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Volume 62, Number 17

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1998-03-13

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Lewis &: Clark College's student-run newspaper Softball star
Jayme Tyler,
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Allison gets dangerous
in symposium keynote
by Katy Davidson "----------
Popular contemporary author Dor­
othy Allison stirred up a capacity-filled
chapel on Mar. 11 with a ribald speech
about the barriers of class and gender
and her goal to eliminate them through
"dangero us" literature. She appeared at
Lewis & Clark as one of three promi­
nent keynote speakers for this year's
Gender Studies Symposium.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN WHITE Allison, whose book Bastard out of
Carolina has been widely read in LC
classes, said some of the primary ways
to combat these barriers were to support
the radical literary tradition, to fight
people who say "you can't do anything,"
and to speak out for the community .
She used a metaphor for class to il­
lustrate her underlying point. In what
she calls the "lifeboat theory," Allison
described a sinking ship which holds
every person in society. She said right
now, it is believed that for some people
to survive, some have to sink. An international affair
Dhruv Dayal and Tara Bedi serve Indian cuisine at the banquet
of ethnic food from all over the world during the 33rd Annual
International Fair. Students, faculty and community members
came together for the event on Mar. 7. Students also organized
displays from their countries presenting a vast array of cultural
artifacts, dress and arts. International students fielded
questions about their culture and invited participation in
making crafts such as origami anp leis. The culminating event
was a showcase performance of dance, music and martial arts. "I believe in the lifeboat theory, but
it's hard to see yourself in it," she said.
"I believe we can all stay in the boat.
That's my theory. That's my politic."
Allison is known for writing danger­
ously herself ("It's true,'" she said, ''I'm
genuinely perverse . I'm loud, I'm
mouthy, I'm someone persuasive.") .
International Affairs Symposium explores terrorism
by Heidi Havrilla
Lewis & Clark College'S 36th annual student-organized
International Affairs Symposium, "The Power of Fear: Reas­
sessing International Terrorism," will explore the new trends
that have made terrorism more destructive than ever before.
The symposium will begin on the Monday immediately after
spring break and will include four days of debates between
twelve nationally respected experts on terrorism (See program
on pages 8-9).
Terrorism affects everyone, not just those concerned with
national security issues, so the symposium has been deSigned
to attract as broad an audience as possible. The steering com­
mittee has members from inside and outside LCs International
Affairs Department, and the speakers will come from a wide
variety of diSciplines and careers.
The speakers have been chosen to reflect diverse views
of terrorism . Denise Minor, supervisory special agent for the
FBlInternational Terrorism Operations Division, believes that
terrorism is a major threat to society. However, David Kopel,
associate policy analyst at the Cato Institute, argues that ter­
rorism is not a major security threat, stating that more people
die from bathtub drownings than terrorist attacks. He asserts
that anti-terrorist legislation is undermining civil liberties,
posing more of a threat to America than any terrorist attack.
Nevertheless, in the '90s, the tools used to conduct ter­
rorism have become increaSingly lethal. Paul Leventhal, di­
rector of the Nuclear Control Institute, and Richard Betts, di­
rector of the Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia
University, will debate whether the most serious threat of a
mass terrorist attack comes from nuclear, chemical or biologi­
cal weapons . In 1987 Leventhal convened a Task Force on the
Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism that found "the growth of
terrorism across borders poses a special problem because the
perpetrators may not be inhibited from committing nuclear
violence against a foreign population." Betts counters that the
most serious threat of mass terrorist destruction is from a
chemical or biological attack.
Other speakers will discuss the people that could un­
leash such a calamity upon the world. Will the agents of ter-ror in the 21st century be ethnic separatists, as Dr. Yonah
Alexander, the leading expert on terrorism believes, or will
criminal organizations take over the reins of fright as Dr. Ri­
chard Ward, Executive Director of the Office of International
CriminalJustice claims?
Speakers will also debate the question of who defines a
terrorist. Who distinguishes between the act of a terrorist and
the struggle of a patriot? Dr. William Douglass, anthropolo­
gist and author of the controversial book Terror and Taboo says,
"As anthropologists working in the field we have lived many
years in communities that have produced "terrorists" ... we
cannot simply demonize them out of our awareness." He will
speak in a forum with Douglass Silliman touching on ques­
tions such as whether the United States government has ac­
cepted a vague definition of terrorism and whether the State
Department 's policy of refUSing to negotiate with terrorists has
unfairly denied a group of people the right to be heard.
Bruce Herschenson, veteran preSidential advisor to Nixon
and Reagan, and Stephan Gotowicki, a Lieutenant Colonel in
the United States Army, will ask how the United States re­
spond to the imminent danger of such atrocious terrorist at­
tacks. Herschenson asserts that "we must fight terrorism as
we fight a war ... the enemy must be attacked." Yet Gotowicki
disagrees, believing that terrorism requires economic and po­
litical solutions.
The media has been accused of making all
counterterrorism efforts useless because experts contend that
as long as terrorist have a forum for their violence they will
continue to use it. What responsibilities does the media have
when reporting on terrorism? Walter Pincus, investigative re­
porter for the Washington Post, has covered the most contro­
versial stories of our time-stories so important to the na­
tional security of the state that the First Amendment has been
his only shield. Yet when we are talking about terrorism , should
we protect the lives of citizens, and perhaps undermine the
right to a free press or should we allow terrorists to explOit
our liberties in order to globalize their cause? Dr. Brigitte
Nacos, U.S. correspondent for German media, asserts that the
media has responsibilities in its reporting of terrorism that
goes far beyond the First Amendment. When the writer does his
or her job, you see inside
people you are not.
Literature gives you people
you don't want to be and
somehow makes you love
them.
Dorothy Allison
Author -------"
Most of her stories stem from personal
experience . In Bastard out of Carolina,
Allison created a character based on her
own mother, someone pregnant with her
second child at the age of 17.
In her lecture, she had the audience
visualize her mother standing naked
next to a 17 -year-old Ethel Kennedy ,
then compare the two. She described her
mother as "terrified," but more of a
"working class femme" when compared
to Kennedy'S "butch" persona.
Allison said the way things are now,
Kennedy would be more likely to be
saved from a sinking ship because she is
see Dorothy, page 16
Announcement of
club charters sparks
strong response
by Colin Ryono
The ASLC Chartering Board
announced this week which stu­
dent groups will receive charters
for the1998-99 school year,
prompting some rancor among
groups that were left off the list.
The groups receiving charters
were notified over email on
Wednesday . Some groups, how­
ever, did not receive a charter.
ASLC Vice President of Student
Organizations Shannon Benfield­
Blankensh ip said that for each,
there were "distinct, clear rea­
sons." The most common reasons
Benfield-Blankenship cited for re­
jection of groups' applications
were: poor leadership , lack of ac­
tivity throughout the whole year
and no distinct evidence of how
an organization would benefit the
Lewis & Clark students.
Benfield-Blankenship also
stressed that all decisions were
made after a thorough review of
the applications and much debate
among the students on the board.
"All decisions were made to ben­
efit LC," he said. Benfield­
Blankenship added that he wel­
comes anyone who is upset about
the decisions to talk to him. He
see Charters, page 2 =~=~=~=r=w~g==========~ ,J\I~~s ~, ================ ~
TAG considers new parking fees
by Gene Wixson
Parking Fees will be the subject of discussion for
the Transportatio n Advisory Group (TAG) during its
Mar. 18 meeting. Throughout this semester, TAG has
been working to develop effective transportatio n de­
mand management options. Now the group is look­
ing at potential parking fees as the most feasible way
to fund the transportation alternatives program.
TAG, composed of students and staff from the un­
dergraduate, graduate and law schools plus support
staff, has been striving to develop incentives to re­
duce the number of Single occupancy vehicles (SOV)
which travel to and from the campus. This transpor­
tation package involves incentives for students and
staff to carpool, ride their bike or walk to school, use
mass transit, ride a Lewis 1St Clark shuttle, or develop
a Oextime work schedule . However, the programs
developed can be costly to implement and parking
fees are the logical source.
People often consider parking to be a right, but
they must begin to view it as a privilege. By driving to
school people increase congestion on neighborhood
streets, increase pollution (air, noise, visual), and con­
sume a relatively large amount of space to park for the day. These are all things which decrease the liv­
ability of our campus and community and should have
a fee attached to them. This fee is most easily imple­
mented in the form of a parking fee and that way can
directly reward the students and staff who choose an
alternate way of getting to school. However, TAG is
open to suggestions for other sources of funding or
any other solutions to the parking problem at LC.
Michael Surface, Parking and Transportation Man­
ager, has developed a packet outlining parking fees at
35 other universities and colleges, as well as discuss­
ing LCs reasons for a parking fee. These fees range
from $1500 a year to nothing and often charge differ­
ent rates for certain lots or different rates for faculty
vs. students. Next Monday and Tuesday packets will
be available in the Trailroom and you can talk to ASLC
President Pia Gilgen and TAG undergraduate Repre­
sentative Gene Wixson about your feelings on the is­
sues (see sidebar).
The meeting will be held Mar. 18, in classroom 1 at
the Law School from 12-2 pm. Public attendance is
encouraged and all opinions will be heard. E-mail ex­
pressing your feelings about parking on campus and
parking fees may be sent to Michael Surface <surface>
x7794, or Gene Wixson <wixson> .
Chartering decisions frustrate some
Charters, from page 1
said that if people are particularly upset with the ways
things are run by ASLC then they should run for an
ASLC position or apply to be on the Chartering Board.
Benfield-Blankenship also said that even if a group is
not chartered, it can still be an on-campus club. tative from club
sports, and one repre­
sentative from a cur­
rently chartered
group. The charter
applications were re­
viewed on Mar. 8 and
voted on on Mar. 11.
Benfield-Blank­
enship chairs the
board but is not a vot­
ing member. The next
step for groups which "---
All decisions were
made to benefit Le.
Shannon Benfield­
Blankenship
Vice President of
Student Organizations ----" One group that was not chartered for next year was
the LC Hemp Club, headed by Barry Joe Stull. Although
he recognizes that Stull's cause is legimate and well­
founded, Benfield-Blankenship said the board did not
charter the club because it did not seem clear how the
the group would help the LC community; it appeared
as if there was more focus on the national campaign to
legalize hemp. Stull counters that such a claim and the
club's rejection is "ridiculous and absurd" and "a gross
miscarriage of justice." Stull had asked for money to
fund additional books, magazine subscriptions and vid­
eos for a Watzek Library reserve shelf set up by the
club this year to provide information about the con­
troversial hemp issue. have received charters is to have their budgets reviewed
and funded by ASLCs annual budgeting board.
The Russian Club, headed by junior Roger Norton,
also didn't receive a charter. Benfield-Blankenship cited
problems with leadership and a lack of activities as the
reason in this case. The follOwing student groups received charters for
next year : Men's Rugby, SEED, Gaming SOCiety, Fenc­
ing, Men's and Women's Ultimate (will be charterd as
one group), Tae Kwon Do, Japanese Club, Amnesty
International , Gringos y Latinos Unidos and Portland
Area Zapatistas (will be charterd as one group), Photo
Club, Men's Lacrosse, Hawaii Club, Christian Fellow­
ship, Women's Rugby, Association of Non-Traditional
Students , Jewish Student Union, Circle K, United
Sexualities , German Club, Student Advocacy , IA Asso­
ciation, Women's Soccer, Adam's Rib, Crew Club, Boat­
ing Club, Women's Lacrosse, French Club, Men's Soc­
cer, Martial Arts and Black Student Union. Norton commented that he understood Benfield­
Blankenship 's reasons. However, he noted, since the
Russian Club events consist mostl y of films and guest
lecturers on campus and both are "relatively rare op­
portunities; there should be some leeway for groups of
this kind."
ASLCs Chartering board contains six students: two
from on-campus , two from off-campus , one represen-This year is somewhat different than the past, as
Benfield-Blankenship and ASLC VP of Budget &: Fi­
nance Colin Beck decided to split the budgeting pro­
cess: Beck took responsibility for the budgeting of the
Programming Board and the Student Media board.
News Briefs
Circle K organizes penny drive to benefit charity
Beginning the day after spring
break, the Lewis 1St Clark chap­
ter of Circle K International Club
will begin the "Millions of Pen­
nies" drive.
Over the course of three
weeks, students, faculty, staff and
administrators can bring their
pennies to campus as a contri­
bution to an effort to raise one
million pennies.
Members of Circle K will set
up collection buckets through­
out campus where people can
bring pennies, nickels, dimes,
quarters and even dollars or tax­
deductible checks .
Circle K is also arranging a
residence hall competition Stu-dents living on campus will be
able to bring their donations to
RAs; the wing bringing in the most
money per student will receive an
ice cream party during the read­
ing days courtesy of Circle K.
All of the money collected dur­
ing this project will be donated
equally to four charities including
the Iodine Deficiency Disorder
ODD) Fund, March of Dimes,
Doernbecher 's Memorial
Children's Hospital, and Kiwanis
Children's Camp.
Any students interested in
assiting should contact Ben Kalm
(kalm@lclark .edu) or David
Severson (severson@lclark.edu) .
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courtesy of Julie Couch, Campus Safety
Mar. 1 -Mar. 7
March 1
Officers were called by the RA on duty in
Copeland to help close down a party. All of the
alcohol was disposed of in the sink because of
under-age drinking. A report was made and a
copy forwarded to Residence Life. The "renter"
of the room was out of town when the party took
place.
March 2
Unknown suspect(s) went into the men's base­
ball locker and stole a pair of shorts, shoes and
running pants. The door was believed to be
propped open.
March 3
Unknown suspect(s) carried a sculpture up
to a balcony in Fields Art Building and tossed
the sculpture over the balcony. The sculpture
broke into tiny pieces. The ceramic sculpture had
been displayed outside of the Art Building.
March 5
A medical assist was given to a staff member.
March 5
A Criminal Trespass was issued to a non-stu­
dent who was using the practice rooms in Evans
and haraSSing students and facul.ty members in
Evans.
March 5
Five non-students were trespassed from cam­
pus after running into Platt with a short case of
alcohol and attempting to hide in a shower. The
alcohol was disposed of and a report was made
and forwarded to Residence Life. The non-stu­
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Letters to the editor
Exercise your right to
vote next week
I WTite in response to the debate we
have witnessed in the Pioneer Log for the
last two weeks about the funding for
OSPIRG . I would like to make two
points. First, OSPIRG is a distinctive
organization on this campus, like no
other group funded through ASLC Stu­
dent Government. Four years ago, ASLC
decided not to fund OSPIRG, but instead
made the choice that the funding of
OSPIRG would be left up to the students.
