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Lewis & Clark College's Student-Run Newspaper
Volume 68, Number 17 Fnday, March 19, 2004
ASLC officer-elects address Symposium offers
student issues, look to future gender perspective s
by Craig Beebe
ASLC President-elect Landon
Mascarenaz('05) has important
work to do. From the Michael
Mooney issue to student par
ticipation in government, Mas
carenaz has his work cut out for
him.
At the top of his agenda is
increasing the presence of ASLC
ira students' lives, and making its
decisions and goals more avail
able to every student. "I think
we could make student govern
ment more accessible to stu
dents," Mascarenaz said.
One of his chief objectives is
the reconfiguration of the stu
dent representative system. The
current setup has four at-large
representatives who speak for the
entire student body. Mascarenaz
said he would like to change the
system so that student represen
tatives are elected based on lo
cation or class. He believes this
method will more accurat 1 r
flect the opinions of a larger por
tion of the student body.
After an election which saw
about one-fifth of the student
body voting, Mascarenaz sees
the issue of student participa
tion in government as one of
the most pressing today. "We
need to make a concerted effort
to make [elections] important to
students," he said.
Student representative-elect
Emily Webb('O?) agreed with
this statement, as did new Vice
President of Student Organiza
tions Jonathan ChingC'O?). "Ap
athy is a systematic problem,"
said Webb.
Ching added, "Many students
do not know what ASLC can do
for them."
This year's election saw the remainder of the semester training next year's officers.
rise of two coalitions : the Clean
Slate and Dirty Plate. In the end,
members of both tickets were
elected by students, creating the
potential for a split government
that may have problems moving
forward.
Both Mascarenaz and Webb
expressed optimism about the
new officers' ability to work to
gether, however. "I can't imagine
a better group of people I'd like
to work with," said Mascarenaz.
While Webb emphasized that
the coalitions did matter as col
.lectives of different beliefs, she
said she thought these differing
agendas would not interfere with
the officers' ability to work as a
whole.
Ching emphasized that the
Clean Slate's priorities of "trans
parency, representation, and
diversity" would be among his
top goals in his new position. He
noted that all of the Clean Slate
candidates were elected to their
respective positions.
Another hot issue in this
year's elections was the referen
dum concerning former college President Michael Mooney. Stu
dents voted in favor of a formal
statement opposing Mooney's
r.lanned return to campus this
f;ll. Mascarenaz did not take
this vote lightly. "We have a re
sponsibility to express students'
concerns ," he said. "We will be
very vocal."
Other issues mentioned by
Mascarenaz and Webb as impor
tant topics in the coming year in
cluded the renovation of Temple
ton, diversity, and gender-blind
housing. Each of these subjects
affects students, they said, and
ASLC will have an important role
to play in what happens.
Ultimately , though, the new
officers' commitment to making
student government more ac
cessible and visible to students
shined through. "We should give
everyone the ability to partici
pate," Mascarenaz said.
Whether other officers shared
this view was unclear, however.
At press time, none of the other
officers-elect had responded to
a request for information about
their plans and goals. by Leandra Bernstein
Last week Lewis &: Clark
College hosted the 23rd Annual
Gender Studies Symposium,
themed "Gender in Conflict."
Forums ranged in topics from in
ternational women's movements
to contemporary male issues and
examinations of alternative sexu
alities, featuring speakers from
across the country and the globe.
Those involved in the sympo-.
sium unanimously agreed that
the event was a success and were
very pleased with how it was re
ceived by the community.
This year's symposium focused
on a wide variety of gender issues
relating to both men and women.
Symposium Chair of Community
Outreach, Anna Forsher('05 ),
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Sinnott('05) agreed that the di
versity in this year's symposium
was beneficial in many ways. "It
is really wonderful because gen
der studies make connections to
hiStory, SOlAN, art, and econom
ics," she said. "We tried to ap
peal to specific departments, and
many professors built the sym
posium into their syllabuses."
Faculty Advisor Kimberly
Brodkin noted the amount of
involvement in this year's sym
posium. "The symposium is a
student-oriented event," said
Brodkin. "Students help with
planning, share their academic
work, and can enter into a dia
logue outside the sessions. This
is not a symposium done for stu
dents but by students." Brodkin
and the Planning
PHOTO ~Y SHANNON BRADY Gender-themed art, like these figures Committee were
impressed with the
student turnout for
the daytime ses
sions and evening
events. There was
an especially large
turnout for "The
Conflicts of Being
Male: Addressing
Gender and Identi
ty with School-Age
Boys" that filled
the Thayer meeting
room with a stand
ing room only au
dience. Other well-made entirely of toast by Phyllis Yes,
decorated Stamm during the symposium. attended forums
noticed this diversity as a posi
tive change from previous years.
"We made a concerted effort this
year to be more aware of gender
diversity," said Forsher. "I think a
lot can be derived from looking
at [gender issues]. There's a lot
to confront there and I think its
good to do in an open commu
nity like ours." were the pornography session,
"Stripping Away the Complexity :
Steinhardt lecture explores the heart Pornograph y in Portland ," and
Carole Groobman's one-woman
performance capturing the voices
of 14 individuals speaking about
childbirth . Keynote addresses
were also well-attended , as many
students were curious to hear
Sahar Saba of the Revolution
ary Association of the Women in
Afghanistan share her views and
experiences . D'Youville College's
Professor of SOCiology Don Sabo
also made a keynote address, dis
cussing masculinities and sexual
violence in male prisons. by Beka Feathers
Professor Nancy Folbre took
economics straight to the heart
Tuesday evening, when she ad
dressed the campus at the annual
Economics Department Stein
hardt Lecture. Folbre's talk, enti
tled "The Invisible Heart and the
Economics of Care," discussed
the changing reality of and at
titudes toward care in American
society.
"It's hard to think of an im
age that's more cliched than
the heart," said Folbre, as she
showed advertisements using
the image of a heart to sell every
thing from hair care products to
car maintenance . Folbre called
the heart an important symbol
to American culture, and linked its prominence in the market to
the influence of family values in
American SOCiety.
The economics, or "work of
the heart," said Folbre, is work
that involves Significant personal
investment on the part of the
care-giver, and is largely invis
ible, although that is beginning
to change. "The person provid
ing care needs to be, wants to be
involved with the person receiv
ing care," she said.
However, the role of care to
day is in flux, partly because in
the past care has generally been
the province of women, who are
now moving in greater numbers
into the job market, Folbre said.
Care giving has become a less de
sirable role, especially since it is
largely without compensation or benefits.
"If you look at the care econo
my and how it works, if you look
beneath the surface ... you gener
ally see that people who benefit
from care or provide care, are
paying a penalty," she said.
Folbre also addressed the
relationship between the chang
ing image of women in popular
culture and the provision of
care. Among the examples she
cited were such icons as Buffy
the Vampire Slayer and Xena the
Warrior Princess, both of whom
portray women with desirable
characteristics that have nothing
to do with care.
"Buffy is the new woman,"
Folbre said. "Buffy kicks ass.
Buffy defends the world and her
classmates from vampires and other types of the undead. It's a
new kind of feminism ."
The lecture concluded with a
look at options for care provision
in the future. Currently, society
is either making do with fewer
options for care, or is engaging
in commodifica tion, by which
care becomes a commodity to be
bought and sold on the market,
Folbre said. She proposed two
other options, public provision
of care, and a SOciety-wide move
ment to "share care," which she
said would improve the quality
of care in the United States.
"If we don't figure out a way'
as a culture to honor and enforce
and reward the provision of care,
we will truly see as a culture our
quality of care diminish, " she
said. Symposium organizers were
equally impressed with the level
of turnout from non-Lewis &:
Clark students. Brodkin said,
"The symposium drew in lots
of people from the surroundin g
Portland community ."
All involved are hopeful for
the future of the Gender Studies
SympOSium, and especially for
continued student involvement
in its organization. When asked
whether people may be hesitant
to take part in the event, Sinnott
responded, "It's unfortunate to
think that gender studies would
be something to be hesitant
about." r---Ji--P1-· o-n-ee-r~----N e WS--------
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SAY, 'HERE'S THE BIBLE, THE
TORAH, THE TEN COMMANEr
MENTS, AND THEY'RE A GOOD
START.' BUT WHAT IF YOU'RE
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PIOLOG@LCLARK.EDU... BECAUSE SOME
WISDOM JUST NEEDS TO BE HEARD. by Aron Phillips
The thing that makes ASLC
so interesting right now is that
we have two scoops of fun. With
that said, what I mean is that we
technically have two Executive
Councils (sans three returnees
heading into next year). But what
does this mean? This means that
the Council is in a transition pe
riod, and there is a lot of teaching
and shadowing that's going on.
While the members of this year's
Council are experienced veterans
ready to hit the free-agent mar
ket, the newcomers are the fresh
blood from the draft.
Thankfully for the Council,
all of our bylaw revisions passed
with resounding successes in the
election. What this means is that
changes have been enacted for
the start of the 2005-2006 · school
year concerning how ASLC gets
things done. But, before those
bylaws can come into fruition,
they are currently backed up in
the paper jam we call "the Ad
ministration. "
However, the Council is mov
ing full speed ahead on impor
tant issues to finish out the year
strong -and luckily we have the
strength of the old saying "two heads are better than one," with our friends on the Chartering and
all the fresh blood and fresh ideas Budget Commission. B eat ... ~
permeating our activities. Lastly, following your sup- ~
Right now, the Council is fin-port, the Council has put into
ishing up the revisions of their writing the formal declaration of
own Raps, as they are doing y'all and your feelings towards
everything they can to make the former LC Prez M&M, Michael
transition to the newly elected Mooney. This letter will be hand
Council smooth. Also, Dubach ed to Administration imminently .
Action Team has been making Don't worry, you got your opin
progress in their push for Dubach ion across loud and clear. But if
to be open 24 hours, so use the you're reading this right now (and
lab at 4:00am if you would like. hopefully somebody is) and you
Also, in conjunctio n with DAT, feel that your voice hasn't been
Templeton Advisory Board has heard, I implore you to come to
been meeting to help along the the upcoming Provost Forum. It
future of Templeton and put the will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 27
"student" back in "Student Cen-in Smith Hall from 4:00-5:30pm.
ter." And if that doesn't sit right with
Oh yeah, by the way, there is a you and you just can't wait, come
budget for next year! The Coun- down to our meetings in Thayer
cil passed it this week, and it will Tuesdays at 5:00pm. To infinity
stand for the upcoming 2004-and beyond. Peace.
