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Volume 71, Number 21 [Number 23]

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2007-04-01

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Election results to student groups
Below arc the rcsulrs for rhe 2007 ASLC General Election. This y<'ar's
voter tumour was an exceprional 55 percen,. (··derlOU!$ victor):
Presidenr/Ex«utivc Vice-President
Aurry Liggett/Tom Youmans: 44.8%u
Brandon Wiebe/Ka1ie Seigle: 30.6%
Angda Finke/Brad Elkins: 24.6%
Chief Justice
Elliot Whirc: 39%­
Man Savage: 31 .. I%
Alex Rihm: 29.9%
VP-Stu.dent Academic Alfafrs
Charlie Morgan: 63.9%"~
KeUy H:wsen: 36. l %
VP-Community Rdations
Tayt Held: 87% • • (of coral ballo1s Ct$1)
VP-Student Ocgani.:iations
O,ry Van L,ndingham: 87.3% .. (of ,o,al ballots cas<)
Referendum I • Drafting a Student's Bill of Right$
Passed, 714 ourof883 ioral ballots beingc,ur.
Referendum 2 -Divesting from investments with Sudan
Passed, 670 ou, of855 totaJ ballocs being cast.
Initiative l -Adding Academic Civic Engagemen, to SMB
Passed, 552 ou, of866 rn,al ballots being cast.
Amendn,enr l -Changing rhe ASLC Bylaws
Passed, 663 our of799 total ba.llolS !:,eing casr. Lasr week tbc ASLC Chartering & Budgeting Board released the s,
dent group budger.s for the 2007-08 academic yo.u. Mere are ,he bigg,j
winners, losers .tnd new kids on the block:
Big Winners
Symposia (overall)• Up $12,600 (from $46,400 tO $59,000)
College Outdoors- Up $10,250 (from $16.804 ro $27,054)
Club Sporrs (overall) -Up $8,743 (from SI 9,225 10 $27,968)
SAAB-Up S4,850 (from $53,000 to S57,850)
Black Srudenr Union -Up $2,410 (from $8,590 t0 $11,000)
Lu' au• Up $2,234 (from $6,500 ro $8,734)
Pree Univcrsiry -Up $1,653 (from $812 ro $2,465)
United SexuaJities -Up $950 (from $650 co $1,600)
Big Losers
E.xecuti,•e Council• Down S6,963 (from $48,163 co $41.200
Activities Congr= • Down $5,300 (from $51,000 co $45,7
Paddle Club -Down $2,565 (frnm $2.715 ro $150)
LC Snow -Down $1,604 (from $3,700 ,o $2,096
Model Un ired Nations- Down $1,240 (from $3,700 co $2,4
Sailing Team• O.:,wn $1,175 (from $2,750 to $1,575)
Co-op• Down $1,050 (from $3,050 lO $2.000)
Amnesty lnccrnaiional • Down $550 (from $1,950 ro $1,400
New Kids on q,e Block (lasc year with • budget of $0)
Philosophy Club. $700
Smdcnt Labor Action Movcmenr-$650
Ht-alth, Cultu,c and Society Club -S630
Scuden1 in Action for Genocide Awareness- $580
Garden Club -$320
ClubVeg-$175
Hisiorical fencing Society• $120
Section Line Drive -SI 00
Archery Club -$99
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Superstring theory: Why scientists are struggling to
use strings to explain the existence of the universe
Soperstring theorists believe 1hey Olay
have found ,he ,hc-ory ,ha, explains che
universe: strings. The Scaodard Model of
particle physics describes zero-dimension­
al poim p::u1ide.~ as the smallest corripQ---
nent comprising ,he universe.
Now. however, .. strings'\ one-di­
mensional cxcended objec1s wriggling
duoughout space, have replaced ,he idea
of the point plrricle as being the tunda­
mcnr,I building block. Lewis & Cbrk
brought in Jirn Gates, ~1 professor from ,he
U of Maryland. ,o speak on rhe subject by Lucca Cirolia // staff writer
supersrri ng. has released ro ,he public a
slue of "e~sy to unclersrand .. information
on this idea of suing tht·ory, Gates cannor
comprehend why rhc theory has received
such public recognition :rnd stimulated
such interest.
O) lase Monday.
)O) Jusr as che discovery of ,he subatom-He explained chat suing theory is root­
ed in Newton's Laws of Motion, which
describes rhe observed bch:ovior of na•
ture expressed through mathematics:.
whac Ncwco11 coined as cttl,·ttlus. The of­
ficial String Theory website (www.supcr­
stringtl1cOr)'·COm) explains char with the
discovery of rhe electron, puticle physics
,-.ras created.
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l ic P=' rricles revealed rhar the :norn was in
facr nor rhc: smallest particle found in 1hc
univcrsc, ·now striJ1gs :1re seen as having
no subscructurc, and are unable to break
down into ~wy s1na1ler pieces.
Theoris1s use guitar sulngs as·an exarn­
ple of what these ciny strings would look
like as they vibrate due w tension and
move around in space.rime.
G:ires is one As it developed ::ilong side quantum
mechanics, evidencr: appeared showing
that ligh1 (electromagnetic radi:uion)
tr-Jvels a1 a fixed speed (in a vacuum) in
every direction and appears the same to
every observer.
\'(/ith chis evidence. Einstein was able
to develop the Special Theory of Relativ­
ity co describe rhis phCnomcnon, which
allowed relaciv ..
of rhc <0p J>hys•
1c1scs working
on this theo­
ry, and during
his presenra•
cion, he cried
co explain why "Unless you have a Ph.Din
physics you cannot even re­
motely understand or discuss
the ideas surrounding [it]". isric quantum
field theory ,o
develop. This
new theory is
th~ founda•
rion of all the
current tx:pJa ..
nalions of the
behavior of string theory is
so di fficu It co
c:xpl,ai1l. Cares -Professor Jitn Gates
has been studying suing theory since the
'70s, receiving his B.A. ond PhD from
MlT where he wrO[e his thesis on Super
Symmetry.
Even though Brian Greene. another
leading Physicisc srudying ,he idea of rhe suba1omic par.-
tides.
Einstein was able LO elaborate upon his
Special theory 10 create his General The­
ory of Relariviry, which, according to this
,vebsire .. has had many observational sue•
ccsses that proved itS ,vonh as a descrip-
ffiOlO 8Y LUCCA.~
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Prof. Jim Gates is one of the top physicists working on superstring theory.
tion of Nam re. buc lwO of rhe predictions
of this theory have staggered chc public
and scie1uific imaginations: ,be expand­
ing Universe, and black holes. Boch have
been observed, and both Ci'lcapsulare is-­
sues chat, at le:.1st irl che mathematics,
brush up aga.insr the very nature of reality
:md exisrence.,.
The theory goes on co say that '"general
rclariviry has yielded a wealch of insighr
inco the Univcrst, the orbirs of planets,
the evolution of srars and galaxies, ,he Big
B,rng and recenrly observed black holes
al'1d gravirariona1 lenses.
However, the theory itself only works
when we pretend that the Universe is
purdy classicaJ :rnd (h:u quantum me~
chanics is 1,01 needed in our description of
Nacure. Srri1,g rheory is believed ro close
this gap.,.
\Xlhac makes sering theory so contro•
vcrsial is the foct char i1 is a theory said to
explain cbe exis-rence of thr universe based
on m:uhe,narics, which is a study that has
nor yet been confirmed as a science.
Gates says chat he also thinks it is con-­
uovcrsial because there is really no dear
explanation of how much has really been
accomplished due ro the complexity of the
srudy, and 1,he fan rhat •unless you have a
Ph.Din physics you cannot e,,en remotely understand or discuss rhc ideas surround­
ing [i,]",
He also says that sering chtory is ,hc­
hard~sc. smallest. ~rnd inosr expensive sub­
ject to study, and rhus is very difficuJt tO
teach. "'It's all about math ...
The major distinction chac places phys~
ics aj,arc from all the ocher sciences, Gares
says, is that "these strings s:iy rhat we're
nor an accident. It's rhe only [theory) ,hat
explains our presence."
While how rhis chcory ducidotcs rhe
existence of rhc universe is s,ill a bir con•
fusing co C\lcryonc n<H holding a Ph.D in
Physics, the idea is ovidenrly still very in­
triguing co 1hose seeking an undersrnnd­
ing of universal origin, as the scope of
populariry surrounding chis subjec, has
proven.
Yer. how do scientisu plan on enlighr•
cniug the masses when rhc only possible:
way to swdy iris through obtaining a doc­
torare?
Surely th<-' issue of the string's exisrencc
and importance is one "'here much more
information is needed. Orhcrwist, those
obtaining the understanding of the uni•
verse, ho,ve,1er incomplete it may be, will
only be the top pbysicisrs. To all or hers,
che clarification of the existence of the
universe will be lose or misu11dcrsrood. _4...., _____________________ ..... §iffi§ ____________ lh_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_L_o_g_._A_p_r_i.1_13_,_2_001_
International Affairs Symposium addresses
pertinent issues surrounding contemporary world
1bis we-ck, Lewis & Oark hoS<ed che 45th
Ann\.1al lnrem:uion-al Affairs Symposium. En•
titled "11,e Struggle for Smbility. Rcchinking
Approadles co Fragile Smes," die symposium
dealt wirJ-1 a wide array of topics, ranging from
die direction of AIDS relief efforrs ro the re­
conscruccion cffons in Lraq and Afghanistan.
The symposium amacced speakers from
across the globe, including a Botswanan gov•
emmenral officiru and a British Knight Com­
mander, alongside che USAJD Director of ,he
Office of HIV/AJDS and die head of che US
office of Globru Wimcss, among ochcrs.
Several of these speakers voicro unpopular
polirkal opinions. Thompson Ayodde, a pub­
lic policy analyst working f(>r an independenr
thiak tank in Nigeria, argued that foreign 3id
serves only co srrcngchcn and uphold undcm• by Lexie Briggs // senior staff writer
ocratic n1lers in Afcia in Monday's afiemoon
session. "\Vhe:n aid 1,-oes lO countries without
insrirurions, I'm sure dle mo11ey will end up in
Swiss Bank," he said. "Aid money is just a rrans­
for from government to government-it will
never reach people at rh.c bottom."
Jim \'(/)lire, a senior director at Mercy
Coq>s, countered dtilr developinem assistance
is essential m impoverished countries . .,Hu.m:ln
rights have be-en die driving force behind de­
tern:ijni.ng wh-at ,-.,e engage with or in," he said.
~Tra.nsnation:al issues don't care if a country is
a de,nocrncy or not. We're focused on gening
i.nscirurions bujJc so char 1he government can
respect die rule oflaw."
Sir Hilary Synnoct, ooc of Monday eve­
ning's keynote speakers, served as die Coalition
Provisional Authority~ RegionaJ Coordinator for $ouch Iraq from July 2003 ro Janua,y 2004.
He was paired with Robcrr Finn, d,e fi<Sf US
ambassador to Alghanisran afrer Operation
Enduring Fr<.."Cdom. in Monday evening's ses.
siQ1), entitled "Piecing Togcd1er Fragile States:
The Comrascing l\,nles of Iraq and Alghani­
.stJ.n." Finn described his experiences :lS a Brit­
ish diplomat in the ,Yar--corn country accing in
a region that was nor rcgmkd as a priority.
wn1e UK and US were nor quicc ready for
wh.ac happened alter the invasion," he s..1.id,
"cl1ough char !)light be an ex:unple of British
undc::rstacc:mcnc."' When d~ribiog the dif­
fic,~ti<.'$ he fua.-d, Sir Hila,y spoke candidly.
'Our fuci)ities W<'tC squalid," he said. ·we had
a11 enormous ignorance about the «:ality on the
ground. We h.1d ,.,ry lirdc knowledge of Iraqi
power, resources, warer, and the petSQn:tlity of die people." Sir. Hilary added.
111e Symposiwn ,vas the atlminarion of a
year's woc:th of efforrs put fort!, by cl1c srudena
and sraff in"olved. 1he Symposium is almost
entirely srudenr•run and organized, with tht
Faculty fulfilling mainly logistical, advisol)I
and budgem,y roles.
1he studeru steering commicc«· is lead by
rwo smdem Co-Chairs; d·,is yea,:, Dawson I.aw
('07) and Lynne Boorh ('07) filled d1edemmd·
ing positions, supported by other srudcnrs oo
the board.
"I d\ink die Symposium went very wd~•
Booth said. "Bur i1's been a loc more work ilian
I anricip,red.'' She also nored, imPQrmndy, that
"die Symposium is one of those r.i.re opponu­
nities co co1mcct witb tbc people thaf are mak•
ing change in the world."
JWTOSCOI.R111SYlAIJAAS!CEl'
From top left to right: President Tom Hochstettler, Communications professor Steve Hunt, Dr. Robert O~tergard. Bottom: The IA Symposium received a
large turnout in Council Chambers; a question and answer section allows students to voice their concerns with the speaker's presentations. l R .tl.1e_P_io.1.1e_e_r_L_o_g_,_A __ P_ri_1 _1_3_, _2_00_1 __________ _. ... ij14',if .... ______________________ 5_
Abolishment of student loans sparks
concern and interest at Lewis & Clark
by Annie Hay /I staff writer
D,.idson College, a small, national
liberal ans school of just 1,700 students,
located ourside of Charlotte. Nonh Car­
oHna, bas become the firsr of its class to
ctimin~n~ studenr loan packages.
The declsion comes in rhc wake. of ris­
ing costs for college education thar a re cre­
ating a lifelong burden ,o many sru,lenrs
and families-and iu response w simi1ar de ..
cisions made by many qf the East Coast
lvics---such as Princeton and blarvard.
Davidson•s decision is groundbreak­
ing however. in that their student popula­
tion and funding is 01\ly a fraction of such
larger institutions. and will cosr the small
privare school an exua $3,5 rnillioo per
year,
For students, one year ar this small but
prestigious i11sritt11ion comes wirh a price
tag of nearly $42,000-causing many ac­
ademically eligible students co look dse­
where. Recognizing cbat tbe college was
losing much if its divcrsiry due to its con,
the 8oard of Trustees decided. ro insrirutc
the ne\v policy.
Instead of loans, the school wUI give .srudenrs more financial ~,id in 1he fornl of
grant-sand studeot employmenr. In order
ro implerne111 the policy pcrmancnrly and
cov"er the increased costs, che school will
need ro raise $70 mill ion dollars through
alumai support.
Ad.mi nisuawcs :ue nor concerned how ..
ever, as recent campaigns for srudcncs fi­
n:u\ci:11 assistance raisecl $130 miUion,
making it fuirly dear thas receiving dona­
tions 3t a school where loyal()• runs detp.
arid alumni donations are barge, will not
be :1 problem.
As for student response, opinions are
mixed. Claire O'Shea, a sopho1norc 011 3
Federal Stafford Loan, Work S, udy, and
athletic scholarship, claim~, "I do have a
few concerns. For me. ic seems Like it'll be
a little worse because 1 don't th.ink I'll be
given rhat much more in aid specifically
from Davidson-or ::111y ;u: all."
O'Sbea ex-pl:tined, "[Because most of
my lo;H~$ :ire federal) ii doesn\ give me an•
other option for aid besides Work Study,
unless I receive some aid [from Davidson
that) l haven', fo;"",he p;1st 1wo years."
She also 001cd d1at it was ~xtremely difficult to balance Work Study with both
her vanity athletic co111mi1ments -:md rhc
incense Davidson workload.
On Davidson's website however. many
s1udentS and alumni have bloggcd in .sup­
porr of thdr decision.
"'As a poor preac.hcr ►s kid who struggled
through Davidson f\fty years ago, I can nor
tell you how pbsed I am that chis policy
hns been adopted," wrote a 1954 David­
son graduate.
Naru_rally, the next question is: Will
this become a n:.1tion:1I rrend? It i.$ diffi ...
cult to say. SmaJI schools like Davidson
are uoique; 3lumni support and fundjng
are enormous.
Bur <:vcn Davidson docs not have as
rich an «.::ndowme1H as many Qf its liber­
al arrs peers, and such a move is sure ro
inspire others-although little chaage is
predicted in rhc near fucurc.
As for Lewis & Clark? Ir is highly un­
likely that w<: will sec the eliminar.ion or
srudenr loan.t ln the near fururc. The. LC
endowment is quire low and other im­
provements, such as those proposed for
Templeton, arc likely iO f'akc precedence.
