almost
as mud, lr.rns fut, a.nd New York decided ro
srarr kicking trans fat ass and taking names.
Righi move! Again, l am inclined ro :agree
with New York. Trans fatS arc nm natural,
a,1d your body docs not ncc-d them to sur­
vive. "n,ey are made by a chemical process
in whicl, vegerable olls go through a cl1emj­
cal process called hydrogen•rion. Trans fur
wa.s invemcd so thar foods chat contain
them can have a longer shelf life, which is
why d1ey-are very popular in rt·stauranrs.
Trans far can be found in ma.q,7'3.rine,
some shorcenings and frying oils, :ll\d CU'I
be sported in all sons of foods, ranging from
French fries 10 cookies and pastries.
Trans fats arc already being r<gularc-d in
a few countries-Denmark ,vas hrst three
years ago-and h3ve been m_and,nory on
product labels in the United $rates since
Januaty. Trans fac raises the levels of bad
cholesterol in ,he blood, which increases
tl,c risk of heart disease, diabetes and obc­
sicy, among othet d1ings.
All of chis for added shelf life? No thank
you! ln facr, switching co uans far .. free oil
does not cost more and castes chc same as
p•rtially hydrogenated oils-they even last
as long, too! I have no pil)' for tbose who
claim thac it will be an absurd expense to
rc."Stauram owners. Plus, chis ban on rrans
fat would not go into dfecc until July of chis
year, giving plenl)' of time for rcstauraots to
odjusc recipes and so forth.
As for chc Neg:irive Nancys out there­
mostly restaurant owners who do nor want,
co sacrifice the time and money it would
take to adjust menu items-who claim it
infringes on their rights: Please. Taking 6uc natura.1 chemicals from foods that half chc
public did not even kflOw existed is banUy
wirc ... capping. -
Some companies ha.vc even cur back on
trans fat without having a gun held rn their
heads."TI1e Wendy's chain, for example,
srnrted using a dlfferenc trans fut-free oil
back in AuguSt. In addition, Crisco recently
came our wirh a trans far-frf't' version. Friro­
Lay managed co remove trans fur from their
Doritos and Chectos without breaking the
bank or receiving a backlasb from custom­
ers.
\Xlhy dien are some New York re.s1aurant
owntts malcingsuch a bigsrink! I chink that
some people have a hard time with change.
lhe bottom line is chat Amctican's health
should come 6rst. If that means sptnding a
linle rime figuring our where exacdy ro buy
chis trans fat-free oil, well, rhen I say juSt
suck it up and do chc research.
It will take some ad;usting, hue ia the
end it will be well word, the effort for the
fim steps toward a healthier s9ciery. Keep-• '
( -
ing food that could potentially hinder your
health later in life out of restaurants s..>ems
Uke 3 promising concept to me. I think it is
a grear idea, and New York Ciry is not ,he
only city thinking about these restrictions­
Chicago has a plan in the works, too.
As for the second proposal, we have had
this "fat American" srigma for too long,
which is why I am iJ1 fuU support ofit. How
grear would it be to see exactly what you are
purting into your b9dy when you go ׵t to
cat?
l think that those who arc trying to make
healthy choices or 10 curb their caloric in­
<ake would be helped tenfold by knowing
how man)' calories are in a plate of food at
their fuvoricc.-restaurants. lt might make
consumers th.ink twice abom chat large soda
(approximately 600 calories) or rhc Big Mac
wich cheese (704 calories) ther are thinking
of ordering.
And since when is informing citizens a
bad thing? By making restaurants inform
cuStomers abour the calode conceat of their (MACRO)
A weekly piece tha.t fi>cuses on
large--scale. issues.
11.1\.~fAATIOtfBYBILY 11.oc,;
food, they are just helping our those wbo
care what enters their bodies. If you could
care less abom the cilorie contenr of any
food iccm, chcn ignore the amount, bur for
those of us who care ir is a grcac help.
How great would it be if u,c Bon labeled
food irems' I'm sure very few students lo,ow
time a phi n bagel h•s 440 calories, not i.n­
cluding che butter or cream cheese addoo
before caring. Noc rcali.zing exactly how
many calorics arc in food-coupled wiih
rhe cafeceria-s-ryle preparation-is a major
reason srudeors gain wdghr in college fr.hat
plus che oc=ional ,153 calories wasted on
a can of Pabst Blue R;bbon). Knowlcdg,
about such tb.iugs leads co healthier deci­
sions. thus maybe even pro,1ing che tradi­
rional "freshman 15" wrong.
I applaud New Yotk for having the bal~
to seep up and force restaurant owners to
make healtbiet decisions. As we $aw three
years ago witl, che smoking ban in resrau­
rants, l feel that New York City is just rh,
6rstof maoy co hc.-ad in this direction. _,h_e_P_io_,_,e_e_r_Lo_g;:., .. o_c_io_b_e_r_6_,_2_0_0_6 _____________ ije,um__, ______________________ 9 __
Homecoming
scheduling a foul
for football players
by Sara Caldwell
Wbar docs homecoming mea 1,?
For most pl~plc it is parr of rhe
American tradition of footbalJ,
parties, and high school. But now
rhat college is here, does it still
have anyrhi ng ro do with •·rhe Big
Gamc?n 'Ibis weekend is Lewis
& Clark's annual l-lomecoming
<la.nee. But ,hers is something dif­
ferent abou1 this dance: Jr is rhc
day befor, the homecoming foot­
ball game.
What docs rbis meani This
means the football players chcm­
seh•es ca,rnot artend tbc dance chat
is rradilionally h) celebr.1tion of
their victory over a rival ar ::'I hcYme
game. \Vcll, it seems thac a cou­
ple of things don't line up in this
equa1ion. First of aU. cbc-pl3yers
can.not at rend the da,,ce; secondly.
by Friday tbe outcome of, he game
is unknown because i.t hasn\ hap­
pened yet; and thirdly, who is this
~rival?"
The game found pride in our school achk·tks,
doesn't it seem wise ro put every­
thing back in order? !r is noticeable
that LC is not a school char is sole­
ly centered Ott.sports, but chis is an
C\1enr char h;:1s its name in foocball!
Must LC forger rhar because ofitS
lock of love for sports!
OD a simiJar nocc, not only can
the football players not go. bur also
most i1l-seasor) :nhleces caunoc at•
tend rhe dance due ro competition
on Saturday. lhe idea of having
a.a event that <.·ncompas.ses che ell•
tire school for rhc cdcbrarion of
rhe new •S<:rnesrcr has been poorly
scheduled in a segreg:..1tionist way,
As the new semescer is in ftLII
swing, chere are some very obvious
changes as co the way the athletics
a re being n.i n. There is rcjuvcna•
tion in the.connection between che
jocks and all the or her srudeurs, so
why arc we goiJ1g back ro ,he old
ways in chis fun social evenr? Is
Acrivicics Con•
that is raking
place on Sat•
urday is in facr
agains, a school
in our COJ\fer­
cnce. 1ltat me-:rns
il is a game char
makes a differ­
ence in how well
the foo,ba II ream
docs chis sea.soil
overall. Second­
ly, 011 ,he sched­
ule, 1 he game
is referred co as
1/u flonueom• What really gets grcss trying co
split rhe m••
dent popula­
tion more rh:1 n
ic already is~ me is the fact that
so many people will
not be fazed chat So is chis a
d(l n<:e just ro
have a dance,
or is ir .a poorly
schcdulecleve,u
chat is supposed
co carry on an
Arnerican cra­
dirion? As Jong
as chis dance is rhe football team
cannot attend their
own dance. So bring
che bling, and forget
about the American
ing Gmnr. And pastime.
apparently LC's -
rival is Menlo
College. 11, is is in focr the fi rsr
Nonhwesr Con fore nee game of
the season, making ir che most im­
portam game so fac
It is easLly S.1id rhar LC is nor
a tradicional school. bur whar is
rhe poi1u of having thjs dance ifit
does not :i.llow che Ii 1le of evt:nrs co
be as ,he)' arc supposed 10 be? Last
y¢ar, therc wasn't a football game
at all, but the dancc wem on. 11lar
is one thing, bu1 now that we have
a Homeco,niog game and a new-called Home•
coming ic has
some con nota­
tive shoes co
filJ. Jf this is a dance forrhe fun of
having a d;rncc, then why nor call
ir SOil:lethiog else? As long as chis
school has a fOQtball te'Jm, it is
imponam rhar ir learns co .support
ic. Actlvicics Congress musr 1101
have really thought chis through.
Wh,1< really gers me is chc fact rhar
so many people will not be fazed
char the football re.:i1n cannot <u­
cc11d rhcir owa danc~. So bring the
bling, and forger about the Amcri-
can pastime. PJILH1WE"
HILL AhEAt>
F"U-i,"~ .. ff"' c-• .no••~
IU.U:S iRATIOH SY ~TIWI fROCKTZWitJG
Freshman driving .rules make
an island out of Palatine Hill
by Danny Garcia
Going 10 college is a big srnp
for )'Oung people. For some, it's
rbc very first time rhe(ve evet beer)
;way from Mom and Dad. I r's a
tiine ro msre the freedoms that
adulrs are emit led ro. like smyiJ1g.
up h,e. Hell, freedom is one of the
found:uions of this ntuion aud cv ..
eryone wan.ts a piece ofit.
One such freedom is the ability
t0 own :rnd drive a car. '!be auto­
mobile has become the most popu­
lar mode of cransporrnrion across
che world. No one wants to Ix lcf1
OU[.
Here at Lewis & Clark College.
rhere are some restrictions on rhis
fr«dom rhar limit 1-he driving ex­
periences of a quarter of the school's
en~ollme111. I'm referring co the
prohibition of firsr-ye11s p;uking
motor vehicl<-"s on campus.
As mosr first-years probably no•
riced during New Stude,u Oricn­
ratjon, flyers were given out clearly
srating rh..·u 6rst-ycars are oor aJ ..
lowed co park on campl.ls. Surt the
rule is clear, but what about the
conseque11ct.-s? Has anyone ooccd
,he audaciry of this rule? 11,ink of
the children!
LC isn't exactly whar anyone
would call rhe happening spot of
Portland. Wirh all ,he great op­
porrui1ities only minutes away.
firsr-y~rs are missing ouc on all rhe fuo. J nsread, rhey have no o,hcr
opcion bur co .sir around campus
all day ar rhe s:une old cafc or rhc
same old grass lawn doing I he s.;unc
old thing. l"hings need ro change
or the hill might wm icsdf into an
island.
This ruJc giw:,s birch co the
M0<.c.her Phenomcoon. J have a
6m-year friend who has • car on
campus so he can ancnd medic:il
ap_poiJHments. ln.s-ccacl of this be:•
ing a blessing, he stands by and
wacchcs his vehicle ger tr~1ed
like -a worthless rc.ncaJ car. Every•
day 6rn-years wirhour cars mooch
off of this poor soul, raking , he
car who knov.is wbere cO do who
knows what. Sure, he should be
careful and incdligcnr enough nor
to place his car iJ1 ,he hands of
idiors, bur 1.har wouldn't stop lhc
hoards of moochers. He is rhe vie­
tint of owning what everyone else
can't have.
By the way, for ,hose of you
1hinking you can regisccr your car
under an uppercLtSSman's name,
1hink again. '!here's a $75 line for
th_e lHHluthoriicd rcgisrering of a
firsr•year car. 1l1at's sevcncy•6\•c
Ai\1ERJCAN dollars. The only vi­
olarion worth more is parking in a
handicapped spor. When did first•
year parking become m9re illegal
than blocking a lire lane Qr break­
ing ,he speed limit?
And why ca.n'r uppercl:,ssmen register another's car? lc's not like
they'll have two cars on campus.
If the upperclas..li:man isn't iJHc.nd­
ing [O use his d<.'Signated spoc,
more power r() him co give it away.
What's rhe school losing?
