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2008-03-01

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ttlIDENT FEES. ''Leap for Change'' Barack-apella rocks
by Larkin Flora// staff writer
LC's Barack obssession
has finally gotten some
recognition: a Barack­
centered concert draws
attention on YouTube
and political biogs.
'This leap Day, Friday, Fcbru:irr
29, srudcncs at lewis & Clark
joi,1ed Bar~,ck Obama supporters
around the nation in Leap For
Chang,·. Act.ivitics indudcd
m:1king c-shirts, some of which
read •You Barack My World" and
""Barnc,k and Roll". llte cxciccml'nt
of the event c:uJminare<J with i:he
'"Barack..1.ppdla" concen in Evans
Auditorium.
Crea.ring music ro t:xprcss an
opinion abour politics is not a
oew idel. lketh0\1t1\ used hit third
symphony to show his support of
Napoleon Bonapart, while Verdi's
opera Nnhuct·o was seen as a ca.II
for Italians to rise up against the
French and Aus1rian domi_n:uion.
More recent musicians such as Bob
Dylan. Benjamin Britten, Billie
Holiday and Ario Gud,ric have
added their voices and taknts to
gcr their political mes5agc across
through their medium.
On February 2, 2008 Black Eyed
Pe:is member will.i.am added his
voice ro rhe polirical mU$ic genre
by ptoducins and rckasins ,he
music video .. Yes, \Y/e Can» online.
·This video is Barack Obama's
concession speech from the New
Hampshire primaries set to a
simple guirar riff with celebrities
echoing his words, lr h:un("SSCS
simple black ond whico imagery
combining clips of the speech with
those of tl,e performers to amplify
his message of char,ge. l11e original
video has over 5,600,000 views
on yo~irube.com. h combines the
drawing power of 1he I nee.mer for
America's youth with the appcal
of celebrity cndorsemenrs, all in a
somewhat grassroocs serdng.
1hc Bar:ick:,ppella concen was
tl,e brainchild of Isaac Holeman
('08), He though, up the idea
af«r seeing the "Yes, We C:tn"
music video online. AJready a
member of LC's Momo and the
Coop. Holeman wondered if he
and his friends could use their PliOTO ev I.AURA SNl!:81
Momo and the Coop performed the famous "Yes, We Can" pro-Obama song at the
"Barackapella" event. The video of the performance has gained popularity on YouTube.
•-cappella skills to show their
support for Obama. 11,e re.'iult was
Bar.ickappcUa.
LC Srude,m for Barack
Obama provided the support with
coordinat.ing rhe donations a.nd
publici1.ing the e,•em. They al.so
registered voters and volunteers and
coordi_nated rhe r-shirt nuking.
~lbcrc is an excitcmcnc from chis
election that has not been s<..-cn i.n tO go beyond their cynicism and
partisan.ship and work for a hencr
America." said Brysac-t. Barack's
speeches have earned hirn suppc:,rt
at LC for bcing fresh and articulate .
"He's a very aurhcmic c:rndid:1te.
He can ralk genuinclr aboUL the
importance of fuith, and shared
sacrifice one minurt, and du'.:n
make a joke about pop culrurc ,he
next." said Brysack, "Tuai kind of
our generation
since che Vietnam
era. Voter curnout
for che primaries
has already rriplcd
for 18-29 year <1lds
since 1hc last open
election in 2000
and many people
anribuce rhar
to the drawing,
oracular power of
Obama, ----------- eloquence allows
In one song, [Momo
and the Coop] posed
che quescion can we
"Change the World?"
and answered their him co conncc1
with young
people without
pandering. Lewis
& Clark studenrs
recognize these
vinucs, and I
bdiev~ rhar's why
he has so much
support here." own quesrion with
cheir rendicion of
"V w C " ies, e an. LC has
"I ca.n feel
myself doing things actively with
bis morivacion," said Crystal leis
('11). ''\Y/c a.re: the generarion rh:u
has ro make cl,angc. We ate the
generation that h;is 10 fix global
warming ... He is more effective :u
morivat.ing and chat's where Ule
c-hange is going to come from.
From people who feel mocivaied ...
and trust rhcir leader."
Ben Brysaa. ('08) of Students
for Barack Obama agrees. "I think
srudcnrs on this campus recognize
that we 11ecd a sman Pres·idem
with good judgment, and one who
can challenge the A.rnerican people traditionally
been • politically
active campus, but even the
previous presidcncial elections
were frusrmring for many srudc11ts.
Barack has potentially ccvivcd the
college crowd. ""Our gc:ntr:nion is
waking up ro rhc polirical procC5S,
and he's made chat process serious
and relcv::mt, bot no1 stodgy," said
Brysac-,.
The concert itsdfhad a rdativdy
s01~1II tumour. Abour eighty people
attended, including Obama
supporters from the community.
Loc:iJ politicians were also invited,
buc none were able: to attended.
Tue group sung eighc songs, c.ich rcfating in som<.· way ro Obama's
poli, iC$. In one song, rhcy posed
Ulc qucstfon can we "Changf.! c.hc
World?" :md a1tswered rhdr own
question with thc.ir rendition of
.,Yes, We Can."
On Friday night videos of ,he
conccn were pur on yourube.com.
Wi,hin 24 hours of being onlinc
the Barackappclla version of •vcs,
We Can" already had 7,500 views.
By Mo11day rhar number was up ro
12,000 and on Wednesday there
were over 19.500 views :and 190
comments.
•1 think people «:ally like that
we are ju.st :1 group of rel:nively
ordinary folk being part of
something extraordinary. People
scen1 to be enjoying our e-fforrs
more bcc.1.use we arc k·ss fumous.
aod closer co the gf3SS rootS -rhat's
preny different from traditional
campaigns isn't it?" Isaac Holeman
posred on his blog on Saturda)',
13arackappcll:i is planning
on performing cheir scr around
Oregon and looking in to the
possibility of performing at the
Democr.uic N:niom1I Convention.
BrysaC'L said that he is vc.ry cxcired,
csp<.-ciaUy aft<'r Tuesday's primari<.-s:
"Oregon is going l◊ be :i very
important race... I wouldn't be
surprised to sec rhe candidates
stoppiog in Portla.11d in r_he near
future. Rcgardlcs..,;, we have a lo(
of organiiing and gerting--out-the­
vorc to do, but I chink LC scudems
arc fired up and ready to go aft«
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Newfoundland dog gives LC a facelift
LC athletics looks far a logo: and finds a dog.
by Michael Richman // staff writer
In rhc fall of 2008 rhe u-wis and Clark
Pioneers may have a new logo to rt:prese,u
irs uhletic reams. The proposed new mas­
cor is a Newfoundland Dog a.nd would go
by the name "Pio". ·n,, school's mascot, Pio­
neers, will remain inma che llC\V logo would
simpfy be :1ddi1 icm:,J r~presenmrion for LC
sports teams.
The logo-changing process sc,ncd in che
spring of 2007 wi<h a change in fonc and
Sl)1c of ,he abbreviated logo LC. ·11,c new
LC logo is feature.d on the college's newer
p:tr3phcrnalia. 1hc new '"LC" inch1des an
"&" symbol and is less block like ,han cl1c
older image.
"The college wanted us robe Land C. not
10 be confused wirb other schools th:H art:
also LC, like Linficld College for example."
Athletic Direcror Clark Yeager said, .. rhar
was the beginning of [,he logo-change pro­
cess)." According ,o Yeager, ,hrougb ,he spring
1 he coonskin cap was the group•s "best idea."
·tnc group also strongly considered an im•
age chac included Mc. Hood. But no idea the
group h:id come up with ycr sc:cmed 10 he a
good 6c.
"And then we came up with a concept of
a real ;inimal,>' Yeager said. 1ht: question w:1.s
posed whether there were any anim:iJs on
the Lewis and Clark expedition, and ..... ir
rums our ic \V'aS n Newfoundland dog," Yea•
gcr said. the logo voiced wa.s that the image of the dog
was too cute and too friendly.
Tfhc dog w•sl roo friendly, Mathcnm·
its Professor Greg Fredricks. who is one of
~wo faculty athletics represcnt:11ives, said.
"\V/e don't need something ferocious, buc not
quite ready to jump inro your lap."
Yeager expressed similar conurns t1bou1
che first dog logo, "\Y/e w,mred something
stronger. not quite so cute rendition. But
Yeager r"-aliteti th:u making the dog more
herce could also prescnt some pr<>blerns.
This ide:i stuck "'New­
foundland Jogs have oll
kinds of good nnd cmlors­
i ng q11alities. so we had Jim
Ward come up with a de­
sign." Yeager said. "These kinds of things, "'\Y/e didn't wam
isomcrhing) ag•
grcssi\'C or with
blood com­
i,,g out of his
mouth." if used at the right
time, create a sense of
being a part of some­
thing ... the logo is
Yeager along with Jim \V.ud, Melissa
Dudek, lt.)11'1 Kratee1'11rrnker, Amy Drill and
Joe Becker worked to make further changes
to the school's logos las, spring. W.,rd is the
design an ist for the new logo. lnc initial skccch of rhe
dog w:u presented co a va­
riety of focus groups and
reponcd.ly received over
150 written responses with
feedback from fuculty, staff.
:ilumni and students. ll1c
Black Studcnc Union. che
Studtnt A1 hlecc Advisory somer.hing you don't
know you're missing if Another com•
mon compblnt
w:1.s that rhc dog
was too much of
a 5tr('lCh co con­
nect them:ui­
cally with rhc
mascot Pioneers.
Fredricks S."lyS
,htu the loos<.­
conneclion is a •1we were) looking for something thac
symboliicd the school." Yeager said about
developing the schools new logo. ·we came
up with a variety of ideas for an acmal pio­
neer, yec we didn't wan/ l<hc logoJ ,o be jusc
male or just female." Cou,,sclandt:hcASLCwcrc you don't have ic."
:all involved in foGUs groups
The group pondered ocher ideas char fit
with the pioneer theme . .,We looked :.H wng­
ons. looked ac compasscs ... :n wagon wheel.s.
\Y/e looked at ,he shield, looked at taking
S)•mbols of che Will,unmc and Columbia,"
Yeager s.1id. '"And rhcn we: came up with 1he
coonskin cap." abou, the logo change.
After some ini,ial doubt ASLC President
Autry Ligget believes the dog logo h:t.~ •• lot
of potcmial." He added 1 hat he has "full faith
in Clark Ycager.1Om Krancnmakcr and oth­
c.1-s who will undoubtedly be involw;d in the
rollouc. therefore, it could have~ m:,jor im•
pac, on athlc:ci~ if done properly."
Hur this first im:,ge of the dog did not re­
ceive .,II posicivc feedback. ·n1e main neg:i­
rivt" commcm focus grollp:. prQCnte<I wirh
A memorial commemoracing both
soldiers and concracotrs who have been
killed in the lraq War, "Eyes Wide Open,"
sprung up on the Grassy Knoll, the lawn
berween the Manor House and Pamplin
Sports Center, this week. The memorial
came to campus through the American
Friends of Service Committee, where
senior Avery Welkin ('08) interned last
year. Welkin facilitated the exhibit's ar­
rival on campus. Each pair of shoes in the
exhibit serves to remind observers of the
human cost of the war.
PHOto8YNAT.M.IE.8AXER "reaching oppor·
tunity" fot srudenc.s to lc.-~1rn more: abouc 1hc
Lewis and Clark expeditions.
"\Xlc'vc gor ro tdl t·he Sl(try !of the New•
foundl:.1nd dogS roll in rhc expcdilionl, ir's
not going to be ob\'ious co everyone;· Kr:n•
,cmn:tker said.
Parrick Ch,mg {°I I). a defensive back for
the foo1 ball ,earn, is less concerned abouc the
<li\t,:anr connection. "\'(/c'II be kind of like 1hc
Clc\·eland Browns ... they .ire just the hrowns, but they've got a dog.
After hearing from focus groups Jim Ward
created a second, suonger :ind more proud,
image of ,he Newfoundland dog.
Yeager said that die school may have
n{.'tded the m:t.Scot more than it could ha\'e
known. "h seemed like something w:'IS mis.,;­
ing ... 1hcsc kind of chings. if us«l at the right
place ac the right rime, e:reatc a sense of be­
ing a part of something ... generate a s(·n.sc of
pride." He :iddcd, "!The logoJ is somcching
you don't know you're missing if you don'r
have ic."
Fredricks, who is in his 23"' year :n Lc:wis
and Clark, said char he didn't sec ,he logo as
tt 1ll.-ed. buc said. "Ir lO<'.>k the-eyes of a m""
IArhlcric Direc,orr co sec this opporrunity.
He ::also sh:ired Yeager's beliefs on th(' uuicy ::i
new logo could offer.
"h's mosdy for spirit and pride ... gcr more:
srudcn~ out to [a1hlcticJ comest. make the:
whole camprn; more united." ht said.
Kr:u-1enmaker echoed Lhcir .scntiincnrs,
"[°lhc logo is) some1hing the srudcnL< can
unify around, lh has! qualicies ,har srudcnrs
can re1lly rebce ro."
The logo proposal, which will be present­
ed 10 the dean and exc<:1.11 ivc comminee of
,be college later this spring. also calls for a
rcaJ dog ro represent the Pioneers :n sport•
iogcvems.
Chang expressi:d hb c:xdh.:.n1cnr about
possibly having n dog on 1l1e sidelines ac foot•
b:111 g:11nes in ,he fall, "It'd be sick to have :1
live IU:l$Cot," bm he did not h:wc chc: s:une
high hopes for the logo crc:uing unity and
support for LC sports.
"711e dog is a good step. lt's 1101 going LO
be enough [co cn.-atc excitement 3l-,001 :1rh­
lctics}. but it's definitely .l good ~tarr." _4 ______________________ .... ;14i,£ ..... __________ lh_e_P_io_n_ee_r_Lo __ g_,_M_ar_c_h_7,., _200_&
Grade inflation depends on year, discipline
Study shows that grade
inflation at LC has been
inco11sistant over the past
decade, and has depended
on the discipline.
by Chris Bailey // staff writer
Wlm is an "A" really worth?
Gnlde inffaciou, a copic 011 rn:my
college campuses, is che steady
increase in grades ovc.·r time. It
has also come ro signify a shift
in the acrimdcs and culcurc
S\rrrounding higher eduettion. It
is a phenomenon that promotes
:a decline in .icadcmic standards
from both a studcm and profesror'
smndpoim. General trends in dara
here at LC reveal 1hot whi.le there
is recem inffation in undergraduate
grades, ic is a fur more complex
i$Sue.
Gl'As, or Grade Poim Averages,
a, LC are weighed on the s:ome
four•poinr scale that is recognized
ar most instimtions. Ir is a furniliar
concept co undergr.1duates. .,,.A"
equals a 4.0 on ,he scale, A-being
a 3.7. Bt a 3.3. ere. Course credit
hours a.re taken into aoooum when
cakulaling GPA. Poinrs earned
arc b:osed on credit hours. The
equation for calcul:tring crf:dit
hours is credit hours= the number
of studenrs X credits. lltus :-.. four
credit course with rcn srudenrs
\','outd regisu:r forty credit hours.
For :1n individual CPA. two, t\VO­
crcdir courses have tht" same ilnpacc
as one. four-credit cotJrsc.
Associate ProfcssorofEconomics
and Director of Asscssmcnr Harry
Sdtlecf supervises rhc b"3ther~ng
of valuable dam such as G PAs
and crodi1 hours. The purpos,,
of acquiring sud, information,
Schlccf explains, is to ensure that
LC is :'lccounmble for 1neetiog I he
goals of a libcraJ arcs instimrion.
Schlee£ ci,es the colleges mission
scaccmcm as rhe principle
guideline behind these goals.
Found in the college handbook,
it lists ccrrain demcms chc school
believes co be "essential rn a liberal
ans cduc:uion"'. 1l1esc include
a •mmcry of ,he fundamencal
,echniques of int<llectual inquiry,
critical underscandingofimponant
comcmporary and hiscorkal
issues, and application of theory
and knowledge developed." Each
departmcm within the collc:ge
makes goals based on chis mission
scaremenr, and, from rhcrc, a plan
is formed to bes, fulfill this. It is Schlcef who oversees this endre course evalu:uio!'lS from students,
procc:ss. thereby diminishing their
The o,•emll dam collected on repuration resulting in the denial
undergrad Gl'As ar LC, rhe CAS of promorion or renure, or causing
Sysu:matic Assessmem, spans them co face lower cnrollmcnc ln
from 1995-2005. lndividuol years their cl:osses. Sra1istici:1n Valen E.
in ,he study include bod, ,he fall Johnson explores ,he rclarionship
and spring SCrtlescers-. me;ining bc:rwc:cn teaching c:..,a.Juations and
<hat 1995 reprcscnrs rhc 1995-6 Gl'As in his book Grad; hifln1io11:
school year. The dam is broken A Cri,is i11 College Ed11ctt1io11.
down into several areas including He concludes rh:tl chcrc exists a
divisions within the college (Arrs statistical corrdation berwec.n high
& Humanities-, M.1th & N:,1mra1 grades and high course ev:1luations.
Sciences, and Soci.aJ Sciences}, Grade inflation is the narur.tl
individual depanmcnrs (Mafh, consc:quc:ncc of an incentive sysccm
English, Psychology}, and course where professors have ;m incenrive
levels ( 100, 200, and 300/400). ro award high grades and srudenrs
h is a commonly held notion have: an inccmivc to choose courses
chat marh and sciences arc less with faculty who do. Schlecf,
fuvor<xl by -----------'--
undergrads
because of
rheir punishing
difficulry.
