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2007-11-01

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KTTrJ/...,.,,10l.OO.Nltr The Pioneer
Log presents
the week in
Campo.
~ A student
V V recencly
threatened
co harm a faculty
member and a staff
member.
Graffiti. Ir happens. Twice chis week,
in fact:
~ STOP. An employee reported on Oc­
V V cober 31 chac there was graffiti on sev­
eral stop signs on campus. STOP. Will
the grnfitti madness ever stop? STOP.
~ An employee reported on
V V Novemberl chat the east side of
Hartzfeld D had been graffitied.
Fools must've been chrowin' up signs.
PHOlOBYMvtESCREEO
U of O prof Leland Roth delivers a lecture on October 28
concerning patron of the arts Aubrey Watzek and the birth
of modern Northwest architecture. The event was part of
the Aubrey R. Watzek Library's ongoing 40th anniversary
celebration LC students protest
Iraq War
Pioneers join activists in Seattle to take part in a
nationwide day of protest
by Sara Jeffries // staff writer
A busload of fifcy-five Lewis •nd
Clark srudents traveled to Seanlc
wi,h the POX Pea.cc Coalition co
lend Lheir \'Oices ro rhe October 27
'"N:.tcional Da)r of Action", 3 protest
agaisist the \Var in lraq chat com·
memora«d ,he fifth annivers.,ry
of the Scnatc1s approval tO invade
Iraq.
Other prolCsts rook place a, die
same rime in JI ocher major citi<.'S. as '"You can bomb ,he world inro
pieces hue you can't bomb i, into
peace!" while marching ~md chant•
ing co tunes such as "'No justice.
No peace! U.S. our of ,he Middle
E.1s1.''
Holly Kdlum (I I) ,houghr rh2t
me day was pc.\ctic:,llyperfcc1. •Toe
wc:ithcr was perfect, the crowd was
energized and it y,,as great knowing
tbac chc same thing was going on
"It was inspiring co see
an entire bus filled with in other cit­
ies across the
n:uioni" Ket ..
lum said. In Searde,
,he LC ac•
tiviscs joined
an CSLimated
2,000 ocher Lewis & Clark students The en­
ergy or me
group was
clecu·ic from
,he l,q;in•
ning or ,he
march in protenors.
E m
ily Vaughan
{'II) was
amazed at the
mount of
people um coming co march in
the protest." -Emily
Vaughn (' 11)
were willing
co come on the trip, .._It w:1..~ inspir•
ing to sec an en1ire bus filled wi,h
Lewis & Clark srudems coming to
ma,ech in che protest."
11,e <rip was organiu:d by LC
SDS. SEED and me Woyrnn's
Center. Members of SOS cre,,red
two colossal puppers: :1 woman
c.1rrying a di~ad solider and a cor.­
pora« zombie. no,h puppets were
carried by all participants. Others
carried signs reading things such Judkins Park
~ ,o Occ:i-
dcntial Pork in downtown Seattle.
While the srudents 1ried fO march
as one, they also marched alongside
protestors ranging in age from 5
to 65. The pro,cs, brought out all
rype.• of people: ve<erans, fumilics
wilh children and students.
The protest w:is ::a.n oppormniry
for students roger in\folved in a na•
rion:d cvcnr and scand up for what
they believe in.
In the Article "One
Act Fe.sr.i"-ll f,.,rures
range of ralem, perfor ..
mana:s" (Ocr: 17) sC1ff
writer Danny Garcia
wrote ,har d)e first show
wJ.S Somct(Jhcrc lle1uiem
Yesmday and Today,
bm described me acrnal
firsr show. Going Hom,.
Similarly, th<! writer
wrote that the sccood
show was Goi11g H0111r 1
but dc,;.:ribed the actual
se<:ond show, S,,m,whm
Bnui,;,n ~,urd,,y mu/
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Bartholomew's death illuminates employment issues
Professor Herschel Snodgrass speaks out about the challenges that the recently-deceased professor Barbara Bartholomew faced
as a visiting professor.
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg'// news editor
When Professor Herschel
Snodgrass scood at October's fucul­
cy meeting to eulogize the recc:nlly.
deceased professor Barbara llarrho­
lomcw. i1 was hi.,; fourth time do ..
ing so. On chis occasion, however,
Snodgrass-who was romantically •
i1wolved with Banholomcw-wem
beyond memorializing the beloved
an professor to reveal the trying
concUtions of her life as an adjunct
profC$SOr ai Lewis & Clark.
·1 used (rhc platform] to talk
about what her life \\!':IS as an :td•
junct," said Snodgross. ''I said that
in her cas.c th:11 the ndjuncr sirua ..
tion was nor heahhy ... if ir's noc
proper e.riqueue to discuss that sort
of sruff, than I'm completely guilry
of not being proper."
Adjuncrs arc focuhy who are
temporarily hired ro .fill ; vacant
position and reach four C()Urscs or
rC'\..,er. For Banholomew, Snodgrass
$.1id, chc rcmpornry posilion didn'r
work we.fl. For most of the lime char
Bartholomew was here. which was
more clian IO years, she caught bc­
cwcen four and six courses, advised
students, ,and curated chc Gender
Studies Symposium art show. Al­
though Banholomew was given
fuJl .. ri.mc scams in some years, she
was never offered a permanent po~
sition.
According co the Faculry Hand­
book, tl,e College may not renew
visiting faculty's contracrs after six
years. Professor Kimberly Brodkin,
a visiting professor herself, said that
that rule i$ somerimcs bc.nr. This
wu the case with Bartholomew.
Snodgrass said, • Barbaro w:ls such
an csscnrial person th:u rhcy just
bcoke the rules, and B•.rb•ra nc,d­
cd the job."
Snodgrass acknowledged that
Bartholomew did not push for a
permanent position herself. "She
w,s very much of a giver and didn't
spend a lot oftime advocating for
herself/' he said. *Bue when you
find somebody who's teaching fuU
time as an adjunc.c, in general it's a
very meagec living."
Bartholomew's pay, said
Snodgr.,ss, was relatively good,
but .. nor an adequace living for a
person who wants to own a car,
or own a home .. or put away some
money for retirement." Bartholom .. ew's healthcare and retirement ben­
efits, Snodgrass said. were a source
of confusion .\ud preoccupation for
her. At one point, Barcholom,-..v •
worked jobs at both Linficld Col­
leg,:_ and Portland Srate Univcrsiry
in addirion co LC. More rccently,
she held a full-rime posirion at a
Nordstrom's.
''h's a very hard ljfe." said
Snodgrass. "She just burned the
candle at both ends co sucb a de­
gree that it killed her, and rh:u's
what the medica,I report said: she
was oversncsscd.''
Sarcholomew's dcarh was,
of course, "'rotally unc:.xpccu.-d,"
Snodgross said. "I can't blame rhc
college for anything, but I can say
,hat [ fod i1 would have been a bet­
ter thing had chc College decided
f'◊ honor her commitment ro the
Collcge ... Sincc she was an C$$Cntial
pan of the an depanmenc and re•
ally quite a regular faculry member
there, it would seem right th.at she
would be a regular full-time em­
ployee."
Dean of the College J,;lio de
P•ula declined co discuss Bartho­
lomew. opdng ins-tead co discuss
adjuncts in general. "I prefer nor
to spe.1k ro a specific case because
there arc confidcntialicy issues.•· h!'
said.
The over-reliance on remporary
faculty in some d~parrmencs, in­
cluding An, "has not escaped my
anencioni" said de Paula. Dcparc­
mcnrs must come forward them­
selves with proposals to cre•ce
tenwed positions-, he explained.
"There's ample scope for depart­
ments to come forth wi,h propos­
als ,har could allow for either nor
new [tenure-crack positions] to be
created, or for a dependence on ad­
junct hdp co be transformed into
tenure lines, which provides more
permanent and more stable staff'­
iog."
de Paula maintained that the
College is "fair" and "consistent"
toward adjuncu. "I think i.n terms
of salary and in terms of benefits
we do well. We do well within our
mca.ns, which arc not unlimjr:ed.
But I think we do well by our em•
ployecs in general, and more im ..
pomtnrly, we strive co be better and
better." Brodkin, who holds a position
slightly more permanent than che
one Bartholomew did, said she has
had no major problems wich her
employment by the College. • I've
been really lucky .. .for rlie mo.<r
pan, J'm crc:ucd gre:n ...
Brodkin noted, however, char
:is director of ,he Gender
Srudies Sympo.sium and rhc
Mulciculrural Symposium,
.she occupies a special posr.
'11te job market is
wrctched ... and so many
of u.< arc jusr sore of doing
the besr we can co make our
lives work," said Brodkin.
"Maybe chat me:tns serding,
in some people's cases. set ..
ding for siruadons chat arc
rc:.1lly unpleasant. In my
case I haven't fdt like I'm
senling for anything awfol." to have the college under mack oc
10 have me badmouthing che col­
lege about this." Snodgrass said. "I
don't wanr co do that. 1 (hink ,,.,h:H.
would honor her memory would
be to have something good come
ofit."
1·hac "something good," Snodgrass said, could be a reassess­
ment of the genuine coodicions of
adjunct employment at LC. .
.. I dorlt ,hink our situation
!concerning adjuncts] is cruly ~w­
ful. . .l think ,he adjunct policy
should definitely be examined very
ca rcfu II y."
Brodkin noted ,hai de
Pauln has been working ro
regul:u·iv.e. contracts wic:h
faculty. • My sens< is that
,here's been chis kind of
hodgepodge, chat decisions
have been made for individ­
uals ... and there's a concern
(hat .some people arc nor
gening a fair deal. And so
Julio, I ,hink, is determined
co fix that." Bartholomew, before her death in September.
Brodkin also pointed out
that temporary farulry will
always be necessary to the
operation of the College.
·•The question is how perma­
nent chose temporary faculry
arc," she said. "And ,hat's an
instirurional question, and (
know ,hat's something that
Julio and [Associate Dean of
che College] Jane (Hunter]
arc tryi.ng to address, and ic's
just not exactly clear how to
do ic nor is it something to
fix ,asily."
Dcspi<c her troubles, Bat•
cholomew "bad terrific ful­
fillment from teaching the
students." said Snodgrass. "I
mean, not only did chey love
her bu, she loved them. It
was a wonderful relationship
bctwe<n her and ,he .scu­
dentS and bcrwecn her and
,he ocher members of the ar<
department. She was widely,
widely loved."
"It wouldn't honor her SCHOI.JlllSHII• f)I•I•f)ll'l'IJNI'l'Y
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMEBER 14
3:30-5:00 pm, Council Chamber
Wh.11 is Diversity?
Modcnuor: Rima DasGupta. Assistan1 Proressor of
Sociology
Keo Clinon. Associate Professor of Biology
Risbona Zi,nring, AssocinLc Professor of English
Adrienne Enriquez. Associa1c Dean or Admissions. Director of
Multicul1ural Recruitment
Joel MDI1iucz. Assis~'lOI Professor of Philosophy
Kcnnil Pace. LC graduate student and Facilities Staff
7:30 pni, Council Chamber
Keynote Perfomm.ncc: Sentimental Jounley:AConccn of Poetry
wilhJazz
Lawson Fusao lnad.1. Oregon poe1 laureate, in collaboration wilb
Porlland·bascd musicians
Welcome by Julio de Paula. LC Denn of the College
Introduced by 11ian.1 Gutierrez. LC Sludcm and synrposiwn co­
chair
Orcgoo·s poe1 l:11.1rca1c explores how hearing ja,,.z in World War U
imcrnmcnt camps innuenccd his writing and life. lnadu, who won
au American Book Award ror Lcgc:ods froin Camp. will be joined
by Lany Nobori (alto sax ond clariac1). Rick Homer (1rumpc1 and
melophone). Andre S1. James (acous1ic bass), Nola Bogle ("ocals).
3Dd Gordon Lee (piano).
lnada will be avaiJab1c to sign books during 1hc program intcnnis­
sion.
This eveo1 is co-sponsored by the Ocpartmenl of English. THURS.DAY, NOVEMBER 15
l:30-3:00 PM, Stamm
hrunigration. Racism. und Ntnionalism
Moderator: Ellion Young. LC Associate Professor of His-
1ory and Director of Ethnic Srudfos
R.:1m6n Ramirc-1.. Co-founder and President, PCUN
(Oregon's Farmworker Union)
Andrea C.ano, Executive Dircc1or. Oregon Fam1 Worker
MioiSlry
Noab Mcodcl. LC s1ude01
Mary King, Professor ofEcooo,nics, Port.land State Univer­
sity
Romeo Sosa. Dlre<!Or. Ponla,1d VOZ Workers· Rights Edu­
ct1tioo Projcc1
3:30-5:00 PM, Stamm
Battered Pride: Families and Violence
Modemtor: Julie Hast.in.gs. LC Visi1ing Assisi.ant Professor
of A111hropology
Tawna Sanchez. Director of Family Scrv;ccs. Native Ameri­
c:in Youth and family Centtr(NAYA)
Rut R. Maninez-Alicca, Proyccto UNICA Progr';l(ll Man­
ager. Catholic Charities
7:30 pm, Stamm
Keynote Event Race Monologues: Herc I S1and Before You
lo poetry. spoken word. aud song. Lewis & Clark College
students powerfully express 1heir diverse experiences with
mce and identity. Their suxics encompass anger. sadness.
and cvcrylhing iu between, provoking rnw emotions and
new conversations aboul our uncommon journeys and
comrooo dreams.
