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Volume 73, Number 22 Thursday, April 17, 2009 Live In Color
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A&E:
Sports:Sunburn!
Baseballers bid
farewell
Euro farming
and campingpg. 8 pg. 5 pg. 12pg. 15
Reiko Hillyer:
Teacher of the Year
/T_h e PioLog’s photo contest issue
STUDENT’S CHOICE: This photo, which was taken by Aleta Storch (’09) during a
trip to Cuba, received the most votes from students on April 10. See the photos LC faculty selected, as well as the editors’ favorite photos, on pg. 8-10 and 16. by Hannah Meganck //
staff writer
Visiting Professor of History Reiko Hillyer was shocked and delighted to receive the
“Teacher of the Year” award at a ceremony Wednesday.Visiting Professor of History
Reiko Hillyer, was announced as
Lewis & Clark’s Teacher of the
Year on Wednesday afternoon. /T_h e
ceremony celebrated the top four
teachers nominated by students for
the 2008-2009 school year.
Approximately two months ago
students began writing letters of
recommendation nominating pro-
fessors they believed were most de-
serving of the annual award. After
the Teacher of the Year Commit-
tee reviewed the many letters that
recommended many teachers, they
narrowed the contestants down to a
fi nal four professors. /T_h ese profes-
PHOTO BY NATALIE BAKER
Cont. on pg. 3, HILLYER
Changing
environmentalismsors were not chosen based on the
quantity of letters submitted about them, but rather on the quality and content of what their letters said about them as educators.
A second and fi nal round of let-
ters written about the four fi nalists were the deciding factor naming Hillyer as the Teacher of the Year. At the ceremony student Charles Halvorson (’09) introduced Hillyer as a fi nalist:
“Professor Hillyer exemplifi es
that rare conjoining of intellec-tual prowess and the dedication and commitment that marks true educators. A great professor goes beyond simply seeing to it that her students comprehend a given sub-ject to ensure that those students master the material so that they may be able to profi t from it – not
on a test or in an examination but
in the addition of knowledge to
that corpus of wisdom that informs our lives. “
Another student of Hillyer, Alex
Shaphren (’09), describes her as
making “every student feel as if she
is personally invested in their suc-cess, not only in her class but dur-ing their entire experience at LC.”
Impressing many students with
her dedication to her profession, Hillyer is described as “challeng-Alex Shaphren (’09),
describes her as making
“every student as if she is personally invested in their success, not only in her class but during their entire experience at LC.”
ing, engaging, compassionate, in-
sightful, and meticulous,” by Maile Speakman (’10). “What makes Reiko an exceptional professor is the fact that she believes in the intellectual capabilities of her stu-
Results of smoking
on campus survey
by Mariah Shields // forum editor
Celestino Limas, the Dean of
Students, and Associate Director
for Health Promotion and Welnnes Melissa Osmond held an open dis-cussion about the task force for substance use and abuse on April 9 in Council Chambers.
/T_h e discussion was focused
around the recent survey sent to students and staff about whether or not to change smoking regulations on campus. Osmond presented a
slide show, “exploring the potential
of a smoke free campus.”
Arguments presented by sup-
porters for a smoke-free campus in-clude: the right to breath clean air,
saving money, uniform enforce-
ment and being green. Health care
costs, smoke damage and cleaning forces that result from allowing smoking on campus do have an
economical eff ect.
As part of a campus that is com-
mitted to being green, proponents
of this cause believe that the eff ects
of smoking are often overlooked because automobile fuels and other carbon emissions are more harm-ful. Tobacco harvesting, however, has a signifi cant eff ect on the en-vironment; it takes numerous pes-ticides and fertilizers to grow and ruins the soil for food crops (which is often detrimental in the third world countries where this agricul-tural product is grown).
Advocacy to keep smoking on
campus, addressed through the sur-veys, was also discussed. Concerns included: students have a right to smoke, a smoke-free campus would be diffi cult to enforce, this is a low priority environmental issue, outdoor environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is not a big problem, it might decrease recruitment and it could have a Big Brother eff ect.
/T_h e task force has come up with
responses that rationalize their concerns for smoking on campus. /T_h ere is not any legal justifi cation for “smokers rights.” Smoking is a
Cont. on pg. 3, Smoking
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April 20 holiday?
Last week, the Pioneer Log published that the total number of
votes cast in the ASLC election was 510, not 557, the accurate num-
ber. 557 is 30 percent of LC’s student population. 510 was the num-
ber of students who voted for the single-most voted for item on the
ballot, the PRA/CLA amendment. We apologize for the error. CO R R E C T I O N
Crime Beat
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Crime Beat / Crime Beat / Crime Beat / An employee reported graffi ti in the
Bio-Psych building on Apr. 6.
 An employee reported graffi ti in Miller
Center on Apr. 6. An employee reported graffi ti in Watzek
Library on Apr. 7. A student reported a theft from their vehicle
in lower Griswold parking lot on Apr. 8. A student reported the theft of a jacket from
the Boley Library on Apr. 8. A student reported the theft of a jacket from
the Watzek Library on Apr. 8.Two jackets stolen on the same day from diff erent li-
braries?!? Clearly the ghost of Hungarian Physicist Bar-
on Loránd von Eötvös, who died exactly 90 years from the day of the crime, has returned to steal library jackets and tout his weak equivalence principle!
 An employee reported criminal mischief in
Templeton Student Center on Apr. 8.
 A person was arrested after being found in
possession of a controlled substance in
Copeland Hall on Apr. 9.
 An employee reported graffi ti on campus
equipment on Apr. 12.“Dis iz Hank’s Leaf Blower” An employee reported graffi ti in Templeton
Student Center on Apr. 12. An employee reported
graffi ti in Olin Center on
Apr. 13.
“Dis iz Hank’s Electron
Microscope”
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ILLUSTRATION BY BRAD JONASApril 20 has been com-
monly known as National
Pot Smoking Day because
“4/20” has long been asso-
ciated with marijuana. 4/20 also is an icon for several organizations for the legal-
ization of marijuana in the
United States.
Many recreational drug
users increase their use of
the illicit substance while decreasing their discretion. /T_h is may rise from the al-legedly incorrect notion that Campus Safety policies be-
come relaxed on April 20.
“We do not treat [Apr.
20] any diff erently than
any other day,” said David Rosengard, the Campus Liv-
ing Coordinator for Forest.
“We feel that coherent con-
sistency is best, and will thus not be doing anything dif-ferently from last week, last month, or last year.”
Students caught on cam-
pus using, selling, or possess-
ing marijuana will be written
up and subject to all of the
associated College drug poli-cies.
“I can defi nitively say that
we did have policy violations
recorded last year on April
20,” said Rosengard.
Cont. on pg. 3, 4/20by Helen Hunter // staff writer3Volume 73, Number 1 News the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
Pamplin Society announces Teacher of the Year
Professor of History Reiko Hillyer was honored as Teacher of the Year in a ceremony Wednesday after-
noon. Pamplin fellow Lili Pill-Kahan (’11) announced the winner.continued from HILLYER, p.1
dents and she listens to what they have to contribute to the classroom,” said Maile Speakman (’10).
Among the fi nalists
was Professor and Direc-tor of Environment Stud-ies, Jim Proctor, who was described as “superhu-man” by student speaker Kelly Kay (’09).
A dedicated profes-
sor who never takes sick days, always has class, responds to students’ emails at 4:00 a.m. and appears to be in his offi ce at all hours—Proctor’s list of accomplishments as a professor revealed an impressive balancing act of dedication to his pro-fession.
Kay was also able to
get to the bottom of why Proctor appears to always
be on Moodle, the an-swer: “he is Moodle.”
Assistant Professor of
Hispanic Studies Mat-thieu Raillard was an-other fi nalist and was introduced by Grace Wedgwood (’11) as, “One of the most engag-ing, intelligent, inspiring continued from Smoking, p.1privilege, proven by state laws that ban
smoking in public places. /T_h is is not about
strict enforcement, but rather a shift in the
Lewis & Clark culture and attitude toward smoking. Eliminating ETS is a large return for a small investment. Outdoor ETS can be
as high as indoor levels, and therefore just as
harmful. A smoke-free campus can be attrac-
tive to future students and employees, it just might attract a diff erent population. Lastly this is not about dictating lifestyle but rather creating a healthy lifestyle, supporters say.
/T_h e task force has studied other universi-
ties that have decided to become smoke-free to determine the pros and cons of imple-menting this new policy. When San Fran-cisco State issued a smoke-free policy, it was implemented in a “top down” approach. /T_h is did not work and smokers and non-smok-ers were dissatisfi ed. When the University of Arkansas and Okalahoma State University implemented their smoke free policy, how-ever, they focused on education, smoking cessations and the promotion of health. /T_h e University of Arkansas off ered a forum for students to vent, and although students were originally upset with the new policy, support was off ered and cultural adjustments were willingly made.
/T_h e surveys administered had three op-
tions: keeping the current 25-foot policy, creating designated smoking areas, or hav-ing a smoke-free campus. Student and staff responses were relatively uniform in sup-port across the board. /T_h e aggregate skewed slightly more towards designated smoking areas.
After the presentation closed, the fl oor
was open to questions, comments and con-cerns. One student asked if there should be a greater initiative taken to enforce the cur-rent policy before a change was implement-ed. “I think the current policy is fl awed to begin with. Smoke can easily be blown into buildings even with the smallest breeze,” said Limas. “/T_h ere are also problems associated with students who smoke while on the move between buildings, that has an eff ect on the other students in their path.”
Designated areas will be decided in col-
laboration between Facilities Services and the task force. /T_h ey will probably be around the
parameters of campus and because this will
aff ect the surrounding neighborhood, pub-
lic and private citizen concerns will be ad-
dressed.
