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2008-03-01

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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF:
STEPHANIE BEECREM &
SARAH DrSABATJNO
NEws Eorroas:
JAMES REDDICK &
ANGELA WEBB.ER
FORUM EDITORS:
HELEN HUNTER &
MAIA PENCH'ANSKY
FEATURES EorroRS:
DANNY GARCIA &
Liz HoLLJDAY
ARTS EDITORS:
CAfTuN McCARTHY &
SANNE STIENSTRA
SPORTS EDITOR:
0AN1EL COCHRAN
8ACKDOO.R EDITOR:
GREG KARNES
PHOTO EDITORS:
NATAUE BAKER &
KAnE SUGARMAN
PHOTOGRAPHERS: NATALIE
BAKER, MYLES CREED, KEVIN
BROWN, l<An.ll SUGARMAN
lLLUSTRATOltS: EMILY BLOCK,
BRAD JONAS, KELLY KUYKEN­
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STAFF~RS: MATT POOLE,
STEPHANIE LOCKE,. MICHAEL
RICHMAN, ANNA MICHAELS,
CHIUS BAILEY, CHLOE SOFIA,
CAM ROBERTS, ANNE HAY,
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by Kiel
Johnson
''Another Green List"
I was once cold rhat rhe best
way ro reduce my carbon foorprint
would be to kill myself. While rhjs
is probably crue, I have nor reached
the personal conclusion that such
extreme measures are required to
reduce my environmental impact.
However, l also don't want to live
a life dictated by always choosing
the most environmentally friendly
option. If we were to base all of our
decisions on what was most sus­
tainable, our lives would be pret­
ty boring and we would probably
want ro kill ourselves anyways.
So where is che fun in being
sustainable? Does it really mean
we have to rake rwo-minure show­
ers? WeU-nor if you shower wich
someone else, then you could
shower for 4 minutes!
For me rhe fun comes from
thinking about my actions--en­
gaging myself to critically evaluate
what my everyday decisions mean
for the future and how they per­
sonally reAect my own values.
I thought I'd use the rest of my
column co list some things ro think
abour (r'd like co thank members
of SEED who helped contribute to
chis list).
-Our school spc.nds between
$75,000 and $105,000 each month
on electricity.
-If you use the on-campus
washing machines, set them to
"brights and colors". Thjs uses cold
warer, which doesn't require as
much elecrriciry (and also does not
turn your socks pink).
--Use clotheslines and drying
racks to dry your cloches, insread of
using a dryer.
-Restarting your comput­
er uses about as much energy as
leaving ic running. If you plan to
leave your computer uaatteoded
for more than 2 hours it is always a good idea co turn it off or at the
very least put it to sleep.
-The surge generated by turn­
ing on and off your lights is al­
most zero. Ir is always best ro turn
off your lights when you leave the
room.
-Use the "10 second rule" for
idling car engines. lf your (non­
diesel) car is parked or sitting for
more chen 10 seconds, you will
have used more fuel than had you
turned it off and restarted it. Ac­
cording to che California Energy
Commission, leaving your car
idling for 2 minutes uses the same
amount of fuel as driving for one
mile. Also, scarring your engine has
negligible impact on its overall lon­
gevity. ln fact, leaving it idling can
lead ro build up of fuel residues.
-Use your own towel ro wash
your hands and face, rather than
paper ones.
-Carry around your own set of
utensils.
-Learn to fix a bike at che LC
bike co-op.
-Learn co fu: you.r computer ac
Free Geek.
-When buying a bagel or pas­
try ac Maggie's, tell chem you don't
need a bag if you a.re just going co
immediately throw it away. Also,
bring your own mugs. They'll give
you a discount!
-When printing readings or
papers always print double sided
or jusr do the readings from your
computer.
-Sic by the river every once in
a while and drink a beer.
-Pay attention co how much
packaging you use and find ways co
reduce this amount.
This list differs for every person,
and it can always change. Howev­
er, I chink it is important co share with ochecs what we are doing, be­
cause that is much more powerful
then just complaining about how
unsustainable the school is. This
past sum mer l attended a march in
Seattle for universal health care. A
couple hundred people and myself
went through downtown Seattle
carrying signs and stopping traf­
fic. Bur while doing chis, I real­
ized chat we weren't really engaging
people in any kind of meaningful
way char made chem question the
health care system, or show bow a
different system might be better. Tn
face, we were just making chem late
for work. While l don't chink that
marching does nor have its place, ic
cannot be the only solution.
The real solution has ro come
from how we create our own envi­
ronment and how our habits reflect
our ideals.
The next SEED meeting is Tues­
day at 8:30 p.m. in the SEED office
in Templeton .
For more energy saving
options, check out:
-www.energysavers.gov:
Saving energy ar home or at
work
-www.ecovoom.com: Mea­
sure your impact on rhe
climate and learn how co
change it
-www.energyright.com/tips.
htm: Tips on saving money
and power
-www.fueleconomy.gov/fegl
drive.shtm: Gas mileage tips
-www.nwei.org: How in­
dividuals and organizations
can protect ecological sys­
rems Did'ja
now?
* ~Thi.:' Pop1.: canw
up ,vith some 11L'W
dead Iv sins, in­
clu<li11a takin°
or de~inCT drug{
polluting ilie env_i­
ronment, genetic
manipulation, pe­
dophilia, abortion
and social and eco­
nom1c 111JllStlCCS.
"Cluttonv, lust,
wrath, slorli', pride,
envv and areed are
S71LL foitidden.
for yo.ur infarm:ation
* lhe list of
speakers for the
upcoming Inter­
national Affairs
Symposium has
been kept quiet ...
but rumors are
cirt:ulating. Some
say that a particu­
lar moustached,,
realist diplomat
will be among the
disinguished visi­
tors (ehe~ Johp.
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Templeton teardown in LC's future
by Angela Webber II news editor
Bad news for those anticipating a la carte: LC announced there will be no changes in Templeton over the summer, fol­
lowing a cost-benefit analysis showing that constructing new buildings over the next decades would be a better idea.
It is no longer economical to
cry co renovate Templeton. The
Board of Trustees, at its recent
meeting, decided chat instead of
renovating the 50-year-old build­
ing, an entirely new campus cen­
ter will be built.
The decision came as a re­
sult of the recommendations
and findings by the Templeton
Task Force. After seeing the $6
million price tag of the planned
Fields Din-Vance, and ASLC Vice Presi­
dent for Budget and Finance
Angela Finke ('08).
Two proposals were put
forth for the renovation of
Templeton, both priced at
about $24 million, and al­
though they would have made
significant improvements,
they did not adequately ad­
dress all of the problems of
the current space, said Vance,
who cited
ing Room
renovation,
which was
to take place
chis upcom­
ing summer,
the Board
created rhe
Task Force "It really depends on
fundraising efforts.
We need to raise specifically
improv­
ing student
hang-out
space. "The
best case
scenario for
renovating
still is crap,"
said Finke.
"It doesn't to
rhe
The examine
matter.
Task the money before
we start building."
-Angela Finke ('08)
meet the
Force hired different firms to cre­
ate rough plans and approximate
coses for both a renovation of the
current student center and the
building of a new one. needs of everyone."
The Task Force was comprised
of three trustees: Dean of Stu­
dents Houston Dougharty, Asso­
ciate Vice President for Facilities
Richard Bacrega, Vice President
for Busiaess and Finance Carl The estimate for a aew
campus center was $34 mil­
lion. The architectural firm
came up with rwo options for
new construction, said Vance. The first would tear down Akin An Illustration of the interior of the proposed new Campus Center, which is currently being
designed. Hall and build a campus cen------------------------------------------
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across what is currently the SOA
lawn. The second plan, which was not recommended by the task force,
would involve buildlng a new cam­
pus center in the current parking
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Campus Center lot of Templeton,
and then tearing
down Templeton
and expanding in
a multi-phase pro­
cess.
After seeing all
the options, rhe
task force decided
that renovating "a
50-year old build­
ing was not an op­
timal long-term so­
lution," said Vance.
Thus the Temple­
ton task force came
to the unanimous
decision that build­
ing anew--specifi­
cally on the Akin
location--would
An overhead map of the campus if the proposed changes are made. The
SOA lawn is being considered as a location for the new student center. be the best idea.
Then, at the Board of Trustees' February meet­
ing, a resolution was passed to en­
gage the "building new" proposal.
Currently, an architectural firm
is working to create more detailed
plans and estimates for a new stu­
dent center. The architectural firm,
Thomas Hacker Architects, inc., is
the same firm that built JR How­
ard Hall and Miller, as well as the
Waczek Library renovations.
Plans for a new bujjding are
still uncertain. "There is no cime­
line," said Vance. He described the
process that wiJI srart with more
detailed plans. Once the architec­
tural firm makes the detailed plans,
che project will be included in next
year's new capital campaign. The
future of the plan will depend on
the amount of money chat is raised,
and how quickly.
"It really depends on fund-rais­
ing efforts," said Finke. "We need
ro raise the money before we srarr
building." She approximated chat the new campus center would not
be complete for about 10-15 years,
and ''at this point, ir is hard to say
what will happen in Templeton in
chat time."
No plans are currently in mo­
tion for concrete improvements
to the campus center space. The
plan to renovate Fields into an a la
carte dining system is currently "on
pause," said Finke, although she as­
sured chat it is "nor off the cable."
The cost of renovating Fields­
even minimally-to accommo­
date an a la carte system would be
around $590,000, and would not
be able to include everything, said
Vance. The current plan is to wait
on Fields and to assure chat the in­
vestment would be reusable.
This news comes afi:er a long
build-up, especially from the Cam­
pus Living community. Finke said
char the disappoincmenr was □or
intentional, but "really was an lln­
expected situation." _4 ________________________ i@,f ___________ t_h_e_P_i_o_n_e_er_L_o_g_, _M_ar_c_h_1_9_,_20_o_s
Countdown tracks post-grad plans, solicits feedback
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 4-5,
were not ordinary days for the Class of
'08. Earlier in the week, all seniors received
an email from Associate Vice President for
Campus Life Michael Ford explaining tbat
if they were on-campus this term, they had
ro attend Commencemenr Countdown for
approximately thirty minutes berweenl 0am-
4pm on those two days co receive their grad­
uation tickets, order announcements, and
cum in their cap-and-gown orders.
