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Take Back the Night
breaks the si lence
by Katy Davidson
Take Back the Night broke
through the darkness on Apr. 9
with more of an activist ap­
proach this year.
Laresa Beck, one of the coor­
dinators, said the attendance
doubled from last year as the
night's events tried to educate
and bring an end to sexual vio­
lence. "-----
Things went off
without a hitch.
Laresa Beck
Co-Coordinator ----"
The first event of the day was
a "guerrilla theater," in which
students with cloths over their
mouths held up signs and
marched silently between
Templeton and the library. Beck
said the goal of this was to give
Take Back the Night more vis­
ibility and let the message get
across to those who could not
attend the march that night.
About 200 people showed up
for the rally in Evans. Those in
attendance witnessed a self de­
fense demonstration, a speech
by Dean of Students Michael
Ford about Lewis &: Clark's new
rape response policy, student­
read poems, a performance of
Tracy Chapman's song "Revolu­
tion," and speeches by LC pro­
fessor Christine Smith and
alumna jennifer French.
After the rally, the crowd split up to either march around cam­
pus in protest or attend a men's
informative workshop . Beck
said the march was one of the
best Take Back the Night has
ever experienced. "Things went
off without a hitch," she said.
This year's march showed a
more personal side of the people
involved-students read poems
and told stories of real experi­
ences they have had with rape
at LC.
Despite its quiet moments,
the march's true purpose was to
make noise. The crowd moved
throughout the campus, shout­
ing chants like, "We're here!
We're women! We're fabulous!
Don't f*** with us!" and
"People unite! Take Back the
Night!"
The final event of the night
was a speakout in Odell. Here
the crowd sat in a dark room
and told personal stories about
incidents of sexual violence ,
many of which occurred at LC.
Beck said, ''I'll never be hard­
ened to it."
There were two major heck­
ling incidents during Take Back
the Night: students in a car
played loud rap music during
the march near Copeland and
other students yelled at march­
ers in Arabic by Templeton .
However, the crowd over­
whelmed the response of those
onlookers. Coordinators hope
next year's crowd can raise even
more of a ruckus. Beck said she
wants to continue expanding
the march, the men's workshop ,
and the overall activist attitude
of the event. PHoro BY ANDY PARK
G ttin' horizontal!
The dance production Forty Feet. which opened yesterday and runs
through Saturday on the main stage at 8 pm, features 20 students
from professor Susan Davis's composition and performance class.
Forty Feet reveals the works of two Portland-area choreographers ,
professor Davis and '97 graduate Emily Stone. In IlSilence is
Golden," (pictured above) choreographed by Jim Neirineck Beth
Graczyk is carried away by her fellow dancers. Exploring modern
dance, theatrical movement and sound, Forty Feet invites audience
to share in a night of music and dancing.
Elmore's departure calls Jones to duty Where your tuition dollars go
Lewis & Clark College of Arts and Sciences
Expenses per student, 1996-97
by Matthias Fripp
Studen t Financial Services
keeps cruising in the wake of
Elmore's resignation
L. Ron Elmore, director of
Lewis &: Clark's office of Stu­
dent Financial Services reSigned
at the end of February, but few
LC students noticed as the of­
fice qUickly regrouped around
Associate Dean of the College
junejones.
jane Atkinson, Dean of the
College, declined to comment
on the reasons for Elmore's sud­
den departure, except to empha­
size that it was a voluntary res­
ignation. She said Elmorc was a
"good technician who did a lot
for the office."
Elmore reSigned just before
financial aid awards were sched­
uled to be aSSigned for the year.
The Student Financial Services office was also in the middle of
a transition to a new version of
its aid-assignment software, po­
tcntially leaving the office
hobbled at its most crucial time
of the year. However, june
jones, who began working at LC
as Associate Dean in September
1997, stepped in as acting direc­
tor and the office barely faltered.
"The timing is inconvenient,
but it's a good staff and they've
pulled together well," Atkinson
said. "It's never easy for an of­
fice to lose its director, but june
jones has done a lot of good
work pulling the office to­
gether."
jones's first goal was to im­
prove morale in the office by
gelling the compute r system
running . "It was scary for
people. They had suffered a loss
with Ron quitting so suddenly.
They were hard-working people "----
It's never easy for an
office to lose its
director, but June
Jones has done a lot
of good work pulling
the office together.
Jane Atkinson
Dean of College -----" with nowhere to go and no way
to move forward." She brought
in help from other colleges in
the area and got the system
working within a week.
jones also made it a priority
to help ease the load wherever
she could in the office, includ­
ing making coffee and fielding
see Financial Aid, page 2 Student Services
$1,133 (5.6%)
Library
$688 (3.4%)
Computing
$332 (1.6%)
Athletics
$834 (4.1%)
Admissions and
Alumni
Development
$687 (3.4%)
Physical Plant
$793 (3.9%)
Central Services and
Administration
$1,551 (7.6%)
Financing and
Depreciation
$2,169 (1D.6%) Instruction
$7,125 (34.9%)
Financial Aid Grants
$5,079 (24.9%)
This budget was funded by an average of $17,926 per student for
tuition, which was augmented (per student) by $151 in departmen­
tal fees, $714 from gifts and contracts and $879 from the College's
endowment. This chart does not include expenses funded directly
by other sources, such as faculty research.
SOURCES: LC BUSINESS OFFICE. MERVYN BROCK En. PIONEER LOG CALCULATIONS Pioneer Log News ~=====================================
LC prof counters environmental myths
by Matthias Fripp
Lewis &: Clark professor Eban
Goodstein was featured this month as
the author of one of "The Year's Top 25
Censored Stories" for an article he wrote
last year showing that environmental
regulations do not pose a signifi~ant
threat to jobs in the United States.
Goodstein's article was included in
Censored 1998: The News That Didn't
Make the News, the 22nd edition of a
book published annually by Project Cen­
sored, a highly regarded organization
dedicated to identifying important news
stories that are ignored by the main­
stream press.
Goodstein, an environmental econo­
mist, originally wrote the article, "Does
Preserving the Earth ThreatenJobs? " for
the MayZJune 1997 edition of Dollars and
Sense, a left-of-center alternative eco­
nomics magazine. The article challenges
the prevailing notion that regulations
such as the Clean Air Act threaten jobs
and the competitiveness of American
firms. Instead, Goodstein points to cor­
porate downsizing and Federal Reserve
policy as the biggest causes of layoffs. Goodstein writes that virtually all
economists agree that environmental
regulations eliminate only a tiny per­
centage of jobs, and says that even those
are made up by new jobs created in fields
related to environmental improvement.
He says that the real cost of environmen­
tal improvements comes in higher prices
for goods, but that companies find it
much easier to fight the regulations by
raising fears of layoffs, since most Ameri­
cans are willing to pay higher prices for
goods in order to protect the environ­
ment. "I would like to see the focus off
johs, because it's misleading both sides
of the debate," he says.
In the article, Goodstein gives an ex­
ample of a pair of stories published in
the New York Times in 1996. The first
trumpeted job losses among Appala­
chian coal workers as electric companies
switched to cleaner-burning coal. The ar­
ticle never gave a number of jobs lost,
but Goodstein calculated from the in­
formation provided that it must have
been about 1,000 per year over a five
year period in a multi-state region. The
same· week, an article in the business sec­
tion of the Times reported that "trade and technology" had eliminated 100,000 tex­
tile jobs in the previous year alone ..
Goodstein says the media perpetuate the
myth because "trade and technology are
less sexy forces than the government
causing people to lose their jobs."
Goodstein also quotes a 1990 Wall
Street Journal survey which found that
one third of Americans thought that their
own job was threatened by environmen­
tal regulations . However, the real num­
ber of jobs losses from environmental
regulations has been about 5,000 per year
recently, which is about 0.005 percent in
a workforce of 100 million. Goodstein
also writes that environmental regula­
tions have not made American firms less
competitive or sent jobs overseas.
Although the mainstream media gives
little attention to the true relationship be­
tween jobs and the environment ,
Goodstein says that his article presented
nothing that was new to economists . He
has written six articles on the subject and
will be writing a book this summer, but
he hopes that this will be the end of the
subject for him, because it is not particu­
larly novel research.
Student Financial Services rebounds from loss of director
Financial Aid, from page 1
financial aid appeals. She held regular
meetings with staff members to keep in
touch with each other and find ways to
improve efficiency in the office. The re­
sult was improved morale and a smooth
transition , which Jones says was just a
matter of letting staffers do what they
do best.
"It's to their credit, not to mine that
we're cranking at high speed in a rela­
tively short time and having fun doing
it," she said.
Workers in the office are cheerful and
say they're now ahead of last year's
schedule in assigning financial aid awards. "The morale is high and it's re­
ally been kind offun," saysJones. "We're
caught up now and really cooking."
Jones is also delighted with the sup­
port the financial aid office has received
from other offices on campus. "We mus­
tered our troops, and that's really been
the nice part of this. Everyone from all
over campus pitched in to help us get
back on track."
Jones was a math major as an under­
graduate and specialized in tax law in
law school. As someone who "loves
numbers," she's comfortable in her new,
temporary role. She says she'll be sad to
return to her "day job," but at least her
new familiarity with the internal work-
News Briefs ings of the office will help when she as­
sumes her regular role as Associate Dean.
The financial aid office has tradition­
ally been plagued by high turnover rates,
and Jones is continuing efforts begun
d.uring Elmore's time to reduce the prob­
lem by improving prospects for advance­
ment for the financial aid stafr. Atkinson
adds that "user friendliness" is a central
goal in future plans for the office.
Jones and Atkinson are optimistic
about finding a new director over the
summer and say they're looking for
someone who works well with other staff
members, offices and students, in addi­
tion to managing the technical aspects
of financial aid budgets and poliCies. ~rime
~Beat
courtesy of Julie Couch,
Campus Safety
April 5-April 11
April 7
Unknown suspect(s) stole a
Lewis &: Clark student vehicle
that was parked in the Akin lot.
Complainant stated that he left his
vehicle parked in the Akin park­
ing lot on April 5th and when he
returned on April 7th his vehicle
was gone.
April 7
Unknown suspect(s) wrote on
the men's bathroom stalls with a
black marker at the Law School.
April 11
Unknown suspect(s) commit­
ted criminal mischief with soap
and toilet paper in the women's
locker room in Pamplin by pour­
ing liquid soap from a container
and spreading toilet paper over
the mirrors, sinks, counter tops
and floors throughout the locker
room.
Aprilll
A Lewis &: Clark student driv­
ing for a deSignated Lewis &:
Clark event hit a parked vehicle
off campus. There were no inju­
ries.
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Senior Chris Walker heads to Japan
on Fulbright Fellowship
Chris Walker, a senior graduating this May in
International Affairs and Foreign Languages, has
been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for study and
research next year in Japan. The award was an­
nounced by the Institute for International Educa­
tion that awards the Fulbright Scholars program. Hunger Clean-up this Saturday
The 14th annual Hunger Clean-up will be taking
place Saturday, Apr. 18 from around 10 am to 2 pm. It
consists of a three-hour community service marathon .
In addition to doing great work in the community , vol­
unteers collect pledges and donations that will go to
local, national, and international hunger awareness
groups. Students interested in participating can call
x8788 or e-mail <warnick@lclark.edu>. April 22, in Thayer 3 from 4:30 pm. Students
who wish to comment may send ideas or sug­
gestions to: Parking and Transportation Man­
ager Michael Surface <surface@lclark.edu>
x7794, or undergraduate representative Gene
Wixson <wixson@lclark.edu>.
As a Fulbright Fellow, Walker will study at a
Japanese university in language and culture; he will
also carry out a course of independedent research.
Walker came to Lewis &: Clark from Moscow,
Idaho. His prior stay inJapan had been a summer's
home stay and language study before his senior
year in high school. As part of his foreign language
major, he studied a semester in Santiago, Chile.
Besides his courses in Spanish, he also continued
to develop his language skills in Japanese . He had
begun to develop computer skills in high school
and advanced these Lhrough work with Informa­
tion TechnolOgies.
Wilderness program meeting
coming soon
Lewis &: Clark College'S fourth annual Wilder­
ness and the American Mind Program is set to push
off granite August 3-20. Set in Minnesota's famed
Boundary Waters Canoe Area, students will earn 4
semester hours in History/SOAN as they paddle
60 miles along the OntariolMinnesota border.
As the most popular Wilderness Area in the
United States Wilderness system, the BWCAW is
not without its share of management problems.
There will be a general information meeting in the
Trail Room on Thursday Apr. 23 at 7 pm for all
interested students.
2 Pioneer Log Apri/17, 1998 TAG continues discussion of parking fees
The recent TAG (Transportation AdviSOry group)
meeting discussed the option of parking fees. Through­
out this semester TAG has been working to develop
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) options,
but now must develop a budget to pay for the program
options.
TAG has been striving to develop incentives to re­
duce the number of Single occupancy vehicles which
lravel to and from the campus. This transportation pack­
age involves commuter shuttles to Burlingame , down­
town, a neighborhood shuttle, reserved carpool spots,
and improved bicycle facilities.
TAG has reviewed the budget for the options and
come up with a total TDM package of approximately
$250,000 . To pay for this, they are conSidering a park­
ing fee in the range of $45-$75 per semester for both
students and staff. Both daily and semester fee systems
are being discussed as well as charging for athletic and
non-college events on the campus. The group also dis­
cussed the possible hardships that might ensue for some
of the lower paid employees on this campus. Sugges­
tions regarding a sliding fee scale or other options were
considered and TAG agreed that administration of the
fee would be sensitive to individual situations .
