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2008-02-01

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passes away
PHOTOOOIJRTESYL~EO'J
by James Reddick// news editor
Prof David Savage, professor of
British and South Asian history,
served the Lewis & Clark commu­
nity for thirtyfour years.
The l.t:wis and Clark communicy was sad•
dcned ro le:,rn cha, David Savage, emeritus pro­
fessor of British and South Asian history, passed
away due ,o illness this week. Savage, who firs,
came to Lewis and Clark in 1973, contributed ro
the College's aatdcmic spiric in countless v.1ays.
serving as the dean of fuc.,lcy, arts and ht1mani•
tics, reaching history, leading srudent trips to ln­
dia, and wckoming lmcmationaJ srudenrs into
his own home.
Patricia Pearson, who graduated from Lewis
and Clark in 2003 and has bctn working wi,h
Savage on his book on Anglo-Americ:tn mis­
sioMry education in lndia, spoke warmly of her
mentor. "David taught history from a deep well
of knowledge and gentle cmhusiasm," she said,
"He hdped me believe I could go to graduate
school and hdped me get there. He retired after
my junior y<.-ar at LC, but came back during my
senior year to act as reader on my honors thesis."
Savage, who dcdic:1ted his life to the academic
world. was an exemplary scholar. '"He was every·
thing you could expect in a hisrorian," she said,
1'thougbtful, humorous, unduscanding, :a clear
and confidenr writer, a sharp critical thinker, and
a wonderful. generous teacher." As a reflection
of his immense contriburions to the Lewis and
Clark communiry, the David Savage Award was
cmblishcd last fu.U. I, will be given to a faculty
member .,whose vision and sustained service have
advanced the inteUec<u:al welfare of the Lewis
and Clark community." CRIME BEAT
The Pioneer Log presents: this week in Campo
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Theft from the Evans Music
Center was re~orted on Jan 8.
Music piracy isn't just for the
internet anymore!
Harassment chat took place
on a sidewalk adjacent to
Lewis & Clark was reported
on Jan_ 27. Can't a person walk along the
side of the street without getting a million
cat calls anymore? Come on!
Tamarack Hall was the lo­
cation of some criminal mis­
chief that was reported on
Jan. 28_ Shenanigans, tomfoolery and
poppycock of a criminal nature will not be
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Post-election turmoil in Kenya prevents student research
by Hannah Hultine // staff writer
Senior Leif Bttlklck will not be able to fulfill the research grant in Kenya he recieved from LC due to the violence that has seized the country
In December. senior hi.story ma­
jor Leif Bullook ('08), was awarded
a SAAB gram to CJ<pand his rhc­
si$ rc:search by rmvding to Kenya.
H:wingini­
ciallyinves­
lig.11ed ,~
·rimonials
&om Brit­
ish librar­
ies, Bullock
proposed
roconrinuc
ht< r<"Uarch
using the:
1< c n ya
N:uio1ul
Archives.
w h i Ch
would lend
him tbc
accou n rs
t)f Native
Kenyan
and lndi-
:in work-
ers during Britain's colonial rule:.
Unfortunardy, the vlolcncc and
political unn .. -sr roulting from the
country's December 27it, elections
have led to the delay and che pos­
sible cancellation of his pcoposcd
re.,;carc.h.
On Decem­
ber 30"' the Kc­
ny.i Elcccornl
Commission
declared PrCii•
dent Kibaki.
of the Party of
National Uni­
ty. the winner
of Lhc m1rional
election. despite
.tccusaliom • of
corrupdon and
vote rigging.
On f)eet:mber
31 ''i opposuion
supponers of
Raila Odingo,
of the Orange
Dcmocr:uic
Movemenr,
responded by
rioting in thl· • -
suttts of Nairobi and the wesrern
cicy Kisumu. The 2007 reeleccion
of President Kibalci, a member of
the most economically successful
ethnic group. chc Kikuyu, brought
dissatisfacrion to many others -ami, most norably. che Luo from
which Odingis etbinicicy resides.
Anarchy swept through 1he dtics'
suctts1 as the police increasingly
relied on force to quell the civil ua­
rc:s1. On the first of January, ,he
violence spread ro orhcr para of
Kenya. In the most notorious in4
cidc-nt. a mob set fire to :a chur<:h
in a cowa called Eldorer. killing 30.
At 1his 1in1c, Bullock was forced
co cancel his ticker, as Briri.sh and
American election officia1s deemed
che eleccion had indeed been un­
fairly ccuntcd although undoubt·
c<lly close. Today, che de:ich toll of
borh Kenyan officials and civilians
has exceeded 850 and continues co rise.
The December election signified
a possible sbifc in power among the
natioo's .crhnj.c constituencies. and
for many I.uo
and ocher allied
uibes., Oding.11s
candidacy pro­
vided a chance
co better thdr
Uvdihoods and
promote change by decreasing
the: countries blatant corruption
problems associaccd wich Presi­
denr Kibaki. However, according
to UN officials such as Former UN
Sccrctary-Gencru.l, Kofi Annan of
Ghana, the currcot violence should not jusr bt! 3tnibuted to race, but
rocconomicdisparitics. Hes;iys the
situation bcf'vccn chc Kikuyu and
Luo groups has evolved i.hrough
unequal
disrribu•
Lion of
rcsourc·
cs. Re­
ducing
the wide
divisions
bccwccn
rich and
p o o r
through
land re•
sou recs.
housing,
food and
warc.r should become du: focus
for stopping Kenya's violence.
According 10 Bullock. th<
tOOtS of rhe conAicr dace back
to the late l9'11 century, whco
the British 100k conrrol of chc
country. Th\j' soon introduced
che railroad and Nairobi, the
country's apiral1 was founded.
British occupation soon re.suited
in secl's and Lribal oppositions
wichin the Kcny.in people. An­
ti•British n:.uionalists and pro­
British loyalim emerged, with
loyalists reaping the. most <.x:o.­
non1ic bcncfir.s.
Since irs indc.pcndcn«, howtv•
er, Kenya has been considered on
rhe world scage as the mosc srnble
coumry and hcadsrone of Africa.
Sul esa.huing violence and militia partic:iparion now has other Afri­
c:.tn counlries wor-ried. ln a recent
news briefing, Dcpucy Foreign Af­
fuirs Minisccr A,iz Pahad "1id of
the conflict. "'Jr will begin to rake
dimensions of erhllic and tribal
c:onllict rhat will be disastrous for
Kenya and for chc African conti·
nem as a whole." ·n• many Amcrirons. the.violence
resulting from rhc deccion sc-em.s
cypical of African politics. Bullock
woodc,rs., howevrr, h.ow ardent po·
lirical partisans in the United Sraces
would have rcacccd if Bill Clincon
said chat Gore won che roce and
dl!lt, Clinron. os Prcsiden,, would
use his a.uthoricy as Commander·
in•Chicf to ensure a Dcmocr.u
wok the ooth of offict on Jan. 21,
~TOSQOURTESY Cf'AUTIQI 2001." If
chc eco-­
n om i c
wdfurc of
conserva­
tive and
Ii b c r a I
Ameri•
ca.ns was
so depen­
dent on
an e.k>c­
tion. one
could
won d c r
whee her
Gore call­
ing Bush
a cheater
w o u I ..I
rally
Democrats
and rcpublic:1ns to ri.se up against
one :anolhcr.
Alchough SAAB grancs arc no,
normally arricd our after a swden1
graduaccs, BuUock bopes the l>o,rd
will r(-cogni.zc the trngically unusu•
aJ eircunu-r:rnccs and allow him co
perform his research this summer.
He hopes ro be able to relate cur­
rent events in Kcn)'-1 to ii narm1ive
developed chrough source-based
research. Bullock says, "with Ke­
nyans telling reporters cha, rbcy
are 're:idy co die' because rhcy have
lost all hope of attaining food, jobs,
or peace, the least a symp21heric
American could do is uy 10 make
some sense of the situatlon by acru•
ally cravding co the cmbmlcd na­
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Harold Ford Jr.
An Evening With Harold Ford Jr.
Friday, February l
7 p.m., Agnes Flanagan Chapel
Harold Ford Jr., chair of the Democratic Leadership Council, will
discuss social justice, equality, and the 2008 election. Ford previously
served in the United Scates House of Representatives for 10 years
and is a visiting professor of public policy at Vanderbilt University.
«e tree and open to the public. Daily visitor parking permits are
at the entrance marked Information. Parking Is free after 7 p.m.
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Otar Editor.
As ail LC srudcn1 oway on ,he Fall New York program.
I did no, have ready access to ,he Piolog; ,bus I apolo­
gi,.., for caking so long ,o respond ,o ,he Nov,mb<r 8th
arudc "\'(lhy I prefer reading 10 people." To rcfrcsh your
memory, ti Piolog editor w~ Llic .wrhor of this picce, ia
which $he misttpresem«l her w1assumiag peel$ on this
program. monrh prngmm. Yei out ofleft field she wro« a pr<:1cnrious
article depicting her pttrs as unlit for her preS<encc. Hor judg­
ment.ii piece dismpectS me nnd ",h~ people,• while cma­
m,ting. the same n:1rcissism lhat she claims we djsplay. unprovoked accusations of her peers ~ind ovcr.1.II irrespon­
sible journaUsm. In m,tligning the progrom, she nor only
mo<:ks her peers, but also her profess,m, college. and Pi­
olog poslrion.
She close•mindedly assumed um our obilicy ,o critique
Lhe world around us: ,v:is limhe:d u.> our offhand comments in
class. While few of ,hos< remarks may have risen ro ,he level
of o New York TimC-'ll edi1orial, the poinr of classroom di.scus­
$i0n is nor io rival such discourse. She had oo ;1ccess co our
written work. much of which I know rcceh:CU perfect scores
from our highly qu•lilicd professor. Next Lime, I suggc-.st she direct her misanthropic mtL~
ings ro a more appropriat,: venue, insre-'d of smearing the
rcput.ition of her peers in our school paper.
Please note: this is nor an attempc to cecali:ne, bur ro
set the record straight. I do nor urin.ue in public, nor do I
think it fushiont1blt- ro r.rrive lare to class, contrary to her
generalir,,J all"Sations. My scnti1nenrs h:we been mcr with resounding sup­
pore from many ocher snidcncs on th< program. However,
] will not submit chem t0 gencml.rt3tions ag3itt.
Si11mrly, She wro« "Has onyonc told these people ,hac no one
care:, ,hou, wh,r ,hey d1ink? (Alas, the same could, and
should, be said of ,Ms piece)" The truth is that I do cue, be­
C3U$C as an ediror of our papn. she should be demonsrrating
a chough,fulncss for her role. lnsrcad. I S<et little more than Ct,,,-, Momgomery•Bm/,r ('09)
Perhaps she would have sec a th.twe :\tea mlcnrnd and
engaging group had she nor been sc, withdmwn, leaving
linlc more than a faint impression on me afu:.r the chrcc--
State of the Union: Fucked
P resid,,nr George W. Bush gave bis
scvonrb and fina!Srueofthe Union
Address ,his past Monday. and ir
you w-ere \~tchlng_ closely. you
probably fell asleep. Before you fell asleep,
you may have noriccd that a majority of
,he audience was also mlli.ng ask'CJ'. Nan­
cy Pclo3i's Bot.ox inHaccd face was notioe,.
ably dcRating, and Dick Chcoey was try­
ing t'.Kt:ril hard not to s:hoor Bu.c:h wirh :t
shotgun. In bc1we,n rh< absunl gimmick
of sr2nding and clapping when audience
members approvtd of something Bush
said, you may have scc:n members check­
ing their watch, yawnir,g, or readjusting
1be.ir $C3l position ro more comfonably
tndure the same rhetoric we have been
hearing since Bush's jnaugurncion those
f.m:ful seven years ago.
