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1 by Kristen Ludwigsen
celebration of Eid, the Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan,
International Students of Lewis & Clark treated LC to an evening of danc­
ing, hospitality, insight-and of course, dates-Tuesday night in the Bon
Appecic cafeteria.
Tue Bon dished up traditional Middle Eas1ern
cuisine such as Koshcri. rice kanafa and beef reJldang.
and bowls of dates wtrt sec om, bur the main cvenr
of the nighr was cetl:'li,,ly the dancing, by performers
from Suadi Arabia, Egypt :ind Tor,isia.
Sahar Abou El Fath ('07) and Dorra Siari ('07)
opened with almost balf an hour of Balad)\ or bel­
ly dancing. This was followc-<l by poetry readings by
Zicd Manai ('07) and ,\,foddy Abuleacia ('09), The
final event of the evening was a 1raditionaJ dance
from western Saudi Arabia, called ('-1-Miunar. In chis
dance, perfom<'rs move around a ct'ntral object­
such os a table-brandishing swords which ,hey roll
benveen their ffogers. Due to campus codes, howev ...
er. dowls of approximardy equal 1ength were used in
place of the rradi!ional blades.
The event, origiaally proposed by direc1or of fn­
rernational Snidcnr Services Greg Caldwell. was or­
goni1.ed by 1he ISLC Boird. Boa Appe,i, panicipa,ed
by decorating for the event and preparing food based on recipes provided by ISLC.
"The event succt-ssfully rcpre.senred variou.,'i ways
ro celebrate Eid," soid JSLC Board co-chair Ashaque
Haque ('07).
Other sponsors induded I nternarional Student
S<:rvices, Academic English Srudies and De.rn of the
Chapel Mark Dunclcy,
Eitl ,narks the cad of the momh of when ortho­
dox Muslims fa.st fro1ri d:l,vn to dusk. Daces a.re tra­
ditionally ,he fim food 1ila1 is e.11en :ifrer the fas, is
over, along wi<h a cup of Arabian coffee. LC srndent
Ammar Sabban likened Eid to Chris,mas, saying
chac ir is a I imc for fumjJjcs to get together, celebrate
with dancing, datC$ and good food, as wdl as co give
thanks and worship ro God for :ill char He gh•cs.
AIJ the smdc:nrs who came were able 10 panakc in
lsl-amic culrurc, celebrate Eid, eat ddici-011s tfates ::ind
view 1raditional dance for an cvcnin~ d,anks ro the
con1ributio11 of LC's intcmadonal body. LC, Sabban
said, is '"a nice pl::i:ce robe. k's:) nice school."
SEED battles LC's trash habit
Members nurture praxis of idea and action
by Jana Whaley
Over the course of rhe month,
~rudcncs Engaged iu Environmen ..
ral Defense (SEED) members have
formul:ued plans 10 lower waste
produc,ion by ,he srudenr$.<tnd af­
filiated organizations of Lewis &
Clark. Working with a panicipan,
of the Pordand Metro Blucworks
Program, rhey hope co reduC<' lcv ...
ds of gorbage disJ>Osed while ar the
same ti1nc promo1ing recycling and
composting pracriccs.
The work began Thursday. 0c,
5, when seven members of SEED
mer on carnpus co sort through
the dumpsters :u Te1nplecon and
Hart1.fdd.
AccordJng co chc parcicipanrs,
13on Apetite paper coffee cups
were among the most numer­
ous disposable ircms di,5carded by
srudems. However, they also said
that they found vinually no glass
productS in the trash, a reassur­
ing sign that some cffun has been
made co recycle. SEED members say chat they
found the most recyclable items
in those dumps,ers used by Bon
Apclice catering servic~. 1hey also
said chat the Bon was purchas­
ing some icems, including rofu, fo
personal-sited P"Jckages, thus pto­
ducing ti1lnecessary levels of w-.1.sce.
Also. food rhar was 1101 servo..i \'13$
thrown imo rhc trash rather than
composted.
In rcsJ>On.<C to these problems,
SEED plans 10 hold an educational
meeting wi(h srafF membecs at the
Bon. Ar this meeting, Bon work­
ers will be encouraged to compost
lefiove, food and napkins and to
recycle iten1s such as tins.
To address the srudenr aspect of
rhc problem, SEED has planned
cvcnrs co promoce more respon­
sible wa.scc habits, 1'hcse events
include a table OUl.sidc ,be library
where free tea will be available to
those srude1us wjrh their own, re­
usable mugs. Also on ,he agenda
is a sticker-making opponunicy in
which srndcncs can create person .. PHOTOSC:OUR1t$Vr$SEEO
SEED carried out recycling and composting projects
around campus.
alizcd labels for d,eir ,varer bottles
and mugs. 'These acrivicics~ aimed
ac increasing rhe use of reusable
cups, will addrc.ss che profusion
of paper cups f0trnd by cbc SEED
wasre sorrers.
SEED is also planning on ne­
gociaiing wi,h LC staff for larger, more visible labels on ,rash and re­
cycling cans around campus.
lhjs waste sorr is pan of a larger
movcmem by the Porcland Mecro
Blucworks Program to rt..-ducc busi ...
ness waste rhroughouc- the city, and
promote recycling 3nd COMpost­
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College greets diversity in new staff, faculty
by Katie Walter
1bc Receprion for New Staff and Facul­
ry of Color was held in the Manor House's
Armstrong Lounge on Tuesday. Oct. 24.
Various mcrnlx·rs of ,he Lewis & Clark
commullity welcomed eight new members
of the sraff and foculty. Each of rhes.e new
members is distinct in that he or she comes
From a culturally diverse background thar
will significantly conuibure ro LCS overall
diversiry.
Associare Dean of Studcms and Director
ofSrudcnr Services Lisa Webb and President
Thomas J. Hochstenler each .1ddrcsscd rhos,:
in :mendancc concerning che vital role chat
1hese newcomers will play on rhe LC earn­
puses in rerms of their cxpcnise, experience
and cthniciry.
Faculry members welcomed included Joel
Mar1ine-1.. Assisranr Profmor of Philosophy.
Mitch Reyes, Mistam Professor of Com­
munication, :tnd Freddy Vilches. Assisc:un
Professor of Foreign Languages. The sraff
members were Julie Arcidiacono, Campus
EventS SpcciaJis, for Campus Eveno;; Adri­
enne Enriquc:z., Associate Dean of Admis­
sions and Director of Muhiculrural Recruit­
ment; Ashley Kikukawa, Loan Specialist in
Student Financial Services; Michelle Kirton,
Psychologist in the Counseling Center; and Krishnan Ranjani. Lab Maoager in Foreign
Languages.
Increased cUvcrsiry among faculty as well
as smdenrs is one of rht recommendations
for '"enhancing the Lewis & Clark college
communiry'"' !>et fonh by Ute LC Planning
T:isk Force. The rask force, comprised or3 t
LC communiry members (i11cluding those io
faculry. alumni, Board oFTrusrees, staff and
srudenr positions), was charged by Hoch­
srcrder in October 2005 to "prepare a report
representing a broad community consensus
on long-ccrm instiru<ionaJ priorities char is
inrendcd co serve as a couchsro,1e for shaping
concrete initiariv<.'S and actioos in the )'t'<ll'S
ahead."'
The resulting report. published in April of
this year, eJicired srrong support from Hoch•
sterder. 11,c Presidenr's Stare of the College
Address, given in Agnes Flannagan Chapel
on October 18, reiterated many of rhe task
force's suggestions and his commitment ro
their implementation. Jnduded in these was
the sugg~tion ro focus on cth nic diversity
on campus.
Diversifying LC's staff and faculry is not
a new focus for the Collcg(.."-it is some•
thing that the school has struggled with for
some time. In 2001, scudenu i$Sued the firs-r
"Zero Awards," drawing anenrion w depan~
mcms ac LC with a uro percent minority
faculry. In Seprell)ber of 2002, the "Diver­
siry Task Force of Lewis & Clark College' re•
leased a rcporr on the erhnic makeup of the
LC communiry and suggesred "that the Col­
lege needs to focus anentiop and resources PHOTO BY JOC£l'<N STOKE.$
New faculty and staff met the LC community at an open reception 1n the
Armstrong Lounge of the Manor House.
on recruiting faculty and studcnrs from pop-­
ularions under•represenced at Lewis & Clark
and in academia at large-specifically, Afri•
can A.iuericans, Native Americans. and La· . . unos.
Online reportS of Academic Council
Meetings in October of the same year note
LC's purchase of women and minority doc­
l'Ornl directories to be utilized in seeking di•
verse faculty candidates.
The 2006-2007 academjc year appears to
be one in which increasing facuhy diversity is
treated even more seriously than in previous years. During the 2006 commemoration ac­
rivitics for Manin Luther King Day. several
months before the rdcaseor rhe LC Planning
Task Force Report. Webb said, "This year re­
Acccs an important time in l..ewis & Clark's
movement toward change ia regard to diver­
siry, not only in the srudent body, bur also
among fuculry and sralf. I am very excited
abour the future of Lewis & Clark."
Those interested in campus diversiry is­
sues arc invited 10 attend an event cnrided
"Speaking of Diversity" in Tamarack Lounge
on Monday, Nov. 6 ar 6:00pm.
4 to 5 p.m.
Lewis & Clark College
Templeton Student Center
Council Chamber
0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Rd.
SESSIONS
NOVEMBER I 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Portland Central Library
US Bank Meeting Room
80 I SW I 0th Ave.
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Sy~opsis of Ballot measures: Nov. 7 2006
0 n November 7, people all over the counc.ry wiU be voting in our national Election Day. Depending on where you live,
you may be voting for a governor, state representatives or senators, federal representatives or senators, and/or on any
number of initiatives and referendums submitted by the people. To assist Studencs who have recently arrived in Oregon and
who have registered co vore in this election, the Pioneer Log has put rogecher a brief guide to the various measures you wiU see
on your Oregon ballot when you receive ir. by Scott Devlin
Measure 39: Property rights Measure 44: Access to Perscription Drugs
71,is measure is designed co change the way rhat the stacc government handles property lhis measure) if affirmed by voters through a YES vote, would cUminatc existing rcstric-
as it rdarcs co public condemnation. Currently. property char is condemned by the scare cions on the Oregon Prescriprion Drug Program~ giving all Oregonians access ro prc:scripM
of Oregon can be conveyed tO an ocher private party for development as the state deem$" it tion drug co\•crage. Current restrictions on the plan limit it co rcsjdencs who arc over the
necessary. This measure, if affirmed bya YES vote, would change the Oregon Con.stiturion age of 54, ha.vt! n.o addirionaJ prescript.ion drug co\•erage -and whose inoome does 11ot ex--
and forbid the .state government from <.xmvcying chis claimed propcrt)' to another private cced 185 pcrcenr of the federal povmyguiddinc.'S. The measure wo,~d eliminate both the
parry, bur docs not indudcca.scs where the land would be usc-d for transportation purposes age and income-restrictions, maki1\g the plan open to aJJ residents who simply do not have
or if ir is dangerous to the hcalch and safery of the public. It would also require Oregon addidonal prescription drug coverage ocher than Medicare Parl D. 1ltere is no cstimared
courts to adjudicate di.spurcs over whc.tbcr land was conveyed approprfatdy after condem- financiaJ impact co state or local g_o\·ernments.
nation. 1f chis measure is nor affirmed, che Orc.-gon Constitution wilJ remain unchanged. Measure 45: Tenn limits for State Senators
Measure 40: Election of Justices -
This measure would a.mend 1.he Oregon Consticu1ion ro CSt!tblish term lifnits for s,:ne
1bis measure is dcsign<-d ,o change the way <hat Oregon Supreme Court junices are ekct- senarors and representatives in the Legislative Assembly. Currendy, Oregon has no law on
c-d. Currently. Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeal, judges are elected ar large rerm limirs. which means i.:.h;n a single indi,•iduaJ cal'l serve for as long as d,ey continue en
scarcwidc. This measure. if affirm<..-d by a YES ,•otc, would require thar S(..•ven judicial dis- be elecred tO eirher branch of governmem (please noce rha1 chis resrric;tion does nor apply
rricts be csrablishcd srn«wide and chat judg<-s for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals ro 1he Ollice of ,he Governor). This rneosure. if affirmed hy voters rhrough a YF-~ vote.
would bl'. dc.."«cd from chose districts-. le would also require chat judges live in thar particu- would require: rhac ,errn litn.irs Ix cscablished: a maxi,num of six years as a representative,
lar clisuict chroughour their tenure on the: court. Currently, judges areooly required to live eigh1 ye:ars as a .senawr. ~1od no more 1h:m ·14 years in the legislature combined. There is no
within Oregon to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court or On:gon Court of Appeals. If, lie direct financial impacr fO governmenrs wjrh rhis particular measure.
measure i.s not affirmed, the On:gon Constitution wUI rem:un 11ochang¢eJ and judges will Measure 46: Campaign contributions: laws cominue 10 he elecceti ar lame in s1arewide elecrio1l~.
Measure 41: Income Tax ..l11is measure would amend che Orego1l. Consdcurion to aUow the houses of the legislarurc
·1his measure is designed to change 1he way chat income tax is cakulared and disuibutt"d ro create laws rcnricring or banning political campajgn conrributions or cxpcndirurcs by
any person or cnriry. The amendrnenr would only occur if rhe measure is affirmed rhrough
ar a state level. Currently. Oregon citiz.c.ns may subtract a scare determined withholding a YES vote. Currently, d1e Oregon Consrirurion prohibits the creation of such laws. "fhcsC'
multiplied by the number of federal exemptions from their personal income rax. 1'his me.a-laws, in order to be pu1 into dfecr, would require either passagc through t.he ballot initia-
sure. if affirmed by a YF.S voce, would make modificarions to this sysrcm. Jn particular, a rive process or a ·vocc by-¾ of both houses of government. 1l1is measure carries no direcr
YES vorc would Cl-quire chac Oregon citil.l'ns can cake their coral federal dt-duction from financial impact to the St3tc or loca1 governments, and is not creating any new laws ,hat
their stace income cax rather than the statc~dcrcrmincd withholding. 1be 6nanc.ial impact restrict or ban conrributions or cxoendirur<:'.s at chis cim~.
is rhar state revenue is decreased substamiaJly over 6.scaJ years-to-come, as chis measure Measure 47: Campaign contributions: restrictions docs nor provide for any reolaCt'mcnr of revenue. Exact fitmres on chc Voter's Pamohlcc.
Measure 42: Insurance Premium~ This measure. if' affirmed by voters through a YES vocc, revises. Oregon campaign 6nance
laws. and places new cestricrions on politicaJ campaign contribucions aod expendimrcs.
This measure wouJd change che way that insurance premiums for various types ofin.sur- Complete restrictions ore available in cl1e Voter's Pamphlet. It al.so modi6es reporting pro-
ancc (e.g. 6rc, home, auco, etc.) would be calculated for O«-gon citiu:ns. Currendy, insur- cedures and requircmentS as well as provides for disclosure of such cxpendi<t1res. A NO
.a.nee companies doing business within Oregon can base coverage and premium decisions vote would keep the campaign finance rules unchangtd and mainraio existing reponing
on your FICO (c«dit) score, wbich hdps chem to determine how much of a potential risk procedures. This measure \l,·ould require O\'Cf $ I million io expenditures the~ rst year and
you arc as a dicnt. Lf affirmed, this me-asurc would prohibit insurance. companies from us-bs than $ I 00,000 in cx~·nditurcs for subS<:auent years to maimain.
ing th.is information when establishing your premium or coverage decision. No financial
impacr to sratc or local governments has been es-r:ablished for this particular measure. 1lliS Measure 48: State expenditures
mc:isure wc>tild rake eftea as oolicies are renewed :1fcer and if i1 is :umroved bv vo1crs. This measure. i( affirmed by vorers ch rough a YES vote, revises. Orego1l campaign finance
Measure 43: Abortions for minors laws and places new re.uria.ions on political campaign contributions and expendirures.
Comple1e resuictions are available in the Voter's Pamphlec. It also modifies reporting pro--
This me.1sure addresses rhc abiliry of miJ\OtS (individuals under the age of 18) [O receive cedures and rcquiremcncs as well as providl'S for disclosure of .such expendinrre.s. A NO
aborrions wi,hour p;irenc:ll nocitic:tdon. Curre.ndy, any individu:.al ewer 1he age of 15 nuy voce would keep the campaign finance rules unchanged and maintain existing re_porring
receive medkal cre:umeiu, indudittg ahorcion, wirhout norificadon being given ro their procedures. ·rhL~ measure would require over $1 million in expendirures che firs, year and
p:uems or legal guardians {har r~ey are receiving such ri'e:1tmeor. 'Titis measure, if affinned less than S 100,000 in e-xpendirurcs for subsequent years ro maincain.
by a YES vore. would reqtiire char physici:.ans deliver notificarion co part>nrs no huer than 11,, i,,farmation presented in this article is cle1ig11ed to help you make an in-48 hours prior ro the procedure informing them thar rheir m.itlor wishes ,o go through
wirh this procedure. ~n1is me.1sure does provide for medical emergencies, in which abor• formed decision when casti11gynttr ballot. The staff of the f>io11eer Log does 11ot make
tiv,,~ \ ,.1, I It' t•~• formed wichour notificadon, but does nor include violent crime, rape. or any claims or represmtatiom abom the m,asr1m listed here and cannot gi11e advice
incest as documented mediC31 emergencies. Physicians who fail co provide rhe required or fi,rther iujbrmation llbout thr!t medJureJ. For more i,,formati.on, pl.east t"Onsult a
norice can also be administrarivclv disciolined if chis measure is affirmed bv voters. Vbters Pamphlet or go 011/ine to[http://ouww.sos.state.or.us}. _lh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_._o_c,_o_b_e_r_2_?_,_2_0_0_6 ___________ sM? ........ ____________________ ..;;5;,.
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• PETE~
• 8 E LA N.P '~ . ..-,,. •
• • • a • Walking the meers of Porr-
• land. ouc finds a cit:y filloo with
"hows., chic boutiques where one
• can buy "hdla tigh, plugs" and
• a ,·crirable. exce.~, of like-minded
people with whom to chat ahour
• che ills of socic,:y. la addition.