The final meeti~g to discuss these issues will be held Professor of the Year
announcement April 23
The 1998 Professor of the Year award will be
presented to one of six finalists next Thursday,
Apr. 23, during a program and reception that
begins at 3:30 pm in Armstrong Lounge. This
customary "first spring semester reading day"
event is open to the entire LC community. The
Pamplin Society of Fellows has sponsored the
program, on behalf of all LC undergraduates ,
since 1994. Nominations were solicited from
the entire student body. Students who took
classes from the finalists during this academic
year were invited to submit input. And the fi­
nalists are ... Nora Beck, assistant professor of
music; Stewart Buettner, professor of art history;
Dinah Dodds, professor of German; Diane
Nelson, assistant professor of anthropology;Joe
Waters, visiting assistant professor of music; and
Elliott Young, assistant professor of history. The
honorees and all assembled will learn the iden­
tity of the Professor of the Year following the
introduction of each finalist by one of their stu­
dent nominators . The awardee '..viII be asked to
speak informaily. Faculty who have previously
received the award, in chronological order, are:
Richard Adams (sociology) , Cyrus Partovi (in­
ternational affairs), Rebecca Becker (history),
and Janet Davidson (psychology). Margosianjs dream leads her to Peace Corps
by Roger Norton
Lewis lSi: Clark graduate
Dana Margosia n was looking for
a way to teach English in the
Russian Far East. She got her
wish in the Peace Corps. Dur­
ing her brief return to Portland
after completing the first six
months of her service, she had
time to discuss her experiences .
"I was wary of it at first,"
Margosian said of the Peace
Corps, because much of their
rhetoric "sounds like propa­
ganda. I felt like I was clearing
the way for capitalism, but in a
way, that is a part of teaching
English in other countries." Af­
ter some convincing by her par­
ents, she decided to volunteer .
After two months of inten­
sive training, which included
teaching methodology and lan­
guage study, Margosian , like her
fellow volunteers , was thrust
headlong into her teaching as­
signment in the village of
Dvurechye, in the Birobaidzhan
region. ....
This region in the Far East,
nestled along the Manchurian
border, was designated as the
Jewish Autonomous Region in
the late 1920s as a result of the
ethnic mayhem of the early So­
viet period. Comrade Stalin
granted SovietJews a homeland
within the Russian Republic at
a safe distance-a mere seven
thousand miles or so-from the
political and economic center of the country.
Due to the remote­
ness of this region, it
never had more than a
marginaljewish popula­
tion. Today, the
Birobaidzhan region is
much like any other
part of the Russian Far
East, struggling under
the weight of a collapsed
economy.
PHOTO BY DONNA SEIFER "------------------
There are always some bright and
motivated students. Seeing them
progress step by step is very
encouraging.
Dana Margosian
------------------ "
"It's really amazing
that people here survive
as well as they do,"
Margosian said. It seems
that the workers of the
local collective farm
near Dvurechye have
not been paid their Recent graduate, Dana Margosian joined
the Peace Corps in Russia to teach English. have come to antici­
pate from the rigidly
structured Russian
educational system.
Due to these con­
founding factors, she
doesn't see much
progress in most of her
students. ties. The regional governmen t
wanted to charge Margosian
sixty dollars worth of rubles
every time she left the province
in which she was assigned.
Once again, it never came to be,
but such hassles have the poten­
tial of popping up at the most
inconveni ent times in a severely
depressed region like the Rus­
sian Far East. The volunteers
do, however, receive a good deal
of support from the Peace Corps
administration . "The people of
the Peace Corps really know
what they're doing, " Margosian
said. wagesin several years. Many of
them survive only on their
shares of the crops. This crisis
in workers' wages in Russia is
in no way peculiar to the rural
regions of Siberia. Thursday ,
April 8, was declared the Na­
tional Day of Protest in Russia,
with Moscow as the site of dem­
onstrations by doctors, nurses,
and paramedics protesting the
government 's failure to pay their
salaries. The vast upheaval in
the Russian economy and social
structure has taken its toll upon
the people, and the challenge to
aid workers such as Peace Corps
volunteers has become all the
more difficult.
"We've had volunteers who
have had problems in the past.
I entered the communit y with some caution," Margosian said.
Because of her previous experi­
ence with the Russian language ,
Margosian was selected for this
especially difficult assignment,
as a lone teacher in a small com­
munity whose schools had not
had an English teacher for ten
years. She had to accustom her­
self to teaching students who
had no background whatsoever
in English and weren't always in
a hurry to learn it. "It can be
difficult when I have to spend
half of the class time maintain­
ing order," she said.
Margosian , at age 27, is
something of an enigma to her
students. She is much younger
than her students expect a
teacher to be, and her teaching
style is not what school children "There are always some
bright and motivated students.
Seeing them progress step by
step is very encouraging, " she
said.
Apart from the worries of
teaching , the volunteers face
other troubles. Many elements
of the impenetrable Soviet bu­
reaucracy persist today in Rus­
sia. Margosian said, "Sometimes
we find ourselves running be­
tween different government or­
ganizations, each of which will
tell us something different. They
wanted to make us leave the
country every three months to
renew our visas. Luckily, that
never came to be."
Apart from the visa hassles,
there have been other conflicts
with regional and local authori-Unfortunately , the success of
the Peace Corps program in
Russia can feel somewhat futile.
Volunteers who teach English in
rural communities may see very
little progress at all during their
tenure, because the positive ef­
fects of such education- giving
students access to the new
worldwid e English speaking
economy-may not be visible
for years to come.
Few teaching positions are
see Peace Corps, page 9
Phone harrassment at LC
continues to decline in '98
by Aubrey Lyon
In the 96-97 school year, a man call­
ing himself "Josh" called and harassed
several LC women. The calls have re­
cently come to an abrupt end. In 1996
there were 22 counts of harassment re­
ported to the Campus Safety office. In
1997 there were only four and there have
been none yet in 1998.
One of the LC students bothered by
"Josh" was Marianna Ritchey. Last
school year, she received an off-campus
call to her room whose answered to the
name "Josh." She did not recognize his
meek voice and had heard nothing from
other students about bothersom e calls,
so she felt confident talking to the man.
He said he was dialing random numbers
because he was lonely and wanted to talk
to someone . They carried on a mundane
conversation for about ten minutes be­
fore "Josh" told a very descriptive story
about his first homosexual experience,
telling of his self-loathing and asking if he was bad. Ritchey hung up, but the
calls from "Josh" persisted and other
women on campus also received lewd
calls from him.
Campus Safety Director Bill Curtin
says that it is difficult to catch people
who do this kind of harassment. No call­
·ers were caught and there is no obvious
. reason for the sharp decline in harass­
ment. Curtin said, "It's hard to tell what
is really going on. Sometimes there is just
a time of awareness where people start
talking. Sometim es people just hang up
and ignore prank calls." Curtin said that
though it sounds hokey, acting like one
is having their phone tapped by the op­
erator will usually scare away persistent
phone callers.
Phone harassment is against the law.
Portland Police say they need three
phone number identifications on a prank
caller before they can investigate. Off­
campus phones can get the number of a
call by dialing *67 after hanging up.
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Trash television: Herald of the apocalypse?
Recent Episodes of the Jerry Springer Show commentary by Colin Ryono
"TV talk shows have become vast,
fetid, sump-sucking wastelands popu­
lated by a parade of circus geeks and side­
show oddities that would have given
Federico Fellini a case of grade-A, toss­
in-your-sleep, ate-a-garlic-cheese-and­
sushi-ca lzone-righ t -be fore-bed tim e
nightmares. And that's just the hosts."
-Dennis Miller entirety (not just wandering by in a chan­
nel surO. It is hypocritical in the sense
that we watch this and we count our
blessings that we aren't as irrational or
immatur e as these characters on the
tube, but we are immature and blood­
thirsty enough to be entertained by them.
This show is the equivalent of the Eliza­
bethan-age entertainment of bear bait­
ing, wherein a bear was tied to a post in
a pit, and dogs were allowed to tear it
apart. To quote Springer (from a
website), 'Tm often asked whether I'm
ever shocked anymore by what I hear • I'm in Love with a Serial Killer: convicted killer Henry Lee
Lucas' girlfriend discusses her relationship with him and why she
loves him and believes he would never kill her (Jan. 9, 1997)
• Secret Fantasies!: panelists reveal to friends and boyfriends
their secret fantasies to have a lesbian affair (Jan. 30, 1997)
• I'm in 8th Grade and I'm Pregnant: panelists discuss being
young and pregnant (Feb. 4, 1997)
• My Wife Wants to be a Call Girl: panelists discuss their
feelings about prostitution (Feb. 5, 1997) The popularity of such trash TV
shows as South Park and Jerry Springer
has been increasing exponentially re­
cently. Both of these shows • Lori & Dori: conjoined twins Dori and Lori discuss their
everyday lives, how people react to them and Dori's music
career; Dori performs a song (Feb. 7, 1997) get their audiences by ap­
pealing to our poor taste
and lust for shock value. Is
it too simplistic to say these
shows are on because we
will watch them, because
they are always guaranteed
to have an audience? from my guests on the
show. The truth is that I'm
not surprised by any of
today's revelations ... The
modern age of technology
has not made us any more
or less moral." Perhaps not,
but Springer 's show cer­
tainly doesn't add any mor­• Teenage Drag Queens: teen boys discuss wanting to be
women; friends and family members of teen-age drag queens
discuss how this affects their lives (Feb. 13 1997)
• Update: My Family Stole My Baby: a mother with no hands or
feet argues with her parents about who should have custody of
her child (Feb. 18, 1997)
• I'm 12 and I Take Care of My 680 Pound Mom: panelists
discuss the effects a family member's weight problem has on
them (Feb. 20, 1997) If there is any show that displays the
erosion of American society, it is the Jerry
Springer Show. Springer (I will not refer
to him in the familiar "Jerry" that his fans
use) brings the dregs of humanity onto
TV for the purposes of allowing them to
humiliate themselves or hurt one an­
other for the entertainment of the audi­
ence. Such guests as teenage prostitutes
or KKK members are displayed under the
weak facade of being a legitimate forum
for such "outrageous" figures to be dis­
played. als nor does it give anything but addi­
tional decrepitude to this country. Chan­
nel surfer, pass by! • My Wife is Sleeping with My Aunt: family members discuss
their bizarre love triangles (March 3, 1997) The appeal of South Park is limited
and there's only so much they can do
before Trey Parker and Matt Stone's evi­
dent philosophy "let's see how sick 'n'
twisted we can be this week," runs out
of steam. But that is, of course, the rea­
son we watch South Park-to see how
Kenny will die and see what outra­
geously racist or sexist remarks Cartman
will spew. • Black Supremacists vs. White Supremacists members of the
Ku Klux Klan and of the Black Israelites discuss their views and
philosophies on race and religion (March 17, 1997)
source http://www .burelles.internetiservices/jspr9701 .htm
ART BY AUBREY LYON These people are immoral, hopeless,
and disgusting-and Springer's audience
loves it. Never is this more evident than
when you see the in-studio audience rise
for some perverted standing ovation, ap­
plauding even harder when a fight breaks
out on stage.
Will someone please clue me in to
what they are applauding? Springer cer­
tainly doesn't do anything on the show,
except to occasionally throw in mean­
ingless judgments like "You just said that
on national TV; what's wrong with you?"
To Springer, I say this, "You live off these
people's fights, pain, inner demons and
lack of morals; what's wrong with you?"
And yes, before you ask, I have seen
Springer's show more than once in its We know both of these things (among
others) will happen and yet we still
watch, laughing and/or flinching as the
show reaches new levels, in a glorious
blind euphoria of humor spawned from
pure shock value.
"If there is a light at the end of a tun­
nel, it's probably the light on an oncom­
ing train." -Robert Klein. This may be
the herald to the apocalypse : imagine a
saturation of shows on every channel,
all-day-Iong , nothing but investigations
into porn movie sets, racial hatred on TV
and animated fat-jokes .
I shudder to think. But I shudder even
more to think that I might tune in once
or twice-just to see what it's all about,
just out of curiosity ...
Federal taxes sucked into bottomless pit EDITORS-IN-CHIEF : Katy Davidson, Matthias Fripp
NEWS EDlroR: Angela Nusom
FORUM EDITOR: Judy Zawatzky
FEATURES EDITOR: Michael Folland
commentary by Josh Berezin
Another tax day come and gone, and while I don't
resent paying taxes, it hurts to see where my money is
going.
The United States Office of Management and Bud­
get reports that in 1997, two hundred and seventy bil­
lion dollars went to national defense. And that's not
including the thirty-nine billion that went to veterans'
benefits. Almost twenty percent of my tax bill funded
War. Almost as much went to paying interest on the
federal deficit, and the ever-growing social security
budget dwarfs even the Department of Defense's take.
Okay, so that's not news. But I think people don't
realize it doesn't have to be this way. The Oregon state
budget, for instance, is a model compared to the fed­
eral budget. They even have the balls to put it on the
front of the tax instructions, right there where every­
body can see. Twenty-one percent to public safety,
twenty-two percent to human services, and fifty-seven
percent to education. Hot damn, that's a budget!
The federal government doesn't want you to know
what they're spending their money on; the very friendly
new IRS web site is almost certainly designed to lull
the taxpayer into complacency. "Yeah," the taxpayer
says, upon clicking through their happy little site,
"These guys are all right!"
I know Oregon doesn't have the same responSibili­
ties as the feds, so it's not a fair comparison, but Or­
cgon seems to have the right philosophy. They're not
4 Pioneer Log Apri/10, 1998 pouring over half of their cash into a gaping hole.
They're investing the future, they're educating our chil­
dren, they're encouraging the arts.
