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IA symposium off ers discourse on war
510 students voted in last week’s election, a 27 percent voter turnout.by Angela Webber // news editor
by Tom Meath // news editor
by Angela Webber // news editor
Professor Stuart Kaplan (left) moderated a debate on embedded media
between Thomas Ricks (right) and Phillip Knightley (not pictured).Lewis & Clark
students and ad-
ministrators went
before represen-
tatives of T rimet
at a public hearing
on Monday regard-
ing proposed T rimet
line cuts.
/T_h e hearing, located at Wilson
High School, pulled a very small
attendance, with fi ve LC students,
LC Law school students, four LC
faculty members, about 10 Port-
land community members and fi ve
to seven T rimet representatives.
LC administrators included Dean
of Students Celestino Limas, Vice
President for Business and Finance/
T reasurer Carl Vance, Major Gifts
Development Offi cer Brian Feder-
ico and Student Employment Spe-
cialist Chris Logan.
/T_h e students voiced their sup-
port for establishing a direct line from LC to downtown. /T_h e pro-
posed line would hopefully serve as
a replacement for the Pioneer Ex-
press, reducing the College’s carbon
emissions, reducing transportation
spending and increasing revenue
for T rimet. By bringing the option
up at the meeting, LC hoped to
alert T rimet to the possibly profi t-
able opportunity.
Community members in the
area also raised the issue of a direct
line downtown.
Currently T rimet plans to dis-
continue fi ve bus lines, majorly change 20 lines and discontinue
weekend service for 15 lines. Line
39, which goes directly to the LC campus, is among the lines sched-
uled to have weekend service dis-
continued due to low ridership.
/T_h e low student turnout disap-
pointed many involved in promot-ing the event on campus. Aukeem Ballard (’11) drove a van for inter-
ested students, but ended up driv-
ing alone.
“I was a little sad to not see
more community members or LC
students,” said Ballard. “I thought
students would have shown up for
something directly relating to their
life next year.”/T_h e mostly uncontested ASLC elec-
tion this week attracted participation from
less than a quarter of Lewis & Clark’s stu-dent body. /T_h e amendment that would prohibit Campus Living Advisors (CLAs) from participating on Peer Review Author-ity (PRA) attracted the most votes, 510, or 27 percent voter participation, and passed. /T_h e Chief Justice race, the only uncon-tested one in the election, attracted 452 votes, and went to Collin Hamilton (’10). /T_h e ASLC Presidential race became un-contested Wednesday night, when candi-date Lindsay Alt’s (’11) withdrawal from the race was announced at the candidate debate. President-elect Brad Elkins (’10) summed up his feelings. “I of course wel-comed the challenge of a good-natured and spirited campaign, and I was bummed that she decided to drop out, but she needs to do what is best for her, and I completely re-spect her for that. I wish her only the best.” About winning the election, Elkins said, “/T_h ere is nothing quite like win-ning an uncontested race for perhaps the most infl uential position on campus.” /T_h e Presidency was only one of nine ASLC positions that were uncontested in this year’s race, both refl ecting and inspiring skepticism in the student body about the representativeness of student government. “Democracy has failed us,” said William Watson (’11). “I voted for chief justice and a couple others. /T_h en I realized that practically every section had only one can-didate, so there was no point in voting.” /T_h e 27 percent voter participation rate troubled some candidates. “It’s a sad state of aff airs,” said Vice President-elect Henry Loeb (’11), “but that’s how it is.” “I thought that voter turnout was good comparative to last year’s,” said Commu-nity Relations Coordinator-elect Karen Lickteig (’12).”Students certainly knew that an election was occurring and that they could vote if they wanted to. /T_h e dearth of competitive races may have infl uenced the decisions of some to not cast votes in the election, which makes a lot of sense.”
ILLUSTRATION BY BRAD JONAS
PHOTO BY NATALIE BAKERLewis & Clark’s 47th Annual Interna-
tional Aff airs Symposium took place this week. /T_h e symposium’s theme was “A World of Warfare: Dynamics of confl ict in the 21st century,” and the 12 distinguished visitors discussed warfare from several angles, cover-ing topics from the legitimacy of preemptive war to the use of private security companies./T_h e symposium is set up as a series of de-
bates between two speakers, moderated by LC professors. /T_h e speakers this week in-cluded a number of current and retired mili-tary offi cers, as well as the traditional authors and academics.
An interesting twist occuring this year
was that, on a number of occasions, visiting speakers asked questions of those presenting in other sessions during the public question and answer period.
For example, when Jeremy Rabkin, a
member of the Board of Directors for the United States Institute of Peace and self-described conservative, likened Amnesty In-ternational to Al Qaeda in an extended rant about the inherent anti-American bias of NGOs, Amnesty International worker Erica Razook took the question time to respond to his allegations.
Rabkin, in turn, questioned the media
representatives in the “Embedded Media” session about the reliability of their trans-lators. “I think it adds a lot to the sympo-sium,” said symposium co-chair Brad Elkins (’10). “/T_h e symposium is about intellectual discourse, and it doesn’t really matter who asks the questions as long as they’re being asked.”
LC’s International Aff airs Symposium is
a mostly student-run event. David Merry-man (’10) found and selected the speakers for T uesday afternoon’s debate titled “Rules of Engagement: Should International Law Apply to War?”
“To see so many excellent speakers en-
gaged in so many excellent sessions...vali-dates the extraordinary investment of time and energy that the members of the steering committee made,” said Merryman.
Cont. on pg. 2, TRIMET
See photos on pg. 3, SYMPOSIUMCont. on pg. 3, ELECTIONILLUSTRATION BY
ROBERT MCCORMACK
Sunburn!
Anatomy of the gymPeople
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Obama in Strasbourg pg. 8pg. 5
pg. 12pg. 15Volume 73, Number 1 Friday, September 12, 2008News 2 the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
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Danny Garcia &
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Tom Meath &
Angela Webber
fo r u m Ed i t o r s :
Melody Parker &
Alex Warnes
fEa t u r Es Ed i t o r s :
Deanna Horton &
Mariah Shields
ar t s Ed i t o r s :
Caitlin McCarthy &
Liam O’Connor
sp o r t s Ed i t o r s :
Nichole Carnell &
Haley Brill
BaCk d o o r Ed i t o r :
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il l u s t r a t i o n Ed i t o r :
Robert McCormack
il l u s t r a t o r s :
Brad Jonas
ph o t o Ed i t o r s :
Natalie Baker &
Katie Sugarman
ph o t o g r a p h Er s:
Dick Fink
Co p y Ed i t o r s :
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& Tony Pelton
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Heather Brooke Scoles
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Campus Safety recently was alerted that
Rickey Allen Robbins, an escaped sexual pred -
ator, might be in Oregon. Robbins has been
known to visit college campuses posing as a
professor. He has also used college library
computers to view online pornography.
Robbins was convicted of the rape of a
University of Oregon female student in 1983
and has been in custody numerous times since
then. He went missing shortly after being re -
leased from Oregon State Penitentiary.
On Apr. 3, Robbins’ probation officer,
Fawn Teague, told Director of Campus Safety
Tim O’Dwyer that, in short, she had no idea
where Robbins is. Teague received uncon -
firmed information that Robbins was in Port -
land in early March.
Campus Safety urges the campus that there
is no reason to suspect Robbins has or will ever
be on the Lewis & Clark campus, but students
should still be cautious and keep an eye out
for Robbins in the Portland area.Name: Rickey Allen Robbins
Race: White
Height: 5’ 10”
Age: 59
Hair: Brown/Gray
Eyes: Hazel
Markings: A mole by his right eye
and a scar on his abdomen.
He often has a thick, bushy beard.Campus-wide lockdown for Wednes -
by Hannah Meganck // staff writer
The school will be holding a lockdown
drill all over campus on Wednesday at 2:15
p.m.
When school shootings started becoming
a haunting occurrence on college campuses
and a federal law was passed requiring col -
leges to do a yearly emergency drill, Lewis
& Clark’s Campus Safety had already begun
preparing an emergency plan in case of any
such incident.
The campus’ first lockdown drill occurred
last year and only included the academic
buildings of the undergrad campus, while
the law and graduate campuses scheduled
and performed their own drills at different
times.
Wednesday’s drill will mark LC’s first ever
campus-wide lockdown, which will include
residential halls and all three campuses work -
ing together to secure the premises.
There are approximately 80-90 Emergen -
cy Team Leaders (ETLs) volunteering their
time to make sure the drill goes smoothly.
ETLs are LC staff who will be in charge of
securing the buildings and being in contact
with Campus Safety.
