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We here at the Pioneer Log know that the Lewis & Clark community looks co this
publication for uidance on almost every issue. So, we figured, why shouldn't they
look to us for a3vice on how co vore in Tuesday's election? In response to this per­
ceived demand, we present co you our staff's opinion on how to vote on each of the statewide
measures and partisan candidates that appear on the ballot. You know, endorsements. Like a
real paper.
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No matter which specific candidates are up for election in your district, the Pioneer Log
recommends voting for Democrats. This election is a golden opportunity for che Democratic
Party to seize the reins of power and steer the United States back from the awry path conserva­
tives have it on Voters cannot afford to lee this opportunity pass by idealistically squandering
their votes on a third party candidate. We Jjve in a two-party system, so we.have co work with
what we have. If the choice is between Democrats and Republicans, we'll take Democrats any
day of the week.
YES-Measure 39 would appropriately limit the
government's ability ro cake private. propcrry and
give it co another pdvarc cmicy, and make the
co11demnarion process fuirer for property owners.
NO-Measure 40 would ric judges to disiricu,
~m .,he whole idea of a judge is that they represent
JUSttcc, not consnrucnts.
NO-Measure 41 would change the ""'Y sratc
income: taxes arc calcukued to ler taxpayers keep
more money, s~pping sc.1rce scare funds.
YES-Measure 42 would make insurance more:
accessible 10 1hc poor by prohibiting insurance
companies from using an applicants cre<lic rating
co determine rhcir rarc.s and pr<.~miums.
NO-Measure 43 would create a barrier LO abor­
tion by forcing doctors t0 notify the pa.rem of mi­
nors seeking an abortion and wah 48 hours before
performing the procedure. YES-Measure 44 would render heaJthc.uc coSts
more feasible for Oregon.ians by e<panding a pre­
scription drug program ()1\ rhc. drug companies'
dime.
YES-Measure 45 imposes ,enn limirs on scare
kgislac6rs co keep legislators fresh and responsible
to cbeir ooostiruems.
YES-Measure 46 would amend the O«ton
Constiturfon ro allow laws that would resrric[
campaign financing, a move tha1 will keep polici­
c-ians untied co special interests.
YES-Mcasurt 47 would be the logical extension
of Measure 46 by proposing spcci6c, fair limita­
tions on Q\.mpaign financing.
NO-Measure 48 would adjust the way diat
the swe projects i1s budget and makes it n,orc
difficult t0 spend money collcaed beyond those
projections, thus depriving the sra1e of valuable
funds. the Pioneer Log, November 3, 2006
111 Eleccion Analysis:
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Republicans likely to retain
Senate majority, but not Hofse
by Daniel Cochran
n 1994, the Republicans, on the heels of N~wt Gingrich and
his "Contract with An1erica," ended a four-decade tenure of
Democratic control in both congressional houses. The election
paved way for one of che larges~ shifts in congressional power
in the history of the U.S., and helped co partially stifle President Bill
Clinton's agenda. Professor Robert Eisinger, the Political Science
Department Chair, said that, ''the 1994 election was partly a prod­
uce of Clinton's failure to execute his universal health care program."
Eisinger also claims that the Republican takeover "no doubt made it UUSTAAllONS 8'fEll,l Y £l.OCK
adv,nce his domestic J>Olicy." Adding salt to the
wottnd, Al Gore, undoubtedly hindered by Clinton's
affair wich Monica Lewinsky, was defeated in rhe 2000
presidential election, giving the GOP total control of
aU ,hrce governmcmal branches. The Republicans had
cvt:rything they needed to begin their own multi-de­
cade em of con rrol.
How qtuckly the weather can change.
Widi Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Tom DeL.1y,
Karl Rove. Mark Foky, Kenneth Lay, Lewis "Scooter"
Libby and Bob Ney aU making Moaicaga<e seem Like
a desirable ethical folly, one would be hard-pressed
ro make 1he argumenr rhac current Republicans have
been an e.xemplar of morality. It doesn't srop there,
either. There's still die illegal wirc-,apping. the pur•
poscfolly ambiguous torture laws and ,he faul<j• in­
tclligcnct that has America committed to a war chat
011ly one-third of its populntion currently supporcs.
Indeed, 1hesc cooctrns h:'lve compromised the str01\g­
hold rhat Gingrich and o,hers worked so dfe.::tively
co obrain.
Enrcr Lhc 2006 mid-ccrm dcnion, wlicrc almost ..
President Al Gore and former President CLimon have
been c.1.mpaigning for various Democnitic: candidates
throughout rhe co,1nrry. Addi1ionaJly, De,nocrats
are hoping new facet like firsr--term Senators Hilary
Clinton and Barack Obama can help the pany make
a den< in Prcsidcar Gt-orgc \YI, Bush's mostly unchal­
leoged agenda. To combat the Dernocra<s' potential
re$urgence in rhe upcoming dection, Republic.ins are
reaffirming 1.heir stances agaj1lSr gay maniage and il­
legal imrnigration, while reminding everyone that Al~
Qaeda remains envious of our ch1iJ Ubcrries,
However, Republican.s may be unable co uump
tbe tthical concerns and diss:nisfaction h3cbo«,d by
their (onsricuents lnd opponcnrs alike. A recem poll
conducred by rhe Associated Pre.ss shows rhar 56 per­
cenc of likely vorers prefer Democrats ro win control
of Congress, compared ,o 37 percent for die Repub­
licans-a l 9 pcre<.·ntagc point differcndaJ. Concerned :tbout the so-calkd bastion of' liberalism inherenr in
1nain.srre.,m media? Consider thar ooncem rluJlified.
1;.arlier in the week, FOX News, both fair and bal­
anced, conducted a similar poll, and che Democrats
pulled away widi a double-digit pcrccn<agc lead.
Howt..---vcr. these (>Olis represent coUcccivc opin•
ion rather tkm individual di.s-triets, which i.s all that
truly marrers. l11e Ntw Yt>rk Timn, whose websire has
arguably amassed more dara on the upOOming clec•
don than any other public source, has examinCd such
disrricts, 11tc Times currcmly crt>dfrs the Democrats
with ha,•ing 196 assured safe stats, and an additional
19 where polls indicme the Democroric candjda,e is
Indeed, the upcoming election
will either be one small seep for
porenrial Democratic control,
or one giant leap for continued
Republican dotninance.
favored co win. Contrast char with only 178 secure
scars for the Republicans, with 27 leaning their way.
The remaining I) arc too dose to call. Essentially. it
would be a .significant Statistical upser if the RcpubB­
cans ,vere 10 maintain control.
One website, which actually infers polirical prob­
abilities and allows users co bet o,, such figures, has
given the Republicans a mere 30 percenr likelihood of
retaining conuol in rhc: House, Conversely. che GOP
has a commanding 70 pcrceac probability co maincain
their majoricy in the Sena«:. numbers rhac run consis­
tent with rhe dat:1 provided by the Times.
'We don't need no scink'n Joun\bersJ.'
Upon seeing recent polls fa,,oring Democracs, Bush
stayed cbc cou.rsc ... You might remember char about tbis cimt in 2004 • .some [Dcmocrats] wcrc picking our
rheir new offic<."s in the \X'est Wing. ·n1c movers nev­
er got 1he c.111."' he said in an Associared Press tinicle-.
Democrats, seemingly Aabbergasced by ,he hubris of
Bush, responded ,o help foci an already vicious bipar­
tisan fire, "'CJcarl}' Prc.sidcnc Busb is more of a liability
than an asset," said Democratic National Com mince
$pokesw(m13n Stacie Pa .. ~con.
WJ1ile rolls and illegal offshore gambling sites olike
are not favoring Republicans this election, many are
hesicam co proclaim victory. Joaquin Ross, a former
Lewis & Clark .student and senior politicaJ consul ..
rant in Sacramento, Calif., said, "7he banle for both
Houses will be3 lot closer chan Democrats wish." Eis­
inger shared similar senri1nentS, "I'm nor quite con­
vinced thac even if rhe Democrats gain cc,mrol, that
thcywill gain a large majority."
One key senatorial race to watch for this Tuesday
has RepubUcan inCl!mbent George Al.len facing off
agains1 veteran politician James \Xlebb in Virginia.
Allen, whose ties widl rhe white supremacist group
Council of Conservative Citizens and affinity for rhe
Confcdcr.uc ffag may finally be ca<ehing up to him, is
entering the dcccion a slight underdog. Meanwhile.
House incumbems Richard Pombo (R, CA) and J.D.
Hayworth (R, AZ) may both lose their se1<s owing ro
their ties with corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Still. there are plenty of reasons for both Repub­
licans and Ot·mocracs to be optimistic entering this
November 7 election. For Republicans, maincajuM
ing a ,·najority means that Bush will be able advance
any .agenda he sees fit, including the construccio11 of
a 700 mile wall 10 cover a two rhousand mile border.
For Ocmocrals. a shift in either House's composition
m<'a.os a higher capacity to complain about the cur•
cent aclmfoistratlon'S, policies wichout providing plau­
sible solutions.
Indeed) the op-corning elecrion will eicher be Orte
smaH srcp for potential Democ-r:uic conrrol, or one gi­
am leap for conrinued Republican dominance. 3 ,
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1.lUSlRATIONS 8Y l<An«YN ll.IU£R •
,overview
-~ .. ~ e'f;regonian endor~es Saxt~n, prov-
ing Jfuat Gubernatorial race is close
lnten~political climates make elections too close to call for Governor, 49th Dis,
trict Representative to State House and US Representatives
,. ~ by Angela Webber
The Gubernatorial Race: Io­
cumbeot Ted Kulongoski (D)
vs. Ron Saxton (R)
This Gubernatorial race has
been closer than many had cx­
{l~-d.)Thc candidares arc incum­
~•>'l'ed Kulongoski (D) and Ron
Saxron (R). Challenger Saxton,
al/hough a Republican in "blue­
state" territory, has gained many
..... ~.~~orscmcncs. 7ht Ongo11id11 en-
do~d him, wluch was a surprise
and disappointment ro many lib­
erals.
This support may have some­
thing ro do wirh eventS during Ku­
longoski's term. When che econ­
omy fell, he presided over ct•tS in
re1jremcnt plans and orher St.'lte
government programs rhat disa.f>"
poinrcd many of his early support­
ers. The labor support whic.h had
clecred h.im fdt a few pangs of be­
trayal. It could bc said rl,ar these
cuts were not his personal platform
bur rhe result of dil!icult economic
rimes, although cri6C1 bclk-ved he
should have taken a Sl'rt)ngcr lead­
ership position.
Sa,ccon was viewed early on 10
bc a moderate Republican, a pos­
sible u,rowback to Oregonian leg­
end Tom McCall, a Republican
who passed the environmemally
friendly "botrlc bill" and created >.n anractive image of j sociaUy liberal
though fiscally conscrvarive poHti­
ciarL Saxton in fact gained fuvor
by promising iocreases in funding
for educar.ion. However, he provc·d
later in rhe race 10 be further right,
calling on rhe mainstream Republi­
can '\'alucs of tax curs, dereguJ;ltjon
aod privatization.
Saxton promises ro slash bu­
reaucracy while increasing funds
for <.,-ducation and the number of
state troopers. Kulongoski argues
thar Saxton has bcen hisrorically
unable of accomplishing anything
he promises, incluiling balancing
the budger of the Portland School
Board in his only clce,cd office
thus far. Currenrly, Kulongoski is
1.eoding in the polls in rhe double­
digits.
49th Dinri<t Representative
to State House of Rep:
This race is wh:u the Oregonian
calls "Oregon's most impoHa.nt leg­
islative race." In the 49th Disrricc,
covering Easr Multnomah Councy,
the candidates arc current Speaker
of the House Karen Minnis (R) and
challenger Rob Brading (D). Min­
nis, a conservative, is considered by
liberals to represent the "dysfunc­
tional legislatuie" in rhc past rwo
terms. "As House speaker.~ wrote
1he Oregonian, "Karen Minnis has preside<t over rwo of the longest.
most rancorous :111d least produc ..
tivc sessions in rhe hiscory of chc
Oregon u-gislarure."
Minnis' challenger Brading is
nor himself emirdy unconrrover•
sial. He is very liberal and a former
head of civil and gay righrs groups.
He was arracked by d,e GOP for
"not protecting people from por­
nogr:1pby" b<..-causc, as a member of
a commissio,1 that oversaw librar•
ics, he did no, support filters rhar
blocked porn on iruer-net-acccsscd
computers.
If Brailing is elected, it will
push Minnis out of the position of
Speaker, so this race is imporcanr
for both sides.
U.S. House of Reps
Many of rhe Congress races
during these elections are relatively
unconrC$tCd.
In the 5Lh dist.rice, where stu•
denr.s registered with a Lc..·wis &
Clark address will vote, cl',c race
is between Republican Mike Er­
ickson and Democrat Darlene
Hooley. Ericksou's background is
in business rnanagcmcnc, while
Hook,y's background, as listed in
rbc Oregon Voter's guide, is •moth­
er and teacher." Hooley is ahead by
double-digits in the most recent
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Gov. Kulongoski is a
better bet than Saxton
by Matt Savage •
B ecween now and Tuesday, Lewis & Clark students have an im­
portant decision co make. Many polls show the governor's race
within the margin of error, and all the political experts chink
that chis will be a close election. This elecrion could be so close chat
Lewis & Clarkstudenrs alone could swing the election in one direction
or the other. That is why I am voting for Ted Kulongoski for governor
of Oregon. I encourage all Lewis & Clark students, regardless of party
affiliation, and anyone else reading this article, to re-elect Kulongoski.
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Perhaps <he mosc important rcsponstbility .....,....,"' ___ , Perhaps the most im-
of sr:ate govcmmem, and the mosr pressing ._ __ '7 porcam thing voters
l~ue faciug Oregon. is education. Educa- should look ar when
tion is the great equalizer -and rhe vii.ti en- voring for 3 candid:tre is
gine <hat drives our knowledge based econo- T/1/ 1vhere ,h, mone)' is CO/ll·
my. As Po"land school board chair, and rhe //JI ing from. It is unfurtunarc
founder of a no1,prnfit char gives money to M~"-<L..i ,har btg money from big do--
Porrland schools, Ron Saxton looks like 'PN'--:~ nors corrupts both sides, bm
perfect candjdatc for education.. Howcv- ~ ...__..., one can rar('ly fmd an election
er, he has called for millions of dollars in 'fl • .. ~. ~ where chis is so lopsided. Sax-
tax cuts to corporalions and the very ..-. ton has accepted hundreds of
wea.lthy. ft is true that th.ro, .. ,ing mon- }\ thousa.nds frorn the timber~ food
ey ::it 1he ed1.Jc.,,tion sysrem won'r solve proCessing, agriculrura), pharma-
:dl ir's ptoblems, bur sillcc almos1 half "'-, cetnicaJ_j, auromobilc and energy
of stare rax tevenues go ro schools, industries. White Kulongoski
taking money away from schools has raken rhousands from sev•
will onl)' make problems worse. ~.-:,A.;;,1\1 eral unions and Nike, most of
Facing declining rax revenues and ...._.;:c-_- his money comes in the form
a recession. Kulongoski foughr of small donarions from indi-
dforts ro take money away from viduals. That is why he wW 6gb,
schools. Now that the recession is for better health care and environ-
over, he will increase fonding for ~ memal protection. inscead ofhold-
educacion, preschool chrough eoUege. 7.-..._~ ing back •r che behest of big money.
Experience is also an importanr fuc-. Kulong<>ski is nor wiLhour his flaws.
tor when choosing a governor. Kulongoski UUSTAAnc..BYEMU9lQCI( He is oot a VCI')' photogenic candidate,
has served our state as a marine} a srare legislaror, a and is not good at caking 4.'.'rcdit for che initiacivcs he
judge aod most recently as our governor. He has bal~ has undertaken as governor. This has cosr him dearly in
anced budgm by curtinS che bloarcd PERS (Public popularity. However, he has led us rhrougb a difficult
Employees Rcriremem Sy.rem) and brought over recession. He has crcaccd l 00,000 jobs, bala11eed , he
I 00,000 jobs 10 Oregon. By contrast, Saxton's only budget and preserved educ~tion Funding and our en­
expericr1ce in public office is che Ponland School vironrnenr. He e11res :tbour our country, our sr:ue. and
Board. He faced criticism fot giving mote money ro keeping our con1muni1ies safe. 1·har's why I'm voting
adminisrrarors while cutting money for teachers. "Ibis for Kulongoski.
is not the kind of lea1ership we need f\>r Oregon. One final Dore: Today is the last day to mail your
Equal rights are also at stake in this election. baU01s. After rha1, you must cum them in a1 one of
Whcrher or not you arc gay, lesbian or bisexual, it is the drop-off locations <hroughout the city by Tuesday
impossible co go to a school like chis and no, know ar 8pm. The doSeSr drop-off location co c;,mpus is the
;omcone who is. All people and all relationships de-A-Boy on Barbur by Fred Meyer. You c:rn also mrn in
serve equal 1rearme,u under the law. Kulongoski your baUo, t0 MSC 1941, and I will personally delil'er
ha.< been a champion for equal rightS for years. Sax-your ballor co rhe regisrrar of vocers. If you have nor yer
101\ has promised co veto any gay rights bill cha, goes received a baUot, or have any questions about voring,
before him. 'I hat includes laws that prohibir cm• call <he regisrm of voters at 503-988-3720. No mat<cr
ployers from discriminating against homosexuals. whom you VOi<: for. please votc. Student groups
campaign for their
parties' candidates
LC College Democrats & College Republicans
prepare for next weeks election while SOS
focuses on broader political issues
by Lexie Briggs - •
Asanyoue will cell you, lhe midterm clecrions :ttt fur less sexy
1han thequ3drenniaJ preside1,rial clecrion!J. ·n1~ elections are :al­
w:.\ys exciting, wirh campaigners right, lef, and center canvas.sing
and petitioning. M idcerms usuaJly jU$, mcall more: TV ads and
an unreasonable numhcr ofb:1110, measures. Despite ir all, poliri­
cal studcm groups on c::u-npus :tte doing evel'yrhing they can {O
advocate for their party's preeminence in rhe final days before rhc
elec1ion.
