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The Pioneer Log: Lewis & Clark College's Student-Run Newspaper
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Volume 72, Number 18 [Number 19]
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2008-04-01
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:."'l"IJVF.NT Pll,ES,. Seemingly innocuous proposition splits
student government and activities students
In addition to voring in cl1is
year's ASLC elections, students
will also have the opportunity to
approve t\Vo amendments to tbe
ASLC bylaws this week. Proposi
tion 1, co-written by Angela Finke
('08), ASLC Vice President for
Budget & Finance, and Tom You
mans ('09), ASLC Executive Vice
President, has already sparked the
creation of two Facebook clubs
one in support, one in opposi
tion-and exacerbated preexisting
tensions within ASLC and Activi
ties Congress.
The proposition itself includes
significant modifications to six sep
arate articles within rhe ASLC by
laws, including a revision ro rules
for SAAB representation (allowing
representatives from depamnenrs
that offer only a minor, rather
than a major); CBB represenrarion
(which would now be subject to
the approval of Executive Coun
cil); and fSLC represen1acion.
The most frequencly discussed
modification, however, regards a
change to the policy regarding Ac
tivities Congress (AC) leadership
the Firsr, Second, and Deputy
Speakers-and their involvement
in ASLC boards, including the
General Allocations Board (GAB),
the Chartering and Budget Board
(CBB), the Community Relations
Board (CRB), and cbe Peer Review
Authority (PRA). Under Proposi
tion I, chose three Congress lead
ers would be barred from partici
pation in rhese groups. In addition,
the Proposition clarifies an exist
ing ASLC precedent: char voting
members of Executive Council will
be barred from serving on chose
boards as well.
A smaller modificarion, which
makes approval of the board mem
bers of CBB subject to rhe approval
of ASLC Executive Council, has
also sparked conversarion as to the
motivarion, goal, and potential
partisanship of the propositions.
Technically, Finke explains,
Activities Congress is a branch of
ASLC according to rhe Bylaws,
which essentially equate ASLC
Executive Council and Activities
Congress. Finke believes chat vot
ing members of ASLC Executive
Council and Activities Congress
should be held to the same stan
dard-not participating in any in
fluential ASLC boards outside the by Stephanie Beechem II editor-in-chief
boards they themselves chair.
"As it holds right now, Congress
has a voce on [Executive] Council
and we have a two branch sysrem,
so we need ro split rhe two powers
as much as possible,'' Finke said.
"ASLC should strive to include as
many scudencs ... voices and opin
ions as possible. If we take a few
individuals and give them more
and more power, we're Umiriog
how many ocher students can ger
involved.''
"Tue [No on I] Facebook
group is making the point ... that
this proposition is going to stop
people from being involved. Bur
[Congress speakers) are already in
volved. [They are) three of che most
involved students in srudent gov
ernment ... by saying chat they can't
be involved from another thing
isn't barring chem from being in
volved," ASLC presidential candi
dare and Congress Deputy Speaker
Shane Rivera ('09) said.
Finke, Rivera, Vice Chair for
Community Relations Brad Elkins
f JO), and Third Speaker of Con
gress Lindsay Alt (' 11) are all ad
mi nistrarors on the ''VOTE YES
on Proposirion I" evenr on Face
book. ASLC VP for Student Orga
nizations Anne Swifr ('09) and First
Speaker of Congress Brandon Wie
be ('08) are administrators on che
"No on I " Facebook event. "No on
I" is also supported by Karie Siegle
('08), ASLC Vice Chair for Budget
&. Finance, Sarah Grossberg ('11),
VP for SAA, and Zac Hixson (' I 0),
SAAB Tucoring Director.
Both Wiebe and Swift believe
char Proposition l is unnecessarily
exclusionary of AC leadership.
"The proponents of Proposition
1 are under the impression rhar
we can encourage a more diverse
group of scudenrs ro participate
in ASLC boards by ... baning, the
leaders of the Activities Congress
from participation," Wiebe said.
"This reasoning appeals to the er
roneous notion char Congress lead
ers are in positions of power and
authority, and restricting the Con
gress leadership's power is some
how to rhe beneG,c of che student
body. The face is, however, that che
Congress leaders plan events, just
like the leaders of any of the nearly
sevenry student organizations OD
campus. and this is che excent of
their duties." Swift agrees with Wiebe char to
portray Congress as a functioning
part of ASLC, despite the reality
of what chey do, is inaccurate and
unfair.
"They're nor [scudent govern
ment.) Their funcrion is ro do ac
tivities programming and chat's
nor student government. If we're
going to kick everyone off of these
boards who's involved in activities
planning, then I don't understand
why ocher big activities boards like
CO or the Co-Op aren't banned as
well.''
As for the conflict of interest,
Swifr argues that existing methods
of recusal in place during CBB pre
vent the conflicts implicicly alleged
by Proposition I. These rules of re
cusal mandate rhar a scuden r serv
ing on rhe board with a con.A.ice of
interest du.ring a certain delibera
tion absrains from che deliberation
and does nor have a vore in char
budget approval.
"CBB recognizes thac we don'r
wane ro have any conflict ... and so
ou.c ROPs even get above and be
yond [absrencion] and say, 'Gee out
of the room.' I think ir's worked
amazingly well," Swift said.
Finke disagrees, maintaining
chat there is an inherent conflict of
incerest in having these three stu
dents serve on ASLC boards. "Con·
gress is part of student government_
and they have a vote -Deputy
Speaker votes on Council -so they
shouldn't have a
vote of one of
their boards,"
Finke said.
While he
agrees with
Finke on the
conflict of
interest, Ri-
vera also in
sisrs chat bar
ring Activities
Congress lead
ership from
these boards is
more a matter
of diversifying
board mem
bers and open
ing opportuni
ties for studenr
involvement
rather than
closing chem.
"[Under e.xisring rules,] the people running
boards, chey can say, ''f know [First
Speaker] will be on chis board be
cause he's already involved, and
[board chairs] don't have to work
as hard to get ocher people on the
board. Maybe it's not easy ... bur
you have to give students the op
porrunicy," Rivera said. ''[ see it as
being a way char will build com
munity by making sure more peo•
pie are involved."
Disagreement over the Proposi
tion has exacerbaced already rense
relationships within ASLC and Ac
tivities Congress chis year. Finke
and Swift, who both serve as VPs
for ASLC, are on opposite sides
of the debace. Congress Deputy
Speaker Rivera supporcs the prop
osition, bur Firsc Speaker Wiebe
doesn't.
"As far as AC being anorher
branch of ASLC. J would argue
rhac anyone who in Council or in
Congress is being complerely disin
genuous," Swifr said. "/The propo
sition] clearly is partisan."
"I've been really frustrated
throughout the semescer because [
didn'c feel like anyone was listening
ro my concerns," Finke said.
"There wouldn't be any contro
versy if ir wasn'r personal," Elkins
said.
VtJting began this Wednesday and
wiLL continue until midnight today.
Check your LC e-mail for a link to
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Forest to host E&D Living and Learning Community
contingencies for che different things that could happen but
some of those contingencies preclude ochers." by Sanne Steinstra // arts editor
The current first-year course at Lewis & Clark, which all
scudents are required to cake, is changing again. This fall, Ex
ploration & Discovery, which began two years ago, will see
the addition of the Living/Learning Community.
The program will include three classes, caught by Profes
sor of Hiscory Ben Westervelt, Professor of Religious Studies
Paul Powers, and Professor of Humanities Kristi Williams.
The roughly 56 students who comprise these three classes
will live cogether in Forest Hall's Pondcrosa.
Foresr's CLC, David Rosengard, is helping make plans for
the program, along with Direcror of Housing & Orienta
tion, Sandi Bottemiller, Direccor of Campus Living, Win
ston Jones, and Associate Professor of English/Director of
Exploration & Discovery, Kure Fosso, among ochers.
"I chink chat there's a lot of evidence that people living to
gether aod being in the same class or classes is helpful, and 1
chink chat's great and I'm in full support of char," Rosengard
said. "I also think that's part of the point of living in a resi
dential college. We are supposed to live cogether nor only so
we can learn from each other just about life but also so char
we can talk about rhe scuff we are doing in class and help
each ocher out with reading and whamor. And because ir's
fun scuff ro debate and argue about and if there's no one to
argue with, it doesn't work so well."
Fosso had similar idea~ about the objectives of the pro
gram. "The idea is that it will really help to meld living and
academics, life on campus and intellectual work. Thar's our
goal. And more sense of communiry."
The Living/Lea.ming Community i~ the first of its kind
ar Lewis & Clark. Nowhere else on campus do students who are in the same classes live together, and also nowhere on
campus will there be so many fuse-years in one building. "It's
a pilot. We're going co build ir and see if anyone comes,"
Fosso said. "Ocher places do this sort of thing, so it's oor like
there isn't any interest our there, char it can't work. le seems
like there could be enough upside ro chis that it's worth try
ing," he said.
Scudents interested in joining the community sign up
through rhe regular E&D registration, happening in June.
There is no formal application process or extra seeps required
during registration, as there is for other special housing on
campus. "It's not a theme as far as people don't apply ro live
there, except in terms of their E&D classes. Tuey don't fill
out a specific housing application," Rosengard said. "I think
the expectations of the way it works will be very different
from the visual and performing ans Aoor, Akin or Stewart."
Tue E&D classes will also remain mostly unchanged by
the addirion of students living together. All professors will be
required to hose one evenr outside class, however. "It won't
affect the class much, in face, we're crying to be very careful
that it doesn't," Fosso said. "The main things happen in rhe
classroom but one hopes that rhe instructor will go, 'Wow,
my scudems, they are living this scuff,"' he said.
Those involved with planning rhe program are still work
ing our derails, like how Ponderosa's CLAs will be involved
with the E&D course and how roommate seleccion will
work. ''My suspicion would be rh;ir the CLAs are going to be
involved. As fur as matching roommates go, l will, as I nor
mally do, march roommates by hand and cry w gee people
rhe best possible roomm;ires l can," Rosengard said. "Because
it's so new, we are trying to see what kind of issues are go
ing ro come up so we can deal with them. I think we have Also because chis is the first program of its kind at LC,
the commu.niry will require observation. "We on the steering
community for E&D, and me as the direcror, we're going to
watch this thing, see if it's a positive thing for the program,"
Fosso said. "We will be evaluating it. Is it a good thing for
scudents? Does ir help scudencs at Lewis & Clark? If srudencs
like ir, ir will continue. le could be a one year thing, it could
be rhe future of Lewis & Clark."