2005 school year. I would like
to thank everyone that came to
the budget discussion meetings
and voiced their concern for their
particular student organization
or student group, because we are
here working for you. We on the
Council feel that the budget is al
ways a tough process; some peo
ple lose money and some people
gain it, but all and all it's a great
budget presented to us, for us, by Broder
to speak
by Ethan Stone
Washington Post political col
umnist David Broder will give a
talk titled "Presidential Politics: by Elizabeth Young
The follOwing crimes were
reported to the Campus Safe
ty Office between Mar. 8 and
Mar. 14:
Mar. 10-Graffiti was
found on the cement post in
front of the Olin building.
Mar. 11-Graffiti was
found on the exterior wall
of the Fields Center for the
Arts.
A harassing phone call
was received by a faculty
member.
Mar. 12-Graffiti was
found on the pathway out
side Templeton Student
Center.
Mar. 14-A vehicle was
burglarized . in the Hartzfeld
parking lot.
SAAB: Hard rock,
conference grants The Choices Before Us" on Tues
day, Mar. 30 at 6:00pm in the
Council Chambers.
A Pulitzer Prize recipient and
nationally acclaimed journalist,
Broder is "arguably the most es
teemed journalist in the nation,"
professor Robert Eisinger said. Broder has reported on every
national presidential campaign
and convention since 1960,
working for the Post, The New
York Times, The Washington Star,
and CongreSSional Quarterly, and
is often seen on CNN's "Inside
Politics" and NBC's "Meet the
Press."
Broder's lecture is presented by
the PoliticaL 5 ience department.
by Anna Forscher
What rocks harder than Lem
my Kilmister's mole? No, it's not
Winger, and not Journey either.
It is the bevy of grants that SAAB
has doled out in the past week.
So strap on your Rickenbacker
bass, crank up your Marshall
amp, and get ready to rock out
with SAAB.
Emily Stadulis, Dani Prados,
and Shawn Pankratz will be at
tending the United States Institute
for Theatre Technology (USITT)
Conference and Stage Expo in
Long Beach, California, to learn
more about the aspects and inno
vations in technical theatre.
Sara Vera will be attending the
conference Vision Sciences So
ciety: Understanding Vision and
Brain in Sarasota, Florida, to pres
ent her research and experiments
in visual perception.
Clara Elias will be attending
the "Expanding the Ark: The
Emerging Science and Practice of
.Invertebrate Conservation " sym
posium at the American Museum
of Natural History in New York,
New York, to further her passion
for invertebrate science and con
servation .
SAAB also awarded its Arts Ex
pression grants for this semester.
Congratulations to the follOwing
receipents: Felipe Gomez, Kotaro
Kawashima, Randy Marsh, Anna
Peters, and Laura Rosenthal.
Please look for their respective
performances and exhibits later
rhis spring.
In other news, SAAB will no
longer be funding Conferenc e
and Program grants this semester
due to lack of funds. Our apolo-gies for the inconve
nience. Congratu
lations to all grant
receipients for their
hard work and dedi
cation.
Two more meaty
riffs for you: SAAB
has submitted its
input to the Gen
eral Education task
force, with speCific
recommendations
made about the core
course.
Also, the Art and
Mathematics De
partments are in the
beginning phases of
external reviews.
Fro~ the kids at
SAAB, have a great
spring break!
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The Pioneer Log taK ........
by the Pioneer Log staff
The Pioneer Express. For many
students, it is the easiest method
of getting off campus, and we at
the Pioneer Log decided to exam
ine exactly what goes on during a
typical Friday night on the PioEx
press. Our reporters went under
cover to stake out twelve hours of
LCs shuttle service.
2:02pm
The stakeout got off to a rough
start when I got on the bus,
reached the Law School, and saw
the PioExpress driving away. Yes,
1 had successfu lly managed to
get on the East-West shuttle and
failed to get downtown. I qUickly
got off and started the long trek
back to campus.
3:05pm
1 managed to score a seat for
the trip downtown, which was a
lucky thing since about five peo
ple were left standing. Everyone
was full of opinions about the Pi
oExpress. ''I'm glad this is the bus
to Fred Meyer, because, 1 swear to
God, none of the stores near my
house sell cigarettes!" one smoker
reported.
One junior remembered a
PioExpress incident fondly. "1 was
going downtown to see a concert,"
he said. "I may have been inebri-ated and I started to try to go to
the bathroom in the corner of the
bus. My friends quickly reminded
me that that was not what you do
on the PioExpress . It was a good
concert, too," he added.
The trip back was not nearly
as exciting. One student refused
to chat, claiming to be "dead to
the world." The other students
remained silent, and the time
passed uneventfully. Naturally, I
turned to more interesting things,
such as the view outside. Did you
know that there are five Starbucks
on the way downtown?
4:00pm
Barely managed to squeeze
into the bus this trip, people were
stuffed in every possible corner.
Everyone chatted about movies,
global politics, and the lack of
space on the PioExpress . "Theres
such a demand," one student
said, suggesting that the East
West shuttle be rerouted to help
move students downtown on the
weekends.
As the bus pulled away from
Pioneer Square, two girls ran to
catch up. Immediately , all of the
students on the bus started shout
ing for the bus to stop. The bus
driver, looking a bit angry, yelled,
"I hear you. Keep your pants on!"
Being left behind by the PioEx
press is a fairly common occur-
Pioneer Square: the final destination of the Pioneer Express. PHOTO COURTESY WWW.RAlTRANS .COM
The Pioneer Express: good for getting groceries or getting home after a downtown bender.
renee, and many students shared
stories of watching the little blue
bus fade into the distance.
5:02pm
The five o'clock shuttle lacked
the spirit and vitality that 1 w{mld
expect to find on a Friday night.
Several students chatted about St.
Patrick's Day parties, and I heard
one student expressing a wish to
go home and cook hotdogs on
the grill. A little bored, 1 began
eavesdropping, hoping to pick up
some juicy gossip, but just ended
up learning about experimental
playwrights .
Well, its a beautiful day and
1 just wasted four hours on a
bus. At least the five thirty traf
fic makes me glad I don't have
to drive.
6:02pm
Another full bus with people
standing in the aisles. Did you
know that the PioExpress is only
supposed to hold 32 people?
There were at least 40 on this trip.
The smell of alcohol began to waft
forward as one guy started drink
ing out of a flask in the back.
Discussions about polities and
leaf-blowers were everywhere,
and one group began singing "Jer
emiah Was A Bullfrog."
The driver was a great guy, and
he made the trip interesting . He
always let people on, and always
tried to stop and wait for people,
because, as he deSCribed , it takes
eight minutes to get from LC to
Burger King, and the bus is given
19. Several students recalled an in
cident where the shuttle swerved
around a corner downtown and
knocked against the Max, almost
lOSing its rear-view mirror.
7:56pm
I grabbed a seat, but there was
no rush this time. There were just
1'm always amazed
at how good the bus
ride is for gene rat-. . Ing conversatIon.
enough people to fill the seats,
and no one had to stand. Every
one was headed downtown to
clubs, danCing, or dinner. The
stop at Burger King managed to
spark three very intellectual con
versations about, you guessed it,
fast food. In addition to sketchy
food, people managed to fill the
time by gossiping about other
people, a staple of PioExpress
chatter. I'm always amazed at
how good the bus ride is for gen
erating conversation, because re
ally, these groups managed to talk
for the entire ride without actu
ally saying anything. main topic was who had hooked
up with whom, a stimulating con
versation indeed.
I was impressed by how many
people got on at Burger King. 1
guess Friday night is a popular
time to go shopping. The first
year football players were qUick
to give up their seats to several
girls carrying large bags of gro
ceries. One player commented ,
"Oh good, its good that she didn't
hook up with you, because that
leaves her pure in my mind," be
fore giving up his seat.
9:42pm
The trip downtown passed un
eventfully with only five riders. I
have to wonder about one girl's
relationship though. She spent
the entire trip on her cell phone,
talking to her boyfriend , while
looking in the Mercury Classifieds
in the "Men looking for Women"
section. Poor guy ...
Luckily, the trip back was
packed with people. As the bus
pulled away, three students in the
back suddenly started shouting
that they needed to get off. I'm
not sure how they got to the back
of the bus if they weren't plan
ning on taking the shuttle back
to LC, but when the bus refused
to turn around, they got pissed
and started hitting the windows.
After a while they calmed down,
and soon several conversation s
sprung up, all about the Spring
Fling dance, clubbing, and poli
tics. The front of the bus was The trip back was full of stu
dents returning from dinner. 1 sat
in the back with a large group of
football players, which educated
me in the ways of my misogy
nism. A few guys played Jeopardy
on a cell phone the entire trip,
and were constantly mocked by
the other football players. The Continued on page 4
3 Pioneer Log, March 19,2004 Forum
Continued from page 3
engaged in a lively. discussion of
foreignness in America, while the
back of the bus kept was filled
with comments like, "Do you feel
special? Cuz you shouldn't, cuz
you ugly!"
I, along with several other stu
dents, attempted to hide the fact
that we were eavesdroppi ng but
we had to laugh at that.
The smell of alcohol grew
stronger as the group of football
players at the back grew louder.
Soon, I had learned as much
about football as I ever need to
knOw. One player described how
"I put my hand in his face mask
and I jammed it up as far as I
could." I'm just glad that I don't
play football.
10:35pm
The crowd dwindled as it got
later, but all had great PioExpress
stories. According to one girl, the
best driver is the guy who talks to
himself, and occasionall y to other
people as well. He once spent an
entire trip explaining the intrica
cies of the cycles of the Earth,
God, and evolution.
One warning to people want
ing to share secrets: people on the
PioExpress often speak foreign
languages! One student described
an incident where two girls spent
a trip discussing extremely per
sonal matters in French, under
the impression that no one could
understand, until another student
commented on the weather loud
ly in French.
The students on the bus were
quite happy with it, however.
"It's blue, its free, and it gets you
where you want to go -mostly,"
said one first-year.
On the way back, the bus
stopped at the Chevron station
by Starbucks. All of us looked
up, confused, as the driver stood
up. "Anyone want anything?" he
asked, before getting off to buy a
Dr. Pepper and some cigarettes .
We were quickly back on our way,
however, with no one the wiser as
to our unexpected delay.
12:08am
After midnight , the sobriety of
the passengers began to dwindle.
One passenger, wearing wings, was headed to a gay rights rally. I
started chatting with the bus driv
er, an older guy with glasses. Sur
prisingly, he likes the route. He
works six days a week, 3:00pm-2:
OOam, and says that the students
are all very nice.
