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2001-11-09

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Bernice King confronts difficult issues
by Sierra Jenkins schools.
Reverend Bernice King spoke
at Lewis &-Clark on Oct. 30 as
part of the Chamberlain Lec­
tures, established to bring Chris­
tian and Jewish leaders to cam­
pus, almost 40 years to the day
after her father spoke here in fall
of 1961.
Her speech was powerful in
both content and delivery. Her
speech was titled "Disturbing
the Comfortable : Creating Social
Change that Lasts." King cer­
tainly disturbed the comfortable
with her straightforward mes­
sage about the problems in
America and the solutions she
suggested. Debate about her
speech spilled over into an ani­
mated reception afterward ,
mostly related to the strong
Christian principles of her mes­
sage, the continuing lack of mi­
norities at Lewis &"Clark, and
the failure to recognize the rac­
ism that occurs every day on this
campus.
Rev. King is an ordained Bap­
tist minister and a social activ­
ist. Her book, Hard Questions,
Hearl Answers, seeks to confront
complacent and ambivalent citi­
zens with the still unmet aspira­
tions for social justice champi­
oned by her father.
King began qUietly, welcom­
ing the audience into a circle of
trust. She stated early in her
speech, "I will make you a little
uncomfortable ... but it's all in
love."
She proceeded to captivate
the audience for an hour and a
half speaking about what is
wrong with America, and what
should be done on a national
and on an individual level.
At the heart of King's speech
was a simple and powerful mes­
sage: "For social change to hap­
pen, one must move from their Rev. Bernice King gave a controversial speech about the
problems facing the United States.
head to their heart."
She,psed the nursery rhyme
of Humpty Dumpty to illustrate
her point, a device that particu­
larly grabbed the audience. King
asked why all the King's horses
and men couldn't put Humpty
together again and proceeded to
give this sequence of events. See­
ing the problem, at first, they
brought in a lot of experts. Then
they got mired in the paralysis
of analysis. "There are a lot of
great theorists and poor practi­
tioners in this nation," King said.
Then they started pointing fin­
gers and passing the buck. Fi­
nally, seeing all the pieces, they
were overwhelmed at all the
work there was to do. "The prob­
lem was a head problem, " King said. The answer: Love, the most
powerful force there is.
King identified some impor­
tant problems in America: arro­
gance and elitism, selfishness,
materialism, and greed; spend­
ing a good amount of time delv­
ing deeper into these. She spoke
to the continuing existence of
the idea of superiority and infe­
riority of races. "[In school) I did
not see anything pos.itive' and
reaffirming about my people. I
have to continue telling myself
I'm just as good," King said, re­
ceiving a strong response from
the audience. She advocated
changing the educational system
to really teach about the contri­
butions of other races, and not
only teach white hiStory in the Speaking to selfishness, King
referred to Americans ' response
to Sept. 11. She said that people
have been terrorized just as
badly before, but there is only an
outcry of disgust when it hap­
pens to America. It's unbeliev­
ably selfish to say, "Let us pray
that no American lives are lost,"
as if Americans are more valu­
able than Afghans or any other
people. In order for change to
occur, people must be willing to
make a sacrifice and put their life
on hold, so that their children
might have a better life.
Reverend King moved
quickly, touching on many un­
comfortable subjects in parts of
her speech, but reading her au­
dience very well and never go­
ing too far while still firing de­
bate.
"She verbalizes the things
that are known but aren't said,
things that are acknowledged,
but aren't discussed ," student
Tammi Roach said.
"She was very impactful , very
direct, and didn't beat around'
the bush. It was good to hear
someone talk unapologetically
about being a Christian here on
campus," Liz Posey said.
Other students had issues
with King's strongly Christian
message, particularly in the con­
text of Lewis &-Clark (rated sec­
ond in the nation for "The Cam­
pus that ignores God on a Regu­
lar Basis" by Princeton Review)
"I agree with probably 80% of
what she said and have strong
issues with 20% of it," said Keith
West. One student exclaimed
afterwards, "She mentioned God
twenty-three times."
Overall, everyone was af­
fected by the words of Reverend
Bernice King. A videotape of the
speech is available at the library.
Hunger and Houselessness Awareness Week
hopes to create understandi ing arid empathy
by Joe Clock
The week of Nov. 12-17 will
be A Week of Awareness for
Hunger and Houselessness at
Lewis &" Clark. The Hunger and
Houselessness Awareness Club,
a charter group, has organized a
hunger banquet, a sleep out, a
fast, a community service
project, and a few speakers to
raise awareness of hunger and
houselessness on campus.
This is the third year that the
hunger banquet has happened
and the second year that a whole
week has been devoted to rais­
ing campus awareness. Melanie
Harsch, one of the week's orga­
nizers, said that the goal of the
week is to "Let people who have
not experienced poverty experi­
ence it for once, and to have
empathy."
To Harsch the most signifi­
cant part of the week will be Tuesday night's hunger banquet,
which will show the unequal
distribution of wealth in the
world and how fortunate we are
to liVE; in the United States. The
people who attend the banquet
will be divided into three groups.
15% of the attendees will repre­
sent the proportion of the world
population that lives in the rich­
est countries, and will eat well.
30% of the attendees will repre­
sent the proportion of the world
population that lives in slightly
poorer countries and will eat
decent meals. The remaining
55% of the attendees will repre­
sent the poorest countries and
will eat little to nothing. Dur­
ing the banquet Rick Ukena
from the Oregon Food Bank will
speak. Last year's hunger ban­
quet drew approximately 200
people.
New events this year include the Sleep-out on Thursday night.
So far 24 students are signed up
to spend the night at the flag
pole on lower campus, reading
poetry, reflecting on
" The goal of the week
is to /I Let people who
have not experienced
poverty experience it
for once, and to have
empathy.
Melanie Harsch -----"
homelessness, and experiencing
not having a warm place to go
back to.
Another event that has not
been part of Hunger and
Houslessness Awareness Week
in the past is the 24 hour fast that will begin on Thursday evening.
There are currently 50 students
signed up to fast.
On Monday Chuck Currie
will give a speech entitled
"Homelessness in the midst of
War." Currie is a civil rights
leader who works with commu­
nity leaders and heads of non­
profit groups on issues regard­
ing the homeless . He is currently
working to make the killing of
homeless people classified as a
hate crime. Looking forward to
Currie's speech, Harsch said, "I
think we're just luck y to get
him."
Wednesday evening there will
be an open mic night in the
Rusty Nail, and the week will
end on Saturday with a commu­
nity service project with Grow­
ing Gardens , a group that
teaches low income families to
grow their own food. CORRECTION : MEAGHAN LAMARRE DID NOT
DESIGN THE COVER OF THE NOVEMBER 2. 2001
EDITION OF THE PIONEER LOG. AS WAS CREDITED
LAST WEEK. THE COVER WAS DESIGNED BY ERIN
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The Pioneer log is funded by
your student fees. Parenti speaks about civil
liberties and nationall security
by Kate Ablutz
Political critic, author and
professor Christian Parenti lec­
tured at Lewis &: Clark last week
on the civil rights implications
of America's war on terrorism .
About 50 students, faculty
and visitors attended the lecture,
which was organized by the
sponsoring faculty ofLe's politi­
cal economy minor. The talk was
one of several events sponsored
by the political economy faculty
to aid the discussion of recent
political and economic develop­
ments.
Parenti discussed several dis­
quieting sections of the recently
. passed USA PATRIOT act, a bill
deSigned to help the governinent
more effectively prevent and
punish terrorism. Its provisions
include expanded powers of law
enforcement allowing the tap­
ping of all information systems
a suspected terrorist may use
and the sparing of information
among agencies such as the FBI
and CIA without a warrant. This
sharing of information is espe­
cially Significant , Parenti said, because it allows the CIA to
maintain dossiers on U.S. citi­
zens who haven't broken any
laws.
