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Volume 62, Issue 10

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1997-12-05

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

Dean
Jane,
page 10
Friday, December 5, 1997
Volume 62, Issue 10
Portland, Oregon
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College backs off on lot
• In response to growing student opposition,
LC alters plan to lessen environmental effect
by Gene Wixson
After discussion with student and community groups, Lewis & Clark has agreed to
amend the Huston Field parking lot proposal, which is part of the Master Plan amend­
ments recently submitted to the City of Portland.
In a Nov. 21 lelter to the Coalition Advocating Transportation Sensibility (CATS),
Michael Sestric, Facilities Planner, outlined the following changes: The parking lot
will be reduced from 176 spaces to about 161, which will entirely remove the lot from
the environmental resource area bordering the creek. The lot will still be in the transi­
tion area, a lower priority environme ntal zone where development is permitted. This
will result in the conservation of all trees
in the resource area that were slated for
removal.
Although removing the parking lot
from the resource area.removes any le­
gal responsibility the College has to
implement environmental mitigation
measures , it still plans to keep its earlier
mitigation proposal. The mitigation pro­
posal is two-fold, involving removal of
invasive plant species, return of native
species and introduction of a water de-
tention and treatment system. (This is a situation of the
College listening to the
con~e;ns of the students and
community and changing their
plans accordingly."
Michael Sestric,
Facilities Planner
"We hope to create a water treatment system that will serve as a model for other
institutions," Sestric said. The College is still working with water quality engineers
and landscape architects to determine exactly how this system will work.
Both undergraduate and law students as well as community members voiced over­
whelming opposition against the parking lot entering the environmental zone. Re­
sponding to student concern, the College Development Office amended the proposal
by removing the encroachment on the environmental resource area. Sestric noted that
in their staff report, the City of Portland has already approved the parking lot before
changes, with several conditions, which the College was already planning to meet.
"This is a situation of the College listening to the concerns of the students and
community and changing their plans accordingly," Sestric explained .
The Portland city land use hearing regarding the parking lot will reconvene Mon­
day, Dec. 8 at 9 am, allowing students and community members to voice opinions and
concerns. Hearings are open to the public and located in the Portland Building, 1120
SW 5th Ave, Hearing Room A on the second floor. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHYLLIS YES
Painting students take art to extremes. See story, page 1 I.
Revealing grade report released
by Daniel Ruprecht
A recently-released report has revealed a wealth of eye­
opening information about grade distributions at Lewis
& Clark.
The memo, sent to all faculty members
by the Curriculum Committee on Wednes­
day, shows that the average grade given at
LC from Fall 1995 to Spring 1997 was 3.09
on a 4-point scale, or between a Band B+.
Students in 1 OO-Ievel classes averaged 3.00,
while average marks climbed to 3.14 for
200-level courses and 3.23 in upper-level
classes. The report also included average
grades given by each department during the
four-semester period, ranging from 2.77 in
Mathematics to 3.63 in Chinese. (see ac­
companying chart)
The new numbers indicate that LC is
similar to other colleges in grading policies.
Nationwide, mean college GPA is around 3.0
with averages higher in upper-level classes
and lower in math and natural science
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3.15
3.05
2.95
2.85
2.75
Curriculum Committee Chair William Randall said that
although the average of 3.09 seems high, it is probably
"not a drastic change over the last ten years or so. Around
3.0 has been the average grade at LC for quite a while."
There is no hard data to support his speculation, bu.t Dean
lane Atkinson also suspects that grades have not inflater
at LC over the last decade.
The good news on grade inflation comes as a number
of other colleges across the nation face the problem. According to the Washington Post, 90 percent of grades
given at Stanford University in recent years have been no
lower than a B. At Duke, 97 percent of all grades will be
an A in 25 years if the current rate of grade inflation con­
tinues.
Wednesday 's report had its origins two years ago as
faculty members discussed the equitability of grades be-
Average Grades by Level
(Fall '9S-Spring '97)
Course Level
tween departments at LC and the effects of possible in­
equality on GPA-based honors like cum laude. Although
four departments-Gender Studies, East Asian Studies,
Theatre, and Chinese-issued average grades "signifi­
cantly higher than the rest," Randall said the report shows
that grade distributions througho ut the College as a whole
are not inequitable.
See Grades, page 2 Master Plan changes
reviewed at public forum
by Kate Pham and Gene Wixson
In the past few weeks, the proposed parking lot has
been a major source of discussion, generating much stu­
dent concern. However, this parking lot proposal is just a
small part of the Master Plan which Lewis & Clark Col­
lege is responsible for keeping on file with the City of
Portland. This Master Plan details all construction im­
provements that the college hopes to undertake in the
upcoming ten years.
On Tuesday, Nov. 18, a group of concerned neighbors,
students, and staff met with some of the architects, de­
signers, and engineers who are responsible for the devel­
opment plan for the college. Gordon Davis, independent
consultant hired by the college, facilitated the meeting.
Davis reviewed the Master Plan LC filed with the city in
1992 and then talked about the projects accomplished
from that plan. Foremost was the Lewis & Clark Signa­
ture Project, which included adding the Fields and Miller
buildings and expanding the Watzek Library.
Davis then discussed additional projects still to be com­
pleted from the existing Master Plan. The latest of these
is the replacement of the Throckmortonffhaxter complex
and the faculty office building with a new, energy-effi­
cient, multi-layer social science building. He then re­
viewed the changes to the master plan.
Since 1992, the development staff has cycled back
through the planning process and has realized that new
See Master Plan, page 3
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News
Crime Beat
courtesy of Julie Couch, Campus Safety
November J 6 through November 29th
November 17
Unknown person(s) stole a duel deck
dubbing Video cassette recorder from a
media storage room located at the Law
School. .
November 19
It was reported to this office that un­
known person(s) stole a TYNCR Combo
from a classroom in the Gate House.
November 20
A report was filed with this office that
between the 5th and 6th of November un­
known person(s) used a Visa Debit card
fraudulently that belonged to a student.
November 20
Unknown person(s) stole a leaf blower
that was stored in the out door bath
house.
November 22
Two trespass notices were issued to two
non-students who were loud and appeared
to be intoxicated on the first floor of Howard. Both individuals were in the
hall at 0350 hrs and there had been com­
plaints from the hall from students trying
to sleep.
November 23
Unknown person(s) damaged College
property in Manzanita. Two window
screens, closet doors, and a stall in one of
the bathrooms was damaged. A fire extin­
guisher was discharged and a hole was
kicked in the wall in the stairway lobby
too.
November 24
Unknown per<lon(s) stole a Minnesota
license plate from I! studelJt vehicle parked
in the Copeland iot.
November 26
Unknown person(s) wrote on a wall in
Fields Art buildins causing property dam­
age to the college. Suspect used green
crayon to draw a picture in one of the stair­
wells.
2 Pioneer Log December 5, 1997 Report results complex
... Grades, from page 7
The Curriculum Committee "strongly
recommends caution in reading and inter­
preting this information , because there can
be simple explanations for certain dispari­
ties that are not apparent from the statisti­
cal material." For example, the seemingly
huge gap between the mean Spanish GPA
of 2.94 and Chinese's 3.63 can be attrib-
'There can be simple
explanations for certain
disparities that are not
apparent from the statistical
material."
Curriculum Committee
uted to the reasons for which students take
language classes. Large numbers of stu­
dents take Spanish "under protest" to ful­
fill a graduation requirement, Randall said,
while the relative few studying Chinese do
so out of personal interest or to prepare for
an overseas trip. He said that in some cases,
a high average GPA in a department is in­
dicative of a high percentage of motivated
students.
Professor Robert Eisinger agreed that
departments with higher averages might
have more excellent students. "Don't as­
sume that lower grades mean tougher
classes," he said. Eisinger added that easier
classes might also contribute to high GPAs
in certain departments.
Math Department Chair Greg Fredricks
said that his department has high expecta­
tions for students and gives grades accord­
ing to those expectations. "We interpret
(having the lowest mean GPA) to mean
having the highest standards, " he said.
Fredricks also said that math professors are
rriore likely to use a grade curve than pro­
fessors in other departments .
Eisinger and Randall said that there are
logical explamtions for high grades in 300-
and 400-le',el courses. "People take up­
per-level chsses because they are adept at Departmental
Average Grades
Fall 1995-Spring 1997
Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Economics
Spanish
French
Core
Physics
History
International Affairs
Political Science
English
German
Philosophy
Communication
Religious Studies
Russian
Psychology
Art
Japanese
Music
Off-Campus
Sociology/
Anthropology
Gender Studies
East Asian Studies
Theatre
Chinese 2.77
2.81
2.89
2.90
2.94
2.96
2.97
3.03
3.03
3.05
3.06
3.06
3.06
3.08
3.11
3.11 3.13 3.
15
3.15 3.32
3.34
3.
36
3.38
3.48
3.54
3.56
3.63
All courses 3.09
SOURCE:
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REPORT
them or because they find them interest­
ing or exciting." Randall said. "The like­
lihood of failing. which is what brings
GPA down, is smaller in upper-level
classes," Eisinger said.
B'azers have left the building
by Evan Elken
The Portland Trail Blazers have moved
practices to Sports Nation in Tualatin a year
before the completion of their new train­
ing facility there.
For seven years, the Blazers practiced
and trained in the Pamplin Sports Center.
Their lease of the facilities at Lewis & Clark
ran out as of this year. Instead of negotiat­
ing a one-year lease to tide them over until
the new buildings are constructed across
the streel f,'Jm Sports Nation, they elected
to move to Sports Nation now due in part
to a coaching change.
Mike Dunleavy was hired as the new
head coach of the Blazers in May. Jim
Paxson, Assistant General Manager of the
Portland Trail Blazers wrote in a letter to
President Michael Mooney, "Mike
[Dunleavy] made it known that he wanted
to have a practice site for this year that
would be close to our new practice facil­
ity."
The Blazers desired more freedom to ar­
range practice times. "They wanted a more
liberal window of practice time than we
were able to give them," said Steve Wallo.
Athletic Director of Lewis & Clark.
The Blazers generally had three to three­
and-a-half hour time slots to work with.
Wallo was involved in conversations with the Blazers organization for four
months before the decision was made to
change practice venues.
These days most teams in the NBA
own practice facilities. The Blazer play­
ers no doubt want the organization to keep
pace with the rest of the league in this re­
spect.
"They wanted a more liberal
window of practice time than
we were able to give them."
Steve Wallo,
Athletic Director
If management doesn't appease the
players in all respects they run an incre­
mentally larger risk that one of the dis­
gruntled millionaires will demand extra
compensation because the Bulls train in
lUXUry compared to the cozy confines of
Pamplin.
The relationship between the Blazers
and LC was mutually beneficial accord­
ing to both parties. In his letter to Mooney,
Paxson said the athletic department had
been great to work with on a day-to-day
basis.
See Blazers, page 4 Public forum informs students, faculty on Master Plan
... Master Plan, from page 1
construction and remodeling of many of
the residence life buildings is necessary in
the upcoming ten years. Also included in
the proposed amendments to the plan are
the much publicized Huston Field park­
ing lot, changes in the development plans
at the law school, replacement of
Templeton student center with a relocated
<When the meeting finally
ended, I think everyone had
a much clearer idea of where
the college development
is headed."
Student
student union, a new visitor parking lot and
an enlarged field house on top of the multi­
layer parking structure on North campus.
A representative from SERA architects
discussed their 1990-91 review of the cam­
pus and what they found. They discovered
a car-choked campus and many car vs. pe­
destrian conflicts. They also found some
elements of the original estate that have
been preserved, yet many of the houses left
from the estate are not being used well.
Their 1992 Master Plan was developed
to remedy the weaknesses they found and
enhance the things which are good about
the campus. They wanted to focus on the
character of the original estate, exempli­
fied by the Manor House, and they wanted
to move much of the campus parking to
the periphery, where it would not be as un­
pleasant to students, staff and faculty. They
also wanted to reinforce academic areas
and strengthen residential areas to develop an "academic village" con­
cept.