In terms of if the program might actually be "the future
of Lewis & Clark," Rosengard, Fosso and others involved are
nor sure. "I chink one of the hardesr things about chis is go
ing to be defining what is success," Rosengard said. "From
my perspective, as long as people are better able co absorb che
stuff they're talking about in class and better able to have fun
with those ideas with rhe people they live with, then we've
done what we. were here co do."
"I don't know if it's ~ing to be a success, but I certainly
don't know char it's going, to be a failure," Fosso said. "l just
think it's a bit iffy, but you won't know unless you cry."
Ponderosa will be home to three Exploration
and Discov,ery classes next year.
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The Fighting Hamster
by Matt Savage II senior staff writer
'1 know there are some people who want to shut this down, and I think they are wrong. I have no intention of stopping until we finish what
we started and until we see what happens in the next 10 contests and until we resolve Florida and Michigan. And if we don't resolve it, we'll
resolve it at the convention -that's what credentials committees are for. -Hillary Clinton
My earliest political memory was when I was seven, and
my mom cook me co see Bill Clinton speak in San Jose. Not
only was the speech great, buc he shook my hand. Fifteen
years and thousands of handshakes lacer, I saw him speak ro
the California Democratic State Convencion, and I got ro
shake his hand.
The party convention I went co was passionate in their
hatred for the Republicans, and excited with dreams for a
new future in 2008. But leave it to the Democrats co lose another election chat they
should have won.
h's true chat McCain so far has shown no sign of stepping
up his campaign against the Democrat{s). He has spenc his
time raising money and crying to rebuild a party battered
by its own infighting. Bue his advisors as surely paying at
tention co the primary race. McCain is ready at 3 a.m., has
taken incoming fire, and knows how co distance oneself with
outspoken pastors.
it was not a unified par
ry. Hundreds of Obama
supporters were outside
where Clinton was speak
ing, holding up Obama
signs. They were greeted
with a few counter-pro
testers, which immediate-The party convention I went to was pas
sionate in their hatred for the Republicans,
and excited with dreams for a new future in
2008. But it was not a unified party. He doesn't steal bad
commercials from
Mondale, go on USO
tours with Sinbad, or
have the audacity to
hope char no one is
recording when the
ly soured the enthusiasm I had upon leaving the event.
I agreed when Bill urged supporters not co throw in the
rowel. But I am terrified when Hillary talks about taking the
nomination fight all rhe way to the convention. Once again, Reverend Jeremiah
Wright speaks.
Hillary has every right co stay in the race. There are three
contests coming up in lace April and early May: Pennsylva
nia, North Carolina, and Indiana. And chis needs co be a
Tll,11ws,day1 firewall. I've read chat Clincon would have co win over 60%
of the remaining delegates co have more unpledged delegates
than Obama. She needs to resoundingly win ac least cwo of
the three states, and give Obama a third or less of che
delegates overall. Anything
shore of chat and she needs
co drop our.
And even if she does
succeed along the sce
nario l laid out, she must
continue to perform, the
burden of proof is on her.
If the rabies were turned,
the chorus of voices
urging Obama to
drop out would
be much loud
er than the few
voices char have
so far been aimed
at Hillary.
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Summertime internships made easy
by Larkin Flora // staff writer
Well kids, it's that time of year again. The time to starr
making plans for summer vacation: road trips to Mexico (or
Canada), lying on the beach, backpacking in the mountains
and hours of unpaid work. Yes, thar's right, instead of loaf
ing around all summer, you should get our there and get an
internship! students have had in the past. Internships sponsored by che
Comm. department include marketing for Nike, event plan
njng for the Ponland Trailblazers, and news internships wirh
the Oregonian and Willamette W'eekry newspapers. The web
site also provides an email address of a professor ro contact to
gee set up with an internship.
"Do you lil<e toe cleavage?"
Now l'm .sure you've heard the horror stories of unpaid
and unappreciated inrerns slaving away for a byline (maybe)
at a newspaper or a modicum of credit for research (once
again, maybe). Bur nor all intern
ships are bad, and chere are serious
rewards for your hard work. First
off, you get great experience in the
field chat you might end up finding
a career in. Second, Grad schools
and employers love to see chem on
resumes. Third, it sure beats sit
ting around all summer watching
re-runs of The Hifl.s, eating Doritos Another way to find internships is ch rough the Communj
ry and Career Connections page on the LC website. Through
this webpage, you can find a link to PioTRAK, a website
hosted by Monster.com. On PioTRAK you can search a da-
tabase of jobs and internships and upload
your resume for employers to review.
A general search for internships in the
Porrland-Mecro area yields hundreds of
resulrs. The pitfall of this sire is that there
aren't too many recenrly posted applica
tions. lf you plan on using this site co
find an 'internship, ic's probably best co
srarr loo'lcing earlier in the year. "I Hf)i...~0 THE FR.EN CH
FR..IES AR..E MADE OUT OF
LEFTOVER.. P.h..StA, .h..ND THE
PAfrA IS MADE bf MEAT,
C.h..UH IT'S CHEAPER..."
...... ---~ with Dier Coke. ''It's me, my mom,
.._ my grandma, and
• Barack Obama."
Recent Lewis & Clark graduate
Krista Stryker ('07) did three intern
ships over the course of her time at Jeff Corso ('08) is currently a
communications intern for the Port
land Trail Blazers. He got the intern
srup after working for the Portland
Beavers and Timbers lase summer. "Tn
/ terning helps you figure out what you "It's raining Dippin' Dots out there!"
LC. As an I ncernational Affairs ma-[L
jor with a Communicarioos mjnor,
Krista wanted to gee into journal- i -_::
ism, and her internships helped her
get find entries into char field. She
interned as a communications intern
ar Mercy Corps and as a news intern
at Oregon Public Broadcasting and at
Willamette Weekly. Krista applied for
her internships by sending in resumes
with cover letters, and was lucky enough-to want to do after you graduate from col
lege," said Corso. "After my junior year f
was still not sure what I wanted to do with
my communications degree. Then T goc an
internship with the PR department with the
Portland Beavers and loved every minute of
it." Corso also mentioned that gaining contacts
and references is a huge benefit. "I have worked
with many people who are able co help find me a job
in the field I want to pursue."
receive interviews. "As 1 got more experience, each intern
ship became easier to get," said Stryker.
"Working at a radio station and a newspaper helped fur
ther my knowledge of my chosen field, journalism," said
Stryker. "I was actually working in rhe 'real world' alongside
real journalises. Being responsible for writing stories both for
radio and print allowed me to gee a taste of what ir's really
like to be a journalist." This summer Economics professor Jim Grant and
Andrew Foore ('09) received funding through the school co
conduce research. They will be studying whether or not peer
groups influence the academic performance of LC students.
"We are particularly looking at LC athletes in-season and
our-of-season," explains Grant. "-rhcd'~a, Y'~ ~ J eMJ Y'ai:'LO-.,,
There are a few ways to start looking for an internship. To
start off, check any department's website. The Communica
tions department, for example, has a list of internships that Whether you already have an internship lined up for this
summer or decide chat you'll wait until next year, keep in
mind that, as cliche as it sounds, you get paid in experience
and more likely than nor your unpaid rime will reap major
benefits lacer on. Send your overheard
conversations to
features@piolog.net
• • Check out this Pho, food done right
by Matt Poole // staff writer
I had never heard of Pho before moving
to Portland almost four years ago, and the
case is rhe same for many other PDX Trans
planes that I've spoken to. Now that I'm here
though, you can't walk two blocks without
running into another Pho restaurant. They're
practically as numerous as coffee shops here.
Pho (pronounced "fuh," according co my
super-hip friends) is the dellcious Vietnam
ese noodle soup rhat's served in numerous
varieties of ingredients and delicious flavors.
The last few rimes I've craved Pho (which has
happened regularly since my first exposure),
I've driven over the Burnside Bridge to the best Pho I've ever tasted at Pho Green Pa
paya, on Southeast Manin Luther King Jr.
Blvd. just south of Burnside. This tiny bwld
ing looks like it could have been a run-down
convenience srore ar one point, but is now
home co some of the best Pho in Pordand.
Okay, I'll say it: Jr's Pho-nomenal.
My most recent visir was with a friend
who jusr moved to Portland recenrly. Like
me, he had never even heard of Pho before
setting fooc here. He's beep raving ever since.
Pho Green Papaya serves a large selection
of vegetarian and vegan options, which my
friend was thrilled about, including some
killer vegan gyoza. My favorite dish though
is che Pho Tom Yum, a delightful fusion of Viecnamese and Thai flavors that keeps me
coming back.
Though small inside, Green Papaya is
much classier on the inside that it appears
on the outside. The service is pretty good,
bur when they gee busy, expect to wait a
while. The parking lot is tiny, so also be
prepared tO circle the block a few rimes in
search of the elusive spot. Bur despite all
the trouble you might have getting to your
table, believe me, it's worth it. You\e guar
anteed an un-Pho-geccable experience.
Pho Green Papaya is located ar402 SE M
L King Blvd Portland, OR 97214. They are
open Monday thm Saturday from IO am to
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Too Much Coffee Man:
A fresh cup of opera
by Emily Block // illustrator
Opera has been graced with many grear
and memorable protagonists: Aida. Figaro.
Faust. Carmen.
And, just recently, Too Much Coffee
Man.
The red-spandex-dad superhero inrro
duced in Shannon Wheeler's comic nearly
20 years ago has been brought to life on the
stage as a full-length opera in two aces, de
buting tonight at Brunish Hall.
Going from comic to opera seems to be
a very random jump, but Wheeler admit
ted that it was "surprisingly easy" to translate
one ro rhe other. His comic mainJy concerns
the internal monologues of the main charac
ter, Too Much Coffee Man (TMCM) as he
muses on people, society and the minutia of
everyday life, aU the while struggling with his
dependence on caffeine. The pacing of the
comic seemed to fit opera more so than, say,
animation, which is mainly driven by physi
cal conflict.
