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Volume 71, Number 8

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2006-11-01

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l'l,0•1: (so,> 763-11<6 Fair trade meets trade fair: Ten
Thousand Villages presents to LC
by Katie Walter
The larcst segment of the "Miss­
ing Pieces and Whole S10ries• se­
ries, put on by Lewis & Clarl<'s
Gr.tduare School of Education and
Counseling, welcomed Portland
representatives of Ttn Thousand
ViUages on November 2. The fair
trade org.uli-i.11tion h,1$ been repre­
senting international arrisans for
60 years and is one of the founding
members of the lncemation.al Fafr
Trade Association.
Teo 'lbou~;nd Villages sec ep an
artisan fulr with handcrafted items
for s:ak in Stamm Dining Room,
Te.mplemn Studcm Ccmcr, where
cberc was also a presemation about
fulr trade and the work of Ten
ll1011s:1nd Vilbges. 11,e fair indud­
od iremsfrom the PhiJjppines, Ban­
gladesh, Guatemala, India, Uganda
and Peru. A wide variety of orna­
menrs. soaps, person"1 '"'d home
~,ccessories, je,velry, 00.skecs and
bags were on display along with fair
rrade literarure. Carol Hutchinson,
a Ten Thousand Villages volunteer.
provided information about where PttOTOG &Y JOCa.YHSTa<ES
The fair displayed handcrafted arts from seven countries
and by whom the items were made
and answered quC$rions.
Karen McKay, the manager of
che Portland Ten Thousand Vil­
lages retail smrc, discussed her or­
ganization's goals of providing fuir­
priccs for artison cr<lf1s, es"1blish•
ing long-cerm relationships with
arrisan communities and providing
organi-zacional and tcchnkal train­
ing lo (hesc-communities. McKay
als;o discussed the work done by
her organi1..arion 10 cur down on child labor and to ensure healthy
and safe working conditions for
artisans. There was a video presen•
1a1ion showing rhe improvemems
,hat Ten ·Thousand Villages has
hroughr ro a women's coopcracivc
in Bangladesh, followed by a brief
quc-srion and answer session with
srudenrs :ind communiry rnem­
bcrs.
lbe l'onfand Ten Thousand Vil­
lages Store is locared at 914 N.W.
Evcrm Sr. McKay cold the Pioneer Log that rhcre are often volume«
positions available ac the Store for
rhosc seeking 10 learn more abour
fuir trade :rnd inrernarional anisan
work. TI1ose who wish to do lim~
ircd volunteer work for the holidar
season should scop in at the s.ton:
within the next week.
Ten Thous.,nd Villages will be
making a rernrn visir ca LC ln thr
spring.
'll,e Gradua,c School of Edu­
cation and Counsding~s "Missing
Pi<'CC> and Whole Stories" series
events are held the first Thursday of
each momh. Ncxc moncb's copic is
"Renaissance in ]ndian Country.­
and the frarured speaker will be
Charles Hudson, the public affairs
manager for CRJTFC, the Colum•
bia River . Lnrer-Trib"1 Fish Com­
m1ss1on. He will discuss the sig•
nHicance of rhc salmon to Nati\'C
Americans and explain the s..,.lmon
rcstorJtion '""">rk Lh;1t his org:rniu•
tion is currently doing.
For more in.fonnation about Ttn
11,011,,md Villages, visit them on thr
wtb ai www.1~111hou.sandvillaga.
org.
Despite low.turnouts from student body,
Residence Life Committee forges ahead
by Alison Barnwell
The fifth meeting of rhe Resi­
dence Life (and New Student Ori­
entation Advisory) Coni'mince oc­
cured on Thursday. Nov 2.
Although only 1wo srudcnr.s
were prcscm at each of cbc two
open forums hosted by the RLC
last week, the group remail'l$ <ledi­
cued ,o presenting a cumulative
report to the Dean of Srudems in
the spring.
The four s1udems and five fuc,J­
cy members that comprise the RLC
rc.:prcsenc "'a n~v spirit of consuuc•
rive evaluation"' at Lewis & Clark
College, said Greg Caldwell, a fac­
ulty member of the commirree.
\YI. Housco □ Dougharcy, Dean
of Students, emblished tl,e RLC
because he noriced a lack of forum
acciviry at LC upon his arrival at
the College earlier rhis year. Re­
sLife is only cbe 6rsc: he hopes ro
focus 011 ::1 diff'erem adininisrncive officee:H:h year.
Dougharry wrote jn an email
that the conversations held by che
srudcms who attended last week's
forums were lilin-deprh." However.
he w:1s disappointed that so few
su1dems participated in the meet­
ings.
The RLC could offer no expl:i­
nation; a Ayer and an email had
been spread around c:,mpus, rhey
said. If' the ncxr forums arcn'r more
widely arrended, rhe RLC will tar­
get groups of students co inccrvicw.
"Considering all the complaims
voiced abour Reslife. its surpris•
i ng that there wasn't a higher turn­
out." s.1id Mm. avage ('08), one of
die cwo srudcm participants at chc
event. "Ar the same time, ( think
wc raised issue. chat apply 10 the
nudem body as a \vhole."
So far, rhe RLC has been suc­
cessfi.ll in communkating with ad­
minisrrators. including Sandi Bot­
«miller, the head of the ResLife office, aud "11 of the Residem Di­
rt--ccors. A mce,ing wiLh Presidem
Thomas Hochstenler is planned
for next week.
·n,e RLC has also focused on in­
corpor.tting rbc perspeetives of offi­
cials from other schools. La.i, week,
a thrc:c--person te.1m drawn from
Wilbmene, Sea11le and Macalesm
Universiries spenr four days ac LC.
touring the campus and actending
discussion sessions with adminis­
trators, alu rn ni a.nd RDs.
The visiting rearn a1so hosted
che rwo public forums on ~Iburs ..
da)', Nov. 2.
Last wcckS forums were the
first open roundr-ables held all )'ear;
the RLC's weekly meeting is pri­
v:ne. 1he Committee was glad co
describe its proceedings, however.
Bruce Sunemeier, Professor of Jap­
anese and a member of the RLC,
soid cl»t the group was initially
concerned ,vicb establishing "a vi­
sion• of ResLl.f< at LC. Next, Srnnemeier said, d1e RLC
\aJill focus on specific policies rang•
ing from Residence H"11 check­
out procedures to website design.
CaldweU added that the RLC has
reviewed rhe Reslife websites of
36 orher schools to g:tio ideas. "Ar•
ciculation and accessibility arc kc)', ..
said Caldwell.
The srudcnr members of RLC
are "11 upperclassmen dedicated 10
enh~ncing "communicy.'1 David
Krom, a junior majoring in Inter­
nacional Affairs, said rhal he views
RcsLil¢ and NSO as "crucial" to
the well-being ofi he College.
Krom looked forward to meci•
ing ,~,ith Hochsrcnlcr, whose edico­
rial in the September 30 edition of
the \Tushi11gron Postdefendc'<l a fed­
eral propos.11 ro establish a national
student database. Hochsrmler ad­
vocated "scrutiny and asscs.smcm."
·1 hes.: arc the tools that Doughan)'
said he hopes co enharn:c at LC
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Nature offers own theatrics on
closing night of 'Tartuffe'
by Angela Webber
On Saturday night, during 1he
1heatre dep;:arrment's producrion
of Tanuffe. aud.ience members
were surprised when chc Fir Acres
ihe-arrc brought thc outdoors in,
.showering scvcra1 spcctacors with
min tliat had built up on rhe roof.
*I w:1.s sirting i1l the back row
and ,taw it happen/' said Chris
Mikolavich, theatre rechnical di ..
rccror. "'all of a sudden there was a
complete wa,erfull right on this la­
dy's htad. She opened her un,brel­
la. whjc:h ,V3s fi11rny. Then about
1ix other people gor soaked.''
7-he audience was in a commo­
tion, as the affected row
tried co gee :.1way from the
downpour and rhe rest
rried to figure out what
wa.~ going on.
Throughout
th.is. the actors
continued with
the show. "Ir
w:,s completely
surreal ro have
a waterfall pour­
ingonro theat1di­
coce: said M,y;i
Chensue ('08),
who wa.'i on stage
wl,cn the roof
burst, "and for
bcl< of anything
el,e 10 do we all
jusr kept going
with rhe show ... J
know like IO of cl1e
actors were thinking 'well I
gu<Ss we'll just hove co mlk
over that nolsc. '"
Evcmually the stage man•
ager, Kelly Snow ('07) came
on a microphone and .!laid
1hat rhe show would ,,ecd 10 pause
until the problem could be fixed.
Chen,ue collected her props and
retreated backstage, scill acting ,he
part of the nervous daughter. "!'co•
pie keep telling me 'you did a really
good job s"1ying in charac«c•• she
said, "bur I just had ro1 you ger so
iniok,.
Kacie Holur ('08) and Robcn
Bayers ('08) wore working as ush­
ers during the production. They
aren't rheure majors, rhey s-aid. bm
ju.~, ~wanted tQ gee io froe." \Vhen
the rain came inside, however,
<hey jumped ro action-or at leas,
uit-d ro. --1 don•, chink anyone re­
ally knew wha, was going on," said Bayers. 11.lt was n lot of confusion
for halfon hour."
•·niey rold us (0 ger lO I he roof.
hue we djdn't know how." said Hol-­
zcr. "'We put plastic over the scacs
and mopped.. . there were trash
c.1.11s at .S<nne point lch:n would've
been used 10 collecr rhe water], I
don't know what happened to ,ha,
plan."
During ,h.is break, the audience
dido', .ccm ,oo affccrcd. A few
people left, but most stayed ond
ralked amongsr d,emseivcs ... h \Vas
funny," soid Azalea Eb bay (' IO),
"and l don't think it was that big
of a deal ... kinda just like imermis­
sion."
In fuct, a.n ani1ounce111r.:nr w~,s
made (0 enc::our:1ge the :n1dience co
go imo cl,e lobby and look at rhe
production photos. "We sold ri•
d.iculously overpriced snacks/' said
l-lol.cr, while others ba,cle<l rhe
lt:<tk.
During che incermis..~ion~ I over ..
heard a young girl asking if this had
ever happened before. "I refuse to
answer chat quC'~tion," responded a
th(,-atrc sm<ltnt who was sprcacling
plastic $heeu-on the ch:iirs) who
rhen conceded, "Ir doesn't happen
rhis much, and never during a per~
formancc."'
"It happens, but usually it'll
go inco the booth snd 111in ~ our equipment," said Miko)avkh
on Tuesday in ,he theacre shop. A
nearby studem added that earlier
in the week there had been water ir)
rhe black box.
The problem was, apparently; a
fuulty guncr. Instead of pouting off
the roof aad away from the build­
ing, the w;11cr hod colJccccd on the
roof. 11mil 1he weigh1 caused ir co
suclde.nly burst. "\Y/e've conracred
fuclliries already to get i, fixed."
said Mikolavich.
Senior Jorn Chene;•, who hdpc-d
6x the roofSawrday nigh,, pointed
our one of the grearer ironies of rhe
siru:.uion. According ro Chensue,
he found a.ad showed
around a plaque had
been presenred to 1he
:.uchitect when the
building was firsr bu ilr.
le awarded excellence
in archicecmrc.
Once d1t water
buildup ,v:is pushed
off the roof and rhe
waterfall sropped, the
show went on.
"I really think that
, he rest of ,he show
was ,II rhe hetrer for
chis chaos happen•
ing, and I th.ink most
of us iavolvcd agree."
said Chcnsuc. "It
W:lS :.unMing ro feel
as though rhc audi­
ence was cheering us
on for the rest of the
show. W/c had ,-uch a
good energetic con­
nection for the re$t
of che performance!"
Chcnsuc also
lauded the ad-libs
that were made lacer in
tbt sho,\1 co account for rhe odd
sicualion. --01e show re.~1ar1ed wi1h a
scene that had already been played
ro ,he middlt, and actor Taylor
Wing ('07) ad<lcd "Deja Vu .. ." al:
,er a bit of physical comedy. "We
all i,swe him:, cheer for rh:,r, after­
ward!" s:1id Chensue.
'Ilic climactic end of the play
was also helped when !'resident
Hochstcttler, in the parting re­
marks of his surprise ~meo. s;1id
chat he \v:l.$ ·,.)ff m l":.'lise money for
the school's roofing fund."
In the end, all worked out for
,he best, "Nobody was hurt." said
Bayers. and "people were in good
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5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
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• • • • • • • • • • • • : ACTION workshop inspires
: students to reflect, change • • PETER..
•sELAN0'5" • by Angela Webber
• • On Friday, Nov. 3, ,he "AC­
TJON" ream from the Initiatives
oF Change organization visited : ,,...,., ··~ • ,he Lewis & Cilrk campus and
led a workshop on leadership and
• conflict resolution. • • • • ACTION is made up or eighr
ptople from seven diftcrcnr couu­• rries. Four members of rhe rca.m •
WO~D ON THE ST~EET • came ro the LC presemarion. as
well as a couple ochers :'ISSOciatcd • wirh the program. The goal of
• ADV o CATE 5 F o ~ TH E Ho M EL ES 5 l 4U EST W~TTEN BY NATHANAEL MASSEY • chc workshop was to share simple
rnols ,o help solve con0iccs. ! In Sta,nm West, 20 LC sru-
-dems and faculty congrcga,cd,
• According ma joim srudy by
,he Na,ional Coalition for the chaoged, the paper ha; expanded •
its publication from monthJy to
• HomdC'ss and the National L1w bi-weekly. nnd has won Several •
• Center on Homelessness and tides, including Most Improved•
Povt:rty, c.icie-s: around th(." nation Srrett Newspaper in 200J.
• are increasingly rurning to the This year, along wirb che •
• criminal juSLicesysum1 a.sasolu- North American SLret:t Ntws• •
• don co homelessness. paper Association, Strut RoqtJ
lbis £rend is (Ustressing, es• jQincd rhe lnttrnational Net-•
• iecially considering our pris<>n work of Street P•rcrs. Although •
system's woeful rmck record for Strm Root, is widely supported
• rchabilimtioo. Even Portland- by groups as dil•erse •s Keys,one •
• which IMt year pledged 10 end Accounting and ,he Sisiers of•
homdc:ssness by 20 I 5,-has si-the Roads Cafe, they derive the
• multancously advanced lcgisla- laigo-., porlion of their fund< •
• rion meant to crock down on through paper sales. •
panhandling and public vagra.n- In tom, these sales pcovide
• cy in a bwader campaign co irn-jobs for members of ,he borne-•
• prove rhc cicy·s image. less comn\unjty, wich 70 cents •
These political mo,·emen(l; of every dollar ia purchascs allo-
• combar homele.-.s1l('4S as if it cated. to the p.1per's vtnder. Qf .... •
• were :.111 t.mbarrassme,u to beef~ ren, thacvcuderisaco11tributing • sitting in ::a drclc. The workshop
l>egan by the sharing the "Toke
5" suarcro•: "I. Look in the Mir-,
ror, 2. \Valk in 01her person's
shoes, 3. Talk honesdy, 4. Make
,he first seep, and 5. Share your
story." Afrer :;1 shorr discussion
of each scr:uegy, one of cite pre­
senters cold a relevant story fro,n
,heir iifo. The nories deal, with
·issues oF race, inrcrn:uional con­
Aic,, friendships and family.
Trong Nguyen Huy1 a mem­
ber of rhc group from Viern:lin,
shared his story of working co­
ward a Vicrnamcsc/C:1m bodi­
an dialogue. Richard Kananga,
from Rwanda, told how solving
a conOicr wiLh his college rooi'll­
matc led him co create an anti•
violence organization. Angela Starovoycova, from chc: Ukraine,
told how concepts simil:1r rn che
"Take 5" scraicgy led her ti) forge
a rdatiooship with her csrranged,
nlcoholic father. After each sto­
ry. S!Orovoyiova called for 15
seconds of silence, co organize
thought-.s :111d crcare questions.
"!Sharing qur) rersonal expc•
r'itnccs makes rhis real and c.'111
challenge 01her,," said S,arovoy­
toq, "Tha, fs our goal."
l'he ACTION ceam that visii•
cd LC travds 3tound the United
Scares for lhree mo.nc.bs. Mem­
bers were edu~cecl and work
in thc::ir own counrries in vari­
ous orgJni1.acions. SeveraJ work
1hrougb lnhiatives of Change, an
iaternarional network of c.hari­
ries and acriot1 organizarions.
"The ACTION rearn visi,s com­
munities chroughom the coun­
cry ro serve, inrcracr, and learn.
Through a ,•;1ricry of activities ...
the team will inspire and equip
community members mkihg ac­
cion On critical local issues," said
their website. ''They wiU also
serve as connecting points for
buiJding communiry coalirions
across class, oc:cuparion. faith
and ethnicity."
The idea of ACTIQN was
adopted from a simil:i:r program
started. three years ago in lndia
through lni,i,rivcs of Clrnnge.