“This [drill] will help us in case of a real
emergency,” said Director of Campus Safety Tim O’Dwyer. “While we think there won’t
ever be an emergency like that at LC, one
never knows.” The belief is that these drills
are the best way the LC community can be
prepared to protect itself incase any danger -
ous emergency does occur at school.
So what should students expect on
Wednesday? First, the drill starts with
voice, e-mail and text messages alert -
ing the campus that the lockdown has
started. Then, buildings will be locked
down.
If you are inside anywhere on campus,
go into a room
and lock the
door—if you
cannot lock it,
look around
and improvise
a barricade.
T urn off the
lights, close
w i n d o w
s h a d e s ,
and silence
cell phones.
Place your -
self away
from win -
dows or doors so you cannot be seen. Sit and wait
quietly. If you are in class, professors have
been asked to go along with the drill and use
it as a teaching opportunity.
If you are outside, immediately try to find
an unlocked building, but if you are locked
out you should seek cover, stay concealed
and quiet until notified that the drill is
complete. Once all areas have been secured,
ELTs will alert Campus Safety and then
Campus Safety will send a second message
out, ending the drill.
“We’re relying on people to do the right
thing,” O’Dwyer said. So long as everyone
works together to follow the drill in -
structions,
O ’ D w y e r
said, Wednes -
day’s drill should
run efficiently
and take less
than 20 minutes.
Campus Safety is
also encouraging students
to register all cell phone
numbers and email ad -
dresses with their office,
this will ensure everyone gets
notified in the event of a dan -
gerous situation.
T rimet public hearing
Trimet currently plans to discontinue route 39 weekend service.photo by Katie SugarmaN
Students who attended received free trans -
portation, as well as t-shirts and buttons.
Other issues raised at the hearing were
transit accessibility, the possibility of creat -ing a max line up Barber Blvd.,
and overlap of school bus routes
and max lines. T rimet has not
yet shown any public interest in
a direct line.Cont. from pg. 1, TRIMET
illuStratioN by robert mccormacK
photo courteSy oF campuS SaFety3Volume 73, Number 1 News the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
Hamilton wins PRA position as amendment passes
Above: Professor Jeremy Rabkin and former Army JAG Geoffery Corn discussed whether International Law should apply to war Tuesday afternoon,
in a panel moderated by Professor of International Affairs Heather Smith. Below left: a member of the Portland community and Adrian Guerrero (’12)
asked questions of the speakers. Below right: University of Louisville Professor Rodger Payne discussed the legitimacy of preemptive war in a panel
moderated by IA Professor Andrew Cortell Wednesday afternoon.“A World of Warfare” at 47th annual IA SymposiumThere was some point in vot -
ing, however—each uncontest -
ed candidate needed at least 51
percent of those who did vote
to cast their vote for them. This
fact troubled the uncontest -
ed candidates to the very end.
“Even though I was uncontested
it was still stressful waiting for the
final word after votes were count -
ed,” said Dith Pamp (’11), who
ran uncontested for treasurer.
Lyndsey Romick (’11), who will
be next year’s Student Organiza -
tions Coordinator, echoed this
sentiment. “[I’m] completely re -
lieved! I know it seems like there
shouldn’t have been much anxiety,
but I couldn’t stop worrying about
not getting the majority I needed.”
President-elect Elkins said that
this year’s uncontested elections
were not the worst he had seen.
“In previous years, elections offi -
cers have even had to extend the
deadlines in order to convince
people to run for positions.”
Loeb agreed. “The fact that all
the positions were filled without begging or
bargaining represented a step forward from
previous years,” he said, and also expressed his satisfaction with the diversity and qualifi -
cations of those who are filling the positions.
Elkins is optimistic about student govern -
ment participation, especially with the new
structure of ASLC that will go into effect
next year with the new constitution.
“I’ve talked to a number of individuals
who are very interested in getting involved
in student government, but just not in such a
time-consuming role as an executive officer.”
The new student senate will have
three elected representatives from each
class, who will have say in the govern -
ment’s decisions but not as many re -
sponsibilities as the executive officers. “I think the real test will come in the fall
when we have senate elections,” said Elkins,
who thinks that “many skeptics will be sur -
prised to see how this whole thing turns out.”
“This [senate system] will help make our ac -
tivities more transparent and hopefully help
convince students that student government
can actually exercise a great deal of influ -
ence over affairs at the college,” said Lickteig.
The contested Chief Justice race inspired
more voters and more controversy, especially
with the addition of the Amendment pro -
posed which, with its passage, disqualified one
of the candidates (Grant Frey (’11), a CLA).
Hamilton, the victor, ran his campaign on an “I’ve been there” cam -
paign—he sought to be relat -
able as someone who had seen
both sides of LC’s justice system.
“My opponents had great ar -
guments and ideas about what
they would have done with the
position,” said Hamilton. “I
honestly was worried after the
publication of the pamphlet be -
cause their rhetoric was superb.”
Hamilton attributed his success
to his relative popularity, “The
problem with politics at Lewis
& Clark is that it is not what you
know, but who you know. I know
a lot of people.”
Unsuccessful candidate Frey
had few hard feelings with his
opponent, “[Hamilton] will
not be bad by any account, but
I feel he has less than fond feel -
ings for Campus Living, which
I believe will hold him back.”
Frey did have gripes with the
handling of the amendment.
“I think I should’ve had a say
in it,” he said. “This amendment
violates students rights, and now
I have to go through many chan -
nels to appeal it when I could have pointed
that earlier. That, and I could have won.”
There is talk among some elect -
ed candidates, as well as Frey, about re -
versing the amendment next year.
“Many students whom I spoke with about
the amendment specifically and whether
CLAs/RAs should be permitted to sit on the
PRA made a quick judgment in favor of the
amendment,” said Lickteig. “However, I do
think that it is important to consider argu -
ments both for and against the proposal, and
I think that the Student Senate should hear
those arguments and consider them fully.”
photo by katie sugarmaN photo by Natalie bakerphoto by katie sugarmaNCollin Hamilton (’10) will be next year’s PRA Chief Justice after winning last week’s election.
“The problem with politics at
Lewis & Clark is that it is not
what you know, but who you
know. I know a lot of people,”
said PRA Chief Justice-elect
Collin Hamilton (’10).photo by Natalie bakerCont. from pg. 1, ELECTION
Photo essay continued from story on pg. 1, SYMPOSIUMFriday, September 12, 2008 Forum 4 the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
A campus-wide lock down drill is happening on April 15.
Be prepared.
Why is L&C doing this?
The Virginia Tech shootings remind us that preparing for violent intruders and establishing
good lines of communication are critical to saving lives.
The drill provides an opportunity to practice seeking shelter, to find out who the
Emergency Team Leader is in the buildings where you live, study, and work, and ask questions about what to do in an emergency situation.
What does lock down mean exactly?
All buildings will be locked down for approximately 15 minutes to allow emer gency team
personnel to practice locking doors and securing the people inside their buildings.
Don’t want to be locked out?
Everyone on campus will be notified via lclark.edu email addresses and campus phones. But for the quickest notification , you should register your cell phone to receive text
messages and voicemail messages.
Here’s where to register: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/safety/notification.html
Sponsored by the Office of Campus Safetyby Alex Warnes // forum editorGovernment’s End : Where we are now
And how do we get through the night?
So how do we break out of this morass? Even Rauch
will admit that one “may feel unsatisfied” with the
lack of powerful curing potential that is needed to
correct this vastly cumbersome system.If there is one book that the American public should be
required to read, it would be Government’s End: Why Wash -
ington Stopped Working by Jonathan Rauch. In Rauch’s 1999
revised edition of his original 1994 book, Demosclerosis , he
attempts and succeeds brilliantly at describing the current
(1999) state of affairs up on the hill, where interest groups
have nearly completely conquered traditional government.
The title of his previous book, Demosclerosis, is the term
he uses to describe how Washington has “evolved.” The point
is not that government no longer gets anything done, in fact
Rauch points out that Congress creates more pages of legis -
lature than ever before. The problem is that “today, the fed -
eral government is swimming in molasses instead of water.”
There are so many interest groups attempting to
get and then keep their “fair share,” that cre -
ativity and adaptation have been chucked right
out the window.
Essentially, the federal budget is finite, thus
we have to pick and choose which programs we
want to fund. This picking and choosing has
more and more, over the last 60 years, been at
the behest of interest groups, who attempt to influence poli -
tician’s decisions over the money that they can nab, in the
form of subsidies and entitlements, from the aptly named
budget “pie.” These interests are not just new ones, approxi -
mately 5,000 were around in 1955, and most of them are
still here. Each group has a subsidy or entitlement that they
cling to, predetermining a large portion of the federal budget
every year.
