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2019-10-18

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Vol. 93 No.3 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019 www.piolog.com
Astrology as a Guide
Faced with uncertainty in life, some people turn
to natal charts to make decisions and characterize
others.
See page 4The ENVX Symposium, beginning Oct. 22, is set to
focus on the theme of unequal global distribution
of climate change impacts.ENVX Symposium
See page 7For those who struggle to sleep, here are some
tips and tricks on how to get high quality sleep in
college.Healthy Sleep Habits
See page 10English, political science and history professors
host a panel discussing Brexit in an interdisciplinary
context.Brexit Panel
See page 2LC students and professors worked on Special
Collection’s new exhibit “The Bauhaus at 100,” which
examines the ideologies of the German art school.Bauhaus Exhibit
See page 8By RILEY HANNA
DURING THE OCT. 3 s e n a t e
meeting, The Associated
Students of Lewis & Clark
(ASLC) held an election for the position
of vice president. Three candidates
ran for the position: Kenneth Leja ’21,
Jacob Muscarella ’21 and Tom Stratton
’20. Muscarella ultimately won the
election.
Muscarella is currently an Opinion
editor for The Pioneer Log.
Leja previously served as the
ASLC chief of staff and as a senator.
He is the current Disabled Student
Union (DSU) and Queer Student
Union (QSU) treasurer. Leja ran for
vice president with a desire to help
the LC community accomplish goals
of all sizes and bring light to smaller
communities on campus.
Stratton formerly served as the
student organizations committee
chair and as a senator. Additionally,
he served as the interim vice president
this year prior to the election. Stratton
ran for vice president with a desire to mentor people both inside and outside
of ASLC and specifically help senators
accomplish their goals.
The past two years, Muscarella
served as the chief justice of ASLC and
as a senator. He discussed his platform
in running for vice president.
“A lot of dynamics can exist in that
space that make it difficult for some
students to make their voices heard,
or feel comfortable in that space, so
my main goal as vice president is to
make everyone feel welcome there,”
Muscarella said.
After candidates gave brief
speeches and answered questions, and
senators discussed each candidate,
the senate elected Muscarella as
vice president. The vote was nearly
unanimous.
During their conversation, some
senators expressed concern that
Muscarella will be studying abroad
during spring 2020, and another vice
president election will have to be held.
He addressed how he plans to help
facilitate a smooth transition with his
successor.“Whoever my successor will be
next semester, I will be sure to give
them adequate training at the end of
this semester and make sure I make
myself available to any questions that
they have, so that they feel confident
entering that position next semester,”
Muscarella said.
Additionally, the senate voted in
favor of changing the name of the
Diversity Committee to the Equity,
Inclusion and Justice Committee.
Equity, Inclusion and Justice
Committee Chair Elizabeth Gillingham
’20 spoke further on the intent behind
the name change.
“Our primary motive for changing
the name is the way the word
‘diversity’ is understood, especially
on college campuses,” Gillingham
said via email. “At LC and in the
ASLC, diversity sometimes gets tossed
around or marketed as something we
have rather than something we do.
What I mean by that is, students from
historically underrepresented groups,
and especially students of color or
other highly visible identities become a stand-in for diversity.”
Gillingham elaborated on the
language change more accurately
reflecting the future goals of the senate.
“For the past few years as the
Diversity Committee, the committee
has, in my opinion, focused primarily
on racial diversity,” Gillingham said.
“While that work was and continues
to be highly valuable and important,
our name change more authentically
reflects that our goals and mission
are much further reaching to all
identities.”
Gillingham explained that the
name change is in line with wider
changes of LC’s institutional language.
“This is the terminology LC as an
institution has adopted,” Gillingham
said. “Both the institution-wide Office
of Diversity and Inclusion and the
Committee for Diversity and Inclusion
have changed their names to ‘equity
and inclusion.’ With ‘justice,’ we are
pushing LC’s language a bit further.
The word justice does also appear in
the college’s strategic plan.”
“Racist” continued on page 2New vice president election, committee name
change and racist incident preoccupy ASLCBy AUDREY BARRETT
LEWIS & CLARK h e l d i t s fi r s t
TEDx event on Oct. 9, where
students, faculty and alumni
deconstructed ideas like power,
virginity, social interaction, music,
dance and happiness. 100 audience
members attended the talk, held in
the Black Box of Fir Acres Theatre.
The setting allowed for intimate
discussions.
The speakers included Amaris
Bouchard ’20, Tom Stratton ’20,
Hannah Harrington ’20 and alumna
Nicolette Sauramba ’19, along with
two faculty members, Adjunct
Professor of Music Duncan Neilson
and Instructor of Cello David Eby,
who performed along with their
talks. The event also held a musical
performance by LC a capella
group Section Line Drive, a dance
performance by alumnus Latroy
Robinson ’18 and a fire arts show by
Quinn Murley ’20.
Tuse Mahenya ’21, who began
planning the event in fall 2018, spoke
about her reasons for wanting to
bring a TEDx event to LC.
“I went to high school in Tanzania
(and eSwatini), and then when I came
here I noticed when people would
speak in class, the others were not
even listening,” Mahenya said. “It’s
just so destructive to not listen to
each other at all.”
It took several months to apply
for the TEDx license. Once approved
by the official TED organization,
Mahenya worked with Gracie
Packard ’22, Ochuko Akpovbovbo ’21 and Eva Magana ’20.
“Tuse (Mahenya) was really the
pioneer of all this, and I think our
role was just to support her in the
best way we could,” Magana said.
“Being the first one ever we didn’t
want to disappoint anyone, because
TED has a big name assigned to it, so we really wanted it to be true to that.”
Magana attended TEDxPortland
last fall to find inspiration for the LC
TED event. She said that the posters
in the hallway, encouraging audience
participation, and the three minute
recap at the end of the event were
inspired by the Portland event. Mahenya said one of the biggest
unexpected challenges the team faced
was getting audiovisual equipment so
the talks could be posted on YouTube
for the public to view. The Student
Academic Activities Board (SAAB)
was able to help them out.
“TEDx” continued on page 2LC community deconstructs norms
with student-organized TEDx event
LC a cappella group “Section Line Drive” performs in Fir Acres Theatre as part of the TEDxLewis&ClarkCollege event.PHOTO COURTESY OF LCThis week’s episode of The PioPod talks all things technology: the new LC app, AI and more! Available online.
PSU adds
new safety
measures
By MACKENZIE HERRING
PORTLAND STATE U n i v e r s i t y
(PSU) recently announced its
comprehensive safety plan
which includes changes in staffing
and the introduction of 10 student
safety ambassadors. Also within
the plan, 10 unarmed safety officers
will now respond to calls that deal
with nonviolent incidents like safety
escorts. Other officers will still be
armed on campus. After this change,
PSU will have 10 armed officers, 10
unarmed officers and 10 student
safety ambassadors.
In 2013, Wim Wiewel, the current
president of Lewis & Clark and
former president of PSU, developed
a task force to work on improving
campus safety. According to the PSU
website, the task force ultimately
recommended that the campus
require safety officers to be armed.
This decision was approved at a PSU
Board of Trustees meeting in 2014.
“The decision by the board to
authorize armed police officers was the
culmination of an 18-month process
that started in Spring 2013 when
President Wim Wiewel established
the President’s Task Force on Campus
Safety,” PSU’s website said.
According to the 2013 report
detailing the findings of the task
force, “Unarmed Campus Public
Security Officers frequently come in
contact with violent career criminals
and make considerable arrests of
offenders not affiliated with the
university.”
Last June, 45-year-old Jason
Washington, an unarmed black man,
was killed after being shot nine times
by a PSU campus safety officer. This
event resulted in protests by students,
activists and community members
alike, asking for the removal of armed
officers at PSU.
The new safety plan was
announced on Oct. 10 at a PSU Board
of Trustees meeting. According to
KPTV’s website, the announcement
was met with protest from students in
the audience.
“During a Board of Trustees
meeting Thursday, there was visible
disappointment from students in
attendance regarding the armed
officers,” the KPTV website said.
“Some students held up signs
supporting the disarming of campus
officers, as well as ‘Remember Jason
Washington’ signs.”
The location of PSU is often
referred to when justifying the
implementation of armed officers.
In addition to PSU having a much
larger student population than LC,
its downtown location increases the
likelihood of crimes occurring on
campus. In comparison, according
to the LC website, there are currently
15 Campus Safety staff members,
including the director, on the LC
campus, none of which are armed.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
NEWS 2
Three LC professors discuss
Brexit and Europe’s history
NATALIE ZOZ/PIONEER LOGBy WILL TOPPIN
ON OCT. 1, three professors,
Associate Professor of History
David Campion, Assistant
Professor of Political Science Leah
Gilbert and Professor of English
Rishona Zimring. met before a
student audience in a panel called
“Brexit and the Future of Europe.”
The professors explored Brexit from a
multidisciplinary perspective.
According to Campion, British
nationalism goes back to the Middle
Ages, and the “King’s Great Matter,”
which was when King Henry VIII left
the Catholic Church to escape the
authority of the Pope. He compared
the Pope’s power in the Middle Ages
to that of the European Union (EU)
today.
“That came to an end in 1533, with
a law passed in Parliament called The
Act of Restraints in Appeals. That
basically meant that the King ... was
the highest authority (in Britain),”
Campion said. “In many ways you have
the first example of real sovereignty in
Europe.”
Subsequently, Britain would go
on to industrialize and imperialize.
Distinct from the rest of Europe, it
became the most powerful nation in
the world. This separation continued
into World War II when Britain was
the last European country to not have
either fallen to or allied with the Nazis.
“Fortress Britain was in many ways
a very international destination,”
Campion said.
Despite this multiculturalism,
World War II helped create an
independent British identity.Campion then discussed the
beginnings of the EU — the European
Economic Community (EEC).
In 1957, the French prime minister
predicted that if Britain were allowed
into the EEC, it would “wreck the
very Union that it wanted to join
(because) Britain itself would never sit
comfortably in the (EEC),” Campion
said. “Britain had a longstanding
hostility to the European continent.”.
Britain did not join the EEC until
1973. Only two years after they joined,
they held a referendum to leave, yet
two-thirds of the country voted to
remain.
Campion argued that in June 2016,
when the U.K. voted to leave the EU,
it was not as unprecedented as it may
seem.
“The (2016) referendum was quite
simple: Should the United Kingdom
remain in the European Union?”
Campion said. “You voted yes, or you
voted no.”
An intense campaign followed. The
Leave campaign won by a slim margin:
Campion called it “quite an upset,”
because polls predicted the opposite.
“The politics of the EU have been
turned upside-down,” Gilbert said.
Gilbert began by defining some
essential vocabulary. She highlighted
the single market (countries in the EU
share one market), the customs union
(there are common customs going
into the EU and no customs between
EU countries) and the proposed Irish
Backstop (that the Irish border should
remain open no matter what Brexit
deal results).
She used these terms to outline the
major conflicting Brexit strategies.
“Those who advocate for a hard Brexit are those who want the UK to
leave the single market as well as the
customs union, and they argue that the
UK leaving (both) will make it freer to
make its own trade agreements with
other countries,” Gilbert said.
“(This) contrasts with those who
argue for a soft-deal Brexit,” Gilbert
said. They recognize that “the UK
needs to leave ... but given that, they
don’t think Britain should have such a
large break from the EU, because there
are so many potential unknowns,”
Gilbert said.
Gilbert also spoke on how Brexit
has changed British leadership.
Britain has had three Prime Ministers
since the referendum: David Cameron,
Theresa May, and currently Boris
Johnson. Johnson is now insistent on
meeting his latest Brexit deadline of
Oct. 31, with or without a deal.
“No matter what,” Gilbert said, “it’s
gonna be a really interesting month.”
With her background in literature,
Zimring encouraged the audience to
consider a more complicated picture of
Brexit voters.
She came to three conclusions in
her presentation. First, she spoke on
a work of Modernist British literature,
exploring why the relatable characters
in the novel might have voted in favor
of Brexit.
“The two most sympathetic
characters in E.M. Forster’s novel
‘Howards End’ would have supported
Brexit,” Zimring said. “(The novel
argues for) nostalgia, sentimentality,
and a connection to the English
countryside.”
She then referenced contemporary
films: the movies “Blinded by the
Light” and “Yesterday.” Both were
released this summer and exemplify
British life today.
“The two films ... were about the
immigrant experience in England,
and both were about the success of
assimilation,” Zimring said.
Thus, she argued that the main
characters in these films would have
voted against Brexit.
Third, Zimring says her book,
“Social Dance and the Modernist
Imagination in Interwar Britain,” led
her to question “who voted for leave,
and whether we’ve really heard their
voices.”
The panel wrapped up with over
40 minutes of audience questions.
Campion said he hoped students left
“(with) a deeper understanding of how
complicated Brexit is and just how
consequential it is.” Student workers now
receive paid sick days
By ARIEL MCGEE
AS OF SEPT. 1, L e w i s & C l a r k
student workers have the
ability to accumulate paid sick
leave hours. On-campus workers were
notified of this change via an email
sent by Human Resource Information
Systems Analyst Alex Ray Oct. 10.
“We have enabled sick leave for you
to use on your timecard,” Ray said via
email. “Beginning 9/1/2019, you will
accrue 1 hour for every 30 hours worked
in a pay period. You must have worked
for Lewis & Clark for 90 days before you
can begin to use this balance.”
Student workers will not only be able
to use sick leave for physical illness, but
for mental illness, the death of a family
member, public health emergencies and
several other circumstances.
Additionally, some on-campus
employers will allow students to transfer
their sick leave to other workers.
“(You can) donate accrued sick
time to another employee if the other
employee uses the donated sick time
for an authorized purpose and the
employer has a policy that allows an
employee to donate sick time to a
coworker,” Ray said.
Paméla Nassar Altabcharani ’21,
a student employed by the Aubrey R.
Watzek Library, knows many other stu -
dents who depend on on-campus jobs
as a sole source of income. She spoke
about how paid sick leave might im -
prove the student-worker experience.