We took a smoke break down
town, and a bunch of students
coming from the Crystal Ballroom
got on the bus. The trip got a
bit interesting after that. We got
to Freddys right on time, and
then the bus driver decided that
downtown was so nice we should
head back for a second time. Not
a good plan. There were immedi
ate complaints from everyone on
the bus, and the driver pulled a
U-turn in the middle of the road!
I had no idea busses could even
turn that sharply, but it looked
like an experienced move.
1:30am
After a night out drinking
downtown I took the PioExpress
back to campus. I forgot when
it ran (they should post sched
ules outside of Nordstroms) so I
ended up waiting for a while.
While I was waiting a guy kept
trying to convince me that the bus
didn't run anymore. Turns out he
was talking about the city bus.
When I told him I was a Lewis &:
Clark College student waiting for
a shuttle he started taunting me
for being rich.
Even shOwing him my empty
wallet didn't help. Fortunately
the shuttle showed up early be
fore I had to show him my bank
statement. Unfortunately for
anyone counting on the shuttles
schedule, it also left early.
I was the only person on the
bus, so naturally I started talking
to the bus driver. He said that he
had worked a long shift. But be
fore we could bond any further,
my cell phone rang. I had to get
a ride home from LC because I
don't live on campus (so taking
the PioExress is kind of point
less for me, but thats a different
story).
Bottom line: riding the Pio
Express alone late at night when
you are drunk isn't very cool,
espeCially when you don't even
live on campus. It is, however,
a great service for sober students
who do.
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The Pioneer Log's Spring Break helpful hint: "Ya estaba muerta
cuando lIegue." Translation: "She was dead when I got here."
I wonder whatever happened
to the Dirty Hippie? by Charles Davis and John Koehn
You'll never pick
these apples, mom!
/
me
down from
there! It's
our back-----Features- · ---
Piolog Religion
Survey '04
35%
Yes No Undecided
Do you consider yourself to be religious?
47%
15%
Yes No Undecided
Do you believe in God?
Ie So Photo of the Week
PHOTO BY JEFF MARSHAlL
ASLC Vice President-Elect for Student Organizations Jon Ching('07) extemporates
upon his strong commitment to representing student concerns in the coming year.
12% Methodology
The repeated ranking of Lewis &: Clark Col
lege among the least religious campuses in the
nation in publications such ~ The Princeton Re
view inspired us to research whether or not there
is as little religion as rumored on campus.
Th.e Pioneer Log staff interviewed 100 Lewis
&: Clark students (54 females and 46 males)
selected randomly, asking them the following
three questions:
• "Do you consider yourself to be religious?"
• "Do you believe in God?"
• "Have you ever 'sold your soul?'''
Each student was directed to use their own
personal definition of "religious ," "God," "sold
your soul," etc.
We make no claims about the scientific merit
of this survey. It is presented purely for the en
joyment of our readers.
Yes No All research was performed by staff writer Lean
dra Bernstein.
Have you ever "sold your soul?" L--____________ -'
PHOTO BY ALEXIS GORDON by Alexis Gordon
Who are you? Elizabeth May
Eickenhorst , first -year roller-girl .
Where have you been spot
ted? In her S&'M and naked lady
themed donn.
What are you wearing? Levis
denim Daisy Duke-style jumpsuit
from Red Light ($5) with 1980s
Roller Derby skates, from Mag
pie (a gift) and black legwanners
from Urban Outfitters ($10) and
~ mud stains from spills.
Why did you wear this to
day? Well, today the weather
was finally wann enough to wear
the jumpsuit. On top of that, I
was exceptionall y inspired to be
roller-girl from Boogie Nights.
LC Style is? It's earth-tones
and slickers! I feel cramped by it.
It's too modest, not enough skin
being shown. Not enough boo
bies, I find.
Whose style do you ad
mire? Rhoda, but that's a little silly. Maude is great as well. I
also really admire Cat Mulroy 'S
"casual Cat" style, she looks
amazing in her purple Me ham
mer linen pants and backwards
mesh trucker cap that sports her
name. You can never go wrong
while wearing your name.
What style is timeless?
Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous
and Nico-they are the epitome
of glamour. They are my role
models.
Personal Statement : The
best way look good is to hang
around people that shower you
with praise and approval. For
this reason, my favorite acces
sory is my roommate Jacqueline
Mention; she just makes me ra
diate.
DISCLAIMER: For those
seeking affirmation, seek it else
where! Please refrain from ap
proaching me, Alexis Gordon,
about your desire to appear in
the Style Source.
the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2004 5 -Arts & Entertainment--
Smith and Affleck score again with Jersey Girl
by Ethan Stone
I never thought I'd see a movie
that would make me double over
in laughter and swell up with
tears, all in the first fifteen min
utes. Then again, I never thought
I'd see a Kevin Smith movie that
would make me swell up at all.
Nevertheless, Smith's latest, Jersey
Girl (opening Mar. 19) touches
your heart in places that you
wouldn't expect it to. (Affleck) suddenly has to cope
with the loss of his wife (Lopez),
job, and the burden of a baby
daughter (I'll skip to the end just
to show you how stock this plot
is: Dad gives up everything he
ever wanted, just to race home
trying to make it to little Gertie's
school play! Will he make it? Will
he MAKE it?). But Smith makes
it clear that, although the plot
may be stock, the laughs-and the
heart-are definitely not.
Jersey Girl represents yet an
other step in the Kevin Smith
progression from the outright ri
diculous hilarity of Mallrats and
Clerks to the more relationship
focused, mature films Chasing
Amy, Good Will Hu.nting, etc. (I'm
assuming Dogma was a relapse).
In Jersey Girl, Smi~h again shows
his emotional development, in
corporating a more personal and
emotional approach than we've
ever seen from him before. At the
same time, he's still quintessen
tially Smith: brutally intelligent,
often mocking, and every so of
ten, still ridiculous . Affleck plays Ollie Trinke, a
young, dynamic music publi
cist making news in New York.
Trinke is married to book editor
Gertrude (Lopez), and they have
all the puppy love and great sex
that you'd expect such a ridicu
lously good-looking couple to
have. But (as always) things take
a turn for the worse: a childbirth
gone wrong and the subsequent
breakdown leave Trinke without
a job, without a wife, without the
city he loves, and with a newborn
baby that hes supposed to raise.
Although Affleck puts on his
most convincing performance in
years, and Lopez may actually
move you to tears (no, not in that
Gigli way), the best acting comes
out of Raquel Castro, playing Ol
lie and Gertrude 's seven-year-old
daughter. Liv Tyler does a great
job of being a small-town horny
babe, George Carlin (Cardinal
Ignacious Glick in Dogma and Ben Affleck as Ollie Trinke and Raquel Castro as little Gertie in Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl.
With a veritable matchbook of
stars (Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez,
Liv Tyler, and more), Smith has a
lot to work with, but the acting
is overshadowed by Smith's skill
in constructing fantastic situa
tions for his actors to perform
in. Jersey Girl won't surprise you
with its plot: happily married dad the hitchhiker in Jay and Silent
Bob Strike Back) plays a convinc
ing granddad, and Will Smith,
Matt Damon, and Jason Lee get
cameos.
Those looking for good old
fun-loving Kevin Smith need to
look elsewhere ; inJersey Girl, he's
set his Sights higher. Although
still hilarious at times, the empha-
Portland Center Stage pres
ents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Ben Waterhouse
Tennessee Williams' Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof is a play about life,
death, love, sex, drugs, money,
and children. Its about every
thing that matters in life and then
some. But mostly, it's about the
lies people tell as they try to hang
on to the ragged edge of sanity
for just a few minutes more. The
catchword in the play is "men
daCity," and every character and
every scene is filled with it. As Maggie's catty chat
ter and Big Daddy's
narcissistic rambling
roll off the stage like
the stifling heat and
humidity of a sum
mer evening in the
Deep South.
Big Daddy, the grouchy south- directed by PCS' own Chris
ern patriarch to end all grouchy Coleman and deSigned by Wil
southern patriarchs , says, "theres liam Bloodgood of the Oregon
nothing to live with except men-Shakespeare Festival, is una bash
dacity, is there?" edly excellent. The acting is re-
Certainly not in this house, freshingly heartfelt and sincere,
there isn't. Every room reeks of and Jim Peck and Brandy Zarle
"lyin' and lyers," and the walls as Big Daddy and Maggie show
have ears. The action centers on off some of the greatest talent to
the bedroom of Brick, a football grace the stage of the Newmark
star come alcoholic who drowns Theatre this season. It isn't easy
his sorrows gallons of bourbon, to do justice to a script as good
and his nervous wife Maggie, as Williams' masterpiece, but the
with whom he refuses to share cast and crew at PCS are up to the
a bed. In and around the room challenge.
we see the slow, painful collapse Cat on a Hot Tin Roof isn't
of a venerable southern family as an easy show to watch. Like
Maggie butts heads with Brick's Faulkner at his best, Williams
Machiavellian brother, his fecund does his damndest to suffocate
wife, and their herd of five "no-the audience with words, to
neck monsters" that bear a certain drown the listener in mendac
resemblance to children. Every- ity. Maggies catty chatter and Big
one hates everyone else, except Daddy's narcissistic rambling roll
for the ones who don't, and it all off the stage like the stifling heat
comes down to sex and land. and humidity of a summer eve-
Portland Center Stage's pro-ning in the Deep South. The lies,
duction of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the fights, and the inability of any
6 the Pioneer Log, March 19,2004 P,HOTO COURTESY WllLAMETTEWEEK .COM
Brandy Zarle as Maggie and
Jeff Portell as Brick in Port
land Center Stage's produc
tion of Tennesee Williams'
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
of the characters to really commu
nicate are enough to drive one to
join Brick on his next trip to the
liquor cabinet. The atmosphere is
stifling, but, man, is it good.
This American classic, which
won Williams his second Pulit
zer (the first was for A Streetcar
Named DeSire), is a must see. The
show runs every night Tuesday~
Sunday through April 4. Tick
ets are $16 for youth under 25
and a lot more for old people,
and can be purchased through
the Portland Center for the Per
forming Arts box office or by
phone at 503-274-6588 . For
show times, seating charts, and
ticket information, check out the
Portland Center Stage website at
www.pcs.org. sis is definitely on sadness, pain,
and learning to cope with loss,
often such that the drama seems a
bit over-played at times.
Nevertheless, the old-school
Smith wins out. When Ollie com
forts his wife he exclaims, "Those
Hollywood actresses? They're all
just cracked-out whores!" And
then there's the whole Fresh Prince thing ... but you'll have to
watch the movie to find out about
that.