J guess there's always rhe shunJe
or Tri-Met to whjsk people away
from rhe mund:ioe. h cosc.s rnuch
k·ss 10 ride ,he bus ch:i.n ro SlJ.Sr:tin
:, ¢:tr, so maybf itS a good idea
,hat srudenrs are pOfentially !!"aving
money. But where's rhe firn in rid­
ing the bus? Having to plan around
rhe Tri-Met schedule, hoping you
don't miss chc lasr bus bade or else
risk having to walk for who knows
how long, mos• likely uphill. And
who wams to borher figuring Out
:ill lhc: diffcrcnc bus routes when
you can rake your car our and go
anywhere )'OU please? Besides, who
wouldn't wane to avoid chc risk of
sirring or StaJ\ding next co a .smelly
or creepy scranger 011 a bus wi(h­
out AC?
Maybe the administration is
crying co keep everyone on c:1111-
pus: co create a sense of unicy. Jr
you couldn'1 ltclp but sray, might
as well make rite besr ofi1. Regard­
less, cl,c bubble ,hat this rule makes
is deva.statiJ1g to the worldview of
the srudencs. Srudenu ne<:d to be
encouraged co sec and experience
new things. This is a time where
the rules are jus1 holding p<:oplc
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Right or not, they've got something to say
by Rachel Schiff
A,, I walked down the path lO
How;,rd Hall. an American Rag
hanging in a glowing room, :.1 rare.
sighr ar Lt~vis & Clark, beckoned
me. ihc room was to hold char
night's meeting or ,he College
Rcpublica11S. Inside of Howard,
1 came fuce ro face with a lifo•size
cmdboard Ronald Rcagan, who
stood outside the meering. wd­
coming me and prorecr .. earlier chis week," I confess-Cd guilt­
ily as I warched his smile fude.
"'They'll come, it's srill early."
said a call, rhin m:rn sining in the­
back of the roorn. l11e man was an
advocate of Ball or Measure 48, 11,e
Rainy D:ty Amendment, who'd
come ro give Ml·rrymau Oyers and
M1pporr.
"I know for certain chat people
arc coming. 1 hey rold me," Mcr­
rym:.m replied) a small rwang i1,
ing aU who were inside.
"Ir's really nor a big deal to their names and c .. mail addresses
:u rhe Pioneer Fair, and several rold
Merryman that .they ,\•ould show
up for that nighr's meeting.
"My guess is , hat people are
waiting uoril the org~miiatio11 is
more so1id. ~!hey don't w~rnr co
commie ro somechi11g th:tc might
evaporate, Bue it u,i/1 work. l am
going co m::ike it work: rou C.1J1
mark my ,vordt said Merrym:rn of
the mee1 ing's low attendance.
Reag,in only had rwo
Rc-public.1ns co proccc,
th:u night. One of them
was David Merryrnan
('10), a jovial firs1-year
wich a neatly Hirn.med
dark beard. A broad
smile spread across Mer­
ryman's face wbcn he
saw me emcr. He left his
arrangement ofbunons, be conservative on chis cam­
pus. I've only had three people
say char they want co kiU me
because 1'1n a Republican." I took the opporrunity
ro a.sk Merryman abouc
his firsr year on LC's liber­
al c:,mpus. "I'm glad ,har
I'm here. Politics are very
important to me. bur rhey
don'r define how )'Ou get
along with people. Most
of my friends a.re left of
center. Ir's really nor a big
deal to be cons<:rv::itive on
this campus. l've only had
three people say that rhcy -David Merryman ('10)
T-shirts ("'I'm right-arc you?"),
bumper stickers, key chains and
brochures co greet me. He grabbed
my hand and gave ir a thorough
shake. •Tm a reporrer, we c .. mailed his voice. Mrrrym:m's coofidencc
was not unfounded: Jnreresc in the
group docs exisr. Eighrccn srudent1'
joined the LC Republicans Group
on focebook, 25 gave Merryman wanr to kill rnc because 1 •m a Re­
publican," s~id Me.rryman.
M_erryo'lan and I were evenru•
ally joined by Graham Hopkins
('08), a transfer srudcnr from Mis-
Buttons, bumper stickers a.nd T-shirts laid out for LC students of a right-leaning persuasion. The LC College Republicans proudly boast these T-shirts.
sissippi. Merryman then decided
co begin the meering. He askod if
anyone had oominadons for che
club chair, nominated hiMsclf after
a brief silence, asked for any objec­
rions (rhcrc were no,,e)~ and chcn
for approval (borh he and Hopkins
rais<Xl ,heir hands). To confirm his about hls experiences and moti,•es
as a college Republican.
""\Ve're not here lO silence the
lefr. They've alrcady accomplished
char wich us.• \Y/e w:int open debate.
1bc more differing voices we have
on c.,1mpus, the mor<: educacional
the environment is," he explained.
"We want open debate. The more dif­
fering voices we have on campus, the
more educational the environment is."
-Shah Smith
posmon, he banged cwice on hjs
podium witb an imaginary gavel.
rlltc: same process was rcpated in
naming Hopkins vice-chair. I ,vas
offered che position of secretary,
despite my affiliation ,\lith ,he pa ..
per. I declined, and Reagan's spirir
was namL-d .secrerary.
Another oursidc mentor, Shah
Smith,• field rcprcscnt:trive of1hc
Leadership Institute, c.1me and
ralked ro Merryman and Hopkins Borh of LC's Republicans nodded
vigorously. "Oh yeah, and you'll
need more R,-agans-thcy arc go­
ing co get ripped up," Smirh adde<l
seriously.
A consrimtion of rhe LC Col­
lege Republicans was approved be­
fore the meeting ended in rhe fold­
ing of the Americ.1n Aag.
The College Republicans meer
in Howard 133 on llrnrsday eve­
nings ar 6:00pm. .lh.e_P_i_o_n_e_e_r_L_o,.g_,_o_c_1o_b_e_r_6_,_2_0_0_6 __________ .... 4i11i4•j.jg~ ... ---------------------1 __ 1_
SAAB: 25 years of working for your student experience
by Scott Devlin
To anyone walking in Temple­
con near the ASLC Offices, Mer­
edich Price ('07) rnighc look like
just another srudcnc working on
Exc.."Cutive Council activities ... and
she is, buc that's noc all. Price is the
Vice President for Srudenr Ac.1-
demic Affairs, a position dccred by
the srudenr body each spring, and
one of the four vice pre.sidenrs tbar
scrv<: on Execurivc Council uodcr
rhe Prc..-sidcnr and Execurive Vice
President. As parr of her respon•
sibilicies, Price chairs chc Srudenc
Academic A/fairs Board-better
known ro most Lewis & Clark stu•
dems as SAA ll.
History
SAAB was formed 25 year, •go
chis spring. To put chat in perspoc­
rivc, a fe,v events that happcn<.·d the
year SAAB was founded include:
explorer Wally Herbert complcccd
th~ circumnavigarion. of Green­
land by dogslcd and kayak. fomier
Pre.sidem Bill Clincon was elected
Governor of Arkansas and 1ran be­
gan a fulJ .. satle ll'lilit.1.ry operation
againsr rhe narion of fraq. And
here in Portland, LC w:1s d,anging
for the bcrrcr.
B.,ck in 1982, che CoUege was
fundamenrally different when ir
came ro srude.nr represenr;uion. Ar
th3c ti.me, Executive Council did
nor exist as ir docs in irs currenc
form, but rather as an organizarion
ofscudcm sena1or'S, 1noch as the Ac­
liviria Congress is organized today.
In April of thar ye,ir, che Student
Sen~ue voted co disband and reor­
ganh.e as nvo scpa.racc bodies: che Exec11rivc Council and the Srudcnt
Academic A/fairs Board. SAAB. as
ic c:ame co be called. would bdp
link scudcncs, faculry, sraff and the
College as a whole by bringing 10-
gerher r<'prc.scncarives from every
academic deparuncnr on campus.
Today, a11 ;ic.1demic deparcmenrs
srilJ have one srudent represcming
them on the SAAB Bo:1rd.
Present
To com memo rare chis anniver­
sary. Price and her o~gani1.ation
will be hosting a 25th Anniversary
Gala ar LC rhis spring. Events will
include a granr presentation nighr
for .award recipients ro showcase
whar they have experienced :rnd
learned and a parry for all 90-0 for­
mer SAAB grantees, 700 former
board members, 25 former SAAB
officers and 10 co 15 faculry advi­
sors co cdcbracc how SAAB h1s
ch1nged so many lives during d1e
course of its: ex.is·tencc-... I hear sro ..
rics abour how so rnany doors have
bl'cn opened For people •s a rcsulc
of the gram money chey received
from SAAB." explained Price.
Tutoring
And SAAB isn'r finished yet.
ThLs year rhe boar<l is caking an
expanded role in the long-stand­
ing nirocing program. 11,e SAAB
boa.rd ,•otcd ro cr<..-atc a nuoring
progr:1rn for the m.·w core curricu ..
lum, Explorarion & Discovery.
"The Explorncion & Discovery
fuculry idcmificd four upperdass
undergraduate srudcms who they
chouglu would be "'1pablc of help­
ing orher s,udencs (ro) digcsc and
read rhc difficulc coxes th1r have
bs'<Cn sclccrcd for che syll•bi; Price said.
She highlighccd che facr chat
since the new program varies the
curriculum for all Students depend­
ing oo their section. some classes
can pose more of a challenge for
swdenrs. JU. always, the tlltorit1g
program remains available for ev­
ery class in each academic deparr­
mCJu, and srudems needing some
extra assiscance from one of ap­
proximarcly 80 qualified cmors can
CQntac, chc ruroriog director, K·ue
Rirchie ('07) • (rutoring@lclark.
cdu).
Policy Making
Anodter way cha, SMS is
bl'C'1king new ground this year is
within the scope of policy-making.
Currently, the boacd is focusing on
an investigation of rhc academic
calendar, specifically che reasons
why Fall Break and 1 h1nksgiv­
ing Break bavo been subscamially
shorrened tl1is year ... Students who
wanr ro go·homc to the East Coast
for Thanksgiving 1re especially up­
S('t because chcy either have tO rniss
a clay of class [Wednesday) co fly or
leave on the accual holiday," s,id
Price.
Jn lddirion, the board is work ..
ing wich the OOice of che D= of
,be College (Julio de Paula) to re­
view and <.~xpand the faculcy re,•iew
process ar the end of -each academic
semester. 'They are a.Jso working •
with. che Office of rhe Registrar
(Diane Crabcrcc) and che Curric­
ulum Commiccce, reviewing rhe
course catalog to decermine what
courses Ct.lrr¢ntly listed as pocenrial
offerings 3C LC shoul<l actually be
purged from che College c:aralog. Meredith Price ('07) enhances the LC experience through SAAB.
In addition, they are working 10
give fuculty advisors more Aex1bili ..
ry in communicating pending (but
not rec approved) courses co their
adviS<'<.'S co help students with their
four year plans.
Gra.nl$
Price encouraged anyone th.ink ..
ing of applying For a SMB gram
to gcr on the process right away. T-vo major dt-adlines are rnpidly
approacbing: Research Gram •p·
pliC3cions arc due on Ocr. 25 and
Arts Expression Gr~nc .-pplicadons
arc due on Nov. 9. 801h arc due at
3:30pm in chc SAAB office, locat­
ed in Ternplecon.
FDr m(Jre i11formr11io11 regarding
grams, co111ar1 Prier flt Jflah@lclark.
edu.
RAs: building community rather than breaking up fun
by Carina Chernisky
Some believe che life of a Resi­
denc Assistam is one of finding joy
in making others suffer, but ir actu•
ally has • 101 more deprh. Noc only
docs this cclecric group of men ,and
women enjoy whar they do, bur
they also like the rcsidems.
"I really like hclpiog people."
said Lynne Booth ('07), RA for Co•
pc land A-wing. • I've always been
knowledgeable :1bou1 school re•
sources. Ir came naturally ro me."
Sec, RAs go through a very cx­
censive screening process just to
be considered for 3 position at one
of dtc dorms. Even •ft.er passiog chis incense stage, a position is not
guaranteed. 1-hose who :ne not of­
fered a position arc instead placed
on a list of ahernates.