“I feel like it is helpful in the sense
that ... a lot of students (who have on-campus jobs) have it as one of their
only sources of income,” Altabcharani
said. “We can’t afford to not go to work,
which is maybe not the case for a lot of
people here. I think (paid sick leave) is
going to help me be able to not have to
worry about missing work.”
Many on-campus jobs already allow
student workers to control their hours
freely, and time off for sickness has not
been an issue. Hannah Posey-Scholl ’20
spoke about her experience working for
Information Technology (IT).
“Because I work in ... IT operations,
we don’t usually have to do very much
when we can’t be there,” Posey-Scholl
said. “We just message our boss and say
‘hey I can’t come in today,’ ... whether
that’s because of school, or whether it’s
because of sickness.”
Due to the fact that students were
notified of the available paid sick leave
in the middle of a semester, many
students have not yet taken advantage
of their sick hours. Because of her recent
employment at Fields Dining Hall,
Keagan Gilmartin ’22 will not be able to
accrue the 30 hours needed for a while,
rendering the paid sick leave irrelevant
to her current situation.
“I just started working here and I’ve
only had three shifts so far, so I’m not
anywhere near (working 30 hours),”
Gilmartin said.
Though paid sick leave is relatively
new and requires students to have
worked at least 30 hours before being
affected by this change, it will give
student workers more flexibility with
their on-campus jobs.Student employee Jake Warmflash ’21 works a shift in Fields Dining Hall.
Campion, Zimring and Gilbert discuss the convoluted nature of Brexit in Miller Hall.
WILL TOPPIN/PIONEER LOG
Continued from pg. 1
On Oct. 14, ASLC sent out an email
to the student body apologizing for
a racist conversation that took place
in the ASLC office on Sept. 23. The
conversation topic surrounded the
Black Student Union (BSU) and took
place between an ASLC member and an
outside student.
“We have contributed to physical,
mental and emotional harm to our
peers of color in ways that we don’t fully
understand and can’t adequately convey
in this letter,” the email said. “We are
complicit through our participation and
our inaction; we take full, unwavering
responsibility for our participation
and failure to shut the incident down
and strongly condemn the racism that
occurred within a space meant to be
open, inviting, and representative of the
student body as a whole.”
Gillingham spoke on how the
conversation further exemplified the
need for action to make ASLC an
inclusive, safe environment.
“Even before the discriminatory
incident took place in the office, Cabinet
had committed itself to working toward
those goals and with this misstep has
realized it is even more important
that that work get done promptly and correctly,” Gillingham said.
In response to the incident, a
Special Committee on Systematic
Barriers is being created in order to
“evaluate the ways in which Senate
meetings and the ASLC space are both
formally and informally unwelcoming
to students of color and members of
other affinity groups,” according to the email sent by the ASLC cabinet. The
committee will consist of members
of both the ASLC cabinet and senate,
members of affinity groups and the
outside student body.
Also in response to the incident,
bystander intervention and anti-
oppression resource trainings will be
implemented for ASLC members.
AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOG
Leja ’21 expresses his goals if elected vice president in a speech given to the senate.Racist conversation in ASLC office
leads to plan of preventative action
Coninued from pg. 1
“From the beginning, we had
(some money) but that went
to merch and things like that,”
Mahenya said. “We had put some
money aside (for AV) but that was a
laughable amount compared to what
we actually needed. So we applied
for a SAAB grant just for audiovisual
support.”
Mahenya wanted to create a
platform that would encourage
the LC community to collectively
investigate how to deconstruct
widely-held communicative and
social norms.
“Everyone has the ability to
take something from their personal
experience, and deconstruct it and
then reconstruct it into something
that’s better and more sustainable,”
Mahenya said.
Eby, an experienced cello player,
spoke about a strange musical
phenomenon in which when one
note is played, other strings will
echo the note without even being
touched.
“This is a topic that I’ve been
working on for a long time, and it’s a perfect opportunity to craft a speech
around it,” Eby said. “It’s been a
fascinating process to hone it down
to just the right things to say, and to
be able to make it super clear.”
Eby helped the audience
open themselves up to the music
through a short meditation, and
he subsequently played the cello
so they could feel the literal and
metaphorical resonance inside of
themselves.
He pointed out how both ideas
and musical notes resonate in the
same profound way.
“We feel something awakening
inside, it’s kind of like there’s
something almost vibrating, an
energy that’s inside that we can kind
of get in touch with,” Eby said.
Upon reflection, Magana feels
that the event was an overall success.
“Reflecting now, it’s just
great seeing people inspired and
so excited,” Magana said. “(My
roommate and I) were talking about
... how it’s relevant to our lives, and
I’m more than positive that everyone
who went home that night did the
same thing.”TEDx speakers argue
against social normsFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 , 2019
OPINION 3
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
OCT. 15 WAS the 15th anniversary
of a seminal day in the history
of Lewis & Clark, as well as
many other colleges and universities
throughout America. On that day, Oct.
15, 1969, The Moratorium occurred, the
largest single day of anti-war protest
against the Vietnam War. In Portland,
LC led the way.
LC first came to the nation’s attention
when student body president, David
Poulshock attended the President’s
Meet The President conference at the
White House. President Nixon asked
about the pin Poulshock wore featuring
a white dove against a blue background.
With cameras running, Poulshock told
the president it was the Moratorium
button, and that “we are going to stop
the war.” When Poulshock returned
to campus, he organized the first
Moratorium meeting in the Chapel.
Afterwards, I received a phone call from
the Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) to
join a discussion to plan Moratorium
activities. At that meeting there were
more than WILPF members present.
Others included the Black Panthers,
the Communist Collective, a clergyman
from Clergy and Laymen Concerned
About Vietnam (CalCav), a member
from a public employees union,
Representative Wally Priestly and
John Salmon, aka “Fish,” an activist
from Portland State. Throughout the
evening, we discussed what to do on Oct.
15, without reaching any resolution.
When the discussion turned to when
we should meet again, I mentioned that
we were having a Moratorium meeting
at LC at the end of next week. The
response was electrifying. Many wanted
to come but it was decided only to send
a representative, “Fish.” The next day
when I mentioned what had occurred
to Poulshock and Tony Angelo, the
student body vice-president, they both
looked at me like I was a miracle man.
In Angelo’s words, “We’ve been trying
to connect with people off-campus
for years, and you did it in one night.”
Largely for that reason, Poulshock
appointed me head of the Moratorium
on campus.
Being appointed head of the campus
Moratorium illustrated the distance
I had traveled since 1965, when I was
drafted, volunteered for Vietnam, as
well as being a paratrooper. My military
service, though, was limited to a data
processing unit with the 82nd Airborne
Division at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina,
and my enthusiasm for Vietnam waned with my marriage. Following
my discharge, I came to LC and
enrolled in Dr. Allan Kittell’s Modern
European History course, where I saw
analogies with Vietnam from crushed
19th-century democratic revolutions
in Central and Eastern Europe. As I
increasingly became opposed to the war,
Dr. Hideo Hashimoto from the religion
department invited me to participate
in a reading of the Vietnam war dead
published in the Congressional Record
at the Lincoln Statue in the South Park
Blocks on Memorial Day, 1969. When
I arrived, only a few dedicated people,
a microphone and loud speakers were
broadcasting the names of the dead to
no one but birds, bees, squirrels and
trees. Over time, I witnessed these
“actions” time and again considered
brilliant by true-believers, but not to
anyone else. I wanted to leave, but since
I had volunteered, I did my duty. After
my reading, the organizer of this event
asked me to do another reading since it
was difficult to get readers. My whole
being shouted out “NO!” but I just
couldn’t bring myself to say it. Sitting
down with the Congressional Record,
I began wondering what happened to
those I spent basic training with. Since
we had been billeted by alphabetical
order and the name of the fellow who
slept beneath me started with a “Q,” I
began with the “Q’s.” It was every name,
every other name, every name, every
other name all the way to the end of the
Z’s. I felt faint, to the point of pinching
myself. Then I wondered why I, who
had volunteered for Vietnam, was alive,
and the others dead. The only rationale
I could fathom was that I was alive for
a reason, i.e. to end the war in Vietnam.
So, then and there, I committed myself
to spending at least two years trying to
end the war, since I had spent two years
in the army supporting it.
In planning for the Moratorium at
LC, fellow activists and I raised money
via off-campus parties, and hosted anti-
war speakers largely from the faculty.
Soon, the Faculty Senate voted to cancel
all classes on Oct. 15 and have the day
devoted to a discussion of the Vietnam
War. I, in turn, began attending
city-wide meetings concerning the
Moratorium which usually were held
at Portland State University. Students
from Reed College also attended. At
times, our meetings were acrimonious.
Some wanted protesters to enter
factories and other work places to
educate the workers, while others
such as myself argued for a March down Broadway, followed by a rally
at the Pioneer Post Office. Ultimately,
the latter won the day, and we began
negotiating Parade Permits with the
police as well as printing and displaying
posters throughout the city announcing
what we planned for Oct. 15. At LC,
we planned to have a mass student
gathering in the Templeton Commons
dining hall at 8 a.m., while the faculty
arranged for a series of speakers to
give presentations in the Pamplin
gymnasium later that morning. After
the presentations, we hoped students
would go canvassing throughout
Portland neighborhoods distributing
our pamphlets illustrating the fallacies
of U.S. policy in Vietnam.
On Oct. 15, our planning went
off like clockwork. The Templeton
dining hall was filled to capacity with
standing room only. Suddenly while
presentations were underway, a
student delegation from Marymount
College entered with flags flying to the
cheers of all. They had marched all the
way up from Marymount. Afterwards,
there was a gathering on the lawn
between Templeton and the Manor
House, where President John Howard
addressed those present. He was
noticeably downcast, explaining that he
had threatened to fire faculty members
who did not hold classes during The
Moratorium, but since none were
held, he admitted he had to face “a fait
accompli.” He also mentioned that some
students had lowered the American
flag and reraised it upside down, the
international signal of distress. Some
had wanted Howard to call the police
but wiser heads had prevailed. All, I
suspect, were very impressed by his
presentation, illustrating that while
he supported the war he encouraged
everyone to follow their conscience.
Prior to 10 a.m., I left campus
with Dr. Allan Kittell as guests on a
downtown radio talk-show hosted
by a local newspaper columnist. For
two hours Dr. Kittell and I answered
callers’ questions and then got up to
leave at noon. As we were putting on
our jackets, our host signaled for us to
return, saying, “You’ve got to see this.”
Our march from PSU was just beginning
with students holding large banners
that stretched across Broadway, yelling
anti-war slogans, such as “Hell, NO, we
won’t go!” as well as others. For me, as
well as Allan, the march was beyond our
wildest dreams.
“LC students” continued on page 5
By HANNA MERZBACH
& NICHOLAS NERLI
EACH SEMESTER , the
Lewis & Clark Student
Media Board is tasked
with distributing funds to several
academic journals, KLC Radio
and The Pioneer Log. This pool
of money comes from the Student
Media Fee, a $20 per semester
charge separate from the $180
per semester Student Body Fee,
which supplements most other
student clubs and organizations.
The Pioneer Log is always awarded
the highest amount of funds
from the Student Media Board;
yet, as the costs of production
rise, this amount will no longer
suffice.
The Pioneer Log typically
receives its minimum budget
request, requiring a reliance on
inadequate ad revenue and staff
pay cuts. And, as new student
journals are formed, The Pioneer
Log increasingly competes
with fellow media sources for a
sufficient budget, limiting our
ability to expand as a modern
news source. If administrators
and trustees hope to adequately
finance student media, there is
a simple solution they should
consider: raise the Student Media
Fee.
The Pioneer Log is typically
allocated around $19,000 per
semester. This year, we were
awarded $20,850; however, this
is still not enough. We publish
six issues per semester, operating
on a biweekly cycle and each of
these issues costs over $3,000 to
produce: one third goes towards
printing, another third goes
towards contributors’ pay and the
remaining third pays our editorial
board.
We employ an average of 30
contributors, including writers,
photographers and illustrators.
Writers are paid a maximum of
$15 per article (3 cents per word,
with a cap at 500 words) and
photographers and illustrators
receive $10 per visual. This is
equivalent to about one hour of
minimum wage labor, though
most contributors spend far more
time than that on their work.
We pride ourselves on providing
contributors an opportunity to
gain substantial work experience,
but we would also like to be able
to fairly pay them.
Our editorial staff consists
of 18 students, with typically
two editors per each of the six
sections and two visuals editors.
We also have a business manager,
copy chief, web and social media manager/head of broadcasting
and, of course, us — the editor-in-
chief and managing editor. Each
of these positions is critical to
keeping this operation running.
In past years, we have had to
merge roles, like the social
media and web manager, and
terminate roles altogether. This
has decreased efficiency and put
additional pressures on certain
team members.
We have also had to cut pay.
In the past, section editors made
$600 per semester ($100 per
issue), but with rising production
costs, we cut section editors’ pay
down to $500 (a 17% pay cut).
Each issue, section editors spend
over 20 hours finding stories
to pitch, helping contributors,
editing stories and designing
their pages. With our current
$500 per semester pay, section
editors make approximately $4
per hour, less than a third of
Oregon’s minimum wage. By
raising the Student Media Fee,
we could reinstate reasonable
pay for our section editors and
contributors while increasing
content production.
Some have suggested that
editors and contributors receive
academic credit instead of a
semester stipend. However,
this would void The Pioneer
Log’s status as an independent
news source, opening the door
to prior review and censorship.
Stipends are a critical component
of free press at LC, preventing
administrators and faculty from
deciding what is and is not
published.
When the Student Media
Fee was created, The Pioneer
Log faced a crisis of legitimacy.
Formerly funded by the Student
Body Fee controlled by the
Associated Student of Lewis &
Clark (ASLC), The Pioneer Log
faced political pressures that
threatened its ability to print
freely and rely on a stable budget.
By creating the Student Media Fee,
The Pioneer Log, along with other
campus media sources, believed a
permanent solution was created
to keep the presses running.
However, at $20 per semester and
a growing number of academic
journals, LC’s student media
organizations are struggling to
survive. For The Pioneer Log
and others to grow with modern
times, we urge campus leaders to
raise the Student Media Fee.