Welcome by Lisa Webb. Associate Dean ofS1ude111s and
Director ofMuhicuhural Affairs FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16
l :30-3:00 PM, Stamm
Sicko: HC..'\lth Care and R:-tcism
Moder.nor: M:ul< Dun!lcy. l.C Dean of the Chapel
Selena Jorgenson, LC Sllldem
John Duke. Ou1sidc lu
Joe Finkbonner, Executive Oin.-c1or. Nortb\rtSL Ponland
Arca Indian Health Board
3:30-5:00 PM, Stamm
Babel: MultiliogualiSlH and C~llur:tl Identity
Moderator: Greg Caldwell u': ASSocia1e Dean ofS,u­
dcnts :md Dircc1or or lntcrnatioual 'Studcms and Schol;:1rs
Reiko Hillyer, LC Visiting Ass1~1Wll Professor of HiSlory
Becca S1uan. LC s1udcnt
Fletcher Bouvier. LC s1udent
Lcnid.3 Bi'lanovie:, LC studcru
Mau hi cu Raillnrd, LC Assisiam Professor of Spooisll
7:30 pm, Council Chamber
Keynote Lecture: .. Race versus Racism: What's in a
Wort!/"
Barbara J. Fields. Professor of Hi<1ory, Columbia
University
lnttoduccd by Reiko Hillyer. LC Visiting Assistant
Professor of History
Barbara J. Fields is one of1he ,nosL influential scholars
examini.ng 1he history of lhc Amcrica.u Sou1h and the idea
of race in 1hc United S1ares. The autl1or or numerous
award4winuing publications. she has been rccogni1.cd
with many honors. including a John D. and Cmhcrine T.
MacArtlll.lI Fellowship. ln addition 10 lecturing wide.Ly in
the US and internationally, she served as n featured com­
mentator in 1hc PBS documciuary "11:te Ch•il War ...
9:00-12:00 pm, Trail Room
Join us for a pany witlt salsa band Lo Nuc-slro, featuring
I.C's own Freddy Vilches. Assistant Professor ofSp:mish
Ari Exhibit: The Space We Create, Stamm
S1udc,m and community :,nist.s ch:lllcnge 1raditional
views of multiculJuralism, 1novin~ us beyond simplistic
1101ions of race. l'bc exhibit is opco daily during tl1c
symposiunt.
Curated by LC studc,u lli8.ll;1 Gutic.ll'C4 r ,.th,.e_,,P,.io.;n,.e,_e.,r.,;Lo.;&ii:.;N,_o,.v;_em:,;,. :,;;b,;;e;;,r,;:9iilii2ili00-'ii7 _______ ..,j._.@•jnju __ ._ _____________________ 5_
The last ming country, from Al Gore's frequent air 1r:1vcl and indlicicnr
in chis mansion ro che guilc-allcviaring trick of buying carbon
needs i.s credits. Jf we, who care about lhc environmcnr and stopping
hypocrisy global wa.rming, cannot limir our consumption and waste. tttE anyone
country Letter to the editor
more
and empty
gestures. lhi-s is
why. though
I'm as opposed 10
global warming
as anyone on this
campus, I decided
tllat I could nor in By Kirsten An•
derson II Staff Writter good conscience
participate in the Green Torch Relay. I rcgrer rhar I was not
able to express my reservations e1rlicr, when they rn.ighc
h;wc served some practical purpose, bur ir was only recenrly
that my rhoughrs on the subject became clear enough ro
convey ro anyone. else. However, I think that this i.s still an
important topic co 3ddress.
I have no objection 10 me Focus the Narion project.
or even thar Lewis and Clark stude1us wanr co invite their
senators ro chc cvcnc. What I :am opposed co, however, is
,he selection of a highly w:istcful means of conveying th,,
invitation co Portland. A~ symbolic as it may be co carry ir by
• walking. bikin&, ond the like, the rcaliry is rhar this method
will consume fur more fuel and produc:< signi6caady more
emission$ than simply driving chc inviration ro Salem.
Ir is this type of rhoughrless c:ontradietion ma,
undermines rhe environmenral movement all across the how can we expect rhose who arc not yet convinced to ca.kc
us scriou.sly and make an effon ,hemselves> \Y/e spread the
message th:u everyone can make a difference, 1.hac every little
step tow:trd<i reducing pollution counts, bm dismiss our
0\\10 excesses as unimp<>rt::tnr. rr WC really want to inake a
difference and make ::i st:uemcm that wiU 3Ctua.lly m:mer. we
need co make our actions macch ou.r words. Don ►r just lalk
abour ways ro srop global w.irming -live in a way that will
help stop ii. Don', ju,, pay for someone else ,o reduce rhei_r
consumption -reduce your own consumption.
So, as a supporct:r of the Focus the Nation iniciarivc, I
am bc-gging ,he members of the movemeni here at Lewis
and Clark l'0 recogni1.e the hypocrisy in this recent cvcnr
and work to ensur,: char future events nre more thoughtfully
considered. Take a hybrid or olremnrivc fuel vehicle 10 Salem.
Ta.kc public cransportacion. Don'r drive a1one for :'I week.
Don't drive ac all for a wttk. Show our rc;aJ dedication to
change, reduce unnecessary auco trips. and let our signature$
represent u.s at the capital. You wanl co be symbolic, make
• gcsrure? All righr, there's nothing wrong with that. Just
remember ro check, before you do anything roo dmmaric.
whether your symbol accually means anything. or whether
it's jusr more empty rhcroric. As Gandhi said, "Be che change
you wish co sec in (he world." Before you can change anyone
else's mindset, you have co change your own.
-Some literature with that cafe au lait?
I've heard people say tbat me best food
in the world c;,n be found in New York,
and it's truc--it comes in paper form m
my door every day before six. Hcnce. my
brcakfusr: an update on the Writers Guild
$trike, an opinion piece about God by the
fumous theorist Stanley Fish. Ben Brantley's
rave review of the new Tom Stoppard play
Rock;,· l?J,/1, and a travel guide ro a weekend
in NYC riued "My Demlr:use Runnech
Ovc.r."" nt-11 co mention the wcekl)' deHgbrs
of Monday's "Metropolir.m Diary" and
Sunday's NYTBR.
Now, if this time $pent in New York City
has done nod1ing ro imprO\'C my binedy
anti.social tendencies, pessimistic oudook.
wd questionable moral cl1:1rac1er. it has
cmainly con6rmcd the viral importance
of reading-uninhibited, indiscrimin2te,
promiscuous consumprion of words
anywhere and everywhere: fiction, non­
ficdoo, cssa)"s, art reviews, newspaper anides
(even the sporu section), manifesros, poems,
jacker blurbs. ad copy, media biogs, 6fty­
foo,-all blinking electronic billboards,
subway graffiti all ofit.
Lewis & Clark's New York rrip is.
csscmially, a basic study on bow 10 read and
write abour oil these inputs-<Ycrytrung
from • Tunes Square billboanl 10 a hcad­
scr.uching, experimental off-Broadway
s&iging of Moliere's The Misanthrope. l<'s
about how tO go to a play and "'Y something
inorc than whether you thought it was
•good• or '"bad." le~ abour how co examine By Stephanie Beecham II staff writer
• piece of cxpcrimenral oonccp,-based
art without simply shaking your head. In
short, it's abo11r gecring beyond personal
preftrcnCC$ in an.
Now, ,ny peers on this trip are really
g,car at several imporran< NYC activities.
These include public that me class they are in is, in face. TH 250:
·nicarcr in New York and nor TH(crapy)
250: Getting in Touch with Their lnnem,osr
fccJjngs about Theater in New York, l'li st0p
wanting to commit suicide in our classes,
bur unril then the fact remains ,ha, J heartily
--------------- u ci n a ti o o, drnnkcn
subway riding. and
fashionable lateness. Uninhibited, indiscrim-
lntcrprotingaworkofinate, promiSCUOUS COO­
an outside me bubble
of their complacenr,swnption of words any-
narcissistic navel---h d h
gazing is not Monet W ere an everyw ere:
". th•• MoMM -~ fiction non-fiction es-
wunp. Pr:10k Stdlas ' '
latest sculpture says art reviews newspa-
exhibic on the roof of ' '
the Mei? "Clunky." per articles, manifestos,
Has wyone cold .
these people that poems, Jacket blurbs,
no one ca,cs about d d. bl
whar they think? a copy, me La ogs ...
(Alas, me $alYIC -------------­
could, and should, pref,r the Tima to my
peers. Uolikc day ro
day conversation, me
written word simply
docs,{t suffer fools
gladly. On paper, there's
no disguising sloppy
dunking, b=use ir
invariably ma.nffe.sts
into .sloppy writing.
Ta.lking offers no such
filr.er. It is easy to spe;,k
wirhou, tbinkin&,
but it is exceedingly
difficult to write well
without it.
A fow weeks ago.
after anending that
very expcrimcnt'.U
theatrical odapration
be said of rhis piece} Au conrrair.,._,oo
many well-meaning people have rold them
mar they do care. and ir's crippled them as
an cricics for life. Everyone rhinks mis play
or chis painting Is either "beautiful and
touching" or "boring-and mcaoinglesst and
mat norhing is expected of them beyond
their own emotional kncc-jerkery.
Maybe when these srudents figure our of 71,, Misa111hrop,, it occurred co me char
technology may be aiding and abetting
jusr such intcllccc:ual laziness. Each of ,he
ch3J'acrcrs in avant-g;arde Danish dirtc:,or
lvo Yan Hove's updarc of Moliere', original
w:u oonstanrly talking. yelling, singing, or
messaging with their cell phones, often 3t
,he expense of really communicating with
each othCL True to form, 6vc minutes after tbe pby ended, all twenty of us were on our
cell phones 100, checking me.ssag;., phoning
friends, and chatting bar crawlt,
I catainly don't exclude myself from this
eultof cell phooing, 1cxcing, blogging.•urfing.
YouTubing, ins1an, messaging, ,nd onlinc
social networking, bu~ I'd be incelleerually
shorrchang\ng myself if I n«er wugbt out
more refined and cnc-rgy-incensi\'e methods
of communia.tion: re:iding tough essays and
academic pa~rs, making my way d,rough
all eleven pounds of the Sunday 1,mt,
(including both m,ga,:incs) and 11x Nrw
n,,ku e\•ayweckcnd, or writing cxasper:u«l
newspaper columns. Forcing myself. as it
were, beyond me abbreviated language and
thought v,e put imo ou.r e-mails and rexes
and quotidian conversations-:md beyond
the abbreviarcd moughr mar seeps incvirably,
unwitdngly, into the da.ssroorn.
The American writt'r Norman Rush
.wrote th.at "'the main c.ffon of arrnnging
your life should be m prog(cssivdy reduce
the amount of time required (0 decently
maintain yoursclf so that you can have all
the time you wanr for reading." C.S. lewis
offered whr, "We read 10 know ma, we are
nor alone.~
I had the very 6m inkling of this moughr
while mnding outside the Americ:a.n Theace11
Workshop offBow.,ry ,batWednesday night,
1houghrs of Moliere in my bead. Nanmtlly, l
senc a rcxt mc.ssage right away, asking a few
friends if they agro:ed. _6 ____________________________ i•l■fi.•-
Wizard inducted into
homosexual hall of fame
By Maisha Foster-O'Neal // staff wn1er
ft was .u1 innocent qucsrion from a H:Jrry Potter fon. Good E11ough for An1erica,. have .sprung up in its w:Jke. A
"Oid Dumbledore, who believed in the pm·•iling power casual search of"Oumbledore + gay" on YouTubc rc.sulrs in
of love, ever fuJI in love himself?" :1 torrent of homemade videos singing Dumblcdore praises.
The answer drew gasps followed by rumultuous applaus,, Someone in the Uni«d Sauali1ics dub l,cr, ,It LC posted
from the audience g:uher~ at Carnegie Hall. Rie.rs 3lJ over campus reveling io Oumbledore's admission 10
"I :.!ways thought of Durnblcdore as g:iy, acrually," said the ranks ofG•y Role Models.
Horry 1'01rcr au,hor J.K. Rowlingdurioga Q&A s,.ssion on "If I'd known i1 would make you so happy. I would have
Oci. 19. She wenr on w a.dd cllat Alhu.s Oumbledore had. announced ii years ago!" J.K. Rowling
in his youth, had a rhing for his buddy Gcllm Grindelw.Jd. said on the Friday following the initial Stt1ement.
Anyone who ha~ read the .scvcmh book knows who 11te fact is. Jo. you didn't :.urnouncc it years ago.
Grindclw,,ld is. Anyone who hasn't made i< rha< for in rhe I remember, as a sc,ually confused teenager, carefully
series rnighr recognize che name: Grindd"•ald froin the firsc perusing the pagC.'i or ~e:h subsequcm Harry Poncr 11<wd
Fam<ius \'(/i1chcs & Wizards card Horry el'er pulled out of in search of• gay choracrer, any gay characrer -I 'lill have
a Chocola,c Frog on ,he Hogwans Express in Harry Poncr suspicions abour Remus Lupin and Sirius Blac~, ac1ually -
and the Sorcerer's Stone ... bu, probably no,, unless you were bu, I couldn't 6nd anyone who was dearly anything ocher
as obsessive :1 Harry Poner reader as J was. All it says :abou1 than heccroscxuaJ. WcU, now rhe Harry Ponce series is over.
their relationship is rhar "Dumbledore is particularly famous Done. Finished. My hope.< ,hat one of the characters (one
for his dcfeai of the; dark wizard Grinddwald in 1945: If of the ones nor on Team Voldemort, preferably) would wind
you've read ,he scve.~th book, you know mar ,his one-liner up bciog queer were caughr in the July undertow of a full­
is parhcrically inadcqu'3tt ro explain what happened bcnvccn force wave of Pon-Poncr Depression. The reali1.arion rhac
these rwo. J.K. Rowling had failed me, ,nd rhar not a single one of
Dumbledorcgot screwed. And no, in thcw:1)' heevidenrly ,he characters had turned out to be gay, hi, me hard. I even
would ha"e liked. Please sec Harry Poricr and the Deathly _stopped drawing fun ar1.