Studcnrs 1n the first year of the
study, 1995, the average
GPA was at a 2.72. The howt\•cr.
believes the
pressure leading
to higher grades
is nor pl,ced
on educators,
but r:.nher on
cl1e srudenrs
{hcmsdvcs. most recent, 2005, indi-
i nstc:ad 1akc
classes in che
humanities and
sodaJ sciences
where they cares che average had risen
co 3.07: an overall growth
of .35. He argues th:u
grade inAarion
etn benefit frorn easier cl:i~cs.
I ntcrcsringly enough. of ,he
454,225 crodit hou.rs that were
regisrcred ar LC from 1995-2005,
47.4% of thac 10,al com<,s from
the Arts & Humanities Division,
31.9% from Social Sciences, and
20.7% from Math & Natural
Scienc;es. However. 1he g:1:p
between overall GPAs in the Am
& Humanities Division and Math
& Narural Sciences is roughly .26
of a grade poim, lhc difference
between M:uh & Narur:il Sciences
:1.nd Social Sci('nccs is t'\'en less.
A primary cause of grade
inAarion, many :i.rgue, is the
pressure professors fed co give.­
higher gr,des for fear of poor is not respon$iblc for the increase: in
Gf'As, bur society's highcrsrandards
in the job mark«, :os re0ccred in
"srudc-nci desire to ex~ed'", fuc.lcd
by .. pressure to gt't inco graduacc
school, :ind compcritive :'lfCaS like
law. medicine, and business."
According to the o.udy
a, L.C. the ,verage GPA~
for undergrads has
risen over time From (T a 3.08 10 a 3,25.
There has been
an i,tcre:tSt in
every division
:os wdl.
However
Lr looking deeper into rhe dara we
sec there arc Rucmatfons al the
department level ,hat suggest a
number of orher factors ar play.
Mathematics is one such
example. Generally considered one
of the more rigorous majors, math
wos among ,he lowest of all fields
of study wich a 2.89 over,II GPA.
In ,hcfirstycarof,hescudy, 1995,
d,e a,•erage GPA was ar a 2. 72.
The most rcccnc, 2005. indican-s
the average had risen to 3.07: an
overall growth of .35. While chis
may suggest an inflation. looking
a, ,he overall GPAs of rhe years in
berwccn shows peaks and valleys
in the numbers as average GPA in
1996dimbed ro 2.85, bu, rhen fell
to 2.77 the ncx, year. 2000 was ac
2.87 before fulling slightly to 2.84
the ncxr year ,hen spiking up 10
2.97.
As inrriguing as ic is. the focr
that the data is rclarivdy new
uhimaiely keeps it from being
conclusive. Many of the schools
that participate in the national
srudic.'-on grade inAation h:we
been recording dara as Far back as
1hc 1960$ for purposes of sm1i.stic.1l
sampling on this spt"C.ific topic.
Schleef s,resse.s that che data is ''no,
sampling in a statistical sense,"
rather it is for observation by m:i.ny
parries. ;.th.;e_P_io.;n_e_e_r_L_o_g;;,;,_M_a_rc_l_1 _7,;., _2o_o_s _________ __. .... ~j4ii£ __ ., ______________________ 5 __
11.lUS'tAATICN 9YMY 8Ul0(
,..-::::::-, r\
\ byKiel
Johnson
,~~-~' J f
Prohtable Sustaina Zlit_sJ
(o,-how I lea,-11ed to stop worryi,ig a11d love the bomb)
(f you notice sometime this year the. air
is a linlc cleaner and the globe a little cooler
look no further than the top of the nthlet•
ics' building. Soforcnc:rgy is coming t0 Lewis
ru1d Cl:.lrk College. However, ( am surpris­
ing even myself when J say this solar ener­
gy is nor susc.a.inablc. h is an ecorlomkally
sweet de.al in which the school will have: ,o
pay nothing but will receive solar energy ~n
a lower CO$t than we a.re currently paying for
elecrrkity. These panels will supply .67% of
our school's cni:rgy nL"OOs and there arc cvtn
plans to expand ,he program. It is such •
great deal 1.h.ar the only thing prevtnring us
from puning up solar panels everywhere is a
lack of roofs which ein support the weight
of the panels.
Under the power purchase ::1greemem LC
i.s rechnica.lly leasing rhe s-pacc ro HonC)..,vdl
who is then going co pay all ,he cosrs for
building and maimaining ,he panels. 71,is
arrangcmcm works out wdl since we, as a
non~profic institurion. c:urnot receive all chc
government incentives that make putting up
sobr p:inel.s economically ft.-asible (around
S900,000 for this system). So ewryoo,e wins,
\\C get dC'3n gr'-""<" c.nc11,,y from a source
which co.st.s I~ ch:\O through chc grid. and
Honeywell gees a commirtcd buyer or 1hcir
erh:l'g)' ;and a profirnblc return on their in•
vcsm1cm: howc\'Cr. the ~rory is 111uch more
complex than ir seems.
Like n'l:my things "sust;iJnablt•" the doscr
you look rhc-harder it gets •o s<.'1! hc,w :in :1c­
lion is ~ustainable. Honeywell ls a huge in•
ternarional corPor:t1io11. Their one goo.I is ro
increase rhe wealth of their s"tockholdcrs. To
do this rhcy have engaged in some prcuy ua•
.susrninable practic(..'S, Remember feeling bad
after seeing rhc picture of the naked Vice•
names<: girl mnning down thC' street after her
viJlagegor bombed by Napalm?Well the same
company that supplied the bomb dcsiroying
chat girl's village is the: one 1h:11 will soon ro
be supplying us with dc.n g(<ten energy. The
story gcu even more complex. Kc:.nt Anson, the vice president of Global Energy for Hon•
cywe.ll Building Solutions said abour our so­
lar pand plan, "by deve.loping projects that
have environmental and financial drivers. we
will see rhe type of widespread odoprion rhai
will have a lasting impact on greenhouse gas
emissions." It seems ironic that a company
chat i.s seemingly activdy concerned abour
gree,,house gas emissions- ranks 44th on a Lise
of US corporations most responsible for air
poUmion ::tnd is linked co more super fond
clC3o up sires (128) than any other com pony.
Noc co mcnrioo a long and cosrly track re•
cord of waiting unril coun orders a.re handed
out before spending money ro octually be­
gin dc.ning up their messes. While Honey­
well generously gives money to the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
bcrwcen 1998 and 2005 they sp<:nt over 30
million dolbrs in lobbying dforrs, :iccording
10 The Center for Public I ntegriry. Money
that was nor spent solely Oil crying co im~
pro\·e our missing and exploited children's
ccmer.
So larcr this year when Honeywell's trucks
and cranes arrive on our l.':unpus co provide:
us with the sus1ain~1ble energy our comml.1•
ni1y demands, l will be torn. Can it be 1h:11
chc company which has <;(.)ntribured 10 our
currC'm environmcnt:tl crisis c::in ::ilro provide
us with environmcnral salvation, or is it all
just :.mo1hcr ploy to line the pocketS of their
sh:trt"holdcrs? 1"hcse solar p;,nds will r\Ot nee•
essarily rcpn .. '$Cnt the shifc into an alrc:rna•
rive world th:u c.1n dcC<.':at and bt~in to come
ro tt..'rll'IS \Vith the.> cnvironmcm:11 impac1 we
have oused. "!he qucs, for profirnbiliry only
leads co more problems rh:ul solutions. 111is
is not to say rhat all thinb'S profirablorc bad .
just 1h:11 profirability by its ,•cry nature is
based in greed, and we arc going ro need a lot
more than greed to save ourselves.
The nal SEED meeting is Wed11es­
day, at 7 pm, in 1hay"
********* Blacklight party fails to
handle giant turnout
Despite its enormous publicity campaign, SOAs
dance party reached capacity at 95.
by Anna Michaels JI staff writerw
It was hard not to know abouc che Under•
ground Blackligh, DJ Parry in 1he basemen,
of S«warr Hall. Professional looking posrcrs
hung ;uound campus for a few weeks count­
ing down chc days to a night or musk. danc·
ing, glow pai1H. piiza, Voodoo Oonut5. ice
cream, video games. black light pool rabies,
and more.
With th< brains of Adan Vielma ('08) and
U1t.·. hdp of mn11r other enchust:d CLAs frolll
around ca111pus got together ~nd hosted one
of the; most anendtd on-cimpus parries this
yt-ar. According to Shane lUvcra ('09), abom
400 student$ we.re i1l a.n out of the party.
"'h totally over•e.xcc.-cdcd our cxpecra•
cions," s.1id Rivera who hdped out at the
evem. "Ir really shows rhar we c:m do somc­
ch.ing on campus on a Saru.rday nighr in :,
safe environment and attract scudencs ro
come.''
However, many smdcnrs were curncd off
by the event b=tuse the line was too long
and they had to wait a long time ro get inro
the party.
"The line was ridiculous. There was plen­
ty of room on the dance Aoor for the like,
10 people io, line," said Lydia Ames {'! I).
.. Dancing is-amaz.ing and I really enjoyed
scrubbing blackligh1 pain, off me the next
day, Bur rea.11)~ it w::is pretty fun."
llle fucr that so many students w:1nu.·d
to show up ac a campus-run event and mosc
were willing to stand in a line showed chac
snidc:ms actually arc inccrcstcd in on•campus
ac:rivilies. Howeva. smdcnts were sdll left annoyed.
L1w srudcnc Fras<.·r Anderson s.1id, .. ,, was
a good idc.t but the t;x("c111ion w.1s terrible:.!
I turned up or 9.30-wcll before even the
fashionably lare p<:riod-was told it we.< 1.,11
and I didn't gee in.'"
Even though the long line was one of
chc maio.. compl~inrs fielded about thC' pa.r­
t)', those who hosted the party really did
not predict co have more chan I 00 people
ro come. Since they were nor expecting rhe
amounc of students rhar :icrually showed up,
they decided 10 have it in the Sltwart base•
men1 so rhey could fill the room up ond have
optimal blackness for the bbck light cffccr.
Also, they were unaware thar the occupancy
limir was going to be enforced until a couple
days before the event
.. \V/c couldn't believe it," said Rivera about
r.:hc-curn ouc. He s:.tid that rhey :ue planning
on having another black light dance party in
April bur in a bigger area like the Trail Room.
Regarding the planning of 1hc cve1u, Rivera
sajd, "Adan is tbc man. 11,is cvenc would not
have happened without him."
"I rhought rh< food was grc.t. the DJ-io,g
was grt'.l.r. and the body paint i11 1hc.-corner
was a nice touch." said C3')' Young(' 10). "J
think in all it \\-a,s a very suocessful evenr. es­
pecially compared 10 how I and mony o,h.
crs were expecting it to go. h w::isn'1 petfocr.
but all things considered ir was a fun, well•
pl:mncd-pcrh:ips with the exception of the
local ion ::rnd irs low max capaciry-wcll-:.1t-
11;;n<lcc:l event."
PHOTO BY ERIN DEES
Megan Nuss ('08) will deliver the 2008 commencement speech about
converting potential Into kinetic energy. Here, at the competition. _6 ______________________ ... 4.,.Uju ... 1,. __________ th_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o.;g;;. .• M_ar_c_h_7_._2_oo_s
Free food taunts
stud en ts in line
by Sarah Bobertz // staff writer
If you were one of th<' unforrun:ue
people who speni , heir Saturday
nighr standing in line l:ISt week­
end. the words "black light
parry" probably stir fed.
ing.s of anger and fms1 m­
t ion deep wir.hill you.
For Jays you saw
che flashy signs chac
promisc-d pii1,..1:. Voodoo
donuts:. dancing, :'Ind frc.-e
bl:1ck ligh1 paraphernalia. On
S:uurday night. you pm on a whirr
1'".shirc. covered youfS(lf with glow sticks-and highlighter in.k,
and wc1u our for a fon night of ... standing in line. Sou11d fu­
miliar?
·n,c studenrs wairing to get in10 S:irurday nighc's prc."micr
evem po~,ibly ounu.m1lxr<:d dtc srudcnrs who \\'ere .tttually
admitted ro 1hc d:1nce. Due to fire salt'cy rcgul;,rions. only
. .
... in execution,
the success of
the dance ,vas
overshadowed
by its faraJ Aaw:
choice of venue. ninety-five sruJcnt:s could
be: adrniu<.·d rn rhc.· Sruarr
basement :u a time. How­
c\'e;:r, srudcnc mrnouc far c.•x­
cc<:.dcd th<.· )pace available.
cre11i1lg irr-it3Lion among
studcms who drhcr h:1d tu
wait in lin~ to be ~,dmit­
tcd or were never admitted
m tht" d.111cc Jt all. Props
m the publiciry commim.--c:
for hyping the evcot ~v )Uc-
ccs.,fully, bur ,n exccurion,
d1t sucn-ss of rhe dancr- W':l.'\ ove~h:1<.fow<..-d by its fa.cal Raw:
choic.: or \'CllUC.
\X'hilc obviously an undrrground location for an under­
gcound bl:1ck lighr p:iny m.1kcs tor.tl sens~, assuming that
only ninecy-five students wotzld $how up after so much
1i1t1t' and dl0rr w.1s put imo publici1y 1nakcs .absolutely no
)cnsc :IC .,II. Ncnrly ;my 01 her choice of loc.1tio11 h:i.:, :1 higher
maximum c:,pacily than the basenwnr of one or rhe-snmlle~t
dorms on campus.
ll1c role of campo -as boLJncers for the.: C'\'ening did not
lielp mauers. Ir cr<.-ated more tension r.han W:\S nec~ary, as
always :-eems to be 1he case with campus cvcms rh:u require
campo. Many ;an :ugumef'lf broke out bcrwccn student and
safety officer abour why door seo.,riry was tighter than a New
York nightclub.
(n..,.ide rite dance. ,here was plcni:y of space. In fact, even
ar capacity, there wa~ almost too much space for comforr. No
one likt·s to gee their groO\'C on ro 70s dance hits in a sparsely
~lied room with small groups of people s1anding owkwardly
far :1part from C'41.C:.h Olh<.•r,
le was a good ide:t, rhough, and a refreshing bre.1k from
the somewhat uninspired LCsponsored danc<.s so fur d,is
year. Its downfaU \Y':IS in bad execution, which is an all-100-
fuiniliar frustr:.uion for many scudcnrs. Ut us all tcmembcr
Homecoming. The strobe ligh,s. black lights and fun cxrms
like neon block light p>int. yummy food (albeit nor enough)
<111d games were a grcar concept. in theory.
-rhc moral of rhc story, of course, is never undcrestimacc
d,c power of free food. LETTEfiS TO TTTE EDITOfi
Our America: ,he land of rhe free. the promised land
of opportunity. was founded on ,he principle ,hot all men
were createtl equal. In n:alicy, America was founded on
intolc.ranct". "This ~equality' applied m bur 3 narrow few.
Those who wc:re nor white males were ex.duded and de•
tested, given no rights.
Slowly but surdy, the people reali,.ed the injustices
commincd. 11,ey attenipted m fix che problems, bm at
an agoni,ingly slow pace. Mos, of these groups Slill suf.
fer prejudice. ,-ubrle and insidious. 71,cy still, in ,his age
of .. re:,son .. :tnd .. knowledge." arc still seen a.t unequal.
unworthy. But why? The :.inswer is simple. ·1 hose deniL-cl
right.S allowed co another group will be viewed as inferior.
Even when the restrictions arc removed, the old prejudices
and h.:ured~ remain. Something in the hum:m mind dots
diis, separates us into the superior and inferior, bu( we c.111
acknowledge, and more im(>Qrt:mtly, o"ercomc: this irra*
tional h::un:d.
Of course, most gcoups have been given c<1ual rights.
And slowly, ,hese formerly <J<cludcd people are becoming
more and more accepted. Howc\'er. one such group h:is
not been given equal righrs. ll1cy :ire denied tht right of
marriage.
You undoubmlly know of which group I speak. ·n,c
homosexual communiry will never be acccp,ccl. never be
rn:ared wi1h ,he human dignity rhcy deserve unril rhey •re
granted the right of marriagt'. Until chey h1ve the s:1mc
rlghu as every other American. they will be subjected 10
discrimination. Only through grantmg marriage righrs
,\fill 1hey be seen as cquak
"'I he~ a.re fee.bit arguments aga.lnsr gay m:uri:ige. of
course. The first and n,os-t commonly voiced 1s chat homo­
sexual marriage mu.st nor be nllowed in order to protect
the sanctity of marriage ... I heir :,rgumcm i~. essentially.
a mof':11 onc. h is saying that a man and a woman being
married is n1or:al, .rnd any other is immoral, 10 which I
respond: why is out g0\1ernmcn1 Jict:iling mor.ility? Our
go\'cmmc:nt was crc-atcd nor co 1ell 1~ wh:11 is a.nd wh3C i.s
not rnor.11. Our gov('mmcnt was made only<<> creart law.s
designed ro protect us. No just law is based on mor:\licy
alone: the purpose of law is 10 protect life and property
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
I would like ro respond 10 • troubling series of discus·
sion$, k-crun-s. and films regarding rhe Middle E.'lSt con·
flict rwo weeks ago. ( :mended two of r.hc three evems,
and. apan from the lectures by Professors Powers and
Kosamky of L&C. ,he evenrs were horribly skewed to•
ward the pro-Palestinian side of rhc debare. While it is
certainly worthwhile :md necessary for peace to he:tr a.nd
undcrsrand the PaJestioiao viewpoint, ir is equally neccs•
sary co hear and understand rhe Jtr:)cli viewpoint None
of cl,e Eyewitness panclim had anyrhing positive ,o "'Y
about Israel, and none of chem seemed to r«ogniie that from harm. Anyone who believes the government should
force morality on us is wrong, for when the govc.rnmcnc is
given tha1 righ1, li-ccdom dies.