To be clear, Rauch points out that interest groups are not
evil, they are simply rational. Although I’m sure that a lobby -
ist serial killer would make a great movie premise, in reality
lobbyists are just as much part of the system now as senators
and presidents. We rely on them and government will not
run without them.
So, basically we’re fucked. Unless we can get everyone to
lay down their arms at once, no one group is going to sacri -
fice themselves just so that they can lose everything they’ve
worked for over the last who knows how many years. This
problem of collective action commonly known as the tragedy
of the commons has wound up completely debilitating the federal government’s ability to adapt and experiment to cre -
ate better, more efficient programs.
Rauch spends most of the book illuminating what is go -
ing on, and unfortunately spends only two short chapters
discussing possible solutions to the problem. These include
devolving more power to individual states. This will make
interest groups spread out their wealth and take some of the
pressure off of Washington. There is no doubt that I’m all for
a big devolution of power, however this seems like a minimal
and short-term cure. If lobby’s budgets have grown by mil -
lions of dollars in the past half-century, what’s to stop them
from accruing enough wealth to reestablish their efforts ev -
erywhere at a later date? On the other hand logging groups
probably won’t attempt to petition in Iowa, just as an Ever -
glades lobby probably won’t focus their efforts on Oregon.
His second proposal is to end the anticompetitive legisla -
tion that protects so many different parts of the public and
private sector. Rauch argues that competition will help to re -
store the natural ebb and flow of the market. By introducing
companies and organizations to competition, only the most
brilliant will be able to survive, thus helping to create more
efficient services and businesses. This seems like it could be
an effective program, it would destroy some interest groups
(created to protect these anticompetitive rules) and weaken
others, as nearly monopolized markets open up to new com -
petition. Remember the No Child Left Behind Act? Rauch
suggests something similar to this, enabling poor families to
break out of the monopolized public school system. A great
idea: get kids the best education they possibly can, but look
at how that turned out. Protective interest groups will stop at
just about nothing in order to save their subsidies, anticom -
petitive laws and entitlements. Hell, it is their job after all.
So how do we break out of this morass? Even Rauch will
admit that one “may feel unsatisfied” with the lack of power -ful curing potential that is needed to correct this vastly cum -
bersome system. After somewhat negating the validity of his
suggestions he goes on to point out that interest groups, like
senators, presidents and businesses, require the support of
their own special constituency. Whether it is Idaho, Califor -
nia or wrapping-paper-consumers without people’s support
with either money of votes it is impossible to do much of
anything. Simple supply and demand. After over two hun -
dred pages of interest group bashing Rauch steps back and
points his finger at all of us. We are the problem. We are
the ones who help to support interest groups, by threatening
television and letter campaigns; interest groups can black -
mail politicians with their own constituency’s votes.
In the end there needs to be a fundamental shift in how
we live, our morals, dreams and aspirations. Peo -
ple need to become more self sufficient and con -
tent with what they have. If we are ever going to
break out of the interest group mire we are going
to have to stop using them for our own advan -
tage. Representatives are elected by the people
for a reason, they are supposed to, and certainly
can and do, represent our interests. However, as
the political world has become more and more professional -
ized more and more people have come to dislike the current
actors, so why not shift to a new group. The difference be -
tween interest groups and public officers is shrinking every
year. This mutation in the political system is a classic stereo -
typical American move: why fix something now if you can
ignore the problem by creating a new way around it. Thus
our system continues to be built on rotting planks that, one
day, could very well snap.
Rauch’s style and the subject matter he covers will make
you laugh, explode in anger, and at some points cry. Un -
doubtedly, people have been discussing this topic long be -
fore Rauch, so Government’s End isn’t really anything new.
However, this is a book written for the general public, not a
stuffed-shirt, confustigating, academic paper, and as such is
a fantastic aggregation of information spanning the subject.
When you don’t finish reading this article (because everyone
started and stopped at the backdoor) go out and pick up a
copy. All of America, present and future, will thank you for
educating yourself on such a vital subject. 5Volume 73, Number 1 Forum the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
/T_h e types of people at LC
by Melody Parker // forum editor
/T_h is compilation was inspired by “/T_h e Dif-
ferent Kinds of People /T_h at /T_h ere Are,” by Lindy
West (published in the March 31 edition of Se-
attle’s publication /T_h e Stranger).
People who are friends with everyone
Typically former CLAs or members of
ASLC, they make claims like, “Oh, I basically
live in [dorm that they don’t actually live in],” and can spend four hours straight at Mag-gie’s without doing any homework. Beware: members of this dangerous group are known to table-hop during meals, and frequently
talk over others to wave or shout “Hi!!!” to
someone across the room.
People from Colorado
300 annual days of sunshine, the Rocky
Mountains…this state is clearly superior to
Oregon. Why did they even move here?
People who are LC Bros
/T_h ese clone boys ride fi xies or chil-
dren’s bikes, and wear fake plastic Ray Bans,
straight-legged pants and Vans—or Keds, if
they’re really hip. When they stand next to
each other, they form a plaid fl annel rainbow.
/T_h ey travel in packs of six or more and love T-Pain like it’s their job (but they’ll tell you they only listen to Bob Dylan and Indie rock).
/T_h ey drink cheap beer, hang out in KLC, and
love to take pictures of each other.
People who play football/basketball/base-ball
Regardless of the weather, they always
wear grey wifebeaters, XL sweat suits and
socks with Nike slides. /T_h ey talk in very loud
voices and snap their gum when you’re trying to concentrate. /T_h ey’re supposedly Comm majors, but their only media interest is sports
talk radio and they spend 90% of their time
in the weight room, gym or the Bon.
People who get drunk and speak foreign languages
No, alcohol does not increase fl uency. No,
you’re not turning anyone on.
People who are out to save the planet
Setting up tables in Howard or outside the
Bon, these Birkenstock-yoga-pant-wearers ei-
ther guilt trip you into signing up for their event (which you know you won’t actually go to), or force you to drop 50 cents for that dessert that you don’t actually need but makes you feel better about yourself because while you eat that cupcake, like 10 Colom-bian children are enjoying their fi rst cup of fresh water in weeks. People who spend all of their time chilling on South campus
/T_h ey’re fond of
stringed instruments, face paint, bare feet, bubbles, sunshine, 2-D art, headbands and hair wraps. /T_h eir favorite quotes are actually just Grate-ful Dead lyrics. /T_h ey won’t go to class, but they’ll wake up at the crack of dawn to smoke a bowl and watch the sunrise. “Does she really go here?” people
/T_h ese girls exclusively wear designer
jeans, Uggs, North Face, gladiator san-dals and form-fi tting polos. /T_h ey are highly organized, accessorize in gold or silver, and smell a little bit like Jergen’s self-tanner. People who went to public school
Wait…your high school was big-
ger than LC? People who are Bio/Chem ma-jors/Math minors doing Pre Med
…And that’s just the tip of the
iceberg. Secretly, they have 3.95 GPAs, are juggling six classes, two sports, one boy/girlfriend, four volunteer jobs and still manage to walk around with a smile. Oh, and you can’t hate them…because
they’re probably photocopying their notes for you and helping you study for your up-
coming Bio test.
People who are in long-distance relation-
ships
When they’re not talking on the phone
or texting, they’re talking to you about how
much they miss [X] person, who is either in
high school, overseas, or cheating on them.
People who are in long-term relationships
You’re basically just a statistic…get mar-
ried already, so Princeton Review can add you into the percentage of LC alums married to
other LC alums.
People who are English majors
In the library...in the halls…in the Bon…
in the bathroom. /T_h e bitching is inescapable. Look: if you don’t want to write 20 page pa-
pers on 10 line poems, then please save all of
us the pain of listening to your pretentious
literature-speak, and switch to something
that involves less work. Like Psych.
People who are in a capella and/or theatre
/T_h ey’re responsible for the harmonious
outbursts of Disney songs or “Spring Awak-
ening” on the Raz. /T_h ey laugh loudly to-
gether, maybe giggling about their incestuous
goings-on, maybe just trying out their newest
fake chuckle for their upcoming part.People who grab handfuls of condoms from the health center
Skanky AND stingy, the killer combo. Lewis & Clark is a place where ordi-
nary people become legends. Earl Blume-
nauer graduated from the same grounds
that we walk on 38 years ago with a ma-
jor in political science. At the age of 24 he ran for and won a seat in the Oregon House of Representatives. Ever since then he has worked his way up through the political hierarchy. In 1992 he lost his bid for mayor of Portland, however, this turned out to be a stroke of luck because a U.S. Congress seat opened up afterwards, which he subsequently won. He has been there ever since.