When I read ,ha, Bush would be ad•
dressing earmarking in che State of the
Union, I was shocked. for the first time by Daniel Cochran II sports editor
in his tenure, he was going m combat an Li,..
sue 1ha1 I agreed with: ,he devious pracdc< of
legislators slipping in their pel p,ojects "ith
sure-to-pass legislation. I thought 10 my•
self, "1, Bush lin,lly going ro make amends
for a.II of the horrible and special imcrcst
oriented mishaps that have occurred in his
adminisaation?" JU$t m nam..e a few: com-­
plecely inaccurate Iraq imelligcncc. exploit­
ing 9/11 for his own agenda in ways that
make Rudolph Giuliani look humble. illegal
wire cipping, the l~triot Acr, lenient romm~
laws, heig.htwlng terrorist threats instead of
curbing thc:m, anti-environment lcgisl;ition
in chc midst of a global tbr;e,,1, No Child
Left Be)lind, Frc«lom Fries, percy memp<S
ro undermine rhe abor.rion process, AJbcrto
Gonz.,lcz, !Gu-I Rove, Scooter Libby. and of
course a doomed sirua.tion in lrn.q.
During the State of the Union, moroover,
Bush d.id oddress earmarking, he even pto­
pos«l a thoroughly designed and plausible solution ro the ill-fared prncrice. Ir did nor
rake him long, however, 10 fall back on Iraq
and orher fre«lom-hatiag chrears. It did not
He has thrown a great big
pie at all of our faces, and
so shocked are we chat our
President would resort: co
such preposterous measures
chat we have thrown our
hands up in shock, bur
the pie and all of its gooey
contents remain dripping
down our pie-stained faces.
rake him long m insist thar No Child
L,f, Behind needs more ftutding, and
it was withour hcsir:uion rhat Bush
uuered the completely meaningles.s
srnrcmem "The: Constitution means
what it say$,"' which-was of course met
wi,h great applause from 1he Republi•
can sea.or.
If ,he Constitution does indeed
mc:tn wha1 it says, George Bush would
be our of• job. It is with great pa.in
that I prcstnl che L,wis & Clark com•
munity with :another arcicle condemn•
ing 1he Bush Adminismuion, but he
is one dC\•il I simply cannot advoa,e.
Prcsidcnr Bush, his c:,bincr, and his
• appoinrces have amassed such a grand
ooltecrion of blunders -some inten­
tional -tbat most Democrats arc A:ib--­
bcrgastcd to a point of hopelessness. PtiOTO f'AOM-StAlE,GOV
Bush gave his last State of the Union Address Monday He has thrown a great big pie at
all of out faces, and so shock«! arc we that our President would resor1 ro
such preposterous mc:1s1,1res that ,vc have
thrown our hands up in shock, but the pie
and all of i.r.s gooey con[t'OLi remain drip•
ping down our pic-sta.in~-d fuccs.
So, at the conclusion of the Seate of
rbe Union, Oi'1e: mtghr expect th.at some
Ocmocra<S and some Republicans would
choose nor to Stand and applaud George
W. Bush., quite possibly the wom and
most dcsrruccive £>rcsidcnr chis coun­
try has ever seen. One might expect d,31
sOmc. Congressmen would forego rradi•
1 ion. as true patriots do. and nor applaud
:1 prcside,u who condones torture and
spying on American cltiien$. A13S, Bush
coded his address, "God Bies, America,"
and che crowd went wild.
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Bhutto's death complicates
Pakistani elections
0 n January 2, Pokistani
Prc;jdc.nc Perve-.t
Musharnf announced
his highly controversial decision
10 postpone the plonncd January
8 parliamentary clecrion until
February I 8. The delay wa.<
proposed in response to rhe
assassination of Bcn.:at.ir Bhutro,
a candidate from the Pakistan
People's Party (PPP), which has
since spurred violence across
the lslomic nation. Musharaf
announced hi.s decision despite
opposicioo by Bhu1ro's husband,
who had hoped her death
would inspire a r~crion againsr
Pakistan's milicaty-orienred, by Annie Hay // staff writer
under "suspicious• circumsnmc,­
es, and w.is l<lllcd before she was
able 10 sec be, children grow in10
adulrs.
After many years of exile from
Pakis1an, Bhurro rcrumed ro her
native counrry in Oc,ober to in­
spire her people 10 6ghr for liberal
democracy. Origion•Uy accused
of corruption, Bhuno W'a5 grant­
ed amnesty and inviced 10 fCturn
10 the country by Musharraf, who
promised ro protect her from cx­
crcmists. The day Bhutto arrived in
Karachi, she was greeted by ,a as­
S:.lSSination ancmpl by rwo suicide
bombers who spaied her life buc
killed 130 specr:icors. The party re-
PHDTOFROMr,CHIEVQEJff.OAG
Bhutto greets her supporters.
ove.rbearing, pre.sent government
in the PPPS favor.
Bhurrn's main political rival.
Nawa1. Sharif, who showed grcar
symparhy after her dea1h, also
opposed rhe delayed elections
due to his wish to S<ee Gen. Musb­
araf removed from office :,s soon
as possible in order ro rc-csrnblish
• "free and fair" Pal<lstan.
Bhuno's deorh has also been
highly comcmiou.f 3od invC$ti­
gaco<S have nor)'« established a
party responsible for her assassi­
nation.
Bbuno was no, only 1he 6rsr
woman prime minister of -Paki­
sr.an, but of any Islamic stare. as
well. She was truly 1he daugher
of Pakism,-1,e saw her p<ime
minisrcr Cacher assusirurcd, sur­
vived "police camp; watched her
husband imprisoned without •
trial. saw her iwo brothers killed spoosiblc has since been linked ro
a mdicaJ lsfamic fucrion th3t con­
demns all forms of democracy in
favor of srricr Islamic l:tw.
Soon after, Bhuno '"'1$ record­
ed scuing thar she didn'1 believe
president Musbaraf had done ev­
erything in his power co ensure
her safety. )us, weeks ofter 1he fim
attcm.p[ on her life, she was noted
as having questioned Musharaf for
his refusal to aUow foreign invesrj.
gacors to as.sin in detcrm.i.oing who
wJS responsible for rhe anack. She
cririciu:d hu invcstigarion. calliog
it a "'sharn" and pointing our cMc
his party, rhe King's Party, had lost
enormous amounrs of suppon ia
tbe polls, while popularity of the
PPP continued to grow.
Then, on Dcccmhc, 27, after
spcal<lng ro a group of supporters
in Rawalpundi (purported 10 be
Pakim.n's sakst city) a single suicide bombcr atop • motorcycle ended
her life. While Bhuno w•vcd at
suppori«s from ,he sunroof of
her vchide, the assassin fired rwo
gunshots inro her oeck before
blowing himsdfup and killing22
bystanders.. The assassin.acion oc­
curred in the Liaqua, Bagh Park
where rhe park's namesake and
Pakistan's first prime mini.seer,
was assassinated 57 yeors prior.
Rioting and chaos exploded
after h<r death boih a, the scene
and the hospital where she was
pronounced dead UJ.'00 arrival.
Opposition leader Sharif de­
scribed the murder as •,he saddes1
day in Pakistan's hjstory,"' and
U.S. President George Bush of­
fered praise ro Bhul!o's memory.
•[She] fough1 the forces of rerror.
She refused to allow assassins ,o
dicta(C the course or hc.r coun ..
try."
Since Bhutto's murder, and af ..
ccr the publicruioo of contradic.­
rory cxplanarions of her deoth by
rhe P:1kismni gO\<Crnment, Mush­
arafs popularity has plumme1cd.
Funhl'.rmore. ht:> decision 10 de­
lay elections has don~ little 10
help his crcdibiliry which many
fear may he just the fim s1ep in a
series ofindefini1e delays.
Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali
Zudari, and opposition leader
Sh:iriff' contiou_c lo urge vocers
ro head rn 1he polls poacefolly
on February 18. 11,ey bod, hope
for a fair election, sracing chat
chc: government cannoc afford ro
umper with dcction rcsulcs in
the sllgh1csr given the fragile na­
ture of Pakistan's poUcieal scene.
The U.S. State Ocparrmen1 has
also encouraged Pakistan 10 al­
low inrNn3rfonal press and free
parcicipacion in the election to
prove fairness and freedom in the
ourcomc.
Despite cbrears of political vio­
lence during r.hc month-long de­
lay in voting, and barring further
delays imposed by Musbaraf. the
people of Pakistan's People's !?arty,
led by Bhurro's devoted husband,
will head ,o 1he polls on Febru­
ary 18, to prov, thar ,hough the
icon of democracy in Pal<isean
has passed on. as friend Hussein
Haqqani smcd, •her humanity
rransccoded politics.• The Fighting
Hamster
by Matt Savage // senior staff writer
He was trained by samurai in ancient Japan
He defeated Socialism with his sword i11 his hand
His teeth are made of Jjamonds
He has a flying tower
He played poker with Chuck Norris and he wo11 all his power
Thai was from "John McCain."
> r.1p by my friend Sander Gusinow.
And it seems timdy now char John
McC.in has won the Florida prima­
ry. \Vhile ,he Dcmoernric primary
seems to have no clear frontrunner.
McCain has clearly pulled ahead of
Mire Romney. And, he is poised ro
win New York :and C.,Jifornia, now
that Giuliani has exi1ed che race
and endorsed his former advcrs:1ry.
'This should give McC.in the Super
lllcsday vicrory he needs to secure
the nomina[ion.
What happened? La~t summer.
Mt.-C.1in was in the doldrums. He
t~Jilcd behind Giuliani and Rom­
nc.,"Y in dte nation:'11 polls and was
firing much of his top campaign
.,,ff. ·n,e problem is he cried 10
prcscnr himself as the inevitable
choice and chc oonscn•ative choice:.
But, voters were rumcd off. ihey
missed rhe straight-miking mavcr•
ick of 2000.
And when McC:lin w~s up
ng:1it,$t the ropl."s, Lhc straigh1-c::alk
express came roaring back. '"lbL~ ul­
tfo1arely is chc strategy that McCa•
in wiU need ro focus on if he is to
win the presidency. as he begins ro approach ,he general elec1ion.
The clcccoracc is circd of ovcr­
polished, fake candidates. John
McCain brings something real
and aucht>nric that 1hc dcctor­
a.ce is )'earning for. in rhe ~me
way Obama do.,s for progres­
sives. And tho, will probably he
enough 10 get him the Republi­
can nominacioo.
Bue McCain could fuce a ma­
jor issue once he does win rhe
nomin:irion. !vl:any conserva­
tives will be unhappy wirh John
McC.-tin 3S the nominee, v,rhich
oould be ;i serious problem if
Ob:1m:i gc1s 1he nomination.
