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2006-11-01

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U'lTt://'«"'lfW.LC:IARJC,f.Dul~notoe SEED combats rash of housing problems
by Kristen Ludwigsen
Srndcnrs from the c.,mpus environmcmal
action group, SEED, have teamed up with
residcms of Pla1..a l()wnhomes co hdp reduc<:
the pollution that has plagued tb.c North
Portland housing development for years.
Built in 1973 on conrominated land just
a block from 1-5, Plaza Townhomes is a low•
im:omc housing developmcnr owned and
operated by the Housing Authority of Port­
land. le is home to dozens of fumilie.s that
must deal with the pollution on ;1 daily ba­
sis.
SEED (Srudents Eng.1ged in Environ­
mcnral Defense) eoorclinator Lauren Scnkyr
('07) said she knew right away chat she and
otht-rstudentscould learn a lot from the rcsi­
dcncs while helping them fight the pollurion
plaguing their communiry.
\'ilhile interning with che Northeast
Poct~md-based Environmental Justice Ac­
tion Group (£JAG) las, spring, Senkyr met
EJAG board member Sylvia Evans. A resi­
dent of Plaza Townhomes since 1990, Ev­
ans informed Stnkyr of the u1ts.1nirary living
condjtions that she and fellow residents have
had to endure, such a_s mold on the ceilings
of rhe apartments and mushrooms on the
sides of the.buildings. Residentsalso tcponed
high asthma rates, and dozens soid rhey were
suffe,ing from migraine headaches, possibly
due to high levels of carbon r1onoxide in the
industry-heavy area. Senkyr and Evans de­
cided co b;ing students to North Porthutd in
order ro combac the hazardous conditions.
Bringing in SEED w:i.s only the begin­
ning. Senkyr and Evans had 10 first deter•
mine wh~H· they were de~tling with. so chcy
could make plans on how to gcr rid ofir.
At rhe end of October, Scnkyr and Evans,
along with several SEED mcmbe!S, went
door to door in Plaza Townhomes to sample
the air and water qualiry. lbey visircd every
resident) asking for th?ir participation in col­
lecting samples of the mold that grew on
th.cir ceilings and walls, aud performing resrs
10 determine its possible effects on health.
They also rested for carbon monoxide, radon
and lead in the tap water and dust.
Out of the 68 apartments, only two re­
fused testing. £vans said they had more
people willing to do the test$ ,ban tit")' had
rests. "lf chat isn't a success/ she said, "chen
I don't know what is: She contributed the
success to the commirmenr of SEED and her
neighbors, who ,hey relied upon to open up
their doon• and Ice suangcrs ia. The C\fent
also showed the SEED membc!S the diversi­
ty among the Plaza residents, which consiscs
mosdy of im'migranrs from various regions
of Afric:t. Senk-yr said, "It w:ts just amazing
how many different languages we heard. In
a lot of cases, kids wo,~d translate for 1heir
parcnts ... We're learning so much from five
year-olds." PltJTOCOURTESY~SV\.~EM
Education is part of SEED'S evolving plans to deal with a variety of pollution and
resulting health problems. Above: Jordan Stern works with residents' children.
·1 he resuhs of the cescs will come in two weeks,
with an evenr planned by Evans and Senk-yr to
take place at the Plaut for the revealing. Once th;
results arc in, Senkyr and Ev,ns have said that they
wiU then address possible remedies 10 solve such
a significant polurion problem. In the meantime, _
other projects regarding the Plaz.1 have evolved,
one being a childcare supervision and afrer-school
mentoring program, spear-headed by SEED mem•
ber Jordan Stern ('07).
For :JI mosr f\-.•omonchs now, Seem has beta vis­
iting Pla:,,,1 Townhomes every Wednesday, spend­
ing rime with the kids that live there. Not only
pleased to be working with the kids, Stern said he
has come face co fuce with whar has been ralked
about in his cl:i.sses at LC and for the first time,
being exposed ro people outside his race. "You arc
always hearing people talk about how institution•
aliud racism cx.iscs. There still is a very blar:uu seg ..
regation that cxlscs. Now l"m ac1 ually face co fuc-e
with it. L'm ia the minority in the few hours thar
I'm bcre,'' Stern s.1id.
Starci1,g next week, more LC students and
SEED members will joia Stern. They will provide
mroring as wclJ as mentoring and wiU be e.x:posing
the kids to informacion about recycling. ~l'hey have
also planned aetivities to do with the kids based on
a NASA curriculum. The kids will be constructing
their own solar systems using baUoons and build­
ing pop rockets. Stern said they are also thiJ>kiog
abou, acdvitic:s co do outside of the Pla1,a, such as
going to Blazer games.
Evans said the childcare program has enabled
more residencs ro get involved with the fight
against pollution in their community. With bab­
ysincrs, parents arc able to attend the neighbor .. hood meetings Evans holds every Wednesday. as
well as go to EngLlsh classes. She also said tlut
the residentS have seen whar the scudcms havt
done for them ... fvc never had this many sru•
dCJlrS commicced. showing up every \Vcdnes•
day, and they have done their homework; she
said. Working with SEED has given the Pim
residents the ability 10 do research they oihcr­
wisc would not have b~,, able co afford on lheir
own, Eva.11s said. "'If ic weren't for LC srudc:nu,
SEED, [Scnkyr), we would still be searching
for answers co rhe environmental issue~ in this
complex." she added. One long-term goal of the
Plaza is to purchase the de,•elopment from ,h,
Housing Authority of Portland, tear it dowo,
and rebuild it from the ground up using gitcn
materials. Scnkyt nott-d that working wirb Ev­
ans and the Plaza residents has been a mutually
beneficial pannc1Ship.
.. It makes me feel like my educacion is bc-­
ing pur to practical use. I'm actually building
relationships and working towards goals. rather
rhan just thinking about those things in a class­
room/1 said Scnkyr.
Scnkyr. wbo is gradu:uing in December, said
her biggest hope is that ,he pannership between
SEED and the Pla1.a residents oontinucs wdl
into the next sen,estcr and crcaccs a long-tcnn
relationship wirh LC. Scnkyr also hopes to ro­
cruit imcrcsted scudeots to the waning student
group. Regatcling SEED, Senkyr said, ''I juSI
bope that people continue ro recognize what a
great resource having an environmental studcm
group is. I hope people fed empowered to take
leadership and use it co achieve their goals, edu­
cate one another, and build community." .th_e_P_1_·o_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_N_o_v_e_r_n_b_e_r_1_7_,_2_0_0_6 ________ ..... §j@J-- .. ______________________ 3;..
100 Projects for Peace to fund grassroots
studen.t ini•tiatives That alliance entered its third
by Nathanael Massey
Studcnrs from Lewis & Clark, along
with participants from 75 other institu­
tions allied through the United World
C.ollegc, will compete in coming monrh.s
for a million dollars worth of granrs,
sponsored by the Davis Foundation, in
an initiative ro bring innovative ideas co
peace processes worldwide. President will supplement
grants by 25 percent year of existence chis semester wid1
1hc addirion of four UWC sru•
dents to LC. The parmcrshipstipu­
latcs thlr up 10 five srudcnrs from
UWC schools can enroll at LC free
of ru ition. Other costs are covered
by gifrs from allied donors.
A oommirrcc of LC staff mem-
The million-dollar gifr, donated by inter•
nationalist and philanthropist Ka1hryn Was­
serman Davis, will I,., aUocred in $ I 0,000
increments to LOO grassroots peace efforts,
designed and proposed by students, 10 be
implcmen1ed during i:hc swnmer of 2007.
The ini1iative has been apdy named 100
Projce1s for Peace.
ln a letter co rhe. smdem body scnr om
by email Octol,.,r 26, President Hochsnler
announced the opportunity and voiced his
personal support.
"Lewis & Clark College is often rcfcrrea
ro as a 'co11cge of conscience; aad our .stu­
dents a.re known for their creativity, imagi•
nation) and activism/' he wrote. "I urge. you
to use your calcms to prop~ an exciting
and meaningful initiative rhac may impacr
peace." ln addition. he offered a supplementary
graJlt of $2,500, to be drawn from 1he Presi­
dent's Discretionary Fund, ..... ro defray any
necessary travel or orher unmet incidcnral
costs chat may be incurred by the winning
proposal."
The President's donation, added co a
granr from chc Davis foundation, would pro­
vide a budge, of S 12,500 ro any LC student
whose proposal is accep1cd. Those proposals,
as stipul:ued by rhe initiative's ,.,,ebsirc and
reiterated by Bochstcttlcr, arc purposefully
unbounded and may encompass any major
or medium.
"Intentionally, no clear definition is of­
fered so ,as nor ro limit chc imagination." the
Foundarion asserts on their website. "\X7c
leave ir up co the students co define what a
'project for peace' n,ighr be."
Obitu
Maggie Murdy, friend and patron,
dies at the age of 92
by Scott Devlin
Margoret (Mag­
gie) Murdy, a long­
time friend of Lewis
& Clark College,
passed awoy on
Wednesday, October
11. A, the September
13, 2002 dedic.,tion
of the new apart•
menr-sryle Residence
Halls, former College
President Michael
Mooney pm;enred
Murdy with an LC
Jdentificarion Card
located with enough
flex points for a life­
time of snacks at
Maggie's, the campus
convenitncc store
named in her honor. She was born
Margaret Clara Rob•
crts on February
22, 1924 in Scotia,
California, a small,
coastal 1own west of
Redding. Maggie Murdy: 1924-2006 Her signarure ls
reflected in che fom She was preceded
in death by her fa-
ther, Reverend Httrold Robercs, and
her mother, Gertrude, for whom the
Roberu rcsiden.ce hall is named. She is
survived by her husband, Dick Lusk.
A memorial service was held on
\Vedncsday, November 15 in tbe
Armstrong Lounge of the Frank Man­
or House. used co create the sign
that hangs above the front cnu•nce.
Since the dedication, students
living in Robtrrs Hall have annu•
ally scnr a scrapbook to share a linle
hir of rhcmselves and rheir lives with
her iJl d1anks for her enduring vi­
sion and long-time dedicarion to the
College. Srudcnrs can submir proposals as groups
or individuals. Department Chair of Politi­
cal Science and Professor Robert Eisinger
will conduct a workshop on granr writing for
rhose inccrcsted in submifting proposals to
the initiaiivc. le has be,n scheduled for Mon­
day, Dec. 4 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in Albany
220.
LC is included in the iniriatlve because
of its participation with the U\~C. another
project sponsored by rhe Davis Foundation,
and principally by Kathryn Davis' daughrer,
Shelby M. C. Davis. UWC • ... brings to•
ge1hcr students from all over the world -se­
lected on personal merit, irrespeccivc of race,
religion, politics and the abiliry to pay-with
the cxplki1 aim of fostering peace a.nd inter ..
national w1dersranding, • according ro i:he
organization's mission staremem. bers ooordinarcs with UWC and
the D~wis foundarion, acc.ording to Direc•
tor of lnternarional Studcm Services Greg
C.,ldwdl, who is also• member of the com­
mircec.
In January, the committee will play a role
in the 100 projects inidativc wheo they re­
view srudenc submi~ions, dt1c January 17,
2007. 11 is the committees re.~ponsibiHry 10
recommend a single proposal to i:hc Fouoda­
cion, along with one or t\VO alternatives.
Caldwell said char it was his understand­
ing that, with 100 grams divided between 76
schools, LC would be allotted ar least one of
the SI 0,000 donations.
lntercstcd srudcncs can receive fi1rrhcr in~
formation i:hrough the International Studein
Services office. Links 10 the JOO Projcc<s
website can be found in the lSS web pages of
the LC website.
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SUPPLIES CONVICTS WITH ~EADING
Albert Camus once claimed
that wirh rhe minuet' details of
one day of freedom, one could
occupy onc-..sclf jn prisoo indefi ..
nitdy. Through the elfons of a
local non-profir organi,ation,
many prisoners can also occu­
py themselves with books, even
strange ones about Frc1lCh exis­
tentialism ...... Oedicared to of~
fering people behind bars tl1e
opponuniries for sdf-empow­
ermenc, education, and enter­
raining that reoding provides,"
Pordand Books 10 Prisoners is an
all-volunteer organir.ation dedi­
cated 10 assisting me education
rind literacy of rhosc inc.ucer­
aml in rhc federal penircnriary
system.
Portland Books to Prisoner,,
is just one of over a dozen non­
profit groups n.itionwide fucusod
on distributing l.itcrarure ro pris­
ons. There arc currently rwo mil­
lion people incarcerated in the
state and federal penitentiary
S)"!>tcm. Citing this and chc un•
just minority overrcpr~ma.non
and aJl cxces:, of non.violent of­
f.:ndcr incarceration as 0aws iri
tl\e "prison industrial complex;
Ponland Books to Pt1son~rs
hopes to better the lives of those
incarcerated by pro,•iding them
with rhe resources with which
they can educate themsdvcs.
11-'ley receive teucrs requesting
book subjcro and then send any
available, donated books.
PrL<0n libraries arc generally
limired and access to them is of ..
ren resrricted. What books that are available arc usually limited
to chose thar sport covers lade~
with bulging muscles and buxom
bosoms. Portland Books to Pris­
oners hop,,. to bolsret rhose li­
braries wich books of substance,
books tliar can engender self-im­
provement. Many of the subject
requesrs are for ltlstory, ethnic
scudies, frminism as well as lit•
cramrc. 'X1Wlc it is wonderful co
ru minace on I he subdedes of Ca­
mus' rneraphysical outlook and
10 study the origins of patriarchy,
prisoners w1derstand full well rhc
pragmatic irnpom1ne¢ of request•
ing vital books such as dictionar­
ies and GED smdy guide,. Mi­
chael Sanders ('08) comme11ced
char rhe books could "show rhem
everything that is out there ...
[and) give them a sense of frc'<:­
dom." Portland Books co
prisoners hopc-s these books wiU
improve rhc prisoner.;;' general
outlook on their situ3rion.
This organizauon is. voluntc.-er
driven and volunrcer-depcndent.
Every Monday and Wediu:.<day
night from 5:00-8:00 pm. Port•
land Books to Prisoners hosl:i
malling nighrs in which they
package and ship books colle<:t­
ed form throughout the city ,a
eighr drop box loc.ition,. In addi­
tion, they sorr through their huge
boxes of book donations once: a
month from l 0:00 am to 2:00
pm. lhey arc in constant need
of rhose who can hdp solicir nt'\v
books from publishers in addi­
tion to chose who can write grant
proposals. Food for thought: Leadership
banqu~t serves dish of poverty
"It's kind of humbling to think of the numerous home­
less people out there in the rain."
