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Volume 93, No. 2

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2019-10-04

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Vol. 93 No.2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019 www.piolog.com
LC’s “Liberal Bubble”
Student argues that ideologies outside of the
campus norm are often met with insults from leftist
students, alienating outside perspectives.
See page 4An investigation into the types of grapes, berries
and other edible plants you can hunt for on and off
campus. Foraging at LC
See page 8LC quarterback publishes analytical football book
about the Oklahoma Sooner Offense with help from
LC’s entrepreneurship program.Student Author
See page 15A number of student organizations set up voter
registration stations on campus for National Voter
Registration Day.Voter Registration Day
See page 2Roz Crews, a Portland-based artist, examining con -
ventional ideas of research and academia in her on -
going exhibition at the Hoffman Gallery.Artist Residency
See page 11By GRACE MARK
PROFESSOR Emerita of German
Studies Dinah Dodds, a pinnacle
of the Lewis & Clark community,
passed away after a three-year battle
with cancer at the age of 76. Dodds was
beloved by generations of students and
faculty alike.
Beginning her career at LC in 1972,
Dodds taught German language and
literature for three and a half decades.
She also acted as world languages
department chair and as divisional dean
of arts and humanities. Professor of
Hispanic Studies and Spanish Section
Head Juan Carlos Toledano Ronaldo
spoke on Dodds transforming the role
of the world languages department on
campus.
“She pushed for us to be better
represented at the campus level,”
Toledano Redondo said. “She
stressed language as key to a liberal
arts education, not just a graduation
requirement.”
Associate Professor of German
Language and Literature Katharina
Altpeter-Jones fondly remembered the
compassion of her mentor.
“When I came for my on-campus
interview, I got a real sense of Dinah’s
kindness, and her warmth and her joyful nature,” Altpeter-Jones said.
“She was a wonderful mentor with a
great deal of optimism.”
Altpeter-Jones stressed that Dodds’
compassion was felt by students just as
much as faculty.
“She was a firm believer in every
single individual student,” Altpeter-
Jones said. “She was so dedicated to her
students. Her door was always open.”
The Dinah Dodds Endowment
for International Education was
established by Missy Vaux Hall in
honor of Dodds to provide funding for
LC students of any discipline to expand
on research they start while studying
abroad.
Alum Marissa Burke ’15 received the
Dinah Dodds endowment. She reflected
on how the endowment impacted her
overseas experience in Strasbourg.
“The Dinah Dodds scholarship
allowed me to research my favorite
poet, and I am very grateful to have
learned about him and his history,”
Burke said via email. “Without the
scholarship, my research wouldn’t have
been possible, and I wouldn’t have been
able to follow that curiosity while I
was surrounded by all the resources to
explore it.”
Annika Clunk ’20 shared similar
sentiments about how receiving the endowment greatly influenced her
abroad experience after a year in
Munich.
“(With the scholarship) I was
allowed to go to an EU Commission
conference,” Clunk said.
The conference, held in Brussels,
served as inspiration for her thesis.
Dodds’ impact on the community
reached far beyond the department
in which she taught. She had a love
for music and sang in the Oregon
Repertory Singers for over 40 years. In
2011, she returned to campus to chair
the music department for two years.
Associate Professor of Music and
Director of Choral Activities Katherine
FitzGibbon spoke fondly of Dodds as
her long-time mentor.
“I’d ask her questions and advice,
much as I would have had she been
on campus,” FitzGibbon said. “She
was always incredibly supportive and
incredibly wise, and would give the best
advice.”
On the Resonance Ensemble
website, FitzGibbon wrote, “There are
few words to express the enormity
of this loss. Dinah was simply a
remarkable human being — a vibrant
and passionate leader who devoted her
life to the pursuit of knowledge and
public service to the arts.”During her retirement, Dodds
continued to be an active singer, a
board member for the Resonance
Ensemble and Portland Experimental
Ensemble Theater, and a promoter of
the international research endowment
and continued to have an active
presence on campus. In honor of her
investment in the LC community,
Dodds was the recipient of the first
David Savage award in 2007 for her service and commitment to the college.
“I can’t imagine a human who better
epitomizes generous service to others,”
FitzGibbon said. “It’s pretty remarkable
to think (of) the thousands of us that are
carrying a little piece of Dinah forward
forever, and that her legacy is going to
be never-ending.”
Dinah’s memorial service will be
held on Nov. 3 in the Agnes Flanagan
Chapel.Dinah Dodds, a pillar of the LC community, dies at 76By GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
ON SEPT. 20, one of the largest
climate protests in Portland’s
history began with thousands
of demonstrators convening in
downtown’s Terry Schrunk Plaza.
Inspired by Swedish climate justice
activist Greta Thunberg, Portland
protesters joined an estimated four
million people from 163 countries
taking part in over 2,500 climate
strikes across the globe.
Thunberg and other protesters
from younger generations started
striking after the 2018 International
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
report was released. The report
claimed that if serious change is not
made to climate policy in the next 12
years, devastating and irreversible
damage will be dealt to the planet.
Attendees of the Global Climate
Strike in Portland gathered downtown
to listen to youth activists speak
on climate change and its effects on
minority groups, specifically indigenous
people and Pacific Islanders.
Organized primarily by 350PDX,
a local environmental nonprofit,
and high school youth leaders,
the Portland strike was also
coordinated by organizations like
OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon,
Portland Rising Tide, Extinction
Rebellion PDX, Pacific Climate
Warriors and Sunrise Movement PDX. After the rally ended, demonstrators
poured into downtown streets to take
part in the nearly mile-long march
across the Hawthorne Bridge. Lucas
Martinez ’20 attended the march.“I felt like I was a part of a multi-
ethnic, multi-age group which was
very cool,” Martinez said. “The age
thing was really awesome. The younger
audience around me impressed me.”Despite the positive experiences of
many people who attended the strike,
there were several incidents of civil
unrest.
“Portland students” continued page 2Portlanders demand environmental
action at the Global Climate Strike
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
Young children participate in the march downtown, holding homemade signs and encourage officials to take climate action.Richard Morales (left) calls for more citizen participation. Yascha Mounk (right) defends the value of liberal democracies.
Beloved Professor Emerita of German Studies Dinah Dodds passes away after battle with cancer
FLAVIO DE PINA SOARES DE CARVALHO/PIONEER LOG
PHOTO COURTESY OF LCThis week, The PioPod covers the Global Climate Strike and the Trump impeachment inquiry, available online.
Students
elect new
ASLC
senators
By ROSEMARY HICKMAN
IN THIS YEAR’S senate elections,
the Associated Students of Lewis
& Clark (ASLC) saw the greatest
voter turnout in three years with
24% of students (462) voting in
comparison to 20% and 21% over
the last two years, respectively. The
national average of students voting for
private colleges is between 15% and
20%. Results from the ASLC senate
election were announced via email
on Sept. 25 and are listed in the box
adjacent to this article on page three.
Before the ballots were filled, on
Sept. 19, ASLC held a senate election
forum where candidates voiced their
ideas for the current academic year.
The forum was moderated by Pioneer
Log Editor-in-Chief Hanna Merzbach
’20 and Managing Editor Nicholas
Nerli ’21. Candidates discussed issues
like insufficient transportation and
lack of mental and sexual health
resources.
Cas Mulford ’23, a newly-elected
senator, focused on expanding access
to resources, particularly for lower
income students at LC.
“After low” continued page 3
Dinah Dodds was a dedicated professor, mentor and LC community member.Continued from pg. 1
Two teenagers were arrested after
crossing the Hawthorne Bridge. The
Portland Police Bureau (PPB) stated
in a Sept. 24 press release that one
of the teens was observed leaning
out into traffic lanes, causing vehicle
drivers to abruptly apply their brakes.
The teenager was asked to stop with
warnings of arrest, but did not stop.
When the first teenager was being
arrested, another interfered and was
also detained.
Other than this disturbance and
an arrest of an individual caught
vandalizing, the march continued
without any other disruptions to a
festival outside of the Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry (OMSI).
The festival included more
youth speakers, specifically a panel
on the situation in the Amazon
rainforest led by Brazilian indigenous
representatives and the Pacific
Climate Warriors.Hub-Coordinator for Sunrise
Movement PDX Allyson Woodard
explained the intention behind
organizing the strike and festival.
“We really wanted to use the
march as a way to pull people into
the movement to give them other
ways to stay involved and to really
make a difference beyond just
showing up every once in a while
with a sign,” Woodard said. “We
organized a festival where there were
organizations tabling and people
could go to those organizations and
sign up and join the movement.”
Lewis & Clark students also
organized widely for the Global
Climate Strike.
Students Engaged with Eco-
Defense (SEED), a Lewis & Clark
student organization, started a
petition on Sept. 12 asking college
administrators to ensure that
students, staff and faculty would
not be penalized for participating in the climate strike. Additionally,
the petition asked administrators to
show unwavering support for climate
justice by publicly endorsing the
Global Climate Strike in solidarity
with members of the LC community
and young people around the world.
Within three days, the petition had
surpassed 500 signatures from
students, staff and faculty, ending
with a total of 578 community
members.
In response to messages received
from students, staff, faculty and the
Associated Students of Lewis & Clark
(ASLC) Cabinet, Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences Bruce Suttmeier
sent an email to the LC community on
Sept. 17.
“As an institution with a strong
educational mission and a proud
tradition of global engagement, Lewis
& Clark encourages students to tackle
the challenging issues of the day,”
Suttmeier said. “In that spirit, I urge faculty to discuss with students any
plans to miss class on Friday, showing
flexibility and allowing students
to make up any missed work. For
those classes whose subject matter
intersects with the global climate
and activism, faculty should consider
building the event into syllabi in some
way.”
SEED Project Leader Katie
Crocker ’22 spoke about her reaction
to the email.
“I was really happy to see
(Suttmeier’s email) was being sent to
the whole undergraduate campus and
students were being included in the
letter because, originally, it was going
to just be for faculty,” Crocker said. “I
was really pleased that the school did
have a conversation around the strike
and did come out and encourage the
faculty to be lenient towards student
absences.”
However, some students, such
as Will Toppin ’23, thought that the letter sent out was not enough.
“I think the school could have
sent out a letter earlier, not just a few
days in advance,” Toppin said. “They
could have provided transportation,
and they could have guaranteed
the students no repercussions for
absences caused by attending the
march.”
SEED project leader Allie
Macdonald ’20 spoke about
organizing transportation for
students.
“We spent some time brainstorming,
talked to transportation and we figured
out we could use the SEED budget to
buy public bus passes and have those
in case the (Pioneer Express) filled up,
which it did,” Macdonald said. “That
was a really cool thing to see that so
many people showed up.”
SEED ultimately bought 100
passes for students who could not fit
on the Pioneer Express. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
NEWS 2
Scholarship introduced for
entrepreneurship students
MADELINE ORONA BURGOS/PIONEER LOGBy ALEX BARR
THE BATES Center for
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
recently announced that they will
be offering a merit-based scholarship to
prospective Lewis & Clark students who
are Oregon residents. Prospective students
will be able to apply for this scholarship in
the fall of 2020. Once fully endowed, this
scholarship will amount to about $22,500
per year to be divided across multiple
scholarships. The scholarship was created
by Chrys Hutchings, associate director of
the Bates Center, and her husband Brent
Hutchings ’84, a member of the LC Board
of Trustees.
Director of the Bates Center Brian
Detweiler-Bedell stated that scholarship
candidates will be chosen by the faculty
and board members of the Bates Center
in conjunction with the admissions
department.
On the LC website, Brent Hutchings
emphasized the importance of fostering
entrepreneurs in Oregon.
“We especially want to encourage
students in rural Oregon to study
entrepreneurship and the liberal arts at
Lewis & Clark, so they can take the skills
they’ve acquired and help propel their
rural economies forward,” Hutchings
said.
Chrys Hutchings further discussed
the focus on impacting the Oregon
community.“Fewer than 10% of our students
are from Oregon, but around half of our
students stay in Oregon,” Hutchings said
via email. “This means that our alumni
network in Oregon is getting stronger and
stronger every year.”
Additionally, Chrys described what
skills and characteristics the ideal
candidate for this scholarship will have.
“We will look not only for enthusiasm,
but for ability to navigate and execute,” she
said. “We are not looking for the person
who took on a project to pad their resume
for college. Nor are we necessarily looking
for the person who raised or earned the
most money. We are looking for problem
solvers in the for-profit or non-profit
world who can show us motivation, grit,
and resilience.”
Detweiler-Bedell also spoke about
the newly developing entrepreneurship
minor at LC and how the opinions on
the entrepreneurship department have
changed throughout the years.
“‘But this is a liberal arts school?’
There was this feeling that it would be
inappropriate in this environment,”
Detweiler-Bedell said.
He agrees that the apprehension was
partly justified, but it did not completely
align with the mission of adding an
entrepreneurship minor at LC.
“We should harness the strengths of
the liberal arts and enable students to
be change-makers, in a much broader
sense,” Detweiler-Bedell said.Adjunct Instructor at the Bates Center
Sara Conte discussed the creative nature
of the classes that are a part of the minor.
“The Innovation class is probably
more creative than other traditional
business classes,” Conte said via email.
“We have the flexibility to explore all
sorts of models from successful startups
like Stitch Fix to social innovations like
Universal Base Income.”
Ochuko Akpovbovbo ’21, co-president
of the Entrepreneurship Club, explained
how she thought the scholarship
would change the Bates Center and the
Entrepreneurship Club.
“I believe having more students attend
the college who are already interested in
entrepreneurship will definitely help grow
the club,” she said via email. “Not just
by adding those individual students, but
by fostering a culture of creativity and
critical thinking, combined with action —
which is what the entrepreneurship club is
all about.”
When discussing the future of the Bates
Center and the role of entrepreneurship
in a liberal arts environment, Detweiler-
Bedell argues that the entrepreneurial and
liberal arts mindset are more similar than
one may initially think.
“ T h e s e a b i l i t i e s — systems-thinking,
creativity & design-thinking and
collaboration and leadership — aren’t just
the hallmark strengths of our graduates,”
Detweiler-Bedell said. “They are the very
core of entrepreneurship.” LC promotes National
Voter Registration Day
By ERIKA ANDERSEN
TUESDAY, SEPT . 24 marked
National Voter Registration
Day, an effort endorsed by the
National Association of Secretaries
of State to increase civic engagement
through voter registration. The first
National Voter Registration Day
occurred in 2012, and has been
gaining traction ever since. The
holiday is also backed by the National
Association of Election Directors, the
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
and the National Association of
Election Officials.
According to the National Voter
Registration Day website, “Every year,
millions of Americans find themselves
unable to vote because they miss a
registration deadline, don’t update
their registration, or aren’t sure how to
register. National Voter Registration
Day wants to make sure everyone has
the opportunity to vote.”
Student Leadership and Service
(SLS) partnered with the Associated
Students of Lewis & Clark (ASLC),
Next Up Oregon, Aubrey R. Watzek
Library and College Democrats to
bring this initiative to campus. ASLC
Community Service & Relations
Coordinator Mikah Bertelmann ’21
commented on how National Voter
Registration Day was brought to LC.
“Next Up is part of a greater
organization nationally that provides
grants for students and groups on
campus that want to advertise for
National Voter Registration Day
initiatives,” Bertelmann said. “So,
ASLC applied for one of those grants
and we were able to use that to provide
funding for this initiative this year.”
LC students were able to register at
booths outside of Fields Dining Room
and in the Trail Room. Director of SLS
Harold McNaron, an organizer of the
event, reflected on the significance of
voter registration.
“At it’s best, voting is one way some
folks (as not everyone is allowed to vote) have a voice,” McNaron said via
email. “Voter registration, especially
here at Lewis & Clark where so many
folks are just now aging into eligibility,
is the first step towards gaining that
voice.”
With the upcoming 2020
presidential election, many have
been concerned with low voter
participation, especially among
younger generations. According to the
Pew Research Center, voters under
30 comprise 27% of the total voting
population, making up the second
largest voting bloc behind baby
boomers. Despite this, young voters
tend to have lower voter turnouts than
other generations.
Julia Salomone ’23, an ASLC voter
registration volunteer, emphasized
the importance she places on youth
engagement in politics.
