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2009-10-02

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Volume 74, Number 8 Friday, October 30, 2009 Have a spooky weekend.
LC gets C+ for sustainabilityChapel addition planned
by Garik AsplundA $3 million donation will fund the building of a new Chapel pavilion.
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At the end of this year, a new $3 mil-
lion multi-use pavilion will be added to the
southeast entrance of the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. Another $600,000 worth of reno-vations will be made to the existing Chapel, including /f_i rst-/f_l oor bathrooms, handicap access, better lighting and acoustic enhance-ments.
When the Chapel was built in 1969, the
plans called for attachments to the main building. /T_h e College, however, did not have the funds at the time to construct these buildings, and the plans have laid idle ever since. /T_h at changed when Glenn Gregg (’55) approached the school with intentions of revamping the project after his wife, Diane Gregg (’57), died of cancer in late 2007. Mr. Gregg announced his intentions at his wife’s funeral, which took place at Flanagan Cha-pel, to dedicate the pavilion in her honor.
Last December, Mr. Gregg passed away
and bequeathed $1.5 million to Lewis & Clark for the explicit purpose of funding the Diane Gregg Memorial Pavilion. Mr. Gregg, who majored in political science at the College, went on to serve the LC com-munity for well over four decades in vari-ous positions, including vice president for development, vice president for /f_i nance and senior investment offi cer. While serving the school, he had an offi ce in lower Flanagan, and maintained a fascination with architec-ture. /T_h roughout his career, Gregg actively volunteered his time for both the College and Portland, helping establish T ryon Creek State Park and various bike paths.
Gregg’s bequest had stipulations requir-
ing ground to be broken by July 1, 2011, otherwise the funds would revert back to his estate. A late stream of funding was contin-Salary increases approved
by Lee Yang
After remaining frozen for the /f_i rst two
months of the semester, salary increases for
Lewis & Clark faculty and staff were ap-
proved at a Board of T rustees meeting on
October 16. LC College of Arts and Sciences
and Graduate School faculty, exempt staff
and Common Services exempt staff will see
a three percent salary increase beginning No-
vember 1.
According to Associate Vice President
for Finance George Battistel, LC faculty and staff are normally given a salary increase ev-
ery year to adjust for in/f_l ation, but a decision
was made this year to delay the increase until
enrollment was in place and /f_i nancial aid was
allotted for all three schools.
/T_h is hold came during the nation’s worst
economic recession since the Great Depres-
sion. /T_h e decline of the stock market has
hurt LC’s endowment, which provides /f_i nan-
cial aid to the undergraduates.
“I think it’s fair to say that they didn’t
want to overspend,” said Susan Glosser, as-sociate professor of history and chair of the
CAS Budget Advisory Committee. “You
don’t always know what the enrollment is
going to be.”
/T_h e board was then presented with three choices: to of-
fer no increase, to enact a retroactive 3% in-crease, or to delay the increase.
/T_h e option of implementing no increase
proved unpopular. According to Glosser, the LC faculty is among the lowest paid in Or-egon, and annual salary increases are a way for the College to correct that.
Instead, the Executive Council and the
Finance Committee were overwhelmingly in favor of delaying the increase to Novem-ber 1st in their recommendations, which were subsequently adopted. /T_h is act, Bat-tistel said, has saved the school a signi/f_i cant amount.
Battistel said that the administration has
the students’ best interests at heart. “For the CAS in particular, we are very aware of the net increase in the tuition (minus /f_i nancial aid), and how diffi cult it is to keep up with the increases,” he said.
“/T_h e actual [salary] increases are small,”
said Glosser, “so I don’t think students have anything to worry about. /T_h e College is in-
terested in keeping the tu-
ition low, and aside from
the usual increase to keep
up with in/f_l ation,
there won’t be any
additional /f_i -
nancial chang-es in terms of
tuition and
fees.”
At the mo-
ment, projec-
tions for next
year’s tuition and
fees are unavailable.
Battistel said that the
Board is currently in
the early stages of budget-
ing, and /f_i gures will likely
be available sometime in late
December or early January.
Lewis & Clark was recently given an
overall rating of C+ on the College Sustain-ability Report Card put out by the Sustain-able Endowment Institute.
“It’s disappointing. Since we’re a school
that supports sustainability so much, it surprises me that we aren’t as sustainable as we might like to appear,” said Elizabeth Songvilay (’10).
“It’s embarrassing for the College since
we put such an emphasis on sustainability,” said ASLC President Brad Elkins (’10).
Alumnus Jeff ery Hensley (’94) wrote to
the Pioneer Log upon hearing about the re-
port. “As an alumnus I am shocked that Lew-is & Clark College received an overall grade of ‘C’ on its Green Reportcard ... this is not the L&C from which I graduated. /T_h is can-not be good for public relations for a school that prides itself on environmentalism,” he wrote.
LC, along with 300 colleges in the U.S.
and Canada, was graded in 10 categories. /T_h e school received its highest grades, As, in climate change & energy, green building and transportation. According to the Report Card website, greenreportcard.org, “/T_h e [Lewis & Clark] campus has reduced emis-sions by four percent since 2006. /T_h e college has a solar array and purchases renewable energy credits to off set approximately one quarter of its electricity. Lighting retro/f_i ts have been completed, and a building meter-ing project is underway.”
LC received its lowest grades, Fs, in en-
dowment transparency and shareholder en-gagement, since there was “no known poli-cy of disclosure of endowment holdings or its shareholder voting record,” and LC “has not made any public statements about active ownership or a proxy voting policy.”
While these topics may seem unrelated to
“greenness,” the Institute’s website writes that “the Report Card’s grading system seeks to encourage sustainability as a priority in col-lege operations and endowment investment practices,” in addition to on-the-ground ac-tion like recycling and subsidized bus passes.
LC received C grades in “investment pri-
orities” and “administration,” and Bs in Stu-dent Involvement and Food & Recycling.
Environmental Studies Director, Jim
Proctor, sees numerous /f_l aws with the grad-ing system, including an “unclear” de/f_i nition of the term “sustainability” itself, and prob-lems with the measures used. According to the Institute’s website, it examines sustain-
Continued on pg. 2, REPORT CARDgent upon /f_i nal approval of the project this month. /T_h e plans were approved on October 6 by the Building and Grounds Commit-tee and again on October 15 by the Finance Committee. Remaining funds were raised at this month’s Board of T rustees meeting to ful/f_i ll the project’s $3.6 million budget. /T_h ese unique circumstances led to the quick pace of the project, which has caught stu-dents by surprise.
“Where’s the forum? When did they ask
us?” said Lindsay Millichap (’10).
‘’I don’t think it was very transparent of
the school doing this without the input of the faculty or the students,’’ said Carrie An-derson (’10).
Other student concerns involve environ-
mental impacts, speci/f_i cally the felling of some of the oldest Douglas /f_i rs on campus.
“Our whole campus used to be covered in
Doug /f_i rs, and these are some of the oldest on campus,’’ said Anderson, who said that the trees are over 100 years old. “Being on an environmental campus, you have to question our priorities...to accomodate a chapel very few people have ever set foot in.”
“It’s our duty to protect old growth trees
on our campus,’’ said Millichap.
Walsh Construction has reassured the
school that removed trees will be integrated into the building as /f_i nishing and support beams. /T_h is plan does not satisfy some stu-dents. “I think that’s an interesting idea, but I still feel like they’re cutting the heritage of our institution,’’ said Millichap.
Other architectural features include nu-
merous windows to provide a light, wel-coming atmosphere. Mark Duntley, Dean of the Chapel, and others have cooperated with Boora Architects of Portland to /f_i nal-ize plans. Duntley has worked to ensure that
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Chapel to receive addition
Continued from pg. 1, CHAPELSince Fall Break, the Student Health Ser-
vice has received an increased number of re-
ports of /f_l u-like illnesses. Prior to Fall Break,
the average number of illnesses reported per day was between three and six instances, but
the current average has jumped to about
nine reported instances per day. One day saw as many as 25 cases reported.
“At this point, the majority of these cases
are mild and students are recovering well,”
Associate Director of Health Promotion and
Wellness Melissa Osmond said in an e-mail.
“We also have reports that some students are
self-isolating and managing their symptoms
without notifying the Health Service.”
Because 98 percent of /f_l u viruses pres-
ent in the United States are H1N1, the Stu-
dent Health Service is assuming that any
student with /f_l u-like symptoms has H1N1.
Additionally, the seasonal /f_l u has not begun
spreading yet either. “Seasonal /f_l u usually
comes on the scene in late November to early
December,” Osmond said.