• one will also 6nd exemplars of
.!iuch ills, ofi-e.n within vards of . ,
those speaking~thc ho,nelc:;S of
• Pordand,
\Vid1ou1 a doubt an endemic
• problem. homdessncss in Porr-
• land seems tO be a chronic syn­
drome of the srreec.c;. However, jn
• a city whid, is filled "ith chose
• whu are politically charged, there
in1 d1ance tbat iclt-alisric conrcr--
• • d J· • • I s:mon i'111 • rea ,sue unp emenra-
• 1io1t will be conjoined.
JOIN is a non-profo organi-
• • I " • I /..'lUOll [ tat CX.IS[S to support { \C
• clfon.s of homeless individuals
:ind familiC$ to make succcssfu.J
• and Sl1srnin:1.blc transitions off
• chcsu~t."
Founded in l!/92 ro bridge • tbe gap betwc'<n the homeless
•. ,nd I he mor< .tflluenr, JOINs
progran,s cmphasiu outreach to
• hQmeless individuals who remain
• our.side c.hc gre3rer community
:aryd ro provjdc immersion c.xp~
• riences for tlios~ i11 cb~ greater
• community. in vrdtr to beu<'r
undersran<I the life of~ homeless
• individual.
• By providing a mbst:tnrial
portion oF the high move-in costs
• of housing and supportiog the
• rlforrs of the homeless ill 6ud•
• ing employment, JOIN hopes
fo ovcrcomc 1he rrials of self-
• isolation and -alieaacion chac of•
ten pl,gue bomtless individuals,
• problems which demoy moti""·
• c[on and therefore social mobil­
icy.
• In addi,ion, JOIN has cn,-
• ~red m'l employmenr nnwo,k in
which homeless indi"iduals can
• work through a u11ique barter •••••••• exchange syStcm ,hat frees them•
from rrndicional jobs on which•
they arc dependent, 31ld engcn­
derH sense of much-needed dig-•
nicy. •
One of the greatest chal.
lengc., thar JO(N seeks co meec •
is the perceived neg,nive vit;we
.some have of homele.\S individu­
aJs a.s an unruly lot wirh no mo••
ri\1lrion. Through collaboration•
with the O,egon Deparrmcnr
ofTr:inspormion (ODOT) and•
the polic.e deparunenr, JOIN'se
ourreacb workers a.re allowed co
01::tke 6rsr contact with home-•
less iodividuals io problem areas.•
1hrough cheir background in
working with homeless individu- •
als, gained in pan by parricipac- •
i11g io immel'$ion programs1 they
are empowered. l0 djffuse thl~.sic-•
uation. e
Over r.he coul'$e of ~ dav, o • • weekend or aa emire ,'\,·eek. one
co1, mke pm in one of JOlN'se
immersion programs. \X'itb an
• • • 11nnlets1on program, Ont' can
confront one's fears and stereo-•
types of the homelc:;S and edu­
carc o□csclf firsthand about pov-•
erry and =ial iniusricc through•
forums hosted by homeless indi-
vidu.,ls. •
In addfrfon. one can enc.er rhe •
life of a homel<0s person by going
Otl scavengt:"r hunts in Old Town•
or by going Or) an equally convo-e
luced voyage to a service agency
office. Indeed, ic is JOI N's hope•
,hac through such comprchen-e
sive education and imcrpcrsonal
e-xd,ange, lhe entire Portland•
community can JOIN's visjoue
of crcaring a community l!Lwherc
homclcssn~ is-a short•rcrm cir-•
cumsrn.ncc. and nor a long-ccrm •
or chronic coudjtion."
If you ,ce imeresced in ,ak, •
ing parr in JOIN's progr,ms ore
would like co learn more about
them, go co www.joinpdx.com. • • • • • • • • • Google weaves through legal
barriers in ongoing expansion
by Ben Brody
lhc web's most popular search
engine, Google, has changed a lor
since irs I 998 conception. Today
they employ obour I 0,000 pooplc:,
have marker rcvenae of abour six
billion dollars and receive nearly
one billion search requests per day.
Google has become so popula.r chac
dktion:uies h:ive even included it.
ft is arguably ,he mo~c popular si((:
on ,he web. But docs this popular­
ity u:mslat<' to power? -As ic
c-urns our, it does-. prove chat Google was righ~. and
always has b<.x-n. Often times the
best way ror them ro do this is by
coume:r~suing d1e d.aima.nr .
In a recenr C:t.Se, f(inderSr:art, a
small s,,arch engine for parcnrs of
young children, sued Google for
omitting tl1eir name from Google
search results. In turn, Google de­
fended itself, cicing wha, ,hoy con­
sidered adequare. reasons, 3J\d then
sued KindcrScarr for legal fees.
1hCcourcs will soon dcccrmine Goog.1c·s web au1 horiry.
The company has not been
completely uncompromising, how­
ever. Google is concerned with rwo
things above all, both of which arc
made clear by rhe senle11,en,s inade
in courr cases. Firsr, they wish t0
prorccr lhc technological secrcr of
how they rccciv<·, formulare and
disrribute information. Second.
(h.eydt) 1lorwanc che interpreration
of certain laws ro change, since tbac
·would fundamemally influence the
Jn d1e business world,
Google is known for irs en­
trepreneurial sense of ad­
venture. ln other words, in
iJlStan~ where ocher com­
par1ies will con.suit their law­
yers before accing, Google
simply ans. The lawyer.s
are left playing catch up 10
Google's legally dangcrOLL< The Internee's mosr popu­
lar search engine is sending
a message to che\vorld, way they do business. Cases
that mean ,o sec a scandard
OJi ho\V Google serves irs
dtenrs-adverrisers--could
seriously damage Google's
pro6r inrake. In issues where
Google cannot quickly out­
maneuver a legal opponent.
they have be.ell known co
scnle. and it sounds a lot like
"Bring it!"
buc often lucr::arive busiocss
endeavors.
"The inrcrner ethos of the '90s
was. 'Jusr do it, make ir cool... we'll
cue c.he rough edges offla,cr,'" said
Jonachin Zicrrain, profrssor o( In­
ternee Gov~rnance ~m<I Reaulacion
at Oxford University in o iieu, }'(>-rk
Timn anick. Perhaps embJem::n­
ic or their youchful leadership. ()r
simply a more daring era, Google
persisrencly srretches the boundar­
ies ot intellecru:11 properry rights.
More surprisingly, however. is I heir
ability co get away with ic.
Playing tour guide co a large
chunk of cite world's knowledge,
Google expects co be sued. ln re­
sponse, cl1ey have assembled a
ream of 100 of che nation's brighr­
~r i1neUccma.l property law)•crs ..
11liS re:un. COl'llbined with inordi­
nare legal funds. :1llows Go<>gle ,o
weigh in as a huge heavyweight in
the le~ world. l"lowever, it is the.
:1ggr1$Sivc and cucchroal approach
,ha, Google rakes with lawsuits
rhat allows rhem to sarely waver on
chc vanguards of legislacioo. and
achiC'\'t the most useful search re~
suits.
~nie company relics on a very
liberal reading ofinform>Lion laws.
-when complainrs are 61ed a~ir1st
,hem, jc becomes a priority for
Google co devote mud, cimc and
energy ro aggrcssi"dy figbci□g back.
They do not simply want to prove
thC' plaintiff wrong; rhey "v:1.oc to chc merits of Googlls claim, but
in the long run ic is noc the money
Google is after. By scrring an un­
compro,nb·ing and offensive kgaJ
precedem. rhe company sends a
message thar caking d1em ,o court
will be risky and cxrremcly costly.
l11is, as evinced by cbc IGndcr cart
<;as<:, will bocomc a s<.·rious consid.­
ecatioi1 for smaller compa11ics when
chey are thinking of challenging To Ulc typical lnrernet
browser, Google is chc bm
because ~,ey con fight aod win.
\\'lhile an average search may yield
a few ads, ir could also bring up
,he fuU text of a book, news story
or political Spc<-ch, which another
sc>rch engine m"y lack. This is why
Google fights so paS$iOnaiely for
the information ir provides. "'-lhey
acma11y sec rhac as Promethean."
~dd Zitnain. '''lhcy think of it a$
bringing 6re tO humankind ....
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Editorial Board
The,editorial board is c01nprised ofForurn Editor
Jonathan Frochtzwajg, Amy Pombo, Kit Shields, Nicki Hoff1nan
and Rachel Schiff.
I Ont of rhe ruosr fi-t-que1\t criticiwts
levelled ar Lewis & Clark is thar it lacks a
sense of communicy. This year, rherc has
been o n,a,ked push row.uds building a
greater sen.c;e of cogerhemcss- from J ri.:-­
newcd emphasis t:,n athlerio, ,o rhc carn­
pait:,.rns to renovate Templeton and bring
back the Rusty Nail. In the inrcresrs of
rurthcring tbi~ movtmtm, 1hc Eel Board
sugges:rs- :mother way to (osrer commu­
nity-ler'.s play KLC R~di" in con>rnon
areas!
For rhosc not ia the know, KI..C is
Lewis &. Clork's student-run radio sta•
rion. It bmadca.~rs over the interact from
an office locared in lempleton. About 40
people arc involved with KL.C in soine
faculty. ihc .sration aJso has its own re~
cording studio, and organfacs an annual
conct-rt called Sunburn. Ir is the nexus of
rhr music scent on out Q\nlpus.
And yer. fornll KLC gives rn the con,­
munity, ir doesn't gc::r mucb ba'--k. 1'he
station's li.:.'t«:ne,ship is abysmal. In some
w:,,ys, it's e.isy to undersra.ad wby. Bc­
c.1use thu is a small s.:hool, only so many
I am deeply concerned with the election
process of the new ASLC Vice-Prcsidcnr for
Student Organizarions. Since the resign:uion
of Rosemary Tustin as ASLC Vice-President
for S,udenc Organi1..1cions. there has nor
been a rransparenr .111d eg,1lirarian proc~s for
U1c cle<:cion of a new Vicc~Preside,u fol' Sru­
dcm Organization.
According ro rhc 2006/2007 ASLC by­
bws An.ide 2, Section 9: .. In rhc evem char
a vacancy occurs for rhe position for VP of
B&E SAA. SO or CR and ,he position of the
Vice Chafr of che respective bo:trd h, \'3C,1nr
as well, a new VP will be doctcd from among
rhc bo:1rd's members with 3 rwo-thirds vort'.
'I he Chief Ju.,uce will be responsible for con­
vening the board and presiding over the dcc­
rion." Be-cause Ms. limin's Vice-Chair, Kelly
Snow had nor bcca confirmed by the ASLC
Executive Council and the Chartering and
Budgeting Board had not been formc'<I, the
ASLC by-laws do not provide any legol rami­
fications for whar happens nexL.
It is my belief rbar ASLC Prcsidem Bob­
hy McHugh is nor being very uansparenr
:ibour the lll3t1Cr. In fucc, in ,an e-mail sear
our to rhe undergradua.te body on October sru+dems can be listenjng
to KLC at any given time. In :id­
dition. with the digi1aJ music era upon us.
people. h:t.ve more music at thc:ir fingertips.
The role that college ·radio previously 6llcd­
-oposing people ro new music-is now
largely defunct. iTunes killed rhe radio st:i.,.
Though KLC is definirdy at a disadvan­
mge. ir isn'td<ad yet. And w.: can kttp ir rhar
way by playil'lg the station in common areas
19,2006, 1he ASLC President solicited ap­
plications for the Ch.irtering and Budgcring
Board (CllB). I bclieve because chere is no
codi6cation for cl,is siruation, rhe ASLC Ex­
ecutive Council should first infonn the Stu•
dem body of the vaomcy ,md then hold a
special election ro elect a 1H!'W Viet..--Prcsidem
for Srudcm Otgani:z.aric,nS:.
According !!' rbc ASLC Bill of Righrs.
"'AJI bo<1rds. commissions, committees and
extensions of ,stutlc;nt government shaJI
have open pcocedures fo, applic.1nrs. equi­
table procedure for selections of a.pplicmrs
and appropriated balance." Why should rhe
Exe<:u1 ivt: hold lhc power co dee, a Board
Member wi1hom any input by rhe-students
they govern? The l:·1t .. k of transparency and
t.-ga1irarianism U1 the ASLC Exe-curive Coun­
cil h quire appaUing despite l1s .. strive ro be
diverse, rc:prcscnrarivt and uansparem in
their programs :rnd husiness" (quoting ASLC
Bylaws Article Vl. Cbu;e I).
I am frankly concerned abour , he failure
in communication about cercain is.sues put
fonh by rhe ASLC Execurive Council. lfone
lvvks '" rhe ASLC website, rhc lasr updared
meeting posted was Seprember 7, 2005, So
much for having minurcs accessjble to stu­
dents ... noc unless LC studems ,-.1anred co
know whar happened over 365 days ago. like ,he Co-op, Maggies, the Troil Roorn,
1bc Dm'L"COte and around lemplemn.
·nlii. move wouJd increase KLC Ii~•
r<ncrship while allowing people ro pri­
\-:ttely linen 10 wh3revcr they want. Ir
would give suppori 10 the many people
who work ro keep KLC opeming. And
jc w◊uJd more fuJly inrcgrate ~C inro
the campus.
''Ibere are some problems with this
concept. Forex:1mplc,KLC'sspottybond­
width is a sourc<.' of frusrrarion amongst
it$ liste1lers. A t<.·cbnical upgrade would
be necessary if KLC were ro be played
morc-wide)y. Another possible-problt'1n is
thar a show feamring only hardcore mu­
sic could nor realisticall)' be played in , he
Co--Op on a Tuesday nighr, where peopk
migbt be studying. But ifKLC worked ro
m:ak~ its: programming 6t btttcr with the
ebb and Row of campus life, d1is problem
couJd b1: overcome.
Playing KLC in common artas on
campus would be an innovative step in
the rlghc <.lir<.-ction tt,wards crC"J.ting com*
muni1y :u Lewis & Clark.
I
Even 'though Prince10J1 Review ranks Lewis
& Clark #6 as h3'•ing the mos, poliric'111y ac­
tive students, ir appears as if our own sruden1
govt.:rn ment can't even fiu1ccion dcmocrafi ...
cally.
Jonarhan Cl,ing
Former ASLC V.P. ror Srudcnr Organiza,ioa
2004-2006
Z,e,u. &di,to,r,,
Like Fritzman, I was miS<Juored. I <liJ
not say~ "Yo. fool, where's my 'ho?"' (and
bad I ,aid ,h,r, I would have pu1 rhc apos•
rrophc after the "o"). Whar I acrnally said.
wh:.r Sha.ktspearc aclUaJly wrote. was chis:
..Where's my fool, ho!" ((King Lear/, f.iv.44).
Thank you for allowing me 10 se, ,he record
straight, fool!
Will Pritchard
f>rof. of English Putting the life
back into ResLife
by Lynnae Griffiths
Next Thursday brings an opporruniry
to star\ making some positive changes
within Lewis & Clark. From 7:00 pm
to 8: J 5pm in Odell's main lounge, and
from 8:30pm to 9:45pm in Plan's main
lounge, there will be an open forum for
swdents to voice their opinions on Resi ..
dence Life.
The new Dean of Students, Houston
Oougharry, hopes to begin a process of
assessment or dilTcrent facers of the LC
conrn1u1,i1y. Next week's forum concerns
the first are:, being reviewed-Residence
Life, from an oursidc perspeccive. The
forum will be led by rhree ourside con­
sulrancs, each of whom are Resl.ifo de­
partment members at their respecti,,e
schools-Wilbmmc, Scarrle U and Mo­
calcstcr, This may nor seem particularly
groundbreaking or exciting, buc 3 review
of LC's RcsLife deparrmenr hasn', hap­
pened in a long time. There is ·currendy
no system for external review of LC inner
worltings.
This is frighc~ning co me. College is
the biggesl investment l've ever made.
and ResLife policies affect that invest•
1nent. To not be involved. in this process
would make me something of a bad con~
sumer. Until m)' residency requirement is
fulfilled. I have to li1•e on campus. Thar
means ,hat I have ro play by Rcslifo',
rules.
ln reuospec,. I was awfully quick lO
agree lO, that lirrlet 1111:\SSIHlling piece or
whirc paper called the I-lousing C()nrracr,
which stares rhar ,he College is responsi­
ble for informing me of ,he rules as they
presently stand, and if ,hey change. My
role in the process is ar bc.sr reactionary­
I must fir.st react co a problem in order [0
change its cause, otherwise my needs and
preferences ar< assumed. The small school
armospl,cre I hoped for when I applied ro
LC is bunk if our communi,y is nor dio­
rncc:d by our will. But as it stands. scudcms
are not irwolved in cvaluacing Rt'slifc.
Unforrunotdy. Reslifc is also ,he de­
paruncnt in charge ot: wdl, life. fhe
Resl.ift-mission is .. To fosccr ,a safe. dy•
namic environment focu.:;cd on academic,
emotional. ::.piritu.11, phyi.iological, and
psychological Sllpporr ror Students; so
that rhey Ola)' learn, be challenged. and
succeed; as individuab :ind :'IS community
cOmributors."
Wt all have things 10 say about our
communiry-some ,ue just louder dtan
others. I encourage both on-•nd ofT­
carnpus students to ancnd chis meeting
and begin rhe injection of life back into
ResLlfe. .rh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_, _o_c_to_b_e_r_2_7_,_2_0_0_6 ________ _. .... j•jnj,i ... .., ____________________ 7_
Red Cross creates unfair barriers to blood donation
by Amy Pombo
L.isr Tuesday, ,he ~•d Cross hosted o blood
drive on campus. School blood drives s<.-em
like o greot wuy rn help !',,Ifill rhe ubiquitous
need for blood in hospirals. Liberal-minded
stodentS, like those ar Lewis & Chirk, should
be particularly receptive co che idea of donar ..
ing blood as another way ro vohrnccer. Sup­
porr for heahh are reform is an imporcanr
political "'"'"'• but blood is just as viral for
people who need medical rrearmenr.
Never mind thar rhe five hours the Red
Cro.ss ,vas here was h:.rdly an :ideqliare
amount of lime co give everyone who wanted
co don:1re che opporrunicy co do so. Never
mind tharlimired scaffing made thcdonatioin
pnxcss as long a$ '"1 hour and 45 minutes,"
according co a Slatcmenr e•mailcd LO srudcnrs
in OpportuniLks & Announcement'$ Vl.