Alternative ideas were also addressed by
attendants, which included a re-evaluation
of housing policies, to allow smokers the
opportunity to move off campus early to a
smoke-friendly environment. “I think that
the people who would be that dramati-
cally eff ected are a small populations,”
said Limas. “I think those individuals
can be supported on case-by-case
bases. I do not advocate the entire
campus policy.”
Only allowing smoking on one
side of camps, either academic or
residential, was also proposed. But
this type of policy would contradict
all health arguments
made by smoke-free advocates.
Chelene Glan-
kler, an LC grad-
uate student,
spoke to reassure LC smokers. “I
am on the
task force, and
I am a smoker.
I want people to know that ev-
erybody is being
represented,”
said Glankler.
“But people
need to think
of what is
best for the
commu-
nity as an
individual in
the community.”
To avoid backlash
that may come with implementing new policies, the task force is
trying to keep an open dialogue. /T_h ey assert
that this meeting was just one layer of the
decision process. /T_h e survey, meetings with
faculty, staff , and other forums will continue so that the best outcome can be reached for the LC community as a whole.
Smoking policy discussion continues
and kind professors at LC.” She described
him as a strong communicator who engag-es in “equal dialogue” with students, rather than lecturing at them.Wedgwood said Raillard “has high expec-
tations in his students because he believes in each one.”
Matthew Robins, Technical Director of the /T_h eatre Department, was also among the fi nal nominees and was introduced by Emily Gregory (’10).
Gregory was happy to have had the op-
portunity to work with
Robins, who she de-scribed as a professor who “goes above and beyond many of his colleagues.” Gregory also praised his “dedication to both his students and education” in the /T_h eatre depart-ment.
While all four profes-
sors were praised during the ceremony, in the end it was a very surprised Hillyer who ultimately earned the title of 2008-2009’s Teacher of the Year.
“I am overwhelmed
with the honor, “ said Hillyer about her award. “I am so privileged to do what I love, to have such curious and engaged stu-dents, and to be in the company of such devoted colleagues. Also, I can’t help but be fi lled with gratitude for my own
teachers, whose ideas, passion, and rigor I think about every single day.”
PHOTO BY NATALIE BAKERILLUSTRATION BY KATELYN MUNDAL“We followed up with those [vio-
lations] through the college conduct
system as normal,” said Rosengard.
For Campus Living Assistants,
there is a level of stress associated with
the day.
“When I tell people that I’m
gong to be on duty on 4/20 they say, ‘Oh...I’m sorry,’” said West Apart-ments CLA Louis Prahl (’10).
While 4/20 is not treated any dif-
ferently by Campus Safety, they do admit that increased student drug use does change the atmosphere on cam-pus.
“Last year room draw fell on April
20,” said Rosengard, “and I did notice at times that the level of tension in the room about getting into a particular building, or nabbing a particular sin-gle, seemed much lower.”
April 20 will be a Monday, with an
expected forecast of sunny with a high
of 76 degrees, according to KATU
News.
According to offi cial College pol-
icy, /T_h e College prohibits the unlawful
use, abuse, sale, purchase, transfer, pos-
session, manufacture, distribution, or
dispensing of drugs and alcohol by stu-dents and employees on College property or as part of any College activity.4/20 on
campus
Cont. from pg. 2, 4/20
ILLUSTRATION BY DEANNA HORTON4 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009 Forum
An Afghan marital law was
passed last month that has severely
set back progress in the fight for
women’s rights around the world,
maintaining a relationship where
men own women.
The new law legally allows hus -
bands to rape their wives. Severe
outcry has resonated in response
to this law, claiming that it will re -
gress society in Afghanistan back to
the culture under Taliban’s Islamic
rule and lead to further assaults on
the Afghan constitution.
Although most media attention
has been directed at the legalization
of marital rape, the law also per -
mits prohibition of women leav -
ing the home without consent, the
denial of women’s right to inheri -
tance, the necessity for women to
clean themselves at their husband’s
demand and set the minimum fe -
male marital age at 16.
Afghan officials, lawmakers
and clergy have started a petition
that hopes to defend basic human
rights in their country, eliminat -
ing current and future laws that
destruct humanity, as they see this
one might.
Supporters of the petition are
hoping that democracy will pre -
vail over Taliban rule. Islamic rule,
which was officially brought down
in 2001, was an outright oppressor
of women’s rights.
After passionate objections had
been made by President Obama
and other world leaders, Hamid
Karzai, the President of the Afghan
T ransitional Administration or -
dered a review of the new law.
The law pertains specifically to the Shiite population in Afghani -
stan, which accounts for about
20 percent of a population of 30
million. The law allows husbands
to have sex with their wives every
four days, with or without con -
sent. But the law cannot be en -
forced by this demographic, how -
ever, until it is out of review and a
final decision has been made.
Since the fall of the Islamic
regime, women have made great
progress toward a more equal so -
ciety. But this one law has jeop -
ardized all existing and future
progress that any women in this
conservative country hope to
make.
Living in the United States
under a well-developed democ -
racy enables oppression such as
this to be easily overlooked. But
women across the globe are still
fighting for equality amongst
their male counterparts, and in
many countries they still have a
long way to go.
Some countries still allow
women to be sexually mutilated
against their will, babies are still
being murdered at birth for being
female, rape is still used openly as
a weapon and many women have
no political or social rights to pro -
tect themselves against their dom -
inating male equivalents.
Until women across the globe
are allowed to live freely, the fight
for women’s rights will not desist.
President Obama is a strong advo -
cate in progressing women’s rights
and will continue his support
through international conferenc -
es, debates and negotiations. by Mariah Shields // features ediotorAfghan women’s rights
It’s not uncommon to see ce -
lebrities in La Guardia Airport. In
fact, any New York or Los Angeles
airport is perfect for observing the
symbiotic relationship between
celebrities and the paparazzi.
But on the evening of April
8, the well-choreographed dance
of New York commuters was dis -
turbed by none other than Woody
Harrelson.
Harrelson is famed for his roles
in the film and television clas -
sics “The People vs. Larry
Flint” (for which he was
nominated for an Acad -
emy Award), “Cheers”
and “A Prairie
Home Compan -
ion.” He had just
finished filming
a new movie
when he ar -
rived in New
York with his
daughter. As
expected, pa -
parazzi swarmed
around him to get
their B-list money
shot, when Harrelson at -
tacked one of the camera -
men, breaking his camera
and “[pushing] him in the
face.”
Harrelson, who has
dealt with anger manage -
ment and assault charges
in the past, claimed that
his outburst was due
to his deeply skilled act -
ing talents. Upon arriving
at La Guardia, Harrelson Woody Harrelson leads zombie resistance movement; the world is screwed.
by Helen Hunter // staff writerchoose your own adventure
LC students need to stay on their game: read the news
by Fritz Fitzer // staff writer
I was at a party on Saturday
night and something that I often
find myself doing became a topic
of conversation. The people I was
talking with said they got more
current news from John Stewart
and Stephen Colbert than from
any other source. What surprised
me was not that comment, but the
following one in which a person
admitted that she just doesn’t fol -
low the news anymore.
Now, as a web junkie that spends
more time logged online in a day
than most people spend logged on
in a week, I tend to keep fairly well
up to date with the news. Hear -
ing such a confession is as baffling
to me as the fact that some people
continue to believe that we have
not landed on the moon.
Just to be clear, “the Daily Show”
is an excellent place to acquire cur -
rent news, especially if you want to
laugh at it. One might even suggest
that satire-laced news is a valuable
tool for coping with today’s often
dreary and depressing news stories.
But it is always understood that
you are watching a comedy show,
whose only real job is to make you
laugh.
Not so with the major news
networks. Watching CNN or Fox
these days is more likely to prompt
an angry comment than to feel in -
formed or enlightened. Why they
think that their coverage of things
ranging from “Octa-mom” Nadya Suleman, (aka the human clown
car) to whether or not the First
Family finally has their new dog
(they do; it’s a Portuguese water
dog named Bo) is important is be -
yond reason.
These are not things that should
be constantly commented on by
the major networks. They are not
things that should be on the home
page of their websites. The only
purpose these stories serve is to remind people why they prefer to
locate news via one of many link
websites, where the public can sub -
mit links to stories that they find
interesting. Readers still do have to
sift their way through useless stories
(like a cat stealing clothing from a
neighborhood in Idaho), but at
least they can get a chuckle out of
the assuming tag lines that people
submit along with the story.
But getting back to the over all claimed he was “still very much in
character” after leaving the set of
his new film “Zombieland,” and
mistook the photographer for a
zombie.
“I was constantly under assault
by zombies,” Harrelson said to his
defense. “I was startled by the pa -
parazzo, who I quite understand -
ably mistook for a zombie.”
Margo Conner (’12), and Kenna Hickock (’12), catch up on the current news and events. photo by natalie baker
The photographer, whose name
hasn’t been released to the pub -
lic, was said to have been plead -
ing, “Woody, chill out. Would you
please chill out?” during the inci -
dent.
T wo things can be learned from
this violent episode:
“Zombieland” can’t possibly we
worth seeing if Harrelson confused
someone yelling “chill
out!” for a zombie.
When the zom -
bie apocalypse
comes (and it
will), the worst
choice for sur -
vival would be
to trust your
life to Woody
H a r r e l s o n .
H o n e s t l y ,
Woody. Push -
ing a zombie in
the face? What
kind of actor are
you?
“Zombieland”
will be released
Oct 9 of this
year. Harrel -
son will share
the screen with
Mila Kunis,
Emma Stone, Ab -
igail Breslin and
Jesse Eisenberg.