At rhe Countdown, two cables were oc­
cupied by che collegiate supply company
Jostens, who handles official Lewis & Clark
graduarion regalia (cap, gown, class ring, and
graduation cards and announcements). Three
more rabies were sec up for Career Connec­
tions, the LC Alumni Association, and the
Senior Gift Committee.
Mose seniors were greeted by either ex­
ecutive assistant ro the Dean of the College
Terri Banasek, or adminiscrarive assistant to
the Dean of the College Tamara Ko, who
handed them Senior Surveys to complete.
Each survey consisted of a stapled seven-page
packer with twenry-six-question questions.
"The test was the epicome of random
vaguery [sic]. I wasn't sure whether co actu­
ally think about the answers or just go into
meditation and just fill out che same column
all che way down," said Ethan Weston ('08).
Most of the questions were lengthy
multiple-choice questions. The firsc asked
scudencs co select what they they expected
their "primary activiry" co be post-gradua-by Sam Stigler // webmaster
tion, including full-time or pare-time em­
ploymenr, graduate school, military service,
volunteering, starring a family, uaveling, or
''completely undecided."
Several questions targeted more specific
post gradu­
ate plans
("What
graduate or
professional
degrees do
you intend
co pursue?
In what sub­
ject area?")
while orher
questions
prompted
srudencs
to evaluate
their un­
dergraduate
experience,
from ac­
quired skills
co student
activities co
hours spent
on weekly
homework
to the qual­
iry of aca­
demic advis-lnstirutional Research Jay Beaman explained
that although the College conducts many
surveys, the Senior Survey is the one char re­
ceives the most attention from faculry and
scaff. It is compared ro data from a survey
PHOTO BY SAM STIGLER mosc gradu-
acing mem­
bers of the
class of '08
probably
don't even
remember,
which is ad­
ministered
co eacb en­
tering class
on the their
first day of
CORE cur­
r i cu I um.
Deparc­
menrs often
look co che
data in these
surveys to
determine
whether
or how to
change a re­
q uiremenc
for a class
and need
empirical
ing. The student survey polled exiting seniors data co help
determine the Director of about their undergraduate experience. best option. As for why the survey isn't con­
ducted online, Beaman explained that the
College is very lucky co get a two-thirds re­
sponse race to the survey, and hypothesized
ic is because che students are in the ''captive
setting" of Stamm.
Faculry members can access all of the su­
vey information Beama.n gathers through
an internal faculry website, but Beaman in­
dicated char nor all faculry members access
the resource. Beaman suggested chat faculty
could find useful information chat pertains
co syllabi or prerequisites for courses.
Students, however, do not have access co
this website. Beaman was nor entirely clear
about this restricted access, but he suggested
char the College may wane co use or examine
che data for its own purposes before making
it publicly available.
According co Ford, 340 seniors attended
che Commencement Countdown, out of a
total of approximately 450 seniors; some se­
niors' graduation scaruses are srill unclear.
Seniors can find more in-
formation about Commence­
ment '08 online at http:!/
www. lclark. edulorglcom­
mencel or access limited ver­
sions of Beaman's survey data
at http://www. lclark. edu!
deptlimdatal.
United Sexualities' AIDS Sunin1it shares, educates
LC student group United Sexualities hosted the AIDS Summit March 4-6, which began with a lecture from keynote speaker Cleve
Jones, AIDS activist and author. The Summit also featured the 46,000 paneled NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. -
The United Sexualities AIDS Summit
began March 4, with keynote speaker Cleve
Jones, founder ofThe NAMES Project AIDS
Memorial Quilt, the largest community art
project in the world.
A porcion of chis quilt, which has 46,000
panels that pay cribuce to over 82,000 vic­
tims of HIV/AIDS, was on display for rhe
duration of the AIDS Summit in Templeton.
United Sexualities handed ouc ribbons, con­
doms, and informational pamphlets next co
the display, which formed a sorr of fort out­
side Council Chambers, around the chairs in
the lobby.
Jones, who also co-founded the San Fran­
cisco AIDS Foundation in 1983, devised the
idea for the Quilt in 1985 at a candlelight
vigil for Harvey Milk, gay riglus leader of the
1970s. As a traveling lecturer, Jones speaks
most often about che story of the Quilt.
"Somehow hearing that story seems to give by Sanne Stienstra II arts editor
comfort and a continuance co what is be­
yond understanding," he said on his website.
"I cell it swiftly, in 40 minutes, up there at
the microphone in from of all those search­
ing faces. I love celling chat story. And usu­
ally it is enough, at lease for the time being."
On March 5, Professor of Biology Deb­
orah Lycan lectured on the scienri6c facets
of HIV/AIDS, including the biological and
medical derails of the virus and disease. The
lecture, which was designed co be easily un­
derstood by people without a background in
science or medicine, addressed the process by
which HN/AIDS infects the body, the bi­
ology behind the medicines thac HIV/AIDS
patients use, and "the socio-economic aspects
behind HIV/AIDS creatment," according co
the Lewis & Clark website.
Lycan believes that it is important for
people to understand the medical side of
HIV/AIDS "because they need to know how the anti HIV drugs work co understand their
limitations, and to understand how danger­
ous patient non-compliance is in rerms of
the evolution of drug resistant strains of rhe
virus," she said. Knowledge of the virus' evo­
lution also con~ributes co tbe formation of
approaches co anti-H[V therapy all over the
world.
The biological aspects of HIV/AIDS are
also important so people, like aid workers
and other volunteers, know "whac the poten­
tial dangers of providing drugs in medically
unsupervised environments could be," Lycan
said.
Biological and medical approaches co
the virus could also help prevent its spread.
"There may also still be people in the U.S.
who don't know thac chey can be shedding
the virus and not show any symptoms of
disease," said Lycan. "There is a great deal
of misinformati<?n abour HIV still, despite our public school campaign to educate the
young people."
The AIDS Summit and what it addressed
is important for people everywhere, accord­
ing co Lycan. "Even people who think thac
they will never be exposed co HIV need to
care about these issues," she said. "I wish
more non-science studencs bad come to the
talk, as it was targeted co chem."
The Summit concluded on March 6 with
personal testimonies from John Motter,
spokesmodel for HIV Scops With Me, HIV
Program Coordinacor for Volunteer Kenya,
and Cascade AIDS Project's Public Policy
Coordinator; and Maricela Berumen, a com­
munity health worker and staff at Cascade
AIDS Project. Motter, who has HIV, spoke
about bis experiences as a gay man living
with the virus. Berumen discussed her work
with Kids Connection, a program that helps
families affected by HIV I AIDS. _______________________ ... j,JHIH_i,. _________ t_h_e_P_io_ne_e_r_L_o_g_,_M_ar_ch_l_9_,_2_0_0_8
GUEST EDITORIAL
Suyyort $12,000 senior
goa{ witfi $20 gift
by the Senior Gift Committee II guest writers
Okay, we know everyone hassles you for your money, OPB, the save the world
folks downtown, the ubiquitous "(wo)man"-it seems like everywhere you go some­
body wants your dollar. The senior gift committee is no different. As midterms drive
students co Maggie's for a lace night coffee fix , theses drive seniors to bars (instead of
the library), rhe spring sun tests our discipline more than any class. Oh graduation!,
thar realiry check. Sure, it is bi.lied as an accomplishment, which it is, and yer we are
embarking on a flight from the college nest, so let's stall a little more and practice act­
ing like grown-ups-----pause to reflect about the most enjoyable experience you've had
at L&C. Whether ir was NSO, a semester in Ecuador, or that wine and cheese parry,
think co yourself about a great time you had at L&C and what made it so great.
OK, did you think about it? Now is your chance co give back to L&C and to the
people who made those experiences possible. Every year rhe senior class collects do­
nations co give back to the Lewis & Clark community. Traditionally, a collective gift
is given back to the school. Previous gifts included the Ray Warren Scholarship, the
Evan Williams Tree Walk, the Romeo Dallaire Scholarship, and student scholarships.
This year however, we want to do something different. Have you discovered your ex­
perience isn't universal to your classmates? That's what we thought, with that in mind
we wane the senior gift to reflect the variety of experiences we have had. It's your
money, so it should be your choice.
This year you can choose where your gift goes. Love y~ur departmenr? Then sup­
port their endeavors and professors. Could your spores team use some spare change?
Help them out. Mosr of us benefit from some form of financial aid or scholarships,
much of which comes directly from these types of donations. Ultimately, you know
best how L&C has impacted your life; so we want you to help L&C impact furure
students and help shape rhe future ofL&C. You don't need co give a lot; we only ask
that you give back ro what you care about.
Our goal is co raise $12,000 and to be the first class co have more than 75% of the
seniors participate! In the meantime and anytime, you can check our rhe process on­
line at <http://.www.lclark.edu/dept/giving/seniorgifr08.hcml>. Thank you for con­
sidering a gift and for supporting your future alma mater!
Your Senior Gift Committee,
Brandon Wiebe
Casey Nelson
Charlie Morgan
Colleen Marion
Evan Higgins
Jimmie Corton
Kacie Siegle
Lisa Housman
Lisa Yarborough
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Eleven years, eleven teams, and 242 kilometers
A two-hundred and forty-two kilometer relay race between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea
stretches runners' endurance as they try to survive the eleventh annual "Dead to Read"
by Ethan Spangler// staff writer
Talk co any long distance runner and they will ramble on
about the rich and diverse world of cross-country. Many out­
siders, including myself, scoff at the importance of bunch of
emaciated folks running lengths mosc people would consider
a long car trip. However, for the sake of a good story, I have
co dive feet /irsc into che world oflong distance running. my time in the area would lase quire as long or as dangerous
as my historical associates.
Once we got inro the rhythm of rhe race it did nor cake
long for the initial shock of actually running a 242 km race
to wear off. After the first five kilometer run, everyone fell
into a consistent cycle: run, rest, screech, repeat.
