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MLK Jr. day of service a success
by Angela Webber
Smdenr, faculry and staff volun­
rcers observed l\.fartin Luther King
Jr. Day rhis year by performing v•r­
ious communiry services chrough­
out the Porrland >rea. About 80
members of die L,wis & Clark
community spent their lasr day be­
fore the official Starr of d:isses do­
ing community service, living up
,o the motto oF the day, "Make ira
day on~ oot a day off."
One service site was Roosevelt
High Scbool, where volunteers
helped by moving books out oF a
room to rnake space for a new red, ..
nology lab. Orher service-siccs in­
cluded JOIN, a oonprofit organi•
zation whose goal is to "bridge the
gap between the homeless and the
housed rnembers of the Pordand
communiry,"' by bringing volun•
teers and ,he homeless cogerhcr,
and providing services like mail
and assistanC<' in finding housing.
Volunteers helped in m•ny differ­
enc ways: sorrir•g mail, pahlring,
and assembling furniture. "11,cy
completely transformed ,ha, place."
said Kelly Hoover, the Coordinaror
of Student Leadership & Service.
''\X1c were intcntion:11 wirh
choosi,ng che org:mizarions [at
which co volumeerl t said Hoover.
·rhe organizations were chosen be­
cause of their dh•crse surrounding
communities. their need for :\$$is~
raucc. arid the continuity of volun­
teer oppormr1iry. lr was imporcam, expre.~ed Hoover, co choose places
with which chc coUege-has :.1 ccfa­
cionship. so that snidents h:lve :1n
opportunity to reruro :wd serve if
they so desire.
According co rhe event's web­
s-ire, this day of service is a nacionaJ
cvenc originating in 1994, when
the "U.S. Congress p'1SSed the King
HoUday and Se"•iee Ac,, osking
American, of all backgrounds and
ages to celcbrace Dr. King's legacy
by turning community concerns
inco dti.zen action.''
1-lo'onani Arldermann. the sru­
dent iruern at theOfficeofStudenc
Leadership & Service, brought this
idea into actjon at LC. Hoover dc­
scrilx.-d Andermann 3S especially
dedicated to the cause, even when
applying for the posirion as an in•
rern .
In previous years, the office of
Ethnic Student Services had org.­
nizcd MLK day events. ·n,is ye.1r,
the Office of Student Leadership
& Service reamed up wich them
ro add the service day to the pro­
gram, which had in previous years
included the chapel service along •
with assorted workshops.
The ,heme for the day came
fron, • quote by Dr. King himself.
who said, "Everybody can be great,
because everyone can serve.'' Ac­
cording co Hoover, this quote per•
fecdy describes what the day wos ,o
be.
"Service puts everyone on che
same level working together, no hierarchy [betwc..:n studenrs, fuc­
ulry and staff] . .. which I think
really creates rhe communiry char
we'd all like ro see here more," said
Hoover.
Ar a reHcction meeting in
Scamm Hall aftt;r retur11ing from
their serviet sires, voh.uucers dis­
cussed their feelings on ,he day's
evenrs. Mosr of rhe volunteers said
,har they felt they made a signifi­
cant difference and that.continued
service would foster even grearer
results. Vohrnteers also discussed
rhe reactions of the commufnfry
members whom they werr working
both for and with, and 3S Hoover
said, ''they were jusr rhrUled with
,he work." 0Lher volunteers shared
,har people consramly thanked
-,hem and rold them how much
they were helping.
Hoover would like the service
day to be an ;rnnu:ll evenr, bur says
that next year it ,nay be. more djf ..
ficult co obtain sufficic.nr commu­
nity involvement. "In past years. it
has been required cltat staff be on
campus, but since nexr ye.1r [MLK
day] will be an official holiday, we
inighr lose some of this participa­
tion."
Many hope ,har the day of set•
vice will continue, since rhe re:.1c­
t.ion was so positive rhis year and
since ir share.,; such an important
mes.sage. A-. Hoover said, "ln order
co make any progress in our rcla•
rionships with tbe oommuniry, we
need w participare in ic."
PHOT08YKELLY H00'JER
Students Arianna Trott ('07) and Melia Tichenor ('07)
chose to make MLK Jr. Day a day on, not a day off. .Lt.1e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g,.,_J_a_n_u_a_ry_2_6_,_2,.0_0_1 _________ .... §t4'4\--- .... ____________________ ..;;3;..
LC community comes
together to celebrate the
life and legacy of Dr. King
by Matt Savage and righteousness like a mighry che final rc,ding from Or. King, a
sr.rcam. Let us be dissatisfied un• passage from "Rediscovering Lost
A chapd service ancnded by til that day when the lion and che Values." In che speech, Dr. King
approx.imately 160 Lewis & Clark lamb.shall lie down rogecher. and colk., abour che failure of science
student$, st:uT and faculty mcm• every man wiU sir under bis own co rruly heal aU of chc world's ills,
bcrs cdcbrared che life and legacy vine and fig tree and none shall be and rhc need for people to look
of civil righcs icon Dr. Martin Lu-• afraid." inside themselves.
rher King Jr. The cvcnr 0<:cttrred After Ayala was finished, spiri- A second round of spiritu•
last Monday. MLK Jr. Day, and ruals were sung by a b,ricone, Sid-als followed rhe speech. 0lhcn
included selections from his writ• ncy Johnson. He ~oo rcAecrcd on Rev. Duntley led cveryoue in a
i,lgs, a keynote address by Com-the spirit of che day, saying char condleliglu singing of "We Shall
munica1io1ls professor lvlirch ""Or. King rcprcscmcd not only Overcome" after his dosing
Reyt""s, a video prcstnration and hope, buc healing."' His s-piritu- remarks. 'fhere ,vas also a srand ...
music. als were accompanied by rhe pia-ing ovation for the musiC3l pcrfor-
lhc event followed a day of nisc from New Orleans Scraighc mances.
service for rhe Lewis & Clark Ahead. The spirituals were fo]. "1his mighr be chc first time
commu,tity in his honor. Mark lowed by a video presentation. rhe day of service ,,,.as done,''
Duntley, che Dean of the Chapel, Porasa Chanramy ('10), who said Ho'onani Anderman ('07),
pr~ided over the service. was a studem in a nearby high an intern for the Office of Sm..-
ln his welcome and opening school lase year, showed a video dent Leadership. ·1 wamed co
prayer, Rev. Duntley said char she made for her high school. It wer 1he •ppccice of college sru-
"IMartin Luther King, Jr.] ....:.....:. ____ _:_ __ _:~------- dents here, as well as the
was. person of deep, deep "We must be willing community. Martin Lu-
fuith." His prayer was fol-l ,her King, Jr.'s legocy is
lowed by rhe performance .to p ac~ the power Of one of service. 1here were
of che Block National An- profound remarks by Pro-
chem·, sung by McHssa Sau-forgiveness into those fessor Reyes, and I didn't
log ('07). h expect chem at this cau-
The first reading from W O we have wronged." cious setting. And the jazz
Or. King was a passage f and blu<'S was excellent. I
from .A Realistic Look •• . -Pro . Mitch Reyes hope this legacy of service
the Question of Progress in continues for the next gen-
the 3rea of Race Relations.'" The was a photo collage of pictures crations at Lc"••is & Clark."
speech denied both overly op-from the civil rights era i ncmnixed Maggie Rounds ('09) also en­
dmistic -and overly pessimistic with those of h'tr feJlo,v srude.nrs joyed the service. 41
( wenc last year
vi<:ws on ,ace relarions, replacing at Aloha High School. She made ro this service. I think it's an im­
them instead with a realistic view the video because her school had porranr day to commemorace his
chat much bas been achieved in no formal cclebra,ion of MLK Jr. life. Personally, to be in a direct
this art-a, but much more-must be Day. Her vidt-o was followed by environment due ro integration,
done. more music from New Orleans l was abJe co appreciate iL My fa ..
The speech was followed by a Straight Ahead. Yollie Kceron vorite rhing [about 1ht service) was
Jazz selection from Devin Phil-('10) ,hen reod from •Tue Drum the keyooccspcakcr, and the [idol­
lips & New Orleans Straight Major lnstincr." a sermon giv-izing of] Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ahead. Phillips was a narive of en by Or. King sbortly before he and seeing him in different lighr
New Orleans who settled in Porr• died, which calls for leodership. is hard ro do. Government spon-
land after the horrors of Hwri• The k<ynoce address was de-sored discrirninarion still exim. in
c:rne Kacrina. livered by Reyes. He spoke of housing, loans, and education."'
This was followed by Rosie the conrinuing legacy of slav- According to President Tom
Ayala ('68), who read from Or. cry and racism, and the need for Ho,chsrettler, MLK Jr. Day is go•
King's speech upon receiving che forgiveness. "Is it possible chat ing to be an official holiday start•
Nobel Pe.'°e Prize in 1964. He reconciliation begins with an ing next year, meaning all branch­
spoke of rhe deep-seeded racial apology?" he said. "We musr be es of rhe college will be closed.
problems rhar the United States willing co place the power of for-Hocchscecclcr noted thar the move
was facing, hue insisted thac they giveness into chose who we have was made in or .. ler ro ~acknowl~
could be overcome. wronged." It was dear that the au• edge the. conuibution~ of Marrin
He said, "Let us be dissaiis- dience was moved by his words. Luther King, Jr. in furthering ,he
Ac.-d until from every cit)' hall, Julio de Poula, Dean of chc cause of social justice and individ-
justice will roll down like waters College of Arc, & Scicnc,-s, gave uol freedom in our cOllntry." The rccem snowfall in rhe Pa ..
cific Northwest, which caused
cwo consecutive school day can­
cellations ar Lewis & Clark Col­
lege. has caused some discussion
amoog scicntist:s about it's iinpacr
on global warming.
According ro Liz Safran,
Geological Science professor ar
Lewis & Clark, scicntistS sr1ongly
agree that global warming exisrs,
but thc.-y dHfer in rhe.ir consensus
over the degree and rare at which
ic is occurring and even more so ,he potential regional effects global
warming may have.