That is why there is a vote every year to
reaffirm the funding for OSPIRG.
Secondly, it is important to r'!alize that
the money that goes to OSPIRG provides
Lewis &: Clark students with a chapter
(i.e., a membership for their services).
The OSPIRG statewide office, located in
Portland, pools resources from its mem­
ber schools to provide our campus with
a full-time staff person and all of the pro­
gramming which involves LC students
both on and off our campus.
Alone, the money from ASLC student
fees that goes to OSPIRG couldn't even
pay the salary of the staff person we have
on our campus. This is only possible
because the LC money that goes to the
statewide OSPIRG office is pooled with
the resources from two other schools in
Oregon: the University of Oregon and
Lane Community College. The ASLC
Student Council gives the vote directly
to the students, to judge whether or not
OSPIRG is beneficial to our campus.
Judging from the strong support in past
years, 1 believe that the students at Lewis
&: Clark think the environmental and
consumer protection work OSPIRG does
is appreciated-and applauded.
As you vote next week for the
OSPIRG ballot measure, please consider
the facts above as well as other informa­
tion that you gather in your own research
of this important question. I encourage
. all students to exercise your right to vote
in the ASLC elections on Tuesday, March
17 and Wednesday , March 18.
Pia Gilgen
ASLC President
Vote no for OSPIRG
OSPIRG started off the week by lurk­
ing outside the Bon and the library, try­
ing to garner signatures for a "pledge"
to vote yes on OSPIRG this year. Many
students think that this is the right thing
to do. After all, what does it cost you to
keep this group around?
As the coordinator of a student group,
sometimes it's hard not to be cynical
when it comes to OSPIRG's tactics. Ev­
ery year I have to go through a lengthy
budgeting process in which I have to
justify every penny of the roughly $200
that my group gets. OSPIRG has found
itself a lovely little niche: all they have
to do is politic for popular support. Once
their vote passes, the ASLC signs a check
for $13,000 of YOUR money, and it's
nev.er seen again. It goes off to the state
OSPIRG, and trickleS back in in the form
of more flyers and more one-sided argu­
ments. No accountability-just politicS.
Meanwhile LC's homegrown student
special-interest groups are left bickering
over very little money.
-Correction-
The Pioneer Log incorrectly
named Sam Drevo as the author
of "OSPIRG makes valuable
contributions to LC and the
community" last week. Cyrus
Parsons wrote the article. Doesn't this strike anyone else as to­
tally unfair?
OSPIRG would almost have you be­
lieve that they have a monopoly on
"green" activities around campus. This
is far from the truth-there are many
other campus groups which do similar
things, like SEED, Circle K, and CSaW
These groups do activities that are just
as commendable for far less cost. Fur­
ther, OSPIRG refuses to listen to com­
promise-a dollar less and they won't
stand for it.
Student groups need that money. Ev­
ery year it becomes more difficult to get a charter. Dividing up that money more
equally is just what they need. Think
about everything that could be done with
a bit of extra money:
The hours of the Pioneer Express
could be expanded .
The Gender Symposium and Take
Back The Night could bring in more
speakers.
The Fencing Club could afford some
equipment and could pay for lessons for
students who can't afford it.
The ISLC could expand the Interna­
tional Fair.
SOFA could sponsor more student
activities through the year.
LC's own public service groups could
get the funding they deserve.
Your own little club could stand a
chance in the cutthroat world of budget
and finance.
OSPIRG is a giant bureaucracy that
takes advantage of this school's left-wing
nature. It is just big business and poli­
tics. Please support our student groups,
and vote NO on OSPIRG.
Adam Smith
OSPIRG is the way to go
When 1 hear students complaining
about those "damn OSPIRG in-your­
face-enviro-nazis" who "harass" hard
working, dedicated students on their
way to class, I have one response. Is this
all we have to complain about? Take a
good look around the world-your
. world, my world, our world, and think
about some of the enormous problems
we face today. Then look me in the eye
and tell me that students informing stu­
dents while encouraging them to get in­
volved in cooperative solutions is worth
complaining about.
The work that OSPIRG does on press­
ing environmental and consumer issues
is both unique and essential to the LC
student community . To be the most ef­
fective, it is critical to motivate and mo­
bilize many students in support of these
concerns . This entails active campaigns
in and around campus, including getting
out the vote for the ASLC elections. 1
can't even tell you how many times 1
heard statements , such as "What ASLC
vote?" or "Who the hell cares about the
ASLC vote?" After informing people
about the election, they understood the
importance of voting.
On campus, OSPIRG has held meet­
ings with the LC grounds crew encour­
aging them to search for alternatives to
the massive and unreported pesticide use
on campus. OSPIRG has gathered 800
signatures from LC students to urge
Governor Kitzhaber that we want pesti­
cide right-to-know legislation . Our "in­
your-face" tactics have been criticized,
but when problems demand immediate
response and action, it is critical to get
the message out to students qUickly and
effectively. Although some may feel
OSPIRG's tactics violate their personal
space, active tabling and mobilization of
the student body is an effective and nec-essary means to create positive, large­
scale action necessary to protect student
interests.
Put things in persective . One minute
of your time with OSPIRG works toward
preventing heinous situations such as:
thousand-year-old trees crashing to the
ground, increasing hunger and
homelessness among our nation's chil­
dren, entire species disappearing and a
massive rise in cancer cases due to pes­
ticide contamination. OSPIRG promotes
democracy by consolidating the indi­
vidual voices of the many,.
Is a student-directed watchdog group
who struggles to protect our environ­
ment, health , and other interests worth
$3.75 per student per semester? Hope­
fully, LC students realize that the only
answer to this question is a resounding
YES! Keep our campus green and our
rights protected! Vote YES for OSPIRG
in the ASLC elections.
Matthew Follett
OSPIRG intern
Take back the vote
Active involvement in the political
deciSion-making process is important
not only for the presidential and national
elections, but also for state, local and
campus elections . The voter turnout in
recent ASLC elections has conSistently
been less than half of the student body.
This means that the majority of LC stu­
dents are sacrificing their opportunity to
elect representatives who accurately rep­
resent their partieular concerns and
opinions. If you give away your chance
to vote, the minority of students who
actually do vote will be monopolizing the
decision-mak~ng process. Don't let your
voice go unheard and then complain
about policies being made without your
input or against your will. It is both your
right and your responsibility to vote in
campUS-wide elections .
Take back your power! Vote in the
upcomingASLC elections: March 17-18.
Cyrus Parsons
College Outdoors story
needs clarification
In last week's Pioneer Log, Lee
Jennings expressed an opinion that Col­
lege Outdoors should become more of a
rental shop. This is certainly pOSSible; it
would require cutting back on the num­
ber of trips and moving the program's
resources to operate a rental program.
The direction the program takes is up
to the student body and ASLC. Up to
now, College Outdoors has concentrated
on offering lots of beginning and inter­
mediate-level outdoor trips, with a num­
ber of advanced level clinics such as
Wilderness First Responder medical
training, Swiftwater Rescue clinics,
whitewater raft guide training, and sea
kayak guide training.
These trips, about half of which are
led by student gUides, offer the chance
for students to learn new skills, visit
some amazing places, learn things about
environmental issues, and do all of it
fairly safely. The trips allow people to
make new friendships and share com­
mon experiences. The trips also give stu­
dent gUides and assistant gUides great
leadership experience .
Thanks to ASLC, College Outdoors
is one of the best outdoor progratns in
the nation. The trips help build commu­
nity at Lewis &: Clark, give international
students a chance to meet American stu­
dents in a setting conducive to building
friendships, and give lots of students the
chance to get off campus.
Mr. Jennings mentioned that College Pioneer La&-,
Outdoors may be giving "speCial favors
to certain individuals ," letting them use
outdoor equipment. We do have a writ­
ten policy on this, which is fairly
straightforward : the equipment may be
used at no charge by anyone who goes
on a College Outdoors trip, or by trip
leaders and students working on attain­
ing trip leader status, for skill building
trips or scouting new trip areas.
Leaders who do use the equipment are
expected to give something back to the
program in return; the specifics are
spelled out in a document which has
been in place for several years, and is
available from the College Outdoors of­
fice. One of the first things staff do is
read and initial this policy. Please come
by and pick up a copy if you'd like.
Joe Yuska, College Outdoors director
College OutcJoors can
not feasibly rent its gear
I am writing in response to Lee
Jennings' letter in last week's Pioneer Log.
Lee brings up an excellent point: Why
doesn't College Outdoors allow students
to borrow or rent their outdoor gear?
Why should trip leaders be the only ones
who get this privilege? When 1 started
working at CO during my first year I had
those same questions. 1 am currently a
leader with the outdoor program, and I'd
like to give my take on the issue.
First, let me dispel the myth that trip
leaders continually borrow gear from the
program for our own personal use. As
trip leaders we are only allowed to bor­
row gear under two legitimate circum­
stances: one, if we are using the gear to
scout a new location for one of our trips
and two, if we want to practice honing
our skills in a specific activity. My point
is, 1 do not know any trip leaders who
readily take advantage of this privilege,
and when we do borrow gear for a scout­
ing trip these specific trips are almost
always converted into reduced-price
training trips so our non-paid volunteers
can get the chance to work on their skills.
Second, very few outdoor programs
or schools successfully rent their gear to
students. Outward Bound and NOLS do
not rent their gear to people unless they
have paid to go on one of their trips. On
the other hand, the outdoor program at
PSU does rent gear to the public for a
reasonable price. 1 urge anyone at Lewis
&: Clark to go there and rent equipment.
Their gear is relatively thrashed and it
must be replaced at a much faster rate.
We researched the possibility of dupli­
cating this service here at LC, but found
that a rental program can only "break
even" if the student population is about
8,000 people. If we were to rent gear, we
would lose money and would have to be
heavily subsidized by student fees.
Third, it is important to realize that
LC has lots of expensive equipment that
is not available for every student's use.
The biology department has awesome
electron microscopes , but 1 can't check
one out for a weekend trip to the coast.
The ceramics department has great fa­
cilities, but 1 can't fire my art pieces un­
less I am enrolled in a class. 1 hate to say
it, but these are the breaks. 1 suppose
there could be rental programs set up for
all these organizations, but this is not the
most important mission for our school
to pursue. A rental program through
College Outdoors will not necessarily
build the LC community, and it will
merely be duplicating the services of
other outdoor gear stores in the area. It
is possible to enjoy the outdoors with­
out spending a fortune!
Emily Christensen
March 13, 1998 Pioneer Log 3 ~~o~n~~~rL~og~~~~~~ .~()rLlI11 ~i ~~~~~~~~
Music department gets trashed by 60 credit rule
commentary by
Marianna Ritchey means music lessons, ensembles, choir,
band, branching out in the musical
world. We get free piano lessons until
we pass our piano proficiencies . Playing
in an ensemble is a major requirement.
Here's where the "problem" starts: we are
required to play in ensembles and take
music lessons for only a few short se­
mesters. But what the school doesn't
seem to understand is that most music
majors don't want to take just two se­
mesters of choir, or trumpet, or gamelan.
Music is something you commit to, and
probably were already committed to long
before you entered college. I myself have
taken piano lessons for 15 years. Am I
really expected to stop taking them be­
cause I've gone over a credit line? "-----something most of us just can't do.
I should be taking topiCS
classes and upper level
music theory. Instead I
have signed up for
Japanese Tea Ceremony,
Literature of the Sea. ------" I was sitting down to do my schedule
last night, which is usually kind of an
ordeal because it seems that every Single
class at this school is offered on Tues­
days and Thursdays at 9:40 am. Before I
began leafing through the catalogue, I
became heedful of the recent scandal
over the "60 credits maximum in any
department" rule. Knowing that music
majors tend to go over that line, I tallied
up my music credits. I found to my sur­
prise that I had already accumulated 53,
and that with the addition of the 6 cred­
its remaining to fulfill my major require­
ments, I would be left with one music
credit to last two semesters .
I was shocked.
It is unbelievable to students in most
other majors that a person could amass
60 credits in a Single department with
such ease. The music major itself only
requires 44 credits. People wonder how
such a thing could happen. It's Simple.
Music majors, by nature of being music
majors, are usually also musicians . This People have said to me, "well, you can
take more music classes, they just don't
count toward graduation." Meaning that
one should fill up one's schedule with
classes from other departments and then
take music classes just for fun. This
makes sense, and most of us will prob­
ably do this anyway, but isn't it sad? I
personally cannot afford to take classes
for no credit. So if I chose to take the new, awesome world music class from
our brand new ethnomusicologist next
year, that would be a four-credit class for
which I would get no credit. A different
four-credit class would have to be sub­
stituted. So there I would have two
classes worth of reading, homework,
scheduling and book-buying for only
half the credit. You can see how this
would spiral into a schedule too stress­
ful to deal with. Piano lessons ideally
take five hours a week of practice time.
Doing that for no credit, substituting
another class just for the credit I would
be miSSing-but at twice the work-is I really do put forth the opinion that
the music department should be exempt
from this rule, or that the amount of
credits should be increased for us. Biol­
ogy majors are not expected to take tons
of other ensemble-type classes. Theater
majors don't have to worry about the
credits they waste if they want to sing in
the choir. I've played in the gamelan for
three years. I've made a commitm ent to
doing it and it's something I enjoy. I don't
want to stop. Why should I have to stop?
This is a liberal arts college and we are
supposed to be broad. I appreciate that,
but if the general education requirements
aren't broad enough then maybe they
should be changed. The rest of our cred­
its should be up to us.
So here I am, a senior music major. I
should be taking topics classes and up­
per level music theory. Instead I have
Signed up for Japanese Tea Ceremony ,
Literature of the Sea, Weight Training,
Beginning Chinese and Old Testament.
I won't have the pleasure of taking a class
from the new professor . I'm saving my
one credit for pipe organ lessons.
What matters to you? Just ask a rummy philosopher
commentary by Brian Lawrence, Jr.