College augments emergency plans, begins
filling void of contingency solutions
This April, Lewis & Clark's Crisis Man­
agement l'la.nning Comminec will o,ou,u a
new en1ergency information posrcr in every
on-campus building, each of which addresses
basic procedure in the case of an evacuation,
au <.-anhquakc, a fire. a h3i;1rdous Jll.trerials
rclcase, a power oumgc, .suspicious person, or
suspicious object.
The posters, which advocate such simple
actions "Leave the building using che 11earest
dc.a.r exit"' duri,ng ('V'JCu::icions t\nd ''Oo nor
touch or d;s111rb [o suspicious] object," and
mote unexpected additions. such as nor to
hide under a doonvay during an canbquake,
arc one small way the committee hopes ro
increase on-campus pr<:p:;1redness for a major
emergency.
"A true emergency could happc.n here on
LC campus any day," said Campus Safety di­
rector Tim O'Dwyer, who cha_irs d1e Com­
mittt-e along with adminisrr:uors and fac­
ulty.
Another way in which the Commhtcc
hopes ro imprnve emergency preparedness
on campus is co condoct r«.::gula.r evacl.mtion
driUs of every ~1c:,utemic and non-academ•
ic building on the undergraduate, law, and by Stephanie Beechem /I editor-in-chief
g111du::ue campuses, "'everyrhing from How ...
ard tO Templeton tO the chapel," O'Dwyer
said. ·niese drill arc slated to b,-gin in the full
of 2007.
Because chc c..1.mpus-wide ev:1ct1atioo drills
will occur during school hours. O'Dwyer ex ..
plained. '"there will be people who won't fa­
vor doing it." Lndccd, there arc already those
opposing che llCW procedures. "\Y/e're <:d\1<.:ar­
cd indjviduals and I think we all know how
lO exir a buildiog_," said Amanda Hamilton
(' I 0). Hamil-Hopcfolly, O'Dwyer said, the drill will
001 :)ffect char class 100 much. nor cue ex­
cessively inco the follo,~ing period. The cam­
pus-wide drill would ideally be 6uislwd in
under an hour.
lnc.n..tSiJ)g on•-campus eme,rgency pre•
paredness is somerbing that former Campus
Safety director Bill Currain "had been work­
ing on for the past 15 years;' O'Dwyer ex•
plained. "'This i$o'r my are• oFexpertisc, bur
I inherited lit] when I got this job." One of
the primary
ron, a residcnr
of Copeland,
bdi(.-ves the
new plans ::ire a
waste of rime,
··n,cse proce­
dures arc ridic-"A true e1nergency could happen
here on LC's campus any day." objectives of
hi.s Commicree
is co inc.rea,;c
the College's
crisis manag<..'­
menr policy, -Ca1npus Safety director Tim
O'Dwyer which currenr­
ly stands ar six ulous; they'll
,::i_ke away from class rime 1har we altl.tdy pay
way too much for."'
In order ro avoid disrupting classes ~•S
mucb a.s possible, the Committee is renra•
tivdy planning to schedule the CAS drill
during rhc last five ro ten minutes of an aca­
demic class. pages. 'This rask is somcrhing many colleg­
es, such as University of Rcdlaads in Santa
Rosa, California, have dc.."VOtcd a significant
amoum of time to.
"[Redlands1 crisis management plan is
490 pages long," O'Dwyer said. -1ncy also
have an officiaJ 'Crisis Manager' position and ~Crime
Beat
• On Ma.r. 16 an
employee r.,por«d the
rhefc of a craaor from
Griswold Srndium.
• On Ma,. 18 311
cmpJoycc reported the hnndle or rhe SE
door co P:.u11p1in pried ou1 of place.
• On Mar. 22 an employee rcporttd •
burglal) and attempted theft of food
from che kitchen in Temple,011.
• On Mar. 24 a 1'leighbot rc.sidenr re•
ported finding .i srolen LC golf can Qn
her property.
• On Mar. 24 a student rcporto'<l his
3mplifier slOlt"n from the.: Platrc:;n,1 in
Plan Hall.
• On Mar. 2(; an employee reported
damage ,o rhe Arbor shed in the Ros<
Garden on lo\-.·cr campus.
• On Mar. 26 an employee reported
a broken window ia the Outdoor l'onl
Oressjng Pavilion.
• On Mar. 26 an employee rcpottcd
red spray paint on the exterior ofTcmplo­
ron Smdem Cemer.
• On Mar. 30 an employee reported a
broken wiodow in d1e Ev:m.s Music Cen•
{Cr.
• On Apr. 2 an employee reported
grafini on the-west side exterior wall of
Spruce Hall.
• On Apr. 3 an employee reponed
grJ.6rti on tbe NW cornet exrcrior wall of
HamfeldA.
• On Apr. 6 an employee reported her
sboc.s stolen from the wornc:n's restroo,n
in Gantcnbein.
R(pOrl anj tutpidou1 or rriminnl
activity 10 Campus Safety lll ex. 7777
a $60,000 budl)Ct. We have nothing.~ A, LC.
O'Dwyer explai11ecl, every spot on the-Crisis
Management Planning Committee is occu•
pied by an administrator who :ilready has a
fuU rime position, and thus c:.an'1 devore as
much dmc tO the policies as many colleges.
Thar fact, rogether with d1c Commim.-c's
lack of discrc1fonary budget and lack of an
official crisis managcmcm positjon, means
char LC faces a .. d~\111ting rask'1 -and a "huge
uodertaking" in 1erms of adding co irs crisis
manage,ntnr and risk managemenr policy.
"ILCJ really has to add some meat 10 ,he
bones of [its) crisis policy," O'Dwyer 5'lid.
Adding co this policy is a d:tunting pro•
ccss, he acknowledged, but slowly adding
co i1 is a good .st3rr. 111e posters and evacua­
tion drills arc also smaU, bur imporc:uu W:l,Y$
thar tbc CoUcge can move in 1hc direction of
emergency preparedness.
"\Y/e'rc on a in:1jor fault here;• O'Dwyer
said. "'Evolution of the.· cxisring policy•is im­
porcam." _6 _____________________ .... j.jujn__. _________ t•h•e•P•i•o•ne.·e•r•L•o•g
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Vea,,.,-fd,i;roy,
Ignore for a moment your personal opinions of rhc food
ch:u the Bon serves. Ignore che rimes rhat you foua<l hair in
your food and che fu.cc that employees are never rerni11ded
co wasb choir hands (I worked rhere). Imagine ,ba, afrer
you w.aj, in Linc for 15 minutes chat you ace served more
d,an 2 riny po< srickers. Forge, about che rime rhat the
siga said veggie pot stickers but you, as a v<..-gccarian, goc
a moudtful of chicken. Pretend for
a second char rhe Bon did not stop
serving wharcver w:as most popular
(Mundo for chose Juniors and
Meal Pl,n Seniors who remember that line.
and messing with the sandwich line
rhis year). Let's explore ,be financial l9/wttk
aspc--crs c.)f the Bon. 14/weo:k
14/wecl< + 5150 fla
I Oi"'ffl< , $ I 75 flex
7 lwcek + S200 Rex up. Why is it chat our meal plan costs bw1dreds of dollars
more a semesrer than chc ocher colleges ll-On Ap(X!rit serves
in Ort-gon? Is our food THAT much better than ,heirs? I am
shocked that students at our school, which prides irsdf on
our acdvism, simply bends over and accepts che Boniug, h's
tim<.-the school renegoci:tted 1heir com.race-with Bon Appellr
in a w:ay that acrually beneficed students. Maybe even one
Cose
Cost Por Above
Cumm Price-Pct-Walk Up Cost For Ncxr
Scmtstcr Meal Prices Semn,cr
Sl,938 SG,80 $25• $2.035
$1,802 $8.58 S•37 $1,892
Sl.905 $8.36 S390 $2,000
$1,916 Sil.GI 5736 S2,012
Si,818 $15.41 $883 S1,909 The most common ll'!eal plan
amongst on~mpus srudems i.s r_he
14,Aex meal plan. 'fbjs indud,s
approximately 210 meals (15 weeks
in :i semcst.cr cimes 14 meals) :1nd
$150 Rex poinrs a scmesrcr. Now
assuming thar you use :ill your flex
points on ,he grossly overpriced
snacks a, Mnggie's, aad use all I 4
meals every week, th,s bttaks down .. A,farh based on w>ir>g :lll meals ,·,·cl)' week, c.ompared w wrUk-up pn·er:s of
rhc mosr C.'l:pt:nsiW: combtn~trio11~· on -:, J 5-wt..'ck sysrem. If.rou Jon,, like my
nudr, cry ic your own way-we·ll $fill Ix: gcrring scn:w(.xJ,
ro $8.36 a meal ($1,905 minus Sl50 dividc-d by 210).
Assuming some wiggle room, and wdl bejDgreally generous
m cbe Boa we'U go al,e.,d and call char $8 a meal. 1 hac is
an average, ,har means irs $8 for the bowl of ccr<-al you
have ar brcakfusr, but hey at leasr you gee co rake a piece
of fruit. So maybe char is just your problem, ma)'be you
shouJd ear more. Even if that's how you fe<I. ne.xt time yot1
cmcr che Bon rake a look Jc che walk up prices. Even if you
arc eating only the most expensive mtals. seven lunches/
brunches and seven dinners for the 14--0ex or 14 meal
plan. you would only spend an average of $6.50 a meal,
whkh works ouc to a savings of $390 a semester! Now let
me.: ask you this: ha\lC you ever bought: :i St1bscripdoo or
membership co AJ\'Yfl-lING rhar cosr more rhan pricing
the icem or service indjvidu;tlly? Hell, a .subscriprion ro
Playboy only costs $16 a year (a savings ofS57 or 78%!!).
A 10 punch cord pass at ,he Circuit l~ouldering gym sav<:s
you $15 over 10 daily passes. A,, LC parking pass costs
only $165/scmcstcr compared co $3 a day ... okay, so char
one happens co work out co be the same, go figure. The
point is as srudenu, we are required co live on camptL~
for four semesters and we also happen co be required ro
ha..-e a meal pl.an wbcn we: live on c.arnpus. Bon AppCtit
csscmiaUy operates as a coercive monopoly. Because we are
required co have a meal plan for four semesters, regardless
of the price, rhey can raise it however they wish {che 14-
flex meal plan is going up to a nice round rwo grand for
ne.xc year). Geeting an exemption from rhe 01eal plan i.s
nearly impossible, unless you have a rare allergy or a
corrupc doctor who will make one up for you, They will
do chc best chey au, 10 aceommodare any ocher allergies,
such as providing gluten-free waccr at every me:al1 aod
occosion.Uy gluten-free veggies. I know most of you do
not care how much the Bon cosls because it's mommy and
daddy's mooey. Bue wheo you end up supplementing Nery
ducd meal wich-a $5 (delicious) Chipotlc burrito, or a $IO
pi~, from ,be jerks ar Papa John's ir realJy stares to add chat allowed (gasp) competition of food service on campus
(I know, I know, capiealism is evil yadda yadda). Ar che very
lea.", cnc'3! plans sh.ould be completely optional, I undtf,\rond
char the school chinks studcnrs al't' incompetent at budgcf.ing
and fec<lin,; chemselves, bur I'm preuy sore for $127 a week
($1,905 divided by 15 W<'<'ks in a scmesrer) I could feed
myself prcrry damn well and maybe even have some spore
dough left over for one of ,~ose Playboy subscriptions.
l'cter Klym ('09)
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
'Decu--Edi:tor,
l am writing in defense of Bill MasulJo. l am a senior
graduacing now, and in my time here at LC) l have had the
pleasure of working with, •nd getting to know Bill. From che
~rs, time I mer Bill he was alwa>"' a very friendly, open,and
professional person. I have worked a wide variety of jobs
during the sun.1me,r 3nd have experienced many different
styles of managers. I would consider myself blessed when
one day when I have a career, if chc person was rhe type of
manager char Bill himself is.
I chink chat Bill is one of the most approachable p<:.rsons
on thls c:tmpus, and l thinkchac is easily shown with hi$ wide
range of relationships with studencs be has on campus. I
chink you would be hard pressed to find anyone on
campuschat is not a professor, thac knows as many $[Udems
by name as Bill doe.<. As the mamger of Bon Aped,. Bill has
co1uinually work<..-d for providing service of a diverse offering
for our diverse apetitc.s. Bill and his sraff are. always trying
to accomodatc the dietetic needs of our campus. Before I came co .LC, I hardly knew what rofu was or.that vegan$
had more char ,hey could ear than lerruC<:. I have also
seen clear exarnples of ch<.'ir willingness tQ lister) ro snidem
input; I have ofren seen <.lishes named after a smdem
who requesc<--d diem, and BiU and his staff \vcrc. Qpcn to
formation of the Bon Comm imx:~ -
Personally, I h.ad o b:uketbaU coumamenc last year
tl-,.1r Bill drove up from Salem on a Sarurday t-wy in ,he
morning t0 prep;,are hotdog.s for us~ then he rold us rhat
we could have aU the prod"cr (f0<>d. soda) for free so char
the money (aised couJd go ro the men's frisbee team rrip
10 nationals. He is also here ar almost every basketball
game on any night• when he'd probably rachcr be ac home
with family. so chc snack shack can be open even though
rhe Bon is probably losing money on having it open when
they're not selling much from ir.
I think Bill Masullo is a grear manager and an even
better person. I dunk if you rolk 10 anyone rh.at works
or interacts wirh him on a daily basis and rbey wouJd say
che same r:hiug. J chink he is a grear asser to the colk-gc
community and deserves more rcspccc and appreciatioo
th1.~n we've given him.
s ~001,
Scott Moye, ('07) l
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Lack of early weekend food
• • • services causes 1nvonven1ence
by Liz Holliday// staff writer
lt is tru¢ that college Students' wc.."ekends rend to revolve
:'lrounc.i sraying up lace :rnd sleeping in. TI)iS is likely the c:,1use
of 1..he deafening silence rhar is a normal Saturday and Sun­
day morning on ca.mpus.. For those who enjoy sleeping until
noon on a Saturday, th.is i'-morc of a blessing chan a curse.
For rhose who happen to wake up before ten 011 Saturdays,
c,unpus can becorne rnorc of :i prison.
"I work on Sunday from 10 a.m. ro 12 p.,n., and i,s kind
of a bummer char I --Maggie's is open by 8
a.m .• ~tnd the bon is
serving bre:tkfusr even
earlier. However, come
Saturday morning, the only
food service a student on this campus will find
before 10 a.m. com<.".S from a vending machiuc. Evcu more
imporrouc to consider is why the only time LC has served
... food prior to 11 a.m.
can't get anything
ro e-,i before work
:'Ind Cl'td up wait­
ing ro close: to
12:30 for my 6m
meal," said Anne
McHugh ('10).
"'hs frus1 r:ui ng
thar not only can
l not car, but also "I work on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m ... on :l weekend is dur-
iog parents weekend?
It's frustrating chat not only can I not eat, but As if colkgc smden,s
al d l fi arc incopable of wak• so I en up waiting unri a rer noon co scare ing up before 10 on a
working on school scuff and then half of the Sarurday.
~ "Brunch really
day is gone." -Anne McHugh (' 1 O) needs [0 Stan car-
___________________________ licr than 11 a.m., the
( end up waiting unril after noon ro start working on school
stuff and then half of ,he day is gone."
Nothing on campus is open early. More important than
tbe.1ack of library hours is rhe complaint rhat there is a seri­
ous lack of availability of food and colfo,. During the week 1ime berweeu dinner
and brunch c< just way roo long' S.1id Hilary Galloway-Long
(' I 0). "I I hours bctwocn mc.1ls can'r be very hcalrhy, and I
get really nungry long before the next meal."
Even the library is closed until 11 a.m. on Sarurda)'$. Sru­
dellls hoping ro get a large porrion of work <lone on Satur-day, knowing that festivities oc:cu rri11g
Saturday Nights could moke Sunday
less producrive are our of luck.
The lack of options on weekend mom ..
ings, perpetually causing a lack of pro•
ductivity prior co brunch is annoy­
ing. \'Vhen one is hu1,gry, i1 is hard
ro be producrive. Preny much. my
weckc-nd riruaJ has become wake
up, bum arou.ud, go ro brunch and then
work. Maybe if chert were more options, I would be
more moLivated co :.1cwatly put forth an cffon in com­
pleting work in rhe morning. If I were able ro ear earlier
in chr day. I wouJd be more motivated co go ro rhe library
earlier in the day.