Hanna Merzbach is the editor-
in-chief and Nicholas Nerli is the
managing editor of The Pioneer
Log.Editorial: raise the
Student Media FeeA FEW WEEKS AGO , a racist
incident occurred in the Associated
Students of Lewis & Clark’s
(ASLC) Templeton office. During this
incident, a non-ASLC member initiated
a conversation intended to deprecate the
Black Student Union’s (BSU) reputation.
This student made several false and
flagrant claims about the conduct of the
BSU during a conversation with an ASLC
member. Other ASLC members were
present, along with another non-ASLC
student. That student, disturbed and
offended by the conversation, reported
the information to us so that the incident
could be brought to the appropriate
parties’ attention. We are thankful for
this person’s initiative and bravery,
providing our union allyship when we
needed it most.
We would like to take this as an
opportunity to remind everyone at Lewis
& Clark that when you stay silent in
moments of injustice, you are complicit
in that injustice. The racist ravings of one
random person who was able to vent in
the ASLC office is already unacceptable.
However, it is just as bad that the first
utterance of hate speech that spewed from
their mouth did not prompt any members
of ASLC present in that room to stick up
for us, the BSU. Instead, they allowed this
person to disparage our union in a space
that is meant to be open and safe for all
students. It is moments like these that
make it less appealing for black students and other students of color to stay at
this institution, where we are constantly
othered by the actions of our white peers,
professors and staff members.
We are disappointed by the inaction
of ASLC and the involvement of one of
its members in this incident. We actively
condemn the use of racist language on
all three of the LC campuses, and the
passivity of those bystanders who watch
evil things happen and do not move to
do anything. Racism is an evil engineered
to divide and destroy us and we should
all try our best to extinguish it whenever
possible. We want to remind those who
are privileged that the work of dismantling
racism is as much your responsibility as it
is the racially oppressed. And in light of
this event, we urge you to speak up for
us, your classmates and friends, when
you see or hear ill-mannered, racist
occurrences. Being that every year there
is a new set of leaders for the BSU, we
find outdated comments not worth the
time consumption since they are mentally
draining for our leadership to address.
Going forward, we would like to
uplift the different ways that students
can educate themselves about race,
racism and topics that address the lived
experiences of marginalized groups. The
Office of Inclusion and Multicultural
Engagement continues to do fantastic
work on this campus by providing
educational opportunities for students
of all backgrounds (i.e. their wokeshop series, community labs and race
dialogues). There are also events and
workshops put on by the other offices
on campus (like the Office of Equity and
Inclusion, and affinity groups like Mixed
LC) at which productive and patient
conversations can be had about race, no
matter how much or little understanding
you have of the subject. There are also
two libraries on campus where you can
inform yourselves about systemic racism
if you are not able to make it to the above
activities.
We would like to thank the ASLC
Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee
for their support during this time and
would like to give a shout out to the other
racial and ethnic affinity groups on campus
working hard to foster communities
where we feel included and safe. For all of
the black students and other students of
color on campus, we love you, we support
you and we are rooting for you!
Proud and unapologetically,
The Presidents of the Black Student Union
“They win sometimes, they lose sometimes,
they’ve been injured, they’ve been happy,
they’ve been sad, ignored, booed mightily,
they’ve been cheered, and through it all
and evident to all, were those people who
are enraged they are there at all—graphite
against a sharp white background. ”
(Claudia Rankine, Citizen, p. 26).Black Student Union presidents respond to a recent racist
incident involving an ASLC Cabinet member and a student
Fred Viehe ’71 reflects on LC community’s significant role in
the largest anti-Vietnam war protest in United States historyFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
OPINION 4
Finding love while on the rocky road of life
By ALEX BARR
DO YOU REMEMBER g o i n g
to Baskin Robbins as a child,
completely mesmerized by the
sheer amount of ice cream flavors the
human mind can concoct? While lost
in dreams of dairy-filled, sugar-coated
heaven, my stomach would inevitably
sour with dread. You see, getting ice
cream was a sacred experience for
me as a youngster. I would seldom
see the buzzing neon “BR” light up
the sky from the back of my mom’s
Toyota Sequoia. This meant a lot was
riding on my decision. With such a
wide variety of flavors comes great
responsibility, and you can only
sample so many flavors before your
palate is ruined like the mixture of
too many colors of paint. You have to
pick one flavor and make your peace
as best you can.
Nevertheless, you will always
come home fantasizing about rocky
road and mint chip, even though you thoroughly enjoyed your scoop
of cookie dough ice cream. It can be
hard to shake those fears of missing
out from your head when all of your
options are right there in front of
your eyes, separated only by a thin
barrier of glass. This is how I feel
about Tinder.
Now, I know that the
complex personalities
of humans cannot be
summed up by an ice
cream flavor. Yet, I still
find myself lamenting
the paralysis caused
by the magnitude
of my options. As I
trudge through the icy
freezer of the dating
world, searching for
my divine pint, I feel as
though I am in a desert
surrounded by mirages. I mean
seriously, what does a girl have to do
to get a drink around here?
Admittedly, I have always been a one pint kind of girl. I would rather
have no ice cream at all than waste
my time sampling flavors I know are
not worthwhile. All the same, I cannot
seem to silent that ever-burning
question of “Well, what if?” Maybe my
soulmate is swiping away right now,
hanging by a thread of
hope. Or maybe Tinder
is just a waste of time,
distracting me from
the person I should be
finding. Even now I
fantasize about telling
my future children the
story of how I met my
life-long love. With
a twinkle in my eye I
would say, “He walked
into my lecture and
when our eyes met it felt
like the world stopped
spinning for just a single moment. He
slung his backpack in the seat next
to mine and said he liked a certain
sticker on my Hydroflask.” Cue the
collective “awws” from my children
as I smile lovingly at my partner. And
yes, I know, I have seen too many
Hallmark movies.
If you cannot tell, I am a disgusting
romantic. Do not get me wrong, I
could not even begin to describe
what I am looking for right now. But,
thanks to Tinder, I have learned what
I am not looking for. I hate having
half-hearted conversations that die
within a couple of days like a forgotten
Tomogatchi. I hate crude interactions
carried out through dimly lit screens. I hate Tinder. Yet, I cannot seem to
bring myself to click that little “X”
as the app trembles. What if, what
if, what if? I will keep coming back to this godforsaken Baskin Robbins
until I find the perfect flavor, or until
it finds me. But who knows, hell might
freeze over before that happens.
Jonathan Van Ness, the LGBTQ+
spokesperson we need right now
By AUBREY ROCH É
WHEN THE FIRST s e a s o n o f
“Queer Eye” was released on
Netflix in February 2018, I
did not watch it at first — mostly due
to the fact that it focused entirely on
a group of gay men, a group already
represented in most of the LGBTQ+
media we see today. However, I finally
gave in and watched the show, and
grew to love it. The rest of the world
did too, and now each of the Fab
Five has millions of
followers on Instagram
and has soared into
the media spotlight,
all due to the show’s
wholesome nature and
good intentions.
Although “Queer
Eye” primarily focuses
on improving the lives
of the people featured, it
has done an exceptional
job of incorporating issues relevant to
the broader LGBTQ+ community. The
members of the Fab Five have also
used their popularity to bring light
to many of these issues. Jonathan
Van Ness, the grooming expert on the
show, recently revealed in a piece for
the New York Times that he is HIV
positive. He learned that he was HIV
positive in his 20s while struggling
with drug addiction and after
relapsing in rehab twice. The author
of the article, Alex Hagwood, writes,
“He is healthy and now describes
himself as an out-and-proud ‘member
of the beautiful H.I.V.-positive
community.’”
Van Ness is far from the first person
to come out as HIV positive, but his
voice as a non-binary, feminine, gay
person, especially one who has become
so prominent in the public eye,
provides important representation
for the LGBTQ+ community. His
revelation helps to break down the
stigma surrounding diagnoses of
HIV/AIDS as well as acknowledging
the disease’s prevalence among queer
people. In being candid, Van Ness
looks past the shame this disease
often comes with.
For the LGBTQ+ community, this
has helped to normalize the struggle with HIV/AIDS and to
reinforce its relevance
almost forty years after
the AIDS crisis of the
1980s. It also brings
to light a generational
gap. We now live in a
time when HIV/AIDS
can be an open topic for
discussion rather than
something that makes
people afraid to come
in contact with queer
people. While much
of that
has to do with the
advancement of medical
science, it is also thanks
to people like Van Ness
who use their platform
to be open about
themselves and their
identity. Van Ness is a
normal person we see
on our TV who just so happens to be living
with HIV.
Van Ness’ openness
serves as a conversation
starter. The popularity
of “Queer Eye” among
demographics beyond
just queer people helps
to broadcast many of
the struggles of the
LGBTQ+ community
to a wider audience.
For older generations
especially, HIV can still
be heavily stigmatized,
and creating these open conversations
only helps to lessen this stigma. Van
Ness, in particular, helps to show that
HIV/AIDS is, for many, just another
part of everyday life. For us here
at Lewis & Clark, it can serve as a
reminder that we all have backgrounds
that can set us apart from each other,
but at the end of the day, we are all
people.By CASSIDY HARRIS
WITH DELIGHT , I say,
“Oh, my god, he’s a
Cancer!” My friend scoffs.
She is a psychology major and
does not subscribe to the concept
of astrology and how it affects or
relates to human behavior in the
least. I, on the other hand, do.
Millennials and Generation Z
are becoming increasingly obsessed
with astrology. Nobody really knows
why; maybe it is
our new religion
in this atheist
generation. When
we have deep and
unanswerable
questions like
the future of a
career or a relationship, where
others might turn to god, we look at
our horoscopes. Regardless of the
reason, young people undeniably
love astrology. It is becoming a
more mainstream hobby, and most
people can recite their sun sign
when asked. But, most people would
also say that they do not allow the
abstract concept of astrology to
influence their decisions and their
lives; it is nothing more than a
hobby. That is what I thought about
myself, too, until a non-believer
opened my eyes.
As a logical and educated person,
I do not assert that astrology is at
all scientific or that it is even real.
I would never answer a simple “yes”
to the question “Do you believe in
astrology?” because I know it is not
real — it can not be. But, there is just
something about it that has kept me
interested for the past few years of
my life. Yes, I read my friends’ and
my horoscopes and birth charts
and track the movements of the planets and the moon as they move
throughout the zodiac. Yes, if my
Aquarius friend does something
super Aquarius I will definitely
point out that what they did was
“such an Aquarius thing.” And yes,
maybe I would be a little more
apprehensive to get involved with a
Leo than I would be with a Cancer.
But those things do not mean that
I actually believe in this stuff, do
they? Do I actually make possibly
life-changing decisions based on
this? No way.
My friend
studying
psychology
would say
otherwise. When
I read someone’s
zodiac birth
chart, I am subconsciously (and
consciously) making assumptions
about them regardless of how well
I know them. As I get to know
them, the mannerisms I read in
their chart tend to, more often
than not, ring incredibly true. All
the while, I was making micro-
decisions and assumptions about
this person and my relationship
with them based on our charts, even
if I thought I was not. Inevitably,
my confirmation bias leads to a
self-fulfilling prophecy in my life
and relationships. When we believe
and see things through the lens of
astrology, it really is affecting our
lives, as much as we think (and
hope) it does not.
So, what does this mean for us
believers? Well, I have not been
led horribly astray by the Universe
so far. Honestly, it is fun to study
astrology and apply it to reality. So,
keep believing — I sure will. And I
am a Taurus, so good luck changing
my mind. Using stars and signs
to face the uncharted
MAYA WINSHELL/PIONEER LOG
ADA BARBEE/PIONEER LOG
CASPER PIERCE/PIONEER LOGAnd I am a Taurus, so
good luck changing
my mind.I hate having
half-hearted
conversations
that die within
a couple of days
like a forgotten
Tomogatchi.
Van Ness, in
particular, helps
to show that
HIV/AIDS is,
for many, just
another part of
everyday life.
In being candid,
Van Ness looks
past the shame
this disease often
comes with.Looking for the cherry on top is not a simple task when there a re so many flavors out there to sampleFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
OPINION 5
Feel the Bern: Sanders rises from the ashes
The political movement behind Bernie Sanders could change the country forever, and for the better
By MAX COLMENARES
BERNIE SANDERS p o s e s a
necessary and serious threat
to the American status quo.
The junior senator from Vermont has
already reached one million unique
donors faster than any presidential
candidate in history, outraised all of
his competitors in the last quarter
and is rumored by The Washington
Post to be receiving endorsements
from congressional representatives
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan
Omar shortly. Sanders and the popular
movement behind him are the best
chance that this country has to fix
rampant inequality and environmental
destruction that is already displacing
millions of people around the world.
C o n c e r n s a b o u t S a n d e r s ’ h e a l t h
are understandable, but far from
disqualifying. Following a heart
attack last week, he received stent
surgery, a procedure which many
people, including former president Bill
Clinton, live long, comfortable lives
after. Sanders has already evidenced
his renewed energy, returning to
the campaign trail, performing
exceptionally at Tuesday’s debate and
making plans for a large rally in Queens
Ocasio-Cortez this weekend. He’s done
all this while also mourning the death
of his daughter-in-law last weekend.
Sanders’ ability to bounce back with a
vengeance is not only evidence of his
physical fitness, but of his dedication to the change he hopes to bring about.
No other candidate is proposing change
on the scale that Sanders is. His health
care bill would provide universal access
at a minimal direct cost to patients for
all necessary medical services, including
mental health and dental care, two
areas all of his competitors stop short
of. His response to our environmental
crisis is also unparalleled, earning him
first place in Greenpeace’s ranking of
candidates. These
are ambitious
proposals, but
he has a strategy
to overcome
their biggest
obstacle: corporate
interests.
A H a r r i s X p o l l
found that 70%
of Americans
support Medicare
for All and a
study from George Washington and
Yale Universities found that 81%
of Americans support a Green New
Deal. Corporate interests are Sanders’
main obstacle, and he has the most
comprehensive plan to fight the power
of big money in politics and vows to
take none himself. Even Elizabeth
Warren has not ruled out raising
corporate money for the Democratic
Party. As long as politicians depend on
corporations to win elections, the will
of the people will never be the greatest
concern in government. The popular movement that Sanders is spearheading
will circumvent the need for corporate
money altogether.