According to Health Service records, no
students have been admitted to a hospital for by Sanne Stienstra treatment and the number of students who went to the hospital but were not admitted
may be “relatively few,” Osmond said.
“Admittance to a hospital would require
severe symptoms that don’t subside quickly
with treatment,” Osmond said, “especially if there are underlying medical conditions like
respiratory illness, compromised immune
systems, pregnancy, diabetes, heart disease,
kidney or liver problems and cancer.”
Consistent with the rest of the country,
shipments of the H1N1 vaccine are proving
diffi cult to obtain in this area and the Mult-
nomah County Health Department has re-
ceived just six percent of its order.
“/T_h ey tell us that it may be mid to late November before the Health Service will receive any H1N1 vaccines,” Osmond said.
“As soon as we have doses of the H1N1 vac-
cine, we will be notifying the LC community
via e-mail and posting the information on
the Student Health Service website and the Source.”
While priority for vaccination goes to
pregnant women and children under /f_i ve
years of age, students under 24 are being en-
couraged to get the vaccine as soon as it be-
comes available. Osmond said that students
with off -campus health care providers might
be able to get the vaccine that way.
Currently Student Health Service staff are
seeing ill students and determining whether they should seek additional attention from a
medical provider. /T_h is reduces “the chances
that contagious students will be unnecessar-
ily circulating on campus,” Osmond said.
Anyone who experiences sudden dizzi-
ness, confusion, vomiting, chest or abdomen
pains, diffi culty breathing or shortness of breath are being encouraged to call the Stu-
dent Health Service immediately.
/T_h e Student Health Service phone number
is (503) 768-7165.“...it may be mid to late
November before the
Health Service will receive any H1N1 vaccines,” Me-lissa Osmond said.
“this addition will not be a showcase, but will
add functionality to the Chapel.”
With a seating capacity of over 600, the
Chapel can be intimidating when small concerts or meetings take place. /T_h e Diane Gregg Memorial Pavilion will have room to seat approximately 120 people, but the /f_l oor space will remain open when seating is not required. Andrew Foote (’10), a leader of the student worship group Koinonia, said the pavilion “will provide a better, more intimate setting for groups of our size.” /T_h e pavilion will be a secular building with no cross on the top spire. Gregg made it clear that the pavilion should not be used by one depart-ment, but serve many uses./uni00A0
Many departments were contacted
during the planning process according to Vice President for Business and Finance and T reasurer Carl Vance. /T_h e music department and theatre department, in particular, expressed interest in the im-provements to the Chapel. /T_h e stage will be extended to accommodate larger per-formances and a canopy re/f_l ector speci/f_i -cally designed to amplify vocal and in-strumental acoustics will be hung from the rafters above the stage.
In regards to a new performance cen-
ter, Vance said, “/T_h e Flanagan improve-ments are a way to do something sooner rather than later.” Many recitals and lec-tures already take place at the Chapel be-cause of its amenable acoustics and seat-ing. SAAB Chair Alex Rihm (’10) hopes that the new space will help the chapel become a “more active part of the cam-pus.”
/T_h e Chapel renovations and con-
struction of the pavilion are slated to be-gin in June and will take approximately one year.ability de/f_i ned as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
Proctor proposed instead that this usage
of “sustainability” is more akin to “stability.” However, Proctor argued, if we’re working to live in balance with the environment, stabil-ity is not an eff ective measure by which to judge the school’s eff orts to reduce its envi-ronmental impact.
“/T_h ere will never be ten simple things you
can do for sustainability,” said Proctor, refer-ring to the measures on the report card./uni00A0“Do you think there could be ten simple things you can do for peace?”/uni00A0
Local and often “comparable” institu-
tions Reed College and the University of Puget Sound also received a grade of C+ from the Institute, and Willamette Univer-sity received a B.
LC gets
green grade
Continued from pg. 1, REPORT CARD
/T_h e article titled “/T_h e ‘network-
ing’ word” in last week’s paper incor-
rectly identi/f_i ed the President of the LC Board of Alumni. Amelia Wilcox (’81) is the President of the Board. /T_h e
Pioneer Log regrets the error.CORRECTIONEnvironmental Studies address ‘good life’
by Caitlin Piserchia
Lewis & Clark held its 12th Annual Sym-
posium on Environmental Aff airs this week,
another installment in the ongoing struggle
to understand environment-related issues.
/T_h e theme this year was “Reimagining
the Good Life,” which Professor Jim Procter, director of the Environmental Studies de-
partment, explained as a necessary shift from
the overwhelming focus on the negative in
environmental discussions.
Dr. Riane Eisler, author of /T_h e Chalice
and the Blade and /T_h e Real Wealth of Nations,
gave the keynote address T uesday night. Ac-
cording to Dr. Eisler, the signs of a suff ering
planet are symptoms of deeper dysfunction,
the prominence of domination in our soci-
ety. She argued that people need to take a
“systemic approach” to environmental issues.
/T_h e symposium included six panels;
“Whose Good Life?” featured Jill Fuglister,
co-director of Coalition for a Livable Future, Dr. Eisler and LC Professor of Philosophy Jay Odenbaugh.
All panelists agreed on the inherent con-
nection between human and environmental issues. “All the things we hope to achieve in life depend on things like clean air and clean water,” said Odenbaugh.
A main topic was de/f_i ning a vision that
everyone can agree on. As Odenbaugh pointed out, people can’t force one vision of the “good life” on everyone because diff erent people have diff erent values.
Audience members were engaged but had
mixed reviews. “Even though the panel had all the facets of a social movement…it’s frus-trating that everyone’s opinions still centered on the theoretical without providing practi-cal application,” said visiting student Sydney Fletcher.
“Environmental and social problems of
today have a sense of urgency to them,” said SEED Co-President Grace Zalenski (’12). “I don’t see how the ‘shifts in understanding’ so often referred to can change the world fast enough.”
PHOTO BY CATHY GRELLA
Watzek Library’s director Jim Kopp
discussed “visions of the good life” during a panel on Wednesday.
IMAGE COURTESY LEWIS & CLARK
There will be no cross on the spire of the Chapel’s pavilion addition.The Watzek Archives have scanned year -
books (Yes! We used to have a yearbook!)
from years past, and uploaded them to the
library website. These yearbooks are a jump
into the legacy of our school. One can see
what the campus looked like before nearly
all of the buildings were here, and see what
those old buildings were for. For example,
women’s dorms existed in Akin, the Gate -
house, and even the Manor House at one
point. They should really let someone live in
the Manor House again.
There are clubs that have continued from
the start—like KLC and the Pioneer Log —
and things that have come and gone. Year -
books from the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s feature
fraternities prominently, as well as other so -
cial societies such as the Sacagaweans, the
Order of Amphion, and the Erodelphians,
all of which were in charge of different col -
lege traditions…ranging from an annual
“May Fete” to chapel services and something
called “Kangaroo Court.”
Pioneers of today may be surprised to
find the list in the back of the 1943 yearbook
of students serving in the various armed forc -es. Or to see the beer kegs lining the walls in
an image of Spruce. Or the smiling group of
male students, each holding their own child.
Lewis & Clark, and its predecessor Al -bany College, has been around for over 110
years now, but you’d really never know it.
It’s easy to think we’re the first generation to
complain about Templeton, to not root for
our football team (although we went 3-2 one
year in the ’60s), or to gaze across the reflect -
ing pool “where the sun and snow-capped
mountain thrill the heart and eye” (as the
alma mater goes).
LC isn’t something that’s being built from
nothing. There is a community here—a
huge one—going back through generations
and generations of ASLC presidents and ski
clubs and Homecoming dances (I’m sorry—
“Fall Ball”).
Maybe I’m just getting nostalgic in my
old age, and hoping that LC remembers me
when I graduate. But I wouldn’t mind look -
ing at a yearbook 50 years from now and
remembering SEED, Agape and the Forest
Garden in their relatively-early years. 3Forum the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
Student Solutions: Affordable STD testing off-campus
I am a product of progressive sex educa -
tion. I know how to make condoms and rub -
ber gloves into dental dams. I know which
flavors of lube taste okay and which taste re -
ally friggin’ weird. I know I’m supposed to
get tested for STDs periodically—you brush
your teeth between meals, you get tested be -
tween sexual partners. Safer sex sounds like
a pretty okay thing, so sure, I’ll go get tested
before I start gettin’ it on with my ladylove.
