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The Pioneer Log: Lewis & Clark College’s Student-Run Newspaper

Volume 62, Number 12

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1998-01-30

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Students protest coverage of Clinton scandal
by Matthias Fripp
As Lewis & Clark alumna Monica Lewinsky negotiated her legal
position in Washington, D.C, this week, students here at LC contin­
ued to "entertain" more waves of reporters.
On Monday, Lewinsky offered terms under which she would be
willing to testify in Special Counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation into
allegations that President Clinton had a sexual affair with her and
asked her to lie under oath to cover it up. It was not revealed, ho~­
ever, whether she offered to testify against the president.
During the week, her lawyer, William Ginsburg continued to ne­
gotiate with Starr over what she would say in return for immunity.
"The offer is that we will tell the truth in exchange for immunity, or
what is more properly called a promise not to prosecute," Ginsburg
said.
Although the content of Lewinsky's testimony had not yet been
settled, Starr opened a grand jury probe into the allegations on Tues­
day.
Meanwhile , media attention to LC, which had died down over the
weekend, flared up again when The Oregonian reported on Monday
that "sources" had told them that Lewinsky had forged a document
on College letterhead while she was a student here.
College officials sought to minimize the circulation of rumors,
and released a statement saying only that an employee had come
forward with a document which might be relevant to the Indepen­
dent Counsel's investigation , and that the College had helped the
employee contact Kenneth Starr's office. Another statement said that PHOTO BY ANDY PARK
"the information has nothing to do with Monica Lewinsky 's academic
work nor is it related to private sexual matters." Reporters return to LC to cover a student rally demanding more responsible journalism.
see Media. page 2
LC mirrors national gender trend on overseas trips
by Katy Davidson
If you have gone on an overseas trip with a group
that consisted mainly of women, you are not alone.
The myth that a large percentage of participants of over­
seas exchange programs at L.ewis & Clark are female is
indeed fact.
But this percentage does not reflect LC alone.
Larry Myers, Director of Overseas and Off-Campus
Programs , provided some national data which says the
stats from most LC overseas trips mirror stats from
other colleges. These statistics, published in the
Chronicle of Higher Education, contain a wealth of in­
formation, including the top destinations for group
travelers, US institutions with the largest numbers of
students studying abroad, and a profile of those stu­
dents. "------------------
I believe women are better risk­
takers than men in college ... they're
more likely to go into the unknown.
They say, '1 want to see how other
women live.' I
larry Myers
Director of Overseas and Off-Campus Programs -------------- "
The national ratio of women to men that go over­
seas during college is about 2/l. LCs ratio is almost
exactly the same.
A quick look into this study would make the trend
seem like a coincidence . But with more intense inves­
tigation, the fact that more women are inclined to go
overseas with a group may be linked to in-depth so­
ciological studies about the behavior of women and
men in America.
The first question that may arise is: Do more women
apply or are more women being accepted? The over­
seas office said that more women apply in the first place, so this does not seem to be a case of male exclusion .
Primarily , Myers said there is a link between the
majors men and women choose and the people that
decide to study overseas. Because of this, the overseas
office keeps records of who applies for each trip and
what their major is. The connections are striking.
Trips that focus mainly on foreign languages , art,
music, and theater (Spain, London, France, Italy) have
overwhelmingly large semester's trips to Washington D.C and New York City
were both weighed heavily on the female side as well,
though the D.C trip is generally known to attract more
men because its focus is on the political science major.
Myers said there may be more factors behind this
trend than just a person's major. Out of students cur­
rently enrolled at LC this year, about 60 percent are
female and 40 percent are male. With this information,
one may assume that more women
numbers of women par­
ticipants . Trips that are
more science-based and
do not have a language re­
quirement (Kenya, Aus­
tralia, India) have a more
balanced male-to-female
ratio. LC Overseas than men apply to go overseas be­
cause there are more women in gen­
eral. But even this does not account
for why the national female partici­
pation on overseas trips is so high. It's something we're all
encouraged to do. Going
overseas can open up
new worlds, and this Myers also said the high level of
female participation on overseas trips
may be related to women's maturity
level in college. "I believe women are
better risk-takers than men in col­
lege ... they're more likely to go into
the unknown . They say, 'I want to see
how other women live.' It's a matura­
tion process," he said. These assumptions can
be placed under the broad
generalization that women
are known to major in
more of humanities-type
areas in college, and men
are more frequently
known to major in the sci-
ences. week's Pioneer
Log explores
those worlds.
See pages 6-7.
For example, the first LC group ever to study in
Italy contains 19 women and two men. Last spring's
Spain trip included 18 women and five men. The France
trip is notorious for being female-dominated , accord­
ing to Myers. This spring's trip has no male partici­
pants.
Since most of LCs overseas trips are based on the
study of humanities , it seems logical that the majority
of interest is generated by women. So, perhaps if there
were trips to Chernobyl, MIT, or the CERN particle
accelerator in Switzerland , the majority of applicants
and participants would be men.
There are exceptions, of course. One cannot judge
whether a trip will have a balanced male-to-female ra­
tio based solely on a language requisite. This spring's
London trip contains 18 women and six men. Last On the other hand, the notion
arises that maybe women like to go
on overseas trips with their college
because they can travel in a group, whereas men gen­
erally like to travel alone.
It seems both LC trip leaders and students have
noticed the teetering female-to-male ratio in overseas
group travel.
Stewart Buettner, an art professor who led the New
York City trip during the fall of 1996, said the fact that
he brought 20 women and only three men did affect
some of the group's activities . He said his primary con­
cern was for safety.
"New York is a rough and tumble city," he said. "I
might have taken the group to other parts of the city if
there were more men. I might have been inclined to
take more venturesome trips."
see Women. page 6 ~: ~~~~ More b::~~p~~~e~'~~~~n!~~m~S!~~~ majors
courtesy of Julie Coucti,
Campus Safety
Jan. 18 through Jan. 24
Jan 19
A faculty member reported that her name
plate on her office door was damaged by
unknown person(s) .
Jan 21
A formal trespass was issued to a stu­
dent who was suspended from college.
Jan 23
A vehicle parked in the Copeland lot was
damaged by a Skyline employee back­
ing a college van. Starting next year, Lewis &: Clark's
Psychology Department will use stricter
math prerequisites for some required
courses and will introduce a more struc­
tured program for new majors.
The new math requirements may af­
fect some currently enrolled students.
Beginning next fall, Statistics I and Psy­
chology Methodology will require Math
lIS-Elementary Functions instead of
Math OSS-Review of Algebra. This
means that psychology students who
have not taken Statistics I or Psychol­
ogy Methodology will have to meet the
new prerequisites before they can do so.
Tom Schoeneman, chair of the depart-is designed to make sure everyone in
these classes is prepared to work with
math on the same level. Professors in
these courses have traditionally found
that their classes had "dual populations"
of students -some who had taken only
Math 055 and had trouble with the
course material , and some who had
taken more advanced math and could
handle the material easily.
Students can also meet the new pre­
requisites by placing into Calculus on the
LC mathematics proficiency test or by
receiving a grade of B or higher in high
school Calculus . The new prerequisites
will also be applied to 300 and 400 level
courses in the future to ensure that trans­
fer students meet the same mathemati-"This says that we do think that math­
ematical reasoning, statistical reasoning
and quantitative reasoning are important
for Psychology majors," Schoeneman
says.
Beginning with students enrolling
next year, psychology majors will also
follow a more structured major program.
The department had hoped to use ad­
vising to ensure that students take classes
from a variety of fields within the disci­
pline, but they have found this task dif­
ficult because of heavy adviSing loads.
So starting next year, breadth of study
will be ensured by requiring students to
choose four of their discretionary
courses from a menu of four distinct cat­
egories of instruction .
Students organize rally against irresponsible journalism
Jean Kempe-Ware, Director of Public
Relations declined to characterize the
document further. She said that the Col­
lege had not attempted to investigate the
information and that the matter was en­
tirely between the employee and Starr's
office. "The College is in the business of
education. It is not in the business of
investigation ," Kempe-Ware said on
Monday. from Media, page 1
undergrad most likely to be involved in
a preSidential sex scandal in later life.
As the media coverage continued, stu­
dents grew weary of the attention and
concerned about the priorities the me­
dia were showing in covering the
Lewinsky story.
On Tuesday, a group of five LC stu­
dents-Adam Wiedmann , Natalie
White, Sean Jacobs, Zachary Greenblatt
and Jason Danielson-organized a rally
and called the media back one last time
to give them a lecture about getting their
priorities right.
PHOTOS BY ANDY PARK Students at first responded to the on­
going media scrutiny with good humor,
but later many became annoyed with the
media's priorities . At the end oflast week
and beginning of this week, many stu­
dents imagined making up stories for the
reporters who waylaid them between
classes or contacted them bye-mail , and
some actually did. Reporters heard
simple tales of sharing classes with
Lewinsky or more detailed stories about
smoking marijuana behind the residence
halls. Students responded to a Time
reporter's e-mailed requests for informa­
tion with stream-of-consciousness non­
sense or stories of fanciful meetings in
the graveyard and exchanges of gifts. Jacobs asked why the media devotes
its attention to finding details about
Lewinsky but ignores important issues
such as deforestation , poverty and op­
pression of women. He received cheers
from students when he proclaimed , "Our
media needs to reorganize and straighten
out its priorities ."
Greenblatt also received a warm re­
ception for his speech demanding that
the media take its role as the eyes of a
busy nation more seriously. "There is war
and death and history being made, and
we don't have time to do the news
media's job as well as our own,"
Greenblatt declared. Students gather at a rally to express frustration at media coverage.
of an anti-ll)edia media event, but White
explained the purpose or'the rally: "It's
not about protesting against the media,
it's about protesting their priorities ." dirt on Monica Lewinsky is not part of
the story, and it is just really vexing to
me."