During this time he has taken a lead-
ing role in advocating action against cli-mate change and bicycling as an alterna-tive means of transportation. While many congressmen still sport their American fl ag pins, Blumenauer shows off a bicycle pin. /T_h e Wall Street
Journal once com-mented that Blu-menauer’s “congres-sional offi ce is one of the few—if not the only one—that didn’t even apply for a parking per-mit. On occasion, Mr. Blumenauer has cycled to the White House. On Mr. Blumenauer’s fi rst visit, the Se-cret Service, more accustomed to lim-ousines, was fl um-moxed at the sight of his bicycle.” He is one of only a hand-ful of congressmen to vote against the Patriot Act and the Iraq War.
/T_h is past week
in a heated debate on the fl oor of Congress he called out Republicans for fabricating numbers on climate change.
People who are LC Bros:
When they stand next
to each other, they form a plaid fl annel rainbow.
/T_h ey drink cheap beer,
hang out in KLC, and
love to take pictures of
each other.
by Kiel Johnson // staff writer In a moment of political passion he called
the Republican claim that climate legisla-
tion would cost every American $3,100 a
“canard” and “outright incorrect,” based
on the same MIT study the Republicans
cite. He has recently been rewarded for his bike advocacy with the passage of the
Bike Commuter Act, which pays people
$20 a month to bike to work (wouldn’t it
be nice if the LC administration followed in his footsteps and off ered $20 a month for students to bike to school?).
At a college whose legacy into the for-
ay of politics is usually only referenced to blowjobs by Monica Lewinsky, it is nice to see someone making a diff erence. While nothing has been made public about his
ability to give satisfying blowjobs, it is
good to know that an LC education can
bring about other things as well.
by Kiel Johnson // staff writer
Sustainability is sexy
Blumenauer the bike man
Above: U.S. Congressman and Lewis & Clark alum
Earl Blumenauer preparing for a bike ride.
/T_h ere are a few life lessons that come out
of kindergarten. Teachers stress lessons of
sharing, the ABCs and how to take a good nap. /T_h ere are a few lessons in common cour-tesies, though, that seem to have been for-gotten. Among these is the simple notion of tucking a chair under the desk after using it.
To some people, this might seem really
strange and foreign, but it is actually a great idea. Imagine a world in the Bon or in the library where walking past tables and desks did not require mamboing between so many vacant chairs. Of course it’s not that big of deal; it’s more of a nuisance really. It quickly becomes aggravating, though, as soon as knee or shin connects to hard plastic. At that mo-ment that meaningless, empty chair becomes the bane of a simple walking path. At that moment, that chair becomes a son of a bitch.
/T_h is entire circumstance would have been
avoided if that inconsiderate former user had simply used a minimal amount of energy to push that hunk of hard plastic back to its rest-ing place. At fi rst, that might seem too simple a request to be ignored. But alas, it happens far too often.
Chairs are not the only things that stand
in the way of a smooth path. /T_h e same sort of person who would leave a chair out in the middle of an aisle is the same person who thinks it is completely reasonable to stop in the middle of a busy hallway or staircase to have an insignifi cant conversation. Even worse are the people who sit down on the stairs. Sure, stairs look like they would be perfectly reasonable replacements for chairs or benches. But that false theory should be disproved immediately for the sake of walkers everywhere.
To be as clear as possible, the off enders
outlined here are in no way horrible, terrible, awful, vile people. On the contrary, only one or two of those adjectives are fi tting for any given person. Only after amending their ways will these people redeem themselves. Hope-fully the change is sooner than later for all the bruised and banged knees of Lewis & Clark College.
by Danny Garcia // editor in chiefLearn to be a pusher, pleasePHOTO COURTESY KIEL JOHNSON
ILLUSTRATION BY KATHRYN MILLERA collage-like survey of the people who surround us every day.Friday, September 12, 2008 Forum 6 the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
Devil’s Advocate
Class outside: the favorite activity of many, spurned heartily by some
To the surprise and wonderment of many,
the sun had fi nally shone its bright, UV-
fi lled rays on the Lewis & Clark campus for
the fi rst time in 2009 this week. With this
mood-lifting change comes the question that many professors likely dread: “Can we have class outside?” While many students enjoy the benefi ts of some extra vitamin D and a chance to bask in the warm weather, ostensi-bly having a conversation about Locke’s “Es-say Concerning Human Understanding” or Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, there are actu-
ally more cons than pros when it comes to answering this special question.
It’s true that every member of the LC
community experiences a positive little at-titude adjustment when the temperature breaks 65 degrees and it becomes no lon-ger completely ridiculous to wear sandals in Oregon. However, this welcomed change in the forecast does not mean every class that doesn’t require a full
laboratory should take place on the
lawn between Howard and Bo-
Dine.
For one thing, it is diffi cult
to sit on the ground and pay
attention for an entire hour.
Many students do not
dress in a way that accommo-dates sitting In-
dian-style all day.
A l s o ,
just be-
cause the sun is shin-
ing does not mean that
the grass is not still a little bit wet, and no
one likes a wet butt. More importantly, while many of us are still able-bodied youths in the prime of our lives, sitting on the ground is taxing on backs and spines.
It has come to be expected that as soon as
the sun comes out, the clothes come off —
girls don sleeveless dresses, shorts and san-
dals in temperatures that otherwise would require a light sweater. Everyone seems so eager to enjoy the sun that they are in some
state of denial about how cold it actually
still is. Either way, people start to leave their shoes and sense of decency at home the mo-ment it stops raining.
Surely, the men do not benefi t from the
way females start cloth-
ing themselves in the
morning—the
entire campus
has gone with-out a glimpse
of knee, thigh
or shoulder
blade for
months
and we should not be surprised when the re-emergence of these pasty-white gems causes a little upheaval in the male community. So, while it would be diffi cult to curb the intense desire to fl aunt tank tops and skirts, it might be considerate of us all to keep the girls in-side and the boys’ attention focused as much
as possible.
Speaking of distractions, none of the
aforementioned even touches on the fact
that while sitting outside there are any num-ber of disruptions that often fail to take into consideration that there may be a class going on nearby.
While Admissions surely loves having
their prospective students marvel at the won-der of a small liberal arts college that hosts enlightening discussions out of doors, oth-er passers-by are not so considerate as these rubber-neckers.
However, students who are done with
school for the day or other people passing through campus should not be expected to account for classes being held outside. Peo-ple chatting outdoors are having their style cramped by participating students and their kind professors who succumbed to this re-quest for blue skies during class time. While the classes may feel disturbed, these cramp-ers of style are really to blame.
By staying in the classrooms that were
built for the specifi c pur-
pose of hosting inten-
sive, focused and
rewarding class
discussions,
e v e r y o n e
gets to where
they want to be—
skateboarders, dog-
walkers and phone-talkers
are permitted to enjoy the
nice weather unrestrained and the
E&D classes get to discuss Oedipus and
Aeneas to their full potential.
It is not as if students and their sun-loving
professors won’t make it to the grassy knoll, Pac-man lawn or Frisbee fi eld, as soon as class is done at 3:00 p.m.
If everyone waits their turn, the whole
campus will be a happier, healthier place—that is the wonderful thing about the sun-shine, there is always enough skin cancer to go around.
by Sanne Stienstra // editor in chief
Lewis & Clark’s offi cial policies
concerning the consumption of drugs
and alcohol directly correspond with
Oregon’s state laws relating to such ac-
tivities; students of legal age may par-take in the consumption of alcohol in pre-determined areas, including the on-campus residence of any student 21 years of age or older. Drug use is strictly prohibited.
/T_h ough LC’s policies resemble state
law, the actual punishment for violat-ing these policies on campus is a far cry from that of state incarceration. Instead of getting arrested for using marijuana on campus or having alco-hol hiding in a dorm room, the worst punishment for our students is host-ing a sober party—on the school’s tab no less!
So, why start a ban on smoking
cigarettes on LC campus? Assuming
every undergraduate student smoker is
at least 18, LC’s current policy regard-
ing cigarettes seems to also correspond with the state law. Banning smoking will hardly motivate students to kick
the habit. If anything, this ban will
make smokers even more bitter and
cynical.
Just as students always fi nd ways
of working around LC’s drug and al-
cohol policies—smoking pot in apart-
ment bathrooms, or nonchalantly
on Pac-man lawn, sneaking alcohol into dorms in casually clanking back-packs—students will make smoking
another illicit, and thus alluring, activ-
ity.
