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2001-10-05

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

Lewis &: Clark College'S student-run newspaper
Volume 66,stiJamtier 4, . COVER:
GRAPHIC ART BY AARON LANDAU
Pione~r Log
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: ERIN HAICK
NEWS EDITOR: JOE CLOCK
FORUM EDITOR: MEL ALMQUIST
FEATURES EDITOR: ANDREW
ZAHLER
ARTS EDITOR: AARON LANDAU
SPORTS EDITOR: JOHN KOEHN
CALENDAR EDITOR: ERIN HAICK
STAFF WRITERS: CLIFTON FELS,
CASIA FREITAS, LIZ HUMME R,
MEAGHAN LAMARRE, ZACH MANN,
JOVANNA SCHUSSEL, COLLEEN
WELCH
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NIELSEN
COpy EDITOR: DAVID ARCHER,
LIZZIE MILLER, ANDREW ZAHLER
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The Pioneer Log is funded by
your student fees. New neighbor will
have I ittle E~ffect
on campus life
The Riverdale High School
is moving to the site of
the Colins View School on
Boones Ferry Rd. High
School teams will use
Griswold Stadium when
LC athletics are not, but
overall the effect of the
high school on campus
life will be small.
by Joe Clock
The Riverdale School District
recently began construction of
its new high school at the site
of the Collins View School on
Boones Ferry Rd. The school
will open in August of 2002, and
in the next five years hopes to
have an enrollment of 360 stu­
dents. Lewis &: Clark adminis­
tration has worked with the a good neighbor to our neighbor­
hood public high school, and at
the same time makes it clear that
our priority must be the needs of
our students." LC has had the
same relationship with area high
schools in the past.
Stllldents at Riverdale High
School will have no more access
to other college facilities than any­
one e:lse. They have also coordi­
nated their starting and ending
times in order not to conflict with
traffic going to LC or the law
school. Staff said, "In general, I do
not anticipate that the establish­
ment of Riverdale High School at
the old Collins View School will
have a Significant impact on the
College and its students ."
The construction at the Collins
View site is building large class­
rooms, a gym, cafeteria, and me­
dia oenter for the high school.
Before Riverdale High School opens: at the Collins View site
in Aug. 2002, new classrooms, a gym, a cafeteria and a
media center will be built.
Riverdale School District to cre­
ate a relationship between the
institutions and reduce poten­
tial problems from the high
school being so close to the col­
lege.
The Riverdale lacrosse, soc­
cer, and track teams will use
Griswold Stadium for varsity
competitions when LC athletics
are not using the faCility. Al­
though these conditions may
not leave the stadium free for
Riverdale athletics often, Scott
Staff, Vice President for College
Relations, said "We think it puts
the College in the role of being Evenllually the school will also
include a 350-seat theater.
The Riverdale High School has
existed since 1996, and is cur­
rently on the Marylhurst Univer­
sity campus. The Riverdale School
District, which serves 650 fami­
lies in South West Portland , had
to create a high school after the
state legislature passed a law re­
quiring school districts to provide
kindergarten through twelfth
grade education or merge with an­
other district. Students at the
Riverdale High School will also
come from Lake Oswego and
other parts of Portland.
LC Forensics starts strong
by Clifton Fels
LC Forensics got off to a
great start this last weekend,
with three parliamentary debate
teams making a strong showing
at two different tournam ents.
The Great Alaskan Speak Out­
an invitation-only tournament
in Anchorage showcaSing some
of the best debating talent in the
Northwest-saw Clifton Fels
and Karissa Dunbar take home
the 2nd place prize, with Clifton
also receiving a 4th place award
for individual speaking.
Meanwhile, attending the CS1
tournament in Twin Falls, Idaho, two other LC teams made
quite a splash. Colleen Welch and
Heather Mooney just barely
missed breaking to quarterfinals ,
while Keith West and Paul
Bingham surged onward, taking
home the 2'"1 place award in Open
debate. In addition, Heather won
1st place in the Novice Impromptu
speaking competition , and
Colleen received the 4'h place
trophy in Open Impromptu . The
competitors agree it was an
exciting way to start the season,
and all are looking forward to the
next major tournament, which
will be hosted by Lewis &: Clark
over fall break.
2 Pioneer Log Odober 5, 2001 Crime Beat ,.~ ..
by Julie layton Couch
Sept 25th
A student reported having
her N orth face jacket stolen out
of the Watzek Library. The stu­
dent left her jacket for about
ten minutes in the library and
when she returned the jacket
was gone.
Officers confiscated two
pipes that had residue of mari­
juana in them from a room in
Hartzfeld . The pipes were
placed in an evidence locker
and a report was forwarded to
Residenc e Life.
Sept 26th
Campus Safety received a
complaint of marijuana smell
coming from a room in
Copeland . Officers confiscated
a sandwich bag that had less
than an ounce of marijuana .
The marijuana was placed in an
evidence locker and a report
was forwarded to Residence
Life.
Campus Safety responded to
a complaint of marijuana odor
in a room in Odell Hall and met
with the R& on duty. A search
was conducted and hallucino­
genic mushrooms were found
along with other parapherna­
lia. Portland Police was noti­
fied and they took over the in­
vestigation . A report was for­
warded to Residence Life.
Sept 28th
Damage to landscaping near
the glade was reported to Cam­
pus Safety. Two evergreen plants were damaged by a ve­
hicle.
Two students in Platt West re­
ported receiving prank phone
calls.
A student in Howard Hall re­
ported receiving prank phone
calls.
Officers responded to a com­
plaint of marijuana odor in Man­
zanita Hall where they met with
the R& on duty. Glass pipes, a
large bong and a glass jar that
had marijuana stems were con­
fiscated. Also confiscated was a
plastiC baggy of illegal mush­
rooms. Portland Police was no­
tified and they took over the in­
vestigation . A report was for­
warded to Residence Life.
Sept 29th
Unknown person(s) at­
tempted to gain entry into a
building at South Campus by
breaking a window on the 3rd
floor.
Campus Safety received a re­
port of two intoxicat ed individu­
als outside of Manzanita Hall.
Officers responded to find a
male and female (non-students)
yelling and disturbing students .
One of the individuals was taken
to de-tox by Portland Police.
Both were issued trespass no­
tices.
October 1st
Six pieces of plywood were
reported stolen out of a con­
struction site in Olin Science
building.
SAABSCOOP
President Mooney
recently created a faculty
commission to determine
the college's direction for
the next fifteen years.
Students can voice their
opinions to the
comission through SAAB.
by Buzzy Nielsen
I'd like to begin this week's
SAAB Scoop with a big heads
up to those of you who are ap­
plying for a Performan ce grant.
They are due on Wednesday,
Oct. 10, by 12:00 PM in the
SAAB Office. That's this
Wednesday , so make sure that
you have everything together.
If you have questions , feel·free
to contact me or any of the
SAAB representativ es. The ros­
ter is posted near the applica­
tions.
With that out of the way, we
can get down to business. Al­
though SAAB didn't have any
applications last week, that
doesn't mean that we weren't
still hard at work. Quite to the
contrary, we spent our entire
me~ting talking about a philo­
sop'hical issue that should be
important to all of us: what are
the Liberal Arts? This question
was raised as a result of a new
faculty commission created by
President Mooney to deter-mine the College'S academic di­
rection for the next 15 years. Of
course, as your academic repre­
sentatives, SAAB plans to be at
the forefront of this issue.
Of course, we can't represent
you without input. So here are
the questions that I'm posing to
you. What do you think the Lib­
eral Arts are? Why are they im­
portant to you? Do you think
that Lewis &: Clark is fulfilling
all of the requirements and goals
that a Liberal Arts college should
have? Your answers to these
questions could very well help
determine what academic direc­
tion this college takes, so don't
be complacent about it!
Of course, this is just one of
the academic issues that SAAB
will be taking up this year. One
thing that we are also very con­
cerned.about, as I'm sure that all
of you are as well, are General
Education requirements. Why
do we have them? Why do we
have the ones that we do? Why
don't we have more/less than we
do? Should we? These are all
questions that drastically affect
our academic lives. So tell us
your thoughts on the issue, or
any other academic issue about
which you have concerns. You
can reach me at saab@lclark.edu
or drop by during my ofrice
hours. Until next time, I hope
that you all have a wonderful
week! Low student retentic)n rate causes concern
by Casia Freitas
Lewis & Clark College is of­
ten criticized for having a low
student retention rate. Each
year, a number of its students do
not return. What is happening
to those students, and how does
Lewis & Clark compare to other
co lIeges on this issue?
Over the past few years, the
freshman to sophomore year re­
tention rate has ranged between "-----Us News & World
Report states that
only 63 % of Lewis &
Clark's class of 2000
persisted through to
graduation. -----"
80-84%. Us News & World Re­
port states that only 63% of
Lewis & Clark's class of 2000
persisted through to graduation.
Is this cause for alarm?
Reed College had a 66%
graduation rate for the same
year. Willamette University, on
the other hand, had an actual
graduation rate of 75%; the Uni­
versity of Puget Sound was at
71 %. Our graduatio n rate may
be slightly on the lower end of
other second tier liberal arts
schools, but is fairly consistent
overall.
So why do students leave?
Some of the most common rea­
sons students transfer from
Lewis & Clark, as well as from most schools, are financial or
personal. Some students leave
our college because the major
they desire is not offered here,
or perhaps they are interested in
a more professional school. An­
olher common reason students
might transfer is to return closer
to home. At Lewis & Clark Col­
lege, where over 70% of the stu­
dent body has come over 500
miles from their hometown, it
makes sense that the drastic
move to Portland might have
been too much.