For more in -
formation on
the impending
zombie holo -
caust, please
visit zombie -
defense.org.illustration by kathryn miller
question, why are people not inter -
ested in the news? It can’t just be
because of depressing or useless
stories. Granted students are always
hard pressed to find time to do
anything other than eat, sleep, and
study [Friday and Saturday nights
excluded, ok and maybe sometimes
Wednesday—Burger and a Beer at
T ryon is a great thing]. But surely
people can take a little time out of
their busy routine to check up on the current news. National and in -
ternational news really does affect
us all. We should show a little more
interest in it.
This may very well sound like
preaching to the choir for a lot of
people. One would hope that peo -
ple are not just grabbing the New
York Times solely for the crossword
and Ken Ken puzzles (though both
are a lot of fun). Sitting up on the
hill, Lewis & Clark tends to be kind
of isolated. But in today’s world of
those crazy tube-like-things called
the internets (see former Senator
Ted Stevens, (R)-AK) and other
great communication devices, we
really have no excuse not to stay
connected on current events. To do
so would leave us woefully unpre -
pared to face the world outside of
academia—and what’s worse, ap -
pear totally ignorant. So read the
front page, pull of a favorite news
website, tune into the evening
news, do whatever you have to do
to get five solid minutes a day of
current news.
And I’m not talking about the
current status of an apparent feud
between Sarah Palin’s family and
Levi Johnson (the father of Bristol
Palin’s child). Read five minutes of
headlines from around the world
and who knows, you might just en -
joy it.
(The author would like to thank
CNN.com for all the current “cul -
tural” stories mentioned in the above
piece.)5Volume 73, Number 1 Forum the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
Sustainability is sexy
Critically examining environmentalism
Dear Editor,Letter to the
Editor
Sincerely,
Benjamin Brody
Got something to say? Send letters
to the editor and guest editorials to
piolog@lclark.eduWas Ms. Stienstra’s latest “Devil’s
Advocate” piece a joke? In advocating
less use of our beautiful campus, she makes this utterly humorless statement: “it might be considerate of us all to keep the girls inside and the boys’ attention focused as much as possible.”
By all means, Ms. Stienstra. I can
recommend to you several fi ne coun-tries where you will not have to worry about girls showing their skin to the boys. But you must either move there or be quiet. Us boys don’t mind in the least.According to one mode of regarding those
two classes of weather, which are called sun-
shine and rain, the former may be considered
the life giving manna of Phoebus Apollo and Santa Barbara; and the latter, the harbinger of seasonal aff ective disorder and bedfellow
of the Pacifi c Northwest. Journalist Lawrence
Weschler wrote an essay called /T_h e Light of
L.A., explaining, admiring and commend-
ing the unique aesthetic qualities of sunlight in the horizons of southern
California. He pointed out that this
stunning eff ect is caused in part by
auto pollution and smog. Regardless, I admired Weschler’s optimistic con-viction. He not only defends LA’s in-
iquities, he discovers its contribution
to the beauty of his home state. It is
high time that Portland gets this treat-ment: here is a defense of the rain.
Assistant Professor of English Jerry Harp,
on the fi rst day of class on a beautiful Sep-
tember day, simultaneously warned and
calmed his pupil’s spirits with regard to rain. He dispelled the rumors: it does often rain in Portland. A few students had thought, whilst
taking their prospective tour, that the talk
of rain was a bluff . Some thought, given the
majestic grounds of Lewis & Clark, that it might only rain unicorn milk or candy. Harp revealed the truth and gently added, “But I
think you’ll fi nd it’s a dry rain.” His consola-
tion was in earnest. Everyone is so depressed
about the rain in Portland, that I applaud
his eff ort to psychologically condition the A defense of rain: paradise Portland
by Andrew Lyle // staff writerWith just three short weeks remain-
ing between now and graduation, the
urge to refl ect has begun to occupy this
senior. In what must be a perennial ac-
tivity for graduating classes everywhere,
I fi ll out cap and gown measurements
and I recollect. Often this recollection
takes me down paths of social remem-brances of little interest to anyone who
wasn’t there. But sometimes, the object
of my reminiscence has far broader rel-
evance.
Central among these is the problem
that dwarfs all others in its signifi cance
– climate change. Within our four years
at Lewis and Clark, we have witnessed a
transformation in the discussion of this
issue. What was once a demand for radi-cal change put forth by an almost exclu-
sively liberal base has been taken up by
mainstream society.
/T_h is would have been a good thing
except most Americans did not want to radically restructure the way we live our
lives. Maintaining the status quo has
hitherto taken precedence over enact-
ing meaningful change and the solu-
tions we have put forth seek to address the issue in terms that do not threaten the
hegemony of capitalist accumulation in our
culture.
As it was commercialized, global warming
lost its urgency and its capability to inspire
radical action. Green became the new black
and proved itself an equally capable color
when it came to denoting the bottom line.
Emission credit swaps and the Hybrid Cadil-
lac Escalade illustrate the degree to which our
response to the threat of global catastrophe
has been co-opted by the forces of capitalism
and to our willingness, our eagerness to let
this happen. Skepticism cuts through the rhetoric of
“buying green” and reveals our collective de-sire to hold environmental protection in high
esteem without challenging the status quo of conspicuous consumption. We cannot simply change the names of our deities and presume to continue our vociferous consumption un-abated. Our burgeoning population inhab-
its a planet with fi nite resources; clearly, our
strategy for continued survival clearly cannot
be predicated upon unlimited want.
Hardworking environmental advocates
have capably synthesized and presented what
will be the dire fate of our planet should we
remain stuck in our current patterns. /T_h e by Charles Halvorson // guest writer
precipitate-fearing public that they are not
actually being drenched with water. /T_h e one thing needful, however, is our rain to be wet and our minds to be open.
Homer writes in the Odyssey, “the Cy-
clopes’ land likewise among the acres of the wheat bears wine rich-clustered, when the rain of Zeus gives increase to us.” Apollo’s sun may heal our bodies, but Zeus’s rain wa-ters our vineyards, growing the grapes that,
when fermented, make it possible to ruin our
bodies. Perhaps this fact is not persuasive to all college students, but the subtle point of Homer’s slightly buzzed dialogue is to com-mend the life sustaining qualities of rainfall. We should acknowledge the rain as our true source of nourishment and cast out the blank and pitiless sun to its desert sands. Anyone who has spent time in the Southwest, and has seen one too many Pinyon pines, ought to sa-vor the greenery of our wonderfully drizzly rainforests.
Habitats known as temperate rainforests,
the formal term for Oregon’s backwoods,
are actually pretty rare. /T_h e northern pacifi c
coast of the United States, extending through
From left: Seniors Emma Pulitzer (’09), Charles Halvorson (’09) and Daniell Ringer (’09).
threat of environmental catastrophe is real
and plaintively evident to all who care to look: the dreidel on which humanity current-ly spins is coming perilously close to the edge of the table.
Recollection may remain in the realm of
mere nostalgia. But remembering and em-pathizing with our younger selves also pres-ents an opportunity to reconsider our present condition.
/T_h e current state of environmentalism is
not the inevitable conclusion of our historical circumstances. Indulging in our memories off ers a poignant reminder of our continued agency.
Canada and Alaska, is the largest stretch of
temperate rainforest in the world. /T_h e rainy climate assists the growth of miles of Sitka Spruce and Douglas fi r—large coniferous trees mingling with spectacularly green moss and lichen, suspended from branches and awning the rocks. Oregon’s forests are eco-friendly, in the preventive sense, because the perpetually damp climate is a natural defense against forest fi res, which ravage the woods
and release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the at-mosphere.
Let the students of Uin-
versity of California Santa Barbara have their sun-drenched beaches and roar-ing ocean of human mis-ery, as Sophocles suggests. In Portland, we savor 36.6
inches of average yearly rainfall when we slide across that bridge in the ravine, when we nev-er have to wash our car or hair, or accidentally do a lot of homework in the library, because it is showering too heavily to walk back to the dorms. If there were water. If there were the
sound of water only. Instead of sighing with
contempt when the rain begins to fall, pre-tend it is a perpetual round of applause—nature’s congratulation for getting out of bed on the inevitably cloudy day. Instead of us-ing this newspaper as a rain cover for your head, ask instead “how can thine heart be full of spring” and listen with joy to the cadence of that dripping liquid sunshine: Portland’s rain./T_h e biggest reason why Lewis &
Clark college should off er Arabic: ev-
eryone else, including Amherst, Mid-
dlebury and Williams, is doing it.
In a time of economic downturn
and shrinking endowments, why isn’t LC looking for ways to attract more
students? Instead, failing to off er Ar-
abic in this crucial time, it turns stu-
dents away. Beyond the fact that LC is
failing to make itself competitive with
elite liberal arts colleges in the east, not
off ering Arabic is a failure to uphold
the school’s mission statement: “In all
its endeavors it seeks to be a commu-
nity of scholars who are alive to inqui-
ry, open to diversity, and disciplined
to work in an interdependent world.”
Considering much of our interde-
pendence stems from our reliance on
foreign oil and our extended abomina-
tion of a war in Iraq, keeping Arabic
removed from our course of studies is
out of synch with our college’s values.
Also, we are paying $40,000 a year.
For that price, Arabic should absolute-ly be a choice to study. And study it we
would. /T_h e school cannot make the
argument that the desire is not there. Nearly every student I’ve spoken to
has jumped at even the mention of Ar-
abic at LC, however, they lament the
fact that it is not off ered.
How many students take Spanish
again, simply to fulfi ll their language
requirement. Doesn’t the school de-
sire its students to be excited about the language their taking? Failing to off er
Arabic is absurd and naive.by Jared Schy // staff writerArabic:
Everyone
else is
doing it
Instead of using this newspaper as a rain
cover for your head, ask instead “how can
thine heart be full of spring” and listen with joy to the cadence of that dripping liquid sunshine: Portland’s rain.PHOTO BY KIEL JOHNSONFriday, September 12, 2008Features 6 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
ocelots embody my style, but they’re nude.