“I feel like it’s the young people
of this country and world, more than
anyone, that (are) angry at what is
happening,” Salomone said. “I feel
it’s most important to help the youth
engage in whatever way possible.”
In recent years, youth civic
engagement has been more visible,
with participation in nationwide
movements such as March for Our
Lives and the Global Climate Strike.
Along with an increase in youth
political activism, according to the
2019 U.S. Census, there has been an
increase in youth voter participation.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported
in April of 2019 that “among 18 to
29-year-olds, voter turnout went from
20 percent in 2014 to 36 percent in
2018, the largest percentage point
increase for any age group.”
According to Salomone, young
people are motivated to participate in
government through voting.
“The youth (are) angry,” Salomone
said. “They’re seeing the injustices
that have gone on for way too long, so
if you give them the tools to create a
new political climate, I feel like they’ll
put it to use.” The Bates Center will be offering a scholarship for Oregon
students pursuing a minor in entrepreneurship starting 2020
The Bates Center has created a new scholarship for students pur suing studies in entrepreneurship, which will be effective in 20 20.
Portland students decide to skip school and strike for their futures
AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOG
Students receive help registering to vote near Fields Dining Room on Sept. 24.Continued from pg. 1
He is interested in creating an avenue
of communication that would consolidate
information and be easily distributed to
students.
“One thing I’ve been thinking about
(is) the best way to get information to
people who are lower income,” Mulford
said. “Some students (at another
unspecified school) had started a
newsletter with information about how
to manage working while going to school,
different scholarship opportunities and
other information that would pertain to
low-income students.”
Candidates also mentioned ideas
like offering free STD testing, menstrual
products in more bathrooms and building
curriculum about mental and sexual
health into Pioneer Success Institute
(PSI).
Caroline Arnis ’22 hopes to improve
the accessibility to healthcare for students.
“(It is important to) have an open
dialogue and an open narrative,” Arnis
said. “I think that taking time to address
the most relevant things in PSI would be
a good idea to get a scope of what people
find the most helpful in terms of sexual
consent.”
Another issue that was brought up at
the forum was sustainability. Several can -
didates discussed that LC markets itself as
an environmentally-friendly campus but
has several contradictory practices.
Alex Webb ’22 is interested in looking
into improving the Pioneer Express (the
Pio) by expanding its route and making it
more sustainable as well as continuing to
work on funding sustainability projects.
“I want to look into ways the Pio can
be more sustainable like not leaving its
engine on while it is waiting for students,”
Webb said.
At their first meeting on Sept. 26,
ASLC swore in the new senators and
continued to discuss projects that they
hope to tackle this year such as creating
a campus-wide communication platform,
increasing the amount of stops the Pio
makes and providing more literacy about
public transportation options to students. The senate also addressed electing a
new ASLC vice president. Since the vice
president that was elected during the
Spring 2019 semester withdrew from the
college over the summer, Tom Stratton ’20
has been acting as interim vice president.
“At the beginning of the first meeting
of the senate, that interim position
expires, and then it goes to the typical
special election process where candidates
can reapply ... and senate then votes on it,”
ASLC President Helen Hitz ’21 said.
During the Sept. 26 meeting, the
senators postponed electing a vice
president since only one candidate,
Stratton, was in the race. The two other
possible candidates withdrew prior to the
meeting.
The vice president is typically required
to serve two semesters on senate, however
under this circumstance, ASLC decided to
open up the race to those who had only
served one semester.
“We’re reaching out to a wider
applicant pool and also planning to
publicize it more because we realized that
this was something that nobody really
knew was happening,” Hitz said. “We’re
also conducting an audit on the situation, because we realized that we were not very
transparent in this process and we would
like to be more transparent.”
At their Oct. 3 meeting, ASLC voted
between Stratton, Jacob Muscarella
’21 (who serves on The Pioneer Log’s
editorial board) and Kenneth Leja ’21 for
vice president, though the results were not
available before the time of publication.
An updated article will be posted on The
Pioneer Log website.By MICHAELA EDLIN
BEFORE THE START of the Fall
2019 semester, Lewis & Clark
streamlined the chosen name policy
on the technical end and expanded the
policy so that chosen names are used more
frequently. Chosen names are those that
transgender people refer to themselves by,
instead of their birth names.
Those who wish to have their chosen
name on class rosters, grade rosters,
diplomas, the commencement program,
Moodle and email can now do so through
one form. Legal names will still be required
for official transcripts, enrollment
verifications, federal financial aid forms,
tax documents and payroll documents.
This process has been compressed on
the technical side through Colleague,
the college’s information management
system.
According to Dean of Equity and
Inclusion Mark Figueroa, the policy
was implemented after two years of
development and technical changes to the
system.
“The policy is designed to create an
inclusive environment on campus where
individuals can choose to use a name that
better reflects their identity than their
legal name,” Figueroa said via email.
Previously, the college did not
collect chosen name data through the
information system, but the “nickname”
category functioned similarly. Director
of Information Systems Brad Wilkin said
the policy change comes after Colleague
contacted LC.
“(Students) had the ability for some
time and in the past to file a preferred
name with the registrar’s office,” Wilkin said. “There has not historically been a
place for it in our students’ system.”
Ferdinand Sawyer ’22 has changed
their name twice while at LC, once before
the new policy was implemented and once
after. Sawyer saw no difference between
the two processes.
“They’ve made it really easy both times
I’ve changed my name,” Sawyer said.
“I had a really good experience with it,
especially having gone to another school
before, where it was effectively impossible
to get your name changed.”
While in high school, Sawyer attended
Castleton University in Vermont as part of
an early college program, where they heard
from friends that the name change process
at the university could take years, even if
a person had already legally changed their
name. In comparison to Castleton, Sawyer
thinks LC’s process is simpler and easier.
Sawyer has only ever had one problem
with names at LC. They think the issue
arose because legal names are required
for billing, and the wrong name was used
for a physical education class with an extra
charge.
“All my professors’ rosters had
changed last semester, except for one and I
don’t know why,” Sawyer said, referring to
the PE class. “That needed to be changed
because I was dead-named in front of the
entire class.”
Dead-naming is when trans people are
referred to by their birth name, a name
that they no longer use. This experience
can be invalidating for trans people.
A trans first-year student who applied
to LC with his middle name as his preferred
name said that LC’s policies made him feel
safe. The name of this source has been
omitted due to safety concerns.Before LC Admissions sent him an
acceptance letter, the office contacted him
regarding his chosen name, and whether it
should be used.
“They made that call because one of
my essays vaguely mentioned that I had an
unstable home situation involving (being
trans),” he said. “I really appreciated that
because they wanted to make sure that
they were using my preferred name, but
also keeping things safe for me.”
However, once on campus, the policy
posed an issue. According to him, his
name was changed in the system without
his knowledge after filling out paperwork
with a chosen name section. His parents
signed up for the parent mailing list and
when they received a communication,
it had his chosen name on it, a name his
parents were not aware of.
“That created a very, very
uncomfortable evening, where I ended up
having to write it off as the school must
have made a mistake,” he said. “That was
not a safe situation for me to have them
call me by that name.”
LC changed his chosen name
back to his middle name after the
misunderstanding, but that still provided
difficulties for the student. He frequently
has to mention to the school that he has
three names on record: his chosen name,
birth name and middle name.
According to Dean Figueroa, students
should be aware that chosen names
will be reflected in all of the legally
permissible categories.
“The name change will occur across
all systems where a chosen name field is
used,” Figueroa said. “Only where legal
names are required will a chosen name
not be used. It is the policy of the college to
use a person’s chosen name to the greatest
extent practicable and permissible.”
Wilkin notes that this new policy has
pushed Information Technology (IT) to
be more deliberate in delineating where chosen names can be used in information
systems.
“We’ve been much more intentional
about identifying all the places where
data is being pushed,” Wilkin said.
“We’ve basically done an inventory of all
of that and we’re trying our best to push
(chosen names) into everywhere it needs
to go.”
Thus, the anonymous student
suggests that other transgender students
should only change their chosen names
in the system if they are out to their
families. Otherwise, students can contact professors directly before class to avoid
any name confusion with rosters.
Sawyer agrees with this suggestion
and thinks that LC should look into
expanding the name change policy
because trans people are out to varying
degrees.
“I think that… it’s possible to
implement (the chosen name policy) in
a way where it would only show up on
certain things,” Sawyer said. “Allowing
people to be out only in circumstances
where it’s safe and comfortable for
them — it’s really important.” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
NEWS 3
SETH MORIARTY/PIONEER LOGChosen name policy implemented over summer
LC encourages community to use chosen names on many institutional databases and documents
AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOG
By HANNA MERZBACH
IN EARLY SEPTEMBER , Lewis &
Clark Law School announced that
it had received a charitable bequest
of $3.7 million from Washington
environmental activist John E. Diehl to
support public interest environmental
law. The bequest, the second-largest
single gift ever made to the law school,
will support fellowships within the
environmental law program, ranked
first in the nation by U.S. News.
According to a news release on the
LC Law School website, “The Diehl
Fellowship stipends will supplement
the income of recent graduates who
are employed at public interest
environmental organizations for one
year. Preference will be given to those
whose work is dedicated to resource
conservation, wilderness and wildlife
habitat and preservation, or human
population stabilization.”
This fellowship will allow
graduates more flexibility in the
job field, according to Janice Weis,
associate dean and director of the
environmental, natural resources and
energy law program.
“Since public interest organizations
often have very tight budgets,
the fellowship stipends will allow
graduates to bring some funding with
them to a public interest job,” Weiss said. “This will open up positions at
a variety of organizations for which
funding additional staff might be a
challenge.
As per Diehl’s request, the law
school will match the bequest by
offering scholarships to incoming
first-year students interested in public
interest environmental law.
Weiss said that the law school was
not aware of the bequest until after
Diehl passed away in March 2016, at
the age of 73.
“We presume he was aware of
our national reputation as a premier
environmental law school,” Weis said
via email. “University of Washington
Law School and two non-profits
received money as well as Lewis &
Clark.”
As stated in his obituary, Diehl was
a “self-taught enthusiast in biology,
zoology, and ornithology” and an
advocate of sound environmental
policies.
“His legacy will live on in
generations of environmental
attorneys and is a testament to the
power of one person’s commitment to
make a difference,” Jennifer Johnson,
dean of the law school, said on the LC
Law School website.
The law school hopes to fund
the first set of fellowships for the
graduating class of 2020.
Wood Hall, on the law campus, houses the LC environmental law program.Law school receives
$3.7 million donation
AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOG
Cas Mulford ’21, elected senator, speaks at the ASLC senate forum, held on Sept. 19.After low candidate turnout, ASLC
senators fill vacant vice presidency
Elected ASLC senators:
Caroline Arnis ’22
Roland Berg ’22
Zoë Bettman ’23
Nicole Dean ’21
Quentin Gaul ’22
Bella Gutierrez ’23
Frances Haase ’23
Michelle Monheit ’22
Cas Mulford ’23
Madeleine Newton ’21
Lucia Tice ’22
Alex Webb ’22FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
OPINION 4
AMELIA MADARANG/PIONEER LOGFaced with disagreement, liberals cry fascism
Moderate and conservative students face a liberal blizzard if they choose to express their beliefs openly
By CHARLOTTE POWERS
WHEN I WAS a freshman, I
was called a fascist. Let me
take this time to give you
some context. In my first semester
of freshman year, my class and I
were discussing the perils of mass
incarceration in the U.S. One student
asked the class if they thought the death
penalty should still be implemented as
a form of punishment. After thinking
long and hard about this question, I
raised my hand and said something
along the following lines:
I do not support the current
practice of the death penalty as a
majority of those on death row are
predominantly people of color. This
is because the police force and the
criminal justice system have an
extensive history of disenfranchising
communities of color. Until that is
fixed, the system should not have the
power to decide who should receive
capital punishment. I acknowledged
that there have been a number of
cases where an inmate was executed
only to learn the individual was in fact
innocent. However, if we were to live
in a world where our criminal justice
system was fair and dependable, where
all the facts presented proved beyond
a reasonable doubt that an individual
did indeed commit the crime, and
that there was no possibility that
the individual could re-enter and
contribute to public life, than I would
support the death penalty. If all the
conditions above were met, I would
support the death penalty knowing
that taxpayer dollars would not be
wasted on keeping people who could
be corrected alive.I thought I provided a solid
explanation for my reasoning, and
saw many people nod their heads
in agreement and acceptance. You
can imagine how shocked I was
when I was pulled aside after class
by another student only to be told
that my reasoning and rhetoric were
borderline fascist and that I should be
ashamed of myself.
I personally hate the term liberal
snowflake, but when I think back on moments like this, sometimes I feel
like Lewis & Clark is turning into a
liberal blizzard. I strongly identify
as a progressive (hell, I am even one
of the co-presidents of LC College
Democrats!) but sometimes I will
agree with a more moderate view if I
accept the logic. While a majority of
LC students are progressive, I know
that some are not, and I can only
imagine how afraid they must be of
being shunned for sharing a political opinion that does not lean all the way
to the left, or god forbid, toward the
right! Have you ever wondered why
only a few people contribute in your
humanities or social science classes? I
have, and while this might not always
be the case, my guess is that people
are frightened to participate in group
settings because they fear they will be
subjected to hostile attacks if they say
anything that falls outside of liberal
rhetoric.I also find it ironic that I feel the
need to write this article at a liberal arts
college, where our education is rooted
in a philosophy that encourages us to
interact with complex, diverse fields of
thought. For the most part, I think LC
students do a pretty good job at this in
regards to academia. I just think this
should extend to political conversation
and how students encounter ideologies
that challenge their own. While it
might feel great to be surrounded by
like-minded people, this bubble and
the mildly hostile attitudes students
have towards others with different
opinions, is not going to fly in the real
world. Are we not supposed to go to
college to equip ourselves when we
encounter opposing views? To become
prepared for the real world that lies
outside Palatine Hill? At least that is
what I originally thought. I am starting
to doubt whether other students think
the same.
Please know that I am not saying
we should invite speakers who aim
to discriminate or promote dialogue
that attacks minority groups. In fact,
this is a current debate the college
is participating in: whether certain
groups who represent controversial
views should be invited on campus.
I am also not advocating for giving
our opinions haphazardly; I always
recommend to choose words with care
before sharing them with others. And
I will be the first to admit that I have
openly bashed the current Republican
party using language that could offend
a Republican student. Knowing this,
I, along with other LC students, must
learn to politely disagree with differing
views, and I think that can start by not
calling each other fascists.
Elizabeth Warren would be a fantastic 46th president
The senior U.S. senator from Massachusetts offers a plan for recovery after four years of Donald Trump
By JACOB MUSCARELLA
THE FIRST PRIMARIES of the
2020 presidential election are
about four months away, and the
crowded race to become the Democratic
candidate is continuing to narrow down
to just a few people. However, many
voters are just now starting to tune into
the election and might be wondering
who to support. Sen. Elizabeth Warren,
with her liberty green and navy blue, a
beautiful golden retriever Bailey and her
seemingly endless stream of plans, has
swiftly become my favorite candidate in
the race. I believe that she has shown that
she truly cares about all Americans and that she knows how to change the system
in a responsible way, qualities sorely
missing in the White House today.
Warren grew up in Oklahoma in a
family that lived on the edge of the middle
class. Despite their financial troubles,
Warren persisted and was able to go to
college at the University of Houston. She
went on to earn her J.D. from Rutgers
University and later taught law at
Harvard University, where she focused
on studying bankruptcy and how single
events like a job loss or a hospital bill
can send someone into debt. Warren’s
academic work was so groundbreaking
that President Obama invited her to
Washington D.C. in 2010 to help create the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau, but he ultimately nominated
someone else to lead it after Republicans
refused to even consider Warren. Inspired
to make change, Warren ran for the U.S.
Senate in 2012, beating the incumbent
Republican and becoming Massachusetts’
first female senator.
Now, Warren is running a presidential
campaign focused on “big, structural
change” in Washington. The official
slogan created and pushed out by her
team is “Dream Big, Fight Hard,” but
Warren’s mountain of policy proposals
that she began releasing early on in her
campaign to address a variety of issues has
led to the well-known and meme-worthy
alternative, “Warren Has a Plan for That.”