Except that, opposed to the forbid-
den pleasure that comes with boot-
legging hooch to freshmen, working around the smoking ban will just be lame. What is college, if not a place for furiously studious students to chain-
smoke between classes, only to quit
(or try to at least) after graduation?
In my opinion, if LC is going to
ban smoking, they might as well ban
malarkey and brouhaha, just for good
measure.by Helen Hunter // staff writerWhere there’s smoke...CH O O S E YO U R
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S E N D L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R A N D G U E S T
E D I T O R I A L S T O P I O L O G @L C L A R K .E D UTop (from right): Chief Justice Collin Hamilton
(’10), and former candidate Grant Frey (’11). Top right: former candidate Jasmine Kang (’10).Chief justice: the mystery behind the post
“/T_h e position of Chief Justice has al-
ways been a misunderstood one,” said SAAB
chair-elect and former Peer Review Authori-ty (PRA) member Alex Rihm (’10). /T_h is fact had never been quite as evident as it was at last week’s senate cabinet candidate debate.
David Rosengard, Forest Campus Living
Coordinator who has been at Lewis & Clark for over ten years, described his impression of the PRA role. “Over the past few years, the public image of PRA has been increas-ingly associated with addressing student con-cerns. /T_h is has not, however, ever been PRA’s formal role or responsibility.”
Under the ASLC Constitution, PRA
does only two things: “adjudicate[s] student con-duct cases” and resolves dis-putes between students or student groups. A diff erent body, the Community Rela-tions Board/Committee, is designated by the Consti-tution to act as liaison be-tween the student body and administration, “investigate student complaints,” and hear grievances.
/T_h e PRA can serve as a
neutral “court,” when stu-dents break the school’s pol-icies, which is an alternative to sanctions being determined by a CLC or administrator.
Every candidate for chief justice this year
ran on a platform of advocacy, of changing policies, and of being a liason between stu-dents and the administration — despite the fact that this is not the role that they were really running for. So where does this confu-
sion come from?
Students sitting on PRA are
there to determine individual cases. But as they sit, they hear
the students’ cases and students
share their grievances about the
administration and policies. It
is not the PRA’s role to change policy, but they do hear student calls to do so. Ideally, the PRA would refer students with these complaints to the Community Relations Board (CRB). However, it became evident at the candidate debate that none of the chief justice candidates had any idea what the CRB does.
Chief Justice-elect Collin Hamilton (’10) is an illustration of this confusion. “A Chief Justice’s main job is to act as a liaison be-tween the student body and the adminis-tration concerning policy. Having lived as a student I will do my best to bend the ear of the administration so that they can accom-modate the students needs.”
Karen Lickteig (’12), who is the newly
elected head of next year’s CRB, ex-
pressed her concerns about this. “Many
students don’t understand that the PRA
is not an advocacy organization for stu-
dents or where they can go if they have
a grievance to be heard. I am concerned
that the new members of student gov-
ernment may not even understand
themselves the role of their own com-
mittees and others’. I hope that the new
members of the PRA, including the chief justice, take the time to understand their roles and what actions are within
their purview.”
by Angela Webber // news editor
PHOTOS BY NATALIE BAKERILLUSTRATION BY KATHRYN MILLER
Features 7 the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
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16 17 18April 1oth to April 18thby Kathryn Miller // copy editor
AIDS Summit film screening:
“And The Band Played On”
Council Chambers, 7:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.Easter Egg Hunt with the Boys & Girls Club
Ultimate/Rugby Field, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.Wind Symphony Concert
Evans Music Building, 4:00 p.m.
Easter Worship Service
Flanagan Chapel, 11:00 a.m.
Physics Colloquia: The Composition of the Jury
and the Trial of Socrates
Howard 302, 3:30 p.m.Gender Studies Film Series: “Finding Christa”
Miller 105, 7:00 p.m.
Doing a thesis next year? Plan ahead.
Howard 123, 4:30 p.m.
A presentation by Susan Hubbuch of the Writing CenterCampus-wide emergency lockdown drill
2:15 p.m.
T eacher of the Year ceremony
Albany Quadrangle, 3:30 p.m.
Students speak on campus policy and enforcement
Thayer, 7:00 p.m.
Pamplin Lecture: Jennifer Hochschild
“The Uncertain Politics of Racial Identity”
BoDine 300, 6:00 p.m.
Wrongfully Convicted
Council Chamber, 7:00 p.m.Gender Studies Brown Bag
Howard 302, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
National Day of Silence
Bring awareness to the bullying and abuse experienced
by the LGBT communityAfrican Dance Recital
Evans, 2:00 p.m.
Fiesta de Salsa: Salsa instruction with Cecilia Benenati
Pamplin, 8:00 p.m.
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that of a childVolume 73, Number 1 Features 8the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
“Good after noon, Bon après-midi, Guten-tag.” In a
thick American accent, President Barack Obama greeted the
packed arena at the Rhenus Sports Center in Strasbourg,
France last Friday afternoon.
His Town Hall meeting, primarily directed at students
studying in Europe, insisted upon a greater collaboration be -
tween America and Europe in working towards a better fu -
ture. Lewis & Clark students studying abroad in Strasbourg
attended the event, having been invited by the American
Embassy earlier that week. On the eve of the NATO con -
ference—which stirred violent protest all over the streets of
Strasbourg—President Obama called for a stop to negative
attitudes between Europeans and Americans, claiming, “I’m
confident that we can meet any challenge as long as we are
together.”
In true Town Hall format, President Obama took the
stage for approximately 20 minutes before taking unprepared
questions from the audience. He spoke diligently about the
very tangible economic crisis and the continuous challenges
facing not only America but the world at large.
“I think it went really well,” said Taylor Townsend (’10),
“He didn’t just give a generic politician’s speech, but ad -
dressed important issues and was bold when approaching
sensitive subjects such as anti-American sentiments in Eu -
rope, and arrogance on the part of Americans. In the end I
think he did a good job of renewing the friendship between
Europe and America.”
In a room full of students from across the globe, President
Obama closed his speech with a quote from Robert Kennedy.
“As Robert Kennedy once told a crowd of students in South
Africa, it is a revolutionary world that we live in and, thus, it
is young people who must take the lead because young peo -
ple are unburdened by the biases or prejudices of the past,”
he said.
As young people, he claimed, students have the responsi -
bility to protect the planet, both ideologically and physically,
so that it is there for future generations. “We’ve just emerged
from an era marked by irresponsibility,” President Obama
said, “and it would be easy to choose the path of selfishness
or apathy, of blame or division, but that is a danger that we
cannot afford.”
Following this closing statement, the President took ques -
tions from five audience members, ranging in topic from the
War on Terror to the long-promised White House dog. One
particularly pertinent question noting the unprecedented
challenges President Obama faces during this global crisis
demanded if he ever regretted running for President. Laugh -
ing slightly, he looked lovingly at his wife and said “Michelle
definitely asked that question.”
By Maia Penchansky // guest writer
President Barack Obama held a Town Hall meeting in Strasbourg, France for students abroad.Students abroad in Strasbourg attend Obama’s Town Hall
photo by maia peNchaNsky
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ident Obama began his response to this question with a long
list of reasons of why he wished he was not President—less
time with his family, complete lack of anonymity—but con -
cluded that he appreciates the opportunity to be part of a
movement to make the world a better place.
With this, he once again urged the young people in the
audience to contribute to the greater good. “I hope you also
consider other ways that you can serve, because the world has
so many challenges right now. There are so many opportuni -
ties to make a difference. And it would be a tragedy if all of
you who are so talented and energetic let that go to waste, if
you just stood back and watched the world pass you by.”
The week previous to President Obama’s Town Hall meet -
ing, LC students were also given the opportunity to tour the
European Parliament where they heard a talk given by Brit -
ish Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the state of European
Unity. Ronald Lyndaker and Bethany Zehr, directors of the LC College in France (LCCF) program, commented on the
vast opportunities presented to LC students abroad.
“Be it President Obama’s first town hall meeting abroad,
or British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s speech at the Eu -
ropean Parliament, LCCF seeks a wide range of opportuni -
ties for gaining a truly global perspective.” Zehr added, “The
security and logistics can be complicated but we are thrilled
for our students when we obtain tickets or access to these his -
torical events. It is experiential learning at its best!”
With the news bustling with stories of the anti-NATO
protests and violent demonstrations the past week in Stras -
bourg, France, the once quaint little Germanic city at the
center of Europe has become somewhat of an international
hotspot.
