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HTTt:J/.-.:W.LCLAkK,11:DU/ .. rJOl.OC Activities Congress backs out on booze
Snow Ball will not have alcohol as rumored, but Activities Congress still hopes that the student-oriented
dance will make up for Homecoming's failings.
by Angela Webber// news editor
Activities Congress camalizcd
Lewis & Clark students l•St week
wifh a Faccbook evcnr invite 3d­
vertising .. Snow B:111! No shunJes,
no OMS!,• dark da.nce Roor." and
drinks Forche 21• crowd. On 1ucs­
day, however, Activities Congress
dropped the idea of serving alcohol
:.u the event.
Weibe 100k charge of the logis­
rics of bringing •lcohol ,o Snow
Ball, but quickly ran imo obsra­
dcs. One of the earlier problems
involved obtaining a license from
the Oregon Liquor Control Com­
mission. llle co,nmi.ssion requires
char rhe pmy serving alcohol muse
also serve non-alcoholic drinks and
food, a problem in this situation, as
Activities Congress wamcd to cut cosis by cuering rhc food 1hem•
selves. Brandon Wiebe, 6rsr speak­
er of Activities Congn.-ss. said in an
email to the Pioneer log that "while
some of our ea.rly publicity said
there would be a bar, we have since
received our denied Alcohol Use
Approval form, and arc perform•
ing a cosc~bcndic analysis co sec if
having the Bon cater everything is
wor,h it."
Cost, however, did not end up
being che issue: Tuesday nigh,, che
final word came down. "No bar ac
Snow Ball," said Wiebe. "In addi­
tion to the fuct char funding ,he
bar would be pl'Ohibicively costly,
1he ASLC bylaws s1ipula1e rhar
no ASLC funds can be used 10
purchase alcohol. Consequently.
even if W< could a/ford it, ASLC
wouldn't allow us to do it.. ..
So 1he dance will be d,,rk, and
you wOtl't need co stand in line for
a shurde. Bue no 1.◊ascs to Activiries
Congress.
The Pioneer
Log presents
the week in
Campo.
c,'t) An employee reported a
burglary in the Pamplin locker
rooms on Nov. 11. Gym socks?
Really? Why?
<1t> A student reported her purse
was stolen from the Evans
Auditorium on Nov. 11.
(1t) Campus Safety found
neighborhood teenagers on
• Nov. 19 illegally occupying an
LC owned house. Damn kids. Tue Snow Ball comes this year
as :in evoludon of the former annu­
al Holiday Gal:1_., an event trndit.ion­
ally sponsored by 1he lns,irutional
Advancement office. "The.re is no
Holiday Gala this year." explained
Wiebe. "Holiday Gala wa.s a cam­
pus-wide, all inclusive community
event. While remnantS of Holiday
Gala ren,a.in (chapd service, Man­
or House recepcion),'Snow Ball' is
an Activities Congress sponsored,
smdcat-oricntcd scmiformal ball.
nor associ;ucd wit.h those other
evenlS. Ir is paid for solely by stu­
dcm fees and designed entirely by
nude.ms, for srudencs."
The Holiday Gala has been a
tradition at LC for several years.
However, Ule student body's signa•
turc nonparricipation broughf the
evenc co ii:s demise. llle Gala w3s
originally "aH aJumni oriented.'• cx­
pl.a.incd Wiebe. "Then, a few years
ago. the planners decided co in• ccgrate the srudem body into the
cvcnc-hoping co buiJd a stronger
bridge betweeo a.lumni a.nd stu­
denrs." Om aficr a few ye.1rs of di,i;­
mal rumour, the Advancement or.
6cc decided co drop the fonds from
this ye-a.r's budget. However, rhc
office s:iid thq would be happy 10
j,'m,rticipare if~ srudcm group was
ro provide fundingt said Wiebe.
The Ac1ivi1ies Congress lead­
ership quickly decided co use the
time sec a.side for Moliday Gala for
a student-only dance. "Srudents
have been asking for some type of
winter formal or scmifonnal, so we
thought Snow Ball would be •p­
propria«." expt.ined Wiebe.
Activities Congress decided
that the for-and-by-studcnis cvcm
should react co che complaints
about cl1is yea.r's •funily-orienced"
hol'nCCQming: the security. the
shunles. and the lighted dance
Aoor.
(1t) An employee reported that there
had been an attempted theft
from the Fir Acres Theater box office
on Nov_ 12_ As if the theatre kids aren't
going to be impoverished enough after
they graduate.
(1t) An employee reported a light
pole had been struck and
felled by a vehicle in the lower
Templeton parking lot on Nov. 18. I
sure hope it hadn't felled on anyone.
<1t> A neighbor reported a possible
break-in at an LC owned house
on Nov. 19.
(1t) An employee reported on Nov_
23 that an attempted theft had
occurred involving the bookstore
in Templeton.
<1t> A student was arrested on Nov.
17 for possession of felony
drugs. (1t) An employee reported that there
had been an attempted theft from
one of Pamplin's storage rooms
on Nov. 12. Theft-o-rama! I _1h_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g~, .. N_o_v_e .. m .. b .. e .. r .. 3 .. 0 ..... 2 .. o .. o .. 1 __________ $i4¥f-- .... _____________________ 3_
Controversial Facebook group sparks rape discourse
The group, which semi-publicly outed an alleged rapist, inflammed many but also produced a campus-wide discussion about the issue
of sexual violence.
by James Reddick // staff writer
\X'ecks after 1hr l't'onrrr log
princed a Lener co 1hc Ed.itor from
n11 anonymous female srudeJlt
who had been sexually :1sSt1ulrcd,
raising conct:rn nnd surprise across
t:".Jmpus. th¢ rnpic has once :1gain
come 10 the foreFronr. With the
goal of "making [Lewis & Clark]
a safor place." the \Xlomyn's Cemer
recently exposed the :tlleged
pcrpetraror, an undergraduate,
in Lhc mosc visible. 21• ccnrury­
mnnner possible: through
Facebook. 'fhe group they created,
~nrided ......... • .. • ~· is a piece of
shit rapist" no1 only provided the
name of ,he nll"l)ed a.=uhcr in the
aforc::memioned case but accused
him of making a habit of such
assauks. According m C.-illie Bishop
('09) of the Wornyn's Center, "4 or
5 women approached (tbe Womyn's
Center) afrcr ,he group was ~rcatc-d
wi1h complainis related 10 (the
lndividuaJ]." le has since been
shur down-che result of growing
complaints and co,uroversy over
its appropriatene.~buc has bce.n
replaced by a new group of a kss
accus-arory manner. The n:11ne of
,he group. "Srudcn,s Who Refuse
10 Shur the Fuck Up About Sexual
Violence.'" m:aybe-sccnasachallcngc
,o dcrr.tcrors, hlll it is c<.·nainly
it less c-xplosive ahcrn:nivc
10 ,he original.
Asked if
I h C ch'3nge i11 rone could be considered
a compromise} Bishop said ch:,1c
the "'new group is less about
implicating an individual and
more about community rcsponsc-s ..
and that 1hc first ultimately did
serve irs purpose. By putting a fucc
behind sexual violence, the group's
creators ha\'C' made it· "'more of an
immediate concern."
The fucr chat the Womynis
Center felr obligated ro expose ,he
individlL1.I in question is a tesmmenc
to rhc stigma rh:u-has been creired
in chc mjnds or students abour
the abiliry of the administration
ro «sp<>nd. While, as Melissa
Ostnond, director of studcnr
succcs.~ and wellness, clarified iit a
response to the anonymous lerrer
in ,he Oct. t9 l'iol,og, l.Cwill take
action in ,he ca.~c of a filed rcporr.
the combination of the small
si,., of rhe school and rhe often
humiliating nature of I he crime
discou.rages vicrims from coming
forward. "There i.s an infrasuucrun.:
in pince ro prorec.r cargccs or scxu~
assauh, from a judicial system
10 ,he Sexual Assault
Response Nc,work, cannot solve the basic problem:
there is a perceived stigma at1:ached
ro rape on a campus where nearly
·cvcrybod)' knows one another. In
thcciseof"'Anonymous." the young
woman cited t.hi.s as rhc principal
reason for her rdacive silence. She
wrote, "I think that we'd like ro
believe chat we treat victims of
sexual assault as rhough thtj' are
complc1dy free of blame, bu, lam
not confident c.hac I can expose
myself without being afraid of rhe
excess anxiety it might c.1u~ me ro
experience on what is as much my
c;a_mp1..1s as it is his." According lO
Bishop and Danni Bioadini ('08),
this senrimcnt is wh.it cornpdled
chem co create rhe group. ·1 he
victim approached them, wamed
the community t.O know who il was
but did1l1t wish co be implic.·ued
her,el[ She feared "losing her
friends. not being believed and
for(.'\'Cr being ossoci:ued with the
issue," (hey espl•ine<J. In
response co her worries,
the group was
intended to say thar, .. we believe you."
\\:thilc nobody is questioning
rhe validhy and impom1nce or a
dialogue on this issue. many have
expressed anger o,•cr the methods
used by ,he group's creators. The
spcc:ifici,y of rhe alkgacion,,
expressed in SC\'Crc and angry
language, raised rhc: ire or Erin
Dees ('IO). "A group singling ou1
one person tO be 1hc symbol of a
much bro:tder problem isn't the best
w;1y to go about ir ... she sajd. Oec:.f
also ques,ioncd ,he approach of
inviting random women who were
not acquainted with che accused.
"They were ligluinga fulse fire." she
s.-iid. "Srudcnrs who only s« him
io :a cla.~room setting don't need
ro know and judge his repum1ion ...
Anorhcr concern r:Ji~d in the
forum of the group was whether or
nor irs inA:ammacory cone would
ptomorc a personal rchabilir:1,ion
on rho pan of rhe alleged
pcrpecrntor. ~en1i:ally,· rl,e h:sue at hand is wherher chc supposed
3CtS speak for rhcmsdvcs or
whccher reconciliation is possible.
/\cc:ording 10 some. ,he group left
no such room for 1hc accused.
Reg,rdlcss of the appropriateness
or r.he forum, it appc:1rs thar ic.s
goal, ot raising aw.uen~s and
dialogue of sexual ass.1uh-,virhin
rhe LC community. has succeeded.
Srndcnis arc miking ("Even kids
abro:id." lliondini says) and
;idminlstrators arc following suic
On Wednesday nighr, D.vid
Rosengard. ,he Campus Living
Coordinator for forest, hi.s wife
and law school student Di:ana
Wiencr-Rosengard and Melissa
Osmond hosted a forum on
sexual assault :iimcd tO educare
scudc:,nrs on wa)'s 10 prevent
sexual assault and ways m support
survivors. After ne:.uly rwo hours
ofimp:1.ssioned discussion r.hc
tilecting had to be cut shore. There
appears to be no tnd isl sight for
rhc di,logue. and for all parties
involved. rhi.s seems to be a good
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Last semester, KLC and the PioLog went head to head in a belligerent basketball brawl, finally bringing our bitter,
long-standing rivalry to fruition-on che court. Both sides brought their best game. Girl-fighting, wall-slamming,
pancsing, and biting abounded. Fortunacely, booze handicapped KLC's besc efforts and the PioLog rdgned supreme.
Although a congenial post-game Scrabble march left us with the impression char che conflict between KLC and the
PioLog might have been resolved in the cacharric burst of athletic sparring, we were soon proven wrong. That eve-
ning, at ·a post-game show in KLC's studio, the sore losers announced that THEY
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toe once again. SOA Lawn's the
place, kickball's the game. All
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welcome, bur they MUST swear
allegiance to one side or the oth­
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See you there, suckas. I the Pioneer Lo November 30. 2007 Forum 5
Silence not the answer
for sexual assault
by Sanne Steinstra // arls editor
After chc anonymous Lener to the funcrio11 burro lee the scared women Vt'..llt
Edilor from the Oct. 19 issue of ,he and pray that assauh would not happen
PioneerLoganclLh~s-ubscquentrcspons<·s again. There was ue,.-cr aoy room for any
from srude.nrs and adminisrracion, che of cbc victims or the accused himself to
ma«er of sexual assaulr has been broughr be helped in any way.
to the fureground in many minds around While those in rhe group perhaps
Cillllpus. Studenrs r,::,cred 10 rhc new benefircd from t:he sood dialo uc ,h
:attention the issue recei'led ir, various it did C[:t:J.t(•,.-the...c~,..... mg problem of
w;iys. some qu.cstinnln~ r!:t~wtr~ult on campus :ind this individual's
--a.dnnnisfrafron-u~ -p-;v~nc such tragedies. probkrn with commir~ing iL could nC\·et
some jUSt plain angry at the supposed be addressed.
perpe1 r:ttor of the c~hne. ..lbe gffitlp was closed by its creators
The. 1nost common re.sponse &om aficrmanycomplaincsabour,hen~mrc:oF
srudencs, however. was a concern for the the group, and aoothc:r one ,v:is created in
,•iciim's well-being and for the ovemll its pt.cc. This group. however. aims only
safucy of our co1umuuity i,n the face of co create convcrsarlon 3bout the cause
;m uno,med 01raeker. J\ F:tcobook group •nd pr<Venrion of sc.,uaJ assault. The
wa.,: created in r(Spon.sc co these conurns new group claims char ir "ls nQt ~imcd
thttt also hopt"d <o ~tea dialogue about a, any individu.J or event .. and .. it is noc
sexual :IS$3Uh. The group•s crcamrs, who nbout public humiliadon.r By avoiding
sought ro protect lewis & Clark female ac«mpr. ro 1:0d<le the specific insmnces
stu<lenrs by revealing tbc :mack<:r chat of sexu:11 abuse on campus d1ar involves
the anonymous vietim refrained from individuals people know and wish ,o
n:1.n1ing io her leuer, st::ued :an overall goal protect, this group can perform die
of crearing awareness·about this problem nccessary funcrion of er.earing "solidarity
and preventing ir from hjppening in the between ill nudcnrs. both Olen and
future. women. so th•u wt" are unircd a.t a group
By naming the studem who was of humans who refuse robe pa.s.,;ive in tbe
supposed to h:1ve commined chc an:ick1 bardc againsr sc.xu.iJ violence."
the crearors of ,he: group sought to warn This is not to say. however. that those:
the women on campus$ot:hact:heycould specific instances of sexual :assault Qtl
be safe From harm. at leas, from ,his c«nrpus should be igno,ed. B)' looking
par<icular individual. However. many 01 rhe resulrs of rhese Facehook groups
studentS in the group were opposed ro and che reactions srudcnrs had co ,hem,
the frank method the crearors chose to il is ob\•iou.s that the only actions thal
use. Tue name of dtc group irsdf was can be mken now arc ollicW, legal
crude and accus:uory. pmcing many acrions by the individuals affected by ,he
srudrnn on the fence abom ,he acmal crimes. Wit:hou, legal aaion. the victims
pu1pose of the group. The group name$ remain vicrims and the. accused remains a
coa1sc11css lent support to the idea tlm perpeua<01 who will likely mike again.
the group was merely a mode for women ·n,e srudcnn on th.is campus. though
ro express rheir anger Jbouc sexual obviously comp=1ssionate and s,n:ut, ;.tte
abuse oo campus. Unable to change the not equipped ro ,ackle this huge ii:sue
group'.< name lx.'Cluse of Facebook ruk'$. alone. "lbe vietims affected must see cha,
d,c group's creators apologized for its in order ro hdp both t:hcmsch·es and ,he
roughncs.~. i11d(vidual who comm..it«d. thcs.: crimes ..