At a recent rehearsal, composer Dan
iel Steven Crafts said that "in a way, having
these beautiful operatic voices belt our these
funny words adds to the humor ... Like when
[TMCM) sings 'unless you have an infe-e-e
ection!' When have you ever heard that word
sung operatically?"
"Or, 'poo'?" added Wheeler.
Such an unconventional piece might have
mer with some opposition among strict op
era-goers, but when he introduced TMCM
to an Opera America conference in Seattle
two years ago, he noted that the reception
was "unpretentious. That's what shocked me,
'cause you just think about opera as being
so stodgy ... and then these people were so
welcoming." The Opera America members
saw the piece as a way to make opera popular again, or at least more accessible to people.
"Ir's a good 'first opera,'" stated Stacey
Murdock, the big friendly baritone playing
the title role. He noted thar the opera has re
ceived a very enthusiastic reception from the
general public. Audience members "run the
gamut from 10 to 80 [years old) ... everybody
who's come to it before has just had a great
time." The show sold our last year, when
they had only the first act written. This year's
addition-"Too Much Coffee Man: The
Refill"-completes the opera as a fuU two
hour, two-act production, which will be per
formed in its entirety.
"What's funny now is you used to be able
to search my name on Google and it'd be
like, 'Mozart, Rossini, Puccini,' and now you
type it in and it's all 'Too Much Coffee Man.'
You have ro really look for the ocher stuff,"
Murdock said.
Despite the comic, silly cone of the show,
the cast members do not see it as crite, or
anything less than a genuine opera in its own
right. Jasmine Presson, singing the role of
the barista, insisted that the transition from
satirical comic to actual opera "works real
ly, really well, because opera is inherently a
stylized performance. Ir's obviously not real
life that you're trying to capture onsrage ...
you're crying to create something chat is not
real life, that is bigger than real life." The ex
aggerated emotions of the opera are carried
our with flawless technical precision by Pres
son and her three feUow cast members, who
sing with an expert skill worthy of any classi
cal opera production. Hearing a few notes is
all it cakes to see just how serious these per
formers are about their show.
At least, as serious as one can be with a
second act set on the planer Mars.
PHOTO FROM TMCM.COM ANO MATT ADAMIK
Too Much Coffee Man stares in horror at (what else?) a coffee mug in last
July's San Diego run of the initial one-act production. PHOTO BY NATALIE BAl<ER
Scholar Blanford Parker gave an informal lecture on Virgil last Monday.
1Joetr!Jp•lloo~n:
April ushers in National
Poetry Month at LC, PDX
by Stephanie Beechem II editor-in-chief
Edna Sc. Vincent MiUay wrote in the
poem "Spring" that the season reminded ber
not of the eternal renewal of life, but rath
er "the brains of men / Eaten by maggots,"
"an empty cup" and "a Aighr of uncarpeted
stairs." The poem's final image is both cute
and sinister: "April / Comes like an idiot,
babbling and screwing flowers." Flowers are
not al.I the month bears chis year, however,
as poets and poetry scholars of regional and
national renown alight in Oregon just in
time for the beginning of National Poetry
Month.
This Monday, poetry scholar Blanford
Parker delivered an informal presentation ar
the Manor House for a small group of stu
dents and professors, entitled "From Slender
Reed to Bristling Mars: Comments on the
Virgilian Rota." Parker is currently at work
on a book about Virgil's use of che pasto
ral form and his relarionship wid1 Homer
and the Greek poet Theocritos, the origina
tor of pastoral poetry. While examining rhe
Eclogues, one of Virgil's three major works,
Parker noticed that metaphors of embartle
menc and war appear in many of Virgil's pas
toral poems, both directly, via metaphors of
war against nature, and indirectly, through
metaphors of the embattlemenr of the indi
vidual will.
Today at 3:00 p.m. in the Pamplin Room,
the poet Joanna Klink, who reaches poetry
at the University of Montana, will read se
lections from her second book, Circadian,
published by Penguin this year. Klink's use of
voluptuous nature imagery (trees, bays, snow
paths through the woods, moths, birds., and other animals) should translate nicely in
the Pacific Northwest, bur even the hard
to-impress Chicago Tribune wrote of KJink
that "Walt Whirman might find something
to envy in the way Klink's more gentle sense
of song ... rumbles our of simple, individual
aces of attention."
Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry and novel
isr Lucille Clifton will speak in Portland on
Sunday as part of Literary Arrs' Portland Arrs
& Lectures series. Clifton served as the state
of Maryland's poet laureate for IO years and
has written 12 books of poetry, most recently
Mercy (BOA, 2004).
Though the authors reading at rhe final
on-campus poetry readings this April may
not have a Pulitzer to rheir names, there will
certainly be some familiar faces. On Thurs
day, April I 7, students from Teacher-of-the
Year oomin~ted Mary Szybist's Advanced
Poetry Writing courses wiJI read poems they
developed during the semester. Broadsides
of the poems, created in collaboration with
Lewis & Clark graphic design studenrs, will
be available at the event. On Thursday, May
I, Kauin Gibb ('08) and Rosi Moffett ('08),
editors of the 2008 Literary Review, will host
a reading by selected contributors to this
year's journal.
Write a poem about Portland for an April
Powell's contest: www.powells.com/poetry
contest. Books of poetry out this April: poets.
orglnpmbooks.php. Poets/poetry organiza
tions in Portland: www.poets.org/state.phpl
var State/OR. _t_he_P_io_n_e_er_L_o_g_,_A_p_r_i1_4_,_2_oo_s ______________________________ lllllllllll7_
Kesey's Northwest classic (never
gives a inch' in world premiere
by Stephanie Beechem JI editor-in-chief
Four years ago, book re
viewers at the Seattle Post-In
telligencer named Ken Kesey's
Sometimes a Great Notion the
number one mosr essential
Northwest no"'.el, ahead of
Norman Maclean's A River
Runs Through It and David
Guterson's Snow Falling on
Cedars, and apparently they
are not che only ones who
chink so. Tonight, Portland
Cemer Stage will stage the
theatrical world premiere of
Sometimes a Great Notion,
adapted by playwright and
director Aaron Posner.
Novelist, Prankster king,
LSD pioneer, honorary
Hell's Angel, marijuana
smoking fugitive hjppie and
nacive Oregonian Ken Kesey
famously said about his epic
novel Sometimes a Great No
tion, "It's the truth even if it
didn't happen."
PHOTO COURTESY PCS ANO OWEN CAREY tract with their logging com
pany despite the fact that the
resr of the rown is on strike
to protest low wages. When
Leland arrives ar the Stamper
house from che east coast ro
help out with the conrract,
12 years removed from the
family due t0 years in board
ing school and an elite col
lege, it is soon apparent that
bygones between Leland and
Hank, and tensions between
the Stampers and the Wakon
da community, will soon to
come t0 a head.
Kesey's 736-page novel,
the epic tale of the hard
headed Wakonda, Ore.
Scamper clan (a logging fam
iJy trapped in the middle of
a union strike), is undoubt
edly his masterpiece, though One of the most impres
sive elements of PCS's stag
ing is Tony Cisek's sec design,
which utilizes multiple levels
of chick green boards-appro
priate, given the srory's loca
tion in coastal Oregon, where
wood commerce drives -the
economy-staggered beauti
fully with thick green wooden
"trees" that serve as an abstract
forest. The backdrop for the
scene, a pale, shadowy gray
and white picture char simu
lates what rhe forest looks like
from a logger's Hank Stamper stares down his brother in PCS's
premiere of Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.
perspective,
looking up into the canopy as light streams
through, is used sparingly and effectively. it stands under the lengthy shadow cast by Tom Wolfe's The
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (which porrrayed Kesey's bus trav
els around the country wjrh his roving band of LSD-laced
friends, The Merry Pranksters) and by his own first novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the subsequent movie
adaptation.
Posner has accomplished the remarkable fear of trim
ming Kesey's formidably-long epic inco an even two hours,
honing in on each of the outrageous Scamper family mem
bers in cum: Henry Scamper, the family's crazed patriarch,
who paints over a religious plaque chat bangs near h"is son's
bed with yellow machine paint and the hand-lerrered mot
to, "Never give a inch"; Hank Scamper, Henry's oldest son,
champion swimmer and consummate man's man; Leland
Stamper, Hank's half-brother, a sensitive intellectual driven
co the Ease Coasr and away from the blue collar Stampers
until he is magnetically drawn back by plans of revenge; and
Viv Scamper, Hank's magnetic wife, who commands the at
tention of both Hank and Leland. A Greek chorus-esque
group of men, listed in the program as "The Six," helps fill in
the plot details left ambiguous by the dialogue and imernal
monologues of the main characters.
Although flooding is common in Wakonda, rhe Scampers
live on a narrow peninsula planted in the roaring Wakonda
Auga river, their house shored up by an obstinate make-shift
system of boards, sandbags, puUeys, levers and other haphaz
ard devices--a location that serves as an embodiment of the
"Never Give A Inch" philosophy of the Stamper clan, who
have decided co stick cogether tO maintain a lucrative con-Character develbpmenr in this adaptation
is equally effective. While it would be easy for
Posner co allow Hank and Leland co creep into
srereorype-the hyper-masculine, blue-collar
Oregon logger versus the effeminate intellec
tual liberal Leland-but instead the adapta
tion encourages us co feel both sympathy and
antipathy for each man. When Leland enacts
his ultimate revenge upon his alpha-brother,
we do not feel the thrill of victory and justice
bur rather a wary ambivalence, as if the re
venge was hardly worth what it will ultimately
cost him.
Both Kesey's novel and Posner's adapta
tion wisely leave the extent of chis final "cost"
ambiguous, as Hank and Leland leap off the
stage cogecher coward a cask that will either
unite chem forever or cake both of their lives.
It's a remarkable moment in the novel and it is
executed with similar precision here: a pitch
perfect image that encapsulates rhe remark
able monumentatiry of Kesey's novel and of
the skill of Posner, his acrors, and the Porrland
Center Stage arcistic staff, who all endeavor to
answer rhe question of "How are the mighty
felled?"-referring co the gigantic trees, of
course, but also, inevitably, ro us. What to do and where!