Other students made up songs or
scripts for musicals about Lewinsky, and
one student plastered the campus with
posters of Lewinsky and the text, "Do
you know this woman?" One student
handed out ballots to determine the LC Reports on the rally appeared the next
day in some national media. By the middle of the week, many stu­
dents shared the disdain for the media
evinced by the rally'S organizers. "Like I
said to the woman from NRK, I agree that
this is a newswort hy story," said
Marianna Ritchey, "However , digging up To the relief of Lewis &: Clark stu­
dents, the media finally disappeared,
with the rally as their final sendoff. Un­
less the Lewinsky case takes a turn back
to LC again.
Many students found irony in the idea
GAB seeks ways to disperse extra money
by Daniel Ruprecht
The General Allocations Board has a problem most
student groups would love to have-too much money
and not enough ways to spend it.
"There's plenty of money to go around," said GAB
Chair Colin Beck. In fact, some of last semester's
$10,000 budget has spilled over into this semester's
budget because there was a dearth of qualified applica­
tions for funding. "I would love to have to turn down
half of the applications because there were so many
good ones," Beck said. 'That's my dream."
Empty seats on the Board contribute to the
underutilization of GAB.
According to ASLC procedures , GAB must have 12
members , with equal numbers of on-and off-campus
students represented. Beck said only seven seats are
filled at the present time, and the majority of openings
are for off-campus students. Beck has been frantically
trying to fill these seats over the last two weeks by send­
ing out pleas over Notices and by en(ouraging Resi­
dent Assistants and student leaders to spread the word.
GAB will convene as soon as the positions are filled,
he said.
2 Pioneer Log January 30, 1998 The purpose of GAB is to fund activities which are
sponsored, planned, and organized by students. In the
past, the Board has funded everything from Boating
Club equipment to Casino Night to $50 pizza parties
for small student groups. The budget comes from stu­
dent body fees, and all budget information and GAB
proceedings are open to the student body. Beck encour­
ages students to take an interest in how their student
fees are spent by joining GAB.
The application process is simple, Brr.k said. Inter­
ested students must fill out a short writ~en application
and then defend it at a Board meeting. The members
then vote to approve or deny funding for the proposal.
According to Beck, successful applicants are well­
organized, dedicated , and have a clear idea of how their
proposed activity will benefit Lewis &: Clark students.
It also helps if the proposal requests a reasonable
amount of money and if organizers have looked for
additional sources of funding like sponsors,
fundraising, and the Student Activities Office.
Applications that are vague, poorly organized, and
not beneficial to enough students are not likely to be
funded, Beck said. GAB also turns away proposals tht
are not under its jurisdiction, instead referring them
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by Matthias Fripp
Shoppers in the Barnes &: Noble bookstore on cam­
pus last week may have noticed that certain shelves
were strangely empty. Many professors in the SOAN
and Gender Studies departments have bypassed the on­
campus bookstore in recent years, instead ordering
books for their classes through independent Portland
bookstores .
The professors say they've always had good relations
with bookstore director Tim Swain and the rest of the
bookstore staff, but they decided that they would pre­
fer to lend their support to privately run bookstores
instead of a large company .
"I have the utmost respect for Tim Swain," says
Deborah Heath, professor of Sociology and Anthropol­
ogy. But, she adds, "Barnes &: Noble is, in the minds of
many, the Leviathan of bookstores . In the contempo­
rary climate of mergers and acquisitions, it has become
more and more difficult for independent local book­
sellers to remain afloat. Under these conditions, we
have made a conscious decision to lend a hand to the
LC alums and their colleagues at In Other Words and
Laughing Horse."
The campus bookstore is owned by Lewis &: Clark
College and managed by Barnes &: Noble College Book­
stores, Inc. (BNCB), a privately owned company inde­
pendent of the giant corporation that owns Barnes &:
Noble and other bookstore chains. BNCB operates
bookstores at about 350 colleges in the United States.
Under their contract with LC, the bookstore pays ap­
proximately 10 percent of its sales revenues back to
the College. Another 3-5 percent goes as profit to
BNCB, and the rest of the bookstore 's income is used
to pay for salaries and merchandise .
Swain and Dean of Students Michael Ford worry
that professors ' decision not to order through the cam­
pus bookstore may cause inconvenience for students.
However, students interviewe d for this article offered
no complaints. "The representatives come to our class,
so that makes it easy for me. And I prefer not to buy
from the bookstore anyway," says Juniper Tagliabue , a
senior SoAn major.
Ford, who serves as the College'S liason with the
bookstore , is also concerned that faculty members may
not be fulfilling theJetl~r and spirit of LC's contract PHOTO BY MATIHIAS FRIPP
The empty SOAN bookshelves attest to
professor preference for outside bookstores .
with BNCB, which says that faculty will inform the
bookstore of all the book choices for their classes, and
that the bookstore in tum will stock those books. Many
of the professors who order from off-campus already
prOvide Swain with booklists so he can display them
as a courtesy, but some do not.
"I think this situation needs to be addressed by the
Dean of the College, divisional deans, and department
chairs," Ford says.
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Avalanche awareness discussed
by Erik Knight
Two volunteers from Portland Mountain Res­
cue, a non-profit organization committed to
mountain education and organizing mountain
rescue missions spoke last Wednesday at Lewis
&: Clark.
One of the members , Doug Striker, talked on
avalanche awareness. Touching upon safety and
rescue techniques related to avalanches when
skiing, snowboarding or mountaineering , Striker
presented LC students with facts about the dan­
gerousness of avalanches .
According to Striker, avalanches cause 24
deaths each year in the United States. The orga­
nization rescues between five and ten people
annually. Striker and his team hope to lower this
number through their efforts. "Portland Moun­
tain Rescue exists in response to a way of life for
thousands of persons living in Oregon and Wash­
ington who cherish their right to actively expe­
rience the freedom of the hills," Striker said. "Our
mission is saving lives through rescue and moun­
tain safety education."
PMR also came to LC in hope of snagging a
few interested students. If Y0,ll would like to help
out as a volunteer, learn more about mountain
safety and rescue through PMR workshops , or
would just like information you can contact the
organization at: PO Box 5391 Portland , OR
97228 or call at (503) 972-7743
Time for another blood drive
The Lewis &: Clark Chapter of Circle K and
the Center for Service and Work are sponsoring
two Red Cross Blood Drives this semester. Lo­
cated in Stamm, the first drive will be held on
Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 11:30 to 4:00 pm.
Interested students may e-mail David Severson
at severson@lclark.edu or call the Center for Ser­
vice and Work to set up a donation time. An­
other drive will be on Apr. 23.
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It's not easy being the quiet student
commentary by Judy Zawatzky
Right here, right now, it's time to take a stand for
the quiet, reserved student in class. You know who you
are.
With dread, a quiet student can recall the classic
scenario in which the necessity of answering a ques­
tion looms large. Out of the tension and anxiety, fol­
lowing a particularly difficult question, emerges ... si­
lence. Not the dreaded silence. Someone must fill this
lack of vocal exchange . Yet, only shallow breathing can
be heard (and the shallower the better). Who will an­
swer the question?
"What is having the Dao?" repeats the professor . At
this moment, one who prefers not to speak up in class
can rely upon a couple of time-honored methods for
avoiding a professor's eye and inquiry. First, stare pon­
derously down at your notebook (while thinking "I
have no freaking idea how to answer
this question"). Then, after mulling
over the question for a moment or
two, write down the question in your
notebook. Maybe it will appear again
on a test. In this short span of time it
is most likely that someone else has
taken a stab at the question.
Although being quiet may seem
like a straight forward matter, there
are levels to the issue. First, the fact
that some students speak more than
others is not a gender-neutral point.
It's obvious that guys tend to speak more in class than
girls. Social norms, gender issues, etc. all contribute
to the development and continuance of this trend.
Were I a raging feminist, I might claim that guys
more naturally state their opinion because they have
the gall to assume it is valid. However, that is not a fair
statement. Regardless of why males tend to speak up
more, they do. As a result, some female students wait
for the guys to answer the question first. Don't get me
wrong though, guys can also be the quiet students and
girls can be very vocal.
The problem with speaking up in class is good 01'
inner-subjectivity. A shy student can picture how she will look in the eyes of her peers and professor if an
incorrect answer is given. This is not a pretty picture.
Someone quiet may be thinking, "If I answer this
wrong, I'll get shot down in a second. That would be
embarrassing and uncomfortable . I hope the prof
doesn't call on me."
Ideally, it wouldn't matter if a student got shot down
because it would be a part of the learning process.
However, everyone has an ego, and it's not fun to have
the ego jabbed at, especially in front of one's peers.
Besides the gender issue, reticence may also stem
from feeling way out of one's league. For example, if a
freshman or sophomore ends up in a class full of jun­
iors and seniors, the 10wer-c1assman will feel rather
puny when compared to the upper-c1assmen who have
more college experience and are likely to be armed with
more knowledge . Also, part of the beauty of being an
upperclassman is having skill with college jargon that
may not add meaning to what one is
saying but sure as heck sounds good.
Students can't go wrong with terms
such as "cosmology," "gender" and
"transcendent ." As 10wer-c1assmen,
students need time to get into the
groove of college jargon. More power
to the under-c1assmen who are confi­
dent and don't see grade level as a fac­
tor, but not everyone feels that way.
Class size also affects quiet stu­
dents. The larger the class, the less ART BY AUBREY LYON pressure to speak. The smaller the
class, the more pressure to speak. Pressure leads to
anxiety. Anxiety lead to sweat. Visible perspiration leads
to a professor 's attention . This series of events is ex­
actly what the quiet student hopes to avoid. Damn,
fear is self-defeating . This is a rather extreme series of
events, but for the truly shy, it's a matter of concern.