Ot:her srudents in the group had t:hey rnu>t rake a brove l,:.1p and report
problems wi,h ,he accused perpctrn1ors t:he vi9lcnce_ ro an authority. Unril 1ha1
inabili<y 10 defend himself agoinst the time, rhe vicritn,, rhe pcq,erra,or •nd
accusations and :mgc:r of rhc g,roup of all rht smdem, on qmpus who'vc heard
whkh he was ftOr n pa.r, o( "'[be group. abour. discussed, or been emotionally
which ,,•-:is a "secret" group on Facebook, affecrc:d by lhj,s issue of scxu-al violence: on
went back and forrh on t:his issue. J\ campus remain helpless and un,esolvcd
mak friend of the accustd pclj>Ctmtor in this import,nt issue.
defended bim. saying thar he bad As t:he description of rhe new group
changed his ways. 'lbe group, however. on l'acebook. which has 199 members
remained unable to hear rhe othe-r side of 3nd oounting, poims our, .. ro be silent
chc $tOry, from the acctL«-d or a.ny of the -abour scxua] violence is to actively create
people ,hoc knew him well. a cul nm:: offcar ,vhcn: SUi"ivors are afraid
"Che women in ,he group seemed to speak our or seek help, prevenring
rdic,·ed 10 bc able ,o discuss cl,is iss"e hding and justice." "fhough smdents a,c
with others concerned about ir, however, ccnajnly not completely silent about rJ1is
ir was obvious that since the-inception of issue, this '"culture of fear" still exists for
the group it would nor provide any 01hc1 the victims and ir must be broken. The Fighting Hamster
by Matt Savage // senior staff writer
"In some ways, politics has become captive to the whole mind­
set of the eBay generation, with politics going to the highest
bidder: The one who can raise the most cash rather than those
who raise the highest level of consciousness and conscience."
-Mike Huckabee, GOP Presidential Candidate
When most people look ar Iowa, they think of the barrle raging berwcen Climon.
-OOaina.and Edwards. The-Democrnric Presidential field seems 10 have the advantage or
fume, enthusiasm, and press mention. Meanwhile, the GOP has been sttuggling 10 find
3 c:u1didace who can unice the party against their porcmial Democratic foe. Lucky for
themJ 3 man who is currem.ly running second among likely Republic.1.n C.'WCLLS-goers in
Iowa may be the-answer [O their prayers.
111cr~ a.re two things that
01ake t:he former governor of
J\rknnsas srand out from the
rest of rhe crowd, and will ~
make any Republiam cickcr
stronger by having him. Tue "-i ...... -~,
liri;c is religion. Romney
is a Monuon, wlio m:1ny ,­
conse.rv.idvc Christians do /
not view :as truly Christian, I,'
and suspiciouslr became
pro-life only three years
~go. The pro-choice, t:hricc•
mnrricd, bru:cly religious
Giuliani is even worse.
Huckabee is a Somhern
Baptist minis,cr who has
been consistcndy pro-­
life his whole public
Clreer.
GOf> The
has
relied on
Evangelical
Christians
S i n C e
Rcaga n's
elcccion
in 1980,
and t:hey
need these
:irdent
supporters
if they are
going to
mkeon the
Democr.u:s.
Thesecood :uca where Huckabee srands out in Ule GOP field is economics. At a recent
Republican debate on economic is.sues, the ocher candidates argued who had cu, che most
caxcs for the wca.lthy, something that brings in the douations to win a primary clec.:tion.
Huckabee spoke to the eoonom.ic pain that m~ny middle aod lower class Americans a.re
fucing, ru1d pro111ised to help chem. And ir will be hard for an economic con,servarivc m
win the-gt"nera.1 clce:tion wilhout a Ihde more compassion for the majority of Americans.
Economic populi.sm is also his Aaw, and pan of why more Americans haven't heard or
him. Wealt:hy p,-ople have money. and Mik< Huckabee committed the unforgiv:ible sin
of raising taxes as governor. As a result, he has only raised S2.3 million. Rudy Giuliani.
who is 10 point, behind Huckabee in Iowa, has raised $46.5 million. While Huckabecs
newfound prominence in Iowa will prob:ibly lead m bencr fundraising. he may never
have enough money to win chc GOP nomination.
Bur even rhough he is a long shor for winning the Republican primal)'• Huckabee is
nor a candidat< who should be ignored. As Democrats increosingly become the pmy of
wcalt:hy s,:cularisrs. ,he blue-collar vo,c will increasi.ngly be up for grnb.s. Huckabee is
the candid.11e who can caprure this vote, and the COP c•ndid.11cs could learn a lor from
him. 6
Leadership opportunities
in Teach For America
by Landon Mascarena// gu,st uniter
The power of choice is one of the
grcarcsl chat we wrestle with. I found ouc
over Winter Break my senior year of Lewis
-&-Glark thor I had been accepred inro
Teach For America • N""ew Mexico. I ·:.~,!
faced with a choice: co serve a community
witb high nc-cd or conrinue wirh the path
of graduatt school or raking time off. The
choice ro ~rve would profoundly airer the
course of my life.
Often I'm asked how ro describe the
times when I taughr firsr grade on the
Navajo Reservation for cwo years. Afre:r
much consideration, r would describe it as
lisrcning, lcarningand lcadi1Jg.
I liStencd ro the stories, hopes and
dreams of my first graders. ·n,cy li«ened ro
my crazy attempts ro reach them reading,
math, science and wricing~ Sometimes
they laughed at my classroom activities
and other time, they stood scaring as I
tried to impress upon them the notion
of sucGCS-<, being good and trying your
I believe chat the future
leaders of our country
will come from those
groups of individuals
that have decided to
serve their community
or nation.
besr. I listened as they rold me about their
ceremonial dance,,, lil'c$tyles of living in
a Hogan {a cradilional Nav,jo dwelling)
and daily d1ores with cheir brothers, siSters
and cousins. Listening required char I
abandon all preconccprions about the
orca and my kMwledgc and rru(r open
mysdf io ,he world d,,c I oow inhabited.
Jrwas incredible. Ir was humbling. I never
imagined char rwo d:asscs of six and seven
year-olds would enrich my life so much.
All learning requires misOlkcs, missteps
and rcuial. I lc•mc:d so much about
educarional rea.liries. I learned rhai rhe
school ,hat I taugbr in was considered las,
in entering reading scores in the entire
smrc of New Mexico (usuaUy 48•', 49•• or
50'' in Mtiona.l mnkings). L:aming the
hard lessons of pushing snysclf to involve
parents or work in a school system caughr
me so much~ I took classes-in educational
pedagogy from a unh1c.rsil)' in chc nearest
dry. Gallup, and learned more about
pi:'11'tning1 senir,g goals and rhc right
assessment rechniquc:s for srudencs. The
five wec.k institute rhac Teach For America
runs caught me abour pacicnce. classroom man3gcmcnt :md storing information
for future reference. During this time of
my lear::nlng. my scude.ncs we.re lcaming
as well. I'll never forger when Cheyenne
,:,unc -.,,_p to me during class saying •Mr.
Ml My name i$ on .thar map!" and
knowing char she understood soun-ch-anid
loners. Learning chnt Raven could sec M)'
combinacions of coins and insram(y come
up with the correct amount or thac John
loved Spider-M•n both held amazing value
for me. At d,c end of my second year, I
lcarne<l chai I had m•dc more acodcmic
gains in my firs, grade cla.ssroom than my
principal had ever seen at the school.
Teach l'or America says that reaching
is leadership. 1 cannot undcrsrand how ir
could be "')'thing else. How else do you
describe che ltttd (O convince :J group
of incoovinciblc individuals co believe
char reading is essential for their lifo? Or
setting ambitious growth rargets for
your sn,dcnrs and working rclcnde .. ly
10 achieve them? Leadership is the art
of motivarion, per-su1Sion. progress and
overcoming odds. Last year, I rc:aliud
tha< Lewis & Clark had the second
highest application rate 10 Teach For
Amerio in the entire nation. Only one
school (Claremonr•McKenna) had •
highe.r rare. In my new leadership role as
Executive Director for Teach For Amcriaa
-New Mexico, I am happy to say char LC
is the higbC$t represented college: in our
corps and rhe s.1mc is ttue for our Sou,h
Dakota program. Noc Yale, nor Stanford,
nor Recd (for sure) or Columbia. LC leads
the: way in serving some of our highest
need populations in the country. Maura
Ross '06, Theresa Likarish '07, Shannon
Brady '06, Bridget Hudson '07, Tom Kelly
'06 and many more of your fellow alums
arc leading rhe fight againsr educarional
incqujty.
The cl,oke tO serve is nor an easy om:.
Ir ,akC$ rime, deliberation and balanced
,hough,. Bur I believe th,c the fururc
leaders ofourcounrrywill come from those
groups of individuals that have decided to
serve their community or nation. I also
believe tlm those sasne future leaders,
chrough their form~ti\'e experience of
lisrcning. learning and leading. will be
the ones wicb cbc credibility ro challenge
those institutional forces which need to be
challenged.
I hope rhn1 each of you rcading this
article re.Heers on rhe listening~ le.1:rning
and leading char is possible wirhin yourself
and considers che choke to sen·c our
narions srudentS. Only from you will che
oppormnity for all children in rhe nation
to rccieivt" an excdlcnr cduc.,rion achieve
reality. Forum the Piooeer Lo , November 30, 2007
NYC's Poetry and Celebs
by Stephanie Beachem // senior staff writer
I was at a party for • big poetry library
in SoHo last week. drinking Mocr our of a
rextured plasdc parry Autc and eating cute
lirrle cubes of cheese t0pped with prosciu110
and scanning the room for famous poers
(tberc: were three)
wben I spott<-d Bill
-Mur-r.:;e-.. SJ':!~g
about ten foci awa)'­
from me, mingling
with a couple
bigwigs from the
librory's board.
He was wearing
rumpled khakis
and a leather vest
with uppers. La1er, when Gerald Srcrn spoke, the
same happened; I heard ,he words bur all
of thar paled to my though rs of his grcar
old poem "My Ocatb For Now•-•1
mighr as well die/ from rhc pasr; l might
as well die from longing."
And I though, it, 100, of
Philip Levine, when he and
his wifcsnuck into ,he party
and crept inro rhe stacks to
avoid being noticed, only co
be reprimanded by Srern,
still at r.hc microphone: •1
jusr saw Phil creep in here.
so I'm sort-he's up next! You
know he,s rurning eighty in
a couple of weeks!"
Ironically,
the firsr person
anybody cl,inks
of when they see
someone famous
is not said person.
nor Bill Murray
himsdf, bur all Granted, it's a rare bird
who secs Gerald Stern and
Phil Levine in d,c:samelight
as a figure like Bill Murray,
and more people inevitably
PHOTOFROMIIMGECACHE2..CO,., clamor co meet Bill Murray
Bill Murray, fucking awesome
the people Bill Murray has been-Carl
Spad<lcr in Caddyshac.k, Peter Venkman in
Ghostbusters, Phil Connors in Groundhog
Day, Herman Blume, Raleigh Sr. Clair, Bob
Harris. ln real life, char,c,ers flash one by
one. Lines from Rushmore bubble up from
some lobe long•ncglc:acd: •Never in my
wildest imagination did I t:Vcr drc-am I would
have sons like dte$c."
And suddenly, this man who was sr-Jnding
less chan a roon1-lcngth :t\vay from me, this
·man drinking Beaujolais our ofa plastic party
cup while a Pocc's House volunteer ,var~l«i
out from a makeshift podium, seemed cotaUy
unreal; the idea of Bill Murr:1y, the person,
oucsidc of chose char:acrcn:, ludicrous.
Before I could delw roo deeply into 1ha1
choughr, the pocr Edward Hirsch edged
sideways to the microphone and began co
rc;,d a poem, wbich he: dedie:trcd ro the late
Stanley Kunin, .. I had seen Hirsch rc;,d before,
ar the Word.stock Fescival cwo years :ago in
Porrland, and I'd read his collcccion ofc:ssays.