Jonathan Frochtzwajg
Class of 2009
Sociology/Anthropology
Tarzana, CAstyle source
“You know, I would include Mister
Rogers among my style icons. He
never mixed his day and evening
wear, but he was classic, reserved,
and knew how to fuckin’ relax.” deliberate
I never wear more than three colors at a time. It’s pretty monotone, simple.yes to canvas footwear
“Never underestimate flair.
My sweaters are my flair,
but then I do have the occa -
sional neon tee.”“I don’t have a big bronze ring or any baseball caps. But those are good things. “one tone is enough.
it’s such a good feeling The Student Academic Affaairs Board (SAAB) program at
Lewis & Clark College has enabled past and present students
to break down academic boundaries and expand their knowl -
edge across cultures.
SAAB gives LC students the opportunity to plan, partici -
pate in or attend a broad range of activities or lectures across
the world. Students seek to learn valuable lessons in organi -
zation, presentation and perseverance to make their opportu -
nities come to life and become a worthwhile experience.
One of SAAB’s key undertakings is to create a financial
portal to allow students the money to pay for research, art
and attendance at an eclectic array of lectures and confer -
ences across the globe.
It is the student’s responsibility to find their interest,
create their project and uncover a gateway for them to put
their interests into action.
LC takes pride in its creation of a campus of explorers.
Exploration at this campus is not confined to the class -
room, to research or even to local activities.
Rather the idea of student exploration is founded in
the possibility to travel the globe, to experience new aca -
demic heights in and out of the classroom and to create
their own original ideas, projects and possibilities.
SAAB’s spring semester grants have so far been issued
to 15 students with an assortment of academic and artistic
interests.
The following is a list of these selected students who took
the time to write a proposal, present their ideas in front of
the SAAB committee and in the end create a valuable explo -
ration.
Four students who were granted funds for research. Ja -beer Ahmed (’10) is a Physics major and received $935.00
for an on campus research project about Magnetic Levitation
T rains. Jennifer Jackson received $659.50 to research water
quality and its government policy in Mexico.
Brendan Larson (’10) is a Biology Major who received
$872.80 to go to the Dominican Republican with Assistant
Professor of Biology, Greta Binford, to collect spiders.
Lastly, Betto van Waarden (’10), a History major, received
$1,835.51 to research the globalization of ideas, specifically
between Holland and Asia. He will be doing research around
Europe, including London and Amsterdam, to discover how
these ideas spread in the 18th and 19th century.
Eight students received grants in the SAAB’s art catego -
ry. Charlie Ertola (’09) is a Studio Art major who received
$283.68 to fund his installation of work in the senior art
show in the Hoffman Gallery. Jonah Geil-Neufeld (’11) is a
Sociology/Anthropology major who received $812.00 to re -cord a CD of the LC a capella group Momo and the Coop.
Joel Newman (’09), a Studio Art major, received $243.23
for his senior projects installation in the senior art show. Ma -
rie Shelley (’09) is another Studio Art Major who received
$301.13 to fund her art project in the senior art show in the
Hoffman Gallery.
Emily Stevens (’09), a Music major, and Emma Pelkey
(’09), a Communication major, received $800.00 to pay for
an accompanist for their senior recital. Kathleen Sugarman
(’09) received a retroactive grant of $693.52 to pay for her
travel and living expenses in Palestine where she traveled
as a photographer.
The last SAAB arts grant is still being processed to as -
sure its legality for a SAAB grant. But Berit Engstrom
(’10) is a Sociology/Anthropology major who hopes to go
to Cuba as a photographer.
These final eight students received SAAB grants to at -
tend conferences around the nation. Nick Benedetti (’09)
Studio Art Major, Nick Moen (’11), Undecided, and Alex
Lombard (’11), Undecided, received a total of $1,962.40
to attend a ceramics conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Myriah Heddens (’09) is a Political Science major who
received $675.21 to present her “Immigration Prosecu -
tions” research with Assistant Professor of Political Sci -
ence, Todd Lochner, at a Midwest political science con -
ference.
Finally Emily Long (’09), Hanah Tierney (’09), Eli Cohn
(’11) and Alex Von Stein (’10) are all Philosophy majors who
received a total of $160.00 to go to a nearby Pacific North -
west Philosophy Conference.
As shown by this extensive list of SAAB grants, LC has an
extensive population of students who don’t let personal fund -
ing limit their opportunities to explore and create. LC’s SAAB program gives students ability to explore
by Mariah Shields // features editor
“The idea of student explora -
tion is founded in the possibility
to travel the globe, to experience
new academic heights in and out
of the classroom and to create
their own original ideas, projects
and possibilities.”7Volume 73, Number 1 Features the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
nine days out >>>>
friday saturday sunday
monday tuesday wednesday
thursday friday saturday17 18 19
20 21 22
23 24 25April 17th to April 25th
Gender Studies Brown Bag
Howard 302, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Composition Recital
Evans, 8:00 p.m.
National Day of Silence
All DayNAKED MILE RUN
Starting at the Co-op, 2:00 p.m.
Fiesta de Salsa
Stamm, 8:00 p.m.-11:55 p.m.
African Dance Recital
Evans, 2:00 p.m.Earth Day Ivy Pull
T ryon Creek State Park
Meet outside T empleton at 12:15
“Spent: Collusion and Prosperity in the
World Economy” by Rick Huddle
Council Chamber, 7:30 p.m.
“Japanese and American War Atrocities, Historical
Memory and Reconciliation “ by Mark Selden
Miller 105, 5:30 p.m.Final Student Slam
T rail Room, 7:00 p.m.
Jazz Night
Evans, 8:00 p.m.
Student Poetry Reading
Manor House, 7:00 p.m.Holocaust survivors Eva and Les Aigner
speak about their experiences
Pamplin 10, 6:00 p.m.
Theater Senior Thesis Performances
Throughout the day
Chamber Music Recital
Evans, 8:00 p.m.
Valentino Achak Deng
Chapel, 7:30 p.m., Free with I.D.
A lost boy of Sudan
Greening the Grid: Building a Legal
Framework for Carbon Neutrality
Council Chamber, All DayCappella Nova and Orchestra Concert
Evans, 8:00 p.m., $5 for LC studentsPiano Recitals
Evans, 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.As the semester comes to an end, many students
are undoubtedly feeling the pressure from looming
presentations, thesis and finals. As the stress mounts
you may be turning to habits like drinking coffee until
2:00 a.m. or soliciting help for your friend’s Adder -
all prescription. But instead of filling your bodies with
unhealthy drugs this semester why not give your brain
that extra boost the natural way, with ginkgo biloba.
Ginkgo has been used in traditional medicine to
treat circulatory disorders but is most famous and com -
monly used to enhance ones memory. Scientific studies
throughout the years lend support to these traditional
uses. Laboratory studies have shown that gingko im -
proves blood circulation to the brain by dilating blood
vessels and reducing the stickiness of blood platelets.
Multiple studies have shown that when adminis -
tered to healthy adults, ginkgo will improve cognitive
and memory functions. Most studies suggest that a pa -
tient needs to take a regular dosage of gingko each day
for several weeks in order to see results. Some studies,
however, have reported that its effect is almost imme -
diate and reaches its peak in 2.5 hours after intake. So
if you’d like to give your brain a boost before finals
week, better start taking your ginkgo now and then
give yourself some extra doses before the test for good
measure.
Ginkgo is also an excellent way to counteract the
effects of the herb featured in April 3’s Herb Blurb.
If you take ginkgo as regularly as you might consume
cannabis then the unfortunate cognitive effects men -
tioned in the previous article can be counteracted.
But don’t think ginkgo should just be used to coun -
teract a hazy brain. It is very useful for those who need
some extra support from a healthy study buddy. Ma -
ria Brown (’10) used ginkgo biloba before taking (and
passing) a Kugler midterm. “I couldn’t remember if
Moses was the one who built the arch, parted the sea,
or wore the Technicolor dream coat,” said Brown. “But
after I started studying with ginkgo I got it all straight -
ened out.”
Ginkgo biloba is one of the oldest living tree spe -
cies on earth. A single tree can live as long as 1,000
years and grow to a height of 120 feet. The Chinese
have been using the leaves for medicine for thousands
of years. Unlike many other medicinal herbs, ginkgo
leaves are not frequently used in their crude state, but
rather, in the form of a concentrated, standardized
ginkgo biloba tincture.
So go out and get your ginkgo extract today…be -
fore you forget!The Herb Blurb
by Rachael Greene // staff writerAn intern at The Herb Shoppe shares
her discoveries as she explores
the fascinating world of herbs:
This week, Ginkgo Biloba
photo by Natalie bakerOrganic farming: a plan for sum mer
by Danny Garcia // editor in chief
Larkin Flora (’11) is headed across the Atlantic to travel
across Europe, farm in Ireland, and work at an American cul -
tural camp for Norwegian children.
“I don’t know much about what I’m doing so it’s all an
adventure,” said Flora about her plans for the summer. So far
she plans to spend a month travelling around on EuroRail,
but after that it’s a month of work on an Irish organic farm
and a couple weeks at a Norwegian children’s camp that fo -
cuses on American culture.
Flora heard about the farming opportunity through the
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
program. “I have had a few friends who have done it in Spain
and Ireland,” said Flora. “It is quite literally worldwide.”
WWOOF has programs around the world, including in
Costa Rica, China, T urkey, Sierra Leone and India.
The job is five-hour workdays, five days a week. Duties in -
clude gardening, digging, wall building and other farmhand
responsibilities. “Whatever’s needed to be done, nothing too
technical,” said Flora.
As for pay, there is not much monetary incentive. “It’s
completely volunteer,” said Flora. “They pay you with room and board.”
