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1997-09-26

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It's magic I
lucia Maya's work
is currently on ex­
hibit in the Gallery
for Contemporary
Art. This exhibit has
been open since
September 24th
and will be at lewis
& Clark until No­
vember 1. Her
magical realism is
part of a movement
that has gained in­
ternational atten­
tion. Maya gave a
lecture and slide
presentation on
Wednesday, Sept.
24th at 5 pm in
Miller 105. If you
missed this free of
charge lecture you
can still check out
Maya's a rt Tuesday
through Saturday
11 am -4 pm. For
more information
call 769-7687. New shuttle
• • revs Into action
by Dan Meliza •
n response to the growing need for adequate park­
ing and additional transportation options at Lewis &
Clark College, last spring the College conducted a sur­
vey that explored possibilities for alleviating this situ­
ation. Students, faculty, and staff expressed strong
support for extended public transportation. The result
has been the creation of the new Pioneer Express shuttle
service.
Current public transportation from LC consists of
Tri-Met bus 39, which runs every half hour to
Burlingame transit center, stopping at 8 PM on week­
days and 7 PM on weekends. This rather early end to
service precludes students without cars from being
downtown in the evening, and undoubtedly also con­
tributes to the abysmal parking situation by requiring
anyone who wants to stay on campus in the evening to
drive and park their cars.
However, in negotiations with Tri-Met, the cost for
providing expanded service proved too high. In re­
sponse, Michael Surface, LC's new Transportation and
Parking Manager, put the Pioneer Express together in
a mere 26 hours. "Tri-Met wanted too much on the
table," he said, naming college-subsidized commuter
passes and service only to Burlingame transit center as
undesirable aspects of the proposal.
Honor Board wrestles with role The Pioneer Express service is contracted out to
RAZ transportation, using money put into the budget
for this purpose. The first shuttle leaves Templeton at
8 PM, arrives at Pioneer Square in a half-hour, and
returns to Templeton one hour later. The last shuttle
leaves at II PM on Sunday through Thursday, and at I
am on Friday and Saturday.
Ridership picked up right away and is expected to
grow. On September 19, the first day of service, 26
people rode the shuttle. Saturday night saw 86 people,
and Sunday 16. The average for the weekend was 8
passengers per hour. by Jeremy Brown
Students at Lewis & Clark have
always cheated on tests, plagiarized
papers, fabricated lab reports, and
forged faculty signatures on docu­
ments. But beginning last year, a
new system was set in place to deal
with such dishonesty. After its first
year, the College Honor Board has
only heard one case but now has at
least seven cases pending and is considering a change in policy.
The College Honor Board, insti­
tuted to combat the troubling results
of a 1994 survey on academic in­
tegrity, does not currently hold a
hearing on every case of dishonesty
at LC. Faculty are encouraged to
consult with the student in question
and complete a form documenting
the alleged misconduct. Faculty
can then, at their own discretion,
decide upon a penalty grade. Only if the student or professor requests
a hearing will the Honor Board hear
the case.
This process is problematic to
some, including Dean of Students
Michael Ford, who spearheaded the
1994 research effort and advises the
Honor Board. "The current system
is designed to give the prerogative
to the faculty member," he said.
''I'd Iik,e to examine whether that's "I'm excited about the positive response we re­
ceived," Surface said. "[The shuttle] enables people
to have a lot more mobility." The price is right, too.
Anyone with a Lewis & Clark ID card rides free and
can even bring their friends along.
Limited publicity has been an issue for the shuttle.
Flyers were only available at the Information Desk until
see Board, page 3 see Shuttle, page 3
Academic suspensions skyrocket after standing committee gets tough
by Jeremy Brown
Last spring, Lewis & Clark stu­
dents received academic suspensions
in surprisingly high numbers. Fif­
teen students were suspended from
the school during spring semester
1997, up from four during fall 1996.
The students were suspended for one
or two semesters depending on indi­
vidual circumstances.
Barbara Roady of the Student De­
velopment Center attributed the jump
not to a change in student perfor­
mance but to a change in the makeup
of the Academic Standing Commit­
tee, which metes out sanctions.
Whereas in past years the committee
has been somewhat permissive, last
year's committee took a more "no­
nonsense" approach in order to send a wake-up can to students.
Dean of Students Michael Ford
said that it is unfortunate the school
had to suspend students but that "stu­
dents earn suspensions. They're not
arbitrary, they're not capricious . The
criteria are quite clear:'
Ford's office first warns students
if their cumulative grade point aver­
age dips below 2.0 or they fail to
complete a significant number of se­
mester credits. Then a letter is serit
suggesting an improved course of
action. "If the student then improves,
we send them a letter of congratula­
tions," he said. "We want to be sup­
portive of students doing wen here."
Last seme~ter, 68 students were
given these academic warnings, up
from 65 in fall 1996 and 55 in spring
1996. Academic Suspensions per Semester
15
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Babbitt addresses hot to~~ic, Nader offers advice
by Katy Davidson
Bruce Babbitt, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior,
addressed an overfilled Council Chamber Sept. 21·
on the topic of global warming .
Portland was his first stop on ·a tour of the Pa­
cific Northwest to inform people of President
Clinton's latest involvement with the Kyoto Treaty
in Japan. The Kyoto Treaty would force many cor­
porations and agencies to reduce their emission of
"greenhouse gases."
"The climate issue is going to dwarf all other
issues," Babbitt said in his lecture.
He began with the facts about the greenhouse
effect, insisting "there's not much question now"
as to whether the scientific evidence about the ef­
fect is valid or not. He said the carbon dioxide con­
centration in the atmosphere will double in the next
century and the global temperature will rise between
three and five degrees.
Pointing to figures from the national parks, Bab­
bitt said the alpine glaciers in Glacier National Park
have receded 50% this century and that 30% of the
Everglades are now under water. Although the U.S.
is already feeling the effects of world-wide warm­
ing, Babbitt said the big losers will be the tropical
countries. Babbitt alluded to the latest tobacco company
hearings when he said the only opposition to the
Kyoto Treaty is comprised of "the usual suspects. "
Ending his address, Babbitt urged the young
crowd to recapture the spirit of college students
from the 1 970s that protested the Vietnam War. He
also talked of his personal attachment to environ­
mental issues like global warming.
"This is an intergenerational issue ... this is your
issue," he said. "Most important is our relationship
to creation," he said.
Ralph Nader also addressed the Lewis & Clark
community in a prominent speaker-filled week. He
lectured at the law school Sept. 24 about the "glo­
bal view of the role of lawyers in society."
In his short speech, he first highlighted the idea
that there are not enough public interest law jobs.
Secondly, he introduced the difference between a
lawyer and an attorney. "When you graduate from
law school, you're a lawyer," he said. "You're an
attorney when you start representing clients."
Nader said he thinks the majority of attorneys
don't work for what they believe in, so he used much
of his speech offering advice to the audience.
"You're a profession, not a trade," he said. "No one's
challenging you to be honorable ."
After delivering the facts, Babbitt talked of tak­
ing action. He said he wanted to reverse global
warming by using some of the same tactics as in
the Montreal Protocol of 1985, marking the start of
the decline in freon use in developed countries. He
repeatedly affirmed the notion of creating numeri­
cal targets, timetables, and deadlines and making it
mandatory to receive permits before emitting car­
bon dioxide or sulfur dioxide into the air.
"We need to make transitions and cuts," he said. Bruce Babbin addresses the LC community in
Council Chambers Sunday, Sept. 21. (Inset)
Ralph Nader speaks at the Law School Wednes­
day, Sept. 24. He discussed his opposition to trade agreements
like GATT and NAFfA and why America needs
more citizen groups like the ACLU and NAACP.