Fnie second,::. religious argumenc, is chat homose.Ku;iJ
marriages are against God'.~ will. I ask, why are you apply•
ing religion to a civil insrimdon? ff' :1 churd, docsn'c wane
co recogniic gay marriage, rhen rh~y don't have to. The
governme1n in ou_r cownry is separate from any church.
Marriage is a c.i\•il insrirucion; chcrt".forc, church docrrine
should not apply 10 it.
And wha, if homosexual icy is i,ldctd a sin? \\7hy does
char rn:uter? Jesus says. ,.Do not resist one who i:;; evil." If
you consider homosexu:11 men a.nd women evil, why are
you confronting ,hem? Le, God de•l with them. Noc al­
lowing the "'sin" docs noc s-.wc them. The .. sin" is Still in
their minds; thereCore, the sin is just as great. Nor a_llo·w­
ing their marri:tge docs nothing. In faa, chc only rhing
you arc doing is deepening your harr<.-d for them. If you
hare someone for their sin, rhcn you h:ive nor forgiven
,lu\m for their 5in. 'fhosc who don't forgive rhc sins: of
orhe:rs arc nor forgiven for theirs. Paradoxically, by trying
ro stop ,heir "'sin," y\1u iare Jamningyoursdf.
Now 1h.11 rhc .irguml·nts .are ~hown ro Ix fubc, chc
question rt1nains, wh:u cm we Jo! \Xie refuse co be siJenc.
\Vie confrom discrimination head on; we st:mc.i up and S3Y
this is wrong. Do whatever you can co furdl~r the c:,usc.
Remember ro sl'ay civil. Losing your rcmpcr and yelling
only succeeds in cementing rhei,. position. Straight people
can send Strong messages as wt'II. RefusC" ft> marry until
nil loving couples arc allowed to <lo so. ·n,is is a vow J am
ready and willing t() take. Arc you?
Makt.~ this an i.ssue: worth fighling for. l insisr thac uur
governmcnr uphold 1he founding f:tthers l'ision ,har all
men and wom~n are: creaced cqu,11. All men Jncl women.
Whc:n we .allow :my group to be marginalized, ,ve ate :.IJ
diminished. \Y/e can only resolve inequality one way: co be
silem no longer.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
it cakes two sides t·o fight a war. Likewise, the films ei­
ther porcrayed Palestini:m opinions or were neutral; there
was nothing to .show the fsracli perspective. This was noc
an :'lcademic exercise, apan from che professors· leccurcs:
this was an exercise in demagoguery. I would a.,k anyone
who prc.~1ts furure marcrials :about this conHict co be ..
scow cquaJ time and energy co borh points of view. 0th•
c.rwisc, we arc nor fighting for education or peace; we arc
perpetu.:ating the conflict _th_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_._M_a_rc_h_7_,_2_o_o_s __________ .... ,,jujn .... ._ ____________________ .;7_
ENTE~ING THE FO~BIDDEN CITY:
A SEXUAL ~EVOLUTION IN CHINA
Nearly 60 years ;'Igo. the now fablC'd Mao
7..c..x!ong became chc chairman of the Pt.-oplc::,;
Republic of China and beg:111 to assert h,s
power in al:1rming W:l)'S. H" proved thac chc
scope or his influcnCC' Was 001 limited (0 tile
po1irirnl and cconomic :,;i>heres, but to the
$OCial 3S well. by instituting restrictions on
:mire and expression. The cntirtt}' of rhe gefl­
eral public was ordered ro wear ~Mao suit.•(:
outfos chat were unisex in fashion and ren­
dered in drab colors. Women were expressly
forbidden ro wear revealing or sexually sug­
gestive clothing. and make-up w3s con~id­
cred mstde~. l11csc restrictions, along with
culrural incolcran« of public displays of •f­
fcccion, c«a«d a p<•pulacc highly skeptical
of sex :and itS inAucncc .. Of course there was
a place: for relations-in a state s.,nctioned
marriage-bu, even whe.n legitimized, sex
was rarely spoken about publicly.
Today, sexual landscape is vastly alcered.
O,1e only neec.ts 10 vlsit the Boyfriend Bar in
Nonb Beijing to sec a revolution that sub­
verrs rhe domimuu views of Mao:~ legacy.
This gay bar is a popular location for young
men to ouch :1 c:abarer show and nwet orher
hornoscxua) youths inccre,sccd in exploring
a kind of freedom char w:is no, a/forded to
previous gencr:uions. 800 miles south, in
China's most populous city, Sh;mghai. the
scene is flourishing with even greater vivac•
ity. Andrew Collins, in an article for 1\bout.
com, noted. "Since 2006, the city's b:tr and
dub offerings ha,1e improved immensely. Re•
placing the slightly s<~y. ubiquitously dark
:md smoky spaces of yore ire a new breed of
scylish. cmuivdy designed bars and loung­
es catering to Shanghai•s ever.growing. and
cver•more-cosmopolitan. gay crowd." This
crowd's very public presence etughc the :U•
remion of humanirarian projects in 2006.
·lbat year. the: coum.ryS first dinic designed
spcci~cally 10 odd~ss homoscxu:ils and is­
$UCS of AJ DS and venereal diseases opened in
the Chaoyang district of China's capital. by Raleigh Overlie /I staff writer
ist, he explains, ;'five or six yc::1rs ago, when
some women srnrted to wear dothcs that ex•
pos<."d their midriff, most people couldn't un­
derstand wby belly burtons should be regard­
ed a., beautiful and deserve public cxp~urc.
10day. young women 1hink iris n:uural to
bare thdr midriff.'' P:m c:onducted a nation•
widesurvc-y and found that 50 pcrccnr of the
country's urban males have h:)d more chan
one sexuaJ parrner. A similar poll presented Guang Hord in Beijing now offers hourly
rates on rooms. $4 will buy 3n hour of pri•
vacy with rH) questions asked. \X?ith regards
ro largc~scale cconomic.s. China is current·
ly rhe world's largesr producer of sex roys.
ihesc products arc widdy availablt' in China.
where vl'nding m;.1chines offer easy :'ICCcss 10
instruments of ple~un:.
The Internee further disrupcs reigning
conv,:ncions in China by providiog anonym•
According ro Li Yin he, a sociologist at the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, 60-70 percent of Chi­
na's residents have had premarital sex. This is a 15
percent increase from numbers established in 1989.
in a popular Beijing magazine found chat
one-third of Chinese men under rhe age of
26 h:wc no problem with cxtrafu.arhal affairs.
'The traditional raboos surrOUJldjog premari­
rol :ind c:xtramari1:1I sex. common among
Lhe older gencr3tions, arc dissipating as the
younger generations oomr into power.
These changes have been so distinct
chat some of China's small bw:incsses h::ivc
evolved to capirali,.e on shili:ing mores. A,;
Anica Chang reports, the Cheng Un Ming iry and a broad audience. -n,e blog produced
by Guang-thou native Li Li (who wriu.·s un·
der chc pseudonym Mui.i Mei) gail'1ed incer•
national am~ntion for irs lured depictions of
Li's sexual encounters with numerous men.
She boast!i .1bout her 100+ partners-most
of chc.m anonymous co her -and de-scribes
hc.r passion for orgies. The: comem veers
fro,n explicir details co lengthy musings
about her lack of fui,h in the institution of
marriage. The popubrity of the blog cannot
The sexual revc:,lmion is having a ere.men•
dous effect on heterosexuals as well. Accord­
ing to Li Yinhc, a sodologi.st :u-fhc Chil'1ese
Acad<lll)' or Social Sciences, 60-70 perCCllt
of China's rc.sidcms have had premarital sex.
This is 3 1 S percent inc.re::lse from numbers
established in 1989. Pan Suiming. a profes­
sor at the lnstitmc for Scxologic:al
RC$('~Hch ar rhc Pt.-ople's Uni• -•--------_."-(
vcrsiry of China in lk.i•
jing, no1iccs a similar
rreod toward liber ..
atcd sexual t."X•
pression. In an
inre.n'lew with
a f/,rn/d Tri­
bunt journal-\ •
\
11.lUSTAAJJCfiSYEMl.YBlOCX be ignored: her name is ofccn the mosc que­
ried among China's most prornin<-nt search
engines. Li Ll is a grc:al e:xample of a Chinese
citi1.en pushing the bound.arks of wh:n is ac­
ccprccl :1nd a.s a conseqtu.:t1ce she has helped
make sex a very public m:mcr in China.
Any rcsidcm of China would be hard­
pres:54.:<l to find :1 more public expression of
scxu:tl liberarion th:tn chc S""x Culrure Fc.sti­
val held in Guani,thou. Upw,rds <>I 50.000
people ::mend this annual gathering that t)(.'.
gan in 2002, which hos1s scores of women
dressed in sexy lingC'ric traversing a runway
while -,nen hurriedly snap phocographs.
·1hcrc arc also exhibitions of sensual :ire :1nd
lectures ranging fro1n mor:tl intercourse to
HIV/AIDS.
Yer Mao's vision still pe-rsisrs i11 many areas
or Chine.«: life. Pornography is still banned
by those in che ruling Communist party, and
sex. in general. is imbued with shame. Li
Yin he lame1us ... the majority of Chinese Ix~
licvc sex is a negative thing that can't be talk­
ed Jbom in public." ·rhough chc freedoms
enjoyed by Americans have ytc co span ,he
Pacific. the Chinese :ire enjoying ,henlsch•cs.
A survey conducted by the Shanghai Acad­
emy of Social Sciences found char Chinese
adults have sex 132 rimes :t year. "llae world
average is 127. 8 ... ij.jui,, ....... __________ rh_e_P_io;.n_ee;._r..;L;.o;.:g:;;';.M..;.;;a,;.rc;.h,;.;.7,;.. ,;;2,;;,00;;.;;.8
Beijing gets in shape for
the 2008 Olympics
by Hanna Hultine // senior staff writer
In 2001. Beijing won :ibid to hold ,he smnmer 2008 Olympic Games. Tue wi,1
was a covC"rcd one as the People's Republic or China was de.nied che honor jusr eight
years before. Although rherc were ocher factors behind the decision, a key reason the
games inS<cad were held in Sydney wos rhe country's failur< ,o meet air quality n,gula-
1fo11s. Today, senior Olympic Official, Wong Wei says, "The city hos taken giant sreps
10 fighr pollmion caused my indusrriali1,arion a.nd economic growth." l'he Chine$e
government is avid in their assurances chat. by August, thC' air quality in Beijing will
meet inrcrnational standards. However. only 5 months· away from the historic torch
relay, U.S. sport pbysiologists arc preporing Olympians with high tech mosla made ,o
fit over noses and mouths.
Beijing air poUution monicoringsracions cake dail}' readings to determine if the day's
average is good enough ,o be deemed a "Blue Sky" day by Chinese official standards.
Since 1998, ca.ch ycor in Beijing hos yielded lower overage pollution levels. However,
la.~r ye:1r rhe :average sulfur dioxidt concen1ralion ;1bovc Beijing measured IO rimes rh:tr
of Los Angeles. A disappointing day in February recorded a Blue Sky day rating of 421
out of• possible 500. -:be scale's al>solut< worst is 500. In an article on Beijing's Pollu­
tion by /1',iv iork 7imrs journalist, Jim Yardley. soid, "Beijing is like an athlete trying ,o
get into shape by wolking on a ue,dmill. yet eating double cheeseburgers at the same
BelJlnc's Of11clal Blue Sky Count
Ollno ""'l)lodgod to teduce e.i,,o·, .,, pcllulion In limo to, the
200& Sumrn-01 Olymj)lca. Eact1 yoa, -• 1999, IM cfcy nas
ste&tlly lncrNsecl h numl)erot -S4<y Gays, doy5 al -
low poj\A!On. us«I on loYolt al wNu•-· nlll<>gt,1 dlO><de
and PM 10 &l =!co oomplo,n ,..,, ,.... "'""0 .,_ noo "'lteet N
reakty ~ II°')' l.hAI last yea,. r&Gatded an av&rage ~l. dioxide
cone...,_,.,., 10 -that al loo >.ng.i.
,00 . . t1me.
In the lace of inier­
nariou•I skeptics, the
Chinese government has
raken resolving the is•
sue as an element of na ..
rional pride. Ir seems ,he
govemmenr will stop at
nothing co perfect every
detail of che event. Just
la.st year the city replaced
79,000 older t:l)(i.s with
new ones., which mec-t
lower emission standards.
Treatment of urban sew­
age has reccndy been in•
creoscd two fold and mil•
lfons of trees have been
plan«-d. Natural gas is 38
times ben.cr for rhc. cnvi­
~FROMn£NEWYOflKTMES ronment and the city has
.... now convened most coal
furnaces and boilers co rhis lower pollution alternative. Many fuctories in Beijing have
even been shut down and moved to suburbs. Le:id.ing up ,o I.he games, if levels arc still
not :u inttrnarional be,nchmarks, the governmcnr plans on shurcing down ce.nain fac-­
rorics and limiting rra.n.sportacion during the games.
However, what do these changes man to Beijing inhabir:ams? One anonymou.s
Beijing engineer was quoted in a N~w ~rk Times -artide Inst week saying, "'h jj lik~
you invite some guests ro your home, and hide all your children underneath che bed
ro mnke the house look nicer. If all the polluting F.tcrorics arc shutdown for the Olym•
pies, there will be a major pollution outbreak a!i:crw,rd when all the factories restart,
right? .. Closures of factorksl cranspomtion challenges and monetary hits t:.aken by
bu.sim:ss owners, d\1e to increased environment.ti srandard-•. ccrtai1lly have some dri ..
1.en.s silently grumbling. But most citi,..cns stand behind chcir government with the
vjew tha, the games are an imponant imcrnationaJ relations cvcm, which will unveil
their counuy's succc-ss to rhc World.
Chinese Olympic otganiu:rs arc eross-brecding chrranchemums 10 bloom i11
Augu.sr and eonremplating eloud seeding (a form of weath<r modificition elm may
change ,he omoun, of precipitation elm falls Ii-om clouds ,hrough the dispersion of
sih'C':r iodidc-or dry ice into the air) so it docs not rain on fhc: opening ceremonies.
If dcroil clements llke these hnve been •ccoumed for, the world should be more rhon
hopeful that larger foci >'Uch as Beijing air quality. will be reody for athlercs -no mat•
rer what.· The Fighting Hamster
by Matt Savage II senior staff writer
"The people of Ohio have said it clearly -we're going on,
we're going strong and we're going all the way."
-Senator Hillary Clinton
When Clinton appeared on 71,~ Daily SIJOJu 1ui1h /011 Suwar, on Monday nigh,. Srcwm
a.sl.:cd her if she: would expect Obama rn drop ouc of the race after eleven consecutive loses.
After T1.1esday night. Cllls for C1incon 10 drop our seem overc.·~•ger. \'7ith ~• subsuntial viccorv
of 10 percent in Ohio and a narrow three percent viccory in Ohio, Clin1on proved that chis
race isn't over. According co 71,e New ~rk Timt1, Clinton is 86.5 dclcgares behind Obama,
who has 71.9 pcrc<:nc of rhc-2.025 dclcgatc.-s noock·d to secure lhc nomination.
Memwhi1c:, the GOP pri1n~1ry is even mQrr.ovt.r 1han il wri.s before. McC'lin ottici~1lly has
enough pledged delega1es ro secure 1he Republican nomina1ion. Huckab(-c h3S ab:rndoned
what Ix-came a quioxtic quest for tbc Presidency. And George \'ii/. Bu.sh, the man who beat
McC-iin in 2000, has given his <'ndorscmt·nt to John McCain. It's ironic dun George Bush is
now giving his cndorS<:mcnt co McC,in, since John McCain is no longer fighting I◊ win the
Rcpublic.'ln ll<)tninarion, the race where Bush's support would have helped.
At firs, glance, this would seem like a bad thing for the Democr.nic Party. John McCa­
With the Repub­
lican race already
decided, n1ost of
the focus of the
media and the
punditry will be
on the exciting
Democratic race. in is fr<.-c 10 focus aJI of his resources on consolidating his
support within the COP and bearing the cvenrual Demo­
cracic r1omioce. Meanwhile, the. Democmrs :tre sniping at
l-acl1 other. and spending their millions on an imra-pany
conflict.
But up I(') a ccrrain point, I think ,ha1 this may end up
being bencficiol <0 the Dcmocmic Pan:y. With rhe Repub•
lican race already decided. mosr of the focus of che mc-dia
and the pundicry will be on the exciting Dcmocr.uic race.
And c:stim:.ues for Obama and Clinton's fUn~r:aising
ore at $50 and S35 million. respectively. for ,he month of
February, far more rhan McC'tin's $12 million. The Dem­
ocratic race always had more enchusi:.1sm than the Repub­
licon race (,he GOP are the incumbents, after all), and
more nail~bicing in race only makes lr more imc.rcsdng. N
long as the primary ends wclJ before the convention, the
Dcmocr.uic nomim.-c won't be ~t 3 dis~dvamagc:.
