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Volume 71, Number 22 [Number 24]

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2007-04-01

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

Dental hygiene takes a Virginia Tech shooting
hit from brush thief reactions
[p.3) [ .8) Dating found dead, LC
named main suspect
[p.10) LC athletes named
Tradeables All-Stars
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STOKE$ « EnlAN Sn)Nf-_ LC student sparks scare with ammunition
belt two days after Virginia Tech murders
by Daniel Cochran II news editor
Last Wednesday, two days after
,he shooting.< that left 33 dead at
Virginia Tech (Vl1, Lewis & Clark
students woke up 10 an e .. rnail dep
scribing a young man walking
around campus with a bdt carrying
50 rounds of live ammunition.
The t~mail, from Campus Safety
Director Tim O'Dwyer, insttucred
a.II community ,nembers ro sr.ay in
d,eir current locarion aud not co
approach d-1c suspicious person.
ln acmaliry~ the ammunition was
not live and chc suspicious person
was an LC undergraduare who had
worr, the bdr decorarively many
rimes prior co rhe incident ar V[
"For the lase cwo years nobody
baned an eyelash, and today the
TV trucks come sc.rcec.hing our
for • Fake ammo belr?" said the
apprehellded srudenc, who asked
to remain anonymous. "Whtrc1s
rhc media coverage for the civil­
ians massacred by cluster bombs in
Afgbanist3n? Dc.d kids in Kabul
don'r sell airtime.··
According 10 Campus Safe,y,
rhe srudenr was approached by a
Campus Sccuriry officer around
I 0:08 and asked 10 remove the
belt. bur found no othet we:lpons or comr:,band on the scuden1.
Orher campuses throughour the
cou nrrr arc experiencing somewhat
similar problems, as unjvcrsicics i.o
Oklahoma. Tcnn('ssc,· and 11.'.'.Xas
had 10 cancel classes on Tuesday in
response to various thrcars1 fearing
" oopyc.r incident,
1" response to ,he tragedy ar
vi: I.C held a silenr ceremony in
rhe Agnes Flanagan Chapel. draw­
ing facul,y, studentS and commu­
nity members wishing co express
their grief for wbat h-as become 1.he
worse campus shooting in Unired
$mes hi.siory.
On April 20. 1999, 12 srudenrs
and one ,eachcr were killed at Col­
umbine Higli School in Colorndo.
71):at 1na.ssacre, howe\'Cr, incurred
fewer f.ualides than the cvcms ac
che University ofTcxas on August
I, 1966, when a student shor and
killed 14 people from a 27-siory
cower.
While the LC Cornmuni,y was
at first relieved ,hat the incidcm
was a f.tJsc alarm. many became
concerned with how the i$$u<: was
handled. O'Dwye?s email, senr
:u 10:05 a.m., said char rhc suspi ..
cious person was first spotted ar This ammunition belt (above), previously worn without
alarm, wa.s confiscated by Campus Safety last Wednesday.
9: 15 a.,n., a delay which overlaps
f\'-'9 sepa.race class periods. More ..
over. Rcsidcm Directors ind Rcsi­
dcnr Assistams were not alerted of
the situation before anyone else, so
information ,vas scarce.
Ben llrody ('09), a l'ondcrosa
residcn,, was upser with the lack of
communication, "E-mail is a crap­
py way 10 alcrr people abour a po­
tential shoo,e,. Ir would only take
a couple mii\ultS for someone with
a gun ro do a loc of damage. There
has to be a quicker and bcm.·r way to protect srudencs and fucuh-y,"
After the simation was resolved,
President Tom Hochstcttler sent
out an email to the 1:c C.Ommu­
nit)', "our systems for dealing with
security breaches, both pcrcdv,xl
and real. funccioncd in exactly chc
way they w('rt designed ro do."' one
excerpt reads.
While LC Campus S<:curi,y of­
ficers do not carry any firearms. lhc
propo«xl emergency plans for nex,
year will include training for more
simihu rypes ofincidenrs.
ASLC Elections Commission declines appeal
by Kelly Sullivan /I senior staff writer
Nearly 20 people aucudcxl the
public forum held by the Elec­
cions Commission last ~foesday in
respo11S< 10 a compl:linr filed in
regards ro rhe A~LC General Elcc­
rion. Five srudcnts filed the com­
plaint 6vc days af,cr the resulrs of
the ck-crion w,·rc announced. Of
these five studentS only rwo-E<l­
ward Robles ('08) and Soon Ocl­
vin ('07)-anen<led cl,e rQrum.
11,e official rwo,,pan complajnt
sra1cd, "I. Due ro the format of the
baUot, the privacy of all "udents
voting in the dection \\':LS viol:ueJ.
2. The Elections Commission sub ..
s,antially \'iola,«I their Rules of
Procedure and rhc ASLC Bylaws."
In other word.. they claimed
rhat sru<lc.:nts were tied 10 rheir
ballots, which violates the ASLC
Bylaws, Ariide JV, Section 16.
lhey also claimed char the Elcc,­
cioos Commissiou viol3tcd Lheir
own ROPs becouse rhey did 001 use lnsmnc RunoffVoring or De•
moChoice, which is in violation of
,he Elections Commission Rulcsof
Procedure, Anick Ill. St-<:tion 78.
1he forum began with an expla­
narion of ,he complaint by Robles,
and a response from Chief £lee,
tions Officer Jake Cousins C09).
The Elecrions Commission's main
response- ro Uw complainl was "the
charges lcvckxl ia the complaint do
not wammc a new dcction." In re­
sponse co the voring procedure, r.he
Elections Commission said, "'ln­
srant Runoff Voting was nor possi­
ble in the timeframc [of 48 hours)
outlined in the ASLC Bylaws," .. id
",he use of DemoChoice" vo1ing
platform would have been inap ..
propriate for this elecrio11."
'fhe discussion that followed
ccnrcrcd maialy on the wording
wlrrun the Bylaws and 1he Elec-
1ions Commission's ROPs. For
example, rhe ASLC Bylaws, Ani-ck IV, Section 11 says t.lm insiant
runoff-' vo1ing will be held '\vhen ..
ever possible'\ and the Elections
Commission claimed it wasn•r in
fact possible since they had on!Y 48
hours to count tht vote$.
In regards co su,denr privacy,
the Elecrions Cornmi.ssion claimed
1hey did nor violate ,his Bylaw
because il states, .. all voting pro­
ce<lurcs implcmented ... shall be
designed such that ir would be
vinuaUy impossible ro connect an
individual wid, rheir vme." PO'le
Commission said, "rhis .secrion
docs not demand d1ar it be com·
pl,rely impossible."
1his objcetivc wordins is whnr
split the rwo sides repre.~nted a,
the forum. Autry Ligget, {'09),
summe-d up rhc debate .saying. "'this
is all abour interpretation."
Some srudtntS asked for~ pub­
lic apology from the Elec,ions
Commission and evc,,-n wc.nt as far
ro suggest that they should resign,
while others, such as Angela Finke ('08) believed i1 would be bcner ro
lee go of rhc past and look wward
rhe Fururc.
.. Dragging rhis process our,
hndiog 151:Hne .aod pointing fin ..
gers is going 10 cause ASLC ro lose
credibili,y." she said.
\'v'hile che two sides never came
to a consensus as to whether rhe
dectiori w.tS fuir or nor, everyone
present agreed ch:n something
musr be done so rha, rhis doesn't
happen io ,he n1ri=. Among the
changes addressed were • need IO
remove all objective language from
the Bylaws and ROPs, whether or
no1 co m.ake rhe Elc-crions Com­
mission a scpararc entity from the
Exccurivc Council, a.nd co m-.\n­
datc instant runoff v◊ting.
Although the Elections Corn­
rni~sion refuted the initial com­
plainr, they fully agreed wirh ,he
projected changes and l'tnt:.arively
proposed putting together :, com­
mittee to draft I hem over the sum•
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President takes stand in U.S. News survey Kugler wins
Teacher of
the Year by Rachel Schiff /I senior staff writer
Lewis & Cfark declined rhis
year IQ fill out ,he portion, of the
U.S. Netvs & World Report's College
Ranking survey ch,11 asks colleges
tO numerically rate the academic
repi_H3cions of peer iil.Sliturions.
The portion. called peer assess­
ment, accounts for the largc..-sr pare
(25%) of the College's rnnking.
and is ju.s1 otie of sever:tl fucrors
rhar U.S. News & \Vorld Rtportuses
to rank colleges. Ocher F.tcrors in­
clude retention (20%), faculty re­
sources (20%), swdem selectivity
(l5%), financial resource$ (10%),
gradua1 ion rare performance {5%),
and alumni giving rate (5%).
"You rake an insrirmion like
Lewis & Clark which is iofinicely
compl~x. the. qu:iliry of this in­
stirucion cannor possjbJy be ex•
prcs,scd io a scale of one to four."
asserted Pccsidem Tom Hochstct­
rler. '"I would never \Vid1 ai'IY kind
of accuracy be able ro 611 it out and
I'm ashamed that I ever filled rhe
1hing our." Hochsrenlcr docs nor cxp<..-c,r
rhe Colkge's decision 10 sigui6-
canrly alTecc its 111nking-<ur­
rel1ll)' ar 79-for LC is just one
. of httl)dred~ of in.stiturions- th.at
rccdvc the survey. .. The one 1hing
I'm worried about is the deser­
tion from the [peer assessment] of
so many schools 1ha1 would rank
Lewis & Clark highly," said Hoch­
srenler.
Hochstcrrlcr, Dean of the Col­
lege Julio de Paula, and Senior N­
sociate Dean of Adm.issions Em­
ily Decker-the three LC F.tculry
members who received the sur..­
w:y-<lc-cided as part of a larger
mov<:mcnr nor co fill 001 rhe sor­
vcy.
•1hc Annapolis Group, a group
of 124 sdcctivc or highly sdcc1ivc
colleges, has been ralking about
the survey for years;' sajd Hoch­
stenlcr. "7his year. wheo chc sur•
vcy came our-about rwo weeks ago,
one or two collcg<.· pr.csidcnts sent
our ;m L'mail [co the-group!. :isking '1s dUs cbc. year we cl.raw the Ii ne in
the sand and say we're nor going to
fill rhi.s our?'"'