"[Scientists arc] 1rying m re­
solve our understanding , .. to go
from sorr of a global pixel size to,
ncxr, a regional pixel size, and irs
the kind of research that's occur­
ring right now that's guing ro allow
us co fill in rhe regional picrure,"
Safran said.
Safran refused ,o amibutc LC's
recent snow days to global ,varn"l­
ing. She indicated that it is essemial
ro 6rsr examine Oregon's I OO•y<.-ar ..
Clockwise from left: Snow covers Tamarack, 1he
Pac Man lawn, and rhe Apartments (Nick K.1ufmann};
Snow lines ,he Albany/BoDioe corridor (Lila Wade);
Ka,c Nuhring lets the snow Ay in rhe Copeland parking
lot (Genie Grant}. Photo of Albany Hall by Lila Wade. by Mikala Soroka
long climatic records. 50 Ph.D.­
holding sc.jcmists wdJ acquainted
wich those records met oo June 15,
2004 at Oregon Scue University's
symposium titled "'lmpacrs of Cli•
ma1e Change on ,he Pacific North­
west" and concluded that Or('gon
is surely experiencing the effects of
global warming. According 10 ,heir
statement, the annual average rem.­
peruure and precipitation across
rhe Pacific Nonhwcsr is increasing
while sea lcYcls arc rising to sub­
merge coaS!al lands of northern and ccmral Orcion.
According to Stephen lkckhaJn,
·• Professor of H isrory who has
been teaching ar LC for 30 years,
$nowfaH in January is not that un­
usual for Oregon. He described the
snowfall quite simply as "• func­
tion of the w~mn rain coming off
the Pacific, hirring the conrinen•
cal cold air thar funnels through
,he Columbia Gorge." Severe ice
storms in ,he January's of 1978 and
1979, before LC bad genernrors,
knocked ou1 ,he college's hea, and elccrriciiy. To Beckham, lasr we...).'
snowsrorm v.•as weak compared tO
his previous cncou.mcrs, and it w'JS
also predictable.
.. Often dmes in J:muary l don't
accept our-of .. rown lecture invira ..
tions ... l don't travel on the road
in January by appoinrmcnt.U he:
said.
The recent snow days were ei ..
tbcr 3 miniature ~cation or a
complication, bm rhcy can also be
seen as a smalJ contriburor to the
regional red flag for global warming. _t_he_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_J_a_n_u_a_ry .... 2_6_,_2_00_1 _________ ... @•juju._.._ _____________________ 5_
Who killed the Rusty Nail?
by Adam Sanchez Two guests on the ousting of the student-run venue
was surrendered ro the Residence Life staff.
Srudcms have fought for control of these
spaces, bnrh 'successfully and disastrously.
lhe fight for the Ruscy Nail began in 2005,
when d>< Residence Lite sraff shut down rhe
smdenr .. run ve.nue. Previously. it had been
c.ht only srudem--<onrrolk-d space on c~1mpus.
Instead of marketing corporate fasr food, SIU•
dtnt$ cook~ and !-Old their own food. Even
more importantly, it was conceivt.-cf in pan
-as an inrimacc performance venue for both
srudenr-cre-Jtcd and off-campus music. 17,e
Rus1y Nail had developed enough name rcc­
ognicion chat it arrracccd many independenc
artists that many small colleges coveced: Mi--dcnce Life staff. Since 1he closure, rhc Lewis and Clark
Close to winter brei:k thar year, h ,vas an-Music Coalirion, the body that brings musi­
nounced wirhout warning thar Residence. cal acrs to campus, hls been leading c.he fight
Life would dose ,he Nail. Students respond- 10 win back d,e Nail. 'Rvo proposals were
cd by crowding nighrly into 1he venue to ar• subrnit«d to Residence Life, bo,h of which
rend \'arious even cs. sign pccitions. and catch were eventually rejected. l.ast semesccr, the
musical performances. A banner, with irs new Dean ofSrudencs, Houscon Doughany,
provocative message "Save The Rusty Nail," raL1;ed .smdenc'-s cxpcaation.s by-actually ask-
1vas hung in rhc Bon, bur ir only gcnora,ed ing for studenr input before making a deci•
confused discussion. Why was tbc Nail he-sion on 1he fumre of rhe Nail. Tbe resulting
ing closed down? More hnportantly) why wcekJy meetings seemed very promising m
weren't sni<lems consulted before rhe dcci-smdcm participants. Th!.!y involved :idmin•
sion was made? Before ·;erious protest could ima1ors like Oougharry. Robbie Fung, Mi­
be moumed, ,be Nail was gone. StudentS chael Ses1ric, and Da1•id Rosengard who ,,II
soon lefr for winter break, an<l when rhey genuinely wanccd to hdp students marerial#
---'--''--The bmle for comrol of the Rusty Nail
has ended and the Lewis & Cbrk adnJinis•
tr.uion ha.s delivered che final coup de gcicc.
In a meeting during finals week last semester
Robbie Fung, the Dir«10rofSwdenr Activi­
ties, disclosed ro 1he few students who could
make the gathering that the Rusty Nail will
be convened into dorm rooms over the sum­
mer of 2007. The news came as quiie a shock
ro 1he undergra~s ,bar had been pouring cn­
«gy imo the staff-student weekly meetings
to develop a rcnova,ion plan for the Rusty
N3il and return ir co studcnr conuol Ben
Schifman ('07), former General Mu­The complaints [of Residence Life] had validity, but they cloud­
ed the Nail's many positive contributions to a conscructive stu­
dent social life, which were never adequately acknowledged. sic and Movie$ Commi$$ion Chair.
poignantly described d,e demoral­
ization srudcnrs felt.
"Th.is is extremely frusrraring
and disappoinring for ,hose of us
who have worked so long ro cry co tic their goal$ and ideas. Unforcu~
na,cly, they probably had no idea
rhat d1e decision to turn the Rusty
Naji into dorm rooms was soon co
be mandared from their higher-
ups. UnimcntiooaHy. the ::tdminis­
tration raised srudenr expeccarions
for working wirlun rhe blatantly bring a venue to LC," Schifman expbined.
•After going 10 tons of meerings-many at 8
am-and having many hours of discussion,
it finally seemed like the -:adminismu-ion was
allowing us co use rhe Nail as a venue; I hon­
csrly rhought things had changed and our
long fight for the Rusty Nail was over."
11,c "long fight Schifman is referring to
is p3.n of a larger struggle originating in the
arcbitccrural inadequacies of the Ten,1plet0n
Student Center. Bec.1use the kinds of spaces
that one would cxpccl to find in a studcm
crmcr were anacxed to the dormitories, the
tomrol of tradicio1'lally student-nm spaces
by ASLC Executive Council
We wrire ro express our supreme dis#
~tisfucrio11 ia how srudcnc opinions are
considered in che decision-maki1,g pro­
cas of rhe :tdministration :tr Lewis &
Clark. While many LC studenrs in­
voll'ed in affectins change are no doubt
:i.ware of hier3rchical. bureaucratic
obsucle.1; and frusuarions in making
our schoo) a bccrc.:r place, we persevere.
\Y/e do so because of new ic.lea$, new staff,
and rhe promise that we are no longer
dealing wirh an "Us" and "Them" adminis­
mi.tion.
\Vhen these barriers are rorn
down, we ha\'t' the potenria1 co dd.iver
change, incorporate s111den1 feedbl1ck and
dcma.ods, and empo·M:r srudenr ownership
over our campus. Yet the optimism that
many of us share is waniJ1g radically in light of
rc.,"Cent decisior1s from college adminLnrators.
One of the masc offensive and recent
of chese accions ia\'olves chc excitement
and energy built ftroond rc\'ic3Jiz.ing
(yes, ir once thrived) the Rusty Nail as a
srudenr-mainraint-d and shared space. Well-r,h, Hella, Pedro the Lion, The Mic!"phones.
Some arcists. such as JohJ1 Vanderslice. were
committed ro performing ar the Nail e,.•ery
t.ime they came th.rough Portland. Regretta­
bly, the Residence Life staff never appreciat­
ed tl1is side of the Rus,y Nail. 1hey focused
narrowly on problems rbat could have been
solved: the usurpation of the spoce by• small
group of srnden1s; rhe failure of manager.;
ro reimburse the costs of food purchased foe
1he Nail. These complaints had validity, bu,
they clouded the Nail's m;my positive contri•
butio11s co :.l construcci\'e smdcm social life.
never adequa1cly acknowledged by tho Resi-
imcnt.ioncd t:fforcs were m:'ldc co
incr~ srudenc iovo1vemem, generate
new ideas, drafr bylaws, and «build the
Rusty Nail. Despite rhc countless hour.;
of student engagement and feedback
surrounding ch.i.s issue, as soon as we
lcfr for winccr break student input wa.s
usurped by the opinions of 1he Busi•
nes,; Office. The Rusty Nail will no
longer be a community -,..enue; it will be
cumcd into more residence halls. 1his
is exrren1cly frustraliJ1g for srudcncs
who have devoted so much time:. tO
improving our campus; another Se,ne~-
1er's wotth of work gone u, the flick
of a pen. \'(le remind the .administration that
many of these disillusioned ;ind frus1rared
students will soon be alumni wich a rarhcr
damaged opinion of rhis instim(ion.
Js our standing impression to be: a lftc.k
off.uth in :J.dminisrr:ui\'e concern for srudem
feedback? Alrhough srudenr input from
rhe Templeton Planning Committee was
taken into considerac.ion, a discussion with
members of 1he Rusty Nail Planning Com•
miuec or broader smdcm population nev­
er cook place, these students were c.hu.~ left returned they found rhe srnde,u arr on the
Nail's walls paimed over, the furn irurc re­
moved, and a padlock on ,be door. ,he
Ruscy Nail reverted to ju.sr another one of
those srerile meeting rooms cb.at clutter chc
Tcmplcron Smdcnt Ccnror. Probably the
most insulting pare of rhis .wmakeover" was
the uncompromising removal of the srudcnt­
made mural on the walls, callously removed
with uncr Jisregard
for rhe painS1aking
care and crcarivc
energies that had
gener:ired it.
out of the loop.