Warren is banking on grassroots support
to catapult her to the White House,
even frequently calling people who
have donated as little as $1 to voice her
gratitude. Along with Sen. Bernie Sanders,
Warren has also made herself out to be
one of the most progressive candidates in the race, contrasting herself with some of
the more moderate Democrats running.
But not every candidate is perfect,
and Warren’s campaign is not without
criticism. For years, Warren has shared
family stories about having Native
American ancestry, but she has faced
skepticism from many people, including
President Donald Trump. To defend
herself, Warren released a video sharing
the results of a DNA test showing that she
did, in fact, have some small amount of
Native American heritage. This ultimately
backfired when the Cherokee Nation
released a statement saying that using
such a DNA test does not determine tribal
membership. While this dealt a blow to
Warren’s image, the actions she took
next proved that she is willing to admit
when she has made a mistake. Warren
responded by apologizing, saying that she
is neither a person of color nor a member
of the Cherokee tribe and that she
understands the important distinction
between ancestry and tribal membership. Some have doubted the authenticity of
this apology, but New Mexico Rep. Deb
Haaland, one of the first two Native
American women in Congress, has
endorsed Warren. The two even worked
together to create a part of Warren’s plan
for Native American communities that
allocates money specifically for programs
that benefit Native Americans. Through
her response, Warren has acknowledged
her privilege as a white woman and is
working diligently with Native American
people to be an effective ally and make
meaningful change.
Elizabeth Warren makes me hopeful
for the future. I would like to live in a
country led by a strong, intelligent and
compassionate woman like her, especially
after four years of Trump. She has a clear
history of fighting for all Americans and
working to change the system so it works
for more than the rich and powerful. I am
extremely excited for Warren to become
our nation’s first female president, and I
hope you are too.
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Amelia EichelBy GRANT LIBERMAN
LAST YEAR , during the holiday
season, there were many deco -
rations put up all over campus.
One such decoration was a 14-foot-
tall tree that was placed in Fields
Dining Hall (the Bon). To many, this
appeared to be an attempt from the
Bon to celebrate Christmas. On the
surface, this seems to be a simple
problem to fix: take the tree down or
add decorations representing other
religions so that no one feels exclud -
ed. But that is not where issues like
this end, because the problem is not
one tree or one decoration. The de -
bate surrounds how Lewis & Clark
decorates during holidays and how
all community members can feel
welcome.
Decorations are something that
will raise everyone’s mood as long as
everyone feels they are represented.
The trick is making everyone feels
represented — in theory, this may
seem easy, but the execution requires
a lot of effort.
After speaking to Ryan Jensen,
general manager of Bon Appétit
at LC, I know that the intent of last
year’s decorations was not to cele -
brate Christmas. In reality, students
who were passionate about helping
those affected by the northern Cal -
ifornia fires approached Bon staff.
Together, they decided that it would
be appropriate for the Bon to do
something to make sure people were thinking of those in need, and in the
course of around one week, they de -
veloped a plan. They decided to have
cards that people could write in to
support those affected by the fire,
which could be placed on a non-de -
nominational ornament on the tree.
Unfortunately, because of how
little time this plan had to be made
and implemented, there were some
mistakes. For instance, a star was
used on the tree, which is something
that is fundamentally Christian. I
also think that the tree itself is as -
sociated with Christianity, so even
if everything on it was non-denom -
inational, it would still be viewed as
Christian. It is also important to note
that there were other holiday decora -
tions set up, but none were as promi -
nent as the tree.
In the future, I have faith that
decorations on campus will be con -
sidered more thoughtfully, though
they may not be perfect. It would be
ideal if students helped decorators by
telling them exactly what the prob -
lem is and how they can move for -
ward to make people feel included.
One such person who is enthusi -
astic about decorating is Jensen. If
you have any ideas about how your
religion could be represented this
holiday season, you can go to him or
other members of the Bon Appétit
crew. What is important now is to
continue to find ways to be as inclu -
sive and respectful in order to have a
happy holiday season. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
OPINION 5
This blessed land was not made for you and me
Honoring this land will take much more than an acknowledgment read once a year to uninformed freshmen
By AUBREY ROCHÉ
THE STATUE OF Sacajawea, one
of the most important historical
figures from the Lewis and
Clark Expedition, stands in between
Templeton Student Center and the
Frank Manor House. She is somewhat
out of the way of most of the foot traffic
on campus, especially compared to
York, who is hard to miss on the walk
to the library. For a person who played
such a large role in the expedition that
is Lewis & Clark’s namesake, and for
a school seemingly so dedicated to
respecting the indigenous lands our
campus is on, I am surprised that her
statue is placed along the path that it
is.
Most of us have had the land
acknowledgment read to us, perhaps
even more than once. It lists numerous
indigenous groups that originally
lived in the Portland area, serving
to honor and respect the legacies,
lives and descendants of those
groups. Acknowledging native lands
has become more commonplace in
recent years, in order to recognize the
history behind them. It is a necessary
reminder designed to make us more
aware of the land on which we are
living and studying.
As a native Oregonian, LC is the
first school I have ever attended where
a land acknowledgment existed. However, reading it aloud cannot
undo the past. Is an acknowledgment,
read to students who likely have little
background knowledge of the area
they have moved to, really doing
enough to honor the people who came
before us?
The land acknowledgment lists
the following groups of indigenous
people: “the Multnomah, Kathlamet,
Clackamas, Tumwater, Watlala bands
of the Chinook, the Tualatin Kalapuya
and many other indigenous nations
of the Columbia River.” Why are the
“many other” nations not honored
too? In
Oregon,
there are
seven Native
A m e r i c a n
reservations,
the largest
being the
Warm Springs reservation just south
of Mount Hood. The others are on
tiny areas of land that are abysmal
in comparison to the lands they
once occupied. This is true of most
reservations across the country; the
government has put feeble effort into
restoring the lands they took away.
It is exciting to live in Portland
since it is often hailed as a liberal
paradise. However, it is important
to keep in mind some of Portland’s
history that many students are likely unaware of. When Oregon was
founded, the state’s constitution
outlawed black people from coming
to the state, despite having banned
slavery. Many of the suburbs
surrounding the Portland area have
such high white populations because
realtors were forbidden from selling
houses to minorities. Gentrification
that displaces minority communities
in Portland has been a problem for
decades, yet this controversial history
is consistently overshadowed by the
idea that it is so liberal here.
How can we honor and remember
the indigenous
communities and
m a r g i n a l i z e d
groups that came
before us when
many students
know so little
about who these
people were? We are all here for an
education, so why not include a little
more? Exploration & Discovery, which
every first-year student is required to
take, already includes a wide breadth
of literature written by authors of all
backgrounds. Including topics and
discussions regarding the origins of
the land in the Portland area would be
simple and easy to incorporate into an
already diverse curriculum, hopefully
bringing to light much of the history
behind the land LC calls home.
Few regrets from first-year after
one full month on Palatine Hill
AMELIA MADARANG/PIONEER LOG A sculpture of Sacajawea that lies on the path behind the Templeton Student Center.
Holidays at the Bon: a
tale lost in translation
By CASPER PIERCE
I REPRESENT ONE of the myriad
of freshmen, and students in
general, from California, a
demographic which my new friends
from other states like to roll their
eyes at (love you too!). The drive
from my hometown of Folsom, a little
east of Sacramento, to Portland was a
grueling ten hours in my mom’s red
Honda, which I had to stop driving
soon after passing Medford because
I got too excited looking out the
window. “Look at the trees, they are
almost blue!” I said. “Keep your eyes
on the road,” my mom replied.
I moved in and took my horrible
ID photo, making peace with the
fact that my sweaty 18-year-old
face will be painfully smiling at me
for the next few years. Soon after
the stimulation of being in a new
environment wore off, the fear set in.
I started wondering if I would ever
feel like I belong here.
Slowly, over the past month, I
have been acquainting myself with
the places on campus I now think of as home: Watzek, the hiking trails
and my friends’ dorms, where I
spend most of my time sleeping or
studying on the floor. Everything still
has its growing pains. The smaller
class sizes are still strange to me.
Moodle is consistently annoying.
There is something inherently taxing
about living in the same space you
study, and something tough about
trying to relax when just one day ago
somewhere across this small campus
you cried about feeling stupid.
Everything is new. Even everyday
matters still feel fresh to me. I have
been downtown multiple times and I
still do not know where anything is.
My friends back home think it is the
funniest and dumbest thing that we
call Fields Dining Hall the Bon. Next
to my art from last year, packed in
boxes and carefully unpacked to sit
on my wall, I place new memories:
new drawings and clippings of
Pioneer Log articles my friends and I
have illustrated for and written.
I think the biggest difference I
have felt is being surrounded by a
community that I know deals with the same things I do, even though
we come from vastly different places.
Our worlds did not connect until a
few weeks ago, but my friends and
I know what it is like to be scared,
and, as freshmen, that is how we
constantly live.
I was used to golden hills of dried
grass and country backroads waiting
to be developed, to Folsom Lake,
which I lived just down the street
from my whole life. I was used to
the dam which I passed to get to the
other side of town, to the American
River I plunged my feet into and
said goodbye to just before I left.
Consistently overcast days, even
slight humidity, rain in September
— these are phenomenon I am still
getting used to.
I miss Folsom. I think everybody
at some point gets so homesick they
want to run away and walk the whole
way back home until their feet fall
apart. But to all the people back home
who said I have to live in Portland at
least once in my life: you were right.
This place is not perfect, but it is
where I need to be.
Some members of the freshman class of ‘23 laugh as they discuss the best parts of their day over a delicious meal at the Bon.AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOGAIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOGIt is exciting to live in
Portland since it is often
hailed as a liberal paradise.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
OPINION 6
CHARLOTTE FRENCH/PIONEER LOGThoughts and prayers will never be enough
Be the flower in the gun, make your voices heard and turn tragic events into chances for major reform
By BELLA MET
WHENEVER I SEE what
seems to be the millionth
headline about another mass
shooting, it makes me sick, especially
when fueled by over-zealous bigots
who feel that their hate is acceptable
and exercising it in a violent fashion
is too. I wonder who I should fear and
what places to avoid. Unfortunately,
the places we should consider safe,
like schools, grocery stores and places
of worship, have become the targets
for terrible atrocities.
It is ridiculous that gun violence
remains one of the defining issues of
our time. It even makes me sick to
see a post from a well-meaning family
friend on Facebook or a sign with a
messily painted pink heart reading
“thoughts and prayers” to the families
and the cities who mourn their losses.
We are past the time of thoughts
and prayers. In a country where
students fear going to school because a
gunman could be lurking through their
halls as they learn about Shakespeare;
in a country where an unsuspecting family doing their back-to-school
shopping at their local Walmart
is hurt by a man who traveled
nine hours just to annihilate
them; in a country where
followers of a faith
congregate together
in worship only to be
shot simply for the
color of their skin
or their beliefs; in
a country where
an individual can
evade universal
b a c k g r o u n d
checks to go on
a shooting spree
along a Texas
highway; in a
country where
young people must
march for their
lives and mothers
wear orange to bring
awareness, thoughts and
prayers are a meaningless
sentiment.
Instead, the energy of prayer
should go toward strong protest directed at the hallowed chambers of
the U.S. Capitol. Protesters should
demand accountability from
politicians who drag their
feet because they would
rather accept money
from gun lobbyists.
This accountability
must extend to the
politicians who do
not act because
they question if
they are with -
holding a right
protected under
the Constitu -
tion. The Second
Amendment is
about protecting
our country and its
people, not harming
others through ap -
palling brutality.
Our leaders have
to be efficient in taking
action and must gather
to create legislation that
will change the course of the
decade ahead. There should no longer be questions regarding when
enough is truly enough. Borrowing
from the musician Michael Franti, the
flower must bloom from the gun. A
flower is not only a symbol of beauty
and individuality but also symbolizes
rebirth and tranquility where there
is preventable violence. The flower
is peace disarming hatred through
protest against bigotry. The flower
is healing for families, friends and
places who are currently mourning
their loved ones. The flower gives
them hope for a brighter future. The
flower is justice for those who have
been lost in this fight for safety and
those standing together in protest
until a change is made.
People are the peace. Mothers are
the flower in the gun. Young activists
are the flower in the gun. I am the
flower in the gun. With gun violence,
there cannot be justice or healing
without proper legislation. The
question that lingers on the growing
vine is whether politicians will be the
flower in the gun. They have the power
and now is the time to use it to further
sow the seed.
By RILEY HANNA
AT THE GLOBAL Youth
Climate Strike I attended on
March 15, the main focus of
the strike was the incredible amount
of students who missed class to speak
on and fight for climate justice. I went
into the Global Climate Strike on
Sept. 20 expecting a similar dynamic.
Yet, my expectations were proven
wrong, as The Youth Liberation
Front, a youth-led chapter of Anti-
fascist Action (Antifa) was present
and very vocal.
Most Antifa members in
attendance were dressed in all black
and had some kind of face covering,
such as a ski mask or a bandana.
Members also walked around the
crowd of attendees trying to give
people masks to wear to conceal
their identities, which seemed a bit
unnecessary for a peaceful protest.
The lot of them stood towards
the front of the crowd, near the
stand in which the youth activists
spoke. Yet, they did not try to blend
in whatsoever with the rest of the
attendees, with their attention-
grabbing attire and the giant flag with
their logo on it, which they waved
throughout the event. They stayed for
probably half of the pre-march rally,
then from across the way I saw one
member signal to the others to leave,
and they filed out.
While they were present, there
was a general air of unease among the
members. Personally, as I had never
been to a protest where Antifa was present, I could not help but think
about my safety and the safety of
those around me.
The culture in which we live where
mass shootings are normalized makes
it difficult to attend any large public
event without the smallest semblance
of paranoia. For me, the presence of
Antifa, an intensely polarizing group,
only intensified this fear.
In my discomfort, my attention
was taken away from the youth
activist speakers, who were one of
my primary reasons for attending the
protest. In retrospect, my memory
of the speakers, before Antifa exited
the crowd, is hazy at best. Only after
they left was I able to fully direct my
undivided attention to the speakers
and allow myself to absorb their
messages without distraction.
Not only did the presence of Antifa
distract the crowd from the speakers,
but it has drawn negative attention
to the Portland strike from right-
wing news outlets. In particular, Fox
News has broadcasted a clip of Antifa
members “terrorizing” police officers
and reported on multiple citizen
arrests made. (Of course, they forgot
to mention the unnecessary police
force used against teen protesters of
color, which has been criticized by
City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty.)
By focusing in on the group,
these sources have created a dialogue
centered around violence, which
has overshadowed the dialogue that
should be highlighted surrounding
the powerful messages spoken by
youth activists at the event.By CAN ALTUNKAYNAK
ITALIAN GUYS ARE super hot, right?
What about Russian girls? Do you not
want a Latino boyfriend who knows
how to dance or a French girlfriend who
knows how to kiss?
If you said yes, there is a good chance
that you are fetishizing people. But what
is fetishization? In very simple terms,
fetishization happens when you find
someone’s accent, heritage, identity,
accent, etc. more important than their
personality. It is not always easy to
understand, as we do not know what
is going on in other people’s heads, but
we can definitely see its outcomes in our
social lives.
Anyone on the planet can be
fetishized, but in any given country,
minority groups are always more likely
to be fetishized. Initially, this might not
seem very annoying but imagine that it
is happening on a daily basis. To make
it more tangible for everyone, imagine
that you are going on an overseas
program and someone wants to be with
you only because of where you are from.
Your emotions, ideas and feelings do
not matter as you are an object of their
desires and they expect you to perform
your stereotypes. That is what being
fetishized feels like.
“I feel like fetishization is almost akin
to telling someone that they are a cartoon
character,” Andrea Lewis ’21 said. “Like
the caricature. No one wants to be that.
That has a very diminutive feeling to it.
Parts of who you are commodified in this
very immature way.”
Obviously it is not always black
and white, and we prefer some things
over others. You might like blue eyes or
curly hair and that is okay. Our ideas of
aesthetics and beauty is shaped by the
social dynamics and the culture we grew
up in and those ideas define what we find
attractive. It is okay to have preferences,
and denying it would be a big lie as we
all have them, but it is not okay to put
people in boxes or expect them to behave
in a certain way just because they have a
specific culture or way of looking.