Through WWOOF , participants and volunteers only
need to pay a small fee to become part of the system. “It costs
some money to be put in the system, but the farms involved
want volunteers,” said Flora. “If you’re willing to work and
learn they’ll take you if they can.”
During the off time, Flora plans to explore the Irish coun -
tryside. “I am interested in other cultures so to be able to
spend time in one place and see how people live will be a
great experience.”
After four weeks of farm work, Flora will head to Norway
to help set up a week long children’s camp for Norwegian
children interested in American culture.
Flora was hired through a family friend from home in
Colorado who happens to run the camp. “She’s been asking
me for years to do it and I finally agreed,” said Flora. At the
camp, Flora plans to work as a lifeguard and general camp
counselor.
T ravelling alone in Europe might be daunting, but the
opportunity outweighs the fear. “I’m really excited and a lit -
tle bit terrified,” said Flora.
For more information about WWOOF , visit www.wwoof.
org.
An upcoming student poetry reading
T welve seniors from Mary Szybist’s Advanced Poetry class will perform poems that they have worked on
throughout the semester T uesday, April 21. The students have taken three levels of poetry classes and this event is
a culmination of that hard work. They will perform poems from a wide variety of styles, so chances are, no matter
what you’re into, it will be there. This has been a popular event in the past, and there is no reason to doubt that it
will be again, so get there early. It is quite likely that these dozen seniors will blow your socks off. The event will
take place in Armstrong Lounge, in the Manor House. Refreshments will be provided.The Pioneer Log’sPhoto Contest 8 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
The Pioneer Log’s
Fi r s t a n n u a l p h o t o c o n t e s t
Wi n n e r : po r t r a i tby Jessica
Himelfarb
(’09)
Taken in
Trinidad, CubaStarting in February, students
submitted their original pho -
tos to the Pioneer Log ’s inaugu -
ral photo contest. On April 10,
Lewis & Clark professors, faculty,
staff and students voted for their
favorite photos. The following are
the winners that were selected, as
well as the favorite picks of the Pi -
oneer Log ’s editors.
Wi n n e r : ot h e r
by Kimberly
VanKoten (’10)
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Wi n n e r : La n d s c a p eby Remy Neymarc (’12)
The award for best portfolio also goes to
Remy Neymarc. See
page 10 for more.
Features Editors’ pickby Nicole Oran Pampanin (’11)Sanne’s pickby Emilie Sutherland (’10)
“YANG MIAN STUDIO”“This photo makes me wonder
what is going on that’s making
this little guy so happy, and the
other little guy so sad. Embar -
rassment perhaps.”
- Deanna Horton, features editor
“This photo is deceiving at
first—it seems as if the people
are real but then you realize they
are on a canvas in a studio.”
- Sanne Stienstra, editor in chief“The sunlight is so bright it looks al -
most unreal. I can see how it caught
the judges’ attention.”
- Caitlin McCarthy, arts editor
Ta k e n aT ch iLd r e n o f ch r i s T or p h a n a g e i n ho h o e , gh a naVolume 73, Number 1 Friday, September 12, 2008Photo Contest 10 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
TH A N K Y O U T O A L L O U R G E N E R O U S S P O N S O R S
by Heather Mathewson (’10)PH O T O CO N T E S T CO N T I N U E D F R O M P G 8-9Forum Editors’ pick “HAMISH”
Portland Center Stage
Mother’s BistroBon AppétitLewis & Clark BookstoreReefPor Qué No Taqueria
TH A N K S T O A L L W H O V O T E D !by Remy Neymarc (’12)Photo Editors’ pick
Danny’s pick
by Nicole Oran Pampanin (’11)TA K E N I N T H E HI G H L A N D S O F SC O T L A N D
“I like the layers of the elephants
and just the fact that they are el-
ephants wins me over.”
- Danny Garcia, editor in chiefVolume 73, Number 1 Friday, September 12, 2008 A&E 11 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
get
off
yer
ass Things to get you moving
in and around Portland The fi nal Poetry SLAM• is
this Tuesday, April 21. Each poet gets three minutes and 10 seconds to recite an original piece. The team that went to nationals will be performing some of the work they took fi rst place in one of the rounds with. 7:00 p.m. in the Trail Room.
In honor of the nationwide • Re-
cord Store Day, Jackpot Records
presents a free in-store perfor-mance featuring bang-up locals the Shaky Hands (2:00 p.m.) and Loch Lomond (3:00 p.m.). RSD-themed treats from Voodoo Dough-nuts are rumored. All ages. 203 SW 9th Ave. Philadelphia’s folk rock revivalists Dr.
Dog blazed through the Pacifi c Northwest,
playing shows in Seattle and Portland on T uesday and Wednesday respectively in sup-port of their newest album Fate. Before they
head off to the Coachella festival, we had a chance to speak with lead singer and guitar-ist Scott McMicken.
/T_h e Pioneer Log: Hello Scott, what are you
doing today?Scott McMicken: I got a day off and just sit-
ting around in this hotel room in Seattle, just kind of cleaning my book bag and listening to music and stuff . PL: So are you looking forward to playing Coachella this weekend?SM: I am yeah, I am really looking forward to it. I look forward to playing, and I look forward to just kind of getting sunburned and sweating for three days straight.PL: Who are you most excited to see play?SM: I am going to see Paul McCartney be-cause, you know, it’s Paul McCartney. I don’t know what to expect, I hope it’s like musi-cally exciting but to just kind of see the man would be awesome.PL: Do you like the idea of playing at a huge festival like this, where you maybe lose the intimacy but the overwhelming excitement of it is appealing?SM: It’s something diff erent. It is a lot less in-timate, and everything happens so fast, they kind of like throw you up there and you just play. /T_h ere is so much going on all over the place, the whole kind of focus of the show gets a little scattered. Ultimately I think that makes for some interesting shows too, be-cause it’s so kind of energy-fueled and there’s just a lot more madness surrounding it.PL: Where is your favorite place to play a show in the whole world?SM: I think one of my favorite clubs in the States is in Chicago, it’s called Schubas. We have sort of moved on from playing there cause it’s a pretty small room, I think it holds about 150 people. But we played there prob-ably fi ve or six times since we started tour-ing. It’s just like one of my favorite bars; it’s like this pre-Prohibition era bar. I think it’s actually the oldest or one of the oldest bars Getting deep with Dr. Dog
by Sanne Stienstra // editor in chief/T_h e worldwide phenomenon that is
“Slumdog Millionaire” has not only been
awarded immense critical acclaim, it has also
garnered Indian cinema its due praise. Ironi-
cally, “Slumdog Millionaire” is not the fi rst fi lm to put Bollywood on
the map.
/T_h ere have been fa-
mous Bollywood mov-
ies such as interna-tionally recognized “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” the original “Dostana” and the Oscar-nominated “Lagaan,” along with the emergence of Bollywood personalities making their mark in Western
pop culture, like for-
mer Miss World
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and leading man
Shahrukh Khan.
Lewis & Clark College has introduced a
means for a greater understanding of Indian
Cinema. /T_h e Philosophy Department re-cently introduced a new Exploration & Dis-
covery class called “Bollywood’s Imagination and Impersonation: /T_h e Construction of In-dian Identity in Hindi Cinema” which basi-
cally focuses on the way in which Indian cin-
ema highlights and in some ways constructs the Indian cultural identity. Led by Associate Professor of Philosophy J. M. Fritzman, this
course involves intensive study of the
signifi cance of Indian cinema to the
Indian people, especially as a means
to expressing their culture.
Students look at specifi c as-
pects such as the music, dance
and the social roles discussed
in Indian fi lms. /T_h ey discuss
how these rituals are still explicitly
practiced in modern day India. Stu-
dents are also required to read
texts such as Bollywood: A
Guidebook to Popular Hindi
Cinema by Tejaswi-
ni Gante and the critically acclaimed
book Midnight’s
Children by Salman Rushdie.
Professor Fritzman has shown a variety of
Bollywood fi lms every /T_h ursday nights to his class. /T_h ese showings are regularly attended by the LC community as well as the students in the class. Bollywood fi lm series at LC
by Keletso Maine // staff writer
Int’l tweexcore underground
Despite a paltry at-
tendance leaving the
Wonder Ballroom at just over one third ca-pacity, the Cardiff sep-tet Los Campesinos! managed to create the sweatiest, happiest and most frantic Easter Sun-day that Portland has seen in quite a while.
Labelmates Sky
Larkin opened with a borrowed drums and a jubilant set. Los Campesinos! took the stage almost immedi-ately after. Lead singer Gareth Campesinos walked on stage with three beers and (in)appropriately cheeky stigmata drawn on his hands.
/T_h ey played some old songs and some
new ones, but it’s all relative. /T_h ey released their debut Hold On Now Youngster... in
February 2008, and their follow up We Are
Beautiful, We Are Doomed in Novemeber of the same year.
In between songs, they made time to
compliment Portland on its coff ee, record shops and restaurants, and poke fun at Fleet Foxes, who were playing across the river at the same time.
/T_h ey mixed guitar, glockenspiel, keys
and violin into a scuff ed-up gleeful mess of sound. /T_h e guitars jangled, the drums crashed around and the vocals were some-where between cheerful singalongs and des-perate screes of emotion, but the group was anything but sloppy.