Poet's Choice, as wcllJ and ir. occurred co me
jusr as suddenly as Bill Murray's unreality
th:.tt Hirsch seemed every inch as unreal,
standing rhere holding a sheof of poems in
his lcfr hand, as Murray did_
So ic is with anyone we "know"' via arc­
through reading. w:uching a movie, lookiug
at a painting. The iodividual behind the
\Vork in effect cea$es 10 be rt:ll. Or, rather. we
conflate the pc.rson and chc poem, the .1ctor
and rhe role. the painr and rhe painrer. When
I looked ar Ed Hirsch, his pale eyes and his
unmistakable aquiline nose, all I saw was "'In
Memori:u't1 Paul Cdan.,-"lay these words
on rhe dead man's eyelids / like eyebrighrs,
like me<licval rrumper flowers / that will
Rourish. this rime, in the shade." than Ed Hirsch, bur cl1e
coocept is the same. lets ¥
if we believe rhat whatever brief clip from
a film, wharcver dash of paint or line of
verse char earmarked some seminal love or
era our lives, can be somehow accessed in
the physical rresence ofl'he Arri.st: aaor,
poet. painter, sin.ier, whoever.
Bur the str:tnge fucr is this: whalevcr
principle, whatever poem, wh.arever
buried emotion these figures created or
thc:y represent simply doesn't ccsidc in
lbe Arcis1 :ts :1 pers<>n, standing across a
room from you. For insmncc:, Bill Murray
will never be mort ro n,c ch:111 wh:u
Herman Blume is-; Phil Levine will alw:ays
be What Work ls; Edward Hirsch. Wild
Gr:nirude. It's nor Hirsch himsd[, bur
some mysterious combination of the work
he knows. rhe life he lives. 'Inc Muses,
furc, dumb luck, sre:tling, any number of
influc:nccs chat come together co form the
work in which I'm invcsccd. It's this work
rhac I insist on seeing most or all, rather
than the ,n,11 who's the fuceofit.
~(his ~'llblimin:icion of arrist co Art
might seem alienating co some, but it~s
liberating more chan thac, co chink that
we mjgh, create something auronomous,
somcthi,1g be.teer and more complcre.
than the messy a,nd incomplete rhin&$
char we arc as humans. Asrounding,
evc.n-tbac a poem, an essay, an id~ of
mine might s1.1nd caller, and longer, chan
lwill.
M:u Fischer, Herman Blume's young
foil in Rushmore1 explains that che s«ret
of life is co "find something you love t'O
do and then do ir for rhe rcsr of your life.'
For M"-', ir's arrending Rushmore. Maybe
my "Rushmore" is reading poc:rry. So long
as it isn't rciding poets. •
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Frequently asked questions
with Houston Dougharty
Student Life staff have recently been asked a variety of good
questions about campus policies and procedures. We are open
to all questions and concerns and welcome dialogue about any
areas of interest. All Lewis & Clark community members might
benefit from reading these questions (and responses) to 10 of
the questions we have heard:
ls there a new alcohol and drug policy at LC?
No. There arc rio changes ro the Alcohol & Ocher
Drugs Policr
( www. lc l•rk .ed u/ depc/ path find/ su bsta n cc pol icy.
hcml).
Aft students involved in facilitating the LC
Community Standanb process?
Yes. ·n,c ASLC Chier Juscic, (Ale, Rilim • 10) <\nd
College Honor BoanJ (CH B) Chair (D.,vid C.,lkins '08)
and members of the Peer Review Authority (PRA), chc
CH B. :rnd rhc College Review 8-0ard (CRB) are very
involved in the process- e,h.1iring:and hearing cases.
Arc there more Community Standards <:aSCS this
year?
1here a.re acmaUy fewer cases coday rhan this lime rwo
years ago. The numbers or cases of all types in chc first
rbrcc mon1h, of the full rcrm for che lasr chrce years arc:
2005-124 01.<eS; 2006-83; 2007-121.
lf students arc bospitali:u.-d w!-,ile using, or as a
ruult of using, drugs or alcohol are they automatically involvement in the Community Standards
process if they arc oor l11 violacjo1\ or policy.
Do survivors of sexual assault need
to fear sanctions i.o the Commu.oity
Standards process if they were using
alcohol or other drugs prior to or during
the assault?
No. Any violenr ocr -and cspcciaUr an
act or sexual violence -is of paramount
cuncern co the College and che fuct thoc one
was a victim of such violtnce wou,ld always
crump the survivor's level of i111oxicarion or
drug inAucnct at the time. \V/~ work witb
survivors to ger 1hem 1he bclp and advice
,hey noed.
Do 'first time offc.oders' in the
Community Standa,ds proce.uge< haxshcr
sanctions now than in previous years~
As has been rhe case for years~ students who are 'wrinen
up' for the first rime generally h::t\'e a meeting with their
Campus Living Coordinator (CLC) or the PRA, rarhcr than
3 administrative hearing with a dean or CRB. The sanctions suspended?
--------------------------- resulting from such CLC and l'RA
LC students believe that their peers drink and
use drugs more than they actually do. Accord­
ing to the National College Health Assessment
administered in spring 2006, t}ie perception meetings arc typically warnings
(Written No1ice} or educariona.l
workshops or meetings . .In a very rare
ca.sc. a srudenc may have a first violation
that is egregious enough to elevate the
forum where the hearing would occur
and the possible sanctions.
is that 95% of LC students smoke pot, where
in reality only 13% of students use pot more
than once a week and almost 40% have never Do the police always get involved
i.o incidents involving drugs on
c:ampw? .
No. buc the CoUcgc has a long­
standing partnership agreement with
che Portland Police Bureau and chc
Multnont:th Councy Disuict ArcorneyS
Office thar ic will contact the police tried it.
Absolutely not -the first concern is always a student's
health and well-being. J-lospicali7.ation is never used as
3 threshold for sanctions in the Co,nmuoiry Standards·
process.
Will studeot.s who call for merucal attcotioo for
other SludcnL< who have u.scd alcohol or othcc drugs
be 'guilty by a,sociation' •· resulting i.o byst.~ndcrs
being less likely to help?
No. We hope char everyone's first prioriry is co gcr
appropriare help to those who need ic. 1 hose who an
as 'good S.1maritans" have absolure.ly no reason to fear when there ii; evide1,ce rhat a felony drug crime has occuued.
ll1at means posscssioo of more than one: ounce of rnarijuana:
or possession of any amount of Heroin, LSD, Peyote,
Mescaline, Psilocybin (Mushrooms), Ecsracy, Morphine.
Cocaine, PCP. Opium, Mcthamphernmine,; or possession of
a prescription medicine cl1,i has noc been legally prescribed.
including Hydroc:odone (Vicodin) or Oxyrodooc.
Will the College contact students' parents or guard.fans
anytime and for any reason?
Federal law (PERPA) and College practice has, for scvcml
years. aUowcd the CoUcgc 10 conmcr parents or guardfans in PHOTO FROM lCLASll<.Ettt
Dean Houston Dougharty
certain serious c.ircu1nsronccs. Bm the Collc:gc 011Jy makes
rhis contact out of concern and when it is dearly essential
and benefits the welfare of the Student. Umil this year the
College did noc make thar clear 10 the communiry- chc
Parencal & Guardian Notifi011ion policy does that(=
klark cduldeptlp: 1tbfindlnotificuioo.bcmD,
Do all LC students party hard and 1.$ the College
concerned about students partyin.g too much?
LC students believe rhat their peers drink and use
drugs more rhan they acruaUy do. According to rhc
National College Health Assessment adminis<ercd in
spring 2006, rhe perception is thar 95% of LC students
smoke pot, where in reality only 13% of srudent.s use pot
more than once a week and :ilmost 40% have never uicd
it. Similarly, LC srudenrs believe dm 99% of their peers
drink alcohol. While it 1.$ true rhar 78% of srudcncs drink
alcohol at lcasr once a month, 65% of students who drink
typically consume 4 drinks or less per occasion. Unsafo
and irresponsible panying is kaown t"O he antithericaJ to
success, good health, sound judgment and productiviry­
which are aspir.11ions the College holds for all members of
the community.
Thanks for helping us provide some fucrs rhar will
dispel the rumors char abound. We ""' always inrcrcsred
in ralking with anyone hns a.ny questions or concerns.
W. Houston Dooghnrry, dean of srudencs
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. ·; .. ~·_:-:·;! LC Recycles: Students take part
by Natalie Baker// photographer
Lewis & Clark College h:is • defini1c rcpumion for being borh
environmenta.lly aware and acrive-thcrc·s no doubt abour thac. At
the samt" time, chis inscirurion is nor pe:tfcct, and while.-ir may be
tcmpring ·m aurotnaticaUy launch imo yet another armck on the col•
lege's administr:uion, $Orne credit is acrually due-to the bdcagucrcd
college bureaucrats.
111c school's energy ~ ~n1dics and implcmenred conscrv:uion
n11::,s,arcs da1c back to 1?89, and in 2003 LC became rhe firs, college
in 1he Uni1ed States 10 ad1icve compliance with d1e greenhouse gas
emission 1,rgecs c:illed for in rhe Kyo10 Prorocol. The school has a
commitment ,o meet Leadership in E-.ncrgy and Environmcnral De-­
sign (LEED) building sr:rndards in fumrc building projects. and has
successfully met LEED sca.nd:vds io its past four constructions.
Four years ago, the school creared an option for residential sru­
dcnts co purch3.,;c alternative power :at ;t low cost and recently
changed it so that students we.re given the option w opt our rather
than in ro the program; this led to a notable increase in green power
purch3.Scs. And, as seems ro be <:ommon knowledge these days, the
cafeteria service Bon Appetir conrributcs ldcovc.-r food from me:ils co
be n,rned inro cornposr for a communiry g,udcn on Sourh Campus
(not ro mc.ncion 1-heir use of local and org:Htic foods. as chey con•
siancly remind us).
fmpr<.-ssivc as rhese der1,1jJs arc.. the.re are some issues worth nor•
iog that suggest more can be done. C1mpus Saferi officers cum:ntly
use low efficiency pickup trucks ro rnake their rounds on campu.s,
and paper {t)'\VC.ls .st-em to be the rt$0urce of choice when it comes ro
hand-drying. ·17,. ><'.hoot's landscaping services oficn use leaf-blowers
to dear pathwoys, and pesridd.,; 2nd chemical fercilir.ers for gTOund
m.ainren:mcc.
Bur many of these practices re.main unchang<.-d due co cons-rrai.n­
ing rcquircmenr..~ r:11hcr than ignorance ro environmental efFccr. Oi­
rcc1or of Campus Safery Tim O'Dwyer poinred out that officers arc
required 10 use vehicle.~ with four whccl cl.rive, which significantly
limits tbeir oprions, and 1hai although the opcion of acquiring hy­
brid SUVs cxiscs, the trucks had been purcbascd with the assump­
tion that rhey would lasr a cc:najn :1mounr of time (implying, most
likely, me high cost change would cnrnil). "We must accomplish ...
the task of keeping walking paths, roads, and parking lots safe ... with
only eight employees across 120-plus acres," s1aied Shron Hayes,
Assist.am Director for Facilit:ics-, on the matter of using le:if blowers
rather i:han traditional cools such as rakes. '"AU of the Jcave.~ on cun­
pus are collwcd ... and made imo compose," she added. H:iyc.s wcnr on ro point out 1h:1r .. only car~ory 1 herbi­
cides that arc considered co be the lea.st harmful co the cn\'i•
ronment" arc used whi:n rhe need for pesticides arises, and
char changes were m:idc this year so that "org:ini,c ferrilizcrs
make up 91 pcrcenr of onnual fcnilizer applicarion." Facili•
lies Services also.aims IO be ,ising only OM RI-approved or­
ganic fcnilizcrs by next year.
For :1. e:tmpus that claims co
ronmenully progressive,
,hough, 1he number of
aauaJ students who arc
getting involved 10
implcmcm change is
minimal. Students
Engaged in Eco•
Defense (SEED),
the environ1wenral
group on campus, ha.s
less rh:in ten :;zctivc mcm•
bcrs. Ac rhe Green Torch Rday,
an cvcm rfoa was even pub•
ch.cd at chc LC convo­
c:ation at the begin•
ning or rhc year,
barely 50 peo­
ple showed
up. As Guy
Dobyns
(' I 0) point-
ed our1
though,
the roo1 of
rhis prob-
lem doesn't
stem from
apathy. "I
think thac
the lac.k of
srudent in•
volvemcnr with environmental issues
on campus. and with sociaJ justice issues
in general, comes from a feeling of dis­
c.mpowcrmcnc more than anything else.
Students don't believe 1har they can clfcccive-ly change things in a concrcrc and ongoing way.
'"They quesrion 1he value of engaging in small-scale
campaigns d1a1 aren ►t tttrgecing rhc root of the prob­
lem, and tht.-y'rc overwhelmed with the magnitude or
problems we f'acc as a sociery rodoy," said Dobyns. Re­
sponsibility rowarJs sustainability. reduced w::a$tc of
resources, and CllCrg)' conservation resides both
in LC admjnistration :md sru­
dcnrs. not just one
,he other. As sm­
dcms, it is imporcam
to reali2c ch:u we have
nol only a voice, but
also me ability lO di­
rectly ;mpact our en•
vironment.
LUJSUIA~ 8'( EI.W.Y 6l,.0CK
Et:{J)t:6, :~ Send owrheard convenatums ~j J ti! piolog@lclark.edtt
¢ * "Good thing I'm an
arche-fuckiiig-ologist."
* * * "l have a paranoia of handsi:mds and vikings."
* "Everyone I couch pretty much
explodes in some way or another." "I like my women lilu I lilu my log,. On ft"•"
* * "She's one of those gids, coasting under the radar, never going
to parties. Then one day you ,cc her in rhe dovecote, liolding
hands with .some cheesy blonde g1-1y from San Bcmadino and
you have to go into the bathroom and sun cutting yourself."
"GET your HANDS off my FUCKIN' puppy!" * l
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You think you know, but you have no idea:
This is the diary of Tom Youmans, Vice President
The VP chats, avoids controversy,
and keeps this week's edition nice and
ta.me. Apocalyptic reporrer Danny
Garcia gees the skinny on ASLC Vice
President, Tom Youmans ('09).
by Danny Garcia // head copy editor
Tue Pio11,er log: What are your n:spoosibilJtics on
ASLC?