But it doesn't come down to a fundamental state!
federal difference. European countries invest their tax
dollars in local transportation systems, music, and art,
while maintaining a much more reasonable level of
military. The U.S. justifies outrageous military spend­
ing with actions like attacking Iraq, which, in turn,
maintains oil prices, keeping our economy stable, ac­
cording to the defenders of our national defense. Ap­
parently it didn't occur to the policy makers that if we
freed up a good-Sized chunk of that military budget, a
fluctuating oil price wouldn't have to be such an eco­
nomic disaster.
Besides, it's not as if taxes work in this country. The
super-rich hire expensive accountants to figure out
what off-shore bank they can drop their money in,
avoiding the bulk of their tax responSibility, and the
rest of us blithely carry on, forking over whatever the
thousand-page tax code suggests we ought. A portion
of that money goes right back into corporate subsi­
dies, providing the super-rich with more cash to stow
in some tax-free nook or cranny.
I think we've forgotten that the tax system consists
of more than the yearly ritual of writing a fat check to
the government and listening to Jay Leno crack IRS
jokes. The money we send in represents is the main
source of revenue for our government ; it's time we start
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community Letters to the editor ---
commentary by Evan Elken
The sets of pool equipment
around the campus have had a
rough year. There is not a single
collection of pool balls and cues
that resemble their pre-scholastic
1997-98 form.
The equipment in the Platt­
form, perhaps the most popular
and reliable place to get in a game
of stick on campus, has seen bet­
ter days. All of the cues, save one,
have been rendered inoperable in
some way or another, be it a bro­
ken tip or a snapped shaft.
Just this last Friday, the eight
ball was pilfered during a rock
show that drew a raucous crowd.
"They were a bunch of punks,"
said Kelii Moreau, an employee at
the Plattform who was on duty
that night.
The Stewart/Odell/Akin hall
council decided last semester to
begin a policy of leaving their
pool equipment out in the down­
stairs lounge of Stewart where
their pool table is located.
The motivation behind such a
move was to allow easy access to
the equipment , making the
lounge facilities more enjoyable
for students and relieving the
Resident Assistants of having to
repeatedly check out pool equip­
ment to users.
This policy was working beau­
tifully until the balls turned up
missing at the same time that the
cue sticks were found shattered
on the floor of the lounge late last
semester.
Jason Calhoun , Resident Di­
rector of Stewart/Odell/Akin ,
speculated that a couple of stu­
dents decided to use the sticks as
swords. The balls have since been
replaced and there are still a pre­
cious few intact sticks to be used.
The Platt Main Lounge pool
see Pool, page 6 Ford praises departing staff
I write to say thank you to several of
my close friends and professional col­
leagues and to salute each of them in a
public way for their many contributions
to student life at Lewis &: Clark. As each
of them moves on at the end of the aca­
demic year, I know I am joined by stu­
dents, faculty, and staff alike in wishing
them well. Each has served Lewis &:
Clark with distinction .
Anne Price, Registrar. Anne is a 25-
year veteran of Lewis &: Clark, having
served in various positions in the admis­
sions office, most recently as Associate
Dean, before assuming the role of Regis­
trar in 1995. In admissions , Anne trav­
eled broadly to recruit students, coordi­
nated on-campus visitations, and was
responSible for transfer applications . In
her tenure as Registrar, Anne has worked
to streamline the registration system and
make it more "student-friendly," im­
proved communication between stu­
dents and advisers, and helped the Col­
lege transition to a more comprehenSive
database management system. Anne is
retiring and a search is underway to fill
her position-which will not be an easy
task, as Anne has done such a splendid
job during her 25 years at the College.
Jason Calhoun, RD in Stewart, Odell
and Akin and Coordinator ofJudicial Af­
fairs.Jason has served as an RD for three
years and Coordinator ofJudicial Affairs
for one. He has also advised the Peer
Review Board, United Sexualities,
coached the men's club volleyball team,
and played an instrumental role in the
development and successful operation of
the College'S first substance-free resi­
dence hall. In addition, he has coordi­
nated RA training and an RD search. He
plans to move to the Chicago area to
consult with an emphaSiS on leadership
training in the private sector. It is has
been my privilege to know him and work
closely with him.
Cherie St. Michel, RD in Forest and
Hartzfeld , has served students in her resi­
dence halls with a sense of respect and
genuine concern. In addition, she has
provided leadership in RA training, pro­
gramming , and evaluation. Cherie has
served as advisor to Adam's Rib and
played an instrumental role in develop­
ing the College'S sexual conduct policy, protocols and procedures for response to
sexual assault. I have worked closely
with Cherie in a number of very diffi­
cult and emotionally challenging inter­
ventions with students. She always has
the interest of students as her top prior­
ity, and I have learned a great deal from
her. Cherie will apply her considerable
skills in counseling and human relations
in the Masters program in Human Re­
source Development at George Washing­
ton University.
Ruth Turner, Coordinator of Student
Activities, has worked with countless
student groups over her nine years at the
College. She was instrumental in devel­
oping most of the structures now in place
to support student groups. Ruth has ad­
vised SOFA, the Plattform , the Rusty
Nail, ASLC Student Council, the VPs of
Student Organizations , Budget and Fi­
nance, and Student Academic Affairs,
club sports organizers, and the Media
Board. From Club Stamm to SOFA mov­
ies to Casino Night, Ruth has been in­
strumental in helping students achieve
success in providing quality educational
programs on campus. The standing ova­
tion Ruth received from a room full of
student leaders and staff advisors at the
Student Leader Recognition event last
week signals the appreciation we feel for
her efforts. She has taken a community
development position with the United
States Tennis Association.
Anne, Jason, Cherie, and Ruth-w e
are a much better College because you
have been here. Thank you.
. Michael Ford, Dean of Students
Writi ng Center changes
should be reconsidered
As seniors we have spent four years
at this college, participating in a wide
range of classes that have often required
us to produce numerous research papers.
Throughout the last four years, the staff
of the Writing Center, especially Susan
Hubbuch and Elizabeth Whitman, have
provided us invaluable assistance in the
writing process so that we could produce
our best work. The personal attention
given at the Writing Center has not only
helped us to improve the mechanical side
of our writing skills but also the analyti­
cal side. As graduate schools and em­
ployers increasingly demand such skills,
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~ .. TRDY! we believe that the assistance and the
learning experience that the Writing
Center provides students at Lewis &:
Clark should not be overlooked.
The Writing Center is one of the re­
sources that aided in our decision to at­
tend the College. We chose to attend LC
because of its commitment to provide
students with an exemplary liberal arts
education embodied by such qualities as
small class sizes, faculty accessibility,
one-on-one academic adviSing, student
access to writing assistance, and other
means of academic support. Our parents
have supported our endeavors at LC be­
cause they were confident that we were
receiving the individual faculty and staff
assistance that we would not be privy to
at large institutions . The Writing Center
has been a model of such individualized
student support.
It causes us great concern to learn that
changes are being made within the Writ­
ing Center that have the potential to un­
dermine its value to students. The re­
placement of Elizabeth Whitman 's cur­
rent full-time position with one that is
not under the purview of the Writing
Center Director and that is only avail­
able to Inventing America students is
disturbing, especially since the quantity
and rigor of papers required of students
increase as they advance in their
coursework. In our experience , our need
to consult with Susan Hubbuch in­
creased during our junior and senior
years as we turned to her for assistance.
If Susan is required to take on the extra
students that were seeing Elizabeth, we
are concerned that she will not have time
to devote such assistance to students in
other areas. This would be a disservice
to the institution.
As students, we ask that you carefully
reconsider proposed changes to the Wri t­
ing Center. As Susan Hubbuch is the life­
line of the Writing Center, we believe
that any changes made without her in­
put and approval, as well as that of the
students, would be a mistake. Further­
more, a decrease or elimination in fund­
ing for the Writing Center and its staff
would be a mistake because students
make such a personal and financial com­
mitment to ensure the speciali.zed aca­
demic attention currently typified by the
Writing Center. Failure to act on this let­
ter also would be a mistake.
Heidi Havrilla, Laura Provinzino,
Chris Walker, Becky Ellison, Ben
Morrison, Kenneth E. Parks, Steven
Chan, Pia Gilgen, Eric M.Johnson, Lisa
Gerlits, Rachel M. Jackson , Erin M.
Egan
ISALC students pay
fees and should vote
Some incorrect information appeared
in the April 10 article on the election
results. The article stated that, "Accord­
ing to Engebretson , ... four or five stu­
dents in the lSALC were not allowed to
vote in the run-off ... because they are
not undergraduates . Only undergradu­
ates are allowed to vote in the ASLC elec­
tions as ISALC [students] do not pay the
same student fees."
This statement about fees is not true.
According to Tracey Phillips, Director of
Cashier &: Credit Office, ISALC students
pay the same ASLC fee as undergradu­
ate students ($90 per semester) . This
argument cannot be used as a reason to
exclude lSALC students from voting.
lSALC students are members of the
ASLC, and should have the same right
to participate in all ASLC events. My next
step is to look into what the ASLC by­
laws actually say about this issue and to
correct this unfair treatment for the fu­
ture.
Greg Kaminski
Acting Director ISALC
Apri/10, 1998 Pioneer log 5 -Pioneer Log Fa ru m r::=::t =================== =:::;
There will never be another time like this
commentary by
Linsel Greene
May 3.
Perhaps that is
all I need to say. It
looms on the hori­
zon like a serial
killer with a pickaxe
hiding in your
closet. We all know
it's there, but we can't see it quite yet. I
know that for me, this has been an in­
teresting, enlightening, and not unenjoy­
able four years. For some of this year's
senior class, the Lewis & Clark experi­
ence has been less pleasant, or more ex­
citing, or more stressful, or perhaps it
has taken longer than the 'average' al­
lotted four years. Hell, some of us were
so anxious to get out of here that we took
summer school and managed to save
ourselves $20,000 in a year's tuition. But
now, with just over two weeks left in our
college careers, some of us are contem­
plating our existence after May 3.
They say that graduation is the day
which marks the first day of the rest of
your life. It is the day which marks a
graduate's departure from this city on the
hill. To some extent, we seniors are leav­
ing behind the years that we have spent
here. We leave behind the lectures of our
professors, the complications of our
computer science labs, the length of our
International Affairs' readings, and the
trials and tribulations of late nights spent
in the library working on papers. We also
leave behind the noise of our neighbors'
stereos, the smell of the grill in the trail
room, the high prices of our bookstore,
the potted plant no one seems to want
in Odell's Main lounge, and the unique
opportunity to tum to anyone and say
"student" when asked our occupation (in
other words, that it is OK not to have a
real job).
After May 3, many graduates will have
to claim a real job, no matter how dumb A CONTINUING SERIES
BEWARE! The following is a satire
of another article found in the
Forum section. To read, take a deep
breath, relax, and place your tongue
firmly in your cheek.
it sounds, or worse, become unem­
ployed. In the coming years many of us
will replace these important aspects of
our lives with other things. We will have
our own homes. Perhaps our own fami­
lies. Of course there are many seniors
who shudder at the thought of such non­
sense and are planning on running for
the shelter of more schooling in the form
of Graduate Studies. To these elite among
us, I envy you.
So when it comes down to it, what
has college done to us?
It has opened our eyes. When I ar­
rived on this campus a mere four years
ago, I was a foolish 18 year old who had
followed his girlfriend to college, but
somehow thought he knew everything.
Now, four years later I can finally see that
I do know everything, but that follow­
ing a girlfriend is perhaps not a good de­
ciding factor regarding large, life-chang­
ing location moves. There are other
things I have learned during my stay
here. Like, for example, that I can live
on three hours of sleep a night. I can
survive eating only ramen, Domino's
pizza, and steamed rice. I have also real­
ized that I can write a four page paper in
one hour. I have learned that it is not
difficult to sleep through an 8 am class,
even if you really like it. And I have
learned what it is like to have real friends.
Yes, Lewis and Clark, I will miss you.
I will miss late nights talking about reli­
gion and sex. I will miss power outages.
I will miss my show on KLC. I will miss
filming satirical commercials for LCTV I will miss writing this column. I will
miss the late, late, late night computer
conquests in the Olin lab. I will miss
working at the IT help desk. I will even
miss the bass of the rap aficionado who
lived above me ... well, not really. And I
will miss being able to turn to just about
anyone on this campus and say,
"Gooday." and have them respond ,
"Hello Linse!."
Nope. There will never be a time like
this again in my life. Soon I will have to
depart, and make something of myself. I
doubt that I'll be able to maintain my
extremely comfortable lifestyle. Gradu-ART BY AUBREY LYON
ation brings with it change, and leaving
Lewis & Clark and my life here behind
is the least it requires.
However, when it comes to LC, if
what my recently graduated friends tell
is to be believed, we seniors aren't out of
the woods quite yet. Apparently we can
expect alumni relations to begins call­
ing us anytime after May 22, asking for
funds. But we seniors can certainly spend
the next four weeks in happy bliss know­
ing that we have graduated from college
and are free, independent individuals.
Does anyone know where I can find a
job?
Senseless disregard for community needs to stop
from Pool, page 4
equipment has perhaps suffered the most shameful de­
struction. A 'couple of weeks ago the balls were found
on the pavement between Platt Hall and Copeland Hall,
shattered.
Sources say one student threw the pool balls at
Copeland from the balcony adjacent to the Platt main
lounge in a drunken escapade.
Platt was entertaining the same policy as Stewart at
the time that the equipment was demolished . The balls
and sticks (or Single stick, as it was in the waning days
of carefree, trusting pool) sat on the table, ready for
use.
This policy was successful for quite some time. Even­
tually, however, the cues were broken, inevitably from
careless use, and balls were stolen or smashed.