Parenti said that the bill's defi­
nition of terrorism might be ap­
plied to peaceful activists, allow­
ing them to be tried as terrorists .
But Parenti does not think civil
liberties are doomed. "Before
September 11 there was the le­
gal structure of a police state, but
there wasn't the political climate
to use it," he said. Likewise, the
new laws on terrorism will in­
hibit civil liberties only if the
American public allows them to,
Parenti said.
Christian Parenti is professor
of SOCiology and politiCS at the
New College in San Francisco.
He is the author of Lochdown
America: Police and Prisons in the
Age oj Crisis, and the forthcom­
ing book The SoJt Cage: A His­
tory oj Everyday Surveillance.
Professor Parenti will return to
campus on November 20 to
speak on developments in the
state of civiilliberties. Flyers will
be posted with more information
before his visit.
Dorm construction is on track
by Joe Clock
In a Nov. 7 cam'p-us forum
Director of Campus Services
Sandi Bottemiller and Dean of
StudentsJon Eldridge discussed
the progress that has been made
on the construction of the three
new residence halls that will
open next fall, gave details about
the new buildings , and discussed
the application process for stu­
dents hoping to live in the new
dorms.
Roofs should cover houses A-
2 and A-3 by Christmas, and
house A-I will get a roof next
semester. Work will continue
inside the residence halls until
they open in Aug. 2002.
The new halls will consist of
two and four person apartment
style suites. Each suite will have
two bathrooms , but only one
toilet, a kitchen with a sink,
stove, and refrigerator , and all
the apartments will be furnished .
The walls will also be fairly
soundproof. Building A-2 will house a cof­
fee shop and convenience store,
and building A-3 will have some
other kind of free space for stu­
dents, but. planners have not
decided exactly what that space
will be.
Juniors and seniors will live
in the new residence halls, each
of which will hold 56 students.
Students will get a point for ev­
ery semester they live on cam­
pus or participate in a Lewis &:
Clark overseas program , and
students with the most points
will be able to live in the new
residence halls.
Unlike the current residence
halls, students will lease the new
apartments for either nine or
twelve months, at a cost of ap­
proximat ely $500 more each se­
mester than it would cost to live
in a standard double room in an
existing dorm. Students will ap­
ply to live in the new dorms.
Applications will be available in
February and due in March.
ASLC Update
by Shannon Chaney
It is time for yet another up­
date on your beloved ASLC
Council. Many new things came
up at our last meeting, as well
as many updates on current
projects. We are discussing set­
ting some ground rules for when
campus groups invite vendors to
sell their merchandise . Rules
might need to be clarified con­
cerning profit made and when
contracts are being violated. We
had lunch with Campus Planner,
Michael Sestric regarding plant­
ing edible fruit trees on campus.
GAB allocated funds for the re­
turn of the American Pictures
Series, a picture series dealing
with ethnic diversity and race
issues. Chief Justice Julian is
reviewing and clarifying drink­
ing and noise policies with Jon Eldridge. SAAB's twentieth
birthday is coming up and they
are hoping to gain national at­
tention of some type going in to
their third decade. Hall Liaison
Hannah Bryant is speaking with
RAs and RDs in an attempt to
have more dorm projects and
activities during these rainy
months. Progress is being made
on obtaining surcharge free
ATMs, lighting the trail behind
the Manor House and getting
student art up on campus. If any
of these topics interest you feel
free to stop by at any meeting or
swing by our website and drop
us an email. Meetings are every
Tuesday, 5:15 Dubach Student
Lounge. We are representing
YOU the student, so let us know
what is going on in your heads!
2 Pioneer Log November 9, 2001 Crime Beat A-
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by Julie Layton Couch
October 30th
Graffiti was found in the
men's restroom in Evans Music
Building
November 1st
Graffiti was found on a power
box near the chapel.
Campus Safety received a
complaint of marijuana smell
coming from Odell Hall. A glass
bong was handed over to cam­
pus safety and a report was for­
warded to Residenc e Life.
Officers responded to a medi­
cal assist in Olin. Student was
transported to the college health
center:
November 2nd
Graffiti was found in one of
the women's restrooms in
Templeton
Campus Safety received a
complaint of marijuana smell
coming from Hartzfeld . Several
pipes, a glass bong and a pack­
age of rolling paper along with
an electronic scale were confis­
cated and placed in an evidence
locker. A report was forwarded
to Residence Life.
Officers responded to a com­
plaint of marijuana smell com­
ing from Alder. Officers confis­
cated alcohol, which was dis­
posed of because the residents of
the room were under the legal
age to drink. A smoking device
used to smoke marijuana was
confiscated and placed in an evi­
dence locker. A report was for­
warded to Residence life.
Officers responded to a call
from a RA in Copeland in re­
gards to graffiti. Unknown per­
sons had painted all over the
walls and carpet with orange and
black paint.
Officers responded to a medi-cal assist in Copeland parking
lot. A student appeared to have
had too much to drink and was
transported to Oregon Health
Science University.
Officers trespassed a former
student who was in violation of
conditions set forth by the Dean
of Students . The former student
was issued a wri tlen trespass
warning and escorted off cam­
pus.
Officers observed an intoxi­
cated student lying in the bushes
near Palatine and Palater rd. The
student was inebriated and was
sent to detox by Ponland Police,
as he could not care for himself.
November 3rd.
Officers responded to a com­
plaint of marijuana smell com­
ing from Howard hall. Several
bottles of alcohol were disposed
of and a guest of the resident was
trespassed because there had
been a violation of the school
drug and alcohol policy. A re­
pon was forwarded to Residence
Life.
Unknown person(s) dis­
charged 3 fire extinguishers near
the faculty offices and class­
rooms. There was residue dam­
age inside some of the class­
rooms from the discharge.
November 4th
Officers responded to a medi­
cal assist in Platt Hall. The stu­
dent had twisted her knee and
was transponed to the hospital
by her Resident Director.
Unknown person(s) broke
into the candy vending machine
in Dubach student lounge and
stole the money out of the coin
holder.
November 5th
Officers responded to a medi­
cal assist in Manzanita. A stu­
dent cut his finger
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Josie Greenman cultivates passion for roses
by Elizabeth Miller
Roses are red, even when
skies are gray, thanks to
groundskeeper joanie
Greenman. Greenman loves
Lewis &: Clark College, her job,
the people, and the atmosphere
of LC and says, "at this point in
time I just don't think I would
want to work anywhere else."
Greenman , a native Orego­
nian, has been here ten years
since retiring from a job in psy­
chiatric social work and decid­
ing to go back to school in hor­
ticulture. "I think the reason I
did was because I always loved
gardening and I decided·after
kids were kind of half-raised,
why not go back and do some­
thing I really loved," she says.
Greenman works with the other
members of the grounds crew
maintaining the grounds here, at
the Northwestern School of Law,
and at South Campus, which
includes various duties from
pruning to raking leaves. Each
member of the grounds crew has
a specific area of focus, allow­
ing them to become familiar
with the area. Greenman's spe­
cialty is the rose garden, an area
in which she feels lucky to work.
Even after a decade of work,
Greenman has a few missions on
campus, namely restoring the
rose gardens and conquering the
endless ivy that plagues campus.
After researching the history of
the rose garden, she has
attempted to restore it to
the style of garden it was
when it was part of the
Frank Estate. In the
past, the rose garden
was used to test new
varieties of roses before they en­
tered the market. According to
Greenman, recent work in the
rose garden includes adding six
new fragrant varieties Ihis year
and moving toward newer dis­
ease-and pest-resistant varieties
that will decrease the need to use
insecticides ,on the campus.
Greenman is also a member
of the Portland Rose Society.
Two years ago, on a whim, she "---­[Bill Salo's] philoso-
phy is that we're here
for the students.