-Dylan Mace ('09)
by Lexie Briggs
In an effon to raise awarent'SS
of the challenges rhar hunger poses
ro society, Student Leadership and
Services hosred • "Hunger Ban­
quet" last Monday evening. De•
scribed as a metaphor for inequi•
cics in food distribution in Oregon,
panicipanrs at the b:.mquec were
randomly placed imo three socio-­
economic classes when ther1 direct,,:
ed ro the meal mar best represenred
their placement.
The lowest class diners were of.
fered .a bowl of rice topped wirh
chicken brom, while those who
drew middle-class status received
a plMeliil of green beans, chicken
breast. and wild rice. The few up­
per-doss people had a full-service
three course meal, including a
gounm!t s.1lad with strawberry vi­
nagrcrre dressing, chicken with an
apple glaze, vegetables and wild
rice, foUowed by cherry pie.
An attendant from Bon Appc­
rirc ,crved refills of sparkling apple
cider and brought our salt and pep­
per shakers for ,he upper-class din­
ers.
People placed in the lower•
dassts sctmed determined to make the best of rheir bad luck. "lrs not
bad, but I'm afraid I'm going 10 get
hu.ngiy a bit later/' Jessie Brainerd
('08} said.
The middle-das.s participants
seemed grateful 'for their good for­
tune. "It's kind of a relief co have
some vegetables and juice," Kate
Phillips ('08) said. "1har's nice,"
she addod.
Upper-class diners had a dif­
ferent pcr5pective. Though rhe
food was nor specracularly differ•
enr from what the Bon offers on a
daily basis, rhey generally ex.pre1<scd
guilr. "I really w-a.m to share," Ke­
v•n Coffey ('07) said. "I feel a little
awk\vard."
Though hunger is a national is­
sue, the event, which involved cwo
speakers from regional food advo­
cacy organizations as wdl as the
banquet itself, focused mainly on
hunger in Oregon.
"We focused on Oregon to
put people in the conrext ofliving
here." said A,•ery Welkin ('09), one
of ,he organizers of rhe evenr.
"In the United $arcs w·e have a
myth dm working people can sup­
port <heir families," said Phil Ham­
ilton. the first speaker and a rep­
rcsenrarive from the Oregon Food Bank. '"That myth should now be­
gin with 'Once upon a rime:" he
said.
Oregon ranks I 7th in the na·
don for hunger races. Hamilton o:•
plained rhat Oregonians are worse
off rhan the average American be­
cause of higher unemployment
rares, higher housing prices, and
higher gas prices when comP3rcd
10 national figures. Oregon also
has relarivcly low full time employ­
ment.
"Oregonians are lc.ss rooted, less
churched than the average A.rncri•
can," Hamihon said. "The support
services just arrn•c there."
A few of the upper-class par·
ticipants offered ro share rhcir food
wim rhe less privileged, bur we,c
hesitant co do so. 'Tm nor sure
what the rules are." one participant
,aid.
"\Y/e were trying ro ger people
out of their comfort 1..onest Wd­
ltin said.
"That happened ro some de­
gree." he said.
"It's ltind of humbling ro think
of the numerous homeless people
out there in the rain," Dylan Mace
('09) said over his rice and broth.
"'A lot of them can't even ger this."
Pt-!OTO B'Y KATE ~
Glazed chicken was not on the menu for the majority of Hunger Banquet participants
for the masses: a cullinary illustration of US inequality _11_1e_P_io_1_ie_e_r_L_o.,;g:;:., .. N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_1_?_,_2_00_6 _______ ....11.~iiMA-- .... ____________________ ...,;;s;...
SAAB Extravaganza Spectacular
honors students past research
by Craig Gilden
The Student Academic Affairs Board celebrated the past research
of five former grant recipients during the third semi-annual
Grant Extravaganza Spectacular on Thursday, Nov. 16 in che Coun­
cil Chambers. "The event allows people co learn about what SAAB
does, and gives those considering applying for a grant an idea about
the types of projects chat have been done," said SAAB Chair Mer­
edith Price ('07).
SAAB awards over $40,000 annually 10 fund sru•
dcm research in • variety of fields. lbe from of cbc
SMB brochure reads, 'What do Harvard, Stanford,
Yale. --and Princeton all have in common? None of them
have anything like Lewis & Clark Collcge·s SAAB.•
Price agrees thac the org.iniwc.ion provides an op ..
porruniry not usually afforded ro undergrads. "Ir is
rare to have this type of opportunity for undergrads.
SAAB is the backbone of lxooming empowered in aca­
demia," she said.
SAAB members bopcd that the grant presentation
night would help the LC community appreciate the
,crvic:c they provide, on\! would give people a chance
co see che gre:;1t work rhar has come from grants. 111c
five presenters' research varies widcly in subjoct.
Emma Lipp ('07)-TheatrcLlpp rravelod ro Eu­
rope (O observt the European chearre sysrcm, so .shi:
could compare and conrrasc it wirh what she knows of
American Lheatre. "Her gram was innovative lx.""Cause
she was able co do substantive research in her field,it
said Price.
Chris K.illmcr ('07)-.East Asian Studies. Killmer
wt·nr to O1iu::a to srudy how cheir newly crcau:d rail­
road system had an effecr on their cransponation. His
research was acrually co11ducred without the knowl­
edge of the Chinese govcrnmem.
Leigh Hah-erson ('06)-lnternational Alfafrs.
Halverson went to Washington O.C. t0 research why
the U.S. would agree co allow an unbiased and depo­
Uticitt<l trade court into the World Trade Organiia-_
tion. "My research indicated ,bat rhc U.S. is not just
one acror, like some inrcrnacional theorie$ treat a
state, but instead a coUcction of dHferent actors who
sometimes have opposite ~gendas," said Halverson.
.. Her study is rhe pinnacle of what an l.A1 stu­
dent can do i.n cerms of a thesis/' said Price. a fellow
I.A. major.
Megan Arubcrsoo ('06)-Communications/
SOAN. Amberson traveled lO China to interview
sbop owners and youth about the role of fashion
and style in their lives-. "My hope is (O gi\'c an over­
view of whac I saw and whar my final conclusions
are abQur Chinese youth street fushion as expression
through photos and possibly some video," said Am•
bcrson. Sbc has also pur photos of her rravels up for
display in the library.
David Calkins ('08)-Chcmistry. lbc basic
goal of Catkin's research ,..,as ro symbcsizc a new
chemical compound th~t would be m:1dc up of cwo
components.
"'lt was part.iClil:lrly i,uerescing rn see if we couJd
make a camlysr, which is a compound that .spec::ds up
reaetions without actually being directly involved io
rhem, aUowing .someone. co r\'.use. the sarne caralyst
over and over agai..n;"' said ("4lkins.
The event nor only honored past re.search. but
also was helpful for d1ose interested in applying for
future grams. The session outlined the .strenuous
process that obtaining a SMB grant enroils.
"1hc r=arcb has to be applicoble ro the academ•
ic community," said Price. "People nttd co know
Ula( you have ro invest time imo the process."
Students present on Diabetes Day
by Scott Devlin
On Tuesday, November L4,
the Pamplin Sociery of Fellows
hoS£ed .an information session
on World Diabetes Day in the
Council Chambers in Ternplc­
ron Student Center.
The discussion was orga•
nited by Pamplin Fcllow Clare
Rosenfeld ("08), who is diabetic
he,,clf, and three other diaber­
ic smdenrs: Daniel Tolle ("07),
Erik Dunb•m ('07) and Kelly•
Dayne Hansen ('08).
-1nc presentalion featured
a slideshow io which Rosen­
feld prcscnrcd a crash course in
"\'(lhat is (and what isn't) Dia-bc,es" and the global issues sur-Fellow$ handed out postcards
rounding the disease. and also addressed to three key people in
information on the pending res-the United States Governmenr
olurion ar the United Nations and encouraged us co write. In
which would officially recognize addition. Rosenfeld also sug•
November 14 of every year as gestcd I hat everyone sign thc­
rht UN World Diabetes Day. petition to the United 1'.\uions,
Currently, November 14 ls located at chc 1111ire for diabeus
only recognized as "World Dia-website,
heres Day." A, for the blue ring, Rosen•
Having a UN Day WOllld fdd explained irs significance. "A
greatly increase awareness and circ.le is the international symbol
global responsibiliry for the dis-of uniry ... and blue is tht col­
ease as that day at the United or of the sky. It's also the exact
N~tions in New York would be shade of the Rag of the United
dedical\!d to the disease, accord- Nations," symboliiing rha, dia­
ing ro Rosenfeld. bctc. is ,n international problem
At the end of rhe discussion, which does not respect borders.
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Editorial Board
Bon Appetit's meal plans leave much "flex"ibility to be desired for residents of
the apartments and off-campus housing
I The Editorial Board is disappoinrcd
with the lack of 8cxibWt)• of meal plans
offered by Bon Apperit here on campus.
While we do 110, know if d1e fitult lies at
tJ,e feec of rhe c:;1tering company irself,
Residence Life, the CoUegc, or. mosr like­
ly, all thr<.--e, we urge dtese partit'S co work
wirh ,:he Bon Appe6r Commirree, ASLC
and Lhc srudcm body to compromise on
dilfereur and more flexible options for
smdcnrs.
Many smdcms who li,·e in the Apart·
menu do not understand why they are
forced ro purchase a meal plan, since they
already have ,he cooking fuciliri,·s and the
,bility <O provide meals for themselves.
A.od isn'r parr of the reason a smdenc
would bcncfir from movlog imo an al)'lrt•
Two weeks ago there was an anicle in
the PioLog :tbour the. recenr New JerSC)' Su­
preme Court ruling in fuvor of gay rights.
Since Lewis and Clark is largely liber.J it
is easy for liberal ideas ro go unchallenged.
which can lead co specious and weak argu•
menrarion. \Y/e must not allow an jdca to go
unchallenged simply because iris "libernl'' in
ideology. The anidc outlines reasons some
people oppose gay rightS, but it does <his
wirh poor argumenmtion and unne~ar•
ily inllammamry Sfatcmcms. ln reference ro
those opposed to gay rights it >1'ltes, "Their
Aim.sy arguments mus[ \,e skc\l,·ered with
logic~ their undcclyiag imolcrancc exposed
and rebuffed."
Is ,his a climate of 1houghr ilw should mmr !he Acxibility they wo,ud get by cook­
ing for themselves and d«iding when and
whar rhey ate? A required meal plan defears
mucb of this bdidit apanmc-m rcsidcms
should ou1erwise have.
\Xthcn the sc.hoo) rcnegoriates its comracc
wirh the Bon, we hope that then: is more·
stuc.lenc input, and a posh to eliminate this
stringem and w.isceful requircrnenc on the
backs of those who li\'<:" in rhc Apamncnrs.
Why should ,hey be forced ro purchase
$8 cereal boxes ar Maggie's with ,heir Flex
poincs wb(n they ca.a buy the: same producr
a1 Freddie's for a mere $3?
On .. campus srudcnts who Uvc in chc
dorms arc:: not givt:n the option of a 500-Flcx
meal plan rhar would inmc.,d be con$idered
a luxury for chem. They are forced ro pay for
be encouraged a, lewis and Clark: to sbarp­
ly criticize and chcn ungraciously "expose"'
chose of ,~ffcring ideas? Ir goes 011, • ... All re­
ligious lxliefs are irra1io1,a.l." ll)is sr;,uemenr
shows a lack of underscanding of religious
belief. and is consequcncly an inaccurate and
insulting arrack on rnany who bave religious
belief. The articlc conrinues: ""We muse ...
(be) wary of chose who would imermingle
religious and polirical ideology, and (scorn]
chem when they do." Earlier che :trride ac•
cused 1bose opposed 10 gay rights of having
.. un.derlying i1uole.l':J:oce," which needed to
be "exposed." Then here we are insrruc,ed ro
be intolerant to tbosc very same people.
\Y/hy is ir d1ac (heir inrolerance musr be
"exposed and rebuffed" bur che intolerance
against tl1em is . .aecepiable, indeed ,hey are
ro be scorned for cheir iruolerance? 'The de-Bon mro.ls thar go un<."'accn and 8cx point~
dm are fu, from sufficienr io number. Resr­
dcncc Life argues clm the dQrms lack the fa.
cilicics for smdenr cooking and <ha, chc w;­
age of ·what faciliti~ dorrn resideotS do have
would lead to the .setting off of more fire
alarms. Bur many studems already cook oa
campus, and od,en me,ely wisb to purcfi,,se
TraH Room and off-campus meal~ char :ire
cheaper, bem·rand fr<shcr man ,hose offen-d
in rhe Pield.< Dining Hall.
If Residence Life is srill unwilling ro of­
fer the 500-Flex meal plan ,o dorm residcnrs,
chese S(Udenrs should at leasr be given meal
options wich more Flex poims and less man ..
darory meals. Flexibility of carrying unused
meals over &om week 10 week and ro-go op­
dons :ire a1so tsS<'ndal. le is unfortunate how
bare of differing idcos and ideologies is a
good rhing. Ha,·ing and expressing sr.rong
and deeply h;ld beliefs and ideas is inherent
in any such debate. Ir is good tO h;ovc sr rong
ideas1 bur the manner in which they are ex­
pressed should be chouglttful and deliberate.
We should qu,-srion people's ide;os, bur
re.<pect cl,e people by using intelligent well­
crafied argumcnrarion. Uaforrunardy our
political system teaches us to be divisive and
insulting m d1e "'ocher" ream. 1bis only fos­
ters conrcmpc a.nd derision for people of op­
posing views. We have hist◊rically bten a
very politiC3lly acrive camptLi. a11d as such
we oughr ro set a high standard for quality
ond decency in ou, political discourse. Let's
disagree and campaign and debare and ,1ore
and persuade, but we shouldn't insult and
belittle and demean. 1luoughout our polici­
c:iJ discourse we oughr ro remember always
to conduct ourselves and trc:ar others wich
respecr.
Erik Dunham ('07)
71,r Forum Edill)r &.ponds: You assert that
I direct the 111,ne inll)/trmzu ag11ins1 tmti-gay
p1111diu as th,y direcJ against gay,. I wouU,.,.
spond that nnti•g")' p,mdiu' i111ol,rn11cr is far
peopk of a partic11lar srx1111l orientation, whilr
mint is for their ilkJgical and 1mjus1 views. Our
iJ11olemnus art markedly difforem-min~ is
sens.ieal and 1hrirt i1 n.oe. At for )'<>11r aJJertion
that 1 misu11dmra11d religious b,li,jj becni,s, I
call rhnn iTrarlonnl-1h111 is a dtbatnblr poim
1ha1 does nor com, qur qf misunderstanding. oft.en swdcnt.$ find themselves wasLing
meals ooe week and paying seven Flex
poims per meal the ncxr.
The lack of flexibility of mc,I plans
only pcrpetu3les lhc stereotype thar cho
acLninisuacion and Residence Life bclinle
us by assuming rhat we arc unable to takc­
can: of ourselves. We encourage all pa.rri¢$
ro remedy this problem witl1 expediency.