In pursuit of an official clean bill of
health, I first called Nancy Kalvelage in the
Lewis & Clark Health Center. Nancy in -
formed me that her services are free but the
actual lab work costs $108, and that’s not
including an HIV test— an additional $25.
As a rule, mandatory textbooks are about the
only thing I will drop that much cash on in
one go. I am a jobless college student; I don’t
have an extra hundred bucks kicking around
in my backpack for a test that is almost guar -
anteed to come back negative.
But like the best kind of health care prac -
titioner, Nancy cares more that her students
get checked out than that they get checked
out at her clinic in particular: She recom -
mended Multnomah County Health De -
partment as an alternative to the campus
clinic.
I called Multnomah County Health De -
partment. Little known fact: MCHD is 15
kinds of awesome. Fees work on a rolling ba -
sis, meaning if you say, “I’m a student and
I’m broke, here’s a dime,” they’ll still test
you. (Thanks, government subsidies!) When
I called, the receptionist set me up with an
appointment for the very next afternoon.
My appointment consisted of a blood draw, followed by me alone in a bathroom with a
really long Q-tip. Easy as Ramen. Total cost
for getting tested for gonorrhea, Chlamydia,
syphilis and HIV: 20 bucks—because I’m
under 24, and therefore “high risk.” Never
mind that I have zero symptoms and have
never had heterosexual sex.
Other cool features of MCHD’s STD
testing clinic: you can get anonymous test -
ing or give a pseudonym (Mickey Mouse is
popular, I was told); they don’t ask for health
insurance information; they’re nonjudgmen -
tal; they take walk-ins; and se habla español.
As a bonus, they are about four blocks from Pioneer Square, which I can attest is a totally
runable distance should you happen to exit
the clinic at the same time the Raz is chug -
ging past. When you want to get tested for
STDs, you can get the most bang for your
buck at Multnomah County Health Depart -
ment. by Maisha Foster-O’Neal, guest writerEditor’s Note: History you can see at LC
by Angela Webber
Swastikas reflect
badly on us as a
community
Remember going on field trips
in elementary school? Before you
went to the art museum your teach -
er probably said something like:
“Be on your best behavior, you are
representing this school.”
Always though, someone would
end up talking too loud, or touch -
ing the walls, or whatever they
weren’t supposed to do. Well they did
that, and yes, it made them look like
an idiot—but that reflected on you
too. The reaction wasn’t just “Joe
did something wrong,” but, “that’s
a bad school and we don’t want them
back here.” That’s what it means to be
a part of a community.
As you all know in the last few
weeks someone has been drawing
swastikas on our campus. I don’t
know who it is and, for my purpose
here, it doesn’t really matter. What
matters is how the action of one re -
flects on all of us as a group. Be -
cause we all share in the responsibil -
ity for what can only be described as a
disgusting action.
It reflects poorly on all of us. Fresh -
men that have been here two months
are stained by it just as much as the
seniors who have been here for four
years and staff and faculty who have
been here for ten and fifteen years.
So what do we do? Honestly, I
don’t really know. But the lack of
outrage about this, especially from
the student body, has been pathet -
ic. For a community that prides it -
self on acceptance maybe more than
anything else, it’s shocking how
little we care when someone makes a
deliberate attempt to exclude and be -
little a huge subset of that community.
How many people at Lewis &
Clark do you know who are Jewish?
Gay? Black? Disabled? Catholic? Or
any number of other groups persecut -
ed and murdered by the Nazis.
Yes, the swastikas say something
about whoever is drawing them. But
it says more about us as a community.
Right now it says that we don’t care
that someone hates part of our com -
munity.
It says that we don’t care that we
have been stained by this action. It
says that we don’t care when mem -
bers of our community feel separated,
alone, and depressed. So what do we
do? Stand up and show some pride.
That’s what it means to be a part of a
community.
Eli Cohn is the Lewis & Clark Liai -
son to the Greater Portland Hillel.by Eli Cohn, guest writer
Clockwise from top: Football practice from the 1947 yearbook, an eager
student taps a keg at a dorm social in 1980, senior superlatives from 1961.
The Multnomah County Health De -
partment is located at 426 SW Stark
St. on the 6th floor. Make an appoint -
ment by calling (503) 988-3700.
Photo on left: May Fete court from 1950. Photo on right: PioLog crew do -
ing their late night push, in 1950.
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY BLOCKPHOTOS COURTESY
OF WATZEK ARCHIVESPHOTOS COURTESY
OF WATZEK ARCHIVES
The Pioneer Log accepts and encourag -
es letters to the editor from all students,
staff, faculty, and community members.
Submissions should be kept under 300
words and sent to piolog@lclark.edu.
Students interested in writing a Forum
column or any article are invited to come
to a meeting Mondays at 5 p.m. in Thay -
er, or to contact an editor at piolog@
lclark.edu.The Academic Advising Dinner in Sep -
tember aimed to solve a significant drawback
in the Lewis & Clark experience—sopho -
more year. This temporary experience
of living as the neglected middle
child is not just a problem for the
administration and the College’s
retention rate, but a hurdle which
every student faces.
If the administration doesn’t seek
to address the problems every soph -
omore student goes through,
they will never be
rid of this accursed
“sophomore drift.”
Solving this is -
sue does not just
mean getting
first-years to
return for their
second year, it
means making
sophomore year a
better experience
for everyone.
There are
many ways the
College could make
sophomore year more
appealing to students.
The first element that
could be addressed, and
likely one of the most important for
students, is the mandatory two-year
on-campus living policy.
The Campus Living website
states: “The College requires all first
and second year students to live on
campus because we believe that
your academic experience
is enhanced by the learning
that goes on outside the class -
room.” While this idea of gaining knowledge
from beyond the sphere of the classroom
may be something most
people agree with in the -
ory, it seems unlikely that
it is realized by requiring
students to live in resi -
dence halls longer than
they care to.
“They really create a
great sense of commu -
nity and it’s fun to get to
know your neighbors as
well as you do,” said Co -
peland Resident Advisor
Laura Bogar (’12). “But
loving the dorms for one
year is much easier than
loving them for two.”
Even if the College re -
tains a mandatory second
year on campus, there are
better ways of achieving this than sending
sophomores back to the same halls in a quad
or double.
“I get the impression that Campus Liv -
ing aims to help students transition between
childhood and real life,” Bogar said, “and
giving them more independence in on-cam -
pus housing could help them do that.”
Making more apartments for sopho -
mores would be a reasonably simple place to begin giving students opportunity for
more self-sufficiency. A model that seems to
work can be seen at the University of Puget
Sound in Tacoma, WA, where students live
“on campus” in 4- or 5-bedroom
houses owned by the school that
surround the grounds of the
campus. These students benefit
from the experience of living
independently at the same time
that the university maintains re -
sponsibility for students’ general
welfare.
Another easily solvable
facet of sophomore
year that lends
to the middle
child syndrome
is the low prior -
ity that return -
ing students get
during regis -
tration. While
first-years cer -
tainly deserve
the benefits of
the best registra -
tion times, giv -
ing sophomores
the lowest prior -
ity inevitably gives
them fewer options
for their course schedule
and makes it more difficult
for them to enroll in highly-
sought classes like Yoga, Intro
to Psychology, Poetry Writing
and Sailing. By denying soph -
omores the chance to have a
good registration time, the
administration restricts their
ability to get into the classes
they may need for their major.
Instead of being based on the
year a student is in school, registration
could be based on other criteria, like grade
point average or, most
fairly (and like the hous -
ing lottery sophomores
must also experience),
by randomly drawing a
registration time. While
this could pose prob -
lems for seniors look -
ing to complete their
major courses, students
in their final year are
usually able to add the
courses they really need
to graduate, regardless of
when they get to register
for classes.
By taking a more
specific approach to the
problem of sophomore
year, and not looking
for what is wrong with the College in gen -
eral, the administration may have an easier
time retaining those students who are likely
to leave during this difficult time. Freshmen
get the exciting experience of New Student
Orientation, juniors get to look forward to
living off-campus for the first time and se -
niors have graduation on which to set their
sights—but what does the administration
offer to sophomores?
Volume 73, Number 1 Forum 4 the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
S’more ways to retain first-years
by Sanne Stienstra
Since Northwest Airlines
Flight 188 overshot its point
of landing by 150 miles last
Wednesday, this story has
been blown out of propor -
tion.
The flight was heading
toward Minneapolis, but the
pilots failed to respond to
any attempts at communica -
tion for just under 90 min -
utes. Several control towers
attempted to contact them
and the White House even
became involved.