To conclude his address, Nader served many of the
law students in attendance a question: "What major
challenges are you going to apply your law skills
to?"
"Law should exist to tame the raw power law­
yers have," he said.
ASLC update
... Shuttle Story, from page 1
this Monday, when they were distributed to on­
campus students by resident assistants, accord­
ing to RA Alicia Gilbert. Response was very
positive once the information was available. "It
is about time they had a resource like this,"
said ASLC Chief Justice Bonnie Tompkins. "If
I still lived on campus it would be great." She
expressed concern, however, over the lack of
information for off-campus students. She re­
ports that there has been some confusion over
the role of the existing LC shuttle and that a
female student was forced to walk over a mile
at night. portunity to catch a lift on the way home. The
shuttle is not currently equipped with a bike
rack, but could be if interest is expressed. by Colin Ryono and Lauren Bocanegra
ASLC Student Council met Thursday , September 18 at 6
pm. They meet every Thursday at 6 pm. Check out the calen­
dar near their offices in Templeton to find out where they meet.
Officer Reports Surface seemed committed to accommodat ­
ing as many needs as possibk with the new
service and to making it a viable alternative to
driving. "We'll be watching the: ridership care­
fully," he said, "to see how usa:ge grows," and
mentioned that the existing LC shuttle will re­
main in service but will be neconfigured to
complement the Pioneer Express. The ASLC officers have been busy getting ASLC and its
variety of boards up and running. Bianca Miyata, Vice Presi­
dent for Student Academic Affairs, is still in need of represen­
tatives. Bonnie Tompkins, Chief Justice, has filled the Peer
Review Board. Ashlee Hill, Vice President for Budget & Fi­
nance, needs people to sit on the General Allocations Board,
which is the board that awards money to students and student
groups. Applications for open positions are avaliable at the
Information Desk.
Graduation Speaker
ASLC President Pia Gilgen has met with Dean of the Col­
lege Jane Atkinson, regarding the graduation speaker. There
will be three student representatives and three faculty repre­
sentatives on the committee.
Casino Night The extended service that the Pioneer Ex­
press offers ought to be useful also to people
who normally drive to school. Although Tri­
Met service remains patchy and inadequate for
some people, taking the bus in the morning and
the Pioneer Express at night would mean a re­
spite from circling for parking spaces. As the
year progresses and nightfall comes sooner,
those who ride bikes may appreciate the op-A passenger boards the new shunle. Concern was expressed regarding the lack of Casino Night
leadership. Two students expressed interest in chairing the
event, but council members were concerned that the interested
... Board, from page 1
fundamenHdly fair. My personal opin­
ion is that any case should automatically
go to the board."
Senior Laura Provinzino, Student
Chair of the College Honor Board,
agreed that the board has been
underutilized. "I can understand the de­
sire offaculty to handle issues internally,
but I'd like to see all cases go to the board
to send the message that we don't toler­
ate this kind of dishonesty. Academic
integrity is our most sacred truth."
At issue is the separation of academic
conduct from the more general Student
Code of Conduct. According to Ford,
the role offaculty should be to give pen­
alty grades in cases of cheating or forg­
ing and to recommend further action; the
role of the Honor Board should be to im­
pose other penalties such as probation , suspension, or expUlsion.
Associate professor of political sci­
ence Robert Eisinger, one of three fac­
ulty members who sit on the Honor
Board, has reservations about this sepa­
ration. "It's illogical to give the board
the right to suspend a person and not to
give them the right to give that person
an 'F,'" he said. "That creates a logisti­
cal nightmare by telling the board that
they have some punitive measures but
not others."
Eisinger praised his undergraduate
experience at Haverford College, which
has a student-run Honor Code that in­
cludes self-administered exams and
counts on students monitoring one an­
other. "It's a wonderful educational ex­
perience when it works," he said.
Both Ford and Eisinger expressed in­
terest in LC eventually adopting an all­
encompassing Honor Code but empha-sized the long process such a undertak­
ing would require.
"There's no way," for an Honor Code
to work at LC right away, Ford said.
"Students told me, 'I'm not going to rat
on my friend.'"
Eisinger said, "All these issues can
be dealt with by students individually
without administrative intervention,
stemming from an Honor Code and from
a culture. The price for civility is loqua­
cious deliberation. "
If the current College Honor Board
is to help foster the culture necessary for
an Honor Code, it has a major task ahead.
Senior Steven Chan, former Student
Chair of the College Honor Board, said,
"The board not only has to establish
credibility, it has to prove to the faculty
that the college as a whole is better off
today because LC has a strong set of
academic integrity policies." students do not have the experience to
effectively run the event. Council dis­
cussed the situation with Casino Night
and their desire to make it a successful
event. The issue was tabled until the next
meeting when more information will be
available .
Community Liaison
ASLC is looking to redefine the Com­
mittee Coordinator student representative
position. The new title would be Com­
munity Liaison. Heather Beaman cur­
rently holds the position. Possible du­
ties of the new position would be: deal­
ing with community issues, representing
students in the local Neighborhood As­
·sociation, continue working with student
positions on campus committees, and
working as the ASLC Public Relations
position.
Additional Comments
ASLC will go to the coast for their
fall retreat the weekend of October 17.
September 26, 1997 Pioneer Log 3 F 0 ru m =============================:J
OSPIRG's guerrilla tactics annoy students
commentary by Sam Stone I doing homework. Suddenly the
phone rings. Could it be your best
friend? Your mother? No. It's
OSPIRG again. We've all seen it. An unassuming and docile-look ­
ing person will show up ten or fifteen minutes before
the end of class and stand near the doorway eyeballing
the teacher and students. Pretty soon you find yourself
facing a small questionnaire and an inquisitive stare.
Yes, it's OSPIRG time again.
"I support their cause, but they bother you con­
stantly," said Senior Matt Ehrmann . His personal mes-
sage to OSPIRG; "stop f ...... calling my house."
Sentiment around campus seems to be that while
most people support the causes for which OSPIRG
campaigns, many are upset by their aggressive recruit­
ing tactics. Particularly troubling is OSPIRG's use of
I class time to have students fill out information and in­
terest cards.
"They pressure you to fill out the card," said Senior
John Lukas. "I find it very disturbing. "
OSPIRG Campus Organizer Amy Carlson, however,
sees this use of class time as an invaluable tool; "It's a
great opportunity to get the word out to a lot of people."
She says that OSPIRG's use of class time is appropri­
ate in many cases because these courses often discuss
the same issues championed by OSPIRG. It's a chance
for professors to incorporate c1asswork into programs
sponsored by OSPIRG.
"It's a good opportunity to let people know how to
apply the things they're learning -apply the skills,
get the knowledge ," said Carlson ~
Although some teachers do agree to the intrusion;
others feel it is a waste of precious time.
"I don't allow it," asserts Professor Alan Cole. "I
don't think that's what this space is for."
Admittedly, ending hunger and homelessness, pro­
tecting endangered species and defending the environ­
ment are intrinsically valuable\>rojects. However, it is
important to note that no other student group uses class
time to promote their cause. You're not likely to see a
representative from SOFA, College Outdoors or the
Ski Team recruiting in your classes anytime soon. Stu­
dent groups, by definition, need students. Without them,
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i· 1 . \ 1 I spend all day at school slogging
through the myriad details of college
life. The last thing I need or want is
someone I don't know calling and
badgering me to attend another
meeting . Email me. Better yet,
dump something in my mailbox.
Please, leave me alone after dark.
"That's when people are home,"
responds Carlson. "I've tried calling
people during the day and it's ajoke.
I spend my whole day listening to
answering machines."
It's easy to understand why
OSPIRG calls at night -there's a
reason telemarketers call at night,
too -but that doesn't make it any
more enjoyable.