Besides. the Bon d~o·t even serve
re,,I Cocoa Puffs!
71x F.ditorial Board is ,:qmpriml of r,.,.,,,
EditQrt }01111tht11n Frot·hntuajg and 1'1tf,1Ul
Pmc/Jansk;~ Ans d,~ .Enterlltinmem Editor
Smme S1im,s1m, Anry PomW, .Nicki Huff
man and Mntl S,,vng,.
I
¾111 say th11tl shqu/,d ha11t couched my languagt
in 11i..u1ies 10 maintain a s,11.1t of decorum, but
di.sco1'rst on gay m,1ni11ge should not bt soft•
mt.d. 7his is not 11 frilly debate in which to
mince wortfs.-.r/Ji.s i.s about outriglu disrrimi,
nation, hidden bigotry and depriving people of
b,JJic rights. Sharp trititism and hanh words
art. I think. in order.
Hun1er Franks' Novcmbo, 10 article on
ste:,ling food frorn ,he Bon was in poor wrc
ar best and juvenile at worst. It would be :a
wastct of cimc ro point ouc the implications
of rheft, hopefully we're all aware chat ir rais­
es prices, etc.
Ir is simply u11fortuna,e ,hat rhe Piolog.
,he mosr ptomincnt rcpceseru::itivc of c.he
L&C srudenr body, decided to endorse •n
activil)' chac makes life ha.rdcr for everyone­
who cats and works ac chc Bon. Worse than
cha,. you g;ivc exccnsive advice on the sub•
jeer.
As a faithful reader and former writer of
che Piolog, l ,uggm che auchor consider ,b,
implications of his writing and sec hjght!r
standards for himself a. a journalist. Bon
Appctit, the J>iolog, 2nd 1hc Lewis & Clark
communiry will be all che bcrter for ir.
Alex Johnson ('09) _rh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_N_o_v_·e_,_n_b_e_r_1_1_,_2_0_0_6 ___________ j•j■•ju------------------------•7-
Expose of prominent priest fails to help gay community
Ted Ha!ll,>ard, pastor and founder of the
New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Co­
lo .. was forced 10 Step down on Nov. 3.
Within weeks, Haggard's picrure-perfecr
life went down a slippery slope of lies, sex
and drngs. Hagg:,rd is best know□ for his
work as the founder and head pastor of rhe
New Life Church. His church, ro date, con­
sislS of 12, 000 consistent memb<:rs. He is
also known as ,he-reviver of National As­
socia<ion of Evangelicals, which represenL~
30 million people. In February, Haggard
was named one of the 25 mosr i .,,Auernial
evangelicals in America. Jn May, Harper's
claimed ,he New Life Church wns "the most
• powerful Mcgachurch in America." More
imporr:rndy. 1 he •mou □t of power Haggard
hdd in American politics was unparalleled.
He was often looked 10 for advice for con­
servative politicians, including Prcsidcnr
George W. Bush. Haggard was also
a key member in the drafring of
C'.,,olorado's Acneodmcm 43 to
ban gay rnarriage.
On Nov. I, news broke
1har Haggard had allegedly
been iiwolved with 3 male
pioscirmc. 1\1i.kc Jones, in
Denver. Jones came
out saying rhar he
recognized Hag­
gard on TV as
"'Arr," a costumer
of his malt escort
service. Supposedly
,he 1wo had been
seci□g each other
for three years. Jones
also claimed ,ha,
Haggard had bought
a.nd used me[ham-
phecamines in his
prcscne<.
\'(/ithin a week, things took a downward
rurn for Haggard. Firs,, he dcrti<:d knowing
Jones. Larcr Lhar week, he admirred co c..111-
ing him ro ask for a massage. He also admit•
tcd in an inren,iew with KUSA-TV that he
h.ad bought mcthampheramines. "J oever
kepi ir very long because it was wrong. I was
tcmp<ed. I bough, i<. Bui I never used it."
Shordy thereafter, Haggard stepped down
from rhe New Life Church and as presi•
dem. of che National Association of £van­
gelicals. The Church claimed dtae Haggard
was guilry of cornmjning '"scxuaHy immoral
conducr.• lhe following day, Nov. 4, Hag­
gard confessed his sexuaJ sins in :1 lerrer ro
the co,1greg;1.rio11 of New Life Church. He
admirred ro lying and deceiving cl,e Church
and his followers. The interim pasror of , he
New Life Church said thar the Church is
more grieved by his un1ruthfulncss tban by
his homosexual icy. by Sara Caldwell
Jones had reason ro come out swinging
afeer he found out who Haggard was, con­
sidering the an<i-gay influence Haggard has tionwidc ck-crions. Just a.~ rhc Gor W:l.S cry­
ing 10 hold on to power in Light of the Foley
case, Jones exposed Haggard os cheating on
had on domcs­
,ic policy. Jones
saw chc power
of Haggard's hy­
pocrisy just day:..
before ,he na-(MACRO)
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large .. scale issues¥ •
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IN\.\ fl,. T \ T \,co~ S
L\.\<.G. hl$ wife-with
a man-and
purchosing and
consuming
metbamphet•
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"[Haggard] is up chere preaching chat marriage
should only be bel'\veen a man and a woman, and
be's going behind his wife's back and seeing a gay
man for sex -1 felt like I owed ic co cbe gay com-
muniry co expose the hypocrisy,"
-Mike Jones the dccrions days away, 1he news could have
easily upset Amcndmcnr 43, which would
have amended ,he Color;.1do consrirution co
legaUy ban same-sex marriage. "(Hagg,rd)
is up Lhere prc:1chiog ,har marriage should
only be berween a man and a woman, and
be's going behind bis wife's back and seeing
a gay man for sex -I fd, like I owed ir 10
rhe gay community to expose ,he hypocrisy,"
said Jon,.,;.
The question about Amcndmcnr 43 is
whether the sca□dal forced
people one way or d,e
ocher. ln one lighc. the
exposure of the mega•
pastor ,ook validity
and momentum away
from t:he amcndmcor.
Conversely, ,Ms scan­
dal gave many people
reason to believe chat
the definirion of a
one-man. one-woman
tl\3rriage 11ecds to be
crched in srone. With
the rcsulrs of the elec•
don proving the lar­
rer, i1 is possible th3r
Jones' alkga,ions did
nothing for the bal­
lot. On Nov. 8, it was
6nally announe<d
dl3t Amendment 43
had won by a dou­
ble-digir margin of
56 ro 44 percent.
Jones' i1ncnrion
to help put a hak ro
anti-gay measures
on the Colorado
sea« ballot failed,
even ,hough bis
accusations were
indeed true. Haggard is beginning a
rchabilirarion and ~spiritual restoration" to
cope with rhc.-concrovcrsial fssues.
It is rather obvious ro accuse chc Church
of being hypocri,ical and to think pcopk­
should practice whar rhey preach. But, ac­
cording to the effect of the conrroversy
stirred by Haggard, i, is apparent that chang­
ing people's belief is not the easy task Jones
:t$Sumed ir would be. lf his imcndons was
co upsec the vorc, it didn't work. Exposing
the truth is always a good ide.1; honesty is
,he best policy. But when it comes 10 chang­
ing rhc:: minds of ragi11g conservatives, the
original plan proved ,o backfire. As Jones, in
support of the gay communiry, brought this
news to the anencion of 1hc world. be made
the gung-bo Evangelicals even more deter­
mined to crusb ,he pro-rights movement. So
don1t keep quier, bot know what you are up
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The Fighting Hamster
by Matt Savage
"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." -Hillary Clinton
Now that the 2006 midterms arc over,
politicaJ junkies are now looking rowards
the next election-the 2008 presidential pri­
maries. This week I will look at six potential
Democratic Presidential candidaces. Next
time will be six por,miaJ Republican candi­
d,res.
Hillary Cli,Hon: Hillary Clinton is ,he
from-runner of rhis race. She ha.< rhe ability
to fundraise more than any Democrar, and
possibly any Republican. She also has che
most txecutive office experience. often called
her husband's co-president. With her admi­
rable performance as Junior Senator of New
York reaching across r:he aisle and nor shying
away from chc lowly job of helping her con•
sriruenrs, she will be a formidable force co be
in rhis ye:lls primary. However, her views on
che war will expose her co much :anger from
r:hc left. Many also view 1ha1 she is 100 po­
lariz.jng of a figure to win a general election.
They arc probably right. Barnck Obama: The m•n
you wane to win. Progres­
sive, c.harismaric. and seem­
ingly inc:,pable of error. His
amazing biogmphy ,!most
makes up for his roral lack
of experience. 1hcre ls
a good chance r:hai he
will run for President,
only 10 end up as vice
president (much like
John Edwards in
2004). So f.u he is r:hc
only front-runner who
was originally ag,ins1
the war. instead of vor•
ing for it and then com ..
ins Out against k.
John Kerry; TJ,e parry·s nominee in
2004. Many experts believe he did a less rhan
adequate job in unsearing Bush in 2004, and
they wonder how he would be a good nomi• nee thi:. rime ::iround.
'O,ey are righc. His
numerous \'erbal gaffs
and opporrunisric ti ming
for now caUing ror troop
wi1hdrawal make his candi­
dacy even less likely ro win.
However, he does havt; a lor of
money and tbc hubris needed
to run even though it is a ter-
rible idea.
John Edwards: He has
spenc the last cwo ye,us
fundraising for other
Democrats and bas builc up
a ntunber of frfonds within
the p.~rry. He brings rhe same
mengr:hs r.luc he did lase time. He
is very dlarismadc, a great speaker, is
from the South and looked like an under•
wear model next 10 Frakenkerry. He also
lach any foreign policy experience, and no one is sore what he focls about a war he au•
1horized in 2003.
Evan Bayd: Relatively unknown outside
of Indiana. be managed che amazing f"'lt
of being dccccd governor and senator from
the reddest of states. Now r:hat Warn« has
bowed ou1 of the race (possibly out of dtc
urging of Clinton), he has rhe bes, red-stare
credentials of any of rhe candidates. Wheth­
er hr: will gain. the fundraising and name•rec.­
ogahion to win the nomination remains to
be seen.
Wesley Clark: Clark go, 100 late of a stan
co be a formidable candidate in r:he last pri­
mary. This rime he looks like hc'U be a fonni•
dable candidate who can go coc. to coc with
any Republican on foreign policy or defense
issues. He lacks ,my domestic policy posi­
tions, bur he can make these up as he gO<S
along. if Democrat's draft this Arkansas
General ro run again, he will be a formidable
opponent.
Serving Starbucks in the Bon should give students a stronger jolt.
by Amy Pombo
When the Bon replaced r:heir Cafe Torre­
fuz.ionc coffee wich java from Starbucks, ,he
very essence -0f mmp~nt consumerism, the
company that eats rhe souls of $maller coffee
shops and chen fills r:heir crnpry shells wir:h
its green scraws and swirly W'Jllpaper, there
was no outrage.
In r:he half•serncsccr sinc.c chc coffee dis•
pensers and ,lisplays made their appear­
ance.-chere have been no proresrs, no fliers
for campus•widt discussions on free uadc,
no sir-ins or petitions and no public c:ills for
change. 11,erc isn'r even a disgruntled Face­
book group.
Lewis & Clark srudcms, it seems, have
succumbed co an unusual firofcon.sumerap•
athy. Thar is, chis-response was qui cc surpris ..
ing from ,he student body. LC usually does a
good job at earning irs repmarion as a haven
for hippies, individuals and activim. On chc
whole, students arc quiie liberal-minded. We
observe rallies-against injustice in Africa and
avidly prommc of participation in clcccions,
both of which are well and good ,is fur as ac­
tivism goes. Noce rhe clorhes bough, second
band ar Goodwill, food bought organic at
Market of Choice •nd books bought a, in­
dependent Powell's. Surely the average LC
student considers his .. or herself a conscious
consumer.
And yer, when $1a1bucks dares 10 show
up on campus. it gets little more rhan a pass ..
ing shrug. The switch was rnade because
Starbucks, unlike Cafe lorref.11.ione, offers org,nic, shade-grown coffee. Shade-grown
coffee is a bcner choice rhan sun•grown cof­
fee because in lhccascof chc former, the trcC"S
rhar provide the shade also provide prorec­
cion and concribure to the general biodi­
versity of the plantation. Jn this stronger,
healthier environment, the need for pcsci•
cides is eliminated and the plan rs are able co
produce crops for many more years.
lncidenr,lly, Cafe Torrefuiione is owned
by r:hc Starbucks Coffee Company. so r:he
change was a positive one, t·vcn ifir made rhc
Srarbucks 1lame much more visible.
Still, potential protestors cc,uld ha\!e
made a case against staying wich Starbucks
and in favor of switching companies entirely
in order to supporr 3 smarr coffee indus-cry.
There arc other companies that.scU fair-tradC',
shade-grown coffee and the rypical demoni­
zarion of Starbucks as the Wal-Marr of food
chains is not entirdy unfounded.
Anger towords them is >bout "10te 1han
disapproval of rhc company's huge si1.e
(12,000 scores and couming), Ratbcr, the
anger is :1hour unfair and sometimes illegal
pracciccs within the company. Even if the
coffee served at LC is eco-friendly, chc anti­
u1,ion actions of rhe company a.nd the sun­
grown beans they also us-e ought ro give sru­
dems somctbiDg to f("d uneasy about.
The comp:-my) a spokeswoman told the
Wla/1 Strerr journal earlier this )'ear, insures
only 42% of its employees, and a quick look
at rhe coffees ,hey offer reveals 1ha1 rhey ad-vcrtise only one or­
ganic coffee, one
shade ... grown} one
shade-grown or­
ganic :tnd one fair­
crnde blend.
For Starbucks,
as is roo ofren the
case for companits
with popular brand
1lames1 I~ F.tvor­
ab)e practices
are easily hid­
den behind the
company's suc­
cess. Consumers
see the produet, C...::;:~lu~ no,
the process, and for many
of those conswncrs, c o n -
demning Starbucks brand coffee as che dev­
il's brew is far from instinctive. After all, they
make a mean Frappuccino, h's hard' ro hare
300 calorics of happiness in a plasric cup, es­
pecially when it comes with whipped cream
on top, even with low wages and erosion in
mind. Those is..,ues are miles :hvay; the plea­
sure of cbc coffee itself seems to matter more
because i1 is right r:hero.
ln the end, 011e way or ano"ther, consu1ner­
ism gets everyone, even at LC. Brand names:
ar<: such insiiwtions these days chat by dis­
playi1,g enough evidence of a conscience-a
few sbadc-grown plancations here, a few
ovcrse1:s socia.J programs tht.rc-and a 'good UUSTR.\TIOH 9'1'
JOH>,l\WI
AACC><1'lWAtG
product, companies like Starbucks can
hold on to cuscomers even through a lin1e
criticism. However much students may like
10 consider che social ramifications of where
thdr money goes, m buy is ro buy inco a cor•
poraie world.