Tom Youmans: SomC of the responsibilities includes son
of office funcdonality manager, making $U~ evcryrhing's
ru.nning $OOOOthly around the offices.
having mce.cings with the other vice
rcsidcms to go over positions.
responsibilities and position
guidelines, meeting wir.h
thern to make $Ure 31) rhose
goals and sruff are being
mer. I also cake care of any
ad hoc committees chat arc
created. Right now I'm
chalring the Tronsfer Seu-dent Committee and the Bon Advisory Committee. And
in the spring, ('m sort ofin charge revising the bylaws.
How long have you been on ASLC?
l \\tilS r.hc Physics rcprcscnmtive for SAAJ3 sophomore ye.1r,
so char was my introch.1aion 10 rhe whole thing. This is my
first fear being involved Oil rhe ex~uive council.
Do you C:'\'Ct fed like you,re in the shadow of the prc.si­
de,nt?
I don'r feel like I'm in the shadow of the president. I mean
we have diffcrem duties and responsibilities. We do differ­
ent things and we work togc.rhcr co accomplish our goals
and we divide and conquer. I dunno, rh,r sounds kind of
wcird ...
What vices do you partake in a$ Vice President?
I adhere t0 a micr code of morals and I don't like to go
against those moraJs. No vices at all.
How many of Disnc:y's Seven Dwarvc$ ca.n you name?
Grumpy, slei:py, dop<:y ... three.
Of the three, which do you say you most resem.blc?
ls there :my cynical, funny. sexy dwarves?
l don't think .sexy dwarf made it into the movie.
How would you describe your sexiness?
Re.fined, marurc, bm very present.
Would you say you arc more or less likdy to be cor­
rupted after being in office?
I think I'm more able ro see (he circumstances char other people get in when they become corrupted. I haven't been cor­
mpred so I can't say for sure.
But you're waiting to see?
We'll $CC how it goes.
Who do you idolize more? Dan Quayle or Dick Cheney?
1 'm not su.rc, no comment. ( don't like m shoo1 people in che face
very much. but sornerimcs it's necessary.
What _is your guiltiest pleasure movie?
Md Gibson in "What Women Wam."
Have you ever had the urge to be naughty in a public pla«?
Where-?
I ,hink ,he bes, way ro take care of desires is to take are of them,
so they no longer haunt you.
Do you prefer to be on top of tb.ings or at the bottom of
them?
I think a mix is healthy and you gcr a better perspective.
Would you say you're mon: of a pct, tool, or pupp<1 of the
admi.ni,trationl
I'm a re.prese.ncativc of the student body.
So ... like a tool right! •
Nor so much like• tool. more like• collaborating dcsignrr.
So like a sketch pad?
Creative phrasing ls great, isn't it?
What do you read to keep yourself informed and entertained
on campus?
I read the Piolog. V V ~
100 Projects for Peace·: LC Alums make difference with grants
by Betto van Waarden // staff writer
For insrancc, the use of pesdcides o,, w-arermclons for expon severely damaged the workers'
In their frt$hm.an year, four young idealises founded the Co-op, now one of LC's l:1rg• skin. When a local worker would go into their hos$'$ office to addn:ss the problem, one of the
est student groups. Ne1tly four years later, aJums students would go wi1..h him, usi1,g the incimidadng
Lizzie Fussell ('07). Megan McBride ('07), Frazer cffca oF their "white Americannc$$" by simply wit•
L.1nier ('07) and K1rc Iris Hjlburger ('07) teamed nessing d,e ralk.
up 011cc :,gain 10 make a difference at Lhc Xorhilt When asked if thC' group encountered any unforc-
Cllnica in Nic.aragua the past summer. seen difficuJtics. FuSS<"II smiled. In tryiog to org.inh·.c
1bc four graduated from lewis & Clark and ,hings ac ,he clinic. they often ran into polirieal iS$ues
reccivccl a $ I 0,000 grant dtrough the I 00 Pro jeers and personal power Struggles. "We're all human and
for Peace progra.m ro work with Nicaraguan wom~ cbcrc arc comp1icaccd issues wi(hin all organizations,"
en :n :1 he.11th di,,ic in the village: of El Viejo. said F,.1.ssell. "Besides, the clinic is these people's lives,
Several years ago. Fussell voluntc'<'red on the so we couldn't blame them for trying to get what they
Nic:1raguan coast and frequently traveled to l;.l wanred in their job .. .lt was just problcma1ic for us
Vk-go For suppli<.-s. On one oF these rrips, she sometimes."
learned about the Cllnfr:11 and even srayed the.re for Nicaraguan b1.Lreaucrucy a_nd corruption also played
two weeks as a paricnr. a role ... Wcbc,ught a surgical instrument in the US and
Upon renaming co the Unired States, Fussell triedrobringirintoNicaraguabucchcywouldn'rlctitin,"
and the o,her Co-op founders pounced on a gram rccallccl Fussell. "In the cod one of U$ had 10 go down
funded by \'(/asscrman Davis tO make improve• to rhe capica.l Managua with one of 1he Nic:trngunn
mcncs 10 the-clinic. The grant money was much volumccrs and bribe the officials there ro leL us bring
n«dt-d, as the dinjc had re«mly losr most of irs in our apparatus."
foreign aid after newly elecred presidcnc Daniel For nexc yea.r's LC group ro receive the Wasscr-
Ortcg.t and former socialist Sandinjsra revolution- m:i.n Davis gr:i.nt for peace work, Fussell advised. "If
'!ti')' dccl:ued health care in Nicaragua "free .. for you wane co make an impact, try ro add on to existing
all. work ,har i$ being done." She particularly suessccl the
At the clinic, the students gav4 workshops All above photos were taken at the Clinica. imporrance of concrete improvemcms. Finally, she
about gender. conuactpcion -:.od women•s health. said to be aware of cultural differences and rry to ens.age people by making things like w9rk•
.. lbc doetor [,u the clinic! happily ,old me dl3t the people ,ook us more serious becau$C we shops fun for the lorn! people.
wcr.e white America11s." said Fussell. "In his ey~ that was-a posirivc thing, but we fdc chac the Right now Fussdl·is working with LC's Amnesry group ro organize a benefit to raise more
loals should learn co respect cht clinic's own prorcssionals. so from then on v.'e Ice the Nie.a~ money fqr the Xochilt Cli11im in Nicaragu:1. She is also looking for current smdc-nts intcrcstt:d
raguans give m~tny workshops tbcmsclves." 111 volunu:cring at the clinic next summer co '"keep the momenrum!"
The srudc:.nt.s:" found that their whiteness ofcen lrnr them an unfortunate air oflegitim:icy. For more information vis-it lmp:llwww.lclnrk.rd11/dept/lJ(}/davi.s11u1t3.bn11l .. l ... O ... _____________________ ,•fJ¥-- ... ________ th_e_P_i_o_n_e_er_L_o111og ... N_o_v_em_._be_._r_3_0_. 2_00_1
Unlike some colleges, the Lewis & Cl1rk
AchJeric Deparrmcnr is not threatening their
athl<1es with a Faccbook ban. Over the years
LC a,hlrcic dtpartmcnt officials, such as As­
sociate Dim:tor of Phys,cal Education and
Athlccics, Jenny Simon, hove acatcd T-.cc­
book accoun.rs. However, lO d.tte, no pu­
nitive actions have been uke-n again.st any
smdcnc athlcrc.s conccrnin,g their profiles on
Facdx,ok.
wstcad, the LC athletic departmear pre­
fers t<> monitor and d~I with student arhlcte
profiles in a ca..~c":-by-case m:mne.r. Up until
now, all porc.mially sdf ... incriminaring arhlc1c
pom-ngs have been deal, wim mrough "con•
vcrs3cions .. between the studc.m ... athlcrc and
the athletics deparancnt ih.1t discuss how,
as a department, LC athletics should be rep­
resented. According to Simon, "We have a
rcsponsibiliry as a department co be aware
of wha, is happening on line and ptovidc a,h­
ln<S wim knowledge of what is accrp!able
and ,\Iha, is noc. Out stu1.le.nt-.tthlc:tc.~ n:p­
n::scnt our department not only on ,he field,
but ;also in all of their 01 her pursuits".
In ,he las, year, college athletic dcpart­
mcnr• have imposed and lobbied for bans
of their atblemi profiles on Facebook, Kc11c
Sr:uc University and The University ofMin­
nC'SOGI Dulurh a.tt just a few oF the institu­
tions that have considered 1l)eir :athletes'
online profiles to be liabili,ies lO ,he rcprc•
scmation of lhe:ir instirution.~. Athleck ad-­
minisuators at these colleges :md universities
believe the ri;k of NCAA violation will in­
crease with their tea.ms' onlinc: presence and
consider Facebook an unnecessary liability.
Any exposed violations force academic
instirurions or NCAA co rcspond punitively
towards achJctCS and teams. lncidrncs such as
team h,zing or onlinc botting and gambling by Hannah Hultine// staff writer
documented on Facebook arc examples, in
addirion co rhe numerous phoros of under-­
age drinking, that an, against NCAA rules.
Throughout Facebook's shon hiSlory, begin•
ning in 2004, there have bcca a multimde of
athletes and reams tlm have been suspended
or prohibited by NCAA from competition
due co informacion disclosed on Facd,ook.
At Louisiana Scace, for example, cwo swim•
mt'fS were barred from competition due ro
bad-mouthing rbeirco:ich oa the n<:rwork..
In rhe fuce of these consequences LC
achl<1ic.< srill views policing f-accbook dif­
ftremly: From a coaching srandpoim, bOrh
men and women's head baskc,ball coaches
agree ma, ,heir ccams are equipped with me
judgment needed co = the appropriate­
ness of lhdr profiles btforc • season begins,
Men's Head Basketball Coad, Bob Gaillacd
said. " .. £he athltrcs know that they arc always
-accoumable for their actions and fucc c~m
disciplinary actions for confirmed viola•
lions." Similarly, Hc,d Women's B,...,kctball
Coach Juli Fulks said, 'Ar ,be beginning of
ach year ,'IC h0vc: a discussion on ~ppropri­
ate ream behavior which indudes Facebook.
We cxpecr plarcrs fO keep in mind um d,eir
sires arc open co anyoncS viewing and if in­
appcopriace behavior (as established by our
,eam and coachiugsraffl isdocumenred oo­
line. we will h:indle ,hat m:mer wi[hin our
,cam.• Ultimately, soys fulks, rhe •ll1lerics
dcparrmcnr expeccs LC's athletes ro sim•
ply use their bes, judgmem when poSling
and communicating on tbc infamous -social
networking Site.
Currencl)', there is no mention of
facebook or ony other online con1munity in
,he LC St udcnt Achlere Handbook. How­
C'\'a. in the future, rhc dcparrmcm would
like ro adopt a portion like that of Haver-ford College's Student Athlete Handbook.
In Haverford'• handbook. • la.ge section is
ritlcd, "Helpful Hints to Socioliu Safely on
,he Internee". One repeatedly s11-css,d point
of chis $t.Ccioo does noc concern achlccc rep,­
rcscnration of the College. lnsccad. ic warns
d1ar information posced on Faccbook is po-­
tentially aceessible to employers wirh fuc­
uJcy or :tlum.ni :1..ccountS. It :)dyises ~thlcc-cs
to l~ :iwnre rhtu future emplQycrs, grnduarc
schools. and ocher organizations ofcc.n con•
sider information posted on the-web when
making decisions about cmploymenr and ad~
mission. A.khough th~ informalion is m<.-am
to inform athletes: all Studcm.s may take the
advice of rhis b.andbook.
\'(1jth nearly IO million profiles, including
two-rhirds of rl1e coll,ge studem popul:icion:
Facebook accounts arC' public information.
In response to confidcrttialiry issues, bas­
ketball player Thomas Tiller')' ('08) s.,id, 'As
much !lS I w:rnt 10 sny h's i.s an i1w.i.sion of
our privacy, fvt-le.arned ch:u i, is bettt:r co
keep your persqnal busin~ off the lnrcrnet
because anyone who has access co a compur­
er c.a.n prccty much sec it" For the time bc,.­
ing, LC freedom of speech, in ,he form of
F3.ccbook pl'(>files. i.s s3.fc. However, 3 team
haz.ing or a drunken ream hesra fe.arured On
Facebook may change the current rclarion•
shi_p btcwccn the LC athletic depamnem
and amlete profiles. !he Pioneer Log. November 30. 2007
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STYCS SOUBCS by Caitlin McCarthy
and Natalie Baker
at do you think oft ay your students dress?
:Dn always surprised to see-that 95 perceJ!t of my
ass·is wearingjeanS!-few~om~ !t~ve ski!'ts, it
,, .,,,c-....,._. -. • • :.;.,· -~-
.----y ~ecwl parts t;,foyour outfit?
rb!!?'jewelry when travel-jewe1I"Y. is my souvenir.
se are my fav9rite earrinp; 1 bought-them
Nizhny Novgorod. Tins ring was a gift from a
• • is vecy Russian. It's my talisman."
t ~ow does &e'i.ng Russian i;,uence your s~le?
, "When I taught-at Dickinson College, a WOJllan
said to me, 'Are y,9u Eastern European?' I said,
~ell yes, why?' and she replied, 'You are the
only woman who :walks in high heels to school.'"
"I have beoome .Americanized-when I l
taught in St. Petersburg a few yem:s-ago,
"'I was one of the more~()(}est professors.
According.to Russians, I am .American, and j
according to Americans, I am Russian. I am
L som-:where in between." --j p__;
--j
C)
en 1 the Pioneer Log, November 30, 2007
No Country for Old Men
The Coen brothers do it again
by Tracy Peel // staff writer
Joel and Ethan Coen have done ic :,gain.
This ci.ncmacic duo's new film .. No CA>uncry
for Old Men" {adapted from Cormac Mc­
C'.arthy's graphic novel) is ,erri~•ingly relent·
less from the first fr~me to the end crcdics.