All this begs the question: where
are the limits? What are the bound­
aries for cash and commitment-
nothing gets done. It's a shame that on a supposedly
activist campus all these organizations have to struggle
to survive, but is it right for one organization to take a
part of everyone's class time for their own ends? starved student groups looking for
recruits? Yes, OSPIRG does good work. Other groups
do good work without the guerrilla tactics favored by
OSPIRG. Perhaps there really is no way for OSPIRG
to achieve the successes they do without these tactics,
but most people would enjoy a reprieve from such in- "Probably 80% of the class is concerned on some
level about these issues," says Carlson. "The bottom
line goal is to reach out to as many people trusive recruitment.
as possible and let them know how they can
be involved."
Class time intrusions are not the end of
the story. What about OSPIRG's evening
phone-a-thons? These are my favorites. It's
somewhere around 7 pm, and you're sit­
ting at home, maybe you're watching T.Y.
If you're a good student-and (wink, wink)
we're all good students -you might be
Q III support their cause,
but they bother you constantly.
[My personal message J is stop
f. .. calling my house."
Matt Ehrmann
Senior
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http://www .lclark.edu/ -piolog Cornhuskers inspire insanity in Nebraska
column by Alyson Smith tory of 27 to 14 led us one step closer to the National
Championship once agaiin, and also proved that our
controversial quarterback, Scotty Frost, can stand up
with the rest of them this season. -it would be almost sacrilegious not to.
Nebraska has recently proven itself to be superior
to Washington.
This last weekend I went up to Washington to see
the Big Red kick U-Dub's butt. While for most of you
this seems unimportant, for me and the five other Ne­
braskans (or heartlanders for that matter) at LC, it is
huge. Huge. My family (who still lives in Nebraska),
my dentist, my cousin, and about 10 other family
friends came to the game, along with hundreds of other
Nebraska fans. The prospect of being national champs again, for
the third time in four years, makes my skin tingle. It
makes me feel competitive and tough, like I was some­
how involved in the victory and in humbling the Hus­
kies .. Like in the past two championship years, we will
drink and drink and yell and go crazy with each other
while watching the game. And if we win, we, along
with 15,000 other Nebraskans, will converge upon
downtown Lincoln in a sort of Mardi Gras celebration
of midwestern drunkenness and fanatical delight.
(It's a lot like something people from more geo­
graphically and climatically exciting places have never
experienced. This includes nudity, and screaming
people painted red and white running through town in
a frenzy reminiscent of those
It was a big game, as the Huskies were rated third
in the nation, and the Cornhuskers seventh. Our vic-People don't r~alize what winning the National
Championship means to a Husker fan. For me, it means
that everyone I grew up with will come home to Lin­
coln for the championship game (not because it will
be played there, but to watch it on television together) see Eat, page 12
Campus bookstore prices out of control
commentary by Liam Palmer
Maybe you're over it by now. After
all, it's been a few weeks since you had
to pony up for school supplies. Maybe
you've forgotten the agony of book­
buying.Maybe you're a freshman, this
was a first for you, and you figure, "Well,
the price is the price is the price."
Maybe you're third in line to the
throne of Brunei, and what's a few hun­
dred dollars for books?
Or maybe you've been here long
enough to grow numb to it. Maybe you
just slap on your grin of steel, shove ev­
erything that says "REQ" into your bas­
ket without even looking at the price tag,
and just bite the bullet. Maybe you even
pretend you're getting a great deal, like
a tourist at an airport gift shop.
"Wow, $25 for a 50 page German
translation of Kafka's "Metamorpho­
sis"? A giveaway!"
I held out for as long as I could this
year. I did the demoralizing read-over­
your-neighbor's-shoulder thing until no
one liked me. I scoured the City of
Books, probably pouring all the money
I was saving into bus fare. I cursed un­
der my breath at work-study book store
cashiers.
It didn't seem like anyone could sup­
ply the answer to the most basic of ques­
tions: what is with the price of books at
this place?
On the advice of a friend I checked
out the Barnes and Noble website
(www.bookstore.comllewis&clark). I
recommend it highly. It features an
amusing graphic of a dollar bill cut into
many pieces of different sizes, to illus­
trate what percentage of each dollar
spent on books goes where. If they re­
ally want to capture the essence of the
Barnes and Noble buying experience
they should include an accompanying
graphic of an LC student looking up in
amazement as his dollars float out of his
pockets and into the sky.
The website indicated that, propor­
tionately, the largest piece of the pie goes
to the publishing companies of the indi­
vidual books. In response to this I would
like to devise a hypothetical situation :
Suppose Powell's were to open a branch
say, oh, right next store to the B&N.
I "&ONE
"----"r I We'd see those "publishing costs" drop
then. Adam Smith would tum over in his
grave to see the stranglehold B&N has
on the campus. It's become so bad thalt
some professors are actually sendin~:
their students to Laughing Horse Books.
The trouble with seeking out altern a··
tive sources is that sometimes the book
in question simply does not exist any­
where else. I'm talking specifically about
math books, or straight-up textbooks for
specific classes that even Powell's
doesn't stock. It seems like B&N, know·· ing that you have no other options, goes
to town on these.
For instance, I myself am the proud
owner of a poetry book that cost me $32.
To my knowledge there is nothing ex­
traordinary about this book's press run.
It is 385 pages long. It is softcover . It is
printed on fairly ordinary paper and con­
tains no illustrations . I purchased it in a
shrinkwrap sleeve from Barnes and
Noble. If I am lucky, I can sell it back to
B&N for half-price in a few months.
I am also the proud owner of a lim-ited edition version of Stephen King's
latest Dark Tower book. It is one of only
40,000 in the world. It is 789 pages long.
It is hardcover. It is printed on paper of
a high grade, and it contains more than
a dozen full-color illustrations . I paid
$50.50 for it at B. Dalton's in Lloyd
Center. Oh, and I could probably sell it
for twice that right now.
Phew, I'm glad we're not covering
Stephen King as part of the English cur­
riculum. I mean, how long can one re­
ally subsist on ramen?
Campus cE~remonies: Bravo! or no?
commentary by Linsel GreenE~
I don't know about you, but I am ex­
cited about this semester's biggest event,.
Bravo! seems like the best idea I have
heard this college come up with sincc!
the infamous Beat Bob! campaign. Fi­
nally there is a chance for the more so­
cially-minded of us to gather with alumni
and compare our Lewis & Clark experi­
ences. I know I am anxious for the op­
portunity to meet the esteemed alumni
of this institution and speak with them
about their lives.
Apparently the alums, coming from
a dedication of the alumni circle near thle
art building, will join the students for a
celebratory meal.
I am sure that we can expect the food
to be more enjoyable than the normal
evening at the Bon. Perhaps most en­
couraging of all is that this festive event
is open to students without meal plans
and those of us who happen to live off
campus. I can't imagine a better way to
celebrate the glory of this school than
with this somewhat uncharacteristically
charitable behavior on the part of LC.
I think perhaps the ideal cap to this
wondrous event is the well-designed
Bravo! button which everyone is sup­
posed to wear in support of this unique
occurrence. I know I shall wear mine
with pride. Bravo! Indeed! CON
commentary by Judy Zawatzky
Without a doubt, the new humanities
building. art building, and expanded li­
brary are huge improvements to the cam­
pus. Students and faculty are lucky to
have donors willing to put forth the capi­
tal to contribute to such extensive build­
ing. Having taken a photography course
in Fields, I'll attest to the fact that the
photography department is a well
planned godsend.
In light of these facts, the self-con­
gratulatory ceremony and alumni get-to­
gether this afternoon would be bearable
had it not been for those Bravo! pins.