This is cl,e·era of target marketing and
product placcmcnr. worldwide fra.nch.ises
and fanatical branding. Promotion and ex•
pansion are the keys 10 making it big in •
world driven by consumers who wanr rheir
pro<luctS and their lives to come quickly,
cheaply and consistently. Bot ir is often ac
rhc expense of workers chat this consumer~
ism promises and delivers a logo ... on every
cup and a Srarbucks on every corner.
And perhaps ir's as it should be rhac rhe
LC community is just as consumer-wl:upped
as d1e rest of the countl')'-no one cares to
do anything about ic. _lh_e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_Lo_g_,_N_o_ve_m_._b_e_r_17_,_2_00_6 _________ ,_.@•j ■ijpp ________________________ 9_
Disgruntled drivers make going downtown a downer
by Maia Penchansky
Day after day, the Raz
provides students the
opportunity to get down­
town for free. Standing out­
side Templeton, students
look to their left to catch a
glimpse of the bus peeking
its fat face around the cor­
ner, hoping to determine
where ir will eventually
stop.
As the Rat pulls to a hair, a hoord of kids
crowds around the door, ready 10 fight for
a scat and making it virrually impossible foe
tbose ex.icing the bus to avoid the madnes<.
lnside> the scene is no· more comfortable chan
the jabbing and poking tbat occurs outside
rhe bus. Stuffing over SO full-grown adulrs
into a 6ndy conrained area-half standing,
half sining-provides a bounty of awkw,ud
nudges and anonymous ass-grabs.
In addition to the physiC11I ride itsclf-<1
grueling half hour wirh quick stops and turns
over ,he sidewalk-the Raz drivers arc rarely
friendly. Though some drivers welcome Stu·
dents with a smile and a cheerful •hello,"
m.:rny seern co aim i.'lt making the: ride as mis• erable as possi•
hie. Tue scenar•
io is brutal and
all too com•
mon: walking
to the bus with
plenty of time,
a srudent looks
ahead only co see
the Raz pulling away,
accderatiog qukkly. 1be student rries des­
perately to catch up, but even the pleading
of friends and peers can nor stop the. driver,
mad with power.
This game of cat and mouse reacbed ex-­
creme levels Friday, Nov. 10 on a Raz le.av ..
ing Pioneer Square. Waiting for the bu.s,
one studenr hovered by the door finishing a
dgarcttc while remaining scudcms piled on.
The driver proceeded to sbu, the door, driv­
ing away with the srudem running behind.
A friend of his attempted repeatedly to per•
suade the diligent driver .to stop. Blarantly
ignori1\g the stude1u's plea, the Raz drove
on. 11te argument quickly escalated from "I«
him on ,he bus" tO "let me off the bus" wit!,
t.he driver sri.U refusing all requesrs. Sropped
ar a red light, ,he student inside stood up and
tried to open the doors co remin t◊ his aban­
don friend. "Sit down or l.'11 call the police,"
the Raz driver threacem.-d. "You•rc acting like a child!" Tue Raz puUcd over, the
driver called the police, and the
srudencs began to complain, bewildered by
the cvems that were occurri1\g.
"You knowt one student said in the midst
of ir all, "I always say 'thank you' when I
get off the bus, but nor roday."
An ovef'.vhelming sense of outrag~ was
felt throughout rhe bus as students watched
their :illy being interrogared by police. '!'his
was all due ro the rudeness of one Raz drive[
on a serious power trip. leaving someone be­
hind. R.ai drivers shouJd not ignore $mdents
running alongside rhe bus because, for one
r<ason out of many, the Ra, may be t.hc only
way home. In order co solve this problem,
there .sl,ot,1ld be more accive busses, running
e,•cry half hour rather than every hour. It would even be worth it for each
student to pay a small fee (say SI 5
a year) in order to get these changes. This
small srep would begin to solve the problems
of overcrowding.. being stranded and maybe,
just maybe, cranky drivers.
Students at LC explore and discover ... intolerance!?
Last weck•s Pioneer Log included an aca­
demically insulting article titkd "New LC
Students ""plore and discover ... God!'' In
it, Aron Phillips argued against including
the Bible in che curriculum of the fir.sr-year
.seminar course Exploration and Discovery.
He prc:semed aa antiquated thc..-ory: the no-
1ion rbot Stu.dents should only be rcqujred
r.o srudy ide.'IS and concepts wirh which
rhey agree on an erhical and religious level.
l would argue. that co become modern, pro­
gressive and well-rounded thinkers, it is es­
sential for us to come fuce to fuce with some
cu.lrurally-s-ig:ni6ca.nt texrs eve,1 if we are op­
posed to, angered by or even afraid of rhcm.
The Bib1e contains conrroversial messag­
es. Yet tbc division it c.reatc.s among us is ex­
actly 1he reason we should study iL Phillips
claims th3t extracting ,he Bible from E&O
would benefir rwo 1nain srudenc-cypes: chose
who had grown up in non-Bible-reading
households and those who were religiously
fundamcnralist or on.hodox. Yee there ;ue
m.u,y practical advant>ges of classroom Bi­
ble-analysis for both these groups, and for
schola.rs in general.
Herc's soml' advice for students who have by Carolyn Bratnober
never read rhc Bible, bu1 who wisb to chal­
kng,· cetrain religious/ethical uends in our
goverilrneor ai,d sodety: Debates only rt1t1l1
in social change 1u'1tt1 borh sidei aw wt/J.in­
farmtd about rht topic. Argumcn ts over the
merits and 8aws of Biblical principles be­
rwccu someone who is .Famili:u with the
Bible and someo11e who isn'r are swift and
pointless. The one who hasn't read the pri-­
mary source always loses. Those who oppose
c.hc inscnion of Chri.sdan values imo Ameri­
can laws should hove some knowledge of
where those values come fro1n.., in order to
counter them effectively.
Phillips also thinks ,hat literary criticism
can be offcnsjve co those who put religious
fu.irb in a rext's literal meaning. I also offer
soine advice for rhese fundamemalisrs: ii is
imporflmt 10 1ubmit ont'J beliefs to rational
evnlw11io11, in order UJ undtrstand them btrter.
Cool-ht'aded criticism can be a way to fortify
one•s religious convictions. Once you've lis­
lened co some argumenrs ag:1insc your line of
reasoning, you c.1n figure out how to refine
chem and make your case stronger. Serious
scholars, religious or not, sbould be ready 10
defend their ideas •gainst opposition. lt's the eoUcgc's obligation to prepare us for this task,
and this cannot be done-neither for Bible­
believers nor for anybody else-by ript0eing
around ,he Bible.
Productive discourse. is necessary for
peace. Surely an I.A. rn.ajor such as Pbillips
must recognize this. We O'lliSt learn how to
exchange conAicring ideas, in order co em ..
brace each other's differences. Ignoring the
Bible (or any other religious scripture, for
that matrcr) can only lead to imolcrancc of
rhose who follow irs doetrine. There has to
be good inter-religious con11nunica1ion, or
else the,re wilJ be violence and discriminarion
among the faiths. We don't have tO be of the
Same mi11d on an issue., but everyone h3s to
at leasr have done the reading. We must a.II
be on die same page.
Despite ,he ideology of "separation of
church and sratc" valued by Phillips-and oth­
ers, ,be Bible is a sig11ificant force among us.
11,e book itself is a h.o, ropic. Ir has la.s1ed
so long because ir contains a variccy of phi­
losophies in a variety of forms. Biblical law
codes~ narratives, poetry and songs have
functioned as lirerary authority for hundreds
of )'C!l/$. (Read any fiction !•rely? Ch•nees ore, it's based on fund:unenr.tlly Biblical sto­
rytelling techJ1iques. And let's not even get
starred on America's founding fathers.) By
not acknowledging frs presence. one misses
out on examining one of the oldest and most
influentia.J pieces of our collecti\1e origin.
Phillips nukes one good poinr: inoom•
ing srudems should be informed about what
they're gming into. TtWng first-years they
have to read the Bible would be "alarming"
to those wbo wanted lO go to a college when:
they COJJld ~ignore God.tt However1 I dori',
th.ink that advertising the Bible as a r,quircd
ccx.t would rurn many students away from
Lewis & Clark. Rather, it would be • draw­
ing force. Anyone ,,,ho wa111·s ,o be p;,,trt of
a Clllmrally~inclu.s-ive academic communiry
ought to be open to srudying comrover~
sial texts. Students who seek knowledge ai
a liberal arts ooU,,ge should be prepared tO
cxp:u)d their horizons and challenge rheir
perceptions of rhe way$ of the world. Those
who wam to be spoon--fed their own opin-­
ions without disputes arc the kinds that go to
Bob Jones Uoivetsity. We ot LC, on the other
hand. are 3 community of learning. and we
say bring it. _1~..;0;... ________________ .... ,uM•I•
Brittany Gulford ('08) and Alison Rehnberg ('08) each enjoy knitting at Stitch and Bitch, a student group that meets every Wednesday in the Akin lounge
Knitting and sewing are making a comeback among young people
by Kelly Sullivan
A typical student's Wednesday afternoon
may include some homework, a nap and
even some knitting. Stitch and Bitch is a
reaJ organiz.acion, one that garhers once a
week ro do what ,hey love: knitting. 71,ey
can be found on Wednesday afternoons
from rhree 10 five in the Akin lounge, an
array of girls and guys gerring together ro
ralk, eat chocolare, maybe read some books
or watch a movie buc, most imporcamly.
to knit.
"Ir's for people who enjoy kni"ing and
crochering and ralking and making jokes,"
said Clara Williams ('09), who heads rhis
club. And rhar's jusr what rhey did. People
were knitring all kinds of rhings from
mircens co afghans ro sarvcs. The club
is made up of varieties of skill; from rhc
seasoned knitter, to those who had srarted
jusr a few days before.
\X'illiarns, who sraru.-d k.nin.i ng lasr ycar 1
said she knit~ because i1's really relaxing.
Lacy Brown ('08), agreed, "When life gm srressful, it's calming co knit.r
The Sew Cool Club, Lewis & Clark's
club for sewing.. was just starred chis yea.r
in response ,o increasing interest in the
pastime.
"l wamc-d to sran rhis club because
I missed my sewing machine ar home,
s.o l ,houghc, 'what's bcccer than s,aning
a sewing club/ Nothing!"' said Holly
Mumford ('10), the coordinator for chis
club. Currently, the club hasn'r had any
formal meetings, but Mumford is hoping
rhar once funding is available for supplies,
the club will rake off.
Obviousl)', knirring and sewing acen'r
just your grandmother's. hobbies :1nymorc.
It seems like anyone who•s anyone knits or
sews these days. And ir's nor just limited co
girls either- it's just as common co know
boys who knic. This creud is prcccy recent;
both Williams and Brown said they noticed
it srarting or rhe end of high school.
"'It became a fad in my school when ]
was a junior and a senior. A lot of people
would b< kni"ing in the hallways and during )uncht said Brown.
11,e only explanation for chis upward
movement is that it is now hip co make a,,d
design clor hes, and fashion has always been
about finding unique and differenr styles
for people to wear. Sewing and knitting arc
rhe perfect answers co chat.
"I jusr like having a pimped-out piece of
clothing," said Clarence Mills ('10) when
asked why he sews. Only a few ye.ars ago,
it would have been ludicrous for a male to
enjoy sewing, bur rhe rhought doesn't even
faz.c anyone anymore.
Mills, who owns one of the few sewing
machines on campus, sews. most of what
he wears. From decorating swearshircs co
sewing together p:.'ltchwork pants from
scrarc.h. everything he makes is one of a
kind.
"I'm reaHy into wearing things char other
people don'r ha>'e. I like making clothing
chat's never been made before," he said.
The one downfall with chesc crnfts is
that chcy're more expensive rha.o one might
firsr rhink. When it used 10 be rhat ,ewing and knitting were done tO save money. now
a scarf made with nice yarn can cost more
than one in most S(ore-s, v,.,hich onJy goes to
show how fashionable they really arc.
h's very time consuming too. Brown,
who is currend)' working on a very i1uricatt
purple and blue afghan, said ir's taken
about a year.
"Bue it's my favorite," she said about it,
"Probably because I've been working on it
for so long. It's about the process, it's very
therapeutic.''
Clearly, pastimes such as sewing and
knining aren't for the cheap or the quitter.
They take invcsrmem. both mental and
capiral. However, people like Mills still
keep ir up. "It's really sarisfying to finish,
piece of clorhing," he said.
Herc at LC everyone is always scriving
to do or have or wear something unique.
Sewing and knitting arc just some of tht
outlers for chat. because no matter what
is made, it is guaranteed co be an original.
And it sounds cool when one can say, "Oh
this~ l made it." 11 _1h_e_P_io_,_1e_e_r_L_o .. g_,_N_o_v_e_n_1_b_e_r_1_1_,_2_0_0_6 ________ _. __ Miui4•Mv~------------------------
Church of ·Scientology raises questions, sparks curiosity
by Rachel Schiff
The word sciencology lifera1ly means
"the study of Huth• (the latin word "scio"
meaning ro fully know and ~logos" meaning
the scudy of). For the scien1ologis1s of the
Church of Scientology of Portland, the
truth is the word of L. Ron Hubbard.
The Church is brimming with Hubbard's taint Hubbard's
vision. Scudencs
complete workbooks
written by Hubbard
or closely based on
Hubbard's word under
the supervision of
more experienced
scicncologiscs.
It is these classes
text; their bookshelves ~--------------_JL..:. ____ ~_....,._
1nake space for no other
author.
A group that srudies
the words of only one
man mises questions.
Erika Von Klier, the
Church's public contact
SC<l'Cta ry1 raised more
quesrions in her assertion "Th ey gave me a stress test. What
hooked me were their explanations for
the phenomena that I don't understand."
-Lacey Slizesky ('09)
that, "Hubbard said, 'Don't believe
:myching just b~causc someone says ir.
Find out for yourself.' " Yet, in a building
with Hubbard's books in the foreground,
busts and painting of Hubbard in the
background, and asscnions of his wisdom
everywhere, one becomes confused.
This wisdom of Hubb,rd assem that all
humans arc spiritual beings with souls char
,,. eternally reborn to different physical
bodies. 11,e application of srark materiali:.m •
fO humankind is very dangerous, given
man·s spiricual core (his eternal soul). It is
the applic:icion of science to rnan·s behavior
chat worries chose who smdy Scienrology.
Sciemologh,s arc parcicularly wary of
psychiatry, claiming that ir views the
mind as rhe same enti()• as the phy!>ical
brain. Yer Scientology welcomes orher
physical sciences that do nor aucmpt co
explain man's emotions or bch:lVior.