Hollows, for more derails. And then, more than three months afrer I had rc:id the
The po, .. publication news abour Oumbledorc's sexual las, word on ,he las, page of the lasr Harry Potter novel, came
orienmion ignired uproar, especially in ,be United Sraces. J.K. Rowling's revelation.
(ronically, Brirain doesn't seem co care. Their rc:lcti.on? And I thought: \Vh:n a cop-ouc.
"Oh, thar's nice." Poncr fans and gay righu activiscs are still Oon'rger me wrong. I'm thrilled rhar Dumblcdore is gay.
cclcbraring this vicrory. Several F.ccbook groups wirh names I really am. I'm just nor so thrilled abour the timing. Ji's like
like "If Cay Marriage is Good Enough for Dumbledorc, II's "oh, P.S .. Dumbledorc was gay and fubulous, we ju« had ro
Letter to the e·ditor:
In response ro mounting evidence thac some offshore
manufacturers of College. sporrswt-ar were engagillg in
abusil'e l•bor pr:miccs, Lewis & Clark in 2000 signed an
affili:nion agreemcnrwi1.h the Fair L.-ibor Association (FLA),
a w:uchdog agency th:u mon irors offshore manufacrurcrs
for inscanccs of worker cxploiration. We have mainrained
char affiliation ever sioce. Reccnr proposals from various
snident groups on campus have demanded rh:n LC
dissolve irs rdarion.ship with chc Fl.A and repbce it with an
altcrn:uivc affiliacion with the Worker Rights Consortiwn
(\'v'RC). I am 1aking 1hisopporruniry 10 inform ,he College
communiry of aaions rh:u the administradon is raking in
response to recent dc."\felopmencs in this imporrnnt :ue-a of
human right$ surveillance:.
To begin, le, me poinr our th•t although rhe FLA and ,he
WRC seek ro accomplish the same goals, they have nor in
my opinion been <'quaUy effective in the past in monitoring
and corrcc1ing olfshore sweorshop abuses. Unril recently,
,he FLA has shown irself ro be among ,he mos, successful
of all the coosorria whose purpose it is 10 com bar sweatshop
oxploil'<ion. Pounded in 1999, rhe FLA grew ou, of a
federal initiative· that broughr rogethcr srakeholdcrs­
human righrs groups. unions, consumers., manufacturers.
and go\'ernm~nta1 agcncies--ro crean: an indusrry­
widc code of conduct to address l.abor abuses in overseas
apparel facrori,.s. The FLA holds both manufacru(ers as
well as licensees accoumablc for adherence 10 nationaJ and
international labor laws and lO a code of condua in the manufucruring of producrs bearing college and university
logos. lo conmsr, the WRC has no, hisrorically included
rtprescnrnrives of rhe m.anufacruring s«t.or on itS governing
board and ha., necessarily functioned largely as a pressure
group in fucilicatingchange. Moreover, rJ-ie \X'ltC:'i mission is
narrower than that of the FLA, focusing as ir docs principally
on worker-initiated compbinrs. On balance, LC has m.ken
chc position I h:n su.sraincd improvements in dirnin:uing
swe.ushop labor arc much more likely co be acl,iel'ed by
working wirh ,he FLA rn1hcr rhan wilh rhe WRC.
That having been said, I am very pleased to norc ,hat the
WRC has in recent yc::1.ts become: increasingly effective in
ics campaign to scamp om sweatshop praccices. l11e WRC
invcstigatlvc procedures have cvoh·c.-d over t.ime it1 their
thoroughn,.ssand focus, and tl,e WRCweb$ilC has become a
!coding source of information for loc:-,1 groups and individuals
in combating human rights abuses. Even more encouraging,
the FLA and WRC have recenrly starred working togcd,cr,
most aorably in a pilo1 projecr that indud,.s s<.~·eral 01her
human righcs wacch organizations as wcll. the Joint Initiative
on Corporate Accounrabiliry and Workers Righrs. A rccenr
progress repon on the Joint hiitlativc demonscrates that
differences still persist bctw«:n rhe FLA and the WRC on
operational derails a11d on raccical maners. Neverthdess,
these [WO groups h:wt demonstrated their willingness to
collaborate in improving working conditions in factories
worldwide, and they arc beginning to accomplish this critical
work by funccioning in mndem. M,A.qJ.t,IOERfOM:RBl.OGSPOT.Q'.lM
k«p the gay p3rt hushed up so as noc co give the conserv:uivc
anti-Potter morons a1lo1hcr piece of ammunition aga.irtSl chc
seriC$." lkc.1use yes. I'm sure rhar had we known, pre-book
seven, rhar Oumbledorc is homosexual, rhe sevenrh book
would have sold considerably l,.ss ,hon 11 milUon copies its
6/si day.
Okay, so maybe the fuc1 that Dumblcdorc is gay jusr
didn't mancr enough 10 Rowling that she felt the need ro pur
it in the series. Maybe ir's a minor curiosity, a trivi~l derail,
like a middle name-:-docs knowing d,ai Ron's middle name
is Biliu.<, for example, make any kind of difference 10 the
plo1? (No, really. Thar's hjs middle name. Look it up.) Does
it even a.BtCt your fedin~ abouc the series or cht: char.act.er?
Probably not.
A$ one of my friends said, "Dumbledorc is srill jus1
Dumbledore, and nothingJ.K. Rowlingsaysabour him now
is going co d-iangt how I 'vc always imagined him."
Bu, next rime, Jo. could you please have ,he gms to make.
character g•y in prin1? I promise l will stiU buy your books.
And A,nerica' I ha\'e news for you. There are gay people
everywhere. Picas,, quit frcalcing out: Thanks. -
Given tht' growing contribution of the WRC co the
worldwide effon ro curb •wearshop abuse, and in light of
the emerging spirir of cooperalion between the FLA and
\XIRC, I have decided 1.hat submmial benc~rs can be gained
from supporting both organi1.ation.s from rhis point forward.
Accordingly, ,-..•e will continue our instiu.1tiona,I affiliation wich
the FLA on rbc one hand. while inaugurating an affili:uion
,,i,h ,he WRC on ,l,c orher. By joinrly affiliating with borh
organi.zations, ,-.·c ca_n berrer fulfill our commirrnenl to
improve working conditions in f.tctoric.-s arounU che world.
In so doing, we join approximarcly forty 01her schools ,hat
hnvc also chosen joint affiliation. Anlong them are a number
of pr-ivacc colleges within our comp:u·ative cohorr, including
Colby, Franklin & Marshall. ond Grinnell. I am hopeful ,har
this new affili::atiOrl ,\lith the Worker Righrs Commission,
along wir.h our ongoing affiliarion with tl1e F~ir Labor
Assoc-i:ltion, sends a clear message to borh org:.mi7 ... 1rions chat
we support continued coopcrarive effotcs in addressing our
common goa1s, the pe_.rmancnL elimination of sweatshop
aploitation worldwide.
Sincerely,
11,omas J. Hochsrmlcr
President .1h_e•P•i•o•ne•e•r•L_,oiiig•, N...,o.v
11111e,.m11b11e.r■i9i■'i■2
1110011117 ... __________ ,•iur11_._ _____________________ 7_
LC Gloom and Doom?
By Hannah Hultine // staff writer
Symptoms of depression from DSM-IV (the standard classification of mental disorders
used by menral health professionals in the United $races): depressed mood, diminished
interest ln activiriC$. weighr flux, sleep problems. abnormal, molOr behavior, f:.uiguc or IOS$
of energy. worrhlessncss or guilt. difficulty concentrating or making decisions, contemplating
suicide.
1 was cold the ocher day ,hat 20 percent of the Lewis & Clark cornpu.s is depressed. I
thought this statistic: scemc..-d abnormally high, so I decided 10 find our if this ethereal stHistic
had -any basis. Jn my hunr ro find substance in this statistic, I mer with LC's new associate
dtan of studenrs/direccor of wellness S<:rvices/chitf psychologist. Dr. John Hancock, the man
to these multiplt: tides shared \\1ith me his knowledge about depression. the $Ctvices :wailablc.·
ro LC siudenc< and finally my sough, after LC heolth srncistics.
Depression comes in a11 varieties. A bealtf1 official would say that if you fed chr<.x: or
four of chc sympt◊ms. at any givc:n time, you may be dcpre.ssed. However, Dr. Hancock
was adamant thac rhis standard is _not necessarily true in all cases. The niggers of deptt"Ssion
may be cx1ernal, imcrnal or even biological. Despondency or melancholia m:ly tr.tosform
into c.linic.11 depression if these feeling arc prolonged and begin to dis·rupl' a s-n1dcnt's daily
activities.
·n,e most common reasons for college s1udenr depress-ion arc rclarionship brcnkups,
academic fuilurc:s:, i11ability co make me:rningful fritndships, hnmcsickness. ancVor death of
a lovt-d one. 1\s wich many Pac:ihc Norchwesc schools, SAD, or seasonal affc..ttivt disorder,
is also a prcvnlcm uiggc:c in depression. According rn LC srudem ... idcntific..-d sratislical dara
from ,he American College Heol,h and Associorion's National College He:ilrh Assessment
(ACHA-NHA ), 17.1 percent of LC smdcms believed themselves prone ,o SAD. Out of 696
Lewis and Clark sruden'B who participat<d in the ACHA-N HA onlinc survey, 24.5 percent
reportedly felt so depressed at some point in ch(.' last y(.'ar th~t, they were unable co function.
I saw some obvious liol('s in this d3ta.. To my knowledge everyone feels down :u some
point during rhe span of :in entire year and furhttrmorc, chcse s.ratistics :,re self--idenrificd~
When I asked Dr. Hitchcock how valid this inform><ion was, he showed mea second ,rn,istic
that gives a more concrete data set -to s.1y the leasr. 9.5 percent of this polled student body s.1id they had thought of suicide in the last year and an added 1.2 percent said they had
1houghr abour suicide more than 11 times. In Or. Hitchcock1s cxpci:ience chcsc perccnrages
do not dilfcr signifie:1ncly from otbc:r college campuses. The sraristics on suicide briog on
campus depression ro a new level of seriousness ... lbeS<: scacistics should be seen as compdling
reasons for admini.snators co implimenc bener ways of :1.lleviadng d(prcssion in our campus
communiry.
What has ,be school done ,o date? 71,c LC counselingservicc is not keeping up with student
health demands. Although college pamphlets, recruiting plo)'$ ond ln1erncr sites promise
both parcntS and students the college will supply a free resource co student psychological
issues: supply and demand is 001 being mer. The LC counseling center is filled with five
c:xuemcly well qualified psychologbas and one very efficient secretary, However. cheir small
sp:.1cc1 smff ,;and budget arc ~imply stretched coo 1-hin.
Lasr ye-ar's atrocious Virginia 'lt"ch shoorin.gs :i.rc a daily reminder to a challenge Dr.
Hancock has set fur his office-. 'This challenge is 10 never turn a srndcm away for :a first
appointmcm ::ind to not take more th:an four days lO do :m :ISScssmem screening on a scudenc.
1bis may seem like an unimpr~ive challenge: however due to in.sufficient flllldillg an<l space,
it is a fonnid:able daily challenge. -n1c only way Dr. Ha_ocock.oould meet with mt was on his
lunch break-which ''-'hilc working with hi.s scc-rc-r:lr)' co get a.11 appoil'1unc11t with him, r now
know is more oftcu 1h:1.11 nor just climinaccd from hisschcdufo. [nan er:1 or prevalent teenage
and collt-gc smclenr suicide and shootings, it sec:ms like we shoultl v:llue rhc resources !1.v:tillble
to help students during hard rimes. Ir is wrong rh:it students may be turned ~,v:,y after only
one appoinunt"nt. To accomad:atc demand, chis fucility must b<.-givc-n more resources in order
to provide srudc.ncs with promised re.sources.
A-; things acc., th~rc are many other resources 1har )'OU can .scc-k for oucsidc help.Ulifcline.
com is a great scrvic;e available m students by simply idcnrifying yourself a(J a LC student. If
your situation is considered very serious c.here arc referrals av..il:tble for off•campus resource.~.
In addition. talking with friends, fumily or even Lewis and Clark's Chaplain, Mork Duntley,
arc all important people who caJt help in cim<-s of need. Finally, if you arc a sufferer of SAD.
give the happy light at the health center a cry!
It's all a (card) game to the Bush Administration
J sometimes wonder if we live in a democracy. Obviously
there is no way to have a pure democracy oa the scale of
the United Sratcs, but we arc led to believe O\lr government
is at lcas1 considering our thoughts and concerns. However,
this adminisuario1l is no longer even foig11ing interest ln the
desires of its constituents.