San Francisco's beloved Master/Slave is hitting che
road on their 6th national cour in support of their de
but fu II-length release Scandal. Since their last national
tour, Ephriam Nagler (The Velvet Teen, Master/Slave
engineer-producer) has joined che team as drummer
extraordinaire. With The Fast Computers, Nordic. April
10. Kelly's Olympian. 10:00 pm.
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Famed author UnulaK. LeGuin and musician Lau
ra VeiJ'S grace the Live Wire stage. LeGuin, proli6c
author of novels, pt,erry, chiJdren's books, essays, and
short stories, most n'otably in the fantasy and science
fiction genres, will discuss her new book, "Lavinia,"
with author Karen Karbo. Touring as the opener for
New Zealander Liam Finn and in support of her new
record, "Salcbreakers," Veirs is making her second
"improv quilt'' our of material brought to her by fans.
Live Wire! Saturday, April 12 at Aladdin Theater. Show
at 8 p. m. Tickets are $15.
"Eleanor Roosevelt-Ac.ross a Barrier of Fear," by
Sharon Whitney, to be performed by Jane Van Bosk
irk in Kempton Hall, Trinity Cathedral. Whitney has
wrjtten more than a dozen prize-winning plays and
four published books. 147 NW I 9th Ave. Tickets $15.
Limited Seating. To purchase tickets and more informa
tion contact: www.arts@trinity-episcopal.org. Soorts
Pioneers plate 46 runs in four
game sweep of Missionaries
The Pioneers won both games
of Saturday's doubleheader at
Whitman, 12-5 and 12-4. Ryan
Koscecka (' I 1) had three hies, driv
ing in four runs for the Pioneers.
In game one, the Pioneers rook
a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Sarni
Morgan (' l 0) led off the inning sin
gling to shore. The Pioneers loaded
the bases with a walk and two hit
batsmen. With two outs, Mike Orr
('08) hit a ball ro right field that
was bobbled by the right fielder, al
lowing three runs ro score.
The Missionaries scored one run
in the sixth and three in the sev
ench. The Pioneers answered with
an eventful eighth inning in which
they sent 12 men co bar, plating
eight runs on just four hits, includ
ing a two-RBI double from Roland
Greene ('l I) and a two-RBI triple
by Ryan Kosrecka.
Dan Meehan ('08) got the win,
working seven innings, allowing
four runs (two earned) on five hits.
He walked three and struck out
five.
In game two, the Pioneers put
forth a steady scream of offense,
scoring 12 runs on 17 hies in their 12-4 vicrory. They scored their first
run in the second inning. Neal
Finch ('09) hit a one-our single.
Jordan Shibata ('08) singled ro
drive him in.
The Pioneers scored five runs in
the seventh. Chris Esuella hit his
first home run of che season, a solo
shot ro start the scoring. The Pio
neers loaded the bases later in the
inning, with Jordan Shibata hit
ting a double co drive .in two more
runs.
The Pioneers added two more
runs in the eighth. Ryan Koscecka
hit his second triple of the day ro
make it an 11-3 game.
Alex St. Pierre (' 1 I) got his
first collegiate vicrory. Sr. Pierre
worked six innings, allowing three
runs (two earned) on four hits. He
walked four and struck out five.
Evan Fairmont ('09) earned che
save, working three innings, allow
ing just one run on four hits.
Offensively, Neal Finch went
4-5 in the second game, driving
in two runs, scoring three. Ryan
Koscecka had three hits in the two
games, going 3-7 with a pair of
triples, driving in four runs. Sarni
PHOTO FROM LCLARK.EOU
Brown is tied for 7th in the NWC with 23 runs batted in. Morgan was 3-5 with three runs
scored in che first game.
The Pioneer baseball team fin
ished off their four-game sweep of
the Whitman Missionaries with
8-3 and 14-4 Sunday afternoon.
Jordan Shibata led off che game
wich a solo home run. The Pioneers
added three more runs in the sec
ond. Chris Estrella walked ro start
the second. Afcer Estrella stole sec
ond, Roland Greene scored him
on a single co left. Hies by Orr and
Shibata helped place che other two
ro put the Pioneers up 4-0.
Whitman scored two runs in
the bottom of the sixth off Pioneer
starter Tucker Laurence ('11), but
the Pioneers countered and then
some in the top of the seventh.
Ryan Koscecka hit a leadoff double,
Jordan Shibata walked and Sarni
Morgan reached on a bunc single
to load the bases. AJ Brown hit his
second home run of the season, a
grand slam, to give the Pioneers an
8-2 lead. The Missionaries scored a
lone run in the bottom of the in
ning, but it was not enough. Lau
rence improved to 5-0 with the
Pios 8-3 victory.
In game two, it was Jordon
Smiley ('08) on the mound, earn
ing his first victory of the season in
the Pioneers' 14-4 victory over the
Missionaries. TJ Witkowski ('IO)
drove in the first run of the game
in the first inning, doubling ·in Jor
dan Shibata. Chris Estrella drove in
three runs in the third inning with
one swing of the bar, hitting his
second home run of the season. AJ
Brown hie his second home run of
the day in the sixth inning, a lead
off solo shot in the sixth. The Pio
neers rook advancage of three free
passes in the seventh inning to add
another three runs, winning by a
score of 14-4.
Smiley worked the first six in
nings, allowing just three hits
and three earned runs. He walked
four and struck our three. David
LaDouceur ('11) worked a score
less seventh inning, allowing one
hit and walking one. Chris Estrella
drove in four of che Pioneer runs,
going 2-4, scoring twice.
With the wins, the Pioneers im
prove ro 9-15 (7-13 NWC). The
Pioneers will be at home this week
end, hosting the Puget Sound Log
gers starting at noon on Saturday. the Pioneer Log, April 4, 2008
Every week the Pioneer Log acknowledges athletes at Lewis & Clark
who have had remarkable performances. This week features two ath
letes whose recent play has lifted their reams ro victory.
AJ Brown ('09) went 8-20 last weekend against the Whitman Mis
sionaries and had a grand slam in Sunday's first game. Brown, batting
.363 on the season, leads the Pios with 9 doubles. He majors in Soci
ology/Anthropology, and is also starting quarcerback for the Pioneer
football team.
Whitney DeBree ('I I) won both her singles and doubles competi
tions last weekend against Pacific and George Fox. The Pios won both
matches, and moved into 3rd place in the Northwest Conference. De
Brree is 9-4 overall on the season. I _rh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o.;;g;;,,;,'.A..;p .. r_il_4_,_2_0_0_8 ______________ .,,€)1I1€j -~---------------------9-
Friday~
April 4
Senior Art Exhibition Opening
5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Where: Watzek Library
Hoffman Gallery
Cost: Free
Every spring, the Hoffman Gallery
of Contemporary Art mounts the
Senior Art Exhibition, an exhibition
of all senior projects by graduating
seniors in the art department.
You know the drill; come with your
friends, talk about how amazing
your classmates are, and then do
what people do on Friday nights.
Tuesday,
April 8
46th Annual International Af
fairs Symposium
All Day Event
Where: Council Chambers
Cost: Free
The Lewis & Clark Internacional
Affairs Symposium is a student
run symposium dedicated co ex
posing the audience to differ
ing perspectives surrounding the
most pressing issues in the inter
national relations field. The focus
of the Symposium is controversy,
emphasizing confrontation and
discussion of opposing views.
The steering committee invites
distinguished scholars and policy
makers from around che world co
come and speak about these op
posing views in order to provide
the Lewis and Clark student body
and area community with new
and different perspectives on for
eign affairs. [[Eight Days Out]]
Saturda_y,
April S
17th AnnuaJ Hawaii Club
Lu'au
5:00 p.m.
Where: Pamplin Sports Center
Cost: Adults: $20, L&C Com
munity $11, Children 2-12: $7,
Children 2 and under: Free
The Hawaii Club is dedicated to
che education and appreciation of
Hawaiian and Pacific Island cul
tures. The Club's annual Lu'au
incorporates Pacific Island dance
performances, buffet-style Hawai
ian food, and music. The Lu'au's
goal is co share the Hawaiian cul
ture .with the campus community
as well as the surrounding Port
land community.
Wednesday,
April 9
Heritage Society Annual Lun
cheon
When: 12:00 p.m.
Where: Cooley House
Cost: Free
The president invites Heritage So
ciety members co attend a special
luncheon with fellow members,
faculty, and students, co thank
these special donors and honor
their planned gift to the College.
Speakers and music will be featured
in che program. Sunday,
April Ci
Baseball vs Puget Sound
12:00 p.m.
Where: Huston Sports Com
plex
Cost:Free
Doubleheader vs Puget Sound
Softball vs Linfield
2:00 p.m.
Where: Huston Sports Com
plex
Cost: Free
Final home game of che season
for the Pioneer softball team.
Thursday,
April 10
Developing a Resume & Cover
Letter
When: 4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Where: Albany Quadrangle
207
Cost: Free
Resumes and cover leccers are nec
essary professionaJ documents
whether you are securing pan-rime
or full-rime employment, looking
for an internship, or applying co a
graduate or professional program.
Additionally, some graduate and
professional programs request a
curriculum vitae as a part of the
application process. This work
shop will assist you in preparation
of these documents. Mond~,
April 7
Physics Colloquium: The
Promise ofWave Energy
4:00 p.m.
Where: Olin 204
Cost: Free
OSU's efforts have included:
building strong support at the
local, state and federal levels, in
additiQll. to building essential col
laborations with industries, util
ities, public organizations, and
che ocean community. Under
standing che processes requires
advanced modeling techniques
which are also being developed
through this work including ad
vanced fluid· structure interac
tion modeling in both 2D and
3D.
Friday,
April 11
Dr. Clayton Morgareidge, pro
fessor emeritus of philosophy
When: 3:30 p.m.
Where: Howard Hall 302
Cost: Free
Drawing on the work of Herbert
Fingarette, we replace "the un
conscious" with the disavowed,
and "repression" with disavowal.
Instead of mental activity that
seems hidden inside us, we are
dealing with overt and covert
social activity. The work of the
soul, thus revealed, becomes
more intelligible and perhaps
less disturbing.