To make the campus
more pedestrian-friendly,
the plan also includes the
creation of the Huston Field
parking lot, removal of park­
ing lining the road leading
to the Manor House, cre­
ation of a new visitor park­
ing lot where Akin hall now
stands, and removal of the
parking lot now to the west
of the library which would
be replaced with a large
green space incorporating
native plant species. Further­
more, to reduce the number
of cars on campus, the plan
also proposes the addition
of 440 beds, largely targeted
for upper-division students, Michael Sestric, facilities planner, points out proposed additional green space.
to existing dorms, as well as
some mixed use (shops, offices, etc.) build­
ings and some small-scale residential
buildings .
SERA Architects emphasized that the
amendments to the Master Plan do not
change the original goals of the plan, but
just enhance and clarify those goals. It was
also noted that all of the proposed devel­
opments are dependent on funding and will
only happen as the College has money to
undertake new, planned construction or re­
modeling .
Michael Surface, Parking and Transpor­
tation Manager for the College then de­
tailed some of the potential steps which
might be undertaken to decrease S.O.V.
(Single Occupancy Vehicle) use to and
from the campus. Options considered are
an expanded shuttle service, carpooling in-centives, potential parking fee, and a
strengthened walking and biking program.
Surface also discussed the imminent cre­
ation of the T.A.G. (Transportation Advi­
sory Group) which would include students
and faculty from the undergraduate, gradu­
ate and law schools, as well as represented
employees . This group would be charged
with implementing the College's Travel
Demand Management Program, designed
to reduce car trips to LC.
If alternative transportation options can
be successful, more costly measures such
as a parking structure may not be neces­
sary.
The panel then asked for audience ques­
tions. Students, staff, and neighbors all
voiced concerns with some aspects of the
plan and it was noted that the proposed cost of the parking structure ($16 million) could
endow 10 professorships. After three hours
of viewing overhead transparencies and
discussing the facets of the Master Plan
and its amendments, the meeting was ad­
journed.
"When the meeting finally ended, I
think everyone had a much clearer idea of
where the college development is headed,"
said one student.
The City of Portland held a public hear­
ing at 9:00 am on Dec. 2, to review the
amendments to the Master Plan and de­
cide if they wi II acceptthe changes. A copy
of the City of Portland staff report, which
details the proposed changes and their fea­
sibility, is available on reserve in the li­
brary for all interested student and faculty.
Spring break service offered in Bend and San Francisco
by Laura Ben~on and exploration of the city. "We look forward to helping the Bend community in
a very noticeable and concrete way," Wixson said.
Two Lewis & Clark volunteer groups are scheduled to
work in San Francisco and Bend on Pierucci said that their primary goal is to "work well
as a team while having a positive learning experience
and a lot of fun."
LC has offered Students and faculty are welcome to participate in the
alternative breaks. Trip leaders hope to encourage stu­
dent-faculty cooperation and the incorporation of service
learning within the entire LC community. service projects this spring break.
The San Francisco group will fo­
cus on HIV / AIDS issues through a
variety of organizations and activi­
ties, while the group in Bend will be
working on a community develop­
ment project with Habitat for Hu­
manity.
Sponsored by the Center for Ser­
vice and Work (CSaW), five students
who have been trained through the
national Alternative Break organiza­
tion, Breakaway , will lead the trips. <This is a great opportunity for stu­
dents and faculty alike to share a
learning experience outside the class­
room and accomplish something
positive and constructive during their
spring break."
Gene Wixson,
spring break student leader alternative spring
breaks to San Fran­
cisco and Woodburn
in the past. Inter­
ested in offering a
new service and
travel opportunity to
the LC community,
student leaders
Gene Wixson and
Laura Benson de­
cided to focus on Wixson and Benson plan to extend a special invitation
to faculty members and President Michael Mooney to
participate in their trip.
"This is a great opportunity for students and faculty
alike to share a learning experience outside the classroom
and accomplish something positive and constructive dur­
ing their spring break," Wixson said.
Transportation, meals and lodging will be provided,
however, there will be a $150-200 cost for each partici­
pant.
Student Community Partnerships (SCoP) coordinators
Laresa Beck, Ali Pierucci, and Margo Kurtz will head the
San Francisco group. They plan to work about six hours a
day, leaving some free time for special speakers or films community devel­
opment issues in
Central Oregon. The group will spend their week help­
ing to build low-income housing for the Bend chapter of
Habitat for Humanity . The San Francisco group will take only eight students,
so Pierucci advised those interested to apply soon. The
Bend trip will take between 10 and 12 participants. Inter­
ested students should contact Kristin Richman for more
information and application details at CSaW in Templeton
next to the Council Chamber , extension 7114.
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www.kaplan.com Health center, Radio Cab offer emergency transport
by Jeremy Brown
The Lewis & Clark Student Health Cen­
ter, in cooperation with Radio Cab, is of­
fering a taxi arrangement for cash-strapped
"We prOVide any service our
charge customers need."
Mike Fish,
Dispatch Manager
students with medical emergencies.
According to Health Center Director
Ann Whiting, the program, which has been
in effect for the past few years, allows stu­
dents needing transportation to hospitals
. to call Radio Cab and give them a pre-ar­
ranged account number. Radio Cab then bills the Heath Center, which in tum bills
the student's account in the Cashier's Of­
fice for the cost of the taxi ride.
The service is an after-hours supple­
ment to the Health Center's existing col­
lege-to-hospital shuttle service, which
costs $3.
Whiting stressed that the Radio Cab ar­
rangement is only for medical services, and
was never intended to assist students
stranded in Portland without transportation
and money. While the Law School has an
additional arrangement with Radio Cab to
pay for the transport of drunk law students
after parties, there is no similar under­
graduate service.
Whiting said that because of trouble
billing students in the past, she does not
foresee an expansion of the Radio Cab ser­
vice for more than medical purposes. For Radio Cab, offering more services
to LC students is not a problem. Mike Fish,
Dispatch Manager at Radio Cab, said that
if the school administration authorized ad­
ditional uses for the LC account, Radio
Cab would be happy to oblige.
"We provide any service our charge
customers need," Fish said. "We can take
orders for just about anything."
Fish said that LC is just one of 7,000
Radio Cab account holders and added that
the LC-Radio Cab arrangement has been
free of problems thus far.
Call Radio Cab at 227-1212
or the Health Center 768-
7165 for information.
December 5, 1997 Pioneer Log 3 News
RA application process for '97, '98 begins
by Antonia Giedwoyn
It's that time of year again when inter­
ested students together with the Residence
Life staff begin the RA selection process
for the 1998-1999 academic year. Begin­
ning with informational meetings, the ap­
plication deadline, and individual inter-
'Were looking for people who
are energetic, well-rounded,
and interested in being an
aaive part of the campus
community."
Jason Calhoun,
Resident Director for SOA
views, in addition to training sessions and
final interviews for those students who are
selected to continue into the "second
round," the RA selection process is no easy
task. In their quest for finding students best-suited for the job, the Residence Life
staff conducts a long and thorough search
indicative of the time and commitment
necessary to succeed in the RA position.
"We're looking for people who are en­
ergetic, well-rounded , and interested in be­
ing an active part of the campus commu­
nity" said Jason Calhoun, Resident Direc­
tor for the Stuart, Odell, and Akin dorms.
Similarly, other staff members emphasized
the importance of being open-minded as
well as dedicated to the job. Explained
Platt-Howard RD Kelly Hoover, "This is
not the kind of work where someone
comes in for their shift, then leaves to go
home. Being an RA is a really large part
of a student's life."
A letter in the application packet articu­
lates the mission of Residence Life as:
" ... To promote student learning and per­
sonal growth by fostering residential en­
vironments which are safe, well-main­
tained, educationally purposeful, and sup­
portive of the mission of the college." The
RA job provides selected students with an
opportunity to work closely with staff and
Ne~s Briefs
Faculty extend voting rights
by Dan Meliza
Faculty voted Wednesday, Decem­
ber 3, to adopt a resolution that will
extend voting rights to a number of
non-tenure-track faculty.
The resolution provides for a sys­
tem by which the Faculty Council and
the Dean of the College will consider
on a case-by-case basis non-tenure­
track faculty who have taught for one
year at more than half-time and who
have been hired on multiple year con­
tracts.
These faculty, although non-ten­
ure-track, have teaching and advising
responsibilities in areas central to the
curriculum of Lewis & Clark that are
comparable to those of tenure-track
faculty. The motion to extend the fran­
chise to non-tenure-track faculty ac­
knowledges the role they already play
in shaping the curriculum and and mis­
sion of the College and enables them
to participate in the formal process by
which the faculty decide many of the
policies at LC.
Currently 70 faculty at LC are not
in tenure-line positions. Of these, 40 are adjunct professors who are hired to
teach on a course-by-course basis. Many
of the non-tenure -track faculty will not be
offered voting rights, since their positions
are less than half-time , or they have not
been hired on a multiple-year contract.
Women's self-defense offered
information courtesy of
One With Heart
Join us for the next Fight the Fear self­
defense classes for women and teen girls.
Located at One With Heart in Southeast
Portland, Saturday workshops are held II
am-4 pm and full six week courses meet
Monday's and Wednesday's from 7:30-9
pm.
In the classes, women learn practical
physical and verbal self-defense skills
taught by certified women's self-defense
instructors. Strategies for preventing
threats to personal safety are also taught,
as well as information about assailant's pre­
assaultive behavior.
The next workshop will be held Satur­
day, February 28th. The next six week
course begins January 5.
For more information, contact Antonia
or Michell, One With Heart Physical Fit­
ness With Purpose, 231-1999.
Blazer practices at LC end
... 81azers, from page 2
Wallo showed gratitude on behalf of the the gym were exclusive, meaning no stu­
department, saying, ''The athletic training dents were allowed inside when the team
department got a lot of fringe benefits from was practicing. With them gone, there is
having them around." now ample free gym time, whereas in the
As a part of the lease agreement with past it could be difficult during certain sea­
the Blazers, LC inherited a sizable amount sons to find a free hour in which the Blaz­
of equipment along with fees collected. ers, a varsity team, or some other organized
The removable gym floor, a smattering commotion did not occupy the gym. "We
of weight equipment, and two portable are so short of gym space anyhoW, being
glass backboards are the most notable the only school in the conference with one
items that remained at Le. gym." said Wallo. ''This is positive in that
The income generated from the lease it adds recreation and flexibility for our
went to the general college budget, not to staff. The noon hoopers are back."
the athletic department budget. Some students have had mixed reac-
Varsity teams therefore only benefited tions to the change, "At first I was disap­
indirectly from the funds generated . Wallo pointed, but I've dealt with that issue
assures that the athletic budget for the cur-since," said Jake Longstreth.
rent year is not affected by the college's Perhaps the only drawback for the stu­
slightly lower income. The financial im-dents is they will no longer know whether
pact is minimal. or not they can bench press more than
All of the hours spent by the Blazers in Rasheed Wallace.
4 Pioneer Log December 5,1997 peers to make dormlcampus life as com­
plete, enjoyable, and problem-free as pos­
sible. The job, however, is not to be taken
lightly. Responsibility is a crucial "must
have" for all students considering the po­
sition, and the role of an RA is two-fold.
N
New I
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RA
I Application
S
"To the Residence Life Office," explained
Calhoun, "RA's are our main con~ct to
the residents, and we greatly rely on them
to communicate information and provide
programming . To the residents, RA's act
as a resource to other campus depart-
Look for donation barrels
The Student Activities Office and the
Center for Service and Work are co-spon­
soring the fourth annual food and cloth­
ing drive at Lewis & Clark College. The
drive begins at the Holiday Gala, Satur­
day, Dec. 6, and goes until Friday, Dec.
19.
LC donates the food to the Oregon
Food Bank and the clothing to the Salva­
tion Army Greenhouse, a program for
homeless teens.