I went for a walk in my neighborhood this
evening to feel for a moment that unequaled sen­
sation of not having a roof over my head. I passed a
little sidewalk coffee shop where a number of people
were sitting engaged in conversations . I was trying
to think of a pertinent social issue to write about
and the thought struck me to ask these people what
one might be. If there are issues that are bothering
people, things that appear out of the vast sphere of
public affairs to intimately touch their private lives,
their opinions may be the ultimate key to those is­
sues. So I asked them, "What matters to you?"
Several pairs of eyes turned to me at the ques­
tion, but it was two gentlemen playing a game of
chess with plastiC pieces on a fifty-cent board who
pushed back a chair and invited me to share their
thoughts . One had a long pony-tail, a goatee, and a
well-cultivated intellectual's gaze. The other looked
like a drunk ex-enlistee.
"The price of coffee." The long-hair seemed al­
most embarrassed by his own facetious remark. "Ac­
tually, how about impulse-driven consumerism? " Ap­
parently he felt this was a suffiCiently more mature and
informed sounding reply and he looked satisfied with
himself. "I mean, think about all the things people buy
for their image, or just for the immediate gratification.
Look at that car over there. That person didn't buy that
car because they needed transportation , they bought it
because it's Powerful and Expensive. People spend all
this money on stuff they don't need, and when they're
done thinking they need it they just throw it away." He
paused for some sign of acceptance from me.
"You mean, like disposable plastics?"
"Like disposable cars, man." After taking a long pull
at the straw sticking out of an iced latte, (I know it was
an iced laue because he told me that it tasted great,
was cheap, and that I should have one), he replaced
the plastiC cup on the table and continued, "I mean,
impulse-driven consumerism is just ridiculous. Why
don't people spend that money feeding homeless people
or something else worthwhile?"
The buzz-cut reeled in his thousand yard stare and
ogled me as levelly as his impaired faculties permitted .
"Y'know, the government is responsible for all these
conspiracy theories because they purposefully keep all
kinds of inane information 'Top Secret' and won't let
anyone see what it is. They keep all this information
secret, and people start to wonder what it is that they're
not telling us. People come up with crazy ideas, [burp 1
conspiracy theories, about what's being done behind
closed doors. But the government is doing it on pur­
pose. All that information is useless, it's just stupid stuff
like charts of the bottom of the ocean in the Philip­
pines." From a hip flask into his coffee, he poured.
"If there was an encryption code lying right there
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on the ground," he pOinted, "it'd be the kind of thing
you'd just pick up and throwaway. Useless. I used to
have security clearance, it's really no big deal. It's just
stupid stuff."
A gentleman sitting at the next table looked up from
his artistic scribbling . "If they don't want anyone to
read that stuff, why do they write it down? Don't write
it down if it's 'Top Secret'. Like all those Watergate docu­
ments. Writing that down got those dudes screwed."
Buzz-cut shifted his weight to the edge of his chair,
his demeanor to that of the all-too familiar redneck­
barroom-belligerent. "Those damn Watergate docu­
ments! Those damn tapes! If what's in them is bad then
we should know about it because somebody 's gonna'
get hanged. If it's fine, then we should still know about
it so we can stop wondering about it. Either way, that
guy should give it to us so we can know whether to
hang him or not." He looked at his companion, the
long-hair , for some support and found his gaze being
deliberately avoided. "What. You don't agree with me?"
The artist resumed his work.
"Whatever, man." The long-hair smiled dismissively,
but he seemed uneasy with his friend's aggressiveness.
The conversation paused for a beat while the ex­
enlistee glared vehemently at nothing in particular and
his buddy busied himself rearranging the chess pieces,
avoiding the pleas for spare change from a vagrant who
shuffled by. Before things had a chance to get rolling
again, and before that unsteady yet demanding stare
found its way back to the vicinity of my forehead, I
stood up and pushed in my chair.
"Well, " I searched, "if I don't write this article it's
not going to get written. Thank you, both." As I pulled
my sweatshirt straight and started to walk away, a girl
sitting at the next table, with a dog on a leash snuffling at her ankles for who knows what, looked up at me.
Her face was a question asking if I would stop and talk
to her, if she had the courage to say what she thought
was important, if it mattered, if anybody cared. I don't
know what her face was asking. The guy at the last
table had the same look on his face.
The people at the table between that guy at the end
and the girl with the dog did not look at me as I walked
away. Four people were sitting, three were standing.
They were all laughing and talking about sex and mov­
ies and drugs and you-name-it. For them, except for
providing an unending supply of coffee and cigarettes
and the settings for the events they discussed , the rest
of the world might as well not have existed.
What matters to you? To answer that question you're
on your own. There seem to be as many ways to ap­
proach the question as there are answers. I think there's
something to be said for thoughtful discussion, con­
templation , cynicism , etc. But there's also something
to be said about having a satisfying drink, double vi­
sion, and conviction . Just ask a rummy philosopher .
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commentary by
Linsel Greene
So, come next week, every stu­
dent who wanders the halls of
Templeton and tries to enter our
illustrious Aubrey R. will be ac­
costed by ASLC members asking
if they have already voted. You will
be handed a ballot with a group of
names on it, some of which you
know, more which are unfamiliar and then you will be
asked to pick one name out qf each group and support
that name by putting a check by it. So my question is:
Democracy .. .ls it an effort to place people truly capable
of leading in positions of power, or is it a farce intended
to make us feel empowered while the tyranny of the
majority puts an imbecile in charge of everyone's well
being?
Your eyes scan the ballot, questioning every name
in front of you. "Do I know her?" "Wasn't he was in
my Psychology class!" "She's kinda gimpy." "Hey, he
lives down the hall from me and smokes pot all the
time." "I could never vote for my Bio-Iab partner." "She
is kinda cute." "I like to have a President with more
than three vowels in his name."
So what does all this equal. Do any of us truly know
who these people are? Are they more than mere names
for us? Even if we have had contact with them as indi­
viduals, what do we know about their ability to per­
form the jobs they are running for? Do people even
know what these jobs are? Does it really matter? No.
It doesn't make a difference who we have in office. BEWARE! The following is a commentary
presenting odd, even humorous ideas. To read,
take a deep breath, relax, and open your mind.
It doesn't make a difference with regard to our student
government , and it doesn't make a difference on a na­
tional level. Bill Clinton may have been a good man
before he entered office, and, if I correctly recall his
talk while he was on the campaign trail, he seemed to
have some great ideas with regard to the direction of
this nation. However, the man has been limited by the
office. He can't do anything without the say so of con­
gress, the senate, his staff, his wife, the press, special
interest groups, the masses, his cat Sochs, his nutri­
tionist, his gardeners, or the one million or more joke
writers spanning the nation. Everyone has a say so in
the president's business. We put him in office. God for­
bid we trust the man.
In our student government, this helplessness is even
more significant. What power does the student body
President have? None. The only thing ASLC can do is
to help better communication between administration
and students. (NEWS ALERT! Try talking directly with
the administration . They are human beings capable of
direct communication . No ASLC interpreter necessary.)
When it comes down to it, ASLC student positions are
so limited that for most of them, it makes absolutely
no difference who is in them.
Chief Justice: Do you have to have any knowledge "-------------------
Democracy ... is it an effort to place
people truly capable of leading in
positions of power, or is it a farce
intended to make us feel empowered
while the tyranny of the majority
puts an imbecile in charge of
everyone's well being? --------------- "
of anything to be Chief Justice? No. Sit on your board
and tell students not to do it again.
VP of Budget and Finance: Accounting. What quali­
fies you for that? Good math skills?
VP of SAAB: Again a non-voting position which is
focused on the distribution of funds.
President: Give me a break. Pia Gilgen is a wonder­
ful, intelligent woman whose abilities are underused
and wasted. What does the preSident do? Nothing!
We might as well be voting for our mail room work­
ers, Bon Appetit servers, or the IT help desk employ­
ees. They have more effect on our lives.
So when you look at that ballot, think about what it
is you are voting for. Disregard any posters you've seen.
Forget what friends have told you. Think about whether
you know this person's capabilities , and whether you
know anything about this job. Then, breathe deeply,
hold your hand to stop it from shaking, wipe the sweat
of indecision from your forehead ... and write in Darth
Vader like the rest of us do.
Women's rights are about more than abortion
commentary by Lisa Locker
When I told an acquaintance of mine
that I used to work at the Women's Le­
gal Defense Fund, he asked what we did
there. I told him that we worked with
issues that affect women's lives. He
looked at me, completely puzzled, and
lamely asked, "But that's only one
thing-just abortion, right?"
As much as I wanted to kick him in
the shins, I decided to use this person's
ignorance as a "learning experience ." I
mean, it is a real problem if a good chunk
of the population thinks that the
women's movement is one big pro-child ,
pro-chOice rally. There is no way that
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lives if people don't realize that there is
a lot more at stake than just the freedom
to choose what we do with our bodies.
So here are (briefly!) some of the issues
facing the women's movement today:
INEQUITY IN HEALTH CARE AND
COVERAGE . Many insurance compa­
nies refuse to cover birth control ex­
penses, use unproven genetic tests to dis­
criminate against women with a pre­
sumptive high risk of breast cancer, and
rarely cover in vitro fertilization and
other advances in reproductive technol­
ogy. Many health care providers and
HMOs refuse to consider women to be
at an increased risk for HIV infection.
Women of color repre-
Qn de (50"" sent the fastest growing
population of HIV in­
fections, but make up
the smallest category of
AIDS research.
PAY INEQUITY is
far too accepted . Ac­
cording to the Lake Re­
search Group: "People
aren't even questioning
this anymore . Everyone
knows its there, every­
one knows that women
are earning much less
than men." Women
earn 71 cents for every
dollar that a man earns.
Black women earn less
than that (64 cents) and
Latinas less than that (53 cents). And for Latinas, their pay is
actually decreasing . In 30 years, at this
rate of pay inequity , approxim ately
$250,000 in wages will not be earned
merely because of gender. Since 1963,
when the Equal Pay Act was signed, the
average pay gap has only closed 12 cents.
At this rate, it will take us until the year
2089 to reach wage equity. And this is
just pay inequality; the difference in job
benefits only adds to the disgrace.
THE REPEAL OF WELFARE is one
of the most pressing issues facing women
today. Fifty-four percent of all poor fami­
lies have a single mother at the head.
Logically, this shows that the people
most affected by the loss of welfare will
be families headed by women. Although
welfare is not completely gone, a lifetime
limit of two years is not much of a safety
net to fall back on. The welfare bill also
seriously affects permanently disabled
children by changing the official defini­
tion of disabled, so that people who were
considered seriously disabled before no
longer are. Thousands of children are
lOSing the checks that the government
gave to their parents to help assuage the
costs of raising a disabled child.
TEEN PREGNANCY Where are the
roots of the problem? Several studies re­
port a high association between teenage
pregnancy and sexual abuse: from one­
half to two-thirds of young mothers sur­
veyed had been sexually molested prior
to their first pregnancy. Over 40 percent
had been the victims of rape and as many
as 23 percent were pregnant as a direct
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... e&<:l. .. b..sk~_ ...,~o..,,:~ result of rape. Patterns of adult abuse of
teenage girls correlating with pregnan­
cies are easy to see in the studies. Only
29 percent of babies born to teenage
mothers are fathered by teenagers, and
71 percent are fathered by men over 20.
Adult men are particularly likely to be
the fathers of children born to very
young girls. Many of these pregnancies
are the result of unprotected sex, so the
threat of AIDS is also an urgent issue for
advocates . Teen pregnancies are a tragic
effect of a government that still refuses
to talk about safer sex in a rational tone.
Buried in the welfare bill, there are
over $4 million set aside for programs
that only teach abstinence-not pro­
grams that teach abstinence as the best
policy, but programs that solely teach
abstinence . This legislative policy of
burying your head in the sand is only
going to worsen the problem.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is the larg­
est cause of injury to women, surpass­
ing muggings , rapes, and car accidents
combined . One out of two women will
be involved in a violent relationship dur­
ing some point in her life. According to
a dating violence intervention project, 14
percent of high school students are al­
ready involved in a violent relationship .
29 percent of women murdered in 1993
(about 4 women every day) are murdered
by husbands or boyfriends . Fifty percent
of all homeless women and children are
fleeing domestic violence. Abusers fre­
quently take all the earnings a woman
has and force her to ask for money when
she needs some. This ties back into the
welfare repeal.
If the woman has no other source of
income, how will she be able to leave
her abuser? It's a sad commenta ry on our
society when a woman has to stay with
an abusive partner or risk destitution and
homelessness.
The women's movement has grown
and evolved over the years since its sec­
ond wave started. It aims to improve the
economic status and health of women
and their families and to eliminate dis­
crimination in all its forms. And, yes, we
deal with a lot more than just abortion. I
apologize for using bumper-sticker logic,
but: IF YOU'RE NOT OUTRAGED ,
YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
March 13, 1998 Pioneer Log 5 Pioneer Log
Candidates for
ASLC President
Gene Wixson
Too often the ASLC has
been operated by a rela­
tively small group or in­
volved students. With my
involvement in a variety of
campus as community or­
ganizations, I feel that I
have a better grasp of stu­
dent issues and concerns.
As a College Outdoors Trip
Leader, and Environmental
Studies major, an Organizer
in the Center for Servtce
and Work, and a student
active in a number of envi­
ronmental and social causes
in the Portland area, I feel
that I have the connections
and enthusiasm to be a
more effective ASLC presi­
dent. As undergraduate rep­
resentative on the Transpor­
tation Advisory Group and
advi~or to the Facilities Of­
fice, I am well aware of the
worklngs of the administra­
tion and possess the skills .'
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Environmental Studies
Residency : Off Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
necessary for working effec­
tively within those bound­
aries. It is within these
boundaries that I attempt to
represent student concerns
and environmentally re­
sponsible solutions . I look
forward to the possibility of
representing all students as
ASLC president.
Kristin Flickinger
In any election, people
are concerned with the
stand of candidates on cer­
tain issues. Such discus­
sion is not relevant in a
representative campaign
such as mine. The presi­
dent does not decide
which issues should be im­
portant to students . In­
stead, the preSident listens
to which issues students
consider important , and
then serves as an advocate
for students, creating leg­
islation that best represents
them in the manner in
which they wish to be rep­
resented.