But eventually, contact
was made and the plane
turned around and came
home. No one was harmed,
and the pilots reported that
their attention had been di -
verted by an argument they
were having.
However, the incident
that was most likely an hon -
est mistake became both breaking news and a reason
for Delta to suspend both
pilots’ licenses, pending in -
vestigation into the matter.
It has been eight years
since 9/11, but aerial inci -
dents are still a touchy sub -
ject in the United States.
Americans and the American
government are frightened.
Airport security has been
amped up without reprieve
and at the slightest hint or
possibility of a problem with
a plane, people start to shake
and quiver in their seats,
clutching their armrests
with white knuckles, eyes
and ears wide open to their
television or radio. However,
most often the alarms are
false alarms.
Captains Timothy Cheney
and Richard Cole probably
did make a mistake, prob -
ably were distracted. How
often has a driver of a car or
a bus become lost in thought and driven past a bus stop or
an exit? Fairly often. It is not
an uncommon occurrence,
and neither is it one that
they will be criticized for
the rest of their lives. An air -
liner going at 500 miles per
hour would only have been
flying for about 15 minutes
before the pilots realized that
they had missed their desti -
nation—not an inexcusable
amount of time.
Approximately 76,000
airplanes take off in the
United States per day, so sta -
tistically it was only a mat -
ter of time before a mistake
such as this occurred. It was
not the pilots’ problem so
much as the people’s on the
ground who overreacted.
Perhaps they were asleep,
perhaps they were fighting,
but due to simple human
fallacy these two pilots will
never be able to live this inci -
dent down.Macro: Flight 188
by Laura NashWhy do you love Portland? Is it because
we have light-rail? Is it the great organic Sun -
day brunches? Maybe it’s the spacious–and
not so spacious–parks, the bike friendliness,
or killer hipster scene? Everyone has their
own reasons, but the most common ones are
also the most dubious.
Portland tries to be the antithesis of Los
Angeles. Highways, cars, pollution, sprawl,
vanity, and everything else SoCal is exactly
what Portland, and Portlanders, don’t want
to be. Pioneers escape from California be -
cause Portland is a “breath of fresh air.” Port -
landers are fit—we walk or bike everywhere,
and if we can’t hack that, then we’ll take the
bus, thank you. Or so the thinking goes.
This runs counter to the facts.
Portland, in many ways, is just like ev -
ery other American city. Cars account for
the majority of trips. Even after having
built expensive light-rail lines, streetcars
and an aerial tram, cars have continued to
dominate as the preferred mode of trans -
portation. No new highways have been
built in decades, and traffic gets worse by
the year, adding to Portland’s already poor
air quality. Still, people flock to the roads
because it is the most convenient way to
get around town. As PJ O’Rourke said,
“There’s something romantic about trains,
but try getting the tracks to come to your
house. When it comes time to unload
the groceries, the romance of the train
ends immediately.”Despite having an urban growth bound -
ary for over 30 years, Portland’s develop -
ment has continued to go the suburbs, both
in terms of employment and housing. Sub -
urban Washington, Clackamas, and Clark
Counties have posted, time and again, the
largest growth rates in the metro area. Clark
County in Washington is not subject to
the growth boundary and leads the way in
growth because housing there is more afford -
able, job growth is abundant, and schools
are attractive, not to mention that you can
pump your own gas.
This flight to the suburbs is a good thing.
Not only does it economize on land use—
building tall does not come cheaply—but it
also gives people the things they want: open
space, quiet, clean air, access to jobs and rec -
reation, a manageable social life, safety and
much more. Having Manhattan densities
forced on Portland is foolish, especially since
in terms of density we rank behind such
“sprawling” cities as Phoenix, Houston and
L.A.
“Livability” is nearly synonymous with
Portland, but livability in what sense? Liv -
ability is a nebulous term that means some -
thing different to each person. Is a city with
higher than average pollution livable? Is a
city with subpar schools livable? How about
a city with decreasing mobility and unpaved
streets? Portland has failed its citizens in
these areas, which are key aspects of every -
day livability. There are many things to love
about Portland, just don’t fall in love for the
wrong reasons.Devil ’s Advocate
by Garik AsplundLoving the city of Portland for what it really is.
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY BLOCKILLUSTRATION BY EMILY BLOCK
“[The dorms] re -
ally create a great
sense of community
and it’s fun to get to
know your neigh-
bors ... but loving
the dorms for one
year is much easier
than loving them
for two,” – Laura
Bogar (’12)
Read the Pioneer Log online at
tinyurl.com/PiologFeatures 5 the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
Style Source by Kathryn Miller
nine days out >>>>
friday saturday sunday
monday tuesday wednesday
thursday friday saturday30 31 1
2 3 4
5 6 7October 30 to November 7
David Rovics performance
Political folk singer
The Trail Room, 8 p.m.Construction of the Berlin Wall
German Club Event
Between BoDine and J.R. Howard Halls, 1 p.m. HALLOWEEN
Sex Toys 101
Womyn’s Center Event
Thayer, 7:30 p.m.Kurt Fosso, E&D Lecture
Frankenstein Young and Old
Miller 105, 3:30 p.m.
Berlin Wall Spray Paint Session
German Club Event
Between BoDine and J.R. Howard Halls, 3:30 p.m.Beckett(s) Mainstage Production
Directed by Stephen Weeks
Fir Acres Main Stage, 7:30 p.m.Lewis & Clark Women’s Soccer
at Whitworth
11 a.m.Peer Advising Mega-Event
Upperclassmen answer your questions about majors
Stamm, 5-7 p.m.
Dominant Sense :: smell
Summertime grass.
Wet cement
Newport bay front, when it’s fishy
Soap, clean people. Those are honest smells.
And pumpkin things, not because it’s halloween. Stephanie Locke’10
Newport, Oregon
Communication 2010
“I guess there’s a dirty -
ness to me. not showering.
Dirty boots, dirty mind, dirty
mouth. Right, but clean face.” here kitty
{that’s a drink} Volume 73, Number 1 Features 6 the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
ADVERTISEMENTStudent travels to teach people about Referendum 71
Chris Van Putten (’13) traveled to Van -
couver, WA on Sunday to inform Washing -
ton State voters about Referendum 71, a
measure brought to the legislature for voters
to approve or reject a recent domestic part -
nership law passed in the state.
Van Putten, who participates in the Cam -
pus Activities Board, the Lewis & Clark Mu -
sic Coalition and the Peer Review Authority,
grew up in Washington State and is a mem -
ber of Equal Rights Washington (ERW), a
progressive advocacy group that supports les -
bian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
rights.
Referendum 71 would grant Washing -
ton domestic partnerships the same rights as
marriages and Van Putten recently began ac -by Sanne Stienstratively supporting ERW’s mission.
“They started sending me information
about the ‘Approve Referendum 71’ cam -
paign,” Van Putten said. “As a voting mem -
ber of Washington state, someone who grew
up there, and a neighbor of Washington resi -
dents, as all of us at LC are, I decided that
I would take my opportunity to try to con -
vince as many voters in Washington State to
approve Referendum 71, so that gay couples
can have the same rights as married couples.”
The information session that Van Putten
led in Vancouver consisted of talking with
farmer’s market shoppers and handing out
informational fliers.
“We tried to reserve some tables but that
ended up falling through, so we just got
some clipboards and some notebooks and
walked around the farmer’s market area and stood on the street corners and sidewalks to
pass out information to people,” Van Putten
said. “We stopped to try to talk to as many
people as possible.”
Because of the bad weather on
Sunday, Van Putten said he and
his group probably only spoke
to between 50 and 100 people.
However, Van Putten may do
more canvassing in the weeks
leading up to the end of the vot -
ing period, which is on Novem -
ber 3.
Van Putten’s dedication to ac -
tivism does not stop with ERW
and Referendum 71, however.
“For my life, the purpose is to
make as many people as happy
as possible,” he said, “and I can
do that by reforming our political system to
get people represented with equality and the
best system possible.”
Sam Margevicius contributed to this story.
Chris Van Putten (’13) is a student activist.PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS7Features the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
by Deanna Horton
Ariana Lenarsky (’10) to present
senior degree recital, release full CD
by Lee Yang
PHOTO BY ETHAN STONEIn 1846, a unit of several hundred mostly-Irishmen
marched under a green flag, emblazoned with the Gaelic slo -
gan, “ Erin Go Bragh .” They were Catholics, they were im -
migrants and they were in the U.S.-Mexican war after they
deserted the U.S. army to fight on the Mexican side.