'The Lewis & Clark College Democr.us
lhe LC Dems are cerrainJy ready 10 rake back Ameriq.
This weekend. the group will be holding a gct-ouc-the-,,occ
drive. "\Xfc a.re going to be goiJ1g co the registered vorcrs .uound
campus and giving them inforrt~ac.ion on how co vorc." said Nidc
Wirth ('09), rhe President of the LC Dems.
Although rJ,e eleaion is not officiall)' unti.l Tuesday, all Oregon
ballots are mail.in. Anticipating 1hat some scude.ncs have procras,­
rinarcd on mailing in their ballors, rhe group will provide a ballot
box outside the Bon for lasr~minuce voters ... Because we arc an
offici31 part of chc Democratic Party. we are .authorh.cd co turn in
ballots." Wirth said. "It wiU be mainly geared toward voters who
didn't mail their ballots in on rime," he said.
Although che group repres<nL< Democrars From all over the
cou,ury, che 01\•campus events will be focused nuinly on Oregon
vorers. •1 ,hink people kind of have :1 good idea of what's going on
and where rhey•re coming from," Wirrh said.
College Republicans of Lewis & Clark
·n,e College Republicans are just as ,-ager ro parricipore in rhe
political process., but arc focusing chcir cfforc.s on tht larger com•
munity as a whole. "The way char LC !cans ar chis point, our dub
isn't really big enough to affect a lot of chauge on campus," said
David Merryman (' JO), Chairman of rhe Co0ege Rcpoblicans.
•\"(/e're already reaching cowards the conserva1ive studenrs here on
c:.tmpus," he said.
1 his 'l'hursday, several members of rhe·College Republicans at•
rended a large meeting of all the College Republican groups in
c.hc area.. Prominent Republican 6gurcs in the Oregon communiry
gave speeches and aucnd<cs phone banked ro rry to _get out the
vote in the oommunicy.
Although the College Republicans are motivated ,md deter­
mined ,o make a change, they h:1ve had some problems wi(h re­
cruirmem. "Admittedly we've had rroublc gercing folks 10 show
t1p," l'4erl)•man s.1id.
lhe College Republicans arc focusing their efforts mainly on
the cont<'.ntious gubernatorial race. "It's the most imponanc in
rhc sracc," Merryman ,-aid. "Ir's a li,de easier to get people cxci«.-d
aborn Saxroa."
sos
... Is srill ~gluing ~gainsr the traditional political S)'Stcm from
rhe inside out. \X/irhouc specific candidates runnfog in any race
anywhere, che LC chapter is focused mainJ), on raising awarenW"
for rbcir cause and 6gbting the man in any way possible. _6 ________________________ .... §j4❖#--._ ________ rh_e_P_i_o_n_c_e_r_L_o.;;g.,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_1_· 3_, 2_00_6_
PHOTOS BY XICELYNSTO<ES
Professor Gretta Binford hosted all ages of spider-lovers at Spideriest, 2006. The event synthesized education with Halloween fun and games.
Halloween with LC's
S Af achnlrl.,,!:.~atiCS
piderfest 2006 came just in time for Halloween. On Monday, Oct.
30 in Bodine 102, Assistant Pr9fessor of Biology Greta Binford and
students of the biology department showed off just how interesting our
eight-eyed, eight-legged-friends are. It was spiders galore with Hallo-
ween-rhemed and spidcr-inspirt:d decorn-
1ions1 food and bcv<.'ragcs, as well~ Binford
and panicipacing students dn.-ss<:d in COS·
rumc. And thcrr were, of course, the scars of
,he show: spiders.
Before focused srndenrs, sraff, par(>nts and
amazed children) Binford performed vc:nom
exm1.crions from rhc brown recluse spider, a
spider whose birc can cause painful lesions.
First neuuaJi1.ing the spider, then damping ir
co keep it siablc, Binford sent elec1Iic shocks
to rhc spider co cxrnet venom from its fangs.
Doing this caused the spider ro vomic. Bin•
ford used a small vacuum-like device to suck
up the vomit fro,n the spider's mouth while
she exrracred venom. She then lcr rhos..:, ~Jger
w observe the spider mon.· closely look at ir
under the microscope.
Other activities included dernonsrration.s
of venom protcir'IS, where venom from rhe bro\Yn recluse: spider was injecrcd into crick­
ets ro see whar affect the venom had on the
crickets. Spiderfes, also included presenta­
tions of sand adhesion in $i.x-cycd S:)nd spi­
ders. as weU as several other species or spiders
on display.
Binford h:,.s been doing research on spi•
ders since 1988, during her undergraduate
years at Miami Universiry and afterward at
her firsr mcarch job. Binford saw 1his as her
d1ance ,o mak(' important scientHic oontri­
bucions ro c.hc world. 1hc experience, she:
said. inspired a passion forexposingsrudcnrs
and the general public co science through
spiders.
"'h's re.11ly imporranr to share with the
public what science is and how it's done-. We
enjoy the oppormnicy to share our low: for
rhe spid<.·rs and rhc S(.:ience wilh the t.Ccom­
nmnity and die public. I hope people walk out orSpiderfest chu1king. 'Wow1 Spiders arc
interesting :1nd science is fun!'"
Spider rese:irch brougln Binford and a
group of her biology siudcn1S to Peru lasr
Augusr. where they spent the. entire month,
beginning in the capital of Lima. searching
for and coUccting dac:l on v:Jrious s-pecic-.s of
spiders in the desen :1nd rainforest regions of
Pcrn.
Going as for as crossing the Andes Moun­
rain.s from e.1sr to wesr, the group ended tbe
rrip in Pe,•as, a small town in the Arna.ion.
1here ,hey made a raic·6nd, a ,pider or che
/.oxosctln amnm11ica sp<..-c.ies. What tr1ake$ rhis
species unique from other South Americ.1n
species is th:.1t it lives in rhc rropics. in con ..
rrast t-0 mosr specie.~ rhar find their homes in
drier places.
1he signific.ance of this particular spec-ies
is, as Binford said, that it migbt be the closest rdativ<: to a species n:uive ro rhe-Medircrra­
nean, therefore bringing up a crucial biogc•
ogc.aphy qucsrion.
I ndudcd in rhe group were biology ma4
jors Andrew Merrell ('07) and M. G. We­
ber ('07), who were on hand at Spidcrfest 10
answer any qu<.-stions about spider research
and also to prc.-sent a slideshow of rhe rrip co
Peru. Merrell is u.Sil}g resc~rch done on tl1c
trip for his se,1ior thesis.
As ror a Spiderfes, 2007, Binford says it
de(>ends on rhe energy and emhusiasm of
her srudems, who did much of the work co­
ward making the event happen. Biology m;a.
jor Lindsay Rogc1s ('07), who pan.icipared in
the evcm and presented the venorn proteins.
said she had so much fun ac Spiderfcs, she
would be tempted 10 come hack ncxr year co
help. Judging by the turnout Monday night,
Spiderfesi 2007 is more 1han likely. _1h_e_P_io.1.1e_e_r_L_o_g_,_N_o_ve_n_1_b_e_r_3_,_2_0_0_6 _________ .... s1@tlllllllll., _____________________ 7,_
Students flock to private lenders,
SFS plays the vigilant shepherd
by Alison Barnwell
A recent article by Jonathan
Glacer, primed Occober 24 in the
Nt,u York TimtJ, invescigarcd the
ties hc-£wecn srudem loan compa•
njes and U11ivcrsfry fioanciaJ aid
offices. Rising tuition rates and de­
creased federal aid have made pri­
vate srudenc loans an increasingly
comperirive business. powered by
the shore lisrs of~preferredn lenders
elm schools compile each year.
'The anicle circ-<l the accus:trions
of MyRichUndc, an upsrarc bank•
er whose $\1ft'l1ner ad\'ertising cam•
paign claimed that fin,mcial a_jd
officers "steer you coward.$ lenders
Lhar benefit chem, noc you." Some
of cl,t "benefits" mar lenders offer
ro schools: include weekend con•
ferences in exotic locaJcs. tC\'cnuc
sharing, and il'ods. 1he offictrs
quored in che arcide said rhanhe.se
perks w<.·rc too small to inAue.nce
them.
Glendi Gaddis, Director of Stu•
de,u Fin.:.wc:ial Services at Lewis
and Clark, dismissed ,he alleg.­
dons of My Rich Uncle. '1fm not in
for 3 cur," she said.
Whc□ sh, was a memb,r of ,he
advisory board a, WeUs Fargo lase
year, she was p,t.id tO attend a con­
ference in Florida. ''ft was work,"
she explained. "I was il'l rneetir1gs
aU day long. lc's nor like I was OJl
the beach suan ing myself."
Wells Fargo has since been re•
moved from che College's list of
preferred lenders due to what Gad­
dis describ.-d as ,echoic.ti difficul­
ti<-s, "problems with coding: A
summit hdd by Collegiac~ Fund­
ingServicc.-s'Jt chcBeUagio Hord in Las Vegas led Gaddis ,o resign from
her po$irion as an advisor for a dif­
ferent t(.'ason: "I felt like they were
our lo make money," she said.
B,cauS< L.c,11s and Clark Stu•
dems take out a large volume of
private loa.os, Gaddis receives "'con­
sran1 phone calls" from opportunis­
ric lenders; however, iris her policy
ro decline exclusive deals. 'Tm all
abour choice and varieQ'"t she said,
adding mac loan counseling ses•
::,jons ar Lewis and Clark focus on
"'wha1 it means to borrow and how
to approach research" rather than
the four lenders reco,nmended by
rheCollcgc.
1his said, she acknowledged
that rnost students arc coo ov<-r­
wl1~lmed and inexp«:ricnc.cd to
properly researc:h the world of sru­
dent loans.
A r('cent issue of 1he Gwtmrte
G,,urr named 78 existing lenders,
ma11y of whom are unfam..iliar to
srudems at lewis and Clark ... The
realiry i.s, we have swdems who
don't know who they've ac:rnaJly
borrowed from," Gaddis said.
Her office inevicably plays a
forge role in .students' decisions re ..
garcling lenders. The class of 2006
borrowecl most of tl,eir rcderal and
private loans from Acct:$$ Group
and Citibank, both "preferred" by
tl,c Office of Financial Aid. 'lhe
Federal Plus loan volume was more
dispersed because "parents ccnd ro
be berrer rese:lrche.rs,"' G:.lddis said.
In her own research, Gaddis iu­
si.srecl thar she's commirred to di$­
cov..:ring "th(.' mosr viable produce
for students."
lhe annual lJU..:Stioanairc that
she sends ro le.11der!i begins wirh a sratemcnc of ,he Financial Aid
Office's un~nterpri.sing inre1u: in
add.icion co low iyareresr rares, IO'w
origination and proc~ing foes,
and fair credit checks, ,he College
claims lO look for leaders who use
the 1:ue.st technology-wcbsiccs
thar allow srudents lO access rheir
loan application status, for exam­
ple.
An imporranr factor in her deci­
sion. Gaddis said, is a prospecrive
lenders compatibility wich ELi'v1
(Elecrronic Loan Management), a
new "open'" data exchange network.
Gaddis declines to endorse lenders
who use exdwive neC'\vorks, such
as Sallie Ma<.", ch, originaror of the
Sal lie Mac nccwork.
11,e ben,•fics that the College re­
ceives From fe1)ders are u>o small (O
be considered inducements. Gad­
dis said. She explained cha, her of.
6cc chose Educarion Finance Part­
ners as a "'prcfom.,-d." ((.'nder because
EFP is approachable to students
with bad credit. not because of
rerms I hat include revenue sharing
on a quanerly basis.
"The check [from EF!>] was only
$2,000 Jasr year, and chat wem inro
1 h.e general scholarship fund," she
said.
Benefits such :1s rn-inting.servic­
es-a preferred lender printed fo.
lios for award ceremonies at Lev~d.s
and Clark last ycar-'1rc required
by the College, Gaddis said, rather
than being dangled by che kndcr.
A< for d,e elaborate holiday bas­
kets and iPod giveaways rha, ,he.i.r­
dclt in rhc 'Timts described, ··1 view
chat as a pare of doing business/'
Gaddis said. "'T11c bmrom Ii nc is,
I'm ::in advocate for studcnrs."
Plivate .loans taken out by LC students:
WW Farvo ACPE
107 000 Volume by Lender , .... u,i
llACPE
■AceeslGrc,up
■8411\k ol Amefca
"'°"" OC-Maflk
DNtl•II,_,...
a~ Fnanoe Pannets.
■SaweM1e
OUSBa!'>il
0-
0 V\Ws F ill1IO -187.,259
USBaN<
29t&12
Se111eMao
,09,223
£:dutlJbon FtNiip P,1ri,,,en
783..125
• 16,000
-(;CW<fES,y (Jf GI.EJ<><WJOIS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PETE"- •
• SELAN D'S .. • • p • • • • • • • • IJll>S.
• •
• D1"-TY HANDS MAKE FO"-A • • • • • CLEAN CON SCI EN CE
• The.re's nothing like collecting
slimy, mold)' apples and digging
eup poisonous hemlock sbrubs
•co remind one how invigorat­
ing communicy service can be.
•Socrates wo,~d agree ma, person­
•:a.1 sacrifice pales jn comparison to
rhe importance of civic vinuc..---
•cspcciaUy if it concern.!i hemlock.
• .&oreric allusions ro the works
or rJa,o aside, I re-learned the
•imporr:mce of community ser ..
• vice and the general fcding of
wdl being it engenders lost Sarur­
•day when I fixed upa con,munity
egarden ia east Portland through
. "Hands On Pordand." • According ,o rhcir website,
• 1
' Hands On Pordaod" was cre­
ared to ,i,provide a community
•of volumeers wirh :;i variety of
eme:rningful service and le~d­
crship oppormniries:~ h was
•rounded in 1996 when a group
eof friends sough, ,o tmularc the
"H,nds Ort model that lu,d be-
• oomt' popular in ocher cities suc;h
eas Chicago and New York. I II es­
sence, it is a means of volunrcer
• networking rhar facilirafe.s com­
emunicatioo bcf\v<.~n chose ,vho
woolcl like IO do ,·olunrccr work • and those who need volunteers to
ework.
Now c.debracing irs I O•y<:lr
• annivcrsarv, 1'Hands On Pon­
e land" crea',cs more ,han B,000
vc,lunr~r c:ounc.:c,ioas -a year in
• parmership ,vith 200 ,d,ools,
ecommuniry organi1,ationi. and
•"ooprofirs. Each month, "Hand,
On Pordaod,. orga.nl7.cs more
•than 7S service proj«L~ in part•
•nership with a variery of local
ooinn1t1niry sc.rvice or~z.a ..
•ttons.
• In :idditiori. 1hcy p,1rmer wirb
non-profits ro address such wide­• . . . . . . . ranging issues as heahh, youch :ind
tdu~tion, hw1ger and homelf$'i- •
ness. seniors and the disabled, ani-•
mal weJfure and d1e environment... •
'Through ii; programs, "Hai1ds
On Portl:md,. said on Its wcb$itt' •
rbat it hopes co make volu.nreer- •
servjcc a pow<rful force for change
ind beLicvcs "'rhat st:rvicc. raises •
..a,wareness of community needs.'' •
Indeed, by experiencing ~ny of
rhe numerous service opportuni- •
cics mac "Hands On Portland" of-•
fors, one comes to bcncc appreciate
the aecds of the people of Portland •
through direct, personal in<crac:-•
rions .
The organi1.a1ion stresses resuk'i-•
based volunrell!ring thar creates .i •
sense of accomplishmem ill order
ro hdp create mutu~I rcspccr be-•
rwetn the rc:cipicor and rhc volun .. •
1ecr. As such, ir has b<-"ta succcssfuJ
in helping rhose in need d,rough •
its inrricare and effec.rivc: volunteer •
network.