“What becomes problematic in
fetishization is you take this stereotypes
of Asian girls being meek and small and submissive and you put that on
every single Asian girl you see,” Chang
added. “And you assume that it is like
that and you only go after them because
you believe they are meek, small and
submissive.”
Relations between countries,
immigration and reduction of cultures
play a big role in fetishization. Chang
mentioned that fetishization of Asian
women happened as they were forced into
prostitution by rich tycoons as the exotic
forbidden fruit in extravagant ways.
Even though the Chinese, according to
Chang, “took a lot of bullets” initially,
it was not only the Chinese that were
fetishized, but because of the reduction
of people to one “Asian” culture, other
Asian communities were fetishized like
Chang’s Korean American community.
Fetishization, of course, has different
effects on different people. It is more
likely that being fetishized as a male
might not seem as bad as being fetishized as a female for certain individuals. It
might even make them feel better about
themselves within the community as
they feel more valued.
“I definitely feel more fetishized here
in Oregon than other places in the U.S.,”
Abdulrahman Al Rayyis ‘22 said. “It’s
like I am never going to escape being a
Middle Eastern man, so I might as well
live with it. To be honest, here in Oregon,
being fetishized is a lot better than
receiving racist comments down in Texas
or in Virginia.”
I, personally, still believe that being
fetishized is bad no matter what, as you
are being objectified and dissected into
pieces where one of them is found to be
valuable and the rest does not matter.
Even though fetishizing does not always
appear or is not always intended to be
problematic, in the long run it ignores
people’s personality and, by making
them a “cool” token, excludes them from
the rest of society. Antifa overshadows
climate change strikeFetishization misses personality,
focuses instead on superficiality
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FEATURES 7
By TOBY BAZELEY
WHAT MAKES someone the
same person over time?
This is the question
that Teaching Predoctoral Fellow
Phillip Barron hopes to answer in
his first year in the Lewis & Clark
philosophy department. Having
completed the necessary coursework
at the University of Connecticut, he
is now at LC working on the first year
of a two-year predoctoral fellowship,
and currently teaching PHIL 217:
Conceptions of Selfhood and Personal
Identity. In his Ph.D. dissertation,
he hopes to give a new perspective of
the idea of personal identity through
narrative theory.
“(Narrative theorists) are people
who say that an essential part of your
identity revolves around the stories that
you tell about yourself,” Barron said.
“My argument is that narrative theory
is ... the only (theory) that can say, ‘This
is why psychological continuity matters,
this is why bodily continuity matters.’”
The narrative of Barron’s life up to
this point has not been what one would
classify as dull or typical. Though he is
currently working on earning his Ph.D.
in philosophy, he has been teaching the
subject for years.Coming from a family of teachers,
Barron grew up with a respect for
the profession and knew that it was
something he wanted to do. While
working towards a philosophy
doctorate in a program that did not
match his interests at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
witnessing the events of 9/11 made
him question
whether he was
truly doing what
he wanted to do.
He left his Ph.D.
program to focus
on his master’s
degree instead.
“I finished a
master’s degree at
the University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 2003
and I just started
teaching right
away,” Barron said.
Since he began
teaching, Barron has spent most of
his time as an adjunct professor,
lending his expertise to a variety
of colleges. At times, however, he
has moved away from teaching
philosophy, spending time at the
National Humanities Center in North Carolina and teaching a class on
digital humanities at the University
of California, Davis.
Along with this, Barron has
written two books, the first being
“The Outspokin’ Cyclist.” An avid
cyclist, he spent time writing for a
local newspaper about cycling issues.
When a vertigo-induced accident
that nearly broke
his neck forced
him off the bike,
Barron was forced
to rethink his
work with the
newspaper.
“(The accident)
led to a lot of
reflection on how
... I maintain
my position as a
columnist covering
bicycling issues
for a local cycling
community when
I don’t trust my
body enough to be on a bicycle
anymore,” Barron said. “That’s what
led to a lot of writing about it, and
that eventually got published as a
book.”
A few years after publishing
his first book, Barron published
his second, a collection of poetry
titled “What Comes from a Thing.”
The book was the winner of the
2015 Michael Rubin Book Award
from Fourteen Hills Press and the
2019 Nicolás Guillén Outstanding
Book Award from the Caribbean
Philosophical Association.
Even though the narrative of
his life shifted away from teaching
philosophy, it always called him
back. Barron explained that it is not
the type of subject that one can easily
walk away from.
“It was the fact that once you’ve
been introduced to philosophical
problems, they don’t go away,”
Barron said. “You never get past
them. You never get tired of thinking
about them.”
As a professor at LC, Barron has
found an environment to ponder
those problems. His previous
experience teaching at large, public universities came with advantages
and disadvantages.
Barron taught night classes in pri -
marily agricultural communities and
found that the “real world perspec -
tives” that students brought to class
made the material more grounded
and less theoretical. However, class
sizes exceeding 100 students meant
that at times classes became a show
more than anything else, with less of
an emphasis on student-professor in -
teraction. Barron has not found these
problems at LC.“(The smaller class) allows for
much more one-on-one guidance
as we work through how to write a
paper, how to write a philosophical
essay,” Barron said. “But it also just in
some sense frees us up from thinking
about the larger bureaucratic things
that get in the way in big classrooms
or big universities.”
In his smaller class at LC, Barron
allows students to try and answer the
question: what makes someone the
same person over time?
By LEXIE BOREN
LEWIS & CLARK is hosting its
first TEDx event on Oct. 9,
themed “The Deconstruction of
Everything We Know.” The event was
organized by Tuse Mahenya ’21, an
English major and political science
minor.
The event has been in the works
since the spring semester of 2019
and has required a huge amount of
planning on the part of Mahenya and
her co-facilitators.
“I didn’t know what I was getting
myself into at all,” Mahenya said. “But
I knew what I wanted to do. I knew
that I wanted to create something
amazing for people to watch and
listen to, but also for people to know
that their voices matter.”
TEDx events are required to follow
a specific format in which the event
is organized by volunteers, is not for
profit, and follows the rules set forth
by TED. Although the tickets cost
money, all proceeds will go back into
production costs. The event has been
organized primarily by Mahenya,
with the help of various departments
around campus including the Bates
Center for Entrepreneurship and
Leadership, the theatre department,
the President’s office and Student
Academic Affairs Board (SAAB).
“(The event) has just been
building up and now this is everyone’s
event,” Mahenya said. “Even with the
challenges, there’s so much support
that there’s no way we can fail.”
The event will be a campus-wide
endeavor, with participation from
students, faculty and alumni. “I’m excited about Tuse (Mahenya)
creating a space for the community
to come together in this particular
way,” Rebecca Lingafelter, associate
professor of theatre and one of the
mentors for the event, said. “She’s
done a really good job of engaging a
lot of different parts of campus, not just students, but faculty and staff.
So in terms of a campus community
event, that feels like a really positive
and great way to build community
and culture on campus.”
The event will feature six speakers,
including two current students,
two recent alums, and two faculty members. Each speaker was paired
with a mentor who they have worked
with since their initial audition in
April of last year.
“I worked with (Assistant
Professor of International Affairs)
Laura Vinson,” Amaris Bouchard ’20,
one of the student speakers, said. “I would barrel into her office and say
‘I’ve deconstructed even further and
everything I said was wrong.’ And she
would sit down with me and listen to
stories and listen to me spiral, and
then she would help me reconstruct
the whole talk.”
Bouchard’s talk was inspired
by her time studying abroad in
Tanzania, and is a reflection on
power and power dynamics.
“Before I auditioned, I just wrote
out a list of things that I wished
people were talking about at Lewis &
Clark and things that I wished I knew
more about,” Bouchard said. “And
then I tried out, and once I got in,
I wrote upwards of 10 drafts of this
TED talk.”
The process of writing her talk was
a formative experience for Bouchard.
“The process was super emotional
because, in part, the entire TED talk
is about deconstruction, and we’re
all dealing with different ways of
deconstructing ourselves and the
world,” Bouchard said. “And the way
I was deconstructing it meant that I
had to face parts of my identity that
I’m unhappy with because they hurt
people, so it was sort of a process of
self confrontation, and figuring out
my motives and values.”
According to the TEDx website,
the event is meant to “spark
conversation, connection and
community.”
“(Students’) voices matter,”
Mahenya said. “And they have
amazing ideas just within them and
within their personal experiences
that they can share with people. And
that has been my anchor.”Students organize first ever TEDx event at LC
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FEATURES 8
By AMELIA EICHEL
THE VERITAS FORUM
“Spiderwebs, Symmetry,
and Spirituality” was a
unique opportunity to listen to
two accomplished professors,
Lewis & Clark Professor of Biology
Greta Binford and Professor of
Mathematics and Computer Science
at the University of San Diego Satyan
Devadoss, discuss how they reconcile
religion and science. The talk was
hosted in the Council Chamber and
moderated by Associate Professor
of Rhetoric and Media Studies and Director of Ethnic Studies Kundai
Chirindo on Sept. 17.
Catholic Student Life Coordinator
Anne Le Chevailler brought the forum
to LC. The Veritas Forum is a Christian
organization which aims to put the
Christian faith in dialogue with other
beliefs in order to bring both parties
closer to the truth.
“The goal was to be ecumenical,”
Le Chevallier said.
Ecumenism describes an effort by
different Christian denominations
to find common ground. Dean of
Spiritual Life Mark Duntley said
this forum was meant to extend the discussion beyond Christianity and be
inclusive of all people.
“As an academic community,
people of faith and people of no faith
or uncertainty can come together and
they can talk and learn and better
understand each other,” Duntley said.
Binford, who is agnostic, kicked
off the discussion with the story of
her Methodist upbringing in rural
Indiana. When she began to explore
biology and pursue a career in
research, her religious beliefs were
replaced by a fascination with science.
“A transition happened within me
that I wasn’t aware of at the time,” Binford said. “But the wonder I felt for
the hand of God in creation easily and
peacefully transitioned to a wonder
about the processes of evolution.”
She mused on the irony of the
discovery of a 330 million-year-old
fossil bed on her family farm, where
she had been taught to believe in the
creation story in the Bible.
“I started asking myself would God
put material evidence on Earth that
contradicted his
word?” Binford
said. “I couldn’t
imagine a
scenario in which
that was true.”
While she
is respectful of
Christian beliefs,
Binford listed
her concerns
about the societal
impacts of
Christianity.
“The kind of
otherism that
is promoted by
the divisiveness
in religious
communities I think is rife for fueling
racism,” Binford said.
Devadoss then took the stage. He
used graphs and diagrams to show
how mathematics, science and the
humanities are often associated with
certain levels of intelligence in India,
where he grew up, and in the United
States. He argued that people who
think that STEM majors are smarter
than humanities majors are missing a
certain level of complexity.
“Behind the scenes is there’s a
sense of complexity that we don’t get,”
Devadoss said. “The reason we can
put somebody on Mars or the moon
is because that’s easy. The reason
we have a hard time forgiving one
another and loving one another and
showing kindness to one another is
because that’s hard.”He explained that religion can help
people answer complex and difficult
questions such as whether or not
people have free will and what to do
with that free will. He then explained
why he chose Christianity as his
religion.
“The thing that I find unique
about the Christian story ... is that
it deeply values the physical world,”
Devadoss said. “It says that actually
matter matters.
It says that God
will not destroy
this world, he
will renew it.
He will give us a
different, more
amazing physical
world, the way it
was meant to be.”
He said that
he believes in
about 75% of
Christianity, and
that although the
other 25% does
not make sense
to him, he is
100% committed
to the religion.
Haley S. ’21 attended the event
and thought that the forum was
inaccurately advertised as a debate
about sacred geometry.
“I attended this ‘debate’ in the
hopes that I would witness two
acclaimed scholars present the facts
as to why God does or does not exist,”
Haley said via email. “Based off of the
title of the event, ‘Spiders, Symmetry,
and Spirituality,’ and because the
person chosen to argue on behalf
of the existence of Christianity was
a mathematician, I was surprised
when basic topics such as Sacred
Geometry or Gödel’s Ontological
Proof (a formula that is said to prove
the existence of god) were not brought
up.”By CASPER PIERCE
IF, LIKE ME, you enjoy taking walks
around campus, you will notice
berries, fruit trees, mushrooms and
general foraging potential. Foraging
on campus has
its downsides
and dangers:
many plants
are consciously
planted and
decorative.
However, you can
still fulfill some
forest-dwelling
fantasies. Here
are a few major
plants that, if you
can identify them, are safe to eat.
Oregon grapes, the state flower,
are everywhere around campus, and
around Oregon as a whole. They can
be identified by their blue berries,
serrated leaves and red stem.
“They have these shiny, hard
leaves that are kind of spiny,” Julia
Litz ’22, an assistant leader for
College Outdoors, said. “Many don’t
like them, but some people find them
interesting.”
My personal review: they are great
if you like sour candies.
Salal is another native plant, which
will be back in season mid-spring.
They have definitive leathery leaves,
and the berries are blue-black when
ripe. A few salal shrubs can be found
around Forest Hall.
“Salal has berries I really like,
they’re very bitter as well,” Benji
Bromberg ’22, an assistant leader for
College Outdoors, said.
There is a variety of fruit trees on
the graduate campus, and it is worth
the walk to go and investigate. One
large apple tree bears good fruit, and
there are also fig trees, among others.
“The grad campus has blackberries,
which are a non-native plant, but it’s more commonly known,” Litz said.
“People can identify them easily
because there isn’t really anything else
that looks like blackberries.”
If you have noticed those strange
looking fruits on the trees outside
J.R. Howard
Hall, they can
be identified as
Cornus capitata, a
non-native plant
with the common
name Betham’s
Cornel, and they
are edible. Using
an app called
“iNaturalist”,
which connects
users to a
community of naturalists that can
help identify plants and animals,
Litz classified them as such. After
washing a few ripe ones (which you
should always do, especially because
of pesticide use), I tested them out:
the skin is tough
and bitter, but the
inside is decidedly
sweeter, almost
like an overripe
banana.
Foraging
p o s s i b i l i t i e s
extend beyond
just fruits.
“The Douglas
fir, which is the
state tree of
Oregon, has needles with very high
citrus content, and you can make tea
out of them,” Litz said. “You can also
bite or suck on the needles for the
same flavor.”
Tea from the needles gives a
distinct citrus pine taste. The same
can be done with Ponderosa pine
needles, but they are tougher to eat
and generally less enjoyable to chew
on.
Other edible plants include dandelions, miner’s lettuce and
licorice fern.
“The roots of the licorice fern,
called the rhizomes, you can dig up,”
Bromberg said. “Chewing on them
gives a licorice taste. People like to use
them in teas.”
We also have a lot of mushrooms
growing around campus, but be
advised: never eat a mushroom you
are not absolutely certain of, and
never eat mushrooms raw. College
Outdoors offers mushroom clinic day
trips that teach safe identification and
mushroom collection.
In general, bearing in mind the
nativity of plants when foraging
helps one appreciate how indigenous
cultures have used them.
“There are super complex
backstories for pretty much every
plant on campus that’s native, in
terms of what native people that lived
here would use them for,” Bromberg
said. “But since we are a college, we
also plant stuff
for decoration,
so there are non-
native plants
here.”
Not every
plant is safe:
keep an eye out
for snowberries,
also known as
gooseberries,
that grow in
clusters of
white berries. These are poisonous
to humans. In general, be wary of
what you eat: safe foraging requires
confident identification.
For plants you have identified and
want to eat, wash them thoroughly
before you eat or prepare them,
keeping in mind insecticide use and
general dirt and bugs.
“Know what you’re eating and
wash what you’re eating,” Bromberg
said. “But besides that, go at it!”
Faith, science and uncertainty in an academic worldEdible fruits and plants can be found throughout campus by the scavenger who knows where to look
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Satyan Devadoss (left) and Greta Binford (right) host an event revolving around their experiences with faith in academics. Ripe for the picking: a foraging guide to LC
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These grapes grow on the grape arbor by the Lawrence Memorial Swimming Pool.JO TABACEK/ PIONEER LOG
Cornus capitata , or Betham’s Cornel, grows on the trees outside J.R. Howard. “There are super complex
backstories for pretty
much every plant on
campus that’s native ...”