/T_h ey paired their tight keyboard hooks,
guitar riff s and slurries of violin with self-
in Chicago and it just has this incredible
warmth about it. PL: How is performing the new album, Fate,
diff erent than your other records? Does it feel like a natural addition to the band’s rep-ertoire or is it something entirely new?SM: I guess I’d say both, it defi nitely feels like an extension of our band because I think it’s just kind of further developing a lot of the ideas that we’ve always been drawn to in making music. I feel like it’s an extension of where we started but also defi nitely very diff erent because as we play a show and go down the set list, the new songs for me have so much more depth. Not so much in the song writing but in how they’re arranged and how they are played, compared to the old ones which are a lot simpler. All of our mu-sic is pretty simple; we are a pretty simple, formulaic rock band. Within those param-eters set forth by us a band, our new songs are a bit more intricate and so they become
more fun to play live. Also ’cause they’re new
and you haven’t played them 10 thousand
times and they still have a certain spontane-ity about them.PL: Do songs from diff erent albums blend together just as songs on a set list for you or do they remain distinctly a part of an era or album for you?SM: I do sort of view the older songs a little bit diff erently than the newer songs and they do in many ways feel older in the sense that the ideas going into them aren’t really in line with the ideas we put into songs now. At the same rate, wherever we are as a live band, we try to infuse those ideas into the older stuff to kind of bring them up to date. /T_h e main thing is I think we’ve gotten better at playing live music. I feel like in general terms, the harder parts are harder now and the softer parts are softer. I think that we’re kind of growing in our ability to play dynamically. It used to be kind of counted off and it was just all manic energy all the time, because every-
body was so excited. /T_h e more you play the
more you realize you can still maintain that
captivating excitement but have it kind of be mellower and not let your nerves and anxiety ruin the potential for something more gentle
and more beautiful sounding. deprecating lyrical precision and shouty
sing-song vocals. In each song they manage to set heartbreak next to hopefulness, irony next to sincerity.
With its feedback-heavy beginning that
gave way to thumping bass drum, whiplash guitar and tinkling glockenspiel, “You! Me! Dancing!” played out like a summer birth-day.
In contrast, the scratchy synths, teeth-
kicking drum-work and the whelped vocals of “We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed” brought a desperate and manic maturity to the set.
It’s the kind of music that makes you so
happy you feel sadness creeping in. Or may-be it’s the kind of song that makes you scared as shit that you’re going to die, but you’ve de-cided you don’t care anymore—you’re young and the weather is nice.
/T_h ey fi nished with an encore that saw
three of the seven playing from within a small, sweaty, smiling crowd.
Prof. Fritzman brings Indian cinema out west in his E&D class
Los Campesinos! play an encore from the audience.PHOTO FROM JORDANSDAYLIGHTFACTSILLUSTRATION BY KATHRYN MILLERPHOTO FROM ELIZABETH WEINBERG
by Liam O’Connor // arts editor
And, just to keep the fun going, •
Jackpot will host Record Store Day Into Night at the Cleaners (Ace Ho-tel); Mayor Sam Adams to guest DJ. 9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Free, 21+. 403 SW 10th Ave.
Friday, September 12, 2008 A&E 12 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
On
Locke Down
It’s only my second installment, and already I’m
bringing you info from across the country. /T_h is week,
we go on location to Washington, D.C. Our nation’s capital is rich with politicians, bureaucracy, terrible city planning and a special place for interns from Lewis & Clark College. But Washington, D.C. has something else worth noting: free museums and monuments!
Of all the museums we visited, my personal favorite
was the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. /T_h is is the museum you always dreamed up as a little kid with the giant elephant in the main entry and dinosaurs just a couple of steps away. /T_h is museum houses ani-mals, plants, fossils and even the Hope Diamond. As I fought and squeezed my way past the seven year-olds this museum was actually built for, I couldn’t help but feel utter glee and anticipation for what the next room could bring. My favorite exhibit, a temporary one, was the butterfl y pavilion. In this enclosed exhibit visitors are allowed to walk through a jungle of fl owers while over 100 species of butterfl ies fl y around freely. I felt as though I was fl oating in a sea of happiness.
If you too enjoy fi ghting with your brother in pub-
lic and magical places best suited for the youth then
other museums worth noting, besides the Natural
History Museum, would be the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and American History Museum. Un-fortunately, unlike the Natural History Museum, if
you are older than 16 you might not learn anything
new. As I walked through the American History Muse-
um, especially the exhibit on war, I couldn’t help shake the feeling that America is without a doubt the great-est country ever, and I worried it wasn’t actually that
black and white. One thing is for certain: Julia Childs
is amazing, and her kitchen is also on display at the
American History Museum.
Perhaps you like museums, but pride yourself on
your knowledge of art and everything fi ne. Lucky for you, Washington, D.C. has one of the nation’s largest collection of Western paintings in the National Gal-lery of Art. /T_h e art ranged from early 13th century Italian and Spanish paintings to 18th
century French
Impressionism and 20th century American painters as well. It was a safe collection of art, but nonethe-less spectacular to see in one’s lifetime. Be careful when touring around, though, because I actually managed to lose my family for 45 minutes—another testament to my immaturity.
If you get that prestigious internship in Washing-
ton D.C. this summer you will know how to spend your unearned dollars—in these awesome museums! Of course, the monuments were also an experience. Visiting the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Nation-al Cemetery almost put a tear in my eye. But here’s something no one is going to tell you except for me: skip the White House. I waited outside for a very long time and not once did I see Barack Obama, let alone convince him to marry me; a complete waste of time. I don’t want you to feel as foolish, so ditch the White House and go play with some butterfl ies. KLC’s Sunburn took Stamm by storm
Lewis & Clark’s Wind Symphony played
their end-of-semester concert last Easter af-ternoon in Evans Auditorium. /T_h e concert was the fi nal performance by the Wind Sym-phony this year. /T_h e Symphony, under the direction of conductor David Becker, played seven pieces that showed both the variety of musical styles and a number of student solo-ists. Musical styles ranged from a full, multi-movement symphony, to a two-movement concerto, to a contemporary piece about baseball.
/T_h e Symphony has over 50 members,
most of whom are LC students, but there are also faculty members, community members and students from Reed College who just play for fun. /T_h e Wind Symphony rehearses as a whole group weekly and also involves students committing to weekly rehearsals with their individual sections. Carmen brought to life by LC’s Wind Symphony
by Reed Kelly // staff writer/T_h is year’s unburn was the largest Lewis &
Clark has ever seen; never before have there
been so many bands on this campus at once.
With two stages playing music simultane-ously for much of the day, a hip-hop stage
and an indie/rock stage, there was something
for just about everyone.
/T_h e event was pulled off very well, with-
out many hitches; overall KLC did a great
job organizing the chaos of indie and hip-
hop bands and their temperamental mem-
bers.
AU, a local experimental band was one of
Sunburn’s highlights. A band consisting of a
drummer and a keyboard/synthesizer player,
who served double duty handling bizarre
samples and beats that were pre-recorded put
on a heartfelt and spirited show.
/T_h e music was very dissonant and airy; a
nice departure from the vampy indie bands that often time get heard the most. /T_h e
band members Luke Wyland and Dana Va-
latka, gave the music time to sit, and didn’t
let the ambience created by all the space get
cluttered by busy samples or intricate drum
beats, very Miles Davis.
It was amazing that with so many mu-
sicians on the campus at once, only one of
them got kicked off campus for being intoxi-cated. It led to the angry departure of Psy-
chedelic Horseshit, and friend of the excom-
municated band member, even though they
had already been paid to play their show.
/T_h at was a disappointment for many con-
certgoers; everyone was treated to the Da-
daist-women rockers Cindergarden, Haley
Ross (’12) and Lauren Fischer (’12), in PH’s
place. While it was disappointing not hav-ing PH play, it was nice to see some yokels playing their hearts out in front of a bigger audience than can be rounded up for most Co-Op events. /T_h ey screamed their hearts out and soothed the upset audience and got them ready and psyched for the tour-de-force that was Pierced Arrows.
Opposed to last week’s semi-cynical blurb
on the merits of washed-up looking musi-cians playing music straight from the “gold-en” age of rock n’ roll, sex and drugs includ-ed, Pierced Arrows turned out to be a little
awesome. /T_h ey were the fi nal band playing
on the stage in Stamm, and it was defi nitely
worth the wait.
By the time they had walked out on stage
and started to play their fi rst song, ’80s rock
was pretty much all that should have been
Symphony can be taken for academic
credit and many members of the Wind Sym-
phony continue to play for multiple semes-ters to fulfi ll the LC General Education re-quirement. A few members of the Wind Symphony are music majors, but many are not.
Even though the sympho-
ny rehearses every week, many members dedi-cate hours a week to practice. /T_h is semester’s extra practice paid off for music major Jessica Doehne (’09), the fl ute soloist in Cécile Chaminade’s Concertino. She played in
front of the rest of the symphony and oc-casionally was the only person playing. /T_h e Carmen Symphony, by Georges Bizet and José Serebrier, had a total of 12 movements and was the longest piece in the concert. /T_h e Carmen
Symphony featured Rachel Young (’11) on multiple pic-colo solos.
Audience member Ben
Tapscott (’11) en-
joyed the concert
not because of the music, but because “it was pret-
ty sweet to watch one of my friends play a metal solo.” Frigyes Hidas Concerto Semplice
featured soloist faculty member Dunja Jen-nings on bass clarinet. /T_h e audience was also treated to guest conductor Robert Nicholas, who conducted Pastime: A Salute to Base-
ball. Audience member Julian Boshard (’12) said he particularly enjoyed “Bacchus on Blue Ridge…because it was about a wine-drinking Roman god.”
Anyone who is interested in playing the
Wind Symphony next year can sign up for the one-credit class. Alternatively, musicians can also play in the LC Orchestra or in one of the many small group ensembles that rehearses reg-ularly./T_h e second in a new column exploring the
sassy, saucy and sketchy corners of A&E.with Stephanie Locke
with Stephanie Locke
Even though the sympho-
ny rehearses every week,
many members dedi-
cate hours a week
major Jessica Doehne
(’09), the fl ute soloist in Cécile
Concertino
. She played in
front of the rest of the symphony and oc-
casionally was the only person playing. /T_h e
joyed the concert
not because of the music,
heard that late at night on a
Saturday. /T_h e over the hill singer/guitarist and sing-er/bassist both played and sang with ferocity, amping the inebriated crowd up, while the drummer, a much younger gentleman, rocked the hell out of his kit. He was quick and loud, and to-tally looked the 80’s rock/punk part. /T_h eir set let out the animal energy that many of the more indie endeavors did not, it was a refreshing change of pace.