The College requests that the food be
non-perishable and the clothing be new
or nice. Donation barrels may be found
in Templeton , the Manor House, Agnes
Flanagan Chapel, Pamplin Sports Center,
Bodine, residence hall lounges, and the
law school.
Kenya group asks for books
The overseas group traveling to Kenya
in the spring is eliciting book donations
for high schools in Africa.
According to Sebastian Stipout, one of
the primary coordinators, the most ideal
book for African schools is the English
dictionary, as it is a rare commodity and
much needed by the people. However ,
they are accepting any type of text book
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The Kenya group decided to partici­
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order to show their support for the coun­
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help out the local people in some way,"
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while they are in Kenya.
Drop-off locations for the book do­
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starting Friday, Dec. 5 another will be
in front of the Trail Room. All dona­
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Lewis & Clark Alumnus , Rudolf
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Johnson, a renowned author, at a Brown
Bag session, Thursday, Dec. I I from 12-
I pm. This is open to students and fac­
Ulty. After graduating from LC in 1975,
he went on to receive a Ph.D from Yale
in American Studies. He is currently Di­
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Graduation speakers strong but troubling
commentary by Jeremy Brown
I'm not a senior and I won't
even be around for the
graduation ceremony in May,
but I'm still concerned about
the list of potential graduation
speakers the selection commit­
tee recently handed over to
President Mooney. While the
list features a strong and
diverse slate of candidates, it contains some question­
able choices as well.
The speakers for the past two years, Peter Ueberroth
and Jack Ward Thomas, have been widely criticized,
partly on the grounds of a perceived lack of student
input in the selection. But their biggest problem is that
they're both dull old white guys -not satisfactory to a
Lewis & CJark student body increasingly voracious for
cultural, ethnic and intellectual diversity and demand­
ing quality entertainment on their graduation day.
I can only assume that's the reason Bill Cosby
suddenly appeared on this year's short list of speakers.
Hey, Bill Cosby! He's funny, right? And he's a scholar,
right? Wrong on both counts. Bill Cosby has consis­
tently failed in his efforts at humor since before I was
born, and while he does have a doctorate degree in
education, he's certainly not under consideration
because of his pioneering scholarship , research, or
teaching skills. If the point here is to truly entertain the
graduating seniors and their parents, why don't we
invite someone who's actually funny? I heard someone
suggest Dennis Miller. Hell, if we want diversity and
humor, how about Chris Rock or Margaret Cho?
Another way besides humor to keep the audience
from falling asleep is to select a speaker who can really
tug on the heartstrings , such as Harry Wu. Wu, a
Chinese human rights activist, can shock the crowd
with stories from his 19 years in prison labor camps in
China, stirring them into a patriotic anti-Communist
frenzy. Never mind th~t fellow human rights and
democracy advocates criticize him for exaggerating his
claims of labor camp atrocities and his unwillingness to
debate on his stance. Never mind that the very man
who hired Wu at Stanford's Hoover Institution called
him "a bitter person who vehemently wants revenge"
and criticized Wu's ability to be accurate or objective.
You'd think that if we really want a one-issue speaker
who can bring tears to the eyes of graduates, we'd
choose someone less hell-bent on stirring up America's
desire to cast China as a new Evil Empire and more
committed to genuine positive progress. I'm sure Wei
Jingsheng will have some free time in May, and maybe
if President Mooney calls up the Chinese government
and asks very nicely, we could get Wang Dan out of jail
for a week on furlough to give a speech at Griswold
Stadium.
Jeez, now that we've eliminated Cosby and Wu,
who's left? Who can adequately entertain our graduat­
ing seniors? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer Potential Graduation Speakers
• Steven Breyer, US Supreme Court Justice
• Bill Cosby, really famous entertainer
• Heidi Heitkamp , LC law school alum and Attorney
General of North Dakota
• Willie Hensley, attorney
• Molly Ivins, syndicated columnist
• Brian Lamb, CEO of C-Span
• Gary Locke, Governor of Washington
• Walter Mondale, former US Vice-President
• Donna Shalala, Director of Health and Human Ser- HarryWu
vices
• Adam Werbach, Sierra Club President
• Harry Wu, human rights activist
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby has consistently failed in his
efforts at humor since before I was born.
and former Vice President Walter MOl1dale are big
names but are automatically out because they're old
white guys. Willie Hensley, an attomey who
engineered the Alaska Native Land Claims Act, and
Adam Werbach, the president of Sierra Club, could
be eliminated on similar grounds but they do speak
to issues of importance to the LC community , Native
American rights and environmental issues, so we'll
let them stay for now. And according to an inside
source, C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb was dead last on the list given to Mooney and is
basically out.
The remaining viable candidates
are Governor of Washington Gary
Locke, Attorney General of North
Dakota and LC Law School
graduate Heidi Heitkamp , syndicated columnist Molly
Ivins, and Secretary of Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala.
The notion that a graduation speaker should be
selected on their ability to entertain or stir an audience
is absurd. We certainly don't want a boring speaker. but
it's preferable to have someone dry than to give an
honorary LC degree to someone whose defining
characteristics are failed B-movies or bombastic
rhetoric. The speaker should be relevant and thoughtful ,
distinguished by fine public service or superb scholar­
ship. Locke and Heitkamp meet these standards. Both
are true pioneers in their fields (Locke the first Asian­
American governor in the U.S., Heitkamp the first
female attorney general and tax commissioner in North
Dakota) and both have connections to the region, ,
especially Heitkamp, who is a prime example of the
value of a Palatine Hill education .
Nobody on the list is going to make everyone happy.
And that's not necessarily a bad thing. The ceremony
shouldn't be about honoring a speaker who has little or
no relation to the school, it should be about celebrating
the achievement of the graduating seniors.
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NEWS EDITOR: Angela Nusom
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Letters to the editor STAFF WRITfRS: laura Benson, lauren Bocanegra, Kala
Boyce, Paul Bradley, Murray Cizon, Gene Dixson, Evan
Elken, Mike Folland, Tea Franich, Antonia Giedwoyn,
linsel Greene, Aubrey lyon, John Mathis, Dan Meliza,
Kate Pham, Daniel Ruprecht, Colin Ryono, Rebecca
Seebert, Steve Schroeder, Mike Skrzynski, Merry
Warner, Ryan Wise Marketing article in need
of clarification
An article in the Log issue of Nov. 14 by Daniel
Ruprecht on John Wish's marketing class contained a
couple of inaccuracies which should be corrected.
The article quotes a student as saying that "it's sad
that the business department is being cut [and] that John
Wish is being cut." While I do not doubt that Ruprecht
quoted accurately, the quote itself contains misconcep­
tions. First, the college has not had a "business depart­
ment" for many years. The business department was
merged years ago with the Economics department to
form a single department (Economics) with two ma­
jors, a business major and an economics major. Both of
these majors continue to exist and the business major
(with a new name, the Business-Economics major) will
continue to exist for the forseeable future. A sufficient
supply of courses and staffing will continue to be sup­
plied for students choosing that major as long as it con­
tinues in existence.
Curtis Johnson
Dean, Social Sciences Division ASLC still all over soap issue
This letter is a follow up to the "ASLC is aiming to
provide soap" letter, of Oct. 24, 1997.
In that letter, I urged the school administration and
staff to find the funding for soap dispensers in the Resi­
dence Halls. I also implored Facilities Services to rec­
ognize the need for soap in the halls. Since that letter,
Facilities Services has agreed to install and test a "pilot
program" in Platt-Howard Residence Hall. The purpose
of this program will be to project the cost of installing
and maintaining soap dispensers in all the Residence
Halls: a vital step in the budgetary process.
This Tuesday, Dec. 2, Facilities Services installed
the test program in Platt-Howard.
Jon Eldridge, Director of Residence Life, and I would
like to extend our thanks· to Facilities Services, Skyline
Housekeeping , and the staff and employees of the col­
lege who facilitated the implementation of this test pro­
gram. We thank you for the effort and willingness to
experiment that you have extended to us. This reflects
your dedication to the Lewis & Clark community.
Jason Smith, Hall Council Liaison
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Irrational amplifier prohibition needs fixing
commentary by John Mathis and
Daniel Ruprecht
On page 34 of Settling In, in the same
paragraph which prohibits firearms and
other weapons, Residence Life bans the
use of amplified instruments in dorm
rooms. Thus, playing amplified instru­
ments joins the list of other "harmful" ac­
tivities prohibited by Residence Life like
the use of controlled substances, incense
burning, and candle lighting. But the am­
plified instrument policy stands out among
the others as the most irrational. pears especially irrational when compared
to Residence Life policy concerning other
types of noise, particularly stereos. Stereos
are similar to amplifiers in structure,
though they amplify a signal from a tape
or compact disk rather than an instrument.
Despite this, amplified instruments are pro­
hibited at any time of day whether or not
they're bothering anyone. Stereos are al­
lowed to play at almost any volume as long
as quiet hours are not in effect.
This obvious discrepancy in treatment
of variou!, types of noise is clear evidence
of discrimination against amplified instru­
ment users. That some amp users play too
loudly is no reason to penalize the whole
group. Countless blaring boom boxes
bother neighbors in residence halls every
day, but stereos remain allowed. If Resi­
dence Life wants to be fair and consistent,
it must either ban all types of noise, in­
cluding talking, or repeal the irrational and
discriminatory ban on amplified instru­
ment use. PHOTO BY GINA KELLEY Amplified instruments are not inher­
ently louder than other instruments. With­
out exception, amplifiers include a volume
control, allowing them to be played as
quietly as necessary. Other instruments like
bassoons , bagpipes, saxophones, acoustic
guitars, and tubas have no volume control
and cannot be adjusted to play quietly. It
is ludicrous that an amp user playing qui­
etly is in violation of Residence Life policy
and subject to a write-up while an acous­
tic guitarist playing loudly in the next room
is not. The amplified instruments ban is part
of a greater problem in Residence Life­
the difficulty students have in affecting
policies. Since policies are generally set
for a whole year at a time and untouch­
able during the year, the system tends to
perpetuate itself by preventing change.
Most first-year students are too unfamil­
iar with the system to affect change, and
the one-year delay makes working for The ban on amplified insturments is irrational, arbitrary and discriminatory .
Problems involving amplified instru­
ments should be handled in the same way
as those involving other instruments -on
a case-by-case basis, balancing the rights
of the neighbor s with the rights of the in­
strument-playing individual.
The amplified instrument policy ap-change not worth the effort for sopho­
mores, most of whom plan to move off
campus the next year.
The Residence Life policy banning
amplified instruments -but not stereos
and other instruments - is irrational, ar­
bitrary, and unreasonably discriminatory . Whether or not the policy affects you, you
can help Residence Life see the error of
its ways and set a precedent for student
involvement in the policy-making process.
Call Sandi Bottemiller at x7183 or Jon
Eldridge at x7145 and make your opinion
known.
Residence Life wisely prohibits
amplifiers in camRus dorms Learn acceptable
English, not Ebonies
commentary by Jessica Tanner
commentary by
linsel Greene
Every man has his weapon.
Neanderthals had their clubs and
stone knives. The Arabs had
their scimitars. The English had
their longbows. Th.e people of
Los Angeles have their assault
rifles.
And the American college
students have their loud music.
I try to study in my dorm room, but you would not
believe the morons who call themselves neighbor s and
their noisy activities . I am plagued on all sides by the din
of violence. To my left is a bum who plays saxophone ti II
three in the morning. Nothing is better than hearing the
first two bars of Brubeck's classic "Take 5" repeated over
and over again.
To my right is someone who fancies himself an Afri­
can drummer, but this boy keeps time worse than an elec­
tric clock in a power outage.
The worse, by far, however, is the couple above me.
They like to engage in unrestrained , rowdy, primal sex
while blasting rap music. I am not sure whether it is the
bass or their activities which shake my ceiling making
me fear for my life.