Candidates for There are a number of ba­
sic goals I have for next year's
student body. I would like to
see increased student partici­
pation, voter turnout, and
greater stafUfaculty involve­
ment with students outside
the classroom . This can all be
accomplished through an in­
creased concern with net­
working between student
groups. From this will come
greater communication , in­
volvement, and pooling of
the resources currently avail­
able on and off campus for
the benefit of the entire LC
community. ,
Barry Joe Stull
Those who refuse to be
involved in the decision
making processes regard­
ing the affairs of their lives
will have the terms of their
lives dictated by others. I
am a candidate for ASLC
president because it is both
my right as a student and
it is my obligation to par­
ticipate in the decision
making process.
I remember my friend
telling me about a college
in Central America where
the student government
presidents were silenced
by assassination for a pe­
riod of years. Fortunately
we are unlikely to share
their fate, but it is just as
Junior
Pre Lawl Music
Residency : Off Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
Junior
Business
Residency: Off Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters ASLC Election
tragic if we fail to celebrate
the freedom to act that we
enjoy here.
I will increase ASLC out­
reach and will facilitate ac­
tion regarding issues of con­
cern to students. I have the
experience and training for
the position and I'll use my
office to champion your in­
terests. I will represent you
fairly when called to do so.
Sean Jacobs
I feel I can bring to this
position both the experi­
ence and understanding
needed to be an effective
leader. As a freshman I was
on the ASLC Executive
Board, and attained a per­
spective both of student
government itself, and of
how it fits into the context
of the college as a whole. I
have worked hard both
within and outside of stu­
dent government to bring
the administration and stu­
dents closer. In this capac­
ity I initiated discussions
between the Dean of Stu­
dents and Hall Council, as
well as participated in the
organization of the Student!
Administration Forum.
One can often find me shar­
ing with students the prob-Alex Brown
As a result of auditing a
number of ASLC meetings
and gaining experience
from my presidency in high
school, I feel confident that
I am qualified to become
ASLC president. One issue
I would like to address is
the unfriendly and uncom­
fortable feelings apparent
between students and cam­
pus safety. When consider­
ing student opinions and
the quality of life on cam­
pus, my intention is to be
completely honest with the
administr ation. The rights
and opinions of on campus
students need revitalization
in regards to living satisfac­
tion and school spirit. In or­
der to reach these ends effi­
cien tly the effectiveness of
the ASLC legislative proce­
dures need to become more
focused. I see tremendous
lems of LC, but ironically
these criticisms derive more
from a like than a dislike of
our school. The truth of the
matter is, this school has ev­
erything we need for a good
educational experience .
From the library to the high
caliber of professors , LC
abounds with positive quali­
ties. The only missing ingre­
dient is as important to our
school as yeast is to bread; for
this is what makes it rise. The
only way the administration
can raise our school to the
level of prestige it desires, is
through a side-by-side effort
with the students. It shall be
my contention as President to
see to it that these lines of
communication are opened
and secured.
Candidate for Senior
Internation al Affairs
Residency: Off Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
potential for improvement
in this area. Upon gradua­
tion I hope to have prop­
erly confronted many of
the issues causing the
enormous turnover of stu­
dents. I make every effort
to be open minded, re­
spectful, and easy to talk
to. VOTE ALEX.
Sophomore
International Affairs and
Foreign Languages
Residency : Off Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
Vice President for Student Organizations Vice President for
StudentAcademic Affairs
Julia Swanson-Birchill
Freshman
Bio-Chem
Residency: On Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters As the vice president of
student organizations I will
collaborate with student
groups to help them have
the greatest possible impact
of the campus community .
I would like to make all the
great groups that are on
campus more visible, so
that more students can get
involved. IN addition I will
aid in organizing events so
that they can run smoothly .
My experience this year
working with the Student
Academic Affairs Board
(SAAB) has taught me a lot
about what goes on at
ASLC. AS a member of
ASLC I can bring a lot of my
experience from my past
undertakings to the job.
6 Pioneer Log March 13, 1998 Amy Arnstein
I am excited to run for
Vice President of Student
Organizations because I en­
joy working with and meet­
ing new people. The pri­
mary responsibility of this
position is to manage the
budgeting of all the student
clubs and organizations on
campus. I am a qualified
candidate because I have
previous leadership experi­
ence, from handling bud­
gets as a treasurer to lead­
ership and public speaking
as a class president. I am or­
ganized, and I am told that
I am friendly and approach­
able. During the past year I
was able to see, first hand,
the duties of the v,p. of S.O.,
by working in the offices of
ASLC, as the Students Body
President assistant. Your
vote will give me the oppor-tunity to expand my con­
tribution to the student
body through this posi­
tion in ASLC. Please vote
for Amy Arnstein for Vice
President of Students Or­
ganizations .
Freshman
Maior: French
Residency: On Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters Erin Bailey
My name is Erin Bailey
and I am running for vice­
president of SAAB.
Through my experienc e
as a SAAB history repre­
sentative, I have identified
goals as vice preSident. I
plan to inform students
about the wealth of
money available for stu­
dent-initiated projects by
organizing forums in
which students can learn
about funding opportuni­
ties and the grant applica­
tion process. I will en­
courage each college de­
partments to select a
board member. (This will
promote eqUity among
departments as well as
students -as it stands, stu­
dents from unrepresented
departments are barred
from applying for research
grants.) If you are interested in
learning about the money
available for a possible
project, in voicing your
opinion on academic affairs
at LC, or in sitting on the
SAAB board, please contact
your department represen­
tative, department head, or
me. Thanks.
Junior
History
Residency: Off Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters Voters· Guide
Candidates for
ASLC Chief Justice
Dan Metcalf
Freshman
Major: Undecided
Residency : On Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
Candidate for Peer Review Board is a
good thing. The idea behind
it is to let the community de­
cide the standards it would
like to set in the area of per­
sonal responsibility This past
year the board has been a di­
verse body, almost constantly
at odds, yet the structure of
the board is such that we al­
ways come to a compromise.
As Chiefjustice, I will main­
tain this diversity that keeps
the board both reasonable
and effective. We will take the
student conduct matrix, soon
subject to revision, into ac­
count, but by no means be
confided to its ideas on how
Vice President for
Budget and Finance
Candace Maynard
Budget & Finance is an
"in the trenches" sort of job.
There are no newspaper ar­
ticles introducing you to the
students, the office ain't the
largest, and the work can be
very detail-oriented. My mo­
tivation for running for this
position is not centered on
my resume. I want to help LC
students make it happen­
and to me, that means bud­
gets and general allocations
board meetings.
I am seeking this position
for two reasons: to make my commitment and to encourage
yours. ASLC is for us students;
it should serve us, and respond
to our needs. But it cannot do
its job unless we as students do
ours, and get INVOLVED!! On
some level we all care; involve­
ment is just more of a commit­
ment than lamenting in the
Bon about how much money
Women's Lacrosse gets versus
Men's Lacrosse. Running for
this position is my commit­
ment. I care, I know things can
be run well, and my goal is to
help make it happen. and when educational sanc­
tions should be imposed. I
want students to have posi­
tive interactions with the
Peer Review Board, and not
to see PRS solely as a puni­
tive measure. On the board
we speak in terms of re­
sponsibility, not guilt;
education 's sanctions , not
punishments . This is not
just mere terminology, or at
least it shouldn't be. I feel
that this experience pre­
pares me to be an effective
Chief Justice who knows
how the system functions
and can best make it work
for you.
Sophomore
Economics
ReSidencY : On-Campus
Term: second semester
OSPIRG Referendum
Referendum
question
"In accordance with
ASLC Elections Rules of
Procedure and consistent
with OSPIRG's commitment
to direct democracy, the fol­
lowing measure is brought
before the LC student body
for vote:
"OSPIRG, the Oregon
Student Public Interest Re­
search Group, is a statewide
student-directed organiza­
tion which, since 1980, has
actively involved Lewis and
Clark students in environ­
mental and consumer pro­
tection, voter registration,
and hunger relief.
"Do you support the
continued existence of a
chapter of OSPIRG at its
current funding level, a rate
which reflects approxi­
mately $3.75 per student!
per semester of the $90 per
student!per semester activ­
ity fee?"
YES -OSPIRG chapter
continues at LC campus
NO -OSPIRG chapter
discontinues at LC campus
This vote needs 50% + 1
to pass Statement in favor
Driven by the ideals and
motivation of students,
OSPIRG has become one of
Oregon's leading voices on
environmental and con­
sumer issues. The unique
joining of student energy
and leadership with profes­
sional continuity and exper­
tise, has enabled OSPIRG to
have a profound impact on
issues that affect our qual­
ity of life today and for fu­
ture generations .
OSPIRG protects the en­
vironment :
* For more than a de­
cade, OSPIRG has worked
to improve recycling and to
protect the public from the
potential risks to human
and ecological health from
toxic chemicals released
into Oregon's environment.
OSPIRG fights for con­
sumers:
* For 23 years, publica­
tions and outreach efforts
like the OSPIRG Renter's
Handbook , ATM Fees re­
ports, annual Bank surveys
and the dangerous toys re­
ports have successfully de­
fended the interest of LC
students and other consum­
ers.
OSPIRG serves the com­
munity:
* For the past 13 years,
students organized the Hun-ger Cleanup work-a-thon
and other service events,
providing volunteer oppor­
tunities and raising re­
sources for local, national,
and international relief
agencies.
Every year, LC students
are asked to reaffirm their
support for the continued
funding of their OSPIRG
chapter by a democratic pro­
cess.
On St. Patrick's Day, keep
your chapter strong ... Vote
GREEN, Vote YES for
OSPIRG!
Statement Against
OSPIRG receives about
$13,000 (annually) in fund­
ing from ASLC. This money
goes straight to the state
OSPIRG office, without dis­
closing a list of expendi­
tures. OSPIRG should be
treated like other student
groups, and thus should be
required to file for charter
and budget approval each'
year. Other student groups
can accomplish the same
things OSPIRG strives to
achieve. Students are ca­
pable leaders whether de­
pending on the OSPIRG
name, or their own group.
The name is not worth
$13,000. Vote for account­
ability. Vote No. PioneerLo~
!
Ezra Spilke
Hello fellow students. I
am running for Chief Jus­
tice of our school. I would
like to briefly outline some
of my goals for the upcom­
ing year. First, I would like
to help bring more judiciary
responsibility to the stu­
dents. Meaning, I would
like more cases to come be­
fore the Peer Review Board.
In order for this to happen
, goal two must be accom­
plished. That is to see a
well-balanced board in the
coming year. envision the office of
Chief Justice acting as a liai­
son between student and ad­
ministration. The board too
should be a representative
sample of all students it deals
with. I would like to se a
board that fairly and accu­
rately mirrors our school.
Knowing that not everyone
will sit on the board, I would
like to hear your input so that
I can best help you.
Please e-mail any ques­
tions or comments to
spilke@lclark.edu
Candidates to become Sophomore
History
Residency : Off Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
Student Representatives
Brenna
Dorrance
Freshman
International Affairs
Residency : On campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
I am running for this po­
sition because I want to be­
come more involved with
the school. I really love at­
tending Lewis and Clark
and would like the oppor­
tunity to have a greater say
in the school. The position
for Student Representative
would be an ideal role for
me with my experience and
passion for student govern­
ment. I feel that because
every student attending this
school has a mandatory fee
to ASLC the role of Student
Representative is impor­
tant. I am a very approach­
able person and would con­
sider it both a goal and ob­
ligation to involve more of
my fellow students in this
organization . I have served
as a representative to three
national students council
c{)nventions, two regional
conventions and several
district and state conven­
tions. At several of these
conventions I presented
workshops on various as­
pects of leadership and stu­
dent government . These ex­
periences coupled with my
seven years serving on stu­
dent council have given me
an excellent idea of how to
effectively fulfill this role. I
enjoy communicating and
working with people and
hope for this opportunity to
serve in student govern­
ment.
Eli Madrone
Sophomore
Theater
Residency: Off campus
Term Length: fall semester
I wish to be a member
of the student government
council because in the past
Poll year of service to it, I have
realized that we can fight
the apathy of the times and
create programs that en­
courage people to get in­
volved at this school. The
attitude of responsibility
and helpfulness is one that
helps all of the students and
the school as well. It is hard
to fight the indifference that
is rampant in these times
but it is a fight that I enjoy.
In the past year I have
crated a program called Re­
ality Check to help bring
answers to compelling is­
sues that face the students.
Helping people become
aware of what is available to
them and what can be ac­
complished has been an ex­
Citing and intriguing affair.
I wish to continue my ser­
vice to the Lewis and Clark
community because I think
I accurately represent the
wide variety of students,
have the experience, and
enjoy the job of helping the
students attain all the can
at their college.
Heather J.
Beaman
Junior
Political Science
Residency: on campus
Term: spring semester
I am running again be­
cause I want to continue
what I have already begun
with my activities this year
as the Student Representa­
tive in the pOSition of Com­
munity Liaison. I could tell
you that I will make your
voice heard, but there are
already ways for you to do
that -I only wish to facili­
tate in the process. My goals
for next year are similar to
those I had for this year
when I was appOinted : to
establish ties with the com­
munity outside LC, sponsor
activities to connect differ­
ent part of the LC commu­
nity with A~LC and define
"Would you support organic coffee
being served on campus?" the position in writing for
Community Liaison. All of
the goals I set for the office
and myself have been
achieved . For next year I
want the Liaison to con­
tinue as a voting member
on the neighborhood board,
to offer new students more
connections with the sur­
rounding area and continue
to be the kind of represen­
tative I have been thus far.
I can only give you what I
have given so far -my best.
Katy Quinn
no information provided
Rebecca
Dragul
Freshman
International Affair
Residency: On Campus
Term Length: 2 semesters
As a freshman at Lewis
and Clark I have had time
to get to know the school
and I feel that I am now
ready to fulfill the duties of
representing the student
body. First, some informa­
tion about me. I am a Pi­
sces. I am from Golden,
CO., and I am a devoted
member of the Women's
Rugby team, the Mother
Ruckers. I love Kareoke, the
coast, and people in gen­
eral. I want to run for ASLC
because I have always en­
joyed representing people,
and I enjoy being involved
in the planning and cre­
ation of activities to benefit
my peers. If possible, I
would like to get students
physical education credit
for consistent participation
in club sports, and I would
also like to provide an
open-forum discussion
group so that students can
voice their concerns di­
rectly to ASLC. I think that
you will find that you want
me to represent you in
ASLC.
March 13, 1998 Pioneer Log 7 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 30
THE THREAT OF TERRORISM:
OMINOUS REALITY OR
EXAGGERATED FALLACY?