Berccr thar we can give a few pints rha.n none
or all, especiolly becuuse, according 10 chc Red
Cross, "in the United Stares. one hospital pa ..
ricnt every two seconds needs blood."
In (he same e-mail a1rnouncing the drive,
srudems were dir<..-ctcd rn the rcxkross.org to
see if 1hey're even eligible to donate. He!'e's
where something questionable is goiag oo.
The Rett Cross {hrows in 3 limirnrion on d~
nation thar seems very much a prejudio:d
holdover from the days when Al OS was con•
sidered the "gay man's disease."
!here :ue ;1 ~1urnber of re:lSOl'lS why blood will nor be accepted Ii-om a donor. 1hese dif-menr]."
fercnt reasons may be found onlinc but are \Vha.r the Red Cross is saying co all se.xu­
presenred to a pore,,rial donor more formally ally acrive gay men-albeit politely-is that
when he Or she: signs in for his or her appoint- "oo one wants your blood." Now thar may­
mem. Potenrial donors are asked ro respond seems absurd, and my first indinacion was ro
"y~" or "no" co a list of stacc:mcacs about denounce it as ignorant and insensitive. But
health and lifesryle. According ro a Red Cross the concern i.s indeed volid-according ro che
donor counselor. a "yes" co any sratemcm has Center for Disease Control (CDC). transmis­
che poreruial to disqualify somebody from sion from ~male--ro-male sexu:.tl con1ac(,. scill
giving blood. Thjs in-11.lUSfAATK)Ney ~ FOx-NVSTACII "accounted for 70 pcrccat of aJI esci-
cludes the sra,emenr rhat m:ued HIV i 1,fecrions :imong 1nale ,...~--.. -fl _"you arc a mak who has adults and adolcseenrs in 2004."
had sexual conc-ict \Vith Still. is it reason_ablc co txtr:tpo-
another maJe, even ./, ~ late from chose numbers char any
onc..;, since;: 1977" or A.. m:m .. who 11as had S<:xuaJ .contact
'(anybody who has l \ wirh anocher ... ma.le, even once,
had s<..-xual contact in, I since l9n·• is at risk for HIV/
the past 12 months AIDS and therefore shouldn't be
with anyone described '<) able to contribute to give blood?
[by the] above [srate• A,. '\ ~ l would hope char a 'yes" to thar
'1(5 --~;,"
Do~m resident chafes at charges.
by Danny Garcia
As the resideno; of Copeland arc mosr
likely aware of,,:, hre extinguisher has gone
o,issing. 'fhis, dare I say, horrific scund:tl
de.5Cr~·es juscice! ·rhe culprics mus, be
fowid and punished os severely as pos•
sible. or at lc.-ast made co pay for a new
lire e.·ninguishi:r. But whot if the clush•e
thieves mao:•ge to ese:tpe the detectives
of Residence Ufe and their numerous
plm via e-mail? According ro policy, rhc
communicy doscst ro rhe missing irem wi)J
be held responsible by dcfuult and made ro
pay for a new one.
7 hat makes sense. If you can't blame the
real violator, find someone else accouurablc.
The vicrims arc. easily made inco the accused.
f-orgcr justice, someone just needs ro get
poid.
I'm going tQ go our on a lhnb here and
say iliar this policy is, dare I say, flawed. Ir
would nor make sense for che surrounding
communiry ro m~s around with a Life saving
dc..-vie<: t.har might. ultimately, save their lives.
lleyond rhar, anyone wirh • keycard could
~ily roam rhe halls of any dorm, unop•
posed in mosr cases. A resident of Copeland
could use thei.r card to ace«:.ss Howard and rip up a couplt couches. As long os he wasn't
caught, Howard gets a 11 ice big check and a
smile frorn Restifo. Sweer justice.
So where's all rhe money going rha1 went
to living in chis prison cell?
Mind you, I use the comparison of che
dorms and pdsons pretty lightly: at lease you
don't h-ive tO pay $4000 co live in a prison.
Thar money should be going i,uo some St.HI
of fund co prepare for such unaccou,mble
damages. l can undersrand asking someone
10 pay for room damages easily, but com­
munity areas? Maybe each halJ should post
a guard w rna.ke Stne s1 raogers don'c mess
around with the communhy -areas! Orh~ crwise there might be d,uuages all over the
place.
Obviously chese damages are not an cv•
cryday occurrence, and somerimes people arc
caught. But when someone- dccides to be-an
ass and mess arotU1d with someone el.se's ba,11.
it shouldn't be the victims' responsibi.licies to
pay for it. Unless we can conrrol the people
moving through our halls, we can'r be held
responsible for cheir actions. Give us locks or
give us freedom of fees! sracernem on the questionnaire would merely
Aag -a rall<lng point for the on-sire counsel­
or who goes over your responses and checks
your health before the nurses actually stick
rhe needle in your-arm.
Two men who have never had sexual con­
r:tcr wirh other men before and then have
sex with each other arc hardly ar more of a
risk for HIV/AIDS than they were before ,he
{'ncoumcr. and tbcrc should be a time when
rhar can be r.aken inco acc-0unc. Tue s,a,emenr
on the questionnaire ought co be less broad.
Blood is screened for HIV/AIDS b<cuuse
sometimes people don 'c know rhey are infect­
ed, and btcause sornedrncs people will lie on
th.e questionnaire; if they anciciparc liars, chcy
should make more allowance for a less p<.-s­
simisric view of humaniry as weH-na111cly1
thar gay sex does not en rail HfV/AIDS infoc­
(ion.
It seems char the Red Cro~ doesn't want
ro rake any chances ac all wi,h their blood,
,hough. After all, they won't rake blood from
female pros1iruces either, and, :1cc-0rdi11g 10
che same reports by rhe CDC, women on rhe
whole ,re less likely ro have HIV/AIDS than
homoscxuaJ men. Jr's obviously with.in their
rights ro be sek'<:tive a.boo1 \\.1hich smrngers'
Ruids they rake to give to other people. Out
by broadly restricting all sexually active gay
men from donating blood, the Red Cross is
further limiting the ·:iJready low ;1mount of
blood thar they can give co patienrs.
11.WSTRATIONBYBRAOJONAS
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A Democratic majority won't be a panacea
by Matt Savage
Ir's official: If ,he elccrion were hdd m­
hlorrow, the Democraos would iakc both the
House and the Scnacc. As of'foesday. polls
showed OC"mocrats raking six sea<s i,1 rhe
Scnart and 17 in the Housel enough for very
narrow ,najoricies. Of course. rhc cltccion
is oo~ tomorrow. aod a lor could change in
1hrcewccks. 13m if this landslide occurs (and
I thjnk it will) it will he :J tremendous viclOry
for a party that lost sc:us in both 2002 and
2004. Ir would also put back in ,hespodighr
a party rhat has been in rhc dark since Clin­
ton left-office six y(.·ars ago.
Even if Republicans do keep ,heir con­
trol of Congress-. there's nor a lot that chcy
can do. 1heir n:urow margins will be even
narrower, and the party bas b<."Cn weakened
by infighting and scandal. Bush is by all ac­
couocs a lame duck prcsidcnc, and even more
in his party will abandon him as ,hey posture
lhcmsdvts as or behind pocemial presidcn~
tial candidates for 2008.
\Xli1h the Oernocrau: in comrol of both
Houses, even less wiU be done~ 'Jhc Senate
wiU be able to filibusrer anything, and Bush
srill has b;s veto power. Th,1t's right: l)emo­
crms woa't be ~ble 10 impe:1ch t.he presidem (or even ci:nsure him). Given d1at Demo.
crrus can't alw:iys agree among themselves on
health care, only nlinor·changeswill be: madt
ro alleviate die problem. 'The same lack of po­
rcnrial change ~•pplies 10 bri11ging 1he U't)t>ps
home anytime soon. A11d. with Bush's veto
power1 De1nocmric legislature srill would not
mean a raise in the minimum 'A<agc. Frankly,
very lirde if any significant legislation ,vill he
accomplished. with the po5$ible excep, iOJ\S
being Sttm cell resea;rch or im1nigratio.n re­
form.
But the Democrats will be able to stop
some things. 'lberc probably won't be any
more rax cues for the wealthy. :md budget ne•
godarions will mc:a,n more money ro he:lp the
poor and possibly a smaller budget deficit.
\Xlhat will happen is <remendous symbol­
ism. Politics is about ,he perception of power,
and while Gush will remain in oAlc<:, Demo­
crats will be able ,o argue that rhey have the
will of the pc-oplc. 1l1eir control of Congress
will be an important symbolic rebuke ro the
3dministr:nions po1icie$, <"ven if they aren't
able ro pas.s much legislalion of rhdr own.
PILL<, they can propose lcgis(a,ion that they
know is popular (like rai~ing the minimum wage) spcci6caUy for Bush 10 veto. thus mak­
ing him and his party even less popular.
It is :.'llso imporrnnt in rerms of posrur-­
ing :tnd coalition building for die upcoming
2008 clccrion. Dcmocrack leaders will once
a.gajn be able co offer new ideas :u'l<I solt11ion.s.
rarhcr ,han bcit>g rht party <,r"no." 'They will
have -a lever of power ':Ind d1c accompany­
ing media pulpit co advertise their ideas. This
could also work against the Dcmoctat>, by
c.,posing in6glning an(l a lack ,,f discipline
and consensus.
Bur rbe 1nosc irnporrnnt power. and the
011c 1hac will make or break the success of
che Ocmocraric Pacey in the next two years.
is subpoc11a power. Demo<:r-Jts will have the
ability ,o hold heatings :rnd com~( admin­
ismuion offici:,ls :utd ochers co cesrify under
oa1h. ·n,e dark inner workings of ,he plan,
oing of ,be l1aq \'v'ar. no-bid warcimc con­
rracfs and other areas rhar can embarrass and
sharne the administration wilJ finally be re­
vealed to the public.
And this will be rhe true tcsr of a new
Democratic majority. should it come co pass.
Will ,hey be a bickering, envious mob, co□-
suinCd with punishing their polilical rivals? l.UJSTAAJIOHBV
ElltYBl.()CI(
Or will they shine the lighr of ttut:h on be­
half of the.American people. and <lo i1 spar­
ingly. when it is truly necessary? While I fear
,hat cl,ey will be ,he former. I hope that ihe
Democrats c=-n rise above polirics and show
Ao1erica ch:ir rhey can be a ruling pany once
lfr,tiO.
Bur as the saying goes, one should11•r
count one's chickens before chey h:.uch.
Just another job: America's impasse in the war on terror
1'vo w<:cks ago. the Unic<:d St:nes military
reported thar mcy had CXCc'edc-d ,hcit 2006
goals for cnlisrn,enr. ~ll)is comes ofF of a 2005
cunpaign where the military fell fur short of
their Cr)li$tineoc goals. According to rbc mili­
tary, ,he Army signed up 80,635 n<w troop.<,
the Navy 36,679. Marines enlisted 32.337
new faces :111d the Air Force copped its goal
wich 30,889. In face the milimry reported
1h;tt their ooly current weakness remains in
filliag our ,he reserves.
\'(lhile rhis news appears to be good for
the ltlilitary and our currenr war against ccr~
rorism, I believe that it really is only symp­
tom:1cic of 1he problems we face in fighting
chis war.
To reach their enlistment goals, th<: mili­
tary raised the maximmn allowable age of r<: ..
cruits and accepted a larger percemnge of ap•
plicaM$ who sc.ored in the lowest acccprable
range on che milirary's s1;3r1d:1rd.iied aptimde
examination. \'QhiJc it dclinitdy does,l't in­
lipire more coofidence in our men and wom·
en overseas to know that their com1>:uriors
are now o1der and dumber chan ever before,
chat's a minor issue compared ro the greater
problem.
The J\umber one incentive for recruits, as
cited by the military. is the cash bo,mses Olle
gets for enlisting. Thar's righr-irS all about
rhe Benjamin$. fn America, a graduate or
dropour of high school has two choices: con­
tinue their education or get a job. 1 do nor
want co suggest th;1t every person who enlists by Craig Gilden
IUIJSlRA~ 8Y EMI.Y El.OCK
firs this criteria, buc many
do-and for cl1em,
the milimry is jus1
thar-a job. And a
fuirly well-paying one,
at rhar.'"lbis- y(!ar, the
army offered bonus,­
es of 11p ro $40,000
for chose wiUing ,o
enlisr for danger•
ous assignments.
lhar1s a prerty
good chunk of
casb compared
ro rhe many ot.h~
er jobs available
ro those wirhouc
a college ed11ca•
rion.
l ccrtaii,Jy have sucks. •n<l people ,lie. I
just can', imagioC' chat
m:u1y of our soldiers
arc content with the
fute of death.
On the other
hand. our oppo­
ne1H$--the terror•
iscs-an- c0rnent
with this fare. as
denionstrat«I by
die number of
suicide bombings
,hat happen ev-
, cry day. 1hese
',ii,\,"' people foe( thar
:'\f t:hey will be re-
i. "\: ' warded for their death
(MACRO) no problem with pay~
ing our troops, buc it is
imporraor co noce Lhat
the mili,ary is ~ job.
And I have lO question
wherher or not 1'l.1:1oy A weekly piece , hai focuses on
large-scale issues. in the afterlife. and ~re
therefore not afraid
to die for their c:1use.
Mosr American soldiers
would probably just like
,o go home. I see this as
a huge dilemma in our
fight against terrorism.
In any fight the per­ of the men and women
wh<) enlist really know what they are signing
up for. As I sit typing Lhi$ in COillfy Wanek
Library, I cari'r presume ro know what ,,.'3.r is
like. Bue from ,vha1 I have read, and chc few
people 1 have m<:t who h,3ve served in Iraq,
I have come m a couple of conclusions: war son with more motiv3,tion is going co have
an advanrage. In this light, tcrrotisrs clearly
have mo1iv;t1ion on cheir side. I'm not sure
there's a dear solution co this problem eicher.
ll)ere.'s no way co force American soldiers tO
care more ~md it is increasingly clear d1al our oppositio,1 will go to 3ny length ,o win.
RccemJy. chc question of motiv:uion cook
center mge wirh rhe trial ofSgr. Ricky Clous­
ing, who '"''ill serve three monchs io con6ne­
men1 for going AWOL while in Iraq. A de·
vour Christian, CloU$ings:i.id be enliS<e<l out
of "'parrimism, idealism and curiosiry," -and
,hough, !>y going t0 Iraq he would be serving
"hjs nation and Cod." 13m afrer four months
in Iraq, Clousing told the court that he be­
lie.wed he w:l.S sel'Ving neither and that bis Qp
pcricnoo; in Iraq went against his beliefs ... I
uhiinarely felt I could not serve," he said.
\Xlhile it is questi01\able how much che
feelings and experiences of one man c.1n 1,ell
us ~bout American soldiers as a whole, I be!·
)k,yc a .mnemcnc from the Arm}1s tri.1.1 la\.vyer
Capr. Jessica Alexander is telling: "A message
must be sc,n. !her¢ are rhousands of soldiers
who may disagree wirh this parti<:ul::u wa.r,
but who sroy and fight."
1·h3r sentence strikes 111 d1e core of 1he
American military problem. 1--low can US
armc.·d for~ cqu:11 rhe dererminacion and
resolve of U\<.· terrorists we arc fighting-when
the latter are so committed co ourdcfcac? And
how can we ex pea American men 3nd wom~
en to win a war if they arc nor fully behind
what they .1rc figl11ing for? I would like to of..
fer some answers to che questions I'm asking,
but I don't have any. I'm not sure rhcrc is a
solution ro the question of motivarion, and
chat is a problem rhac will continu¢ ro make
rhc war on terror a difficult one~ .t1.1e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_o_c_1_o_b_e_r_2_1_._2_0_0_6 _________ ..... jjjji■@jj ... ,_ _____________________ 9_
Students are crazy for
ballroom dance!
by Yan Chen
"Cinderellat "Be:u1ry ;'lfld the Beast.'' the
ball scene from "Gone wirh Ul< Wind" ...
I've olways wished l oould be like Belle, Cin­
derella and all the beautiful ladjes from old
movies in their gigamic cake.like ball gowns,
dancing in Baroque ballrooms with Strauss
playing in rhe background. It se.:mcd so
b<-auriful, so graceful, so dreamy. Of course,
,he presence of Prince Charming usually
help«i. lllll rhar wish oomes from ~ place I
cal.I Dreamland and i.n reality, unfortunate­
ly, hip-hop and 01hcr conrcmporary dance
forms were cooler.
When I wa$ in grade ~even, my molher
wanted to sign me up for ballroom dancing
cl:isses, bur I rucked my secret wish away a.ad
asked for hip-bop lessons insread. All of my
friends were doing hip-hop, and ballroom
dancing was so un-cool.
h seems~ however, that bal1room dancing
is coming back with us young people.
dre11ched in our pop culture. Elcnicmary
schools, high schools and colleges across
Norrh America have started ballroom
dancing programs and many locaJ dance
clubs offer lessons ro c-hildre,, a.nd teens.
Whar caus<.-d this growing phenomenon?
A ballroom dancing imramural stamd
at my high school rwo years a.go, aod wrn­
out was surprisingly good. The.re I found
out tlw all of tbc German smdents could
already dance very well. Back in Germany,
they all had to rake ballroom dancing classes.
Arc ,\le returning ro more Euiopcan, more
"cultured" hQbbies' Or could it be aU the
ballroom dancing movies coming our in recent years? la the past two years. nu.mer•
ous movies aod TV episodes had the theme
of ballroom dancing, staning with "Shall
We Dance" (2004), rhcn "Take rhc Lead'
(2005) and 'Mad Hot Ballroom"
(2005). Even • Harry Porrcr
and the Goblet of Fire"
(2005) had a b;ulroom
dancing scene.
Ballroom fever is definicdy
presen, in Portland. Tl,eBallroom
Dance Company of Portland holds
weekly dance parties every Sunday
evening from 7:30-1 0:00pm at ~pitol Hill
Community Center. Admission is S5.00 and
usually includes a free half-hour lesson ar ,he
beginning. ihey also offer lessons to people
of cUffen,nc ages and skill levels.