The Dead ro Red is a relay race screeching the 242 km
between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea. Supposedly it was a
"run for peace," but for whom was left unspecified. (Throw a
rock in chis region and you'll hit someone in need a of peace.)
This was rhe 1 I 'h year of che Dead to Red, and 11 teams par­
ticipated. The reams where a highly diverse group; there were
the normal gaunt runner types but also a troop of American
boy scours, an old lady ream, and, my team, a rag tag band
of eager exchange students. Teams were allowed co divide the
coca! distance however they saw lie. My own choosing ro di­
vide it so chat each person would run roughly live secs of 5
km. With everyone ready, the race chat would devour the
next 24 hours of our lives began. In our exercise induced delirium we barely noticed the
transition from day co night. The only marker any of us no-&
riced was che recreac of che day's annoyances and the arrival e 1 ...
of the night's: psychotic night craffic, bugs, wild dogs, cold- .
ness, and sleep depravacion co name just a few. By the time
the sun sec we had already been running for roughly 4 hours,
meaning we were beginning to feel che race drain our energy.
Fast forward co 3 am, and everyone was on autopilot.
For chose lacking geographical knowledge of the acea, che
Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth and in che heart of a
dessert. This means chat the first portion of the race is at an
incline. The Dead Sea is nor the most conducive environ­
ment for extreme exercise; the air saps all moisture and the
sun feels only inches away. After the first portion of the race,
many felt that there was a reason "dead" was in the ride.
I am not a runner by most measures. lluough years of
arduous coil, I have crafted my body into an instrument of
luxury, not speed. Hereditary joint problems also mac my
ability co run with grear skill. Yee there l was at che beginning
of the race, jogging in acea char trapped the Israelites for 40
years and marched across by Alexander the Great. Hopefully [D]olphins are able co turn off
portions of their brain, allowing
them to be semi-alert but also sleep. I
suspect chat my team is the first case
of humans accomplishing chis feat.
I have read about scientists discovering how ocean mam•
mals sleep. le appears rhac dolphins are able co turn off por­
tions of their brain, allowing them co be semi-alert bur
also sleep. 1 suspect char my team is the first case of
humans accomplishing chis feat. Communication de­
volved into simple grunts and shoves, notifying the next rac­
er of their turn. Ir rruly is a unique experience co be prodded
PHOTO COURTESY ETHAN SPANGLER IUUSTRATION BY BRAD JONAS
awake ac four a.m. and told chat co go run live kilometers.
When the sun finally rose my ream awoke from the haze
of the twilight and found itself reinvigorated; ac least par­
tially. le was during the fourth rocacion, around mid morn­
ing, chat our ream experienced its first casualty, me. Jmprop­
er physical training and my aforementioned joint problems
rendered me useless as a runner for che remainder of che race.
Undaunred, my teammates courageously picked up my left
over slack and conrinucd on inco rhe afternoon.
As our new day wore on, more people joined me on rhe
injured list, further burdening the remaining racers. Howev­
er, having faced deserts, wild dogs, and now extreme fatigue,
we would noc be deterred, a mere 15 kms from che finish
line. So close ro the end, a fanaticism overcook our remain­
ing racer filling chem with renewed vigor. Bartered, beaten,
smelly, and exhausted beyond measure, we finished the race
in approximately 23 hours.
My body ached for a week afterwards. Immediately fol­
lowing rhe race I adopted a Frankenscein-esque hobble co
limit che amounc my lower body moved. Stairs were murder•
ous, each step torture. Now ask me if I'm glad I did che race.
You ber your ass I am.
I now understand the madness inside the head of cross­
country runners, at lease better than I did before. My ream
never intended to win the Dead co Read (we actually came
in dead lase, afcer rhe granny ceam). Our philosophy was
char merely crossing the finish line was victory enough. We
pushed our bodies co the limits and survived, and char is
called personal accomplishment. _t_h_e_P_i_o_n.ee_r_L_o_g_, _M_ar_c_h_l_9_,_2_0_0_8 ___________ jej11111 _______________________ 7_
LETTERS TO THE
DEAR EDITOR,
Thank you for your cruly illuminating review of rhe
underground blacklighc party in Scewan on March l. You
very succinctly recognized the major flaws of the party,
but failed to understand why they happened. Lee me help
you.
The Scewan basement was nor chosen as the locale for
the dance because of its "optimal blackness for the black
light effect." Rather, ic was chosen because many of those
involved in planning the party are Stewart residenrs, who
wanted to break che preconceived notions che rest of cam­
pus has about Stewart. The general consensus seems to be
that Stewart is lame and boring for the simple fact that
Stewart residents choose to abstain from drugs or alcohol.
Many of us who live here are sick of this idea. The party
was largely intended to show that Stewart isn't necessarily
whatmosr people seem to tbink ofit as.
You are correct in stating that we Were initially expec­
ing a much lower turnout, and that we were only notified
of the 95 person limit a few days befor(! the dance. The
latter was a fire code issue, entirely outside of anyone's
control. It was extremely unfortunate, and is something
that will be taken into account for further events of this
nature. As for the line itself, SOA CLC Charlie Ahlquist
made an admirable attempt to gee those waiting in line
to enjoy che party from che confines of the hallway, and
those in charge of the food brough~ out pi22a when cbey had the chance. The line moved much quicker than it could
have, and no one was denied entry to the party unless they
were clearly and beligerantly drunk, which is to be accepted
ar a11y campus-approved event. To characterize security as
"tighter than a New York nightclub" is senastionalist and
an exaggeration.
Now, as for the claim that ''no one likes co ger their
groove on co 70s dance hies in a sparsely fiJled room with
small groups of people standing awkwardly far apart from
each other'': this statement is true. However, chis sentence
doesn't remotely describe what was going on at that party.
Aside from the fuct that no '?Os dance hits were played, the
atmosphere was only as described for the first 15 minutes
or so of the evening, when many were still feeling out the
room and gorging themselves on donuts. As someone who
frequently took time out co rest on the couches at the back
of the room, I spent rime actually observing the crowd,
and those who did segregate from it were usually resting
from the heat of dancing or engaged in conversation with
friends.
Finally, to compare the flaws of this party with the flaws
of homecoming is ludicrous. For one thing, the only signif­
icant faults of che party were lack of capacity, and perhaps
running out of food. For another, the differences in budget
and manpower between homecoming and the blacklight
party are astronomical. You can't even compare the two.
This party was entirely scudenc organi:ied and scudenc run.
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those involved jn planning this party hav~ learned from
their mistakes, and promise an even better, more amazing
party when they throw the next one in April.
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DEAR EDITOR,
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P.S. I really like the PioLog this year.
Thanks for being good.
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Students scramble to finalize Spring Break plans
by Raleigh Overlie// staff writer
111c vast majority of Lewis & Clark Students will Ace
the campus ,md he:td ro loenion.:: nt"lr and i:.ir rhis: fl'iJay.
Some will be looking to benc.r themselves or :1 eonunu1tiry,
while others will be comcm with the mere freedom of a Wl'ck
with om class. 111c world is your collective oyster this Spring
Break. how :,re you going to enr ir?
Kyle Miller(' I 0) and Kelly Aldinger ('09) are leading a
group of rweh•e ro d,e Redwood $rate Park. ·1 hey arc excited
to expose scudcms who have never been in the wilderness to
extremely large trees. •1t will be really fun tO octually show
thc.:nt wh.11 it is :,mi 1c;1eh them ::tb<nn the outd()Or$," s:1id
Aldinger. ·n,crc arc o few long hikes pl:inned, along with
backpacking and some ".Easter fun." ·n,cy will be lodging
a, rhc \Xlolf Creek Environ mcmal Eduarion Ccmcr.
which will provide: for the creature comforts. They
migh1 be:, bit chilly (there is no heatiog), but a
number of rwo-pcrson cabins will provide
plcniy of living space.
No spring bre.1k is possible with­
our a physic:t.l means of gerring
away. If you are looking for che:ip/
frcc transportation ro your vacarion
destinarion. consider Ben Bateman
('10) and his friend's rather sketchy
meLhod. L.1st ye-:ir. the)' we.re look•
ing to travel to Berkley, Califor­
nia. lhcy dido', have a car, so they
found a strange man on Craigslisr.
corn who w:ts heading il'l the same
direction.
Mc had some extra space and
wasn't looking for compcn~uion. So
at l :00am. Batcm:an anJ friend found
rhcmsd,•es waiting in a dark alley behind
a b:tr for the-man who would be driving .. :m
unmarked white van," \'(!hen he showed up.
they dis<;overed rhar rhe van had a latge mattress inscead of
SC:;tlS. Baceo-1-an and friend were expected co lie on i1 for the
durorion of the trip. They did, and d1c-y rook rums staying
a\1,•akc jusr in case the driver bec:i.me homicidal. They discov­
c.red during lhc voyage tha.1 this man w:1s going co a Ham­
moncl Organ corwenric.)1\ in CAiifornia and chen down to
Mexico for some dental work. ,.. Bur air 1ravel is problbly your besr bcr. especially if you
arc looking to gc1 out of the counrry. ProfC"SSOr Elliou Young
and scvc.n srudems from his U.S./Mcxico borderlands class
:ire flying to Oaxaca to lc:.arn about ics inh;1bit-ant.s:. 1111: sm­
dtrits h:,,•c ~pcnr rhe semester r~.se:,rd1ing O:1x:1c.1n r~idcnts
of \'<loodburn, Oregon. ;rnd will now t::<perit:ncc thl' sourh•
ern-Mcxian region firsc•hand.
Each smdcnr has a conccncrntion :md as a whole dw class
will produce a diverse survey of'immigr.nion bcrwc:eu 1hese
rwo locuions. M:1ile Speakman's (' 1 0) specific projcc1 is a
smdy of mmsnation:tl and tr-Jns .. culmral idcnricy. "\Vic are
..,,.-----:----.!g:;:o::,:i'.:,:'8!.'::o~l~ca~rn about what it's
~ ike to live down feel
ge-+ ;n tl-.e
o.f rn y
van, JS'-'Ys. rhcrc, so w·c
h:tvt" a bet­
ter re(-
ere nee
when we're
working wich
the (Oa.'3can]
community in Or·
egon." $:lid Spc.lkm3n.