Although the college is doing
better than it used to, the admin­
istration is still concerned about
these low retention rates. Asso­
ciate Vice President for Campus
Life, Michael Ford, said this is
"Not good enough for us be­
cause we need to be continua lly
improving our quality in all ar­
eas." The college invests a great
deal in its students, creating a
mutually beneficial relationship
for those who stay. Dean of Ad­
missions Michael Sexton is con­
cerned that "We lose a lot of in­
teresting people [when they
transfer]' We'd like to know
what we could have done [to
keep them herel."
Therefore, the college is im­
proving its means of collecting
information about why students
choose to leave, and what stu­
dents are saying about their ex­
perience here. "One of the chal­
lenges we have is to get a better
handle on why students are leav­
ing," said Ford. In recent years,
the administration has become much better about systemati­
cally collecting data. Collecting
a larger dat<J1 set is helpful to bet­
ter understand retention "in
ways that aren't simply anec­
dotal," Ford said. The online
Student Engagement Survey that
many of us took last spring is
one such example.
The college is also working to
expand its resources in a way
that is more in tune with the
" We lose a lot of inter-
esting people [when
they transfer]. We'd
like to know what we
could have done [to
keep them here].
Michel Sexton -----"
needs of students. The new up­
per-class apartment -style resi­
dence halls are one example.
The Platteau was Originally built
in part as a response to student
complaints about not being able
to get into photography classes.
Sexton mentioned concern that
the college is not doing enough
to help its students become
sophomores and choose a major.
Last year sophomore dinners
were held in February , as a par­
tial response to this issue; the
same will happen later in this
school year.
Dinners for the new freshmen
class have been implemented
this year to expose students to
International speakers once
agai n come to Portland
by Jovanna Schussel
For all those students who
enjoyed the internationa l speak­
ers last year and for those who
missed it, another opportunity
to hear speakers from around the
world on all kinds of issues has
arrived.
The World Affairs Council of
Oregon hosts the International
Speakers Series. College presi­
dent Michael Mooney was presi­
dent of the organization and par­
ticipated in it for eight years. "To
bring to this city prominent
spokespeo ple is an important
resource that we should take
advantage of [at Lewis and
Clark J," said Mooney.
The series starts on Oct. IS,
2001, with former Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Barak. The other
speakers in the series are
Madeline Albright,lane Goodall,
and Thomas Friedman.
Barak's lecture is titled "Peace
of the Brave: Prospects for the
Middle East." Barak is the most
decorated soldier in Israel's his­
tory, having served for 36 years
and through six wars. As Prime
Minister, Barak ended Israel's
mi litary occupation of Southern
Lebanon , helped pull Israel out
of an economic recession, and
made vast concessions to the
settling Palestinians in Israel.
Barak was defeated in the 2001
elections by Ariel Sharon. As a
political leader and a former sol-dier, Barak is highly informed
and able to speak about issues
of political and religiOUS strife in
the Middle East.
Madeline Albright will speak
on Dec. 6, 2001, on "The World
as I Know it: A Personal View of
Global Policies." A promoter of
democracy and US interests ,
Albright's talk will focus on in-"---­To bring to this city
prominent
spokespeople is an
important resource
that we should take
advantage of [at
Lewis and Clark]
Michael Mooney ----" ternational negotiations.
Albright was Secretary of
State under President Bill
Clinton in 1997, Permanent
Representative of the United
States to the United Nations
19Q3-1997, and President of th'e
Center for National Policy. As
Secretary of State, Albright was
the highest-ranking woman in
US political history.
Jane Goodall will speak on
March 20, 2002, on "Reason for
Hope: The Global Environmen­
tal Revolution. " Goodall spent
40 years in Kenya doing research on chimpanzees. She is world
renowned as an expert anthro­
pologist, primatologist , and en­
vironmen talist. Goodall has
published 12 books and travels
constantly speaking on behalf of
the Jane Goodall Institute for
conservation and primate re­
search.
The last speaker in the series
is New Yorlk Times Foreign af­
fairs columnist Thomas Fried­
man, who will speak on May, 9,
2002, on ~'The Global America:
A New View of American For­
eign Policy." An expert on glo­
balization , Friedman has served
as New Yor~ .: Times Bureau Chief
in Beirut ahd Jerusalem, Chief
White HOUise Corresponde nt,
and Chief Diplomatic Corre­
spondent. He has won Two
Pulitzer prizes, the National
BOOK Award, and the Overseas
Press Club Award.
Discounted tickets went on
sale Oct. 1, in the college book­
store. LC bought 150 tickets to
sell to students and staff at a dis­
count price. Tickets can be pur­
chased individually or as a pack­
age, which includes all the
speakers.
Last year's speakers were
Former President Mikhail
Gorbachev , Queen Noor of Jor­
dan, The Dalai Lama, and Rob­
ert Reich. III was the 50th anni­
versary Speakers Series and tick­
ets sold out quickly. the value of becoming involved
on campus and in the commu­
nity. National studies have
shown that students who are in­
volved in their campus lives
have much higher persistence
rates than those who are not.
The financial side of the story
is a complex one. The FAFSA
(Free Application for Federal
Student Aid) detennines eligibil­
ity for national aid, as well as the
need-based loans and grants the
college awards its students. Sex­
ton said, "We are not in the po­
sition to replace that eligibility. "
The administration walks a fine
line between wanting to help its
students and maintaining confi­
den tialit y.
How is it then that other col­
leges manage to keep more of the
students who are leaving be­
cause of financial reasons? En­
dowment, of course, is crucial to
answering this question. The
total endowment of the college
is about $180 million, around
$23 million of which goes to­
wards financial aid. This endow­
ment is chump change when
compared to schools like
Princeton and Harvard. Ford
stated that the bottom line al­
ways comes down to the stu­
dents, but "You can't do every­
thing for everyone all the time."
Sexton agrees, "No college can
afford to override the federal
government. They just don't
have the pockets to do so."
Sexton commen ted tha t
many students claiming finan­
cial reasons for leaving also have personal reasons for leaVing the
college. "It is more their cost­
benefit analysis of the cost of the
school" when it comes to finan­
cial reasons for leaving, Sexton
said.
Former student Lindsay Cael
left Lewis & Clark after last year
for financial reasons. Lindsay
went into the student financial
services office lhree times to dis­
cuss her situation . "The first "-----
The first time I went
into financial aid, they
really did not give a
damn. They did not
give me enough
guidance. There's
really nothing the
college can do for
kids like me some­
times.
Lindsay Cael
" time I went into financial aia,
they really did not gi.ve a damn.
They did not give me enough
gUidance. There's really nothing
the college can do for kids like
me sometimes," Cael said.
The question of what the col­
lege carl'do to improve its qual­
ity in all areas is one that is be­
ing asked, and one that needs t~
continue being asked. Our stu­
dent retention rates will never
improve unless the quality of
this college does.
Odober 5, 2001 Pioneer Log 3 Veganism: a life without cheese Letter to the editor
by Max Miller
Why vegan? Although I am
well aware that this line has been
used quite a few times for vari­
ous forms of media, I felt it the
pnly appropriate title for what I
am about to discuss. First of all,
let us clear up some misconcep­
tions about veganism . To be ve­
gan is to not consume or use
animal products or byproducts,
and yes this does mean there is
a slight amount of effort in­
volved. For example, if you are
unsure about something in the
Bon, ASK. If you are unsure
about the ingredients in a bag of
chips, it is possible to do a little
research. There is a very handy
book entitled Animal Products: A
to Z, which anyone can get
through AK Press. This book is
a must have for anyone who is
vegan or vegetarian alike.
The next misconception is all
too common. What about vita­
mins and complete proteins?
There is something truly funny
about some of the people who
link that to why they are not ve­
gan because they take vitamins
all day long as is already. Why
should they be concerned about
taking vitamins when they al­
ready do? With protein there are
two well-known facts that are
often overlooked. SOy!.s a com­
plete protein, and when rice and
beans are eaten together it is
considered a complete protein.
This means that no matter what anyone tells you, you are still
eating healthy.
Ahhh ... the final, and best,
misconception . Eating meat is
healthy, and good for you. Yeah,
that's why meat and dairy are
what causes colon cancer as well
as high blood pressure. Well, the
high blood pressure, most
people already know this, but I
know your probably scratching
your head right now about the
colon cancer thing.
Time to lay down some
knowledge. If a slab of meat is
left sitting out, it begins to rot.
There is no difference between
this and the process in an intes­
tinal tract. While meat slowly
moves through the intestinal
tract, it rots. As it rots, toxins
from the rotting process are ab­
sorbed into the body of whom­
ever consumed the meat. Sorry
to say, but many of the toxins are
carcinogens , which induce can­
cer. The difference is when veg­
etable matter breaks down it
doesn't rot. Instead, it composts,
which is naturally absorbed by the body. Besides, rotting meat
does not sound all that
appetising.
What's it like to be vegan?
Veganism is not some all-con­
suming amorphous entity. The
only reason many vegans seem
militant about it is because
people ask stupid questions.
Questions along the lines of,
"Like, do you eat salads and
stuff?" or, "Can you eat anything
besides salad?" are examples of
moronic questions asked by the
vacant. By all means ask about
veganism , but please put some
thought into the questiQns.
Also, there are many things
eaten on an everyday basis that
are vegan such as many potato
chips. I am bringing it up be­
cause it is important to under­
stand that it is not really that
hard to be vegan and that there
are vegan foods in anyone's diet.
Education is as important here
as it is anywhere in life.
Be aware of what you are eat­
ing. If you happen to be eating
meat, stop and think, "Some
thing died and is on my plate."
It does not matter if it was going
to die anyway because each per­
son that stops supporting animal
products equals one less animal
that has to suffer and die in vain.
Conflict put it best, "An eye's an
eye, a life's a life, the now for­
gotten belief. Yet everyday pro­
duction lines are feeding out this
farce to ,end up on your table,
then shat out of your arse." Dear Editor:
The terrorist attack on the
United States fills me with sad­
ness. I mourn for my fellow
Americans and our foreign visi­
tors who lost their lives in the
attack. I offer my condolences
to all who grieve for family and
friends and am grateful for the
outpouring of sympathy from
New Zealanders. Our embassy
gates are crowded with flowers,
candlelight Vigils remember
those lost, and New Zealand
fire-fighters gather to honour
theirNew York brothers.