However, 1hat's a big if On \Xfednes~
day. Clinton surrogates Mark Penn
and Harold Dickes once again raised
the question or what to do about
Florida and Micl,igan ddeg:11cs,
arguing rhar Clinton's victories in
chose stares should counr. Obama
argues (rightly, in my view) that
since Democr.us we~ forbidden
by ,he DNC from campaign•
ing in these states, rhat their dd­
cgam; should no, be counted. But
if things get any doser rhan rhey arc
now, Clinron will argue rhat rhey
should be included, since they may
be enough ro give her a narrow vic­
tory over Obama.
For 1he good° or ,he
Ot-mocraric Party.
and Democracy
in general. I hope
that Clinton or
Obama concedes
dcfoa1 m rhc: other
before the conven­
tion. 13001\LSe if that
doesn't happen, this
won't be the prom­
ised year it was to be
for ,he Democra<S. lhe Pioneer Log. March 7. 2008
J: "Basically, there is no method:'
E: "Nope, no method to our madness, though the free box in Hartzfeld is a new staple. "
J: "I probably inherited half of my clothes from other people. The rest I get from
tlirift stores, and sometimes a little forever 21 thrown in:' .
E: "Yeah, and Sonora has a pretty bustling thrift store scene."
J: "Yon pick up things here and there. Style is just random:'
E: "Our room has kind of become a vector. Clothes, shoes, printers, it all just sort of ends up
here and we wear them.' ,.l_,_0 _____________________ ..,-.;§1jtffl@@ ___________ t_h_e_P_1_·o_n_e_e_r_L_o_g_,_M_ar_c_h_7 __ , 2_00_8
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Art Exhibit, Mardi 12-.14, Stamm
Curated by Krisra Sarin. LC srudenc
:md symposium co-chair, and the Gender
Studies Symposium An Commince. Fea­
turing work by LC contribucors as well as
by t>orcland anisis_, this ,~hibit displays a
variety of approaches ro ques1ion~ of gen­
der a,1d idcotity using a wide array of me­
dia.
Wednesday, March 12
'):/5-I0:30A.M.. 7hayer
Scirotilic Progress, Scicntilic Cou,'C­
.oieocc. Modcr-.uor: Selena Jorgensen,
LC srudent. Alla Kbali,ova, LC srudcnt.
"A Womb of Ooe's Owo'; Elizabecb A.
Kiss-ling. Professor of Conmmnlc:uion
Studies and \'(/omen's Studies, Ea._qcrn
\Xfashingcon Univtrsity, "-'TO Bleed or Not
ro Bleed, Media CoYerag¢ of Cyclc-Srop­
ping Conuacepcives"; Martha van Cc.Ider,
LC student, "'Ccllul:u Roma1lce: How
On,· Gendered Expccrarions of the Egg
and Sperm May Blind Us to Wbac is Re­
ally Going On•.
9:l5-J0:30A.M .. Stamm
Round<al,le, Rcdelining fatherhood.
t>ercr Monol,, LC Associate t>rofcssor of
Counsding Psychology, Alex Tinker, Mi­
cheil MacC.utchcon
10:45 A.M.-Noofl, 7ha)'"
"Still a Man's World": Women in African
Literature. Moder;1<or: Leif Bullock. LC
studenr: LC scudc,m Genny KmlSC, Ben
Oslx><n, Dylan Kruse, Jamaica Hamilton.
and Cecily Pretty.
10:45 A.M.-Nom,, Stamm
Ne You In or Are You Out?: Ddining
Queer Ounmunities. Mocl~r:nor. Van­
essa Srinc, LC a1urnna '07 and interim
Campus Llving Coordin:uqr. Tino Val•
cntino. "1oo Gay: Border Skirmishes in
Qu<cr Gcndcr: Reid Vanderburgh, MA,
LMF"I: au1hor <>fTransi1ion and Beyond:
Observations on Gender ldcnci1y. "The ln-
1crscccion ofS.:X and Gender: Overlapping
GLBT Identities
ll:30A.M.-J:30P.M., Tmi/Room
Live music fo:nuring local hands
12:3().2:00 P.M., Co,mcil O,mnb,,­
Gender and Body Modiliauion. Mod.er­
ator: Jennifer Hublxn, LC Visiring Assis­
cine Professor of An1hropoJogy. Jenny Hil­
dcbrandr-Scecling, LC swdenr, ''I'll Show
You Mine lfYou Show Me Yours•; Alena
Chun, LC alumm '06; Andrew Wilson.
s1ude111, Evergr,cn S1'1fe College.
12:30-2:00 P.M.. 1hay,r
Bouncbrics and Bridges: The Di,ci­
pline of G<ondcr Studies. Moderator: Jane Hunter, LC Professor of His1ory :md A5SOCi­
aie Dc:m of chr College. Hildy Miller. Di­
rector of Writing and Profcssot of English.
t>ortland Srace University, "Building Bridges
Withio Fcminis, Studies to Past Fcmi11ist
Paradigms"; Sandra Reineke, A$SiSrant Pro­
fessor ofl'olicic.,1 Science. Uni"ersiry oF ld.1-
ho, "Gender Smdies Made in Europe: Femi­
nism. 'Posc~Feminism,' nnd Gend(•r Studies
i1t Cross-Cultural Perspective"; A.1ron Raz
Llnk. "Mole MasculiniC)s Border-Crossing
Men in Gender Studies"
2: 15-3: 15 P.M., 'fh11yrr
Ne lmm.igrants 1hc New Gay? Making
Connection.5 Between lmru..igram and
LGBT Rights. Aubrey Harrison, Field 0r­
gani1.cr. and Jessica Lee, Youd, Organizer,
Basic Righcs Oregon.
2:15-3:l,5 P.M .. Stamm
Poetry Reading, Black Bough Writers. An
exploration of ~rsonal assault, aging, ill­
ness, love, family, and po.licia. I ntroduccd
by Mal)• Siybist, I.C Assiscam Professor of
English
3:30-5:00, Co1111cil Chamber
P<atu.rcd Event Publishing, Policia, and
Popular Culture. A Conversation with Lo­
caJ Femin.ists: Maria Jerr. managing cdiror,
Wodd l'ulse Maga,jne; Andi Zeisler, co­
founder and editorial dirccror, Bitch: FemJ­
nisr Response to Pop CuJtme; Amara Perez,
program director, In Orher Words Books and
Rcsourcrs; M6dcrarcd by D•cna Goldsmith,
LC J\$sociatc Proftssor of Commt1nicarion
7:30 P.M .. Council Chamber
Keynote Lect11tt: Through the Lens: A
DOQUllemary Pbocographer's Experience
with Gender. Mary Ellen Mark, awacd­
winning documentary photographer. Intro­
duced by Matthew Johnston, LC Assisr.mr
P,ofcssor of Ate Hisrory.
Thursday, March 13
J):00-10:JOA.M .. Counril CJ111mbrr
In the Field: Obse.rving Gender in Ac­
tion. Moderntor: Mauccen Rcc-d. LC Ad­
juncr Professor of Gender Studies, Hisrory
and Con:. Rebecca Cloud, LC ttudcn,, "A
Look :u American Sex 11:tuca,ion .1.nd its Rc­
larionship ro Bird, Control": Habcn Girma,
LC studrnc. "A Foreign \'(/oman in Erit~"';
John Wagner, LC scudem, "Fair vs. Satisfy­
ing: How New Pare.ms 0ividt' L1.bor in .Du­
al-Earner Households"; Olga Zvonar<va, LC
visiting student fron-1 St. Pc:tersburg, Russia,
.. R.dationships ofPO\ver Benveen Genders in
Russfa and America"i AJcca Scorch, LC stu­
dent, • Living 1.,rge in Socialise Cuba: The
Effects of Nucririon, Socialism, and Machis­
mo Culruteon Body Image of Young C.uban \'(/omen•; $:;u11:tn,ha RobiSQn, LC student.
"The Confounding Role of Homosexualiry
in SexuaUy Conservative Buddhist Society:
An Exa.minacion of Homosexual M:-tles in
Thailand"
!):00-10:30A.M. 71,ayer
Gender and Mormonism. Moderator: Su­
s,nna Morrill, LC Assisca111 Professor of Re­
ligious Srudies. Jaime MIiier, LC srudent,
"Lose Along che Way: How Mormon Wom­
en Have Been Wrincn our of Official Church
History"; Aurora Mood, LC alumna, "'Sex.
Saines, and Sin: Historical and Thcologiol
lnAuc.nces on Morn:ion ld~als of St-xualit)l';
Sus,nna Morrill, LC As.sisranr rrofcssor of
Religious Srud.iC'!i, "The Mormon Molher in
Heaven: Guardian of the Gates of Morral­
iryf'
I0:45A.M.-Noon, ihay,r
Curious Encounters wiih Gender in Lil­
crature. Modcra1or: Jerry Harp, LC Visiting
Assistanr Professor English. Henry Hughes,
Associate Professor of English, Western Or­
egon University, "Jumping Gender in the
South SC3s Writings of Herman Melville";
Jack Virek. Associate rrofcssor of English,
Edgewood College, •·n,e Conundrum of
Ca.«racion, Rereading Jake and C-.ohn in ·n,.
Sun Also Rises": MercdJch Olson, Marylhum
University alumna, "Enigma aod Mythol­
ogy: The Search for Zora Neale Hur,;ton•
10:45 A,M.-Nno11, Stamm
Angels and Monsc.rs: Attraction a.ad Re­
pubion. Modcraror: Dawn Odell, LC As·
sista.nt Professor of An History. Jean Werl,(:I,
Associ.are r,ofossor of An H iscory, Cal Poly
Scare Universiiy, "Angels and Ecocicism: The
lmagc of the Apsaras in Art"i "TI1C$d:1y Smil­
lie, .. Monsrrous Fcmininicy"'; Alice Waar­
vick. LC srudeot. "Desire Sarisficd: Mechod
and Female Liberarion of Blokes 'Visions of
the Daughters of Albion'"
I 2: 15-t :30 P.M., Co1111cil Chllmb,r
Policing Bodies Through State Power.
Moderator. Georgi::i L·nvrencc. LC alumna
'00 and LC Adjunct l.ns,n,ctor of Sociol­
ogy/ Anthropology. Nina Sailer, LC student.
"Courtroom Violence: \Xlomen in Evicrion
Courc; 1;.mily Skidmore, graduate smdc111,
Depattmenr of History, University of Il­
linois, Urbana~Champaign, "E~cepcional
Queerness: Defining tbe Boundaries of Nor­
mative U.S. Citi1.enship in the Early 20,h
Century": David Rogers, Executive Director,
P:1rrnership for Safery and Justice, "Crimi­
nali~d1:ig Addiction, Propcrcy Violarions, and
Oregon's Burgeoning Prison Sysrem·
12:15-1:30 l'M .. 1ha;•tr
Speaking Her Mind. Modernror: Dinah
Dodds, LC Professor of German. Jen Moore,
graduare smdcnt. Portland Srarc Universi•
ty, 'Sister Spir: Roots, Hi"ory, and Legacy of the Female Spoken Word Roadshow":
Shawna Lipton. graduace assistant, Portland
$,ace UnivcrSiC)•, "Some1hing Much Dw­
cr: Su<p".<Sing Female Romantic Friend­
ship Through rhe Writing of Marg:ucr J.M.
Swea,"; Ilana AdJcson, LC srudenr
l:45-3: 15 P.M., Cou,,ril Chambn­
Bottlers of[dcncity: lmmigr.uion and MIi­
itarism. Modemor: Ellion Young, LC ,\sso­
ciacc Professor of Hisrocy•. J:1rr.nr laylot, LC
alumnus, "American Girls: A Short Docu­
mentary'": Joanne Mulc.'Uly, LC J-\ssismnr
Professor of &:lucation and Nonhwcsr \Xlrit ..
ing lnscicuce, "'El Orro L1do': Border Cross­
ing in the Life of Eva Casrdlanoz: Michelle
How'.1, "'All-American Ov(.'rscas"
l:45-3:15 P.Jvl., Stamm
Roundtablc: TrarunaLi.onal Feminism in
Women's ~d Gender Studies. Modt:rouor.
Patti 0uno.n, Associate Professor of \'(!om•
en's Smdies. f>orrlanJ Stare Univer.;icy. l'SU
gr::aduarc students Jimen:1 Alvarado, Mari­
e.la Rivas. Eric., Sandoval; PSU undergmdu­
ace srudenr,s Julie C1ccrt's, Karen Maloney,
Martha Stephens, Meliss:, Green, "°d E,njly
Wornell
3:30• 5:00 P.M., Council a,amber
Featured Even<: The Magic and Mystery
ofWater. Geraldine Richmond, Richard M.
nnd Parricia H. Noyes t>rofcssor of Chem•
is,,ry, University of Oregon. Introduced by
Barbara l\alko, LC Associate rrofcssor of
Chemiscry Followed by Roundrablc: Ems·
ing the Gender &,dcr in Science. Modera­
tor: Llz S1:1nhop<', LC Assis,anc l'rofcssor or
Machcmacics: Geraldine RiehmoJld, Rich­
acd M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor of
Chemistr)', Uni"er,;ity of Oregon: Sherecn
Khoja, Assisranc Professor of Computer Sci­
ence, Pacific Univcrsiry; Anne Benrley, LC
Assisrnm Professor oF Chemisrry: V:1lenrin:a
Grigoreanu. LC ,lumJla '0.5, Ph.D. candi•
date in computer sc·ience. Oregon Seate Uni•
vcrsity.
7:30 P.M .. Co1111dl Chamber
Keynote .Lecture: "Pixar,'Olt": Animating
Revolution. JudJch 1-1:dbersram. Professor
of English and Gender Srudics. University
of Southern California: I nrroduccd by Ellie
Glusman. LC s1udcm.
9:30 P.M. Co-op
Poetry Open Miaophone with Syoci:gia
Friday, March 14
9:00-/0:l5A.M .. 7haJ'tr
In the Face of Power, l'oveny, and Dis­
placement. Moderator: Rima DasGupra, LC
Assisranc Professor of Sociology. Isidore Lob­
nibc, Western Oregon University, •Between
Aspirations and Realities: N'onhcm Ghana-1he Pioneer Log, March 7, 2008
)71HANNUAL GENDER
STUDIES sYMPOSIUM
MARCH 12-14, .2008
ian Women and the Dilemma of Household
(Re) producrion in Southern Ghana"; Casey
Nelson, LC siuden,, "llte Position of chc
Urban Third-World Woman: An Analysis of
the Relationships among Chronic Poverry,
HlV/AIDS and Prostitution in Nairobi, Ke.
nya": Alexa Schmidr, LC sru<lcnt. "Migm·
rion. Power, and the Land«::ipe: How E.,sc
Afrie.n Refugees faperience Pince"; Asha
A. Samad, Direc1or, SAFRJ\D Somali Asso•
chtion and Hun1:,m Righcs Ccmcr, "'Somali
Female Refugees: Gender, Ce11em1ion, ond
Cla,s lssucs•
9:00-10:15A.M .. Stamm
lnfon:n.aJ convc,sation with keynote
speaker Judith Halberstam. I nrro<luced by
Aubrey foag, LC smdem and symposium
oo-~h :, i r
10:30 A.M.-Noo11, C,,rm<il Ch11mber
Sex, Scandals, and Soda! Norm$. Modem­
tor: Andrea Hibbard, LC Visiring A""isunr
l'rofe$SOr of English. Nichole Camdl, LC
srudcnc, "''lhe Gr.ivity of Marilyn Monroe;
America's Obscs.sion wi1h rhc Scandals of a
Beautiful Woman"; Kade 8urnen ;ind Lisa
Housm:ut, LCstuden1.<. "Playboy: A Symbol
of Scxualiry or a Oegn,dation of cbc Femal.e
Body: ,\n Analysis of Playboy Maga:t.ine
Covers in 1hc 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s":
Maureen Reed, LC Adjuna Professor of
Gender Smdies, History and Core, •Sex and
dtcSradc J\ Reading from a 'Travel Memoir"
10:30 A.AL-Noo11. Thayrr
Trav~ing the Empi.,e: Gendc( in Vkto•
.cia.n 8-ritain. Moderator: Dave Campion.
LC Assisrnnt Pcofessor of History. Kadmine
Spingarn, LC srudem and Symposium co­
chair, •·n1e Reader in Victoria.o Briraio: Let·
ce,s 10 dte English Woman's Journal": Mtgan
Brown, LC m,denr, "Tics of Blood: Family
in Vicmrian Llrt:rarurc-"'; Claire Studholmc ..
LC scudc.nc, "Conforming and Contesting;
The Single Woman Missionary and Sepamtc
Spheres Ideology in Victorian India": Allie
Kerr, LC .<rudenc, "All Fashions of Loveli­
ness: Control, Madness. Performance, :md
the Female Protagonist in E..1rly Victorian
Penny Drcadfiifs''
10:30 A.M.•N{)()11, Stamm
Roundtable: Senior Sexuality. Moderator:
Jenny Bomsrcin. LC lnrcrlibrnry Loan Spe­
cialist. Jacki Gcrlmcr, LMT. CJ\OC I: Jo.seph
Marweco. P.A., Ph.D., founder of Clinic~!
Sexology Assocfarcs
12:15-1:30 RM., Cou11ril C1n1111b,;r
Sex Smarts. Moderator: Meli.ssa Osmond,
LC Coordioator of Health Promotion and
WeHness. Bianca I Laureano, sexual health
consulrant. "'Doin' 111 Doin' Ir, :a_nd Doin' It
, .. well? Docs sexualiiy cducarion do gender.
dass, rncc & ethnicity?; Mo Kenny, QM HA.