"'\'(le will have a bencr idea
of the places ,hey came from
and the org.mi1 .. ::uion.s we can
work with :across tht" bo:.rder."
Each doy of rhe trip, the group
will meet wich different org.-ini•
2..1cions. like the Ccnrro de Aren­
d6n al M igrantc, which provid('-S
support for people who n1igt:1ce. By
working with various institmions
and Oaxacan ci(iuns. Speakm~n is
looking forward co "purring a human
fucc co aU this discussion of immigra­
tion and boarder politics."
Donielle Joh11son ('09) ,nd seven
LC srndems from her "ollcyball tL-am
:ire also headiog to Mexico. llut chcir dcscinarion is San Fe­
lipe. :t smaJI coasraJ city and ,·ccC.'r:m of Spring Bre:ik 111~1d­
ncss. Its website boasrs, .. E..,stcr week :;,nd the surrounciir1g
"Spring Brc-J.k .. weeks. when college s1udellrs from schools
around rhe souchwesr USA invade San Felipe. i.s chc busi•
est rime in rown. Hotel rooms arc at a premium and rrafJic
jams arc routine ... But Johnson and her friends arc nor seek-ing d1c alcohol-fuck-d, nudity-laden Spring Break MTV has
portrayed since 1986. Johnson rec.allt w~uc.hing th(! rdevised
ocean-side dcb:iuchcry ... , rhink ir kind of 1crrific-d me when
I was young~r. I dor{t think tha1's the way ottr spring break
is going 10 be," said Johnson. They arc siaying in a house
buih by on< of the !i"ludcnt's F.unily membcr5 ~nd :ire look­
ing fonvard 10 ioreracting wi1h the l_ocal~ iosre:,d of oihe.r
American \'acalioners. ··AJI of us wcnr abroad and so a.II of us
a.re flucm in second languages. It's 110c going to bea bunch of
whire kids going down and drinking. and hanging Out with a
bur,c.h of orher whiH: kids."
lO ger away from rhe incbri:ucd and .sur1 .. splacccrcd muJ ..
ti cu des, you have to gee crcati"c, .. and rcmocc. Ben Brysaci
('08) and Dirmor of College Ou1doors Joe Yusk• ore leading
eight students co Paria C.,nyon in Urnh. 11tey will be work­
ing with rhe Forresc Service and the Grand Canyon Trust to
loc.nc and count ·1amarisk trees. a species native co Africa
and Eurasia. The T..1.marisk is <levascacing the eoosysten1 in
the canyon wi,h ics uhra-ahsorbenr leaves 1har parch vulner ..
:1ble pl:inrs. \V/ich GPS cquipmem in row, the ream of sru ..
dcnrs will hike 17 miles inm the canyon and map the inva­
sive growd1. Everyone has backpacking experience. which is
import-ant with 20+ pounds of c:1n1ping c:quipmen1. which
doesn'1 even indude clorhe.s and orhcr personal dfecrs. And
,he route is not bereft of obstacles. "Everyone is bringing d~
th~r neoprene booties or Tcvas because we arc going to h:1,•c
ro ac:u.rnUy ford the creek ,a few tirnc:s," s.-.id 8ry~1CJ.. A biolo~
gist frc->m rhe Grand C:i.nyo11 Trust ,viii accompany them to
help guide the research, bur orherwi.sc they arc facing n;tture
alone. Pari:t is a slot canyon widl vertical, jagged walls, ,md
if it begins t◊ r:iin suc.ldenly, 1hcy could he at rhc whim of a
flash flood. But preca~tions arc being taken by equipping ,he
ream with ::1 S:)telli1c phone 3.nd me1 hods for :1ccur:ue weather
tracking.
\1(/hethcr you a.rc going ro spend your w1,.'(0k of freedom
53ving the environment or determining the human body's ul­
cimatc ma.rg:1rit:1. Clp:)ciry, rcrncinbcr. Spring Break shouldn't
be taken for granted.
·lbere arc forces beyond our control vying for the immc­
diacc demise of our beloved vac:.nion. In 1991. for cx:,mplc:.
Sonny Bono bannt-d d1e residenis of P:clm Springs, Califor­
nia, from we:1rirlg rho11gs in public spaces. ·n,e ciry chat once hosted a yearly quagmire of binge ..
fornication and uninhibited sbc:nanigans now setdc.1, for re•
spcctability year-round.
History nerds unite over love of the past in new club
by Maisha Foster-O'Neal // staff writer
'The L.ewis & Clark Hi..-ory Club ho.a short hisrory. Kali
Harper(' 1 0) found,d die club only dti, )""''· Though it mAy
not h:,ve the experil!nce or numbeN. of some 01 her clubs. it
is fueled by ir.s members' lovc· for histoly and the desire to
cxpaJ1d chc.ir own hiscorical kn<>wledge.
·n1e: hjStMy dub hostS a \'ariet")' of events. Ar the mosc
teoem nieeting, ,nembers wcnr off campus co w-.uch Mas­
ur 11nd Cammandn; a historical mo,~i(' set in chc ~rly 19th
century abour a na\lal commander from Europe. History
Club al:,O c:ondueted n rom\dtable discu~ion abour Hugo
Ch::ivc-1,. and attended a prest".nr.uion on Communism. The
events focus on different time periods and locations ar cvtry
rncering.
lf one ,..,·cck's topic doesn't sound cxctptiona.lly imer­
csting, chc nexi topic just 111igh1. A broad range of topics
m,kcs ,he dub appealing 10 many different smdems with different interest,. The Facebook rcpresencarion of rhe clnb,
LC Hi«ory Club. has ahom 22 sLUdcnl< within lrs r.rnks.
.. lr's-prrrry small at d1e moment as nor ma11y people know
abour il/' said Harper.
Hisiory Club is an 011cside-1hc-<:lassroon1 opportunity
for s1udcnis 10 pool their knowl<dge ,bour hinory and learn
from one :anothtr.
..,The club is important because chcre arc a lot of inrc:rC'St•
ing hiscory majors our tbere who have 3 IQr w sh:.tre abm,tc
whatever iris t.hey 1ove nboul his,ory,"' says Harper.
Of course, tnreresred srudcnrs do nm bavc to be h.istory
majors co join the meetings. Anyone with an interest in his­
tory is more than welcome to attend a meeting..
Mtttings tm: u,1111/9• bdd on /v/011/1,,y 11ighu. lime, vary &­
pend;11g on the tvefl.l of 1/,r ~rk. S1udrnu wirh qut11frms or
,~ilh n11 lnumr In joining History Club should co11u,e1 Kali
Httrper"' hnrp,r@Jc/ark.,du _rh_e_P_io_ne_e_r_L_o_g_,_M_ar_c_h_l9
111111111, 2_o_o_s ___________ i¥ui11:ij _________________________ 9 __
LC Myth Busters: Debunking folklore around LC
by Chris Bailey// staff writer
Lewis and Clark is an institution steeped in tradition and
lore. And as great these traditions are, some are wholly false,
passed down from previous generations who enjoy a good
tall-tale now and then. Bogus or not, they are rices of pas­
sage. One wouldn't be a true LC student if they weren't fa­
miliar with such legends. Here are a few classics that are up
for a good, old-fashioned debunking.
Japanese Baths
Back in che freewheeling days of the 1970s LC inscallcd
Japanese steam baths in the basements of all the buildings of
Forest with the exception of Ponderosa, which at the time
was an office building. However, a string of events nearly
a decade ago have rurned rhe Japanese baths inco a thing of
mere nostalgia. If you are scrolling through Forest, for example, you may
notice removable concrete sections char line rhe sidewalk.
Facilities will often life these panels to allow for workers to
perform maintenance in the summer months when most
srudems are not around.
If you have the good fortune to 6nd an open door in your
basement leading to these mysrerious passageways, die besr
thing ro do is report ir to your CLA or Facilires. Those widi
more adventurous streaks, who rake lirrle heed in my words,
proceed with caution. They are generally damp, muddy and
get very low very fast.
Stewart Nurse
Though there are many variations on this legendary myth,
the basic premise remains the same. Back in the 1950s ,Stew­
art Hall had a full time nurse who resided in me currenr CLC
apartment, She would routinely walk the halls checking on
che residents, the sound of her squeaking shoes and jingling
keys echoing chroughouc. all six have been left behind.
. Three men have died since rhar fareftJ incident and there
have been claims chat scalpels were left behind in each of the
rooms.
This is a bit of a far-fetched rale. Details over the srory are
fuzzy ar rimes and rbere are conAicting reportS over the pres­
ence of scalpels in rhe following deaths. Officials concede
that the original scalpel was the only one ever found. _Stu­
dents have often reported hearing squeaking footsteps and
jingling keys in the basemenc of Stewart, which could either
add legitimacy to che tale, Or mean they are simply hearing
rhe sound of die kid down rhe hall gercing his laundry. Lee's
keep chis one a myth, and a silly one ac
'~ char.
~ This is bur a sampling of rhe leg­
ends of LC, and counrless ochers
~ '/_ • Like any good myth these Controversy over the bath first stemmed from com­
plaints that they were being used for illicit activides of the
mind-altering and physically-stimulating kind. The final
straw came when students snuck in one night only to go
temporarily blind after rhey inhaled chemicals used to clean
and sanitize the baths. Needless co say the baths were shut
down for good soon after. The building was 1954 when some scudenrs stayed back
during Winter Break due to the icy conditions of the out­
going roads. One of these srndenrs, a former soldier in
me army, became sick. When he disappeared no one
questioned it and assumed instead that he was terribly ,·, -') ~, cominue to excite and in-
~/ \ \ spire o;ei:~g~~~t;::;e ~ they concinue che
They still ex:isr, though, and every now and chen a door
may come mysteriously unlocked. If you happen to catch a
glimpse of the glory of LC past you may be relieved to see it
lined in dated avocado rile, covered wich a healthy layer of
dim and mold.
Underground Tunnels
Ir's a novel idea, really. A network of underground run­
nels char run from building rn building chat shelters us from
the rain while we walk down to class or to chc Bon. What's
nor to love? And it's rrue, albeit somewhat disappointing.