Surrounded by friends and
classmates from many nations,
I am aware of growing fear that
the United States' response to
this tragedy will spark a diSas­
trous war. I share this fear. We
must bring those responsible
for the killing of over 5,000 in­
nocent people to justice. How­
ever, we must not force entire
nations to pay the price for the
acts of extremist Islamic
groups. Additionally, we must
not misdirect our anger toward
Muslims in our communities .
Finally, we must demand that
the United States government
re-structureunethical foreign
policies in the Middle East and
elsewhere.
From my vantage point in
New Zealand I can say with
certainty that. the world is watching [United Statesl. As
a graduate of Lewis &Clark, I
hope that students, staff, and
faculty will make me proud
with their response to this
tragedy. May the United States
exhibit strength rather than
recklessness, leadership rather
than arrogance , and justice "---­May the United
States exhibit
strength rather than
recklessness, leader­
ship rather than
arrogance, and jus­
tice rather than
vengeance. -----" rather than vengeance.
Sincerely,
Sarah Clinehens
Lincoln University
Christchurch , New Zealand
Joined by the follOwing Lin
coIn students:
Blair Hiscoke (Ne
Zealand)Andrea Bauer (Ger
many) Scott Butcher (Ne
Zealand) Franzi Grab (Switzer
land) YingjunJu ep.R. China)
Mohamad Hosen (Iran) Mik
Watson (New Zealand) Ki
Bestic (New Zealand) Igor laski
(Ukraine)
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So that's a phrase that you've
probably never heard, huh?
"The Commission on Academic
Priorities ." It sounds high and
mighty, and that's because it is.
The Commission, the CAP for
short, is a body created by Presi­
dent Mooney to determine the
academic direction of the Col­
lege for the next 15 years. It's
composed of endowed chairs,
the four academic Deans, and
several senior faculty members ,
and they meet to discuss the
various issues entailed by exam­
ining the acad .~mics here at LC
"OK," you might be saying.
"That sounds clear enough. But
why are you telling me this?"
And that, my friends, is exactly
the issue I'd like to addJess. One
interesting thing I've noticed
about the CAP is that, since it
was constituted last year, it has
taken a backseat in students'
minds to other issues: residence
halls, the Free Wall, the smok­
ing policy, etc. Those are all well wrong, but the CAP is some- Northwest , the small class sizes, education requirements we the point," you're probably say­
thing even more important , in your financial aid packet. But I have, how classes are taught, ing right now. Here's my point: "-----Allow me to give you
an exam pie. You may
have noticed that we
don't have a humani­
ties requirement here,
unless you include
Inventing America. Is
that a deficiency in
our curriculum? would wager that most of you what kind of faculty are hired, if you care about academics ,
also considered academics when and a whole host of other issues. about your major, and have ideas
you came, whether that was the The practical consequences are on how to make LC better aca­
personal faculty contact, the innumerable . demically, you should indeed
ability to do research, or the Allow me to give you an ex-care about the CAP and the is­
school's academic reputation. ample. You may have noticed sues it discusses. As students, we
And this comes to the heart of that we don't have a humaniti es form the backbone of this insti­
my point: as academically- requirem ent here, unless you tution. Without us, there
minded students, we care about include Inventing America. Is wouldn't be an LC So I chal­
how we're taught, what we're that a deficiency in our curricu- lenge you to make your voices
taught, and why we're taught it. lum? Many might say so, my- heard about these fundamental
The CAP addresses these is-self included . So should we academic issues that affect our
sues by asking questions such as therefore have another general college lives. Talk to your pro­
"What are the goals of a Liberal education requirement and re-fessors about these issues, talk
" Arts education," "Is LC fulfilling quire students to take a humani-to yOl,lr SAAB representative , ---------- those goals," and "Are there any ties course? That's a difficult talk to me. All of us are here to
my opinion, for it gets down to
the very heart and personality of
this institution : the academics.
And this is precisely why orga­
nizations like SAAB are so pas­
sionate about the CAP and their
purpose. We, too, want a say in
what the academic environment
ofLC will be like 15 years hence.
Presumably, you had many
reasons for coming to LC Per-abundances/deficiencies in our qu!;!stion to answer, but that's the ensure that your views are heard
curriculum which prevent us nitty-gritty of what CAP dis-on these matters. I welcome you
from fulfilling those goals." cusses. Once they answer those to come talk to me about these
When I first read those ques-philosophical questions , it issues. I can be reached at
tions, I thought that they were comes down to practical conse~ saab@lclark .edu or during
mere philosophical fluff, a waste quences. What if they decide posted office hours.
of time that will produce no that students should declare I also encourage you to read
practical results. However, as I their major at the end of their a bit more about the CAP at .
considered them more, I realized freshman year and increase the h~tp :llwww.lclark.edu/-cas/fac­
their imlPortance. Answers to major requirements? Would ulty/cap.htm .. Make your opin-
such questions will impact what you be happy with that? ions heard!
The government is never wrong.
hey dude,
we're all out
of pot funds .•• wait,
i think i left
a C-note in
my SUV. Don't
agree? Apathy
is the
best
policy. Write a
letter to
the editor.
Sports are not
important.
~ Pioneer Log October 5, 2001 • I -
Being a liberal is not a four-year experience
by Clifton Fels
In high school, I met
Clarence Thomas after a speech
he delivered at the University of
Montana . I shook his hand, and
he commented on the sh irt I was
wearing (which featured the
likeness of Che Guevara embla­
zoned on a field of red). "Hey,"
he said, "I remember Che. We
all used to have pictures of him
in our dorm rooms." When I
gently pOinted out the difference
in ideologies, Justice Thomas
said, "Oh, we were all liberals
back then." Then he smiled and
handed me an autographed pro­
gram that said: "Good luck! -
Clarence Thomas".
We were all liberals back
then. Good luck. Clarence Tho­
mas. The words seemed strange
then, but the more I think about
them, the more depressed I get.
Many of us would like to
think that we are more radical,
more progressive than the gen­
eration that came before. After
all, quite a few of us have friends
who are gay, and we don't even
try to talk them out of it. We
may even attend an Environ­
mental Studies symposium with
interest. Our parents ... what a bunch of squares compared LO
us.
Our parents, mind you, are of
the same generation that brought
us the social protest movements "----There are steps you
can take-small ones,
granted-to change
this entire goddamn
system of "make
stuff, sell stuff, buy
stuff, stuff your face"
that don't require you
to be homeless, pen­
niless, unhappy, or
unfulfilled. ----"
of the sixties. But when their
parents' money ran out, they cut
their hair, lost the tye-dye, got
jobs, and bought cars that always
smell like new car. What hap­
pened to them? What happened
to these kids who wanted to
change the system? Did they fi­
nally just "grow up", and learn
some responsibilit y?
It seems to be the opinion among many that social protest marginaliz ed by others, as
is a luxury for the young. When people who "don't get it" and
you get a lillie older and have who just aren't "realistic" about
kids, you had better get a 401K the way the world works. Well,
and drop the hippie liberal non-screw that. This is a call LO ac­
sense. I am proud of the causes tion. I know there are some of
I stand for. I am proud when I u here who just want LO get a
~==~r~~~~~~~~~ degree and get a good
job and start a family
and die that way.
And none of those of
things are, in them­
selves, negative. Per­
sonal responsibility
isn't bad,just don't let
a concern for it ex­
clude you from larger
issues. I also know
there are many stu­
dents who feel moti­
va ted, passi onate,
and concerned about
the larger scheme of
things-who genu­
~""""""~""'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""":' GR:':A":"PH""IC~C~O""UR:':T=ES"'Y =CO=R""BIS=".C=O...4!lM i n el y fee I the rei s
speak out against things I believe something wrong in the world
are oppressive or unjust. But and want LO change it. If you
when I get my degree, and have feel that way, then whatever you
LO enter "the real world," will that do, don't let it end with your
be it? graduation . Organize your life
No, and it doesn't have LO be differently. Teach your kids dif­
that way for anyone of us. There ferently. Find other ways out.
are many who are active in so-They may tell you that you will
cial justice issues well into old never feel secure. What does
age, but these people are often that mean? Does that mean having gross amounts of dispos­
able income to spend on crap?
It's possible to live a safe, fulfill­
ing life without contributing LO
unjust systems. There are steps
you can take-small ones, "----I don't know about
you, but I do not
want to turn into
Clarence Thomas. ----" granted-to change this entire
goddamn system of "make stuff,
sell stuff, buy stuff, stuff your
face" that don't require you [0 be
homeless, penniless, unhappy,
or unfulfilled.
It's hard. Really it is. But at
some point, we have to realize
that if we don't like the way
things work, but if we do noth­
ing to radically alter the way we
participate in them, then noth­
ing will ever change. I don't
know about you, but I do not
want to turn into Clarence Tho­
mas. I do not wantLO stare some
idealistic kid in the face, pump
his hand up and down, and con­
descendingly say, "Yeah, we were
all liberals back then."
Students suffer from devotion to the academic system
by Mel Almquist
I have misplaced God in the
image of a college professor.
Academic life has become a sort
of de facto religion where one's
life and destiny are dictated by a
select four professors . New ex­
pectations, like morals, creep out
of the syllabus from between the
lines of more obvious standards .
Just when you thought you were
an accomplished person, your
value comes LO rest on your abil­
ity to "resurrect" yourself from
the confines of coursework .
As humans, we naturally hold
reverence : for the beauty held in
nature, for the love between
people, for the unending histo­
ries of nations and states.