Stewart has returned to the policy of checking out
equipment to avoid further theft and vandalism. "It's a
tough decision either way," said Hyatt. Calhoun agreed,
"We still end up with some amount of destruction."
The issue, however, is accountability. When a stu­
dent turns in their ID to use the equipment, at least
someone can be held responsible for any undue dam­
age incurred.
The other option leaves a hall council dragging its
feet to replace inexplicabl y destroyed equipment.
Obviously, LC is not filled with a bunch of ruthless
vandals. If that were the case, a new set of pool equip­
ment and balls would not last one week. So it is the
case that a small group of people have laid waste to the
community goods. This issue undoubt edly extends
beyond pool equipment.
You may have a question. Why? Why the senseless
disregard for the community7 How long does it take
those few deviant and belligerent underclassmen and
6 Pioneer log Apri/10, 1998 PHOTO BY ANDY PARK
Senseless destruction of pool equipment stems from a few deviant and belligerent underclassmen.
women to realize that they live in large buildings that
actually have other people residing within them and
that those people deserve respect?
Whether that be respect for peace, furniture in the
common rooms, or pool equipment , it is something
that everyone has to work together to achieve. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that one per­
son has the ability to ruin the chemistry and pride of
an entire dorm.
Honestly, where is the honor in living in a dorm
that has a perfectly usable pool table which nobody
can use? It is not there. There is no honor in that. Coordinator of Activities hits turning point
by Michael Folland "--------
Ruth Turner, who has
worked as the Coordinator for
Student Activities for nine years,
will use her excitement, enthu­
siasm, and ideas for a new job
she has accepted with the
United States Tennis Associa­
tion (USTA) in Portland. "This
job will give me a chance to
combine my skills in develop­
ment along with being involved
with something that has been a
passion of mine for a long
time-[tennisl ," Turner said.
She has played tennis for 17
years and loves it because it is
physically challenging, builds
self-esteem, and begins long
lasting relationships.
After Joe Yuska, the director
of College Outdoors, hired
Turner to fill in for the job nine
years ago, Turner won the ap­
preciati.on of her fellow work­
ers and earned a permanent po­
sition. You learn more by
taking part in
organizing an activity
then just simply
attending .
Ruth Turner
Coordinator of
Student Activities ----"
of launching a program is more
important than the actual prod­
uct. You learn more by taking
part in organizing an activity
then just simply allending,"
Turner said.
Part of the process of learn­
ing, Turner said, is making mis­
takes and learning from them. chalk and a blackboard. What
is important is the cultural, rec­
reational , and development of
the total person. Developing
the mind is important , but it's
more than just that," she said.
Because people's interests are
so diverse, it is impossible to
find a single activity everyone
will be interested in. But,
through the year, Turner orga­
nizes a rainbow of activities in
order to give everyone a chance
to attend something they enjoy.
Students who claim they do not
know about activities are just
making excuses. Anyone who is
interested can find out what is
offered. Everyone plays a part
in co-curricular activities.
Student Activities is more
focused now Lhen when she first
came to LC. Its identity has been
made by reaching out to stu­
dents. Listening to students and
gaining their trust has given her
a chance give constructive criti­
cism.
Sometimes Turner feels like
she is still in college because she
learns so much. PHOTO BY MICHAEL FOLLAND Turner ended up loving her
job, even though Lewi.s &: Clark
seemed an unlikely place for her
to work, conSidering she gradu­
ated from Portland State Univer­
sity, which has 18,000 students,
and attended Cal Berkeley for
slimmer courses. But, the last
nine years have gone by quickly
for Turner. People can learn by the way
they respond to situations. It is
important for students to set
goals for themselves as to what
they want to accomplish. They
need to learn how to organize
their time in order to do things
they are interested in.
A person learns by doing. "As
a tennis coach, I have to be a
motivator and offer advice, but
at the same time realize it is the
person who is learning by do­
ing it on their own," Turner
said. "Students are interesting and
engaging. I've learned so much
about subjects I didn't even
know about or even think I was
interested in from students,"
Turner said. The students who
do not get as much recognition
as others, but are as interesting
and dedicated, are equally as
valuable to Turner. Ruth Turner looks forward to her job with USTA
where she will help to develop a tennis program. "-----------------
Ruth is the ideal supervisor. She is fun,
flexible, and full of new ideas.
Rebecca Pazdral
Assistant for
Student Activities What Turner values most
about student activities is the
process that goes into organiz­
ing events. "Whether the activ­
ity has to do with communit y
service, a protest, a band, or a
recreational event, the process Student Activities is impor­
tant because students have the
chance to choose what they
want to do outside of the class­
room. "Learning does not nec­
essarily happen in a room with "There are so many cream of
the crop students at Lewis &: ------------------ " see Turner, page 9
Deller self designs a major in fiction, film and theater
by Jessica ~oberts
What does 'fiction' mean to you? Is it
a section in Barnes and Noble?
To Jenny Deller, a senior LC student,
fiction means much more, and she de­
Signed her own major to prove it.
Her interdisciplinary major, called
'Making Fiction: Criticism and Creation ,' is an examination of the intersection of
literature, theatre and film as forms of
story-telling .
Whether she's looking at fiction as a
craft to be practiced or as a cultural phe­
nomenon to be interpreted, Deller wants
to know "why we need fictions, why we
make them, and what makes up that pro­
cess."
PHOTO BY MICHAEL FOLLAND
Jenny Deller's interdisciplinary major, called 'Making Fiction: Criticism and
Creation,' looks at literature, theatre and film as forms of storytelling . Deller has taken a variety of ap­
proaches to looking at fiction. She says
that she originally began to think about
what fiction meant to her in a class on
aesthetics; later she added an anthropo­
logical point of view, looking at the cul­
tural function of fictions.
An internship in New York gave her
intensive exposure to theatre, both as an
audience member and as an insider in
the entertainment industry.
She says, however, that the most im­
portant aspect of her major has always
been active creation.
Her hands-on experiences include
acting, directing, filmmaking and cre­
ative writing.
Deller says that the opportunity to
take on as many roles as possible in look­
ing at and creating fiction has "given me
a better sense of my own authorship ."
She says that being involved in the fic­
tion-making process-whether it be de­
veloping her role in a play or editing a
film-has given her insight into the
philosophical and cultural aspects of ar­
tistic expression; at the same time, a
more critical and theoretical examination
of fictional forms has enriched her cre­
ative expression.
Now, at the end of her time at LC, she
says, "1 feel inspired to continue pursu­
ing each area."
Her senior project is an experimental
performance piece called "Memoirs of an "------
·1 wrote [my senior project]
to explore my own drive to
document and my
fascination with the blur
between life and art­
writing our lives, so to
speak.
Jenny Deller
------"
Electric Fence-Sitter, " in which Deller
plays an aging jazz singer and a mischie­
vous fortune-teller among other charac­
ters. It consists of dramatic monologu es
and a short film.
"I Wrote it to explore my own drive
to document and my fascination with the
blur between life and art-writing our
lives, so to speak," she says.
"The project is a very personal con­
sideration of what and how 1 create and
what inspires me."
"Memoirs of an Electric Fence-Sill er"
will be performed on April 26 at 8 PM in
the Black Box. Admission is free.
April 17, 1998 Pioneer Log 7 -Pioneer Log Fe a tu r e Sc::==::============================
Asher puts the 'shake' back in Shakespeare
by Katy Davidson
English professor Lyell Asher
brings comedy and tragedy to
the classroom every single day.
The Lewis &: Clark
Shakespeare instructor was
raised outside of Louisville ,
Kentucky , and got involved with
extrovert-type activities early in
life. Much of his time in high
school was spent on the debate
team. "I loved to argue," he said.
By his sophomore year, his
interests led him to other activi­
ties. He played bass in a "lousy
rock band" and sang. He said
one day the cellist for the or­
chestra got sick, so the director
had him fill in for a concert.
Soon afterward, the student
playing Max in the Sound oJMu­
sic became sick, so he was re­
cruited for that as well. He con­
tinued to act in musicals
throughout high school.
Asher said he was not inter­
ested in literature in high
school, but he is able to pin­
point his "calling" to the day. It
happened at Vanderbilt Univer­
sity, where he decided to take a
poetry writing class taught by
Stephen Spender, a well-known
poet himself. He remembers the
exact line from one of Spender's
poems that opened the doors of
literature to him: "eye, gazelle,
delicate wanderer, drinker of
horizon's Ouid line." Asher said
after Spender read that line, "1
knew 1 wasn't going to go to law
schoo\."
He battled with this idea for
some time, but knew he had
chosen the correct path. He
graduated from Vanderbilt Uni­
versity with majors in English
and philosophy.
Though Shakespeare 's works
seem somewhat embedded in
Asher's skin, he has only taught
the subject for about seven
years. He began as a professor
at the University of Oregon in
Eugene. Asher described the
cultural adjustment from the
South to Eugene as difficult.
Before his move to Eugene, he had attended Vanderbi lt and the
University of Virginia, "where
the men wore coats and ties and
the women wore dresses to go
to football games," he said. "In
Eugene, you'd only find people
dressed like that on
Halloween ... I don't know
which one was worse."
Neverthe less, he got his start
in teaching Shakespeare 's plays
at U of O. "I was miserable at
teaching Shakespeare the first
year," he said.
Asher grew to appreciate the
works and how to teach them
mostly just by experience.
"Teaching Shakespeare opened
Shakespeare up for me," he said.
Asher's teaching style be­
comes apparent to students dur­
ing the first day of class. He is
direct, he has high expectatio ns,
and he uses humor to commu­
nicate ideas. He said his teach­
ing style is based both on imi­
tations of teachers he admires
and reactions against poor
teachers- "mostly reactions
against," he said.
He said that the problems
with his former Shakespeare
teachers were that they did not
make connections between all
the plays, instead holding each
one up as an individual state­
ment. He also said these profes­
sors tended to speed through
the plays to the point where
"you just got the plots." Asher
likes to teach about six plays per
semester, instead of nine or ten
like some of his professors in
college.
He has stayed true to his in­
terests from undergradua te
school, as well. Asher finds ways
to bring philosophy into his
teaching of Shakespeare because
he said they "both speak to one
another without saying the
same thing in the same ways. It's
the dissonance that brings out
the other in some way."
Asher's cites his two favorite
plays as Hamlet and King Lear,
though he said he would give
the nod to Lear. He said
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Lear the same way Jane Austen
wrote about Emma.
"Austen said that, in the
character Emma, she had cre­
ated a character that maybe only
she could love. That's pretty
close to Lear,Td say: he's a char­
acter that, against all odds,
Shakespeare makes us have
sympathy for," he said.
Asher said he does not go to
very many Shakespea re produc­
tions because they sometimes
close doors to other interpreta­
tions of the text, but he remem­
bers some productions that have
stood out.
PHOTO BY MIKE FOLLAND He told the story of attend­
ing a production of Richard II in
Los Angeles, with Kelsey
Grammer in the title role. Asher
said Grammer 's "crazy stripper
ex-girlfriend " sat in front of him
and made so much noise and
commotion that he couldn't
even watch the play.
Asher has high expectations
of LC students and he said that
on average, the students here
are good, "but not as good as
they could be. They underesti­
mate themselves," he said. When asked to describe his feelings for the future with
one word, English professor Lyell Asher said, "Hilarity."
He learns the most from his students by reading their pa­
pers. "Students think I have the
answers to my questions . Most
of these questions, 1 have no idea," he said. Asher learns from
a student when he is surprised
by an interpretation . "A good
paper is one that surprises me."
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from, Turner page 7 man which everyone has," said Turner. here from such different backgrounds .
She loves seeing their faces when they
come and the signs of excitement, un­
certainty, and curiosity. ideal supervisor. She is fun, flexible, and
full of new ideas. Everything about the
office has been created around her. It will
be a huge hole to fill and no one can re­
place heT." Clark. It's fortunate there are so many
students who have gotten scholarships
this year, but there are others who don't
get recognized who are just as stellar." Aspects of her job, such as controver­
sial programming , have been challeng­
ing. But she has always been open to
new ideas as long as there is something
to be learned. The transition from high school to
college and from college to commence­
ment is exciting to see. Turner is taking this step in her life
with confidence and looks to the future
with enthusiasm. Although the staff and students at LC
have changed through the years, Turner's
perception of the school as a whole has
not changed from when she first came
here. At a liberal college, a lot of the invited
speakers have similar ideas that students
have. Turner has always been open to
inviting speakers who have opposing
ideas to those of LC students. Her career change is a major transi­
tion in her own life, but she said the ex­
citement that her new job offers takes
over the nervousness . She offered valuable advice to stu­
dents saying, "College is a time to ex­
plore new things. There is not other time
like it. Take advantage of it!" Turner values treating everyone
equally. "People have differences , but
there is a common element of being hu-Being involved with New Student
Orientation has made Turner appreciate
the diversity of the students who come Turner will be missed by her co-work­
ers. Rebecca Pazdral, Program Assistant
for Student Activities, said, "Ruth is the
Auction to be held for fifth grade Japan trip
by Aubrey Lyon
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a May 2 auction to launch Kids'
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There will be gift certificates
for meals, clothing, haircuts,
and furniture and an evening
watching a Blazers game with 22
friends in a luxurious Rose Gar­
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spring auction.
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Saturday afternoon and
evening, May 2, in the Portland
Art Museum's North Wing
Grand Ballroom.
The auction is sponsored by
Richmond School's Oya No Kai.
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after they are vacated by
previous volunteers. The
village of Dvurechye , which
had not had an English
teacher for ten years before
Margosian 's arrival six
months ago, may have an­
other long stretch of time
before her position is filled.