That's the philosophy
that every depart­
ment on campus has,
to my knowledge, or
should have, and that
is that [students are]
our customers and
the whole point of
the thing is to make it
right for you.
-Joanie Greenman ------"
entered the College rose garden
in a contest, mostly to get a cri­
tique on the gardens and ideas
for improveme nt. The rose gar­
den won an award for "the best
new formal rose garden in Port­
land."
Roses are Greenman's pas­
sion, as they have been for her
family. "There's more folklore
about the rose than anything else
and it's just one of my favorite
things," she says.
Greenman considers the rose
garden a quiet, peaceful study
area and encourages students to
enjoy the gardens for that
purpose in the spring
and fall. Her
belief in creating areas for stu­
dents' use echoes the philosophy
of her supervisor , Bill Salo. "His
philosophy is that we're here for
the students," she says. "That's
the philosoph y that every depart­
ment on campus has, to my
knowledge, or should have and
that is that [students are] our
customers and the whole point PHaro BY ELIZABETH MILLER
Joannie Greenman has been working for the LC grounds crew for a decade. Her current
missions include refining the award-winning rose gardens and ridding the campus of
invasive ivy. She encourages students to lend a hand in the fight against ivy.
of the thing is to make it right
for you."
As to Greenman's other con­
cern, her mission at the moment
is to remove the ivy from the
trees around campus. "If I could
do anything it would be
to encourage students
to get out there in
groups to cut the
ivy and try to get it
manageable," says
Greenman . The
grounds crew has
worked in coopera­
tion with the environ­
men tal studies depart-
ment in their effofts to pull
ivy back from trees and practice
planting species native to this
area. The College is trying to
keep the design of the grounds
a natural one, so while there are
some formal gardens,.an effort
has been made to cover the cam­
pus in native plants as well.
Outside her work in grounds
keeping, Joanie has taken up photography as a hobby, and
claims her new digital camera is
like a toy. She recently took the
Photoshop class at LC and is tak­
ing another at
Clackamas Com­
munity College.
These days, she
can be seen across
campus snapping
photographs of
the fall colors and
students.
Greenman takes pic­
tures to help herself
get a different per­
spective on the cam­
pus. "[Photography
is] an opportunit y
for me to take a step
back and take a look at
through the eye of a camera
instead of as a grounds keeper,
seeing weeds over here and
leaves over there," she says. "So
when Ilook through the camera
I see it the way a lot of visitors
would see it." She has submit-ted some of her photograph s to
appear on the LC web page.
Greenman encourages stu­
dents to work for the grounds
crew because it
"clears out the cob­
webs" that accumu­
late in one's mind af­
ter too many days be­
tween stacks of
books, serves as
good exercise, gets stu­
dents outside, and gives
them a different way to
feel tired. Working in
what she considers an
ideal job, she loves shar-
ing her work with stu­
dents and admires
those who have
worked for the
grounds crew and
gone on to careers
in horticulture.
Pleased with her
situation , Greenman brightens
the campus both with her work
and with her friendly smile.
Electronic musician sets sights on Portland compilation
PHOTO BY AARON LANDAU
Senior Chris Jones has sampled his cuts at the LC electronic
music marathon for years, but has been extending his
presence around Portland as well. Jones plans to release a
compilation of Portland electronic music artists in
December. by Aaron landau
You may have already heard
of Lewis &: Clark College senior
Chris jones; he's one of many
electronic music artists whose
music has been showcased in
LC's biannual electronic music
marathon . But he is also one of
a few artists who have taken
their music farther than the
Council Chamber, into the com­
munity at large.
jones, who uses no pseud­
onym when on his own, but
when teamed with fellow artist
Martin (pronounced mar-teen)
trades under the name HumanY,
has been making electronic mu­
sic since his high-school days.
He has expanded his music to
include not only computer­
based sequences but live
turntablism as well, and has
showcased his Dj styles with
Martin at local venues in recent
months. Among jones' current ven­
tures is a plan to put together a
small record label, tentatively
dubbed KRSP. The first of the
label's releases is slated to press
around Christmas , and will be a
compilation of Portland elec­
tronic musicians who share
jones' vision. When asked what
this vision includes , jones re­
marked "the music should be
progressive and experimenta l,
with hip-hop 's political influ­
ences." He emphaSizes that the
album's music will not necessar­
ily come from a single style­
"the aim is for diverSity," he
noted-but rather that each art­
ist will aim for a similar, experi­
mental theme. The compilation
will be "moving beyond lDM
(Intellige nt Dance Music), but
still tapping into old styles of
acid-house, and other styles as
well."
jones' own music is some­
what experimenta l as well. His
piece for last year's electronic music festival illustrated a more
ambient side of his style, but he
assures us that he has expanded
since then. Of his music, he
commen ts, "I've got a heavier
dub influence , and things are
always moving in new direc­
tions." Around the same time the
compilatio n album is released,
he says, a solo EP should be out
as well. "On my own, I'd like to
do some pretty out-there live
stuff." Some ideas include "live
Dj shows with an entire set of
Hawaiian music," jones jokes.
"Or a set mixing nothing but
guitar solos."
jones encourages electronic
musicians within the LC com­
munity and beyond to send him
music for consideration on the
compilation album, which he
says will be released on CD, lape,
and MiniDisc , "but not on vinyl
just yet." For more information
about the label or acquiring cop­
ies of any releases, email him at
chjones@lclark.edu .
November 9, 2001 Pioneer Log 3 Fear, insanity, and the Stewart nurse
by Brendan Buschman-Kelly
On Sunday October 28, Dean
of Students Jon Eldridge came to
residence hall Hartzfeld C to talk
about the Stewart nurse. It was
a Halloween event organized to
present the true nature of this
beastly ghost that haunts the
Lewis and Clark campus.
Eldridge stood in front of the
fireplace of the Hartzfeld C
lounge, wearing a baseball hat
and a rain-jacket. He had a cam­
pus-safety incident report in his
hand and he wore the look of a
camp-counselor ready to take
his listeners on a scavenger-hunt
into the unknown . He was ready
to use this piece of Lewis and
Clark folklore to bring a little
fear into our daily lives.
We sat and listened atten­
tively, heeding the matter-of-fact
tone of voice that Eldridge al­
ways employs. His pitch never
changed, even when attempting
to be sarcastic. It soon became
clear that we were supposed to
be frightened by this story and
so, accordingly, we were.
Eldridge informed us through
the story that the Stewart nurse
originally had a packet of six
scalpels that were used to com­
mit her murders and, predict­
ably, one scalpel still remained .
This melodrama was in­
tended to entice fear into the
hearts of the listeners, but in­
stead it came out sounding like
the ghost stories of summer camp. I felt like a part of a scene
where I could expect to hear
such stereotypical statements
as, "Check the children. There's
a madman on the loose."
The air became relieved
when Eldridge finished his
story. The end was anti-climac­
tic and the body count was not
very high. To my ears, accus­
tomed to this type of story, it
was not impressive or original ..
Also, the climax of the story was
intended to drive home the very
fear that I was supposed to feel,
but it ended up unveiling the
story's faults.
First, the Stewart nurse never
had a motive behind her ac­
tions. She was reasoned as sim­
ply mad and apt to do anything.
Second, it seemed that this story,
if viable, would have merited
national attention because of its
obvious appeal to the media.
Would not the National
Enquirer stake out the original
office of the Stewart nurse with
the desperate hope in finding
some clue to her intentions or
whereabouts? Would not this
story be so well enshrined in the
college history that it would
plague the college'S every move?
When I asked these questions
after the meeting, I discovered
that everyone in the room
wanted to believe in the Stewart
nurse story. This desire existed
either for the possible acclaim
of being part of a campus with
such a storied history or for the desire to reaffirm one's own be­
liefs about insanity.