This is just one piece of alternative history that one can
learn at the David Rovics concert tonight, which is being
put on by Students Engaged in Eco-Defense (SEED) and the
Lewis & Clark Progressive Student Coalition. Rovics, a mili -
tant leftist folk musician, will be performing this song (“The
Saint Patrick’s Battalion”), along with many other counter-
cultural pieces.
Rovics has made a place for himself in the independent
music scene by reclaiming the more politically relevant and
activist messages espoused by folk music in the ’60s and ’70s.
He began as a street performer in the Boston subway in the
early ’90s, and rapidly gained popularity in the neo-folk/
folk-punk scenes.
By the mid-1990s, he was doing world tours. Since then,
he has been all over the press, from the BBC to Al-Jazeera.
Folk-idol Pete Seeger has advocated his music, and he’s been
called the “musical version of Democracy Now!” by Democracy
Now! Radio’s own Amy Goodman.
The folk musician en rebelde lives in Portland, and was
very receptive to the idea of playing a show at LC. Rovics
said he “used to play here every year, until recently.” Rovics
was invited back by SEED and the LC Progressive Student
Coalition to kick off SEED’s Eco-Olympics, which begins
next week.
Eco-Olympics is a campus-wide push to get LC students
to utilize greener energy practices. “Eco-Olympics consists of
a month-long campaign to reduce energy use in the dorms,
as well as a variety of eco-centric events and projects oc -
curring throughout the month,” said SEED’s Co-President
Grace Zalenski (’12) said. “The goal of Eco-Olympics is to
educate and engage Lewis & Clark students about environ -
mental impacts and opportunities.”
The Eco-Olympics, which is now in its second year, will
include workshops on making a vermiculture (worm) com -
post, planting in the new student gardens and measuring the
amount of energy used by students. There will be contests
and prizes for the hall that proves “greenest” at the end of
the month.
David Rovics will kick off the Eco-Olympics tonight in the
Trail Room at 8:30 p.m.Eco-Olympics
begin tonight
by Adrian Guerrero
New banners adorn LC lamp posts
eavesdropping
Send your eavesdroppings to piolog@lclark.edu!Lewis & Clark student Ariana Lenarsky (’10) is gearing
up for the release of her senior degree recital, her first full-
length CD, and her masquerade CD release party.
She will showcase her debut album, Big House, Little
Mouse, at this Sunday’s recital in Evans Auditorium at 4 p.m.
“It took me five years to finish,” said Lenarsky.
“I started writing some of the songs on the album when
I was 18,” said Lenarsky. “I’m 23 now, and during that time
my grandfather died very suddenly — he was this impossibly
funny, gentle man from Brooklyn that everybody just loved,
especially the kids. There’s something so crucial about being
an adult who can still relate to kids and the scary world they
live in.”
“In making this album, I thought about those beautifully
illustrated children’s books by Chris Van Allsburg—the ones
that are quiet and beautiful, but also creepy and grand. I tried
to provide a lot to observe, like reading a picture book with a lot of glittering animals and odd imagery, and it’s sometimes
a little unsettling. In a way these are ghost stories, but they’re
also just stories, stories that subtly express my big and un -
subtle fears about mortality and loss.”
Born into a family of passionate musicians, Lenarsky has
been involved in music for as long as she can remember. “I
have been singing in front of crowds since I was eight years
old,” she said. “And growing up in Hollywood, I caught the
‘entertainment bug’ very early on.”
One of her earliest memories of being introduced to mu -
sic was watching her third grade teacher put on a one-man-
show version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the
Opera . “Here was a 60-year-old man putting on an unabash -
edly awesome performance and completely enthralling us,”
she said. “I sort of went crazy.”
Lenarsky cites Paul Simon, Joanna Newsom, Feist and
Joni Mitchell as her idols, and sees Sheryl Crow’s Tuesday
Night Music Club (much to her embarrassment) and the Bea -
tles’ Abbey Road as early influences.
“My parents were divorced, and for some reason my dad
moved like an hour away from my elementary school,” she
said. “But it was great because on the way to school we’d
spend an hour listening to music. And I’d sing all the Beatles
songs for the rest of the day.”
Though she is confident now, Lenarsky was originally un -
sure about committing to the music major.
“Last semester I asked a guest teacher during a master
class if pursing music as a career was a valid idea, since it
doesn’t offer the same financial safety net like more conven -
tional majors. She looked at me right in the eye and said ‘It’s
urgent! This is urgent. If people play music together, they
can’t kill each other.’”
Aside from the upcoming recital, Lenarsky is eager to
promote her Big House, Little Mouse CD Release Masquer -
ade Party on November 6 at Launchpad Gallery in SE Port -
land. The gallery features an art exhibition called “Works in
Masks” showing “a lot of eerie masks that look like some -
thing you’ll find in an ancient cave,” she said.
The show will be free and open to all ages and, in addition
to music and art, will also offer plenty of delicious snacks and
beautiful boys.
“For all my Lewis & Clark ladies, of course,” she said. “I
got you.”“I want to poison his
girlfriend with candy.”
“If I said, ‘Hey kitty kitty,’
would you be offended?”
“Great. Now we both have a
boyfriend and girlfriend
who aren’t human.”ILLUSTRATION BY ALINA LARSON
PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS
Students walking to class on Friday morning were wel -
comed to the academic side of campus by orange Lewis &
Clark banners hanging proudly from the lamp posts.
“We thought they would add a festive visual element to
special events, enhance the beauty of the campus, and con -
vey a sense of pride in the institution,” said Associate Vice
President for Public Affairs and Communications Tom Krat -
tenmaker.
The banners will only be used for special events including
Opening Convocation, Homecoming, Family Weekend and
Commencement.
“We want to make sure they’re not used too much, as that
would lessen their impact,” said Krattenmaker. LC put up similar banners in 1995.
“These look much nicer than the ones we put up in ’95,”
said Facilities Manager Kurt Armstrong. He recalled that the
old ones were shiny black vinyl with orange letters. “They
looked good at a Halloween party, but not so much on lamp
posts amidst a beautiful campus landscape,” said Armstrong.
Students have mixed opinions about the new banners.
“I feel strange about them...They serve no actual purpose,
and for that reason feel kind of gimmicky and commercial,”
said Casey Newbegin (’12). “The element of advertisement
they bring to the school makes it feel just a little less homey
than it did before.”
“I like them. They make me feel collegiate,” said Krissy
Lyon (’12).Volume 73, Number 1 Arts 8 the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
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/T_h e Devil Makes /T_h ree: /T_h e Lewis & Clark saga
PHOTOS BY SAM MARGEVICIUSGrowing into a man I was never big into
concerts, but when I got a pass to MusicFest
Northwest I fell in love with the glamour
and bright lights of the stage. For this return
venture into the world of live music, I ex-pected the same quality of professionalism and status.
Instead, I went to see the Devil Makes
/T_h ree at the Wonder Ballroom and found myself at once hugely disappointed. By the time the show was over, the collective expe-riences of fellow Pioneers in attendance and the bands more prominent ‘licks began to form a comprehensive story. I no longer felt cheated out of the bright lights, I felt glad to be led by these drunkards into the candles’
light,
Where they have been spending all of their
time, in that graveyard of dreams.
Oh Jack Daniels, Old number seven, T en-
nessee whiskey’s got me drinkin’ in heaven—
“Old Number Seven”
“So, when they say that, he means they
drank too much and died right?” Robin Os-ofsky (’11) asked me the other day in prep-aration for the Devil Makes /T_h ree concert. “No, drinking in heaven means that when
he’s drinking, he’s in heaven!” /T_h e only per-
son who would know the answer to that
question is Peter Bernhard, the frontman of the band, so I decided I would interview him and ask what he really meant when he wrote
that lyric.
Up here the bottle never runs dry and you
never wake up with those tears in your eyes—
“Chained to the Couch”
When Tyler Reese (’11) told me months
ago that this little Vermont band was coming
to the great Rose City he had already bought
a ticket. I made plans to go and interview Bernhard, and Osofsky proposed bringing out his old camera to get in alongside me.
Several more of our friends got tickets too; in
the ranks were Nikima Jagudajev (’12), Sarah
Nuedeau (’11) and Lizzie Mulroy (’11), and with so many friends attending hopes were high and no one thought the bottle would
ever run dry.