"Our goal is co make a cc,un
thac works really well cogcchcr,"
said Rcsidenr Dircccor of Fores<
David Roscngard. "You're looking
for someone that has good instincrs
and who can ope.race wdl on a
,ca.m."
Notorious for breaking up par­
ties. RAs insist rhat rJ1ey do not c:n­
joy this par_rof cheir job. "You learn
how ro handle [writing up some­
one) in such a. way chac it's not a
hugl' deal," Booch said.
Booch and orher RAs ofcen feel awkward when ;vrit.ing upsrudenrsJ
especially if• per~aal rclacionship
wirh the srudcnr exis1s.
Oftentimes., it's rhe pe~onal l"<'­
latioaships wirh students th:lt com­
pel the RAs to apply for the job.
"You're in a good position co gee ro
know people; said JalTc Ab,-shaus
('09), RA for Copeland C-wing.
"I love building relacionships wich
people."
For Booth. a senior in her sec­
ond year as an RA, the bm part of
doing rounds is being able ,o scop
and calk co srndencs.
The social aspccrofbeingan RA
is undeniable. RAs -arc considered
co be re.(<>urccs for srudencs, resi-tlencs, foculry and sraff.
.. The rhing mosr srudems don't
reali7.e is rh:u ,..,,e're berc primarily
as a community b\1ilder," Abcshaus
said.
RoSt'ngard, who has been em­
ployed ar Lewis & Clark for five
years. has nine RAs to supervise rhe
five building.< rhai compile Forcsc.
Typically, ROs deal with serious is­
sues cha, fall out of the expeMisc of
an RA.
"An RD's purpose is making
sure ,har people arc okay," said
Roscngard. ll1L< includes talking
to scudems, fixing broken things,
ensuring that agrccmcncs between
roommates arc being fulfilled and planning sociaJ cvcnrs.
In addition co chc room an(I
bo:1rd R.A.s receive as compcnsa-­
lion. ROs also receive a salary.
"I feel like I'm being paid robe
social," Booch said.
Resident Life wiU be accepting
positions for che 2007-2008 school
year in the spring. Joining the staff
of Reslife provides people with che
skills needed co be successful in lifc.
.. , believe rhar working in Resident
Life, we really do have the oppor­
cuniry ro help p<:oplc and do whac
a liberal arcs college was always
meant m do: help smclems become
decent human beings." Rosengard
s:tid. _1 __ 2=----------------------••j ■j§§j#jij .... ________ ,h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r _L_o.;;.g .. , _o_c_,o_b_e_r_6.;.._2_0_0_6_
Lewis c, Clark's support staff union has renegotiated its agreement
with the College, but some members still think they're underpaid.
Meanwhile, the administration bargains hard, and most students
remain uninformed and uninuolued. Is LC's inuisible infrastructure
getting ...
mong the n1yriad of rumors that spread like wildfire
through dining halls and dormitories at Lewis & Clark,
one strikes a particularly ironic note. According co cam­
pus hearsay, this fall several professors vented their dis­
content with the price of parking on the LC campus
over the faculty list-serve, arguing that they already make
. little enough without having to shell out for a parking
pass. The profs in question huffed the harder after a certain joker in
the Political Science departn1enc emailed back that the issue didn't
concern him, because his salary blew theirs out of the water.
True or not. the rumor is funny and unserrling in more
ways chan one -for example~ because ocher LC employees,
Ukc rhc: College's supporr srafF, pay the same p:trking fees as
the faculty, de.spire their much lower ir1comes. If any one of
the small. busy army of assisrnnrs, arrendanrs, coordi11acors
and secrerarics forming the invisible backbone of the Col­
lege's admJnisuarive :,ffuirs has also complained, no one has
heard.
\'(!bar's most unserrling is char an insig11ificam rumor l.ikc
this one can make its ,vay quickly alo1lg the gossip grapevine,
while seemingly much more pertinent news-for inSt'J.nCC,
,he support staff w1io.n's rccenr concrac.t negotiations with
die Collcg~oes nor.
--Perhaps the word "army" doesn't do jusrice 10 the diverse
corps of employce.'i at LC who are know11 collectivdy as rhc
College's support staff. They include administrative assi$tants
and deparrmemal coord.imuors) drcularion ancndantS and
logistics managers. payroll specialists and switchboard opera•
tors. And altbough their presence is largely invisible ro Stu•
dents, the day-ro-day operations of the College would cease
insc:imly without chtm.
L..1st week, rcprescmadves of I he support staff un.ion-of-
6cialli' known as the Lewis & Clark College Suppor1 Staff Associarion, Local 4912, AFT-Oregon, AFl~CIO--con•
duded four mondls of ncgocia,ions chat were held to revise
and rc:ne,v their colltctive 1xtrg.till ing agreement with the
College. "lhc ccmafive new agreemem stipulates che terms or
hnion mcmbtrs' ernploymenr ar the colk:gc. includi1,g wage
rates and increases, insurance policies, tuiti0ll reimbw:sc ..
mtm, medical benefits, rdcasc cimc. career development and
parking.
11,e new agreement v.•ill not become official until after re­
view and ratification by the union's full membership.
Such conciliations are standard policy for insticutio,,s like
LC, usually rnking place c"cry three or four years. The lasr
colk-ctive ba.rgaining agreement between 1he union and the
College ".._' implcmenrcd on July I, 2003 and expired on
June 30, 2006. Representarh•es of the rwo parri<-s have been
ar the ncgoriation G1ble since early June, said Gregory Wal­
ters, LC's Di.reccor of Human Resources and a member of rhe
CoUcge's ncgoriarion ceam.
"The process rook a bit longer thao usual,becaust of sttm­
mer vac.uion,"' \Valccrs said. ''Bur ir's nor unusual for a pro­
cess like chis co rake three or four monchs."
All support ,.,,Jfers at L.Care defined as •non~xempr• un•
der the Fair L.1bor Srandards Acr, mca11ing they are eligible to
by Nathanael
and Ethan Massey
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r,ceive overtime l"'Y· Of ,he 220-odd members of rhe
College's supporr sraff, 165 are members of Local
4912. Of chc 01hcr 60 employees, about half arc
skilled crad<s,;,en-induding campus carpenters,
pajmers-. engineers- and groundskeepers-affiliat­
ed with the 1ea.msters1 while the rest-inch1ding
supervisors and Campus Safecy officers-.1re pre•
vented from unioni1.acion by rhe: NarionaJ Labor
Relations Act.
The support staff union's negotiations revolved
primarily around salary increases, said Local 49 I 2
chapter president Matilyn Sbordella1i, who works
as an administr-JtiV't sccrerary in rhe T ransporta­
rion & Parking Department. Sbardellati said char
although che agn.-cment miched last week was sa1is­
factocy, she and orhcr members of the support stalf agree
that wages at LC are lower than marker vaJue.
•The College r,cogni,es the problem," Sbardellati said.
'1ney acknowledge ,hat ir's been difficult to retain sraff."
\'(!airers declined comment on. salary and rece-m.ion rates
among chc supporc sraff, buc noted that LC offers extensive
benefit packages ro employees, including a retirement plan
and tuition r(!mission, wh..id, weigh into rhe argument. Un­
der ,he retiremenr phrn, ,he College comribures fonds equal­
ing 10% of eligible employees' saJaries to their retirement
funds, with chr stipul3Cion that chc employee comriburcs ar
lease 2.5% of ,heir salary 10 the fund. ln addition, the sup­
port staff. as well as their spouses and dependenrs, arc eli­
gible t0 receive free tuition :Jt the undergr:'ldu:_ue school and
SO% ruirion at rhe graduate and law schools. Walters said
they could also receive free tuition at 550 other -academic
insricucions through the Tuition Exchange Program. Eligibil­
ity for both bcne6ts usually consisrs of one year of full-time
employment.
Sbardellari agreed that rhe package was "prercy good," and the
mum salary in thar range sugg~rs a significantly higher in ..
comt--a Grade 15 employee at maximum salary would cam
$43,492 yearly-it's improbable that m:my staff-members
aetuaUy ea.rn 1bot much. Sraff openings are usually offered
was especially positive about
LC's retirement plan. Nev•
erthcless, her hourly wages
have increased :1 sum total of
Si. I 2 in d,e last four years.
she s.1.id, and in rhe case of
other employees the rajse has ---------------------- at rheir mir1imum wage, and
Of the 220-odd members of the under rhc lasr collective bar-
College's support staff, 165 are
members of Local 4912. gaining agrccmc.m, ,vagc-s in­
creased by only chrcc to four
percem per ye.1.r. At that rate,
ir would rake over ccn years
been even less.
•t'm probably in d,e rn.id-range," sbe said. "We're talk­
ing percents, so anyo1'le in a lower wage bracket would see a
smaller ii'lcrease."
The support srall's old collective bargaining agreement
defined five salary grades, numbered I I through 15. Jn
2005, Grade I I positions, including those of library assis­
tant, switchboard operator, Ubruy circufation ::urenda,u, li­
brary seri~ls assist::wr and departmental coordinator, received
a n,inim;Jm ,-.rage of $8.98 pe.r hour and a maximum of
$13.45. In contrast, Grade l 5 workcrs-adminlscracivc spe­
cialises and legal secretaries, among others-received a. mini­
mum $13.94 and a maximum $20.91 per hour.
'That means tbat some soppon staff on lhe lo,ver end of the
$Clle could be pulling in a.s liirle as $18,678 per year. Even an
experienced employee qualifying for a Grade I 5 salacy might
make lirde more than $30,000 per year. Although a maxi-for an employee earning the
College's Grade 11 minimum hourly wage ($8.98) co reach
chat salary grade's maximum hourly wage of $13.45.
Although both Sbardellati and Walters declined to corn­
.ment on the specifics of I he new agrce1nenr bcrween rhe Col.
lege and the union, it's probable rhat a wage increase of some
siu will be included. On March 3, 2006, the Pioneer Log re­
ported that facu1cy and staff saJary increases were tbc main
reasons for an undergraduate tuition hjke of7.5 percent. Ar
the rime, ::idmir,istrat◊rs quored a planned four-percent in­
crease in .support srafT salaries.
\Vhile lasr wcek•s negotiation ,._.,as generally heralded as
a success. rhe problem of support staff saJarics is far from
solved, and has dimensions beyond the monetary.
"Ultimately. it's a bolistic issue," said Mark Duntley, Dean
of ,he Chapel and co-chair of LC's lnStiturional Rcsponsi­
bilicy ·r:1Si< Force. "Maybe whar we do here shouldn'r mirror
rhe market in how we deal with people." As a communicy, of the
staff?
LC has the chance---<tnd perhaps the responsibiliry-ro do
things differcndy, he said.
"'lhe school is an institurion, and by nature of rhc beast,
institutions. operate to keep coses down," Duntley said.
"That's why we have to b<.-3\Ya.IC., and wiUing ro change the
institution if it doesn't correspond with our values."
Liu.ie Fussell ('07), a member of the S1udem Labor Ac-
1ion Movement (SLAM), disrribute<I several banners across
campus encouraging srudcnrn ro stand behind the support
scaff u.nion during the negotiations. She said the move was an
attempt to increase srudent awareness of the situation.
.,.The u11ion represents a loc ot people in the LC commu­
niry, and rhe fact 1ha1 J\O 01,e knows what's going on -that's
kind of ridiculous," Fussell said .. "There's an image of LC as a
progressive place, but docs chat mean wc•rc a truly just com~
munity?"
Sbarddlati said dm the unioo bad orgoni,ed a scieker day,
bur char the on-c:unp1.1s banners came as a surprise. "\Y/e re­
,ally appreciared rl1at supporr from rhe siudenrs," she said. !ii:~ lffiuihi
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brings obscure humor to Powell's
by Angela Webber
Comedian and aurhor john Hodgman will appear
.ll Powell's on Burnside ro promote his bcst•sdling
hook, The Arca.1 of My Expertis,-recendy released in
paperback-on Tuesday, Oc1. 8 at 7:30pm.