It is safe to say the fever has spread tO
our campus as well. This year at Lewis &
Clark College, Chris T.1ng ('08) s1arted
rhc LC Dance Club, a performance­
oriented group 1eachiog hip-hop,
salsa and bollroom dnncing. They are
working to,"·ards a major performance at the
end of rhe school year with all proct-cds going
ro charity. Ballroom dancing is included in
LC Dance Club because "ic is a very proper,
very beau ti fol dance," said T.,ng.
"It teaches poise, posture and
con6dencc-things l can use off ,he dance
floor;' he said. Tang rc.-cetvcd a .large ru.raouc
for ballcoom dancing and found rhat even
more peopJc were. incercst('d in learning
ballroom than learning hip-hop. Tang rhinks
this is probably because ballroom is viewed
a.s "a more mature thing to do.')
h is much· classier than a lac of ocher dances chat have surfuccd fo recent
years. Beautiful, graceful dresses and suits
are just incol'nparible with tbc sweatiness and
club-style dancing char •ccoinpany the music
usually pbyed at.dances nowadays, lik< our
very own Homecoming for example. But
chat's another arride alrogerJ\er.
During LC Dance Club boll room sessions,
Tung reaches OCgiuncrs the basics mixed
with advanced choreography so his dancers won•1 get
bored. After
:ill, a major
part of dancing
is to have fun.
Another major
part of ,his dance
dub is performance,
b111 wbile people are
willing to learn, nor all
arc willing to dance in
front of an audience.
"·ro create a more
diverse pcrformanc.c, I
seriously nec.-d more
dancers willing i;o
perform, cspc-cially
male dancers," Tang
said.
I guess ir's aJways rhe
s:i me. Guys in general
arc not ascnthusiasric as girls about dancing.
But bey. keep in mind char all rhc Prince
Ch~urniogs kJlew how co dance.
LC Dance Club will be hos1ing social
dances where people can dress up and learn
ro dance--because fucc it, deep down,
everyone just wanc.s ro gee dressed up and
go dancing.
Alcohol Free Week challenges students to party without liquor
by Kelly Sullivan
Can you go a week wirhout alcohol' Do
you want t0? Lase v,tcck. from Monday, 0cc.
16 through Sunday, Oct. 22 was National
Alcohol J'ree Weck. Nor only did it challenge
studems co go a week without alcohol. but
it also provided olternativcs ,o drinking and
partying. Common mi$concep{ions about
th.is week are that it's here co reprimand :ind
look down on people who drink, or to stop
students from drinking altogether. ft's put
on co show pc,oplc living in a society where
college drinking is tbe norm chat alcohol
isn1r rhe only choice C\'try weekend.
Monday kicked off the week wirh "Beer
Goggles and Games." Students Aockcd
to chc Akin Lolrnge co see '\v1rn1 it's Like
co be drunk wichour drinking.'' Campus
Safe,y provided thrt-c djffcrea, ltinds of
beer goggles, representing 1hn,e different
stages of being drunk. People then put the goggles on and let the time in the presence of Campus
sober drunkeni1css begin. Safery ► complerc with coo.ls
Gam~s such as simple co engrave anything fir-ro
c.irch (with Velcro ~;ii~~ be engraved. Sarurday
balls and gloves!) -----,:::::; feacured a srudcm-lcd
and Jenga suddenly rnrorial on chocolarc
becameimpossiblc. rruAlc making, and
Tuesday offered I he week concluded
rwo opcions: tbc whh a hike in li'yon
first being Dance Creek.
Dance Revolution :_---~~:' Som:1ybenoamount
io Odell, and rhe of s'rnores will make you
second a lecture '._'11:~::::!!!!!:!!!I~ srop drinking, even for a
by Professor R:tmon ,veek, buc the other focus of
Gucierr,z from ,he Alcohol Free W«k was safery.
University ofCaJifornia San Diego PeS.ORG J¼ost oF tht events were accompanied
about learning on a predominandy white wirh pa,nphlerson how co drink responsibly
campus. and be safe: ar parties.
\'(lcdntsday was S'morcs Nighr with "Everyone expects me to say 'don't
Dean ofSf<1den1s, Houston Dougharty. Oo drink,' bur I jusr wanr people to be safe,"
Thursday, Invisible Children was screened. said Justin .Leak, Resident Direcror for the
Friday g.1.vc way to more s'morcs, bur rhis SOA complex. which includes Scewarc1 the Wellness dorm. Safety is a reasonable
co11.cern co,lsidering che ou mber of alcohol~
related problems thar c.an and do occur oo
college campuses. According ro lhc National
lns1iture of Alcohol and Alcoholism. nearly
1,700 college scudenu die each ye.u from
alcohol-rdaH.·d, unincentiona1 harm, ..an<l
nearl)' 600,000 are in;urcd.
How docs making trufAes-:.1t three in the
afternoon prcvcnr rhar? It doesn't-nothing
can. except a person's choice. \'(/bar cru.filc
making at duce in the afternoon does do
is show ,hac iris possible ro do fon things
vdthouc .1kohol. a message that cranslaccd
well 1.hcoughou1 rhe week considering
attendance numbers: Monday's beer
goggles event brought in 75 people, more
rhan double the amount e<pccted, and
Akin lounge could barely hold everyone
"'ho came to hc.i.r Guti<.·rr< .. -z Sp<'ak.
"Any acriviry thor brings people rogcthtr
is cffoccive," said Clara William, ('09). the Pioneer Log, October 27, 2006
The man behind our sports center:
Spotlight on Robert B. Pamplin Jr.
by Amy Pombo
H ow many times can you find the name "Pamplin" at Lewis & Clark? Start with the Pa.mplin Athletic
Center, there's one. How about the Pamplin Room in the library? We have Pamplin Fellows and Pamplin
Professors. A plaque beside the stairs up to the library speaks of Pamplin and the Chairn1an's Challenge.
A search of "Pamplin" in the Watzek catalog brings back six hits. Suffice it to say that there is a lot of
money behind the names, and cwo big businessmen behind the money.
The cider Pamplin, Roberr B. Pamplin
Sr .. is imporr.am enough co have his own
Wikipcdia entry. In chc business world, be
founded the R.B. Pamplin Corporation. At
LC, he secved as Chairman of the Board of
TniSfee.$ and com.riburcd w the f1.mding
of our current athJetics cerucr after a fire in
1966 destroyed ,he old gym.
However, ic is Robcn B. Pamplln Jt. who
is currendy working bard ro make a name for
himsclfas ooeofOregon's cop philanthropists.
Edoc.ttiOl'I and hunger arc hjs pct caoscs, bur
his "philamhropy moves in 111.any direct.ions,"
said Pamplin Profe$SOr Stephen Beckham.
Wid1 a forrunc of $560 million in I 998
(when he was 11407 on the Forbes magazine
list of the wc:alth.iest A.rnericans), i, ccrcainJy
is wid1in ParnplinS ml-ans ro support a variety
of causes.
ln addition 10 CQiHribudng ro the
collection and preservation of 01inese and
American .lndian art, helping with fuodingar
die Uni>•ersity of Portbnd and the Virgi11ia
Polyte<:hnic lnsricuce and builclin~ and
mainraining a multimillion dollar historical
Civil \Var park. in Virginia, Pamplin bas
rcrnai11ed fin:u1cially cot11K"Ctcd with LC.
In bis book. Herit~tge, Pa.mpljn wrote, "Lewis & Clark is another significanr
inscirution to me. There I worked asa student.
fuculty member, president of the Alumni
Association, received che Oisti.nguished
Alumni Award, and finally, like my father, I
was Chairrnan of che Board of Trustees." He
is now, according to official press from the
Pamplia Corporatior,, MOJ\e of rhc college's
most generous be.nefuccors and creative
leaders.•
In 1992. Pamplin raised $ I million for
,he expansion of the Wat2ek Llbrary by
irwiriog rhe LC community to coinpere in
tl,e Chairman"s Challenge-bear !'.lob, as
the cacd1-phtas~ wellr, in one of 3 number
of pby,ical fears and $25,000 more would
go towards tbc library fond. ·n,en in 1993,
Pamplin provided• $12 mUlion endowment
for a Sociery of Fellows at LC in his name.
"With the Socicry of Fellows," he said, "I
wanted to bring rogethcr endowed profossor.;
wiLh scholarship students imo a p;1rtnelShip
that wouJd further the academic recognition
of Lewis & Clark nacionally.•
A re.'ilHne of PampJin's achievements, dis­
tributed by the PampUn Corporarion, records
hi; eight degrees, including duce from LC,
~nd occupational successes. The resume even am.usingly (though perhaps nor purposely so)
elevates Pamplin co grand his,orical starus,
noting th:lt .. no living American has earned
eight degrees~ and .,no living AmcriC3n h:,s
received distinction, natiooaJ recognition,
and bc<:n succcssfol in five vocacionaJ pw­
su.iu-Businessrnan, Farmer, Past0r, Educ~~
tor and Author," thou.gh Pampli1, is in face, at
65 years, still a living American.
He is also scill, as Pamplin Sociery Dire<:•
ror Angie McGinnis said, a ''very, very busy
man." As tl,c l'residenr of the R.13. ['amplin
Corpor:uion, he oversees nor 0111)' cbc Cor­
poration's philam.Juopic endeavors but also
its various comp;inies in textiles, communica­
cions :.'Ind agriculture.
\'(!bile his <lfrcct on-ca.i-npus i1wolve-­
mc.nc is somcwh~u li1nired ro an appearance
::1c the :,1nnuaJ induction of Pamplin FclJows,
he continues to help the coUege by funding
endowed professorship.'i. The endowment,
B<:ckham explained> frees up ruirion money
from having ro go cowards the .s.'\laries of dle
sclccccd prorcssors.
His re.1ch ~xcends weU into Ponland also.
whe,re nor everyone holds him io -as high
r,gard as those ar che college seem to. l'amplin
owns both Ross Island Sand and Gravel Co. and che Ponland Tribune, His recent decision
to give part of Ross Island to chc city has
dr3wn criridsm as faJJing shore of)1is origiJuJ
promise co give the entire islaod 10 Ponland.
The disparity is allegedly due to the lack of
importance 1.he: dcy• seemed to place on the:
diS01ssions. prompting Portl3nd Archirecrure
blogger Brian Libby ro e>prure the sentiment
as, "Awww, poor Dr. Ga1lllionaite, didn'r get
your phone calls rerumcd fust enough.'
Some may have their qualms about che
super-rich, or abour rhe sincerity of a man
who so rritcly aucobiographizes in Heritage
char as a child, hjs "playm3fCS were a rough~
and-tumble bunch, and a pecking orde, was
quickly csr:tblished." His life story seems 10
belong wit.h those or other men who have
Uved out an Ame.rican dream that seems
myrhically unanajnablc co most: a boy
born imo money but a nun of self .. madl!
wealt.b (his firsr ·millio11s were made on the
scock marker and in r-acchor$CS), a c·u,cer
survivor, a minister. -a bus-ioessman wjch
eight degrees, 13 book.1 and distioction as
l'ordand's First Citizen in 1999. Still, his pare
in the rcceat development of LC is certain
and his philanthropy here and elsewhere is
undeniably beneficial. rh_e_P_i_o_n_e_e_r_L_o.;;g_,_o_c_1_o_b_e_r_2_7.;., _2_0_0_6 _________ _. ... •je,@•i•ld~ .. --------------------1 __ 1_
Sickness prevention is simple in a few easy steps
by Angela Webber
On che Lewis &
Clark campus, rhe
season for sickness fa "~ ~'{ ~' ~\)T' ~'' "so chey push the
limits of what they
can do."
upon us. Over the pasr
momh, more and more
srodentS have be<:o contracting
vimses $uch as colds, and Au
season is coming soon.
According to Coordinator of
Scudenc Success & Wellness Programs
Melissa Osmond. right now and dghr
here is an opponune time for conrracring
illness.
'This is due to rhe recent change to
cold weather, .sb(' said, as well as rhe dose
c1u1Uters in which most students reside.
Along with rhes<: u ,,a,·oidable fucrors,
however, there arc chings chat srudcnrs can
do 10 k«p themselves from getting sick.
Osmond scrongly suggested eucing
better, getting more sleep and rakiQg breaks
during studying co keep your body from
gcning run down.
Also, co prevent the spread of illness,
she said swdenc.s should wash ,heir hands
ofren and1 when possible. stay away from
others when c.hey 3re sick ... Don•r share
chings-don'c share bongs with people who
are sick;-Osmond said.
Much of chis S("cms like common sense
advice. but Osmond said chac coUcgc:---agc •
srudenrs ofLc,, ignore it. "Most studl.!ncs
arc young and rdarivdy healthy,"' she $;1id> Gccciog
inro healthy
habi rs now is
important, since
more serious illnesses
will be coming
soon. Accordjng co
Ann Whiting, Nurse
Practitioner in rhe LC
Health Center, Au
season usually $tarts
in mid.November.
\Xlhiting, however,
emphasized cbac
srudem::s can sray
UUSTAATION BY
BRAO.X,,,S hcalrhy relatively
easily at LC if
hey rry.
1l1c J-lca!th Center,
srnrring rhis Monday, has been offering
Bu shoes for $20. On Monday and Friday
from 8:00-10:00am. the Hca!rh Center will
exdusi\•e1y be adrnlltisrering Bu shoc.s. ln
orde.r ro prevem \\l'ait time. Srnderns do not
nel·d to be on the -LC health insurance ro
rake adv:int.tge of rhis opporrun.ity.
In addition co che resources offered at the
health center, Whiting said chat LC's campus
is in a pri1'ne location for hca.lth. "Regular
e.,ercise is very good for you. Taking a w,1lk or
jog in Tryon or on ,he crack is accessible [and]
jr•s an ideal setup," said \X!Mtin_g. "There's oo
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She also emphasr,cd the accessibility of
srores, like Markee of Choice, that provide
fresh and healthy diet options. She says rhar
exercise and eating riglu can nor only increase
yottr energy levels, ir can also iJ1creasc memaJ
performance and reduce su-e.ss.
Whiting also cakes a more philosophical
view on health. She er1cournges students to
do wha, they enjoy and be happy, quoting
Robert Frost, whom she knew personally:
., My object in Jiving is to unite/ My avocation
and my voc:uion ...
Happy and healthy srudenrs arc a goal of
Osmond and Wl1ici11g. ~Xlhiting said, as of
now, rhe mosr common illness confromed
in rhe. hcahh ccnccr is che common cold.
For this, she cecornmends lots of Buids as
well as rcgolar sleep of ar lease eighr hours a night. "Students don't roali,., chat during
the deepest phaS<es of sleep, cellular repairs
and ocher important functions rake placet
s:1id \X1hiting, nit's important to get deep aud
resrful sleq,. It's hard co catch up."
Drugs and alcohol arc discour:tged.
"'Some students: usc-alcohol or pot ro rdicvc
~rress, but heavy U.<t, will amplify stress and
depression," .said Osmond, .. Don'r make it
worse."
All of chis advice is ,,·eU and good, bur if
you do gee sick, there are m:t.ny people on
campus who can help you.
lhe health center is open Monday-Friday
from 8:00am-4:00pm. Srudencs can also ralk
co Osmond or the Counseling Ccnrcr, as
well as ro Residenr Assistants and Resident
Oin,-cmrs1 ro help solve problen:ls rhat may
be causing stress.
SEP -US Lecture Series by David North
The Economic and Political
Roots of the Crisis of
American Democracy
TI,e last decade has witnessed a rapid and increasingly menacing escalation of
attacks on core social and democratic rights. The installation of Bush as presi­
dent by the Supreme Court. based on a decision to stop the counting of disputed
ballois in Florida. set the stage for further violations of constitmionaJ principle.~.
Exploiting. the cvcnis of9/t I. the Bush administration has moved to repeal,
with bi-partisan support in Coogrcss. critical elements of the Bill of Rights. ln
late September 2006. both houses of Congress passed legislation authorizing
drum-bead military lrials of so-called "alien enemy combatanlS" which deny
dcfcndruus the protections of either the Geneva Convenrioos or Habeas Corpus.
David North, Mar,;st author and Chainnan of the Editorial Boan! of the World
Socialist Web Site, will examine the rclatlooship between war, the intensifying
levels of social incqualily within the United States and the move towards polio ~J
srntc n~lbod., of cu~
•
Broadway
Oregon 12 the Pioneer Log, October 27. 2006
• UIJIJ11J '' I eat electric cars for
breakfast with butter on
the side and some salt. ,,
on em • • -Adan Vielma ('08)
Lewis & Clark's Electric Car
Club is on the roll
gasoline ne~ed no
\\lhar Landau~Ho1dswor(h deemed a "culminarion,'" when he
:rnd C-ue accepted an invitation co the Dow Jones Emerging
Vemurcs ForuJ'n in San Jose .. Calif. Bur ic quickly became
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w,srAATIONS av
,YBtOCI<
d \ apparent thar this was ju.st a beginning, as the nvo studems
fouud them~hres shaking hands wirh the national n'l."lnager
of Adva11crd "l'i.-chnology for Toyota, Bill Reinert, and pre­
senting c.heir ,vork to ..,.enrurecapicalists as pare ofYoung b1•
L ast spring, juniors veiuors lnccrnational, a non-pron, org11ni1.,cion for educa1-
M L d H Id jog innovat.()rS under che age of 35. ario an au-0 -The evolution of the Electric Cu Club, from ,he ideaJis­
SWOrth and Adan tic musings of [WO srudcutS co serious real-world discussions
Vielma were lounging idly on one of with represcnrativcs from companies such as Tesla Motors-<!