We do nor
intend to pre-
scribe a panicuJar
course of action concerning this
issue, or m:J.ke recommen--
d:triollS co our administra•
cors about the outcomes or
compromises. Howe\·er, they musr
know d1ar srudenc confidence in
collaboracivc efforts, active cagage­
mcoc, and fuith in i:.hisadminiscracion is
shaken. \Y/e need a community chat re ..
lies on nm only srudcnc cngagcmtnc bur, at
minimal. administrative respect of the
student opinions generated. There has
been a communication brc."akdown, a
loss of faith, and an apathy developed
towa,rds a school dlar ellcoura,ges sru­
dencs co parricipare only co disregard
their opinions in Lieu of' hscaJ gains.
The demand is now for srude1us ro sray
e11g-aged wirh a critical eye cowards decisions
being made. The demand is now f'or admi n­
istrawrs to respond to our opi1)io11.s and quic
ceasing u.s under the guise of "'compro ..
misc." hierarchical college suucturc and subse­
qucut1y crushed those t.'l'.pecmrion$ wich a
large slap in r.he face. Ir is decisions like these
that reveal ,vho actually runs the university
and rtmjnd us chat in the end srudc:nrs have
no input in the decisions d,at affect us and
our community.
11.UJSTRA~ ev
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The practical void
Liberal arts colleges like Lewis & Clark teach students to think-but is that a
valuable skill in the workplace?
I spenr l,460 days and roughly 150,000
doUars aneading Lewis & Clark CoUcgc.
·why? I sir htre, :a little ova e-ighr 1110,u.h~ af­
rcr gr:tduacing and I am asking myself. why
did I do i,? A, my college pn:pamory high
~hool in Hawaii there wi:re grand stories of
people who wcnr to college and rhen went on
m scan ,heir own successful businesses, Or
peopk-who went to coUege al\d cime back ,o
Maui m hecome. say. rhe highly paid manag­
er of a new horcl on r.hC' beach. complete with
w:>tcr slides and limos parked outside. Bur I
,uspecr r har rhose people didn'r go ro school
a, a liberal ans college.However, I cndc<I up
ar a liberal ans ooUcge beciusc I didn't know
whar I wan,c<I ,o do. School advisors, teach­
ers and ,he like suggested I go to a school Ukc
LC. "You can find out what you like there
and focus on tbart they s:tid. Ir sounded bril­
lianr! A chance to try a wide variety of op ..
cions before dt-ciding on a major. Guest editorial by Justin Wolford
Problem is, 1he pl,rn doesn't go much frir­
ther than ,haL. I cried a hunch of classes and
decided communications was for me. Undcr­
srauding how people communicated was fus­
cinai ing, from the level of rwo friend., ralk­
ing all the way ro how large organizations arc
structun,:d.
Around my junior year people srarred ask­
ing "What arc you going ro do afrcr college?" I rold diem I didn't know, perhaps a job io
human resources? A lot of 1-1 R people s1t1d­
ied coinmunic.,rions~ I w~s rold. J :im nm ac­
ruallr sure who told me d1is, I think i, mar
bavc been the woman on the phone who w;u:
calling about my ,tudenr lo,n<. It definirely
wasn't a professor at LC. though-LC pro­
fessors <lon't offCr explanations of whar ro do
with rhe knowledge they give you.
And chat's r.he problem. A v~sr majority of
stud<.'ms seem to leave LC wirhout any prnc,­
tical real world k,1owlcdge, and I am begin­
ning ro realize char rhe managers who do the
hiring ar d1e successful compan.i~ l wanr to
work for know that, tOO.
My friend who will SQOn gr:1du:uion from
om.hero Oregon University is majoring in
business. somcthiog one ,11ould never see at
I.C. h 1urns out his thesis ism design a busi­
ness plan for his own small business, some~
chi.ng dse that om: would never s<--c here.
Now I am not saying 1 wa,u ro see~, busi•
11css major at LC. bur whar I \vould like to see
arc some more pracrical classes in the majors
we do have. I would like to be able w sar on•
remme rha1 I cook clas~,; in which I critiqued
messages in rhc media and also learned how
The Fighting Hamster
by Matt Savage
"I will not withdraw, even if Laura and Barney are the
only ones supporting me." -George W. Bush
Too little, too late -that's the only
way to describe: President Bush's latest ide;.1
to queU the violence in the r:ipidly escalat­
ing "iolence in Iraq with a 21,0QQ .. man in­
crease. Many cxpcns, from top military gen~
erals to ,he Fighring l-lams,cr, m:ommendc-cl
up 10 500,000 «oops from tbe start of the
War. But ,he administr:t<ion bullied and be­
li11led lhese suggestions, poi1uinf; our thar it
shouldn't rake such a large army to invade
a third-world country. The only problem is
that the army was not large enough to ov
cupy the country, and our nation is paying
the price.
Unfonu11:.ueJy for the Pre$iden1, rhe na•
rion is nor on his side. A recem AP-lpsos
poll found that over 70% of ,he country arc
against his troop surge idea, with only 14%
in•fovor. Strong majorities that extend across
r3cfaJ, economic, gender, racial, age, geo-­
graphic, and eveo political lines are not in fa.
vor of the idea. Sena,ors Chuck Hagel. Sam
Brownback, and our own Gordon Smith
have joinc<I the growing chorus of Repub­
lican lawmakers against the surge. And per­
haps mOSt in1porra1nly. despite the meager cndorsemenr of Prime Min isttr Al-Malaki,
many go\•erninenr officials in ln-iq are resis­
ra,u or even hostile to the idea.
Democrats. emboldened by their recent
dcctoraJ victories l;t_sr November. a.re begin­
ning to take charge and work to stop the
President's foolish plan. They ore planning
a non-binding vote again~"t the resolurion,
which may get as ma.ny as half of the voces
of the Republican caucus. If the President
docs not heed their advice, Democrats may
nor do much else. Cutting off fuading for
the War itself would be politically disamous,
and the patriotism of Oemocracs would be
questioned b)• che American. people, even
though this tactic was supports-cl by both
parries in 1974 during the Vietnam \'(,'.u. In­
sisting on a troop cap of 130,000 when the
Pre!iidenc comes to ask for 1nore 1noney ncxr
monrh may be a berrer oprion, but it i.s of
questionable consrirutionalicy and may e.x•
pose Democrats to qucs,ions of patriocism
during warrime.
\Xlhat would ,he troop surge do, exacdy?
2 L ,000 rroops would be added to our cur­
rem level of 130,000 for a period of several to create clfcccivc ones. To be fair, J did take
~ class called Ma.o Mcxlia Messages: Design
and An,ilysis. However, the bulk of rhi, class
was spent learning Ult.· ,·cry basics of how ,o
usi: a camera m makt a shorr video that loolu
only sligluly better 1han 1ha1 video I made for
Spanish cla.,s back in high school. Perhaps
they have the right intention for this class,
but it n:ally docs nor C\ll it.
Classes like Communication Criticism ace:
a1so gre.u. We get m look ar lx..'t'r commercials
:,nd examine how rnily sexi>t 1hey an:. We
get ro imagine every beer bordc is a phallic
symbol. We analyze ,hcsc messages in comm,
morol theories in philosophy and pho1os in
the arr deparrmem. llut that's all that hap­
pens; we aoalY7.c things others ha,•c done. \Ve
never DO ru1ything our,elves.
I ,vant lO rake a da$S where J can write on
1ny ~ume, "I looked at a number of sue~
ful ads put out by large companies, analy,;,d
,hem -and ~hen used wh;.n I le.1rned to make
my own concept for an ad," I have never raken
thar la.st step in any of my classes. I have never
caken rhar le:1p from ,he academic world of
analysis ro rhc practical-real-world of ap•
pliauion.
mon1hs, prirnatily ro qudl
the violence of Baghdad.
illis is nor the firsr t.ime this
ha.s been tried, rwo previous
rroop surges have occurred
in the past two years. The
difference wi1 h the curre,1r
plan is that there would
be a surge of Lraqi bat•
ralions as well. The aim
of the su,ge would be
ro control the \'iolence
,hat has gripped Bagh­
dad. and resrore or•
dcr in its declining
mixed Sunni and Shi­
i1e neighborhoods.
11,e problems wi1h this
idea ar.o,four-fold. Firsf, as srarcd previ­
ously, rhis coo linlc~ too larc. 2l,000 troops
is a drop in the bucker, one that will only
provide rempornry respicc in a war char has
been waging for four years, and will mostly
like oontir1ue for years 10 come. In order ro
make a real difference, our milicary wouJd
need ar least another 100,000 for a period of
years just to pacify the violence in Baghdad.
T11c new troop surge would not c..-ven enter
inco Sadr City, the violent he.:art of rhe Shi­
ire illsurgency. Second, this pla,, only aims
to pacify Baghdad, despite violence raging
across the country. While Baghdad could be While at LC I ooriccd a lot of time was
spent looking at rhe world and what .1 com­
ple,e. mes.s it is. And. in a ft'\v of my classes.
my proft-ssors taugh, me abou, whai kind of
mess the world is. However, I never learned
the skills to go our inro this messy world and
stan ridying up. All I know how to do is com•
mcntatt' on it.
I need to be able to say to ,hat person out
there who is going through hundreds of re•
sumcs a day 1hat not only h.we I had 6m
class educition ot a fine Llber:tl arrs college.
bur I learned sluUs rherc tho, are applicable'°
,he job you arc hiring for.
I feel oonfident that I could go forth and
teach aJI du· theories of communication I
have learned to others. I could explain what a
feminist critique or a Budweiser commercL-iJ
tells us. l am also confident char wirh a lirdc
bit of training 1 could learn co make: my own
commerci:'1.ls that others could Ctitique in ;1
college classroom some day. The problem is,
LC never went chat extra step to give me that
little bit of training I would need 10 make
my own commerci:1ls and no other company
wanes to spend rhc-e,imc co do it, either,
Perhaps ,be new rag-line for a liber:tl arts
educarion should be "'A weJ( .. .-ounded edu-­
cation, just warch our for the-sharp corners
where: the practical knowledge should go."
rhe most imporm,u dry ro
conrrol, l 9 million 01her
Iraqis are still left fearing
the growing violence of the
insurgency. Third, this act
will surely cause more re$CIH·
menr of US troops, and possibly
lead 10 increased deaths of US and
coalirion forces. "Finally, there arc
simply nor enough troops. Na•
cional Guards troops, who never
should have been i11 lr::i.q in ,he
first place, will now have to serve
more than 24 months du ring a
five year period. despite having
jobs and fu.rnilics at home. If ti,e
United Slates Stopped deploying
our troops ill dozens of unnecessary
P,!aces all over the globe, and at domes­
tic army bases in key congrcssionaJ districts,
this might not be a problem.