/T_h e only other downside
of Sunburn was the overzeal-ous Securitas offi cers that were hired for the event. Many concertgoers were turned away or booted from the venues for drunkenness and the likes, some were has-sled, etc. While the school may view the hiring of these extra offi cers as a necessary evil, it was somewhat of a killjoy to have friends booted from venues or not even let in for various reasons.
All in all however, KLC/
LCMC did a wonderful job organizing Sunburn, it was quite a task and they proved that they were the right peo-ple for the job once again, bringing good vibes and mu-sic for the campus to enjoy.by Tony Pelton // copy editor
ILLUSTRATION BY ROB MCCORMACK
From noon to midnight, Sunburn kept Stamm humming. Be-
low: LC band Cindergarten—pictured at last Friday’s Sunburn kick-off at the Co-Op—fi lled in for Psychedelic Horseshit, who left after an inebriated member was forced to leave.
PHOTO COURTESY HANNA DOOLEYPHOTO FROM KLCRADIO.NETLast Saturday saw an endless variety of bands and a surprisingly low number of mishaps ILLUSTRATION BY ROB MCCORMACKSports 13 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
As spring imposes itself playfully here in the Northwest,
with days of spotty sunshine and frolicking barefoot stu-
dents, not all the lightless in the air
inspires fresh beginnings. For base-
ball players, the end is near as the season is coming to a close. For fi ve Pioneer seniors, their days on play-ing ball on the old dusty diamond at Huston Sports Complex with their fellow classmates are num-bered.
Sentiments ran high last Satur-
day as the Lewis & Clark baseball team honored its fi ve departing seniors prior to a double-header defeat against Linfi eld. Fourth year varsity players A.J. Brown (’09), Neal Finch (’09) and Evan Fairmont (’09) were among the honored for their long time dedication and devoted play for the Pios, along with two-year letter winner Seniors play rocky season but promise strong fi nish
by Haley Brill // sports editorAs a season of ups and downs wraps up, LC baseball team bids farewell to seniors and hopes for a turn around in game play.
Jordan Wlodarczyk (’09) and transfer Colin Dietz (’09).
It was an unfortunate memorial game for the Pios seniors
as the Linfi eld Wildcats’ determination to win was evident
from the start of the fi rst inning of the fi rst game scoring
two runs. /T_h ey maintained the
early lead throughout both games despite the Pios’ best eff orts at se-curing three runs in the fi rst game off of three hits and an RBI sacri-
fi ce in game two. At the end of the
day the scores came in 8-3 and 4-1
against the Pios.
On T uesday, the baseball team
went up against the Pacifi c Lu-
theran Lutes in a long afternoon of play where “home runs
were the name of the game,” said the Pios Athletics’ website.
Unfortunately, the Pios played no part in the rally with the Lutes who hit all fi ve homeruns of the day.
Final scores came in at 3-2 and 13-0, leaving the Pios 7-23
overall, slipping to 7-18 in conference play.
With what appears to be an unfufi lling ending to the last
season for the LC seniors, the guys are hoping to walk away
proud with some late in the season victories. /T_h is year’s grad-
uating player Wlodarczyk provide some insight to this sea-son’s play which undoubtedly “had its ups and downs” but, he reassures, “we are in the process of playing some really great baseball.”
Overall, playing ball for LC, “has been a great experience
for me because it has given me a way to stay in shape and learn to budget my time,” he said. Wlodarczyk will defi nitely continue to play in wood bat leagues, but not until he gets into medical school.
One of the last chances to see the Pios in action comes
this weekend with two doubleheaders against Pacifi c in nine and seven inning games.
Wlodarczyk cringes at the task, jokingly saying, “I can feel
myself getting tired at the fourth game of back to back dou-ble headers. I’m getting old.”
From left: Seniors Colin Dietz, A.J. Brown, Neal Finch, Evan Fairmont and Jordan Wlodarczyk commiserate in their mug shots one last time.PHOTO FROM LC ATHLETICS
/T_h is week ESPN columnist Bill Simmons called Greg
Oden a “foul machine” and insisted that Blazer’s fans must
start to accept that the organization made the wrong choice when it chose Oden over Kevin Durant in the NBA draft two years ago. Before the draft, no one was questioning this choice. Even Simmons himself said that Oden was the un-questioned number one choice in an article he wrote in the spring of 2007 while Oden was fi nishing his freshman year at Ohio State. Now many experts, including Simons, have switched sides completely and insist that Portland made a huge mistake in not drafting Durant. Statistically speaking Durant is way better, but I sup-ported drafting Oden in 2007 and stand by him now.
Durant’s numbers this year
have been absurd. He is averag-ing 25 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3 as-sists and a steal. /T_h e kid is great. No doubt. And on paper his stats look way better than Greg’s 9 points, 7 rebounds and a blocked shot. But what the Blazers saw in Oden in 2007 was a defensive and rebounding presence that could come in and contribute right away as his off ensive game developed. All and all, that’s ex-actly what they’re getting.
At the time of the draft the
Blazers needed size and depth in the frontcourt, not a skinny wing player who lacks skills on the defensive end of the fl oor. Last time I checked they already have T ravis Outlaw and will have Martell Webster next year. So I think they are pretty much full in the swingman with limited defensive prowess who likes to shoot category. Granted Du-rant is way better than Outlaw and Webster. His numbers are even better than those two guys’ stats combined. I’m not taking anything away from his game, he just wasn’t the right pick in 2007 no matter how you look at it.
One of the main things that has limited Oden is the amount of time he has missed. He hasn’t played a full season since he graduated high school and is still a full season behind Durant as far as NBA experience is concerned. If, and that might be a big if, Oden can stay healthy, he has all the po-tential to become one of the dominant big men in the NBA. Looking at Oden in comparison with Orlando Magic’s Cen-ter Dwight Howard suggests that G.O. might not be too far away from being an All Star caliber player. Howard averaged 12 points and 10 boards in his rookie season playing 32 min-utes a night. Greg’s numbers are only slightly worse and he averages 10 less minutes a game. Something tells me that if Greg was on the court 30% more each night he would fi nd a
way to get three more points and one more rebound. In his fi fth year Howard is now one of the most dominating interior players in the league. In fi ve years we just might be saying the same thing about Greg.
Another misleading issue
when comparing Durant and Oden is how they function in the off ense. Durant is the focal point of his team’s off ense and by virtue takes a lot more shots than Greg. Oden, who started for the part of the season, comes off the bench and is at best the second option when he is on the fl oor, is not the third or fourth. Oden’s off ensive numbers are worse because he is
asked to do less. If Durant were in Portland and asked to play a more limited roll his inability to defend or eff ectively share the
ball would be glaring weaknesses.
Right now Durant is unquestionably the better player,
there is no denying that. But in time Oden will prove his doubters wrong, his learning curve just happens to be a bit steeper. Oden was the right man for the job two years ago and he’s the right man for the job now. Hopefully Kevin Durant enjoys watching Oden in the playoff s while he is at home on his couch.
Is Portland with the wrong man?
by Michael G. Richman // staff writerSports Talk:
Baseball
Grand Slam: Just $4.99 at Den-
ny’s. And when a batter hits a
home run with bases loaded. Sim-
ply put, a clearing of bases.
Infi eld Fly Rule: Probably
the most confusing rule in the game, identifi ed when the ump calls “you’re out” while the ball is still fl ying up-ward. Ask one of the boys in the pics above, or Wiki it.“The Great Bambino”: The Sul-
tan of Swat! The King of Crash!
The Colossus of Clout! Babe
Ruth baby, the nickname born
along with the curse after the
Red Socks lost the lucky trophy
played to the Yankees and thus
lost their will to win for 86 years.Double-header: The tragic byproduct of too much dope in a player’s body, contributing an extra appendage in the shape of an undeveloped little head growing off the side of the torso. Joke. Its back-to-back games played, two usually.
“Hit through the Hole”: Instruction for the batter to skillfully hit the ball through the gaps in the infi eld, typi-cally a ball between shortstop and third base into left fi eld plays out as a safe single.
PHOTO FROM WORLDPRESS.COMSome claim grabbing Oden from the goody bag of bball players has proven not so sweet.
Turn that frown upside down! Get off the
bench Oden and prove your worth.“/T_h is season had its ups and downs but we are in the process of playing some re-ally great baseball.” - Jordan Wlodarczyk (’09)from the start of the fi rst inning of the fi rst game scoring Sports 14 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
Baseball
4/10
Linfield (DH)..........(W) 12-5 Game Two...............(W) 9-6
4/11
Linfield (DH)..............(L) 8-3Game Two.................(L) 4-1
4/14
Pacific Lutheran (DH)(L)3-2Game Two................(L)13-0
Confernece Record: 7-18
Softball
4/10
Whitworth(DH).........(L) 8-4Game Two.................(L) 6-3

4/11Whitworth(DH)........(L)15-2 Game Two.................(L) 9-4
Conference Record: 1-21
Track & Field
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Pacific Lu’au @ PacificIt’s no secret now that Barack Obama is an avid sports fan.
President Obama has endorsed many sporting events, includ-
ing picking his NCAA men’s basketball bracket on ESPN and the station running segments titled, “Barack-etology.” Presi-dent Obama also ran an ad on Monday Night Foot-ball. He has his own design of Air Force Ones, and picked the “best basketball-playing Cab-inet in American history.” Most recently he has supported the bid by Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics and is now lending a hand in bring-ing the World Cup back to the U.S. in either 2018 or 2022 by writing a letter to FIFA president, Jo-seph Blatter.