The 30 to 40 colleges in the
Annapolis Group 1ha1 declined to
6U out {he survey did so prim;lr­
Uy because they clai,n tha1 is nor a
sound inethodological rool. Hoch•
stecder deed ,be surv<:y1s method
of ~tccouming for unavailable in­
formacion -as particularly f:bwed.
In the p:.asr, whe,1 the su.rvey has
not h.-id :.iccess co cenain 11\forma­
tio,,. 1.hey have. assig-ned a "'rep ..
rt-senrativc score" in place of c.hc
missing dara.
For exampk., Sarah L1.wrence
nci1hcr requires nor uses SAT
scores. one of the survey's prima ..
ry tools in ranking schools. • U.S.
N'1us told the pt<$ident of Sarah
l-1.wrence that even though they do
not h;we ah SAT score tQ submi11
rhe survey will look one srandard
dcviadon lower rhan the schools
which hisrorically have been in
their rn11ge, and they arc goi11g ,o
assign rhar Hurnbet to Sarah Law ..
ttnce," explained Hochscculer. "'And she-was oucraged, because in
her terms, they arc manufucturing,
making up da~ ...
.. ,1,e measures arc nor very
scienrific. If there arc holes in the
data. just plugging in a aumber
doesn't seem 10 b<: a very good al-
1ern:ni\•e," s..1id Hochsre1 tier.
However. colleges are nor sim~
ply _questioning the methods of
rbe sun,ey, buc the principles rbar
it rcprcscncs. Hochstcn:ler dec.ricd
the desire to r.lJlk and (jU[lnti~·
complex ins:,itulions as "a disease
of Qurage."
While LC declined to parrici•
pate in the peer assessment, chc
College did send l).S. N,w, &
\'(lorld Report the other inform••
tion they requested, such as finan ...
cial statements and SAT scores.
"Will we have chc courage to
SlOp sendjng in any information?"
asked Hochstettler. "Maybe next
,vear we won·, send anyching in. Ir
makes a smtc:mem -about the val~
ucs of the in.stirmion. 'The survey
is im::ongruous rcl:ttive co wh~n we
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'Toothbrush Thief' pillages residence halls, leaving
students on campus with foul taste in their mouths
by Rachel Schiff// senior staff writer
Earl)' Ian Sunday morn­
ing .srudems from forest, Cope--­
land, Pim-Howard, and rhe SOA
complex awoke to 611d that their
1001hbrushe., had gone missing.
Bewildert-d smdenrs widt linger•
ing morning bread, were unable
ro perform rhc most basic routine.
·1 felt kind of lost. I didn't know
where re, go co m;akie my halicosi.s:
gQ away," recalled Parrick Phillips
('10).
The Pio11ur log got an exclu­
sive intcrvlew wi1 h rhe person who
d:tims m h3ve srolen the roorh­
brushes. ·n,e suppo.<ed thief used
rhc pseudonym "WalJo Emerson"
in order ro rtmt1in t1nonymous.
Why did you steal die rooth­
brushc-s?
Whr diJ I steal the t0othbrush­
<$> Why 1101? Denrol hygiene is an
ucmos1 cont::ern ol mine and the
more ,he merrier. Also, ,hie fresh­
man and sopbomores on this cam­
pu~ have been mo smug. chinking
th:,r rhc)'r<: way cooler chan I am.
Liu, we'll$ee who has rhc las, la«gh
-and the la.« laugh wid, good bre:nh for chat matter.
Approx.in1accJy how many
toothbrushc,; did you stc.1.I? Aod
&om which dorms?
Having w work within rhe
conscraims given ro me, and that
fact chat thcte are not public bath•
rooms in the Apartments of l-larri­
feld. I srolt 100,hbrushe,; froni all
of Copel:ind, Plau-How,ord, For­
resr and SOA. Pour out of five
complexes ain't bad. And the rocaJ
number my friend --319!
Do ha"·e ~.oy plan$ for usiJ1g
the stole.n toothbrushes (art, per ...
sonaJ hyge1\ioc 1 othenvise)?
All of the above.
\Vhat rcactioo did you crpcct
t() the tlliCvtry?
I expc.>cccd i, w srarr a, ,he lo­
cal level, with each hall assuming
it was an lsolaccd is.sue, before talk­
ing 10 their RA -and ,heir friends
and reaUiing chat chtu ,v-as a cam­
pus-wide pa,,demic. I 1·hen expt.--cr­
ed a Faeebook group to start-up,
bu, I never cxpcC1cd rhc campus
wide outrage that I have felt walk­
ing throogh the halls of my dorm
and the :ic.1demk building$. Were you pleased with the ac,..
tual react.ion?
So fur l have been pleased, al­
rhough underwhelmed for such an
open campus. So I have a 1ooih­
brush fetish -big fucking deal! We
don', send dcarh threats 10 rhc kids
into S&M in Unisex?! Nonethe­
less, I understand. :111d will always
li,·e wirh my denral {tffiiction nnd
fixarion.
Ne you acting aJonc?
Yes. Ihc Toothbrush Thief coils
solo.
Was your intent playful or
malicious?
Playful of course. Toothbrush,-,
arc my best friend. And now I have
3 I 9 new friends!
Wiry rl,e Pseudonym Waldo
Emerson?
"A hero is no braver chan an or•
dinary man, bm he is braver five
min111e, longer: -R.,Jph Waldo
Emerson. I am rhat hero. A tooth­
bmsh liberaror. dare J say. And by
the way, you're a fool if you leave
rour roorhbrush in the bathroom.
You're basically asking for it
\Vhac have you <loot with tJic.
roothbrushe.s?
You'll see ... you'll sec. The above photos were sent in to the Piolog anonymously.
Out of an unconfirmed 319 taken, can you spot yours? _4 _____________________ .... ij@4f ..... ___________ 1_h_e_P_i_o_n_ee_r_L_o_g_,_A_p_r_i_12_0_,_2_00_1
LC students venture to UP for Scalia talk;
enjoy the lecture but not the politics
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scali~
spoke co a P"cked crowd of over 2000 people
at the University of Pol'rland lasr Thursday.
Dozcru of inm.,.rcd LC smdenrs attended
the speech, many of whom were m(•mbcrs of
~ political science class wid, professor Robert
Eisinger. While mosr of rl1e LC scuden1s en­
joyed me speed,. many disagreed wirh Justice
Sc,Jia's policies. Upon arrival at dte sp«ch,
ihc police pr<.-scncc was palpable. ·n,c,c were
dozens of Pordand Police Officers and priv;ue
security peMnnel in rhc room. Every person
enrering dw building was subjC'Ct ro sem.::h and
co a mctaJ der«10r. Due co the right Gonrrol
ov<."C the crowd, there wcr<' no organiu.-d pro,.
resrs against dle controversial supreme court
justice. A security officer Slid, "Ir is c1mpus
policy thar no disruptions occur Oi"I campus.
Pcqple are welcome co proresr. buc c.hcy may
nor do so on campus grounds." When ask<-d
why no one wa.s protesting off the grow1ds. he
added, •Karl Ro,·e is in town. Maybe 1he(re
ilU prorcsring hi1n.u
Scalia spoke ac tbe University of Pordand,
which was found,-d as a Caiholic collt-gc about
a I 00 years ago, wi,h ihe idea of creating a
(,,Nolrc Dame of the Pacific Northwest.,, Ac­
cotding ro srudems imervic1,,•ed, the school's
adminismuion is also very conservative. espe­
cially oompatt-d ro oihcr oollcgcs. The school
had a Strong rehuionship wirh military; ccn by Matt Savage// senior staff writer
percenc of Stt1dems serve in the Afr Force
ROTC.
Greeted peacefully by University of Por1-
L1nd srudcnrs, Scalia probably fdr far more
wdcomc rhan he did in 2002 ar LC when he
we greeted by prorcsrors. Scalia's sp<.'<'Ch be­
g:t1l :\ bit ku.e. After 15 mi!lutes of it11roch.1c­
rions. Sc-alia spoke for 40 rninures. His t1lk,
or ·sermon' as he referred ro ir, wa.~ abour the
• religion clauses of the first amcnd.mcm.Hc­
began by ralking about ccnuism. Dospirc his
critic:$' claims to the concrary. $cali3 assened
that he wa.i a cenuisr by "his own low sttn­
dard." He ,hen criticiued the opposing notion
chat being a ccncrisr <.~uatcs to bdng a leader.
'"The inAuential jurors -arc at the extremes." he
s~id ... pushing the court one dirt.."C:lion or ihe
orher."He then spoke of his reasons fordissenr­
iog in eight of 30 recent Supreme C.ourc ~
tt-garding religion. In Edumrds II Ag11i/lnrd, d1c
court found that teaching creationism is by
definition. religious, chu~ viol:uing the esrab­
lishment clause. ScaJia dissented, contending
char creationism is not necessarily R'Ugious.
The second case he refcrrt-d ,o was ur v
\~imum. Ar :, sd1ool in upStcice New York,
a high school princiP"I invi1ed a rabbi ro de­
liver a benediction. 111e courr found that this
too violated rhc 6rst amendment, and rhat it
amouarc<l co "subde religious coercion." Scalia
asserred that cl)e 1101 ion was ridio1lou.'i. Scali-a then spoke of t,vo separate cases re­
g:,.rding ,he display of ihe Ten Command­
ments. In Van Ortln, v. J>m-y. the COUit ruled
cl,a, rhc display of ,he Ten Commandment<
did not violate the escablishmem claus<.'. Sca.Ji:1
vot<.-d with tbc otc. whicb is used by some Native Americans
as pan ot their craditionaJ religious practiet:s.
1·he second case was also one chat found Scalia
in the majority. Ii\ Coldt11m1 v. \'(feinburger. the
Court found char a member of the Afr force
could nor
majority.
-n,e final
ase ihacSca~a
mc-mioncd wns
one he daimcd
•1wcJ probably
haven•r he-.ard Greeted peacefully by University of
Portland srudenrs, Scalia probably felr
far more welcome than he did in 2002 wear Yamika.
T h •
speech ended
ar 6:10pm
with a stand­
ing ovation.