Reg,udkss of whether Bush suce<.'<:ds in
his foolish attempt ro incre.,se troop levels
in Baghdad, it should serve as a rnllying
cry for Americans of all political snipes ro
question rhis War. \Y/e need solutions co chis
conHicr that wiU begin to withdraw Ameri­
can troops from Iraq, where they have not
been Welcome for sorne l'ime. Increasing
the nu,nber of troops in Iraq this late in the
game only increases the amount of resent­
ment by Iraqis ,hat they arc then', _i_h_e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_._L_o_g_, _Ja_n_u_a_ry._2_6_,_2_0_0_1 _________ .... j•juju ..... ______________________ 7_
Lack of integrity in Hussein trial undermines
United States' image
by Matt Savage
Before this article continues, I should be up front with my own views on the death penalty. As a
Catholic, I am against the death penalty in all cases. I believe that we are all beings created by God,
and no one should be able to decide when someone else should die. Unless killing is done in self­
defense, or in defense of someone else, it is wrong. Nevertheless, I will do my best to write this article
without injecting my personal views on the death penalty.
Not long after Christmas, rhe Iraqi gov­
crnntenc hanged a mass murderer. And v,,.hilc
I will nor shed cears for chis terrible man. I
bcJievc chat cbc way he was cried was wrong,
and his dt-ath was at ,he err ofbo,h ,he lrnqi
government and the tion using a camera phone. 1n the him, 1nen
can be heard chan<ing the name of Al-Sadr,
one of the most powerful Shiite clerics in
Iraq and ,he leader of roe powcrfui Mahdi's
Army. 1he role of radical Shii,e,; in tbe ex-ec-mion oF the deposed diccamr
will only exacerbate CJtisting
censions bcrwcen Shiitrs &
Sunnis.
11,e Unired $rates in--
vaded Iraq to,
among other United S,a,e,;. This
shameful display of
vicror's jusficc will
nm make Iraq safer,
and will furihtr di­
minish roe lcgiti­
rm,cy of A,neric:i:'s
invasion. There are This shameful display of victor's justice will
not make Iraq safer, and will further diminish
the legitimacy of America's invasion. reasons, bring
dcmoc,ocy and ,he
rule of law <O Iraq. In
,he trial of Saddam Hus­
s~in, we have done the
justified questions
abom ,he legi,imacy of Saddam Hussein's
crial. Instead of being tried in an lmcrna-
1ional Crimi11:.il Court, like former Serbian
dicmor Slobodan Milosevic, he was trit-d by
an Iraqi courr. which is fur more likely 10 be
biased against him. Tilrce of his defense law­
yers were murdered, {rnd one of hi.s judge's
resigned i11 protest of governmenr imcrfcr•
cnce. And his lawyers were frequently not
given access to evidence used against
him. because chc evidence \vaS
"top secrcc."
Another error of his execu-­
tion was its timing. It was done opposi,c.
--
on a Muslim holy day, which is of­
fensive co Islam (itonically. it is the
holy day of forgiveness). It was also
done before Saddam could be tried
for other crime.~, meaning he will never
be held accountable to ,hose victims and
their families. The crime he was convicted
for was the rnmder of 148 Shii,e,; whom he
accused of playing :.1 role in an assassination
ancmp1 on his life. This crime ,vas commir•
ted ,he year before Rumsfrld's visi, ,o Bagh­
dad to meet rhc dicraror and to solidify an
alliance against Iran in the lrnn-1 r:i.q \Var.
The fa« ,hat the United Smes agreed to ,his
alliance aFter rhe crime he was u.ltimatdy
hanged for only compounds ,he hypocrisy of
,he role ,ha, ,he United Sones played in bis
execution. -fl~~
(MACRO)
The way that the •1ctual execurion was
carried out ,v.tSalso Aawed. Due to a sccuricy
br~ch1 someone was able to film tht cxccu-A weel<Jy piece that focuse,; on
large-sC3lc issues.
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Students relish snowy campus, no classes *
by Hannah Hultine * * * * Tuesday and Wed11cs­
day's snow days, Ja,1.
16 and I 7 rcspe,;1 ive­
ly, provided Lewis &
Clark srudems with
a guilt-free, cxrra-long
break. Wirh no work 10
worry about, studenrs
took 10 the snow-packed
srreecs, where rhc empty
roads around Palarinc Hill proved
ideal conditions for some: winrcr
romping.
Tuesday morning. Pordandcrs
were our walking around, hlning
improvised slopes and sipping on
sreamy drinks, many of which were
secrer1y packing an extra punch in
defense ro ,he d,ill.
The resourceful bravery of Pon­
land residents during frosiy <lays
cannot be ovcrlook<"d: materials
successfully employed by LC sru­
dcms and neighboihoo<l kids For
slcddi11g and snowboarding includ­
ed c:ird 1:1blcs, Monet cardboard
posrers, large fin pors, three-ring
binders and cable covers.
There w,s also :l ple1hora of
equipment iossed haphazardly to
the wayside of the makeshift slopes.
l"hese articles were apparently dis­
carded by hardcore sledders, ow-ing 10 their failed capabiliiy of
g.-tining momcnmm or ,heir high
probabiliry of ejecting passenger(s)
mid-hill.
Such objeclS included a bed
headboard, a clothes hamper and
a pi,zz.1 scone. Ir is no surprise thac
UPS sent out an a.Jen to tl1e Porr­
land-arca to ketp S1low frolickers
our of tl1e roads afier, no doub,, rc­
pc:ited close calls.
-11,e old graveyard near campus
also proved to be a popular spot for
snowball 6ghis, photo shoors and
romantic strolls through the winter
wonderland. Marker of Choice,
Swbucks and Papac-
cino's were also destination
horspots. Market of Choice em­
ployees made it to work and pro•
vidcd w:mn sa,nples ro shoppers
and LC browsers alike.
However, a quick pop into Pa­
paccino's for a quiet cup of' coffee
or tea would prove ro be an im­
possible cnde:,vor. 'The coffee joint
Pt«>l'O 8V J0::8.VNST
Above: Adventurous students gang together for a sled-train. Below: David Lindsay ('07)
and Maegan McKee ('07) partner up to soar down the hill near Griswold Stadium. * *
was alive wi1h the laughter of
snowbou11d LC srudents bonding
over being unable ro reach classes.
Sarah CoUins ('08) and An:ilise
Herrera ('08) staked out a spot
amongsr the throng of customc.'rs
on Tuesday. Ponland coffee culture
boomed during the uncharacteris­
tic snow days~ it was readily appar­
ent that Pap,l;Cci11o's corporarc rivaJ
across rhe street was also enjoying
the bencfirs of the nippy weather.
However, Wednesday yielded
somewhat different scntime1us
from LC sruden1s. Wirh recycling
bins already filled from the.previ­
ous day's fesrivirie.s, some srudenrs
began 10 fed the clfoctS of futig"e-
Thc greatest contriburion m
chest scudems' sentime.nrs was
chc in Aux of Wednc.,day morning
emails. Many professors keen on
nor gen.ing behind on their suict
syllabi, sent students det:.1ilcd in•
formation on how to complere as•
signments that would otherwise' aJ ..
ready have been assigned.
Srudems caught between dilem­
mas of whether co partake io snow-* *
PHOTOB'(llA WJ,t£.
ball figh1s or do assignt-d readings
began to see a downside of can­
celled classes.
However, Edna Wong ('08) was
one of many srudents who were
hoping for a third snow day on
Thursday. \Xlhcn asked if she had
fdr borc.,-d over the last few days,
Wong responded. "No way. I am
golden!"
1 he general consensus? Stu­
dems welcomed rhe surprise free­
time and spent it with friends. Yer
many felt glad to begin cl=s on
Thursday before class workloads
burdened campus snow•lovcrs.
For those i11urt1ud in pr111i11g rhe
1vearhtr lint on their spud dial in
1111iitipatio11 of ge11ing another snow
day. the numbtr i.s rxte11Jio11 S-N-O­
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_Congress bill benefits students
by Krista Stryker
Jr's the St:)rt of 3 new semes­
rer, and the beginning of a new
Democratic Congress. After four
years of Republican control of the
Senate and 12 years of Republican
jurisdiction in the House of Rep­
resenr:itives. rhe 11 Och Congr= is
under pressur~ from the American
people co bring change 10 a coun­
try where trust ia•tbe government
is waning. ~The Dcmocr~u.s have aJ­
tt0dy made changes thar will aff'ecr
college students.
Last week on January 17, the
House passc-d a bill dcsignt-d to
help out the American student. The
legislation. J.beled as H. R. 5. wa.,
the fifth of r.he •six for '06" agenda
ircms passt'.d in ttic l 00-hour canl­
paign wagtd by cbe Democrats in
r.hcir first hours of office. The bill
was intended ro be a mere SJ,1.rling
point for a new Democronic Con­
gress promising grcarcr acrention ro
issu~ of education and youch, and
is designed to cut inctrcsc rares on
college loans for students.
As passed, the bill will cut rhe
federal interest rare on college
loans from 6.8 percent ro 3.4 per•
cc-nr incrementally over a period of
five years at a rotal coSt of $6 bil­• ity. rhe welfare of college students
looks to be improving.
11,ough the recent passing of
,he inreresr rare bill has left many
heralding irs success. some draw ..
backs remain. While ir could save
sruacnts an avcragc of $2.300 over
rhe course of their college loans,
it would not rake full effect until
20 I I , which leaves college stud en rs
lOdayout ia the cold. Whar's more,
,he bill automatically expires at r.hc
end of five years unless renewtd by
Co1\gress ar char time, and rhe re­
newal ofH.R. 5 would cost billions
of doUars over the long term.