Whether one h:1S an hour or a •
week co set aside-for volunteering. •
• H.·rnds On Portland" can 6nd a
volunr<cr opportunity for any iJI-•
rcmred pari;cs. I spent three hour, •
gardening with "Ger Ou, ,nc.1 Gar­
den," an evtnr th.at happem in a.J\)' •
of Portland's 28 commw1ity gar• •
dens ,ypically on Sarurday morn•
' . tngs.
Other e.,ainples of volwueer •
opportunities include .. Homework:
Club." a rucoring program at King•
Elernenllll)' as wcll a.< "Score ro •
Door." a program formed co bring •
grocerie.s ro d,e homebound cJ.
dcrly and disablt<.1 of the Pordand •
area. Truly. there are other WU.)'$ to •
bcne.6.r one1s cominuniey besides
ingesting hemlock. •
If interested, go lo tire website •
www.lumdso11porlla11d.org. • • • • • • • • • Vice President's resignation
sparks controversy
by Lexie Briggs
~Jhc r<.-signation of Vice Presi­
dent of Smdem Organi1.:uions,
Rosemary Tusrin ('08), has given
rue to some concroversy and con­
fusion regarding the ASLC's course
of acrion in dcrcrmining hi:r suc­
ccsor.
The position of Vice President
of Student Organiz.1rions includes
the dual r<:sponsibilirics of chair•
ing u,e Chartering and Budgeting
lloard and being in charge of is­
sues rhat rclar<: to student org-:mi•
1.ations.
The coafvsion comes as 3 rcsulr
of the specific circumstances sur•
rotutding rhe resignation. "Ir was
• an unusuaJ circumstance," said
ASLC President Bobby McHugh
('on. Th, srudcm approved bylaws,
which giv<.: specific prescriprions
on procedures following resig,na ..
tions, only cover cases in which rhe
Cl»rcering and Budgering Board
for Srudenr Organizations has con­
vened. Because Tustin had never
called a meeting of the board, her
intended successor, Kelly Snow
('07), was nc,,cr appointed ro Vice
Chair. Herein lies the issue.
If a Vice Chair has not becn ap­
pointed, the Chartering and Bud­
g<.'cing Board can elect ,someone
from the Boord itself uildcr 1he su­
pervision of I he Chief Jusricc. Be­
cause the board had never been ap-pointed, however, rhe bylaws give was dimibutcd on Oct0ber 27,
no process for rhe appointment of McHugh sent out a lener co the
a nt,;. Vice Prcsidenc. Further, the studeni body. Bcca<L<cthe body did
bylav.is do not include suggesrions nor finalize its election plans until
for notifying d>< srudenr body of a rhc Ocrobcr 25 meeting, the letter
resign:nion. was timely, Sommers said. "1here
Although Tusfin's actual letter of was no possible way I hat we could
resignation was da(( .. -a Occober 15. have responded more quickly than
the next sched,dcd council mecring we did," he said. "By ,he rime [Ch­
occurrcd on Ocrober 18. The Ex-ing's) lmcr came om, we hod been
ccutive C-Oundl decided how they working on it for one and a half
should proceed a, rhe Occobcr 25 wccks."
council meeting. "lhcrc was a spir- "'J am unsure of his i1nenrion,"'
iced deba,c about what should be McHugh said in response 10 Ch.
done, what the fair<:sc dting would i11g's leuer. "'It felt like a cheap
be," McHugh said. shoe."
At th::n meering rhe council ap- After JvkHugh's lcner ,vas sent
pointed ,he Chief Jusricc, Sre,·e our, Ching changed his position
Sonuner ('07), rn cake charge of on the matter. "I am ple.:lscd wirh
the process of selecting the next the com,nents by the ASLC coun•
Yke Prcsidcm of Student Orga-cil over the m:urer," he stated via
nizarions. lnstcad of ..appointing email. •· 1 actually have no suggcs­
.somconc from within the council, tions, but applaud the efforts by
the body decided to hold a new ASLC over ,he manet."
public election for the position. "'\Ve want someone who is will•
Before this informatfon Ix-came i.ag to put time and effort into the
public, however. Jonathan Ching position:' said McHugh. The posi­
('07) sent a lcner to rhe ediror rhar rion of an officer for ASLC is d<­
sratcd that tl1ere had nor been "a manding. McHugh said that an
rransparenr :rnd egalitarian process officer might put as many as 30
for the dection.11 Ching was "con-hours a wct.k inco c.he posirio11 ... If
cerned about the fajlurc in comrnu~ ... people put in the efforr, the ben­
nicadon" from ASLC ... [t 3ppe:irs,.. cfits are t;rngihle." he said.
he start-d, "'as if our ow1'l swdem lhe. de.1dlinc for filing to run as
government cao1
1 even function a candidate for Vice President of
democratically.'' > Srudcnc Organi7.ations is Friday,
Two hours after the paper Nov. I 7,
Boring
Bylaws
UUS'l'AAl'IOH BV E 8lOCK _th_e_P_io_nc_e_r_L_o_.,_o_, _N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_3_._2_00_6 __________ ...... j .. jpnllllllllll _____________________ ..,,9_
I
Over rhe ne.xt week and a half,
many L<...·wis & Clark srudcnts will
have the opportunity co take an ac­
tive role in setting the agenda for
our city. s1:ne and cou,ury irl the
upcomingelecrion. lam writing on
behalf of the College Democrats co
express our hop<"' rhac all smdcms,
rcgardkss of ,heir political outlook
or afliliarions. will ro.ke the rime
10 e1s, their ballot and participate
in the elecror:ll process. I am also
wricing ro explain rhe process of
voring in Oregon, as many our-of ..
state students may 6nd it drasd­
cally different than voting in chcir
home scare.
Oregon fearures a vore-by-m,il
sysccm for all primary and gener­
a] elections, BaUots arc mailed co
r<-giscercd voters 14-18 days prior
to Election Day. This means cha,
:all srudems who were regis1-ered
to \'ore prior to the curoff dare of
Occober 17 should have already
received chcir ballot in che mail. If
you -arc a rt-gistercd Oregon voccr
but have no, received your bal­
lot you c.111 call the Mulrnom;'lh
County Elections Office ar (503)·
988-3720 for help.
Oregon clc.-cdons also fcamrc
numerous baUot initiatives, which is different from many other st.ates.
The Oregon Sccrerary of Scarc's of-
6cc prepares a votcrS pa.mph.let ex­
plaining each b:tllot measure. as
well as 1he rnce.s for elected offices.
An online version of the pamphler
i.s available at hnp://www.sos.sratc.
or.us/dcccions.
Upon casting your votes. you
have severaJ options for returning
your ballot co be counted. Every
ballot comes with a rernrn envelope
rhar you can mail your ballot back
in. Ir is important co note Ulal you
must sign the rer,1 rn cnvdope for
rour hallo, 10 be counted. This sig­
n:iture will be checked agai11sr rhe
signature on your voccr rq;is1rarion
card. You may-also personally deliv­
er your ballot co either the Councy
Elections Office, or a designa,ed 24-
hour drop si1e. -fbe doses, ballot
drop box is locared ar the nearby A­
Boy on Barbur. Your ballot musr be
delivered by 8:00pm on November
7 co be valid.
The College Democrats will also
hosr a ballot drop bo, on e1mpus
until 6:00p1n 01, Elecdon Day, ar
which poinr we will deliver the bal­
lots 10 chc drop box ac A-Boy. You
caJ1 find the box inside the Bon dur­
ing mealtimes every day, and om.side
the Bon 011 Election Day. N a pa,,
of the Democratic Parry of Oregon, we can legally collect and deliver
your hallo,.
ff you have any other questions
rcgardfog voting In Oregon, I sug­
gest v1s1rsng hup://ww,v.stue.
or.us.elections. I hope r.ha, all reg­
iS(ered voters af LC will follow
duough with cheir vocc, and rakc.­
:m aetive role in our democraq',
Nick Winh
Pr<-s., College Democrats
£dif<lrj Nor,: Cherk our page,
2-5 •f this 1weH issue far our spe­
cial Election Sruio11, i11cfllfling the
Piol"!s rudorsrmenu.
Z,ea,i. &dao,r,.
The ASLC Exc:curivc Council
would like ro set rhe fucts scraigbt
concerning Jonath:.a.n Ching's
10/27 letter ro edi1or abour rhe
position of Vice l'resident of Stu­
dent Organizations.
First. we v,rould like co empha~
size chac there will be a popular
elec1 ion oi the new Vice Presic.lent,
who upon caking office will chair the board rhac pro= rhe char­
ters and budgeL~ for every student
organizadon on campus, among
other tasks. 'lhc aUc-gation thac the
ASL.C Executive Council otherwise
selects or hand-picks r he person
who will fill chis imporcanr posi•
rion, ins1ead of solkjfing f«-dback
and input from the smdcnc body, is
completely fulse.
Secondly, we would like to ad­
dress the matter of bylaw prorocol
in chc ca.~ of a resignation of an
Exccmivc Council member. Cur ..
rently. the stud em-approved bylaws
do not_Stipulace a definite course of
accion in the case of :'.I n:signai:ion
of:l VP whose vicech:iir has not ye,
been appointed or whose board has
not been asscmbk-d, as was rhc case
with Rosemary, ln chc absence of
official direction from cbe bylaws,
the decision on how 10 proceed f.Jls
to ASLC Chief Ju<rice-rhis year.
Sre,•e Sommer-ro derermine che
most equitable manner in which m
fill the vacant position. He has de­
cided that the faires, cour:k: of ac­
tion is in fuel rhe popular election
ofa new VP.
Until rhe ollicial election has
taken place, and a new VP is coo~
firmed in the position, ASLC will
appoint an imerim VP to rnanagc
many of rhe temaioing full semes-I
rcr casks. Mosely, ASLC does not
want the posicion co be neglected
as it has been in tl1e past-namely.
by Jon Ching himself, whose awk­
ward mid~year resignation from the
pose during chc 2005-06 academic
year left his rcplaccmcm VP witb
the task of completing not only
Ching's spring seme~ter work bur a
backlog of 1:1.1ks Ching left unad­
dr,..sed in the fall.
Alrhough Ching is right co be
conccrnc..-d about the vacancy of chc
position ,rnd the methods by which
that vacancy will be filled, he and
rhe entire srudenr hody should
be assured that ASLC is moving
quickly to fill the VP of Srudcnr
Organizadons vacancy, U1 rough
popular election, with 3 responsi­
bJe, hardworking andid:ne.
lnrercsred candidares should
conracr the ASLC Chief Elec­
tions Officer Jake Cousins ac
aslcclc-c@lclark.edu or Bobby
McHugh at aslc@lclark.edu for
more inform:1cio1l. Peririons 10 run
arc located on d1<! wall outSide of
ASL.C and arc due FRIDAY, NO­
VEMBER 10 by midnight.
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'fhcASLC Executive Council
Eau de poop pervades previously pleasant pathways
by Kit Shields
Ha~ anyone else noticed that
\'arious loetrions rhroughour Lewis
& Clark College, parricularly ne,r
drainage co,•ers, periodically secrete
chc robust and unmistakable smell
of shit? It is a curious phenomenon
rhar has bothered me since I ar­
rived on campus this semes-tc:r. ~Ole
slink is strangely concenrrared and
conraincd within a certain radius of
chesc locations, so that you can be:
walking along. marveling at the ex­
quisiteness of our can1pus, discu~­
ing K.1flc;1 with your classm:ue, :ind
be abrupdy bombarded by a thick
perfume of poo.
Of course, scwcrs arc not known
for their aromatic qualities: rather.
tl1cy :arc mo~tlr celebrated for their
ability ro deal wirh lhe safe removal
of human waste. 'fhcy are the sj. ..
lent hero of public sanitacion, and
che vicious enemy of plagues. And
although they manage the shut-ding of shic, they are usually void
of odors tlm iorerrupc the quali1y
of life of rhc people they serve. 11 is
entirely possible for sewers ro nor
smell like poo11,
Perhaps the mos1 unfortunate
victim of this olfuctory attack is the
Hoffman Gallery, where ,he odor is
most pungent. A whiff of feces on
the ,vay ro your residence h:ill is
one thing-appropriate, even-but
right omsiclc the l'ntrancc:- of an an
gallery? Unless the g.-ulcry is cxhibi1-
ing che work of Picro M;,nzoni, who
shat into aluminum c:ins and sold ir
as an, an excremental aroma is just
offcnsiv~.
Unfortunately, rhc department
which is r~ponsible for conraining
this problem is rhe very $;1:fm;: di:­
parrmenr which regular!)' makes our
campus look so bcauriful and oper­
ate so smoothly: Facilities Services.
So iris with .i bit of rrcpid:nion char I award chis week's Te1npleron to
f'acilicics Services.
Believe me, Facilities Services,
rhis huns me more than it hurrs
you, and not just because the stink
of ,hose sewers le:wes a burn­
ing sensation in rhe back of' my
rhroar. h pains me because in rhc
few months I have spent at this
school, l have fallen in love with
rho be.1uty of it. I know 1hat the
aesthetic lol'diness ofl.C has a lot
to do wirh ,he hard work of F,-cilitics Services staff, who arc re~
sponsiblc for, amons many other
things, grouml< keeping end build­
ing maimenance. But I also know
chat somewhere on char long Hst
of duti<.-s, ,here must be something
a.long ,he lines of .. Mak, sure rhe
school dot111~ stink of shit." 13ecau:k:,
re.1lly, wha, good ore perfect gar­
dens and spodess buildings if rhey
smell like poop? _l_.;o .... ______________________ i•iiij11~._ ________ l_h_e_r_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g_. N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_3_,_2_00_6_
Gay rights get a leg-up from the Garden State
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg
Lasr week, rhe New Jersey Supreme
Courr ruk<l that gay couples .re entitled ro
thc,samc legal rights and financial bencfirs as
straigln couples1 cssentiaJly clearing the way
for same-sex unions. Allhough the Court
left it'° the New Jersey Legislature lO decide
whether to call th<..'Sc same-sex unior~s "mar­
riage .. or by another n;1.1ne1 1heir decision s,iU
represents a major victory for gay rights ad­
VOC3ltS.
•our decision today significantly ad­
vances che civil rights of gays and lesbia1~s."
wrote Justice Barry T . .Albin in the majority
decision. "We have decided rhar Qur Scare
Con~titmion guarnnrees chat every statutory
righ1 and benefit conferred to heterosexual
couples through civil marriage must be rn:Jde
available to committed same-sex couples."
With ,his year's election fast approaching,
the Court's decision reawakened the debate
over ~y marriage chat pla)'ed a crucial role in
ILllJSTRATION BV
SA,0,0,,,S (MACRO)
A weekly piece ,hat focuses on
large-scale issues.
the 2004 elections. All over ,be nation, Rc­
poblicans eagerly used ,he ruling as a cool for
gening social conservatives to the baUot box.
Ac• lunchc'On in Iowa, the N,w ¼>r.k 17me,
reported, cbat President Bush .-.ireirerated his
long-hcld .sea.nee 1Jlar marriage was ·a union
between:, man and a woman.' addjng, •1 be­
lieve irS a .sacred insrirution that is critical to
rhe health of our sociery and the well-being
of families. and it most be defended."
The president •nd his parry are hoping co
make tbe mane:r of gay-marriage as promi­
nent as it was r.vo years ago, when it ener­
gized their cvarigelica.l Christian
voting base 10 get
our and vote "U-1 defense of ,narriage~. 'Ibis would
give a boosc ro Republicans in rhc poUs,
\\•here they have been fa]ccring. Jr would also
diverr am:mion from issues like d1e ,var Lil
Iraq ,hac have dominoccd this election cycle.
ButDemocr:tt$are mai,uaining thargay mar­
riage will rlOt Ix a decisive rnpic this yl'ar.
Ir's probably rhc righr decision ro leave
che issue of gay marriag<' alone onril thisdec­
rion is over. According t-0 the polls, Demo-­
crats have a good chance at reclaiming both
the House of Representatives and the Sen­
ate. and tha,'s coo good of an opporcunicy to
throw avr.ty by drawing ancmion to ffi issue
rhar favors Republicans.
Bue C\'cn if lawmakers ig11ore the issue
until after November 7, it's a facr 1.bac gay
marriage is back in che public eye. Al; ,he
yourh of che nation, we muse be che
ones to decide chis qucstfon in
fuvor of equalicy.
Esscnria.Uy) we're
up agains1 rwo camps
opposed co gay mar­
riage. First, there are
those opposed because
,hey believe that allow­
ing gays ro marry will
somehow be derrimen­
ral to society. For exam­
ple, some a,guc that by legali1.ing gay marriage is a •slippery slope'
chat w"iU eventually lead co 1egalb.3tion of
marriages between :,dahs and children, peo­
ple .rnd animals, e1c. le is dear. however, chat
the legalii.11ion of marriagcbctw<'en cwo con­
senting adults wou]d noc open the door to
ma.rriage bct'Arcea one conseming :'ldulr and
any orhcr being incapable of giving consent.