Hodgman is a man of many medias. He studied
clarinet, then worked .-is ":I. literary agent in New York
Cicy. Lacer1 he began working :is a comribucor ro rhe
Nt1u Mir.k 1,me, Magazine and National Public Radio's
"This American Life."
In November 2005, Hodgman appear«l as a guest
on "~£he Daily Show with Jon Srcwarc" in order to
prornore his book. After tbe original enthusiasm for
,rHodgmania."' he has returned several rimes co rhe
program) and is now listed on rhc show's website as an
official contribucor. He lS introduced :lS "The Resident
Expert" and has discussed such copies as global
warming, the lndia--Pak.isca.n conHict and the debate
over Pluto as a pl:rner. Each tirne, he plays an expert
with no knowledge of rhe actual sicuarion. 71tese
videos may all be warchcd for free on the Comedy
Central website.
T/,, Ar,as of My £-pmi1ewas rcle.ued originally in
2005. Ir claims ro be a collection of complete world
knowledge, concajning, "Matters Hiscorical, Matters
Llrerary; Marrers Cryprozoological" and "Hobo
Mancrs." It is, csstmially. a book of fake rrivia, with
d1aprcr rides ranging from .. Hints on Building Snow
Fons to "Nine Presidenrs Who Had Hooks for
Hands."
Describing how he wrote rhe book, Hodgman
said, •v1here was some 3ccidcnc.al rC$earch, bur mostly
it \\'.\S drawn from my head and pcrsonaJ, painful
aperiencc ...
Especial!)' norable is the section on "Hobo Matters,'
in which Hodgman wrile.s a creative history of the
hobo. Included is a Ust of 700 hobo names. "Thar
is an exercise in a cert.ai,1 kind of ge,1ius ch:1c 1 1ruly
do .appreciate," said Jon Srewarr. The related hour ..
long r~o~ding of tbc names over a guitar soundtrack
has gained n:n.1ch in1em<:t popularity. 1hcrc is oow a website dedicated 10 illusuaring each of these hobo
O:\ll1C$.
Hodgman also appears on TV in the Apple
computcrcommcrcialsthcmcd"l'm a Mac, l'm a PC."
He personifies c.he straight-l;.tccd and incompetent
PC1 and young accor Jusrin Long ponrays a Mac.
A,1othcr rcccnr projecr of Hodgman's has been
collaborating with the rock b"nd They Mighr Be
Gianrs. He appeared on their DV3' "Venue Songs"
as a character named "lbc Deranged MilJionain-,"
Currently, Hodgm"n is appearing around the
country, promoting his book and its ideas ar various
cvcnlS and fcstjva)s. He has most rcccndy .appcan-d in
Chicago, Milwaukee "nd Philadelphia. Ag-.. in, he will
bear Powell's on luesday, Ocr. IO at 7:30pm. An 'Out of the Ordinary'
experience for novice
by Kit Shields
\Vhat I don~f know about rhe
symphony could fill Madison
Square Gorden. Nevcrd,cless, allow
me ro review rhe hell our of ir.
On Sunday, Ocr. I f ancndcd
. uOut ot che Ordinary," a
performance by the Oregon
Symphony ar Arlene Schnitzer
Concert HalJ. Prfor to that night,
the closesr I'd been ro a symphony
was my elcmcncaryschool orchestra
(I played the violin).
Walking in to rhc Schnir,.er, I
couldn'r-nelp bur feel fancy. I felt
very sophistiCJ.cc..-d as J cook my scat
in the lower balcony, apprr>ximately
cwo and a half miles away from the
Stage. 1l1c musicians were warming
up, cre~ring :l rocke1 th:u reminded
me.: a lor of my elementary school
orchestra's rendition of "Hot Cross
Bons ...
Afrer a few minutes, the noise
died down and the conductor.
AJa.n Buribayev, c:ll'nC 01\ St'3ge,
and the audience somehow knew
immediardy ro clap for him. I guess
d\a1 was because his tux, though
it marched the other muskians',
seemed sligbdy neater and had a
brighter glow-opprr>priate for •
leader.
He gave the audience some
background about rhe first piece,
"Naughty Limericks" by Ru.ssian
composer Rodfon Schcdrin.
Buribayc ✓s grandmother had gone
to school with Scltedrin. who wa.'i
the 6m composer ro bringjazz ro the
Soviet symphony. He a1so reve:tled,
co my dismay, that 1here would
bt' no actual naugbcy lim<.·ricks in
"'N:1ughry Limeric:.ks,.-we wot11d
have to imagine chem.
'!he piece b,,gan and rhc jazz
element \-.·as evident irnmedhttely
in the snare and upright bass. ~lhc
music was upbeat and cxube-nmt.
nnd violi,tists tapped their bows on
• their music srands rn conrribme ro
the percussion, l envisioned guys
with beards ,md fur hats doing
a Russian dance like rhe Fonz in
that one episode of"Happy Days.•
1·hough, come co think of ir, rhar
dance mighr have been Jewish.
For the ncxr piece, '"Harold in
Italy" by Berlioz, a soloist joined
the conductor at the edge of the
sioge. He was Joel Belgique, the
principal violisr of rhe Oregon
Symphony. From two and a half
miles away. Belgique kind oflookcd
like Cluistophn Lloyd ci,ca "Back
to tbe Future." Hcdjdn't wear a tux. like e,·eiybody cls-jllst 3 brown
shin wirh black panes. He kicks ass
ar the viola, rhough, so I suppose
bc's earned the righr ro forego
co:ntails.
''Harold in lraly" srarred our
slowly and was boring compared
to the insanity of "Naughty
Limericks." l guess rhe ·our of the
ordinary .. parr was that the viola
was feamred so prominently, a
rnri1y irt orchescml arrangemen1s.
The music picked up a bir ar some
pans. but.I spent most of the time
lisrening fora certain •scene"' ifl the
music described in the program as
"11,c Orgies of the Brig;mds."
Ihe third piece was
• Pcrrouchka," a ballet by another
Russian composer~ Igor Stravinsky.
The program provided a hand)
guide to the story, which opens at a
carnival in St. Petersburg. indicated
by lively music chat would ht in
at a circus. A drum signals chc
entrance of d1c Magician, a sm.-et
performer ,\1ho has given semi­
human emotions ro his three
puppcrs, the Ballerina, the Moor
and f>et,ouchb, rhe clo,vn. lnc
puppets perform a Russian dance,
afccr which rbc Magician shuts
1h.em 3W:l}' in dank roorns.
A bassoon rcpresencs Perrouchka
sobbing over his sorry state; foe.
as we all know, there is no s.1dder
instrument than the ba.ssoon. Sof;
woodwinds and piano characterize
rhe B:1llerio:1, a liule honie who
joins Peuouchka in his room. 'This
nc:x_c part of the story i.s my fuvoritc;
l'errouchh professes his love for the
Ballerina, who is sickened by hls
emasculating display and departs.
Whar a scone cold birch!
Stravinsky's score is -ahvays coo)
and slightly off-kilr<r. and it is
actually quite easy ro follow ,he
story based on whac instrurnc-ms
arc being used. The ballet ends with
rhe de:tth of Perrouchka (sig11alcd
by a dropped. tambourine) at rhe
hands of rhc Moor, a manly and
violent idiot, whom 1he Ballerina
naturally has rhe hots for. Ir's so
nice when art imicatcs life.
My education.I and
entertaining encounter wirh rhe
Oregon Symphony sparked my
metarnorphosis frr>m boorish
Philistine ro enlightened
sophisticate. Perhaps one day I'll
even prc(cr a night at the opera to
a night :u home watching reruns of
"Phil of tl,c Fururc." But let's noc
ger ahead of ourseh•cs. .l=.. .. 6;;;;.. __________________ ._ ________ L_h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o;;;,g._o_c1_o_b_er_6_,_2_00_6
The Decemberists return for
The Crane Wife and The • l
Rout of the Patagons Tour
by Sanne Stienstra
Afrcr rhe release of th.eir incredibly successful
fourth album Ar.amq11eabour a y,ar and a halfago. the
Deceinberisrs are back with their 6fth full-lengd,, 71,e
Cm11e \flife, Released this past Wednesday. 77,e Cra11e \flife is tbe Portland-based band'.s fim
album on ,he major record label Capirol.
'This album, L must cell you before at1y1hiog e1se, is one. of those you. have to lisren ro a
few limes over t<> get used ro and evenruaHy grow fond of. Maybe lhis is because
PknrtSIJut was such a wonderful, surprising succ<:~ ;1.od anything char tbe
band could have made subsequently would have ro (and does) srand too
much scrutiny.
like PiCt1re1que. though, this new release has '3 specific
meaning and purpose. The ride of the album and theme
of the songs comes from an old Japanese folk ralc abour
:i. man who finds an injured crane on his doorstep, nurses
ic back co health. sends ir back iruo the wild_. and marric..-s
a woman who then appears at his door. She brings him
weahh 1hr()ugh the silk cloths the crane weaves from the
feathers that grow on tbc wif'e's back.
11m this albo on should be so conccprual foUowing ,he
henvy themes of Picaresque is almost suspicious, and it
honestly docsn"t work as seamlessly for The Crn11e \'(life as ir
did for Pir.1Jrrsquc.
Regardless pf rhesc two initial fuuhs, 71,, Crane Wife is a good
album overall with many satis~1iog trlcks.
The opening rrack, eniitled "The Crane Wife 3." is the supposed
conclusio,l co the crane wifr's srnry, wlth "The Crane \'Vife l and 2"
... following lacer. Why the conclusion comes first in the scory. I don't
know, but it's ~m impressive .crack. Fronr_.man Colin Meloy's voice is
'JS sexy and melancholy as ever. The oft-rcpearing chorus ("I will hang
my bead, hang my bead low") feaiures Meloy as soorhing and heartfdr
as he has ever been.
11,e second rrack, "The Island, Come and See, The Landlord"s Daughter, You'll Not See
r:he Drowning." fa a 12-minure and 44~second epic of a song. This track, wirh irs lengthy,
Sufjan Stcvens-esque rirle, might be frarurcd too early on the album, beca.use I don, have
0111ch of an :urencion span for a l3-rninute so,lg. However,'[ do l.ike ic. Agajn, Mel6ls voice
is unfaltering and the lyrics ,ire drnma,ic and fulfilling. _
"Yankee Baronet (I Will Be Home Then}' is a doer with Laura Viers and one of my
favorires on the album. Mcloy and Velr.s' voices mesh well and tbe lyrics arc sweet. Near the
end of the song, ,hey sing 10ge1her, "Oh my love, though our bodies ,nay be paned/
though our skin may nor touch skin. / Look for me v.1irh che sun .. brighr sparrow,
/ 1 wHl come on the breath of r.he wind." The: plucking guic;,r,
Veirs' young voice, and the "Ah-ab-ohs" ~:i:.ke the .song cute
and innoccm.
"ll1e Perfect Crime #2"' has a sotmd much differenr
chan rhe usual Deccmbcrists. The music feels more like Phoeni> or even 'The Srcve MiUer
Band. Of course. Meloy's voice is nothing different than his own, but the Soilg is
uncharacteristic of the band. I r~i1,k rhis different sound is son of fun', but Melofs voic(
doesn't mateh the funky bears and echoingguirar.
ll\e seve,uh rrack, .. ShankilJ Butchers." sou1'tds the mosr like it could have come from
J'icnmque or even ,he album before it, Htr Mnjtsty the Demnberis11. Meloy's voice elegamly
overpowers the quiet, simple instruments. T11e soog i.s raunring as Meloy sings,
.2001 "Everybody knows/ if you don't mind your mothers words/ a wicked wind
wiU blow the ribbons from your curls."
-, "Sumnu.·rsong" is another norable crack about love in the coming
~ and going of summer. ThiscurC' linJc djrcy is simple and
swter, like "'Yankee Bayonet."' Meloy muses, 1
' I rasre the
summer on your peppery skin/ been saved, the warm of
the waves/ I felt us slip imo a watery grave," doubrlcssly
in:1king che hcans of ccenagc girls everywhere 1ne:lt.