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SARAH D1SABATINO &
STEPHANIE BEECH.EM
NEWS EouoRS:
ANGELA WEBBER &
]AMES REDDICK
FORUM EDITORS:
MAIA PENCltANSKY &
HELEN HUNJ"ER
f:EATIJRF.S EDITORS:
Ltz HoumAY &
DANNY GARCIA
ARTS EDITORS:
SANNE STIENSTRA &
CAJTUN McCARTHY
SPORTS EDITOR:
DANNY CocHRAN
BACKDOOR EorroR:
GREG KARNES
PHOTO EDITORS:
KATIE SUGARMAN &
NATALIE BAKER
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HUNTER FRANKS,
SARAH D1SABATINO, &
SANNE STJBN.!>'TR:A
W'i:BMASTER: SN-1 STJGLER
AoS MANAGER:
AoLAI ARNOLD
ADVISOR: PETER CHRISTENSON
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:."'l"IJVF.NT Pll,ES,. Seemingly innocuous proposition splits
student government and activities students
In addition to voring in cl1is
year's ASLC elections, students
will also have the opportunity to
approve t\Vo amendments to tbe
ASLC bylaws this week. Proposi
tion 1, co-written by Angela Finke
('08), ASLC Vice President for
Budget & Finance, and Tom You
mans ('09), ASLC Executive Vice
President, has already sparked the
creation of two Facebook clubs
one in support, one in opposi
tion-and exacerbated preexisting
tensions within ASLC and Activi
ties Congress.
The proposition itself includes
significant modifications to six sep
arate articles within rhe ASLC by
laws, including a revision ro rules
for SAAB representation (allowing
representatives from depamnenrs
that offer only a minor, rather
than a major); CBB represenrarion
(which would now be subject to
the approval of Executive Coun
cil); and fSLC represen1acion.
The most frequencly discussed
modification, however, regards a
change to the policy regarding Ac
tivities Congress (AC) leadership
the Firsr, Second, and Deputy
Speakers-and their involvement
in ASLC boards, including the
General Allocations Board (GAB),
the Chartering and Budget Board
(CBB), the Community Relations
Board (CRB), and cbe Peer Review
Authority (PRA). Under Proposi
tion I, chose three Congress lead
ers would be barred from partici
pation in rhese groups. In addition,
the Proposition clarifies an exist
ing ASLC precedent: char voting
members of Executive Council will
be barred from serving on chose
boards as well.
A smaller modificarion, which
makes approval of the board mem
bers of CBB subject to rhe approval
of ASLC Executive Council, has
also sparked conversarion as to the
motivarion, goal, and potential
partisanship of the propositions.
Technically, Finke explains,
Activities Congress is a branch of
ASLC according to rhe Bylaws,
which essentially equate ASLC
Executive Council and Activities
Congress. Finke believes chat vot
ing members of ASLC Executive
Council and Activities Congress
should be held to the same stan
dard-not participating in any in
fluential ASLC boards outside the by Stephanie Beechem II editor-in-chief
boards they themselves chair.
"As it holds right now, Congress
has a voce on [Executive] Council
and we have a two branch sysrem,
so we need ro split rhe two powers
as much as possible,'' Finke said.
"ASLC should strive to include as
many scudencs ... voices and opin
ions as possible. If we take a few
individuals and give them more
and more power, we're Umiriog
how many ocher students can ger
involved.''
"Tue [No on I] Facebook
group is making the point ... that
this proposition is going to stop
people from being involved. Bur
[Congress speakers) are already in
volved. [They are) three of che most
involved students in srudent gov
ernment ... by saying chat they can't
be involved from another thing
isn't barring chem from being in
volved," ASLC presidential candi
dare and Congress Deputy Speaker
Shane Rivera ('09) said.
Finke, Rivera, Vice Chair for
Community Relations Brad Elkins
f JO), and Third Speaker of Con
gress Lindsay Alt (' 11) are all ad
mi nistrarors on the ''VOTE YES
on Proposirion I" evenr on Face
book. ASLC VP for Student Orga
nizations Anne Swifr ('09) and First
Speaker of Congress Brandon Wie
be ('08) are administrators on che
"No on I " Facebook event. "No on
I" is also supported by Karie Siegle
('08), ASLC Vice Chair for Budget
&. Finance, Sarah Grossberg ('11),
VP for SAA, and Zac Hixson (' I 0),
SAAB Tucoring Director.
Both Wiebe and Swift believe
char Proposition l is unnecessarily
exclusionary of AC leadership.
"The proponents of Proposition
1 are under the impression rhar
we can encourage a more diverse
group of scudenrs ro participate
in ASLC boards by ... baning, the
leaders of the Activities Congress
from participation," Wiebe said.
"This reasoning appeals to the er
roneous notion char Congress lead
ers are in positions of power and
authority, and restricting the Con
gress leadership's power is some
how to rhe beneG,c of che student
body. The face is, however, that che
Congress leaders plan events, just
like the leaders of any of the nearly
sevenry student organizations OD
campus. and this is che excent of
their duties." Swift agrees with Wiebe char to
portray Congress as a functioning
part of ASLC, despite the reality
of what chey do, is inaccurate and
unfair.
"They're nor [scudent govern
ment.) Their funcrion is ro do ac
tivities programming and chat's
nor student government. If we're
going to kick everyone off of these
boards who's involved in activities
planning, then I don't understand
why ocher big activities boards like
CO or the Co-Op aren't banned as
well.''
As for the conflict of interest,
Swifr argues that existing methods
of recusal in place during CBB pre
vent the conflicts implicicly alleged
by Proposition I. These rules of re
cusal mandate rhar a scuden r serv
ing on rhe board with a con.A.ice of
interest du.ring a certain delibera
tion absrains from che deliberation
and does nor have a vore in char
budget approval.
"CBB recognizes thac we don'r
wane ro have any conflict ... and so
ou.c ROPs even get above and be
yond [absrencion] and say, 'Gee out
of the room.' I think ir's worked
amazingly well," Swift said.
Finke disagrees, maintaining
chat there is an inherent conflict of
incerest in having these three stu
dents serve on ASLC boards. "Con·
gress is part of student government_
and they have a vote -Deputy
Speaker votes on Council -so they
shouldn't have a
vote of one of
their boards,"
Finke said.
While he
agrees with
Finke on the
conflict of
interest, Ri-
vera also in
sisrs chat bar
ring Activities
Congress lead
ership from
these boards is
more a matter
of diversifying
board mem
bers and open
ing opportuni
ties for studenr
involvement
rather than
closing chem.
"[Under e.xisring rules,] the people running
boards, chey can say, ''f know [First
Speaker] will be on chis board be
cause he's already involved, and
[board chairs] don't have to work
as hard to get ocher people on the
board. Maybe it's not easy ... bur
you have to give students the op
porrunicy," Rivera said. ''[ see it as
being a way char will build com
munity by making sure more peo•
pie are involved."
Disagreement over the Proposi
tion has exacerbaced already rense
relationships within ASLC and Ac
tivities Congress chis year. Finke
and Swift, who both serve as VPs
for ASLC, are on opposite sides
of the debace. Congress Deputy
Speaker Rivera supporcs the prop
osition, bur Firsc Speaker Wiebe
doesn't.
"As far as AC being anorher
branch of ASLC. J would argue
rhac anyone who in Council or in
Congress is being complerely disin
genuous," Swifr said. "/The propo
sition] clearly is partisan."
"I've been really frustrated
throughout the semescer because [
didn'c feel like anyone was listening
ro my concerns," Finke said.
"There wouldn't be any contro
versy if ir wasn'r personal," Elkins
said.
VtJting began this Wednesday and
wiLL continue until midnight today.
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Forest to host E&D Living and Learning Community
contingencies for che different things that could happen but
some of those contingencies preclude ochers." by Sanne Steinstra // arts editor
The current first-year course at Lewis & Clark, which all
scudents are required to cake, is changing again. This fall, Ex
ploration & Discovery, which began two years ago, will see
the addition of the Living/Learning Community.
The program will include three classes, caught by Profes
sor of Hiscory Ben Westervelt, Professor of Religious Studies
Paul Powers, and Professor of Humanities Kristi Williams.
The roughly 56 students who comprise these three classes
will live cogether in Forest Hall's Pondcrosa.
Foresr's CLC, David Rosengard, is helping make plans for
the program, along with Direcror of Housing & Orienta
tion, Sandi Bottemiller, Direccor of Campus Living, Win
ston Jones, and Associate Professor of English/Director of
Exploration & Discovery, Kure Fosso, among ochers.
"I chink chat there's a lot of evidence that people living to
gether aod being in the same class or classes is helpful, and 1
chink chat's great and I'm in full support of char," Rosengard
said. "I also think that's part of the point of living in a resi
dential college. We are supposed to live cogether nor only so
we can learn from each other just about life but also so char
we can talk about rhe scuff we are doing in class and help
each ocher out with reading and whamor. And because ir's
fun scuff ro debate and argue about and if there's no one to
argue with, it doesn't work so well."
Fosso had similar idea~ about the objectives of the pro
gram. "The idea is that it will really help to meld living and
academics, life on campus and intellectual work. Thar's our
goal. And more sense of communiry."
The Living/Lea.ming Community i~ the first of its kind
ar Lewis & Clark. Nowhere else on campus do students who are in the same classes live together, and also nowhere on
campus will there be so many fuse-years in one building. "It's
a pilot. We're going co build ir and see if anyone comes,"
Fosso said. "Ocher places do this sort of thing, so it's oor like
there isn't any interest our there, char it can't work. le seems
like there could be enough upside ro chis that it's worth try
ing," he said.
Scudents interested in joining the community sign up
through rhe regular E&D registration, happening in June.
There is no formal application process or extra seeps required
during registration, as there is for other special housing on
campus. "It's not a theme as far as people don't apply ro live
there, except in terms of their E&D classes. Tuey don't fill
out a specific housing application," Rosengard said. "I think
the expectations of the way it works will be very different
from the visual and performing ans Aoor, Akin or Stewart."
Tue E&D classes will also remain mostly unchanged by
the addirion of students living together. All professors will be
required to hose one evenr outside class, however. "It won't
affect the class much, in face, we're crying to be very careful
that it doesn't," Fosso said. "The main things happen in rhe
classroom but one hopes that rhe instructor will go, 'Wow,
my scudems, they are living this scuff,"' he said.