For ,he past four years-if 1101 eight-irsecmsall that libeml
No Child Left Behind hardly
fies into the category of a "do­
mestic prioriry," as it ·rewards
chose who are already privileged.
Americans (who make up around half the popular ion) have
been saying is m cut back oa miHmry spending, stop giving
rax breaks to the rich, and thor No Child Left Behind simply
doesn't work. Still, ,elected "Highlights of the president's
budget proposal to congress for 2008 include "(increased]
funding to combat terrorism and prot«t the homeland,"
''[promotion ofl key domestic priorities, such as No Child
Left Behind, enhanced energy sc.."C-uriry. and improved aCCC'S$
to affordable health care,• and a plan to "keep the economy
suong with low raxcs," :.1ccording to www.whitehou..~.gov.
This all sounds pretty good in theory, bur then when you By Hallie Detrick // slaff writer
take a closer Jook, it's exactly t.h!' same failed plan we've tried
again and again. More money to fii;hc terrorism might be
necc~ry, or at least supponablc, if we had a concrete and
cogent p13Jl to e1lac-t. or wcre :.u least 3dcquatdy protecting
our soldiers. No Child Left Behind hardly fits into the
cacc-gory of a "domestic priority," as it serve$ on1y to reward
those who arc already privileged and cominues the cycle extra money.
Overall, lhc Bush Administration's primary goal with this
budget seems ro have been 10 extend 1hcir inAuC'ncc as long as
possible. Maybe ,his is all thor can be expected of a president
whose rerm is up in a year. If so, the proposed budgc-t may
of poverty among underprivileged. Docs the term "Energy ~
5"curicy" conjure images of oilrigs co anyone else? And I'll ~ALL
believe in offordable health care when I sec it. ~1 ,
But perhaps rhc mosr harmful pan of chis year's budget .; :· •
is i-he five-year locked-in low· taxes. These tu QHS, much
like No Child L.efr Behind, relieve the rich and nor ,he poor.
One c~n begin 10 undersrand the twisted logic behind chc,
ooumc.c-intuitive idea when one chinks of c:axes purely as
tools ,o strengthen the economy. If ,he ric.h arc paying fewer
raxes, their demand for i:.xpe1)sive luxury goods will go up.
They will essentially spend what money chcy saved on raxcs in
,he free market. This is perhaps bcner fort he economy than
if the poorer segment of chc-population were to receive a tax
cm, bec:ause rhey would be more likely rn s.'lve the money, or
to spend it on necessary items. But in cerms ofbuic quality
of life of rhe average American, a tax cur for the poor would
go much further. If the poor had more money, ,hey might
be able to afford basic health care. which has sadly become a
luxury good for m:my people and will remain such no matter
how "'affordable" ic is, so long -as the poor literally have no funhcr underscore the-problems with American dcmocr:tcy.
This sysrem was created co respond to the people, :lnd chis
hasn'1 happened in recent history, if ir ever b.appcned co
begin with. J'm not sure a govcmmcnrof the cype Amccic..111.s
genera.Uy envision can occur anywhctc, lee alone in a profit•
driven capitalist:ic society. I( nor. so be it, but let's c:c1II a spade
a spade and make our decisions accordingly. _8 ______________________ _....,iffljj,,14_., ________ ,;,;1h,;,;e;..;.P,;,;io;;;n,;,;ee;;;,;,r.;Lo;;;;lg~,.;N.;,o;;,v,;.e;;;m;;.;,;:b,:;e,;.r,;;;9,;,·,:;200;;;;;,,;.7
See a man
about a wallaby* In gcncraJ, you can make your own
Aussie slang by shonening words
(or in some cases shaving off the
second half of a compound word)
and che.n ac.idi11g an ·o; 'Y' or •ie:
Be creative. Some r~l-lifc exam­
ples below. -Sam Stig/;,r
Typical greeting; "G'day" or
.. How ya goin'?"'
Arvo: afternoon.
Bi.no: business.
Brizzie: Brisbane (the capital !)f the
nonhcastcrn sme of Queensland).
Brekkie: breakfasr.
Grcenie: environmentalist.
Jou.mo: journalist.
Matilda: sleeping roll (as in instead
ofa sleeping bag).
Matcsbjp: bond between close
friends.
Monie: mosquito.
Noab: shark
Sanger: sandwich; also, sometimes
used to refer co wine.
SheUa: girl or woman.
Ute: pickup truck.
J;rit~gfisfj is 6etter
Colloquial Bri1ish goes further d,ru1 "cheerio." They may speak English
in England. bur wi1hout a basic grasp of these 1erms you'd be a bloody
fool co rry 10 undersiand ,heir blerhcrin'. -Sarah DiSnbnrino
Arsc: ass. jerk.
Aye: s.-.id ir1 agrccmcnr (moslly
Scotland).
Bletber: to blabber, gossip. talk
wirh.
Blimey: cxda.111:uio.n or sur­
priM:.
Bloody: a curse modifier. Ex.
"Bloody hell." Variations in•
elude "bloomin'" and "blcc­
din' ."
Daft: siupid, crazy.
Fag: cigarene.
Geezer. dork.
Kip: nap, a short slt"<!p. Ex. "Pop
off fora kip."
Knocker,;: breasts.
Pissed: dnrn.k.
in the queue 10 gcr into the club.
Shag: to co~,ul:ue. h::we sc:x.
Shire: shit, c.xpl~rive.
Skivc: to avoid.
Soog; making our. Ex. ··Ron was
snogging Lavender in the common
room.
Ta: thanks (Norlhern England and
Scotland).
Take the piss: make fun of.
Take the ouck: sec above.
Wanker: douchebag.
Zed: the Brirish pronunciation of
the lerrer 'Z.' Ex. "We learned the
alphabet from A 10 Zed."
Great British in.sulu: Twm~ Ttulr,
Pmr, Bugg,r (aw, b11ggrr off), Sod.
Sing, Co,v. u A sampling of cross
Yo da.w3, ,Pee,P th:s sh:t
11,is guide ro hip hop slang is for your own good: It will ensure that the
next time you roll in10 South Cenrral LA on dubs and someone asks if
you gor the chronic you won't rc-spond1 "'No, I don't have any back p;tin."
Instead, you will say, "Yeah dawg, I got a dimcbag right hur in tl,c back
of the whip. Ir's s1raigh1 from rhe dirty dirty, some dank cndo." And then
you will blend in like• hipster in Portland. -Hunrer Franks
Baller: something that is very cool
"Yo thar shirt is baller, dawg."
Chrook: potcntiaJly potent mari ..
juana.
"'Pass the (coughJ chronic."
Sec ,l,o: endo.
Cris': Cristal, very expensive cham­
pagne.
.. Sippin' on eris'."'
Dimcpicct.: :.1 girl rhar is a IO on
,he sexy scale.
"Damn son! She:~ a dimepiece!'"
Dirty dirty: the South, commonly
um! to refer to the ATL.
Endo: al1ernatc way of spelling
I ndoJ which means m;arijuana.
'"Rollin' down the sm:.e1 smoJc;jn'
c.ndo, sippin' on gin and juice."
-Snoop Dogg
Frci;h: new, \'Cry nice.
"11,ose kicks (sneakers] arc fresh."
West Coast Holla:
I. To ralk 10.
"Aight playa. ru holla atcha' larer."
2. To express im:crcst in a member
of the opposite sex.
"Ht"y man, go holla ar that.'"
Hypby: To dance and act retarded.
"Did you see Jamal in the cfub last
nighr? He was geuin' hyphy."
Piece: gun.
"Shit! He's pullin' his piece!"
Peep: 10 ""• check ou 1.
"Have you pe<:pc-d that new Jay•Z
joint? ..
Shony: female.
"Daaaaaaaamn, shoriy is looking
good today." ,
Whip:car.
"I go1 room fo'. four peeps in the
whip!'
Diction·ary
r know I'm nor rhc only one who. until arriving at LC, knew only rivo
or rhl'tt' words as ahcrn:uivcs co 1hc dass-ic .. cool." Noone warned me rhat
upon arri\ling :n the wesc oo:ist, I would tcel confused and disoric.ntcd
almost every time someone opc.iled her mour+1. What follows is ~ smat­
tering or wor.ds and phrases I have assembled and OO\V affecrionately refer
ro os my wcs1 coast dictionary. -Sarah Bobtrtz
Sick: ~This word f1:as a 1nildly contusing connotation. Synonymous with
.. awesome." except when ir means gross or disgusting.
Dank Like a dark. damp basement. .. excep1 i1's a good thing. Dank can
be: u.sccf much in the same way as .. sick," but it espcc:ia,lly describes th:u
reallygrea1 dime bag you picked up lasr night.
Hella: Fling 1his word in front of almost anything ,o add emphasis.
Cutiy: Shady or sketchy-kind of like this word.
Word: Can be added on to the end of a scnrence or u$cd by on irs own
to agree with something. Word. •
l.egit: Used as an ,1djccri\lc or ro agr('c with something. '111at's legit" c.an
be u.<ed inrcrchangcably with phra.scs like "that's sweet." or "cool."
Kick ic A ,n-uch cooler w:iy ro say "hang 0111" or "chill." Possibly de•
rivc:d from use of 1he word "kicks" to describe shoes.
Bomb: A word rouse when something is so cool, it$ going ro explode. .. . ..... -.... .... 1 i _lh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o,.giio,.N_o_v_em .... b_e_r_9_._2_00_1 _________ .... j¥jjiji§-- .... _____________________ 9_
cllltural colloquialisms through the ages
Don't mess with HAWAII PIDGIN: LANGUAGE REDEFINED
AkamaJ (ah-kah-MY): smart. intelligent.
Broke da mouth: absolucely delicious.
Cb""g: cheap, frugal.
I"
t ~ RU S S Hawaii has the distinction of being the only srare in the union
to have an official language other th•n English; however. besides
che official Haw:liian, another recognized language is Hawaii Pidgin
English. It was born in the pinc:rpple and sugarcane plantar ions of
the ea.rly 20th ccnrury, inAucnced by anc.mpts ar communication
by native and non .. nati\'C workers. Countless languages.-including
Portuguese, Hav.'a.iian, Camoncse, Japanese, Fi.Ii pi no and Korcan­
contribuced dialecml inton:nions to stir· the lingual melting pot. Choke: plenty.
Lolo: stupid. imh<:cilc.
..
r Howdy. I reckon y'all ain't heard
proper Texas slang in a coon's
a.ge, so I'm 6xin' to let you in on
l treat. Ona-you get the hang of
ir; spcakin' like a true Southerner
is as gosh-dang easy as sliding off
a greasy log backward. Now y'all
don't forger. some of these here
slang words ain't as popular as they
• used to be, so don't get yer feathers
all ruffled if you ain't heard 'cm in
a while. That said, here's ycr basic
Texas slong. Go hog wild!
-Nara/it Baker
Fixin': getting ready to ilo some­
thing.
"We're fixin' to go to the rodeo."
Y'all: cont.racl.ion of"'yoc:11." /'l/1JII..S,
Pwdy: pretty. <. >
"Y'all sure do look purdy ,Wight."
Ain't: contraction of "am not"
Hankering: to really want some­
thing.
"Oh ma, I go• such a hankerin' fer
your homemade BBQ ribs!"
Howdy: informal greeting.
Tamation: cuphcmisrn for dam~
nation. ex ... Wh:n in mmacion arc
y'all doing?!" Grind: to enth,1Siastictlly cat.
Haolc (HOW-1,y): foreigner, often de.scribes
someone of Anglo persuasion.
A solid concemrarion or LC's communiry hails from ,he 50th
stare, and its presence is reflected through the popularity of rhe cam•
pus Hawaii Club and annual Lu'au. Herc is just a sampling or phras­
es you fill}' hear in passing by Pidgin speakers and other Hawaii
aficionados. -Chris Bailey Panry: wimp, itwcm:br.ue, MilquClo:ist,
mollycoddle, namby-p:llnby.
Pau (pow): finished, done, completed.
Sl.ippab (SLEE-pah): lli(>-ffops.
Try wait: please hold on a s=nd.
N Let 'er rip: Civil War slang
In a tragic time of.national turmoil, the soldiers of the American Civil
War had only their silly banrc.r to raise their spirits. The following is
merely a morsel of the slangy goodness that was one of the few joys
that both the Union and Confederacy shared. -Htkn Hunter
Ab,q~tulate: to disappear, 10 cake
leave.
Acknowledge the com: ro admi; the
truth, co confess 3 lie.
Blowhard; bully.
Fit to i,., tied: angry.
Goob<ers: peanuts.
Hard aue: tough guy. H'ospital rats: someone who fakes oo illness.
Jawings: talking.
John Barleycorn: beer.
Let 'er rip: bring it on.
Lucifcrs: matches.
On the: make:: ambirious, our lO succeed.
Spask.ing: kissing.
Wallpapered: drunk.
.. . -Wben I W:1$ oway for the weekend my girlfrirnd "Kimmy" or seven momhs went ro
1he movies with another bo_y. Sbe was honest about it and told me"-' soon a.< 1 llSkcd her
.!,our the weekend. She didn'r hook up w.fth the boy, ,.bey jusr cuddled a little bir. Do
I h>ve the right to be jealous and mad at her since she tcchnictlly didn't do anything EaJJu
I , wrong? •
Love.Mau
Dear Marr,
Of .rourse you have the right to be mad. Moccy. W'h2t Kimmy did to you is cheating.