“ N o t m e . U s ” i s S a n d e r s ’ s c a m p a i g n
slogan because his vision of a political
future is driven by a diverse mass
movement rather than a popular
politician. Sanders envisions himself
as an “organizer-in-chief” while in
office. His role will not only be to make
speeches and then lament when they
are not passed
by Congress. As
president, his
plan is to mobilize
his diverse
base in mass
demonstrations to
ensure perpetual
grassroots
pressure to make
public sentiment,
not monied
interests, the
driving force in politics. This shift
will endure as a tool for progressive
movements long after he is in office.
S a n d e r s ’ a b i l i t y t o e x c i t e t h e
disillusioned will fuel the Democratic
voter base. Morning Consult polls have
consistently shown that his voters, in
addition to being composed of many
independents and conservatives, are
more likely to be young, make less than
$50,000 each year and be minimally
interested in politics compared to the
supporters of other candidates. He
excites those who have learned that politicians care more about satisfying
their donors than everyday americans.
The polling aggregation site Real Clear
Politics shows Sanders beating Trump
by an average of more than five points
and his advantage will only increase as
he inspires more new voters.
T h e k e y t o a w i n n i n g p r o g r e s s i v e
strategy is to move beyond the usual
appeal to the established electorate and to appeal to those who have felt
unheard by the usual Democratic Party
candidates.The way forward is not
moderation. We need a radical change
to our country’s policies and the way
that our political system operates. If
Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic
nomination, he will win the presidency
and change the direction of this country
for the better.
Continued from pg. 3
We had planned for 1,000 marchers
but now 10,000 marched down
Broadway. Unfortunately, we could
not join them as all downtown streets
were blocked, so were returned to LC.
Once back on campus, we learned
that the speakers at the gymnasium
had been so dynamic, nearly all
students picked up our pamphlets
and had gone canvassing throughout
Portland. It was such a success that
no pamphlets were left. For the rest of
the afternoon, I answered telephone
calls in the student body government
office. One concerned those who went
down to picket the docks under the
mistaken belief that longshoremen
honored all picket lines. Instead,
many male pickets were beaten up and
were hospitalized. Women picketers
were not molested but were told in no
uncertain terms to leave and not come
back, especially with their anti-war
signs! The other call was notification
that because of the large unexpected
turnout our evening meeting would not be held in the PSU Ballroom, but
instead in the PSU Basketball Stadium.
My responsibility that evening at
the Basketball Stadium was two-fold.
One, to arrange the program, and two,
to collect information concerning the
day’s events and call the Moratorium’s
national headquarters in Washington,
DC. As I sat up in the stands, I asked
activists from LC, PSU and Reed
about the day’s activities, especially
concerning numbers, i e. how many
attended all the day’s events. But
what caught my attention more was
the vast throng entering the stadium.
They just were not students. They
were largely young adults often with
young families, some pushing baby
strollers, carrying blankets to sit on
the stadium floor. Soon, the air was
filled with the joyous cries of young
children running around, playing
games and enjoying themselves. It was
such an encouraging sight. Others,
students and non-students sat in the
stands, who like their counterparts,
had found an anti-war home in this gathering. For me, the big surprise in
making out the evening’s program was
the large number of public officials
who wished to address the throng,
as well as musical groups, theatrical
groups and those who offered to
present guerrilla theatre. To provide
a variety, I intermixed the musical
and the theatrical groups, as well as
guerrilla theatre presentations, in
between the public officials, until it
was time for our main speaker, Cezar
Chavez, the leader of the United Farm
Workers. Finally, when it became
time for Chavez’s address, I had to
go into one of the stadium tunnels to
call Washington. Chavez must have
electrified the crowd, because with
all the cheering and clapping, I had
to shout repeatedly over the phone
and was unable to hear a response.
The Moratorium throughout Portland
had been a resounding success! But
the next morning’s news reported
that most of the American people still
supported the war.
A second Moratorium was As long as politicians
depend on corporations
to win elections, the will
of the people will never
be the greatest concern
in government.

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scheduled Nov. 15, but with a
difference. Only two marches were
planned, one in Washington, D.C.,
and the other in San Francisco. Those
of us in Portland rented bus to San
Francisco, where the Moratorium was
held in Golden Gate Park all afternoon.
One of the presentations was by the
cast of “Hair,” who mentioned in
their opening remarks that they were
violated their contract, but “we don’t
care.” That comment perhaps best
illustrates the spirit of the Moratorium
– everything and anything was
sacrificed to end the war. At San
Francisco, 100,000 marched through
the City by the Bay; in Washington,
D.C., half a million. While the war
would continue, the success of the
Moratorium led President Nixon to
announce the withdrawal of 10,000
American troops every month until the
war ended.
Over the next three years, I kept my
commitment, plus some, and continued
my involvement in anti-war and other
countercultural activities. In 1970, I
joined the Tom Walsh campaign to
unseat the “facist” on the city council.
Walsh, who had been a speaker at the
LC Moratorium, won the primary, but
lost the general election. Then there
was the People’s Army Jamboree,
to protest the American Legion’s
convention in Portland. Fearing riots
like in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic
convention, the governor launched
“Vortex,” a state-sponsored rock
festival, and a private group sponsored
the “Big Sky Rock Festival” over in
Washington. These rock festivals
limited our “army” to about a thousand
of the most motley, rag tag and bobtail
protesters ever to take to the streets
yelling and chanting anti-war slogans.
Subsequently, I joined Common Cause,
now People for the American Way,
and rose to become the first campus
organizer. Following the ratification of
the 26th Amendment, the movement
to register off-campus 18-21 year olds
to vote recruited me to organize a
county-wide voter registration drive
using local neighborhood groups. Also
at that time, I became Co-Director of
the Wayne Morse for Senate primary
campaign. Since Morse was an icon to
the counterculture for voting against
the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, my
responsibility was to have the senator
meet with countercultural groups.
As with the Walsh campaign, we won
the primary, but then, since Morse was the official Democratic Senatorial
candidate, the party’s campaign
team took over, and we “locals” were
dismissed. In the general election,
Morse was defeated by Mark Hatfield,
the Republican incumbent.
Before the primary campaign
ended another event occurred that
redirected my life. After being assigned
to send out mass mailings of campaign
material, l was having difficulty
one evening getting others to pack
envelopes, so I called a women I knew I
could count on. She was totally devoted
to the senator, but she was divorced
with five young children. When I called
her, she politely refused, and then,
knowing how to punch her buttons, I
told her that unless Morse was elected
the war was going to continue, and
her children were going to be drafted
and die in Vietnam. Crying profusely,
she agreed to come. As I hung up, I
felt like a heel. I knew I was losing my
humanity and becoming a political
monster. Recently, I had been accepted
into the history graduate program at
the University of California, Santa
Barbara, but had to send in fifty dollars
to hold my place. I was somewhat torn
by what to do, since I had been told
that the Democrats were looking at me
to run for Congress in 1974 in Oregon’s
first congressional district. But after
that conversation, my mind was made
up. I whipped out my checkbook, wrote
a check for fifty dollars — and never
looked back.Those involved in social
and political movements often wonder
was it all worth it. To me, it was. In
January, 1973, the last American
soldiers, along with the POWs, came
home. Also that year, Congress passed
the War Powers Act, requiring the
President to notify Congress when
troops are ordered into combat, and to
withdraw them within sixty days unless
Congress directs otherwise. Finally, in
1975, the draft ended. It was revived in
1979, but never implemented, largely
because it is widely believed young
people again will take to the streets. For
me, my reward for opposing the war,
becoming involved in the Moratorium
and engaging in the other activities
came in the Fall of 1974, while studying
for my master’s exams. I was notified
that I was one of two from Oregon on
Richard Nixon’s Enemies List.
Fred Viehe
Fred Viehe is a professor of history at
Youngstown State University.LC students played a key role in the Vietnam War protests
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By MADELINE COX
IN SPRING 2019, the first group of
Lewis & Clark students traveled
to Fukuoka, Japan on a new LC
study abroad program. The program
is in partnership with Seinan Gakuin
University, where students spend one
semester studying Japanese language
and taking elective courses that are
taught in English.
There are already three other LC
study abroad programs that go to Japan,
yet the college wanted to create a new
Japanese program that offers a more
well-balanced experience to students.
“(The Overseas and Off-Campus
Office) and the Japanese department
was looking for a program that wasn’t
quite so intensive with the language
because we have the Osaka program
which is very intensive, and we also
have the Sapporo program which is in a
location that isn’t super central, and then
we have the Waseda program which is a
full year,” Programs Coordinator Kaitlin
Sommerfeld said. “So there was a need
to find a program that was in a more
central location, that was wasn’t quite
so rigorous with language (and) that
could be for only one semester.”
The Seinan program also gives
students the opportunity to take elective
courses and learn more about Japan.
“(Seinan has) a lot of elective
courses,” Instructor in Japanese and
Japanese Section Head and Coordinator
of Language Program Atsuko Kurogi
said. “At LC, we do have a Japanese
minor, but we don’t have that many Japan-related courses. The college
wanted to provide more diverse elective
courses for students who are interested
in Japan and Japanese language.”
Linus Jakobson ’20, who went on
the Seinan program in the spring of
2019, took a variety of elective courses
alongside the two required Japanese
language courses.
“At Seinan you’re required to take
two classes, those being Japanese
grammar and vocabulary, (and) then
there’s another class solely dedicated to
Chinese characters, or Kanji,” Jakobson
said. “I ended up taking a class about
the education system in Japan, an
additional Japanese grammar course, a
class about anime and manga and how
you can view Japanese society through
that, and another one about how you
can view Japanese communication
through (anime and manga). I (also)
took one about the constitution of
Japan and then one about intercultural
communication.”
As part of the first group of LC
students to attend Seinan, Jakobson
experienced both positive and negative
aspects of the program. One major
issue that the first group of students
faced was problems with their housing
arrangements.
“Initially all the LC students got
housing in this one ... apartment for
college students, but not just Seinan
(students),” Jakobson said. “It was like
30 minutes away from campus by train.”
Jakobson was able to move into
a dorm on campus later during the
semester. “I ended up moving in early April,”
Jakobson said. “I had two months in
the I-House, which is the International
House. That’s where the majority of
exchange students stay.”
For LC students who want to attend
Seinan, Jakobson recommends living in
the I-House.
“You want to be in the I-House,
it allows more exposure to social
situations and general activities,”
Jakobson said. “It’s the ideal situation.”
The Overseas and Off-Campus
Office is working to improve the housing
situation for LC students at Seinan.
“This semester, our students are still
in off-campus apartments, although our
ultimate goal is to get our students into
I-House or Dormy (Fukuoka), some of
the on-campus housing,” Sommerfeld
said. “But it sounds like this semester
the apartments have been better, they’re
a lot closer to campus.”
Despite the housing problem,
Jakobson enjoyed being in the city of
Fukuoka as it felt more manageable
than a city like Tokyo, which can feel
overwhelming.
“Fukuoka is the best city in Japan,”
Jakobson said. “It’s got great food, it’s in
a really good location if you want to do
traveling. It’s a manageable city.”
Jakobson also enjoyed the elective
courses he took at Seinan.
“I really enjoyed some of my
classes,” Jakobson said. “For example
the education system in Japan (course)
was really interesting.”
Jakobson would recommend the
Seinan program to students who are looking for a program that is not as
language-intensive and is more relaxed
in terms of coursework.
“If you don’t want that intensity that the Osaka program is offering and you
want to be able to have a good time in
Japan ... then I’d say Seinan Gakuin is
the right option,” Jakobson said.
By AIDAN D’ANNA
THE FRANK family had a robust
history well before the Frank
Manor House existed, or even
the Fir Acres Estate. The history of the
Frank family can be traced back to 1855
and a man named Aaron Meier, who had
just left Germany to join his brothers in
running a general store in California.
I n 1 8 5 7 , M e i e r c a m e t o P o r t l a n d
and decided that it was the perfect place
to open his own dry goods store; it was
a crossroads city for Willamette Valley
agriculture, worldwide shipping and a
steady market from mines in the country’s
interior. In 1863, Meier returned home to
Germany, married Jeanette Hirsch and
came back to Portland the same year. In
1873, Meier’s friend Emil Frank, along
with his brother Sigmund, joined Meier
in Portland and became partners in the
store now known as Meier & Frank.
I n 1 8 8 5 , S i g m u n d F r a n k m a r r i e d
the eldest daughter of the Meier family,
and in 1887 replaced his brother as the
principal partner in the store. Aaron
Meier and Sigmund Frank ran the store
as equal partners until Meier died in
1889. Until his death in 1910, Sigmund
Frank served as the sole executive, and under his management, Meier & Frank
grew to be the fourth-largest department
store in the country. After Sigmund
Frank’s death, his two sons took over
the store; Lloyd managed the furniture
department and Aaron handled day to
day affairs.
In 1915, Lloyd Frank married Edna
Levy, and by 1920 they had three children
and were looking for a location to build a
country home. The Frank family decided
in 1923 to purchase the William Torrance
donation land claim, a 63-acre tract of
land on Palatine Hill populated with
Douglas fir and boasting a spectacular
view of Mount Hood. Lloyd Frank, not
having a vision for what he wanted his
home to look like, hired architect Herman
Bookman to construct his estate. Three
years later the Fir Acres Estate was born,
costing the Franks a total of $1.3 million.
34 servants lived on-site to serve the
five members of the Frank household,
doing everything from cooking to
landscaping to laundry. Edna Frank had
a particular interest in music and culture;
the Portland junior symphony came to Fir
Acres to perform on many occasions, as
well as renowned concert pianist Arthur
Rubinstein. The Franks also hosted
extensive charity events and the annual meetings of the American Garden Club.