Coordinator or-fhc Pride Project, SMYRC 12:15-1:30 P.M .. 7lmyer
Language of Violence, Power, 1Wd Inti­
macy. Modcr:uor: Linda ls.,ko Angst, LC
Assisranr Profcssor of Anthropology. Uma
Shrcstha, Associate Professor of English/
Linguistia. Western Oregon· University~
'"Con,srrucrion of Starus, Power and Inti­
macy Between Wives and Husbands: lhe
Use of Second Person Pronouns and Terms
of Addrcs., in Nepali"; Gail Griffin, Ann \/,
and Donald R. Parfer Distinguished Profes­
sor of English, English and Women's Srud­
ies. K.'llamnoo College, "When a Man Kills
a Woman: Crossing the linguisric Border:
Kate Phillips, LC srudenr, "Sibling Violence:
Uncovering chc Roors of a Socially Natural­
ized Porm of Violence"
12: 15-1:30. P.M., SMll//tt
Film Scrccn.ing and Photo Exl1ibition: A
Conversation with Anists. Moderator: C.·tra
Tomlfoson, LC Ajsistam Professor of An.
Anu Oikal Telhan, Turkish-born media arc­
isr. "\X'omcn Against \'(/omen''; Ruvan \'v'ije­
sooriya., artist and LC alumnus '99) "Mascu­
linism: Images from the Boxing Ring, Gay
Clubs, and lk-yond"': Anne Grgich, artist,
"Divine Brut/Sclf-raughr Worlds"
l :45-3: 15 RM .. Counril Chnmb,r
Th.e Trafficlc.ing of Sex and Labor: Fillpina
Women Across Borders. Moderator. Mam­
ya Massin-Lcvt-y, LC srud,nr. Annalisa Vi­
CClllc Enrilc, National Chair of CABRlELA
Neiwol'k, and Clinical J\ssistam Professor of
Social Work, Univel'$iryofSourhern Califor­
nia.
1:45-3:15 P.M., Thnyrr
Narratives of Rebellion. Moderator: Kristi
Williams, Coordin,ror of Acndcmic Ad­
vising. Pendopc Scambly Schoct, •A is for
Anne: Misut"ss Hutchinson Disturbs the
Commonwealth; Juli!! Perini, Adjunct As­
sisranr Professor of Ari. \X'cstem Oregon
Univcrsiiy. "Su!&.,gcnc Slasher Film: Mary
Ridwdson :md tbc Roekcby Venus•, Mag•
gie Mcl'adden, Professor of Interdisciplinary
Studies & Women', Srudies. Appalachian
State University. ..Borders, Language, and
ReAex.ivity: International \'(/omen AcrlvislS
and chc Sh:adow Narr'3tivc1'
3:30-5:00 RM., Cou11d/ Chamber
Featured Lecture: Globaliud Punishment,
Racial-Gender Policing and Rcsiscanee.
Julia Sudbury, l'rofes,or and Mary S. Mer,:
Chair of Ethnic Srudics, Mills College. In­
troduced by Deborah Hca,h, LC Associate
Professor of Anthropology and Director of
,he Gender Swdics progmm.
8:00 RM .. Tmil Room
Performance: An Evening of Queer Bur­
le5quc, Cabaret, and Drag. Presented ~Y
San Fmncisco Gend<r Benders. PoUow«l by
a dance parry with DJ Bcyonda. 12
"OJ, ,ny god guys u,~ shouU pt a eo,mnuna/ vi.bn, ..
tor! We'd just havr to wash it after we've fi11ishrd''
"lf I hold my breach. will you 'dry-hump md"
"My girlfriend is a real persoo,
not just a th.iog Ihar vibrates."
"Oh my god. rhar's so c111t.' It) ·bm,r • n...
1/,a11 ttn pom. • ',,,?
*You wnnt me to make a lisr of all the
things people have &id chey've done
with my mom? ltS nor a sbort l~t."
"I bet Jesus was hung like• whale?"
'Tm gonna go to hell for pur­
ting whips and penis on Jesus."
"If by 'baud on,' you mean 'a.ss raped,' then )"'$•
"'My famd is Republlra11. I h"d gay sex with him.•
•r have gay sex with all my Rtpubllra11 famds. •
"I don', date people, I just bang di.cm.•
"11,n,,~ a {,,,,,,,. eclipse ttmight, so if 8
:,011'~ pnp,mt, :,011 wo11't be for kmg." --U-
··waic, poon means vagina? Ewww.» -
"So do you think munchkins are Ilk,
the cousins of oompa-loomp:15?"
'7 want a bo11g rip."
"D11de, use o-ttr co(¥. Say B.R."
"\Vhenever l'nl wirh Johnny and we're anywhere
,virh an elevator, we always 'kkk it~"'
"We'll Jefi,,iu{y havt! som~ 1111t'S jn 011r
hands by the e,u/ of th• semnter."
Send your overheard
conversations to
features@pio/og.net Features the Pioneer Log. March 7. 2008
Serious Club draws serious crowd
by Stephanie Beechem II
editor-in-chief
"501 fomunins u,a/k imo n bar.
71.,e barund,r s11y1, ·i~ don i serv~
fa11111ai111 lure.' 'Wit/I. good 1M11g
wt'rt not drinklngfountnins. '"
From belly laughs co kn,e­
sl::appcrs ,o une:tsy chuckles and a
few long groans, Lewis & Clark's
Serious Club pulkd out all the
acrobatic stops duriing their Fc:b.
28 inaugu~I on-c:unplL\ ~how
on a brighcly lir scage in the Trail
Room. Approximaccly 50 sru­
denrs :mended the evc.·nt, loosely
modeled on chc ,devised comedy
show '"\Xlhose Line ls ic Anyway?"
in which comedians play ~lmCS
and improvise: jok(.'S on the spot.
Ptt01'0S&YW.T~ 8AK£ll One of 1he nighc's firsl g."lmcs
"-as "Cdebriry Cafe." Serious
Club members Daniel Lock­
ley ('10), Azalea Ebbay ('10), and
Benjamin Baccm:m (' IO) rook
turns runni1lg on and off chc sragc Daniel Lockley ('10), Azalea Ebbay ('10), and Benjamin Bateman ('10)
perform "Celebrity Cafe" as Frodo, Jesus H. Christ, and Bono.
as members of the-audience shourc<l om absurd identities for
each member co pby: Bono (Ba,em:in), Jesus (Ebl>ay), and
Frodo Baggins (Lockley). The concepr of the game was cha,
fl One of I he :tctors knew who ht/she w-as playing. and had
ro asccrrain their own idcmicy \•ia clues given by the other
players.
"W1,a1 happened 10 your hands/" Bono asked Jesus.
"What's rhar ring on your hand?" Jesus asked Frodo.
"I gue.ss we've borh bt-cn scabbed." Frodo s:,id symparhcti•
cally co Jesus.
Alchough "Cdebricy C1fe" was one of the most successful
games of ,he nigh,, the game" 1, 30, I 5. 5." was .Jso a crowd­
pleascr, as four members acted out a scene in a millure, rhen
chiny seconds. lif,een seconds and finally. live seconds, by
which tlmccn1ire scnrcnce.'. had been condensed ro syllabics,
:ind one. charac-~r wcnc from calmly cooking dinner to hi1-
cing anocher player wich a frying pan in less than :t scc.;<)nc.l.
.. Knowing we were being warched, judged. and potential~
ly ridiculed in rhe dark corners of the Trail Room made us .JI
sray on our coes," said Lockley.
In "Channel Changer.'' four rotacing members playtd a
sequence of rapidly changing chan rtels, shouccd by rhe audi-ems:, including chc Oxygen channel, the DIY channel, and
Wolf lllicur. In ano,her, "D,acl, of a Salesmen." four mem­
bers competed co .. sell" a difficult item. Somoont: in d,e :tudi•
cncc shomcd, "per rock~"
\X'hen Barcm:'lll maoaged co ouc--sdl Serious Club found­
er Brad Jonas ('JO) in rhc game's final moments.Jonas immc­
diaccly fell to the ground, his arms flopping.
"(11,e showl exceed,d my cxpectacions in every which
way. I had remarkably low cxpccrn,ions though. 1hc way I
picrurcd ir in my head was just us pcrfor-ming for a mule
and a guy wirh a ,ro,nbon~ char would play the 'Waa waaaa'
sound ;tft.er every joke.ot said Jonas, che self-proclaimed leader
and "iron-lisred dicracor" of the Serious Club. whicl1 began
last spring when Jonas cabled -:n 1he Activities Fair.
"People foolish!)' wrote their names and e-mails down
and we Sl':trted meeting on F=riday afi-crnoons and playing
g:LlllCS in Council Chambers." Jonas s:<id. ·rn,c club was)
just my friends at 6rst, but it has slowly gro .. vn ro encompass
enemies, acquaintaru:cs, :1od neutral panics as wdl, and is
in ,he process of becoming oflici,illy charccrcd and budgeccd
rlgh1 now."
Turnout at the show-the.• club's fir$t widely-publicized
on-campus e\'enr since-their founding last
ye,r-impresscd all of che Serious Club's
members. "The: mrnou1 wa.s arn:izing! J 'm
glad to sec so m::rny people inreresced in
hil:ufry and willing ro support a rag.-tag
bunch of kids known as chc Serious Club. I
believe we were all on top of our rcspccci\'C
games. "11,e lightS. s,age. !and) lnughs really
fostered rh:11; said R.1leigh Overlie ('09).
Fucure plans for the club include an­
oth~r improv show :it the: c:nd of M:uch.
a possible cvc111 with 1hc Juggling Club
some1fo1e in April. aod hopefull>• a final
show closer rn the end of the year.
Members of the Serious Club play the first game, "Change" "We should get mic. next time be•
cause I was 1old tha1 some people i1t the
back couldn't hc:ir rhe humor spilling forth
from our quieter members' mouths over
,he sounds of so much boisrerous laugh­
ter," said Jonas. _lh_e_P_io_n_ee_r_Lo_g_,_M_ar_c_1_1_1_,_2_o_o_s ___________ _.-.j#jjiji4 ________________________ 1_3 __
You think you know, but you have no idea:
This is the diary of Platty-Ho's Resident Director, Liv Edens
This Platty-Ho Campus Living Coordinator
is most like a marshmallow and wants to
be a creature from the lagoon. The Pioneer
Log picks the brain of CLC Liv Edens.
by Danny Garcia// Features Editor
7hr. Pioneer Log: Who arc you and what is your position?
Liv Edens: J'm Liv Edens and rm rhc C.1mpus Living Coor•
dina,or of Pim-Howard Residence Hall.
How long have you been :it LC?
lhrcc :md a half )'C::i.rs, :almost.
What appealed 10 you about this position?
Oh wow, locs of things. It was pr<ny much the whole pack­
age, like Lewis & Clark, Porcland. ,nd I was really cxci1ed
abou1 the liber:al nrrs experience.
What is you..r ideal exotic pet?
Maybe a zc-bra ... or maybe l don't want a zebra ... ! don'c know
what it'sc.aUcd, but there was thls bird I saw 3l a.n :.unusernc111
p.1rk, and I wish I rcmembl'.red what it wa.~ e:tlled because it
had all these great colors. h was kind of like a toucan. Yeah, I
think I'd go with a toucan.
lf you had a time machJoe, where would you go?
f'd probably go forwnrd somecirne in the llre 21st century.
Bcc~1use we're ta.lking ahou1 all tl1esC' things to c,hanged the
world, and I think selfishly I would go forward to sec if it's a
prncrice in futility or ifir'sactu:illy m.akjng progress.
WouJd you rad,er be a vampitt, a we.rewolf, a zombie or a
creature from the lagoon?
Wdl I've been known norro sleep and be a bit nocturnal, so I
suppose I could be <:irher ;i vampire or a werewolf.
Okay, so would you ratl,er suck the blood of the innocent
or eat the innocent as a wolf? Wdl. in all honCSI)', J 'd probably want to be a creature from
the lagoon so I could go back into rhe lagoon ond be in my
safe little h;avcn. I coold c0tnc out :rnd be advenrurous. 1\nd I
eould cransform inro all sorrs of crearures from chc lagoon!
What arc the best and worst para about bcln.g a CLC?
The best thing is just gening to know and work wi1h Stu­
denrs, and w:uching them progress. l11e.· worse pan I guess is
,hat it's unp(cdicrablc, which I like" But it's also challenging
to plan and suc=sfully have a social life.
What is you.r biggest resident pct pcc,·c?
Probably the biggest rhing i$ noise beausc it :.1ffocr.s so m:.1ny
different people. People arc rrying lO live here and srudy here.
and even though noise st-ans ou1 being something minor, it
affecls so many people. Sound tr.ivd.s so much f.,nher than
people think it does. Someone next door, across 1he h:aH, or
upstairs eould be crying co sleep. I guess ir's just a sort of re•
spccc issue..
Where is your happy place?
Lately it's been 1ime with my guiror. Physically, my happy
pl:i:ce would be 3 mounraii, wirh snow. so I can snowboard.
Or, during che warm, sunny momhs anytime I can get on
my bike.
Do you consider yoursdf a baby$itur or nanny?
Probably a nanr,y. From my own experiences wirh babysfr.
rers or a.,; a babysitter. and chcyc.amc and went. \Xlhcn I chink
of a nanny. I chjnk they're more of a regular presence cherc
(or the long term. So, Y'-'ah. i n:mny.
Which part of the s'naore a.re you and why?
Probably the marshmallow. lkcausc a ptrfrnly roasml
marshmallow thac·s been hung over the 6rt and you don't ger
i1 coo dose. you slowly, slowly roast it, i1 gers co a perfect 001.~
incss. Ir gees the chocolate melted -and brings it all cogcther.
Bui why am I the marshmallow ... ?
Cause you're ooey? PHOTO 8V OA,NNY GAACIA
Missed her? Leave !l message on the door!
I don'r know oozy, cause when you say ooiy. I chink of Lh.i,
like a machine gun. No. cat.1se 1he marshm:aUow is roa.Hy on
1he ours·ide because j1's been. exposed 10 the fire., bur it's srill
good. Ir's whal makes the s'morc.s s'morc..~s. You can't have
s'morcs with a marshmalJow.
What one Bterary character would you want to be or be.
with?
Oh. that's really tough it might seem kind of clichc, but I'd
pick-Juliet. Yeah, because she took that chance and wc111
aw:1y from the established ideas on hc>w she were supposed
co live 1heir lives. She stepped our of tl1e box aod said, 'yeah,
this is-whar you say ir's supposed to be, bUl this is me and this
is what I say i1's supposed to be like.'
What's your f.tvoritc wcc.kJy col.lcge circulated media.
source a, LC thai bas synonyms for an explorer and dead
wood as a title?
Oh, wdl, the Piolog! I have chem everywhere!
Let's talk about sex[ual health on campus], baby
by Maisha Foster-O'Neal// Staff Writer be sexually active. last year, 460 srudcnts from the under- cs srudents to be 1cstcd for Sexually Transmitted lnfcctio,,s
For some .smdcncs, the bag.s of condoms stapled to bul-gradu:.ne, gradu:ue, and law sd10ols accessed the Counseling
Jet in boan.ls in residence halls are their only conrnc1 wirh the Services.
sexual health services rhe college offers. 1here is much more LC promote.,; safer sexual behaviors ar che very begin•
co chc sexua) hcalrh services ac lewis & Clark, bur students ning of every new school yc.-ar by planning events such as
have to go our of their way (and their room) 10 access them. this ye,r's wildly popular Sex Sign11ls during New Srudcnt
I..C addresses srudcnrs' physical and psychologic.,1 heol,h Orien,ation. Besides the free male condoms locared in cv­
by employing healLh specialisrs who work at the -✓-./.-,1""1r'!..-,,r""""..., ery residence hall, other barrier methods
and educational materials arc available at
Health Servi«-., the Hcalrh rromotion
Wellne$S office, and chroogh s-tudeM or­Health and Counseling Services dcpanmcnr. Ac- l-\l<'t1\••· 1r1a~he I
ccss to the Health ond Counsdiog Services is free c, "o"\o as I:.
w ~1.II students, regardless of their hcah h ins~rance ~ort'IC one ~ is-e •
plan. However, there are nominal fees for lab resrs,
prescriptions., and vaccinations.
The Counseling Service is a resource for srudcnrs
with questions or concerns regarding relationships.
sexual orienration, gender idemiry. sexual violence,
or who wane advict' about how to manage the stress
thac often surrounds sexual ht.~lth issues.
Mcliss;, Osmond is the coord.inator of hcalrh
pro1nocio11 & wellness at LC. ''Students have the
freedom 10 choose whether or not t.hcy wish co be
sexually acrive,'" said Osmond ... Each individual
is unique as arc their choices. [Health and Coun­
seling ServicesJ supporr(s] individu:,I decisions
around scxuali1y and sexual behavior as long as ir
docs not cause harm to oneself or othcrs ... 1l1c Health
;,nd Counseling Services ;,Jso provide education to
srudenrs abo1n r.hc risks and benefits of choosing to 0
0 gani1.arions such a.,; chr.-\'v'omyn's Cencer.
Female smdcms who choose to be sexual•
ly acrive arc advisl.-d co visit NanC)' Ka)vclage,
LC's Women's He:.a.llh Care N11rsc Pr::ictitioncr.