In regards to this second need,
this story is just another part of
a long list of folk stories used by
people to distinguish themselves
from the dastardly deeds com­
milled by members of society
around the:m. Society sees fit to
label their actions as insane. Does .
this characterization, used on
people like the Stewart nurse, not
resemble the characterization
made recently of Osama bin­
Laden? Bo~h are seen as insane
persons wi th no viable motives
for their actions.
Motives are the definitive
force behind our actions. They
bring out our use of reason and
give apparent cause-and-effect
relationships to the events of our
lives. The Stewart nurse, appar­
ently, had no motive for her ac­
tions. She simply struck out
upon innocent victims of her
community. We claim now that Osama
bin-Laden also had no motive
for his actions. He simply
struck out preemptively upon
innocent members of the glo­
bal community. In both cases,
we are the victims of these
dastardly deeds and we
should be wary of that fact.
But we should not choose to
give no credibility to the per­
petrators of these actions by
stripping them of a motive. By
believing in the Stewart nurse
as simply a capable, mad vil­
lain, we are adhering to the
belief in insane people always
working against us.
Does not Osama bin-Laden
fall under that present char­
acterization? We believe now
that the Stewart nurse is
watching us here at Lewis and
Clark while the United States
of America says now that
Osama bin-Laden is watching
us here in the USA.
The point of these charac­
terizations is an increase in
our own sense of security. It
is very neat to claim a perpe­
trator of wild deeds to be in­
sane and strip them of their
viability. It is also necessary.
How else can we feel good
about ourselves unless we
have a compariso n of insan­
ity lurking outside of us?
Someone out there is
watching us, but they may not
be who we think, and they
may not be insane.
One smile, please Campus unsafe?
by Casla freitas
"When the food's not that
good, the service should be," my
good friend Celia recently an­
nounced during another disap­
pointing meal at the Bon. Any­
one who has eaten at the Bon
knows what a difference it
makes to get that questionable
brown stuff slopped onto. your
plate with a smile.
This article is written to all of
those who ha e found their f9,!"­
tune serving at Lewis & Clark's
very own Field's Dining Hall, but
can be applied to anyone wotK­
ing in food service. I have taken
the liberty of compiling some
tips about simple ways that you,
as a server at the Bon, can vastly
improve a student's otherwise
often undesirable dining expe­
rience.
First of all, smile. This is the
golden rule for anyone in ser­
vice. Anything served wifh a
smile can be discerned as more
acceptable.
Secondly. do not display yoUr
<J.tsgust of th~food you we serv,.;
iIig. Those students coming to
your line have, for whatever rea­
son, decided to try ~ food and
obviously do not think it will be
as bad as you may already know
it is. Therefore, do nol judge
their choice but dish l:IP your
product with a bit of pizau.
I have never been able to tum
down a server advertising his
line's offerings through means of
some shouting, singing, danc­
ing, etc. All of these strategies are
en~ouraged. They will at least
brighten the days of those ou encounter.
Appreciate dlose students
who do choose to come to your
line. I have often felt this guilty
need to go to the line of a lonely
server, and left disappointed
When I didn't receive the proper
. J.tudos for my bold action. A
li~le bit of flirting, a kind or
humorous word or two are all
acceptable responses .
Lastly, and this one is the
clincher: develop technique in
your serving. For example, do
NOT plop the carrots over the
plate of pasta you have just
dis~eaup. If I wanted my car­
TOts on top of the pasta sauce,
rd ask fot it, th~ you. Your
mintmal effort to eit4er ask for
the preferenceS 'of the <liner or
to carefully create some space
on the plate is always much ap­
preciated by diners such as my­
self.
And now that I am at the end,
I would .ike to commend all of
you Bon servers OUl there, so
bravely roughing the demand­
ing and of len sketchy condi­
tions required by your position
in college food service. God
knows 1 wouldn't want to do it.
Thank you for keeping students
like me fed.
4 Pioneer Log November 9, 2001 by Jovanna Schussel .:.
During the daytime, Lewis
&: Clark campus appears to
be a fairly safe environment
for students. There are
people everywhere and light
posts along all the walkways.
However, these light posts
seem to be merely ornamen­
tal, because when one wan­
ders the campus at night, the
majority of those lights are
not on.
Feeling sa'fe is a very im­
portant. part of enjoying a
college experience, and not
being able to go to the library
past 5:00 in the evening be­
cause you do not want to
walk home in the dark is an
unacceptable situation. Lack
of light.ing limits students,
especially females, to staying
in their dorms during dark
hours if they have any
qualms about wandering
dark trails surrounded by
trees and brush and other
such things in which any­
thing could hide.
Sexual assault is not an
unknown phenomenon at
this school nor any other
across the country, which
makes one wonder why the
administrators here seem to
take safety lightly when it
comes to adding quality
lighting the campus. Re­
cently, the idea of putting
lighting on the trail between
the reflecting pool and the
library was rejected because
it was felt that if the area was
lit, students was go there to use drugs.
This is a totally unreason­
able and ridiculous claim. The
area being dark is what would
lead to it being unsafe and
used for illegal activities . The
area of campus between the Ii-
I
brary and PlattIHoward, and
on the south side of the manor
house are unlit, leaving stu­
dents who have to use these
paths to stumble around in the
dark in an attempt to find their
way.
This situation is unsafe and
unfair to students. All path­
ways that are regularly used
during the day should be avail­
able for use at night, because
some people have night
classes, need to use the library,
or get to their cars in different
parking lots. When it gets dark
as early as it does now, having
to be careful by avoiding cer­
tain paths at night becomes
impossible and impractical.
The College should take that
into consideration the next
time that it feels that lighting
itself contributes to unsafe ac­
tivities. What is
it about
Green?
Your Weekly Sex Advice
Column'
by Aaron Green
Q: Dear Aaron,
Okay, I'll admit it. I spend a
lot of time at my neighborhood
bar. Actually, you can usually
find me there between 7pm and
lam, 7 days a week. I love the
bar, and 1 really like meeting new
people. I met this really hot guy
at the bar last week and we ex­
changed phone numbers. I re­
ally want to call him, but don't
want to seem too aggressive or
anything like that. How long do
I wait before making my move?
A: Dear BarWhore,
Let me begin by saying that
there is nothing wrong with
spending all of your time at your
favorite local bar. In fact, 1
strongly encourage LC students
to spend more time at the bars
for the simple reason that bars
promote better social skills. And
better social skills lead to a bet­
ter chance of getting laid, which
is obviously what all of us are
looking for. Just promise me
that you won't become one of
those BarWhores who goes
home with whoever is looking
the best at lam on a Tuesday .
Because trust .me, after a few
shots of Wild Turkey, everyone
looks good at lam on a Tuesday.
Thanks once again to our fa­
vorite bartender Sleven (of
OiiTalia fame) for providing the
concise rules about when to call.
It all really boils down to a mat­
tcr of timing. • If, for example,
you get a guy's number on a Sun­
day-Tuesday night, you MUST
restrain yourself from calling at
least until Thursday (Friday is
preferable). If you get the num­
ber on a Wednesday, Thursday
or a Friday night, you can call
anytime beginning Thursday af­
ternoon. If the chemistry was
that hot, you want to get in on
the weekend action, so get on
that dance card before it fills up.
This leaves us with the unfortu­
nate Saturday. It's inappropriate
to call before the following
Thursday, but you don't want to
seem too distant. My advice is
to call on Wednesday when you
know he'll be at work and leave
a non-committal message. You
can call.again Friday if he hasn't
called back, but must write him
off immediately should he never
respond.
The best advice, however, is
that if you meet Mr. Right (okay,
Mr. RightNow) at a bar, the best
time to get his body/number is
the nexl morning, if you calch
my drift. They say that there are
other fish in the sea·, but you
should at least be entitled to
catching a few of them, right?