The implicitly coercive nature of this
weekend's activities has me alarmed, es­
pecially tonight's picnic. Since the Bon
will be closed tonight, those who plan
to eat on campus must go to the alumni
picnic.
A picnic with alumni, in and of itself,
raises few qualms. Yet, do the alumni
realize that the large student turn-out will
be a result of having the Bon closed?
Does this situation seem to be under false
pretenses to anyone else? Some students
will undoubtedly come to show their
support for the school and the completed
construction, and well we should. The
new additions to campus should not be
taken for granted.
The problem lies in the fact that at-
b~ D~. ROc.K tending the picnic is not completely of
the student's free will. Those on a meal
ptan pay a pretty hefty sum to eat around
here. We would like to eat dinner tonight
As if making attendance of the pic­
nic inadvertently obligatory wasn't
enough, we have the Bravo! pin. These
little black and copper beauties have
been distributed to student mailboxes
this week. Yeah. Buying thousands of
these pins probably didn't cost much.
The picnic is being touted as "free."
It is obviously not "free" for students on
the meal plan. In fact, it appears that the
picnic is being funded, at least in part,
by our meal plans.
"Bravo! buttons will be attached (to
invitations) so you can show your sup­
port Friday. With visitors from all over
the world, such a show of L&C pride
would mean a lot," reads the newsletter
from the Bravo! Gala Weekend Planning
Committee.
Maybe the pin will differentiate those
who are really at the picnic to support
the changes on campus from those who
want to get their meal plan\ worth of
food. Admittedly, these two groups are
not necessarily mutually exclusive.
However , the distinction between them
can't help but be drawn.
We live in a society that likes to pat
people on the back for doing good deeds.
Thus, the administration puts on cer­
emony after ceremony, cul­
minating in this weekend's
r--- __ activities. It is an under-
standable, if annoying,
phenomenon .
Sadly, the action of sub­
stantially adding to the
campus cannot be appreci­
ated for without all the fan­
fare.
Enjoy the coercive pic­
nic tonight and don't for­
get that pin.
September 26, 1997 Pioneer Log 5 Fe at u re S ===========================:J
Local groceries battle for best prices
by Beth Bonady I & Aisha Machtinger
eWls & Clark students concern
themselves with the essentials of college
life: quality, service and prices. Prices
are especially important when students
go grocery shopping.
To find out which stores in the LC
vicinity are the best for the buck, we vis­
ited Safeway, Fred duce quality, and exception al customer
service make up for it.
Dave C., the artichoke guy, noted
Fred Meyer's quality, "Supermarket­
wise, you're not going to get any better
than what we have here. Wt: also have
the organically grown and pesticide-free
sections."
On Fred's relative lack of selection,
Dave C. said, "We can't carry every item
because we have
Meyer, Burlingame
Grocery, and Cub
Foods.
Safeway was
clean and the prices
were average. We
saw a few sale prices "Supermarket-wise, you're
not going to get any better
than what we have here." so many stores in
Oregon to stock."
Burlingame
Grocery.
Portland's "snob
stop," has prices
high t:Dough to
scare away a poor
undergrad from
even gracing the Dave C.
on things like bakery
goods and some ce-
reals. However,
Safeway was small Artichoke Guy
Fred Meyer
and had a poor selection, especially in
beer and produce.
The one thing that stood out about
Safeway was the friendly service. The
woman who ran the express lane was
nice and called us 'dear,'
even though it was the slow­
est express lane ever.
Fred Meyer is especially
famed among those without
cars for its convenience and
access to the #39 bus route.
Although the prices are not
the cheapest, Fred Meyer's
health food selection, pro-doorway.
However, the beer selection alone is
reason enough to pay Burlingame a visit.
Although their price on domestic, easy­
to-find beer is high, Burlingame is worth
visiting for their variety alone. Though far away, Cub Foods is by far
the best when it comes to low prices. The
warehouse building houses a huge se­
lection of food.
Cub's standout is its huge variety of
cheap bulk foods. Their prices on non-
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bulk items are significantly cheaper than
Freds. Cub is also the only one of the
grocery stores that is open 24-7.
The four stores have their specialities:
beer selection, cheap prices, and prox­
imity to LC. Considering that we are all
college students. cheap prices draw us
like a neon sign.
If you have the time to go to Tigard.
Cub is the way to go.
we'ysTC3Me
-\rOM a bar1haf serves ! price p'ltchas
t,l\ noo".
6 Pioneer Lo, September 26,1997 .t. .' A , "Price Compari~~ns: .
" Surlingame Grocery
8502 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
Safeway Burlingame &"
. 8145 SW Barbur Blv& Reedies criticize cologne-covered Clarkies
by Kevin Gonzales a s well as we may know our academic envi­
ronment at Lewis & Clark, it is perhaps more difficult
to deduce what kind of image we project to the larger
Portland community. Unique and subtle perceptual ten­
dencies of individual schools become more apparent
when contrasted with those of our neighbors on the
other side of town at Reed College; a casual inter-col­
legiate survey of the students' mutual understanding
proved to be an amusing investigation.
Our neighbors are not so distant; in fact they are
just close enough to tentatively glean a little informa­
tion about LC from their contacts, and thereby con­
struct a sufficiently complete image of our own insti­
tution. LC students have also contented themselves with
only a limited understanding of our not-so-distant
neighbors .
Interestingly enough, the Reed student body's per­
ception ofLC is quite uniform (if not so accurate), and
was found to reflect more superficial impressions than
LC students have of Reed. Conversely, the LC student
body's impression of Reed is comparatively similar to
the light under which "Reedies" like to be seen; it also
represents a more intimidated stance than that of the
Reed student body in relation to us.
When asked how they view Reed, many students at
LC suggested that being "excessively academic", our
neighbors are extreme, intense, and individualistic.
Reed is also seen as being relatively eccentric, witty,
and liberal. With an air of perplexity , rather than con-cern, several LC students remarked that the Reed stu­
dent body's suicide rate is infamously high.
In respect to the latter issue, the Reed students that
were interviewed seemed much less concerned with
the imprecations of such a school image. They were
filled with pride to find that they are viewed as ex­
treme, liberal. and individual.istic; some even ex­
changed high-fives and shouted with satisfaction when
" ... some said that ilC students
spend more on thel;r wardrobes
and that fashilon here
is conserva1~ive."
told that some LC students think of them as "intimi­
dating" or "too smart to deal with society". When in­
formed that one LC student had described Reed as be­
ing "radical", they were offendled and seemed disap­
pointed that they had been misperceived. LC students
seemed unaware that "Reedies" do not only view them­
selves as being unhealthy and over-worked, but that
this is a source of great pride for them. Indeed they
seemed pleased to share that they lead a "binge and
purge" lifestyle, get too little n::st, and feel oppressed
by the academic environment. With a kind of pride,
some remarked that the environment leads students to
neglect...errr ... private thmgs, which then become pub­
lic issues -as hygiene for example. Paradoxically however, when asked how they view
the "Clarkies" (as they hesitantly call us), some
"Reedies" seemed envious that our student body
"smells nice" and even uses expensive, no doubt, de­
signer colognes. In a related issue, some also said that
LC students spend more on their wardrobes, and that
fashion here is conservative . While I was flattered that
they noticed my designer slacks, Gucci belt and shoes,
I was more pleased to discover that they also have a
very favorable impression of our Internatioanl Affairs
department : -
With disappointment, I was informed that due to
the LC academic environment, I am fatally destined to
acquire analyt.ic skills and a capacity for theory that
are irreparably inferior to those provided by Reed's
curriculum. Hmm... With a perhaps sharper knife,
some Reedies probed a more sensitive point here at
LC, suggesting that there might be a strong contingent
of "spoiled rich kids" in our midst. At that, they see us
as being more amicable; pragmatically-minded (read
less academic); interested in the outdoors; career-ori­
ented.