Sometimes "cmotionnl chearing" like going on • da~ and cuddling is wo~e than hook­
ing up with someone else. Sex ,sn'r always emotional; ic can be purely physical. Cud­
dling and going on a date witb another person \• a very emorional thing. fa•cn if she lsn'r
emotionally involved with the person she
wcnr on a date with, it is obviow rhat
me is looking for something new. I think
~'Ou mould dump the dumb biich and
move on. You dcsenc • girl that ttt:lts
youwdl.
Love,Suiy
N«J tldvia! &,uJ '°"" ,p,oti6nt for s.y,.p;.log@ld,,rJ.tt/r,. "'That guy looks Like 7im Russ ...
who plays Tuvok ...
on Star Trek Voyager.• "Virgil is like Madonna: he
doesn't need a last name."
"A liberal ans education
is good for n~ag and
undcman~~ .. 1 ..... 0.,.. ____________________ .... ,,wm ...... _________ th_e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_o_g_,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_9_._200_1
Shrooms incident sends students trifJ
A group of LC students claim that the school is
hungry for prestige and will sacrifice learning and
enforce policies to promote a cleaner image
by James Reddick// staff writer
An incident last momh during Foll Bre;,k im•olving psychedelic mushrooms has initiated a heated dialogue on
ca.mpus over the direction of the school. The incidenr, which occurred in Odell Hall, resulted in ,he hospiralization of one
srudent, the intervention of rhc PonJand Police Oepamnenc and a series ofback-and .. forrh disciplinary measures taken
by Assistant Dean ofSrudenrs Winston Jones. The srpry has become such a cause ct'lcbre on campus that the srudenrs in
question are known as the "Odell Eight."
The alleged abuses and overre.1ctions on the pan of Campus Safery, and the subsequent confusion overdisciplin­
.i.ry measures ha\'C revealed a deep-seeded anxiety within the community over rhc disconnccc between the studenrs and
the adminisrrntion. According to onesrudent who ancnded m open meeting held by Dean ofStudencs Houston Dough­
erty and Jones last Mopday, the 1wo affirmed 1ha1 :ony1ime • Student is taken to ,he hospital, he or she m:oy have 10 fuce
disciplinary action, as wdl as any others who were involved.
Founder of srudent group Action-a-Weck Maraya Massin-Levy ('10) exprCS5<'d her outrage at such a protocol.
saying thar there needs ro be a .. r,""atity check on nc<.-ds." She said, .. Rather 1ha.n sneaking a.round in chc ravine rrying to
ouch kids smoking pot or responding 10 Cl.A's noise-complainc calls, [Campus SaferyJ sl,ould be focusing on what actu­
ally affects tbe s:tfe,:y of ,he individual:" Prevention of sexual assault or of drug and alcohol poisoning, she said, should be
greater concerns than perry punisflmcnrs for minor offendci-s of the policy. Complaints among srudcntS of ovc:r-c:nforcc­
mcnr of dmg :tnd alcohol policies arc by no mean$ new. However, there is an added wrinkJe ro the deb:u~ whether or not
,he aggressive policiC$ on the parr of thcadminjsrra•
tion :md Campus Safeiy is an :utempl co clean up
the image of ,he school.
LC is still ranked fifth in "reefer mad­
nesl" by the Pri11ceto11 Rertiew. Ncvcnhcless, many
srudenc< hold 1ha1 this image is fuding behind in­
creased selectiveness and a more ,aggressive advercis ...
ing. As one srudenc involved in rhe OdcU drug inci­
dent said, they arc antmpring to "weed out the b.ld
seeds.~· \Xlherher this is true or nor, c.·vidcncc shows
char the lack or trust bctwt-cn the adminisrratioil Ranked fifth in "reefer madness"
by the Princeton Review, Lewis
& Clark, according to many
students, is undergoing a facelift.
and it.~ studcnr.s, cspeci:dly on the grounds of dis,.
ciplinarY measures, ha.i led to nn t,lus versus tbc.m" accicudc dur pert.ains co 31f functions of 1hc administration. In ocher
words, cynicism rcignsJ and 11of just vis-3-vis C·unpus Saf-'ecy. Ma~in-Levy described the administration as a "'f.tcdess
body" wi1hout "anybody checking on JitJ."
With concerns such as c.he-sc in mind, studenc$ :ire wary of the new direction tha1 the school is raking. However,
rhisdirection may be drawing in new scudenrs. lhis year, 5.353 students applied to LC, the most in rhc school's 140.~yca.r
history. Just 2.944 were acceptt.-d. As LC's prc.-scige rises and irs 3CC<:pr:m(c rate drops., many scudcm.s foresee a shift in tl1c
college's chacacrer. ln 1he fon11n ofrhc Facebook group, "LC Smdcnts for l<.,:,rning Over Prestige". one sophomore wro,e,
.. rhc..-y'rc crying to change the school and m3kc it into a wac coast ivy league." 'TI1is Student i$ not alone. "lhcyoung group.
"LC Students for Leaming Over Pre.scige; has already accmed 86 members (over 4 percent of the undergraduate student
body).
One acrion that has ra.iscd eyebrows is the brandjng of the Raz shmclc. Formerly a non .. dcscript white, the newly
orange and black shurtle procloims ,he vircue of Lewis & Clark College. 71,is action hos been interpreted by some ns evi­
dence of LC's new image drive. Tom Krnttcnmakcr. Associate Vice President for Public Affairs & Communic.uion.s. in­
sisrs th.at the branding is ''nor about recruiting studcnrs." I nsread. he said, it serve$ to build awareness of the conrriburions
rhar che school and its scudencs make ro the Portland community. \Vhcreas some srudenrs sec tbc move as an ancmpl to
sell rhe school to prospective srudcnts, Krancnmakcr says that it is abou1 those who are already here. "I hope that .students
arc proud." he said.
Nathalie Figueroa ('t0), one of ,be founders of LC Srudents for Learning over Prestige, is not convinced.
Figueroa exprcsscd concern over rhe College's image drive, saying "\Vie srarred the group because it seemed like LC was
crying to appeaJ cowards prospies and not row;i.rds the snidcms who are already here." Agains:c '\he dfrcc;cion of the LC
:idrninisrr.ufon away from a focus on learning roan emphasis on prestige, academic metrics, PhDs, and the endowment,"
the ffedgling LC SrudenlS for Learning Over Pre,cige are worried chJt knowledge at LC is being defined by the material­
istic gains to which it may lead. Figueroa la men rs that the co.liege is ... run like a business'", In a period where t\.Utioo rates
across the country have skyrocketed and colleges arc more and more i.n corn petition with each other, rhere is a grcac divide
berwccn the administration's selling of rhe ioS-citucion and chc feelings of those who ilJC "being sold."
lo tbc midst of these concerns, ma.rly srudcnt.s sec Campus Safcry as rhc henchman of the adminisuation and
its push for prestige. it.< officers charged with purging the campus of shrooming hippie,, por smoking underachievers,
and rowdy n,vclers. The old drunken anthem, "Fuck C•mpo," that once rung through ,he halls ofLC's dorms may have
, been replaced by an emotional ~Fuck the adminisuation," accomp:i.nied by a r.mt about unfair policies and an unwanted
makeover: _the_P_io_ne..;.er..;.Lo~g-, N..;.o..;.ve.;;;.rnbe;...r..;.9 .... , 2.;..00;...7 ____ .....i .... i•PJ¥llllll ...... ___________ 1 ___ 1
ing over the college administration
The new LC vs. the old 12
• 7'"hi.s i.s ven,f,,,,,an. U'yau 've .seen
' Gho.st.&u.ster.s,' yau ""1de.rstand
tn,!! na,,,,,e. >1/e '.s ~ ./'Ql'orite ~­
<:4.S.Sory as o.f' tl.t.)O <>'o/.S "!P· • Features
Haley Fenton ('10)
Age:19
Major: Foreign Languages
Hometown: Anacortes, Wash. • • the Pioneer Lo , November 9, 2007
• U' I had to have a .sta,t'le, it
woald be SCAr/e.S. "they Ju.st
jaz.z up a,ythi,,. ,fdd one to a
t-.shirt, .f'uc.K, ,t take.s yau to
a whole new lt!ll'el. -rJ,i.s :]old
.sca,-1' is ~ ./'Ql'orite piece o.f'
clothint:J I ow,,,. I wear it. all
tn,!! tiP1e and I ICN'e it.
•~old rooP1P1ate a/Wt3/.S tells
P1e that I loek' lii:e a crazy art
teacher whenever I wear this
.sl,;rt. z•,,,,, eool with that." I _t_he_P_io_n_e_er_L_og_,_N_o_v_e_m_b_e_r_9_,_2_00_1 _________ .......... ____________________ 1_3_
What's better than Shakespeare, aphrodisiacal forests and fauns?
by Stephanie Locke // staff writer
Shakespeare opens rhe main stage per­
formances for the year widt the weU-koown
"A Midsummer Night's Dream." The clu;­
sic play has been rakcn along a new pa<h by
director, alum Stephen Weeks ('05) who in•
eludes :an unusu:tl take on costumes and sec
(both designed by Mich,d Olin). The visual
appearance of rhis play combined with the production.
The actors, or m~auies, ployed by Way­
lon Lenk ('08), Anna Cr.ind.JI ('09), Jesse
Rope ('09), and ochers, have the more de•
manding and wcll,rcccived roles. They really
play up the ligh,-hearrcdncss of chis comedy
and do so in a really funky, nerdy-cool way. 91fk6&~n
They were obviously the
crowd favorju:s. Lenk
And Rope had a lot of
input into what went
on in rhcir last scene co­
gcUlcr, and it was one of
thebes1.
acring make chis a very unique vc:.rs.ion of ~------------------, The Fairies,
played by Ma«
Poole ('08), Syd· ,he legendary classic.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" has
pro\'en tO be a great piece of wrixing
througbo111 ,he ages. Using an esrnblished
piece of litcr:uurc offers ~ sense of com­
forr1 but it CUl atoo be quire difficult co
work with. due co cxpccc:uions from the
audience. There is a chaUcngc to make
it different a11d new. a cha.llcnge Weeks
<0ok on. "This version can't be l,bcled."
he said. -rcherc is no obvious theme."
,.here arc some: unusual choices madc­
for this version of"A Midsummc.r Night's
Dream," however. The play. about young
lover'$ and an amateur .1cting'1-roupc in­
rerrwining and iri1cmaing through a for­
tst inhabited by magicaJ fairie's, leaves a
101 of room for design choices but de­
mands a ccnain something from tbc pc.r­
form,nces.
Thelovers, pbyed by Iris Kemp (' 10),
David Si gal (' I I),
Lia Hcnninsg,atd
('10) and Mitchell
Kroener (' 10), run
,bout the fores,
falling in and out
of love with each
other. All the ac­
tors: give crcmcn­
dous energy to
tht perforim'II\CC$.
Though rhc srory is
fasr-paced. the ac,.
tors give ,he perfect
amou·ni of believ­
ability and enrhu­
siasm, producing
some of chc fun nicr
momcnrs in the
Top right: Mitchell Kroener ('10) and David Sigal ('11) sweep Iris Kemp
('10) off her feet. Middle: Lia Henningsgaard ('10) snubs Sigal. Bottom left:
Members of the acting troupe congregate in the forest. ncy McClunc
('08), Andrew
Schwab (' 1 1 ),
and others, play
the darker, mogi­
cal side of rhe
play. The movc­
rncnc and voic.-.
es of ,he actors
brough1 out a11
ioo:iguing, and sur-
prisingly sexual side. Schwab, who
plays Puck, was an immediare pres•
c.nce and aJmosc rook over any scene
with just his gestures. Wcsr) and other small fixrures.
·n,e cosrumcs provided for anot:hcr bold
design-well, some of diem. The fairy cos­
tumes were some of the rn~'t intriguing and
disturbing cos­
The actors were really
wonderful ~u,d effective in
raking rhe audience ro a 11e-.'/
place wichin ,he play. Un­
forcunaccly, other aspects of
the ploy disap-
pointed. lbc
ser, which
wns so ex­
pensive that
the drama
department "This version [of
the play] can't be
labeled," said direc­
tor Stephen Weeks,
"there is no obvious tumes (\,e ever
seen. They sorr
of re,cmbled ,he
.1Jien from chc
movie .. Pl"eda­
ror. • These cos•
rumcs dcfinirdy
brought a sense
of mystique rn
tht' fuirics and
:unplified the
had ro find
oursidt" sources for
addirional suppo"·
failed to rake the au•
die.nee anywhere new.
While it did well in­
cotporn1ing different
level.s onro rhe ser and
keep the audience's
eyes moving. ir looked
like thcsamcsuucturc
from che 1ime the au­
dience wenr in uncil
rhe end of the pcrfor•
ma.nee. Minor adjustments co the bland set
were made by ,he lighting (designed by Peter h " t eme.
movemcn l i:h:at
disc i nguishes
chc-m from the lovers and the mechanics.
Eveo rhc actors agreed ... Tbc fairy costumes
were hi>.arre," said Alex Ramirez ('10), "but
[they! let us explore the space. We s<rcrched
the suic." The cosrumcs all ,ddcd a lor of di­
mension co the ch.ar:1c:ters.
Overall ,he play was fun. funny. cncrget•
ic, and a link· creepy-kind of perfcc1 for the
1verage Lewis & Clork student.
Note;· As p~r the rr.q,ust of the Drpnrtmcnt.
no photos'"'" pub/;sh,d of1h, fi,iries.