GOP pre~idential candidate surprisingly progressive
"These must be public funding for abortions for poor women. We cannot deny any woman the
right to make her own decisions about abortion because she lacks resources." -Rudy Giuliani
by Matt Savage// senior staff writer
l'o, the fim cirne in d=dcs, the fiom-mnner for chc GOP
nomi11a1ion for Presidency is pro-choice. While be migbt nor
evcnruaJJy ,-.iin che ao1nin.arion, che other rwo ,op-tier RepubliC'U1
candidates, are refreshingly progressive. One could argue tha,, for
progrcssivts, chis is the best crop of potential Republican presiden•
tial nominecssinccchc riscofRcagan in 1980.
71lecurrem front-nmner, Rudy Giufomi. has d,e mm.t w offer
for progressives. Nor only is he pro-choice, bur alro is in fuvor of public funding for abortions. No Democratic Prcsidem has
ever come our ia favor of public funding for abortions (ironically,
Richard Nixon is ch, only one who has suppon<d it). Giuliani
bas also come out in Favor of civil unions for homoscxuaJs and
has been an mlelll supporter of equal rights for gays and lesbians,
Finally, he is a srrong supporrer of i."'" conrrol, although he has
lx.'Cn backing away from his support recently.
Noro,tlyare his positions liberal,sois his background. He was
nia)'Orof one of che mosr liber:ll cirics ii\ Amerio where he ,.,torked
"ich Democratic lawmakers in both Albany and \'½shingron
DC. As Prcsidem, t,anled rhe current :tdsninistr:ltion over mx-eur.s. pork-barrel
spending, and torrure. \'v'hen McCain finally leaves wh,r Jon
Srew·.ut called "Crazy-base World", progJt:SSiVt'S wUI sran to like
whac d,ey see.
The current third-place nominee, and the one \\➔lo ha~ raised
che mo.st money, Min Romnt')', is probably chc leas, known to the
Asncrictn public. -nl:Jt h:is given him the ability to f>3VC:--Ovcr bis
previously liberal sranecs in favor of abonion and gay rights. He
1.,'\•¢n argued co f9y-righracchiscs in chcc-arly nineties that he would
do more for chcir i....:.s1..1es chan Sen:JtorTcd Kennedy, whom he \\lclS
runl'i.ing af?.il\St.
he will easily reach
across the aisle if there
is a Democratically­
oomrol.lecl Congres.~
wh('n ic comes to
aborcion, srem cclls,
gun oonrrol. and
equal rights for ga)•
,ind lcsbi,u,s. Noc.only is he pro-choice, but in favor of
public funding for abortions. No Demo­
cratic President has ever come out in favor
of public funding for abortions. He is also che
fooner governor
of rhe blues, srate
in the nation,
T.1.xachum:s. As
governor, he reached
across dle aisle for a
bill that gave health
John McCain is second-place in the polls, bur is Slill che rnosdy
likdy co n.·cdve rhc nomination. This formerly maverick sc:nzuor
from Arirooa ,n,y be pandering ,o the base now, but he will likely
rediscover hi~ moderate seances when he tries ro win over the
wbole ckaorare (it would probably help him wid, d1c GOP as
well, since his current Str.m:gy is not ,vori<ing.)
John lvtcCain, whiJe conservative on che majority ofi...~UC$, has
ctkeo many liberal stance,, Hedrnfi°cd an immigration reform bill
with Sena.tor Kertllcdy (of tli<: blue., sracc in the nation, Gays rad)
cha, wo1dd give a parh ro citizenship for illeg;i) immigrams. He
is a sa:ong proponent of bills ro fight global wanning, and has insur:mce for every
person in Massachuscm.somc£hing chac none of his Dcmocracic
cour,terp:ms have accomplished {our own Govcmor may nor be
able to provide health insur.mcc for every child in Oregon). He
also worl«-d with Dcmocrars to provide a Ii-cc coll'l\" educ1rlon
for ,he ,op 25% of graduating seniors m auy of Missad,usens's
public collcg,s. He is al<0 in favor of effon.s ,o curb greenhouse
gas emissions and d,e assault weapons ban.
Clearly, mast progre;,ives ,V()uld favor a Barack Obama or a
John &h,,ird.< over anyone in ,he Republican field. Bue sl,oold
a Republican win no« November, then: is a lot chat progressives
can be happy about, _8 _____________________ i•/•••••--•--------•••he-P111io.,1.e.er
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Iran invites British seamen
to tea, provides party favors
by Lexie Briggs// senior staff writer
T his ,veek marked che end of a
crisis in diplomatic relations be­
tween Iran and the rest of che world.
On March 23, Iran rook 15 British
sailors as captives. 13 days lacer, the
captives were suddenly released with­
out explanation. The events of these
13 days unfolded like some sore of ab­
surdist satire of international politics.
This em ire srory L'\ :,O ridiculous ir might be hen to bre.1.k
i, down inro a dmdine:
Mnrrh 23: Members of the lr.u1ian Coast Guard capture
15 British sailors from the HMS Cornwall, which was saiHng
off the coosr of some Mjd.
die E:1.sr,rn coumry that lx:­
gins with ,..Ira,. 3nd ends in a
consonant. and ofrcn maps.
lran's motives are uncle:'.lr here. There arc
really on.Jy rwo options. lhis kidnapping was
eilher an ;11na1.iagly astute political srunr to
draw :mention away from d1c recent Securiry
Council Resolurion condemning Iran for dl" ..
vcloping nuclear cechno1ogy, or a random and
c.isdcss acr _gf a government 1har c:mr1oc 6nd
its own territorial waters with a pair of binocu­
lar,:.
My guess is the latter. Everything '1bour ,he
situation was unprofe...~ion.11 .u1d improvised,
from the capture in a boat ,ha, looked like ir
was: scrappt-d together in a junkyard, to rhc
map that h:,d a boat cut ouc and pasted co ir,
co rhe ill .. fining suitS th(' ctptivcs were given
upon their rele.1se. ll1e female capdvc report•
cd chat at one
poinr she felt
sbe was being
measured for a
coffin. ln reality,
they seem have l"The Duel Between Art
and Commerce in
Fashion"
Cathy Horyn
Fashion Critic of
The New York Times
talks about how fashion and the
fashion media is influenced by big
bUsiness and ccfcbrity, and Why a
new group of individually m'nded
designers here and abroad is making
a differenco
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Mnrrl, 24-28: Iranian
government cdls chc UK
governmenr that the m,·r­
cham vessel was loc;tted io
a ccrmi.n point in lral'1i:tn This entire series of events leaves
some important questions unan­
swered. Firstly, whai: did the Irani­
ans chink they were doing? been raking her
measurementS 10 determine if
chc \'(fcscc.:rn cloches sht~ was 10 ing I ran.ian ware rs, 1har the Coas1 Guard officials were ace•
ing heroically, and that Mohammad's birthd!!y was comjng
up. so he would release rhc prisoners as a gift ro the British
people. \.,.·:.utrs, UK government replies rh:H the point d1ey bad in•
dic.1ced was actuaJly in lraqi warcrs. ·The Jr:rni:'ln government
revise.~ its loet1 ion co ouc in Iranian wa<crs, claims ir w;1s
there all along.
A1arch 28: British captives are .shown on TV apologiz.ing
for tTespassing imo Iranian wa,ers. ·rhey have .i rather taste­
ful backdrop hanging behind
rhcm, as \Veil as a bowl of
frnir on ,he mble.
March 30: One of cl,e
crewmen apologi4
for being in lraniah
waters, while.:-'\
• being prompr•\ I .,,,,-,.c,_: . .,..~
ed from olf
cam,·ra. The only
fem:,lc detainee
rdeases • letter ad­
dressed "lo British
People," in semi .. broken
English. saying rl,ar she
'1pologizcd for her gov­
ernn1enr.
April 4: Ir.inion Prcsi­
denr Mahmoud Ahm•dine-
;ad announca thar rhe crewmc1) are
being releas,-d a< a "gift" to ,he Brit­
ish p«iple. for Mohammad's birth­
day.
To recap: [r::rn caprutessailors, <lktates
apologit's, gives thern gifr b:1gs, and sends
them on rhcir way. Nor ro rrivialiie the fear
{he British saiJors mu.s:r have expcrienced1 hur a11
indications mike it sc<:m that Ull")' were created r:nh ..
er well. if somewhat confusingly. 11,e one female sailor
was forced to wear a sc.1rf 01'l ht!r he:,d, but not r-cqu.irl-d <o
CO\'Cr her hair. 11,c photo shoo1.s :tll iovolved fruit baskets wc.-ar upon relca~ ,..,•01.1ld fir.
711c rdcasc ceremo11y was
1ypic:1lly random. Ahmadinejad
announced chat the British were still
wrong, rhe. caprives were still invad..-
IWJSTRATION' BY EMIi. Y Bl.CCI< They had nor rhough, ro in­
clude Lhe British government in
chL-sc discussions. It W:\.S unclear
how chc lranians thought che
prisoners would be geni11g
home. 11,c British prisoners
litet:illy had co wait for scv•
eral houri while a plane was
s<.·m ro lran ro collecr them.
~l11is entire series of events
le:wes some imporranr questions
unansweted. Firstly. wha{ did
rhe l~1liar1s dU11k they were
I I \ doing? If their, prim~ry \ l l}loavi: was d1scracuon
I \ from chc:ir oudear ca ..
pacities, thq would
presum,bly plan tht
oper:uio1'l v,•ith a lit­
de more fc,resighr.
Secondly, who is
really in charge in
lr.m? The ac-
1ions
has Iran
uken
over che pa)r
fow weeks have
nor been the carefuUy
thought-out Stmtegics of
competent leadership.
Whatever actually hap­
pened in Iran, chc sailors have
since rerurned safely co tl1('ir homes .. ,
with some spiffy Iranian so11\'Cnir goody
bags to boot. t •
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Student Employee of the Year Award Goes To Fong
by Kelly Sullivan /I staff writer
Aubrey Pong ('08) recicved tl1e first ever
Srudenc Employee of the Year Awa.rd yester­
day. Fong L< employed by $pons Information
as the stud~nc assistant ro the sports infor•
mation dirctor, Melissa Dudek. She has been
working in ,hat deparuncnt for three years.
AH nominees for 1he award received a cer­
tificace of appreciation) a picture with rheir
supervisor and a Lewis & Clark warer boc­
tlc. Fong received $ IOO in addition to those
awards.
1ne awa.rd, pres<:nt<-d by the Student
Employment Office, was ll\ade possible by
a gram received from che National Srudenr
Employment Association lasr year.
"Hund(cds of colleges across the nadon
give t.bi.s 3wa_rd, and next year we hope co
compete on che nacional level; said Chris
Logan, Student Employmenr specialist. That
is, once LC chooses a winner, che srudem will
be judged among many across the country.
Logan, who is in charge of the award,
has been WQl'kjng since rnid-Februa.ry witb
supervisors from every campus deparunc.nt
that employs students. He began the process
by ask..ing tbc supervisors to nominate one
employee from their departmenr.
"1 here was a much bigger return than 1
thought," he said. "The supervisol"S $.1W this •
as a great way co recognize che scudencs they
employ." Neady 1000 students, half of the
srudem body, arc employed by LC, so choos­
ing j11sr one employee of the year required an
in-depth procedure.
Twenty-one srudencs from 19 different
deparunems were nominated by rhcir su-­
pervisors. A commitcce made up of Jive staff PHOT08Y kE.LY SW.WAN
Three-year Sports Information em­
ployee, Aubrey Fong ('08) gets it
right in the workplace each day.
mernber:s from vacious departments chose six
finalists. Scudencs were evaJuared on rcliabi,l­
iry. quaJiry of work, iniriarive, professional­
ism and uniqueness of contribution.
.,The outstanding nominations from the
supervisors was wbat we based our final <led~
s.ions on." Loga.11 explained .. The committee
chose Fong as Srudent Employee of rhe Year
by democratic vote. "Her supervisor !Melissa Dudek] had nothing bur good things to say
abo.,, her," said Loga,'-
Dudek described Fong as "no, just the
best scudenc worker l have ever had-she is
one of the best employees I have ever had,
period ... \'Q'hcn we have mukiple events go ..
ing on, Fong is on tho schc-dule co be the
subsrinue for me: -at the event in quenion,"
Dudek said. "Her pleasant, charming per­
sonality fills the press box and makes her so
great ro work wich ... she doesn't give up un ..
til she has things right." le was this kind of
report that pur Fong at the top
-fhe best parr of the job is the amount of
cn,sr I get from rhe rhe PE. department," said
Fong. "J do the computer scores and sracs
at various sponing events. and some office
wo,k." Nthough it depends oa the event
and how many home events there a.re, it is
possible for Fong to spend much of her week
working sporting events. She has kept scores
and stats at every type of sponing event ex­
cept cross couatry and crack.
"My favorite evem to work is swimmjng
because therls always so mud) acrioo aod so
much co do/' .said Fong.
Besides working for Spores Information.
Fong is an RA in Copeland and conrribu«d
to the Gender Symposium.
"I realize rh:u r:here are ple11cy of amazing
studenr employees on campus/' said Dudek.
"And I thiak that it is rcaUy something thar
tbere are other supervisors on campus who
fed the sanie apprcciatioo for their students
that I feel roward Fong," Winner
Aubry Fong ('08)
Finalists
Andreen Clausmeyer ('08)
Kayla Kennedy ('08)
Tyler Noonan ('07)
Kjell Schroder ('07)
Greg Williams ('07)
Notnnlffl
Undsay Armor ('07)
Jessica Atwater (' l 0)
Mariah Brown-Pounds ('07)
Yan Chen ('10)
James Elwell ('09)
Lilly Hankins ('07)
Arielle Johnson ('07)
Heather Jordan ('07)
Susan Kremer ('07)
Rachael Lipinski ('08)
Jessica Minnier ('07)
Hassan Radheyyan ('07)
Caroline Schultz {'07)
Krista Shapton ('07)
THE
Egypt's most enticing export: falafel BLACK CAT by Kathryn Miller II features editor
Saturday Marker boasts an appealing selection of
erhnic food. Ir is <1eady impossible to make ic pasr the
srands wichour yielding to the b«kt>ning srcam of
plump spring rolls, or delicate brown crepes that disap­
pear the moment they hit your t0ngue
But if you're hoping for major zing, an daring ccx­
ncral e,pcrience, a food co change your life, beeline 10
Sarurday Marker's falafel stand where smiling Middle
Eastern boys present rheir morher oountrfs finest on
paper plates and red-checkered wax paper.
Choosing toppings might get rricky if you're one
ro ger nervous under the pressure of overheated work ..
crs or manly bullies behind you. Agree to all the sauc­
es, including hummus, rahina, and the t"'.J.ogy tzatziki
(pronounced tsae-:u,-/ue) thac disringuishes the falafel
sandwich. Take care to avoid the pickles-I rejecced
,hem ooce and the round Urdc mama behind the coun­
ter winked at me, "'Me too, sweetie," Ft-cling authentic,
you'll bring your cighcly p:1ck~d wrap to your mouth
and enjoy the texrural party such a Middle-Eastern
ere-at prompcs. lf )'OU are a moderaceJy messy by narure, be aware
that the falafel sandwich will aggravate your disabil­
ity. Find a quieter block and suck the wrap down
wirhout thjnking of tl,e rabbouleh hanging from
your upper lip. Don't think about it. The Utile mama
behind the counter would tell you rhis Middle Ea<t­
crn food is a zany pan of the culmreJ and meant ro
be relished without reserve.
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Un~arthing York's story: integral to the westside
by Helen Hunter II staff writer
Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery
was chc first team of Americ.rns to explore
the virgin landscape of chc North-American
west and reach tbc Pacific Ocean. Meriwcth•
er Lewis and William Clark led cbc ccam
wich their N:uive A.mcric:m interpreter and
guide, Sacagawca. Unril receJltly, nobody
memioncd York. the ocher c.rucial mernber
of 1hc Corps of Discovery.
A slave of William Clark, York was che
only member of che Corps of Discovery thar
did nor rravd voluntarily. According co che
journals of Lewis and Clark, Yock contrib­
uted cssearfaJ services and shared the dudes
and risks throughout the cxpcdirion.