D e s p i t e t h e i r e x t r a v a g a n t l i f e s t y l e ,
and partially because of it, Edna and
Lloyd Frank began to drift apart. They
separated and eventually divorced; Lloyd
left Portland and remarried twice before
passing away in 1959, while Edna was
left with the three kids at Fir Acres. As
time went on it became increasingly clear
that Edna could not manage the estate
and its 34 servants by herself, so in 1935
she and her three kids, Fred, Dorothy
and Margery Frank, left Fir Acres for a
home in the hills of Southwest Portland.
The Board of Trustees of what was then
Albany College showed interest in the
property shortly thereafter, and on June
30, 1942 the Board closed the sale with
the Frank family for the sum of $46,000.
After the Frank family sold Fir Acres,
Fred Frank died in a plane crash in 1942.
Dorothy graduated from Mills College and
married Lester Sherman and Margery
married John Crist, a retired LC sociology
professor. Edna Frank remarried a man
named H.W. “Ted” Holmes, and became
a member of the LC Board of Trustees in
1945. Edna Holmes served on the board
for over 30 years, and even longer after
that as an honorary life member until she
died in 1990 at the age of 95.By TESS WILLIAMSON
HE IS SMALL, furry and has
a coat with a hood: Po-Aia,
nicknamed “Po” by his owner
and Campus Safety Officer of over
20 years, Arlen Nishida. Po, a one-
year-old chihuahua, has made quite
the impression on the Lewis & Clark
community. He can be seen walking
around campus or even on ride-
alongs with campus security officers.
“He likes to argue with me and
yaps a lot especially when he wants
my attention,” Nishida said.
Despite his sometimes short
temper, Po is loved by many,
including those in and outside of the
LC community.
“Everybody loves him, even my
church family,” Nishida said.
Nishida went on to share stories
of how Po cheers up everyone he
knows.
“My assistant pastor (at the
church he attends), he had a stroke,
and I used to sneak (Po) into the
hospital,” Nishida said. “After a bit,
the nurses started to notice.”
Still, no one stopped the adorable
chihuahua from further hospital
visits. “He has a personality that people
love,” Nishida said.
Po is known by students for
making appearances in small coats
and sweaters. Regarding proper
campus safety uniforms, Nishida
admits he wants to make a K-9 pin
for his leash.
“He lets me put on his coats, only
when he feels like it,” Nishida said.
Po’s personality is very yappy at
times, as Nishida admits, although
he is quite loving and definitely one
social pup.
When Nashida brings in his dog,
students seem to gravitate towards
him.
“They are hesitant at first to pet
him,” Nishida said. “I say, ‘Would
you like to pet the dog?’ and they
always say ‘yes.’ I say, ‘Po, go say
hello,’ and he walks right up to them.
I tell the students we have to bring
him in because of budget cuts.”
Po is a frequent visitor during
finals week, as Nishida sometimes
brings him in during the end of the
semester. Students might even catch
him on a walk on campus or see him
on a ride-along. Po, LC’s adorable
K-9 chihuahua, keeps campus safe
and snuggly.
New LC study abroad program visits Japan
Program in partnership with Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka offers a well-rounded experience
Campus Safety officer
brings tiny K-9 to LCLuisa Avila-Tzorin ’19 attends a Japanese cooking class during the Seinan program.
Campus Safety Officer Arlen Nishida poses with his chihuahua named Po-Aia. PHOTO COURTESY OF LUISA AVILA-TZORIN
AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOGThe history of the Frank family
and how LC purchased Fir Acres
AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOG
The Frank Manor House was built in 1926 as part of the Frank fa mily’s Fir Acres Estate, later purchased by then Albany College. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
FEATURES 7
By LEXIE BOREN
LEWIS & CLARK’S 22nd annual
ENVX Symposium will launch on
Oct. 22 and go through Oct. 24.
The previous symposia have each built
on the broad theme of “Environment
Across Boundaries,” with a new topic
every year. The topic of this year’s
symposium is “Climate, Environment,
and Uneven Development.”
“In our conversations with students
over the years, we felt the need for
our environmental symposium to not
just duplicate what is already readily
available in Portland, but to really add
value to a very robust environmental
conversation,” Professor and Director
of Environmental Studies Jim Proctor
said. “We came up with this theme
in steps because students have
contributed to this discussion, really
for the entire last year.”
Students enrolled in last fall’s
Environmental Engagement course
(295) identified climate as a key topic
for the symposium after the release
of a major Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Uneven development, which means
that any solution to climate change
will be more beneficial to some than
to others, was selected as the final
piece to the theme. “There will be people, there will be
non-humans, there will be places that
benefit and there will be places that
pain, and that’s a feature of how
the earth is structured,” Proctor
said in regards to climate
change. “Being mindful of
that unevenness ... seems
really important as we
seek to understand
climate and other
environmental
issues better and as
we seek to move
forward to take
action.”
Dr. Sunita
Narain, an Indian
environmentalist
and political activist,
will be the keynote
speaker at the event.
“She represents
a strong proponent
of human rights in the
context of environmental
situations,” Georgia Reid ’20
said. “Discourse on climate
change or environmental
issues here (the US) is very
different. If we’re talking about
conserving water in a drought, in most
cases the tap still runs, the water is
still potable. That is just not the same situation as in developing countries
around the world.”
The symposium differs from
other LC symposia in that it
will also feature a spring
component in the form
of two off-site field
trips. Participants
will visit the
Portland Harbor
Superfund
Site, as well
as Klamath
Falls,
Oregon.
“These
visits weave
together a
sort of lon -
ger story in
our theme,
which is get -
ting to know
the different
actors that make
up situations,”
Reid said.
The fall launch
week of the symposium
will include a climate con -
versations event, which was
inspired by philosopher Bruno
Latour, whose event “Make it Work”
personified non-nation entities such as water, stranded oil assets, or indig -
enous tribes, and gave them a voice
in theoretical United Nations negoti -
ations.
“We need more creative thinkers
and a more creative look at the
problem as a whole, one that
allows us to step beyond classic
environmental thought,” Reid said.
“There are things in our political
sphere that are realities. There
is a difference between rural and
urban worlds, and socioeconomic
situations, and racial systems. All of
these things are part of our world,
so to isolate climate change as a
singular situation isolates the debate,
and it’s ultimately not inclusive or
productive.”
The symposium aims to transcend
boundaries that limit the discussion
on climate change and increase
resources for the community’s
benefit.
“This timely conference before
the climate change summit at Chile
later this year will be a platform
for students, faculty, researchers
and other stakeholders to come
together and understand the veracity
of attaining climate justice in a
globalized era,” Vidya Jacobs, a
visiting international scholar at Lewis
& Clark Law School, said via email.
By ROSEMARY HICKMAN
FUNDAMENTALS of Movement,
an intro-level course in the
theatre department, focuses
on learning about anatomy through
physical experiences and basic
dance technique. The class is
taught by visiting dance instructor
Eric Nordstrom, who has 20 years
of dance experience including an
MFA in dance from The Ohio State
University.
Using a variety of floor exercises
such as working with therabands
and having partners facilitate small
movements, the class explores
the contraction and expansion of
different muscles. Nordstrom and
his students begin by studying
anatomical structures such as the
pelvis and spine.
“We look at muscles that run
along the pelvis, psoas major
and minor ... we then move (into
exercises) to feel the weight of
the pelvis isolated in the body,”
Nordstrom said. “(We use)
therabands to feel concentric
contractions of the psoas major as
the leg is raised and dicentric action
as it is lengthened.”
The class also uses text and
images to visualize the parts of
the body that they are exploring.
Nordstrom uses visual image
cues to inspire different types of
movement from his students.
“An image can be either literal
or metaphorical, an example of a
literal image is asking (them) to
visualize the pelvis as you would
see it diagramed,” Nordstrom
said. “They can also work with
metaphoric images that elicit
movement ... that might be the
idea of an umbrella expanding in
the lungs or visualizing the head of a femur like a stick being pulled.”
Another large section of
the class is using knowledge
of anatomy in dance phrasing.
Focusing on repetition rather than
remembering a sequence of steps,
larger movement in the class is
used to deeply understand the
information in the body and apply
it to dance steps.
Shep Braddy ’23 decided to take
Fundamentals of Movement to
continue his study of theatre with
a different twist. Braddy enjoys
learning about how the body works
and incorporating aspects of the
class into his everyday life.
“Becoming in sync with the
body is really appealing and really
relaxing,” Braddy said. “Learning
how to be aware of your body ... and
focus on what the body wants and
needs incorporated into movement
has been really applicable.”
Laurent Satterwhite ‘23 has an
extensive background in dance and
enjoys Fundamentals of Movement
because it is more improvisation-
based than her previous training.
“I really enjoy Fundamentals
of Movement because it is doing
what your body wants to do, rather
than you telling your body what to
do,” Satterwhite said. “We learn
about what’s happening deep down
during certain movements … (that)
also helps in the technical aspect
of (dance) because you know what
muscles are actually firing and what
needs to work harder.”
Fundamentals of Movement is
foremost a class about experiencing
anatomy through the movement
of dance. Nordstrom hopes that
students are able to come away with
a more meaningful understanding
and deeper relationship with their
physical body.By MATTHEW FELDMAN
WHAT IS THAT ? Is it a bird?
Is it Superman? No, it is a
McDonnell Douglas F-15C
Eagle. You might have seen, or more
likely heard, these jets flying around
Portland and wondered what they
are doing exactly. The F-15s flying
around Portland are part of the Oregon
Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter
Wing, based at our very own Portland
International Airport (PDX).
The 142nd is a unit of the Oregon
Air National Guard (OR ANG) under
the command of Col. Adam Sitler
and, ultimately, Oregon’s governor.
Primarily, the 142nd trains and prepares
to be deployed as a reserve force for the
U.S. Air Force (USAF) when called
upon. Additionally, the 142nd provides
Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) for the
Pacific Northwest. The F-15 Eagle is
the sole aircraft that the 142nd flies.
Sitler made clear that despite being
a National Guard unit, the 142nd is
just as capable as any other USAF
component.
“We follow the same standards,
and (we) train and adhere to really
the same overall levels of operational
readiness as any active component
F-15 unit anywhere within the Air
Force,” Sitler said. The 142nd primarily trains in two
main areas around Oregon. The first,
Warning Airspace 570, is out over
the Pacific Ocean and is colloquially
referred to as the Whiskey 570
airspace. The other is an area in South
Central Oregon called the Juniper
Heart Military Operations Area.
In its role as an air superiority
fighter, the F-15C either defends air
space from an enemy or attack an
air space to gain control.
“All that we do is control the air,”
Sitler said. “(When we train) we are
working on our tactics, our techniques
and our procedures to most effectively
fly our F-15s.”
As for ACA, the 142nd is also part
of the North American Aerospace
Command (NORAD), a bilateral
defense agreement between the U.S.
and Canada. In this role, the 142nd
is responsible for air defense for the
Pacific Northwest. The 142nd always
keeps at least two F-15s ready to
scramble at a moments notice. This
means that if any aircraft is suspicious,
not responding or is unidentified, the
142nd will scramble their aircraft to
intercept the subject aircraft.
On Aug. 10, 2018 a distressed
Horizon Air mechanic stole a
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 and flew
around the Seattle area. Once alerted to the theft, NORAD directed the
alert aircraft of the 142nd to scramble
and intercept the subject aircraft
and ascertain the intentions of the
mechanic. Despite multiple attempts
to convince the mechanic to land the
aircraft, he crashed after attempting a
dangerous aerobatic maneuver. Sitler
says that the events of Aug. 10, while
tragic, are an example of the kind of
unanticipated events where aircraft
are needed in the air at a moment’s
notice.
“(The incident) demonstrates our
ability to respond and the kind of
flexibility, the range, and the speed
of F-15s to very quickly get up there
and then to be eyes on in a situation
and describe what is happening to
national level command authority,”
Sitler said.
The reason F-15s of the 142nd can
sometimes be seen from Lewis & Clark
and around Portland is pretty routine.
“When you see us (around the LC
campus) it’s probably us being radar
vectored under air traffic control’s
authority … (as we are) done with our
mission and maneuvering to come
back and land,” Sitler said.
For those interested, the 142nd
offers occasional base tours. Details
can be found on their website or
Facebook page.
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
JO TABACEK/PIONEER LOGTheatre course works
on body and motion
ENVX Symposium tackles uneven development
Dr. Sunita Narain to discuss the global inequalities that influence the climate change discussion
Dance instructor Eric Nordstrom demonstrates the anatomy of a student’s knee.The fighter jets roaring over
LC: the 142nd Fighter Wing
PHOTO COURTESY OF US AIR FORCE STAFF SGT. JOHN HUGHEL
An F-15C Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing takes off with full afterburners from the Portland Air National Guard base.FRIDAY , OCTOBER 18, 2019
ARTS 8
LC students and professors worked on the exhibit, highlighting the practice of the modern art school
LC students advocate for under
21 drag scene in Portland areaWatzek Library hosts new Bauhaus exhibition
By AMELIA EICHEL
HERBERT BAYER , one of the
most influential students
and teachers of an early
20th century art school called the
Staatliches Bauhaus, once said, “we
write everything in lowercase because
it saves time. why two alphabets, when
just one achieves the same thing? why
write in capitals when we can’t speak in
capitals?” This quote demonstrates the
subversive attitude towards convention
central to the Bauhaus philosophy.
Posters featuring the iconic
Bauhaus all-lowercase font can be
found in the Watzek Library atrium
as part of the new Special Collections
exhibit: The Bauhaus at 100. This
exhibit features models of the modernist
and innovative designs created at the
Bauhaus, along with facsimiles of its
founder’s manifesto and publications
and photographs of the students and
masters at this utopian art school and
community in Weimar, Germany.
The Bauhaus was founded by
German architect and war veteran,
Walter Gropius, who created the
Bauhaus in an attempt to mitigate
the trauma and misery which
saturated German life after World War I. His goal was to create an
ideal community where members
could learn to regain control over
building technology with the support
of a tight-knit artistic community.
“I’m really interested in Gropius
because he had such an interesting
life and was in many ways a
demagogue,” German studies major
Jack Hanning ’21 said. “He had a
unique ability to unite people and
guide them but not order them.”