Equally so, some hold reverence "-----If she does not read
every word-if she
does not finish or
commits the "sin" of
skimming ... ----" for some form of God, whether
it be oriented in a religion or in
some less defined realm. This
God might determin e our des­
tiny, control our suffering , and
aid us as we seek either con­
scious or unconscious enlight­
enment. Yet a chilling realiza­
tion is that. we do not give this
authOrity exclUSively to a divine
authority, but rather to many
closer entities.
It has now passed one in the
morning ... and now two. Where
is the limit LO the quantity of
"things" I must accomplis h to
fulfill the role of an academic?
With reverence (and exhaus­
tion), I watch a talented profes­
sor encourage discussion and rivet my mind with the "experi­
ence" of his knowledge . Here in
the classroom , the foundation
for devotion to knowledge is
laid. From this foundation
springs passion and many long
nights of tears and doubt of my
own self worth. "-----I have misplaced God
in the image of a
college professor. ----"
As a college student, for the
past four years I have found my
life LO be largely determined.
Perhaps this may seems a bit es­
capist-allowing the responsi­
bility of how I conduct my
schedule to be determined by
another, but here enters rever­
ence again. Reverence: for the
knowledg e, for the books, and
for the person who orchestrates
it all. Therefore , in many sense
the professor is the god,
academia the life and your stud­
ies your fate. Upon registering
for classes, you become bound
LO all three by determining where
your reverence will lie.
The disappOinting part of this
paradigm , aside from the lack of
self-determination , is that the
god-professors have so many
students and so much reverence
themselves for what they have
passionatel y pursued for their
careers-that they cannot hear
the suffering of all their dedi­
cated faithful.
Recently, I was speaking with
a friend who admilled LO me that
she struggles to read every word
contained within every aSSigned
piece of reading. If she does not
read every word-if she does not
finish or commits the "sin" of
skimming -then she feels a paralyzing guilt. Sadly enough,
I confided in her that I, too, suf­
fered the same complexi ty. Per­
haps it is the price tag associate
with education- although I
doubt this to be true--but th.e
value of reading every word, of
spending every minute focused
on a paper, has grown concur­
rently with my passion and en­
thusiasm for my concentratio ns.
Should I feel blessed? Unlike
many, I knew from the start
where my academic interests
were and I followed them bined, have a seductive quality.
The one person who can mea­
sure the student-discip les com­
mitment LO the institution is the
god-professor. Thus, all author­
ity is granted to the god-profes­
sor LO determine the value of the
student-disciple's worth in light
of that institution . This is a sure
equation for both tears and joy
as we grow more and more com­
mitted/seduced/dogmatic by
this credence.
Second, there is an ambigu-
ity as to where the responsibil-
should re­
ain. Must I
en my eyes
d realize
at my entire
ality-the
ality of a stu­
ent-is a
yth? The
ea ignites
rror within
eand I begin
feel like the
ithful who,
r a moment,
estions the
istence of
is beloved.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~L od. Is what
unwaveringly. The deeper I pen-I am pursuing an unreal expec­
etrated into the knowledge, the tation? Alternative ly, is it the re­
more I felt transform ed into the sponsibility of the professors to
sort of disciple-student that my be realistic in their establish­
god-professors would respect. ment of values/goals? Like a re­
And respect I have earned, but ligious person who sits and
at what price? I have allowed the prays LO God, "Why?" I am si­
god-professor LO be the deter-lently asking, "Did they really
miner of my personal value. think I could finish all of this
It is two in the morning again reading? Do they know what
and I can only characterize it by other classes I have? Is every­
frustration and unfaltering will to one else finishing this reading?
succeed. Has this love and rev-Am I good enough?"
erence grown venomous as I Essentially , despite the ambi-
blindly strive LO "accomplish"? guity, there can only be one so-
A second evaluation leflds two lution: surrender. Now, surren­
insights. First, knowledge and der is quite different from be­
accomplishment when com-coming a martyr. In the latter one sacrifices all sanity and
health, not LO mention self-re­
spect, for the belief in these
higher values and the impor­
tance of accomplishment. In the
former, a vagueness suggests
that the work is internal. As a
second-semester senior, I want
to believe it is not LOO late LO "----There is an ecstasy
that can come from
devotion to knowl­
edge and deeper
levels of understand­
ing. ----"
pursue myself from within and
find further enlightenment
within the myth of the student.
My value is yet to be determin ed
by anyone but me, and if! am to
continue to forfeit that value to
external sources then I will be
constantly at a loss. Therefore ,
I must surrender to the seduc­
tion and thus it will cease to have
authority over me. I can love my
ideal as such-the faithful-p er­
fect student--but it will no
longer determine my destiny.
There is an ecstasy that can
come from devotion LO knowl­
edge and deeper levels of under­
standing. Tragically , this ecstasy
is often barely glimpsed by
overly stressed students that suf­
fer from their faith in the system
and their devotion to achieving
ambiguous expectatio ns. As the
weeks pass and my undergradu­
ate career comes LO an end, I
want to feel that ecstasy. Knowl­
edge and passion have pen­
etrated my being, orchestrated
by many masters, and my grati­
tude is equally as divine as my
commitment to the experience .
October 5, 2001 Pioneer Log =~o=n=w=L~og~ . ~~====== ,~()rl1l11 =e ==============~
In an editorial entitled
"Smoking policy is unrealis­
tic," Clifton Fels asks "is it
really possible to be 25 feet
away from any building?"
and argues that the 2S-foot
smoking policy is "invasive
and ludicrous".
Speaking simply for my­
self as a member of the com­
munity here at LC (and not,
repeat not, as a staff person
or on behalf of the "admin­
istration") I haxe to
ask.. .. ARE YOU KIDDING?
Sure, by definition, areas -letter to) the editor -'
25 feet from the campus are out­
doors -but that's the point. We
can all agree that smoking
shouldn't happen indoors (that
is, after all, Mulmomah County
Ordinance). Given that this
beautiful campus is designed to
be navigated almost entirely on
fool, it also then follows that part
of the college's responsibility (in
spirit, if not in law) to provide a
smoke-free workplace includes
entrances, air intakes, windows,
and '~$ .;next to buildings.
LOok. 2S feet ju.,t ain't that
much space. It's just over 8 ... " -It----'----­
Spea ing simply for
myselr as a member
of th~ community
here at LC (and not,
repeat not, as a staff
perso ~ or on behalf
of the "administra­
tion") I have to
ask ... .4.RE YOU KID­
DING? yards, about four 6-foot
people laid head-to-toe. A
parking space is 20 feet, and a
sidewalk is 5. You do the
math.
Better yet -check out this
graphic I made. It's not offi­
cial, it's probably not even per­
fectly to scale. It is however,
my best guess at what the 25
foot "halo" around every
building looks like campus­
wide. And ~eriously. Clifton,
there's plenty of places to
smoke around here.
One last thing... with re-spect to the policy. calling
yourself a "casualty of its ter­
ror," well, in this day and age,
that is just plain ludicrous.
by Karl Chisholm
Kari Chisholm is the
college's creative director for
new media.
This map is a visual representation of the new smoking policy. The shaded areas represent locations that are within 25 feet of a bUilding, and smoke-free.
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6, Pioneer Log Odober 5, 2001 S P 0 rts~, ================= Pl=='on==e==ler==L~o~::!:=:==
Pio soccer season begins
by Zach Mann
1 awoke to the melodic and
twisted sounds oj The Beatles. 1
Imew we were close. 1 could smell
it. The landscap e was slowly
morphing while I slept along 1-5
South, leaving the capitalistic
metropolitan city oj Portl.and.
Close to starvation , we suJJiced
with gas station Jood and cleverly
stolen chicken bento. Out oj the
cow pastures and U-Pick berry
Jarms, a sign became visible, il.lu­
minated by the rising sun.
I marveled at its simplicity.
"Welcome to Eugene, Oregon.
Home oj the University oj Or­
egon." The sheer genius displayed
by the signs' creator was breath­
taking.
Leaving the ducks in the rear
view mirror; we made our way to
our Jinal destination. A bee in­
Jested grassy bowl stadium with
an aquamarine track was where
this weird monotamous trip came
to its appropriate end.
A game still had to be played
and 1 was already out oJbento. My
article soon became a distraction
to the insuJJerable cravingJor that
succulent chicken dish. 1 didn't
like my chances. The new head coach and
hopeful savior for the men's soc­
cer club team, Luis "Scooter"
Trybam, is as enthusiastic as they
come. At twenty-four, this newly
graduated PorLland State Univer­
sity alum is making a big hit with
the players, parents, and fans of
LC soccer.
With his contagious smile
and constant remarks of encour­
agement, Trybam is the first to
congratulate a player on the op­
posing team, sometimes before
their own coach will. His upbeat
altitude and love of the game is
hoping to bring legitimacy to the
LC soccer program that is in
need of stability after years of
commitment issues.
Even with all his excitement
and constant chanting of phrases
such as "well done, well done",
"unlucky, unlucky", or the more
infamous "not so much", the
Pio's were still unable to capital­
ize on their superior skill, suc­
cumbing to Lane Community
College by a score of 2-0. Sopho­
more goalkeeper Peter
Cromwell, who saved numerous
fast break goal opportunities, left
the game late in the second half
due 'to a shoulder injury sus­
tained during a corner kick.
Despite the loss, many prom­
ising aspects of these extremely
talented and humble guys
emerged, including ; hustle of
forwards Jason Khalsa and Mor­
gan Keller, the ball control and
tenacity displayed by freshman
Hank Kilgore, and the dominat­
ing defense displayed in the
early moments of the first half.
During a heated portion of
the second half, after LCC took
a 1-0 lead, one of our teams tal-ents appeared unexpectedly.
Sophomore Will Vanausden
challenged a 50-50 ball with ag­
gressiveness , tackling both the
player and the ball. As the two
rose to their f,eet, the irate oppo­
nent pushed Vanausden in the
chest attempting to provoke
more violence.