Other critics of the lcgjslarion
stress ,hat che Dcmocrars' bill as
passed doesn't address all student
loans, dealing only with govern•
menr subsidized Stafford loans,
loans tha< targcr middle-class' fami•
lies rather than chose most in need.
The bill leaves out any mention of
Pell granrs. scholarships intended
for low•income families char don't
have 10 be repaid. Under a Repub­
lican Congress, PeU grants have
been Hat, even falling, for years.
lion (6.12 percent in 2007, 5.44
percent in 2008. 4.76 percent in \
2009, 4.08 percent in 20 IO and
3.4 percent in 20 I I). The
Democrars plan to pay for \
H.R. 5 by c,,,<ing subsidies
provided 10 banks and lenders.
which has left some in che leJld•
ing industry worric.-d.
Anya Kamenccz., the young au­
r.hor of Gm,mtiq" Otbt, a per­
son2_I and generarional account
of srudenc dcbr, daim.s rbat
college students nationwide
have been graduating with an
average of$20.000 in student
loans in recenr years. With
less money avajlablc for sru ..
dcnr funding, chc American sm~
dent has been at the losing end of
the congressionaJ agenda over che
past decade.
K..1mene1;2. suggesrs chat under
a Republican Congrt"Ss. the univcr ..
sicy srudcm was quietly forgocrco
abour. as risjng wjtion, escalat­
ing interesr rotes and a dee.lining
wnount of scholarships for those in
need pushed many of this genera•
cion's smdcnc:s and. graduates imo
massive dcbr. Bur with che arrival
or the De,nocrats, and the accep­
rance of education as a rop prior• While H.R. 5 was backed by
124 Republicans in a 356 10 71
voce, SOll'IC have expressed disap­
poincmenr wi1h rhe bill's inren ..
tions. Skeptics contend rhac college
students taking out a loan in 2011
would potentially save only $7 a
monrh under the currenr pl:ti\.
Rep. Virginia Fol(JC (R•N.C.) de­
nounced the bill as a "sham and a
lie," saying that "it wouldn't guar•
anccc that one more. srudC"nt would
go 10 college because of thi.s.''
But Rep. George Miller (D.
Calif.), chairman of the House
Education and ,be Labor Com•
mitrcc, has expressed a dcgroc of
astonishmcnr at such Republican
viewpoints. "I fi1\d it inrercs1ing
that my colleagues think this won't
help a single snrdent." Miller said.
He asserts that the biU has r.-ceivcd
backing from the U.S. Public In­
terest Research Group's (Pl RG)
higher education projecr, and said.
"[y]ou know who rhinks cbis wiU
help students? Students!"
Supporters of the bill claim that
it is only the beginning of a gceuer
Democraric plan t0 support, higher
education. Miller avows chat rhe
current bill is only a "down pay•
meat" in the overall Democratic:
su:1tegy for education. Sen. Ed­
ward M. Kennedy (0-Mass.),
chairman of the Senate Health, E,I.
ucarion, Labor and Pensions Com~
mirtccs, considers the bill a good
first step in ;a more extensive pack­
age of bills dealing with the rising
costs of higher education. In Feb­
ruary, his commhrtt is planning co
introduce a plan increasing We Pell
grant from its current ~mounr
l)f $4,050 10 $5,100 a.< well as
limit srudcnc loan payments
10 15 percent of the bor­
rower's yearly income.
.As itS crit.ics suggest,
H.R. 5 is no perfect solu­
tion to chc rising coses of
mition among higher edu­
cation, whicb have climbed
an a"erage of 41 percent
since 200 I. Nor will ir od­
dress the low-income families
in America who need Pell grants
in order to atrcnd an otherwise: un­
affordable college or university.
Bur whether or 1101 the Dento­
cr:ns' plans for srudenc assisrance
will result in real change righr
away, the issue of education is once,
again at the forefront of the legis­
lative agenda. And for > debt-rid­
den generariol'1, that is a srep in the
right direc.cion. -- ----------------
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,t
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pie, and the fact that
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rom the one before.
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Iraq comes to life:
1JNl~lllll~l)l)l~I) l~XIIIIII'I, llllINf•S
by Lexie Briggs / photos by Jocelyn Stokes
Although scenes from the war in Iraq
confront us every day, there lw not yer been
an iconic photograph symbolwng the con•
Aict as completely as the picture of troops
raising che American Aag over [wo Jima or
the photograph of• naked Viemamese girl
running away from a bombed out city. An
cxcc:p1ional photograph, however, still grips,
still captivates, still mesmeri1.es rhc viewer.
Everyday scenes. Viol¢oc and tranquil, vi­
brant and subdued, line the walls of the
Hoffman Gallery. An Iraqi man glares a, the
camcr.1, exuding righteous anger. Avms wail
as they wash their dead niece:. A man scands
in the midst of rubble, -all lhac remains of a
ooce vibrant cou.rist city. Men blc:cd and die
in the street.
The new photography exhibit in ,he
Hoffman G,llery explores the Iraq conAict
from the perspective of four freel,nce pho­
tojournalists working in Iraq. The tide of
rhc exhibit, • Uneinbedded." refers 10 the direcror Linda Tcsner described as the best
anended opening tbe Gallery had ever ex•
perienccd. Although even, coordinators had
intended that Professors Aodrcw Correll
and Robert Eisinger would have an oppor•
runlty rn discuss their work oo bias in em-­
bedded reporting. The artists' presentation
w;as so compelling, however, rhe professors
yielded rheir tin,e for •n hour-long qu.srion
and answer session.
Thorne Anderson, one of the photojour•
nalisrs·i,wolved in rbc exJ1jbirio,,~ explained
thar they fdt the embedded program was
over represented in American media . .,,We
wanted 10 show a different pcrspcetive-lir­
eraJI)• a ,~fferenr perspective." he said.
The pre.«!ntarion criticiicd much of the
media coverage of the lraq w•r. In the build­
up co rhe lraq war, medi::1 co~'~ragc focused
almost exclusively on Saddam Hussein. 11,e
,-.-a.r w~,s billed in America as a clash of ti rans:
Bush vs. $,ddam, the US military against
"Family tragedies were all around," said
Alford. "le was very real and human." Saddam's palace
guards. The reoliry
the pho,ogrnphcrs
saw ,vas very dif.
ferenr. While the
popular embedded journalist program that
embeds jou.rnaUsrs with US troops operat­
ing in Iraq and Afghan is ran and allows for
unpn:.-ct..-dcmed reports from the front.
The photographs in the exhibit, however,
\vere raken aJmost exclusively from unem­
bedded photojow11alis1s. While embedded
journa.lists focus more on Americans in­
volved in tl1e w:1r, the freelance pho1ojour­
nalists focus more on Lraqi civilians and
their i1Herac1ions with the COl'lAict.
l;ollowing ,he gallery opening last
·rhursday, two of ,he exhibi1ed arrists gove
a prcscntHion about the an and their time
spent in lrnq in what the Hoffman Gallery headlines in the US read "Saddam Under
Siege," the entire co\.1ncry was experiencing
rhe US intervention. '"Family tragedies were
all around;' said K.101 Alford, another pho­
tojournalist whose photographs are on dis­
play. "Ir was very real and hurmtn."
·n,. journalim fmther explained that
rhc froclancc phorographer and major news
magazines have a love-hace relationship.
"They can r•l<e your hard work and bury
it under pop cuJrurc," Anderson sa.id, ges­
turing at slide after slide ofnme M,g,zinc covers. "Harry Potrer ROCKS!" proclaims
one cover, embla1..oocd with cuce children
wearing the emblematic Potter glasses. Spi•
derman sprawl1i across rhe cover of another
issue.
"On the other hand. they have a huge
distribution," he added, pointing our thar ar
dmcs ne,vs magazjnes re-port \YCII on rhe is.­
sues surrounding the conAict, especially as
rhe tide of public opinion has runcd against
the Iraq War.
Anderson and Alford discussed the over•
simpliciry of reporrs coming from Iraq, cs•
pecially in the early days of rhc invasion. Ar
one point, Anderson p>used on a slide de­
picr.ing a pale man wearing mascara, bJush,
and lipstick. He had a sbort, bleached bc>rd
aad looked be>tifically towards the ceiling,
Anderson e.,plained that the man repr<:·
sen red how little he knew about Iraq. The
man was an Imam in on,e of Baghdad's mos-r
imporcant oeighborhoods and v.ras imirar­
ing 1be Virgin Mary. lhc idea of a Muslim
holy m:tn raking srylisric cues fro1n an icon
of Christianiry seemed complerely foreign
tO Anderson.
Some of the photographs in tbe exh ibir
arc srartlingly personal, such as the photo
depicting a group of women driving away
from a beauty parlor, nervously made up
for a bachclorcue parry. Anorher shows au
Iraqi man shooting out a window at Ameri­
can ,roops, his machine gun balanced'on his
knc-e.
Other pho1ographs, from bot!, before
and after the-invasion, are abso)Ulcly heart
rendering. "People ofren ask me whac the
worst ching I ever photographed is," Ander•
son said. He showed a slide of a young boy
who had been circumcised. Afr~r che proce­
dure, doctors discovered that the boy had a medical condition thar prevented his blood
from clotting.
"In another country, this problem could
have been fixed in a matter of hours," An­
derson said. The drug rhar wotdd have s,ved
cbc boy's life was unavailable under rhe us ..
imposed sanctions bc..-causc it could be u.scd
in rhe construction of chemical weapons.
"Sanctions were kiJli1,g t.har country," Aft.
derson said. "'Thar was the moment I be­
came cornmtned ro foUowing the ,,.,ar in
Iraq."
The anis1-s expressed a dear negativt
opinion on the Iraq \'<lar and rhc Am1tri­
can handliog of ch~ sirualion. When a.sled
if Iraq v.•ill devolve i\uo a civil war as soon
as American troops pulJ out, Alldcrson re·
sponded, "ll's vt·ry dangerous ro )eave [riq
without a plan, just like it was dangerous t·o
invade without a plan."
"They claimed ractical victory,"' Ander ..
son said, "and tactically speaking, rhey did.
Bur srr:11egically spe:iking, rhere seems to I><
-intense failure."