Despite the negative
outlook for the future, Peace Corps volunteers like
Margosian struggle on for the
sake of the students. Margosian
has made special efforts to en­
rich the communi ty in which
she teaches. She solicited dona­
tions of teaching materials from
the PortlanG-Khaborovsk Sister
City Association as well as
medical supplies for the village
doctor's office and several hun­
dred packets of seeds to help
diversify the agriculture in the area of Dvurechye .
To her disappointment. , how­
ever, she was not able to find do­
nations of used soccer or base­
ball equipment to take back to·
the children of the village.
Margosian has returned to
Dvurechye , but Prof. Donna
Seifer in LC's Russian depart­
ment is ready to coordinate do­
nations of used sporting equip­
ment for the children of the vil­
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Dance show makes audience think about feet
by Judy Zawatzky
Those who enter the Fir Acres main
stage this weekend to attend the dance
production Forty Feet are in for a sur­
prise. Featuring 20 students in Profes­
sor Susan Davis' Dance Composition and
Performance class, Forty Feet runs
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at
8 pm on the main stage. Tickets are avail­
able at the box office, extension 7495.
PHOTO BY ANDY PARK "My limbs are flying apart in every pos­
sible direction ," states one dancer in a
flat, clinical voice. Another says, "I am
tightrope walking while eating a canta­
loupe." These orderly statements soon
break down into a frenzy of voices and
movement.
This 25 minute dance incorporates
additional speaking segments , a tango
number and a section of mambo. The
initially light-hearted piece turns serious
when one dancer steps up to a micro­
phone and says, "A woman ran her fin­
gers through her hair, and hair came out.
We look at each other." later, the dance
concludes with a large box, approxi­
mately four feet by four feet, falling from
the ceiling. Forty Feet is an exploration in mod­
ern dance choreog raphy, theatrical
movement and sound. As the curtain
raises on the pre-show piece, it becomes
clear why the name of the production is
Forty Feet. Attempting to be expressive
through their feet, the dancers move
from the knees down in funny, graceful,
jarring and suggestive movements.
The recorded dialogue for this piece,
dubbed "Forty Feet en i'ar," poses the
question, "What do you think about your
feet?" Among the wide variety of an­
swers, one features a small child declar.­
ing, "I like to bite my toes." In a sense,
this answer sets the tone for the college'S
dance production . Forty Feet will move
audience members- be ready to laugh. Twelve of the forty feet in this weekend's performance are proudly
displayed here. The show continues Friday and Saturday night at 8 pm. Overall, Forty Feet is moving into
new territory. "This is the first concert
of its kind here," said Davis. Dance pro­
ductions are usually held in the Black
Box because the demand for space in the
Fir Acres Theater is high. the chairs in the front row.
The second piece, entitled "Silence is
Golden," was set for six dancers by local
choreographer Jim Neirineck. As the title
suggests, much of the movement takes
place in silence. Sound is interspersed
throughout the piece, creating an inter­
play of music and silence. Fast-paced
improvisational movement brings "Si­
lence is Golden" to life. As the piece
winds down, five dancers carry the sixth
dancer horizontall y offstage in the si­
lence. dance progresses , cos.tumes are swapped
among dancers, leading to some bizarre
combinations. If audience members
don't laugh at this piece, then they've
missed something . The dance composition class was also
in great demand this semester . Over 30
students wanted to be in the class, but a
cap was placed at 20 students. All of the
dance classes fill quickly and the college
could offer twice as many classes, accord­
ing to Davis, but there is not enough
space nor enough faculty for that. The production features the works of
four choreographers. Davis opens the
show with her piece "littoral Zone,"
which will be accompanied live by mu­
sicians Courtney Von Drehle and Rob­
ert lewis. The final dance features the choreog­
raphy of '97 lC graduate Emily Stone.
Currently teaching theater and dance at
a children's theater in Seattle, Stone re­
turned to set the piece "Accidents,
Speechlessness, Trying Hard and Falling
Down."
"She always uses ocean and water
images. It's really sort of beautiful," said
dancer Erin Egan.
The dancers challenge tradition al
concepts of space by moving off of the
stage and onto the area in front of the
first row. While synchronizing their
breathing, their movements playoff of All of the dancers reappear on stage
for the next piece by Portland area cho­
reographer Greg Bielemeier. "I Don't
Know. What Are You Going To Where?"
is the most lively and humorous of the
four dances. Vibrant costumes are the
hallmark of Bielemeier 's piece. As the "Most modem dance is usually just
movement for movement 's sake. I'm
most interested in combining theater and
dance and in challenging dancers to
speak," said Stone.
The dance opens with dancers taking
turns making statements into two micro­
phones which dangle from the. rafters. Students involved with Forty Feet,
have found that the time spent rehears­
ing has helped to balance out their stud­
ies. "It helps people thrive. It balances
out the academic load," said one dancer.
In its entirety, Forty Feet is a capti­
vating, adventurous, thoughtful and hu­
morous production . Dancers, choreog­
raphers and musicians have come to­
gether in a collaboration which will en­
thrall audience members this weekend .
Student films screened
in free Friday festival
by Aubrey Lyon
Ten new student-made films will debut in
the First Annual lewis &: Clark Student Film
Festival, Friday, Apr. 17. There will be two
screens showing the films simul(aneously,
starting at 7 pm. In Miller 105, nine short films
by various students will be shown. On the
other screen in Miller 103,]ason Rosenblatt's
hour-long movie Reunion will play.
Two of the short films, The Onomatopoeia
Brothers and Spencer Uses the FaCilities , are
made by freshman Justin Sanders. Sanders'
long-time friend Spencer, a Seattle resident,
plays the lead role in both films. Sanders said,
"I don't know why, but all the movies I dream
up have Spencer as the main character. "
Jason Rosenblatt, of Copeland Hall's In­
ferno, is writer and director of the hour-long
movie Reunion. During winter break this
school year, Rosenblatt wrote the script for
Reunion, which runs more than one hundred
pages. He cut it in half to bring the movie to
its current length. Reunion, starring Justin Sanders, Turtle Sultan, and Shaen Germain, is
about a hitman's family getting involved in his
deadly line of work. Rosenblatt has two other
shorter films that he wrote and directed in the
festival, The TV Chase and 25 Minutes.
Other films to be shown at the festival are
The Beach, directed by Megan Harris, Golden
Years and Dropping Things by Wendy Scholtz,
the "Infrared" music video from band Ring of
Seventeen , and a documentary on Munich.
The films offer a variety of comedy, drama,
and art.
Jason Rosenblatt and Justin Sanders con­
ceived of this film festival during the lengthy
shooting of Reunion. Rosenblatt was planning
to show a few of his films sometime during
spring semester and both Rosenblatt and Sand­
ers decided to extend the invitation to alllC
students, creating the Student Film Festival.
Rosenblatt and Sanders hope that when stu­
dents see what other people are making they
will be inspired to make movies and get in­
volved in lCtV
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WHERE: Miller 105,103
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1 0 Pioneer Log Apr; I 17, 1998 Ceramics students
explore wood fi ri ng
and mythology
by Angela Kearney
The story of the great Anagama dragon foretells the true es­
sence of natural harmony. The flames and smoke billow and chum
with each breath of mighty wind brought to the kiln. Steam rises
off the rain-beaten roof while each person seeks warmth and com­
fort under the blackened shelter. The nearby river rushes by as the
full moon steadily shines.
For one weekend, thirty students and instructors gathered from
three schools to participate in a wood firing that drew on tech­
niques of the ancient Japanese . Three thousand years ago, these
people dug great tunnels in hillsides and river banks. The excess
clay was used to make pots that would later be wood fired over a
period of three to four days. The extreme temperatures turn the
ash of the wood into a glaze that builds up and is incorpor ated
. into the c,lay pieces.
. As we congregate around the roaring thirty-foot Anagama kiln
in the hills of Willamina, we gain more than simple inSight into
the firing process. We are taken back to childhood memories of
Puff the Magic Dragon and the story of the Three Strong Women.
A student tells the great story that true strength comes from within,
while our pots gain life in the fiery stomach of the Anagama dragon.
Jeremy Davit brings strength to the late night stokers with his
wizardry of gentle guitar chords and the head stoker reminds us of
our duties with his continuous , "side stoke" call. The kiln roars
with each piece of fuel. Every crack in the clay kiln lights up and
a burst of energy in the form of heat is passed to us with each
o.pening of the door. For four days straight the dragon roars while
the gentle spirits of creative artists congregate .
As I sit alone on the banks of the river I am reminded of how
undefined life still is. It is not the grades or the path we must
choose. Rather, it is the experiences we are so fortunate to share.
The story continues , people come and go. like a new life, it is the
cycle of the potters' guild. See these movies as soon as possible
by Marianna Ritchey
Since
I started
this col-
u In n ,
peop Ie
who er-
ron e -Movie Columnist
o us I y
believe I know things about film
have asked me to make lists of
movies they should see. I fig­
ured I'd save us all the trouble
and run it right here in the old
Log. I thought of four I wanted
to write about, and a list of a few
more. These four are by no
means my "top four" or what­
ever. Who could in honesty say
that? So. Get your scissors out.
Here are Marianna's Picks. Keep
in mind that this is very emo­
tionally difficult for me:
Four Very Good Movies
Tootsie: Comedy starring
Dustin Hoffman and Jessica
Lange. Hoffman plays Michael
Dorsay, an unemployed New
York actor who, in desperation ,
decides to dress as a woman to
get a part on a successful soap
opera. His life is turned upside
down as he essentially becomes
two people: himself and his al­
ter ego, Dorothy Michaels . Dor­
othy turns into a feminist
spokeswoman and a role model
for the empowerment of
women. Michael becomes in­
creasingly upset, as he is not
only a fraud and in danger of
humiliating the millions of
women who have changed their
lives because of Dorothy, but he
is also in love with Julie (Lange), Dorothy's co-star, who
has no idea Dorothy is a man.
Director Sydney Pollack has a
great role as Michael's psychia­
trist ("You were a tomato! A to­
mato doesn't have logic!"), Bill
Murray is his playwrite room­
mate ("You slut!"), and Teri
Garr plays Michael's best friend!
lover who accuses him of being
gay and!or cheating on her with
"fat women," meaning Dorothy.
"You thought she was fat?" asks
Michael, concerned. Nominated
for 9 Oscars.
Glory: Drama starring Mor­
gan Freeman, Mathew Broder­
ick, and Denzel Washirigton.
You wouldn't think a drama
with Broderick could touch
your soul, but it does. He plays
a young Captain who is as­
Signed to lead the first Black
regiment in the Civil War. He is
given an assortment of slaves
who volunteer to fight for the
North. They are met with big­
otry and hatred on both sides of
the lines, and end up fighting
not only for their freedom. but
for their dignity as soldiers and
as people.
The Cinematography in the
final battle scene is some of the
best I've ever encountered. I
cried so hard I couldn't get my
contacts out and had to sleep in
them. Won: Cinematography,
Sound, and Supporting Actor
(Washington) .
Night of the Hunter: (1955)
Suspense , starring Robert
Mitchum. Mitchum plays
Preacher Harry Powell. a man
of God, who drives around the
country looking for widows to marry. He then kills them and
steals their money. Mitchum has
an ongoing dialogue with the
Lord that is both chilling and
funny, which describes a lot of
the movie, actually. We are in­
troduced at the beginning to
Willa, whose husband has just
been hung for stealing a lot of
money from a bank. Before he
dies, he gives it to his children,
John and Pearl ("you hit Daddy
with a hairbrush"), who hide it
in Pearl's doll. Powell spends the
rest of the movie trying to fig­
ure out where it is, and chasing
the children when they run
away.
Totally scary film. My dad
showed us this when I was
seven. then for several years af­
ter would wake us up in the
morning singing "Leaning," the
hymn Preacher Powell sings to
himself while stalking the chil­
dren. "Don't he never stop?"
Paint your Wagon: musical
starring Lee Marvin, Clint
Eastwood and Jean Seberg. Al­
coholic Ben Rumson (Marvin),
and clean-cut Pardner (East­
wood) live in a small mining
town with no women. One day,
a mormon comes through with
his two wives. The miners get
ornery and offer to buy the least
favorite wife off him. The wife
(Seberg), thinks her husband is
a goofball, so she agrees.
Marvin, drunk, buys her Sight
unseen and marries her the next
day. After a while, she and
Pardner fall in love. "If a man
can have two wives," says
Seberg, "why can't a woman
have two husbands?" The logic
LA MUSICA ROCK makes sense, and, not wanting
to ruin a best friendship, the
three decide that they can all be
married. This is fine and dandy
for everyone. Remember : It's a
musical. And it was made in
1969, so it's not as raunchy as
you may be imagining . Plus,
Clint Eastwood has a very soul­
ful song called "I Talk To the
Trees" which is worth watching.
Some other very good movies
Funnies: Raising Arizona,
The Blues Brothers, Monty Py­
thon (pick one), Arsenic and
Old Lace, Spinal Tap, Animal
House, Parenthood , Ghost­
busters, Mars Attacks!, Grosse
Point Blank, The Full Monty, A
Fish Called Wanda, Mallrats
Action: The Fifth Element,
Jaws, Die Hard, Aliens (first
three), Jurassic Park, Termina­
tor 2, Road Warrior, Speed
Drama: Silence of the Lambs,
Blade Runner, Amadeus , Seven,
Hamlet (Branagh), Boogie
Nights, In the Company of Men,
One Flew over the Cuckoo's
Nest, The Black Stallion, Spart­
acus, The Great Escape, Brave­
heart, A Clockwork Orange
Weepies: Forrest Gump, Ti­
tanic, Gallipoli, Philadelphia ,
Old Yeller (seriously!) ,
Watership Down, ET,
Schindler's List
Scaries: Cape Fear (origi­
nal), Rear Window, The Twin
Peaks TV series (not actually a
movie), The Shining
There are (literally) seven
million more to list. But this is
enough for anybody's summer
vacation. Movies rule.