L & Cl k> fi ld h company producing ,he Tesla Roadster, a folly elemic oportS ewis ar · S grass e S, C atting car boasting an accelerating speed of 1.ero co 60 miles per
and mulling over ideas as the fervor of hour in four seconds-is a story of diligence and hard work.
campus life played out around them. Cose points out that eacb group member spends an aver-
Th · · h · · • age of 20 hours a week working on chc pcoject. Vielma hu-e1 r topics: t e increas1 ng gravity morously said, "I cat eleccric cars for breakl:'\lit with butter on
of the environmen ta! situation and the side and some solr." adding that cl,is project is hisnumber
American economic dependence on one priority, even above his srudies. f. · 'l Th h h · d h He aod Vielma spcm several months researching_. and ore1gn 01 • ey ypot es1ze W · at soon re.11i1.ed the need for interdisciplinary ralenr. The [WO
the effects of alternative energy could enlisred the help of the club members mentioned above co
be on the face of the LC catnpus- acquircdiffcrenrbackgroundsofswdyandvaryingskillsers.
imagining, for example, the Raz bus Case, for example, has a "marhematical history," but now
srudics sociology and anchropology. She also boas,s experi-
system running on electricity. once working on a similar alcernaci>•c energy project in Sc-
Now, this kind of id,aliscic talk is a common occurrence ortle, \'\lash. Case said she left because of a fragmenccd group
on our campus. and normaUy ,vouldn'r warrant mention-. dynamic and a fO(uS on rhc lucrative finaJldal furure of the
However', onlikc so many orher conversations that fall imo industry.
the "wishfol thinking" caregory, chis friend.ly banter would Lucrative ioduscry indt-cd. On July 7 of chis year, former
drnstically alccr the next year of Holdsworrh and Vidmas . President Bill Clinton, in a public conversation with A,ian­
Uves. and-if one gets ~ughr up in their cnthu.si• tic Momhly writer James Fallows at the Aspen Ideas fesdva1.
asm-may play a ro1c in the future of American parroted "geologists and specialists." saying thar within th<:
economics and Lhe inrernat:ional energy crisis. decade peak oiJ production wilJ be r¢;'1.ched.
Motiv:ued by their idc~,s) Holdswon.h He further warned thanvith the rise ofindustry in China
and Vielma focrned the Lewis & Clark and India, the global supply will be depleted within 35 to 50
College Elcctcic Car Club (LCECC). years unless oil usage is draStically reduced •
Comprised of an assortment of LC cal.. "Bue it's a blessing," Clinton said. "lt's a bird's nest on chc
cnts-Joey Braman ('08), Ben Thon• ground. America needs a source of new jobs and we should
ncy ('08), Amber Case ('08), L.1ndau- be leading the woy, and furthermore, if we don't, che Chi­
Holdsworth and Vielma-the club is working ncsc and the Indians will never follow suit and we are cooked
togc-the.r oo ,he production of~, fi.1ncdoning pro-anY'-vay."
corypc for a full-si1.ed, dcctrically powered vehicle and While LCECC never menrions the financial possibilities
powering stat.ion. as motivation for their work, thc..j' acknowledge electric pow-
On Ocrober 19, the Eleccric Car Club's efforts reached er as one possible answer to both tl1e economic and environ-PHOT08Y JOCELYN $TOK!$
Members of Lewis & Clark's Electric Car Club
traveled to San Jose, Calif. last week to attend
the Dow Jones Emerging Ventures Forum,
where they presented their work to peers and
investors. Top left: Mario Landow-Holdsworth
('08), Amber Case ('08) and Adan Vielma ('08)
show off an electric golf cart donated to the
club. Top right: The club crunches numbers for
their prototype. Bottom: Landow-Holdsworth
and Case in San Fransisco.
memal crises.
The group undersmnds the magnitude of the.ir work:
Holdsworrh explained chat the problem of ¥ternarive energy
extends inro ime.marional affairs, economics and the oil and
aucomobilc industries, among orher re.1Jrns. "'We have the
porencial to case international tensions (by] decreasing ,he
daily amount of oil consumed," he said.
~Right now we use oil io aU kinds of projects fo our so­
ciety." he cominued. He listed plastics, agricultural produc­
tion and even the construction of wi,,d-powcred curbincs as
examples. •Think of how many pockets rJ,e oiJ industry has
their hands in," Holdworch said.
Case poinrcd our that i.ndusuy in general is consunrly
"streamlining» with new inventions. the process tvolving
with each new problem being addressed. lhe goal is to work
towards a common denorninaror with che greatest efficiency
and the least a.mount of n,-gative consequences. C3se el\vi­
sions Lhe LCECC project as comribudng co the streamlined
denominator. ..
LCECC i-s delving into the indusuy ac an opportune mo•
menr, Case said, because on1y in the lase year has the power
for electric engines has lx:comc capable of marching that of
gasoline powered cars rdcasc. This is due in large parr to the
release of A I 23Systems' new Lithium Ion battery technol­
ogy.
The new battery technology is dcscrilx:d by ,he compa•
ny's wcbshe as having "unprecedented power, st1fcry and life
as compared to conventional Lithium rechnology."" Vielrn.i
mentioned simil,vitiC$ to computer batteries, with the excep­
tion of exponentially more power, and added char they are
cnvironmenrally friendly. "You can drill through them and
they won't explode." he said.
LCECC bas oot yet finauzcd ,heir work on rhe electric
car, 3nd i:he presentation of the powering starion prototype
at d,e Dow Jones conference w.is largely a learning experi­
ence for them, as wdl as a forum to establish conncc.cions.
Holdsworth furnished a srack of business cards as evidence. .. \'<!hat we really cook ouc of ic, is ch:.'lt we have chis great
idea, but w·e stiU have co solidify ir," he said.
Case smiled as she said. "We have been floating around
in the shallow e1\d with waccr-wings, and last week ,.,_.e got a
caste of ,he deep end. Ir was• oold shower." She elaborated
d1:.u many new questions they assumed needed answ"cring­
Can this ccchnology compcre:? Is global warming urgency
dire enougb co constitute work in chis field?-were questions
already answered at the forum.
"'11\e assumption ,,.,as yes. Yes, this ccchnology can com­
pete-. Yes, we can make it profitable," she said. "'le is now a
numbers game."
Tuey did walk away with a srraregic plan, Case said. Fim
they must obtain funding and anracr iniria.l invesrors for a
..small sumot-she esrimates under Sl00,000-ro finish their
prototyp<. Once a product is 6nalizcd, they can produce a PHOTO COl.ffl'ESY .AMBER CASE
business plan and prescm it to vemurc capita1iscs for larger
inv<.-srmc:n rs.
~ch pare char is needed ro run a fully functiouaJ decuic
car has been ordered by LCECC, and the highest financial
hurdle the team still fuces is the expensive A 123 banery.
Afrer being asked wlm distinguishes the club and their
work from other,, Holdsworth srated bluntly. •we arc not
going to stop.~ He added chat a majority of student groups
with similar grand .. scale aspirations wane as the process in­
creases in difficulty.
Vielnia said thac their work is largely for an economically
affordable model, as compared to the Tcssla vehicle's price
tag ar upwards of$ I 00,000. Vielma explodfd saying, "You
don't need $ I 00,000 ro build an electric ca,," and placing a
four-letter expletive in fronr of the 'elecrric.' He paused and
added. "emphasis on the F-ing." Caitlin Hamilton COB)
Standing at a whole four
feet and l O inches, this little
beaury is dressed co kill! Or
just get down and dirty,
like any good artist should.
Good artists also come
prepared, and prepared she
is. Upon questioning, Caitlin
tentatively revealed the
secret depths of her carrying
satchel.
Contents ·are as follows:
one large bag of beads, a
waterproof jacker, rwo sketch
book~, one pair of bright
green gloves, one glue scick,
a chrome coffee n1ug, one
plastic lobster that squeaks
and a multicude of hand­
bound book sculptures.
Tb.is is a lady who 1neans
business.
Adam Bowerman (' 10)
When ir comes to style, creation
is Adam's force. For instance, his
strapping wool jacker was at one
rime a measly, broken-zippered yard
sale find-char is, until he salvaged
it from its disregarded state. Adam
crafted an en tire] y refinished gannen t
by fashioning together a series of
macrame-stitched loops, along with
some bamboo buttons, resulring in•
hand-inade button larches. In addition to his well-buttoned
coat, Adam is currencly exhibiting
his visage of sculpted facial hair,
which incorporates influence fron1
both the mustache-less of society
and the heavily bearded. Creation
apparencly runs in the family, for
Adam's very own tnocher wove the
"Bli " l d I • ng 1e now wears arotu1 us
neck. (Designs by Heather Haase).
Ir is also important co 1nencion
chat Adam's shoes were retrieved
from the "freshest dumpster in
Atlanta," he said. _lh_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g_._o_c_10_b_e_r_2_1_, 2_00_6 _______ .....,11111111111111! ___________________ 1.....,5_
Confronting the defining
challenge of our time
Liberal Portland audience rallies around Gore at live presentation
by Angela Webber
T he target audience for Al Gore's recent visit to
Portland was obvious before even entering the
building. Pamphlets for write-in campaigns and
alternative energy, free Clif bars and c-shircs for Uberal talk
radio were thrust at the crowd as we filtered into the Rose
Garden Arena on Tuesday night. A bulbous earth mascot
encouraged us co use alternative energy.
Chants of ,(Gore '08! Gore '08!'' ~une
from a little rally. I spoke ro ,he organizer,
political accivist Steve Novick, ,-.•ho was
holding a "Draft Gore~ sign. "\X'e1rc a very
supel'sdtious group/' he s:tid. "In 1960, a vice
president was robbed of his election, and in
1968 he was elected. 1968, 2008!"
Novick's blog explained his opinion in
more dcraH: "I have four words for Mr. Gore:
Noc your choice. dude. Gore has no right
nor ro run. And he should know that."
·rhe rally was small; in face. the biggcsr
group I saw was four people with signs and
a sleeping baby in a carriage. ·n,ey were
adamant, though. and received with quh:c a few more: anfrnati.ons and
"preuy;' gr..'lphs than Wf! 're used 10.
For anyone who~s seen the film .. An
lnconvcnient Truth," that's what chc
prescmation itself was like, although he
made several ven.ue4specific citations.
"Portland has b,-., positioned icsdf to head
the environmental movement," he said. in
one of his many praises of the audience,
which he claimed was one of the bigg<.-sc to
which he bas presented live.
If you haven 'r seen 1he film, here's the
basic premise: globaJ warming is a big
deal-"the dc6ning challenge of our ,ime,"
said Gore. The
cheers and smiles 'from che audience "I' b c
walking pas<. ve egun to 1ear
. lhcmanof,hcnigh,was. that I'm leaving my
mtroduccd by progress•~ presentation
combined
historical
models,
graphs and
scudjcs with rad.io hosr "lbom ~g objectivity on Bush
Hartmann as "the U N ,,
once 42nd President, and Cheney.
and hopefully future /1 L _ Al G
President of the f\ 0 re computer
projections
of what will
happen if United Scates of America1 0 .._1 Al Gore!" A standing l'\u ...
ovarion greeted him as ,
he wok ,he stage.
Gore began with a
comedic introduction. ''[
am Al Gore," he said, "and
[ used ro be rhe nexr
President of the Vni,ed
States."
He COJ\liJ\ued with a. short comedic
routine, focusing on his fall from political
"signi6caoce." He even did a pretty good
Clinton impression. Gore h:i.s a kind of
awkward smart-guy humor, and the crowd
loved i1.
Gore's presentacion on globaJ warming
is so much more to these people than a
Powc:rpoint with scats. And lisceaiog co the
man, J can see why. He is smal't.
He quotes poets, politicians and historical
6gtucs like one ofour own college professors.
He ci1es h.is sources for rescan:h aod graphs.
And it is, after all. a Powerpoinr. although ~business as
usual,. is allowed ro continue.
Images of dcscruc.rion of namrc, and of
nawraJ djsasrers like Hurricani:: Katrina,
invokelt emotion from the audience. j(People
chink the canh is so big we can"t possibly
cbange it... that's not croe ·anymore," he
said.
After his main prcscnration, Gore let
some emotion show chrougb when be
pleaded with his audience. Air.hough issuing
some biting political remarks ("I've begun to
fear Ulat I'm leaving my objt."Ctivity on Bush
and Cheney," he admitted), he claimed that
""chis i.s nor a political issue. rhls is a moral
issue. Th.is i.s an cthk~J issue."
He encournged :.1ctio11 at che end of his
main prcscmadon. "\'(le have everything we
need co start solving this problem," be said,
+lwith the possible exception oF political will.
And in America. chat's a renewable resource."
He cnco=g<"<I ,he ra1i6c:uion of the Kyoto
Treary. This announccmcm i1lcitcd another PHOTOS BY AHGElA WEB8ER
A giant earth mascot spreads Al Gore's good word, urging citizens to
choose "Al"ternative energy.
sranding ovation.
But not every poJjcical decision these days
can be handled wi,h sud, dean.lines, aod
efficacy. For example, during the question
and answer period. Gore was asked what
aetivists can do co inOuencc the passage of
, applicable legislation. Sadly, he responded
chat it i.sn'c politically feasible now to push
for the harsh reguJacjons chat arc: needed r◊
fix the problem.
Politically he spoke for a while on his
frustration with the current administration
and its devil-may-care arrirude roward
pressing issues. He spoke of the obvious
warnings of Bin L1,dcn's attacks and
Hurricane Katrina.
Asked if he ,hought Bush would see "An
luconvenicut Truth:' be responded jokingly,
"President Bush has declared ,ha, he refuses
LO sec my movie, but d1ac's why I wrorc the
book. Maybe hes a rcadec. Wdl, l k□ow
there's at le3$r one inrelligcnce repotr 1har
says he doesn'c read ... was chat a low blow?"
He. showed serious clisapf>Ointment lo chc
Bush adminisrrarion and doubted rh:11 his warnings would be heeded. "I've had enough
of warnings being ignored," he said.
At one point during the night Gore
was asked by an audience member ,o r~m
for President. After the well-phrased and
pleading question, Gore and his audience
were silent for a mome.111.
"In addjtion co chc climate crisis," he said,
"we do have a democracy crisis. Our sy~i'tcrn
is nor responsive ro rruth and fuct... He
conrinucd ro state chat the current state of
American democracy is shameful. and that
he doesn't feel he should enter r.hat system.
\'({hen che qm.-stion and answer time.:
was over, the audience once :.gain gave a
s<anding ovaiion. As would be typical of a
Gorc•dimatc•crisis audience, many headed
smtigbc for ,he MAX. Why wouldn't we rake
public aa,,sporracio,,? 71le buzi in che r:iil
car was aU about whether Gore -..viii run in
'08.
Many speculaied bo,h ways, bur ,he
retired painter sining next to me said that he
has no doubt that Gore wW run. and that he
"ca,, change-a whole lot.'' _l __ 6,;;;;;... ________________ ___._i;.. _______ 1_h_e_P_io;.n_e_e_r_L_o~g;., O.;.;.c..;to.;.b_e_r 2_7..;'..;2..;00.;....6
aaron co'ffletbus'
He and his roommace$ ar( all prerry much uncmpl6y<.-d
during i:his time tba, they live together, randomly bouncing
around as self-employed errand boys or wishing fountain
plunderer,. Their impressive escapades range from daily
BA.RT police chases and "Punk Month" ,o shooting fireballs
chrougb pipes in10 on~ anorher's rooms and trips to Monterey
ju$t co have coffee bCC1usc nowhere ne;'lrby was open.
One of my fuvorite accounts, and f think also one of
Comecbus' own favorites.' was when he cam¢ home from a
trip Md asked one of the roornmau,s. WilJe)', why he had
thrown their friend \'v'alcer out of the kicchc:n window.
Comctbus. expecting .. ~ good story bthind chis or,e,"' was
disoppoinred when \'(Tilley said, "lt juSL seemed like the right
rhing ro do ac chc time."
Doubk Duce, published in 2003, is made up of 94
chapters, many of which can scand alooe as their own
anecdoce or short story, Cornerbus dedicates many chapters
to simple expressions of his thoughts. and many others
to narrate accuaJ cvcms. Most srorits are follow~d by
.1··J Comcthus' anaJysis or the siruation or its relation to
,_li{_j' _a grander life scheme. Cometbus is very 1hough,fol,
oftentimes ipeaking bluntly as an onlooker raking notes.
Somccimts his blunmess is what makes the situation ht
derails so humorous, as rhough ic was normal. For instance,
when their roilec brokt"--Or rather. when thty broke their
toiJec-Comcrbus said thac his roommates insisted on
peeing in tbe mail sJot that belongt"d to tht> lady downstairs.
However1 due.was ''A Lin.Jc too mu.ch, and 100 fur, for me, so double duce
roomrllaio. Willey, for instance, blamed Sluggo's selfish
behavior and purchase of a glass coffee cable and •a bunch
of shiny new wave records," among other things, ~ the
downfall of the group.
Comctbus .succeeds iu pain ring a very dear picture using
all of the diff'erent roomm.ates' opinions: th<-y juSt stopped
getting along. 1-lowcver, like most things rhar cxisred in t:he
aparunent known as Double Duce, che separation w:m11t for
lqng and soon ~Jfrer Cometbus rcmrncd from hj,s-trip1 the
WDH (Willey's Dream t·fouso) was back t0ge1her in ,be
rwo-room apartment on University Avenue.
Among other things, Comecbus' memoir has a unique
c:ffoctoa the render. On Lheone band, it has such an c.~alacol')·
p:1:ce that you can hardly puc it down. But on rhc orhcr, ic i.s
so emotional. rea) and rragic :ir rimes char it can kind of gee
you down. Com«bus has a way of switching quickly back
and forth from bright hopefulness to uner hopelcssaess, and
his words aCC' so wdJ thought-our that the r<."-ader experiences
his rolleccoasrer ride of emorions. Maybe chat is what a good
n1emoir is: a simultaneous cxpc:rience of feeling.
Comctbus also le<S you gee t0 know much of him, bui
mosdy only through his words abour people and things
ourside himself. This minor effect m:)kes Comerbus even
more: intriguiag as a person and more calcmcd as a writtr. A
former fanzine \Yrirer may nor be rhe mos1 likely <..'a.ndidatc
for good wririilg sltills, but Coroetbus is assuredly more
than able. H.is past :lS a punk and anachmt'nr co tbe scene
also makes you even fc;,nder of hi$ defined wit and worldly
re0ecfion.