I was glad to hear that the folks at Residence Life had
prohibited amplified music, like the racket that comes out
of those electric guitars, in efforts to make our lives a
safer place. Our ears are delicate instruments, and the danger of
having them aurally raped by the clamorous violence of
music is a very real possibility.
I only hope that Residence Life goes to the next level
soon. By removing all music from the residence halls,
we would be saved from the dangers of ear damage. Re­
moval of the damn saxophone next door would allow me
my precious sleep. My personal space is being infringed
upon by the resounding squeaks and honks off a wet reed
in the night air.
I know there are others out there like me, oppressed
by the music in the dorms. Please write to Sandi
Bottemill er or Jon Eldridge and explain to them the atroci­
ties of senseless brutality occurring in the dorms. Per­
haps, with a little luck, we can get all the noise in the
dorms banned. The Oakland, California school district's decision to
recognize Ebonics as an acceptable dialect of the English
language was a mistake. I believe that the official recog­
nition of Ebonics down plays the importance of learning
proper English.
There are certain established rules of gramatically cor­
rect English. Generally, this is the English of those who
are educated or of those who grow up with educated
people. I've never heard and never expect to hear one of
my professors say, "That paper assignment ain't too clear
because I didn't have no sleep the night before." It grates
on my nerves to hear people speak like that. Like the coun­
try of our mother tongue, we have some class distinc­
tions for language as well. In the United Kingdom, "Cock­
ney English" and "the Queen's English" are not recog­
nized as official dialects, although class distinctions are
made from hearing each. Likewise , we have similiar class
distinctions that are indicative of the type of education
received and the environment in which one grew up. I
see these as class distinctions and not racial ones.
I don't view myself as racist because I don't accept
Ebonics as an official dialect of English. I see it as a scape­
goat. I'm not saying that you have to speak correctly all
of the time, as I might use slang with my friends, but I
know when not to. I accept this as a basic fact of life: If
you go to ajob interview and speak incorrectly , you will
not make a good impression .
The reason that I speak the English that I do is be­
cause I leamed from my parents and I learned from going
to school. If, for example, my parents immigrated from
other countries and I'd learned an odd English, then I
would have had to undoubtedly work harder in school in
order to learn to speak cor­
rectly. Fair or not, some
people will have to memo­
rize grammar rules in or­
der to speak proper En­
glish. And some will be
able to simply say what
sounds correct to them and
be right.
In conclusion, the mere
recogition of Ebonics en­
courages the avoidance of
learning gramatically cor-
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6 Pioneer Log December 5, 1997 What to buy: companies to avoid and patronize
commentary by Kala Boyce
Many students at Lewis & Clark try to
avoid buying too much junk to clutter their
lives. Some don't have a choice in the
matter, and some don't buy things because
then they have to worry about moving
those things around. And then some people
don't buy a lot of things because they don't
buy into the idea that they need a lot of
things in their lives. Ben & Jerry's has "a well-articulated social mission interwoven into their basic fabric."
These under-consumers may be thinking about an al­
ternate lifestyle that doesn't aim at keeping large corpo­
rations in business. The problem is that even if you don't
want to buy all kinds of crazy items to fill up your life,
you still are going to buy stuff, stuff you need. You're
going to buy food, shoes, clothes, cleansers, gas, and tele­
phone services.
If we must buy products, how do we choose products
that are in keeping with our sentiments and ideals? It is
extraordinarily easy to go into the store, pick a brand,
and pay for it. When we spend money though, we are not
merely buying a product. We are supporting a company
and enabling them to do whatever they choose to do with
the profits.
So, I wanted to write an article that had a neat little list
with one column that included "bad" companie s and one
column of "good" companies. I found that my mission
was not so simple.
First I looked in The Foundation Directory. This is a
large book that lists the grants that foundations , often spon­
sored by companies, award to different groups. I wanted
dirt on these companies ; I wanted to find out that they
contributed to some fund called "Destroy the Rainforest!"
I'd heard that Domino's Pizza had granted a lot of
money to pro-life campaigns and so I looked up Domino's .
Their wording was general and they did not include a list
of the groups they had contributed to. "PurpQ~e and ac­
tivities: Giving primarily for religion, educa ~ion, and so­
cial services." That could mean anything. Companies
which support unpopular causes are not going to adver­
tise their support to the public. Darn.
There are still 200 different kinds of cereal on the shelf
at the supermarket , how can one be expected to choose
among them?
Since I couldn't find any confessional books or web­
sites damning certain companies as Nazi-Rainforest de­
stroyers, I started to look for companies to put on the
"good" list. I found a book called Companie s with a Con­
science: Intimate Portraits o/Twelve Firms that Make a
Difference by Mary Scott and Howard Rothman . The
authors researched hundreds of companies to try and find
the ones "that contained a well-articulated social mission
interwoven into their basic fabric" and made a profit. They
looked at how the companies treated their employees ,
interacted with the community , and whether they donated
to non-profit organization s.
And the twelve companies are -Celestial Season­
ings, America Works, Birkenstock, Ben & Jerry's Home­
made, Alfalfa Markets, Shorebank Corporation,
Greystone Bakery, Quickie Designs Inc., Patagonia , The
Grateful Dead, Yakima, and Esprit de Corp.
You can feel good about wearing your Birkenstocks
and eating Ben & Jerry's. Scott and Rothman say of Ben
and Jerry's that they have "managed to keep treating their
employees like family, purchase as many ingredients as
Ibrandin)
be careful
brandin ... e.'.e. Seen tIoc.t
~ ~.~<e Companies students can feel
good about patronizing
I. Celestial Seasonings
2. American Works
3. Birkenstock
4. Ben & Jerry's Homemade
5. Alfalfa Markets
6. Shorebank Corporation
7. Greystone Bakery
8. Quickie Designs Inc.
9. Patagonia
10. The Grateful Dead
I I. Yakima
12. Esprit de Corp
according to Companies with a Consdence:
Intimate Portraits ofTwelve Firms that Make a
Difference
possible from suppliers that adhere to their principles and
philosophies . They even created a nonprofit foundation
to give away a full 7.5 percent of their company's pretax
profits each year."
One of the less traditional programs is Celestial Sea­
sonings' Best Buddy Bear program. They give "every
police officer, firefighter, and paramedic in Colorado a
Sleepy time teddy bear to help them comfort any trauma­
tized youngsters they encounter in their work."
Scott and Rothman end their book with a chapter en-titled, "The Additional Enlightened," for the runners up
to the top twelve slots. Some of these companie s are:
Newman's Own Inc., Wynkoop Brewing Company, The
Body Shop and Aveda Corp., Aspen Skiing Company,
Smith & Hawkin, Tattered Cover Bookstore, Tom's of
Maine, and The North Face.
These are all companies that you can buy from with a
relatively serene conscience. However, they certainly do
not take care of all your purchasing needs. There is a web
site called "Our Choices" that describes the careful pur­
chasing choices of a couple in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The general impression that I gather from this site is that
it is best to buy from small companies, buy in bulk, and
buy organic.
Another site called "Revolt Against the Empire" rec­
ommend s "a boycott against THE POWER and against a
way of life represented by all the gigantic multinational
corporations, which every day extend their control over
the planet." The boycott targets eight companies, the most
familiar being Dow and Du Pont. These companie s use
poisonous chemicals and disregard the health of both their
employees and the people who buy their products.
Rappoport, the author of the web site writes, "Du Pont is
chemicalization of life in this world. There is hardly a
field of commercial toxicity in which Du Pont has not
played a major role."
One could continue to name companie s and cite prod­
ucts endlessly. I won't.
There are probably issues that mean a great deal to
you: the environment , animal rights, or treatment of work­
ers. When you buy things, simply remember those issues
that are important to you and try to patronize companies
that feel the same way.
Course evaluations bite big time
commentary by Judy Zawatzky
As the semester comes to a close, it
is once again time for everyone's
favorite fun-filled and action-packed
activity -filling out course evaluation
forms. These evaluations can be
repeatedly summed up in one word -
problematic , problematic, problematic .
It seems that students actually wield a
bit of power with the evaluations. How
should this power be wielded?
Some students may think, "great!"
This means thirty minutes of
slackerdom for some. Everybody could
use a brief break anyway. Small
problem though -if our evaluations
actually affect a professor 's
promotion, tenure and salary, then
perhaps a bit of thought should go
into filling out these babies.
Hopefully , the administration
will take what students write with a
very large grain of salt. It's the end
of the semester. Students are laden
down with papers, projects and the
knowledge that finals loom in the not-so-distant
future. It doesn't help when a professor casually
mentions in class that the final will be hard and that
he's glad he doesn't have to take it. The level of
stress goes up a notch.
Since students fill out the evaluations under
these conditions , it would hardly be a wondrous
occurrence for a negative tone to creep into the
evaluation. Things may be written that would
otherwise not be mentioned under less stressful
circumstances .
Evaluations are also a perfect opportunity for
revenge. Student Jane or Joe gets a freaking bad
grade on a paper or test. He or she is willing to
move on, but when the evaluation comes around
the painful memory resurfaces. Vindictive notions
begin to swirl in the cranium. The pen takes over ART BY AUBREY LYON
and raw emotion spews forth -too bad for the
professor in question. At least the people who slack
aren't doing too much harm.
On the front of the evaluation form it states, "Each
form becomes a part of the instructor 's permanent
record. Teaching evaluations provide information to the
instructor and are also used in formal evaluations
including the instructor's promotion , tenure, and salary
reviews." In this case, students should use consider­
ation in formulating their comments. SilIy, mindless
comments are a waste of time and extremely harsh
criticism is likely not warranted . Granted, some profs
can realIy grind on student's nerves, but constructive
criticism is stilI the way to go.
So, as LCers fill out these gems before classes end,
please refrain from writing, "MY PROFESSOR
SHOULD DIE!"
December 5, 1997 Pioneer Log 7 Features
Portland offers alternative holiday cheer
by Katy Davidson
With reading days and finals rapidly approaching, it
seems students rarely find ways to immerse themselves
in good-spirited Yule cheer. Frazzled and disoriented, a
student may wonder, "What can I do to get in the holiday
mood?"
Besides hanging Christmas lights around the perim­
eters of your dorm room, which many choose to do in
early September (bah!), or dressing in a filthy Santa suit
and hobbling around Dubach student lounge muttering,
"Mama?" (which only a few choose to do during any part
of the year), there are alternatives.
Here some suggestio ns for holiday diversions to keep
you merry in a time of anxiety:
• Go to the Holiday Gala in Templeto n the night of
Saturday , Dec. 6. Though there will be no hip-hop DJ
letting his flow go in the Bon like last year, the bill still
promises some spicy options. The student stage/coffee
house in Stamm will run between 8:30 and II :30 pm and
will feature performances by the Hawaii Club, Choco­
late Thunder, the Foggy Notion Boys, the Navin R.
Johnsons, Ring of Seventeen, and the Lewis & Clark
marimba band. If those sounds don't wear out your danc­
ing shoes enough, there will also be a swing band in the
Bon.
• 7-Up is sponsoring a drive-through winter wonder­
land out at Portland International Raceway . You can ac­
tually drive around the race track and trip out to the sight
of rubber flying reindeer and Santa* careening off a gi­
gantic ski jump. This starts at 5 pm every night of the
week and runs until Jan. I. The raceway charges $8 per
car load. (*Santa is not real.)
• Stare until you become googly-eyed at the pretty tree
set out in the middle of Pioneer Courthouse Square by
the City of Portland. Though the tree is smaller than it
has been in previous years because of environmental pro­
tection reasons, it is still a sight to behold.
• Go to the Lloyd Center Mall, a temple for holiday
bargains and scary over-aggressive shoppers. Inside you
will find its ice skating rink and an enticing array of Gen
X stores like Hot Topic. Don't fight the masses,join them PHOTO BY TEA FRANICH
LC Professor of Economics John Wish, dresses as Santa for a class marketing event.
and get your gift shopping done now.
• There don't appear to be many holiday theme mov­
ies out in the theaters this year, but the video stores are
packed chock-full with the plots we have come to know
and love. Check out Home Alone, Home Alone 2, or last
year's Jingle All the Way.