However, Ben at LC when he we greeted by procestors.
of;' yer. ir was
the one char he disagreed wich 010$£. "ll1.e case,
T,xas Mo11rhly ,, 811/k,rk, invoh•t-d a Texas ~,w
that exempted religious publicatio,ts, such as
Bibles, from paying rhe sales rax.
ihc ooun found char ... exempting religious
publications from thes1aresalcs rn., viola«-d cl1e
Esrnhlishrnent Clause. In d1is case. the benefits
given ro religiotL'i' groups were nor also available
to non•rcligious groups.~• He then spoke in
generalities- abour his viC'\vs oa jurisprudence.
He fclr ih:n opinions should be !liken from
cext of constiu.uion, or from secclc::d pr.1crices,
talher rhan che-opinions of a justice. He dosed
d1e sp<.-cch by speaking of cwo more cases. The
6rst was one relevant to the Oregonfans in the
audi.:nce. the case of Orrgon H Smith. ~nu: cue
involved rhe banning of d1e hallucinogen pe)'• Shifman ('07)
found no reason for a standing ov· .. uion, .. In a
country like American with a written consfj­
tution, it i.~ impomnt r1'lat justices fuvor dte
oonstimtion over tradition, because an impor­
ram job for the constitution is to procccr mi­
norities.ft
E,ic Atcheson ('08) also cri,icized the
speech, saying, "I chink 1ha1 Scalia's belief in•
limired judiciary is the son of idealisric. inap~
plicablc concept that he uics to iudfre in his
speech. The oourr has ro have cha, cap.city ro
imervene in a J'lt:nrer of oor\$tirurional righc.<i1
regardless of the circumscances."'Bcn Shifman
agm.-d, saying, "lf Scalia's interpretation of ihc
Constitution is th::ir it should defer co rradi­
ti0ll, tha1 would lead 1·0 a «Hich differcm rcsulr
in Brown v. &ard of Education.''
The Early Career MBA from Willamette Where have all the leaders gone?
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L,s, Thursdays "Relii;ion
and Politics: Unnecessary Inter•
secrion" prcscaration was nor a
typical political science k-crurc.
Pennsylvani::i Sen~tor Reverend'
Bob Edgor, speaking on the im•
porance of putting :iside personal
differences in order ro mcec che
challenges facing the world to­
day, messed, "We are tl,e le:,dcrs
\'le've been waiting for."'
Afrer asking rhe 100 member
audience ro repeat those words
afo:r him several rimes, Edgar
asked everyone to close his or
her eyes while he re.,d al<iud a
poem rh;u he had wriHen abour
rhe children in rhe world. \Xlhilc
the audience's eyes were closed,
he described the world ,rnd all
of the.: children that live in it.
He described I he diA-'erence.s in
all of rhe children: their crhnic,
iry, religion, and all of ,he places ,hey call home. He empha.~iied
rhar dcspirc all of rhe diffcrcnc•
cs, all of the children have one,
very impommt similarily-tbey
are all hul'n:1n beings ,vho share
common desires and dre~tm.s.
According ro Edgar, ,here arc
,hree primary challenges facing
che world today: poverty, vio­
lence and environmental issu~es.
Ir is in an effQrr ro rise co ~he oc•
casion and meet th<.'se challenges
head on, £dgar argues ,har pco•
ple musr s<:parate religion from
politics.
Edga:r differerH iared between
d1c .. faith communiry" and the
,adieu Cluisrian righr. "The rad­
ical Christian right is focusing
on the issues of gay m:irri::ige and
abort ion."' declared R.evere1,d
Edgar. '"lhose," he condnued,
"arc noc the: most imporrnnc is•
sues fuciug us today." h is th~ responsibility of ,he
"faith commuoicy" ro rake.· up
tbc torch a.nd focus on the issues
thar are truly irnpormnr if'ISlead
of gerring caught up in rhe pol ill•
cal barrle.~ in which cxrrcmisrs on
both sides involve rhcmsclvcs.
When asked how he rcconcilts
his reaJjsric view of the world and
his icleallsric hope char 1he '"the
leaders we've been waiting for"'
will mak<.' progrc-ss in climinar­
ing poverty, ending violence.
and solving our currem enviroo•
me111al crisis, Edgar replied, "We
don'r have ro do it all; we have ro
do something. \Xlc'vc gor to find
a way ro live as brothers ~nd sis•
ccrs on a very small pla net.n
Edgar concluded rhe lecture
wirh a piece of advice, ''Be more
aggressive and speak our. J want
co si..-e the faith community live
its meS!>~ge." _1h_e_P_i_o_n_e_e,_· _L_o_g_, A __ p_ri_1 _2_0_, 2_0_0_1 _________ ___. .... ;.494 _______________ ..., _______ 5_
Prominent CIA scholar to speak at LC; says
'very high' probability for Bay of Pigs repeat New Trustees
Chair named
Interview by Lexie Briggs// senior staff writer by Claire Battaglia II staff writer
John Pmdos, smior fello,u and projm di rec•
tor of the Nnrional Seruriry Archive, will give
a talk basrd 011 his mof/ r<cent book, ''Safe far
Democracy: Th, &crt:t mm of 1h, CIA" 011
Monday, April 23. !'md1>s' book i, ,J,, 11101'
comprthemive history of the Crntrai /me/Ii ...
genre Agency 1-0 dare, nnd offers m•1u interprna­
tio11s efclassic op,rarions such ns rhe Bay uf !'ig,
lnv,uio11.
/-!, also ojfm arrounu of !mer-k1101un pro)•
eris suth as Tiber and Angola. nnd uir11111lly
u11k1101un stories of work donr in Guyana and
Ghana.
l'rados holds a Ph.D. in polirica! scimre
ftom Columbia Uniwrsity. An ediu,r rmd au~
rhor, Pmdos has worked on books and nrridt1
rrl111if1g to 1111rio11nl security. i11ullige11ce mllt­
Url~ dipltmuttic hisu)ry mu/ military affairs, in­
cluding Iraq, Vitmam, and \'(forfd \\',f,r II. H,
i, comrib111ing editor to "MHQ; Tiu Quarur!y
Jqurnnl of Military History." and a contribm­
ing 1urite1· to "~ll1c WA Ve-reran,"' the official
publie.ation of the 11011profil organizmion Vitt ..
nam ~teram of Amtrira. Pradol arricln and
op-ed pirces hnvr npprnred in "Vanity Fair, ..
"7/,r New ¾,rk Timl!S," "Xienrif,c Americn.11,"
and many tJlhtr publicmiom. Prnil,u' 111/k will
be held at 7 p.m. in Council Chambm. The
following is an interview with Prados. OSAFEFOR
DEMOCRACY
THESECREf
\VARS OF
PtK>TO cct."RTESY II/AA R [EE, PU8JSHER
Prados' book offers insider
viewpoints into the CIA
Q: What is your talk going 10 be on?
A: I'm going co calk about CIA covert
opcr:.ttions and bow I think that the de­
maJJdS for activity on the port of Wash­
ingron le:lders have gone uoailS-wered.
\VJc'rc going ro have a big disas,cr some ..
what similar co Bay of Pigs.
Q: Wbat is your positJon?
A: I am a senior fellow :n the N3tional
Secudry Archives. an illspeccor. non•par­
tisan group conctrncd wich making doc­
uments av:iilabJe to the public.
Q: You mcnti.oocd a disa.stcr like the Bay of Pigs. Could you elaborate?
A: l'rn not going co predict the pre­
cise plae< of it, but I'm going 10 lay our
a logic that shows rhar rhe probabliliry
that chis will happen is very high. The
whole terror thing is so amorphus, J'm
nor going co hazard ::i prediction abouc
where. [ c:rn say, :lS someone who h:l.s
obsen•ed these kinds of acciviries for de. ..
cades, I have a good basis for making
that prediction.
Q: Do you or you.r organization
have any opinions on current foreign
policy?
A: The organization is apolirical. Bue
in my personal opinion, l pcrsonaJly
view rhe war in Iraq as a major mistake
rhar we need co get our or and the war in
Afghaniscna as a problem that can't be
fixed because we arc diverting so many
resources to [the situation in JraqJ.
There h:1s been " general approach 10
not dealing wirh source of problem, in­
stead dcaJing wirh ir as military securiry
issue.
Q: Do yc>u have anything else to
say? Maybe something that will com­
pel students to go?
A: We'll 1alk abour chc rcrrorist rhreac
10 ,be Puget Sound. Judith Johansen will become the fuse
woman ro assume the position of Chair of
che Board ofTrusrees of Lewis & Cl:irk chis
May, when she succeeds rhe current chair,
John Bares, who will coocinue ro serve as a
crusm: on the bo;ud,
Joh:u,scn, who live,, in Lake Oswego, bas
plenty of experience with bcing in cha.rge. Af­
ter earning her bachelor's degree from O.,lo­
rado Scare Univcrsicy. she rece.ive<J a juris doc~
coracc from Lewis & Cl;uk Law School.
Johansen then served as the CEO of Bon-
11cville Povver Adminisrr:1tion a.nd :,s vice­
president of bu.sines.~ develop,nenr of Avist:i
Energy, a subsidiary of Washington Wa,er
Power. She then served a.s chc executive via_-...
pres-idem for regulation and cxtema.J affuirs
and l;ucr tl,e exeoudvc leader of leading clcc­
niciry p'9(iucer PacifiCorp until 2006.
"Judj brings a vase amount of experience.
skill, and passion fur Lewis & Clark co her
new role~ the chair of our bo.1.rd," said Presi­
dent l hoinas Hochstenler. "I 1t Judi, \,\fe. h:we
a leader m1ly committed ro the pocenriaJ of
our kind of education to equip students for
leadership and for ma.king• transfocmacivc
i1npacr on our \\'Orld."
"I am c.remendouslyexcired about rhis op ..
porcuniry to serve Lewis & Clark in rMs new
role; Johansen said.
LC students prepare campus for Earth Day
'fhe Lewis & Clark £.mh Day Commincc will be hosting several events for che upcoming holiday on Friday, April 27'•, ranging from educa1ional workshops ro hands on activi­
ties in the Tryon Creek Sra1c Park. The cvcor, sponsoccd by the Environmcnral Srudies department and co-hosted by LC Srudenrs for Barack Obama, Momo and che Coop, fr.,., U.