Early 1998 yields ten notable albums
by Murray Cizon
As we
draw to the
end of the
school year
the inevi­
table is
bound to
o c cur -Music Columnist
Top 10
Lists. Well, perhaps this isn't
inevitable for everyone, but to
us music geeks out there,
these things are one-half tra­
dition and one-half preten­
sion. Take it as a combination
of journalistic obligation
when one comes to a signifi­
cant change-end of year, end
of semester, end of world-as
well as the self-serving notion
that what the reviewer likes
really matters and others
should know. I guess you
could call this a "general dis­
claimer."
The Top 10 Albums of 1998
(Thus Far) ... In No Particu­
lar Order:
1) The Apples in
Stereo:Tone Soul Evolution .
(Although this came out last
Fall, I became enthralled with
it this January -it's my col­
umn anyway!) 'This album is
as amazing as the Apples' first.
Quirky, catchy, and fun pop music in the vein of the
Beatles, Beach Boys, Zombies,
and Van Dykes Park. No "se­
rious" music here, just excel­
lent tunes and fun lyriCS.
2) Andre Williams : Silny.
Mr. Williams is the man. He's
produced albums by Ike and
Tina and Stevie Wonder. Imag­
ine Jon Spencer as a 60-year­
old R&B singer. Such great
songs as, "I Wanna' Be Your
Favorite Pair of Pajamas" and
"The Only Black Man in South
Dakota."
3) The Halo Benders: The
Rebels Not In. Proof to those
who bought their last album
that the Benders haven't lost
it. Doug gets to sing more, and
Calvin's melodies are solid and
engrossing. The only word I
can use to describe this record
is "weavy."
4) The Tight Bros. From
Way Back When: Tane You
Higher! 7". It's pronounced
"Broze," and they rock harder
than anything else out there.
Featuring members of
Olympia's metal bands Karp
and Behead the Prophet NLSL,
this 7" is reminiscent of Bon
Scott-era AC/DC. ''I'm on
fire! "
5) DJ Shadow: Preemptive
Strine. Although this is a col­
lection of previously-releas ed British singles, Shadow strikes
again with phat hip-hop
grooves and cool]azz samples.
The best thing about this al­
bum, however, is the bonus
mix by DJ Q-Bert- twenty-six
minutes of continuous bril­
liance.
6) The Mendoza Line: Po­
ems to a Pawnshop. This Ath­
ens, GA, group combines the
folk-country elements of Pal­
ace with the heart-on-sle eve
pop lyricism of Lou Barlow's
Sebadoh songs. Although it
was released late last year, I
didn't discover this gem of a
record until January, so there!
7) Modest Mouse: The
Lonesom e Crowded West.
Issaquah , Washington 's finest
"Anti-Pop" band's second full­
length release is one of the
best albums I've heard from
any part of the world (the
Northwest US in particular) in
a very long time. The music is
complex and the lyrics are in­
credible. I got the name for my
radio show from the line, "My
brain's a cliff, and my heart's a
Bitter Buffalo."
8) Air: Moon Safari. Imag­
ine the prog-rock espoused by
Can mixed with some good
Stereolab influences , and
you've got Air. This French
duo released an album that isn't quite electronic, but most
certainly isn't rock either. A
mellow record that is very
good for driving at night (trust
me).
9) John Zorn's Masada
Chamber Ensemble: The
Circle Maner. This two-CD set,
which features the Masada
String Trio (cello, violin, and
bass) on one disc and includes
Mark Ribot (guitar), Joey
Baron (drums), and Cyro
Baptista (percussion) on the
other, is the most melodic ,
touching, and amazing Avant­
Klezmer record ever made.
10) 3 Leg Torso: SIT.
Portland 's own accordion ,
cello, and violin trio's first al­
bum features all the elements
that make them one of the
most refreshing acts this town
has to orfer. Traditional East­
ern European melodies mix
with avant-garde sensibilities
and a tongue planted firmly in
cheek. They play Borders
around town, for free, all the
time, so try to catch them
sometime .
If you are genuinely inter­
ested in checking out some, if
not all, of these releases, and
can't find them, contact me via
the Log or KLC and I'll let you
know how to get yer grubby
Ii'l hands on them. Movie
Openings
Major League: Back
to the Minors
A third installment to a
movie that didn't deserve
a first run. Burnt-out
pitcher Gus (Scott
Bakulal is offered a job
managing a minor
league team full of rag­
tag misfits. Through all
the zaniness, the team is
miraculously able to play
the Minnesota Twins to a
draw in an exhibition
game. Opening every­
where.
Nightwatch
Ewan McGregor and
Nick Nolte star in a mor­
bid tale of a security
guard at a morgue who
becomes suspect during
a murder investigation .
Opening at the Broad­
way and Westgate The­
aters.
No Looking Back
When Claudia's (Lauren
HollYI old flame Charlie
(Edward Burnsl shows up
in the blue-collar town
they grew up in, she's
tempted to run away with
him and his promise of
adventure, though it
means leaving her cur­
rent boyfriend Michael
Uon Bon Jovil. Opening
at the KOIN Center.
The Object of My Af­
fection
Another bid for super­
stardom from a "Friends"
cast member results in
what could be mistaken
for a watered -down
Chasing Amy. Jennifer
Aniston's second try at
the screen finds her fail­
ing in love with her gay
roommate (Paul Ruddl
when she becomes preg­
nant by her boyfriend .
Open i ng everywhere .
Suicide Kings
A group of young rich
boys from Long Island
kidnap a crime boss
(Christopher Walkenl to
counteract the kidnap­
ping of one of their sis­
ters. Denis Leary also
stars as a wisecracking
police lieutenant. Open­
ing at Lloyd and Tigard
Cinemas .
Men With Guns
Humberto Fuentes
(Frederico Luppil goes to
visit his former students in
a fictitious Latin Ameri­
can country in the midst
of political strife. His visit
becomes a quest when
he pieces together events
described to him by a
mute woman, a bitter
soldier, a priest, and a
young boy, finding that
one of his students was
killed by guerrillas.
Opening at the KOIN
Center.
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Student compiles profs' picks
by Noa Oren
Religious Studies senior Wendy Scholtz wasn't
satisfied with a traditional Lewis & Clark gradua­
tion. "It seems like we are handed a diploma, ac­
cess to the gym, and loan payments, " she said.
So Wendy decided to take something more
with her when she graduated. She compiled a list
of those books which were most important in shap-
ing the lives of professors. .
"I started out thinking that I would put to­
gether a list of the best books in the 20th century
or something , just so I would have something to
read after I graduated. But then I got thinking about what we're trying to learn at this school. I thought
it would be good to get some perspective out of
that," she said.
Wendy sent an email to the CAS faculty ask­
ing teachers to tell her which books had made an
impact on their lives. She was surprised .at the high
response and the number of email messages sent
in return, many referring her to a list that the Pub­
lic Relations office had put together for the library
dedication in 1995, which, she says, "most stu­
dents have never seen."
Chris Walker and Paul Bradley did some work
organizing the list and putting it on the web. It
can be found at Ihttp://www .lclark.edul-booklistl.
Selections from www.lclark.edu/-booklist
Michael L. Broide
Assistant Professor of
Physics
The Character of
Physical Law by Rich­
ard Feynman
Lost Horizon by James
Hiltan
The Pastures of
Heaven by John
Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
Annie Dawid
Associate Professor
of English
To The Lighthouse, by
Virginia Woolf, for sheer
power of language, for
joy, for inspiring me to
write, to travel to St. Ives,
to seek out her homes and
her art and her life's inspi­
rations as well.
The Four Quartets , by
T. S. Eliot: These poems,
coming long after "The
Wasteland ," showed me
how one can change over
a lifetime, how the bitter­
ness or stubbornness of
youth can mellow, can
make a man turn some­
thing of horror into some­
thing of joy.
Beloved , by Toni
Morrison, for showing
how to write a tragedy in
the smallest of terms, mak­
ing it paradoxically univer­
sal and large, in the most
beautiful, haunting, pow­
erful prose, for finding
love inside that pain of his­
tory.
AHliction , Continental
Drift, and Cloud­
splitter, by Russell Bonks.
Like the others, he has per­
severed, has retained a
sense of dignity and eth­
ics in the world of publish­
ing, and now, 13 books later, he is finally being ac­
knowledged for his gifts.
For a struggling beginning
writer like me (after 15
years of being committed
to the draft), Banks inspires
me to keep going. And
that, after all, is what one
needs the most.
Cynthia Ozick: Every­
thing she's written, fiction
and non-fiction, for being
a feisty role model of a
tough, intellectual woman
who knows how to take a
stand, who knows how to
laugh, who inspires me to
read widely, far beyond my
"field," not giving in to fail­
ure, to "market pressures,"
to the crassness of modern
life, retaining her Judaism
and her high moral integ­
rity in a world where these
are not prized. For criticiz­
ing T.S. Eliot the man but
still loving his poetry.
Thomas Olsen
Associate Professor of
Physics
Holy Bible, New Interna­
tional Version. It tells a story
of the universe and consid­
ers the appropriate role of
humankind in that universe.
I! has useful principles for
the discipline of one's life.
Mr. Sammler's Planet,
by Saul Bellow tells a story
of the universe and consid­
ers the appropriate role of
humankind in that universe.
It also conveys the sense I
had of the world, at least
New York City, falling
apart at the end of the
1960s. It is the one book I
try to read once eoch year.
The Glorious Constel­
lations by Giuseppe
Maria Sesti tells a story of
the universe and the appro­
priate role of humankind in that universe. It relates
breathtak ing art, stories of
classical myth and as­
tronomy that is accessible
to the most casual star­
gazer.
Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Mainte­
nance by Robert Pirsig
tells a story of the universe
and the appropriate role
of humankind in that uni­
verse. It is a story that
works on many levels at
the same time: travelogue,
drama of family conflict,
presentation of great 'lues­
tions in philosophy, the
clearest description of sci­
entific method that I have
ever read, and intellectual
whodunit. It has estab­
lished the language in
which I think about sci­
ence, religion, philosophy
and teaching.
Atoms in the Family:
A Biography of Enrico
Fermi by laura Fermi tells
a story of the universe and
the appropriate role of hu­
mankind in that universe.
It was the book that fo­
cused my general enthusi­
asm for science to my ar­
dent pursuit of physics. It
related the scientific ac­
complishments, family life,
political challenge s and
responses to prejudice of
the family of this great
physicist. I! wos in the
young teen section of my
local branch of the Brook­
lyn Public Library.
Creation of the Uni­
verse (video) by Timothy
Ferris tells a story of the
universe and the appropri­
ate role of humankind in
that universe. It relates the
study of the smallest par­
ticles of matter to nature
of the entire universe in
which we live. It places
before the viewer various understandings of the ori­
gins of the universe: the
discoveries of particle
physics, religious writings,
poetry and cathedrals . I!
relates the futures of sub­
atomic particles, the stars
and the canals of Venice
to we humans who ob­
serve them.
Kurt Fosso
Assistant Professor of
English
The Iliad and The
Odyssey by Homer
Complete Poems by
T.S. Eliot
Cantos by Ezra Pound
The Prelude by William
Wordsworth
Frankenstein by Mary
Shelley
Wuthering Heights by
Emily Bronte
The Marriage of
Heaven and Hell by
William Blake
Pride and Preiudice by
Jane Austen
Narcissus and
Goldmund by Hermann
Hesse
Even Cowgirls Get the
Blues by Tom Robbins
Journey to Ixlan by
Carlos Castaneda
Think on These Things
by J. Krishnamurti
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond the Pleasure
Principle by Sigmund
Freud
Of Grammatology by
Jacgues Derrida
The History of
Sexuality, Part by
Michel Foucault
Allegory and
Representation by
Stephen Greenblatt, ed.
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12 Pioneer Log Apr; I 17, 1998 Doc Arndt debuts
culmination of work
by Daniel Ruprecht
Senior music composition major Matthew "Doc"
Arndt has joined the likes of Bach and Handel by com­
posing a full-length mass for organ and choir. Next
Wednesday at 8 pm, the Lewis & Clark community will
get the chance to hear the mass at Arndt's senior recital
in Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
Unitas will be performed by Capella Nova, LC's choir,
under the direction of Gil Seeley with Paul Butt playing
organ. The program also includes chamber works and
electronic music written by Arndt.
"Music directs my life. It's of over-archi ng importance
to me," Arndt said.
A piano and gamelan player, Arndt had composed
other works before the mass, but Unitas is the biggest
and most Significant of his compositions . It consists of
four movements and is over 30 minutes in length. The
Latin text comes from a centuries-old Catholic mass
chant.
The mass has been in the making for more than a
year. Arndt composed the first movement as a Kyrie for
his music composition class in Fall 1996. Because it was
successful, and composing "came easily" for him, Arndt
decided to finish the work and wrote three addiliona l
movements during 1997.
Arndt worked out the four vocal parts at the piano
but used a computer to revise the voices and notate the
music. The mass is "as good as it could be. I made sure
of that. I'm a perfectionist-1 can't let anything stand
that I'm not completely satisfied with," he said.
Describing the composing process, Arndt said, "I heard
shapes, motions, gestures in my head, which I tried to
translate into concrete musical structures . Then I started
to hear more specific notes and phrases."
Arndt said the mass expresses "more than emotions.
Emotion is one of the more basic things that music can
accomplis h. I tried to express different states of being
rather than emotions."
Arndt's influences are as diverse as his compositions .