While there are runnels underneath the buildings, they are
more crawlspaces than anything else, maintenance runnels
chat house water and gas pipes d1ar con necc co che respective
buildings around campus. ill. His friends did not see him for meals and days
passed before they visited his room to find him
dead in bed. The nurse was nowhere robe found.
le was lacer revealed chat the nurse and the
young man had a connection. Her husband
served in rhe same army company as the stu­
dent during che war, bur had died in combar
while overseas. She had learned of their affili­
ation when she was taking ca.re of rhe student
and killed him soon after our of grief and E2£
rage over her dead husband. -
The srudent was found wim a medical seal--=..
pel nearby. A general medical kic ac cl1e rime con-
tained six scalpels, and ir is widely believed char rhe
Stewart nurse will concinue co haunc che building uncil
Jt,. ""' ~ rradition for
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY BLOCK
• "Hey, could you help
me put this in my a.ss?'' /Ill
"He's hella Nordic looking."
4 "I guess we're all sort of pre-dead." "You can stare at my breasts for as
lont as yott like but you're never going
to pnd the scantily-clad teenage boy. "
"My willpower is being
raped by cupcakes."
"My butt cheeks could cake
your vocal chords any day.''
'7t's like Patrick Swayze: it
never seems to amaze me. ,, "If you're going to drink with Jabeer,
you better be drinking beer."
Send your overheard
conversations to
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"[T]he Gods have ask
us to create togethe ,
to love together and
to change the world
together."
-Peter Cooksan, former Dean of
the Graduate School, to his then­
assistant, Vanessa Fawbush. the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2008 1
"I'm well-know
for somethin
that isn't gre
to be well-know
-Monica Le"ri~ky '95
~ , . ;
. . ,
NDERSC ••
by Stephanie Beechem and Sarah Disabatino II editors-in-chief
ere's
ere where
time
could
1Ye made some­
e uncomf ort­
ble. I feel really
sorry for that."
Morgan Shaw-
Fox '09, in a 2008
Willamette Week cover
story, which detailed
I his alleg·ed
sexual
assault of
classmate. a The months leading up to a major presidential election are nec­
essarily tense: candidates and parry officials, supporters and detrac­
tors busy snipping and heaving.carnivorously at every opporcune
political porluck, meet-and-greet, debate, press conference and
splashily arranged phoco-op. Allegations and accusations pirou­
cerce aq-oss the headlines, polarizing parties against each other and,
this year, even turning typically aligned party members against each
ocher. It's in in these heated, gestational election months when the
parries couldn't seem furrher apart, and when heated rifts that have
cracked open within parries seem ready co come co a messy head.
Ir was· from rhe steamed-up climate of this political pressure
cooker char the resignation of New York Governor and long-time
champion of reform Eliot Spitzer came like a sudden blunc object
co the head lase week, drawing a frenzy of renewed narional media
attention, both scooting attention away from (and, yet, somehow,
to) this already concencious political race.
Sex scandals in American politics are hardly novel, of course,
and they've even been known co affect an election here and there. From speculations about John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe tO the
notorious philanderings -of chat eponymou~ Democrat from Hope,
Arkansas, it seems like several high pro.6le sex scandals in tbe recen~
past, like Mark Foley and Craig David, have barely had rime to go out
before another blaze has starred up somewhere in cbe distance.
The LC community is no stranger co chis phenomenon either chis
year. In the pasr year the College has endured rwo public sexual harass­
ment accusations char have cast a long shadow across an administra­
tion and a student body frantically trying co effect change--from an
increase in the endowmenc and the institutional profile of rhe College,
ro a drastic improvement of the student center and better funding for
student activities, let alone pressing dttl:side political considerations.
And as with any political scandal, more is at stake than jusr un­
pleasant attention. The LC institition as well as it students are bound,
as is a politician like Spitzer, by a cerra.in amounr of public good will
and support. When Spitzer sensed that his was raidly collapsing this
week, he resigned.
Fortunately, as a relatively low-ByiHg liberal arrs institution, LC has
the advantage of a few more inches of elbow room before the ravenous
jaws of public opinion descend in snapping for necks. But as the po­
litical pressure builds, whether in the wake of a sex scandal or a failed
college event or just mounting political pressure of one kind or an~
other, and when interna.l parties just couldn't seem any further apart,
Spitzer might serve not as a moral "lesson" per se, but rather a remind­
er, however simple, tbat we're all on the same team, as LCers and as
"politicians" in a larger sense. That is, what unites us as Americans in
politics, and as students at an openly political school, and is not 1usr
mutual feelings of general liberal good will. Ir is, rather, scandal itself.
cyclical, returning, rearing up when you least expect. Red
or blue, Clinton or Obama, man or woman. All of us.
I ,800 little scandals under god.
"I ain deeply
sorry that I did
not live up to what
was expected
of Ille.''
-former NY Governor Eliot
Spitzer, upon his resignation. the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2008 Features 12 I _rh_e_P_io_n_e_er_L_o_g_,_M_ar_c_h_l_9_,_2_0_0_8 _____________________________ 1_3 __ _
~prin9 ~renk specinl: Concert cnlenltnr
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X continues ''rebirth''
with anniversary tour
by Sanne Stienstra II arts editor
Even though Portland seems to be one of
rhe epicenters of upcoming indie hitmak­
ers, ic wouJd be blasphemous co ignore those
older classic ensembles chat acr as precursors
to new music today. One such predecessor co
the music scene of the moment is Los Ange­
les-based punk rockers X, who are coming
co Portland March 29 as part of cheir "l 3 x
31-3lsc Anniversary Tour."
ALI original members of rhe band, Exene
Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and DJ
Bonebrake, have signed on for the tour. The
band, which was founded in 1971, began
touring together again about 10 years ago.
"This is just another year into our rebirth,"
Cervenka said of the anniversary cour.
7he Pioneer Log had a chance co talk co
the X leading lady before the tour began at
SXSW last weekend.
Piolog: Does an anniversary cour mean a
new record?
&ene Cervenka: [ wish it would mean
a new record. I've been working with John
[Doe] on songs, bur l am not sure if we arc
going co make a record. I wanr co. I don'r
know, I don't give up on rhar. So, yeah f want
to make a new record. It would be great.
PL: Is ic refreshing co be back with your
original band for a complete cour?
X: Oh yeah, I love ic. I chink it's the most
fun in che world. And I am really lucky I can
do ir. J'm really grateful I can do it and I'm
so graceful people still wane to come see us. I
don't really want co srop.
PL: How will this tour be differenr than
the sporadic touring and performances in
L.A. the band has done recently?
X: Not differenr ar all. Why? Why change
it? No, there's nothing co change.
PL: John Doe just began his solo tour.
And you've done your own work recently
wicb The Original Sinners. Do you feel chat
your respective projects add to X or are they separate entirely?
X: I think everything adds to everything
else chat you do. I chink .. .I'm maki11g art at
home at night, while John's on the road play­
ing with Wilco adds co char. I don't think
other projeccs rake away because you make
room for them; you know 1 am juggling [The
Original Sinners] and solo stuff. l chink the
more vibrant you are as a person, the more
projects you have, the more people you
know, the more interactions you have, rhe
more art you do, makes you a better artisc.
PL: In the preface of Magical Meteorite
Songwriting Device, your collection of collag­
es, Kristine McKenna said char your art has a
"haunting power to evoke a childhood lose."
Is rhis childhood one char has lasted 3 l yeacs
si_nce X became a band or does rhe band feel
31 years old?
X: Yes and no. You feel like you've been
doing ir for 3 l years when you are backstage
putting on your boors, bur when you walk
onscage ir doesn't fed like you've been doing
it for 31 years. Once the people are there ir
doesn't really matter ific's been IO years or 20
years or whatever.
PL: McKenna also says there is a ''scenr
of longing and nostalgia" in these collages.
Has chis nostalgia always been around or is
it more prevalent now, embarking on rhis an­
niversary tour?
X: Oh no, it's always been around. I was
dressing like it was the I 920s in the 1980s. I
love the past. l love America's past especially.
Tfl could live in rhe past I would but I can't.
Wouldn't you like to live in rhe '20s, just for
a while? Flappers and all char scuff ... thar
would be so great. When alcohol was illegal
and there were speakeasies. I do have a nos­
talgia for rhe past, bur it's not just my past,
it's the past in general.
AEG live presents X on March 29 at the
Crystal Bai/room. 8:00 p.m. show. $20. Nada Surf sings about kin,
politics on new record
by Larkin Flora II staff writer
If you're in Portland for Spring Break,
you might want co bear the Crystal Ball­
room on March 26. New York-based
Nada Surf will be in Portland touring for
rheir new album Lucky. The cour kicked off
Friday, March 14 in Texas and the band will
cour the U.S. and Canada before crossing the
Aclanric co play in Europe and the U.K.
The indie-rock group first made ir big 12
years ago when they signed with Elektra. De­
spite their overnight success, rhe band's rela:.
rionship with the record company was sen­
sitive. "We thought of ourselves as an indie
band ... we were suspect and it cook us a year
and a half ro realize it," said drummer Ira El­
liot.
Elliot joi11ed the band just before they
were signed while guitarist and lead singer
Matthew Caws and bassist Daniel Lorca
grew up together. "The ocher two have a cra­
zy long relationship," said Elliot. "All things
considered, we gee along like brothers. We
drive each other crazy bur we're forgiving.
We like making music together. We've got
chemistry."
LtJcky was released February 5 of chis year.
Ir was produced under the Barsuk Records
label, the independent record company re­
sponsible for Death Cab for Curie, Rilo
Kiley and They Might Be Giants. It's no
surprise then that Lucky features guest per­
formers such as Ben Gibbard of Death Cab
and Martin Wenk of Calexico.
The band sticks to th.e
"write what you
know" mantra.
Elliot explained
that chat is easiest
and more mean­
ingful-«we tend
to write about per­
sonal things," he
said. The song "Ice
on rhe Wing" refer­
ences Caws' grandfa­
ther's ti me as a fighter
pilot and ambulance
driver in both world
wars, as well as his
father's involvement
wirh a religious cult. The
song "Here Goes Something" deals with the
excitement and trials of parenthood, a sub­
ject familiar co Caws, a recenr father.