The rrack that follows is "11,e Crane \\'life l and 2;· aad
,,_ may be a better song than irscountcrpan from chc beginni1\g
\ of rhe~lbum. Though it is another epic (olmost 12 minuc.s).
} this cwo-pan song has more melodrama than "The-Crant­
\Xlife 3." And, rhough ir would make more sen..se in rerms
of d,ronology for this song ,o begir, the album. "The Crane
\Xlife 3" moves faster and tl1erefore does fit for chc inLroduction.
The Decemberisrs do righ, by ending 7/Je Crane \'{/{fewid, "Sons
,Uld Daughters."' Ir is a positive conclusion to a1't album 1hal can
be very melancholy. The simple, repeating chorus "\Vhen we arrive,
sons and daughters. / w·e'II make our homes on che water," followed
by" grour-sung loop of"Hcre all ,he bombs r.,le away; casrs a nie<,
hopeful fed over tbe whole CD.
Like I said before, rhis album rruly docs grow on you. AJ\er
listening co it on repeat whj(e wricing chis, J became an immensely bigger fan
of it than when I scarred. Though the Dccemberiscs could have created an album that Aows
from song ro song berrer. The Crane \'(life is a thoroughly sacisfi•ing listen. I rbink ,hac the
songs not related to the theme of the crane wife story are more success-fol in Lhe.ir simpl.icity
and honesty.
1he band may have been rrying too hard when following one "themed"' album directly
with -another. But, afier chronkling almost C\'Cry track on the alb\1tn, Pd haYe ro ultimatdy
recom,nend 7/,e Crane \'(life ro any fa□ of the Dccemberis1s or any
fon of this genre of music in general.
To follow the release of ,heir CD. rhe Deccmberists will
be here in l'orrland for 'lbe Rour of the Paragons Tour with
La,,ender Diamond on Oct. 17 and 18 .r rhe Crystal
Ballroom. Tocke,s are $18 in advance; ger them soon
bcca,1$C they are likely ro sell our.
Go w Mcmtnamins.com for ticketJ qr DunnbrriJts.com for
more about the band.
Meet t/,e Dttemberi.tts far a CD sig11ing
tonight m 6:00pm
M11Sic Millennium NW
80 I N\'(f 23RD (at john.son)
The Decemberists with lavendu Dlambnd
Ouober 17 & I 8
McMenamins Crysrnl 811/lroom PHOlOfNI\OSSI.CfllXlN
Jesse Rope ('09) and Iris Kemp ('10) rehearse for opening night.
A revival of the fittest
by Maia Penchansky
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls,
sic back and enjoy as chc theatre deparcmenr
performs "Bang. Curtain. E,,d of show."
Oct. 5-7 in Lhe Fir Acres ,heme Black Box.
OriginaUy devi«-d and directed in 2003
by Emily Stone ·('97) and the company
"defunkr theater,"' Scone is now bringing
a new and rt:viscd "Bang. Curtain. End of
Show." to her old stomping ground, Lewis
& Clark College.
The play pays homage to many dilferent
sour<:es. lt co1t\es predomi11an1ly from rhe
first EJtglish melodrama, Marrbcw Lewi,'
••n., Casclc Spcccrc." crafted in 1797, bur
also takes iuspiralion from Ch:1rles Ludlam's
•1rma Yep" and Perer Handke's "Olfeoding
rhc Audience.''
Thus, the plot includes rn:rny favorite
d•ssical themes sue), as a haunted castle, a villain, maids and minions. Originally, th.is
w<.,.-ckl.'nd was reserved for a performance of
several one-acrs, bur with the help of IO LC
student actors, seven stt1de11t cast and <:rew
designers, and t.h rec fuculry members} ,he
theatre deparrmcnr was able to pull rogctber
one 90 .. minucc performance.
"I'm cxrrcmdy excited." said Jeremy Lora
(' I 0) who plays Percy, d1e hero in love wiLh
Angela, a woman with a IIl)'Stcrious past.
14This is different from anything I've eve.r
done before."
Showtimcs are Oct. 5 at 7:30pm, Oct.
6 at 7:00pm and 10:00pm, and Ocr. 7 ac
7:30pm. Tickers are S3. Stop by cl1e box
offict" in Lhc theatre co gc-c dckcrs .in advance;
!.here will Ix: limited seat;ng.
And :l \v;trning: 1
' lf you plan on coming.
be ready for some surprises!" sai4 Lota. 17
A PioLog staffer recommends ...
Books that kick your butt
by Lexie Briggs
This sommer, while browsing the-book
shelves of my local library one lunch bour, ,1,y
gaze happened upon 7/,r Tim, 7m,'l:lrr} \Ylift.
It seemed interC$ting enough. «l I checked ir
ou, for some plcasancly lighr lunchtime
reading while l worked 9-5 ,is an office clerk. I made
chc m istakc of' Starting m re:ad I hen a,,d there, with only
15 minute.I lefr in my lunch break.
An hour larer, through an act of almosr super-humall
will. l wrenched myself from d'le 1'love.l and rerurned ro
my de.1!<_ in the real world: back ro filing and n<"<>n
liglus. For the rest of the afremoon and Lhe remainder of the next 40 houl$ i11
whicb I read this book straight through (stopping only for meals, sleep, and,
when I absolurely had ro, work), I was complecely obsessed _.ith rbe cha.ractcrs and ,heir
tangled up lives.
1he premise is simple enough. Henry, a punk rock librarian, occasion:llly comes unhinged
from ~he cimcline in which everyone dse (yQu, me, his wife) live.~. He meets Claire, chc love
of his life. for the 6rst time whe.n he is i11 hi.s mid-rwcnties and she is in her early twemies.
She mecrs him for the firsr rime when she is six and be is forty-something. Weird! Yes. SciFi'
Nor really.
Niffenegger uses time uaveling in ,his novel as a means to drama and conflict in the lives
of the char:1cters. The only other thing I've read chat even comes dose ro this style is Kurr
Vonnegur!s S!a.ughrerhouse Five, wberc the main cha.racrer is similarly i11disposed in time. 1t
is not so much about time travel itself :l$ it is about its inherent consequences aud bardship:i:
Henry keeps di~ippearing from his current life only co show up naked in ano,h<r pare Qf his
own r.imeline ro live and relive ot.hcr bits and pieces of his p::isr or furure. He travels back in
time and helps his childhood selflearn the skills chat will be essencial for survival in bis world:
lockpicking, breaking :rnd entering. running away. Life is rough for .:i time t~,,eler.
Claire, Henry's wife, is madly in love with Henry, and lus been since a young age. Bur
her husband keeps disappearing and reappearing in and our of ber life. They have difficulties
conceiving a child because Lhc feruses have inhcrired the time tra,•cling gene, -and he docsn,,
remember all rhe things ,ha, rbcy have shared in her pas, because they occur in his fumrc.
Most wives jusc have to contend with mi~d binhdays and anniversaries.
One of the things thar really inrrigucd me about tbis book was ,bis sense of myscery.
Henry and Claire build their life together on cwo differem rime lines. There arc all kinds of
linlc inside jokes that one. or rhe od\er misses. references e.ncirely about a shared past char is
not :tctually sh, ;ed ar all. Bue rhese srar-crossed folk arc truly. despemely in love 1hrough it
all.
This book didn't just kick my bun. It sat me down. tied me up, and hdd m< hostage
while d1e lives ,of 1fos man and woman unfolded before my cyi.:s, out or order, all mixed up,
but imbued with w1ivcrsal truchs about not only the nature of love, bur also esuang<."menr.
difference., the past, present and fuu.u-e, 3nd what rhey mean co us all.
Get off yer ass: A Fall Break special
IF eating is your thing, spend ,he weekend ar Lhc 55th
Annual Greek Festival. The festival will span three
days, Ocr. 6~8. and wiU feature iuthenric Greek dhwers,
cooking demoastrations, crafrs and gifrs, Greek folk
d;uicing and children's evc1us, including face painting and
puppcc shows. There wW be vegetarian food, combination
plates, fine cheeses, and of course, baklava. Dinners cost
$12. 10:00am ro 10:00pm friday/Sarurday, 12:00pm to
8:00 pm Sunday. 313 l NE Glis:m.
Since you probably haven'r spcnc enough of your money
on conccn tickets yet. save your lase rew dollars for one
more show: Clap You, Ha.ods Say Yeah and Archicecture
in Helsinki. l11ese cwo fun bands will play cogethcr ot the
Crystal BaUroom on Thursday, 0cc. 12. This srcllar line­
up should be the perfecr kick-off to your "fall break."$ 16
,dvaoce, S 18 door. 8:00pm doors, 9:00pm show, by Sanne Stienstra
,\ t Cinema 2 I, from Oct. 6-15, is the 10!.h Annual Gay
J"'\and Lesbian film Festival. Kicking off cbe eve.nr «>night
at 7:30pm is "Infamous," a film about Truman Capore
(starring Toby Jones and Sigoun,ey Weaver). Also, througl1
Ocr. 7 the Festival will be acccpcing films from the public to
show ar its firsr "opc.n screen" night o,, Su.nd-1.y, Oct. 15. Go
co Cinema2 l.com for th_e full schedule and more derails. $8
per ricker. 616 NW 21sr Ave.
Beginning Wednesday, Ocr. 11, rhe Oregon Museum of
Science and lndumy will hose or,c of the best events
to grace this side of tbe United States: "Sur Wars: Where
Science Mecu lmagioation." Arce.ndecs of Lhc exhibit will
gee to experience cosrumcs and props from all six episodes,
Engineering O~ign Uhs, video interviews, and robot
proto<ypes. Don't miss this. OMSI. 1945 SE Water Ave.
$15. Exhibi, ends Jan. I. If one day off of
school wasn'c
enough, go sec
Yo La lengo
and WHY? on
Monday, Oct. I 6,
also a r the Crystal
Ballroom. Yo La Tengo
is a soothing favorite among
rnai'ly, bur you may not have
heard of \'v'HV"! If this is ,he
case, now is the time to disco,•er
rh is amazing i ndie/h ip--hop group
from Amicon Records. $ 15.
8:00pm doors, 9:00pm sho,v.
lWSTRAllON ~ .ESSE FO)(.H'f$TROM s,
ical epiphanie
mecoming manifest~
by Stephanie Beechem
For all the recent talk about the revival of some all­
encompassing "Pioneer" orange and black spirit,
it. seems to me chat the most forceful reminder
of the collective Pio spirit can be found, every year, at
the one-night, balls out, bacchanalian romp fest that is
Homecoming.
Lase ye-J.r, after a.II. when there wasn't c..-vcn
a Homecoming game due co tbe cempor:try
Aounderings of the LC foo1ball program, the
thing raged anyway. /knew the night coukln't
get any b<e1ter when I looked over my right
shoulder and found myself dancing next 10
a form.id.1bly muscled young Plo w<..-a.ring
a bright orange ruffled button down rim
wasn•c buttoned down at all1 his gleaming.
ran, hairless chesr giving off its own savage
light.
le was astonishing, and e1.sily the most
ludicrous 1hing 1\l seen all wcek ... bur I feh,
all of a sudden, like a small Ponugese child
bearing wirncss to tl1e miracle ar Farima.
He was, in other words, a vision: I felt
like I was lookiug ac God, or some S:'l\'age
manifosration thereof. In 1har moment. the
rn~m was conse<:r:ued.
Cynics may point our that I was, after
all. wearing a mini)kirt :tnd a ta.ilk rnp and
dancing on a s-cagc above rhc writhing hoacds,
and thar ,here arc some choice :.1djec1ives for
that roo ... and that L prob:,'lbly was:n'r in a
place co be judging ,he aesthetic beauty or
rdigious significance of anything, ler alone a
visjon from Cod. But it 1tt1J Homecoming
night, and despite the face chai the Lc~vis &
Clark football program was perilously close
10 being disbanded, over a thousand LC
students had swayed across ,be threshold of
1he Crystal Ballroom to find Mis.<y Elliocr
throbbing out of the sound S)'Sr<m, and what
seemed ro be r.he entire population of rhc
college writhing and sw~aring a1td rubbing
10gcchcr in time. I w,s so happy and fuU ar
rhc; sighr of i1 rhat I almost couldn't contain
mysdf.