·rhe miserably scorching. barren -1bcas dc.1;trr
sets chc hellish scene as ,vc follow each step
of Llewellyn Moss, a welder who occupies
a trailer with his wife. Carla Jean. A simple
man, Llewellyn happens ,cross the ,nd rc.-sulc
of:., drug-dtal-1;one-b:td while on a hunring
run, only co find cwo million dollars nicked
cozily away in a brictcase held in the arms of
a dead man. Do-of epic proportions, and the Coen brothers
go abom depicting their stories in a brilliant
way. Similar co "'Blood Simple" and .. fargo.,
in• scylistie approoch, "No Coonrry for Old
Men'" combines soine,,\•hal simplistic srory•
celling and characrers- with complex rhcmes
rhac require in-depth analysis.
One concept fve yet co fully grasp is the
symbolism behind Anton Chigurh. End­
lcs:. reviews have que.-.rionecl wh~tht'r he i~
m:t.n, ;:1pp:uiriori, or the devil. In my qes, he
is neither physical being nor ghosc. Ancon
Chigurh is simply the cmbodimenc of evil.
Where he goes,
evil follows and
evil perseveres
every rime. In
one scene wh(rc
Tommy L<-c
Jones' char:1ctr:r
is ,-e:ldi1ig aloud
a.n arriclc abour
die deaths and
murders of
many eldctly
{tbc motive w~
co acquire rhcir
life insurance).
Jones makes
rhc point I har
neighbors were
oblivious to
PHOTOFROMIMOOCOM h b t c graves c· ing wh:u any
man would do
in his siu1arion,
Llewellyn rakes
the money and
mns, straight
back co his all
coo humble
abode. ·11, is is
che poinc where
Llewellyn
makes a dire
:1nd inesc.1p;_,hle
misr~kc: he
later rcrurns ro
the scene of the
crime. Guns
sound. hounds
a~ relca.se;xj,
and Llewellyn
finds himsdf
being pursued Javier Bardem, the Coen brothers' terrifying,
vampiric villain, Anton Chigurh, stalks his prey. ing dug directly
next door. They
by wh::n I would co11sider the l''llOSt evil viJ.
lain I've seen on the screen in years.
What rcsulu: is a twisted cat and mouse
game be,ween Llewellyn Moss and Ancon
Chigurh, who comes fully t-quippcd with
an early Beatlcs 'do and a strange choice of
weapons. After both the proragonist and
che villain is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (played
by 10mmy Lee Jones}. a weary m:m who is
completely disillusioned by all the evil in the
world. These rhrcc. charat['ers form a tri:rngle were only made
aware of the crudries occurring under their
noses when an old man ran from the prcmjs.­
<s, wearing little and scared co dc::ith. Scenes
similar 10 this arc scattered throughout "No
Country for Old Men" through whac seems
co be pointless dialogue; thi.s reoccurring
theme only supports my point that Amon
IS pure evil. Any way you look at ir, Anton
is rhe scariest on-screen devilish man to ever
haunt my drc::ims. l.'d <:Xpcet nothing less
fro,n rhe Coen brothers. 13
Menomenauts, unite!
by Caitlin McCarthy II features editor
M<nomen• was supposed 10 be tired. The
three members of this band by right should
have been stUmbling across d,c Stage, trip­
ping over guitRr c.hotds and foiling to mus­
ter up swollen vocal d1ords. Me.nomena has
spent the lase nine monchs non•stop (more
or less) touring che US, Canada and Europe
in support of their tidiculously amaziog and
beloved third album, Frimd and Foe. Nine
months of rnuring-.1 rock st3r's pregnancy.
Bue there was no post-partum depression to
be found at the C')"tal Ballroom last Sarur­
d~y; vocalist Justin Harris srarced the show
off by telling the crowd, "le feels good co be
home," and ir showed.
The line-up of songs, mostly those off of
Friend mu/. Foc with :, few choice sprinklings
from chcit first album, is one I've heard three
times over now1 and it srill hasn•c gone stale.
McnomcnaS eternal energy and precision
made each song seem squeaky clean, fresh
and invigorating, and I felt like I was sing­
ing along for the: first rime ever. How they
c:ln do this :1frer a whirlwind nine months is
beyond me, burl 'm not going ro question it.
Neither, I'd be wiUing to bet, would the slav­
ish crowd of Menomc.naurs in :ntcndance
(siUy nicknan1c courtesy of chc band's email
newslmer). The packed ballroom was filled with funs bobbing, clapping and singing so
loud you could somc:limcs hear i, over Har•
ris' voca'5. The fonb:lse is exp:u1ding at a r.1:p~
id pace as critical acclaim and word of mouth
erupt around Menomena. The packed ball-
• room was filled wi1h funs bobbing. clapping
and singing so loud they somerimcs drow/rcd
out Harris· vocals.
Another credit to Menomena must be
rcAecced in ,heir choice of opening PDX­
maces: Tu F.wning •nd the Shaky Hands
(who ineidenrnlly played the .Ruscy Nail Jasr
)'Oar), boch as captivating and perhaps aswor·
d1y of praise as Mc.nomcna. However, per­
haps the most cx<:cptional cvcl'u of the nighl
had 001 hing co do wich playing instruments
at all. Ac the start of Mcnomcna's sec, drum­
mer Danny Seim invited an alkged friend
onscage, who then proceeded ro propose ro
his girlfriend srnnding in the front row. She
said ye!$, and after some heavy smooching
and cheesy cheering, Harris joked chac any•
thing Mcnomena did after thac would pale
in comparison. Really. though, it worked
together in ~• ~mifully dualistic way: this
man and his woman ~re sraning out on ne.w,
romantic beginnings just as Mcnomena fi.
nally comes to the end of a long and arduous
labor oflove.
'~tonement" fails to rise to standard of original book.
by Helen Hunter// forum editor
There has never been a book I loved more than Ian
Mcfavan1s Aumemnll. McEw·an, the award-winning author
of SarnrdnJ and On Clmil Brad,, painrs a beautiful and
tragic picture of how one claim can change the lives of very
many p<-oplc. The film of the same name is beautifully shot
and incredibly well acred. Ir is• fiwrastic supplement to tbe
book, bm for those who haven't read it, it might leave one
feeling as though they've missed the essential connection
wirh rhe characters 1hac one who has read che book would
already have. opposirc of Knightly as Robbie Turner, the son of the T.,llis'
housekeeper. The movie begins with 13-ycar-old Briony
Tallis, Cecilia's sister, ;ind an aspiring wr-icert ,vho wimesses
one afternoon. her sister's inreraccions wic.b Robbie as ,he
rwo discover their secret passion for one another. Briony
lets her creative mind cultlv:.nc fictitious presumptions that
Robbie is a perverted predator. like •t..egend of the Hidden Temple's Shrine of che Silver
Monkey. There are cluce parts thac must be put cogcchcr in
order co experience iL~ true glory-the suong acting and
b,·auciful images {both of which the movie capruccs wholly)
and a complclc undersClndjng of the plor and characters,
which, uofornin,cely can only be had through reading chc
book. :t~ che movie is rragically shon. In sh.on, the moviC"
alone doesn't provide the full dcpch of the book.
The heartbreaking talc, set in W\'(fll-cra England, is
perfectly cast. Kiera Knightly pl,ys the charming and
incelligenr Cecilia T.1:llis, whom has just returned home from
Universicy. James McAvoy has che good fortune co play Later in the evening, there occurs a horrific crime of
which Briony, based purely on arrogant assurnpdon, is
cermin Robbie is guilcy of committing. Her false accusation
consequently rears apan chc Jives of everyone in its wake. 'lbc
rcsc of chc film follows the heartbroken lovers as they stTuggle
through che w:u and a very regretful Brio11y in a war hospiral
in London.
"'Atonernenr," the srory as ir exists in any medium. is a bit However, don't assume chat the movie is nor worth seeing.
It, like many 01h<r movics, only pales in comparison to the
book. Re:iding Mc.Ewan.s choughrful demils and incredibly
realistic porrr3irs of rhe ch,ar3crers encapsulates the reader and
slowly and painfully breaks their hean. lf the viewer wants co
increase their enjoyment of the movie, I would recommend
reading the book fim. _1_4 __________________ ~--------tb_e_P_i_on_e_e_r_Lo....,g,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_30_,_2_00_1
They call him
mellow yellow,
quite rightly.
David Lynch and Donovan
team up for World Peace
by James Reddick // staff writer
On their cnmp•.ign for World Peace through rransccndcn­
t:ll medjration, David Lynch, w:icked .. out dfrcctor of "Twin
Pe:1ks." "F.mserhcad" and "Mulholland Drive," and Dono­
van, ,vackcd-out '60s pop singer. have rdc,scd a DVD of a
January 2007 conccn pcrform<-<l in Lo, Angdcs. called "Live
in L.A. .. 'fhc rcsulc is, for lack of n better word, preny wacky.
It's mostly straighc-forw:'lrd scuff, with Donovan standing in
place, Slrurnmingaw:iy on his acowric guitar and singiag hjs
hits. From "Carch chc Wind" co "Mellow Yellow• 10 "Sun­
shine Superman," they're all chere, with no rrillsotOlchcd.
While the songs arc for the most pnrr enjoyable, it's nor
rhc mu.sic that susr:1.lns the: hour-long video. but everything
else. Por one. there's something wrong with the crowd. As
Donovan mums away dully. they're all smiling wildly. hold­
i,,g each ocher. and rccrcriag on the edge of climax. I'm prct­
'Y sure thai cht·y'rc acrually a crowd cut from an old Gal­
lagher show.
Sc.-condl)~ and l'nosreHrenai1ling, are Donovan:i. interludes.
He speaks so slowly, and wich such bizarre Scouish inAcetion,
char the wciglu of every word is magnified inhnirdy. 1 1hink
chat this is how people confuse him for a prophet. When he
says ~And now we wjnd down .... ro the cad. .. of our show, ..
the show thar everyone knows .. , is .. , the inner world," you're
so l,Jled by the relaxing gait of his words that you don't <Ven
notice that i1°s complete gibbe.rish. I wasn't evetl aware that
an inner world
existed.
Bur. in my
mind. chis is
,he best thing
abour Dono­
\':\O. He's noc.
as Lynch in•
rroduccd him,
a "great poet," He's not, as Lynch introduced
h• " " h 1m, a great poet, nor, as e
believes, is he d1e messiah ...
but he is endlessly entertaining
in all of his self-importance.
nor, as he heli,vcs, is he the messi•h (he's creating the ln­
vinc.ible Donovan College for •,or.al knowledge; "nacional
invincibili<y" AND "world peace"). bur he is endlessly cn­
rcnaining in all of his sdf-imponancc. He sings fun songs
about smoking banana peels co•gct high, wcacs funn)' clotl,e,;,
and reminds us of a cime when you could be famous simply
for being a catc.hy crackpot. For that, we all owe
hlm. So, thank you Donovan. Band of Horses at the Crystal
'(C<ell<elbi1r;at1t<e§ tlhue <elClL<dl <Odr N;attll<OJ][lt;adl ]B<e;aur<dl
.Ml <o, 1rn 1tlht w ti. 1tJht 1m 1011Cli =§ lt<O► ]p> 1no,1c lkn.1Clt g
;auClt<dl t1ont]pJ1r<e§§U.V<e ir;at<ctatll lht;atn.1r
by Ben Bateman II staff writer
Band ofHorscs popped ouc of nowhere when they bc­
b"'n co tour with Iron & \'<line in 2004. Since ,heir ~rs,
full-lengch album, Ewrythi,ig All 1/,, Time,
was released on Sub-Pop in 2005, they've
gained• wcll-deservc;d indic following. Their
mosr distincrlvc fearurc is Ben Bridwcll's dis­
rincrivc voice. S,vachccl in revcrb and shout
out over epically coxtured gult.1r hooks, it has
an ethertal quality that is incredibly compel­
ling.
Bond of Horse.< is currently touring for
their new record. Cease ro Btgi11, and played
last Wednesday at the Crysral Ballroom.
The crowd consisted of the expected
cwcncy-somcthings and college kids,
but I w•s surprised by ,he number of
grey-haired men, who seemed to con­
gregacc r:ogechcr and nod their beads
contcndy.
Tyler Ramsey, the Hones' new gui•
r3;is1, Qpened with a set of hjs own,
and was followed by the Ausualian
rock group The Drones. 11Junsey
songs wci:c pleasant, if somc-
wh3t dis-ran(-thc ar•
rangemcnts are spar~
and spacey, and his
voice lS reminiscent
of Bridwell'., ia iu
6m1 fragili<y.
-n,• Drones
seemed inrcnr on
counteracting ,his
performance, and pro­
ceeded to inuodatc the
crowd in a $e-:t of riff;.age
and driving drumbeats,
over which lead sing­
er Gamh Liddiard
would mumble in­
coherently. Eacb
song felt like a
moment of dis­
son:1nce before rhc
bffld would explode
into a prac-
ticed di$plny of skill tlw ir seemed
capable or. bu, nev<r quite executed.
Moreover. at Lht: end of every song
[hey would srop, and, when claP.ping
began, pick up where rhey left off co end the
song with spc:iker grinding fervor. 1hjs crick works
once a show1 and never more than once a song.
Finally Baad or Horses emerged in thickly-bearded
glory, tipping their hars ro the crowd. Bridwell seuled down ro his pedal steel and launcl1ed inro "Monstors."
-lhe soog seemed rcnuous-on record le holds together
beautifully, buc here. ic sc:c.mcd co Slrain
as the band held back, perhaps in-,,n ••·
tempt to highlighr the vocals. Luckily,
Bridwell then jumped up, grabbed a
guirar, and rocked the fuck our of cv­
e.rybody. Whereas on record his "oicc
seems to bruancc bc!twctn t:ther~I-
Whereas on re­
cord his voice
seems co balance
between ethere-
ali ry and sin­
cerity, here
it-emerged
strong out
of the-ex­
plosively
epic texture
of the songs.
iry and sinccriry, here it
emerged strong ouc of rhe
explosively epic tex.rure of
thesovgs.
DC$pitc this rhere
were some quictt:r mo­
ments-th.ere was some
poUce souchcm sragc ban­
ter passed a.bout, and some
11usTRA110f<BYBA/,l)JOW,S beautiful vocal harmon.ics
were contributed by the key-
boa~ player.