All in all, Smith shows artistic
development that extends beyond
his roots in comedy, but the res
no lack of laughs in Jersey Girl.
There's no Jay and Silent Bob, but
I think we can make do with J-Lo
dying of a brain aneurysm .
Rudy Ratzinger
grinds some bones
by David Muller
"Brutal, and cruel, and dark."
So opens Bone Peeler, the latest
album from German Rudy Ratz
inger's Wumpscut. This is angry,
absorbing, aggressive electronic
music. Wumpscut is generally
cast in the "Dark electro" genre
and, as ambiguous that title may
be, it seems right for this piece of
musical artistry.
I had never heard of Wumps
cut, and didn't even know "dark
electro" was a real genre, but with
a name like Bone Peeler, I thought,
"this must be some hard-core
stuff." I mean, how does one go
about peeling bones in the first
place? I think it would first re
quire the removal of all the flesh,
preferably with some kind of
caustic acid, and then the use of
some kind of industrial-strength
potato peeler on the actual bones.
Sounds pleasant, right?
Well, somehow the image
works for this album. Its not exactly the translation of such
a process into sound, or even
a narration of someone having
their bones peeled, but ~omehow
this title encapsulates the furious
despair this album presents in
every way. From the hard beats
to the deep, orchestral-sounding
refrains, the low grumbling thun
der in the background to the in
dustrial echo and the saliva-spew
ing growl that is Ratzinger 's voice,
there is absolutely nothing warm,
happy, or fuzzy about this album.
Admittedly, there are times when
Bone Peeler may just be too much.
If you're contemplating suicide,
it may encourage you to do so.
But the quality and sincerity of
this album is unquestionable. If
you're in a mood where you can
handle it, this album really rocks.
"Crown of Thorns," "Fear in Your
Eyes," "In the Peace of Night,"
and "Your Last Salute" are espe
cially engrossing tracks.
Rudy Ratzinger : I salute you.
You can peel my bones anytime.
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BEFORE AFTER 4"" Ih T
----sports-----------
Road-weary Pios lose 5 straight Upcoming Pioneer Sports
The Pioneer base
ball team won ten
of their first eleven
games. The season
looked to be the
largest turnaround
the Northwest
Conference had
ever seen.
ten wins, the Pios
were one victory
away from match
ing last season's the baseball gods
were not in favor
of the upstart
Pios, handing
them three more
defeats including
the first losses for
LC starting pitch
ers Eric Maroncel
liCO?) and Peter
Young(04).
totaL It took the PHOTO BY JOHN KOEHN This weekend,
the Pios take on
the Linfield Wild
cats hoping to
even their confer
ence record at 4-
4. You can catch 2003 Pi os until the Off the field for the moment, Pios cheer on teammates.
last weekend of the all the action at
12:00 pm Friday and 12:00pm
Saturday at the Huston Sports
Complex . For additiona l informa
tion regarding Pioneer Athletics
including up to date stats, sched
ules and more, please visit http:
//www.lclark.eduldept/sports/. year to gain that elusive eleventh
win. This team though, needed
only the first weekend of confer
ence play to have a shot at it.
Getting to ten wins was easy,
but that eleventh has proven to
be quite tricky. Lewis Est Clark has failed to win in over a week of
action. Five straight losses have
stained their once flawless record
to a respectab le 10-6.
Last weekends series against
Whitworth was their first real
conference test. Unfortunately ,
PHOTO BY JOHN KOEHN
The Women's Lacrosse Team hopes to increase visibility and support on campus.
Lacrosse ambitions aim high
by Valarie Hunsinger
This past weekend, Lewis &:
Clark Women's Lacrosse Team
demolished Black Fin 9-1, and
continue to make womens ath
leticism stand out. Their season ends the last
weekend in April. Practices are
held twice a week. The Women's
Lacrosse team is always look
ing for good players. If you
are interested, please contact
lacrosse@lclark.edu . Fri. March 19:
Track and Field at
Occidental College
Distance Carnival
Los Angeles, CA
Sat. March 20:
Track and Field at
Occidental College
Spring Break Invitational
Los Angeles, CA
Baseball vs. Linefield
Huston Sports Complex
Softball vs. Pomona Pitzer
Sunwest Tournament
2:00pm
Sun. March 21
Men's Tennis at
Alliant University
San Diego, CA 9:00am
Baseball vs. Linefield
Huston Sports Complex
Mon. March 22
Men's Tennis at
SW College
San Diego, CA 9:00am
=rues. March 23
Men's Golf at Walla Walla
CC Invitational
Northwest Intercollegiate
Golf Championship
Men's Tennis vs.
Chapman University
Orange, CA 6:00pm
Softball vs. Tufts
Sunwest Tournament
8:30am
Softball vs. Chapman
Sunwest Tournament Wed. March 24
Men's Golf at Walla Walla
CC Invitational
Northwest Intercollegiate
Golf Championship
Men's Tennis vs. Vanguard
University .
Orange, CA 10:00am
Baseball vs. Willamette
Salem, OR 2:00pm
Sat. March 27
Crew at Daffodil Cup
(PLU, UPS, WWU, WU,
SPU);·American Lake,
Tacoma, WA
Baseball vs. Pacific
Forrest Grove, OR
12:00pm
Softball vs. George Fox
Newberg, OR 12:00pm
Sun. March 28
Women's Golf at
Willamette Invitational
Salem, OR
Baseball vs. Pacific
Forrest Grove, OR
12:00pm
Softball vs. George Fox
Huston Sports Complex
Mon. March 29
Women's Golf at
Willamette Invitational
Salem, OR
Men's Golf at Creekside;
Willamette Invitational
Salem, OR
Despite some outstanding per
formences, the 19-member team
came up short against Gonzaga
and the University of Washing
tonvt. Fundamental changes, a
rock-solid first-year class, and a
new season have all coalesced to
form a team representing Pala
tine Hill with nothing less than
impressive strength. Captain Aria
Strack stated, "This is a building
year with more new girls and
since the beginning the seasons
have improved because of natural
talent." proximately 14 years; however,
the womens team has only been
around for four years and has
never been a varsity sport. This
year they joined the Womens
Division Intercollegiate AssoCi
ates Council (WDlA), which is
helping the team grow in status.
If both the women and men's
teams improve and if the budget
permits it, Lacrosse will become a Sports Portrait
Imagine a mix between soc
cer and hockey and you may get
a vague idea of what lacrosse is.
When playing lacrosse, 11 play
ers are needed on the field at aU
times: one goalie, three defend
ers, three mid fielders, and three
attack players. Players use a net
ted stick (technically called the
crosse) to catch, carry and throw
the ball. •
Lacrosse has been a club
sport at Lewis Est Clark for ap-If both the women
and men's teams
improve and if the
budget permits it,
Lacrosse will be
come a varSIty sport.
varsity sport.
This is also the first year the
girls have had a coach. Andrea
Shatz has 19 years of experience
and was the Oregon High School
Lacrosse leader.
Women's Lacrosse started
practice at the beginning of the
semester and has been training
vigorously ever since. They often
co mete against three to five teams
every weekend. by Zach Mann
Name: Greg Williams
Sport: Baseball
Age: 19
Parents Names: Jim and Carol
Siblings: Mary, 24
Hometown : San Diego,
California
High School: Mt. Carmel High
School
GPA in high school: 3.75
Previous Colleges: Negative
Position on Team: Starting right
fielder
Number: 24
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 185 pounds
Major: Political Science
Favorite Music: "1 like
everything "
Something that most people do
not know about you: "1 like to
listen to girlie music"
Fami vs. The Simpsons
Favorite Movie: Braveheart
Political Affiliation: Republican
CD currently in your Discman:
"I have an iPod, so all of them."
Favorite Food: Mexican, "came
asada burritos."
Ben Stiller vs. Owen Wilson:
Ben Stiller
Favorite Hobby: "Playing
baseball, does that count?"
Dream Summer Job: "Work at
the Playboy Mansion ."
Relational Status: "Practically
married."
Mike Tyson's Punchout or Super
Mario Brothers: Mario
Personal Motto: "Losing is no
option."
Favorite Bon Food: "chocolate
chip cookie bars" (he still denies
that they are vegan!)
Who would win in a fight
between John F Kerry and
W Bush: Bush Baseball player Greg Wil
liams has a winning smile
easy. George Bush would beat
S**T out of Kerry!"
Sleeper Major League Baseball
Team: 'The Yankees! Just
teasing. The Angels."
Person On Your Team You Most
Admire: "Fuji and Smeade. Fuji
is always happy and Smeade just
because he is a tweener!"
the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2004 7 --Publick Occurences--
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Law School Preview Spring Break Continues
Entire Campus All Day Event
All Day Event
Web Page Creation
Liquid Crystals Grande: 5-Part
Olin Building 9:00am-12:00pm
11:30am-12:30pm Registration Required
SATURDAY,
MAR 20 FRIDAli MAR 2
Spring Break Begins! Spring Break Continues
All Day Event All Day Event
Lewis & Clark Baseball Public Lands at the
vs. Linfield Crossroads
Huston Sports Complex Law School, Wood Hall
12:00pm All Day Event
SUNDAY,
MAR 21 SATURDAY,
MAR 27
Spring Break Continues Spring Break Continues .
All Day Event All Day Event
Lewis & Clark Baseball Public Lands at the
vs. Linfield Crossroads
Huston Sports Complex Law School, Wood Hall
12:00pm All Day Event Last Day of Spring Break
All Day Event
Lewis & Clark Softball
vs. George Fox
Huston Sports Complex
12:00pm
MONDAY,
MAR 29
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Hoffman Gallery
All Day Event
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Senior Art Exhibition 2004
Hoffman Gallery
5:00pm-7:00pm
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8 the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2004 You CAUGHT MY EYE ...
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with hair like the ocean
always searching for the
greater good
will you be my greater
good?
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love with your smile
You who works in the IT
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blooming, but Summer
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Lewis & Clark College's Student-Run Newspaper
Volume 68, Number 17 Fnday, March 19, 2004
ASLC officer-elects address Symposium offers
student issues, look to future gender perspective s
by Craig Beebe
ASLC President-elect Landon
Mascarenaz('05) has important
work to do. From the Michael
Mooney issue to student par
ticipation in government, Mas
carenaz has his work cut out for
him.
At the top of his agenda is
increasing the presence of ASLC
ira students' lives, and making its
decisions and goals more avail
able to every student. "I think
we could make student govern
ment more accessible to stu
dents," Mascarenaz said.