John McCain an bring in
moderate voters. bu1 not con­
sc-rva1ivl· :1c1ivisrs. 1\crivisrs arc
needed ro make ,he phone calls
and walk the predncr.s, :actions
crucial co a_prcsidc.·nri-al election
vic1ory.
Hillary Clinton may he
enough ro 0101 iv:w: conS<:rva­
ti,•c activists to do 1hi.5 legwork,
wi1h 1hc same kind of hltred
th., brings in Bush-horcrs. Bur
will ,his work with Obama as
rhc oppone.nc? I
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Security breakdown in the Middle East
by Ethan Spangler// staff writer
An American in Jordan, Spangler explains to the Pioneer Log what
life is like for a student abroad in arguably one of the most volatile
regions in the world ...
I recently atrived in Amman.
Jordan as part of a study abroad
program. Parr of my reason for
coming here was the fac:r th.at
Jordan is a symbol of scabiliry
and security relative to itS more <!'Xplosive
neighbors(ls,ael, Lebanon, the Wm Bank,
and lra.q), a fact exucmdy important to
my parcncs. However, e,.•cn wirh Jordan's
status as a bastion of safety for che area,
I still had some small lingering feelings
of doubt. ThmkfuUy these doubts have
been pur t0 rest, for the mosc pan.
While I cannot say that the Jordani­
an officials love Amcrit:a.t\$, I can say that
Uncle Sam's nieces a11d nephews arc give.a
the VIP security rrearmenc while visit­
ing Ha.'ihemire Kingdom. Thar is not to
say chat Americans can walk on water (if
you're an idiot. you'll sdll go co jail), buc
Amcric:ins certainly do have guardian an­
gels chroughouc the cicy (in the form of
seem police, chc Mukbabarar). The spe­
cific cxrent of this prel'niurn treatment
wa.~ dcmonsrrared to me during my
second day of travd in Amman.
I spem the day nking ., tour of the
c:ity. but this wasn't ju.st any old bor­
ing tour. il was a raihvay tour. To show
us che city. a bald, middle-:iged cour
guide directed us :,bo:mi :l .Stearn, train
which looked 10 be running solely off
of co:11 :u,d sheer determination -dc­
tt'rminarion that I would 6nd \V"Jning
ar rimes.
11,c guide expl.1i11ed. through bro­
ken, heavil)' accented English. 1hat we
were riding on rhe remnants of a r:1il­
road built by the old Otcoman Empire.
'Thc:sc roils once linked almost the en­
tire Ouom~m Empire -from Damas•
cus to Medina -and were later blown
apart by Lawrence of Ambia during
the Arab Revolt Since rhe decline of
rhc Onom:ios :ind the growth of alter·
native trade transportation methods,
:ilong with the rise of tensions in 1he
region the rrain had lost much of its
past glamonr. becoming noLhing more
than :a courisr :ucraction.
However, while the u.,in ride had
become a tourist attraction. the neigh•
borhood surrounding the railroads had
changed dr:umtic.,lly. Nestled along
the r.iils, I noticed an impoverished re­
gion. the slums. I lacer learned that thiJ
sc..-a:ion of the city is the primat)' rcfu ..
gee arc..-a for Palestinian refugees from
previous wars with Israel.
I found our conspicuous rour through the sli.uns odd because most govem­
me.nrs do not wam tourists, cspcdally Amer­
ican courisrs, to sec or even be near $Uch ar•
eas. Even so, the refugees would pose linlc pe3red from their hiding spots; we had noc
noticed chem before and it waJ a small train
10 begin with. They rook observational posts
co cns\1rc our s:,fery. 1'he scoond thing we
saw was the tbrc.-at as long
as the train
kept moving.
I've always
found it a bad
idea to rely on
the operation
of things chat
arc oJdc.r than
my great grand
F..ther. And The small list of potential calami­
ties includes terrorist strike, earth
quake, war, and I believe that she
even mentioned fire and brim­
scone raining from the sky. arrival within
five minutes
of more po·
liccmcn
further 10
se-
cure the area
while repairs
we.re made.
Whether or
though I love
my grcac gtandf..ther, he often breaks down
and needs ,o rest for long periods.
As the train inevirably chugged to • halt
amongst the refugees, my fellow AmeriC.-U\$
and I were provided with a demonstration of
,he ancnrfon provided ro us. The fi:rsc nocicc­
ablc action was that rwdvc a.rmcd officers ap-not rhc ln•
cident was
sragcd in any way (nly assumption was chat
the I 00 year old train really did break down),
I was cercainly left with the feeling ,ha, a.s
long as I was in Jordan my sa(eiy was a prior•
i ry of many people.
Lacer on. I learned during a safery brief­
ing just how seriously the safery of foreign• crs is cakcn. Even without the secret police
watching our backs, the program itself is well
equipped. The prog-ram coordinator essen­
tially has a PHO in being paranoid. She h,s
etC3tcd contingency scraccgics for any disas ..
rer thac cao be thought up in that wa.rpcd
mind or hm. The small list of potential ca·
!amities indudes terrorist suikc. earth quake,
war, and I believe that she even menrio11C~:d
fire and brimstone raining from the sky.
Added 10 the d.irectors ingenious paranoia
i.s a private security firm chat can be caUcd
if 1hc siruarion is cxucmdy dire. My fellow
srudencs aod I arc very safe, wich practically
an army to ensure ir.
However, I didn't get the sense that the
people whose bac~y.uds wr invaded during
our train ma.lfuncdon shared chc $3tnc sense
of sec.uricy. Many of d,e fuces I saw in the
camp were very much afraid of the police
presence. I feel ch.a, I will have to try very
hard in the fururr to find our wh,11 life is re­
all)'.like in this land of milk ,nd honey.
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The future of 'the Bon' is no longer all you can eat
by Larkin Flora II staff writer
Eating :,r the Bon can he :1 fru~tr:1ting ex­
periencC'. lki:wc:en li,nired options, long lints
and food prepared for rhe masses, ir's hard co
kc.-cp a positive attitude at dinner.
Dining in c.m be ('.Specially difficult ,ts
well. espcci,lly for rho$e wirh 1lgh1 sched­
u.lc."S or special dicL1ry needs. Luckily, thl're
arc some currcm a.ltcrnach·c.-s and more plans
for che ru,ure.
Ir's incvirablc rh:u S(nnt st11dcn1s will have
classes during mc-J.I times. I t'.s unbear:tbly
fmstr..uing when lints a.re long and rime i.s
short. Studcms in these siru;11ions find it cas·
icr 10 nm imo 1hc: Bon, gr:tb an :'lpple. makt.'
a peanut burrer and jdly s:rndwich, :md dash
om with seconds co spare.
Formn~ncly d1cn: is a current solmion co
rhi$ scheduling problem: box lunches. Any
student with :.1 tight ells.~ schedule c:'lll bring
in a list of their classes :incl get a box lunch
(or dinner) prepared for diem. Smdcnrs can
pick up • meal on d•ys they don', have the
time co c:u in the Bon. h ("W.'.'ll comc-s with a
borrle of juice.
Next yc:tr. Fields Dinning Hall will be
changing rhc way meal plans v,rork, Instead
or set me-.Js, the plans will be on:, declining
balance, similar ro d1c Rex point $)' . .,rem used in the: Trailroom. Maggie's and the Dovc­
cou:.
Srudcnrs will have co manage their fi.
o:1nces bec.:tusc they won't have .i set num­
ber of meaJs :i. week. "h's a food court idea ...
said Director of Culinary Development Aar•
on Dionne. "There will be cliffcrcm stations
with c.liffcren1 options, o.nd there won't be
repeats between upstairs (Fiddsl and down­
stairs {1hc Trailrooml." Dionne ~ay.s thar it
should also help .. cur dowa on msrc .so we
c.an save money ;md improve rhc quality,"
He acknowk·dgcs 1hc concern of long
lines 1.ha1 take a lot of rime. and replied 1ha1
if chcrc arc popular options in borh Fields
and the Trailroom, 1hcn they won'r have
ro worry :,bo111 .. trying 1<> gc:1 every person
through every line ...
Srudcncs who frequent the ·1rai1room's
grill don1t have co worry about ic being cur
fro111 next year·:. options. Dionne says rhat i1
will sfill be therl' :rnd :uuicip:u~ ir :1.!> one of
the-"popular choices".
Students who bave special dietary needs,
whcrhcr vt-goos or people wirh food allergies
ancl sensicivitics. C3n h:n'e a rough rime ~n­
ing rhe food rha, is prep,ired for rhe geneml
scudcnc population ... It's hard ro please cv•
cryonc,'' says General Manager of our Bon Appfrit Mac l..,ry, "Bur we're
doing our l,c,r 10 mce, peoples'
needs."
This new de.dining balance
SJ~rcm should help srudenrs wirh
special dietary needs. The food
coun approach :1llows for mort
.spc.,-ciali1.ccl meals to be served. A
cdiac smdcm can easily choo~
which smdon i!i wheat frc:c and
,gel 1h.1t meal for lund1.
Anorhcr idea the Bon b work­
ing on is allowing students tO
submit orders for foods chat they
could cook them!idvt.-s.
F.s.<cnrially 1-hey would Ix: off
rhe meal phn bee.use rhey would
gee an CX<'mprion from Campus
Living, but it ,-.·ould make it easi­
er for new studencs livi11g on 1hcir
own for the firsc time. especially if
rhey didn't have a car. Until rhcn,
srudenl'.!> will ju.st have ro make
friendlr ,..,.irh 1he Uon ;$t:iff'. Stu·
dencs can requesr 3 meeting with '--------------_.,....,;::i::;_:,.:::J..._
Aaron Dionne ro rnlk about . .
h . d Preparing food behind the scenes at the Bon. [ Cir Ot."C S,
On days where 1hcrc's no vi•
able options (whear free, d•iry free. pe;,nut
fr<'c, ccc.) they can sjmply go up to the: coun• ter. reJI a St:.ifF nu:inbcr what they can't cat
and in abour cen miou,es somcthi,,g :illergcu
free will be available for rhem.
Teach for America: for real change you can believe in
by Sarah DiSabatino /I Editor-in-Chief larer on. lf I don't ger in, I'll probably wind rhe mos, renured member of fucul<y and has er, is nor for rhe ligh; he.reed. "Ir's a lengthy
A recipe ror ch:mge: mb: one part moti4
vatcd college sntdent anxious about her post­
graduate pl:aas, one pan disadvanraged areas
of America. and one pan poccmiaJ career
1 r,ck. Shake and serve.
While political pundirs spew rhcroric
abour chansc, Te>ch for Ameria ha.s rarge1-
cd Lewis & Clark students co affect sysC"cmic
changes to the inequalities in the American
educ:acion .!o)'Stem.
!'ranees Wells ('08) and Ev,n Perkiss ('08)
arc [WO of rhc students spearhcadins Teach
for Amc:rica recruitment on campus ... Most
LC srudencsare aw:irc of soc-i.al injustices and
arc idealistic enough ro w:tnt to be p:m of the
solution," said Wells.
With Congress now lambasting rhe No
Child Leh Behind Act, there is dire need for
educuionaJ reform in thccoun1ry. Accordi11g
to the "reach for Amcric.1 we.bsice. 13 million
children grow up in povcny today. purcing
them ;at statistical disadvanragcs compared to
their higher-income coontcrp:ircs.
The LC siudcnr body consisrs l.rgdy of
stud(·nrs who have received c.he benefit of
growing up in high•incornc communities.