An American in the lndlan pro­
gram was inspired ro bring the progr:un home.
Members. all volunr,ers, '"l'
with families in each city and
arc provided for through dona­
tion, from difTerenr people and
groups.
lnciividuol, who join AC­
TION learn maiegies to bring
home and u~c to incilc change.
Members of ,he group emph•­
shed 1ha1 rher wer, n1osdy gain•
ing from this cxperi~ncc:, and
.sharing 1heir stories w~ just rhc
small way 1ha1 ,hey gav, back.
The action group spends a w«k
in an American ciry, doing work­
shops with groups of all agL-., Ill
wdl as visiting non-prorits and
dry coundls to gcr ideas for posi­
tive change. They will rcrurn 10
their home countries with rhis
knowledge and inspir.,tion.
Srarovorova, for example, who
is also on the ACTION Lead­
ership team, will return co rhe
Ukraine co conrinue a.s a social
worker. Site works with rhe el­
derly. as well as with young girls.
She wants to inspire ,he j<>)' of
helping ochers and convince cv•
eryone that they can make a dif.
ference ... To be a sru<lc.nt is good
cnought she said. "\Ve. can all
move rhe world around.""
More i nforrnacioo on how co
get involved i,1 the [nitiarive.t. of
Change organization is available
ar their websire: hr{p://www.iofc.
org.
faced, rather than a crisis to bt writer :\S wdl.
• remedied. While 1he rnajoriry of articles •
Against rhis suppressive printt.-d by Strrct Rflots are wrir-•
backdrop, I am always im-· ten on larger-sc,Je issues per-
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• grocery ston.::. or Powell's Books, al accoums are inrerspersi:.d as •
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ast Portland quakes
• ly in ncws_pri11t and demanding bond Qua.nuly and later ioclud-•
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coutse, co Street Roots, the Porr...-of Strut Roots, gives voice ro rhe-
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speech/' according to the? papels scrcccs.
• taglinc. The publication aod suppori- •
• Born from rhe: :1shes of che ing organization are currenrly •
former publication 1/u Bumside gearing up for cheir wincer fund
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• 1998 with the double objec1ive ply brn more about rhis grJSt-•
Of providing voice and employ- roars organi?..ltioo. visit them
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• homeless community. While org. If you haven', already, pick •
those objectives remain un-up a copy of the newest issue. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • y Kristen Ludwigsen
Lewis & Clark srudenis,
along with many Portland resi­
dents, go~ ::i sbaking surprise on
the night of Sunday. Nov. 5. Ar
9:34pm. an earihquake with ,,
magnitude of 2.6 occurred JO
miles beneath rbc surface, just
t:asr of the Willarncctc dver under
the Laurdhurst neighborhood io
Souchem Poril:u1d, according co
Ian Madin, chief Sciemist for rhe
Oregon Dcparrmenc of Gs-ology
and Mineral Industries.
So far. n .. rly 2000 rcporrs have come in from re.sjdc:ors rhroughour
the cicy of Poribnd who said rher
feh the quake.
Residents in Norcheait. South­
east, Southwest and Downtown
roporicd feeling ,he shake of the
quake. Many LC swden<swere also
shaken by the surprise of a sudden
eardtquakc in cown.
In partiClJar, rc.siden<s of Ha,tz­
fcld D hod much co say about ,he
quake. 1om Youmans ('09) was
happy 10 experience ao earthquake
for the fim rime.
"I was prercy excited •bout the
eanhquake. I had never expcri-cnc«J an carrhquske before and I
wa.t surprised. I'm pumped 3.bom
ic," be said.
Leif Jackson ('09) described
his t."artbquake cxperieoce: ''J was
juS< chilling in my boo and all
of a sudden I fdr a Iii.de tremor,
and the.n .. , my macrress slid a.14
mosc hal~vay off the lx,d while I
was still on it. a1,d then afrer Lhac
,here was a bi, more sh.tking."
Woody Buxron ('07) said
about tbe quake, in his bes,
•·oJd mann voice, "Damn those
young'uns havil'a.gscx upstairs!"
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. Democrats seize House, Senate;
Pelosi elected Speaker for House
by Daniel Cochran
.. We 1001.: :1 thumping,"' said
Presidem George W Bush during.,
press conference \Vednesday morn-­
ing. regarding ,he Republican's loss
of chrir majority in the House of
Rcpn.·sc:nt<uivcs and Scn;m_• fol­
lowing the November 7 mid-term
eleccio1l. ''I rhoughc wt-were going
ro do fine yesrerday, shmvs what I
know," Bush added.
As of Wedn,.,;day evening, the
Democr:us h:wc gaintxl 29 'itars
in the House of Rcprescnr~ujves.
with ten still left undecided. Ad­
ditionally, Democrats picked up six
sc:ats in the Senate, wi,h cht final
race coming to an end \Vcdnt.$day
night. ln Virginia, incmnbc:nr Sen­
acor George Allen (R) hod , railed
James Webb (D). but w:,; expected
to request a recount given c.hc prox•
imity of the \'Oting results-.
Howcv~r. once.:. all the pn..-cinccs
finished reporting, the differen­
tial became coo large, and the Al­
len campaign has all buc officially
conceded. Allen's impending defeat
marks the end of the Republican's
majority in the Sen:ue, and gives
,he Democrats control of both
branches of Con-A few hour~ .1fcer Bush's mitia.l
press conference, he followed by
confirming speculalion rhar Secre•
cary of Scare Donald H. Rumsfcld
had r<:signcd. ll\e announccmcnr
came a week :.1.fic:r Brn.h cl.timed
Rumsfdd would rem:tin in office
uncil 2008.
"[ am making a change ar the
secretary of defense rn bring a fresh
perspective as ro how co achieve
~omcthing I th.ink most American~
want. which is a victory," he ~tid.
Repbcing Rumsfeld is former
CIA Director Rohen Gares, whom
Bush described as a "man of in«-g·
rity" and "wund judgment." Bu,h
:ilso offered praise for Rurnsfeld.
.. America is safer and the wotld is
more-secure because of the lead.
ership and che service of Donald
Rumsfdd," he said.
While m:iny projec,ed Republi­
can~ 10 lo~ conrrof of the Hou~c:.
their los..~es in the Sen­
arc were nor quire
cxpcacd, "Every­
thing thoc could
have gone wrong,
went wr-0ng," said David J\·lcrryman (' I 0). Presi­
dent of ,he Lewis & Clark College
Republicons .
"Jr's noc rhar people like che
Democrats, ir's more dissarisfaclion
wirh Republic.ms, and especially
Iraq," Merryman said, rcforring
to the ~cvcra1 senatorial dcccions
th:u were considcrc:d toss-ups be­
fore finally resolving in favor ofche
Dcmocr:t1s.
Nancy Pelosi (D. CA), scrv•
ing in hl·r tenth consl'Cutivc term
as reprcsent.uive for California's 8
Di.srric.c, will replace Dennis H:t'it­
crr as Speaker .of rhe House. and
become the first woman ever co do
so.
''Democrat~ are read)' to lead,
prepaccd to govern and ab;olutc­
ly willing rn -work io a bipartis:rn
way,"' said Pdosi during an inter­
view with CNN~
Pelosi concluded by calling for a
new.direction in Iraq.
..,.lhis issomc:1hing thar we mu$t
work on t0gcrhcr wi1h the presi• .
dent." she said. "'We know that
'sray the course' is nor work_jng."
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Editorial Board
The Romeo Dallaire Scholarship may lack the funding to continue bringing low­
income, Sub-Saharan students to LC-but seniors can save it
1 hen, is nv doubt ,ba, Lcwis & Clark
prides itself on havi11g a sttoug imf!ma ..
tional focus. Indeed, ir l1m, good rc.ison
to do, so, with )tuJenr:!> from o,·et 35
countries d.Jld mort than 20 overseas pro­
gram~. LC studt:ms an: incercsccd in and
aware ofinrern:ttionaJ affiurs.
'fl1:11 emhu~ia.sm i.s why a program like
!he Rom<'<l Dallai1e Schol.irship. which
brin~ a low .. inoome. Suh,-Sah~r.U\ ~tu­
denc to LC c-Jch y<.-ar, is '\0 impona1n.
Unforrnu.irdy, ,he Dallaire Scholar­
ship may bck 1.he funding 10 bring a sru­
dcnt nexr year. Though 1ht scholarship
committee seems optimistic: about being
able to continue the program, no1hing is
cert.-'lin at: thr ruomc:nr. It would be re­
grerrnble if tbc ,cholarship had ,o be sus­
pended.
By increasing divel'$ily Otl campus, we
arc: able, m better develop inrcrn~uiorwlly­
orienred coasdenc.cs as we experie1\Ct' a
little mort: of rhc-world ash exists ouudclc of white America. As technology continue.,
to make rile" orld S<'<:m smaller, such aw,1re­
ocss is ncco.sary in keeping i1 &om coU.aps-­
ing in on i"clFunder 1he weigbt of self-ril!h­
tcous narjonalism ~r ignorance. E.veo small
efl<,rc, tatn hdp, such ·"' a scholarship th0t
brings one roore imcrn,ufonaJ smdem co LC
a year.
How,-ver. the Dallaire Scholarship is
abom more d1an just diversity. 1l1e denial of
ba~jc hmnan rights m peop1e in nil H)o many
co1,H'11Jits is an issu(.' char concerns LC srn•
dears a< well-.,s dernons1rarcd b)' ihc llrge
rurnouc ro the October 26 showing of rhe
documcurary. "lkhind rhe P.ison Wall.' The
documcncaryS writer and director, Romeo
Umulisa, is ar LC because of ,he Dallaire
Schohrship. With the scholarship, LC is put­
ting ic;s v:ilucs into pmeticc by t'Xpandiog di­
versity and by !-upport..ing efforts LO increase
Jwan:nc.~ about human righ~ viol:nions.
"Tht opporruniry thar rht schol.trship can
provide for its future rcdpicnts is important
The Fighting Hamster
America has invited .the Democrats in, but with their foot in the
door, they must be an ever-cautious guest
by Matt Savage
"l'm a member of no organized
I, D ., party, m a emocrar.
-Will Rogers
At th~ election parry do,,.•nrown for Ore­
gon Oemocrnts. thccxcircmenr in the air-was
palpable. With "lcohol i□ hand and smiles
on every face, e>:cited eyes: watched th(' first
fc-mak speaker of rhe House announce that
Oemocracs had regained conct◊I i.n one, if
not both, dtambcrs of Congress. 11,e nex,
day, ti,~ resignation of Donald Rumsfeld is
,he first conciliatory gcsrurc of a humbler
Bush. One c1nno1 fuulc Ulc D"mocrars for
thdc jubilation, che biggest felt by this bat•
1ertd parry since Clinton bear Bush's futher
14 long years ago. Bu, the biggcs1 misra.ke
Democrats could make is to think rhar ,hey
have ,,;,•on.
All ihac happened Tuesday nigh, was
char the Republicans have los,. The Ameri­
can pc..'Oplc, forious wich a di.sascrous war-in
lr:iq and with nowhcrC' lefr to rum, have be­
grudgingly given the keys to a new Demo­
cratic majotity. Bur tl1is docs nor mean that
they have pur their trust in the parry, or char
they have given them a mandate for rad.ic..11
change. 1l1e Democms must tread carefully a.'i rhey rehu il<l trusc with the American
people. and sce:er America cautiously co ..
wards chc 2008 elections, when ch(• rcaJ
te.sc wiU come.
And for the rime being. it seems rhat
Spe3ker Pdosi and the Democrats are
approaching lhcir narrow majority
wich humiliry and restf"..lint. The 6rst
thing ou rhc. Democr:u's list is rajs­
ing the minimum wage, some1hing
as many as 80 pcrccm of che counrry is
in favor of. Bush hinred on Tuesday rh:1t
he was willing co compromise on this issue.
lmpleme.ncing the recommendations of chc
9/ I I commission is die 1op Democratic goal
for Homeland Sccuriry, and Bush would
have a hard rime. vcrning them, eve1l though
he is againS[ it. Lmmigration reform, srem
cdl research, bulk-purchasing for prcscrip•
tion drugs. real he.1riogs on the lraq \X,ar,
ethics reform, and repeal of rax~uts for ch<'
wcal1hy and oil companies are all goals on
rhe list Lhat the Democrats can pa.~.
But woe 10 the Democrat whose hubris
leads him or her t◊ rread oursidc these nar•
row bound.aries. If che Democrats arc smart,
1hey wiU do these eiglu popular ircms a□d
no1hing dsc. Th,-y will look like • sma,t,
cenuisr party thac i.s willing ro read1 across :1.s wdl. According ro rht sdwl:uship~,;
web p,tg<. !he funds Jee preierably ·g;vet1
to Jow-i11con1c studi:ms applying from
Sub-Saharan Africa who demonstra« a
dedication to promoting human eights.' ·n,e schol:uship praccically oo,.e,. wicb ,he
porcnrial for tcd-good S1or1es year after
ye~r. providing promising young adults
wirh rlat' srimulu:; of a liberal .trts txluca~
tion while giving thero the ~J.Jl1c imerna ..
cional pcrspccrivc rh:n we sc:ek.
ln 1he name of pmmo1illg rhe spirit
of mutticuJcuralism ar thc:ir aJma martt',
rhe senior class should direct rheir Senior
Gift ro tlie Rom,o Dallairt Scholarship's
precarious fund. ·nte donation would
provide assistance jn kt-eping c.hev:Juable
schol:uship alivr.
1btedi10,i11J bMrd istompriKd of Amy Pom•
ho~ j,mathan Frochtzwaj§ rhrisrie Wrighr.
Hunur Franlt,s and N,11hnJJ1.Jrf M1Usry.
lLUSTAATION
BY EMl. y 81.0CK
, he aisle and solve problems again. All of
the~ irems are bipartisan, popular wirh ,•or•
ers, and are possible even with Bush still in
office. Pipe dreams of impeaching Bush, im­
mediate uoop withdrawal from (raq, or uni­
versal healthcare would be disastrous for tl1e
parry, a.1 a cime when they have Unfo or no
political capital to waste.
If the Democrats c::rn restra.in chc-msclves
and achieve 1he.se n.-irrow but worrhwhj(e
goals, chcy will look cowards 2008 wirh a
good job of taking conrrol of bod, b""'ches
Qf government in che ncxr election. But· if
che'y i,uerpret these results as a mandate for
radical change, they will soon losc-their nar-­
row control of Congress. Noway home
The student body lacks a center
of campus community
by Lacey Slizeski
Yesterday, I me1 a girl ac thC' Co~op whom
I :as.sunH:d w;.1s a rransfor srudenr. "\Ile ialkcd
about "fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," up~
and-coming indie bands, PB&Js, drinking.
sex and our shact-d fear of fasHnoving bugs.
This girl en,hralli:d me. I was so glad rba,
someone like her had decided co u;rnsfer lO
Le";' & Clark.
Then I found out that ,his amazing girl is
:., wphomon .. -a returning sophomore. 1h4
girl is in my graduating cl"5s and shares all
of my iruc:n.'$:IS, yet we had never seen each
other before. Considering ,J,ar I rake 6,·,
classes, eat mos1 meals in rhe B-on and am a
generally social person, ir is ludicrous rhar we
had never mer. ) had somehow missed our on
an entire year of pore-ncfal fric-ndship. Why?
lkc;,uS<: LC lacks a place ,vhcre 1he srudem
body can come rogeiher.
As srudenrs, we have many distinct needs
thar arc sacisficd ac different pbce:s 9C,tttered
around campu>: M:aggie'~ for munchks, Pl-arr
E,m for pool games, the Co-op for kicl<in' it,
KLC for jams, ere. We nee<I ro h~vc all or this
rogecher in 011e space. I need a place where
I C3n go t0 grab -a bite co ear. listen IO some
rnncs, play a game of foosb.,11, ward, "Dare
My Mom," do some homework, ha"e a club
meeting, throw a dance p:lrt)', ger )()me coffc:c
and dwn call it a r1ight.
l:he administration thinks that Templeton
-a1rc:ady meets the need for a comprehensive.
srudent lip.tee. ll1ey c;11l it a student center,
btit it's nor for students. Ir houses ~dminis­
rradve offices, a cafereri:a, computer labs and
exacdy one <lrea for sirtiag.. Tcmplernn is fille
for princing a pap<r. bu, it falls shorrof what
a srudcm cenrer needs 10 be.
~nle orhcr spaces on campus offer spec,ific
things co the srudenc body. Oorrn rooms gh-c:
srudenrs a personal area io which chcy can ex•
press themselves. However. the dorms riren't
safe; we know [h:a1 rhe adminisuation has
eyes there. The Co-op is a srndcm-run place
where indjviduals can gather, rd;cx and con·
necr. Bur it seems ro scare some folk-rt-a•
sonably so, as it is ofren fil1ed wirh rhe i,uimi­
dating sounds of discu.ssio,~ 3Jld drnmming.