As of yet, no representation of York's con•
criburions stands on campus is a reminder of
che College's enrire collective history. Charles
Neal, a rhird-ycar LC law student, argues
that this should be changed. "Srudenr~
should know York was critical co rhe success
of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. In rum,
the Expedition wa.s criticaJ ro the success of
the United $races."
Jr seems that iris nor jusr roday that York's
contribution is ignored. "Despite t.raversh'lg
Lhe nation, upon his return to •civilizatfon;
York was noc given his freedom, thougb the
rest of the travelers received moner:uy, land,
or employment rewards/• said Jessie Hill
('09). Afrer requesting his freedom, Clark
Wl'Qre chat he beat York ins«-ad of grancing
him his lihcny.
.. \V/c sec several problems wir.h ,he way
York has so far been represented in pub­
lic-mc1110C)'," H.iU continued. ''Because he
\\'3S .-i. slave, 1n:any sources dismiss the role
he played in developing relations wirb Na•
dvc Americans Qr hunting, etc., :1n<l he is
mentioned only in the conrcxr of servitude
to Cl:trk. How(·vcr, some sources e.xaggerate
his role, suggesting that he was considered
an equal ai'll()i1g his fellow travelers, aad chis was not the
In order to
York, LC cre­
ated its York
Memorial Proj•
ect (YMP) in
2005. Since
y Mp•
founding
the proicc
has enlist•
ed the
help
of the
admin•
istra~
tion and
faculty
from all
of the
schools
of LC. His•
rorian Roa
Craig_ and
f i I m •
ma kc r
Darrell
Mi I I -
ner, are
among
C O m ...
munity case."
honor
rn e m b e r involved. The York
l'rojcet has also recently received a large
macd, granr doMtion ot$25,000.
Neal suggested that '"the College .. , push
hard to fund scholarships and professorships
10 ad,'allcc Erhnic Studies, and ro include
it in 1.he mahutrcam American studies." He
also noted that there are many parallels be­
rwcen chis black slave's life and che lack of
r<.-cognition and many minoriry situations in
prt'scnt American society.
Regardless ofYork's perception b)• his fel­
lmv rra,·elers. he was srill a forgoncn conrrib.-
Send overheard converJations
to pio!.og@l.clark.edu ucor to lhc re:tm and 3 man char overcame
the prejudices of his day. As a reAection of
chis, Neal asserted thar "the YMP will be a
place co reAec:r. ~k questions. pursue truch,
discuss race and to reach this history."
Neal also assured chat "it will include
some symbolic represenration or York's
life in slavery, bis srruggle for freedom,
his quest for djgniry and, rnosc impor-
c:mdy, his desire to be accepted as a
human." For more information about the York Me­
mori3J Project, attend the cvem, held in the
1hayer Lounge iil Templeton, on April 18 at
3:00p.m. Members of cbe Project Team will
be presenting York's background, expand­
ing on modvcs and goals f0r e.srablishing a
mon1.1menl in his honor, and collecting sigp
nacures :ti)d donations from smdcms. fuculcy
and staff. \'V'ith al'ly lock, raising awareness
ofYorkS prominer,r role in che f1istory of rhe
Pacific Northwesr will prompt the COr'nmu­
nity ro rnemoriaJizc him properly.
"I reached in the giant vagina trying
roger a condom, but all char was left
was lube. What's up with char?"'
"Do 6s hsricks count as fishes and loaves?"
"Yes, Jesus mulriplied the fishsticks." "I love Disneyland so n1uch,
it's like crack for me!"
"This one time, at band camp ... oh wait,
I didn't go co band camp. I sac in "l)'
basemcnr and watched porn."
"The weight room is 1ny
realm, and the classroom
is rheir realm." "What are you doing chis summer?"
"WeU, I'm probably going co have co
seU crack if J wanna come back to this
school." "Why are you drinking
so much Harerade?" -I
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Who is your favorite professor?
5 Nominees for Teacher of the Year Announced
by Kelly Sullivan// staff writer
At the end of each year, the Pa1nplin Society solicits
nominations for the annual Teacher of the Year Award. Of
~ those nominations, they pick rhe final nominees; based on
additional letters and input, they choose the winner. Here
are this year's finalists, and maybe some facts you didn't
know, about your favorite professors. Find out the winner
on April 18.
I Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell
l'(ll,11, i, Y""' td11r11tio11al b,,d,grou11d: I did
my undergrad at Stanford University. I got
my 8.A. in Psychology and my ,\,faster> in
Psychology. I did my gmduate work at Yale; I
~ got my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
l'(ll,111 d,wes do Y"" ttnd, at LC: Intro to
Psychology. Health Psychology. Clinical Psy­
chology, Psychology ofGcndct, Cornmuniry
Psychologr and I plan on teaching faplorn­
tion and Dbcovery.
If rhe w(Jr/d was mdi11g a11d J'()II could 011/y
Jave one person, who would it bt? That's not
fair! It would have to be my husband and my
son and my baby who's about 10 be born.
\\7hats J'()llr fiworitt colo~ Green. One of
the thing, I really loved about coming to Or­
egon is rhar things are so green ln the.-win•
cer.
\'Vh,u book sho11ld every stude111
• rrnd? lbats a really hard one. Psy­
chology is very e.xperiine1Hal and re­
SClrch driven. One person doesn'r
just caprurc the expanding field of
Psychology. So I would collect a s,·rics
of aniclcs, because l'sychology writ­
ing includes the hist0ry :tnd what's co
come, but they're briefer than books. 2 Dinah Dodds
\Vh111 i; your edualli()Ju,/ backp
ground: I got my BA in zoology at
Panoma, and my M.A. and Ph.D.
in German Litcr.uure at UnlveniitY
of Colorado. •
l'(lhar tltwts do Y"" tenth m LG:
German 20 l and 202, German
30 I which is Conversation and
composition, and German 450
which i<, a .senior cap .... wne course.
111i) ~emescer i, 's Love and Death
in German licerarure.
If )'OU could mwel any1vhrrr in
the world. UJhtre ,vould it bt? South
Africa. I absolutely adore Africa. South Af­
rica has such .an interesting hbrory. I know
aboot the Brirish colonblism in Kenya, so I
would like to sec how South Africa has de­
veloped since the end of ,he aparth<'id. Sub­
Saharan Africa is one of the most beautiful
places in 1hc world.
\\1/hatS J'Our jiwon·u rn111.11ra111 in Portland?
Salvador Molly's in Hillsdale [,ditod 1101t:
this famtd mr,mrnnt of''pir~tt rook ill''" has an­
other /oration ill SE &lmont and Morrisonj.
They have this seasoning called jerk, and I
would recommend anylhiug wirh it.
if Y"" ,011/d 111/u dny "'"' oflmd Ill LC.
whnt woukl it be? Eirhcr Old lCstamcnt or
New Tes,amcnt. 1 here arc a lot of Bible ref­
erences in German literature. lt's interesting
,o sec how the Bible is taught in a sociologi­
cal sense. I'd like to learn how the Bible re•
Aected what was going on at the rime it was
wr1nen. 4 Robert Kugler
\flln11 iJ )'Our his­
rory of ,chooli11g-. I re­
ceived my B.A. here at
Lewi, & Clark. I re­
cc:i,..·ed my 1'.1a..,cer:, of
Divinity 3t P.1dfic Lu.
ther:,n 'Theological Sem­
inary, and after five )'(..'3fS
as a pastor I received my
Ph.D. at Notre Dame. I
rnught <ll Gon1 .. 1ga Uni ..
wrsity from 1993-2002,
:;:ind rhen I came here.
\~h111 ,ias,,, ,Jo yqu
ttnc/1 at LC.· E.irly Ju­
dai~m .and Chrii.tianiry
cour-.c,. Greek and He­
hre\\ when rherc's a de•
PHOrOSf'ROlilLCI.AAl(E()J mand for rhcm.
Clockwise: Professors Detweiler-Bedell, Chen, Jf yqtuo11/d 111,.., 11111,1,
_K_u.:g:..l_e-'r,_D_i_n_a_h_D_o_d_d_. _s_n_o_d.:g:..r_a_s_s_n_o_t_pc..:ic_t_u_re:..d:..· ___ with n11yo11, fom nil of his­
Yung-Pin Chen
Where did J'()" attmd school? I did my
undergrad in '('aipei. And after cwo years of
mandatory military service, l finished my
docroracc d<.-grcc in sraristi~ Jt Purdue Uni­
versity in Indiana.
\\7/,at rlnss,, do J'()" ttach at LC? Most of­
re1\ sr:tti.s1ics, also calculus. I taughr geom­
etry one time. and some very clemt'ntary
math couCS<.-s.
If you could design nnd teach nny ro1111t
,,, LC, whnt UHJuld it be> Perhops a sratisrics
course d1:u would emphasize both cheory
ond application and I hope that it could be a
year-long course. \Y/c might have one course
chac does something ltkc that, buc it focuses
on mach statistics. I want to restructure it so
chat it's l(."'.s math theory ,md more data ori•
ente<l, also with the hope that the course is
1101 just for math majors.
If y<>u could hnw ,my job (orher thnn a pro­
ftMor), wh,11 would ir be>! like to be connect­
ed with p<.-oplc. At the l>t1Jlle rime, I wam <0
Ix: able to solve problems. Maybe a Statistic
consultaru.
l'(lh,,,; )'()Ur favorite sraso11? I like full­
wcll, I like them all but I always ha,·e that
amicipacion rhat Christmas is right a.round
the corner. And fall is a bui.y rime, and I en•
(oy being occupied. tory, who 1wuld it bt> A
Jew from thir<l cenrury Egypt because my
:1rea of research righl now is ~n the lifo of
Jews in Hellenistic Egypt. Multiculruralism
in Andenc Egypr is what il's all ~bout.
Wbati the best song rver? R.1duna11inoffs
Symphony#/. 11,e eri,ics declared it a dis.1S•
tcr when it Mrsr c.1me out. Bur it's fantastic.
Chotolntt or vanilla> Chocolate.
5 Herschel Snodgrass
Snodgrnsss has been a professor of phys­
ics since 1986. He rccie,'Cd his Ph.D. from
University of California-Berkeley. Besides
srudying sunspots 3t LC, he te1ches :1stro•
physics, theoretic.ii physics and physics of
che ·smL Snodgrass didn'r respond ro inter­
view requests by press dine. 12 Fovea the Pioneer Log, April 1.3, 2007
Spring Break in Service: lC students I
Volunteers learn value of service in Jamaica .
Pioneer Log News editor Daniel Cochran was among 13 Lewis & Clark students who traveled to Jamaica for a service trip over spring
break. While the Caribbean sounds like an ideal vacation spot, the students spent much of their time assisting at under-funded schools.
h's 4:00 a.m. outside Templeton and rhc-we.uher is typi­
cally miserable. 1;\1elve of u$ -ren gids and rwo boys -,are
wondering where the hell our tax.is are. becoming worried
that our cnrire service project 11'1 J:unaica might be compro-
1nised if we miss our 6:20 a.111. Aighr.
Kelly Aldinger(' 10), rhc brave soul who orgoni,ed rhc cn­
drc uip is on rhe phone with th<.' ca.xi company. and prompr­
ly hangs up upoo learning thac t.11<-· ca.xis ar~ not going ro be
there until 4:00 p.m. -an u11fortunatc mix-up. Regaining
her composurC". she c.aJls another company char hastily sends
over two t.axis by 5:00 a.m.: our trip is saved.
'lhe Slress we fdr rhar morning was cx:tctly wh:n a.II of us
were rrying to escape. yer it pt·rs.isrcd all day as we jmnped
hurdle after hurdle in order to make it ro our final spring
break destination: 'll'easure Beach, Jamaica.
Our primary goal in Jamaica was ro a~ist under-fundt-'d
primary $Chools, but it would bc dishonest ro pretend rhat
the projec,~s loca,ion didn't play inro our spring brc:ik deci­
sion making process. Ulritmnely. the trip was a challenge for
many of us in balancing work ~md play. one which I hope
weighed in fuvor of the former.
Upon .arriving in 1\1fomcgo Bay, a sense of relief .;md sheer
exdtemenr helped balanc.:-dtc furigue and :inxiety th;u our
travels had wrough,. l'he twdve of u.s, now joined by Maddie
Cole(' I 0) who had arrived ,wo days prior, boarded a fairly
modt·rn van and headed roward Treasure Beach, located in 1 he soucltt·m region of rhe isl:H1d.
ll1c family we were staying with, whose furher was appro­
priately named Viking, could nor have been more hospitable.
Viking's wife, Src-ph:anic, organiz.cs this program via ilte 1n­
ccmec and hous~ s1 udent groups who \'Olumcer ar rhrce dif­
(c;r('nt schools during ,he week.
And, as corny as ir sounds, 01.1r group•~ desire co embrace
J~inakan culture and reach children uomped our unfam_il ..
iari1y with each otht·r. Bur. even rhe1,, afce.r we returned from
teaching :lt our n:spcc,ivc schools, many of us were disheart­
cn(:d. lhc school's re~1chers sccmc..-d nncommitted, the chil­
dren wcrc bouncing off rhe w:1lls without t<'srrajnr and there
w~ no apparent curriculum. Moljr of the school day was
wasred on keeping kids in their sears, le·.wing little rime for
any kind ofles;on.
inirially. it felt like the service componcm ro our rrip was
wonhlc.ss. which brought about a ~ns.: of guile, considering
what a good rime all of u.s were having. It is within chcsf un•
forcuuace circ:umsranccs rhac our largest challenge pre.semed •
irself.
M:rny of us wer~ ~king oursdvcs, Are wt nnlly helping
0111 lure? Should we even bother going to school when pr:ic•
tically nothing gets done~ Moreover, there was an unusual
rainstorm th.roughouc the week, which only sc<..·med ro pick
up right after school was over, leaving us with Ihde sunshiac
<luriog our off-hours.
,-.--------------.,-----------; By Wt-d.nesdaycvening, rhe group began to con-
r
A--IOTOS ~TESY ANNE SQE!t.Wf
Kaitlin Brotemarkle ('09), Anne Scheiman ('09), Stacy
Abrams ('09), Daniel Cochran ('09), Teal Takayama ('08)
serve during their spring break trip to Jamaica. sider skipping Thursday (the last scheduled day for
volunteering) and, instead, just going to the be:_'.lch.
However, we :'IISO contemplated the 1nerits of our
service.
Maybe the impact we wanted to make was nor
happening rhc way we had initially envisioned it,
we thought, but perhaps we were still helping. After
all. children look up to their ddm, so by the mere
virrne of being good people, perhaps we were help·
ing. AJso, it's nor a.,; if rhc en1 ire day was unprodu, ..
ci\•e. there were moments of subsra11tivc n:aching.
Mor~ovcr. maybc the enrrenched emphasis on
educarioo rh;ir Western counrrics hold is not :'I$ i1n­
porranr for a culture char is content with subsistence
living. \X/hile I will not -;1m:mpt to debate the mer--­
irs of having an educ:ition and pursuing acadcmk
•·trmh'" versus pursuing the b:1sic necessities of life.
I wilJ comeud char your average J:1m:.1iein probably
endures less stress than your average-America,L
On Thursday. then, despite rhe fan rhar we had
only seen one day of son.shine, ten of us wenr back
ro our schools while three sr:1.yed ,u-che houst· co
prcpar<e food for ,he rest of rhe Jay. Wheo faced
with the c.hallcngc of balancing work and play 911 •
spring bre:lk crip in Jamaica, J would like to chink
we did a prcrty good job. Even when our desired re ..
suits were not ostensibly visible, we kept trying.
The \'olumec-r work wa.~ not withouc irs rewards.
cirher, as the children, however dison-ferly, were in­
credibly fon co be a.round. Many of rhem demand­
ed us co rcrurn as soon as possible, hcanbroken ar
our sudden deparmre.
Jn crude summary. our group's experience in Ja-m:dca consisted of fon times,
including cliff diving into
dear .. warered oce..1.ns and bar
hopping on a mororboac. bm
mosr of us feel tJ1ar we also
provided subsranrial com­
munity :,ervicc. Jamaica is a'
beautiful c-ou11try and one
rhar we are very forcunatc ro
have uavcled ro, and my con­
tinued gracimde goes our ro
Kelly Aldinger for organi1.ing
us ullruly college kids imo a
mcmornble trip.