The band also sometimes goes ourside
personal experience co discuss political con­
cerns of the day. "We're fairly political," said
Elliot. "Policies and music a.re hard co com­
bine .. .'The Fox' was an experiment ... the
genesis happened two years ago in the midst
of the reelection." The song uses the misap-prehensions of a relationship to reAect the
lies of rhe government: "The fox, the fox lied
/ Eyes under my prize / We're in a different
war / With ourselves and some of you / So
many things chat don't hold rrue."
Nada Surf's lyrics are sometimes sappy,
often facalistic and quite characteristic of
the love-srruck sentiments and angst felt
by many in the indie-rock movement. The
rhymes aren't roo far-reaching, bur the mel­
odies are catchy. They combine syncopated
rhythQII-S, dack chords-, overlapping melodies
and harmonies that create a satisfying lisren­
ing experience.
The band will be on tour for the next four
months. "Ir's weird-you don't look back
and you transition into a whole new world,"
explained the recently-engaged Elliot. ''I've
been doing it 20 yeacs as a traveling musi­
cian ... rexr messaging is a godsend.''
He's equally thrilled about the techno­
logical advances in music sharing. "l think
it's kind of fascinating. I really respect
[Radiohead]-only a band of their size could
do that," he said, referring co Radiohead's
online-only release of the.ir lacesr album In
Rainbows lasr summer. "They're jusr pointing
the way co the next thing."
Elliot understands people wanting to gee
the album for less than score value, if not for
free. ''f don't expect people to run our and
pay $12." He knows that people share music
through CD ripping
and peer-ro-peer soft­
ware such as Limewire.
"I really like iTunes,
except for their digital
rights management. I
bought it, ir's fucking
mine and I should
be able co do whac I
want wirh ir."
Ell ior also likes
rhe convenience of
digital music, even
ific doesn't have as
high sound quality
as vinyl. "For me
ir's like a library,"
said, adding that
it's easier to read crack names on a computer
than looking ar rhe spines of records and fig­
uring our which album is where.
Elliot's favorite thing about being in Nada
Surf is char it is "nor really limited by any­
thing." "We've never put ourselves in a box,"
he said. "We're a '90s band playing in the
posr-'90s era. We've never really conscrai11ed
ourselves creatively ... the future is open."
Nada Surf with Sea Wo!f, March 26 at the
Crystal Ballroom. 8:00 p.m. show. $17 door. _1_4 ____________________________ t_he_P_io_n_e_er_L_o_g
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In search of a May Day queen
at English opera Albert Herring
by Chris Bailey// staff writer
l found myself grinning like a fool part-way through Port­
land Opera's production of Albert Herringand I did not know
why. Perhaps, I thought, it was the notion of me at the opera
that amused me so. But then 1 reali7..ed something else en­
tirely, something l hadn't anticipated. I found the opera fun­
ny-really funny. By no means am I an opera buff, but T can
certainly appreciate what it has ro offer. I have been to several
shows elsewhere and there is a common thread among my
experiences: remarkably beauriful, yet ultimately detached.
Albert Herring builds on the former while not sacrificing the
latter. lt is a production of great wit, charm and beauty.
Sec i.n the fictitious town of Loxford, England in the ear­
ly summer of 1900, we are subjected co the madness of the
townspeople as they search for a queen for rheir annual May
Day Festival. When all the women of Loxford fail ro meet
the standards of purity for the title of queen, rhe honor falls
upon a man. Albert is a quiet young man, meek and unas­
suming, who helps run the grocery score with his mother. He
has long been under the control of his domineering mother,
who along with the other townsfolk, pressure poor Albert
into accepting the title of May King.
Albert is less than pleased with his newfound srarus, yet
the cown is roo caught up in the ceremony of rhe festivities ro
care. The constant pressure forces Albert co finally break free,
and when chis happens it is done in an amusingly gracifying
fashion. I won't spoil much, but I'U just say that by the end
rhere are no more virgins in rhe cown ofLoxford.
Bur that's not the point, really; we are meant co witness
the inner struggle of this young
man with an air of poignancy
and empathy. Ir is a coming­
of-age tale about his loss of in­
nocence in the guise of a hu­
morous romp. Tenor Brendan
Tuohy does an exceptional job
of balancing Albert's doughy-faced
powderpuff nature with seething
rebelliousness. His submjssive
nature is marked wirh mo­
ments of seditiousness
char rhe audience not
only understands.,
but encourages.
What really struck
me was the inrimacy
of rhe experience. The space is small and cozy. The orchestra pit is not real­
ly a pit; rather it is suspended up above che stage, breaking
the barrier between actors and audience. Video cameras in
front of the conductor capture his every move and relay ic
to dosed-circuit televisions mounted in che upper corners of
the studio-quite an interesting convention.
Often we feel as though we are part of the pageantry of
the May Day festivities. Characters literally call out co mem­
bers of the audience, addressing them as fellow rownspeoplc.
Walking to our sea cs we tread across the same faux grass that
the actors run across during their humorous exploits. From
where I was seated in the front row I had to watch where I
sruck my feet for fear of kicking the actors from behind.
The prospect of an opera sung entirely in English was new
and unfamiliar to me. This allows for a subtle humor that
couldn't be conveyed through ocher dramatic conventions
such as cone and gesture. This can be more difficult in operas
sung exclusively in ocher languages like Italian or German.
For example, there are moments where Albert is lost in the
voices of the entire cast as they yeU at him from every direc­
tion. We can discern each voice from one anocher and feel
the emotional weight of every word chat bears down upon
poor Albert.
He is drowning in a sea of sound and we are right there
with him. While it must be reiterated that.Albert Herring is
a comedy, there is no denying the element of tragedy. As we
delve deeper inro its underlying themes, we recognize the
poignancy of rhe srory, marked with both human.icy and
Albert Herring runs only until March 30. See
portlandopera.01gfor showtimes and tickets.
LC stalwarts Dagger of the Mind (recenrly re­
named Metal Shakespeare Company) "sing scenes
from Shakespeare plays over heavy metal," and yes, The 28-year old MC Busddver
has shared thesragewith everyone
from hip hop visionary RJD2 ro
acclajmed indie outfit Deerhoof
ro theatrical folk-tronic duo Co-• chat is all you need co know. For a brutally Eliza­
bethan good time, don't miss rhe show (presented Evans Audicorium hummed quietly last Thursday
as music-lovers gathered for Abbie Gabrielson's ('IO)
sophomore recital. The piano sat acop the stage, lit
with a few lights-lonely, and ready robe played.
The crowd exploded in hoots and applause when
Gabrielson stepped our onto the stage, sparkling and
beaming across the rows. A hush cook over the audi­
torium as she gracefully rook her sear on rhe piano
bench, lifred her hands and began to play. Her first
and best piece, Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C major, im­
mediately captivated the audience, as she played rhe
most fragile of Rachmaninoff's works with sensitivity
and an aura of mystique, as if she were on the our.skirts
of a dream.
Her second piece was more of a spectacle, but this
had little to do with Gabrielson's playing. Somewhere
between the Schumann piece, the lighcs in the au­
ditorium clicked off, one by one, until no lighc was
left. ·n1ere was a momenr of awkward pause before
the lights flashed back on ro Gabrielson, rocking with
laughter. The audience laughed and cheered, tension
assuaged as they realized Gabrielson was a champion:
She was so good, she had just blacked out Evans. The
show went on without a hitch, including a sonata by
Beethoven (the second movement won) and another
piece by Rachmoninoff, this one a more typical dragon
of a piece, one that could have been tamed a bit more
for full effect.
Gabrielson is a sophomore double-majoring in
French studies and, of course, piano. Her recital pieces
included Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C majm; Schu­
mann's Papil!ons, Op.2, Beethoven's Sonata in E Major,
Op. 14, No.land Rachmoninoff's Prelude in C minor.
Her piano insrrucror is Prof. Orla McDonagh.
--Story and photo by guest writer Stephanie Prom
by KJ.>SU and KLC) on -Friday, March 21, also ..._ ~
featuring LC band the Whjps and the Whales.
DOTM's last student member, Marc Stikker ('08),
graduates this year-so catch them while you can. corosie. le is his ability to bridge .... ~
the divide bec:ween rhe hip hop "Paranoid Park'' is rhe new Gus Van Sam film,
beginning at Cinema 21 from March 21 co March
27. Taken from che Blake Nelson novel of the same
name, "Paranoid Park" follows a high school skat­
er Alex (Gabe Nevins) through the aftermath of
the accidental murder he commicted of a security
guard. The film, shoe locally, represents the city of
Portland nicely; there are many familiar shoes of
the dry, and che filming of ska.ting ar a Burnside
park is ,authentic and amazing. The Modern Age (basement of Smith Memorial on
the I'SU campus, SW Broadway and Harrison). Fri-
day, March 21. 8:00 p.m. $3-6. and indie scenes that have made
him so well-regarded in both. See
him Friday, March 28 with rhe
Greyboy Allstars. NW 6th Ave
and Burnside. 5):00 p.m. $20 Nightly 7:00, 8:55; Fri-Sat 10:30 p.m.; Sat-Sun
(1 :00), 3:00, 5:00. ($4), $5-7 with student ID. _th_e_P_1_·o_n_ee_r_L_o_g_,_M_ar_ch_1_9_, 2_oo_s _____________________________ l .... 5_
The Memory
ofWater:
Sisters grieve, bicker
in English accents
by James Reddick II news editor
Not surprisingly, The Memoty of Watet, Lewis &
Clark's newest mainstage play, presented lase weekeJ1d,
centers around the question of remembrance. Taking
place in modern England, Shelagh Scephen~on's play
is a depiction of three sisters reunited following the
death of their mother. In one long evening before the
funeral, they attempt to reconcile her sudden physi­
cal absence with the haunting quality that remains.
In a bic of a forced metaphor, a scientific experiment
in which the key components of water were extracted
with its essence remaining is mentioned several times,
alluding to the undying spirit of the deceased. The sis­
ters--"Teresa, Mary and Katherine-have all been, for
better or for worse, shaped by their mother's influence.