While it seems Reedies may have more reasons to
be irritable, they proved to be friendly too. If LC stu­
dents would like to actively engage them to manipu­
late our school image (and tailor it to suit our liking),
the OICA (Oregon Independent Collegiate Association)
provides an aegis under which we can all invade the
Reed campus to take courses -free of charge. Details
of available courses are available at the LC Registrar,
or in your course description guide.
Campus crawls with abundance of arachnids
by Jason Anderson
Animal life inside Lewis & Clark's urban jungle
has generally been limited to scruffy dogs, pesky squir­
rels and bandit raccoons. But as of late a randy crew
of creatures has taken this campus by storm. Arach­
nids.
Unless you are physically blind and/or mute, there
is no doubt you have noticed the almost ridiculous
number of spiders inhabiting such popular student
hang-outs as Templeton, lower campus and the chapel.
Myself, I see anywhere between none and six eight­
legged web-weavers a day, each showcasing unique
character and spunk. What with their exquisite silk
and intricate exoskeletons, these tiny sentinels offer
solace and a hint of mystery, a focal point for dreams
and imaginati on.
Not only aesthetically rich, spiders serve as agri­
cultural caretakers, feasting on crop destructive pests
such as locusts and grasshoppers. A spiders' diet of
harmful insects is a service we simple folk often take
for granted. Beware, though, for while our friends of
the spindle are graceful and pleasing to the eye, their
rich, salty venom can kill, and kill fast.
Not all spiders are dangerous, but it is important to
become familiar with those that might actively pose a
threat to humans such as you and me. There are six
North American spiders that can harm people: the
'_Travel brown recluse spider, the lynx spider, the black widow,
the brown widow, the red widow and the varied win­
dow. Documented evidence shows that, when intensely
annoyed, these spiders wiII attack with a vengeance.
Spitting and trembling, the spid1er circumnavigates the
victim's entire body, unabashedly sinking their fangs
into the soft, sweet flesh. If you .are someone you know
is bit by a spider, seek immedialte medical attention. grass. Orb weavers are master craftsmen, designing
the most intricate of webs among the spider kingdom.
Silent and proud, spiders of the world never cease
to amaze and intrigue us. Unfortunately, with the fast
pace of college life, these minuscule masters are sel­
dom seen, and when they are become quickly crushed
under a shoe or rolled up magazine. This inherent fear
does not go without justification. As stated above, there
is indeed a danger involved when approaching a silver
web. Despite the 'intense fearthese small bugs may in­
duce, facts show most are harmless . Over 30,000
known spiders exist in the worlld today, most of them
preferring mosquitoes and flies: to the taste of human
skin. Within this broad base lie many classifications.
Jumping spiders, water spiders., tarantulas, fisher spi­
ders and wolf spiders are known as the hunters, those
which pounce and leap on prey caught in But, if observed in a prudent manner, spiders pose
no more threat than a leaf in ~he wind. That being said,
I for one welcome the spiders to LC, and bid them a
pleasant stay.
Godspeed .
their web.
The web-crafters, who dwell in caves,
bushes and trees are also broken up into
several groups. Tangled-web weavers spin
a simple '~umble -type" web, attached to a
prop, such as a ceiling corner, or banister.
This group includes cellar spiders, comb-
footed spiders and the ogre-faced spider.
Funnel-web spiders create large webs un­
der logs, rocks, or in tall grass fields, while
sheet-web weavers position their homes
between branches of trees or long blades of SteYiart goes
clean and sober
by Christine Schaeffer
At the request of students last year, Stewart Hall has been
declared a substance free residence hall, the only one of its
kind on campus.
It was possible to make Stewart a substance-free hall
thanks to the efforts of students who brought a proposal to
ASLC last spring.
Three informational meetings were held to discuss the
positive and negative aspects of creating a hall where drugs,
alcohol, and smoking are totally prohibited . The meetings
were also held to determine exactly how much student sup­
port actually existed, so the hall could house only those who
were willing to live in a substance free environment. Sixty
returning LC students were eager to participate; 22 fresh­
men were also housed in Stewart after requesting it as their
first choice.
Jason Calhoun, the resident director of the Stewart, Odell
and Akin (SOA) hall cluster, applauds the decision to create
a substance-free living environment. "People who weren't
into drinking or smoking needed to feel comfortable in a
living space, and wanted to be living with others who shared
the same lifestyle," Calhoun said. In addition, Calhoun feels
that Stewart is successful in its efforts because it is an envi­
ronment where all residing students chose to live.
CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange
. 1430 SW Park Ave. Because of feedback from Stewart residents, the resident
assistants, Erica Peterson and Ben Morrison, have created a
hall council that looks into ideas for substance-free program­
ming. They have plans to organize education workshops,
Alcohol Awareness Week, well ness information, and ideas
of peers helping other peers. Portland (503) 228-1900
September 26, 1997 Pioneer log 7 , Arts
Student one-acts openl next week at Fir Acres Theatre
by Wendy Clark
This year the Black Box theatre opens to the dramatic tal­
ents of students in the form of one-acts. "One Hundred
Women" and "Blood on the Cat's Neck" will premiere Octo­
ber 2 and run through Oct 4.
"One Hundred Women," by Kristina Halzorson, incorpo­
rates elements of dance and visual arts in its approximately 10
or 15 minutes. Within that short time it explores the complex
and often confusing world of relationships, and expresses the
fine line between friendship and romance. The play is femi­
nist, but also humanist in nature, untangling the struggles of
males to understand their female counterparts.
Carrie Diamond is cast as Nina, the main character. Dia­
mond has directed campus productions and has dance experi­
ence. Leah Svendson , a first year student, has the role of the
roommate, Kelly, and has dramatic experience from high school
by Paul Bradley
Welcome back to the
Edge of the Pioneer Log.
Last week's sample of ana­
grams for "Lewis and
Clark" were so popular ...
(read: Paul had no other
good ideas for this week's
column.) ... we decided to
keep the fun rolling.
-A selection of ana­
grams for "Lewis and
Clark College:"
Enclosed: weak call1Jirl.
Kill cleansed large cow.
So-called cell wrecking . -
Racial knowledge cells.
-How about our Dean
of Students , "Michael
Ford:"
I'm a ford lech.
Force him ladl
I am Lord Chef.
-And of course we
cannot forget our Presi­
dent, "Michael Mooney:"
Hey! I'm cool, amen.
Hey! I'm a monocle. o my! Noll'm a leech!
Hi lame economy.
My nice homo ale. o my! Ehll'm a clone.
Eh! only a commie.
Ciao! hymen mole.
Statistics of the Week:
-"Stewardesses" and
"reverberated" are the
two longest words (12 let­
ters each) that can be
typed using only the leTt
hand.
-Seven out of ten
death-row inmates are left­
handed.
-The last three Presi­
dent of the U.S., Ronald
Reagan, George Bush,
and Bill Clinton, are all
left-handed.
-Both Bob Dole and
Ross Perot are left­
handed.
-My eX1Jirlfriend was
left-handed .
-It is said that Kermit
the Frog was left-handed .
-No left-handed mem­
ber of the Piolog Staff
could be found on the
evening of Sept. 24.
-The longest word that
can be typed using only
the right hand is "Iolli­
pop." "Skepticisms" is the
longest word that alter­
nates hands.
8 Pioneer Log September 26,1997 productions, including the role of Emily in "Our Town." Kelly
is dating Christian, played by Ned Harkness. Harkness is also
a fIrSt year studlent, and has worked previously in a number of
musi.caIs.
-Senior Melissa Rudd is directing "One Hundred Women."