--Dn11iel Cochm11
Right: Katrin Brotemarkle
('09) and Stacy Abrams
('09) try to keep children
in their seats at an under•
funded public school
in Jamaica during their
spring break service trip.
Volunteers, rather than federal and local gove
destroyed houses in New Orleans in the fonni s.
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a helping hand thousands ol miles awav
LC community assists in rebuilding New Orleans
11 members of the LC community traveled to New Orleans to help gut houses as part of the city's reconstruction effort
have been the primary force behind gutting damaged and
ke of Hurricane Katrina. For the SCCOl'td consecutive
year, 1he Lewis & Cla.rk's Of­
fice of Srudcnc Leader1hip and
Service scnr members of dte
Lewis & Clark communi()' to
New Orleans 10 hdp cfforrs
10 reb\1ild 1he city, devo.<!Otcd
by Hurricane Karrina in Sept.
2006. Nine LC srudenrs and
two trip leaders, Laurel Na-­
kaJlishi • and Student Succ<."ss
and \Xlellnl'$S Meliss::1 Osmond,
rook part in rhe trip.
lhe srudenrs stayed at the
Sr. Charles gut'St house in the
Garden Disuic, while they
spenr rheir d:;1ys working with
ACORN (A<SOCia{ion of Com­
munity Organi-zafions for Re•
form Now) gut1ing houses and
participating in activicics such
as visi1i11g the Louisiana Sr::nc I.....--~------~~~..::;;:::
Museum. rhar g:ive the group a
c~ance co srcp back and look ar rhe forger issues involved in
trying rn rebuild New Orleans.
Deciding to go on c.hc N<."v Orleans rrip wa.'i an easy
choice for both Srncy Brownhill ('08) and Amanda Hamil­
ron ('JO). "I wamed a spring break rhar was more purposeful
than catching up on sleep or chilling ar tbe C()j.St. I wanted
to fed useful and perhaps make a difference in .some lives,"
said Brownhill.
H:)milton had similar feelings when signing up for the
program. 61 I felt it was a wonderful, ooce i11 a lifrrime kind of
oppormniry. I really wanted co make New Orlea.ns rca.J and
do something. verse jusr watching it on rv.-+ she said.
Nakanishi was a member of lase year's spring break rrip
10 New Orleans and noticed the improvemcnrs and work
thac h:is been done to the: ciry in the past year. "Last year we
would be guning a house ~lnd the e1Hire strecr would be qui~
er, ,vc would come our for breaks and there [w·ere) all these
houses: that hadn't been couched. I was struck by rhe silence/'
said Naka,nishi. "This y<.-ar, there would be neighbors ourside
talking ro us, cars driving by, and we could·scc p(.'oplc had
moved back in."
Nonetheless, Nakanishi s1ill found herself frustraicd by
how rnuch morc-needs 10 be done. "Ir is a ye:'lr later and we
,v(!re walking imo houses ,hm were molding and had· all ,he
possessior,s in it. I was struck again by the lack of action rhat
is being ,aken."
The members of the rrip llOted that Lhe big debris, for the
mos( parr,.had been picked up ... ,.n\e ciry was ,nixed. I f'clc
chat there were some pares. like the French Quarrer, where
you could go and not even know Hurricane Katrina had hie.
However, some neighborhoods are likt' ghost ,owns. boarded
up (and ]em pry, and 1he disaster is apparem," said Hamihon.
.. Even though much more needs robe done, dlings look like
cb<.-y arc in a positive trend.''
Although ir appears chat New Orleans is bci ng rebuilt in
s,nall bi1s and pieces, Hamilton poims out that while most
organizations are gening ro rhe bortorn of' their gutting li.sts,
only 36 nC\v homes have been rebuilt. At this titne, the re­
building of New Orleans has been achieved 1hrough 1he work J'I.IOlOS o:unc:SY LAUAa NAKANISHI
of volunt< .. -crs, rather than the go\•ernmcnr. 1he city govern­
ment has gum.-d around only 400 homes, while volunreers
are credited with _gutting tens of thousands of homes in the
pas, year and a half.
Despite the dire sirmuion, New Orleans residents chat lhe
group encoumered have remained upbeat and hopeful. "'7.he
thing that imprcss<.-d me the most about the people of New
Orleans is the passion, drh•c and dcccrminalion rhey ha,·e
ro bring the ciry b::ick." said Osmond.. ,.l was really worrie<J
•~out finding people in different sm1es of~espairand dep«-s­
sion. and char still exists, bur there is srill a vibranc cultUtc of
New Orleans rhat has nor been losL"
"Nowhere else have J been so blown away by ,he power of
human resilience :ts I was in New Orleans," said Brownhill.
"The siniarion in New Ode.1ns is frustrating, dc.:prcssing and
exhausting on a very high le\•cl. yer che people we met from
,his city still smile, laugh, kick back on Friday nighr, and
work with what chty have lcfr."
·1 he weeklong ex.perie11cc left a permanent impression on
every member of 1he group. •1, ,v,is a physically and cmo­
tionall)• exhausting experience, bm it w::is also a great lime
and I wouldn't have uaded it for anything; said 13rownhill.
"I fed tha1 if c-vcryonc could have 1he experience I had ,hen
che chy might be in betcer shap<.· than iris. Eventually I will
go back."
.. j remember rhe 1rip as a wonderful, life-cnrid1ing week
in my life char I wish had 1-asrcd longer," said H<"1milto11. "I
will remember chc complexides of it poliricall}' and econorni­
~Hy. I :tlso Jeavc modvarc:d co do more to help others ...
How can you help ()tttf 7he Bnter \florid Books Drive ftom
April J6rh 1hro11gh May 4rh will b, /oqki11gfar used tcx1books
10 donate to the Nmional Cemer far f"itmily Liurn9., which
iJ naming programs for Hum'can Katrina 1111d Rita ev,u:m:tt.
71,,,., will be drop boxes i11 the library, Ho1unrd 1-inll 7amn•
rack, Olin, ouuidr 1/u 8,m and (JtttJidr the Boolrsto,·e. lf you
UNtlll to tuJ more.you can ht/p with book pa.eking ,u well Email
a,u,:/ki11@klark.edu far more details.
• Cmig Gilden the Pioneer Log, April 13, 2007 __________________ 1 __ 5_
Get ready to get burned: Sunburn 2007
Lewis & Clark's 20th annual Sunburn music fesrjvol will
be held Sarurday, April 14 in Stamm Dining Hall. While
dance-loving studcnrs may remember Stamm as throbbing
with classic nine.ties b(.-ats earlier th.is scm~tcr, Sunburn will
have irs attendees grooving co a different kind or beat: gross­
roots hip-hop.
In pasr years, Sunbum has been much more centered
on what KLC music dircccor Jake by Anna Scott II staff writer
been steadi.ly climbing the ladder out of the underground to
become one of Rolling S:oni$ lop., l O Arrisrs 10 W.1rch."
Other aces include Portland's own l l•member troupe
Sandpcoplc, Scacde emcee and comic Macl<lemorc, and even
a Dipscr-csque duo all the way from Brooklyn, NY-Dutch
Master Spence and Johnny Rooms. "Essentially we have big­
ger bands a, rhis Sunburn rhan we have ever hnd.., [ 1hink,"
1imian said.
Timian {'07) cnlls "a mix of indie
rock/ folk/ efearonica." Howev­
er, Lhis year rhe festival is rnking a
hip-bop rurn, featuring bands such
as Lifesavas, who have been chri.s­
tcncd "kings of Pordand hip-hop"
and were recently featured i.n Roll-KLC'S HIP-HOP SUNBURN
2007 BEGINS AT 6:00 P.M. SAT. Representing the well­
.known l 1 •member group
The Reavers of Backwood,
s,.,dioz are Privilege and Bil­
ly Woods as "Super Chron
Fight Brorherst a versatile IN STAMM DINING HALL AND
LASTS UNTIL 1 :00 A.M. FREE FOR
LC STUDENTS.
ing S1011t maga~ine. DfesaVllS' debut
album "Spirir in Smne·~ was released in 2003 on we,st coast
underground label Quannum Projects, and since they have duo who incorporat< clt-ver
and relevant political com-
1ne.nr.:H)' into rhefr bmnd of srre-:irnlined hip-hop. Another
Portland group, VR emcees, keeps r.heir listeners cor,sciou.s
The National returns with
punchy offering Boxer
by Jonathan Frochtzwajg II senior staff writer
Ir may seern srnrnge rh;H 1he Narional, a hand that plays
somewharsrraighr--forward indie. rock, hascaprivared legio,1s
of dcvocccs and won cricical accolades. Strange, uncil you've
heard rbc baritone voice of k-ad vocaJist ti.~att Berninger sing
lyrics heavy with rnchrncholy over traditionaJ irurrumcnta­
tion char is inAuenced by couiury ,nusic a11d accc111ed by
strings. Then you ger lr: The National makes unassu1ning,
bcautifuJ music that grows on you slowly bur surdy.
The National formed in 1999 after ics mcmbers-lkr­
ninger aod two scrs or broth-
ers-all rclorntcd
from Cincin.naci ro
Brooklyn. While
gradually building a
fun base through live
shows, the band re­
leased their self-,ided
ckbut in 200 I, S,,d
Songs for Dirty lovm
if\ 2003, and a couple
of EPs. Ir w:is1l1t unril
2005'• superb Alliga­
ror chat .. buzz" for the
band reached a clamor,
with hdp from a tour
supporting Clap Your
Hands Say'Yeah. Alligmor deservedly ended up Of\ many crit­
ics' "Bcstof2005" lists. ·rwo years bter, ·1he Narional is back
with tbcir ocw album Boxer, ro be relcas~d on May 22.
So how docs &xer measure up 10 its much-courcd pre ..
<l=or? If Alligmor sounds like its dangerous and volatile
namesake. then Boxer sounds like its own :dso-disciplined
and punchy. 1he emorion is srill rhere, percol;uing, bu, it
boils over k-ss ofrcn. Driven forward by the ours1.i1nding per, ..
cussion of drummer Bryan Dt"Vendorf. Boxer progresses from
song to song 3l a rnpid but steady cLip. losing ~one of irs lyri­
rnl power along the way.
The album kicks off with "Fake Empire,'' ~ song char,
guided by drums and piano, picks up rempo until it hits its opex with a hubbub of horns. From dmc, Box­
er doesn~t calm down uni ii .. Green Gloves," .\
cool and sfow track highlighted by the harmo­
nization between Bcrninger's cowboy crooning
and singer-songwriter Marla Hansen's cherubic
cooing . .,Slow Show" distingufabcs irsclf wich
characrerisrirnlly self-deprecating lyrics befo,e
becoming ethereal ac its end as Berninger sings
over and over: ''You know I dreamed
about you / for 29 years/ before I saw
you. I You know 1 dreamed about you.
/ I missed you for 29 years."
1he nexr song. "'Apar1 n1enc Srory,'"
may be the best on ,he album. lnsis­
Lcnr bc~lting drums and cnergnic dis ..
coned guitars mask .sardonic lyrics
rhat tell of live-in lovers. "We'll smy
inside 'iii somebotiy finds us, I do
whatever the ']'V rells us1 I smy in•
sidt· our rosy•mindcd fuz-z_ For days,"
Berninger imoncs. "So worry not. I
all things arc well,/ we'll be alright,
/ we have our looks .and perfume
on."' In "Guest Room," Berninger
again shows lyrical prowess as he
lamcntS aging and Sl'td.ing. "\Y/c miss be­
ing ruffians, / going and wild at1d bright," he
sings ... \Y/c c:rn't st:.y here, / we're starting to
sl"3.y the same.'" 1-he album winds down wid'I
the wistful "Racing Like A Pro" and end, inri•
IU3tdy wich ··cospcl."
Because of their Midwestern ro9ts 1 chc
members of The NationaJ are .sometimt·s por­
iray•d :is wide-eyed "~nspbms 10 "the big
cime." Bur d1e realiry is rh:u Bemjnger anJ his
bandmatcs have been in the spocllghr for some
rime now. With Boxer, they prove thac they can
ride om rhe bu~ and succc,;sfuUy pu, out good
and ho11esr ,nusic.
• with lyrics focusing on poverty, urban life and the under­
ground hip-hop scene in genera.I.
Sunburn i,5 a cominuously evolving evc1u :1r LC. "His­
torically it's been an aJl..day festival with a.n accol'npanyiog
film fcstiva1, and it was even outside a long time agot said
Timian, adding excitedly, "Given the funding constraints,
it is now more of a 11orma.l concert, but with a jam-packed
lineup.'' The signific.1nce of rhis yeor's 20-year milestone adds
jusr another reason nor to miss rhe evenc. "lr's cool because ir
brings in people from all over Portland, and it is a great nighr
of mu.sic foe free or $5 for non-students."
For students who want to be extra-prepared for the big
eve1H1 or for anyone ,\1ir,h a passion for hip-h<>p :ind the cul­
ture. surrounding ir, there is a lecture 011 hip-hop and irs cul­
curaJ and policical relevance tonight in the Council Cham­
bers, The lecture begins at 4:00 p.m. and features some of
the performers from Sunburn, which will surely add to the
excicemenrof,votching ,bem_perform on Saturday.
Monday, April 16
Genocide Awareness Day
Join U5 In the Council
Chamberetartlng at 7pm
for Alms, letter writing.
refreshment5 . and
a cam:llellght vtgll by the
reAectln9 pools.
( sponoored by SAGA.
Amnesty, and JSU)
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, 2007 Lewis & Clark College
Senior Art Exhibition
THE RONNR RND ERIC HOFFMRN GRLLERY OF CONTEMPORARY RRT.
story by Rachel Schiff// senior staff writer
photos by Jocelyn Stokes // photo editor
Each spring, the Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art is home to the annual Senior Art Exhibition, a celebratory group exhibition of
work made by the graduating art majors. This year, in the largest Senior Art Exhibition held during the Hoffman Gallery's 10 year exis­
tence, 30 students present projects in ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, and sculpture.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Above: Nastas,jn 7iqut Pac,; insta&tion includa four books sh,
mnde out of found plastic wrappm and paper bag,, cloth, board,
plenth~r. aluminuln and trttnsp11rmcit1. The prouJS of creating
thm books sums as large a part as the tnd mu/1. Pace said of
the prom,, "While collecting trasl, l btgan to find co1111tctions
between my pmo11al behavio;., and my roncerns and fr1mr111io11s
wi1h consump1ion and wast<.•
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The sun shone as hundreds
of people milled about rhe
Hoffman Gallery of Con•
rcmporary Arc lasr Thursday, April 5,
anxious 10 celebrate the opening of ,he
Senior An Show. Students, faculty and
family crowded ,he gallery to see the
most visually Cfltidng thesis pl'esenca ..
lions of tbe year. caH with his inrricacc sketches. Zjols' works are chose of djs­
cipline. "My process ... is my base. Happy or sad, energetic or
drained., l have my art, my discipline," explains Ziols in his­
::anisric scaccmem-. Beneach the microscope, Ziols' pai11sca,k ..
ing precision is evident. Despite the rigidjcy of process, rhc
works arc creative and ccmpt the vie,,Ycr co pour over each
one with a microscope, warching the tiny word'o and patterns
jump to life.
Examiaing Ji:ssica Rose Hirsch's grnphitc-on-wood diora­
mas is like peering through a telescope inro your neighbor's
den ar just the righr moment, glimpsing the scenes of a blos-Upon enrering the gaUery, fow small
books srand out. The books, created by
Na1:1ssja Tiquc Pace, capture tbe spirir
of American consumcrisro-was[tful
and ugly, yer indispucably appealing.
This incongruity drove Pace. Her ar­
tistic srarement reads, "\Vhilc I think
of myself as an cnvironmentaUst ·r also
6nd myself pressured 10 conform 10 an
American consumer cuJmre: of buying
and throwing away. My ambivalence 10-
ward this pressure is the driving factor
behind my work." . soming family. A birthday is cdebrared; a father in a milirary
uuiform flks a toy airplane with a young child; a snowman is
buih. Each seemingly mundaoe activity holds rbe weighr of
a rime past, a family membcc long gone. Indeed, Hirsch cre•
ared the pieces in order to explore her grandforher's memory.