" The fmal .performance of "A Midsum-
mer Night's Dream• is tonight at 7:30 p.m.
on the l'ir Acr·es Theater main stage.
Look for ~ufo~a~:;~: ~ IP1@llm>i M5 00ffl111ffif <OfilAbft2 t;z;i~i~-
side ~;0!~ext week. Nov. 9 through Nov. 16 is the official Pioneer Log Coming Out Week. 1/fJtlgehaQJ
forrn COME TO AN OPEN HOUSE MEETfNG MONDAY •
AT 5:00 P.M. fN TH.£ PlOLOG OFFICE (ACROSS FROM
KLC). TH ER£ WILL BE PIZZA, MUSIC, Al'\JD MORE. f I ( \ \ _1_4 ___________________ ~._ _______ lh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_Lo __ g._N_ov_e_m_b_e_r_9_,_2_00_1
Hoffman exhibit tackles tragedy with metaphor
Artist William Kentridge presents stories of South African apartheid in a film titled, "Weighing ... and Wanting."
by Sanne Stienstra II arts editor
Following rhe exhibirion rhar combined an and litern­
mre which focused on the legendary St. Francis of Assisi, rhc
Hoffinan C'allcry of Contemporary Art presents "William
·Kencridgc: Weighing ... and Wanting," which hod its opening
reception lase Thursday, Nov. I.
Ben David. assimnt professor of a.rt history, said, •1 am
delighted tbar we have• muscum,qua.licy exhibition of the
work or such a major arcist." David, who mode.rared the
::u-rist's mlk for the previous Hoffman exhibit~ attended che
evenr. ~Ir is mrc for a
college to have a show
,ha, you might find or
an imporcult museum.
This ohibic is beam-i­
fully p,,r rogerher."
1heexhibic's curator,
Hugh Davies. spoke at
the wdl-a~tcnded,,,open­
ing 3bout Kenuidgc's .
life, b::ickground, and
their relation 10 hL~
work. Davies, who has
served as dir<etor of the
Museum of Contem­
porary An San Diego
since 1983 and is tl,e
father of •· Lewis &
Clork senior. orga­
ni?..cd ,he show with
Hoffinan G•Ucry Di­
rector. Linda Tt$ner.
Like Kenrridge,
Davies is -;a native of
Sourh Africa and thus
his affiniry to the arr­
i.srand his work seems
fitting. Kenrridgc wns
born iJJ Johannesburg
and before becoming
the :irrL'ir he is roday,
he studied mime and
theatre in Paris. Da­
vies rold of how Ken­
tridge reali,.ed he did
nor have rhe ,alem
for acting and char
making an, formerly his fa.II-back plan, became a reality.
Davies also told of how Kenrridge's father was a fu.mous
lawyer in Sourh Africa who represented rhc fantiJy of a vic­
tim of apartheid who was brutally murdered by police. The
phoms young Kcmridgc found of the tragic event spurred
in him ,he passion he srill has 1Qday for revealing and com­
miserating with the horrors Sour.h Africa and its people have
cxpcricnc<.-d.
Kentridge has a unique way of rnckling horrifying rop­
ics in mer:iphorial and subtle ways. Da\•ies described how
his films and their subjects never dirccrly engage ,he topic of
apartheid but only symbolically represent ir.
In the six-minute film fc~nured in the Hoffman cxJUbit,
Kentridge's recurring characrcrs Soho Ecksrcin and Felix
Tcitlcbaum address the emotional •nd psychological scrugglc
of rhe events ,ha, have occurred in South Africo. Soho Eck­
stein, whose physical appca.r.mcc is porrrayed in a dircc[ sdf-portrait ofKenrridge, is a far and happy whire male whose
dererioraring healrh and mental faculties align themselves
with the srare of Johannesburg and the resr of the coun­
try.
"Weighing ... and Wanting," which was made in 1998,
foam.res these two charncrers, :tnd one of their affairs with
che ocher's wife. The short bm wroughr fi]m climaxes in
rhe Lhunderous destruccion of a white reacup, which Da­
vies revealed as representative of conventional domestic
life. The teacup is subse­
quenrly put back rogcrher
as other components of
the film thar have come
apan art reconsrrucu:d as
well.
1hc content of the an•
is11s work is 3rguablyas in•
rereSLing as che distincth•c
methods usc:d to crearc
these films. of which h~
has m_adc nine in his lifc­
rime. Instead of makjng
one s.lide for e-ach section
of movement in his ani­
mation like most anima­
tors do. Kcnrridgc creares
movement by erasing,
modi~•ing and adding
ro the same drawing
many cimes.
Ea.ch "complcred"
work on t-xhibit in rhe
gallery shows oboious
evidence of this system PHOTOSr!fREBEQ::A.GOlOSONO"
Above: Curator Hugh Davies provides context for
the way Kentridge subtlely addresses the topic of
apartheid. Top left: One scene from Kentridge's
film, "Weighing ... and Wanting." Bottom left: Ken­
trldge's many representations of a brain scan, each
at a different level of the characters' development.
of erasure and modi­
fication. The works
som<::cimes seem to con ...
tain ghosrs of figures who
previously exiSC"ed on the
paper bur do no longer.
The framed drawings eoch
tell a story of rJwir own by
showing the. evidence of
Kcntridge~s work on them.
Davies said rhar like the
conventional process of
crearing one sUdc. for each splice of movcmcm. K<:ntridge's
methods are also difficult and time-consuming. Unlike regu­
lnr animation, however. Kcntridgc's processes re,•eal a more
explicit progression of emotion and choughr, evident in the
way each drawing conl':tins rhe cmire development of move­
ment in its onr frame.
The way Kencridgc's drawings arc on display before the
film in which they are featured crcared a personal overall
experience. One fods os ,hough he has been ar Kenrr­
cuge'.s side tbroughour che encire process. The singular
dr.iwings evoke rhetr own indjvidual ideas .. while ro­
gerher in the film: they convey a highly emotional and
moving symbolic chronicling of a wroughr hisrory and
people.
Thr film is so metaphorical th-at :my vicweI an draw
numerous diff'erenr readings From it, making Ken­
tridge's work applicable to all the tragedies of the world, noc just co the apartheid of his native land. Davies providcd
the background information and interpret':lrion ofKemridgt
and his work necessary for UJH.icr·sr,anding it all in ·conre.xt.
"11,c film become.~ richer when )'OU know the political con·
text," S.'lid David.
Yet, the artist's work can be appreciated by C\•cn 1he most
uninformed viewer because of the pure emotion and intcn•
sit)' it all cxhibi'5, •1t works on -an aesthetic levd as a story
abouc a man and a woman," David said, "so rhat even if )'OU
don't kn.ow rhe conrext, ic still gees ro the heart of huroa.n . . experience.
Davic.t rccommcndt.-d sirring and ,vacd,ing the film a few
ti.mes over in order rn catch each subtlety Ke.nuidge anemprs
ro convey ro the viewer. Another wny m appropriately c.xpt'ri•
once the film would be 10 view and ponder each "complcrcd"
framed work first and then 10 view the film 10 sec the pieas
put cogct her.
• "William Kentriclge:
Weighing ... ancl Wanting"
will be on exhibit until December
16. The Hoffman Gallery is open
Tuesday through Sunday,
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by Megan Alpine /I staff writer
A cozy crowd of about 40 srudcncs and cornmunh:y members gathered in the J\J:m­
mong Lounge of the Manor House last Thursday nigh, to bear Assistant Professor
of English Pauls Toutonghi read his short story, "1bomas Hardy's Heare." The stO[)',
winner of 011, Story magazine•s annual sbort fiction priie in 2004, was a p-.a.rtly auto•
biographical, p•rtiy ~criono.l piece that looked inro the rcl•tionship between the main
char3crer, Peter, and hl5 furher.
1hc srory, written from Pcccr's firsr•person pcrspca:ive, begins with humorous re•
Recrions on che storits told by Peter's Egyptian father, which range from "whimsical"
to "serious and religious." Pcrer admiringly describe$ his grondliuher, the source of his
fathers love for scorytclling, ond his uncommon habit of reading the works of1hom•s
Hardy to his children.
The story ambles on with a narural, lighc-hcacted style and comfortable pace
rhrough the episode of the main character's father's heart mack and dcscripcions of
his large, Egypcian
family, through
Peter's experiences­
in rhc dorms ar
rhe Unive.rsicy of
Washington, until
i, reaches the dra-... he created a uniquely personal scory char
explored the evolution of a son's relationship
wi ch his father, even after che father's death.
macie scene at rhe family dinner toble, where Peter ,dis his F.uhcr chat he can't sc•nd his
F.uher's .stories beaus~ Pe.rcr is .. not an EgyptiAn ...
Not long after, Peter's fad1er dies, and his uncle begins ·10 send Peter his fuchcr's
shorr scories-most of which, Tomonghi revealed in the brief question .. and-answcr 5CS""
sion after the reading. were ,rue scorics from his family. His father's stories are humor­
ous and absurd, and slowly, Peter begins 10 fed closer co his father.
At dinner ,\'ith his modu:r one d:ty, Peter decides ro go ro Ale,ca_nd,ri:'l1 as hi.s furher
had always wished for him. Peter is :ar t:he :alrporr and, in a comic scene, is called back
ro the ticketing coumer where his uncle is waiting for him. He has come to the airporr,
frantic, 10 ask Peter ifhc will b,· •,he keeper of his grandfather's Hardy-novels, and to
give him a lcncr from his father.
The letter includes the mange scory of Hardy's burial; only his heart was 10 be bur­
ied, ,nd it was pl,ced in a rin box and placed on• counter. Before k coul.d be buried,
however, Hardy's cat are ,he heart, and the car was kiUed and buried instead. With the
lmer arc rwo pictures: one, of a man hcsic:1mly holding a box at Hardy's funeral pro­
cession; the other, of Peters fucher in front of Hardy's combsconc. His father asks Peter
in the lmcr ro remember bim as he appears in the picrure: young, and ac the happiest
point in his life. •
In the end, Peter feels closet ro his futhcr than he h2d while he was alive, and learns
to appreciate his father~ srorics. The story was inspired b)' the picrure of Hardy's funer­
al procession mentioned in rht smry, and ics reading charmed and awed tht audience.
After the reading, Toucooghi explained that he saw the photograph and felt he needed
to write a SlOry abour it. From this, be c.n;atcd a uniquely personal story that explored
d,c evolution of• son's relationship with his futhcr, even a.ftcr the father's death. Small wild things set free:
Michelle Ross' latest paintings
by Isaac Wynn // staff writer
11:\ ordand painter Michelle Ross,·wepr +' into Miller 103 lasrTuesda)', sat hcr
silvcr•huckled. block-lea1her dogs
down nnd began ,he show with a dove-like
rwist of he.r dolli~h hand, 1l1e :ircisr was a ~
·Aeccion of her minimalisr paintings-a com­
position of subdc. intimations-a cigarette•
tinged voice, a .slender mannequin's n<.-ck, a
ring on a gossamer golden cord.
After a sp3rse inrroduction, Ross de­
scribed the tmnsceodenr:.I month she spenr
in Rome. '"n1cre. Ross the abstract-instead. they were meant ,o
tn.·,ue c.moti(mal impressioos or our daily en­
vironment.
Upon renaming to the Srnrcs, Ross se­
lected 15 of these paintings and 19 personal
acquaincances-somc paimers, all artists.
She sent chc: portfolio to compatriot num­
ber one with i11Slructions co paint fuithf'ul
copic:,, of 14 and alter (or replace) one. 71,is
pcrsoo rhen senr their rev:impe-d selection ro
the: no:r arrisr. with rhc: same insrruc-rions.
In this manner rhc:
spend her days painting
in an '"ascccic, monk·
like" studio or mean­
dering through cobbled
Romao srreers. From
rhis e.nvironment, and
the conscqucnr yearn­
ing for human connect, Ar no poinr dcid the images
become symbols or depart from
the abscract-instead, they were
meant to create emotional impres­
sions of our daily enviconme;nt. paintings arc now
progrc:,,siog through
an a_rduous game or
•ce.lcphcine.~
At the end, Ros.<
will have a new sec
of paintings and be
sprang Small \V,/d Thing,, a project of I 00
small paintings showcased in Tuesday's lec­
ture.
In rhc: lecture, Ross cirt"d aging ornate Ro,.
man architecture as well the simple symbols
used to focus in meditation as inAucnccs
on hc.r work . .In her paintings, these inAu­
cnccs "1ke the form of several absrracr shapes
ranging from the brutally simple to chc sub­
tly shaded, sprinkled across an amorphous
background of drips, scrapes and sometimes
ccansluccnc layers of paint. At no point did
the images become symbols or depart from able to experience
intcmctioo to sooth her stnsc of isolation,,
Next. she will :in:1IY7.e the ma11ne, in which
copies morph wirhi1, the limiced cimcline
and decide whether ,he result should be gal·
lcried.
When asked what effect she intends on
the vic..·wcr and panicipants, Ross lowered
her eyeli,ls brieRy-"Hopcfully i,'s ... "-she
paused and pushed her down-rurned palms
forccfolly mwards the c.a.rpcr in a slow arc~
"I guess just co boil ir down ... l'm being
shaped ... manipulaicd by it. It's not always
happy, sometimes it's ovcrwhdmi1\g."