“As an academic
community, people of
faith and people of no
faith or uncertainty can
come together and they
can talk and learn and
better understand each
other.”Benji Bromberg ’22
Mark Duntley“The Douglas fir, which is
the state tree of Oregon,
has needles with very
high citrus content ...”
Julia Litz ’22FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
FEATURES 9
By AIDAN D’ANNA
AFTER 42 YEARS of continuous
news monopoly, The Pioneer
Log was finally rivaled as Lewis
& Clark’s only student-run newspaper
by a publication entitled “Sacajawea’s
Voice.” Publishing its first issue on
Nov. 15, 1984, the Voice was started by
students who felt The Pioneer Log was
publishing “only one angle,” and they
sought to provide another perspective.
The first issue of Sacajawea’s Voice
began with an epigraph, quoting the
1984-85 Journal of Lewis & Clark College. “The real worth of a liberal
education is measured by a student’s
ability to achieve perspective — to see
life from many angles, to penetrate
surfaces, and to recognize quality
when it presents itself.”
Beyond the desire to simply
provide “a critical look at all angles
of the problem,” students created
the newspaper in response to rising
tensions between then President
James Gardner and the school’s
faculty. According to Sacajewea’s
Voice, tensions began when Gardner
vetoed the unanimous faculty decision to offer tenure to sociology professor
Mary Dunn, allegedly on the basis of
her political affiliations.
During that same year, a committee
consisting of the president, nine
administrators, three undergraduate
faculty, one law student, one
undergraduate and two members of
the Board of Trustees were given two
years to come up with a new “mission”
for the college. Due to vague goals and
an unclear focus, the committee was
essentially exactly where it started two
years after its convening.
The only thing to come out of
their sessions was the proposition to
dissolve the LC Graduate School; this
idea was opposed by the faculty with
a vote of 86 to 24. President Gardner
then brought a second, revised motion
to the table, calling for the transition
to a “semi-autonomous” graduate
school. This term was never defined,
and the faculty opposed the revised
version by an even larger margin of 90
to 26.
At the end of the two year period,
fully aware that the faculty were not in
support of the new mission statement,
Gardner submitted his version to the
Board of Trustees without informing
them of the lack of faculty support.
On May 21, 1984, the new mission
statement outlining plans for the
new “semi-autonomous” graduate
school was approved by the Board and
immortalized in the Lewis & Clark
College Constitution. In June of that year, while the
faculty were away, Gardner created
the semi-autonomous graduate
school and appointed himself interim
dean. Faculty,
though upset
by Gardner’s
actions, felt they
could not speak
out against him
for fear they
might lose their
jobs. Instead,
upon their
return to campus
for the Fall
1984 semester,
the faculty called for an emergency
review of the president to be
conducted by the faculty as a body.
The Sept. 27, 1984 issue of The
Pioneer Log featured a front-page
article headlined “Procedures
sought for review of President.”
The article describes the creation
of the aforementioned mission
committee as well as the process in
which the faculty intended to review
the president. Though the article
does not explicitly take the side of
President Gardner, it does undercut
the faculty’s decision to not comment
without acknowledging their fear of
getting fired.
The Pioneer Log took the side of
the student body, stating that students
“(have) expressed resentment about
being so ill-informed about what has been happening between the faculty
and the president.” The article then
quotes the opinion of one student who
was “not sure the Board of Trustees
and the faculty
have the biggest
stake in this —
we’re the ones
who are paying
the tuition.”
The Nov. 8,
1984 issue of
The Pioneer Log
features a staff
editorial entitled
“ G o v e r n a n c e
question lies
at root of tension.” This editorial
questioned the faculty’s decision to
put President Gardner under review
by stating that “The Pioneer Log
questions whether an assessment
outside of the institution-wide
evaluation and vote on confidence is
the best way to approach this issue.”
The editorial goes on to say that
because the faculty have refused to
make their claims against Gardner
privy to the students, they essentially
have no right to hold this evaluation.
Exactly one week later would
mark the publication of Vol. 1 No. 1
of Sacajawea’s Voice, and it would
continue monthly and eventually
semi-annual production for a total of
thirteen issues until 1988, the same
year Gardner resigned as president.
By LIV NICKS-TURNLEY
FROM COOKING FIRESIDE on
College Outdoors trips to eating
grapes off the vine, Lewis &
Clark students are pretty crafty when
it comes to getting their food. Busy
exploring college life for the first
time, the first-year class seems to be
sticking to the classics for now.
“I like the Trail Room,” Sage
Quandt-Deto ’23 said. “It’s an easy
environment for studying and they
have a larger variety of food.”
Fields Dining
Hall, affection -
ately nicknamed
the Bon, has a lot
of loyal support -
ers, and Mag -
gie’s Café always
remains a hit.
“On campus,
I always go to the Bon,” Sean
Vanderaa ’23 said. “I’ve gone to
Maggie’s and gotten ice cream late at
night, and sodas and chips as well.”
For many new students, cooking
fresh meals has been pushed to the
back burner for now.
“I have not cooked anything yet,”
Vanderaa said. “My favorite thing is
just Cinnamon Toast Crunch.”
As far as dorm room cooking goes,
students have found ways to make
comforting classics without breaking the bank (or tripping the fire alarm).
“I enjoy making quesadillas in
the downstairs kitchen with my
hallmates,” Sage Quandt-Deto ’23
said, adding that she uses butter and
a pan instead of a microwave.
Finn Smith ’23 has found a way
to make his dorm room meals a little
more elaborate.
“I like to make nachos,” Smith
said. “Or ramen with two eggs in it.”
Upperclassmen, however, have
had some more time to explore
campus and find the best places for
a quick and easy
bite.
“I like to eat
at the Dovecote,”
Liz Brandel ’21
said. “It’s a little
hidden away, and
generally pretty
fast.”
She has picked up many campus
secrets over the years, including
her favorite spot just east of the
Reflecting Pool.
“I’m absolutely a huge proponent
of the grapes!” Brandel said.
Between fruit trees and the
Arbor, students have a chance
to grab something even fresher
than what they can pick up at the
Portland Farmers Market at PSU.
Students have also discovered
snacks hidden in certain offices around campus.
“A secret I love is the admissions
coffee in the Manor House,” Brandel
said.
Many staff members have hot
drinks in their offices too, including
some pretty big names.
“The President’s office has sugar
cubes and a variety of tea bags,”
Finn Smith ’23 said. “SOA’s Waffle
Wednesday is wonderful, too.”
B e t w e e n I T p o p c o r n a n d h o t
tea in Residence Advisors offices,
it is not hard to find something to
munch on between classes or during
study breaks. Some on-campus jobs
even come with added perks of free
coffee, candy, and snacks in the
office.
LC students are good at being
hungry, but they are even better
at finding things to eat. The
Dovecote’s pastries and the ice
cream at Maggie’s are accompanied
by free candy from professors, and
sometimes even a donut with Vice
President of Student Life and Dean
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ARTS 10
As a multimedia and nationally recognized artist, Jess Perlitz explores landscapes and embodied objects
PAM’s Masterworks series features painting by La TourProf. Perlitz honored as a Hallie Ford fellow
By AIDA IRVING
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR o f A r t
and Studio Head of Sculpture
Jess Perlitz was awarded one of
five Hallie Ford Fellowships in the Visual
Arts this year. This honor is awarded to
talented Oregon artists with a propensity
for success in the art world and is
accompanied by a sum of $25,000, though
this figure is changing for the 2020 award.
Perlitz often makes interactive work
that focuses on inspiring conversation
through art and examining how people
construct meaning through this discourse.
Her work has been featured in the
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts
by the New York Academy of Arts and
Letters, where two of her pieces were recognized with a Purchase Award. This
places her work within the context of
both established and emerging artists in
museum collections around the country.
Additionally, her work is appearing at the
2019 Portland Biennial and at HOLDING
Contemporary, an experimental art
gallery, this month.
Her projects take many forms such
as performance, sculpture, drawing and
writing. Perlitz’s recent work considers
landscape — not as something separate
from us, but as an entity in which we
seek to define and recognize ourselves.
Her sculpture along the East River in
New York City perfectly encapsulates
this concept. Disguised as a mountain’s
face, Perlitz’s “Everything Fought For”
overlooks the Manhattan cityscape. Hidden from its rocky exterior, a set of
wooden stairs reveals its peak, which leads
to an optical viewer shown to magnify the
skyline. Installed at Socrates Sculpture
Park in 2010, the climbable structure was
equipped with a manual water pump.
Viewers could pull water up from the river
and dump it down the facade. Perlitz spoke
about the two-folded response to the social
interactive piece.
“It made people feel powerful and in
control, yet at the same time, it actually
made them surprisingly vulnerable
because they were up on this pedestal,”
Perlitz said.
With this in mind, the conflicts inherent
in space deeply fascinate Perlitz. Her work
has always considered the context of the
space, whether in a gallery or a specific site. However, the way she approaches the
concept of engagement has transformed
throughout the years. Perlitz aims to create
an intimate interaction with her work
so that the individual viewer may make
their own meaning through their personal
experience.
“In my recent body of work, I’ve been
thinking a lot more about the individual
body and how that engages with the
artwork,” Perlitz said. “Whereas before, I
was thinking much more about a kind of
collective activity or engagement.”
Perlitz expressed how grateful she is to
receive recognition and support from the
Hallie Ford Fellowship this year.
“In my practice I don’t always make
work that one can live with,” Perlitz said.
“In that way, I don’t really make work that can be sold in a gallery easily. Things like
this fellowship offers monetary support
which ensures that I don’t have to think
about tailoring my practice to being
something that can be bought and sold.
It allows me to approach art making as
research, where I can ask questions and
answer those questions with even more
nuanced questions, rather than having to
come to some kind of conclusion where
the success or failure is then gauged by its
viability in the art market.”
Being able to create her artwork
without the incentive to produce for the
commercial market allows her liberty
in her practice. For the future, Perlitz
plans to use the fellowship money for her
studio and to cover the cost of materials in
upcoming projects.MADELEINE NEWTON/PIONEER LOG
Professor and acclaimed artist Jess Perlitz in her art studio s urrounded by pieces from past projects and works in progress.
TYLER SHORT/PIONEER LOGBy TYLER SHORT
AS WE ENTER the European wing
of the Portland Art Museum
(PAM), we are immediately
beckoned towards a dark room at the
end of the gallery. We see a sign that
reads “Masterworks | Portland: George
de La Tour” and, as we move closer,
what appears to be a woman illuminated
by the flame of a candle. The mysterious
room and figure that resides in it compel
us to wonder: who is she? She is Mary
Magdalen, depicted in George de La
Tour’s painting “The Magdalen with
the Smoking Flame” circa 1635-37.
This is the sixth installation of PAM’s
ongoing series titled “Masterworks” and
is on loan from the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art’s collection until Oct. 13.
The series allows PAM to exhibit
major artworks that would typically be
inaccessible to them by borrowing pieces
from other institutions. In other words,
it brings seminal works into the eyes of
the Portland community. Previously,
they have hosted works by revered artists
such as El Greco, Titian and Raphael,
among others. While displaying a
single painting on its own can strip it
from its context, PAM compensates for
this with their several thoughtful and
informative plaques spread throughout
the room. They recite the history of Mary
Magdalen, Georges de La Tour’s career,
an analysis of this painting as well as his
many other renditions of Magdalen.
La Tour is a French Baroque painter
of the 17th century and is regarded
as a master of light. He was devoted
to the dramatic effect created by the
sharp contrast between light and dark,
similar to artists such as Caravaggio. His
paintings often possess a single source of
light in a nocturnal scene to achieve this.
Furthermore, he was highly concerned
with naturalistic representation, a
style that seeks to truly translate what
we see in the word, which contrasted
the idealistic conventions of many of
his contemporaries. He lived during a
period of religious strife and lived to see
the Catholic Reformation; thus, much of his work dealt with religious content as
most art at the time did.
Magdalen was La Tour’s most
frequent subject, and he painted her at
least four times. In Christian Gospel,
she is thought to be one of Jesus’ first
followers, and one of those most devout.
She is said to have witnessed both his
crucifixion and burial and was the first
person to announce his resurrection
from the grave. Throughout Christian
history, she has been used as a divisive
political tool by opposed sects of
Christianity. Some even believe that
she used to be a prostitute prior to her
conversion. She is also known to have
renounced herself from the world and
the implicit sin of living in it, submitting
herself to complete isolation to reflect
and atone. This is the condition La Tour
focused on in his depictions of her. She
is seen as a paradigm of what it truly
means for a person to accept the Lord in
their heart in Christian theology.
As noted by the plaques, this painting
is in remarkable condition with its rich
color and nuance of detail still fully
intact. Naturally, the organizing element
of the painting is its convincing depiction
of light that illuminates a dark space.
Magdalen stares off into the bright flame
of the oil candle located on the desk.
La Tour’s obsessive attention to detail
is remarkable. We can see everything
from the flicker of light reflecting from
Magdalen’s black eyes to the flame of
the candle softly transitioning into a
smoke trail that splits in two. An orange
glow even emanates from within the
plume of her transparent white blouse
on her right arm. While the effect of
the light is intense, “The Magdalen with
the Smoking Flame” maintains a calm,
solemn atmosphere.
The illusion La Tour produces is
so convincing that it pulls us into the
very space of the painting, as if we were
there reflecting with Magdalen herself.
If we allow ourselves to get lost in this
imaginary realm. We can almost feel the
heat radiating from the candle warming
our skin. As PAM mentions, this candle
is not merely a random object that fancies Magdalen’s attention, rather
it symbolizes the eternal truth of the
Christian God.
“The flame principally symbolizes
the light of divine truth in reference to
Jesus’s declaration: ‘I am the light of the
world. Whoever follows me will not walk
in darkness, but will have the light of
life.’ (John 8:12),” PAM said on a plaque.
In fact, they note that all of the
objects placed in the painting signify
something greater than their material existence. The oil in the lamp alludes to
the fleeting existence of human life and
the unavoidable fact that it will end. The
whip that lays atop the cross and pours
over the table, in addition to Magdalen’s
blouse being pulled down, implies
repentance through self-flagellation.
And the most obvious symbol is the skull
that she eerily cradles in her lap. It is a
memento mori, or a reminder of death.
The setting of the exhibition space, the
subject of the painting and the manner in which it is depicted all encourage us to
do one thing: reflect. This word is used in
its darkest sense, for we are challenged to
face the bleak fact that all of our mortal
lives must come to an end. Magdalen
may be looking forward to that day. She
does seem awfully comfortable with the
human skull in her lap, handling it as if it
were her loyal pet companion. The same
may not be said for us, though it could
be. Interact with this painting and see
what you decide.
Handmade bones that Perlitz has been constructing for her upcom ing installation.
The museum holds their sixth installation of the series starring painting of Mary Magdalen in reflection
“The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame” by George de La Tour is p art of the Masterworks series and will be at PAM until Oct. 13.MADELEINE NEWTON/PIONEER LOGFRIDAY , OCTOBER 4, 2019
ARTS 11
Roz Crews inspires conversation in Hoffman Gallery
By JUSTIN HOWERTON
THIS FALL , Lewis & Clark
welcomed Rozalyn Crews as
the new artist in residence
at LC’s Ronna & Eric Hoffman
Gallery. Crews is a Portland based
artist who is especially interested
in socially engaged art. Her current
project is an ongoing installation
that is inherently interdisciplinary.In
seeking to examine the various ways
that different departments conduct
their academic scholarships, Crews is
interested in comparing and analyzing
their respective research methods.
This idea has formed the basis of her
ongoing exhibition.
Associate Professor of Art and
Studio Head of Sculpture Jess Perlitz
reached out to Crews over the summer
to see if she would be interested in the
position for the upcoming semester.
Perlitz wanted to create a space in
the Hoffman Gallery that encourages
community participation from other
departments outside of art.
Crews began progress on the exhibition by interviewing faculty
members about their respective
research methods, which took place
over the summer and into the fall
semester.
“One of the things that stood out
from the interviews was the intimacy
that professors had with their
research,” Crews said. “I’m going to
pick what I would like to present in
collaboration with faculty. I’m going
to illustrate some of the metaphors
people used to describe their practice.
And then I’m going to ask the faculty
what they think. It’s very collaborative
in that way.”