Associate Professor of German
Studies and German Section Head
Therese Augst worked with German
studies students Hanning and Scott
Stewart-Rowden ’20 and Head of
Special Collections Hannah Crummé
this summer to curate the exhibit. The
exhibit features Augst’s research on
the intrepid weavers of the Bauhaus
and Anni and Josef Albers, Hanning’s
research on Walter Gropius, and other
individuals and particular workshops
of the Bauhaus and Stewart-Rowden’s
research on the overall history of
the Bauhaus. The four searched
through the Bauhaus archives to
acquire photographs, artifacts and
replicas that make up the exhibit.
A central theme of the Bauhaus
was the feeling that humans were losing control of technology. This was
largely a reaction to the devastation
that advanced weaponry had caused
during world war one. As a result,
much of the work at the Bauhaus
was aimed at regaining control of
technology and using it in the most
utilitarian way. This philosophy can
be seen in the design of many of
the objects featured in the exhibit.
For example, the anti-war chess
set features pieces whose shapes
represent the way that the piece
moves rather than its position in war.
Another example is the necklaces
made of washers, paper clips and
silverware by Anni Albers. Members of
the LC community had the opportunity
to recreate Bauhaus inspired
crafts at the reception on Oct. 3.
“I was excited to see how many
students stopped by the reception
to check out the exhibit, learn
about the Bauhaus and try out the
Bauhaus-inspired craft projects,”
Augst said. “After all, the Bauhaus was
a creative and academic community,
and its students were not that different
from LC students — they were also
motivated by the opportunity to
learn together, to have interesting
experiences and to build a better world.”Gropius closed down the Bauhaus
after 14 years of operation due to
consistent pressure from the Nazi
regime who labeled the school as a
center for Communist intellectualism.
The Bauhaus’s ultramodern aesthetic
and pedagogical philosophy became
hugely influential in the United
States and Europe with Gropius
becoming a teacher at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in the
1930s. Many Bauhaus students went
on to study at Black Mountain College
in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Through Harvard, Black Mountain
College and the writings of other
Bauhaus alumni, the group redefined
modernist design throughout the
world. Bauhaus designs can be seen in
furniture stores like IKEA to this day. WILL TOPPIN/PIONEER LOG
TYLER SHORT/PIONEER LOGBy MICHAELA EDLIN
PORTLAND IS known for its drag
scene, which features famed
acts like 89-year-old Darcelle,
the Guinness World Records’ oldest
drag queen, and Carla Rossi, who
was at the center of the “Drag Queen
Storytime” controversy at the St.
John’s Library. However, most of the
drag scene is inaccessible to people
under 21 due to liquor laws.
Despite these challenges, all-ages
drag persists in Portland, challenging
the idea that drag is inherently limit -
ed to adults. Lewis & Clark students
and alumni have been involved in this
push for youth-accessible drag.
Junix Senner ’20 is one of the
founders of the drag collective Dang
Heckin’ Nerdy Drag, which frequently
hosts all-ages drag
shows at Marrow
PDX.
“Alex and I, my
friend who got me
into drag, just saw
that lack (of all-ages
drag) and wanted to
fill in the gap and
to be at least one
of the spaces that
was actively trying
to include youth in
drag,” Senner said.
“I think it’s a loss
to the community
when we don’t give
(young people) the
opportunity.”
Senner, who is
doing his thesis on
drag, aspires to make
drag his full-time job
after graduation, despite the financial
challenges that poses. His drag, which
often challenges gender and has spooky
and nerdy inspirations.
“I find it personally really
empowering,” Senner said. “It gives me
the opportunity to be authentic and do
things that I can’t do in my ‘normal life’
where I have to abide by all the societal
standards that don’t actually fit who I
am.”
Senner first performed as his drag
persona Prince Lavender a little over
a year ago as part of a Marrow PDX
show. Marrow PDX is a Portland
nonprofit youth space that “aims to
empower teens to take ownership
over their education, and to foster a
community of youth who are visually,
socially and culturally literate,”
according to its mission statement.
The organization offers free
membership for 10- to 24-year-olds and
frequently hosts events for LGBTQ+
youth, including drag shows. The
space is one of the few non-bar
venues in Portland that hosts drag
shows.“There’s a lot of youth who
want to like be a part of the queer
community,” Senner said. “Drag, as
a specifically queer space, is a really
great way to do that, but (minors) just
can’t go because it’s at a bar.”
Anya Upson ’23 also performs
drag as Anyanka Romanov and has
found it difficult to find venues both
in Berkeley where they grew up and
in Portland.
“I only could ever really perform
at all ages venues like brunches and
Hamburger Mary’s in San Francisco,
which they’re fine,” Upson said. “I’m
glad I had those opportunities, but
their audience is more like tourists
and families, so there’s not an oppor -
tunity to do what I really wanted to
do.”
The Oregon Liquor Control Com -
mission (OLCC)
requires minor
postings at any
location where
drinking is a pre -
dominant activity
or a “drinking
environment” is
established. This
may mean mi -
nors, or people
under 21, may not
be allowed on the
premise at all, or
in specific areas.
At Dang Heckin’
Nerdy Drag’s
most recent show
on Oct. 11, the
Ghastly Gala, this
was a limitation.
Guests under 21
were only allowed
in the portion of the Aerie & Auxiliary where the stage was, and were re -
stricted from entering the area of the
venue with a bar. Upson attended this
show and they found the venue odd,
but recognized why the show was held
there.
“I wish there was more drag
available to all ages, but at the same
time I do understand where people
are coming from when they make
shows that are 18+ or 21+, partly
because of the alcohol thing, but also
because like some of the things that
happen on stage can be pretty explicit
and intense,” Upson said.
College campuses also serve as
another outlet for drag that people
under 21 can access. LC hosts several
shows a year by Gagged LC, a student
led organization headed by Maya
Winshell ’21. Gagged LC started in
February 2018 after efforts in years
past to hold drag shows at LC had
failed.
Winshell’s drag centers on pop
culture references and is “stupid, silly
and sexy,” according to Winchell.
She’s found difficulty accessing the
scene as a performer who is 20.
“Some amazing people have put
together under-21-accessible drag
events through organizations like
Marrow PDX, but in my experience
all ages or 18+ cover-free events are
few and far between,” Winshell said
via email. “I think that it’s crucial
that drag be accessible to youth in
Portland, because of the way it can
allow LGBTQ+ youth a safe space
to express themselves, and to find
and participate in their community,
discovering mentors, friends and
allies.”
Gagged LC’s next show is Oct. 25
at 7:30 p.m. at the Platteau.“I think that it’s crucial
that drag be accessible
to youth in Portland,
because of the way it
can allow LGBTQ+
youth a safe space to
express themselves, and
to find and participate
in their community,
discovering mentors,
friends and allies.”
Maya Winshell ’21
Junix Senner ’20 performs in his drag persona, Prince Lavender, at the Ghastly Gala.
Grape Expectations: a
wine to end the fall flu
By COLTYN CODY
HELLO AND w e l c o m e b a c k t o
Grape Expectations: Lewis &
Clark’s premier resource for
learning how to drink like a classy and
responsible adult. First and foremost,
it is necessary to remind all of my
loyal readers that Grape Expectations
and The Pioneer Log do not condone
underage or reckless drinking in any
form. This is wine, not Burnett’s.
As the temperature lowered and the
dust settled around the first midterms
of the semester, I went wine shopping
with one goal in mind: to avoid the slew
of minor illnesses that I have grown
to expect this time of year. These past
few weeks have seen a tightening of
the common cold’s grip on LC’s cam -
pus. I think it is time we all nestle into
our comfy cushioned armchairs and
sip on some antioxidants to defend
ourselves from our infected class -
mates. Pinot noir is the natural drink
of choice for all hypochondriacs due
to its high concentration of resveratrol
(antioxidant alert!) and low amount
of residual sugar. And how blessed we
are to be in such close proximity to the
Willamette Valley, the best region for
producing this miracle cépage (pro -
nounced say-PAHJ, this is a fancy word
for grape variety) outside of France!
It is easy to get lost in the aisles of
any Portland grocery store while shop -
ping for a bottle of pinot noir, being
forced to stare into the face of hundreds of unfamiliar labels with terrifying
words like “inoculated” and “Califor -
nia.” First thing’s first, look for the pinot
that comes from the Willamette Valley;
it will often be more affordable and bet -
ter tasting than anything else by a long
shot. The Christopher Michael 2017
pinot noir is a great option for anyone
on a budget, sold for $11 at Fred Meyer.
This wine is not nearly as heavy as most
pinots and it presents a palate centered
around cheery notes of red fruit, bal -
ancing out the tannins (the substance
which causes the dry mouthfeel known
to accompany “big reds”). When you
are smelling and tasting, try to pick out
flavors of cherry and red berries that are
somewhat hidden behind the dryness
of the wine. Hopefully, you will find that
the fruity taste and relative lightness of
this pinot make it a great option for an
autumn evening lounging around the
living room, keeping all free radicals at
bay through the simple act of sipping.
OKTOBERFEST BONUS: While I
have you here, we might as well address
the elephant in the room: it is Octo -
ber, and some of us will opt for beer
over wine during this most hallowed of
months. While I admit this is far from
my field of expertise, allow me to pass
on what I have heard from more reli -
able sources when it comes to drinking
beer. I have no room for flowery lan -
guage here: get the Double Mountain
IRA if you are into hop and malt, and
the New Belgium Hefeweizen if you
want something slightly wackier. Prost!
MICHAELA EDLIN/PIONEER LOGThe exhibit is in Watzek Library atrium and hosts many examples of the Bauhaus’ art.
MAYA WINSHELL/PIONEER LOGFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
ARTS 9
“Song of Myself” utterance brings
joy to audience of young and oldPHOTO COURTESY OF SUBTLE ORANGE
Stallings stands tall during his emotionally riveting and powerful performance.
By ANNA DESMET
On Tuesday Oct. 8, Walt Whitman’s
renowned utterance “Song of
Myself” was presented on what
would have been his
200th birthday in
Smith Hall. It was
performed by the
actor Johnny Stallings
and was followed by
a group discussion
led by Associate
Professor of English
and Department
Chair Rachel Cole and
Oregon Poet Laureate
Kim Stafford.
“Song of Myself” is a joyful and
prideful declaration. Whitman expresses
love for himself, for you, for all people,
for every earthly item and for all parts
of the universe. It deals with a love so
broad that it encompasses everything,
every good and every wickedness. It
was a revolutionary poem when it was
published, and it is still, in many ways,
a revolutionary poem today. As Stallings
said, “This might be the sacred text for
democracy.”Stallings’ performance was
magnificent. He made “Song of Myself” a
conversation. He engaged the audience,
each and every one of us at one point
or another. He added tone, breathing,
sniffling, jumping,
dancing, gesticulations
and voices. At one point,
he crouched on the floor,
then laid on it. At another,
he threw autumn leaves
on the ground.
He held nearly 40
people in rapt attention
for almost an hour. More
amazingly, he told us
later that there were 45
minutes of poem that he
did not use.
He met our loud applause with
gratitude. He then took two theatrical
bows for himself, and finally, he pointed
at the ceiling to direct the audience’s
praise to the memory of Whitman.
The group gathered for discussion
included people of varied demographics.
The majority were full-grown adults;
there were many gray and white-haired
heads that night.
Cole, Stafford and Stallings all proved to have a wealth of knowledge
about Whitman and the poem. The
contributions of the audience were
equally enticing.
One woman said, “It seems ... like a
poem of epic creation.” The line, “I say
there is nothing greater than the mother
of men,” reminded her of becoming
a mother for the first time, when she
felt as though she could be the mother
of all children. A gray-haired woman
described it as sensuous and later chimed
in that no one had yet “mentioned the
patriarchy.” Another woman remarked
on Whitman’s “consciousness of the
unity of everything.”
There is indeed a feeling of unity that
“Song of Myself” inspires, which was
exemplified especially in this utterance.
One couple nestled close to each other
during the reading. The woman behind
me followed Stallings’ oration in her
book. Every person was there because
they knew and loved the poem, or
because they wanted to be introduced
for the first time.
As the poet says, if someone can find
Whitman once more on the soles of their
boots, perhaps an echo of him was found
that night in Smith Hall. By AIDAN KEMP
MAX GRAY ’21 i s t h e
drummer for the Bay Area-
based band, Subtle Orange.
The members of the band have been
promoting their upcoming album,
“Albion,” ahead of its release.
Subtle Orange recorded “Albion”
at Skyline Studios in Oakland,
California and plans to release it on
Oct. 18. Gray said the cover art was
designed by artist Pablo de Lucca.
The title “Albion” comes from the
name of the Bay Area street where the
band’s “communal home” is, where
they spent much of their time making
music together.
Subtle Oange’s music centers
itself around pleasant vocal and
instrumental harmonies, and is
professionally recorded at Light Rail
Studios and Skyline Studios. Their
lyrical subject matter focuses on
relaxing and enjoying time spent on
California beaches.
“I think that the music in the
newer album is a lot more complex,”
Gray said. “The first album was
pretty beach-oriented and pop-y, and
upbeat, but this one is more musically
dynamic.”
Along with Gray, the other
members of Subtle Orange are bassist
Shay Lebovitz, keyboardist Adam
Moledina, singer Dane Schumacher
and lead guitarist Swain Yakupitiyage.
They boast over 500 monthly listeners
on Spotify. The band first formed
during their junior year of high school,
though they all now attend different
colleges. This album is their first
release since their debut self-titled
album in 2017.
In an interview via video chat, the
band members were excited about the
development of their musical profile.
They feel that the new album is an
opportunity for them to showcase a
more mature, elaborate sound.
According to Schumacher, “With
(Albion), we were trying to find our sound a little more.”
Despite the success of their
debut, the members expressed a
collective desire to show growth
as musicians and songwriters. The
tracklist of “Albion” features a more
mature attitude when compared with
popular songs from the last album like
“Surfrock Serenade” and “Memories
of June.”
“I’d say it’s way more introspective,
especially with the lyrics,” Moledina
said. “I wouldn’t say it’s a sad album,
but it’s definitely less of a party-beach
energy. It’s a completely different
vibe, but it’s still very much us.”