Preparing for a fight, the
crowd gasped! with anticipatio n
and mothers covered their
children's eyes. The brawl did
not last long.
In fact, it never made it past
the giant hug of love that was
issued by Vanausden , smother­
ing his perplexed and now much
calmer victim.
Taking place at 3:00pm this
Sunday, a talented Eastern Or­
egon team will venture to the
AstroTurf of Griswold Stadium
to take on our "boys of fall." All
the support of you loyal LC fans
will be needed to encourage this
team to victory.
Was I asleep, or was I
merely in a strange bento induced
slumber? My :shirt, drenched with
perspiration, dung closely to my
heat-exhausted body. I hadn't slept
in days.
Darll, chilling shadows oj
shade crept towards my almost
lifeless corpse. The sudden change
in temperature awakened my
senses.
A blue rim oJPowerade stained
my upper lip. It must have tasted
Jresh Jor bees had Jound a liking
to it and were Circling my head.
SwattingJiercely at the bees, 1 was
startled by the sounds oj yelling
and the ear sihrieking blaring oj
horns. Gathering my gear, 1
stumbled rech:lessly towards the
asphalt-laden parking lot. Upcoming Pioneer1 Sports
Saturday -October 6, 2001
Football vs. Puget Sound (Homecoming )
Griswold Stadium -1:30 p.m.
Friday -October 12, 2001
Volleyball vs. Pacific
Pamplin Sports Center -7:00 p.m.
Friday -October 19, 2001
Volleyball vs. Whitworth
Pamplin Spons Center -7:00 p.m.
Saturday -October 20, 2001
Volleyball vs. Whitma'n
Pamplin Sports Center -7:00 p.m.
Friday -October 26, 2001
Volleyball vs. Pacific Lutheran
Pamplin Sports Center -7:00 p.m.
Saturday -October 7,2001
Football vs. Colorado College
Griswold Stadium -1:30 p.m.
\, .... _-------'
LC football loss
by John Koehn
Pioneer football took a long
trip for a tough loss this week,
dropping a frustrating game to
Claremon t -McKenna 0-21. Af­
ter an exciting victory over
Pomona-Pitzer the week earlier,
the Pios were eager to get on the
road and face the Claremont­
McKenna Stags on their turf in
C~lifornia.
Senior quarterback Trent Th­
ompson passed for 340 yards
and rushed for 54 yards. Senior
wide reciever Jason Hill caught
for i23 yards. Senior MattJack­
son also caught for an impres­
sive 65 yards.
With numbers like that, how
did LC get shutout? Several key
turnovers in the red zone didn't
help, and the lack of a ground
attack played a big factor. The
Stags won the game on the
strength of their running game,
racking up 276 rushing yards. Head coach Mike Fanger said
that the team played a great
game but that they just weren't
efficient enough in the red zone,
and that they just had too many
turnovers . "If you only get the
opertunity to score 5 or 6 times
a game, you've got to capitalize.
We just didn't do that," Fanger
said of Saturday'S game.
Next week brings another
opertunity to win big in front of
the home crowd, with the Pios
playing a homecoming game
against Pugest Sound in the first
contest against Northwest Con­
ference team.
Coach Fanger said that the
PSU teamhas played some tough
teams early in the season, and
that the Pios, "have their work
cutout."
It seems that the team has got
all of the elements to win big,
they just have to get them all
working at the same time.
Lewis &Clark College
presents
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
conducted by M ish a Rachlevsk y
Friday, Oct. 5,8 p.m.
Lewis & Clark College I Agnes Flanagan Chapel
$10 gener<11; $8 L&C employees and alumni; $5 L&C students.
Tickets available at the College Bookstore in advance
or at the door. Festival seating.
October 5, 2001 Pioneer Log 7 probably {oyemost
minds of students.
Through the
Riding on RAZ: The basics of shuttle service
by ErinHaick
For students and staff who ei­
ther have or don't care to use a
car, Lewis &. Clark provides a
variety of alternatives to single­
person car transportation . Cer:.
tainly at the fore of their efforts
are the RAZ transportation
shuttles, which operate on a va­
riety of routes, carrying student
to Sellwood and downtown , as
well as closer locales like the
Burlingame Transit Center.
Raz Transportation
RAZ Transportation has pro­
vided the shuttle service to LC
for the last two years, and for
several years before that. RAZ is
used because they submitted the
lowest cost proposal upon rehir­
ing, and had a favorable record
with the College.
Shuttle service, while free to
student and staff users, does not
come cheap. The cost of shuttle
service last year was $290,000,
according to Mark Morgan, Di­
rector of Transportation and
Parking.
Shuttle service is expected to
cost $245,000; the drop in cost
is due to the elimination of the
shuttle to and from the Law
School to the mai.n campus.
RAZ's safety record with the
Oregon Department of Transpor-tation is rated as "satisfactory ."
This rating is judged on several
factors, including inspection , re­
pair, and maintenance of ve­
hicles, driver inspection, the
qualifications of brake inspec­
tors, and periodic inspection of
record keeping requirements.
RAZ Transportation "reports "-----I attempt to revolve
the shuttle schedule
stop times primarily
around the Law
School classes. In the
past, this has also
worked well for the
undergraduate school
students, staff, and
faculty.
-Mark Morgan
" that they have not had an acci­
dent in the last 1.'5 million miles
of services," Morgan said, "They
have been involved in two fatali­
ties, one in 1996 and one in
1999, both of which were deter­
mined to be the fault of the other
parties."
Morgan also noted that the
shuttle does "operate on a regu~
lar schedule, but the stop times may not be satisfactory ."
New Routes
Shuttle routes were changed
this year, to eliminate the Law
School Shuttle and to alter and
extend the routes of the EasU
West shuttle (see article below.)
Some concerns have been
raised regarding shuttle sched­
ules. Fiirstly, they do not arrive
at or just before 8:30am, when
most staff days begin, and
shuttles also do not arrive close
to the beginnings of undergradu­
ate classes. "I attempt to revolve
the shuttle schedule stop times
primarily around the Law School
classes," Morgan said.
"In the past, this has also
worked well for the undergradu­
ate school students, staff, and
faculty. This year I have recieved
some complaints from staff
about the Pioneer Express leav­
ing too early and too late [the
end of the work day). I have
made some modifications in the
schedules where it is possible
and will be working on modifi­
cations to facilitate the 5:00pm
quitting time. I consider this a
valid complaint ," Morgan con­
tinued.
Other questions have been
raised about the possibilities of
staggering shuttle times with Tri­
Met's run, to assure that students who miss one opportunity might
have another opportunity .
"I am receptive to making
changes in the schedule that do
not negatively impact a major­
ity of riders," said Morgan.
"That applies to the concept of
"staggering " the schedule with
Tri-Met's routes."
Shuttle Stops
LC Shuttle Stops require
them to pull off a busy street,
and often the only place to do
this is on privately-owned prop­
erty, such as the Fred Meyer
parking lot at Burlingame .
"Businesses are conact for ap­
proval to use their frontage for
shuttle stops," Morgan ex-"-----Shuttle service, while
free to student and
staff users, does not
come cheap. The
cost of shuttle service
last year was
$290,000, according
to Mark Morgan,
Director of Transpor­
tation and Parking. -----" plain ~d. "[They) are not paid for
use of their frontages ." Morgan
noted that leases do exist with
St. Mark's and Mt. Carmel
churches, for use of their park­
ing lots and locations.
One exception to this is the
shullle stop at the Burlingame
Burger King for runs with the
Pioneer Express. Morgan ex­
plained that "a larger bus, like
the Pioneer Express, would have
trouble Slopping at Fred Meyer
because its size [and) the con­
fine~ of the parkiilg lot."
"The stop at Burger King is
by default from past years," Mor­
gan continued . "It was chosen
on the basis of easy access by the
bus and minimal traffic disrup-
tion."
Morgan noted that Campus
Safety was previously respon­
sible for assigning shuttle stops
before his employment with the
College. "Most appear to work
regularly well," Morgan said.
The LC shuttle system is de­
signed to offset, and eventually
replace one-person commuting
cars. Morgan stressed that the
shuttle service was designed to
be used "by all groups." He said
that between 500 and 600 stu­
dents ·and staff use the shuttles
on a daily basis, and that he will
"continue to endeavor to make
the schedule work."
Extended shuttle routes serve Sellwood often
by Elizabeth Miller
Lewis &. Clark College trans­
portation services are adapting
to the ever-changing needs of
students with places to go and
things to do. The shuttle sched­
ules look a little different this
year as routes are re-scheduled
and re-directed in efforts to pro­
vide more efficient service.
"There's only one new route
"----We're putting more
resources into the
routes that have more
passengers so we can
give them a higher
frequency of service.
-Mark Morgan -----"
per say and that's really a week­
end extension of an existing
route," says Mark Morgan, Direc­
tor of Transportation and Park­
ing. It's an extension of the and Sunday from 7am to 11am.
Prior to this extension the Tri­
Met 39 was the only bus running
on Sunday except for the Pio­
neer Express, which did not start
running until noon.
The change has added morn­
ing service to transport passen­
gers to the Burlingame Transit
Center.
The East/West service to
Sellwood and Mountain Park
has been altered according to the
frequency of use. "We have actually reduced
service to Mountain Park," states
Morgan. Last year the routes to
Mountain Park and Sellwood
were combined with the
Burlingame service which obvi­
ously reduced the frequency of
service on all of the routes. "So
this year we established an east
service alone that runs to
Sellwood and we can complete
more runs with much higher fre­
quency -every forty minutes,
approximately . And we reduced
Burlingame service on Saturday Between 500 and 600 people ride the shuttles daily.
8 Pioneer Log October 5, 2001 the Mountain Park service to
only the peak times and it is
wmbined in the morning with
the Burlingame service [on
weekdays) . "
Mountain Park is now served
between 7:09 am and 9:06am
and 3:30 pm and 6:08 pm on
weekdays . According to Mor­
gan, "Thise were the peak peri­
ods last year. All the other times
we'd have very few riders, maybe
one or two, or none." Drivers
take passenger counts for every stop and tracking those over the
year lead to these changes.