This group's p;.1pcr-1hi1l argurnencs be.lie a.n
onderlying discomfort wiLh homosexuaJity,
probably because it di.scores chc:ic traditional
idea..'i about gender. "Their 0im.sy argumen1s
muse be skewered with logic; cheit 1.1rtderly­
ing intolerance exposed and rebuffed.
~cond, there are I hose opposed because
or 11,eir religious beliefa. For example, many
Christi.ans be.lieve homosexuality is a sin be­
C:lLL'iC of passagc._-s in Leviticus that :1ppear co
forbid ir. These beliefs, like all religious be­
liefs, arc irrational. To a.llow these beliefs co
influence legisbrio1,, as ir increasingly has in
recem years, is conuary co the core principles
of out COltntry. We must vigilantly mainra.in
,he separarion of churcb and stoce by being
c._•-ver-wary of chose who would i,uermingle
religious and political ideology and scorning
them ".+,en they do.
\Vie can oppose these forces through rwo
roures- educuion and action. Education
means understanding rhe Cllrrent-Slate of f,'3Y
rights, keeping up wich de\•elopmeots in char
state. and u ndersta11d_ing whac must be done
to change rhar srare. Oid you know that our
own Mu1rnomah Counry issued marriage li­
censes m gay couples for a little a\orc th~n
a month in 2004? Did you know ,ha, Or­
egon voters amended the suue consrimcion
in 2004 ro specifically ban gay marriage? Did
you kJlow chat in 2005, Repub~cans iu ,he
Oregon House killed legislation chat would
have permitted civil unions?
Acdon means pursuing ;111 rourcs co
change. from calling your r~presenrncives in
Congccss to demonsrr:tring; from working
on rbe local level co the national lcvd. SAF­
ER, a group right here on Lewis & Clark's
campus, is working for gay rights and mce1s
once a week in the Unisex office-cheir lis, ..
scrv email oddr<SS is safcr-list@kbrk.edu.
~n. Gordon Smith (R-OR) vorcd ,o bring
the Federal Marriage Amcnd.mcnr, which
would define marriage as being lxtween ~
man and a woman. co the Boor of che Sena cc
for vorc-his \V.,shjngcon O.C. office phone
number is (202) 224-3753.
Nthough the amount of accention paid to
gay rights seems co ebb and Aow, we must
nor underestimacc rhe imponance of this
fighc. Ir is no less significant than Lhe fight
for women's suffrage and civil righcs char
generations befo,e ours have foughr. In all
chree cnses, a segment of che population is
deprived of their fundamental rig.hes wichouc
reason. Such deprivation ca1111ot StaJ'id. = .L.he_P_io_ne.•e_r_L_o __ g_, N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_3_._2_00 __ 6 __________ .... j•jf'•r,--1,, ____________________ 1 __ 1_
Corporal punishment is antiquated abuse
There has been much dispute recently
over where the line should be drawn whe11
it comes to the implementation of corporal
punishrnenr, as well as ,,.'here rhe line blurs
between corporal punishmenr and cluld
abuse. Supporccrs of corporal punishment
generally believe that it diffm from child
abuse in that it is applied for disciplinary rea­
sons and i.s therefore intended to be limired,
r.1thcr than intended ro eomplmly destroy
the will of the subject. However. I would like
you co believe: rhat it and child abuse art" one
and rhc sanic.
Amnesty laccrnatfonaJ. a worldwide
movement of people who c:unpaign for in­
rcrnationally recognized huma,n righrs. has
argued that the use of corporal punishmcnr
constiruces "cruel, inhuman and degrading
punishment." la the Uaitcd Sr:ttes, child
abuse, including assault with a weapo1l or :in
instrument that le.iv~ marks or bn1ises, is ii•
legal in all ;o sratcs.
If ,hat's rhe case, why are public school
employees, in any of che 22 states where cor­
poral punishment is srill lcgal, allowed ,o beat
kids? Nor oDly docs this perperua,e a cydc of
child abuse by re•ching children it is okay ro
hit someoile $i'11aUer and ,,.•eakcr, but this also
pr~nrs a cruel irony, since school pcrsonnd
arc supposed to be the mandated
rcporccrs of sucb abuse.
Schools ;.,e the only in­
stirutio,1s in America in
which suiklng another
person is legally sanc­
tioned. It is not allowed
in prisons. in the mili­
tary or in mental hos­
pital$. 71,e threat
of violence from
ceac.hers and princi­
pals, who arc supposed
co protect child.rcn, crcal'es
an undue otmosphcre of
fcar~nd :.:i11ger. For a child
d1ac is beaten at home,
schools are supposed to
be a refuge or safe ha-
ven from s1.1ch atroci-
ties-a beacon of hope
:1.nd sa.ivarion. A child's
abiliry ro learn, in terms
of their emotional and
physical health, is severe-
ly compromised when this
shroud of fear is perpcru­
;rted.
Many others fed exactly
as I do on the subject of the
unwarranted application
of corporal punishmeor in
schools. •Ir's a dead and
dying practice," said Nadine 0
Block, executive dircc-tor of the Center
for-Effective Discipline, a nonprofit orgwi-by Aron Phillips
iatio11 based in Ohio ,hat opposes corporal
punishmem. "''lhere is no research ro sup-­
port it. Children learn best when they a.re in
a safe and supportive learning environment,
not in an environment of fear."
Ac.cording to a rccerH New Yc>rk ltnu.s arri­
cl/.'. tided, "111 Many Public Schools, ,he Pad-
• die is No Relic," more rhan 300,000 Ameri­
can schoolchildren were discipline-cl with
corporal punishment during tbe 2002-2003
school year. These beacings usually constitut­
ed one or more blow with a thick wooden
paddle, 3nd sometiJnes holes were cur in the
paddle to make the bearing more painful.
\'i/har is this," Dazed and Confused"?
The strongest support for paddling in
schools is in rural parrs of thcSoud> and low­
er Midwest. Of ,hose students disciplined,
70 percem were in "rexas, Mississippi. Ten ..
nessee, Alabama and Arkansas. Teachers in
Texas account for 22 percent of all
school paddlings in the country,
whifr in Mississippi, one our
of every ten children is s1 ruck
with • paddle by a reacher.
What this geographi-
J.-
0 caJ data also asserts is that corporal punish­
mcm is implemented much more often on
minorities and poor children. Bbck srudenrs
are hit at a rare rhac is more than cwice their
makeup in che population. According to
rhe 2000 Elementary and Scoonda.ry Scbool
Civil Rights Compliance Report, blacks
comprise 17 percent of srudencs, buc receive
39 percent of pad41ings. Whites make up 62
percc11r of aJI srudentSt bur receive 53 per­
cent of the: corporal punishmenr.
The United Srares is behind in the times.
Beginning with Poland in 1783, mOSt coun­
tries have banned the use of co,po,al pun­
ishment in sc.hools. Every industriali1.ed .sociery in 1he wor-ld now prohibits cor~
ral punishment in schools. except the U.S.
and Ausrralia. Whar message docs this send
to the rest of the world when nacioos S\ICh
as China and Russi• have banned corporal
punish,nenr but rhe U.S. has no1? Across the
boatd, 1note: than ever1 we must push for the
prohibirion of this antiquacc.'O practice. The
pervasive belief in the power of the paddle
must be stopped,
UUStRAJIOH
8YMY81.0QC 12 Fovea .lh.e.P.1.on.e.e_r_L_o_g_,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_3_,_2_0_0_6 __________ @J9¥ _______________________ 1_3_
0 n Thursday. Oct. 26, Lewis & Oark srudent, aspiring
filmmaker and human rights activist Romeo Umulisa
saccned a cut of hls documentary, .Bthmd 1h, Pri,qn W,r/J, co •
full house in Templeton Council Ch.mbers. The event marked
, ,ignificont step in the production of an endeavor begun over
cwo years ago: a project that, in many ways, cualy,.ed tbe chain
of events which would ultimacdy bring Umulisa from Rwanda
co LC, half a world away.
There are several subplots within Umulisa's journey: the Story
of Michael Graham, Umul,sa's coll•borator on the film who, as a
midenc ac1ivi.sr. was shaken by televised images of the Rwandan
grnoeide: me actions of Romeo Dallaire, senior commander of
UN Peacekeeping rroops in Rwanda during the same nigbrmare;
tbe eollcge's community, which embraced Umulisa's voyage as
, mmmon cause: the srory of tf,e genocide itself, and its a.fter­
madt.
Rwanda, 1994
"\VTc have a saying thar God walks across the world ev­W cry day, but he comes home co sleep in Rwanda," said
Paul Rusesabagina---<1 survivor of rhe Rwandan gcnocidc:--{o an
over/lowing audience in the Agnes Flannigan Chapel on Mar<:h
3, 2005. "But on chose days, God was nor in Rwanda."
For a period of roughly three months, from April 6 co mid­
/uly 1994, Rwanda experienced a davastating C$C>lacion of eth­
nic violence, the ramifications of which have echoed into the
ptescnc day. Spurred by the assassination of President Juvenal
Abyarimana, Hurus--primarily extremist militias-unleashed
ftOlcm retribution on the: Tucsi minoriry, wbom pwpagand.i.su
mused of the assassination. For almost one hundred days, Tutsi,
.. ,. systematically and indlsctiminacely hunted and murdered.
To history's shame, the conAia proceeded largdy unchecked
by ihe United Nations, whose rules of engagement prohibited
clieir forces from engaging the militias. Romeo Dallaire, the D­
oadian general and Senior Commander of UN Peacekeeping
tc>rces in the region, was powerless ro intervene.
The genocide ended only alter a Tutsi.Rebel fu:cion, The
Rw,ndan Patriotic From, overthrew the Huru government. By
cliis time, 800,000 co I ,07 I ,000 Tutsis and modenue Hurus had
t..n killed.
In the wake of the genocide, hundreds of thousands of Hutu
:rfugees, fearing reprisal, Aed <Q Za.ire. Thousands more were
iounded up and interned in prison camps, afrer which chcy were
uied by local coucts. Some were rdeascd-other, r,main impris­
oned co this day.
Umulisa's film is comprised of interviews with four such de­
tainees, held today in the Gisovu prison near Kibuye, Rwanda.
filmed with only a shon written introduction :tnd no voic:c-ov~r
namtion, the documentary draws its foroc cxdusivdy from their
words and expressions. They speak of their crimes; their hopes
ind chdr doubts regarding ,he diances of further reconcilia1ion.
Their words are sometimes poetic, sometimes incensed and al­
w,ys starkly honest.
"'They cold me, not everything. but everything inside of
diem," Umulisa said. "Whac they tdl-'1 lcilled;' 'I am behind
ch, wall;' 'Justice here is no1 cqual'-,he film does not judge.
Those questions belong co the audience."
World Premier B ,hi11d tht Prison Wall marked the culmination of the Am­
nesty International movie festival. lne film is unique in
iliac it was entirely written, produced and cllrccccd by Umuli,a,
dnwlng from over 70-hours of footage that he and Graham col­
kaed in Rwan.da iwo years ago.
Umulisa. said that he selected the prison interviews for his
im production because ,he prisoners were able to speak to him
.,.,didly, due in part to the fact that be was raised outside of Rwanda and thus maintains a rclativcly imparriaJ stuus to both
Hutus and Tutsis. Howeve1, in order ro protect those interviewed
from reprisal, he will never be able to show the film in Rwanda.
"We didn't want to gi\'e an opinion from w,.'" Umul.isa said
in a question and answer scssjon after the showing. "We wanted
these people ro s'peak without any comment from us."'
"In the film there is very Utde value judgmencexocpc that yes,
these people clld commie terrible acu of violencc-•gainst their
own funilics even." Graham $\lid.
When asked about the perspective presented in the movie,
Umuli,a said that he could noc say whether or noc their opinions
and staristics were accurate. "We couldn't objecc to their infor­
mation." he said. "We just wanced them to rd! thcirscory.•
Graham explained chat these perspectives are important in
furthering the process of reconciliation. '1f we don't look ac both
sidcs-<Veo ar those that are uncomfortable 10 look ac-1 don't
think it', possible for us co have any inkling of what it rakes co
move forw.i.rd."
The film is the lirsr of sevccal short 61ms Umulisa and Gra­
ham expect ro produoc using the 70 hours oflotecviews, candid
ol»ervacions and panoramic shoes ealcen in Rwanda.
Collaboration The project had ics'gcoesis on the LC campus duri.ng rhe
spring of 2004, when, midway through his juruor year,
Graharn't African Politics dass viewed a PBS documentary
chronicling the Rwandan genocide. Moved by the story and ac­
companying images, Gral,am rumed his >ttat<ioru ro rhe cri.si.s'
aficrmath.
Seeking to bring the campus' a.ttention ro the issue, h.e sue•
ccssfully contacted General Dallaire and invited him to speak al
LC. The General. however, postponed the event until the fol­
lowing aurumn. ln the meantime, Graham decided he would
go to Rwanda himself and find out firschand how people were
handling the genocide ten years alt.er it began.
Graham came to chc Rwanda Onema Center without a film­
rnake.r's training or recommendation, yet he connected with a
number of young people there who shared hi.s interests. One of
these people was Romeo UmuUsa.
"l was thinking about [the project] when Michael arrived,"
said Umulisa. Recognizing their common objective, Umuli.sa
cold Graham he would co-write and direct the documentary.
"I spent a lot of time with Romeo and ,aw how passionarc
he was about the project and aboui hum•n righcs in general.•
said Graham. "He did work with child soldiers in e;is-cern Congo
and did a 101 of programs with youth in Rwanda. I could tell
th.is guy had a lot of potential, hue che jobless race in Rwanda is
huge-there's very linle forward mobility."
Tue Road to Lewis & Clark After a summer working together, the time came for Mi­
chad co rerum to the Staccs. Before he le.ft, however, he
promiscd Umulisa chat he would find a way to help him pursue
his path as an inte.rn•tional filmmaker.
When Graham lefr Rwanda, Umulisa put the tapes into stor­
·age and rumed his ancn1ion co other matters. The work he had
done with Graham would effectively be put on hold for the next
rwoycars.
Upon reruming co rhe United Scues. Graham immediately
resumed preparations for the arrival of Dallaiie. His attention
was.split_. however, by a second mi.ssion-ro create a scholarship
or similar program that would bring a single exceptional student
from ocntral or sub-Saharan Alnca to LC.
One of his main allies in che project was Director of Aca­
demic English Srudics Joann Geddes, to whom he propo.sed the
idea vi.a email during his rime in Rwanda. He and Geddes had
already worked together the previous year for the reestablish-menc of LC', Amnesty Incemacional ch•pter, as well as tbe inicial
invitation and preparation for .Dallaire's visit.
However, sftcr Graham proliferated the idea throughout the
LC.community through successful cunpaigning. support sprang
up on all sides. "The really wonderful thing. [ think, is thac Mi­
chael [Graham] got the whole community involved; said Ged­
des. ''Administration, fuculty, srudcnts, alumni and neighbors
all came together 10 make this happen.• When Seniors Ashley
Smith and Alina Dumicrasc lnvi,ed Bon Appccit co contibute,
they generously offered a year's meal plan.
As part of the campaign, project constituents contacted ev,,ry
faculty member who, in years past, had led a StUdy •broad pro­
gram 10 Africa, asking for letters of suppon for the scholarship.
Noc a single iocllvidual, Geddes said, failed 10 rupond.
E\·c.n after che administration decided co waive tuition fees,
however, the coses of bringing a StUdent across the globe and
maintaining them for a year were substantial. WhUe the proj­
ect'.< long-term goals involved the builcllng of an endowment of
$400,000 to $500,00~e in1eresr of which would oover ,he
scholarships financial CQStf--at its conception in 2004 1he fund
had co be built from du: ground up.
Pmicipanu were still raising money when, in November,
Oallalre disembarked ac Portland lncemational Airpon for his
prc:sc:ncarion co the college. Escorting Dallaire from rhe airport
to bis hotel, Graham-who had borrowed Geddes ar to collect
the Gcncral-menrioned that he was trying co create a diolar­
ship to bring a Rwandan StUdeoc to LC.
Apparendy moved by the action, Dallaire offered his own
support: he would give his speaking fee back to the school, be
said, to be used instead a, the scholarship's seed money.
"The gesrure was more significam than many people rcal­
iu," said Geddes. Maire's memoir of his servioc in Rwanda,
Sh4ltt Hands with rht D,vi/, would go on to win the CBA Libris
Book of the Year award: however, at che time of his pledge his
name was ,rill relatively obscure. More significantly, he had only
recently overcome an emotional plummet following the geno­
cide-he had only just rcmergcd from the nightmare which he
h•d sttuggled, but failed, to prevent.
A Lasting Endeavor Thanks 10 Dallaire', gift, as well a, generous contribucions
from people throughout the LC community and beyond,
rhe scholarship was able co move forwatd. Umulisa was selecced
as the 6rst recipient, and scheduled to arrive for the fall semcs•
cer of 2005. However, due to cllfficultics scouring a Pas.sport and
American visa, the dace was pushed back ro the following Se­
mester.