The underlying , unspoken agreement that a hand­
ful of students will do most of the talking in class, while
the rest remain silent or occasionally speak up, seems
to permeate our college experience . The fact that this
pattern is manifested in most classes should be ques­
tioned. Until it is, just hope that everyone else is roll­
ing on a little antiperspirant .
Outspoken students combat the silence
commentary by
Linsel Greene
It's time to take a stand for the
loud, outspoken student in class.
You know who you are. Hell, who
doesn't know who you are?
With fondness , a noisy student
can remember the classic scenario
wherein silence in class after a pro­
fessor presents a question needs to
be broken. The tension and anxiety, follOwing a par­
ticularly difficult question, can only be resolved by
someone stepping forward. Someone must fill this lack
of vocal exchange. Who will answer the question? It is
here that the outspoken student shines.
"Um ... Dao is all about non-interference , right?"
bolsters the student who cannot stand the silence.
During that moment, one who wants to keep a class
moving can rely upon a couple of time-honored meth­
ods to progress past this moment. For example, blurt
out the first thing which comes to mind (if you tend to
think about the mating cycle of a platypus then this
might not be a good idea). Alternately , you can present
a previously mentioned idea, merely rephrased . While
this isn't really saying anything, it does give the profes­
sor the feeling that someone tried, so it is all right for
him or her to reveal the true answer he was looking
for.
Although being unrestrained and willing to break
the silence may seem like a fairly straight forward mat­
ter, there is more to it than meets the eye. First, the
fact that guys tend to speak more in class than girls is
easily apparent. Perhaps this is because women tend
to live longer than men, and as a result, feel that they
have more time to wait, while men are working within
a more limited time frame and are eager to keep the
class moving. I suppose only time will tell.
So the problem with stepping forward to answer a
question in class is that it makes YO't feel like a guy. A
female student can picture how she will appear as act­
ing masculine if she takes that chance and answers the
4 Pioneer Log January 30, 1998 A CONTINUING SERIES
BEWARE! The following is a satire of
another article found in the forum section.
To read, take a deep breath, relax, and
place your tongue firmly in your cheek.
question. This is not a pretty picture. Someone quiet
may be thinking, "If I answer this wrong I'll have to
wear boxers forever! That would be embarrassing
and uncomfortable ." While men are thinking, "If I
don't answer this question, my manhood will be
disgraced ." Is it any wonder that men end up an­
swering the question?
Beside the gender issue, being up front is an is­
sue of one's ability to make stuff up. For example,
freshman are generally not as adept at creating an
answer which, though totally off base and ridicu­
lous, sounds correct. Seniors are experienced at this
sort of endeavor, and have the capability to use
words which don't exist, giving everyone the im­
pression that they must know what they are talking
about. Lower-c1assmen just don't have the language
ability to compete with such intellectual power­
houses. I encourage under-classmen to get into their
dictionaries (you know ... the ones you bought but
have yet to open) and pick two words, and then
stick 'em together to describe the feeling of Marx­
ism in the Ukraine during the siege of Stalingrad.
Class size also affects students. The larger the
class, the more likely it is to smell. The more it
smells, the more anxious people are to leave. De­
sire to leave leads to eagerness to move the class
along. This urge leads to the need to answer ques­
tions. Answering questions gives a professor the
impression that students are engaged, and may ex­
tend the class even longer. So, what is your best bet
in a situation like this? Use deodorant and pray ev­
eryone else will do the same. Media is in eye
of the beholder
Until last week, Palatine Hill was a peaceful
place to be.
Then the floods came.
When the news of Lewis &: Clark graduate
Monica Lewinsky 's alleged sexual involvement
with President Clinton appeared on the front
pages of major newspapers, LC learned firsthand
how it felt to have the dam burst in its face.
Last week, students were harassed by tabloid
reporters while they ate in the Trail Room, pro­
fessors in the Psychology Department were bar­
raged with phone calls about Lewinsky 's charac­
ter, and the Public Relations staff worked over­
time as they tried to manage the oncoming me­
dia tide.
LC did not experience a full onslaught ,
though. Workers in Washington or Los Angeles
witness the media circus every hour of every day.
To a news reporter, the descent upon LC was only
another story in another city, an attempt to be
there before the competition.
In response to the overwhelming presence of
the press on campus, some LC students initiated
a protest on Jan. 27 against media sensational­
ism, urging news reporters to focus on more im­
portant issues, such as old growth forest logging
and the oppression of women.
But when the media is gone, will LC return to
its mundane routine? Will students miss the
Channel 2 van in front of the chapel? There is a
part of everyone that enjoys riding the wave.
This scandal has the potential to end Clinton's
presidency prematurely, with talk of impeach­
ment looming. Covering the story is justified,
though the sensationalist treatment is not.
Unfortunate as it may seem, the media is a
direct indicator of what the public wants. The
media focuses its enormous eye on what it be­
lieves its audience desires, not on what might be
SOcially beneficial.
Although the media's treatment of this story
isn't always appropriate, members of the LC com­
munity should take it upon themselves to de­
mand better from their peers. Perhaps the true
protest should be against the American society
at large which, consciously or not, demands what
appears on the front page.
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JBon time suck' takes years off students' lives
commentary by Katy Davidson
Living off campus is weird. A student can tack on at
least an extra half hour each day with the commute to
campus, as I have learned in my first semester away
from the modest Lewis & Clark residence halls. But
oddly enough, I seem to have come across a hidden
font of free time now that I live in a "home" and not a
"room."
It doesn't seem logical. Students may assume if they
live less than a half-mile from their classes and cafete­
ria, their schedule would seem so efficient that the "con­
veniences" of living on campus would leap out and
bite them. But they don't.
After much contemplative meditation, I believe I
have discovered the source of my new-found free time
as an off-campus student: my schedule doesn't revolve
around the Bon's schedule.
The purpose of this article is not to dig up a debate
that died years ago (speaking of bones ... ), but new stu­
dents need to be aware of the phenomenon known as
the "big Bon time suck." meal while wait­
ing for the Apple
computers to
boot up in
Throckmorton .
PHOTO BY ANDY PARK First of all, on-campus students are somewhat forced
to fit their class schedules to the giant glove of the Bon's
hours of operation . Eating at the Bon is like taking
another class. Without offi­
cial eating times,
my schedule's
constraint has
loosened like the
belt on a shrink­
ing overweight
person. I now
have the flexibil­
ity to be where I
want to be, when
I want to be, with­
out worrying
about the money
that's being swal­
lowed up as I miss
my Bon meal,
guilt-ridden and
emaciated . Ursula Miniszewski and friends fall under wrath of the mysterious Bon Time Suck.
Secondly, -once
There are alternatives to this (students may arrange
in advance to pick up a brown bag lunch instead of
eating in the cafeteria), but if students want to eat on a
daily basis, they essentially need to eat during the Bon's
allotted meal times. students get inside the Bon, there's literally no telling
when they will escape. After they select one of the ubiq­
uitous dripping blue trays, scan the various food lines
for a single edible morsel, and settle into a custom­
upholstered blue or green chair around a table with
friends and neighbors , students may easily spend an
indeterminable amount of time inside the Bon. many consecutive hours in the Bon turns one small
step for scholars into one giant leap for slacker-kind.
It is after this type of Bon marathon that students' brains
turn to seitan stew and/or salad.
Students are required to live on campus for their
first two years (which I think is a good idea), and I am
not arguing a change in residence life policy. However,
I am urging students to be super-conscientious of their
in-Bon time. Now that I live off campus, I can eat anytime I want.
Now that I live off campus, I can shove a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich on rye bread into my face as
I'm scurrying to Advanced Fiction Writing. I can whale
on an apple, an orange, or various other fruits as I'm
surfing the Web. I can pound a complete six-course Tales of Bon lore tell of students who went to din­
ner when it opened at 4:45 pm and left after the Bon
had officially been closed for several hours (or days).
I am the first to advocate good conversation and
quality time spent amongst friends, but spending this Perhaps if the Bon's hours of operation are not satis­
factory for the majority of the population, a move for
change should be initiated.
If the Unabomber is not crazy, what about the rest of us?
commentary by Brian Lawrence
With this very important White
House scandal bringing Jresh, new, in­
teresting information into our homes
and schools and minds every day, per­
haps a few people missed the fact that
Theodore Kaczynski (the Unabomber)
was decla·red to be a paranoid schizo­
phreniC by a team of psychiatrists . At first
glance this might not seem like news,
but perhaps it is.
What does it mean to be a paranoid
schizophrenic , anyway? Well, paranoia
is supposedly the unfounded belief that
people or forces are trying to do you
harm or "get you." To label people as
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or forces are not out to get them. If
people or forces are after someone , the
term "paranoiac" is replaced with the
term "realistic." People have been after
Kaczynski for quite some time. Now that
they have him they're trying to do him
harm. The term "paranoiac " doesn't ap­
ply when the individual's fears are real.
Schizophrenia is defined as a mental
condition characterized by disintegra­
tion of the individual's personality . What
does that mean? No one,even the trained
professionals, really knows. There is little
agreement in the psychiatric community
or elsewhere about what a personality is
or how we each come to have one. There
Or')der .sOy!
I
l-f-I is even less consensus about how to
measure the health of a personality . Read
a few articles from psychiatric magazines
and this becomes apparent. Understand­
ing mental health is not as simple as a
label and a pill. If it were, we might have
to institutionalize all the unemployed
and disenfranchised psychiatrists .
There is a word that we could assign
to Kaczynski other than paranoiac or
schizophrenic that would be accurate:
murderer. That one we know because we
have the dead bodies.
We feel vindicated in punishing
Kaczynski as a murderer, but why do we
need to call him a paranoid schizo­
phrenic as well? The title isn't accurate, so there must be another reason.