Those involved with planning rhe program are still work
ing our derails, like how Ponderosa's CLAs will be involved
with the E&D course and how roommate seleccion will
work. ''My suspicion would be rh;ir the CLAs are going to be
involved. As fur as matching roommates go, l will, as I nor
mally do, march roommates by hand and cry w gee people
rhe best possible roomm;ires l can," Rosengard said. "Because
it's so new, we are trying to see what kind of issues are go
ing ro come up so we can deal with them. I think we have Also because chis is the first program of its kind at LC,
the commu.niry will require observation. "We on the steering
community for E&D, and me as the direcror, we're going to
watch this thing, see if it's a positive thing for the program,"
Fosso said. "We will be evaluating it. Is it a good thing for
scudents? Does ir help scudencs at Lewis & Clark? If srudencs
like ir, ir will continue. le could be a one year thing, it could
be rhe future of Lewis & Clark."
In terms of if the program might actually be "the future
of Lewis & Clark," Rosengard, Fosso and others involved are
nor sure. "I chink one of the hardesr things about chis is go
ing to be defining what is success," Rosengard said. "From
my perspective, as long as people are better able co absorb che
stuff they're talking about in class and better able to have fun
with those ideas with rhe people they live with, then we've
done what we. were here co do."
"I don't know if it's ~ing to be a success, but I certainly
don't know char it's going, to be a failure," Fosso said. "l just
think it's a bit iffy, but you won't know unless you cry."
Ponderosa will be home to three Exploration
and Discov,ery classes next year.
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by Matt Savage II senior staff writer
'1 know there are some people who want to shut this down, and I think they are wrong. I have no intention of stopping until we finish what
we started and until we see what happens in the next 10 contests and until we resolve Florida and Michigan. And if we don't resolve it, we'll
resolve it at the convention -that's what credentials committees are for. -Hillary Clinton
My earliest political memory was when I was seven, and
my mom cook me co see Bill Clinton speak in San Jose. Not
only was the speech great, buc he shook my hand. Fifteen
years and thousands of handshakes lacer, I saw him speak ro
the California Democratic State Convencion, and I got ro
shake his hand.
The party convention I went co was passionate in their
hatred for the Republicans, and excited with dreams for a
new future in 2008. But leave it to the Democrats co lose another election chat they
should have won.
h's true chat McCain so far has shown no sign of stepping
up his campaign against the Democrat{s). He has spenc his
time raising money and crying to rebuild a party battered
by its own infighting. Bue his advisors as surely paying at
tention co the primary race. McCain is ready at 3 a.m., has
taken incoming fire, and knows how co distance oneself with
outspoken pastors.
it was not a unified par
ry. Hundreds of Obama
supporters were outside
where Clinton was speak
ing, holding up Obama
signs. They were greeted
with a few counter-pro
testers, which immediate-The party convention I went to was pas
sionate in their hatred for the Republicans,
and excited with dreams for a new future in
2008. But it was not a unified party. He doesn't steal bad
commercials from
Mondale, go on USO
tours with Sinbad, or
have the audacity to
hope char no one is
recording when the
ly soured the enthusiasm I had upon leaving the event.
I agreed when Bill urged supporters not co throw in the
rowel. But I am terrified when Hillary talks about taking the
nomination fight all rhe way to the convention. Once again, Reverend Jeremiah
Wright speaks.
Hillary has every right co stay in the race. There are three
contests coming up in lace April and early May: Pennsylva
nia, North Carolina, and Indiana. And chis needs co be a
Tll,11ws,day1 firewall. I've read chat Clincon would have co win over 60%
of the remaining delegates co have more unpledged delegates
than Obama. She needs to resoundingly win ac least cwo of
the three states, and give Obama a third or less of che
delegates overall. Anything
shore of chat and she needs
co drop our.
And even if she does
succeed along the sce
nario l laid out, she must
continue to perform, the
burden of proof is on her.
If the rabies were turned,
the chorus of voices
urging Obama to
drop out would
be much loud
er than the few
voices char have
so far been aimed
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by Larkin Flora // staff writer
Well kids, it's that time of year again. The time to starr
making plans for summer vacation: road trips to Mexico (or
Canada), lying on the beach, backpacking in the mountains
and hours of unpaid work. Yes, thar's right, instead of loaf
ing around all summer, you should get our there and get an
internship! students have had in the past. Internships sponsored by che
Comm. department include marketing for Nike, event plan
njng for the Ponland Trailblazers, and news internships wirh
the Oregonian and Willamette W'eekry newspapers. The web
site also provides an email address of a professor ro contact to
gee set up with an internship.
"Do you lil<e toe cleavage?"
Now l'm .sure you've heard the horror stories of unpaid
and unappreciated inrerns slaving away for a byline (maybe)
at a newspaper or a modicum of credit for research (once
again, maybe). Bur nor all intern
ships are bad, and chere are serious
rewards for your hard work. First
off, you get great experience in the
field chat you might end up finding
a career in. Second, Grad schools
and employers love to see chem on
resumes. Third, it sure beats sit
ting around all summer watching
re-runs of The Hifl.s, eating Doritos Another way to find internships is ch rough the Communj
ry and Career Connections page on the LC website. Through
this webpage, you can find a link to PioTRAK, a website
hosted by Monster.com. On PioTRAK you can search a da-
tabase of jobs and internships and upload
your resume for employers to review.
A general search for internships in the
Porrland-Mecro area yields hundreds of
resulrs. The pitfall of this sire is that there
aren't too many recenrly posted applica
tions. lf you plan on using this site co
find an 'internship, ic's probably best co
srarr loo'lcing earlier in the year. "I Hf)i...~0 THE FR.EN CH
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C.h..UH IT'S CHEAPER..."
...... ---~ with Dier Coke. ''It's me, my mom,
.._ my grandma, and
• Barack Obama."
Recent Lewis & Clark graduate
Krista Stryker ('07) did three intern
ships over the course of her time at Jeff Corso ('08) is currently a
communications intern for the Port
land Trail Blazers. He got the intern
srup after working for the Portland
Beavers and Timbers lase summer. "Tn
/ terning helps you figure out what you "It's raining Dippin' Dots out there!"
LC. As an I ncernational Affairs ma-[L
jor with a Communicarioos mjnor,
Krista wanted to gee into journal- i -_::
ism, and her internships helped her
get find entries into char field. She
interned as a communications intern
ar Mercy Corps and as a news intern
at Oregon Public Broadcasting and at
Willamette Weekly. Krista applied for
her internships by sending in resumes
with cover letters, and was lucky enough-to want to do after you graduate from col
lege," said Corso. "After my junior year f
was still not sure what I wanted to do with
my communications degree. Then T goc an
internship with the PR department with the
Portland Beavers and loved every minute of
it." Corso also mentioned that gaining contacts
and references is a huge benefit. "I have worked
with many people who are able co help find me a job
in the field I want to pursue."
receive interviews. "As 1 got more experience, each intern
ship became easier to get," said Stryker.
"Working at a radio station and a newspaper helped fur
ther my knowledge of my chosen field, journalism," said
Stryker. "I was actually working in rhe 'real world' alongside
real journalises. Being responsible for writing stories both for
radio and print allowed me to gee a taste of what ir's really
like to be a journalist." This summer Economics professor Jim Grant and
Andrew Foore ('09) received funding through the school co
conduce research. They will be studying whether or not peer
groups influence the academic performance of LC students.
"We are particularly looking at LC athletes in-season and
our-of-season," explains Grant. "-rhcd'~a, Y'~ ~ J eMJ Y'ai:'LO-.,,
There are a few ways to start looking for an internship. To
start off, check any department's website. The Communica
tions department, for example, has a list of internships that Whether you already have an internship lined up for this
summer or decide chat you'll wait until next year, keep in
mind that, as cliche as it sounds, you get paid in experience
and more likely than nor your unpaid rime will reap major
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• • Check out this Pho, food done right
by Matt Poole // staff writer
I had never heard of Pho before moving
to Portland almost four years ago, and the
case is rhe same for many other PDX Trans
planes that I've spoken to. Now that I'm here
though, you can't walk two blocks without
running into another Pho restaurant. They're
practically as numerous as coffee shops here.
Pho (pronounced "fuh," according co my
super-hip friends) is the dellcious Vietnam
ese noodle soup rhat's served in numerous
varieties of ingredients and delicious flavors.
The last few rimes I've craved Pho (which has
happened regularly since my first exposure),
I've driven over the Burnside Bridge to the best Pho I've ever tasted at Pho Green Pa
paya, on Southeast Manin Luther King Jr.
Blvd. just south of Burnside. This tiny bwld
ing looks like it could have been a run-down
convenience srore ar one point, but is now
home co some of the best Pho in Pordand.
Okay, I'll say it: Jr's Pho-nomenal.
My most recent visir was with a friend
who jusr moved to Portland recenrly. Like
me, he had never even heard of Pho before
setting fooc here. He's beep raving ever since.
Pho Green Papaya serves a large selection
of vegetarian and vegan options, which my
friend was thrilled about, including some
killer vegan gyoza. My favorite dish though
is che Pho Tom Yum, a delightful fusion of Viecnamese and Thai flavors that keeps me
coming back.
Though small inside, Green Papaya is
much classier on the inside that it appears
on the outside. The service is pretty good,
bur when they gee busy, expect to wait a
while. The parking lot is tiny, so also be
prepared tO circle the block a few rimes in
search of the elusive spot. Bur despite all
the trouble you might have getting to your
table, believe me, it's worth it. You\e guar
anteed an un-Pho-geccable experience.
Pho Green Papaya is located ar402 SE M
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Too Much Coffee Man:
A fresh cup of opera
by Emily Block // illustrator
Opera has been graced with many grear
and memorable protagonists: Aida. Figaro.
Faust. Carmen.
And, just recently, Too Much Coffee
Man.
The red-spandex-dad superhero inrro
duced in Shannon Wheeler's comic nearly
20 years ago has been brought to life on the
stage as a full-length opera in two aces, de
buting tonight at Brunish Hall.