Um,~isa has been at LC fot alm0st a year, and in that rime
ha, contributed much co rhe community. "Even from his first
da)'$ here, Romeo was involved in somedung, cvcryching." Ged­
des said.
The scholarshjpS steering commirrec, which is composed
of faculty, ,raff, alumnoe, •nd lWO StUdent representatives, has
voted to continue the scholarship. They hope to bring a second
recipient co campus next full.
The committee and others involved are once again engaged
in the proccsso securing the resourc:es for the nc:xr rccipicnr's
journey. "le will be a challenge, of coucse, co raise the funds; said
Geddes, "But we are con6dent that we can meet our goal."
One option for funding is the Senior Gift, a donation made
by the senior dassevery year. Although rhe final decision on wh••
the gift will fund is not 6oaliud, Amy Scaw.rda ('07). the chair
of the Gift committee, explained that rhe Romeo Dallaire schol­
arship is under consideration. "It's on the shonJist,"' she said.
Due co General D.llaire's 6nancial contribution, as well as
to his volianc ctlons co bring incemaciooal aid to victims of the
genocide, the scholarship now carries hls name. 14 Limeli ht
Higher degrees in higher education
At LC, standards for professors are rising-which is probably why popular
professor Tim Stapleton, who did not have a terminal degree, was replaced
by Lexie Briggs
lhis ~emcsrer. rhe rhearre depan me111 ls missing a b¢loved
faculcy n;lember. TimStapleton, a visiting insrrucror in theatre
and a popular professor, had his comract non-ccnewc-d ac cite
end ofl.asr ye:u. 1l1e appliC3nt who replaced him h:t.s-3 tt:rrni1laJ
degree (,he highes, educacional cenifica,ion available) in the
field of sec design, and his replacement of Staplecon upm
mrU1y rhearre major$ who had worked with Scaplet◊n.
"(Scaplecon] was a perfee, fi,; said Taylor Wing ('07).
"He seemed co gee along with the s:rudcncs."
St..1.plecon was originally hired as an imerim professor.
SpCC"ul:uion has ari.se:11 char ir was his educ;.1cional sra,rus
(specifically his lack of a rcnninal degree) char iJ1Aucnced chc
decision to hire him oo a ,empomy basis only. Under LC
policy, visiting instrucro('$ :t.ri: renppoiJ)ted 011 :1 ye.1r-by-year
basis. with a limir of five years.
Of course, the College keeps p<:rsonnd issues wd hiring
r«ords confidential, so the spec,dation ha.s little substultive
cvldtncc. Neverrheless. many remain unhappy abour the
decision.
"It's really unfonunace." Bonjamin A,,dcrson ('07) said.
"He is an incredihly t.alcmed individual.,.
1hc issue of hiring or firing professors on the basis of their
higher education is nothing new, From time to lime, the issue
has become 1hc ropic of a campus.wide debare 011 rhe merirs
of higher education. M.aJ1y argue char praccical, real-world
cx.pericncc should a-ump a degree in determining.status.
In 1997 ,he adminisrc,cion ch;ngeJ college policy ,o
create the l:,"IO~ition Qf Senior Lecturer, a more permanent
posidon for faculcy without cerminaJ degrees. At the time
David Savage. ,hen rhe Dean of Arrs and Huniani1ies s.1id
that cl,e posiriQn W.1$ created, •·co recognize that in the
arr.s, frequently the best rcadu.-r io char arc or craft is noc a
Ph.D."
Although cite posirion was originally cQnceived as srrinly
for the ans, scveraJ popular professors without terminal
degrees were grandfathered iJ1to the ·posjtion. Controversy
broke ouc agai1, in 1999 whel\ Cyru.~ Parrovi W3$ not offered
a Senior Lecturer posicion. Under imensc srudcnr prorcsr,
the adrninisuacion 6nally relcmed and offered Panovi cite
posirion of Senior Lecrure.r.
UUSTRAJD.BY EMl.Y' BLOCK Scudies cha, rank colleges use ,he ratio of professors
with terminal dcgrct'"S in cheir fidd of study as one of their
sr:uistict ro determine ;.1 school's raJlk. Accordjng co PeterS-On's
Four-Year Colleges, 75% of all LC faculiy members have a
ccrminal degree, while 98% of full-time faculty members
have one. To put those numbers in perspective, 79% of LC:S
faculiy is full-rime and 98% of d,e full-Lime faculiy members
have a rcrminal degree. America's Best Colleges, a report on
higher education publ.isbed by US News and World Repons,
currendy c,nks LC as number 8 l in Liber:11 Arts colleges in
cite Uniccd Smes.
Srapleton ha.s been a member of Portland's greater cheater
communiry more th31l twenty years. He has \\·on severaJ
Drammy Awards, mosc recently in 2001 for his work in ser
design 011 Killer Joe, a play put on by tbc Anists Repertory
Theatre. 11,e Drainmys. • program of 1he Porcland Civic
1heaue Guild, are billed on rheir website as an award
"'cd~brating outstandin,g achitvtmcm in Portland The.acre."
Since his win, Scaplcton has sat on the Dmnmy Bo:u:d
numerous times. He was also a recipient of a NacionaJ
Eodowmem for the Arts Fdlowship, wd he has designed
for -almost all the major producti6n hous<s in Portland,
i11cludi11g the Srorefrom 11leacre, Portland's Civic 1heaue.
Triangle Producdons, Tygres Hean Shalcespeare Company,
Portland Ac1or'• Cons<:rvacory and Miracle 11,ea,re.
At LC, he desii;ned ,he sets for sever:11 of 1he ,min srage
produccions, including The IUusioo wd ·n,. Balcony.
"'I remember the first sec I was ever imprcsstd with,"
Andcrso11 s;tid. ••r \Vas in high sd1ool up in \Xlas.hingron. I
found ou1 later tha, it was Tim [Sraplorou)'s work."
"ft's unfonunarc [tlm hddt LCJ," Anderson said, again.
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-I the Pioneer Lo0, November 3, 2006
Stressed?
You're not alone
by Liz Holliday
College seems Uke che cin1c in a yollng persons life ro
make silly misrakes, so 1hat lessons can be learned. Ir is an
excuse for srudents to go wild and croZ)\ and of cou~ 10
meet new p<:oplc and parry it up. le gives yotmg adulcs chc
chance co transition somewhat se:unlt$$,ly from duelts-1
18-ye.u olds wicl, daddy's money ro mature independent
adulcs who arc ready for tbe real world in only four (or in
some cases, five or six) years. However, what people don't
mcncion when referring co college is the stresS rhar comes
a.long with it.
"[ chought colJegc was going robe more open chan it is.
io realiiy. J wos tbinkiJ1g ir was going to include a lo, more
fr~ dmc. ( mok mostly introducrory classes, thin~fog Ir
would be a lot less work dtan it was. Bio 141 has been very
,o .. gl, 3Jld it ha.s rurned iJltO a hul)C rime commitmen~"
said firsc-year Zach Kearl.
The truth i.s that collt'gc can be hard, and it is a major
cause of mess foe mar,y yoUJlg ad,Jcs. For moSt stude,,cs,
college means leaving home, m:iking new friends, adjusring
,o a new cicy and many other unexpecm! chaoges. All
of these dtings, coupled with the fuct that studtncs arc
~djusring ro :1 rigorous curricu)um rhar exceeds high school
exp«rarion.s, can be cough.
Acco,diag to a scudy by the Univcrsiiy of Kansas, about
25 percen, of oil coll.ege srudencs lt,we reporrcd cha, ,hey
have fdc Like dropping out of school because of coo much
stress. Sncss for college students can becom\.' a,s-eriow issue.
Too much srress can cause borh ment:11 and physical health
problems, including headaches, backaches, sleeplessness,
ircirabiliiy. a weakened immune system, stomach problems
,111d depression.
·of course I foci messed, especially las, Wt'Ck wid, all
of the midterms going on. I had two midterms in one day
and it W:\$ more work d1an I am used ro. All of the work
and stress liecame oyerwhclming :l)ld I cvenrually gor.<kk;
Kearl said,
Per,onal he;ilth lies in 1h< hands of the individual: ro
avoid ,he health problems lisced above, srudencs have co
learn co manage ch cir own stress. Classes arc not going co gee
easier. Professors will continue to piJeon work :)nd s1andard~
will cootinue ro rise. Stress is an almost unavoidable hurdJe
for .srudc-nt.s, and che.r<.~ is not a pill or vaccination on the
market rh~r em cure it.
"l've le:imed rhar l need co have break.~."' Kearl said. «1\-e
scarred co spread olit my work so that it doesn't pile up on
me.anymore. I've. a1$0 r.ried to get ioore sleep--th3t and lot$
ofEmer'gen-C. Drinking Emdgen-C definitely help$."
One of the best ways co prevc.nr a breakdown or other
str~·relaced symptoms is co seek help as soo□ a.s mess
St<UtS iJHerfering wid, ,faily life. The LC Coun$Cling Cen1cr
will work wich srudcncs co come up wirh a plan co decrease:
the Srcess in rbcir Uves and to belp d,cm sec wbere cbey
a.re unkJ\owingly increasing their s<,ress. Sometimes cbe
answer can be someching as simple as increasing exercise
aml decre-.i.sing caJfeine intake or it might be sometbing tl10t
rakes a fc"' enra mecti 11gs.
Appointmcnrs wich LC's Counsding Cenicr can be
made Monday co Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm; dtey
can usu.Uy be scheduled within the same week. If ir is •n
emergency. an appointmenr with fhe drop .. in sraff person
C3Jl be arranged cite same day. Coulideotialiiy is always
promised, and srudenrs io crises will 1<\ke pr«edence.
To ser up an appoinm,cm wid, the LC Counsding
Services call (503) 768-7160, or walk ioco their office
outSide Templeto,1, via che same encrance as the Hcahh
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The future of federal financial aid
by Kelly Sullivan
With $37,754, one can buy nearly cwo
brand new Subaru Oucpacks. Or 47 round
trip plane~cickecs co Japan. Or 125 season­
passes co Mc. Hood Meadows. Or one year
of education at Lewis & Clark CoUege.
The price tag of education i.s $134.8 billion. Ofrhar. 66 percent
a hefty one, ,a.11d one rhar keeps was a combina1ion of fcdcrnJ loons,
gening bigger. The cost of ruition, grams and other programs.
room and board we□, up S2.458 One s.uch progr1m is rhe
from last year, about a seven Federal l'dl Granr. This program
pcrcenc increase. Compare chat co grancs money co studc!nts based
a1\ a\•erage six percent increase in on personal and f.unily economic
privarc school tuition across die. and fin:U'lciaJ sraruses. Ir is one of
oou nrry, .. vhere 1he tuition is about the programs )'Ou apply for when
S7,338 les.< ani~vay. 6lling our FAFSA every year. I, is
Although LC is expensive, 77 ,he largest form of federal financial
percentofthesrude1us receive some aid 1ha1 doesn't ever need ro be
sorr of .assimnce--a sum tOtal of paid back (the rest are loans and
nearly $33 million in assistance. work study). Over rl,e p:m few
Comparatively, two rhirds of years, the program has been in a
studenrs attending undergraduate deficit, -mc.'aning it is giving QUI
schools throughou, chc country more money th:to il c.,n afford 10.
arc also on 6mmcial aid. 11,e In order rn close d1is deficit,
total aid given for rhc 2005-2006 President George W. Bush
scbool year from ft-demi, state 1<nd signed the J-ligher Educ;11ion
insritutional sou recs was about Rcco11ciliation Acr (J-1 £RA), which effecrively "cur" S 12 billion. The cm
doeso'r exactly mean the ,noney's
not there, it's simply that a lot of
inreresr rares on loans arc going
up, so in the long run people arc­
rt'CC'iving Jess money. Any money
U1t1.c corncs in from these increased
inrercst rates wiU go toward closing
the Pell Grant deficit.
''Feder"I Aid programs are
ahvays moving money from one
program to another. ll1ere's ,,ever
any new rnoney," said Glcndi
G:u:ldis, Srudem Financial Services
Director.
One of the major effects HERA
has on LC is, the elimination of
,he Federal Perkins Loan program.
Every year unril 2005, LC received
$120,000 from ,he federal
government ro discriburc in the
form of a Perkins Loan. Srudenrs
who r,ke out d»t loan pay the
school back, and the money chat is
earned from i.ntercst goes directly
back into the progrom.
L..1s1 year w~ che first year
wirhour fr. buc LC hasn)c seen any
effects of the loss )'Ct. That is because many srudenrs CQnsolidated cheir
deb, and paid off their Perkins
Loans complcrdy a few ye,us ago.
This has provided ,he school a
cushion ro fall back on for the time
being. Bu, lx'Cause of the change
in inccrcs1 rates, fewer scudenrs
will be consolidacing their debt
in the future, and soon ,he school
will feel the repercussions of rho1.
Before long the school will have co
give less money to students in 1he
form of a Perkins Loan.
LC rnay have suffered a loss with
rhe eradic..ufon of rhc Perkins Loan,
bur be-ginning this year, the Federal
Covcrnmei1r has Created l\\'O new
granr.s. ln order co receive tbese
gc,ncs, though. the srudent mus<.
first be PcU Gctm Eligible. 'rhe first
is lhc Academic Competicivcncss
Grant (ACG). which is available to
first~ and sccond-ye.;1r studenrs who
complete ,, rigorous high school
progmm. and maintain a high GPA
che fim year of college. The second
grant, Science and Marhema~ics
Access ro Recai n T al enc (SMART)
is available co third-:ui<I fourth-year studentS b::1sed on their
performance in certain majors
(mainly math and sciences).
In gener:11, federal srudem
"3id programs aren', necessarily
declining, bu, their growth is not
keeping pace with increasiogruidon
rates either. As :1. result. S'tudcnts
here, and across the country will
be graduating school wich more
and more debt. On cop of thac,
almost 90 percent of graduate
srudcnrs cake out loans as well,
exponentially increasing rheir deb,
in :inother four years. The addition
of new programs and granrs such
as the ACG ond d,e SMART are
workjng tO foe chat, bur for now
srndent.s can expect schooling to be
mor<.-expensive every ye:ir.
For more information about
fi.'rumcial aid, check out:
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www.ed .. gov
www.fufsa.ed.gov
www.studentaid.org
Lewis & Clark: Still smokin' after all these years
by Liz Holliday
Acrording 10 the-. American
Heare Association. most people
killed by tobacco staned· smoking
when rh<:y were teenagers. Around
half of rhe reenagcrs wbo carry on
smoking will eventually be killed
by robacco. Half of these will die
in their middle ages.
"I started smoking about a
)~"3.r ;1go when I was a .senior in
high school," said first•)'<"•• Haley
llrill. "I started because my friends
smoked and it didn't really seem
like a bad rhing."
According co the Spring 2006
Narional College Health Asse,;smenr
(NCHA) survey, one in four LC
St\ldenrs admirced to occasionaJ
smoking. TMs is about par for the
course in America. The Aincrica.n
Heut Associarion shows t.hac 19
percem of American women ~md
14 ptrccncor A.meric;:an 1nen admit
to smoking. Some would say ,har
smokjng is a gcncr3.dona1 problem,
one chat colk.-g¢ students seem ro
liave become a parr of. Whac do
rh.estarisrics say abouc this claim?
"Looking at the D"ta from
the 2005 behavioral risk factor
survcUlance survey, smokjng among
I 8-24-ycar olds nation-wide is nor
that much different ,han orher age groups [up co age 54)." said' the
Coordiuaror of Student Success
and Wellness Programs Melissa
Osmond. However, she continued,
"rhe Orcgon-spoci6c dam does
show a employees and smdcnr,s, smoking
is nor permitted: -inside or within
25 fee, of aoy College building,
• inside any College vehicle. and
• in other dcsigoarcd nonsmoking of p:mems
smoking. Far
from ;tc1ing
as. an aid
for mood J
slightly
high er
nurnbtr
of
smokers
for the "[Smoking is] a good excuse to chill out
for a few minutes and rake in the scenery
while my scog burns." -Haley Brill (' 10)
18-24 age group."
\Xlhy do studems on campus
fed rhe need co smoke and what
is tbe administratio,1 trying co do
about it? \'Qell, the administration
seems ro be trying co control thi~
issue on campus.
1l1c Provosr recently sem om a
ma.,~ e .. maH to LC smdcnrs about
its Smoking Policy (4.3.9.), which
Stared cl,ot: "The College cakes
seriously irs obligadon to provide
a safe. healthy environment for
faculry, sraa: Students, ond guests.
The College is guided by the
Oregon Indoor Clean Air Acr in
irs efforts to provide an :,tppiopri_:ue
work and lelrning environrucm.
Recognizing that smoke from
tobacco produces bas di rec, ::id\•erse
effecrs on the he:\lrh of smokers
and oonsmokers, and responding
co growing concerns cxpt"CS$ed by ar.:as."
lxisidly. the current policy is
sec in place for lhc non-smokers ar
LC. But c.heques,ion become.s, is it
~ dctcrrenr for smoking srudcncs?