Conrr.icepcive oprion.s range from "rhe Pill ..
and "rhe Patch' to diaphragms and malt and
female condoms. Emergency comrauption,
in the form of the nlorning after pill, is also
av:til~hle. ihe prices for conrracepcion vary
by item, buc some health insurance plans
cover conrraccprion. For specific prices, SlU·
denrs should contact the Health Services di­
rectly. Ma1ly s1uclcms also receive the H PV
(or Gardasil) vaccine. which greatly reduces
tht likelihood of dcvdoping cervical cancer,
,hrough Studen, He.11th Services.
Stude:,u Health St-rvices also cncourag-(STls). Osmond reminds students that STI testing isshroud­
cd in misconceptions. '"Most people assume that when they
sec cheir doctor for ::in annoal exam th:u they will auromari­
Cllly test for $Tis if you are sexually acrivet said Osmond.
"The rcaJiry is that some clinicians will rest for a few STls,
while oLht:rs will not te-st unless you ask."
Cost< vary bc:1ween lfP<'$ of tests and types of treatmenrs,
but rhe Hc:alth Services tries ro keep prices as low as possible
ro encourage s-cudcnrs to rake advancagc of these services.
Student organizations will occasionally offer free HJV resting
rn Studc:nrs in conjunclion with the AIDS Summit or other
HIV/ A I OS awareness events.
Because students: may nor go our of their way ro access in­
dividual health educational services, Ht-a.Ith Promotion and
\X1cllncss hdps s-wdc:ncs organi7..c: group programs such :1.s the
annual Rubberwear parry in T.1mar:lck. Apptoxim~ucly l SO
studems accessed the 1-kalth Promotion and Wellness Ser•
vices l:lSt yc~1r, while an ~1ddirional c-scima(t-d 250 l0 300 scu­
dents took advantage of group scning programs.
Pregl'1ancy cests :tre available in Health Services a.~ well.
When a student rakes a pregnancy test wilh Healrh Services,
she is counsde<i regarding options in the event of a positive
tl'St. Counselors arc a\'ajlable to support students concerned
about pregnancy or poccntfal pregnancy, helping them C01l­
sider all opcions, including ruising a child, adoption, :rnd ter­
minating chc pregnancy. Appropriate referrals arc made co
off-campus resources and support services. _1_4 ________________ ..J~ the Pioneer Log. March 7. 2008 ------------------
Romancing the guitar
Scott Kritzer, classical guitarist, performed in Evans Auditorium
last weekend to promote his new record, Romance for Guitar.
by Yancey Lawrence II guest writer
S con Kricur's performance on S:u­
urday nigh1 in Eval'lS auditorium
was before a nearly full house.
He wasted no in open-
ing with a
three-part
sci called
.. Love's
Dance of
Fate," in-
duding songs "Dance
of 1hc Corr,gidor." "The
Fisherman's Song" and
.. The Miller's Dance" writ-
1en by Manuel de F31la.
·1nough i:he pieces called
for a quick ascension of scak'$
and perfect harmonics, Kriru:r
seemed 10 pby wi1h a Aowlng
pariencc, holding his guitar apt·
ly described as an embrace of un­
usual tenderness.
He w3s in no rush, and played
each piece our to its very finish. lcrclng
the notes quite often fade to complete
silence before oix:ning his t:ycs :md con­
tinuing., keeping 1he audience e:nrapmred
until che very !:1st peal had died away.
His mood was lighr, he regaled ,be au­
dience with his S't0ry on rerumi11g lO rhe
"basics .. oi the guitar, when he revisited
:in old inenrnr whom had paned wirh un­
der lc-ss rhan friendly terms so many years
ago. However. tbtir reunion W:!IS a h:tp­
py one, and 1 hi~ mceli,,g was just before
thc-release of his new album, Romnnct: for
Guilnr. which turned om to be <1uiu:: for­
tuitous.
"'I twas fanrn.s1ic-hc brought me back
tO soo1e .,,cry in,ponam princip1.cs that I
had forgoucn and sho\vrd me some new
approaches to technique .md inrerpre1:1-
cion." he said in the perfonnance's prop
gnm.
KriCU'r's latest work is spt-cial lO bim
because not only arc these some of the
most lx--,1uri(ul work" he has run across in
hb long career, rhey arc alw some of cht
t">rigin:'11 pie-ccs tha, sparked his passions.
-"lhc:-.sc arc some of my first loves: works
that brought me t() Lhe ir1Str'umeru/"
Kriner said. -lhis w:is evidenr in the wav
1ha1 he played, not just for the crowd, hl;t
for himself as wdl.
Halfway through the pcr-forma11u,
be began :1 set from a variety of com•
posers such as Fr:inrt Casseus. Fcdcrdco
Torroba, Fr.mcrsco ·t:-trrcga and Hcitor
Villa-Lobos. J-lis piece from Villa-Lobos
included 1hc homage 10 J.$. Bach and
ph1yed off ooe of Bach's recurrent themc.s, however, there
was a slighr airer-a• rion chat
made the song all rhc more poignant.
"'Imagine i1 being more oi a drt:am =ifier
seeing ii performed,"' said Kriczer before
playing. He had worked for months on
transferring the work to the guimr, which
was diffic:uh seeing as it w:LS designed
for an orche$tra and ooce carrkd on Pap
varoni's huge voice. His answer had been
,o change i,s strength and depth, a1ld
rum ir into more of a memory oi irs perp
f'orm:mcc.
It wa.~ rruc, there \va.5 a Aircing. ethe­
real essence to it thar made it much les.~
struccur('d, anJ ycr folly rt·cogni'l..1blc.
Krit'l'..Cr's ell'.cellcot use of harmonics didn't
hurt tirhtr, carrying the song through on
light, jumping notes and meshing per­
fectly wirh his rd:lXt:d pl:lying sry1e allowp
ing for plcn1y oi 1ime to absorb rhc work
in iL~ cntirc,y.
Afrer a shon intermission. Kric-tcr
played ano1her Bach s<:1, of his Cello
Suire, and then concluded wi1h thr('c
piece.~ by Jonquin Tl.Irina, among which
Solc.·arc., seemed co stand out che-most.
Krktcr made cxcdlcnt use of a t(chnique
called rnsguMd<>. which is :, srrumming of
1l1e srril'1gs 1h:tr produces rhc dfecc of rapp
id movemem that really combined well
wi1h his lighr fingcr-pidong. I-le ~died
on a lo, offlamcnco background for 1hese
last piec~. which made chem very livdy.
Overall, the performance was memo­
r.,ble and personable. Krir,er's experi­
ence ,v;ls evic;font in the way he performed
without hasre or pretense, making his
p:tssionace romance with chc guirar ap­
pear gcauinc. Mandatory film list: what
you didn't get in E&D
by Max Thayer // guest writer
I g,ms "l11venti11g America'" or whatever they tire calling ii now is kind of im­
JHJl'ltWt, b111 if you really want ti well-ro1111ded "liberal t1rts • education, watch
these flicks and think about all those 50-cent college words like "posr-modemiry 1"
"'rrans-11mio11alism." ''anomie,., "globt1!iZ11tio11," "free-market-c,tpiralism" 1111d es­
pecially "floating sig11ifiers. "t\1/ord. So, get mad b/11111ed and enjoy:
Thc:y Live (1988)-Basically. during the
rhroes of Reaganomic.~, John C:trpencer de ..
cided to m:tke a film ,hat would call Amer ..
ica out on some of it:s copious bullshit. The
r<.-sulc is the entire bourgeois 3S Sp{i.CC aliens
who enslave I he res, of us in 3 prison of X,a ..
n:ix bars and subliminal messages th-at you
can only csc;1pc from with i:he aid of special­
edition Ray-Ban sunglasses. Rowdy Rod­
dy Piper finds s;1id su11gla.~es. realizes chat
he has been gening screwed over his whole
lifo-nor just by i:hc rich. bur by the formal­
dchydc-fuced alien rich-;1nd proceeds 10 go
on a killing spree 1:har lasts for rhc resr of rhe
film. So Solid.
Riki-Oh: TucStoryofRid<y( 199 t )-Mind­
blowingly bru1al. Probably ,he bes, movie
ever. \X1har makt"5 this movie so great, asidr
from chc million ocher things rhat make it
great, is that it is basically a really wtll ex ...
ecuced critique of privaci1..cd prisons. And it
is a Chinese film based on ~ Japanese m:mg-J!
Even if ulcra-vio1ence in him does discu,b
you, i1°s all gooo
l,ec.'lusc there are
rhesc swccr flashp
backs whc:rc 1hc
m;iin charac1tr
,IC1$ re:illr cffemi-­
nace while: he Hies
kires and skips
around .ind such.
Red Dawn verines MiJicia \Vhile all thl!'ir loved ones arc
sysr<"maricaHy kilk·d in chc town bdow.
On Deadly Ground (1994)-"Whcn I kill
1 he somfubitch I wanna fed good aboUJ my•
self, I wanna f<'<'I solid." Seagal plays a n1ys­
tcrious dude who has the bc.1r-spirit in his
loins and kicks ass :lround Afasb, caking out
evil oilpmongers and prorecring rhc nath•cs
and nature while wooing the babes. Oh. and
ir advocates coo-terrorism real hard! Highly
l'(COlllJlll'lldtd.
Better off Dead (1985)-John Cusack scars,
bur also starring is Booger from the "Ne,di'
series! Cu.s.ick's ch:ar::1ctcr is kind~ losing his
ininti due 10 .soine girl--<lramaptypcPbullshjl
invoJving a broken condom and l0t.s of :10ip
ma1c:d h:;1llucinatio11s. B:isiCJIJy rhe finest
'80s romantic comedy ever involving ski­
ing. impromptu drag racing, working for 1he
gn::a.sicst man in 1.he world and getting rhe
hoc foreign babe.
( 1984)-Pacrick
Sw·,yic nnd Ralph
M:.cliio :tre sup•
posed ro be high
school sm<lcnts ln
Lis Vegas, New
Mexico playing
foo1ball and cop•
pin' feds when all
of a suddefl these
cotmnie b:1srards
(supposedli• a Cu­
ban/CCCP arn­
:mcc) come do\Yn
ou1 of ,he sky and
"srarc \'v'orld \Xlar
3." ·me jocks nan co A riff on the secret alien race and the
shades to detect them In "They Live." Soul in the Hole
( 1997)-An a1-
6rsr uplifting doc•
umcntaryaboman
incredibl)' ,killed
,1rect ball ream
from Brooklyn.
lnc dynamic be­
tween their MVP
player "Boogcr"
(who could have/
should have been
one of 1hc NBA
g.re:us) and 1hdr
charismacic, Ii~
quor store owner
or a co;ich i-. really
somc1hing :,~­
d:,I. Bur anyways,
1hings fall apan.
I m:.1ginc a sh oner
:and 1m1ch be1 re,
"Hoop Dream,."
If you don'r agree,
it is lx:cau.sc you
h:tvt nc:,1 seen rhis
61m-ir will make
you cry. For rt11L
the hills (which really .re stunningly beau­
riful. this befog Non.hem New Mexico and
all) and transform themselves inco rhc Wol-!JN1k for rhf' srrond ,'r,anllmmt of this 11umd111-ory
film list ill 1Jx 1ux1 is,u, o/thc Piom.."t:'r Log. \ _1_h_e_P_io_n_ee_r_L_og;;;,,~M-a_rc_h_7_._2_oo_s _________ ~.._ __________________ 1 __ 5_
Jamaica Kincaid lecture journeys
to the Himalayas and back
by Stephanie Beechem // editor-in-chief
J:1.m:1.ica Kincaid's second wcll .. known novel Lmy lells th¢
srory or a young girl from the West Indies who rravels to
Nonh America to ,1,•ork .as .an nu pair for a wc.ll~co.,do fam ..
ilt in New York. Ar 59, Kinciid herself is no longer young,
bur rh:u didn't prevent her from tmbarl:ing on an :1mbitious
journey of her own a f'tw yctars ago, trnvc.lling from her home
in Vermont to Nepal nnd the foothills of the Himalayas on
a t.lm:c-wcck-lung secd-collecring trip. Kincaid document ..
ed her adveornrc in
Among f'lowm: A
\¼lk ht 1hr 11/ma­
la)'II (2005). from
which Kincaid r~1d
a lengthy excerpt
during chc kcynoic
lecture of Lewis &
Clark's Blnck Histo­
ry Month, held on
Mond,y, rebruary
25 in che Fb1lag:rn
Cbapd. •1 Jidn'1 enjoy ii while I was doing ir at all, but I knew I
would enjoy ic after it was done." Kincaid said.
Bur the rrip wasn't merely a vast crip -across che A,rnapur­
na Valley to 'the Tibetan border. Kincaid's group mer wich
hos,ile Maoisr guerillas in rhc "illage of Dongc, herds of
yaks, and fields full oflcechcs that burrowc-d into ,heir socks.
shoes. aad bodies while ,hey aic and slep1.
Rcspondins to a qucsrion from Adjuncc Professor of Core
Curriculum Maureen Reed about
the native inhabic-ancs of the
lands Kincaid's group H:wcrsed
during their 1rip, KinCJ.id said. "'I
did1fr w:uu to write about [lhcl
people in :in ethnographic way ...
I was already in their country,
rnking their S~C(ls!" Later. she ex•
plained that she had a problem
wi1h documc:ming, a.nd chus ap­
propriating. wh:11 she could ob­
st·rvc of their culture :md rirnals
because ,he locils had no way of
reciproc-.1.ting her inr(·r~t. Horticuhu re is :1
longtime imere:,1 o(
K,nc:iid's, anJ )he
has wrinrn mulriplc
nonficcion boob on
rhe .,ubjt:c1-: J\,{y ,-.;,_
1v,riu !'film: \\'lrirer1 PHOTOBVUATAI.IE&\KER
Jamaica Kincaid delivered a lecture about her book
Among Flowers: A Walk In the Himalaya last week. The
lecture concluded Black History Month. "I wasn'r sure how to do it
withou, committing viol.nions:·
Kincaid Sdid.
In conclusion. Kincaid rc­
rumed to d1e conc;('pt of ,ravel
:md its importance in her life.
Tmvd i..\ borh n«C:ssary .ind nee- mu/ Gi1rdr11ef'J 011 th(
i'lnms rh,y lut't' ( 1999) •nd My (umlm (200 I).
"Hortieulnm; h1s ~ome1hing rn do with the inner life,"
Kinc.·ud said. "And I wanted to 5<-'c whcre rhc-things I w~s
growing (in my garden] come from."
j\\sociacc Professor of F.n~lish Rlshon:, Zimring, who
te.1Lht';', Ki11e;1iJ:~ Lmy in h.:r English .sun.·cr class and her
Po)tcolonial Lilcrarun: .surVl")', lnrroduccd Kincaid.
"(Kincaid's workl is :m indispurablc and widdy inAuc11-
li,1I pan ofEngli~h :md world litcr.acun:," Ziinring$:iid. Luer,
Zimring ~uggeMtd .a l)O))ihlc connection between Kincaid's
Among Flowm and Black History Month,
"lhc-history or bot.my is inseparable from the history of
:..gric-ulmrc ... which is con11e(ltd to che his1ory of :-b\'ery."
Zimring said.
Kincaid brieffy addressed the connection, ir only dlipri~
c.1lly. in her own pr('amblc to th<' lecture. 'Tl11i.s sclccti◊nJ
firs nicely with our 1hemc. Bb.ck History Momh, rhough
I nevN :ipprQlc-h lhings dir«tly." Kine.aid said. dovcrailing
into a discussion of the Garden of Eden ("'(Our world] is the
Eden that we make ofit"), rhc rrndition oflt--aving Europe for
foreign or exotic locations, :md seccl-<0llecling's :1ssociai-ion
whh ''coloni:11 cnccrprise."
Kinc.1id offered an :idditional preface to the nips that
informed Among Flowers. After weeks of extensive prepa­
rncion for the rrip with tr:iincd botanisrs :md nurserymen,
who would :..ccomp3n)' her and several orher collectors co 1he
Hitnalay:LS, Kinc:iicfs 1hrcc .. wcek expedition c:u:apulred her
from her calm garden in Vermont (itself a long way from her
native Antigua) to the lowlands of Nepal, where. over the
duration or her smy. she and htr comp:rnions climbed from a
90() foo, clcv,uion 10 over 17,000 fec1. This a.speer of ,he trip
was extremely physically srrenuous, Kine.aid said-,an "un­
ending series of vcnicals." tSS.lrily inv,as.ive. l\inc1id SJi<l.
"None of us [humans] .uc n.ulvc .. ,nothing h more likd)
to c..1usc damag( [th:ml hum.m l"teing.,.'' she said. Aod yet she
nlso poi111ed om ch:n life is inevir:ibly rife wtth rransgrcssion,
no manc.r how careful one is. "111c only w:1v to avoid tr:m~­
grcssing ... is to smy in bed ... she said.
Kincaid's lccrnrc was fucili~tcd .ind coordinarcd through
the collabor.nion of several 0l\•ctmpus departments, indud•
ing llSU, rhe OAi« ofMulriculmral MF.tits, rhe English dt'­
parrmen,. ,he l'rcsidcm, ,he O,-.n of ,he College, and the
Unks program, The Oflicc of Mulcieuhural Affuir, began
S(";lrching for :1 spc.1ker last summer.
"We coordinated with the Oflicc of Multicultural Af­
fairs," said l'arasa Chanramy (' 10). currcm prcsidem ofBSU.
·• BSU mainly worked with promotion. p,11 ting up flyers, and
spreading word of 1nou1h. IAndl some of u.s had dinner with
her in the Frank Manor House before the lecmrc."