She lingers upon chem, physically and emotionally,
like dgarerre smoke.
In this aspect, Stephenson's script succeeds at ex­
pressing a universal aspect of the human condirion:
the inescapabiliry of family. The mocher, played by the
graceful Magdalena Rucinski ('11), literally haunts the
scage, appearing throughout Mary's dreams. Her enor­
mous effect is felt everywhere, as she is the link that
connects che play's characters, despite their pe,rsonal
differences. Katherine, played terrihcally by an exuber­
ant Lisa Neher ('08), is che speed freak younger sister
w:bo never felr loved by her mother. Teresa, played by
Ana Erikson ('09), is the calm elderly sister bound to
her mother out of a sense of duty, And Mary, the emo­
tional anchor of the play, played excellently by Alex
Ramirez; ('J 0), bridges rhe gap nicely berween the two.
Despite their array of differences, rhey share the com­
mon fare of aJI sisters: As much as they desire ro be
separate from the fallibilities within cheir family, in the
end, each sister is composed in part of the other mem­
bers of her clan.
The case succeeded wdl in capruring rhe spirir of
Stephenson's work. 1he comic interplay of tension and
levity char rnarks any sisterly relarionship was present­
ed with finesse. On the male from, Gustav Axelson­
Cbidsey ('08) and Sam HarveU ('08), playing Mike
and Frank, provided a degree of much-needed balance
ro the shrill bickering of che three sisters, Frank, the
bumbling bur good-natured husband ofTeresa, espe­
cially changed the cone with his exasperated comedic
dryness,
Unfortunately, one unnecessary quality derracred
from the legitimacy of the work: the insistence on
speaking in English accenrs. Though none were ter­
rible, they were all over the place-from borderline
cockney, to rarefied upper ch1ss, co pseudo-Ameri­
can-and likely scarred any Anglo sensibilities in the
audience. Nonetheless, the cast and directing did an
admirable job of making an incense, and often con­
voluced, script come to life, as well as reminding che
audjence of the extreme emotional complexity that
comes with losing a parent. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
Cliame{eon-fike CoYteo returns
to Cirque's Yaudevi{{e roa,ts
by Stephanie Beechem II editor-in-chief
The last time Cirque du Soleil wedged its eponymous
whale of:a tenc under the Marquam Bridge in Portland was
two years ago, in April 2006. That incarnation of rhe inter­
national traveling circcus, "Mtrekai," was a phanrasmagorical,
flight-inspired ode to tl1at famous doomed Greek, Icarus.
"Varekai" picked up where the myth of Icarus leaves off, hy­
pothesizing just where Icarus fell after char fateful turn too
close to tbe sun: a lush tropical paradise near a volcano, ap­
parently, where a menagerie of exoric creatures reach him to
"Ay" again. Dominated by outrageously feathered, sparkled,
and spiked amphibian costumes, the show featured green Liz­propelling each other progressively higher into the air with
each jump. By the end of the routine, both men are doing
douhle back flips and twisting layouts across the teetq-torrer,
ometimes crossing mid-way through.the.air, always landing
perfectly on one end or another.
In between major skits, solitary performers perform little
skits. A clown climbs up a giant rickety ladder using only the
movement of his body for balance, kicking into a handstaJ1d
at the cop--20 feet a~ve the floor and no safety harness.
A "Spanish" tightrope walker rides across the line on a uni­
cycle, then dicches the unicycle and walks back across, swing-
ing 20 red and gold hoola-hoops
ILLUSTRATIONBYBRADJONAS around her abdomen. A muscled ard women swinging from the ceiling hanging
backwards on hoops, winged dancers leaping
and soaring across the deep set on long strands
of gauzy rope, all lit by splotches of turquoise
and real, as if the characters inhabited in a car­
nivorous tropical bog. A r)\e r ;, c=-" s
,o e.s ;11
; '"ff e ~Se~. woman wearing a shiny blue leo­
tard climbs up and down a long
gauzy rope with a fellow male
acrobat, who rhen lees go of the
ropes and hangs high above the The show's latest manifestation, "Correo,"
backs away from the outrageous jewel-toned
costumes and famous mytho­
logical origin of''Varekai" to re­
envision it.~ origins as a cosmo­
poliran circus of the world, drawing
from a variety of new and old cir­
cus traditions. "Correo" draws heav­
ily from rne improvisational, srock­
character-scuffed commedia dell'arte of
I 6th century Italy, courtly theater from
Elizabethan England, early American
vaudeville, marionette sketches, even
over-the-cop gags left over from Buf­
falo Bill's Wild West Traveling Freak
Show, set to such disparate music
as Irish jigs and Spanish flamenco
with a smattering of whiny French
violin. To Cirque's credit, it is a truly
eclectic smorgasbord of sampling.
·me back story behind ''Coneo"
is simple and sweet-an old clown
has died and musr be ushered into
heaven by a cavalcade of his old per­
forming buddies: acrobats, gypsies, gym­
nasts, clowns, jugglers, trapeze artists, lad-
der-climbers. hoop-throwers. contorcionists, and
even a tiny midget couple. As cbe show unfolds, the clown's
old troupe performs memories from his childhood and runs
through its old gags and cricks for one last show for the nos­
talgic old man.
In one of rhe show's mosr dynamic early sequences, drawn
from the clown's childhood, several acrobatic performers
bounce berween two "beds" with trampolines for mattresses,
twirling and flipping and bouncing over and around each
ocher to a joyful musical number-that is, before the angry
Ringmaster intercedes, cracking his whip and telling the mjs­
behaving acrobat "kids" co go to bed.
In another eye-popping acrobatic display, two muscled ac­
robats cake rums jumping on opposite ends of a reerer-rotter, stage, suspended only by a grip on
0 her long ponytail.
'1 For visual impact, it's less of
a punch than "Varekai," with
smaller sruors and more typical
circus costumes-jester outfits,
flowing panes and floppy hats.
And while several little vaude­
ville skits interspersed with the
high-energy gymnastics rourines
and contortion stunts keep the
show feeling grounded, on a cou­
ple of occasions rhey fall com­
pletely Rat, like a rired midget
mini-show (okay, we ger it, they
are small and squeaky) and a gag
involving a disappearing human
golf ball.
The pure athJericism and acro­
batics of its performers are no less
impressive, however. It's almost worch
going for one single unusual scum near
rhe intermission of rhe show, in which rhe
tiJ1y midget acrobat Valenryna Aoats onco the
srage, lifred only by five big helium balloons that
support almost her entire weight. As she Roars over
the stage and out over rhe audience, she bobs up and down
like a haJf-deAared Mylar balloon, caughr in a limbo between
Roaring away and sinking slowly to rhe ground, It's fantastic
and weird, a meeting of the old (the classic midget gags} and
the unexpectedly new (chose spectacular, freakish, globular
balloons). "Correo" could be said ro suffer from a similar pre­
dicament: caught in an uncerca.in middle ground between
the stagy old traditions of circus theater, its clowns and its
midgets, and the truly futuristic arhleticism and innovation
of Cirque's unbelievable stunts and set designs.
Until Aptil 12. Student tickets available for $31. Go to cirque­
dusoleil. com fa,· more infonnation.
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Call your shots: 2008 madness soon to descend
For the eclectic sports fan, Lewis & Clark's spring break marks more than the 2/3rds point of the semester. It marks the
beginning of baseball season, the final stretch of games until the NBA Basketball season concludes, conference _position
fighting in the NHL, and perhaps, most iml?ortantly, the NCAAB Division 1 Basketball tournament. While the Pioneers
may have missed their shot at tfie Division 1II tournament, this year's tournament gives fans what they have come to ex­
pect from college sport's most furious month: total uncertainty as to who is going to win.
The Tar Heels, who won the tournament in 2005, claimed the overall number one seed with their victo_ry over Clemson
on Sunday night, with perennial contenders Kansas, Memphis and UCLA not far behind. For some, the NCAAB tourna­
ment is a chance to remind themselves that following a SP.Orts team is a fairly self-destructive endeavor (sorry, Duke fans),
for others, it's a chance to remind themselves that college basketball offers a type of entertainment like no other. So fill out
a bracket, pick a few underdogs, cut it out, stick it on your refrigerator and maybe, just one day, you can pretend like you
had extensive knowledge of tfie 2008 tournament, even though you only just now realized the tournament was starting.
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Women's tennis falls just shy of
2nd place; splits weekend games
by Daniel Cochran II sports editor
The Pioneer women nearly
claimed second place in the North­
west Conference this past weekend,
defeating the Lutes 5-4 but falling
to Whitworth, 7-2. On Saturday,
Amalia Nilsson (' 11) kept perfect
on rhe season, defeating Erika Fel­
tus in consecutive matches 6-3 and
6-1. Lisa Harunaga (' IO) improved
co 8-3 in singles, also bearing her
opponenr in just two matches.
The Pios split the singles com­
petitions with the Lures, but won
two of three doubles competitions
to win Saturday's games. all Pirates. Har-
unaga nearly de­
feated her #2 op­
ponent, bur fell
7-6 in the final
march. Maggie
Peach ('IO) also
nearly gained a
victory for the
Pioneer wom­
en -taking her
singles competi­
tion co the trurd
match -bur lost
10-4.
PHOTO FROM lClARK.EOU Nilsson and #1 doubles partner
Whjmey Debree (' 11) took a cru­
cial competition after the #2 dou­
bles suffered a narrow loss. Paige
Earhart ('11) and Teresa Kiemnec
('10) won #3 doubles, decisively
bearing their opponents 8-4.
On Sunday, the Pios never
quire found their stride. Nilsson
stayed perfect, hanruly beating
Whirworth's #1, Rachel Burns,
while also winning the #1 doubles
competition with parmer Oebree.