Srudenrs for a Democr.uic Society. the Co-op and tbe Cruden Club, will anempc to engage srudcnts in carth-focndly volun1ocr activities throughout the LCcommuniry. Below is a
detailed Ust of all rhe acciviries and volunreer opponuni1ies.
Schedule of Evenl,
Columbia Slough Watershed Council: 1:30-3:30 or 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Plaza Townhomes Garden Education Program: 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Tryon Life Farm Activities: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Environmental Education at LC: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in Howard
Vegan Cooking Workshop: 2:00 p.m. 1n the Hartzfeld A kitchen.
Yoga: 10:00 a.m. by the flagpole (weather permitting)
Seedballs Workshop: 11:00 a.m. at the Garden on South Campus Environmental Justice Workshop: 2:00 p.m. at the Co-op
Ethnobotany Presentation: 1:00 p.m., South Campus Garden
Garden Shindig: 12:00-3:00 p.m. (come and go as you please)
Environmental Studies Celebration: 4-6:00 p.m., Howard Atrium
Momo and the Coop performs: 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Co-op
Co-op Bonanza: 8:00-11:00 p.m.
For more information, head to: http://enviro.lclark.edu/moodle/ \ .6 .. ___________________ _. .... §•ii••e,-., __________ tb•e•P•i•o•n•ee.r.Lo_,,..,0,.A •• pr•i•12.o •.•. 2.0.0_1
• • • • • • • • • • • • • Letter to the Editor •
• • • • • • • • • • • •
Vea.-r-'fcla;-oy,
Afrer my letter ro d,c editor wa, pub~shcJ lase week.
I had a ,alk with a very niec worn.ut wno holds a
high position wi1hi11 Bon Appedr. She informed
me that the Bon only r,cdvcs abouc $8 a diy per
smdcot. nor the over ~8 a me..1.1 dun we pay. From
rhis inform:uion we can infer lh:u the school is
receiving quite a bir off [he mp. HowevtI, l srand
by my previous letter; perhaps lhis informatjon
should afarm us even fiirrher. Nm only is our school
fucilitarins th.1. ltfOSS overcb-arging of .students for
me.ti pl.u,s, bm is in f.,c, acrivdy par1icipating and
pmfiring from ii. 11leye:an cite COST$ if rh~•wnnt~ bur
dt~u 'NC'luld only prove great i..ncfficiencit5 somt.:whC're
aJong lhe Jinc. \X1fu:tbf.'r it h t.he fault of Lewis and
Chrk or of Ron Apperit ii. b.udy import~1nr. it is the
school's oblig..uioo. and wirbjn tht school's power (0
reme.Jy.
Pcccr Klrm ('0.9) Why the love affair with electricity?
by Amy Pombo II staff writer
lbc power went out on campus on the night of February
23 and rhcn again twice last weekend. None of th<-· incidents
have been very big deals, jusr little hiccups-short circuits o,
overloads, mosr likely-in d,c usu:i.lly-steady scre:,n'I of elec­
cricicy we expect as 21 cenrury Arnericans.
Elcctricicy is our friend. 1t makes our celevisions screens
glow and our rcfridgcrarors run. and we hardly cveu have
10 think about it. We take ir for gmnted 1ha1 when we Aip
a light switch :r nearby lighr will rurn on. Sometimes we rry
ro csoape•i< by going camping or backpacking. fleeing 10 the
wilderness with kerosene camp scovcs and barccry powered
lanc<-·ms.
Deep down we;: care, we love the modern oonv,;:niencc ot
oudets and 1·hc 1hings th:tt plug into ,hem. So it can come as
a shock when ic doesn'r work. "lhe power goes our and our
switches and burrons do nothing. \Y/e'rc plunged imo unfu ..
miliar darkness and it's both (rustraring and wonderfuJ.
Disregardjng lighr for a rnor'nenr. elecuicicy really is ,1ec­
C$S:lry 1hese d:1ys. Sure there :,re old $Choo! 1elephones 1h:11
jusr plug into rhe phone jacks and gas stoves. We could chco•
rccically stilJ communJcarc and cook wichouc dccrriciry, bur
we'd o□ly jus, be goning by. Technology-me computer-y kind-needs· power, and however much ofa luxury compur­
crs arc elsewhere i.n the world, in coUcgc .. land they are neces­
sities, and they need to be able to run for longer than the few
bours on b.:ureries.
The loss of liglu during a power oumgc is a lot more en­
joyable d,an che loss of functioning electronic devices. When
the Lights arc out and chc various mochanisms rhac usually 611
our auditory flelds with ambient noise are as well, everything
seems more pe-a~ful. Until people Starr screaming, that is.
Lurninaciol"1 is, or makes us feel, safe.t chan d3rkn~.
Monsters (human or otherwise) can't hide in the shadows to
mack if walkways are Roodcd with light. Smdenrs can', run
imo clost-d doors in rhc dark, dark balls if the dcccromagnm
thar hold rhem open haven'1 shut off.
Lighr pollution comes with being P"' of a developed
socicl)'. \Y/e arc separarcd from the pa.st by che ease of our
control over light and cons<--qucndy over the natural rhythm
of 1he <lay. We don'r have to go 10 bcd when rhc sun goes
clown bec:rnse we c:rn srill see 1hlJ>.gs if we w:101 ro. Except, of
course. when rhe power goes om. Then nighccimc is as dark
as rhc moon allows. Enjoy ic, as long as rhe power company
lers you.
Shooting raises issue of gun violence
by Claire Battaglia II staff writer
On AuguSl I, l 966. Charles Joseph Whitman, a srudenr
;H rhc Uni\'ersicy ofTcxas at Auscin. opcacd fire 011 his follow
s1udenrs from atop a 27-s,ory rower and ,killed 15 people in
whaf is now only the second-deadliest school shooting in chc
history ofUnircd Stares. earlic.:r. The la,,;r thing needed in a school sh()()1i11g is more
armed srudcncs, especiaJly if .srudenrs arc forming \tig.i.lanrc
groups and charging around campus trying to apprehend an
uoidenrified gunman.
Tu(' prevaJence of guns in US society coday amazes rne.
Otorly, our eff'orcs ro ensure the safety of rhe public are 1101
wnrking. llle only answer is tO tigluen gun conrrol in an
effort to make ir harder for people ro get their trigger-happy
bands on one. On April 20, 1999. Eric H,rris :md Oyi,n KJebold,
bod, srudcnrs at Linleron. Colorado's Columbine High
School killed 12 people in one of rhc most publicized school
shootings the coul'lt,Y h:;1s ever ,vilnessed.
Last Monday. Cho Seung~Hui, a senior at
Virgi□ia Tech, killed 32 people before killing
himself in ,he dc.1dlies1 s.:hool shooting ,he
United Scares has e,·er seen.
Lr is not a coincideacc that, according co
Lhe lnrem:1:rion:11 Acrion Nerwotk o,, SmaU
Arms f!ANSA), 110 people have be<:n killed
in 41 school shootings in the US since 1996,
while during the s•me 1 I years, only 59 vie­
rims have been claimed in 14 school shootings
in ,be resr of che world,
Americans own 200 million guns, or
half of rhe world's total number of privately
owned guns. It is no wonder, then, rhac chc
gun-mutdet r.ue in the Unired Srates is more
than 30 limes that of England, for example.
The question of how co eliminate school
shootings has produced 1wo, very dilferenr
schools of thought.
The most logica.J answer t0 the question
is d1ar the widespread use of guns could be
decreased if we ughrened gun control.
Despite rhe logic behind rhe idea of
cighrer,ing gun coocrol. thete are those who
bdie,.,c that more guns are the an,s,.vcr. Ye.ah,
riglu. TharS exactly what we need.
Just hou,·s afrcr the shooring, the daim w;ts
made Lhar if srudcnc.s were a.llowed co carry
c:onceaJed w~pons on c.'tmpus, d1e shooting
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Gonzales must step down for good of GOP, nation
Ever since he was nomin:ued by Pres­
idem Gt-orgc \'//. Bush ro replace
John Ashcrofr as rhe U.S. Auomey
General in November of 2004, Al-
1.xno Gon.tak"S has sailed on dangerous \Ya ..
tcrs. Amid sc:1ndal ;iller SClnd,l, Goniales h<1S
held lus own. srubbomly sticking up for his
own bcliefsand for those of d,c prt-sidcm in"
rirne when puhlic approv;tl for Presidenr Bush
has \vane<.i to under 40 percent. Uut as new
controversies continue co arise~ and as more
and more policy-make~orh Demoenus
and Rcpublic:ins-call for his resignation, the
time ror Gonuiles 10 le, down his pride and
.srep down as Anomey Get1eral of the United
States has lin"11y come.
I 11 Docember of 2005, 77;, Ne10 nirk Time
revcakd lhar the NariooaJ Securiry Agem.y
(NSA) had b«n eavesdropping on U.S. citi•
1.tJ'IS withour pl'Oper warrants. 111e disclosure
of the-"'Terrorisr Surveillance Program" ignir­
cd furious debate among lawmakers, a.s a ma-­
jc,riry of Republicons cou,ed the program as
crucial to the War on Terror while Oernocrats
condemned l-hc \Xlhicc .House's actions as an
illeg,l abuse of presidcnci,l powe,s.
Ac cbe Q.·nrcr of the conuoversy, co the
surprise of no one, was Alberto Gonzales.
Soon afi.er 11u Nrtu }'ork 17.mn tevealed Lhe
program's existence, Gonz.1ks confirmed the
disclosure, b,u rold reporters """ <he pro­
gram only authorizes warranrless inrcrceptS
where the go"emmcnr "has a n:asonable basis
ro a)lldude chat one p3r<y 10 the (:ommun..ica­
tioa is a member of al Qaeda. affiliated wi1h al
Qaeda, or a mcmlx·r of an organization affili­
ated with al Qaeda., or working in support of
"1 Qaeda."