T(".:tch for America brings the top studcnr.s co
rhc poorcsr schools.
"If I gcr accepred i1110 Teach for Ameri­
ca, I hope ro reach in rhc Rio Grande Valley,
where I had Teach for America c<achcrs rhar
inspired me to apply 10 Teach for America up teaching chcrc for a few years anyway," already e:trned TC:lcher of the Year recogni- and rigorous appHcation procc.ss ch:u no one
said Wells. rion for rhc school dimicr. shoo Id <>kc lightly; said Fiokc. "( Parrici-
"1.C srudenrs arc prepared for Teach for Former ASLC prcsidcnr Landon Mas• pants) arc reaching in really difficulr com-
America because rhey are engaged in rite arenc-i ('05) is now Executh•c Oirc.-ccor of the munirics,"
community. commicced co change, and 1tor New Mexico region. Thylor Ramsey ('01) is 111e applicacion process involves, among
afraid of leadership and raking rc.-sponsibil-- Managing Director for rhe Atlama l1'lStitutc. 01hcr 1hings1 d<.-vdoping a potcnrial lesson
iry, .. said Angcl3 Finke ('08), who was ac-Even if panicip~1ms do not wane ro ccach for plan.
cepred to rhe progr..tm in Janu.iry. "'We c.1n a career, leach for America provides them Despite the amount of dfon it t◊ok to
cririciHy look ac things :tnd see inequalicie.~ wi1h cou1\l.less options ... Since l'vc started apply. for Angda Finke ic was necessary ro
in c..-clucuion and will commit co making a recruiting on campus. I've become ~------ "t;ike a side seep and com•
difference." more and more inte.resccd in mit to a good com·
·fhese LC Students graduare wanting co
change the world, buc rhey are noc sure whar
to do. ") knew I didn'c wam to go right into
grad school... I wouldn', be happy just go­
ing into • job." said Finke. lns«-ad she ap­
plied ro Tc,ch for Amerie>.
Alumni connections provide graduates
with useful comae.rs afccr they complete the
program. son,ethingappcaling ro graduating
$Cniors who have not figured ou, their career
track ycc.
In the meantime they bcndlc from know ..
ing they contributed to socic<y. "Teach for
Amc.ric:.1 ha.~ r1 r:tngiblc impaet." said Perkiss.
.. You can measure what you arc doing. You
sec who you're changing because chcy are sir•
ting right in fronr of you."
Sometimes one of the only successful fac•
tors in a community's educ:uional $)'$tern is
,he Teach for Amerio, program. Alum Shan­
non Brady ('06) took a position in South Da­
kota. In less rhan rwo years she has become :m administrative caR'Cr
in education," said
Perkiss. who w:i.s
accepted
his program
of choice in
J:munry.
"Mosrof
the leach
for Amer­
ica alumni
remain in
education,
bur those
who don't
srill have in­
credible partner•
ships and connec•
cions to businesses
rnd schools." said Finke.
1e3ch for Americ.1, howev-munity service
projecc ..
hild
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Kenyan instability creates questions for study abroad
\Xlhat starred our as a simple ck-ction on Occcm­
~r 27"' in Kenya quickly cscilatcd to violence when
allegarions of ballot rigging and delayed rallring were
made by Odinga's Orange Decomcraric Movement
(ODM). Riots and violence soon followed when ,he
opposition parry (ODM) rcfuscd 10 acknowledge
Presidem Mwai Kibaki after be was sworn into office
on Dt-c 30.
News of the 500 displaced F.11nilies seeking refuge
in Jamhuri by Liz Holliday// features editor
Kenya in hores of mediaring talk.s between <he
Kenyan government and the opposition party
(ODM). who called off• mass a<rnck at Annan's
request. As for rhe futc of nci« rear's Kenya pro•
gram, trip 1e:~der Oavid C·unpion claims iris still
up in the ajr,
"[When] I mec· with my g1oup for the first
time, wcdiscusst-d the political turrnoil in Kenya,"
Campion said. ''It is really <00 early co cdl how
this will af­
Park '1lone
(loca,cd in
Nairobi), or of
road blockssc,
ur by gangs of
yourh looking
co h:i.rass pass-­
ers by. leaves a "Our decision for rhe program sites are
infonned, effective and appropriate based
upon the realiry of rhe situation and nor
the perception." Larry Meyers fi..'Cl 01.lf
program
since we do
not leave
until the
end of J\u­
gu.st."
bleak outlook for Kenp's rcoce tnlk.,.
This ycarrs E:m Africa study abroad trip n:rurncd
mere weeks before Lhe Kenyans dcctions cook place.
With another program scheduled for Fall of '08. 1he
question of how Lewis & Clark handles political in­
stabilities in countries where the college has O\'trseas
programs sc:em.s mor,: i~nporc1nc Lhan ever.
According 10 Oirecior of Overseas & Off.campus
Progtams Larry Meyers, this rype of situation h3S
happened many rimes since the study abroad pro­
grams starred in 1962.
"'Studcnt·s have srudie<l abroad during wars and
conRicts in Vicrnam, the Persian Gulf War, the inY.1-
sion of Afghanisran, 9/11. rhc bombing of the US
Embassy in Nairobi, the fuilt-d missile aim.ck on an
El-Al Right dcparring from Mombasa and ,he Iraq
\'«1r." Meyers s.1id. "Regardless of the situation or
local tensions, we aJways hold chc safcry of our Stu­
dents as our firn prioriry and is the main fuc,or \\'hen
making any decisions regording che developmenr and
continwtion of :tn)' of our programs. Our d(-cision
for the program sites .a.re informed. effective and ap­
propriate based upon the rcalicy of rhc situarion :rnd
not the perception."
L'U< week brought the presence of former Secre­
tary Gener.,! of the Uni«d Nations Kofi Annan to Approx•
imacdy 850 people hove been killed and 250,000
displaced thus fur. ·n,e majority or ,he violen«
l,;1,,-. been what is deemed •cchnic k.illings.1 with
both sides claiming the orher has been r:irgcring
1 hcir supporn:rs.
"I chink as our departure approachtS and the
reality sets in, I will certni11ly have some strong
rcelings of apprehension," soid Adam Llrus (' I 0),
who is ser 10 go on the program chis Fall. • Most
or the violence is locaJiu-d to certain a.reas thal we
likely would have avoided anyway (,hough we
may have to nix some plans ro go ro the Rifi Val­
ley). If ,he school lee; us go, I'm certainly going.
This trip is a really extraordinary opportunity :ind
I bdicvc the: rt"\\rard outweighs the risk ...
This is not the firsr time in chc history of multi ..
parry elections in Keny:, thar ethnic djvisions have
brought about tensions. The violence during thi$
election. ,hough, is arguably fur worse.
However, ,he safety risk has been assured by
Meyers to be taken iii consideracion prior co any
trip and thus fur rhc Fall '08 rrip ro Ease Africa is
a go. However, Meyers has pledged ro rnke into
consideration all safety risks priorro :tfl)f study
abroad crirs, and so far the Fall '08 Eas, Africa
uip is still on.
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"Now everyone knows what your jiz looks like!"
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l·I<-looks ..,.ally huoJant.-"'M!i sister asked m, f 1 was a (.:s6iau
rwo a!ffe·m,r rim.:s ,ivc,· lirent··
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"PAINTING
REFLECTS US
BACK TO OURSELVES."
-CARA TOMLINSON
Artwork, clockwise from top left:
Barbara Bartholomew, Shen Yun 3rd Spiritual
Rhythm; Eric Were, Tall; Cara Tomlinson, Un~
titled #4; Mike Rathbun, redemption 1, 2 ,3!;
Background: Ted Vogel, Red Plane. by Stephanie Beechem II editor-in-chief
217 people attended the
opening reception of
the 2008 Faculty Art
Exhibition last Thursday at Lewis
& Cl!1rk's Hoffman Gallery, where
nine Art faculty, working in charcoal,
graphite, inkjet prints, wood, oil,
acryJic, ceramics and mixed media
displayed their studio work, ranging
from a fifteen-foot-tall wood sculpture
painted a shiny, chromatic red, to a
scattering of white ceramic leaves on
digital turf, to sleek pictorial depictions
of virtues and vices.
This show marks d,e first exhibition at me Hoffman
Gallery for the spring semester, and will run unril March
16. The Faculty Art Exhibition icsdf occurs once ever four
years; chis year's show is the third faculty exhibirion since che
inauguration of the tradition. le is not a guarantee, however,
rhat me show will conrinue in irs current forrnat indefinitely
"I do, mink we're about to do someming different/
Hoffman Gallery director Linda Tesner said. "Faculty
[are] interested in more frequent faculty exhibitions, bur
nor a group show. We are coosidering maybe handing rhe
gall.ety to two artists at a time instead [of the entire faculcy:].
Faculty could be better served, and look forward to a major
expression."
•
LC Assistant Professor of Arr Cara TomJinson is trained
as a figurative anise, which you might not guess from her oil
paintings, Untitled# 1-4. Untitled #4 looks like a bundle of
candy-colored pastel Post-it notes arranged with large black
tacks, piled atop a clumsy loop of netting. The rest of the
sequence utilizes a similar pastel-hued color palette, curved
oval shapes chat look like pills, even tiny shapes mat look like
monster eyes. Bue co look for tables, lamps, stacks of books,
or slips of paper-students identified each of these objects
throughout the opening night-might be beside the point.
'Tm interested in modernist abstraction, wim symbolic
references," Tomlinson said. ''But I also use painting as
a ref:lecrive rool for minklng. Painting reflects us back to
ours~ves." So perhaps the~ bright orange shape in Untitled# 1
is the leg of a table; in the, exhibition catalogue, Tomlinson expresses an interest in
"improvisational architecture."
Or, maybe, it's just you.
•
If Cara Tomlinson is
interested in "improvisational"
architecture, then Mike
Rathbun is interested in
actually making it. Last
September, Rambun exhibited
a piece entitled N47° 36878'
W 122°20,788' at Suyama
Space in Seattle. The piece was
a monumental, room-sized
wooden airplane, crashed in a
grove of call, thin, spiky trees,
which "grew" from a gently
undulating wooden forest
Aoor.
Rarhbun's sculpture in
me Hoffman exhibition,
entitled redemption 1, 2, 3!,
is yet anorher monumental
work-a cowering, fifteen­
foor sculpture of rhree
separate cowers, which look
as if they could be miniature
grain elevators. Each leans at
a slighr angle away from its
central axis, like the Tower
of Pisa, and each "elevator'' is .
connected co the others at the St d t . R be"'· . u en s examine o "' rop by a long tube-like arm. All ----------
three arms meet in the center of
che sculpture, h_igh above the heads of me crowd. Everything
is painted rhe same glistening, chromatic red.
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The inspiration for Ted Vogel's Red Plane came while
Vogel was on sabbatical in Germany lase year. His studio,
located just north of Berlin in Pankow, was so close co an
airport that planes flew overhead every ceo minutes.
"In Pankow there was chis big beech tree, and you'd be
looking up through [it] and see ... litcle fragments of me
planes come through," Vogel said.
The piece is an eight-by-cen foorgrid of phorograpbic tiles,
all prioted with a black and white ·image of tree branches,
into which Vogel inserted round red rivers ,in the shape of an
airplane. This piece hangs vertically. Directly io fronr of this
grid, on the floor, is a parallel grid of digitally printed grass,
scattered wim white ceramic leaves.