She has also been involved in props management and stage
crews at Lewis & Clark. Rudd was most recently seen in the
main stage production of "Madam Mode."
"Blood on the Cat's Neck," written by Rainer Werner
Fassbinder, follows the adventures of an alien sent to Earth to
learn about human democracy. This piece, about an hour long,
encounters a diverse assortment of characters living with the
normal problems of everyday life.
Leland Patlton is a guest director this year and is directing
"Blood on the Cat's Neck." His credentials span a childhood
in the heart of theater country, Ashland, Oregon, to graduate
courses at Harvard University's American Repertory Theater. "It is rare to come across a play with such balance of char­
acters, each carrying an equal weight," Patton said. "Blood on
the Cat's Neck" is such a piece.
In "Blood on the Cat's Neck," Phoebe is played by Starr
Athrens. The cast also includes Canie Rosenberg , Tana
Wojczuk, Colleen Patterson, Amy Cook, Alex Reagan, Ian
Malcolm, Andrew Hendrix, Eli Madrone, and Peter Press­
man. Pressman also has a part in the upcoming main stage
production of Anton Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard."
There will be four shows: one at 8 pm on Thursday, Octo­
ber 2, and on Saturday, October 4, and two on Friday at 7 pm
and to pm. Admission is $1 and tickets must be purchased in
advance from the Fir Acres Theatre Box Office. The Box
Office will be open on September 29 arld run through Friday,
from I to 5 pm, until the end of the show. Productions have
been known to sell out, so it is suggested to purchase tickets
early. Annie Dawid teaches to write, writes for love
national forest and became involved in learning about
animals: collecting animal bones, birds' nests, wild­
flowers."
Before leaving Portland, she received a fellowship
to study in Europe for four weeks, which "was a 'yes'
after a few years of rejections. [I spent] a month in a
castle in Scotland working on my new project, tenta­
tively titled We Survived, Didn't We?, historical fiction
about my paternal family. I spent a month visiting rela­
tives in Belgium, France, and England [and] interview­
ing them on audio."
Embarking on such a personal challenge may seem
daunting , but writers can often be found on the pages
of their work.
"My second novel [unpublished at this time], One
Little Room An Everywhere, has a lot of autobiogra­
phy in it, York Ferry has virtually none. Gretta [from
Little Room] has a lot of me in h!!r." Reading a pas­
sage from the novel at Reed College's Visiting Writers
Series on Thursday , Sept. 18, Dawid 's connection with
Gretta was evident. Her words flowed together, drip­
ping with passion and personal emotion. Dawid was
not merely reciting her story to the audience, but was
speaking through her character.
ANNIE DAWID
Annie Dawid, pictured here with her dog, Ralph, has been teaching at lC since 1990. "I'm sitting by myself at the shore of a
lake in France ... [when] I decided I was
going to be a writer, to devote my life to
writing. I would do what I had to do to
become a writer." ,
by Meegan Thompson
ne writes because one has to," declared Annie
Dawid, Lewis & Clark's creative writing, book review­
ing, photographing associate professor of English. As
indicated by the aforementioned activities , Dawid's
talents are many, but her passion resides in writing.
York Ferry, a novel, was published in 1993 by·Cane
Hill Press; it is now in its second printing.
"Growing up, I knew I wanted to do something with
language ," she said. "My dream was to be an inter­
preter for the UN [and] in college I was briefly a for­
eign language major. I love languages, but it began to
seem less practical. Then I went into journalism -it
was a way to have language be my life, so I could make
a living."
Dawid attended San Francisco State University for
her bachelor 's and master's degrees, and received her
Ph.D. from the University of Denver in 1989.
If every artist has a mentor, Dawid's came in the
form of a man by the name of Michael Rubin, a pro­
fessor at San Francisco State.
"In '83 I had been working as a typesetter and was
going to s~hool at night for my master's. I went to
Europe for a four-month long independent study with
Michael via mail," said Dawid. As she traveled through
Europe, she sent stories home to Rubin and he sent his
critiques to the next stop on her itinerary. "We had honest exchanges . He kept telling me how
hard [succeeding as a writer] is; you really have to do
it out of love. His critiques were like beautiful essays.
I suppose there was a way I felt he was a model for me
-he was honest, kind -that was important. I had
plenty of teachers, who, in order to be nice, would say
things that were not true."
Dawid's "epiphany" came at age twenty-three : ''I'm
sitting by myself at the shore: of a lake in France, writ­
Ing Michael a letter [when] I decided I was going to be
a writer, to devote my life to writing. I would do what
I had to do to become a writer."
This turned out to be teaclhing, which "I discovered
I really liked." After startin,g out at the University of
North Dakota at Grand Forks, Dawid arrived at Lewis
& Clark in 1990. As Director of the Creative Writing
Program, she enjoys the option of designing her own
classes and teaching stories she loves. As her students
might claim, her teaching style is vivacious and catch­
ing; it is clear that she is passionate about literature
and she encourages her students to delve into it as well.
Last year Dawid was able to experience a change in
scenery, living at 8900 feet, while on sabbatical. "I
rented a cabin in the Sangre de Cristos in southern
Colorado. I brought two hundred books (knowing that
I wouldn't read them all), my typewriter, a lot of mu­
sic, and my dog, Ralph. I read every day, I tried to
write every day, I loved it. I lived on the edge of a ''I'm interested in the sound of language ; I like the
idea of oral storytelling . I write [stories] to be read out
loud as much as possible," she commented.
Unfortunately , in her line of work, rejection comes
with the territory. When publishing companies are
solely interested in earning as much money as possible,
authors like Danielle Steele get published, while those
not interested in writing bestseller s but beautiful work,
struggle to find a willing publisher .
"Mainstream publishing in America is run by a few
mega-corporations. York Ferry was only rejected three
times, [but] One Little Room An Everywhere was re­
jected thirty times in the last year, and in the year be­
fore that, about twenty times. Nobody wants to take
any risks in publishing."
Dawid, however, obviously isn't in the business for
the money. It's the drive to create energy and feeling
with words that forces her to continue to honor the
promise she made to herself on the shores of a lake in
France. It's the pure love of writing.
"The best stories are stories I can read again and
again and still enjoy," she stressed. "In the best sto­
ries, form and content are inextricably linked, they are
stories that speak to all of me -my heart, my mind,
my spirit, and sometimes my body."
Crlosspulse: Beauty in motion
STAY IN SCHOOL by Jill Teasley
rhythms. After setting them off, Terry clapped
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a~ s:.Am and Riverdance, the San Francisco-based of his body (a key feature of the ensemble's style),
Crosspulse ensemble could have been a lacklus- embellishing the whole work with intermittent
tertag-allongtothepercussivedancewagon. Last mouth-clicking. The only time he broke the
Friday, Ihowever, as outside twilight took over miming was to talk to a child in the audience
the beautiful day, Crosspulse, hailing from San who was calling out, ''He's funny!"
Francisco,litEV3fl.SAuditorium up brilliantly and After the intermission, the ensemble sang a
proved their mettle as performers of body mu-call-and-response song about the kitchen and
SIC. used utensils and macaroni boxes as percussion.