Since the band members now
attend different schools across the
country, Subtle Orange has had to
overcome some distance-related
adversity in the making of the album.
“It did take a while for us to finally
get this album out the door,” Moledina
said.
They overcame distance by
working together on music while in the
Bay Area and planning release details
while at school. “Albion” benefited
from this long lead up, as it gave the
group more time to deliberate on the
specifics of its rollout. The band was
selective with the album’s content,
choosing to release a shorter album
rather than a full-length LP.
“We wanted to pick songs that
sounded cohesive together, that’s
why the whole album is pretty slow
(tempo),” Yakupitiyage said.
In the future, however, the
band wants to release music more
consistently. They plan on promoting
themselves through sponsored social
media content, playlists and music
blogs.
“This December, we want to
release a single or two,” Schumacher
said, “We want to do more marketing
from all the stuff we learned about
(the) last album.”
Subtle Orange’s “Albion” promises
to impress with its contemplative
lyrics and melodious instrumentation.
By GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
TODD PHILLIPS’ “Joker” has
sparked significant controversy
with accusations of promoting
violence, encouraging incel
(involuntararily celibate) uprisings
and spurring mass shooting scares.
The United States Department of Army
even released a memo warning soldiers
and family to be on guard for mass
shootings accompanying the Oct. 4
release of the movie.
Joaquin Phoenix’s Authur Fleck,
Joker’s alter ego, is a mentally-ill
pariah. He is beaten in the streets by
kids, fired from his job and scorned by
a stranger for making a kid smile. He
does not mean anyone harm, and he
cannot seem to catch a break. In this
way, we are meant to sympathize and,
possibly, relate to him.
“Joker” operates in artificially
assembled discomfort. Fleck dances
a lot without consistency of tone or
reason. Along with dancing, Fleck’s
thumbs find their way into his own
and Bruce Wayne’s mouth to stretch
them into a smile. These scenes imply
importance and deeper meaning,
however, neither are explained or end
up delivering more than a carnival
freak show.
Fleck’s illness seems to stem from trauma faced as a child. His illness is
severe, but vague. Rather than develop
Fleck’s character, the extent of Fleck’s
illness is the focus of development
throughout the movie. This film
supports the idea that mental illness
is an identity that can stand alone. The
developments only occur when the plot
needs them too, making his illness feel
more like a gimmick. He resembles less
of a character and more of a caricature
of mental illness.
Part of this comes from dialogue and
writing that feels cliche and lazy. Lines
like, “I stopped taking my medication
I feel a lot better now” and “I used to
think that my life was a tragedy but
now I realize it’s a f*cking comedy”
litter the movie. Fleck’s boss delivering
bad news as the audio fades out with a
jump cut to Fleck taking his aggression
out is another example of boring and
overused writing that hurts the movie.
This lack of originality infects more
than just the dialogue and writing, as it
borrows thematic material from other
popular works. “Joker” borrows from
Martin Scorscese’s “Taxi Driver” with
its neo-noir style and focus on a person
rejected by society that in “Joker’s” case
literally walks down a staircase into
madness. Along with “Taxi Driver,”
“Joker” seems to borrow from David
Fincher’s “Fight Club” scene in which
Tyler Durden, Brad Pitt, is revealed to be a figment of The Narrator’s, Edward
Norton, imagination and repurposed
for a fantasy relationship.
However, while “Taxi Driver”
offers social commentary through
the character of Travis Bickle’s
observations of topical degeneracy that
swarmed New York City during its era,
“Joker” is sober to this act. In “Taxi
Driver,” we see critiques of political
inability, acceptance of violence
and the effects of consumerism. In
“Joker” we observe a shallow, unvetted
attack on the wealthy. Gotham is
portrayed as degenerate with, again,
little explanation. Phillips provides a
substance-free mimic of art that offers
a Communion Wafer in terms of artistic
endeavor.
Fleck preaches that society lacks
empathy while he himself lives a life
of little empathy demonstrated by him
stalking his neighbor, violating Bruce
Wayne and murdering people. While
some of his actions are in response
to attacks he still actively contributes
to what he hates, making his disgust
with society’s acceptance of it seem
unwarranted and phony.
Phoenix was truly robbed by
Phillip’s movie because his acting is
phenomenal. However, strong acting
alone is not enough to save a movie
with a plot as juvenile and contrived as
“Joker.”Student promotes
new album “Albion”
Commentary: sensational
“Joker” laughingly spiralsRAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG
“Whitman
expresses love for
himself, for you,
for all people, for
every earthly item
and for all parts of
the universe.”
AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOGFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
SPORTS 10
Gabriel’s gains: tips for healthy sleep and rest
By GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
IT SEEMS LIKE MOST of my peers
and I suffer from a similar vice:
we are not sleeping as well as we
could. For some, a lacking nap game
leaves you craving more sleep. Others
may be getting the recommended
seven to nine hours of sleep but for
some reason feel just as bad as if it
were only three.
My problem is drifting off into the
blissful bosom of sleep. Luckily for me,
there are steps you can take to stop
restlessness. If you are planning on
conking out after finishing homework,
knock out any work that requires
electronics first and save any reading
or worksheets for last. Electronics
emit blue light that disrupts your
ability to fall asleep by suppressing
melatonin production. This also
means that watching YouTube, Netflix
or simply scrolling through Instagram
restricts your ability to fall asleep.
Along with avoiding blue light
before bed, maintaining and satisfying
your circadian rhythm is equally as important. Your circadian rhythm
determines the peaks and troughs
of melatonin production throughout
the day. Light exposure, meal times
and exercise can all affect your
circadian rhythm. If you are eating
and exercising later in the day you will
want to fall asleep later in the night.
Sleeping in and staying up late both
have adverse effects on your circadian
rhythm, leaving you feeling sleepy
even if you slept seven to nine hours.
Nighttime may not be the only
time you sleep, so it is important to
pay attention to your naps. Naps, if
done wrong, can leave you feeling
groggier than you did before. If you
have the time, aim for a 30-minute
nap. This is the ideal amount of time
that will leave you feeling rejuvenated.
You should also limit your napping so
that you wake up at least three hours
before planning on going to sleep.
If your room or hall is loud,
consider learning to sleep with
earplugs. Making yourself comfortable
and ridding yourself of any strong
negative or positive emotions can
also support a faster path to sleep. Exercising, if done approximately
an hour before, can improve sleep.
Incorporating relaxing activities
before bedtime can make falling
asleep as easy as spotting a hickey in
the Bon. Drinking decaffeinated tea,
meditation, yoga, guided breathing
exercises or reading can set you up for
a great night of sleep.
Sleeping well is one of the most
important things for your mental
health. Not only is it vital for your
mental wellbeing, but getting the
right amount of sleep can also help
prevent strokes, kidney disease and
diabetes. Proper sleep can even be a
life-saving choice. It is estimated that
1,500 deaths per year result from car
accidents where sleeplessness was a
factor.
The gravity of a good night’s
sleep should not be underestimated.
Making the right choices for your
sleeping body can make the difference
between a good or bad day. Whether
you are counting sheep, sexercising
or between two pages of a good book,
make sure you are making healthy
sleeping choices.
SETH MORIARTY/PIONEER LOG Helpful tips for how to get all the recommended hours of sleep even with a rigorous college lifestyle
By MILICA STANIŠIĆ
FIVE YEARS AFTER taking charge
of the U.S. women’s national soccer
team, Jill Ellis stepped down as
head coach of the most accomplished
team in the history of women’s soccer. She
concluded her national team career with a
1-1 draw against South Korea in Chicago
on Oct. 6, which was the concluding game
in the World Cup Victory Tour.
“The timing is right to move on and
the program is positioned to remain at
the pinnacle of women’s soccer,” Ellis said
on the U.S. Soccer website. “Change is
something I have always embraced in my
life and for me and my family this is the
right moment.”
During her tenure as head coach,
Ellis earned a record number of 106
wins, one more than the legendary Tony
DiCicco, a former coach of the U.S.
women’s national team who won the
1999 World Cup. She has been the head
of the national team since 2014 and won
two SheBelieves Cups, two CONCACAF
Women’s Championships and two World
Cups. The two consecutive World Cup
victories in Canada in 2015 and in France
in 2019 made her the first head coach to
achieve the feat in the history of female
soccer.
When she joined the national team as interim coach in 2014, she had only one
year to prepare her players for the World
Cup. Ellis went into the 2015 World
Cup without making major changes
to the team. She effectively relied on
experienced players like Abby Wambach
and Carli Lloyd which brought her the
first World Cup title.
The national team suffered
an unexpected elimination in the
quarterfinals match against Sweden in
the 2016 Olympic Games. In response
to this, Ellis made significant changes
to the roster over the next two years,
excluding some senior players like Hope
Solo, Ali Krieger and Amy Rodriguez
and, instead, bringing in 17 new players.
She experimented with different tactics
including changing players’ positions and
rotating numerous rookies through the
starting eleven. This resulted in another
turbulent year and many senior players
petitioned for her resignation.
However, Ellis remained in her post
and won new titles in 2018 and 2019.
Even though the transition period was
painful, she did what was necessary and
eventually rejuvenated the team. Players
who were crucial for qualifying and
winning the 2019 World Cup got their
first appearance during Ellis’ tenure.
Rose Lavelle, who scored the second goal
in the 2019 World Cup Final against the Netherlands, was first called up by Ellis
in 2015. Crystal Dunn was moved from
forward to left wing-back by Ellis in one
of her tactical experiments and ended
up being one of the most dominant
players on the field.
Some critics say that all her success
comes from an insanely talented squad.
Truly, the national team is filled with
world-renowned players. But, their
success was only possible because of
Ellis’ coaching. Her decisions might
have been questionable at certain
points, but they paid off in the end. The
national team is in good shape to face
opponents during the 2020 Summer
Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. That was
ensured by Ellis’ relentless efforts to
support young players like Tierna
Davidson and Mallory Pugh, who will
take on the mantle from veteran players
on the team. The next coach is facing the
difficult decision of naming an 18-player
roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics,
which is five players less than the World
Cup roster. But the future seems bright
for the team, colloquially known as “The
Gals,” since the current frontrunners
for the head coach position are Vlatko
Andonovski of Reign FC and Laura
Harvey of Utah Royals FC. Both were
lauded by the many players currently
playing on the national team. By GAVIN PATCHET
STUDENT SECTIONS a r e
the staple of most college
gymnasiums and stadiums. They
create a culture of spirited students
dressing in theme and cheering for
their student athlete peers as loudly as
possible. This year, students of Lewis &
Clark are reviving their student section
through the platform of social media.
The LC Pio Dog House Instagram
account, @lcpiodoghouse, is run
by James Hodge- Green and Cole
Petters ’20. LC Pio Dog House is an
independent student-run Instagram
account that promotes and supports
LC student athletes. As of now, the
account has 354 followers and 10
posts. It hopes to have 1,500 followers
by the end of the year.
Petters and Hodge-Green both
believe that there is room for more
excitement surrounding athletics at
LC. They explain that a critical step in
generating this hype is to reach out to
non-athletes that might not usually be
interested in athletics.
“Our goal is to bring some more
hype to our athletic events and bridge
the gap between student-athletes and
non-student-athletes,” Hodge-Green
said.
To that end, the account increases
the accessibility of LC sports, serving
as a nexus of information for game
times, updates and events. It also
provides students with the necessary
information to support their student-
athlete peers.The account posts memes featuring
LC students’ faces planted onto images
from popular media such as “The
Office.” Petters noted that by using
popular media, the account can appeal
to students who are not interested in
sports. It aims to show that you do not
need extensive sports knowledge in
order to have fun and show support for
your peers in the student section.
Danny Brady ’23 believes the
account makes LC sports more relatable.
“By using memes as a platform to
showcase LC sports, I have grown more
attentive to our various sports teams,”
Brady said.
Petters and Hodge-Green aim to
bridge the gap between student-athletes
and their peers by diversifying their
content. Petters and Hodge-Green
are planning raffles, giveaways and
competitions on the account. Most
recently, they posted on their Instagram
story that the account was planning
on selling merchandise that students
can wear during games. In order to
increase involvement, they added a
poll to gauge the interest of the student
section. Additionally, they discussed
plans to reach out to the art and theatre
departments to increase student
awareness.
“I think we’ve built a great
foundation,” Hodge-Green said. “You
can’t tell us that we’re unsuccessful
because no one has done this before.”
Between their already significant
growth and plans for expansion, the
future looks bright for the LC Pio Dog
House.Coach of US women’s national
soccer team, Jill Ellis, retiresLC student section
finds life on Instagram
PHOTO COURTESY OF LORIE SHAULL
Jill Ellis, the former U.S. women’s national soccer team coach, leads her team at a Victory Tour game held at Allianz Field.Sports Schedule
Friday October 18
Volleyball @ Willamette
7:00 p.m.
Saturday October 19
Football @ Pacific
1:00 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Pacific
6:00 p.m.
Cross Country at LC Invite
11:00 a.m.
Soccer vs. George Fox
12:00 p.m.
Sunday October 20
Soccer @ Pacific (Oregon)
12:00 p.m.
Friday October 25
Volleyball @ Linfield
7:00 p.m.Saturday October 26
Football vs. Willamette
1:00 p.m.
Volleyball @ Puget Sound
6:00 p.m.
Rowing @ Puget Sound Autumn Invite
8:30 a.m.
Soccer @ Pacific Lutheran
12:00 p.m.
Sunday October 27
Soccer vs. Linfield
12:00 p.m.
Wednesday October 30
Volleyball @ George Fox
7:00 p.m.
Soccer vs. Willamette
7:00 p.m.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
SPORTS 11
LC volleyball completes first part of
conference play with winning record
By ROSEMARY HICKMAN
AFTER THEIR FIRST r o u n d o f
play, the Lewis & Clark women’s
volleyball team has had eight wins
and seven losses with a conference record
of 3-4.
Head Volleyball Coach Emily Hayes
is pleased with how the season has gone
so far.