U11ril Templecoa is renovated ro 6t sru­
dcnt needs bcrccr, we are forced to work
wilh whar we h:we. The dorms and rhe Co-­
op come clos<.-st to che "rig.hr'' thing. Ac le:lSt
jn our dorms \'l.'e have hall1·n::ucs, friends and
lounges; 3< lease at the:. Co-op we have oouch ..
cs, music and vegan rreacs. But cliques and
communes alolle c:in'r fill the void.
\Y/e don't need to get rid of wh:at ,ve have.
we just need ro fill 1he gaps in student lifo.
We need something more-a home base, 3
place for LC ro put a communiry rogerher. .1.hc_P_io_ne_e_r_L_o_ 0_0_, _N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_1_0_._2_0_0_6 _______ ..... llllllllllltj•jjij11 .... ______________________ 7_
Unrest at college for the deaf triggers debate
by Amy Pombo
Recent outcry among the deaf community has centered on the appointment of a new president at Gallaudet Uni­
versity, a liberal arts college for deaf or hearing-i1npaired undergrads. Dr. Jane K. Fernandes, previous provost
at the school, was set to cake over the University presidency in January. According to the New York Times,
which has been running a series of articles about the commotion since Fernandes' appointment in May, the prote~ts
that first broke out on campus lase spring were resumed in October.
One hu11dred thirty-four swden1s \'/ere
arrested as they blocked the enrrancc garcs
to chc campus. succtssfuUy closing the
school umil police removed them. They
were determined to continue protesting un­
til Fernandes resigned her posr. She refus.-d
ro back down, bu I opposition w':\S-strol'1g
and on Ocrober 29 the University's board
revoked its decision ro appoint Fernandes as
president.
While many protcsttrs argued on the
grounds that Fernandes lacked the leader­
ship skills necessary ro p~ide over a school
$0 impornuu within the deaf co1nmuoiry 1
her arrirudc towards Arneric.an Sign Lan ..
guage (ASL) \\-asalso anackcd. It was alleged
that Fernandes, who didn't learn ASL until
she wa.s 23. didn't place enough importance
on sign l.3ngunge as I lu.: prirnary rnode of
communication in deaf culrure.
Since rhe prore.ns made national nev.•s,
the interest in the issue spread beyond Gal­
laudct's small srudcnt body ro rhe deaf com­
munity as a whole. As the only collcg,· spe­
cifically for deaf students, Gallaudet is on
the forefront of movemenr to define deof
culrure-deaf civil rights. technology and
methods of education-in the 21st ccnrury.
lechnology has vastly improved hearing
a.ids and led ,o the development of devices
like lhe cochlear jmplant. whjch tra.wrnits
sound as elecrrical impulses chat the user c:m
learn co inrerprer as speech. However, rhere
is debate over whcrher such devices improve
rhe livc.s of the deaf by making speech and
sound more accessible to them or if in.sread
,hey unnecessarily stigmati1,e deaf people by
implicitly labeling them as broken and in
need of repairs.
Gallaudet University makes the srruggle
ro establish idcnriry as a deaf or hcaring .. jm ..
paired person a little easier or ar least more
occepr,blc and encouraged. The pro«-srs hod
so much support within r:hc: community be­
cause of Lhe imporr.ance of de.1f identiry ro
many srudenrs -and alums of the school.
Perhaps Fernandes rruly is unqualified to
lead Gallauder and perhaps the process by v.1hich she was sclec,ed -as president ,vas bi­
ased, as some cbim, bur what she w:rnted to
uphold al the school was valuable. Currenr
demands made by prorcsrcrs, such as ro aJ ..
low communicac.ion only in ASL on cam ..
pus. may be motfvattd by a desfrc to prc.'­
serve an environment where deafness is rbe
norm :.ind is catered to as-such but are unrea­
sonable and unfair nonechele.~.
Gallaudcr nc.·<:ds to be a place where sru•
dents a.nt o0r discriminated against for rhcir
(MACRO)
A wed<ly piece that focuses on
large-scale i.ssut-s.
I
I deafness, and that docs indct..'(!_ mean requir­
ing fluency of all professors in ASL so that
srudenrs ~ue 11or srruggling ro cc.)mnrnnic:ue.
Bur banuillg all spoken-language in dasse.s
and foculry meetings is jusc pushing preju­
dice in the otbcr dfrccrioo i.osrcad of accom­
plishing anything hclpruJ.
GallaudeL cm be ~, positive educational
force ific keeps he.1diog the ,vay Fernande.(;
would h3,•e cried co cake it.. The prorescs
18 years ago for rhc appointment of a deaf
I president for the university scc a worcbwhilc
p..ecedenr for the school, and die prottsts
of May •nd October agains, ,he biased •p­
pointmenr of a presidellt arc valuable as well.
But building an understanding communiry
rcqu..irc.s a ,vidcr vision. and outlawing ver­
ba) communication at the school by claim­
ing rha.t it shuts out cllc deaf is going too for
into exclu$iviry-ir remove.~ the ~hool from
the speaking world in whicb iris still 11cce~­
sarily based.
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Dearth of cardio equipment leaves Pios waiting in the weight room
by Liz Holliday
When I moved 10 Portland, a
sdf-proclaim,-d health-cons.;ious
dl)1, I assumed it would be c:1sy ro
sray acrivc. Once I arrived, I fow,d
I was only half righr. On nice days,
rhcrc: is oU\ overabundance of beau­
tiful trails to choose from. But on
dreary days, all I WJJ1! ro Jo 10
work our is go m rhc wdglu room.
\'(fhcn I first walked i1110 rhc
weight room during NSO, I was
shocked 10 ,.., only 1hrec rrcadmills
and four dlipticals.. I was obviously
,onterncd abom rhc likelihood of
my furure self's ability ro work out
whenever I wamcd. 111ankfully~ on
chis occasion rhere wa., one open eJ ..
lipcical. I pounced on it, thrusring
my hc:-~uJphoncs over ir so that rio­
body would sna,ch up my m.,chine
from undrr me while I gr.ibhcd 1
m.,gazine off of the shelf.
Once I got my cl:1..~ in order,
I rcalii:.cd th.tt working our was go­
ing 10 be a prc.,blem. Wi1h rough­
ly 2,000 srudents arccnding thi>
school, I. had assumed ihar there
would be more: l'quipmenr avail ..
able than the approxima1ely 14 cardio options in the weighr room.
le doesn't make-any sense--there is
next co no cardio equipmcnc, a.ad
yet there are a seemingly absurd
number of weight machines, which
'3tc ::ilmosc always available. With
rhc exception of the sports teams.
occasional weight lifting cl;l$$es and
three or four 01her people, I never
sec them being used.
\Xfhenever you walk into the
weight room on an average \V(ek­
night, you come upon the ~:ime
scene: a few people using \\-eight
machines, maybe one or two more
people using fr~ weiglus and then
aU the c.1rdio machines 1n use. As
soon a~ someone on an c:.Uipcic.11
looks dose rn done, you c.1n see at
leasi 1hrce bloodthimy (prob1hly
hungry) girls ready ro 1hrow down
for tht· chano.: to gee cwo rnilcs dos.­
er ro ,heir goal weigh,. h really be­
comes a race co sec who can throw
auy personal itC'm (towel, magai.inc,
,Pod, eic.) on ihe empry machine
firs, to mark their rerricory.
I'm noc going ro lie; I've pounced
on an ellipLical or rwo. lc's not worth the.-dforc of gc:tting moti­
vated co acmally go to rhc gym -as
a "study br,;,k," only 10 find ihai
no rnJchines arc open. le litC'rally
b~omes :1 case of survival of the
fiuesr, because if you aren't willing
10 be a little aggn."SSivc 1h~n you·re
not going co gt'l a machine.
lc's 110 suprise ch3c cardio ma~
chine$ a.re in much higher demand
than weig.hr machines--cardio i~
the bes, exercise. Ix-cause it burn~
calorics, simultaneously scn:ngth­
ens )'Our legs and heart, a1le\•iates
depression, and bol~cers your im..­
muru:-system. Plus, ic gees you lean and ~dy for a bikini and at
k~t eve1\s our che keg stand from
the nigh, before.
'This problem could and should
be solved wi1h the addicion of more
cardio machint-s. Ar the very lease,
th<.·re should be helter enforcement
of the "15-nl.inure"' cardlo limit
1ha, nobody knows abouc, Pan of
the problem js rfou .studc.'.'nts sr:,y
on for upwards of an hour, hogging
che machines.
Sharing is nor everyone's force."
However, at lea.~t wirh a suicr 15-
mioute limit, if someone comes UUSTRATIOO
51YBRADJONAS
into rhc weigh, ro<>m and a I I
the c.~rdio m:tchinesau in use, chcy
cm st.uc pucring some of those
nasring wdghr machine!> tn U4';¢ t11t­
tll somebody gets off.
New LC students explore and discover ... God!?
by Aron Phillips
With the arrival of Explop­
rion & Discovery this fall, Lewis &
Clark ha> also welcometl a new rc­
quircmen, for graduadon, whether
they planned on it or nor-rhe
Bible,
Although lliblc IO I is 1101 lis1-
ed aJongsidc classes in quanci1:nlve
rcasoni ng and foreig1\ l:mgu-age.~ as
part of rhe College'., General Edu­
c:uion Requirc:mems. by including
,he Bible in the required reading
list for Explororion & Discovery,
the C'.ollege has obLigaccd ,11,ry
incoming member of the su.adenr
body 10 read 1hi< book in order co
graduate.
Nor only has ,he College in>ti­
rurcd such a policy, bur it appears
chcy have .tHeinpted to conceal the
foe, 1hai rhc Bible is used as a Iott
in chc firsc-ycar Stminar course.
The dtscrip1ion of Explora1ion &
Discovery in the College Catalog
srares ,ha, "IExplomion & Dis­
covery) explores endur1ng works,
questions, and ideas in the JibcraJ
arts crad.frion. ibe common sl:ue
for fall 2006, ,cad in all ""cuons,
includes pmvocuive works by
Pl~ro, Sophocles, Virga, G,diloo, Ocscarccs, and Mary Shelley." Now,
I might be mistaken, bm ihe Bible
\v:t~ not wrinen by any of these
folks. now was it?
In 1963, in 1he case of Abington
7i>w,,.,l,ip v. Sdumpp. ,he U.S. Su­
preme Court found tfou forcing a
student to participate in Bible read­
ing is unconstimtional.
OfcC'n, chc R-.sponse c.o this
s1accmcnt is that Lewis &
Clark is a prh•arc schooh-
7 he idea of the "separation
of church and srJte" doesn'r
apply here. Although LC is a
privare institution, we IUJ stilJ
receive govcmmem funding.
\X'ith chis ii) mind, the pur­
veyors of E&D migh1 ,hen
argue that students study
ihc Bible hrn: just 1s 1hcy
would J.D. Salinger's
C11cl1tr in 1hr Ryt or Toni
Morrison's Beloved, except thar
the main durac,er is God. Th¢ only
problem wich thjs approach is if the
College «aches che Bible 1S simply
licerarnre, 01hers in rhe dass, chose
whom view rhe Bible as rn< "Word
of God," would sec tl1is ,caching as
blasphemous ;and sacrilegious.
For professors who introduce and
srudy che Bible solely for its li1crary or philosophic.LI con1em, (hC're is
the risk rJ11c ,hey could be """'"
as a religious skeptic or heretic
who elucidates the errors and in .. E,•en if LC is r1nked the 1mm­
ber four school for "smdcms who
ignore God on a regular _Qa.~is.""
reading ,he Bible :is purely liiera-
lllre is i.J'lherendy problem-
Jtic.
D"• ~i~\\»$ @m~u~ro Un1il 1hc College
makes a decision one
way or tbc ocher, ) will
remain Luts;ttisfied wi1.h
the presenc siruation
and vehemently protest
UUSTRl,TlON 8V
BAAO,:W,S
consistencies in the Bible as well
as rhe -a_Hegorical interpretations of
che texr.
Would Christian fundamenral­
is1s or orrhodox Jews Uke chis? Ab­
solmely not against it, If the school
would like 10 keep ,he Bible
in the curriculum, they
must first list it among
the other texts covered
in the cJass, rhus alarm­
ing prospective Slu•
dents who could then
pass on a1tending LC
and look m anocher
school as ~ more :tpr
venue co "ignore Cod."
LC must be upfro111, and be­
lieve in full-disclosure. Many stu­
dents I have spoken to 1101 only
disdain reading 1he llible for per­
sonal re.uons, but aJso believe their
religious classmates with $~111d.ay
School upbringings pur ihcm ar a
natural disadvanrage. lf tbc Col­
lege believes ic is n<...:cssary to read the Bible, it isrheir obligation co let
smdents know what they're: getting
chernsd\'es into before they show
up for ,he 6rst day of cl1sses.
Second, if rhe College insists on
including the Bible in the E&D
curriculum, they mus, seriously
consider changing their polky on
the firsr--ycar seminar course being
a rcquir<'mem for graduarion. By
slipping this 1ext into ,his course, it
i,,Lrinsically rnakcs reading the Bi•
ble, regardless of faith or posilion,
a prerequisite to commencement~
someihing ,ha, only Bob Jones
University should strive for.
Lastly, unless LC b<comes an
entirely prh".tlC institution, an un­
likely scenario chat would Set: rhe
College forego any funding from
the U.S. Govern,nenr whacsocvcr,
we rnusr cominue to uphold wh3t
our foref.nhers laid out for us 1nd
what 1he U.S. Supreme Courc has
affirmed.
A, former Prcsidenr Ulysses
S, Gran, said in 1875 during his
"Speech ,or Des Moines:
"Leave rhe marcer of religion to
che family aim, the ehu rch and the
private school, supponcd entirely
by private conrribucions. Keep the
church and state forever scpararc." _th_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_Lo_g_,_N_o_v_e_rn_b_e_r_1_0_,_2_00_6 ________ ....,i•jujn .... ...., ____________________ .;9~
Blessed be the meek
(meditations on a Catholic school upbringing)
by Stephanie Beech em
Eight years of my life I spenc
there. At 40 weeks of school a year,
thac's 320 weeks and 16,000 hours,
not co mention all the time 1 devot­
ed 10 rhe meticulously-completed
homework and ulcerous, school­
relaccd frming char pervaded my
primary school years.
Sr. Henry's School wa.< a pri•
vace C1rholic K-8 in ,he suburbs
ofNashville, Tenn., a plaa: my par­
ems found for rny sisrer and me so
we could bypass ,he lawless, p,·a•
nilcss Davidson Councy public
school sysrern, where sn.idencs bear
~ch orher up on rhe bus, stood on
,heir desks making demands of ,he
teachers and, i ncvirabJy, fu.iled ev­
ery proficiency rc,c the schO<_)ls or
rhe government ever concocted.
My parentS saw pri'w.'ltc school as ::i
much-needed escape-and it was.
To set the record scraighr, rhcrc
was ao k.nucklc-rappi..ng, no overly
;unorous priestsJ oo Britney Spears­
esque Catholic schoolgirl vixens in
tiny red plaid jumpers. There were
plaid jumpers, but by the school's
uniform code rhey had to brush
1hc floor when you knelt on it, and
ihcy were inc.virably \VOrn with en­
cirely un-sexy co11'1red polo shir<S,
monogrammed ncacly wfrh the
school's logo.
It w3s, as my parents :1ntici•
pated, a drastic change from the
chaotic hdlaciousncss of Nashville
public schools. Sr. Henry's was ar­
c;,ched to one of ,he we:ilchicsr par•
ishcs in c.hc disuict. which fueled it
with an unendiug stream of funds:
new cornpurer labs, art supplies,
rexrbooks, even a six million dollar
renovation whc~ I was in the d1ird
gnde.
1hc mosr astonishing thing
about Catholic school as a whole,
and something that seems unfa,h ..
om1ble to any product of a pub-­
lk school e<lucarion. is c.h~r you're
taught religion like any other
dass-m:Hh. social srudies, Ian ...
guage arcs. That makes cighr years
of mcmoriz.ing the Cardirlal Vir­
t\lCS and rhe Bearltudes (blessed are
the poor, ,he meek, the me,ciful,
lhc p<.-accmakers, etc.), anendi1tg
Mass twice a week (\Vednesdays
and, of course, Sundays) and con-PHOTO COURTESY (A. 1/iWN \IISt')NTVCA.
fessing to a priest cwo or three times
every school yea.r-as if children at
rh:u age have anydling rcaJ to con ..
fess. I can still. to this day, recite ev­
ery book of d1e New Tes~rriem in
chro11ological order.
My place within ,his rigidly or•
dered systc1n was always terwous.
My cbssm:ues ::lS a group were
hugely reccpth'e to c.hesc values, so I
imagine it was something, of a shock
when, in rhe 1hird grade. over an
open book of spelling words. I ex•
plained quice pa<icndy ro my moth­
er that I simply ,lidu i belit:vt rhar
God even exisred, and why spend so
much time wonc!cring ifhc did?