Now I just wander through a real bad
dream, feelin’ like I’m comin’ up out of the
seams—“Old Number Seven”
/T_h e /f_i rst wave of bad news came with the
information that I would not be able to in-terview Pete—no answers and no backstage one-on-one. In line at 7:45 p.m. I found out the venue would not give me the “plus one” and Osofsky would have to pay for his ticket. I was already coming up out of the seams when I entered the venue and found no opening band, no interesting lighting, and no specialized section anywhere for pho-tographers.
I see the game and the game it sees me and
we will dance until they burry me.—“Aces and Twos”
Most people at the show were stoked as
ever, dancing like crazy, jumping up and
down and shouting. /T_h is prevented me from
taking good pictures. On the /f_l oor I got hit
all over by /f_l ying arms and I’m sure my cam-era got plenty of bruising as well.
Osofsky got his dance on hard, and man-
aged to jump up onstage and dance until he
jumped off into the crowd and they buried
him inside of them.
Wander till I can’t remember my own
home—“/T_h e Bullet”
As I said before, Reese was the /f_i rst to
purchase tickets to see /T_h e Devil Makes /T_h ree; he has all four of their albums and had his online ticket months in advance, and was de/f_i nitely the most mentally prepared for the show.
As show-goers know, there are
two ways to go about pre-gaming
a show: you can listen to the mu-
sic you’re about to hear, and rec-ognize how much better it is live; or you can decide not to listen to
the music to save it for the virgin
live performance.
Well, Reese somehow con-
vinced us that it’s a bad idea to
listen to /T_h e Devil Makes /T_h ree before seeing them, but if only he hadn’t, he might have heard his only Devil Makes /T_h ree songs of the night. Jagudajev last saw Reese walking through the entrance to the Wonder Ballroom; he paused on the stairs, then turned around and left. No one saw him the rest of the show, but he began calling people an hour later with an ad-
dress, asking where
he was. He had
wandered some 30 blocks until he didn’t remember
home or even his
present location.
Even the band
onstage was no
better than any-
one else. I didn’t
get the interview
I wanted, Reese didn’t get to see the band he loved,
but we couldn’t
have expected
anything better from the Devil Makes /T_h ree.
by Sam Margevicius
The Devil Makes Three played at the Wonder on Friday.9Arts the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
Alumni, students take the stage for Once Upon a Weekend
by Marissa Fenley
Album review:
Atlas Sound's Logos
by Joshua Kaplan
From left: Nazneen Joshi (’12), Kat Morrison (’11), Gretchen Vietmeier (’13) and Dylan
Peden (’10) rehearse “Night Flower Ninjas,” one of the plays at Once Upon a W eekend.
James W. Rogers showcases LC Six plays—all written in one week and rehearsed for two hours—hit the stage during last weekend’ s whirlwind theatre festival
PHOTO BY HANNAH PRINCE
PHOTO FROM KRANKY RECORDSPHOTOS BY ANNIE BOURKE
The James W. Rogers
concert is an annual per -
formance that features the
Lewis & Clark Community
Chorale. The concert com -
memorates the memory of
the late James W. Rogers
(’64), and is made possible
by the Mary Stuart Rog -
ers Foundation of Modesto,
California. During his time at
LC, Rogers, a bass singer,
was an active member of the
LC Chorus.
This year’s event, held last
Thursday, explored themes
in folk music: how it is creat -
ed, understood and remade
by composers and musicians
alike. While putting on six shows in one
weekend may seem plausible only
through magic, it’s no fairytale. Once
Upon a Weekend, an intensive theatre
experience, is a “celebration of how
theatre works” said Jon Wash (’10)
and it hosted its tenth showing on Sat -
urday. While normally all playwrights,
directors and actors are current Lewis
& Clark students, this year, because it
fell on Homecoming weekend, alum -
ni participated as well.
Writers had one week to respond
to the theme of “Saboteur(s),” which
was chosen by the Pause board. Each
show was rehearsed for two hours be -
fore being performed.
Six play submissions, as well as di -
rectors and actors, were chosen out of
the new intergenerational pool. Matt
Poole (’08), a previous participant, de -
scribes casting the shows “like picking
teams for softball.”
Maya Chensue (’08) helped run
Once Upon a Weekend when at LC,
and describes the process as an “on-
the-spot challenge.”
Once Upon a Weekend is by no
means a polished production. Poole said he made the initial
mistake of “treating it like an actual play.” The program had
mistakes, and the chaos behind the scenes occasionally was
apparent. MC Brad Jonas (’10) said, “If you can figure it all
out, you get a cookie at the end.”
The first play, “Night Flower Ninjas” written by Sander
Gusinow (’10) and directed by Nate Cohen (’13), featured
three ninja sisters sabotaging a pirate ship. The play was rich
with sexual innuendos and even had an incestuous make-out
session.
Next, “A Woeful Tale of a Fallen Balloon,” written by Ka -
trina Maloney (’11) and directed by Mairanna Wiles (’06),
depicted the classic sabotage that often results from having a third wheel, except this love triangle was between three bal -
looners who crash on their mission to discover the fountain
of youth.
“Saboteur(s),” written by Laura Van Zee Taylor (’92)
and directed by Brian Costello (’96), starred a middle-aged
mother who was sabotaged by her needy kids in her attempt
to have “Saturday night sex” with her husband.
“Who Stole the Cookies,” written by Jill Johnson (’12)
and directed by Rose Blackman (’10), featured Lexi and her
stuffed animals come to life, one of which sabotaged her tea
party by stealing the cookies. Jonas said this play “explored
more adult themes for the alumni.”
“Happy Holidays from the Hamiltons,” written by Nick
Opening with the slow-paced track “The
Light That Failed,” Atlas Sound’s Logos sets a
confused and warm tone with organic, wa -
tery ambience accompanying repeating gui -
tar riffs.
While it sounds like it could be an early
Animal Collective record, Logos is relaxed,
compared with Animal Collective’s feverish -
ness. Logos ’ slow pace and distorted vocals
could be the soundtrack of a womb. The
record exemplifies the simple yearning for
relaxation that always lurks on the edge of
confusion.
This looseness can sound like Bradford
Cox (of Deerhunter; Atlas Sound is Cox’s
solo project) is simply jamming at times, but
the tracks are thoughtfully paced. No track
goes too long without a clever arpeggio or
melody. 
Even nostalgic songs like the standout
hit “Walkabout”—which includes a sample
from The Dovers—keep a restful tone. Af -
ter “Walkabout,” the other standout track,
“Shelia,” provides a simple pop release. Its
topic matter shifts toward direct statements
about not wanting to die without compan -
ionship.
Then the slowly evolving track “Quick
Canal” provides a focused, nearly nine-min -
ute long chill-out. For a track of its length,
“Quick Canal” remains engaging and not
overly repetitive by slowly but steadily get -
ting more intense.
Guest vocalist Laetitia Sadier of the band Stereolab provides a sort of release to the as -
cending chords, the consistent percussion
and the constantly evolving accompaniment
of distorted guitars.
The word “logos” itself means either
something being said or, more commonly,
logic. Logos ’ style certainly implies some
form of distortion—not just through dis -
torted vocals, guitar or keyboard, but also in
the meanings found in hard-to-discern lyrics
and the album art. 
The album art’s distortion is striking.
What appears to be Cox’s naked upper body
has a glowing white apparition obscuring his
face, hiding his emotion. And perhaps that’s
what Logos  is about: logic obscuring feeling.
While the topic alone might be bizarre,
and  Logos ’  summer-pop-on-acid sound could
irritate some, many would benefit from
checking out this album, one of the better
albums of the year.Lantz (’02) and directed by Dith
Pamp (’11), ironically requested
“no flash photography” as their
play was about a dysfunctional
family posing for their Christmas
card.
Finally, “France France Revolu -
tion,” written by Tessa Siegel (’12)
and directed by Gusinow, conclud -
ed the show with an epic zombie
dance party to “Thriller” and “Ev -
ery Time We Touch.”
There were mixed responses
to the addition of alumni partici -
pation this year. Taylor said she
“hopes they include alums again.”
Poole was hesitant about the shift,
worried that it would “detract too
much from the students.”
While Pamp said the process
was “hectic, especially with al -
ums [who she] just met one night
before,” she shared Jonah Geil-
Neufeld’s (’11) sentiment that he
learned more from working with
the alumni.
Pamp said that Once Upon a
Weekend is an opportunity for all
participants and audience members to learn “that great art
can come together in 24 hours.”
Once Upon a Weekend is not limited to theatre majors,
but welcomes all who want to participate. Siegel, an actor
and writer in this year’s performance, said it is a “fabulous
opportunity to get involved without a huge time commit -
ment.” Chensue said, “everyone who is involved in arts is
supportive of others involved in other ways.”