But Gorri.ales' =nion ihar cbc NSA
,virerappi11g _progra1n \.YaS .solely inccndc:d for
corcbing members of "1 Qaeda didJl't end d,e
ooinruversy. \Vhile ,he Bu.sh Administration
made an --anempr ro turn the fuuli over co the
press for <xposing rbc sccrer program in rhe
6rst pbce, the pubUc simply wouldn't have
it. And on Augu.sr 17 of la.11 year. tl,e White
House 6nally ma.de a cooccssipn, using Gon-
1..tles a.~ irs from nun. I.Jo • lett« to U.S. Sen­
arc lcad«s. Gonzales infonned Congress rlw
the Terrorist SurvciUancc Program would no
longer be a\irhoriied by !'resident Bush. "Any
ckTironic surveillance thar w;:i..', occurring :\$
p,,n or d,e Terrorist Surveillance Program wiU
now be conducred subject co the approval of
rht Foreign lnrcUigence Surveillance Couri ,"
he wrore. I II or her words, Gonuilcs was finally
surrendering ro rhe U.S. Constitution in an
agn:crncnc that would forte the \'Vhirn House
10 :1bide by the 1,w.
A little Ol'er a >""'r afrer Gonzales' firs, big
scand"1 broke, Gonzales dug himself deep in,o
the s-1.orrn ofCuantan:uno Bay when he s·raced
ar a Sen.are-hearing: '"11,c.re is no cxpr<:S$ gram
of Habeas [Coqms] in rbe Consrirurion." Ha­
beas Corpus istherighrofan individual co have by Krista Stryker II staff writer
a 1rial before he i$ jailed. and has Jong been as­
sumed ro be a corn.ersroo_e of rhc U.S. Con­
scitmion. His commcnr came amidst a hul ..
labaloo Mose recently, the news rhar d1e \'//hire
House fired a munbcr of U.S. Attornc-ys in
December oflast year has put Gonzales on hi$ licans, though che \Xlhire House ad~unantly
denies these claims.
Ir •PP<'"" that it will be this latest con•
troversy i_n~
or criri ...
Ci Sm
~ u r ~
round ..
i11g <he
c:amp,
which
sriU cx­
isr.s t<r
dayand In an ABC News/Washington Post poll taken earlier this 1nonth,
67 percent of those polled think the prosecutors were fired for po­
litical reasons, not on the basis of their performance. Whar's mote,
nearly half of the counrry-45 percent-thinks Gonzales should
Jose his job as a result of his recent mishandlings, volvwg the
firing of
eight U.S.
Attorneys
dm will fi.
n;dly lead co
d,e down full
of Gonzales.
ll1e Atwr-
holds abom385 prisoners, mosc ofwbicb have
cesrified. ro human rights abuses ,vhich <hey
say have oc:airred inside Guancan_a_mo Bay.
Arnncs1y I ntern::uion.:al b;is conipared Guama­
namo Bay to rhe Gulag of our tim~refcr­
ring co rhc Soviet Gulag forced labor camps
i1'I whid1 20 mjll..ion So\•iet citizens labored
UJ1der harsh condit.iOll$, and in which an es­
timaccd million pt.-oplc died. Yer as criticism
of Guant~r\llmO Bay and the U.S. Failure 10
provide detainees wi1..h the long-sr:.lnding right
or H~beas Corpus runs rampant, Gon1.alcs re--­
fuses ro budge.
., lase leg. 'n1e incident involved eight U.S. Ar.
rorncy, who had been appoinrt-d by the Bush
Administrarion io previ_ous ye-.trs onJy to be
unc.xpcccedly 6red in Dee<mber for no ap­
pareuc cca.soa. Those lirt.-d include Carol Lam,
succcssfol prosecucor of Republican Congress­
man Randy "Duke" Cunningham, among
others. Lam's firing was espc-cially surprising
ro many .lS her successf'l.1J prosecution .h,d pot
former Congressman _Cunningham in jail for
corruption atusc,, a foar applauded by much
of the counrry. Crifics suggest the U.S. At,.
rorn('ys were fired for failing ro· indict er1ough
Demoer:1rs, or as retriburion for /iring Rcpub• ncy Gcnc.f:lJ
bas bee11 at the very c.,nrcr of this widcspr<:ad
scandaJ. and ,he Amer-ic.11l public h~s nor
Failt-d co take notico. In an ABC News/\Xlash­
ington Post poll taken e;irlier d,is momh. 67
percent of ,hose polle,,J think ,he pros.,cmors
were fin .. xl for pol..itical reasons, 110c on rhe
basis of cbcir perforntane<. In the same poU.
when asked abour Gonz.,les, 58 percent of dis­
approve of bow Gonzales has dealt with the is,.
sue. What's more. nearly half of rhe counuy-
45 pcrcem-thinks Gonialcs should lose his
job.IS a result of his recent mishandJing."i.
The Americoll public:. is not the ooly bo<Jy
of people co disapprove of Gonz.1les' perfor­
mance. Doicns of currem U.S. Senamrs havC"
called for Gonz.,les ro eitbcr resign or be liroo
by Bush. 'lnose condemning Gonzales indude
Dern_ocrats such M New York Scnamr HiUary
Oimon wbo has coiled Goni"1es •comple,e­
ly inoompcccnr• and Senate Majoriry Leader
Harry Reid who says Gonzales "wiU leave
within a monrh or so, one way or another."
Rcpublicms have also called for Con,..tles'
resignation: Oregon's own Republican Scna­
ror Gordon $mirb has s.1idt 41SOmeone compe­
rcn, is nre<k-d there [Dcpanmenr of Justice).•
Mo.st recemly, former Hou$¢ Sp<-akcr Newt
Gingrich said publ.idy rh.ar Goniales ,bould
seriously consider quieting.
Yesterday at a congressional showdown on
Capicol I lill, Gonzales Faced "crowd of crirics
while testifying in front of d,c Senate Judicia­
ry Commim:e for rhc re«nr U.S. l\ttornc-y fir­
ings. The hearing was originally scheduled for ,rus past Tut-sday but was moved back b«-ausc
of the terrible. s.hootin~ ar Virginia. Tech cbac
happened on Monday <:>f this week. 11«:luse
of this dday, and because che Pio11m ~ must
he in its final form late on Wednesday nigbo;.
any imporrant breakthroughs rh-ar miy or
may noc have happened at rhe A"orncy Gen•
er3_1's hearing were nor able rn be published
in rhL<i ankle-. Bur whether or nor che Senate
Judkiary Commirtee members forced Goll7.a ..
_ Jes to resign. or whc(hC'r Gon7_,ales once again
__ :;.__--..held his own and survived the he:iri1,g, d\erc.
is one thing chac is ccrrain: Albcrco Gonzales
doe.~ 1lor desel'\'t to be the: Attorney CencrnJ to
the United Stare$ execur.ive branch any lor1ger.
The fighc is over, and Gonzales has lost. once
and for~II. ■tl.1e •• P.io•n•e•e•r •L•o•g,.A_p.ri•l •2•0•, 2•0•0•7-----------••jnju ... 9
Military exclusion laws en,e;ender debate
}?01.~'t Co-ed combat troops would cause problems on battlefield
by Danny Garcia// staff writer ccdurcs. As long as women are requjred to
mee1 rhe sa,ne requiremenrs as men, there
should be no problem. Of course, some
womi;:n arc unable to enlist because they
c:a1rno1 meer rhe physial requireincncs, bur
then agajn there are plenty of men wbo can­
not tither.
1he only physical ch:uacrerisrk rh:n
wou,Jd separate male and female members
of che same platoon would be the ability or
inabiliry co become pregnant. If a female birth of the child, the mother would need ro
decide wherher or not they would rcrurn to
ducy. Today's workinb1·wornan comc.s co th.is
decision as wcll, but ii, would be much mote
difficulr for a soldier rhan an office worker
co n:tire and raise her cbildren.
A plawon needs to st:1y together through
craining and war; a pregnancy would only
disrupt ,he delicate moranl), and co1mcc­
tion between troops that is necew.ll')' for The i$SUC of women being permit•
red on cbe from.line is a debate bcrwccn
ideological and realistic: points of view.
Ideologically, women should be aJlowed
ro do whatever men can do. In some sit ..
uadons. women prove co be. bctt(:r rhan
men; dms tht. introduction of wo1nen
should nor be surprising or unwanted,
But even rhough something ideological ---"---------------------------sh o u Id, in theory be real-or course, not
on
will ized. docs noc mean char it
should realistically happen.
The introdt1c1ion of womer'I
into chc miJirary's frondinc
platoons should be .-void­
ed and rhe current pt>licy
should. remain. every woman
the frondine-s
become pregnaut,
bur it is srill worthy
of consideration. It is nothing about women's capabilities chat
should prevent chem from joining the fronclines;
it is rhe reaction of the existing male soldiers chat
creates the most problems Tuece are psy­
chological issues
with women join ..
ing men on the fromliocs as well. Tucse
issues would not neces.sa.ri_ly pert~1in co the
women so much as rhe majority of men aJ ...
ready enlisted. To male soldiers, women arc
different n.nd separ::ue from the horrors 30d
rragedy of war. There arc some argu-
merHS agair,st women enceriog the from­
lines thar can easily be avoided and ig­
nored. Whether a woman is physically
cap:ible of joining the military should
is adequately addressed by current pro-soldier were ro become prcgn3111, whether
on purpose or 001, sho wo11ld undoubtedly
,1eed to rake lc:wc ar leasr unril rhe child's
birch. Unlike an injury or illness, prognancy
cannot be ignored and has a se, time th~
mother wQuld need ro be 01'1 leave. After the \'(/omen represent mothers, daugh­
ters, sisters, and wives, something com­
plerdy different from rhc enemy or 1ea1\1 ...
mace. lf women were co join men in rhe
uend,es, foxholes and POW e>mps, ,he
moral of ,he men would naturally fuJ­
tcr. A male soldier would namr..aJly have
much more difficulry wntching :J female
soldier die or be rorturcd compared tQ
another male cou ncerparr. Scxua] anmc­
cion to opposite sex peers wou1d also be­
come a problem, porenrially resulting in
envy and competition, nc.ithcr of which
can belong on the battlefield.
Ir is nothing about women's capabiH­
tie.s chac should prevent chem from join.­
ing the frorttlines; lt is the re:ac:tion of
rhe exisri1lg male soldiers char creates che
most problems. R<.,g.ardlcss of the irrario ..
uality of w·anti11g tO be put on rbe from­
lines where death is frequenr, it is irra­
rional co pU( the mornli cy and cohesion
of cbe current mi.lirnry structure .11 risk.