Going from comic to opera seems to be
a very random jump, but Wheeler admit
ted that it was "surprisingly easy" to translate
one ro rhe other. His comic mainJy concerns
the internal monologues of the main charac
ter, Too Much Coffee Man (TMCM) as he
muses on people, society and the minutia of
everyday life, aU the while struggling with his
dependence on caffeine. The pacing of the
comic seemed to fit opera more so than, say,
animation, which is mainly driven by physi
cal conflict.
At a recent rehearsal, composer Dan
iel Steven Crafts said that "in a way, having
these beautiful operatic voices belt our these
funny words adds to the humor ... Like when
[TMCM) sings 'unless you have an infe-e-e
ection!' When have you ever heard that word
sung operatically?"
"Or, 'poo'?" added Wheeler.
Such an unconventional piece might have
mer with some opposition among strict op
era-goers, but when he introduced TMCM
to an Opera America conference in Seattle
two years ago, he noted that the reception
was "unpretentious. That's what shocked me,
'cause you just think about opera as being
so stodgy ... and then these people were so
welcoming." The Opera America members
saw the piece as a way to make opera popular again, or at least more accessible to people.
"Ir's a good 'first opera,'" stated Stacey
Murdock, the big friendly baritone playing
the title role. He noted thar the opera has re
ceived a very enthusiastic reception from the
general public. Audience members "run the
gamut from 10 to 80 [years old) ... everybody
who's come to it before has just had a great
time." The show sold our last year, when
they had only the first act written. This year's
addition-"Too Much Coffee Man: The
Refill"-completes the opera as a fuU two
hour, two-act production, which will be per
formed in its entirety.
"What's funny now is you used to be able
to search my name on Google and it'd be
like, 'Mozart, Rossini, Puccini,' and now you
type it in and it's all 'Too Much Coffee Man.'
You have ro really look for the ocher stuff,"
Murdock said.
Despite the comic, silly cone of the show,
the cast members do not see it as crite, or
anything less than a genuine opera in its own
right. Jasmine Presson, singing the role of
the barista, insisted that the transition from
satirical comic to actual opera "works real
ly, really well, because opera is inherently a
stylized performance. Ir's obviously not real
life that you're trying to capture onsrage ...
you're crying to create something chat is not
real life, that is bigger than real life." The ex
aggerated emotions of the opera are carried
our with flawless technical precision by Pres
son and her three feUow cast members, who
sing with an expert skill worthy of any classi
cal opera production. Hearing a few notes is
all it cakes to see just how serious these per
formers are about their show.
At least, as serious as one can be with a
second act set on the planer Mars.
PHOTO FROM TMCM.COM ANO MATT ADAMIK
Too Much Coffee Man stares in horror at (what else?) a coffee mug in last
July's San Diego run of the initial one-act production. PHOTO BY NATALIE BAl<ER
Scholar Blanford Parker gave an informal lecture on Virgil last Monday.
1Joetr!Jp•lloo~n:
April ushers in National
Poetry Month at LC, PDX
by Stephanie Beechem II editor-in-chief
Edna Sc. Vincent MiUay wrote in the
poem "Spring" that the season reminded ber
not of the eternal renewal of life, but rath
er "the brains of men / Eaten by maggots,"
"an empty cup" and "a Aighr of uncarpeted
stairs." The poem's final image is both cute
and sinister: "April / Comes like an idiot,
babbling and screwing flowers." Flowers are
not al.I the month bears chis year, however,
as poets and poetry scholars of regional and
national renown alight in Oregon just in
time for the beginning of National Poetry
Month.
This Monday, poetry scholar Blanford
Parker delivered an informal presentation ar
the Manor House for a small group of stu
dents and professors, entitled "From Slender
Reed to Bristling Mars: Comments on the
Virgilian Rota." Parker is currently at work
on a book about Virgil's use of che pasto
ral form and his relarionship wid1 Homer
and the Greek poet Theocritos, the origina
tor of pastoral poetry. While examining rhe
Eclogues, one of Virgil's three major works,
Parker noticed that metaphors of embartle
menc and war appear in many of Virgil's pas
toral poems, both directly, via metaphors of
war against nature, and indirectly, through
metaphors of the embattlemenr of the indi
vidual will.
Today at 3:00 p.m. in the Pamplin Room,
the poet Joanna Klink, who reaches poetry
at the University of Montana, will read se
lections from her second book, Circadian,
published by Penguin this year. Klink's use of
voluptuous nature imagery (trees, bays, snow
paths through the woods, moths, birds., and other animals) should translate nicely in
the Pacific Northwest, bur even the hard
to-impress Chicago Tribune wrote of KJink
that "Walt Whirman might find something
to envy in the way Klink's more gentle sense
of song ... rumbles our of simple, individual
aces of attention."
Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry and novel
isr Lucille Clifton will speak in Portland on
Sunday as part of Literary Arrs' Portland Arrs
& Lectures series. Clifton served as the state
of Maryland's poet laureate for IO years and
has written 12 books of poetry, most recently
Mercy (BOA, 2004).
Though the authors reading at rhe final
on-campus poetry readings this April may
not have a Pulitzer to rheir names, there will
certainly be some familiar faces. On Thurs
day, April I 7, students from Teacher-of-the
Year oomin~ted Mary Szybist's Advanced
Poetry Writing courses wiJI read poems they
developed during the semester. Broadsides
of the poems, created in collaboration with
Lewis & Clark graphic design studenrs, will
be available at the event. On Thursday, May
I, Kauin Gibb ('08) and Rosi Moffett ('08),
editors of the 2008 Literary Review, will host
a reading by selected contributors to this
year's journal.
Write a poem about Portland for an April
Powell's contest: www.powells.com/poetry
contest. Books of poetry out this April: poets.
orglnpmbooks.php. Poets/poetry organiza
tions in Portland: www.poets.org/state.phpl
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Kesey's Northwest classic (never
gives a inch' in world premiere
by Stephanie Beechem JI editor-in-chief
Four years ago, book re
viewers at the Seattle Post-In
telligencer named Ken Kesey's
Sometimes a Great Notion the
number one mosr essential
Northwest no"'.el, ahead of
Norman Maclean's A River
Runs Through It and David
Guterson's Snow Falling on
Cedars, and apparently they
are not che only ones who
chink so. Tonight, Portland
Cemer Stage will stage the
theatrical world premiere of
Sometimes a Great Notion,
adapted by playwright and
director Aaron Posner.
Novelist, Prankster king,
LSD pioneer, honorary
Hell's Angel, marijuana
smoking fugitive hjppie and
nacive Oregonian Ken Kesey
famously said about his epic
novel Sometimes a Great No
tion, "It's the truth even if it
didn't happen."
PHOTO COURTESY PCS ANO OWEN CAREY tract with their logging com
pany despite the fact that the
resr of the rown is on strike
to protest low wages. When
Leland arrives ar the Stamper
house from che east coast ro
help out with the conrract,
12 years removed from the
family due t0 years in board
ing school and an elite col
lege, it is soon apparent that
bygones between Leland and
Hank, and tensions between
the Stampers and the Wakon
da community, will soon to
come t0 a head.
Kesey's 736-page novel,
the epic tale of the hard
headed Wakonda, Ore.
Scamper clan (a logging fam
iJy trapped in the middle of
a union strike), is undoubt
edly his masterpiece, though One of the most impres
sive elements of PCS's stag
ing is Tony Cisek's sec design,
which utilizes multiple levels
of chick green boards-appro
priate, given the srory's loca
tion in coastal Oregon, where
wood commerce drives -the
economy-staggered beauti
fully with thick green wooden
"trees" that serve as an abstract
forest. The backdrop for the
scene, a pale, shadowy gray
and white picture char simu
lates what rhe forest looks like
from a logger's Hank Stamper stares down his brother in PCS's
premiere of Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.
perspective,
looking up into the canopy as light streams
through, is used sparingly and effectively. it stands under the lengthy shadow cast by Tom Wolfe's The
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (which porrrayed Kesey's bus trav
els around the country wjrh his roving band of LSD-laced
friends, The Merry Pranksters) and by his own first novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the subsequent movie
adaptation.
Posner has accomplished the remarkable fear of trim
ming Kesey's formidably-long epic inco an even two hours,
honing in on each of the outrageous Scamper family mem
bers in cum: Henry Scamper, the family's crazed patriarch,
who paints over a religious plaque chat bangs near h"is son's
bed with yellow machine paint and the hand-lerrered mot
to, "Never give a inch"; Hank Scamper, Henry's oldest son,
champion swimmer and consummate man's man; Leland
Stamper, Hank's half-brother, a sensitive intellectual driven
co the Ease Coasr and away from the blue collar Stampers
until he is magnetically drawn back by plans of revenge; and
Viv Scamper, Hank's magnetic wife, who commands the at
tention of both Hank and Leland. A Greek chorus-esque
group of men, listed in the program as "The Six," helps fill in
the plot details left ambiguous by the dialogue and imernal
monologues of the main characters.
Although flooding is common in Wakonda, rhe Scampers
live on a narrow peninsula planted in the roaring Wakonda
Auga river, their house shored up by an obstinate make-shift
system of boards, sandbags, puUeys, levers and other haphaz
ard devices--a location that serves as an embodiment of the
"Never Give A Inch" philosophy of the Stamper clan, who
have decided co stick cogether tO maintain a lucrative con-Character develbpmenr in this adaptation
is equally effective. While it would be easy for
Posner co allow Hank and Leland co creep into
srereorype-the hyper-masculine, blue-collar
Oregon logger versus the effeminate intellec
tual liberal Leland-but instead the adapta
tion encourages us co feel both sympathy and
antipathy for each man. When Leland enacts
his ultimate revenge upon his alpha-brother,
we do not feel the thrill of victory and justice
bur rather a wary ambivalence, as if the re
venge was hardly worth what it will ultimately
cost him.
Both Kesey's novel and Posner's adapta
tion wisely leave the extent of chis final "cost"
ambiguous, as Hank and Leland leap off the
stage cogecher coward a cask that will either
unite chem forever or cake both of their lives.
It's a remarkable moment in the novel and it is
executed with similar precision here: a pitch
perfect image that encapsulates rhe remark
able monumentatiry of Kesey's novel and of
the skill of Posner, his acrors, and the Porrland
Center Stage arcistic staff, who all endeavor to
answer rhe question of "How are the mighty
felled?"-referring co the gigantic trees, of
course, but also, inevitably, ro us. What to do and where!