T')publ, D1<re by Aaron Cornetbus is a book dm lucks
L.,,lso much butr) and nor even just fo1 1..he inf illy
lmpressive fac1 rhac it was hancJ .. wrincn c11rirely by Com.._ • .. Js
him.self. Th.is cmcrtaining, enlig1uening, funny book is ;,,
memoir of Cometbul time living in a crazy apartment wi,h
even crazier roommares ia Berkeley, C-ilif'. Comerbus. who
i.s known for many things, most norably his punk fanzine
Come1bus that he quit prinriog sevcraJ years ago. is from
Berkeley 3.nd loses the ci,y almost as much as he loves i:he
people he shared i:hc studio-csque aparrmenr with in his
book. 1 jusr Stayed up in the attic pissing in borde.s, and eventually
bad c□ougb milk Cl'll<CS fi,11 of piss bonles ro build "n entire
desk.•
In tbe b<-ginning of Part Three of ,he book, Comctbus
ricrails an cm in which all the roommates· were sick of one
anocher :)nd e.id,e:r moved out or wenr Oil a rrip. Comctbus
wenc on a m)"stcrious tivo-and-a-hatf monrh advcnrurc aroun<l
che coumry-a trip that he reJls neither his roomm::ues 1'lor
his readers about. For the next several chapter,. Comctbus
gives the roommates each a chance or rwo co ,di their side
of the incvit'.1bly temporary .. break-up." Some roo1runares
blamed tbe disbandment soldy on ,he actions of one orhcr Doub/, Duce is one oF the best books I have r<-:td in ,
long time and '"1,1hile. it was cfford~ly humorOtLS, it was
also poignant and meaningful. Comerbus has most r«:encly
published the no,•el I \flish 77,,,,, was Something That f Could
Qf,it this pas, March. Mos, of his works, including Doub/,
Dute, can mon easily be. found onJine al sites like Amv.oo.
com.
l highly suggest investing a few dollars in a copy of Doub/,
Duct for r.he thrills of having both a foll mailbox upon ii>
arrivaJ and a great book th~t's easy to read in your sparse
spare time.
F_or rhose of you lookillg for ::i more artisric
wa)' co cdebmte Halloween, rhe Barshe,.,,
Dance Company will be presenting i:heir laces,
performanc4!, "Th.rec," on H~,Hoween ar the
Arlene Schnirttr Concert Hall.
B:ushev-a has noc only become one of the:
most sig.ni6cant dance comp,rnies iJl Lsr:te1. but
also world-renowned ~s a cuhural institut.ion.
Anistically directed by Ohad Naharin, Bat$he,,.'s
newest featured product-ioJl. "'lhrec,"' first
premiered in February of 2005. The co□traStive
show is divided inrn rhrce stccions: .. Bel.lus,.
(beau,y), • Humus" (earrb) and "Secus" (both
"rhis" and "nor this"}.
•111ree" premieres Tucsd3)', Oct. 31, at cbe.
Arlene Schniczcr. 7:30pm. I 037 SW riroadway
{at Main Stri:et). Li.-:nited amounts of studenr
tickers arc $15 at the bookstore or for regular
prices frotn 1iC:kclmaster. Get off yer @ss!
by Kirby Gnerre and Sanne Stienst.ra
Tomorrow 11iglu
at cl,e R,i>'ty
Nail, Jason Webley
will make his rccUin
to LC and play ;i free
sbow with special guest,
Arringcon de Dionyso.
\Vcblcy, wbo ,vas
recicved with much
prais, after he played
ar LC last year, recently
released • How Big
is Tacoma," a fuU­
lcngth album with
Andru Berois. Visit
jasonwebley.com fot
more about the ar1jst. APorrland-based artist
will begin his visit ~c
LG chis week: painter and
drawer Michael Knucson.
Knutson,. wbo works in the Art
Department 3< Recd College.,
is showing (according t0 chc
LC website) "a mid-career
retrospective exhibition" at the
1-iolfman Callery from October
29 ro December 10. ll1ccxhibi1
wilJ foaturc Knu.tson•s paintings
of colorfi1l geometric absrracts
and watercolor drawings.
Opening reception: Sunday,
Ocr. 29. 2:00;S:00pm (artist's
ialk ac 2:00pm). . TrioSubconic,a Port.land ..
based trio, is made
up of LC alums Galen Clark ~' .-r.
(keyboard) and Jr:sse Brooke t~
(percussion/dru,ns), who ~
,raveled to Brazil io 2005 ._~~-~J1
and came back inspired.
The cwo then joined up with
Michael l'apillo (bass).
1ncgroup says t~at d1ey are inRucnccd
by Anronio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis,
Jimi Hendrix, A Tribe Called Que.sr and
Hcrmcro Pascoal, among other$. This bip•
hop, funk, llr•zilian rhythmic and jaz~
inspired group will perform in ,he Co-op
on "Jbursdar, Nov. 2 at 8:00pm.
Lc:.un more ~bout rhe band and listen
t0 Lhefr music -at W'\Vw.1nyspace.com./
triosubtonic. '
.. What the world is
and what it could be
by Anna Scott
Seeing Sue Johnson's arc, I am reminded over and over
again of the words of Freddie Mercury, "Js rhis rhc world
we cre:ued?" Jol11lson, origjually from San Francisco, vi.sited
Lewis & Clark la.st Thursday, Ocr. 19 ro rnlk :ibout the
portion of her exhibit -fhc Alccrnacc Encyclopedia," which
was on display in ,he Hoffman Gallery ofConccmporary An
from Seprember 7-0crober 22.
More tban a single cxhibir
or work of ::tn, .. Ihe AJtcr11ace •
Encyclopedia" embodies ,he
philosophy behind Johnson's art
as a whole. She emphasi.zcs bo,b
t.hC' human potential 10 cre::ire
our own rca.licy through an and
ail a,\ia.reness of how mod, of Minds" and "Scientific American \'v'oman"-by which she
is arrempring ro demo1'\Str:.ltt: tb::tt oor accepted form of
classificarion, che alphaber. is equally if nor more random. It
makes-no more sense co place apple next ro Appalachia than
ic does ro place orange with pear.
Johnson is also arcracred t0 rhe idea of creating ooe's
own realiry-sbe was influenced by Monet's original idea
for painting his wat<.·r lilies as a
• panorama: an rhat completely
surrounds the viewer. She liked
the "cabinets of curiosity" of the
19th century, in which a room
would be filled with carefully
arranged natural artifa-cts in such
a way as co be almosr-it$ own
the world around us, which we t universe.
p(·rceivc as rcaliry, is actually O • There is a simiJar foding ro
creo,ed and selected by us. Johnson's arr, particularly a book
1be exhibit char was recently she put cogccherencirled "Hidden
at LC is just a pan of a larger Structures of the Universe-;• also
project displayed iu 2004 at on display ar Hoffman. 11,e
rhe Tweed Mtcm,m of Arc in ---~--= book is filled with the type.< of
Duluth, Minn. 1hc pieces that irnagcs found in older scicnc.c
were in rhe Hoffinan Gallery ""GE00URTESY-CNtt.tOHEO'J cexrbooks-decailcd drawings of
include watercolor and gouacht: paintings of splayed horses microscopic obj<.-ccs done before phocographing them was :lS
and rabbits displaying chcir innards, various rnpesrries easy as i1 is now. At hrst glance, chc-drawings Jook completely
depicting woodJand creatures marveling ac diagrams of auchentic-:111 expression of che artisc's interest in thjngs
human bodily funcrions, kaJeidoscopic patterns constructed beyond chc human field of \'ision. HQwever. one closer look
of phocographsoffood, eerily realiscic"sciencihc'' diagr:lms of reveals that the "muscular scrncturc" is ladies' corsets placed
plank.ton shaped like handbags and an entire wall of div<.'rse end ro end a,ld rhe "pl:rnl.:co,l°' is floating purses.
objects vacuum-packed ioro FooJS:wer b::1gs. Though with ideas chis abscracc rhe projects are sometimes
The c.·x.hibir on its own gives off a sense of the :trdst's hit or miss (vacuum-packed Barbie dolls as arc is an idea I
fasc.inalion both wich rhc world as ic is and chc world as it haven't fi1lly reckooed with), Johnson has a 6.nu grasp on the
could be. ll1ese seorimems were explored further in Johnson's functfon of an for humanity and the ralem fO get her mind­
lccrurc also entitled "The Ahcmace Encyclopedia.,~ i,1 which opcn.ing messages across. Arc is mcam co clarify, intensify
she followed the dt·vdopmenc of her ideas and rhe evolution and challenge the way we look at the world, a goal thac is
of her 3rr as ir was coruinuously in9uenced by those idc.as. complccdy embodied in Johnson•s work. ''l'he Afo:rnarc
The idea of classifying rhings has especially fascinated Encyclopedia" is a whimsical, capcivacing work thac scracches
Joh.11$011 over lhe years. Her cxhibic icsclf is arranged in hve th .. e surface of big ideas, and is a worthwhile experience for
seemingly ralldom categories indudjng ''Cultivating Young any dreamer. 17
A Piologger reviews two KI..C shows so
you can make the decision ...
To tune in or
to tune out?
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
Big Kid Fun with Charlie
Mondays, 9:00-I I :OOpm
Charlie Ercola ('O?), working under rhe pseudonym
of DJ Epaminandas (a name presumably cakcn from
a characrer in one of Aesop's fables) cokes over LC's
airwaves with an ecleccic mbc. of punk, meral, rap and,
um, misc::cUanoous. Enola focuses rhe show on. bur does
nor limir ir to, 1nusic from d\e B;ty arc:.1.
·1 he divc,.icy of Enola', music· choices will satisfy
everyone from mcral-Jrnring rap fans to punk .. hating
meral funs m r:ip--,hntiflg punk funs. ll1c show i$ made all
the better by rhe drawling banrerrhac Errola intersperses
with cbe music~
1,~s lOO weird not robe enjoyable-from the a.Jmost•
weekly calls in from his dad ro his tecenr shout-out to
his puppy Danielle on ,he occasion ofherrhird birthday.
Over.>11, Big Kid Fun is a fu,'. couple of hours to hear.
****
(4 om of5)
Buring Astral of Kites with Natalie
Tuesdays, 11 :00-L:OOam
Trying tO figure our what this show's Ude means is as
perplexing o.< the show itself. Natalie Mering(' I 0) disk­
jockeys rhc lacc-nighr block of wirh whor she says on
KLCs website arc ... rare p~ychcdelic rdics, experimenral
sound design, 20rh century classical music, [and) lo-6
recordings from outsider anisrs.l'I
71,c show is dcfu,ircly •out ,here." Mcrillg plays
acrual songs for only:, small portion of che time. When
she docs, it's solid.
The show's down.J.ail is in what 1\.icring imermingles
with I he songs-epic bouts of experimenral noise, from
wailing horns to looped samples ro hummi1lg. '"n.is
musical play can Ix intriguing or jusr plain annoying.
Too ofcen, it is the l::icter.
Still. fur those wi,h nocturn:il habils1 ..-Bu ring Astr.al
of Kit<.'S,. is odd enough co merit a listen.
(2.5 OU! of5)
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'The Prestige': Are you watching closely?
Every once in awhile, some real Hollywood
drama ls in good order for those ofyou ,vho
consider yourselves coo good or coo culrun.-d
for such blockbusters.
oll'Thc Prestige," scar-ring big n_ames like
Chrisrian llale (yum), Hugh Jackman,
M ichacl Caine and Scarlett Johansson, is on
a perfect subject for some enjoyable, over•
produced and heavily chematic fun.
The film, based on Christopher Pri(-.t'S
award-wi1ming novel of 1he same n:une,
chronicles the liYes of rwo up-and-coming
magicians, Robert Angier Uackman) and
Alfred Borden (Bale). Their incermingling
stories :1re intense, competitive, dangerous
and complicaced.
"11,e Prescige" begins in Borden's dank
and dark jail cell where he reads Angids
diary. ·1110 film llashbacks co chc cime he
reads about, ,,,hen Angler also read 8-0r,Jei,'s
diary. by Sanne Stienstra
llu;: cwo m3g1c1ans ha"e an obsessive
cornpcnuon tha, began when they were
working as plams in the audi.cnce of an older
magician.
Afcer one F.ueful performance, Borden
mistakenly takes something very important
from Angier, th"s b<:gi,tning che rivalry rhar
is unending and all-consuming for chem
both.
Angier, of course) evenruaHy reralia1es,
and leaves Borden wotmded and plotting'
his next plan of atcack. The cwo go back and
forch, disg,.ising themselves and sobo<>ging
one another on srage.
In a despcrace move cha< he thinks will be
rhe ultimate rcver,ge ~1gai"sr Borde", Angier
goes 10 Colorado Springs co seek che hdp of
Nikola lcsla {David Bowie!).
After going half\,,ay around che world
and spending most of his money investing
in what Tesla promis<.-s to make Angier rhe greatest magkian in England, Angler returns
to prove himself better chan Bo,den once
and for :di. Rorden is suu,ne<.I and recurns
many nighcs to Angier's show co figure out
his trick, bur amnoc.
Just as Angier could leave no secret of
Borden's overturned, nciUler could Borden
not witness cxactly·whac Angier (Ud to please
I 00 audiences. After whar appears ro be a
wrong rurn. Borden lands in jail and faces
dcach.
Uhirnately, after many losse.~ aod few
gains, r.he men fuceeach ocher io a showdown
char ends unexpccccdly. \Xlhilc chc audience
cries to piece e,rerythit1g cogerher, 9ne maJ'I
seems co finally prevaU over che orher.
The film is fuU of so much ambiguiry
,ind myscery. like che trade of magic itself.
ch:u what seems co be the 6naJe could easily
not be ... The P'rcstigc .. leaves the audience
specul:ning. inspired ~ind c.1uesr.ioning whar chcy inicially choughc to be fact. Dire<:tor
Christopher Nolan ("Bacman Begins")
successfully creaces a film chat is not the
s1ereorypical Hollywood drama it osccnsibly
appears to be.
Besides srrong performances by chc actors
and a good plorliac, "The Pcescige" should be
nored also for its chough,fulness as well.
'l'he ,hemes touched on chroughour "1lie
Prestige" arc relevant not onJy to a magician.
Harry Cuuer (Otine). who works wich
Angier. communicates chat you should nor
trusc all you thiak you sec, and alw•ys look
closer chan you Lhink you need co.
111e audiences of the f\\'O magicians fdl
prey to their tricks every time. However. "The
Pres1..ig¢'' illustrates how even magicians, che
ones who rhin~ rhcy arc pulling the srrings,
can fuU foolish victim w illusion.
"'Thr Prest/gt,. is now in thtnlt11
11a/:i.()nwidt.
Zany, rhyming sitcom promises a royal treat
PHOTO 8Y ROS'$ LOROON
Maya Chensue ('08) and Hannah Stafford ('08) rehearse
Moliere's classic play, Tartuffe, under the direction of Ste­
pan Simek. The play, which Simek calls "a sitcom in rhym•
ing couplets," premieres tonight at Fir Acres at 7:30pm. by Abi Kurfman
7imu.ffe cakes chc srage in wacky srylc chis weekend
and next, f\.--aruring a cast of rate,ned srude,H '3.Ctors
:ind sevei:31 madcap surprises.
Although che play w•s writcen in tl1e 1660s by
French playwrighc Jean-Bapdscc Moliere, direccor
and 1he:ure Professor Stepan Simek chose ic for its
coa«mporary value, which he highlights by sraging
ic in modem times. Tartuffe rocuses on human is.sues
that affecc us regardless of rime period.
"1 he play is abouc che immensely powerful and
awesomely all cv('r-prescnr propensity of the huma1\
bei,,g to be self-deluded; s.sid Simek. Or, in shorr. "irs
abouc self-ddusion."
·n,, main character, Orgon (''faylor Wing '07),
"goes through ,his midlife crisis," said Simek. During
1im11ffe, Orgon does whac many people gomg ch rough
mid-lifo crises do: looks for-and finds-.1 "spiri1u•I
guide'' in Tartuffe", 1he ride character~ played by Austin
Wacson ('07), and "almosc desrroys [his] family."
The play, Simek said, "lisJ C$$entially a sircom in
rhyming couplecs." alchough he added cha, ir's a very
go()d sircom.
Surprisingly, assisrant dircccor K.ry Alexander ('07)
said thac the rhyme, -a1ong wi1h the modern scrring. is
"pare of'making (Tarttiffe] more accessible'. Lisceaing
co chcsc couplets is "ooc like hearing Shakcspeore,"
Alex.nuder said. "I 1 's very, very natural."
Besides all rhe hard work rhat the chcacrc smdcnts,
case and cn:w have done on rhc .show; besides the fact
that Tnrruffe's ser ls rhe llrsr showing of rhe new design
prQfessor, Mid,ad Olich, aud besides che fuc, chat ic's
only S5 fo, LC srudeno;, chis show needs co be seen
because ic will be Jim.
''t~•s incredibly uny/' sai9 Alexander. "and
ic's chrilling co sec Auscin [Wao;ooJ dressed as a
Mormon."
Ah, and rhe.re is another point about chis show: Its
fun faccor springs boch from che characters and from
their represelltaJive cosrurnes. B:lcks1age, this reponcr had an opportunity [O sne:.tk a peek ar a couple of
"1 ... ·rny"-theonlywc;,rd thaJ.seeans codo chis production
juscicc--cosrumcs, and the.· casr gathercJ in the green
room laughed and said it was nothing col'npared lO
wh:tr 1he audiellce will see on stage.
1hc energy and humor w-Js high backsc,ge. "J
am ,be bullheaded son d,a,'s always right and knows
everything," said Morg•n Shaw-Fox ('09), who plays
Damis, OrgonS son. "Basically. !he's] a violcmc venion
6f myself," he said, ;1greei11g wich a side comi'llent from
Ma" Poole ('08), playing Valer,, who Poole describes
as "the romanric yet dimwitted hand to Mariane."
Shaw-Fox then re:,Hze<.i, "This show is prercy much
typecast-which is really funny ouce you see ir."
While some case members objected good-naturedly
co t.ltis sc~ucrncn1-He-J1her Morowin ('09) (M:.1d~111e
Pernelle, che grnndmocher) said, "I appreciate che
irony of being a vc.-gan whose ·wc:uing a black mink
coac"-rhe cast seemed quiet ;tmused at rhc uurh of
the s~acemc111.