Crosspulse combined many different music That gave way to Terry's dance with a metal
and drumming traditions and weaved them into plato-he stepped on it, skated on it, and dropped
a form which lasted throughout the performance. it, allowing it to make every noise within its rep-
Keith Terry, a master percussionist, brought the ertoire. Terry also used a toilet plunger cleverly,
other members, Edgardo Camb6n, Claudia dropping it, popping it, balancing it on his hand,
Gomez, Raymond Graham, and Jacqueline and finally landing it on the ground with a re-
Rago, together in 1992, and each of them con-sounding plop. Rago played a maraca piece,
tributes their different musical experiences and shaking up a fantastically complex and likeable
virtuosic: abilities. storm. Throughout the performance was the
Early in the show, Rago performed a solo body drumming: the performers drummed on
minor-key piece on the quattro, a four-stringed their chests, their legs, and each other, dancing.
guitar-like instrument. It was prefaced by Terry's As an encore, they passed a clap up and down a
sprinkler-analogy performance with a tall wob-line, and in a syncopated sort of waltz time they
bly rainmaker, which fused into a duet with sang and stepped in and out, spinning circles and
Gomez on guitar. Another highlight was Terry's figure eights of and around their music. All in
interaction with the audience, whic~ was almost all, it was a wonderful night, and Crosspulse is
fully mimed. He led a multi-part clapping piece definitely an ensemble to be further sought out
by teaching sections of the audience different for the gift of their performance .
September 26, 1997 Pioneer Log 9 ---
Portland races
for cure
• Throngs turn out in mass
show of solidarity in the fight
against breast cancer
by David Kolek
Over 26,000 people united to lend
their support to the battle against breast
cancer by participating in the Race for
the Cure, which was held in Portland on
Sept. 21.
The annual race, sponsored by the Su­
san G. Komen Breast Cancer Founda­
tion, is the second largest of its kind in
the nation. Only the National Race for
the Cure, in Washington , D.C., draws
more participants than the Portland
event.
The largely female contingent gath­
ered early in the morning at Waterfront
Park. The five kilometer race for women
began at 8 am as the crowd slowly
stretched i'nto the streets.
The fluorescent pink hats that dotted
the sea of people designated the more
than 1,300 participating survivors.
"It was a wonderful
celebration of courage
and hope in a powerful
effort to ~ght cancer. "
Kathleen Carlson
Junior
Others ran in honor of victims to the
disease. These runners wore tags which
were marked "in memory of."
The race acts as both a celebration for
the living, as well as a remembrance for
the dead.
For only the second year since the
event began, men were allowed to par­
ticipate in a separate, non-competitive
one mile walk.
This concession to permit men to par­
ticipate in what is normally perceived as
a "women's" event indicates the wide­
spread affects breast cancer has across
genders.
Many members ofthe LC community
took part in the event. Junior Miel Davis,
who ran in the 5K race with friends said,
"It was really amazing to see that many
women out there, together."
Breast cancer, with no known cure
and few identifiable risk factors, kills
more than 44,000 women a year. It is
the leading cause of death among women
between the ages of 35 and 54.
The Portland race is expected to raise
$500,000 from donations and registra­
tion fees.
Three-quarters of this amount will go
directly to local breast cancer research
and the subsidization of low cost
mammograms.
The other quarter of the funds will go
to the national Komen Foundation,
which is the only private charity dedi­
cated solely to breast cancer research.
The Komen Foundation has raised more
than $65 million since its founding in
1982.
Sophomore Kathleen Carlson, also a
participant in the 5K race, summed up
the event, "It was a wonderful celebra­
tion of courage and hope in a powerful
effort to fight cancer." 51' 0 rts ============================:J
Football gets sacked • In opener
by David Kolek
The home opener for the Lewis
& Clark Pioneer football team on
Sept. 20 did not go exactly as
planned.
Facing non-league opponent
Southern Oregon University at
Griswold Stadium, the Pioneers ran
into trouble early in the first quarter,
and were never able to mount a sus­
tained comeback .
After both squads failed to score
on their first possessions , LC found
themselves in an uncomfortable po­
sition as a football team on their next
possession: their own end zone. Dan
Munoz of Southern Orlegon tackled.
LC's Rob Broberg in the LC end­
zone for a safety and SOU took the
lead at 2-0.
By the end of the first frame of
action the Pioneers found themselves
down 11-0. SOU had effectively
controlled the ball with strong de­
fense, and LC's offense Ihad difficulty
moving the ball down the field.
At the end of the first quarter for­
tune turned in LC's favor. Quarter­
back Drew Jordan connected with
Casey Easterly for a 45-yard gain.
Just before, the quarte:r came to a
close, LC found themselves deep
within SOU territory.
The Pioneers could only get as
close as the SOU 14 yard line before
opting to kick a field goal. Despite
this disappointment, LC was on the
scoreboard .
After SOU failed to move the ball
on their next drive, LC went on the
offensive again. Jordan led the Pio­
neers down the field oln an 80-yard
scoring drive that lasted over six min­
utes.
Jordan started the drive with a
completion to Aaron Scmidt for 18
yards. Running back Jesse Ortiz con-PHOTO BY LETICIA
Senior tight end Casey Easterly eludes SOU defender R.J.
Josepson on his way to a 45-yard gain that led to a touchdown.
tributed runs totaling 35 yards. and
also found time to catch a pass for
seven more.
The strike was capped when Jor­
dan found Scmidt in the end zone on
a six yard pass. LC tried for the two
point conversion, but failed. Despite
this setback, the Pioneers found
themselves down only II-9.
This proved to be the last offense
that the Pioneers could muster
against SOU.
The first half of action did not end
quite soon enough for the Pioneers.
SOU was able to cross the goal line
for their second touchdown of the game with only seven seconds re­
maining.
The second half did not get much
better for LC.
SOU added three more touch­
downs to their total, while the Pio­
neers were silent offensively.
The final score was 39-9. SOU
improved to 1-1 overall on the sea­
son, while the Pioneers dropped to
0-2.
The Pioneers look forward to im­
proving their record at home on Sat­
urday, Sept. 27 when they take on
Occidental College at Griswold Sta­
dium at I pm.
Freshrncln Mayer leads young runners
by Jeremy Brown
The men's and women's cross-coun­
try teams both turned in solid perfor­
mances last Saturday at the Big Cross
Invitational in Pasco, W:ashington in
spite of a tough week of training. The
men finishe:l thirteenth out of a field of
nineteen and the women finished sev­
enth in a field of eighteen.
Coach David Fix had tlhe team train
hard on their Monday and Wednesday
intervals during the weeik before the
meet, intending to perhaps :sacrifice stel­
lar times at the Big Cross for even greater
yields later in the season.
"It's encouraging that we can be tired
and still run well," Fix saiid, and noted
that times were slowed for all runners
because of the heat and sand on the
course in Pasco.
For the second straight week Fresh­
man Chris Mayer (Ashland, OR) led the
men's team, this time finiishing thirty­
ninth overall in 28:01.0. Mayer is still
adjusting to the eight kilometer distance.
for he ran five kilometer !races in high
school. "I don't like the 8K as much as shorter
distances but I'll get used to it," he said.
Mayer added that Fix's training meth­
ods differ from those familiar to him. "In
high school we had less intervals," he
said. "Here we have more intervals and
they're longer. So we get lots of quality
miles."
Fix highlighted Sophomore Andrew
Vanderjack (Juneau, AK) as the per­
former of the week. Vanderjack was the
only Pioneer to notch a ::.eason's best
time on a significantly slower course. "It was an extremely good effort for him."
Fix said.
For the second week in a row. the
women place five runners in the top half
of the field. "As long as we continue to
do this we are going to score well," Fix
said.
Junior Marisa Quinn (Ashland. OR).
was ill last week but once again led the
women, finishing twentieth in 20:07.7.
The teams have this weekend off and
will run at the Willamette Invitational in
Salem the following weekend.