The project titled “When Research
Can Be a Rainbow” seeks to include
all members of the LC community
and to draw people together through
frequent events. Additionally, the
gallery is intended to function as a
social space for students throughout
the semester.
“The project is intended to be
participatory and that just means that
people can get involved in different
ways,” Crews said. “We’re hosting a series of activities, workshops and
lectures for students and faculty.
Those things range from lectures
on census data collection by Special
Collections librarian E.J. Carter to
short mini-lectures
by students curated
by (Program & Events
Coordinator for the
Hoffman Gallery)
Andrea Lewis (’21)
who is one of the
gallery workers, to
a drawing workshop
and other things like
that. People can also
propose to use the
space to talk about
their own research.”
A d d i t i o n a l l y ,
Crews wants
to challenge the conventional
assumption that research is dry or
boring by exploring the limitless ways
that people conduct and interact with
their own work.
“I want people to really know that
this space is for them to come and be involved in whatever ways they want,”
Crews said. “The only limitation
around participation is that the things
are related to research somehow.
The project is in some way about
recategorizing what
research is.”
Lewis appreciated
the agency that Crews
has allowed her as a
student-worker and
expressed interest in
Roz’s future work.
“I have really
loved working with
Roz,” Lewis said. “I
really like that I have
been able to pursue
what I’m interested in
within the Hoffman
Gallery. I’m really
excited to see how she is going to
take the interviews and display them
visually on the wall. She describes it as
a portrait of research methods.”
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Paul Allen recently hosted office hours
in the Hoffman Gallery as a participant in Crews’s project. Allen welcomed the
emphasis that Crews has placed on the
academic culture of LC and noted that
this exhibition has lacked a similar
precedent during his time here.
“I think that it is important, and
exciting, that Crews’ exhibit engages
with the work that we (students and
faculty) are doing here on campus,”
Allen said via email. “I don’t remember
a previous exhibit that examined
so intimately the academic aspect
of the LC community. Yet learning
and scholarship are such an integral
part of our mission and life here on
campus. It is wonderful to have an
artist exploring that part of the LC
experience and identity.”
Students interested in hosting
workshops or research presentations
should contact Lewis. The exhibition
will take place over the course of the
semester. At its core, this project
intends to develop a space that
encourages community, creative
freedom and self-discovery while
challenging typical notions of how an
art gallery should operate.
This collection of pages is a series of notes and illustrations Crews recorded during her time at the New College of Florida.Vampire Weekend is back and better than ever
The renowned indie rock band delivers a stellar set of classic hits and recent songs at Edgefield Lawn
By CASSIDY HARRIS
A FEW HUNDRED people hud -
dled together outside in the
40-degree weather at Mc -
Menamin’s Edgefield Lawn while the
steam of their breath blended with
the smoke of their vapes. Thankful -
ly, a massive thunderstorm had just
passed before the outdoor concert be -
gan. We laid down our blanket on top
of the muddy grass, bopped our heads
to indie-rock opener
Soccer Mommy and
watched others slip
in the mud as they
tried to get closer to
the stage before the
main event. Without
any notice or intro -
ductions, Vampire
Weekend walked non -
chalantly on stage and
began performing. A
woman rushed past
us, slipping on the
rain-soaked ground
and spilling her beer
as soon as she saw frontman Ezra Koe -
nig.
After a six-year hiatus and the de -
parture of founding member Rostam
Batmanglij, the band returned with the
release of their newest album, “Father
of the Bride (FOTB),” in May 2019. The
album is predictably eclectic — blend -
ing Vampire Weekend’s classic upbeat
indie style with modern pop, marimba
drums, poetic lyrics, eerie choir vocals,
electric guitar solos (thanks to Steve
Lacy, a collaborator on the album),
hip-hop beats and even country twang.
The band is known for drawing from a plethora of different music genres
with worldwide music inspirations
and FOTB reaffirms this characteris -
tic. Their chosen album and tour logo
is a blue and green globe, which is seen
on records and as a huge rotating in -
flatable Earth on stage during their
shows. LEDs and various sized lights
surrounded the stage, bathing the
band in blue and green as they kicked
off the concert with “Sympathy,” a new
song from FOTB.
Vampire
Weekend is fa -
mous for their
ability to put on
an entertaining
— and unpre -
dictable — live
show. Not one
song is played
how they are
recorded in the
studio, with each
member adding
extended riffs,
new sounds or
strong flares.
This show was
no exception. In the middle of their
performance of a new song, “Sun -
flower,” Koenig and guitarist Steve
Lacy had a multi-minute punk-rock
guitar jam session, complete with
fog machines, strobe lights and
screaming fans. Knowing that
their older music from their 2008
debut album “Vampire Weekend”
or 2013 album “Modern Vampires
of the City” is still incredibly popu -
lar, the show was split pretty evenly
between new songs and re-takes on
classics. Breakout hits “A-Punk” and “Giving Up the Gun” were played with
a worldly vibe, incorporating new in -
struments and
vocal key chang -
es from Koenig
and vocalist Greta
Morgan.
The show’s fi -
nale was a mash-
up of Vampire
Weekend’s 2013
song “Obvious Bi -
cycle” and Dusty Springfield’s 1969 hit
“Son of a Preacher Man.” The band,
with their reinvented sounds and new
takes on old classics, has successfully
been reborn while still maintaining
their original sound that has kept fans
loyal during their six-year hiatus.
“Thank you, Portland,”
Koeni said calmly af -
ter almost every
applause. “Last
time we
p l a y e d
h e r e
w a s nine years ago.”
D e s p i t e t h e i r w o r l d w i d e s u c c e s s ,
they maintain a sort
of humbleness on
stage as if they are a
local band just glad to
be there.
The lights went
dark, and the band
then walked
off stage
just as
unannounced as they ar -
rived — leaving the
crowd begging
for more. So,
they came back. The FOTB world tour so far has
been renowned for its encores, where
they perform covers of old songs like
Chicago’s “Saturday in the Park” and
take requests from crowd members
(only if they are wearing bucket hats,
however). They concluded the show
with four songs from their earlier
albums and a modernized cover of
Paul Simon’s 1980 song
“Late in the Eve -
ning Sky.” Lights
strobed, the
Earth behind
them spun and
a dozen flags
branding other
Vampire Week -
end and FOTB
symbols unfurled
from the roof of the
stage.
“I think this is our
coldest show on the
tour,” Koenig said. “It’s
cool, though. It’s good to
be back in Portland.”
The crowd went wild,
screaming “I love you” and song
requests. Vampire Weekend has
been reborn, and they are hav -
ing just as much fun doing
it as fans have watching
them.
RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG“Vampire Weekend has
been reborn, and they
are having just as much
fun doing it as fans
have watching them.”
“The band, with their
reinvented sounds and
new takes on old clas -
sics, has successful -
ly been reborn while
still maintaining their
original sound that has
kept fans loyal during
their six-year hiatus.”
JUSTIN HOWERTON/PIONEER LOG
Associate Professor of Mathematics Paul Allen hosted office hours in the gallery.The new artist-in-residence explores research methods and conventions in collaborative exhibition
JUSTIN HOWERTON/PIONEER LOG“The project titled
‘When Research
Can Be a Rainbow’
seeks to include all
members of the LC
community and to
draw people togeth -
er through frequent
events.”FRIDAY , OCTOBER 4, 2019
ARTS 12
Robert Indiana’s iconic pop sculpture invites LC students to consider their personal definitions of love
Ore. independent films
exhibit regional talent“LOVE” is in the air and outside J.R. Howard
By GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
THE “LOVE” sculpture at Lewis
& Clark stands eight feet long,
eight feet high and four feet
wide and is located directly to the
right of the entrance of J.R. Howard
Hall. Robert Indiana is the artist be -
hind this iconic pop
art sculpture as well
as its variations,
which are all part of
a larger series called
“LOVE.” President
and CEO of Probity
International Corp
Robert Zarnegin is
the collector of the
sculpture and has
loaned the piece
to LC through at
least Thanksgiving.
Elizabeth Leach
from the Elizabeth
Leach Gallery, in
downtown Portland,
reached out to the
campus and facilitated this connec -
tion.
For obvious reasons, many
associate “LOVE” with romance, yet its
origins are actually deeply religious.
While growing up, Indiana was raised
under the Christian denomination of
the Church of Christ, Scientist. From
a very early age, Indiana was taught
to associate love with God and his
religious upbringing. In an interview
in 1979, he discussed how the very
simple ornamentation of the Christ,
Scientist’s churches was a primary
source of inspiration for the sculpture. “Only one thing appears in a Chris -
tian Science church, and that’s a small,
very tasteful inscription in gold, usual -
ly, over the platform where the readers
conduct the service,” Indiana said on
his website “And that inscription is God
Is Love.”
The hypervisibility of this sculpture
makes it a part of every student’s day.
Benji Bromberg
’22 finds meaning
through the versa -
tile possibilities of
interpretation that
“LOVE” presents.
“I was always a
big Beatles fan when
I was growing up, so
when I see it I think
it is a similar font
to ‘All You Need Is
Love’ in the Yellow
Submarine movie,”
Bromberg said. “It
really stands out
and makes me excit -
ed to be here. It does
not disrupt anything
and it’s always nice
to see (it) coming in and out of How -
ard.”
The status of “LOVE” transcends
the niche and sometimes inaccessible
art world, allowing students, faculty
and staff of all backgrounds to appre -
ciate it. Associate Professor of Art and
Studio and Head of Sculpture Jess
Perlitz was one of five who decided
where to place the sculpture.
“This piece is so iconic and is
something instantly recognizable —
it allows you to be placed in a much
larger conversation,” Perlitz said. “We get very siloed in our areas, and
it’s important that it’s on the main
walkway and that it is oriented for
the students. It would have had a very
different meaning if it was oriented
for the administrative offices or the
president.”
The sculpture’s front and back
faces are red, while its interior and
exterior faces are blue. It stands
in front of eight trees, creating a
stark contrast between its saturated
luminous colors and the natural green
backdrop that imbues the piece with
a violent call for attention. No matter
where one is oriented in relation to it,
“LOVE” seizes the gaze.
“It’s a really great message to have
on campus and the other day, when
the (Vice President of Student Life and
Dean of Students) Robin (Homes-Sulli -
van) gave everybody donuts in front of
the sculpture, was a really good collab -
oration with the love and the student
body,” Leo Crespo-Cervantes ’23 said.
Indiana plays with the abstract
word “love” in this iconic piece
through its varying connotations,
allowing every observer to create
their own understandings through
their associations with the word.
Perhaps this is representative of the
very nature of love, that the idea of
it varies from person to person. In
this paradoxical sense, its message
is universal. With its wide-reaching
theme and placement on a main
part of campus, this piece is perfect
for community building. Love may
not be immediately associated with
community for all people at LC, but
this sculpture attempts to change
that, or at least challenge it.TYLER SHORT/PIONEER LOG
With its vibrant primary color scheme, “LOVE” commands the attention of passersby.
RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOGBy GRANT LIBERMAN
FROM SEPT. 18 to Sept. 25,
Portland hosted part of the
Oregon Independent Film
Festival at The Clinton Street
Theater, where I attended screenings
on Sept. 23. As I approached the
Clinton Street Theater, the intimacy
of the event struck me. While I
waited for the film to start, groups
of actors, directors and enthusiastic
attendees entered the theater.
Having the opportunity to interact
with the people who were responsible
for creating the films themselves is
something unique to smaller events
like these, which enhances your
relationship with the film shown.
The night started with an hour of
documentary short films. Shortly
after, they played science fiction short
films and finished by screening a few
full movies of differing genres, most
within 30 minutes and an hour.
There were some films in
particular that are worth highlighting.
My favorite documentary short film
was “Escape from Eagle Creek,”
produced by University of Oregon
media graduate students, such as
Danny Peterson. It opened with
three survivors describing how they
decided in the spur-of-the-moment
with very little supplies to hike Eagle
Creek in the Columbia River Gorge.
This was an effective opening that
acquainted the audience with the
hikers who provide an incredibly
visceral look into what happened
at the fire-ravaged Eagle Creek. A
fire occurred with approximately
150 people on the trail. Attempting
to hike to safe ground, they found
themselves stuck between two
raging fires. The sense of tension and
danger was palpable as the narrators described their experiences. “Escape
from Eagle Creek” is an incredibly
exhilarating and thought-provoking
documentary that takes the audience
on an emotional, relatable journey
with the survivors. The film won the
Best Environmental Documentary
award.
The science fiction short films also
provided enchanting entertainment.
One of the films that stood out from
the rest was “Children of the Soil,”
directed by Ranadeep Bhattacharyya
and Judhajit Bagchi. The film
focused on clay sculptures of people
performing mundane actions against
a smoky gray background. While
none of the sculptures themselves
were moving, the slow panning of
the camera gave the impression
that the soldiers were moving. The
music sounded almost hymn-like as
it perfectly accompanied the film to
instill an immense sense of dread.
“Children of the Soil” effectively used
visuals and sound to create a surreal
viewing experience.
In contrast, “The Bullet of Time”
directed by Ray Nomoto Robison,
was engrossing because of its
dialogue and use of humor. The plot
involved a man who shoots his ex-
girlfriend in a coffee shop. However,
a professor with the ability to freeze
time is also there, and he uses his
power to talk with the would-be
murderer for a while. Every action
and line of dialogue was exaggerated
to great comedic effect, and, overall,
it provided an experience of nonstop
fun for the viewer.
All in all, the festival was a
captivating experience that offered
a wide array of films of various
genres. This festival is a testament
to the talent and diversity of Oregon
filmmakers. By MICHAELA EDLIN
MENTAL ILLNESS is a time
suck. You may spend hours
immobile, sleep away the
day and hyper-focus on small tasks.
“Euphoria” is the only TV show I have
seen depict this in an accurate manner.
Showing mental illness on TV has
become more common, and since
suicide is the second leading cause of
death for 15-year-olds to 24-year-olds,
according to the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), the
stakes have never been higher in
accurately portraying it. According to
a 2018 study by Kalpana Srivastava,
Suprakash Chaudhury and Swaleha
Mujawar, media is a primary source
of information about mental illness
and heavily influences the stigma
concerning mental illness as a whole.
“Euphoria” breaks formulaic
narratives seen in shows like Netflix’s
“13 Reasons Why” by making
bipolar disorder seem unglamorous,
nonviolent and worth living through.
Sam Levinson, the creator, based the
depiction on personal experience.
“I was a drug addict for many years,
and I had a lot of anxiety and struggled
with depression,” Levinson said in an
interview with Page Six. “What I really
wanted to get at the core of is the pain
and the shame.”
Much like Levinson, the main
character Rue Bennett, played by
Zendaya, is a recovering drug addict
who struggles with mental illness.
Unlike him, 17-year-old Bennett
connects with a Gen-Z audience and
contrasts the suicide story of Hannah
Baker in “13 Reasons Why.”
The National Alliance on Mental
Illness refers to the first season of “13
Reasons Why” as a “suicide revenge
fantasy” that falsely portrays suicide as
a form of vindication.
“Mental health and mental illness
aren’t discussed at all (in ‘13 Reasons
Why’),” NAMI Communications
Coordinator Laura Greenstein wrote
on their website. “This is a major
failure of the show as 90% of those
who die by suicide have an underlying
mental illness and suicide is very often
preventable if a person receives the
appropriate care.”
I have never watched “13 Reasons
Why” before because I know how dangerous it would be. My abilities to
cope with my mental illness symptoms
have increased significantly, but the
irresponsibly graphic nature of the show
means it does more harm than good.
Deborah Serani, Psy.D. wrote in an
article that depressed people lack the
impulse control and functional ability
during crises to plan something as
elaborate as Hannah Baker’s 13 tapes.
More accurately, during a depressive
episode, Bennett in “Euphoria”
watches 22 hours straight of “Love
Island” without peeing, resulting in a
urinary tract infection (UTI). While
Bennett mustered up the strength to
get up and urinate, she discussed the
uncontrollable nature of depression.
“The absolute worst part of
depression is that even though you
know you’re depressed, you’re unable
to stop yourself from getting worse,”
Bennett said in the show. “You find
yourself trying to remember the things
that made you happy, but slowly, your
brain begins to erase every memory that
ever brought you joy. Eventually, all you
can think about is how life has always
been this way, and will only continue to be this way.”