Until next week, take care
and don't do anything I wouldn't
do ... Ciao. , L Pioneer Log
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Your mail: letters to the editor
Clifton Fels tells it like it is
Let us take a moment to ap­
plaud the article "Where, bh
where have the protestors
gone?" in last week's paper. The
article brought up an extremely
relevant point that everyone on
this campus seems to avoid. The
point that while we organized
this peace rally (which was
highly chastised by The Memtry)
we failed to put any real action
behind our peace charade. What
are we doing on this campus
now to advocate for peace?
Nada damn thing is the answer.
The only thing that's happened
is the peace activists spending
time to make signs to put up
around the campus. Big deal.
The majority of the campus
probably supports the peace
rally anyhow, you aren't really
convincing any more people nor
has any student that I know
made any efforts to communi­
cate their viewpoints beyond'
. this campus bubble.
Clifton's article impacts the
main faults of this peace activ­
ism on campus with amazing
clarity. Why haven't students
organized letters or even a peti­
tion or some sort of action that
you could mail to Oregon rep-
resentatives representing our
school's viewpoint? Right now
all that Lewis & Clark is doing
is talking the talk, now it's time
for those students to walk the
walk. Put some action besides
sign making into supporting
your peace activism. Nothing is
happening now that the US is
continually bombing Afghani­
stan, when we need peace the
most.
Have we stopped the peace
activism merely because we, the
Americans, are no longer victims
of violence? I sure as hell hope
not. I commend you, Clifton
Fels, for taking a stand and
pointing out the detrimental
downfalls and ineffectiveness
that LC's short-lived peace activ­
ism had on this ca~pus so far.
Thank you for speaking your
views; I support them whole­
heartedly and know that many
others do 100. I hope your ar­
ticle prompts students to finally
walk the talk. .
Heather Mooney
Clifton Fels is a hypocrite his high horse to help organize
another peace rally, he prefers to
write pompous screeds in the
Piolog about how much smarter
he is than everyone else .. Clifton
would be far more effective in
creating social change if he had
spent the time it took him to
write the article working with
the activists on campus to plan
another peace event.
The activist movement at
Lewis & Clark has been far from
dormant since the first peace
rally. A cO'lple weekends ago, 6
LC students were arrested pro­
testing logging and reckless en­
dangerment of protesters' lives.
Last weekend, a number of LC
activists attended a farm-worker
conference; while others at­
tended a legal training or logging
protest. Activists are currently
working to organize something
about the World Trade Organi­
zation in response to the WIO's
meeting coming up on Novem­
ber 9th. Furthermore, activists
are working on coordinating a
day of action with Reed and PSU
to protest Staples' complicity in
forest destruction and are en­
gaged in a campaign to convince
the Bon to supply fair trade cof­
fee. We are also working to al­
low janitors to be able to take
classes at LC like other staff
members. In addition, we are
working to reduce LC's green­
house gas emissions . Finally, in
the past couple of weeks, we
brought to campus two speak­
ers to talk about the School of
Americas and US sponsored ter­
rorism. The activists are work­
ing, is Clifton?
Granted, these aren't all anti­
war events, and perhaps the war
is a more pressing issue. How­
ever, any good activist realizes
the importance of balancing the
seriousness of an issue with the
actual liKelihood of creating
change. Since we are more likely
to affect change on campus or
in coordination with other
groups on set days of action, we
may be more likely to focus on­
campus campaigns in which the
decision makers are willing to
directly meet with us. In addi­
tion we feel it is crucial that
other important issues like tlle
WIO and globalization don't get
forgotten, especially since the
President is currently trying to
ram through fast track trade ne­
gotiating authority . That said,
the activist groups do planto or-
Clifton Fels is a self-righteous ganize anti-war events in the fu­
hypOcrite. In "Where, oh where, ture and would appreciate help
did all those protesters go?" he' ~ from Clifton and other con­
criticizes the organizers of the ',cemed individuals. Perhaps if,
original peace gathering for ~ot ''\s any respectablejournallst
organizing another peace event would, Clifton had actually
and yet, not once in my three talked to some of the activists he
years of. activism at Lewis & seepts so intent upon criticizing,
Clark have 1 ever seen Clifton he would have known an this.
even show up at an activist meet-He also would have learned that
ing to offer his help in organiz- it is demonstrably false to assert
ing something. Why do the or-that many activists exclUSively
ganizers of the original peace devote their time to sign-mak­
rallyhave more of an obligation ing.
to act upon their beliefs than he Clifton,asks the peace activ­
does? Since he seeIns to think ists if we know about the· USA
he is so much better informed Act. If he was so concerned
than anyone else, why doesn't he about "one of the largest inva­
organize the next peace rally? Is sions of privacy and policing
it because Clifton doesn't have a expansions ever," why didn't he
clue of how to organize any-set up an educational table 'en­
t ing? Instead of getting off of couraging people to writeJetters A
to their congresspeople? Does
he know tll:at a close friend of
mine was adnost ~il1ed protest­
ing loggin~ ~ in God's VaVey?
Does he evel~ care? We all know
things that other people might
not know, but unlike Clifton, the
activists on campus don't pre­
tend that th~r are superior to the
rest of the world because they
know something someone else
doesn't. Instead, activists try to
share this information with oth­
ers and then encourage people
to act upon' hat information.
The combination of Clifton's
condescending, holier-than­
thou tone and his lack of real ac­
tion on any of his strongly held
beliefs is tru y despicable. All of
us, includin,g Clifton Fels, have
a responsibUity to act on our be­
liefs and it is hypocritical and all
too easy to odge this responSi­
bility whUe (:riticizing others for
not fulfilling it. If ignorance is
bliss, Clifton is a happy man in­
deed.
Sincerely
Julian Dautremont-Smith
Clifton Fels responds:
Let me f'rst of all commend
the Lewis & Clark activist
groups for the activities they are
doing. Whether or not they are
accomplishi.ng anything remains
to be seen, however. I have re­
ceived seve al phone calls and
letters fron ~ activists who feel
that 1 am a hypocrite and that I
am "dividing the liberals". Let
me first of all say, that simply
because I don't join the LC ac­
tivist group's in their endeavors,
that in no w:ay makes me a hypo­
crite. I have long thought that
LC activist groups were some of
the most' lpotent, utterly use­
less groups n campus. For the
past couple jof months ~ the issues
that 1 have clilred about I've writ­
ten about il); the Pioiog, in an ef­
fort to reao a large group of
people ... The real hypocrisy is
demonc? 'rating for peace while
we're at ~ce, and then shutting
up about the war effort once
there actually is a war. They may
be involved. in other missions,
and that's glreat, but 1 can still-­
and should ~;ti1I--criticize groups
who demonstrate for no reason,
and then disappear once there is
a reason. N; for "dividing liber­
als", ~y lust 1 associate with
LC activists or respect what they
do, just be~ause I am liberal?
Just because I'm not wearing a
ree! T-sqirt left over from the
WIO rally two'years ago and
waving a sign, Cloes not mean I
don't care about peace and ju~­
tice. The a tivisrs Whb disliked
my ediwri would believe that
beca~ 1 ~ ven't snowed up a~
theirmeeti gs, . I'm, not doing
anything. argue that if I had
showed up t their meetings, it
would be th n that 1 wou1dn't be
doing anyt ing, but hey that's
just my opit ion.
Irritated? Excited? IJ you
would like to respond to a Piolog
article,. send your letters to
piolog@lda~ ~h.edu . All viewpOints
welcome anti encouraged. e'lOI ",J
1" HA~~ boowesJ
fo~ evo1UflO,..r.J
Agnostic activism?
by Keith West
I was very enthusiastic
when I found out that the Rev.
Dr. Bernice King would be on
campus to speak. I feel it is
only appropriate to begin by
complementing her speaking
ability. She was one of the best
speakers I have been privi­
leged to hear in quite a while,
Contained within her wonder­
ful speaking, however, were
several persistent themes.