"h is definitely easy co smoke
her<.-, in fucc it almost seems to be
promoced. and there are smoking
benches ever~vhere, usually located
in nice quicc areas," ,Brill sajd.
"The rt-as-on I continue co smoke
is because of rhc nicotine: btra. Lt
defini,dy helps me to rda.,. h's a
good excuse to chill ou, for a few
minutes and rake in the scenery
while my scog burns."
Smokers often report that
cig;uettes help relieve feelings of
srress. However, chc stress lcvcls of
adult smokers are slightly higher
than those of nonsmokers, and
smokers report incrcasjng levels
of mess as they dc,·elop regular control, nlcorine
d<pendeocy
seems co
j n censify
i;rress.
"J don?cgec
sucssed Out
in berweetl
cigarettes, but I
defiaitdy know \ '
• lo, of people
who do; said Brill, "I ger
cravings sure~ but it isn't 3 big deal
if l don't have one, I jusr try co pur
it our of my mind."
The mood swings projeeted
by smokers in between cig;irerrC$
directly correlares with chc nicotine
addiction. This dcpeaden,-y on
nicotine becomes ~enti.al 1-0 allow
smokers co remain feeling normal.
"'\Xfhilc it L~ uue that .nicotine
can be beneficial in rdievlngscress,ot IU.USTAATKW8VKA.lttRVNM~
Osborn said, ",he health risks fur
oucwclgh the benefits ,u,d rhere
arc many healthier ways to relieve
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Meter on the mind: Hollander's Powers of Thirteen
by Stephanie Beechem
It doesn't take a n1athematician ro know that John Hollander has
merer on the mind. Consider how, in interviews, the man references
"converting the octosyllabics of the Finnish into trochaic tetrameter,"
"substituting pentatneters for the alexandrines" or the conundrun1 of
"Cavalcanti's endecasillabo line." Thus it is utterly unsurprising that
Hollander's thirteenth collection of poems, Powei-s of 7hirteen, not only
plays this highly intricate nu1nber game, but ratchets up the stakes.
So pay aueolion: the collecrion consists of 169 trunc;ned
sonners (got rl1a1? 13xl3), comprised of 13 lines, each line
conraining-gucss how many-13 syllabics. For all of the
wildly undisciplined free versers our rherc, myself included,
it's au :ilmosr unimaginable fear. chc: measurement of each
poem 10 ics line and each line to irs sylfable.
You would chink, \Vith such right regimentation, tl1at
the form would immediately make icsclf ~pparem, like 1he
careful and mcchodical rhyme of, say, a rypical frost poem.
So ir is disorienting, 10 say che lease, when one of tbcse
l3-line wonders opens so casually. -almost accidcnmlly, as
if in mid•st0ry, wirh, "'An anecdote: I S3t here in rhis chair
lasr month, and-/ Wow! you come up right behind me,
scarcliog me so that/ I broke the last word off the line I had
been working / A1." Another, just as breathless, leaps righr
in: "'LccS call ir quic.s: I never 101'\g for you anymore." The
language is so uuerly informal, even mischievous at times.
th-at the tighr conrrol HolJandcr exerts over these poems is
1tearly undcreccablc..
So ic is entirely possible, even likely, char the typical
rt.ader will make ir at lease haJfivay through .Po1uers of1hirtun
without a whiff of the strict 13-line bea1. lhe 13 line.< per
poem is, of course, harrier t◊ miss, as each poem is shaped
exactly ,he same as all rhe oclien: four lictlc compact squares
on each page spread.
BU( what's asmnish .. i.ng, again, is exactly how spontaneous,
good-humored and open they feel, despite Ule rcgimcacacioo.
For example, in "Songs and Sonnets" Hollander pokes
warmly at the follies of yomh, how "1 he :ige of sixteen, in
ics infinite wi.sdont, putS / L.ighrly a.side mere fourteen's joys and rerrors."' It's sublime, and c-orirdy unanticipated, how
personal and colloquial Hollander's rone can he, even rbough
every line, every syll:ible, is cuned as precisely as the suings of'
some snull and impossibly dclicacc musical instrnment.
In addition co his indomicable warm1h and effervescence.
Hollander can also be quite playful: his warm. clever
"August Rec.111' begins, "Now: 11,cre was a call girl once
,vbom I mistook for you / -Or ,,.,.u it you I choughc was
she!" Reading the poem is almosc like reading a diary: a
bit more conrrolled, bur also playfol, affectionate, child-like,
selr-amused. Narurally. there are darker, sadder days in ,his
"'journal," as in the poem "Today's O:irc"-"'ln Lhe repeating
calendar of rcgrer, 1 turn / A page and find an anniversary:
every day,/ Every very da)' comes to another's st1mmoning"­
but ic is the playful, kind, clever days 1har rule Hollander's
Po1Uf.'rs, rad1er than mournful t)nes.
\Vhat mosr unites these odes, I think, even beyond their
relentless metric.al similarities, is che unwa,vering sense of
profound possibility, a sor1 of epic ancicipation, found within.
E-•ery Hollander poem swells with ,he complcrely illogicol
loci helplessly optimistic inkling that :J new lover, or friend,
or grand idea is always jusr Mound rhe corner. Hollander's
"TI,e Shadow." one of the best odes in the book. outlines a
horribly tender encounter with just chis sorr o( possibility
running below ir; "'So we came a.1 lasr ro nteec,
after the lights were out,/ Ar someone's house
or orher, in a room whose ceiling/ Ligbc was
accidemaJly switched off-and tht:re you were
/ ln a corner where I h:.'ld 1\01 seen you just
before / When I had rushed in looking for
''Butcher of Broadway'' .
hits the Schnitz
by Stephanie Beechem
Whcrhcr you know Frank Rich &om !tis long-ago Stint
reviewing films for lime Mag,uh,~. or his storied c;1recr
bouncing around the N,,v York Titnrs, it's prercy dear he's not
rhc kind of man u) mi11ce his \Vorck PHOf0C((.AT£$YllllUKIN ENGJSH.£00
someone else." The n.1rra.tor then continues, in one of Pouxn
loveliest lines, "E,•eo I Then che shadow of an earlier time
deepened the/ Room." le is Hollander~ sen1imenral warmth
-at its best.
Here, as in many of Hollander's poems, what we a.re
given is a mere glimpse, a salient tidbit, 3 .. shadow'" of
.some larger rdationship, d10\1gh I suspecc there is enough
between these two people co fill an cnrirc book. And yet
HoUander has ic, sornehow, in l 3 ljncs, a mere 169 syll:iblcs.
le is chis astonishing and masterfol juxtaposition of warm,
magnanimous, al most helplessemorion with his pafostakingly
measured and conrrolled form-th<' poccnr iuEh.1ence of that
i"nagical number 13-that forms the collection's cenrral.
formidable and \'Cry ne:Jrly irresistible accomplishmcnc.
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A Piologger reviews t:zvo KLC shows so
you can make the decision ...
To tune in or
to tune out?
by Maia Penchansky
Death on the Stairs with Logan
Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00pm
With a name that grabs attenrion ➔nd has very
visible sdf-promorion all ov<r campus, rhis show mighr
be word, all it's cracked up ro be. Logan Becker ('09),
Advenising Oirccror of KLC Radio. puts on• very good
show, complete with a variery of ardsrs.
The music on rhis show, which includes mauy local
bands, is not incredibly varied in genre. lhe playlisrs
predominandy m,,ge from iodie to punk-y rock-so,
be careful bcc:iuse the music can pur you in a bit of a
rrance.
However, redundancy aside, this show delivers quality
music combi..ned with i.mcrc:sting-and musically
rclevam--:opecdorcs from the disk jockey's life which,
as evidenced by her show, is very active a.J\d connected
,o rhe worlds and lives of the bands she plays. The show
makes for a.n overall informative and entertaining listen
on a Wednesday evening.
****
(4 ournf 5)
Come on Pilgrim with Carin
Tuesdays, 9:00-11 :00am
Described on the KLC website as •~, smorgasbord
of chamlx:r pop, arr w,ock, folk, glam and indie, wich
plcmy of undergro,md 80's as well as a S<::lrteting of
;=: this Tuesday morning show with Carin Wolpin
(' I 0) delivers as promised.
With ooc much introduccion besides clu:. soog name
and band, playlim seem to rake on • bipolar mind of
their own. From screaming rock. to bouncy rt-.gg-ae in
C\'-'O seconds Oar, this show will take you on an cinotional
roUc,coosrer ride through musical his,ory.
.. Come on Pilgrim with Carin" leaves the audic:nce
wondering wh,ot song she will play nexr. Exrremdy fun
and engaging, ,his show is worih \Valting up for early
Tuc,;day mornings.
7he only real problem wirb "Come on Pilgrim" is
the lack nf descriprion of the band,. Though Carin plays
unco1runonly known ,misrs. she rarely provides more
than rhc rcquin-d song licle and .mi,t. As any proactive
listener would know, it is not difficult to Google rhc
an..s, loter, afrec they have sar back and enjoyeJ mis
,clecric $11ow.
(3.5 ourof5)
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'Saw III' delivers what it promises
by Ben Brody
The biggc:sr horror nyovie of th<.· SC:--JS-On, "'Saw Ill." ddivtrs
all rhe blood, gore and rwis<Cd g:tmes rhar people will now
cxpccr from rhe "Saw" franchise. Narurally, the hordoorc fans
will love it.
'tl,e movie picks up where "Saw 11" lefr off, Jigsaw (Tobin
Bell) is a sadistic yet moralistic serial killer, who hos managed
w rrick rhe police and make his escape with rhe help of his
new disciple, Amanda. Now srruggling for life on bis de:uh
bed, Jigsaw rhinks he can devise one last game ,o both help
him survive and ro teach his victims a lesson.
Additionally, "Saw 111" includes many Aashback sequences
rhar will satisfy curious fans interested in a .. bchiod-the-­
sccn<'.s" look :u how Jigsaw crea.ced his daborare pu1.?.!es and
how his relationship wit.h Amanda began.
Of course:, there is also a Aurry of i1lcreasingly gruesome
torcurc scenes char will undoubtedly remain imprinted on
your brain weeks after seeing che movie-and possibly cause
you ro puke.
As movies go, "Saw Jll" will stand out for being incredibly
gory, but thar's: about it. 11)e srory is blandJ :)nd, aside from
Bell) so is the cast. \'Vhile probably the rnosr gruesome movie
of the series, it is definircly not ,he besr.
Lt n1ay, however, be the best horror movie of the ycar­
which. ,hough nor saying very much. could be euough
incenriv<' co go see ir.
However) audiences are nor Rocking to this movie and
causiog it to gross $93 million on ils opeoing wccker1d
because tbey are e,cpecring 10 see good drama, acting or
even cincma<0grapby. If they are, rhcn they will definircly
I,<, disappoinrcd,
I ,mead, this movie plays off of, :u1d bluntly capi<aliics on, whar fans liked mosr out of che t"\\10 previous "Saw" 1novies:
lhc i11fumous "'games" and "traps" thar Jigsaw cmm:s. and
lhar his victims usually fail. Thc.sc are the core drawing powtr
of rhe "Saw" {r;tnchise. If one oss.esses the mqvie by the.sc
criteria atone, it delivers in spades.
ihe only complaint even diehard fans may levd :tgainSt
d)i..$ movie is the ending. "'Saw" movies arc iafamou.s, at this
point. for their ending st'<juence montage ofAash-back clue,
and eerie music that reveals a rwisc. lr wouldn't be a "'Sa\\'"
m.ovie without it, so of course "Saw lJL" offers one as we.II.
1Jnforn111ately, rhc recent creators of "Saw,~ who wrocc
chjs mm1ie in only a week, perhaps jumped the gun in
pushing from writing co crca1jon. 1l1e ending relics on in
:ibsurd amount of lucky occurrc1)CC$ and borders 01'\ being
simply too far-fetched.
ln the past, when che final rwislS h:t\'e beco rcvealcdt
audknccs were left agape; rhis ending felr more deserving of
a yawn, or perhaps a lx:mused smile. Bur hell, it's Hollywood,
and one need look no furrher rhan Christ0pher Nolan's new
release ''The Pres1 ige" co witness audiences gobbling up an
ending that was shamclc.-ssly co,urived.
"Saw,. fans, prepare yourselves for wh;tr may be the goriest
movie yet, and will unques1ionably s<md you from the theaters
spewing conversa,ion (or st0mach Auids) on Jigs;hv's laccst
rampage rl>rougb the mor:11 endurance of :))I his wrerchcd
victims. lhis movie will give you everything you o:p«.t 10
see, and more, and your mind may be coo distracred by rhe
bizarre and uaerly di.sgusti1,g things char a.re occurring 10
uodce how thin the ending is.
Non-"'Sav/' funs, you arccraiy if you are rhiukingof going
m s(-e chis rnovie-,hcre is no way you will Cajoy it.
Out of the office and on to the stage
by Anna Scott
lf ir has ev(:r occurred ro you while channel surfing
that C.SPAN would have sigai6canlly more viewers if ,he
politicians spon,aneously broke inro song-or if you haw
ever enjoyed a good laugh ;JI rhc absurdiry of modern-day
politics-be suri.-: lO make dmc to -arrend rhe ptrforrna1tce
of "The Capilol $reps" ncxr TuCS<lay, 7:30pm. al ,he Arlene
Sohniner Conccrr Hall.
The Oregon Symphony is presenting this
-Hationally acclaimed politicaJ satire/musica1 group
for your Election Day enu:.rtainmenr.
ll,e Steps know (heir sruff. Originally they
started as a group
of Senate sraffers
attempting to plan
their Christmas party
emcnainment, and
the cu rrenr 30-
mem ber troupe
(usually about five
will perform ar a time)
together represents
62 yc~rs of
experience worldng
in Congressional
offices.
Siace 1981
when ~he group
formed, ,he C.piwl
Steps h•ve 111ade
26 foll-length
.tlbums (their larcsr is entitled fin So lmlimd), appeared multiple times
on n::niooa1 rdevision a.Ml radio and performed for th<' m0$t
recenr fi,•e U.S. presidems.
Those afr;tid of encounrering bias should nor sh)' away
from ,he show-the $reps do nor hold bilck rl,eir criricism
for either side of ch~ pQliric:ll spectrum and have malign,d
and been enjoyed by prcsidentS from both parties.
The Capirol Steps ore winners of the 2006 \\7USA A­
List for Bcsr Coa,edy .Club 2006 as well as the \Yfuhington
Post Best Bers Readers' Choice Award for Bes, Live
,hearer 2005.
Any student who has ever given a second
,houghl to poli,ics (that means
you) is sure nor to regrtr
ralting odvamage of this
oppornmit)'•
Tickets start at
$20 and go up to
$58 or $75 for
rhe bcS< salS­
·r.ckers can b<
pu rchascd ar
www.oregon­
symphooy.com
or by calling (503)
228-1353.
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CAPStfPSCail I
F'toOTOSUYROSSi.
LEFT: Orgon (Taylor Wing '07) tells his daughter Mariane (Maya Chensue '08) she
must marry Tartuffe, while her maid Dorine (Hannah Stafford '08) prepares to interject.
RIGHT: Tartuffe (Austin Watson '07) attempts to seduce Elmira (Anna Crandall '09).
Tartuffe runs madcap
by Abi Kurfman
If you don't already have tickets to see Tartuffe, you'd better book it
to the theater and gee them-or gee on the waiclisc and come early
to the perfor!llance to try to get them, if necessary-because this
show is amazing and there are only two performances left.
I went tO the show on opening
night expecting good things. I
was primed for amusement and
1..anincss. I was nor. however,
properly primed for '\vow.''
While 1imuffe does noc boast
,he technical special effects of
previous LC plays 71;, Bnko11y or
71,e fllu.si<JII, it doesr~1c oeed (hem.
All of 1he special clfeclS are actor•
driven, and it is rhc antics of the
accors that make this show so
,uccessful.
O;rec1or and 1 hearre Professor
Srepan Simek and bis assistant
dim:mr Katy Alexander ('07)
were dearly i1l their element with
7i1rt11jp. ~I he comedic riming and
the punch lines arc perfect, and so
wdl matched with tl1e script that
it's hard to tell thar anything rhe
acrors do wasn't aJrcady written
into the sragl· dircccions (even
though it couldn't have been, 300
yem ago-God, no!).
Of course, di rcccorial guid3ncc
alone doesn't make a production:
tht' actors ar<;: the ones: who rnke
that guid:rnce and run wi1h it. In
Tarruffe, the actors ccrcainJy do run
with ic. lhcy nm with itin madC3p
circles, in absurd hiding places: :ind ,-.1ithout p:1nrs.