"The Amerio,ns were just sore of this
pounding boy and as the Americans slOM)'
witbdraw, they are fighriog each other," Al­
ford said. "Conditions could be no bctm
for a civil war cban now."
The images, ovem11) are a haunting rcp­
rcscmation of lnq as it is today: bloody
and jubilanr, extremist and sad, colorful
and destructive. Ultimately, the fundamen ..
r;lly complex burnanity of rhe Iraqi people
shines through it all.
ARTIST PHOlOS COJRlt.$'1' H()FFMA.~G,l,U..00' tt
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t 1 Fovea 11
SB: So what would be your hope for the e:<hihicioo? \X'h::it do you want vie,'.wcrs ro rake
aw:iy?
LT: [e's very irnporc:uu me 10 bring shows ro the galJcry thar will somehow cross•pollinatc
with orher disciplines. Tbe facuhy of rhe an departmenr usc rhe gallery a lor, bur I'm alwoys
interested io how other departments and disciplines can use the gaJlc:ry. For example I'm
working on a show at the moment on marh. 1here's ::i w3y ro make rht: ga.Ucry synch up with An Interview with
Linda Tesner ~AlfORO every other deparunenr on campus.
by Stephanie Beecham
Hoj(,11a11 Gnlkry dirt'CIQT Li11dn Tes11,rs
"Unnnbedde,I, • which fen tu res d,e photographs
,ffottr ,membtdded phorojournaliJts in Iraq. is
1hr first major Porrland ... a",1 phOt()j<mmfllism
txhibit to engage the subjm ofrhe Iraq \\'4,r. THDiffANOERSON
V1iJ ,wtk Ttmer sm dQt1111 111irh Stephanie Beeclum 10 1t1/k about rhe making of rhe °'Unem­
litldtd .. txhibir., tlu: munreness she hopes it will raise, the risks pho1ogmphm t()Qk in the count of
1/m1ing, and the "quiet., image that UJUches her most.
SB: \Vias lhere :1 moment or an event tha, spurred you inro brioging a photojournalism
exhibit a.hour war?
LT: Do you want the long versio11? \'\fell, I've been perplexed over chc last few years over
1be l>ck of attention ro war by ,he arrs community-I mean shocked by it because I came of
age during lhe Viemam \'Q'ar, which was a complecely different culture. I've done nine scudcnc
exhibirions now ar Lewis & Cbrk, and ,here's never any poliric3J art ... I have one student chis
)"tar doing something .about Iraq, but I've been curious to know why chat is.
Bur ... li,erally one day I was ,akjnga friend our 10 lunch for her binhday, and I ran into an
.1quainrancc who said "l have a friend whose cousin was a photographer in lraq. are you inrer­
cs«d1" And I said, "I'll look a, anything. I'll look ac anything thar cross<-s my desk. Because
)'OU never know what's going to be good.>t \'Q'ichin a weeki I he woman dropped chc catalogue
off" my bouse and I knew right away thar l wan,ed the show. I would say tho, [the show)
cune from someplace else ... the Goddess of Exhibitions. Also, in rhis insr:mce I'm hoping char rhc photos will raise awareness about lmq. l•m a
pretty informed person, but I feel like I learned so much abou, Iraq and ,he conAic1 there
just based on the opening night and chc lec1ure and reading the captions. A theme rhar I find
so poignant i.s the theme on women in Iraq. Reside,ui;1I women, militant women, and the
mourning "'omen, and the dead women and the mothers. hts a real eye-opener. And the mosr
imporcanr rhing about iL is char ir creates so much empathy-nor just for 1he Jr;:aqi people,
but for chc American soldiers and (he insu rgems. Evaybody's hurr by ir.
SB: I think rhar's panicularly relevanr here, because I don'r sec a lo, of symparhy [on
c:1mpus) for cither the American soldiers or che people who I ivc: there. A lot of students arc
extremely ideologically opposed to the war. What rhese phoros do for rne is to bring the war
down co a day-ro-d:l)' level, so people c.'ln S<.'e what the everyday ex:is1eoce of :rn lrnqi or :m
American soldier mighr acmally be like. We're just so fur away here ... even the landscape
looks totally cuffcrcot, They migh, as well be on the moon!
LT: A1ld so much ot what we sec in Newsweek or wherever is comjng from cml;>cddcd
phorographers, a,1d they come wich a very specific point of view l'>eCallSC they have people
ro siay with who prorect rhcm. Every single one of ,he photographers in d,is show has had
near-death CXpcrienccs. Tuey were in Ba,ghdad during rhc. initial bombin6' they were wirh in­
surgems while American bombs were falli11g around them. And if you didn't hear rhe lecrure
one of the tbiugs I was most impressed about is 1har [the photographers) were complerely
even-handed. There was no Bush bashing. lr was jusr, •1his is what we saw. This is whar we
experienced.' -ihey weren't emotional, they weren't hysrerical. rhey weren"t in any way 'We've
got to change.J
SB: So is there any image in che exhibition lha, you come back co?
LT: Before me show came, I though, i, would be ,he one of the Uttle boy with his face
down there wid'I a gun1 because l have a son and the idea of ch:ir is just horrifying. Bue tbat's
no, ir. There's one chat's very quiet. So 70% of lraqi kids don'r go ro school because school is a
dangerous place to bc---pcople rargec schools. But this [pho,ograph iakes place in 1 the equiv­
alent of a Sunday School. and rhe kids are re-enacting a funeral, and rhe thoughr cha, chil­
dren >re inculcating their childhood with memories like that-1 6nd it cxrremdy painful. _ih_e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_o_g_, _Ja_n_u_ar_,y_2_6_._2_0_0_1 ________ 111111111111111 __________________ 1_3_
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PHOiO COLRTESY PO£Ts..cRG
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire during his service in World War I. by Stephanie Beechem
In 1907, the f.unous Belgian vagrant and rhief Gery l'ierct st0le two Iberian stone heads
from che Louvre, which he then sold co his good friend Pablo Picasso. Four years later, in
September of I 9 I I, he anempted rhe same fc'3c again, except this time he be«owcd a head
upon aoother friend, the French symbolisr poer, quasi-criJninaJ, cclebricy, and literary culr
figure Guilla,ume Apollinaice. A few weeks after Pieret srole rhe second Iberian bead, the
Mona Lisa was also my.sreriously stolen from the Louvre. Innocent, but worried that the
crime would be traced back ro him, Piem convinced Apollinaire co plop the pilfered head.,
i1uo a suitcase and then drop chem inco the Seine. ihe policec:une looking for chem anyway,
raided Apollinaire's Aat, and kept him in custody for six da)'s. Pierer and Apollinaire were
evcncuaUy cleared, but police required that Picasso, if you can imagine ir, come into the
st~tion to darify mancrs.
As in all lirerorure, the man, cbc life, and the work can be exceedingly difficult co untangle,
and all the more so in d1e case of GuiUaume ApoUinairc. Most of whaes been wrinen
posthumously about rhc legendary leader of the first Paris :tv:'lnt-garde-hommnges. resramcms,
manifesros-serves the important purpose of preserving rhe best of Apollinaire legend: the
Louvre, another nigh, in which r.he arlist Francis Picabia painted a rie on Apollinaire's bcsr
dress shirt so they wouldn't miss an event looking for his lost necktie. ApolLlnairc's tendency
ro trail people on the streets whom he found fu.scinacing, his well publicized, all-consuming
lov<.-affairs, and his own predilection for teUing fantastic~ exuberant, and ofre.n conrrndietory
mies about his own life and history co pre~, funs, friertds, and lovers alike. 1t's an exceedingly
fascinaring srory-bur a s10,y, nonetheless. lbe sprawling rale of ApoU;naire's life, in all irs
shades of fu.cr and ficrion, is a full, complicaced myrhos, one dm is exceedingly difficult to
keep separate: from his l<..,gitimace literary accomplishments.
• Some of rhe man's poems arc, of course, just as fanrastic, plastic, and playful as Apollinaire
himself. Apollinaire believed thar poems in their ideal scare should engage all che senses--dm
you should be able to read a poem bur also smell it and ta.sec it and fu,I it on your fingers.
A m1nanric he was nor~ be wanted violent poems, dashing poems, poems that would cake a
reader co dinner and then lO bed. The most extreme of these poems are arrnnged in speccacular
artificial panerns.: inverccd hearu ("My heart like a Arum." turned upside down" is che entire
ren of 1he poem), Aowing fOlrncains, rain dripping down the page ("it's raiaing you as well
marvelous encounters of my life/ 0 litclc drops," slinks down ,he cenrer), lines radiating out
from a central point like rays off the sun. Like Apollinaire's life cbey're rulliculr co approach:
Apollin>irc scholar Roger Shacruck describes chem as "an experience that has neither bocrom
nor mp nor left nor righr." But today these inscandy rccogni1..1ble linle concoccions arc some
of his best-known and rnosc popular poems; noc unti.1 £. E. Cummings would a popular poet
so successfully harness the possibility of non-line.,r verse-verse with no fixed entry poinc,
verse thar must be molded and, in a sense, created again by every new re.1der.
His more traditionally arranged poems. though they lack punctuation, are similarly
sensuous, playful, and light (from "Conege": "One day I was waiting for myself/ I said co
myself Guillaume il1S time that you came .. ), bur.some venture into decidt:cUydarker territory.