• Eat out! Taco Bell features theme music no matter
what holiday i on tap and Christmas is no exception. Last
time I sunk my teeth into a Seven Layer Burrito, Kenny G. was skillfully executing "Angels We Have Heard on
High" on the soprano sax, complete with a slow improv
section. Bannings Pie House in Tigard is also decorated
to the nines with frosty window depictions of Santa, his
reindeer, and his elves.
Parents don't want to see their children come home as
cold as a cheese log and void of holiday spirit. Take some
time out for yourself to get in the mood with some alter­
native holiday opportunities.
Link of rOOl11l11ate suicide, 4.0 GPA still lingers
by Colin Ryono
College campuses are no stranger to urban legends,
and these legends may be completely strange and off­
the-wall. Everything from the lewd to the lubriciou s can
be dug up out the bowels of time if one looks hard enough.
One of the most famous and wide-spread also seems
the most horribly morbid. That is, the rumor that says if
your roommate kills him or herself, you are then auto­
matically guaranteed a 4.0 grade point average from the
college.
First of all, this is false, blatantly so, with no basis in
reality whatsoever.
No college or university in the United States subscribes
As a sidenote,
murdering your own roommate
does not entitle you to the beneftt.
to such a policy. But it is fascinating what variations on
this urban legend tumed up from a search.
On the Internet, on the Urban Legends Refer­
ence Page, it mentions one variation that states the
type of death required for the roommate to receive
such a high GPA varies from school to school.
Murder, accidental death, death by other vio­
lence, a slow death by disease is covered by this
"regulation." As a sidenote, murdering your own
roommate does not entitle you to the benefit.
And surprisingly, not all variation s include ex­
actly the roommate's death, as some count close
relatives or friends of the roommate as being
enough. Others include additional provisions, such
a need to witness the actual death, and a time frame
in which the death must occur.
What sick individual would start the idea of this
fake rule, you ask?
8 Pioneer Log December 5, 1997 The author of the Urban Legends Reference Page states
the inspiration as possibly being the general pressure all
students feel regarding their grades transforming itself into
a morbid joke, involving students benefiting from one of
their peers "offing" themselves.
As P.T. Barnum said, ''There is a sucker born every
Murder, accidental death, death by other
violence, a slow death by disease is cov­
ered by this 'regulation.'
minute." This joke probably spread until more and more
(especially gullible?) students began to believe in it and
count it as true, while it developed different versions.
It is interesting to think how a similar urban legend
could be spread today, what with the heavy use of email
among college campuses . One need only to look at the
number of people who have received a forward before
you (like "5,000 Ways to Annoy Your Roommate") to see Others include additional provisions,
such as a need to witness
the actual death,
and a time frame
in which the death must occur.
how things get around. Imagine the possibilities. If stu­
dents communicate as quickly in person as they do with
email forwards , then it is easy to see how fast rumors can
spread.
Albeit, in an email forward, one can inform many more
people. None the less, urban myths still proliferate across
the campus and among incoming students as well.
If you are interested in college-related urban legends
(or have a need to get a laugh from some of the ridicu­
lous things once believed), I recommend checking out
the Reference Page on the World Wide Web that includes
all subjects from sex to Disney (used as a source for this
article) at: http://snopes.simplenet.comJindex.html.
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by Rebecca Seebert parison to the four to five years of higher education in the
United States, German students tend to study for approxi­
mately seven years.
More than 18,000 protesting students filled the streets
of Munich on Dec. 2, gathering together in front of the
main building of the Ludwig-Maximilians University .
After strikes in other German cities, including more than
40,000 protesters in Bonn, Munich joined the list of the
many other university towns and cities with discontented
students. While some must work and therefore divide their time
between class and work, others revel in the opportunity
to study longer and dislike the current thinking of mov­
ing toward a more American system. The American model
Posters adorned school buildings proclaiming, "Spar
Wars: The University Strikes Back," "Education is a ba­
sic right" and "Education is the future," mirroring the
thoughts of university students who each day face over­
crowded classrooms and libraries without an adequate
number of books. "Helmut Kohl was allowed
to study
for 17 semesters.
We're not!"
Student Protester
Student speakers spoke to a crowd of painted faces,
most of whom carried posters and whistles. One lone stu­
dent sat perched in a tree, her poster declaring "Against
Elitist Education" proudly waving above all the others.
Over 1.9 million students fill the universities which
were planned to accommodate only 970,000 students.
Recent spending reductions have cut the teaching staff,
and many professors are simply not present in class. would decrease the amount of time one could study a
particular major and a semester fee would be imposed
upon those who studied longer.
One student protester in Munich wore a sign which
stated, "Helmut Kohl was allowed to study for 17 semes­
ters. We're not!"
Another complaint lies in the duration of study. In com- "We need to show that we're not in agreement with
PHOTO BY BIBI TUCKER
Senior Aimee Mcintyre enjoys some quiet time in the Trail Room before the Holiday Gala.
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submit to box 153 the future politics," Stefan Koehler, fourth-year medical
student said.
"In the state of Bavaria the university council will no
longer let people be voted in, rather the government
chooses which people will sit on the council. The major­
ity of people in the council are involved in trade or indus­
try and have a lot of influence. We cannot let them decide
which studies are important and which aren't, and dis­
continue those they find unimportant. "
A common complaint among many American students,
German students too may face an increase in the cost of
education . Many cannot afford to pay for what has al­
ways been a government-sponsored system and fear for
the future.
Students also disagree with the plan of the German
govemment to put more money into a European war plane
instead of universitie s, especially when universitie s across
the country are being shut down.
"Germany lives from exportation," Koehler said.
"These exportations are decreasing with the other world
markets. But what we really can still export is knowledge
and research. And that is due to the fact that we still have
a good educational system for which the students do not
have to pay."
(Rebecca Seebert is ajunior studying ill Munich.)
Turkey tempts,
haunts staunch
vegetarian
by Aubrey Lyon
Ah, Thanksgiving. A wondrous holiday to be grateful
for all we have and to eat a whole lot. For those of us
lucky enough to live close to home, it means traveling
back to see family and friends and indulging in some good,
wholesome, all-American gluttony.
For others it means staying on campus and making
some new friends with the staff of the Bon. Here's a story
of one student's experience this holiday:
Mike Folland, freshman, master of the Japanese lan­
guage, loyal member of the Crew Team, Utah local, and
vegetarian. Correction : "has-been" vegetarian.
Mike was enjoying the life of not eating meat. He was
feeling healthy and throwing the Bentos lady a curve ball
when he didn't request chicken on his rice. All was going
swell until the Day of Thanks approached.
He started having heart palpitations, sweaty palms, and
sudden urges to eat meat. Obviously disturbed about
something, Mike sought advice on what he should do on
the Big Day.
Opinions varied: "Turkey isn't bad,"
"Stay strong and eat green!", "You don't
want to inconvenience your family by not
Mike ran, narrowly avoidiing
his temptation to tear into the
meat.
eating the traditional meal," and "Tofu."
In a quandary , Mike stumbled into the
Bon for lunch on Wednesday before Thanks­
giving. Along with a sandwich, he got a
Bentos and the server taunted him with a
spoonful of chicken.
Mike ran, narrowly avoiding his tempta­
tion to tear into the meat. He fell into a seat
and stared at his sandwich of lettuce and
tomatoes contemplating its inadequacy.
Looking up, he saw a friend enjoying a
turkey sandwich. No longer able to control
himself, Mike grabbed the other half of his
friend's sandwich and tore into it Cookie­
Monster style.
When he finished, he was panting and
had eyes of a madman. The next day,
Thanksgiving went about the same and he
finished the meal covered in turkey gravy
and a stomach full of meat.
Now, Mike can be seen sitting by him­
self at the Bon playing with a plateful of
vegetables .
. When asked about his meal, he'll say he
just has a hankering for greens.
December 5, 1997 Pioneer Log 9 ... -Features
Atkinson makes transition to administration
by Jeremy Brown
Jane Atkinson wants to make it clear
that, contrary to some confused reports, she
is not Dean of Students or Dean of the Fac­
ulty. Atkinson is actually Dean of the Col­
lege of Arts and Sciences and is, in keep­
ing with her jovial nature, more bemused
than upset when people mistake her posi­
tion.
Atkinson , who has served as Dean of
the College since 1995, is enjoying her
stint as an administrator ~n spite of setting
aside her own academic pursuits and mak­
ing sometimes controversial personnel
decisions.
Atkinson is not an academic adminis­
trator by trade, she is a cultural anthropolo­
gist. Her path to Lewis & Clark began in
St. Louis, Missouri, where she lived until
she was 12, when she moved to Minne­
apolis, Minnesota .
She originally wanted to be a classicist
and studied Latin for eight years and Greek
for two until she decided during her un­
dergraduate years at Bryn Mawr College
that it was time for a change.
Frustrated with the limits of the classi­
cal interpretation of the Greeks and re­
pelled by a "pompous Australian profes­
sor" in a class on Antigone, she turned to
Bryn Mawr's strong anthropology depart­
ment. PHOTO BY BIBI TUCKER
Dean of the College Jane Atkinson is happy with her transition from cultural anthropologist to administrator.
Atkinson credited the personal attention
she received at a small liberal arts college
with eventually leading her to LC. But first
she went to Stanford University, where she
received her master's and doctorate de­
grees in anthropology.
She did her first field work in Northern
Luzon, Philippines, in 1972, where she
learned how to speak IIongot. It was a
mixed experience, she said over tea in her
spacious Manor House office.
"It convinced me that I really liked field
work but it was also the uncomfortable
experience of being an American in a
former U.S. colony," Atkinson said. "I
decided it would be better to work in some­
one else's former colony."
So she did her doctoral research in In­
donesia (a former colony of the Nether­
lands) on the religion and ritual of Wana
cultivators in a remote area of Central
Sulawesi. It was the first research on the
Wana since the Dutch colonial era. There
she used two new languages : Bahasa In­
donesia, the national language of Indone­
sia, and Bahasa Taa, the language of the Wana.
She was hired as an assistant professor
at LC in 1978 and returned to Indonesia in
1990 on a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct
a historical study of the relation between
hilI populations and coastal principalities.
Her work has yielded two books and nu­
merous articles.
So what made Atkinson forsake her
acknowledged love for teaching and re­
search, at least for the time being?
A health crisis around the time of the
job switch was a central factor. "What that
does is give you a new perspective and
focus on life," she said. "For that reason,
working for the good of the institution feels
better than working on my own profes­
sional future. That explains my about­
face."
Now Atkinson oversees both the aca­
demic and co-curricular spheres of the
College, including the library, admissions,
overseas programs, athletics, and more.
"There are lots of wonderful things
here," she said. ''The task is to make sure
they're all working coherently ."
Atkinson said that she is happy with the
challenging and supportive academic side
face to face
with
dean iane
Education: 1971, A.B., anthropology, Bryn Mawr College
1972, M.A., anthropology, Stanford University
1979, Ph.D., anthropology, Stanford University of the College but that more needs to be
done in terms of student life. From build­
ing projects to programming improve­
ments, she said improving the campus
community and drawing more students to
live on campus is a major goal.
While she thrives on the constant vari­
ety and often tangible results of her job,
the move away from pure academics was
not completely trouble-free. "It's a funny
switch for an academic to become a gen­
eralist," she said. "Now I'm a jack of all
trades and a master of none."
Still, Atkinson accepts her new respon­
sibilities, including dealing with conten­
tious faculty politics and difficult hiring
and firing decisions. As for personnel de­
cisions, ''That's what a dean is for, to make
those calls," she said.
She added that her many years of ex­
perience at LC give her an insight on fac­
ulty relations that outsiders lack. "I know
the players and the issues and the history
here," she sai(i. "If you're stepping on
sornebody's toes it's better to know it than
to act out of ignorance. I don't like con­
flict but you have to learn to live with it."