A cappella groups on campus performed in addition to
the scenes, aiding the growing coalition between the music
and theatre department. Poole and Chensue both agreed that
participation in both departments was far less feasible when
they attended LC. Volume 73, Number 1 Sports 10 the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
LC puts up boats, stores oars
by Nichole CarnellPHOTO COURTESY OF LC CREW BLOG
The Lewis & Clark men’s open 8 practices on the Willamette this fall.
The Lewis & Clark women’s and men’s
rowing teams are storing their oars for the
winter, but not before they made some waves
last weekend with many teams finishing
strong in the Portland Fall Classic.
One of the best performances came from
the men’s open 4 team who finished third
behind Division I team Oregon State. The
women’s open double followed up with sec -
ond place behind the New York Athletic
Club, well ahead of Willamette.
The women’s open 8 faced off against Or -
egon State as well, along with entries from
other northwest private colleges including
Pacific Lutheran. Although they finished
eighth in the event, the Pios were “pleased
with their performance,” according to Head
Coach Sam Taylor.
“It’s a reflection of the experience we have Lewis & Clark rowing shuts down for winter after Portland Fall Classic
right now,” he said. “We have three true nov -
ice athletes in the boat with six weeks of row -
ing under their belts, as well as several rising
novice in the crew. I was very pleased with
how they rowed and although the results
may not show it, this bodes very well for
spring season.”
Other finishers included the women’s
novice 8, who finished fourth, and the men’s
novice 4, who finished third within 13 sec -
onds of first place.
Now the Pios will begin independent
training until early February. Their first com -
petition next year will be a scrimmage against
Willamette in mid-March. “I like where we
are right now,” Taylor said. “There’s a great
spirit, great attitude, and some high ambi -
tion in the group. I’m looking forward to
starting up again and can’t wait to see where
we go from here.”
Calling the shots
by Robin AubryWeekly Wheelhouse with Robin Aubry
Last week, the umpires in baseball’s
American League Championship Se -
ries appeared to blow three separate
calls, after video review by the televi -
sion stations. In light of these calls, a
number of baseball enthusiasts in the
journalism world once again took on
the oft-asked question, “Should instant
replays be more extensively allowed in
baseball?”
Subsequently, the elite of ESPN,
Fox Sports, and TBS all began beat -
ing their chests, debating why base -
ball should or shouldn’t expand the
jurisdiction of instant replays. Baseball
already surrendered to the power of
slow-mo in late 2008 regarding home
run balls. However, after three blown
calls in Game 4 of the ALCS, baseball
super-announcers Joe Buck and Jon
Miller agreed that a replay official who
could overturn calls at his own behest
or that of a manager’s challenge would
serve America’s pastime well.
On the contrary, dealing with the
tough calls made by officials is a vital
part of the game. I myself have been an
umpire in baseball on many occasions,
and maybe it is my pride acting alone
in saying that sports needn’t be tam -
pered with by fancy cameras. I think of
it somewhat like academics. It is your
responsibility as a student to not cheat
and respect whoever is grading you.
The same exists in sports.
While indeed the naked eye is per -
haps not the perfect tool in analyzing
close calls in these games of inches, it
takes things into account that a cam -
era cannot. For instance, if the defense
were to perform an astonishing act even
to get the ball to first base at just about
the same time as the runner, an umpire
often will give the call to the defense.
Just like your professor will subcon -sciously give you more credit for doing
especially well on a paragraph, even if
the rest of your essay sucks.
There are a number of sports that
have no official at all. A great exam -
ple of this is Ultimate: another game
of inches that shares a lot in common
dimension-wise with football—but no
refs, let alone replays or challenges. It
is often a serious sport, with a bounty
of teams with incredible talent. Like
football, Ultimate charges each team
to make it to the opposite end zone
without dropping the disc. Between
the initial huck across the field to the
catch in the end zone, a lot can go
wrong. A foot can go out of bounds,
a person can be holding the disc for
more than 10 seconds, there could be a
foul, the disc can touch the ground…
countless plays that can lead to an in -
evitable judgment call. The NFL ’s re -
sponse would be to send the Zebras to
review the play; Ultimate requires the
players to discuss the play themselves
and make a decision. Why can’t more
sports be like that?
Ultimately, a referee has an un -
important or even redundant job. If
you’re playing a sport, you know what’s
a ball and what’s a strike. You know
what’s a foul, and you know what’s out
of bounds. The main reason these arbi -
trary men in funny uniforms are there
is as a tool for conflict resolution.
I’m not saying all professional
sports are ready to go ref-free; what I
am saying is that it is okay to blow a
call every now and then. It is part of
the game. Just like seeing Lou Pinella
come out of the dugout and kick dirt
at an umpire is part of the game.
As for game 4, yes Tim McClel -
land did blow those two calls. But that
game was full of close plays, many of
which the umpires got right as well.This weekend Pioneer volleyball hit the
road racking up two wins heading into the fi -
nal leg of their regular season. On Friday the
Pios set off to Walla Walla, WA and knocked
off Whitman in four sets (25-11, 22-25, 25-
19, 25-22).
Consistent middle hitter Margaret Dowl -
ing (’12) led the Pios with 15 kills, followed
by Jennifer Dowdy (’13) with 14. Once
again Leia Matsunaga (’13) kept the Pios
steady setting up 45 assists. Matsunaga has
been a dominant force for the Pios in her
rookie year at Lewis & Clark with an average
of 10 assists per game.
The Pios kept their momentum on Sat -
urday as they made the trip to Spokane to
take on Whitworth. Again the Pios took the
night in four sets (25-19, 23-25, 25-19, 25-
7) bringing their conference record to 8-4
and their overall record to 12-9.
After dropping eight points to the Pirates
in the first set, the Pios fought back to take
the lead with help from Dowdy and a block
by the front row veterans Katherine Fielder
(’11) and Jessamy Holland (’10). The sec -
ond, third, and fourth set saw the Pios take
and lose the lead, but LC finally finished
strong with an 8-0 run in the fourth set to
end the night. Matsunaga again stepped up
with 50 assists, while Fielder pounded out
the night’s most kills with 16.
“The road trip to Eastern Washington, es -
pecially at this time of the year, is extremely
taxing,” said Coach Lori Jepsen. “I am very
proud of our players for showing their pride
and passion to step up and play two great
volleyball matches under those circumstanc -
es.”
This second win against the Pirates this Pios pick up two road wins
season put the Pios in a three-way tie for sec -
ond place.
The Pios have four conference matches
left before they finish up their season, in -
cluding a match against No. 1 conference-
ranked Pacific Lutheran.
“Every night is a battle in conference
play and we know there will not be anything
easy about our next four matches,” said Je -
psen. “We have four more opportunities to
prove on the court that we are one of the best
teams in the tough Northwest Conference.
The girls are excited about that and deter -
mined to put their best effort forward.  It is
so great to see them play for each other and
for LC!”
The Pios will play at the Pamplin Sports
Center tonight at 7 p.m. against Willamette
before travelling to Pacific tomorrow night. by Nichole Carnell
Jessamy Holland (’10) rocks the net
as the Pioneers cruise to victory. PHOTO BY SAM DODSON11 Sports the Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
Lewis & Clark football defeated Crown
College (MN) 57-35 in the Homecoming
game this weekend at Griswold Stadium. It
was the Pioneers’ second win in the last four
years and their /f_i rst home victory since Oct. 16, 2004 when they beat Claremont Mudd-
Scripps 27-11.
LC got the long-awaited home win in
dominant fashion. /T_h ey racked up 641 yards
and scored on 11 of 12 possessions. /T_h e only
drive that didn’t produce points was the /f_i nal
drive of the game in which the team chose
to run out the clock instead of running up
the score.
“/T_h is [was] what the potential of [the
team] could be, we had freshmen scoring, making plays, everyone played well,” said
head coach Chris Sulages.
Quarterback T ucker Laurence (’12) and
kicker Andrew Foote (’10) had career days, combining for 46 of the Pios’ 57 points in
the win. Laurence accounted for 399 yards
and /f_i ve touchdowns by himself. He ran for 218 yards on just 17 carries and completed 15 of 20 passes for 181 yards and three more touchdowns.
Foote hit all /f_i ve of his /f_i eld goal attempts
and added six extra points, on route to earn-ing a spot on the DIII team of the week.
“In a season it seems like everything kind
of lines up right one week. /T_h e plan was good. I thought the week of practice was good. And of course the execu-tion was the most important piece,” Sulages said.