"We're putting more re­
sources into the routes that have
more passengers so we can give
them a higher frequency of ser­
vice," states Morgan.
The current routes are ex­
pected to be operational for a
while with the pOSSibilit y of
variations in schedules but only
as a way to improve service.
Morgan admits, "Our goals
are to prOvide the best service
possibl e
within the
resources
that are
available
and to have
continuous
improve­
ment in the
service on
buses. . .
and to serve
all segments
of the com­
munity: stu­
dents, fac­
ulty and
staff. " I fought the Law: parking pass violations at LC
by Colleen Welch
On the evening of Monday,
October 24, 1, Colleen Elizabeth
Welch, willfully removed my
parking permit from the dash­
board of Anna Banana, my tired
yellow Mercury Marquis. My
mission: understand what it feels
like to be on the wron~
the Office of Transportal
Parking at Lewis &: Cl.
lege. Horror stories had
my ears, legf'nds of e]
fines and lost
records. 1 de-
cided to put my-
self through the
system to see just
how parking violators
are treated.
I was surprised h.
quickly my transgressi(
was found out. I removec
the permit at approxi­
mately eleven o'clock
on Monday evening. "---I was surprised how
quickly my transgres­
sion was found out. I
removed the permit
at approximately
eleven o'clock on
Monday evening. By
9:25 on Tuesday
morning, a parking
officer had decorated
my windshield with a
bright yellow ticket. -----" By 9:25 on Tuesday morning, a
parking officer had decorated
my windshield with a bright yel­
low ticket. The ticket listed fines
for many parking and moving
violations , such as parking
in reserved
spaces,
driving
over ten
miles per hour,
and parking on a
landscaped area. The box
for having no permit or an im­
proper display was checked off,
and a fine of fifteen dollars was
charged to my name.
My sense of justice was some­
what offended by the fact that
the fee was identical for having
no permit and having an im­
proper display of said permit.
After all, defying the system
completely by driving around with no permit seems far more
vile than simply forgetting to put
the blue piece of plastic in the
right place. In response to my
cry for justice, the woman be-
hind the counter at the
Office of Parking and
Transportation gave a
very good reason for
why the fee for both
offenses is identical:
t.he parking officers
have no way to dis­
tingUish be­
tween
tha;e
d ri v­
i n g
around
with no li­
censes and
those who
took theirs
down to
test the
system and
write a nifty article for the
Piolog. In other words, it's im­
practical for officers who may be
writing fifty tickets in an hour
to check whether each car in "----I had ten days to
reestablish my good
reputation, either
through paying the
fine or challenging
the citation. -----" question really has a permit.
Also, by punishing those who
don't put their permits up, the
Office of Parking and Transpor­
tation is preventing me from
simply giving my permit to an­
other student for the day under
the pretense that neither of us
will be punished.
I had ten days to reestablish
my good reputation , either
through paying the fine or chal­
lenging the citation. Had I cho­
sen to question the ticket, I
would have needed to fill out an
appeal form, available online
and at the Office of Campus
Safety. If failed to pay the fine
within ten days, I faced an addi­
tionallate fee of five dollars, with
the possibility of having my car
immobilized with a boot. To
have a boot removed costs
thirty-five dollars more. My
guilt was clear, and I felt fifteen
dollars was enough to pay to ex­
perience a life of crime, so I set
out to pay the fine.
Two days later I handed my
credit card to a very friendly
woman in the Cashier's office.
She gave me two receipts for my
payments and even let me keep
the original ticket. I had many
other options in terms of paying
the fine: I could have mailed a
check or cash to the Transporta­
tion and Parking Office or
dropped my payment in the
parking mailbox on campus.
The fact that they accepted both
Visa and Mastercard as well as
cash made the" payment process
quite convenient. I completed
the transaction of grace in about
ten minutes, including the time "----My sense of justice
was somewhat of­
fended by the fact
that the fee was iden­
tical for having no
permit and having an
improper display of
said permit. After all,
defying the ~ystem
completely by driving
around with no per­
mit seems far more
vile than simply for­
getting to put the
blue piece of plastiC in
the right place. -----"
I spent waiting in line.
I have seen the other side; the
journey back to becoming an up­
right citizen was very smooth.
All instructions for paying the
fine were clearly printed on the
back of my ticket, my charge was
easy to understand , and everyone
that I dealt with during the pay­
ment process was friendly and
efficient. As one who, unfortu­
nately, has a certain amount of
personal experience in traffic and
parking violations , I can state
without any doubt that the LC
parking office is far superior to
most DMV's. Although the ex­
perience of getting a. ticket may
be irritating , I found the experi­
ence of paying the fine surpris­
ingly pleasant.
Odober 5, 2001 Pioneer Log 9 -16 Tuesday Symposium on
Environmental
Affairs
Sessions take place in Templeton Student Center, Council
Chamber, unless otherwise noted.
Afternoons 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Drilling in the Artic National Wildlife
Refuge: Defining the Issues Evenings 7:30-9:30 p.m.
A Monumental Task: Protecting and
Connecting Public Lands
Bike in Tuesday morning Kenneth Bird, Ph.D., chief, Alaska
. Petroleum Studies Project, U.5. David Johns, board member, Yellowstone
to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y)
"Green" Vehicle Display Geological Survey, Menlo Park,
Noon-4 p.m., Front of Aubrey California
R. Watzek Library
Vehicles on display that
employ propulsion systems
that are alternatives to the·
present standard gasoline­
powered internal­
combustion engines. Bruce Hope, Ph.D., AAAS Risk Policy
Fellow (2000-01), FSIS/USDA,
Washington, D.C., and agency
toxicologist, Department of
Environmental Quality, Portland
Deb Moore, wilderness coordinator,
Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Fenton Rexford, president, Kaktovik
Inupiat Corporation Dave Willis, chairman, Soda Mountain
Wilderness Council
Pepper Trail, staff member, Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wednesday-Friday
Enjoy Beverages at the T-Horse, an oasis of tea and tranquility in front
of Watzek Library. Proceeds benefit City Repair, a group of citizen
activists working to improve communication through the creation of
public gathering places.
Infoflllation: 503-768-·7699 Of www.lclafk.edu!~eslll
Pioneer Log October 6, 2000 17 Wednesday Urban Agriculture Environmental Law: Current Issues,
Future Challenges
Featuring Michael Ableman, author of
On Good Land: The
Autob!ography of an Urban Farm
and From the Good Earth: A
Celebration of Growing Food
Around the World Presiding: -~in-Harmon, assistant director
for envirorimental and natural resources
law, Lewis & Clark's Northwestern School
of Law
Michael Axline, attorney
Stephanie M. Parent, staff attorney, Pacific
Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC)
Jack Tuholske, attorney
18 Thursday Creative Arts and the Environment
19 Friday Conflicts Within Environmental
Education: Who Sets the
Standards?
Presiding: Gregory Smilth, associate
professor of education, Lewis & Clark
Graduate School of Education
John Borowski, environmental and
marine science teacher, INorth Salem
High School
Chet Bowers, adjunct professor of
environmental studies, University of
Oregon
Dilafruz Williams, professor of
educational policy, foundations, and
administrative studies, Portland State
University
Rick Zenn, staff membelr, World
Forestry Center David Oates, poet, Portland
Gail Wells, professor, College of Forestry,
Oregon State University
to be announced
Energy and Climate Change: A Need for
. New Strategies
Presiding: Senator Ron Wyden (invitation
pending)
Rhys Roth, coordinator, Climate Solutions
Robert ~ Malone, regional president,
Western United States, British Petrol~um
Jonathan Koomey, leader of End-Use
Forecasting Group and staff scientists at
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The basic principle of Lewis & Clark's environmental affairs major
is that every-single environmental issue has connections to the
three major academic subdivisions of the liberal arts:
the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities.
We like to refer to this as our "environmental-tripod principle."
The goal of this symposium is to create an interactive forum
for some of the crucial environmental issues of our time
where students, faculty, and visitors, coming from a variety of
perspectives, can share ideas and learn from 'each other.
The symposium is open to the public at no charge.
Pioneer Log October 6, 2000 .~------ -=-------..-
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LC novelist ponders art, writing, future
PHOTO BY ANDREW ZAHLER plishment. 1 just took a semes­
ter off to kind of re-center my­
self. I happened to be working
on a novel, it's not published and
it may never even be published
so 1 don't think it's any more of
an accomplishment than what
anybody else is doing." "----Over the last few
years I've come to
really kind of take a
step back from the
concept of the ambi­
tion which I see
playing out in so
many people's lives
so much. So what I
hope to do with my
life is to have some
good experiences,
share those experi­
ences with some
good people. -----" ent political economic system,
After taking a semester off to reflect, re-center and write, Josh Wallaert, a senior, haunts
the entrance to the dark room in the student-operated art facility, the Platteau. "I
wouldn't say I run the Platteau," Wallaert says. "I do the paperwork for the Platteau. The
people that use the Platteau run the Platteau. It's a collaborative, cooperative thing as
much as we can make it be." His attraction to art for its
various merits led him to live on
the Visual and Performing Arts
floor for two years, be an active
member and currently a co-edi­
tor of the literary Review, and
to be involved with the Platteau,
of which he is now the general
manager. "1 wouldn't say I run
the Platteau. 1 do the paperwork
for the Platteau. The people that
use the Plalleau run the Platteau.