When we accept someone being la­
beled as "insane" we are refusing to take
responsibility for the people that we and
our society create. "Oh, he's insane. Take
him away. We don't know how he got
that way. He's not like any of us. Just
make sure that his dementia can't harm
anyone else." We won't admit it, can't
admit it, couldn't continue living life the
way we do if we did admit it, but we are
responsible for Theodore Kaczynski be­
ing the man he is today.
Every decision we make, individually
and collectively, shapes the world we live
in. The place we create is not the place
from where happy, content, personable
little children who grow up to be well-
adjusted adults come, though we spend
more and more money every year trying
to maintain that delusion.
The place we've created, this place, is
the place where realistic murderers come
from. They're every where, murdering
people every day. They're being very re­
alistic about their lives, specifically those
lives we have given them through the
choices we've made about how we want
to go about the business of creating and
living together in this world of ours.
We must take responsibility for our
community . We are it, and it is us. What
does that mean? It may mean nothing
more than every person among us being
able to look another in the face and say,
"Every day I take part in, and contribute
to, a society that creates child-molest­
ers, rapists, drug-addicts, murderers, glo­
bal explOitation of natural resources, dis­
enfranchised homeless and helpless with
lives barely worth living, the Unabomber ,
and countless other atrocities . Every day
I do this, and every day I try to do every
thing I can to change it."
A reporter with the L. A. Times used
the cliche, "crazy like a fox" in reference
to Kaczynski. Perhaps someday soon
we'll see the phrase, "irresponsible like
a journalist" come into common usage.
If we're lucky, if we try, if we make it hap­
pen we may also find that, "accountable
like an American" is a household term.
January 30, 1998 Pioneer Log 5 -Making sense of India
by Matthias Fripp of the water change every two ki-"
This article was written just af­
ter the LC overseas trip to India fin­
ished last month.
The Lewis &: Clark overseas
program in India wrapped up on
December 6, and while on-cam­
pus students suffer the rigors of
final exams and papers, we will be
trying to make sense of the expe­
rience we've been having, if that's
possible.
The "Indian experience"
comes as a million lillIe revela­
tions, fragments of experience
that pile up and jumble together,
defying categorization . All of us
dread the inevitable question
upon our return: "So, how was
India?" There is no neat answer.
India: good or bad? thriving or
suffering? secular or religious?
black or white? It's all of those,
mixed together.
In our first weeks here, we tried
to decide how India matched our
expectations and how it defied
them. Shah Jahanabad in Old
Delhi, with labyrinthine streets
teeming with shoppers, spice mer­
chants, envelope folders, fabric
shops and car parts, certainly
matched our expectations . New
Delhi, just down the street, with
wide avenues taken from a nine­
teenth century European city
plan, challenged our expectations .
Later, we lost track of what we had
expected before we came and
what we had learned to expect
while we were here. In the end,
you simply take India as you find
it. That's one of the things that
most surprises us-discov ering
that it's no longer a surprise to
share a beach with cows, overtake
camel carts on our bicycles, have
the electricity fail or find Hindu
shrines in the middle of a busy
street.
Even though it may be impos­
sible to sort out the central "mean­
ing" of everything we've experi­
enced in India, being here has
given us a deeper understanding
of India and the developing
world-a feeling for the life be­
hind the lines we read in newspa­
pers and textbooks .
Indians have learned to live
with contrasts for thousands of
years. They often say that the
sound of the language and taste lometers . Income levels seem to
change every two meters. One
national slogan is "unity in diver­
sity." This understanding can also
be expressed, as it was by the dy­
namic, (non-) feminist, (non-)na­
tionalist Madhu Kishwar on our
second day in Delhi, as "different
people like it differently ." Of
course, there isn't always happy
coexistence; religious and politi­
cal differences produce terrorism
around the edges and rifts at the
center that constantly threaten
civic life.
India has many people but
lillIe industry and finite natural
resources . As a result, anything
that requires industrial manufac­
turing or a lot of raw materials is
relatively expensive (in local price
terms), while anything done by
hand is relatively inexpensive.
One result of this resource short­
age is that nothing is wasted here.
There are no landfills in India;
everything thrown in the street is
first sorted through by sweepers ,
who extract paper and cardboard
to sell to recyclers . Then cows
come by and eat the fruit and veg­
etable peels and offcuts. In the old
days, this would mean nothing
was left; now, with the advent of
plastic bags and bottles, some
trash ends up blowing around the
street until the authorities pick it
up and dump it in dirty heaps at
the city outskirts . Fortunately , In­
dia has not yet discovered plastic
packaging for gadgets. (Even
people are disposed of com­
pletely-instead of using precious
land for cemeteries , bodies are
cremated on funeral pyres and
their ashes sprinkled on the holy
Ganges river.)
The balance away from indus­
try and towards labor is probably
good for the environment , be­
cause it keeps India close to a sus­
tainable level of consumption , but
it's also painful to watch work be­
ing done by hand which Ameri­
cans would do with a machine.
People break rocks into gravel
with small hammers . Instead of
washing clothing in a machine ,
people send it to a dhabi to wash
by hand and hang in the sun to
dry. Instead of using a microwave
and dishwasher, families hire ser­
vants. Doli bearers will plead to
6 Pioneer Log January 30, 1998 No matter how
strange or unpredict­
able things seem, they
always work out in the
end. ----" carry you on a swinging platform
to the top of Mt. Shatrunjaya.
"Service" in general is more com­
mon in India. A chef wHl think
nothing of sending "the boy" to
buy yogurt and bread to complete
your meal. All of us have experi­
enced the mixed blessing of "bed
tea" delivered , whether we want
it or not, at 6:30 am. There are
even itinerant ear cleaners (com­
plete with certificates and imple­
ments) wandering the beaches in
Goa. In India, the word "peon"
has no negative connotation.
Traveling around India is an
experience in its own right. Indian
highways are generally too narrow
for two lanes of Lraffic to pass eas­
ily, and they're always full in both
directions . Nonethel ess, impatient
drivers want to overtake cars and
trucks in their lane, so they've
evolved what I call the "Divine
Ritual of Passage." In this ritual,
an overtaking driver Signals with
a hom blast and pulls out into the
opposite lane. Then he commu­
nicates telepathically with the
oncoming driver about the possi­
bility of the ritual succeeding . If
the drivers have enough faith, the
road miraculously allows the pas­
·sage of three vehicles abreast­
more than phYSically possible. If
the ritual fails (as it did once while
we navigated the windy roads to
the source of the Ganges river),
the results can be hair-raising .
One of the biggest lessons to
learn about India is that no mat­
ter how strange or unpredictable
things seem, they always work out
in the end. We were intimidated
by India at first, but somewhere
along the way it came to seem
normal, even enjoyable . That's
why all of us who didn't have
pressing obligations back home
are now traveling here for at least
a few weeks. It's hard to get the
lyrics of an often-played movie
song out of my head: "I love my
India." Prayer flags frame the Himalayan mountains in India where severa
Dozens of LC students travel all over the globe each year experien
Bachman is the m~
by Elina Patler
Junior Mike Bachman spent his
last night in Munich, Germany , in
a high-class restaurant overlook­
ing the place he had called home
for a year. "It was a crystal-clear
night," Bachman recalls.
He and Axel, his best friend
from Germany , pleaded with the
security guard working at the time
to permit them to climb to the top
of the building so Bachman could
get a final view. "It was my last
glimpse of my home," he says.
Bachman chose the Lewis &:
Clark overseas program to
Munich in part because he felt he
had unfinished business there. "I
went in high school and I had con­
nections to the people there," he
explains. "There was a lot of me
to explore that I left behind the
first time I went." His plane left
Washington D.C. on Aug. 26, 1996 and did not return to the
United States until Aug. 24, 1997.
"I was fully integrated ,"
Bachman says. "When you look
and talk like the people there, you
feel like you're a part of the cul­
ture. I didn't hang out with Ameri­
cans, for the most part. I hung out
with Germans, as well as some in­
ternational students, which gave
me a new perspective . It broad­
ened my horizons ." He remp.m­
bers feeling as if he were part of
the German culture.
Bachman raves about the Ger­
man overseas program at LC. "On
this side, and in German y, it's a
great program. Angela Jung, the
coordinator of the program here
is a great mentor and a great fa­
cilitator. She ran one of the best
programs I've been a part of. And
I've been a part of quite a few," he
says.
According to Bachman , Jung PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIN BAILEY
LC students recentlr spent a fall semester overseas trip.
ing a wide variety 0 cultures, religions, and struggles.
n in Deutschland "-----
I was fully integrated.
When you look and
talk like the people
there, you feel like
you're a part of the
culture.
Mike Bachman
junior
'---------"
never spoke English to him and
he felt like he was being treated
like a German. "She was always
there for us," he adds.
In addition to memories and
good friends, Bachman picked up
a good deal of slang. Ein Wand frei
literally means "indisputable ," but
in German means "cool." He
claims to speak one dialect, full
slang, fluently and is familiar with Bavarian , another dialect. For
Bachman , there was no better way
to learn the language than to be
immersed in the German culture.
"I didn't feel like an American ,"
he says.
Of course, Bachman's experi­
ence is his own, and not every­
one who travels abroad would dub
the trip the best experience of a
lifetime, as he has. Learning about
and becoming a part of another
culture demands an open mind
and willingness to embrace the
norms and styles of that culture,
despite the differences .
The trip to Munich changed
Bachman 's life, teaching him
about himself, about his life,
about the world. He left close
friends behind when he left
Munich to return to LC, and when
asked if he planned to return,
Bachman responded simply: "Yes.