According to Dean of Social Sciences Curtis Johnson, Atkinson has dealt with her
position well. "She's a capable adminis­
trator, she listens well and responds
quickly to requests," Johnson said.
When Atkinson has free time, she's
most likely spending it with her husband,
l6-year-old son and t 2-year-old daughter.
She's a vegetarian and loves to cook. She
loves music; her favorite is baroque but
she said she hears a fair dose of Sarah
McLachlan thanks to her kids. She also
enjoys early morning walks.
Atkinson said she sometimes ponders
her future during her walks. "If you ask
me what I'll be doing in ten years, I would
say 'No answer, but lots of thoughts, >t, she
said.
Although it would be a logical step for
her to take a position as a college presi­
dent, she said that position, especially the
fund-raising it entails, is not appealing .
She said she's more concerned about
children in primary and secondary educa­
tion and would like eventually make some
kind of contribution in that area.
However, no change is imminent ,
Atkinson said. "I'm feeling useful doing
what I'm doing."
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Career. 1978-1984, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, lewis & Clark
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Painting students shock lunch crowd
by Katy Davidson
Many Lewis & Clark students and pro­
fessors ate their lunch in amazeme nt as
grossly oversized and inedible food
roamed amongst the tables of the Trail
Room on Nov. 26.
The scene was actually the execution
of a painting assignment for two of Phyllis
Yes' classes called "Food For Thought."
Yes picked one contemporary artist for
each of her seven students in her upper­
level courses.
The students then painted on them­
selves or another person in the style of that
artist, the catch being that the artwork had
to represent a type of food.
"I wanted students to not think of paint­
ing on flat surfaces," Yes said.
She decided not to advertise the exhibit
because she and her students wanted to see
the reaction it would get from everyday
people on their lunch break. Svendsen was painted by her classmate
Markus Imhof. As the lunch hour wore on,
Imhof himself, painted like a large, mu­
fated candy cane by Jake Longstreth ,
helped Svendsen douse herself in milk.
Longstreth donned Svendsen's own
creation, a large Cheetoh costume.
Eileen Finn's project entitled "This So­
Called Cake," featured students Adam
Forkner and Quinn Slobodian as the "Ob­
server" and the "Errand Boy." Painted
completely while, the three students acted
out a scene that represented the baking of
a cake.
Slobodian, "Errand Boy," repeatedly
brought cake-making ingredients to Finn,
who poured them onto a large white can­
vas and mixed them together.Forkner sat
and observed until the end when he
sprawled his body across the canvas,
squishing the ingredient s in many direc­
tions. The final product may be found in
Fields Art Building.
The art students placed themselves be­
tween tables in every comer of the Trail
Room. Near the entrance, Leah Svendsen ,
covered with patchwork-style red, orange,
green, and yellow paint, poured milk and
large spoonfuls of sugar over her body.
Rice Krispies and Fruit Loops cereal had
been pasted down her front and back. Another painting student, Alan
McConchie, wandered the room wearing
an oversized brownie whose style was in­
fluenced by the artist Cy Twombly .
"Phyllis picked weird artists that would
be different to do," he said. YES
Painting student Amy Webb exhibits her own work in the Trail Room.
"Her performa nce made me crave
milk," junior Nicole Miranda said. "I
didn't really understand what it meant
though. Was she supposed to be the ce­
real?" Amy Webb, painted yellow and green
and covered with apples and bananas, sat
reclined in a circular wicker chair with her
legs spread.
She did a representation of David
Salle's work, an artist known for placing
women in odd sexual positions . "I couldn't get anyone else to dress up
like a piece of fruit," she said. "I'm not
the funniest looking one here, though."
Jamaica Simmons dressed her friend
Cory Marshall as chocolate pudding.
The Golden Sons of Eden, a LC reggae
band, provided the soundtrack for the holi­
day-time art festivities. Lead vocalist Ja-son Anderson proclaimed midway through
the set that they were hosting a "Thanks­
giving raggajamboree."
Trail Room patron Kevin Gonzales of­
fered some observations after the show
was over. "I enjoyed almost everything.
It's a shame there weren't more people
here," he said.
Atari Teenage Riot to play Roseland Theater
by Murray Cizon
111 1992 Alec Empire, a Berlin-based DJ, began to re­
alize that the thriving German club culture had lost its
integrity. After witnessing Turks being barred from en­
tering a Frankfurt rave club and hearing members of
Germany's government say techno is "good for German
youth", Empire had enough and decided a new type of
techno-based music needed to be created. Enter Digital
Hardcore Records (DHR), Empire's label, and Atari Teen­
age Riot, Empire's band.
Featuring Empire on keys and turntables, Damascus
native Hanin Elias on vocals, and MC Carl Crack, from
Swaziland, the group started DHR not only as a business,
but a movement in the Berlin underground. Combining
industrial , techno, punk, and hip-hop, the Digital Hardcore
sound developed-as did its roster of artists.
Atari Teenage Riot's first single, "Hunt Down the
Nazis," was ignored by popular DJ culture but a UK record
label took notice. The company, however, wanted to
present Atari as a "punk/techno " act not unlike the
Prodigy. The band left the label, and quickly signed art-ists like Shizuo, ECSOR (pronounced "Ee-kate-or") , and
Sonic Subjunki es to DHR.
The BBC's John Peel heard Atari and invited them on
his show. Successful tours of mainland Europe and Great
Britian followed , and in 1996, the Beastie Boys asked if
their label, Grand Royal, could have US distribution rights
for DHR.
Atari Teenage Riot's first American album, "Bum
Berlin Bum," was released this past summer. It is a mix
of ultra-fast breakbeats and political lyrics that attack ev­
erything from German nationalism to rave culture itself.
Hanin's screaming of "Deutschland's Gotta Die!" and
Empire's call to "Destory 2000 Years of Culture" not only
makes Atari the music of the apocalypse, but one of the
freshest and most intriguing electronic bands in a very
long time.
Atari, ECSOR, and Shizuo are playing the Roseland
Theater on Monday, Dec. S. If you didn't catch them
open for Rage Against the Machine back in September,
then this show is a must for any fan of electronic or
hardcore music. Be sure to bring ear plugs and an open
mind.
PHOTO BY ANDY PARK PHOTO
Atari Teenage Riot will play at the Roseland
Theater on Monday, Dec. 8.
Professional storyteller Greg Begin, who
hails from Santa Rosa, Ca., spun some
tales for a crowd in the Rusty Nail the
night of Dec. 2. The event was sponsored
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The Whole Onion displays art of st.udent dance
by Judy Zawatzky
All it took was two hours and fifteen
minutes. In that brief span of time, tickets
for all four shows of the Dance Extrava­
ganza production entitled "The Whole On­
ion" sold out.
In preparation for this weekend's per­
formance s the dancers, choreographers
and technical crew have gone into over­
drive.
"The amount of energy we've put into
the show this last week has blown me
away," said Megan Harris, stage manager.
The Whole Onion, dubbed an
"airomatic evening of movement " is an
entirely student-r un production. It is Lewis
& Clark's second annual Dance Extrava­
ganza. Why call it The Whole Onion?
"There are some ideas behind it, but
there are no deep reasons. It should be
taken at face value," said choreographer
and dancer Beth Graczyk. wear. She stares at the audience, pulls on
a pair of pants, waits and walks off stage.
The other constant to the productions
was some sort of fascination with the back
wall of the Black Box. In nearly all of the
dances, students are lured to the black wall
and interact with its dark, unyielding pres­
ence.
However , there is definitely . a cheese
factor to The Whole Onion. One piece,
"Where I'm From," was described by
dancer Pall Mills as cheesy and upbeat. For
Mills, the production evens out her colle­
giate work load.
Cheese aside, no artistic production
would be complete without issues, and
Dance Extravaganza certainly has some.
Barnes pointed out that it would be nice to
run the production for two weekends. As
the tickets sold out in only two hours and
fifteen minutes, the demand for dance on
campus is definitely here. However, there
is also a demand for time and space to use
the Black Box. Since the theater has been
booked solid, this was the only weekend
that The Whole Onion could be put on. Three LC seniors, Robin Anderson ,
Heather Barnes and Alegra Lamorte, are
producing the show, as well as choreo­
graphing. They are accompanied by four
other choreographers and about thirty
dancers.
"There's all these people giving us such
dedication and time even though tiley get
no credit," said Lamorte. Only the show's
producer s receive credit. The other stu­
dents involved put in four to fifteen hours
a week because they are dedicated to the
production . PHOTO BY KATY DAVIDSON
Heather Barnes and Robin Anderson strut their stuff in "flip, tango,
jump, wiggle, wiggle" in a sold out performance of The Whole Onion. During the two weeks that the Cherry
Orchard ran on the main stage before
Thanksgiving break, members of The
Whole Onion were often not allowed into
the Black Box. This caused dancers and
choreographers to .hold rehearsals in
Pamplin Sports Center, lounges and ran­
dom locations on campus.
ing this all by yourself," said Graczyk. the darkness of the Black Box. They are
met by a quiet, haunting melody. Gradu­
ally, the tone of the dance evolves to a
lighter, sillier mood.
Students are running with the creative
juices that flow into a wholly student run
production. "It feels empowering to get a
group of students together, who recei ve no
credit, and do something creative like this.
No one tells you what to do. You're creat-The dedication and time students have
been putting into The Whole Onion
showed at Monday night's dress rehearsal.
The eight pieces run the gamut of tones
and emotions. They range from the funny
and downright cheesy to the slinky, sexy
and seductive to the somewhat eerie and
disorienting.
In the first piece, five dancers enter into In between each dance, students are
treated to a side show. During these mo­
ments, the fact that this is a college pro­
duction rings out loud and clear. For the
first side show a woman appears in the
darkness clad only in a shirt and under-Putting setbacks aside, the members of
The Whole Onion are feeling the rush of
putting on a dance production . After two
months of rehearsals and meetings , they
are ready to see their labors culminate this
weekend.
"I'm excited for people to come see
dance. It challenges what you think and
you'll see something new, something that
hasn't been seen before," said Lamorte.
Chihuly fills museum with massive amounts of glass
by Mike Skrzynski
If you do not watch and con­
sider the video that accompanies
the Chihuly glass exhibit cur­
rently showing at the Portland
Art Museum then you might
think one of two things: either
this man is a devoted artist or he
just has a lot of free time on his
hands.
Dale Chihuly is an American
artist who decided at one point
that he had learned all he could
of glass-making in the United
States. He therefore chose to go
to Italy in order to learn more
about the ancient art of Venetian
glass-blowing. This exhibit fol­
lows the path he took.
Part of the exhibition involves
a video presentation ofChihuly 's
crusade to Venice and other parts
of Europe. It discusses the pro­
cesses he used and a few
thoughts about life and learning.
It is not so much the detail of
each piece, but the scale, that at­
tracts the viewer's attention in
this art show. One major thing
to note about Chihuly is that he
does not skimp on glass.
The first thing you see upon
entering the museum is a giant
piece at least ten feet tall, if not
more. It has an eclectic array of
shapes sticking out of its bulk
that makes it look very much like
a bunch of plants that got tangled
up when they grew. It is pretty,
as well as confusing. It is hard to
say ifChihuly ac-
tually pays attention
to detail in his work. For all
intents and purposes it does
not appear so. It looks as if
he made a bunch of cool
shapes in glass and then
stuck them together. To
give him credit, though, his
process isn't really that
random.
For Chihuly's main
pieces, he puts together
many similarly shaped
and themed pieces to
form an overall display.
These main works are
very large and hang
from the ceiling in the
main hall. It gives the
viewer a sense of awe and
a feeling of some sort of dan-
I 2 Pioneer Log December 5, 1997 gling plant or
fruit. What makes
them beautiful is the way the
light shines down upon them.
If the curator had not placed
the lights just right, then who
knows how it might have
looked.