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Volleyball celebrates four seniors before finishing on the road
by Thomas Tillery// staff writer
Emotions peaked during Senior Night at
Pamplin Sports Center as rhe Pioneers rook
on ,he Linfidd Wildcats. Banners with nick­
names and inside jokes like: wlara you're a
stud;" or .. Nicki the Slayer." plastered the
walls of Pamplin. •s :ufecrionarc f.uewdls to
the senior volleyball players .
.. lc's so nice to have rhac support and
love," said Leah Collins ('08). This game was
p.trticular1y .special for chc five seniors-on rht:
Pio squad aod the fans came out and showed
,heir support by creatiog the biggest audi­
ence of the year.
"lhe crowd was absolurely :unaiing 3nd
kept us pumped the enrire march. \'lie have
the best funs aod rhcy came our in full force
on Saturday," s;iid Nicki Smith ('08).
Ir was rhe last rime that Collins, Lara
Smirh ('08). Nicki Smith, Sam Kettler ('08)
and Jaime Hamilcon ('08) would groce rhc
home court, and the game couldn"r have
gone any lxrrcr.
Coming into the night's match-up. the
\'1/ildcars were at rhc heigh, of rheir season,
rie<l for second in rhe Northwest Conference
(8-4). The Pios were coming off a great wi11
at George Fox, buc were .sriJI considered the
underdog. HowC\•er, it was clear from the jump that
che Pios were hungry for victory ... We knew
Linfield was nothing special and we wanted
10 prove ro them that Lewis & "Clark needs
co be rC"Spt-crcd, .. said .Smii:h.
The Pios dominated rhe \'1/ildcars ro
win the 6rlit two games and it looked as if
the morch would end in a cleao sweep. Bur
rhc \'1/ildcars barcle<l back and regained con·
fidencc ro rake bod, rhe third and fourth
g,tmes setting up for a.n epic fifth a.nd decid­
inggamc.-
lhe pressure was on bur the Pios buckle<l
down and took it in stride. "''When you know
deep down how good you are and how much
you deset\•e the win, ;all you want 10 do is get
the job done and help rhe ream to do so as
well; said Collins.
With this confidence, the Pios went on 10
claim victory, defeating the Wildcats 15-10,
f:lking the 3-1 win.
After satisfying rhe home fans with wins,
the l'ios traveled up 10 Walla Walla and Spo­
kane, \'I/ash. ro play \'1/hirman and \'1/hir­
worth. The matches were competitlvt\ but
home coun adv:mcagc gave the Missionaries
and the Pirates wfo.s over chc Pios.
PHOTO BY MCI< ewor rs n£ ~It PHOTOBYl<EVtN BROWN
Left: Whitworth's Sarah Rusch spikes the ball past Katherine Fiedler ('11) last Friday. The Pioneers fell 2-3 in their penultimate match of the season.
Right: Sara Kettler ('08) spikes the ball against Llnfield on Oct. 26 In Pamplin Sports Center. The Pioneers would win the match in five games.
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BOARD Soccer
Whitworth 3
LC O Whitman
LC 4
30T Football
Willamercc 77
LC 17 Volleyball
Whitworth 3
LC 2 Whirmao
LC 3
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Bittersweet ending for soccer:
hea1·tbreaking loss in overtime
By Sarah DiSabatino I/ Sports Editor
All ,he cnerb')', p2.ssion and exhaustion of the Pioneer
women's soccer ;;c:~n di.spcn.ed in one.' gut wrenching
momtm. whe.r1 \X'hitma.nS Krhtcn BrcnJt knocked :1 re­
bound ball imo chc back of chc Pio uer two minutes into
sudden dc:uh overtime.
The goaJ coded an exciting comeback run for the Pios.
-n,e Missionnnes pulled ah .. d by scoring three times
in rhe first hair with go:ils from Jennifer Do:inc, Corina
Gabberc, and Kristen Brend,. Aly Robinson ('11) stmck
back for ,he Pios off a rebound from Karie Burnett ("08)
th>< bounced off the crossbar on a free kick.
The PiM seemed t0 sec their S<a<on slipping aw:iy. ll1e
second hnlf w.,; foll of frc:nc, ic play. Lisa Housman ('08)
scored on .a breakaw;ay in the 6411, minute. puuing tf1e
Pios wirhin one go.11 of chc M i.ssionaries. Whirnrnn com­
manded the next 20 minutes of play until the Pios found
cbemsc:lvcs scrambling with
10 seconds left ,o play.
Despt"1tion spurred
the Pio of-
fonse. With the dock
ticking down, Sophie Trick
('I I} scored on a Nicole Green­
berg ('08) service with rwo sro­
onds left in rcgularion m scad
Lhe: game into ovcrrimc.
''Our last game {against
Whitman! w:,s probably rhe /
most exciting because of our
amazing goal at the end of reg ..
ular g:1me time.," said defender
Liska Havel ('JO).
Unfom,nardy for ,he Pios, the comc-from­
behind euphoria only la.~rcd rwo minuces irtlO
overtime. This was a disappoinring m:1rkc.r on a frus­
trating season.
Tue Pio, finished last in Northwest Conference
srandings with, 2-14-1 record.
•Losing in overtime in rhc final g:tme was a
low. We worked so hard, it \\f:lS the scaso1'l ender
and senior game. and we just wanted one
last win1 it was disappointing to lose," said
Housman. Six seniors conclude ,heir final season ::is ,he first four#
yw lercer-winncrs in women's socc<.·r since the program was
reinsr:Hed in 2004.
"We just w:tnt ro fix thing, for the other girls. the girls
who still have time lefr ,o improve the program. I rhink rhe
program's future is cxucmcly imponanrt said Housm:in.
"'\Y/e w.i.nt soccer ar LC rn continue ar a competitive levd
,rnd hopefuUy this will h•ppen for the underdassmcn."
The underc:l . .,,,men h:td a lot of respect for their pioneer­
ing ~niors. "I could not h:ive <lone without 1hc :um1.zing
leadership and continued love for the game r.h:u our senior!,
showed this year." sa.id Havel.
Tlle SC-.3$0n was more of a rebuilding year than the team
had hoped. Injuries prevented them from reaching ,heir full
potential. Midfielder Steph.anic Thurin ('09), who goes by
"Stcvict. sustained a knee injury in :tn early g::i11H· og:1ins1
Linficld, preventing her from playing die remaining 13
gam~ of the season ... lta]ways huns-a team to warch a play•
er go down," said tc.1mmate Liska Havel
('10). ~ Oespire r.he la.sr minute let down,
the ream found pride in the
highlights of their
season.
"Beat-
ing Pacific
was definitely one
highlight," said Hous­
man. l'neific toppled Uni­
versity of Puger Sound, the
cop ream in the league for dte past
three years. "It shows that we could
have done better io the league aod bear
more reams than we did." Housman ,lso high­
ligh<-' keeping UPS to a scoreless tic in rhe first half
of their game on Octobe.r 14.
The Pios focused on these kind of achievemenrs ,o
srny motiv.1rcd. They came out in their lase game with
something to prove, but also with the intention of en­
joying rhc game for rhe last rime together.
"We came into chis game having fun :lnd we \\lt\nt­
cd co leave it having fun," said Housman.
Seniors ]cave an important k"gacy. Lisa Housman
wns na.med to the second tC3m All-NWC for the third
yc:ir in her career. Katie Burnett ('08) also earned her sec­
ond NWC Honorable Menrion. Wi, h rhe season over, the
returners can only look forward as ,he seniors look back.
#25 Katie Browning ('11) attempts to trap the ball against Whitman on Nov. 2 in Griswold
Stadium. Whitman would win the game 4-3 in the first overtime. SPORTS MACRO
Paper Football:
throwing down on your desk
by Grant Hentges JI Sports, 8ack0oor Editor
Middle .chool w.,,, an aw~,v:u-d time. Honnoncs,
pencil .,harpeucrs. a11d G,,lly Roll pens made for .m
odd and nfcen uncomfo,rable co,nbin1tlon. And
t-vcn as tht class was dividing into .st"par:th! cliques.
,here was g:imc rhat unifi«l rhc whole school: p>pcr
football.
Tue phcn,,menon beg; the question, "how could
one piece .of paper, folded all craiy-like, be fun at
all?'" My :m&,.\e.r: m:tgic.
like itS prcdet.-cssor, ·,,blitop hockey with a rx:n­
ny." paper football makes a little gq • long W:t)'· Even
middle schoolers, poor, stupid and emotional as d,cy
arc, could figure it out,
For those folks(lllf there who ore unfu.miliar ,vith
P''per football, don't worry, you c:in learn! Regu.rgi­
tate that cyanide pill and keep reading. (Besides, do
you scdously want PioLog to be the Ian thing you
read before suicide/ That embarrasses cvea me.)
S,cp one: procure • piece of paper. Any norebook
paper works wdl, <:Ven of the dreadful "wide ruled"
variety. Fold that bittie in half, hor <,log style. Fold it
into triangles. and ruck in the slack.
Now, if you. want to play, you'll need another
person. I know, ti.,., sucks, but it's the rules. Flick
ch.e baU unt~ ir is dangling over the edge (thats six
poin<S), and rhen tty for a field goal. Make your op­
poa_enr hold up his'fingcrs in rwo "L<" thar arc kiss­
ing each other. Or maybe thc-y're grinding on one
another. Either way it looks pretty fucking dumb. If
you make d,e field goal, good job, that's one mon:
point, slugger!
Of course, this anick is a cunory overview of a
very complex game. Then, arc websites, such as pa•
pcrfoor6'ill20ne.com, that aim to cffeccivcly ,each the
mies and complc,icics. So d,cck that our.
Paper football m•y ha,e irs Aaws: sure, it'.s not the
mosr glamorous game to play, but ic's damn fun and
cheap, Give it a whirl. Start a dub. Tum it into •
drinking g,imc. whatever, jun have at ii! But hew.ore:
the edges of the paper football ore slightly pointy, so
mixing edges and <)"$ is mictly forbidden.
The drawing above illustrates how to fold a
paper football.
LC Cross Country Top Finishers @ NWC Championships in Salem, Ore. October 27
(Women, out of SO runners) (Meo, out of74 runne<5)
Amanda Phillips ('08) -3rd 21:13.77 Karl Dickman ('11) -26th
Tamma Carleton ('09) -7th 21:50.81 David Berman ('09) -35th
Kelsey Croall ('11) -27th 23:15.31 Leif Bullock ('08)-47th 26:26.01
26:54.28
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Willamette flattens football 77 -1 7
PMOTOBY KEW.BROWN
C.J. Washington (#1) of WIiiamette breaks through the tackle of #4 Joe Morris ('11) on November 3.
The Pioneers would fall to the Bearcats 77-17 on Senior Day in Griswold Stadium.
The Pioneers fdl 77-17 10 Willamette in their lasr g:ime. The Pios recovered from rhc BcarcatS' fim 10uchdown with
quamrback AJ Brown ('09) conncccing wi1h a wide-open James Connelly ('09) for • 79-yard touchdown pass. Later on,
the Pios recovered the Beorcac, fumble, led by .Ryan Chap= ('08), ond added three poinrs with a 40-yard field goal by
Andrew Foore ('10}. Ir was a disapponiting loss on Senior Day, bur the Pios have one more chance for vietory at the season
finale this we<kend. Phillips, Carleton lead
Pios at NWC finals
by Al Farr// staff writer
Ar the Norrhwest Conference Cross Country Champion­
ships, the Pioneer women snarcheLi third place and cbc men
took scvcnch. The Pioneers joined eighr o,hcr tc."..101s :11 Wil­
lamette Mission P>rk near Brooks. Ore. on Oct. 27 for rhe
big race.
fQr the women, five runners placed in rhe cop 60 out of a
,oral of SO competico,s. Am;tnda Phillips ('08) came in ,bird
place, Tamma Catl100 ('09) cook seventh, KdscyCroall (I I)
came in 27"'. Kitty Smith ('09) finished 39'', and Hannah
Hulrine ('09) pushed in at 57''.
"ll)e Conference has had .so many t.e.1ms really close ro ..
gerher and we did exactly what we needed co do, pu1 a g:ip
bcnvecn us and our main compccirion." said Carlton .
.. Third place is really grcar for us and ir just shows wh:u we
can do wt1cn we all srep it up."
Smith added, "[,he ream] scored very well not only be­
c::i.usc our cwo top runners were in th¢ top ten of a very com­
pc.cirive ficld, bur it was an ::i.m::uiog show from Hannah Hul­
rinc, who really pushed herself to a ooursc pcrsona.1 record,
and Kdscy Croall. a mr freshman runner who placed chird
for our team."
He:1d Coach Kei,h Woodard was rusl> plea.scd with clie
ream's performance. "This group ju.SI keeps stepping up."
Woodward said proudly. "They ran fusr, raced sman, and had
fun. The team's goo.I \""5 10 be in the rop three and they did
chat by beating narionally ranked Whitman."
Th~ men were faced with some unt:xpcaed challenges
during their race, but bounced back to secure a .seventh place
finish. )us, rwo Pios finished in che top half of those compe1•
ing. Karl Dickman (' I 0) and Davjd Berman ('09),
The v.vo ran withou1 the.if number one. Richie Lt.Don•
ae ('I I), the usual pace setter for ,he Pios. LeDonne pulled
himself ou1 of rhe race early due 10 muscle cramping, bu,
lacer jumped back into the Uneup co complete rhe race with
an inspiring display of resilience.