San Francisco's beloved Master/Slave is hitting che
road on their 6th national cour in support of their de
but fu II-length release Scandal. Since their last national
tour, Ephriam Nagler (The Velvet Teen, Master/Slave
engineer-producer) has joined che team as drummer
extraordinaire. With The Fast Computers, Nordic. April
10. Kelly's Olympian. 10:00 pm.
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Famed author UnulaK. LeGuin and musician Lau
ra VeiJ'S grace the Live Wire stage. LeGuin, proli6c
author of novels, pt,erry, chiJdren's books, essays, and
short stories, most n'otably in the fantasy and science
fiction genres, will discuss her new book, "Lavinia,"
with author Karen Karbo. Touring as the opener for
New Zealander Liam Finn and in support of her new
record, "Salcbreakers," Veirs is making her second
"improv quilt'' our of material brought to her by fans.
Live Wire! Saturday, April 12 at Aladdin Theater. Show
at 8 p. m. Tickets are $15.
"Eleanor Roosevelt-Ac.ross a Barrier of Fear," by
Sharon Whitney, to be performed by Jane Van Bosk
irk in Kempton Hall, Trinity Cathedral. Whitney has
wrjtten more than a dozen prize-winning plays and
four published books. 147 NW I 9th Ave. Tickets $15.
Limited Seating. To purchase tickets and more informa
tion contact: www.arts@trinity-episcopal.org. Soorts
Pioneers plate 46 runs in four
game sweep of Missionaries
The Pioneers won both games
of Saturday's doubleheader at
Whitman, 12-5 and 12-4. Ryan
Koscecka (' I 1) had three hies, driv
ing in four runs for the Pioneers.
In game one, the Pioneers rook
a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Sarni
Morgan (' l 0) led off the inning sin
gling to shore. The Pioneers loaded
the bases with a walk and two hit
batsmen. With two outs, Mike Orr
('08) hit a ball ro right field that
was bobbled by the right fielder, al
lowing three runs ro score.
The Missionaries scored one run
in the sixth and three in the sev
ench. The Pioneers answered with
an eventful eighth inning in which
they sent 12 men co bar, plating
eight runs on just four hits, includ
ing a two-RBI double from Roland
Greene ('l I) and a two-RBI triple
by Ryan Kosrecka.
Dan Meehan ('08) got the win,
working seven innings, allowing
four runs (two earned) on five hits.
He walked three and struck out
five.
In game two, the Pioneers put
forth a steady scream of offense,
scoring 12 runs on 17 hies in their 12-4 vicrory. They scored their first
run in the second inning. Neal
Finch ('09) hit a one-our single.
Jordan Shibata ('08) singled ro
drive him in.
The Pioneers scored five runs in
the seventh. Chris Esuella hit his
first home run of che season, a solo
shot ro start the scoring. The Pio
neers loaded the bases later in the
inning, with Jordan Shibata hit
ting a double co drive .in two more
runs.
The Pioneers added two more
runs in the eighth. Ryan Koscecka
hit his second triple of the day ro
make it an 11-3 game.
Alex St. Pierre (' 1 I) got his
first collegiate vicrory. Sr. Pierre
worked six innings, allowing three
runs (two earned) on four hits. He
walked four and struck out five.
Evan Fairmont ('09) earned che
save, working three innings, allow
ing just one run on four hits.
Offensively, Neal Finch went
4-5 in the second game, driving
in two runs, scoring three. Ryan
Koscecka had three hits in the two
games, going 3-7 with a pair of
triples, driving in four runs. Sarni
PHOTO FROM LCLARK.EOU
Brown is tied for 7th in the NWC with 23 runs batted in. Morgan was 3-5 with three runs
scored in che first game.
The Pioneer baseball team fin
ished off their four-game sweep of
the Whitman Missionaries with
8-3 and 14-4 Sunday afternoon.
Jordan Shibata led off che game
wich a solo home run. The Pioneers
added three more runs in the sec
ond. Chris Estrella walked ro start
the second. Afcer Estrella stole sec
ond, Roland Greene scored him
on a single co left. Hies by Orr and
Shibata helped place che other two
ro put the Pioneers up 4-0.
Whitman scored two runs in
the bottom of the sixth off Pioneer
starter Tucker Laurence ('11), but
the Pioneers countered and then
some in the top of the seventh.
Ryan Koscecka hit a leadoff double,
Jordan Shibata walked and Sarni
Morgan reached on a bunc single
to load the bases. AJ Brown hit his
second home run of the season, a
grand slam, to give the Pioneers an
8-2 lead. The Missionaries scored a
lone run in the bottom of the in
ning, but it was not enough. Lau
rence improved to 5-0 with the
Pios 8-3 victory.
In game two, it was Jordon
Smiley ('08) on the mound, earn
ing his first victory of the season in
the Pioneers' 14-4 victory over the
Missionaries. TJ Witkowski ('IO)
drove in the first run of the game
in the first inning, doubling ·in Jor
dan Shibata. Chris Estrella drove in
three runs in the third inning with
one swing of the bar, hitting his
second home run of the season. AJ
Brown hie his second home run of
the day in the sixth inning, a lead
off solo shot in the sixth. The Pio
neers rook advancage of three free
passes in the seventh inning to add
another three runs, winning by a
score of 14-4.
Smiley worked the first six in
nings, allowing just three hits
and three earned runs. He walked
four and struck our three. David
LaDouceur ('11) worked a score
less seventh inning, allowing one
hit and walking one. Chris Estrella
drove in four of che Pioneer runs,
going 2-4, scoring twice.
With the wins, the Pioneers im
prove ro 9-15 (7-13 NWC). The
Pioneers will be at home this week
end, hosting the Puget Sound Log
gers starting at noon on Saturday. the Pioneer Log, April 4, 2008
Every week the Pioneer Log acknowledges athletes at Lewis & Clark
who have had remarkable performances. This week features two ath
letes whose recent play has lifted their reams ro victory.
AJ Brown ('09) went 8-20 last weekend against the Whitman Mis
sionaries and had a grand slam in Sunday's first game. Brown, batting
.363 on the season, leads the Pios with 9 doubles. He majors in Soci
ology/Anthropology, and is also starting quarcerback for the Pioneer
football team.
Whitney DeBree ('I I) won both her singles and doubles competi
tions last weekend against Pacific and George Fox. The Pios won both
matches, and moved into 3rd place in the Northwest Conference. De
Brree is 9-4 overall on the season. I _rh_e_P_io_n_e_e_r_L_o.;;g;;,,;,'.A..;p .. r_il_4_,_2_0_0_8 ______________ .,,€)1I1€j -~---------------------9-
Friday~
April 4
Senior Art Exhibition Opening
5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Where: Watzek Library
Hoffman Gallery
Cost: Free
Every spring, the Hoffman Gallery
of Contemporary Art mounts the
Senior Art Exhibition, an exhibition
of all senior projects by graduating
seniors in the art department.
You know the drill; come with your
friends, talk about how amazing
your classmates are, and then do
what people do on Friday nights.
Tuesday,
April 8
46th Annual International Af
fairs Symposium
All Day Event
Where: Council Chambers
Cost: Free
The Lewis & Clark Internacional
Affairs Symposium is a student
run symposium dedicated co ex
posing the audience to differ
ing perspectives surrounding the
most pressing issues in the inter
national relations field. The focus
of the Symposium is controversy,
emphasizing confrontation and
discussion of opposing views.
The steering committee invites
distinguished scholars and policy
makers from around che world co
come and speak about these op
posing views in order to provide
the Lewis and Clark student body
and area community with new
and different perspectives on for
eign affairs. [[Eight Days Out]]
Saturda_y,
April S
17th AnnuaJ Hawaii Club
Lu'au
5:00 p.m.
Where: Pamplin Sports Center
Cost: Adults: $20, L&C Com
munity $11, Children 2-12: $7,
Children 2 and under: Free
The Hawaii Club is dedicated to
che education and appreciation of
Hawaiian and Pacific Island cul
tures. The Club's annual Lu'au
incorporates Pacific Island dance
performances, buffet-style Hawai
ian food, and music. The Lu'au's
goal is co share the Hawaiian cul
ture .with the campus community
as well as the surrounding Port
land community.
Wednesday,
April 9
Heritage Society Annual Lun
cheon
When: 12:00 p.m.
Where: Cooley House
Cost: Free
The president invites Heritage So
ciety members co attend a special
luncheon with fellow members,
faculty, and students, co thank
these special donors and honor
their planned gift to the College.
Speakers and music will be featured
in che program. Sunday,
April Ci
Baseball vs Puget Sound
12:00 p.m.
Where: Huston Sports Com
plex
Cost:Free
Doubleheader vs Puget Sound
Softball vs Linfield
2:00 p.m.
Where: Huston Sports Com
plex
Cost: Free
Final home game of che season
for the Pioneer softball team.
Thursday,
April 10
Developing a Resume & Cover
Letter
When: 4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Where: Albany Quadrangle
207
Cost: Free
Resumes and cover leccers are nec
essary professionaJ documents
whether you are securing pan-rime
or full-rime employment, looking
for an internship, or applying co a
graduate or professional program.
Additionally, some graduate and
professional programs request a
curriculum vitae as a part of the
application process. This work
shop will assist you in preparation
of these documents. Mond~,
April 7
Physics Colloquium: The
Promise ofWave Energy
4:00 p.m.
Where: Olin 204
Cost: Free
OSU's efforts have included:
building strong support at the
local, state and federal levels, in
additiQll. to building essential col
laborations with industries, util
ities, public organizations, and
che ocean community. Under
standing che processes requires
advanced modeling techniques
which are also being developed
through this work including ad
vanced fluid· structure interac
tion modeling in both 2D and
3D.
Friday,
April 11
Dr. Clayton Morgareidge, pro
fessor emeritus of philosophy
When: 3:30 p.m.
Where: Howard Hall 302
Cost: Free
Drawing on the work of Herbert
Fingarette, we replace "the un
conscious" with the disavowed,
and "repression" with disavowal.
Instead of mental activity that
seems hidden inside us, we are
dealing with overt and covert
social activity. The work of the
soul, thus revealed, becomes
more intelligible and perhaps
less disturbing.