The IO diornmas comprise rhe only live stories that Hirsch
knows of him and the significance of each drawing is appar•
enc.
The pages of one book arc composed
entirely of fast food wrappers: The same
book chronicles the lunch hour of an of­
fice wotker as.she waddles 10 her car, en­
ters a drive,.through, quickly consumes
a greasy patty and washes it down wirh
alcohol. This charac1e1 is both disgusr•
ing aod cndea.ring ro the reader. Anyone
who h3.S engaged in American consum­
erism can see a small piece of themselves
in her, and cannor decide whether to
thank or blame rhe anise for giving her
a voice.
Laum Bonin,s pale creatures pop
against duk backgrounds, transport•
ing the viewer 10 the land of "Where che Wild ,Things Are."
Bonin's dreams fucJed the pieces: "'By paying attenrion to
dreams, I have found a deeper source of crcatjviry where
daily perccpriQi'\S mccc imagination."' Dccails in shimmering
graphite on rl,e sparse black backgrounds invoke images of
glistening dew in a night foresc. Bonin's pieces arc at once
haunting and whimsical.
Owen Malcom Ziols' work shows rhe result of 45 hows,
seven peos, and one artist. Ziols opens a whole world of de-Jennifer Botg$trom's pieces emanarc warmth, alrhougb
they arc composed on jagged piece, of steel. Rich hues in
oil pastel and acrylic sofren rhe hard material beneath them.
The steel is, covcl'(.-d with large hands and overlapping liinbs
in Sowing robes. Arms srrerch our, fingers brush neighboring
hnnds. and aU seems connected. Yet, this Ouidnc.ss is ince:r­
rupred by serrnred gaps. Borgsrrom's work reffecrs commu­
nity-its inclusiveness and irs detachedness.
Jocelyn Srokes' photographs seek to illuminarc the plighr
of those living with menial differences in our society. Behind
each photograph. Sil$ another, inviting the viewer to reco11•
sider their pe,ecprion of the 6ss1 phorograph. A phorograph
enridcd "Disconnected" portrays a nude mode.I crawling
down a sceep. precarious staircase: on all fo,lrS, her hands en­
cased in balls of plaSter. Giant swinging clecrrical cords aecosr
the bewildered model as she triC< co make her way down rhe
blockaded stairway. ·1hc piece depicl.S rhe difficulty of navi­
gating through a sociccy with which one does not connect.
Such pieces sparked discussion, and those who left the
gallery lingered long after ro analy,e and complement rhe
art. A pleased Presidenr. Thomas Hochsrerder said, "Every
year l don'r think ir can gcr better and every year it doe,.•
Breathless, bcffowered senior arr major.; gathered rogcther
ro release collective sigbs of relief. Bonin said, "Once l be­
came an arc major, J would go ro the show every year. So
now thar I am ar the end of my college career, it's a big ac,.
complishmcnc." •th•e•P•i•o•n•ee•r•Lo-g•'•A•p•n•·1_1_3_, 2_0_0_1 _____________________________ 1_7_
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Top righe: }mic11 Ros, Hir,c/, (right) ,rands proudly in from of her "!nheri­
lfmt:e" strin. fl co!let1ion of IO drmuings of grnphitt 011 wood. 11,e series il­
lustmus everything she k1101us about htr gra11dfather who ditd lVhm sht wns
)'Otmg. Owtn Malcom Zi.ols' serits (btlow) of umlfrtolor. pen. m.11rker ,md ink
on paper is a higbly disdplinrd art farm. Edch pittt comnins so 11111th dnail
that in order l() view it properf)t, one musr loDk through fl mag11ifji11gg!tw, like
thr tme be/.q,u rhtu 11ctompanies Ziols' work ill the gallery, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BtkJw left: lnurtt &>11i11 presents her faur-pien series of mixed mtdin 011 cnnw,s,
tnch bearing 1hr name of1ht dna.m character she has depicted. ·rhe artist claims
w be "speak/ing/ through the interpretive langutlgt vfdreams" in 1hiJ strit:J. Right: •oisto11nm,d .. by
joaly11 Stokes (right) is
om• photograph in n series
of rhrte rhnt aims to shed
ligh1 011 those living with
meutal diffennces. 7his
pita i/111,rrntes rh, diffi­
mlty of living i11 a soci,,y
with u,hirh onr is unable
lo co11nec1.
Below right: Hillary Etdnil,s •• r,U(J
for Mirth" (below) ilt11smue1 du art•
isti tasu for birdwatching. 7be title
of 1/u pirce comes from 1111 old rhyme
nbottl magpies in which the birds ofn
passingflork a" counud .
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'~~-~ti . ' -_1 __ 8 ______________________________ 1h•e•P•i•o•ne.e.r.Lo..,.g_,.A
111p.ri•l•l•3•; 2_0_0_1
Thank you, Walt Whitman, for doing what you did
Quietly celebrating a lesser-known national ''month''
A very famous poet once wrote 1har April is the cruelJesr
monrh, bur it is also, less famously. ooc of those ubiquitous
n\omh-long holidays: National Poetry Month. Hilariously,
the snoo,·y librarians and rwe<d-jackct-wearing EngLlsh Lir
profo.«ors thar comprise the staff ar ,he Aeademy of Ameri­
can Pocrs chose April for Poerry Monrh nor hecause of that
wcll-known T.S. Elior bit, or Chaucer's •· When tba1 April
with his shown.$ soote," but bccaus<: April is one of rhc only
spring mo,uhs with a marked absence of a more heavy.bit•
ting national "month" like Black HiStory Month (February)
or Women's Hismry Monrh (March).
The official mission for the month-at least, according 10
the Academy, who crcaml rhc holiday in 1996-is signi6•
c::u,dy more lofty than ,be humble story of uic month's in­
cep1 ion: "10 incr~se ,he :attend paid, by individuals and the
media ► ro rhe :1rr of poerry. to living poers, to our poetic. heri­
ragc, and co poeuy books and magazines ... io increase rhe
visibility, presence, and acccssibilhyof p<>cll)' in ourculrure."
lhe Academy •lso proclaims ir "the largest Llterary cdebra-by Stephanie Beechem // editor-in-chief
don in t.hc world."'
Now, you dol\'r have ro be a
book nerd to know char National
Pocrry Month is nor in any way
• cdcbr.nion-unlcss you think a
few public librnries and bookstores
puu ing up_. a poster wit.h \-Vair
\'(lhicman•s face on ir, and having :t
reading or cwo by some optimistic
•nd slighdy over-cager local poct,
is a parry.
L1st )'C3r ii\ Portla1'ld. the three­
day-long sprawl of• book fesrival,
Worclsrock, helped pur liurat11re, ar
k'aSt, if not pocrry specifically. into
the local imagination. Mayor Tom
f>oner proclaimed ch:it Pord,rnd,
for one day in April. be renamed
"Poedand," an announcement fol ..
lowed by smarter of official and
unofficial "'Poedandn readings in
hors and cafes. It would be kind ,o
say that these were wcll-arrended.
Ora«cndc-d.
~ <-L,,,.__,
lli>IM Unlike many of Na<ional Poe,,
ry Monrh's S<Ju11chest advoc;ires­
i.e., ,he-"poet$ of rhe ixoplc" and
bored librarian snots who use che
low ancndancc of pocrry read~
ings ,o argue cha, America (the
land wherein Wair Whitman was
once a celebrity) progrc<tivdy for­
ge,s more about poetry with every
passing ye-ar-1 don~c .see National
Poetry Month as a band-aid oc a
temporary sray againsr The End
of Poetry As'We Know l'r. Reading
and loving poerry is ao inhereorly ........... __ ......... _ .... ,., ................ _ ...... ._._, .... ,,_., .. ,_ ---., ...... ,_,...,.,.._ _ .................... , ............. , ............... "·•····•·····•·•·····••·•--··
i11tcrna1 and, for the mosr pare, pfi ..
vau acr. 1bc fucc rhac audiences do
nor show up in droves to see a loca1
poer read a, a local booksrore does
nor sc.1re me or make me write essays
tided "How No One Care.< Abouc
Literarurc, Especially Poetics:, and
Wba, We Should Do." No mancr
how ,he Academy, bookstores, libm­
ies and schools m,1:rket Na1ion_~t1 Poet­
ry Monrh a-< a public, protirable, and No matter how the Acade1ny, bookstores, librar­
ies and schools marker National Poetry Month as
a public, profitable, and popular series of readings,
book premieres, and other literary events, the act
of reading and absorbing poetry will always be an
inherencly private and personal matter.
popular series of readings, book premieres. and ocher cvems.
the act of rc:tding and absorbing poe,ry will always be an in•
hcrem.ly private and personal matter. Jus( because som1..-onc
does no1 a11end a rt:Jding or ti book opening, or even acrivcly
buy any of rhe hundreds of books of poerry published during
the month of April. does no, mean thac poerry is dead.
Another v<:ry fumous pocr, William Carlos Williams, of
an admincdJy different srylc, and time than Elior, wrorc chat
"It.$ hard t() gee the 11ews from poems, bur men die m.iser­
ably every day for lack of what is found there." This, roo, is
a cad.dramatic for my ras-re and. I imagine. the raste of mos-r
readers. Bui \Vi.lliams is not cnri rely off che mark; something, indeed, is lost, or merely absent, from a life thac bck< poer ry.
Forrunatdy, poetry doesn't have ro mean a poetry J'C.3ding or
a book signing or a k'Crurc abour An. lr's as easy as opening
a book quicrly, privarcly, in a librnry or ar borne, skimming a
few lines, having a drink, falling .sleep.
So, in che spirit of a more quier, privare, self-cooraincd
cclebrarion of this lowly yet noble national monrh, here are
some poets to cry, wida a similar but more fumous author
in pnrenrheses ,ftcrward: Ted Kooser (Billy Collias), Kay
Ryan (Ogdell Nash}, J. Allyn Rosser, Kim Addoniiio {Sha­
ron Olds), A.R, Ammons (Wallace $,evens). L do wish Vf>U a
lovely month, but rake my-advice: don't leave the hoU$;. .th•e•P-io•n•ee-r.L .. og,_,,A.,;p.r.il•1•3•, 2_00_1 ___________________________ 1_9_
'Grindhouse' works together, lame separated
Grindhouse films are also referred to as "exploitation films." "Grindhouse• is a term for a theater that mainly showed exploitation films.
It is also a term used to describe the genre of films that played in such theatres. Grindhouses were known for non-stop programs of
B-movies, usually consisting of a double feature. Many of these inner-city theatres formerly featured burlesque shows, which included
"bump and grind" dancing, leading to the term "grindhouse."
by Kit Shields // staff writer
"'Grindhousc... is a unique experience.
11,c doublc-fcamrc from rurccrors Quentin
To,anrfoo and Robert Rodrigue,. provides
moviegoers with rhree and a half hours of
the same kind oF ridiculous, bawdy, am:ueur
c.mtrtainmcnc of tht originaJ films which
irtSpirC<I the projccr. Wi,h <he ,wo-for-one
de.'11, the fukc previews between cl,c features,
and rhe unrelenting gore and exploitation.
chc whole prcposcero,L< package successfully
caprurcs the gri.ndhousc spirir. Viewers need
only be -trmcd with two things: low expecra ...
cions and a s-crong stomach.
"'Grindhouse .. opens s1ro1\g wirh the fukc
trailer for ~Machete" (which, illcidenrally. is
being made into a straighr•ro-vidco foarurc
filrn), starring everyone's favorite hcUa--i11-
timidacing Hispanic badass Danny Trejo.
"The trailer's expert inregr:uion or w11cky vio­
lence, dumb cualogue and cheap produetion
values pcrfocdy secs rhc stage for che rest of
rhc show. 11,e 01Jy problem witb chis fuwc
preview is 1ha,t "'Machere" looks so awesome.
char I sorrofwish itcould rephlc<:Thrantino's
ra<her underwhelming "Dead, l'roof." 71le first re3I ,novie i.s Rodrigt1e"L "'Planet
Terror,'' a 1.0mbie .. milirary-conspirncy-hor­
ror-action flick rhar jus-c goes and goes from
the first frame. Apparently ,here is a debarc
amo1\g critics about whether .. Planer Ter­
ror" or ''Dea1h Proof'' is better. but l assure
you, readers, "Pbnct Terror" kicks "Deoth
Pcoof'"'s ass, and it's a big~ mistake oo Tnran­
tiao's pa.rt co have "Planer Terror" come firsr..
Boch films have their virtues, buc Rodrigu,.,_
h:~ a loL more fun witb his effort, managing
at once co celebrate and ridicule the grind­
house genre. For instance, rhere's a missing
reel ar the 6lm's, heb heh, climax, much t0
che chagrin of Rose McGowan-booby-lov•
NS. \Vhcn rhe wpe resumes, a barn i,s on .fire
and we've missed :1 very impol'tanr fevclation
abouLa major character.
"Planet Terror" bas i{ all: awesome char ..
aClcrs, gross-our violence, Bruce \'(/ilJis, and
a SEXY AMPUTEE WITH A GUN FOR A
LEG. Rodriguez is like a kid in• candy sto,e,
and J was happy to share his perverse joy.
The imcrmission fearure..; three more fuke
trailers. Rob Zombie's "Werewolf Women of the SS" is indeed the least impressive, bur ir's
stW pretty funny. "Oon'c" was my pc,sonal
fuvorir~. while my friend recalled SC\'cral -au­
dieni:e members leaving the diear,r fot good
afrer die undeniably cringe-worrhy rmiler for
'"Thanksgiving," which includes, among orJ,.
er abhorrenc things, a serial kiUcr perform•
ing a lewd acr with a prom..ine:at element of
1lianksgiving feast.
Taramino's •rOeath Proof"' i.s a slow-p:Jccd
departure from ".Planer Terror." h begins wi,:h
grainy film, missing reels and over-acting. By
the middle, however, <he quality is pcrfecr
and all rhe characrers do is ralk 10 each ocher.
Kurr Russell is delightful as Stuntman Mike,
a scum driver who never learned co share che
road. Among ocher rhings. Stuntman Mike
never learned: nor to stalk and kill a bitch.
Unfonunately, , he audience barely gets to
know Scunrman Mike. as limnrino prefers
ro spend his cimt.! on irrelevallt, albeit witty,
dialogue lx,cw,cn rlw female characters. One
is left widl the crctpy impression rhac chis
b how \~Omen falk and behave ia Ta.ranli­
no's sexual fancasie.,. Wha, happened co ,he whole grindhouse th.crne?
~farantino ts such a calemed Jirecror that
,vbat csscnriaJly amounts ro indulgent cin­
ernat.ic masturbation srill re.suhs in a prcny
eruertruning movie. The ending p[ovides a
big payoff, and it's definircly wor<h rhe slow,
plot-less beginning. Bue I wonder bow much
bener "Death Proor would hove been if
he hadn'r devorcd a <hird of ir to his favor­
ite bands and shotS of girls' feet, and instead
sr.aycd focused on the.: grindhousc dc.mcnr,
taking che project ,s seriously ,s oLher films.
Due to a poor box office opening, there
have appartnrly lx,cn calks to re-release che
t\VO fi!Jns scpa.ractly. l suongly suggest char,
if you go see them ac aU, you sc-.: them now,
while ,hey are still rogether. "Death Proof" is
norhing widlouc the "'Grindhouse"' pack.-1.ge.
and even "Planer "TCrror" will be lcs.c; spcc-mc­
uJar -a.s a separate cmiry. Tilc novclry of the
enterprise is in the. doublc~fcanm: idea, chc
milers a,td the homoge to the rac~')' films
wliid1 inspired these greai di«crors. Withouc
rhar fr.1.mcwork, "'r>lanec lt'rror" -and "Death
Proof" ~re just rwo cheap, rnsrele..;s movies.
Macy Gray has made a Big mistake
Macy Gr.iy is the post~r cl1ild of acquired tasce music. Her
vocal, :1re unique and raspy, whicb bdpcd her win a Grammy
for "Iles, New Artist" in 1999. It's been eight years since then
and nor a whole lot has hap1><!ned for rhe R&B diva. Her
newc:.st rell-asc Big ca.me our Mar 27 :\fcer a four-yea, break.
Macy Gray put wge<hcr 12 new songs with ,he help of music
sratS like Jusrin Timberlake :md members of the Black Eyed
Peas. What she has creared is something forgecfiJ and uhi­
m,udy horrific for che music community co igoore. by Danny Garcia II staff writer
ingly abusive boyfriend that she docs noc nt>ccssarily love. bur
wams to sho1.n ou1 whai she foe.ls, which is-"shoo be doo."