In rhc-se poems Apollinaire quesrions his own starus as an artist and a pubUc personaliry and,
above all, foments his own solimde, which was :1 const3:nt0 ................... pressure despite his
great fame and l;trge circle of friends. Many of Apollinaire's grcaresr loves were unrr:quircd,
and the poems he wroce in honor of chese women are sharp, scasith•e and heanfolc, fuU of the:
pain fol and exquisite cxpecrancy of helpless w:inring: "And how I awoi.t the delight of I your
daily lener my he.in/ bound up like a roe I when I see che messenger coming.•
Bue something of che myrh of Apollinaire intercedes even in the case of rhcse seriou,
poems. In "The Marvels of War." in which Apollinaire describes the many nigh cs he spent
with his company in cbe trenches during WWI-an experience he found enormously
fulfilling-he makc-s a proclamarion about his own myth: "I bequca1h ro the furure ,he story
of Guillaume Apollinaire /Who was in the war and could be anywhere," The poem concludes
wich these m~terious, bllr celling, lines; "If I could suppose chat all rhe things everywhere in
which I rc-side I Could be also in me/ But there is nothing so made in this respecr I For if I
am everywhere rigbr now there is srill only I who can be in me-" Apollinaire felt char he was
a poec of £he universe, a man whose gigantic _personality artd se.11suous verse had the potential
to fill rhe cosmos, or ar leas, 611 in all the lircle holes in his life. [lur he couldn't shake the
feeling cbac. underneath it all, he was only ~ man: .i man whose exhilarating. exuberantj
outmgeous personality and "myth" won him innumerable funs, biographers, lovers and
friends, but would always overshadow his life's work, and ulcimarely mnd be1wcen him-the
real Apollinaire, srowcd somewhere inside the myth-and the rest of the world. lk11e.arh
the posturing and beneath th,· srorics, ir's chis real and inescapable loneliness rhat colors
Apollinafre's most imporram and long-lasting work. Watzek presents wide array of rock
by Sanne Stienstra // photos by Anna Scott
For the third year in a row, Watzek library opened its doors for LC students and the pub­
lic for a real live rock show. Last year's show f€atured LC student bands Officer Funk,
DATLOG, Daughters of the American Revolution and Dagger of the Mind. This year, LC
student bands were again invited to take the makeshift stage that was nestled between
rows of computers, while for the first time Watzek hosted a non-LC band, Mirah.
After auiving back from a long and glorious wi1\rer break,
students were unexpectedly greetetl by of lots of snow and
no classes for cwo day,. As if this reiurn ro LC wasn't good
enough already, on llwrsday, Jan. 18, ,he student body was
invited to the third lnnual \Varzek Rocks concert in the li­
brary.
The show featured rwo LC student bands, Mo•n and The
Whips and rhe \Xlhalcs, and ,he hrsr Wat1,ck Rocks non-stu­
dent performer, Mirah.
Tue opening bond, Moan, is comprised of LC srudems
Adam Sanche-, ('07) and Gavin Duffy ('07). The duo kicked
off rhe show by inviring-nay-commanding audience
members to dance 10 the electronic be:us al\d unique vocal~
,hey provided. Sanche-i, a hisrory major, sang feverishly while
playing guitar as Duffy, a music major, supplkd the quirky
keyboard as background.
11,e appealingly raucous, Panclicr-esque vocals comple­
mented the funky ckccro-pop without fuult. Sancha also
elicited audicac<" participation and members of the dancing
crowd wcrt only coo pleased to concribure co che eclectic. ca­
cophonous dance mix.
The Whips and rhe \Xlhalcs followed Moan with an allur­
ing ser of son~ thar evoked a different kind of dance move.
'TI1cs quarter is comprised of LC St\ldenrs Andy Naify ('07),
Haley Bucschlen ('08), Stephen Stmerr ('on. and alum Pe­
ter f-agin ('06).
Naify led rhe band with his p<:tfectcd garage-rock vo­
cals and charismatic dtml-anor through :in enigmatic ser
of skillful musicianship and vigorous rock. The Whips and
,he \Xlhalcs performed finely-tuned indie rock that was botb
c."chy and unique.
Waczek's special guest, Mir.th. who ls on K Records and
has rele,sed five albums to dare, is a solo musician and Ever•
&'""" $,are alumnus. Mirah, whc>se full name is Mirah Yorn
1ov Zciclyn, provided LC srudents wicli music from yet an­
other genre of music.
For her aeousric folk-pop set, members of the crowd sar
and eirher hummed along or comcmplated her lyrics rhat
were ofcen full of mc.'aningful commentary.
Mirah began her set wirh "Person Person,., a cucc, quiet song from her 2000 rcl~e You Think !ti Uk, 11,is B11r Rr­
ally /ti like This, from which she also played, among other
tracks, the sadder song "Archipelago." 011011 Miracle is her
latest release and from dus album she ph,yed • Jerusalem,"
"The Dogs of B.A. .... "Don't Die in Me, .. and .. You've Gone
Away Enough." For ,he sexy, salsa-inAuenced "The Do~ of
B.A.," Mirah put down her guirar to play a maraca and dance
a little.
Mid-way through her scr, Mirah played a poig,,a,,r song
about Hurricane Karrina, its vietims, and who-or, rather,
who nor-ro blame. This poetic song was emotiona and per­
formed with an admirably graceful sroicism.
O,•erall, War,ek Rocks succeeded in rocking LC swden1s
with the p<rfectly planned, wide array of calen1 that was pre•
sen,ed for free. 'lbe vast range of genres that were represented
made the show fun for students with all differem kinds of
musica.J prcforcnees.
_ Besides one small dysfuncrion in the amps that made the
doorway sensors' beeping amplified (that actu•lly blended in
quit< well with Mirah's music), rhe show ran smoothly and
accommodated an impressive amoum of srudems in Lhe foy•
er of the library. If future shows in the library prove 10 be as
successful as thi.s one, Wanek Rocks will undoubtedly con­
tinu¢ for many more years ro come. Devil spawn
offspring of men
by Kit Shields
Eerily set only 21 years in the future, "Children of Men
is ar once a gritty and fantastical vision of -a dysropian fmurc.
lbe sming is Britain, the lost region ro escape ro,al collapse
after an outbre-Jk offen1ale inferrility lcfr humanity panickoo
and lxiby-lcss. An Orwellian government now controls 1he
impoverished~ fearful and hopckss nation, where cerrorism,
propaganda and dcponacion are the nOrnl. Now, drizens
dramatically mourn ,he death of rhe world'., youngest man
in Priac<ss Diana-esque fashion, his lifespan counted down
10 the miau1e, while illegal immigranrs a.re held in cages and
heavily armed policemen patrol ,he mcers.
'Jheo Ri.ron. a former aaivi.sc and currem bureaucrar1 i.s
the reluctant, cold, alcoholic hero pl:iyed by an effective, if
rather dry, Cll\'c Owcu. After l,cing nearly blown ro piec­
es by a terrorist bomb, Theo decides co cake some: tim~ off
from work 10 vlsir his old friend Jasper, played 10 cheeky
perfection by ,he sublime and godlike Michael Caine. 1heo
rccuper:ues brieAy in JaspcrS forest hideour, one of rhe few
places lcfr in the chaotic world where one can truly relax
among music. easy convers~uio1'l and a near .. for(.'St of pot.
Upon his return ro London, il,eo is kidnapped by agents
of his ex-wife, who enlists hjm, with tbc aid of a fut stun of
money, to rmnspon a young refugee woman nruned Kee <o 2
mysrerious organi1..ation caUcd chc Hurnan Projecc, a group
of scicncisrs crying to cure che pligue of inferrilicy. Jc cums
ouc chat Kee is pregnant, m:-tking her che first pregnant wom­
an ia 18 ye:irs and humanity's lase nope.
Theo is soon her only protector, and togccli•
er they must undertake a perilous journey co the
coasr surrounded by dearh, greed and dcstrunion.
"Children of Mea" is a rea.lly good movie, mostly due ro the
bold and inventive vision of direcrnr Alfooso Cuaron. Sure,
the performa.nces arc solid, the script well written, and rhc
subject matter relevant-bur it's Cuaron's directing that gives
rhe film such a lasting impression. Its act.ion sequences arc
unlike any I have ever seen. In wh:u is arguably cht bat scene
in the movie-:1nd you will know ic because you will either
be s<:.reoming in ,error or giggling in shock-Cu:lJ'on places
the viewer right nexc co chc ch::uacters 3S rhey are attacked
ouc of nowhere while driving through England's pastoral
councryside.
A 101 of people say thar a movie sucks tl,e audience in,
captiwic.es rhe1n ► whatever. But Cuaro11, through obscendy
long rakes and innovative came.rn angles, does so in an almost
tangible fashion, so that tven if you wish co escape cbe vio­
lence and bleakness of his world, you are forced to ride along
wicli Th<-'0 and Kee rhrough ,he hell of dus bizarre ye, chill­
ingly conceivable furure. _t1_1e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_L_o_g_,_1_an_t_,ary ___ 2_6_, 2_0_0_1 _________ .. __________________ 1...,;5...,
It's already a good year for pop music fans
Though we are barely into the New Year, 2007 already looks good for pop and indie music fans. With big releases from of Montreal,
Bloc Party, Air and POX-based Menomena, the year has started off very well. The amazing start of this year doesn't stop there either;
also coming out soon are anticipated releases from Arcade Fire, RJD2, Andrew Bird and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, to name a few.
by Sanne Stienstra
/\it·. l'ockeLSymphony Tue French band Air is always doing new and different
thingsaod PoclmSymphonyis noe,ccption. Thisrimearound,
the S<eX)' Frend, duo has allied its skills with Jarvis Cocker (l'ulp) and singer Neil Hannon
(1nc Divine Comedy) on several tracks. Also, Nicholos Godin adds b.is newly-acquired skiUs
on the JapanCS( instruments koro and shamisen ro the interestif\g mix of' new songs.
While Godin and his other half JB Dunckel arc olways admimbly arrempting new
methods. they maintain rheir characc.eristic sound on Pocket Symphony, due our March 5.
The first rwo tracks of the album, '1Spa~ .t.vlaker" and "Once Upon a 'flmt," arc very similar
in sound ,o 2004's 7i,/J,i, l'«tllti,. "Once Upon a Time" is
, he single from Po,kn Sympho,,y ,nd perfectly embodies the
duo's mericulou.~. exoric elcetr0nica. •·one Hc.11 of a Party~•
is the first ,rack of Porltet Sympho11:, tha, ha.< a noticeably
diverse feel. The Japaocse suiag instruments lead the music
of the song and Cocker sings the mildly down-uodden lyrics.
The song is distinctly "Air .. y"' bur is definicely a step in a new
di rec, ion fur rhe band. Pocket Symphony then turns back 10
a characreris<ically Air song with "Napalm Love." 1ne song
is a licdc creep)' and eerie, reminiscent of 1hc songs tbc band
made for Sophia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides." Hannon
then appears on "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping" to nearly round our ,be album.