While I have never had a UTI, I
have been in the same place as Bennett,
desperately trying to beat depression
long enough to pee. A few times, the
only way I have been able to get up is
with motivational text messages from
my best friend Emily.
The episode “The Trials and
Tribulations of Trying to Pee While
Depressed” ends with Bennett seeking
help from her mother and going back
on antidepressants, showing the hope
absent in shows like “13 Reasons
Why.” Hannah Baker has no chance
of improving her life, because of her
suicide, but Bennett still has the ability
to find happiness and functionality
amongst the struggles she has.
This is why “Euphoria” has such a
powerful effect — it reflects the reality
of mental illness. Recovery is not a
straight path, there are ups and downs
and relapses. The more people see
what recovery and coping with mental
illness actually looks like, the more
mentally ill people will be able to make
mistakes and allow that to be a part of
our journey.HBO Original “Euphoria” sheds
a candid light on mental illness“This piece is so iconic
and is something
instantly recognizable
— it allows you to
be placed in a much
larger conversation.”
Associate Professor of
Art and Studio and
Head of Sculpture
Jess Perlitz
FLAVIO DE PINA SOARES DE CARVALHO/PIONEER LOG
The Clinton Street Theater in southeast advertises screenings f or film festival.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
SPORTS 13
ADVERTISEMENTPlague of CTE threatens the future of football
With growing research about long term brain injuries, the NFL needs change to preserve league
By JAMES MCAURTHER
A common football injury
called Chronic Traumatic
Encephalopathy (CTE) has
changed the sport forever. It should
not be a surprise when NFL players
retire early anymore. At the age of
24, Joshua Perry, an Ohio State star,
retired from the NFL after his sixth
concussion after just two seasons. Perry
was a former NFL linebacker for the
Los Angeles Chargers. Two seasons is
relatively short for an NFL career, but
according to Perry, “(his) well-being
is more important.” Perry hung up his
helmet and walked away from multi-
million dollar contracts because the
risk associated with CTE and football
have players reconsidering their time in
the NFL. Perry was not the first player
to walk away from the NFL and he
certainly will not be the last.
The most recent example of a top
tier NFL athlete retiring is former
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew
Luck. Luck shocked the NFL when he
announced his retirement at the age
of 29 and has described himself as
“mentally worn down.” As the former
first overall draft pick in 2012, Luck
has suffered a variety of injuries in his
career, and the physical toll on him
through six NFL seasons has been
significant. Luck tore the cartilage in
two ribs, partially tore his abdomen,
lacerated a kidney, had at least one
concussion, tore his labrum and had calf and ankle issues. Facing all of this,
it is understandable why Luck retired.
Health issues, both physical and mental,
like CTE, have players rethinking their
time in the NFL.
CTE has revealed the long term risk
associated with football. The disease
causes a variety of symptoms, including
memory loss, depression and dementia.
CTE is a disease caused by repeated
high-velocity impacts to the head. These
types of impacts happen frequently
throughout the game of football and
have players reconsidering the risk.
Overall health and quality of life after
football has become so valuable to
players that retiring or not participating
in the first place has become a better
option.
The most dangerous parts of
playing football are unseen injuries
sustained through repeated hits to the
head throughout the game. According
to the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, “The only known risk factor
for CTE is repetitive head impacts like
those experienced in many contact
sports.”
Unfortunately, CTE cannot be
diagnosed until after death. There is
no known way to detect or prevent CTE
other than to reduce or eliminate hits to
the head. Football is now seen by many
as destructive to overall health, causing
players to retire or not participate in the
sport to lower their risk of developing
CTE.
Research conducted by Boston University on the brains of 111 former
deceased NFL players found evidence
of CTE in 110 samples. This research
clearly shows that there is a relation
between football and the development
of CTE.
Change needs to happen to lower
the risk associated with football.
Otherwise, the game of football will cease to exist. Football is the most
popular sport to watch in America and
people do not want to see it eliminated.
More than half of Americans identify
as fans of the NFL, college football or
both. Although football is a physical
sport where every play has contact,
changes need to happen in how the
game is played. Safety and protection needs to be a top priority.
Change happens when people
advocate for themselves. In this case,
players of the NFL need to advocate
for themselves and their personal
safety. It is up to the players to play or
not. Players decide, and if the game of
football is to survive, the game must
adapt to reduce player risk.
RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG
International student joins LC soccer team this year
By ROSEMARY HICKMAN
THIS YEAR , the Lewis & Clark
women’s soccer team welcomed
Julia Markmann ’23, who is the
only international player on the team.
Markmann was born in Denmark but
grew up primarily in Shanghai. Prior
to playing for the Pioneers, Markmann
was a three-time MVP, four-time Asia
Pacific Activities Conference (APAC)
champion, two-time captain, two-time
China Cup champion and tri-cities
champion during her high school
career. Markmann has been playing soccer
since she was a 5-years-old. Growing
up, Markmann was a member of a club
team and practiced with members of
the boys’ varsity soccer team at her
high school.
“It was me and two other girls,
so I’m used to playing with guys,”
Markmann said. “It’s a nice change that
I can play with girls (here).”
In addition to a new cohort,
Markmann appreciates the dedication
of her team and their shared passion
for the sport.
“Most of the people I played with (in high school) weren’t really serious
about (soccer) and it was not their main
sport,” Markmann said. “Coming here
and playing with a team where all of
them are putting one hundred percent
effort in is really nice.”
After making her interest in LC clear,
she began to send game footage to head
soccer coach Jim Tursi from her high
school career and was quickly recruited.
Tursi was impressed by her ability on
the field and willingness to take chances
while playing. Since the season began,
Markmann has brought the team two
goals and has made 16 attempts. “Once she is running with the ball
she has another gear (that she can kick
into) and surprise people,” Tursi said.
“She has a sense of scoring goals and
is not afraid of striking the ball, the
combination of her length, her speed
and her ability to take on people sets
her apart from other freshman.”
Markmann is admired by her team
for her diligence and consistency on the
field.
Kennie Beighle ’21, also on the
women’s soccer team, said she enjoys
playing with Markmann because she
is a dependable player and a positive
team member on and off the field.
“She is so hardworking and she is
so reliable, every time she’s just there
and you know she can do something
great with the ball,” Beighle said. “She
is ridiculously fast, she is an amazing shot, she moves and reads the ball
really well and she knows how to
defend.”
Though she was born in Denmark,
Markmann considers China her home.
Markmann attended high school
at Shanghai American School in
Shanghai.
Markmann has enjoyed getting to
know her team and experiencing the
shift between Shanghai and LC.
“A lot of (my teammates) are from
California so some of the stuff they say
is culturally different,” Markmann said.
“But it’s cool playing with people who
have different experiences and come
from different backgrounds.”
This season Markmann hopes to
continue to play well and have fun with
her team. The team’s next home game is
Oct. 5 against University of Puget Sound.
HANNA WRIGHT /PIONEER LOGMarkmann spent her high school career in Shanghai, China, winning multiple awards for her team
First-year athlete Julia Markmann winds up for a long shot at the goal following her team’s practice at Griswold Stadium.
Get Involved!
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Committee to share your opinions
about Lewis & Clark and make
this campus what you want it to be.
Applicants will:
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•work with VP of Student Life and Dean of Students,
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•provide feedback and ideas to improve the student
experience
•attend monthly meetings to discuss new initiatives and
emergent issues
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SPORTS 14
Gabriel’s gains: meditation as a stress reliever
By GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
WHETHER you are struggling
with social stress,
catastrophic classwork or
just adjusting to the “Pacific North-
wet,” the academic year can churn out
stress, unrest and bad vibes. However,
with meditation, these melancholy
moods can make way to a healthier,
happier you.
Unlike a large diet change,
introducing a new hobby or just
working out, meditation is not a
“time-suck.” Meditation does not take
large chunks of time out of your day
or require a huge lifestyle change.
However, it can still yield positive
changes in your day-to-day life if done
right. Including meditation in your
daily routine can take as little as 15
minutes of your time.
Meditation has a very high
return on investment and should
not be overlooked by any student or
entrepreneur. According to a study
published by the National Center of
Biotechnical Information (NCBI), mindfulness meditation programs
reduce anxiety and depression.
Meditation can save you from a sad
semester and improve your lifestyle.
A collection of 22 studies published
by the NCBI show that kindness-
based meditation (KBM) increases
mindfulness, compassion and
confidence and decreases depression.
Overall, it was concluded that KBM
benefits not only individuals but entire
communities from its effects on social
interaction and well-being. Meditation
will not just improve you, it will help
those around you.
There are plenty of different types
of mediation: zen, metta, body-scan,
Transcendental, mindfulness and the
list could go on and on. The point is,
no matter what problems you are
facing, there is a very high chance
that you could benefit from some
form of meditation. I personally focus
primarily on body-scan meditation,
a form of meditation that has the
performer focuses on how every part
of your body is feeling and to release
stress when it is felt.
I spend 30 minutes a day, five days a week, paying careful attention to my
body and the stress that it accumulates
throughout the day. I relax every part
of my body individually, beginning
with my toes and work up to the top
of my head. Once I have gone through
every individual part of my body, I start
paying attention to it as one unit. As a
unit, I release any tension I might have
missed while working my way up.
For those of you that groaned at me
spending 30 minutes meditating, that
was not my starting point. I started
with just three minutes and, over the
course of a year, slowly worked up to 30
minutes. I am sure there are those who
can jump right into the 30 minutes, but
for those like me, do not be afraid to
work up to it. We all start somewhere.
I will recommend any beginners
start with body-scan because it takes
little instruction, can be done in a very
short amount of time and does have
study-proven benefits. However, for
those with the initiative, I encourage
researching the method of meditation
that best addresses the stress and
anxiety that may afflict you throughout
this academic semester.
RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOGBody-scan meditation is a perfect introduction for beginners looking to get in touch with their body
By LEAH FRANCIS &
KURT NEUMAIER
THE PORTLAND THORNS played
on Sept. 11, 2019 at Providence
Park. Sports commentators Leah
Francis ’19 and Kurt Neumaier ’19 break
down the game to the best of their ability.
Leah: W e l l f o l k s , t h e b i g o n e fi n a l l y
happened. No, not the earthquake that
will devastate the West Coast, but a
shakeup almost as enormous if you care
about women’s soccer. The Portland
Thorns played the North Carolina
Courage and, in a devastating defeat, lost
zero to six. Unlike the Philadelphia Eagles
in the NFL, they had previously been first
in the National Women’s Soccer League
(NWSL).
Kurt: Ouch, low blow there Leah. Yes,
my beloved Philadelphia Eagles have not
had a strong start to their season, but the
Thorns had been playing extremely well
up to this point in the season. But just as
the playoff picture was coming into focus,
they dropped two games in a row, first
losing to the Utah Royals 1-0 and then
this calamity of a home match against the
Courage.
Leah: Hey, I am still for the Birds, although shoutout to the Detroit Lions, if
you are reading this: the Francis family is
rooting for you. And look, at this point, the
Thorns have already made the playoffs,
so fans can take a quick breath. They
have also already made a slight comeback
in their most recent game, beating the
Houston Dash 1-0, even though winning
by only one point against the Dash is not
the most encouraging.
Kurt: There is hope, though, when you
look at the roster there L-Fran. Led by
U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT)
members/part-time superheroes Lindsay
Horan, Tobin Heath, Emily Sonnett and
Adrianna Franch, the Thorns are still
the most dangerous team in the league.
Tobin Heath, also known as Swaggy T,
also known as Spider-Woman Tobin
Maguire, is the most skilled player in
the world, leading the attack and using
both feet to embarrass and demoralize
the opposing team’s defense. Midfielder
Lindsay Horan is in the running for best
player in the U.S. and the world. Also, fun
fact, coach Jill Ellis thought Sam Mewis
and Lindsay Horan were the same person
for the entirety of the World Cup this
summer.
Leah: That is a good point Kurt, and the
Thorns have many other good players besides those on the national team.
Dagny Brynjarsdottir, midfielder, who
was also a minor character in the third
season of “Game of Thrones,” made a
great start and has an adorable baby.
Women really can have it all, folks.
Noted kangaroo Hayley Raso, forward,
is back and better than ever, so there
are many reasons for Thorns fans to
have hope. Looking forward to the rest
of the season, the Thorns will be playing
two mid-level teams: the Reign and the
Spirit. One team is from Washington
State and the other from Washington
D.C., and there is no way to identify
which is which.
Kurt: The Seattle Reign (who are
actually from Tacoma and play in
Tukwila and are in denial about both)
feature my idol and the person who
I want to be when I grow up, forward
Megan Rapinoe, so the game will not be
a walk in Providence Park. But I believe.
I believe so hard. Go Birds. Go Thorns.
Leah: That is all from us today folks,
thank you to our fellow sports fans
and loyal PioLog readers for tuning in.
We will be back next issue with more
Thorns content or a detailed recount of
Kurt’s breakdown directly after the next
Eagles game. Stay red, Portland! By ANDREW NOURIE
ONE OF THE largest barriers
to eating well in college is the
lack of accessibility to healthy
food.. Sometimes after a long day of
classes you those Oreos in Maggie’s
definitely hit the spot. If you want
to try something new to stay healthy
on a meal plan and stop yourself
from snacking at night, consider
intermittent fasting.
There are many different versions
of intermittent fasting, but most
of them are extremely hard to
consistently keep up with and have
little benefit over conventional diets.
For example, the method where you
fast for two days then eat for five is
particularly grueling and produces
little results compared to the amount
of work required to maintain it.
Fasting every other day also does
not yield any better results over
conventional dieting.
The more conventional method,
time-restricted feeding (TRF), is
much easier and has more studies
supporting it as an effective diet.
You start by choosing a window of
time that is less than 10 hours when
you eat during the day. It is critical
to make sure you eat enough during
this window. Not eating enough can
be seriously detrimental to your
health. Also, everybody’s body is
different, so if you try intermittent
fasting and observe an abnormal
amount of weight loss or gain, you
notice your energy levels dipping or if it is too hard to consistently keep up,
you should stop and go back to eating
normally.
The basic science behind it is pretty
simple. Insulin goes down between
meals as long as you do not snack
between them. Your insulin levels
going down causes the body to release
more fat for energy during this time.
The main purpose behind intermittent
fasting is trying to get your insulin
levels down long enough for your body
to burn off fat. TRF has also been shown
to suppress your appetite during the
hours where you are not eating. This
should prevent snacking and eating late
at night which leads to fat gain.
This might seem hard, but it is
easier in practice than on paper,
especially with a meal plan. If you have
a 14-meals-with-flex plan, then most
of the time is already laid out for you.
Instead of eating breakfast and dinner,
you can instead eat an early lunch at
the Bon and then get an early dinner.
Make sure that if these are your only
two meals you eat the proper amount of
food, around 1,000 calories per meal. If
that is too much food, consider between
your two meals to eat a third meal.
While it is not a crime to engage in
some late night snacking, intermittent
fasting can help decrease your cravings
for unhealthy food late at night. When
looking for specific healthy foods
to eat at the Bon, feel free to ask an
experienced upperclassmen or look
at the official Bon Appétit website for
more information about the food you
are eating.Two diehard Portland Thorns
fans break down recent defeatNutritional way to fast
on a college meal plan
NICHOLAS NERLI/PIONEER LOG
Providence Park, home of the women’s soccer team, the Portland Thorns, hosted the North Carolina Courage on Sept. 11.Sports Schedule
Friday Sept. 20
Volleyball vs. Willamette
7:00 p.m.
Saturday Sept. 21
Football vs. Whittier
11:00 a.m.
Cross Country @ Pacific Lutheran
11:00 a.m.
Volleyball @ Pacific (Oregon)
6:00 p.m.
Soccer @ George Fox
12:00 p.m.
Sunday Sept. 22
Soccer vs. Pacific (Oregon)
12:00 p.m.
Friday Sept. 27
Volleyball vs. Linfield
7:00 p.m.Saturday Sept. 28
Volleyball vs. Puget Sound
6:00 p.m.
Soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran
12:00 p.m.
Sunday Sept. 29
Soccer @ Linfield
12:00 p.m.
Wednesday Oct. 2
Soccer @ Willamette
7:00 p.m.