"It's kind of a shift of reality," Vogel said. "I could've put
the feathers on real curf or artificial rurf or [we] could've
brought dire in, [but] I like the idea of me digital image."
Tesner, in the exhibition catalogue, describes the work as a
rnulci-dimensional examination of"humankind's interaction
with the natural world."
•
Ir's a long way from organic trees and synthetic turf to the
environments documented by Robert Miller's photography
sequences Fantastic Carnival !-IV and The Mall I-XII, most of
which were taken at the Rose Festival and the Lloyd Center
Mall in Portland. Underneath Miller's mall sequence, a
readerboacd mounted low 00 the wall displays dismal streams
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PHOTO BY NATALIE BAKER
a plain brown ring. Beside
each man is a phocograph
of cwo branches tied
into crucifixes, a pointed
reference co how each of
the men died.
"I was approaching
it pretty much as a
humanistic project,
kind of like, 'Who were
these men?'" l{icchcock
said. "They were acrual
people, making these
huge decisior;is that were
catastrophic for their
families and for their own
health. Who were they?"
s The Mall I-XII and Fantastic Carnival I-IV at the 2008 Faculty Art Exhibition. In c'he next room,
Drawing profossor Debra
Beers' sequence of 25
drawings, Coming Home,
srretches, appropriacely,
like a road down an entire
side wall of the Hoffman
Gallery and across the
back of the space. The
installarion is composed
oflarge charcoal drawings,
which depict Beets'
elderly father, interspersed
with small mixed media
drawings of the view from
Ioterscace 84.
''Both places feel Like a fantasyland in so many ways,''
Miller said. "But I'm struck by the disparity between the
promise and the reality. We're all responsible for the consumer
culture we live in."
In Mall N, three nearly naked mannequins lounge
seductively in the window display of a lingerie srore. In a few
of the photographs, mall-goers' faces look nearly as plastic
and empty and vacant as these dolls.
"I didn't so much conceive of these sequences as they
demanded to be noticed," Miller said.
•
In Visiting Professor of Art Leanne l:litchcock's direct
scan sequence Virtues and Vices, some of the vices in Miller's
photographs receive a ph.ysica.l represenration. "Gluttony"
is a 7-11 Double Gulp. "Pride" is a cheap American flag,
the tag and barcode sc_iU on: $1.39. "Lust'' is depicted with
three clear packers of lubricant, flavored ''wild cherry" and
"bubblegum blasr." As fur virtue, "Faith" is a safety pir).
"Charity" is an empty bowl, while "Valor" is a ditty baseball
that Hitchcock dug up from her own backyard.
"My subject matter usually has somerhing to do with
mythological heroism," Hitchcock said. "[Virtues and Vices}
came together really fast. I'd been chinking about it for
years ... and one day I just woke up and said, 'Why don't you
just use scuff?"'
Hitchcock's other sequence in the show gives photographic
represenrations to rhe apostles of Chrlstian tradition. In Peter
and Andrew, two men scand side by side in dark suirs. lhe
man on the lefr wears a thin silver chain with a silver key on
it-a reference to rhe apostle Peter's "keys to the kingdom
of heaven" -while Andrew holds a bound book and wears Beers writes m the
exhibition catalogue, "This installacion ... refers to my
numerous trips home on Interstate 84 and along the
Columbia River,",noting chat "(t]he river and the road have
been used as metaphors in all forms of art and spiritual
practices in the understanding of life and death."
One of Beers's most noticeable small painrings depicts a
sudden split in the road, the painted lines lir by the car's dull
headlights. Ochers depict the curve of the road as ir aburs
trees on one side, and tbe Columbia on the ocher-a stark,
symbolic depiction of the journey undertaken by h.er father
in the larger photos .
In one of these images, Beers' father sits in a wheelchair
with his back ro the viewer, his head tipped back in sleep or
re.laxation .in the semi-dark. A crack of light enters from the
next room. It is melancholy and peaceful at the same time.
•
While Beers drew inspiration from her family life
for Coming Home, Heather Watkins' Materials Under
Consideration #3, a tiny installation that contains a grab bag
of materials-nylon and grosgrain ribbon, a plastic sheet
with thin white .fibers, netting, cotton string, napkins, hanks
of rope and cwine--came directly &om her studio.
"This way of working began when a couple of curators
came to my studio to see my work, and decided co re-install
one of my process walls in rhe gallery," Watkins said.
In addition to Materials, Watkins is also exhibiting five
improvisational Momentum paintings.
"[Thar] work is made by pouring ink on the paper and
moving the paper, watching how it flows, adjusting these
very limited variables to achieve something interesting,"
Watkins said. They are sleek, .articulate paintings. A few look like seashells; ochers, unsurprisingly, look like rope.
Adjunct professor of Art Eric Wert'.-; "materials under
consideration" are nor, like Watkins, rope and twine, bur
rather pickled specimens: remnants of Werc's cenure as
an illustrator ar the Field Museum of Natural History in
Chicago, where he was asked ro draw, among other things, a
jar of dead snakes. These snakes make their way into Werc's
graphite drawing f Hear They're Fast and Cunning (the tide is
a. reference to an inscription on a drawing of a rhinoceros by
Albrecht Diirer). Two more ofWert's drawings are on display,
both extremely detailed graphite drawings of cacti.
"[The cactus drawings] were on display at the Fermilab
National Acceleraror Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois," Wen
said. "Mose people look at my drawings and say <Thar's so
complicate&', but a scientist rook one look ar the Tall cactus,
and said, 'You missed a spot. One of those spines isn'c casting
a shadow!' Thar's the kind of viewer I like."
The spot on rhe Hoffman Gallery wall across from rhe
front doors is an important location for any Hoffman show;
at this exhibition, it is occupied by late Visiting Professor of
Art Barbara Bartholomew's large acrylic painting Immortal
Breath, a swirling, absuacc, predominately off-white
composition with loops and dashes of green, copeer and gold
at the center, cut with sporadic, bright white dabs.
Even more interesting is a tiny sequence of paintings
mounted just around the comer, inspired by Bartholomew's
experience in Huang Shan, China's Yellow Mountains.
In the catalogue she writes, "For one hundred thousand
years and at this motuent ... clusters of souls, hermits and
immortals live in quiet mystery, in the light of the moon,
in alchemy, prayer, wood gathering, meditation ... travel
nowhere and everywhere with names unknown, breath the
breach of one thousand miles."
The paintings themselves are dark, but generously infused
with brilliant white, yellow and golden hues. Viewing ch.em is
l.ike peering down from some faraway location at the swirling
galaxy, itself: quiet, remote, and unknown. ■ • • Krnrn ,omL'OllL' more sr:, lish? '.\omin,ltl' thL·m for Sr:, k Source! Send .ill n,llllL'S ,111d crnit,lll i11form.nio11 to t~-.l!urcs(!_!'piolog.nl't • • _th_e_P_io_n_e_er_L_o_g_,_F_e_bru_ary ___ 1,_2_0_0_8 ___________________________ 1 __ 3~
School hou,e tock,: Watzek library breaks silence for live music
by Sarah DiSabatino II editor-in-chief
Skinny jeans, carefully-tucked bangs, and
a whole lot of noise permeated the usually
reverent silence of the Aubrey R. Watzek Li­
brary last Thursday as the fourth annual
Watzek Rocks concert took stage. Lewis
& Clark musical groups Valediction and
Momo and the Coop opened for Portland­
based Dragging an Ox Th rough Water in the
three-hour afternoon show organized by rhe
library's Marketing Committee.
'Tm really into music. Working in a li­
brary, you don'c always get a lor of ways to
express thac. ... [With Watzek Rocks) you get
to mess with preconceived notions of what
libraries are used for," said Nikki Williams,
Access Services and Technology specialise
and \Xfatzek Rocks coordinator.
Hipsters and curious library regulars tuned
in for Valediction, puncruating the other­
wise tepid sounds of tapping keys and zip­
ping backpacks with Jack Holmberg's rolling
baselines and David Holmberg's angsty vo­
cals. LC grad-into a sweet, refreshing
melody.
Library employee
Waylon Lenks {'08)
knew some of the
members of Momo
and agreed to emcee
the event. ") was pretty
stoked," he said.
"J was impressed
by everyone; Valedic­
tion was impressive
live, Momo and the
Coop was hilarious ....
r especially loved Brine's
[of Dragging an Ox
Through Water] last
song when he played a
recorder."
Listed by the Portland Mer­
cury as one of the top five acts
in Porcland, Dragging an Ox
Through Water headlined
uate student
Chris Elkorek's
lead guitar
Bowed in ethe­
real progres­
sion. Srudenrs Playing at Watzek provides a
distinct experience for bands
and fans alike.
began to perk up as if they were being awak­
ened from a homework-induced stupor to
find they were in a music video. Ryan Mauk
kept a steady rhythm on the drums.
"[Our) influences run across a broad
range from Velvet Underground, Love &
Rockets, and T-Rex," said Elkorek. Watzek Rocks. Despite some
miscommunication, Dragging
an Ox arrived shortly after 6
p.m. to finish off the show. The
band consists mostly of just
one man, Brine Mumford, bur
he enlisrs the help of local art-•
isrs and musicians to perform
with him. tery of the guitar will make
a difference on his upcoming
album, ser to be released in
the spring. "There's at least
one 'dance hit' lurking in
tbere," he said.
PHOTO BY NATAUE SAKER Playing at Wauek pro­
vides a distinct experience
for bands and fans alike. For
Mumford, rhe setting was
"very bright," much unlike
the basement venues he nor­
mally plays in. But, he is not
complaining-he has had
worse. "I played at Missis­
sippi Studios two days after
the Warzek show. [There are]
PHOTO BY KATIE SUGARMAN steep seats and you're at the
borrom, like fighting a tiger in a small colise­
um, bur with no death to look forward to. 1
didn't play so hot."
1l1e bands seemed to have little trouble
playing in the library, as fans were pleased.
"I wish we had more things like [Wariek
Rocks]," said Anna Donovan ('08).
Of course, putting on a show like Waczek
Rocks presents many logistical issues, par­
ticularly getting bands to play. The library's
Marketing Commircee starred purring up Si­
ers last semester. "Some bands knew about
previous [Warzek] shows and contacted me,"
said Williams. Even though the show has
four years of success to pad its reputation, the
community is small and Williams is already
chinking about next year's Watzek Rocks.
"We-'re always_ looking for interested bands.
Start thinking about it now," she said.
Pucring on a concert at a central loca­
tion like Warzek allows bands more access to
LC. "They reach an audience who otherwise
wouldn't see it," said Williams. Punk rock in the first act gave way ro
homegrown a cappella. "We had a great di­
versity of bands, and everyone seemed to like
them," said Williams. The crowd swelled
for the familiar Momo and the Coop, com­
prised entirely of LC undergraduates and
led, for the time being, by Matt Poole ('08).
Although reduced to a small core of singers
due to srudenrs overseas, the a cappelJa sing­
ers gave a crowd-pleasing performance. Isaac
Holeman ('08) led a solo in the opening
song, Eric Clapton's "Change the World,"
turning an overplayed sentimental pop song ''I've been learning a lot
of actual guitar chords lately,
which is something l'd never
really done," said Mumford,
who had relied on his instincts
when crafting his music. "[Be­
fore, I] just kind of made fin­
ger position structures and
weird picking patterns which
sounded good to me," he said.