LC students have been at the center of the action, taking
part in events like these and watching as the town became a
temporary police state, and thus have become members of a
truly international community.
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LC vs. Sonoma State: an outside student’s viewpoint
by Brian Gee // guest writer, Sonoma State student
Above is a classic photo of Lewis & Clark that highlights the Frank Manor
House and the woodland scenery that the College emphasizes with pride.Above is the Sonoma State Recreation Center, a multi-functional building
that appeals to every student’s interest from rock climbing to pilates.
LC student pub
by Mariah Shields // features editorPHOTO FROM LCLARK.EDU PHOTO FROM SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
LC students Jenna Herbenson (’09), Mari Aroxa
(’10), Aukeem Ballard (’11), Peter Foster (’11) and
Nate Wynn (’11) are trying to open a campus pub. Ideally the pub will serve alcoholic beverages and food, but it will be open to students of all ages. “We are still trying to fi gure out what kind of regulations we have to work within,” said Herbenson.
“We want to create camaraderie and school spirit
because it is so lacking at LC,” said Herbenson. To make this an accessable site for LC students, faculty and alumni, this committee is hoping to renovate and reopen the poolhouse for this proposed organization. But before fundraiser ideas and any permanent actions take place, this committee is hoping to assess student support for their project.
To evaluate student interest and support, this commit-
tee will be hosting an informational meeting on Wednes-day at 4:30 in the Trial Room. Free pizza, drink, and music will be off ered.We’ve all heard the names of Lewis and Clark, the famous
American frontier explorers, echoing in our history classes
but have you ever heard of Lewis & Clark College? I hadn’t
until some of my friends decided to enroll in their program.
It’s now my senior year at Sonoma State University (Cali-
fornia) and I have made numerous trips to LC staying with
friends and I have had diff erent experiences during each vis-
it.
I must say, fi rst and foremost, that the food served in the
Bon is GREAT! I know there are a large amount of com-
plaints about the variety and quality of the food, but every time I have come to visit the campus, even during non-holi-days, it has been excellent.
I am a big fan of cafeteria food. /T_h e mass-produced eggs,
hash browns and pancakes are the perfect way to start off your day at LC.
If you think the Bon’s food is bad, I welcome you to Sono-
ma State. You know a school doesn’t care about its cafeteria when it opens at noon. /T_h ere is no such thing as breakfast at Sonoma State, or dinner for that matter.
We are largely a commuter school and therefore our di-
etary needs suff er the consequences. If we are keeping a tally of LC vs. Sonoma State it is now 1-0.
LC is known for its beautiful campus, its laid back life-style and its artistic student body. But I have noticed dur-
ing my trips that the student body, like Sonoma’s, lacks that
school spirit and unity that many larger schools display.
Both schools are missing what I consider to be a key
ingredient—football. For some reason or another football
manages to unite a multitude of students and alumni with a
common purpose: violence.
Watching a player get hit and sent fl ipping through the
air really seems to bring out the best in school spirit. (Editor’s
note: Although Gee has now visited our campus three times, he
was still completely unaware of the LC football team).
For this reason alone, I feel that both schools should con-
sider adding the program to the athletic department. /T_h e score remains 1-0 in Lewis & Clark’s favor. (Editor’s note: Af-ter realizing that LC had a football team Gee, was still unwill-ing to change the score).
On my latest trip to Oregon, I attended a show in what
is called the “black box.” /T_h e name suits it perfectly, because it the smallest performance space I have ever seen, and it was more crowded than Ihop on free pancake day. While the show itself was enjoyable, the stifl ing, humid
feeling one gets when they are packed into a tiny overcrowd-
ed theater is enough for me to even the score to 1-1.
Although I have not attended many Sonoma State per-
formances, I can say that the facilities here give our student
body a true place to show off their talent.
Since there must be a winner in this contest, the deciding
factor will be student demographics. /T_h e student girl to guy ratio at LC is roughly 3 to 1. /T_h is was observable during my various walks through and around the campus. /T_h e girls at LC, however, are signifi cantly diff erent from those that you see at Sonoma State.
It was clear that showering, shaving, combing and general
grooming habits had been lost amongst the common female student body at LC. While I support the natural look, I have come to appreciate the clean smell and look of the girls at Sonoma.
/T_h e girl to guy ratio at Sonoma State is almost 4 to 1.
While I do not see any drastic diff erence between these two schools gender ratios, I do see a clear distinction between their gender distinctions. So the deciding factor in the com-petition between Sonoma State and LC has to be hygiene; and that point must go to the school that actually cares about hygiene, which is Sonoma. In that light, the fi nal score is 1 to 2 and Sonoma State wins.
“/T_h e food served in the Bon is
GREAT!”
“I am excited to be LC’s new President,” said Brad Elkins
(’10), the newly elected Lewis & Clark ASLC President. “I
was looking for a small liberal arts college on the west coast,” said Elkins, “and when I visited Lewis & Clark I fell in love.” Originally from Pasadena, California, Elkins has settled into Oregon culture. I think Oregon is great, if my career interests could keep me here I would stay, Oregon is bad ass.”
Elkins is a double major in International Aff airs and
Computer Science and Mathematics. “I am not entirely sure what is going to come after graduation. I am looking to do something in international policy,” said Elkins.
To prepare for his future in international policy, Elkins
has recently received a summer internship overseas. “I am moving to Berlin, Germany and will be working at the Ger-man Defense Ministry,” said Elkins. “I will be working in some sector dealing with Germany’s NATO policy.”
Before receiving his internship in Germany, Elkins
planned on moving to Washington, D.C. to work with con-gressmen. “But this was a once and a lifetime opportunity and I couldn’t pass it up,” said Elkins.“I try to just go with the fl ow of things. You have to see what presents itself, if you only ever make cement plans then it’s harder to rebound if something does not go according to plan,” said Elkins.
Elkins is currently the Vice President of Student Orga-
nizations as well as the co-chair of the International Aff airs Symposium, which begins to assemble in September of each school year. “/T_h e symposium has taken up a lot of my time this year,” said Elkins. /T_h e committee’s job is to research, in-vite and organize speakers to present at LC and it is a purely student-run event. “I could not have done this without my co-chair Elspeth Cordua (’09),” said Elkins.
“In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my friends
and playing music. But this year I have been soo busy that I don’t have fun anymore,” said Elkins. “Sleeping has become a hobby. But in the summer season I am an avid scuba diver.”
For the past two summers, Elkins worked as a camp coun-
selor at a children’s camp on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast. “I worked with kids in activities like scuba diving, snorkeling, hiking and other outdoors activities,” said Elkins. “It was like ten weeks in paradise, but the real world beckons.”
“/T_h is will be the fi rst summer I have done anything se-
rious,” said Elkins. But for now, “I like to do what typical college students do,” and now that the International Aff airs Symposium is over, Elkins will have more time to do just that. Our president: Brad Elkins (’10)
“I just try to go with the fl ow of
things. You have to see what pres-
ents itslef,” said Elkins.by Mariah Shields // features editor
PHOTO BY MARIAH SHIELDSVolume 73, Number 1 Friday, September 12, 2008 A&E 10 the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
Resourcefulness on display: Senior Art Exhibit opens
Twenty-two senior art majors’ projects, of all sizes and mediums, are showcased at the Hoffman Gallery through May 10.
Forget any stodgy preconceived notions of what an art
exhibit has to off er.
/T_h is year’s Senior Art Exhibit, which opened last Friday
at the Hoff man Gallery, reminds Lewis & Clark of the re-
sourcefulness and creativity needed to excel in any arena by utilizing, twisting and challenging the eternal question of what art is and how it should be perceived, or even interacted with.
Paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics and photography
all feature, but the wide array of media used does not stop there. From a graphic novel’s storyboard, three diff erent tech-niques of video projection, a band performance to a start-up company’s offi ce space—LC’s 22 art majors cohere only in their devotion to inventive and varied means of expression.
“/T_h e openness of the senior art project seemed like a re-
ally good opportunity slash excuse to do all of the things creatively that I would want to be doing outside of school,” said Michael Rae, whose sculpture installation /T_h e Silence
Dogood Memorial Museum incorporates sketches, familial knick-knacks and a musical performance. “/T_h at was the ini-tial reason for having it be so interdisciplinary, simply that I could.”
/T_h e Silence Dogood Memorial Museum Band, whose re-
cord release show occurred at the Senior Art Exhibit’s recep-tion last Friday, consists of Rae and two friends. Evincing the infl uence of Rae’s childhood in New Mexico and Texas both in sound and stage, the band is scheduled to perform Fridays
at 3:00 p.m. until May 1.