One of these was the constant
need to re-evaluate our biases.
She also issued a very clear
chalIenge to the curriculum
we so often present as the
whole and complete truth. In
addition to these important
and constructive arguments
was one that seemed a bit
more exclUSionary.
Throughout the course of
her speech there were no
fewer than 23 separate refer­
ences to God andJor Jesus.
Viewing the speech in a ho­
listic sense gives one the clear
impression that religion (spe­
Cifically Christianity) was es­
sential to the question for so­
cial justice. Being an agnos­
tic and also a radical I was
rather disturbed by this mes­
sage, and consequentially
walked up to the microphone
afterwards to ask if it were
possible, in her opinion to
work for social justice with­
out believing in a god, Her
answer was evasive to say the
least. The answer I ended up
interpreting out of her re­
sponse was that god could
grant one strength in times of need and therefore was critical
to surviving the tough road of a
social critic.
While I do respect Dr. King?s
views on many subjects I am
forced to disagree with her as­
sessment here. While faith can
be useful for some I do not be­
lieve it is at all essential to fight
for social justice. More specifi­
calIy I do not believe that faith
in the Christian deity is essen­
tial, or even necessarily usefuL
There are many who have
achieved massive social revolu­
tions without the Christian faith,
let us examine Mahatma Gandhi
for example. While he remained
dedicated to the Hindu faith and
not the Christian faith Dr. King
clearly supports he was stilI in­
credibly effective in ending im­
perialist domination of a nation.
If feats such as this can be
achieved without the Christian
faith Dr. King advocates I would
be forced to doubt the accuracy
of her claim.
Finally I find it difficult to
accept that a person's belief in a
being that mayor may not de­
finitively exist can determine
their ability to advocate SOcially
just ideals or activities. If any-'
thing, a religious background
may provide a person with more
of a set paradigm making that
much more difficult for she or
he to evaluate divergent ethical
systems and customs. I wQuld
contend that a prerequisite of
faith for social change is not only
inaccurate and quite possibly
harmful, but also demeaning to
those who may not believe but
still work to make society more
just.
Mystery Box
???????? • • • • • • • •
I'd like to take this op­
portunity to bitch. Yeah,
that's right. There is some­
thing wrong with some­
thing related to this
school, and it displeases
me! If only it was more
like the way that I wish it
was (in accordan ce with
my liking) then all would
be well. But nooooo,
somebody had to do
things differently than I
would have, had I done
them. Unfortunately I
had no input whatsoever! So here's my input now, in­
stitution! Here is my de­
mand:
Cater to Me. I have par­
ticular wishes that need to
be valued and respected . I
mean, I pay 28,000 dollars
to go here, the least you
could do is make my bed
for me. If you don't, its like
admitting you're a second
rate institution, and you're
not, because I go here, so
something is wrong and
confusing. Stop! Hold me,
I'm trembling .
November 9, 2001 Pioneer log Pioneer Log Arts e:==::::::::=.. ===== =========
Aphex Twin'sJJ drukqs" disappoints on all fronts
by Aaron Landau
Richard D.James (aka Aphex
Twin) is one of the strangest
people involved in electronic
music today. In fact, he's one of
the stranger people alive.
But he's also one of the most
innovative artists the world of
electronic music has ever seen.
Even those who can't stand to
hear his schizoid beats concede
his mastery of the form. Along
with artists Autechre and
Squarepusher , Aphex Twin took
the drum machine to places it
had never been before in semi­
nal albums such as the eerily
soporific Selected Ambient Worl~s
Vol. II, the disturbing-yet-head­
bobbin' beats of I Care Because
You Do, and 1997's seizure-in­
ducing Richard D. James Album.
Each new piece felt fresh and
original, even the cheesy porno­
funk of 1999's Windowlick er EP.
So for the release of Druhqs
(you figure it out) I had high
hopes. James' first proper full­
length release since 1997 would,
I had hoped, refresh the bland
landscape of electronic music.
Maybe it would further advance
James' partnership with film­
maker Chris Cunningham , the
brains behind his unforgettabl e
"Come to Daddy" video. At very
least, I had hoped it would be
an interesting album. I was let
down on all counts.
Gliftan's
fave five
albums
by Clifton Fels
Aaron Landau, the Arts Edi­
tor for the Pioneer Log. begged
me, begged me, to tell him my
five favorite albums this afte~­
noon. "But Aaron," 1 said,
"Nobody cares what CDs I
like." He shook his head, sadly.
"The truth is," he said qUietly,
"1 do. 1 really do care." Then
he ran away, flapping his arms
and crying. So for all of you
looking for some used CD sug­
gestions or ideas on MP3s to
download in high quantity, I
give you the five albums I
would have on my desert is­
land paradise/deathtrap.
Under the Pink -Tori Amos
A lot of people hate Tori,
and a lot of people love her. 1
think she's one of those artists
people feel strongly about ei­
ther way. Every album of hers
is different, and it's really a toss­
up between this (her sopho­
more effort) and her debut
Little Earthquakes . When it
comes down to it though, Un­
der the Pink has more sophisti­
cated instrumental arrange­
ments, weaving her skilled pi­
ano playing (in top form here)
with strings and guitar, and a
more varied lyrical style, with
much more impressionistic,
multi-faceted songs than on
her first album.
Fear of Music -Talking
Heads Druhqs, a somewhat ambi­
tious 30-odd-track patchwork of
sounds, resembles a pastiche of
the styles James has already cov­
ered in his innumerabl e previ­
ous releases. This might other­
wise be a good thing-who
wouldn't want a veritable best­
of from such a talented knob-
Talking Heads, even
among those who enjoy
their music, are the most
underrated band today.
Maybe because they
broke up in 1988, nobody
seems to realize the pro­
found influence they bad,
not only on the New
Wave scene, but on all
music post-1977. David
Byrne's profoundly simple
lyrics, his bug-eyed stage
antics, and the rest of tbe tal­
ented band, make them the de­
fining voice for the social alien­
ation of the late 70's and early
80's. AU of their albums are fan­
tastic, except for maybe their last
couple, but Fear of Music is the
most COnsistently inventive and
mesmerizing. It is very dark, but
innovative and always interest­
ing.
Little Plastic Castles -Ani
DiFranco
Tiue Ani Fans might slug me
for suggesting this album, but
between this and Dilate, my
other favorite, I have to go with
this one. It's extremely varied in
tone; she swings from the upbeat
to the wistful to the angry in a
hypnotic fashion. Many say they
hate Ani because she's "another
angry feminist", and indeed she
can be aggresSive, but for those
who have discounted her with­
out really listening to her poetic
lyrics and impressive guitar
skills, this is the album to start
with. '
. Key Lime Pie -. Camper Van
Beethoven
After this band broke up, the
lead singer went on to head
Cracker. Cracker is dirt com­
pared to these guys. The lead
singer's distinctive voice is in
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twiddler?-but not a Single
song reaches the height of the
albums from which the styles
came. The airy-but-uneasy
"gwely_mernans" (one of the
better drukqs tracks) recalls
the effortless sounds of Se­
lected Ambient Works, but
sounds constricted and lack-
Desen
Island
iDiSCS
/'
better form here, and the
song;writing talent that
Crac' er seems to lack is
'mag cally intact. This is
one OIf tHe best albums ever.
The songs are creative, the
guitar work ecstatic, and
the lyrics-the band's main
talent-are quirky and
moving. The actual style is
hard to describe, but think
of Camper Van Beethoven
as the alternative band you
miss€'d out on.
Rain Dogs -Tom Waits
Tom Waits is the
musician's musician-un­
knoVlf to many, but known
and :respected by people
who :know and live music.