It's a collaborative, cooperative
thing as much as we can make it
be," says Wallaert, 'Tm really
interested in the connections
between different media of art. 1
like that there's kind of a cross
breeding of ideas or at least ex­
posure to ideas in different me­
dia, which 1 think is really im­
portant." He mentions all the
different uses for the Platteau
and says, "I think that for me it's
just really exciting to be around
these different things. 1 did
photo in middle school, I have
absolutely no experience with
ceramics and I'm scared to go in
the dance room. But 1 do like to
be around people who are doing
art to see what they're doing and
how they're thinking and 1 think
it's definitely an inspiration for
me in terms of my writing." especially in this country. I'd like
to sec some different things go­
ing on with the environment and
with the way people live their
every day lives, but who am 1 to
do that thing that needs to be
done that 1 think everybody rec­
ognizes? I'm glad there are
people doing it, my place is just
to be 1 think."
By Lizzie Miller
Love, family, provencialism
and chance are all themes that
play across the mind of Josh
Wallaert and appear as themes
in the novel he is writing.
Wallaert decided to take last se­
mester 0[[ after spending time in
Africa and realizing that the
novel he had always believed he
would write was unfolding. ''I'd
been sitting on the novel for a
long time. It had always been my
thought that 1 would write a
novel sometime. The idea kind
of grew up [in Africa] in the last
weeks 1 was there on the over­
seas program. " Wallaert at­
tributes the decision to take a
semester off to the need to re­
center himself. Writing a novel
"-----Just because you're
writing a novel
doesn't necessarily
mean that novel is
any good. You take
a semester off to
write a novel and
people look at it like
it's a big accomplish­
ment. I just took a
semester off to kind
of re-center myself. ----"
was not his focus during that
time. "1 thought that might be
good for me to slow down a bit
and just attend to myself a little
bit when 1 got back, so that's
what 1 did, and it worked out
well," he says.
Wallaert hopes to have a
rough draft of the novel finished
this fall and to be able to use the
final product as his thesis at the
end of the year. The novel is a
series of vignettes that are each one to two pages in length,
loosely follOwing a narrative and
moments in the lives of charac­
ters in Middle America. Wallaert
says, ''I'll try to get it published
if 1 feel it really is a work of some
quality that is worth having out
there in the world, because 1
don't feel like contributing junk
to society any more than anyone
else does." Currently, his plans
for the future inelude graduate
school to get a Ph.D. in English
or an M.FA. in creative writing,
not trying to make a career out
of writing. Wallaert remarks,
''I'm kind of trying to make a
career out of no career. But it's
very likely 1 could end up doing
some combination of writing and
teaching. 1 think that seems like
the only way 1 could see myself
making any kind of money but I
wouldn't necessarily call it a ca­
reer as a writer."
Wallaert attributes his great­
est inspirations to art, but also
says that he draws inspiration
from the two or three newspa­
pers he reads everyday. He says,
''I'm always looking for elements
of chance, things that in them­
selves may not be that interest­
ing but in connection to other
things become very interesting.
I'm interested in ideas, I'm inter­
ested in language, I'm interested
in the failures of language, the
limitations of language, and I'm
interested in abstraction, how
that works in our lives. 1 think
those are all inspirations."
Wallaert's writing is based
more on respect for writing
rather than a love of it. "What 1
respect about writing is the way
that it helps me to conceptual­
ize the world to recognize differ­
ent types of beauty, different
types of absurdity, to make con­
nections between those different
things. 1 don't write necessarily
from truth or from what's going
on, but I try to whte something
that may give a different perspec­
tive or illuminat e some aspect of
what's going on. That's the thing
12 Pioneer Log October 5, 2001 "---­I'm kind of trying
to make a career
out of no career. -----"
Il0ve in other people's literature
so 1 guess that's got to be the
thing that 1 love about writing
too."
Wallae:rt says, "1 hope that
most people are writing in their
lives, if nothing else from the
sheer fact that it allows them to
reflect on it. 1 don't consider
myself any more of a writer than
the next person. Just because
you're writing a novel dot;sn't
necessarily mean that novel is
any good. You take a semester
off to write a novel and people
look at it like it's a big accom-Expressing his views on life,
Wallaert says,"1 don't like
achieving things very much.
Over the last few years I've come
to really k.ind of take a step back
from the concept of the ambition
which 1 see playing out in so
many people's lives so much. So
what I hope to do with my life is
to have some good experiences, .
share those experiences with
some good people. 1 would like
to see some dreams 1 have about
the world come true, but 1 don't
necessarily think it's my place to
bring about those changes. 1
would like to see a vastly differ-Wallaert's plans for after his
graduation in December 2002
are still forming. He would like
to travel, work or live abroad,
but admits that may not happen
immediately. Wallaert says,
"Probably what will happen is I
will get some sort of job in a
bookstore, which is where I've
worked in the past, or maybe an
internship with a publishing
house or with a magazine for the
spring and for the summer and
then go to grad school in the fall.
1 don't know if that'll be the En­
glish Ph.D. program or MFA in
creative writing, it seems like
that's what might happen, but
I'm really open to anything if
anyone has any suggestions."
In general, Wallaert says, "I
don't want to say anything to the
world. 1 wish to the world would
speak to me more than me
speaking to the world."
The Lewis Be Clark College
Literary Review.is now
acoepting submissions
of poetry, prose and art.
Send submissions to
campus box 137, or submit
electronically to
wallaert@lclark.edu or
lerman@lclark.edu.
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Campus improvement projects span fifty years
By Megan Flowers
Ever wonder what someone
at Lewis &: Clark College means
when they say they have to go
down to the stable? Or why the
Ponderosa dorm rooms feel so
different than the others in the
Forest complex? Have students
ever been allowed in the Manor
house?
When the College purchased
the Aaron Frank Estate in 1942,
only a few bUildings were on the
premises . The Manor house was
converted from a residential
home into administrative offices
and the women's dormitory. The
stables became Albany,
dedicated to the previous title of
our College, which is currently
home to the Northwest Writing
Institute. The small house near
the main gate, having once
served as home to the head
gardener, became home to
college President Odell.
Other buildings, i.e.
greenhouses, became the Snack
Shack, library, science and art
buildings. The Snack Shack was
the place to be on campus. The
Voyageur (the school paper) in
1954 wrote that, "Music fills the
air whether it be from a combo ...
piano or records, converse or
dance, it's all fun in the shack."
After World War 1I, the influx
of GI students created a demand
for more buildings on campuses
across America. LC's cheap, easy
and temporal fix was to purchase
Vi:9~tflhl~
(iardmJ
Arbar building s from the wartime
defense department. For
instance, a buck plus shipping
costs bought the college an old
officers· club for the theater
department.
The first new permanent
structure the College built was
Bodine in 1946 at $100,000. Two
later stages completed the
science department with the
Biology and Psychology building
added in 1972, followed by Olin
in 1979. Throughout the years
several buildings have been
converted from their original
purpose. Ponderosa, built
concurrently with the rest of the
Forest complex, was meant for
use as office buildings.
During many of these
renovations to the campus
image, controversy and
demonstrations arose. In 1967,
several people were outraged
with spending $600,000 on the
Flanagan chapel. Protest signs
reading, "Where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also" and
"God is dead. This is his tomb"
were seen across campus.
Recently, debates followed the
removal of several trees near the
Manor house for the Glade.
Several small but important
improvements to the campus
have come up also. More
emergency call buttons and
lights have enhanced safety on
campus. Only two years ago,
crossing the lawn behind the
library from the Trailroom to Miller challenged even
experienced hikers to not slip in
the mud. Now there are new
paths scattered along campus,
helping to ensure coming to
class withoUlt being covered in
muck.
The Lewis &: Clark 'city on
the hill' has been ever-changing.
From the first summer in 1942,
when students and staff cleaned
out overgrown weeds and
revamped an auto repair garage
into a library, to current students
imputing ideas for the new
master plans and ivy clean-up,
the College has always been a
place of blazing trails for the
future. () 1 Fir Acres Theater
2 Olin
3 Fields Center for
the visual arts
4 Miller Center for
the Humanities
5 Wanek library
6 Bodine and Bio-Psych
7 Albany Quadrangle
8 Evans Music Center
9 Edmonds
10 Throckmorton
11 Thaxter
12 Hooverville Faculty
Offices
13 Pamplin Sports Center
14 Frank Manor
15 Flanagan Chapel
Details from maps of campus from 1942, 1951, and 2001. Lower left: A virtually
unrecognizable North campus in 1942, inclusJing vegetable gardens and a gazebo. Upper
left: South campus in 1942, with "President's Lodge" in the gatehouse and women living
in Frank Manor. Below: North campus in 1952 with the now-defunct "Snack Shack" and
a library that overflowed into two bUildings. Above: South campus in 1952, with Akin
("new residence for women"), and the Pioneer Log office tucked behind athletic facilities.
Top right: Lewis & Clark College North campus today.
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Odober 5, 2001 Pioneer Log 13 -~Pi~on~ele~'lr~Lo~g======================== Advertisment =======================================
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Hip-Hop open mic Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
by Elizabeth Miller many open mics aspo~sib1e." to perfo rm at Chape I
'Student Hlp-Hop Alliance The desire is to get artists to-
holds open-mlc night gether to create music, and pos-_by_C_a_si_a'._F_re_it_a_s _____ _
The Rusty Nail was hopping sibly an album. , The Chamber Orchestra
on SepL 27th 'th the sounds of Georgian beat-boxer makes" Kremlin will perform in Agnes
the first open mic night for the special appearance Flanagan Chapel tonight at
Student Hip-Hop Alliance, also The open ~c fot the Student S:OOpm, The concert is part of
known as The Militia. PerlOt-Hip-Hop Alliance included a ·the Colllege's Arts &: Ideas pro­
mances included a variety of performance by everyone's favor­
media through which people He beat-boxer from Georgia,
could exercise Matthew Avery.
their right of self- Avery began in-
expression, in- vestigating his
eluding poetry, ability to imitate
rapping, singing, sounds two years
mixing and beat- ago, but really
boxing, frequently started practicing gram.