I'm going back." Athletes make extra
sacrifices to go overseas
by Daniel Ruprecht
Making the decision to go over­
seas can be difficult enough for
the average Lewis &: Clark stu­
dent, but for varsity athletes there
is an added consideration : the
possibility of missing a season of
competition . While some athletes
are unwilling to make that sacri­
fice, others have chosen to pass
up a season to go abroad, and
many in tLe latter group have suc­
cessfully returned to competition
upon returning to LC
Junior Chris Kreger "never
considered not going" on an off­
campus trip although she knew it
would cause her to miss part of
the basketball season. "Athletics
are important but I hope life ex­
tends beyond that," she said, ex­
emplifying the Athletics Depart-.
ment's "Spons in Perspective "
motto. In order to avoid also miss­
ing the softball season, she lim­
ited herself to fall semester pro­
grams, and opted for LCs Wash­
ington, D.C trip. Despite having
few opportunities to practice
while in Washington , Kreger
played in the first game back and
qUickly regained her spot as start­
ing point guard.
While Kreger rejoined the team
in mid-season, her Washington trip-mate Sara Hayes decided
upon returning not. to play bas­
ketball this season. (If she returns
my callI will know why and write
some more about this.)
A successful track season last
spring caused senior Raina Kiewel
to drop her plans to go on LCs
Italy program and instead spend
another season running around
the oval and jumping in the sand.
After breaking the school records
and becoming an All-American in
both the long and triple jumps last
year, Kiewel feels she has a chance
to win nationals that she cannot
pass up. "This could be my last
chance to compete and I still have
something to prove," she said.
Kiewel said her previous trips
to Europe and her plans to return
in the future were a major con­
sideration in her decision not to
go to Italy with LC "I laugh at
those who don't even consider
going overseas" because of sports,
she said.
Athletes leaving on overseas
trips have always been a fact oflife
at LC According to Coach David
Fix, only eight percent of cross
country runners in LCs hiStory
have partiCipated in the sport all
four years. All seven sophomores
on this year's team will miss
next fall's season because of "-----'--
Athletics are important
but I hope life extends
beyond that.
Chris Kreger
junior -----"
overseas trips.
Athletic Director Steve Wallo
said that athletes in individual
sports like cross country and
swimming are more likely to go
abroad than team sport athletes
because there are more opportu­
nities for post-collegiate compe­
tition in individual sports.
Fix said it takes a dedicated
athlete to return to athletics after
being on an overseas trip where
training is difficult if not impos­
sible, but those that do return are
usually successful.
Wallo is working with the ad­
ministration to expand summer
overseas programs which would
be particularly attractive to ath­
letes.
In addition to sparing athletes
the decision between going over­
seas and playing sports, more
summer programs would open up
spots in overcrowded fall and
spring semester trips, Wallo said.
Women dominate overseas trip
Women, from page 1
Julie Dickover , a senior art
major who went on the New York
trip with Buettner, shared her
ideas on the subject. "We lived by
Central Park. It wasn't a good idea
to wander around, but you used
common sense."
Dickover did not think the
unbalan ced ratio of men to
women affected the overall trip.
"Why would it matter? Different
people brought different perspec­
tives," she said. However, she did
comment that the New York trip
was mon ~ of an independent-type
program than group-based.
Senior Adam Smith, one of the
five male participants on a heavily
female-based trip to Spain last
spring, said the ratio imbalance
made a difference .
"The one thing I found frus­
trating was that I couldn't room
with who I wanted," he said.
When asked why he thought
more women would apply to go
overseas than men, Smith said,
"LC has a culture that says 'go
overseas.' V/omen may be more
willing to foilow that. I think a lot
of the men could care less."
Zaher Wahab, a professor in
Teacher Education who led the
most recent trip to India with a
group of 11 men and 11 women,
said that his balanced gender ra­
tio certainly was beneficial for the
students in the program.
"It reflected the ratio of men to
women in America. If [the ratio I
doesn't represent America, there
is something wrong. It is always a
good thing to have balance," he
said.
Wahab reinforced that though there were equal numbers of men
and women on his trip, he got to
that ratio by simply choosing the
best applicants .
Harvey Schmidt, a mathemat­
ics professor who led a recent trip
to Turkey with nine women and
one male student, agrees, but not
necessarily on all points. "If you
have a balanced ratio, there are
more things you can accomplish."
To elaborate on what "things" a
group could do if it had a balanced
gender ratio, Schmidt said it could
give students more mobility in a
country because they may feel
safer.
"It's important for students to
Upcoming
OVerseas
Trips try their own wings," Schmidt
said. "Look at it from an educa­
tional perspective. There are times
when [a balanced ratiol would be
better. But mostly it's fine."
Though Myers recognizes the
unbalanced ratio of men to
women on many of the overseas
trips, he said he would not like to
make any moves to encourage
more men to apply. He would
rather let things run their natural
course. He said the people that
want to go on trips should be the
ones to go; that way the programs
can maintain standards of quality.
"It's a national trend ... it's
something we inherit," he said.
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Hum's intricate tunes don't play by the rules
by Ryan Wise
I wish more "modern rock" bands
took lessons from Hum, or at least sat
down and listened to the Champaign,
IlL, quartet's latest album, Downward is
Heavenward .
As with their last release, 1995's You'd
Prefer An Astronaut, Hum makes music
on their own terms, never feeling bound
to write a factory-made AABA style rock
song. You'd Prefer An Astronaut featured
"Stars," Hum's only real "hit" ("She
thinks she missed the train to Mars/She's
out back counting stars").
With a guitar crunch reminiscent of
Metallica and Gish-era Smashing Pump­
kins, Hum intersperses quiet mists of
melody and restrained energy when needed before the crunch sets back in.
Hum is just as comfortable with the ex­
treme highs and with the lows, some­
thing I doubt you'll ever hear from
Froot worthy of praise
by Andrew Hudak
Dan Froot's performance, part of the
Arts Alive! series, with guest artist David
Dorfman, began before most audience
members had even sat down. Froot re­
gards theater as something that moves
beyond a simple stage presentation . He
threw his mixture of dance, music, and
spoken word into the laps of the audi­
ence for consideration, inviting all to stay
after the performance for a chance to ask
questions and to give criticism .
Above all, the five eclectic solos by
Froot and one by Dorfman showed their
ability and willingness to play, to enjoy
themselves on stage. This seemed odd
at times when contrasted with the more
serious aspects of the performance. In
one piece, Froot spiked his anxious saxo­
phone playing to count out loud the di­
minishing T-cell level of his friend. Just
as suddenly as the counting began, he
stopped it to address the friend he had
been describing . He detailed one evening
when stopping by with dinner by nam­
ing off those subjects safe to discuss. The
audience immediately understood the
underlying apprehension and concern
within their relationship. Along with
this, Froot questioned the friendless way
AIDS is discussed by framing a health
report that ignores individuals, only dis­
cussing the "disease" or T-cell count.
This piece stood with lighter pieces
including a sentimental monologue
about plastics; David Dorfman 's piece
"What I Know About Cats," in which he
plays the accordion and wears a wild wig;
and Dan Froot's work in progress
"Whoops Johnnie." This piece jumped
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turned back to finish what it had begun.
Froot made a cohesive whole out of im­
ages such as a banana on stage, the game
"Whoops Johnnie," a story about real
and imagined encounters in the men's
john, and the loneliness of space travel.
At times, it was tricky to make the con­
nections, but worthwhile all the same.
The duet between Froot and
Dorfman, titled "Job," was the best of the
evening. Unlike the solos, this piece
worked from structured improvisation.
It explored issues of trust and betrayal
between two friends. The two characters
traded emotions just as we all do, but
illustrated it as a business deal. Their
friendship, shown as good business, was
hiding under the table and it took them
a long time to find it. However, as their
dishonesties returned and their pretense
of trust disappeared , it left them more
easily than it originally came. The physi­
cal and vocal play between these two
men and the analogy to business made
this piece amazing. Froot later admitted
that it was hard for him to accept the
audience's laughter during this piece
because of its subject.
Many in the audience stayed after­
ward for the question and answer period.
This part of the performance was, in
many ways, just as important as the per­
formance itself. Dan Froot explained that
he felt theater was best off-stage. Either
way, any man willing to wear a banana
suit and tell knock-knock jokes is wor­
thy of both praise and damnation . He
received both from the audience.
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8 Pioneer Log January 30, 1998 cookie-cutter bands like Matchbox 20.
Their songs typically follow intricate
paths, eschewing a much-tread verse­
chorus pattern.
There are some true gems on this al­
bum, notably, "Dreamboat ," "Comin'
Home," "Ms. Lazarus," and the under­
stated, beautiful "Apollo," where lead
Singer/guitarist Matt Talbott proclaims,
''I'm thinking of a number between ev­
erything and two."
Talbott's voice on this album is its
usual deadpan, clear style, contrasting
nicely with the musical energy in near
indifference.
Because most of Hums effort goes into
creating thick textures , the listener
sometimes forgets what a rhythmically
tight band this is. While not featured as
much as on You'd Prefer (listen to the very end of ''I'd Like Your Hair Long", and if
you ever figure out what time signature
it's in, let me know), Hum will shift ef­
fortlessly on the fiy from 4 to 3, as in
"Ms. Lazarus," or throw in a 5-beat mea­
sure just for fun.
Although the songs stand well by
themselves , sometimes the album drags
in places, especially during "The Inuit
Promise" and parts of "Afternoon with
the Axolotls. " My suggestio n is to listen
to this album a few times and let it sink
in. Don't expect to get everything in one
sitting.
Downward is Heavenward is a great
journey, and I encourage you to check it
out. Hum also plays La Luna Feb. 13.
Tickets are on sale now for $8, plus ser­
vice charge, at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Puttin' on Herb Ritts
by Mike skrzynski
On display from Jan. 22 until Mar.
14 in the Gallery of Contemporary
Art, the Herb Ritts: 100 Photographs
exhibit will be the longest running
show of the year, and with good rea­
son. Herb Ritts is perhaps one of the
most sought-after portrait photogra­
phers in this day and age. He is world­
renowned for his stark black and
white photography of the human
body. His pictures capture both the
viewer's attention and the essence of
his subjects. However, most are famil­
iar with him from his photos of movie
stars and other celebrities.