As the"'" progressed Bridwell would frequently grab a
pla_sric bmlcaxe from acop his amp and hir va.<ious cbings
in keeping with ,he bear. The band only grew louder, and
chrt>w out some m.it<'rial that thi:y claimed cl'le)1~t never
played live before. All of i, was alluring, and they dosed
wich a 6vc,song encore, ending with "Ode co LRC." If
Band or Hors.es conrinucs in d1is vein WC C:ll\ look for.
ward ro more nwcsome conccrrs. and po~ibly longer
bc:'rds, in d,c forurc. l
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William Blake and birthday cake:
cef e6rating 2 so l)ears since tfje artist, voet, engra"er' s 6irtfj
by Sanne Stienstra // arts editor
A quartcr-millcnnillm after bis birth, William Blake re• "Poetic Genius." he means ,o refer ,o God. "God appears ,o
mains a dominant pa.rt of literature and critical discussion. be thac which is univcrsaJ,» Nicolson said. making God and
To mark rhe 250 years since his biuh, Visiring Professor of these other ideas a part of everyone.
English Travis Feldman, along with Oie,erich Liwson (' I 0), Duncan Roberrson (' I 0) provided • modern day conrcxt
Adrianna Ely ('08) and English Administr:1rive Assiscam Mc: ,o Blake's work, saying, "There arc fundamen,al mnhs ,o
gan Cahn, organiud a day df cdebracion, commcmoracion Blake's ideas that can be applied ,o real life events." He cited
and critical theorizing on Wednesday. his belief that Blake's works arc always open co interpretation Morgan called "lhe Harry Potter ofics day.' Blake supposedly
highly disagreed wich Young's notion of human suffering as a
payrncnc of debt and •The 'Four Zoasff was a comment on his
opposition to chis view of the price ofEretnity.
.,A quancr-millcnnium marks a convenient historica.l and that "there a.re no givens when ir comes co Bia.kc." Rob-Though some ideas in the colloquium were only under•
stood by the few Blakcan experts in the audience, most of
the smdcms' commentary was interesting and cduc.ational as
it was. The high oumbcrs in a(!cndancc to the colloquium
poinr ar which srudenrs of Blake can srop and ;ask, 'Wheu: erts0n ried rhis ability co in­
are.. w~ now,' •How did we gee here,' and 'Where are we go--ce.rprec Blake for any col'1texr
ing co ncx:t?'~ldm:t.o said in regards rn his inspiration for co che presc.nc-day violence
hos1ing this unprecedented even, on ca,np«;. "Evcp-'lc..i50 in Paris and also brought
years old, Blake oftch 5;ecms to have preceded modern criric:a~1o'ne vf-B!;.k!'s~li:tractcrs:
theorizing ... Feldman was excited abouc delving into "some who is an embodimem of
of the compdHng fcarurcs of Blake's work" witb the students revolution, as the source of
of Lewis & Clark and some of the event's guests that SAAB chis violence.
helped bring ,o campus. Ely men spoke about
1l1e day began widt 3 prc::sc:nc:nion of Blake's works in the dcnsc:r and more oompH­
special collec1ions room of Warick Library. 11>< works on dis-caied Blakean subject$, in­
play were drawn from d,e Warzek sracks. They provided both volving more specific citing
new and old Blake funs alike with a fuirly thorough survey of ,cxts such as "The Book
of his vast repertoire of poetry, engravings. skerches and wa.. of Uriz.en." Ely touchcxl on
tc1'COlors. A birthday cake. featuring an image and coct from Blake's ideas abour how rcli­
one of Bloke's rnosr popul>r poems, "The Tyger," was cut and gion and reason srandardize
served with the presenrarion. hurnan k.11owlcdge :and how
Following the informal image. and text prt(;enmrion was Blake use.~ the scrcing of :1 PHOTOS8YSANNE.s~STRA
a colloquium in Miller, featuring students from Feldman's mill rhar pounds grain into a homogenoLLi flour as a paral ..
English I 00 class and other Blakcan scholars. Lawson pre-Id to chis homogcnizatioo of sociccy. Ely seemed particu•
sentecl first, introducing a provoe;ative idea about Blake's Je-lorly knowledgeable on Blake, however, she may have fitll­
sus in "'The Marriage of Heaven and .Hell" as rhe embodi inent en upon deaf C31'$ since many audience members sec.med
of chc Blakean ideal of "a good person." Lawson emphasiud much les.< enlightened on Blake than her.
Blake's ironic siding with che demons and creatures of "the l'aigc Morgan. one of Feldman's scholarly guests, fol.
Abyss" and how lhc Jesus portrayed in this poem focuses on lowed Ely, also presenting a complex narrncive on lhc con•
the emotions thar lead to goodness instead of the physical fusing purpose and methods of Blake's "The Four Z.Oas," a
motions of obeying laws. Kailyn Nicholson (' I 0) prescmed lorgdy unfinished and many-chaptered poem. Morgon hy­
nc<r on Blake's idea of God. She succinctly illuscr:ued her be· pothesiud that the piece was a reaction co a popular poem
lief ,hai when Blake uses the words "Erernicy," "Truth." and of ,he cirne, Edw;,rd Young's "Nighr ·n,oughrs," which was impressive:, as were the 3udi­
e.ncls intelligent ..and challenging
quesrioning th•c followed each pre•
semarion. Kurr Posso, assisrant pro­
fessor of English, was pleased with
the turnout. "There were 35 to 40
prople hcrc-J ~O'!ld have been
happy with 15," he said. Jusrin his
6rsr year of pcofcssorship ar LC ,
Fddman has clearly shown a great
enthu.si:..sm rh:it the scudems and
prof,ssors alike recogniied and •p·
preciarcd. '"Travis is really ma.king 3
difference." Fosso said.
Keynote speaker Professor Leroy Searle
University of Washington Professor
Leroy Searle spoke about Blake's
life and art on Wednesday as part
of "Blake 250," a celebration of the
poet's 250th birthday. by Raleigh Overlie II staff writer
Professor Leroy Searle of rhe Universiry of
Washington came to celebrate the poet., en•
graver and visual arcisr, William Blake. Sear•
It command,'<! the podium adorned with a
snow)' beard and chd in a black suit (com­
p1ere with SUS(>CJtdcrs srretehing precariously
across his ronond belly). Judging b)' hisSanra­
csque appearance, some might have thought
thac Christmas had come early. However, all
the presents this ye:u were going to be lit­
era.ry. 11,e majority of ,he keynote ,ddress
oonsisred of Searle rca.ding, mthet robot-like,
from a previously prepared speech. The ma­
terial ,vas well prepared and scholarly, but his
artirude in dd.ivc.ring it was much like a k.it•
ten bored by an old ball of yarn. His 40-plus·
ye:i.ys srudyiog and tea;ching the poet musr
have wom on his enrhusiasm considerably.
A Powerf>oinr presenracion accompanied
the address, adding a mildly intercsring vi­
sual component. I, became especially im-port.ant when Searle vencurcd an analysis of
a fronrispiecc (an illustration facing the tide
page of a book) drnwn by Blake. The colorful
graphic depicts • woman holding a cherub
firmly ro the rop of her head. An importa,u
detail of the image would have escaped the
audience's ane.ntion if it were not projected
on ,he large screen. But because of the size of
Lhc figures, il w::1s dear tl1at tile chc:rub is in­
serring his penis inro rhe ,voman·s skull. Not
only did c.his discovery prove to be a cro,,•d
pleaser, but ir also illuminated Blake's under•
standing of human experience.
A few of Blake's more prominent works
were the topic of an"lysis, including Song, of
lunocturt :rnd .. The Chirnncy Sweeper." The
larcer, dealing wirh the horrors experienced
by adolcscenc chimney sweeps, inspired
Searle to abandon hjs script and reveal some
persona.I feelings conce,niog death and the
societal formalities that surround it. \Xlhile
:utending ,-a.rious child funemls, Searle has
l,,..cn gripped by rhe desire co rush the pul• pie and wrap his fingers around the orating
pricsr's throat. This kung-fu clench would
then "1\LS<! the holy-man's head co explode.
The words of sol.cc that usu•lly accompany
a funeral anger Searle Ix-cause the)' do not
seek che culprit responsible for ,he death.
Aside from Scarle's religious qualms,
.some tasty factoids about Blake were prc--­
senccd. Apparently, the writer cngravt.-d his
poems into metal plares and pedaled chem
•round cown after the locn.1 publishing esrab­
lishmenrs rcjc-cted chem. After lllake's death.
his scrv:mt retired many of thc.."-Sc works ro
the garbage, chinking they were scrap meta.I.
Blake was also F.tscinottd by the fuct that a
sheep·s mil rnusr be significantly shortened
after birch, les1 it rot and cake rhe life from
the crcarure. A, ,he end of the address, Searle
left with some advice: Beware of any reward
that requires you to die before you can rc­
e¢ivc it. This w·as a stimulating way co con•
dude rhc evening, though it 1m quickly up­
staged by the cake rha, soon followed. . ' . .
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Women champions at Colorado turkey tournament
by Thomas Tillery // staff writer
\X'hile most of us "'erear home for the Thanksgiving holi­
day, rhc Pioneer women were packing their bags :1nd taking
io the friendly skies. Destination: Colorado Springs, Colo­
rndo. The ccam spcm chcir holiday vacacion caking pan in
the :mnual Colom.do College lnviradonaJ. The Pi~s spcm
four days away from home which gave them a chance to
spend chc encire weekend cogechec as a rc:tm. Crysrn.J Castle
('08) thinks diar this w:1.~a gre.1t expcricnc,. "\Ylc were able ,o
bood more as a ream off of ,he court." \'v'irh rhc ream
chemistry a Aowing. the Pios were ready
for action.
On Priday Night ,he Lewis
& Clark women's basketball
ccam took on ,he Pios of
Grinnell College. Entering
the nig_ht'LO>Jl!Ch- up, rhe clli•~
Pionttrs were caughr o
guard by a surprise visirnr,
Jack Frost! Docs any•
one have any c.hapsdck?
That was the quc.stion
floating :uound the
LC lockeroom be­
fore the start of the
game. "Our lips
were so chapped,
ir beame very disu~ac1ing.. But. even "'o,n.: distraciing wa.~ tbc
fucc thar it seemed nearly impossible tO breath.
The al,i1udc was the hardcsr ob.srade for us ,o
ovc:rcomc last wcck~nd." Alli.son fur ('08).
Despite ,be cold weather, ,he Pios srill man­
aged <o oven:omc and come out victorious. LC
led by the 31 poinrs and IA rebou,1ds by <;;uilc
dd'e:ucd Grinnell improving their ovemU record
co 3-1. ..We wett ablr co m.tkc-reams adjusr ,o our
game and control 1he tempo wluch helped us ,o run
each t°"'1\ down. Also, Kim Kittell (' I 0) and Chris­
tina He11ing ('09) rud an iwosome job of stopping the
ball and slowing down the point g,wds so 1he other
teams could nor run on us: said Castle. '[he Pios go1
balanced c:onuibutions from all five srarrers. Kindl was
very improoivc recording 7 points, 11 rebounds and 9
:wisrs. forr added 16 poinlS shooting 62 pcrccn, from
the field. T,llera RJch ('09) alSQ contributed 17 points
.and 7 robounds. Fresbmm Herring added • much
needed spark from the bc,nch scoring I I polms on
5 ofl I shooting.
'"W~ wtre able tO gcc ouc and run. getting a
lor of cransirion l,asketS: rec.uh F•rr. •K;m
[Kittell] is doing an am32ing job of pushing
the ball and finding the open ployers."
After defeating Grinnell, the Pios c-amcd
rhe right ro play in rhc ch::mpionship game
of the rournan1cnr. J\t the end of regulation. ,hr Pios were crowned ,he champlons of the Colorodo
College lnvirarjonal. "( thought 1ha1 the holiday rouma•
mem was awcsomj and showt:d how we can beat good
teams on rhe road, ,aid C:isdc. The Pios mode easy work
of ,he host ream, Colorado College,, winning the gAA\C
66-46. Farr led all scorers with 20 pointS. She also record­
ed 7 rebounds in only23 minutes of play. Dstle recorded
hct second double-double of the toumamenr, scoring J 5
poinrs and gr:tbbing LO rebounds co go along with them.
Se,•cu of h« rebounds coming oo ,he olfcnsi,•c side.(',....
de was named rollrnamenc M. V:I' a< well a. malcing rhe
All-Tournament Team. IGucll was also nan1ed 10 the AII­
Tt1umamtnt Team alongside her ct.-ammarc. After record•
ing very imptt$$ivc numbers chrough our rhe roumamcnc.
C:isrle wa., also named Nord,wcsc Conference player of
,he w,ck.
After the Chrism1-is Break the Pios will h..-gan ronfer­
ence play t:1king on the Boxe~ of Pacific Univenity. The
Pitl women ore pic~ed ro finish 3" in the NWC with only
G«•rg• Fox (J•) and Pugcr Sound (2"') receiving more
vorcs In the pre=n conference poll. But ro the Pioneers
those are only rankings. "We foel we can l,e;i1 anyone in
our c:onfe«ncc. We have the ralenr .111d if we play the
gatnc ,bat we know we arc capable of we think we c.tn
compcrewith anyone." s;iid Kittell. With this positivc.-Out•
look on rhc season, look for rhc Pios to nuke some serious
noise in the NWC rhis year, And pcrhap~w,ake • run for
the Dill National Tournament.
PHOTOSBVrel'WBAO'Nff
#32 Laura Snider ('08) calls for a pass. #24 Christina Herring ('11) drives to the bucket.
~(b Women's Basketball
~ SCORE
BOARD Willamette 91
Haverford 57 Menlo
LC 75
67 LC
Gcinnell 87
68 LC 66
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#25 men mix up successful new chemistry with returners
by Hunter Franks// editor in chief
The #25 Pioneers arc off 10 a 2• I srnn. The Pios began che
sea.son with a 75 ... 67 home win over Northwest Univcristy.