Women sbould be equal ro men, bur
in chis case, it would be bcm:·r if things
were just left as lhey wc:re.
Women should be allowed to fight for their country
"Duckworth received a Purple Heart Dec.12, after loosing both of both of her legs and sustaining severe inju­
ries to her right arm. Her copilot, from the Missouri Army Guard, landed the crippled Black Hawk as crewmem­
bers, air ambulance personnel and doctors on the ground worked fever-
ishly to save her life." -from Army Public Affairs
by Matt Savage // staff writer
Courageous women like Mrs. Duck ..
wonh arc serving aU around lhc world.
Ovec 6f1y 1.h6usand serve in Iraq and Af­
ghanistan, ,shere they rna.ke up eighr per­
cent of U.S. forces. Th.e Un ired States has
one of rbc largest percentages of women
in their armed forces. with women mak­
ing up 15 percent of Americ.,'1's milicary.
Yee de.spire r.heir pi'oven service and the
need for more anive combat troops, the
Un.itcd States has not joined Canada,
Derunack, Finland, Germany and Nor­
war by allowing women to serve in active
combat roles. 'The courageous women
serving in our military should be able ro
serve in acrivc combat (with the except
of submarines. due co close quarters),
""" aU women should be eligible for the
draft.
Now is a critical time ro allow more
women to serve in the military. \V.ch
Amc:rican armed forces stretched be-tween Iraq, Afghanistan, and che Global
War on Terrorism, rbc US could face the
grcarcst demand for troops since Vietnam.
Furtl1crmore, with ,,.•omen's growing equal­
ity in busil)CSS, educatio111 and poHrics, it
would be a grear seep towards greacer gender
equaliry.
Some wouJd argue char miUtary combat
is coo physica.lly Strenuous for women. It is
true thar women, on a,,erage, .ire 1101 as fast
or .strong as men. 8Ul women are allowed
ro serve as fire fighccrs and police officers.
if they meet the same physical standards as
mer). Afrer all, jr Pm srrong enoogh (() joi1l
1.he milirary, l\m s11re 1.han many women are
as well.
Furthermore, women already arc serving
ia roles char are physically strenuous, and
can !cod t<> causalities. Mrs. Duckworth was
a pilor, one of the most d,ngerous jobs in
rhe army, yer a job ope:n co women. Fur­
thermore. wirh rhe urban combat and gue­
rLlla warfate of lraq. all rypo. of p«sonncl can be exposed 10 h6stile fire without
warning. Lraqi insurgentS often ~rgec
supply clerks moving goods from base
ro base, one of the areas of che military
most dominated by women.
Lastly. I mongly belkve that
military service, and the draft, ;ire
p:tu of cicii.enship. Wbile ir i.$ a
dury char man)' people loarhe, or
even fear, ,he sacred dury ro hdp
prorect youI bomdaud from
foreign invasion is essenrial to
being part of a nation. Wirhour
this duty, women may, never
cruly be:-equal citizens in our
Democracy.
There arc brave women all
over the oounrry who w·ant
ro serve and we shouldn't
deny them the r,tbt. If a
woman caa be commander~
in-<:hief, why can't she be an
active duty soldier' ···-'"'5-. ._,,. .. A .. _l __ o ______________________ i¥ii'ii¥ ........ __________ 1h_e_P_io .. 1.1e.e.r.L .. o .. g.,_A_p.ri_1_2_0_,_2_0_0_1
Dating found dead; students suspected culprit
by Liz Holliday// staff writer
While ir has already been csrablishcd ,ha,
rhe dating scene on campus leaves much to
be desired, it seems that dating in gener3;I h:1s
been dyiug a slow and p:,infu1 death. Cou•
pies continue ro commir ro relationships;
however, people seem fO Ix raking a short
cut co monogamy and forgoing the idea of
dating alrogcrhcr.
"I feel like tl,erc are ,hree groups in rela­
tionships: either you are hooking up, look•
ing for a serious relationship or single," said
Mara Pfneisl (' I 0). "11,ere is nor daring."
"'Dating" is co be in rhc early stages of :J
rclarionship, where two individuals go our
on dates co get ro kno\\' e:i.chorher bener,
os a prelude ro accually being a full-ffcdgc-d
couple (monogamy nor required). 'This docs
nor seem to cxis1, however. among those of
the colk-gc generation. Either ch;:u or it h:1s
become a way for college sru<lenrs ro hook
up wi1h one :1norher regul3rly wirhour feel­
ing guilty about r.hc siruation.
"'Daring is rhc mosr confusing and ri­
diculous term ever," said 1\'1.organ Sh1rn1-Fox:
('09). ''To me ir means that chere is interesr
and you war)l lO ge.1 co know 1he person ber-
1er; usually sexual inreraclion is involved and
commiunenc is nor. I think a lot of p<.-'Oplc.
think dating is monogamous. lf you don't
wanr chat you have to be very dc:,r."
The 1950s ideal of courring eouplesgoing
ro a malr shop -and movie is a foreign con ..
cepr ro most college srudcms, as is the con­
cept of dating more than one person af the
same 6mc. How(..-vc.r. it is common 10 hear
of adult.s daring more rh:m one person on a
regolar basis.
""I feel like one dare c.xiscs, bm after d1c
first date. it quickly moves co either a rcfa-FU:)TO 8Y8RINN SAH08tS
Martin Meyer ('09) and Rafael Cuevas ('08) reach the happi­
ness most LC students only dream of.
tionship or nor;" Pf'neisl said. ·'Similarly,
once rwo people hook•up, it either rums inco
a relationship or quickly fizzles our. P,,oplc
don'r seem to date around much."
The fact rhar half of all LC students ,re
forced to live on campus may ,,or help rhe
sit:uario1l. 1he added stress of college life in
general may as well enccr into rhc cquacion. "I think iris so hard ro da« multiple peo­
ple at this school because it is so small. As
soon as you do anything with a person ev­
eryone finds our, and everyone loves to ralk
abour it," said Shaw-Fox.. '"I rhink rh:u it gers
<.-a.sier once you move off campus because
you do,1'1 have co see the same people alJ the
rime and ir becomes c:asicr to date muJtiple people without it gerting messy.''
If this is the cosc, rhen is rhere hope? I,
wol!ld appear 1har daring is the perfect way
ro weed out potcnrial disasuous deal-break­
ers without having to waste time bdng jn a
rdationship char is doomed ro fuil. Sh:,1w-Fox
remains oprimisliC: :lbo\H the smrus of daring
amoJ.lg rhe college generation.
"'Oaring is possible." Shaw .. Fox said. "You
just have lO make sure lhc other pcrsoa is
okay with the decision. I've done i, before.
Gr:mrcd it is rne, :-tnd usually ends up poor•
ly, bm it is possible."
If this is true. then go our on a date! Port­
land has a plethora of options when ic comes
to good date spots. even for those withou1
access to a ,:,or. The school is always willing
ro play chauffeur to Piodarcs looking co go
downrown. 1 he cicy is filkd with those uk·d
and rmedatc horpo,s: fanky coffee shops and
restauranrs. 111e area surroundi1tg N\V 23rd
Ave. is a great sc:,rting poinc. Nicknamed
'Trendy-d,i rd,' 23rd has plenty of music
stores and clothing shops to keep wonder­
ing coupks busy. Tea Chai Te is a good spot
for delicious ,eo, Scrabble :md good conver­
sacion. Cinem:l 21, hosr of foreign and in ..
die movie.c;, sits only two sucecs over on 6 J 6
NW 21st Ave.
l~or ,hose lucky enough co have access
ro a car and looking tor a good spor ro see
c.he surtset (or sunrise), che rose gardens in
Washington Park arc a good spot. Also check
our Rocky Pr. in East Portland. The Oregon
Coast is also only 1.5 to cwo hours :m~y
from the clowmown area a1td would ,nake a
good. extended dare. The seme.,aer is aJmost
over, so get our there and gcr to know pco~
pie-you never know where it may lead.
Send ove,-heard conversations
to piolpg@Lclark.edu • "She's the cutest thing
since sliced bread."
"I'm sorry, Grandma, bur BALLS." "I left acid in his freezer
and he thought it was
an al coid." "Like at chat family parcy,
when she stripped off her
clothes and said, 'I want to
ride rhe pony!"' "My view on history is a pox
on ALL your houses. 1'1n
equal opportunity."
~\~ -
"Make me a sandwich, bitch ...
and some waffie fries." •
"I pur a lot inro her."
(in reference co an ex-girlfriend) -
_18 ______ ____
Cassadaga brings Bright Eyes
a loftier level of legitimacy
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg // senior staff writer
There are iwo kinds of Bright £yes funs: emo kids reveling
in schadmji-md,, and the rcsc of us. Th i.s dichocomy becomes
painfully evidenr upo11 perusing onlinc discussion of Ur-igh1
Eyes lyrics on the website Songmeanlng.~.ner. where imcUi ..
gem commentary is somcti mes punctuated by idiotic (and,
in 1his case, homophobic) insight.s such as: wn,is is gonna
sound kinda gay, but it feels like a dream when I hear it. Ir's
surreal. Ljusr gee all cbcsc images in my head when I hear ,he
song."'
Unfonunarcly1 these witless listeners have rukiv:ncd a.
perception of Brighc Eyes as a member of the vapid modern
emo SGene that includes the likes ofFalJ Our Boy
and My Chemieal Romance. This
perception has never been uuc,
bur i, has persis1.enly dogged the
singer--son.gwriccr, known off-stage
as Conor Oberst, ever since he firn
cao1e ro the :;u re1uio1\ .of rhe music
world in the lace '90s as a ,~nagcr
wich a distinctive., quavering voice.
Admittedly. mucb early llrighr
Eye.~ was maudlin. But Obcrs, great ...
ly matured as an anist foUowing h.is
1998 misfire Lming Off 71,, Happi­
""'· After be released rhe classic F,.