“We have played some tough
competition and we had some injuries
at the beginning of the year that weren’t
ideal,” Hayes said. “We have fought
with some of the best competition in the
conference and it shows. (We lost to)
two tough teams, the University of Puget
Sound and Pacific Lutheran (University),
who are both incredible ... but those
matches could have gone either way.”
Inspired by the increasing skill of
the team’s play and ability to compete
with highly ranked teams, Hayes hopes
to finish the season strong. Hayes sees a
variety of strengths in the team this year,
including their versatility in ability and
maturity on and off the court.
“Every single player on our team plays
more than one position ... that allows us
a ton of strength across the front row as
well as the back row,” Hayes said. “(The
team is) also really young, but mature, at
the same time. We’re able to be incredibly
in tune during matches while also handle
stressful situations.”Defensive Specialist Blythe Ballesteros
’20 loves the comradery between her
teammates. Being the only senior on
the team, Ballesteros enjoys being a role
model while creating lasting memories.
“I love playing with the girls on my
team,” Ballesteros said via email. “LC
volleyball is really one big family. We
support each other so much on and off
the court. Overall we have had some
really good games and we take our losses
as learning moments to better ourselves
for future games.”
Ballesteros is impressed with the
dedication of her team and the growth
mindset that has propelled them through
the season so far.
For the rest of the season, she looks
forward to the team improving as
individuals and playing together as a unit.
“Our overall goal is to better ourselves
and consistently compete to the best of
our ability,” Balesteros said. “We are
putting in a lot of hard work every day
and it shows during games.”
Ashley Kane ’23 applied to LC and
joined the team after Hayes reached out
to her.
Kane is excited by how the season has
gone so far and how the team has come
together. The quick bonding with her
teammates has made her transition to
college easier.
“(The team) is really showing we have
that fight mentality,” Kane said. “Any games we lose are close and all the games
we win are sweeps. We really trust each
other on the court. We know how to play
together and what works so we can use that to our advantage.”
The next home game is on Saturday,
Oct. 19 against Pacific University.
HANNA WRIGHT/PIONEER LOG
Ka’anelaokapu’uwai Pakaki-Pias ’22 reaches up to return the ball over the net.
By JAMES MCARTHUR
HIKING IS ONE of the best ways
to experience and explore the
beauty that the Pacific Northwest
offers. The Falls Creek Falls trail is a
perfect adventure for anyone looking for
a short yet beautiful hike. The trailhead
is located in southern Washington near
the Columbia River Gorge, roughly an
hour and a half away from the Lewis &
Clark campus. The trail is 6.2 miles long
round trip.
The trail begins along the south
side of Falls Creek in a young forest of
Douglas firs. One hundred yards from the
trailhead, you will bear right at a junction
marked for Falls Creek Falls. During the
first half mile of the hike, you will notice
several points where you can walk down
to the creek bed. Falls Creek is littered
with smooth rocks, so swimming is not
recommended. As you continue walking,
the trail begins to rise above the creek
bed. At this point, Falls Creek begins to
funnel through a small carved canyon
and roars in the spring. You will reach a
suspension bridge above a narrow gorge,
which offers a spectacular view of the
white water flowing through Falls Creek.
Walking across the suspension bridge
takes you to the north side of Falls Creek.
Once you have walked across the
suspension bridge, you will notice a change in the forest. This part of the
forest is more mature and filled with old-
growth cedar and fir. A mile upstream
and past the signed connector trail to the
Upper Falls Creek Trail, you will reach
another footbridge and a large bend in
the path. At this part of the trail, you
begin to hear the roar of the Falls. As you
continue along, you reach a front-row
view of the thundering waterfall.
Falls Creek Falls is a stunning and
unique double waterfall and provides a
prime location for anyone interested in
waterfalls and adventure. The base of the
waterfall has boulders perfect for resting,
viewing the falls and is also an optimal
picnic location. It is also possible to walk
up to the middle section of the waterfall.
To reach the middle part of the waterfall,
look to the left side of the waterfall from
the base to find the path. This path has
a small handguard, which provides some
support during the hike. Be careful and
aware of the conditions before hiking to
the middle of the waterfall. Depending
on the time of the season and recent
rainfall, it may be too dangerous to
transverse.
If you want to reach the top of the
waterfall, return to the trail. There will
be a well-marked junction to upper
Falls Creek Falls. This part of the path is
uphill and steep. It is a little over a mile
to reach the top of the waterfall. As you walk uphill, lookout for side trails that
lead to spectacular viewpoints of Falls
Creek. As you approach the top of the
waterfall, the path will become flat and
provide an excellent view of the top of
the waterfall, Falls Creek valley and the
mountains beyond.
After exploring the top of the
waterfall, you can return to the parking
lot by heading out the way you came or
continue on the Falls Creek Falls loop.
If you chose to walk the loop, walk back
to the upper trail (Trail 152). Walk 152
and past the marked junction of the
connector trail for 1.5 miles.
As you descend, you will walk through
a beautiful forest and eventually reach
a path that leads to a footbridge. If you
end up on or near an abandoned road,
you have gone too far. After crossing the
footbridge bear left and you will reach
the parking lot in about half a mile. This
hike is 6.2 miles if you walk the loop.
Before embarking on this adventure,
I encourage you to bring a map of the
trail, plenty of water, food, a trail first
aid kit and a camera to take advantage
of this photogenic location. Falls Creek
is remarkable and the trail is well
maintained. Check online beforehand to
make sure the trail is open for the season
and that the weather has not made the
trail dangerous.
JAMES MCARTHUR /PIONEER LOGFutsal Record (W-L)
As of Oct. 18
A League
QQQQ: 4-0
Real Palatine: 4-1
Ivory Toast: 3-1
The Iraqi National Team: 2-1
Untouchaballes: 3-2
Friends and Neighbors: 2-2
Tortz Illustrated: 1-1
Los Futboleros: 1-4
Katracho Boyz: 0-4
Elizabeth Warrens: 0-3
B League
Hush Szn: 4-0
Burritos Supreme: 1-0
Bofadeese: 2-1
Zesty Zebras: 2-1
Bofa Ur Moms: 3-2
The Renegades: 1-1
The Messi Ballz: 1-3
X2: 1-3
The Nemotodes: 0-1
Frontal Labotomy: 0-1
Screaming Wombats: 0-3
Big Body Bugatti: 0-4
Habibis: 0-1
Upcoming Game
Sundays @ 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 20
“Roll Pios!”
The main attraction of the Falls Creek Falls trail as seen from the waterfall base.
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Portland hiking review of the Falls Creek Falls trailFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
12
RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOGFreshmen revolt after PSI
class on time management
Tech company uses texts, calls,
kinks for ad personalization
By GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
SOUTHERN TECH GIANT Peach
Inc., creators of MyPhones
and CamNovells and owners of
YallChat and Dixiegram, has recently
been hit with an invasion of privacy
lawsuit.
On Sept. 19, after a series of coupons
for dog collars and leashes were sent to
a household without pets in Cullman,
Alabama, a young man by the name of
Yokna Patawpha filed a lawsuit.
“I do not own a dog,” Patawpha said.
“I do not even have a cat I could wrangle
up in a leash. There is no reason on
god’s green earth they should know I
would want a collar or leash.”
Peach’s head of HR, Employee
893, issued a press briefing stating any
conversations or sounds were fair game
to sell to advertisers. This includes
sounds of spanking, crying, fake
barking or “incredibly loud” moaning
that might have been overheard by
any Peach appliance or any appliance
running Peach software.
It was noted that while appliances
like MyPhone and virtual assistant
Maribelle may be turned off, appliances
that do not turn off, such as smart
fridges, will continue to record and
gather data.
This is not the first suit filed
against Peach in regards to invasion
of privacy. Earlier this year Taulkin
Ham from Gainesville, Georgia, filed a
similar suit. Ham claimed that he was
receiving advertisements on Dixiegram
for BoyFindr.
“I’m not gay! I’m straight! I only
like women. Why would I need an app
that finds me gay men? I don’t think I
would ever need that.”
893 stated in a briefing related to
the Ham suit that all advertisements
shown on Dixiegram were derived
from the user’s browsing history.
“Pornography that may or may
not have been viewed by the user
is prioritzed over all other data By QWYNCI BOWMAN
YOU ARE SITTING in class,
and all of a sudden, your Aunt
Flo comes. You ask your -
self, what are you going to do? So
you whisper to a nearby classmate,
“Hey, can I borrow a tampon?” And
of course they give it to you. Sharing
these products have become normal -
ized in our society. But alas, there is
a new girl in town, the oh-so-magi -
cal Diva Cup.
The Diva Cup is a silicon funnel-
shaped cup (not for drinking) used
to collect period blood. The cup does
not absorb blood — it is reusable
and eco-friendly. The Diva Cup is
a fantastic new tool that should
not be kept a secret. If you have
one in your possession, it is your
duty to make sure your friends
are properly informed. Diva Cups
can be an expensive commitment
for the average college student, so
share yours with those around you!
I suggest alternating turns on the
Diva Cups. One week you have it and
the next you pass it on to another
friend, and another, until we can
all be synced up. Yes, this task may
seem daunting at first, but worry
not! This is the best way to save
money, strengthen friendships and
ultimately save the planet.
Obviously, sharing Diva
Cups is a duty we
hold to not only
ourselves
but the
world,
so I Diva Cups: a great
way to share, care
after the time was up, I started to
leave.” He shuddered, his memories
seizing him. “They held me back and
said I’d have to make it up if I left. I
have dance rehearsal on Tuesdays, so
I wanted to get out of there.”
After the class went into overtime,
“everyone just kind of sat
there, a few
when deciding what ads should be
displayed,” 893 said.
Even with the negative press from
the lawsuits, the Peach CEO, Sam Hill,
continues to push forward with new
and innovative products.
“Next year, consumers will have
the privilege of experiencing the
new MyPhone 11,” Hill said. “With
the database of information we have
from users, we will be able to predict
and influence purchases with a 63%
accuracy. We will officially have passed
the threshold of making more of the
consumers’ purchasing decisions than
they do.”
Discussion-based website Weddit
hosts a fringe Internet community
known as “w\RKObigTech” that has
been vocal about their mistrust of
Peach and its competitor, Microhard.
Moderator of the community, Hazul
Moats, reached out after receiving cease and desist notices from both
Peach and Microhard.
“I was bragging about disabling the
software that Peach and Microhard
uses to spy on us on my own personal
appliances.” Moats said. “What I and
others didn’t know is that the software
is intellectual property and the
modification of it, whether for profit or
not, is criminalized by the 1998 Digital
Millennium Copyright Act.”
In regards to the legality of their
software, founder of Microhard Gill
Bates released the following statement.
“Your life hasn’t been private in the
last 10 years.” Bates said. “Our ability
to survey coupled with your willingness
to sign user agreements has given us
free reign to record and sell you data to
better market ads to you. Don’t worry,
we already know your complaints.
There should be an email explaining
everything in your inbox.”decided to ask my friends if they felt
the same way. Sadly, the majority
of my research resulted in faces of
disgust, and flat out refusal to share
Diva Cups. For some unknowable
reason, nobody had even attempted
to share them!
Iris Tyler ’22 said that she
“strongly advocates for Diva Cups,
but only in one vagina.” This
comment was baffling to me, because
we share so much already. When you
see a friend shivering in the cold,
you hand them a jacket. In the same
respect, if you see a friend on their
period, then they should be offered
the Diva Cup right out of your vag!
A true blood bond is created when all
walls (including the uterine variety)
are broken down. Sharing Diva
Cups is a way to share a tangible
piece of yourself to a loved one in
an immeasurable way. The ultimate
testament of friendship is sharing
these vulnerable moments. If true
friendships can consist of post-Bon
shits in the bathroom, popping each
other’s pimples and even using the
same toothbrush, why not borrow
each other’s Diva Cups?
The time to show off your
closeness with your best friends is
now! This is the season for giving
and comradery. You are not only
saving money, but the planet as
well. So yes, if you see a friend in
need, do not reach for
that tampon. Pop
out your Diva
Cup and give
it to your
new blood
sister.By CASPER PIERCE
MEMBERS OF ONE Tuesday
Pioneer Success Institute
class, a six-week course
designed to familiarize new students
with the resources offered at LC and
build life skills, were distraught to
learn that their ordinary, concise
and not-at-all-awkward hour-and-
a-half class had been extended to
three hours, in order to focus on what
the Lewis & Clark administration
considers a matter of the highest
importance: time management.
“We’ve all seen time
management tips on our RA’s
boards,” Elizabeth Rio ’21,
the student co-facilitator for
the class, said. “We thought
it would be a good idea to
elaborate on some of those.
But when we were planning
the class, we realized it just
couldn’t fit into the time we
had set.”
The 28 students had,
for the first hour of class,
resigned themselves to playing
Pokémon Go and watching
their leaders’ frustration build
as they declined to participate.
In other words, it was a normal
PSI class. However, after a while,
the students began to wonder if it
would ever end.
“That’s just how it goes, though, I
thought,” Jason Deroche ’23 said. “I
was asleep most of the time, and then people asked when we would get to
leave, but the leaders just stood in
front of the whiteboard and didn’t
respond,” Deroche said.
Apparently, the leaders remained
wordless, hands crossed and mouths
pressed into a tight smile.
“It’s very necessary that we have
those silences,” Rio said. “It stretches
the lesson. They need to know how
to manage their time. You have to
understand.”
After two and a half hours, the
students had resorted to begging
and pleading to be let out and kept
showing the leaders the list of
homework they had to work on
after eating dinner, which they
still had yet to do. Apparent -
ly their desks could not lift,
keeping them stuck in their
chairs. The lights flickered.
After three hours,
Deroche managed to wriggle
out of his chair and freed the
others.
“Then we just left as if
nothing happened, or at least
I did,” Deroche said. “I didn’t
do anything else, alright? I
didn’t have any part in what
happened after that.”
The other students in
attendance declined to comment
on what transpired after. The PSI
leaders were later found duct taped
to the wall, positioned directly under
the clock.
Anger Management Club presents:
Annual Pumpkin
Carving Contest
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. in the
basement of Hoover academic building. ANNA DESMET/PIONEER LOGLEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
ANNA DESMET/PIONEER LOG