I suppose it Sa bir of a srrerch co call such d:;u,dng an arr form-Homecoming ain't
Stravinsky, af,cr all-especially considering
,hat last year's evenr included, or I hear tdl,
passing out in bathrooms, rhc breaking of a
,vindow with someone's ass, fisr fights, and
various other criminal and non-criminal
spillo\'er effects. But J iosist, howe\•er
coumcrinruirivcly, thar r.here is an co be
found here--<15 evidenced by the guy in the
bright orange button down: astonishing and
strange and, dare I say it, holy chings, even ar
a sweaty, rncssy, school-sponsored dana: in
,.i,c absolu1c godless cacly weeks of October.
Yes, holy-like my orange shirr wearing
lord of the d:,nce, whose audacious omfit l
commemorarc here: l suppose the re:tl reason
J'm making such a ruouruaio our of a molehill,
Na.ired chest aside. iSbccausc chat hifarious
:1nd silly orange shirr is rcpresencarive of one
of rhc things I love best abou, freak dancing
10 amped up hip-hop at a school sponsored
event: ir absolmcly defies precensjon. There is
nothing classy about Nelly, or orange button
downs, or wearing a minis.kin and dancing
on a srage as rhe Uquort-d 111:isses undulate in
blinged-ouc ripples beneath you. All manner
of pretension musr be kft a, home, at KLC,
or r.he C',o..op or wherever, bec:wse there's
absolutely nothing suave about sloppily,
swca1ily grinding that kid from your history
class in time with some 10p forty I' Diddy
song.
I mean, I cake thar back-maybe
there's nochiog anful abour it. Bui d1ere is
something priceless ond holy and rare abour
leaving all 1hings cool and tasteful and well­
choughr-out at home for a nighr 1nd just
dancing. lf therls any religion to bt" found
011 this campus for me, that's it. Calvin Trillin is your hero
"He's got his tongue
firmly in his cheek, his
fork in your mom's apple
pie and his politics on the
left side of the fence. "
by Lexie Briggs
You don't know it yet, but C1lvio
Trillin is your hero. During his long and
illu5trious c.·arecr, he has written for mor.:
publications than you hav• read, phrased a
week's worth of news inro a quatrain, and
wrine.n moce rhan 20 books. A humorist
and journalist, he traversed the cou,ury for
15 years, writing abou1 quirky American
down-home food for 7hr Nrw Yorktr. He
is liberal, cantankerous, eloquent and
funny. More doquen, than John Scc:warc
(blasphemy, I know); his weekly poems
based on chc news arc amazingly wry
Aasha. of wit so rare in journalism. He's
got hi.< tongue firmly in his check. his fork
in your mom's apple pie and his polities
on rhc ldt side of rhe fence. Honestly,
he'd be a great roommate. Exc,pt th:u he's
71 years old Which is creepy.
Clavin Tri/Ji,r is coming 10 th< Arlmt
Sdmirur C,,nrm Hall on Ort. JO, at
7:30pm. Discpr,med tic/ms ,m: availabk
through tht boolmorr, or contacr the Ark,u
Srhnitur ticket ojfi« at 503-248-4335.
I I 11 SW Bro,ui,vay. On the Intelligence Rcpon Finding
That the War in fraq HaJ Produced
a New Generation of Jihacli.st> and
Increased Terrorism
''One nf 1hc hardt•st ~ns of my job is 10
connccr lr.iq to the wa, Ut\ terror:
-George W. Bush t0 K2ric Couri~
Iraq's connecrcd, just as Bush
implied-Producing 6ghtors for rhc
other side.
If wt jus, sray the course and nor t:1ke
Aighr,
Well never lack for terrorises co fight.
-a poem by Calvin Trillin, cource<y
of thc.natjon.com _1h_e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_o_g_,_o_c_1o_be_r_6_,_2_00_6 ________ ........... ._ ________________ 1_9_
Life in the Portland blogosphere
L<?cal blogs span from the Blazers to biking
by Aron Phillips
member when your thoughts didn't matter? Well,
hink again. Owing to the ingenuity of web log
ioneers in the early 1990s, peopl.e have been able
to fill·you in on the ins and outs of their lives 24/7 for the
past fifteen years. From their political views to their sexual
habics, bloggers provide commentary or news on a particular
subject, while some function as more personal online diaries.
Combining text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, ____ _...----_::..---1
and orher n1edia related t~ its topic, a typical blog is updated
on either a daily or weekly basis. vi •. IL.°Cz: \.. _ ... - "--
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J ~ r - ' ~ Here in Portland, bloggers are prolific. With an endless
array of topics to write about, including local politics,
restatuants, the arts, the Blazers or even just daily life as a
Pordander, bloggers in the Rose City con1e in all shapes and
sizes. So, whether you're looking to jump into someone else's
shoes for a day or you just wane to check to see what's out
there, here's my list of l O of Portland's best blogs. O0C1 _,,00
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furiousnads.com
FURi OUS nad.;! is wricreo by The One True b!X,
a nine•year resid<.>nt of Pordand and a devout agnostic who
aspires 10 be a pass.1ble rationalist (for lack of a bener term).
He reruscs 10 specify whe1her or nor i, is his nads. spocificaUy,
which arc furious. Either way; the blog has: a nice layout ►
some sweet pbotos and interesting text.
bikeportland.org
Bike Ponland is a daily nc,vs source rhac covers rhe
Portland bicycle community in terms of news. events, ans.
culture and personalities. Ah:hougn l myself am nor a biker,
tJ1c ones I've calkcd to swear by this site. 1·here is a rnn of
inform:ttion oil the site, bur most people come foF the blog
which is updated thn...-c times 3 day on avc~gc.
pdxartwork.blogspot.com
l'onland Public /\n is a blog i:hat ,howca,cs all the
a.mazing public arr-located tbroughout rhc ciry. ln addirioo.
tl,e site boasts an cxce.pcionally comprehensive list of Portland
galleries, organizations. fine and performance artisrs that
make up PortlandS effervescent .Hr scene.
kptvwatch.blogspot.com
Have you ever watched chc larc~night local news
and wished some-body else was up to discuss it wirh? \VelJ,
now you can, thanks co Robert Pogani's KPTV Watch -a
critique of rhe IO o'clock news on Portland's Channel t 2, "To maint:tin :l dernocr.tC)~ new.') programming needs ,o inform.
nor jusr enrerc:un," says Pagani, This blog holds KPTV's teer
to tbc 6.rc in ·tbc name of democracy. •
stumptownconfidential.com
Stumptown Con6dcnrial documents Porcland
architecture, his-wry and culture through phoros, postcards
and words. The blog is visually appealing and acts as a
historical wjndow into the dryS past, Even if you don't rt-ad
any words on the: site. be: sure to Aip through rhc atchives a11d
check ou1 all the pho1os of old school Porrland.
taylorstreetstudio.com
\'(till Luers-c)tfaylor St.rett Swdio is a crue visionary.
Loco1ed on SE 'fayloc Sm«, Luers is one of the world's bes,
bloggers in i:he realm of video. A vidooblog, a portmanteau
combining vidoo, web and log (usually shorrene<l ro vlog).
is simply' :.t blog th:tt includes video. For Luers, chis site
is an aggregation of vidt-os thar he has sbot ranging from
,he Vancouver Folk Music FC$tival 10 walking rhrough ,he
Museum of Ancbropc,logy ac UBC. It's sires Like this rhar arc
revolurioniz.ing the trade.
ohdog.org
Oh Dog, You Sleuch! is "" inceres1i11g indie blog
with amazing phorosand minim~J rexr. Foranyoneimcresccd
in phorogcJphy. rhis blog is a musr-scd UUSTRATIOH 8Y STEP!Wf'E t!GCHE'M
blazers.blogs.oregonlive.corn
Acting as the only profCSsional sports ream in
Oregon, ,he rordand Tr:iil 0lners are rhe recipienr of all
of Portland's pent up frus~rion and anger (somctimc.-s
deservingly). Since rhc Blazers' lteyday, Porrl;mders have noi
been shy co share their opinio1ls on ,he once nefarious "JaH
Bb~.ert or ics management, and th.is blog on the Oregoni1111S
website provjdes cbc mediUJn.
urbanhonking.com/portland
Urban Honking's journal abour Portland is called
Porrland's Future Awesome. AnJ 1.hey're right -1 his blog is
aw<$0me! 71,e blog looks a1. all facers of Pordand lifo from
che new Aerial Tram co bow Pon1ancl ranks up again~t atl
,he cities in ,be country. And folk.,, rhings look good. In
one of 1he posis, rordand was named ,he deanesr big ciry in
1he United Scares and scored a pcrfoct 50 for the qualiry of
chcir tap wat~r. Be Su.re ro search through the :nchi,·es on rhis
one.
isaac.blogs.com
Isaac Laquedcm is a "crank.")' c.urmudgc..~n" whose
blue blog applic.-s to curr<'m events, business :ind poli1iC$ in
Portland. A longtime l'ortlonder who keeps an eye on rhc
passing political scene, l.aqucdcm shares a coUcctlon of
storic-s and opinions on bis blog th:u he migh( .. sha~ wi1 h
you if we were enjoying .a drink after work.'' .2 ... 0...., ____________________ ...... j.,.j1f ....... __________ 1h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g.,._o_c_1o_b_e_r_6_,_2_0_0_6
Defensive end excels on the field and in the classroom
by Craig Gilden
Ar 6'3' and 220 pounds, Lewis
& Chrk defensive end Erik Ger•
wick is an imposing presence. The
senior from CorvaJli.s, Ore. has
been a brigh1 spo1 for the Pioneers
during wh:1r has been a rough Starr
to rhe se.1son. Gerwick leads the
team in both raddes for losses and
sacks. His stc-llar numbers arc not
a surprise to anyone who follows
rhe team~ Ger.Yick was an honor­
able 1nencion all-Northwest Con­
ference player in both bis freshman
and sophomore Sl--asons playing on
Palatine Hm.
Bm Gcrwick i.sn', yo,rr rypi­
cal srar football player. Last year.
while the F.uc of LC football hung
in the afr. the big defensive c-nd
was nowhere to be found. He has
a pretty good reason though -he
was1)'t even in rhe coumry. lnsr~d
of srudying a playbook, Gmvick
spcm me pasr y,-ar studying phys­
ics at rhe University of F..dinlmrgh
in Scotland.
'"Ir W:\S always a drea1n of mine
ro go .swdy abroad,'' said Gcrwick,
"and Scodand worked our real­
ly weU because I wanted ro stt1dy
physics: at a big university. where
I , .. 1ould be :ib1e 10 rake soir1c ad.
,ianced classes that aren•t offered
here.
.. Jr was an academic decision
10 go for both seinesrers because I ,vas almost encirdy spc:nr lisn:n..ing
to lccturt~ an<l all Lhe exams were
ac ,he end of 1he semesrer.
"You really have ro push your­
self co keep up with Lhc work," not­
ed Gcrwick.
While he enjoyed hisclass.s and
plans co go back over Winter Break
10 visit friends, che experience has
also helped Gerwick appreciate the
cducacional atmosphere of Lewis
& Clark.
"l mis:,ed how casus1I il is here/"
said Gerwick ... Something as sim•
pie as being able ro raise your hand
in class and have a discussion with
a professor rarely happens in ,he
English system. Everything is jusr
more laid back here. '1
Npw char heS back on PalatiJte
Hill, Gerwick has scaled back bis
course load, allowing him more
cim¢ t0 concencrate on his cwo •
passions: football and, well, phys•
ic.s. He is currently working on his
senior honors thesis in thcorct.icaJ
physics, and is exceedingly passion­
ate:. about his work in this subjecc
area.