Before Scienrology w,s reve,led
10 Hubbord, he srudicd physics and
marhemarics an·d wroce science 6crion
novels. 'Che covers of his books of
Scientology closely resemble those of
sciCncc fiction books. Bright illusuations
of volcanoes and outer space conjure pose­
apocalyptic visions. However. Scientology
pre,ches of oo such apocalypse. In facr,
sciencologisrs claim rhar che soul is c:rernal,
suggesting an endurance of humankind.
Sciemologists assert chat Scicncology
is a religion, a science, and an •·applied
philosophy." ln one bre,1h, Hubbard
spc,ks of the soul, rhe mechanics of
planer:iry movement and techniques to
improve modern life.
All of Scientology is contoined in
Hubbard's works. Von Klier explained
Scientology's emphasis on Hubbard's texr:
•1t is 10 nor be aimed, whar Hubbard says,
ever. He had the ability to sec things as
rhey really are, ro perceive truth.It
In order co maintain this rrurh in itS
exact form, classes of Scicncology arc
12ugh1 by workbooks mher than tC3chers,
for an insrrucror's inrerprerarion might rhar arc the heart of
Scientology. "fhrough
studying Hubb,rd's
words, studcnrs of
Scientology •walk
the bridge 10 1or,I
freedom," said Von
Klier. This bridge
supposedly leads to
an climinarion of
the reactive self, chus
freeing the follower
from somatic crauma
and allowing him co
fulfill potential in all
aspects of life.
Crossing the bridge
to freedom by studying
Hubbard's exacr words
reminds one of che
finding of salvation
through literal
reading of the bible.
However, Scknrology
differs from Christian
fundamenralisin in
rhat it is open co
~imultancous practice
of orher religions.
Some • scienrologiscs
claim that the practic<'
of Scicncology can
enhance any religious
life (Chrisrian, Jewish.
Buddhist, etc).
Although Scientology
welcomes anyone who
is literate (for one must
read the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard),
the majoriry of those at the Church of
Scientology of f>orrland '"verc white young
men. The rdigion's focus on self .. discovery
may auract young people.
Lacey Sli,.eski ('09) was drawn to
Scientology by a. booth •• the Saturday
Markel. "They gave me a stress ccsc. What
hooked me were the explanations for chc
phenomena rhac I don'r understand," she explained. "'All rhe workCI'$ in the rent wt·rc
voluncccrs. lhac re-ally impressed me."
Despite voluncccrs• eagerness ro spread
Scientology, Sliieski complained rhar
"chcrc were "°' a lor of eloquent people
there who could answer my questions.
I had co do a lot of deduction. I would
suggest my own solutions, rherl ask them
yes or no questions."
1l1e staff at the Church was also shorr on answers, often opting to hand om
writings of Hubbard, rarher than to
interpret their rdigion. Von Klier asserted
many times that the only way to tru1y learn
about Sciencology was nor co question a
Scicntologisr, but to read Hubbard's works
and take Scientology courses at the Church.
If up ro this challenge, visit the Church of
Scientology of Portland ar 709 SW Salmon
Sr, just sourh of Pioneer Square. _1 ___ 2 _____________________ ... i•PJ¥ ..... _;:;:::::::::::::_1_h:e;P:io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_._N_o_v_e_rn_be_r_1_1_, 2_006_
--1. A placard advertises a rally, while graffitti
demands "Out with Ulises!"
2. A young boy holds a mirror to the sky,
reflecting light to distract police helicopters
overhead.
3. Citizens of Oaxaca prepare for the
advancing federal police.
4. A crowd facing a police line laughs after
a passerby shouts a vulgar phrase at the
PFP. Despite the tense atmosphere. a joke is
never far away. 5. A young APPO supporter leans against a
shopping cart filled with rocks, sticks and
Molotov cocktails. As Claire took the picture.
a man asked with a sly smile if we'd like a
··soda."
6. October 29, late afternoon. A sea of
police swarms the z6calo while strikers hold
their ground.
7. A bus burns in front of the z6ca/o. APPO
supporters seized buses used by the PFP.
burning them to blind helicopters and·to
h1 nder the movement of police I ines. Insi-de
axaca ~~
Stats:
• Hometown: Brooklyn,
New York
• Favorite Brand:
Columbia Sportswear
• Favorite Place to Shop:
Fulton Street Mall in
Downtown Brooklyn
• What I'm wearing:
Right now I'm we:uing a pair of
blue J. Crew khakis, some brown
Quicksilver kicks, a grey long­
sleeve rec, a srri ped polo from the
Columbia outlet and a hat. I always
wear a hat. 'fhis one was $5. I'm
not about the materials though. A
lot of my clothes have been given to
me by my grandpa and my futher.
That's how l get a lot of chat old
classy scuff .
Back home everyone wears a
hat-it doesn't matter what ream.
People ask me what the "$" means,
and I'm like "state." They ask, "What
srace?" I say it doesn't matter. Music
will always influence current fads.
Everyone wears Air Force Ones.
Ac the Fulton Mall, they've got
everything from sneaker stores co
Dr. J's. A lor of the time I j usr wear
a colored ree and jeans. These days
I'm feeling che brown shoes. l like
green and I like colors. Overall, I
like loose firring clothes. I hang dry
all my shirrs 'cause otherwise they
shrink. _lh_e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_o,.g_,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_J 7_,._2_0_0_6 ________ .... 4i11i4•1•m-._ _____________________ 1 __ 5_
New Monopoly reflects life in the 21st century
by Aron Phillips
World r«:ord.! are mainrained for 1he
longest game in a tree-house (286 hours),
underground (LOO hours), in a bathtub (99
hours) and upside-down (36 hours). And
if thac's not enough, the longt-st Monopoly
game in history lasted 70 str•ight days. Bui
with thar said, have you evc-rwondcred what
the world's most popular board game of all
time would look like if it were invented
today insread of in 19351 Well you're in
luck, b«:ausc the new Monopoly: Herc &
Now Edition was designed to answer tha1
very que:srion.
Since 1935, more rhan 250 million
copies of Monopoly have been sold in
27 languages and 81 counries, including
Croafla. Thar means not only did your
parents, g~11dparent"S and even grear­
grandparen1S grow up ba11ling10 build horels
on Boardwalk and Park Place, but children
all around the world were iarrcxluced ro
the concepts of entrepreneurship and free.
enterprise. In Cuba, the capitalist game had
such a strong following th." when Fidel
Casrro 100k power, he did not allow anyone
else 10 pass GO and collect their $200 by
ordering aU known sets destroyed.
This pas, Spring, from April 24 until
May 12, Hasbro gave the power to the
people when Americans casr more than three million votes online ro shape d,e new
edition's game board by givillg it a 21st
ccnrury makeover. The votes dcttrmioed
which landmarks from a liSI 9f 22 citiC$
made ic into che game. as well as the location
of those landmarks on the board.
After put1ing rhe game's fare in the
hands of i1S belovtd fans, America
clccied New York Citi?s Times
Square ro occupy the highest
rem proper[)' space
(traditionally home to
Boardwalk) on the
game board of the
new edition.
T h e
rest of the
high-rent
disrrict (which
includes the green
color group) fcanirC$
the White House
representing Washingtoa,
D.C., Chicago's Wrigley affordable propatics for real estate moguls
to purchase, occupying che dark purple
spaces.
Beyoad the new prop<rry laadmarks,
the new game has newly approiscd property
values and renrs (players who land on
nmes Square with a hotel will pay
$20 million), larger currenC)'
denominations and airports
replacing the railroad spaces,
Additionally, the game
includes contemporary
game-mover lOkcns
th;l.t ,\1ere sold to
the hight-st
bidder
iit•
,,'{> • in the
',#) corporate
~ world. In
/,h a nod 10 the
W 2 lsr ccnmry,
the classic race car
has b,,cn replaced with
,. ~ nn cnvirorunen,,lly-friendly Fidd and the neon-glinering
"Strip" along Las Vegas Boulevard.
Orlando's Disney World occupies the 11.,6[1 J} hybrid Toyota Prius, rhe old
""- shoe has been given the boor ia
red space cradition:illy known as Illinois
Avenue, wh.ich bas stallsticaUy proven co be
the mosr landed-upon properry space on the
board during a game. And at the other end
of the spectrum, Cleveland's Jacobs Field
and Dallas' Tex.as Sr,dium arc the mosr favor of a New Bal:incc running shoe,
and the hip labradoodle (a new breed char
is a mix between a Labrador Retriever and a
Poodle) rakes the place of rhe Scorrish terrier.
The game tokens also include McDonald's
French fries, a Motorola RAZR cell phone, a Starbucks Coffee mug, a supC"rsonic airplane
and a laptop computer.
The Chance and Community Chm
cards, too, have received updated scenarios.
For example, winning $10 in ~ beauty
conresr has changed to winning SI 00,000
in a rcaliry TV show. and players arc sent
direcrly to jnil (without passing GO) for
such misdeeds as identity thefr and insider
trading.
"for rhc pa.it 70 years, millions of
American$ have msred the thrill of 'owning
ir all' by playing Monopoly," said Marr
Collins, Vice Presidcm of Morkering for
Parker Brothers. wlhe new Monopoly:
Here & Now Edition allows aspiring real
esrare tycoons ro enjoy an elevated g,rne
play e.xpericn~ r.hat more closely marches
today's America."
1he new game went on sale nationwide
on Seprember 14 and has alr,ady stirred
up oonrrovcn;y this holiday SC3son when
commercial hegernon Wal-Mart promised
co sell ,he game for only $15 instead of the
suggested retail price of$29.99.
So, with Thanksgiving right around the
corner and holiday shopping on the horizon,
instead of succumbing to the purchase of
an iPod n•no or a Blu-ray Disc, why nor
purchase something a Huie more low-tech.
He~k, Monopoly is the best-selling and most
popular board game in rhe world-and you
can't argue with char.
Body image a concern, but not an obsession at LC
by Yan Chen
Not roo inany girls on campus complain
abouc their weighc, according to most
students at uwis & Clark. But even though
people don't talk abour their bodies, ir's
prerry standard that girls in general care
about rheir body image in some form or
another, be ir hair, clothing or weighr. As we
emerge in the 21st century. it's undcnfable
that we a.re Uving in a cuJture of thinness.
We see undcrwcigh[ mode.ls on TV. on
magazine covers, on posters and in movies,
not co mcncion 3 nevertnd.ing selection of
weighr loss programs. Girls can usually be
seen in the weight room huffing and puffing
on theE!liptieal arany hour of cl,e day. 11,en
there ,.re girls at the Bon who take a linle
black cereal bowl and tell the servers to 6U it
with veggies or whatever low.fat, non-fried
dish they're serving. However, the des.~ert
plates always end up empty at the end of 1hc
night, and it's not all ,es,osrerone lining up
for the ice cream. Jr seems that in general,
girls at LC aren't coo obsess-cd about their
body weight.
Yangcben Dolma ('08) is in the category
of girls who do care about their body image.
She used ro exercise a lot but now sh.e moscly
watches what she eac.s. She wanrs to lose more
weigh, and admits ro being a little obsessed about it. However. she s-ri.11 bas reasonable
limi1S. "l wan, 10 look 6r; bur I don't wanr to
look anorexic." She goes on a jog whenever
she's not feeling laiy and tries ro cat bcalthy
foods. Andrea Liamzon (' I 0) cares about carefully.
Japanese exchange srudent Tomoki
Masuda', idea of "hot" is healthy-looking,
and many 6het males agree. Mike Plante
('09) rhinks rim some girls care abour rheir ,heir own bodies. Aurry Ligget1 ('09) says
that while he will go 10 the gym and work our
during rowing season, he very much enjoys
noc paying regular visits ro rhe gym. Other
men are very carcfuJ about their weight. An
her body image
bur is concem
with the way
she looks right
now, although
''J wouldn't
mind longer
legs," she joked.
Dorra 2..-'liri "It's really complicated because you see some girls who
don't shave their legs and you think they don't care
about their image, but in some cases they're just n1aking
a statement to a different crowd."- Mike Plante ('09) anonymous freshman
used ro jog every day
b~fore he came ro
college. Worried about
rhe "Freshman 15"
and desiring regular
exercise, he signed
up for a PE class to
('06) thinks chat everyone cares about their
body image, even if they say they don't. There
i$ yet to be found a girl who does nor admit
m caring about her body image, even at LC.
From the male perspective, Chris Tang
('08) chinks that mosr girls here areconscious
of their appearance but char there seems ro bt
a lack.of MTV fushion sense. M:1ybe people
don't have time ro worry about rht clothing
aspect of their body image. The difference
with LC girls is cbe kind or fashion they
choose ro represenc, bur there is no doubt
rhac girls arc still worried about what their
clothes say about who they arc.
Portland rends ro be more laid-back as far
as fashfon, and if shows. Compared ro the
University of Southern Califomia, LC has
fewer girls who exercise regularly and dress health without actually caring about how
rh.ey look co orhcrs. "!r's really complicated
because you Set> some gir)s who don•r shave
their legs and you think thq don't care about
their im:..ge, but in some cases rhe)1're jusr
making a scarcmcm ro a different crowd.')
Masuda gets the general impression that
girls here don't care so much about their
weight, especially compared to Japanese
girls who watch what they cat. He docs get
annoyed. however, when girls co,nplain
about being fat while they munch through a
four .. cours~ meal with three different em recs
~nd dcsseclS. Basically, he chinks that if
you're going to complain, rhen you should
do something abour it.
Whj(e body in,nge evokes female
concerns, guys at LC aJso have a say about jog at 8:00am twice
a "'eek. He's content with his body as it is,
bur is still careful about wh.ar he eats. Ivan
Ramirez.(') 0), however, is not worried about
che • Freshman 15 • b«:ause he knows he's
disciplined. He knows tbar as long as he
burns as mucb as he takes in, he'll be 6ae.
"l'm not thinking about what leac, but whar
exercise l can do."' He cares about weight,
but nor enough co count his calories.
Whar's a girl's ,mpression of the boys ar
LC? "Mosr guys look average," says Dolma.
Yep, thar's what the guys say abouc the girls
roo.
LC is juSI like anyothcrcollegecampus­
t.hcrc are cwo sides co every story. But here,
obsessions are nor over body image. While
h's true chat most smdems wane co be
healrhy, they won't go to extremes 10 look Accidentally
on purpose
humor
Sophomoric, yet smart
by Kit Shields
D emecri Martin is really
funny, but he acts .like it's
not on purpose. His show
last Sunday at che Aladdin Theater
confirmed that dead-pan comedy
from a humble everyman can be much
funnier and much smarter than a guy
with crazy spiked-up hair in a leather
jacket shouting obscenities and doing
sound-effects wich a microphone (you
know who you are, Dane Cook).