Based in Los Angeles, Herb Ritts
has immortalized countless stars on
black and white film. From Madonna
to Prince, Dizzie Gilespie to Steven
Hawking , he has captured people in
ways no one else can. So much per­
sonality comes out of his work that it
sometimes seems like he took a part
of someone and embedded it into
photographiC paper. He hasn't limited
himself to photography, either." He has
also applied his talents to the realm
of motion pictures.
Herb Ritts directed Wicked Game
for Chris Isaak and Cherish for Ma­
donna, both of which played on MTY.
Beyond the gallery, his photos have
also been featured in ad campaigns for
deSigners such as Calvin Klein and
Ralph Lauren.
His ability is so impressive that it
is a wonder that Lewis &: Clark is privileged enough to see his work on
campus.
We have Tracey Savage, the cura­
tor of the gallery, to thank for bring­
ing Herb Ritts' collection to the col­
lege. She was responsible for asking
the artist to showcase his photos and
she also handles the presentation of
the actual exhibition .
After deliberating with the artist,
she split the show into two sections.
At the main entrance she hung Herb's
Africa photos. In the larger room be­
yond, she placed the more popular
and well-known work. Because of
this, students have the chance to ini­
tially appreciate the images for their
artistry rather than their familiarity .
Even though the show is separated
into two sections, students are en­
couraged to look at the individual
photos as well as the exhibition as a
whole. Savage says that she intended
it to be "visually, intellectually , and
aesthetically pleasing" for the viewer.
An artist in her own right, she be­
gan hanging the celebrity gallery with
what she called the "Batman wall" and
worked .her way from there. You can
also find the "women's wall," but
there are many more connections to
be made.
Whether you are studying photog­
raphy or simply interested in the hu­
man form, this show is a wonderful
opportunity to see the works of a
master.
The Gallery of Contemporary Art
is open Tuesday through Saturday
from 11 am to 4 pm.
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by Mike Skrzynski
The human race is currently in the
jet stream of the information age. We are
being swept away by the wind, yet we
have only a general sense of which di­
rection we are headed.
In today's hectic climate, home pages
are meant to communicate many types
of information. They can contain writ­
ing, music, pictures, movies, and what­
ever else a person can think of. They are
a mode of personal expression as well as
a forum in which every kind of topic can
be discussed .
As of this year, only 342 students in
the Lewis &: Clark College of Law and
the College of Arts and Sciences have
home pages on the World Wide Web. Of
these pages, about half have not been
changed since they were first created by
the Webs tart program. For those who
have taken the plunge into the technol­
ogy tidal pool, this leaves the gates of
self-expression via the Web wide open.
LC student home pages offer a wide
variety of information, ranging from new
software available on the net to what
someone's favorite color is. There are, in
fact, two distinct main types of web pages
here at LC. There are home pages that are strictly
self serving and give no useful informa­
tion outside of a particular person's tum­
ons and turn-offs. The majority of LC
pages are exactly like this. If these kinds
of pages were made well then they could
be entertaining, but otherwise they make
no effort to educate the passing web surf­
ers.
At the other end of boat, there are the
few proud individuals who try to leave
their mark on the Internet by giving
people something they can use. Some are
also self-serving, but they have some­
thing that sets them apart. These pages
provide the public with information and
tools that are both useful and entertain­
ing.
One source of brain candy is junior
Colin Ryono's home page (http://
www.lclark.edul-ryono). Ryono's page is
well-planned with material about his life,
the Beaties, and a landslide of interest­
ing links to follow.
The most significant thing about
Ryono's home page is the Almost Famous
Movie Monologue page. He has amassed
over 54 monologues to browse through,
with more on the way. It begins with a
monologue from the Breakfast Club, but it has something for everyone.
For example, if you happen to be
stumped as to what Christopher Walken
said in his speech to Butch in Pulp Fic­
tion, then look no further than Colin
Ryono's home page.
Other interesting personal pages in­
clude senior Linsel Greene's home page
(http://www.lclark.edul-lgreene) which
sports a vast vault of humor. You may
come across some jokes that you already
know, but chances are that you will also
find new ones.
If you need links to news or search
services, then Erik Benton's page (http:/
/www.lclark.edul-benton) features many
useful ones as well as computer and
video game links.
For Faith Hill fans, Quentin Fromke's
home page (http://www .lclark.edu/
-fromke) offers a collection of links de­
voted to the singer/songwriter.
To just look at a bunch of cool things
including artwork, you can visit the
home page of Ryan Gerrish (http://
www.lclark.edu/-gerrish) .
On the whole, these pages seem to
provide a place for personal opinion and
individualism in a rapidly changing and
crowded world.
Spice World is flavored with fun
by Marianna "Buffalo Spice" Ritchey
I was in an ecstasy of thinking my­
self cuter than I actually am after see­
ing "Spice World" for the first time. It'll
do that to you. Make you believe sweet,
sweet things about yourself that just
aren't true. I wanted the clothes, the
accent, the 'tude. I forced myself into a
lime green pantsuit made for my 12-
year-old niece, pierced my tongue,
sewed some tail feathers on my butt Movie Columnist and went to see it again. Though I
couldn't breathe very well through the corset I'd ladled my­
self into, the movie soothed and lulled me into a world of lies
that told me I too could be a Spice Girl.
Who wouldn't want to be one? According to the movie, all
they do is ride around in a big double-decker bus and wrestle
with each other, activities which are interrupted only long
enough to allow legions of screaming fans a glimpse of their
sequined bell bottoms. The movie was a parody, okay, I know
that. But aren't all parodies based on truth? Don't we kid be­
cause we love?
And I love the Spice Girls. I love Mel B, Geri, Victoria, Mel
C and to a lesser (much lesser) extent, I love Emma. They
speak to me. The fun they have makes my drab life look drab­
ber. They laugh, giggle, pinch each other, and rub the belly of
their pregnant friend, who in reality would have gone on to
write "I was the Sixth Spice Girl" but who in the movie makes
them all her child's godmothers. 'They're ready, Chief," says
frantic road manager Richard E. Grant. "They've got fire in
their eyes and great big shoes on their feet."
The movie follows Scary, Ginger, Posh, Baby, and Sporty
Spice for five fun-filled days leading up to their first (and only) live show. The self mockery elicited my respect and wor­
ship. The girls ride around on an enormous double-decker
bus emblazoned with the British flag. Inside, each girl has her
own little corner. Sporty rides an exercise bike. Baby sits on a
child's swing. Posh stands on a lighted runway. "I never know
whether to wear the little Gucci dress, the little Gucci dress,
or the little Gucci dress," she pouts. "I know," says Baby, "why
don't you wear the little Gucci dress?"
After some hilarious shenanigans and a great scene in which
Posh and Sporty fall out of a speeding motorboat , the movie
climaxes with a brilliant "chase scene" involving a baby being
born and Posh driving the spice bus at high speeds, jumping it
Blues Brothers-style over a drawbridg e and almost running into
two nuns.
"How can they be so engaging when I so loathe their mu­
sic?" I asked myself. "Because you love them for who they are,
as human beings," I answered. The Spice Girls are people too.
We tend to forget that in today's action-packed, who-can-be­
most-cynical world. Okay, so, is their music any good? Do they
have any talent at all? Can they act? Do they even sing their
own songs? Even though the answers are no, no, no, and prob­
ably not, how can we push aside the fact that Pop Stars have
feelings too, just like you and me? If you see. the movie, you'll
understand . And if you still hate them -don't fret. They'll be
completely wiped off the face of the earth within a few months.
The cold and fickle musical Gods will see to that. The world
has turned and the Spice Girls are out. And I, for one, do not
choose to gloat. People that cute don't deserve to be bashed
apart by the unfeeling musical demigods of the recording in­
dustry who strut and prance about, using their fancy-shmancy
technical talk to condescend to, say, Mel B, who's just a girl
from Leeds after all. It's enough to make a girl cry.
And I can't get out of this f* !#ing pantsuit.
PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA PICTURES
The Spice Girls find a moment to sit back and refled on the issues that face the modern world. La Musica Rock
by Murray Cizon
British techno sensations Prodigy are
in a bit of trouble with Target and Wal­
Mart these days. It
seems that after
only five months of
release a nd two
million copies sold
of their third al­
bum, Fat of the
Land, the first track
"Smack My Bitch
Up" has offended
someone at Amer­
ica's "family" retail outlets.
Prodigy's musical complexity and dy­
namic lyricism made them one of the
most successful bands of 1997. Viewed
as forerunners in the press-dubbed
"Electronica " revolution, the Prodigy hit
these shores last spring with their hit
Single "Firestarter ." This track, featuring
a Cartesian self-awareness mantra of,
'Tm a Firestarter, twisted Firestarter,"
brought them to national attention and
heavy MTV rotation. The follow-up
Single, "Breathe," a meander through
Thomas Hardy-esque metaphors like
"Psychosomatic-attic -insane," was
equally gargantuan over the airwaves and
helped push the album to double plati­
num status.
So now the band's label Maverick,
owned by controversy-shy Madonna, has
released "Smack My Bitch Up" as the
third single. The video, which lasted a
whole three weeks on MTV before NOW
protests got it pulled, was an exercise in
the good taste and dynamiC wit that
makes the Prodigy great. Gratuitous nu­
dity, drug use, vomiting , and female ex­
ploitation abound in the three-minute
clip, all with Prodigy singer Keith Flint's
chant of "change my pitch up, smack my
bitch up."
Songwriter and producer Liam
Howlett claims the song is a soccer ref­
erence and the "bitch" in question could
be a reference to anyone.
I find this song more silly than offen­
sive, but I can see where techno pioneer
Moby is coming from when he remarked
on MTV's 120 Minutes that "Smack My
Bitch Up" is all-too-relevant when you
know someone who's been a victim of
domestic violence.