DAVID KOPEL
David Kopel is an associate policy analyst at the
Cato Institute as well as research direct or of the
Independence Institute. He has served as an
assistant attorney general for the state of Colo­
rado. In 1997 Kopel received the Bill of Rights
Award by the Second Amendment Foundation.
He has written many articles on the threats that
antiterrorism legislation pose to civil liberties,
including "The Federal Government Should Set
a Better Example" and "Preventing a Reign of
Terror: Civil Liberties Implications of Terrorism
Legislation."
DENISE MINOR
Denise Minor is a supervisory special agent in the
International Terrorism Operations Division at
Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in
Washington, D.C. She was an FBI special agent
for 12 years before being assigned to the FBI's
new terrorism division. In 1994 Minor was part
of a five-member team that investigated war
crime violations in Rwanda; in 1995 she partici­
pated in a murder investigation in Port-au­
Prince, Haiti. She earned a juris doctorate from
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark
College.
3:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 31
TOOLS OF TERRORISM:
WHICH WEAPONS SHOULD YOU
FEAR MOST?
PAUL LEVENTHAL
After holding distinguished senior staff positions
with the u.S. Senate, Paul Leventhal founded
and is now president of the Nuclear Control
Institute. He has authored numerous books and
articles, lectured around the globe, and organized
a conference in South America to avoid a
nuclear arms race between Argentina and Brazil.
His time in the Senate resulted in landmark
legislation on nuclear regulation, proliferation,
and prevention.
RICHARD BETTS
Richard Betts is a professor of political science,
director of the Institute of War and Peace Stud­
ies, and director of the International Security
Policy program at the School of International
and Public Affairs at Columbia University. As a
specialist on national security policy and military
strategy, Betts has worked with the U.S. Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence, the National
Security Council, and the Central Intelligence
Agency. He has written and edited many prize­
winning books and articles. 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 31
AGENTS OF TERROR:
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT
TERRORISTS?
YONAH ALEXANDER
Yonah Alexander is director of The Inter-Uni­
versity Center for Terrorism Studies at George
Washington University and teaches at several
of the university's graduate schools. In addition,
he conducts research at Tel Aviv University on
biological, chemical, and nuclear "super terror­
ism." As one the foremost international authori­
ties on terrorism, Alexander has written over 50
books on the subject and lectured throughout the
world.
RICHARD WARD
Richard Ward is executive director of the Office
of International Criminal Justice and professor of
criminal justice at the University of Illinois. He
is also publisher and editor of Crime and Justice
International. Ward has authored and edited
books on terrorism and crime, including his most
recent work, The Gray Area: The Changing
Nature of Organized Crime and Terrorism.
3:30 p.m., Wednesday, April!
DIALOGUE WITH THE ENEMY:
ARE THEIR CLAIMS LEGITIMATE?
. WILLIAM DOUGLASS
William Douglass is coordinator of the Basque
Studies Program at the University of Nevada at
Reno. Douglass holds a Ph.D. in social anthro­
pology from the University of Chicago. His
research interests include ethnic groups and
ethnicity maintenance, Mediterranean social
structure, and migration studies. He has pub­
lished many books on the Basques. Douglass
recently coauthored a controversial book, Terror
and Taboo: The Follies, Fables, and Faces of
Terrorism.
DOUGLAS SILLIMAN
Douglas Silliman is regional officer for the
Middle East in the U.S. State Department's
Counterterrorism Office; In his past 13 years
with the Foreign Service, Silliman's positions
with the State Department have given him
firsthand experience with international terror­
ism, including positions as political officer at the
U.S. Embassy in Pakistan and Lebanese desk
officer. 7:30 p.m., Wednesda y, April!
COMBATING INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM: SHOULD WE
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE?
STEPHEN GOTOWICKI
Lt. Col. Stephen Gotowicki is a field artillery
officer, a Middle East foreign area officer, a
designated Army strategist, and a joint specialty
officer. He has extensive experience in command
and staff positions with the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Opera­
tions and Plans, and the United Nations. He
recently published an article in Military Review
entitled "Confronting Terrorism: New War Form
or Mission lmp_ossible?" STUDENT COCHAIRS
Heidi I=Iavrilla
Eric Johnson
STUDENT STEERING
COMMITTEE
Gabe Larson
J ill Leary
Ben Morrison
Justin Phillips
Suzanne Yountchi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Michael M ooney, President, Lewis
& Clark College
~~-----'-"- __ .1B~o~b~Mandel , Director, Interna­
tiona I A -airs Symposium: -----
BRUCE HERSCHENSOHN
Bruce Herschensohn is a distinguished fellow at
the Claremont Institute. He has been a political
commentator on radio and television for the last
two decades. Herschensohn has had an outstand­
ing career in government service, winning the
Distinguished Service Medal and serving as
deputy special assistant to President Nixon. He
has taught at several prominent universities and
authored articles on politics, public policy, and
counterterrorism.
7 :30 p.m., Thursday, April 2
TERRORISM AND THE MEDIA:
THE FIRST AMENDMENT
GONE AWRY?
WALTER PINCUS
Walter Pincus is an investigative reporter for The
Washington Post. He has written, directed, and
produced critically acclaimed documentaries on
subjects such as Watergate and the assassination
of John F. Kennedy. Pincus has written on news
subjects ranging from nuclear weapons and arms
control to American hostages in Iran and inves­
tigations of Congress and the executive branch.
He has received several prestigious journalism
awards.
BRIGITTE NACOS
Brigitte Nacos is an adjunct professor of political
science at Columbia University, where she
teaches American government and politics. She
has been a longtime U.S. correspondent for
newspaper s in Germany. Nacos is the author of
several books about the role of the mass media in
American politics and internation al and domes­
tic terrorism, including The Press, Presidents,
and Crises and Terrorism and the Media. Chair, International Affairs
Department
Nancy Curran, Program Assistant,
International Affairs Symposium
Mervyn Brockett, Assistant to the
President/Secretary of the College
Michael Carnahan, Director,
Programs on World Affairs,
World Affairs Council of Oregon
Amy Drill, Graphic Artist, Publi­
cations
Mine Eder, Assistant Professor,
International Affairs
Robert Eisinger, Assistant Profes­
sor, Political Science
Jean Kempe-Ware, Director,
Public Relations
Jim Lund, Associate Director,
Publications
Vonnie Martin, Secretary, Social
Sciences Division
Cyrus Partovi, Visiting Assistant
Professor, International Affairs
Richard Peck, Professor, Interna­
tional Affairs
Scott Staff, Vice President for
College Relations
SPECIAL THANKS
Wayne Potter, Portland Cable
Access
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Associated Students of Lewis &
Clark College
World Affairs Council of Oregon
All sessions are free and open to
the public and are held in the
Templeton Student Center,
Council Chamber. Details are
subject to change. For more
information call 503-768-7630. ~~~~~rL~og~~~ 'Features =j ~~~~~
Late nights lead to weary days for students
by Michael Folland up between six and seven. tor
the first couple of hours that
The amount of work stu-Kurland is up in the morning,
dents have to deal with seems he said, "I feel ill and disgust­
to correlate with the number of ing and I want to kill myself."
weeks which are rapidly pass-After about 10:30 am Kurland
ing by. Now that the halfway begins to feel better, but he
mark of the term has passed, again feels fatigued around 5
students find themselves pres-pm.
sured to work on papers and Carrie Fisher, who has re­
study for upcoming tests. Be-cently been hit with early cold
cause of the added work load, symptoms, can probably at­
it is harder to find time during tribute it to the lack of sleep she
the day or night for one impor- is getting. Fisher said, "It's hard
tant thing: sleep. to find time to get enough sleep
Although sleep is a necessity because, during the week, time
for living, nearly every person is devoted to studying, while on
in college does not get enough the weekends everyone wants
of it. Getting a lack of sleep due to stay up late to do something
to staying up late studying or enjoyable in order to get away
partying, or getting up early for from studying. Even though
practice, classes, or work, even-people often think t y_ ca
tually takes its toll on how well_catcnup on the sleep they lose
people function and perform. during the week, this rarely
According to The Well ness happens."
Encyclopedia, a study done con- An article in USA Today said
cerning sleep deprivation that narcolepsy , which is one of
showed that a person who has the leading causes of excessive
not slept for 24 hours has diffi-daytime sleepiness , affects
culty performing normal rou-250,000-375 ,000 Americans .
tines and has a lack of attention Symptoms of narcolep sy in­
or ability to concentrate for even clude excessive dayiime sleepi­
a short period of time. People ness, brief episodes of muscle
who were kept awake for 60 weakness, inability to move
straight hours experienced (mostly occurring at the mo­
blurred vision, distortion , head-ment of falling asleep), and hyp­
aches, and mood shifts. nagogic hallucinations or
Students at Lewis 1St Clark dreamlike images seen immedi­
have experienced headaches ately after a person falls asleep.
and sickness which can easily be Many people lose their driving
attributed to sleep deprivation . privileges due to falling asleep
Mike Manchester , a freshman while driving and are even fired
whose sleeping patterns are al-from their work as a result of
tered due to staying up late on literally falling asleep on the job.
the weekends, said, "When my On a recent episode of 20/20,
sleep patterns are off, I get mi-doctors were able to study the
graine headaches and feel sick. effects of sleep deprivation on
Migraines can be extremel y the brain of patients who were
painful." d d fib eprive 0 seep y using a
Alexis Kurland is a freshman petscan (positron emission
who has also felt the side effects tomography) . It showed that the
of not getting enough sleep. prefrontal cortex, the cl!nter of
Kurland usually gets to bed at the brain for higher intellectual
two in the morning and wakes thought, reasoning , and plan-PHOTO BY ANDY PARK
This student, sprawled out on the main lounge couch in Templeton, catches up on sleep. "-----
If people slept more,
they would actually
be a lot more
productive and end
up accomplishing
more during the day.
Mike Pifke
~~--"
ning, was the part of the brain
that suffered the most due to a
lack of sleep.
Mike Pifke, a freshman who
got little sleep during high
school, said, "Many people
think they will benefit by work­
ing and studying hard even if it
means depriving themselves of
sleep. But, if they slept more,
they would actually be a lot
more productive and end up
accomplishing more during the day."
Some students have even
completel y changed their sleep­
ing patterns in order to get more
accomplish ed while they are
awake, even if it means sleep­
ing during the day.
One student, Nathaniel
Applefield , goes to bed after his
last class around three in the
afternoon and wakes up at mid­
night. Applefield said, "It works
out well because I can be social
for an hour and then everyone
falls asleep, which is when I am
able to get work done for
classes." Because college life is
so busy, Applefield added, "Ba­
sically, you need to schedule
sleep like a doctor appointment,
wherever it fits into your sched­
ule."
When Applefield has a phys­
ics lab on Wednesday in the late
afternoon , his sleeping schedule
becomes even more confusing .
He wakes up on Wednesday at 4 am after going to bed in the
evening on Tuesday. Concern­
ing his odd sleeping schedule ,
Applefield joked, "Breakfast al­
ways makes a good late lunch."
Some people think they will
be able to make up for a loss of
sleep by napping frequently , but
this is actually not as beneficial
as sleeping for at least eight
straight hours. This is because
when a person naps they do not
get into the deeper stages of
sleep, which are important in
order for the body to recover
from fatigue.
There are two important
phases that occur when a per­
son falls asleep. The first phase
is Rapid Eye Movement (REM)
which involves general absence
of body movement, slow and
regular brain activity, and shut­
ting down of the 5 senses. The
next phase is non-REM in
see Sleep, page 11
Miller brings the sound of music to Korea
Marianna Ritchey
Ann Miller has had a long
and illustrious career. The
twisty road that led her to Lewis
1St Clark College has included
many milestones, both musical
and otherwise .
Miller has been a professor
of music at LC since 1979, but
before that she taught at St.
Cloud State University in St.
Cloud, Minnesota, and was also
the chair of the music depart­
ment at the College of St.
Benedict and St. John's Univer­
sity.
She is often called upon to do
recordings for movie
soundtracks , and she and long­
time partner Jerry Luedders are
in the process of completing a
CD of French music for classi­
cal sax and piano.
This woman knows her stuff.
And after several decades of
teaching, she's still passionate
about her job. "Not many people can say they love their
work 90 percent of the time, but
I do. I really love what I do," she
says.
Miller, who is also a promi­
nent pianist, says that it's impor­
tant to mix teaching with per­
forming.
"1 always have to find the
balance between performing
and teaching, and part of that is
never asking a student to do
something I wouldn't do," she
says.
MlIny of Miller's students
have gone on to become musi­
cians in their own right, some­
thing that she is very proud of.
"One of my most important
achievements is that I have so
many former students who are
prominent musicians ," she says.
"1 keep track of students 1 had
20 years ago. They call me, they
let me know what's going on .... I
love that."
Miller just returned from
South Korea, where she and
1 0'" Plo~~er 'L~~ March 13, 1998 "----
Music is such a
universal language
that we didn't really
use our interpr~ters
very much.
Ann Miller
Professor of Music
-----"
Luedders were invited to do a
series of concerts. Miller was
asked to teach a master class in
piano as well. "It was my first
time in an Asian country," she
says. "It was a marvelous,
unique experience for me. I'd
love to go back and learn more
about the culture."
The Korean trip came about
because Luedders has a summer
institute for Korean undergrads at California State University in
Northridge , Calif. In return for
the two years he's put into the
project, the Seoul Conservatory
of Music invited the pair to per­
form in Seoul.
"Concerts in Korea mean
many, many flowers, " says
Miller, "My hotel room was
filled with flowers the whole
time." She also says that in the
master classes, which consisted
of individual piano lessons
viewed by an audience, the stu­
dents were extremely advanced
and well-prepared . "And music
is such a universal language that
we didn't really use our inter­
preters very much."
Miller was enthusiastic ab,!ut
the experience, and says, "I'd
like to go back again. I'll prob­
ably have the opportun ity next
June. They invited us back."
As for her future at LC, and,
indeed, in the rest of her life,
Miller is optimistic. "I hope I
will have more opportunities to perform and more good stu­
dents. I don't think it could be
better than what it is right now."
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from Sleep, page 10
which the body gets into a deeper sleep.
There are four stages to non-REM sleep.
The most important of the four stages is
delta sleep which is the deepest sleep the
body experiences in terms of brain ac­
tivity.
When a person takes a nap, their body
does not reach the delta sleep stage.
Therefore, their body does not get the
same benefit from a nap as it would get
from sleeping at least six hours.