Each actor had a different favoricc pare about
working on rhe plny. nn<l all of their favorites were to
some exrenr inrriguing. Poolt liked "'crying co use a
very old script in a modern setting.." be-5aid.
"l like. that there's so rnuch sexu:JI rension--oven
sexual ien,iQn," said Claire Rogers ('09), who plays
Fliporrc, Madame Perndlc's maid.
Shaw-Fox said his favorites pans-he didn'r manage
to limir it ro jusc one--.were "'working wich Srcpao
[Simek], cha, my panes hailed back w my Jctco days,
and the surprise ending."' \V.1it-surprise ending?
1iir111fe yaru to11ight at 7:30pm. 7/m-, tui/1 also b,
7:30 ,hotuS 011 Sat., Ort. 28, Th11n,. Nov. 2, Fri., Nov. 3
and Sat., No" 4.
Tiduu are $5 for LC m,dmes, $7 for 01h,r sp,rial
people, and $10 geneml admission. Ti.ckttJ cm, Ju
purrhasrd flt :he theatre /Jox offiu~ which is open bt1wer11
I :00pm and 5:00pm M-E or an lxmr before any of tl,r
show times. .th_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g_,_o_c_1o_b_e_r_2_7_,2_00_6 ________ ~ .. ------------------1_9_
Noteworthy
November What time is it? Hammer time!
readings
In Porrbnd no one puts on a bcrrcr reading th.an Licerary
Am. Take their November lineup, for example; two of
the biggest Franks in the industy (Rich & McCourt) and
01te of the. bestselling authors in the Sratcs, for bcrccr or
for worse. the consistently creepy Stt-phen King-a man
who once called himself"the lite"')' C<jUivalem ofa Big
Mac and fries." Junk foodies, rake nor,! -SB
• Stephen King
llrnrsdj,y. Nov. 2
•Frank Rich
Sunday, Nov, 5 by Hans Goertz
I generally like 10 ease myself inro most
weekends, winding down v,tith a Pabst and
a nap before any serious merry-makir1g is
considered.
\'(/irh those activities in mind, I clocked
out of my Friday campus job and started the
journey home, only w be stopped dead in my
tracks by a jazzy poS<cr that proclaimed an
"'80s Dance Parry" that very night in the Co­
op. I was sold.
• Oregon Book /\wards Reading
Wednesday. Nov. 8
• Scott Tu.row
li,esday, Nov. 14 No scrangcr to sacrifice, I forsook my nap
that evening and hopped oa my Auorescent
green ro:id bike (:111 accessory ro my sl:unming
MC Hammer-endomd '80s gee-up} and
headed toward chis so-<allcd dance party.
Sounds of synrhesi?.ers ,and eleccronica
gree(ed rny arrival co che Forest complc.x and,
following the source, I found the Co--0p in
full swing. PHOTOBYHNISGOEATZ
Party people! Two girlies shake it at the Co-op's '80s Dance.
• Oregon Book Awards Readfog
Wednesday, Nov. 15 ·There, despite my carefully calculated anirc, 1 fdr sadly
undcrdrcsscd in my present company: skio-cighr acid wash
jeans, fish net s1ockings ending in hoc pink pumps, chunky
plastic earrings hanging off-kilter from swaying earlobes-I
ccminly had ,he right add«-ss. • FraJ1k McCour-r
Monday, Nov. 20
Beyond the eye candy, I found the orherworldly scene co
be nodlingshorrof3 full sensory experience. Up-,and~coming
artists, 'DJ Sparkle Motion' and 'DJ HipHopoparomus' (so
named for the ph:uness of her be,us). laid ouc a rwo hour sec
of eve')•thing cha[ was righrabou, ,be '80s: from ,he Talkfog
Heads to Duran Duran to pre-'90s MJ.
Rump-sh:iking, hip-aw:tk<:ni11g1 baby-making bc.."ats
boomed from ,he DJs' makeshift turntable (read: Apple
computer} as the substancc-samratcd audjencc was whipped
imo a frenzy by ,he rdcnrlcss procession of pop.
·nuough the course of the nighr ,he dance Aoor was
Laughing Planet solves your dining woes
As hea.hh-(onsc-ious yer montrarily
challenged college students, rhe decision
ro s..'tvc money or eat ,veil is always ~
trying one. 'l'he Bon has its benefic<­
ycs, your farher is paying-but,
sometimes, you sleep in and miss a me:tl
or just feel like some,bing diffcrenr.
1 he Laughing Planer Cafe seems.
then, to have been designed specincall)•
for rho:,,e of us who find ourselves irrrhis
nourishment prcdicamcnr from 1imc co
lime.
\Vid'I ra.sry org:inic food, good prices
;ind three locations .around Portland, wt·
could all bec-ome fixmre.s :lt 3 l..mghing
Pl:H:ter loc:uion.
'lhe Cafe seems to spcciali:zc in big
burritos, filling rhcm wiLh veggies,
chitken. t◊fu or ocher more creative
items, like cdamamc. The grilled veggie
burdto is a ht"arty, tasry portion for
any :ind a11 vegernri:111~, with brnwn
rice, black beans and of course, grilled
vcge,ablcs.
·n,e grilled chicken burrito is also
delightful and filling for those of us by Sanne Stienstra
who remain steadfast :ind ctrnivorous,
with pinto beans, du·csc and chicken.
And. like I promised, these burricos cos,
a measly $5.00 and $5.25, rcspeccivel)'.
If you'r<' not a burrito fana1ic,
L,ughing Pl.met abo has other ddicio1is
dishe.<. like soups. V"£"n chili. salads
and bowls Ii.II of varied, burrito-csquc
ingredients like veggies and yummy
quinoa.
Tbc grilkd veggie qucsa.dilla is also
a grea, idea, "ith che;,s,, broccoli,
tom:itoes and other veggies practically
faWng out of the sizable tonilla. This
delicious dish is al;o just $5.00, •nd, if
)'Ou•re nor "so hungry you could eat a
hor~," it can 1ocal]y be a meal for two.
Don't be roo cheap for die smoothies. howel'cr. At a fresh $3.25,
a $moot.hie with ingredient:, of you1
choice supplemencs a nice. big burrito
perfcccly or becomes dcsscn.
And, if you're daring enough, get
the f>ca1111r lluner and Jelly smoorhie.
1t castes just like a PB&J your morn
madc~no joke.
Veger.irian•resrn.urams.nct lisLcd
Laughing Planet Cafe as one of the bt~<
vcgti:uian rcsraurant~ in the United
S1ates, and l.,ughing 1'1,net also has ,he
Best Vcgclariao Cuisine tidt from the
\'Villamm, \17i',k.
71,c C:if'e seems to he for any and
all, however, as it easily feeds both ,be
biggcs1 mcar ca(crs and lhc most careful
vi:g,rns.
·1 he original Laugh.ing Planet Cafe
is locatt-d a, 3320 SE Belmont Street.
The 01 her ,wo locations an: 3765 N.
Mississippi Ave. and 922 N\Xf 2 lsr Ave.
(down tht· mt-er from Cinema 21 ).
Laugh.ing Pl;inet is open from I I :00am
-l 0:00pm Monday ,hrough Friday. and
from I I ;00am -9:00pm on Sundays. expanded co include chairs. couches, even 1he 0<ld lap.
Lnbibilfons were drowm .. -d out in the spirit of p:)rty anthems,
while 1ired feet were buoyed by ,he adrenaline of caffeine
from the Co--op. For a11 encore. tbc-resident DJs 100k center
srage for a devastating display of tap dancing.
In reAect.ion, I would go so for as to caU the evcm a
religious experience, worrh mentioning in che same breach
as ,he second coming of Christ. Spiritu;iJ parallds aside, I
found the '80s Dance Parry to be a fem for rhe famished,
sustenance for all ,hose souls left unsacisfit-d by ,he fanF.uc
of present day dances which feature ego-driven lyrics, a
burdensome: baseline bid over every beat, oven hip~grinding
:ind the phenomenon ofknmk.
With any luck, our gcneration'.s fascination with strip-hop
and all its bling baggage won'r sh:ire the timelessnes., of the ·sos, MTV's "I Love ,he '90s" be damned ... 2 0 --§•Me€-- tbe Pioneer Log, October 27, 2006
Freshman phenom fueled by bracelets, blocks
by Hunter Franks
Jessamy Holland (' I 0) is an arh­
lccc., bm docs nor wam athletics
to rule her life. She owns her own
je,velry ooinpany- but it is a pas­
sion first and business second. She
is related co a famous author, buc
has not written any bcsrscllers. She
is from HawaU, but came co rainy
Oregon instead of suJ1-drenched
C,lifornia for college.
Holland. middle blocker on
the Lewis & Clark Women's Vol­
leyball team, has lived her life the
way she wanted to since she was a
child. Growing up in Honolulu,
she played volleyball, water polo
and paddled (a popular Hawaiian
sport similar to crew),
Holland attended Punahou
High School, whose :irhletics pro­
gram was named fourth in the na#
,ion in a 2005 Sports 11/mtraud
ranking of all-time top high school
.1thfotics programs. She wou a scare
ch~1mpionship in 2004 with che
Punahou High volleyball ream.
In high school she only played
middle blocker, bur was taken our
of the lineup wheu her posicion ro-
13ted ,o tl,e back of the oouri. But,
since becoming a Pioneer. Hol­
land has had rhe chance 10 play all
around and stay in rhe game even
while in the back. She mes i, as a
compliment to her ability. "I Jove
i1,"' said Holland ... To sr:ay in when
the team rorares means rhar I am
an all-around player."
Sbe also loves play­
ing in from of the
supportive home
crowd at Pamplin.
The highlighr of
rhc srason for her
so far has been tbe
firsr home game of
the season, play ..
ing in front of
the home funs for the 6rsr 1ime. The march
went five games, ending with a I5-
l 3 vict0ry in the las, game for LC.
"ihe home crowd was awesome
and chc game was amazing. Nicki
(Smith] {'08) hir a 1ip sho1 ro win ir
all and 1 was standing rigbt there as
it hit just inside the Ii net said Hol­
land. "Ir ,vas a great moment."
One of the reasons Holland wa.s
m:ruired by LC was because she
knew how to win. So it was under­
smndably hard for HoUand ,o go
from a srare championship 1e.1.1n
10 a scruggling LC ieam tha, i< 6-
16. Bu, Holland insi.srs 1har she has
never playc-<l volleyball 10 win.
"Volleyball is about the people,
ir is a gre:u ait:1,lyst for mee1ing
all rypes of people. In bigh school
l played on dub reams with awe ..
some girls from all o,•cr that l
might otherwise have never met.
So cort1ing ro LC, Lh<: hardest part
was nor being on a losing ream~ ic
was coming h<.-rc and not knowing
aayonc." Bu[, since comjng to LC,
she has gotten to know all kinds of
people.
"l love the social acmosphefe :u
LC. Bur I don't wane achlerics co
be my wbolc ~fc, so I have made
a conscious cB-On co not jusr make
friends with ocher athletes;"' said
Holland.
Making friends with all rypes or
people is jusi one way Holland is
attempting to not allow achlccics to
rule her life in college "' tl1ey did
in high sehool. when she played
water polo in addition co vo( ..
lcyball.
She also did nor come
to LC jus1 10 play volley­
ball. "Academics are big
for me,;' said HOiiand. "I
came from a vczy hard
academic school and I
have de6nitcly been
pushed since com­
ing to LC. So that is saying some­
thing for rhe aca­
demics here."
Academics h:we
always been impor•
ram ro Holland,
bm bcr cruc pas.­
sion is making jew­
elry. When she was
seven years old, ,he
received a plastic
jewelry set as a pres,
ent and fell in love
with ir. She wem on
ro evenrually work
at a jewelry store
and creating jew ..
dry became part ~f
her everyday life.
She would gee home
from school, do her
homework aJJd ,hen
make jewelry late
inro the night.
''le is so relaxing
ro create-/' s:tid Hol•
land. "And 10 go
from chc raw mace ..
rials co an end prod­
uce is so grea1."
She siaried Jelling
her creations dur•
ing her sophomore
yea, in h.igh school
:uld s.1w surpris­
ing success, which
encouraged her to PttOTOSBYAAa-tPHIJ.IPS
make mote. De~ Holland ('10) shows off her two passions: jewelry and volleyball.
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became so grca1 thar HQlland and
her best friend from HawaH, who
also made jewelry, decided ro part­
I)et up :rnd srar1 a comp:11ly. The
name rhey carne up wirh, Kaila11i
Jewelry Company, is tbc-name of a
Hawaiian neighborhood, Lanikai,
inverted. Kailani mi:ans "heavenly
ocean( in H:nvaii:'ul.
Once rhey had rhe name, rhey
invested in a ride. creared a web•
page and rhcn b,-gan selling, both
on commission and in consign-
menr sror.:s. Friends of Holland
would :t.Sk for privare shows for
themselves and invite others as
well.
""Private shows are great,"
sa.id Holland "because many
of che markerplaces in H:lw:tii
cake 50 percent commission so
you have to double your price.s.
There is no commission at private
shows." Holland aJJd her partner
would also go ro craft f.tirs. Wher­
ever Holland would go she would
give away her business card.
However, Holland did 1101 bring
her jcwdry-mak.ing materials with her ro school because she rhought
rhat she wo,Jd be 100 busy. She
does pla.n on bringing all of her
111:neriaJs b:;1ck co LC with her af­
ier she goes home for ·1 hanksgiving
break.
HoUand, who never makes the
same piece of jewelry twice and gets
her inspiration from fashion mag-a­
zines amoI1g other things, benefits
from her company in many ways.
"Watcbiog p<'Opk enjoy wha1 I do,
ro see my friends ,\·caring my jew­
elry is :iwesorne. jewelry also helps
me sray up on rhe. latest fusl\ions.
Plus it is nice co nor have a job and
still have -an income, bm I do not
chink I would make jewelry for a
full-rime occuparion because I
would 1)01 \\laIu ir ro be stressfol.
Jewelry is definitely a passion first
and a business second for me."
Still, business has bc"Cn good.
l.asc year Holland was able to go
co Europe on r.he money she made
from her company. le also helped
thar she was able co ger a little d.is•
count on the plane ticket since her
mother is a Right attendant. In face she has h:id rhe chance
ro uavd qui1e a bit and really likes
the idc-a of being able co coari.nue
traveling after oolk-gc, which is one
re;'lson she pl-:ws on m.~ljOring in ln­
rernational Affairs.
One might assume she would
be an English major since sh<.-is re­
hued ro (he amhor Harriet Bi:ccher
Srnwe, whose mos1 not,1ble book
was Uncle Tomi Cabin. Srowe is her
grandfarhcr's grandfaiher'.< wife's
sister.
Bur Holland has not wrim:n
any novels 1h:1t have topped the
New York Times Besrseller Lisr, nor
does she plan to. "I mighr be a little
more inclined cowards English bm
tbat is about it, It is kind of nca1 co
be able ro say that I am rel:ne<l co
her ,hough," said Holland.
Thar is Molland in a nurshdl.
She docs nor try to write novels just
because she is rela1(.-d t0 a famous
author, jus, like she does not cry
10 sell rons of jewelry or just worry
about winning a volleyball march.
Sh<-' docs what she wanrs-shc docs
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XC preps for run at conference Pioneer Trade-ables
Each week ,he Piolog will highligh, rwo ,rhleics who have gone obove
and beyond the call of duty in their respective sport. Collect them all and
trade wich your friends! by Craig Gilden
1l1is weekend marks the big­
gest race of the year for Lc.·wis and
Clark's cross country te:uns: Lhe
Northwest Conference (NWC}
championships. Every tea.n'I in the
conference \\lill be sending run­
ners 10 1·acoma. Wash. on Saturday
,oJhh the goal of coming home with
either a team or individu:i:1 ride.
A ,itle is a re;tliS<ic goal for ,he
Pioneer ,.,,omen, who hav<.-consis­
tently finished as one of die top
three reams in all of their rnces this
sea4ion. An individual ch:,mpion­
ship appears to be even more likely.
Tamma C.rleron ('09) should be
one of the main challengers co the
ovef':'.111 women's crown. As a fresh­
man. Carleton fiojshcd in third
place a, ,he 2005 NWC champi•
onships before qualifying and run­
ning in rhe National Champion­
ships in Ohio.
This season Carleton has been
C\'en more domin:uing, going un­
dcft-at<-d against all NWC oppo·
ncntS e.xcepr for one: hl"r main ri­
val, Wilbmerre's Sarah Zcr,an. The
title should come down to a race
betwc<."n C-.rlcton and Zen.an. If
the Pios want to have a chance of
a tc.-am title it '"'ill be up to runners
such as Amanda Phillips ('08) a11d
Megan l'feiffcr-Hoyt ('07) to have
strong ,imcs. Both Phillips and
Pfeiffer-Hoy, have had strong sea­
sons so fur for rhc Pios.
On the men's side, not much is
by Hunter Franks
Soccer:
Last Sarurd.1r afternoon rhe
Pioneers were defeattd 3-0 by the
Ct.-orge Fox Bruins in Newl~rg,
Ort. lhc Brujns h.ad fourceen
shor, on goal ,o ,he Pios' eight.
Nora Gero1:ino ('08) made six
saves for 1he. Pios.
On Wednesday, the f>ios gm in
the win colunm defeating Lir1field
3-2. Afttr getting down b)' one
goal. Kelsey Harri!)' ('0?) tied rhc
scort: ar on~ ~rhe Pios broke the
J-l rie la« in m, t balfon a
Alison Hudson ('08) goal. Har•
riry put th<: contes1 out midway
through the second period wit!,
ano,hcr goal. of reach led the
team wi1h rwo goaJs.
Volleyball:
The W'h.it.rna1\ Missionaries
ddeated the Pioneers 30-11, 30-PHOTOCMIES'YOFI.E'WISa.ctAAKAnt.ETICS
Amanda Phillips ('08) has stepped up her performance this
season and should aid the Pios run for a conference title.
expected of the young Pio ,cam.
l'he rop runner this year has been
Yancey Lawerence ('09) who has
placed among rbe top of the lead­
erboard in e.i.ch of rhe Pios races. Lawrence along with David Ber­
man ('09) and sensational new­
comer Karl Dickman {'10) arc sure
.to leave ,heir mark on ,he NWC in
years co come.