Hjs voice blends wich the mu.sic Air provides, with his slow) quiec and drawling ws,rds.
Pocket Symphony is another excellent offering from this already accomplished band. The
adcUtion of foreign voices dcc.racrs nothing from their sound~ Air tries just the dghr
amounr of fresh tricks to make this rek-asc a leap forward-bur cerrainly no, 111~
away--from their wdl-e.mblisbed and remarkable sound. 'P' Mcnomcna. friend m11/ roe l'le:ise do your-
self a favor and liS1en
10 Menomena. The band is a rrio of Porcland guys who make
wonderfu.Uy intricate and exciting pop music, and ha\'~ a sil~
ly scose of humor ar cha<. Their newest album Fri,11d and Foe,
released this Tuesday through Barsuk records, incorporates an
clabora1e and vagutly terrifying amalgam of cover art, d,awn br
graphic noveliSt Craig Thompson. And, well, rhe band's name
is Menomena, and we all know how funny the song "Mah Na
Mah Na" is.
I have seen Mcnomc~~ labeled as "cxp<:rimcmal," "pose-hip-hop; "posr-pop." "po«-many·
01her-1hlngs-roo," but I can't find it in me to label chem anything oche, chan pop. Yes, there
a.ce hip-hop bean; inrerwoven through many songs, and rhe face iliac guicarisr Brcnr Knopf
scripted his own computer program for digi~,1 looping certainly adds to the "cxpcrimemal"
mysriquc-but this is pop music through and through, and it sounds perfect to my cars. I'm
gushing here, but from the initial IO seconds of the first mck "Muscle 'n Flo," you'll probably
agree: A burs, of drums gives way to S<eamless vocals backed by a firm boss line, a11d once dte
song "muscle and flows its way to che end, the triumphanr horns, tinkling keys and familiar
bass lfoc will ha\'c che lisrener Wjiling right aJongskle the singer as if the Jyrics were ]tis own.
11,is is delicious, visceral, melancholy pop. I have this vague idea that Friend and Foe jus,
might be the soundtrack to dtc end of the world. Give i• a wl,jrl and maybe you'll sec what
J me:1n.
An. Men()memt.~ jmi1ed by a 20-person ,hoir, will haw 1htir n:t()rd release parry at 1hr
-~ Crystal Ballroomi 93rd Birthday Parry, Sunday, Jon. 28 a, I 0:45pm. FR££.
• Caitlin McCarthy
The eighth rdeosc from che band led l,y Georgia
J\jtivc Kevin Barnes. 1-/isJiug Fauna, ArL !0u 1hr
Dntroyer? is :.m enlightened concept album of
coatcmpomry glam rock 1ha1 is supposed to chronicle
Barnes• transformalion imo his alcer ego) Georgie Fmir. of Montreal. flissing fmma,ilre You the /Jestroyer?
simuh:ar\eously s~Uuti.11g thcgl,1m rock days of yore with their
undeniably dtrilling verses and :.awe-striking, awt-somcly
h.igh-pitched noces. In a srage of halfway denial, B,mes rock cnncinues in "Faberge l'aJJs for Shuggie" and is
enhanced by dissonant ek-crronk b:ickgroun<l sound
and ll.irncs' perfect squeal.
"Labyrind,ian Pomp" is ea.ily the piccc de r6isran.cc
of l.lissing Fmma and the mosr m,ique Of1 the othel e.ud
of rhe ~pcctrum from ''Caro as a Pun" in term~ of funtc
and opulence nf scyle. 13arnes beoomcs. after his "rum"
ia the I l-minure '"The Pasr is ~ Grotesque Animal,"
lite embodiment of youth and glamour as he boastS ,he
questions, ''How you wann-a tag my style when I am so
superior? How you wanna h:ite a thing when you art: so
inferioc?,,. Oucside t)f this oonc:eprual
un.ivcrse of fashion, drugs :l.nd
doppelgangm, cbe album
accornpli,hes che usual of Montreal
imp<.·r-.1.tiva: carchy vtr$CS, high
no«s. and funlq• beats. 1 here is
also no Joub1 that HiJSing Fauna.
which was released oo Tt,esday, is
both a step up and forward for ,he
band rhar :tlr~dy hod an imprcs,:::ive
rcpcrcoire of dance,ble, singable,
loveable albums. facetiously 4;:mores ... Lf we gocca burn ourJ let's
do ic together; let', all melt down 10ge1hcr."
"Caro-as a Pun'' fcarures BMnes in a pensive
and rcllectivt mood that is mirrored by the
sinewy and slow electronic music. "'Wha, has
happened ro you and I? And dvo·, say that I
have changed because man, of course I have,"
Barne5 weightily muses i11 tbis song rhat
sr.UJds ouc as r.he mosc unique on the album
in terms ofborh pace and sound. 11,e excenr 10 wlticb ,b.is album excC<:ded my
c-xpC'Ctations kno\ .. 'S no bounds. llarn~ le:1.ds of Montreal
through a wildly fun a11d emotive compi.lacion of song..,;
chat compliment one n1\ot'her whHcstiJI R'.rajning distinct
sounds of their own.
In the opening tmck "Suffer
for Fasltion," t)f Monrreal co1nnu::n~ on and admits to
the vulnerability of people in chi: face of fashion while Of Moncreal becomes a bipJ><r, modern•
day \'Crsion of che Bee.gees in "'Gronlandic
Edit."' lx:ginning with I.be disco inrroduction
and connnuing wid, Barnes' awesome, unfuthomably high
nota.: in the chorus. 1l1is dislinc{ive di~-0 version of glam ihe album functions wdl as aa cnrire piece
of work while the individual :.ongs -~
simul1ancously speak for chcmsdves. 0Jl}~
Bloc l',wty,;I Weekend in the Cit)' Due for a February 5 release,
English band Bloc Parry's
sophomore album A Wtrkmd in rh, City rcrains the same demen,s of Sil,111 Alarm, but while
of Momrcal quickened i,s pace and increased the funk, Bloc Pa,cy slows down slighrly and
grows a (jule bit da.rkcr.
"Song for Clay (Disappear Herc)" is the opening rrack and single from A We,kmd in ,he
Ciry and is an inuicace opus of guitar by Russell Lissack iliac is complimemed boldly by
singer Kde Okcrckc's whispcry. sexy and strong voice.
lhe following rrack is dominated again by Lissack:~ guitar but evoh·es imo a focus on
Okcrckc's lyrics about '"huming for witches.." The song is also dramatic but ir m3inr:ains a
kind of cool aloofness.
71,e track that stands ouc on chis album is "1ne Pmyer." Ir begios the most dramatically
thus far. wich loud group clapping a.nd humming in the background. Okereke comes in
abrupcly wich "Lord, give me grace and dancing feet and the power 10 impccss.• The song is a
prayer, as rhe title suggt-sts. of an unsatisfied performer aod 1his ma.kes Okerckc and th<' rest of the band into familiar, rdarable figures.
Anocher notable 1rack is "Sunday,'' which is as
dose to a ballad as Bloc Parcy has ever come. Okerckc
sings !I'll love you in the morning," but rerains his
edginess when he cotnpletcs the Linc wich, "'when
you're stiU hung over'" and '\vhen you're stiU s-crung
out." The song is airy and sweet bur again rerai ns rhc
signarure Bloc P:iny coolness.
Despi,e ,he sadder overtones of A W,,kmd in thr
City, this new release gives their debut a run for it-s
money. The two albums are drascically diffc«nr but it
is hard 10 decide whid, is beuer. Neither album falls
shon in terms of skJU and grace, and where Si/em
A/n;-m was upbeat, innocent clcccronic fun witb itS shadowy, recognizable
honesty, A \'(leekend in the City becomes its competitive counterpart. • Seattle Pio log's
Official
Spring
Break
Planner
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most literate
city: bor-ring!
80% of resi-
dents recently
diagnosed with
jaundice
Everyone uses
fucking rotary
dial phones Think twice before travel­
ing to these paradises
by Grant Hentges
Dcspirc wintry \\·e:uher condi•
rions, Spring Break planning is on
the rise. In an effort co aid readers
with this ovcrwhdming task. the Pi­
oneer Log is providjng a cravel guide
featuring ;m array of popular desci•
n:Hi()n~.
Be warned: rhis isn't your moth­
er's travel guide! Out of practicality,
Piolog's crave-I guide seeks to warn
pou:ntia] travelers of che woes associ­
ated with the fe;:1rured ci1ies.
So, Le,vis & Clark, arm yourself
wirh the knowledge presented to you
and be sat isficd that your friendliest
of student newspapers is looking our
for your best imeresr.
This week's destinations: Seacclr,
Las Vegas and Tijuana.
1. Murderous gypsy caravans
2.
3. Most profitable business: VD Clinic
Legal prostitution fosters laziness, compla­
cency in hookers
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Dearth of American flags
Reports of economically frustrated
marine life arrack innocenr tourists
Native language = not English the Pioneer Log, January 26, 2007
Even though you're Silva I would buy you gold,
I wanna get with you and stay 'til we're old.
Hey you cutie from Brazil
I'm going to learn Portuguese so we can ralk.
Me: I like girls d,at are tough
You: ls that a tattoo or a bruise?
Hey new hot aerobics guru
Your Pony is amazing in class and out.
No one boils water for te<\ the ,vay that you do
If you weren't my roommate, I'd probably do you!
Hey football playing math major, I know you lost all
your games, but if you want to hang out l'U let yuu
make a touch down.
romance
Pick-up line of the week: Btto scci.ng a lot of
fine people J;1_1dyl ln#
form the c.n titt cam­
pu-t b>· cxmtributlng co
"You Caught my Eyt·."
Em.ti.I 1ubl11Ls,.lon, co
piofogP,Lclark.oom
Are you from Tennessee? Because you're the only ten I see.
Sacagawea's Drink of the Week:
Sex on the Beach
1 oi vodka
3/4 oz peach schnapps
cranberry juice
grapefruit juice ,
Add vodka and peach schnapps co a liigh­
ball glass. Fill with equal measures of cran­
berry juice and grapefruit juice, and stir.