'Tm trying to use some new
machemarics to undcrsrand rhc
strong nuclear force, which is what
binds wgemer qua,ks inside pro•
tons. neut ,·oos and other so called
'elernenrary' particles," exp)ains
Gcrwick. "This force ovcrcomc..-s the
doctric repulsion that the equally
charged pa1ticl~ experience, so
"There is just no other spore like
that, you are absolutely sacrific­
ing yourself for the tean1."-Erik
Gerwick ('07) cl,ey sh~11/,J re­
pel bur ,here
L~ this other
force. cht at•
tractive strong
force, d1.ar I a.in
lookhlg ar aod
analy,ing."' ----------------needed to have a whole year or it
just ~vouldn't h::we worked ou1. I
,vanred to go to a premier physics
department and push myself aca•
demically."
Make no mistake though: Ger­
wick didn't ignore what was hap­
pening wi1h Pioneer football back
in Pordand. He scaycd in comacr
with a number of bis ceammarcs
and ralkc-d ro former coach Roger
VanDe2'inde for updates on rhe
siru:uion. ··-nlerc was nor much
I could do, bu, I was hoping mar
,here would still be a ream co play
on when I came back,• he said.
Gerwick_ took six d~sses each
semester while in Edinbllrgh, a
cours,, load practically unheard of
by LC smdcms. Tue difference in
the more formal English school
system w;as gl:_1ri1,g, as class 1ime His s-rudy rd-ares to ~odern
String Theory, which Gcrwick ex•
plained as "me pinnacle of 1heorcr·
ical pbysks tigbt now." And wby is
string choory so interesti1lg co him?
Gerwick's eyes lir up as be be­
gan co explain: ••Rjghc now, ir re•
ally is our best hope for a chcory
of cver)'Thing. An uJr.immc theory
of all matter, action and forces,
,-.1hich hopefi,lly a1\swers some
profound quesrfon about why the
universe is the way we sec it. I
ch.ink chat's fuscinating and lbat's
why J got into pbysics in the first
place."
Afrer his graduation 1.his May,
Gerwick plans on going to gradu­
ate school in ,he field of theoretical
physics because he "honestly can'r
imagine dojng -anythillg else."'
While Genvick may be as laid TOBY
When not solving the mysteries of science, Erik Gerwick ('07) spends his time in the
opposition's backfield, making life difficult for the other team's quarterback.
back and studious as cl,ey come off
of me 6eld, once be Sleps between
the lines opponelltS kno\" rhat the
"nice guy" act is over ... lbe senior
has been playing football since his
freshman year of high school and
his love for the game has yer co di­
minish.
"Football is the most emotional
game I've ever played," said Gee·
wick wid, the same passion he used
in describing his d1esis ... You sell
out wi1h your body for che good
of rhe ream. 1'here is just no other
spore like that, you are absolutely
sacrificing yourself for the ream."
Wi,h only six games lef1 in
his c.1reer) che Corvallis native is planning on making the most of
his 1ime as a Pio. Individually, he
wouM love ro add anofher aJl .. con ..
ference selection to his resume,
buc he knows chat this season is all
about sra.rt.i.ng a process ch~u wiJI
put LC footb,ul back on 1he map.
"I might nor enjoy 1he benefiLS
of having an adminisrrarion thar
ba~ us because thai will not kick
in for a few years. but we arc re­
ally focusing on tllking care of che
yo~mger guys1 sen.itlg some rradi•
rions and hoping char wal be our
legacy." said Gcrwick.
"'\Xie might not be che most suc­
cessful team on the 6eld this year,
bur we are making rhe righr envi-ronment for swclenr ;;1rhleres 10 be
successful here.11
His foorball career will nor end
wim a championship, bur that
doesn't mean Gcrwick isn't enjoy­
ing every momem. +-·nle coaches
have taken a srep back and realiud
elm football should be fun," said
Gcrwick, "and that's how we have
gone about playing this year."
Whether he is on rhe turF of
Griswold $radium or in ,he labs
of Olin. nobody can deny char
Erik Gerwick has bad a successful
four years ar Lewis & Clark, and
whatever the fuwre holds for the
big lineman:, rh-ar success will most
likely follow. .1h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_, _O_c_1o_b_e_r_6_,_2_0_0_6 _________ .... §,j.j.g __ ._ __________________ 2 __ 1_
Volleyball nets a pair of wins I Pioneer Trade-ables
by Hunter Franks . . . Each week ,he Piolog will highlight cwo athletes who have gone above
reams r,nked "' the t0p 25 nauon• I I. Jn the fim game .the P,o of-and beyond the call of dury in their respective spori. Colk-et them ,II and
Don't touch any of rhe Pioneer ally. But since then, the team has fcnsivc: arrack was 100 much for trade with your friends!
women volleyball players -you gone 5-3 overall and 4-2 in confer- the Bearc:ir defense, as the Pios
might gee burned because they arc cncc games. cook the game 30-22. In che sec•
on fire. The team has won three of Last Friday the Pios handled Pa-ond game the Pios made a sirong
their lase four games and cwo in a cine 30-26. 30-20, 30-23 in Forest run afin going down 21-14, pull­
row. The win sireak comes ar a cru-Grove. Jessamy Holland ('JO) had ing within one•• 27-28 ~frer three
cial poinr in rhe season as the Pio-17 defensive digs and seven of the service aces by Kelsey Neussl ('09).
nocrs scare conference play. nine Pio block,, the second highesr Bur rhey fell shore 28-30.
As is the fqrmula for many march coral in Pio history. Nicki Ncussl kept rhe aces coming, as
ct-ams, the Pio., ,caned , lie season Smirh ('08) tacked on 19 kills and she topped off the l'ios g.,me three
with a ch:\llenging non-conference Sara Kenler ('08) added 12 to give 30-20 triumph. Wilhmette 100k
M:hedulc ro prepare rhem for con• the Pios the win. g.i.me four, forcing a dccisi,·e fifth
rcrence. So furrhis strategy has paid The Pios came back home rhe game. 11,c fifth game was hotly
off. 'Ilic Pios came out of the gares next nighr ro L1ke on the Willa-comesrcd until consccmivc kill$,
l-~afrcrbeginning1heycarwirh:1. mette llearcacs. who they defeated by Kettler gave rhe Pio, a 13-10
stretch that included playing four 30-22, 28-30, 30-20, 24-30, 15-lc;!J. Two Bearc,i errors gave the
Pioneers rhe win 3nd rhc
game.
Ncussl finished with
eight ~rvice ace!,. rying
the school record for accs
in one march. The tc-am
ovcraJI had an imprtssivc
19 aces. Smi1h and Kettler
contif'l.ued to be offensive
n,ochines, 1.1llying 17 and
13 kills, rcspcccivdy,
PHOTO BY l«JNffR F!Wa<S
The Pioneer defense prepares to pounce against visiting Willamette. The Pios arc 6-I 0
overaU and 4-2 in con­
ference. l he Pios will rry
co impro,•e on their con­
ference standing as they
lock horns with the Puget
Sound Loggers 1011 ighr a,
7:00pm in Pamplin and
rhen rake on rhc Un ..
field Wildca1s Saturday at
7:00pm in Pamplin.
Extra Points
ly Craig Gilden
Socce1·
The Pioneers picked up ,heir
first win of rhc wnfcrencc season
las, Wednesday night by defearing
rhc Pacific Boxers 3-1 under the
lights of Gri>wold $radium
Lisa Hou,man ('08) "as d,e
sra.r on offense .. is she scored all
1hree Pio goals for the har trick.
Housman scored back ,o back
goals for the t,ios midw.iy through
the nm half.
BUI Padfic refused ,o go down
quiecly, scorins a goal jus< before
cl,c end or ,he half ,o get willu"
one goaJ. h would not ru.urer a,
tlle Box~rs were l,Hlable to score
:again in the game.
Lue in the game ,he Pios -and
Housman put the M:Ore out of
reach .l!) she found the back of
,he net for the final goal of d,c
march. On Sarurdar rhe Pios foll in a
heanbreakcr on the road to Lin-
6dd. LC took sn earli lc;1d when
a Sarah Kieffer ('OS) cross was fin­
i,hed by AWson Hudson !'08) for
the goal. Bu, Linfidd responde-1
only five minu1t'S' later tying the
gamt.· at one.
1n 1he second half ,h, Pio,
rhoughr they were on their way to
victory when. inspired by her S(lcc­
tion asa Pioneer Trade-able. Brit1J·
ny Larson ('09) conneeted from I 2
y3rW, to r.-ikc 3 2.1 lead. But with
two minutes lcfr in regulation Un­
field srruck again rn tic rht score.
lhc: game went w ovcrtim¢ where
th.< Wildc-Jrs finished off LC with
.i goal only rhtte mioures inro the
firsr o.verdinc.
Cross Country
The Pios compeu:d chis past
S:m1rdav ar the \Villamcnc lnvica-tional. '[he woillon 6nished I Ith
our of 32 te.1Jns, while the men
struggled. placing 25th.
lamma C,rk1on ('09) had a
scrong showing. t(mling in $0,.--ih
pl,ce overall out of 298 runners.
She also finished wirh rhe second
hiihC$r time among Nonhwt.-sr
Confcrtncc competitors. Amanda
Phillips ('08) sci a pcr>0n,~ record
, finishing fourth among NWC
run ncrs ;me.I 15th overall. Ocher
Pio<-conuibured co the strong
team showing as well with Mc:g.m
Pfeiffer-Hoy, ('07), Kircy Smith
('09) and Cl•ire Fas.,io ('09) all
posring personal bes1s.
On rhe men's side it was no
surprise as Yance) Lawrc11cc ('09)
puc up a .solid cime placing him
numbec 66 out of 305 runners,
.111d 13th ,"lmong N\VC comprri ..
cioo. Five ocher Pioneer men fin­
ished rht raCl' with tbcir Ix-st rimes
of chc .season. Jessamy Holland ~;ad a rnons1er night lase Friday againsr Pacific. ·nu•
freshman from Honolulu had seven block-as.sisrs. 1hc «-cond highest IO·
ml in Pioneer hisiory. She also 1oialed 17 digs on the njgh1. Holland has
made an immediate impact, currently second on the ream i1l blocks and
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Pioneer golf. The native of La Canada. Calif. shot• r<Spectable
88 in ,he fim tourn:unent or the year. Cosgrove has also pulled
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Jack of all trades: Murrieta prepares for life after LC
by Nick Bjor-k Jc.."Cide if it's wh.tt I wane to do with dcrscand the entire situation and
\Xlhen a football program likt· the resr of rny life, but I have always ere-arc more social awareness."
Lewis & Clark's gets_. higbly tout-wanred to be a reacher and coach." One thing that Murrieta knows
ed junior college rransfer such -as Besides coaching and reachingt for sure is rhac he has rhrow1'1 away
Jarrod iVlurrieca ('04), the coaching Murrit·rn r\_-ally misses his summer.. his old career goal of becoming a
stalf can only pray that he will stay time job as• firefighter,• career he radio DJ, which is whar he studied
for more than a year. LC has been hns thought alx>ut pursuing. in junior colJege.
blessed with Muniern.'s presence for "'ihe one rhing rh:n a reaching "I ::tlways had the voice for
four. and coaching career doesn't offer is radio. bur rhe job i.sn't physic:11
Murrieta finished his final rwo very physical work,'1' sajd Murrieta. enough and chcre is TQO mud, pol­
years of cligibilicy for the Pioneers "I w:rnr a career char utilizes both ides and ass,.kissing in rhc indus~
in 2004. earning sc:cond T<.·am All physial :u,tl mental aspec1s." ny for Jne. Bur I've always had a
NWC honors. He was also award- And why wouldn't he? All of good radio voice," said Murrieta.
cd numerous accolades. ~--- In Ms free time
Murricra was named the "I wane a career chat utilizes both he plans on fly-6.sh-
Pios' Oursi.nding Of- ing as much as p<>s-
fensive Lineman. mos, physical and n1ental aspects." -Jarro~ sible and traveling IC)
inspirational player, a Spain.