The issue I'm intrigued with isn't the
song's content, but the double standard
practiced by Target, Wal-Mart, and MTV
In regard to the "family" retail outlets,
they both have the policy of censoring
any album with a so-called "Tipper
Sticker"/Parental AdVisory Warning on
the cover. They'll either make Nirvana
change the song "Rape Me" (an anti-rape
song) to "Waif Me" (whatever that
means), or outright ban albums by Tool
based on the artwork alone.
However, it's obvious no one is actu­
ally listening to the CDs here. For the
Prodigy to sell two million copies in the
United States, both of those stores had
to playa large part in that success. Ironic
how now, almost half a year later, they're
trying to censor the record.
As for MTV, I'm amazed the video got
played at all (albeit after midnight and
with a rating of "M"). But this type of
hypocrisy isn't new to the network. The
song "Regulate" by Warren G featured
the line, "Nate-Dogg 's gonna' turn some
bodies cold." The word "cold" was digi­
tally removed for the video. However ,
Johnny Cash's "Delia's Gone" was placed
into heavy rotation and included lyrics
like, "With the first shot I hit her, and
the second shot she died" -uncensored.
There were also visual images of ML
Cash gripping a rope and chaSing after a
countried-out Kate Moss (don't get me
started about how I feel about that).
Could all this have something to do with
race? Just a thought.
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Shocked by Linfield, LC recovers against PLU
by Steve Schroeder
The Lewis &. Clark men's basketball
team spent another week on the roller
coaster known as the 1997-98 NCIC
conference season.
They started off well, taking an easy
victory from Pacific University on jan,
23 on the road, Five players finished in
double figures for LC, with Carl Schreck
finishing with a high of 18, The final
score was 90-75.
Coach Bob Gaillard continued to
search for new line-ups and a solid core
that can play consistently for this team. neers that night.
Linfiel.d guard Grant Ebright, the man
who had forced overtime with his first
acrobat shot in the closing seconds of
regulation, had one more dagger to
throw in the hearts of the Pioneers.
Ebright, who finished with 22 points,
found an inch of space in the Pioneer
defense and launched a second despera­
tion heave. This shot, like the other, fell
through and left the Pioneers unable to
answer. Time ran out for the Pioneers
and they fell to Linfield 66-69.
Linfield entered the game 4-10 over­
'all and 2-6 in conference and simply
outplayed the Pioneers. Pamplin Sports Center was the site
the next night for a rivalry game against
traditional Pioneer foes, Linfield .
Linfield had been successful against LC
in recent history and a victory against
the highly ranked Pioneers would have
fulfilled their highest expectations of
what was turning out to be a sub-par
year. LC's Jeff Flowers (40) is about to "throw down" against PLU. There were several reasons for this
unexpected loss. LC shot poorly
throughout the game, making only 38
percent of their shots compared to
Linfield's 45 percent. They also played
stagnantly when Linfield surged in the
second half of action.
For the Pioneers it was a matter of
protecting their home court advantage
against a lesser ranked team in the con­
ference.
LC started the game quickly by tak­
ing an early lead, with their up-and­
down-the-court style, Problems began to
develop, however, when LC's play turned
sluggish midway through the first halL
This early momentum was stymied by
horrible shooting from the field; the Pio­
neers hit just 31 percent of their shots
in the first halL LC was down by three
at halftime,
The Pioneers took back the lead dur­
ing the middle of the second half, but
their shooting woes continued, espe­
cially from three point range. LC made
only two of 17 attempts from three point
land the entire game, and didn't make a
Single three pointer in the second haIL
This was a key factor in keeping LC from
pulling away from Linfield down the stretch. With about one minute remain­
ing in the game, the Pioneers had a three
point lead, but Linfield held possession .
The Pioneers played stifling defense, and
were not about to concede anything to
Linfield.
Near the end of this long sequence ,
the 35-second shot clock buzzer went
off, but the sound was muffled by the
boisterous Pioneer fans.
LC should have been awarded posses­
sion following this violation, but all three
referees apparently did not hear the
buzzer, and incorrectly awarded the ball
to Linfield after it went out of bounds.
While LC fans, players, and coaches
all tried to figure out how such a call
could be missed by three separate offi­
cials at such a crucial point in the game,
Linfield managed to tie the ball game.
A desperation three point shot thrown
by LC's senior Brooks Meek missed its
mark, and the game headed for overtime.
The raucous Pamplin crowd, along
Crew's endurance lasts all day
by Mike Folland
Last weekend the crew team chal­
lenged themselves with the phYSically
demanding task of keeping three er­
gometers, or rowing machines , going
for 24 straight hours.
Beginning on Saturday, jan. 24 at
noon, rowers on the crew team took
turns erging through the day and
night until finally finishing on Sun­
day at noon.
Each team had seven rowers giv­
ing everyone a chance to row a little
over three and a half hours. The first
place team rowed a total of 303,028
meters, the second team reached
299,870, and the third team got to
292,120 meters for a combined team
total of 895,018 meters.
The purpose was not only for some
of the rowers to lose a few pounds
they might have gained over Christ­
mas, but, as Coach Hilary Gehman
said, "It gives the team a chance to
bond together before the beginning of
the season. One feels a great sense of
accomplishment after erging for 24
hours."
In the crew room there is a quote
hanging on the wall which says, "The
ergometer stimulates the physical de­
mands of rowing, packaging the pains
with none of the amenities that make
it worthwhile ." All the rowers under­
stand its meaning well -especially after erging for 24 hours.
Rowing can cause nausea, back
pain, stretched tendons, agonizing
headaches and a burning sensation in
the forearms , but while being out on
a calm, glassy river reflecting the
bright orange clouds lit by the rising
sun, rowers can block out some of the
pain they experience by enjoying the
scenery.
In contrast, while inside an en­
closed room where the blue water is
replaced by green carpet, the fresh,
morning air is substituted by the cold,
smoke filled air blOWing through the
windows, and the trees lining the
bank of the river are replaced by bare
walls, pain becomes more difficult to
block out and requires a mental
toughness of which not everyone is
capable.
To alleviate the sore arms, legs,
backs, and feet, deprivation of sleep,
and raw, blistered hands, movies were
shown the entire time, giving the row­
ers something to divert their atten­
tion.
Speculating on the upcoming sea­
son, Ben McClelland said, "Hopefully
we have enough people sticking with
it. "
Although a few of the fall rowers
have decided not to continue in the
spring, the team remains strong and
hopeful that they will go varsity in the
fall of next season.
10 Pioneer Log January 30, 1998 with the two embattled teams, settled in
for the final five minute stanza of action
to decide the bitter confrontation.
Overtime was a see-saw battle which
saw each team take a lead, only to be
supplanted by the play of the other. With
less than twenty seconds remaining in
the extra period, Meek found himself fif­
teen feet away from the basket with the
fate of the game in his hands.
The Pioneers were down two, and af­
ter being fouled, Meek had to make both
free throws to tie the score and force a
second extra period of action ..
Meek's play had been the strongest of
the night for LC. He scored 26 points,
grabbed eight rebounds and collected
five steals.
Meek, the seasoned veteran, sunk the
first shot without fear.
Linfield called a time-out trying to
rattle the veteran. Several Linfield play­
ers even tried to distract Meek with some
old fashioned "trash talking" before the
second attempt.
It didn't work.
Meek sunk the second shot and the
score was tied. All that remained was a
few seconds of defense ag~inst the
Linfield attack, before preparing for an­
other overtime .
It was not meant to be for the Pio-Finally, there was no stand-out per­
formance off the bench. This season, the
Pioneers have come to rely on a spark
off the bench from players such as josh
Ulmer, Eric Kingma, and Mark Puccioni.
This spark never came, partly perhaps
due to the fact that the starters played
195 of the 225 minutes in the game.
This loss was especially tough for LC.
It sent them into third place in the NCIC
conference, and dropped them from 7th
to 20th in the national rankings.
The Pioneers had a tough test facing
them only two days after the disheart­
ening loss. This came in the form of a
home match on jan. 27 against nation­
ally ranked Pacific Lutheran . This team
had beaten LC less than two weeks be­
fore.
LC opened the game quickly, as usual,
but was unable to open a big lead in the
first halL The starting line-up was bol­
stered by senior forward, Puccioni , who
is arguably the most aggressive Pioneer
on both sides of the ball.
In appreciation for this hustle and
aggressive play, the Pamplin faithful have
nicknam ed Puccioni "The Enforcer ."
This chant can be heard cascading from
the crowd whenever he checks into a
see Men's Basketball, page 11
Women beat Pacific, then lose two
by Daniel Ruprecht
The Lewis &. Clark women's basket­
ball team was in action three times this
week, beating Pacific on the road Friday
before dropping close games at home to
Linfield on Saturday and Pacific
Lutheran on Tuesday.
The Pioneers jumped out to an early
lead against Pacific and never looked
back on their way to a 71-61 victory. Se­
nior Vicki Spevecek poured in 21 points
and collected eight rebounds in the vic­
tory. Point guard Chris Kreger scored 17
points and Stacey Cottle added nine
points and 10 rebounds off the bench to
help defeat the Boxers.
On Saturday night Linfield pulled
away in the second half and held on to a
hard-fought 65-58 win. Senior Liza
Getches led the way with 17 points in­
cluding two 3-pointers . Freshman Sarah
Warnock made five of six shots in just
11 minutes on her way to 11 points, but
as a team LC was hampered by a low 30
percent field goal percentag e.
PLU's tough defense held LC to 20
first-half points on Tuesday as the Lutes
jumped out to an ll-point lead at the
intermission. Some scrappy second-half play kept the Pioneers within reach, and
LC was down by only seven with 7:40
remaining after a Kasha White layup.
Kreger's 3-pointer with 1:26 to go nar­
rowed PLU's lead to 53-47, but the Pio­
neers could not close the gap, eventu­
ally lOSing 59-49.