Sometimes a person will feel less tired
after only getting a couple hours of sleep
while other times the body feels it needs
more sleep after getting more than eight
hours.
PHOTO BY ANDY PARK onds and began to veer out of my lane,
but, fortunately, I woke up before crash­
ing."
Fulton stopped for Snickers and Coke
to help wake him up. But, taking things
with caffeine such as coffee disrupts the
body's normal desire for sleeping.
Although a cup of coffee will help
wake a person up, after the caffeine wears
off, a person will feel even more tired
than they did before and they will need
to drink increasing amounts of coffee to
feel awake again.
Eventuall y, a person will be depen­
dent on drinking so much coffee that if
he cuts down, he will experience severe
headaches.
Drinking alcohol before going to bed
can also affect a person's sleep habits. Al­
though alcohol can help people feel
drowsy and fall asleep, they can wake up
during the middle of the night and be
unable to reenter deep sleep. Tom Borton, a freshman, who recently
was up until 5:30 am writing a paper and
ended up getting only three and a half
hours of sleep, said, "I don't think I slept
enough to get tired. So far, I haven't felt
tired today." Borton actually felt that he
began writing better as the night got
later. Carmen Casado's lack of sleep makes it difficult to get homework done. Smoking speeds up a person's heart
rate, causing them to feel awake, and this
can often make it difficult to fall asleep
until the nicotine wears off. Benny Morrison said he often feels
tired if he is able to wake up for his eight
o'clock class. He added that when his
body tried to make up for lost sleep, he
"could sleep for 14 hours and still feel
tired." in a row I feel terrible. But, I usually don't
feel too bad if it is just one night that I
get a lack of sleep. Personally , I like to
get to bed early so that I get enough sleep
and can wake up early."
Not only can a lack of sleep hinder a
person's performance while doing rou­
tine activities, it can be potentially dan­
gerous. Many people are killed every year
as a result of accidents caused by drivers
who fall asleep at the wheel. Julian Fulton experienced falling
asleep while driving home with his wa­
ter polo team after a tournament in Reno,
Nevada. Fulton said, "After we had
played four games in the hot, blistering
sun, we stayed up until three in the
morning and had to get up at seven.
While driving home, I was extremely
tired and the purr of the engine out on
the open highway must have lulled me
to sleep. I fell asleep for maybe 10 sec-A recent article in Newsweek said that
a famous experiment conducted at the
University of Chicago in 1988 showed
that when rats are kept from sleeping,
they die after two and a half weeks.
Morgan Specht, a student who real­
izes the importance of sleep and makes
it a priority to get to bed early, said, "It
makes you more alert. Sometimes when
I don't get enough sleep several nights Do yourself a favor tonight by going
to bed early. Don't set your alarm clock
for any less than eight hours from when
you go to bed, and plan on waking up
feeling wonderfully refreshed.
Students offer more than a spoonful of help
by Beth Henderson
How many of you have been
asked, "Can you spare any
change for a mea!?" while walk­
ing along the streets of Port­
land? Considering the large
number of the city's homeless ,
it's likely you have. Do you ever
wonder how these people get
enough food to nourish their
bodies? Do you ever wonder if
anyone cares enough to address
the problem?
Potluck in the Park is one or­
ganization that attempts to pro­
vide food to Portland's low in­
come and homeless population .
Run by a local church, it brings
together the privileged, who
serve donated food, and the
underprivileged , who wait in line to eat, every Sunday.
Two weekends ago, a hand­
ful of Lewis &: Clark students ,
helped with Potluck in the Park,
and I was one of them.
EqUipped with food donated by
Bon Appetit, we set ourselves
up, along with other volunteers,
in a parking garage. I was in
charge of divvying out a variety
of salads-some fresh, others
straight from the carton. Once
people were allowed to funnel
through the lines, they eyed the
food, trying to decide how to fit
the most food on just one plate:
One man, named Larry,
thanked me for serving him and
said, "you have a generous
heart." His words rang in my
ears and I became a social ac­
tivist, a true humanitarian . But how such haughty ideas flee! A
moment later, and much to my
surprise, a gentleman belittled
me for not giving him enough
potato salad. I did not fully rec-
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And more! ognize his wrath until I heard
him bark to the woman behind
me about my lack of generosity .
I had left my position of "won-
drous social activist"
only to become a
stingy, pathetic miser.
I wanted to shove my
spoon down the
man's throat for dam­
aging my ego, but in­
stead, I swallowed
whatever pride I had
left and swiftly
plopped more food
on his plate. "If you
wanted more, all you
had to do was ask," I
fumed in an edgy
voice.
But then again,
who am I? I left the
parking garage in a
Lewis &: Clark
minivan, ate dinner
from more than one
paper plate, and slept
under a warm roof. I
Plok up • oatalog at the
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or oheok out our Web alte: don't truly know the
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Maybe it's not only
potato salad we
should serve in
generous helpings.
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reel in for a service project. We
feed off of them even more than
they feed on our leftover and
stale food. Scooping potato
salad for a half-hour should not
translate to, "I gave alII had to
fight social injustice ." Perhaps
this sounds a bit lofty, but it's
true. Once the upper middle
class decides to volunteer , we
somehow become these kindred
spirits or "generous hearts" in
our self-satisfying minds.
Maybe my buddy, who rav­
aged my false pride, is justified
in demanding more from us.
And maybe it's not only potato
salad we should serve in gener­
ous helpings ..
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Faculty members fill Evans with classical music
by Ryan Wise
The Music Department at Lewis &:
Clark needs more excuses to wheel out
the huge wood-framed organ that was
on stage for last Sunday's faculty recital
featuring oboe and voice by Alan Juza
and Susan McBerry. The enormous,
beautiful organ, at the hands of the
night's accompanis t, Michael Barnes, was
featured only for the opening number, a
Handel Sonata for Oboe and Continuo.
With the requisite Baroque opening
out of the way, the recital in Evans Au­
ditorium moved on into the meat of the
performance , starting with a song by
Francis Poulenc, with words by Louise
Vilmorin.
Vilmorin's enigmatic poetry made this
piece a multi-faceted gem, and McBerry's
rich soprano brought the piece to life,
from the sorrow of "In the Grass," where
a young man dies "beneath the tree of
his childhood," to "11 Vole," where
Vilmorin creates a pun between the
French "to fly" and "thief." The piece
ended with a soft, mourning story of a
girl burning pictures of a lost love. Once
again, McBerry and Barnes blended to­
gether seamlessly for the song's moving,
tearful farewell. Susan McBerry (right) and Alan Juza (not pictured) were accompanied by Michael Barnes at Evans Auditorium.
Following the song was another
Poulenc piece, this time an oboe sonata,
written shortly before Poulenc died.
Juza's oboe work featured good dynamic contrasts and amazing technical profi­
ciency in Poulenc's two fiery movements,
and a third lyrical movement, with some
great repetitions of the opening themes.
Juza and McBerry came out after the
intermission to perform selections from
Ralph VaughanWilliams ' Ten Blake Songs. While this piece had some beautiful
moments, no real musical statement was
ever reached, and Juza and McBerry
could do little with the similar phrases.
McBerry closed the recital with a
group of lighthearted songs by German
composer Hugo Wolf. With themes of a child enticing a mouse from its hole (so
the cat may catch it), to a drunk
Cinderella, to a masterful romancer with
lovers waiting in cities across Italy,
McBerry and Barnes skillfully took the
art from the page and cast it into the air.
Blue Midnight slows it down at the Plattform
by Mike Skrzynski
Laila Hollenbeck and Brent Swanson,
two members of a new campus band
called Blue Midnight , played at the Platt­
form this last Friday and charmed the
audience with their sweet melodious
music. After forming last semester, they
have had the chance to perform only a
couple of shows, but have gotten some
good responses
Blue Midnight consists of two key
instruments: Swanson on the guitar and
Hollenbeck on the flute. Together, they
have a pleasant sound that captivates the
listener at a different level then either
jazz, rock, or blues.
The name Blue Midnight originates
from the song Midnight Blue by jazz mu­
sician Kenny Burrell. However, the name
was apparently taken already by some­
one else so they simply reversed the
words to keep a similar meaning . As
Brent puts it, "The name Blue Midnight
conjures up a very nocturnal, surreal
feeling for me." He evokes a lot of this feeling through the strumming and pick­
ing of his guitar. It has an eerie, bluesy,
yet cool quality about it that was wit­
nessed by all on Friday night.
At the other end of the register,
Hollenbeck plays the highs and the lows
of her flute with masterful precision.
With Swanson supporting, she winds
melodies around the ears of the audience
and essentially goes on a joyride with it,
improvising as she goes, and then brings
it back home safely without a scratch.
Among the songs they perform in­
clude: old jazz songs such as Lonnie:S
Lament by John Coltrane, some Beatles
tunes, some blues numbers, as well as
improvisatjonal pieces of their own cre­
ation. The two members of Blue Mid­
night have also been influenced by a lot
of other musicians ranging from John
Coltrane to the Beatles to the Allman
Brothers Band. Swanson, in particular,
has been heavily influenced by blues mu­
sicians such as John Lee Hooker and
Jimmy Reed. This has added to the soul-
Portland movie openings
Mar 13:
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich , Gerard
Depardieu , and Gabriel Byrne, this films is based on the third
installment of Alexander Dumas' The Three Musketeers series.
DiCaprio plays the evil King Louis XlV, who holds a mysterious
masked prisoner captive. Malkovich, Irons, and Depardieu, as the
musketeers, rescue the prisoner from the Bastille. ShOwing every­
where.
THE REAL BLONDE
Joe, played by Matthew Modine, is an unsuccessful actor who lowers
his standards and takes a part in a Madonna video. He lives with
Mary, played by Catherin e Keener, a make-up stylist, who pays the
rent. The two struggle through their confusing life. Written and
directed by Tom DiCillo. Showing at Broadway Metroplex .
12 _ PiQr;leer Log March 13, 1998 ful playing he achieves on the guitar.
All of these influences lead to a sound
that is pleasant, though without distinct
definition. The "music crosses a variety
of genres," including jazz and rock, but
the finished product is a distinctly new
creation, bearing only some resemblance
to the music it was inspired by. Just as a
child that feels it must become an indi­
vidual, Blue Midnight relies heavily on
improvisation and, in effect, their music grows into something new and different.
If you haven't had the been able to
see Blue Midnig~t play live yet, then the
Friday concert might have been your last
chance to see them perform with
Hollenbeck on the flute. The future of
Blue Midnight is uncertain, but Swanson
plans to continue the nocturnal spirit of
the band by acquiring new members who
will also play in the moment, letting the
improvisation take them wherever leads.
Club Stamm ventriloquist
charms and instructs
by Carolyn O'Connor
Thank you, Club Stamm, for an amus­
ing evening. Dan Horn, ventriloquist,
was the first Club Stamm dinner show
that I had attended, and I was quite sur­
prised with the outcome.
Let's start with the meal. The first
thing that came to mind was "not
enough." My stomach growled with
agreement on that. Don't get me wrong,
the dinner was scrumptious , but it did
not fill my appetite. Neither did the
opening act.
Micheal O'Neil, even though he is one
of my own kind (Irish), did not turn any
audience members into loyal fans after
his performance . His songs of "cigarettes
smoking themselves " and "angels in
Houston" didn't appeal to the crowd.
This "songwriter " should stick to per­
forming covers. His interpretations of a
Fleetwood Mac song and a little Feet
song were the climax of his performance .
Even though O'Neil called us (the audi­
ence) "the best of the best" and "pretty
cool," the students still agreed that
"Micheal O'Neil ain't that good." Even
my table's waiter agreed with the stu­
dents' opinion of O'Neil. When O'Neil
asked if his time was up, my waiter mur­
mured, "It was over a long time ago."
Well said. On to Dan Horn, ventriloquist
extraordinaire. I have one thing to say
to that man: "Get laid." There were con­
stant sexual references throughout his
performance, but the overall verdict was
"Bravo!"
He opened with a very corny "Toyota!
Toy Yoda" joke that was wholeheartedly
welcomed after O'Neil's disappointing
showing. Horn could do tremendous
things with his voice; these skills ranged
from having a puppet sing to having a
puppet's voice go near and far from the
microphone . He also succeeded in mak­
ing the puppet's hands look incredibly
realistic. This man truly impressed me. I
also loved his corny jokes. For example,
the race of one of his puppets was "Man­
nequin-American ," and one of his pup­
pets, whose looks resembled E.T., was
named "E.P.," meaning "Extra Puppet."
Dan Horn taught the audience how
to throw their voices. Even though I
couldn't accompli;;h it, it was still inter­
esting to learn how one can become a
ventriloquist.
Even conSidering his weak attempts
at Monica Lewinsky jokes, I proudly pat
that man on his back for his perfor­
mance. I would also like to thank his
puppets, E.P., Stew the Chicken , Rodney,
and Cassandra . The Power of the Dog is a dense, exciting play
by Antonia Giedwoyn
"Deliver my soul from the sword, my
darling from the power of the dog,"
(Psalm 22). This line is the source for
the title of this spring's main stage pro­
duction, The Power oj the Dog, by
Howard Barker. The drama may be
viewed as an intellectual journey
through the conflicting dilemmas and
emotions that inevitably plague a world
at war. According to Director and Assis­
tant Professor of Theatre Stephen Weeks,
the provocative play poses questions of
what history is, and what is valuable in
history.
Set at the end of World War II, the
play's action oscillates between its two
primary locations , the Kremlin and the
battlefields of Poland, where, in 1944,
the Russian Army is on the offensive . Stalin and Churchill decide "the fate of
millions , while a few of those
millions ... struggle for self-definition and
survival," notes Weeks.
Director Stephen Weeks describes The
Power oj the Dog as, "a dense, exciting
play that suggests much about the his­
torical reality of the period while sub­
jecting the very nature of 'historical re­
ality' to scrutiny." The Power oj the Dog,
however, does not aim nor pretend to be
a documentary.
Weeks explained that the play exam­
ines a multitude of inter-related issues
including how particular individuals re­
act to authOrity and to power. In his play,
Barker questions the meaning of cour­
age and the value of a human life. "In
The Power oj the Dog we see characters
who are deeply conflicted," said Weeks.
Coen brothers' latest
interesting but plotless
by Marianna Ritchey
The newest
endeavor from
the Coen broth­
ers leaves you
feeling a little
confused and
empty. Don't get
me wrong-it's
a cool movie.