«-am capi.in and the Murietta ('04) As for. career on
"Joe Huston Male Atb--------------------- the gridiron, Mur-
lctc of the Year." Since then. Mur-his life he has embodied whar rhe det:l said rhar is very unlikely:
ricta has held both the offensive NCM envisions in 3 Division II L "No more playing since [ hurt ~,y
and 9densive line co-aching posi-srudc:nt-atltlcre. His work both in kn«, plus L really enjoy what I"m
tions. rhe ch,ssroom and on the field has doing and have caught the coach-
Now a graduate of LC. wid, a led him robe the person he is now. i11g bug."
major in Communications and a In che distant future, Murrieta Uni ii he decides wherher robe
minor in Gender Studies, Mmricta lists writing a book as one of his a teacher, a coach, a firefighter, an
is fucing the dauruing decision ·or goals ... I want to wricc.a book about aurhor, or aH of rhc above, Mur­
whac ro do wirh his life. £3ut like Chicanos in t◊day's society," ex-rieta is going to stan building a
most of us, hc i.s yet ro find the an-pbined Murrier:t. life with his new wife in Tigard.
swcr ro that million-dollar qucs- In chc book he hopes to answer He added rhar he is ''really ex-
tion. the questions: Why has cacching cited with whar's happening here
"'For now, I aill going ro scay in up on education taken so long for at LC. There is a new wave o'fLC
Porrland and finish up my masrers Chic.1nos? And why is crime so athJctics, aud I believe the po­
and cominue coaching here," said prevale,u within their community? re,uial for good jd1letics is here,
Murrieca, "I would like to giw He continues by adding. "'I wam co which mark.~ a new era in sporrs
coaching a lirde more cime before I write chc book to hdp me bcrccr un--that I want to be a parr or.••
Upcoming Schedule
Date Sport Opponent Pla-:e Time
Sat., Oct. 7 Football Menlo Griswold 1:00pm
Fri .. Oct. 6 Soccer Whitworth Griswold 4:00pm
Sun., Oct. 8 Whitman Griswold 4:00pm
Sat., Oct. 7 Cross Country PLU Invitational Tacoma, Wash. 10:00am
Fri., Oct. 6 Volleyball Puget Sound Pamplin 7:00pm
Sat .. Oct. 7 Linfield Pamplin 7:00pm
Mon .. Oct. 9 Golf Willamette Invitational Salem, Ore. 10:00am
Wed .. Oct. 11 Intramural Intramural Squads Pampljn 10:00pm
Hoops Murrieta prepares the Pios gameplan for Saturday's contest
Scores & Standings
Football: Soccer:
Colorado College 46 LC 3
Conf.
!..infield 1-0
Pacific Lutheran 1-0
Willamme 1-1
Whitworth 0-0
LC 0-0
Puget Sound 0-1
Menlo 0-1
Volleyball:
LC 3 Pacific I
LC 3 Willamette 2
Conf.
Lin field 6-0
Pacific Lutheran 6-0
Puget Sound 4-2
LC 4-2
Whitman 3-3
Whitworth 2-4
Pacific 1-5
George Fox 1-5
Willamette 0-6 Overall
J-2
1-3
1-4
4-0.
0-3
3-1
2-2
Overall
13-0
12-4
9-4
6-10
7-7
3-14
4-12
4-12
4-t2 LC 3 Pacific I
Linfidd 3 LC 2
Conf.
Willamerte 6-0
Whitworth 4-1-1
Puget Sound 3-1·2
Pacific Lutheran 3-2-1
George Fox 2-3-1
\'Qhitlll:lrl 1-2-3
Linfidd 1-3·2
LC 1-4-J
Poci6c 0-5-1
Men's Golf:
Linfield Invitational
Daniel Sloan-83
Andrew Herbert-82
Ry:rn Cosgrove-88
z.,ch Kearl-95
Women's Golf: Overall
9-0-t
6-1-2
5-1-3
6-3-1
4-5-1
t-3·3
3.5.2
3-6-1
2-5-2
George Fox Invitational
Kelly Terrell-88
Maciana Gordon- 90
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Ei ht Days Out. • •
Friday,
October 6
LC Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony
5:30 PM
Loc.ation: Stamm Dining Hall
Cost: S35
Dinner and ceremony to induct c.hc newest
class into the Lewis & Clark Sports Hall of
Fome. Reception begins at 5:30pm,"dinnet is
ar 6:30pm and rhe p,ogram begins ar abour
7:30pm.
"Bang. Currai.n. End of Show."
7:00 PM a.nd 10:00 PM
Location: Fir AC{es Theatre. Black Box
Cost: S3
A play that employs classic characters in the
typical haunrcd castle/locked up love scenar­
io. There's a villain, a hero and a fool, among
other rrndirional char.tctcrs derrimema.l to a
significanr production. 'This production poses
questions about truth. rules of performanc~
and can be tied in with the real world.
• Tai-;.c Prayer
7:30 PI\I!
Location: South Chapel
All arc invited to this r,freshing hour of
prayer and medimion at the chapd.
Annual Homecoming Dance
8:00PM
Location: The Crystal Ballroom
Cost: S6 {in advance) $9 (at the door)
Come celebrate Lewis & Clark Homecoming
at the infumous Cryml Ballroom, known for
ilS "Roaring,. dance Aoor! ~lhe th~mc for this
year: "Bring ,he Bling."
Tuesday,
October 10 Saturday,
October 7
Service Project -Watershed Health!
8:00AM
Location: Tryon Creek State Pa.rk
Spend Sarurday serving your community
in a rcsroracion cvcnr on Tryon Creek. The
day's activities a.rc focused oa improving
local habicat and water quality.
Saturday Service Project-Pordand
Cares Day 2006 •
9:00 PM
Location: Portland Public School,
A service projccr designed 10 give back to
schools, parks, ond other nonptofir :,gcncies.
Be ready to clean, fix, painr and have fun!
"Bang. CurtaiD- End ofSbow."
7:30PM
Locarion: Fir Acres Theatre, Black Bo.­
Cost: S3
Alumni Weekend 2006
All Day Event
The weekend include. evenrs such a.~ the
Honors Banquet~ Alumni lecrure series,
Tailgate Extravaganza and concerts.
Dan Balmer Trio
8:00PM
Loc.acion: Council Chambers
Experience Dan Balmer. who h,a.\ ofren
been hailed as rhe fines, jazz guitarist in
Oregon. He is a n,-ccnt induclec into Ore~
go n's Jaa Society Hall of Fame, as the young­
est member and only ja1..1. guit2risr!
Wednesday,
October 11
Becca Bernstein -Visiting Artist Aquinas on Being and Essence as
5:30 PM -7:30 PM Proper Objects of the Intellect
Location: Miller, 104 3:30 PM
Bocca Bernstein graduared from ~wi.s & Location: J. R. Howard, 302
Clark in 2000, curn laude, with a degree in Professor Caery Evangelist discusses
Studio An/Orowing, and has since pursued a cbims that Aquin:.lS holds on human cogni­
carecr in profes.'iional painting. Much of her Lion. He will also cxa1nine wh:n fac{Ol'S pre­
work has been exhibited in galleries and mu• vented scholars From noticing che disconci~
scums throughout the western U.S. and in , nuitics of Aquinas's works.
Scotland. She also won the Kim6"rley Gales
EtnergingArrisr award in 2005. East Asian Studies Reception
4:00PM
Location: Miller, 3nl Aoor lounge
A great opportunity ro meet wirh program
faculty and students, enjoy frtt snacks and
beverages, 3nJ learn more about Wt Asiaa
Srudies, EAS majors and traveling co Asia. Sunday,
October 8
Alumni Weekend 2006
10:00AM
Location: AJbaDy Quadrangle
-n,e alumni weekend corninl.les through
Sunday with the Brunch with d,e Board of
Alumni. AU are invircd to share ideas with
the: board. a voluncary organization that dis•
cusses alumni oulreach efforts. Monday,
October 9
Physics Colloquium
4:00PM
Location: Olin, 204
Join Erik Gerwick ('07) as he discusses his
exciting year abroad, smdying physics in che
United Kingdom. All who arc inrere.,;red i.n
pursuing physics wiH enjoy this inrcrcsting
discussion.
\Yeekly Photo Fix
Submirred by Stephanie Taimi-Mandel
Thursday,
October 12
Kruger's Corn Ma-u I .Fa.rote.rs Ma.rkct
9:00 AM -I 0:00 PM
Location: Kruger~ Fam1, Sauvie. Island
(about 10 minutes NW of Portland)
Cost: $2 {Thursdays only)
Kruger's furm provides hows of fun and
is rhe idc.,1 day trip for an LC srudcnt. There
is a challenging corn n'la1.e, whic:h rakes ."Id·
vantage of nearly every geometric: shape and
is 61kd with surprises. In addirion, ,he farm­
ers m:.irket features vcgelables and fruit that
is hand-picked daily, plus over 50 varieries of
111u-pic.k .. fresh.cut Aowers -and ;;1 rec:'.lil section
fearuring b:t$kers from Ghana. Friday,
October 13
Pioneer Forcnsjcs Tournament
8:00AM
Location: L<,ok in Tcmplernn for map$
and schedule.,
lhiny.fivc colleges and universities will
arrend and panidpacc in parliamcmary de.­
bate, individual speaking and oral intcrprcta•
ti01l rhroughour che weekend. Nearly every
cla.~room on campus will be urili-icd.
Admissions Open Hou~e
9:00 AM -4:00 PM
Location: Cou,icil Ch.ambc,s
lhe enrire Lewis & Clark co1nmonity in­
vites prospecrive srudenrs and their fomiHes
to attend a special October Open House dur­
ing fall b,cak. S,:ssion one bt-gins at 9:00am
a.nd concludes with lunch, while tbc second
session begins with lunch and corlcludes at
4:00pm. -- LLUSfflATICINSYBAADJOAAS You: Recalcitrant Odell Bob Dylan
look-alike. aka fresh meat
Us: Dedicated fanslsmlkcrs who
wam ro gang jump your bones
You: DJ X. Y Scaner
Me: Wanting 10 seX.Y you up
You: College Republie:1n
Me: N«-ding someone 10 love my Busb
Corbert Football Cowboy
Help mes.we a horse
Hey! Jewish Mach Geek
let's mat<.· in your caprain~ room
PIONEERS vs.
PIRATES
by Grant Hentges II illustration by Brad Jonas
In a rc..-cctu "Lener co the lidiwr ... a young lad ex•
pressed hh concern for che stare of our rnascoc. He
suggem char perhaps a pioneer fails 10 accuracely rep­
r,senr rhe Student body of lewis & Clark. and sub­
mits char instead, we lX! charaacriu-d as a pirate.
7hr Pionter log exhausted all of its journalistic re­
sources ;\Jld consulced local prophets in order to pro­
duce the most accurace known depiction or a baulc·
bcrween l pimte and a pionCC"r,
\X'ho is \'ic1oriou,? You be the judge.
Slightly off topic ...
Pirates certainly arc Lbc victors in 1he arc-;1 of pick-
~p lines. boaS1ing such compelling proposirions ;I.< ...
"I'd love ro drop anchoc in your l.agoon."
"Well blow me down?"
"Prepare co be boarded."
Anyone who knows of any Pioneer pick-up lines
can email them co piolog@lclark.edu. In che me,u,
rime. Pirates, J; Pioneers, 0. the Pioneer Log. October 6, 2006
You: Evil-looking. wirch-esque hottie
from Memphis
Me: Shaggy-haired Sprucian looking 10
be en~3Jltcd-lct's make magic
Hey Ladies' Lady. Forge, rhat wnc
defense and ler.s lay-up, slam dunk, and
dribble alJ nigh, long
To my Boscon cream pie. Sorey for my cardi­
ncss in wriring rhi~ nore l'rn so glad to have
met you, frS cruly b~en a mittvot
Scund:,a,drcuth yow qd Are. you rcidy to dtdatt your lo¥C for
thiern. in lh-e man ro..und,;, or~ «icJlurru-t- Pio"""" [Af! Ir
,o, pit~ w.od yoor °'Vou Wgt.1 My E,~ •I.& <mail to piolog@
lc:brk.«l.11, or drop i I off in 1/N f>k,J.ot o~
Teacher quote
"We shotdd c:i.ncel class and drink
oursdvcs imo oblivion ...
-J.M. Fritzman