Granted, I never openly ques­
tioned ,he C11holic faich while I
was at St. Hcnry-privatc schools
can, in reality, kick you ouc for a.I•
rnosr any reason-but my makon­
cenr manifosccd in subtler ways. For
instance, when the teachers assigned
sairu reports (and the.~e were fre ..
quenr). I a.lways pickt'd the young,
innocent, virginal saints who were
rom,red and kil!ed in rerrible and
barbaric ways: Saim Agatha, who
had her bream cur off. or Saine
Martha, who was cnst inro a well. I
,hink 1 identified with their suffer·
ing in some grand way: me, trapped
in a school \Vhere I couldn't admit
my real belief's, feeling sulfocaccd and suppressed.
There were, though I'm loath to
admit it, asp<.."CTS of S,. Hc:nry1s that
I liked. ( liked the uniforms; rhere
was no puv..ling over outfits in the
morning. jusc the same collared
shirt and jumper as 1..he previous
day, white sock., ,har folded over ar
che ankle and a plain pair of sad­
dle oxfords. I liked, too, ,he nuns
who raugh1 mlny of our classes ...
1hey wore full, voluminous whitc
habirs that covered everything bul
their fucc, and hands, :ind refused
to tell us their real name.s-rhcy all
wcnr by adopt<..-d names like Sisler
March:i Ani> or Sister Mary Marga•
rec-or where rhey had grown up,
or what their hair color was. They
were terribly mysteriOllS.
Uur chcre was, above all, this
glorification of meekness in their
lives-upon enrroncc iruo rhe
llen«licrine order. ,hey all took
vows of ecernal poverty and ser­
vice-that 1 couJd never quite
scomach. Likev,tise, rhe school in
rum glorified meekness in its stu·
dents; J think of aU those years of
reciling che Bearirudes ("'Blessed
are che mCck") and confessing co
priests even when there \v;tS noth­
ing ro confess for ar all. Modern
life is not, I think. for ,he meek:
rhc meek in this world are lucky to ger /1a11d jobs as far as I'm con­
ccrncd. Not to mc;nion 1he hypoc­
risy of espousing, "Blessed are ,he
poor" ar 3 place where ruition cost
,housands of dollars • year.
Private school did, on one h:ind,
rescue me from whar might have
been eight lawless, clin:ctionless:,
complacent yea.rs s-pem in a pub­
lic school system char bca, down
its poorest stud('nts and neglected
ics brightest. In ,ha, sense Corholic
school s;1ved me. Bur th(' rdig.ion's
relentless glorification of m<..-dutess
and suppression, of makjng peace
and apologi1.ing when you ought ro
and always saying the proper thing,
was norhing Jess than a syi;;tem~u ic
suAOC.·uion.
Regardless of whac side I ulrj.
maccly come down on, my expe•
ricnce a1 St. Henry.~ was not sim•
pie, not purely good or bad. and
I wouldn't do it rhe dis$ervicc of
portraying ir as such. Neither is re•
ligion, and neither :.nc people. So.
for now, J simp1y celebrate Oregon:
a grand srare where many public
schools flourish. where coffee is our
religion and Ralph Noder, bless his
feeble li11le heart, our God, where
hippi<-s bang bongos :ind ognosri•
cism is par for the course. It may
nor be my old Kencucky home, but
i1•s a stare. _l_Q ___________________ _.-•\m41MLllllll._ _______ rh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o.,g_, _N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_1_1_, 2_0_0_6
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Commitment is impossible for many college
students, who instead prefer to play the field
by Kelly Sullivan
ccording to The Princeton Review, Lewis & Clark College is ranked
number four for "Students [who] ignore God on a regular basis" and
number 11 for "Birkenstock-wearing, tree-hugging, clove-smoki11g,
vegetarians." But where do we place in terms of tht love scene? Well,
to start off, does tl1is school even have a love scene, and if so, what is it lil{e?
When asked, most people laughed before they realized it was a serious question.
"Everybody's perpemally looking for imme<liace ·abour rhc former anyways. Dating or gerring involved in a mrtc"<I before coming co LC, said, "I've seen people getting
sarisfacrion. No one's looking for a relado,iship;' said Ben r~lationship must not be tbe student body's rop prioticy. iruo rel:Hio11ships, but it's jusr lO◊ soon. People don'r really
L~rsen (' 10), "they just want to get drunk know what they're getting themselves
and fuck."' ----------------. ----------------- i.nro. I think rhar college can
Many people gave variations of this "When you first gee here, there isn't a love seen e. And be the time chat you can find
sratcmenr. and all came to the same h d h k . h tbe person yoo w::i.nr t0 spend
conclusion: LC's love seen<:, if ir could C en you get SO esperate C at you ma e your OWn Wlt ,he rest of your life wich, but
be c.1Jle<t d\at. isn'r an inregral p:ut of d1e LC l » • d AJ •· St h ('09) freshman year is.so new. ir's just
communi,y. gogg es, Sal eta ore · hard 10 know what you wanr:
"I guess it's casual and nor serious ar aU," \Xlhile m:rny people here arc
said Fiona ·1hompson ('09). However, Mario Lancau-Hol,i<worrh ('08) shared different quick 1osay char d,cre is no such
Some wcnr as far as ro mock ir, implying that calling sentiments. "Since this is such a small campus. there's sorr thing as a iove scc11e at LC, just as many wish char there
wl1:1(evcr LC has a "love scene" is a stretch. of a tendency row:trd rnore committed relationships. That were. Ir shouldn't be: coo hard ro find rhar "'special someone ...
"'\Xlhen you firsr ger here, rhere isn't a love scene. And mighr not be what everyo11e wants, bu1 they ;,,sc don•t waru The Co-op. tbc library and rhc Bon are all obvious places
then you get so desperate that you make your own wir.h LC to Jook bad." 10 anempt your latest pick-lip line, bur even if these places
goggles," said Alora Storch ('09). Holdsworth, who is Cllrrently single, explained his aren't rurcing it, dwre are plenty of orher are,s ,o look.
llur why is LC lacking in rhe love department? Its not relacionship status by saying. "I've been looking for a ccmin Whea you do find chat someone, don't be lar.y and rake
hard co meer likeminded people here, and Portland has a 101 thing, and l haven', found thar yet." her or him to the Dovecote in hopes of romantically sweeping
to offer in the ccrms of affordable dares, bur LC srilJ doesn't Agajn. chis Statement was pretty common across the them off of their feer. losce~ld, rry doingsomc-ching exciting.
have a dning scene."'Evcryone's jos't too busy," said Storcb. board. Srudencs of all years ca11.1r seem 10 find c.he perfect E\'cn if it's jus1 a walk co Tryon Creek Stare Patk, an off'­
lhis is a very plausible explanation, seeing as we are he.re person, although chcy want co. c:unpus :lCtivicy is a must. If LC is going co have any chance
for schoo1. not love, and most people are more concerned Alys~ Conley (' 10), who is still in the relationship she make a move. _11_1e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_L_oo1g •. _N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_1 _1 _. 2_0_0_6 ________ -.11eeM•Mn ...... _____________________ 1 __ 1_
Smuggled pets make dorms seem homey
by Amy Pombo
Leaving behind old friends is one of ,he h:irdcsr par<s
about moving away from home 10 go 10 college. While floor•
mates, dassmaics and orhcr fellow srudenrs help fill social
voids) friends of a furrier persuasion arc less likely to be parr
of life in the dor,ns.
Every once in a while, dogs make appearances on campu:.,
and occasionally a car can be spotced. Still, as mo.<r pet
owners know, ~eeing ;tO a1limal isn't the s:ime as having one
of your own. Some students, like firsr~y<.-ars Megan Pt-arlman
and Molly Gibson, choose to keep pct fish. "I love my fishy:
said Pearlman of he~ pet, Sushi. Besides fish, no other pets
are allowed in rooms. "If it can survive outside of water,"
said Plm-1 loward Residence Director Sherlive Edens, animals, as well as a number of rodenrs. Rosengard recalled
a pig in H:unfdd rh:n would 14wallow in the community
restroom," a duck that a srudcnc found in a park and fed
French fries from the Bon, rerreis in Ham.fold and a
chinchilla in Copeland. "Cats have happened."
he said, though "it's usually kitccns."
Unfortunately for S[Udents
wishing 10 recreate home at
college, "a lot of the pm that
people miss are not the
ones tl,ai they can feasibly
hide." said Roscngard.
Some srudcms. like
Sarah Mi,chel ('09),
imagined not even
"It v,as really sad for me to leave my goat
at home ... There was a perfect little place
under the art building and she would have
had lots of leafy greens."
-Sarah Mitchel ('09) ha\•ing
ro hide their
pets.
"Ir was really sad for
me to leave my goar ar
home," Mitchel said, and
would love co kt.-cp h<.·r
on c.-unpus ... Then.: w:tS :,
'"you c:in't Juve ir." Concerns about pets in smdcms· rooms
include cleanliness, smells and porcmia.J disease.::. Edens :1lso
noted that in such smaJI sp~ce-s, "h's hard for chose folb with
' :1llergies co have animals rhere as well."
1bis isn't co say char pcoph.· don'r successfully get Mound
the rules. Last year, one student 3nd her roommate bought
r.1ts. She said, "All our friends knew, the whole Aoor knew."
And yet c.hc cwo students have man;1ged nor to gel cwghr,
mostly by confining co1tvers.uion abolH the rars to private
rooms. Oftenrimes, if rhcrc isn't a smell rhac alc:rrs an RA or
RD to a pct, Forest RD David Rosengard s.iid, ··someone
else on the Aoor decides l the smdenr] shouldn't have a rat."
or other aoint:11, .ind alert.~ the RD. If pets arc discovered in
rooms, students arc '"asscsst-d cleaning fees," 5.lid Edens. A~
for the !lnimal itself, Roscng,rd ;;.,id 1ha1 students are told
they will "have 10 find a home off campus for the pct.
A hcrmir crab named Sr. Cik·s lives dsewhece on c:unpus.
His owner likcS rhe comp:rny but ~aid, •·rm not totally sure
he', leg:il." She doesn't sec St. Giles as a problem to the hall
though. and said, "He's quitt, he can't get out [and] he
doesn't smell."
In years pasr, LC has been home to a number of fann pcrrecr little place under the art building and
she would have had lots of leafy greens."
Others know the.')' would have 10
ke;,p 3 pet s.ecret but would like one
an)'\\lays.
"'I really wanra cat," s~,id Anne
Swift ('09). "11 would make me
a lot happier," she said, because
''cats arc proven to r~uce Mress,
a.11J a) college srndenrs ,-.,e ha\'e a lot of
stress."'
ihecompanionshipand responi;ibilirytharanimals
provide are hoch attrocri\•e reasons for keeping a pCt.
but for rhose unwilling co risk having a cat loose in
their haU or a hams,er peeing on the c..1rpet. those
creature: cornfotrs may also be had by voluncccring
;n an animal shelter. Roscngard rccommc.·nded
rhc Feral Cat Coalition in downrown Portland
or 1he Oregon Ferret Shelter in Oregon City.
Also, mos, of the RDs have pets and, said
Roscngard, "most of us arc pretty happy tO have our
pcb meec more people."' 1.LU5ruTION &Y BRADJOMS
Got a favorite.professor? Vote them in for tenure!
by Lila Wade
lt!nure as a concept: it isn't somcching rhar occupies
many minds . .1.\1ost knov1,' th;u 1enure is :i. permanent
position offered ro foculry. but not every opening posltion
on campus is followed by such an oft'er, By the time yo~.i've
slipped imo rour scat for ,1,,., 9: 10 class, your day has been
nothing rnore th:u, a mi.x of hasty decisions and incoherent
rhoughrs, from the logical," Is <.-acing worch the proportional
loss of sleep?:' co the quaJit::uive, .. Does my shirt look as
dirty as I know, iris?.,.
Ona-in class, however, everyone on the whole is
ancmive. Smdems apprecfacc le~1rning. :i.nd if rhey don'r,
they at leas, appreciare the value of faking it. Most
panicipare and by the time everyone is cng.igcd, you ca,1\ cell acmal thought is occurring. Little: of this thought is ever
given 10 anything outside ,he class, specifically ro the life of
your profossor. ·lhis may sound like a good th.ing, less creepy
anyhow, but professors occllpy :m irnporunr pl:i.ce :1r Lewis
& Clark. Because 1his place is authoritative, most smdcnrs
don't see the need ro appreciate or even acknowledge their
accomplishments. TharS unfortunate, sioce it's undeniable
that they h:ive a lot ro offer.
Psychology Professor Brian Derwcilcr-BedcU, one or
the rwo profc.ssors currently being considered for tenure,
explains his job as •,he privilegeoflosingand finding myself
in a swirl of ideas, all centered on one grand question:
\Xlhar docs it mean to be a thinking. feeling social crearure
adrift in a probabilisric tide of social forces?,. Noc only is
he energedc and incellecrual, he also clearly cares for his student.~. "I am honored that I am able to share my p:t.~ion
and birs and pieces of tlu.: a11swer with scores of brighr
studem.s each yeart he said.
Even if you don't share an equal fondness for your
teachers, thc:re are other reasons ro be aware of the ccnurc
proceedings. The process for allocacing rcnurc is akin to
voting: if we expect a good education we ha\le to be willing
to speak out about it. Knowing what your teachers arc up
co is one of rhe ways thar you can do so. Thar's nor lo say
rhac rhose up for tenure warrant any criticism-psychology
professors Brian and Jcrusha Derweilcr-Bedell are both
beloved members or the reaching community. Still, whether
your opinion takes chc form of crlficism or cornpUment,jost
knowing is one of che ways th::it you c=-n involve yoursdfin
the LC community. 12
Lewis & Clark student Clare Rosenfeld ('08) has traveled worldwide promot­
ing diabetes awareness, visiting hospitals and improving existing care as
the American Diabetes Association's first National Youth Advocate. Top:
Rosenfeld meets with a diabetes group in Bangladesh,..Center: In Zanzibar.
Bottom: Rosenfeld visits a diabetes patient in a Tanzanian hospital. , Fovea the Pioneer Log, November I 0, 2006
Diabetes has quietly become one of the leading causes
of death worldwide, even though the disease and its
deadly complications are preventable. As diagnoses and
death rates soar, one LC student is at the front lines of
the battle to increase diabetes awareness in developing
countries, where a lack of recognition and available re­
sources is contributing to tens of thousands of needless
deaths.
I n the pasc hundred
years, the number of
people with diabetes has
more than doubled.
Today, 230 millio11 people world­
widt· Jive with rhe <liseasc. 'lllis
number is cxpccccd co rise to 350
million over the ncxr rwo decad("s,
'lime hM; proven that the effec:cs or
diabetes have grown and arc con­
tinuing to grow :1l an cxponcnrial
mte. \'((hat rhosc effects arc and
where they seem from, however,
c:tuse conh.lsion and uncertainty.
AJchough ma,~y bdkvc char di:i­
bcccs is a dise.:ise that mosdy affect$
overweight Americ:i.M, soon .. almost
80 percem of all diaberes c:,se$ will
be in counrrics considered develop­
ingi" according to th(' awarenes:)
c.ampaign "U,1ire for Diabc ..
ccs." Due to rhis misundcr­
srood dis<.·.asc, someone dies
every cen seconds.
•unite for Diabetes" is led HI
A1D
by the J nrctnarional Diabetes Pedcr:nio,,,
which. accotding co one of their download­
able brochures, "sers ou1 10 make the world
aware of che growing number of people af ..
fecrcd by diabetes, chc debiliraring :rnd life­
threatening complications of the dise.asc
(and) the possibilities foe the prevention of
rhc:se complicacions in (>eople with diabetes ...
°TiliS c.ampaign hopes ro m:.lke govcrnmcms
atound che world rcali-:te the gr.wity of' this
humanitari:rn, social and economic prob­
lem and co enact ch::rnge co reverse current
trends. vent:'!blc. ·n1c mosr effective
means of prevention for any
widespread problem is educa­
tion and awareness ... Unite for
Oiabcros" has called for a U.N.
resolution m proclaim Novem­
ber 14 "World Diabetes Day" l<ln
Di:tbeces i.s not yet curable, but ir-is pre .. . I
in order ro ~•ttrncc am:mion ro ~
whac the organi:i.1tion considers a i
global healrhcare c,isis. i
11,e person who thought up chc U.N. res-~
Due to this misunderstood
disease, someone dies
every l O seconds. j .1h_e_P_i_o_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_N_o_v_e_n_1_b_e_r_1_0_,_2_00_6 _______ ___. __ i•kt¥ __ ..., ____________________ 1_3_
• gt e
en
olucion. which is
rhc cenual focus
of"Unire for Di­
-nbeccs,'' is a stu­
de1u ar Lewis &
Clark College.