One of his chief objectives is
the reconfiguration of the stu
dent representative system. The
current setup has four at-large
representatives who speak for the
entire student body. Mascarenaz
said he would like to change the
system so that student represen
tatives are elected based on lo
cation or class. He believes this
method will more accurat 1 r
flect the opinions of a larger por
tion of the student body.
After an election which saw
about one-fifth of the student
body voting, Mascarenaz sees
the issue of student participa
tion in government as one of
the most pressing today. "We
need to make a concerted effort
to make [elections] important to
students," he said.
Student representative-elect
Emily Webb('O?) agreed with
this statement, as did new Vice
President of Student Organiza
tions Jonathan ChingC'O?). "Ap
athy is a systematic problem,"
said Webb.
Ching added, "Many students
do not know what ASLC can do
for them."
This year's election saw the remainder of the semester training next year's officers.
rise of two coalitions : the Clean
Slate and Dirty Plate. In the end,
members of both tickets were
elected by students, creating the
potential for a split government
that may have problems moving
forward.
Both Mascarenaz and Webb
expressed optimism about the
new officers' ability to work to
gether, however. "I can't imagine
a better group of people I'd like
to work with," said Mascarenaz.
While Webb emphasized that
the coalitions did matter as col
.lectives of different beliefs, she
said she thought these differing
agendas would not interfere with
the officers' ability to work as a
whole.
Ching emphasized that the
Clean Slate's priorities of "trans
parency, representation, and
diversity" would be among his
top goals in his new position. He
noted that all of the Clean Slate
candidates were elected to their
respective positions.
Another hot issue in this
year's elections was the referen
dum concerning former college President Michael Mooney. Stu
dents voted in favor of a formal
statement opposing Mooney's
r.lanned return to campus this
f;ll. Mascarenaz did not take
this vote lightly. "We have a re
sponsibility to express students'
concerns ," he said. "We will be
very vocal."
Other issues mentioned by
Mascarenaz and Webb as impor
tant topics in the coming year in
cluded the renovation of Temple
ton, diversity, and gender-blind
housing. Each of these subjects
affects students, they said, and
ASLC will have an important role
to play in what happens.
Ultimately , though, the new
officers' commitment to making
student government more ac
cessible and visible to students
shined through. "We should give
everyone the ability to partici
pate," Mascarenaz said.
Whether other officers shared
this view was unclear, however.
At press time, none of the other
officers-elect had responded to
a request for information about
their plans and goals. by Leandra Bernstein
Last week Lewis &: Clark
College hosted the 23rd Annual
Gender Studies Symposium,
themed "Gender in Conflict."
Forums ranged in topics from in
ternational women's movements
to contemporary male issues and
examinations of alternative sexu
alities, featuring speakers from
across the country and the globe.
Those involved in the sympo-.
sium unanimously agreed that
the event was a success and were
very pleased with how it was re
ceived by the community.
This year's symposium focused
on a wide variety of gender issues
relating to both men and women.
Symposium Chair of Community
Outreach, Anna Forsher('05 ),
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was beneficial in many ways. "It
is really wonderful because gen
der studies make connections to
hiStory, SOlAN, art, and econom
ics," she said. "We tried to ap
peal to specific departments, and
many professors built the sym
posium into their syllabuses."
Faculty Advisor Kimberly
Brodkin noted the amount of
involvement in this year's sym
posium. "The symposium is a
student-oriented event," said
Brodkin. "Students help with
planning, share their academic
work, and can enter into a dia
logue outside the sessions. This
is not a symposium done for stu
dents but by students." Brodkin
and the Planning
PHOTO ~Y SHANNON BRADY Gender-themed art, like these figures Committee were
impressed with the
student turnout for
the daytime ses
sions and evening
events. There was
an especially large
turnout for "The
Conflicts of Being
Male: Addressing
Gender and Identi
ty with School-Age
Boys" that filled
the Thayer meeting
room with a stand
ing room only au
dience. Other well-made entirely of toast by Phyllis Yes,
decorated Stamm during the symposium. attended forums
noticed this diversity as a posi
tive change from previous years.
"We made a concerted effort this
year to be more aware of gender
diversity," said Forsher. "I think a
lot can be derived from looking
at [gender issues]. There's a lot
to confront there and I think its
good to do in an open commu
nity like ours." were the pornography session,
"Stripping Away the Complexity :
Steinhardt lecture explores the heart Pornograph y in Portland ," and
Carole Groobman's one-woman
performance capturing the voices
of 14 individuals speaking about
childbirth . Keynote addresses
were also well-attended , as many
students were curious to hear
Sahar Saba of the Revolution
ary Association of the Women in
Afghanistan share her views and
experiences . D'Youville College's
Professor of SOCiology Don Sabo
also made a keynote address, dis
cussing masculinities and sexual
violence in male prisons. by Beka Feathers
Professor Nancy Folbre took
economics straight to the heart
Tuesday evening, when she ad
dressed the campus at the annual
Economics Department Stein
hardt Lecture. Folbre's talk, enti
tled "The Invisible Heart and the
Economics of Care," discussed
the changing reality of and at
titudes toward care in American
society.
"It's hard to think of an im
age that's more cliched than
the heart," said Folbre, as she
showed advertisements using
the image of a heart to sell every
thing from hair care products to
car maintenance . Folbre called
the heart an important symbol
to American culture, and linked its prominence in the market to
the influence of family values in
American SOCiety.
The economics, or "work of
the heart," said Folbre, is work
that involves Significant personal
investment on the part of the
care-giver, and is largely invis
ible, although that is beginning
to change. "The person provid
ing care needs to be, wants to be
involved with the person receiv
ing care," she said.
However, the role of care to
day is in flux, partly because in
the past care has generally been
the province of women, who are
now moving in greater numbers
into the job market, Folbre said.
Care giving has become a less de
sirable role, especially since it is
largely without compensation or benefits.
"If you look at the care econo
my and how it works, if you look
beneath the surface ... you gener
ally see that people who benefit
from care or provide care, are
paying a penalty," she said.
Folbre also addressed the
relationship between the chang
ing image of women in popular
culture and the provision of
care. Among the examples she
cited were such icons as Buffy
the Vampire Slayer and Xena the
Warrior Princess, both of whom
portray women with desirable
characteristics that have nothing
to do with care.
"Buffy is the new woman,"
Folbre said. "Buffy kicks ass.
Buffy defends the world and her
classmates from vampires and other types of the undead. It's a
new kind of feminism ."
The lecture concluded with a
look at options for care provision
in the future. Currently, society
is either making do with fewer
options for care, or is engaging
in commodifica tion, by which
care becomes a commodity to be
bought and sold on the market,
Folbre said. She proposed two
other options, public provision
of care, and a SOciety-wide move
ment to "share care," which she
said would improve the quality
of care in the United States.
"If we don't figure out a way'
as a culture to honor and enforce
and reward the provision of care,
we will truly see as a culture our
quality of care diminish, " she
said. Symposium organizers were
equally impressed with the level
of turnout from non-Lewis &:
Clark students. Brodkin said,
"The symposium drew in lots
of people from the surroundin g
Portland community ."
All involved are hopeful for
the future of the Gender Studies
SympOSium, and especially for
continued student involvement
in its organization. When asked
whether people may be hesitant
to take part in the event, Sinnott
responded, "It's unfortunate to
think that gender studies would
be something to be hesitant
about." r---Ji--P1-· o-n-ee-r~----N e WS--------
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The thing that makes ASLC
so interesting right now is that
we have two scoops of fun. With
that said, what I mean is that we
technically have two Executive
Councils (sans three returnees
heading into next year). But what
does this mean? This means that
the Council is in a transition pe
riod, and there is a lot of teaching
and shadowing that's going on.
While the members of this year's
Council are experienced veterans
ready to hit the free-agent mar
ket, the newcomers are the fresh
blood from the draft.
Thankfully for the Council,
all of our bylaw revisions passed
with resounding successes in the
election. What this means is that
changes have been enacted for
the start of the 2005-2006 · school
year concerning how ASLC gets
things done. But, before those
bylaws can come into fruition,
they are currently backed up in
the paper jam we call "the Ad
ministration. "
However, the Council is mov
ing full speed ahead on impor
tant issues to finish out the year
strong -and luckily we have the
strength of the old saying "two heads are better than one," with our friends on the Chartering and
all the fresh blood and fresh ideas Budget Commission. B eat ... ~
permeating our activities. Lastly, following your sup- ~
Right now, the Council is fin-port, the Council has put into
ishing up the revisions of their writing the formal declaration of
own Raps, as they are doing y'all and your feelings towards
everything they can to make the former LC Prez M&M, Michael
transition to the newly elected Mooney. This letter will be hand
Council smooth. Also, Dubach ed to Administration imminently .
Action Team has been making Don't worry, you got your opin
progress in their push for Dubach ion across loud and clear. But if
to be open 24 hours, so use the you're reading this right now (and
lab at 4:00am if you would like. hopefully somebody is) and you
Also, in conjunctio n with DAT, feel that your voice hasn't been
Templeton Advisory Board has heard, I implore you to come to
been meeting to help along the the upcoming Provost Forum. It
future of Templeton and put the will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 27
"student" back in "Student Cen-in Smith Hall from 4:00-5:30pm.
ter." And if that doesn't sit right with
Oh yeah, by the way, there is a you and you just can't wait, come
budget for next year! The Coun- down to our meetings in Thayer
cil passed it this week, and it will Tuesdays at 5:00pm. To infinity
stand for the upcoming 2004-and beyond. Peace.
2005 school year. I would like
to thank everyone that came to
the budget discussion meetings
and voiced their concern for their
particular student organization
or student group, because we are
here working for you. We on the
Council feel that the budget is al
ways a tough process; some peo
ple lose money and some people
gain it, but all and all it's a great
budget presented to us, for us, by Broder
to speak
by Ethan Stone
Washington Post political col
umnist David Broder will give a
talk titled "Presidential Politics: by Elizabeth Young
The follOwing crimes were
reported to the Campus Safe
ty Office between Mar. 8 and
Mar. 14:
Mar. 10-Graffiti was
found on the cement post in
front of the Olin building.
Mar. 11-Graffiti was
found on the exterior wall
of the Fields Center for the
Arts.
A harassing phone call
was received by a faculty
member.
Mar. 12-Graffiti was
found on the pathway out
side Templeton Student
Center.
Mar. 14-A vehicle was
burglarized . in the Hartzfeld
parking lot.