“Roll Pios!”FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
SPORTS 15
Intramural futsal shows LC’s vibrant spirit
Every Sunday and Wednesday night LC students face off in an indoor five-per-team soccer game
By JUSTIN SEIDEL
WHILE THE midterms,
projects and homework
keeps piling up on students
as the school year picks up, an angel
has come to save Lewis & Clark
students from endless nights of
studying: the intramural futsal season.
Intramural futsal began on Sept.
22 and will last until the first week of
November. The regular season lasts
for three weeks. Then, the top eight
teams in each league will battle it out
in a single-elimination tournament. A
total of 24 teams are vying for the title
of intramural futsal champion across
two separate leagues. 10 teams are in
A league while 14 are in B league. The
B League is for more casual, friendly
play while the A League is more
competitive. Games for both leagues
occur every Sunday and Wednesday
from 7-10 p.m. in the Pamplin Sports
Complex.
“As a program, intramurals tries
its best to bring students together, be
that current students, faculty, alumni
or students on other parts of campus
(graduate and law),” Logan Kyle ’21,
a member of the intramural student
leadership team, said. “It’s a really
fun way to get out and take our minds
off of studying and meet a lot of really
cool people.”
Kyle is also a member of a team
named “QQQQ” and is looking to
defend his team’s futsal title for the
third year in a row. Fellow teammate
and leadership member John Rauen
’21 reflected on the community
intramurals fosters on the LC campus.
“Intramurals is a great community
on campus and I wanted to be part of it,” Rauen said. “My friends are on the
leadership team as well so I made an
easy transition on to it.”
Intramural futsal also attracts a
variety of people to cheer on their
fellow LC companions. In a recent
Wednesday night game, Big Body
Bugatti faced off against Hush Szn
in the B League. Although Hush Szn
came away with a 12-4 victory, echoes
of “Big Body Bugatti” could be heard
across the gym and it was all smiles
and laughs on the court. One fan
cheering for Hush Szn, Madeline Swanberg ’23, commented on the
atmosphere intramural futsal brings
to campus.
“I have a couple friends on the
futsal team and I came last week
and it was a pretty fun but low key
and exciting to watch environment,”
Swanberg said.
Swanberg is currently on the
LC cross country team and cannot
play intramurals. However, she still
thoroughly enjoys watching and
being part of the community. Aaron
Campbell, the director of the LC intramural program and the track &
field head coach, praised the student
leadership committee and its ability to
bring the student body together.
“I think probably the biggest thing
is we have a lot of student involvement
and that is not just from obviously
the team perspective and people
playing but we have a lot of student
involvement from our organization,”
Campbell said. “From people who do
referee training, people who organize
the games, to people who do our
media, those are all students.”
HANNA WRIGHT/PIONEER LOG
Members and fans of the LC futsal team Big Body Bugattis poses for a team photo post game, after a tough game in Pamplin.
By AMELIA EICHEL
NOAH RILEY ’20 is a football
guy to the core. Not only is
he a quarterback for Lewis &
Clark, but he has turned his knowledge
of football into a successful business.
This summer, Riley published a book
titled “Breaking Down the 2018
Oklahoma Offense” that has sold
over 1,000 copies and made him over
$10,000. He sells around six to seven
copies each day.
“People often ask me if
entrepreneurs are born or made,”
Brian Detweiler-Bedell, professor
of psychology and director of the
Bates Center for Entrepreneurship
and Leadership, said. “The answer is
both. Some of the students we work
with through the Bates Center just
can’t help it — they are entrepreneurs
through and through. Noah (Riley) is
one of these.”
Riley was in Detweiler-Bedell’s
leadership course (EINV 261) last
spring while he was writing the book
and decided to run his idea past
Detweiler-Bedell, who supported the
idea.
“I am always skeptical of book
projects,” Detweiler-Bedell said. “But
not with Noah. He built from his deep
understanding of football offenses.
That’s what we call ‘starting with your
own means.’ This was the type of book
he was meant to write.”
Riley submitted his manuscript
to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
and sold 500 copies in the first week. His success was mostly due to the
substantial Twitter following he had
accrued over the past year and a
half by publishing articles analyzing
different teams’ offensive and
defensive strategies.
Riley constantly watches film
of football games and analyzes the
plays. He collects data from the films
and analyzes them to determine the
success rates of various strategies.“I was talking to my friend
Taylor Kolste who plays football for
Whitworth,” Riley said. “And we were
like ‘Hey, we know all this stuff, but is
it actually going to help us get a job?
We need to get our name out there.’
So we decided to write an article and
see if it catches on.”
Riley and Kolste created a website
called “Riley-Kolste Football” where
they post highly technical articles about offensive and defensive
strategy. Here is an excerpt from one
of Riley’s articles:
“The majority of defenses that
are run on two point plays are either
man, or banjo/bracket combos of
man coverage,” Riley wrote in his
article titled Two-Point Study. “In
the passing game, it seems that plays
designed to beat bracket/ banjo
coverage do best, and the plays that did poorly tended to be ones that
can be matched by bracket/ banjo
coverages.”
Not many people speak this
language, and the ones who do — the
people who are most interested in
Riley’s articles — are high school and
college football coaches. The articles
were a hit and Riley is now able to
freelance his writing. He wants to
pursue a coaching career after college.
“Both my uncles, my grandpa and
my brother are coaches and I see the
influence they have on people’s lives ... I
want to do that,” Riley said.
Riley has had many opportunities to
learn about what makes a good coach
and a successful team. He applies
principles that he has learned from
his psychology major to coaching
strategies, and he says that LC’s
football coach, Jay Locey, embodies
these principles.
“I came to LC because of Coach
Locey,” Riley said. “I wanted to go
somewhere with a coach I could learn
from and who would be a good role
model for what I want to be when I
coach, and I think Coach Locey is
that mainly because of where he has
his priorities. I think he and the rest
of our coaches do a great job with
teaching stuff through football that go
beyond the game of football that we
can take into the rest of our lives —
how to respond to adversity, how to
be a good teammate, all the stuff that
goes into creating a great culture.”
You can find Riley’s book on
Amazon.
JO TABACEK /PIONEER LOGLC football quarterback Noah Riley writes strategy book
Riley combines his entrepreneurship skills and love of football to write book on offensive football techniquesScores (W-L)
A League
QQQQ: 3-0
Tortz Illustrated: 1-0
Ivory Toast: 2-1
The Iraqi National Team: 2-1
Untouchablles: 2-1
Real Palatine: 2-1
Los Futloberos: 1-2
Elizabeth Warrens: 0-1
Friends and Neighbors: 0-2
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The Backdoor is a work of fiction and humor
By PATRICK LEE
LAST FALL SAW one of Lewis &
Clark’s most popular home football
games of the “Early November” to
“Slightly Later November” 2018 season.
The stands were packed with Pios, all
showing their support through their loud
cheers and jeers, except for one. Zack
Morris ’22 loved the idea of supporting
his school, but he felt held back by ev -
eryone else, being there, doing the same
thing.
“There were just so many people there
yelling and jumping and stuff,” Morris
said. “I mean, I love that they were having
fun, great for them, but it just made me
wish there was like ... a quiet game. Or a
tighter limit on how many people could
be there.”
And that got Morris wondering: why
could he not promote his school, but
in a calmer way that did not draw any
attention or exert social energy?
“At first I thought, ‘well, why do I
not wear my LC hat around?’ But then
I realized: was MLK content with just
wearing a hat that said ‘civil rights?’ No!
He went out and fought for it, and also
wore his hat!”
W i t h t h a t , M o r r i s d e c i d e d t o s t a r t
the Introverts for School Spirit (ISS)
club. He recruited two friends and
fellow introverts, Nora Dorris ’22 and
Avignon Gorris-Stevens ’21, to help lead,
although they immediately found an
obstacle in gathering other members.
They first tried recruiting at the Pio
Fair in early September. They managed
to get everything set up, but at exactly
3:50 p.m., all three leaders emailed each
other separately to cancel. Allegedly, By BELLA KOCABIYIK
A RARE SIGHTING of a cougar in
the Lewis & Clark habitat sparked
headlines and startled the natural
order of the inhabitants living in the small
environment. Yet this Puma concolor,
known colloquially as “Jane Fonda,” has
proved to be one of the less dangerous
animals on campus. In honor of the
beginning of their most active hunting
season, let us take a look at a much more
dangerous and much less publicized
predator on our campus: the Seniorius
predatoria, known colloquially by most as
That-Senior-That-Hits-On-Freshmen.
This creature even outpaces the frenzy of
the Bon’s Tender Town and the dangerous
nature of forgetting to set an alarm for class.
Every fall, the Seniorius predatorii
come out of their natural dwellings in the
Portland area (Sellwood). One can wit -
ness them flock during their daily migra -
tion, climbing up Palatine Hill in hordes
and wildly searching for a parking spot on
campus to partake in the mating dance and
hunting game of their species.
The Seniorius predatorii are drawn
to this area for a marvelous spectacle:
By ROSALIND MARGUILES
REJOICE! NEW INTEL from
Instagram has shown that former
high school crush and D-average
student, Chad Brosley, is finally repugnant
enough to turn off Instagram notifications
for. His new haircut, described by experts
as a combination mohawk-fro-rat tail, hit
Instagram last Thursday and has his high
school graduating class in an uproar.
“Chad was like, a nine out of 10, at
least,” a former classmate of Brosley’s,
who wishes to remain anonymous, said.
“He was not even a snack. He was a meal.
But now he is, like, moldy leftovers at
best.”
The haircut comes on the heels of freshmen mating season. This time of
year provides ample feeding grounds
for Seniorius predatoria, who take
full advantage of this animalistic,
savage ritual. The Seniorius
predatorii focus their hunt on
unsuspecting Fresmanian
preyus, easily locating
them clutching their
Plato’s “Five Dialogues”
in an attempt to protect
themselves from the
unknown dangers of
the college world.
Seniorius predatorii
can also be
commonly seen at
the parties of the
college student,
searching for
potential mates.
The Freshmanian
preyus are easily
spotted at these
events, going to
the bathroom in packs
and fiending nicotine off of
strangers.
Biologists are still researching what
draws these two mates together. It is Beware: the next top predator walks among us
hypothesized that the Seniorius predatorii
are drawn to the unknowing doe-eyed
idealism of their younger targets, although
others hypothesize that they have
just run out of potential mates in
their small pool of candidates.
Freshmanian preyus, on
the other hand, seem to
be drawn to the idea
of a mature adult
relationship, incredibly
unaware of the danger
of their predator and
its kind, ready to call
their moms and tell
them they have
met “the One.”
Once a po -
tential mate is
spotted, the
courtship ritual
begins. The Se -
niorius predato -
ria attracts Fresh -
manian preyus by
boasting their access
to a car, false sense of su -
periority and a bed that is bigger
than a Twin XL. The newest student, inno -
cent and unknowing, reacts accordingly, hypnotized by the idea of being desired by
“someone with experience.” Numbers are
exchanged, incredibly public displays of
affection are enacted and the most notable
marking of a mateship is created: the pur -
ple neck stain, proof of premarital consum -
mation.
And as quickly as it starts, the mating
dance of the Seniorius predatorii rapidly
concludes as the rain begins in November.
Once the Seniorius predatoria realizes the
dangerous nature of their prey’s infatuation
after overhearing their phone call to their
mother, they quickly and gracefully end
the mating ritual with their infamous end-
of-mating-season-call, saying “I just do not
want you to get too attached.” The prey has
been hunted, and it is time for the Seniorius
predatorii to withdraw back to their dens.
Thus marks the end of the Seniorius
predatorium’s predatorial season. They
begin to retreat back to hibernation off
Palatine Hill, traveling back to their
former hunting grounds only to teach their
former prey just how small the LC habitat
really is. Next time mating season comes
around, these animals will be replaced by
a new batch of Seniorius predatorii and
Fresmanian preyus, and the ritual will
begin again.
they all had “some kind of cold or flu
or something.” (This quote appeared
verbatim in each email.)
Gorris-Stevens, the only one to see the
emails sent by the other leaders, managed
to get a sign-up sheet to the table midway
through the event. She then promptly left.
“ I h a d t o l e a v e , ” s h e s a i d . “ I m i g h t
have been contagious or something.”
Though there was no one at the booth
representing the club, the club still gained
three new members. Hoping still to
attract more, they tried telling everyone
they knew about the club in hopes it
would grow via word of mouth.
“We really did tell everyone we could,
but for some reason, the message was not
getting through,” said Morris.
With chances of further growth
appearing slim, the leadership decided to
cut their losses and hold a meeting with
what they had. That, too, was a failure.
“One kid walked up to our table, saw
it was just us three, and left,” Dorris said.
“Honestly, I don’t know if she was there
for ISS since I have never actually seen
or heard from any of the members. It still
hurt, though.”
Morris, still hopelessly attached to the
idea, tried to keep the club alive.
“I did everything. I sent out a million
club emails, I tried starting a group
text and I even emailed each person
individually asking them to come,” Morris
said. “I never got a single response.”
With no change in activity, Morris
officially abandoned the club.
“I do not regret it,” Morris said. “I
learned my lesson: ‘know your target
audience.’ That is something I am taking
into my next club, ‘Career Paths for
Theater Majors.’”
last month’s discovery that Brosley, as
a 19th birthday present to himself, got a
large (although not altogether untaste -
ful) tattoo of Brian Griffin from Family
Guy jumping across the Grand Canyon
on a razor scooter, all the while taking a
sick hit off a bong while several American
flags flew in the background spanning the
entire front of his torso.
The new haircut was posted to his
public Instagram, @xxx_420ultrabal -
ler_xxx, where Brosley often posts short
videos of himself doing vape tricks, odes
to Monster energy drinks, Eminem song
lyrics and tributes to the late XXXTent -
acion. Brosley has been officially down -
graded from “crush” to “person you text
after you have had a few drinks and are
feeling sad at 3 a.m.”Thank god! High school crush
finally gross enough to get over
Introverts for School
Spirit Club canceled“I do not know what you guys are
talking about,” Daniel Crudgemeister,
an aspiring Soundcloud rapper and Bro -
sley’s best friend since grade 4, said.
“Chad (Brosley) is sicker than ever. Like,
the other day we were playing beer pong
with some girls from downtown and Chad
was losing, so you know what he did? He
freaking flipped the whole table over. This
one chick got totally covered in beer. It
was awesome. Chad is cool. Hey, do you
have a boyfriend? Yeah? Ok, well, what -
ever. You are not even that cute anyway.”
If all of this was not enough, last week
Brosley announced via Facebook that he
is quitting his job at his father’s electrical
company in attempts to “find himself” by
devoting himself full-time to his Youtube
channel.
The channel, which currently boasts
74 subscribers, features mostly videos
of Brosley himself attempting to prank
female strangers and fast food workers,
with limited success, as well as a few clips
of him “dominating” at Fortnite.
He is also known for his assertions on
Facebook that “rap is like a mountain”
and the time he broke the hip of an elder -
ly Ms. Reynolds while attempting to do a
kickflip on a longboard.
Brosley, who is currently in court
for attempted theft of a McDonald’s ice
cream machine, was unable to comment.
This development has allowed me to
devote myself completely to Tristan Mc -
Mackleburry, a sophomore in my Phi -
losophy 101 class who looks vaguely like
Timothee Chalomet, only wears thrifted
clothing and is like, really into nihilism,
Kafka, slam poetry, socialism and con -
scious rap. He is really cool. I mean, he
wears nail polish. RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG
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A list of gender neutral insults
By GAVIN PATCHET
Here is a list of gender neutral
insults, so you can insult your
peers while breaking the gender
binary:
1. Toe Sucker
2. ASLC Representative
3. LARPer
4. Heretic5. Cop
6. Liberal Snowflake
7. Imagine Dragons Fan
8. Corporate Shill
9. Class Traitor
10. Mouthbreather
11. Bourgeois Scum
12. Wim(p)
13. Dutch Dictator14. Full Tuition Student
15. Neanderthal
16. Proletariat Scum
17. Kombucha Consumer
18. Reed Reject
19. Freudian Fantasy
20. Business Major
21. Theatre Kid
22. Pio Log ContributorSeniorius predatoria, also known as That-Senior-That-Hits-On-Freshmen, haunts our halls once again