Diagnosed with
Tj,pc I diabms
at chc age of seven.
Cbre Rosenfeld ('08) has been an
ou1spoken advocate for young
people with diabetes worldwide.
It has always bcrn a dream of
Rosenfcld's, she said, "10 eogagc
the intern:11ior1al dfabet~ co.r1-
muni1y in a united effort 10 bdng
di2be:1e.~ tQ rhe auenrion of our world lead­
ers." 7'hc rruc nature of dfabcrcs, its imp(i ...
c.1.tions. and the misconceptions abom it
all nc"t<l 10 be addressed and clarified before
anything resembling posicive ch:tnge ~,1
rake place. There are 1wo 'YI'"" of &,bcres.
Types I and 11. Type II diabc,es is
ca.us(..'d by an auto-immune rt-acrion,
iu which the immune S)<Stem targets
insulin-producing bera cells. 1here­
fore, Type I di3beries need daily in­
sulin injccrions co rL-gulacc cheir
blood-sugar levels. [f they don',
have ~cces~ to insulin -a com.Jlion
occurrence in developing coun­
tries -they will die.
In conrrast, 1i'pc II diabe1es is
due to defective insulin scrrcrion
a.nd defective rcsponsiven("SS to the
insulin. Type [I diabe,es accoums
f()r 90 ro 95 percent of all diabe­
rcs cases. Generic predisposition.
when combined wirh the rapid changc-s
in diet takiJ1g place worldwide, leads 10 the
epidemic levels we :'.Ire seeing today. Usu­
ally, ·1ype II diabetes can be rreared with a
good dief and exercise regime, and possibly
insulin. However. n':Scarchcrs have begun
co shy away from rcf'crring ro diabetes as a
"lifestyle" disease, since many of ,he poople
living ,vi1h ir have had no cl1oice about the
conditions in which they lh,e and h:we link
control over the rypes of foods they regularly
obtain. There is no such thing as "mild" dia­
bc.:tcs. Because lhe i111medi~1ce sy111p1om.s of'
Tnie fl can be less ap1,aren1 rhan in -iype I,
if undiagnosed it can lead to severe and irrc~
vcrsible complicacions wirh lirrlc warning.
... Unicc for Diabetes'' conrcnds that if
more direct action isn't taken soon, rhe al­
re:,dy i,1adequ:ltC resources lleeded to com­
bat the di,1beres epidemic will quikcly be
exhausted. Diabetes care is nor readiJy avail~
ablC' in developing coumric.s. \Vhen it is, ir
is expensive. For example, one blood glucose -I
resr srrip costs roughly one U.S. dollar in ,he
developing world. An insulin-dependent di­
abNic must check his or her blood sugar at
least duce cimcs a day in order t◊ maintain
conrrol of hloo<I glucose levels and 10 mve
off complications. Thar's three dollars a day
for a family that, in many developing coun­
rric:s, struggles to survive on less than two
dollars a day.
Even if a family j_s lucky enough co be
able ro provide insulin for its loved one, che
needed injection doses arc bard to come by
in many developing countries. Tue diabetic
is rarely able 10 ,ray in control for long and
pre\'ent complic:uions, resulting in a high
rnre of diabe1e,:-relared deaths.
If uncreated, diabetes can lead lo hcarc
disease, ampucations. kidney failure aod
blindness-complications which arc either
fatal or crippling for life. According 10 the
"Unite for Oiaberes" website, the global cosrs
of medical care fordiabcres and irs oomplica-­
r.ions will total upwards of $4 l I billion with­
in a generation. Obviously, this <'pidcmic has
signific:mt social and oconomic impact.
The rrogedy is rhar rhe bnrnr or 1hesecosrs
wilJ fall on developing countries, and may
undermine improvement of standards ofliv•
ing and c.-conom ic growth. In a sp<.-cch given
to Professor J~mis Lochncr's nutrition class on
November 8, Rosenfeld said, "It has been es­
timated rhat basic educarion on he:llchy eat•
ing and regular exercise can prc,•cnt up ro 60
percent of all Type n diabcre.wclam! dcachs
globally." Rose11feld hopes ,hat rhe iottrna­
tion:.tl community. will become rnore aware
of and better ed11c.1ted abour di:iheres, and,
therefore. more empowered ro affccr posi-­
tivc change through wiser resource allocation
and health care adminiscration. -IC
By Peter Beland
Rosenfeld said, "We arc ar a very excit•
ing, critical sragc in rhis process. Diabetes
advocates arc walking the halls of power at
che U.N. ,.:ind for t~te 6rs1 time C\'cr we are
getring people's a1renrion. The United Srates
is currenrly shaping up to be a critical vote
and so we need the grassroots supporters co
mobilize like Dt'Ver before." The American
Diabetes Associ,rion and the Juvenile Dia­
be1es Research fiound,uion, along with many
otber ruabetes organi7.arions and necworks in
the U.S .. arc in the process of engaging d1eir
volunteer necworks in a mass lcm:r-wricing
campaign targeted ar three key opinion lead­
ers in governmen1: the Surgeon Genera.I. the
Secretary of Heahh and Human Services and
rhc Senior White House Health Policy Advi•
sor.
Although the U.N. has not ytt passed a
resolucion on diaberest No,-ember 14 has
been recogni1.ed as \Vorld Diaheces Day by
the Lmemarional Diabetes Foundation and
the World Hcalrh Organization, and Rosen•
fold hopes rhc campus will "rally according­
ly." In Council Chambers ,r 7:00pm, a cam­
pus-wide cdtrc.ttion:,:I .seminar will ~ hdd
10 answer srudenr's questions about diabetes
as an illness, a globaJ epidemic and a move­
ment. Prc-ad_drcssc-d posrcards will be avail­
able for students w write supponivc mes­
sages ro chese thr<:e govemrncnt officials and
join the national movement co ensure rhe
Un ired Srares supports this critical iniciarive.
Rosenfeld added, "I would also encourage
studcnrs to visit www.unitcfordiabctcs.org co
learn more and sign the globaJ pe1·ition! They
can rhen spre:1d che word 1◊ their friends and
families by 'passing rhe blue circle pin' and
dcmonsuaring to our world leaders our de-­
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www.lclark.edu/ ~piolog Non-traditional students feel
different but find support at LC
with the ocher students:
by Rosi Moffett h was hard for her ,o get back inro rhe swing of
It's easy co look out your dorm window ar che academia. \Vher1 I commiseraccd abom how awful
sunshine and wonJ<r jusr what rhe hell you're doing carrying a backpack full of books was she s,id. "You
there, spending your beautiful youth in ,1 Httle dorm see, when y'all hurt from carrying books icS because:
room hunched alternately over a book and a keyboard. you·rc our ·of shape. For me it's lx:causc of Jcgcnerntive
'Ah," you think. "bur if I h:rd decided to rour with arthritis." Aside from rhis, she found rhe challenge
the Siring Cheese lncidenr before coming 10 college I of college ro be a good tiring. "By now, I'm used ro
never would have made it here." knowing things. 1h:mk God fq,r chemistry to rc:rnir\d
But in fuct thc:re are a number of srudcms ar LC me char l can be stupid in some area!.:· sJlt: said.
who didn', go ro college right afrcr high school, who Karie Walter ('09). a 32 year-old LC srudem. agrccs
were able ro get off the school tr;.lin and gee back on that it rakes a loc of dedication and drive co come back
years lacer. These.: are the "'non-cradicional" srudcm~- ro a school like LC. Forty-five yea.r-o1d Nina Sailer
student, who are 24 years-old or older. There are 40 ('09) said it was hard tO cxpl:>in ro some people why
non--tradifional smdcncs ac LC. That's about rwo she came co a !ithool like LC insr<."ad of. say. getting ::i
pcrc1;•11r of the srudenr body. I spoke with three ot degree on the inc<."rnct. "lt1s like the Gr:neful Dead,
them ,o find out how indc<.-d they ended up back in you cith<."r get ir or you don't." Evidently, coming to
school. LC is more about the education than the' degree. "'I
Jenny Ncwtson ('06) graduated from high school w:>nred ,o come ro LC lx:causc it's a really good school,
when ~he was 19 and cm<."n-d LC at 39. She describes and l wanced to be wirh people who wanr co learn,"'
herself as being "derailed" by her short ancmion said Sailer.
and l'Xcitemenr span. She spent two years after high l11e experience at LC is very different fro1n those
,chool following rhe Grateful D,-ad and "helping I her] of the community colleges 1har borh Sailer and Walter
grandfurhcr die." After two year$ ar rhe University of attended before LC. There, rhey had a much grcarer
Oregon she switched m a communicy college where economic and age di\'crsiry; howcvert :1ccording co
her R.1dio Broadca..'iting professor was a field reporter Sailer, "there was no cohe,ivenes..'i abour the non­
for the loca) NPR scarion. 11\h w:.l~ how she ended up traditional ~1-udencs. Here we really stick t0ge:ther.•
wirh a IS ye:ir-long career in public radio. Ir was rime More than rhat, all three of the students felt that they
co rno\fe on, and even though a profc:Mor had rold her had made a oonnc:ct ion wirh cradiciona) students at
that if she quit school she wouldn't go back, Newrson LC.
was sitting down ro look for a job when she opened .. There's a )or of support here; it's like being
the en,·elope relling her that her great unde, who h~d adopred." said Sailer, who came back ro school "ro
gone 10 LC when it was Albany College. had left her heal," gain confidence and learn how ro make a lil'ing
money ro go 10 LC. • afrer her marriage ended badly. In school she realized
She had rhis to say abour arriving at LC as :1 non.. that she wante;i somerhing more than jusr a secretarial
traditional student: ''\Vie i>tick our. Jc's like suddenly job; she wan{ed an education, and she wanted to get a
becoming black [on .t predominately white campu~J." degree rhar would allow her to work with ocher women
\VhiJe Newrson feds different from the rr:.tdicional in crisis. As for her experience as a non .. rradfrionaJ
college srudcncs- .. 1 just don·c w:lnt ro go co the same student, she .saidt "It's everything I ever hoped and
bars as you do"-she docsn)t feel complcrdy out of mort. I wish other people my :1ge would rhink along
pl,,ce. for one ir's lx:cause,as she.aid, "I'm one of those rhc lines of LC. If people knew whar ir was like. maybe
people who arc born 26, anc.l 1 'm crying m ridl" thm rhey'<l come."
wave as long;as possible," but foranoth<."ric's because :all ·111ere-are J7 more non-tradidon:,I scudems ro gcr
of the srudenrs she knows came into her life ro know. If' you arc a tradi1 ion al student looking for
as adulrs, and chus -,.. -1, she feds on par someone with .\ differcnr college ocpcricnce ro rnlk to,
rz1,,.,✓ 1..,.,'J-., you can keep an lj'C out for those who appear co be
..( ,{',(,\ ~ _ over 24 years-old, buo a bener bet is ro l'isir the Trail
t., .) ,Y (-~ I Room on Tuesdays ar lunchtime. whet<
~- ,,"7 \\...------:::----.._ non-rradirional srudenrs rry
f 10 meet up and cheek ; with e.1d1.
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How to not get caught:
Maximize your meal plan's potential in a few easy steps
by Hunter Franks
T he problem with the Bon is that their all-you-can-eat f~rmat actually contains very little rhar anyone would wane co ear.
This factor, combined with strictly designated meal rimes, forces students co cake desperate measures in order co obtain
rhe necessary nourishment ro surviv~ the collegiate experi.ence. The Bon only allows students co rake one piece of fruit
when they are done with a meal so ic becomes neccessary co take food from the Bon for a later snack. Clearly, the Bon
is aware of the numerous violario11s of their policy and thus taking more than a piece of fruit witb you from the Bon becomes a
deadly game of cat and mouse. There is nothing quite like the adrenaline rush you get when you pass by rhar stern Bon employee
ar the door-it becomes a game of deception: witty student versus the man in the Bon Appetit polo with popped collar. Sometimes
the student gets by and tastes sweet viccory. Bue other times, the extremely perceptive Bon employee senses something amiss and
catches the student red-handed. For the betterment and good healili of me student popularion, here are rhe basics of what co do
and what not co do when taking food from the Bon. There are many more exrremely creative and effective cechniqucs that can be
used, but I will stick to che basics so as not co cripple scudencs' ability co obtain food in the foture.
I) Bend the rul~: Take adv:111t.1ge of tl,e "'one piece of fruit"
rule. ~ruit is good for the body so you might as well take a piece.
\'(lheo you get the chance you can bend the rulc:-s. One courageous
Student walked our of che Bon laSt year carrying• whole pinc:ipplc
as his ~piece• of fruit. "lhe Uon mfr could only
stand there srunned as che srude.nr
criumphandy scrolled off' into
che sunsec. 2) .Equjpmcnt: Choose your tools carefully. You
c:1n either pro,•ide the tools on your ow11 or you can
rnake use of whar rhc 13011 has t0 offer. Some
examples ofcquipmem you can bring ro a meal
i ndude Tupperware for storing soup. a Nalgcne
for filling up on Sprire, a rolled-up copy of the
Oregonian ro conceal a sandwich, or a purse ro
hold all your plunder. The Bon alsu has bagel
bags whid1 can be ernpriecl) filled wirh cereal, <'Ind
chucked our a window to be recovered later.
3) Dress properly: Attire is cruci,tl. Those of the female persuasion have
beer1 known ro use Lheir assets to their t1dvancage. Anonymous sources
recall placiug bananas or full sandwiches in their shins. Men don't quire
have rhat luxury; bur ean still use clothing ro bdp conceal food. L,ycrs
are a n,usr, as chey decrease 1he eh:mce.s of rh:u weird lurnp in your shire
being spotted. Puffy jackers arc a classic, bur cargo panrs or just a plai"n old
pocket can gee the job done as well. Bur be sure ro protc.-cc the food with
byers of napkin wr:.,pping unless you w;un Dijon mustard ·~di over those
designer jeans. Some have even gone as fur as to wrap up food i1l a
scarf and then proudly sporr ir as they exir the Bon under chc
wacchful eye of rhe Bon (.':lrd-swipers:.
4) Ex.it: 1·he final srcp after cl,e food has been
appropriarely secured, wrapped and hidden. lhis
srcp is a.I.so the mosr nervc~wracking. Beads of swear
drip down your forehead as you hone in oa rbc.:.
gaudy rarl doors 1hat symbolize freedom. 0flly,.
one rhfog stands between you and success: the
Bon. employt-e wbo swipes ID eards while
doubling as a security guard.
Several steps can be taken rn make
your exit easier. Firsc off. timing is key.
li-y ro ,v-ait until rhe Bon e,nployee is
preoccupied with swiping cards co make
your dasb towards tl,e door. If incoming traffic is slow, chen
u.'ic your friends ro provide ~1 blockade. 1h is ,nerho<l is also
known as the flanking rcchniquc. One friend on each side and
in from of you pro,•ides impenecrnble security. People have:: roUed our
with everyrhing from a piece of pizza co a whole pie usi11g rhis technique.
Tr)' to uor make ir obvious. Flank casually bur purposefully. However, if
the Bon lords require char you should have to travel tl,ose fureful last srcps
a.lone, the di\'isionary piece of frui1 is always :1 helpfol rechnique. A piece of
fruic will make you seem like a normal studcm caldng rhc rcgulacion apple or
banana. (c decreases suspiciousness and aids you in making it our the doors.
Notu tl,ar you know t/,e bn.sics of survi,,al 1ui1hln the system of the Don.,
tbe sky i.s the limit! just remember-tbe soda dispe11Jer i.s not ti.ed down. UIJSTJU,,-tJN$
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If I were
you, I'd buy
this record
An editors album pick
by Sanne Stienstra
Overche years,
Martin
Dosh, ab DQsb, has
become the one-man
opus he had alwa~
hoped t0 be. After
touring with Fog
(Andy Brodcroflcx_
Records, formerlyof
Hymie's Basemem)
for some time and
providing him with
background music, Dosh wa, eventually signed
w Anticon Records and madt some stuff or his own.
Now, his third fuU-kngih album. "The Lost Take,•
finds him fuUy gt0unded as a talented solo actisr.
"The Lost T.1ke." which was rell'O-<ed by Amico □
on October 17 ~ is a 12-i·rack inasterpiecc of sampling,
improv. guitar. sax, bass, violin and clarinet. \Xlhether
the album is sec as the backdt0p for s,udying or for
parrying. it is Ruid and hypnotizing.
'The introductory rrack, "One Through Seven,"'
has quite j-aizy undenoncs and arty. mechanical
backgt0und noises. The following track, "Everybody
Che<cr Up Song," features Dosh singing for the first
Limc. His quiet tepeticion of•Tm t.ited of everything"
sitS perfectly amid the giddy but sof, elenronica.
"Um, Circles and Sq"""''" is the best track Oil "'Inc
Lost Take." Andrew Bird contribmes co the piece wirh
a loop c,f violin rim plays be1wccn bubbly symh bca,s
and saxophone by Mike Lewis (of Fog). Bird's violjn
continues on the next uack, ..,A Ghos-r's Business."