"'The guys fough1 hard, it just wa.sn't our day," Berman
said. • Karl stepped up when we needed it; he really put ev­
erything out there." Driving in the r,il of chc lineup for LC
were u:if Bullock ('09). Zach Yeager (' I 0), and Paul Mand•
sager ('08), who all had solid personal performances, finish•
ing juSI shy of their personal records,
"The men had a litdc 1ougher time [Sarurday], but it
wasn't for lack of cffon. They competed hard and barded
through some rough parchc.s. lhey arc undeterred and look­
ing aheod to the Region Meer in rwo weeks," said Woodard.
tC's rop men and women cross country runners he.ad into
rhe pinnacle race of their season this weekend ,u Mciver Scatc
Park. LC is hosting the 2007 NCAA Division nI West Re­
gion Cross Counrry Championships this year on thcir home
course in Esiacado, Ore. Show your support this Saturday
and hop on ,he rooter bus that will be shuttling srudenrs 10
and from Mciver State Park to cheer on our top runners.
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Upcoming Schedule: Pioneer Sports
Sport Date Opponent/Event Location Time
X-Counrry Sat., Nov. JO Willamene Estacada, Ore. 11 a.m. / 12 p.m.
Football Sar., Nov. 10 Linfield McMinnville, Ore. I p.m.
Swimming (Men) Fri., Nov. 9 Linfield Zehntbauer Swimming Pavilion l p.m.
Volleyball Fri., Nov. 9 Linfield Zehnrbauer Swimming Pavilion 6p.m. l I •
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EIGHT DAYS OUT. A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 9
"Mcno's Paradox and Aristotle's
Scientific SyUogism"
3:30PM
Location: J.R. Howard 302
Dr. Chad Wiener of Pordad Sure University
will discuss his paper, "Meno•s Paradox and
Aristotle's Scientific Syllogism," by briefly
describing how the two different conccp-,
tions of' virtue permin to the topic of the
Mrno. and why inquiry force$ Plato to dis­
tingui.sh bcr.vecn two dosdy rclared c:oncep­
tions of vinuc: one based on knowledge and
one based on .true opinion.
A Midmmmm- Night's Dream
7:30 PM
Location: F'tr Acns Theatre, Main Stage
Cost SlO-General admission
$7 -LC Faculty, staff, alum
$7 -Senior Citiuns, non-LC students
$5 -LC students
Come s,:e the fall 2007 'Theme Deparrment
Main Sragc Production of A Midsummer
Nighti Dream, by \~lli:un Sha.kcspear<,
and direcred by Stephen Weeks, Get tickets ,
quick, rhe show ends this weekend!
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 13
Securing an Internship
4:00 PM
Location: Alb3ny Quadrangle 207
Designed co a'i:Sisr firnt year, sophomott, and
junior student'\ who niay be looking for in ..
rcmship experiences chat challenge and de­
velop new skill scrs and expose chem co new
and different working environrncncs.
Invisible Childrtm Rough Cut Setteoing
7:00PM
Location: Templeton, Council Chamber
This documc:ntary provides background in­
formation abovr the war 1h:1r has been ca.king
place between rhe Lords Resistance Army and
chc Ugandan Govcrnmenc. O\•cr one million
people have been displaced due to chis war.
Thousaod.s of children bctwc-en chc ages of
six Md fifteen have been ,b<lucted ro nght
rhis war •nd have been exposed ro unbeliev­
able violence borh se.,u,J and physic.1I. Please
ukc the rime fO come ou1 and le:'lrn abour
an issue that is life changing, a documentary
chm will encourage you do something about
chis situation. SATURDAY
NOVEMBER io
Admissions Open House
8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Location: Templeton, Stamm
The Open House includ~ p:mds for sm­
denrs and parcnrs, academic brcakoui ses­
sions wi1h fuculry, campus rours, a dis­
cussion about the admission~ process and
financial aid, and brunch in the dining hall.
Rt-gistracion for chc day's program is at 8
a.m.
A Mid,ummer Night's Dr,,im
7:30PM
Location: Fir Acres Theatre, Maio Stage
Cost: $10 -General admission
$7 -LC Faculty, staff, alum
$7 -Senior Citiuos, non-LC students
$5 -LC students
Friends of Raio • L&C Faculty
New Music Eo.s<:mble
8:00PM
Location, Evans Music Building
Friends of Rain is Lewis & Clark's fuculty
conremporary music ensemble. The fall con­
ccn features chrcc: works by Olivier Messiaen
in boaor of this great composer$ centenary.
WEDNESDAY,
N,OVEMBER 14
Job Sca.rcl, Strategics
4:00PM
Location: .Albany Quadrangle 207
Looking to secure fu.11-,imc or part-dmc cm­
ploymem!Jl,is workshop is designed to sup­
pore s:cude.nr.s researching oPporcuniries for
work. Career Advising staff will provide an
overview of ,he job/imemship process. Addi­
tionally chere will be an opportunity for ,ru­
de.ors ro ask any specific quesdo1u rd:ucd ro
their own job search needs.
Philosophy Club Meeting
5:00 PM
l...ocation: Templeton, Gt.."ary
The Philosophy Club is n srudenr-run orga­
ni1,.arion whose main objecrive is ro provide a
comfortable, informal environment in which
philosopby smdcms and fans can discuss big
ideas without getting funny looks,
Ray Warren Multieultural Symposium
AU Day E,•ent
The Ray Warren Multiculrural Symposium is
a chrce--day series of v,torkshops, panels, Jee ..
rur~, and cultural events. as well as an an
show. 111c entire symposium is free and open
to the public. SUNDAY,
NOVEM'BER 1 1
CarollScls: The Art of tbe Animals
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Location: World Forestry Cent<r
4033 SW Canyon Road, Portl3nd
Cost: $7
Along with • history of catousds and biog­
r:tphics of the 1uost fumous wood carvers.
visitors will b~ rwre:ued to an encl1anting
array of carousel pieces from p:,inrcd horses
ro striking dragons. 111c consram struggle
of restoration and preservation of these ex-­
traordinary carvings will be explained as vis•
hors are intrigued by this unique exhibit.
F.U Chrysanthemum Exhibit & Presen­
tation
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Location: Portland Chjncsc Garden
NW Third and Everett, Portland
Cost: $7
See exquisite examples of a variety of chry­
santhemums, cultivated by chc Portland
Chry,;anchcmum Sociel}', oa display in chc
H,ll of B,ocade Clouds. The exhibit is free
with G,rden admi$sion and will also fc.11ure
educational posters and a sampling of chry-
santhemum teas.
THURSDAY
NOVEMBER f 5
11.S Beer Festival Speaker Event:
Mary Chaffin
5:00PM
location: I.aw School, ~cCarty 4
Mary Chaffin joined Me,cy Cor:ps in 2003,
where she is now gencraJ counsel, corpor.ite
secretary and risk manager. She will dis­
cuss her experiences as a member of Mercy
Corps's senior management ream and her n>
sponsibilirics for the organizarion's global le­
gal. con1pli:tncc, corporate secrcC3ry, and risk
management lll~t(crs.
U.S Beer Festival
6:00PM
Location: I.aw School, Research Ccntcc
Following rhe speaking event, L&C lnrerna­
donal L1w Soci~ry is hosting :a: beer fcscival/
poduck/social in che LRC common area.
Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium
All Day Event
l11e Rny W.1.rrcn Muhiculrural Symposium is
a three-day series of workshops. panel<, lcc­
oncs~ and cultural events, as well as an arr
.show. 1bc entire symposium is free and open
to che public. MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 12
Johnny Stallings presents "King Lear"
7:00PM
Location: Albany Quadrangle, Smitb
Cose Free
Johnny SraJlings' one--man perfonnancc
of King Lear i.s a no,.frills version that will
amaze and fuscinact. Wichom trivial things
like scrs, props. cosrumcs. and othtr ac~
rors cluttering up the srage, you'll ~nd your
br:iin forced ro concesuratt on nothing buc
the words themselves, which-according ro
Johnny-is no, such • bad ching: "It's ar­
guably the best poetry in any language." he
says reverently. Johnny's disheveled quirki­
ness is charrning.. but don't ]er it dc<cive
you. It rakes great skill ro make Shakespeare
chis approachable, and above all else, his
grasp of che language ;_,; imptccable. Stall­
ing,; glosscs·over sections of King Lc.r with
summary aside,;, and handle,; the dialogue
scenes by simply moving to different part>
of che room, diStinguishing the different
characccrn with only the smallest variations
in posture and tone. The result should be
dumsy and awl-ward, bur ,he precision of
his line reading,;, combi.oed with his quirky
scnSt of humor, makes it Au.id.
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 16
An.n.ie Kelsey Dissertation Defense
10:00 AM
Location: Rogers H.U 220
Annie Kelsey will defend her disserration
emidcd "Principal Collaboration Using Stu­
dent Growth Data To Improve Smdcnt Suc­
cess." Ms. Kelsey is • doctoral mndidote in
the Educational Leadership Program. Her
major professor is Mike Howser.
Moum's Scheming Women
8:00PM
Locacion.: Evans Musk Auditorium
The Lewis & Claik Opera Theater present$
an evening of scenes from c-hree co1nic operas
by Moz.,ri, featuring ,he charming and ofien
scheming women of chcsc operas.
Ray Warren Multicultura.lSymposium
All Day Event
The R.:l)' \Varren Muh-iculrurnl Symposium i.s
a rhree!~d:ty scdes of workshops, panels, Ice ..
tures, and rulrut3l evcms, as well 35 an art
show. The entire symposium is free and open
co the public, 20
An interesting holiday passes nearly every day. Below are a few of the
holidays in the upcoming two weeks.
'
Name Date More Information
Guiness World Record Day is all about ihc
celebration of achievement. You c.ut cdcbrncc
by drinking yourself into • drunkcn s1upor,
you unsuc=ful loser.
Ar<a oodcs. ,hose chm, deligh,ful m,mbers
that m:1ke dialing a hoot now have the rec­
ognition they deserve. So please. cvcr}·one,
#.1ebme by mashing your hand against your
p~~ol ~i~-likc. The area code you get
is the arci/~of the person you'll m_arry.
Operating Room Nurse 11/14 ~.--: . If there ever was a.,., •~~~ting room
nurse, today is ii. Rumor~lr ~hat all d:iy,
nation-wide, operoring room m•~re par•
l}'ing. doing beet bongs and throwing Cl91'"'
tjes in ,Lh:t bodies of unconscious patients. " Day
Clean Your Rcfrigerat0r
Day I 1/15 Glean"Yo'j Rcfrigemor Day is definitely a
.,i holiday c~f ccivcd or by disgruntdc:d gr:rnd-
• mothcf'1. ~. if your grandma is nor )'("C senile, thf..,C out your months-old jcllo mold.
fuck you, Wonder Bread! Today is a day for
homemade bread, nor your ovcrproccssed
srarch. more commonly known as .. heathen
bread."
Push-bu1ton Phone Da) .-, l/.l 8 , This is truely no, a holiday for rora,y phones.
., # '~ :-So, for all of you with push-button phones,
' '). and I suspect thar is mosrof you, cclcbmc by
b)!n~ng out,your phone with plastic jewdes.
# .... '
Have a Bad Day Day 11/ 1.9
Absurdi,y Day 11/20
•
False Confession Day 11/21
~ I -4-;;.Q,
r- I .,, ...
This could be,~ reccy normal day for a lot of
pt-oplc. Acrual]y, doli~•n~•• tbing about
your demeanor, I can s<At~~~t' Just pro--
paring for the 19th. Yeah, you~rc:ady got
it down pat, asshole. ~ ~ ' # ....
You kr~that really obnoxious kid in your
8:00J!' d~s? The one who chinks ,hac he's
• lly.,: n'1? Yeah, just acc like him all day.
h, and dfus like Raggedy Ann.
,I
, ~ LS is a fun oncl Remember how your
end's laptop randomly got stolen? Well just
that you did i1! He'll be relievt'd, thinking
thac i, was just a joke, until he rcalius what
day i1 is. Then he'll juSI laugh.
.... , ' ~'b' You're Welcome Day~ 1 I i /23 This day could get posi1ivcly s:,ssy. l.ikc when
' .,..._ ~ t you do something nice and you're like, "you're
# ~!"'from,.• Oh the humani,y.
.... _ I
~~ the Pioneer Log, November 9, 2007 --YOU CAUGHT MY EYE
...You; Pedophile
Me: O°frerl'havtl> ,~nfirm thar I'm a,
le.ist 15 co sir in the e:lt ro\Y. (s,.;that ~
tooold! ~
~ .Yp'lic G~.I,; who wanrs ro fuck my
'\.i:!!ff/ neighbor. - -, ,
Mc: Guy who wants to lmen. -c.e}~, . ,.
He>; there. you with the inhaler
You'rc~ur-ln~fust transfer
If you ever have~ asth~ attsck
These girls will be there 10 rub Y'W! ~
b•ck ~
~ You: my 3 meo beU mimcsses
'\.i:!!ff/ "Me!'PWANT n; BAD _ -,
You: RA w/ the sexy V -~:-•.~lo. •<•.·~ Me: Wanting co see ic • •
/ ~'You. Wi<h ~nnt'd look on your
/~/;:.,.... dismrbingly pc7fccfra~ -
._. Me: Deserving 10 ~ ~
Unplanned Pregnancy?
You Deserve to KNOW:
.. Are you re.ally pregnant?
.. ./ /are you explored all your options?
. . ..-Ire ull .IJOl!r questions ansll'ered.'
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