As for BSU. members arc alrc,dy considering possible
speakers for next ye.r's Black HiStory Mon,h, which they
will begin researching formally lacer in the spring.
"h"sa longsho,, but [I would like to bring) lshmad Bcah."
said Luana Mayfield(' 10). "He wrote A Long \f{,y Gone and
was a child soldier in Sierra Leone." The club would aJso like
to bring Cornell West. Eirher way, borh llSU and the Oflice
or Mulriculturnl Aff'airs were satisfied with the Kincaid cvcm
and the subsequent book signing.
"lhc attendance was cxcdl<.·m and we have received posi­
tive fc-edback. It was a \'Cry successfol event, .. Diru·1or of
Mulriculrural Affair$ Lisa \'Vebb reponed. "'J have always en•
joyed Jamaica Kincaid's work. She is an amazing wrirer, Her
books arc read in several classes on campus. \YJe were very (;X­
ciccd 10 have ,he opportunity to collaborate with ,he English
department on her visit." Helio Sequence
at the Crystal
by Sanne Stlenstra // arts editor
Once full of the bubbly, electro-pop •.ura dm made
them (other rypical indie StarS, The Hdio Sequence
have mamrcd in the three years since Lo~ and Di1-
r,111u to be ,he refined and pithy duo they arc on Kup
Yuur Eyes A},,,,,J_ No more distracting background
synch ovcrpowt:ring what are acruaHy very afTccrjng
vocals. No more complicaret:.I layers coo ambitious ro
effectively pull off. No, now -Che Hdio Sequence has
gorren Uldr craft down; ,hey are cl~an, c;ondsc and
manuc. They arc the ne:w Her.ningw:i:y of indie .. pop,
rel'noving what ls su~fluous and scca.Jchily supplylng
jusr whar is needed,
K«p ~ur Eyes AhMd is a cohesive unit. with dis­
tincr new p:itterns t.h3t compliment rh(' overall skill of
this Pordond-bascd duo. Brandon Summers' vocals arc
dearer than ever before. and he sings with a hush .like
Dylan and a force like Bowie.
The record, while nill more "scudio • than other
Portland ::icu; around rhC$C d:f:)'S, has a g'renu.·r sen.~
of authentic ..
lty. Perhaps
the "ocals
th.;u were •re­
corded spon-
1 an e o u $ I y
in lx.-droom
closer,, and
living rooms"'
{,according
to d1cir re-­
cord l.,bcl Sub
Pop's web,ite)
lend to this
ovccall feel­
ing rhac diis
is 1hc produce
of the band's
ha,d work.
The Hello &-
quencc prc,­
enc.s such a llt«JTOFROM&i8POP£0M
Weikel and Summers (right)
of The Helio Sequence: both
the fairest of them -all.
unified creation d1at ir is difficult to scpat~t< any on~
c.lemcm from imorbcr. Sumn,ers' lyrics s1:U1d io from
of. but alS<> compliment Benjamin Wcikel's drums, ,he
keyboard ueads lightly near i,. sister iosrrument, the
synrhe.siur. and chc oonclusion of each song floats gen­
tly lnto tbc beginning of cbc next.
The Helio Sequence performed at Lewis & Clarks
now-deceased concert spa«., ,he Rusty Nail. last year.
·1 he Nail, which was large enough to house n .. , 100
people. was ovcrAowing with dinc.ing and .)'weary ,ru­
dent>. 11,c LC Music Coalition show paired the band
with The Shaky Hands, who will also open for The
Hdio Sequence ,oaight a, the Crystal Ballroom. This
other Porrland band's raspy and slightly less-refined
repertoire of atchy acoustic. songs-serves as a. nio: con•
tr..tSC (0 The Hclio Sequence$ updated presenmdon.
77,, H,lio Stqu,11,e CD rekas, show. with Th, Shaky
Hands n,u/ Pm,d,,six, 1/,e Crysral Ballroom, !):00 p.111.
$9.47, _1 __ 6 ___________________ 1111111111111tmi... _________ 1h_e_P_i_o_ne_e_r_Lo...,;;g_. _M_a_r_ch_7_. 2_0_0_8
What to do and where!
l
Friday and Saturday LC will be host-­
ins the Oregon lndcpcndenc College
Foundarion's 2008 Annual Erhics
Bowl. To accommodate the opening
rccepcion and dinner Friday nigh1, res­
idential scudencs will be having dinner
ar Pamplin Sports Center-a dinner
spc:cmcular fcoruring one of Portland's
besr bands, Marchfourth March­
ing Band. It is • higb-energy surreal­
ist glob•l-groove big band, propelled
by dccctic bass, 10-piccc percussion
ensemble ·and 12-picce horn section
track.'\. Genre .. busting. Cinematic.
Community-driven. Sonicolly and vi­
sually stunning. Unified and diverse.
i
' Filmed in Ponland. uGirh Rock!"
follows the journey of four 8-18-ycar•
olds :I.S they arc transformed by the lib­
crarlng powers of music ar rhc Rock
'rr Roll Camp for Girls. Given rbe
opportunity to b;tSh the drums, wail
like a banshee and rake up sp,cc, the
girls jenison gender Stereotypes like
old bais on their way to a joyous fi­
nal concert that wiU change their lives
forever. Opcos ronight at Cinema 21,
616 NW 21 sr Ave. Nightly 7:00 p.m ...
8:55 p.m., Sat-Sun 1:00 p.m .. 3:00
p.m .. and 5:00 p.m. -
\'Q'rincn by Sar.th Tree1n. A Fe111i11i11e
E11di11g center$ around a brilJianr
young oboe player ought between rwo
visions of her future: her own music.,J
career or rhat of her li:rncc. a rocker
whose scar is rapidly on Lhe rise. In
her seard1 for answers, Amanda jour ...
neys home co fact' the sources or her
ambivall·ncc: a mot.her who l"requcndy
leaves her husbaod :ind rcrurns co him
wi1hou1 his evc.n knowing she's been
gone: and ·rhe Boy Next Door who's
grown imo ;m independent and in•
triguing young man. Funny, fi-es-h and
surprising. rhis beguiling rom.:mric
co,nedy written by a ralcmcd young
playwright, Sarah Trecm, will have ev­
eryone talking. Portlaml C,.11ur Stag,
studio, F,bruary 5-Mar,I, 23. Visit
pcs.orgfor mor, i11fo. North American tour of Cirque du
Soleil's ''Corteo'' begins in Portland
Grque du Soleil (which means "Circus
of the Sun" in French) was founded
n 1984 in Quclxc by two su,-.:, per­
formers. Guy L1liber1<: and Daniel Gaurhi•
er. The auima_l.free, human acrobatic circus
6rs1 ventured to Los Angd,s in 1987 and
has since toured many countries :.di over the
world. presenting one of its mally touring
productions that circul:uc on different con•
tincut.s a1 dilfc.rcnc by Sanne Stienstra /I arts editor
a child." he said.
In thb act. six performers do acrobatics
011 1v10 oversi1.ed beds rhat rocatc on plat·
forms ... You r,-ally gcr the f(.-cling of the show,
and since Bounc•
i ng Beds is ,11 , he
beginning of rhe
show. you fed
the progression
rimes.
"Conco." which
first c.&me co Nonh
America in 2005,
began i1s 2008
rour in Portland
oo March I. This
big top production
draws ics name from "V > ak iou cant compare or t e
away what Cirque du Soleil
has and compare it to other
circuses. You can't really
compare it to anything." A national Atucrnlian competitive gym~
na.s1 for l 5 years bc£ore he came to Cirque
du Solcil, lstria joined Cirque sorm.:what on
::1 whim ... It was one of rhose. rhings, I rook:\
the Italian word for concgc, which is a pr<>·
cc:ssion of people. ~Conco/' like most orher
Ci.rquc du Soleil productions. has an absuact
plot and central che.mc thar runs throughout
the .show. 1·hc rhcmc for "Coneo" brings, :ap­
propriately enough, a "camival armosphere,"
according ro the websire. of rhc whole. sto­
ry from there,"
he said.
Besides being
skUled acrobais.
these:: performers
must also pos-Cirque du Soleil's "Corteo" premiered In Portland for the
2008 tour last Saturday. Pictured: Two acts from "Corteo,"
Bouncing Beds (above) and Tournik (below).
The plot ce.mers on an old down who
dreams abouc his func:ral a.od reminisces
about his past. The conctpru.al narurc of
"'Cortco.'' however abstract it may appear
10 1he viewer. is a central pan of cach artist'$
performance.
"You definitely feel the whole concept or
chc show. bee-ween everyone in the audience
PHOTOS FROM 0'lOUEDUSOt£1. COM
and the pcop1c 011 ~tagc you see throughout
the show," D:tfnian ls1ria, an Australian gym•
nasr who has been a Cirque:: acrobat for cwo
years, .said..
lsrria is in t\YO aets. Bouncing Beds and
Toumik. "ln Bouncing Beds I am a child
and doing what 1hc main character wishes
he could have done, jumping on his bed as sess ,he acting skills required for ,he plot.
"l'Correo'J is very chcauicaJ in nature," btri::1
said. "You have 10 be able 10 combine your
character role :uld the acrobatics. You need
10 be able to sray in characrcr while doing the
acroba<ic rricks, or be abk-to quickly click
off and click on ro do what you need to do
acrobatically."
lstria's two
aces, Bou nc­
ing Beds ond
Tournik (an acr
.. which marries
horizonral bar
techniques with
circu~ :ans.'" ac:•
Lording co thr:
wcbsicc). arc cwo
very different
com1X>nent.!) of
rhe same show.
"'Difficulty-wise,
T0urnik is a lo,
more rechni­
cal rhan Bounc•
ing Beds, bur
Bouncing Beds
i~ so much fun.
it's seven minutes of non-$top :1.cring and
you're juSl going l.he ,vhole time," he said.
Despite rhesc van dHfcrc:nccs. lsuia dot-s not
pre.fer one pcrform:mcc style over rhc ocher.
"'l wouldn't say that any one ls h:l.rder rhan
t.he other. For me, it's a perfccr combina•
rion.~· he said "lc's about having the two ex·
tremcs. I dc6ni1dy enjoy both aetS." big jump, came across to give this a try," he
said. "'Ir's amazjng-•it's opened up :t whole
new world for me.,.
As he t0urs rhe coumry with "Correo,•
lsrria is working on fu1ishing bis degree in
business online, With just r.vo dasses left
lxforc he completes the business program
through :lrl Australian universicy, lst:ria
works pan.time on his academics because
of rhe busy touring schedule. However. he
,•icws the academics as the ideal t:01npliment
to his performance lifestyle. "ii ·s the perfect
cornbin:uion. ll al.so gives you something for
larer on," he said.
Once he i.s finished wi1h che performance
aspc.-c:t or Cirque du Soleil. howe\·er. he may
enter the husine~ .side ... 1 could US<.' this de·
grce and stay wilhin the company. StJ.y on
cour. go to 1hc he:id offict• in Mcn11r(':tl," h(•
said. '"h's suc:h a big cotnp:my: i1's nor just
t.hc c:ir<:1,1~ and performing. I could ~my in
rhis company wich my dl-grcr a.nJ m0\'t
-around."
Besidc."S being I here for 1he perfr,nna1lcts
and the beer business opponun irics. ls1 ri.i
is cnrhw;iasric about wh:n Cirque du Solcil
does as a whole-, .,You can't compare or t:'lke
away what Cirque: du Solcil ha$ :u,d compare
it co other circuses. You can't really compare
it 10 :111y1 hing." he said ... And you don't actu­
ally need co have the animals for it to Ix a
circus. It's the performing, i1's che :tcrs, and
i1's about what the: hun~:Ht body ctn do it•
self."
''Cort~o" in />on/and r1111s until April 13
Srudmr rickest awiilabk for $3 I. I . ' . . .
the Pioneer Log, March 7, 2008 -•••M•b--- 17
Exceeding Expectations: Rip City is on its way back
h wou1d be an undcrstarcmcnt co say
chat rhi.s has been a rolJcrcoaster season fot
chc Portland Trail Bloi.ers. On ,he hcds of
the 200<Y07 sca<0n. a scoson which saw an
l l-gamc impro,·t."mcm over the prc\·ious
year's campaign. the: Bl:17.ers won the num•
bcr-one over.ill pick in rhe NBA drafr. Draft•
ing former Buckeye Greg Oden, their first
pick built expectations co seemingly unrc::i..1-
isric levels, :wd for the-firsr time in five years
,here w:1s i,Jk of playoffs in Portland. Scoson
tickets sold at an unimaginable pace. Oden
and Roy jerseys wem Aying off rhe shelves
and ream c,mc,:rs Zach Randolph and Dari­
us Milc.<wcr, nowhere in sight. Rip Ciry was
back! But then news came that Oden would
require micm-fracturc km..-c surgery, ending
his season before it even bcg:rn.
As Oden's season disimegrated, so coo did
the optirnism of Portland. A fun base that saw
its beloved franchise make the playoffs 22
consecutive years b,er,.veen the early 80s and
,he 2002-03 campaign would have to endure
another season of just 82 games, the rnajor­
iry of ,hem probably being losses. The rcgu­
lor season began as expected with the young
Trail Bla1.crs dropping 12 of their first 17
games, sporting a dism:il road record of0-9.
Then something h:;1ppcntd t'1:1t nor even the
,nose irr.itional, Bla2er-biased fan (read: me)
could have predicted. 11,cy won, and won,
and won. stretching their win streak co 1,3
games before ~nally dropping one. Follow­
ing another win srreak of 4 games. rht Blaz..
ers had completed a ncarly-pcrfcet 18-gome by Matthias Kullowatz II guest writer
stretch, pushing their record 10 22-13 and
insri&oating more playoff talk around Port­
land.
Though Porrland has sihc;e er.ashed ba?(
down 10 rcaliry, it$ 31-29 reootsf t:i<lipses
post-Oden-injury apc,cm'ions. How has
this team, with the lowest'averagc age in the
NBA, managed not only 10 exceed Its own
funs' cxpec1.arions, bur al~ to achieve a win•
ning record io the obscenely competitive
wcs1crn conference?
\Vhile young mrs Bn111don Roy
aJ1d L,/vtal'CII$ Aldridge certainly have had
a big hand in Portland'.< winning m:ord, I
would assert that it is rhc less-obvious pi=
to the ll'-r jigsa,v puz,Je char have pwhed
Rip City's ream over the .500 pfatc:tlL Look­
ing sp«ifically a< role players James Jones
and Jod Pnybilla, ohc begins 10 see where
this surpruing sqson came &om. Sure, goy
is aver.,ging 19.4 poims-and 5.8'0.SSisrs per
game wbik Aldridge pours in l 7 points,
and grabs mon: than 7 bo..rds each conccsc.
Bui mis Is what we ~d from them;
we Blazer F.uis IOOk into account tbllt. Roy
and Aldridge would be this good when we.
predicted anorher k)ciag season in the City
of Roses. Sn,vc Blake's numbers- are "'1,,ost
identical 10 thOK ht put up as a Blazer rwo
seasons ago; Jarrett Jack's >tar• have ocrually
declined in almosr every caiegocy since last
J<Oason: and Travis Outlaw and Mandi wd,.
s<er'J production pr,mi11u1< is only slightly
better 1ban lasr ytar. The diffcrcnee bctwc.en
a 32-50 scason, and a 43-39 season-the ream's projected 6nal record at che pace it is
on-lies in the play of small forward James
Jones, and ~nrc, Joel Pnybilla.
Jod's defensive pttscocc helps 10 co er for
his(YO•mger teammates \VpO ·ha,re nor prov•
en 10 bc:,t fundamen.,ll~mong d fonsivdy.
lhough bis block<i:I sh6ts arc down slightly
thi• ,1:ar. h.e is often taking charges in th<
mid& of lccy. In to.kin~ charges, Pnybilla
is not only t:i.king pos~ions aw:iy from the
other ream, b.ut ;uso burdening the oppo ..
ing team's playcts wich fouls. Everything pro­
ductive Praybilla eu> do on the defensive end
r.Kcs pressure off che ,ophomorc:, Aldridge,
allowing the talented youngster 10 focus oo
scocing ar chc.ochcr <nd of che court.
On che offensive end. Big Joel's free throw
percentage has rise!\ dramarically from 37%
last yw-, to 65% this season, and his Geld
goal percentage impcovcd from 47% 10 57%
in that same sp;in. But even more helpful
ro the team are his 2.3 offensive n:bounds
per game wh.icl, give Portland an additional
two possessions 10 use each contest. Over­
oil the Blners an: scoring slighdy more per
~e chis y,,ar, and giving up 2 points less
on avcragr, no doubt with the hdp of their
bjg-g>/Y inside. Whcrnet he is "Stealing" pos•
$CSSi0ns iway fro,11'1he opP9nent, or giving
his re:unmarcs seco~a chance opportuniti<:$
on offense, Przypilla j,,s doing the lirdc things
coaches tallr about tliatwir, ballgames.
Portland's pcoduaiYC second unit has
also been crucW in the team's success. Tra­
"is Outlaw ls among the lOp scorers off the beach in the league, ond Jarren Jack brings
an o!l'e11$ive mindset from the poim-guard
po~rlon, bur the. key difference chis yc:,r
: che addition or omside shooter, James
Jones. He w,s thrown inro • drafr-day deal
in which the Bla1.<ers bought the 24"' overall
pick from the Phoenix Suns, and his role on
t~ team was very much undefined. l110ugh
his importance in rhe rotation was relatively
unexpected., his impact can be seen night in
and night out.