His voice in the later years
(Le. this album) sounds
like its been cured for years
in a Broth of whiskey, ciga­
rettes', and despair. These
songs are the hymns of the
lonely man left alone in a «
bar a.t the end of a long
night-it is an album con­
sisting botb of wildly
imaginative stories, and
deep, quiet ballads deliv­
ered to no one, anyone, and
everyone. Waits' sound
takes a while to get used to,
but if ~ou give it some time,
you'l be hooked. ing. The almost-hip-hop
"bbydhonchord" presents a de­
cent groove, but might as well
be a drum loop for all the song
changes in 2 1/2 minutes. The
skittery "Cock-ver " sounds like
a track tossed from the Richard
D. James Album, and "taking
control" borrows heavily rrom
James' drum-machin e days of
trading as Polygon Window. It
might all be halfway decent if he
hadn't already covered the
ground perfectly well already.
More than half of the album
consists or sparse, organic piano
sounds. Some of these are
clever-catchy, even-but the
vast majority is slow and unchar­
acteristically boring. "Nanou 2"
and "Avril 14th" incorporate
simple, slight melodies on what
Killer
priests in
Boston
by Erin Haiek
On March 13, 1964, 28-year­
old New Yorker Kitty Genovese
was murdered. Even though
thousands of New York City
residents have been murdered
since, hers remains perhaps the
most tragic because 38 citizens
were awakened by her cries for
help watched as she was as­
saulted not once, but three
times over a half hour periocl.
Not only did they fail to come
to her aid, they also failed :0 call
the police for help. Vincent
Mosely, her assailant, stabbed
her several times, then ldt, only
to return a few minutes later to
cut her up a little more.
During Mosely's trial, wit­
nesses made several statements,
but one stands above the rest as
a symbol of this tragic event and
is the reason for its world-wide
infamy: "We didn't want to get
involved ."
The conflict between the in­
dirference of good men versus
actions of bad stands at the heart
of Troy Duffy's 1999 film
Boondock Saints. "We must al­
ways fear the wicked. But there
is another kind of evil that we
must rear the most, and that is
the indirference of good men,"
intones the monsignor in the
opening shot, where we are in­
troduced to the strange heroes
of the film, Connor (Sean
Patrick Flannery) and Murphy
(Norman Reedus) MacManus,
as they rise to kiss the feet of a
crucified Christ during the ser­
mon. Set in modern-day Boston,
the film follows the two Irish
Catholic brothers as they act out
their own justice on "murder­
ers, pimps, and drug dealers."
After staggering home from
a St. Patrick's Day barfight with
Russian mobsters, the brothers
are dragged up the next morn­
ing by the same, who intend a
swift end for Connor and
Murph. Through astounding
coincidence and good luck, the
brothers survive while the Rus­
sians do not, and the pair escape sounds like a toy piano. Unfortu­
nately, the sound never develops,
and neither song ever gets orf the
ground.
In an interview with
GreenGa lactic.com, James was
asked whether he had worked
with anyone new on the album;
he replied, characteristically,
"Yeah, at the beginning of 1997 I
adopted 3 goats on my farm in
Scotland and taught them how to
write music." Later, James was
asked whether listening to classi­
cal music was his inspiration on
drukqs. His reply: 'Tve actually
gone deaf from Djing ... I've
learned how to lip-read and I can
still mix records by smelling the
grooves." It would all be much
runnier if it didn't explain so much
of the album's mediocrity.
Video
Treasure
to the nearest hospital.
Enter Organized Crime speCial­
ist Paul Smecker, played to the hilt
by Willem Daroe. Smecker's rirst
scenes establish his strong charac­
ter-he appears on the crime scene,
insults the present officers, and
procedes to tune into hisWalkm an
while working out the strange cir­
cumstances that might leave two
Russian mobsters dead in an Irish
neighborhood with no witnesses.
When the MacManus brothers ar­
rive at the police station later,
Smecker hands an explanation of
their actions to them, and leaving
the brothers free to go on selr-de­
fense.
During this time, the brothers
(whose knuckle s are tattooed with
the Latin for "truth" and "justice")
come to the realization that the in­
difference of good men can no
longer be tolerated , when it leads
to criminals walking the streets.
Thus, they begin their own crime
spree, knocking orf various pillars
or the underworld community in
short order. On their trail (without
realizing their identity) is Smecker,
who remains able to identify the
brothers' actions while still one step
behind.
The narrative structure or the
film is fractured and disjointed,
clearly influenced by Quentin
Tarentino's accomplished style of
Pulp Fiction. Though the film
shares similar plot devices with
Tarantino , Boondock Saints tells its
story without the ham-handedness
of some or Tarantino's work. The
very subject matter demands a vio­
lent story, yet the violence and lan­
guage never feel that they are be­
ing played for shock value, and are
handled as tastefully as possible.
Boondoch Saints immediately
grabs the viewer with a rresh take
on the ages-old vigalante story. The
characters rairly crackle with life,
and one is never aware of watch­
ing actors-o nly of watching
events play out in gripping realism
across the screen. Pioneers lose the wagon wheel
by John Koehn
The Lewis &: Clark College
football team suffered a tough
home loss last Saturday at the
hands of Wilbmette University.
The Pioneer defense was remi­
niscent of a sieve, as Willamette
broke open many big plays, de­
feating LC 42-20.
In addition to lOSing the
game, the Pios lost the infamous
"Wagon Wheel" until at least
next year. The Wagon Wheel is
a trophy of sorts between Lewis
&: Clark and Willamette
University to be possessed
by the victor of the
yearly football game.
LC stole the wheel
last season from
Willamette in Sa­
lem, and it seems
this year the
Bearcats returned
the favor.
LC struck first in a
game that until the fourth quar­
ter was a tight and exciting
game. Senior quarterback Trent
Thompson led the Pios' initial
drive 97 yards for the score. The
touchdown came off a 41 yard
reception by Jason Hill.
Thompson and Hill con­
nected again in the third quar­
ter, when the Pioneers found themselves trying to catch up, to
bring the score to 28-14.
The two problems that hin­
dered LC the entire game were
turnovers and a Willamette run­
ning back by the name of Greg
Reed. Reed rushed for a total of
four touchdowns and 194 yards,
. surgically slicing through the
Pioneer defense. Willamette had
527 total yards on the day, in­
cluding441
com-
in g
on the
ground.
Six sacks and five
turnovers didn't help the Pios,
however. Thompson threw four
interceptions in a game where he
was constantly under pressure
from the intense Bearcat defense.
The LC offense had 403 total
yards, including 365 passing
yards.
The real bright spot of the game came from the outstand­
ing play of junior tight end Malt
Jackson . Jackson caught six
passes for 122 yards and one
touchdown . His impressive and
enthusiastic play was present
until the end.
With the score 35-20 in the
fourth quarter, th e Pioneers tried
an on-side kick, which was re­
covered by Jackson. However,
Thompson was sacked on fourth
down to end the Pios' hopes
of a miracle victory.
So, for now, the Wagon
Wheel has been usurped
by Willamette , pried from
the dissapointed grasp of a
injury.·ridden LC team.
There is always next year to
seek revenge.
Next week the team is away
in Spokane , Washington, play­
ing against the Whitworth Uni­
versity Pirates.
The Pioneers finish the sea­
son at home on November 17
against Occidental College in a
game that was rescheduled from
earlier ~n the season.
So brave the chilling wind to
catch the t.eam out on the LUrf
for the last time of the year and
cheer along.
After all, a victory would help
to end the season on and up
note.
Goodbye autumn, hello winter
by Zach Mann on a good note with individual young and gntty talent, the gIrls
The leaves are turning a
golden hue before falling and
forming scenic pathways all
around campus. Cold tempera­
LUres are challenging the boiler
rooms in the dorms and coffee
110w is reaching midterm like
levels. Out of state students are
finally realizing why they had
second thoughts about this col­
lege and why they didn't remain
in or attend school in the sunny
confines of California .