A former writer for .. Late Night with Conan O'Brien,. and
current contributor ro "'The Daily Show with Jon Sre-;van,"
Manin is one of rhe ringleadc.rs of a newer breed of comedians
whQ rake observational hurnor to ic.s trivial exm:mc, foc.usjng
on the most minute. spedfic and inconsequential aspecc.s of
life, He expr:esses admiration for and anxiery abour things
nonnal people ,,.•ou)d never even notice.
This anemion co perry derail gives his .coutioe a na'ive
whimsicality; while other comedians use satire or vulgarity to
commenr on politicaJ and soci:11 issues, Manin creates graphs
and charts analy,ing how rhe funniness of a drul\k guy is
rt.lated co his height. He delivers his irnagi11ative ideas about
hermir crabs and sneezes as ,hough they arc fun fucrs from
the Encyclopaedia Brirannica.
Mani n's act is a series of unconnecred one•lincrs straight
out of his weird imagination. Unlike ocher comedians, his
jokes wouldn't begin '"'ith "What is the deal with,. or ''Have
you ever noticed; bur rather with "( wonder.~ ~lbi: "'makc­
believe" quality united the orhcrwise unlinked jokes under
the realm of ... De.meui•s WorJd." a world where pundl lines
are delivered gently. and the audience can never guess where
he's going.
Martin Jem further quirkiness to the aet with his reserved1
quier and ,dorably unrhrearcning persona. His show gave rhe
impression that he w-.s rold 20 minures beforehand rhor he
would have ro enrerrain an audience for ~tn hour. The .$tage
was litrcred wi,h the kind of junk one would gather ifhc had
ro perform on the Ay: a guirar, a keyboard, a big notepad,
bells, -a barmo1,ica and a tambourine. M:irtin prepared
visual aids, songs and even -a Microsoft Painr cartoon abou,
exrremdy rare magjcal creatures.
The overall efTecr was of a man wi1h a very childlike
approach co comedy, whost idea 9f entertainment
was still based on vaudevillian variety acrs.
The expert conrrast of rhe fanciful-props, dragons a.nd
endearing naivery-wirh theordina ry-graphs, meek delivery
and mild-manncrcsl personality-showed rbat altbough rhe
comedy seemed simple, ic was really quite sm:tn. Martin gave
his bi:zarrdy insigbrful material rhe perfecr oonrexr, and the
result was maximum hjJarity. by Thom Jacobs
The LC Opera Workshop. will prcsem two one-act
operas, Gian Carlo Menotti's Tiu Old Maid 11nd rh, 11,ief
and Gaetano Doniz.ttti's Rita, rOJ\ighr and Sacurday night in
.Evans Audicorium.
Borh of the operas have been masrerfully abridged and
are being performed in transfation. So neve.r fear, these pithy
comic opens rue hardly rhe srock of musicaJ nightmar~no
scary fat ladies wirh horns.
1b, Old Maid and the 77,iefis about rwo old maids wbo
rake in a homeless man and lusr afrcr him, raking advanrage
of his situation ro coerce him into cernaining, in hopes that
he mighr be persuaded co marry one of them. Hijinb ensue
as the ladies rake up rhievery in their arrcmpt 10 keep hold of the man they have snared. Rita is a farcical glan« at
abusive rel::nionships. Rica, an innkeeper, was beaten by her
firsr husband Gasparo, and afrer his presumed death at sea.
she becomes the abuser of her second husband, Beppe. Of
cou.rse, th,c plor thickens considerably as rhe firsr husband
arrives on the scene and the comp~tirion to be the husband
thar loses ,he wife begins.
Old Maid includes student acrors Courmey Moss ('09),
Emily Srtvens ('10), Andrew Selbie ('09) and LyneUe Tam,
('03). and /?;ta features ·n,ompson Jacobs ('09), Garreir
\V.'3gmee,;rer ('09) and Sadie Gregg (guest arris1). Borh one•
ac1S are dirccrcd by Susan McBerry. The free performances
will begin ar 7:30pm and no rickcrs are required.
Oberst returns to original sound
by Sanne Stienstra
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' Since Bright Eyes'
simulraneous release of I'm
Wide .Aw,tkt /ls Morning
and Digital Aih i11 a
Digital Urn in 2005, he
hasn't rea.lly been doing
mt1ch. The albums ,vere
a big S{ep cowards the
main.Stream for the
nororiously "off the
bearcn parh" Conor
Obersr. After being Aung in10 some
m-ainstream success, Oberst has rerurned with Noise Flovr, a
collection of-according 10 the arrisr's press release-"llright
Eyes singlest one.offs~ unrdcased tracks, collaborations and
covers" from ber:ween 1998 and 2005.
This break from rouring and recording; and 119w rhe
release of Noi,e Floor on October 24, seems ro be Obers(s
plor 10 sneak back in10 the indie shadows of Saddle Creek
Records. After 111:i.ny public expressions of dis~.LSte for being
in rbe li,ndighr, Brighi Eyes has made it ,here and seems
only to wa.m ro go back co p~udo .. anonymicy.
Noise FkJ~r•s sound, rhen-i, is a perfect return co rhe old
Brighi Eyes. Ir is less suucrurtsl and clean-cm than li11 Wirk
Awaktand simulraneously brighrer ,han Digira/A,J,. Obersr1s
most recent albu.m before rhe 2005 double release was 2002's
Lifted Or the Story ir i11 the Soil. Noist FI011r is much more
redolenr of rhis Brighr Eyes rh.ar fans once knew.
Noise Floor begins with "Misrrors and Fevers," an
uniotelUgible barch of nor that much. This piece off a Brigbc
Eye,; EP from 2000 is about two minures of background noise
and one minute of Oberst a cappdla. "l Will Be Grarl:li.,I for
TI,is Day," the second rrack, really begins rhe album. This
song from 2001 is Oberst before his Lifted days bur is qui,e
reminiscent ot that album. "Trees Ger Whcdcd A,vay," from 2003, is a swooning,
dramatic piece that epiromiies Brighi Eyes' overall sryle. Ir is
more like I'm Wide Awake, bur aoc too far from Lifud or hfs
older album u1ti11g Ojftl,e-Happiness, eirher.
The oldcs1 rrack on rhe album is "The Vanishing Act."
from a 1999 7-incb. Jr fearurcs a more dissonant, quier and
pinjng Brighi Eyes, This ,rack also showcases Obem's abilities
as the raltnrtsl, disturbed poer we all know bim 10 be, as he
croons: "Bur you'll ger rhac feeling back,/ you ju.sr need some
rime ro drink/ and so l'll fill my gur wirh char blood red wine
/ uncil my insides ,swim and my veins unwind .. ''
The ninrh track, "Weather Rcporcs," is from an unreleased
7-inch with M. Ward. n,e song begins sweedy: "WeU J left
my baby for a dream as lovely, for a love chat's only in books
I read."ihis slow track may bt one of the sweecesr..sounding
Brighi Eyes songs 10 ,fare ..
"Bad Blood" is a norable crack from 200 J. 11 sounds even
and wccincr for a ,rack so old. Oberst sings wirh a lcvd of
coolness bur not without sorne sensirivicy. ·Ihc song is also
srrangcly hopeful for irs coolness, as Oberst sings, "Now ,he
whole world is waking up, / a ribbon cur for ,he opening. /
Yes, finally rhc day bas arrived."
2004's "DevJ Town" is a more folk-y rernrn 10 llrighr
Eyes' beginnings, despite its relative newnes.~. The simplicity
of the lyrics lend ro the song's folkish aurhcnrici,y.
Overall, this Brighr Eyes album, if it is p3id a11enrion ro,
ptobabl)' w<)n'r get Obcrsr rht rejection he may be hoping for.
Noise Fb,oris a great look back ar Brighr Eyes' original sound.
Though some of these tracks may have been heard before
on cheir respealvc. original releases, Noi.se Floor is a great
compilation and it does fearu_re rwo previously unreleased
rracb chat are worth hearing.
Bright Eyes nexr full-lcngrh album is due our for spring
2007. If Noi.s, Floor is any indication of what's to come, I
would sray tuned . 17
Get off yer @ss!
by Stephanie Beechem and Sanne Stienstra
This Monday, f'u]in,r Prize-winning author Frank
McCourt will be ar the Arlene Schnirzcr co ralk
~bout his new book, Te(lfhM Mtm. McCoun, who woo
the Pulirzer Prize for his book Angela's A1hes, a memoir
about his childhood in Brooklyn wit:b a poor mother
and alooholic father. now delves into d,e 30 yeors he
spent reaching English at a high «hool in New York
City. The author will rcOc-ct on how this career helped
shape him into the writer th•r he is today. Monday,
Nov. 20 at 8:00pm. Arlene Schni11.er Concerr Hall.
Limited number of discounrcd tickccs for students
available at the bookstore.
0 nee Upon a Weekend is a whirlwind of a
rhearrica.l treat. Writers got the theme ("You'd
Think 'Jbar, Wouldn't You•) last Wednesday, Nov.
8; their short plays-LO minutes max-were due
Wednesday, Nov. 15. Six winning plays wiU be cast,
directed, and rehearsed today and 10morrow afternoon,
wirb -a performance· tomorrow 11ighc. Sure, ic's a small
time commitment, but it takes a hclLJsh amount of
work-ond they make it all look cosy. Check out your
peers' playwriring and acting skills at Once Upon a
Weekend, this Saturday, Nov. 18, at 10:00pm in the
Fir Acre.< 1 beorre 81•ck Box. Fr«.
Student-produced, nudem-choreographed, and
studenr•daaced, ir's t:bat massively popular booty•
shakin' fest. the Dane< Exttavagauu. Hip-hop,
modern, conceptual, lyrical: you name ir, kids will
be moving to it. Sign up to audition on the lobby
bulletin board at the Fir Acres Thc:otre; audition, wiU
be held on Sunday from 11 :OOam -2:00pm and also
from 2:30pm -5:30pm in the Fir Acres 'Thcauc Black
Box.
Now chat Talib Kwcli has his own record labcl,
Blacksmith Music, and has succe.sfully relc:ased
his sixth album, "'Ear Drum:• ir would be time ro sec
this accomplished lyricist live. Kweli, who both 50
Cent and Jay•
Z said is one
of their favor·
ite rnppers, will
bear rhe Crys­
tal Ballroom on
Monday night.
"We need to
challenge our
audience
buc we also
need to chal­
lenge our.;clvcs
,o know ch:u whatever our
new experiences are, we can
wrire about them, be ere•
ativc and bring chac to an
audkncc wirhour chtm feel ..
ing :~ienated." Kwtli said on
his websire. 9:00pm show.
Supporr T8A. $25 advance/
doot Mc."1enamin's Crystal
Ballroom. .1:;..8;:;;. __________________________ t_h.;;<;.,.P_io .. n_e_er_L_o_g;;,;.,_N_o_v_e_m_b_er_l7 .. ,_2_00_6
A PioLogger reviews a KLC show so you
can make the decision ...
To tune in or
to tune out?
by Daniel Garcia
Atmospheric with Nik
Thursdays, 11:00-l:00ain
Nik Walroo ('I 0) fills the niglmime airwaves with the same
m,llow mood that his program'.< name suggesrs. His rela.,ing
ambicnr music is schedulc-d perfu:tly for the college student who
wants 10 fall asle,ep or chill out.
Walton's blend of soft rock, like Coldplay and Dave Mal<htw's
Baod, is inrerrupred sporadically by occasional opera. These
deviations interminancly mix up iJ,e show, keeping ,he listener
awake at die late hour.
Every few songs, \'<fahon comes oo the ai,· and gives a little
backgmund Oil the last aod upcoming piece. A, the nigh, gtow
later, rhe commcntS grow looser. \';:1alron is well aw~re thar most
listeners are eirher asleep or busy afic, midnight, bu, he has fun with
it. It gives him an obvious freedon1 to play and say what he wantS,
:romerimes causing a la.pse ln thoughc or £he occasional srune11. A
liltlc more experience :1nd practic<· will iron our the kinks, but for
the mosr part, Walton does radio right.
****
(4 ouc of 5)
Stoops and the web
by Anna Scott
Visiting artist Julia Scoops will be giving• lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 21
on "Art and the Web." Stoops, o,igiually from New Zealand where she
la,er studied Philosophy and Linguistics, has lardy put down <0ors righL
here in Portland, ,vbcrc she earned her MFA in painting ar Portland State
University. She is unques·1ionably qualified to speak oo 1.he. subjects of art
and the imcmet, being both a teacher in the lncermedia dcparl~1ent at
Pacific Northwest College of An and the founder of Blue Mouse Monkey,
a design co1npaoy which works on cre:1dng and managing websites for
artists. Using rcch savvy that many people lack as well as her well-honed
-arristic abilities, she deciphered the method occessacy ro create a visualJy
appealing and informaLive website to promote her o,,,.o work. In a world
where Ule internet is an essential part or a.lmOSf everyone's personal and
proft-ssional lives. other arcsy entrepreneuf'$ soon reali1.cd chere was a gap
in their professional portfolios-name!)•, a website-that Scoops could fill
beautifully; rims, her business was born.
Stoops' talk will surely focus on rhc possibilities created for art and
artists by the i1uernet> as well as her persona) work. wh.icb includes a di­
verse array of multimedia an as well as ficrion writing with a group she
started called Lhe Fiction Asylum. She has been a working artist sin.ce rhe
early 80s. and has been winning granL~ and fellowships for her work since
1997-most ,cccndy, the Pacific Nonbwcst College of Art Sally Law­
rence Faculty Eurich men< Award. He, paintings are lighthearted, abmacr
with a touch of realism-ofrcn the dear figure of a human juxtaposed
against a cm-zy milieu of conceptual phenomena. Her upcoming I.ecru re is
sure to gram insight and •ivisdom ro chose aspiring to make their an their
business, as well as to funs of her work. This free cver1t cakes place on Tues­
day from 5:30 tO 7:30pm in Miller 104. 'Bent like a Syrian bow'
Death and Desire in the Late Poems of Michelangelo
Michelangelo's Study of Adam (c. 1510) for the 'Sistine Chapel ceiling.
by Stephanie Beechem
ln 1552, 12 years before his death, the man who
frescoed the Sistine Oiling, pain red rhcmonumcncaUy
muscuJar Vi.rgin Mary in rhe Doni Tondo, and carved
that mosr famous of sculptures, David, Michelangelo
Ruooarroti. wrote, .. So now I recognize how laden
with error/ was die affecrionate funrasy f that nude
arr ~n ido1 and sovereign to me, I Jjke all rhings men
,\'anr in spite of their best i1neresrs."'
Oh, bow the proximity of death toys with
people-makes, for instance, one of the most versatile
and ralemed arrists of the entire R_enaissancc~ and one
of che most famous and well ... knowo artists of all time,
rrduce his own artwork, in poetry, to "'an idol.~ "an
a.ffecrionare fantasy."