'l he srronges1 runners arc dt<.>
actors playing cbc k-ad and tide
characters. Seniors Taylor Wing
(Orgon) and Austin Warson
(T:mulfe) have reached tbe peak of
their oollt-gc acdng careers in rhis
show. If you\•t seen 31l)' Fir Acres
Mai11 Stage productions since
fall of 2003, with the exception
of An11a in the Tropics (cliey were
both on ,he London trip during
ic). you\•e seen ar lea.st one of these.
cwo in anion. •
I have been w::1rching a1ld
wvrkjng with these two talenrs
since my first scme:ner at LC,
and chis is, thus far. rbcir ulrin'latc
performance. ft is possible 1hcy will
surpass cl,emsdves in the spring-­
bur it is hard co imagine chem
giving or doing mor\! than they do
in ch.is show.
lhe rest of rhe ce1pable casr
fulfills ,he roles of their characters
to a m:. Morgan Shaw-Fox ('09)
said last \veek rhat the show is
rypecast, and I am mosrly inclined
ro agree '"''ith him. Of course., char
docsn"r m<:an wh::tt yoo sec on srage
i~ who e1ch acror is. Maya Chen.~ue
('08). for insrancc, is certainly not a weak-willed child, but she does
haw.-years of dance training, and
her character. Mari~me, is much
rnore a physical character rhan a
verbal one. 1 he accors arc "'typecast"
because cvcryon<" in the show is
playing a character that is wirhin
his or her scope as an acrnr.
All of the strong acting
performances fir rogecher without
Ji~t raction in a show thar has
alre.1dy g.tined ac least rwo standing
ovations, and three if Thursday
night followed ,ui1 (which wouldn't
surprise me).
1imuffe is a show that will lift
you up and rake you ou, of yourself
to a place where $0meone else is
on the line, :ind on the line in a
hilarious fashfon. In add.irioa. you
have co go 10 sec the collegiaro Drus
ex mnd1in11 for yourself. (And rha,'s
all I'm saying about cha,.)
Now go, scat! Gee along 10 the
box office quickly and get the best
SCOIS you can 10 see rhc best (and
certainly funniest) show LC has pur
Qn i11 a long. long whjlc. Pr<'parc to
be cmertained.
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Pioneer basketball aims at postseason berths in 2007
MEN
2005-06 REVIE\V:
L1s< season. a young Pioneer te1ll'1 battled through injwies and a tough
schedule ro 6nish in ~f,h place in rhe Nonhwcsc Conference with a 12·
13 overall record. 'rhe ream was led by lone senior Ryan Wells ('06) who
hclp<d the Pios hit ,I most 100 more chrce-pointers than their opponencs.
Besides Wells, point guard Thomas Tillery ('08) was the mosr consiscenr
and clominacing force For che Pios last season. Tillery was chird on rhc
le.1m in-scoring and led the cc:am in rebou1lding, assists, steals and blocks:.
When Mark Robinowir, ('08) went do,vn wich an injury, this opened ,he
door for the Pios ,op newcomer David Berggren ('09), who was second
on the ream with 13.J poi,ns per game. with most of dlOSC coining from
beyond the arc.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR fN 2006: by Aron Phillips
HOME SCHEDULES
MEN:
Nov. 1 a CAL ST. EA&r B"r 8Pf'ot
Nov. 28 EVERGREE:N 7: 30PM
JAN. 5 PACIFIC LUTHERAN 8PM
JAN. 1 2 LtNFIELD 8PM
JAN. 20 GEORGE Fox 8PM
JAN. 26 WHITMAN 8PM
JAN. 27 WHITWORTH 8PM
Fco. 3 Wlu.AME:TTE 8PM
losing just one player co graduation, the Pios should be an exciting b-­
squad 10 warch chis season. 1hc core of their offense rem ms in Berggren,
1illery, Robinowir, and Jeff Chrisrensc:n ("08), ~nd have oclded compo•
aenrs chat chcy were missing a season ago. Ft:a. 6 P.Ac1F1c 8PM
Fl'.B. 16 PuG&T SOUND 8PM
Junior College transfer Joey Toboni ('08) oornes to Lewis & Clark From
Foothill College (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) where he was an All-Conference
selection and helped his squad finish wich a 20-12 overall record and-a
trip ro rhe Communicy Colk-gc Smte Toumainenr. With a dominating
pre.<ence and an oucsidc game, look for Toboni co scrctch the dcfonsc chis
season while starring for che Pios.
Ano ch er Junior College rransfer is Gene Rivera ('08) from BllttC Col,
lcgc (Oroville, Calif.). An All-Conference defensive selection, Rivera led
his team in rebouilding and was among the top I 5 players in rhe sca,c of
CaJiforni• in blocks while scanding only 6-4. Rivera give.< the Pios a.de­
fensh1e presence that it sorely nl-eds. After holding opponents co score an
:werage of 78.6 points per game, Rivera's presence aJonc helps shore up a,
gaping hole in che middle.
The last mnsfer for , he l'ionecrs is Corey Allen ('09), who came co
LC afcer a year ar Wes,crn Oregon University (Monrnourh, Ore.). A
Portland 11a1ive, Allen arrended Ccmral Catholic High School where he
had a career average of 22 poinlS a game and was a three-
time firs<•team All- Conference pick, including his
junior season when he. was named his league's MVP.
Slaccd to start upfron, with Toboni this season. look
for Allen co Jive off of sc-cond-cbru,ce poincs
and dishes from Tillery.
I
' BOTTOM LINE:
Although the Pioneers
have bols-ccrcd their ca1ent.
the Northwest Confereuce
will be jusr as tough as l,s, sea•
~--A long with the projected
scaners of Tillery, Berggren.
Christensen. Allen and Toboni,
the Pioneers rocarion wilJ also rdy
heavily on Robinowirz.. Rh•era,
back-up point guard Nick
Thierry ('08) and back­
up ccoter Garerr Waag•
mees<er ('08).
FAR RIGHT: CRYSTAL CASTl.E
LEFT: THOMAS TILLERY
PHOTOS COURTESYLEWIS &
CLARKATHI.ETICS WOMEN:
Nov. 17 WARTBURG 8PM
Nov. ta ST. MARY'S 6PM
Nov. 22 CORBAN 7PM
Die. 7 CA$CAo£ 7,.M
Dec. 12 W&STE.AN 0Rl;.GON 7PM
DEC. 21 UNIV. OF OALLA9 7PM
JAN, 12 LINFISL.0 6PM
JAN. 20 GEORG• Fox 6PM
JAN, 26 WM1TMAH 61"M
JAN. 27 WHITWORTH 6PM
Fe:a. 3 W1UAM£TT~ 6PM
FEB, 6 PACIFIC 6PM
Fuji. 16 PUGET SOUND 6PM WOMEN
2005-06 REVIEW:
~rhe Pioneer womc:n~s basketball team h::id one of the biggcsl turn­
arounds of any of the teams at Lewis & Clark lasr year, going from one
Conference vic,ory ,he se-,son he fore to vying for a playoff berLl,. In the
end, chc Pios ended up in fifth plaoe with an 8-8 re-cord with cwo play­
ers earning All-Norrhv.•cst Conftr­
ence honors. Cryscal Castle ('08)
was named 10 the second team af­
ter leadi11g the Pios in points and
rebounds. Also ,·arning p0St·
season recognition 3S an
honorable mention was
Allison Farr ('08). Farr
averag«I 12 poims
and five rebounds per
g:lme and gave the
Pioneers siic under chc
hoop and che ability 10
stretch the defense with
her ou,sidc sho1. If Castle and
farr arc the building blocks for
this tean,, guards Sarah Moon
('07) •nd Shawna Castle ('08) arc
the glue.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN
2006:
Although the Pios did nor
graduate any players laS< year.
the team rerurns this sea­
son without last yea.rs Starr-
ing poinr guard Kirn Kiccell
who transferred co Oregon
State U11i,•ersity. In response
10 tbis void, Crystal Castle
will be raking over the start•
ing poim guard duties, and
will be backed up by ve1eran
Carrie Cendivrc ('07) a.nd
speedy Kayla Kennedy ('08).
Also, rhe Pios have added
four players co 1 he team this
year 10 help in che efforc: a D-1
tmnsfer a11d rhree freshman. )
Samantha Jonassoa ('09) rc­
narns home ro Ponland and joins
che Pios aficr a yca.r at Santa
Clara University. Jonasson
brings a tremendous posr
presence ,o help t.lke che
weighr off forr down low. With a great shor. excellent hands and moves
arQund the basket, Jonasson slides well inco rhc starring line-up to com­
plement last year's core.
80TfOM LINE:
After returning almost ,heir enrire ream from a sea.son ago, Co:lch Juli
Fulks wiU be :lble to conrinue ro progress her system this se:lson, a season
that should see rhe: Pios rise ro the uppcr~cchdons of the Nonhwest Con-­
ference. Along wirh the projected starters of C. Castle, Moon, S. Castle,
Farr and Jonasson, the-Pion<.-crs rora1 ion will also rely heavily on Ccmlivrc,
Kennedy, scorer Kacic Cuttis ('09) and back-up posts Chloe Hansen ('07)
and Sara Kcrclcr ('08). Together, all these players' individual strengths will
add up co be a recipe for success. I
r the Pioneer Log, November 3, 2006 _§,j,j;€ __ i... ____________________ 2 __ 1_
Swimming dives into new year Pioneer Trade-ables
Each week ,he Piolog will highlight two athletes who have gone above
and beyond the call of duty in their respective spore Collect ,hem all and
trade with your friends! by Hunter Franks
,\s the men's and wome;.s ream
swimmers kicked out of ,he blocks
at rhc Zehmb:1uer Swimming Pa-­
vilion l:isr Friday, they also kicked
off their se.'\SOn. The Piont"Crs com­
petod along wi,h ,he res, of the
Northwest Conference ,earns in
,he NWC Sprint Penmhlon as ,he
swim s~on officia11y began.
'The way rhe pentathlon works is
that each athlete swims five-sprint
events ~tnd rhcn his or her times
from 1..-ach cvcm are added cogerhcr
co de-tcrmine the pentathlon cham•
pions.
l.ewis & Clark's Lindsay Nixon
('09) was oonsistendy good, finish­
ing eighth or higher in every r.lce,
and a win in the I OO-y;1rd IM pro•
pdkd her ,o ;econd place overall
with a time of 2:59.87. Koy Col­
lier ('09) rook the next best place
for rhe women's ccam, corning in ac number six overall wi,h a cime
of 3:03.86. Impressive first-years
MQndy Hamilmn (' 10) and Luana
Mayfield(' I 0) came in at 13,h and
14,h ovcral.l, rc.speccively.
All of these high finishes resuk­
ed in LC placing second behind
Whhwonh in the overall ream
st,rndings.
Mc.aowhile, the men'~ team
muggkd. They gathered only three
points on Pat Mtorr>i·'s ('09) 14th
pl~cc finish in the .;,en's 50 yard
breaststroke.
They finished last as a mun, 200
poincs behind the winner, \Vhit­
wonh. Murray came in at 29th
overall wi,h Zac Hixson ('10), ,he
nex, highest Pio finisher, ac 40cl,
overall.
·n,e next day, all of the NWC
swimmers headed ro the North­
west Conference rdays at Unficld
College. The men's and women's
reams got dte rare opponuniry co swim t◊gerher as rhcy competed in
three ,nixed relays. A re.im 1n:1:de
up of men I lixson and Sam P:almer
('09) along with women Mayfield
and 1l1e«,sa Likarish ('07) finished
sixth in the 200 freestyle relay.
Other mixed reams finished sixth
in the 400 free and seventh in ,he
200 mcdlcy"cclays.
One women's team, composed
of NixoJ\, Sarit Glu1. ('09), Sarah
Collins ('07), won ,he 300-y:ml
medley wi,h a ,imc of 3: 16.62.
lhe women placed third ln th.I.!
300 breasmrokc and the 900 free.
Men's teams finished fifth in ,he
300-yard bre:utsiroke and seventh
in the 300-)'ard medley.
The Pios begin rhc competitive
portion of lheir season ronigh1 U:lt
they rake on Whitmau in \'(1311:1
Walla, Wash. and then nrnke the
crck 10 Spok:.rne on Saturday 10
compClC wich the powerful \"<fhit­
wonh squad.
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PHOTO COURTESY NICK l!EN&l:ffi
With a talented squad, swimming expects to make a splash in NWC competition this year.
by Craig GIiden
Football:
lhe Pionttts fell on Sarur­
da1 to the Pacific Lulher:an Lura
by a score of 44-7. 1hc lone Pios
score came on a 28 yard touch­
down pass from AJ BIOWD ('09)
10 Brock Argyropolous (' 10) late
in the third quancr.
The Pi°" got off to a suong
start as th<y took the ball to open
the game and moved inm Lu«
territory on a couplr of strong
run5 by Ryan Osborne ('01), But
me momentum quickly shifted
afta an Osbo,~ fumble led 10 a
Lurc mudulown.
1hc Lurcs added • field goal
and n,o eecoad qaarter mtjd,­
downs t0 take a 23-0 lead at half.
lime. The Lutes then scored e:ady
in the third quaner 10 put ,~
score: out of reach. l'aciJic Luther­
an owpined u;: 403-~0I in rota!
.. ..i. and controlled the rime of Extra Points
poACSSion.
Some bright spors for the Pio,;
ftlZ . the pby of K'cvin Talwio
('09) who lad the .dtii,nse with j 1 . . .. ~ .· '
tackles and N{!Mlg bock ,llyan 0.
borne, who bad a .mral of 54 ~~
on rhc ground.
,., :lomjna1ed game two behind a
pair,of0'1ds from Kdly Neussd
ro9) . .1n pmc chrcc, stwp.scrving
~,tc.lJ b) heme St01Jlll'Mdo­
d}'~ ('11)) ~ du, "!-"ad with
a pair of ~-Chase l>ace apn
had a rerri& march 1otallng 11
kills.and 17 ... i.sts in the conrcst.
" ' • , Vou~: :~, • \ •
lhe Pios spU•~ µail' of weekend
games, losinsas boall QR Friday w
Paci6c and~~•ln
Salem on Saru"'1,Jt>.- -: : ... ~ ., ,,, .~ .. ,:
·-~
The home 6oaJt ag,ainsr Pacific
proved to ~ ~ .~ug!\ game for the
Pio, as thcy~P, thrtt xts lO
none. Andaa~fO,) led the
way with 1 ( ldlla ~ 15 assistS for
rhc Pios. . •
Satwday wa& a diffcrcnr srory
as the Pio• ddcarcd Willamette for
the second time this season. After
dropping the 6tst game, the Pios .t~ .. -... . . ...
Thcl'ios won theiT«o>rul c.on-
sccurive gamtl"paSaaudaj.dek.11-
ing Pacific. ~ 8oaert to0k an
e:ady lead, but iii• l'tos r:aponded
just before halftime with. a goal
from Alison liu<l,on ('08), her
fifth of ~ ""90~, l!ie pjo! im­
mediately took a lead in rhc sec­
ond half on a goal from Cclesre
Kelly ("09). The Pio defense did
the rat, shutting Pacific out the
rest of the way 10 come away wirh
a 2-1 viaory. Liz Nguyen ('07) will finish her discinguishcd ca,c<:r a, a Pioneer vol­
leyball player this wc<:kend. In the final home game l:ut Friday, Nguyen
was aU over the court, prm,iding a solid defensive ~rformancc. Nguyen
also has been a member of the Pio tennis ream for the p:1st four ~ons.
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the Nonhwcst Conference Championships last Saturday. lhe narive of
Scottsdale, Atiz. finished the race 52 seconds fuscer than his previous besr
time. look for Berman robe a top performer in ye:.1cs ro come.
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Cross Country takes on NWC competition at ~nals
by Nick Bjork 1hrough injury to pf.tee eigh1h over-1
Both the men's and wo,ncn's
aos.~-counrry 1e.1ms had strong
performance.~ in one of the-most
hcarcd conference champiomhip
races in N\'1C hi.story. ·n,e event
100k place last Sarurday in Taconu.
W:ish.
·1 he womenS race turntxJ inco
one of the mos1 contested races of
,he year. As• ream, 1he LC women
finished third over:,11 edging out
George Fox by only three poims.
The l'ugcr Sound Loggers irie<l
10 become ,he Cinderella ieam of
1he race as they gave i1 their all ro
bear the perennial power house the
Wlllamcne Bobc:11s, bur fell short
co lose by four poim.s.
The res, of the re:uns put on a
show char was equally emerrlin­
ing as only 11 poi ms separated che
third through six1h place ,cams.
"fhe in<lividuaJ battle was just as
intense as the team competition,
a~ che rop runner$ for the Loggers.
lkarca1S and l'ios all had a fight t0
1hc finish.
T.-unma Carleton ('09) led chc
w.ly for d1e women's team finishing
rhird o,1cmll with a personal record
(PR) of 21 :35.26. This tirnc earned
her first 1eam AII-Norrhwesr Con­
ference honors for the second ye:lr
in a row.
Amanda P~ilLlps ('08) barded all. earning her seeoud teom All- NWC Championship Resuhs
NWC honors. Phillips also had a
PR. running a 22:04.39. which w:i.,,
only four M"conc;b shy of firsr tCltf'I
honors.