Extra Points
27. 30-26 ot the Pamplin Spom
Center Saturday afternoon. 111<
Missionaries destroyed the Pios irl
the first game, slamming 14 kills
with jusc rwo ~uac.k errors in 25
attempt'S, an impre5Sh·e .480 at­
tack percentage. Meanwhile, the
Pios had morccrrors (l l) than kills
(six). Tha, tmulaced ioto a domi­
nating 30-LJ victory i1\ game one
for tht: Missionaries.
In game rwo, a pair of Jcss,uny
Holl~nd ('10) service aces dug ,he
Pios our of a 25-21 hole to even
,he score at 25-25. Bu, a serve ,nd
an ace lattt. Whitman was back
up 27-2S and wem on to dose che
g.,.roe our 30-27.
Game chrct. rook on similar
fushion, as the Pios fought back
from a six-point deficit late: in the
match w make it dose. But with
the score 29-26. ,he Mission,lfies
block finished off the ga111e 30-26.
and rook the match 3-0. With the loss the Pios foll to 6-
16 overall and 4-8 ia the North­
west Confrrcact.
Crew:
last Sarui-day morning the Pio
crew t(:am hosccd the fourd1 an­
nu.,l Charlie S. Brown Regan,, ou,
on the frigid waters of the Wil­
lamette RJver. Strong head winds
and rough rowing conditions
made for a less than ideal racing
venue bur LC stiU fared well.
1hc mcn•s varsir:y four and the
men's novice eight each won in
thcfr races. 1he Pios• mcnJs and
women's varsity eight tea.ms borh
came in second place in their re­
spective races. The novice worn ..
en's four and novice men•$ four
also finished second in their races.
11,e Pios conclude the full sea­
son on Sunday at the Fall Sprints
R,gana. Brandon Zerr-Smith ('07) h:1s been the go•to guy for the Pios offense
all season long. Zerr-Smith le.1ds the team with 51 receptions, an amaz.ing
34 more dum the next highest mral. The native of Carson. \'\lash. is aver­
aging 73.8 yards per game rccieving.
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two out of the Pios three goals against Llnfidd to lead the ream ro victory
in their final home contest.
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lntramurals forgotten in the wake of athletics revival
by Craig Gilden
1hjs pasr Sunday, Pamplin gym•
nasium was filled with the sounds
of sneaker:. sliding :\cross chc coun
;and ball~ whi1.1.ing through the-air.
The competition inside provided
some with the joy of "icrory, while
oilier.; left feeling the agony of dc­
fcar.
lhiswasn'r rhe season opener for
basketball or a volleyball matcb­
ir was inrramural dodgeball. And
while newfouJld school spirit and
a resurge,,ce in Lewis & Clark's
athletics is sweeping campus. one
progmm is g1:rring left bcMnd: in­
uamurals.
The interest is clearly there, as
over 70 of LC's not-so-finest arh­
leres have come our ro panicipate
in borh dodgcball and ,he hoops
league. Unfortunately for d,e will­
ing, intramural opporrunicies arc
few and fur betv,.,cer).
This fall semester me program
offers only eigbr events, with all
bur rwo spons only being day­
long compc<itions. This is opposed
ro Puget Sound and Willamme
University's programs ma, include
muhi-day leagues for seven ruffcr­
enc spores.
Bur I am no, he.re for me sole
purpose of complaining. I am here
to propose a new way of doiQg in­
rramurals. one chat will uuly allow S:tudenrs che opporcuniry to dt.-cide
wha1 they want the LC intramural
rrogram ro be. lnuamlll'als ,hould
be moved from ,he a,hleric deparr•
mcnr ro student Activities Con ..
gre>S.
Currently inrramural rcsponsibil­
itie.< fall into rhc lap of LC co.1ches
and administrators, who h::we bener
thin&' ,o do wirh their rime. Ob-
• viou.sly ::a CO:'ldl is more conccrnc:d
wi1 h recmiling and preparing their
varsity ceam than organiting a bas­
k«ball game for some kids that can'r
make a jump shot.
Currently, rhe fall intramural
coordin:Hor is listed as Jen Piper,
whose actual job is ro be the softball
coach. 1bc lack of having anyone
who is actually in charge of intra ..
murals is reAccred in chc organiza­
rioo. as email reminders of events
are senr out only ro chestudenr-;1:th­
lece lisrscrv and not the entire LC
community.
The concept of LC inrramurals
as srared on rhe websire is, "co en­
rich rhe college experience for all
srudencs, s<aff and fuculty by pro­
viding quality opportunities for par•
ticipation, healthy competition and
Jeadership in organized recreational
activiries.Jt
Targeting athletes is counterpro­
ductive since most have enough on
their hands with rhcir varsity spores
practice and games. Also for a school trying lO elirninare ,he separation
between a,hlcres and me rest of
the studcm body, inITamural:,. :,p­
pc-ar robe 1he pcrfecc uni~1ing ex-
pcrkncl",
Many oth<r small colleges have
someone on s1aff whose job is om­
door recreation and intramur.tl
coordinator, but in d1e midst of
the current turnover in the arh ..
lccic dcp~urment the creation of a
new position is highly unljkdy.
1 hcrcforc, .me besr way to
bcncr LC imramuraJ.s is 10 poi
me power in the honds of me
smdenu. Both Whitrnan and
Will::,mene have srudcnc com­
rninces which arc in charge of in­
rramu,als. Tlus system could be
easily done a< LC.
Students could organize as
many or as fC'\v events as interest
indic:ucs and then the intramu­
ral program would truly meet the
need of me LC community. Hav­
ing srudenrs in charge
would a1so increase
awareness of upcom-
Upcoming
Schedule
Date Sport Oppnncnt Place Tillll'
Sat,Oct. 28 Football Pacific Lutheran Griswold Stadium l :()()pm
Sat.Oct.28 Soccer Pacific Forest Grove, Ore. 11:00am
Fri .. Nov. 3 Whitman Walla Walla, Wash. 12:00pm
Sat., Oct. 28 Cross Country NWC Championships Tacoma, Wash. 10:00am
Fri., Oct 27 Volleyball Pacific Pamplin 7:00pm
Sat.. Oct. 28 Willamette Salem, Ore. 7:00pm
Fri., Oct. 27 Swimming NWCSprillts z.ebntbauer Pavilion 6:00pm
Sat.Oct. 28 NWCRelays McMinnville, Ore. 11:00am
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Swa..Od. Z9 c... Falls Splillll ae.-. . '-Wtsb. IO:OOlm . . ing evcms in a way chat the curreru
sparscly-posre<I Ayers >round cam•
pu.s do not.
Right now the LC intramu­
ral program is nor Uving up to it~
mission slatcmcnr. A quality intm•
mural program would nor only
provide an opportunity ro
hring the under..­
graduare com-­
munit)' together,
Scores &
Football:
Puget Sound 70. LC I 4
#II Whirworm 70-LC 3
Conf. Overall
Whirworrh 3-0 7-0
Linfield 3-0 4-2
l'uge< Sound 2-2 5-2
Pacific Lumeran 2-2 2-5
Wilfamene 1-2 1-5
Menlo 1-3 3-4
LC 0-3 0-6
Volleyball:
\Xlhirman 3 • LC 0
Whirwonh 3 • LC 0
Conf. Overall
Paci6c Lumeran 12-0 18-4
Lin6eld 10-2 17-2
Puge<Sound 8-4 13-6
Whitman 6-6 10-10
Whi,worrh 6-6 7-16
LC 4-8 6-16
George fox 4-8 8-15
Pacific 4-8 7-15
Willamette 0-12 4-18 bur would also provide in1er.1crion
with the g:radua1e and law school
communi1ies. lnrramurals at LC
arc broke. and rhercfore need ro be
fixed. ·1 he way co do chis is by giv­
ing students control over rheir own
program.
l.LUSTR.AJlON 8Y EMl'I' 8LOQ<
Standings
Soccer:
LC 3. Linfield 2
George Fox 3 • LC 0
Conf. Overall
Puget Sound 9-1-2 11-1-3
Willamene 9-2-1 12-2-2
Whirworm 9-2-1 IJ-2-2
Pacific Lutheran 7-3-2 I 0-4-2
Whitman 5-3-4 5-4-4
George Fox 3.7.2 5.9.2
Lin field 3-8-2 5-10-2
LC 2-10-1 3-12,-1
Pacific 0-11-1 2-11-2
Crew:
Charlie S. B""'' .. f{c:gaua Results
Women V.1rsity 8:
LC-2nd
Men Varsity 8:
LC-2nd
Women Varsity 4:
LC-4th
Men Varsity 4:
LC-ls, _1h_e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_L_o_g_._o_c1_.o_b_e_r_2_1_, 2_0_0_6 ___________ «1@,i•M- .. ___________________ 2 __ 3_
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Friday,
October 27
Tartuffe by Jean Baptiste Moliere
7:30PM
Locatioo: Fir Acres Thc~trc
Cost: $5 (s1udenu)
~n,is play examines evil disguised as reli­
gious enthusiasm, as the protagonist looks
to acquire land by deceiving ,he head of a
wealthy family, Orgon, marrying Orgon's
daughter, ;ind aueropting to h!lve Orgon
arrested after T3rcuffc's 1rue in1e11rio,,s art:
revealed.
"Star \Vars:
Where Science Meets lmagioatioo"
9:30 AM -5:30 PM
Location: OMS! (Oregon Museum of
Science and lndusrry)
Cost $15
At the first exhibition of its kind, visirors
;1re invired ro do more tha1"I observe '"Sror
\Y/ars"' paraphernalia, and in.sread co lea."rn
about the engineers and designers who arc
creating new technologies and to discover
the nuincrou.s similarities berwcen how sci-
encisrs and filmmaker:.. rhink.
Tuesday,
October 31
The New School for Social Research
lnfonnation Table
11:00AM
Location; 1Cmpleton, 'lhtil Room AJcoye
Libby Newman, From cbe Office of Admis­
sions "' rhc New School for Social R,scarch
in New Y◊rk City, will be offering informa­
rion co those interesred in grn.duare progr.1ms.
The school offers programs in anthropology.
political science, psychology, psychoanalytic
studios and sociology.
\Vhitebird Dance Series prcs~nl$
Bauheva Dance Company
8:00PM
Location: Schnitzer Concert Hall
Co,-.: S15 ($tudent tickets available at
CoUege Book,-.orc)
The Batsheva Dance Company, an influen­
tial cuJcural role model in l.srael1 comes ro
Portland with their newest show "ihrcc"
("Shn/qs/,"). Tue show displays a number of
integral conuasrs, through daocc, that are
endured in rhe daily life of Israel. Adult con-
reoc--cQnrah1,s nudity. Saturday,
October 28
Distinguished Honors 2006
6:00 PM
Location: law School, Legal Research Ctr.
The Law School will recognize irs disLin­
guished graduate, the Honorable Henry
Kanror ('79) and its honorary graduate, Paul
E. Bragdon during rhis awards banquet.
Tartuffe byJcao Baptiste MoUcre
7:30 PM
Location: Fir Acres Tbeaue
Cost: $5 (students)
HaJJowccn Rock Show featuring
Jason Wcbl.ey
8:00 PM
Rusty Nail
Tu;s year, gorhic folk accordion player Jason
Webley rcrums to add new "t0maro scoucs"
to his self-proclaimed cult. He is joined by
Arrington de Oionyso, the lead singer or Old
Time Relijun. who has crarred a spooky solo
sec of 1hroac singing and homemade ins1ru•
mems.
Wednesday,
November 1
Peace Corps information Table
10:00AM
Location: Templeton, Tr.UJ Room Alcove
For anyone pondering their poSt-gmdua­
rion options, Peace Corps officials will be on
hand co describe the. opporrunicies a,-ailablc
co chose interested in rrnvd.iag abroad wilh
tl1e Peace Corps. There is also an informa­
donal meeting in rhe Council Clrnmbers at
4:00pm.
Chemisrry Seminar: Ninian .Blackburn
1:50 PM
Loca1i.on: OU.n 30 I
Ninian B!.ckburn, of Oregon Health and
Science Uni'versiry, will lead a discussion on
.. Advcnrurcs in Copper, Zinc. Iron and Sele­
nium Biochcmi«ry UsingX-Ray Absorprion
Spec<roscopy."
The Ambiguou.< Ae11eid
7:00PM
Location: Evans Music Bldg., Aurutorium
This lecture wiU examine rwo cUffcrCJH argu­
men(S abour 1heAmtidand ,he possibilit)•<)f
its propagandistic undem,)l'\CS-. Prof. Gordon
Kelly wiU explain what the rwo common rJ,e­
ories arc rc..-garcLing Virgil's writing and how
1·hey can be applic-d to Roman bjsiory. Sunday,
October 29
Catholic Eucharist
11:00AM
Location: Flanagan Chapel
This S~nday, celebrate ,he Eucharisr wi1h
other Catholic sruden,s on c:,,.mpus and par­
ticipate in r.he various li1utgical mi1)iStries,
induding cantor, readers, table $erting, etc.
M;chael Knutson: Artist's Reception
2:00PM
fields Ce,uer for 1he Atu, Hoffman
Ar, C-.ller;,-
Michacl Knu<SOn is a Portland-based •rc­
isr and arr dcpanmem faculty member at
Reed College. He is best known for his color
drenched paintings or intricate geometric
abscraccions. ·1 his mid.career rec rospec1 ive
exhibition. will feamre paintings from 198 l•
2006, including a number of his wa<ercolor
paintings on paper.
Thursday,
November 2
Kane~ Reasons for Rea.sons
3:30 PM
Location: J. R. Howard 116
In her recent book, Rtid.igcr Bitrner argu,s
agaiosr the K~mtian idc:a that to do somc..--­
rh ing for a reason i$ co act on -a rn.:'.lxim. No­
di Bi rondo, of Pomona College, will counter
Birm<.·r's arguments and discuss her inccrpre-
uttions of Kantian maxims.
Trio Subtronic-Ju;,,. Fusion Conct:.rt
7:30 PM
location: The Co-op
Trio Subrronk is a band which i.ndudcs t\OJO
lewis & CJark alumni smdcncs. whose sound
is influenced greatly by Brazilian ja:a..
1ilrtuffe by Jean Baptiste Moliere
7:30PM
Location: Fir Acres Theatre
Cos1: $5 (students)
Abroad Ad,·enrures
8:30PM
Location: Hartzfeld D Lounge
Students who an~ interested in uavcling
abroad are welcome to hear smdcms who
have already gone abroad 1alk •bout rheir ex•
pcriences and cell srories-. Monday,
October 30
Physics CoUoquiuro
4:00PM
Location: Olin 204
Mary James, a physics professor at Recd Col­
lege, will discuss "Mapping IJ1visible Terrain:
Detecting Dark Mauer in che Cosmos via
\'{leak Gr:witarional Lensing." Ref-'rc.'Sh01e.ms
will be served at 3:45pm.
Sophomore Fiesta
5:00PM
Location: AJbany Qua<lrangle, Smjth
Cost: Board Meal
1 he Sophomore Fiesta is a banquet-style din­
ner in which graduates from various majors
wilJ bric-Sy discuss rhcir experiences in cx­
pJoring differen1 m;ajors in an effort ,o guide
undeclared sophomores.
Spiderfcst 2006
5:00PM
Location: BoDinc 102
Spiderfes1 is a cclebr:uion in honor of spiders!
7 here will be venom extr:1crion from livt: spi­
ders, lecruresaboutsand acll1~ion i11 six.-eyed
sand .spiders and informadon n.,garding a spi ..
der-collecting rrip ro Peru.
Friday,
November 3
ACTION Presentation and
Con.A ice Resolution
3:00 PM
.Location: Templeton, Stamm East
ACTION isagroupofimernational students
who wish to p~nt 4 program on Conf:l.ict
Resolution. These students represent the
councrie.~ of Rwanda, Ukraine and Vietnam,
and dtcy use personal scories co illustrate dtc
seeps nccasary for conflict resolution.
Tanu[e by J<a.o Baptiste Moliere
7:30 PM
Location: PI, Acres lhea.tre
Cost: $5 (studenu)
Tar,c Prayer
7:30 PM
Location: South Chapel
All arc invited ro chis refrt--shing hour of
prayer and mt-dita<ion at ,be cbapd on South
Campus. VO'-. Il': A-r LeAS"T MAC.,C,•e.'s
A,e you ,.ady 10 mke the next siep? Submit to •You Caugbt My
Eyet and you will always remember it as the defining moment
when you were finally able; to aca:pr your fa1e as a su1ke(, Semi
ema.ils to piolog@lcfark.edu.
You: Hor cybcr c,ife mam•
Me: Wand11g to rake you our and gee you
Nak~d juJce early in rhe mooooanin'
erisbee playin', player lmtin'
Female ofchekian persuasion
No mauer what I do
All r chink abour is you
Even when J'm with my boo
Boo! Ir'• olmost 1-lallow.:en.
C.n you n1oke me scream? You: l'all brune11c h:lbe, com ,nonly mistaken
for Dorothy, i.here\ no place like home, or tb.e
back seat of your Hond1 Accord
ln a For.st of spruce
You1rt the ,vt.>man rm ouc '° sc;duce
JIU< my R.tmblc On 11,ose
Everyday my love fo,you grows
You: Dc.erving of the ptcfl!< •cute"
Me: How bout we I.A Y ,Jown a bc:d of Pio-Logs
and Bon the Pioneer Log, October 27, 2006
Pioneers vs. Pirates
A follow-up to the frenzy
by Grant Hentges
Weeks ago, ,h, Pioneer Log challenged irs readers co defend ,heir school mas­
cot, the pioneer. in the: way we saw fie best: find pic:.k~up lines crafted exdusivdy
for pioneers. \Vhilc the ,najoriry of our readers were likely rotting their brains in
the r::ivi11e, f\VO brighr young womeo cook responsibility. So Piol..og thanks you,
Krisrin Godwin aod Lexie Briggs. for your noble contribution to your frieudly
student newspaper. 1hc pioneer pick-up linrs go as follows:
l. "Wan1 t.o see. my buckskins?"
2. 0ls that ;a cooo skin cap in yo,i,r pocket, or are you just happy to sec
me?''
3. "I'd like t.o Saca your Ga~...-e~!"
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