Individual Cross Country Results
Women Men -
20. Marisa Quinn 20:07.7 39. Chris Mayer 28:01.0
38. Kelly Hayden 20:58.5 48. Theron Brown 28:12.2
49. Colleen McGraw 21:12.6 64. Andrew Vanderlack 28:46.3
54. Christina Donehower 21:16.9 102. Andy Ault 30:00.8
62. Emily Erwin 21:26.8 103. Ian Townley 30:05.4
95. Anna Jovanovich 22:23.3 129. Leif Peterson 31:20.0
112. Amaliya Brown 23.23.7
113. Anne Stone 23:29.3
126. Megan Lockett 24:29.5
10 Pioneer Log September 26, 1997 --.--_._---------- --------------
Strike and recoil with strength The ultimate
(frisbee) thrill -Alternative Sports at LC
Poekoelan mimics the
techniques of nature and
imports them for self-defense
sports commentary by Sam Stone
Poekoelan literally means: "a series
of blows with returning hands and feet." .
The idea is to rain a series of numbing,
occasionally bone ~crushing blows upon
your opponent while making sure that
you do not overextend yourself and leave
any body part vulnerable to re-
taliation. Strike and recoil. other class, but for those three hours ev­
erything else disappears. It's like an
elixir, the fountain of youth, the holy
grail. Too many times, I've found my­
self literally shaking with frustration or
stress over tests and papers. Yet for an
hour and a half, school is nonexistent.
You can forget the rest of your life, and
that alone is worth a fortune.
You start each class by formally bow­
ing to your teacher, and to Guru Willie
Wetzel-the man who brought
Poekoelan to the New World, then you
spend a few minutes on your hands and
knees in meditation. holds and subsequent throws that are an
integlral part of Poekoelan .
You can toss people around with
abandon, and the great thing is that the
techniques we use don't rely on great
physical strength or size. I've seen hun­
dred-pound women toss two hundred­
pound men around like rag dolls. While
this is not so good for the male ego, it
does Ihave its uses. Poekoelan is perfect
for women looking to learn some basic
self defense skills.
Amazingly, the class has generated
very few injuries at all, and no serious
injuries whatsoever. That's where the
falling down comes in. by Jill Teasley
The sun has been out and so have
the ultimate frisbee players. Lewis &
Clark now has both women's and
men's ultimate teams as club sports;
this is the men's second year in com­
petition and the women's inaugural
season.
It is a fluid, wholly compre­
hensive form of martial arts
first developed in Indonesia
using the attack and defense
styles of four animals: the
monkey, crane, tiger, and After some light stretching the class
usually spends a few minutes running in
a big circle around the room or charging
the far wall in a screaming mass. There are right and
wrong ways to fall. I'm not
kidding. You have to "slap
out," in theory lessening the
impact on your body by hit-
ting the ground as hard as it
hits you. Sometimes it
works, sometimes you mess Throughout the year, the men will
play against teams from all over the
Northwest. Last year they finished
30th in the U.S. and thus far they are
3-0, having beaten Reed twice and
Linfield once. They are scheduled to
play at a late-October tournament at
Humboldt, Ca. The men pride them­
selves on their camaraderie and their
hard work. As organizer George Klein
put it, "We have a good sense of com­
petition, and we have a great time." snake.
Offered for physical educa-
up and get thrashed. tion credit here at Lewis & Clark, these
classes are fantastic fun and could be
quite useful as well. (I've been waiting
for someone to try to mug me. Better
yet, maybe someone could break into my
house, although if they have a gun, I may
be in trouble. Still, you just can't learn
all this fun stuff without wanting to try
it out.) The first few times you feel a little
silly bowing to someone named Guru
Willie Wetzel, but you get over it. After
some light stretching the class usually
spends a few minutes running in a big
circle around the room or charging the
far wall in a screaming mass. Remembering to "kia" helps. The
kia is like a "rebel yell," only shorter.
By sc:reaming from the pit of your stom­
ach you can tighten the muscles around
your torso so that they absorb the bulk
of the impact. The women's team began practice
together last week. According to Sara
Caylor, who is the team's co-initiator
along with Lauren Blank and Tara
Kenny, the turnout was much greater
than expected, with over twenty
women wanting to play. The players
represent a wide range of experience
levels, but they are enthusiastic and
enjoy playing together. A competition
schedule is being set up although the
team is still seeking a coach. "We are
going to be the best," Caylor said.
Both teams clearly provide opportu­
nities to learn and improve disc-han­
dling skills and strategies, but above
all, their goal is to have fun. I'm sure you've heard the sales pitch
before: martial arts training can provide
discipline, physical prowess, confidence,
blah, blah, blah .... And it's all true. But
Poekoelan classes are a lot of fun in ad­
dition to being challenging. That's what
makes them great. Once the warm-up exercises are over
the fun begins. (Not to say that charg­
ing a brick wall isn't fun.) I've heard
people around campus say that
Poekoelan is the art of falling down. We
do a lot of that-think of it as screaming
and charging the floor-but it's the
throwing I really enjoy.
A large part of each class is devoted
to learning and refining some of the 104 Now, I realize that this all sounds like
somf: exquisite torture pulled from
Amelrican Gladiators . Believe me, it's
not. You might go home a little sore and
tired but everyone has fun and learns to
defend themselves. So until next
time ... may you fly like a crane, hunt like
a tige:r, strike like a snake and run like a
monkey.
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Alumni Circle dedication
followed by a/kampus barbecue,
4 pm. See page 5. The artist known as Princ~e, Rose
Garden Arena, 7:30 pm, $75,
$49.50, $39.50 advance. Go
there to "Geff off! "
Lecture and Slide Sihow:
"Canvassing Gendl~r: Philosophy Club Planning/
General Interest Meeting, Dubach
Lounge, 5 pm.
Shhhhhhh! ... SOFA Cinema,
"Secrets and Lies, " Council
Chamber, 2 showings, 7:30 and
10 pm.
Fiesta Cultural -Bailando y
musica, presentado por el club de
espanol. Plattforrmo, 9 pm. Contemporary Russian Women's
Art" by Helena Goscilo, al'.Jthor and
specialist in gender and Slavic
studies. Council Chamber"
Templeton Student Cente'r. Free,
7pm. As good a day as any to catch the
new Lucia Maya exhibit, Gallery of
Contemporary Art, Free, gallery is
open Tuesday-Saturday, 11-4 pm.
Eat the grease,
feel the glory
... Eat, from page 5
who still had brains the dead
wanted to eat in the movie, "Return of
the Living Dead.")
To our dismay, my sister noted that
the Husky stadium lacked a certain
"football game" quality. Where were
the trays of beer? Where were the hot
dog vendors?
In Nebraska when you are hungry at
a football game you can spend $4 to
gorge yourself. One dollar is spent on
a red little rubbery hot dog that is so
good, so salty, and so tasty that a
spectator will inevitably have at least
two more before leaving the stadium.
Another dollar is spent on a large Coke
in a special plastic Huskers cup, and
the third dollar is spent on a little
cardboard holder of nacho chips
smothered with warm cheese whiz.
The last dollar buys the crowning
glory: a package of Reese's Peanut
Butter Cups. Of course, the other $6
from the $10 you bring to the game are
spent on Coors Light or Old Mud.
As we walked by the concession
stands feeling let down and out of
place, we couldn't help but to laugh at
the alternatives being offered: low fat
pretzels, barbecued salmon sand­
wiches, smoothies, Smoothies!, and
various other kinds of health food.
Since when does someone expect to
leave a football game feeling refreshed
and healthy? Half of the good time is
leaving with a good layer of grease,
salt, chocolate and pop residue making
a sticky little ring around the outside of
your lips, and a gut wrench that can
only be cured by about a half case of
Bud Light.
No wonder Nebraska won the
game. If you're from Nebraska, being
healthy is all right but if it means
refraining from alcohol and junk food
at a football game, forget it! It makes
for a whole different ball game-one
that gives guts to the glory. It makes
for a winning team with fans who are
hungry for the fight, hungry for the
win. We got it last weekend.
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