The Pioneers were hurt by poor free
throw shooting , making only 5-11 com­
pared to PLU's 21-28. The loss drops LC
to 2-8 against conference opponents and
3-13 overall.
In both losses, LC was plagued by
turnovers down the stretch. "We've 'got
to take care of the ball," Coach Missy
Smith said. She also cited shot selection
and ball movement as areas in need of
improvement.
Smith is encouraged by the quality
play seen from young players in the past
several games.
The narrow margin of the losses is
further evidence of an improving team.
"We're going to keep on playing hard and
hopefully be the spoilers" in upcoming
games, she said.
The Pioneers take on University of
Puget Sound in Tacoma tonight before
returning home to play Seattle Univer­
sity on Saturday. Superb Broncos surprise Cheeseheads on Super Sunday
by David Kolek
There's nothing I like seeing more in sports than a
grown man being reduced to tears. And the only thing
that comes close to supplanting raw emotion, in my
book, is when a group of players exceed expectations
on the way to victory. There were the "special stories" that NBC had pre­
pared for the viewers before kick-off asonly NBC can.
This is the network that showed so many stories about
athletes during the 1996 Summer OlympiCS, they didn't
have time to show live coverage of the events them­
selves.
Every one of the nearly one billion Super Bowl view­
ers got to see both on their warm television sets on
Jan. 25.
If you didn't join the multitudes, you missed:
1) Mega-Star,Jewel, performing a soulful rendition
of the National Anthem.
2) Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Boyz II Men,
and yes, Queen latifah all on the same half-time stage
performing a medley of Motown classics. We, the viewers, were supposed to keep our eyes on
Shannon Sharpe. According to NBC, the Denver re­
ceiver was playing with his brother, Sterling, in his
thoughts and prayers. More blatantly, however, was the
assertion by Dick Enberg that "everyone" wanted to
see John Elway, Denver's long-suffering quarterback,
walk home from San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium a win­
ner.
You also missed a great football game between the
Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos which
ended with Denver on top, 31-24. The Packers had other thoughts, I am sure, but it
wasn't meant to be for the Cheeseheads this time
around.
Yeah, it seems that the planning committee of this
"super spectacle" remembered to order the great game
and it arrived right on time. Ten years after it was supposed to happen, John
Elway was finally able to flash that priceless smile on
Super Bowl Sunday. All cynicism aside, it was an en­
joyable game to watch, except maybe if you were from
the state of Wisconsin .
Men's Basketball
George Fox
Whitworth
Lewis & Clark
Willamette
Pacific Lutheran
Whitman
Puget Sound
Linfield
Pacific
Seattle University
Women's Basketball
Pacific Lutheran
Puget Sound
Whitworth
George Fox
Willamette
Linfield
Seattle University
Pacific
Lewis & Clark
Whitman
hang tefl, earn SIX* NCIC
8-1
7-2
7-3
5-4
5-5
4-5
4-5
3-6
2-7
1-8
7-2
7-2
6-3
6-3
5-4 5-4
4-5
2-7
2-7
1-8
*6 weeks, 6 credits, about $2,200 including tuition, room &
board, books, and airfare.
Term 1: May 26-July 2 • Term 2: July 6-August 14
www.summer.hawaii.edu • toll-free 1 (800) 862-6628 Overall Terrell Davis, a sixth
round draft pick, ran for
three touchdowns en
route to being named the
game's Most Valuable
Player. Suffering from a
migraine headache
brought on by a first quar­
ter hit, Davis still found
time to clinch the victory
with a one yard touch­
down run with less than
two minutes left in the
game. 10-5
11-4
12-4
9-6
9-7
6-9
6-8
5-10
4-10
3-13
11-5
8-8
7-8
9-6
8-7
7-8
6-6
4-11
3-12
2-13 The play that many
Bronco players pointed to
as pivotal in the final
drive, however, was
turned in by Elway. Need­
ing six yards to keep the
clinching drive alive,
Elway was pressured out
of the pocket by the Green
Bay defense. As the aging
quarterback scrambled,
the fate of his team was on
the line. Ifhe was brought
down before getting the
first down, the drive
would be stopped, and
Green Bay would take
over possession with a
chance to win the game.
Rather than sliding to
the ground, as most quar­
terbacks do in the open
field to avoid the crushing
blows of 300-pound line­
men, Elway dove head
first into the fray to fight
for the first down. He was
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the marker and collected the vital first down.
He also proved to his teammates that he was willing
to risk his very life to win the game. And win they did.
Nobody gave these Broncos a chance, and they
weren't hesitant to remind people of that after the game.
The great thing is, they earned the right to do the talk­
ing. This team, a wild card qualifier in the NFL play­
offs, beat a much more talented team on the big day in
front of God and everyone else. They lifted their play
to another level; their best football was saved for the
last game of the year. Hollywood has tried many times,
but has never written a script this compelling .
The cagey veteran has a dream for one last chance.
The late-blooming running back has enormous forti­
tude and the ability to carry his team to victory if the
migraine headaches don't stop him. They even have a
wide receiver playing out the dreams of his older
brother. Cue the stirring music and run the credits,
right?
Wrong, we still need the grown men crying, and we
also need to wrap up all the story lines NBC wove for
us.
Sharpe was happy to provide the emotion. After
thanking his teammates, and reminding the media that
they had underestimated the Broncos, he broke down
into tears. Holding his two children in his immense
arms, Sharpe wished his brother Sterling well, and let
the tears loose. I love it!
Elway left the other story line open, refUSing to com­
ment on whether this would be his final game. That
leaves a question so tantalizing, even NBC didn't dare
tackling it before signing off. But I will.
Will there be a Bronco sequel next year?
logic says no.
But if the billions of viewers learned anything , they
learned that logic gets thrown out the window on Su­
per Bowl Sunday.
Men rebound from loss
Men's Basketball, from page 10
game.
Puccioni was a big spark throwing in 12
points in only 15 minutes. The Pioneers also got
a lift in the first half from freshman Kyle Kiang
who scored 6 points and grabbed four rebounds .
The Pioneers had a five point lead at halftime,
42-37.
This game was decided in the opening min­
utes of the second half, when the Pioneers run­
and-gun style offense proved too much for the
lutes and the lC lead stretched into the teens.
The three-pOint baskets that were not falling
against Linfield rained down on the lutes.
The Pioneers were led by the play of Meek,
who has always been a scorer, but as of late, has
turned up the intensity in the way of rebounds
and defense. Meek finished with 21 points, 5
rebounds, and 4 steals.
Flowers, the man in the middle for the Pio­
neers, scored 26 and grabbed 12 rebounds .
The Pioneers also saw quality performan ces
from Whitney Brake who led the team with 13
rebounds, and Josh Ulmer who provided that
ever important spark off the bench. Ulmer hit
two big three-point baskets, ending the game
with 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals.
He also tortured the inexperienced ball-han­
dlers bringing the ball up the court for the lutes
in the second half. lC fans were treated to a
defensive clinic as the wiry freshman from
Corbett played tenacious defense across the en­
tire ninety-four feet of playing surface.
The Pioneers could feel proud about this vic­
tory, winning by a decisive margin of 93-73.
There is no doubt that the squad had high
expectations entering this season; so did their
fans. One of these goals was to make the post
season NAIA tournament held in Nampa, Idaho,
in March. If the Pioneers are to attain this goal,
if they are to reach the high expectations set by
both themselves and their fans, they are going
to have to play more conSistently down the
stretch.
There are several important match ups in the
near future for the Pioneers, including tonight'S
game against the University of Puget Sound in
Tacoma.
The Pioneers return to Pamplin this Saturday,
Jan. 31, when they take on Seattle University .
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Jan
30
If you can get up early
enough, go see an B am
lecture on the main stage
in Fir Acres Theatre
entitled An Insider's View
of American Playwriting.
It will be presented by
author Arthur Kopit.
A Ceramics Workshop
will be held in the
Fields Art Center
ceramic studio at 10 am
by Akio Takamori.
The cost is $40, $30 for
members of the Oregon
Potters Association and
students with 1.0.
There will be a
Faculty Recital in the
auditorium of Evans Music
Building at B pm
featuring Richard
Poppino, baritone, and
Rachelle McCabe, piano. Jan
31
The SOFA Cinema
Spectacular will be
screening Men in Black
at 7:30 and 10 pm
in the Council Chamber.
Don't forget.
Women's Basketball vs.
Seattle University in
the Pamplin Sports Center
at 6 pm and at
B pm, Men's Basketball
vs. Seattle University.
Feb
1
SOFA Cinema special
engagement. Get cozy at
Romy and Michelle's
High School Reunion
in the Council Chamber
at 1 pm. Feb
2
Physics Colloquium
at 4 pm about
Chaotic Dynamics in
Billiards Using Bohm's
Quantum Mechanics.
It wi II be presented by
Osiel Bonfim, visiting
assistant professor of
physics at Reed College.
The colloquium will be in
Room 204 of the Olin
Physics-Chemistry
Building. There will be
free refreshments and
pre-colloquium
discussions in the
Olin Library Lounge
at 3:45 pm.
Extreme Sports
Movie Night.
The LC Boating Club
is sponsoring a night of
high action sports films
in the Council Chamber
at 7:30 pm. Wear a cup. Feb
3
Come to the Armstrong
Lounge in the Manor
House at Bpm and tran­
scend with the acoustic
mellow vibes of Katy
Davidson and L C 's own
Wolf Colonel.
Feb
5
! .
SOFA presents Club Stamm,
a comedy showcase
featuring Don Barnhart with
Comedy Spartz at 7 pm.
Higgins Distinguished
Visitor Lecture Grand
Theater: The Criminal Trial
in Historical Perspective will
be presented by Lawrence
Friedman, Marion
RiceKirkwood Professor of
Law at Stanford Law School
in the Student Lounge of
the Law School at 7:30 pm.
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