Comcmplatio11 of death weighs hca,1• on many
of these hue poem.Si he wfites frankly, "11le voyage
of my life has ar Jase reached / :1cross a stormy sea.
in a fragile bo:tt, / rhe common port all must pass
through." finally, the man who fiescoed the knoned,
rnonumenral Last Judgment-wherein hell's devilish
keepers p<0d humans as they aro doomed to Lhe
umlerv,orld, their bodies contorted in pain and
fear-and numerous pirtd, wherein Mary holds the
deceased Christ. come.mplares his 0111n death and the
aflcrlifo th:1r aw:1i1s him. He writes (crveruly of "that
divine love/ that opened lliS arrns on the cross to cake
us in," and his soul "desirous" ofics salvation.
These poems beat ,he mark of Mkhelangdds
painring and sculpture even beyond shared religious
themes; like tbe impressively muscled arn't of the
Don_i M3donna. the mas<-"UHne, l'nonumemal
Sistine Ceiling sibyls, and the ,rhleiic nude David,
the poems dcmonscr:ue an acute awareness of the
body. Michel~ngelo speaks of his own frame "benr
like a Syrian bow": he writes ''my loins have entered
my belly; "my feet move aimlessly," "lmy] soul. ..
trembles / concealed by the excess m3SS of its own
Resh." Unlike the powerful, muscled, colossal figures
of Michelangelo's Sistin, Ceiling, this is a man whose
flesh ("my hide") has declined and whose ;,oul, in
turn, cowers. lhe poems arc not, however, mere laments of aging
or vocalized fears of the af«rlife in the face of death.
They are love poenis, coo. to an object a.bour whom
scholars can only sp<:culare: the young Tommaso dci
Cavalieri, perhaps, or Gherardo Perini. Captiva,ed by
love in poem 108> he writes the exquisite line. 'Tm
more my own whcu yours chan if I were minc-." Here
he veritably ~lebr:.ues che p:1inful and consumpdve
oarurc of his souJ. .. crushing love.
And yer Michelangelo's awa.rencss of death, and
God, haunts these poems roo. There are several lo"e
poems to Chrisr himsdf-"Oh, if only the furry pdr
were mine / which. wirh its woven hair~ makes such
a robe / that bas tl,c luck to bind so fui, a breast, /
so I'd have him in ,he daytime; or the slippers/ char
make diemselves a base and support for him, / so I
might carry him for ar lea.st two snows"-in which
Michelangelo expresst.,; a desire to share Christ's
burden, ro unite with hi..m and "carry him for at least
C\'IO snows."
So it is t har Miche.langdo's poems span from th,
mosr famous death of all-the crucifixion of Christ­
ro his own: one ma1'I struggling wirb the idea thar he
has spent his life in an artistic pursuir "laden with
error;" and chat his own final judgment may be near.
Unlike ,he Sistine Chapel Last }ttdgmmt, this one
would not be :l mere depiction. \Vith this evem in
mir'ld he writes, "Neither paintiog nor sculpture will
be able any longer/ to calm my soul."
While Michelangelo's frcscoes and sculprures may
be universal fixtures i..n the hisrory of arc, there is
perhaps one thing more universal and permanent rhan
,bar: death. All of us mere mortals-Michelangdo
included-arc up agJinst ir, in rhe end. That's
what makes tl,ese late poems, though beautiful, so
formidably scary.· It's intimidating to think that even
t:bc greatest Renaissance artisr found linJe comfort in
his brush and chisel in ,.he foce of death, aod thar we.
lik,cwisc, may find little comfort in the "affectionate
fantasy" with which we've 611ed our lives. U)cimatdy.
rhese poems remind us that in the face of such a
formidable ::wd universal unknown, even the greatest
men quiver. _,1_1e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_o_g._,_N_o_v_e_m_. b_e~r-1_7_, 2_00_6 ________ .. __________________ 1_9_
books that kick butt
Second Space by Czeslaw Mil~sz
by Kathryn Miller
Jt is ne~1.rly impossible to separate C:zeslaw Milosz.'s (,hess~J.ov mte~tuosh)
poems from the aging Lithuanian man and his impossibly burly brows on the
back cover of his latest book, S«ond Spncr (all poems are lovingly rrnnslared
by Roberr Haas). As readers page duough d,e book, flitting becwe<:n poems,
the image of Milosz's crinkly face may appear in their minds, a perma-look
of sweet constem3:tion fi.xed thereon, :'I scrarchy ink pen in his veiny
haod. scratching out t.he next verse of _poerry.
Reading this final collection from Milos,; {born in 1911, he died
of old age in 2004), readers' minds will gush witl1 powerful images,
from a cane-swinging llelle-Epoque hater in "Apprencicc ro a lily­
pale hostess in "Classmare." This little lady, upon grecriug guesrs, forces
them omo their knees so she can teach chem abOl.U "the good ::'Ind rhe
benutiful:"
Each poem's ethereal imagery is driven by serious. heavy contcmpl-ation
of life, dtath, afterlife and afterdcath, Because Milos-, penned most of this book at the age of 90, rhis
coUccdon is S<."asoncd with altern:.uely hopeful and dark musings on the "second space"': rhat heaven. hell or
otherworld we enrer upon death. And although he is heavily invested in conrcmplations of death, many of his
poems re-imagine che passion and inrcnsiry he's known his 90 livelong days.
[fa person needs a mstc of Milosz's genius, rhe recipe is simple.: enrer Powell's Books on Burnside, march
right over ro the Blue Secrion, find che lia:le Milosz shelf (right ncxr to Milton) and cum to the last poem be
ever wrote, "Orpheus and Eurydice."' This-poem has the power co make gurs wrench and moumainmen weep.
Her,, Milon retcUs cbc srory ofOrpbeus and his nymph wife, Eurydice, who died and was smck in Hades unril
Orpheus received special permission ro go Down Under and fetch her, provided be walk in front of her on the
way back and never glance behind Mm [o look at hfr.
Naturally, in all hjs angsty love, Orpheus looked, and Eurydice disappeared. Once home. Orpheus is alone:
"Sun. And Sky. And in rhe sky whirc clouds. Only now everything cried to hini: Eurydice! / How will I live
wirhour you, my consoling one! / Bur there was a fragrant scent of herbs, the low hummi.ng of bees, / And he
fell asleep wfrh his check on cbc sun-,..,'armed canb.'•
"Orpheus and Eurydice" is a poem ,bour rhe rmnsirion between rhe world of die living and rhar of che dead,
:-rnd ir is therefore an appropriare capsrone co Milosz's cxantinacion of aging and change. Milosz's poerry is (I
compelling read because be crafts words and cells srnries at ;a high c..1.liber, clem(lndiog our par.iem atrention and
willingness to suspend re.1.licy a_nd conce,umre on one man's graceful transition from life to death.
We read Milos, becau>e rhcre is wisdom in aging Lithuanians char cannor be found in otl,er 20 year-olds
on the Lewis & Clark campus. Look ar the back Rap of Sm)lld Spt1c, and notice Milos,!s phorogr>ph again.
Eyebrows like those inevitabJy house wisdo,u, ;1od wisdom is someching co keep afi:er. So search out Milosz's
work and indulge in someching old chat will both energize and impro,•c your brain.
And Now for Something Completely Different
by Lacey Sllzeskl and Kristine Hagedorn
For those students rired of renting movies from "the man," Mike Clark's Movie
Madness is ,be ideal alternative. Movie Madness is tucked ,way in a dark nook off of
Soucbe.st Beln1ont and is a world of film funrasy waiting ro be disco,,ered. ~
Upon opening the front door, visitors arc welcomed by a labyrinth of0oor-to-ceiling @.
shelves, which bold 55,000 cinematic wonders. WaUsof psyehocronicdocurnemariesand
epic rales of leviathans and behemoths rerrorizing rhe Oriem mncalize your C)~. Such ,~
a vasl lTOVC of film treasures could easily overwhelm, buc fear nm..!-t.hcn: arc [',\,'¢my \l/
knowledgeable scaff members cager co illuminate d,c great mysccries of film s,:lccrion.
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A guide of local spots to shred
by Craig Gilden
The se:lson of snow is upon us,
which means chac Lewis & Clark
skiers and snowboarders are getting
ready to strap on their boards and
skis and head to the mountains.
As whice powder continues to fu.ll
across the Northwest, there are nu­
merous nearby op_porruniri<..-s co hit
che slopes and show off your skiUs.
Here is a brief rundown with of
some close spors ,o go shred.
Mt.. Hood Meadows:
Meadows is usually the ,op
choice of ltwis & Clark studentS
because ic offers -a wide; variecy of
sweer rerrnin options, including
Hearher Canyon which fearures
bowls, cliffs, trees and even it's own
lift co bring you back to the mass­
es.
Meadows is also home ,o an all
mighcy area called God's Wall. r,
can be accessed off the Hood River
M,-adows lift and is known for hav­
ing son1e of che sceepes[ terrain in
Oregon) so don'r ve1uure over un­
less you are ready ,o challencg a
chute or drop a cliff.
Meadows is also home co some
huge p"rk jumps in the springtime,
as well as fun linle hies all over ,he
place. Nigh, skiing is also available.
They arc open from Thanksgiving
through early May.
Daily J.;fc Tickec-S49 Night Lift Ticket-S25
Season Pass-$425 individual,
but just ger two other friends :v,d
then i1 is only $300.
Mt_ Hood Timberline
Lodge:
Timberline is loc,oted on the
south side of Mt. Hood and of­
ren gers ravaged by vicious wind
so some of che higher snow docsn'r
scay on the moumain for long. But
the park docs have access to beau­
tiful Whi,e River Canyon and is
cypically home ro some extremely
hip snowboarders {these guys have
mad sreez). Big jumps arc always
going down all around the moun­
tain. It is definitely the place to get
a pass for the summertime becau~
ir is are open year-round.
Lift Ticket-$36
Season Pass-$349 (this will get
you int<> both Timberline and Ski­
bowl).
Mt. Hood Skibowl:
Skibowl i, home to some grcac
terrain, but has had trouble staying
open in the past. le does have some
awesome cliffs, so if you're look­
ing for thar chis is the place. The
vmical drop is a bit small, but ir
is dcfini,cly still possible co c,o1cl,
some air. Tiicy also h,wc sick njght
skiing.
Lift Ticker-$32-38
Nighr Lift Ticket-$24
Sc,oson Pass-see above Mt. Bachelor:
Bachelor is located abour three
hours south of Portland in Bend. It
is known for gerring heavy amounts
of sno,\' all rhe rime and has some
solid tree runs and gullies, along
with a number of fun drop,. It is
ranked 5" in North Americ,o for
skiable acres.
Lift Ticker-$52
Mt. Baker:
Baker is kgit. For chose looking
ac possible road trip destinations,
Baker is the place to go. Locll<ed in
Bellingham, Wash. (about 30 min­
utes from ,he Canadian border)
the mountain typically gCtS a ridic­
ulous ccn feet of snow. A1ong with
its towerir1g 1'\cighbor, Mr. Sneffels}
rhere are endless amoums of cliffs
ro navigate your way through the
steep terrain and endless rows of
uces.
Lift Ticket-S39.46 weekend
and holiday, S32.04 midweek
If you are i111erested in get­
ting into skiing or snowboarding
send an email to lcsnow@lclark.
edu with the subject line ·'Ready
to Shred .•• The LC Snow club is
ready to take on those people who
are loaking to get involved with
other people ,that love the snoh~
Props to Clt,ire Smallwood and
LC Snow for their (1ssislane with
this article.
Extra Points
by Craig Gilden
Cross Country:
A P•" of Pioneers emerg.:J
from the NCAA West Region­
.,J., m Chino, Calif. as n,cional
litlc comcnder5. Tamma Carleron
("09/ and Amanda Phillips {'08)
will rcpr~nt Lewi> & Clark at
rhe Narional Championships chis
Samrdar in Ohio.
Culeron W"dS one of four run­
ners who broke .1way from the
pack and had a chance at victory.
She ,rared near the front until the
end ~rnd finh,hed in ~e1..~nd place.
onlr behind \\7illamerte'• Sarah
:Urtan. The second plac-.: finish
<-arncd her an autom3tic qualify­
ing spot into National,. 1his is
the $CCOnd year she has gone [O
Nacionals, as she went lase season
as a freshman.
Phillips route to Nationals was
:.1 little more circuitous. She fin­
ished nincb at che \Xlesr Region• ols and had 10 wai1 until Sunday
co 6nd our wherhet char would be
good enough ro earn her an invi.­
tation to Nationals~ After all, rhe
M:Orcs were calculated, Phillip,
time placed her high enough 10 go
to Ohio. This is che first year since
1984 that the Pios have ><:nt 1wo
runners to Nationals.
Yancey Lawerence f09) fini,h.cd
in 23rd place, rhe highe,t mon\
time. Lawerence joined Carleton
and Phillips in earning AU-West
Region honors.
"The women's team tiru,h.ed
fuurtb ou1 of 15 <eams, and the
men finLshed 11 ch out of I 5.
Swimming:
Koy Collier ('09) led the way
with five C'VCnt vkmrics as the Pio~
neer women .swimme~ swt:pt .i pair
of dual meers.
On Friday, rhe women defeated Lin field 110-90 as Collier won the
50, 200 and 500 freestyle races.
Lindsay Nixon ('09) picch,d in
her u.sual strong showing winning
che 200 IM. I 00 Ay and ,he l 00
brea.<r. Luana Mayfield('I0) came
up with her fim collcgia« ,ictory
winning ,be I 00 back.
The Pios dominared Albert­
son on Samrday wmning 14 I -58.
Collic:r and Nixon on~ again wcrt'
rhe team leaders~ as both won two
races. ELis» Dingus ('07). native
of Houston, won both rhe 1000
and 500 freestyle race, to help rhe
Pio.. .. cfl,lise (O viC(OI').
The men dropped the meet
against Lin6dd 120-30, but ral­
lied back on Sarunlay co take ca«
of AJberlSOn 93-46. l'>r Murray
('09) had a strong weekend win­
ning four races. including raking
the I 00 breast crown on both Fri­
day and Saturday.
The Pios will take rwo ~veeks off
before compe<ing in the Norrh­
,vesc loviradonals. Pioneer Trade-ables
E.1eh week ,h, Piol<>gwill highlighr two a1hle1es who have gone above
and beyond rhe call of ducy in their respective spore. Collect chem all and
rradc wich your friends!
Swimmer Koy Collier ('09) has been on a winning rear so far rhis
season. lhe Hawaiian highlight machine won five races in dual meets
against Lin6cld and Albmson chis past weekend. CoUier show,-d off her
vcrsacilicy winning races in freestyle, Ay and IM.
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Season in review: football rebuilds one step at a time
by Aron Phillips
Afrer recupcracing from lase
season's brief setback, the Pioneers
hir the field running this full and
breathed life back into the football
. progr.,m here at Lewis & Clark.