The IS-member orchestra
founded in 1991 and conducted
by Misha Rachlevsky, has earned
international recognition as one
of Russia's leading ensembles.
The program will include Grieg's
Suite "hom Holberg's Time," Op. 40, Bartok's "Divertimento"
and Tchaikowvsky 's Serenade for·
Strings, Op. 4S.
This energetic orchestra of
eighteen young musicians main­
tains an active schedule of con-
certs and festivals in Moscow.
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
also tours internationall y, and
has recorded 14 CDs. Recently,
National Public Radio's "Perfor-
manCe Today" has aired many of
the ensemble 's performan ces.
The ensemble is comprised of ten violins, four violas, three cel­
los. and one double bass.
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
last performed in Portland at the
Portland Art Museum in March
2000 and received raving re­
views from the Oregonian.
Tickets are available for $10
for general admission; $S for se­
nior citizens, Lewis &: Clark
alumni and employees and non­
Lewis &: Clark College students;
and $5 for Lewis &: Clark stu-
dents at the bookstore.
performing free- after he received
style according to an enthusiastic re-
the impulse of the action at the first
moment. open mic night at HI~wh ontroleth the media ...
The event was Lewis and Clark
coordinated by during New Stu-
Nathan Rice, Heather Christie dent Orientation. For Avery, as
and Chris Fromherz who com-with many other hip-hop fans,
piled their different perspec- performing is about expressing
tives on hip-hop and the angles a moment. He says, "You need
to take on the open mic to cre-to feel it in your body and it
ate an eclectic evening of en-needs to come out that way."
tertainment. All three had Avery believes beat-bOxing is
been craving finding a group of like any other talent. "1 don't lis­
students with which they could ten to words,.! listen to beats and
share their pasSion fOI; hip-hop. it just .co~es out that way," he
Fromherz says, "I came here admits. Avery reh-earsed with
knowing 1 wanted to do hip-Christie ' and performed two
hop here," and he took the ini-songs with her at the open mic
tiative to hang up fliers to before doing a solo performance,
gather pe9ple together. thenconfessedpriortoperform­
Christie admitted she hadn't ing on his own that he was not
seen many people interested in sure what he was going to do.
hip-hop and was glad to get "I've never put a label on the
together with Fromherz and beats that come out of my
Rice. She says, "I think [hip mouth," he said after thrilling
hop] 15 -Ihoaem day f01k~niu--hlsaumence With an ernertain­
sic; it's saying what needs to be ing, humorous, self-expressing
said and inspiring a positive performance . He plans to con­
change through music." tinue exploring and developing
Fromherz adds, speaking of the his talents as a beat-boxer and
non-mainstream hip-hop, "A be at open mics in the future to
lot of it has a political pur-perform.
pose." For more informa~ion on the
Future plans for the Student Student Hip-Hop Alliance; con-.
Hip-Hop Alliance include tact: Nathan Rice at 525-9205.
hopes for a political music fes-. Heather Christie at 768-8668
tival in November and '',as or Chris Fromherz 255-2993 .
by Aaron Landau
On my desert island, some­
where between the innumerable
cases of Widmer and the legions
of golden-skinned goddesses,
there would lie 5 CDs.
Pearl Jam-Ten
1 was a mere 12, and Eddie
Vedder was an old-as-dirt 26. Music· to
>
sunbathe
to
A Tribe Called Quest-Low ­
End Theory
The smoothest of the Native
Tongues crewS had enough old­
school sense to enliven hip-hop's
deep-seated jazz roots, but were
facetious enough to rap about
booty, not Mingus. Oh, and lis­
ten to "Scenario" for the best
Busta Rhymes flow ever.
Still, 1 tell you, there was a Nine Inch Nails-The
bond. Never since has there Downward Spiral
been such a powerful, emo--Just for a sec, think about
tional, melodic ass-kicking. what was happening when NIN
Tales of familial dysfunction, came on the scene: the New Kids
alienation and frustration that were world-touring; high­
still gave kids reason to smile schoolies were singing along to
and hum along. With this al-Winger's "Seventeen". and "in­
bum, the mold of "grunge" was dustrial" was only a genre in
made and immediately broken. Germany. 5 yeal's later, "Sp.ir~ !." i
n10nday n hts atl U
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'was the conSUIl;lmate angry­
geek record. And dammit, I
was an a:ngry geek at 14. I'll be
bumpin "Ruiner" when I'm an­
gry at y pal~ tree.
OJ Shadlow-Endtroducing
A white college-kid from
Davis, ClA somehow had more
tum tab 'ist skills than anyone
in th league, and had
beathea(l-sense like I had never
heard before. The surreal
"Endtrotlucing" turned a dry
and tire.a hip-hop landscape
into an lush, inventive new­
old-schelol buzzing with Bjork
and iietallica samples.
Wheth r alL-rock kid or Puffy­
burnoUlt, you will never get
tired of this album. .
iPI eth the world.
JOIN US
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Wu-Tang Clan-36 Chambers
How many crews out there
are so t.dented that every one
of its mllimbers could spin off a
successful solo project in a
mere two years? Between GZAS
funked··up orchestral styles
and the flow of, well, damn, ev­
erybod)l ~ 36 Chambers was
sometHing else entirely.
"Metho,l Man" should hereaf-Miss out on the 'IUDJiI
~ ter be reHuired listening for all
Me hOBefuls, Jioin os agaiin
in IhiB S:pring!
October 5, 2001 Pioneer Log 15 publick occurrences
Friday
October 5
Workshop on Writing a
Thesis. Miller 205,
3:00pm.
"Strike! Printmakers as
Social Critics." Gallery of
Contemporary Art, 11 :00-
4:00pm.
One-act plays. Fir Acres
Theatre, 8:00pm.
Arts & Ideas presents the
Chamber Orchestra
Kremlin. Agnes Flanagan
Chapel, 8:00pm.
Great American Film
Festival: Body Heat. Miller
105, 7:30pm.
Lewis & Clark Olympics .
Homecoming 2001
weekend .
Saturday
October 6
Saturdays in Service-SOLV
Beach Clean-up . 8:30am.
One-act plays. Fir Acres
Theatre, 8:00pm.
Homecomin g 2001:
Football vs. Puget Sound.
Griswold Stadium, 1 :30pm.
Homecoming Dance.
Portland Art Museum
Grand Ballroom . 1219 SW
Park, 8:00pm. $5.
Pioneer Athletic Club Hall
of Fame Dinner.
Templeton, Stamm Room,
5:30pm.
"Strike! Printmakers as
Social Critics." Gallery of
Contemporary Art, 11 :00-
4:00pm. Sunday
October 7
One-act plays. Fir Acres
Theatre, 8:00pm.
Potluck in the Park.
2:15pm.
Monday
October 8
Symposium to honor
Clayton Morgareidge:
"Citizens or Shoppers: Can
Democracy Prosper in the
Mall?"
"Participatory Democracy :
Making roads as we
travel": William Caspary.
Templeton, Stamm Room,
10:30-12 :00pm.
"Media Spectacle: The
2000 Presidential Election
and its aftermath, and the
crisis of democracy in the
United States. ": Douglas
Kellner. Miller 105, 3:30-
5:30pm.
Panel Discussion with
Kaarine Beam, William
Caspary, John Fritzman, Jeff
Gauthier, Bob Goldman,
Douglas Kellner, and
Clayton Morgareidge.
Miller 105, 7:00-9:30pm.
Tuesday
October 9
Mary Stuart Rogers
Scholarship Dinner.
Templeton , Stamm, 6:00pm
16 Pioneer Log Odober 5, 2001 "r'ednesday
October 10
Student paychecks
available at the cashier's
office.
SAAB Performance Grant
applications due.
JET Program Orientation.
Templeton, Thayer 2,
3:00pm.
Thursday
October 11
Fall Break
Kaplan Education Table.
Templeton Alcove ~
11 :OOam-1 :oopm.
Friday
October 12
Fall Break.
Admissions Open House.
Volle:vball vs. Pacific.
Pamplin Sports Center,
7:00pm.
Saturday
October 13
William Stafford
Symposium . South
Campus, 9:00am.
Pioneer Forensics
Tournament. Templeton .
Sunday
October 14
Pioneer Forens1cs
Tournament. Templeton. Monday
October 15
Pioneer Forensics
Tournament. Templeton.
Ehud Barak, 10th Prime
Minister of Israel--World
Affairs Council
International Speakers
Series. Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall, 7:00pm.
Tuesday
October 16
;
Fourth Annual
Environmental Affairs
Symposium : "Green"
Vehicle Display. Watzek
Library, 12:00pm.
Drilling in the Artic
National Wildlife Refuge:
Defining the Issues.
Templeton, Council
Chambers, 3:30pm.
A Monumental Task:
Protecting and Connecting
Public Lands. Templeton,
Council Chambers, 7:00pm.
German Club presents Der
Bewegte Mann. Akin
Lounge, 7:00pm.
Wednesday
October 17
Fourth Annual
Environmental Affairs
Symposium: Environmental
Law: Current Issues, Future
Challenges. Templeton,
Council Chambers, 7:30pm. Thursday
October 18
Fourth Annual
Environmental Affairs
Symposium : Creative Arts
and the Environment.
Templeton, Council
Chambers , 7:30pm.
Friday
October 19
Fourth Annual
Environmental Affairs
Symposium : Conflicts
within Environmental
Education: Who Sets the
Standards? Templeton ,
Council Chambers, 3:30pm.
Energy and Climate Change:
A Need for New Strategies .
Templeton , Council
Chambers , 7:30pm.
Volleyball vs. Whitworth.
Pamplin Sports Center,
7:00pm.
Great American Film
Festival: Klute. Miller 105,
7:30pm.
Saturday
October 20
Saturdays in Service at
McDonald's Farm. 8:15am.
Volleyball vs. Whitman.
Pamplin Sports Center,
7:00pm.
Voices in Action Leadership
Day. Templeton.
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