Also in the main hall are
some paintings Chihuly did
while building these mon­
strous glass pieces. To offer an
observation, his paintings are
very impressionist. It leads one
to believe that he was getting
very sick of looking at all that
glass at some point and his
concern for detail went
completely out the
window. How­
ever, they do
accompany the main pieces rather well.
There are a few more large
pieces upstairs, too. One of them
looks somewhat like flowers, but
if you've taken any sort of biol­
ogy class then they look like a
collection of synapses. There is
one piece I like to think of as 'the
tentacle ball.' It hangs from the
ceiling and looks as if a group of
ring worms are coming out of a
central core.
It's all very impressive . The
sheer size of the pieces demands
it, but for those who like more
intimate glass sculpture, there are
also two wings to the Chihuly
gallery upstairs with smaller
pieces. Be aware, though, that
there are a lot of smaller pieces.
There is nearly as much glass
among the smaller pieces as the
larger, though they are simply not as interesting to look at.
All of the smaller works have
a free-flowing style to them simi­
lar to the larger pieces. The dif­
ference with the smaller pieces is
that most of them have a little
cherub or a dragon incorporated
into the fluid design. This makes
them slightly awkward to look at,
but it also makes them playful in
spirit and that counts for a lot.
However, the larger pieces are
much more impressive and it is
definitely the part of the show to
see.
Give yourself at least two
hours for the whole exhibition,
three to make it worth your
money. The price to get in is
around ten dollars. If you stay for
four hours then that means you
really like glass. .
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Seattle University swims past the Pioneers
by Merry Warner
The Lewis & Clark women's swim team swam neck
and neck with Seattle University on Nov. 15. The last
relay determined LC's loss to SU 117-85. The short­
handed men's team also suffered a loss, only scoring 46
points to SU's 114.
In women's competition, LC's team was evenly matched in depth to SU's team. The Pioneer women
started things off right with a first place finish in the 200
m. medley relay (Schmitt, MacCollum, Dembrow ,
Borgen).
Freshman Tatyana Dembrow had a strong second
place finish in the 1500 m. freestyle (20:48.45), while
teammate Lyndsay Wilson-Williams placed fourth in
23:43.51. Tonia Givan finished 2nd in the 200 m. freestyle in 2:27.47 followed by Nina Dunphy in 2:31.13.
Next, the Pioneers took a third, fourth, and fifth place
in the 50 m. freestyle with Jennifer MacCollum (30.87),
Attilee Hasz (33.64), and Marcela Duarte (40.24). Ashley
Schmitt with a time of 5:33.63 and Carolyn Wulf with a
time of 6:23.59 finished hard for a second and fourth place
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Men's basketball is perfect out of the gate
by Steve Schroeder
The Lewis & Clark men's basketball team faced high
expectations when they began the season. The Pioneers
were ranked fourth in the nation before the season even
began.
This respect came from the fact that they returned four
starters from last year's team which spent over a month
as the number one team in the nation.
On Nov. 22 the team suited up to face Cascade Col­
lege at Pamplin Sports Center. The Cascade squad made
quite a fashion splash when they came out of the locker
room wearing warm-ups that looked strikingly like base­
ball jerseys.
The Pioneer squad, on the other hand, was all busi­
ness when they came out and they were greeted with
enthuastic applause from the audience . The starting lineup
for the Pioneers featured Carl Schreck, Chance Gilford,
Brooks Meek, Whitney Brake, and Jeff Flowers at cen­
ter.
LC came out of the box a little sluggish. The offense
was sparked off the bench by sophomore guard Josh
Ulmer, who started a run with a big three-pointer. Jeff
Flowers' play down low got the fans screaming, as he
seemed to get every loose ball and put it back in for two.
Cascade was lifted by the play of their center, Roland
Brumfield , who finished with 17 rebounds.
With the start of the second half, so came the demise
of Cascade. The tough LC defense caused quite a few
turnovers. Horrible shooting, just 6 of 26 in the second
half, nailed the coffin shut on Cascade.
Flowers made quite a showing, with 18 points and 12
Bureker vaults over
all boundaries
by Antonia Giedwoyn
Karen Bureker flies through the air with the
greatest of ease, though the pole is her instrument,
not the trapeze.
This is an apt way to describe Bureker, who won
nationals last year, and is currently overseas. Nev­
ertheless, she took time to share the story of her
involvement in the sport through a brief e-mail cor­
respondence .
In high school, Bureker had a great interest in
pole-vaulting , but she was denied permission to
participate in the sport. At that time, pole-vaulting
was strictly deemed an all-male event. So, disap­
pointed yet undaunted , Bureker competed in other
track and field events, temporarily laying her real
interest aside.
Fortunately , during her sophomore year at LC,
Bureker's interest in pole-vaulting was rekindled
after having learned that the event was now allowed
in the NAIA division of women's track and field.
Elated that the event had become open to women,
Bureker jumped at the opportunity to finally take
part in the sport.
Evidently, Karen's drive and determination , com­
bined with her previous years of gymnastics, truly
paid off.
Bureker not only enjoyed a successful season of
vaulting at LC, but went on to prove her prowess
amidst the competition -saturated atmosphere of
nationals. Nationals is where Karen reaped the fruits
of her labor, returning to LC as a proud title-holder.
Bureker credits her success foremost to her coach
from last year, Olympian Decathlete and pole
vaulter Tim Bright.
Aside from actual people, though, I wondered if
Karen performed any quirky "good luck" rituals pre­
ceding each competition. "I try to listen to music to
get more energy ... and I have a shirt that I always
wear while I warm up and that I don't take:: off until
I compete. I envision what I should be doing, the
correct form, et cetera ... and I never watch the per­
son before me compete! And I never watch the of­
ficials raise the bar!" Bureker wrote in an e-mail.
Last year Karen surpassed her sophomore year
record of 9 feet 6 inches by reaching a new per­
sonal high of approximately II feet 5 inches. Wrote
Bureker, "At nationals ... it all came down to doing
what I knew and learned how to do ... I am not sure
what I will do after I graduate. I would love to keep
doing this, but that will all depend on this year's
successes."
14 Pioneer Log December 5, 1997 rebounds . Brake finished with II points and 4 steals. Meek
added 14, dished out 7 assists, and pick-pocketed Cas­
carle 3 times.
Two nights later, the men took the three-hour trip up
to Kirkland, Washington to face Northwest College.
The Pioneers were riddled with turnovers against
Northwest, and consequently this game was much closer
than it should have been.
LC took a lead in the first half and it seemed that they
would pull away and win big, but Northwest kept it close.
PHOTO BY GINA KELLEY
Justin Williams goes up for a lay-up in the LC
victory over Westmont College, 109-99. Northwest capitalized on every opportunity they had.
LC hung tough and took the victory 95-84. The Pios
were led by their point guard, Schreck, who hit 6 of 9
from three-point land and finished with 27 points and 6
assists.
Brake played big with 26 points and 12 rebounds and
he executed the first dunk of the young season. Flowers
continued his very solid play with 20 points and 8 re­
bounds.
The third game of the season was Nov. 29 at home
against Westmont College. The game took place over
Thanksgiving weekend , so the Pioneers had to muster
quite an effort without the usual strong hometown crowd.
The Pioneers must not have gorged themselves on
Thanksgiving goodies, because they came out running.
They hit three consecutive three-pointers, and jumped to
a 11-0 advantage.
It looked as if this game might tum into a blowout
with the lead soaring as high as 17 midway through the
first half, but Westmont stayed close.
This game featured stellar shooting by both teams.
Westmont shot 62 percent from the field and a blistering
70 percent from three point range. LC hung tough and
did not let the lead go away. It came down to the free
throw line at the end, because Westmont tried to prolong
the game by fouling every time LC inbounded in the fi­
nal five minutes. Several clutch free throws were hit by
reserve foward Marc Puccioni.
All of the starters played strong games. Chance Gilford
hit five three-pointers and finished with 16 points. Schreck
was 8 for 9 from the free throw line, scored 18, and ended
with 7 assists.
Brake threw down 25 points, and Flowers continued
his playas early season MVP. He hit 7 of 9 shots from the
floor, 8 of 10 from the stripe, totalling 22 points, in addi­
tion to grabbing 9 rebounds .
The Pioneers moved to 3-0 on the season with the 109-
99 victory.
LC plays tonight at 8 pm in Pamplin Sports Center.
They will be hosting Puget Sound, their first match-up
against an NCIC rival. On Saturday, December 6, the Pio­
neers play Seattle University on the road.
Close losses frustrate women at start,
Pioneers hope to turn things around tonight
by David Kolek
After their first two games, the women's basketball
team has come close to victory, but not close enough.
They were beaten 70-60 against Western Oregon on Nov.
25, and fell to Concordia 74-54 on Dec. I.
The contest against Western Oregon was particularly
difficult to swallow for the Pioneers. There were 15 lead
changc::s over the
course of the action, added seven assists in the game.
On Dec. I LC traveled to Concordia to take on the
Cavaliers . Concordia came out hot, and built a 17-6 lead
before the Pioneers began to chip away.
LC got the final shot of the half, and with it they took
a 33-32 lead into the locker room.
The Cavaliers came out even hotter in the second half,
and pulled away on the strength of a 28-7 run.
The tough Concordia defense sty­
mied the Pioneer counterattack to
with the Pioneers in
the running the entire
game. Both games were within their reach,
and with a few lucky bounces this run.
lt forced the Pioneers into 29 per­
cent shooting for the half, and over
the course of the game it caused 24
LC turnovers. In the first half,
neither squad led by
more than three
points, with each
team sizing the other of the ball in the future, they will find
themselves on the winning side. Getches led the LC squad with 14
points, while Spevecek added 13 of
her own, along with nine rebounds.
up. The Pioneers came out firing in the second half and
built a seven point lead in the first two minutes of action. Despite these early setbacks, the Pioneers have much
to be positive about.
Senior Liza Getches knocked down two from behind
the 3-point arc for the Pioneers, while teammate Vicki
Spevecek added another to stretch the lead out. Both games were within their reach, and with a few
lucky bounces of the ball in the future, they will find them­
selves on the winning side.
The Pioneers' fortune turned with about 10 minutes
remaining in the game. Western Oregon patched together
a scoring run that LC could not answer.
In that final stretch, the Wolves outscored the visiting
Pioneers 31-14. Western Oregon took the lead for good
with just under four minutes remaining when Katie
Richmire hit a pair of free throws to put the Wolves up
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by Aubrey Lyon
Last week,'Lewis & Clark Tae Kwon
Do instructor Tae Hong Choi received an
award from the president of Korea recog­
nizing excellence in the martial arts.
The Administry of Culture and Sport
of the Korean government sponsored the
award.
From a worldwide candidate pool of
thousands, only Choi and one other man,
the president of the World Tae Kwon Do
Federation , were recipients .
Choi was in Korea to participate in a
conference of tae kwon do masters discuss­
ing how to approach the 2000 Olympics
in Sydney, Australia, where tae kwon do
will be a full medal sport.
While in Korea several of the masters
cast ballots to decide the two recipients of
the honorary award.
Voters based their decision on eight
considerations . These were: involvement
in martial arts for more than forty years,
speak both English and Korean, long time
involvement in the World Tae Kwon Do
Federation, military service, involvement
in government , college instructor experi­
ence, private business experience, and
community service.
Choi was one of few people to fit all
these considerations. Specifically , he did
military service in Vietnam training US PHOTO BY GINA KElLEY
Nothing is held back in Toe Kwon Do sessions at Lewis & Clark.
Special Forces in hand-to-hand combat.
He worked at the Pentagon as a self
defense instructor for FBI agents.
He is an instructor at Mount Hood
Community College and an LC instructor of twenty-five years.
He runs his own private tae kwon do
school.
He is also an elder with the Young Nak
Presbyterian Church in Gresham. ... Swimming, from page 13
finish in the 400 m. individual med­
ley.
In the 200 m. butterfly, Givan
narrowly took 2nd in 2:47.08, while
Merry Warner finished 3rd
(3:03.27).