His mass and chamber works are inspired by classical
composers, but Frank Zappa and the Chemical Brothers
influence his electronic music. He describes "Go and Call
a Dump Truck," an electronic composition which will
be played at his recital, as having a rock rhythm mixed
with "tweaked-o ut burblings. "
Arndt plans to spend next year traveling and earning
money for graduate school. He's not sure if he can make
a living composing but always plans to pursue music.
"I think music is the most important social activity
there is. I want to do everything I can to promote and
improve it."
Arndt said there are advantag es and disadvantages to
being a gifted composer. "You get to actualize your imagi­
nation. That's very rewarding," he said. On the other
hand, "I neglect other more practical things. I find it hard
to balance my checkbook ."
Robert Downey Jr. Heather Graham Natasha Gregson Wagner PHOTO COURTE SY OF NADINE WOLFF
Mother Ruckers fight for respect
by Becca Dragul & Katy Quinn
So, everyone's been waiting for an explanation
for the rough, mud-slinging, bone-breaking , yet
mysteriously dainty phenomenon that's been seen
swarming around campus.
This is the Mother Rockers in all of their glory.
To this date, there has been no record of the as­
pects of the dangerous lives they lead. The fact is,
the girl who brushes her teeth right next to you ev­
ery night might just spend every Saturday taking
on some of the beastliest women alive.
This has been a rough season for the Mother
Ruckers.
They have lost six of players to Lewis & Clark's
overseas programs, but they have struggled to be
ready for the challenge.
The Ruckers acquired enough brave souls to take
on the places of the missing members and began to
teach them the game from down under.
With bizarre lingo such as ruck, maul, scrum,
hooker, and the constant act of sticking heads in
between the legs of others, one might think, at first
glance, that Rugby is a strange mating ritual deSigned
by a bunch of drunk, horny college guys.
In reality, rugby takes the courage of a lion, the
intelligence of an owl, the stamina of a mule, the
song of a parakeet, and the spunk of a home-grown
southern girl.
The Ruckers started off the season at home play­
ing a club team called ORSU.
They lost this game, but managed to get all the
new girls in to experience the madness for the first
time.
The next weekend, they competed in the ORSU
tournament.
LC fans should have seen the fear on the faces of
the opposing teams when the Ruckers strutted off
the field on the first day of the tournament with
three wins under their belts.
The next day of the tournament, they lost to a mixture of teams made up of Whitman, ORSU, and
Sharky (the biggest, toughest, team-dragging, tackle­
breaking , limb-crushing , beast of a rugby player this
side of the Rocky Mountains).
Though they did not take home the trophy, they
managed to impress everyone at the tournament.
One of the highlights of the tournament was the
game they played against Gonzaga .
No one has seen mud until they have seen a video
tape of this game.
Even players got lost in the muck.
Gonzaga, on the other hand, didn't have any
trouble losing players in the mud because most were
large enough to wrestle on WWF.
In the end, the game was tied, and there was a
sudden death kick-off. The excitement was nail-bit­
ing.
In the end, Becca Dragul, after quieting the crowd
and demanding silence, rose the roof with a stellar
kick.
The next couple of games included a series of
humbling losses that brought the Ruckers rapidly
back to earth, an earth ruled by very large women
who hit really hard.
After Reed, ORSU, and a mixture of Eugene and
Corvallis' club teams, they met a great challenge on
our home field against the Eugene housewives .
The team started out the game with a bang when
Becca Dragul intercepted a pass and ran the full
length of the field to score.
We continued to play an aggressive game, but
were distracted when several LC players were in­
jured in a collision.
Two weekends ago the Ruckers finally met up
with their main rival: Reed College. They played a
rough game, tackled low, ran fast, rucked hard, gave
blood, and lost.
Their next game will be Saturday, Apr. 18 against
the University of Oregon at Griswold Stadium.
Power offense only garners LC one victory
by David Kolek
The Lewis & Clark baseball team split a double­
header against visiting Pacific University this past week­
end at Joe Huston Complex . With the split, the Pio­
neers brought their overall record to 11-14, as the sea­
son progresses toward conclusion .
In the first game, which began in the early after­
noon under foreboding skies, sophomore Brian Mullaly
started on the mound for the Pioneers . Pacific picked
on Mullaly in the first frame of action, gathering a three­
run homer.
LC answered back in the second inning with a run
of their own. Pat Kelly, a sophomore transfer from Se­
attle, smacked a base empty pitch into the woods be­
yond the fence for his second home run, and his elev­
enth RBI.
The scoring for Pacific, however, increased in in­
tensity.
From the third to the sixth innings, Pacific scored
13 runs against a porous Pioneer defense. LC racked up seven errors from the official scorers before the
game became history.
After nine runs had been put on the board, Gatto
replaced Mullaly, who only gave up three hits in his
outing, with junior Evan Elken.
After a relatively easy first inning of action, Elken
ran into trouble of his own in the fifth and sixth in­
nings.
Facing a seemingly insurmountable deficit, the
Pioneers fought back valiantly, refUSing to go qui­
etly.
In their half of the fifth, the Pioneers put together
a rally for one run when Brian Hageman Singled in a
run by Bryan Tull.
LC added four more runs in the sixth Hageman
collected four more RBI'S with a grand slam. He
brought in Tull, Kelly, and Kris Isaacs with this blast,
and cut the Pacific lead to 16-7.
In the seventh inning, the last inning of the short-
see Baseball, page 15 It's the end of the year
and you know it
by David Kolek
As the year comes to a swift conclusion , this sports
editor felt the need to reflect on the past events of the
entire year, beginning with a speCial visit from a sports
professional a few weeks back:
With golf profeSSional Peter Jacobsen making the
rounds through the Lewis & Clark women's golf team
practice last week, the Pioneer Log is wondering what
is next for LC spons?
Will the Portland Trailblazers' much-maligne d star,
Isiah "J.R." Rider be dribbling around Pamplin Sports
Center next year, shOWing the basketba ll teams how to
get things d.one on the hardwood?
For that matter, why not have Ken Griffey Jr. come
south three hours on 1-5 and give an informal hitting
clinic for the softball and baseball teams?
Carl Lewis may be busy for the moment, thinking
about whether or not to compete in the 2000 Olym­
pics in Sydney, but perhaps he could come out of re­
tirement to visit LCs track team.
Wait a minute, maybe our teams don't need this help.
Corrie to think of it, LCs own Raina Kiewel might
be able to show Lewis a thing or two when it comes to
flying through the air.
For that matter, the way LCs ball players Brian
Mitchell and Monique Radman have been hitting lately,
they could both show old "Junior" a thing or two in
the cage.
Indeed, with the softball team fighting for confer­
ence supremacy right now in the NCIC, they could
even show the entire Mariner team what it means to be
a winner.
Imagine the possibilities .
Everyone in the athletics department might appre­
ciate a little profeSSional advice such as Jacobsen's from
time to time, but from the lowliest freshman on the
totem pole, to coaches Bob Gaillaird and Missy Smith,
this school's athletic programs as a whole are on the
move in the right direction .
Regardless of whatever any cynical person may say
in front of Watzek Library, this school is on the way
up.
Jump on and enjoy the ride.
First clouds and rain, then brilliant, warm sunshine,
then bitter hail the size of frozen peas. This type of
weather pattern leaves a person who is trying to play
sports outside wondering: What next?
Indeed, what does old Mr. EI Nino have up his das­
tardly sleeve next to keep athletic Pioneers from en­
joying the fruits of that should be a beautiful spring
season?
It was reported in the Pioneer Log two weeks ago,
perhaps a bit prematurely , that the spring season was
upon us and that it was time to shed our heavy clothes
and recreate under the sun's warming, life-giving glow.
Students, misled by this thoughtless and dangerous
article, were motivated en masse to participate in all
types of sporting events which are intended to be played
in the great outdoors.
Since that time, however, the people in the weather
business have conSistently disappOinted outdoor­
minded people with stark seven-day forecasts which
call for eternal rain and suffering for the citizens of the
Greater Willamette Valley.
Thus, in keeping with the high standards of this
publication, the sports desk would like to apologize
for the misrepresentations presented in the aforemen­
tioned article.
If anyone was pelted by hail while playing street
hockey, or drenched in cold rain as they tried to get a
game of pickle going among friends, we apologize .
With just two weeks left to engage in merry sport­
ing events outside before the school year ends, warm
weather is nowhere in sight.
With that in mind, if you are planning to play out­
side, use good judgment.
You never know what might be falling from the sky
in April in Oregon, but it certainly won't be rays of
warm sunshine.
So another eventful year comes to an end for Lewis
& Clark College and the Pioneer Log. It is a time to
look back on what happened on and off Palatine Hill.
In the real world John Elway finally won a Super
see The End, page 14
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Winning streak moves Pioneers into second
by David Kolek
The Lewis &: Clark softball team has
ridden a four game winning streak all the
way to second place in the conference.
This string of victories, which currently
increased the Pioneer record to a com­
manding 11-4 record in the conference,
is one of the best for the softball team in
recent memory on Palatine Hill.
Their most recent success came
against Seattle University who visitedJoe
Huston Complex on Apr. 11 for a
double-header of softball action.
Seattle University, riding in the base­
ment of the NClC right now with 1-13
record, limped into the competition and
paid dearly as they met a Pioneer team
on fire.
In the first game, sophomore Annie
Stockton started for Missy Smith's squad
and she put together her best outing of
the season.
She worked seven flawless innings,
allowing only two hits, while collecting
two strikeouts .
While Stockton was leaving Seattle
University searching for answers, the
Pioneers had no trouble producing runs
for her cause.
They started in the first inning, when
Chris Kreger and Jayme Tyler worked
their way into scoring position with a
walk and a single respectively . PHOTO BY ANDY PARK
The Pioneers welcome an NCiC rival to Joe Huston Complex.
Single from Robin Kreger.
LC got two more runs in the third in­
ning. Again, the rally was started with
the fiesty hitting of Kreger and Tyler.
First, Kreger reached base with a Single,
then Tyler reached base safely when the
Seattle defense commited one of their
two errors for the ball game. score of 6-0.
Stockton got the complete game vic­
tory, increasing her record on the sea­
son to 5-6. Howard finished with two
RBI'S, while the active Kreger and Tyler
both collected two runs, and a hit apiece
in the first game.
The second game was even less com­
petitive than the first.
With sophomore Monique Radman
on the mound, the Pioneers made mince­
meat out of the threadbare Seattle Uni-two innings of action, and collected a
total of 10 hits for the game. Almost ev­
eryone in tne lineup got into the action
before the game came to a close in the
fifth inning.
Six players would end up with two
RBIS, as the Pioneers spread the offen­
sive potency around.
Kreger checked in with two runs bat­
ted in, along with freshmen Lauren
Dunnigan , Robin Kreger, Jennel
McDonald , Benita Altamirano , and se­
nior Megan Hylton.
Radman went three innings, giving up
just one hit and zero runs to the non­
existant Seattle offensive .
Stockton followed up with two more
innings of work that were perfect, save a
walk she issued to the opponents in the
late innings.
LC took this second game by the stun­
ning margin of 15-0 as the sun sank in
the east behind the oppresive shroud of
Oregon clouds.
The Pioneers look to continue their
winning ways when they welcome
George Fox University to Joe Huston
Complex this Saturday, Apr. 18, at noon.
The following day, Sunday, Apr. 19, LC
welcomes Eastern Oregon University for
two non-league games.
They play their final home appeara
nee on Tuesday, Apr. 21 against
Concordia .
Kreger scored when Kim Howard
grounded out to the right side. A mo­
ment later Tyler was brought home by a After Tyler stole second, Kreger was
brought home on a wild pitch. Another
ground out to the right side from Howard
brought Tyler home, as the Pioneers
doubled their lead with old-fashioned
run manufacturing .
This game went to LC by the final versity pitching staff in this second af­
fair. All three of these home stands are
double-headers , and they will playa role
They racked up nine runs in the first in how the Pioneers close out their regu-
Looking back on a year gone by in the spons world
The End, from page 13
Bowl for that beleaguered town in the middle of Colo­
rado. Now maybe they can shut up and then the only
people to still be complainin g about not winning a
championship will be those whiners in Boston with
their old buddy Bill Buckner.
You don't hear the people of Chicago complaining
about the hapless Chicago Cubs. Not even when they
got off to a horrific start last year.
Meanwhile , the upstart Florida Marlins, with the
help of one of Fidel Castro's most unfortunate "exports"
from the captive nation of Cuba, surprised the world
by winning the World Series in a gritty seven game
series.
Though the Pioneer Log lacks ESp, it doesn't take a
psychic to figure out that the Chicago "Boring" Bulls
are on the way to winning another championship this
summer.
Why, you ask?
Because no one has figured out how to beat the Bulls
four games in a row in the last decade. Even if the Utah
Jazz had God on their side in the fifth position, along
with home court advantage, most valuable postman
Karl Malone would still find some way to lose that
rematch to MJ.
Personally, I am sick to death of the Bulls and I think
their unending dominance is bad for the NBA which is
about as exciting these days as a documentary about
sperm whales.
I know, none of you agree with me on this one.
I know, MichaelJordan is the greatest human being
to ever walk in flesh.
I know, I should genuflect before him.
I apologize to the entire world for defaming our
"Lord Nike".
With that offensive rant behind me, I can get on to
Change the world ... the more important things like sports events on Pa­
latine Hill.
Jesse Ortiz continued to show why he is "the man"
when it comes to running with the football, while new­
comers like quarterback Drew Jordan leave much to
look forward in the football future at LC. I have, to the best of my ability, sought to report
about the LC sports world in a balanced nature. Some
weeks may have been better than others, but I have
done my very best to illuminat e the amazing peo Ie­
that we share academic quarters with here-a Palatine
Hill.