The so,1g is more fragmcnttd th.in the rest butis .still
sinuous and mong. Tape 'N Tapes' Erik Appltwick
helps out on "Mpls Rook and Roll"-a very synth-y.
very funky crack. 'Inc 11,h ,rack, "Bottom of a Well,"
has a much sweercr tone., whh its cinkJing bclls 3nd
simple rhythm.
The final ,rack is the tide crock of the album and
serves as a dramatic ending re.) a pcrfccdy flowing
collection of songs. Dosh brings back Lewis on che
saxopbont:. and £Oget.her, d1ey create an overtly jazzy.
r.ranquU sound.
-rhc Lost 'T"ake'" is a wonderful work of sans lyrics
(mostly) poetry by Dosh. 'Inc
collaborations with Bird,
Lewis, Applewick and
others greatly add co the
album but never dism1.ct
from Dosh~ O\Yn otiglnal .
style. E>ch track has its owo original
niceties. but the a1btun shines mosr brighdyas a whole
inrcrconm."(.te<l work.
For mort 11boutDosb or to sample Jmtks~ rtisit Ant/con.
tom or Doshjiunily.com. Look out for Dosh i,, Por1l,wd
in February. Borat asks audiences:
'Very nice, how much?'
by Daniel Cochran
Never has such a blarandy offensive and fearlessly
advemurous movie eA'ectlve.ly porrrayed the inrrinsic
racism thar st.retches across both coasts of America, while
simulmneously accomp1ishing orrer hilarity. In . fuel,
menrioni1lg r.ht prank derails alone wouJd soffice for a
reviewof'Borat"; :lnyone should be able to understand
the inherent comedy of public defee:ttion.
Sad» Baron Cohcn·s 6critious KazaJ<lmani
reponcr. Borat, tr:wels throughout the
Ururcd Siates to discover pockets of racist
Southerners. violcndy xenophobic New
Yorkers and, well, just plain weird Southern
CaJjfomians. Helping ,he Kazakhstani oloO\g
his way is purported
producer Azamat -------------
"May George Bush
drink the blood of (Ken Davit fan),
who inevitably
ends up in a naked,
sexually suggestive
(albeic vicious)
Greco•roman every man, woman
and child in Iraq."
-Borat wrestling match
with Borar. -------------
\'lhile most of Lhc movie is de:uly impro\liscd, rherc
are scenes that would undoubrcdJy ha\lC: res\llred in
dcacl1 and/or imprisonment if they hadn', been properly
supervised.
Borar docs cnoounccr :1 few deccnr p(-ople on his
voyage, including an elderly Jewish couple whom he
determines have ·"shape shifted" inro cockroachcs, ,and
ro whom he fearfully offers a few dollar bills so as to noc be
eaten. Additionally, llorat hires a morbidly obese prostirutc,
who turns our to be rhc mosc gcnoine and hone.st character
in the movie,
'Ironically, ,hose rwo groups of people Uews and women)
receive che heaviest bombardrnenr of insults from chc shamelessly :inri-.Semitic and ntisogynisric Borat.
However, that i.s aor to say char Borat's bigoted behavior
is especially sekctive; he also finds qualms with Na rive Amcr­
ic.,1ns, African Americ.111s, Muslims and the emire country
of Uzbckisntn. ln :10 obvious satirical rwist a la Stephen
Colbert, rhe only group of people Bora, offers praise for
(besides Kazakhscan) arc the United Srates and the
"premier" George W. (lush.
Bor.lt's offenses arc not limited ro racial
slurs eirher. H.is knowledge of United Souc.
etiquccrc is none,xistenr. Jn the absence of
proper eriquene, Bora, dcfecares in public
:,reas, brings hjs feces to a dinner table.
Euro-kisses every person he mcers, ask.1
women how mllch Lhey cost, ruos naked rhrough
a convention in pursuit of rre.acherous Azamat and
purs Pamela Anderson in~ potato sack.
l"lowever, none of the aforementioned ethical
atrocities qualify as the most dis1tirbing elc:mcm
of d\e movie. Rather, ir is a scene at a crowded
rodeo that provides 1he mosr unsctt1ing moment.
Given permission co sing Kaz.akhsran·s national
anLhem ar a rodeo, Borar imerlt,des himself to say,
"May George Bush drink rhe blood of every man,
woman and child in Iraq,'> which the :mdiencc,
rneers with uproarious support. Perhaps both the-
audience and Borne were being facetious, bu1
the ardent cheers of tbe crowd-<1s opposed to
l;1ughrer-suggcst otherwise.
lc's difficult to tell whether this movie's
appraisal by critics ar,d audiences alike is an
indication of the progressive fimcs we live in, or simply if
movie-goers :)re ;1..,; racist and intolerant :is Borar. Frankly,
that's an entirely separate article, bur co spare your.self lhe
humiliation of not undersmnding your friend's newest
mannerisms ( .. vety nice, how much?") go see this rnovic.
The myste.ry of Shanghai tunnels
by Maia Penchansky
It is easy 10 rell while wandering the streets of downtown
Porrland ,hat dtis city has hisrory. However, ,he real history of
cite cicy is noc visible from the smoky windows of ,he Raz or
from the bricked sraits of Pionc<·r Square. ihe real history is
be.low the streets aad businesses where the infamous Porrhmd
Shanghai Tunnels lay, reminding gm."-Sts why Portland was
once known as dle "Forbidden City."
If you feel chat your Hal!O\,:ecn wasn'1 quite up to par in
its delights of foar, 1he guided routs of rhe Portland Shanshai
.. Tunnds offer horror stories of ghosts ;i.nd even scarier tales
of the very real underground slave-trading nccwork of 1he
WesrCoasr.
Ft0m 1850 to 1941, Porcland was a harbor for the
Sh:1ngh:1iing industry. Men ii'l bars were drugged and
dropped through uap doors into the runnels below from the
busiacsscs above. '!'here they were kepi in cells and rormrcd
until their •·spirit was broken,'" lhen sold ro cap1ains aboard
boa,s on the Willameite for 50 bucks apiece. These slaves
ofrca involunr~uily Set sail for China.
Unril recencly. rhc cunncls wete closed ro gucsc.s. and were
a mystery co Pord~nders. \'(/ith much construttiou and the help of a man named Michael Jones, direccor of ,he Casc,de
Geographical Sociecy, ,he shady and inrriguing hisrory of the
tunnels is I\OW open ro the public.
Approximarcly an hour and " half long. these t◊urs are
full of intercsciag history sec in a very well preserved and
haunting underground. For those inleresred in a more
paranormal history, the CGS offers Portland underground
ghosc tours as well as historical tours.
Though the,;e tours can leave you with a skeptical feeling
due ro the horrendous over-acting of the tour guide ("So
if you feel a hand resting on your back, don't turn around
because no one will be there!"), ir's worth ir for che history.
Many natives of Poctland have over-looked rhc Sbanghai
Tunnels as being simply 'for tourists" or .. nor worth the
monc1,," but the dark his10ry of a seemingly friendly city
is even more inctiguing while actually in ,he depchs of ,be
underground. lf you are willing to pay the $12 charge, i1's
cruly worth it.
Tour, begin m floboj Rmaurantat 120 N \V. 1hirdAvmue
in OM Ttmm/Chlnn Town and m.erv111io11.s are requi"d. Call
the Camuk Gtogrrtphir11/ Sodtty m 503-622-4798. I
Two movers prepare to carry Michael Knutson's Bipolar Coils II into the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark.
Knutson's kaleidoscopic coils impact eye and psyche
Joan Mir6 once sajd of his paincings, .. I cry my hardest
co achieve rhc maximum or clarity, power. and plastic
aggressiveness; a physical sens:nion to begin wich, followed
up with an impact on chc psyche ... 1hc same could be said
of Michael KJ1tttson's kaleidoscopic swoops, ~-wirls, coils and
wheels, cur~nrly on cxhibir :u rhe Hoffman Galler)'· From
the brilliant overlapping Technicolor coils of 8ipol11r O,ils II
(2006), the showstoppcr at the very front of the gallery, ro rhc
inore ui1dersnued variariorlS on the same intriace geometry
in rhe Large Convoluud Coil series, Knutson's u11wavering
attention to che highly dccailcd crafrsman$hip of these
compositions imbues an uncanny amount of clarity, power
3nd 1ntL«:ulariry inro boch his oil paintings and watercolor
studies.
Flanking Bipolar Coils II in the front room of chc gallery
are rwo walls of Knu(S()n•s .watercolor studies, which give
rhc viewer a rare glance imo the underlying planning ch:u
goc. into every rclendC$Sly pmcmcd Knutson paiming.
The charmingly monoclvomatic S111dy for \flvbblr Star Coil
(2003) is a miniarure universe in irself: a sm:ill spiraling coil
filled wich progressively darker distorted blue stars. In the
rop left corner of rhe drawing are 91 pencil tick marks 10
indiC3te how many \\':t~hes of color he applied to the drawing.
That such unwavering and extensive care wenc into chis
comparatively linlc drawing and it:. companions gh•cs only
a hint of 1he complic.,ted proc«lure that goC$ into creating a
Knutson painting. by Stephanie Beechem
Hoffm:1n Gallery direct0r Linda Tesner glosses K.t1utson's
inuicarc methods in the exhibition program: '"Somewhere
ne.1r the center, he draws a simple spiral ... [then], starring at
,he spiral's center, K.nurson bridges i,s arcs with six radiating
lines, creating six irregular triangles. He repea1s rh-is process
until the spiral is lockc:<l into a hcxagonaJ part<'rn of triangles."
which he rhen rnrns inco smaller hexagon~) clusters around
the original trianglcs 1 which are the1l subdivided again into
diamonds known as "tumbling blocks." All of chis is done
withouc rhe use of a scmight edge. From fur away this seems
almosr impossible, as Knu,so,,'s- coil paintings appear so
cighcly ordered and concrolled-bur up close one can see
each tiny bmshmoke, each glob of paint, each lirde wobble
of 1he hand.
It isn't difficult m imagine each of these meticulous ha.nd­
paimod coiJs and watc:rcolors as irs own separate Milky \V/ay,
like:'.' diagram one ruight see in a science textbook of some
universe hundreds of rhousands or lighr years aw;ay, abour
which only theories and vague speculations are known.
BlarldWhir, T,tra Coil (2003) best exemplifies cl1is alcernarc
universe, .. twilight zone" aspect <>r Knutson's work. with jcs
dizzying and deeply disorienting manipularion ofi ncerlocki ng
black and wbitc pmcms, with jusr the barest hint of yellow
underneath.
A broad range of Knmson's older oil painrings, many from
the '80s, occupy the Hoffman's back room; the exuberandy
colored, electric real Y,,ur Fcers Too Big (1983) i$ the moot atrcncion-grabbing of cbe$C. Moomtn/1,rr (L995), coo, stands
oul, \vi1h its chunky yellow and black swoops. Something
about it reminds me of fuces-noses, h:1irline.s, poured
mouths, a rare inuusion of something cmirdy human in.ro
Kn,uson's oils. And the prominently displayed Ody,snu mu/
Ctlypso (1983), with its my,hological title, practically invi1es
an allegorical imerprctation. an inrerescing rwisr on che mo~e
literal titles of Knmson's larer work: Study for Crossing Oval
O,ils Ill. \~zrpt Ovals \fllu,L
\'(lhac's mo.st impressive about these works, beyond ~he
incredibly imricacc process that goes inco their creation,
beyond rhe kaleidoscopic and otherworldly feel of them, is
their immediate visual pund). Knucsoo paintings arc like
psychedelic Skicclcs for rhe eyeballs, a fumastical, candy­
colored wallop of a visual treat. Scill, it's hard co say precisely
why chese compositions are such a profound visual delight;
Tcsncr takes a scab ar explaining it whell she characreri1.c".$
Knutson·s- organi1.ation as '"an almost Zcnlikc practice co
create.l senseof order in what wiJI b«omcasec:minglychaotic.
drawing." (e's this delirious marriage of order :rnd chaos-Lhe
use of brillianc. hypcr•manic pancrns co keep some larger
dirorder at l,ay-d1at makes such a big impact on the eye
and, as Mir6 suggesu.•d, likewise m;tkes ~u1 indelible imprint
on the psyche.
Michntf K1111tso11: Pniuti11g, and Dra1vi11g,. 1981-2006 is
ti tw{)-part txhibit/011 prn,111,d at '"' Hoffi11a11 Galkry /fJla at
71,, Arr Gym nt Mary/Imm Univmiry. Until D«ember JO. .. l::-8,;;;;;. ____________________________ 1_he_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_og_,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_1_0_. _20_0_6
Sellwood: Closer (and cooler) than you may think
by Caitlin McCarthy II photos by Jono Ryan
Portland boasts a lot of pretty cool neighborhoods. Hipster Hawthorne, snobby Nob Hill, artsy Alberta ... the play
on words and stereotypes is endless. But there is another neighborhood, closer than you 1nay know, just waiting
for an infestation of Lewis & Clark scudencs. That neighborhood is Sellwood-quainc, novel, enticing. The Sellwood
Raz, if you can make out the tiny thing next to the monstrosity tl1ac is the Pioneer Express, opens up a world of
opportunities for LC students five days a week! Use these suggestions co follow in che footsteps of our College's dear
namesakes-you know, go explore.
Ugly Mug Coffeehouse
·rhis coffee shop is norable for rhe sole fuc, tlw i1 sells Scump,own Co/fee, which is
Portland-based and world-renowned. But eve,, for chose who ~ren't inclined ro Ix coffee
diris1s, ,he Ugly Mug is , good refuge from the world-and Portland weather. h offers
wireless internet, $0 bring your laptop ro srudy (or to bro,vse Faccbook).
lrs comfy armchairs arid house mugs arc made for rainy days, so go fonh co drink frothy
bc\'e~ges and eat delicious pasrrics. You•u become a Srumprowo snob be-fort you know ir.
Movie Night starts ,i 7:00pm every firs, •nd third Mond:iy of tbc month.
8017 S£ 13th JJv,. Opm Mm1-Fri 6:30am-10:00pm: S111-S1111 7:0011111•1 0:OOpm. 503-230·
ma -
Moreland Theatre
Opened in 1926, this ,hearre has kepi
its name and ambience jmact ever since.
h is something of a gem: a single-screen,
first-run thearre with affordable, yummy
coocessions. cushy se.us and Dolby
sound! \Xlho needs THX when you can
cake a trip back in time for a mere $4.75,
• anyw:\y~ Dress up in yOllt fin<.-sc Bapper
rhreads or snai:t.iesr bowler hars and
experience the cinema the w~,y ir's
mea,H ro be experienced.
Now playing at the
Moreland is "TI,e Departed,"
starring Leonardo Dicaprio,
through Thursday, Nov.
16.
6712 Sf Milwaukie
Ave. Shoullim<-1 1\tf()n•ffi
5:30pm, 8:30pm; Snr-S,m
2:30pm, 5:30pm, 8:30pm.
Ad111i,sio11 $4.75 through
5:30 shotving; afi,r. kids and
srniors $4.75, -ge1ural $6.75. Papaya Thai
If you're like me, and you're toially sick of caiing pasta every nigh, ac ,he Bon, head
to Papaya Thai on Sell wood's busy M ilwaukic Ave. and eat rhe Thai food y<,u know you've
been craving. Fro,n pad 1hai to curry ro swt.'Ct and sour chick<·n, all plates come heaping aild
bountiful, ideal for splitting or lefrovcn; since most djshcs average :a.round $8, ic•s quite the
bargain. Vegans and vegerorians.. have no fe:tr: Most menu items offer the op lion of cempch or
tofu instead of meu, and thcyarccooper:ui\'ewith other requests (no egg. no pcanucsauce, ecc.).
The restaurant is something
of a hidden find. Tucked
away next 10 " Plaid Pantry
a11d a loan office, itS elegant
decor and ambience an: an
unexpected surprise. Ignore
Thai Mango down the street
and add ,his 10 your lisr of
Bon ... aJtematives.
7202 SE Milrvaulri, Aw.
Optn Mo11-TIJtm I I :00am•
3:00p114 .f:00pm•9:00pm: Fri
1 I :OOam-3:00pm, 4:00pm•
I 0:00pm: Sat 11 :OOam•
PHOTOBYs.w<E ST£NSTRA / 0:00pm. 503-236-0008. Keana's (andyland
TI,is candy shop is by fur the rrippiesr place I have yet managed to fiod in
Sellwood-or. well~ anywhere. 1-hink of the most im.ric.acc gingerbread house
you ever dreamed of building as a child. Ac1ually, just think of rhc wicch';
house in 1--Iansel and Grerel. The excerior boasts caudy cane columns, cookie
trimming :rnd ice crc.-an1 co11e 1\lolcUng, aU ::trr:\yed ovc.·r a pa.le yellow
Victori:111 house. The inrcriOr leaves no space undccorated-rhe cupcak<'
chandeliers barde the st0ck of real c:.u1dy for the.· cuswmer's ~mcncion.
lf chis doesn'r sound bizane enough. just request lunch. AJong with
your che:lp. simple (.'ats, you'll experience the dining rooms-:i slightly,
der.inged child's dre..1.mland, dcrorated wirh fairy landsc::tpe~ and unjcom
figurines. Prep';l.re robe transplanted imo a fairytale, bm don'r be surprised if
you meet the same fucc as those linle German siblings.