But even after
the blowout vic-tory, some students are not impressed.
“I think it’s
bullshit be-cause obviously they are going to win, they /f_l ewin a team that they could beat for /T_h e T railblazers might end up near
the top of Western Conference this sea-
son, but if you saw their 96-87 home
opener victory over the Houston Rock-
ets Wednesday night, you might not
know why.
/T_h e team had 26 turnovers and let
a 20-point third quarter lead dwindle
down to just six with two minutes left,
before regrouping to put away the me-
diocre Houston team.
All-star Brandon Roy /f_i nished with
20 points, but shot just 5-18 from the
/f_i eld. LaMarcus Aldridge had seven of
the team’s /f_i rst nine points, but then got
into foul trouble and scored only one
bucket the rest of the game while stuck
on the bench.
Greg Oden committed seven turn-
overs and didn’t score a bucket until
there was a minute left. In short, not
a lot went right and they still escaped
with a win.
T ravis Outlaw did come off the
bench to lead all scor-
ers with 23 and
Martell Web-
ster played
well in his /f_i rst
game back af-
ter missing all
of last year. But the
team fell asleep in the
fourth quarter and would have lost to
a better team.
/T_h e Blazers won this game with free
throw shooting (20-22), three point ac-curacy (48%) and by dominating the
glass (51-23). And for all that went
wrong in the /f_i nal 12 minutes, the team
still proved it could win without its best
performance.
Oden made up for his nonexistent
off ense with 12 rebounds, /f_i ve blocks
and three game-changing plays in the
/f_i nal two minutes. He had a block,
challenged a shot that caused a turn-
over and then essentially sealed the
victory with his put back dunk with a
minute to go.
New acquisition Andre Miller
played well off the bench (9 points, 7 assists in 26 minutes) and was instru-
mental in a second quarter run in which
the Blazers took control of the game.
He did shoot a less than stunning 3-11
from the /f_i eld, but he attacked the rim
and helped get the off ense up and down
the /f_l oor during the decisive stretch in
the /f_i rst half.
Outlaw’s 23 points were the most
from a bench player in a season opener in more than 20 years. He shot 65%
from the /f_i eld, including 3-5 from
3-point land.
Webster started and scored 14 and
reminded the team of the athleticism they missed when he was injured last
year. He had a monster block on Hous-
ton’s Louis Scola and then posterized
Chuck Hayes with a massive one-hand-
ed dunk to open the second half.
You have to believe Aldridge will
play better and Roy will shoot better
than he did last night. So if Outlaw
and Webster play like they did against
Houston, the team will be scary good.
Another game like the one against
Houston probably won’t wind up in the
win column like the one this week, but
it’s good to see the Blazers can still win
without playing their best basketball./T_h e Lewis & Clark women’s soccer team
just can’t seem to catch a break lately. After
falling to Puget Sound on Saturday 5-0, the Pioneers came from behind on Sunday in a match against Paci/f_i c Lutheran only to lose 2-1 after a late goal from the Lutes.
On Saturday, the Pios struggled to /f_i ght
off the Loggers and only attempted one shot during the entire 90 minutes. After scoring
ers with 23 and
ter missing all
of last year. But the
by Michael G. RichmanT railMix:
ugly opener
Curtis Smith (’10) gets advice from his coach during the Pioneers 57-35
Homecoming win over Crown College. It was LC’s fi rst win this season.PHOTOS BY SAM DODSON
Coach Ian Falconer talks to the offensive line, which helped spring the Pioneers for 460 rushing yards in their fi rst home win in over fi ve years.by Michael G. RichmanFootball wins Homecoming game, 57-35
once in the /f_i rst half, the Loggers dominated
following the break, racking up four goals in the second half.
Sunday’s game brought disappointment
as well as the Pios failed to get off one shot in the /f_i rst half, while the Lutes scored early.
/T_h e Pios came out swinging in the second
though, outshooting the Lutes 7-6. A goal with only 20 minutes remaining by Katrina Weisbecker (’13) assisted by Maddie Harper (’13) brought the Pios even with the Lutes
The Pioneer defense dominated the
last three quarters against Crown. Shawn Evans (’12) had 5 catches for 72 yards in the win.
1-1 and it looked as though another over-
time was on the horizon for the team.
But late goal by the Lutes with only min-
utes left sent the Pios home with another loss to add to their record. /T_h e Pios are currently 3-8-5 on the season and 2-8-2 in the North-west Conference.
/T_h e women hit the /f_i eld again tomor-
row when they travel to Paci/f_i c, then head back to Griswold Stadium Sunday to face off against George Fox at 11 a.m. LC Soccer falls twice to conference foes
by Nichole CarnellHomecoming. Fuck that, I want my tuitiondollars back,” Rainier Goubault (’10) said.
“It must have been /f_i xed. /T_h ey /f_i xed it for
Homecoming,” said T ravis Walton (’10).
And other students see it as a cheap way
to boost the con/f_i dence of team that has struggled the past half decade.
“I think it’s great. But didn’t they
/f_l y them in so they could win? I meanif that’s what it takes to help the moral, that’s great,” said Liz Holliday (’10).
Contrary to this perception, Crown Col-
lege was 3-4 heading into the game and was only added to the schedule after Colorado College and Principia cancelled their games against LC. Crown was also coming off a season in which they competed for the con-ference title and are within striking distance this year.
LC’s recent struggles probably have to do
with the quality of competition in their con-ference. Sulages pointed out that the North-west Conference has one of the highest play-off win percentages of any conference in the country. /T_h e NWC also features two top 25 teams, No. 5 Lin/f_i eld and No. 22 Wil-lamette.
“[/T_h e NWC] has had three diff erent
teams play for the national title since 1996. It’s not just a one team powerhouse in the playoff s,” Sulages said.
“/T_h e west coast DIII teams are superb,”
Andrew Frisina (’13) said. Frisina added that most people outside of the football program don’t understand the quality of competition the team faces week in and week out.
Regardless of the doubters, the team is
staying positive.
“We want to build bridges, not burn
bridges. We want the whole campus to unite,” said Frisina.Backdoor 12
You Caught My Eye
Please e-mail your“You Caught My Eye” to piolog@lclark.eduILLUSTRATION BY BRAD JONASthe Pioneer Log, October 30, 2009
The Backdoor is a work of humor and does not actually contain real news.
Everything above is a work of fi ction. Your astronomy professor might disagree, but he’s wrong.You: Ms. Monkey Booty.
Me: Checking out your fl y kicks.
You: Fat Cat.Me: Putting you on a diet.
You: Howard RA.
Me: Chief.You: Gentle giant.
Me: Available and adorable.You: In India.
Me: Damnit.You: Risa Sacomani.
Me: So many people, SO ATTRACTED TO YOU OMFG.
You: Tucker Laurence in a Snuggie watching
Disney movie with the roommies.Me: Paranormal activity.You: Watched day and night. B-balla 24 lookin’ tight.Me: Willing to BK anytime. Loving greasy beef isn’t a crime.
Drink of
the Week
White Slavic-Canadian
1 1/2 oz vodka 8 oz milk1 1/2 oz maple syrupIce cubesHam cube (optional)
A variation on a White Russian, this
substitutes maple syrup for Kahlua.
Make sure it’s real maple syrup, none of that high-fructose corn syrup bull shit. Yes, it’s expensive. Suck it up.
The ham’s for garnish, and ice is
REALLY important. Trust me, no one likes warm milk and liquor.
Spot the Differences!
Put your skills to the test and see how many differences you fi nd in the two pictures. The
answers are underneath the picture, upside down so you can’t cheat right away. Send in how many you got to aslc@lclark.edu. Seriously, they want to hear from you. Trust me.
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY BLOCK
Inside the Issue...
[pg. 2] Puppies
said to be source of next epidemic. Public distracted by cute puppy picture.
[pg. 6] Man from
Nantucket responds to years of character defamation.
[pg. 10] Kids go trick-or-treating, come back dressed like sluts and hos.
1) Girl 2 is a political science major, 2) Girl 1 has no moral objection to sitting around the house all day in sweat pants, eating ice cream and watching TV, 3) Girl 1 ate eggs and toast for breakfast, 4) in Girl 2’s universe, balloons are neutral buoyant, 5) $20,000. 1 2Fact of the
Week
Q: Why don’t skeletons play music in church?
A1 (for kids): They have no
organs!
A2 (for you): They’re the risen
dead, agents of satan.
You: Like to be up around 6:30.
Me: Wanting to give you a
reason to stay in bed.