Yuck yuck yuck!
With the higher energy potential singles our of the way,
Grny just falls down hill. The ncxc ,mck, "Okay,'' is ag•in
aboul -an :Jbusivc rcladonship and how ir's okay chac it's over.
Noc much co say abour It orher
than Gr.i.y•s voice co1Hinue.~ 10
c.rodc car drums. "Glad you
;ue hc:re,. might be a rcforcncc
to rhe eameo by Fergic. Of Scary j5 a great word co describe Big. 71,e songs :tre car­
ried by unntcmomble drum beats and Macy Gray's horrific
singing voice. A Few tiiues, singing was replaced by
pachcric rap or speak-rn-tl,e-bea, char showed less ver­
satility and more laziness. ln face, lazy is ex:icdy what Gray's slow, r-aspy voice
rends co sound lackluster
and is shadowed by more
energetic background
bears and vocals. Her tal-the music sounds like. Gray's ~low, raspy voice rends
ro sound bcklusrcr and is shadowed. by more energetic
background bca(s aod voc:,1s. Her taJenc. or whaccver,
is singing, and ,bar should be 1he higlJiglu of <he al­
bum. No amounr of cameos from Justin ·nmberfake
c:1n make up for the overall nothingness of chis ;1J4
bu,n. ent, or whatever, is singing,
Gray smL< ,he olbum off wi<h her single "Finally and that should be the highlight of che album.
Made Mc Happy." ·rhis song is rhe highlight of <he
album, but it quickly goes sour. ltapp.rendy li:atorcs Natalie
Cole, though ic's hard to cell if she ever actually sings during
the end.re song. ll1e worst pan of the song is Graf.s obvi­
ous inability to hie high notes, which strains her voice co rhe
point of crncking. Basically ir's pretty embarmssing. "Shoo be
doo," <he rumored second single, makes as much ser,sc as <he
tide. Like most of chc ocher songs ► Gray sing.t about ,a .seem-course, like Naralie Cole. Fergie simply sings a more audible
b~ck-up vocal pare. Th<: obvious anempc at scoring poinrs
wi1h norable performers is appalling.
Nor even half way u1rough <he <1lbum <he gem "Ohmo
love" plays. Was that • chorus spelling "G-H-E,. T-T-0" in
,he background? Another wonderful piece of c,ap.
.. One for me: .. scans our rather prcrcy widl .1 nice string inrro. Even rhe guimr h kind of nice. Then the chorus hies
and ,he ~ickening island r.heme :ind bouncy pop is disgusc­
ing. ft feels sort of like rhe b.ickground rmL,ic of., l,;id mov­
ie's romance montage. Vomir. 1llc absolute worst track on
the en1ire CD, "Strange behavior," is Gray's a,ccmpr of a nar4
r:uive abou1 \wo pe<.lple in lm•e." Tue .fi.rs1 )inc of the song~
"\'\le were happily married until he w-a\'cd a gun at me."
is all anyone needs ro heor. Ba.sically Gray's characrer
kills her husband for ,he insurance money because she
"needed the paper." Words cannor dcscrilx, <he amounr
of disguSt this deserves.
"Get Our," fcaruri1\g Justin 11mberlake, $Ounds
similar co rhc beats of "Sexy Back'' probably because
i, was produced by Timberlake. [nsread of singing
this time, Gray simply speaks in a ra<hcr bad cone ,o
a bad bear. Tirnberlake's small bit during ,he chorus
is die only sign of musical mlent, and chere ic's only
a glimmer of a sign. "Treat Me Like Money features
rl1e producer and member of ,he Black Eyed Pens, will.
i.am, with che longc-sc cameo on the CD. Rather self.
important. With the poor grammar io the lyrics and
overpowering oft.he chorus singers compared to Gray
aside, rhc. worst parr is che usage of "'you spin me right
round baby, right round."
Gmy doesn', only cake her own career ro ,he graveyard but
nic.t tQ dr:,,g everyoue else: with her. The wrap up song, "Ev­
erybod)'," i's bor-ing. Ir is11't surpris-ing after listening to rhc cn­
cire album. It's like Gray jusr gor Li red by rhe end a,1d started
half-assing ic. Basically she jusc lie.< down and dies, mud, like
her career and record sales. -. ' .
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PHOfOcc.untSYCHELSU~
The men's eight boat won their race at the Governor's Cup in Salem, Ore. on Saturday. The races started in stormy weather but enjoyed relatively
calm waters in the late morning. The eight boat consists of seniors and one sophomore, which has weighed heavily on their success this spring.
Crew finds fast lane to victory in Governor's Cup
5:28.4. ·rhar was rhc rime of rbe fim-pbce finish by 1be
Lewis & Clark mcnS varsity eighc boat, in rhe Governor's
Cup on Saturday. Thar is also nine seconds off rhc world
record for" men's eight boar set by the US re-am in Athens
in 2004. Needless 10 say, ir was a good race for the Pio·
ncers. Combined wirh firsr place finishes from rhe Men's
Novice 4, Mcn"s JV 4 and Men's JV 8 the Pios finished sec­
ond overall only behind Scarclc Pacific.
• ~n,e crew te3tns fuce<I heavy rain and a slighr hc.-ad wind
in rhe early moroi1tg, bur the inclement weather subsidt-d
ro a calm 54°F for rhe !arc morning rnces. 71\e Willaineue
River provided a suong current againsr the boars. Bec.1use by Sarah DiSabatino // sports editor
of rhe Y-shape of the cou,sc, boats in ,he lane closest ro
land c.1n ger our of d;e currenr faster once rhey bir rhe
junction, since they h::ivc l'O deal with rhe strongest currem
for less amount of rime.
Thar is prccisdy what che men's eight boar did. ll,ey
pulled ah,-ad in ,ho be-ginning and shoi ro a huge advan•
rage by bein& rhe first team ro make ir to the sbclccrcd wa ..
rer.
Oespicc using the <jfusr lane", chc rowers had ro barde
the power of rhe \v'illamenc. "lhere is still a fair amouor
of current in it, we still had co fight the river too.'" said Xan
H:irwood ('07), a member of ,he varsity cighr.
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CIEESE
PIZ!AS In addiriorl tO Harwood • .t Sturdy crew
of seven orher seniotS :rnd one sophomore
fill the men's varsil)' eighr boat: Henry
Thompson ('07), Nick Swann ('07). Zeke
Hale ('09), Tyler Adinr ('07). Ben Sranford
('07). Dave Greeley ('07), Dave 1-Iarrelson
("07) and coxswain Nare Oda ('07).
s12•e Ahhoush ,he men had plcnry 10 be ex•
cited about, the race d<.'.scrvcs some perspec­
tive. 2,000 mcrers is thc scaudard course
lengrh, bur due ro rhe strong nature of chc
Willarnerre Rivercurrem. the length for the
Governor's Cup races is shorcened ro Com­
pt·nsacc. In ocher words. the Governor:"i Cup
does not quaiif)' as being an officiaJ inrcma~
tion3;I course. Nevercheless. chc Pios wcm
fast enough ro win che tnen•s novice four,
the men's junior varsity four, and the men•s
junior varsity cighr in addition co che men's
varsity cighr. .r ........... .,
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PIUA
OPEN ION-THURS Ul1Tll 1AI // fRl-sAT 2AM I/ SUN 12AM The Pios t.ra\'el co Eugene. Ore. on Sat­
urday for ,he Covered Bridge Reg:u1a where
they will face conference foes \Villamerre,
Humbold1 Stare and Scacdc Pacific.
Universil)'ofOregon, Portland S<arcand
University of Portland wiU aU participate in
rhe event as D-1 crews. ~01is will be their
final regular season race before ,he NCRC
Championships in Lake Stevens. \Y/a."ih. and
the WIRA Championships in Sacramcnro,
Calif. co decermine .6.o:.aJ standings. Governor's Cup
Hosted by Willamette University
Willamette River, Salem, Ore.
LC Results
Men's Varsity 4 -2nd
Women's Varsity 4 -3rd
Men's Novice 4 -1st
Women's JV 4 -2nd
Men's JV 4 -1st
Men's JV 8 -1st
Women's Varsity 8 -3rd
Men's Varsity 8 -1st
Overall -2nd
Weather Conditions:
Rain, heavy at times, slight wind,
subsided by 10:45 a.m., then the
day ended up being calm condi-
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Men's lacrosse picks up
first win of the season
by Craig Gilden II editor-in-chief
ihe Lewis & Clark men's lacrosse ream
caprured rheir first conference ,vin since
2005 in dramacic fashion, defeating che
Willamette Be,.,cacs 8-7 last Sacurda)\
April 7. ·The win provides momentum for
the ream. which h:ui betn Slruggling so
fur this year. le also adds co 1he optimism
of a young squad going inrn nexr se.1son)
lhe ci:am on.ly loses on(' senior. "\V/c won
because we wanted it more. \Y/c playtxl all
four quaners hard; said Pe1er Klym ('09).
The Pios rook advantage of a massive
\X7i1Jamcm: miscue in the first quarter. 1·he
Bearcats were called for a three minuce
Stick penalty early in the game and the Pios
capitaJi1.cd, scoring five first quarrer goals
co jump ouc ro a 5-2 le.1d.
The Bcarcacs were also called for a few
unnecessary unsportsmanlike penalties
helping the Pios cause. The Pios never
rrailed the resr of rhc way, holding on for
che one goal vicrory. llie Bca"'3rs came within a goal in d1e 6naJ period at 7-6, but
an Andrew Conner ('07) goal put the game
away.
Erik Brown ('OS) had a monster game,
rota.fing three goals and two assistS for a ro­
ral of five poin<S. Travis Leipzig ('09) also
came through in a big w,y wirh 1wo gools.
Goalie Raf.tel Cucvas ('08) also had a grea,
game and mad~ .some crucial saves in the
closing rninutes-.
11,e rerim can now rdax the rest of the
wa)', without having ro worry about getting
that difficult firsr win. "lhe win was like
. ge1ting a monkey off our back," said Klym.
The Pios next play a1 Pacific Lutheran
on S:uurday and rhen on Sunday at home
against Puger Sound ac 12:00 p. m. ''PLU
is a grc.·ar team and we know 1h:u, but we
should Ix: able co jusc go our there and have
more fun regardless, and hopefully rhc LJPS
home g~me on Stmday wiU be a good one,"
concluded Klym.
Extra Points
Tennis
On Friday the men and women's ten­
nis teams ea.med wins against the Padf ..
ic Boxcts. ll1e woroen won 7-2 and the
men won s .. 1. For the women. Lisa Har­
unaga (' to), Liz Nguyen ('07) and Asami
Kiruma ('09) all earned wins at rhe dou­
ble, and ,ingk-s. Clio Beacty ('09) reamed
up with Kjmura for the !!2 doubles win.
For ,J,. men Per er Ray (' l 0), Andrtw
Moller {'09), Andrew D,wy (' l 0) and
Shane Rivera ('09) had doubles wins.
Jt1y, Moller, Davy addt'<I singles wins
along wirh Tom Yomnans ('09), March­
ias Kullowact ('09) and Dylan Barnard
('I 0).
On Saturday clw men and women
borh lost to Wlllamcuc 8-1. Luke Wheel­
er ('09) Md Harunaga had ,he lonesin­
gfes wins for the Pios.
Track & Field
The Lewis & Clark rrac.k & field ream
rraveled ro Tacoma last Saturday to com­
pe« in che Shotwell lnvitacional. Both
ccams finished fourrh against Linlield,
Pacific Luil,eran. Pugec Sound, Sr. Mar­
tin and &attic: University.
Tamrna Carleton ('09) won che 5k
improving on her previous time and
making her rhe fourdl fastest in rhe ev<·m
so fur in the NWC at 17:55.00. Kitty Smith ('09) won chc 3000m
sre,,pled,asc wid, a 12:08.40
For ,be men Jarrod McC.no ('07) lx:ar
om 20 other runners to win rhc 1500m
with a 4:0J.16.
The Pios will host cheir final regular
~:1SOJ'l rneet, the LC lnvimt.ioaal. on Sat­
urday ar ,he Eldon Fix Trock.
Baseball
The baseball ream lose rwo co chc Pa­
cific Boxers on a l1ot Friday afternoon,
falling 8-5 and 6-3, before getring rained
out on Saturday. 11,e)• completed the
Stri<..-s 011 IUcsday, winning 4 .. 2. 'l hey
aloo rn..aoag~d to flt in a non•confere.nce
game ~,midst bad \!feather on \X't-<lncsday
againsr Concordi:.i, winning 5-4.
In borh or che Friday games. the Pios
went imo the lasr innings with che lead.
Ga.rne one saw rhc Pios allowing four runs
on 110 hir:$ and no errors in the eightb in ...
ning. 1heeighrh it11li1lg was the weakness
for che Pios in game rwo :lS-\Vell, where
the pitching allowed a lead-killing five
runs on six hies. The Boxers held Oil for
rhe wins in boLb games. On 1l1esday1 rhc
l'ios rebounded and dcreatcd the Box­
ers Oil the bats of AJ Brown ('09), Abe
Kaempf ('09) and Neal Finch ('09), who
drove in the runs for che Pios. The win
went to Eric Maroncclli ('07). Tradeables
Every we,,k ohe Piolog sclecrs two achletcs who stood our in cheir sport robe featured in
Tradeables. Cut them our, trade with r,our friends, and collccr ,hem all!
Janet Frecrks ('07) superb performance on rhe mound led the Pios co a 3-2 victory over
#25 \'(/ilJamerte. Frccrks rhr<.·w the oon,plerc game giving up only four hits and rwo runs
in the seven in.oings. She also struck.out seven in rhc win. At the place, Freerkt had nvo hir~
and drove in rwo Pioneer runs.
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this past Sarurday. Their time was only nine seconds behind the world record for c.hc
2000 merer course held by the Uniccd Srares olympic ceam in 2004.
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Softball upsets #25 Willamette; Freerks earns 3-2 win
by Hunter Franks// sports editor
A valianr rally fell shorr in , he
fimgame of a doubleheader againsr
the 1125 Willammc lkarc:m. bur
~parked :1 Pioneer win in die-sec•
ond game. Afrer going down l 2-0
in gan1<: on<.'. rhe Pios pur ao eight
spot on the board iu ,he b<mom of
the 6frh, cffecrivdy exhausting ,he
Willamerre pirching staff.
"Willamette em pried ,hci r riet:1. AucmcS pnformancc also a) ..
lowed Frecrks ro come. in frcsb and
pirch game rwo.
1lle Pios goc off ro:. quick Starr
in game r.vo wirh catcher l..:rnra
Parker ('09) singling and coming
arourld m .score on a Frt-erks dou­
ble. -1 he fact I hat we caught Willa­
menc on Lheir heels and scored first
was bugc for us," said Murrkra.
bench and used every pi,cher rhey
had against u.s;• said ca"her Lb·.
Murric<a.('07). "We knew ,har they
were going co be tired and wom
nttl (in ga,ne twoJ and we were go­
ing to have a fresh piu:her rhrowing
for us." Pi,cher J;rnet Freerk< ('07)
cxpn.-sscd similar scnrimcnrs: "'\V/e
knew we had fuccd ,he best they
h;1d, •nd we had lhc confidence
we 11cede<l goh1g inro rhe second
ganw."' TI,e Pios mckt.xl on another run
in rh.e thfrd inning wbcn Frccrla
slammed lier second double of the
g.smc, nrnking it 2-0. Wilbmccre
scored r.vicc, buc a Karyne Sander
('08) double followed by a Jessica
Mullins ('10) single made the score
3-2. 8111 rhc Be"rcatS did nor back
down, rhrearening in their last
ar bar. After a leadoff walk, a sro­
lcn base, and a sacrifice bunc. ~he
Bcarcacs had a runner on third wirh
just one out. But Freerks dipp<'<i
deep into her gas tank and recorded
two more scrikeour.s, bringing Jler
total for the game to seven and giv­
ing the Pios their fourth win of the
se1son. Freerks aJso went 2-3 at the
plate wich cwo runs baued in,. "She
gave a solid senior perfornunce," Ptt010COUR1ESY JENPftR
The infield gathers in a game against Willamette last weekend. The Pios rallied from a 19-
.8 loss to stun the Bearcats in the second game, defeating the #25 team in the nation.