They then cravelcd ,o St0ckton. C-ilifomia 10 battle Division
I University of che P,cific, falling 92-47. A rrip 10 S,lem las,
Samrday resulted in a n-70 win over Corban College.
They had che same record through chrc-c games lase sea·
• son, but this !>~ou is mud, different from last. l..:ist sc3.Son's
lcading scorers, Joey Toboni ('08) and David Berggren ("09),
h:avc not yet led the tc:am in scoring. Tiie rest or rhe Pios have
been inconsistent :is well. "I think some of rhat can be credit ..
ed ro the new ream chemistry we arc forming. as well as t"arly
season jim:rs," said Toboni. lhc Pios have also struggled as
a re.am from beyond rhc arc and have had trouble getring tO
the free-throw line ... Wcaren'r playing as cohesive as we'd like
to.-" said Toboni, •:,nd our offcnSt" is a linlc coo stagnant." Yer,
while still working our early season kinks the Pios have man•
aged to win chc games rhcy a.re supposed to and even a team
returning four of five starters needs time co get used to pliy­
ing together again. The Pios arc also sprelding out the scoring
more than l:ut season. So while indi"idual players may nor be
scoring as many points, the Pios are still scoring plcmy. Six players h:ave scored five poinL~ or more in cwo of rhe Pios first
three games. Four players have scored more than t<:n poims
in both of chose. games. "\Xlich everyone contributing we :ire
a better icarn," said forward Gene Rivera ('08).
lhe Pios began rhe season with a thrilling win ove.r NAIA
Norrhwe.st University. lhe Pios were down 40-38 at
halftime, and rhc second half would sec che lead
change hands seven tim(-s. Neither rt-am was
up by more 1han 1hrec points unril rhe 3:11
mark, when a TI1om:i.1 ·n11cry ('OS} jumper
gave rhem a 70-65 leod. TI1e l'ios would
noc relinquish this ltad, putting ,he game
away after a Tillery block of a Northwest
shot ancrnpl resulrcd in an open coun
dunk by Tyson Papenfuss ('09).
P.-trt of the reaso1l rhe Pios were nor able co pull
away was ,ha, they srruggled with rheir bread and
butter, che thrcc•poinc sho,. Mer going 6-18 in the first
half. the Pios shot a lowly I· I 4 in the second half. Lucky \
for the Pios, Norrhwcs1 was not much better, going 1-10
from beyond 1he are. Tiie l'ios also srruggled 10 gee ro che
basker. l11ey did not shoot a single free throw in the first half.
Bueche Pios stayed in chc game by going inside, as evidenced \
by Gene Rivera's ('OS) game-high fount'Cn
points. Tl1cy aJso shared the scoring, with
six players scoring eight or more points.
Jn r.heir game againsr the University of
,he Pacific, ,he Pios gor off ,o a good starr,
as they found chcmsdvcs leading 18-17
wi1h ten minu1cs left in ,he firs, half. Til•
lcry made up for his three poinrs in 1he
opener by scoring rhe first seven poims for
the Pios on the way ro a ro1al of 17 for chc
nighr. The Pios again scrugglc..-d co get co
the basket in ,he first half. shooting a ,or.ti
of 1wo free rhrows. Yc1. they were up by
,s many as eighr in che fir« half. mosdy
due ro chc fuct that they made .seven ch rec•
pointers. Pacific made a run at the end of
chc half co r.,ke a 37-33 lcad imo the lock•
er room.
·n,e second ha.Ir w:.tS :a $imilar srory as
chc second half of rhe game against Norch­
wesr, as che Pios mis.scd their firsr cwdvc
three-point attempts in the second ha.If,
and wenc on 10 go 2-17 in ,he half. Pacific
quickJy jumped on fhc Pios. ourncor·ing
rhe Pios 55-14 in che half and cruising 10
a 92-47 win.
The Pios improved both their free·
throw shooiing and chrec-poim percent­
age when 1hey took on NAJA Corban
College in Salem lasi $,curday. The l'ios
made 37% of their threes in ,he second
half. after making only I 0% and 11 % per·
cent in (he second halves of chcir first rwo
games. They s1ill srrugglcd roger foul e:1lls of eight free rhrows in the
second half. Thnr, along wi,h big
oomriburior'IS off the be11ch from Papenfu.'\S
and Mark Robinowia ('08) allowed che Pios
10 pull ou1 ,he 77-70 victory.
Norrhwcst Conference rival and ti 12 Pt1ge,
Sound has played both Northwes1 and Corban,
dc(e:11ing Northwest 97-82 and downing Corban 124-95.
-rhis may be the best early mt.".:lsuring stick as co how rhc Pios
march up wirh Puger Sound, the biggest t.hrcar to anochcr
conference championship for chc Pios. The ,·wo teams will
not meet umil Jan. 25. 04\Y/c a.rt conccntraring on making
ourselves better," said Rivera, 04So when rhe time comes to
play rhem ir ,viii be a lor like last year (when ,he Pios beat ,he
Loggers rwo out of three rimes)."
In the meamimc:, chc Pios will focus on chcir non·con­
fcrtncc games, as they look continue ch~ir home winning
streak, which now smnds .it 12 srr:iig.ht. llu~ Pios know they
h:wc to drive to the basket more nncl improve their three ..
point shoocing if they hope ro repeat as conference champl-­
ons. "\Y/e will be fine: said Rivera, "chc season is still early
and we arc still gcrting used co chc new transfers and how
1hey play. h will come along." Toboni agreed: "It's nothing
we can't or won't fix."
._..._~-----PHO--T_OS_BY_JaS_Vt<_BRO\\_,'N in th~ first haJf. only hc:tding co the char• TI,e Pios look co keep improving their game as tl1cy rake
on Walla \'½Ila Sunday at 4:00 pm in Pamplin. 'Inc Pios
the.n cravcl dowmown co rake on Division I Portland Sratc
on Ot-ccmbcr 4 at 7:00 pm. Gene Rivera ('08) makes a move past the Northwest defender. iry mike three times. Bur they made six
Men's Basketball
LC 75
Norchwesc 67 U of the Pacific
LC 92
47 LC
Corban 77
70
• Men's Swimming
Lin field
LC 139
53 Women's Swimming
LinEeld
LC 121
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Linfield outnumbers LC swimming
by Al Farr II staff writer
·1bc men's and women's swim reams rook on t.hc Whit•
worth Pi.rares in a dual meet last Friday ar.-borne. The two
teams couldn't matc:h the Pirates, with 1he women foiling
111-84 and rhe men 139-53.
Despite 1hc Joss, ihc women's team was able 10 cake
four 6m place 6nishe; and six s<-cond place finishes on ,he
nigh,. For chc l'ios, Susie Trexler (' I l) rook first place in
the l 00 yard brca« stroke, Lind$.1y Nixon ('09) ,ook first
pl;c,: iu the 400 yard IM, Cla.irc Jordan (' l 1) rook first in
rhe 200 yard freestyle. :rnd Jhe l'ios brought in a firs, place
finish in rhe 200 yard Medley Relay. The winning relay
ream consisted of Car Menkel-l.awrencc ('I I), Susie Trex­
ler, EUc Scark {'11). and Kim Guinn ('I I). Also. Analise
Herrcr:i ('08), Koy Collier ('09), Lindsay Nixon, and Claire
Jordan earned second place finishes for LC. The Pios took
second in the 200 yard freestyle relay as well, wi,h a CL-am of
Claire Jordan, Lindsay Nixon, R.,ych Yarramon ('OS), and
Koy Collier.
Although the women did not come away with a victory,
they were extremely resilient, and made the Pirates work
h:ard for their win ... It was a cough loss for che women bur
everyone swam really wc:11," according to Nixon. "We were
coming off of a very rough week of training buc still man ..
aged to put up some very fusr rimes. r c was great ,hat we
were able 10 scay with Whirworth for rhe first half of the
m~t bcc.1use lthcy) arc the scron est 1cam in the confer-enc<."."'
The men were nor quire as successfuJ as che women. only
coming away with two first place finishes, and rwo second
place fin ishcs. Justin Lawron ('08) wm rhe only one for
du~ Pios co take home ,wo 6rst place finishes in individual
r:ventS. He sw-:im to :,1 first place finish in the-50 )':.trd free­
style and also in the I 00 yard b:,ckmoke. The Pios also land­
ed two second place finishes in borh ,he 290 yard Medley
Relay and the 200 yard freestyle relay. Z:,c Hi,son (' 10). u.-e
-r.,ylor ('I 1), Owen Kcnron ('08), and Justin L1w1on made
up ,he Medley Relay tcan1, and Zach Yeager(' 11). Seo" Tot­
ten ('JO), Shane Harris-Lupuano ('I 1). and Mm Lormand
(' I 0) made up the freesryle relay ,cam.
The low score chat chc me11 p<>.sted against 1hc Piracrs
dOt.'$ nor (Cflcet how wdl chi:.,-y !1-wa.Jll a.,; a 1e:un.
"Whitworth has lx.-cn the me.n's champion for the l:tSt
five years Mid it was grC'3t to be able ,o swim against some
fut compet.icion. Even though we didn't win, I was im•
pressed at how fuse we sw:1m. We were all very surprised
with our rimes," L1.wton said abour the te:)m's performance.
14
} look forward t◊ how well our ream will do come confer­
ence rime ...
The women$ 1ea.m now Stands 3-1 ovcraJI and 2• I i1\
conference. 11,e men:~ ream is 2-2 overall and 1-2 in confer­
ence. The Pios will be rravelling l"O Lio6cld tonight to )-wim
in the Northwest Invitational Meet.
PHOTO BY JAYI.A\'OIE
Whitworth outnumbered LC men and women on Friday, Nov. 16 in Zehntbauer Swimming Pavilion
Men's soccer storm brewing at LC
by Stefan Shearer II staff writer
Over the past four yc:us rhc men's soccer club has been
quickly growing. Lewis & Clark is one of rwo schools in the
Non hwesr Conforcncc thar does not mainrain :, men's varsity
soccer ream (the other being Menlo).
Some say it is rirne for a v:.1.rsiry ,cam co be formed. Drew
Olsen ('OS) hails from Ashl3nd, Oregon whose high school
team was alw3ys among the rop in 1he s1:ue. "-\Y/c'vc been
fighting for four years for a varsity ream,'° he S:l)'S-Olson i.s
jus1 011e voeil propoatnt to the: creation of a varsiry team.
1 here ore mnny others thar share his same level of skill •n,l
commitment. Every full 1hcy show up for practice with as
many as fifl)' mong. Many m:1y b<: fumiliar fuccs as ,hey
have gathered signarurcs ourside the Bon :'Ind other places
on campus to support their ccarn and sport. 71leil' hard work
has paid olf this year as th<-y arc able 10, for che first time,
have a paid coach. Olsen explains that their outreach goes beyond 1hc boundaries of Palatine HiU ::tS rhey.have .. alumni
rhat come ro practice too."
Although they .scern like a cohesive ream on the sur­
face, exucmc divisions beco1ne widdy apparcnc with only
d1c slightest scratching. Loy:,ltics ro European Champions
League football teams create seemingly unbridgc.1ble !,s>ps in
1he Pios' club te::tm.
Olsen claims chat. the Chc:~ea ct-am led by ce.mcr mid•
fielder Oidcr Orogba "is rhc b<:sr ,cnm ever." This is in grcar
contrast co what he has to say abour the fuvorire dub of many
of his tt'affimatcs, Manchester Unircd. "M:tn. U. is a bunch
of bitches; said Olsen. Senior Kirk Nugcnr ('08) added.
"the only rt:nl soce<er is played in Spa.in."
You ca.n C:ltch Olsen, Nugent, and the ocher guys from
the soccer ,cam (LC version of hooligans) uncling less than
fuvora,blc remarks about each others' 1e.·rn1s as they watch the
:ierion in the lobby of.Howard. Phillips makes All­
American at 19th
by Stefan Shearer// staff writer
Lewis & Clark C.ollege fielded rwo mnne.rs, T.,m­
ni. Cirleron ('09) and Amanda Phillips ('08). nr the
NCAA 111 Cross Country National Championships
Sa,urda)', Noveml><r 17ch in North6dd, Minncsora. It
was Phillips' second uip 10 rite Nationol Champion­
ships and Carleton•~ third.
The day of the race saw temperatures near freezing
3SSnow fell on the runners preparing for rhe sran. Mo ..
mencs after rhe gun sounded there was a collision and
runners starred co pile up as some were rrampled. Phil­
lip~. who was in the mids, of the co,nmorion, was able
co maneuver hcrway ouc of danger and coocinuc down
rhe course. Unforrunardy For Phillips course prefcr­
t·ncc, continuing do1u,1 the course ,v-JS nor exactly wh,u
was about to happen; "I wo .. ld s.iy chc majoriry of ir
was graduall)' uphill ... we ended on a hill. which really
su&ed. l hate hills." Forrunarely for Phillips, her ca].
cut on the trail would diminish any obstacle posed by
Incline.
After finishing her first mile in 5:50. Phillips bad
pulled away From her reamn,nre and was moving for­
wrud from 92'" place. Phillips kept on p3CC und coo·
tinued to ovctcoa1c opposing runners. By the .second
mile she had moved up ro 33"', and by ,he third mile
sbe was 19••. "With 500 hundred meters to go I movt-d
inro 14th and was feeling stroog ... [thcnl the hill came
ond five people passed me,• she said. Phillip, finished
the6k race in 19'' place with a timcof21:51. Tnmma
C1rlet0n was 79•, posting• time of22:47.
For l'hillips, 19"' place at d,c Narional Champi­
onships is some.thing co be very proud of. She is now
owner of ,he best-ever finish for a Pio,. the NCt\A JU
Cross Country Championships. She is also r.he fim fc.
male Cross Country All-American in LC athlerics his­
tory. "I had no idea ar die beginning of ,he season thnr
I would be oblc rob<: nn All-American. It was a prett)'
plcasanr surprise. I Jon', like to make goals, b«-.iusc
I don', really like nor gcrting rhem. So I just run and
hope for thcbest most of the time." said Phillips.