Taking 2nd in the 100 m.
freestyle, Maren Holmboe had a
time of I :08.20, while teammates
Hasz (I: 14.19) and Duarte (I :35.67)
finished fourth and sixth.
Kari Borgen placed third in the
200 m. backstroke (2:48.56) and
Warner finished second in the 400
m. freestyle (5: 11.87) while Wilson­
Williams placed fifth (5:48.56).
LC was led by performance s by
Schmitt with a first place finish in
the 200 m. backstroke (2:35.34) and
MacCollum also with first place fin­
ish in the 200 m. breaststroke
(3:03.71). Dunphy also put in a cru­
cial swim with a second place fin­
ish in the 200 m. breaststroke in
3:07.40.
The men's team fared well with
only three swimmers representing
LC. Each swimmer stepped up and
took on three individual events a
piece.
Big monster trucks roar in Coliseum LC grabbed two first place fin­
ishes by freshman Kevin Anderson
in the 400 m. freestyle (5:00.27), and
by Andy Holder in the 200 m. breast­
stroke (2:46.85).
by Liam Palmer
"Sports don't make sense. Explain them
to me, because to me they have the dis­
tinct appearance of something that a bunch
of average Joes made up as they were go­
ing along."
That's what I used to think. Until the
USA Motor Spectacular , referred to affec­
tionately by attendees !lS a monster truck
rally.
As part of my continuing quest to im­
merse myself in American low culture, and
since there wasn't a rodeo coming through
anytime soon, I decided that this would be
a great opportunity to ... well, to what? To
sit and watch a monster truck rally. I then
realized that it had taken a lot of thought
and ingenuity to create an event this vis­
cerally entertaining .
The people who attend these events are
a unique breed. Appropriate attire seemed
to consist of at least one article of clothing
advertising some make or model of socket
wrench, accompanied by the oft ill-fitting
baseball cap sporting the Ford logo.
Cowboy boots were optional, but qui­
etly encouraged. Quite a lot of these folks
had the look of someone who, if the urge
struck them, would not hesitate to try and
engage the announcer in conversation,
even if they themselves were seated eighty
rows back.
As we filed into the arena, the four
monster trucks that were to be in use that
evening were arrayed at one end of the
floor, which had been covered in dirt for
the occasion.
Proceedings were kicked off with a re­
corded version of the national anthem, and
it was both amusing and somewhat touch­
ing to see the drivers of the trucks stand­
ing on their oversized tires, facing the flag,
hands over their hearts.
If war had been declared at that mo­
ment I woiJld have been on my way to my
recruiter's office .
The marquee name, and definitely the
crowd favorite among those in the know,
was the truck Gravedigger. Truth be told,
part of the reason I attended was because I
am a bit of a fan.
As it was, the monster trucks them­
selves took somewhat of a back seat to the
lower-profile events.
It was as if the organizers knew that the
bludgeon of four 5-ton, 1500 horsepower
engines were perhaps best in small doses; a little goes a long way, too much will
make you sick.
To flesh out the evening, there was a
full motocross , a car-rolling contest, and a
demolition derby, with the four monsters
bellowing around the arena every now and
then.
Motocross is, if you think about it, the
sport that time forgot. I mean, someone
who is not a basketball fan can be counted
on to know names like Jordan, Bird,
Abdul-Jabbar, and to perhaps be familiar
with basic terms.
If someone were to tell me the name of
the greatest motocross rider that ever lived,
the Holy Grail of motocross riders, I would
have to cry that person's pardon, for the
name would mean nothing to me. It's one
of those events that flourishes in the mar­
gins of sport, its participants a breed apart
by virtue of their loyalty to a discipline
long since cast aside by the masses in fa­
vorofmore immediately gratifying activi­
ties, e.g. bungee jumping.
They ran the bikes around the big circle
and jumped them in the air, etc, etc. Maybe
it's the lost sport for a reason. During one
interlude they brought out a bunch of
seven-year-olds to do peewee motocross
with their little bikes. That was actually
kind of cute, seeing these kids bottoming
out and getting stuck atop the big jumps.
When I was seven all I had to play with
was He-Man.
The car-rolling contest sounded great
in theory; drive as fast as you can towards
this ramp, hit it with just your left side
wheels, and see how many times you can
roll that sucker over.
The thrill was diminished somewhat ,
however, by the fact that a few of these
cars had obviously been through this a few
times already and barely had the moxy to
~ake it off the ramp.
But it was the demolition derby that
carried the day. How can I put it into
words? The carnage, the destruction , the
wanton sacrifice to the enjoyment of the
crowd.
Eight cars slamming into each other
until they simply give up the ghost. And
not just once, but two heats, and then a
final!
Now, when I heard that there would be
a final showdown with the survivors, I was
somewhat skeptical as to how exciting that
would be, seeing as how all of the partici-pants were considerably mauled in the
qualifying rounds. How wrong I was.
While the final round did, admittedly ,
play itself out fairly quickly, the final two
cars seemed to be literally possessed.
They chased each other around the
arena for what must have been five full
minutes, roaring around the dead hulks of
their opponents , battering each other with
unconcealed gusto.
Soon, both were smoking so badly that
it was difficult to see from one side of the
arena to the other, and yet they fought on.
What eventually decided the match was
not the cessation of one or the other en­
gine, but the puncturing of a tire, which
rendered the recipient immobile. Even at
the end, when the whistle blew, the driver
was still revving the by now visible en­
gine, and the naked rim was spinning in­
sanely, as if voicing the car's willingne ss
to go on.
At its core, the monster truck rally
proved that there's no sympathy for the
loser, everybody wins at the USA Motor
Spectacular! It also doesn't carry the bur­
dens of comprehension or interpretation
that accompany more established "art"
forms like literature or cinema.
It's pure entertainment , horsepower on
a stick. The most perfect example of people
doing things because, why the hell not?
I mean, what would these trucks be
doing if not spinning doughnuts in the dirt
of the Memorial Coliseum? In fact it could
be said that there's absolutely no redeem-
Men's Basketball: Brian Arvidson swam the 1500
m. freestyle in 20:13.76, the 50 m.
freestyle (29.23), and the 200 m.
butterfly (2:51.22) placing second in
every event.
Anderson placed second in the
200 m. freestyle (2: 13.53) and the
100 m. freestyle (1:01.72) . Team­
mate Holder finished second in both
the 200 m. backstrok e (2:39.79) and
400 m. I.M. (5:26.88).
The women's swim team is al­
ready looking toward nationals in
March.
They have qualified in the 200
yd. medley relay, the 200 yd.
freestyle relay, and the 400 yd.
freestyle relay.
So far, top swimmer Ashley
Schmitt has guaranteed her spot at
nationals in the 100 yd. backstroke
and is expected to add more events
as the season continues.
This weekend the LC swim team
is off to the Husky Invitational and
will return to NCIC competition on
Jan. 10 when they will take on
Whitworth College.
ing qualities to be found at one of these
things.
If anything, I left feeling less intelli­
gent than I had been when I came in.
Nevertheless , I wonder, do they have a
newsletter?
vs. University of Puget Sound
@ Seattle University Dec. 5
Dec. 6 8 pm
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@ Seattle University Dec. 6 6 pm
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December 5, 1997 Pioneer Log '-pu blick occu rrenCeSbYMikeSkrzynski
Yourfino/SOfA film ",is ~ ~ ~ ~ semester: Shine. ~ ~ Plant a tree with the friends 01
Trees. They will meet you In front
of the Info Desk at 8 am and
return you at 1 pm. Sign up at the
CSaWoffice next to the Council Holiday Wind Symphony
Concert in the Agnes Flanagan
Chapel at 8 pm.
Two student films: Drug Deal
and Confinement will be playing
in Miller 105 at 7 and 7:40 pm.
Come and support your fellow
students.
Men's and women's
basketball vs. University of
Puget Sound in the Pamplin
Sports Center at 8 pm.
Pick of the Week: the Holiday
Gala and food drive. There will
be more things to do than you
can shake a stick at. Events will
include: a Holiday Fair for
families from 4-7 pm in
Templeton, a Holiday Dinner in
the Bon fro'm 5:30-7 pm which
costs $6 for adults and $4 for
children under 12, Open House
in the Manor House from 6-7:30
pm, Chapel service 7:30-8:30
pm, and you can round out the
evening with a little dancing in
the Bon or coffee in Stamm both
from 8:30-11 pm. Bring at least
two cans of food to donate so
you don't look cheap. Chamber.
The Whole Onion Dance recital
in Fir Acres Theatre: sold out.
Gamelan Concert: Venerable
Showers of 8eautyGamelan
will be playing in the auditorium of
Evans Music Building at 2 pm.
The Lovemongers will be
playing with Ann and Nancy
Wilson of Heart at La Luna at
9:30 pm. Heart fans must be 21
and pay $20 in advance for this
rare show. There will be a Bookstore/
Student Forum about the policy
and operation of the LC Bookstore
at 12 pm in front of the campus
business in question. In between
bites of free pizza, you can ask
what you want to or just call your
questions in to
768-7885 .
The Auden Christmas Orato­
rio will happen in the Agnes
Flanagan Chapel at 8 pm.
Right afterward you can join in the
Annual Carol Sing in the
Chapel at 8:45 pm.
A Federal Practice and Proce­
dure Seminar will occur in the
Council Chamber at 5 pm. Pos­
sible conspiracies revealed and
then covered up again.
campus comments
What do you think about the Hutson Field parking lot
proposed to be built next to Tryon Creek State Park?
J "I have no idea what you
are talking about."
Jason Rosenblatt, senior
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--....... ....41 "I really don't think that the
parking situation at Lewis &
Clark is so desperate that
we need to violate the
school's 'environmental
spirit,' if you will and tear
down trees for the sole
purpose of making a few
extra spaces."
Justin Sanders, freshman
the pioneer log "Since there is so much
development going on
already, I think that we
should preserve as much
habitat as we can. Walking a
longer distance is not that
bad, knowing that you are
doing your part in preserving
nature."
Cathy Tran, junior
waves a tearful goodbye to
co-editor-in-chief jeremy brown
features editor jessica tanner
arts editor meegan thompson
see you when you get there ...
I 6 Pioneer Log Dece{1lber 5, 1997 Full Moon Drum Circle: the kind
of merriment needed to beat
down that finals tension sWiftly. [t
will happen in Seitz Lounge in
. Evans Music Building at 9 pm.
Jeremy Brown and
Marianna Ritchey will perform
a piano recital in Evans Audito­
rium at 2:30 pm.
G. Love and Special Sauce will
be performing with Hamell on
Trial at La Luna at 9:30 pm.
Tickets cost $9 in advance.
George Clinton and the P-Funk
All-Stars will play La Luna at
9:30 pm. If you're 21 or over then
you can shell out the $25 to see
this living legend live.
As always, have a merry
Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or
whatever. The PioLog wishes you
and yours a happy holiday
season.
Howdy and welcome back to another
exciting version of the PioLog larn--97.
This is the final printing of the paper for
the semester, and although I am sorry to
have to say this, this will be the final print­
ing of the Jam, at least with me at the helm.
As you all should know, finals are begin­
ning to bear down on us and with that in
mind please accept my apologize for such
a small Jam this week.
• If you were driving in your car fast
enough, it would be possible due to the
Doppler effect to see a red light as a green
light.
• It is said that volleyball is the most
popular sport played in American nudist
camps.
• While there are 4x as many bears and
9x as many deer as there are people in
Montana, there still is not a speed limit.
• Has anyone else ever noticed that
roses may be red, but violets are not blue?
• "The whele nine yards" is not the dis­
tance to a first down, but rather the amount
of fabric to make a fine suit.
• It is said that the spot on a can of 7up
came from the red eye that the albino in­
ventor had .
• With 16,000 tons of aspirin consumed
by Americans in a year, I am wondering
why I cannot find one right now for my
headache.
• I am sorry to have to inform you of
this, but about 70% of the dust in your
house is shed human skin.
• You may think you can type fast, but
you would have to type at 120WPM to
keep up with the average conversation .