1,ers and Mi"ors in 2000 a11d the de­
cenr lifted 11r 71,, Story is in ,hr Soil in
2002, a culr following formcsl. Obcm found himself the
subject· of effusive prajse by many in che music esrnblishment.
where he ,vas dubbed by some as "the next Bob Dylan." De­
served or undeserved, the F.tnfurc gave Brighr Eyes haters yet
more fuel for the fire. In 2005, Oberst simultaneously re­
leased the folky .Jin \'(lid, Awake, Its Moming and his une.x•
peered foray inm dcccronic musk~ DigitJ1l Aih in 11 Digital
Urn. AJchough these wc.:re weJl-received, Obersl conci11ued to
be ,airHed by his mischaracreri1 .. ·uion as che prince of emo.
Bright Eyes' burdensome hi.story makes his latest effort
Cassadaga, released April I 0, ,JI the more impressive. On the
album, Obers1 forges boldly ahead despite his critics, show-
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our website. casing hjs marudry with lyrics focused on poHtical and ex.is ..
tcnrial angst and concl"eti~ng his move co a coumry-dque
sound. 'lhe end result is 3 winner.
Oberst once wroce rha, he pwposely makes r.hc opening
tracks of his albums cumbersome "to ward off easual listen­
ers." 11,c first song on Cam,dagtt, "Clair:1udiems (Kill Or Be
Killed)," is no exception. lhc song begins grandiosely, with
• leni,'1:hy rocording and a building swarm of sound which
don'c lcr up u1uil abour rwo minute$ in. Then, Oberst and
guitar enter co bemoan chc dt.-gradatioa of political struggle:
"Corpor.'ne or colonial. / the movcrnent is unst0ppable. /
Like the body 9f a cenrerfold, / ic spreads /
co rhc councer-culrurc copyright."
Ober'St maintains fine political fonn into
die next crack. "Four Winds," a full-blown
coumry tune that exemplifies Obcrsc's
continued ::tlld rev,m.rding foray i,uo th3.t
genre. On "Hor Knives," he effCcdvcly
uses strings and clccuooic cwhts in. ccllh1g
che ta.le of a womaJl who transformed her
life and "just vanishl-d imo a chick misc
of change."
;'time ll'ee,. is borh the final and the
bcsc song on Casslldngn. Herc Oberst cs·
chews ltis country accouucments for :J
sparser sou1\d: just his guitar aod some
undcmaced strings. The lyrics, which tdl of a
loss a□d ics fallouc, are profoundly mov\ng. Bri11giJ1g the al­
bum to a perfec, close, Oberst sings: "I rook off my shoes and
walked into the woods/ I fdr losr and found with every step
J cook."
Tunsform:uio1l is a recurring theme in Bright Eye.$' wQrk.
On the first crack of Omndaga, a woman's recorded voice
implores an unknowo lis-ccner ro embark on -a journey of
change. 10 overcome adversity and Aourish in spire ofir. ".It's
kind of like with people and cl1c tarot cards," she says, her
voice sounding as if sJ1e is speaking on a cclephone. «Jusc be­
cause you ger the Death card, doesn', mean death or dying.
fr means cransformation." On Cassadaga, Brighc lcycs dot-,;
Senion I: May 14•June 22
Session U: June 25•August 3 jusr c:har-he overcomes his
derraccors to conduuc his
growth as a musician.
Cmsadttga is cerrain­
ly noc perfect, chough. Ir
sounds more "studio"' than
;>nylhing Obersr has done,
and ,hat has ics plum,,
and minuses. And while
Oberst's turn to coun1ry is
welcome. it's dear char he is
scill ccscing chc limits of that
genre. somerimes produc•
ing overwrought and hokey
momtnc.-. Though Oberst
still wrircs criage-\\1onhy
lines, mosr ofbis lyrics chese
Lewis & Clark
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1ial issues. Overall, Cn,s.urd-
nga. is another positive step
in Bright Eyes, eV'olutiOr\
above and beyond his cric­
iat appraisals. ' www.lclark.edu/org/casu.mmer
casummer@tclark.edu
503-768-7297 the Pioneer Log, April 20, 2007
Lecture guests
discuss liip-hop
culture
internationally
by Susan Zalkind // staff writer
Lasr Friday evening, Lewis & Clark hosted a Hip­
Hop Awareness Lecture in Miller l 05. Tue lccmrcrs
featured returning 61mmaker and activist Abdul Fofa­
nah a11d emccebi.lly ,..,oods. Fofonah is currenrly work­
ing on a documentary called "Moving ro rhe Beat" and
billy woods is an emcee for rhc Rcavers. woods and·
fellow Reavcrs cmct-c PrivileDgc who. togcchcr as Su­
per Chron Flight Brothers, performed at K.LC's annual
Sunburn fescival che ne.:<t evening.
Fofanah, an African Rrefugee youch coordinator,
spoke doqucndy abou1 his own his1ory and his inspi,
ration that drove his current project. FofamJ, rold LC
ihal :iS :t Siem Leolle immigrant in Amef'ica, rhe or1ly
parr of American culrure. char he related co was the: hip-­
hop culru.re. However, as he grew up and continued to
maimain his connec,ion to Sierra Leone, he realized
che disparagemcnr bcrween 1he Afric:111 conception of
life in Americ~ and rhe reality F.tced by rl,e country's
arban poor. Fofunah expressed his wishes to create a
scrongcr bridge bcrwecn che African and American
communilic:s in order lO discU$$ issues ,1,thich aff'l.!CI'
rhem bo,h.
billy woods rebced ro Fofunah's srruggle for idenriry
as an inspiration in his own work. Like Fofanah, billy
woods grew up in various communities, and felt that
hip-hop was an identity he could carry with him, :md
u~inscendjng the borders of his maoy homes. woods,
who boasts Zimbabwean and Jamaic.1n ance.·nry, bas
resided in Washingcon D.C., Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Sil,
vcr Spring. Maryland and New York City, as well as
having.spent one summer in Seattle.
111e speakers wove in a,,d 001 of copies. Issues such
as ,he exuberant, Aashy style nornriously advertised in
many hjp,.hop videos were given hiscorical and polici­
caJ comcxr. woods cxplain<·d chat chc common ten­
dency for rappers ro brag about their luxurious lifestyle
etn be seen as a l'e3crion ro poverty. "\'(lhen all )'Ou
haw: in this world L~ your shoes, and someonesc~p.son
your shoes, rhey're stepping on all you have." he said.
However, rhc anists also addressed rhc c.-xploitaLion
of diamond workers u, Africa. They asserted ,hat this
panicula.r issue demonstrates dle lack of communic:t­
rion berween Africans 3nd Americans: mosc people
in America who wear diamonds arc nor informed of
rhc working conditions of rhc laborers, Fofanah said,
whik conversely, the workers don'r know how valuable
their product is.
Much of the lecrure focused on Afrirn. Speakers
discussed chc diffcrcm ways nations ar<· responding ro
chc repercussions of colonialism. '"J'm jusc waiting to
curn on chc cclcvision and sec my hous¢ in Rames."
woods said. He chcn laughed sadly afrer explaining rhe
current economic crisis in Zimbabwe.
1he lecrure concluded wirh a quesdon•rcspons<' pc~
riod wich rhc audience and a lhank you co LC's Hen­
ry Chanin ('09) for organizing and writing grancs for
funding. .th•e•P•io•n•e•e•r•L•og•,•A•p•r•il•2•0•, 2.0.0_1 ___________________________ 1 __ 9_
Dance Extravaganza 2007: Booty shakin' madness
by Craig 'Gilden II editor-in-chief
Student group leaders, honors
students and award-winning writ­
ers gachered O1:i-stage, but this was
neither commencen1ent nor an
awards ceremony. No, chese 1n­
divid uals gachered on stage in che
na1ne of booty shorts and show­
ing off their inner ho(down). It was
the 2007 Dance Extravaganza and
students from all
walks of life came
together fot the
joy of dance.
l11e D:u1ce Exrravag~mw
lived up to irs n:une rhisyea.r.
as each of che five pieces en­
tertained rhc packed houses
of Fir Acres Theatre last Fri­
day and Saturday nighrs.
From impro\•isarion. to con­
ccmpora.ry. ro jusr plain get­
ting down, chc dances varied
in scyle and each broug.hc
something uHique-to the
event. Bur. while most sru­
dents ,vere only able: co see
the end result, the 53 mem­
bers of Dance Ex.tr:l\~1g.inz.i
had been working on ,heir
craft sine<" lasr S<:mcstcr. The popularity of the evenr was evidenr ro everyone
i1wolved by the rurnoutac chc tryoucs in December. For
the firs1 time in 1he da.ncc's history, they had ro make
cues. 1he decision to have cur.s was less abouc abiliry
than the face chac last year's casr i11clude<I more t.hai; 80
dance<> and was unmanageable for ,he choreographers.
'This ye.1r's cas, of 53 proved jusr the righ1 size.
'(There i$ :Ul opporrunicy for people who aren't danc­
ers ro learn and those wirh a dancing background can
challenge 1hcmsclvcs," explained Cassurr.
Engelking saw rhc dance as providing a sirnibr ouc­
lc1. "We Lried to involve a lor of people and rhis year's
PHOTO BY tt.MER FRM"<S dances aUowcd for a large
v.'lriety of students co be
involved/' .she said.
1 he cime commit­
ment for clle case was
exn:nsivc, as c.ach dance
worked from four to five
hours a week chroughour
the spring seme.srer and
Ulen spent as many as six
hours a ojghr practicing
a.$ che performance date
neared. Along with cho­
rt-ographing dances. both
Ca.ssurr and Chung were
heavily involved in orga­
nizing and dancing in the
Lu'au. •1 had been doing
bod, for a couple years
and I love both and was
nor wiJling co gjve either
up," said C1Ssun.
"[he choreographers of
rhc five Ext rav~lg.)t1U1 d.inc­
cs srancd ar rhe beginning
of rhc school year co ensure
thac thr: evcm was a success.
The five chorcograpbers in-Robin Young ('07) (left) and Iliana Gutierrez
('08) dance expressively during Allie Bron­
ston's ('07) piece, "The Way Things Work." As for chc performance
ir,elf, each dance, for ,he
mosc parr, went off with­
our a hitch. WhUe a brief
power oucage in rhe firsr
show and some obnox-
cluded Allie Bronston ('07), Jamie Cassun ('07), Korie
Chung ('07), Erin Engelking ('07) and Katluyn Geren
('09). The quinter 100k a dance class togeiher in the full
anJ then began thinking abour their individual pieces.