7 heres< McCaffrcy ('07) placed
29ch wi1h • PR, runniLtg a 23:00.0?.
Jen Weaver ('07) al,o h:1J a PR. fin­
ishing 33rd and posting her be,;1
time by 42 seconds. lhe improve­
ment of other Pio ru,rners behind
Carleton '-''aS a key co the team's
SUCCC$S this season.
·rhe men's team finished scv~
enrh overall as a team. bur had a
very impressive day individually.
The top nine finishers for the Pios
all had new PRs. Yancey Lawrence
('09) led the way for ,he men\ 1eam
with -:i 17121 place finish, running a
25:23.19.
David Berman ('09) ran the race
of Ms life, finishing 31sc with a time:
of 25:58.50. This was a 52 !'eond
improvecnem from his old PR. Led
by a pair of sophomores, the Pios
hope w become more of a factor on
the men's side ofNWCcompcticion
ncxr season.
The Pioneers now have rwo
weeks 10 prepare for the NCAA
Wes, Regionals, wh.ich will be held
in Chino, C'\li. Both Carlc,on and
Phillips will be running for a cbance
co advance ro ,he N:uion3J Cham­
pionships. PHOTO OOUATESY LE\111$ 6 Q.AAI( ATl-1..ETICS
Tamma Carleton ('09) rages towards the finsh line on her
way to third place at the NWC Championships. \Vomen:
I. Wilhmet1e 2. Puget SoW1d
3. LC 4.·Ceorge Fox
>. Whirworrh 6. Whirman
7. Llnfidd 8. Pacific Lu,hcran
9. l'Jcific
Individual Pios:
Tamma Carleion -3rd
Amanda Phillips -81h
Thert-sc McCaJfrey • 29,h
]ell Weaver -3.~rd
Megan Pfeiffer-Hoyt -46,h
Kicry Smith -49th
Laura Sbordone • 53rd
Hannah Hulline -54,h
Men:
I. WWametce
3. I.infield
5. Whirwori h
7.1.C 2. Puger Sound
4. George Fox
6. \Vhiuua11
8. Pacific
9. Pacific Luc her.in
lndividual Pio,:
Yancey Uwrence -l7d1
David Berman -31 s-c
Jarrod McCann -47ch
Karl Dickman -49d,
Daniel McDuff • 53rd
Charlie Forbes -54th
Paul Mandsager -59rh
Asa Weiss • 67,h
Upcoming
Schedule Scores & Standings
Football: Soccer:
Pacfic Lurheran 44 • LC 7 LC 2 -Pacific I
Puge1 Sound 70 -LC 14 LC 3 -Lin field 2
Conf. Overall Conf. OveraU
Whi,worrh 4-0 8-0 Puge1 Sound 11-1-2 13-1-3
Linfidd 4-0 5-2 Willamette 11-2-1 14-2-2
Pacific Lurheran 3-2 3-5 \Xlhicworlh 9-4-1 11-4-2
Date Spo11 Opponent Place Time l'ugcr Sound 2-2 6-2 Pacific 1.u,her:,n 8-4-2 11-5-2
Willamette 1-3 1-6 Whicman 6-4-4 6-5-4
Sat., Nov. 4 Football Willamette Salem, Ore. 1 :OOpm Menlo 1-4 3-5 George Fox 3-9-2 5-11-2
LC 0-4 0-7 Linfidd 3-9-2 5-11-2
Sat, Nov. 11 Linfield Griswold Stadium 1:00pm LC 3-10-1 5-12-l
Fri .. Nov. 3 Soccer Whitman Walla Walla, Wash. 12 :OOprr
Sat, Nov. 4 Whitwonh Spokane, Wash. ll:OOam Poci6c 1-12-1 3-12-2 Volleyball:
LC 3 -Willame11e I Swimming: Pacfic 3 • LC 0
Conf. Overall NWC Sprinr f>en1arhlon:
Sar., Nov. II Cross Country NCAA Dill West Region Chino, Calif. 9:00am
Sat, Nov. 18 NCAA D111 Nationals Wilmingon, Ohio 12:00pm
Fri .. Nov. 3 Volleyball Puget Sound Tacoma, Wash. 7:00pm
Sat, Nov. 4 Linlield McMinnville, Ore. 7:00pm Pacific Lutheran 13-1 19-5
Linfidd 12-2 19-2 Wome.n:
Pugei Sound 9-5 14-7 Lindsay Nixon -2nd
\Xlhi111'\ao 8-6 12-10 Koy Collier -61h
Whi('.VOflh 6-8 7-18 Mandy Harnilron -13th
LC 5-9 7-l7 Luana Mayfield -14th
Fri.. Nov. 3 Swimming ~
Whitman Walla Walla, Wash. 6:00pm
Sat., Nov. 4 Whitworth Spokane, Wash. 1:00pm Gt-orge Fox 5.9 9-16 Men: Pacific 5-9 8-16
Willarne11e 0-14 4-20 Par Murray -29rh
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Eight Days Ou·t ...
Friday,
November 3
ACTION Presentation and
CooRict Resolution
3:00PM
Location: Templeton, Stao100 East
ACTION is a group ofinccrnational srudents­
who wish lO prcseuc ~1 program on Conflict
Resolution. 'These $tudencs represent che
countries of R.wanda, Ukraine -and Vietnam.
and ,hey use perwnal s1orics to illuscrate chc
step.s nt-cc..-ssary for conAict resolution.
Tartuffe by Jean Baptiste Moliere
7:30PM
Location: Fir AcrC$ 'TI1eato:
Cos1: $5 (LC sruden,s)
This play examines evil disguised as religious
enthusiasm. as the proragonisr looks <O ac­
quire land by deceiving ,he head of a wealrhy
fumily, Orgon, marrying Orgon's daughrcr
and arccmpring co have Orgon arrested after
T-artu.ffc's rrue imention$ :1re revealed.
Taixc Prayer
7:30PM
Location.: South Chapel
;\JI arc invited co rhis refreshi11g hour of
pr::tyer and medhation ar the chapel on
South Campus.
Tuesday,
November 7
Winning Scholarship Strategies
3:3'\l PM
Location: Albany Quadrangle
I.earn about diffcrcnr ways ro apply for and
will scholarships wich the help of asiaffmem­
ber of tbe NELA Cen1cr for Srudenr Suc­
cess. Snacks and punch will be served, along
with chc opportunity to gaiJ1 some practicaJ
knowledge. Also, anendces h.ivc a chance to
win a $500 scholarship!
11,e Oregon Symphony presents
Election Night with the Capitol Steps
7:30 PM
Location: Arlene Schnirtb' Concert Hall
Experience the wir and insightful comedy of
Capitol S1cps, the masters of polirid mu­
sic parody. Thcir laccst hits include l(fm so
Indicted; "If I Only Had a Plan," "Wbar a
Difference a Delay Makes" and "Ain't No
Surplus,"' among o,hers. For more inf'orma-
tion. see A&E 18. Saturday,
November 4
Give Green! Food and Gift Fair
10:00 AM-6:00 l'M
Location: OoubJctrcc.Hotc.l,
Lloyd O,nrer
Browse, cry and buy he;,hhy and susiain­
able gifu and food from over 60 vendors!
Zimbabwean Master Classes
10:00 AM and 1:00 PM
Location: Fir-Acres Theatre
Mcsdciwa Chingodza, a visiting ZUnba~
bwc:.in musician. will be conducting t'wo
workshops ar LC. The 6rsr will foa,s on
teaching rr:idiLional mbira dance wirh live
music. ibe second workshop he will lead a
class in mbira singing. No experience nee~
=Y· There is a $IO suggested donocion
for llon-LC com mun iry mcml>ers.
Tart11jfe by Jean Baptiste Mo~ere
7:30PM
Location: Fir Acre$ Theatre
Cos1: $5 (LC studentS)
For more information, see A&.E. 19.
Wednesday,
November 8
Thrifty, Creative Gardening Work$hop
3:00PM
Location: LC Community Garden
Engllsh Department Pall Gathering/Talk
3:00PM
Location: Miller I 05
lopic: 77,e Three "H"s: The Language of
Hawking, Hu111ing and Heraldry in a Lare
Medieval Manual by Prof. Karen Gross.
Sir! No Sir!
3:30PM
Location: BoDine 300
11,is film documents chc inAucncc of the GI
movement againsr I he Vietnam War. 111c film
discusses ics history, ics in1pact and wby it has
since been erased from public memory.
Table Tennis Intramural
7:00PM
Location: TBA
Everyone i:s inVited ro sign up and compete
for the coveted f>ioneer I nmmmal
Champion rec .. sh.in, Sunday,
November 5
Potluck in tho P..,k
2:15 PM
locatfon: Downtown Portland
Sign up ;,, che Studcnr Leadership & Ser­
vice Office to rake pare in a project that will
bavc a posidve impacc on lhe communiry in
which you live. 1his rrip will en~Jil feeding a
me-JJ co cbosc io necdi transportation is pro-
vided. •
J1ortland Art$ & Lectures_prcsems
Frank Rich
7:30 PM
LoC3tion: Arlene Schnitzer Concert HaJJ
Wt: $] 5 (studentS, available al
College Bookstore)
Frank Rich is an op-ed columnise for chc New
Y,,n(, Ttmes and the aurhor of ]J,e Greatert Sto­
ry Eva Told, which i, a collection of wrirings
an<l Stories of Americi since 9/ 1 I. For more
information on Frank Rich, s"" A&E 17.
Thursday,
November 9
TIAA-CREF: Sysrematic Withdrawal
and Life Annuities, ao Overview
11:30AM
Location: Albany Quadrangle, 220
Seminar a.bout rttireml~m options of system­
atic withdrawals and life annuities.
Pcrmaculrure Intro
3:00PM
LocarJoo: LC Community Carden
SAAB An Ex:prcssion GrantS Due
• 3:30PM
Location: Templeton, SAAB Office
Decisions on che granr deliberations will be
ready the Friday fol.lowing review:
Ski CJub Premietc: ''Hustle & Snow"
7:00PM
Location: Council Chambers
Come aud watch "'Hu$rle & Snow," a sk.i av
tion do<:umcnca.ry, free of charge.
Pondorosa-Experimcntal Acoustic Band
7:30PM
Location: Co-op
Pondcrosa is a local band. who will be per•
fornti ng a free show ar chc Co-op. Monday,
November 6
Biology Research &.minar
4:00PM
Location: BoDine, ll0
Vi~i,ing professor Or. Elise Gr::tnek will dis­
Cu$S .. linkages bccwt-cn maogmve forcsu
and coral r«:fs: quantifying disrurb.1nce ef-
fects: and energy Aow."
Spealong ofDi,·ersity .. ,
6:00 PM
Loetttion: Tamarack Lounge
No agendas. No scriprs. Nothing is off:lim­
ics, just an opportunity ro talk abour diver~
siry on the Lewis & Clark campus.
WHaclem Pen Pal Program
9:00PM
Loca1ior,: Odell, Main Lounge
Become a pen pal with a middle sd1ool
srudcnr in Harlem. NY. The rime commit•
ment is minimal: wri{jng ~ lctcer momhly.
Friday,
November 10
Japanese Gardea Free Admission Day
I 0:00 AM-4:00 PM
Location: Japa.oesc Garden Society
of Oregon
Enjoy ,be bcau1iful gardens free of charge,
f.;curing rhc Pacific Rim llo.nsai E:<ltibit.
Vermacompostingworksbop
3:00PM
Location: LC Commun.ity Garden
Final Gardea Jamboree
6:00PM
Location: Co-op
Wolf Eyes, Sick Llama, Raven Strain
8:00PM
Location: Rusty Nail
·n,. Activities Congress' LCMC brings Wolf
Eye~. Sick Liama and Raven Strain for a free
show in the Rusty Nail, in Copel:rnd_
Zimbabwean Music Concert
8:00PM
location: Evans M-usic Bldg." Auditorium _2_4 _________ : _ the Pioneer Log, November 3, 2006
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Aries (3/21-4/l 9): Of all <.he disc:a= to concrac, in e,irly
November, inAammation of rhe co,1junctiva is perhaps the
rnosr socially debilictiting. Avoid the "'our-group" and occupy
your time wirh hand washing: you're at high rbk. -.Horoscopes-Libra (9/23-10/22): Keep in 111ind ,he perspective of the
ami.\Xlice1ns when you conrin1.1e to wear your H~llowt(o
costume in Noveml:x-r. They are k,1own co "pack he.1r."
Ta,u-us (4/20-5/20): This weekend on the RAZ. watch ou1. .
One minute, your body is conforming ro the -!>pace bcrwcen
you :'Ind your fcUow riders. 111c ncxr, inunint.nt doom. Thar
will be rhe last time you'll mess with someone 12 cimcs your
girth.
Gemini (5/21-6/21): You need to improve your ability to
analy,.e your dreams. Sure, its unLlkely that you'd ge, locked
in your phy~ics classroom fur :m entire weekend ► forcing
your chss ro rc."ort to cannibaHsm, bur you, t«specially. can
never be too sure.
Cancer (6/22-7/22): You think the POPE is a looker? Well,
my friend, he didn't get that way by srudying the classics and
praying. No siree. His physique is purely God-given; and for
you. that means rhcrc is no hope. \
~~ Scorpio (10/23-11/21): You gain ,oo much pleasure from
ma.Icing grandiose claims of there being .. love in the air¥" l..1$1.
J chc-cked, your H;1llowecn hook-up doesn't compcnsar< for
everyone else's srngna,u love life, so hew~ of dc:sp<rarely
lonely romantics.
Sagittarius (I l/22-12/21): Something is definitely
wrong-you've been feeling it for days. Your roommate no
longer invites you rn brunch :tnd you can ~nse that tht Bon
workers art: quc.stioning your "i1uegricy." ls ir coincidence?
Abstain from srealing food from the Bon for the next rour
meals and find out.
Capricorn (12122-1/19): Seek out sheltered places foryom
endeavors in ,he beda:aling world of cannabis. The rainy sea­
son js afoor, and you're no exception ro n,1turc.
Aquarius (1/20-2/18): You·re coughing up phlegm dur•
ing class and uncomfortably swallowing it back down yoo,
esophagus. Is rhat necessary? Keep quiet for four clasSGS ,nd
watch in amazcn;.cnr .1S your classmates• grimaces )Ubsidc. Leo (7/23-8/22): You've always wondered whether kstving
your mailbox unlocked was going co reap any consequc-nccs.
1 he "gilt" in your box this weekend will finally provide an
answer.
Virgo (8/23-9/22): You're scuffing around campus, wrappt-d
in a plush yellow soccer blanket, and suddenly • baseball­
sized walnuc takes down your girlfriend. Snatch ir. rerre:u-t0
the nearest apple orchard, and draw a sdf-ponrait using rol­
ctn applc cores as your painr and a sidewalk as your medium.
You'll Ix: happy you did. • Your Birthday Today ( I I /03): You've sniffed your last
sharpie. Maybe it was your game back in hjgh school to col­
lect Sharpies and shove rhcm up your fat little nose, just for
a laugh. Or 1naybc yott wer-e •·that kid .. snorring pixie stix
in rhe middle school cafeteria. Either way. your schlurppety­
snort•snorr days are over, because something bcner is headed
your way. Expect lO colk-ct within d,e next week. Pisces (2/ 1-9-3/20): You're 6nding ,hose "'beautiful maple
trees" char you couldn)t help but comment on upon arriring
here in August are "losing their appeal." Keep rhis in mind:
Fall+ deciduous trees• shut your damn mouth, or reap thl'
consequence$.
Horosrop,s writu11 by Kathryn Milkr and Cmnr Hmrg,s
//l11mmio11 by Knrhryn Miller
Are you ready t0 cake the next
>tep? Submit to "You Caught
My Eye," and you will always
remember it a, ,be ddining
moment when you were finally
able co accept your fate as a
stalker. Send emails to
piolog@ldack.edu. Arremis sass with an ama1.ing ~
Sweetie you look so incredible
So delicious and so damn edible
All I need is some honey and syrup
With a Iii' buner tO rub down all your
curves
You: I nters-reH:u superstar who rocks 'my
universe
Me: Looking for a Big Bang!
To die bomb diggiry language scnsei­
You, me~ and a bonle of sake? HeyM&Ms
ls ir uue you melt in my hand aod nor jo
my mouth? (..(es find our!
To rny poetry princess,
Meer me at the perforrna1'lce sragc ar Sar•
urday Market at one o'clock. I'll be there
with my copy of Pablo Neruda.
J saw you our crick-or-treating and you
gave me some Skittles. Can I taste the
rainbow? You: Bodacious blonde
Mc: Hoping we could gee heavy to some
mctaJ
Secretive wordsmith from Steamboat
Springs:
Dreading r<:joc,ioa,] long co sing
Ever of you as my dancing muse.
... Even enraptu,ed by shiny things.
You showed up in rny News Feed and I
poked you .. , when can I expect a poke
back?