Similarly, Sarah Mitchel incorporated an interest in doll-
making cultivated last summer into her art project. /T_h e prod-
uct is a corresponding series of 12 paintings and eight dolls titled “Assembled/Disassembled.” /T_h e contrast of whole doll
fi gurines and images of isolated body parts is, intentionally,
striking.
/T_h e aim of Mitchel’s project is, she said, to “explore ideas
of the human body and gender.” /T_h e dolls—heads and limbs
cast out of plaster and bodies made using papier-mâché—
represent her “assembled ideas of gender;” the encaustic
paintings, a technique using wax and pigments taught in LC
painting courses, are “disassembled ideas of gender which the viewer can look at to form their own ideas,” said Mitchel.
/T_h e dolls, laid out
on a platform below the paintings, are off ered up
for gentle handling; their
remarkable mobility and
texture makes for neces-
sary interaction.
However, touching is
not the only way to inter-act with the pieces at the Senior Art Exhibit. Cait-
lin Ducey’s incredible
structures ask that you
merely look. Constructed
using drinking straws,
Pattern, Shapes and Lines
use a very non-tradition-al art material to explore
something as convention-
al as form and pattern. /T_h e arrangement of the
straws makes for a unique optical eff ect, only brought to
the piece, of course, by viewers.
Infl uenced by the work of artist Tara Donovan as well as
traditional craftworks like quilt-making, Ducey acknowl-edged her experience in the food industry as a probable
force of persuasion: “At the restaurant I worked for we had
all of these straws with Pepsi wrappers but we served Coke
products so we had to unwrap all of them.”
Straws themselves she declared as “very strange things.
/T_h ey have such a stupid function, they’re just disposable
one-time-use objects.” But the ability to change the use
and perception of such every-day, superfl uous items marks
the appeal of not only Ducey’s work, but the Senior Art
Exhibit in general. Creative resourcefulness marks the cul-mination of the 2009 art majors’ tenure at LC.
/T_h e Senior Art Exhibit runs through May 10 at the Hoff -
man Gallery, open Tues.-Sun. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
get
off yer assby Caitlin McCarthy // arts editor
ass
Michael Rae (’09)’s Silence Dogood Me-
morial Museum Band grew from his senior art project (see above article); however, the country doo-wop tunes don’t stop at LC. With the new album Long, Pretty Dreams of Home
straight from the soundboard,see them April 23 at Dunes (1905 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd) at 8:00 p.m.
PHOTO BY KATIE SUGARMANPHOTOS BY NATALIE BAKERClockwise from
top right: Sarah Mitchel’s As-sembled/Disas-sembled; Nick Benedetti’s Round Bottomed Pots; Emilie Esders’s kiss inc.; and Charlie Ertola’s Big Kid Fun .now because of the show or something.
PL: Well that’s quite a compliment if I’ve ever heard one.
RG: And the baby’s name is Thievery Corporation.
PL: No way! Really?!
RG: Nah, I made that part up.
PL: Oh, good. That would be really weird. Do you and Eric
have any secret plans for the future?
RG: No, I think probably after this year, just get back in the
studio and make some more music. You know, we have some
years where we’re really more concentrated on playing live
and some years that we just concentrate on being in the stu -
dio.
PL: I bet it’s hard to be on tour all the time. What’s one of the
things that you miss the most when you are on the road?
RG: It depends on how long
we’re out but I guess sometimes
the thing that you miss is the
sense of stability because every
night is a fun night and you can
kind of lose yourself just hang -
ing out late, drinking. If you’re
on the road for a while you don’t
really have a sense of the days,
where you are. But it’s all good,
we usually go out for short runs,
but sometimes when we’re out
for a couple months it can be
hard. In the summer, when we’re
on buses and the air condition -
ing goes out it can be really mis -
erable. Sometimes the promot -
ers will put you in small dodgy
hotels. There’s always some kind
of situation and it’s always funny
when you look back on it.
PL: Who’s one of your favorite
artists that you’ve worked with?
RG: There’s so many. I really en -
joyed working with Seu Jorge
on this last record. He’s an art -
ist from Brazil, a lot of people
might know him from “The Life
Aquatic.”
PL: I love that movie.
RG: Yeah, he was also in “City of God.”
PL: I love that movie also.
RG: He’s so talented and a really great guy. He was on tour
with us last summer which was great, I mean, he’s Seu Jorge.
PL: How long does it usually take you to sort through your
fan mail?
RG: Well, I guess it’s all e-mail now.
PL: Touché.
RG: Yeah, I don’t think we get too much actual physical mail
these days. We get a lot of people reaching out on Myspace;
all these electronic mediums of people getting in touch.
PL: Is there anything you’d like to say to the people of Port -
land before you come?
RG: We’re excited to play in Portland and we’re even more ex -
cited that it’s going to be 4/20. It’s always a good time when
we play in Portland.
Thievery Corporation will be playing at the Roseland on April
19 and 20 to promote their new album Radio Retaliation .Volume 73, Number 1 Friday, September 12, 2008 A&E 11 the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
Television is important! I know we at Lewis &
Clark College aren’t supposed to think this way, but
it’s true. TV is great for simply “zoning out” and com -
pletely emptying your mind of any academic thoughts,
which, like sleeping, can only better test scores. Also,
if we claim to be such critical thinkers, it is our duty to
expose ourselves to the alleged deterioration of main -
stream media (and no, the New York Times does not
count.) Plus, how many times have you made a great
argument in a debate or miraculously avoided dan -
ger only to realize later that this sublime knowledge
came directly from television? Face it, television is im -
portant, and that’s where I come in. Obviously, you
have no time to stare at that rotating line-up on the
TV Guide Channel until that promising looking show
comes back around, so I devote this week’s topic to
shows you should start watching immediately.
Lucky for you April has become the month of season
premieres. A lot of people would say April premieres
are stupid, because who has the time to watch a new
show when they are already in their rigid TV watch -
ing schedule. For us at LC though, the April premieres
are sheer genius. During this finals season everyone is
in need is need of something completely mind numb -
ing, and both “The Hills” and “Gossip Girls” should
deliver!
“The Hills” is splendid in its ability to make the
some of the most privileged people in the world look
pathetic. This season in particular is shaping up to be
great. Former best friends turned arch nemeses, Lauren
and Heidi, start the show off right with Heidi party-
crashing Lauren’s birthday party held on a yacht. Heidi
later only turns the party sour when she cries about
her flirtatious fiancée, Spencer. This season promises to
deliver probing questions such as: should Heidi get an -
other set of breast implants? If your friend sleeps with
the guy you dated two years ago, who should you sleep
with to get them back? A. His brother, B. Her current
boyfriend or C. Don’t sleep with anyone, but reveal the
infidelity at your annual BBF BBQ—and cry. T une in
to this one, because there is sure to be a lot learned.
If reality TV isn’t your style and you prefer some -
thing much less fake, then tune into “Gossip Girl” this
season. This preteen, “Eyes Wide Shut”-like premiere
promises to deliver much more recreational drug use
and infidelity from some of the best-looking people
ever. I should warn, this show has been known to be -
come very addicting, especially if self-inflicted wounds
are your thing.
I hope you will take the initiative this spring to be -
come irrationally involved in a vapid television show
like “The Hills” or “Gossip Girl,” just don’t tell any -
one, they’ll only judge.on
locke
down
with Stephanie Locke
The first in a new column exploring the sassy,
saucy and sketchy corners of A&E.
Spend 4/20 with Thievery Corpora tion
by Maria Brown // guest writer
Starfucker got people dancing (and surfing) last Friday in Stamm.photoS by dick FiNkphoto courteSy thieVery corporatioN
LCMC presents: PDX’s Starfucker
Portland locals Starfucker and Church
graced the stage in Stamm dining hall last
Friday with the intention of shaking more
than a couple of booties.
Church opened the show with their
texture-heavy melodic pop that simultane -
ously sent chills up the spine and warmed
the heart. After a lengthy set change and
more than a few technical difficulties,
Starfucker kicked off what would be a
high-energy dance party.
They played a slurry of sugary dance
songs; new, old and really old (i.e., “Girls
Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi Lau -
per). They made up for the atmosphere
lacking in Stamm with their funky bass
and synth lines, tight percussion, glitzy
samples and kinetic stage presence. It only
took one look at the crowd to see that they
could have played anything to get the bod -
ies moving.
—Liam O’ConnorThievery Corporation’s worldly sound has been described
as electronic, trip-hop, brazillian bossa nova, classical In -
dian, acid jazz, dub and psychedelic lounge, among other
things. What are these guys exactly, you may be wondering.