But we decided
in the car on the Movie Columnist
way home that
it's like Joel and Ethan just had a bunch
of neat, visually pleaSing ideas that they
wanted to throw into a Single movie. The
plot is secondary, and I'm sure they're
aware of it.
Still, The Big Lebowski is very appeal­
ing and entertaining. It doesn't have the
brilliant humor of Raising Arizona, or the
plot and dialogue of Fargo, or the sense
of place depicted by both, but it has
something else: Artsy-Fartsiness . The
opening credits scene is Then there is The Dude himself. Jeff
Bridges, in one of the most interesting
roles of his career, is lazy, fat and glazed
in a way he's never been before. He is, at
times, truly awesome to watch. He also
manages to go through the entire movie
without ingesting anything except White
Russians.
I know I'm being scattered, and that
this doesn't make much sense. It's just
hard to talk about something so weird
and unexpected . The Coens are my fa­
vorites, and I guess I was expecting
something a little more along their usual
lines. Still, I'm certainly not complain­
ing. The movie is neat. But it's more of
an experience than a movie that you
watch and talk about later. It's full of
great moments that somehow fail to tie
themselves together. The only effort at
cohesiveness is found in Sam Elliot's
narration of the entire movie in cowboy­
legend style, a brilliant directorial call,
but one that adds to the bizarre taste of
the whole movie.
PHOTO COURTESY OF POLYGRAM the best I have ever wit­
nessed, full of slow-mo
bowling shots and ex­
cellent music. There are
several dream se­
quences that can't be
beat, and some of the
plot is just surreal
enough to keep you in­
terested. The cast, of
course, is wonderful.
John Goodman, a Coen
standby, plays Walter,
the deranged Vietnam
vet. Steve Buscemi, an­
other visually interest­
ing Coen favorite, has a
role that utilizes his
cuter side. Most of his
lines deal with being
confused by the conver­
sation. Jeff Bridges and John Goodman propel The Big
Lebowski through countless exciting moments.
"It's like Lenin said,"
bellows Goodman ,
about to branch into one of his peppery
speeches about war. "I am the walrus,"
says Buscemi, "I am the walrus. I am the
walrus."
John Turturro steals the show asJesus,
the body-suited, bejeweled bowler who
had to go door-to-door telling his neigh­
bors he was a pederast. "What's a
pederast, Walter?" asks Buscemi. Alas,
Turturro's role is tiny and the rest of the
plot leaves you wondering what the hell
is going on.
Julianne Moore, whom we loved in
Boogie Nights, has a abrasive role as
Maude Lebowski , the daughter of the Big
Guy. She's sort of in and out of the plot,
never really doing much of anything . The preview intimates that this movie
is mainly about bowling. It isn't. It isn't
mainly about anything .
There's the requisite Coen brothers
kidnapping plot, but since you never
really know what's going on you don't
care too much about it. You're more con­
cerned with where the money is, or who
these German porn stars are, or just who
the heck pissed on The Dude's rug. The
villains are mixed up, you don't know
who works for whom; at one point there's
a ferret in the bathtub which The Dude
persists in calling a marmot. All this is
very amusing, but what exactly is going
on? Still, I think I recommend it. It's a
heck of a ride. "Some are tom between reason and pas­
sion, others between survival and
principle ... they are struggling with
themselves as well as with each other.
They are trying to make decisions un­
der the most difficult circumstances."
Structurally, The Power oj the Dog dif­
fers from most other plays in its non­
traditional format. The drama consists
of ten related but discontinuous scenes
through which Barker provides partial
glimpses into his characters while pre­
serving a kind of distance created by
deliberate gaps in information .
"You can't always follow the charac­
ters from moment to moment in a
straight line," said Weeks. That is one of
the reasons why he calls the play "chal­
lenging." The many gaps in information
require the actors and the audience members, to "fill in" what they can. "The
audience has to piece things as a puzzle,"
said Weeks. Another aspect that distin­
guishes the play from other modem dra­
mas and adds to its challenge is the
highly stylized, at times poetic language .
Despite these elements that contributed
to Power's level of overall difficulty,
Weeks is glad for the opportunity to
showcase the production . "I was initially
drawn to the play because it's so challeng­
ing, has a good balance of roles, and has
some really terrific parts."
The Power oj the Dog runs Mar. 12
through 14 and Mar. 18 through 20.
Tickets $1 for LC students, $3 for senior
citizens, alumni, and non-LC students,
and $6 for non-students . To buy tickets
in advance, call 768-7495 between 1 pm
and 5 pm, Monday through Friday.
LA MUSICA ROCK
A guide to getting naked
A couple of
weeks ago I
listed five essen­
tial albums for
anyone's music
collection . One
of those es­
teemed LPs was
the self-titled re­by Murray Cizon
Music Columnist lease from John
Zorn's Naked City. Since that column's
publication , a number of folks have
made inquires to me about Naked
City -what do they sound like,
who's in it, etc. So, to shed some light
on (in my opinion) one of the most
importan t jazz groups of the past de­
cade ...
Begun in 1989, Naked City com­
prised a who's-who of New York
downtown jazz artists: Joey Baron, an
NEA grant recipient , on drums and
percussion; Fred Frith, known for his
experimental guitar albums of the
'80s, on bass; Wayne Horvitz, an ex­
traordinary musician (his band Zony
Mash plays in town regularly), on
keyboards ; Bill Frisell, in my opinion
one of the greatest jazz guitarists ever;
Yamatsuka (Yamantanka) Eye, vocal­
ist for Japanese noise group, the Bore­
doms; and John Zorn on alto saxo­
phone.
The group was really Zorn's baby.
He wrote or arranged all the songs
they performed, produced the record­
ings, and even chose the artwork and
liner note layouts. However, it was the
dynamiCS of these musicians that
made the band what it was: something
to marvel at, something to enjoy.
The music? Some have called it
"thrash-jazz, " but I think Naked City
can't be categorized into one specific
musical genre (although jazz could be
considered the port in the storm, if
you will). Elements of everything
from hard-bop to country are evident,
with a strong leaning towards avant­
garde jazz and hardcore punk. The
best example of the group's diverse
abilities is in the song "Speed Freaks,"
wherein Naked City deftly runs the
gamut from reggae to funk to swing
to speed metal in just twenty-nine
seconds.
In their five years together, the
group released seven albums-each
wildly different from the other:
Naked City (Elektra Nonesuch
Records,1990): The most "listenable "
of their albums, this record has really
swinging hard-bop interpretations of
Mancini's "A Shot in the Dark" and
the "James Bond Theme." The origi­
nal songs range from Latin melodies to eighteen-second jackhammers .
Torture Garden (Shimmy-Disc
Records, 1990): Let me put it this
way-forty-two songs in twenty-six
minutes. The longest song is a little
over a minute and the shortest is
around ten seconds. However, don't
let the time fool you; Torture Garden
is as mUSically complex and well­
played as any jazz album out there.
The song titles include 'Jazz Snob Eat
5-t" and "Perfume of a Critic's Burn­
ing Flesh."
Heretic,Jeux Des Dames Cruelles
(Avant RecordsJapan, 1992): The first
release on Zorn's Avant record label
(based out of japan-he's far more ac­
cepted and popular there than he is
in the States), Heretic was written to
be the score of a restored 1920s
French S&"M movie. Quite strange,
and, at times, difficult to listen to.
Grand Guignol (Avant, 1992): The
first half of this album continues the
French theme. This time, the songs
are inspired by Paris's grand theater
of horror-the Grand GUignol. Strange
and beautiful. The second half is Tor­
ture Garden in its entirety.
Leng Tch'e (Toy's Factory Records
Japan, 1992): One thirty-minute song
inspired by turn-of-the-century Chi­
nese execution methods and the solo
compositions of Mike Patton (Faith
No MorelMr. Bungle). Another diffi­
cult listen, but amazingly complex
and diverse.
Radio (Avant,1993): My personal
favorite Naked City album. Radio is
similar to the eponymous album, but
more mUSically mature. Extraordinar­
ily listenable and beautiful.
Absinthe (Avant,1993) : Their last
album is also the most complex and
experimental. The intention was not
to use traditional "instruments."
Baron plays on pots and pans, for ex­
ample. Only for the adventurous.
(Note: all albums are still in print;
however, theJapanese releases run on
the more expensive side. Torture Gar­
den and Leng Tch'e were re-released in
1997 as one set, called Black Box, on
Zorn's domestic label Tzadik.)
I won't lie to you by saying that Na­
ked City is a happy-go-lucky musical
experience. The music and album art­
work tend toward the intense/disturb­
ing side. However, there is amazing
talent and mUSicianship behind all
this. If you're interested , I suggest you
start with the eponymous album and
go from there. I'm of the opinion that
the years 1989-94 were some of the
best (and most overlooked) in mod­
ern jazz hiStory. John Zorn and Na­
ked City are a huge part of that legacy
waiting to be discovered.
March 13, 1998 Pioneer Log 13 ~-------~-J.., ~---~---~
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Tyler takes control as senior softball starter
by Katy Davidson like, 'what would life be like
without sports?'" people to count on."
Tyler decided to devote her­
self to one sport for her final
year at LC: softball. "I didn't
think I could play two sports
and give 100 percent in both of
them," she said. "I thought it
was better to focus on one thing
so I didn't spread myself too
thin. I don't know how Kim
Howard does it!" She emphasized the impor­
tance of teammate friendship .
Just as she has created a bond
with members of the softball
team, she clicked with the other
dancers in her performanc e last
semester. "It was like being on
a team. We were all really close
by the end," she said. "Team­
mates become close in a differ­
ent way than regular friends
because you have to overcome
something with them." After a qUick glance, one
might not dub senior Jayme
Tyler a star softball player with
a gun for an arm. However,
those who wander down to Joe
Huston Sports Complex on
game day may have Tyler's char­
ismatic field presence throw
them for a loop. After her freshman . and
sophomore years at LC whizzed
by without athletics, Tyler came
to a realization. "I was emotion­
ally and phYSically out of shape.
I wanted someone to motivate
me; I wanted to get my life
back," she said.
For her first two years at
Lewis & Clark College, Tyler
remained a hidden treasure
from the sports community. As
a child, she played baseball in
the all-boys Bobby Sox league
until the sixth grade. In high
school in Burbank, Calif., Tyler
excelled in varsity softball, bas­
ketball, and track. Jayme Tyler, starting
second baseman for the
Pioneers.
Despite her years of high
school experience, she decided
to give athletics a rest when she
came to college. "Sports at LC
seemed like slow motion com­
pared to my high school," she
said. "At my high school, it was Her first step back onto the
scene was with the varsity bas­
ketball team during her junior
year. She started up with varsity
softball the same year. Tyler said
she was surprised, but the two­
year break actually did her some
good. Tyler, who is a starter at sec­
ond base, has used her senior
year to prove her well-rounded­
ness.
She took initiative and par­
ticipated in the dance extrava­
ganza last semester. This term,
she has been writing her thesis
about Puerto Rico's economic
development. Following her motto, "It's
not about what you say, it's all
about what you do," Tyler has
high expectations for this year's
softball team. "We have every
tool to have a good season, we
just have to do it," she said. "I
think we're ready." "When you take a break, it
fires you up again," she said. "I
missed having a team, having
Strong team play helps Pioneers win two of three
by David Kolek Both runners scored on another er­
ror when Koko Hunt reached base safely
The men's baseball team swept a thanks to the porous Western Baptist
double-header against Western Baptist infield.
on Mar. 7 atJoe Huston Field and then The Pioneers added six more runs in
dropped a game to Portland State Uni-a raucous fourth inning which broke the
versity on Mar. 10. close game open. With the bases loaded,
The first game saw sophomore Brian sophomore Kris Isaacs connected for a
Mullaly take the mound for Lewis & Single which brought in two runs. Mo­
Clark. , ments later, the Pioneers had the bases
He pitched six strong innings, only loaded again and another run in thanks
allowing one run across, on the way to to an error. Kelly finished the scoring
the first victory of his college career. The with a single which brought in two more
only run Mullaly allowed came in the runs.
first inning. . This strange game came to a close
After hitting a batter, Mullaly gave up with the Pioneers earning their second
a double which advanced the lead run-victory of the year, 8-1.
ner to third. With only four hits, one less than
Western Baptist got on the board with Western Baptist, the Pioneers generated
a ground-out that gave them their only eight runs.
lead of the game. They were aided in this endeavor by
LC fired back in the second inning four errors by the Western Baptist de­
with two runs of their own. LCs catcher, fense.
Pat Kelly, led off the inning by reaching "Our pressure game was helpful," said
on an error. Troy Rodgers followed with Coach Jerry Gatto when reflecting on
a walk. The runners advanced on a sac-this win.
rifice by Chris Masagatani in the next In the second game of the double-
at-bat. header, right-handed sophomore Ryan
Tennis teams sweep league foes
by David Kolek
The Lewis & Clark women's tennis
team welcomed Linfield College to the
Tennis Dome on Mar. 6. With strong in­
dividual as well as team play, they took
the victory by a final score of 4-3.
Laurie Malkin, an LC senior from
Corvalis, took a victory (7-5, 6-2). Joy
Leising built upon this victory by bat­
tling out a long tie-breaker in the third
set (6-1, 7-6, 9-7).
Laura Provinzino , another senior on
the squad, took a two-set victory over
Lyndee Cox (7-8, 6-1).
Elizabeth Young, a senior from Man­
hattan Beach, California, took the last in­
dividual victory for the Pioneers, breez­
ing to an easy victory over Molly Jasper
(6-0,6-0 .
Two days later, Mar. 8, the Pioneers
battled against Albertson College in the
Dome. LC took this one by a final score
of 5-4.
Kathryn Figenshau took three sets to
defeat Libby Ames (6-4, 3-6, 6-4). Megan
Roseman added to the victory with a win
over Albertson's Molly McGourty (6-4,
6-0.
Leising and Young also took indi­
vidual victories in this meet.
The Pioneers improved their season
record to 5-3, with a strong NCIC league record of 4-2.
Their last match of the past week was
on Mar. 10 when Pacific University vis­
ited the Dome. LC took this one easily
by the final score of 6-1. Marcella Duarte
earned a victory over Erin Drayer in in­
dividual play (6-2, 6-0). Figenshau,
Provinzino, Malkin, and Leising all col­
lected victories as well. Leising (8-0) and
Malkin (7-0) are currently undefeated in
individual play.