The basketball team, nationally ranked as high as
#4 over the course of the year, captured the N ClC con­
ference tournament championship at home with two
thrilling victories against rivals. It can only hope that it has been as enjoyable for
you to read this section as it has been for me to bring it
to you each week.
The Nasty Boys, led by Kelii
Moreau, brought a new style of
colorful fan support to Pamplin
Sports Center that did not rely on
vulgar expletives or racial slurs.
It focused on good old-fash­
ioned love for the home team.
While the LC Hip Hop Dance
Krew danced their way into the
hearts of Pioneer fans everywhere
during half time.
Evan Elken, a much maligned
junior from northern California,
shocked the world by winning the
City Search half time challenge by
sinking several amazing shots with
the poise of a professional.
Sarah Warnock brought her tal­
ent, as well as, her inspirational
story to the women's basketball
team which has much to look for­
ward to in the coming years.
Indeed, it has been a great year.
Perhaps the only thing that has
been regrettable about the LC
sports world has been the very
person responsible for bringing it
to you each week. Baseball
Willamette
George Fox
Linfield
Pacific Lutheran
Puget Sound
Lewis & Clark
Pacific
Whitworth
Whitman
Softball
Pacific Lutheran
Lewis & Clark
Pacific
Linfield NCiC
12-1
12-4
9-4
7-5
7-6
5-7
5-8
5-11
0-13
12-0
11-4
6-1
6-3
6-6
7-8 Overall
22-7
19-11
16-9
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12-14
9-16
7-17
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22-3
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George Fox
Whitworth
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1-9
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14 Pioneer Log April 17, 1998 Long ball not enough for Pioneers
Baseball , from page 13
ened first game of a double-header , the
Pioneers continued to collect runs
against a Pacific staff that could not close
the door so easily against the potent Pio­
neer attack.
After freshman Rob Broberg earned a
free pass to first base, Troy Rodgers
brought him home with a home run, his
third of the season.
LC got three more runs from their
fourth home run of the game, this one
from Isaacs, who brought around Koko
Hunt and Tull with his third blast of the
season.
One could not help but wonder what
would have happened if this game had
gone the whole nine innings, instead of
stopping at the seventh as is the custom
with double-headers .
With another few innings like the
sixth and seventh, LC might have made
Pacific regret ever coming to Palatine
Hill.
Despite this offensive production in
the late innings, however, the Pioneers
could not overcome the large deficit and
they finally fell to Pacific in the first game
by a final score of 16-11.
As has been the case over the season
thus far, the Pioneers bounced back from
an initial setback to make a statement
with the second game.
This one saw junior Justin Duling,
who has struggled from the outset to re­
turn to the form of the dominating
pitcher of a season ago, stay on the
mound for the Pioneers for this full
length game.
Duling pitched a gem.
He went the whole way en route to
his second victory of the season. In those
nine innings of work Duling allowed just
six hits, and scattered four runs over the
course of the game.
Gone were the errors of the previous
game, as LC only let one chance get away
from them in the second game.
Offensive ly, the Pioneers broke
through the stalemate in the second frame with three runs. Tull, hitting .341
on the season, found time in the second
game to launch his second home run of
the season. This one was good for three
runs, as he brought around Broberg and
Mullaly.
LC gave Duling two more runs as a
. cushion in the sixth inning. The Pioneers
got back to old-fashioned run produc­
ing after all of the fireworks of five home
runs. Joey Vida and Kelly both hit singles
to start the rally executing a double steal
to get into scoring position. That was all
the encouragement Chris Masagatani
needed, as he brought both players in
with a Single of his own.
The Pioneers ended the double­
header on a positive note with a 6-4 vic­
tory over their league rivals and added
to Duling's confidence as the year heads
toward a swift conclusion .
Four players for the Pioneers are hit­
ting over .300, with Brian Mitchell lead­
ing the way with a .404 on 23 hits and
17 RBI'S.
With his five RBI outing in the first
game against Pacific, Hageman improved
his totals to 26 hits, two home runs, and
17 RBI'S.
Isaacs, however, leads the team in the
runs batted in category with a total of
21. His three run offering in the second
game added to his stellar statistical line.
The sophomore transfer has the most
hits, with 29, the most extra base hits,
with 12, and he has three home runs for
the Pioneers.
LC looks to combine this strong hit­
ting with a more balanced attack as they
play the University of Puget Sound at
Palatine Hill for two games over the
weekend .
These two games, the first of which
is scheduled for Saturday, April 18, at
noon, represent the last home weekend
series of the year for the Pioneers.
They play the last five dates on the
schedule away from the friendly confines
of Joe Huston Complex , as the NClC
season winds down.
National track meet comes to LC
by Daniel Ruprecht
Top track and field athletes from
throughout the world will converge on
Eldon Fix Track at Lewis &: Clark on
May 16 for the annual Adidas Oregon
Track Classic.
This year's meet features an impres­
sive collection of athletes who will be
competing for $30,000 in prize money.
Headlining the meet is Algeria's
Noureddine Morceli, the current world
record holder in the men's mile with a
time of 3:44.39.
Other notables among the dozens of
u.s. national champions and Olympians
include four-time U.S. 10,000 meter
champion and two-time Olympian Todd
Williams ; Mark Croghan, five-time U.S. 3000-meter steeplechase champion and
fifth-place finisher in the 1996 Olympics
in Atlanta; 1998 U.s. Marathon winner
Gwyn Coogan; pole vault American
record holder Lawrence Johnson ; and
1997 World Championships long jump
silver medalist Erick Walder.
Events contested at the meet include
men's 100m, 200m, 400m, mile, 3000-
meter steeplechase, 10000m, 110-meter
high hurdles, pole vault, long jump and
javelin and women's 100m, 200m, 800m,
1500m, 5000m, high jump and javelin.
The Adidas meet is evidence of
Portland 's status as one of the top "track
cities" in the country and of the excel­
lence of LCs track and field faCility.
The competition starts at 5pm on Sat­
urday, May 16.
Upcoming Pioneer Sports Events
Baseball:
Puget Sound (2) April 18 1 pm
Softball:
George Fox (2) April 18 noon
Men's Tennis:
PLU April 17 3pm
Women's Tennis:
@ Wh itworth College April 18 9 am
• Home Events in Bold Crew rows toward brighter future
by Kathy Carlson
Since practices on the water started
more than a month ago, the members
of the Lewis &: Clark Crew Team have
come together to perform well for an
exciting spring season of 2000 meter
races.
The team raced five boats at the
Husky Invitational in Seattle on Apr.
4, competing against varsity teams
from schools such as the University of
Washington, Willamette University ,
Western Washington University , and
Seattle Pacific University. Four of the
LC boats took third place and one fin­
ished fourth .
Last weekend the team raced in the
Covered Bridge Regatta on Lake
Dexter in Eugene against many of the
same schools, as well as UC Berkeley,
Humboldt State University , the Univer­
sity of Oregon, and the University of
Puget Sound.
"Despite tough weather conditions ,
the team kept their spirits up to row
hard and perform their best," said
Coach Hilary Gehman.
The women's novice eight had a
strong performance leading the pack
until the sprint at the end of the race,
missing first by only a few seconds.
The women's varsity four had an out­
standing heat race, finishing first and
advancing to finals.
Tomorrow the team races in Salem
for the Governor 's Cup Regatta, which
will be broadcast on both television
and radio.
On the Apr. 25, they will race in Tacoma at the Cascade Sprints, the
championship race and season finale.
Novice Sam Baker said, "I think
we are all strong and can do really
well ... We have had our setbacks
and our share of mistakes, but we
have learned from them and will do
better these last two races."
If the team performs well in Sa­
lem and Tacoma, there is the possi­
bility of staying after final exams to
practice and race in the Northwest
Regional Championships in
Vancouver, Washington and then the
Pacific Coast Rowing Champion­
ships in Sacramento , California .
The success of last month's Row­
a-thon has certainly helped the team
get where they are today. The $2,200
raised in pledges from friends, fam­
ily, and alumni helped to purchase
two more boats: an eight-and a four­
seater.
Currently, the novice men row the
new Vespoli eight, which is much
lighter and more unstable than their
previous boat, and therefore more
demanding of good technique .
"You need to be in complete con­
trol of your body and your oar, and
you need to make sure that your oar
height matches everyone else's," said
Baker.
With such an exciting spring sea­
son, the team anXiously hopes to
achieve varsity status for next year.
This would Significantly ease the fi­
nancial burden on the team in pay­
ing for uniforms , equipment , and
travelin to races.
Kiewel leaps to new heights
by Daniel Ruprecht
Senior Raina Kiewel continued her
dominance in the long and triple jumps
last Saturday, breaking her own school
record in both events at an important
conference meet at Linfield.
Kiewelleaped 18'4" in the long jump
and 38' 8.75" in the triple jump to easily
win both events.
Her victories helped LC to a fourth­
place finish against the best competition
in the conference . The meet served as a
good preview of the NClC Champion­
ships which begin two weeks from to­
day at Linfield.
The host Wildcats won the women's
side of the meet with 95 points, followed
by Pacific Lutheran with 86.5, Puget
Sound with 62.5, LC with 35 and Pacific
with 21.
The men did not fare well against
NClC powerhouses PLU and Linfield.
Hampered by injuries to crucial athletes,
the Pioneer men struggled to a fourth­
place finish.
PLU came out on top with 107, fol­
lowed by Linfield with 105, UPS with
66, LC with 14 and Pacific with 6.
Kiewel's new school record in the triple jump may not be safe for long,
however. Freshman Christina
Donehower jumped 36' 00" to take third
place, breaking Kiewel's LC frosh record
in the process.
Sophomore Maile Barrett won the
100-meter hurdles for the Pios, continu­
ing her season-long success in that event.
Senior Karen Bureker contributed third­
place finishes in the pole vault and 400-
meter hurdles and placed fourth in the
100-meter hurdles.
On the men's side, Lee Thomas threw
a season's-best 45' 7.25" to take second
in the shot put. Nate Giovanetti also
improved his best mark in the pole vault,
clearing 13' 6.25" en route to a third­
place finish.
On Monday and Tuesday, Kiewel com­
peted in the NClC Heptathlon Champi­
onships and finished fourth in the seven­
event competition .
LCs track and field teams travel to
UPS tomorrow for the Shotwell Invita­
tional and will compete at the Southern
Oregon Invitational next weekend before
heading to McMinnville for the NClC
Championships the first weekend of
May.
Apri/17, 1998 Pioneer Log 15 ,­
I' publick occurrenCeS bYMikeSk~ynski
Friday
Aprill7
Senior Seminar Exhibition
at 11 am in the
Gallery of Contemporary Art.
A Faculty Recital presenting
a composition by Joe Waters
in Evans auditorium at 8 pm.
Dance Concert: Forty Feet
presented on the Main Stage
in Fir Acres Theatre at 8 pm
for the mere cost of $1.
Live Music: Mo's Ghetto Hash
acoustic iam band featuring
local LC talent in the Plattform
at 9 pm.
Check out ComedySportz at 1963
NW Kearney St. at 9 pm. The cost
is $8, $7 with at can of food for
the Oregon Food Bank.
Saturday
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Senior Art in the Gallery of
Contemporary Art at 11 am.
Terwilliger Clean-up at 10 am.
For more info, contact
Heather Beaman at x8314
or beaman@lclark.edu . SOFA Cinema presents the Devil's
Advocate at 7:30 and 10 pm in
the Council Chamber.
Choir Concert featuring the
LC women's choir, Vox Angelis
in the chapel at 8 pm.
Dance Concert: Forty Feet
thumping at 8 pm on the
main stage for a pretty $1.
The Live Music of LC's Groove
Manifesto with Jive Talkin'
Robots in the Plattform at 9 pm.
Sunday
Aprill9
SOFA Matinee Of the Week is In
& Out in the Council Chamber at
1 pm.
Softball vs. Eastern Oregon U.
at 11 am at the
Joe Huston Sports Complex.
Monday
April 20
Physics Colloquium: Student
Proieds in Olin 204 at 4 pm.
A reception precedes at 3:45 pm
in the Olin Library Lounge. Tuesday
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Wind Symphony Concert:
LC Wind Symphony and Shoreline
Community College Symphonic
Band in the chapel at 8 pm.
Wednesday
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Senior Art Exhibition continues.
Concert: Student chamber music
recital in the Armstrong Lounge
in the Manor House at 6:30 pm.
Composition Seminar Recital
in Evans auditorium at 8 pm.
Senior Recital: Unitas, a
composition by Doc Arndt
in the chapel at 8 pm.
Thursday
April 23
More Senior Art Show in the
Gallery of Contemporary Art.
Reception : Professor of the Year
Award gathering in the
Armstrong Lounge of the
Manor House at 3:30 pm. The general interest meeting for
LC's 4th annual Wilderness and
the American Mind will be in the
Trail Room at 7 pm. Canoe and
earn credit at the same time.
A Week for William Stafford:
Crossing Unmarked Snow: Views
on the Writer's Vocation in the
Armstrong Lounge of the Manor
House at 7:30 pm.
Choir Concert Capella Nova in
Evans auditorium at 8 pm.
Friday
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Yearbook Distribution : get your
yearbooks all day starting at
9 am at the Info Desk.
See the Senior Art Exhibition one
more time in the Gallery of
Contemporary Art at 11 am.
Senior Recital: Stefan Fiol on
Piano in Evans Auditorium
at 8 pm.
Portland Coalition for a World
Day of Fasting for the People of
North Korea will meet at Pioneer
Square in Portland at 5 pm.
Support them by showing up
already fasting with
a green ribbon on.
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