A wide array of featured artists offers a unique and pleasur -
able rhythm with an electric political charge. To find out a
little more about the dynamic DJ duo, Thievery Corpora -
tion’s own Rob Garza takes time out of his morning to an -
swer a few questions.
The Pioneer Log : What’s one of the most memorable places
that you’ve ever played?
Rob Garza : In Greece we had a big following which was actu -
ally the first place we played live
in Europe way back in the day.
Every time we go there it’s a great
audience. Places like Portugal,
Eastern Europe, Australia, Bra -
zil, they’re all great places.
PL: What’s one of the places
you’re most excited about on
your upcoming tour?
RG: We’re really excited to be
playing Coachella this time, but
all the places we’re really excited
to check out.
PL: Do you have any pre- or
post-show rituals?
RG: Pre-show ritual, we all get
together, before we go on stage,
kind of, huddle up. We sort of
psyche each other up, get to -
gether, put our hands in, uh, I
don’t know what you’d call that.
(Laughs) I guess we sort of just
get on the same page and then
just go out and do it.
PL: What can a Thievery Corpo -
ration virgin expect from a first
show?
RG: Well, I think the show is
quite explosive. There are so
many different artists, there are a
lot of people on stage. It’s very vibrant, very dynamic. Things
are moving, there’s a lot of energy.
PL: I know that you definitely have some serious fans out
here. How do you feel about playing your show on 4/20?
RG: Aw, I didn’t even realize it was 4/20! (Laughing) There’s
gonna be a lot of happy there I think.
PL: Yeah, I think it’s going to be a really good show.
RG: Yeah, I think so. But sometimes you have to be careful.
When we play in Amsterdam sometimes the shows aren’t all
that good because people are, you know, people can be very
into their trip and stuff. But it’s always good.
PL: Is there anything the audience can do to ensure it’s going
to be a good show?
RG: Just to enjoy it because we’ll take care of the rest.
PL: What’s one of the craziest or most memorable things a
fan has ever said to you?
RG: There was a couple one time, I think it was in San Di -
ego. They loved the show so much that afterwards the guy
proposed to the girl and they got married and they have a kid Rob Garza of the D.C.-based duo chats with the Piolog about touring, Wes Anderson. Television is
important!
DJ double whammy: Thievery Corpora -
tion, Eric Hilton and Rob Garza, plays two
shows in Portland at the Roseland.Friday, September 12, 2008 A&E 12 the Pioneer Log, April 10, 2009
KLC announces Sunburn lineup: faces expected to melt
If you ventured out of your dorm room at any point in
the past week, you’ll know that spring is offi cially here. And
of course, with spring comes the infamous Sunburn. Sun-
burn is an annual music festival put on by Lewis & Clark
College’s own, KLC Radio.
Sunburn Music Fest has been at LC since the mid-eighties
and in that time has featured many bands from all across the
United States and Canada. In the past, Sunburn held its own student group charter and was run by students who were of-ten also involved at KLC. After a failure to get their charter renewed last spring, the KLC staff struggled to fi nd funds to continue the popular music festival. A recent partnership between KLC and the LC Music Coalition (LCMC) has en-sured that this year’s Sunburn will be larger than ever.
Tomorrow, KLC and
LCMC have
brought togeth-
er 23 bands for a noon-til-midnight,
two-stage music
festival.
Entry is free
for LC students
(with ID) and $5 for
non-students.
Pierced Arrows
Self-described as a “lo-fi assault,” Pierced Arrows consists of Fred and Toody
Cole playing guitar and bass respectively, and Kelly Halliburton on the drums. /T_h e trio play good ol’ fashioned rock n’ roll, keeping it real the only way they know how, by pretending it’s still the 1980s. If you’re a fan of vocalists that sound like they’re high on horse tranqs and still love serious rock, check out this brother/sister/drummer, or maybe husband/wife/drummer band. /T_h ey keep it real.
Psychedelic Horseshit
Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, this band consists of four members who rarely stick to one
instrument, let’s just say the band involves keys, guitars, saxophones, “electronics” and percus-
sion. Scratchy guitars, vamps and ambient sounds play a large part in PH’s sound, while the quality of the sound is dissonant, the vamps and catchy guitar licks lend a very funky undertone that’s perfect for dancing.
The Pets
A rock trio hailing from Oakland, California: simple line up, three dudes, a
guitar, a bass and drums. /T_h e songs are upbeat and fast, aurally pleasing and I’m
sure after three tall boys of ice cold Olde English 800, great music to dance around to. Also, their MySpace is pretty amusing, there are pictures of cats drinking beer, which is always a crowd pleaser.
Experimental Dental School
/T_h ese two Portlanders normally play drums and guitar, but periodically play
with a third member, allowing for the use of synthesizer. /T_h e share singing duties,
while the woman, shoko-koko plays the drums and the synth. /T_h ey sound similar
to Panther, who played at Sunburn last year, it’s good music to dance to because of
the catchy melodies and songs built on poppy vamps.Hive Inquiry Squad
/T_h is Portland based hip hop duo, part of the new indie rap movement, these two
MCs, Gavin /T_h eory and Lucas Dix, have a much angrier delivery style than most of
the indie hip-hoppers like Blue Scholars and Sage Francis. While their style is much
more angry, it has the same lyrical complexity and exotic samples that Blue Scholars
and many of the new indie hip-hop acts are known for. /T_h eory also really likes to
enunciate, so don’t worry about being too drunk, you can still understand the lyrics.
Macklemore
Another indie hip-hopper, Macklemore has a much more relaxed delivery
style with a stronger emphasis on social commentary, a facet of the indie hip-
hoppers, hear “I’m an American” for instance. Macklemore also has a diff erent style of sampling than many in the indie hip hop crew, it’s more in the vain of the stones throw stoners, chopped up songs and random ambient noises. T railroom:
12-12:30 - Snake Plissken
12:45-1:15 - Elitist
1:30-2:00 - Stag Bitten
2:15-2:45 - Maus Haus
3:00-3:30 - /T_h e Whines
3:45 - 4:15 - Blank Its
Stamm:
3:30-4 - Wampire
4:15-4:45 - White Fang
5-5:30 - Experimental Dental School
5:45-6:15 - Nurses
6:30-7:15 - AU
Short Intermission
Stamm:
8-8:30 - /T_h e Pets
8:45-9:15 - /T_h e Intelligence
9:30-10:00 - Coconut Coolouts
10:15-11:00 - Psychedelic Horseshit
11:15-12:00 - Pierced Arrows
T railroom:
7:30-7:50 Personifying O
7:55-8:15 Hives Inquiry Squad
8:20-8:40 Nate Larson
8:45-9:05 Henry Canyon’s Empyre
9:15-10:00 Quixotic
10:10 - 11:00 Macklemore
11:10 - 12:00 Marq Spekt
When Mark Edmundson walks, he glides with purpose,
shoulder length hair fl owing behind him. He was probably on his way to meet the English faculty for beef jerky and black tea. /T_h at’s the kind of man he is—he probably has some witch blood in him.
Seated with his audience during English Professor Lyell
Asher’s introduction, he looked hawkishly steady, focused and intimidating. And he rose to the podium, still a hawk.
By his fi rst sip of water and fi rst uttered phrase, hawk
down. He became a real, penetrable man. He told stories about reading, mottoes, teaching and getting born again. Edmundson only barely satisfi ed the defi nition of a lecture, he held the audience’s full attention, seamlessly moving from story to story.
By the end of the talk, it had become much clearer why
reading should be such a large part of living: it makes one happier, much more in tune with themselves and a better functioning piece of society. By the end of the talk, Edmund-son had convinced the audience of two things, it was totally cool and okay to be an English major, and that it was abso-lutely imperative to stroke his long gray hair.
sured that this year’s Sunburn will be larger than ever.
by Kathryn Miller & Tony Pelton // copy editorsUVA Prof. Mark Edmundson speaks on value of readingILLUSTRATION BY DEANNA HORTONby Tony Pelton // copy editor
PHOTO BY NATALIE BAKERPrepare yourself for a 12-hour marathon of music, featuring 23 bands on two stages; sunblock not actually needed, it’s all indoors
PHOTO COURTESY MACKLEMORE
PHOTO COURTESY PSYCHEDELIC HORSE SHITPHOTO COURTESY PIERCED ARROWSPHOTO COURTESY EXPERIMENTAL DENTAL SCHOOLPHOTO COURTESY HIVE INQUIRY SQUADPHOTO COURTESY THE PETS
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