The Pioneers are 5-2 in the NCIC and
look to improve their record Wednesday ,
Mar. 18.
The Lewis & Clark men's tennis team
took it easy this past week.
Their only match took place on Mar.
10 when Linfield College visited Palatine
Hill. This one went to LC easily with a
final team score of 6-1. LC got individual
victories from Chris Arends (7-6, (7-0),
6-4), Radovan Vadovic (6-1, 6-1),jarrett
Kubo (6-2,6-1), Kenji Kumasaka (6-2,
6-1) and Warren Murray (6-4, 6-4).
LC improved their record to 4-2 on
the season. They take a swing through
the great and sunny state of California
in search of more victories next week.
Their first match will be today against
Pomona Pitzer College in Claremont,
California .
14 Pioneer Log March 13, 1998
• • ~ T , • . ' f, •. ". Baxter took the mound for the Pioneers.
By the end of the second inning, the
Pioneers had as many runs as their game
total in the first game. In this game, how­
ever, it was the lively Pioneer bats driv­
ing in the runs, as opposed to errors by
the opposition.
The first inning, a four-run romp, in­
cluded a two-run home run by Mullaly.
The inning also saw the unorthodox
stealing of home plate by Isaacs, which
was part of a double steal.
The following inning the Pioneers
added four more runs, this time with
good, old-fashioned hitting. Rob Broberg
and Bryan Hageman contributed Singles
to the cause, while MarkJones smacked
a double which brought in two runs.
Jones would eventually steal home in
another double steal by LC.
Gatto replaced Baxter after three in­
nings of strong work in which he allowed
four runs on five hits. Gatto brought in
junior Evan Elken, who after pitching
out of a bases-loaded jam in the fourth,
gave the Pioneers three innings of relief
and earned his second victory of the
young season.
LCs scoring was capped by a three­
run blast by Kelly in the fifth inning.
Kelly now leads the team with five runs
batted in, and Isaacs is close behind with
four.
The Pioneers took this one by a final
score of 13-7. While errors were the story
in the first game, hits told the tale in the
second. LC racked up 16, their most pro­
ductive outing of the season.
Furthermore, they were timely hits
with runners in scoring position. Gatto
summed it up, "We made the plays we
needed to make. We put the ball in play and scored some runs."
The Pioneers went up against their
most difficult opponent of the season to
date on Mar. 10 in the form of PSU's Di­
vision I squad.
This game, which took place at Civic
Stadium in Portland, was a frustrating
outing for the Pioneers.
Playing on the unfamiliar playing sur­
face of artificial turf, LC had a hard time
making the important defensive plays.
They would finish with four costly er­
rors which allowed PSU to keep their ral­
lies going throughout the nine inning
affair.
The Pioneers also had a hard time
scoring runs of their own, only break­
ing through on the shutout in the final
inning of play.
As opposed to their earlier outings,
the Pioneer bats could not connect when
they had runners in scoring position.
This was particularly apparent in the first
inning when the Pioneers loaded the
bases with no outs, and failed to score.
They dropped this one in a final score
of 12-l.
Gatto maintained a good perspective
on this setback against a talented team,
"Though we're not going to intimidate
people, we just have to play more con­
sistently. "
LC will look to do just that when they
travel to Idaho this weekend for the
Lewis & Clark State Tournament.
The Pioneers will meet their first
NCIC opponent of the season at this
tournament when the play Linfield Col­
lege.
This matchup will be the first major
test in what promises to be an interest­
ing league schedule for the team.
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The women's golf team
attends a II mini-golf
school" at Langdon Farms
Golf Club. Pictured from
left are: instructor Mike
Davis, Asst. Athletic Direc­
tor Judy McMullen, and
students Kaya Stone, Jana
Shorb, Marnie Couch,
Lindsay Paquay, and
Courtney Nunns.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ATHLETIC OFFICE
Crew rows hard for its money, so don't miss the boat
by Kathy Carlson fort early that Sunday morning to res­
cue all of the boats, oars, and other
equipment belonging to both the team
and the club, which shared the same
boathouse, Station L Rowing Club. Our season is going to be short and sweet
with four regattas in April," said coach
Judah Sussman. "-----
More than 20 members of the Lewis
&: Clark crew team will participate in the
team's biggest annual fund-raiser tomor­
row as they spend the day rowing 50 ki­
lometers from the Sellwood Bridge to the
mouth of the Willamette River and back. Consequently, the team lost the
luxury of borrowing much-needed
equipment and boats from Station L. The rowers typically practice on the
water three or four times a week, often
at 6 am, in addition to doing other work­
outs on rowing machines and lifting in
the weight room. I'm really excited we have
some very dedicated and
strong student athletes.
Judah Sussman
Their goal is to raise $8,000 from fam­
ily, friends and alumni to buy a new four­
person shell that will be used by both
the men's and women's teams. Since then, LC crew has essentially
been "adopted" by another local rowing
club, Oregon Rowing Unlimited, located
at Oaks Park, where they can now prac­
tice on the water. With such perseverance, they hope to
get varsity status for next year. -------"
This year's fund-raiser comes at a cru­
cial time for the team. Last November,
two weeks before the end of the racing
season, a drastic change in the water level
of the Willamette River caused the team's
boathouse to capsize. The team has a host of competitions
planned in the near future, beginning on
Saturday, Apr. 4, with races in Seattle,
Eugene, Salem, and Tacoma.
''I'm really excited we have some very
dedicated and strong student athletes. Coach Sussman thinks that
tomorrow's Row-a-Thon will help the
team achieve varsity status "if we raise
enough money to show the administra­
tion that we are committed and dedi­
cated to the development of the Lewis
&: Clark crew team."
Those interested in supporting the LC
crew team may call coaches Hilary Gehman or Judah Sussman at x7556, or
e-mail them at hgehman@lclark.edu or
sussman@lclark.edu.
Check with your employer for pos­
sible matching gift programs. All contri­
butions to the team are tax deductible
to the extent allowed by law. Rowers quickly organized a huge ef-
Several speedy stars s.hine as track season gets under way
by Daniel Ruprecht
With a full month of compe­
tition already under their belts,
Lewis &: Clark's track and field
teams are off to a fast start this
season and are looking ahead to
an important home conference
meet this weekend .
Senior jumper Raina Kiewel
led the women's team to a third
place finish at a conference meet
Feb. 28 at Willamette. The Pio­
neers scored 36.5 points com­
pared to Puget Sound's 109,
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The following week at the
Linfield Icebreaker Open,
Kiewel placed second in the
triple jump and third in the long
jump in large fields. The LC
record holder in both events,
Kiewel currently has the best
long jump (17' 3") and #2 triple
jump (37' 2.5") mark in the
conference . She will be aiming
to return to nationals this sea­
son in both jumps.
Defending national pole
vault champion Karen
Bureker has not yet vaulted
this season due to a shoul­
der injury. She is competing
in the hurdles instead and
narrowly missed the confer­
ence qualifying mark in both
the 110-and 400-meter
Baseball: hurdles on Feb. 28.
Despite an injury, soph0ITlore
sprinterlhurdler Maile Barrett
has already qualified for confer­
ence in the 100m dash (13.05)
and the nOm hurdles (16.43).
Freshman distance sensation
Colleen McGraw is another
two-event conference qualifier
for the Pioneers, posting marks
ofl9:49 in the 5000m and 41:04
in the 10000m, a grueling 25-
lap test of physical and mental
endurance.
First-year thrower J enelle
Braun, who missed out on early­
season practice because she also
plays varsity basketball , shat­
tered the LC school record in
the hammer throw at the
Linfield Icebreaker with a toss
of 82' 2". Braun and fellow
freshman thrower ~arah
lewis & Clark State Tournament (Idaho)
Softball: Warnock are both near to quali­
fying marks in the shot put and
discus throw.
Rounding out the women's
conference qualifiers is fresh­
man Maren Holmboe, whose
high jump of 5' 0" puts her on
the list of Pioneers bound for
the NCIC Championships at
Linfield the first weekend of
May.
The men's team was edged by
Pacific at the Willamette meet
and finished fourth of five.
Puget Sound scored 106 points,
followed by Willamette with 84,
Pacific at 32, LC with 30, and
perennial cellar-dweller
Whitman with three.
The Pioneer men are young
and inexperienced as a group,
but numerous exemplary indi­
vidual efforts have made the sea-
Mar. 14-15
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Men's Tennis:
@ Pomona Pitzer College
Women's Tennis:
vs. George Fox
• Home Events in Bold Mar. 13 TBA
Mar. 18 TBA son successful thus far.
Thrower Lee Thomas put the
shot over 45 feet to qualify for
conference and earn the NCICs
third-best mark in that event.
Junior Keith Ochoa hurled the
javelin 174' 3" at Linfield and
thrust himself into the confer­
ence meet, becoming LCs third­
farthest javelin thrower ever in
the process.
Dan Reichenbach is ex­
tremely close to the qualifying
mark in the hammer throw .
Senior pole vaulter Nate
Giovanetti is currently tied for
the conference's second-highest
vault at 13' 0". He will represent
the Pioneers at the conference
meet in that event.
Junior Aaron Gibbs has been
impressive in the high jump,
clearing a height of 6' 0". He also
runs the anchor leg of the
4x400m relay.
Sophomore sprint superstar
Greg Ilk has missed most of the
season with a nagging injury,
but will return to competition
in the sprints and relays this
weekend at LC's home meet.
Freshman Chris Mayer leads
the Pioneer men's sizeable dis­
tance contingent. Mayer raced
to a 4:07 in the 1500m at
Linfield to qualify for confer­
ence and will tum his attention
to the 3000m Steeplechase , ar­
guably the most exciting event
in track and field, at Saturday'S
meet.
Conference rivals Puget
Sound, Whitworth , George Fox,
and Pacific will visit Palatine
Hill tomorrow for an afternoon
of running, jumping, and
throwing . The action starts at
high noon at Eldon Fix Track.
March 13, 1998 Pioneer Log 15 -publick occurrenCeSbYMikeSknynSki
Friday
Mar. 13
g-i
The closeout of the Gender
Studies Symposium: What Color
is Your Collar?: Gender, Class,
and Culture featuring keynote
speakers: Dorothy Allison,
author of Bastard Out of
Carolina; Allan Berube, oral
historian and MacArthvr Fellow;
and Madhu Kishwar, editor of
Manushi in New Delhi.
Tibetan Rights Campaign Walk
presented by Tibetan speakers
and Internationa l Tibetan Rights
Campaign Activists will discuss
political, cultural, and
environmental genocide of the
Tibetan peoples at 3 pm in
Miller 104.
There is a Choir Concert
featuring the Oregon Repertory
Singers High School Choir in
Evans auditorium at 8 pm.
LC's own Marimba band will be
playing their hearts out at 9 pm
in the Plattform.
The Full Moon Drum Circle is
ready to receive your rhythms at
10 pm on lower campus, or in
the chapel if it rains. Extra
drums available .
Allison challenges
with ribald speech
Dorothy, from page 1
deemed more "valuable ." But, through
dangerous and powerful writing, more
people may be able to see themselves
through someone like her mother and
be more inclined to save someone like
her, too.
"When the writer does his or her
job, you see inside people you are not.
literature gives you people you don't
want to be
and somehow" -----
makes you
love them.
Can you
throw some­
one off the
boat you've
been inside?
If we tell our
stories, you
might listen
to me when This is a nation
that can be
remade-
it's a nation
worth saving.
Dorothy Allison ---"
the boat starts swamping ," she said.
Allison said the best books should
make people nervous and move them
to action. "Books saved my life. Writ­
ers told me there was something out­
side what 1 saw," she said. "If you're
lucky, books will rip you open."
. Allison brought her vision for
change to life at the end of her lec­
ture. "When we speak for our commu­
nity, we are the most powerful, the
most dangerous ," she said. "This is a
nation that can be remade-it 's a na­
tion worth saving."
She described her new book, Cave
Dweller, as a story about a community
of women who save each other. "When
you read [Cave Dweller], keep in mind
the lifeboat theory," she said. "None
of my people are going over the side." Saturday
Mar. 14
£.
The SOFA weekend cinema this
week presents Air Force One
showing at 7 and 10 pm in the
Council Chamber.
Sign up at the mailboxes in
Templeton for a 7:30 am Ski
Bus to Mt. Hood Meadows. LC
student cost is $32 for a lift
ticket and $5 for the bus.
An Indian Music Concert
Kalakendra will be in the chapel
at 8 pm.
Three bands: Hub, the
Alterboys, and Miles will be
rockin' the Plattform at 9 pm.
The sign-up for the R.E.A.C.H 9
am Saturday in Service is at the
Center for Service and Work.
Sunday
Mar. IS
SOFA matinee: The Fifth
Element in the Council Chamber
at 1 pm.
Softball vs. Linfield College at 1
pm in the Joe Huston Sports
Complex. Monday
Mar. 16
Physics Colloquium: What's So
Interesting About Nuclear
Physics? presented by Joelle
Murray a visiting assistant prof
from Linfield College at 4 pm in
Olin 204.
Tuesday
Mar. 17
s. -,'n-i (*
ASLC Student Government
Elections: vote for your
representatives at 9 am.
Pre-Break Skate at Oaks Park
from 8-11 pm. Get the bus in
front of the Bon or take your
own ride. Remember your LC
1.0. to get in. You're allowed to
bring one guest.
Amnesty International Death
Penalty Movie Night featuring
Dead Man Walking and a title
TBA from 8 pm to midnight in
the Rusty Nail.
The Bookstore will have The
Open Bookcase at 4 pm to
welcome The Creative Spirit: An
Introduction to Theatre by
Stephanie Arnold, associate
professor of theater. Natural Resources Law Institute
Colloquium in Room 1 of the
Law College at noon, presented
by Pamela Frasch the director in
the Anti-Cruelty Division of the
Animal Legal Defense Fund.
Wednesday
Mar. 18
, i
KLC features the live, danceable
ska sound of the Pietasters at
6:30 pm in Stamm.
Warm those ballots for the
ASLC Student Government
Elections at 9 am.
Thursday
Mar. 19
Get your tickets for The Main
Stage play The Power of the
Dog in Fir Acres at 8 pm. Tickets
are $1 before they run out.
Friday
Mar. 20
The Power of the Dog continues
its run at 8 pm in Fir Acres
Theatre, still for a $1.
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