Not everyone
supports President Obama’s sport-ing opinions. Some com-plain that he is wasting his time in talking about sports when the American economy is in a tailspin. But to the avid sports fan, this may be a Barack Obama: President of the
United Sports of America
dream come true. America is after all, a nation full of sports fans. /T_h e most popular event on televi-sion is the Super Bowl. America’s pastime is inargu-ably baseball. And even though, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, obe-sity is on the rise because people are inactive, it is not contested that people in America love to watch
sports. So shouldn’t our leader refl ect our inter-
ests? What other president has been so tuned
into the athletic
culture in Amer-
ica? /T_h ere was
Teddy Roosevelt
who played
tennis, Nixon
bowled, Ford was
a football player and
the Bushes had their hand
in baseball; but no one has as
much fan potential as President
Obama.
I like that President Obama
is into sports. I like to imagine
that after a tough day he sits down
in his La-Z-Boy, drinks a cold
one and watches the game. It makes him seem like a true
American, well that and his
dog named Bo. Mr. President & his athletic support: a waste of time or a true American attribute?
by Nichole Carnell // sports editorWhen we talk about people as being “cancerous” in the
sporting world, those fi gures, whether they are athletes, coaches, general managers, etc, are the types that arrive
in a new locale and inevitably bring even an already lowly
franchise to a new low. Recall the history of Stephon Mar-
bury, a talented but egotistical distraction of a point guard
that sequentially plagued Minnesota, Phoenix, New Jer-
sey and then New York with his antics both on and off the
court. /T_h ere is a reason it took nearly half a year for the
self -proclaimed “best point guard in the league” to land
a team this year. Other athletes of similar stature include
the hall of fame bound but practice-phobic Allen Iverson,
formidable but villainous
catcher AJ Pierzynski,
and club hopping, hoe-
grinding but “oh so sor-
ry” cornerback Pacman
Jones.
Perhaps the king of
them all, the man with
the power to turn any
franchise from respect-
able to laughing-stock,
is Isiah /T_h omas. If Mar-
bury, Iverson, Pierzyn-ski and Jones are cancers,
/T_h omas is the terminal
spider bite that causes
fl esh eating diseases, the
plague, black lung and meningitis the minute
he cashes in his signing
bonus. Everything King
Midas touched turned
to gold. For the last decade everything King /T_h omas has touched has been swarmed by fl ies and vultures by the
time he gets the axe. For these reasons, Florida Interna-
tional University’s signing of /T_h omas as the brand new
head coach of their men’s basketball program is not only
puzzling, but reeks of self-sabotage.
While his playing days were certainly distinguished,
and topped off by back to back championships to close
the 1980s, it is not to be forgotten that he helmed a De-
troit team known as the Bad Boys for a reason. With his
unattractive disposition on full display, /T_h omas has gone
onto make a fool of himself wherever he has landed since
his offi cial playing days ended. As vice president of the expansion Toronto Raptors from 1994-1998, /T_h omas’ team won just 30 percent of its games
before Isiah lost his job over a dispute with high-
er management. His next endeavor, as owner of the Continental Basketball Association, ended in utter failure as the 55-year-old league went bankrupt two years after his purchase of it.
/T_h omas’ fi rst head coaching gig was with the
Indiana Pacers starting at the turn of the mil-lennium. While not a colossal disaster, his fi ring came after three years of mediocrity. Finally, as if his legacy as the pancreatitis of professional bas-ketball management was not already solidifi ed,
/T_h omas began a
stint with the New York Knicks in 2003 that ultimate-ly included sexual harassment cases, a drug overdose that was blamed on his teenage daughter, extensive internal arguments, zero playoff appearanc-es, and constant Madison Square Garden chants of “Fire Isiah.”
If his track re-
cord doesn’t speak for itself, I don’t
know what does. Understandably, Florida Interna-
tional’s recent sub-.500 seasons were more than enough to call for a regime change, but /T_h omas certainly wasn’t the name that appeared on many people’s list as a top candidate. Adding to the puz-zling nature of the selection is the fact that many proven coaches fi nd themselves without work at the moment. Word has it that Bob Knight is itching to get back on the bench, former Seton Hall “Coach of the Century” PJ Carlesimo is currently collecting social security, and proven NBA talent Eric Musselman has expressed inter-est in joining the college ranks. Point proven, the glaring question is: Why, FIU, why? /T_h e Bourne Sports Report
by Jacob Bourne // staff writerWill the disease that is Isiah Thomas bring destruction to Florida International?
Good player turned despised coach Isiah Thomas. PHOTO FROM SPORTS.POPCRUNCH.COM
ILLUSTRATION BY KATHRYN MILLER/T_h e Marquis de Sade
T otsBy Edgar Grudlicter
/T_h is series, the author
and the publishing company all went bankrupt almost immediately after this novel came out. Ostensibly written to promote understand-ing and acceptance of
the BDSM lifestyle, it is considered a complete failure. /T_h e plot follows six friends who /f_i nd a magical talisman that allows them to derive intense pleasure from giving and receiving pain, and eventually try and explain their lifestyle to their non-magic friends. In one memorable scene, two children are playing, and when one of them accidentally gets hurt, though he enjoys it:“I’m so sorry I kicked you, Jerry!”“You don’t have to apologize, Sue. Just do it again, and call me by my gimp name, Wilber.” “Ok! What’s a gimp name, Gilbert?”“It the name you call someone when you’re their special hitting and hurting friend.”“Why do you want a friend for that?”“Some people have the magic of the talisman inside them, and it traps all your good feeling in pain, so a friend has to get them out.”Comrade EnnuiBy Gven Sleptitoff
/T_h e basic premise is
that a group of 12-14 year old kids travel into the future in order to wrench their 26-28 year old selves out of desper-ate boredom and crip-pling existential angst. /T_h e backdrop of Soviet Russia only adds to the
confusion, and places in a historical context that many children will have trouble relating to:
“Come on, old Tony! You don’t have to sit here
moping all day about how death with nullify all the choices you’ve made it life. Wouldn’t you rather come out into the snow and give and take equally from the fun we are having?”
“Oh, I don’t know, little me. I feel like I’m
trapped in a novel that nobody wants to write, waiting for some drive or motivation to push me to do something great. All my friends have great jobs and plans, they’re living the great capitalist lie and enjoying every minute of it, while I just have my disillusionment and one-dimensional personality. If only I had devoted myself to the rightous cause of socialism, I would be free from these worries.”
“What? Uh...play with us?”
Volume 73, Number 1 Friday, September 12, 2008Nearly Backdoor 15 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
Nearly Backdoor
You Caught My Eye /T_h e Top Ten
Methods of Birth Control

10. Saran wrap 9. Homosexuality8. Prayer/God7. Other people’s kids6. Rumpelstiltskin5. Luck4. Floating3. Abstinence2. Living in Stewart1. Reverse psychology
Inside the issue:• God asks Jesus to stop giving crazy people private sermons.
Pg. 01• As poverty be-comes common-place, hipsters adopt bourgeoisie lifestyle.
Pg. 09Please e-mail your“You Caught My Eye” to Piolog@lclark.eduILLUSTRATION BY BRAD JONAS
/T_h e Stepdad War ChroniclesBy Andrew Merrill
It begins when Kevin
Flynn and his mother move in with her new husband, Steve, who immediately sends Kevin to Closetania, an otherworld kingdom so he can have Kevin’s mom all to himself.
/T_h e series is most amusing when the veil of fantasy is the thinnest, though these moments are also likely the most alienating for children:
“Kevin summoned voices with the Crescent
of Invisible Voices by pressing a series of mystic runes. A voice boomed from the crescent, ask-ing for his address and complaint. Kevin looked back at Danny and Susan for courage, and then shouted back ‘/T_h e stepdad king keeps hitting me, and makes my mom make weird noises and I’m scared.’ He waited for a response from the voices of the mysterious Policia, but none came. “I know!,” Kevin shouted. “We have to get the potion of puberty to give us the strength to battle the Stepdad King. Only then will we be able to dethrone him.”
Kevin mounted his faithful steed Emancipator,
and set his course for Adolescencia.”
Children’s Series that Never Got Off the Ground
• CIA reconsiders T witter integration.
Pg. 34
You: All-girl band that practices in Tamarack, you caught my ear.Me: And now it’s bleeding.Me: Warm from that spicy chili.You: About to get laid.
You: In Ben Bateman’s poetry class.Marry: Me.You: Wilco’s biggest fan.Me: Cindergarten’s biggest fan.
You: Big Bald Bon Guy.
Me: Enough said.You: Corbin’s Katie.Me: Not Corbin.
You: Yvonne Charlotte.
Me: CAN I GET YO’ NUMBAH!?You: Couldn’t be shaggier.Me: Wanna shag me...er?Gertrude,Here’s to the nights you crushed the
tonnage of MY consciousness.
--Alice
You: James MalinMe: Howard 304
T u: Nueva amiga.Mi: T ú nuevo amigo mejor!Photo Contest 16 the Pioneer Log, April 17, 2009
Sports Editors’ pickNews Editors’ pickBackdoor Editor’s pickby Emily Long (’10)
by Rhys Ringwald (’12)by Kit Shields (’10)
“It’s easy to take a beautiful
picture of the Lewis & Clark
campus but it’s difficult to
take one that makes you feel
like you’re there.”
- Tom Meath and Angela
Webber, news editors
Arts Editors’ pick
by Stacy Brownhill (’09)Ta k e n i n Ba r c e l o n a , Sp a i n“I like the kicks, but I love the dog.”
- Nichole Carnell, sports editorph oTo c o n TeS T co nT’d f r o m p g 8-10