SAAB: Hard rock,
conference grants The Choices Before Us" on Tues
day, Mar. 30 at 6:00pm in the
Council Chambers.
A Pulitzer Prize recipient and
nationally acclaimed journalist,
Broder is "arguably the most es
teemed journalist in the nation,"
professor Robert Eisinger said. Broder has reported on every
national presidential campaign
and convention since 1960,
working for the Post, The New
York Times, The Washington Star,
and CongreSSional Quarterly, and
is often seen on CNN's "Inside
Politics" and NBC's "Meet the
Press."
Broder's lecture is presented by
the PoliticaL 5 ience department.
by Anna Forscher
What rocks harder than Lem
my Kilmister's mole? No, it's not
Winger, and not Journey either.
It is the bevy of grants that SAAB
has doled out in the past week.
So strap on your Rickenbacker
bass, crank up your Marshall
amp, and get ready to rock out
with SAAB.
Emily Stadulis, Dani Prados,
and Shawn Pankratz will be at
tending the United States Institute
for Theatre Technology (USITT)
Conference and Stage Expo in
Long Beach, California, to learn
more about the aspects and inno
vations in technical theatre.
Sara Vera will be attending the
conference Vision Sciences So
ciety: Understanding Vision and
Brain in Sarasota, Florida, to pres
ent her research and experiments
in visual perception.
Clara Elias will be attending
the "Expanding the Ark: The
Emerging Science and Practice of
.Invertebrate Conservation " sym
posium at the American Museum
of Natural History in New York,
New York, to further her passion
for invertebrate science and con
servation .
SAAB also awarded its Arts Ex
pression grants for this semester.
Congratulations to the follOwing
receipents: Felipe Gomez, Kotaro
Kawashima, Randy Marsh, Anna
Peters, and Laura Rosenthal.
Please look for their respective
performances and exhibits later
rhis spring.
In other news, SAAB will no
longer be funding Conferenc e
and Program grants this semester
due to lack of funds. Our apolo-gies for the inconve
nience. Congratu
lations to all grant
receipients for their
hard work and dedi
cation.
Two more meaty
riffs for you: SAAB
has submitted its
input to the Gen
eral Education task
force, with speCific
recommendations
made about the core
course.
Also, the Art and
Mathematics De
partments are in the
beginning phases of
external reviews.
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SAAB, have a great
spring break!
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we ve hours ...
The Pioneer Log taK ........
by the Pioneer Log staff
The Pioneer Express. For many
students, it is the easiest method
of getting off campus, and we at
the Pioneer Log decided to exam
ine exactly what goes on during a
typical Friday night on the PioEx
press. Our reporters went under
cover to stake out twelve hours of
LCs shuttle service.
2:02pm
The stakeout got off to a rough
start when I got on the bus,
reached the Law School, and saw
the PioExpress driving away. Yes,
1 had successfu lly managed to
get on the East-West shuttle and
failed to get downtown. I qUickly
got off and started the long trek
back to campus.
3:05pm
1 managed to score a seat for
the trip downtown, which was a
lucky thing since about five peo
ple were left standing. Everyone
was full of opinions about the Pi
oExpress. ''I'm glad this is the bus
to Fred Meyer, because, 1 swear to
God, none of the stores near my
house sell cigarettes!" one smoker
reported.
One junior remembered a
PioExpress incident fondly. "1 was
going downtown to see a concert,"
he said. "I may have been inebri-ated and I started to try to go to
the bathroom in the corner of the
bus. My friends quickly reminded
me that that was not what you do
on the PioExpress . It was a good
concert, too," he added.
The trip back was not nearly
as exciting. One student refused
to chat, claiming to be "dead to
the world." The other students
remained silent, and the time
passed uneventfully. Naturally, I
turned to more interesting things,
such as the view outside. Did you
know that there are five Starbucks
on the way downtown?
4:00pm
Barely managed to squeeze
into the bus this trip, people were
stuffed in every possible corner.
Everyone chatted about movies,
global politics, and the lack of
space on the PioExpress . "Theres
such a demand," one student
said, suggesting that the East
West shuttle be rerouted to help
move students downtown on the
weekends.
As the bus pulled away from
Pioneer Square, two girls ran to
catch up. Immediately , all of the
students on the bus started shout
ing for the bus to stop. The bus
driver, looking a bit angry, yelled,
"I hear you. Keep your pants on!"
Being left behind by the PioEx
press is a fairly common occur-
Pioneer Square: the final destination of the Pioneer Express. PHOTO COURTESY WWW.RAlTRANS .COM
The Pioneer Express: good for getting groceries or getting home after a downtown bender.
renee, and many students shared
stories of watching the little blue
bus fade into the distance.
5:02pm
The five o'clock shuttle lacked
the spirit and vitality that 1 w{mld
expect to find on a Friday night.
Several students chatted about St.
Patrick's Day parties, and I heard
one student expressing a wish to
go home and cook hotdogs on
the grill. A little bored, 1 began
eavesdropping, hoping to pick up
some juicy gossip, but just ended
up learning about experimental
playwrights .
Well, its a beautiful day and
1 just wasted four hours on a
bus. At least the five thirty traf
fic makes me glad I don't have
to drive.
6:02pm
Another full bus with people
standing in the aisles. Did you
know that the PioExpress is only
supposed to hold 32 people?
There were at least 40 on this trip.
The smell of alcohol began to waft
forward as one guy started drink
ing out of a flask in the back.
Discussions about polities and
leaf-blowers were everywhere,
and one group began singing "Jer
emiah Was A Bullfrog."
The driver was a great guy, and
he made the trip interesting . He
always let people on, and always
tried to stop and wait for people,
because, as he deSCribed , it takes
eight minutes to get from LC to
Burger King, and the bus is given
19. Several students recalled an in
cident where the shuttle swerved
around a corner downtown and
knocked against the Max, almost
lOSing its rear-view mirror.
7:56pm
I grabbed a seat, but there was
no rush this time. There were just
1'm always amazed
at how good the bus
ride is for gene rat-. . Ing conversatIon.
enough people to fill the seats,
and no one had to stand. Every
one was headed downtown to
clubs, danCing, or dinner. The
stop at Burger King managed to
spark three very intellectual con
versations about, you guessed it,
fast food. In addition to sketchy
food, people managed to fill the
time by gossiping about other
people, a staple of PioExpress
chatter. I'm always amazed at
how good the bus ride is for gen
erating conversation, because re
ally, these groups managed to talk
for the entire ride without actu
ally saying anything. main topic was who had hooked
up with whom, a stimulating con
versation indeed.
I was impressed by how many
people got on at Burger King. 1
guess Friday night is a popular
time to go shopping. The first
year football players were qUick
to give up their seats to several
girls carrying large bags of gro
ceries. One player commented ,
"Oh good, its good that she didn't
hook up with you, because that
leaves her pure in my mind," be
fore giving up his seat.
9:42pm
The trip downtown passed un
eventfully with only five riders. I
have to wonder about one girl's
relationship though. She spent
the entire trip on her cell phone,
talking to her boyfriend , while
looking in the Mercury Classifieds
in the "Men looking for Women"
section. Poor guy ...
Luckily, the trip back was
packed with people. As the bus
pulled away, three students in the
back suddenly started shouting
that they needed to get off. I'm
not sure how they got to the back
of the bus if they weren't plan
ning on taking the shuttle back
to LC, but when the bus refused
to turn around, they got pissed
and started hitting the windows.
After a while they calmed down,
and soon several conversation s
sprung up, all about the Spring
Fling dance, clubbing, and poli
tics. The front of the bus was The trip back was full of stu
dents returning from dinner. 1 sat
in the back with a large group of
football players, which educated
me in the ways of my misogy
nism. A few guys played Jeopardy
on a cell phone the entire trip,
and were constantly mocked by
the other football players. The Continued on page 4
3 Pioneer Log, March 19,2004 Forum
Continued from page 3
engaged in a lively. discussion of
foreignness in America, while the
back of the bus kept was filled
with comments like, "Do you feel
special? Cuz you shouldn't, cuz
you ugly!"
I, along with several other stu
dents, attempted to hide the fact
that we were eavesdroppi ng but
we had to laugh at that.
The smell of alcohol grew
stronger as the group of football
players at the back grew louder.
Soon, I had learned as much
about football as I ever need to
knOw. One player described how
"I put my hand in his face mask
and I jammed it up as far as I
could." I'm just glad that I don't
play football.
10:35pm
The crowd dwindled as it got
later, but all had great PioExpress
stories. According to one girl, the
best driver is the guy who talks to
himself, and occasionall y to other
people as well. He once spent an
entire trip explaining the intrica
cies of the cycles of the Earth,
God, and evolution.
One warning to people want
ing to share secrets: people on the
PioExpress often speak foreign
languages! One student described
an incident where two girls spent
a trip discussing extremely per
sonal matters in French, under
the impression that no one could
understand, until another student
commented on the weather loud
ly in French.
The students on the bus were
quite happy with it, however.
"It's blue, its free, and it gets you
where you want to go -mostly,"
said one first-year.
On the way back, the bus
stopped at the Chevron station
by Starbucks. All of us looked
up, confused, as the driver stood
up. "Anyone want anything?" he
asked, before getting off to buy a
Dr. Pepper and some cigarettes .
We were quickly back on our way,
however, with no one the wiser as
to our unexpected delay.
12:08am
After midnight , the sobriety of
the passengers began to dwindle.
One passenger, wearing wings, was headed to a gay rights rally. I
started chatting with the bus driv
er, an older guy with glasses. Sur
prisingly, he likes the route. He
works six days a week, 3:00pm-2:
OOam, and says that the students
are all very nice.
We took a smoke break down
town, and a bunch of students
coming from the Crystal Ballroom
got on the bus. The trip got a
bit interesting after that. We got
to Freddys right on time, and
then the bus driver decided that
downtown was so nice we should
head back for a second time. Not
a good plan. There were immedi
ate complaints from everyone on
the bus, and the driver pulled a
U-turn in the middle of the road!
I had no idea busses could even
turn that sharply, but it looked
like an experienced move.
1:30am
After a night out drinking
downtown I took the PioExpress
back to campus. I forgot when
it ran (they should post sched
ules outside of Nordstroms) so I
ended up waiting for a while.
While I was waiting a guy kept
trying to convince me that the bus
didn't run anymore. Turns out he
was talking about the city bus.
When I told him I was a Lewis &:
Clark College student waiting for
a shuttle he started taunting me
for being rich.