He suspects char his new mas-Top: Isaac Holeman ('08) spearheads Momo
and the Coop's performance. Bottom: LC grad
student Elkorek (center) plays for Valediction. Valediction is working with KLC to play
another show ac LC around February 1 S
before releasing their oexr album in April.
They have played in venues around Portland
including Holocene in the Southeast. Drag­
ging an Ox Through Water is playing at the
Twilight Lounge February 1 S and at Valen­
tine's February 25. Momo and the Coop per­
forms regularly on campus.
Tales of Ordinary Madness
by Perr Zelenka, trans.lated
by associate professor of the­
atre Stepan S. Simek: Pccer, a
20-somerhing Uiban slacker in
contemporary Prague is sur­
rounded by madness. Wander­
ing aimlessly from one seem­
ingly mad person to another,
he becomes by curns a par­
ticipant in life's derangement,
a bemused observer of it, a
desperate seeker of normalcy,
and finaJly a casualty. January
18-February 2J. CoHo Theater.
2257 NW Raleigh St. First Thursday with Folk Artist Douglas Jones:
Not much is known abom Mr. Jones. He appeared
co be a homeless man that would to sic outside the
Portland Art Museum and ask for spare change in
the lace '80s. He would then take the money he re­
ceived and buy cheap paint. Mr. Jones would then
paint on any sUiface he could find, sheet rock, ply­
wood and cardboard. He then left the art out for
che public to s<ie and take. The work appeared to
be a comment on what was on his mind at any
given time, a sore of social commentary chat you
didn't see on the screers in the lace '80s in Port­
land. No one knows the whereabouts of Mr. Jones
now, but his work has left a lasting impression on
several Porrland arrisrs. Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6:30
p.m. Powe/L's B1trnside. Pavement Productions and The Blue­
stockings are proud to present "Dead
of Winter," three ghost stories written
for che stage by Portland playwright
Steve Patterson: Winter. Bare trees.
Fog. A chill breeze. Ir's rhe perfect
dme of year to cozy up and cell stories
about things chat might be there, in
the dark. In the night. And that's just
whac these chree psychological chillers
do: explore chat which isn't there ...
unless it is. "Dead of Winter~ opens
tonight at 8:00 p.m. at Pe,formance
Wvrks Northwest. 4625 SE 67th Ave.
1hursday through Saturday, 1mtil Feb.
23. Tickets are$ IO far students. lf you have listened to The
Moldy Peaches or to any of
Kimya Dawson's first three
solo albums, you will be fa­
miliar with her beautiful
use of cassette four-track to
achieve an intimate sense of
solitude. 1l1csc home record­
ings make it feel as though
you have a friend there with
you whispering in yoUI ear.
And you do. Kimya. is your
friend. Free in-store pe,for­
mance, romorro,u at 3:00 p. m.
Music Millennium East. 3158
E Burnside. _1_4 ____________________ .., ________ th_e_P_i_on_ee_r_L_o .. g
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PHOTO BY KELLY KUYKENDALL
Laura Stepanik ('10) and Ana Erikson ('10) run
lines before last week's auditjons for The Memo­
ry Water. The cast list, which consists of only six
students, was posted Monday.
British play coming
to LC in March
Main stage play, The Memory of Water, has
auditions, begins rehearsals.
by Matt Poole II staff. wrjter
At one of the first rehearsals for the.Lewis-& Clark The­
atre Deparonent's spring main stage play, 7he Memory ofWa­
ter by Shelagh Stephenson, the actors relax on the couches in
the Green Room of the Fir Acres Theatre. The small cast of
six, along with their stage manager and director, are exchang­
ing personal, emotional stories that relate to the events thar
rake place in the play they'll be performing in a month and
a half.
The British play cells the story of three sisters who reunite
to mourn the death of their mother, and are forced to re­
visir buried family baggage. However, despite the very seri­
ous premise of rhe play, it is full of humor and, according to
director Bech Harper, ir is the ju:naposition of comedy inside
the drama char makes chis script so incredible.
Harper, a visiting professor in the Theatre department
and founder of the Portland Actors Conservatory, chose to
produce 7he Memo17 of Water because she was exnemely ex­
cited co work with che unique material. This is her first time
directing a British play, an "ind mate six-person chrilJer," and
she is puJling our alJ of the stops. Later chis week, a dialect
coach will be joining rhe rehearsals to begin working with rhe
actors on their British accenrs.
Harper and her actors insist chat the dialect work is com­
pletely necessary to the. production of this play. "1l1e rhythm
and language are completely different than in our own coun­
try," said Harper, "and there's no way it could be done any
other way."
The work Harper's actors and actresses will be putting
into this play will be more than just memorizing lines and
adapting a new accenr. "American plays are not as focused
on history and identicy as British plays are," Harper said. "Jr's
important co be knowledgeable of the history behind these
characters and their country."
Despire the tumulruous State of the family in 7he Memou
o/Water, "This play is really about what holds people togeth­
er," said cast member Lisa Neher ('08).
7he cast of this very emotional play includes Alex Ramirez
('JO), Gustav Axelson-Chidsey ('08), Magda Rucinski ('J 1),
Neher, Ana Erikson ('JO), and Sam Harvell ('08). The per­
formances will be March 13 -16 at 7:30p.m., with a 2 p.m.
matinee on the 15. Tickets are only $5 for LC students, and will
be available in the theatre box office in March. ,m ,u,m~ Vietnam's "White
Silk Dress" simply underestimated
by Kirsten Anderson II staff writer
At first glance, "The White Silk Dress" is an incredibly
simple film. The heart of its story is sec forth clearly in the
title. In the beginning, it is difficult to see how such a sim­
ple theme can sustain a movie for more than two hours, but
once it gets going the film is neither simple nor tedious. A
Vietnamese production directed by Luu Huynh and starring
Truong Ngoc Anh and Nguyen Quoc Khanh, "The White
Silk Dress" is sec during the end of the French occupation
of Vietnam and the subsequent American conflict. The film,
which has won several important film awards in Asia, seems
both emotional and harshly real as it follows the struggles of
a poor couple and their four daughters.
In the opening scenes, the world seems very black and
white, with the humpback Gu and his beloved Dan the in­
nocent victims of their cruel rich masters. When Cu's master,
the Governor, is murdered by Viet Minh, however, things
begin to acquire shades of grey. Fearing both rebel mobs and
reprisals from the French military, Gu convinces Dan, a ser­
vant girl, to elope with him. They don't have money for a
real wedding, but Gu gives Dan a valuable white silk dress to
privately affirm their marriage.
Emigrating south, the pair settles in the village of Hoi
An. The story follows them through the years as they endure
yearly Roods and do their best to raise their daughters on the
unstable income provided by gathering and selling mussels.
Their Lives seem co be gradually improving. They purchase a
bicycle and send their older daughters to school. Then one
14:
lyrics an year Gu is told by a fortune-teller that i
ried he will have a very unlucky year. ~ fie:
days co the dace established as the mosta
ceremony, his family encounters one diffi<
They are forced to make increasingly painfuI r the
fuother.
es.
I
Though the transitions between events in these years are
at times rough, the white silk dress provides the thread chat
links them. Together, these episodes form a nuanced, com­
pelling view of life in an impoverished, war-torn nation. As
the movie ends, however, it sacrifices some of this depth to
make a political point, regressing back toward the "good ver­
sus evil" perspective of its beginning. In the process, it loses
much of what makes it such an outstanding film. The story's
ambivalent lack of conclusion does nothing to remedy this
deficiency.
The movie has a poor ending, some awkward exposition
and the occasional use of excessively dramatic lighting and
music. There is also some controversy about the director's po­
litical agenda and about the historical accuracy of some de­
tails. Despite this, "The White Silk Dress" is overall an excel­
lent film, successfully conveying the reality of life in Vietnam
during a difficult, dangerous time.
"Ihe White Silk Dress" plays at the NW Film Center's Portland
International Film Festival on Friday, Feb. 8, Saturday, Feb. 9
and Sunday, Feb. 10. Friday & Sunday showings at 730 p. m.;
Saturday at 1:45 p. m. At the Regal Broadway Metropfex. Go to
nwfi/m.orgfor more information and to buy tickets.
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Black Lips don't quit:
Live EP and US tour
by Sanne Stienstra // arts editor
Named the hardest working band at
lase year's South by Southwest in Austin,
Black Lips continue to be true to this ti­
tle. Amjdst simultaneous side projects (a
band called The Spooks and their own
Die Slaughcerhaus record label), rhe self­
proclaimed ''Rower punks" forge on with
a new live EP on iTunes, a video for their
song "Veni Vidi Vici," and a full US tour.
The EP, which is available only through
iTunes, fearures five of the band's best
songs from their recent release, Good Bad
Not Evil. The rebel anthem "Bad Kids"
begins the short new release-a clean re­
cording very similar ro the original. The
rest of the EP follows swt, wich four more
songs crimme.d nicely
and devoid of any typi­
cal Black Lips raucous­
ness.
Their fulJ-
lengrh live
record, Los
Valientes Del
MondoNue­
vo, which
came out
last year,
is a more
characteris-
ric porrrair of
the band's per­
formance scyle.
7he live Session
EP has a conser-vative quality that portrays just the bare
skeletal structure of what makes Black
Lips good. ITunes seems to have cut our
all the rest of the Black Lips' "bad kids
from Atlanta with something ro say"
vibe. By featuring "O Katrina!" and "Bad
Kids," the EP does retain the band's over­
all powerful lyrical voice, however, the
sound chat should accompany this out­
spokenness is rubbed out and it makes -
the EP seem forced and unenthusiastic.
This isn't to say char Black Lips have
sold our or lose their skiJJ. On che con­
trary, che US cour, which begins tonight
in Atlanta, wiU be a refreshing revival of
all the key elements of their calenr-en­
ergetic improvisation, kissing, fireworks,
nudity, etc.--cercainly
things undetectable in
rhe new EP but welcome
onsrage.
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MEETINGS EVERY MONDAY AT 5 P.M.
IN THE PIOLOG OFFICE IN TEMPLETON
(ACROSS FROM KLC). Life ordered through verse
J Allyn Rosser's la.test collection demonstrates unassaila.b/e control of form.
by Stephanie Beechem II editor-in-chief
"l love my pathetic career, I do love it /
and my low-rent slow-lane social life, I the
subzero prestige in being literally lose ro
the world / in the scale air of pompous old
books"-so does the narrator of J. AJJyn
Rosser's early poem "Two Years Lacer" char­
acterize the life she admits she loves: despite
her carpet, stained the color of "overcooked
asparagus," her aparcmem smelling of "es~
sence of roach" and all of Life's ocher "appall­
ing deprivations." Whether Rosser's narrator
was at one time an analogue for Rosser her­
self is unimportant, though for most readers
it's impossible not co wonder.