5314 SEMilwauki,Av,. Opm 7ites-Tlmrs J0:00am•6:00pm; Fri-Sm 10:00am·
7:00pm: S,11110:00am-3:00pm. 503-235-5177 _lh_e_P_i_o_ne_·e_r_L;..o.:;g.,,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_l0 .. ,;..2_0_0_6 ________ ._ __________________ 1_9_
books that kick butt
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
by Caitlin McCarthy
If the idca of., giant miking car amuses you, read on. If
you're intrigued by ,he Soviec Union, kt-cp going. And if you\•c
always thought rhcrc were holes in the New Tesrn1r1ent, \\'ell,
bave J got the book for you. Mix in a (in.le sari re. a whole lot
ofinsaniiy and poignancy only rhe devil can bring, and you
have Mikhail Bulgakov's crowning Russian novd, 11,e
Mastrr mu/ lvlarg,,ritn.
Bulgakov wrote rhis.novd during the harshest
days of Sralin's reign, from I 929 ro 1940, the
year of his death. His fumily could nor afford
to publish ir until nearly 30 years later in 1966
because of its outlandish and contro,,crsial content.
1hrcc major plot.lines-are we:ived throughour, each a
\ scathjng s:uirc on Soviet life. )1\ rhe mosr fantastical. che
\ devil blO\vs: inco Moscow. bringing along an encourage-
including Koroviev the choirrnascer and Behemoth the
aforeme1uioned cu. Saran, referred ro as \Vola.nd in ~ ho1nage ro Gocchc's Faust. {crrorizcs the corrupt ~ bureaucrats and hypocritical literati of Moscow.
In rhe ~rst chapter, apclycallcd "Never Talk with Srrangcrs," Wol:rnd challenges d,e proud Sovie;
atheism of BcrUo:z.. chairman of an elict liler:iry org:.rni1 .. 1tion e.11led ""Massolic," and c.hc po<.·c Ivan Homeless.
Woland is the great equ:\liier of Sovie, bullsltit, calling the shors and orchestrating the magical pranks
carried 011r by 13ehcmoth and Korovicv, such as when chcy burn dowo rhe fu.mous-and exclusive rcsrama.nt
at Ma.ssol.ir headquarters. This is no in fun Lile trickery-this is insanity all dressed up for a night ar the
opera.
1l1e -OLher plot srmnd follmvs the cirular characters of chc 1\ilastcr and his lover, M:1rgarita. 1he Master
repr~ems the rrue writer in a world full of phonies-he is condemned and shut away for hi.s "controversial"
subjocr matter, much in I he wny Bulgakov himself wa.'i criricizcd. M.a.rgarlta. separated one smmge nighr
from the M;,srer. is c:i.ught up ,,.tich \Xloland and Co. Through her ,vec:xperience ,,ighuime broomstick rides,
Sar:en's midnigh, ball and chc cvcrlasdng power of love-and ii is also through .Margarita's clever wic and
passionau.· devotion co the Master <rnd his wotk rhac he receives hjs due credit. lbough chc two chara<:lers
don't really come in until h:1lfway through the novd, chcir overarching presence is fdt rhroughom.
Perhaps ,he most inexp1icablc: plocUne of all is the story involving Pomius Pilate, the Roman procurawr
of Jude.a and Yc.shua Ha•Nozri, a.k.1Jesu~ or Na1..are1h. Presented as excerpts from the Master's quinresscn1 i.al
manuscript, as ,old by Wol:md, ir follows the story of Judas' betrayal ofYcshua and the latrcr's subsequenr
co,1demnarion by Pilate. ihesc characters arc Acshcd om in rhe relling, and are given dcpd1 d1at resonates
in the prcse.nt storyline of MoS(()w and che Mas1er. I I is in the Pilace sect.ions chat the: tone, though narrated
by tbe same voio.:, loses its sa1irical edge. It is truly awc .. inspiringto wimess the slow and inren.seco,rlnecrion
Bulgako, infuses between rhe retelling of cl,c New Tesramenr and the parody of Soviet life.
And it is through his use of parody and fantasy that poignancy is found. Because if there is acorrelacion
to be found between Soviet Moscow and Christ's Jerusakm-a correlation bas(..-d on gr:)1ld themes of love,
liberty and luna,,cy-,his surely means that anything is possible.
Wolf Eyes at resurrected Nail
by Anna Scott
The newly resurrected Rusiy Nail, located in
,he basement of Copeland, will be hos, ro another
rdativcly widely renowned musical act chis Friday,
November I 0. Wolf Eyes is a noise band that formed
in 1997 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Band members include Narc Young, former
mcmher of rhe ba11d NauricaJ Almanac, Andrew
Oilloway and John Olson.
1hc band, at one time, aJso incorponued infamous
rock 'n" roll lllilfl Andrew \XI.K., and later rnured with
him and Sonic Youth.
Wolf Eyes is known for having released over 150
recordings on v-a.rious labels over a span of just nine
)'eats, many of rhem self-released. Wolf Eyes' sound is influenced by bands such as
Throbbing Gristle and Black Flag. Their music brings
t0 mind both harsh elecrro1lic indusrri-aJism and a z.oo
on steroids> i llcorporating hardcore-style vocals into
an innovative mt-dky of noise$.
The band onqucstionably belongs under cl,c
"noise" genre and will probably best appeal ro those
who already know and enjoy ir.
This an exciting opponuniry for Lewis & Clark­
one dick oo .i1our dares" at the Wolf Eyes website
reveals "The Rusty Nail" as the location for their Nov.
IO show-our own little music venue ts rruly back ln
business. Hit it up toitighr at 8:00pm for a potentially
bizarre and magical experience. Get off yer @ss!
by Stephanie Beechem
In my cxpc:ricncc:-young l1~ppies are always rull or ~ra1e,menrs
like •·n,c world would be so much bener if everyone jusr .. ."
wl1ich is ineyl1ably followed up with "got along," '"voted X way;· or
"'had some common sense-," c,c. Bur what rC;"Jlly would make ,he
world better is if <.'VCryone bowled, in
a comple1ely unironic and uninhibited
way .. .'cuz ir ain't bowling unless you're
half>vay rhrough a pitcher of Rud Ligh1
and a pock of discount cigs, blowing
smoke at tbe purely ladies Ulc next lane
o,·cr. That's how ic is in the South, :;rnd
that's how it ought~ l,e evcl'ywhere.
Tigard Bowl ( I I 660 SW Pacific Hwy)
gives away free "Tigard Bowl" ankle
socks. If nor there tr)' Kellogg Bowl ( I 0306
SE M.,in St.) and Milwaukie Bowl (3056 E
' Harrison). Or, if you can swing it, sm.-ak into the
three lane PSU bowling alley on a weekday and
hurl some balls for cheap. Ask the ar«ndam for
,he cosmic bowl, and they'll rum on the lighrs and
smoke and disco tunes even if it's oor one of their
"cosmic" hours.
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lC lootball strengthened bv brothers' bond
by Craig Gilden
When Pioneer ·safety Dann)•
Lock,ord (' 10) showed up for the
fir.st day of pracrice in August, he
wa.'> more prepared for the rigors·
of college football than moSt fresh­
men. He had a litde more help
than mosl, thoogh: his brother had
walked rhe s.11l1e path only three
years earlier.
llack in August, Ryan Lockard
('07) was looking forward to his
s<.·nior season on Palatine Hill for
a number of reasof\S. The footl»II
program wa~ gening a fresh start
with a ne·w coaching sraff and in•
creased community suppon. ht:
would have a i.:hancc 10 finish up
his <.-arccr wid1 many of the ream­
mat(S he entered U:wi~ & Clark
with :tnd rhe oppornrniry· co do
~mething rhar he had never done
before, P.lay on the same rnm as
his brother.
Last spring. Danny w~,s in the
middle of making one of rhe big•
gest decisions of his life: where co
go co college. He narrowed down
his choices to Oregon State Uni­
versiry and LC before ultimately
choosing to become :1 Pioneer.
Danny insisted chat 1he dedsion
h:1d nothing LO do with his brother.
"He really didn'r have chat much
influence on my dq:ision," he said.
QWhc:chcr I was going ro come here
or nor. it wasn't going co be because
of him, it was-just :'In :1dded bonus
lh.at he was here."
Ouring Danny's recruitment,
LC coaches made sure ro pick
Ryan's brain on where his bro1hcr
was headed. "I w3s in :in awkward
position because I wanted Danny
to make the bc..--st dcxision for him­
self," said Ryan. "A, the same time
I kn,w chat we needed players and
had the same mentality wirh hilll
that I do wirh all rc..--cruirs and rh~tt
is to push him cowards LC, and
maybe even more so because he is
my bror:l,er." Once Danny docid•
ed on LC, Ryan lmew rhar there
was no rime for him ro res1. "I was
pushing him ro come up ro Pore ..
land early, so he could lift and ,rain
with myself and some of the ocher
older guys," said Ryan. "I pushed
him because I knew wh:u he need­
ed co do to get re;,dy co play in col•
lege."
"le definitely helped me to come
up early and get to koow the guys
on the team." said Danny. "Having
,hat person next co me while lift­
ing just helped me 10 push myself even more."
'11,e pair helped ,-.ch other
prepare for the season by pushing
themselves in 1hc weight room and
01\ rhe crack. Ir wa,; a competition
rhar had been formed many ycus
ago, back ar their home in Crc·
swell, Ore. "He always chinks he
can bc:-at me, but I have: ,o put him
in his pince,•· ~1id Ry3n, S9t1nding
like a rypical older bro1her. Danny
is qUick ro poinr om though. rhac
he was rhe faster Lockard during
the prcscason ru i\S.
The t\'1O hid m:ver :'ICI uall y
played on :• re:im wgether unril
rhi$ ~e1soo. so che first game was
an experience thar was memorable
for both. "'lt was weird bcausc
l caml' in co hdp on a rack.le and
when I looked up i1 wa~ Ryan who
had made the first hir," said Dan­
ny. ""Fomball is all about trust and
• it can'r really get any closer th3n a
btocher."
But during che Pios third game
of the season, ,he yeor 100k an un•
expected 111rn for the Lockards. As
Ryan was about co make a cackle.
he suddenly collapsed. The seruor
linebacker had torn his ACL, fore•
i,,g him ro ward, the
rest of chis season from Rvan Lockard Dannv Lockard
,he sidelines. "le has-------------------,,-------------------
been rough. I rry robe an exrra sec
• of eyes out rhcre for d,c team. bm
it is hard when you can't even suit
up. I definitely have felt distant ar
times, but am trying tO do every­
thing I can co help our." he said.
lhi,,king rh>r Ryan's football
c.1reer has come co an unccremo~
nious end this season would be
a mistake. He has applied 10 r:lte
NCM for a 6fth year of <ligibiliry
-and expc:cts ,o hear their deci~ion
sometime during winrer break. The
mle is based on whether che player
participated in a third of che team's
games: Ryan was hurt in rhe-Pios
clurd game out ot nine this seawn.
It is also unclear whether or no1 the
NCAA will 1ake imo account rhar
the Pios played a shortened season
lase year.
Ryan is planning on attending
the LC graduare school ro p11rstie
:,1 c:ireer ill educarion. so he would
be able ro be a part of chc football
program. Jf char do<:sn'c work om,
he may nm even enroll during rhc
spring semcs1er so that he could
play one more year. "h would
mean a lot 10 get that fifth year and
h:'lve another year co help gee this
program going." said Ryan. "Ar the $.1.nle time ir ,,•ill be a completely
Jfrferem experience for me because
we are losing so many seniors and I
wanted ro be able to graduate and
go out with those guys. Thar would
hJ.vtbeen ideal, bur havinganorhcr
year 10 play on this ceam and with
my brother is 3(so exciring."
1 he direction of· the football
program is a topic that both LA'.>ck­
ard.s afe enthu5ed :ibou1. "I ha,•e
been up here in the past and ir
was obvious char players were noc
really into football," said Danny.
"Bur now cvcryom:.is on board, the
whole tc-.i.m know:; we're on the rise
and it i.1 jusr a t0tally different feel•
ing."
"I have no doubrs that the pro­
gram is going in chc right direc­
tion. \Y/c have great coo.ches that
arc capable of getting this turned
around,·· Sjid Ry:m. ''Berwec,, the
coaching ~raff and ch, new players
we have brought in, chcrc is cer­
tainly ,he capability of ,aking this
program wh<.·rc ic needs to be over
the nexr four ro five years."
Ha,•ing no1 one but rwo Lock•
ards for a.n extra year is certain co
help che process of rransforming
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Kettler leads volleyball success
by Aron Phillips
Mer a long hut fruitful sc.,son
for the Pioneers, which rhe {eam
finish 5-11 for the second year in
a row in the Nonhwcsr Confer­
ence, middle blocker Sara Kenlcr
('08) was named to the St-cond
Team AJI-Northwcsr Conference
on Monday.
Kettler was founh in the NWC
in hitting percenrage and fifth in
blocks. After only three seasons
on Palatine Hill, Kettler has be-
gun to leave her mark. AJre;ldy,
Kettler has placed in the rop-five
for solo blocks and assisted blocks
on the All• Time Pioneer list and
sixth in kills.
Besides Keuler, rhe Pios main
at(..tcker this season was grinJed
vereran Nicki Smith ('08). Smiih (' IO), a brigh1 star
rhar the coaching
staff are glad !hey
have for the next
rh rec years.
Bue none of fhese
offensive plarers
would be where i:hey
are today if it wasn't
for the anchors
of their volleyball
squad: the setters and
chc defensive spc.·dal­
im. Andrt"1 Chase
('09) led d,c ,cam
in 3SSists :111d Leah
Collins ('08) :ind Liz
Nguyen ('07) led ,be
way as well with each 1---­
registcri ng over 3 .,.,..._
digs per game.
Looking forward
co next scasonJ chc
Piom.-crs arc glad
to sec conference will launch the artack next year
alongside Kettler as the Pios look
,o build on Lhis M:ason's success
and tur1, the corner in the N\VC.
Lending a hand, or rwo. will be
blockers Kelsey Clark ('09), who
buiJt on her success as a freshman
wich an impressive sophomore
c:unpaign, and Jcss,imy Holland hca~yweighrs Lin-Number 10 Andrea Chase ('09) sets the
field and Pacific Lu-ball for #11 Kelly Neussel ('09).
theran -who swept the ream this
year -each graduate ar least one
First Team AJI.NWC player.
This fact alone open, ,he door for Lewis & Clark, building off of
chis season's success, to possibly en·
1er the upper echdons of d,e NWC
llCX[ year.
Injuries plague soccer's season
by Craig Gilden
The soccer ream finished up
their season wirh a pair oflosses in
e-ascern \Vashington to Whitman
and Whitworih. It concluded an up and down year for rhe squad
chat sramd with high hopes, but
found chc team finishing near the
bottom of !he NWC sr.mdings.
In their 6rst four conference
g:.unes rhe ream gor out 10 a slow
~---------------- srart, losing
rr.-,.c-~ three =-nd tying
one.
In their next
game. !he Pios
appeared co
nm\ rhe season
:uound as they
crushed Pacific
3-1. Lisa Hous,
man ('08) led­
the \V'.ay. scor­
ing all th= Pio
go:ils.
Late i.n the
game, ,hough,
Housman \vent
down with a
corn ACL, end­
ing her season
and delivering
a blow 10 the
squad.
Despite only
playing in nine
games, Hous ..
Alison Hudson ('08) shoots for a score. She man scill ended
_h_ad_f_iv_e...;g:c.o_a_l_g:c.o_a_ls_t_h_i_s_s_e_a_s_o_n_. ______ ,he S<':lson as the team's leading scorer with six:
goals.
Wjchour Housman, the Pios
proceeded t◊ lose the nexr seven
games, bur rhey finally gor in ,he
win column ar home against Lin ..
field. The star of the game was
Kelsey Harricy ('09), who picked
up the scoring slack with two goals
to lead rhe Pios in a 3-2 vicrory.
'lhe momentum of chc win
carried the Pios to a win in their
next game, their s<..-cond of the
year against Pacific. 11,e pfoy of
d,e game came from Celesce Kelly
('09), .vho broke a 1-1 tie early in
the second half with her first goal
of ,he se~son. lhe Pios finished the
season with a 3-12-1 record i u cou­
fece11ce play and an eight place fin­
ish in NWC play.