Other than Nilsson's efforts, it was Although the
Pirates won over­
all 7-2, the com­
petitions were
far from being
blowouts. Had
the Pios man-
aged co win a few Amalia Nillson is undefeated in 2008.
key secs in their
singles compecicions, they might be
in 2nd place right now. As it is, the
Pioneer women are in 3ru with an
impressive 8-2 record. Whitworth
improved to 8-1 in the Northwest
Track tean1s con1e out
strong in Newberg Conference. The Women's next op­
ponents will be Pacific on March
28, whom they previously defeated
7-2 in February. The games will
start at 4 p.m. at Pacific. . . . . ..
the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2008
Softball drops triple­
header to Pacific
by Jessica Voigt II staff writer
Pioneers softball had a rough
weekend against the Pacific Boxers
-now tied for first in the North­
west Conference -losing all four
• home games.
In the first game, the Boxers
struck early, with four runs in the
first inning, including a triple and a
solo home run. Another four runs
were put up in che fourth, and af-
ter loading the bases in rhe third,
the Pioneers gave up three runs to
bring the Pacific coral to I l. De­
spite the rain, the Pios got an RBI
from Jamie Moon ('10) in rhe fifth,
who drove in Sheree Miurn ('09).
Miura had walked earlier in the
inning, and her run put the final
score at 11-1 . The second game was
postponed due to rain, and the Pios
played three games on Sunday.
Again, the Boxers came after the
Pioneer pitchers early and put up
nine runs in che first two innings.
ln the third inning, pitcher Kelly
Vega(' I I) walked in the tenth Box­
er run with the bases loaded, but
surrendered no runs afterwards.
Graduate student Nathalie Marson gave up a run in the fourth
and six runs in the fifth, including
a grand slam to Boxer Carrie Mae­
rz. The Pios put up three runs in
the bottom of the fifth, including a
solo home run from Marson -her
first hie of the season. Sheree Miura
and Paige McFeeley (' l l) also had
RBI singles.
For rhe third game of the series,
the Boxers produced at least a run
in every inning, and exploded with
nine total in the fourth and fifth ...... mmngs.
' Unfortunately, the Pios were
shuc out by Pacific pitchers Miran­
da McNealy and Andrea Bansen; it
was Bansen's fifth win of the sea­
son. Karyne Sander (' 10) had the
only hit of the game with a double
in the first inning.
For her ninth win of the season,
Pacific pitcher Miranda McNealy
threw a no-bitter against che Pios.
McFeeley had a tough game against
the Boxers, who put up nine runs
in five innings, finishing the game
with five runs in the bottom of the
fifth.
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The Pioneer crack and field
reams were in Newberg on Sat­
urday, participating in the Frank
Haskins Invitational. The Pioneer
women had a strong third place
finish and che men placed seventh. and Roxanne Gilbride ('09) came
out victorious in the javelin throw
with a 127-07. April 18, 2008 -~1: ... ;
i' ,,
Cheyenne Feliz ('I I) dominat­
ed the 200 meter dash with a time
of 27.09, easily beating the next
closest rime of 27.75. Feliz also
finished second in che 400 merer
dash and anchored both women's
relay reams. The 4 x 100 relay ream
of Feliz, Marissa Silver ('ll), Kath­
erine Groesbeck ('11), and Lisa
Housman ('08) finished fourth for
the Pioneers.
Cayley Rasmussen(' I 0) and Alla
Khalitova ('10) held down the high
jump, placing fourth and fifth, re­
spectively. Meanwhile, Groesbeck
tallied up more points for che Pios
in the triple jump and the long
jump. Maren Swanson ('11) won
the ruscus throw with a 103-00 For the men, Joevante Mayes
(' 11) placed third in the 100 merer
dash and fourth in the 200 merer.
Jeff Carman ('09) finished second
in the 5000 meter with a time of
15:44.84. Leif Bullock finished
third in the 1500 merer run, gain­
ing six points for the men, who
ended up in seventh place.
On the season, Mayes holds
multiple top marks, including
the 9th overall best in the 200m
dash. Both the men's and women's
teams are 1-l in conference so far
this year, with each ream falling to
Puget Sound but defeating the Pa­
ciiic Boxers.
The Pioneers compete next week
at the Charles Bowles Invitation­
al at ·Willamette University. The
competition will mark the first of
two meets at Willamette in 2008. to April 27, 2008
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Laurence's complete game
• • victory prevents series sweep
The Pioneers baseball ream has
had a rough srarr to the beginning
of the season with only three wins
in their first rwelve games (1-7
NWC). This past weekend the Pios
had hoped to turn things around
with a four game series against the
Pacific Lutheran Lures who came
into the games with a 3-5 record in
conference. The games were played
in Tacoma.
In the opening game Friday
afternoon, the Pios opening the
scoring when Ryan Kostecka ('11)
doubled and scored on an RBI
single byTJ Witkowski ('10). The
lutes answered in the bottom half
of the inning with a rwo-run home
run off Pios starter Jordan Smiley
('08). However, the Pios quickly
answered -tying up the game in
the second when Roland Greene
(' 11) singled and came around to
score on an RBI by Tucker Lau­
rence ('J 1 ). by Cam Roberts II staff writer
With the bases empty, the Pioneers
started a rwo-our rally with a sin­
gle by Jordan Shibata ('08). After
loading the bases, a double down
the left "field line by Chris Estrella
('08) scored the rwo runs to tie the
game.
The Lutes scored two runs in the
bottom of the fifth and rwo more
in the sixth to go up 8-4. The Pio­
neers tied the game for the fourth
time in the seventh inning, plating
four runs on five hies including a
rwo RBI pinch-hit single from Jor­
dan Wlodarczyk ('09). The Lutes,
however, scored two runs in the
seventh and eighth innings co rake
a 12-8 viccory.
The second game of chis dou­
ble-header ended up with the
same result bur gave the Pioneers
some hope. Chris Estrella, Alex
Sr. Pierre {' 11) and Evan Fairmont
('09) combined co throw 6.1 in­
nings and allowed only 1 run on 4
PHOTO BY KEVIN BROWN
Alex St. Pierre's .273 opponent's batting average puts him
among the league leaders. He gave up one run Saturday.
After the Lures rook a 4-2 lead
in the bottom of the third, the
Pioneers came back in the fifth to
tie the game for a third time, 4-4. hits. The Pios led 3-I going into
the borrom of the seventh where
a costly error proved to be the dif­
ference leading to 6 unearned runs for the Lutes. The Pioneers offense
continued to show they can hit
the ball with the cop of the order
made up of Laurence, Shibata, Sam
Holman ('I 1) and AJ Brown ('IO),
who combined to go 8-16 with 5
runs scored and 4 RBI's.
The first game Saturday and
third game of the series proved co
be a pitcher's duel, an uncommon
occurrence for the Pioneers. Tuck­
er Laurence started and finished
the game for the Pios pitching sev­
en complete innings and allowing
only two Lutes runs to pick up his
third victory of the year.
Laurence dominated the first
six innings, allowing just four hits,
with no Lute making it further
than second base. The Lutes rallied
against Laurence in the seventh,
rattling off four straight one-out
singles, but Laurence got the final
two outs to hold on for a 3-2 vicco­
ry, giving the Pioneers their second
Conference win of che season.
The Pios were less than impres­
sive at the plate bur got RBIs by
Neal Finch ('09), Mike Orr ('08)
and Kostecka co score just enough
wins co pick up their second con­
ference viccory with a 3-2 victory
over che Lures.
The final game of che series was
dominated by the Lures. They
scored four runs in the first in­
ning purring the Pios in a hole they
could never escape. The Lutes add­
ed rwo in rhe third and one more
in the fifth to cake a 7-0 lead. The
Pioneers scored in rhe top of rhe
sixth.
Jordan Shibata was hie by a
pitch to lead off the inning. He
came around to score on a sacri­
fice Ay by Sam Holman. After the
Lures added two more runs in che
bottom of the sixth to cake a 9-r
lead, Chris Estrella singled, com­
ing around to score on a single by
Mike Orr. The Lutes held on for a
9-2 victory.
The Pioneers improved co 4-12
(2-10 NWC). They will be back in
action at the Huston Sports Com­
plex next Friday afternoon, March
21, when they open a four-game
weekend series against the Whit­
worth Pirates. The Pirates are 4-8
on the season, two games ahead
of the Pioneers. First pitch is at 12
noon. 18
Every week the Pioneer Log acknowledges athletes at Lewis & Clark
who have had remarkable performances. This week features two ath­
letes who have quietly carried their teams co considerable success.
Jeff Carman ('09) posted the highest finish for the Pioneer men this
past weekend in Newberg with a time of 15:44.84 in the 5000m. Car­
man, a transfer student from Lane Community College, has given the
Pios consistent results all season -including a fourth place finish in the
1500m at the Pacific Four-Way in Forest Grove.
Lisa Harunaga ('10) won her singles match against Pacific Lutheran
chis past weekend, helping che Pioneer women narrowly edge the Lures
5-4. Harunaga was the Pioneer female rookie of the year in 2007, and
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Wednesday,
March 19
French Theater Play -Vue sue
le golf
7 :00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.
Location: Fir Acres Theatre
Black Box Theater
Cost: Free
The Students of rhe French Deparnnenr
will perform a theater play called "Vue
sur le Golf". Here is a. brief synopsis:
The Rousseaus, a French family of four,
have rented a villa for their summer va­
cation. Each member of the family has a
different agenda for the summer. When
and how will the wife, Helene break
the news to her husband chat she is in
love with someone else? Will she leave
him? Will the devious daughter, Emilie,
entrap her love interest with a positive
pregnancy rest? What is Grandmother
Madeleine's secret?
Sunday,
March23 [[Eight Days Out]]
Thursday,
March20
Interviewing Skills
4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Location: Albany 207
Cost: Free
Securing an interview with a solid resume
is the first step in a lengthy process. Nail­
ing rhe interview secures the position;
part-rime, full-rime, internship, gradu­
ate studies. Be cerrain you are prepared
by attending this presentation. We will
practice a mini-interview so please bring
a draft of your resume with you.
Monday,
March24 Fridar,
March 21
Good Friday Service
12:30 p.m.
Location: Flanagan Chapel
Cost: Free
You are invited to mark chis special day
in rhe Christian calendar by listening to
the Passion Story within an ecumenical
service of readings, prayer and song.
Tuesday,
March 25 Saturday,
March22
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