In the introduction to Rosser's earliest
collection, Bright Moves
(1990), Charles Simic
writes how "in che sev­
enth century B.C. we
hear [Sappho], some­
thing completely new in
poetry ... all of a sudden,
instead of the stories of
gods and heroes, we have
the life of the poet." This,
Simic explains, was the
birch of lyric poetry as we
know .it roday.
lnrerestingly, Simic
doesn't mention any of
Rosser's ocher inAuences,
as if his opening designa­
tion of this "completely
new" sryle might righteous." Racher than resorting to angry
lamentation, Rosser uses a tight, mericulous
cataloguing of behavioral techniques. The
conclusion of the poem is quietly devastat­
ing: "You'd chink by now you'd learn to be
consoled / ro know the soul he sold's not
yours but his, / though where yours was a
hollow feeling is."
Rosser's assonance ("the soul he sold")
and allireration (the s sounds in "consoled,"
1'soul," "sold," «yourst "hist "was,» and "is,,)
are masterful here, especially paired wich
her clever, sideways slant rhyme ("aghast" /
"cashed"), which she uses co dazzling effect
in both free verse and in form. The devastat­
ing control exercised by
both Rosser and her nar­
rators persists as well.
One poem in Foiled,
"Handle," does all this
especially well. Here,
Rosser characterizes life
as a heaving pile of small
grains that are constant­
ly shifring, sliding and
spreading out with every
new movement; appro­
priately, the poem's form
is looser and less steady
than usual-char is, un­
til the final lines: "[ln)
the mountain of slippage
you climb, every day
from now on is a
in fact apply ro
Rosser's lyric
poerry as well
as Sappho's. Bue
Rosser is noth­
ing if not a de­
scendent of cbe
20th c. lyric po-"[In] the mountain of slippage
you climb, every day from now
on is a failed / atternpt to mount
or descent in time." failed/ attempt co
mount or descent
in time."
Whether or
not rh.is is rrue of
life, Rosser's as­
sertion of control
ets Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, Sharon Olds
and, mosr of all, Edna Sr. Vincent Millay.
Like Millay, Rosser achieves her mosr so­
phisticated work in the sonnet and villanelle
form. In Rosser's cheeky sonnet "Lover Re­
lease Agreement," her narrator deliberately
relinquishes memories and even body pares
of an old lover to the woman who succeeds
her: "Againsr his lip, whose service has been
tendered / lavishly co me, 1 hold no lien. /
Here's his heart, which finally has blun­
dered from my custody. Here's his spleen." It
might well be a modern extension of Millay's
eponymous "What lips my lips have kissed,"
in which MiJJay breezily recalls what loves
"have come and gone," loves who, like birds,
"have vanished one by one.''
Rosser's skill with the sonnet proves even
sharper in her latest effort, Foiled Again
(2007). In "The Smell of Rat Rubs Off,"
Rosser writes, "Once again you've fallen for
the lure / of rus deference, his quick eyes'
brightness / slinking from the pantry of the over the poem's
form in its conclusion suggests a great deal
about her attention ro form in general. Rath­
er than allow form restrict her poems' scope,
Rosser rums ir ro her advantage-wheth­
er tighter and more controlled, as during a
poem about dinner with an old love (char is,
when control is imperative), and looser when
her narrator's life is.
One suspects, roo, rhar Rosser, like
MiJJay, occasionally feels the need co order
life through verse when it cannot be ordered
otherwise. In ''Aestheticism for Dummies,"
Rosser makes chis explicit, rejecting things
that offer themselves freely ("If it has borne
you, dismounr. / If ir accommodates, move
out"). Bur, she explains, "when ir blazes up
in a field/ You're speeding by too fast co see
clearly, / To stop ar or ever find again, go
ahead: / Want chat." Whatever unseen thing
blazes up is exactly what Rosser desires. It is
on this desire that Rosser brilliantly imposes
the parameters of form and meter, as if they
were the only way to spell its delicate truth. ·-♦ ♦ •
16 Sports the Pioneer Log, February 1, 2008
NothifiJ less th.Ian serious business:
Mens ultimate redefines 'Club Sport iitle
There are plenty 0f ~pJe who will
scoft_ laugh, and e1.>en slap you in rhe face if
you so much as even suggest r:har Ultimate
Frisbee is a sport.
Bur don'.t be so quick t(I jump on the
cnnve1;1rional wisdom bandwagon. Ap av­
erage Ultir_nate player wit1 throw a Ftjsbee
disc in ways, rhat, -when imitated by novio­
es, results in greaf rinbarrassmenr and hu­
miliation. They will sprinr 100 yards fot the
mere opportunity of catching a Jong pass,
or corqpletely lay OU{ to defleet the compe­
citions throw. An average Ultimate player,
basically, is nor unlike any othet athlete.
For anyone who has ever watched an
Ultimate game or participated in une. tbe
athleric~m is overr and the talent is pldlci­
ful.
The Lewis & Clark Bacchus- die merit
Ultim;ue rea,m name, after tht 'RoMitt ~
of wine and o"rgies -are a ~h!!ndl.
The team has e.xisred for ~ two ~ . by Daniel Cochran II sports ~itor
cades, they practi~ dlrec: to four rimes a
week, run coordinated drills, condition on
their own time, and they eveQ )lave it coach
-a gradu¥e of Lewis & Clark's School of
Educat.ion. When the team uses up its bug­
ger, the playa-s are ready to supply what is
needed. The level of commitment is' nearly
on p.a.r wich rhar of a varsrty sport, and, con­
sequently, me team has been quire ~uccessfuL
in recenr yeats, ptadng 3rd in cl1e Division
IIT Nationals in :,ZOOQ
TI,e sfructure ef Ultimate Frisbee is srlll
ii\ it's infancy, however, as no official leagtte
or conference yet exiscs. Playoff coni:ention
is based on rournamenr performance, and
there are generallJ betWeen 4 and 6 each
)rC;tr. Teams play in tournaments based upon
-which section theyhel0ng ro, which,is loo..~e,.
ly dcrermined by geographic factors.
On February 8th, for instance, Bacchus
will be ffying to Las Vegas co compete against
teatns from around the country, including University of Florida aod UCLA. "'These
roucwu:nen(S are pretty b1g evenrs," says
t'eam Captain and Handler Grant Cole ('08).
Wl\at is a handler you ask?
A Handler is one of three positions in Ul­
tunate Frisbhi, the ocher two being, Ci.itter
and Oeep. 1hose \vho play Deep tend to be
tall and. fu&t, and, as their .name suggests, seek
our the deep passes. l\l1 three positions will
frequently overlap, but Cutters tend to Jook
for shorfet passes while Raodlel!S will have
the strongest rhrowlng skills and thus look
for deeper p~ses.
Thece are seven pc:qgJe from each team on
rhe field at any given rime, '31.tJ>ough Bacchus
often has 30 people showing up co practices,
which h~ prompted the creation of a "B"
team.
Altnough ch.e men's Vlt;iruare team is
highly committed. it still enioys the same ca­
rya('.lderie and amusement mac <accompany
the Glob Spoir title'. "Some of the ~t 'tiITTC$" I've had in CoJlege have bw1 at Ultjmat:e
toumamcms. We compete against schools
ten tlrnes our size, and we win," says ~le,
who tec.encly returned from the, Woad
ChampionshipJ3each Ultimate in Maceio,
Brazil.
The future.pf the rea.mr moreover, looks
p.t:omising: from veteran players like co­
Capta.in, Dan Fenn ('08) and Deep-man
Mitch Tgwner ('09) to younger talent ill
Sam Barbet (' 11), tllti:rnace Frisbee h~ be­
oome embedded in the Lewis & Clark la,.
bel.
This year, the team has once again set its
sights for che Division l1I Narional Cham­
pionship and is eitgerly awairing rhe start of
me season. While their first official tourna­
ment begios on February 8th, chey will be
scriJUtnaging Reed College this Wednesday
at 8:00 p.m. at Griswold Field.
If you can beac tile weather, you will
likely n11,d yourself entertained.
PH010FROMGAANt€0LESOH
An epic end to an epic season: a perfect Superbowl XLII
In che last week of December, New York
Giants' coach Tom Coughlin faced a deci­
sion: rest his scarcers for the final, inconse­
quenria.l game of the regular season, or put
his players' healrh on the line by going all out
against the undefeated Pacriocs. He chose
the latter, much to che criticism of the talk­
ing heads around the league.
The resulc was one of the most intense
and entertaining games of the season. The
Patriots ended up winning 38-35, but rhe
Giants proved a point: when they play with
heart, and avoid stupid penalties, they can
certainly play David to any GoUath. Since
that nighc, the G-men have beaten the 13-3
Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers, with
both games on the road. In rhe latter, they
overcame a game-time temperature of -4
degrees. For the legions of analysts and
fans who had previously labeled New
York Giants' quarterback Eli Man­
ning as soft in heart as well as head,
his sudden rebirth was astonish-
ing.
Confounding predictions
seems to be the Gian cs forte,
as one week they look
like a h.igh sch.ool ream
still learning the play-
book, and che next
like a spirited jug-
gernaut. They
lose ac home
bur win on
the road,
and they
• by James Reddick // news editor
play poorly against the fodder of the league
bur well against the big guns. All of chis
adds up to an extremely unpredictable Su­
per Bowl on Sunday. On paper, the Patriots
are clearly supedor. In fact, they're probably
superior ro any other team that's ever played
professional football. The only ocher team
co complete an undefeated
season in the Na-
tional Football •
League was .
the 1972
Mia rn i
Doi-phins, a ream led by Hall of Fame coach Don
Shula. Since then, the 1972 Dolphins have
been the benchmark for all reams ro compare
their regular season success, and while many
teams had come close in recent years, ic was
the Patriots who ulcimarely rewrote the re­
cord books. The fact that an undefeated
ream only comes around once every 36 years,
therefore, is a testament to the strength of
this year's Parriocs ream.
Beyond their perfect record, what is
truly remarkable is che ways in which
they win. There are the colossal
blowouts, like che 52-7 win chat
triggered a storm of Patriot
~. '. ~ }111...iarred for running up che
•--.....:: .... <:.;;_.~~ score. And then there
are the "eekers"-
games in which
che Pacs had
their backs but somehow managed to squeak out a vic­
tory.
The Eagles, Ravens and Giants all had
them in rheir grasp, only co see Tom Brady
engineer phenomenal fourth quarter drives
to beat them. These close games reveal a
chink in the Patriot machine bur they also
demonstrate a roughness and win-ac-al.l costs
menrality that makes them truly scary. Bue if
any one were co beat them, the Giants would
make the most sense.
The Patriots should cement their destiny
with a completely perfect season, bur the G­
men seem co have a knack for revising rhe
course of history. The media was already
saliva-ring ove.r a Brett Favre-Tom Brady
march-up in rhe Super Bowl before Man­
ning and che Giants went into Lambeau and
ruined their fairy tale. Now the media has
a new spin: the continued rivalry between
Boston and New York fans. The Red Sox
and Yankees are old news, but the Patriots
and Giants, under chese circumstances, are
a whole new playing field. The Patriots are
looking co win their 4ch Superbowl in the
past 7 years, a fear no ream has ever accom-
plished. Conversely, rhe Giants, who lost
che 200 I Superbowl ro rhe Baltimore Ra­
vens, since chen have only gained notori­
ety for struggling.
This week, the task they face is even
greater than, cheir previous challeng­
es. Bur maybe this whole season of Pa­
triot domination has just been build­
ing up to a New York-size upser. I ♦ . . . .