Even shOwing him my empty
wallet didn't help. Fortunately
the shuttle showed up early be
fore I had to show him my bank
statement. Unfortunately for
anyone counting on the shuttles
schedule, it also left early.
I was the only person on the
bus, so naturally I started talking
to the bus driver. He said that he
had worked a long shift. But be
fore we could bond any further,
my cell phone rang. I had to get
a ride home from LC because I
don't live on campus (so taking
the PioExress is kind of point
less for me, but thats a different
story).
Bottom line: riding the Pio
Express alone late at night when
you are drunk isn't very cool,
espeCially when you don't even
live on campus. It is, however,
a great service for sober students
who do.
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Open minds. Open doors:"
The Pioneer Log's Spring Break helpful hint: "Ya estaba muerta
cuando lIegue." Translation: "She was dead when I got here."
I wonder whatever happened
to the Dirty Hippie? by Charles Davis and John Koehn
You'll never pick
these apples, mom!
/
me
down from
there! It's
our back-----Features- · ---
Piolog Religion
Survey '04
35%
Yes No Undecided
Do you consider yourself to be religious?
47%
15%
Yes No Undecided
Do you believe in God?
Ie So Photo of the Week
PHOTO BY JEFF MARSHAlL
ASLC Vice President-Elect for Student Organizations Jon Ching('07) extemporates
upon his strong commitment to representing student concerns in the coming year.
12% Methodology
The repeated ranking of Lewis &: Clark Col
lege among the least religious campuses in the
nation in publications such ~ The Princeton Re
view inspired us to research whether or not there
is as little religion as rumored on campus.
Th.e Pioneer Log staff interviewed 100 Lewis
&: Clark students (54 females and 46 males)
selected randomly, asking them the following
three questions:
• "Do you consider yourself to be religious?"
• "Do you believe in God?"
• "Have you ever 'sold your soul?'''
Each student was directed to use their own
personal definition of "religious ," "God," "sold
your soul," etc.
We make no claims about the scientific merit
of this survey. It is presented purely for the en
joyment of our readers.
Yes No All research was performed by staff writer Lean
dra Bernstein.
Have you ever "sold your soul?" L--____________ -'
PHOTO BY ALEXIS GORDON by Alexis Gordon
Who are you? Elizabeth May
Eickenhorst , first -year roller-girl .
Where have you been spot
ted? In her S&'M and naked lady
themed donn.
What are you wearing? Levis
denim Daisy Duke-style jumpsuit
from Red Light ($5) with 1980s
Roller Derby skates, from Mag
pie (a gift) and black legwanners
from Urban Outfitters ($10) and
~ mud stains from spills.
Why did you wear this to
day? Well, today the weather
was finally wann enough to wear
the jumpsuit. On top of that, I
was exceptionall y inspired to be
roller-girl from Boogie Nights.
LC Style is? It's earth-tones
and slickers! I feel cramped by it.
It's too modest, not enough skin
being shown. Not enough boo
bies, I find.
Whose style do you ad
mire? Rhoda, but that's a little silly. Maude is great as well. I
also really admire Cat Mulroy 'S
"casual Cat" style, she looks
amazing in her purple Me ham
mer linen pants and backwards
mesh trucker cap that sports her
name. You can never go wrong
while wearing your name.
What style is timeless?
Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous
and Nico-they are the epitome
of glamour. They are my role
models.
Personal Statement : The
best way look good is to hang
around people that shower you
with praise and approval. For
this reason, my favorite acces
sory is my roommate Jacqueline
Mention; she just makes me ra
diate.
DISCLAIMER: For those
seeking affirmation, seek it else
where! Please refrain from ap
proaching me, Alexis Gordon,
about your desire to appear in
the Style Source.
the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2004 5 -Arts & Entertainment--
Smith and Affleck score again with Jersey Girl
by Ethan Stone
I never thought I'd see a movie
that would make me double over
in laughter and swell up with
tears, all in the first fifteen min
utes. Then again, I never thought
I'd see a Kevin Smith movie that
would make me swell up at all.
Nevertheless, Smith's latest, Jersey
Girl (opening Mar. 19) touches
your heart in places that you
wouldn't expect it to. (Affleck) suddenly has to cope
with the loss of his wife (Lopez),
job, and the burden of a baby
daughter (I'll skip to the end just
to show you how stock this plot
is: Dad gives up everything he
ever wanted, just to race home
trying to make it to little Gertie's
school play! Will he make it? Will
he MAKE it?). But Smith makes
it clear that, although the plot
may be stock, the laughs-and the
heart-are definitely not.
Jersey Girl represents yet an
other step in the Kevin Smith
progression from the outright ri
diculous hilarity of Mallrats and
Clerks to the more relationship
focused, mature films Chasing
Amy, Good Will Hu.nting, etc. (I'm
assuming Dogma was a relapse).
In Jersey Girl, Smi~h again shows
his emotional development, in
corporating a more personal and
emotional approach than we've
ever seen from him before. At the
same time, he's still quintessen
tially Smith: brutally intelligent,
often mocking, and every so of
ten, still ridiculous . Affleck plays Ollie Trinke, a
young, dynamic music publi
cist making news in New York.
Trinke is married to book editor
Gertrude (Lopez), and they have
all the puppy love and great sex
that you'd expect such a ridicu
lously good-looking couple to
have. But (as always) things take
a turn for the worse: a childbirth
gone wrong and the subsequent
breakdown leave Trinke without
a job, without a wife, without the
city he loves, and with a newborn
baby that hes supposed to raise.
Although Affleck puts on his
most convincing performance in
years, and Lopez may actually
move you to tears (no, not in that
Gigli way), the best acting comes
out of Raquel Castro, playing Ol
lie and Gertrude 's seven-year-old
daughter. Liv Tyler does a great
job of being a small-town horny
babe, George Carlin (Cardinal
Ignacious Glick in Dogma and Ben Affleck as Ollie Trinke and Raquel Castro as little Gertie in Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl.
With a veritable matchbook of
stars (Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez,
Liv Tyler, and more), Smith has a
lot to work with, but the acting
is overshadowed by Smith's skill
in constructing fantastic situa
tions for his actors to perform
in. Jersey Girl won't surprise you
with its plot: happily married dad the hitchhiker in Jay and Silent
Bob Strike Back) plays a convinc
ing granddad, and Will Smith,
Matt Damon, and Jason Lee get
cameos.
Those looking for good old
fun-loving Kevin Smith need to
look elsewhere ; inJersey Girl, he's
set his Sights higher. Although
still hilarious at times, the empha-
Portland Center Stage pres
ents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Ben Waterhouse
Tennessee Williams' Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof is a play about life,
death, love, sex, drugs, money,
and children. Its about every
thing that matters in life and then
some. But mostly, it's about the
lies people tell as they try to hang
on to the ragged edge of sanity
for just a few minutes more. The
catchword in the play is "men
daCity," and every character and
every scene is filled with it. As Maggie's catty chat
ter and Big Daddy's
narcissistic rambling
roll off the stage like
the stifling heat and
humidity of a sum
mer evening in the
Deep South.
Big Daddy, the grouchy south- directed by PCS' own Chris
ern patriarch to end all grouchy Coleman and deSigned by Wil
southern patriarchs , says, "theres liam Bloodgood of the Oregon
nothing to live with except men-Shakespeare Festival, is una bash
dacity, is there?" edly excellent. The acting is re-
Certainly not in this house, freshingly heartfelt and sincere,
there isn't. Every room reeks of and Jim Peck and Brandy Zarle
"lyin' and lyers," and the walls as Big Daddy and Maggie show
have ears. The action centers on off some of the greatest talent to
the bedroom of Brick, a football grace the stage of the Newmark
star come alcoholic who drowns Theatre this season. It isn't easy
his sorrows gallons of bourbon, to do justice to a script as good
and his nervous wife Maggie, as Williams' masterpiece, but the
with whom he refuses to share cast and crew at PCS are up to the
a bed. In and around the room challenge.
we see the slow, painful collapse Cat on a Hot Tin Roof isn't
of a venerable southern family as an easy show to watch. Like
Maggie butts heads with Brick's Faulkner at his best, Williams
Machiavellian brother, his fecund does his damndest to suffocate
wife, and their herd of five "no-the audience with words, to
neck monsters" that bear a certain drown the listener in mendac
resemblance to children. Every- ity. Maggies catty chatter and Big
one hates everyone else, except Daddy's narcissistic rambling roll
for the ones who don't, and it all off the stage like the stifling heat
comes down to sex and land. and humidity of a summer eve-
Portland Center Stage's pro-ning in the Deep South. The lies,
duction of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the fights, and the inability of any
6 the Pioneer Log, March 19,2004 P,HOTO COURTESY WllLAMETTEWEEK .COM
Brandy Zarle as Maggie and
Jeff Portell as Brick in Port
land Center Stage's produc
tion of Tennesee Williams'
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
of the characters to really commu
nicate are enough to drive one to
join Brick on his next trip to the
liquor cabinet. The atmosphere is
stifling, but, man, is it good.
This American classic, which
won Williams his second Pulit
zer (the first was for A Streetcar
Named DeSire), is a must see. The
show runs every night Tuesday~
Sunday through April 4. Tick
ets are $16 for youth under 25
and a lot more for old people,
and can be purchased through
the Portland Center for the Per
forming Arts box office or by
phone at 503-274-6588 . For
show times, seating charts, and
ticket information, check out the
Portland Center Stage website at
www.pcs.org. sis is definitely on sadness, pain,
and learning to cope with loss,
often such that the drama seems a
bit over-played at times.
Nevertheless, the old-school
Smith wins out. When Ollie com
forts his wife he exclaims, "Those
Hollywood actresses? They're all
just cracked-out whores!" And
then there's the whole Fresh Prince thing ... but you'll have to
watch the movie to find out about
that.
All in all, Smith shows artistic
development that extends beyond
his roots in comedy, but the res
no lack of laughs in Jersey Girl.
There's no Jay and Silent Bob, but
I think we can make do with J-Lo
dying of a brain aneurysm .
Rudy Ratzinger
grinds some bones
by David Muller
"Brutal, and cruel, and dark."
So opens Bone Peeler, the latest
album from German Rudy Ratz
inger's Wumpscut. This is angry,
absorbing, aggressive electronic
music. Wumpscut is generally
cast in the "Dark electro" genre
and, as ambiguous that title may
be, it seems right for this piece of
musical artistry.
I had never heard of Wumps
cut, and didn't even know "dark
electro" was a real genre, but with
a name like Bone Peeler, I thought,
"this must be some hard-core
stuff." I mean, how does one go
about peeling bones in the first
place? I think it would first re
quire the removal of all the flesh,
preferably with some kind of
caustic acid, and then the use of
some kind of industrial-strength
potato peeler on the actual bones.