"fne long.,, piece was by Engelking, whose hard work
culminated in :1 17-minute dance and included an ex-­
t<:n.sive .duct bctw«n herself and C1ssutt. while fcamr-­
ing d,c stylish nude-colored leornrds. Engelking even
cravcled ro S:)n Francisco inJa.nnary to learn more abou1
dance, so 1h,i she could further add to the rechnical side
of her dance.
Other dances included more up-tempo styles, whkh
gm 1he crowd to its fcec. Cassun's own piece, which
opened rhe Ex1ravag:mia. fi..-aturcd Guns N' Roses :Hld
tbc Bca.stie Boys and w;i.s based in high-powered alter•
native ja-zz scylcs, "I just wanr to dance and l hope t.hat
show$ in my piece," sa.id Cassun.
Ar rhe other end of the spectrum was Chung's piece.
a cross benvcen cou,u ry and hip~hop char concluded lhe
C\'Cllt, leaving the crowd in wild ex.cittmcnt. 7he piece
had the biggest""" ar 17 members, and included a range
of abilirics from experienced dancers ro kids fresh off the
club floor. "Everyone was abl<" co put in their own flair
and arrimde inro 1he dance and that made it fun ro work
with and choreograph ... said Chung. ious, loud heckling from
some a .. holc in rhe lase show chre..uencd ro put a damp­
er or the cvcnc, rhc performance carried on and indeed
rurned out ro be txtravaganL For four out of the five
choreogrnphet>, this will be their lasr rime working with
Dance E.xtravagal'n .. 1. in~king che end of the event a bit­
rerswccc moment.
ChUJ1g·s fuvoritc parr of her Im Dance Extra,·aganza
was jusr spending time with her cas(. ""Tue dancers al­
ways kep, ir lighr and bec.1usc of dm, all we had 10 deal
with was gccring jiggywi1h it.''
"'It is really awesome co pu, in a year or work and
finally see a piece chat l had been visualizing and work­
ing on for so long p<:rfotmc-d so well," said Engelking.
"Dance Extravaganza has been such a big pan of my col­
lege career, buc you got co move on sometimes and I am
glad Lhac I am doing icon such ail awe.some high from
such a gre.u performance." . ................................... .
From top: Kathryn Cerens ('09) piece is performed
by dancers thnr fill up rhe enrire stage ,uith their
moves; Jeremy Lotn ('] 0) dips Geren during the Hip­
Hop Ho{e)doum; Jnmie C,,ssurt ('07) (left) and Erin
Engelking ('07) perfonn fl duet; Simone Wren ('IO)
(left) executes Gerens choreogr11phy. -► i•j•j■Q--___________ Lh_e_P_io_r_1e_e_r_Lo_g.,,_A_.,p_ri_J_2_0_._2_0_0_1
The Year in Sports
2006-2007
Fall Highlights
Soccer
After a rollercoaster season filled with satisfying upscL<
and unfortun:ne injuries, chc soccer ream made-its mark oo
Lewis & Clark athletics by becoming the top academic team
in the NWC and in Division 111, and fifth in ,he nation
overall. With a team GPA of3.6, the 19 pla~rswere aword­
ed the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2005-2006
ye.\r. Now in their Lhird ycu since regaining varsicy starus,
rhe women's soccer ream finished the 2006 fall season with
a record of5-14-I overall. including three conference wins.
One of those victori<:s came from rheir final hol'ne defe.u oF
LinJield, winning 3-2. Midfielder Karie Bumm ('08) loggs-d
1700 minmes of play ,ond earned AIJ-NWC honorable men­
rion, wir.h one goal and one assist.
• Sarah DiSabatino // spor~ editor
Football
lbe football ream played a full season this year, after onty
playing four games a year ago. 1 hey did noc win a game, bot
the team made stridts over the season despite playing wirh a
miniscule rosrer. Brandon Zerr-Smith ('07) was a bright spot
for the ream, as he wa.s one of the top players in the aation i11
rc'Ceprions per game. Erik Genvick ('07) _a.lso hod o great year
as be routinely caused havock in the opponents backfield. Af.
rer having a f'ull season of recruiting. th<.~ team looks forward
to compering io ,he N\XIC next full.
• Craig Gilden// ,ditor-i11-,·l,i,f Winter Highlights
Men's BasketbaU
'The mc:n1s basketball ream finished a suong season shar­
ing the, Nonhwc.sc Conference Championship spot wic.h
d1e \'Vbicworrh Pirates. The Pioneers brought their season
to an end with a 13-3 record in rbe Nortbwcsr Confcrcncc:
and 18-6 overall. Leading the men was junior point guard
Thomas TIilery, who was named Firs, Team All-Northwest
Conference. Tillery •veragcd 1 I ,3 points, 5 rebounds, and
2.79 assistS per game. JoeyToboni ('08) and David Berggren
('09) were also named Second Team. Toboai, a transfer from
Foothill College in San Francisco, California, led the re,m
in scoring with 13.3ppg. Berggren finished rhe season being
"mong the t0p 25 players in Division lll baskcrball in made
three poi1uets pet game.
In che Northwest Confere11ce Tournament FinaJ, the pio­
n«:rs came out with a 69-62 loss againsr the Whirworch Pi­
ro,es, being only one game shy of tbe NCAA UI National
To~1rnamenr. With no seniors graduating afccr this year's
season, the ream looks to defend their conference Champion­
ship spot next year.
• Sarah Moon If 11ajfruritn
Womc.n'$ Baskcrball
llflllll
lftCIMff
PUii •11 .. '"Inc Pioneers finished the season wich cl1eil'
firsrwinning record since 1994. lhe Pios won
16 games th.is season; The turnaround has hap­
pened behind the majority of the ream that
suffered through only five wins t\Vo ye:trs ago.
.. I wouJd anribute r..he continued success ro
th¢ hard work our players put in yc-ar found co
basketball and ,he abiLlty of the carir< group ro
contribute in praciice ond gnmes," said F,tlks
in a February imerview. "'As we have increased
our expectations in practice over' three years,
we have seen the succc.ss carry over to games
and now expect lO win every game."
Crysral Castle ('08) led rhe te.un in points
and rebound~ and w:1s a force all over the
court. The sc.niors were a1so were an inregraJ
part of' the team. "'The seniors have been ue,.
rnendous leaders on and off the court an<l their
very different personalities help balance our
ream dynamics; said Head Coach Juli Fulks.
"Their dedication and. drive has been the caca•
lyst to the l<.-am turnaround and I am proud
ro have w9rkcd beside them iu building the
foundation of ourwome.11,s baskecb:-IJ program
a, LC."
• Craig Gilden II tdiro,..in-chief Spring Highlights
Men~ and Women's Golf
Ou April 15 Marianna Gordon ('07) gave a srrong perfo,.
mance at the Northwesr Confcrcncc Golf Championships.
Gordon r,nished tenrh with a 91, w0
hilcjuaior, Kdly'ferrell
placed 18"" wi,h a 94. "fhe championship was held ar Aspen
Lakes Golf Course in Sisrers, Oregon. Alier the men's golf
[tam finished cbird in che Fall Four-\Xlay t0urn:ln1Cnr for the
fu.11 golf season, th<-y came our ,his spring 6nishing eighd1 in
rhe Willamerre Invitational. They improved by placing in
sixth place at the Pacific lnviwionaJ on March 25. Daniel
Sloan, (' J 0) from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jed the ream with a 167.
The men wi.11 rravd co Tokatee Golf Course in Blue River.
Oregoo, for the NWC Mea's Championships on April 22.
• Sarah Moon If sta.ffwrit,r
Track & Field
Srrong i1ldividoal performa11ccs marked uack & 6dclS
2007 springseason. 'fomma Carleton ('09) return<-d in speedy
fusbion, winning early 3000m and 5000m races ro qualify
for N\XIC Championships, which arc held this wee.kend in
T.1coina.., \V.,sh. Sbe is currently second in the 3000m with
a time of I 0:26.56 and fourth in the 5000m with a rime of
. I 7:55.00. Amanda Phillips ('08) is also having a phenomen,,1
season. winning the 800m in lase week's LC lnvirationaJ and
holding the sixdl fustesr time in the I 500m with 4:45.21. For
the men Jarrod McC,nn ('07) is second in the NWC in the
800m with a fastest time of I :53.45. and hos made a habit of
breaking per.onal records this season. Yancey L1wrence ('09)
holds the third fas,esr rime in the 3000m widi a 9: 11.59.
Sreve Bianchi ('07) dominates rhe triple jump, holding the
second longesr jwnp ar 13.62m.
• Sarah DiSabarino // tporu ditor
Softball
Despite a se::tSon with the stats a~jnsc th.cm, lhc Piont-crs
made some landm:uk accornplishmenrs this se-..1son. 1l1cy
won (.lrly for rhe first time in years, defeating Sourhe.rn. Or­
egon University on the road 3-1 in pre,st-a.son. lite softball
te~un proved its stamina, dcopping three co #25 \Villamcue
bur Stealing rhe fourrh game of the series in a tight, tense-till­
the-lasr-our 3-2 march. Smndours were Jessica Mui.I ins (' 10),
who has knocked three bombs out of the park so far, Megan
.Aucun ('JO), who pitched a hard-fought win in her debur
season, and Janet Freerk.s ('07) wbo leads rbe pitching staff
in wins.
-Hunter Franks// sp1>r1J tdil()r
Baseball
'The ream staned off the season undefeHed and has man­
aged to be a competitive force in che conference. Sarni Mor­
gan ('LO) has made an impressive scan, becoming on of che
cop PiQneer hin·c:rs and providing essential pitching relic[
Jordan Sm.iley ('08) has lxlen ,be Schilling on the mound,
pitching rhree complete games and making eleven appear­
ances. Jordan Shibara ('08) hos been consistent ar !'.he place,
ba"ing .330.
• Sarah DiSabatino II sports tdiror --§•1·1-4- 21 -the Pioneer Log, April 20, 2007
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