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Pioneer Men keep
post-season hopes alive
by Camron Roberts // staff writer
Coming into the year, the Pioneer Men
were marked the unanimous /1'.l in the Con­
ference. With this preseason honor came the
burden of living up to those expectations,
which is difficult for any team co deal with.
As Assistant Coach Dinari Foreman states,
"There is no sneaking up on anyone now, we
take everyone's best shoe every game." The
Pios entered their three game homc;scand
knowiQg it may be the most important three
game span of the year 'Yi th each of the three
games against reams competing for one of
the three Conference toumament spots chat
the Pios hope to secure.
The opening game of the homestand hap­
pened to be against the Conference leading
Puget Sound Loggers who are also ranked
#11 nacionalJy. The Pios came our of the
gates as strong as they ever have, opening up
a 15-0 lead in the first 7 minutes. 92-87. David Berggren {'09)
scored a team high 22 points
while Gene Rivera ('08) had a
double-double with 12 points
and l O rebounds.
Following the most devas-•
eating loss of the year, the Pios
came out rhe next night and
won a critical game over the Lin­
field Wildcats who are one game
ahead in the standings.
While the game was very
close at the end, the Pios held on
with a 78.-68 victory led by Joey
Toboni ('08) with 20 points and
6 rebounds. Tyson Papenfuss
{'09) chipped in 18 points hit­
ting on 8 of9 field goals.
The final game of che home­
stand was against the Pacific
Boxers on Tuesday evening.
The Pios found themselves in They did not allow a field goal until the
12:41 mark of the first half and continued to
cruise with a halftime another rug-o-war battle in chis
mac ch
lead of 42-22. The
second half started
the same way with
the Pios building a
26 point lead with
14:23 remaining.
With Thomas Til­
lery ('IO) fouling out
with around 8 min-"The Pios entered their
three game homestand
knowing it may be the
most important three
game span of the year." up. Every
time the
Pios went PHOTO FROM KATIE SUGARMAN
The Pioneerss mounted a second half comeback on the strength of 16 points from
Dave Berggren ('09) (far right).
utes left, the Loggers went on an enormous
run, lead by Antwan Williams 34 points.
The Loggers tied the game at the buzzer
and won the game in overtime by a score of on a run
they were answered
immediately by the
Boxers.
While each team
exchanged leads
throughout the second half, the game was
deadlocked ac 71-71 with 3:37 left. With
l: 15 remaining and the Pios ahead 74-72,
David Berggren hit the possible shot of the year with a step back three pointer giving the
Pios a 5 point advantage. The Pios held on
to the lead down the stretch thanks to ter--rific free-throw shooting by Mark Robinow-
itz ('08), who led the Pios with a 20 points.
Pulling out an 85-79 victory over the Boxers,
the Pios salvaged what could have been a di­
sastrous homescand.
With the team battling illness and inju­
ries throughout conference -play, it appears they may be getting healthier, "The guys are
playing better together and l think we are
getting better with every game and we are
• starting to finally get healthy," says Assistant
Coach Foreman.
It appears the Pios may be hitting their
stride just in time to make a run for the post
season. The Pioneer Men head to Pacific Lu­
theran Saturday night for another all impor­
tant game wich tip-off at 8 p.m.
Women's basketball finish tough homestand victorious
by Camron Roberts // staff writer
Entering last weekend's homestand, the
Pioneer women sat amid (he roiddle of the
pack in conference play with a 3-3 record.
Knowing a top three 6n,ish in conference is
needed to make che conference tournament,
this series was a very pivotal set of games
for the Lady Pioneers. There are four teams
competing for che final spot in me confer­
ence tournament, so every game is crucial for
'the Pioneer Women.
Of the three game homestand, the tough­
est test was by far the Puget Sound Loggers
who are ranked#23 ln the country. Tue l?ios
fell 66-56. They played solid in the first half
and kept the game tight going in to halftime,
where theywerconlydown by 7, 35-28. The
Loggers however proved r.o be too tough ,in the second half where they built a 19 point
lead o,i some accurate shooting and aggres­
sive rebounding. The Pios were led by Kim
Kittell ('10) with 13 points, five rebound&,
five assists, and rwo st~ls.
The second game of the homesraod was
against the Linfield Wildcars on Saturday
night, which also was PAC(I() Pamplin
night. With a large crowd on hand, the Pios
were in for a defensive dogfight the whole
game. They lead 32-27 at halftime and came
out the second half and locked down on die
defensive end. They only allowed 18 paints
in che second half and held on for the 53-45
victory. The Pios were lead by Allison Farr
('08) and ,Kim Kittell ('IO) who both filled
u17 the srat sheers.
The final gai;ne of the homesrai:id ~ against the Paci.he Boxers who have only
one conference win on the year. However,
the Boxers' one win came against the Pios a
month ago.
On the previous loss to Pacific, "Going
into the game we knew chat we were not go­
ing to let that happen again;' said forward
Allison Farr ('08), "We were much more
confident going into the g,1.me since it was
dn our home Boot."
This confidence showed as the Pios raced
out to an 18 point halftime lead, 3,8~20.
The closest the Lady Boxers would come is
a mere 14 points as the Pioneers pushed their ,
lead to as much as Hand cruised to a 65-45
victory. Crystal Castle ('08) had yet another
dominant performance,' recording her sixth
double-double of the year and 15r1i of her .career. Castle also added five assists, com­
plimenting Alison Farr's ('08) performance.
Farr ('08) moved into second place on the
all-time career list for blocks with 104 and
Kim Kittell ('10) improved her Conference­
leading assist-to-turnover ratio with four as­
sists and ;r.ero turnovers.
The Pioneer Women seem to be coming
together much better :as a team and as Fart
('08) said, "lf we continue to play together
and nor individually we can lock in third
place and then win out in the conference
toufuey. When·we come t9gether and play
as a teani we are golden!"
The Pios hope to continue their hoc streak
in pu~uit of a spot in the Conference teur­
namcnt as they travel to Pacific Lutheran to
play on Saturday night at_ 6:00 p.m. ♦
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The Pioneer Log rakes a time out to recognize LC's star athletes. This
week features two hot players from the men's and women's basketball
teams. You can even cut them out and trade with your friends.
Mark Robinowirz. {'08) scored 20 points, collected 3 rebounds and 2
steals in Tuesday night's game against Pacific Unive~sity. Robinowirz. shot
3 for 7 from beyond the arc, leading the Pioneers past the Boxers.
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the Pacific Boxers, bringing in 12 rebounds wnile scoring 14 points.
Castle, a biology major in her final year with the Pios, also had five assists
and two blocks in the 65-45 win over the Boxers. The victory keeps the
Pioneer women in 3rd place in the Northwest Conference.
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[[Eight Days Out]]
Friday,
February 1
David Sbratter A.rt Exhibition Open­
ing Reception
4:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Location: Watzek Library
Atrium
Cost: Free
Wanek Library will host a reception for
local artist David Shratter's exhibition
"Intimacies: Transforming Exterior to
Interior" The reception is open to the public.
The exhibition includes 18 paintings from
Shratter's "Pordand Streetscape Series"
and "Duets and Trios: The Onion Series".
In addition there are 40 pen and ink and
pencil drawings of various subjects.The
exhibition runs through May 2008.
Blue Scholars Rock L&C
Location: Evans Music Building
Cost: Free to L&C Students with ID
or$10GA
Fresh off 5 sold out nights of "The
Program," a celebration of Northwest Hip
Hop, the Blue Scholars will arrive at Lewis
and Clark College on Friday, February 1 to
perform songs from their new digital P "Joe
Metro," (released November 6, 2007) and
past album "Bayani."
Tuesday,
February5
Doing a Thesis or a Senior Project Paper
This Semester?
4:30-p.m.
Location: John R. Howard Hall
121
Cost: Free
The Writing Center is offering a workshop
designed for seniors who will be engaged
this semester in a project that will require
them to produce a long paper. In this
workshop we'll approach such projects
from the perspective of the demands they
place on you as a writer and a researcher.
"Lord, Save Us From Your Followers"
special pre-screening and discussion
with director
7:30 p.m.
Council Chamber
Cost: Free
Please join us for this special event before
the national debut of the documentary
_"Lord, Save Us From Your Followers" in
March. The movie screening begins at
7:30 and will be followed by a discussion
with the producer and director, Dan
Merchant. . Saturday,
February2
Great Tribal Leaders of Modem TIDles:
Navajo Nation
9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
Cost: $40 per session
Class will view two of the most profound
leaders of the modem Navajo Nation: Dr.
Peterson Zah, who is Special Advisor on
Indian Affairs to the President of Arizona
State University, and Chief Justice Emeritus
of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court,
Robert Yazzie. Yazzie pioneered in creating a
peacemaking process i~ Navajo communities,
and now lectures internationally on this
process.
Wednesday,
February 6
Developing a Resume & Cover Letter
4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Location: Albany Quadrangle 207
Cost: Free
Resumes and cover letters are necessary
professional documents whether you
are securing part-time or full-time
employment, looking for an internship,
or applying to a graduate or professional
program. Additionally, some graduate
and professional programs request a
curriculum vitae as a part of the application
process. This workshop will assist you in
preparation of these documents. Sunday,
February 3
Goto Church
Lower Case T Day
Thursday,
February7 .
Return of the Zombies -Dr. John Perry,
Stanford University
4:00 p.m.
Location: Miller 105
Cost: Free
The LC Philosophy Department and
Philosophy Club have worked together to
bring an honored guest speaker to give a
lecture. The speaker is the famous philosopher
John Perry who will be presenting a paper on
"The Return of the Zombies". The paper will
address one of the most controversial and
hottest topics in the philosophy of mind:
David Chalmers' Zombie Argument. Monday,
February4
Physics Colloquium: Physics Research
Opportunities for Undergraduates in
Chile and NYC
4:00 p.m.
Location: Olin Building 204
Cost: Free
Senior Physics majors Scott Henderson
and Kjell Schroder will discuss "Physics
Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
in Chile and NYC
-Friday,
February8
Alexander String Quartet
8:00 p.m.
Location: Evans Auditorium
Cost: $15 general/$10 L&C employees
and alumni/$5 L&C student
The Alexander String Quartet returns co
L&C fora three-day residency, culminating
in their performance on February 8. Join
Zakarias Grafilo and Frederick Lifsitz,
violins; Paul Yarbrough, viola; and Sandy
Wilson, cello for this extraordinary
program.
Mozart's Divertimento in F major, K. 138
Bart6k's String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D
minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden". ♦ . . . . .. .
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In -honor of Focus the Nation, the Back Door
is highlighting an animal whose habitat is being
endangered by global warming.
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To submit your own "YCME," email piolog@lclark.edu
You: Voodoo rag doll.
Me: Pio sweat pants, and 1 told
you it was a swatch not a watch.
Your name srill rhymes with dayt.
So let's gyrayte,
Until very layt.
Happy Birthday, mayt!
You: Andrew Shaw-Kitch
Me: I like you:
A11en1ion
Scholars
Researchers
at Lewis and
Clark College
have discovered
several lost
journal
entries from
Meriwether's
personal
journal. Here is
the first.
:Meriwetfier: 199
years is a wng wop
to 6e out of .. You: Ugly Hipsters
Me: Football God.
P.S. I am cooler.
So ACE, when can I play
with your ballsack?
You: Ocho-Cinco
Me: Take your jersey number
(85) and subtract 16. That's
how you're gonna score this
touchdown.
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