Behind Housman, che rea.m's
second leading scorer was Ali.son
Hudson ('08), who ended tbc sea­
son with five goals. Harriry finished
the year with rhree goals and ,vas
marched by 1'rircany Larson C09)
who also had rhrcc scores.
The squad did nor graduate
anyone, so che entire ream should
return intact for 2007. l11e Pios
will be a veteran squad nexr year
and r.hat experience mighr payoff
with a winofog season. Pioneer Trade-ables
Each week rhe Piolog will highlight 1-wo a1hletC$ who have gone :ibove
and beyond ,he c.,11 of dury in rheir respective spore. Colk-ct them all and
r.rade with your friends!
Swimmer Theresa Likarish ('07) pl"yed a big role in the Pios victory
in I heir dual 1nee1 a1,.-:.1inst \Xlhirman on Friday. -111e senior from Linleron,
Colo. W()ll the 50 free and ,he 100 free races. She should play a major
role in whac could be a big season for women's swimming.
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Friendly powderpuff game turns into heated rumble
by Sara Caldwell
In a slight drizzle, chc foo,ball
field saw something uew lasr Sun­
day, Nov. 5. Yes, it was n football
game. But nor ju.sr ally game-it
was ,he First Annual PowderPuff
Football game. Run by chc Srndem
Athlcrc Advisory Committee and
women's soeecr player Rocki Nico­
lai ('08), rhe game consisted of 34
players.
lhcrc wccc rwo teams, the sopho­
more Tank $rompers and the AM Fs
(Adios Mo,hcr F·~ ·ers), consisting
of all the other classes combined. cryone was high.ly co,npt.tirive and
held ~heir QWn. ·rackles were not
rare; I even cook out a couple of
people, bur then again I got e.aten
alive by many of the other players.
R,-gardless of whether I ,wis _giv­
ing or rakjr)g hies, the game was an
el'wrmous amount of fun.
¥I he game was close at halftime.
·nie sophomores lead 12-6 and
1 was only quasi-confidem.
Every play I s.,w rhe AMFs
make led me to belieYc thC
game was up in the air until
tl,c very last second, Crcfss
"When you put together a group
of highly competitive girls, every-,
one wants to win and it is easy co
get a little coo serious._."- Danielle
Johnson ('09)
Coming out on the field with a
few friends, I had no idea what to
expect. lhc giIJs ranged from ju­
nior sc,-foo, volleyball players 10
first-year bookworms. Members of
rhe 1_,,,is & Clark's Men's football
team came out to coach the tcarns.
They laid out all the plays and ex­
plained ,he basics of the game ro
the girls.
In true Powder Puff passion. CV· Councry runner David Berm~m
('09) wircily ~nnounced
the game from the an:
nouocement booth.
Ald,ough there
weren't v~ry many
funs out chcrc, J • 41\
it was definitely
:1 game ,vorch
warching. Spccrarors would have made
the whole thing more fu1,.
just" because it was a bunch
of' girls ruoning around in
rhe r:lill doesn't mean you
should picrure a "Bay·
watch" •style sport. This
was the real deal. Dnn ielle
1 Upcoming
~ Schedule
Date Sport Opponent Place Time
Sat., Nov. 11 Football Linfield Griswold SIadium 1:00pm
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Sat., Nov. 11 Cross Counrry NCAA Olli West Region Chino, Calif. 9:00am
Sat. Nov. 18 NCAA DIii Nationals Wil.mingon., Ohio 12:00pm
F1i., Nov. 10 Swimming Lin field McMinnville. Ore. 6:00pm
Sat., Nov. 11 Albe1tson (ID) Zehntbauec Pavilion 10:00am
Fri.. Nov. 17 Women"s Bball W:utburg Pamplin 8:00pm
Sat., Nov, 18 St. Mary"s (MN) Pamplin 6:00pm
Sat., Nov. 18 Men's Bball Cal. St. East Bay Pamplin 8:00pm
Sun., Nov 12 Intramural 3 on 3 Hoops Pao1plin 2:00pm Johnson ('09) said, "When you puc
rogethcr a group of highly com­
pct.irivc girls, everyone w:rnrs tO
win and it is easy tO ge1 a liule
too serious abour a simp1e
Sunday PowdcrPuff game." ln facr. c<'.nsions were so high
,hac a 6ght broke out on rhe field
after a rough collision, and on~ of
chc players invol\'ed was ejected
from ,he game. "People goc a lirde
UX> into ir," said Nora Germano
('08). a ducch player
for the AM Fs.
In d,e end, rhe
second half wcm
scorcle.~ due ro
great dtfcnsc on
bo,h sides. Ma.ny
hope, myself in­
cluded, char rhis is
1tor just a one .. cimc
deal. And ir sounds like
it won't be: Scotc Moyer
('07) of the SMC is work­
ing ro trli.'lke the Powder­
Pu(f G:une an annual event
rhlr would join the fcstivi•
tics of Homecoming. This
game "is [jtlS(J one roore
way of I rying 10 make a
community our of LC,"
said s~une announcer Ber•
rnan.
11.LUSTRA.tlON BY EMl'f 81.0Cj(,
Scores & Standings
Football: Soccer:
Willamette 6 I -LC 14 Whicwonh 4 -LC I
P"cific I uiheran 44 • LC 7 . Whitman 2 -LC 0
Conf. Overall Conf. Overall
\Xihitworth 5-0 9-0 Puget Sound 13-1-2 15-1-3
Linficld 4-1 5-3 Willamette 13-2-1 16-2-2
Puget Sound 3-2 7.2 Whirwonh 10-5-1 12-5-2
Pacific Lutheran 3-2 3-5 Whitman 8-4-4 8-5-4
Willamene 2-3 2-6 Pacific Lutheran 8-6-2 I 1-7-2
Menlo 1-5 3-6 George Fox 4-10-2 6-12-2
LC 0-5 0-8 Linfield 4-10-2 6-12-2
LC 3-12-1 5-14-1
Paci6c 1-14-1 3-14-2
Volleyball: Swimming:
Linfield 3 • LC 0 \Y/omen:
Puget Sound 3. LC 0 LC 126. Whitman 79
Conf. Overall \Xihirwonh 121 • LC 84
Pacific Lutheran 14-2 20-6
Linfidd 14-2 21-2 Lindsay Nixon .. five event wins.
Puget Sound • 11-5 16-7 Koy Collier-three event wins,
Whicman 10-6 14-IO
Whitwonh 6-10 7-20 Men:
George Fox 6-10 10-17 Whitman 122 • LC 55
Pacific 6-10 9-17 Whit,~orth I 08 • LC 46
LC 5-ll 7-19
Will•meuc 0-16 4-22 Pat Murray..-cwo event wjns., . . . .
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Eight Days Out ...
Friday,
November 10
Japanese Garden Free Admission Day
10:00AM-4:00 PM
Location: Japanese Carden Sociccy
of Oregon
Enjoy the beautiful gardens free of charge,
featuring the Pacific Rim Bonsai F.xhibir.
Ve,macom posting workshop
3:00 PM
l.ocatio11: LC Commun icy Gardea
Final Garden Jamboree
6:00PM
Location: Co-op
Wolf Eyes, Sick Llama, Rawn Strain
8:00PM
Location: Ruscy Na.ii
11,e Activiries Congress' LCMC beings \Xlolf
Eyes, Sick Llama Md Raven Strain for. a free
show in rhe Rusty Nail, in CoJ>Cland.
Zimbabwean Music Concert
8:00PM
Location: Evans Music Bldg., Auditorium
Tuesday,
November 14
School-Wide Council
3:00PM
Locar·ion: Rogers liall 220
11ie School-Wide Council funcrions in a
democratic m:,n11er ro .articul:ue the coUc~
tive will of the Graduate School with respect
for irs members. The Council makes recom­
memfacions related m budget, policies and
iniriatives relevant to the Graduate School.
All are invited.
Ethnic Student Services Lewis & Clark
Interculmral Network for
Connecting Students Dinner
' 5:00PM
Location: Te1t1pleton, Stamm East
An opporruniry for LINCS participants to
gather and discuss evcms from 1he past Se­
mester.
Rachel Hibbard
5:30 PM
Miller 104
R.1chcl Hibbards arr has evolved from ab­
s1racc ro thematic series, including games,
climate ar,d evolutionary charts. She has aJso
organi1.cd enviro1l mental arcs organizations
for public parks and colleges. Saturday,
November 11
Adrnissjons Open House
8:00AM
Location: Templeton, Stamm Dining HalJ
Lewis & Clark College invi1t.1 all prospective
undergraduate studems and their families to
a special November Open House. ·n,. day
includes panels for both smdents and par­
ents, rours,,discussions about admissions and
financi;rl aid, and brunch,
first AJU1ual Fall Powwow
6:00PM
Location: Pamplin Sports Center
This C\'ening event will includ~ adult men
grass dance, $ I 50 Winner Tokes All and hor
dogs. soda. popcorn and Cindy will l>c «:>Id
for $1.00 each. Harold Paul will be the Mas-
(Cr of Ceremonies.
Kalakendra presents An Evcrung ofNonb
Indian Cl:wieal Music
7:30PM
Location: Evans Audi,oriwu
Cost: Free tickets ar College Booksrore
F~pe.rience Indian rnusic with voca1isr Aani
J\nkalikar-1ikekar. Milind Kulkarni on har­
monium, and Ramdas Pulsule on ,abla.
Wednesday,
November 15
U of O Department of Architecture
Info Session
12:00 l'M
Location: Albany Quadrangle 220
Prof. Glenda Ursey. of 1he Universiry of Or­
egon, will discuss rhe architecture progr.un-at
UO over a brown bag lunch. The.re are sever­
al aspects of archirecmrc that can be srudied,
induding energy conscious design. interior
desig,, :and vernacular architt-cturc.
Bookwattning
3:45 I'M
Location: CoUege 6ooks1ore
Everyooe is invited to celebrate a new book,
"Narive America, Discovered and Con­
quered: 'l11omas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark
and Manifest Desciny," by Robert J. MiUcr,
Professor of Law.
Lewis & Clark Percussion Recital
8:00PM
Location: Evans Audjtoriunl
A great opponuniry to hear LC percussion­
ists pc:rform live and for free. Sunday,
November 12
3-<>n-3 Basketball Intramural Tourna­
ment (Co-Ed)
2:00 PM
Location: Prunplin SpOrl$ Center
Anyone can sign up for some hot baskerbaJI
dribbling action. lbis is a one d.ay evcm,
and the sign up deadline is today, so email
spierce@lclark.edu with rhe name of your
ream and the 1lames of your players.
Sundays at the Oregon Symphony
presents "Contrasts"
7:30PM
Loc.ation: Arlene Schni~ur Hall
Cosr: $10 (tickets a, College Bookstore)
kila Jostfowicz, an admired violinisc, elays
a strikingly thougluful piece never before
heard in Portland. There will also be epic per•
formanccs by Wagner and Haydn,
Cappe.lla Nova
8:00PM
Locatioo: Evans Audilorium
Lewis & Clarks mixed choir, Cappclla Nova,
wiU perform A diverse set or music, fo:e of
charge.
Thursday,
November 16
Securing an Internsh.ip Workshop
2:00PM
Locarion: Albany Quadrangle 220
1 hes work.shop, led by Michael Stcwan,
internship coordinacor. is designed to assist
students who may be looking for inrernship
opporrunirics char are challenging and will
expose chen, to new working environments.
SAAB Gtaot Presentation Night
6:00 PM
Location: Council Chambers
Former gram rccipienrs will discuss SAAB
Gronts and what can be done with them.
Cr:1n{S ;:'Ire awarded for the following catego­
ries: Aris Expression, Research, Conference
and Visi1ingSd1olar.
('Star Wars:
Where Science Meets lmagfoation"
9:30 AM -5:30 PM
Location: OMSI Cost: $15
Ac the first exhibition of its kind, visirors
are invircd rn do more rhan obsen•c ""Star
Wars" paraphernalia, and learn abollt the
engineers and designers who arc crearing
new technologies and ro discover the nu ..
mcrous similarities betwetn how scic:nrists
and filmma_kers 1hi11k. Monday,
November 13
Physics Colloquium
4:00 PM
Location: Olin Phy•ics-Chcmistry Bldg.
Dr. Herschel Snodgrass will discuss "Phys­
ics ar the Turn of the Cennuy. Rclativiry and
Enranglcmcm,"
WLC Din ncr Chat
5:00 PM
Location: law School, Legal Resea.rch
Center
ll\iS is lhc last chance of the semester m join
WLC for a Dione, Chat. Bring a mc~I aod
enjoy the company of orher WLC member:,
in an informal discussion se:ning. Dessert is
provided by WLC.
Hunger Banquc.t
6:00PM
The Bon
Cost: Bon Meal/ S5 Donation
Ln honor of National Hunger & Homeless­
nes.< Aw:rrcnt.lS W~k. The Bon will hosr a
Hunger Banque, to raise awaccncss on the
LC campus. Meals will be disJ>Crsed accord­
ing to randomly-a~igned soci:tl scatus. deter-
mined by cu'.rem Oregon demographics.
Friday,
November 17
Grief and Loss
11:30AM
Location: Albany Quadrangle 218
Nancy Hodges of 11ie llr.iin Game will
present a scm~ar on grief and loss, and how
co handle then in a healthy way in an un.
healthy world.
TI1e Center for Spiritual Ocvclopmcot
presents John B, Cobb, Jr.
7:30 PM
Location: Trinjty Episcopal Cathedral
Cosr: $15 general, $10 LC Alumni, $5
LC Students w/ID
John ll. Cobb, Jr. is professor cmcri=
of Claremont School of Theology and Cla­
remont Graduate Universiry and co-found­
er and oo•di rcccor of Lhc Center for Process
Studi<:'.s. Cobb is rhc author of numerous
books and articles, including Christ in a Plu­
rnlisric Age, and rnosr recently, Postmodern-
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State Birds
Stupid Birds
by Grant Hentges
When I rhink of Oregon,
,hink "conformist sr.u.e." My rea­
soning-irs ~tare bird.
Firsr off. I fail ro recognize the
significance of "the srate bird." Is
it supposed 10 foster some kind of
pseudo--,parriotism ar a state level?
Quicc frankly, the cardinal makes
me think of (he bloodied robes
of a Klan member. and I've had
no intimate rdarionships widl a•
ncnc co d,ue. My disappoiacmcm
swelled when I discovered that
Oregon. "the craiy sr.ue" as I have
un-clcvtrly dubbed it, has ifs own
smpid bird.
1he westcro meadowlark: it:.
name c.·licics rescnrmenc within
me. First of all, pick a damn name.
bird. Are you trying 10 be "wes1-
ern," ·'meadow" or .. lark?" Oh
rhat's right, Smm,lla 11,gltc111, rou
can't .'lt\SWCr my question because
)'Our brain is mo damn sm.-:11. '"nli.s
bird is getting me angrier every
second. What's more, \he only
picrures ,har I could find of this
bird made it look :tS though it was
either $quawking obnoxiously or
choking on irs own stupidity.
I'm nor just wriring rhis in an
attempt co be "'harin"' on birds. or
abolish St:ltc birds for that mauer.
Ar the moment, I rhinkourcoun..­
try is unsrable enough; the lasr
thing we need is ,be abolirion of
the cfling st:lr<: birds. I do, how-ever, think that
there ought robe
ratifications to the cur­
rent state bird policies.
Firsr of all, no more
of this "the bird must
be found within rhc
State" business. Who has
the right to tell Alabim~ '
that its srnte bird cannot Ix:
the penguin? In my opinion. the
penguin would be a smart choice
for Alabama. a.s. I think lhar ir's J
about time the ol' Yellowham-
mer State upped the "t·uteness
faccor."
The ideal sracc bird for Or­
egon. I think. would have ro be
our friend, rhc dodo. Ir's just like
Oregon-it has a profoundly imcr­
e.ting b,ckground that nobody re­
ally cares about. 11 is believed that
the majority of ,Iodos were killed
due to n:uural disasters, jusr lik<:
Oregon. Think abom it: torrenrial
downpours and an eanhquakc in
one week? Thus begins ,he dreaded
"curse of the dodo."
The dodo was also found 10 be a
close rtl.trive co the pigeon, an an­
noying, yet well-known crcarure.
Similarly, Oregon is a close rclativt
co California1 an equally annoy­
ing, yet unforrunatcly w<:11:known
scare. I chink we have a march!
J an\ :.nvarc of the rumors of d1e:
dodo•s extinction, but who really
believe."$ anything they hear nowa­
days? The dodos arc probably w:m• Thus begins the dreaded
"curse of the dodo."
dcdng around Oregon righc now.
'Ihey liked rain. I'm assuming. Pre,
suming chac they couJd dirnb trees,
what wouldn't they love about Or­
egon?
Let's bring this bird bock ,o life,
Oregon. Long live the dodo!