Jn addition, pitcher MegaJl
Aucutr(' l 0) inspired.her ream maces
by pitching six and cwo-,hirds in•
nings while she suff'ered from the
stomach Ru. "I chi,,k her dedic::i­
cion and gms really motivated us ro
go om and gi"c everything we had
for seven more innings.'' said Mur-,-,,id coach Jen Piper.
"Janet bad a great game, her
pitches were hiui 1)g spots perfectly,
and 80% of her nl'$r pirches were
-ror strikes," said Parker. Parker and
frC"Crks work 1ogctbcr well, as Lhe
two foll games frccrks has thrown
co Parker h:we been Pioneer wins.
Freerks lasr pitched agains, Willo­
mcttc on March 29, giving up 1hree
Upcoming
Schedule
Dare Sport Opponen r/ Even c Place Time
Sar. April 14 Softball Whicworrh Huston 12:00pm
Sun. April 15 Wh.icworch Huston 12:00pm
Sar. April 14 Baseball Simpson Huston 12:00pm
Fri. April 13 Women's Puget Sound Tacoma, Wash. 4:00pm
Sun, April 15 Tennis Linfield McMinnville, Ore. 10:00am
Fri. April 13 l\1en's Willamette Tennis Dome 4:00pm
Sar. April 14 Tennis Puget Sound Tennis Dome 11:00am
Sat. April 14 Rowing Covered Bridge Eugene, Ore. All Day
Sat.-Sun. Men's Sectional Tournamenr Chico, Calif All Day
April 14-15 Ultimate runs in rhrec ir-.nings. In this game.
she gave up jusc four hit$ ove,r seven
innings. '"I chink the difference for
me againsr Willamcnc [,his game]
was playing one pitch at a lime,"
said Freerks. "wura [Parker] and
Crisry [Hanonl did a great job of
kt..-cping me in the mon1enc when
things got exciting in chc scvemh
inning." .. I was proud of our team for re­
focl;Sing afr(!r game one and play ..
ing solid; s.sid Piper. ·we played
great defeose and exec:ured offen­
sively wbcn the opporruniry pre­
sented itself."
The Pios will rry to keep up
their wi1lning ways, hosting chc
undefeated conference leader, the
\X/hitworth Pfraces.
Scores & Standings
1ennis
Men: Womc.n:
Willamcne 8 • ·LC I Willamette 8 • LC I
LC 8 • Pacific I I..C 7. Pacific 2
NWC Overall NWC Overall
\'Qhi1 nlan 15-0 21-4 Linfidd 13-0 13-5
Pacific Lud,eran 12-2 12-9 Pugc, Sound 10-3 11-3
Linficld 10-3 12-10 \'Y'hitman 11-4 15-6
\VilJamcttc 7-6 8-8 Pacific Lu1herall 9-4 11-4
J\,ge, Sound 7.7 7-8 Whitwonh 8-7 9-9
George Fox 4--10 4--10 LC 5-9 7-11
\Vhicworrh 4-1.0 2-8 Willameuc 5-9 6-12
LC 3-11 3--11 George Fox 1-13 1-14
Pacific 0-13 0-13 Pacific 1-14 1-16
Baseball Softball
Pacific 8. LC 5 Willammc 19 • LC 8
Pacific 6 • LC 3 LC 3 • Willammc 2
LC 4 • Pacific 2
LC 5 • Conconlia 4
NWC Overall N\VC Overall
Pacific Lurheran 13-2 24-6 \'<lhirworrh 16-0 21-3
George Fox 13-5 22-5 Linfidd 15-1 24--4
Puget Sound 11-5 12-15 Pocilic 8-4 16-6
Linlield 9-6 14--13 Wil.lamene 8-6 6-4
\'<lhirworth 7-8 10-17 l'acific Lutheran 5-9 11-10
LC 8-12 9-17 Puget Sound 5-11 1(.:12
Wa!amcne 6-11 13-1§ George Fox 3-15 5-21
Pacific 4-11 10-19 LC 2-16 4-24
\Xlh.itman 3-12 5-21 2j,..... _
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[[Eight Days Out]]
Friday,
April 13
Thinking Outside the Box Olympics
3:00PM
Location: Templeton, Thay« Rooms
11,e Thinking Outside the Box Olympiq
feacures various g::un¢s lnd acrivi1ies, each
of which requires using vadous pans of the
brain a.nd thinking in a unique manner.
Spring Dance Extravaganu
7:30PM
Location: Fir Acres TI1c.at.rc, Main
Stage
Cost: $5 (LC Students)
Don't mjss these performances of da11ce
produced, choreographed and performed by
Lewis & Clark College srudcnts!
CO Rdcase Party
9:30PM
Location: Vindalho
Mike Pardew, who has been teaching jazz.
guitar at L&C since the spring of 2003, is
about co release a CD on Afan Music.
Tuesday,
April 17
Graduate Faculty B,own Bag
l2:00 PM
Locarion: Conference Cente.r I 07
·1 he browr1 bag discussion provides a place
for healthy engagement and discussion about
issues that affect our proftssion, our teach­
ing, our re-search and our work as colle::igues.
Student Fiction Reading
7:00PM
Locatioo: .Manor House,
A.nn$trong Lounge
$LUdcms in Justin Tussing's Fiction \Vricing
course will read fiction they wrote during d1c
semester.
SAAB Research GrnJH Presentation: Fron1
Guides to Scouts: 11,e Transfer of the Girl
Scouts from the UK to the US
4:00PM
Location, Miller 105
This presenra,ion will briefly cover the pro­
cess of applying for a SAAB rese.1rch grant
and my own re.~earch experience, which
led co ,he completion of an Honors Thesis
in t;isrory. The 1918 Girl Scout film, The
Golden Eaglet, wiU be shown. Saturday,
April 14
Spring Dance E>ctr.waganza
7:30PM
10:00 PM
Location: Fir Acres Theatre
Cost: $5 (LC Students)
Orla McOonagh, piano and
A.ilbhe McDonagh, cello
8:00PM
Location: Evans Music Building
McDonagh Ls an active soloist, chamber
musician and contemporary music pmcti-
1 ion er and has a cello/piano duo with her
• sisier, Irish cellist Ailbhe McDonagh.
McDonagh has given numerous perfor­
mances at u.wis & Clark, including solo
appearances witb the Wind Symphony,
CoUege Orchcsm, and Percussion Ensem-
ble, in addirion co several faculty recitals.
Sunbum2007
6:00PM
Location: Templeton, Stantm
Free hip-hop show fearuring local and
national musicans.
Wednesday,
April 18
Pizza with the Dean and
York Memorial Project
12:00 PM
Location, McCarty, Classroom 3
Dean Loren will update students on wh:;u
is happening at the la,v school. Af1erwards,
Mr. Ron Craig. a York scholar and Pordand­
bascd documentary film producer, wiU pres~
enc a shon docwncmary on York, followed
by a question wd ru1s,ver session. Pii-ta lunch
will be provided.
Summer Job and I ntemsb ip
Search Strategics
3,00 J>M
Location, Albany Quadr1u,gle 220
Ger a jump on stunmer employment! 11liS
workshop will assist srudenrs in their search
for sumn1er jobs and inccrnships.
Musical Theatre Workshop
8:00 PM
U)auio11: Evans Music Auditorium
111e musical cheater workshop presems a
cabarcr show fc-aruring scvcra1 soloi.srs and
scenes from rcccnr musicals. Sunday,
April 15
CathoUc Eucharist
11:00AM
Location: Flanagan Chapel
Cost! God's grace is free.
You ~re irwired 10 come around rhe rable of
God's Word and Sacrament and celebrate
rhe Eucharist. This is the last Eucharisr. on
campus chis semester. There will be a special
blessing for all Seniors at the end of Moss.
"Frontier Blues"
8:00PM
Location: _Evans Mu.sic Bwldiog
Cost: Free
Frontier Blues char::teterizes the A.merictJl
rnusi~.1 eLhos with a spirir of srorytelling char
i.s both wry and jovial. Through shared inter•
esrs and dose friendshipJ the group continues
ro develop a scrit-s of musicaJ and visual pro­
grams exploring relationships betwe<:11 Amer-
ica.1s music, stories_. i,nages and culture.
Thursday,
April 19
Public Lectu.re: 0Sound Science i.n· an
[dcological World"
7,00PM
Location: LegaJ Resea.rd1 Ce.,ue,r
Dr. Gleick'$ rcSearch and wriling address ,he
critical connections between warer and hu•
man healcb. d1e hydrologic impacts of cli­
mate change. sustainable wacer use, privati•
zation and globalization, and international
c:onAkl$ over wa[er resources.
Senior Poetry Reading
7:00 PM
Location, Manor House,
Armstrong Lounge
Srudenrs in Mary Siybi$t's Advanced Poetry
Workshop will read poetry rhey ,vrocc during
the semester.
Composition Majors Recital
8:00PM
Location: Evans Music Auditorium
A concecr of newly written chamber works
by Lewis & Clark srudcm composers played
b)' lewis & Clark srudents aud faculty. Monday,
April 16
Meet the Authots Reception
3:30PM
Location: Legal Research Center
Please join us for a reception to honor books
recently published by law faculty 8. nlum, E.
Brune,, B. Funk, A. Lafrance, L. Loren and
8. Miller.
Pbysia Colloquium: Advanced
Lab Presentations
4:00PM
Location: Olin 204
Advanced L,b srudencswill presenr the proj•
ects thelve been worldng on this semester.
Better World Books Drive
Bener World Books, with its literacy partners
at the NationaJ Center for Family Lireracy,
coUects used college rexrbooks co help spread
literacy around the world. Help rebuild book
collecrfon.s in Katrina affected areas by do­
nating old rcx,books co on<: of the collection
bins (in Templeton, the libr.iry, T:'lmarack,
Howard and Olin).
Friday,
April 20
Gavin Duffy, Scnjor Cornpositioo Recital
8:00PM
Location: Flanagan Chapel
lhis perfom,ance will include a striog quar•
rer in four movemcncs inspired by his cxpcri•
ences living in Oregon. several compositions
for choir, and the finale-• large piece for
orga11, choir, and O\oloi.sts, wilh 1exc from
Rilke, Goerhe, •nd rhe Psalms.
Law Review Symposium: Crimes,
War Crimes and the \"Q'a.r oo Terror
Location, Wood Hall, Room 7
Join fuculty and students from l.ewi$ &
Clark L.,w School and invited leg,I experts
from around che country in this imporrJ.nr
symposium. Discussfon sessions include:
•Domtsiic lalU nnd Nnrioual Security
-7he Othtr Criminal Procds: t:Uir Crimn,
Military Commissions, mu/ Hrtbr.as CtJrpus
-Persptrlivt1 ftom l11trrnatir,1ud L,,w
•S11rveilla11u a,,d Tr11nspare1191
Better World llook Drive
Collection bins in Tcmplet(ln, the libr.,ry,
Tuma.rack, H()\'tard :ind Olin. -~4
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Celebration!
An interesting holiday passes nearly every day, some more "interesting"
than others. Below are a few for-the upcoming few weeks.
Name Date
Blame Someone Else Oar 4/13
~ -r Reach as High a, You Can 4/ I 4
Day
1acional Librarian Day 4/16
Take a Chance Day 4/23
~ World Penguin Day 4/25
I lug an Australian Day 4/26
Nacional Prcncl o~ty 4/26
Richter Scale Day 4/26
National Shrimp Scampi 4/29
Day
Haimyle Appreci,cion 4/30
·--uay Origin
Unknown, but I blame the bittics.
E.<pecially the biuie• with diseas­
es. Ir's completely rheir fuulc , ha,
people are infected all d,e rime.
Somc.."Onc with really low sdf ...
es1et:m who also didn', have
•up.s" decided 10 "rurn ,heir life
around." 'lhac man boughr a lad­
der, thus enabling hirn co reach
higher, and a~hio~•ed great things.
The origin of this holiday is dis­
pured. bur a further reading is
available under the Call /I B1'605.
S2 H7957 1989.
l3kc a Challce Day t:ommen1<>­
rarcs chc anniversary of rhe kid•
napping of Jan Chance. when rhe
ex-lover li«rally "!Ook a Chance."
World Penguin 0;1y c:oi1lcides
with the annual northw:ud mi•·
gration of penguins, generally oc­
curing in rhc end of April.
The holid:,y wns originally
dubbed, "Hug an I nhabiram of
a Pena) Colony.~ rhen changed to
"Hug a Felon Day."
Na1ional Preriel Day is indeed d
nationally reeogni1.ed holid"l'· Ir
was srarced by a prerzel vendor in
an effort to boost busine~, and
boy did it catch on!
Apparencly Charle.< F. l{;cbter, i,,­
vemor of che R,icluer Sc.1le seeked
more recognition. so he also in ..
vcnred a holiday for himself.
-mis "J,oliday"' was i1wentt-d by
Red L.obsrer Rest:'.lunuus, :,111d
celebrates thar special day when
Shrimp Scampi is only $7.99-
nationwicle! Let's go!
\Vhile the origins ~re unknown,
rumors are circubring rhar Hair­
style Appreciation Day wa.~ the
idea of a banker ln Nev,• Jersey.
"It was actually just a joke." he
was once quoled as saying. How to Observe
Blame Someone Else lJay is the
ideal day ro sray in bed. After all.
you cerraioly cannot be blamed
for your own actions.
\X'ater cowers are pretry tall, right?
Wdl if you wish ro celebrate cliis
momcmous day, you ought co
climb ir. Once: :nop the: towc-r.
commence jurnpi11g while waving
your limbs wildly.
Check our as many books as pos­
sible. Embarrassing ones. 111cn.
01,ce you've left, lhe librarians will
have something to discu~.
Chances arc:, you won•t rake ad­
v,111age of this day. In fuet, there
is a high chance rhar you don\ ac­
cept ,hi.s as a real holiday. J'iry.
Migr..ue northward! Take advan~
cage of rhc glacial climate ot the
Arctic Ocean before all of the gla­
ciers mdr.
Srcps to hugging an Australian:
I. Check to see if they're armed.
2. Hug with caution.
3. Run!
Well, gosh, I caru,o, imagine Na­
tional Prer,d Day wi,houta good
prer,_el1 'lhar's preicy srraiglufor­
ward.
On "Richter Scale Day." we can
only do one lhing: hope for an
earthquake. If one comes, whip
t>ur rhe parry hars!
Go to Red Lobster with a willing
friend, make them order shrimp,
eat rheir shrio1p anc.i c.hi:n steaJ as
many biscuits :LS }'On can.
Lf you really want to throw every~
one o/f, shave your head. Then
they'll :ill .say, "Happy Hairstyle
Appreciarion Da ... WAAAAAA.,
inmmmmmm)" Thac would be
f,rnny. the Pioneer Log, April 13, 2007
~fg)@wlfi~tt~
~,,na,~c,e,
YOU CAUGHT MY EYE
' ~~-
You: A sexy 6'4 senior Choir/Psych ~-
major with a hot 3$$ and s:.mdy•b1onde hair.
Mc: Waiting ,o gcr sprung on a high noie. Since I've got
the ship, you•vc got the harbor ... whar s~ty we tic up for
the night? Really ...
De.1r Ms. L1mb:
You may be a veger-arian, bur I know you'd dig on rny
mcar. True. there arc a lor of fish in the sea. bur you're rhc
only one I'd like to catch and mounr back at my place ...
Amelie
Let's have a srudenc affair -and ir won'r be-academic,
in fuct you mighr need a yardsrick
m measure my kudwa.rc.
PICK-UP LINE OF
THE WEEK
You :are so beautiful that I wanr 10 be reincarnated as your'
child so that I c.rn breostfeed by you mttil L'm 20.
Norhing makt-s chis hamster madder,
TI1an our commander in chief~
But why is ic the President
With whom I h:ive a beef?
He lies, he chc-ars, he steals.
Yet fukcs such Chrisrian morals
And when he's with world k-aders
He gers us into <1unrrels
He robs the poor ro feed the rich
Uncle.-Scrooge's wee drt-.un
And when he c,lks abou, c-qualiry
He makes me want co scream!
I really hare the prc.sidenr
He makes me wail and shouc
Bur without our d(-ar President
\Xlh:u would I writ¢ abour?