Sounds pleasant, right?
Well, somehow the image
works for this album. Its not exactly the translation of such
a process into sound, or even
a narration of someone having
their bones peeled, but ~omehow
this title encapsulates the furious
despair this album presents in
every way. From the hard beats
to the deep, orchestral-sounding
refrains, the low grumbling thun
der in the background to the in
dustrial echo and the saliva-spew
ing growl that is Ratzinger 's voice,
there is absolutely nothing warm,
happy, or fuzzy about this album.
Admittedly, there are times when
Bone Peeler may just be too much.
If you're contemplating suicide,
it may encourage you to do so.
But the quality and sincerity of
this album is unquestionable. If
you're in a mood where you can
handle it, this album really rocks.
"Crown of Thorns," "Fear in Your
Eyes," "In the Peace of Night,"
and "Your Last Salute" are espe
cially engrossing tracks.
Rudy Ratzinger : I salute you.
You can peel my bones anytime.
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BEFORE AFTER 4"" Ih T
----sports-----------
Road-weary Pios lose 5 straight Upcoming Pioneer Sports
The Pioneer base
ball team won ten
of their first eleven
games. The season
looked to be the
largest turnaround
the Northwest
Conference had
ever seen.
ten wins, the Pios
were one victory
away from match
ing last season's the baseball gods
were not in favor
of the upstart
Pios, handing
them three more
defeats including
the first losses for
LC starting pitch
ers Eric Maroncel
liCO?) and Peter
Young(04).
totaL It took the PHOTO BY JOHN KOEHN This weekend,
the Pios take on
the Linfield Wild
cats hoping to
even their confer
ence record at 4-
4. You can catch 2003 Pi os until the Off the field for the moment, Pios cheer on teammates.
last weekend of the all the action at
12:00 pm Friday and 12:00pm
Saturday at the Huston Sports
Complex . For additiona l informa
tion regarding Pioneer Athletics
including up to date stats, sched
ules and more, please visit http:
//www.lclark.eduldept/sports/. year to gain that elusive eleventh
win. This team though, needed
only the first weekend of confer
ence play to have a shot at it.
Getting to ten wins was easy,
but that eleventh has proven to
be quite tricky. Lewis Est Clark has failed to win in over a week of
action. Five straight losses have
stained their once flawless record
to a respectab le 10-6.
Last weekends series against
Whitworth was their first real
conference test. Unfortunately ,
PHOTO BY JOHN KOEHN
The Women's Lacrosse Team hopes to increase visibility and support on campus.
Lacrosse ambitions aim high
by Valarie Hunsinger
This past weekend, Lewis &:
Clark Women's Lacrosse Team
demolished Black Fin 9-1, and
continue to make womens ath
leticism stand out. Their season ends the last
weekend in April. Practices are
held twice a week. The Women's
Lacrosse team is always look
ing for good players. If you
are interested, please contact
lacrosse@lclark.edu . Fri. March 19:
Track and Field at
Occidental College
Distance Carnival
Los Angeles, CA
Sat. March 20:
Track and Field at
Occidental College
Spring Break Invitational
Los Angeles, CA
Baseball vs. Linefield
Huston Sports Complex
Softball vs. Pomona Pitzer
Sunwest Tournament
2:00pm
Sun. March 21
Men's Tennis at
Alliant University
San Diego, CA 9:00am
Baseball vs. Linefield
Huston Sports Complex
Mon. March 22
Men's Tennis at
SW College
San Diego, CA 9:00am
=rues. March 23
Men's Golf at Walla Walla
CC Invitational
Northwest Intercollegiate
Golf Championship
Men's Tennis vs.
Chapman University
Orange, CA 6:00pm
Softball vs. Tufts
Sunwest Tournament
8:30am
Softball vs. Chapman
Sunwest Tournament Wed. March 24
Men's Golf at Walla Walla
CC Invitational
Northwest Intercollegiate
Golf Championship
Men's Tennis vs. Vanguard
University .
Orange, CA 10:00am
Baseball vs. Willamette
Salem, OR 2:00pm
Sat. March 27
Crew at Daffodil Cup
(PLU, UPS, WWU, WU,
SPU);·American Lake,
Tacoma, WA
Baseball vs. Pacific
Forrest Grove, OR
12:00pm
Softball vs. George Fox
Newberg, OR 12:00pm
Sun. March 28
Women's Golf at
Willamette Invitational
Salem, OR
Baseball vs. Pacific
Forrest Grove, OR
12:00pm
Softball vs. George Fox
Huston Sports Complex
Mon. March 29
Women's Golf at
Willamette Invitational
Salem, OR
Men's Golf at Creekside;
Willamette Invitational
Salem, OR
Despite some outstanding per
formences, the 19-member team
came up short against Gonzaga
and the University of Washing
tonvt. Fundamental changes, a
rock-solid first-year class, and a
new season have all coalesced to
form a team representing Pala
tine Hill with nothing less than
impressive strength. Captain Aria
Strack stated, "This is a building
year with more new girls and
since the beginning the seasons
have improved because of natural
talent." proximately 14 years; however,
the womens team has only been
around for four years and has
never been a varsity sport. This
year they joined the Womens
Division Intercollegiate AssoCi
ates Council (WDlA), which is
helping the team grow in status.
If both the women and men's
teams improve and if the budget
permits it, Lacrosse will become a Sports Portrait
Imagine a mix between soc
cer and hockey and you may get
a vague idea of what lacrosse is.
When playing lacrosse, 11 play
ers are needed on the field at aU
times: one goalie, three defend
ers, three mid fielders, and three
attack players. Players use a net
ted stick (technically called the
crosse) to catch, carry and throw
the ball. •
Lacrosse has been a club
sport at Lewis Est Clark for ap-If both the women
and men's teams
improve and if the
budget permits it,
Lacrosse will be
come a varSIty sport.
varsity sport.
This is also the first year the
girls have had a coach. Andrea
Shatz has 19 years of experience
and was the Oregon High School
Lacrosse leader.
Women's Lacrosse started
practice at the beginning of the
semester and has been training
vigorously ever since. They often
co mete against three to five teams
every weekend. by Zach Mann
Name: Greg Williams
Sport: Baseball
Age: 19
Parents Names: Jim and Carol
Siblings: Mary, 24
Hometown : San Diego,
California
High School: Mt. Carmel High
School
GPA in high school: 3.75
Previous Colleges: Negative
Position on Team: Starting right
fielder
Number: 24
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 185 pounds
Major: Political Science
Favorite Music: "1 like
everything "
Something that most people do
not know about you: "1 like to
listen to girlie music"
Fami vs. The Simpsons
Favorite Movie: Braveheart
Political Affiliation: Republican
CD currently in your Discman:
"I have an iPod, so all of them."
Favorite Food: Mexican, "came
asada burritos."
Ben Stiller vs. Owen Wilson:
Ben Stiller
Favorite Hobby: "Playing
baseball, does that count?"
Dream Summer Job: "Work at
the Playboy Mansion ."
Relational Status: "Practically
married."
Mike Tyson's Punchout or Super
Mario Brothers: Mario
Personal Motto: "Losing is no
option."
Favorite Bon Food: "chocolate
chip cookie bars" (he still denies
that they are vegan!)
Who would win in a fight
between John F Kerry and
W Bush: Bush Baseball player Greg Wil
liams has a winning smile
easy. George Bush would beat
S**T out of Kerry!"
Sleeper Major League Baseball
Team: 'The Yankees! Just
teasing. The Angels."
Person On Your Team You Most
Admire: "Fuji and Smeade. Fuji
is always happy and Smeade just
because he is a tweener!"
the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2004 7 --Publick Occurences--
EVENTS FOR PUBLICK OCCURENCES ARE DUE AT NOON MONDAY OF THE WEEK YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR EVENT PUBLISHED.
FRIDA~
MAR1~ M S International Career Panel ONDAY, UNDAY, Council Chambers CLASSIFIED ADs MAR 22 MAR 28 5:30pm-7:00pm
Law School Preview Spring Break Continues
Entire Campus All Day Event
All Day Event
Web Page Creation
Liquid Crystals Grande: 5-Part
Olin Building 9:00am-12:00pm
11:30am-12:30pm Registration Required
SATURDAY,
MAR 20 FRIDAli MAR 2
Spring Break Begins! Spring Break Continues
All Day Event All Day Event
Lewis & Clark Baseball Public Lands at the
vs. Linfield Crossroads
Huston Sports Complex Law School, Wood Hall
12:00pm All Day Event
SUNDAY,
MAR 21 SATURDAY,
MAR 27
Spring Break Continues Spring Break Continues .
All Day Event All Day Event
Lewis & Clark Baseball Public Lands at the
vs. Linfield Crossroads
Huston Sports Complex Law School, Wood Hall
12:00pm All Day Event Last Day of Spring Break
All Day Event
Lewis & Clark Softball
vs. George Fox
Huston Sports Complex
12:00pm
MONDAY,
MAR 29
Classes Resume
TSG 101 is Essential for
HIV-1 Budding
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4:00pm
the Pioneer Log Meeting
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5:00pm
WEDNESDAY,
MAR 31
Judge Mosman Lecture
Law School, Wood Hall 8
12:00pm-1:00pm Intermediate Photos hop
6:00pm-7:30pm
Registration Required
THURSDAY,
APR 1
April Fool's Day
All Day Event
Senior Art Exhibition 2004
Hoffman Gallery
All Day Event
Opening Reception for
Senior Art Exhibition 2004
Hoffman Gallery
5:00pm-7:00pm
Ian McEwan
Schnitzer Concert Hall
7:30pm
$12
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8 the Pioneer Log, March 19, 2004 You CAUGHT MY EYE ...
sweet snuffly boy
with hair like the ocean
always searching for the
greater good
will you be my greater
good?
You: girl
Me: boy
Call: 8763
Saw you at the Passion
of Christ. Want to try out
a more cheerful Passion
with me?
Red cowboy boots, short
pink skirt ... you know who
you are ... You: Dark hair, Korean,
walking away from
theatre
Me: Someone who is in
love with your smile
You who works in the IT
helpdesk ... can you help
fix me ... baby?
Summer leaves are
blooming, but Summer
has not come for me yet ...
where are you?
You: Socially inept
Stewart boy
Me: Socially inept
Stewart girl
Seen anyone interesting lately?
Want to get in touch?
submit to piolog@lclark.edu
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