Now don'r let their record fool
you (0·9 overall, 0-6 in the North•
west Conference). There was m1..1ch
progress made this season that
didn't necessarily show up in ,he
standings.
Rookie head coach Chris Sulag•
cs and his newly assembled coach­
ing staff worked hard all last spring
recruiting players ro enable the
Pioneer$ ro even have a season rhis
fall. Wirh l7 freshmen on the ros•
ccr, it was a rebuilding year for the
Pioneers, led by sophomore quar­
terback AJ Brown.
Alrhough rhe poims never
seemed ro Aow in bunches (the t<.-am only rcgisccrcd
96 points on the year),
rhat didn't srop se-
nior Bran•
don Zerr ..
Smith
from
having
a career year. Z e r r ..
Smith, who was named co
cbc All-Northwest Confer­
ence offensive first ream,
was storiscally ooe of the
rop receivers in the na ..
cion.
In looking forward
to next season, the
Pioneers groduare
13 players -most
of them logging ma­
jor minutes in key po­
sitions. For instance.
the graduation of
Zerr-Smirh will open rhe door for player.; such
as Mike Wennerlind ('08),
James Connelly {'09) and
Mike Anchusrcgui ('08)
ro become greater focal
pointS of the offense.
Tl, is is also the case
wirh rhe departure of
senior running back
Ryan Osborne,
wich players such
as Sam Greens­
pan (' I 0), Marr
Meacham ('09)
and Adam Stein-
berg (' I 0) carry­
ing more of the
load next sea ..
son. Pio Log Player of the Year
Brandon Zerr-Smith
The senior wide receiver m-ade
rhe AII-Northwes, Conference of­
fensive first team for the first rime.
Zerr-Smith led the Conference
with 7.78 receptions per game
and was fifth in receprion yards
per game (60.6). Zerr-Smith was
ranked fifth among all Division m
receivers for receptions per game as
well as fifth in the nation for total
receptions in a single game (14)
versus Menlo College. Zerr-Smirh
had 70 receptions this season, tied
for third most in school bisrocy. He
comes up just shy of cracking the
,op-20 for career reception yards,
his 1,246 ranking 21st in school
hiStory. Schedule and Results
@Occidental L 49-7
Pomona L .38-20
@Colorado Coll. L 46-3
Menlo L 38-28
@Whitworth L 70-.3
@Puget Sound L 70-14
Pacific Lutheran L 44-0
@Willamrnc L 61 -14
Linfidd L 40-0
All-Northwest Conference Honors
Date
Fri .. Nov. 17
Sat., Nov. I 8
~.Ved., Nov. 22
Sat., Nov. I 8
Mon .. Nov.20
Wed., Nov. 22
Sat.. Nov. 18
Fri., Dec. I
Sat., Dec. 2
Tues., Nov. 21 Upcoming
Schedule
Sport Opponent Place Time
Women's Bball Wartburg Pamplin 8:00pm
St. Mary·s (MN) Pamplin 6:00pm
Cascade Pamplin 7:00pm
Men's Bball Cal. St. East Bay Pamplin 8:00pm
Hawaii-Hilo Hilo, Hawaii 7:15pm
Concordia (CA) Maui, Hawaii 10:00am
Cross Country NCAA Olli Nationals Wilmingon, Ohio 12:00pm
Swimming Northwest Invitational Tacoma, Wash. All Day
@Puget Sound
I ntramnrals Turkey Trot In front of Pamplin 11:45am Scores & Standings
Football: Swimming:
Lin6dd 40 -LC O Women:
Wt!lamene 61 -LC I 4 LC 110 Lin field 90
Conf. Overall LC 141 Albcrrson (ID) 58
Whitworth 6-0 10-0
Lin field 5.1 6-3
Pacific Ludman 4-2 4-5
Puget Sound 3·3 7-3
Willamerre 2-.f 2-7
Menlo 1-5 4-6
LC 0-6 0-9 Koy Collier-5 c,·cnt wins
Lind.say Nixon~ 4 evenr win,s
Elissa Dingus- 2 event wins
Men:
Linfield 120 LC 30
LC 93 Albertson (ID) 46
Pat Murray .. 4 event wins
Matt Lormand- 1 event win
Sam Palmer-I event win
Cross Country:
NCM Dill Wesr Regionals
Names in bold advanced to Nationals
Women:
Tamma Carleton 2nd place
Amanda PltUJips 9r.h place
Megan Pfeiffer-Hoyt 39th place
Jen Weaver 41 st place
Kircy Smith 58th place
Therese McCalfrey 62nd place Men:
Yancey Lawrence
David Berman
Jarrod McCann
Karl Dickman
Daniel McDuff
Chari ie Forbes 23rd place
65th place
74th place
78th place
79th place
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[ [Ei,~ht Days Out]]
Friday,
November 17
Grief and Loss
11:30 AM
Location: Albany Quadrangle 218
Nancy Hodges !'f"lb.c Brain Game will pres­
enc a seminar on grief and loss. :and how ro
cope in an unhealthy world.
The Center for Spiricual Development
presents John B. Cobb, Jr.
7:30PM
Location: T.rinity Episcopal Cathedral
Cost: $15 general, SI 0 LC Alumni,
S5 LCStudentS w/10
John B. Cobb, Jr. is professor emericus of
Clarcmonr School of Theology and Clare­
mont Graduate University and co-founder
and co .. dircctor of the Cenrer for Process
Studies. Cobb is the author of numerous
books and articles, including- Cl,risr i11 a
Pluralistir Ag,, •nd mosr recently, Postmod-
ernitm and Public Poliry.
Underground Portland Walking Tour
2:00PM
Location: Pionee,r Square
Cost: $15
Ger ro kJ\Ow all of Portland's hidden secrets
and all of the scandalous activities that have
occurred over me past I 00 yea ts.
Tuesday,
November 21
EASE: Healthful Eating TI1rougbour
the Holiday Season
11:30 AM
Location: Templeton, Stamm West
£.ASE will be hosting a pres<:nration •bout
mainrainjng good c·•.ujng babies an<l reducing
weight gain during the holiday season.
Julia Stoops-Visiting Actist
5:30 PM
Location: Miller Center for the
Humanities 104
Julia studied lncermedia Fi nc Ari and cur ..
rendy runs Blue Mouse Monkey, a design
business specializing i1l websites for artists
and creative professionals. She is currently on
leave from che Oregon Aru Commission and
is represenrcd by rhc Alysia Duckier Gallery.
Job Info Scs.ion: Career Assessments
6:00PM
Location: Forest, Tan.1arack Lounge
Join R.D. Jusrin Leak and Cacccr Counselor
Michael Stewar, as i:hey debrief the merits of
rhc Care-er Advising Office. Saturday,
November 18
Q.,ce Upon a \Veekcnd
10:00 PM
Location: Fir Acres Theatre, Black Box
Six of the submissions ro the Once Upon a
\'ifeekend writing competition will be pro­
duced and the Theatre Department will be
nosting the free show. The conrest, which
ended on Wednesday, consisted of srudcnts
submitting rheir own compositions, which
they had only a week ro complete, on a cho­
sen topic. The plays arc student-run and the.
six winningsubmis:sions will be shown.
uStarWars:
Where Science Meets Imagination"
9:30 AM -5:30 PM
Location: OMSI Cost: S 15
Ar tht: fi.rst cxhibilion of its kind, visitors
arc invited to do more than observe "Scar
Wars paraphern.lia, and lcasn about the
engineers ;md designers who arc creating
new technologies and co discover the nu­
merous similarities bccwccn how scientists
and filmmakers think.
Wednesday,
November 22
WLC Lunch Chat
12:00 PM
Location: Law School,
Legal Research Center
WLC is hoSting this scmcs,ds 6nal Lunch
Chat, a meeting where \VLC members can
eat and calk in an informal se1ting. Bring a
me.J and discussion ropiC$ and WLC will
provide desserc. Lunch Chars arc a fun and
casual way 10 meet other \'({LC members. All
are welcome: look for balloons!
REMINDER:
Can1pus Closes for Thanksgiving Holiday
L,wis & Clark College of Am and Scienc­
es, Graduate School of Education and Law
School will all be closed for the four-day
-n,anksgiving holiday. Wednesday, Nov. 22
is rhe final day when offices or on-campus
eateries will be opened prior ro Thanksgiving
day. Meals at "lhe Bon will resume on Sun­
day, Nov. 26 and on-campus offices w~I re-
open on Monday, Nov. 27. Sunday,
November 19
Catholic EuchaTist
11:00AM
Location: Flanagan Chapel
AJJ students arc invited co gather at the cha­
pel co cdebrate Thanksgiving. Brunch :ifrcr­
wards.
Auditions: Dance Extravaganza.
11 :00 AM; 2:30 PM
Location: Fir AettS Theatre, Blad< Bo,
Auditions will be held for rhe annual sm­
den,-produccd, srudtnt-<:boreographed, sru­
dcnt-danced O.nce Exmvagan:za.
Potluck in the Park
2:15 PM
Loc.ation: Downtown Portland
Sign up in the Srudem Leadership & Service
Office to take pan in a pmjecr rhar will have
a positive impact on the Ponland cornmuni­
ty. This uip wiU encail gi\fing a meal co those
in need: rransporcation is provided.
'Tltanksgiving Worship and Dinner
5:00PM
Location: Flanagan Chapel
Celebrate Thanksgiving early wii:h your u-w­
is & Clark peers. Dinner is served free of
charge; be ready to give tl,anksl
Thursday,
November 23 Monday,
November 20
Physics Colloquium
4:00 PM
Location: Olin 204
Aui:hor L.ousa Gilder will discuss "The Age of
En(ang1cmcot."'
Securing ;m Internship Workshop
4:00 PM
Loc=uion: Albany Quad.rangle 207
This workshop, led by Michael S«-wart, in­
rernship coordinator. is dt-signcd to assisr
srudents who may be looking for internship
opportunities chat are challenging and w,U
expose them to new worldng environments.
Portland Arts & Lectures presents
Frank McCourt
8:00PM
Location: Aclenc Schnia.er Concert Hall
Cost: $) 5 (student tickets available at
College Bookscore)
Prank McCoun, Pulitzer l'rizc-winning au­
tl1or of A11ge/nj Ashe,, will be discussing his
new memoir. Ttn,hu Man, exploring his 30
ye.us as a high-school English reacher aad irs
inffuence on his writing.
Friday,
November 24
Thanksgiving
Break ~
No
Classes
I\ . . .
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letter
to the
BackDoor
Editor
Dear Mr. Hentges,
I'm wriring in reference co your arciclc on
the Back Door page of ,he November I 0
l'iolog, which l fod fell far shon of its goal.
whatever char was.
As I'm sure a person with a background
in joum:1lisn1 wilJ re.11i1.e. rhc word "wesrcrn"
is .tn adj1.:crivc and rims can nor itself be the
name of a bird. Similarly, "meadow", [,ic]
You Caugh.c My Ey(:s a.rt: submiucd ~r by
dcsptratdy londy lewis & Cllll'k )tud~nt.,.
10 submit )"Out own, pl~e c,n:ail die l'J:c:,neu
Log. at piolo~lda_rk.ulu. AU luhmh,ioM att
printed .anonymously. though a noun, is not in itSelf 3 name for a
bird, and "lark" is a n:1me for an entire group
of birds. Thus all three words are necessary ro
consrirure a full and descriplivc name of che
srupid, conforming?, srate bird of Oregon.
Perhaps.an example is in order: 1here are
multiple people: named Grant on rhis cam ..
pus, and so "Grant,'' like '"lark'\ [sic} is nor
dtSCriptive enough co say. for example, cx­
acrly who I am writing this email 100. [.sic]
However, "Crane, tha1 compktc dun,b ass"
is. I do rcaJi1..c that "complece"' •tnd "'dumb•
arc adj«tivcs and thus annor be your name
by themsdv~. and '"ass'\ (sic] similar co
"'Meadow" Lo; a noun that describes somcp
thing else. 1bc imend<-d meaning is only ap­
par<nr from the phrase as a whole.
S«:ondly, I've decided 10 label you ;is a
conformbt by the same logic you've used
on thjs .stnte: You've got all the same bones
anJ organs as everyone else, and (as if that
weren't enough) they function in exactly the
same way! Perhaps you should aboli<h 1hem
in ordt·r to stand out from rhe crowd.
-Jocl Newman ('09)
You: Just doing rour thing
on the weighr-lifring machine,
Me: Jusr doing my thing, biking-along;
y<-.h I !\°' endurance baby-l could go
allUll 11ight long.
Hey gecko girl-
Why don'r you stick to mo'
I hear you can name alJ the parts of .i ffoy,•er
\Vhy don't you name n1y ~1nacomy?
Long-haired red-head in my rnarh class
Ctn Iser your Mandelbror straight?
You: The hotsy-totsy tomato with a swanky
chassis, working the lab desk beat on
those r..1i1'ly days rhac don't seem co ever end. The editor responds:
Den,-Joel
7hrmks for )'Ottr sirtren reply to my r1rtide,
"$tau Birth--= S111pid Birds ... , am certain thar
rhe Pioneer Log will benefit from your CQIIP
ssrucriw rriri,ism, and nqw that fin 11wt1rt
of the /jng,,istic differ~nra betuxcn •,'16urn."
.. ,nradou," and .. lark," rhe BackDoor iJ des­
tined to thrive. I, iJ thi.J kind of journ,1/istic
ndvi(f' thm I solidt from t!ememflry studenu
every wuk when produri11g a paptr.
On II mort ptrsonal 110ft, 1 ,uould likr it 10 be
lt110,u11 that if I were to abolish rhr bones from
my body. as you suggm. I UJ(J111,/ lil!,ly reject the
mnuun.e ft1l,ar .tJmpku dumb ,1ss. " This is be­
cmlJt it U/tmld ft1il t() addms tht mtdital com-
1mmisyi ,tchirvtmem in producing thtir 11ru1a1
marvtl· tht modern bonrlrss sttulem.
#i
~-M-
-Gram, that compleuly IHmclns dumb 1111
my eye
Redheaded haolo pooky be~,
I love you like a f.u kid loves cake
You Imo,, my style
l'll \l\y onyrhing ,o make you smile
Hey rail dark acror boy
I see you working for the mail room.
You can srulf my box.
To: Prett)• Place Pourer
lfl wa., a protein
I'd be DNA-Hclicase
So I could unzip your genes
From: Your sw«-t gluco5e media Hey fiery red psych owl in the north
Why don't you analy,.c me?
l'U kttp my door open all nighr
J promise you won', be allergic ro my
sheers
You: Anaconda.priding Arnuonian. you'd
moonwalk all ova Mich.ieljackson, you'd
fill J-Lo', jeans, you'd do rhe entire Aryan
race~ ~isc::l.
Me: l'm your snake-charma', I'd b< a Thril­
la', my Jenny from C-block. I wish I
had a mdmin deficiency.