Although her collegiate cross-counrry c.,reer has
com~ ,o ~ dose. PhilJips does not plan on throwing in
the towel. .. , love runniog ... oo of course 1 wiU cominuc
running after college." She also plans on using her LC
cross-country expc.ricncc co help coach yourhs ~n sum­
mer nonning camps and ro help her old high school
ream in the fall,
PHOTO FROM STOUF
Phllllps placed 19th out of 280, the best finish
ever for a female LC cross country runner. _ih_e_P_io_n_e_e_r _L_o_g_, _N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_3_o_. _200 __ 1 _______ ...,. __ it=ii§,i•fo--._ ___________________ 1 __ 9_
EIGHT DAYS OUT. A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
FRIDA·Y,
NOVEMBER 30
Giving Tree
All Day Event
Location: Templeton, Student
Leadership & Service Office
Cost: Donation
Stop by ,he $ruden1 Leadership & Service
Office to cake part in our Giving Tree. We
will be collecting coys and gifts For rhc Salva­
tion Army, African Women's Coalition and
Project Rcrurn (a program for students who
are homeless). Our rrce will be decked will
gift tngs for you ro choose from. Gifts cnn
r•nge from stocking sruffcrs ro bicycles! ihc
Giving Tree will be operational from No­
vcmbcr 27Lb • December 14th.
Carousels: The Art of the Animals
I 0:00 AM • 5:00 PM
Location: World Forestry Cen1er
4033 SW Canyon Road, Ponland
Cost: $7
With a long history of carousels and biogra­
phies of the most' fumous wood carvers, visi­
tors will be rr~ucd to ai1 enchanting :\rray of
carouse.I pieces from p:1:inrcd horses ro srrik•
ing dragons.
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 4
Spealcing of Diversity
6:00PM
Location: Akin Residence Hall,
Main Lounge
Speaking of Oiversily is a s1Udenr-run dis­
cussion with no 3.gend.as and no scriprs. Sru­
de.nrs, staff, and faculty arc inviced to come
and participare in these discussions so chat
we share a'nd voice any opinions or couccms
rcg,rding •nything diversity related on-ei.m-
pus.
Giving Tree
All Day Event
Location: Templeton, Student
Leadership & Service Office
Co$t: Donation
We will be collecting toys and gifts for rhe
Salvation Army, African Women$ Co:ilidon
and Projccc Rccurn (a program for students
who arc homdc.ss).
Zoolights Festival
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Location: Oregon Zoo
Sec rhe zoo with nearly one million holiday
lights! Buy tickets onlinc. SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 1
Ad.missions Interview Day for Oregon and
SWWashington
9:00AM
Location: M_anor House
The Office of Admlssions invites seniors in
high school from Oregon and SW Washing•
ron co campus ro interview with a member of
the; admission~ committee. lntc.rvic:w times
arc available from 9am co 11 :30am, and
campus tours will be offered' from I 0am and
11am.
Holiday Gala Chapel Service
7:30PM
Location: Flanagan Chapel
Join alumnj, staff', fuc:ulty, and studc:nrs at
,he Holiday Gala Chapel Service. The ser­
vice features music by the Oregon Repertory
Singers, Columbia Brass, and chc Lewis &
Clark srudcnc choir.
Holiday Gala Open House
8:30PM
Location: Manor House
Join alumni, staff, fuculty. and students and
enjoy hot cider, a crackling fire, aod good
company in the beautifully decorated Manor
House.
WEDNESDA'!z
DECEMBER ::,
Philosophy Club Meeting
5:00PM
Location: Templeton, Geary Room
The Lewis & Clark Philosophy Club is a sru­
denr-nm oi:g3ni1,,.uion whose main objecti\•e
is ro pro\flde: a comfortable, informal cnvi ...
ronmenc in which philosophy srudcnts and
fans can discuss big ideas witho~t getting
funny looks.
2008 Environmenml Symposium
Plaonin.g Session
5:30PM
Location: J. R. Howard 302
Interested in helping plan next year's En­
\1ironmtnt:tl Symposium? EnvirOnl'llentaJ
Studies wiU hold a planning meeting open ro
aJI volunreert. SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 2
Wmd Symphony Pall Concert
4.:00PM
Location: Council Chamber
lewis & Clark's SO-member Wind Sym­
phony pr~ms a concert of classical and
conccm_porary music, including pcrfor­
manca by srudenc soloisc.s and conduccors.
David M. Becker conduce.,,
21st Annual Oregon Book Awards
7:30PM
Location: Fields Ballroom
Mark Building, I I 19 SW Park Ave
Cost: $15
Join Literary Ans annual cclebra,ion of Lbc
state's mosr :iccomplishcd published writers
ii\ the genres of poerry, ficrion, litemry non-
fiction and young readers lirerarure.
Queen Anne Victorian Mansion
6:00 PM-10:00 PM
Location: 1441 N McClellan St
Portland, OR 97217
Cost: $5
The ma~ion and grounds twinkle with 2.5
million lights that turn this historical land­
mark into a Christmas wonderland.
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 6
Summer Jobs In The Outdoors
4:30PM
location: Templeton, Stamm
11,;s meeting. hosted by College Ou,doors,
will provide profC$Sional help on crcaring an
"'outdoor resume"'. rrip log and cover Jeuer in
order co hdp you secure your dream sUmmcr
outdoor job. This opporrunity will help you
gcr an cady scan on those summer ourdoor
jobs as hfring managers Starr looking for em­
ployees srarring in January. Come join us to
gcr your start in the ourdoor industry or ner-
work to further your career!
Ftiends of Rain
8:00PM
Location: Evans Music Auditorium
Cos1: Free, Suggested Donation: $15
Lewis & Clark~ comcmporary music cnscm-
CjviogTrcc
All Day Event
Location: Te.mpleton, Student
Leadership & Service Office
Cost: Donation
We will be collccring toys and gifrs for the
Salva.don Army. African Womcn"s Coalhion
and Projc-cr Rcrurn (a program for studenrs . bJc Friends of Rain, now in ics second year
and 6m full season, includes all perform­
ing members of the LC music faculty. The
F.tll concert presents a variety of exciring solo
works. -n,e concerr fearurcs rec~nc works by
ardstic dir~ctor Michael Johanson and LC
bassisc Danid Schulte.
who arc homeless). MONDAY,
DECEMBER 3
Teacher Education Inforrnation Meeting
6:15 PM
Location: Albany Quadrangle 220
Information meering for prospective scu~
dents facilitated by faculty to describe the
M .A.T. Prcscrvice programs.
Giving Tree
All Day £vent
Loca.tion: Templeton, Student
Leadership & Service Office
Cost: Donation
We will be collecting toys and gifts for the
Salvation Army, African Women's Coaljtion
and Project Rerurn (a program for sn,dcms
who arc homeless).
Zool.ights Futival
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Location: Oregon Zoo .
Sec the 1,00 transformed into a winter won­
derland. aglow with nearly• million lights.
More than 200 animotcd animal$ swing
rhrough tree.s't hide in hushes and appear in
places where they're lease cxpccrcd. Displays
include swinging monkeys, leaping frogs.
and diving penguins. Buy tickets on1inc.
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 7
Ta.izc Prayer Service
7:30PM
Location: South Chapel
T.1.i:r.c prnycr ls an ecumenical prayer service
parrerncd after those held in the remarkable
and diverse Chrisrian community of Tal'te,
France. Fearuring simple comcrnplativc
songs, abundant candles. and ample time for
quiet prayer, Tai7..C offers you ,he chance to
uplift your concerns and cnlm your soul.
Giving Tree
All Day Event
Location: Templeton, Student
Leadership &. Service Office
Cost: Donation
We will be c:ollecLing toys and gifts for the
Salvarion Army, AfricJn Women's Coalirion
and Project Return (a program for studcncs
who arc homeless).
December 7 is the 341 St day of chc year.
Only 24 days remain uncil 1he end of the
year. Whoo 20081
le is cl,c birthday of Vladimir Akopian, an
Armanien chess player. .....
.... . . . . .
20
You bike.
You run.
Now you swim.
You should give me a cry, the Pioneer Log, November 30. 2007
You: Sporrs Editor.
Mc: Other Sports Edicor.
Oon', drop the ball.
I'll give you a real good work ouc.
Hey hottie from l 07, To submit your c,wr, "YCME:·
email piolog@ldark.edu Your tfo..dye cums me on
Bur I like naked hippies better
Good thing you have a space hearer I think wlre a match made from heivcn.
lookin' fin.e wirh thar curly hair, ir's ha.rd nor to stare.
I can'r wait ro see you playing once more, ' Berra' Ix: sure I'll be knockin' on your door. SernleSlew
You 're so Jewish
And gay.
That's hon. I wanryou
I know you're always cold
but come make some cooki<.-s
and I'll turn your hean ,o gold
TOast ... paying homage to things
often overloooked
This week, Toastmeister Brad Elkins pays tribute to those
students who meander into Maggi.es ... around midnight.
by Brad Elkins // staff writer
Nor so much a casre--defining idiosyncr:t•
sy, tbjs week's toast goes out ro rhe anoma•
lous pursuit rhac transcends cvtn the high ..
est of social echelons. You ean find groups
of individuals from all walks of social sra­
rus partaking in this tradition. Ir binds the
young and the old, the fresh-faced and the ,hat fotcful closing call, a moment of clariry
SClS in. You realize you h:'lvt': hctn ~tarring
blankly imo the ke cream freezer for an in­
determinable amoun, of time. Thankfully
however, you believe no one noric.cd. You
proceed 10 lightly chuckle to yourself or to
one of your cohorts about the rnauer. bm
e.xpcric11cecl, the clean
and the dirry, and the
hip and tl,e hippie too
high league of extraor­
dinary hcdonisrs. "Come 11 :59 PM Pacific unbeknownst ro you,
you arc: in fu.c1 being
dismrbingly loud and
annoying th,, 01,hcr
patrons.
Common yet ab­
struse. those who en~
gage this prnctic,: rarely
eYcn know thar in do•
ing so rhe)' are solicit­
ing ,heir membership Standard Time, Sunday
through Thursday, you will
never fail co see these bud The lime has come
for you to make your
dtcision. Either way,
you rcali1.e i1 will in ..
"olvc communicative buccaneers convening our­
side lhis fortress of feed."
co this sociccy. Always arriving at rhc las-t
minutt, these hungry, red c-yed, giggling
ma.muders never fuil to conv(rge ac the
specified loc.1tion at the precise time.
Come 11:59 l'M Pacific SrandardTimc,
Sunday through 11,ursc13y, you will never
f.t.il co sec chcse bud buccanee.rs convening
oursidc chis fortress of feed. To all those
who have experienced the Maggie's Mid­
night Mu,1chies, this toast i.s to you.
Wirh mixed fea"rs of both self-induced
paranoia and anxiety of being seen as
"sketchy,"' you rarely rravd alone as you
make your way imo this (quasi) health food
haven.
Once inside, you immcd.iatcly realize it's
time 10 make a decisioo. lndecisivcness secs
in as you begin ro waver between your cwo
oprions. Your mind begins to wander a.f
you graruirously ovcranalyzc the paths your
choice could take you on.
A, the dock ticks incr~ingly closer m comacc with at leas,
one member of ,he service mJf. It all boils
down to a judgmenr call. at1d you must de­
cide quickly should the finding not be in
your fuvor. You simply mus, ask yourself,
"Is this guy chill enough ,o give me free
food?"
Regardless if you should you choose to
proceed down ,his path or brave the diffi­
cult decision making process of finding an­
other crcar you muse pay for, the rime has
come for you ro engage the person working
the counter.
You approach rhe counrer in a noncha·
lam manner, radiating a sense of an indi­
vidual who is cool, calm, and collec1cd. A,
you recc.i\•c your iccm, you are charming
and poli1e, impressing all those around you
wi1 h just how SUa\'C or a person you a.re.
You and your clique St roll our of Maggie's
victorious, rasty treats in hand. no one the
wiser co whac you are truly up to.
Or a1 lcasr. cha~$ how you remember lr. To the girl in the fronr row of Partovi's Policy Class
You're ahV3ys siuing down bur I bet J'd love your ass
I think you have a boyfriend but I don't ca.re
Lets you and me go have a foreign affair
You: TalJ music major with big brown ~'CS
Mc: Call me when you're strnighl
Aries: You always did seek affec1ion in odd places. But don't worry,
mos, people won'c find ir odd th:it you're daring a Wal.Marr greeter.
Taurus: I'm sorry. bur A.ir Bud scored higher ou the IQ rest than you.
And he was an ATHLETE.
Gemini: No maner how you slice it. you sril come up shore in a crash•
iness conresr against Tila Tequila. Were you really anticipating a win.
Cancer: YOU! G« up in that professor. Crank that acadc111ic efforr.
Then superman rhar e<sa)1 YOU!
Leo: hS aH abouc perspective, chcy say. So that siruacion that you got
yoursc:lfimo with your profc:.ssor isn't anything co fear. h'II get you an "A."
Virgo: Well we all lo,e technology, but it doesn't really serve irs pur·
pos<." if you spend all of you.r time e .. mail love notes to Bren Mich:1cls.
Libra: Su~. we 21! know that rhc OISen 1'vi_ns arc mega-smart. Bur you
ha\'e rn fucc the faccs: you're just not up ,o their level.
Scorpio: Now's rhe time for you to blossom sexually. Whether you're
nailing it in the Bon or nailing it aga.inst her wiJI, there's no scopping you.
Sagittarius: Normally, the "holiday season" is a time of joy. Bm you
should be aware of the dangers of the se,son, espc,..:ially "tinsel itch."
Capricorn: So you think roday is the day to finally break out of your
shell> Well. I wouldn't. Seriously. if I were you. I just wouldn'c.
Aquarius: We all love Wham!, bur you're no George Michael. He
was, you know, amuing. Try snapping your fingers more often.
Pisces: Shit, you know that you're relationship is in rough shape when
your boyfriend is more interested in his French rt"cher than you. ,