Second in chc league in three-point field
goal pcrccmagc, Jones forces defenders to
decide between helping in the paint, or giv•
ing up an open three co ,he 49%-shooring
thrcc-poim sniper. His presence opens up
the interior for slashing scorers like Outlaw
and J:t1:k. In fact, in games where Jones plays
double-digit minutes, Ponland is 23-10, ver­
sus a depressing 8-19 when he docsn'r reach
the 10-rninurc m:trk. Not surpri.singly. as a
te:un both r.he Bla1.ers' 1.hrcc .. poim pcrccm­
agc and thrC"CS made per game '1:wc increased
noticeably this sc:.1son.
Both Pnybilla and Jones have proven 10
he integral co chc Blazers' success this season.
and have helped Rip City's team to exceed the
cxpccr.uions of even its own fans. ·£hough.
;u rhis point, rhc playoffs are nearly out of
reach, 1 here is reason to believe tile Trail
Blazers will, wich the addition ofG«g Oden
next year, make a strong run :u II new phyoff
sneak. And of course. there is always room
fot the sen•ices of undcr .. valucd role players
like Jones and "The Thrilla" P,-,,ybilla.
Bruins end Pioneer playoff run with overtime win
by Cam Roberts II staff writer
The Pioneers women's basketball season
c co an end last Wednesday night after
osing the openiog round conference playoff
. me 10 rhc # 18 C:eorge Pox Bruins.
The Pios fell into an ,arly bole midway
rough chc first half. After trailing by a
core of25-16 1he Pios cur the lead down co
ve, 25-20 Oil a layup b)' Allison Farr ('08).
owev,r, the Bruins showed why rhcy arc
,ked # 18 in che country and went on a
10-1 run to extend the lead 10 35-21. Go­
ng into h,lftlme the Pios trailed by the moSt
hey would all night, 36-23.
The second halFappeared as ifir would go
uch like the fusr half with the Bruins k.cep­
ng • 15 point odYOnmge with just over 15
inutcs remaining. HowC\·er, the nar fow
inutcs wen: h.ighlighted by an in-your-fac.:
efcnsiYC anirude by chc Pios. They held
e Bruins off ,he scoreboard while S0Qr­
g ten points of chcir own, eighr of them
y Cryst:al Casde ('08) ro malrc it a 44-39
e with 11: 14 n:malning. The Pioneers
ullcd within four, 46-42. on a three by Klm
·udl (iO).Down by cigbc. 54-46, wirh six minutes rcn,aln1ng the Pio~ got four quick
poinrs by Shawna Castle ('08) and made it a
two point game on • jumper by Kim Ki1cell
with 4:36 remaining. George Fox built back
up• six poinr lead with 2:26 remaining. but
the Pioneers would not go away. A layup
by Kelly Vega ('08) cut the dcfici1 10 four.
Al'rer anorher George Fox turn.over, Allison
Farr drove 10 ,he hoop, getting fouled on •
made-layup. After hining her free ch row. ,he
Pioneers tniiled by just one, 63-62 wirh I: 14
remiining.
free chrows pm the Bruins up by four,
66-62, wich 38 seconds remaining. Kelly
Vega banked in a three to make ira one-point
game wid, 24 second remaining. After an
immediate Pioneer fou). Fox made cwo more
free chrows to put the Pioneers down 68-65.
Allison Farr pulled up for a chrc:o 3t the top
of the arc:. shooting over a defender, but get­
ting nothing but ner 10 tie rhe game 68-68
w)th 12 seconds remaining. Wlch Kim Kit­
rc:11 playing tight defense on che Gtorge Fox
ball bandlcr, the Bruins could no1 get off a
shot. sending die game ro overtime.
The Bruinl caught their bn:ath and found their stride in the extra period; hining rhe
6r..t jump shot and making the Pioneer$
play earch up for four of the extra 6vc
minutes. The Pioneers wore within threc3
74-71, after• Kiuell 1,yup wit.h 51 sec­
onds rcm.tiniog, but they failed 10 make
another boskcr, evenrually falling 76-71
and getting diminarcd ftom che Confer­
c.ncc tou.rn:i.mcnL
\X1hiie the Pioneer Wo.mcn did not win
the confcrenc:c rnurname:nt or make ir imo
rhc NCAA toumamcnr, chc Si..-ason cannot
be considered Ull$u=<sful. The Pios saw
their first posueason action since Lewis
& Clark went ftom NAlA 10 NCM Ill.
Thc;y finished the season with a 14-1 I
muk and third place in che NWC.
The Pios also earned three pomeason
honors. Crystal Cude was named to chc
All-Northwest Conferoncc Fim Team, 60-Farr put up 339 points o~J:~":'e':=
ishing w.ich :t 15.0 poinr-pcr-game average •
and 8.5 rebounds per game. wich 27 for the season. Kim Ki11eU rceeiv
She led the NWC lo double-doublcswich an hono111blc mention.
nine. Allison Farr earned her first Second She led the NWC in s=ls (58), assis
Team honor av,:raging 12.9 points pcr game (109) and was IC(X)nd in as&ist-to-tur.nove
lbd was thin! in the NWC in blocked shots ratio (1.68). . .
18 Soorts
Pioneer baseball falls to
Bearcats; salvages final game
by Daniel Cochran II sports editor
1he Pioneers cominued to put
up big offensive numbers chis pa.sr
weekend -scoring 28 runs in four
g:1mc:s -bur cune away with just
one victory as they W("rc. unable to
dig themselves our of early deficit>.
f-acing off .tg.\insc the ,,ow 2,,.,,·
ranked \'Vilkimeue Bcarcars. Lewis
& Clal'k had ir.s oppormnitits ro at
least split rhe s<rics. bur fell jusr shy
on more than one-occ:tsion.
ln the firs, game, Willamme's
Kyle Sialker ('09), wbo k•ds the
Northwest Conference in ht)fl\Cr•
uns with dC\1~n in ten g:imc.s,
drove in eight runs as the Bearars
went on ro win 15-13. lh( game
was nearly marked by a specucu•
lar late-inning comeback. Down
15-2 in the 8th inning. cons<.'curivc
singles from Roland Greene (' 11 ),
Neal Finch ('09) and Tucker L..1u•
rcncc (I I) looded rhc bases wi1h
no ours. Jordan ShilY.tra {'08) and
Ryan Kosiccb ('11) followed with
singles of chcir own, and afcer a
ground ball double pby $cored one
run, Sam Holman ('11) singled new pitcher, but he proceeded tO
walk AJ Brown ('09) ro load rhe
bases. Jordan Wlodarczyk ('09)
Aied out 10 right field, bur 1-lolman
followed wi,h a double ro deep
cemc.r 6cld. scoring cwo. \Xlitowski
walked, loading rhe bases for Ono,
who drove in t\VO runs with a single
up the middle. Finch kept the rally
going with a single, :ind a double
from L1.urcnce scored rwo. Down
two nms wirh two outs remaining
:rnd che go-.ahead run ar the plate,
rhc Pionccrs were on the verge of
eying the g,,me. ·rhc llcarcars op•
lionc.-d to pitch co Shibata with
•n open 1• base, and he prompdy
drove the ball m deep center field,
bur it fell ju,r shy of going over the
fence, ending an impressive come­
hack from rhc l'ios.
'The Pioneers were I hen un•
able m finish rhc 2"" game of rhc
Jay, as mulriple rain delays forced
the game's suspension co Sund:,y.
Down 4-0 a.tier five inni1'\gS, rhc
Pioneers scored three runs, rwo
on chc strc.ngch
of a homernn
from Wlodarc­
'·>'k. The f>ios
then wcm on
co tic the game
as Finch, who
s,a.-ced off rhc
7tJ• inning wirh
a double:, came
around to sco~
on a sacrifice
fly From Sarni
Morgan (' I 0).
·n.c 1ie
Jordan Shibata ('08) is batting .419 on the
season with a slugging percentage of .742. wou1d nm last
long. however,
as \,qillamcrce's
offense c.,mc
h;1ck slrong in
the 8',. inning,
scoring 4 mns
off' Dan Mee­
han ('08), who
could not seem
to find his-con-
and TJ Witkowski (' I 0) doubled,
each driving in cme run.
\'\lill:imertt the,, wenc quiccly in
1he gt1•, :ind the Pioneers were down
10 their final three outs in 1hc 9th•
After a By out from Laurr:r1ce. Sh1-
bar3 singled :md Kosrecka earned
a walk. The BearcaL~ brought in a crol as he gave
up 11 walks in 6 innings.
Down cwo game.s going into
Sunday. rhc Pioneer offense mus­
tered on1y om: nm in the lirsq;:1me1
falling 9-1 on account of a strong
performance from Bcarcat start­
ing pircherly• Sund!« ('08). who
gave up seven hits and no \\l;l.lks in rhe complete game victory. Third
basemen Morgan drove in the rote
run for the Pios. which had tied the
g-J.mc ::n l-1 in the 2"'1 inning. The
Bearcats went on to score in every
im,ing but the 51h, drnwing two er­
rors from rhe Pionce.r defense, and
clinched the series wich a decisive
vicrory.
1bc Pioneers managed to s.1.l­
vagc chc hnal gatne with a 10-8
win. as rh~ offense overcame an
early deficit to give starting pitcher
Tucker L1urencc his seco1td wil\ of
rhc season.
Aftt:I' scoring five mns in the 31>1
inning on the strength ofhirs from
Shibara, Morgan, Wlcxl:trczyk 2nd
Holm~n. rhc Pios we.nc on to do
more; d;1mage in the 4'111 inning.
-,-;,,,o.nrn homeruns from Shibata
and Wlodarczyk g-,ve rhe l'ios a
9·2 1eacl. one th:u rhey :i.lmosc sur•
rel'ldered.
With ,he lead cut ro I 0-6 in rhc
7.i1 inning. rclief pitcher Eric Mu­
raoka ('08) lo,ded ,h, base, and
could nol rf!'Cord an our, prompt·
ing Head Coach Jusrin Baughman
to bring in Evan Fairmon1 ('09),
who docs not norm:i.lly see save op·
ponu1l iries. F:til'mom drew back­
Lo-b:i.ck groundours, allowing rwo
runners to score.
Wirh 1 • base open. the rios in•
tc:ntion~y wilkcd Uearcat slugger
Stalker, who alrcody had hit one
home.run in the game. ~llnt'C pitch­
es later, Fairmont. earning his firsc
collcgi:ttc s:we. srruck our chl~ final
Bc:arat barn.·r co give.· ch(.' Pionc.-crs
• much-needed I 0-8 win.
\Xlhilc the weeket1d saw some
rough p:ttd1~ for chc Pios, it was
noc without its high poi ms. 11,c of­
fons.e averaged 7 nms per gnl'ne on
the srrengrh ofWlodara.yk -who
wenl 6-13 in chrec games -and
Shib,ra -who went 4-12.
~l he weekend's rcsuhs .1lso ac­
credit the pot~ncy of I he Pioneer
off'cnsc: 5 pl:1yers are currently bat-
1i11g over .400. chc ccam is averag­
ing over 6 runs a game, a11d has 16
doubles in half as many games.
The Pios will open their seasoo
at home rhis weekend ag.-U·nst t•1
place Georg<' Fox for a four game
series at the Huston Sporrs Com ..
pl<x. Saturdoy's games begin at
11 :00 a.m. and Sunday's will com-
1ne.nce ac noon. the Pioneer Log, March 7, 2008
Every week ,he Pioncxr Log acknowledges athletes at Lewis & Clark
who have had remarkable perfonnanc:es. 711is week features ,,vo b:JI
players who have: been swinging an especially hot bat for the Pioneers.
Jordan \'(f]odarc-,yk (09) wcnr 6-13 in ,h,ce game, over the w«k•
end ag:iinst che \X1Hlamcnc Beare.us. W1od:tra.yk had cwo home-runs
and drove in five. providing cimdy hining in the Pio•s win over rhc
Bcarcars.
Laura Parker ('09) went 2-3 in the Pionctrs victory over rhc Puge-r
Sound Loggers: b.~, S:tturd.ay, driving in tht: winning run ro give Lewis
& Clark softball its first win of the year. r,rker. ,he ream's everyday
Cttcher, leads the Pios with a .381 b:1tting averagt. She majors in So­
ciology/Anthrpology. and i11tends 10 ei1her ancnd graduaic school or
pursue her k"-SSer known passion: juggling. _1h_e_P_io_n_c_c_r_L_o_g_._M_a_rc_h_7_._2_o_o_s ___________ ,m4,i•M-----------------------1_9_
Friday,
Marcli 7
Kingship, Courts, and C.'lpital:
Sultanate Delhi in the 13th and
14th cenruries: A Lecture
3:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Miller 105
By all accounts the Delhi Sulmns were
gre.u builders: they constructed seven
capirals in <he plain of Ddlti during the
13ch and 14th ccncurics. -nie frequent
shifts in capitals are somcrim<.-s interpret­
ed as grandiose st:.1ti.:111c:nts of ceremonial
:\uthoriry required by insecure kjngs, or
irresponsible c:xpcndirure b}' incompetc.nt
ciry designers who had nor planl)ed for
rhe consequences of rapid urbanization.
lrs study provides ::t f..iscin:uing insigh,
imo rhe political cuhurc of the rhirrccnth
:ind fourreen.th centuri<.-s.
Tuesday,
March 11
Confronting Cu1t1Ue, Under­
standing Perspectives. Cultural
Competency Wo.ckshop
6:00 p.m.
Location: RSVP for the location
by emailing hoover@ldack.edu
Cost: Free
lhc.~e workshops will cover:
·Consensus building :1ro111,d defii1t~
dons of srercorypcs. gcncraJlzations and
prejudices.
·Examining white Amc:rican culrure
and how it influences our bdlavior ..
·challenging ourselves lO oonfront
issues of diversity that are hard for us
to fucc. le,rning skills in croS<-culrural
communicacion [[Eight Days Out]]
Saturday,
March 8
3 HOURS OF POWER: Self­
Defense for Women workshop
I :30 p.m. -4:30 p.m.
Cost: $5.00
Location: Pamplin Gym
Cain a sense of power and competence
that will increase the qualiry and safe[)•
of your college experience and give you
more peace of mind lhroughour your
life. This dynamic course reaches women
10 respond immediately lO a rhre:uening
situ:uioo. Learn co rrusc your awarcn~
and co asst'SS your options for s.tfecy. Gain
v:1luable informacion abom preventing
dating violence and prncrice sening effec ..
tive boundaries. Open to I 00 women..
Ple.,'lSc register wirh Melissa Osmond in
Albany 206A or conrac, "' mosmond@
lclark.cdu.
Wednesday,
March 12
Mary Ellen Mack Lectul'e: A
Documentary Photographer's
Experience with Gender
7:30 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber
Cost: Free
Mary Ellen Mark has ochieved imerna•
tional recogni,ion through her numerous
books, cxhibirio1'ls 1 and edirorial maga~
1.ine work. She is a contriburing photog­
ropher ro 71,, N,w Yorker and has pub­
lished photo-cs.says and porrrnitS in such
publicario1u as LIFE. Neu1 York Times
M11gnzi11e, Rolling Stone, :and Vt-1nity Fair.
For over four decades, she has rraveled
c,ctensively to m:1ke picmres rhar rdlcc,
a high degree of humanism. Today, du: is
recogniu.-d as one of our mosc rcspecccd
and inRuentiaJ photographers. Sunday,
March 9
Workshop on Non-Violence
3:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m.
Location: Albany Quadrangle
Cost: Free
A Workshop on Non-Violence will be
F.tcili1a1cd by Charles and Cuhcy Busch
from Peace Village, Inc. The event will
conclude with 6 PM dinner.
Men's Baseball vs George Fox
12:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Huston
Complex
Thursday,
March 13 Sports
"The Memory of Water"
7:30 p.m.
Location: Fir Acres Theatre
Cost: $5 L&C students
"The Mcrnory or Warer'' is a play abour
chrce siscers who rerurn home to I he ,,onh
of England for <heir mo<her's funeral. The
ebb and Aow of emotion aod rhe eve.r ..
changing alliances bcnv-ctn these sisters a.~
they try co come co rerms wich each ocher
and ,heir loss is a srory as old as lifo i<Selr.
As the 1iile indicares. <he play deals wirh
,he r<mm of memory. Each sisier holds
distinct memories of cheir collccrive child­
hoods, each has her own perspecrive and
inccrprccation of what thcS<: memories
me:)n. Monday,
March 10
Free Concert
8:00p.m.
Location: 315 SE 3rd St,
Scllwood
Cost: Free
A fre<: concert featuring Glass Candy.
DJ Beyonda. Caves. E·Rock and Reggie
\X'ans. Gpod music equals good rimes
:md ar this cvcnr. the.re will be plc:.ncy of
borh.
Friday,
March 14
Biology Seminar: Chemical Ecol­
ogy on Coral Reefs
4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Location: BoDioe I I 0
Cost: Free
Valerie J. Paul is r.hc aurhor or co-aurhor
of more <han 140 research papers and re•
view anidcs. Her research intcrcs-r.s include
marine_ chemic.11 ecology, marine plam­
hcrbivore interactions, cor:11 reef ecology.
and matintt namral prod.ucrs. Crea•e-A-Poa s•a•llon
Follow these simple insrructions ro make Pogs
that you will cherish your entire life.
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overseas.
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a gay man.
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burring. Email YCME at piolog@lclark.edu
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srache and killer call of ducy
skills.
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blue eyes and wanting our beds
to be even closer than they
already are.
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D. None of the above.
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