Even the sports teams cannot
fight the change of sea-
son. Football has
two remaining
games, one
in the Oat
and fro­
zen ter-
r a i n
t hat
makes
u p
S P o­
kane,
Wash­
ington,
and the
otl)'fr, a fi-
na1 home
date against
Occidental on No­
vember 17. Girls and
boys soccer are also winding
down with only a few games left
on their schedule . Cross-coun­
try is once again, still running.
They are eager to earn spots at
the national tournament in Rock
Island, Illinois after competing
in Salem at Regionals.
The volleyball team is O\lt of
a job for the year. Their season
ended with a loss to George Fox
on November 3. The fairways are
now clear. Bagging up their irons
for the rains, the golf team ended honors going to the girls. will have nothing but experience
With all these teams ending to gain while they show the con­
their seasons, what is left for the ference what they are made of.
avid LC sports fan that needs a If basket.ball is not your sport,
fix of Pio athletics? The days of do not panic. IfSpeedos, shaved
watching sports outside have legs, and the Zehnthbauer Swim
ended. Basketball, swimming, Pavilion get you excited, then I
and tennis will only add to the know the sport for you. Swim­
already pale complexion of the ming! The girls and guys have
average northwest college stu-been training twice a day during
dent. the wee homs of the morning to
There is a remedy for this lack be prepared for the start of their
of sun and depression that is of-season.
ten accompanied with light dep- All their hard work will com­
rivation. It is called Pamplin mence with their first meet of
Sports Center. the year against Whitman Col-
Although the lege today, Friday, November 9
walk may cause at 6:00pm inside "Z-Pivvy".
frost forma-Without. l1ash or prestige, r
tion on the Pio tennis team will em-
you r
bar e
feet or
dread­
locks,
it is
well
worth
the ad­
venture
in the
cold. The
talented and
highly ac-
claimed men's bas­
ketball team will raise
body temperatures as well as the
roof as they begin their assault
on their opponents from around
the country. Senior Scott Davis
will lead the team in what is sure
to be an exciting season. Every
school will be after them and
their number three preseason
ranking so wear your orange and
black, and don't be afraid to
come a little belligerent.
Girl's basketball will also get
the blood flowing after the walk
from your dorm. With a slew of bark on their best season in
recent memory. Balls will be
hit, and rackets will be bro­
ken as LC unleashes vicious
strokes upon its enemies from
the air-locked confines of the
tennis dome. Stop by and see
a match.
With an Aussie at the helm
in the form of new head coach
Gundars Tilmanis , both
teams look to capitalize on re­
cent recruit.ment investments
and bring prominence to both
tennis programs. A young
team, LC tennis is looking to
prove that it can be a domi­
nant force. The team is led
by senior Chris Upjohn.
There will always some­
thing to counter the dreaded
rain and cold that is making
its ominollls return to the
Northwest. Take the time to
check out a game or two.
The walk down might be
cold but the excitement is
well worth the frostbite. So
bundle up and get ready to
cheer. Upcoming Pioneer Sports
Friday, November 9,2001
Swimming vs. Whitman
Zehntbauer Swimming Pavilion -6:00pm
Saturday, November 10, 2001
Swimming vs. \\(hitwor~h
Zehntbauer Swirpmlng"'Pavilion -1:00pm
~ 1
Friday, November 116, 2001
Men's Basketball ViS Cascade
Pamplin Sports Center. -7:30pm J L-
Saturday, N9~ember lil, 2001
Football vs. Occidental
~ Griswold Stadium - 1 :30pm
I Soccer team wi ns
t
by John Koehn
The J..ewis &: Clark College
Men's club soccer team had the
first victory of its maiden season
this past weekend against Port­
land State University, defeating
PSU 2-1.
The LC club team has played
tough all season long,
yet has not quite
been able to pull
off a victory un-
til this
weeked .
Playing at
PSU, the
team was
magnifi­
cent as
they hand-
ily de-
feated the
more experi-
enced P5U
team.
Will Vanausdel scored the first goal for LC,
and Morgan Kellar helped
to seal the victory with a
second.
The team plays away
this weekend and possibly
at home again against PSU
on November 18, followed
by a tournament after
Thanksgiving.
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Friday
November 9
Mainstage Production:
Mother Courage and Her
Children. Fir Acres
Theatre, 7:30pm.
Great American Film
Festival Presents: Looking
for Mr. Goodbar. Miller
105, 7:30pm.
Last day to withdraw from
classes.
Abstract Painters. Gallery
of Contemporary Art,
11 :00-4:00pm.
Kelly Hill presents "Daddy
and Me." Council
Chambers . 8:00pm.
Men'sIWomen's Swimming
vs. Whitman . Zetnbauer
Swimming Pavilion,
6:00pm.
Saturday
November 10
e
Admissions Open House.
8:30pm.
Mother Courage and Her
Children. Fir Acres
Theatre, 7:30pm.
Men'sIWomen's swimming
vs. Whitworth. Zetnbauer
Swimming Pavilion,
6:00pm. Sunday
November 11
Lewis & Clark Wind
Symphony. Templeton,
Council Chambers, 2:00pm.
Potluck in the Park,
2:15pm.
Monday
November 12
Baha'u'IIah's Birthday.
Homelessness in War:
Homelessness in the midst
of Poverty, led by Chuck
Currie. Templeton, Stamm
West, 7:00pm.
Tuesday
November 13
ASLC Meeting. Templeton ,
Dubach Lounge, 5:15pm.
Abstract Painters. Gallery
of Contemporary Art,
11 :00-4:00pm .
20th Century .opera Series:
"Wozzeck~ by Berg.
Presented by
iLCompositore ~~Miller 105,
9:00pm.
Homelessness in War:
Hunger Banquet, led by
Rick Ukena. Templeton,
Stamm, 6:00pm.
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I 'Wednesday
November 14
Diwali (Festival of Lights).
Abstract Painters. Gallery
of Contemporary Art,
'11 :00-4:00pm.
Philosophy Colloquia:
Varieties of Realism: What
Sort of Ontology do we
Need? Presented by Rom
Harre. Miller 319, 3:3.0-
5:00pm.
Homelessness in War:
Expressions of Poverty.
Rusty Nail, 8:00pm.
Thursday
November 15
Rogers Hall Dedication.
Rogers Hall, Corbett
Mansion, 4:00pm.
Mainstage Production:
Mother Courage and Her
Children. Fir Acres
Theatre, 7:30pm.
Board of Trustees Meeting.
Homelessness in War:
Hunger Fast and Sleep­
Out. Lower campus, all
night.
Friday
November 16
Mainstage Production:
Mother Courage and Her
Children. Fir Acres Theatre,
7:30pm. Great American Film
Festival: Carnal
Knowledge . Miller 105,
7:30pm.
Lewis & Clark Jazz Band.
Evans Music Building,
8:00pm.
Men's Basketball vs.
Cascade. Pamplin Sports
Center, 7:30pm.
Saturday
November 17
Saturdays in Service: The
Special Olympics . 8:30am.
Mainstage Production:
Mother Courage and Her
Children. Fir Acres
Theatre, 7:30pm.
First Day of Ramadan.
Abstract Painters. Gallery
of Contemporary Art,
11 :00-4:00pm.
Growing Gardens.
Templeton, Information
Desk, 9:00am-1 :OOpm. Sunday
November 18
Potluck in the Park.
2:15pm.
Abstract Painters. Gallery
of Contemporary Art,
11 :00-4:00pm.
Women's Soccer vs. Oregon
State. 1 :OOpm.
Monday
November 19
Tax Rebates, Equity Prices,
and the Terrorist Attacks:
Some Implications for
Consumer Spending.
Presented by Lawrence
Slifman. Olin 301, 4:30-
6:00pm.
Tuesday
November 20
ASLC Meeting. Templeton,
Dubach, 5:15pm.
French Club Movie: La Cite
des Enfants Perdus. Akin
Lounge, 7:30pm.
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